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POLITICAL NOTES.

The Joshua H. Msrvil Republican Club
met last evening and added thirty two
names to its membership roll
Evening journal., 1894-09-27

FOR CORONER.
GEORGE MAILMAN
Of st. Georges.
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DEMOCRATIC NOMINATIONS.

FOR sHERlEF
JAMES CARMICHAEL
Of Wilmington.
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nc tried 10 stab me nth his big toe ndfi.n
lyon see. my chum has got sister
about as big 50 Ma, and we hooked some
OF her clothes, and after Pa got to snor-
ing we put them I'm Pas room Oh,
you'd "a LATED. We put pair of No. /
slippers with blue stoclSings down in
front OF the rocking chair beside Pas
boots. and a red corset ON chair. aud
my chum's sisters best black silk dress
on another chair. and u hat with n white
feather on on the bureau. and some
frizzes ON the gas bracket, and every
thing we could find that belonged to q
girl in my chuin's sisters room. Oh, wo
got red parasol. too. and left It right in
the middle of the floor.
"Well, when | looked at the layout
and heard Pm snoring, thought should
die You see. Ma knows Pa is a darn
good Teller, but she Ia easily excited.
My chum slept with me that night, and
when we heard the doorbell ring | stuffed
q pillow in my month. There was mo-
body to meet Ma mt the depot. and she
hired a hack and came right mp. No
body heard the bell but me. and had to
go down and let Ma in. She was pretty
hot. row, you bet. at not being met at the
depot
Where's your father said she as
she began to 30 up stairs.
Il told her guessed Pa had gone to
sleep by this time. but heard good
deal Of noise in the room about an hour
ago, and maybe he was taking a bath
Then slipped mp stairs and looked over
the banisters. Ma said something about
heavens and earth, and where is the hus-
sy. and lot OF things couldn't hear,
and Pa said danfino, and it's no such
ching, and the door slammed, and they
talked for two hours.
II s'pose they finally layed It to me,
as they always DO, cause Pa called me
very early this morning, and when
came down stairs he came out in the
BALL. and his face was redder'n beet.
and he tried to stab me with his big toe
nail, and If it hadn't been for these
pieces Of brick he would have hurt nv
feelings. see they had my chum's sis
ter's clothes all pinned mp in newspa-
per, and s'pose when go back | shall
have TO carry them home. and then she
will be down on me. I'll tell you what,
have got COOL notion to take ZONE shoe
makers wax and stick my chun on my
back and travel with circus az a double
beaded boy from Borneo. A fellow could
have more fun and not got kicked all
the time"
And the boy sampled some strawber.
ries in case in front of the store and
went down the street whistling for his
chum, who was looking out Of an alley
to SEQ If the coast was clear.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1894-01-11
CHAPTER m.

THE BAD BOYS FOURTH OF JULY.
"How long do you think 1t will DO bc-
foro your father will DO able to come
down TO the officer asked the druggist
OF the bad boy as he was buying some ar
MICA and court plaster.
"Oh, the doc says Inc could come down
now IL he would on some street where
there wcro 40 horses to scare" said the
boy as he bought some gum. But he
Gays he amt in no hurry to come down
till his hair grows out and he gets some
new clothes made. Say, do you wet this
court plaster and stick it onY'
Tho druggist told him how the court
plaster worked and then asked him if his
Pa couldn't ride down town.
ride down? Well, guess nix. He
would have to sit down If no rode down
town, and Pa 10 no setter this trip. He
Is pointer. That's where the pinwheel
struck HIM"
well. how did 1t all happen?" asked
the druggist as ho wrapped yellow
paper over the bottle of arnica and twist
ed the ends and then helped the boy
stick the strip Of court plaster on his
nose.
Nobody knows how it happened but
Ia, ana when como near to ask him
about 1t no feels around his nightshirt
where his pistol pocket would be If it
was pants he had on and tells me to
leave his sight forever. and leave. too,
quick YOU see, he is afraid will get
hurt every Fourth of July, and he told
me II | wouldn't fire a firecraclser all
day he would let me get 81 worth of nice
fireworks. and he would fire them off for.
me in the evening in the back yard. /
promised, and lac gave me tho money.
and bought a dandy lot OF fireworks,
and don't you forget it. | had n lot Of
rockets and roman candles. and six pin
wheels. and lot of niger chasers, and
some OF these cannon firecrackers, and
torpedoes, and a box of parlor matches
took them home and put the package
In our big stuffed chair and put news
paper over them.
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CHAPTER Nv.

THE BAD BOYS "a CONES HOME.
'sWhcn Is your Ma coming baclyY' asked
tho grocery man u the bad boy a. no
found him standing on the sidewalk
when tho grocery was opened in tle
morning, taking some piecee Of brick out
Of his coattail pockets.
ooh, she got back ~ midnight last
might" said the boy az be eat o few blue
berries out Of case. "Thafs what
makes me up 20 carly. Pa has been kick
ing at these pieces Of brick uish bis bare
feet. and when came away he he'd his
toes IN his hand and was trying to 20
back up stairs on one foot. Pa haint got
no sense"
n arm afraid yOu are n terror said
the grocery man o. he looked at tho in
noceut facs ~ fhe hov 'rvou gro ~
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Just then the explosion took placer
PA always takes napin that stuffed
chair after dinner. and he went into the
sitting room, and / heard him driving
our poodle dog out of the chair and
heard him ask the dog what he was
achieving. and just then the explosion
took place. and we all rushed in there.
tell you what honestly think. Think
that dog was chewing that box of parlor
matches-this kind that pop so when
You step on theni Pa was Just going to
set down when the whole air was filled
with dog and Pa and rockets and every
thing. When ] got in there, Pa had a
sofa pillow trying to put the dog out,
and in tho meantime Pas linen pants
were afire ! grabbed pail of this in
digo water that they had been rinsing
clothes with and throwed it on Pa, or
there wouldn't have been place on him
bigger'n a sixpence that wasn't burnt.
and then he threw camp chair at me
and told me to go to Gehenna. Ma says
that's the new hell they have got up in
the revised edition of the Bible for bad
boys When Pas pants were out, his
coattail blazed up, and a roman candle
was firing blue and red balls at his legs.
and rocket got into his white vest.
The scene beggared description, like the
Racine FIRE.
"A niger chaser got after Ma and
freed her on top of the sofa. and another
one took after girl that Ma invited 60
dinner and burnt one of her stockings
so she had 10 wear one Of Mas stockings.
good deal too big for her, home. After
things got n little quiet. and we opened
the doors and windows to let out the
smoke and the smell OF burnt dog hair
and Pas whiskers, the big firecrackers
began to go of, and policeman came 70
the door and asked what was the matter.
and Pa told him to go along with me to
9ehenna, but don't want to 20 with
policeman. II would give me dead away.
Well, there was nobody hurt much but
tho dog and Pa. felt awful sorry for
the dog. He hasn't got hair enough to
cover hisself. Pa didn't have much hair
anyway, except by the ears. but he
thought o good deal or hss whiskcrs,
cause they wasn't very gray. Say,
couldn't ycn send this anarchy up TO tho
bouse2 II go up there, Pa will say 1 am
tho damest fool on record. This Is the
last Fourth Of July you catch me cele-
brating. J am going to work IN glue
factory where nobody will ever come to
SEQ me-"
And tho boy went out 90 pick upsome
squib frecrackers that had failed to ex-
plode Ia front Of the drug store.
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When men are engaged in affairs Of
great moment, there is apt to bo an un-
dercurrent Of fun such as soldiers often
indulge in before an expected battle, and
the contrast being violent these lighter
matters arc apt to be remembered Mr..
jefferson used TO say in his later years
that the great Declaration Of Independ-
ence would never have been signed 30
soon but for the fact that there was a
livery stable near the hall where the con-
gresss at. Tho weather was very hot,
windows he'd TO be left open. and from
the stable came hungry swarms Of flies,
which tickled the honorable gentlemen's
silk stockinged legs until they were al
most driven frantic. Men who might
have kept MP the debate sor weeks were
scady to sign anything to escape ths
nies!--Exchange.
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invest AT WE|SER, idaho.
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-12
MINER
O.

Mr.. j. +. Stevens, the Minera
merchant, leaves to. day for Malheul
city, Oregon, taking all his movable
goods to his store at that place. Mr..
L. III. Manning will have charge OF
all the book accounts, buildings, etc
of Mr. Stevens, the former for col.
lection, the latter to care for and look
after.
Mrs. John Embree has been very
sick woman for several days,
The family of MIR. John Hermo
leaves on the 18th inst. for Parma,
Idaho, where they expect to reside
permanently.
Mr.. Day, husband of our esteemed
school teacher, is in Mineral on a
visit.
Dutch Jake called the Contrary
Club to order on time. His first an
nouncement was: ''Shentlemers,
want no member called by name
hereafter If member is from Hi
nois, call him the Sucker: if from
Indiana, the Hoosier; if from Mis-
souri,, the Puke; if from Oregon, the
Webfoot, and so on, using the nick
name of the state from which he
halls " a young member arose,
stating, 81 was born in Idaho; what
name must | answer to. This was
a sumner for Jake. A member ex-
claimed, "Jake is in IA hole nowp
Jake jumped up and exclaimed furi-
ously, 81 ish III no hole this land is
shust as old us any other states land,
but we got our maine forgot, that ish
all. After considerable parley the
following resolution was agreed to:
''Resolved that hereafter and forever.
and in all time to come, every child
born in the state of Idaho must be
nicknamed Silverite. " The above
was carried unanimously. The VOL
VERNE then inquired, of the child is
a girl, what will the name be?" The
president said "All the same" but
added: elf the pa or ma are
musical cusses and want more
euphoneous name, they can add
ledger line and call her Silverina.
MEMORABILIA.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1894-04-12

tonal wealth, the Inauguration Of ma
tional works and legislation that
builds up instead of tearing down is
the remedy, and the day for this may
have passed; it may be too late. The
thirty years of political disease that
bas afflicted the country has assumed
a chronic form and heroic treatment
may be the only alternative. Pro-
tests from city councils and court in
functions don't feed starving human
ity and offer very little resistance to
such moves ms are now starting all
over the land
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THEN AND NOW.

Twenty three cattle cars loaded
with 1900 men, out of work and out
OF money, arrived in Ogden Tuesday
ana the commonwealth of Utah is
shaken from center to circumference
Governor West and all the minor ad
luncts of the state are wildly attempt
ing TO do something that cannot be
done, and so far have succeeded adj
mirably in doing it. Protests have
been entered and injunctions issued,
all TO prevent the influx of 1900
American lahorers into new country
with thousands of idle resources that
demand the labor of these very men
to bring them out into factors for
general good. Thirty years ago
lS63-the large cities Of the east and
the river towns were placarded with
hand bills calling for men to 90 west
and work on the railroad, free trans
portation and big wages being Of
fered This army of 1900 men in
those days would have been absorbed
and melted away like snow flake in
'he ocean and yet, after thirty years
OF progress and prosperity, we are
met with the spectacle of body of
men, denounced as outlaws because
they are out of money and out of
work and think they have eriev-
ance, ordered to 90 back west where
they do not want TO go, and denied
the privilege of going east where
they do want to 60 This Ogden
contingent is only noticeable by reason
OF It's nearness. All over the land
similar combinations are seen. and
there are enough of them to stand
guard from the Mississippi river to
the Golden Gate and pass the watch
WORD from one to another Simple
police regulations will not put down
this class. 1t is the commencement
OF demonstration that Will regulate
instead of being regulated The
handwriting has been allowed to re-
main on the wall for a long time, and
Is yet UNDECIDED; and the class that
has been feasting AT the expense of
national honor and fairness may
awake % fast at any moment and
IND the foe within the walls. Fair
treatment OF all sections of the coun-
Try and an honest distribution Of no
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Salubria.

j II. Carrick returned from Salmon
river, where be has been in company
with Harry O'Neil all winter. John
reports that country as fair placer
ground but water hard TO get.
Messrs. Denney & Swanstrom have
removed the entire stock of groceries
and hardware lately purchased of B.
Haas d Co., and have painted their
store shelving, which makes the store
look nice inside.
Mart Harmon went to Weiser last
Monday on business.
Alex Houlahan, of Ruthburg. has
been visiting friends in town and out.
Gossip has been flying thick and fast.
Ed. Barbour passed the night IN
town on his way from Monroe creek
to Indian valley last Saturday.
Born, to the wife of VIM. Percifield.
on Sunday, the 9Th, at 10 p. m. a
son. Mother and child doing nicely.
Billie says it is the boss way to give
strength to the democratic party. to
which he is staunch member.
Born, to the wife of w. r. Shaw.
Ruthburg, daughter, Don't know
the date, but Billie does.
X. E. Wilson returned home from
Weiser.
Mrs. r. e. Wilson and son are
visiting relatives at Parma, Idaho.
1t beats all that Washington county
cannot be fortunate enough to create
mine craze this spring. Nearly
every Statesman brings us tidings of
some mining sale. Gold properties
must boom our state the coming sea-
SON. Gentlemen, we are told there
is lots of gold in this county. Stir
up the excitement, We prospectors,
and wake up the outside world to our
resources. @