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Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES
The Poet and the Mail

HE Poet and the Maid
A poeI VINO strolled for an idle hour
=, At the close of perfect day,
st rpp Gown to gather a lovely flower.
Then Kissed it, and-threw ii away
glrl passed by, all wounded and torn.
On oid wrongs her memory ran;
Her breath came hard, and she said xc;+,.
Scorn. "'iu "dlH
Cruel. and just like mani,
H Gambler
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with the squire of the parish has been
put under a boycott by the latter He
can Obtain neither food nor lodging in
the village, the shopkeepers refuse to sell
him their wares, and he is obliged to
clean the church. light the lamps and
ring the bells himself.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03

Prof FL. Newell Martin, who until
recently held the chair of biology in
Johns Hopkins university, has just died
in England.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
1t was Abandoned.

The sturdiness of the North and it's
rather grim self-will is admirably illus
trated by two Yorkshire anecdotes A
landlord of very old family proposed to
ants farm buildings. which the tenant
declined to permit, whereupon the land
lord remarked very mildly that, after
all, the building was his own There
upon the tenant rejoined: Nay, my
forefather went to the Crusades with
your forefather, and you shan't touch a
stone of it, Again, a daughter of eone
of the leading citizens of Il Yorkshire
town limited to her fathers gardener
that the family would like to appropri-
ate the greenhouse to the purposes of a
winery, whereupon she was told to let
her father know 'he may just choose
betwixt me and t grapes" Of course
the proposal was abandoned.
Wax Show Figures.
One of the odd industries that has tax
en- rapid strides to the front in the past
few years, is the manufacture of wax
show figures. Five years ago, there were
but two concerns in Gotham devoted to
this particular business. To-day there
are a score. The growth of another in
dustry is due to the demand for wax
show figures. The country has for sew
eral seasons past been mad on the sub
ject of hygienic underwear. and firms
t. al
these concerns and their branch sales
rooms, needed wax figures to display the
underwear on. Some of the wax figures
in the windows of the big shops are
beautiful to look upon. for Solomon in all
his glory, couldn't hold q candle to them.
a Slow Town.
DIR. Watson dan MacLaren) tells a
good story about his trip to the Holy
land. He says that as he was nearing
the center. of historic Palestine he met
an American who was making all haste
to get away: After few greetings.
such as two English speaking men meet
ing in foreign country might exchange,
the American asked DR.. Watson where
he was going 1To jerusalem" was the
reply. AJerusalemi" exclaimed the
American in tones of unfeigned disgust:
'.you don't want to go there. I've .ust
come away. It's slow town. Why,
there isn't a daily newspaper in the
whole place.
Marked the Coin.
A clergyman tells an amusing story of
a worthy vicar in rural parish who had
waxed eloquent in the interest of foreign
missions one Sunday, and was surprised
on entering the village shop during the
week to be greeted with marked cold
ness by the old dame who kept it.
On aksing the cause the good woman
produced a half-crown from drawer,
and. throwing it down before him. said:
II marked that coin. and put it in the
plate last Sunday. and here it is back
again in my shop! | knowed well them
heather never got the money!.
Flora Macdonald's statue seems un-
able to find resting place. First the
clan objected to her bare feet. and now
the Inverness town council will not find
a site for it.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
A Warm Road.

Birthstone Bob Ito missionary)-"How
kin you git to the Lost Basin settle
ment? Why. take the Devil'sfolk stage
to Sulphur canyon. then go down He'll
pit crick to Fire hill; the Devils cave
outfit will put you across Purgatory flats,
and you can git the Past Redemption
stage from Burning springs to Hellfre
buttes. then 80
Rev. MacWeary Shepherd Ito station
AGENT "Wh-when is the next train
east y'-Judge
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
The Dancing Turkey.

eager baby voice outside my door.
Augusta Webster.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1896-12-03
Marked the Coin.

Flora Macdonald's statue seems un-
able to find resting place. First the
clan objected to her bare feet. and now
the Inverness town council will not find
a site for it.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
GOOD ROADS.

While we are considering various
and sundry methods for building up
The Dalles, such as manufacturing in
dustries, coal mines, etc., weare liable
TO overlook one OF the most effective
agents for building up aud retaining
the trade of the surrounding country.
And that agent 's nothing less than
good roads leading in every direction
from the city.
Considerable has been said and
written about free road leading from
Dufur, across the Deschutes at the old
Maupin ferry, ,and on into Crook county,
In order to make it certain that the
products of that section shall continue
to find market at The Dalles, and the
road leading to the free bridge has
also been pretty thoroughly discussed,
but discussion has not resulted in
very excellent road being built to that
point. In fact, it is said to be the very
opposite to a good road. and at present
is no road at all. Several hundred
dollars were spent on the Rattlesnake-
grade, on the Sherman county side of
the river, and considerable amount
was expended on the grade leading
west from the bridge, but this grade is
now in a deplorable condition, and
travel over it with heavy loads has
been suspended for the present.
Those who have travelled over it
recently say unless it is repaired dur
ing the winter or early spring, Sher-
man caunty farmers will be unable to
reach The Dalles, hence their trade will
go elsewhere. 1t is like 'riding free
horse to death" to ask The Dalles mer-
chants and warehouse owners to sub.
scribe more to put the road In con-
dition. for they have already been
most liberal in their donations for this
purpose, however it is to their interest
TO retain the trade of Sherman county,
and the only way to accomplish this is
to give the farmers good roads, hence
it seems that another donation of few
hundred dollars for roads will be nec-
eSsarv
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
AFTER FORTY YEARS.
Husband / ong Mourned as Dead Suddenly
Returns.


Husband ong Monrned as Dead Suddenly
Returns.
LA GRANGE, Ind, Nov. 26. = A
strange story has developed near Gen.
ter, little settlement in Steuben
county, by the. reuniLing of husband
and wife after 40, years separation.
William Weidner disappeared from
st. Joseph county, Mich, then his
home, in 1866. His wife did not give
up hope of his return until 1854, when
a letter alleged to have been written
by her husband on his dying b d,
solved the mystery. The letter came
from Los Angeles, Cal, where Mrs.
Weidner believed her husband died.
Mrs. Weidner donned widows weeds
and moarned her husband as dead.
She subsequently, married John Tom
kins. and to this union six children
were born. Tomkins died in 1886.
Yesterday Weidner returned to find
his family, little believing that his
wife was alive. He fonnd in gray.
headed Mrs. Tomkins. the bride of his
youth, and as husband and wife they
will live together again. Weidner
went to the coast to speculate, and sew
eral fortunate business ventures have
given him possession of comfortable
fortune.
The theory is advanced that the let
ters sent Mrs. Weidner was part of
to murder Weidner at the
time, as be was the owner of several
valuable mining claims.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28

dummy beyond the edge of q bowlder
in such q way as to look as if the bulge
of his own body were protruding, says
Lippincott's Magazine.
The old, old ruse succeeded admir-
ably, for instantly there came from the
cover, about thirty yards away, hurt
ling shower of arrows; and as soon as
Tom and had fired our decoy shots a
squad OF hideously painted Apaches
sprang up, and with uplifted toma-
hawks and terrific yells, rushed toward
us. But not for far
Now, boys!" shouted JACK, and ut
the crack of our rifles the three fore
most braves went headlong down
For few seconds the others stood
bewildered, and then, as one after an
other dropped under the storm of re-
volver bullets, fred so rapidly as to
seem like the work of dozen enemies,
the surviving warriors darted off 10
their ponies and scuried away.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
THERE WILL BE a COOLNEss.

There will be an increasing GOODNESS
in republican circles toward President
elect Mckinley as time passes. This
is inevitable, from the fact that tens
of thousands of expectant toffice-seekers
will be disappointed. The civil SER
vice law has taken vast number of
federal positions out of the control of
q partisan president-unless, as he
might do, he transgresses the spirit of
the law-which no president can hence
forth afford to do, nor will desire to do.
The offices to be filled by the president
and his chief advisors are few and far
between in comparison with the i'm
mense army of hungry and sycophantic
applicants. In fact the president now
has, notwithstanding the great increase
in the number of official positions, less
Offices at his direct disposal than at
any time since the war. Mr.. Cleve-
land put some $4,000 OF them on the
civil service list sat one fell swoop'
only few months ago. The result is
that where fifty men are beseeching or,
an Office, and insisting that
they deserve and must haye "recog-
nition," only one will be successful;
the other 40 will be disappointed. and
about Al of them will be angry, and
swear that Mckinley Is base migrate.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
WIS T IGNORANCE?

Ever since the election. the Oregon
ian and few like journals have been
harping that it was only the ignorant
who cast their vote for Bryan, and the
intelligence of the nation voted for
Mckinley. 1t 10 true that the greatest
illiteracy exists In the South, and also
that a majority Of the Southern states
voted for Bryan. 1t is alike true that
in-the Northern and Eastern states,
Bryan received the largest vote In the
states where the percentage of Hitter
acy is the least, hence it is safe to con-
clude that only the illiterate and un-
educated voted for him is utterly false.
A bulletin issued by the University
of Oregon, under date Of Noy. II, 1895,
shows the percentage of illiteracy in
number OF the Northern and Western
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
A Disastrous Blaze.

SEATTLE. WASH, Nov. 25.-Nearly
the entire business portion of the town
of Leavenw orth, headquarters OF the
Cascade division cf the Great Northern
railroad, was burned early this morn
ing. Every house opposite the depot,
with the exception of one small build
ing was destroyed.
The fire originated in the Office of
the Jo-ke hotel, and the lodgers had a
narrow escape from cremation. nearly
all escaping in their night clothes. A
cook in the hotel named Silverstone,
and brakeman named Thomas
Metzdorf were severely burned about
the head and face. Leaveuworth is
located in the eastern slope of the
Cascade mountains, and is u thriving
wild town OF about 1000 people, popu-
lated by railroad men and miners.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28

CALIFOhNIA'S FAKE.

For week past California has been
all agog over the report that San
Francisco dentist had invented, and
successfully launched in the ETHEREAL
atmosphere, an air ship. People in
various sections Of the state saw the
mysterious bird sailing around in the
heavens. with wings outstretohed and
head light cleaning. People who
for veraclty gave most graphic ac-
counts Of what they had seen, and evil
IDENTIFY there was something in the air,
in the imagination of these ordinary
truthful people, or in their stomachs,
to cause them to behold such remark
able visions. Most likely it was the
latter. California's grapes were
slightly over-ripe before they were
made into wine this year, and during
the excitement of the election, possi-
bly, Californians INDUCED too freely in
their boasted product, causing their
minds to be muddled and their vision
to be inaccurate.
The fake, however, was working
nicely, and possibly would have re-
suited in California having successfully
solved the problem of navigating the
air, at least in the minds of some, had
it not been for Alexander D. McEvoy,
of the American and International
Detective Agency. He was somewhat
skeptical, and sat himself about to in
vestigate whence came those strange
lights in the heavens, and that flying
machine so many had seen. The Ex-
aminer OF the 9th gives this account
of the result of his Investigations.
''By quiet investigation McEvoy
learned that Blair Park, in the north
ern suburbs of Oakland. is the place
of operation of two men who have been
hoaxing the people of Oakland and
this city. He stationed himself in the
park and watched for what he might |
see. At exactly twenty-eight minutes |
after 10 o'clock he saw rising from In.
spiration point, high shelf on the |
Piedmont hills, about five hundred
yards from his place of observation, an
object kiteshaped. about ten feet i
length, with wheels like little wind |
mills. On the sides of the structure |
were lights, and from it hung japan
ese lantern, red in color and about one !
foot in diameter 1t moved slowly be-
fore the wind. He plainly saw two
men on the point and accosted them
as they descended the path. They
told him that they were sending up OBJ
jects such as he had seento mystify the
people and to give them material for
newspaper articles"
1t is probably unfortunate that Mr..
McEyoy has thus exposed the fraud,
for people enjoy sensation and like to
be bilked. None are more susceptible
than we Americans, and it Is too bad
we should have thus been deprived of
the pleasure we were getting from
accounts Of the aerial flights
of that mysterious bird. And it is too
bad for California. She was getting a
lot of free advertising from possessing
the only successful and real air ship in
the world, and was gaining renOwn
abroad that was making other places
greed with envy. But all fakes must
fall, and this one went down with a
thud
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The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
A WEIRD SEA TALE
The Deep Mystery of nn Abandoned
ami It's aiiss:u.- rev,

The Deep Mystery of an Abandoned Ahil
ami It's Missing rev.
One of the strangcst stories about an
abandoned ship comes from the Indian
ocean. In 1872 the British corvette
Lizard was cruising Off Ccylon. A ship
came in sight with all sail set, anc
making good speed through the water
The officers took Z long look. and one
said: "There is something wrong
about that vessel. Her crojaclz is LOOSE
and 1apping, and there is no man al
the wheel. We had better run down
IN her."
This was done, says the New York
World, and when near it was seen that
the ship had no crew, as there was nc
answer to the hail. When boarded
there were no marks of trouble until,
on raising a sail that was spread over
the main hatch, the body of 4 man was
found. lie had been ironed to the
loclS-bars of the hatch cover, and had
apparently been dead week.
On going into the cabin the body OF
an elderly man was found. lie had
been stabbed to death. On examining
the log-book 1T was on record that the
ship was Spanish, from the Philippines,
and named Ell Frey Antonio; but,
strangely, the last entry was six weeks
past, and spoke of abandoning the ship
at a point thousand miles away,
bound for Malaga, Spain. She was left
on the road to China. pitcher of
water on the table was intact. Coulo
the vessel have come this long journey
without meeting storm, and how had
the dead men got here? They had not
been dead six weeks. and both were
Lascars.
Tic Frey Antonio was -aken into
Madras, tn Spanish government noti-
fad, and their answer only made the
mystery deeper. The ship had sailed
from Celcbes more than year before,
With six Roman Catholic priests as
passengers, bound for Spain, and had
TO lasc@rs among her crew. And this
vas all. And from that far away
time until now the story of El Frey
Antonio is one OF the secrets of the
deep.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
TRIAL
The Competition Prisoners
Tried by a Secret Court
Martial.
KILLED HER BABIES
A Mother Cuts the Throats of Her
Three Children and Attempted
10 Kill Eelstlf
Burglars Rob General HarrisOn's Home
A Preas her Murdered-C larles Crisp
Will Succeed His Father
Prairie Fires.

HAVANA, Nov. 24.-The Competitor
prisoners have been tried by court
martial in the fortress of Cabanas in
spite of Consil- General Lees official
protest. filed just before he left Havana.
The exceptions taken by the prisoners
were overruled by the naval courts.
General Lees note was pigeouholed,
and in defiance of Secretary Oh ey's
intimation of disapproval, the Com
petitor's crew and MIR. Melton, the
American newspaper correspondent.
have again been tried 10y drumhead
court, sitting within the walls of q
Spanish fortress, where, according to
Captain General Weyler's orders, the
representative of the United States
consulate may not enter.
The prisoners were allowed neither
interpreter nor counsel. Those partly
acquainted with Spanish were COM
pelle1 to interpret for the others. So
quickly was the affair conducted that
Acting Consul-General Springer does
not yet know, it is said, that the case
was virtually closed November "a, on
which day Melton Maza, Dr.. Vedia
and the witness, George Ferran, were
forced by Naval Judge Fernandez to
sign statements admitting their COM
plicity in the filibnste,iny expedition
which the Competitor is alleged to
have brought under Monson and
Labord to the Pinar del Rio coast.
This written evidence is now unGer
consideration by the court.
Jndge Saul said today that a decision
may be rendered at any moment. 1t
Is expected that all the members of the
party whose American citizenship has
not been clearly shown will be shot.
The bona flde Americans probably will
be sentenced to from three to ten
years Imprisonment in some Spai ish
penal station off the coast IF Africa.
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under the control of the church, and
so little attention is paid to them that
the school attendance amounts to but
one in forty of the Inhabitants, with
an aggl egate yearly cost of but sl37 600
OF the S1.2l1 ,45O Indebtedness of the
Spanish government four years ago,
S175. 100000 was saddled specifically
upon Cuba, and the annual interest
upon that sum is charge against the
revenues of the island. There is no
explanation of how or when this ex-
clusively Cuban indebtedness was
created, and the belief is that it
was arbitrarily apportioned to the is
land as a pretext for increased ex-
actions.
In one form or another the 1,123. .OO0
Inhabitants of Cuba are taxed and
plundered by the Spanish government
and its island agents to the amount OF
nearly s40,0OOO00 annually. This is
equivalent to about s24 per capita for
the general expense, irrespective OF
local and municipal 1evies.
About so per cent of all the taxes
collected in Cuba is for the home gov
ernment and represents no legitimate
governing expenses of the island. Nor
is this all. Millions of dollars are
wrung from the people annually by
government officials, and their defal-
cations are a common occurrence,
though not single officer has been
convicted for malfesance in Office.
If half the facts set forth in the
volume referred to are true, there
never was rebellion more justifiable
than the one now in progress in Cuba.
The Cubans are simply fighting against
taxation that is equivalent to cOnfis'
cation, and for the overthrow of a gov
ernment that is so decidedly corrupt as
to legalize robbery when committed
by an officer of the crown. Justice is
certainly on the side of the Cubans,
and all civilized nations ought to lend
them assistance.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28

excitement cooled off very suddenly,
however. In fact but one or two
trades were made at the opening
figures. The jump at Liverpool was
qualified by the statement that it was
caused purely oy speculative buying
and active lilui lation soon started.
The outside markets also sent selling
orders and the pri .e gradually declined
to S35 and alt lough for the first hour
good deal of nervousness was mani
tested. Tie report circulated yester-
day and watch was responsible for q
great deal of yeSterd ty's strength, that
Europe will require 100000 bushels
per month from America until July ],
was contir ned bo5h by private cables
and the Corn Trade News. At tho
close May was bringing S3i cents.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1896-11-28
MOTHER'S ms ,NE ACT.
Cut the Threats of Her Three Children
with a Kazor.

Cut the Threats of Her Three Children
with a Razor.
CHEHALIS, Was. Nv. 24.-News of
horrible tragedy that nc, urred the
east end of Lewis county was received
here this afternoon. Mrs. a. r. Sven
yer, the wife of farmer Lying near
Ashford postolfice, with razor cut the
throats of her three children. QUO 5
years old, one 3yearS and one months.
She then cnt her own throat, using the
same razor. Her husband arrived soon
after, and was Mortified to find his fam-
lily weltering in pool of blood. Tho
3-year-old girl as dead and the eldest is
expected to die. but the baby Will live.
The mother did not succeed in killing
herself, but her condition is preca
riaus. No details of the tragedy are
known except those received by the
coroner here in q note from neigh
Dor. No reason is given for the moth
er act.