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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
TERRIBLE SIGHTS IN CHINA.

Conditions in China seem to be go
ing from bad to worse, and the end
of it all is not yet in sight. The
government has been putting up
stronger resistance the last few
weeks-the revolution may last a
year or two. Writing from Hankow
under date of October IA, CORES
pondent of the New York Sun tells
of the chaotic state of things in that
city. He says that along the railroad
track the gate of the walled city
there were everywhere appearances
of disorder and violence, and the
smoking ruins of the magistrates
yamen with eight heads on poles as
reminder of what happened to
hated Manchu and his family were
an indication of the methods the reb-
els were taking of overawing the
people. In Hanyang a venturesomc
Japanese photographer took his fiat
camera from under his coat to take
picture and then ran for his life be-
fore a bowling mob who pursued
him. What happened to him is not
known, but it is believed he made
good his escape minus most of his
clothing and his devil machine.
The panic-stricken people at the
outbreak of hostilities at Wuchang
took any means of getting away from
the city. The principal means OF ex-
it was by sampan, and thousands of
boats loaded to the gunwales with
men, women. children, household
goods and all sorts of kinds of do
nestle animals cou be seen floating
down the river by day and night.
Sampans that had not been in the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15

water for years were requistioned
and many casualties occurred. Right
opposite the Russian consulate a
sampan containing about a dozen
people got encangied with an an
chored lighter within 100 feet of tbs
shore, overturned and the passengers
we're seen no more. The Yangste is
a jealous mistress and seldom gives
up alive any one whom she once en-
braces. -
The morning after the rebels too:
the city of Wuchang the boalmen di:
a thriving ferry business across the
river. The rates, ordinarily from 5
O 20 cents a person Mexican, ros
to from three to five dollars head,
which is fortune to the poor nol-
.ombatants who desired to reach a
place of safety. Many domestic
tragedy was enacted in the endeavor
to scrape up funds to get across the
river to Hanyang or Hankow, and a
he next day both of the latter cities
ell into the hands of the rebels the
ortune spent was all to no purpose.
The rebel flag is of dark red with
seven white stars. The meaning O
the seven stars has not yet been as
ertained, but as with all Chinese
haracters, it has some allegori :al
Significance.
The rebellion has entire'y over
turned the extensive business of the
money changers. Before the out
break, for paper Chinese dollar, one
could get from them $1.15 in small
money, five 20-cent pieces, one 10
cent piece and three coppers. Bi
now the paper dollar cannot be sold
for any price, although the banks az
cept the paper money Of the various
foreign banking institutions at their
face value. The rebels say that they
are about to issue a currency (paper)
of their own, but as yet 1t has not
made its appearance. The scarcity OF
small silver and cash has worked a
great hardship among the poorer
classes.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
OUT OF THE GINGER JAR

Most rat holes will bear looking
into.
Isn't the over who braves the
storm rain-beau?
1t doesn't require an axe to cut a.?
acquaintance.
/, Corn on the cob is more accepta-
DE than corn on the foot.
There is no improperly in using a
spring wagon In the fall.
1t isn't very long before the good
fellow" is a poor fellow.
Women are vain, but men are
much more so and with far less rea-
son.
Many a man is in great fear that
he will get all that is coming to him.
We notice that most people who
are consumed by curiosity sti sur
vive.
If our mistakes teach us nothing
it were hardly worth while to make
them.
A horse is not of any use until 1t
Is broken, but it is different with a
plow.
Though we may never have lost
any, most of us are looking for
money all the same.
A hen will spend a whole day eat
ing UP an egg that hungry man can
eat in a minute.
Here is a good question for lyce-
ums to discuss this winter: How
much is enough?'
When you buy balky horse you
may not pay for any harness, but
you will be sure to get halter.
The wise man does not let his wife
hear him boast that he is good
manager; she knows better. Ia r
Don't wait for success 10 come In
courtyard. Grab it by the collar and
yank it inside the gate.
Stranger: "Can you direct ME to
bank" Villager: Sorry, sir; but
I'm not a bank director
He was an ambitious youth, the
simple lie was not for him. He was
determined to go upon the stage.
His persists nee won the day. He now
drives the stage between Upham s
Corners and Newton Center.
| Farm JoIrna :.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
THE DOGE OF CALIFORNIA VEN
ICE.
PALACE DRUG STORE

abbot inney, the creator of
Southern CALIFORNIA; Venice, has
many millions hut he lives in rent
ed house. writes Walter v. Woehlke
in Western Personalities in Sunset
magazine for December. Though he
built a railroad, he owns neither
horse nor motor. Splendid raiment
is not fer him. Always he drapes his
lank form in gray hand-me-down,
topped by comfortable old hat. Col
lars he usually shuns. He. has a
beard in which gray struggles with
a reddish tint for mastery, and his
blue-gray eyes have hooking, in
scrutable look, the introspective stare
of the man who knows the world, it's
ways and it's sorrows, who has
weighed and analysed his own ideals
and those of other men and still be-
lieves in them, perhaps by the
strength of reason and intellect rath-
er than with the hot emotion Of
youth.
when the future Doge first
viewed the site of>his principally he
saw a desolate stretch of salt marsh,
separated from the ocean by equally
desolate dunes of shifting sand. Abb
bot Kinney saw the desolation, but
he also saw the frame of beauty
around it. He had dream, a VS.
ion that haunted him since he had
first beheld the spires and domes of
the Venice that rises out of the
Adriatic. Because of this dream he
bought the waste marsh and sand,
bought it for song. Seven years
ago he proceeded to make his dream
a reality. A fleet of dredgers tore
through the salt marsh, chased out
the angry ducks and created an in
terlacing system of canals. Cement
workers lined the sides of the canals
and threw score of classic bridges
across them. Streets were laid out
along the canals, trees, flowers,
shrubs and vines. planted, connec-
ton with the ocean established, a
wide lagoon dredged out. Within a
year the marsh vanished; city with
waterways instead of highways took
its place. 1t was to be the focal
point of art, culture and intellect in
southern California, the refuge of the
highdomed few, Chatauqua in con-
tinuous session perpetually enlivened
by spiritual fireworks. Thus ran the
dream of the Doge. But the ever
growing masses of southern Califor-
MIA decreed otherwise. Though the
dream city of the canals became a
reality, its spiritual life and intellec-
tual fireworks were at once over
Swallowed by the very material do
ings on the sand-dunes along the
beach.
abbot Kinney dreamed of esthet-
ic feasts, of learned lectures and
classic symphonies for the favored
few. But the masses wanted piers,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
GROWTH OF AMERICAN COL.
LEGES

OF the nine collegiate institutions
existing in colonial days, to the time
of the revolution, Harvard, Cam
bridge, Mass, was founded In 1896;
William and Mary, Williamsburg,
Va, 1893; Yale, New Haven, CT,
1901; Princeton, Princeton, N. j.,
1746; Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,
Pa, 1851; Columbia, Originally
%iag 81, New York, N. Y, 1854;
Brown, (Rhode Island), Providence,
R. J., 1854; Rutgers, (Queens), New
Brunswick, N. j., 1866; Dartmouth,
Hanover, N. H.. 1869. In the IS
years from the first graduation in
1912, Harvard, graduating a total of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15

peanuts and popcorn, waltz music and
hair-raising rides. Since there is
mingled in the idealism of the Doge
very practical sense of hard-headed
acquisitiveness, he satisfied these de-
mands. He built piers, breakwaters,
lighthouses, hired Italian bands by
the year, set off real instead of IN
tellectual fireworks and, in seven
years, created the largest and most
varied place of outdoor amusement
west of Chicago"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
Date Mullins

This recipe has met with considerable
favor at Mrs. Helen Armstrong; cook
ing lectures. Taste these mullins once
and you will want more:
Cream three tablespoons Of Cottolene
with four Of sugar and add two beaten
eggs, also two-thirds Of a cup Of milk.
Sift two cups Of flour with two tea
spoons Of baking powder. little salt
and nutmeg, and add three-fourths Of q
cup of dates cut small. Pour first mix
ture over this beat thoroughly and bake
in creased mufan pans.
Cottolene makes pastry that is light,
delicious and digestible.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15

Some men refuse to help their
wives and daughters make flower
gardens or allow them to have a
piano or pretty carpets on the floor
because they don't care for such
things" Neither does mule.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15

The gross value of crops produced
on the lands irrigated by the govern
ment's projects last year was $780,
100000. AS result of this work of
the government it is estimated that
land values have increased more than
$105, 100000.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15
Home Visitors Excursions East
VIA o. S. l..

October 14th. Limited for return
to December 31st November 18th
and December 21st and 22nd. Limit
ed to so days from date of sale. For
ates and further particulars see any
Oregon Short Line agent, or write -.
.. Burley. general passenger agent.
.alt Lake City. sch-tf
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1911-12-15

Read the Republican wantada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

that did not melt | know of q GER
the headquarters wagon silver plate
that was gotten from the same build
ing, and it was sent to his home
We were camped In the yard at a
private house. There were no men
about, only two women, and they were
very thankful for the protection we
gave, as so many soldiers became
drunk and disorderly. I well remem-
Der the night of the burning Towards
morning a most weird and solemn
sight presented itself-the Catholic
sisters tramping alone in charge of
many orphans driven from their home
by the fire After the fire we moved
to another part Of the city, and again
camped In the yard Of a private
house. We got feather beds out of
the houses and used them. We also
took piano into the yard and played
upon it for awhile; then broke it up
to burn for cooking. Most of those
houses were deserted by their own
ers. and, of course, what was there
belonged to us 1t will never be known
how many of our soldiers were burned
with the buildings during the fire.
saw one body all burned to cinders.
I knew it was a soldier, for beside
the trunk was the barrel Of his gun
Where the fire started, or when, or
by whom, is question that no one
can answer correctly. We all have our
surmises. But I guess the city did
not get any more than she was en-
titled to.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23

beyond it. Again, there can be inter
lacing strips the length Of the material
to form diamonds or ovaIs, or the in.
sertion can be run in opposite direc
ton, and in several rows to form .
| checkered border of lace around tbs
entire piece.
Basic the insertion smoothly into
shape, taking care to measure accp
rately and stitch both edges on MAJ
chine with hundred cotton.
Cut away material from underneath
Insertion, turn back the edges of mus
lin and stitch a second time to pre-
vent pulling.
Whatever the arrangement chosen
for the insertion, it must be the same
On all pieces Of the set, only modified
by size. Sometimes instead of hem
the edges can be finished with a lace
frill or with a narrow ruff1e Of the dot
ted muslin, edged with lace. These
are hard to launder, so the palmer
ones are more sensible.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
PRETTY LACE BEDROOM SET
Cheap Dotted or Embroidered
Muslin.

Hunt the stores these bargain days
for pieces of insertion in a snowy lace
about two inches wide. If you find q
bargain, get several pieces Of it. also
look out for cheap dotted or embroid-
cred muslins. Some Of these too
coarse for gowns are excellent for
fancy work.
With such simple materials a hand
some set for your summer home bed
room can be made.
Cut the muslin the desired shape for
bureau cover, pin cushion, table scarf,
lingerie pillows and valance and spread
for the bed. Hem the edges with hens
two inches deep for the coverlet and
vaalnce, narrower IN the right proper
ton for the smaller pieces
Basic the insertion to the muslin on
right side to form any graceful design
inside of the hem. Strips can be
brought to form a diamond in center
of each piece and smaller diamonds
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
RIBBON AS JEWELRl
PLAYS IMPORTANT PART IN PER
SONAL DECORATION NOW.
GrosCrain Ribbon Used to Bring Out
Settings of BriIliants in Pins and
Brocches-No Enc to the
Variety.

Grosgrain ribbon Of rich quality and
heavy weave plays an important part
in personal decoration these days. It
has been used for some time with
gold and jeweIed slides as watch fobs,
but is now being put to many other
uses.
A woman in mourning, who cannot
afford to buy herself a new black
enamel or gun metal watch, may wear
her gold one, provided the chain is
sombre. This is often of onyx beads
twisted into rope, but more econom-
ical is a long chain of grosgrain rib
bon with slides and hook of onyx or
dull jet
The width of these ribbon guards
varies from half an inch to an inch
and a half, the three-quarters width
being suitable for older women.
The ribbon watch guard is no long
er popular for mourning only They
are smart just now to hold watch or
lorgnette, worn with jeweled or
enamel slides at intervals throughout
its length, with hook and catch to
match Sometimes these slides are
set in rhinestones, again in turquoise,
or semi-precious stones, occasionally
IN finely chased gold.
Besides being new and fashionable,
such guard is serviceable and much
better form for ordinary daily wear
than jeweled gold chains or even the
antique silver ones set with amethysts
lapis or jade
The grosgrain ribbon guard for eye
glasses is now a familiar sight. Oddly
enough the wide band of black ribbon
hanging over one cheek is becoming
and by its smartness takes away the
look of old age that eyeglasses fire.
quently give.
Quite new are pins and brooches In
which grosgrain ribbon is utilized to
bring out settings of brilliants Some
| Of these are in bowknot or true-love
knot shapes bordered with rhine
stones set in silver, others are long
bar pins for veil or belt, the black.
| ground of the grosgrain crossed with
central and end ornaments of fill
gree and rhinestones separated by
! rhinestone slides.
Sometimes this ribbon is made UP
into dog collars crossed by jeweled
slides and clasp, with a larger oval OF
front. The duIlness of the ribbon is
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WAS TAKING NO CHANGES
Chauffeur Had Had Enough Accidents
With People Wearing False
Teeth.

Pretty That's X, who has delighted,
the audiences of New York's vaude-
vile houses, was called suddenly to-
Vermont to visit her sick mother. At,
town few miles from her parents
home she hired an automobile and
asked the chauffeur to drive her with
as much speed as possible to her
destination.
The roads were very bad, and the
car, making good speed up hill and
down dale, over rocks and ruts.
seemed bound to shake overheard its
occupants.
After a little of this jolting the
chauffeur turned to his fare and de-
manded:
Il say, ma'am. Do you wear false
teeth?"
What impudence!" exclaimed
That's X
"Oh, ma'am, it is not from impu-
dence,' returned the chauffeur, that
I asked you the question 1t is be-
cause the road is bad, the rocks are
hard, and if you wear false teeth, you
would do well to remove them until
we strike the pike. I've had enough
accidents of that description
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
sa~ that in an instant. for he saur II

gsT that in an instant, for he snJsz a
teeth over something that sounde
very fierce, and STROBE away from ms
to stand looking out over the river
with his hands thrust in his pockets
Of course the thing l should have
done was to ignore what he had sale
altogether. but he was so uncomfoTt
able, so chastened, that. feline, femi
nine, whatever the instinct is, I could
not let him go. l had been SO
wretched myself
What is it you would ike to say2~
l called over to him He did not
speak. Would you tell me that I am
a silly child for pouting?" No reply;
he struck a match. "Or would you
preach a nice little sermon about
people-about women-loving their
husbands?"
He grunted savagely under his
breath
BE quite honest" l pursued relent-
lessly. Say that we are a lot Of
barbarians. say that because my-be-
cause Jimmy treats me outrag eously-
oh, he does; any one can see that
and because loathe him-and any
one can tell that-why don't you say
you are shocked to the depths?"
was a little shocked myself by that
time, but I couldn't stop, having
started
He came over to me, white-faced
and towering, and he had the audacity
to grip my arm and stand me on my
feet. like a bad child-which I was, /
dare say.
DON'T" he said in a husky, very
panied voice. You are only talking:
You don't mean it. 1t isn't you. You
know you care, or else why are you
crying up here? And don't do it
again. don't do it again-or I will"
you will-what?"
Make a fool of myself, as I have
now" he finished grimly. And then
ne stalked away and left me there
alone, completely bewildered, to find
my way down in the dark.
l CROPPED along, holding to the rail,
for the staircase to the roof was very
steep, and 1 went slowly. Hallway
down the stairs there was a tiny land
ing, and l stopped. I could have
sworn 1 heard Mr. Harbison's foot
steps far below, growing fainter. |
even smiled a little, there in the dark.
although l had been rather profoundly
shaken. The next instant l knew |
had been Ong; some one was on the
landing with me. l could hear short,
sharp breathing, and then,
1 am not sure that / struggled; in
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WHEN 1 MAN
.NIAlAI122ElEES T8n
DWE1E[l7Y RO[BE[3TS NlE[5flADT Al
CALII7CP. OF TIE CIRCULAR eSTAIRCA5E-
IfiE MAN IN LOWER TEN, ETC.

Now look here, miss" he said;
you've played your trick, and you've
had your fun. The Lord knows its
only folks like you would play April
fool jokes with a fortune. If you're
the sinsibIe little woman you look to
be, you'll put that pearl collar on the
coal in the basement tonight, and let
me find it,
q haven't got the pearl collar" I
protested. 4 think you are crazy.
Where did you get that bracelet?"
He edged away from me, as if he
expected me to snatch it from him and
run, but he was still trying in an ele-
phantine way to treat the matter as
a joke,
Il found it in a drawer in the pan
try" he said, among the dirty linen.
And il you're as smart as I think you
are, III find the pearl collar there in
the mOrning-and nothing said, miss "
So there was, suspected Of being
responsible for Anne's pearl collar, as
if l had not enough to worry me be
fore. Of course I could have called
them all together and told them, and
made them explain to Flanagan what
had really meant by my delirious
speech in the kitchen But that would
have meant telling the whole ridicu-
lous story to Mr. HARRISON, and hav-
! ing him think US all mad, and me d
! fool
In all that OvercTOWded house there
was only one place where l could be
miserable with comfort. So I stayed
on the roof, and cried little and then
became angry and walked up and
! down, and cIenched my hands and bah
| bled helplessly. The boats on the
/ river were yellow, horizontal streaks
through my tears, and an early search
J light sent its shaft like a tangible
| thing in the darkness, just over my
| head. Then, finally, l curled down in
a corner with my arms on the parapet
| and the lights became more and more
| prismatic and finally formed them.
! selves into a circle that was Bella
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
WAIsTC0ATs MADE OF WOOD
Scientists Discover Method of MAKING
Thread of CeIluose Extracted
From Spruce Wood.

Are you wearing wooden waist
coat? If not, probably you soon will
be. Clothes made literally from wood
are the latest sartorial venture. The
discovery of this new process is large
ly due to the fad that bIeached cotton
is known to be composed of very near
ly pure cellulose.
Working on this basis, scientists
have discovered a method of manufac-
turing thread of cellulose extracted
from spruce wood.
New England cotton spinners are
exceedingly optimistic about the dis.
covery, and with material manufac.
tured from this latest process expect
to produce clothing at prices far below
those now charged. The finest prod.
uct will, it is said, be cheaper than
cotton in the bale.
In addition to this cardinal advan.
tage, the new material can be dye6
any color, and-a very important point
the dye will not fade Lastly. tbs
material is noninfiammable.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-03-23
ORIGIN OF FIRE AT COLUMBIA
Corporal William G. Baugh, sr., Tells
of Confiagration, But Sheds No
New Light

When 1 read in The National Trib-
hne the question, Who Did Start the
Ffre?" tat Columbia), feel that it is
my turn to write. I have Comrade
Byers's Fifth Iowa) Diary of a Sol
der Under Grant and Sherman" pub
Hshed by the National Tribune some
time ago, before me. At this day
many events that have escaped our
memory tends to revive that spirit Of
patriotism that entered into our lives
when We were called to defend our
country's unity, and the feeling is just
as strong now in our later years as it
was then. How much good the incf
dents written by our comrades at this
late day do our old souls cannot be
told They revive as to younger
life, and make US better G. A. R.
comrades and better citizens, writes
Corporal William G. Baugh, Sr., Com
pany l, Seventeen Ohio, IN The Ma
tional Tribune
Comrade Byers says that General
Sherman left with his army the day
after the fire. That is not altogether
correct. l know that our company
Il, Seventy-sixth Ohio did not leave
for several days. I speak for only my
company. / do not know at this day
how many others remained in the city
We of the First Brigade, First Divi-
sion, Fifteenth Corps, entered the city
early in the afternoon. / do not claim
we were the first; we got there, all
-
fire. | remember waiting upon the
other side of the river while our bat
teries were Smelling the city, and
could see the state house plainly be-
fore we crossed. We entered the city
before night We had the honor of
being placed at different buildings,
doing guard duty, as so many of our
soldiers were going into the stores be-
fore the fire reached them, taking
whatever they wanted, as the citizens
seemed to have deserted everything.
| was guard at bank, and during the
night was right In the midst of the
fire. We succeeded in getting an old
hand engine on a street. but we were
unable to use the hose and we aban-
doned 1t. l still have a scar on my
hand from a cut by glass in the door,
which fell out when I closed it. After
the building had burned we hunted
among the ruins in the cellar for what
we could find. l got several chunks
Of melted silverware as large as two
fists. l carried it for some time, but
it became heavy, and I threw it away
to make more room for bareback.
got some other pieces of silverware