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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The weather man stationed at Cleve.
land, Ohio, has been subjected to a
grave injustice at the hands of Icca
magistrate named Ong. He was Obliged
to go to Jail because he refused TO at
tend court and testify whether 1t rain
ed or not on certain day, and because
he refused also to pay the fine imposed
on him for contempt. Judge Ong re-
Tented, 1t is true, after an hour or SO.
but this did not lessen the indignlty i'm
posed on the weather man. Something
should be done with this Magistrate
Ong for his objectionable lack of sense
BY what right did he order this wealth
er man into court for the purpose of
extracting n specific declaration rs To
the weather? Did the wretched Ong
ever hear of weather man who knew
not the very title OF weather man.
make the bearer sacred from any at
tempts to extort from him information
about the weather? But even supnos-
ing that this particular weather man
did happen to know what the weather
was on the day in question. Was II
fair to drag him into court and force
him to stultify himself? If the dny
about which this Judge Ong was so
curious happened to have been flair" 1t
is altogether probable the weather man
is on record as having predicted biz
Yard. If perchance 1t rained or showed
on that day the predictions will un-
doubtedly show fair" Surely the
weather man is entitled to some pro-
lection, and If he is badgered in this
fashion he may get into the habit of
occasionally making correct predic-
tons, which would seriously impair his
usefulness. Cold weather forecasts
cause general outpouring of spring
overcoats, and fair and warm" means
umbrellas and warm clothing, for, like
dreams, these predictions go by oppo-
sites. But If courts are to be encour-
aged in sending the weather man to
Jail the public will be thrown back
again on the more uncertain goose
bone
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

map of war. At the base of the pcdes-
tai is an equestrian group showing a
figure of Victory with winged head
rendering the general a laurel crown.
Near by are standards, ordnance and
other symbols of war. Won Moltke has
been dead just six years. Germany is
rather prompt in erecting monuments
to its heroes, and the wonder is that the
gallant field marshal has not been pub
hcly honored in this way before this
time. Just before his death Van Moltke
was the recipient of signal honors by
the German people. 1t was in 1890 on
the ninetieth ami I rsary of his birth.
Berlin took holiday and celebrated
the birth of the hero of the French cam
paign with great pomp and glory. The
held marshal had been member of the
Prussian army since 1922. The model
at Breslau is said to be a splendid nor
trait In face and figure of the old sol
der.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
Manufacture of wooden Boxes.

Among the thousands of industries
whose headquarters are located in New
York is the manufacture of wooden
boxes. Over 90 per cent. of the bust
ness of the world in this particular line
of goods is done through New York.
1t is not surprising, then, that the me-
tropolis should boast of the largest and
Oldest box establishments In the world.
Fancy boxes of every description are
made. They are all shapes, sizes and
styles, and they are finished In a great
variety of colors.
1T Is not generally known, but 1t is
a fact" said prominent member of
the trade, that wooden boxes are
cheaper than those made of paper,
glass or tim"
They are shipped to almost every
country in the world, one large New
York house having established agencies
in all the European countries, Asia and
Australia.
Patent automatic machinery is used
in their manufacture, and over ten mil
lion feet of lumber a year is made into
boxes by one large New York firm
alone.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The art of listening is often spoiled
by the mental attitude Of prejudging.
When we begin TO listen, we quickly
take sides for or against, as critic or ad-
vocate, and from that moment we cease
to be good listeners-certainly we are
no longer impartial or fair ones. We
welcome that which agrees with our
notions and exaggerate its relative
value, while that which is opposed to
them we ignore and forget. We are
not great enough to listen for the sake
of truth, and try to discover it what
ever 1t may be; we listen with ayidity to
that which we like and turn a deaf ear
to the opposite. AS, when we look
through colored glass, the whole land
scape assumes that color, so, when we
listen through the medium of pliyate
we hear only Its echo.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
BIG FLOOD AT Ell PASO
,,,rr puoy<E AND THE WATERS
porRED THROUGH THE CITY,
100 Th.n one Hundred and
Twenty Houses Were sweep
Down the Stream.

ri Pase. Tex, May ga fire alarm
aroused the people from their sleep IN .he
lower part OF The city early yesteruas
noornine. The levee had broken and the
aood waters of the Rio Grande were rush
ins through the city. The levee broke on
the bank OF the canal on stanton street
THE river has reached its highest point
since 1891. In a few minutes large torce
of men was at work trying to cheek the
rushing waters with sacks hlled WIN
sand. but second break above Dacksu
nm the water on the workmen ana they
md TO retire. The Texas PACING ran
road officials realizing that hundreds OF
families were being flooded, backed IN II
large number of empty freight cars Tor
The accommodation of the homeless.
Not less than 12O houses were swept
away, and tonight several hundred men
are at work on the levee. They have
thrown up an embankment on Third
street in an endeavor to check the adj
vance of the flood, which is running over
one of the International street railway
bridges The splash of falling houses and
the cries of affrighted women and chill
dren who are driven from their homes are
heard hourly. People residing In the low
er part of the city are leaving their homes
and moving to the foothills of Mt. Frank
lin
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
Peace Proposals.

Constantinople May27.-The withdrawal
of Germanys objections to the collective
note of the powers on the subject of terms
of peace between Turkey and Greece was
due to the representations which the pow
ers especially Russia, made to Berlin.
Germany, in addition to Directing to sign
ing the note until Greece consented to
abide by the terms agreed upon, objected
to the indemnity clause, being opposed to
the principle of indemnity being settled
for Them and on the basis of the present
resources of Greece. This attitude upon
the part of Germany is attributed to a
desire to rearange the Greek finances in
a manner giving better security to the
German bondholders.
The adhesion Of Germany to the action
CT the powers In this respect has greatly
relieved the situation. The collective note
of tie powers, presented yesterday to the
Turkish government. besides proposing
conditions for permanent peace between
Turkey and Greece. concludes with invit-
ing the Porte to negotiate with the ambas-
sailors with reference thereto. The reply
of the government Of Turkey is momen "a
lily expected.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

John Bright once said of Gladstone:
He Is an honest man; he believes what
he says The worst Of it is that he too
readily believes what he wishes to be-
lieve." To "a question whether that was
not something like self-deceit, Mr..
Bright replied: mo; Mr.. Gladstone
sees an object which he thinks of vital
Importance. and he turns in all direc-
tons for arguments in support of it.
He find them, and he becomes uncon-
scious of anything outside of them.
That is not self-decelt." Tothe objec-
ton that 1t was dangerous quality in
a statesman to be able to see only that
side of question which he wished to
see, Mr.. Bright replied that every man
who had done anything great in the
world had been of that constitution.
you cannot do great thing" he con
Guided, "if you have doubts Of your po-
sition and reasons"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
Stag Bricks.

The manufacture of bricks from fur.
mace Stag is an important Bohemian
Industry, the graduated Stag mixed
with caustic lime hardening to a ce-
ment-like mass, from which the bricks
are made, weighing about ten pounds
each. Such bricks win bear. theoreti-
cally, thirty-eight pounds per square
centimeter, though practically, twenty
i've pounds is the limit CT the burden
put upon it; hence 1000 bricks can he
safely piled above each other without
any danger that the bottom one will be
crushed by the weight, and me broad
side of the brick VIII bear burden of
10000 pounds.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The antitrust law just enacted in
Georgia Is a very comprehensive and
thorough one. 1t Is based upon the
theory that free competition in all
forms Of business is personal right
and a public advantage, and that n
wrong is done whenever 1t is suppressed
or obstructed. There seems to be no
room left for the escape of any com
blnation designed to control prices or to
Interfere with the general laws of
trade. 1t remains to be proved If
law so stringent and far-reaching can
be enforced, and its power and useful
ness will depend very largely upon the
ability and integrity Of the officers and
the friendly disposition of the courts.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
WnshingtOn We'll Enrfified

In view of the fact that the national
capital was once taken and burned Inv
foreign enemy, it is reassuring TO
know that a calamity so humiliatlnp is
not likely to occur again, even in case
Of sudden war.
Washington is the best defended CITY
Ill the country. A hostile fleet could
not now ascend the Potomac, as was
done in 1911, when President Madison
and his wife were compelled to make
hurried escape across the Potomac TO
avoid capture by the British.
For military and prudential reasons
little has been allowed to be made
Known concerning the new works and
the heavy ordnance recently installed
below the city; but for the mast two
years engineers have been busy at the
river forts. Some very formidobIo
guns are DOW in position there and .
system of torpedo defenses perfactod
which would render the approach Of ON
enemy's warships, within twelve n,,,os
ol washington. practically impossihle
me defensive works are located n,
the elbow" or turn, of the Potor 90
where Old Forts Washington and shori
uah stood, and wl,ere at one noint 49,
, channel me for vessels of deep draught is
but 300 yards wide. Ut Is
Inc guns are protected on the vo+op
SIDE by emplacement walls of go
and concrete seventy feet tbick om ,sOne
'ne land side by redoubts for infantry
The rapidly increasing wealth and
Importance OF Washington, the ernnJ
new public buildings and the vast sn,, ~
OF money and bullion in the treo s,,r,'
render these protective and dofom",i.ss
measures a matter of national import.
ance and necessity. i'0i L
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

One Of the principal clauses of the d.
vorce law in France forbids marriag e
between the respondent and co-respon-
dent OF case. This has been practic-
ally set Mt naught by the recent de-
cision of the supreme court of appeal at
Paris, according to which the tribunals
have no power to annual union of this
Kind in Instances where the parties
thereto have been able to secure the
celebration of their marriage by some
public officer ignorant Of their ante
cedents
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The people of the United States are
again face to face with problem upon
the solution of which depends its peace
of mind for long time to come. 1t
Is question that concerns only our
selves, but, for all that. it will require
the exercise of diplomacy OF the high
est order to avert the threatened evil.
and the most astute craftsmanship of
the country will be brought to bear
upon the question. Robert Fitzsim-
mons has announced his intention of
to sing.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

True self-sacrifice, which is always
ready to subordinate the monetary and
partial self to the permanent and whole
self, can never come into conflict with
the real good of others. Both are nour-
ished from the same source, both suf-
fer II either Is injured. He who neg
lects or Injuries others wounds himself
In a vital part; he who neglects or in
jures himself as surely reduces the hap
pness and impairs the welfare of
others
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The jealous lovers of what Is new.
the hopeful reformer of current abuses
the enthusiastic adherent of untried
schemes, the ardent philanthropist. or
the apostle of progress in any of its
forms, cannot afford to neglect or scorn
the past, with its vast storehouses of
knowledge and wisdom and attained
success Without these, he, with all
his hopes and aspirations, would be an
imposslbilty.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
Farmer and Two Sons Blown Up.

Duluth Mimi. May 27.-A terrible acct
dent has occurred today at Germantown,
seven miles from Duluth. Frank Lucek.
a farmer living there, was thawing out
dynamite TO be used in clearing land of
stumps. He was heating it over a fire
when it exploded tearing the house al
most to pieces and killing Lucek and two
young sons. His wife and another small
son escaped alive but are badly hurt.
What remained of the house caught fire
and was DESTROYED
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

accused OF everything and been the
object of much legislation. In the sight
of the laboring man it is an eyesore By
the State 1t is outlawed. But 1t -four
ishes like Jonah's gourd, coming up In q
night If 1t is torn down in the daytime.
Being under the ban of the law does
not disturb 1t.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

rison vas educated in the Convent of
the Sisters Of Mercy in her native city.
and is a Catholic in religious belief.
The Harrisons, owing to travels. etc.
have not entered much into Chicago
society during the last two or three
years. Mrs. Harrison has studied
French and German under private tu-
tors and is an accomplished conversa-
tionalist.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Fear of failure prevents many per-
sons from putting forth their best en-
beavers. Anyone with ordinary insight
may observe this paralyzing element
IN some whom they casually meet, and
may do something towards dispensing
1t by kindly word of encouragement
or timely counsel.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Physicians declare that by excessive
bicycle riding the nervous system may
be exhausted without the knowledge
OF the rider; and that when attacked
by disease the bicycllst may find him
self without reserve force to resist Il.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

In Boston park the other day n
well-dressed stranger was found dead.
with campaign cigar in his teeth and
bullethole in his temple. 1t will take
coroner's Inquest to determine the
cause of death.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The girls of Cleveland are quite par
ticular. They petitioned the city board
OF control to change the name of Kis-
sam street to EllendaJe avenue, and
the board granted the request. The
Forest City girls don't want it under
stood that 1t is any easier to kiss em ON
one street than another
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

A New Hampshire schoolma'am
wants to be sent to some South Ameri-
can country as n minister or a consul
general. Why shouldn't she have
good, fat office, just as soon as the men
have picked out all the places they
xvnnt2
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Rev. Andrew Jones of somewhere out
out West predicts that New York, st.
Louis and Chicago are under a ban"
and that they are doomed to destruc-
ton nescSs use OF .selr ,~orrhfessness and
wickedness." And perhaps he is about
two-thirds right.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Miles City. Mont, 49,
Hoover, a missing sheen
Barringer's ranch, was fn'.s NJ
two miles from his ranch w., - s
let holes through his bodv VIA ~
by his side. Both were kill.aq =
The Indians are making mr. q
trouble and the settlers ars .9
easy. groxi,
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

About 40,000natives Of the Philippines
took part in the revolt against Spain.
or these the captain general in COM
mand says he has killed 62,O0O, cap
tured 1900, and that the remaining
10000 are now ready to surrender.
Meanwhile the war goes on.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
A SECOND HELEN KELLAR.
Marvellous Education of a Girl Who
Is Deaf, Dumb and Blind.

Linnie Haguewood, 17-year-old
pupil of the South Dakota School for
the Deaf and Dumb, Is the Helen KEEL
lar Of the West and promises to de-
velop the marvellous capacities for see
Ing, hearing and speaking while deaf,
dumb and blind exhibited by the won
derful girl now student at Harvard
Annex" Miss Haguewood is II years
old and her story is almost a precise
repetition of that of Helen Kellar. The
Eastern girl. however. has had O great
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

1t is just ms well to stop right here,
look about among the wrecked banks
and the ghosts of the "sure-thing"
bucket-shops. and warn the young man
of the rising generation that the short
cut to wealth has a sad way of leading
to the door of the penitentiary ell
route
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

r Women In Burmah propose to men
whom they seek in marriage, and when
they tire of them a divorce can be had
for the asking. Boats run regularly
between the United States and Bur-
NAH
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Jess-Why don't the Smith girls 90
out any more on their bicycles? 90
bess-Ihey heard n man tell bis II.
lie boy they were fat ladies' from ~
museum out to advertise tha 81, .''e
New York Journal. ''"'-
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Montpelier, VT. May Sl.-Miss Mildred
Brewster. daughter Of a wealthy farmer
OF Huntington, shot and probably fatally
wounded Miss Annie Wheeler. of whom
she is alleged to have been Jealous. Miss
Brewster then turned the revolver on
herself, inflictng a possibly fatal wound.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

A British naval writer says that
neither Casabianca nor his father per.
ished ON a burning ship. They were
drowned while swimming for tho
boats. But as the iconoclast was not
there Mrs. Hemans viii still be consid.
cred the best authority.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Mrs. Annie Besant announces that
the soul of Byron has not been reincar-
mated in her. We believe that explana-
ton Will be entirely satisfactory to the
friends OF the.late Mr.. Byron.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

This country is capturing all the good
things this year. The King OF Siam
Is about to visit us, and he will be fol
lowed later In the summer by the RIA
1ah of Razamataz. There's a name to
coDjure with.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

LarlSlns-You mean to tell me thai
that Is a wedding procession on the
way to the crematory?
Kilson-Yes; the bride is a Boston
girl, and they are going to thaw her
out.-New York Journal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
MONUMENT TO Won MOLTKE

Memorial to the Great German Mar
shall to BE Erected at Brcslau.
A pretty monument to Won Moltke
the famous German marshal. is soor
to be erected at Breslau. The design
has already been selected. "Old For
wards" is seen in a single figure stand
ing erect upon pedestal and holding q
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

pittsburg Times: The company store
is troubling the Legislature again. 1t
Is the one conspicuous sinner that
looms up before the legislative nves-
tigating committee. 1t Is an old Of
fender In the community. 1t has been
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
St. Paurs in shakspeare,s Time.

John Benefits serial story of the
time of Shakespeare, master Skylark,"
in st. Nicholas, gives many pictures of
old English life and scenes. The fol-
lowing is from the April number:
People passed them like shadows In
the mist. and all the houses were a
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

If that Chicago physician is right
who says that there is no such thing
as appendicitis" the joke seems to be
on the relatives Of those who have died
with II.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
Relief Money Unexpended.

Washington. May 27.-So well has the
distribution Of the relief to the flood suf-
ferers in the Mississippi and Red river
valleys been administered that of the to-
tai appropriation of 100000 about one-half
now remains unexpended
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Yes, some of them are called "sav-
ings" banks because the president and
his typewriter manage to save some
thing from what the depositors con-
tribute
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

yes" said the artilleryman, as he
rammed down another load of grape
shot. III is better to give than to re-
ceiye Let her gor'
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

of war, A Washington paper learns
that Lole Fuller Is dancing In Havana.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

A special dispatch from Middletown,
Ohio, says that "a peculiar animal
with two sets of lungs" has been found
there. 1t is probably a prlze-fighter.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

The Paris tribunals have decided that
the habit of gambling in the wife Is
valid ground for divorce.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

Two bottles of Plsos Curefor Consump-
ton cured me of a bad lung trouble-Mrs.
]. Nichols. Princeton, Ind, Mar. 26, 1895.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03

AFTER boy gets In a three-bose h,,
ne Is never good for anything else
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-06-03
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER
ESTING ITEMS
connsnts and Criticisma Based Upon
tAs HappeninEs of the Dsy-His-
<or1ca1 and Nsws Note~.

Charity never mistakes superstition
for religion, bigotry for faith or ven
geance for love.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1897-10-28
NOTICE.

Certificate of Psid-up Capital Stock OF
the Randolph Co. operative Creamery Com.
pany.
|, William Ii. Nichols, president OF the
Randolph Cooperative Creamery Compa'
ny, corporation organized and existing
under the General Laws of the State OF
Vermont, and having its principal place
OF business at Randolph, in the county OF
Orange and state of Vermont, hereby GER
tify that the authorized CAPITAL Stock OF
said Corporation is Three Thousand Doll
lars, and that the sum of Eight Hundred
and Eighty five dollars has been actually
paid into the treasury OF said corporation.
Dated at Randolph in the county OF Or
ange this sth dav of October, 1897.
WILLIAM II. NICHOLS, President
STATE OF VERMONT 1 AT Randolph in
ORANGE COUNTY, IS said county, this
William II. Nichols, president of RAN
dolph Cooperative Creamery Company,
personally appeared and made oath to the
truth OF the foregoing certificate by him
subscribed, in due form OF law.
Before me,
n. L. BoYDEN, Justice of the Peace.
STATE OF VERMONT.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true copy OF the Certificate of Paid-up
Capital Stock of the Randolph Co oper-
alive Creamery Company, as appears by
the files and records OF this office.
Witness my signature and the seal of
- this office at Burlington this 9th
SEAL y day of October, one thousand
- eight hundred and ninety seven.
CHAUNoEY W. BRowNELL,
Secretary of State.