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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

81 understand" said the caller, 'that
your son is going to spend year in the
Arctic regions?"
eyes," said the fond mother, Harry
wants to make a study of the lingo
mars and their customs. Free
Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Legislative assembly of the state of
Idaho for bribery, and we're confront
ed with the same obstacles as last
above mentioned, and for similar rea-
sons these charges were not sus-
tanned.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Gov. Wiley writes from Warrens
that he will be out as far as the
Salmon river bridge shortly to super
intend some work there, and then he
will endeavor to visit the Prairie and
see his friends. Free Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Old Lady, want a watch that won't
tick so loud.
Clerk-They all tick like this, ma'am;
there's no other kind.
Old Lady-Sho! know better I've
heard of them ''silent watches of the
night" ever since 1 kin remember
Black and White.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
Worlds Fair Travellers Will Have It.

Worlds Fair Travellers Will Have It.
The public demand through service
when travelling. 1t is old-fashioned
to "Change Cars. On the through
solid vestibuled trains of the Chicago,
Union Pacific & Northwestern line
from or to Chicago, Omaha and inter-
mediate points there is no change.
This is the finest and fastest services
between the points named
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Noted Physician-Do you know why
it is that city people are straight, and
walk with heads erect. while country
people nearly always bend overP
Farmer Hayseed-I s'pose it's 'caus'
country people hain't got any tall build
ms to look up at.-N. Y Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Little Dot-Oh, mamma, I'm afraid
the cats got the hydrophobia.
Mamma-Mercy mel Why?
Little Dot-I threw some water on her,
and she gave an awful yowl. Good
News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Papa-Well, how do you like your
new bicycle, Horace?
Horace like it very much, but
wish it was as easy to get on as it is to
get off. .-Harper's Young People.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
STOCK GROWERS, ASSOCIATION

Meets at Ogden, April goth. The
Union Pacific offers a rate Of one
fare for round trip. Selling dates,
April 18th and goth. Return limited
to the 28th. A. Z. ROBERTS, Agt.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

He-And so you were named after
your mother?
She - Oh, yes; of course mamma
doesn't like it referred to, but it soas a
little while afterward.-Truth.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
Qhnlerine in Pennsylvania.

Swickley, Penn. We had an
epidemic of eholerine, as our ply
sicians called it, in this place lately
and l made a great hit with Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy. / sold four dozen bottles OF
it in one week and have since sold
nearly gross. This Remedy did the
work and was a big advertisement fol
me. Several persons who had been
troubled with diarrhoea for two ol
three weeks were cured by a few
doses of this medicine.
p. p. KNAPP, Ph. q.
% and so cent bottles for sale b,
Jenney & Waterhouse Druggists.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Mrs. Antique-In past times people
called idiots "innocents."
Mrs Uptodate-Yes; but things have
changed since then. Now they call
innocents ''idiots. Truth.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

He-That friend of yours is very fa-
miliar. lie slapped me on the back and
called me "old man"
She-So he told me. He said he had
forgotten your name.-Life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

"Your little girl has red hair, hasn't
she, Mrs. Minks?"
mo, indeed. Her hair is a rich
auburn, tinged with light terra Gotta" :"
Chicago News Record.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Jake-Cora has an aquiline nose,
hasn't she?
Fake-How could / know? She al
ways turns it up at me.-Brool1lyn Life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Friend with manuscript)-I fatter
myself with the hope that this poem
will meet with your approval
Editor-Yes, you fiatter yourself
Alex E. Sweet
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Dolley-Do you ever have hash at
your boarding house? ..
Dumplin-Never; but we have GRO
quettes every other day.--Brooklyn
Life
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Go to Sommer & Son for your
Boots and Shoes. They keep the
largest assortment and best qualities
obtainable.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

"Your wife is very decided blonde,
isn't she?"
Decided You would be quite sure
of it if you came to our house often"-
Demorest's Magazine.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San
Diego, Cal, says: "Shlloh's Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine | have
ever found that would do me any
good" Price 80 cts. Sold by
Jenney g. Waterhouse.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

"Deary. will you elope with me?"
eyes, George, just as soon as papa
and mamma have made all the arrange
ments. Chicago News Record.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Willie-Poppy, gimme some Of the
impudence on my turkey.
Poppy-Some OF what?
Willie-Sauce.- -IIarper's Bazar
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

A lady of an uncertain age was asked
by census-talker.
"How old are you, madam
Thirty years." she replied.
"That's what you told me last census" )"
"Well, am not one of the kind of
women who tell one story at one time
and another story at another. boston
Globe.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Friend lat art exhibition)-Is that
gentleman an art critic, too?
Art Critic-No, he's only an artist
N. Y. Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

A New York society paper says
that the evening dress reveals the
vanity Of the human heart.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
VARIOUS KINDS Of NEWS.
Relating Strictly to Glorious
Old Idaho,
From Bear Lake to the
British Line.

Payette will have a big Fourth of
July celebration.
Governor Mcconnell has been opal
gathering in Owyhee.
High water in Cottonwood creek
is playing havoc In Boise City.
Base ball clubs over the state are
beginning to show signs of life.
The town of Wallace is talking of
bonding itself to secure water works.
Prince Roland Bonaparte, from a
cross the sea will visit Boise City
this summer.
A trapper in Kootenai county
caught $500 worth of fur-bearing
animals in one week.
The Pocatello Herald changes
hands every few days. New pur-
chasers' money gives out too quick.
The Ada county grand jury has
adjourned without finding any bribery
indictments. Mcdonnell must be
awful madl
A man named Harvey tampered a
little bit with the U. S. mail up at
Moscow and he is now running with
u. S. Marshal Pinkham.
The city election threw Pocatellc
into commissions. Even a preacher
made a political speech from the
pulpit.
Snow is only five feet deep on Wood
river. Their Fourth of July com
mittee are making arrangements for {
series of snow shoe races on the grea
day.
Lord how Idaho's population is in
creasing. "Born" items are thick il
our exchanges and are only equalet
in number by the promising 'Mar
ried' paragraphs.
The old tale comes down iron
Rathdrum. One man playful
grabbed the muzzle of gun in an
other mans hands and the gun wen
off as the angel band struck up
funeral march.
Cottonwood wants 200 barrel-s
day roller-mill and party is on th
ground ready to erect it for subsid
, of 100, 600 bushels of wheat, or $50
l Od0. Such things come high, but "
= must have 'em.-Fsee Press.
The Demoratic Central committt
has advised that petitions be circulate
d. asking Gov. Mcdonnell to call an e,
ira session to provide for represel
tation for the new counties of Bal
mock, Fremont, and Canyon.
Howard French, the turnkey wi
killed convict Sam Hatton at Il
Idaho penitentiary some time ag
has been indicted by the Ada coun
.S grand jury. Hatton was one of t
most dangerous men ever held at t
- pen and it is probable that Fren
will come clear.
A rancher from ten miles belC
Caldwell, on the Boise river, has be
trying his hand at placer minin
and has taken out some $85 in gol
y as the result of 10 days wol
He used the old rocker and burla
An invention is soon to be teste
at point near the mouth of
Boise river, which, it is claimed, v
work revolution in placer mini
in these parts.
O G. Brewer and wife, accompani
. by Miss frankie Wilson, came o'
from Warrens, distance of one hi
dred miles, on snowshoes, arriving
Grangeville on Friday evening of !
Iu- week. Mr.. and Mrs. Brewer were m
- ried just before starting, and are
on their wedding tour. The har
couple spent Sunday at Cottonwc
and left on the stage for the Co
dAlene country, where they expect
remain some time. Cottonwood
} port.
News From Warrens.
A private letter from Warrens
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

One Way OF Encouraging tho Bsshful.
She (frmly)-We must part forever
He lin alarm)-Why?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Have You Investigated thoroughly
Boise Democrat.
Balderston, editor of the Statesman,
is the hardest worked newspaper nan
in the state.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

Wen Do That When We Need Another Typo.
Ketchum Keystone.
The school trustees of Wagontown,
Oyhee county, advertise for a female
school teacher who must have the
following qualifications; She must be
homeley, 40 years old, and have been
disappointed in love.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
There are Some Native Americans who Can't
Ride in Bugges.

There are Some Native Americans who Can't
Ride In Buggies.
Boise Democrat.
A buggy in which were riding a
Chinaman and his wife and child yes
terday afternoon on Main street, was
overturned and the occupants thrown
out. The man struck on his head
and was seriously if not fatally hurt.
The wife and child escaped without
injury. The accident was caused by
the woman, who, to dodge a wagon,
Epulled the line and turned the horse
about too quickly. 1t created quite
an excitement and the crowd became
so dense that Marshal Nicholson
placed the wounded man in wagon
and conveyed him where he could re-
ceive professional attention.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
BOISE BRANCH
y NJ HARVEY,
NOTARY PUBLIC

AND LOAN BROKER.
MUNEl to loan on improved ranches at
low rate of interest. | have land office
plats of all surveyed land in the county,
also blanks for all kinds of conveyancing.
Am agent for Home Phoenix, Royal. Lam
cashire, Lion, Imperial and Hamburg
Bremen Insurance companies.
wEISER, IDAHO.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
HARVEST OF THE SHEARS,
Stolen Notes from Our Exl
changes
Under IIolne-inriade Head
lines.


Good Fish Lie
Boise Democrat.
An occasional trout is hooked out
Of the Boise at this place.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06
Mcconnell Says 1t Won't Be Called.

HeSohheh Says IL won DC Saiieo'
Idaho Falls Times.
An extra session Of the Legislature
would fall short of quorum if there
happened to be grand jury in ses-
sion at the time.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

trat OUT SpIfItS MUtt
IN the End be Brokenl
Caldwell Tribune.
Ed Lockwood, of the Weiser Sig
NAL, and Fred Mock, of the Nampa
Leader, were honored guests at the
Tribune this week. The boys are
both young, energetic rustlers and
succeed in getting up good, lively
papers in their respective localities.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-04-06

New goods at Mrs. Jenne's. Call
and sec them.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
piHsoulsie. of our Language.

''R is unusual for person who goes
into = foreign country after he has
grown TO adult years TO acquire the
language Of that country well enough
TO conceal his alien origin, but there
are exceptions. There Is German in
New York" says the Sun Of that city,
''who has been here only six years who
speaks English without trace Of &C
cent, although be never studied the
tongue until he arrived in America a
professor OF French in this city says
that Englhhmen and Americans betray
themselves more by stress on the letter
when they try TO talk his language
than IN any other way. Frenchmen are
more Stamped by the sound of n than
Ev anything else in English One OF
them who declared that he could pro
poupoe anything in our tongue, was
asked 70 say 'TheoPhiigs Yhistleta-
waite he threw up his HANDS and ex-
claimed All. barbarian" This sound il
trying 10 the Germans likewise. and
one Of the early things in Puck, when
that was German paper. was series
of pictures representing a TentOulc
waiter twisting MS neck and cracking
his teeth IN the attempt % say thanks
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
COLOMBIAN RIOTERS.

PANAMA. Feb. 4 There has been a
serious riot at Bogota. which lasted for
two days. 1t l. said that 100 men were
killed and 500 more were wounded. The
riots are in no sense political The
trouble grew on. of the publication in the
Christian of an article by k}mnaciO Guti-
errer, a professor in a local Jesuit college,
alleging widespread ignorance and i'm
morality among the laboring classes, The
artisans rose eumasse and riot followed.
The government finally called out the
military, and ate a sharp fight the mob
was dispersed. The capital is still in Il
state Of siege, although 1t is officially an
nounced that quiet has been restored. A
strict local press censorship has been
eSta blished
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05

EERLlN GOSSIP.

BERLIN, Feb. 4-The official dinner
given on Thursday evening by Count Won
Gutenberg, at which Emperor William
DIR. Miguel and other ministers were
present, was distinguished by au entire
suppression of all reference to the army
bill The reason for the reUicence is the
recent bellicose speeches made by leading
generals, who had been ordered to speak
out on the necessity of military reforms.
These generals, in their enthusiastic
obedience to their orders, went beyond
their instructions and beat the war drum
in a violent manner. The terms used by
only had Europe been on the eve of gen.
eral conflict
But " hatever may be the effect Of these
utteraD ces outside of Germany, their in
huence on the reichstag viii be small. The
fate of the bill rests with the Centrists,
and II is asserted by those who know that
the Centrists will vote for the bill with
slighr amendments The government will
thus obtain the small majority OF eleven
Concurrent indications distinctly point
to the growth of concord with Russia,
arising from the recent visit of the car ;
son to Berlin. The cZarowitch is credited
with having instructed the governor OF
Warsaw TO suspend the execution of the
plans for masslng troops along the German
frontier.
The Hawaiian question is not exciting
great interest here. 1t is understood that
the imperial foreigu Office Will be willing
TO support an American protFctorate over
Hawaii, on condition that Germany re-
celyes some compensation in Samoa.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
INSURANCE AGAlNsT BoREs.
One Form of Imposition, at least, Has
Found Remedy.


From London comes news Of the Or
ganization Of a Social Demands Insur.
ance company. The society arises out
of the question that each man and Won
an puts to himself: How much can
give without seeming shabby" when
asked to give money to objects for
which they have no sympathy. but 70
which tradition or some sense of reci-
procity obliges contribution.
There are always restless people
about getting up statues, testimonials,
anniversary gifts, from silver dinner
services down TO quill pens, whom one
wishes IN Jericho, but are impossible 10
refuse. To thus tighten these needless
burdens of life comes the Social De-
m2ndS Insurance company.
According to a writer in she London
Times this society, on receipt of a sub
scription graduated according to the in
come and needs Of the members, will
transact for them the whole business on
the cheapest possible scale. The So
ciety viii not be afraid of being called
shabby, having no corporal delicacy of
feeling.
Members (who have paid in their sub
scriptions1 will merely send to the Sec
rotary each week their social begging
letters The society, doing ready
money business, can easily buy in bank
rupt stock of clocks, epergnes, bric-a-
brae, silver books. Thus il Will be able
to furnish suita Die presents al reduced
prices.
The London society goes far n engag
ing a staff of sculptors, ghosts. impress
sionist painters, in acquiring a collec-
ton of painters misfts that can be
easily altered to suit the occasion, and
other artistic refuse that may be util-
lied at reasonable terms
The subscription Of a duke, for ex-
ample, to the Social Demands Insurance
company IS put at $40 los, while a per-
son of letters would not be charged
more than IS. Sd.
IN this cQuntry, until the tariff is re-
duced, the subscription Of the rich men
ranking with the English dukes would
be approximately SO, while writer's
would be proportionately charged not
more than SO year. These sums, how
ever, are initiation fees, and engage
only the services Of the society. Moneys
paid out would have to he subsequently,
rein bursed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
A DIFFICULT JOB.
The Mepding of the Suspension Bridge at
Niagara.

The MePd ding OF the Suspension Bridge at
Niagara.
The cables Of Suspension bridge are
subjected to great strains, and are
therefore firmly anchored to heavy
masses of masonry by means Of long
bars of iron or steel having holes at
each end by which they are holted or
pinned together The Engineering
News says that one Of the bars in the
anchorage Of one end of the smaller
suspension bridge at Niagara was found
recently to be broken. The problem of
replacing 1t was difficult since the wires
attached 10 it had to have the same ten
sion when it was in place that they had
when the old bar was intact. The new
bar was formed of a piece of steel
twenty feet long. six inches wide and
three-Quarters of an inch thick, with a
hole IN one end and band bOlta2 10 the
other. This band was designed to pass
around an iron bar in the abutment and
resist the pull of the wires. When
the band had been placed about this
pin in the masonry and bolted to its
bar the bar was csrsfullv heated By
wooden fire II q trough below until il
had expanded sufficient to allow the
end of the wire cable % be connected
with it. AS it cooled il contracted until,
when it reached its normal temperature
the wires attached to it wcrc strained
to the same degree as the others, and,
IN this way, a difficult problem was
easily and cheaply solved.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
THE PHENOMENA OF LIGHT.
A Puz2Iing Problem fer Scientists of All
Ages.


Several theories have been advanced
by the scientists to account for the fact
shat we have the ever-present phe-
nomena known as Slight" The two
principal Of the many reasons thus set
forth by the learned gentlemen who
have devoted their lives 20 such inves-
tigation are the emission or corpurcular
theory and that known as theundulatorv
theory. The principals OF the emission
theory originated in the fertile brain of
the philosopher, Descartes, who was
born way back IN 1896 But little at
tention was paid this peculiar theory at
that time, and it and Descartes were
both almost forgotten when, about
sixty years later, Sir Isaac Newton APP
peared upon the scene and enunciated
the same doctrine.
According to these eminent men. light
consists of small particles emitted by
luminous bodies, the velocity of It's
transmission mainly regulating the
colors. The undulatory theory, that
now most generally accepted by the
scientific world. teaches that the space
beJNceu tllc tS-eSlldl DutIcS II occupied
by an impondera bic ether: and that the
luminosity Of d body is supposed to be a
rapid vibratorv motion proceeding from
the body IN question to the eye. The
waves of light proceed in all directions
from every luminous point in straight
lines; the motions Of it's particles being
supposed To undulate in a transverse
direction TO the lines in which the light
travels. The velocity of light is so
great that the human mind cannot
grasp an idea of the rapidity with which
it travels. According to the best au-
thorities attainah HE 10 the writer, the
distance travelled by beam of light in
q single second Of time is one hundred
and ninety thousand miles. This dis
tance Is 50 great that no perceptible
space of time would be occupied IN its
passage between any two given points
on the earth surface.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-02-05
RHODE ISLANDS ODD CUSTOM.
The Election Of Black Governor IN the
Old Colonial DAYS.


Old Colonial Days.
A rollich1ing time in Rhode Island in
the old colonial days was the election
of the BLACK Governor" described in
the New England Magazine. After the
white people had elected the governor
OF the state, the slaves had curious
custom of gathering together On the
third Saturday in June and e]ecting 3
black governor. To this election the
negroes went in fre style on Nara
gansett PAGERS, with their wives or
billions behind them. AL were dressed
in their finest clothes, with swords and
with powdered hair, and often long
false queue tied on behind. When all
had gathered together, the vote was
taken by the opposing parties forming
into two long lines, with the respective
candidates at the head; the lines were
then counted. and the longest line elect
ed its candidate. After the election o
supper and dance were given, for which
the white owner Of the newly elected
black governor had TO pay. The last
election OF slave governor was held IL
1890. but the custom Of Niger Lee
ton" day did rot die ont through New
England until many years later