The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-10-08
THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1891.


WIN tpe yelloWln2 Oh Ine leaVe'
and the mellowing Of the autumn
fruit, comes the return of those VIII
have spent the summer, or portion
of it, among the rustic scenes Of I
farm or mountain district, or dow
where the uneasy sea breaks witt
tiresomc monotony on the bare sand,
beach. The brown skin and brigh
eye, even without the merry laughter
OF the returning ones, would indicate
that the rejuyenating influences o.
their late surroundings have wrought
beneficial work in the restoration
of bodily health and mental vigor.
The rest OF the country can work
itself into frenzy over the silver
question, the tariff question, the pure
food question, or any other question
or questions that it chooses, but more
important than these and the improve
ment Of harbors and the building of
a navy, and all the other great
problems rolled into one, to the
citizen Of Washington, is the improve
ment and identifying of Pennsylvania
avenue. This noble thoroughfare,
the like Of which is nowhere else on
the continent, runs acrosa the city in
q northwesterly direction. making a
detour for the capitol and again for
the white house and departmental
buildings, and has been newly paved
With concrete, and q cable road laid
its entire length. With its surface
as smooth as slate, and its great
width, it lends incalculablc dignity to
the city,
The forthcoming resignation of
Secretary Proctor, to accept the seat
In the senate vacated by Senator
Edmunds, has set the wise ones pro-
gnosticating rs to the successorship
to the war portfolio. There is
nothing in the whole list of coming
events more certain than that
President Harrison will select his
new cabinet minister from among the
number of those who have been
suggested Tor the place, as that
nnmber includes every available man,
besides regiment whose names it is
absurd to connect with the honor.
Some who regard the efficiency OF the
department as of paramount impor-
lance urge the promotion of Assistant
Secretary Grant, who is undoubtedly
acapable officer, but such an appoint
ment would hardly be considered
strong politics. Every Republican
from General Alger to Stephen b.
Elikns has been weighed in the scales,
and his availability for the vacant
seoretaryship discussed, After all,
It may not be so very far from the
favorite son of the cosmopolitan
Stephen. There is this in common
between them; that they are both
supposed to be Blain boomers. but
they differ in that the second choice
of Elkins Is Harrison while the
second choice of Alger is Alger.
An ideal appointment would be that
of the governor of Vermont who
created the cabinet vacancy by
appointing Mr.. Proctor to seat in
the senate.
The Washington woman, while pos
sessing excellencies almost innumera-
BILE, has few striking peculimitles
and eccentric fads from which the
women Of rural communities are free
One fad which prevails throughout
the length and breadth of the city,
regardless of rank or station, is
codsuming desire to be working
member or officer of several societies.
The Objects for which the societies
profess to be organized are as di-
versified as the needs of the human
kind, and the motive which actuates
the fair ones in joining is doubtless n
pious desire to further the interests
of humanity in these several
directions. However, it is evident,
that the comforts Of the few arc
sometimes sacrificed to the interests
Of the many, and while at first though
1t would seem that this unselflsh
policy should meet with universal
approval, it is known that this female
devotion to the common veal is not
always shared by that portion of
mankind for whom they have sworn
10 cherish the fullest measure of
conjugal love and attachment. 1t is
clear that woman who belongs to q
dozen relief corps, scientific, literary
temperance, humane and religious
societies besides answering the de-