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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-08-04

saxony and Spanish yarns; also
Fleisher's knitting worsted, at Ham
mond & Whitman's. 90
H. Carrick went to Ogden last night
to meet brother and niece from Cali
fornia. Miss Ida Carrick is visiting in
Evanston.
Just received new line of boys and
Children's clothing at Burgoyne &
Brennan's. IL
One of the heaviest rains that has
fallen this year swept over the valley
yesterday, drenching the ground most
thoroughly.
The Co OPP. w. & M Co. have the best
binding Irvine. 1t will pay the farmers
Of this valley to buy no other. %
The recent assessment of Bear Lake
county shows that Ed Burgoyne is the
largest individual taxpayer in the
county. just who is the smallest has
NOT yet been learned.
Harry hr Smith, the brakeman who
was killed ON the Boise branch of the
Short Line last week, worked in this
city at different times in past years, and
was known to many of our railway
boys.
Don't buy poor perfumes and com.
| plexion powders, when the purest and
best costs no more at Ritter Bros. Drug
Store. %
The kindergarten school recently
started in the opera house is being fairly
well patronized. Every mother in Mont.
pelier should investigate the methods OF
these schools and then patronize the
padies who are conducting it.
For rent-six-room house thoroughly
renovated and in good ref air. Apply
to Jones 4 Son. Is
A big line of mems workingmen't
gloves at low prices, at Hammond &
" hitman's. %
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-08-04

Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhea Remedy always affords prompt
relief. For sale at H oover's drug Store.
The EXAM INER received another big
consignment of type yesterday from
Barnhart Bros. & Spindler If anybody
should ask you, just tell them that the
EXAMINER is easily the best equipped
office for doing book and job work in
the state. The fact that we are doing
lots of work is proof that our prices are
right and our work the best possible.
Hires Root Beer, % cents, at Ritter
Bros Drug Store. 90
| A petition was circulated Monday
asking the mayor and council to provide
police protection for this city. A large
number signed it. Most Of our citizens
have expressed themselves as favoring
the appointment of an officer whose
hours of duty would be from afternoon
till early morning. Night protection is
more needed than anything else at pres
emit.
See that line of cotton blankets, from
so cents up, at Hammond & Whitman's
%
Don't forget to get some Tanglefoot
fly paper at Hoover's Drug St re. 10
An elegant line of granite fruit preserv.
ing kettles, dirt cheap, at Hammond &
Whitman's. %
The finest, best and cheapest line of
writing stationery in town. Jut in.
Call and see it at Hansen's. o
Go to S. A. Mills store for bargains
in ladies sailor hats. They are going
from 10 cents up, only few left. Is
We will receive this week one of the
incest lines of baby shoes ever shown in
Montpelier. Hammond & Whitman.
%
Drink Hires Root Beer these hot
days. Can be made in few minutes.
At Ritter Bros Drug Store. IS
Montana State Normal School, Dillon
July 10Th to Sept. 10Th. 1897. One and
one fifth fares, on certificate plan Is
A necessary artile for the summer
months is ScLlitz milwaukee Beer, for
sale by Hoovers Drug Store. 20
Mason work, plastering, etc.. done on
short notice and at reasonable rates.
Foundations specially. Fred Sar.
bach. Il
When you go to the lake camping
take 100 paper napkins, they only cost
two bits and they are awful nice. Hoov
Ell g Drug Store. 10
Every housekeeper can be her own
painter. Ritter Bros. Drug Co. sell the
,, paint mixed ready for use. Sample
cards of thirty colors for the asking. II
, The largest line of tooth powders
+ perfumeries, healing salves. etc, II
town at Hansen's These goods arr
fresh and absolutely pure quality. Tr,
them 81
When in Montpelier go to s. A. Mill
store for bargains. He is selling out hi.
present line of dry goods. shoes, hat
and notions, getting ready for new fal
I | goods IA
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Nottce

DIR. schefstad, the dentist, will
be in Fossil next Monday or Tues
day, for few days. Later he vii
be in Gokeville. Those having der
tai work of any description will d(
we'll to call on him. Refers to any
one who has had work done by
him. Permanently located il
Montpelier.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-08-04
Three
Thousand
Eight Hundred
And
Sixty-tWo
Car Loads
Or a total of 5000
Mccormick Machines

were shipped from Chicago
between May 25th and July
18th, a period of forty-five
days, and still the Mccormick
Co. were thousands of ma
chimes behind their orders.
The sales of other harvesting
companies pale into insignifi-
canoe by comparison. It is a
satisfaction to those using the
Mccormick machines TO know
that this remarkable record
has been made solely on the
merit of these wonderful ma
chimes. For sale by the Con-
solidated Implement Co.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

Bessie prays for her papa, way out
in the mines and that he may find
something rich. You may be sure that
echo her prayers. Write US as soon
as you get this, dear husband, for
cannot stay here long. Your loving
wife, MAGGIE.
This letter was passed around; two
or three started to read it aloud, but
they broke down, and it was silently
passed from one to another. 1t was
wen for Mr., Rhoades that he was not
in camp
''He told me all about it, said Sam.
They was five acres in the home place
that he got from his fathers estate
close to town, an he bought i've more
ioinin.' mortgagin' the ten TO MAKE UP
the balance of the money. He'd a
made it all right, but times got hard.
an first one. then another of them got
sick an he had to keep on a-mertgag-
! in He see he could never pay out, 50
he come out here to see if he couldn't
strike it, leavin' nearly ell the money
( they had with his wife, an this cuss
, Rhoades sayin' that he'd let the mort
/ gage stan anuther year. noW-uefn
him, See that stain there? That
from a bunch Of apple blossoms that
I was in the letter. he lowed they must
/ have been from the yellow harvest tree
/ back of the garden, poor cuss. Take
I keer of yer health, dear husban', an
/ him a-iayini fiat on his back up there
/ in his tent. without money enough Tor
q months grub. Come back soon to
us'-hum-m. Look here, pardners, let S
answer Bessie's prayer, an show this
teller Rhoades whether mimi is
chasin' wild geese ur not. Mebhe Sam s
q dern fool, an I know he amt got
much money, but he can rustic, III go
purity nigh my pile on 1t, there's So,
who's all in on it?" and he slammed
! two twerties and q tea on the bar 1t
! was just Ike Sam, and whoever heard
an appeal like that so unan-
swered in mining camp. There
were fifty men in the room,
and every man saw Sans ante,
and those that did not have the amount
borrowed it from their friends In
few moments s., $40 in gold lay piled on
the bar Sans eyes glistened as he
counted the money, ''Everybody's in
on the game" he said; won't one of
you come down and see what he has
to say
no nonsense, Sam; you take it down
an tell us what he says tomorrow
mo. I'll be dcrued il [ do Some OF
you fellers got to como along. [ amt
a-goin' to play this hand alone any
longer" so three OF four Of US went
with him. Well. there is no use coins
into DETAILS Wnat Would you OF dHy
other man say under the circum-
stances? Finally he wanted to give us
Il note or send mortgage back as Sc
curity but we laughed at him. and al
of us crawled into our blankets that
night conscious Of having done some
thing that might balance something
else on the debit side of the recording
/ Angels ledger. He was too i'll to trave
alone, and at last, after repeated urg-
ings, Sam was induced to accompany
you can bet Uour life, said Sam, cha
III give Mr.. Rhoade5 the camps re
Not long after that my partner ana
! left the gulch and drifted into Cripple
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over with his back to me an laid quiet.
but purity soon 1 shifted to where I
could see his face, an I'll be derned
If he wasn't cryin'-yes. sir. cryin' like
a baby, he's that weak. you know. I
says to him, easy like, what's the mat
ter, pard2'
'Nothin'," he says, only more hard
luck
Girl gone back on you? I said.
thinkin TO be cheerful an maxim up
my mind TO josh him.
NO he says, 1T 'ud a been better
for her If she had long so. Read that
ed sam, as he drew a letter from his
pocket. 1t was dated from an OHIO
village and read as follows:
My Own Dear Husband.-Your low
ing letter received yesterday, but it
found US, oh SO downhearted and wish
ing for papa. Dear husband, it seems
that our troubles will never end. Mr..
Rhoades has changed his mind and
VIII foreclose the mortgage You know
he said before you went away that if
we paid the interest up he would LET it
stand awhile longer Well. when the
mortgage was due l sold the COW and
took some of the money you left me
to live on and paid the six months back
interest. Now he says as the mort
gage is due, he must have his money
and viii f0reelose. ! tried all the COM
panies and banks to borrow the money
10 pay him, but they all say that $1,000
is too big a loan on the place; they
won't loan over $500, and he won't
take d second mortgage to secure the
other $500
yet it does seem hard, when the
place ought TO be worth three times
$1,000. I've tried every way to sell it,
but [ can't get no one to give any
thing above the mortgage. Everybody
knows it is mortsased and are waiting
to buy it at sheriff's sale. Rhoades
knows this, too. and now he says he
! VIII save us lots of trouble and costs
/ If we viii give him a quit claim deed
and surrender peaceabie possession. ]
/ begged him to wait awhile. but after
/ he had learned you had gone out 70
/ the mines he said he would not wait 9
day; that You were on Wild goose
! chase and, dear husband, he even in
/ timated that he believed you were
I never coming back 10 us. That made
me angry and | may have said thinss
to him that 1 should not. but I could
not help it. Now, dear husband, can
not stay here after having sold the COW
/ there is nothing TO do here. you know
except washing and ironing and house
! cleaning, and [ am not strong enough
for that Mrs. Simmons viii take Bes-
sic and let her help with the house
work and go 10 school, and 1 viii sci
the chickens, pigs and furniture ant
take little Charlie and so to Cleveland
to try to get sewing or something. Il
viii he, oh so hard, but it cannot bt
helped. Now, dear husband, do no
worry, we will get along some way
Remember the words of the prophet
once l vas young, but nov l am old
but never have [ seen the righteou.
forsaken or their seed begging bread,
Now, dear husband take care of you
health, and if you do not find anything
ont there soon, come hack to US, vi
miss you, oh so much. Every nigh
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SENATOR CANNON IN HONOLULU
his POSITION ON THE ANNEXA-
TIoN QUESTION.
While Favoring Absorption of the
Island, Is Prepared to Listen to
the Other Side.

Honolulu. Oct. %. via San Francisco.
Oct. Ex-senator Frank j. Cannon, of
Utah, is a passenger on the steam
ship Peru, returning home after
studying the operations of the gold and
silver standards in both Japan and
China. The other two members of the
commission are Richard F. Pettigrew.
Of South Dakota. and ex-senator
Dubois, of Idaho The latter are eX-
pected on the Copttc, due a week from
today.
In an interview Senator Cannon said:
MY position with regard to the an
nexasion of the islands is well under
stood. I may say that my opinions
are settled and firm. 1 have been Sc
convinced as to the wisdom of anpeXa-
ton that my ideas have been given
out long ago. 1t has always seemed to
me to be a measure that would be OF
great and lasting benefit to both re-
publics; of course, however, l viii
listen with interest to argument OF She
other side. if there be another side"
Senator Cannon was taken to Pear
harbor this afternoon by special train
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Creek. One day when court was in ses-
sion we dropped into see how q court or
ganized under the code operated
ner as he pointed to lhe prisoner dock.
There we're two men in 1t. PSriteS sam
and the tenderfoot. The air seemed TO
Grow suddenly close in the court roonr
"TAen feIers?'' said an officer in an
swer to our inquiry, why, they're Two of
the siickest aH-round con men in Glle west
They're on trial now for satin a mine an
dom q. tsnderfoot up for about ten thou
SAN. Miners? Why. man. they're eN-
perts; raised in the rnines; snow EN- a
piece OF ore from anywhere between Brit
( ish Columbia and Mexico, an they'll tel
You what district its from, The officers
been a-lookin' for 'eGn for months, but
in Southern CaEforuy- l guess they
thought their last trick had been forgot.
50 they come out"
At noon we went down to the Jail. and
were allowed to see the prisoners.
"HeIlo, sam: how's Rhoades?"
"Hel!o, hello; how 5 the boys down at
Tough Nut?" and Sam and his partner
Look here, sam, you doua the camp up
{ in gaod shape, aad you lunnw we won I
! sGJreal, bur tell us about 1T
sure; but unerl they amt Tothln to
tell; This IS my PARTNER. an there WAS
no fever, tn BhOades. no Maggie. no
Bessie. Mo Charlie. no mortgage. no farm,
nj, COW. no-rTo aDp.e blossoms. no no.sl-
IN tart Jest me an nm.
{ ''An' 80 d-n fo5ls," said my partner as
We vert oCt. He made a brief meatal
cafculatl3G. tGltn said; Sam was fhere
three months an his pardAer one, an
tGlsY cleaned UP twelve Aurdred am fifty
esHh; rot bad, Specially wf-2n they was
hi1sn' out from another trick they d
turned"
Across the street I saw q building with
swinging dli1rs and red windows
painted 10 II and asked. ''Whatil you
lake, Jack?"
4 low ttn take about four fingers Of
hot Scotch 10 settle my sitrIlnmick and
ne ftcr1ic t-E. E. B0m!ess, IN st, Louis
Giobe-Democrat.
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'PYRITES SAN.
How The Tenderfoot Located Brass Mine aud Cleaned
Up Pile.

ways met by his quiet statement that
he never played for money, that he was
raised differently and, besides, his
money came so hard" that he knew
he would be q bad loser He was al
ways ready With his sympathy When
another's ledge "pinched." ''petered"
or --hroke of" and encouraged him all
he could; always had 4 song or story
for a bad night, and in the event of
sickness or injury had some simple
remedy in the way Of pOuiticea that mis-
mother used to use" In fact, he was
one Of those happy-go-luclSy, light
hearted fellows, handy about camp
and a frieQd to everybody. but one
could not get rid Of the impression that
he didn't have any mare sense than
She law allowed. Therefore, it was
tenderfoot struck camp one day in the
first stages OF desert fever, that Sam
should take entire charge of him and
dose him with wild sage and "squawf
tea and cOncoct appetizing GlShts from
bacon, beans, rice and hour. Some Of
us dropped in occasionally on our way
20 our work to learn the patients con-
dition and to offer suggestions, but Sam
Was considered head nurse.
as a "stayer." maIariaI of Chagres
fever is not to be compared to desert
on day after day, week after week,
and although the patient may be able
to crawl about ne is weak. debHit1ted
ana nerVeless and don't care q rattle
out of the box whether he lives or
dies. This was the condition of that
tenderfGot. During the middle Of the
day he dragged himself about the camp
in the sun, but the remainder of his
time he spent in the bunk in his tent.
One night, when most of the boys We're
assembled in the Bedrock" Sam came
in and, going up to the bar, drank
alone, contrary TO his usual custom,
then turned his back ON the crowd,
leaned his elbow on the bar and gazed
out into the darkness, at the same time
twisting his moustache f1ercely, as if
worried oyer something.
What's wrong, sam? Patient dead?
some one asked.
mo" said SAM "but he's laYin' M
there Wishin' ne was. | tell you, pard-
ners," he continued, turning to tho
crowd, i've been in hard luck myself
soYe all of us. I gues5-an' see Others
/ in hard luck, but that poor cuss VI
4 there's in the hardest streak of luck
/ eyer see. Hes plum down to bedrock
/ an nary color"
That's nothin'. Sam; we've all beer
! there many q time. What's the matter
out OF grub?'
Nav he amt out of grub. an Won
! somebody else. I got q letter for hin
/ today on the stage an took it down K
him. After he read it he jest turned
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We all thought Pyrites Sam was a
fool the very day he struck the camp
but were not absolutely certain until
the night he came in with his pockets
full of pyrites of iron, and taking each
man aside privately informed him, with
many iniunctions as to secrecy. that
he had discovered and located a brass
naiae, As a rule we had grown very
tired of initiating every tenderfoot that
came along into the mysteries of quartz
mining; showing them the difference
between collaborating quartz and coun-
Try rock. between a true assure and
contact vein: between granite, por-
phyiS, SchiSt, spar. Serpentlne, quartz
lite, etc, of trends, dips, spurs, angles.
etc. OF shafts, tunnels, Slopes, wines
ana drifts. OF the manipulation of the
horn spoon or the gold pan; how to dis
ting0iSh the resultant sediment, II
gold, from mica, pY-rites of sUlphurets,
in a word, teaching them in an hour
CT two all we had learned after many
years of toll and privation. We had
reached this stage Of the tired feeling
when Sam brought in his brass" spec
linens, and not a man OF us would tell
him what ii was. "Uh huh" we said
as ne carefully exhibited his deceptive
looking find What did we think of it,
Why, it WIS q great finland very high
grade ore-if 1t was brass. "If''-why,
of course it was brass; look at 1t; any
body could see what il was. we adj
mitted that they could; yes, anybody
could that knew anything at all. 50
NE permitted Sam to work away in ig-
norance on his claim for two weeks
until he received returns from the
sample sent 30 Los Angeles for assay
Then the "Brass Monkey" as Sam
called it. shut down. and he went to
prospecting again u never asked him
any questions, but he volunteered the
information that it was good ore, but al
that distance from a railroad 1t could
not be handled at q profit one day one
Of the boys found his certificate blow
ing about the camp. Il contained nc
figures. only statement Of What his
find consisted, and that hereafter to
insure an answer he had better inclosc
a stamp. as the Office could not afford
to lose the postage in replying TO the
queries OF alfalfa miners. The finder
tackled this On the postoffice door. but
Sam only grinned and said: We all gol
to learn"
He was so persistent and industrious
in his determination to strike it rich
that we finally began to have fellow
feeling for him and to appreciate his
pluck; sympathy he did not need. He
was Jolly and good natured, did moi
drink to excess and WAS never known
10 turn card for money, In q friendly
game in his tent the suggestion %
draw" at only a dollar limit was al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

DoubIy sad because advanced science
could have saved her, Munyon has q
specific for all kinds Of headache. when
cures in three minutes and leaves no de-
pressing effects One or two doses VIII
stop Sick Headache. Neuralgia, Head
aches from fndisestion, Nervousness
Overwo~k. Colds. Intemperance, or tali-
road or Ocean Travel.
In striking contrast 70 the ABOVE SAD
case Is that Of Mrs. e. Hardin, 1893 Ger
raantoWn Avenue. Philadelphia. Pa wife
Of the Clerk of the Board of Education.
who saws. - For thirty years suffered
with sick heada Che. which appeared in
attacks of severe pain. so intense that
was obliged to remain in bed for days
at a time These attacks appeared al
most every week. and at no time did
ever receive relief. although I consulted
the most skilled physicians in the city
The headaches seemed 20 wear them
selves out and then commence anew. At
last l was induced 20 try MUNYON'S
Headache Cure The relief was magical
and almost instantaneous. followed uu
the treatment and was completely cured
for three years have passed and have
had no return of the headaches have
recommended Munyon's Remedies to a
number or my friends. and | have re-
eeived their most sincere thanks fer
many wonderful cures that have been ae-
cornplished by these little pellets.
Professor Munyon has a separate Spe-
citfc for each disease, the only ioSicai
system of medicine.
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The Honey Dew Of the Linden.

Meehan's MONTHLY; 1t has not been
known until lately that the emulation
from the leaves of the linden, partic-
ularly in dry seasons, is caused by an
insect allied to the plant louise. which,
when in large quantity resembles
mama The exudation is sweet, like
sugar, and often so abundant as to fall
in drops to the ground. M. Maduenne
has the credit Of being the discoverer of
the cause of the honey dew, which is
foupd not only on lindens but also on
NAPLES. Honey dew is often present on
leaves when there is no insect to pro-
duce it IN these cases it is an IN
doubted eXudation of the leaves them
selves
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
Our $500

Ulster is a snap for a man that
wants a coat for warmth. These
are made with wide collars to cover
your ears and head, and they are
( long enough to keep your legs
warm. They come down to your
ankles.
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$4,000

Is the price of our up-to-date
overcoat, patent beaver, blue or
black, made with silk yoke and
clay wcrsted skirt lining, the I'm
est thing to be had We challenge
the finest tailors to make such a
coat for double the price They
are strictly high grade tailoring,
hand button holes, handmade col
lars-everything you get from the
tailor except the price.
$4,000.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
BLACK N0R3TED ()VEng0HT2

At 5000 gives you one of the
finest made and trimmed coats
that can be had at any price. This
coat is lined throughout with
heavy skinner silk faced out to
the edge; any tailor would ask
you for q fifty dollar bill for this
ccat-here it is only $27.o0.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
Hunting an inspiration.

New York Weekly: Deacon De Good
1t might be a good idea to advertise
your sermons in the Saturday papers
What is your subject for next sunday ?
Rev. Frozy-How can I tell, The
sermon Is not half written yet.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31

We Are Experts
On shirts, collars, cuffs, hannels,
blankets and lace curtains; work best
on earth.
TROY STEAM LAUNDRY.
Telephone 1872. 166 Main Street
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
$500

Gives you your choice from var
led line of overcoats in ell colors,
blue, black, brown, tan and gray,
these coats are made for good, hard
wear, the cloths re lccrsey, beaver,
millions This Price gives you a
very large line of well trimmed
and tailored coats to select from
that are sure to suit. This line is
too large TO describe III detail. We
ask you to look at them before
you buy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-10-31
$500 Oyereoats.

Hero is where you'll rcvel in
smart looking overcoats. They
have snap and air to them
that distinguishes them as being
made by artist tailoFs, Tt is a
big and grand collection Of gar
ments to select from. Impossible
to do them justice. We proclaim
they are equal to any coat in town
for $500, outside of our store;
ask to see them.