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The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-16
The curious tendency of the, press !

Inc curious tehQenCy or thes press
every once in a while to attack the
new ships OF our navy needs explana-
ton. year ago Ii was the fine cruiser
New York that was pronounced a fall
ure She was credited with more faults
than would have been becoming in one
Of the Anticipated wooden tubs of our
old navy. Yet when the New York
went to the grard celebration of the
opening of the Baltic Canal at Keil she
was brought into comparison with the
pest ships in the navies of Europe, and
easily outclassed them all. The new
battieship Maine is the subject Of the
latest newspaper attack, which, how
ever, naval experts only laugh at. The
Maine has been thoroughly tested at
sea by a board Of competent naval OFF,
GERS, and found to be splendid sea
boat as she is a powerful fighting ship,
1t remained for New York reporter to
discover her deficiencies while she was
lying at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, coal
Ing. These attacks on our new navy
are purely sensational, and no doubt
afford amusement to the scribblers who
conduct them, but they show an aston
tshing disregard Of patriotic pride, and
the query on all sides Is, What do they
mean?
The President and family have taken
up their abode at Woodley, the Presi-
dents suburban home, until the advent
Of colder weather. No doubt the move
has been Influenced to some extent by
the unhealthy season and doubts as to
the sanitary condition Of the White
House. which is contiguous to one Of
the most malarious sections of Wash
tngtoR. 1t is but a short drive out to
Woediey, and the President will be at
his desk In the White House daily, as
usual, attending to the public business.
TowNGEND.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-16
A Strange Bed-Fellow.

A. r. Goodwin tells of rather an
amusing incident but what might have
proved a serious accident which occur
red near the Lincoln county line. Aaron
Woody. with his family. lives in a small
dug-out near Barnard, and one night
last week Sam Whites cattle broke out
and one Of the steers weighing about
sixteen hundred pounds wandered onto
the roof of the dug-out and went direct
iy over the bed occupied by Mr.. and
Mrs. Woody. He went like McGinty, to
the bottom. striking the bed, but for
tunately he fell across the headboard
and not directly on the sleeping occu-
pants. Mr.. Woody finally got the steer
off and looked after the injuries of his
wife and child. The latter he at first
thought had been killed, and a doctor
was sent for. but 1t speedily recovered
and no serious injury except a terrific
scare resulted from the accident. This
is a great country. where cattle wander
on top OF the houses and fall In on people
while they are asleep.-Minneapolis
Messenger.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-16
Stoned as Il Witch.

Mrs. Irene Oles, an alleged witch,
of Washington, Pa, pleaded for relief
from public osctracism in Common
Pleas No. l court recently. She
is sixty years Of age and supported her
self and daughter by nursing the sick
and selling home remedies. She lives in
a neighborhood filled with superstitious
people Among these is family named
Newman, which has a boy fourteen
years old. In November, 1893, he was
seized by a peculiar nervous malady
He became delirious and in his delirium
he repeatedly fold them to keep Mrs.
Oles away, that she had put something
in his mouth.
Neighbors heard those remarks and
seeing the boys condition rumors began
to circulate that he was under the evil
spell of the Oles woman. Dr. Irwin, the
family physician, pronounced the boys
condition the result Of a serious nervous
shock. He might have been frightened
by Mrs. Oles. A local newspaper took
the matter up and published SO much
about it that Mrs. Oles was stoned and
Inundated by her neighbors. She was
pointed out as a witch. People refused
her services as q nurse, she was driven
from house to house and practically
forced to hermitage.
She sued for damages. During the
trial the boys father and mother testi-
led that Mrs. Oles had been at their
house just before his illness, and that
he boy had aided her down the steps
and part of the way home. On the con-
trary, Mrs. Dimes testified that she had
never met the boy, never had been es.
rcrted anywhere by him and had never
treated him. Mrs. Oles told her story
N such a sympathetic way that the jury
gave her a verdict for $6O0-Philadel.
phia Inquirer.
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BENEFIT FOR MRS. WALLER.
LAWYER W. c. MARTIN ENDORSES
THE BEE.

LAWYER W. c. MARTIN ENDORSES
THE BEE.
Editor of The BEE:
Your suggestion in the BEE of the
md instant that the patriotic people OF
this city should tender a compliment
tary testimonial to Mrs. John Waller
and her children, with view Of aiding
them financially, is certainly timely and
should be acted upon promptly. No
man really serves God who does not
help suffering humanity.
Mr. Waller and his wife and children
are American citizens, and the fact
that he is now unjustly confined and
languishing in foreign prison, is suf-
hclent to arouse not only the patriot
ism, but the charitable spirit of our
best citizens regardless of race, creed,
or color.
am willing and ready, Mr.. Editor
10 do whatever / can to make the tes-
tmonial success.
w. C. MARTIN,
5o3H d ST., N. w.
WASHINGTON. Nov. q, 1895.
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Tho True Cosmetics.

A DAILY Reader" asks about the
uuinine bath which ~"complexion spe-
cia1ists" recommend. This Is merely a
wash of alcohol in which little quiz
nine has been dissolved. 1t Is said to
tone up the skin and increase its
ability to throw of impurities. But
much better for the skin than the use
Of any tonic Of this kind are plenty of
fresh air, a good digestion. a daily bath.
and no end Of dne, pure soap.-New
York Tribune. -e
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-16
They Can Growl.

Manager-We must put a great dea.
Of realism in this wood scene. Can
you get some one to growl so as to re-
Bemble bear?
Assistant-I think so. There are six
or seven chorus girls who haven't re-
ceived their wages for 10 weeks. III
call them.-Exchange.
The Washington bee. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1884-1922, 1895-11-16
Photographed Through Ice.

A novel feat was performed at the
Diamond Ice Company's works in New.
port. r. !. A plate of ice was stood or
edge lust as it was taken out Of the
tank and behind this half a dozen per.
sons took their positions, while on the
other side photographer posed his
camera. The features could be seer
through the Ice
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08

medium through which false prnci-
piles are transmitted to the ruin of
the only section from which the peo-
pie it represents can ever hope to at
tain pertinent and Independent
prosperity We speak of this paper
as one only of class that quietly
submits to be def4ed by the gold
robber procurers and forget the inter
ests of their own people, and not from
principle but for gain. Such publi-
cations are myriad. Their readers in
the main consist of the class who took
hold of the wild prairies of Nebraska
and by years Of toll and privation
brought the crude resources of the
land into property Of a fixed value
and revenue producing capacity.
And this labor and this property is
wealth even if all bonds, securities
and money were wiped out tomorrow
and the majority of the good men of
this nation believe in at least the
equality of the class who have made
these homes, laid out towns and open
ed mines; and they also believe that
this equality can only be maintained
by the full Development of all our
great national resources. And they
will not look calmly on the obstruction
of the great silver industry of the
Mountain West no sooner than they
would on the obstruction of the agri-
cultural resources of the prairie
This class is distinct from the Ser
vile who are willing to quietly submit
to any condition so long as they are
the recipients of the Thrift that fol
lows fawning
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Notice-Tinb Culture.

United States Land Office. !
Boise City. Idaho. July Bird, 1895. {
Complaint having been entered at this
Office by Edward A. Paddock against
George NJ. Dickerson, for failure to com
ply with law as to Timber Culture Entry
No 1877, dated March Sth, 1882, upon the
net sw4 and lots ,. 3 and of Section 10,
Township IL north, of Range west, in
Washington county, Idaho, with view
to the cancellation of the said entry; Con-
testant alleging that he knows the present
condition of the said tract and that the
said George NJ Dickerson has never broken
or otherwise cultivated five acres, or any
other portion of said tract, or set out any
trees thereon, and that he has wholly
abandoned said tract. The parties are
hereby summoned to appear before the
Clerk of the Probate Court for Washing
ton county Idaho at his Office in Weiser
Idaho, ON the Goth day of August. 1895,
AT ten o'clock Il. m, to respond and fur
nish testimony concerning said alleged
failure and abandonment.
Hearing will be had mt the United States
Land Office at Boise City, Idaho, before
the Register and Receiver of said Land
Office. nj 10 o'clock a. m. of September
4th 1898. CHARLES HMRoD, Register
Publication ordered July 3, 1895
30 CHARLES HIMRoD, Register.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08
SMALL. REGINNINGS

Make great endings sometimes. Ailments
that we are apt to consider trivial often
grow, through neglect,into atrocious NAL
aides, dangerous in themselves and pro-
ductive of others 1t is the disregard of
the earlier indications of i'll health which
leads to the estab ishment of all sorts of
maladies on "a chronic basis Moreover,
there are certain disorders incident to the
season, such MS malaria and rheumatism
against which it is always desirable to
fortify the system after exposure to the
conditions which produce them. Cold
dampand miasma are surely counteracted
by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. A ter
you have incurred risk from these infiu-
ences IA wineglassful or two of Hostel
ters Stomach Bitters directly afterward
should be swallowed For malaria dys-
pepsa, liver complaint kidney and blad-
der trouble. nervousness and deblity.i it is
the most deservedy popular of remedies
and preyentives. A wlneg assful before
meals promotes appetite.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08

cure its own ills, but prefers to leave
them to private quacks. They relieve
us, it is true, but of our money, not
our malady. The only part of their
professions to the public in which
they are adept, are those which ena-
bles them to bleed it. What noble
creature man ought TO bel He has
keys to all sciences, arts and myster-
les, yet whole communities do not
know how they ought to be governed
and cannot or will not grasp a toler
able idea for the life of theml Are
the mortals who toll in their long task
from grey dawn to the setting of the
sun, to have no idea elected, no
thought awakened beyond those that
suffice TO make them the machine of
others-the serfs of the hard soil?
Why will men consent to 90 through
life in grinding drudgery and refuse
to have a spark of their soul called
forth to an Independent actionf
Would they have it sleep in its walls
of lumpish clay from the cradle to the
grave without dream of elevation
to stir the deafness of its torpor?
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08
Notice of Hearing OF PEN
ton for Rf%ht-Of-Way
for a Ditch

Notice is hereby given that on the 10Th
day Of July. 1895, the Valley Irrigation
Company. a corporation. of the county OF
Washington. state of Idaho. filed It's petl-
ton praying for the appointment OF three
appraisers to ascertain the compensation
to be made 10 persons over and across
whose lands the ditch or canal hereinafter
mentioned will pass. and who refuse to
allow the passage thereof over and across
their lands.
That the ditch or canal proposed to be
constructed by the petitioner and Tor
which the appointment OF appraisers IS
asked. is to. head from the northerlY BANK
of the Weiser river, in section one town
ship ten north. range five west, and How
in westerly direction to point on Warm
Springs creek, in section sixteen. township
eleven north, range six west. Boise merld-
ian, all in the said county of Washington,
aud in its course is to pass over and across,
commencing at the head and following
down and westerly. the lands of Il. G.
Galloway, S. X. Williams, Mary A. VIII
liams. estate of Scott Shaw. deceased, r.
Werts. David Madison. l.. l.. Shearer,
NorVal Gorre, Lyman Perkins, Myron
Riggs, Sarah Harper Clapp, a. Sears,
Thomas Shannon. Andrew Riggs Frank
Harris. l.. J. Burns. @. w TOwnley, j.
II. hawthorn. r. G Galloway. Jas. p.
Gray. Weiser Land and improvement
Company, Mary Ranahan, William a.
Shaw, j. b. Coakley. Thomas Walton,
L. NJ. Dickerson, NJ. S. Dickerson, Mar
Shall Everett, S c. Hale. James Don
Leavy. Thomas Walton. George Oaks Peter
Pence, c. r. White, c. w. Townley. JUS.
tin and Alonzo Hemenway. L. f. Thomas
and John Mulloy.
That it appears from the said petition
that some of the persons over whose lands
the line of the sa ditch or canal passes
refuse to allow the passage of the sale
canal or ditch through and across theil
said lands, and it is alleged by said petit
ton that it is therefore necessary anC
proper that such appraisers be appointed
as is prayed for, to make true and lus
award of the amount of the compensa
ton to be paid for the right-of-way over
and the use of the lands to be crossed by
said proposed ditch. canal or conduit il
/ all cases where the owners of such lands
refuse TO allow the passage thereof.
I Therefore notice is hereby given to al
persons interested that on the 9th day o
/ September lS95. at the hour of one o'clocl
p m. on said day. at the county court
house in said county. and at the room o
the county clerk therein, said petition vii
be heard and such appraisers appointed
unless good cause be shown by the partie
adversely interested why the said petition
/ should be denied
1t is ordered that this notice be pub
lished for at least thirty days prior to tn
hearing of said petition, in the Weise
SIGNAL, Il newspaper published in SAT-
county.
Given under our hands this 18th day o
July, 1895. A. j. HOPKINS.
+ w. BEIER.
GEORGE HFFsTATTER.
County Commissioners
Attest: |, f. SMILH.
Clerk of the Board of County Con
missioners.
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Notice of Dissolution of Special Partnership

Notice is hereby given that the special
or limited partnership heretofore existing
AT Weiser. Idaho, between J. p. Schlosser,
II general partner, and +. n. Barton, a
special partner, under the firm name of
Schlosser a. Barton. Limited. has been
dissolved, and all its goods and effects
have been attached and are now under
levy in the hands of the sheriff of the
county of Washington, state of Idaho, and
all persons indebted to said concern are
notified not to pay over any moneys to the
same. or any other person except the
sheriff of said county, and persons hav-
ing claims against it are requested to pre-
sent the same in due form before the
Probate Court where proceedings are now
pending, that the assets of said firm may
be shared in pro rata by, the several cred
itors.
Dated July 16, 1895.
Il. NJ. BARTON,
81 Special Partner.
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THAT DECISION.

Owing to the notoriety of the de-
cision of Judge Ross, that irrigation
Is not matter OF public concern, it
is interesting to read what so great
paper as the SanErancisco Examiner
has to say on the subject:
After the decision of Judge Ross in the
irrigation matter the courts can have no
surprises left This ruling adds one
more TO the repeated proofs furnished us
of late that the people have become hope
lessly cntangled in the constitutional re-
strictions which they adopted as a protec-
ion against tyrany, and that their only
way Of escape is to mend their constitu-
lions in the direction of liberality.
Judge Ross takes the remarkable posi-
ton that irrigation, which every arid
state from the dawn of history, and even
from prehistoric times, has considered the
supreme interest of the community, is not
matter of public concern. A railroad
along the bank of navigable stream.
where every necessity for transportation
can be met without it, can WELD the power
Of eminent domain and turn any citizen
out of his house. but an irrigation system
desert is merely a private enterprise, which
ninety-nine taxpayers cannot assist if the
hundredlh objects.
Judge Ross holds that an irrigation dis
trio is nota public agency because every
person within such district is not entitled
TO the use of the water so provided upon
The same terms and conditions as every
other person. but only those persons who
happen to own land in the district. The
Judge prudently refrains from testing this
assertion by facts The irrigation district
in this respect stands on precisely the same
footing with every other public or semi
public agency Its ben atts are open t.
everybody who has occasion to use
them. or course man without land
has no use Tor water to irrigate land, and
man without freight cannot ship freight
over IA railroad But the benefits, both of
the freight shipments and of irrigation
filter through the whole community. The
iarmef who irrIgates employs laborers
ana paironlzes merchants. Whole cities
would disappear like exhalations of night
m the water were taken from the land in
iheir vicinity. To say that a community
So situated has no public interest in irri-
ltlon because the particular men who
actually apply the water to the land are
private individuals is TO say that the Fed
ccal judiciary is private institution be-
cause Judge Ross draws his own salary
instead of allowing il to be scrambled for
on the street
The Wright irrigation law is full of de-
fects, but ii drew us out of the riparian
bog. and we have been gradually improv-
ing ii. IL has formed the base upon
which we have hoped 10 build structure
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08

If every wagon road in the state
was a private toll road, so that every
time the farmer drove anywhere in
any direction he would have to loos-
en- his purse strings, and pay for the
privilege of driving over them every
time he took a load to market, it
would be no worse than to have all
the waterways of the state owned by
private persons. Public waterways
are as important and as wise as pub
lie roadways. To say that pablo
waterways, maintained by taxation of
the lands under them, is not possible
is as silly as to assert that public
system OF roads could not be main
tanned, and the latter would no doubt
be ridiculed by men of fair intelli-
gence we're it not for its actual exist
ence and operation.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08

been OF small importance, but his denial
of porular control over the water supply
is fundamental. it depriyes the people Of
"a power that might easily become essen
tial to their existence. and the state can
not rest under it in patience
In this connection we also yield
space for very pertinent and pointed
remarks from the Caldwell Tribune
A slight tinge of satisfaction may be
detected in the expressions of some of our
exchanges regarding the Ross decision on
The Wright irrigation law. But Judge
Ross decision is not final by any means
and there is nothing in it which has not
been gone over time and again by the Cal
iforna courts. The question seems TO
hinge on what is the legal and rghtful
use of the term, public use. Judge Ross
appears to think that public use is a term
permitting of no limitation or restriction.
Followed out To the logical conclusion it.
would imply that the town of Caldwell
cannot tax the people Of Caldwell to erect
water works because after its completion
the plant would belong specifically and
wholly to this incorporation OF Caldwell
whereaf It ought to belong TO the great
unlimited underlined public including
Nampa and Boise. Judge Ross is the
friend and support Of private corporations
and individual capitalists, He is opposed
to the people doing anything for them
selves which operates 10 prevent capital
from specializing on their industry. Any
thing which tends to broaden the field OF
community administration or diminish
the ability .of organized wealth to levy
tribute on the industry Of poverty. is. in
the eyes Of Judge Ross, criminal license
and rank usurpation. We do not think
Judge Ross will be sustained by the SUI
preme Court of the United States; we do
not think the principle he lays down is
correct, because, il it is, there is no such
thing as municipal ownership. The or
ganization of the Caldwell Irrigation dis
trict should not be interrupted by this
decision. but rather renewed efforts put
forth to accomplish 1t.
The U. S. Supreme court decided
it was illegal to wrest from the ricl
part of the money necessary to run
the government, that toll must con.
tnue to bear it all. Precious prerog
alive of the lawl To reverse the at
tribute Of the Almighty To fill the
rich with good things but to send til,
poor empty away. The people o.
this nation are aroused and will amenc
our national laws so that the rich shall
be taxed and suborned court may
not overthrow their will And i
Judge Ross declaration that thu
people as q. body shall have no RICH
to control and utilize the waters o
streams necessary to their agricultu
raj existence, but shall delegate thos,
rights to syndicates and corporations
is to stand (Which it will noD Public
Opinion will choke that Judicial sen
timent to death.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-08-08

All accounts received up to date
indicate the continued success of the
Cuban revolutionists. We wish them
speedy recognition and ultimate sue
cess. And when finally the island is
freed from the bombastic and imbe-
cile Spanish tumor it will become a
powerful and progressive common
wealth and we hope become white
star in the azure field Of Old Glory
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RIGHT, OF COURSE.

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brought against il to tear down the pro-
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end But tell YOU. Lockwood, il is not
IN the people themselves TO take hold oil
SO what are YOU going 10 doY Water will
not rise higher than its source, and when
sion and accomplish result words are
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