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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Science Befogged,

Concerning those who, although
able are unwilling to take the rouble
to write for their readers or sp ,ak for
their hearers, q somewhat mt. re- ex-
tended comment may be desirable.
1T is always difficult to make lust
analysis OF motives, but there can be
little doubt that some of these are
influenced by Il desire to initiate the
rare genius whose intellectual adj
vances are so rapid and so powerful
us to forbid all efforts to secure a
clear and simple presentation of re-
suits. The king is lame and the
courtier must limp. With others
there is strange and unwholesome
prejudice against making science
lntelllgible, for fear that science may
become popular. 1t is forgotten
that clear and accurate expression.
and that as matter of fact the two
are almost inseparable.
The apparent success before the
people of the dilettante and the
charlatnn has resulted, in the case of
many good and able men, in a posi-
tive aversion to popular approval.
It should never be forgotten that
the Judgment and taste of the pub
lie IN matters relating to science are
Just as susceptible of cultivation as
in music and the fine arts, and that
scientific men oweit to themselves to
see that opportunity Tor this culture
is not withheld.-Proiessor II. C..
Alendenhall in Popular Science.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
MOTHER GAME TO KISS ME
nY nnNEsr M'GAFrrY.


In the many rccolIectlons that lie scat
tered through the years
Are some that ind me smiling and sorc
that make me weep,
But the nearest one, the dearest one be-
dimmed with smiles and tears,
Is when mother came to kiss me before
l went to sleep.
When | lay awake ami listened in the
slowly deepening gloon
Until | heard her footste2 come softly
up the stair
When the knowledge of her presence
seemed to light the somber roor.
And the very thought OF mother-was
in itself a prayer.
The coil, white hands that fingered. the
loving inger-tips
hat in the darkness found me, and
rested on my brow.
The starry eyes that sought me, and then
her dewy lips
Ihat chung to mine so purely seem
To feel them now.
sour Father" Now | lay me''-and
"laIowed he Thy name. -
These words are a m ckeiy, an echo
from the dead
Yet they sounded so familiar in the days
when mother came
Through the shadows, like an angel, to
s.aid be ide my bed.
Peccavi. Aye Peccavi. thus the voice of
conscience rings
AS an echo's sound is waite DER the
boiom of the deep,
Yet somewhere, in the after days,
waiting siren sings
or 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 10 days gone by that
sorrow cannot dim,
When love holds up in fancy's gaise q
perfect cup of oy.
Where beaded memories gather, all
smiling at the rim.
| drink to happy moments that never fade
away
Which poisoning in my heart of hearts,
their fragrance always keep,
Dear God? when in my innocence, little
boy Ily
And mother came to kiss me before |
went tJ s'eep.
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that Horace at last yjeIdcd to his
niece's sol citations and astonjshcd her
ono day Inv saving
.soestrice # Won really moan TO keen
that child for while, we will engage a
nurse for it.'
She said nothing. but oavc Uncle
Horace mot grateful kiss She must
have crown wondrously fond of the
Ibabr. as her ewes were full of clad
tears
That afternoon she drove into Black
town and riooed the child out from
head to foot in new and dainty raiment;
nothing was too GOOD for him. Horace
and Herbert. who knew the price of
lace lawns and cambrics TO n nennv q
yard, wondered how far her whim was
going TO carry her. Perhaps thew felt
rather acorieyed that their aid had not
been asked. They dearly loved a little
shopping, and could have chosen a
trousseau or layette with anv woman
under the sun.
But the affair of the nurse mad was
peculiarly their own. If the Talherts
had one Gift of housewifery above an
other, it was their skill IN engaging
suitable servants. At last. after n
number of interviews with candidates.
they found a nurse-girl who came up to
tie standard of their requirements
One WHO had no followers. and one
who made no objection TO wearing n
cap moreover the cap OF the pattern
they had themselves designed. A
member OF the church of England, of
conrse. who nromi ed ia con,1,nnic ITO
every two months. and TO be conte ted
with l'orset butter du inc the winter.
So themysterious child was a, rood
as adopted at Hazelwood House. Q
A serious question arose as to
whether the infant had ever been
christ, ned. Miss Clauson felt sur. il
had been. The child came to them too
well dressed to suppose such an i'm
porlant rite had been omi;te The
eev S,lvanus. who was known to he
d seracefully lax about sucb matters
did not urgc that assn ance should be
made doubly sure. So no bantism,l
ceremony to * place. After some con
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Fruits in Japan.

Chicago Tribune.
MY wife and have been in Yoke
hama seventeen years, said Thom~
l.. Boag recently, "and we an
r5oing back to England to i've
Japan is good enough place 70
live i'll
"Ifyou can't get away" put .
Mrs. Boag. -,
1.-The climate is pleasant, but n ~,
only a place to make money in Wv
married people such as we are c''
get along, but it's lonely fora youns
man. 1t isn't like home" :.
There's not fruit there tlt u
eat except grapes, said Mrs. BoaS'
and they're woolly. :
(, eyes, the grapes have a few hnn'
on them, and they taste queer, az -,
mitted Mr.. Boag. They have trlea
apples and pears up in the nortneId,
part of the Island of Yeddo, anu
they are fine. But the nearar
thing to an apple in Yokohama .
'nashi,' which has meat like =
coarse pear and a flavor like nosr
in0 else l know of"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
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 COLI
sumo consumptive-a new proof, il
any were needed, that the guinea pig is
one Of the best friends that the ther-
apentics ever had. This particular
pig seems to have been made for the
express purpose of being experiment.
ed upon, and has laid down its little
life on the altar ofinvestigation with
n regularity chat 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 ofmanation, with II 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 ii there be such thing
rs II four-looted martyr this much,
tortured creature deserves the crown.
AS the last of many bcnefactions
it permits itself to be distilled into m
ant-tuberculosis lymph, and rs the
lymph is in all probability repro
ductive, like the vaccine virus, i6
looks as il the time had arrived to
let up on our little friend. He has
done much for humanity, and hui
manity in turn should give him u
rest and let the Australian rabbit
or English sparrow take an inning.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Took Her Hand with Her For
tune.

Ayoung solicitor theother day got
a verdict from a client of consider
able riches but little beauty. Shortly
aiterward in due course OF business,
he sent her a somewhat formidable
account. On the following day his
client called on him and asked him if
ne 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
iortunel should have supposed
that you would at least have fine
politeness to take me along with
The next day she received a revised
account as follows:
Miss b., debtor to Mr.. c. for leea
business performed"
Then in place OF "es d. was. "To-
tai amount, Miss B."-From The
London Figaro.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Red is the Danger Color

HAS it ever struck YOU" said n.
Pittsburgher, who paints not sions
but pictures, "that red is q 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 duv
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
arehy. The Anarchists are often
called the Reds, and the flag which
has waved over some of the blood
lest scenes in the worlds history is
sanguinary red. To wave n red
flag beiorea bull is about as danger
GUS thing as you can do. The uni
form of the fireman has been red
since time immemorial. although
since organized fire departments
have been organized the color has
been sensibly changed, for the ele-
ment the tiremen fight is red. and
the danger is apparent. The hue
OF the poppy in the Iields suggests
the dangerous side OF the narcotic IL
harbors. Some one aware of tho
dangers of debauches has coined tho
phrase we know so well. PAINTING
the town red Red in art il n
risky color TO use unless the painter
Knows thoroughly how to use it, as
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Rub the Other Eve,

Nine persons OUT Oh every ten, with a
ei in OF any lorelgh substance in the eve
VIII instantly 1egin 10 rub the eye with
pno manu- Wniie hunthg Tor their hand
Aelc nel win tne other They may, and
s SOU 40 remove the blending en-
uel' pue more IRE uehtly they rub till the
eye becomes lhIamed' bind bandage
a,ouhu ihe mead ana go TO bed. his is
A. a. wion me oelter way IS not to rub
. .ne eye WIN lne .ihuer IN at all, but rub
'"s osner eye Us vlg lrQusly as you like.
a lew years since was riding on the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Twas a Cruel Trick,

ut is 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 young fellow, as they
were walking up Park Row. The
old man had come in from his farm
to see the city. "WeI let's take a
a soda water, Unk, and I'll swear
OFF, - replied the young man, as they
turned into IA 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, sensibility to
the palate and cnlmness to the
mind; it invigorates without depress-
ing and sustains without exhaust
ing, exclaimed the elder man, waxing
eloquent. ITS a go; drink hearty,
unk," said the young man, as lie
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, 1891-09-03
United Over a Daughters Grave.

Abous fifteen years ago 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 latives, who sent her ca id to
school in little town not far from st.
L uis About five We rs ago the mother s
heart was almost brolz II by the news that
her daughter had eloped ON the school
with young man who had formerly re-
ID 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 n the west, and she
found it was from her daughters huslan
asking her to come to st. ouIs immedi-
ately If she wished to see her daughter
awe. She at once repaired TO the home of
her taughter in South st. Ii uls and re
manned by her bedsile constantly until
the daughter died last week. AT he
newly made grave in the cemetery knelt
three persons. Two had apparently
passed. the iiflieth milestone of life. while
the other, young man OF about % years,
was praying in low tone. r e two
elders, man and woman, responded
with soDbing 'amens' at intervals, and
the sight was touching. The Dung man,
the husband of the dea I, allowed his
voice to die away almost to whisper as
he uttered the concluding words of t G
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 few moments
without speaking wo-d. s'Arthur,'
said the woman hestatingly, as she made
an lmpulsive movement toward the man.
The "Annie' ne spoke was smotherei
In the woman S tresses. Husband AMI
wife, father and m ther, were united
over the grave of their child after years
of sepa att ln.-St. Louis Globe Democrat,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
Death Comes Pai..

~, o''es PainIeso,v
The signs Of impendins 3.
many and variable. No tro;
es are precisely identical a''
al signs are common to mos
SHAKESPEARE 81 who observed y
thing else. observed ana y
some OF the premonitory .isss
death, also. In the acco,,.s ss
death of Falstaff the sbar,. =
the nose, the GOODNESS Of -
gradually extending upwa,S
the picking at the bed c,,.,
accurately described.
For some time before ds.t.
cations Of it's approach bscos''
parent. Speech grows tb;.l
labored; the hands, ifraised IN
st6ntly, the respiration i a; a.
a., -, .o'eS us power to pro
the blood to the extremitjss ~
consequently become cold : Ill.,
moisture oozes through the nor
the skin, the voice grows nsol
,'u'Ny vi piping, the eyes begin
lose their ulster. In death at old l.
there is q gradual dull;n,, !, wv
bodily senses and of m ne ~ a'
mental faculties; memorv ta;;1 "
ment waivers, imaginat;,s,a ''s a
like a candle. The mnsclas soss
dons get stiff, the voice br, anc
cords of the tabernncle os saAsi
ing. Small noises irritote = III, 'uOs
comes dim, nutrition goes On ,s T.,
digestion is impaired, the s as ss'
are insufficient or vitiated s ~ :.
capillary circulation is cloc ~ ivy
nally, the central orgon If s ~
lation comes to q stop-o FIJI ,l' VIC
and this stoppage means =" a s'op3
ton. This is the death cf o J,,'Ol
which few attain to. uu
Many people have. nm idoo !,
death is necessarily. poinMl
agonizing; but thefe il no w
whatever to suppose That So 'Va''
more painful than birth I.;
cause in a certain nronors ss
cases dissolution is accomnan;o spl
visible spasm and distortion NJ y
countenance that the ideaexists
it is nearly as certain os onSl.!
can he that these distortions ~
facial muscles are not cnlv no u
but take place unconsc;odps S,''
many instances, too n como et',.
semi-comatose state sunsrvs,'
and it is altogether nrohablo h
more or less complete nneonse;s.
ness then prevails. We have
abundant evidence of neonlo
have been nearly drowned oud
suscitated. and thew all agroa IN
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
BABY.

little form. so dninty small.
80 SOFT. so tender and 40 denr;
little voice, whose helpless cali
Is music to n mothers ear;
n iiitle pulse Of delicate brentb.
Lake Ewes when zephyr whispereth:
itile arm. that nerveless lies;
y, hei. curling fingers. tiniest things;
we round rom, pine, upwnrd-gnzing eyes,
All filed with silent wonderinps
mat. ns the kiss OF Heavens light bids
NOW ope. now close their downy lids;
a nttie head, 80 smooth and white.
fert, rosy mouth md fairy chin.
Ana checks all rounded TO The sight.
ave where dimplc drnws them in;
Az IN one tiny frume enwove,
as hght us laughter, soft us love.
w Trego Webb.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

Sir Edwin Landseer did in his pic
lures, which invariably contained u
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 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, 1891-09-03
CHAPTER VI.


BEATRICE TRIUMPHANT
MISS Clauson carried her pc mt l'cl
success was due to curious combina
tion Of events, as well as to her owl
persistence and eloquent pleading Sh,
managed to Get Uncle Herbert alone
a difficult matter. as the "rabbies'
were almost always together and. after
sundrY arguments and cntreaties, il
unable to win his con ent to her pro.
pc ed arrangement, eXacted promise
from him that he would not OBJ Get il
Horace approved of her keeping the
boy 10 be sure he had not the faintest
idea that Horace would consent.
Mr.. Nordle the adviser of the family.
and Herbert Talbert thus brought on
her Idle or rendered neutral, Horace
remained the arbiter of the bows fate.
and Miss Clauson directed her ENERGIES
toward ma'Sng him yield.
They tao tly left his fate in abeyance
Tor Il ore than week. then Peatrice.
who perhaps trembled lest some child
ish act of mischief might defeat her
ends, and who thought that the boy
had done well his part in the affair by
making himself so easily tolerated, at
tackei her u1cles once more. True to
his promise, Herbert siid his brother
must DECIDE the matter.
10 you want the child to stayP"
csSed Horace, turning to the speaker.
~ told Beatrice you should decide. :"
This answer assured Horace that
Herbert knew all that was to be known.
'My dear Beatrice he said, sthe
thing is qu'e impracticable.'
Her mouth quivered. 1t was clear
she hah set her heart on keeping her
new pei
30. ny Is IL lmpracticableP What
uiuerence can child make in house
IKE thlsI lie will be my sole care"
Tn lie Horace looked uneasy. ''My
dear You forget it may give rise to
scandal
ocanual. what scandaiF
uoI"ce gre" Ici. one can talk
Plainiy 10 Young innocent girls without
'ec,1ng now nad mankind IN general is
huh-ha' he said. "lou must
remember beatrice, we are two single
,uehi nor elderly men. AS soon as it is
known that we have kept the child sent
nero SO strangely, we give a handle to
suspicion ana scandal TO you agree
WIN me- erbertF'
am AFRAID VIII be so, Beatrice,
S'iu lieruert regret1ully.
Miss Clauson drew herself up proud
ly. 1t was an actioa the Talberts AL
wavs liked to see in the Girl, and which
had great effect on them.
surely she said '.you of all peo-
pie are above suspicion and scandal
As this great truth came home to him
Horace seemed to purr with pleasure
But he had no intention of Welding
He was for one thing much ANNOYED
with Herbert. Herbert evidently
wante1 the 10y to stay. If so he
should say so outright, not let Beatr CO
fight his battles So the most Beatrice
could get him to promise was that the
boy m ght remain a few DAYS longer.
In those few days something happen
ed. First of all, a p zee of gossip went
round the ne ghborhood and eventually
reached the ears of those who were
gossiped about-thc Talberts. They
heard that they were harboring Lord |
Hadwynn's eldest son, whose mysteri- !
Gus disappearance had been reported |
IN the papers. Lord Hadwynn was an
utter Ieprobate and it was well known |
hat his injured wife had smuggled The
hid out of his way. adv Hadwvnn
vas an acqua n'ance of the Talberls; so
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
His Wife Saw the poin.

Jones had married the prettieit woman
in town and Brown had mar led the home
Il ST. and thought she was b antiful.
One evening they we talking about their
respective Letter halves, and Brown re
marked:
Il say, jones, l think You AMI l mar
red the two pre- test wo ncn in town.
Jones ! oked at him II surfr rise a mo
men b he saw e was serious
well, y he replied tau iousy and W tn
plide. - guess you are abo 10 talf right.
o d fellow
Brown din't SIC the noint until hc
old his wife. Washing on Critic.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03
The Nose for News.

Frank Ottarson was night edit
one night. About II O'Clock \
Greeley said to him: "0ttarM
there will be such and such pap|
rom this state by mail tonight al
there will Denomination in it, sd|
want you to get it in the TribuR
The expected nomination wis funI
a congressional district to Nf4
there was a great deal OF intersl
attached. The paper came and y
looked over it, but could notfndl3
nomination; so the Tribune went \
press without it. Next morui3
Greeley asked for Ottarson. Nj
hooker sent for him and said: "Gw
ley wants to see you. There's SOM
thing wrong"
"Oh, ! know what it is, said ''Of
HE wanted me to get a nominate
out OF a papaS that came and itUa
not in"
+" Well, let's see what it is" ssh
Mr.. Rocker. They went to Mr.. Ga
ley, who hailed the night editor With
why didn't you get that nomins
ton up?"
ut didn't come"
You lie. Here it is in the Times
| know it came"
"Well, " said poor old GOT" 1don,
know where they got it. Ilookedal
through and couldn't find it.
"Show me the paper" said MI
Greeley.
The paper was hunted up and MI
Greeley looked at it and Immediate
said:
"There it is"
well, | didn't see it," said Ottal
son.
"See itl' was the reply. "Yo
ought to smell it. You ought
smell news"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

MODERN medicine is developing in
!. 70 grand bacillus hunt All doctor
has TO do in these days to make him
sell 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 by
actual experiment his ability to de-
stroy the deadly parasite. A spacious
theory is quite sufficient. And how
enterprising and numerous the bacilli
rs.f
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

ALL the postofices in Italy receive
money on deposit, allowing interest at
the rate OF 80 per cent per annum, and
a dividend paid every five years. But
The fact 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, 1891-09-03

GIVEN an equal amount OF lntelll-
gence at the start, dog which has
been well-trained is worth twice as
much as one untaught, yet the world
is becoming overpopulated with I'M
trained ours OF both the two-legged
and four-lcgged species.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

aRIcIfIrIrRA1 danroasi,.

AGRICULTURAL. depression in this
country began about 1928. This,
rather curiously, is just about the time
that the exclusion of American pork
from Germany AID France began to be
ielt. Since then tho American home
market has been glutted with agricuI-
tural products To enlarge our mar
kets Is practical statesmanship, and il
~ can be done in no othor way, we
might suspend all relations. commer-
clal or diplomatic. with countries that
thus discriminate against rs.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

CHICAGO will have the largest ten.
cent lodging house in the world. The
building is seven stories high, cost
$50 600 and will be heated by steam
and lighted by electricity. The beds
Wilt be made OF down, but will be
good enough for any man who is out
OF lob.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

his 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 a fuss
over every sprig OF royalty or other
Notable that comes. over here II the
daily papers would let them alone
lionizlng would soon become unpopu-
~ mr.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1891-09-03

SOME astronomer has figured out
that II 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 'ton" OF
coal has been known to shrink fully
half its weight.