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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

The National League ball season
opened last week. Weak clubs have
been strengthened, and the outlook is
unusually bright.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Ex-Governor and ex-United State.
Senator James M. Harvey, of Kansas,
died at his home near Junction City,
Kan.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Vandals cut nine belts in Germans
planning mill at Saginaw.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Rev. Spruville f. Burford, pastor of
the New York Episcopal Church of the
lntercession is dead. He was IS years
old.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

A rate of SlG.l0 on immigrant bust.
ness from the Missouri river to Cali
sornia Is made by the Western Passen-
ger Association.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

DR.. W. II Harroth died at the Well
ington hotel from heart disease. His
wife had just returned from a visit to
Minneapolis.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Patrick Cannaran, Boston demo-
cratic politician, was fatally injured in
a runaway which was caused by n
swarm of bees,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Miss Hattie Miller, of indianapolis,
died from ruptured blood vessel while
going through calisthenic exercises at
Rockville, Ind.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

Failing to secure guarantee of pro-
lection, Admiral Mello, the Brazilian
rebel did not surrender to the Urugua-
yam authorities.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

More than 100000 collected by Sioux
City from saloon-keepers may have to
be turned over to the county school
fund.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-26

If the United States withdraws from
the Samoan agreement Germany, it Is
said, will declare protectorate over
tine islands.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
Thought He Knew sugar.

A rather good joke is going the
rounds In ST. John, at the expense of
the representative of a sugar re-
refinery. Calling on merchant
be found the latter examining a
sample OF what he (the new comer)
took to be a granulated sugar sample.
Seeming competition from new
quarter, he assumed a critical air and
shifted at the sample, took some of it
In his fingers, and with the air OF a
connoisseur assured the merchant
that there was no centrifugal in it,
and that 1t was not worth over three
cents. He was quite sure his COM
pany could duplicate 1t at very low
figure. When he finally offered to
take sample and send to his people
for that purpose, the owner Of the
sample, who was also present, OBJ.
served that that would hardly be
necessary, as this particular article
came from the Windsor Salt Works.
There was sudden and awful silence
for a minute. 1t was broken by the
merchant, who had been laboriously
holding his sides as long as he could.
Maritime Grocer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
HOW THE PARTY DEoENERATED.
What Lincoln Said When He Was Thong mt
0I Tor tho Prasideacx

What Lincoln Said When He Was Thought
or for the Presidency.
w. w. DanenhOwer, the father of
Lieut.. Danenhower, Of arctic fame,
who died the other day, up to the
day Of his death preserved in little
glass-covered frame brief note writ
ten TO him by Lincoln on the day of
his first Inauguration, March 4, 1861.
Danenhower, who was close friend
of Lincoln, had called to see him that
morning, and admittance had been
refused him. The President, hearing
of it. in spite of his many cares, look
time to pen note of apology, telling
his friend not to think he was put
ting on airs" because he was "in the
White House," and asking him to
call again and he would see that he
was admitted. Danenhower, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Record, was
the first to announce to Lincoln the
decision Of the National Convention
Committee Of Conference to recon-
mend Lincoln to the National Con-
vention. Lincoln's look of surprise,
he said, was genuine. He laughed
deep inward ripple, and, dropping
his hands and removing his legs from
a table before which he was seated,
he arose and paced the room, saying:
"Why, Danenhower, this shows how
political parties are degenerating.
You and l can remember when we
thought no one was tit for the Presi-
dency but Harry Clay. Now you are
seriously considering me for the posi-
tiOn. 1t is absurd"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
The Cash Customer.

GO to a grocery or dry goods or no
tion store anywhere in England to
make some purchases and inquire the
price. You will receive polite an
swer, and then, If you happen to have
credit at the particular store and you
ak to have the article you covet
charged, you will be politely told that
the article, whatever it is, whether a
half-pound of sugar or tea, will be
tuppence or thrippence more for
booking" The tirst named price is
the cash prize, since the presumption
always obtains that when prices are
asked the transaction is TO be a cash
transaction. And what Is true In
England is for the most part true on
the continent OF Europe. III books
must be kept, merchants and shop
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
The Russian Thistle. .

Strenuous efforts have been made
in Congress by members from the
Dakota region to get an immense ap-
preparation to aid In eradicating the
Russian thistle. Blood curdling
yarns have been told of the frightful
damage it is doing all over the
Northwest, and from the hair-lifting
narratives of the Dakota Congress
men, the average citizen might easily
assume that the Russian thistlei is in
finitely multitudinous, and dread it
accordingly. Perhaps, however, we
may be able to bury our conviction
that 1t is, under the hope that it Is
not, II we take note Of what Mr.. j. s.
Wilson, of Badger, South Dakota,
says on the subject. Mr.. Wilson,
writing to an Eastern journal, said:
Fl have had eight years experience
with the Russian thistle, and can say
that on my farm 1t has not caused as
much damage as the common bull
thistle, also native of this region.
With due respect for the opinion OF
legislators who are endeavoring To
secure additional aid In suppressing
this pest, think that appropriations
for that purpose are entirely un.
necessary
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

ton. The punishment is melted out to
the prisoners in the jail yard, and the
public is always welcome. The law OF
the State requires that the whippings
shall take place between the hours OF
10 and IL.
The first sight that struck the Wis
itor was an exhibition of the working
OF the pillory. In the middle of the
yard, on raised platform, it stood, In
plain sight of the crowd that had as
semb ed to witness the punishment in
flicted. The man who was TO be pillo-
ried was convicted of forgery and was
sentenced to spend one hour in it. Two
men assembled the platform with him,
and while one undid iron fastenings at
the end Of the pillory and lifted half
the board, the other placed the man s
head and hands in holes cut in the
other half.
Then came the whipping post After
the man in the pillory had been re-
leased from his combining posi- ion and
slowly and painfully Strengthened him.
self out, the sheriff appeared, holding
in his hands terrible looking cato :
nine tails. He was closely followed by
several men surrounding negro,
stripped to the waist. The negro
walked to the post and held his hands
for the Off ers to pinion them to
either side with the iron bracelets.
The victim was convicted of larceny
and sentenced to five lashes. The
punishm ent was administered by the
sheriff, and although no blood was
drawn, the white welts on the black
skin told of the work of the lash. The
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

with renewed hope, and they speed
lily regained possession Of all Mexico
with the exception of few cities.
Macmillan headed an army and
threw himself into Queretaro, which
was soon besieged by the Jaurists.
The place surrendered to Gen. Esco-
bedo, and Macmillan and his gen.
erals, Miramon, Mejia and Mendez,
were taken prisoners. Mendez was
promptly shot, and military trial
was given the Others. They were
found guilty and sentenced to death.
June 10, 1867, on the Cerro de las
Campas-Hill Of the Bells-the three
prisoners were placed side by side in
front Of firing squad of Indian SOL
diers. Macmillan was assigned to
the center, between MejiaAand Mira
mon, but he declined the post Of
honor and stood at the extreme left
OF the group.
A single volley burst over the plain,
the three men fell in death and with
them fell the empire which Napoleon
attempted to erect in Mexico,ss..jo
Six months later the Novara, the
same vessel that brought Macmillan
and Carlotta to Mexico, bore away his
remains to the imperial vault in vi
emma.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

ancient empire Of the Montezumas.
Three years later Mexico had flung
them from her-the one demented,
the other dead-one to spend her
days endle$sly raving over past splen-
doris, the ashes of the other to be
borne to the imperial vault of Vienna.
there to mingle with the remains Of
long line of ancestors.
Founding an Empire I'm Mexico.
1t was the project of the third Ma
poleon Of France to found an empire
in Mexico that would be feudatory to
France and the occasion came when
Juarez, the President of Mexico, and
full-blooded Indian, repudiated the
debt which that country owed to
France, England and Spain. The
representatives of these three coun-
tries drew up an agreement by which
naval and military forces were to be
sent to Mexico to seize the ports Of
entry on the Gulf coast and apply
the revenue to the payment of the
foreign debts of Mexico. No terri
tory was to be seized nor was Mexico
to be disturbed in her form of gov
eminent. In 1861 the allied forces
arrived in Vera Cruz and the follow
ing year a convention was held be-
tween the representatives Of the in
vading European powers and Mexico.
Then the designs of France were laid
bare, and England and Spain prompt
ly withdrew from the enterprise.
War then ragged between the French
forces and those of Juarez and the
latter was forced to retire to the
northern provinces.
Napoleon III. had well selected his
time. The United States was then
in the throes Of mighty rebellion,
unable to extend any aid except NOR
al to Mexico, and that moral aid had
at the time little influence. Avail
ing himself of his opportunity, Ma
poleon offered the throne Of Mexico
to Macmillan, grand-duke of Aus
tria and brother of the present reign
ing sovereign Of Austria Hungary.
The latter asked that the people of
Mexico express themselves on the
subject, and through the efficacy Of
French bayonets false vote was Sc
cured and Macmillan accepted.
April 10, 1864, he was crowned at his
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
Understand Your Agreements.

Many of the disputes which arise
between buyer and seller are due to
the fact that in making contract
the terms are not clearly understood.
In so common a matter as the buying
and selling Of goods it is necessary
that all points relative to the trans
action should be definitely stated.
Some houses state distinctly on their
bill heads the terms on which sales
are made, so that the buyer is COM
PEELED to recog nize the terms.
There are many other contracts
which come up in the course of bust
ness which need clearer understand
ing than the act Of buying goods. 1t
is important that both parties should
thoroughly understand the transac-
ton. There are publications devoted
to contracts in which forms are given,
but many of these legal forms seem
better devoted to obscuring than
clearing up matters In all transac-
tions it is necessary to come to a
point and have that point clearly I'M
derssood. Long arguments are not
necessary, and the whole tendency Of
modern trade is to put things on
basis of brevity. 1t is advisable to
make a written memorandum Of
agreements, for 1t will always tie In
evidence and save many future dis.
Dutes
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

A Ciubmah's Embarrassing Expsrisncs
After Writing . Love Letter.


A Clubmah's Embarrassing Expsrisncs
After Writing = Love Letter.
@Do you know" said Mr.. Man to a
New York Tribune reporter the 9TH
err evening at the roof garden, that
the boys at the club have a merry
and most distressing find on me. /
suppose It's one OF the inevitable con-
sequences of renouncing bachelor
mood that man lays himself open to
attack from the most unsupported
quarters. Now, loyal citizen as 1
I'm, have received bitter blow
from the United States Government.
1t stabbed me, using the dead letter
Office as dagger. 1t was like this:
Just a month ago at the club / wrote
letter to the girl / am going to
marry. / had told only two or three
Of my intimate friends of the engage
ment, and we were not going to an
nounce it until fall. Well, as was
saying, ] wrote to Alice Jevons that
day at the club, and told her how
fond was OF her. loved her very
hard that day, and l used some
strong expressions; l suppose my
heart ran away with my pen, so to
speak.
ITO make short story a little
longer, / sat down by the window TO
direct the envelope. / got to gazing
out on the fieecy clouds floating
across the blue depths of the sky,
and thinking about her, as a man
does Won knOw We'll I sunpoea
directed the letter wrong. 1t never
reached her. Instead of that, a
month later came a nasty-looking Of
fetal envelope addressed to Loving
Tom, In care OF the club. The post
Office people had not been able to find
the girl, so they tried to send the
drivel back to the one who wrote 1t,
and their only clue was the signature
and the engraved letter-head. Well,
nobody at the club could fancy who
Loving Tom was, so the house COM
mittee opened the envelope. The first
thing they saw was Dearest Alice.
and the first sentence was absolute
inanity. Then they recognized my
writing and forebore to read further. I"
Mr.. Man stopped to wipe from his
brow the perspiration which sprang
forth at the thought of his nortiflca-
ton. "Well, there's just one thing
about it," he added, thoughtfully,
@I'll never again sign myself any
thing but my full name, even IL /
live to be regular Methuselah, and
write to Mrs. Methuselah every day"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

keepers entertain pet theory that
the people for whom the books
are kept should be made to pay the
cost OF the same. Merchants Of the
the city can tell OF repeatedly receiv-
ing bills from German houses and al
ways finding even the cost of postage
on the bill charged in the account.
Throughout Europe the em!ncntly
equitable plan obtains OF encourag.
ing cash business by giving the cash
customer an advantage over the one
who pays his bills but once in a
month or once in six months, or some
times not at all. Here in free Amer
lea In retail establishments both cash
customers and debt customers are
placed on nearly the same footing,
only that the cash customer pays a
trife more for his necessities than he
ought to In order to make up the
losses arising from bad accounts. -
Kansas City Grocer.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

second victim was also a negro and
took his logging without moving a
muscle. The next man, also negro,
received ten lashes and wriggled pain
fully as the whip came down on his
bare back. His crime was the steal
ing of pair of pants valued at forty
five cents.
The first white man fioEged that day
was convicted OF stealing a pair of
shoes. This cost him ten lashes, five
months Imprisonment, and his citizen
ship. He trembled violently as the
whip swished through, the air and
landed on his back, leaving a heavy
red mark, The next victim was an
old-timer at the business, he having
been logged three times before. He,
however, had not g t hardened into
the painful or1eal, and writhed in ago
ny until his slender hands slipped out
from the iron bracelets.
Fortunately Delaware is the only
State in the Union where people are
logged, excepting Maryland, where
this punishment i, melted out to WIFE
heaters. In some parts of Delaware
the whipping is done with cowhide,
which is more severe than the cat-o'-
nine-tails. The number OF lashes to be
given, OF course, varies with the
enormity of the crime, sixty being the
largest and five the smallest allot-
ment. Women are not whipped, even
when convicted of the same crime for
which men suffer. 1t was formerly the
custom to fog them, also, but this
doubly barbaric relic OF by-gone days
died out about twenty-five years ago.
The last woman 10 be tied to the whip
ping post was convicted of numbering
her husband
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
STICKS TO A MANNED HUSBAND
A Good-LoolSing Street singer Who Earns
n Comfortable Living.

A Good-LooISing Street singer Who Earns
Comfortable Living.
A comfortably constructed invalid
carriage, pushed by sweet-faced
young woman who would have been
taken for daughter Of the occupant
of the carriage, rolled up on the pave
ment in front Of the Sixth street en-
trance to the Palace Hotel, ,Cincin-
natl, the other evening The corri-
dor of the hotel and the pavement
were thronged with guests Of the no
tel. All were watching this curious
couple. The carriage stopped and
the young woman took position
alongside it, The occupant Of the
carriage unstrapped mandolin from
his back. Soon the great crowd was
listening to Summer Will Come
Again" which the young woman sang
with all the grace of a professional,
being accompanied by the occupant
Of the carriage on the mandolin,
which he handled in really excellent
style. Several songs followed. the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

20 SEQ things clearly h1uoolf hut
equally incapable OF surrouf loin8 him
self with clear-sighted advisers Tho
country needed hard, shrewd, prac-
tlcal soldier-ruler; man Of simple
tastes and close economy. Maximil-
ian was q traditional prince; not
MISLEADING the emptiness of his
Golfers, he surrounded himself witE
chamberlains, marshals OF the court,
equerries, ETC., and with such titles
and the corresponding emoluments
he quenched the men whose lights
and work he most needed"
Meantime while Macmillan, sup
ported by French bay0nets, was curl
ously looking over his new domain,
president Juarez In the mountain
wilderness Of chihuahua, surrounded
by a small band of penniless follow
ers, listened with Indian stofcism to
the echo of the noise in uhe,eapital.
His Golfers were empty, his cabinet
had vanished, his army was melting
away, and the civilized world scoffed
at his presumption. His only COM
panion was Lerdo de Tejada, his
faithful secretary of state, and strong
In the knowledge Of their right, these
two silent watchers waited with
logged patience for the dawn Of their
day, the day Of independence, the
day that was to break upon the land
three years later"
American Interference.
With the ending Of the civil war
in the United States a new complex
ion was given to affairs in Mexico.
The United States Government had
persistently refused to recognize
Macmillan and had intimated time
and again to Napoleon that 1t would
be desirable to name time for the
withdrawal of the French troops.
While we were engaged in war among
ourselves Napoleon paid little atten-
tion to our representations, butwhen
the civil war ended and when besides
our State Department insinuated the
probability of an armed interference
Napoleon was all attention, and
from the autumn Of 1866 to Febru.
airy, 1867, the French troops evac.
uated Mexico.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.
Some of the Reasons Why They Leave
the Farms.

some of the Reasons Why They Leave
the Farms
Briefly, it is too much "The boys
colt Is the fathers horse" says a
writer in the Southern Mercury. /
have had a talk with a number of
young men who left the farm last
spring after the crops were tended.
One says, 81 tended forty acres Of
corn, besides other crops; last winter
l chopped twenty cords Of wood to
sell besides all we used and enough
for summer use. l thought that
ought TO fetch good suit of clothes,
but it didn't, so i left home" To an
other. who had just left home, asked
how he was getting along. He said,
Not very well. I've worked two
weeks and been laid off two weeks,
and the latter l had to pay my board,
and it don't pay working in town.
The farm suits me the best, and to-
morrow I'll strike out and get a job.
You know it's no use to expect any
thing of the old man, although I'd
rather be home than anywhere else. {"
The boys do not get the show they
deserve. An old Kentuckian did lit
tie else than hunt, and if there was
game within miles of him he would
have it, but his success was due to
one of the most ordinary-looking
purps | ever saw. i remarked one
day that it was strange such mon
grel as his was such a good hunter.
Said he, "Do you know, neighbor,
haf hat ai
It's because he always gets his share
Of the game" i came to the conclu-
sion that that was the whole secret.
Farmers in general are unique
kind of men, and have more legiti-
mate ways OF making money than
any class OF men / snow. If crops
are good, prices are low; if on the
other hand, crops are poor, are prices
not correspondingly high, and il
should happen to cut both ways, viz,
good crops and high prices, then it is
grand chance to pay off that little
mortgage or buy lot of new machin-
cry, which, as prudent men, they
hate to run in debt for, or the good
woman sees a chance 70 get that lit
tie addition to the home, or some
new furniture, which she has been
promised. The boy generally gets
left and it is no wonder he feels dis
gusted. No wonder he feels
Like the old Queens arm
That Granther Young
Brought back from Concord busted.
Give your boys show. Say to
them, "Here are two or three acres OF
land; put it into whatever you have
mind to-" Assist them to culti-
vate, harvest and market it, and
whatever they raise on it, give to
them. Do not go on the principle of
"The boys colt is fathers horse "
The seed may be yours, but let the
crop be the boys.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13
While the French and American

While the French and American
Governments were engaged in a
diplomatic war over the withdrawal
of the French troops Carlotta offered
to go to Europe and plead the cause
Of Macmillan before Napoleon and
the Pope. But her efforts were una
vailing. Napoleon turned deaf ear
to her entreaty that the French
troops be suffered to remain until
Macmillan was firmly established,
and her reception at the Vatican was
hardly less cordial. During the
Papal interview her reason suddenly
left her, and she has since been an
imbecile in the royal palace Of
Bouchnout, Belgium, over which
kingdom her brother, Leopold IL,
reigns.
Death Of MACMILLAN.
The withdrawal of the French
troops inspired the followers of Jaure1
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

EMPEROR MAMMALIAN Mexico - he would
have escaped the tragic end that be-
fell him ON the plains OF Queretaro,
would stand to-day next in success
sion to the proud Austrian Empire,
and his wife. the beautiful but I'M
fortunate Carlotta. would not now
be spending her days hopelessly in
sane in the royal castle Of Bouchnout,
near Brussels.
Brightly shone that day In 1864
when Macmillan and Carlotta, after
paying farewell visits to the French,
Belgian and English courts and after
receiving the Papel benediction, left
their beautiful palace OF Miramar on
the blue Adriatic and sailed for the
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-09-13

couple being handsomely repaid by
the hotel guests. The sweet faced
young woman and the invalid car
riage with its burden then proceeded
on. Few who saw the couple knew
that they were husband and wife.
Harry L. Blake Is the name of the
mandolin player, says the Enquirer.
He is about 40 years old, while his
wife is at least twenty years his jun
ior. He was a brakeman for the Or
egon Navigation Railroad Company,
and lost leg while employed by that
company, besides sustaining other in
juries. They have Travelled all over
the country, he and his wife enter
tanning thousands in their travels.