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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

making her bed outside didn't seem
worth while.
Harrie is the daughter Of e. e.
Downs of Evanston, general manager
of the Elgin and Belvidere Electric
Railway company. Two years ago she
was bothered with adenoids A spe-
cialist advised that Harrie sleep out
side. winter and summer. Mr.. Downs
purchased a cot, a waterproof blan-
ket, and porch screen. He hung the
screen on a porch of the Downs apart.
ment. block from Lake Michigan.
It'll be nice tonight" commented
Harrie, surveying the snow-laid floor.
Il always like 1t when 1t SHOWS. Last
night l didn't get any sleep at all.
| had both windows open, but the
room still seemed hot"
Harrie says she intends to continue
sleeping outside all her life.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Appropriate Hymn.

AT a Baptist convention In La
Grange the preacher who delivered
the convention sermon read from
manuscript. He used small sheets of
prper and as he read one he laid 1t
aside on the pulpit.
As the sermon was long fan.i
many leayesl the minister in conclud.
Ing said I'VE will close the services
by the choir selecting some apropri.
ate hymn" And that choir, by asso-
citation of ideas perhaps, unconscious.
ly sang Leaves, Nothing But
Leaves. =. Macon Telegraph.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Does History Repeat Itself?

book in the history of legislation. In
very recent days we have suffered a
reaction from the formality of the
classical school of history, and we
have entered upon the orgies of real
ism. Starting out from a half-digest-
ed theory that because antiquity in
some respects resembled the pres
ent, therefore 1t must have been ex.
actly like the present. We have
reached strange and marvellous re-
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

suits. Yet this presupposes that his
tory repeats itself. We can of course
never prove that 1t does not; but we
can assert that 1t does not. with all
the intensity of the faith that is in
us. We are not squirrels going round
in cage. and could We see any COM
pick epoch In the past as well as we
can any period in the present, we
should see the difference: and where
the eye Of the mind fails We have the
right to see by the eye of faith
Jesse Benedict Carter. In the Allan
ito.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Nourishment for lnvaIIds.

When the appetite has failed. as in
the case of convalescents and many
weak children, nourishment is of
prime importance. There is a capital
way to administer 1t. which rarely fails
even In extreme cases. To the white
of an egg add the juice of an orange
and the least bit OF sugar. Strain the
mixture carefully and set 1t away TN.
til It is very cold Then II may be
served as orange jelly" either with or
without a cracker
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
The Care Of the Orchard


then spray again two or three times
for the second brood II the orchard
closes the season with only two OF
three per cent wormy or even five per
cent, it will be fairly safe to cut the
early sprayings down to one and then
watch for the movement of the worms
as before to see if later sprays should
be given. 5.5s.
Don't leave this car with the idea
that have said that one spraying
will control the codling moth
know dozens of orchards that have
not been sprayed more than once a
year for four or five years. but be
fore that time every one of those OF
chards was sprayed from three to five
times and was banded, in order tc
get the worms down to number
where it would be safe to stop with
one spraying. Any method of spray
ing which reduces the number Of
worms in the orchard each year be
low that which occurred there the
previous year is successful. Any
method of spraying which allows the
worms to increase in an orchard OIL
which only holds them stationary
when they are destroying from 10 tC
20 per cent of the apples. is failure
as far as western conditions are con
cerned, because that 10 to 20 per cent
that is destroyed will be the largest
finest. and most highly colored fruit
on the tree, while the little, inferior
uncolored, nubbins that grow down
underneath will be the ones that will
be free from worms.
In a good many sections in this
state considerable trouble was expert,
eneed this past season with the
worms and many an orchardist that
felt that he had solved the problem
with spraying before this season is
alarmed at the number of worms in
around for reason for the increase,
Most of them, however, are looking
in the wrong direction for the cause.
Some think the pump was no good,
others are sure the poison was no
good, but l have discovered no one
90 yet tudI CNSu SubBtoltu lildl
the man was deteriorating, and yet
the fact remains, that very large
percentage of our growers have be.
come over-confident in the past two
or three years.
The codling moth runs in cycles OF
sects. Some years 1t will be worse
Ia good deal worse-thau others.
Eight or nine years ago the average
OF the orchards of the state was two
to three worms to an apple. Two or
three years ago, as the result of a
cobination of almost universal spray.
ing and certain unfavorable climatic
conditions, that number was reduced
to the minimum. At the same time,
the number of sprayings was also re.
duced. the bands were left off, the
codling moth began TO increase in
numbers, and an exceptionally favor
able season for their multiplication
resulted in a heavy damage last year.
And yet, last year there were dozens
of orchards in the state of Utah that
went through the season with a single
spraying and one would have to
search some time for a wormy apple
in the orchards. l think, however,
that this lesson will have a good eff.
feet in the end-better put on an ex-
ira spray and work on the bands
when they do not appear to be doing
much good than to repeat the expert
ence of the past season. There is no
profit in wormy apples, and there is
no satisfaction in them either.
ITO be Continued)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
DOESN'T FEAR ZERO WEATHER
Girl With Cot and Waterproof Blanket
Spends Her Nights In Open Air
During All Seasons.

Chicago.-For the first time in two
years Harrie Downs, IL years old.
spent the other night in a convention
al atmosphere of steam radiators and
wall paper. 1t WIS not because It was
cold. Harrie slept outdoors every night
during Chicago's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
stretch Of below-zero weather. The
trouble was that she got home little
late from a party and the effort of
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

to the Front In Lincoln's Stead.
In the ranks OF the Grand Army OF
the Republic assured me that they
were certain that "Old Abe was I'M
represented In the ranks of the boys
In blue. For all that 1t seemed to me
that the story was something more
than one of those romantic incidents
80 frequently quoted as having oc-
Cured in the lives of famous men aft
or they had passed over to the great
majority; incidents lending color to
Mandatory biographical sketches. but
rejected by the thoughtful historian
as being formed of the stun dreams
are made Of" Lincoln. with his ex-
allied Ideals, his stern devotion to
duty, his undying love for the Union
and all that 1t represented. was ex-
actly the type of man to consider him
self at fault II he neglected to make
every possible sacrifice in his power
to the cause he held dearer than life.
eorresponded with the federal au-
thorities at Washington on the sub
ject but the replies l received did not
tend to bring me any closer to the
goal. Instead they asserted positively
that the reported tradition was entire
ly without foundation. A letter from
TIE war department stated emphatic
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Where He Belonged.

She-I once heard man say he
would not propose to certain girl he
admired because he knew he was not
good enough for her.
He-He must have been In an hum.
Bile frame
She--No; he was in an insane asy-
lum.-Baltimore American.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
Stuck to Her Nest.

corner of the separator. The wind
from the fan ruffied her feathers, the
whirling OF the pulleys had evidently
annoyed her somewhat. and there was
dust in her mouth. and fright In her
eye. but like the immortal boy on the
burning deck. she stuck to her post.
OF the thirteen eggs In the nest. only
one was injured.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

Rome Is like some famous woodland
glade that every artist paints: she Is
like some problem in bridge-building.
at which every engineer tries his
hand. Thus, in the days when his
tory consisted OF wars and battles.
men studied Rome as the great man
ual Of military experience; and when
our conception of history advanced SO
as to include governmental problems.
It was Rome that was the great text
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
VIII IL Come to This

"Oh. l hear you are going to marry
Mr.. Dashaway"
Yes; just as soon as I get my de-
cree"
Il congratulate you, my dear. He's
one of the incest husbands | ever
had "-Philadelphia Record
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
HEN REMAINED AT HER POST
Was Sitting on Nest In Separator and
Stuck While Machine Threshed
Out Field Of Wheat.

Sioux Falls. 8. D.-A threshing ma
chine taken out of a shed for the
first time this season was used to
thresh out a small field of wheat,
near this city. When the Job was
finished, the machine man discovered
a hen sitting on a nest of eggs In a
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

Five hundred marks for this par
rot? That's lot of money"
"He talks very well, sir"
VERY we'll; I'll have him as soon
as you have taught him to say: L
cost 500 marks '"-Fliegende Batter
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
And rhen the rroubIe BEGAN.

"John," said his wife, II have lots of
things I want to talk to you about"
That's good" answered Mr. Spen-
iers: generally you want to talk to
me about things you haven't GOT
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
An lnaenlous FelIo.x.

Mr.. Dollop-Brown's an ingenious
fellow.
Miss Wallop-What's he doing now?
Mr.. Do'lop-Teaching silkworms to
sing cocoon songs.-The Merryman
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
As ItaW ere.

Chapter 1-Diogenes set forth in
search OF an honest man
Chapter 2-He found him
Chapter 3-The honest man ell.
chred him out OF his lantern.-Balii-
more Evening Sun.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09

support Of and denial of its truth.
Now, for the first time, evidence is
here presented that the story of Lin
coins substitute Is correct-evidence
In the unassailable shape of an official
acknowledgment from the federal gov
eminent
The exemption of the president of
the United States from the taking up
OF arms, or serving on an actual field
of battle, is provided for by a special
statute drawn up to meet sucka con-
tingency. But there is nd ing to
prevent the nations chief "a eutive
from sending forth a subs lie to
night In his place, although Ncoln
was the only occupant Of IL, hite
House who ever took advanta Nh of
this fact. The man who represented
in his person that OF the martyred
president was John Summerfield Sta
pies, whose body now lies at rest in
little cemetery at Stroudsburg, Pa.
The tombstone above his grave, pho
tograph of which is here reproduced.
testifles not only to Staples war
record, but states in granite letters
the fact of his having served as Abra-
ham Lincolns substitute. The inscrip-
ton in question reads as follows:
J. Summerfield Staples,
Private of
Co c., 176 Regt., p v.
Also a Member of the
Reg. D. G. Vols, as
Substitute for
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
-.s Died Jan. II, 1883,
Aged AZ Years, 4 Mos. rs Days.
His grave also bears the G. A. r.
marker. a metallic star upon which
the words Post $50" appear. A small
American flag fiutters in the breeze,
but the outside world seems little in
formed as to the career of this patri-
otto and distinguished soldier boy.
! had heard the tradition that Lin
coin during the dark days of 1864 had
sent substitute to the front But
to confirm the truth of the tradition
was quite another matter. The popu-
lar opinion of those l consulted ap-
peared to be that the tale of Lin
coins substitute belonged in the myth
category. and had no more foundation
in sober fact than the legend of Wash
ington and the cherry tree. Men high
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
The important Consideration.

DO you like dogs?" asked the own
er Of temperamental terrier
"'Scuse me-" replied Mr.. Erastus
Pinkley, It It my pinion bout dogs
doesn peer TO make much difference
What wants to know is how dat dog
feels toward folks Washington
Star
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
The Second Washing.

I've Just washed out a suit for my
Iittle boy-and now 1t seems too tight
for him.
Hell fit 1t all right, IL you'll wash
the boy. "-Meggendorfer Blaetter.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1912-02-09
BRAHAM LINCOLN had a

bhAhAM LiNCOLN had a
substitute who served as
a defender Of the Union
through the bloody and
epoch-making period OF
the Civil war. This asser-
ton has been made many
times before. 1t has
aroused bitter contro-
versy In various quarters;
It has given birth to col
umns Of print, both in
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
BY HARRY BURTON.

NEW YORK, May 25.-SoThe
night, maybe in five years from
now, when you are thousand
miles from home, and you put a
telephone receiver up to your ear
and listen to the lisping voice of
one of your Riddles" as it comes
dancing through the air to you 1t
won't be Marconi or Poulsen or
Edison or any other of the fa-
nous e-blue-current
who have made this thing possible
for you-it will be the work of
just two boys. two boys who
aren't even 81 years old yet!
For three or four years Elman
B. Myers and his assistant, Clar-
ence T. Bartlett, had been striv-
ing, up on the roof of New York
apartment house, to perfect a
wireless telephone. Big inventors
all over the world had tried their
hands at wireless telephony with
little practical success.
Then, the other night, the
music of Schubert's famous dream
song, "Traumerei," came floating
across the skyscrapers of Manhat-
tan.
On one roof on West 103rd st.
Elman Myers was sitting, holding
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
DENIES THAT T. R. DRINKS
TO EXCESS---EXCEPT MILK

(By United Press Leased Wire.
NEW YORK, May 25.-Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt Is intemper-
ate only in drinking milk. says
DR.. Lyman Abbott, confirming
the colonel's denial that he drank
to excess.
Col. Roosevelt has my permits
sion to say that he drinks as
much and no more than l." DR..
Abbott said. 81 have often seen
him drink four or five glasses of
milk, however, at single meal"
DIR. Abbott. added that he
(Abbott) sometimes drank a
glass or two of light wine at
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

dinner, never took brandy or
whisky except on physician s
order and drank beer only in
Europe. because American beer
Is inferior.
The whole controversy started
with an article in Salina, Kas.,
paper that Roosevelt was intoxi-
Gated on the occasion of his Os-
sawatomie speech.
From his private car, hurrying
through Ohio on the eve of the
primaries, the colonel dictated a
reply, branding the story as abso-
lutely false and referring it to
DR.. Abbott.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
State News

Stork left three pairs of twins
at Chehalis in the last month. j.
e. Jones being the latest happy
dad.
Arthur Ash, on trial for MUIR
dering James Boon at Spokane,
collapsed on the stand while re-
lating how Boon bad broken up
his family.
Thirty-one graduated from
Chehalis high school last night.
After letters written by Raj
eigh NJ. Faulkner asking his
sweetheart to furnish perjured
affidavits to clear him were read
in court, the jury convicted him
of passing worthless bank bills.
at Seattle.
"Old Joe" Woodwork, who
came to Washington In 1860 and
for years ran "Cayuse Joe's" liv-
cry stable at Walla Walla, died at
his home in Okanogan county.
Supreme court upheld Pierce
county superior court in Home
Grocery company receivership dis
pute with Ernest Hoppe.
United Presbyterian general as
sembly at Seattle commended the
city for redeeming the place from
the immoral elements by the re-
call and denounced the combina-
ton of evil and reactionary
forces in politics.
Editor Charles NJ. Robinson of
the Monroe Independent was ar
rested for libel In denouncing the
water system as polluted with
sewage and blaming s. A. Buck.
president of the water company.
Clarence 0rendorff, Mabton
school teacher. charged with Civ
ing cigarettes TO boys, had bis GER
tiffcate revoked.
/ i. w. w. induced two sailors 10
deseit the bark Albert at Port
Townsend, preventing the shin
from sailing for Frisco with
lumber.
Timothy Griffths. former prI-
! waite secretary to Senator Roscoe
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
CITY BRIEFS

Through the detection of the
carburetor, an automobile occu-
pied by John Winterson and fam
fly caught fire and was almost
totally destroyed last night while
on the way to Tftlow beach.
Luckily for the occupants, the
car did not explode. 1t was VAL
ued at $1,000 and covered by
500 insurance.
Richard White, the young So
HECTOR accused of steal suit
case and overcoat from John JOS
eph, was fined 500 and COSTS
yesterday in police court by JUS
tice Arntson. He was arrested
by Detective A. G. Brown for a Sc
ries OF hotel thefts. White claims
that he was intoxicated at the
time of the robbery.
The mysterious skeleton found
on Chambers creek has been
identified as that of Herman
Kitziger, a 75-year-old inmate of
the Steilacoom asylum, who es-
capped January IT, 1911, by Supt.
Calhoun of the institution. The
identification was made mainly
from peculiar knot tied in the
necktie.
To the girl who sells the most
flowers in her own school dis
trict tomorrow, which Is Y. w. G.
A. flower day, prize of week
In the summer camp is offers-s.
The Hustlers' club of the Y. M.
C. A. will give banquet to-
night in the association club
rooms for the new officers.
Memorial services of the G. A.
r. will be held at the Church OF
Holy Communion tomorrow.
Last Wednesday DR.. E. A.
Montague delivered talk on
first aid to the injured at the
First Baptist church for the bene-
ut of troop B, Boy Scouts. The
latter are planning a three day
hike to the state capitol at Olym-
pia when school closes.
Query club, No. 1, will meet
with Mrs. F. Pearson Rogers,
221 South Washington avenue,
Monday afternoon.
At the meeting of the South
Side improvement club, M. H.
Weir, secretary of the National
Fairgrounds association, will
give an address. Members of
the park board will be present.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
Prisoner Tries to
Butt Out Brains

Jack Haley, federal prisoner
charged with murder, last night
attempted to commit suicide In
the county Jail by butting his head
against the bars of his cell.
1t required six men to subdue
Haley and place him in the padded
cell. He has been insane since be-
fore he is alleged to have commit
ted murder.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
WEDS OPERA SINGER

(By United Press Leased Wire.
NEW YORK, May .25.-FoI-
lowing a persistent courtship,
George Guyer, a wealthy San
Francisco clubman, is welded to-
day to Miss Regina Vicarino,
opera singer. Guyer met Miss
Vicarino in San Francisco, fol-
lowed her to Mexico and then to
New York.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

Conkling of New York and clerk
in the U. s. senate and federal
court in New York, died on
Guemes island near Anacortes.
where he has been in retirement
since 1899.
Alex. Thompson has gone to
court at Everett to compel the
controller to put his name on the
ballot as candidate for city COM
missioner.
PORTLAND-Harry w. Smith,
Olympia banker, died at st. Vim
cents hospital yesterday following
an operation on Monday.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
HEAVIEST TRAIN OUT

The heaviest regular train ever
leaving Tacoma pulled out of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & Puget
Sound depot yesterday morning,
being the Olympian, bound for
Chicago. 1t included five stand
ard sleepers, observation car, day
coach, two baggage and one
mail car, a diner and one tourist
sleeper, carrying approximately
ESQ people.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
Sues For Big Damage

Robert Olson is suing the w. r.
Grace G. Co. for $4,000 damages.
Olson while working as long
shoreman was struck by a swing
load of lumber and knocked into
the hold of vessel, suffering bro
ken ribs and internal injuries, he
says.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
MILLS rs ELECTED

PUYALLUP, May ga. u.
Mills, Tacoma, was elected presi-
dent of the past masters associa-
tion at the meeting at Corinthian
temple last night with over 100
delegates present. The next an
nual meeting will be held at
Steilacoom. Ten candidates were
initiated.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
Masterson Candidate

Local democrats Toasted today
and talked politics at the Tacoma
hotel. candidates for congress
and other places were discussed.
There seems to be no great rush
to enter the list as democratic Of
flce seekers. e. F. Masterson Ia
running for congress.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
Gov. Crothers Dead>

(By United Press Leased Wire.)
ELKTON. Mo-, May 25.-Gov-
ernor Crothers of Maryland died
at midnight last night at the
home here of his nephew, State
Senator Crothers- Bright's dis
ease was the chief cause of death.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

Fault Of Our Language
Mrs. Meyser-Could you give
he o little money, my dear?
MIR. Meyser - Certainly. my
ear. About how littIe?-Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
A Popular Lad.

"Yaas, I've stopped smoking"
''SwOre off to please some girl,
no doubt. / wouldn't stop smok-
ing to please a girl"
81 did it to please five girls. -
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

observation-disclosures Paul
sued G. S. Engle for $4,000 as
pay for service rendered for II
years. Engle refuses to pay, de-
claring the plaintiff is his wife,
the records having been destroyed
in the San Francisco fire.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
GIRL WAS NAUGHTY

Girls must be good in Tacoma.
One incorrigible miss of 16
who did not. keep good company
and smoked cigarets was yester-
day sent to the reform school at
Chehalis until she is of age.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

POTLAND-Appearing for the
18th time to answer charges of
practicing the profession without
license, Edward Edwards, a
dentist, was found guilty.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25
A Slam at Andy.

"Your town is pleasant enough,
but taxes are SO Internally high"
"oh, they won't be high any
more; the flood the other day de-
strOyed our Carnegie library and
they've decided not to rebuild it."
Brooklyn Life.
The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1912-05-25

PORTLAND, Ore.-A woman's
shrieks of Burglars! Burglars!
caused brave Patrolman Mallon
to rush into the woman's house
with drawn revolver. He found
a big black cat amusing itself by
having fit among the odds and
ends in the basement.