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, 1891-10-09
Wood and Bark.

All kinds of dry wood and bark for sale
by the undersigned, sizes to order.
JOHN D. REACH.
Office at Foster & Laberee's. Tel. 3.
, 1891-10-09

tits nearly allsReading Matter referring to this
section of the Country. tits the Lead
ing Weekly Newspaper at the
head of Puget Sound.
, 1891-10-09

Tt has as large a circulation as any Weeklv
Newspaper ia sthe State, and il you
want. to keep posted subscribe
for THE TRIBUNE.
, 1891-10-09

This property is less than three quarters
'of a mile from the corner of Main and Fourth
Streets Thirty houses will be built on this
addition within eight months.
Prices range from $125 to $500; corners,
$50 extra. Street car line expected to run
through the addition soon.
, 1891-10-09
OFFICIAL REGISTER.
CONGRESSIONAL.

Senator, John B. Allen, Walla Walla.
Senator, Watson G. Squire, Seattle.
Representative Jno. L. Wilson, Spokan
Falls.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Travelling Dresses

Wool dresses for journeys in early
spring are being made of light tan, or
gray tweeds, or Cheviots of solid color,
or striped, and OF the dark blue serges
that are always popular, They have
a fitted coat and plain skirt. Such a
gown is complete for the street with
out wrap but q flowing cape of the
material of the dress should be added
in case further warmth is required.
1t is also well to add shirt waists OK
wash silk or of gingham to wear in
stead of the coat on warm days; one
OF these, with the skirt and cape, make
a pretty suit, and are pleasing va.
riety. An English turban or toque of
chip the color of the gown should be
trimmed with dark velvet folds close
on the sides and high at the back; or
else a black hat is worn The veil
is of sheer grenadine, and the gloves,
of heavy. kid lightly stitched, are
lighter in shade that the gown. New
listers are described below.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
THE HIRED MAN.

give my time, my song, my life to toll,
My brow Of bronze, my arms Of Drawn are
hers;
For her alone each willing muscle stirs;
For her, guide the plough and delve the
land
For her, my brow is wet, my face is tanned.
Sweet labor, brown checked as the chestnut
burs-
Thy lightcst law my tagging spirit spurs,
And under heat and burden bids me stand,
So, in thy name the old line fence scale,
just where the whispering maple shades
the place;
mount the panel with the softest rail,
And let ths light winds fan my patient
face;
And there, where birds and moments idly
fit
III sit, and sit, and sit, and sit, and sit
Robert j. Burdette
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
AT HON E,
Home Hints,

Baking powder should always be
mixed with the flour dry.
Whiting or ammonia in the water il
preferable to soap for cleaning win
dows or paint.
Salt sprinkled over anything that i,
burning on the stove will prevent any
disagreeable odor.
Linimel 1t for Painful Joints.--Tak,
OF soap liniment, six fluid drachms
tincture ofaconite, ten fluid drachms
Mix. To be rubbed upon the joints
at bed time.
Devonshire Junket. = Put warm
milk into a bowl; turn it with a little
rennet; then add some scalded cream,
sugar, and cinnamon on the top,
without breaking the curd.
To Mix Mustard-Mustard three
parts, salt, one part. A small guam.
tity OF essence of cayenne improves
the flavor, in the opinion OF many
Mix with hot water.
Stewed Tomatoes-Put dozen and
a half of tomatoes in stew-pan with
two teaspoonfuls of vinegar, a little
salt and pepper; cover them close, and
let them stew for ten or twelve min
utes.
Mead, or Honey Wine.-Honey, for.
ty pounds; cider, twenty-five gallons:
ferment, then add rum, one gallon:
brandy, one gallon; cream of tartar.
twelve ounces; bitter almonds and
cloves, of each, half an ounce.
Spice Sausage.-Black pepper five
pounds, cloves and nutmegs, each onf
pound and half, ginger two pounds
and a hall, anniseed and coriande,
seeds, OF each three-quarters of a
pound; powder and mix.
To XIII Cockroaches--A teaspoon.
ful OF well bruised plaster of Paris,
mixed with double the quantity of
oatmeal, to which add little sugar
this latter is not essential then strew
1t on the floor or in the chinks
where they frequent.
Plum Pudding without Eggs
Quarter OF a pound of suet, three
tablespoonful of flour, quarter of n
pound of currants, or raisins, one
spoonful OF sugar and spices; to which
add a middle-sized carrot, which
must be boiled the day before, and
masheS to the pulp; mix well together
and boil three hours.
Carrot Soup.-scrape and cut somt
carrots in pieces; boil them in a small
broth till tender enough to pound in
Il mortar. Have a good gravy soul
ready, and put as much of the beater
carrots, with seasoning to your taste
as will make it proper thickness.
Parsnip Wine Sliced parsnips
twenty pounds; boiling water, five
gallons; when cod press out the liquor
and to each gallon add cream of tn.
tar, half an ounce, and suaa
two pounds and three quarters: Ter
ment, and add brandy at discretion
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Keep an Egg at Hand.

1t was on crowded car at Thirty-fourth
street. An Id ladJ was talking with n
young woman.
'Nell, Mary Jenkin'." remarked the
former, Did everl Why, Molly, hahn /
seen you for almost year. 'Spose Won re
keepin h USE Yes, thought so. Well.
Molly, don I forget to always keep an egg
in the house. You can do without Won
pianer and y needn' be over particular
bout carpet for the front room. but v
can Afford to be without eg IS.
IAN egg is worth Its weight in gold.
'Sposin you re cooking crullers and the
grease splatiers up and scalds you The
white of an egg Is the most soothing thin
YOU can put on it. If you're chopin ,
kindlings nd bark your fingers. no,binp
likean egg. '>posn Jim gifts Job comfort
er. That little skin that lines the in .ile
OF an egg shell II do more in one day than
all the br, ad and milk, I axseed and soap
and sugar poulti es or tobble 5 wax yo,,
could use in a week For cleanin' yo p
fatirons and maxim EN- smooth use the
yolk of the egg, and for rlddin' your head
o dander- well, Mollie, there amt nothin
to compare tn it. For corns and bum
ions ncthin' is so coolin as the white of an
egg. For toolhache il can be beat. If
you don want to drown lives vnuny
dream in a cup Of muddy cofee. ne EGG,
TO clear it-and Molly O GU know nm .
tn n in the orld so God in case of n :.
onin as the vile of EGGS guess Won
DON'T Ten consider the of eggs
in-N
TIE rest of this Old lady lecture u
eggs was lost TO a. this unct.re III,
guard ca ed out haNgc ,r cit hall
an Book YIN blid. this rain goes ~
south Ferry. New Yo.k Mail and nv
press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
The Kind Word,

Do we ever need reminder, in our
hurried lives, OF the grace that lies in
the kindly spoken word? 1t may be
as we pass "A friend in a crowded shop,
or nod to her as we hasten by her
door on our morning walk to the mar
ket or the ferry, that we utter the
gentle greeting, leave behind us the
flash of the happy smile, and brighten
a day that was perhaps overcast.
Kindness costs little. Why should we
not be lavish of it in a world where
nobody stands alone, but where rich
and poor, sad and glad, lofty AID low
ly, and are bound in one bundle
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
An Explanation Needed.

"See here, sirl" she said, as she Q
tered a sewing-machine Office recent
"your agent has imposed upon me
"Isit possible, ma'am? In whatr
spect?" :,
eyes, sir; he has lied to me, and
don't want your machinel"
Glow has he deceived you?"
"Why, he came into my house A
told me that your machine was
best in the world; told it right belr
witnesses, and l can prove every vO'
OF itl'
"But that was not deceivingy 20
ma am" !.
eyes, it wasl hadn't the macnnl
two days before another agent eau
and said his was the best, and he ,
a circular to back it up. He chad mar
ly got out of doors when another g Z
ed and said his machine had ta''
ten medals"
"But we have taken fifteen, ma a''
"Oh, have your" :,
"And are sure to get the prem'D
at the next worlds fair"
"Indeedl" !.
"And we have issued challenges J
a public trial which no other macn'
dare accept"
sis that so? Then your machine
the best after all?"
Certainly"
"Then you will please excuse me. :,
thought l had been imposed uR n,
and l guess l was a little hasty;. 7
other agents must have been the lai'
Detroit Free Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

In last reports from the consuls of
the United States II. +. Merritt. of
the United States consulate at Chem
nitz, offers to the farmers of this coun-
try some highly interesting informa-
ton and advice about beet culture. In
the first place he shows that the
United States annually sends to the
German empire fully $4,000, 900 for
sugar made from beets grown in
Prussia. Then he shows that in that
part of the territory in this country
lying between the thirty-eighth and
forty-second parallels, there are mil
lions of acres just as well adapted to
the raising OF beets as in the richest
part Of Prussia There is no reason
why the SIG, 900. 900 sent to Germany
every year should not be kept in this
country and go into the pockets Of the
farmer and the men who make beets
into sugar
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

IDEAS rule the world. They take
possession Of mans minds, and whether
founded on fact or fiction the results
are the same. Few individuals origin
ate opinions Of their own, for they are
invariably obtained from those ex-
pressed by other 1t Is this condition
OF affairs-a condition and not a theory
which has been the rule In life from
the days OF Adam to the present time.
And 1t is this condition which causes
the widespread complaint of hard
times" which greets the car whichever
way one turns. In all ages, in all coun-
tries, rapid development of the re-
sources OF n new country, increased
population, ETC., cause outlay of i'm
mense sums of money and consequent
great prosperity as long as capital is
being invested. But this gait cannot
be kept up indefinitely, a limit must
be reached some time or other. and
then reaction sets in which is very
keenly felt by all classes. And when
the reaction does come, dissatisfaction
among the people, and particularly
those who have been unfortunate In
speculation, follows.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
New Way of Making Frosting.

Stir one tablespoonful of boiling wa
ter into one cup of powdered sugar,
add one tablespoonful of orange or
lemon juice, or rose water, and spread
over the cake while warm. Some prefer
vanilla; in that case, use one and one
hall tablespoonful OF boiling water
and one-half tablespoonful of vanilla
When | wish to make chocolate cake
| simply melt as much chocolate as
want, say one-third of bar, and
pour into the frosting that l have
Favored with vanilla. want every
houselSeeper to try this; if they do not
say it is the easiest and best recipe
they have found, then | am mistaken.
Housewife.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Spring Wraps.

Capes and coats promise to be
equally popular as spring wraps. 1t
is merely a matter OF choice between
loose flowing garment and one close
ly fitted. The materials used are
Meltons OF light weight, diagonals, and
ribbed cloths, in very light shades OF
mastic gray, tan, and reseda. White
and brilliant red cloths are seen in
youthful wraps. Black is chosen
alike for very elaborate garments and
for those that are simple, inexpensive
and useful. Figured cloths, with way
ed lines, bows, blocks, and spots, are
combined with plain fabrics in some
dressy French mantles.
The new capes are cut very full, and
are even all round. Their average
length OF twenty-five inches permits
them to fall low on the hips. One
simple and graceful shape is made of
a single piece of cloth perfectly round,
with space for the neck taken out
IN the centre, and slit from the CEN
tire to the edge made for the opening
in front. This is very pretty when
made OF light gray ortan Melton, with
the edges cut smoothly and left raw,
and a turn, over collar of darker vel
vet. The lining is brocade of gay
bright colors, and does not quite
reach the edge ofthe cloth A circular
cape of reseda green cloth made in
this way has also a thick pinked frill
OF the cloth falling below the velvet
collar and is fastened by two straps
across the chest.
More elaborate capes OF light faced
cloth retain the haring collar and
pointed yoke of black ostrich feathers
worn during the winter, and are EN-
broidered with jet, gold, and colored
stones. These capes differ from the
last in being rounded high on the
shoulders, with fulness falling thence
10 the end in thick pleats beside the
fitted back forms, which are studded
with nail-heads, and held close to the
figure by q ribbon belt inside. The
more scant fronts pass under the
sides, which may be plain vr pleated,
and the arms are slipped between.
Such capes are made of the pale Par
ma-violet shades now worn; also Of
gray, tan, or reseda, as well as black
cloth.
Driving capes that will also be worn
at the seaside and mountains during
the summer are made of red English
serge, rough-surfaced yet plant, aud
woven in wide diagonals. They are
lined throughout with black twilled
silk or satin surah, and are trimmed
with black. They have fitted forms
in front and back, held in place by an
inside belt. The shoulders are slight.
ly pulled, and deeply folded pleats tall
over the front. The small slightly
flaring collar is covered with black
passementerie and lined with black
velvet. White serge capes are similar
ly made, and trimmed with gold gall
loon brocaded with silver leaves.
White ostrich tips form the collar
Harpers Bazaar.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
SHOPPING or KnittinoRao

A shopping or knitting bag is some
thing the use Of which will soon prove
its value. Seven-eighths of yard of
plain tinted satin, twenty inches wide,
will be needed for the foundation of
the bag. The center square is of stiff
canvas or buckram, covered with plush
or silk, with embroidered bands. or an
arobesque done in outline. This is
stitched to the center of the satin
foundation. The bag is lined with
thin silk, or it may be left without
lining and Joined at the sides with a
drawn cord effect. The hens are
deeply turned at the top, and casing
Tor double ribbons put in to draw
the whole together. For shopping
bag, the colors should be dark-brown
or gray embroidered with yellow silk
and gold thread. An open cavas for
the square to be worked with cross
stitch, can be bought at the art stores,
and also small leather handles. or
straps, which are fastened to the
canvas. The bag should be made a
good size, or it loses its purpose, as
the receptacle for the manylittle pack
ages that accumulate in shopping
tour, to small to be sent, but with
a provoking habit of slipping away
without notice. In work-bag the
colors can be brighter. Gold satin.
with a center piece of the oblong Turk
lsh pieces, richly embroidered on
Turkish canvas or blue, with the Ori-
entail squares in blue and pink are
beautiful combinations Home
Journal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Care of the Hands,

There are not nearly as many secrets
in hand treatment as people imagine
A little ammonia or borax in the water
you wash with and that water lust
lukewarm will keep the skin clear and
soft. A little oat meal mixed with the
water will whiten the hands Many peo-
pie use glycerine on their hands when
they go to bed, wearing gloves to keep
their bedding clean, but glycerine
does not agree with every one. 1t
makes some skins harsh and red.
These people should rub their hands
with dry oat meal and wear gloves in
bed. The best preparation for the
hands at night is white of an egg with
a grain of alum dissolved in it. Quacks
have a fancy name for it, but all can
make it. They also make the Roman
toilet paste 1t is merely the white of
an egg, barley flour and honey. They
say 1T was used by the Romans in
olden times. At any rate, it is q first
rate thing; but it is sticky, and does
not do the work any better than oat
meal. The toughest and hardest
bends can be made soft and white in
the space of a month by doctoring
them a little at bed time; and all tools
you need are nail brush, a bottle
CT amonia, box Of powdered borax
and little fine white sand to rub
the stains off, or q cut of lemon, which
will do even better, for the acid of the
lemon will clean anything.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Not Much Ahead

"You must lose agood many dolls
year by that man" was remarked
a Woodward avenue grocer as G
zen went out after picking" at crap
figs, apples and other things.
"Well, | dunno"
ais he good customer"
"No; a very poor one"
"Then all he eats is dead loss?"
"Not altogether. There are offset
"How?"
"Well, all the boys are onto h,;
In the last year westole three umbs
las and two pairs of gloves from fh
and you see he has gone out and LED,
chicken in that parcel, which WEI
at once proceed to cabbage. he
thinks he is getting ahead of us THAI
all right. detroit Free Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

1T is true. in the main, that broad
forehead indicates large brain and in.
telligence, but still 1t is never safe tc
rely solely upon tapeline in estimat.
ing the amount of good sense a horse
may have in his brain-box. In horses,
as In nen, as much depend upon the
quality as the quantity of the brain.
A horse may have Il full, broad fore
head and still be the worst kind OF q
crank or nm absolute dolt.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

IN consequence OF the New French
law compelling seminarists to serve in
the army the French bishops have
taken measures for their protection
during the trying period OF service.
There is to be seminarists home in
every garrison town, whore they will
spend all their leisure moments. They
will, 30 far as possible, observe the col
lege rules and continue their theologic-
al studies.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
All in the Family.

A woman on Second avenue VI
calling after a boy who was going do
the street. A pedestrian, who thous
the boy might be deaf, halted him a
queried:
"Isn't that your mother CALI
after your"
Eyes"
"Well, why don't you pay att
tom"
"Oh, you don't understand" repl
the boy. "She hooked a dollar r
pa and was going to buy ice ere
with it. l hooked q quarter fromf
and am going to buy peanuts
candy. ITS simply a case Of
hooker getting hooked"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

IT need not necessarily cut down
next years crop OF wheat to inform the
agricultural world that an acre of ba-
nanns will support 20 times as many
persons as an acre of wheat. One thou
sand square feet OF land, growing ba-
nanas, will produce 1900 pounds of
nutritious substance. The same space,
devoted to wheat or potatoes will pro
duce only 33 pounds OF wheat or 90
pounds OF potatoes.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

THERE were employed about 40, 900
census enumerators for last years
United States census, and the average
pay was about seventy-four dollars
apiece, or 1862, 600 in all, or about
five cents q head of our population.
There was neither time nor money
enough spent on it. 1t had the disad-
vantage of being legitimate object
for the utmost liberality.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Before the Fire.

Side by side they sat before theg'
fire, while the wind without how
and yelled.
'Look, Rosalie," he cried sudda
bending forward and pointing Ia
bed of red-hot embers. "See youl
royal castle-portcullis raisa
drawbridge down-awaiting its CUE
See you not q long hall, and then
empty throne where the Queen
sit? Tell me, who will be the ques
Couldn't say" she replied careI
ly.
"Ah, Rosalie," he sighed, "wO
that Queen were youl"
The girl drew herself up proudly
pointed to the fire. "Sirl" she
laimed Indignantly, "do you take
for q salamander?"- Judge.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Knew His Own Moths.

"Talking about MOTHS" said
hat drummer, reminds me of sta
they tell of key Solomon at Bowl
Green. One day a colored gentlen
entered his store in great excitems
Look a hyar, boss he cried,
yere brown triangle suit l done b,
oh yo' last week amt no good nohI
1t am chuck full oh moths
You didn't bought dat diagu
suit from me-, replied Ikey, Al
surveying the suit, Il don't keep
moths in my diagonal suit, keep
in my cardigan jackets. Mr.. Seloi
down de shtreet keeps his moths in
diagonal suits. Everybody kno
his own bishness best"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
The Woman Who Pieases

"She knows just how to talk to all
kinds and conditions ofmen," was the
recommendation given for a bright
woman who makes her living as much
by her ability to please us as by her
actual labors, says the New York
World. Seeing that woman after
wards, and observing her closely, one
could not but be impressed with the
truth of what had been said. She
was gay with the gay, silent when any
one else wanted to talk, talkative with
the shy, always good tempered, never
too animated, and never, never yisiblv
IN pain nor in tears. She was ALWAYS
charming, bright, sympathetic and
sweet. She was witty, TOO, but not
terribly so. She kept her wit to illu
NINE conversation and to tighten dull
spirits; not to burn hearts. nor scoreh
sensitive feeling. Every body went
rom her presence feeling comfortable
IN spirit and with reasonably satisfied
hearts. She was a peacemaker and a
CONGRATULATIONS. There are two
or three dozen OF such women in the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
LITTLE SISTER.
BY MRS. NJ. L. RAYxE.

Inscription upon an old headstone in {
country graveyard.
Was she little in stature, or only
Their youngest and besti
Did she leave them heart-broken and lonely
To enter her re5tl
1sitl long since they mourned her, and missed
FroIl household and hearth her
Without name, date or age, 'littlc sister,
Lies sleeping apart.
With silence death answers all guesses-
To doubt were unjust.
The lips that were sealed with caresses
Are mute in the dust
But faith to our eyes shows a vista
BY cherubim trod,
For OF such as these little sister,
The kingdom of God.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Would Soon Learn.

Laird (handing his bottle to a h;
full gamekeeper) Here, my man !,
u half" Gamekeeper-''Hec II
Gamma drink DOT o. a bottle" "
-"Toots, man, try-r' Gamels1
latter nearly emptying it-A
thanks, sir" Laird (eyeing the ns.9
empty bottle, satirically)-"And +
can't drink out of q bottle? Man !.
would soon Learnt" Y
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
There We're No ObJectIo,.

eff any here present." said IN.
ciating clergyman, ''can SHOW
cause why this man and woman !
not lawfully be joined together i. !
speak or forever hold his peace ~ y
The groom, Mr.. Lariat of Ar,.
casually laid pair OF large revo a., ~
on the railing in front of him ana nav
ceremony proceeded.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

FOREIGN powers are about to adopt
the electrical welding method for max
ing shells for artillery. How would it
do to use the electric process to cement
an agreement of peace between the rot
ten old monarchiesp
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02

THE largest gold coin in circulation
in the world is stated to be the gold
''loof' OF AMMAN, the French colony In
eastern Asia 1t is fiat round piece,
worth sixty-ive pounds sterling. The
next in size to this unwieldly coin is
the Japanese "obang," which weighs
more than two ounces and half,
about equal to ten English sovereigns.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-04-02
Only a Small Favor,

A certain clergyman was surprised
to find the following note from a
young lady in his pulpit a few evenings
since: "Dear Mr.. S.: Won't you please
deliver your sermon little slower to-
night? l am studying shorthand, and
can't keep up with you. 1 hope you
Won't refuse so small favor.