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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
Hagerman, Nov. 23d, 1896.


Emigrants are still passing west
ward.
Charley Bilatush has put up
mill at his hay water wheel, for
grinding feed and corn meal,
S. F. Frost thinks that there is
mistake in regard to the election, ,,
for Hagerman went for Bryan.
First snow Friday, showed on.
the hills across the river, but melt
ed before it touched ground in the
valley.
The weather has been very &C.
comodating, rained at nights and
Sundays, so men can work through.
the day.
Mr.. Dilatush has been under the,
weather for week or two, and on
Friday night he tainted in the Ha-
german hall.
Stanley Hageman ex-candidate
for Probate Judge has returned
to the valley, from the head waters
of Salt river, he reports it as quite.
chilly there.
Every body accepts the election
of Mckinley and willing to accept.
the situation. and share the pros
perity from the assurance of better
times and prices.
A large number OF deer have
come down from the hills and
crossed the river. We mean the
,our footed deer, not the dear crea-.,
lures we all like sowell.
The green eyed monster is loosen
n the land. A young man wents.
o see his best girl and leaving mis-.
lorse hitched near. when a rival
tele his saddle---a fine pair of PANTS
we're ruined. Names and nature
S the offence are withheld for pru4~
lential. reasons.
MoersAaona
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
SAWS FILED AND SET.
A DANDY THING TO SELL.

have been doing so well this Summer selling
BIZ atiol ldppers h,t think it is my duly to
others about it. have not made as much
1923 peme read about but never make
than S. aud oftenis5 day the dipper can be
used as fruit ar filler, plsin dippcr, fine
stIainer, funnel, a raj ner funnel, sick room
warming pan, pint measure. These eight dif-
ferent uses makes the dipper such necessary
article that it sells nearly every house, it is
80 cheap. You get sample by sending, as
did, IL two cent stamps to pay postage, etc; to
w. H. Baird and Co. Staten A, PttSburg Pa,
and ;hey will mail You dipper and you can 60
right to work. Anyone can make So OF 81 day
anywhere.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27

The UnSon Pacific has naugurated
:. thorough celonist sleeping ear service
between Council Bluffs and Portland.
This car leayee Council Bluffs, daily. on
train no. 8 as3:l5 p. III. In addition TO-
the aboye they also run throug colonist
sleeper to San Francisco.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
A NEW HOOK SPOON FREE TO ALL.

read in the Christian Standard that Miss d.
Fritz, Station A St Louis, Mo. would give an ele-
giant plated hook spoon to anyone sending her ten
2-cent stamps. l sent for one and found it useful
showed 1t to my friends made 1890 in two
spoon is household necessity; 1t cannot slip in
to the dish or COOKING vessel, being held in the
place by hook on the back. The spoon is some
thing that housekeepers have needed ever since
spoons were first invented. Anyone can get Fam
pie spoon by sending ten 2-cent stamps to Miss
Fritz. This is splendid way to make money
around home. Very truly, Jeanette S.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
EsIR IRLY.

Taken up BY the undersigned at my
ranch on Big Wood river, in Shoshone,,
Lincoln county, Idaho, in October 1895
one brown horse, about five years old,
weight about HOO pounds, branded J-J
connected on lett shoulder and small
star in forehead John SIMS.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27
EsTRAY.

Taken up by The undersigned at my
ranch On Big Wood river, in Shoshone,
Lincoln county, Idaho, On the 9th day
o. Noven5er 1896, ons blue roal horse,,
eight years cid, branded T-J connected
on eft stifie. Ben L, Sims.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27

4
, G D SAVERS " ...... 4S 0C
E E Decker =" ... IS %
A Spaulding "a .. 6 5C
T A Stewart .. l sc
Geo Starrh " nam 2 rs
R NJ McCollum ballots etc. ..... 125 0C
'' county wk ..... los SO
E W Horton coal, dray ... 20 36
A Senter pre- elec sup etc. ... 195 45
| Whereupon the board adjourned
to meet at 10 o'clock Nov. 13 1896.
Nov. 13 1896.
Board met pursuant to adjour-
ment, present, James L. Fuller,
chairman, Thos. Fay L. S. Vader
commissioners, A. S Senter clerk.
| Whereupon the road petition of
VIM Dill and others, was taken up
for consideration and was rejected,
and the written protest filed against
| the same was granted, and the road
petition for bridge over Thorne
creek was taken UP for considera-
ton, and was laid over for further
consideration.
Whereuron the petition of S. c..
Frost and others for a bridge across
the Malad river was laid over for
future consideration, also the petit
tion for a bridge across the Big
Wood river at or near Hanley's
ranch was laid over for furthez
reference.
Whereupon it was ordered by the
board that the taxes of Mrs. F. |
Reed a resident widow of the coun-
ty, be and are hereby remitted, and !
that the auditor credit the assessor
with the amount of $16.25 the
amount of said taxes for 1896, and |
it was further ordered that the
taxes of Mrs. James Lillas, a resi-
dent widow, be and the same are
hereby remitted, and that the au-
ditor credit the assessor with the
amount of $3.40 the amount of said
taxes for the year 1896.
The board then took recess for
the purpose of inspecting the coun-
ty jail, after which the board Or
dered the following spread upon the
records of proceedings to wit;
Whereas; it appearing to the
board of county commissioners,
that the jailer is in the habit of
sleeping six blocks from the jail.
And whereas; it is the opinion of
he board that in the event of a
ire at the Jail, it would be impos-
ible to rescue the prisoners from
be steel cage, it is therefore order
d that the sheriff be required to
lave the jailer be in constant at
endance at the Jail by day, and t
hat he be also required to sleep in {
lose proximity to the Jail at night. {
Whereupon the following laid
yer claims were taken up for con- Q
Iteration and the following t
were allowed and the 7
Ierk was ordered to draw warrants t.
n the current expense fund in the
allowing amounts. c.
Pratt &C institute % 90 c
!" disallowed % 90 6,
G Brown 13 80 =
nnie Dill IL 90 u
illiams & Bierbower attys 700 90
L Fuller per diem, mileage 45 90 II
Fay 40 90 o.
s Vader " e" 81 0OI
Whereupon the board adjourned -
ne die. %
James L, Fuller W
Chairman. Of
s. .Senter, ds
Clerk.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-11-27

Mary This Gil Quick.

ssw in your 0aper that IL year old boy made
81 IS The first hour re worked selling Perfection
Metal TIP LsmDwick. / ordered sample and
went 10 work and the first week cleared $40. the
second week cleared sis. | exp, ct to run It up TO
S2s week in the near fsturr, the Perfect on
Meal 1iD Lampwick makes snch bcsutful Whit
Iirhl aup dres away with smoky chimneys and bad
Odof and saves oil. it in easy 10 sell Ifyou wish
10 try IL send I3 two cent stamps to Miss A. N.
tritT Station A. st. Louis, Mo, and she viii send
you samDe outfit. tais is u good way to make
money around home. Miss Tina ".
The broad ax., 1896-07-18
Failing Prices

The average price Of commoditie,
declined 1 per cent in April, and the
fall since October, 1892, has been 16.7
per cent. During last week wheat fell
wool was lower, lard sold at the lowest
price known, tallow Is down to about
the lowest price, and corn, leather,
oats, turpentine, and sugar fell slightly
Cotton was little stronger. As COM
pared with 1888, hides, leather, and
boots and shoes are more than 10 per
cent lower" Philadelphia Press,
May 4.
This is a statement Of fact concern
ing a downward movement of prices
which has been in operation, with few
interruptions, for long series Of years.
Whether all prices be high or low may
be matter Of Indifference; but It is of
first importance that, high or low, they
should either have stability or a small
upward movement. A falling market
must have a deadly influence upon
business. The inevitable consequence
OF continuous decline is to check enter
prise, to discourage investment, to i'm
pei buyers to supply only pressing
wants, and'to enlarge the fixed charges
OF all producers No more important
obligation is imposed upon the press
and upon our public men than to dis
cover what is the cause Of this as
tonishing, unprecedented and des-
tructive shrinkage of values, and then,
with bold hand, to apply the remedy.
The theory Of overproduction will not
meet the requirements Of the case.
1t is merely absurd to insist that all
the necessaries Of life are produced in
excess quantities; and particularly is
this theory insufficient in presence of
the clearly perceptible fact that multi
tudes OF idle and half idle men cannot
supply their wants. There is one
cause which never fails to drive down
prices, and. as that cause at this mo-
ment is discoverable in the practice OF
the government, why should any other
be looked for? 1t is the contraction of
The volume Of the currency needed BY
he people for the business Of exchans-
ING the products of their industry.
Commerce is starving for want of
money, while men and women ara
for want Of bread.-The Man.
lfacturer.
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The Bank Clerks Rersnr.

This Il a story about a girl and , ~,
The girl lives over In GeOrgetoWn. w..
she Is distinctly the belle. ! dOnt kss.
where the man lives, but during buras..
hours he Is to be found in a bank nd, -.
from the Fifteenth street cable trsnsfs, ..
Is q blonde, and L a favorite IN the eIcluE,.
set in which the Georgetown girl moves \.
and she had wOrds-Once upon a day Ts.s
had 30 many words, IN fact, that lie ~
who Is said to have more than a BIT Of -
per- ordered him never to presume "a ns.I
to her again as long as he lived. g. "a
babe him to recognize her. even. Ind ~
that she would make a point TO forgs IA,
she had ever met him. This was last ~,
The other day she went into the hSl ,
which he Is employed to have 4 49,
cashed- The blonde young man apard !,
the window. He took the chef ~ ~
amined Il carefully. II was a broIas y,
day. The Georgetown girl was u 4 Sur1
She hadn't an acquaintance within INF a
hours walk. The blonde yosng man AasdN
the check back.
Every sorry, madam, but you'll hIu 70
get somebody to Identify you before an
cash the check"
And she had to do it.-Washington Pa
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watching villagers saw camp fires
lhght against the heather. and the
forms Of sentries passing to and fro.
There was q council OF war In Ly-
Aght Moore's house; and Pierus Bac-
eagh heard them planning to convey
the women and children to a place Of
safety In the hills But. later on,
when his father came looking for Pie
rus TO 60 with the convoy, the lame
boy was nowhere to be found.
With hammer and a pocketful Of
nails, Pierus had crept out Of cover,
and made his way toilsomely up the
bill to where lay the English soldiers.
All the way before him he Jaw the
cruel black muzzles OF those dreaded
cannon pointing In the moonlight Of
wards the village. But he knew how
10 make them silent and useless-had
not his father spiked the great gun at
Kilkenny during the troubles In '56?
The English sentries had q rough.
uneven pathway to tread, and Il was
easy enough for even a crippled Lad
IKE Pierus to crawl between them
into the shadow OF the guns. There
were three OF them-thrte foes which
pnlcss destroyed. would on the morn
n spsesd tsvastat.ss ierough,st tse
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Il baCCnRn Spikes Nne Uunb.
Pie-us swung himself astride Of the
third gun and drove a nail into its
touch-hOle. The deed was done-the
cannon spiSed-and. carried away by
eXultati N, rierOus allowed himself 10
remain longer than he ought in bis
perilous posit; n. As he attempted to
slip from the gun the sentry turned
and saw hin
Instantly musket shot rang forth.
and the lame boy staggered backward,
falling over the side of the declivity
on which the guns had been posted.
Into the branches of a great rowan
ash he fell. and thence rolled gently
to the ground. where. amid the furZe,
he lay concealed. while overhead the
awakened English buzzed like a hive
of bees.
In the gray of morning Pierus BAG
caGh. bleeding from shoulder wound,
struggled manfully into Conner village
and fell against his fathers door. Old
Lysaght. sitting. ready armed. by the
fire, was startled ut the noise. and
went to seek its cause
''Pierusr he cried; what are We
doin' here? Why are We rot with the
women?
I've spiked the SaSsenach guns!
Hurroo for ould Irelandr' That was
all Pierus could say before he tainted
in his fathers arms.
On the morrow. when the truth
came to light, and when the English
artillery-men. with their useless cam
non, were forced back over the noun
tains, the first hero in all Conner was
Pierus Baccagh and to this day the
name and fame of the lame gun-spikef
is renowned in song and story among
those heathery highlands.
There after he was known not as
"Pierus Club-FoOt." but as 'Pierus
Wtth-the-hammer."-PhiladelDhia In
quirer.
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

A Mississippi experiment station bull
letin says: Canaigre, which is now
attracting, % much attention in Ari-
sEens and California. has been grown
here two years, but with unsatisfactory
results The root is used in tanning
leather, and the plant is much like the
ordinary yellow Dock" in its appear
anee, being nearly related to 81 botan-
icaIly. 1t is a native of the arid re
kions Of the southwest, where It makes
Its best growth during the cool and
occasionally damp weather Of winter,
remaining dormant through the sum-
Imer. In this region the winter rain
fan is so heavy that the plants suffer
from the excessive moisture, their
growth is weakened, and the roots con-
tain much smaller percentage OF tan
min than when grown in the drier and
hotter climate of which they are ma
tive. '". -..'i Cd o. .a ...
The broad ax., 1896-07-18
Indiana Gold Men YI.Ih-

In the democratic party OF Indiana
the sentiment is Overwhelmingly for
silver, as it is everywhere in the west
and south. But in that state the gold
power and the cuckoo influence are not
able to stifle the voice Of the people.
and the gold leaders have been forced
to surrender.
A special to the Chicago Record says:
The situation has come to a head
rapidly since Thomas Taggart an
nounced that under no circumstances
would he allow his name to 20 before
the state convention. The free-silver
democrats Immediately demanded Ben
jamin F. Shiyely of South Bend, and
now every democrat OF prominence
says Shively will be nominated by ac-
clamation. He is an out-and-out free
silver man. At one time he was tinged
with greenbaekism and when that
passed away he became an advocate Of
the independent coinage OF silver. He
has served his district three full terms
and one short term in congress. He IN
a lawyer.
Representatives Of the gold wing of
the party say they will not put up q
candidate. Ex-Attorney-General A. @.
Smith, who is one Of the most earnest
advocates Of the gold standard. was
asked why he did not become a candi-
date for the nomination of governor on
q "sound-money" platform
Because / should be defeated said
he. The democrats will win in Indi-
ana this year. They will win on a free
silver platform am as radical ON the
money question as I ever was, but the
party win adopt free-sflver platform
and Mr.. Mount viii be defeated for
governor The democrats will nomi-
nate b +. Shively' "+Ex. /,
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

The author OF the Ohio bill to pull
eeHn the theater hat parts his hair in
ms middle. and a woman's club has
passed a resolution requesting the Ohio
legislature to make law obliging all
men to part their hair at the side. Thai
- malicious frivolity, and it indicates
mat the club in question doesn't know
me difference between harmless
private privilege and a serious public
7 0nisanee. No: the woman must not
vote. She is narrow in her views, and
comprehensive in nothing but her thea
tsr-hat. .l.. s.-
The broad ax., 1896-07-18
LIBRARY CIRCULATION
Enormous Distribution With . v.rn
Number Of Books.

Number Of Books. Aa
In the recent discussions OF III
matters many writers have statad - J
such and such a library had. sav Ioo
zoo "yolumes in circulation" dnrnD
given year, meaning that its circuI,s. :
was 100, 900 volumes, says the New W.
Journal These are two very dIr.cn.
things
when II is stated that a library .,,.-
lated, say, 100000 volumes during ~
wear, this statement does not mean ~,
this number Of volumes was IN, ~
circulation. The number tells us no,hio.
OF the volumes owned by the librarv !.
Of the number Of people that read tS.C
but Is q complex product Of tina W.
factors
Each volume counts in the circul,s0.
a many times as 1t is taken out berco.
single popular volume may add lOO /,
the circulation In the course Of the v..-
while 100 others may add nothing A. IN
The ratio of circulation to the <ct1.I
number Of volumes on the shelves var
greatly. In many large libraries ..c1
book goes out not much more than ana.
n wear on an average, whereas in small,
ant more active ones each book NAV =
out twenty times. OF course the smslIs.
the library the greater its chance. !,
make a record in this respect
The broad ax., 1896-07-18
Watcnrnr his ci me. Pier

i valley. watching his ci me- Peru.
rauned astride Of the ioremest gun
inst as the nearest sentry had turned
and dropping n nail into the toucn-
hole gave il a strong, but cautious
tap OF his hammer. In went the nan,
straight and true. A second dow
cJincbed IL firmly; and the cannon was
spiked. Then. barely in time. for the
sentry was about to wheel, the brave
..Baccagh" slipped on the gun and
into the heather.
Then crawling To the next piece, ne
reDeated the observation. Here ne
was almost caught, for his descending
hammer slipped and struck, not the
nail. but the metal of the gun, making
1t ring loudly. Quickly he flung him.
self into the friendly heather, and
wriggled out of the way. II was well
for him that he did so, for the sentry,
attracted by the noise, came to e1-
anime. Finding nothing apparently
wrong. however. he resumed hh
march.
Then summoning cd all his courage
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

which you are paid and impose Ia
yourselves the task Of doublinE
nominal amount of your vaggfiII
after; that is, to struggle for UIEhe.
quarter OF a century. or perhaps ioteef
to raise your wages in q deprecated
currency TO a point which win enable
you to purchase with them as much
OF the aecessaries Of life as you can
purchase now. and Il, after years of
contention, privation sud iIAustrial
disorder, you should st iAEf slcceed In
50 adjusting wages that they would Sc
cure at the higher price Of commodities
just what they will procure now at
the existing prices, what would you
have gained by the change from the
old TO the new conditioner"
1t does not require a governor to an
swer the question Under the present
condition money is 80 valuable that
the products of labor are rendered al
most worthless. Under the now condi-
uon-wtth gold and silver free. coined
into legal tender dollars on a ratio Of
Is to l (Carlisle's England's and the
Money Powers Deprecated Currency
labor would command a living COM
pensation. The volume Of money would
be In exact proportion to commercial
requirements, and the hand Of greed
would fall from the throat of industry.
Money kings would not crave or cor
Ter the 1oo-cent dollar as they now do
he 200 or 300 cent yellow jacket dollar.
Business would be stimulated In all its
branches. The workingmen would
gain take up the burden of life, and
With Joy and gladness bear on their
road shoulders this great government
grandeur and supremacy unparal-
eled in the history Of nations.-Old-
lime Workingman. /.
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

Editor Journal: In the Herald's L.
sue Of the 10th Governor AItxeld Is
charged with not answering Carlisle's
question 70 the Eorkingmen. which
was - follows:
Gov. Altgeld does not answer the
question OF ctrlisle addressed to the
laboring man, and that In this:
, TAftsr struggling for more than a
quarter Of . cennry through labor or
CARNATIONS and otherwise to secure a
rate Of wages which would make the
proceeds Of days work equal 70 the
cost Of Q days subsistence for the
workingnan and his family. you are
ssked by the advocates Of free coinage
- ,osn them in destroying one-half the
f1rsheslng power Of the money In
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

The people of the United Kingdom of
Great Britain and ireland continue to
5 sustain the reputation of being very TO
bust drinkers They number at the
present time $4,000, and the total
Rcost Of their wine. beer and alcoholic
liquors. divided by this sum. shows
J : an average expenditure. of $iS.1S per
annum for every man, woman and child
In the realm. Contrary to the general
impression, the English drink more
= than the Scotch. and the Irish less than
sither. The ratio Of the English ex-
penditure for drink is $3.50, the Scotch
t14.70 and the Irish S13.12 per head per
annum. These at least were the figures
Of 1895, which seems to be considered
= banner year In drink annals-a cir
eumgtance which inquirers of the tenn
perance persuasion attribute to the oc-
curence Of the parliamentary elections.
The entire drink bill Of the kingdom
Tor last year reached the impressive
total Of $712.070.000. OF this amount
; t2os, 100000 went for spirituous Iicuors
mostly whisky and gin; s65. 600. OOn for
wines; $4S5 ,0o0,000 for beer, ale and
porter, and 7.500, 900 for cider and Aev-
,erages- Liberal as this expenditure
may seem, the general average Of liquor
consumption In England tends to de-
, crease. In the ten years, 1S61-70 the
consumption Of beverages Of the spirit
nous class was 0st1, gallon per head of
the population per annum; in the fol-
! lowing ten years il rose to 1-190 gallons,
faling again during the ten years end
ing with 1880 to o.sSs gallon. So with
wines. the consumption for the first
period was Ao420. for the second 0.542,
ssnd,for the third 0.3Ss gallon per head |
per annum- OF malt liquors the aver
age annual consumption for the first |
period vas f1s5. Tor the second sl55j
and for ehs thipd 71S7 gallons per head.
The most potent influence in dimin-
tshtng the phshnpti6n Of liquor il.
England lars scafcity Of work and low
'!fAses.'sst"st.s .ts-ss.s -.
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

Zen Zen carried a square. He got on In.
nent car, as the cars run very close to-
Sner on Walnut street This car
wa vas = Barring street car, and when the
al nao safely started he asked the
eonouctor whether It was a Iancaster
toId ps car. The conductor politely
.olo MN that those cars run on Marc,
To- ana ne had gained a souare
ne1t car was a Chester ayenue
ar and he kept II up until he oot -
inc Schuylklh.-Philadelphia cali
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

Special reports to the United StAte-
department Of agriculture show crop
prospects excellent in Great Britain
and France, good in Russia and Aus
tna-Hungary, fair in Germany, Italy
ana Roumania, and -unfaVorable only
IN Spain. The condition of winter rye
on May was ST. per cent, Of barley
81. spring pasture s3.2. meadows s1.S.
Inc proportion or spring blowing ac-
eompiished by May i this season was
rather above the average, being 1876
per cent, or 1.9 points above that of an
average year. ....''.
The broad ax., 1896-07-18

Electricity would seem to be a diff
inlt tAeng to steal, but Brooklyn mer-
fhants have discovered the method.
K2ey tap . trolley wire by making a
cooper connection and carrying the
conductor into their houses and stores.
Iney get better light than the light
ins companies furnish and II costs
npthing. A acknowledgement are said
p have been found guilty and prose
buttons wiz follow.
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Thrifty. II Not Quite Homes,

Some people are now working a
scheme to ride home free. The other
evening a man was seen at Twelfth
and Walnut streets to get on a Seven
teenth and Nineteenth street car.
When the car had started he asked the
conductor whether he was on a Barring
avenue car. The conductor said no,
and accordingly he got off after he had
The broad ax., 1896-07-18
A Sinking Fund.

OF vital energy Is easily and pleasantly :.
plenishabIe. Hostetter's Stomach Bitten |,
an invigorant without a peer. and viii pesd
LILY nfuse fresh stamina into an enfssbl.l
physique. Besides this. It averts and rem
edies malaria, and subdues bilious, hdny
dyspeptic and rheumatic ailmentS Tas D.,
Vous derive great benefit from It's use