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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-09-04

Can't you see how the firing has slack
ened? The miners have driven your
rebels back already, and they will do
more-they will follow them up and
kill them! Then, when the rebels are
in fight and Del Rey and his rurales
are away, that will be good time for
us to slip off and make our dash for
the line!"
Nothing doing!" announced Hooker,
as he dismounted at the corral you
don't know what you're talking about!
But I will leave my horse here" he
added Il sure don't want him to get
hurt"
But you promised" protested Ora
cha weakly.
Promised nothing!" retorted Bud
ungraciously Il promised to take care
of you, didn't /? Well, what's the use
of talking, then? You better stay right
here, where you're safe. Come on,
let's go to the housed"
mol" cried Gracia, her dark eyes
turning misty with imminent tears.
"Oh, Mr.. Hooker!" she burst out,
didn't keep them all waiting while
put on this riding-skirt? l thought you
had come to take me away! What do
care to be safe? l want to be free!
want to run away-and go across the
line to dear Phil" she faltered. Then
she looked up at him sharply and her
voice took on an accusing tone.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-09-04

non. AS for the federals, they occu-
pied the country to the east and at
tempted a few sallies, but as they
had nothing but their rifles, the artil-
lery drove them back.
Then, as the battle ceased, the
rebels began to celebrate their vic
tory. They broke into the closed can
tinas, disobeying their officers and be-
while half of their number were drunk
the federals, being informed of their
condition, suddenly advanced upon
them, with the Yaquis far in the lead.
They did not shoot, those Yaquis;
but, dragging their guns behind them,
they crept up through the bushes and
dug pits quite close to the lines. Then,
when the rebels discovered them and
manned their guns, the Yaquis shot
down the gunners.
Growing holder, they crept farther
to the front-the rebels became disor-
ganized, their men became mutinous-
and at last, when they saw they would
surely be taken, the leaders buried
two tons of dynamite In the trenches
by the bull-ring and set time-fuse,
to explode when the Yaquis arrived.
"The word spread through the town
like wildfire-all the people, all the
soldiers fled every which way to es-
cape-and then, when the worst was
expected to happen, the dynamite
failed to explode and the Yaquis
rushed the trenches at shutdown"
Did those Yaquis know about the
dynamite?" Injured Bud.
Know" repeated Don Juan, waving
the thought away; not word! Their
commanders kept it from them, even
after they discovered the mine. And
now the Indians are making boasts;
they are drunk with the thought of
their valor and claim that the rebels
fed from them alone.
THE roadmaster came into town
this morning on velocipede and said
that the Yaquis are insufferable, think
ing that it was their renown as fight
ers and not the news of the dynamite
that drove all the soldiers from town.
However, Aqua Negra is once more
in the hands of the government; the
track is clear and most of the bridges
repaired; so why quarrel with the
Yaquis? While they are, of course,
nothing but Indians, they serve their
purpose in battle"
well, l guess yes!" responded Bud
warmly. Serve their purpose, Ell?
Where were these Mexican soldiers
and them Spanish officers when the
Yauuis were taking the town? And
that was just like dog-goned Next
can-setting that time-fuse and then
not having it 60 off. More'n likely the
poor zap that fired it was SO scairt he
couldn't hold match-probably
never lit it, jest dropped the match
and run. They're bum bunch, if
you want to know what / think. I'd
rather have Yaqui than a hundred
Of 'em!"
"A hundred of whom" inquired a
cool voice behind him, ard looking up
Hooker saw the beautiful Gracia gaz-
ing out at him through the screen
door.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-09-04

sound as a cloud obscures the light
stopped suddenly in its roar, and the
crowd at the hotel became calm. The
superintendent, wiry, gray-halred
little man, with decision in every
movement, came running from his
fort-like house on the hill and ordered
all the women to take shelter there
and take their children with them.
So, while the rifles ratified and stray
bullets began TO knock mud from the
walls, they went struggling up the hill,
rich and poor patrician and peon,
while the air was rent by the walls
of the half-Indian Mexican women,
who held themselves as good as cap
tured by the revoltosos, concerning
whose scruples they entertained no
illusions.
The women of the aristocracy bore
themselves with more reserve, as be-
fitting their birth and station, and thea'
Americans who gathered about them
with their protecting rifles pretended,
that all would be WE'LL but in the
minds of every one was that same
terror which found expression in the
peon wall and, while scattered rebels
and newly armed miners exchanged
Volleys on both sides Of the town, the
nOn-combatant Americans sought out
every woman and rushed her up to the
big house. There, ii worst came to
worst they could make a last stand, -
or save them by a ransom.
So from the old woman who kept
the candy stand in the plaza to the
wives of the miners and the cherished
womenfolk of the landowners, theysS
were all crowded inside the broad halls
OF the big house; and seventy odd
Americans, armed with company rifles,
paced nervously along the broad veran-
das or punched loopholes in the adobe
walls that inclosed the summer garden
behind
Along with the rest went Hooker
and Gracia, and, though her mother
beckoned and her father frowned
sternly, the wilful daughter of the Ara
CONS did not offer to leave him as they
scampered up the hill In fact, she
rode close beside him, squirting when
he spurred and, finally, when the
shower of stray bullets had passed,
she led on around the house.
Wont you help me take my horse
inside the walls?" she asked Bud
followed flor hor oirclipo tho fortroco
whose blank adobe walls gave shelter
to the screaming women, and she
smiled upon him with the most en-
gaging confidence.
81 know you will have to go soon,"
she said, land suppose I've got to be
shut in with those creatures, but we
must be sure to save our horses. Some
bullets might hit them, you know, and
then we could not run away
"You remember your promise!' she
reminded, as Bud gazed at her in as
constituent. "Ah, yes, knew you did
otherwise you would not have picked
such a good horse for me. This roam
is my fathers best riding horse. You
must put yours inside the wall with
him, and when the time is right we
will get them and ride for the line"
"What?" cried Hooker incredulous-
ly, with the country full of rebels?
They're liable to take the town in half
an hour!" '
mo, indeed they will mott" respond
ed Gracia with spirit You do not
understand the spirit of US Sonorans!
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
ATE HORSE MEAT DURING
THE "SIEGE OF PARIS"

In the october Woman's Home Com
panion "a French woman gives her per-
sonal recolections OF the siege of Par
is. at the close Of the Franco Prussian
war, when the half starved people re-
sorted to the most desperate efforts to
obtain food. What they were forced
to eat is described in the following ex-
tract from the article:
For four months / never saw a
piece of bread A few potatoes we had,
but long before the siege was over they
had gone. All horses disappeared from
the streets. The government took
them, and the elephants in the parks.
We were issued a card on which was
indicated how much horse or elephant
meat would be allotted TO us every four
days. Horse meat was not bad but
dogs-I could not bear it. And there
were those who ate much worse than
dogs.
IL walked home alone one afternoon
in the dusk; two old men, beyond the
age of military service, walked in
front OF me, and. as they came oppo-
site our house one stopped and snatch
ing something hastily from the ground,
hid it in a bag. 1t will mean food to-
morrow he said triumphantly to his
companion.
"Afterward l discovered what IL was
that they had snatched up so eagerly.
Ii was our cat"
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
REPORTS CONFLICT.

There's only one way 70 account for
the conflicting reports Of the opera
tions Of the Russian armies. II the
dispatches concerning them are true
the Cars minions must be marching
in a circle. From Petrograd comes
the word that the Russians are adj
vancing; in Berlin it is stated positive
" that they are on the run. SO, if they
arc both advancing and retreating. the
inference is that they are travelling in
a circuit.
The truth is al this distance we don't
know what is going on I'm East Prus-
STA Last week we read that the Rus
SLAMS had begun the bombardment OF
Koenigsberg: more recent dispatches
are 10 the effect that they are about
10 invest that stronghold. Yet If q
German general is pursuing the Rus
slams to the east, II is difficult 10 re-
concile the other reports.
With the war correspondents not
even within sight of the rear guards
and capable and Industrious censor
on the job at the European end Of
every cable and telegraph line, We are
not going 10 get much news from East
Prussia very soon. After the war IS
over and the generals begin 10 write
their memoirs, perhaps we will know
what really did happen in East Prus-
ETA during the first two weeks Of Sep
tember. 1914.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
CAN'T FORCE FOREIGNERS TO
GO 10 WAR.

Foreigners residing in the United
States who have not become citizens
are not liable To military service in the
mother country. This is fact that
should be generally understood but one
which is, in reality, comparatively un-
heard of.
one reads I'm the daily papers OF a
foreigner who almost wrecks a train
SO that he would be put i'm Jail TO es-
cape foreign military service.
Congressman Mapes has had his at
tention called 10 this situation by a
subject of Austria who lives i'm Michi-
gan. He wrote the congressman ask
ing If he is liable for military service
in the old country and whether his
property there is subject TO seizure.
The congressman Immediately took
the questions To the state department
and he was informed by Secretary
Bryan that the United States is not a
party to any treaty under which per-
sons of foreign origin residing in this
country can be compelled To return to
their native land for military service.
There is no way in which such per-
sons can be forced into foreign ar
mics against their will so long as they
remain i'm this country,
The mans property however, is
liable to seizure and he has no way by
which he can protect it unless by mill
tary services.
The case also brings up another in
teresting feature along this line. The
man had declared his intention of be-
coming a citizen OF the United States
three years ago but had never taken
out his final papers.
This declaration OF intention is not
equivalent TO renouncing allegiance to
ones original sovereign and does not
give one the status of an American
citizen.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
THE HGNGMAN'S ROBE.
Dennis Didn't Like II. So He Sold II to
"Old Cain"


james Berry was not so well paid
for his services us his French con-
frere. NJ. Antoine Debicr. who draws
tJGO n year, while his four assistants
have n similar amount to divide be.
tween them. Samson. the first eXeca.
toner to WELD the guillotine was
originally paid f1.520 Il year, but when
executioners were appointed in each
department this was reduced to $500
Before the revolution the legal tariff
in France was % shillings for a be-
heading, 16s. Sd. for burning at the
stake, and the same amount for hang
Ing, with allowances for the erection
OF n scaffold or the provision of fuel.
One of James Berry's predecessors,
for Il brief period, donned n uniform
a contemporary chronicler. the sheriifs
of London were 80 pleased with the
excellent mode I'm which Edward Den.
mis-. their hangman. performed his
duties that they presented him with
very elegant official robe-a khilaut. In
fact, as eastern potentates term a SINH
lar garb Of honor. Dennis found this
inconvenient when ut work on the
scaffod and sold Ii to well known
character of those days, Old Cain
wanted robe to complete the cos
tune in which he received dupes."- -
London Chronicle.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
A Spoiled Scene.

Il. III. Sothern once found his wit fail
him in time of need. 1t was in the
fourth act of THE Lady of Lyons.
Sothern played Claude Melnotte, and
Virginia Harmed was cast as Pauline.
Beausant the villain. was pursuing
Pauline, and she cried loudly for help.
Claude is supposed to dash to her res
cue and catch the fainting Pauline III
his arms. Sothern dashed on 10 the
stage. but slipped and slid. sitting
down near the footlights. Losing his
presence OF mind, he dcclaimed the
line: Look up, Pauline. There Is no
danger" AS Virginia Harmed was
standing, this was, of course. an I'M
possibility. BY this time the audience
was In an uproar. and when Arthur
Lawrence. who played Beausant.
scornfully said. "You are beneath me-
the amusement Of the audience knew
no bounds.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
"THIS DATE IN HISTORY"

1709-Samuel Johnson, famous Eng.
lish writer. born. Died Dec. IS
1884.
1793-General Washington laid tho
cornerstone for the national
capitol in Washington.
1S10-Chili declared its independence
of Spain.
1s3s-Anti-Corn Law League founded
in Manchester. England
1S49-Rupturc Of diplomatic relations
between Russia and Turkey and
Austria, as Turkey refused to
give up Kossuth and other Hun.
garian refugees.
1S50-President Fillmore signed the
Fugitive Slave law.
1s6s-Revolution i'm Spain; fleet and
garrison OF Cadiz opposed the
government.
1S90-Dion Boucicault, noted actor
died. Born Dec. 26, 1922.
1901-Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York visited Montreal.
1901-The Car of Russia arrived at
Dunkirk on a visit to the Presi-
dent of France.
1905-Czar of Russia proposed sec
ond Peace Conference at The
Hague.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
MADE HIMSELF AT HOME.
When He Got Through His Standing
Was Unquestoned.

was SH1bcStiOUcOs
Robert Thorpe, an old Missouri stage
driver. used TO tell story of how An.
derson, the Jayhawker, got one of his
recruits. The Anderson boys held up
Thorpe's stage near Glasgow one day.
Among the passengers was u raw
boned young Missourian who looked
about as tough as the jayhawkers
themselves.
Give me yer varbles." Anderson de.
manded Of the youth, as he went down
the line.
"Ain't got none." answered the
young squirrel hunter.
"Where ye goin'T'
ITO join Anderson's jayhawkers."
The leader sized him up a bit
"Kin ye swim the Missoury riverT"
he asked him.
Reckon so," the young man an.
swered
could ye kill man?"
"Reckon So"
Anderson stepped forward and spat
In the youngsters face. The youth
bounded at the jayhawker like n cat.
caught him full In the face with a
right swing and went down on top of
him, kicking and clawing.
The jayhawkers pulled the young de.
mon Off their leader. and he got up.
You belong" he said. Boys, give
him hawse."-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
PLAYS AND PLAYERS

James X. Hackett is to open his
season in Canada in "Othello."
jefferson de Angels and Eva Da-
venport are appearing in vaudeville.
George Broadhursts latest melo-
drama is called "The Law of the
Land"
Miss Elsie Ferguson has withdrawn
from the cast of THE Dragons Claw"
Nat Goodwin is to appear this sea-
son in a play called The Bohemian, "
by Jack Lait.
Edward Sheldons dramatization of
Sudermann's Song of Songs" is to be
called "The Song of the Soul"
A dramatic version of Earl Biggers'
new novel, Love Insurance." has been
made by A. Il. Thomas.
De Wolf Hopper is to give Trial by
Jury" by Gilbert and Sullivan, at the
Greek Theater in California next
month.
1t is said that L. II. Sothern and
Julia Marlowe have reconsidercd their
plans and will return to the stage be-
fore the end of this season.
Eleanor Gates play, The Poor Lit
tie Rich Girl" has arranged to begin
its third season in Rochester about the
end OF this month.
Frank Losee and Pedro de Cordova
have been added to the cast engaged
for THE Hawk" which is soon to be
produced by William Faversham.
Laura Hope Crews is to be the lead
ing woman for Leo DtriChstein, when
he appears in his own adaptation of
Molnar's play, THE Legend of the
Wolf"
Chrystal Herne. daughter of the late
James a. Hernc, is to be married next
month TO Harold ). Pollard. an edi-
torial writer on New York news
paper.
Muriel Starr, "a young American act
ress who went to Australia last year,
is said to be creating sensation
there by her work in Madame X"
One of William a. Brady's most
notable contributions to the stage
this season will he the comedy drama,
THE Things That Count"
tHdTlS fTOnHldn mas engaged flOr-
ence Fisher for the leading female
role in the new play, THE Candle OF
Faith" in which Otis Skinner is to
appear next month.
Clarence Oliver, who played the
leading role i'm officer 666," and who
later appeared in vaudeville, has taken
Frank Craven's place in TOO Many
Cooks" in New York.
"The Little Cafe" one of the mu-
sical successes of last season, has been
sent on tour by Klaw and Erlanger.
1t is the work of c. NJ. S. Mcclellan and
Ivan Caryll.
Paul Armstrong; play. "The Heart
of Thief" is to open its season Oc-
tober at the Hudson Theater, New
York. The cast of fifty people will be
headed by Martha Hedman, who will
represent the character of Swedish
girl brought up i'm New York.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
THEY DON'T WASTE WORDS.
NyasaIand Natives Exist In State of
Partial Coma.

Partial Coma.
Referring to the native peculi3ritieS
In Nyasaiand. the author of Hunting
the Elephant In Africa" Captain G. H..
Stigand. comments on q certain state
of coma into which the "boys" descend
when there is no active work for them
10 do. or at least when there is no com
pulsion to do 1t. He believes that the
native Is capable OF assuming Il state
In which the mind Is absolutely de.
tached and not working and when In
such a state he Is only recalled by a
start to his present surroundings.
The life of the head man OF n vii
lage in Nyasaland. when not engaged
In the strenuous pursuit of his official
duties. is something like this: At sun
rise he crawls out of his hut and sits
outside. After short time his wife
crawls out and offers him some food
He eats this and then makes his way
to tree, perhaps a hundred yards
from the village. Under this he sits in
deep abstraction, till about noon Il
child brings him some food and water
After partaking of this he moves q lit
tie so as to get the afternoon shade
He then sits in deep meditation until
sunset. when he crawls into his hut
and goes to sleep.
Sometimes he is Joined by n few 9th.
er old men under his tree They hardly
ever speak to each other. and IL they
say anything it is to make some obvi-
GUS remark. as, "There is dog" "Yes.
II is dog" "Oh." "Ah," and further
period Of silence.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
Marksmen and Rifles.

No marksman ever holds a rifle 'as
solidly as rock" He may think nc
does, but Arms and the Man insists
that the best shot gives merely tue
necessary impulse to the trigger
while the rifle Is moving In the right
direction"-that is. when he takes 'de-
liberate aim. The snap shooter WORKS
apparently by sort Of Instinct. fir'
Ing successfully at running deer
through the woods and over broken
ground implies knack like that o.
thrusting ones finger toward an iDui
Gated object.-New York Times.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1s, 1914
A WAR OF SILENCE.

An instance Of the French censor's
pitiless treatment OF letters from III,
soldiers at the front TO their wives
and sweethearts in Paris, is the case
of a wife who received the following
note from the censor as a substitute
for the long letter her husband had
written.
Madam, he said your husband
is we'll but is far too loquacious."
This certainly is a war of silence
one in which letter writer's and cor
respondents are not conspicuous. II
is a war that is all too real.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
History and Geography of the War
BY the National Geographical Society
Places Are
The Military Operations In The European War

GALICIA-The largest province OF
Austria, bounded on the north and
east by Russia and separated from
Hungary on the south by the Carpa-
THAN mountains; ON the west IL is
bounded by the province of Moravia
and on the southeast by the province
OF Bukovina. Long winters, with an
abundant snowfall, short and wet
springs, hot summers and long and
steady autumns give il the severest
climate in Austria. Its principal agri-
cultural products are barley. oats, rye.
wheat, maize and leguminous plants,
and it's minerals are salt, coal, petro-
leum, zinc and sulphur. Galicia makes
nearly forty per cent OF the total pro-
ductions of spirits in Austria. 1t also
manufactures lumber. paper, sugar
and cloth. In 1910 the province had a
population of S.022,1 on the first
partition of Poland in 1872, Galicia
came to Austria; in 1895 West Galicia
was added to the district and the fur
ther addition of Cracow was made in
1S46.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

pressure necessary to his treatment
The doctor. therefore. mounted chair.
from which he stepped to the table
and finally sat astride of Remington
applying bis full weight to the manip-
ulation which lie was giving to the
spinal column. L hope I'm not hurt
ing you. Mr.. Remington said the doc
tor. Remington answered. It's all
right. doctor, so long as you don't use
your spurs.'"
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

later days l went
with him TO the
Office Of an osteo-
pathic physician
who was treat
ing him. The os-
teopath was a
slight man and
not taA Rem
ington. lying face
downward on the
operating table,
presented n sky
line so mucD
higher than that
of the avera &c
patient that the
doctor standing
on the floor lack
II A. - -.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
Natural Inference.

A schoolteachcr was reading story
to class of very small folks anu
paused at the words 'lay BROTHER !"
explain their meaning. Does any one
know what lay brother meansT she
asked.
For a moment n row Of perplexeu h'-
tie faces looked up at her Tben QUO
face frightened suddenly, and smal'
voice piped, ayes, ma'am, it's a roost
err'-Youth's Companion.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

that II was almost impossible to get
him away from the place. 1t is need
less to say that when the Massachu-
setts is in commission every youngster
within a radius OF several miles is on
hand. The Massachusetts has full
equipment of electric signal and
searchlights. 1t is said that these small
searchlghts with their powerful rays
can be seen at distance of two miles
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

the minister. not
caring to make
{ n G intimation
himself. arrang-
ed with his herd
boy to do 1t.
Now" he said.
"you just call out
in n loud voice.
Proclamation of
IN aria ge be-
tween the Rev.
Mr.. Murray of
this parish and
Jean Lowe o. the
samev IIa, hap
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
The Ultimate Peace

There is a peace which no men know
Save those whom suffering hath laid low
The peace of pain.
A strength which only comes to those
Who've borne defeat-greater, God knows.
Than victory.
a happiness which comes at last.
After all happiness seems past
The JOY of peace.
Author Unknown.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
He Was Sensitive.

Blobbs-You're pretty much stuck on
Miss Gobbs. aren't you, Old man
Hobbs--I was once, but after wna'
she said to me last night I'm not go-
Ing to pay any more attention 10 ne':
Blobbs - Gee! What did she say
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Leader.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18

lister as he concluded. "Wha'd hae
thocht it!' The Sabbath came round
and the congregation assembled. When
the moment arrived the lad who had
duly prepared himself, rose and called
out: proclamation of marriage be-
tween the Rev. Mr.. Murray of this
parish and Jean Lowe o. the same!
IIa, ha!' he laughed, thinking this to
be part of the proclamation. "Wha'd
hae thocht it?' The effect on the min
lister and the congregation can be i'm
agined.
The Calumet news., 1914-09-18
A "Place of Learnina.D

Sydney Smith. once being asked why
a certain college was called place of
learning, replied that. although great
many had been there TO get learning.
no one had ever taken learning away:
hence 1t was quite appropriately
named