The Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1903-1909, 1908-07-08

Alphabetically not, but 1t is ten
porarily In the possession of my-er-
fathers brother.
How do you account for the fact,
asked the doctor, "as shown by actua
investigation, that thirty-two out O
every hundred criminals In the countr
are left handedy'
That's easily accounted for" sal,
the professor. "The other sixty-eigh
are right handed"
| Mrs. Highmus - suppose at som
time In your life you struggled witt
the Nibelungenlied?
Mrs. Gaswell--Oh, yes, had al
awful siege Of that only few year
ago. had to take all kinds of mast,
medicines before | got 1t out of m!
system.-Chicago Tribune.
They paused before a Madonna o
the golden age Of painting.
Hum! Loaned by Smith," said he
consulting the catalogue Smith has
catholic TASTE"
ut would seem So" said she. "An1
yet his people have been Presbyte
rians for generations" Puck.
Zone Of my weaknesses" said the
bon vivant, sis Swiss cheese I'm very
fond Of It,"
oh" exclaimed the dyspeptic
that's the cheese with the holes in
1t! Very indigestible."
Are they? Well. never eat the
holes. "-Phlladelphia Press.
The resolute parent stood with the
uplifted slipper.
JOHNNY he said sternly, this
hurts me more than 1t does you"
And for once the resolute parent was
right The slipper was two sizes too
small for him, and he had six corns
and bunion.---Chicago News.
There are many quaint and interest
ing old mansions In Gorham, Me-, but
none OF them can claim the distinction
possessed by the Tolford house. which
was framed, raised and boarded all in
one day, this wonderful building stunt
taking place on the Fourth of July,
1925.
A good steer properly dressed and
probably cut yields In weight the fol-
lowing percentages: Loins, 10; ribs, 10;
rounds. FL; chucks, 49, plates, IS;
tanks, 4; shanks, 7; tallow. 8; kidneys.
OBS; sausage meat. /; shank meat,
100; tankage, 2. Net loss in cutting
is OBS.
Water pipes of terra Gotta were used
In Crete forty centuries ago. Those
supplying drinking water consisted of
series of subconical tubes socketed
into each other with collars and stop
ridges" SO constructed as to give the
water shooting motion, thus pre-
venting accumulation of sediment.
The great tragedian Junius Brutus
Booth, who was careless dresser and
unassuming In his manner. was told
by an impertinent lackey at an Inn
You don't look like gentleman. You
look like groom"
II am 0ne," he answered, land am
ready to rub down an ass"
Virginia--I have looked the matter
over from all sides. Jack offers me a
fortune and Harold nothing but his
brains. HAZEL suppose you will take
the one you love the best. Virginia-I
have concluded that can take better
care Of Jacks money than Of Harold's
brains
Mrs. De Peyster MORALLY offended
her husbands chums by her unfortu-
nate wording Of an invitation to lit
To dinner she wanted to give them
what was the offenseT'
"Hhe told them It was a strictly pri-
vate affair, and they're all militia Off
CORR Baltimore American.
Bookkeeping.
The art of bookkeeping. of keeping
books as It Is understood today. is sup
posed to have originated In Venice
about the year l42. The frst known
writer on bookkeeping was Lucas oil
Borgo, who published his treatise in
italian In the year 1495. Bookkeeping
by double entry was practiced In Ven
Ice, Genoa and the adjacent towns by
The beginning of the sixteenth century.
New York American.
Shorthand.
Shorthand Is one OF the arts that
have never been lost 1t is believed |
hat It was practiced In Phoenicia be-
lore the Greeks existed as a people and
possibly also at Babylon. One finds no
race Of It in China or Japan, primarily
because the first named country has
always and the second until recently
opposed all manner of labor and time
Iaving devices.
Better Fun.
A little boy was sitting on one Of the
,enches in Central park. New York,
people ride donkeys, Final
y an exceedingly fat woman appeared,
tired donkey and was just about to
Mount when she saw the little boy
md said to him, "Little boy, don't You
rant me to hire a donkey for ron to
ids tooT'
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