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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-23
LAND OFFICE AT

LAND OFFICE AT
Walla Walla W. T. June 8 1881.
NJ Office Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following named settler has filed notice Of
his intention to make final proof in support Of
his claim. and that said proof will be made
before c, T. Stiles, notary public, at Pataba
City. W. T., on July % 1881. viz: John c.
set selsec. 10, WI sw4 sec. 20 tp. II n r 46 .,
". m. He names tho following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and Gull
tivation of. said land, viz: D. II. Mohler.
II. S. Crtch6eld, W. M. Critchfeld, E. Wink
lebleck all of Columbia CO. W. T.
L. H. MORRISON,
80 Register,
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NOTICE FOR PRE- .EMPTlON PROOF.
LAND OFFICE AT

IAN d OT T1CE al
Walla Walia, W. T., June l, 1881.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has hlsd
no tice of his intention to mako final proof in
support Of his claim, aud that said proof will
be made before d. 7. WEIGH. notary pubic
at Theon W. T., on July Is. 1881. Wis: Hen.
~ s, Critchdeld. pre-. emption D. s. 1856 for
the 81 SWt SEQ 81 tp IL north and M NW4
SEQ 8 tip 10 N X 46 E. He names the follow.
ing ~ his witnesses to prove his continuous
residence upon and cultivation Of. said land,
Wis: H. J. Pearsall, A. E. Shaft, E. J. War.
nor and S. +. Cole all Of Columbia co., W. T.
E. II. MORRISON.
IS Register.
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NOTICE FOR PRE- .EMPTi0N PROOF.
FRIEDRICH SCHNECKNER.
LAND OFFICE AT

Lewiston. I. T. Nay u, 1851.
MOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has 6led
notice of his intention to make final proof In
support Of his claim. and secure Anal entry
thereof at the expiration Of thirty days from
the date Of this notice. viz: Saturday, June
25th, 1881, 10 A NJ. before Z. A. Sampson. J.
P. at his Office in Genesce precinct. Nes Peros
county l. T., Frederick Schneckn er, pre- -emptiou
D. s. No. 1909 for the 81 sw3 SEQ. 20 tip. 81 n
r v, and namss the follow ing a. bis witnesses
vis: John Rise, VIM. Duncan and C. Chris
tenson. all of Genesee P. o. Ne. Perce county
/. T.
J. NJ. HowE,
1881 Register.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-23
NOTICE FOR Pre- .FMPTI0N PROOF.
JAMES N. ADDISON.
LAND OFFICE AT

Lewiston. T, May 80, 1881.
To John z. Bush and whom it may concern /:
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following named settler has 6led notice Of
his intention to make final proof IN support Of
his claim. and secure final entry thereofat the
expiration o: thirty days from the date Of this
notice. viz: Thursday juno 80, 1881, at 10 q.
m. before B. F. Morris dept. dist. clerk at his
ofhoe At Mt. Idaho. Idaho 90. I. T., James
NJ. Addison pre-emp tion b. S. $50 for the sw4
section % tp 80 N r 2 cast and names the fol-
lowing ~ his witnesses, viz: I. Chapman,
A. H. Smith. j. Cline aud P. Curtin all Of
Grangeville P. o., Idaho CO.. !. T.
j. NJ. HOWE,
noS4 St Register.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-23
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
LAND OFFICE AT
COLFAX, w. T., June 6. 1881.

COLFAX, W. t., June 6, 1881.
AlOTICE rs HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proof in
support Of his claim, before the U. s, Land
Office at Colfax w. T., at l o'clock p. m. on
July Goth 1881, and secure final entry
thereof viz: Eli Virgins who fled declars-
tory statement No. ala for the north half
south east fourth and south half north cast
fourth section 81 tp. l3 N r As east and names
the following as his witnesses, vts: D. W.
Messenger, Frank Mras. p. e. Paradise and
]. II. Bolm. J. NJ. ARMSTRONG;.
80 Register,
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
LAND OFFICE AT

Colfax, W. 7. juno 8, 1881.
Office is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ the following named settler has filed notice
Of his intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, at the U, S. Land office at Colfax
W. T. July 22d. 1881. at 2 P. M. and secure
anal entry Thereof. viz: Lacardie Pelletier
who filed D. s. No. 1877 for the sw4 Of sec. 80
tp. - n Of As . " m, and names the following
as his witnesses, vizi NJ. v. Thomas, T. J.
Barringer and John Hirschman of Cniontown
P. 0. W T. Johy. Laundry. Peter Paradis Of
Leitchville Washington Ter.
3e) J. NJ. ARMSTRONG, Register.
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notice.!

A LLPERSONS ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED
N not to trust my vito. Maryette 3. Powers.
on my account. She having left nv bed snd
board without any just cause or provicatisa.
and will pay no debts Of her CONT acting.
L. POWERS.
Lewiston. May 20, 1881. 3S-4t
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NOTICE FOR PRE- .eMPTlON PROOF.
WILLIAM SHEARMAN,
LAND OFFICE AT

WILLIAM SHEARMAN.
LAND OFFICE AT
Lewiston, /. r., June, Is 1881.
AlOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
UVthe following named settler has filed
notice of his intention to make final proc,
in support of his claim, and secure final en-
try thereof at the expiration of thirty days
from the date of this notice, viz: Sat-
urday July l6 1881, lOA. NJ. at this Office,
William Sherman, presumption D. S. No.
924 for the lots and 2 and 81 ne4 sec. tp.
- n W, and names the following as his
Witnesses, viz: J. N. Lindsay, 7. Land, s.
c. Thompson and s. Wildenthaller all of
Lewiston 2. o. l. T.
J. N. Hows,
SO st. Register.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-23

NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF
LAND OFFICE AT
Lewiston I. T: June Is, 1881

Lewiston /. T: June Is, 1891
JAMES ". MORRIS
Office Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
~ following named settler has filed notice Of
his intention to make final proof in support Of
his claim, and secure final entry thereof at the
expiration of thirty days from tho date Of this
notice viz: Saturday July %, 1881 10 a.
m, before B. F.. Morris dept. dist. clerk At
his Office at Mt Idaho, Idaho CO. I. T, nd. No.
ISL for the WI Nw4 SET Nw4 and sw} NE}
sec 20 tip 81 N Re east and names the fol.
lowing as his witnesses viz: VIM. j, Raj
ney. F. NJ. Sinclair, John P. Hartman all
of Mt Idaho p O. Idaho co. l. T.
J. NJ. Hows,
3h-5w Register.
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$685..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
King Kalakaua's Dominion

In connection with the rumor. since
authoritatively denied, that King Kala-
kaua had opened negotiations with
England for the sale of his dominion,
the San Francisco Chronicle publishes
a statement that the native population
of the Hawaiian islands, whose loyalty
is the chief bulwark of Kalakaua's
throne, is decreasing with amazing ra-
pidity, while the foreign population is
radidly increasing in numbers, wealth.
and, of course, in influence. In 1779
Capt. Cook estimated the native popu'
lation at 100000; in 1882 the first CEN
sus showed it to be 130,315; by the
census of 1866 it was 5S,765; it is now
estimated at $4,000. No estimate Of
the foreign population was made until
1850; since then it has increased from
1862 to 4,194 in 1866, and it is now
thought to be 10, 600, including Chinese.
The female population is disappearing
much more rapidly than the male. In
1866 the married people were fewer by
6,S37 than in 1860. The destruction of
the natives is attributed chiefly to the
depravity of the women, and the ex-
cessive use of ardent spirits. The
foreign population, which, forty wears
ago, was only $50, now numbers one
sixth of the entire population, owns
more than half the property, and trans
acts three-fourths of the business
The Chronicle thinks that the islands
must inevitably. and probably within
the present century, pass from the rule
OF the native race into the hands of a
foreign protector.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
HEROIC Lizzie.

This is a true story of little girl in
England; she lived in cottage, and
was poor, but rich in thoughtful affec-
tion, generous courage and pure, true
life. You will think so when you have
read what she did.
One day baby-brother came to the
cottage home, and a joyous, loving well
come Lizzie gave him. 1t was not long
before she began to help her mother
take care of him. She had been con-
slant in going to school, and by her
good conduct and faithful study pleased
her teacher and won her affection, and
her school-mates loved her for her gen
tie kindness and pleasant ways. But
after time she was often absent, and
when questioned about this she would
answer:
81 couldn't be spared, ma'am; 1 had
to mind my baby"
Though too young to bear his weight.
she tended him while her mother cooked
and sewed. Her little arms carried
him on sunny holidays into the pleas
ant woods; and sitting on the grass,
where they could hear the brooks muir
muir and birds song, she would gather
wild flowers and weave bright wreaths
for the happy baby, while angels look
ing down on the innocent children, saw
the blossoms of kind deeds and gentle
words twining the spirit-crown she
should one day wear. Dearly the ba-
by loved her. His laugh rang out loud
est when she played with him. When
his bread and milk were ready in his
little blue porringer, he would put his
spoon in his sisters hand to feed him,
opening his rosy, hungry mouth like a
young bird. And when the evening
shadows gathered, her arms Graded the
tired baby, and her voice, in loves
sweet lullabies, soothed him to sleep.
One day report reached the school
carrying pain and terror to the hearts
Of teacher and children-"Lizzie's fall
en- in the fire.
As socn rs she could, the teacher
went to see her. The poor child was
lying in her little bed, dreadfully
burned. She was asleep when the lady
entered, and the mother, her voice bro
ken by s0bs, tried to tell the painful
story. Just how it happened the lady
did not understand, for she would not
closely question the poor mother: but
this she gathered-that Lizzie slipped.
with the baby in her arms, and, with a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
Eirhiinn SnaLas

a few days ago as Joseph Uhl, a
farmer living near Ellenville, n. T..
was loading his wagon with logs, he
heard an ominous hiss and rattle. Then
a monster rattlesnake thrust his head
out fIcm between the logs, and Mr.. Uhl
says that he then saw what seemed to
him hundreds of the reptiles in the
wood pile. He gave leap from the
pile, and telling his frightened boy to
drive the oxen out to the road and wait
for him, he grasped a stick and began
lighting the snakes, which seemed to
come from every crack in the pile of
logs, and from the rocky ledge behind.
For three hours he fought, in broil-
ing sun. BY that time the snakes were
pretty well thinned out, and those that
were left crawled back slowly to their
den under the logs. When Mr.. Uhl re-
covered from the exhaustion caused by
his hard fight. he surveyed the field
efore him. There were, according to
his story, twenty-three rattlesnakes,
thirteen black snakes. four pilots, and
several adders and other snakes, max.
ing fifty-four in all One of the rattlers
had nineteen rattles, and another had
the almost incredible number of thirty.
The others ranged from six to twelve
or thirteen rattles apiece. Mr.. Uhl
says that he found the fangs of several
snakes in the tops of his boots, which
were Of thick cowfide. The only bite
he received was from a big black snake
on his left arm The arm is swollen
and somewhat painful, but the wound
Is not dangerous. Several years aQo
two hunters killed one hundred and
seven snakes Of different varieties IN
the same spot.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11

His hair took the sweetest part right in
the middle of his forehead. The gloss
on his bang would have served as a
mirror. His cutaway displayed the
most Apoilo-like symmetry. His pat
ent feathers never exceeded seven inch
es. His canes were wizard wands to
exercise suspicion and invoke fairyland
as accessories Of his amarous exploits.
lie wooed Miss Hubbard. The day
was fixed, but he failed at the altar
steps. His beautiful face, figure. and
feet were labeled by beautiful name
Lee Faulkner. When the story of
his non-appearance was published every
feminine heart in the country palpitat-
ed with sympathy, and Miss Hubbard
took her place in the martyrology of
those who had stood on the hill of hope
only to be blinded by the meridian sun
of the might have been. But publicity
is touchstone that reveals the polar
tiles of the human. 1t attracts the op-
posites and analyzes the elements of
character. Under this magnet Lee
Fauii ner's perfection of form, beauty
OF hair and foot turns- out imperfect.
The very day he was to wed the ex-
pectant Miss Hubbard he was plighted
TO a pretty milliner in New York.
More than this, he held not only the
milliner's heart but her watch as gage
of her trust. lie held also the watch
Of Miss Hubbard, and with these chron.
ometrical evidences of feminine devo-
tion thrifty lodged with his uncle he
ingloriously fled the engagement with
Miss Hubbard and hid himself from
the ardent embraces Of the idolizing
milliner. Like Mrs. Hubbard, when
she found that her cupboard refused
the bone to her dog, Miss Hubbard now
AYERS that she is glad that Lee made
on. So Is the milliner. Philadelphia,
which is not without Misses Hubbards,
fair and affluent, and milliners, confid-
ing and fascinating, has more interest
in this tale with a moral than might at
first sight seem apparent. Lee Faux
ner, with his bewildering bang, his
Apollo figure, his pallid cheeks and
dreamy eye, is i'm Philadelphia, no doubt
making havoc among hearts that can
not suspect guile with such bang,
such patent feathers, such a figure, and
such pensive manners. Let every dam
sci, therefore, beset by dreamy stran-
ger. tarrying in Jericho till his beard
grows, pronounce the words, Hubbard,
Hartford, in the moment of decisive
possibility to the handsome stranger be-
sieging their hearts, and if the bang
becomes awry, the pallid cheeks flush,
the aquiline nose sinks in the centre,
let them beware the enchanter. He is
deceiyinQl
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
In the Coils of Three Snakes.

American (Ga-) Republican.
A colored man, named Jasper, living
eight or ten miles from town says that
on Friday he and his little boy, about
ten years old, were hoeing cotton; that
he was some distance ahead of the boy,
who was working near the edge of the
field by some weeds and bushes. He
heard the boy halloo, and looking
around, did not see him; he then ran to
see what was the matter. On arriving
at the spot he found the lad on the
ground in the coils of three large black
snakes. On his appearance the snakes
prepared to fight, and seeing that they
would soon choke his little boy to
death, he took his pocket knife and cut
the one that had made the little fellow
very uncomfortable cravat into half
dozen pieces, by inserting the knife
next the lads neck and cutting up
wards. He then caught the others by
the head, and with his knife cut them
IN two or three pieces. He was bitten
several times, but he said: 81 knowed
black snake bite wouldn't hurt much
and let 'em bite, so / could save de boy /:
but had to take him to de branch and
throw water on him long time. He
Is all right now"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
Reading Biographies,

|
The story of the life of great men i.
inspiring. Emerson says that book.
are designed "tO inspires" and no book.
can so stir the reader TO noble endeavol
as biographical.
Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our life sublime
Biography is also instructive. 1t is
instructive not merely in regard to the
man himself, but also in respect to al
in which he was interested. Reading
a life of Napoleon one learns not only
about the great emperor, but also about
methods of warfare and of diplomacy.
Reading n life of Livingstone, one
learns much about Africa; its climate,
productions and tribes. Reading Stan
ley's Arnold" one gets clear idea not
only of the great school-teacher at
Rugby, but also of English schools,
boys, games and character.
But the reading of biographies is at
tended with perils. The biographer is
usually eulogist. lie praises the vir-
tues, and with a light touch passes over
the defects. of his subjects. With this
tendency the reader is liable to sympa-
thiZe; he is inclined, rs is the writer,
to idealize the statesman whom he is
studying. But the reader ought TO be
rs sharp-sighted TO see faults and as
ready TO condemn them, rs he is 10
praise excellencies.
Allied to this peril of eulogy is the
danger of accepting the opinions of the
biographer as conclusive and precisely
right. His opinions are formed from
certain facts. The reader should study
to discover If other opinions may not
also be based upon these same facts.
The biographer adopts certain theories
to explain certain acts. The reader
should endeavor TO learn il other theo-
ries are not equally reasonable. One
biographer makes Napoleon's divorce an
act of noble self-sacriiice for the well
fare of France; another, the ambition
of faithless husband and selfish ruler
TO establish his family on the French
throne. Which is the true theory ?
One biographer judges that the 9TH of
March speech of Mr.. Webster was an
attempt at the Cancellation of the North
and the South in order to gain the pres
idency; another is convinced that it
was the expression of his firm belief
founded on thorough study of the
constitution. Which supposition is the
more reasonable?
To avoid these two perils of eulogy
and Of accepting the opinions of the
writer as exactly right, one should read
with his mind active and reflective.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
Farming in japan.

Milton S. Vail, missionary in Japan,
gives, in the Methodist, the following
account of Japanese farming:
"The farmers in Japan seem TO OPP
crate OH a small scale. All the land
belongs to the government, and all have
to pay a ground rent. Whe t, barley,
rye and buckwheat are grown in rows,
the weeds being kept out by hoeing.
1t seems strange to see all their grain
growing in rows, but no doubt good
crops are thus produced. Rice i the
chief product Of Japan. The earth
nearly everywhere is black and the
black soil of the valleys, when well cul-
tivated and made to hold the water
from the neighboring hills, makes good
rice fields The soil is broken by
manual labor. Men go into the mud
up to their knees, and with long
bladed hoe turn the earth over. Horses
are used to harrow it down, and when
ready, the rice plants are set out by
hand. The rice of Japan is very fine,
and the japanese know how to cook it
With them it is the principle article OF
food-a little rice, with pickles and tea
often constitutes the meal. The peo
pie do not know how to make bread
but seem to be very fond of it when
they can get it of foreigners. They
have flour which they use in various
ways in the simplest kind of cookery
L noticed in coming to this place
(Hakone, mountain town forty-fivt
miles from Yokohama that at some o.
the inns, instead of tea, they gave us ;
drink made of pounded wheat. Pota
toes, sweet potatoes, egg plants, corn
melons, cabbages, onions and turnips
are also grown, and other vegetables
the names of which do not know
and never saw in America. i think al
the vegetables grown in New ork cal
be cultivated here. OF fruits, we have
peaches, plums, oranges. Strawberries
pears and persimmons, also fgs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
Decadence of the Digger Indians

California letter TO Chicago Tribune
"There is still something pathetic
in the history of the Digger race" said
my friend. "In the days of Kit Carson
and other famous scouts they swarmed
through every valley in the state; and,
even down to the time of the pioneers
of '49, they thrcnged the streets of the
frontier towns, and their rancherias
were so densely populated that the bar
est necessaries of life were with diff
Guilty obtained. But during the last
twenty years they have disappeared
more rapidly than ever before; and, be-
fore many more years have passed, not
vestige of this once powerful race
will remain. What is the cause of this
decline? you ask. Undoubtedly it has
been war, pestilence, and the contact of
civilization. In early days the differ
ent tribes were fighting increasingly
among themselves, while the Ameri-
cans and MeXicans aided largely in de-
creasing the number of their common
enemy. In Trinity county thirty years
ago a party of whites surrounded a
rancheria, and during night whole
tribe was destroyed. Similar butcher
les have occurred in other parts of the
state. Not long since l read, in Meme
tees History of Sonoma County, about
the ravages of the cholera among the
Indians in 1888. In one rancheria in
the Sacramento Valley more than three
hundred died within the space of four
days. One little girl alone escaped the
frightful disease, and when she was
rescued the ground was literally COW
cred with the bodies of her dead COM
panions. --
"The contact of civilization has been
more potent in the extinction of the
Diggers than pestilence or the sword.
The game is no longer abundant in the
mountains, and there is scarcity of
fish in the interior streams; and with
out fish and game the Indians are put
to all sorts of shifts to keep body and
soul together. When they are hungry
it matters little what sort of food is Of
fered, for they will eat anything which
is digestible. Their bread is made gen.
orally from acorns, or the kernels Of
the pine nut and buckeye; and worms
and edible roots are their meat and veg
etables. Grasshoppers are one of their
favorite dishes, while snakes are said
to be eaten with relish. Between
the two evils starvation and work,
there is not much difference in the av-
erage Diggers mind, and in escaping
both the grand end of existence is OBJ
tained."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
presence of mind that only unselfsh

presence of mind that only unselfsh
love could give, threw him from her up
on the bed, or into some safe place.
Here the little girl, in her sleep, threw
up her arms, saying. "Take him, take
him.! She awoke, and, recognizing her
friend, smiled in welcome. The lady
asked her tenderly how she was.
"Pm SICK" she answered, family:
I'm going, but'-and the wan face
lighted up with happy, triumphant
expression, look such as an angel
might wear, as she added-"but, ma'a
1 saved my babyw
Brave, generous Lizzie! Angels come
very near to little children on earth,
and find a deep delight in guarding
them from evil and helping them to do
right; and no doubt that dear baby, as
long as he lives, will have an angel
guardian in his loving sister. Her la
test earthly act was one of love to him
"a love that in her heavenly home will
grow more pure and strong.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-11
Fiekle FauIkner

Never, says the Philadelphia Times
engage to marry two girls at the same
ume-that is, unless you have made nm
Your mind 10 go west as far as Nor
mondom. Manageable humanity
and that Is large part. happiIv in
every well-ordered communitvEwiIi re- "a
call che grievous disappointment Of
Miss Hubbard. of Connecticut This
Snseslng young person, like the legen-
S.Ly Inatroh VINO counted upon assuag-
nB 'i'e hungry pangs Of her poor dog.
Ms disappointed In a more cruel man
ner. Miss Hubbard was upon a GER
tam day TO have been led with orange
blossoms and things 10 the shrine
where true hearts are doubled; but the
other party TO the performance was
missing. He was q sweet young man.