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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Kidnauers Killed.

Ell Paso, Tex-A special from Tu-
cumcari, n. NJ, says that a negro
named John Johnson and Sebastian
Sandoval, a Mexican, We're killed
near Cueryo, ~ NJ, after long pur.
suit by a posse, Johnson and sando-
val, at the point of rifles, had kid
mapped a girl named Juana Sanchez
from her une;es ranch, fifteen miles
from Cuervo, it being the negroes de.
clared intention to marry the girl
The uncle of the girl Immediately or
ganized a posse, and at its head
started in pursuit of the kidnapers
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
TWENTY LIVES LOST.
sloop Kearsarge Goes Down, Only
Nine on Board Escaping.

New Orleans.-A dispatch from
Bluefield gives the details of the loss
of the sloop Kearsarge on the night
of March 10 between Monterey Point
and Greytown, Nicaragua. Twenty
people persisted when the boat went
down. The captain, cook, two sail
ors and five passengers succeeded in
reaching shore in a small boat. The
Kearsarge was a small vessel of
about 25 tons. 1t went to Bluefields
from st. Andrews islands with a
cargo of cocoanuts and took on TWEEN
ty-five passengers at Bluefields, 1t is
stated, bound for Bocas del Toro, ia
maica
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
A Fatal Family Quarrel.

San Francisco.-Josiah Hall, aged
%, shot and killed his father, Josiah
Hall, Sr., at their home on Fulton
street, following quarrel between
the father and the mother of the
young man, because Mrs. Hall had
given him $3.50. The father, 1t is
alleged, struck his wife, which quick
ly brought young Hall from an adj
Joining room to his mothers assist
ance. Young Hall was thrown out of
the house and then fired a shot
through a window, killing his father
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Escaped Circus Elephant Causes Cali
fornians Much Uneasiness.

San Bernadino, GAIA big circus
elephant which escaped Friday night
and wandered, over a section of the
city, doing small miscellaneous dam
age, was captured by the showmen
at o'clock Saturday morning in the
open country. He was chained up and
led to his car. Although loose since
II o'clock Friday night, the elephant
only broke down a few fences and
tore up some sidewalks, in addition
to thoroughly soaring considerable
number of people.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
A Modern Instance.

The higher education is not wholly
In vain Here is a student of the Uni
Yersity of Pennsylvania who has SO
wisely communed with the great
spirits of old that he is able to train
a ten-dollar monkey to serve him as
a valet, even to the backing of the
disciples boots. They say no man is
a hero to his valet. Wonder what this
particular monkey thinks of his mas
ter?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Had Too Many Diamonds.

Pittsburg-A poker game at Clair
ton. few miles from here, broke up
about daybreak Friday, after a sec
ond ace of diamonds was discovered
in the deck. Peter Marsh, who held
the two aces of diamonds, as we'll as
an ace of hearts and an ace of clubs,
is in the McKeesport hospital with
two bullet holes In his lungs. It is
said he cannot live. There were seven
others in the room at the time this
hand was held. and six of them were
hurt by the flying bullets and furnt
tufe.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Aeronaut Falls Fifty Feet and Is Fa.
tally Injured.

Los Angeles. Cal.-Professor p. R.
Leorifed, an aeronaut at Chutes park.
suffered fracture of the spine Sun
day as the result of falling fifty feet
after he had made balloon ascension.
Leorifed reached height of about
5000 feet from which he made para
chute jump. Everything was going
well until he was within fifty feet oil
the earth, when his parachute struck
a cross arm on a telegraph pole and
he was thrown from his seat. He Is
still alive, but in a critical condition.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Hunting Big Game in Africa Like
Shooting Cows.

New YOKOHAMA Estes, the Boston
publisher, who arrived here on Sunday
after a journey of $4,000 miles in Eu.
rope. Asia and Africa. says: Former
President Roosevelt will find hunting
big game in Africa like shooting cows
in back yard. The antelopes and ami.
mails of that kind are so tame he
said. that they Craze along the rail
road track and scarcely look up as the
train goes by l saw thousands OF
zebras. antalopes, ostriches, etc"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02

The Federal Civil Service as
Career" by Ell Bic Kean Foltz, is de-
signed for the applicant for federal
positions, the ofiice-holder, the secon-
omist, and the busy citizen. 1t is a
book OF facts. concisely stated, free
from technicalities, and arranged
with a view to practical use. Any
one having an ambition to enter the
federal service will find this book of
value in preparing for examination.
The author Is an ofFice-holder in the
treasury department at Washington.
and writes from an actual knowledge
Of facts gathered at first hand. Pub
lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New
York City
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Nevadan Convicted of Murder Sui
cides in Cell.

Goldfeld, Nev-Edward a. Hughes,
convicted murderer of George Gil
liam, was found dead in his cell Sat
urday morning, hanging from the
highest Of the steel bars by rope
made of strips of blanket. Hughes
had been sentenced for life and was
awaiting a new trial. He left note
saying: This is the best way to END
the new trial" He shot Gillian on
street in Goldfield while the streets
were full of people, claiming thai
Gillian had stolen his wife's affec
lions,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
nATrATTC Advice AS to patent-
IA FIN ability and Procedure
An u an &44 49, FREE upon request.
SenA sksash and description Of your inyentiOn.
Harry j. Robinson, Attorney at Law and Solicitor
Of Passues, 30A-S Judge Building, Salt Lake City
One Spiders Dolnss.

The entire fire alarm system Of
Bayonne, N. j., was recently thrown
out of order by single spider The
insect had got caught where all the
wires of the transmitter room con-
verge together, and its body hung In
such way as to short-circuit the
whole system.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Observation-Disclosures

Salt Lake Route now selling Colonist
Tickets, above rate to San francisco,
Fan Jose, Santa Barbara, San Diego,
Los Angeles, etc. Call on nearest
agent.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
The Realm Of the possIbIe.

The realm of the possible was given
to man to hope, and not to fear in.
II lin sorrow the thought
strikes you that we are punished for
our sins-mourn for them, and not for
the happiness which they have pre-
vented. Rather thank God that he
has stopped US in time, and remember
his promises of restoring us IL we
profit by his chastisement-Char
Kingsley.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Salt Lake Route now selling Colonist
Tickets, above rate to San Francisco,
san Jose, Santa Barbara, San Diego.
Los Angeles, etc. Call on nearest.
agent.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT.
Russia and Austria Negotiating
Agreement on Balkan Situation.

Vienna.-Baron Won Aerenthal, the
Austro Hungarian foreign minister,
is quoted as saying that Russia's rec.
ognition of the annexation of Bosnia
and Herzegovina by Anstro-Hungary
is very satisfactory, and that there
is no idea Of demanding a hum1liat-
ing declaration from the Belgrade
government.
Prices on the bourse rose sharply
on Friday on the Helief that Russia s
recognition of the annexation of Bos'
mia and Herzegovina paves the way
for a peaceful solution.
There was much interest here In
a report that Russia and Austria were
negotiating a general agreement or
all Balkan questions.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
The Unattainabie.

Seeking the unattainable Is for
man to try to find a corner in the
house for some undisturbed reading
without its having to be busted ten
minutes after be begins.-New York
Press.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
As He Saw II.

Along with the dinner the old farm
err had ordered in the city restaur-
ant the waiter brought diminutive
pat of butter Finally the old man dis
covered 1t, and. calling the waiter, he
said: Say, mister, eff yew amt tew
bizzy, | wish yew'd wipe that air
grease-spot off that plate an put some
butter on It."
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
cure for Mental pepression.

Mental depression may come from
physical ailment and overwork or from
too much idleness. Go among cheerful
friends, take the air, wholesome diet
and keep away from int .aspection.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Love La an Alehenlat.

Love is an alchemist A man in
love is almost always a man who,
having found a piece OF coal, keeps it
previously in his pocket, saying: ITS
a diamond."-P ]. Stahl,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Salt Lake Route now selling Colonist
Tickets. above rate to San Francisco.
San Jose, Santa Barbara, San Diego.
Los Angeles, etc. Call on nearest
agent.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02

"Uncle Gregory" is the title of
novel by George Sandman, just is,
sued from the press of G. P. Put
MANS Sons, New York City Uncle
Gregory is a successful banker of
unreasonable wealth. Dying, he
leaves a preposterous will directing
the carrying out Of schemes of all
kinds, and the writing OF monu'
mental biography of himself. How
the engaging couple upon whom the
bulk of these irksome duties rests
finally free themselves from them;
how the grandicose fame of Uncle
Gregory withers and shrfnks; and
the part great conflagration p1ays
In the denouement of this tale, makes
a very interesting story.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
Modern Fashions.

Fashions are so peculiar that It's
real treat for woman to be unlovely
and comfortable.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-02
America the First Choice.

Eighty per cent. of Ireland's emil
grants come to this country.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
For a Christmas Dinner Table

In the center of the table set up a small tree, three feet or little higher; dress it with silver tinsel, silver and red balls and red and white candles. Old-fashioned red and white candy toys can also be hung by red ribbons and later distributed with joking speeches to the guests for whom they have been chosen such as pipes, pistols and spades for the men, scissors for the clever sewer, irons. tubs, brooms for the busy house. keepers, harp for the musician, etc. All these forms can be bought at any candymakers' establishment.
 At holiday time the candymakers often use for window decorations long sticks of clear candy of various coors, and an accommodating manager will willingly color a number to order, although they are not, as a rule, made for sale. Those l used were IS inches long, one-quarter of an inch thick, of clear twisted candy col ored a bright red and costing 20 cents a pound
 The table was laid for F, and at each plate was placed a tripod made of these sticks, tied together near one end with narrow ribbon and In each tripod hung made of red. some of white tarlatan, filled with salted nuts and tiny chocolates.
 This may sound like a meager decora- tion, but try 1t and see how the red sticks stand out against the white cloth and enhance the glitter of the silver trimmed tree.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Appropriate Christmas Gifts.

How do you do it?' I asked a girl a few days ago, who is employed in a big office down town.
 Do whatf" she queried.
 Remember everybody. I have seen over so many presents you made and know they are just what people will want"
 T guess you did not notice what cheap little gifts they were" The girl dipped her pen In the ink and began to make row of figures up and down the side of her blotter. ''I'll tell you, I don't squeeze the pleasure of Christmas Into a day or week. It is al1-the-year round fun for me. I keep a notebook and begin iotting things into 1t as early as Decem- Der 2G. All summer long I watched Lillian at the next desk thrusting her flowers into an empty paste-pot. Her little green vase cost me 10 cents. Timmie, our office boy, has been wishing for a new bicycle bell. I found an old bell in a second hand store for 10 cents; when 1t was pol shed it looked brand new. The cashier has been wondering why somebody didn't invent something to stick inlsy pens into. I found a cute little Japanese dish, which would just hold a raw potato. He has the potato Jabbed full of pens now. All the year round watch out for little things people want-my purse won't allow big things. I buy them as I can, and tuck them away in my Christmas box This year 1t was overflowing before No vember.''
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Boys at Christmas.

I once heard a grown-up beauty de- clare in the presence and hearing of a half-grown brother that "every boy should be put under barrel at IA, and kept there until he was 20, out of sight of his kindred and acquaintances," says a well-known writer.
 up to 21 he Is an unmitigable nuis- ancer concluded the belle, with the van ity of one who has put the case smartly.
 The lad listened to the tirade with out the twitch of a muscle-stolidity that proved him to be well used to such faying. Three out of four boys in that family turned out badly and were cried down by a scandalized community for dis gracing a decent and gody ancestry. Hearing this, recollected the beauty and the barrel, and speculated sadly whether or not this were the key to the enigma, and wondered If at Christmas time, which is the boys own time, any of the dear lit- tie fellows would be treated in such a manner.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

an expressed it, we've had trees ever since I can remember and I think a snow man filled with gifts Is deliaht- 1uily original" The snow man is cer- talnly wicked looking fellow, with his high hat cooked over one eye. but the eyes are the most fascinating part or this rival of the tree. They are big red or blue electric light globes half buried in the make believe snow, and when the current Is turned on are quite dazzling spots of light in the big snow clad figure. Between these eyes there Is nose of not altogether class ical shape, and below 1t red flannel mouth supplied with but one lip. This lip is unusually long and extending most from one ear to the other.
 Under difficulties the snow man is game enough to hold a pipe in his one tipped mouth. Around his stubby neck IS blue and red checked collar with wide turned over tips, such as cakewalk competitors wear. The overcoat is a long one, made double breasted and trimmed with big round black buttons. The arms are stuffed into the coat pock- cts in rakish fashion that accords per- fectly with the angle of his hat. Under one arm he carries an old time broom. which is carelessly tucked away, as if his snow man was really industrious The snow Santa Claus is made on a wooden frame and he can be purchased n sizes from four to eleven feet.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19

dollies are made there was great hustle and confusion. Why? of course you can guessl Because Santa Claus will soon have to send them on long journeys to reach the little boys and girls on Christ mas morning." says the Story Teller.
 Up at Santas ice palace in the far north many sprites and fairies are now at work planning Christmas cheer as old Santa has so many children on his lists he must have many helpers. Thus Nuremburg was chosen as the city for toy factories. And there were many shops filled with dollies of all sizes and kinds. Some in boxes all ready for their long journey to America on the big boats, or by train to other cities; others were lying on the long tables waiting their turn to be wrapped In other rooms are the dollies' dressmalsing parors. There the pretty flaxen-haired German girls, singing as they work, are busy making Mistress Dollys wardrobe-some of silk and some of satin for parties, and some of gingham just for school and home wear.
 'Then in another room visitors will hear a queer hammering and smell paint. If they peep in quietly they will see young men and girls making toy trains and carts and horses.
 And how fast their fingers fly! They must hurry, for Santa Claus must be obeyed, and all these toys must be fin- ished in time for Christmas night"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
The Christmas Coiffure.

Up to Christmas time Dame Fashion decrees flat hair-dressing, which Is known as the coiffure la Circassienne. This particular kind of arrangement has as many names attached to 1t as the modern urban. There seems no end to these. Mop, Sans Gene. Brittany, Moyen-Age. turban, are among some of the first that greeted the coiffure. This much may be said of it' there are more ways of do- ing 1t than there are names for it.
 The requisite thing is to have it flat. How one manages this is ones own se- cret.
 No three hairdressers do 1t alike.
 The hair may be loosely braided and wound around the head, or 1t may be twisted into rope and placed from nape of neck to forehead in as near a circle as the head will permit.
 Again, 1t Is arranged in a long puff cap in the middle of the head and luxurious ropes or braids of hair are wound around this.
 No hairpins must show except the four huge shell ones that are to hold the coils in place. There is no perceptible pompa-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Christmas Gifts for Country
 Cousins.

Every one possesses country cousins or their equivalent. The degree of rela- tionship may vary. or there may be none at all; the distant connections may be uncles, aunts or merely friends, and their homes may be in towns they would scorn to have called country far though these may be from the big centers of city ve. Yet to those of us who do live in such centers the dwe1ler in any less crowded region is likely to be considered as one living in the country.
 Your imagination tells you that if a per son is off in the real country, away from many neighbors, she may need bright ness and beauty brought into her life. Your common sense warns you not to achieve this by the gift of useless trifes in the line of ornament and bric-a-brac, which clutter more than they beautify. In the place of these, you choose good picture nice piece of brass, a candle stick or lamp or a sconce. pretty table cover or a couch cushion, or some- thing else that will be pleasing after the first novelty of possession is worn off.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Tor
Bleaching "Rompers
 Christmas"

"At Christmas time," said a fond mother, when children reed rompers to play in more than at any other time, am reminded that not long ago I made some for my small boy out of blue cham bray. AS sometimes happens, the ma- terial. despite every precaution, faded sadly in the washing, until 1t became almost but not quite white. There was just sufficient color unevenly distributed in the little garments to make them most unattractive to look upon so I decided l would try to make them pure white. knew that boiling them in solution Of soda and water would bleach them, but there is always more or less danger Of injuring the fabric in the process. so tried another way. I made a fairly strong solution of cream of tartar and cold water and put the rompers Into 1t. Then I let the kettle stay on the stove for at least half an hour after, the water came to a boil. just where there was sufficient heat to let the ket- tie simmer. At the end of the halt hour I took the kettle off and let the garments stay in the water until 1t was perfectly cold. After rinsing the rom pers in cold water I hung them out or doors in the sunshine and they came out snowy white. Really, they are prettier than when they were first made, and apparently no injury was done. for not a break has appeared since
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
Suggestions as to "His" Gift
 at Christmas.

Remember that 1t is bad taste to give a man an expensive gift. says Beatrix Fairfax, as it places him under too much of an obligation. If he is fond of read ing, the question of course Is settled; he would rather have book than any thing.
 For s1. 50 you can get plate and 50 en- graved visiting cards. If he has not one already that would make nice gift.
 Most young men take some pride in making their rooms look pretty and at tractve.
 If your particular young man is inter ested in that sort of thing. there are end less things to give him. A gay cushion, a pretty picture. table cover, plant in a china flower pot; there are dozens of pretty things to be thought of.
 Don't give a man present unless you know him well enough to know that he will appreciate 1t.
 If you have known him only few weeks, it would be absurd to give him anything. He might send you box of candy or flowers, but that would not necessitate your returning the courtesy Men have privileges of that kind whict girls have not.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
The School Ma 'am's Christmas

T do wfsh," said a pretty schoolma am the other day, that the parents of my dear little boys and girls would give a passing thought to the teachers Christ mas present! Every year the youngsters. bless their generous hearts, pool their pennies, dimes and nickels to buy me something. Then they go in a body to select present. Invariably they patron ize some department store, where you can get bigger. gaudier things for your money than anywhere in the city. After the stammering presentation speech has been made, undo the wrapping with fear and trembling Still have to look de- lighted when I receive things like-this. which I got last year.
 She sat before my astonished gaze a jar two feet high. It was lurid with scarlet, and gold and blue dragons squirmed all over it.
 "The presentation speech requested ' she said, that I keep it on my des, for flowers. Imagine this for wilted lt- tie bouquets of dandelons and violetsl Why, It Is suitable for nothing but sun flowers and hollyhocks. Still it must have place on my desk, just as I give up corners of my home to gauily pillows awfui bric-a-brac, lurid chromos and strange things in statuary. The chil. dren spend their money with such eager goodwill 1t seems an ungracious act to criticise their gifts. Still, every season l do wish some mother, possessed of sense and some artistic taste, woupd go shopping with them"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-12-19
At the Christmas Bargain
 Counter.

By Carolyn Wells. Ten Christmas shoppers standing in a One got elbowed out, then there were nine. Nine Christmas shoppers, shopping very
 late; One fell asleep, and then there were eight Eight Christmas shoppers, shopping till
 eleven; One fainted dead away, then there were
 seven. Seven Christmas shoppers, cross as two
 sticks; One fiounced home to bed, then there
 were six. Six Christmas shoppers, only just alive; One remembered baby! Then there were
 i've. Five Christmas shoppers paving bar The salesgir snubbed one, the nthere
 were four. Four Christmas shoppers, nervous as
 could be- One smelled smoke, and then there were
 three. Three Christmas shoppers, making great
 t0-do; One had mysteries, then there were two. Two Christmas shoppers. with shopping
 not half done; One thought she saw a mouse then there
 was ones One Christmas shopper, who'd spent all
 her nun; Her husband came for her-then there
 was none.