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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
MOTHER CAME TO KISS ME.
BY ERNEST M'GAFFEY.

In the many recollections that lie scat
tered through the years
Are some that ind me smiling and some
that make me weep,
But the nearest one, the dearest one, be-
dlmmed with smiles and tears,
Is when mother came to kiss me before
| went to sleep.
When | lay awake and listened in the
slowly deepening gloon
Until | heard Ter footstep come softly
up the stair
When the knowledge of her presence
seemed to light the somber room,
And the very thought of mother-was
III Itself prayer.
The cool, white hands that fingered, the
loving fnger-tips
That in the darkness found me, and
rested on my brow.
The starry eyes that sought me, and then
her dewy lips
That chung to mine SO purely seem
to feel them now.
sour Fatherr-''Now | lay mer-and
'ilallowed be Thy name. +"
These words are a. m ckeiy, an echo
from the dead
W thty SOunutu 50 IdHllluT IN inc uuyS
when mother came
Through the shadows, like an angel, to
sard be ide my bed.
Peccavll Aye, Peccavi. thus the voice of
conscience rings
AS an echo's sound is wafteI DER the
bosom of the deep,
Yet somewhere, in the after days,
waiting siren sings
OF Death, who comes to kiss us before
we so to sleep.
Still in my soul is living what fate can
ne'er destroy;
A light from out tie days gone by that
sorrow cannot dim,
When love holds up in fancy's guise a
perfect cup of oy.
Where beaded memories gather, all
smiling, at the rim
drink to happy moments that never fade
away
Which blossoming in my heart of hearts,
their fragrance always keep,
Dear God? when In my innocence a little
boy | lly
And mother came to kiss me before |
went to seep.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
"Well-what is it?n

Well-WDat is IL!
| The girl gave little gurgle of laugh
ter. The curate once more repeated his
question.
50 h, Mr. Mordle," said Beatrice,
they are dong the clothes!'
Quite right; some one must do them
Now | wonder" he continued in a more
reflective way than usual. Il wonder if
they look them out for tho wash on
Mondays"
"Oh, no; not so bad as that But did
you evef know anything so funnyg'
"rook you by surprise, of course,
said the curate briskly.
'Yes ! had heard something about
il. but the reality overwhelmed me
Uncle FORAGE doing woodwork was my
first experience. The next morning |
found Uncle Herbert dong out stores
TO the cook. And TO see them manage
the house better than any woman"
''Delightful! | could tell you some
very amusing things. Miss Clauson."
please don't. hey are so kind and
amiable l cant bear to laugh at them. "
''They are kind. | love them dearly.
What my poor people would do with
out them | can't think. If they leave
you enough to do, you're certain to be
happy here"
said. her hand the while caressing the
boys golden head. ''Mr. Mordle, /
wish you would help me in something"
Anything everything command
me, said the curate in his quickest,
most DECISIVE way.
81 have taken such fancy 10 this
dear little man, that, supposing his
people do not reveal themselves, want
to persuade my uncles to let me keep
him. could be so happy with him
here. She kissed and fondled the boy.
Now that he saw whittier his rash
promise was to lead HIM, Mr.. Nor
die paused and hestated. 81 am sure
Uncle Herbert wouldn't mind" added
Beatrice
"Mr. Talbert would never consent"
said Mr.. Mordle.
"What harm would it do'" asked
Beatrice
The Rev. Sylvanus was silent. He
did not like to tell the girl that the re.
tention at Lakewood House of this
my teriously sent child might create
scandal
You VII help me, will you notP"
pleaded Beatrice. The look in her eyes
turncd SYlyanus's heart into wa.
So with the weakness of male human
ity when thus assailed, he promised to
do what he could 10 insure her wish
being carried out. BY and by he took
his leave of her in that happy frame of
mind peculiar to the man who has laid
a nI,r.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
TOOK Her Hand with Her For
tune.

Ayoung solicitor theother dav rot
verdict from a client of consider
able riches butlittle beauty. Shortly
alterward in due course OF business
he sent her u somewhat formidable
account. On the following day bis
client called on him and asked him if
he had been serious in his proposal.
Proposal? But | have not pro-
posed" replied the solicitor, some
what aghast.
"Whatl" replied his fair client
calmly. "You have asked for NV
fortunel | should have supposed
that YOU would at least have the
politeness to take me along with
it."
The next day she received a revised
account as follows:
"Miss B., debtor to Mr.. c. for lega
business performed.
Then in place of &c S. d." was. "To.
tai amount, Miss B."-From the
London Figaro.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
Fruits in Japan.
Chicago Tribune.

Chicago Tribune.
my wife and / have been in Yoke
hama seventeen years" said Thomas
l.. Bong recently. "and we are
t5oing back to England to live
Japan is a good enough place to
live in"
"lfyou can't get away" put in
Mrs. Boag.
The climate is pleasant, but it's
only place to make mcaey in. Old
married people such as we are can
get along, but it's lonely for q young
man. 1t isn't like home"
There's not fruit there fit to
eat except grapes" said Mrs. Boag,
"and they're woolly.
I Eyes, the grapes have a few hairs
on them, and they taste queer" adj
mitted Mr.. Boag. They have tried
apples and pears up in the northern
part of the Island of Yeddo, and
they are fine. But the nearest
thing to an apple in Yokohama is
'nashi,' which has meat like
coarse pear and a flavor like moth.
ing else l know Of"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

Mosr people have wildly exaggerated
ideas about the inhospitable climate
and soil OF Siberia. 1t has n hard
name because Russian despotism has
made the place OF exile for politicn1
or other prisoners. The northern
parts, where the mines are located
are indeed bleak and desolate enopoh
and the despotic cruelties enacted
there make life even more drearv than
nature has done. But Siberia is n
very large country. and its southern
parts are fertile, have good climate
and are as well watered as most narts
OF central Asia are. II the Russian
government were what il ought 10 no
siberia, instead OF being place of
exile would be recognized as n first
rate country to emigrate to. Thus one
by one the localities deemed unfit for
human habitation are shown on inves-
uga'ion to be not SO bad as thew have
been painted 1t will probably be ulti-
mately found that no part of this
siooe Is exempt from the original
command TO the first farmer to iii and
subdus II ' "''
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
United Over a Daughters Grave.

About fifteen years ago a father and
| mother separated over a quarrel about
some trivial matter The mother left
with her child, then girl of about 10
| years, for the west where she reside |
with latlves who sent her ca Id to
school In a little town not far from St
l. uis About five we rs ago the mother s
heart was almost brok II by the news that
her daughter had elopei Iom the school
with young man who had formerly re-
s ded in this city. The mother came to
this ci y in the hopes of finding her child
and remained he.e wi h relatives. About
three weeks ago letter was forwarded to
her from the home in the west, and she
found it was from her daughter S husband
asking her to come to st. / ouIs immedi-
ately If she wished to see her daughter
alive. She at once repaired to the home of
her daughter in South ST. Louis and re
manned by her bedside constantly until
the daughter died last week. At The
newly made grave in the cemetery knelt
three persons. Two had apparently
passed the fifiieth milestone of life. while
the other, young man of about 2S years.
was praying in a low tone. r G two
elders, man and woman, responded
with soDbing ''amens' at intervals. and
the sight was touching. The young man.
the husband of the deal, allowed his
voice to die away almost to whisper as
he uttered the concluding words of tie
prayer: MAY her bright soul rest in
eternal peace. The two elders looked
up aud into each others eyes. They
gazed on each other for a few moments
without speaking a word. arthur
said the woman hesitatingly, as she made
an impusve movement toward the man.
The 'Annie" he spoke was smotherel
In the woman's tresses Husband and
wife, father and mother were united
over the grave of their child after years
of sepa ation.-St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

Sir Edwin Landseer did in his pic
lures, which invariably contained n
touch of red somewhere. Turner
employed red lavishly, and although
he succeeded in producing marvellous
effects, his followers have made
countless millions mourn over fiery
corusations on canvas. Wherever
you turn you find red as a mark Of
peril"
"In literature is it SOP"
eyes, even in literature, for are not
bad books most harmful when they
are read?-Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
Rub the Other Eve.

Nine persons out of every ten with a
clnder or any foreign substance in the eve
Will instantly begin to rub the eve with
one hand while hunting for their hand
kerc lief with the other. They may, and
sometimes do remove the offending en-
der, but more FIRE ,uently they rub till the
eye becomes infaned, bind bandage
around the head and go to bed. This is
all wrong. The better way is not to rub
the eye with the cinder in a. all, but rub
the other eye as vigorously 20 you like
few years since | was riding on the
engine of the fast express from Bingham.
ton to Corning The engineer, an old
schoolmate of mine, threw oren the front
window and | caught cinder that gave
me the most circulating pain. | began
to rub the eye with both hands II EFF
your eye alone and rub the other eve,
this from the engineer. | thou.ht he
WI chatting me and worked the harder.
| know you doctors think 20 know it all.
but If you will let that eye alone and rub
the other one the cinder will be out in two
minutes" persis ell the engineer. | be-
gan to rub the other one an soon fe
the cinder down near the inner canthus.
and made ready to take it out. "l.et il
alone and keep at the well eye, =" sh ii. ted
the doctor pro TEN. l dill for mimi
longer. and looking in a small glass he
gave, found the offender on my cheek.
Since then have tried it many times and
nave advised many offers, and | have
never known it to fail in one ins'an
tunless it was as sharp as piece of steel,
or something that cut into the ball and
re uired an operation 10 remo'e il. Why
II is so do not know. b that il ISIS,
do know, and that one may besaved mach
suffering If they will let the iljured eve
alone aid rub the well eye. Try it
Mei al Summary
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
DR., KOCh'S Assistant.

The secret of DR.. Koch's remedy is
now out. 1t is consumption all the
way through. BY consuming guinea
the consumption that consume the
pigs he obtains lymph able to con-
sumo consumptive-a new proof, if
any were needed, that the guinea pig is
one of the best friends that the Their
apeutics ever had. This particular
pig seems to have been made for the
express purpose of being experiment.
ed upon, and has laid down it's little
life on the altar ofinvestigation with
n regularity that reaches the sub
lime. 1t has been resected and BIZ
sected and dissected and vivisected;
it has been stuffed to death
and starved to death; it has been
fed on all sorts of things.
from caramels to prussic acid,
and then, again, it has been lett to
die elimination, with thermometer
applied to its wasting form every
h@lf hour till it expired. All this it
has done and suffered for the good
OF man, and if there be such a thing
as II four-footed martyr this much,
tortured creature deserves the crown.
AS the last of many benefactions
1t permits itself to be distilled into an
antl-tuberculosis lymph, and as the
lymph is in all probability repro
ductive, like the vaccine virus, it
looks as if the time had arrived to
let up on our little friend. He has
done much for humanity, and hu.
in turn should give him a
rest and let the Australian rabbit
or English sparrow take an inning.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
Death Comes Painless.

oinieesly.
The signs of impending daass
many and variable. No two ~
es are precisely Identical. vet Z.
al signs are common to manv :.
SHAKESPEARE, who observed Ii
thing else. observed and rs..,
some of the premonitory sjcn.
death, also. In the account y
death of Falstaff the sharnn..
the nose, the GOODNESS OF tn.
gradually extending upward b
the picking at the bed CLOTH
accurately described.
For some time before death !,
cations OF it's approach becoms
parent. Speech grows thick
labored; the hands, if raised ian
st6ntly, the respiration is dim..
the heart loses its power to nro,
the plood to the extremities, Will
consequently become cold; clam
moisture oozes through the pores !
the skin, the voice grows weat Il
husky or piping, the eyes begin
lose their luster. In death at oJa
there is q gradual dulling Of all d
bodily senses and of many oss
mental faculties; memory fails m'Y
mcnt waivers, Imagination poer
like a candle. The muscles and
dons get stiff, the voice breoLs
cords of the tabernacle are Ion..
ing. Small noises irritate. siobt
comes dim, nutrition goes ON 1 iesls
digestion is impaired, the secrets
are insufficient or vitiated or cea
capillary circulation is clogped
nally, the central organ of the Oh,
lation comes to stop-a full stosD
and this stoppage means n disso'
ton. This is the death OF old a.
which few attain to.
Many people have an idea II.
death is necessarily painful eS
agonizing; but there is no reas,
whatever to suppose that death
more painful than birth. Its
cause in a certain proportion
cases dissolution is accompanied Nv
visible spasm and dist ortion Of n
countenance that the idea exists HI,
it is nearly as certain as anytbil
can be that these distortions Of n
facial muscles are not only painlss
but take place unconsciously
many instances, too, q comatose
seml-comatose state superyens
and it is altogether probable thJ
more or less complete unconsciou|
ness then prevails. We have, too|
abundant evidence of people whl
have been nearly drowped and N
suscitated, and they all agree in IN
statement that after few momepl
OF painful struggling, fear and and
iety pass away, and n state of ira, !
guilty succeeds. They see hi
visions of green fields and in SOM
cases, hear pleasing music, and, \
Tar from being miserable, their senss
tlons are delightful. But where al
tempts at resuscitation are success
lul, the resuscitated persons almOa|
invariably protest against BEND
brought back to life. and declapI
that resnscitation is accompanie|
by physical pain and accute ments|
misery.
Death is fact which every mad
must personally experience, and col
sequently is of universal Interest
and, as fncts are facts, the wis|
course is to look them squarely il
the lace, Tor necessity is coal blacE|
ana death keeps no calendar.-Met|
cal Journal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
His Wife Saw the pnin.

Jones had married the pvettie,t woman
in town and Brown had married the home.
II St and thought she was b,autifuI.
One evening they wee talking about their
respective letter halves, and Brown re-
marked:
81 say, jones, l think you and I mar
red the two preitiest wo men in town.
Jones ! oked at him In sur rise a mo-
men, b { he saw lie was serious
Wen, " he replied eau iously and W tn
Cd fellow" e''
brown oi@nt $50 the point until no
old his wife, Washing on Critic.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
The Nose for News,

Frank Ottarson was nirht editu|
one night. About II O'Clock Nil
Greeley said to him: "Ottarsol
there will be such and such a papd
rom this state by mail to-night, and
there will be q nomination in it. andI
want you to get it in the Tribunal
The expected nomination was frou
q Congressional district to Wild
there was great deal OF interest
attached. The paper came and cot
looked over it, but could not find tho
nomination; SO the Tribune went to
press without it, Next morning
Greeley asked for Ottarson. Mr'
ROCKER sent for him and said: "Gree
ley wants to see you. There's some
thing wrong"
"Oh, know what it is, "said ''Or
HE wanted me to get a nomination
out OF a paper that came and it was
not in"
49," Well, let's see what it is" said
Mr.. Rocker. They went to Mr.. Gree
ley, who hailed the night editor with
why didn't you get that nomina
ton up?"
at didn't come"
"You lie. Here it is in the Times.
| know it came"
"Well, said poor old "Ot," Idont|
know where they got it. Hooked oil
through and couldn't find it,"
SHOW me the paper" said Mr.
Greeley.
The paper was hunted up and Mr.
Greeley looked at it and immediately
said:
''There it is"
son.
See itP was the reply. "You
ought to smell it. You ought to
smell news"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
BABY.

little form. so dninty small,
So soft. so tender and so dear;
A little voice, whose helpless cali
Is music to mothers ear:
little pulse of delicate breath.
Lake Ewes when zephyr whispereth;
little arm. that nerveless lies;
=, Red. curling fingers. tiniest things:
Two round. blue. upwnrd-gnziny eves
An filled with silent wonderings.
That. MS the kiss OF Heavens li0bt hide
Now ope. now close their downy lids:
httle head, sosmooth and white,
fert, rosy mouth and fairy chin,
Ana checks all rounded to the sight.
save where dimple draws them in;
An m one tiny frame enwove,
as ight as laughter, soft as love.
w. Trrgo Webb,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
Twas a Cruel Trick,

ut is a cruel mistake, my dear
nephew this thin king it necessary
for II young fellow to take intoxi-
cants in order to be merry" said a
fond uncle to ayoung fellow, as they
were walking up Park Row. The
old man had come in from his farm
to see the city. "Wel let's take o.
a soda water, INK; and III swear
OIL" replied the young man, as they
turned into drug store.
The nephew gave the order
Here's to the drink of the moral,
the sober and Industrious; it imparts
GOODNESS to the blood, sensibiity to
the palate and calmness to the
mind; it invigorates without depress-
ing and sustains without exhaust
ing, exclaimed the elder man, waxing
eloquent. 'lt's go; drink hearty,
unk," said the young man, as he
winked at the clerk, and they emp
tied their glasses. Ten minutes later
"Unk" was seen trying with difficulty
to scull himself around a lamp post
with an umbrella. "Unk" thinks
city soda water has gained potency
since he was young.-From the New
York Tribune.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

SOME astronomer has figured out
that If the sun were burning sphere
OF solid coal it could not last 5000
years. But figures are often delusive
things when applied to coal deal
Between two weighings a 'ton'' Of
coal has been known to shrink fully
half its weight.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

Young people OF both sexes should
early be taught the use OF money, and
TO rightly know its value thoy should
be given ways of earning it, to spend,
within reasonable limits, as thew
choose. Much OF the work which even
little children do in the shape OF
chores around tho house ought to be
paid Tor, rs perhaps better way of
getting money into child's hand
Than any other. 1t is very demon
alizing to beg, and the child that is
encouraged or even allowed to get its
spending money in this way. is surely
laying up poor foundation for after
lille. On the farm the means for earn-
Ing money should as much as possible
be based on farm operations. When
the boys see in their own pockets
some OF the money made by farming.
they will tako more interest in their
oally work.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

ALL the postoffices In Italy receive
money on deposit, allowing interest at
The rate OF 30 per cent per annum, and
dividend paid every five years. But
the Tact that an Italian laborer seldom
receives more than forty cents day
Tor his work would indicate that he
seldom has anything to deposit. The
rich can find banks enough TO keep
their money in, but II not, mortgages
are ALWAYS cheap.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

AN eccentric divine once said TO his
audience: MY hearers, there is
IL great deal of ordinary work TO be
done in this world; and, tiigSa the
Lord, there are great many ordinary
people to do it." But while looking
for ordinary men it is best to keep
your own counsel.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29
Red is the Danger Color


"Has it ever struck Won" said q
Pittsburgher, who paints not Signs
but pictures, that red is a danger
Gus color, that it stands for dan
ger in all sorts of ways? On the
railroads, of course you know red
IS the danger signal in flags by dav.
in lamps by night. Everybody IS
accustomed to the idea-of red as a
warning on the railroads. and at
sea the red lights serves the same
purpose. Then red stands for an
archy. The Anarchists are often
called the Reds, and the flag which
mas waved over some of the blood
lest scenes in the worlds history is
a sanguinary red. To wave n red
nag betorea bull is about as danger
Gus a thing as you can do. The uni
form of the fireman has been red
since time immemorial. although
since organized fire depar tments
nave been organized the color has
been sensibly changed, for the ele-
ment the firemen fight is red. and
the danger is apparent. The hue
OF the poppy in the fields suggests
the dangerous side of the narcotic il
tarbors. Some one aware of tho
dangers of debauches has coined tho
phrase we know so well, Painting
the town red Red in art il y
risky color to use unless the painter
Knows thoroughly how to use It, as
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

MODERN medicine is developing in
TO a grand bacillus hunt. All IL doctor
has to do in these days to make him
self famous is to announce that he has
discovered the bacillus OF some we'll
known and dreaded disease 1t is not
necessary for him TO demonstrate bv
actual experiment his ability to de-
stroy tho deadly parasite. A spacious
theory is quito sufficient And how
enterprising and numerous tho bacllli
urei
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

GIVEN an equal amount Of intelli-
gencc at the start a dog which has
been well-trained is worth twice as
much as one untaught yet the world
is becoming overpopulated with un-
trained ours OF both the two-legged
and four-legged species.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

CHICAGO will have the largest ten.
cent lodging house in the world. The
building is seven stories high, cost
$50, 900 and will be heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. The beds
will not be made of down, but will be
good enough for any man who is out
Of n iob
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

AGRICULTURAL depression in this
country began about 1928. This.
rather curiously, is just about the time
that the exclusion OF American pork
from Germany and France began to be
ielt. Since then the American home
market has been glutted with agrlcuI-
tural products. To enlarge our mar
kets Is practical craftsmanship, and il
u can be done in no other way. we
might suspend all relations, CONNER
cial or diplomatic, with countries that
thus discriminate against us.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-01-29

THIS country is never exactly happy
unless it is down on its knees to some
person from abroad. But perhaps it
would not make much difference il the
newspapers did not make such fuss
over every sprig OF royalty or other
notable that comes over here. If the
daily papers would let them alone
lionizing would soon become unpopu-