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The Mission O f those corpuscles In your blood that have been called “ Little 8oldlers,’' Is to right for you against the disease germs that constantly endanger your health. T h o s e c o r p u s c l e s ore made h o a l t h y e n d strong by the uso of Hood's Sarsapurllla. riiis m edicine is n co m bination of m o re th an 'J O different remedial agents 1,1 p r o p o rtio n s unit by a process known only to ourselves am i it lias for th irty yenrs been comitantlv proving its worth. Wo substitute, none “ ju st-as-g ooii," l* r i » u r e « a . ‘T h i n k / ' said th e optimist, “of how civillasutlon hiiH progressed since the te r r o r s of the Unman urenu.” "Yes,” a nn we rod S i m s Baker. “ Now inlays when we’re look lug for thrills we go to n little p a r a d e ground and w atch Koine a v ia to r risk Ida life on • h o r t turns.“— Was hington Star. H ar t H im There. “ A little less noiso, Miss Clare. If you please,” said the bookkeeper. “Convtvsti- tiou isn’t necessary when there is work on hand.“ “That only show’s, Mr. Addemup,’’ snapped the typewriter girl, “that you’ve never read the history of the tower of Babel.“ O n ly O ne “BROMO QU IN IN E “ T h a t is L A X A T IV E BROMO Q U IN IN E . Look fo r lhe s ifrn a tu re of E. W. G R O V E . U sed the w orld o v e r to C u re a Cold in O ne Day. 25c. K x lr r m e a M eet. The little traveling man looked admir ingly at the big traveling man. “Gee!” he said. “ You sell Corliss en gines, don’t you'/’’ “No,” answered the big man. “ I'm an agent for a needle factory. What’s your line? Complexion powders?” “ Not exactly,” said the little man. “ I build suspension bridges.” O, C h e e s e It. There was a fair maiden named Jen, Who dreamed she'd been changed to s hen. It wasn’t her habit To eat a welsh rabbit, And sihe never did eat one again. T hose Dear Frlen da. Nan— I always know when Jack Is at the front door, l ie gives just one littl« ring. F a n —Y'es— just like that one on youi finger. O th erw ise O b je c tio n a b le . Algy— Myrtie, what are your objection* to marrying me? Myrtie— I have only one objection, Algy. I'd have to live with you. N eeded E x p la in in g . “That stocky looking man over then once killed a man with one punch.” “ What is he—a pugilist or a bar tender?” T o o M nch fo r H im . “ Yes,” said th e thin party, “ I ’m go ing to chang e my hoarding place. Those t h ree co u rsa din n ers are too much for my digestive a p p a r a t u s .” “Three-course d i n n e r ! ” exclaimed his friend. “Of w h a t do they consist?” “ Napkins, Ice w a te r a n d toothpicks,” w a s th e reply. A Holiday S u g g e s t i o n . T h e b est gift is n o t alw ay s th e one t h a t co s ts th e m o s t m oney. I t ’s the t h i n g t h a t strik es a need, t h a t ’s a p p r o p r ia te an d ap p eals t o g o o d ta s te that m a k e s th e b ig g es t hit. F o r a w o m an of d o m e s tic t a s te h e r e ’s a h appy thought: A new b o o k of ex cep tio n al recipes b v Mrs. J a n e t M c K e n z ie Hill, of the B o s to n co o k in g school, has j u s t a p p eared . u n d e r th e title “ T h e C o o k ’s B o o k .” It is a selection o f 80 of the choicest c r e a tio n s of th is e m in e n t a u th o r ity . T h e idea is to p r e s e n t in c o m p a c t fo rm a n u m b e r o f deliciou« dishes, cak es an d pastries fit for those special o ccasio n s w h e n the hou se wife is a n x io u s t o m ak e h er b est i m p r e s sion. E v e r y recipe is a gem , an d the b o o k co n t a i n s in a d d itio n a fund of valuable h o u se h o ld in fo rm atio n . “ T h e C o o k ’s B o o k ” is eleg an tly g o t t e n up, p rin te d o n finest p late pap er an d p ro fuseiy illu strated w ith beautiful h alf to n e s an d co lo red en g ravings. “ If y ou wo u ld like “ T h e C o o k ’s B o o k ” for y o u rself o r a friend, secure a single certificate fro m a 25-cent can of K. C. b ak in g p ow der. Mail it with o u r a d d r e s s an d this article to Dept. 48, Ja c q u e s M fg Co., Chicago, a n d it will be sent free. Y o u will be d e l i g h t ed with K. C. b a k in g p ow der. It is g u a r a n t e e d to pleas e you or m o n e y r e fu n d e d . Y o u will ag ree t h a t “ T h e C o o k ’s B o o k ” wo u ld be ch eap a t a do llar , a n d r e m e m b e r y ou get it free of all cost. T a k e a d v a n ta g e of this special o ffe r at once, while it is goo d, even if y ou ar e n o t o u t of b a k in g p o w der. K. C. b a k in g p o w d e r will keep its s t r e n g t h for se vera l y e a r s if n e c e s sary. Scien ce. “ Did you know that if all the salt In the ocean were gathered into one solid body it would make a cube measuring 500 miles each way?’’ “ No, but I don’t doubt it. Who has figured it out?” “ Nobody. I was just trying to find out how big a lie you would swallow.” H is Record. Tommy Wrott— You told Dora Hope that you had refused me at least half a dozen times. What a whop per! Lotta Guph—It wasn't a whopper, either. Don’t you remember th at you proposed to me six times last Thursday evening? The In form er. “Teacher,” said Dicky Jones, sidling op to the desk and speaking in a whisper, “Tommy Tucker’s trying to look cross eyed, like you look.” It is scarcely necessary to add that it was Dicky Jones that got tbs subsequent whipping. ____________ _ G ettin g Back. Mistress— I suppose you’ll be wanting several nights off every week, Norah? New Girl—Only wan. ma’am. I don’t belong to half a dozen lodges th’ way yere busbaji’ does, ma’am.—Chicago Trib- Arroau th« B a c k y a r d Faaca. Woman with the Sun Bonnet—If any body asks me what I know about you I ■hall tell ’em the exact truth. Woman with the Gingham Apron— If you do, Mag Parkin*, as aura aa I ’m atandin’ here I’ll sua you for alandarl— Chicago Tribune. ________ _ _ SOUTHERN ITALY IS DEVASTATED NE W L IG H T O N H I S T O R Y . S t a n f o r d P r o f e s s o r F in d s Key to An cient W ritings. S tan fo rd Cniver sity, Cal., Dec. 28.— The key which bares the secrets so long t hidden behind th e E tru scan and old Series of Earthquakes Lay Waste to Italic inscriptions has a t lust been dis covered by P ro fesso r George Uewpl, SItüy anJ Calabria. the holder of the philological chair at S tan fo rd univer sity, an d th e manners, customs and history of a people today Tidal W av es S w a m p C ities an d C o v e r practicully unknown m ay be read iu D ead With M ud — T h o u s a n d s o f the f u tu re us in a book. Experienced in his in v esti g atio n s of P e o p l e P e r i s h an d S u rv i v o r s A re P an ic S t r i c k e n — Many H u n d r e d s old German inscriptions and rules, Pro fes so r Hem-pl was able to accom o f B o a ts A re L o st. plish in a single night the f e a t u nder t ak en by science ages ago an d never R o m e, Dec. 29.— T h e t h ree p r o v before pushed to a successful conclu inces of C o sen sa , C a t a n s a r o an d R e g sion. Members of th e facu lty who were gio di Calabria, c o m p r i s i n g th e d e presen t a t the lecture of Dr. llem pl be p a r t m e n t of Calabria, which f o rm s th e fore the S tan fo rd Phililogical associa s o u t h w e s t e r n e x t r e m i t y of Italy, o r tiou to day declared t h a t the discovery t h e "toe o f t h e b o o t , ” w ere d e v a s t a t e d !“ “ v eritable triu m p h and will have I t will necessi y e s t e r d a y by an e a r t h q u a k e , t h e far- f a r reaching result». r e a c h in g ef fe cts of w h ic h w ere felt t a te a re s t a ti n g of an cien t Roman his a lm o st t h r o u g h o u t th e en tir e co u n try . to ry an d it will throw a tlood of light T h e t o w n of Mess in i, in Sicily, was on many disputed f a c ts of L a t in gram p a r t l y d e s t ro y e d , an d C a ta n ia was i n mar ami etymology. I t has been t h e gen erally accepted u n d a te d . In M ess ini h u n d r e d s of h o u se s have fallen, a n d m a n y p e r s o n s view among historians t h a t th e E tru s cans were an element en tirely foreign have b een killed. O w in g , h o w ev er, t o th e fact th at to th eir neighbors, th e Romans. This te le g r a p h ic a n d t elep h o n ic c o m m u n i th eo ry is entirely and conclusively o v er catio n was a l m o s t c o m p le te ly d e t u rn ed by P ro fessor llem pl, whoso i n s t r o y e d , it is im p o ssib le to o b tain ves tig ations prove a g reat sim ilar ity even an a p p r o x i m a t e e s t im a t e of the between th e Roman and E tru scan l a n d a m a g e , but r e p o r t s received h ere up guages and make possible only one con ... _ laic h o u r last niKht in dicate t h a t ¡elusion, t h a t the Ktruicana an d Homans th e h a v o c has b een g reat, a n d t h e d e . I sp r a n g from one race, which, follow tr u c t io n of life a n d p r o p e r t y m o r e | infi lll<1 <’■«* legend, wandered to Italy te r ri b l e t h a n Italy has e x p e r ie n c e d in from Troy a f t e r the fall of t h a t great city. Thus V i r g i l ’s Eneid is su b stan m a n y y ears. T h e City of M e ss in a has suffered tiated by scientific proof. Dr. l l e m p l ’s p r o b a b l y m o r e t h a n a n y o t h e r place, discovery is y e t in its infancy. Out of the latest i n f o rm a t i o n c o m i n g d i r e c t 8,000 inscriptions he h as read but 50, ly f ro m t h a t q u a r t e r s t a ti n g t h a t tw o- y et th e little work he has done has th ird s of th e t o w n w as d e s t r o y e d a n d been sufficient to conviuce him t h a t the old idea of distin ct races is entirely se v era l t h o u s a n d p e r s o n s killed. The steam ers W ashington a n d erroneous. M o n te b e llo , which w e r e in the h a r bor, later p ro ceed ed t o C ata n ia , l o a d Q U I C K S A N D IN F O U N D A T I O N . ed w ith in ju re d , w h o w e r e so s t u p e fied by t e r r o r t h a t they se em ed u n ab le t o realize w h a t h ad h ap p en ed , U n s ta b le Soil A d d s $ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 t o [ C o st o f N o r t h w e s t e r n D e p o t. sim ply sa y in g t h a t it lo o k ed as t h o u g h the e n d of th e w o rld h ad come, hive Chicago, Dec. 28.— A s t r a t u m of s t e a m e r s left C a ta n ia for M e ssin a to treacherous quicksand und erly in g the assist in re m o v i n g th e in ju re d front th at place, w h o are r e p o r t e d to n u m site o f the new $20,000,000 sta ti o n of the Chicago & N o rth w estern railroad, ber th o u s a n d s . A t C a ta n ia th e p an ic-strick en p e o now under construction, will add about ple. f e a r in g n ew sh o ck s, ab s o l u te ly $500,000 to the cost of th e structure, r efu s ed to e n t e r t h e i r house s, a n d are owing to the increased difficulty of c a m p i n g o n th e sq uare s. This T h e tidal wav e sa n k 500 b o a t s t h ere sinking the fo u n d atio n pillars. a n d did g r e a t d a m a g e to se v era l l arg e inform ation has been given to the v es sels a n d st e a m e rs , in c lu d in g th e railroad company b y t h e George A. A ustrian s t e a m e r Buda. Fuller company, which has in t u r n been N o t on ly did C a ta n ia suffer fro m told to go ahead w ith th e construction th e ef fe cts of a tidal wave, but a siin of the building a t an y cost. ilar b o d y of w a t e r in u n d a te d th e h a n d I n te re s tin g pneu m atic processes are so m e s t r e e t s of M e ss in a which flank now being used to overcome t h e diffi th e h a r b o r , c o v e r i n g th e m w ith a culties presented by t h e u n stab le soil. th ick lay er of m u d , w h ich r e n d e r e d Eng ineers say t h a t Chicago soil is alive m o r e difficult th e su c co rin g of th e with quicksand in the t e r rito r y about w o u n d ed , m a n y of w h o m could be the river banks. Two engineering ex seen ly in g u n d e r th e w reck ag e. per ts who handled the situ atio n in New It is r e p o r t e d th at th e villages of Y’ork a t th e lay in g of two big river F a r o a n d Ganzirri, a d jo in in g Messin a, tunnels of the subway, when quicksand h ave d i sa p p eare d . T h e effects of th e ther e furnished th e g r a v e st engineering e a r t h q u a k e wer e a g g r a v a t e d t h r o u g h problem of the kind in the history of an ex p lo s io n of gas. T h e flam es sw e p t a l o n g se v era l streets , a d d in g America, were called by telegraph and ar e a t work solving th e problem pre t e r r o r u p o n ter ro r . In C ala bria, th e r e g io n aro u n d M o n sented. te lc o n e w as m o s t affe cted. T h e vil R u ssia A p p r o v e s Deal. lage of S tefan ian ico n i, th e i n h a b i t a n t s f w hich n u m b e r 23,000, w as virtu ally St. Petersb u rg , Dec. 28.— Foreign d e s t ro y e d . O n l y five p e r s o n s w ere M inister Iswolsky m et w ith a f a v o r a killed, b u t m a n y w ere injured. ble reception in the douma to d ay when he pre se nted the annual sta te m e n t of R u s sia's foreign policy. H e refe rred MANY V IL L A G E S R U IN E D . with warm approval to the Ja panese- American agreement, which he said Q u a k e C e n t e r s a t E tn a —T h ie v es Rob g u aran teed the open door in the F a r E ast and th e in t e g r it y of China, and D ead a n d S t a r t F ire s. the term s of which were communicated P a l e r m o , Dec. 29.— R e p o r t s fro m all to Russia before it was signed. The th e t o w n s a n d villages aro u n d M e s rest of M. I sw o ls k y 's speech shed no sina s t a te t h a t se rio u s d a m a g e has light on mooted questions, nor gave b een d o n e by th e e a r t h q u a k e , an d t h a t an y substance of the Russian proposals th e n u m b e r of victim s is large. T h e j reg ard in g the an nexation of Bosnia and g r a v e s t d a m a g e w as d o n e to public Herzegov ina by Austria. b u ild in g s an d c h u r c h e s at Floridia, \ o t o C h i a r a m o n t o , V it t o ri a , P a t e r n o , New G e y s e r May Result. T e r r a n o v a , M a rian o p o li a n d N a r ro . At V irg in ia City, Mont., Dec. 28.— T h irty M im o t h e r e w ere a n u m b e r of sh o c k s earth q u ak es h ave been fe lt in th is sec At A u g u s ta , w hich once b efo re was d e s t r o y e d b y a n e a r t h q u a k e , th e tidal tion since last S u n d ay af tern o o n , the wav e d e s t r o y e d the g o v e r n m e n t salt (last trem or being recorded a t 4:10 yes- w orks. T h e p r iso n e r s em p lo y e d t h e r e t e r d a y morning. The ground has trem- m u tin ied , but w ere e v en tu ally sup bled ver y perceptibly, w ith th e earth wave ap p a r e n tly coming fro m the p ressed . A t P atti th e sh o ck w as ac c o m p a n ie d south, which has lent color to the th e by a b lin d in g flash of light, while s e ory t h a t a big new geyser is ab o u t to rious havoc w as w r o u g h t at Ba rcelo n a bu rst fo rth in t h e Yellowstone park, a n d ten p e r s o n s w ere killed at Cas- which lies 75 miles so u th east of V ir troreal and M ontagam o. ginia City. No dam age has resulted T h e S a n t a M aria college at Alix. b e other than considerable p laste r hav ing tw e e n M essin a a n d C a ta n ia , was o v e r been thrown down. th r o w n . se vera l of th e girl s t u d e n ts b e in g b u ried in th e ruins. C o n g r e s s m a n D aved D ead . T h e r e is n o d o u b t t h a t a larg e p o r Now Orleans, Dec. 28__ Repre senta tion of M e ss in a has b een d estro y ed . tive Robert C. Davey, of the second T o ad d to th e d i s a s t e r th iev es w ere so o n s e t ti n g fires at v a r io u s p o in ts congressional district of Louisiana, died S atu rd ay of apoplexy. Ho had a n d ste alin g e v e r y t h i n g th ey could lay th e ir h a n d s on, even r o b b i n g th e i n se rved continuously a t Washington j u r e d as t h e y lay ho p eless, a n d th e since the fifty-third congress, w ith the dead. T h e s t o r e s w e r e b r o k e n into exception of one term, when he de Davey was a n d g r e a t d i s o r d e r an d even t e r r o r i s m clined th e nomination. p rev ailed for a time. T h e au th o r ities , born in New Orleans in 1853, served several y ears in the s t a te senate of h o w e v e r , p r o m p tl y t o o k the m o s t s t r i n g e n t m e a s u re s to m a in ta in o rd er, Louisiana, was elected a ju d g e in 1880 a n d th o se w h o w ere c a u g h t in a c ts of and in 1888 was defeated for mayor of i n c e n d ia r is m o r r o b b e r y w ere sev erely New Orleans. He was re elected to the sixty first congress. d ealt with. W a n t e d P o w d e r in Nuts. B u tte, Mont., Dec. 29.— An un iq u e s c h e m e t o s m u g g le d y n a m i t e in to th e c o u n t y jail to be use d in an a t t e m p t to escap e was rev ealed y e s t e r d a y by otticers. who, in th e sh i r t of P a d d y R o d g e rs , th e m o s t n o t o r io u s crim in al th e city has k n o w n , fo und a le t t e r a s k in g “T o m , ” p r e s u m e d t o be R o d g e r's b r o t h e r , to se n d h im a q u a n t i t y of E n g li s h w aln u ts, filling se veral with d y n a m i t e an d o t h e r s w ith fuse. N o t to p reju d ice R o d g e rs , th e officials w ith h e ld th e le t t e r until a f t e r he was s e n t e n c e d y e s t e r d a y t o 15 y e a r s for b u r g l a ry . P ick ed G u a r d f o r R e g en t, Pek in, Dec. 28.— An imperial edict issued to day ordered Princes Tsai Tao land Yu L ang an d G rand Councillor I Tieh L ia n g to form an imperial guard of picked men from th e Manchu regi- I m ents for th e use of P rin c e Chun, the •Regent of China. Princes Tsai Tao and Yu L ang an d Grand Councillor ¡Tioh Liang were recently in tru sted with the tas k of g u ard in g the palace gates. A leading article published y esterd ay Jin th e new spaper controlled by Yuan Shi Kai, the g rand councillor, advises the regent to remain in th e palace. Claus Spreckles read. O n e Y e a r f o r E a c h C e n t. San Francisco, Dec. 28__ A f t e r an O a k l a n d , Cal., Dec. 29.— O n e y e a r in p r i s o n for each c o p p e r p e n n y he hat! illness of less th an a w e e k ’s duration, s to le n was the p u n i s h m e n t m e te d out Claus Spreckles, widely know n as the to G e o r g e G r o s s y e s t e r d a y m o r n i n g “ Sugar K in g of the Pacific C o a st,1 ’ b y S u p e r i o r Ju d g e Brown. H e p l e a d ! died a t his home in th is city Saturday . ed g u ilty to th e b u r g l a r y of th e store Mr. Spreckles was 80 y ears of age, and o f G. W . YVctmore at T h ir t y - f o u r t h was tak en ill with a severe cold early s t r e e t a n d S an P a b lo avenue, a b o u t th is week. This developed into pneu a m o n t h ago. T h o m a s Driscoll was monia, an d d u rin g the last two days th e c o m p a n i o n in the r o b b e ry , a n d the the veteran sugar refiner sank rapidly, t w o o f th e m se cu re d so m e to b a c c o his d eath occurring a t 4:30 o ’clock Sat u rd ay morning. a n d eleven pennies. SHEEP-RAISING ON IRRIGATED LANDS IDAHO R. N ZH i R VE5Y SUCCESSFUL D. C. Mullen, o f N am p a, fells H o w H e S t a r t e d —Illu stra te s Many In te re s tin g Points. had no lam bs, and w h a t la m b s t h e r e war « diil n o t a m o u n t to a n y th in g . T h ese old pelters ev id en tly cam e west in the ’60s, an d it m ak es m e sw ear like ^ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ r a a a s ...... .. ...... ...... sixty when I th in k of t h e m It was a C v a lo A J M N w T L U K IliL E C O U G H bad deal, an d no farm e r should buy piv’.j kfspeal.i i::.pvnding peril. Constant coughing irritates and inflames the one at an y price. A n old. w o rn -o u t Ian : s , inviting the ravaging a ' tacks ol deaci.y tbie**. Pi-o's Cure soothes ran g e sheep is the n e a r e s t t h in g to a rd heals the inflamed surfaces, cle¿¿ri the clogged air pais-ig?j end stop« n o th in g at all t h ere is on earth. t'.r* cough. 1 hi frst dose will biing surprising relief. Piso’s Cure h as 1 A th* coni.- ' .'.ce . { people everywhere for half a century. N o m atter R e su lt o n L am b s. ho v -rious u d obstinate the nature of yo u r c o ld , or h o w m an y reme T h e r e wer e also a n u m b e r of lam b s die t have failed, you can be convinced by a fair trial that the ideal re ab o u t a y ear old or less T h i s b r o u g h t medy for such conditions is m v av e r a g e d own to se ven p o u n d s fiso ’ s nip*; T h e n ext y ear w as th e same, only lo ts m o r e y o u n g lam bs. My p r o p o r tion of very y o u n g an d very old was aw ay ab o v e th e av erage, so it d ro p p ed a < £ » t r £ . R uaLfifki ? : T teLii 4 to pounds. T h is is ju st th e aver age sheep fleece in the U n ited S tates. I d ah o g o .n g a trifle better. I can say K Doaton Toiieh. J o h n W o u l d n ’t II** T h e r e . r ig h t here th at go *d. fair, co arse-w o o l Once upon a time DcW'.df Hopper “ I c a n n a ’ leave ye thus, Nancy,” a m u t t o n sheep will sh e ar close to 10 met a Boston person in th at town good old Scotchman wailed. “ Ye’re too pounds. In 1905 and 1907 m y wool was sold whom he h ad not seen for a long period ' MtiltT to work a n ’ ye couldn a’ live iu the .ilmshor.se. (¿in I die. ye m aun m arry to a hide buyer, w h o m ad e several of duration . “ Hello! How are you? Where have uuiiher man. w h a’ll keep ye iu comfort cen ts a p o u n d o n it w ith o u t dou bt. In 1906 is was sold direct t o a wool you been?” said Hopper in his hearty I in yer auld age.” buyer. way. goviug the New York prouuncia- | "Nay. nay, Andy," answ ere d the good T h e lam bs for th ese th r e e y ears arc tion to th e word “been.” *«1 anise, "1 could n a ’ wed a n i t h e r man, as follows: “ Please d on’t say ‘bln,’ but ‘been.*’* for what wad 1 do wi’ two h usb ands in 1905— L a m b s $2.50, wool $1.55, $4.05 pl eaded tin* Boston person, plaintively, i heaven?’’ Andy pondered long over 1906— L a m b s $2.75, wool $1.40, $4 15. 1907— L a m b s $3.00, wool $1 24. $4 24 “ Sorry, but I can ’t,” pleaded the big 1 ibis; hut suddenly his face brightened. T h e lam bs were sold to local b u t c h fellow. “ L never had a bean in my ! “ I hue it. Nancy!” he cried. “ Ye ers in N a m p a an d Boise, a n d weighed mouth in my life, not even in Boston.” ! o n auld John Clemens? He’s a kind fro m 75 to 100 p o u n d s T h e a v erag e —T h e Bohemian. man. but he is n a ’ a member o’ the in co m e for t h r e e y e a r s w as $4.15, or Cii’k. He likes ye, Nancy, a n ’ gin ye'll call it $4 even up. T h is is co u n tin g e:n uln n«l'n I 'r e ltlc a t V i l l a g e s . m arry him. ’twill be all the same In la m b s at 100 per cent in crease; it A fter a very careful survey we ven heaven Jo h n 's na Ch ristian .” will av e r a g e close to t h a t w ith care. t u r e to w rite down the names of the T h is does n o t co u n t loss es of ewes, of six English villages t h a t we consider P . L F S C U R E D I N 6 T O 14 D A Y S which t h ere will be an occas ional one. PAZ«) O IN T M E N T is g u a ra n te e d to c u re a ny Now, we find we can p a s tu re 13 the p rettie st in tin land so far as our «•aae o f Itc h in g , B lind. B leeding or P r o tru d in g sheep on an acre, a n d o n e ac re of a l own opinion an d wide experience a r e , Piles in 6 to 11 d a y s or m oney re fu n d e d . 60c. falfa, co u n tin g four to n s of hay to concerned. Tin* choice Is made im p a r I n tlio A r t G a l l e r y . acre, will w in te r 2o she ep, an d this tially and with full knowledge an d due Old Lady- Haven't you got any hay land will also furn ish p a s t u re in recognition of the claims *>f each to Its the sp rin g while r eg u lar p a s t u re is high place. 11« re a r e the s ix : Bon-, more figures in marble? g e t t i n g a sta rt, an d also in th e fall. church. M e of Wight : Clovelly, Devon A tten d an t— No. m a d a m ; these a r e T h e s e t w o acres, o n e of hay and one all. Is th ere Rome p a r tic u la r one you of p as tu re, will keep an av e r a g e of sh i r e : Wit< hampfon, Dorse t; Sonning. 164, o r say 16. sheep the who le year, O x fo rd s h ire: Sherc, Surrey, and Clap- are looking for? Old Lady- Yes. I w an t the statu e or eig h t to each acre, an d an in com e ham. Yorkshire.— London S tra n d Maga of limitations I've heard my husband of $4 each sheep m ak es $32 in com e zine. talk so much about. per acre. Mothers will find Mrs. Wlnsio-v*« {toothing A n o t h e r thing, th ese sheep h arvest Pyrup Hi-- b s* remedy to use tor. their cb hlr a A n il T lie n Som e. th eir o w n cr o p on t h r e e ou t of every luring the tee thing period. “The air ia here is something awful.” five acres. Now, ev ery f a rm e r k n o w s said tin* stranger, who had never been in it co s ts g o o d m o n e y an d lo ts of sw eat A c c o u n t in g tar llic Size. i he Chicago postoffice building before. to p u t hay in t h e stack. “ Do you remember t h a t h a t you sold What’s tiie reason it smells so bad?" O n e of the s t r o n g e s t p o in ts in sheep fno y esterd ay af tern o o n ?” sa id th e man “ According to some of our bacteriolog raisin g is t h e y are so little w o rk or ical experts," answered th«* stamp clerk, tro u b le m o st of th e tune. F o r ab o u t enter ing the hat store. "there are i»Li7.344.725,691.399,007 reasons “Very well, sir,” replied the clerk. eight m o n t h s th ey will r u n on p astu re “ Well, when I got home I found It for rhe odor. I ’ve never counted them Yo u on ly have to k eep a little w a t e r nivself, hut I believe the experts are ap r u n n i n g an d c o r ra l th em at nigh t. too small for me.” W h e n ev en in g c o m es m ine are all in “ I suppose you did n ’t get home until proximately correct.”—IMiicago Tribune. o r close by, an d all t h e r e is to do is morning.”— Yonkers Statesman. Ills W o r k i n g C a p ita !. sh u t th e g a t e a n d op en it in th e m o r n "W hat a striking looking man you hav« ing. E v e n th is is n o t n eces sa ry if you C I T C S f - V it u s ’ Dp.n-'f- *inu rvou.H D is e a s e s perm a- I 1 1 .1 n e o t ly c o r e d by l)r . i . i n e 's G r e a t N e r \ e lie - have a co y o te - tig h t fence, but we ■ to r e r . S t u d f o r FREE $ 2 00 t n u l b o t t l e a n d tr e u tif-e . for a driver of one of your coal wagons,“ sle ep b e t t e r when t h e y are co rra lled , Dr. K. II. Kline. Ld.. 931 Arch St., P h iladelphia. Pa. observed the customer. "Yes." said the dealer; “ he used to be a an d m o s t of th e m like to g o into th eir T h e I'iiattaliKthle . cowboy.” house. "How came he to drift into this kind of The fiery orator was predicting that In w in te r a f a r m e r has on ly to feed t h e m hay, w h en t h e y have to be fed, flic bank guaranty scheme would win yet, work?” "Well, he said he wanted some job ia an d on ly w h e n l am b in g has he really in spite of everything. “ But can you guarantee that the slot which he could use his vocabulary.” to give th e m m u c h w o r k ; b u t still they are alw ay s u n d e r his eye to see th at machine will deliver the stick of chewing e v e r y t h i n g is g o in g right. gum !” demanded his hearers. II I n C r u d e M e th o d . Completely nonplused, he changed the R e v en u e F r o m W ool. Man With the Bulbous Nose— But don’t subject.—Chicago Tribune. you believe in guaranteeing bank depos P e o p le say sh e ep an d wool have its? been aw ay up an d y o u c a n ’t m ak e such “ O h , .Vie, I 'm C*ln<) I 'm F r e e ! " Man With the Bulging Brow— Don’t I? r e t u r n s v e r y long. “F u n n y thing ab o u t a wom an.” By George, I was one of a committee that W ell, let us see. I sold m y last “W h a t ? ” served notice on a bank president one« wool for 19 cents. T h i s sa m e farm “ She'll sc ream a t a mouse, yet not .hat if his bank busted we'd tar and feath* wool in O h io b r o u g h t 30 cents. W e shou ll g el th e sa m e, less freight, or tu r n a h a i r over a d ress m ak er’s bill er h i m ! 26 o r 28 cents, in stea d of 19, an d we t h a t m akes her h u sb a n d ’s teeth chat* M atter o | F a ith . will g et it w h en e n o u g h f a rm e r s raise t'*?.”— Boston T ran scrip t. sheep so it will be w o r t h while for " If you want help,” asked the practical F loored , wool b u y e r s to look it up. As lo n g as housewife, “ why don’t you apply to th« Elderly Relative-—Reginald, why do you Salvation army?” we have on ly a few h u n d r e d o r t h o u sa n d p o u n d s sc a t t e re d all o v er the wear such a mop of hair on your head? ••ie an ’ the Salvation army, ma’am,” c o u n tr y , we will h ave t o be c o n t e n t Regiuuld—1 belong to a scrub football sullenly answered Say mold Storey, "dif w ith th e bes t r a n g e prices. T h e sa m e team, auntie. fers in our the’logieal views.” ho lds tr u e of lam bs. M y lam bs, if I h ad e n o u g h to ship to Chicago , wou ld have b r o u g h t m e f ro m $4 to $6 net A Flavoring. I t makes a last y ear in stea d o f $3. W i t h p len ty syrup better than Maple. of sheep on th e farm s, b u y e r s wou ld «¿ 4’ Sold by grocers. be h ere ev e r y m o n t h , t a k i n g all the lam b s read y t o go, at pr ices aw ay ab ove local, o r th e f a rm e r s could poo l M O W A U I) !.. B U R T O N .-A B S - f.yrr . . a- - 1 C h e m is t a n d ship th e m se lv e s an d g et full r e 1 1 L lx e a i i v i i l e , C 'o io r .m .s S p c ,iu«"i n r n - e s : U oi«|, fill ver, i. tul, ÇI ; « ■< d, U, S S i ilver, l v e r , 7 7 .< ; G o ld , 60c ; Z i n c o r tu rn s. T h e m o r e t h a t g o in to it th e A u p p e r , ^1. tu l. C $!;»■< y a n i d e t> s t s . M a i l i n g e n v e 'P*'S nnd H a v e you som e old. ta rn ish e d K nives. F o rk s ‘ o n tro ' la n d U m - i.» »«i« mi . C better, so y ou see I am w o r k i n g for fu ll price lis t s e n t o n a .i t ’i , licatio a nd Spoons th a t look bail? W ould you like to solicited. lte le re u c e : C arb o n ate N a m y o w n i n te r e sts as well as n e i g h f ilr©work louai B a n k . have th em p iate d w ith p u re silv e r so th e y will look and w e a r like solid silver? b o r s ’ in this discussion . If we can ship east, prices can d r o p 50 per cent SE.ND US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS an d still we can m a k e g o o d m o n ey , or am i g :ve us a list o f w h a t you h a v e t h a t needs we can even cut th e pr ices I g o t right r< finishing a nd w e will send you by r e tu r n in half an d still m a k e m o r e m o n e y m ail lu ll in fo rm a tio n a nd p a rtic u la rs how to I h a v e it done a t little cost. t h a n selling hay at $4 in stack. I sell m y hay t o m y ow n sheep at $8 p er to n W E D D IN G IN V IT A T IO N S It Doesn't Cost You a Cent to Learn It a n d th ey g a t h e r th r e e -f if th s of the Sim ply send u s y o u r n a m e a n d a d d re ss, as crop. above, and w e w ill do as w e a g re e . MONOGRAM STATION ER Y T h e fo llo w in g ar ticle, by D. C. M u l len, of N am p a. Id ah o, i> one of t h r e e c o n t r i b u ti o n s to th e Boise C apital N e w s m ad e by t h a t g e n tle m a n , w h o is a r a n c h e r n ear N a m p a : T h e e d i t o r o f th e C ap ital N ew s h a v in g kindly e n c o u r a g e d m e t o w rite a little m o r e on tlie su b je ct of sheep on th e farm , 1 will t r y to give a few fig u res on w h at I l n v e do n e in a small way. T h e s e articles are n o t w r itte n for e n t e r t a i n m e n t , bu t ar e str ic tly for business. V y sh e ep a lam b in g now, a n d I h ave but little for a n y t h i n g but business. W o r k on th e f arm at a n y tim e is a n y t h i n g b u t a lazy m a n ’s job, bu t w i n t e r finds us with the m o st spare tim e, a n d I like to have the la m b s co m e early, so I can give th em full atten tio n . T h e one tim e t h a t you m u st look a f t e r sheep is in lam bing. If w eath er is cold th ey m a y chill to d e a th ; o c c a sio n ally a m o t h e r will no t o w n her lam b, a n d in case of tw ins you m u st see th ey keep t o g e t h e r at first. W e h ave little p e n s t o p u t th em in, w h e r e t h e r e are t w i n s o r m o t h e r s ar e i n clined t o leave th em . H o w ev er , th ey are g e n e r a lly th e b est of m o th ers, an d griev e o v er th eir d ead lam bs in a way to m a k e y o u r h e a r t ache. O n the r ^n ch t h ere ar e n o n e of the dr eadful cries of s t a r v i n g o r p h a n s t h a t you h ear o n e th e ran g e. My first sheep was one of th e s e o r p h a n s. W e m ade o n e visit to th e lam b i n g g ro u n d , an d t h a t w as all 1 ev er wanted. I can h ear th o se cries y e t . a n d the tim e will co m e w h en su ch th i n g s will n o t be t o lerated . T h e r e will be laws to co v er this, j u s t as t h e r e is for feeding a n d w a t e r i n g sto c k in shipping. T h e s e o r p h a n loss es in a financial w ay are also fav o ra b le to r a n c h sheep. W e al w ays have a few for so m e un av o id ab le r easo n , bu t we raise th e m o n c o w ’s milk like a calf. R a n g e m e n tell m e it is b e t t e r to have l a m b s so m e later , so t h e v will h av e g r e e n g r a s s t o eat, an d t h a t t h e y d o b e tte r . W e d o n o t find it so T h e Iam bs will begin t o nibble at th e hay w h e n t h r e e o r fo ur days old, a n d s o o n eat as well as th eir m o th e r s. T h e y are all s t a r t e d an d care for t h e m se lv e s w h e n s p r in g w o rk is on. w h en m o s t f a rm e r s ar e w o rk ed to de ath. T h e r a n g e m e n fo rg et t h a t w h en th ey are l am b in g t h a t is all they have to do, while a farm e r has m a n y o t h e r th i n g s to a t t e n d to. C o n d i t i o n s Differ. I find in n e a r ly every w ay t h a t sheep on th e r a n c h a n d ran g e are e n tire ly d ifferen t businesses. T h e r a n g e m an . fro m a m o n e y po int of view, ju st lets his o r p h a n s die, loses s t r a y sheep in th e b r u s h w i t h o u t b o t h e r i n g a b o u t it, a n d the sick m u s t get well t h e m selves o r die. But such m e t h o d s on th e ran ch wo u ld be a disgrace. W e will e x p ect to k eep a b e tte r g rad e, or even p u r e b red s. a n d so c a n n o t affo rd su ch losses. H e r e is w here I suffered. W h e n I s t a r t e d in on sheep, on ly one m a n t h a t I k n e w of w as h an d lin g th em on the ranch, a n d I had no one to ask advice of w h en in tr o u b le e x cep t th e r a n g e man. a n d all he k n e w w as to let th e m die. I co uld do t h a t w ith o u t a n y help, so j u st had to b l u n d e r alo n g r e a d i n g all I could find in p a p e r s on th e su b je ct a n d s t u d y i n g m y own. I f o rg o t to say h o w little I k n e w of stock, an d of farm w o r k ex cep t w h at I had read, until I cam e to th e ra n c h h ere eig h t y e a r s ago. I sc arc ely kn ew a sh e ep w h en I sa w one, so it is very ev id en t if I could m ak e it p ay at all t h a t a n y f a rm e r raised to th e b u sin e ss o u g h t to m a k e a bi g tiling of it. D i s cu s sio n s on sheep in th e p ap ers have b een a g r e a t help to me, an d m a y we ho p e th ese lines on m y m i s t a k e s m ay h elp so m e o t h e r f a r m e r f ro m g o in g the sa m e r o u g h road. L e t us consult t o g e t h e r a n d p ro fit b y o t h e r s ’ m i s takes. S heep Vary. B e fo re I give m y figures I wo u ld like t o say t h a t m y sheep are th e o r d i n a r y sc rub, r a n g e sheep, t h a t I have picked up a n y w h e r e fro m o n e to half Q. I saw a d y n am ite th aw er th e othei a dozen. T h e y are all sizes, a n d co arse an d fine wool of all g rades. T h e one day consisting of a rack upon which the tr o u b le in g e t t i n g s t a r t e d on th e ra n c h sticks of d y n am ite were placed, and is t h a t r a n g e m e n d o n ’t w a n t to sell a u n d erneath the rack was a pan of water h u n d r e d o r two, so y ou have t o pick heated by candle flames; th e steam given th e m up w h e r e v e r y o u can. So m i n e off by the w ater upon boiling served are in no w ay a selected lot. T h is to th aw the powder. Is the above a p sim p ly em p h as izes w h a t I said ab o v e p a r a tu s a safe arra n g em en t? A. No; more or less nitroglyce rin ex a b o u t m y m a k in g a n y profit. P u r e b r ed sheep o r g o o d g rades, like a n y udes from the cartridges when they are o t h e r stoc k, will p ay b e t t e r t h a n he ated and this drops into the pan be sc rubs , a n d I can sa y r ig h t h e r e I neath. If, as may easily happen, the d o n ’t in ten d to alw ay s have s c ru b s ; w a te r boils away, the nitroglycerin in b u t th ey pro v ed bo th cheap an d p ro fit the bottom of the pan is subjected to able, a n d are es pecially g o o d t o p r a c the full heat of the candle flame and tice on, for a b eg in n er is b o u n d to m ay easily explode. This type of lose m o r e o r less, and, in fact, a n y o n e th a w e r was the cause of an explosion in th e Coeur d 'Alene di strict last in sto c k m u s t expect so m e losses. I will o n ly give m y last t h r e e years* Christm as time.—F. S. Thomson, Wash ington S t a t e College, Pullman. r eceip ts: 1905— A v erag e fleece, 10 p o u n d s, at Q. A couple of neighbors and myself 1 5 k \ $1 55. 1906— A v erag e fleece, 7 p o u n d s, at intend to buy a bull, the dam of which I u n derstand has been troubled with 20c, $1 40. 1907— A v erag e fleece, 6j p o u n d s, at milk fever. Is it likely t h a t th e progeny of th is bull would he similarly troub led? 19c. $1.24. T h i s is a bad show in g, as ev e r y y ear Should we have the bull examined rela m y a v erag e w as lower, but let m e e x tiv e to his health before buying ?— plain. In 1905 m y sheep w ere all go od L. N. ewes , o n ly o n e old ra n g e sheep in t|je A. I do not th in k t h a t because the lot, a n d t h a t sheare d H p o u n d s T h e y dam of the bull you expect to buy had a v e r a g e d j u s t a trifle less t h a n 10 the milk fever t h a t his calves ar e lia p o u n d s. T h e n ext y ear I m a d e a bad ble to this disease, as we have not as b r e a k b u y in g som e old r a n g e p elters. y et recognized it as a transmissible I figure d t h a t the wool a n d lam b disease. It is not safe to buy an a n i w ould p ay th e bill an d w o u ld no t mal unless it has been tested by a relia c o u n t th e old sheep an y th in g . But it ble v eterinarian and found to be free d i d n ’t p an out. T h e y only s h e are d 4l from tuberculosis__ Washington S tate a n d 4i p o u n d s, a n d so m e died, m o r e College, Pullman. Hln l a r d T rick « . T h e n r.lin y H unch. Mr. Slide— Do you s<»p those t h r e e Mrs. S try v e r— We h ad a most en jo y people w alking to gether down th ere? able tim e a t Mrs. H u n t e r ’s tea. Coun t M ts . Getup— Yes ; who a r e they ? T ed o u t was th e r e a n d kept us mystified Mr. Slnic—One Is a somnambulist, for an hour with his tric k s with the one is a kleptomaniac an d one is u cards. plagiarist. Mr. S try ver ( d r y l y ) — He kept us Mrs. Getup— L aw sa kes! I never mystified with ’em for th ree m onths a t d ream ed we were going to meet so th e club, but we’re on to him now.— many brain y people in a bunch. —K an New York World. sas C’ltv Newsbook.________ J a p a n h as th irty -tw o timepiece fac Successful experim ents have been made a t Poitiers, France, with a wheel ed stretcher, d raw n by a dog. for a m b u lan ce work._________________ tories, which tu r n ou t an n u ally goods valued a t nearly $900,(100; the Infest rig u r e s being 209.7D2 sta n d in g clocks, 441,- 755 hanging d o c k s a n d 25.30U watch-*. A D iplom at. A U I B f . T e e » —Mr. Dum ley ’e Just th e mean Nice Old Gent— My boy, d o n ’t you know It's wrong to smoke cig arettes? est man. He told me last evening h e’d teach me how to whistle If I ’d pucker Bmall boy— Yesslr. N. O. G.—Then why do you persist up my Up»------ Pearl H a rb o r Drydock. S a n F r a n c i s c o ’s Big T a x . Jen» Oh, t h a t old s c h e m e ! Then he YV ashirgton, Dec 22 — S pecifica In doing It? S a n F ra n cisco , Dec. 29,—City T r e a s Bmall Boy- T a i n ’t p e r sis tin '; mj klaeed you, eh? u r e r M c D o u g a l d y e s t e r d a y sen t to tio n s have b een issued b y t h e n av y T e a » —No, the i t u p l d t h in g ! He d id n ’t A n teced en t«. t h e sta te t r e a s u r e r ’s office at S a c r a d e p a r t m e n t for th e d r y d o c k at Pearl pa'll feel so bad ab out It t h a t he wo n ’t Convict 411 (in the penitentiary tot m e n t o $1.030,524 29 in gold, t h a t sum H a r b o r , Hawaii. T h e s t r u c t u r e will lick me fer goln’ sw lm m ln ’ th is a f t e r kina me a t alb — P hiladelphia Pre s* ste alin g)— I ’m from Truro. Where are b e i n g the city 's s h a re o f sta te taxes. be 1195 feet long, divided b y a caisson noon.—Toledo Blade. T h e people alw ay s catch I t ; the T h e m o n e y was se n t t h r o u g h the so t h a t tw o b att l e s h i p s can be do ck ed you from? T h e m an who Is th e tr u e friend of poor man aaya “t h e people snub h im ” ; sim u ltan eo u sly . T h e d ry d o c k will be YVells-Fargo ex p ress, a n d is one of the Convict 44 (serving a term for per th e rich man sa ys " t h s people a r t j u r y ) —I ’m from—er—False Row, I b ig g e s t c o n s i g n m e n ts of o»in ever 35 feet deep an d 130 feet wide. Bids th e people Is never th e one who spends toadies»” will be o p e n e d on F e b r u a r y 13, 1909 th« meet time telling them ab o u t I t sent out of San F ran cisco . gueea. MAKE OLD SILVER NEW V IS IT IN G C A R D S T h e re ’s n o th in g so g e n te e l ns e n g ra v e d w ork th a t is n i t tically done. W e do th e finest w ork < th e Pacific C oast, a t m ost rea so n a b le p ric e s. W e will m ail you specim ens of la te s t le tte r in g a n d w o rd in g o f in v ita tio n s, etc., upon re q u e s t. S end us y o u r n am e on a p o sta l ca rd . KIL N A M S T A T IO N E R Y AND PR IN IIN G CO. 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