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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1896-04-18

ocerling" bicycles which he presented 70 bis
uaughters Misses Clara and Helen.
1t IS rumored that Rathdrum viii,
nave populist newspaper during the coming
campaign. John F. Stark, populist candidate
ior snerlf two years ago is to be the editor.
Governor Mcconnell spent a few
days in Spokane this week, and while there
was interviewed by Spokesman-Review re-
porter. The interview appears In another
column Of this issue.
W. B. Mcfarland, the enterprisinc
occur dAlene merchant has opened COM
mission store at Spokane, which he will here
after conductin connection with his business
at Occur d Alene City.
Joseph Pinkham of Boise CITY. ex-
United States marshal for Idaho was in the
city Thursday to settle up some business in
connection with the Coxey trouble and strike
which occurred while he was in Office.
The &c" supper given in the Smith
building Tuesday evening by the Ladies'
Aid Society was well patronized and quite a
success. The ladies took in S3115. The menu
cards used on the occasion were real novel;
ty and caused much merriment.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-06-27
A Ghost Story Exploded.


1t is relief even to those who
scorn to believe in the supernatural
when a supposed ghost is clearly
proved to be of earthly origin. One
of the most famous murder cases in
Australia was discovered by the
ghost of the murdered man sitting
on rail of q nam (Australian for
horsepond) into which bis body had
been thrown. Numberless people
saw it, and the crime was duly
brought home. Even the skeptieal
admitted that this ghost seemed to
be an authentic one. But some years
after, q dying man making his con-
fession said that he invented the
ghost. He witnessed the crime but was
threatened with death if he divulg-
ed it as he wished to, and the only
way he saw out of the impasse was
to effect to see the ghost where the
body was found. AS soon as he
started the story, such is the power
of nervousness that numerous other
people began to see it, until its fame
reached such dimensions that a
search was made and the body found,
and the murderers brought to JUS
tice.
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VIII Pay All.

"Never in the history of the Bal
timore and Ohio Railroad company
have its affairs been conducted on
such strict business basis as now"
said one Of its highest officials, land
the public can depend upon iJ,' he
continued, "that eventually the road
will pay dollar for dollar of its obi
cations"
"The receivers could, had they so
desired, avoided paying much that
they have arranged 10 meet under the
issue of the S., 100000 of receivers
certificates and the receivers were
asked in court why they had not ex-
Guided from their schedule of debts
which they want to pay at once, or
in the near future, those of over six
months standing, as is usually the
case when road goes into the hands
of receivers, and their answer was
that they did not wish to take ad-
vantage of any legal techniealities.
"Since receivers Cowen and Muir
ray have taken charge of the Balti.
more and Ohio affairs they have laid
down a rule to hold the head of each
department responsible for results,
and the effect has been remarkable.
In the matter of the rolling stock,
the number of cars on sidings and in
shops have been reduced fifty per
cent, in the last few weeks, and TO-.
day every car and locomotive owned
by the road that can be moved is be-
ing operated to its full earning capac-
ity.'
The officials did not expect the
report of Expert Accountant Little
to be made public.
The receivers Of the Baltimore
and Ohio have arranged, through
some Of the various New York bank
ing houses that have recently become
interested in the road to pay on
June l the interest on $7,745, 900 five
per cent. bonds, due 1897, on the
Chicago division, amounting to 1885,
900, also on $8,500,0 900 a per cent.
bonds amounting to $l9I, l60; also
on 4 100000 five per cent. bonds of
the Schuylkill River and East Side
railroad.
The receivers have determined to
make the following expenditures on
the main line and its principal
branches during theneKt few months;
New steel rails, s475,O0O; renewals
of bridges, $4,000; tunnels and
masonry,$75, 900.
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Bulls Withou, Legs.

Recently in England prize was
offered, for the best "bull'' made of
laughter provoking words, and the
Outlook publishes selection from
those submitted.
Extract from a speech made at a
meeting to promote total abstinence:
"The glorious work will never be
accomplished until the good ship
Temperance shall sail from one end
of the land to the other, and with a
cry of 'Victoryp at each step she
takes, shall plant her bannerin every
city, town and village in the United
Kingdom
ave pursue the shadow, the bub-
BILE bursts, and leaves the ashes in
our hands -
An orator at one of the university
unions bore off the palm when he
declared that "the British lion, wheth-
er it is roaming the deserts of India
or climbing the forests Of Canada,
will not draw in its horns nor retire
into its shell"
A certain politician, lately con-
demning the government for its pol
icy concerning the income tax, is re-
ported to have said They'll keep
cutting the wool off the sheep that
lays the golden eggs until they pump
it dry
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tJuited States Firss Things.
The FIRST sewing silk was paten

The FIRST sewing silk was patent
cd by an American in 1916.
Tobacco was first grown for ex.
port in this country in 1916.
Salt was first boiled in this coun-
try in Syracuse, IN. Y, in 1887.
Umbrellas were introduced into
America from England in 1772.
The first stone paving for streets
was laid in New York in 1868.
The first observatory was located
al Williamstown. Mass, in 1886.
The first public schools were open
ed in 1916 in Massachusetts,.
The first sugar manufactured in
this country was made in New Or.
leans in 1896.
The first night watchmen were Ii
censed by the New York Common
Council in 1897.
The FIRST table cutlery made in the
United States was in Greenfield,
Mass, In 1884.
Philadelphia was the first city to
issue directory, its first edition
coming out in 1855.
The first religious journal in this
country was "The Recorder at
Chillicothe, o., in 1914.
The first patent was issued to
Samuel Hopkins in 1890 for making
"pot or pearl ashes
The first cotton mill in this coun-
try was established in Beverly, Mass,
in 1878. 1t was designed to manu-
facture cord and bed ticking.
The FIRST mill for manufacturing
cotton yarns was located in North
Providence, r. l., by Samuel Slater,
in 1898.
The first insurance company to
begin business in this country open
ed its doors in Philadelphia, in the
year l704.
The first theatre in this country
to be lighted with gas was a theatre
at Philadelphia, which put in gas
pipes in 1915.
The first submarine telegraph wire
in this country was from Governors
Island to the Battery in New York,
laid in 1912.
The FIRST newspaper is said to have
been the Boston "News Letter.
first issued in 1904. 1t was half
sheet, l2xlS inches.
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an old Trishwoman, who has re-
ceived many benefits at the hands Of
a benevolent minister and his wife
is so shiftless that occasionally the
large-hearted couple loose all pa
thence with her but she has such q
sense of humor, and such beguil-
ing tongue, that she never fails to
amuse them and finally to win them
back.
At one time when money was CIV
en- her to buy warm underclothing
with, she wasted it upon large
plush photograph album. The min
lister spoke to her with considerable
severity, as did also his wife, and
for some time Bridget received no
calls from either of them.
One afternoon, however, the min
lister relented and stopped at Bird
gets door on his way to see sick
woman.
"Shure and it's mesilf that dream
ed about you last noight, Misther
Williams" said Bridget with BEAM
ing smile. aOi dreamed that you
and Missus Williams came here TO
see me, and says you, How are you
of for tay and coffee, Bridget?' and
Oh says tits niver drop of ayther
Olive got in the house, Misther
Williams I And thin you presented
me wild a pound of tay, and Missus
Williams wild a pound Of coffee on
the sphot Yis, sorr, that was me
dream
swell, Bridget" said the minister,
striving not to smile, "you know
dreams are said to go by contra.
ries.'
"Shure, and that's fwhat Oh said
to mesilf," exclaimed Bridget,
triumphantly. "Said Oh, 'Misther
Williams is the wan that'll be giving
me the coffee and Missus Williams
the tay = Thin was my very
thoughts, sorr."
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The dyspeptic carries a dreadful
load on his back. It seems as ii he
were really made up of two men.
One OF I'd n ambitious, brainy and
energetic the other sick, listless,
peevish and without force. The weak
man weighs the other one down.
The dyspeptic may be able to do
pretty good work one day, and the
next day because of some little in
discretion in eating, he may be able
to do nothing at all. Most cases of
dyspepsia start with constipation.
Constipation is the cause of nine.
tenths OF all human sickness. Some
of its symptoms are sick and bilious
headache, dizziness, sour stomach,
loss of appetite, foul breath, windy
belchings, heartburn, pain and dis.
trsss after eating. All these are in
dicative of arrangements Of the
liver, stomach and bowels, and all
are caused by constipation. DR..
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the
quickest, easiest and most certain
cure for this condition. They are
not violent in action.
: Send 81 cents in one-cent stamps
to Worlds Dispenssry Medical AS
ISOLATION, Buffalo, N. Y, land receive
DR.. Pierce's zoos page COMMON
SENSE MEDICAL ADVISER, illustrated.
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Fell Dead.

These words are very familiar to
our readers, as not day passes
without the report of the sudden
death of some prominent citizen.
The explanation is 'Heart Disease. .
Therefore beware if you have any of
the following symptoms: Short
breath, pain in side, smothering
spells swollen ankles, asthmatic
breathing, weak and hungry spells,
tenderness in shoulder or arm, fut-
tering of heart, or irregular pulse.
These symptoms mean heart disease.
The most reliable remedy is DR..
Miles New Heart Cure, which has
saved thousands of lives. Book OF
testimonials free at 4. III. GiIbert's,
who also sells the New Heart Cure.
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The man who eats because he is
hungry is, thus far, on level with
the brutes. The man who stops eat
ing the moment his hunger is ap-
peased is the wise man. Nature
needs no more food than she calls
for. Continued excess brings about
indigestion or dyspepsia. with loss
of flesh, strength, sleep, ambition
and mental power; and an accumu-
lation of aches, pans and many dan
gerous local maladies.
The stomach now can do nothing
alone. We must appeal to some ar
tiflcially digested food which can
also digest other foods. That is to
say, we must use the Shaker Diges-
tive Cordial. The effect is prompt
and cheering. The chronic pain and
distress ceases. Appetite presently
revives. Flesh and vigor gradually
come back, and the sufferer RECEIVERS.
But he must be careful in future. A
trial bottle for 10 cents.
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a bright colored man Is some
times very bright, aud withal go
good-natured that the victim Of his
brightness can do nothing but smile
and confess himself beaten. Such a
fellow was Sam, "a light-skinned
darkey Of middle age,n about whom
Harper's Round Table has a clever
story.
He was employed in the street de-
partment Of the town Of d. One
day gentleman, finding him at
work tearing up some cobblestones
from the street, and desiring to hear
one Of his witty replies, asked him
what be was doing. Sam replied !:
"Why sab, Use cr-pulling up de
street by and by Use going to pull
up de riber."
"Pull up the river Why Sam,
that's gigantic job. You'll have
to pump and haul many a year be-
fore you can accomplish that
"If yous want ter see me DO it,
Use wiling
"Well, Sam, / would like to see
how you go about it, and if you can
prove to me that you can finish such
job even within year, I will treat
you to suit of Sunday clothes"
"Yah, yah, yah !" laughed Sam.
aCome Tong, sab, Tse'll prove dat
shuah r.
And off he started for the river
with the gentleman and several
other people who had gathered
around during the conversation.
Reaching the river, Sam piloted the
gentleman and the crowd to an old
skiff. Jumping into it, he seized the
oars and started rowing, shouting as
he did so, "Dere, sab I'se er-pull-
ing up de riber now p
The gentleman gave in, and Sam
got his clothes.
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A Temperance Lesson.


A cavalryman had for the second
time returned to the barracks in an
intoxicated condition.
His comrades SAW a chance the
second time to give him little les
son. He had gone to bed and thrust
his bare foot out from under the
blanket /; and they fastened one OF
his spurs on his naked heel. The
trooper lay in heavy and motion
less sleep for long time. AT last
he stirred, changed his position and
dug the spur into his other leg.
ooh! Helpl" Murderl' he shout
ed. Then he started up, struck a
light, and looked at the spur fasten-
ed on his bare heel.
"Well," be said, "if that doesn't
make me out q helpless idotl When
/ took off my boots last night l for
got to take off one of my spurs. I'll
never drink a drop again.
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Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens
that for years we have been selling
DR.. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, DR.. Kings New Life Pills,
Bucklen's Arnica Salve and Electric
Bitters, and have never handled
remedies that sell as well, or that
have given such universal satisfac-
ton. We do not hesitate to guar
antee them every time, and we stand
ready TO refund the purchase price,
if satisfactory results do not follow
their use. These remedies have won
their great popularity purely on
their merits. L. @. Matthaei, Drug
gist.
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How "BioyoIs" 10 Pronounced


A correspondent who signs him.
self "Ike' asks Chow do you (or
how should y pronounce b-i.c.y.
c-l-e3' Did you ever hear Of a lit
tie book, key, called a dictionary !!
Why don't you look in il 1? At any
rate, the pronunciation of that word
is no secret of ours. Just as soon
give it away as not. Here you are /:
In shifty, frigid April, Ike'll
Get into a frigid pickle
Turn to bifurcate icicle,
Pedaling his tired bicycle.
Buffalo Express.
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TO run.
To swim.
To carve.
To be neat.
TO make fire.
To be punctual
10 do an errand.
To. cut kindlings.
To sing if they can.
To hang up their hats.
70 respect their teacher.
To hold their heads erect.
To sew on their own buttons.
To read aloud when requested.
To help their mother and sister.
To wipe their boots on the mat.
To cultivate a cheerful temper.
To speak pleasantly to an old wo-
man.
To help the boy smaller than them
selves.
To put every garment in its prop
er place.
To remove their hats on entering
a house.
Not 10 tease boys smaller than
themselves.
To keep their finger nails from
wearing mourning.
To be as kind and helpful to their
sisters as to other boys sisters.
To close the door quietly, espec-
tally when there is a sick person in
the house.
To take pride in having their
mother and sisters for their best
friends.
To treat their mother as politely
as if she were a strange lady who
did not spend her life in their service.
Ifthey do anything, to take their
mother into their confidence, and
aboyeaall, never lie about anything
they have done.
When their play is over for the
day, to wash their faces and hands,
brush their hair and spend the even.
ing,in the house.
Not to take the easiest chair in
the room and put it directly in front
of tbs. fire, and forget to offer it to
their~mother when she comes in to
sit down.
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"That IDIOT of an Englisbman WIS.,
ting here took me for waiter at
the Highly's reception II don't
see how that ever happened. / never
noticed the least bit of dignity about
you.n- indianapolis Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1896-06-27

"Hello, Sappy, where have you
beeni' "I've been to the gymna-
SUM, exercising, old chap" you
cxercising?" eyes; watching the
others. Exercising my eye, don't
you now."-Pittsburg Chronicle.
Telegraph.
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What is
| e.:lI.7olii,1'||.Zs.

Casera Dr.. Samuel Pitchers prescription Infants
and Children It contains neither Opium, Morphine
other Narcotic substance It 10 harmless substitute
for Paregoric, Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor OIL
It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Mothers Castoria destroys Worms and alIays
fevershness. Castoria vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea and Wind Collie. Castoria relieves
teething troubles, constipation atulency.
Cascra assimiates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels, giving healthy natural sleep.
toria Chiidren's Panacea-the Friend.
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~ was all run down and had that
tired feeling. / read testimonials
of cures by Hoods Sarsaparilla and
began taking it. After I had taken
four bottles I was sound and well''
Miss Sianda Farley, Glenw God, W.
Va
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Don't you think that Charity is
a queer title for your new book!'
''Not at all. Charity begins tome
you know" Philadelphia North
American.
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work and sleepleSs nights. The machinery
of the Who'll system is dernoralized.
business mar feels that he cannot afford to
be i'll enough to quit work. He drags along
day after d., makes bad deals, says the
wrong thing, and health and business col.
lapse together, There's no need of either
disaster DR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets are
8 gentle, effective renovator of both ston-
ach and bowels. They assist naturs with.
out threatening to tear the body piece.neal.
There are no gripping pains, no nausea
One is a ban ~ perceptibie laxative. Two
give more noticeable results, aud they may
Be continued Hntil the system Is thoroughly
renovated, strengthened, and put into haf.
mony with nature. One need not tear a
"habit of taking the Pleasant Pellets.
As soon as health Is restored they may be
discarded without return of illness be.
cause Of their absence. Therefore. you
don't become slave 70 their use.
a GREAT BOOK FREE.
When DT. Y. Pierse, Of buffalo, N. Y, pub
lished the FIRST edition Of his work The Peoples
that after $4,000 Copies had been sold at the reg
ular price, 81 per copy, the profit on which
would repay him for the great amount Of labor
and money expended in producing n. he would
distribute the next half million free. As this
number Of copies has already been sold. he is
now distributing, 0bsolytsiy See, 10000 copies u
this most complete, interesting and valuab
common sense medical work ever published
The recipisrt only being required to mail to him,
at the above address, twenty IAN cents IN one
GENT stappe TO cover cost Of mailing onlyaHA the
book win b3 sent postpaid 1t is vrritable med.
Zeal library, complete 10 one volume. II contains
over Iooo pages and more than SEQ Illustrations
The f3se Edition Is precisely the same as those
sold at 81 50 except oplythat The books are bound
in strong manila paper covers instead 4 elssti
Send Eew bsfo:c all arr -'ger lay.
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LAxoL is the best medicine for
children. Doctors recommend it in
place of Castor Oil.
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THE BEST is what the People
y buy the most Of. That's WHY
Hoods Sarsaparilla has the largest
sale OF ALL MEDICINES.

Bilzim-"I've found one good way
to get around this high hat nuisance
when / go to the theatre Jabzin-
"You hayel Let's here it, Bill
zim--"Why, buy a seat in the front
row, of consolidating Gazette.
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RuckIsn's ArnIca SaIye.

Happy and content is a home with ssThe Ro-
CHESTER a lamp with the light Of the morning.
Catalogues, write Rochester, ampCo ,Nevyork.
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HOOPS PILLs are easy to take.
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Castoria..

'sCGssor:a is so well adapted 10 children that
recommend It essuperior toany prescription
known 70 me"
q. 4. ARCHER, II. D.,
III So. Oxford ST., Brooklyn, N. T.
'sOur physicians In the children's depart
mens hare spoken highly OF their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what Is known IS regular
products, Jet ne are free TO confess that the
merits CT eastoria has von look with
favor upon it,
UNITED Hospital AND pTsFEssARY,
Boston, Mass-
AlLaS c. saTzH, Pres,
u-rar SErsaf. Naw YarTz City.
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Company q aEa-Fay stses row York oisy.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1896-04-08
PIckPo ckETs.
They Must Have Nerves Of Steel to BE
Successful Operators.

They Must Have Nerves Of Steel to BE
Successful Operators.
Because man is pickpocket it does
not necessarily follow that he is not
we'll educated nor close observer of his
fellow mortals. The latter trait might
be said to be an absolute requirement to
successful purloiner of pocketbooks.
One of the gentry who possessed both
characteristics expressed himself the 9TH
or day to an Enquirer reporter at police
headquarters:
'There is no class of artists who in
their calling are as dexterous as pick
pockets. This is due to double incen-
tive. Not only do we find a bait for
effort and exertion in kuccess, but have
the added spur Of a fear of failure.
Success means as much to pickpocket
as to any man, and failure means a
great deal more. III
"a vocation in which the slightest
slip means a loss Of liberty and perhaps
of life will ever be apt to have degree
of experiences in its followers not present
in moro reputable and safer avenues Of
trade.
"Pickpockets, like poets and other
people, are born, not made. Their nerves
must be iron and yet as sensitive as in
stinct Their hands must be as COM
p]ete in make up and accomplishment
as Herrmann's, the magician, and strong
as steel, while light as down. Out of the
vast army of humanity who are soldiers
of the shadows only one-fourth Of per
cent can or do become pickpockets.
''These form the nobility Of thieves
and are reverenced by the burglar as Of
a higher class than they. The practice
Of a pickpocket while not really at work
is as constant as that of some famed
professor of the violin or harp. He
keeps pace with the profession. No
sooner does some jeweler invent new
fastening for diamond pins or studs
than these men of finest touch devise
the motion which evades it's purpose.
1.-The chief object of a picpkocket,
after certainty, is speed. He cannot
daily with his victim by the hour
What he does is to be over in a flash.
Speaking Of pins and studs, there has
never been a fastening SO complex but
the expert thieves could defeat it in a
motion. They do in their business as
fine work as any Hindoo, and the thief
himself could not analyze or explain it's
detail. His powers of execution have
gone far beyond his powers of reception
or relation.
"a pickpocket copsults his own nerv-
GUS condition constantly. No fine lady
ever has such time with her nerves as
this aristocrat Of the outlaws If he
does not feel right, he won't work. -
Cincinnati Enquirer.