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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-10-29
Image of VIRGIN Robbed Of =,

Czenstochwa. Russian Poland
Some time during Saturday night rob-
bers entered the chapel here and de-
spo.lel the mulh revered image of the
virgin OF IT, robe ~ pearls the
diamond studded crown and many
votive offerings of jewelry. The i'm
age itself was not damaged. The OBJ
iects stolen have an intrinsic value
o. several million rolhl"s N SYN
day the chapel, which had closed up
on the discovery of the outrage. was
surrounded with a great crowd Of
weeping and praying men and women.
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A FUNNY PROPOSITION.

Man comes into the world without
his consent and leaves it against his
will. During his stay on earth his
time is spent in one continuous round
of contraries and misunderstanding.
In his infancy he is an angel; in his
boyhood he is devil in his manhood
he is everything from a lizard up; in
his duties he is foo; if he has no
family he's committing race suicide;
if he raises a family he is a chump; if
he raises check he is a thief, and
then the law raises Cain with him; if
he is poor man, he is poor man
ager and has no sense; if he is rich
he is dishonest, but considered smart;
if he is in politics he is a CRATER and
a crook; ii he is out of politics YOU
can't place him, as he is an s undesir-
able CITIZEN if he goes to church he
is hypocrite; if he stays away from
church he is sinner; if he donates to
foreign missions he does it for show;
if he dosen't he is stingy and tight
wad."
When he first comes into the world,
everybody wants to kiss him-before
he goes out they want to kick him.
If he dies young, there was great
future before him; if he lives to ripe
old age, he is in the way, only living
to save funeral expenses.
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PROHIBITIONISTS
CANNOT SUCCEED CARDINAL GIBBONS
ONTEMPERENCE.

Baltimore, Nd, Sept. H. Pro-
hibitionists all over the country are
making an effort to suppress the use
of intoxicating liquors, and while |
hope they willsucceed, / don t think
will. Reform must come from with
in and not from without. You can
not legislate for virtue
This is what Cardinal Gibbons
said today in an address:
There is but one thing to do"
said the cardinal, and that is to
inoculate abstinence in the Young
people so they may not become the
slaves of liquor. Believe me when
| tell you there is no vice like that
of intemperence; no vice that is fol-
lowed by such dire results. Its eff
fectS are found everywhere, and
sometimes evea among churchmen.
No church should tolerate a clergy
man who drinks.
What is more pathetic than a
drunkard's home. Poverty creeps
in; not the kind that cannot be
helped, but the kind which is forced
upon families and which is neither
blessed by God nor men. Under
stand me, do not mean to say that
it is sin to take a little refresh
ment' but it should be taken at the
proper time. The Catholic church
does not advance extremes. but
wisely and safely steers in the middle
course"
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HEN RAISING KITTENS.

On Parchment at G. R. Casto's
may be seen strange affair. On
the farm among large flock of chick
ems is one old hen that decided to
set. The eggs were taken from her
nest, but still she persisted in setting.
Her nest was in the wood shed and
a very coy nest it is. Tabby had a
young litter of kittens not far away
in the smoke house. One day while
the old hen was off the nest Tabby
carried her kittens and put them all
in the nest.
When the old hen returned she
never changed her mind, set she
would and went on her nest, and
carefully covered the nest of kittens.
She began to cluck to the little kit
tens, and now they are fast friends.
The old hen appears to be proud of
her strange nestlings. The little
kits will poke their heads out from.
under her wings, as cute and cunning
as you could imagine. The old hen
and old cat are perfectly friendly
when old Tab makes her regular visits
to give nourishment to the kits.
1t seems to US we read. in some old
book, where it says the lion and the
lamb shall lie down together, and
we may infer from this friendship,
that all nature is approaching that
happy day.
If you have any dobubt of the
truth of this story write G. R. Casio,
Given, w. Va, or inquire of Rev.
H T. Watts, living witness
Ripley Mountaineer.
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spoiIina a. Show.

Showman-I don't know as we can
give any kind Of show this after.
noon. AssiStant-What's the matter?
Showman-That fresh kids been in
the cage Of the man eating lion having
romp. and the critter is as playful as
kitten, the farmer we rented the 81.
cred cow from India from says the
money amt payin' him for the loss Of
his milk route, and the wild man of
Borneo says he's got to have a day
on to register and see the police pa
rade.-Baltimore American.
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ATTRACTIVE FARMS.
course.

1t is not only the general appear
anee of the neighborhood IN which
one thinks of settling, but the APP
pearance of individual farms here and
there, as shown by clean fields and
good crops growing, that often in
Auenees the prospective buyer. If
so it follows that the unkept fields
and slOvenly premises of a shiftless
or lazy person will tend to cast dis
credit on all his neighbors and the
agricultural standing of the district
and by so doing are, likely to result
in depreciation of land values.
This aspect of or reason for good
farming is one that is not often re-
ferred to, but it is worth taking into
account now and then.
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JOHN RGRAW QUITS POLITICS. .
IeNAEIus BRENNAN.

Down at clarksburg t'other day,
A good substantial friend of mine
Impaired Startling words to me
That sounded anything but fine.
II had Nicholas Carter ring
When penning of his Diamond
Dicks
Don't it sound thesame to you!
John McGraw S quit politics.
He said that John was SO sincere,
And spoke in melancholy style;
OF course, John never stories much,
Just one, in long, long while.
But if these words were said by him,
His liver must be out of FIX,
To me would be SO hard to guess,
And get in shape for politics. .
Now wouldn't it be mean of you,
To let US stand the battles brunt
Without general, of your style,
Commanding at the very front?
OF course, we know you're growing
old
d'm glad I'm telling you by press,
As to what you'd do if yerbly told,
To me would be so hard to guess
But age q like years, is what we
need,
E'enthough you're slightly battle
SCARED,
You know, the best point for attack
Is known the best by those who've
warred.
Well bide our time and by next fall,
When our opponents start their
Well watch and grid the armor on,
And hunt the heat of politics.
And though you may have said it,
John,
You needn't offer an excuse,
For breaking back in line again,
When you are ready Cut Ter loose, ;
As We know well it's your delight
To take hand in such a mix,
The last sad rites will be performed
For John McGraw's quit politics.
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Bill BOARDS
aPUBLIG NUISANCE NEW YORKJUDGEi
RENDERS AN nlPORTANTDACSION.

Among recent decisions against
hin boards was that by Justice Sea-
bury, of the New York Supreme
Court, in a case in which the author-
tiles of Manhattan Borough were the
defendants, with thee. j. Sullivan
Advertising Company as plaintiff.
This decision upheld the contention
that the advertising company had no
right to erect signs on temporary
she'd across public highway. An
important point in Justice seabury's
decision was to this effect:
Such signs being outside the
building line, it is doutful if the
municipal authorities could lawfully
have authorized their erection. The
streets or highways are public prop
erty. The streets, including the
sidewalks, belong from side to side
and end to end tothe pubEc. Adult
ting owners have no right to appro-
pirate this public property to private
uses. The erection of bill boards or
signs upon or over public property is
an appropriation of public property
to private uses, and is no more sane
toned by the law than is the public
appropriation of private property
Further, in ruling against the
signs, Justice seabury declared that
it is case where the public prop
erty has been wrongfuIly invaded by
private or individual interests in such
way as toimpair the common rights
of all in it. He held, too, that
the presence of the billbOards upon
the public highway is a mere nuisance
which the municipal authorities will
do well to abate.' :
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CORN AND TOBACCO
CROPS ARE HURT BY THE DROUTH,

Charleston, ". Va, Sept. H.
DToughts in certain sections of the
State have injured the corn crop, &C.
.cording to reports received by secre-
tary Garyin, Of the state board of
agriculture. One of the worst dry
spots in the State ESQ far as lack of
rain is concerned, and spirituous
liquors, too, for that NATTER is along
the Kanawha river for a distance of
some 80 miles below Charleston.
There the rain has been slight for
weeks, and not only the corn, but
the tobacco crop is showing the eff
feet of the drought. In fact the
whole southwestern section of the
State has suffered because of the alb
sence of warning elements.
However, taking the State as a
whole, there will be an average corn
crop. There was an average wheat
and oats crop, which was harvested
before the dryness got in its work.
Notwithstanding the fact that most
of the tobacco growers in the State
are inexperienced there will be a
bumper tobacco crop. More of the
weed is being grown this year than
ever before and many of the farmers
of the southwestern section of the
State will make gOOdly sum of ex-
ira money from this source.
The fruit crop in the State this
year will be only about 40 or so per
cent. of rull crop. The late
freezes came when the fruit trees
were budding and in bloom and were
fatal in some sections. The insect
pests have greatly harmed the fruit
crops this year also. Because of the
deadly work of the tiny pests much
of the fruit dropped from the trees
early in the summer and much ofthe
fruit when ripened will show the
effect of the pest earlier in the sea-
son. Choice apples will bring good
price this fall.
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THE PLAIN OF CUISINES.
Ia Transformation Into the Field Of
the Cloth Of Gold.

Its Transsormation Into the Field Of
tie Cloth Of Gold.
II was a magnificent display when
Henry VII. of England and Philip ].
Of France met in good fellowship on
the plain of Cuisines
The kings retinue had been selected
from the noblest OF the kingdom.
woIsey. with his 300 followers, headed
the escort and was followed by dukes,
earis. barons, bishops and knights,
with their retainers. The escort num-
bered 1000 horsemen. not including
the queens escort numbering nearly
1000 persons and 800 horses. The
French king had an equally splendid
retinue. King Henry and his great
cavalcade were taken. on arrival at
Cuisines, to the magnificent palace pro-
rided by wolsey. There was an old
palace there. and Wolsey had estab-
lisked himself in that and erected
one for his king. The palace was the
most beautiful place imaginable. 1t
bad so many glazed windows that It
looked as though built Of crystal. and
much Of the woodwork, both inside
and out. was covered with gold All
the way from the gate to the door
were rows OF silver statues Inside
the walls Of the chambers and halls
were hung with magnificent tapestry
embroidered in gold, and the ceilings
were draped with white SIX.
But Henry was not to spend all OF
his time in his fine palace, for tents
had been erected on the plain. and in
these the two kings and their suits
were to lodge. The tents OF the French
king were pitched Just outside the
walls Of the town Of Ardres and ex-
tended almost to the tents Of King
Henry.
The tents in which the two queens
were lodged were covered with cloth
Of gold. as were also the tents of the
ladies in attendance upon them and OF
all members of the royal families. The
effect was dazzling. Beautiful pavil-
ions. hung with cloth Of gold. dotted
the plain; banners foated everywhere;
fountains of wine spouted in the bright
June sunshine: horses. decorated with
AutterinS ribbons, pranced about gayly.
So gorgeous had the dreary plain been
made that It has become known in his
tory as the Field OF the Cloth Of
Gold"
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GREAT DAYS
COUNTRY IS BEAUTIFUL CONSIDERING
THE SEASON OF THE YEAR.

The country never looked more
beautiful at this season ofthe year
than it does at the present time. The
corn looks magnificent and promises
asplendid yield. The abundant rains
have been timely and all the grass
and yerdure show its effect in beauti-
full green and freshness of healthy
plant life. The midsummer blooms
are exquisite and more than usually
attractive this year. The golden
plumaGe sways in the breeze and mods
welcome to the passerby. The
blackeyed Susans and the Bouncing
Bettys are in silk attire, rejecting
the glories of nature and the bene-
ficient work of the great creation of
the universe. The road-sides are
lined with flowers of blooms of all
most every hue peculiar and usual to
this season and they gladden. the eye
with their beauty. All nature smiles
and the earth promises abundantly.
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BRoWNINe,s 4soRDELLo.v
The Critics Had Lots of Fun With tho
Famous Poem.

The Critics Had Lots Of Fun With tho
Famous Poem.
When Robert Browning was twen-
ty-eIsht yeqrs old and after he had
written "Paracelsus" and his tragedy
OF STAFFORD" he wrote "Sordello,"
about which there has always been
such a variety OF opinion. Dante in
his "Purgarory" wrote of Sardello.
who was poet Of Provence.
when "Sordello" appeared It made
a sensation. Punch said 1t had Of
fered f1o0 to any person who would
reasonably explain one single line and
that after a year no one had claimed
this reward. BurlesQues were writ
ten on it. and IN one of these 1t was
claimed that the funniest lines were
some Of the exact original ones.
A story is told of witty Douglas Jer-
rold. who met a friend one day and
asked. Have you read 'Sordello?
Does It mean anythIngT
The friend replied that It meant
nothing whatever. Thank heaven"
said Jerrold. Then I am not mad! /
read It yesterday and feared / had
lost my wits. It is only Browning
who has lost his"
Another story was that criminals at
SewGate prison who were condemned
to death were offered full pardon II
they would listen to the reading Of
+Sordello," but in every instance they
FASTENED with Slee to the gallows.
Browning once said that he blamed
nobody but himself for the work and
that It had many faults Of expression;
that he meant to lay stress on Incl
dents in the development Of soul
and that little else Is worth study.
This estimate OF his work was given
twenty-five years after It was written,
when he had revised It and dedicated
1t to a friend. He rewrote very little
Of It, and his followers have a belief
that he considered "Sordello" his best
literary work. 1t certainly has many
beautiful lines, and in particular there
is word picture as striking as any
thing IN our language:
That autumn eve was stIlled.
A last remains OF sunset dirnly burned
Ger the far forests like a torch dame
turned
By the wind back upon the bearers hand
In one long flame OF crimson: as brand
The woods beneath lay black
Boston Globe.
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oNE OYSTER ENOUGH.

He Swallowed It Alive and Had to Kill
It After It Was Down.
A farm laborer from the Interior on
bis first visit TO London dropped into
n small oyster shop where a number
Of men were eating raw oysters. Tie
extreme satisfaction displayed on the
faces OF those about him created long
inGs Of Sustatory nature in the new
arrival. who edged his way up to the
counter in anticipation Of eating a
real I've, Juicy oyster.
1t was the FIRST time he had seen an
oyster. and he became at once inter-
ested. and when the shellfiSh had been
finally uucaSed he proceeded to bal.
ance 1t on the end Of his fork. then.
with look OF extreme satisfaction.
gulped It down.
Great Scott" shouted man stand.
ing near him. You haven't swallowed
the oyster alive. have you:"
There was horrible pause.
That critter will eat right through
you" shouted another.
By this time the poor countryman
was shaking with fear and horror. BE
commenced to have terrible pains in
his abdomen and was soon doubled up
in his agony. he begged some one to
go for u doctor to get the thing out.
he continued to grow worse. when
some one suggested that be. take
dose Of tabasco sauce. which it was
claimed would Kill the object that
was creating such terrible commoton
in his internal arrangement.
he grasped the bottle with avidIty
and took a draft His condition. which
before bad been alarming to the vic
tim. now assumed serious phase to
the perpetrators Of the hoax.
The man gasped and choked. BE
became black in the face, and tears
were running down his face. when
some one thrust a bottle Of oil into
bis mouth, and he was forced to drink
coptous drafts.
The effect was magical. The oyster
was evidently dead" BE became
more composed. and when he finally
recovered his breath he said:
I've killed it. But when that darn.
ed stun got into my stomach that oys-
ter rushed around as II shark was
after it"-London Scraps.
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ne BUFFALO.
A Coed Surveyor and One of Our First
Roadmakers.

A Coed Surveyor and One Of Our First
Roadmakers.
The buffalo was good surveyor. II
did not reason out why II should so In
@ certain direction. but IT'S sure instinct
took II by the easiest and most direct
paths. over high lands and low. TO the
salt ticks and water courses which
we're its goal. The authors Of 'sThe
Story Of the Great Lakes" Edward
Claiming and II. F. Lansing. sag that
the buffalo observed something Ike
the principles which today govern the
:iviI engineer.
As soon as the explorer landed on
the southern shores of Lakes Erie.
Michigan and Superior he came upon
buffalo roads or ''traceS." Sometimes
these were narrow bitches. a foot wide
and from SIX inches to two feet deep.
trodden down by the impact Of thou
sands Of boots as herd after herd Of
bunaloes had stamped along in single
ale behind their leaders.
When the first path became too
deep for comfort because OF repeated
travel the bufaloes would abandon s.
and begin a second path alongside the
6rst and thus the frequented traces
would be gradually widened.
Again. an immense herd Of these
heavy animals would crash through
the forest. breaking in their rapIc
progress a broad. deep road from one
feeding ground TO another. AS this
route would be followed again and
again by this and other herds. It would
become level and hard US a rock. 50
that there was great rejoicing in pio-
neer settlements when the weary road
makers. struggling with log causeways
and swampy hcllows, came upon a
firm, solid buffalo trace. Nor was this
an uncommon experience.
The line Of many OF these roads is
followed today By our railroads and
canals. as 1t was followed By our log
roads and turnptkes.
The buffalo followed the level OF the
valley. He swerved round high points
whenever 1t was possible. crossing the
ridges and watersheds at the best nat
ural divides and gorSes. and he crossed
from one side Of stream OF water to
the other repeatedly in order to avoid
climbing up from the level. after the
fashion Of our modern loop railways.
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1T IS DIFFERENT NOV"

Once on time local newspaper
suppressed a story because a fearful
mother, bowed down with grief,
begged the favor. A big-headed
man jumped the editor about it and
said he was coward and didn' have
nerve enough to print the news.
Soon after that shadow fell over
the big-headed mans home and he
rushed to the editor and begged him
to say nothing about it. IAN right, =
said the editor, but do you remem-
Der calling me coward for not print
ing the news?'' ';oh, yes,' the
buffer admitted, 81 ought not to
have said it, and besides it is differ
ent now.' Anewspaper often spares
a guilty person for the sake of the
innocent who would suffer, and then
some thoughtless people say the edi-
tor is a coward or was paid to sup
press the story. 1t is always better
to leave a story untold when its tell
ing would do more harm than good.
If people generally would observe
this rule there would be a lot of less
trouble in the world. DO as you
would be done by
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The Boss Got Ahead

II came mighty near resigning my
Job this morning." said Ardup. order
ing coffee and stnkers. I'D made up
my mind that the boss and 1 couldn't
get along any more"
well, why didn't you resIgnT asked
the man sitting on the next stool.
"He beat me to 1t by just one sec
ond. Chicago Tribune.
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Convincing His chum.

Johnny Tin the gardenl-Father,
father, look out Of the window!
Father Quitting out his head)-what
a nuisance you children are! What do
you want now?
Johnny with u triumphant glance
Mt his playfeliow)-Tommy Brooks
wouldn't believe you'd got no hair on
the top OF your head.-London Tit-Blts.
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Smart Boy.

Mamma-Edsar, didn't tell you not
to take any more preserves from the
jar? Small EdSar-Yes. ma'am. Nam
ma-Then. II you wanted some, why
didn't you ask me for them? Small
EdGar-'Cause I wanted some-ChI-
caSo News.
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Bacon-which do you think Is the
samiest fish? Egbert-well, the black
bass is the Gamiest to catch. but the
eel IS the ganiest when It comes to
getting It or the ook.-Yonkers States
man.
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No longer now old party lines
viii figure in the query,
But everywhere the question is
Are you for Cook or Peary:
Baltimore Sun.
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How He MANAGES Her.

How is it that your wife is 50 tract
able?"
why. I told her when we were mar
ried that she could do Just exactly rs
she pleased. and Of course she finds no
pleasure in doing Chicago Post.
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Statesmen WANTED.

To look after our interest in Ma
son and adjacent counties. Salary
or commission. Address the Victor
Oil Company, Cleveland, o.
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Only Lunch.

Have luncheon today?"
Nope"
Thought I saw you going out"
You did. but had lunch. not
luncheon. only had 10 cents to
spend. "-Exchanse.
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Let Us not talk III Of our enemies.
They only never deceive us.-Hous-
Taye.
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account now and chen