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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
Religion and Booze.

Monereal, Feb. I7.-Montreal excise
men have seized an Illicit still at the
Trapptst Monastry at Okla. The Off
cials of the revenue department, becom-
ing suspicious of the large amount of
whisky that was coming from the small
settlement of Okla sent two revenue men
to the monastery to make a search
They found full-hedged whisky su
of twenty gallons per day at.work in
the monastery The superiors admitted
that it looked serious, but claimed the
was distilled without their
knowledge. Selling this machinery. the
revenue officers returned to Montreal
Later on tw ! monks called at the reve.
nue. office ere and offered to paw the
inc for the illicit distillation of whisky
They were referred to the government
1t Ottawa.
The monastery is a large concern. 1t
5 on farm $1,000 acres in extent in
which are cheese factory, dairy and
aw mills. The monks make considera- |
lie wine. Last season they bought
light carloads of grapes and during the
anne period marketed 10000 gallons of
'ine. The matter is now before the
evernment
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21

Professor r. l.. Garner, Of Roanoke
Va. who was dispatched last summer on
second trip to the jungles Of Africa by
the African Research Society of Chiea.
go. arrived on the Etruria. He went for
the purpose OF completing his monkey
alphabet and learning more about the
language Of monkeys Prof. r. II. Pea.
body Of the University of Chicago, was
one Of the hackers of the enterprire.
Prof Garner returns, he says, with
much new information lie has In his
portfolio a photograph Of the most brutal
gorilla maa In Africa. This gorilla man
sould be called in Australia bushman
Prof Gardner considers that his mis-
sion In periecting himself in the mon.
key tongue has been largely accomplish
cd. ~ am convinced that monkeys talk
90 each other" says he, 'and that many
of them possess higher intelligence
and a greater huency Of language than
many Of the African natives"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
Thus Endeth the Lesson

Her Mother-"Bessie dear, l am sorry
to see my little girl show such 4 lack of
respect for her seniors. When a neigh
DOR comes to call on us you should sit
quietly and not speak unless YOU are
spoken to. You do not mean to be- lis
respectful, am sure, but you sh hid
think OF the impression you are making
on our neighbors, and you will try here
after, hope, to-"
bessie-"You'd better look out, mann
ma. You'll talk yourself to DEATH
Chicago Tribune.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
Row ovER a cnIlD.
Rather aud Mother Ia Court Go sec
Nha owns &C.

Nt ONn" -
Boise, Ida. Feb is-A salmon City
ease, in.whieh the possession Of child
Is Involved, Is to be aired Ga the supreme
court
lanes Downing and wife quarreled
and the wife has sough, TO get posses.
session Of their child. Proceedings were
instituted by Mrs. Downing in Judge
Standrod's court to compel Downing
40 deliver the child 70 Sheriff Miller of
Lemhl county, and IN case he refused to
do so. 10 compel the sheriff to take the
child away by force and bring Il into
court, The father refused TO deliver the
child to the sheriff, and that officer re-
ported 70 the court. Judge Standrod
hen cited Downing and tho sheriff to APP
Dear and show cause why they should
no, be punished for contempt. At this
staec of the proceedings Attorney
oaarlcs, representing Downing and the
sheriff. came 70 Boise and applied for
wi, OF prohibition against Judge Stand
rod The writ.was refused on the ground
thar the matter Of the alleged irregular.
lty Of the order should frs, be presented
70 stondrod Judge Standyod insisted
on the contempt proceedings and inhict-
punishment on sheriff Mlllsr who was
lined and on Downing, who was commit
led 10 jail until he produce the child |
Ouaries now comes 10 the supreme |
court for writ Of habeas corpus TO Sc
cure for Downing his liberty.
A special term Of the supreme court
will beheld TUESDAY TO hear the case.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
Soldiers Arrested for Fightins.

Omaha, Feb. IA scandal developed
at Fort Omaha yesterday when Privates
Cavanaugh and Murphy were arrested
for prize-fghting and 100 others who
witnessed the fight expect to be ordered
to the guard house today. 1t has been
stated and generally credited that theI
two men fought for a purse that waa
furnished by the officers of the fortl
This is most emphatically denied by Col
Bates While he has no doubt that Their
was purse in sight, he says he is SURE
it was not made up by the officers. That
is another point to be Investigated and
the facts will be obtained if possible,
from the prisoners when the court-mar-
tial convenes.
1t is stated that it need occasion no
surprise if the guard house is stored full
of prisoners in a short time. A very de-
termined effort is being made to learn
who were present at the mill, and if the
discovery be made all the soldier spec
tators will be arrested The United
States intends, the commanding officer
says to frown down anything in the
way of prize-fght by soldiers.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
Hen,nel.y MiIltIn nend,.

Frankfort. Ky, Feb io.-The Me
Creary guards have been called TO their
armory and are held in readiness to res
pond to the orders Of the adjutant-gener-
A. Two thousand rounds OF ammunl-
zion have been issued TO them. There
Is every reason TO believe that the guards
are called out 70 be In readiness to res
10 call from the sheriff Of Campbell
county Ia the event that trouble should
occur at Newport when Jackson and
Avalling, the accused murderers of Pearl
Bryan, are transferred 10 Campbell
county for their preliminary examina-
fion
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
VARIANT FOR TREsPAssiNG-
Charges that -. GoOdeBough Settled
ON an Indian Reservation.

OH az 1HNAuH AAtrrAfAtAOb.
Pocatello, Ida, Feb. I8.-Revanal Nc
Beth, clerk Of the Indian agency at Ross
Fork. appeared before Judge Hopson
yesterday and swore out a warrant for
the arrest Of S. Goodenough for tres
passing and settling on Fort Hall reser-
walton, thus depriving Bannock and
Shoshone Indians of their lands and vio-
lating the treaty. These Indians are
watching their interests closely and
clamoring for their rights in every par
ticular. It is claimed that Goodenough
is using portion of their land for farm
ing purposes. The case will be tried be-
fore United States Commissioner
as soon as witnesses can be Sc
cured
In Judge Hopson's court today Harry
HowIan was acquitted of the charge of
stealing gold ring from VIM. Huff last
Friday night.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21

proposal. The more quickly England
accepts the offer the more general IS
the approval of the American people
likely to be. 1t is no light thing to let
such suggestions come before the Amer
lean public without previous assurance
of their acceptance by England"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
AFFAIRS IN HAWAII.
Government Of the Islands Greatly
Endangered.

San Francisco, Feb a. tftl
Hayne, editor Of The Hawaiian, a
monthly magazine published IN Honolu-
la. arrived here on the steamship "Aus-
tralia." lie takes very pessimistic
view Of the present government Of Ia
wall, and says the Japanese are becom-
ing so numerous there ard 50 firmly
rooted that the Islands are in danger Of
becoming mere out-posts Of Japan.
"Ihe thirty gentleme 0. in 1893
stood ne godfalhers TO the infant repub-
lic.' said ne, "and wao 6rd themselves
at the beginning Of 1896 the only sup
port Of Hawaii's provisional government
are most uneasy. say provisional gov
ernmenti' because thar is all It is as yet
With the utter failure Of the efforts to
reconcile the native Hawaiians to dis
franchisement, the suddenly aggressive
action Of the japanese residents and the
independent stand taken by the Chinese
agriculturists, the situation Is anything
but comfortable.
"The government is like a business
house threatened BY bankruptcy The
crisis may be delayed but not for long.
There is monthly deficit Of $40 600 and
he people are rapidly losing faith in the
,ower OF the men at the helm.
Mr.. Hayue has not been much i'm
'rcssed by the mercy of President Dole
nd his associates.
Newspaper comments in Europe and
he United States show a grave misap-
rehension of the facts as to the mag t
animity Of the rulers of Hawaii" he OBJ {
,rved. "Take the so-called release and t
ardons of political prisoners for instance g
he truth is that no pardons have been n
ranted at all. Something simi'o 70 lie k
nglish ticket-of-leave has been brought o
10 play. All the political prisoners Il
e at large, having been discharged in a
uads, the first being let out of Jail July &
1895, and the last Jan 8, 90. But the n
igarchy of the attorney general inform HI
every prisoner at the time of his re- hi
lse that he was liable, withoutsnotice, er
be arrested at the pleasure of the ex- it.
utive. quote the words as nearly as pr
AN remember. m
~ consider the case of the queen like ty
sc. She, too, was 'pardoned,' but she III
nevertheless as much a prisoner at her of
me as she was before SO much mercy tal
Is shown her And to indicate the
rit that animates the thirty tyrants,' sv
hould be added that they have made A,
lson her custodian--the man who h,
ndeorusly claimed he was her para ~,
'ur in the days of her power-and a.
fe spared no pains to have circulated -.
oughout the world the report that, 49,,
ing recovered her full liberty of ac- -,
4 she Immediately and voluntarily re- ira
sed into her old-time shameful prac- Ca,
:. l'' y,
'urning to the Chinese Japanese 49,,
stion, the editor declared the prob 49,
confronting Hawaii to be of the q
vest character. "If things keep on as Re-,
y are going he said, "there can be 49,,
one end absorption OF the islands 'I
apan" "'''
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21

The man who never praises his wife
rometimes talks very nice In church.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21

LII. Mcvieker, the veteran tbeatrl.
cal manager, suffered stroke of parai-
ysls.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-02-21
PROMPT ACTION CALLED FOR
Should Not Delay Accepting
Arbitration,

The Sage Advice Given By a Washing
ton Correspondent of the London
Times, and English Comments
Thereon The Situation ia France
Growing Revolutionary Cabinet May
Dispense With the Senate.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
SEPTEMBER H. 1896

was not about to sell his life cheap.
His was not merely the bold rashness
of madman; there was in him the in
yincible courage of true faith.
There sits man, delegate to po-
litical convention, with an agitated ex-
preston. After long struggle he has
consented to join a ''combine' against
his better judgment and vague sense
of right, in obedience to pressure that
he felt it would not be prudent to re-
sist. He has childhood's sense of the
right but not manhood's conviction OF
it's power to save those who will stand
by it. Had he the insight of true faith
the friendships he might lose in that
fieeting moment would not weigh
feather against the rewards of fidelity
to the right.
If one would impress us with the fact
that he has the courage of his convlc-
tions we all the more want to know
what are his convictions. John Wilkes
Booth had the courage of his convlc-
tions, but his name is a synonym for
| infamy. Yes, he had convictions deep
and powerful. Such is the effect OF
malevolence that while it robs men of
faith in God and in the right it leaves
them convictions, the handspring OF
courage, but a courage that is bllnd,
whether strong or weak.
Courage is an admirable quality, a
quality that all desire to possess that
appreciate true manliness. While 1t
must rest on convictions, and in turn
supports them, what is the stuff out of
which it is made? One word includes
nearly the whole of it, viz, faith. But
faith itself is a comprehensive term,
and the genuine quality is never found
without teachable spirit, love fo1
the right, and pure intentions. The
dogmatic, conceited, boastful individ-
ual gets reputation for courage, some
times when there is little at stake, OF
when he thinks the band wagon of al
: unpopular cause is in sight, which ne
: is apt to suddenly lose when the SUI
preme test comes. True courage is moi
boisterous, it is not hasty, it is not II
any degree boastful, it is not fitful, it i:
defiant only in the gravest human
emergencies.-North and West.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17

there beats heart that is swayed by
emotion and true 10 the principles that
binds man to man in fellowship. The
fact that we are member of that
great brotherhood called society seems
to be lost sight of by a great many.
They believe that our career is one OF
choice, and that long term Of years
is the proper treatment. This theory
has been proven as fallacious as the
Spanish inquisition was found useless
as religious pursuader two hundred
years ago. Experience has clearly
demonstrated the fact that drastic
measures only widens the existing con-
ditions from that of the ideal Some
of the profoundest thinkers of the age,
men who have made life study of the
conditions under which crime is usu-
ally committed, express themselves as
emphatically opposed against sending
a man to prison for a long term of
years. They are Of the opinion that a
reprimand and probationary SEN
tence, as a warning, would prevent
ninety per cent. of the evil-inclined
from beginning criminal career.
If some of the learned (?) Grimm
ologists could only peer into the future
and see their own sons committing the
same errors that we have committed
undergoing the same punishment that
we are undergoing, through the lack
of self-control and a properly devel
oped will-power to resist temptation
they would be the first to inaugurate &
system of reform that would be i1
keeping with the progressive march Of
civilization. JASPER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
DON'T CALL HIM GOLD MAN."

Ichabod, my boy, methought l heard
you speak of your sire this morning as
the old man. You are eighteen years
of age, are you not? Just so. That is
the age when callow youth has his first
attack of big-head. You imagine at
this moment that you know it all. l
observed by the cut of your trousers
and the angle of your hat, and the flavor
of your breath, and the style of your
toothpick shoes, and the swagger of
your walk, that you are badly gone on
Yourself. This is an error of youth
which your uncle can overlook, but it
pains him sorely to hear you speak in
terms of disrespect of one you should
never mention save by the sacred name
of 'father." He may not be up to your
style in the modern art of making a
fool of himself, but, ten to one, he for
gets more in week than you will ever
know. He may not enjoy smoking
gutter-snipes, chopped fine and enclosed
in delicate tissue paper, but he has
borne good many hard knocks fol
your sake, and is entitled to all the
reverence your shallow brain can mus
ter. By and by, after you are through
knowing it all, and begin to learn some
thing, you will be ashamed to look il
the glass, and wonder where the fool
killer kept himself when you were rip'
for the sacrifice. And then when th'
sold man grows tired of the journe.
) and stops to rest, and you fold hi
hands across his bosom and take las
look at a face that has grown beautiful
} in death, you will feel a sting of regre
that you ever spoke of him in so grossl
t disrespectful manner and when yo1
) hear other sprouts of imbecility usin
> the language that so delighted you il
E the germinal period of manhood, yo
3 would feel like chasing them with
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
THE COURAGE OF HIS
CONVICTIONS.

It is not always an evidence OF the
highest type of courage that man is
found advocating an unpopular cause
from sense of duty. Plato defines cour-
age as the knowledge of what is not to
be feared. This may be a defective
definition, but it is worth considering.
The man who shouts with the minor
ity solely because he believes in it is
not always to be admired for his cour-
age. Men do not voluntarily persist
in incurring dangers that they fear,
unless it is to avoid a greater peril. But
what about the locomotive engineer
who in the midst 5of peril that threat
ems the lives of his passengers, stays
by his engine and it may be, perishes
to save others? In that supremely
trying situation he sees his life in peril
on one hand and his honor and good
name on the other. Somehow God
helps him to see that dishonor is more
to be feared than death, and he re-
mains at his post. That is the highest
type of courage, but it is not blind; it
is rational, it is wise. Such an exam
pie does not break the force of Platos
definition.
There are animals that man would
avoid, but which a dog would boldly
attack to it's great discontinue. That
would not prove that man has less
courage than his dog. Therefore cour
age in itself, is not proof of strength
of character; it may mean bulldog stu
pidity.
We speak of man having the cour
age of his convictions, as if that wa
rare quality. But most men hav
the courage of tneir convictions. 1t i
rather strong and right convictions
with faith, that so many lack. If on
has clear conviction that the righ
thing is the best he will follow it a
great immediate cost. John Brown
intense soul was fired by sense of tn
: cruelty and injustice of slavery, but b
was prophet enough to know that b
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
BILLS MISTAKE.

Bill and 1 were friends, it seemed we
had always been friends. We travelled
in company, making the same points,
carving the same line of goods, though |
for different houses; but the fact of
our rivalry in business never disturbed
the stout bond of friendship that ex-
listed between us. Bill, however, was
a dreamer of no mean order, and some
what of a believer in his dreams, at any
rate he led me to think that he was.
His mere recital of many of his dreams
would often trouble my serenity OF
mind. in such an earnest convincing
way did he enter into details and then
give his reasons for thinking "Coming
events cast their shadows before"
Often has he hurried to my room or
berth in the dead of night, with the
cold sweat standing on his brow, and
eagerly besought me to listen to his in
terpretation of some impossible blood
curdling vision that robbed me of
sleep for the balance of the night.
A climax was reached, when, about
two o'clock one morning as we were
going into Denver, Bill rushed to my
berth, as he supposed, tore aside the
curtains and yelled, "For heavens sake
turn your feet to the engine. Quick!
There's going to be collision!' He
had frequently done this before, and
on one or two occasions have l. lain
for an hour OF more, with my feet
firmly braced against two pillows and
the head board, calmly awaiting the
awful shock that might usher me into
eternity, but the shock never came
Bill no doubt meant well. He always
; meant we'll, but in this instance he had
not only been dreaming, but had made
mistake. It was not my berth he haG
opened, but that of lady whose hus
band was sleeping just across the way
and who waking at the unusual sound!
rolled out into the aisle and demanded
of Bill explanations which was called
1 upon to vouch for before the irat'
man would release his hold on Bill
S collar. From that time hence, Bill
). though he continued to dream, neve
e disturbed my slumbers but waited til
: morning to tell me of his dreams.
,, ICONOCLAsT.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17
PUNCTUALITY.

1t is astonishing how many people
there are who neglect punctuaIity.
have failed in life from this
cause alone. 1t is not only a serious
vice in itself, but it is the fruitful par
ent of numerous other vices, so that he
who becomes the victim Of it gets in
volved in tolls from which it is almost
impossible to escape. 1t makes the
merchant wasteful at times, it saps the
business reputation of lawyer and it
Injuries the prospects of mechanic,
who might otherwise rise to fortune;
in word, there is not profession,
nor a station in life which is not liable
to the canker of this destructive habit.
1t is a fact not always remembered
that Napoleons great victories were
won by infusing into his subordinates
the necessity of punctuality to the min
ute. 1t was his plan to maneuver over
large space of country so as to render
the enemy uncertain where he was
about to strike a blow, and then sud-
denly to concentrate his force and fall
with irresistible power on some weak
point of the extended lines of the foe.
In mercantile affairs punctuality is
as important as in military. Many are
the instances in' which the neglect to
renew an insurance punctually has led
to a serious loss. With sound policy
do the banks insist, under the penalty
of protest, on the punctual payment
of notes, for wese they to do otherwise
commercial transactions would fall
into inextricable confusion. Many and
many time has the failure of one man
to meet his obligations brought on the
ruin of score of others, just as the
topping down in line of brick, of the
master brick causes the fall of all the
rest. Thousands remain poor all theil
lives who, if they were more faithful
to their word, would secure large ru1
of custom, and so make their fortunes
Be punctual if you would succeed
New York Ledger.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1896-09-17

Someone has said that courage is
like heat, free and latent. If this is
true, we may all claim exemption from
a charge of cowardice, and by cultl-
waiting belief in latent courage feel
certain that our spirits will rise to any
emergency that come. But, there are
many kinds of courage needed in our
battle, for whatever line of work we
attempt is liable to be met with the
measuring stick of the critic. There
is one reflection to soothe under this
thought of trial, that is, no matter
whether outside judgment is favora-
BILE or not, we are spurred to better ef-
fort by the estimate given. The critic
we have most need to dread after all,
is our own inner consciousness. No
one is coward who has the courage
to face his own best performance
Roseville Qll.) Times.