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chair, his lips parted to ask the question

chair, his lips parted to ask the question
he could not frame in words.
sit is true" Lachme retorted, and
with a gesture full of superb triumph
she held the silver snake towards him.
"You remember you told me of your be-
trothal to your cousin whom you did
not love, and then it came to my ears
that you were buying presents to take
home to friends in your own far-off land.
1t wanted but woman's quickness to
guess which of all would be given to
your future wife and so / contrived that
you should buy this silver snake. The
handsomest and most curious of all
your gifts would surely be for her.
THAT silver snake was fashioned by
six men of old, there is a charm laid
upon it, and poison hid amid the scales,
So that any whose arm it clasps shall
surely die. Look at it again, the in
strument of your freedom, and of my
revenge; see, 1 can handle it in safety,
vet if those inner coils did but grip my
flesh no power on earth could save INC.
Was / not right, then, when said you
were hoSdfic BtauuoHtS IHuTutTtFs
"Are you fiend or woman!" he cried,
hoarsely, and, indeed, she seemed more
than mortal then; she might have been a
bronzed statue of triumphant hate as
she stood before him with that knocking
smile on her dark face, the coiling snake
upon her outstretched hand glittering
wildly in the light. But at the words
change came to her, for suddenly the
snake fell from her grasp and in mo-
ment more she was crouching by his
side, her 1.-THE, sinewy arms twined
about his neck, her red lips pressing
burning kisses upon his.
"0nly a woman to you," she whis.
pered, "only woman whom your love
can make more happy, my beloved, my
beloved"
Her caress, the clinging of those sofl
brown arms, the murmur of that sweet
voice maddened him. His loud griei
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A CHEAP LESSON.
Inflated Dollars Brought Only an Increase
In Price.

Inflated Dollars Brought Only an Increase
In Price.
The advocates of cheap money do q
great deal of loose talking about the adj
vantages which they say this country
would derive from the free-coinage OF
silver; but they overlook all the object
lessons in the matter of deprecated
currency which have practical bear
ing upon the case. For instance, they
do NOT turn their eyes toward the Sou
dan, where the process of cheapeniny
money Tor the purpose of raising prices
and promoting prosperity has been ap-
Piled Tor all it is worth, SO to speak
When the Mahdi came into power he
had a coin made which was composed
OF seven parts of silver and one part
OF copper. 1t was very satisfactory to
the people and promised to answer all
IT their purposes for all time to come.
But soon the piilaging of the crops and
the decline of various industries
changed the situation. Something had
to be done to relieve the prevailing
depression. and the expedient of de-
basirlg the coinage was adopted. The
relative proportions of silver and cop
per were changed, first to six parts Of
the former to one of the latter; and
then the ratio was successfully made
1--WE t., three, four to four, two and one
half to four and one-half, ard finally
two-to five, TINS adopting means toends
with resolute logic and confident per-
severance.
This policy had the desired effect in
one respect. ut least It raised prices
very rapidly. Cotton stuff that had
previously been sold for the equivalent
OF IS cents advanced to six dollars; linen
that had formerly been sold for one dol
lar went up to eight dollars; and there
was relative increase in the prices of
all other kinds of imported goods. I'm
fortunately, however, the result was
mot the same as to things produced at
home. They remained at about the old
nominal value. The people had cheaper
money, but it only served to raise the
prices of all the articles that they were
Obliged to buy without giving them q
increase in the prices of
SA@~ euoO titCy bcut ID INIT
-set. Their inflated dollars did not
bring good times. The theory was q
pleasing one, but it would not work.
They could not defeat the laws of trade
Ivy diluting the currency; they could
II Of make themselves prosperous by les
Sc uing the value of the medium of ex.
changes. Their experiment is instruc-
tive. 1t teaches that there is nothing
to he gained by increasing the number
OF collars in country according to
the cheapening method. The free sill
yerit'es will do well to study it. carefully.
1t represents the practical operation of
the theory to which they are SO ar
derrtly devoted. and they can hardly
fail to see that there are some very
forcible objections to the proposed in
PRODUCTION of such policy in the
United States.-St. Louis Globe-Demo.
crat.
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Colonial Lcgal-Tender Notes.

We have seen how capricious were
the tender laws of the colonial period
Virginia, for example, varied. her prac-
tice in the following manner:
1633--Gold and silver the only legal
tender.
1642-Tobacco the only legal tender.
1855 - Tobacco, silver and wheat
equally legal tender at fixed rates.
1666-Peas, Indian corn, barley, oats
and wound silk added to the preceding
articles as legal tender ut fixed rates.
1727-Tobacco notes legal tender for
tobacco debts within the warehouse dis
t-ict, but not elsewhere.
1730--Tobacco notes the sole legal
tender for tobacco debts in the ware
house district.
1755-Silver legal tender for tobacco
debts ct fixed rate. Maryland like
wise had several varieties of legal
tender, including this:
1753--Inspected tobacco legal tender
for debts at one-fourth higher rates
than uninspected.-Horace White, in
Money and Banking.
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Every period of the depreciation of
the monetary unite has at once sent
prices up, the prices of the merchant,
who gets the news quickly. before those
Of the farmer, who gets the news more
slowly, and long time before the wages
of the laborer who cannot afford to
hold his labor out of the market till he
gets a proportionate increase for it.
Fixed incomes remain the same, and the
rise of prices infiicts great suffering on
their recipients. Wages remain the
same for time and rise slowly, and in
the meantime the laborers complain
that prices have gone up SO that they
cannot afford to buy enough food and
clothing. The farmer gets two prices
for all he sells and pays two prices for
oil he buys, and is no better off than he
was before the change. The bene-
ficiaries are debtors on obligations in
CURED before the change, and these are
not a very large class-many of them
are also creditors and lose out of one
pocket while gaining into the other
and the spectators, some of whomal-
ways make profit in panics and crises
and periods of sudden changes of values
out of the losses of others.-N. Y. Jour-
nal of Commerce.
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A Spring Trip South.

On April z and Fl. and May 5, tickcta
will be sold from principal cities, town&
and villages Of the north, to all points on
the Louisville ~ Nashville Railroad n,
Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, FlorfdS
and a portion OF Kentucky, ct one single
fare for the round trip. Tickets win BE-
payment Of q to agent ut destination, and
will allow stop-over at any point on the
south bound trip. Ask your ticket agent
about 1t, and II ne cannot sell you excur@
sion tickets write to G. P. Atmore, Gem
eral Passenger Agent, Louisville, KY, on
Geo. B. Horner, d. P A., st. Louis, Mo-
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Tho readers Of this paper win beY1eaee
10 learn that there Is ct least one dz<Qde4
disease that science has been able to cure ~
Catarrh Cure Is the only positive cuY4
known to the medical fraternity. Catarz1
being q constitutional disease, requires q
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrf4
Cure is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces Of the
OF the disease, aud giving the patientl
strength by building up the constitution and
assisting nature In doing Its work. The
proprietors have so much faith in its cura4
two powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that 1t fails to cures
Send for list of Testimonials.
Address F. ). CHENEY Il Co., Toledo. O. :
Sold by Druggists, s5c.
Halls Family Pills are the besh
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DEATH.

g! for his lost Rosalie ran in his heart like
delirum and he hated doubly this
woman whose arts had brought about
her death. Dimly he was conscious. OF
| something that seemed fire surgina
to his brain, something from which a
temptation sprang, and then the en-
erald eyes of the silver snake looked
into his own, and Lachme's passion
lighted face faded from his gaze.
1t was but for moment, then half.
stTangled scream rang through the
| room, an inarticulate cry of mortal
fear that, though it was wordless, yet
seemed to carry the refrain; 1T was
for love of you sinned-all for love for
you."
The darkness cleared away and his
senses returned, for in paroxysm OF
horror he sprang to his feet. Lachme's
clasp had relaxed-she crouchcd upon
the floor, inert, helpless, dying-yet
with her dark eyes to the last fixed upon
his face, and round her dusky neck
and he knew his hand had clasped 1t
there. He had used such force that
drops of blood were falling from be-
meath the scales where the poison-cov-
cred darts were hidden. 1t was his
hand that had brought about this
caressed him, and frantic with horror
of what he had done he tore the snake
from her throat and flung il from him
into the smouldering fire.
IN that last moment of her life she
understood something OF his remo,se,
for he saw tle death-'limmed eyes
brighten into faint smile as they
looked into his: then FROM the Goals
here the snake writEed like living
thing there came fash of blue flame.
Il cloud oS pnngent smoke, and when the
darkness cleared away he knew that
Lachme lay dead al his feet: and lot
there in the doorway, clad in the white
robes OF death. Rosalie his love stood
piteously, with imploring hands out
stretched to him.
The doctors found an explanation of
Rosadie's awakening to life from the
brink of the grave: but, though the
world accepted it. it hardly satisfied
st. Lawrence. Generally it was said
that the poison concealed in the snake
was one of which q minute quantity
will canse trance and Il slightly larger
amount inevitably produces instant
death. SO that though Lachme fell VIC
tim to the awful thing from the force
with which it was clasped about her
throat, Rohalie escaped because. shrink
ing from the slight scratch the darts
inflicted. she tore the serpent almost
instantly from her arm.
But John st Lawrence has his own
opinion, and-though he never speaks
of it-tieep in his heart turks a belief In
wild Indian magic. with the memory
of legend that tells how the sacrifice
of witch may bring the dead to life.
None knew exactly how Lachme died.
for the story was hushed up and almost
forgotten by the time John ST. Law
renee and Rosalie were marrie,l-a few
months later.
He is quoted as an ideal English gem
tleman-gentle, generous. honorable
and true-yet, as be takes his idolized
young wife in his arms and kisses her,
not even her charm can make him for
get how his hand cansed the death of
the woman who, barbarian as she WAS
had yet loved him layishly, as only
ofientais ean love--as he can never holF
to be loved ssasn v-Black Bnd White
y al
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Nervous

People find just the help they so much
need, in Hoods Sarsaparilla. It fur
nishes the desired strength by purity.
ing, vitalizing and enriching the blood
and thus builds up the nerves, tones
the stomach and regulates the w.sois
system. Read this:
~ want to praise Hcod's Barsaparflla.
My health run dowa, and had the grip.
After that ny heart and nervous system
were badly affected, 80 that could not do
my cssn work. Our physician gave me
sor>e help, but did not cure. decided IA
try Hoods Sarsaparilla- Soon could do
ell my own homework ] xave take1
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Cured

Hoods PflI with Hoods Sarsaparilla, and
they have done me much good. / win not
be without them. Ihave taken 10 bottlcs q
Hoods SarsapariIla, and through the blesss
ing Of God, it has cured mo- worked q
hard as ever the past summer, and am
thankful to say l am well. Hoods Pills
when taken with Hoods Sarsaparilla help
very much" Ems. M. nj. MEssExaxl.
Freehold, Penn
This and many other cures prove ShaS
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1.-THE silver miners demand that
they shall be paid for the metal in the
proportion of sixteen to one for gold.
This ia rs it o cloth manufacturer
shoEld demaud q fun yards pay tor
halt . yard Of the ssnff.-fhscpgo
Chronscls. M !
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A Trinity Of Evils.

fly of the bowels accompany each other. To
the removal of this trinity of evils Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters is specially adapted
It also cures dyspepsia, rheumatism, ma,
larial complaints, biliousness, nervousness
and constipation. The most satisfactory
results follow fair trial. Use it daily.
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PuPII-"What qualities man TO be calleQ
master Of the fencel" swell, monsieur,.
he may be very clever wiz 20 foils or he may
be what you call o mugwump." Brooklyn
Life,
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TEAcHER-.What Is taxidermyi' Johnniss
81 guess know, teacher" Teacher
eWell, Johnniel" Johnnie-sIt's putting
down carpets. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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HE-"I am told that your admirers nama>
deed hs nams - 5ones nYsRroo1yn nj
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CAUSE FOR RAGE-s'What made that q
rays lecturer so mad7'' ssSomebody worked
him with piece Of homeless Goldfish. p-
Chicago Record.
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PoErRr FED. - She (sentimentailyo-
"What poetry there is in firer' He fsadiylI
Eyes; great deal OF my pretty poetry
has gone there."-Harper's Bazaar
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FARLEY and surrender mean the same
thing where virtue is concerned.-Mme. do
0aintenon.
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: FRS stopped free by DR.. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. No fits after first days USE
Marvellous cures Treatise and - trial bot
tie free. DR.. Kline. 93l Arch St., Phila., Pa
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A VICTORY Is twice itself when the achiev,
err brings home full numbers.-Sh Shakespeare.
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THs front wheel Of bicycle should b.
called Pride for often it goeth befera .
Philadelphia Press.
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Hoods pills act easily. promptly ana
.S effectively. Is centa

A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished by never vary
ing devotion to single purpose IS
seen in the history Of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For O. years they have simply been
building grain and grass-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it i
safe to say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-tlird of ali
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world. 4
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The act OF worship Is among all creation
indigenous and peculiar to man.-MelviIlej
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Hood
SarsapariIIa

Is the One True Blood Purifier. All druggists ~
Prepared only by c. I. Hood Co.. Lowell, Massl
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-07-10

New stock OF wall paper at R. J. Nc
Mahon's.
Ladie' vici oxfords, lace, in tan at
Senter's.
Picture Frames made to order at w.
H. Baugh's drug store.
Rough and dressed lumber, lath
shingles, ceiling and flooring at Horton 8
lumber yard.
Fresh Oranges and Bananas received
every week. at r. J. McMahon's
Strawberries and cream, and also Ice
cream, will be served in the grove at
the residence of Mrs. II. NJ. Thatcher,
Sunday afternoon and evening. Every
one invited. Prices in accordance with
the times.
Call in and see the new line of Ladies'
Fine shoes, at Senter's,
Catch On Skirt and belt supporter;
no pins; no tear; no sew; no sag; easily
adjusted to any belt. Only 20 cents, at
J. F. Kenley's
Our spring lines are now full and COM
plete, with prices to suit the times. We
invite inspection, with reference to the
quality and prices. A. S. Senter,
Drop in and see the new lines of boys
vici tan shoes, in needle toes at Senters.
Fresh berries of all kinds, at Nc
Mahon's. Received daily.
Hats in the latest spring styles at
Senter's.
Wanted-Place by Japanese, good
first class cook, for boarding house or
family, city or country. Inquire at
Japanese section house.
R. Frank.
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TAKE NOTICE.

I will pay 800 reward for the arrest
and conviction, of any person in possess
sion of any horses branded as follows:
60 on left stihe.
B on left hip or stiAe.
K Y on left hip or stihe.
V on left shoulder.
S on right shoulder.
S T on left shoulder.
I forbid anyone driving the same off
of the range, or running them into
barbed wire fences, cutting and iniuring
them. Parties so doing will be prose
cuted to the full extent OF the law.
All hors es sold or disposed OF will be
counter branded, on either hip or
shoulder. SAMUEL +. GRIDLEY.
Hagerman, Lincoln County, Idaho.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-07-10

A teachers institute will be held for
one week, in Shoshone, beginning Thurs
day July SOth at 10 O'Clock a. m. in the
School House, the course of study being
review of the common branches. with
essays and papers from teachers, A full
program will be annonced later. All
teachers and friends of education are
invited to be present. Regular examin-
ton of teachers for Lincoln county will
begin the first Thursday in August at
10 a. III.
J. G. Brown.
Superintendent OF Public instruction
Shoshone, Lincoln County, Idaho.
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STOCKHOLDERS MEETING.

Notice is hereby given that there
will be meeting OF the stockhold-
ers of the Journal Publishing Co.,
at THE JOURNAL Office, Tuesday,
July 18th at 2 a. m. for the pur-
pose of electing trustees for the en-
suing year.
w. H. Baugh.
Secretary.
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METHODIST CHURCH.

Services mex; Sunday as follows t;
Preaching at II O'Clock; Sunday school
at u m. Epworth League 7-30. Preach
ing at p. m.
A cordial invitation extended to all
Young people and strangers especially
invited, w. J. BARGER, Pastor.
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LOCAL AND GENERAL ROUNDUP,

EIDC4AL AMI trT'Nf>hT%h
And so Fourth.
The political ight is now on.
Judge Brown Spent the 4th in Cald'
veil.
Wad swope went to HALEY the 4th tc
play ball.
C. w. foyer is reported to be improv-
ing slowly.
John Swope came up from snake river
yesterday.
Mrs. Leah Burnside is visiting friends
in PocatelIo.
Bishop Glorieux held services in Sho-
shone this week,
Judge Waters was in HALEY this week
ON legal business.
Will Smith has returned from a visit
to his parents, in Utah.
The murcury registered los degrees
in the shade, on the 4th.
Judge Waters has been attending
court at HALEY this week.
F. w. Coolidge and wife returned
from Salt Lake yesterday.
Hugh Bradford, of the Minnie Moore
mine, was in town Sunday.
County commissioners will meet in
regular ression, Monday July 18th,
L. Dawson visited Nampa, the last of
the week, on business and pleasure
Born-To the wife of Albert Fay II
pound girl. motherand child doing well.
Mrs. R. McKune has opened a restau
cant, and will serve meals at all hours
Mr.. and Mrs. McAvoy, of Hagerman,
were in town this week to see the Doc
tor.
Jesse Chrisman and Ed Hubbard were
running engine -4G2 on the branch this
week.
Placer miners are making from 81 to
S. q day with 3 roc ker, down on Snake
river.
b. Horrie came up from Glenn's
Ferry this week to pay visit to his
family.
Frank J. Collins, travelling Auditor of
Rio. Grand Western is on fishing trip
up the river.
DR.. Buttner ret urned from Hagerman
Sunday morning, with sore thumb
and no fish.
Miss Ella Dill visited HALEY friends
last week, and enjoyed the balmy air OF
the mountains.
3. D. Colman agent of the North
British American Insurance Co. was in
town this week.
Roy Tower and sister Mildred, came
up from the Falls, to visit their father.
who is quite i'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sam Holt, entertained a
select party of friends, at an elegant
luncheon, on July fourth.
Doc. Smith has started to raise
1t is necessary TO be told of
i, as the poor thing is invisible.
The foot race on the 4th between
Henry Brown and Jim Dunn, was won
ly the former with but little effort.
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Another lot of mems slickers and
mackintoshes just received to-day at
Senter's,
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JOURNAL.
RAILROAD TIME TABLE.

RAILROAD TIMETABLE.
Trains carrying passengers arrive and
depart ar follows:
Wood River Branch = Combined
freight and passenger, departs at 1920
q. M. arrives at 6 p, m.
OREGON SHORT LINE.
WESTWARD.
No. fast mail, arrives at. 6 As a. m.
EASTWARD.
No. 2, fast mail, arrives at. e. IL 10 p. m,
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sHosHoNE. JULY 10, 1896.
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Water melons next week.

Born ;-Thursday. July 9th, to Mrs.
John Sims, a seven pound girl. All are
doing we'll,
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TRUSTEES SALE.
II. H. TATEM, Auctioneer.

II. III. TATEM, AuctiOneeP.
Under and by virtue of the power vest-
ed In me, as trustee, by appointment under
deed from Matt O'Connell to w. NJ. Bent.
dated the goth day of October, 1884, and
recorded in Chatham County Records,
BOOK or Mortgages &c, folio 467. well sell
at public cutlery, to the highest and best
bona hde bidder. before the court house
door of Chatham county, ON
the FIRST TUESDAY IN JAN
uARY, 1897, between the legal
hours or SALE all of the following proper
" described in said deed to-wit All that
lot or land situate, lying and being in ths
city OF savannah, I'm the county OF Chat
nam and state of Georgia, and known and
designated in the plan of said city as lot
number thirty-four go Troup ward, and
bounded on the north by lane, on the
east by lot number thirty-three, on the
south by Jones street and on the west
by lot number thirty-flve, and having
front on Jones street Of sixty 600 feet,
more or less, and extending in depth from
Jones street to the said lane on the north-
ern boundary; said lot having q rectangu-
lar depth of one hundred Q00) feet, more
or less, together with the improvements
hereditaments and appurtenances, there
unto belonging and Of the equities of the
said Matt O'Connell therein.
Terms cash; purchaser paying for titles.
J. II. CANN, Trustee.