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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Honest z-
business
Methods
Pay in
Long Run
By HARVEY PEAKE

people, fooshy allow themselves be that
special Importance and buy goods that particular
prices They become accustomed looking
angered called upon pay the regular price
for anything.
ALL they spread the impression among their friends
they socad pull" at SoandSo and offer th
the reduction price for their friends also
Of times when necessary for welegulated
cut prices merchandise instance when
leave the shelves assortments depleted
this the cut general and applies much to Mrs. Jones
Mrs. Smith.
who desire be clever and who have high opinion
along inclined work this
will take the favored
that special favor, they going let them
which every else is paying $195 while reality
81 is the regular proftbearing price
work for WHILE but is nevertheless
1t well enough impress with the
than he is asked pay it if
they be led believe they
money than any else
Honest business methods pay in the long 80
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
SHIFT
II Your Food Fails to Sustain You,
Change.

One sort of diet may make person
respondent, depressed and blue and a
change to the kind of food the body
demands will change the whole thing.
A young woman from Phila. says:
For several years / kept in run
down, miserable sort Of condition, was
depressed and apprehensive of trouble.
lost flesh in distressing way and
seemed in a perpetual sort of dreamy
nightmare No one serious disease
showed, but the 'all-over' sickness was
enough.
Finally, between the doctor and ia
Their, was put on Grape-Nuts and
cream, as 1t was decided must have a
nourishing food that the body could
make use of.
"The wonderful change that came
over me was not, like Jonah's gourd,
the growth of single night, yet it
came with rapidity that astonished
me.
During the first week | gained in
weight, my spirits improved, and the
world began to look brighter and more
worth while.
"And this has continued steadily, till
now, after the use of Grape-Nuts for
only few weeks. am perfectly well,
feel splendidly, take lively interest In
everything, and am a changed person
In every way Name given by Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little book, THE Road to
Wellville," IN pkgs. There's a reason
Ever read the above letterR new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine. true, and fuil of hznaaz
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Adown the hills the shadows drift,
The bees come, honey-drunken. home.
The alder bushes yonder lift
Their treasury of blossom-foam;
The wind comes whispering to us
A song that is too sweet for speech,
And roses folding. tremulous,
Are holding converse each With each
One white star blazes in the sky.
The sunset filings its banners far
Until their tintings fade and die
Beneath the luster of the star;
The forest puppies into black.
The stars march up like homing sheep
That to the fold are coming back
And all the world Ii now asleep.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
A Little Fable.

There was once an Eminent States
man, who was always Ready to take
the Initiative. or anything Else that
was not Chained down.
One day another Eminent States
man CHANGED upon him While he was
busily Writing.
What are you Doing? asked the
Second Statesman.
Drafting a Bill to Disfranchise the
Illiterates," responded the First. "and,
by the way, am Glad you dropped
in. How do you spell illiterates?"
Moral.-A Night School for Reform
ers would Draw well.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
The Very Worst.

Clement ]. Driscoll, at dinner in
New York, told number of amusing
stories about his strenuous life as
commissioner of weights and meas.
ures last year.
"A friend of mine," said Mr.. Dris-
coll, noticed one morning that his
grocer looked very sad. What's the
matter, old man?' my friend asked
jokingly The weights and measures
man hasn't been dropping in on you,
hope
Ives, he has, snapped the grocer.
But you don't really mean to say.
exclaimed my friend, that he caught
you giving only fifteen ounces to the
pound?
Worse than that groaned the
grocer. I've been giving seventeen
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

City Forester FROST of Chicago pro
poses a new manual for the boy scouts.
Instead of marching about with toy
guns. he would have them equipped
with grubbing hoes and dispatched in
war of determination against the
weeds OF Chicago This would result
in two things good for the boys-they
would learn the names of the weeds
and would secure healthful exercise.
1t would benefit the public by doing
away with the weeds
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Is of Scotch oriuIn.

Ellen Key, who has written mum.
Der of books and has had much to do
with molding public opinion in Swe-
den, is descended from a Scotch high
lander, Colonel Mickey, who fought un-
der Gustavus Adolphus. In 1880 her
father lost all his money and Miss
Key went to work as a teacher. She
then gave lectures and has for 20
years been lecturer on the history OF
civilization at the Popular University
of Stockholm.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Could Use Them.

Il WISH" said the heather king,
that our foreign friends would not
put SO many suspender buttons in
their collections"
$50 do l." responded the CHIEF OF
the commissary department: "a few
crok-screw would be an excellent
substitute occasionally"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Getting Gu. the Problem.

Through the weary watches of the
night the dramatist pored over the
volume. Writing problem play is
not such an easy task" he murmured.
with long-drawn sigh.
But, with logged persistence, he
resumed his dramatization Of rays
Elementary Arithmetic"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
The First Course.

Il was captured by the cannibals
yesterday, and have been in a per-
feet stew ever SINCE" wrote the mis-
sionary.
After dessert the cannibal chief
added this postscript, and then mailed
the letter:
81 am pleased to inform you that
Brother Goodleigh is no longer in the
stew"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Before and After.

Should man deceive a woman,
after he Is married to her, even If
he wooed her through false pre-
tences?" asked the person who is al
ways getting up debates.
Certainly" responded the party
with the large bump of shrewdness.
Certainly; all's fair in love and war.
you know"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Wouldn't Waste II.

YES" confided the Eminent Ac-
tress, who had discovered her dra-
matte talent one day in the divorce
court yes ! shall wear a calico
dress In my new play"
We had a notion to say: You
seem determined to appear In print as
much as possible.
But she did not know that caHcc
was PRINT, so what was the user
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

To sit in a wine cellar is recon-.
mended as cure for hay fever The
trouble about the cure is that 1t con
sists in the atmosphere and not in the
contents of the cellar, SO the patients
are supposed to be quiescent and not
bibulous
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A Boston doctor. who is described
as a student of dietetics, says that bad
cooking is responsible for a large part
of the divorce evil. Then 1t becomes
a duty of the state to see that every
woman before she marries can pass
an examination In cooking
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
The Grin of Etinustts.

What? Marry your" cried the
fair young girl. why, you are only
an apology. for a man."
True" he sighed, but you are not
so lacking In courtesy as to fail to
accept an apology"
Her boarding school etiquette for
babe her flying in the face of conven-
ton. so she resigned herself to her
fate.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

prominent merchant once dismissed
a salesman whom he overheard saying to a
shopper: eve usually sell that for $1.25,
but seeing it's you, I'll let you have it
for 81.
The article regularly sold at ST.. Moth
ing could injure business more than to
make customers feel that personal influence
governs prices. In the first place, an intel
ligent buyer cannot help discovering the
salesman's duplicity, and aside from the
fact that it is against all good business
principles, there is another thing to be con-
sidered
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
sllqhtsd Hopea.

Can you not trust me. Reginald ?"
she sighed. gazing into his eyes with
pleading that was hard to resist.
No, Roxana, the boss says every
thing must be sold on a cash basis
hereafter"
And he gently. but firmly. put the
ribbons back In the show case.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Too Lata to channe.

"a man can no more change his
reputation than he can change his
face or his arms" said Senator La
Toilette at a banquet in Madison.
There was once wicked old Madi-
son millionaire who took his pastor
aside and said
az am going to devote the re.
mainder of my life to doing good
DIR. Thirdly, outspoken man. re-
torted:
DO you mean John II. Good, the
wealthy farmer, or young Sam Good
the Socialist millionaire
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

To illustrate the power and beauty of
mathematics | have proposed the following
problem: What is the amount in cents from
the year till 1910 of one cent compound
ed annually at six per cent. interest?
The problem is easily solvable by means
of logarithms, using the well-known form
ula for compound interest.
The number of cents is approximately
2,198, 500, 0oo, 900 900, 900 ooo, 900, ooo, 600,
ooo,ooo,oo 900, 900, ooo-a figure with 49
numbers in it.
If all of these cents were made into one
solid sphere it would have a radius of ap-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Modern Pharmacy.

I'VE have a very fine course in phar-
macy" says the president OF the col
lege to the father of the student who
is entering.
I'm glad to hear that. My boy ex-
poets to become druggist" !.
We'll. We give special lectures on
soap stamps, cigars, perfumery, soda
water, candy, city directories, teIe.
phone books and stationery Life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

In autumn. more than ever. we re-
alize that the year that promised SO
much in its gladstone springtime.
moves In an inevitable cycle, subser-
Went to the infinite and eternal law
= Of causation.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

In Brooklyn a woman has secured a
divorce because her husband carried
out the garbage for another lady Evil
IDENTITY they do not regard loving ones
neighbor as a virtue in Brooklyn
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

We are told that a hawk tried to
pick diamond stud out of the shirt
front of an ,unsuspecting citizen OF
New Jersey Those Jersey hawks are
becoming almost as formidable as
Jersey 'skeeters
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A New Jersey hotel keeper has is.
sued an order prohibiting his wait.
resses from talking to travelling men
who eat in his dining-room He must
want to get rid of the patronage of
the travelling men
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Andre Jaegerschmidt, who Travelled
around the world In forty days. is a
Frenchman. We mention this merely
to prevent our readers from gaining
the impression that he is an Irish.
man.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Several times ROSTERS have been
enjoined from Growing. but it took an
Iowa court the other day to enjoin
onions from smelling This may prop
erly be defined as strong action
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

The new occupation IN Which he proposes TO engage
national land exchange would help greatly in
this direction
Such an organization could cooperate with rail-
roads and steamship lines and board of trade and other
public bodies in all parts of the United States to secure
better distribution of immigrants coming to the coun-
try from abroad and could assist in securing ntei-
gent and reasonable presentation of the merits of each
section of the country for the settler and investor
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
Would
Danish All
CANNES -
In Cities
- @A S& - -
By DR.. CHAS. w. DUDLEY
Montreal

for there stables cusade against the filthy houhy
unnecessary.
As far dogs concerned there not single tenabe argument
for their retention the unpoeed rural districts
questionaby of value driving off the predatory
who has witnessed the awful aceraon children
fou rus watched the death agon of those whom hyropho-
a developed will hail the day when will be oense against
keep dog inside the limits of city.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A baby has been born in fashion
able New York residence hotel. In
these get-rich-quick days it is becom-
ing increasingly difficult to guard So
cial lines in the metropolis.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

The pastor who declared childless
wives should be deported struck a
heavy blow at the attendance upon the
annual mothers congress.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A Jerseyite suffering from rheuma-
tism came in contact with live wire
and was cured However. It is not
likely that live wires will become
popular
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

In looking over the columns of morn
ing paper l noted where during the pre-
vious twenty-four hours five OF six people
in a certain locality had been more or less
severely bitten by dogs, some of which were
in the category of pets.
Ny view is that the time is now at
hand when dogs will be considered as much
out of place in cities as hogs or cattle.
AS a matter of fact, the ideal urban
community will not give shelter to any
dumb animal with the possible exception
of the horse, and even its presence is ex-
tremely Questionable on sanitary grounds.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A Cleveland woman has secured a
divorce Notwithstanding the fact that
her husband did not chew. smoke.
drink. swear nor stay out at night
Perhaps he snored.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A writer says that every time two
people are married one of them wins
b great victory Yes. we we're licked
that way once ourselves
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A woman who welded poet COM
plains he couldn't support her Evil
GENTLY she found married life blank
Eerse,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

The canals of Mars have been pho
however, in these pictures that the
canals have beaten the Panama canal
in being open to travel
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Sometimes girl gets confidential
and tells a man that a lot of other
men have tried to kiss her, but he is
the only one who succeeded.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

II Speaking of easy money. a Chicago
girl has Just inherited $4,000 because
her name IL Jane Besides. being
named Jane is its own reward
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

An inventive person in, Boston is
said TO have built an automatic wom-
hn that talks. 1t wouldn't be wo-
man II 1t didn't
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Australia Likes American Magazines
American magazines are constantly
increasing their popularity in both
Australia and New Zealand.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Chicago !heaters are to be per-
Rumed. but the stock yards will keep
be doing business at the old stand
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

The fellow who looked into the gun
10 find out whether It was loaded is
now adding to the gayety Of nations
by eating toadstools.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

A man may consider himself truly
famous when he has five-cent cigars
and yellow dogs named after him.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

The spoke of the wheel 'shich creak-
eth most, doth not bear the greatest
burden In the cart.-Thomas Fuller.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Man now flies higher than the birds.
The latter are not spurred on by gaso-
line
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Has anybody stopped TO hgure out
Fhat was Done with all the money be-
|ore people began to buy automobiles?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Pauline Wayne may go on the stage
IN a rural drama --.a.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

"The cost of living in Chicago 10
cheaper than It is in New York" Bvt
who wants to live In Chicago?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Headlines are made for the lazy
who do not care to do much reading.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

II baseball we're taught in the
schools there would be no truancy.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Some pessimistic person has pre-
Ricted a cold winter Still, be may be
Interested Ip a wooden factory,
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

over 100000 foung Holsters have
peer liberated Of the Maine coast.
lust In time for the theatrical season.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
WOuId-be
Farmers
Many of City-Bred
Underestimate
Work
BY GEO. b. BRABBIT

HE VAST majority of cbrd have place on farms
~ conception sef-dena independence, initiative
efreance required make of farming fruit
Z: :: =: !: ::
@XN poultry raising branches of rural industry aside
E&%AT from the capital required
WK@N those who undertake such change
EWH failure much reaching in its
~ the life of the particular individual
There large class of city dwelers to whom this does
apply and who, for
another drifted into city employment
The Of Rudolph Speckels hardly the situation better
plan organization strictly business basis of national
along of the board trade and the stock exchange
object which should be regulate the conduct of members selling
lands distance either for colonization investment provide c-
ties Investment exchange lands and give the pur
chaser guaranty of fair dealing from the seller and of getting
full knowledge Of what he buying and the difficulties may expect to
encounter if he becomes a settler investor
Those engaged in the business of selling lands should themselves take
the initiative such scale the confidence of the public and
the Of the enterprise
ruta communities need Of educated and for
the farms wanted accurate information for the land
understanding of TIE demands made him by
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

What's the use OF going over Nj
Rgara Falls in barrel when you car
buy an aeroplane?
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Will college football set about to
Equal aviation's record of fatalities2
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

When a Joy rider is driving mo-
tor car while watching biplane he
s certainly up to date.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

proxmatey the distance of the earth to the
92,5Oo,ooO 34,225 100000 miles.
Indeed one cent
would be great.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10
-Ihe&ue67eeG1
Childish Beliefs.

Yes, children believe plenty Of queer
things. suppose all OF you have
had the pocketbook fever when you
were little. What do | mean? Why.
ripping up old pocketbooks in the
arm belief that bank bills to an i'm
mense amount were hidden in them.
So. too, you must all remember some
splendid unfulflled promise of some
body or other. which fed you with
hopes perhaps for years. and which
left a blank in your life which moth
Ing has ever flled up.-Holmes
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

SarsapariIIa

So combines the great cura-
tive principles of Roots, Banks
and Herbs as to raise them
to their highest Efficiency
hence its unequaled cures.
Get it today in usual liquid form or
chocolated tablets called Sarsatabs.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1911-11-10

Everybody With q Halo.
A London doctor declares that ~
cry human being has halo
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
Still Riotins in Chicago.

Chicago. Jan. 24.-Two tailor shops
were partly wrecked, more than 100
non union tailors were driven into the
street. and six arrests were made In
a riot incident to the garment workers
strike here today. Many OF the tall
ors were bleeding from cuts and
scratches before the disturbance was
quelled.
The trouble started when about 200
strikers and their sympathizers APP
pearsd at the shop of William Tuitte.
where fifty non-union tailors, includ-
ing both sexes, were at work at their
machines. The strikers drove them into
the street. wrecked their machines and
mutilated the garments upon which
they had been at work The police
charged the crowd with drawn clubs.
Policeman Ole Solberg, was beset by
six OF the strikers who beat him t. the
ground. but after fifteen minutes the
crowd had disappeared. No one was
seriously injured.
The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1911-01-27
NEW YORK SENATOR SPEAKS
AGAINST POPULAR ELECTION
OF SENATORS.
Offers AN Amendment
Claims That il Is Merely . Cloak TO
Disfranehiss q Large Number Of
Citizens-Prediets Protest
From Negroes.

Washington. Jan. 24.-Opposition to
the resolution now penang in the SEN
ate calling for the popular election Of
United States senators was voiced to-
day by Senator Depew of New York.
Depew opposed the proposition. but
offered an amendment authorizing all
voters TO ballot in such elections.
The New York senator said that
the proposed amendment seemed but
an effort, under the guise of fopulariz-
ing the election OF United States sena-
tors. TO permit the states to disfran-
chise. under the constitution, large
classes of their celebrates.
Instead OF providing that senators
shall be elected by popular vote in
several states" said Depew, THE
amendments which were intended to
the right to elect senators by impair
Ing the fourteenth and fifteenth
amendments which were intended to
secure the elective franchise to all
citizens.'
The speaker betrayed some appre-
hension that the passage of such resolu-
ton would call forth an expression OF
determined disapproval from the col
cred voters of the north, east and west.
that would be felt all over the country.