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10 b. W. Watlington, A. H. Rahm and
Nelson +. Kimball, your heirs, dsvisees
aud assigns:
:. You are hereby notified that the under
;:lsned has expended 500. in the year 1895,
III labor and improvements upon the
MEXICAN
looe mining claim in Warm Springs Greek,
Gl q Boulder. mining district, Blaine county,
iuaho, in order to hold said premises un.
yer the provisions of section 1924, Revised
statutes of the United States, being the
suonnt required to hold the same during
;sal saa Tor said calendar year 1885, and il,
,ha nlshin ninety days after the expiration Of
sue ~ag Pubiication of this notice, which will be
ttuoiished tn.a for ninety days, you fail or re-
use tiss 70 contribute your respective proper
s"n ILLS OF such expenditure % co-owners,
s;Sa9rding ~ to your respective interests in
s;xs sSra claim viz: B. W. Watlington, one
tMssnth, $6.25; A. H. Rahm, one-six-
.;ishh!a, q: 25 and Nelson F. Kimball, one
al Aintn, $l2So, your interests in said claim
.rt,, h oe forfeited to and become the prop.
IN: ~ " tne undersigned, under and BY vir-
'A@ VI said section 1924.
EDWARD BRISBIN.
flrst publication, Feb. Is. 1895.
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| "a
Cea5soa1oa % JeoalAr lIna w. xaveA
Up - Hs RsSeeA
have been told that I came into this
world with = grin on my pink face. In
stead of protesting wheqthe clergyman
who baptized me sprinkled the water
in my left eye, took the whole thing
- good joke, which led my nurse to
predict that would have = short life.
My conduct daldng my first couple of
years showed that had made up my
mind to make it merry one. The
reputation for good nature which
have had from my earliest childhood
has proved my greatest adliction. The
popularity which I enjoyed as a baby
with all those who came in contact
with me has stuck like leech. Having
reached the age Of discretion, am ex-
pected to be happy under all possible
circumstances. My friends tell me that
they never met anyone who equaled me
in evenness of temper. They are care
full to spread my renown among those
who are strangers to me. The result il
that feel obliged to live up to my re-
rute. I go about ready to- turn on .
fictitious smile at moments notice.
Ny tailor may be pressing me for pay
ment of his bills. may be suffering
from the remorse that follows late
dinner. may have Indigestion, or, in
fact, suffer from any of the ills that
afiiict humanity; yet II see friend in
the street I must grin like a monkey
and laugh like mule. Why? Be-
cause I am good-natured man. Smil-
ing has become such a habit that I
beam unconsciously, and II there is q
baby in the elevated car or street car
1T the time, the little wretch is sure to
express desire to sit on my knee and
pull my mustache, all of which is
cause Of extreme embarrassment.
shy and diffident. my alleged
good-nature gives me an air of extreme
ease in dealing with strangers. espe-
cially old maids, clergymen and police.
My life is one long bluff. am
whited sepulcher. There is deceit in
the corner of my mouth and the twinkle
Of my eye. am not allowed to indulge
in the blues or to be miserable. If any,
one is despondent, he or she would
resent my failure to make fun as per-
sonal insult. I have been in love many
times, but in no case has the girl
deigned to take me seriously. Perhaps
1t is just as well, because in the mar
ried state the mask is quickly torn Oft.
What revelation my real nature would
have been! The worst thing of all is
that am looked on as harmless. The
world positively refuses to associate
ruile with so genial man. Yet feel
hat could be q great and historic
criminal If had the opportunity. I
suppose shall be unchanged to the last.
and wink at the undertaker.-N. i.
Sum.
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x0O A0o0- VIII N0V0H (080&0
The headline may give the reader the
idea that something has gotten wrong
with our satellite, and that in the fu-
ture Luna's fair face wiz ,Hot Ke
through the regular phases of new
moon," first quarter" full moon"
and "last quarter" a. has been her wont'
since the time when the mind Of man
runneth not to the contrary" But such.
dear reader, Il not the idea we mean to
convey; but we do mean exactly Whist
the headline says: That under existing
conditions land the conditions which
have existed on the surface Of the moon
for perhaps millions of ycars) it u .
physical impossibility that the face Of
the moon should change one iota- There
are neither outside nor Inside indu-
ences that can be brought to bear to
make . change in tho conhguration Of
''our silvery sister world" Her inter
nal dres have long since died out an4
there - IN utter absence of both air
and water. Existing under such condi-
tons It l. utterly impossible that the
face Of the moon should undergo change
even In The course Of q hundred million
years.-ot. Louis Repuhlic.
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In 1annA<y. February aad March; anA
the deeth yats was ea.1,- no less ,thaA
16.2 below the average. These statis-
tics furnish fresh evidence Of the kill
Ing power Of frost and Of the bene1-
cent hduence of . mild temperature.
But popusas beliefs are not 10 b over.
thrown by statistics, and II We. are
blessed next W1hter BY mild tempera-
taxe and aheeuse OF SNOW thes< Mili be
plenty Of physiciane whosesurprise win
be equaled only BY their disappointment
that there Il not more for them to do"
-Nedicnl Record. sf
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ACROSS sPiTzBERGEN.

Al 8AGl1sh Explorer Psoetratss the In.
terror Of the Iel.nd.
A dispatch from Tromsoe, Sweden
says that the expedition organized In
England by Sir w. Martin Conway foz
the exploration of the interior Of Spitz.
bergen crossed the islands from west to
east and back from east to west in the
middle Of July. The crossing was ex-
!, tremely difficult owing to the preva-
lence Of storms, fogs and floods. This
is the first crossing Of Spitzbergen on
record. s.
Sir William Martin Conway, who, It
il reported in the above dispatch, has
succeeded II crossing the icy wastes Of
Spitzbergen, set out on his daring jour
ney from london early in june. His
purpose was to explore the interior of
the islands. He sailed from Tromsoe,
in Sweden, in company with his nephew,
Mr.. Trevor Battye, and four other per-
sons. The expedition was provided with
Norwegian ponies, sledges, tents and
other supplies. They reached Spitzher-
gen in safety, a. letters received in Lon
don few weeks ago testified. It now
seems. II the above report il true, that
they have succeeded IN accomplishing
their purpose, and it may be hoped will
soon b ready to turn homeward again.
epitzbergen is not one island, but =
group Of islands, lying IN the Arctic
sea shout 400 miles north Of Norway.
The three largest members of the group
are West Spitzbergen. Northeast Land
and staus FQreland- By far the largest
and more important Of these is West
Spitzbergen, with IN area Of 1920
square miles. The entire region il ice
bound, and there are splendid glaciers
and several sharp peaks almost . mi3e
II height, whence the German name
Spits( s(needle Hke) Bergen (mountain)
comes. The eastern shores are usually
very difheuN Of access owing 20 their
being swept by Z cold arctic current
from the north. but the Gulf Stream
tempers the climate on the west aide Of
the group. For this reason nearly al
attempts st exploration have heretofore
been confined to the east
According to reports previously re-
cefved, Sir ". Martin Conway may add
much that \ new to our knowledge con
eernine tbs land-no vAeetatton
aourishes IN epitsbergla but : polar
wi1low ana Z eenp1e e4 AeF1y hnshes,
barring, u cdarse, eeverAl species Of
mosees and liehena Reindees, Polaf
be1sI erctie 1p111 an4 ~ svss1la =
- 1eW dnsA - 1ulls et6er dn1 81
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TO BUY AN AMERICAN GIRL.


Proposition Ut Chlnoo0 0rondoo 0t the
Russisa Coronation
At the recent celebration Of tie coro-
nation of the czar beautiful American
girl, who had the honor Of q special in
vitation to all the state functions, at
tracted much attention, and among her
many admirers was magnificent and
altogether illustrious young grandee of
the east, attached to the suite of the am
bassador extraordinary, Ii Hung
Chang. $50 -
This youth calmly announced TO her
people that he would like to buy her.
whatever the price might be. When it
was explsined to him that American
girls were not regarded as marketable
commodities, and that in any event her
family did not desire to part with her,
he was greatly disappointed; but grace
fully accepting his dismissal, he asked
leave to perform to her an 'act of hom-
age" such as was offered in his country
to princesses of the blood royal.
Thiscourteey, Of course, could not be
refused, and day was appointed for the
ceremonial, the young lady and her
friends feeling naturally very curious
and trifle nervous az to what this sact
Of homage" might oonsist of. At the
time appointed the young oriental mo-
ble arrived, accompanied by numerous
retinue Of friends and servants, quite
like Aladdin in the story Of the wonder
full lamp. All were clad in the most
magnificent garments. They drew up
before the house where the girl was
staying. while the rejected sutton, or
rather the would-be purchaser, with .
smaller following, entered, his at
tendants bearing IN enormous horre-
shoe or half circlet Of flowers. This he
laid at the young lady's feet, while he
delivered an equally dowery ora&ion in
his native tongue, which was translated
for her benefit by his interpreter.
It was altogether IN embarassine
but very pretty ceremouial.-Chicago
Tribune
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VARIABLE WEATHER MAL,ohEp.

VARIABLE WEATHER MAls0NEO.
sz1sltiss in Ee0Deeat1Fo.
According TO the bet medical author.
tiles changeable weather, or what Il
known q unreasonable" !" b not - bad
in it, effects - generally supposed. Il
applies to summer, but especially to
winter. ''Whenever the tempezuture
during any Of the winter months rises
To- IN endurable height and It II possibae
for one to 60 out Of doors without ssute
suffering, We always heas prognostica-
uons Of sickness and death which are
sure to result from green Christmas
and an open winter. But the truth ID,
tits the good, old-fssAioneb winter The
reasonable tAmperature.' that kills.
The incoErectness of tho popular idea
i well shown by the vital statistics for
the6rstquartessof 1855 and 1895 In Eng
land and Walea, which We ind sum-
ma<ised IN tho Brittah Medical Journal
of May 10. These two periods Of time
formed Z great onntra6t In % fAr - the
general tempesature q ths air was con.
cerned. In the former year the meau
temperature Of three months was 3S-1
degrees lAhEenhsit, which was ~ DE-
grees Fahrenheit beDow the avss.ge,
while in FebraaGy1 Il was no less than 80
degroes Fah1euhstt below tie mean Of
that month. h 1soe the temperature
Il ~ thRee zAcaths wae ~ daoress
Eahrenhait nr ~ deoEsesL 1Ahfenheit
n1xAnrA khA mNnNn~ ~ pnasla12< hnn1fh
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I
OaAse fASn Nearly KAeekea his. .Dowa
- - 1eo1eoD of Lake Qaassepaae.
Up In the Woodbury. mountains IN
Lake Quassapaug, which II known to
sportsmaa- - one. Of che best bass ponds
In Connecticut. Its clear waters are 80
deep in many places that no fisherman
has ever seen the bottom, even ON the
stillest summer day, and it has become
. tradition that the water II 20 deep
that ash cannot live at the bottom Of
the lake. So Tor years noone has anglel
for Ash At the bottom Of Quassapaug, or
II some fisherman made the experiment.
be had so little success that he said
nothing shout It.
One day last week the little .steam-
boat which plies'up and down the1ake
Lost tn peopsller and the fresh water
sailors were unable to find il. A diver
was summoned from Bridgeport The
story that he told when be came up
from the bottom Of the lake set tho
fishing cranks wild. He found the pro-
peller in ~ feet Of water. and all about
It were innumerable Ash Of great size.
He judged from their appearance that
they were carp and bass, although
among them were some species which
he did not recognize. They shot in and
out about his legs while he was at work
and hindered him seriously. One big
Ash struck him with such force that it
nearly knocked him from his feet. His
diving armor prevented him from CATCH
ing one of the fish with his hands.
The diver ASSERTS that the rocks At
the bottom Of the lake are covered with
fresh-water CLAIMS and that the Ash
feed upon these. This, of course, leads,
to the inference that CLAIMS are good
bait for these giants of Quassapaug.
Fresh-water clans are hard to And.
and fishermen who have cast 50-foot
lines baited with saltwater CLAIMS have
not had . nibble. Several Danbury
anglers are going to Quassapaug this
week for . try at some of the big hsh.-
n. X. Sun.
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Yasss of tlAe Osup>>lla

The Campbells Of Argyll began in 1870.
Tausyrand d&tes from 1899, Bismarck
from 1270, the Grosvenor family, the
dukes Of Westminster, 1866; the Aus
trian house OF Hapsburg goes back to
s52, and the house Of Bourbon to S64.
The descendants of Aohammed. born
$40, are all registered carefully and au-
thoritatively in book kept in Mecca
by the chief Of the .family.-Chicago
Tribune.
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oe1u1noA RolntlpoN

She-What IL the cause Of the strained
relations between Westside and Pearl
Player sss..a as
He-8he punctured her tire the other
night and the nearest Westside could
come to the air pump was cork screw.
Buffalo News. "a
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-11-07
THE BICYcLE.
Duo oo0aidsea1ion q tho potunnS
Mode Of Ttanoit,



what may be the future changes, the
chief claim Of the bicycle upon ouz
eonsideNtion IL its utility a. :. means
Of rational and wholesome pastime
and pleasurable recreation. While II
II put to many nses purely economical
in business sense, still the bahnce Is
overwhelming on the side tf mere
amusement. 3
Nor IL this to be reckoned against
II IN our calculation. We Americans
especially need to have play forced
upon us; we are too much given over
to constant money-grubbing and the
feverish pursuit Of sordid ambitions.
There is small danger that we will fall
too far in the direction Of recreation
and healthful pastime. Certainly the
bicycle Is delightful source Of emo
ton; it sends up through the rider an
exhilaration indescribably comforting
10 weary nerves-and just here arise
both the pro and the con Of our argu-
ment.
If to ride moderately is pleasing. to
ride faster is charming, and TO speed
like the wind IS intoxicating. The
habit grove, the fascination gets deep
er and deeper hold, until, like all
other overtlone sports or pastimes. it
becomes an almost incurable mania
Tho incorrigible scorcher is already
scarcely less nuisance in our streets
and roads than the drunkard and the
professional beggar. He casts q ma
lign shadow over the whole subject of
wheeling and forces right-minded peo-
pie TO shrink from pnblic appearance
on their wheels. The same or more
may be said about a certain class Of
women and girls who for one reason
or anothe;. choose to make bicycle rid
ing an excuse for immodest and out
landish attire. Instead of honestly
adapting costume neatly and becom-
ingly to the needs of wheeling, tncy
rush to the extreme suggested by
necessary change Here g1at ques-
tion of public taste and morals forces
itself into our minds, and it ic not too
early to give it serious attention.
Overexertion is very hurtful to or
ganic life. Mere waste is healthfrl if
natural and promptly compensated by
recuperation. Bodily exercise. cannot
go beyond the limit of safety without
permanent injury to vital centers. This
well-known law is too frequently
broken by bicycle riders, especially the
young and strong ones who feel keen
~ the sweet exhilaration OF rapid move
ment under circumstances novel and
peculiarly fascinating. A rich crop of
diseases is sure to be reaped by these
sewers.
Doubtless wisdom will control in the
long run, wherefore it seems safe to
take an optimistic view of the great
epoch. Observation has led
's to think that our young people are
adapting themselves in the main with
great good sense to the conditions inn
posed by their new means OF enjoy
nent. It IL comforting to the taste
and a rare delight to the artistic per-
ception to see them out of an evening,
gliding along 20 silently and smoothly,
the roads Is swallows skim
zhe streams. Where there il 20 much
and so little urge toward
.vil surely the outcome must be g,,od. |
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1896-11-07

JinkD-l saw NinkS wife oonsultin1
. lawyer to-day. SY
W1nks-Ny goodneesl What's up9
Her spunk, / guees."-N. z. Weekly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

Don't gamble, young man. OF
many evils, this one furnishes the
saddest victims. None extends a
more enticing path and none claim
more unsuspecting pilgrims. The
few moments of innocent pastime
will gradually give away to idle
hours, aud as surely pervert the
open, honest heart TO the narrow
and suspicious. The pleasure is
illegitimate and its natural ten
dency is to carelessness and lazi-
ness. It is adverse to frugality
and charity, the 1oblest instincts OF
manhood. Rare is the character
that is proof against its disastrous
influences when once he needs its
enticing smile. TO win is but tc
lose, young man, for practical
world has justly decreed that you
are unreliable. The inevitable
goal is ruin, and its path is sur
feited with sad regrets.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

Senator Dubois has scored a vic
tory for silver in the senate. The
press advocates Of the gold policy
united some months ago in simply
announcing that the silver issue
was dead. The recent develop
ments have been SO favorable te
the white metal that more heroic
treatment has become necessary
Since it has become known thai :
majority of the membcrs OF the
senate favor free coinage the New
York papers. which dictate to tht
gold bug papers throughout tht
land, have begun vigorous war
fare of deceit and misrepresenta
ton.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30
The Armenian religious wa,

The Armenian religious war is
a disgrace to this age OF enlighten-
ment. The followers of Moham-
mod are jealous supporters of their
faith. The onward march of edu-
cation has caused the throne Of the
Ottoman to totter. The people are
fanatics fighting for their religion
and their Sultan which are one
and the same. Although there
has been no open warfare de-
clared upon their creed or their
government the danger is just as
great as if the cannons Doomed
about their devoted heads. The
Turks have been compelled to
meet the advance Of liberal ideas
with pillage and blood to save their
religion and their government
The shame is that the civilized
world has stood by and witnessed
the carnage with folded arms. I
is not question of religion but o
humanity.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

Practices in the state and Federal Courts of
| Idaho and Washington. Office. next door to the
! Odd Fellows building.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

It is said that there are three
men who should entertain no hope
of the blessings of heaven: The
man who will not pay his news
paper subscription, the man who
openly admits being gold-bug,
and the man who goes to sleep in
church.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

The realization Of the plans oil
the irrigation company means
much for Lewiston. Two hundred
prosperous homes on the Lewiston
Flat will give immediate substan-
tial support, and a rapid impetus
toward her future prominence as
the natural trade mart Of a great
inland empire.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

The democratic politicians i'll
Idaho will experience some diff
Guilty in administering to the com
mon herd the cure-all remedies OF
the Omaha platform.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

The Boise Democrat SAYS.
WThose who shout for fusion are
sthe lean and hungry place hunter
sSOf the populst and democratic
Aparties.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

An exchange suggests that a
man with a slender salary should
choose bride with a small waste.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-30

1t is announced that the big
funeral cortege will start at Chi
cago on July 9TH.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-05
BREAKS THE RECORD.

The Plcsyune's Jackson cores
pendent, under date Of the 28th
uli., says:
This session of the legislature
breaks the record so far 10 the
poverty of bills and resolutions " hich
have been approved to date. This
is the 45th day that the legislature
has been in session. In addition
to the three bills reported approved
in these dispatches some days ago,
the governor has to date approved
the following additional bills and
resolutions:
To validate and confirm title OF
j. l.. Hicklin, w. l.. Pearman and
Nj. w. Coleman in Bolivar county.
To amend sheet acts in reference
to the time of holding court in Will
kinson county.
To amend section 1921, Ammo.
tated Code, and relieve tax collec-
tors IN certain cases.
To amend section 2065, Ammo.
tated Code, with reference to fer.
tllizers.
To amend section 1924, Annota.
ted Code.
Joint resolutions memorializing
congress to improve Pearl and Pas
cagoula rivers.
Bills to defray the expenses oil
the state lunatic and east Mlssissip.
pi insane asylums.
To pay special judges, chancel-
lors and district attorneys.
To support and maintain the
State Normal High School (colored,
at Holly Springs.
Appropriation for the deaf and
dumb institute.
JOINT resolution memorializ:ng
the president and congress to grant
belligerent rights to the Cubans.
OF course, great many bills
have passed one house or the other
but the above are the only ones
that have passed both houses and
received the governors approval.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-05


The two items following will
prove of Importance to those who
take an interest in the X ray sub
ject:
"Prof. q. F. Pratt, of Chicago,
claims to have discovered in the
common horse shoe magnet pow.
er OF photographing through opaque
substances similar to that shown
by the x rays and Crookers' tube.
According to experiments made by
the professor with horse shoe
magnet, laid on sensitlzed photo.
graphic plate enyeloped to thick
black cloth, the force of the mag.
net on the concealed plate was
very similar to that shown by the
X ray. Objects placed alongside
the magnet were clearly photo,
graphed on the negative, while the
shape of the magnet itself was
most distinctly shown"
A recent press dispatch from the
City of Mexico says:
ga Mexican scientist In the State
OF Iabasco several years ago pub
llshed claim to an Invention sim
liar to that of Roentgen, but more
like the discovery of Prof. Salvonia,
OF Italy, which is a means of utilz.
ing certain rays of light to see into
and through Opaque bodies. The
Mexican claims to have an instru.
ment enabling him to see the Giro
culatlon of sap in trees and blood
in the human BODY"
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-05

In recent case in Cincinnati. in
which DR.. George Sealey sued the
Cincinnati Inclined Plane Railroad
Company for $4,000 damages for
the loss occasioned him by the kill.
ing of his wife by one of the soms
pany's cars, the counsel for the
defendant corporation argued that.
as the doctor had again married, his
second acquisition might reason.
ably be considered as in mitigation
Of damages for being deprived Of
Mrs. Sealey No. l. The jury &C.
cepted this theory and found for
she defendant.
The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-03-05

Miss Clara Barton, president OF
the American BED Cross Society,
WHO'S IN Turkey, has been granted
PERMISSION to relieve distressed
AnatoIians.