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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

stole anything IN my life; my father
was the bravest soldier that fought in
the war, and do you think l would dis
grace his memory by being thief"
"What young lady gave you the
fowers?" asked Walter, much moved by
the boys earnestness.
"a little girl about my age at Judge
Wcston's. 1t is holiday for me from
the mill and / was going to the
cemetery where father is buried, and
going by the house / saw the young
girl with lots and lots of beautiful
flowers and / asked her for a few to
put on my fathers grave. She was so
good and her blue eyes filled with
tears as she gave me almost an arm
full"
"You live here in Eastville, do your
eyes, sir; / have lived here for near
ly year. father came here from an
other state to work in the mill, but he
home. He was taken prisoner while
wounded at the battle of the Wilder
ness, when he was helping n union Of
ficer to escape from three confederates
father had just helped the officer on q
horse, and was trying to mount also
when n bullet struck him on the head
| He was knocked senseless, but not
killed, and was made a prisoner anc
was not released until the end of the
war. i have heard him tell SO many
experiences that know he must have
been q brave soldier; he often won
dered If that officer escaped. Father
died five months ago"
Walter Weston sat like one nigh par
alyzed as the lad talked on. He die
not need to question to learn tina
James Dalton, this boys father, hat
been his savior on that awful day. I
did not need the corroborating testi
mony of young Ethel to tell him TIL
lad was innocent of any theft
Charlie Dalton did not sleep in prisol
that night. He was an honored CUES
at Judge Weston's, and became tn
adopted son of that good old man, an
later became Waltar's law partner.
James Dalton's grave was never NOR
an obscure one, and for years oil
Sampson cut freely his choicest flow
ers on Decoration day for Charlie an
Ethel to lay reverently on the grea
marble slab Walter had placed owe
the remains
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

SPOKANE, July 1.-An Assotin
Wash, special to the Review says:
Charles Meyers, who fired the City
hotel at Lewiston, Ida, last March
and caused the burning to death of
one of the inmates, has just been con-
victed of murder in the first degree
and sentenced to be hanged Septem-
Der 1st. Judge Sturtevant refused
to grant new trial. An appeal will
probably be made to the supreme
court.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

ne OppOSeu SeulJlOuS uJJtrductb WIFI
all his might.
After the usual preliminaries were
gone through with, Mr.. Hicks advanced
upon the rostrum and began:
Ladies' and gentlemen, / am but
humble ton of soil-er-er-I mean, a
soiled son of ="
"a humble son of toll, promptly cor
rected Mr.. Splog, who sat directly in
front of the speakers stand.
"Thank you" returned Mr.. Hicks.
"a humble son of toll, and my Ian
guage is plain, and-uh-"
"For ways that are dark and tricks
that are vain," prompted Mr.. Splog, as
the orator hesitated.
Not at ALL" answered Mr.. Hicks,
trifle nettled. "My language is plain
and unadorned with the flowers of
rhetoric. But, standing, as it were"
son the summit of Mount Pisgah,"
said Splog, cheerily.
This was maddening; but Mr.. Hicks
restrained himself heroicallv.
standing, as it were, in the shadow
of the four hundrcdth year-post in
the life of America, let us pause to
note the fruition of these years. But
four hundred years ago Christopher
Columbus"
'And other wild animals roamed-"
prompted Splog, mechanically.
mo! nol' The orator began to per-
spire freely "Christopher Columbus
crossed the Atlantic's trackless waste
and landed on"
"This rocli-bound coast"
'No, sirl' Mr.. Hicks collar began TO
wilt.
"That's so, by George! Rock-bound
coast goes with the Pilgrim Fathers"
The critic did not interrupt again for
some time. Mr.. Hicks advanced in
peace from the discovery to the found
ing of the nation and proceeded thus
1.-THE glorious ship Of state has
weathered the storms of adversely and
sailed triumphantly into the snug har
Dor of universal prosperity. Of the
undying tenets laid down by the i'm
mortal Washington not one tot or jittlt
-er-er-jit or tottle-that is, tit oi
jottle-uml umr'-
ii "Jot or TITLE" corrected Mr.. Splog
"ThanlS you! Thank you! Not on,
jot or title have passed away. Ant
, now"
, A few minutes before, the balloon
contrary to all precedent, had reall.
| gone up, and at this moment a bag o
: sand, thoughtfully dropped by tn
aeronaut, struck the orator squarel..
on the head, knocking him senseless.
surgeon presently resuscitated the un
fortunate man, but he did not feel abl
to resume his speech.
+. 81 reckon it's just as WE'LL" comment
|, ed Mr.. Splog to friend. ''He never sal
, anything about the continental cor
u gress or the land of the free, or the bo
. who now stands before us. He didn
). even mention that the spot where W
now stand was once bowling wilder
Il ness. I've had the pleasure of lister
}. ing to over forty Fourth of July orr
tions, and l reckon l know what
J what. This one was no good!"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Take Good Care of the Children.

For summer complaint in children,
there is nothing SO good as Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy. 1t cures dysentery, disr-
rhGa and cholera infantum, and never
fails when used in time and the plain
printed directions are followed. When
reduced with water and sweetened it
is pleasant to take. 25 and so cent
bottles for sale by Jenney and Water
house.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
St. Louis is In It.
house.

Exceedingly cheap rates to st.
Louis are now in effect. The Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific R'ys
are running daily Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Salt Lake City, Chey-
enpe and Denver to st. Louis with
out change. Pullman Dining Cars
Denver to Kansas City. See A. e.
Roberts,agent U. P. system for de-
tailed information. 29-42
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

And the Tribune will Dish Out the Fun to the
Queens Taste.
Caldwell Tribune.
1t is rumored about in by-ways that
there is going to be circus in old
Ada county before long and that some
of the ring officers will be introduced
in the role of acrobatic feats with the
county funds. There is probably fun
ahead for the boys and also few
grown people.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Ated and was admitted to the bar. Be-
fore beginning his practice, however, at
the advice of his father, he made a trip
abroad and had only returned short
time before the opening of this story
and had opened an office in the city
He had not even yet had his first client
and little did he think who his first one
would be.
Decoration day had been appointed
as a national holiday, and the patriot
ism of the people of Eastville led them,
MS usual, to make much of the occasion.
Judge Weston had always been called
upon for the public speaking at such
events, but this time it was to be the
young lawyer who was to deliver the
address and eulogize the soldier dead.
1t was to be a great day, and the old
judge was in something of a fever of
expectancy to hear his sons grafton.
The entire Weston family, help aud all,
excepting little Ethel, went to the
cemetery to see the graves decorated
and to hear the speeches. The young
miss could not get over her grief ut the
destruction of her flowers, and had no
heart to do anything but hover about
the pillaged conservatory, picking up
the remnants here and there as she
could find them. This led her out into
the grounds and there she had an expe-
rience which had good and bad results.
Old Sampson, the gardener, went as
in duty bound and heard his young
master talk and then, not caring for
the rest took his pleasure in walking
about the grounds. He had strayed
off to a secluded part of the country
when suddenly he came upon a young
lad whose hands were full of flowers
he knew well.
caught you, have l? And SO the judge
was right with his joke after ALL"
II am no thief. Let go of me-" said
the boy, for Sampson had grasped him
roughly by the arm.
mo indeed" said Sampson: "it don't
look like it with my hot house flowers
in your thieving hands. Whnt did you
steal them for, you rascalr You come
with me" and down to the town ole
Sampson took his prisoner and hat
him locked up.
1t had been a great day in Eastvill'
and no one was as happy as Judg'
Weston over his sons success in tn
afternoon. The young man was rathe
pleased and was down in the city re
ceiving the congratulations of hi
friends. In the midst of it all he Incl
dentally heard of Simpsons capture
and some one jocosely remarked tha
the lad might be his first client. Some
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Payette Fruit Association Busy.

Independent.
The orders are pouring in for Pay
ette raspberries. The people have
found. out where they can get the
best. The only trouble is that the
crop is not large enough to supply
the demand. But time is all we
need, and in few years Payette will
be shipping all kinds of fruit in car
load lots.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Out of Sight.

The travellers public are now fully
alive to the fact that the Chicago,
Union Pacific & Northwestern Line
offers the very best accommodation TO
the public from and to Chicago, Oma-
ha and intermediate points, not only
during the Worlds Fair, but all the
year round.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
S25, 900 in Premiums.

Offered by Liggett & Myers To-
bscco Co. of st. Louis, Mo. The
one guessing nearest the number
of people who will attend the
Worlds Fair gets SIS, 900, the see-
ond 81, 1000, etc. Ten Star tobacco
tags entitle you to guess. Ask
your dealer for particulars or send
for circular. 18
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
There's a Moral Here.

lncrc . y morai r1efe'
Wood River Times.
The jury having been discharged
at the conclusion of the Hendel trial,
another jury was summoned from
among the business men of HALEY.
This was done in order to save ex-
pense, as jurymen from a distance
have to be paid large sums of money
for mileage. The jurymen (or tales
menD were duly empaneled. Then
the case of Louis Roder was called
He and his attorneys looked at the
jury. There were j. H. Van Ness,
j. H. Beamer, E. A. Hendrick,
Peter Weber, etc. One look seemed
to satisfy Roder. He at once offered
to plead guilty of involuntary man
slaughter. This was yesterday. This
morning mining case was called,
the same jury being on hand. Ii
was compromised at once. This af-
ternoon the jury being present. another
case was called. The parties to the
suit said it was settled, or in course ol
settlement, and the jury was discharged
until tomorrow morning. Perhaps
Judge Stockslager had better keel
that jury on. 1t has already savee
the county a considerable amount
maybe thousands of dollars -anC
might save us much more.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Helena independent
Eli Perkins (Melvill D. Landon)
passed through Helena yesterday on
his way to Townsend, where he will
lecture tonight After visiting tie
Chinese quarter and the Montana
Club with Mr.. E. W. Knight, the
humorist, who spent last summer in
China, was asked what he thought of
the Chinese certificate question.
"Why, | had to get passport or
certificate in China last summer when
| went into the interior. One Of our
party, who went to Han Kow with
US, having neglected to get certifi-
cate, was arrested and sent back to
Shanghai The Chinese refuse to dc
here what Americans have to do in
China"
Suppose China should retaliate?'
''She COUNT. All Americans
there have certificates. There is nc
Just ground for retaliation. Their
China has no special commerce will
the United States. Her big seaports,
Shanghai and Hong Kong, are helt
by the English. They have harbol
masters and full jurisdiction oyel
American trade in big cites. . Ou
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Lanes Medicine Moves the Bowels Each
Day. In order to be healthy this is nec-
essary.
Karl's Glover Root, the new Blood
Purifier, gives freshness and clearness
to the Complexion and cures
Constipation. 25c., soc. and 81 90.
Sold by Jenney & Waterhouse.
Captain Sweeney, U. S. A., San
Diego, CAL, says: "Shilohs Catarrh
Remedy is the first medicine l have
ever found that would do me any
good" Price so cts. Sold by
Jenney & Waterhouse.
Shiloh's Cure, the Great Cough
and Group Cure, is for sale by us.
Pocket size contains twenty five
doses, only 25c. Children love it.
JENNEY & WATERHoUsE,
Any publication you may wish to
take can be subscribed for at this
office. ltsaves you trouble and helps
your home paper by allowing us to
make a slight commission. Don't
forget us.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Killing Crickets.

Wood River News Miner.
The crickets are very numerous in
many places near Corral and Camas
Prairie, and the people are destroying
them with heavy rollers and brush
harrows. Where the ground is toler-
ably smooth the rollers work to a
charm, and the crickets are cleaned
mp by the thousands.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

81 suppose shall have to buy some
frecrackers for Freddy" said Mrs.
Bloobumper, as she entered the fire.
works store.
"Let me recommend our new noise
less variety" replied the clerk. Just
the thing for nervous parents to buy
for their children. ."-Brooklyn Life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
HARVEST OF The SHEARS.
Stolen Notes from Our Ex-
changes
Under Homemade Head
lines.


Elk.
A young Missouri girl waved her
hand at stranger and in three days
they were married Two days later
the young wife waved Irritation at
her husband, and the next evening he
came home waving a divorce. What
are the wild waves saying?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Notice.

To, whom it may concern
You will please take notice not 10 pur-
chase certain promissory note given BY me
for Fifty Dollars in favor OF one E. H.
Flemming or the Cactus Hedge Co. As the
same.is without consideration and will be
contested. JNo. W OLSON
June Is. 1903 28t4
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Judge Weston lived in handsome
country residence just outside of the
thriving and flourishing town of East
Vile. He was sort Of magnate of the
place and had large interests in the
active, busy town. Judge Weston had
always been the important parsonage
at all the public events of the city.
Eastville was the most thoroughly
patriotic place in the country, and al
ways had great happenings on the
Fourth of July and Washington's birth
day. The city had sent hor regiment
to the war and as Walter Weston, the
Judges son, was the organizer, the
Judge paid the entire expense of fitting
it out, and Walter, but then a young
limb of the law, was the colonel. East
vile guards did great service and were
badly cut up at Gettysburg in July,
1868. They were reorganized and took
part in the bloody engagement of the
Wilderness in May, 1864, and that
battle was the last of Walter Weston's
service. He was badly wounded and
he not only narrowly escaped capture
by the enemy but his life was saved as
well by private whose name he was
| never able to learn. 1t was one of the
remarkable and terrible experiences Of
the war
BY some mischance Col. Weston was
cut off from his command and suddenly
found himself alone, as he thought,
and within the lines of the enemy.
His horse was shot from under him and
he was just being set upon by three
confederates when assistance suddenly
came to him in a most unexpected
manner. A private soldier, from some
other regiment, as the colonel could
see by his uniform, and who had evil
dently been caught alone as he had
himself, came rushing up just as he
had turned to engage his adversaries.
A saber cut from one of them had on
the instant disabled his right arm
when the stranger, with dubbed gun,
rushed in between him and the attack
ing party, and with the utmost
: bravery, and with strength almost
giantlilse. laid all three of the enemy
: in the dust. While IL seemed ages tc
Z Col. Weston. It was all really done in q
v moment, and the private had seized the
bride of a confederate's horse, helped
Col. Weston to mount and was trying
to mount behind him when the man ht
s was saving saw him suddenly reel anc
y fall to the ground. The horse, at thai
Z instant, gave bound away and Col
g Weston never saw his rescuer after
nor could he, with the utmost en-
y deavor, ever find out who he was.
Col. Weston's escape was nothing
lr short of miracle. In the very hea
,e of that second days fight on May 8, th
,s horse he rode carried him right into hi
own lines, but he reached there in
fainting condition, and was at ono
IN sent home to Esstyillc. Having reco,
= cred he made diligent search for tn
soldier who had saved his life ut tn
ID cost Of his own, but it was of no avail
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Go to SommT & Son for your
Boots and Shoes. They keep the
largest assortment and best qualities
obtainable.
Just received choice lotof Stetson
Cow Boy Hats, at Sommercamps.
You see this, of course. So would
others if il were local Of yours.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
For $1,000

You can get 160 acres of fine agri-
cultural land on Mann creek. Every
foot under fence. Seventy acres in
cultivation with growing crops on.
This offer may be withdrawn at any
time and delay is dangerous if you
desire this grand bargain. Enquire
at this office.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Mrs. Brown-That poor woman wds
broken-hearted over the loss of her only
son, who was blown up while firing off
his cannon. She said she hoped he
was in Heaven.
Mrs. Malaprop-I guess he is, my
dear. He got good start.-Judge.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
o. s. L. Time Table.

BOISE BRANCH.
Close connection made at Nampa with
trains Nos. Q and s.
A. E. ROBERTS, Agent.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06
Worlds Fair Travellers Will Have It.
year round

The public demand through service
when travelling. 1t is old-fashioned
to s'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 service
between the points named.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Neil roses and hot-house pansies over
the graves of the dead soldiers instead
of your common barn-yard posies.
That's where you had better look for
your thieves, Sampson" and the old
Judge turned with a half chuckle to
his servant.
"And if l find them they'll need to
have holes dug for them pretty quick" F"
grumbled the old man.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1893-07-06

Do you read borrowed paper?
Just received a large stock of all
grades of Carpets and Oilclotb, at
Sommer & Sons.
F Paint at $3.50 per gallon, best
quality. at drug store.
The morning call., 1893-05-19
RALEIGH AS A ROMANCER.
Sir Walter Told Some Extravagant
Stories of His Travels.
Correspondence Toledo Bee.

Correspondence Toledo Bee.
While IN Paramarib0 L secured genu-
inc treasure-a musty little volume which
is no less than Sir Walter Raleigh's own
account of his 0rst voyage to these parts.
made in 1906. Alter perusing 1t one is
almost reconciled to the beheading of the
gallant old nobleman at the hands of an
ungrateful sovereign, if for nothing more
than the lies he told. Space permits the
quotation of few lines only. Speaking
Of the island of "Trinidado," where the
party first landed. he says: at hath stores
of deer. wild porks. fruits, fish and fowl.
A salt river hath store of oysters upon the
branches of the trees, which were very
salt and we'll tasted All their oysters
grow upon those boughs and sprays, and
none on the ground"
The Spaniards confessed that they found
grains of gold in some of the rivers. but
they having the purpose to enter Guiana,
the magazine of rich metals, cared not to
spend tiBe-iR seaFeh-theFeef.o Arrived
in Guiana h. writes: Because there NAV
arise many doubts. and how this empire
of Guiana is become so populous, and
adorned with so many great cities. towns,
TEMPLES and treasures (?, l thought good
to make it known that the Emneror now
reigning is descended from those magnil-
cent Princes, OF whose large territories. OF
whose politics. eoD4uesss. edifces and
rlcheS Francisco Lopez aud others have
written large discourses.
The empire of Guiana Is directly east
from Peru toward the sea and ieth under
the equinoxial line. and it hath more
abundance of goldithan any part of Peru,
and as many, or more, great cities than
ever Peru when si. fourishe6 most. l
have been assured by such as have seen
Manoa, the imperial city of Guiana,
which The Spaniards call El Dorado, for
the grea tness, the riches, and for the ex-
cellent seat it far exceedeth any of the old
world, at least so much of the world as
is known to the Spanish nation. 1t is
founded upon lake Of salt water. 200
leagues long, like unto Mare Caspium
The first that ever saw Manoa was Jo-
hanneS Marines, master of the munition
to Osdaee. Al port called Moreqnlto, in
Guiana, there Iieth at this day great
some 800 milos within the land upon the
great river of Orinoco"
The morning call., 1893-05-19
ILLITERACY AND CRIME.
The ScE1oolhouse a Better Preyen-
tive Than the Penitentiary.
New orleans Times-Democrat.


Does education help morals? is a ques-
ton that has frequently been discussed. 1t
is somewhat surprising. in this age, to find
persons replying in the negative to this
proposition and holding that our schools
are having very little effect In reducing
the amount of crime and vice in this coun-
try; and they even point to the criminal
records in support of their view and to the
large number of crimes committed in
Boston and other cities where the school
systems are practically perfect, and where
every one can get good education.
If we examine the criminal and police
statistics, however, as the United States
Commissioner of Education. Mr.. w. L.
Harris, has just done, we viii find that
they make no such showing as is pre-
tended. but quite the contrary. There
are, OF course, some educated as well as
illiterate persons arrested. but the differ
ence in the number Of arrests of these two
classes shows how great is the effect Of
the schools in the elimination of crime.
The number of prisoners confined in
seventeen States which have complete
statistics on this point-fourteen of them
Western or Middle States-is 11053S, and
among these the illiterates, in proportion
to numbers, contribute six times their
quota. The records IL the towns show an
even greater proportion OF crime among
the ignorant and the illiterates, for the
whole country furnishes to each thousand OF
persons eight times as many prisoners as
those who can read and write.
1t is plain from these facts that our
schools have already greatly reduced the
amout of crime. ana that when we shall
have succeeded In getting rid of all ilIit-
eracy we will still further reduce the num-
Der Of criminals.