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CHAPTER V.

The train was at 1920. Aunt
Betsy was quite low at breakfast at
TIE thought of the departure of her
nephew.
perhaps you will never come
back, Arthur" she said, sorrowfully.
II am not given to presentiments,
but have one that I am not to keep
you, my own boy, as I wished to do
30 much"
Don't say that, auntie," said Ar
thur, gaily. "On the contrary, the
danger is that you may have too
much of me-"
"Presentiments are very odd
thing" said old Monsieur Rigaud,
who was eating vigorously, prepara-
tory to his own departure.
as madame often troubled with
them?"
They are generally the result Of
Indigestion, she answered, wiping
her eyes. Il hope don't believe in
any such nonsense.
They are also very real" went on
the old Frenchman. "The last time
I left my poor wife had PRESENT.
ment that I should never see her
again. She was very i'll at the time. "
Then why did you leave her?"
M.id Mr.. Denstone, Indignantly.
II did not believe in any such nom
sense" 1t was one of the sharp an
swers that showed that his native
shrewdness still existed, but he went
on, as if to soften the effect: There
are strange things in nature, strange
hereditary faculties and powers of
which it is difficult to trace the origin.
They exist to an unusual degree in
my wife's family"
Indeed; have they second sight"
said Mr.. Denstone, lightly.
"No, not that; faculty as power
full, perhaps more useful. That
,ragout is superb! May venture to
help myself a second time?"
Have you many relations, Ri
gaud?" said Mr.. Denstone, handing
him the dish.
"No," he answered, II have no re-
1ations Il the world. I had one Sis
ter, Louise. She married a Monsieur
Leduc; the! settled in Peru. Once
heard from her; she wrote requesting
money. I was not in a position to
grant her request. heard afterward
that both she and her husband were
dead. I imagine that they left no
family or should have heard Of
it. OF my wife's family none are
left; yes, the Aymers are extinct; the
only lineal descendant is my daugh-
ter, and she is but a child. Yet be-
lieve the strange powers; but I
apologize. Bah! the garrulity of old
age is astonishing. You should check
me madame" \
ut interests me-" said Aunt Betsy,
"though I cannot say that I under
stand you, Monsieur Rigaud; why,
for instance, you should have let that
poor creature out in Peru want when
you were rolling in riches! It passes
me-"
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Our ProprietorS.

A year or two ago Henry Clews,
the New York banker, named the five
leading fortunes in the country as be-
ing John D. Rockefeller estimated
at 100000, 1000; Andrew Carnegie's,
$3.50, 100000; w. W. Astor's, $780,.
100000; Gould family, $150,00O,-
600, and Marshall Fields, s100,000,'
600. The fact that the Field estate
is found to inventory very close to
500, 100000 is regarded in Chicago
rs tending to confirm the accuracy OF
the Clews estimates in the other
cases.-Philadelphia Record.
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Tighten the Buckle.

Tighten the Buckle. -.
It is related that a cavalry officer,
with a small number Of followers,
was pursued by an enemy who were
in large force. He discovered that
his saddle-girth was becoming loose;
his comrades were urging him on to
greater speed. but he dismounted,
tightened the loose buckle, and then
rode on, amid the shouts Of his COM
panions. The broken buckle would
have cost his safety-perhaps his life.
His wise delay ensured his safety.
This incident suggest several spir-
itual lessons, writes DR.. Theodore H.
Cuyler. A very obvious one is that
the Christian who is in such haste to
rush off to his business in the morn
ing that he does not spare any time
for his Bible or for prayer, Is quite
likely to "riie for fall" before sun
down. One of the most eminent
Christian merchants Of New York
told me that he never met his family
at the breakfast table until he had
refreshing interview with his God
over his Bible and on his knees. His
family worship afterwards was not
only a tightening of the buckle for
himself, but was q gracious means
of safety to his household. -
One of the greatest dangers in
these days is that too many children
are growing up-even in nominally
Christian families-with sadly lax
sentiments in many vital directions.
They have loose views about God 8
day and Gods Book, and very loose
practices as to attendance upon God' 8
worship. They start out in life with
broken buckle and when the stress
of temptation comes, they are easily
thrown to the ground. Fathers and
mothers owe to their children as well
as to themselves the duty of tighten
ing in the saddle-girth. -,
Not only do families suffer from
laxity in parental government and
godly parental training, but I fear
that some congregations suffer from
laxity in the teachings of their min
listers. No church 10 very likely to
rise higher than it's own pulpit. If
the shepherd Of the flock holds loose
doctrines; If he is so liberal" that
he gives away, or throws away, vital
truths; If he lets down too many bars
that the Bible wisely puts up, then 1t
is no wonder that the flock wanders
off into the ways Of the worldliness.
There is no danger in these days of
excessive strictness or Of puritan.
ical" principles or practices. The
danger is just from the opposite d.
rection. Would it not be wise thing
If some pastors, who see that their
churches are being overtaken and
demoralized by worldly temptations,
should call halt and tighten their
buckles Home Herald.
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The Daily Test.

1t is daily life that tests us-the
manner Of men we are. 1t is not our
prayers, it is not our profession, but
it is the tone of daily intercourse and
conduct that decides how we stand.
The little homely graces, the cheerful
everyday amenities, the Christ spirit
utte"ing itself not so much in con.
scious act as in unconscious infiu.
ence.-J. F. Ware.
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New Years Post Cards.

From 100000 to 100000 nost
cards bearing New Years greetings
were sent through the mails in New
York City. The congestion Of mail.
however, was not so great as it was
during the Christmas rush. One days
sale of ore-cent stamps in the city
amounted to $4,000. This is sfo,-
600 less than the sale of the day be-
fore Christmas.
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Keep Mum.

Women. as women, are pretty
much alike. They have the same
hair, differing slightly only as to color
and length; same features, same
thoughts. When We love one Of
them, therefore, we are in reality
loving them all. But it is just az
we'll net 10 mention thi3.-Life.
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CHAPTER w
Continued.

dearest Old Boy-How we miss
you words cannot tell. I wish you
were back. Tommy is awfully OBJ
streperous. / wish-how 1 wish we
could do something for Tommy! HE
ought to be at school; it is such
nifty, for he is out and out the clever
est of the whole brood. My dear Ar
thur, could you conceive such thing
happening to one of US? Colonel
Curtis has proposed to Janet! Alas!
alas! why did they not tell me? l
might have prepared the way; but he
did the most foolish thing he could
possibly have done. He went straight
to father. What want Of common
sense! You would have thought chat
father would have been pleased, and
so he would have been, but as 1t was
he. had the quarters bills all pouring
in, and he was in no humor for more
worries. So he just told Colonel
Curtis that he could not be bothered,
that Janet was much too young
and she is actually nineteen-that -e
could not afford the expense OF
wedding, and as / passed the library
door 1 could not help hearing him
saying, For Heavens sake, go away!
MY good sir, 7 entreat you to go
away!' Oh! dear, how unlucky it is!
Colonel Curtis is as proud as Lucifer
and speeds into the nearest shop at
the most distant vision of our pro-
cession of perambulators upwards.
He will never get over being told to
go away, and Janet looks all to pieces
from crying all night and reading one
little note he sent her all day. Col
onel Curtis has not shown himself
again. I fancy he has left the Grange
in huff. I think he is touchy lndl-
vidual, and if Janet does marry him
we shall lose her altogether, for he
will never be able to tolerate us,
even at twelve miles distance. The
quarters bills are all paid now and
we are quite serene again. Tommy
has given up epitaphs and taken to
riddles, but he is out of his depth
there, so the editor sent them back
to him, and the snubbing has done
him good. Before you are quite set
tied down for ever and aye at your
work, could you not run home and
see us?
Dearest, dearest Arthur, how
miss you, and yet I am so thankful
you are not here. Lefty gets no bet
ter, am convinced it is her spine;
but father says it is temper. I wish
we gould have good advice for her.
YcA own loving
"CINDER-WITCH."
3 yAhur determined to obtain leave
,. Vpis uncle to go home for a few
da,S though he was not quite so san
guine as his little sister as to the pos
sibility of making things right be-
tween his sister and her fine, huffy
suitor.
He obtained the leave readily
enough, and as M. Rigaud was about
to return to his French home it was
agreed that they should be travelling
companions as far as London.
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Police Alarm.

No one need now be in fear of
thieves and burglars, as Boston
man has devised contrivance where
by the police can, be instantly noti-
fed that intruders are in the house
and help is wanted at once. This is
to be accomplished with the aid Of
the alarm tag shown in the illustra-
tion. The purpose of the device will
be apparent at once. The tag, in
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Practice the Presence of God,

The exercise of patience involves
a continual practice Of the presence
of God; for we may be called upon at
any moment for an almost heroic dis.
play Of good temper, and it is short
road to unselfshness, for nothing is
left to self; all that seems to belong
most intimately to self, to be self's
private property, such as time, home
and rest, are invaded by these con.
tinual trials Of patience. The family
is full of such opportunities w.
Faber.
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Crosses Mark the Path to Peace.

See, then, how faithfully the Lord
is leading thee to true peace, who
surroundeth thee with so many
crosses. 1t is called 1.-The peace OF
God which passeth all understand.
ing;" that is which is not known by
feeling or perfecting or thinking.
All our thinking cannot attain or un.
derstand it; none but those who Of
free will take up the cross laid on
them-these, tried and troubled in
what they feel and think and under.
stand, afterward experience this
peace.-Luther.
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An effort is being made in England
to compel the use on automobiles OF
automatic speed controllers to pre-
vent a machine from running above a
maximum rpeed on public roads.
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Begs Harvard Men to Be Sober.


The Right Rev. A. F., Winnington-
Ingram, Lord Bishop OF London, vis-
tied Harvard University and delivered
an address at Sanders Theatre on
"Some Problems of Our Cities. The
Bishop took luncheon with President
Charles w. Eliot and spent the after;
noon in looking about the university,
He admired the stadium, where the
football practice was in progress. He
said he was fond of the game, and
had been brought up on the English
Rugby game, but the different style
of the American game made 1t hard
for him to understand the practice
work. s ~ ~
II have chosen to speak to you on
some or the problems that confront,
US in our great cities," he said in the
theatre. "The first of these prob
lens, which Is fearful one in Lon
don, is the great increase in popula-
ton, which Is accompanied by an ap-
pa1ling overcrow ding. Often I have
seen five or six children and father.
and mother living In single room.
Another problem Is the fearful NOR
tality, especially among children.
what do we expect from Har-
vard2" he asked. II want to see you
do what you can to help US in our
work. First of all, you send US good
men. Nothing hurts us more, than
reports that in the universities there,
are drinking and immortality. Drink
ing and immortality in place like.
Harvard undermine US and are doing
much harm in the world.
1--WE admire Harvard for many
things, among them for the splendid
athletes you have sent across. You
will add to our admiration of you IL
you will help us solve our prob,
lems." ~. q.
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scribed as shown, is placed where it
can be conveniently reached when
wanted. The occupant of the house
on hearing suspicious noises in the
house quietly pitches the missile out
of the window. The presumption is
that policeman-or other passerby
will notice the tag, and help will be
Immediately ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ton Star.
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Main Cause OF Trouble.

Misunderstanding and minding
other peoples business cause most Of
the trouble in this world.-Manches-
ter Union.
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Wire.Loor ON Ribbon Spool.

There is considerable loss expert
enced in the dry goods and notion
stores in the ribbon department, oW-
ing to the delicate materials becom-
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THE GREAT DESTROYER
SOME STARTLING FACTS ABOUT
THE VICE OF INTEsIPERASCE.
The Rev. Sam Small Aims a Few
Rapid.Fire Verbal Shots at the
Demon Rum-Says the ProhiDi.

The Rev. Sam Small Aims a Few
Eapid-Fire Verbal Shots at the
Demon Rum-Says the ProhiDi.
ton Wave is Rising.
The Rev. Sam Small, of Atlanta.
Ca, preacher and temperance lee
turer, spoke at the Grand Avenue M
E. Church. The Georgia minister's
chief forensic characteristic is the use
of homely language and a rapid-hre
bombarding style of speech. Here
are few of his verbal shots aimed
at the demon rum" r
High license was invented by the
devil and patented by the politicians
to coin dollars to lay on the eyes or
dead consciences to make 'em look
respectable.
II don't know what kind Of n1ud
you fellows are made Of, but you
drink five times as much liquor as we
do in Georgia, and we've got repu-
tation for drinking whisky, cussin,,
and killing darkies."
"You came down South and licked
slavery out of US, and now we're COM
ing up North to lick the rum traffic
out of you" g-' 80
"We said to the legislature 'Yori
thick-lipped, fannel-mouthed rough.
necks, II you don't pass this prohibf-As
tion bill we'll pillory you, in every
county in Georgia. And they did it. I" y
Governor Smith told the railroads
If they didn't put the two-cent rate;
into effect he'd chain every locomo-
tive in Georgia to the track, and now
he'll enforce prohibition in Georgia
IL he has to put every voter in the
State under arms" Il
"The revenue that Kansas City de-
rives from the liquor traffic, If di-.
vided among the taxpayers, would
buy 'em a hat apiece" 8 >
Small told of the various steps in
the campaign to suppress the LIQUOR
traffic in Georgia. It originated I'm
protective measures to keep whisky
from the negroes, and eliminated in
Statewide prohibition. 3t.s s
@And not in Georgia alone, he
said; SIS the wave of prohibition ris-,
ing, but over all the South. In four
teen States Of the solid South, with
27,000,000 of people, there are fewer,
saloons than in the single State OF
New York, with 100000 people,
Kansas City Times. q 9lF5
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improvements in Tunis.

The government of Tunis has ap-
propriated 100000 for railways,
Etghroads and water works.
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Lives Without Sneering.
He who fears God does not sneer
at men.
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ing soiled ami mussed, prlnclpally
through the neglect of the sales
people to properly secure the end o.
the ribbon when placed back in the
drawers or shelves. L: is usually the
custom to require the attendants 10
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-09-04
TO EYEGI.Ass WEARERsl

"
Did you ever have your eyes th9r-
oughly and scientifically examined by
special instruments built on scientific
principles for that purpose. Instru-
ments that reveal the condition Of the
inner parts of the eyes and gives the
reflective (strength) condition of the
sight, That system of examination
is called scientific. The system where
you call off letters when lenses are
set before your eyes is not scientific,
but only guess work. It cannot be
relied on. In and around Idaho Falls
we have met a great number of peo-
pie who got glasses fitted by this
guess system" which failed to help
their eyes-the real trouble or defect
was not located and the glasses failed
to give relief a
1t is foolish to try to get your
eyes properly fitted with cheap lenses
and cheap methods. The very best
is the most reliable and the cheapest
in the end.
Ii you want the best don't fail to
see DIR. SCARBOROUGH, the eye
sight specialist in Crow & Changnon
building, End floor, Idaho Falls.
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ABERDEEN.

j. ABERDEEN. +
Mrs. M. j., johnson is visiting
friends and relatives In Newton,
Kans., her former home.
Mrs. John Toews received word of
the death of her brother In Kansas
and she has gone there to attend
the funeral. ts
Mr.. Otto Hege will leave soon for
an extended trip through the west.
Mr.. Hege will go from here to north
western Idaho and then to Washing
ton, Oregon and California.
Paul Wenger began carrying the
mail September l, taking the place
made vacant by Otto Hege's resig-
nation.
Several of the people from Aber-
deem were American Falls visitors
Friday, and incidentally attended the
circus.
Mrs. c. L. Myers, Misses Day and
Pete Dull and Miss Aleda Edinburg,
have gone to Pocatello to attend the
Institute this week
Miss Mabel II. Johnson, registrar
for Aberdeen precinct, will be at the
Hamilton Mercantile Company's store
every Saturday during September.
Mrs. s. NJ Johnson has been on
the sick list for several days Mrs.
Johnson made q trip to her husband 3
mill In the mountains, and she thinks
the trip was too much for her.
The patrons In the southwest part
of district 50, met a few nights ago
and decided to erect a school house
and arrange for school the coming
winter. There will be three schools
In the district this year, located most
conveniently for the pupils.
The survey for the American
Falls-Moreland railroad is progress
ing nicely The final survey goes
through Aberdeen. east of the cen
ter, while both preliminary surveys
were run west Of the center
The Ward brothers are grubbing
for G. L, Myers, getting ready to
SOW wheat. Mr.. Myers is arranging
to make residence on his Carey land.
Rev. M. e. Coen Is taking his va
cation and no services were held at
the Presbyterian church Sunday.
#. A. Sweet, after few weeks
vacation, Is again In the field looking
after the interests OF the A. r. G.
and p. Co. I'M XII .,S 4
y. r. schreck arrived from Salt
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Proper Clothes for Men.

Lake Monday. While here he will
be the guest of A. j. Schreck and
VIM. McRea.
j.. p. Bartel and the Roberts broth
ers were Blackfoot visitors last week.
The Hamilton Mercantile Co. has
increased their stock and are ready
to supply their customers with clean
fresh products.
CANADIAN LETTER. "
Dear Brother: I have been bu1S
for the past three weeks at the
ranch building portable grain bins
and cellar room for the crop which
is coming on In such excellent shape.
We were to have begun thresfin
barley tomorrow but It is raining !
little today which will likely delay
us a day. The first car of wheat for
the season was being loaded at Glei-
chen yesterday for which the growers
we're getting soc per bushel. We
have pulled the portable grain bins
to convenient places in the stubble
field for shock threshing and will set
the separator by the side Of each of
them and let the weigher run the
grain direct to the bin where 1t viii
stand until we get ready to haul It
to market.
We will thresh our barley and haul
1t to market while we finish cutting
our wheat and oats. then thresh the
wheat and use the same bins for
them that held the barley, and after
the wheat Is marketed will thresh
the oats and will likely hold the
bulk OF the oats over for the Spring
market We hope to thresh about
5000 bushels of oats from 100 acres
of land. s
We realized the first returns from
the new place week before last when
we dug about one half acre Of pota-
toes and marketed them and realized
$50.30 for the lot. 1t Is the most
uniform field Of potatoes ] ever saw
and the early one are about matured
and cook as fine as any ever saw.
We expect the entire field to bring
us $4,000 per acre for marketable
potatoes and have our seed ana feed
potatos left.
will give you q report on my
barley crop NEXT week.
Yours respectfully,
INV. d. TRE0O,
1024-S 9Th Az. East. II iiFs sS
Calgary, Canada. n.
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BOYLE BROS.
AN OPPORTUNITY FOR FANfERs
aforementioned sheep For SHE. An

Il am offering for sale fine lot Of
Thoroughbred ewes OF Lincoln, Cots
void and Shropshire breed They
are the finest lot Of thoroughbred
ewes in the west and am offering
them on prices and on terms that
will enable anyone desiring such an
Investment to make 1t. My stock is
nnadeup of importations from Cana
ia and England and is all thorough
ly acclimated. believe this Is a fine
opportunity for farmers who desire
to make profitable Investment in
raising thoroughbred bucks for the
range herds In Idaho. These ewes
will be ready for delivery from Sep
TENDER 10th to October 18th. Ad-
ress me for prices and terms.
IF. n. GOODING,