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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24

less, amazed that Bancroche, known
to be so peaceable, could have fired
the shot, but glad, nevertheless, that
the village would be saved.
Eight men; behind the church,"
commanded the officer.
At this moment M4riette, forcing her
way through the crowd, ran toward the
officer crying, stop! he lies! 1t was
not he"
What are you saying?"
81 tell you he is not guilty. 1t was
not he"
Hurry with the man." cried the Of
ficer.
Marietta escaped from the soldiers
who tried to hold her and threw her
self on her knees before the officer.
Monsieur, pray you, do not kill
himi He is innocent! Do not kill
himi Oh, beg you!"
What is he to you?" asked the Of
fcer. your husband, your brother,
your father?"
HE is Oh, in the name of God,
do not kill him! love him!"
The officer burst into a loud laugh.
Then kill me. too" cried cIariette.
But you have done nothing to de-
serve it."
She sprang up with a bound and
standing before him struck him de-
liberately in the face. The soldiers ut
tered cry of rage.
Seize the woman, also!" cried the
officer furiously.
1--WE will die together said Marietta,
placing herself beside the cripple.
Come, Bancroche. love you"
They were shot behind the church.
The soldiers dug a grave in the ceme-
tary and buried them together, mar
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24

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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24

SIINNY Do you want Home. Land. Investment
r SErr,, any price? Enclose stamp. The Jas.S S.
SUI n. Groves Real Estate Co, Norfolk,Va
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24
Read the Advertisements

You will enjoy this publication
much better if you will get into the
labit of reading the advertisements;
hey will afford a most interesting
tudy and will put you in the way of
setting some excellent bargains. Our
advertisers are reliable, they send
THAT they advertise.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24

A musical bicycle has been invented
by a man in Pittsburg, Austria. The
motion of the wheel grinds out tune
like a hand organ, and the rider rolls
along tn the strains Of delightful har-
mony.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24

is real name was
Simon Martin, but
when a child he
had fractured his
hip, which accident
had crippled him
for life, and his
comrades at school
mad nicknamed him
Bancroche twisted
leg). T h e name
stuck to him. He
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24
BANCROCHE.l!l

Crranlated frsom the French Of N. S.
I de Forge.)
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-09-24
Prospectors' Map o, Utah.

The Passenger Department of the Rio
Grande railway has just issued an up-to-
late map showing all mining districts of
-ecord, together with an outline sketch of
the older districts, and calling special at
tention to several partially developed re-
vions which recently have shown import
ant uncoverings of gold and copper, now
,ttracting notice of prOspectors, investors
ind others.
For copies of this valuable map address
.. A. WADLEIGH, G.. p. A, Salt Lake City.
Come up to my house tomorrow night,
aid Henpecque. I'm going to celebrate my
;olden wedding. Golden wedding. Why,
nan, you've only been married three
,ears. 1 know; but it seems like 80, so
verifying is all right-Philadel phia En-
,u;rer.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
NOT IN NEED OF AID.
Citizens of Polk County Repudiate tfe
 Action of Senator kimball.

At a meeting of farmers and busi- ness men held in this city last Satur- day and addressed oy Hon. ". G. Vincenheller and Mir. John T. Stinsou, it was stated by ". Ivan Matheny, Esq, the chairman, that bill had been introduced in the state legisiat- ure asking aid for certain portions of this state, that suffered from the drought last season. Polk county be- ing named in the bill, the following resolution was prese nted and adopted by unanimous vote:
 RESOLVED; That it is the sense of this meeting that the act of the Hon. John D. Kimball introducing a bill iu the senate of the Arkansas legislature asking aid for Polk county, Arkansas. is uncalled for.
 RESOLVED; That said act in asking aid is calculated to do the people ot Polk county, Arkansas. injury abroad, and that we hereby ask that a copy of these resolutions be sent to the repre- sentative requesting him to use his vote and influence against such a measure, so far as Polk county is con cerned.n
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
HAND
PROF. DUNLAP.

From Kansas City, has opened T school in Shorthand, Typewrit- ing and Photography at the Noun tain Inn Hotel. Open to both ladies and gentlemen. Students may begin the study at any time with equal advantages, as the in struction is entirely individual.
 There is at present q strong de- mand for good shorthand writers, who can transcrlbe their notes on typewriter. During the last two years every iirst-class Shorthand school has had more calls for stenographers than they could fill. This is a profession that is not now, or ever will be, overcrowded, and the young gentleman or ; young lady who thoroughly learns this profession has no trouble in securing employment Business is increasing rapidly through out tho south, and with the in crease of business there is an ill., crease in the demand for stenog- raphers.
 The art of shorthand furnishes employment for hundreds of young ladies and gentlemen every year. It is q profession that is both pleasant and lucrative, and one in which advancement is rapid.
 Prof. Dunlap has had several years experience in teaching Shorthand in some of our leading business colleges. He teaches all the leading systems of shorthand. and those who have partially com pIeted any of these systems can continue in the same system. He has College Shorthand Diploma, q Worlds Fair Diploma and q Teachers Shorthand Certificate.
 To the young lady or gentleman who desires to rise to something better and higher in life, Short hand offers better opportunity than any other profession. For full information call on or ad- dress, H. c. DUNLAP, Mountain Inn Hotel, Mena, Ark.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
MENA TO nor SPRINGS.
Preliminary Work Looking 60 the
 Building of the Road Conlmenced.

Judge J H. Orr, general claim agent of the Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf railroad company, with headquarters at Kansas City, arrived in Mena last evening for the purpose of taking Q trip over the proposed line of railroad from Mena to Hot Springs, and ascertaining the resources of the country and incl dentally the probable aid which may be given toward the enterprise.
 Judge Orr is accompanied by A. M. Nelson, former assistant chief en- gineer of the K. C., r. & C.. who will make estimates regarding grades along the proposed line with a view of getting some idea of the cost of con struction. These gentlemen expect to start with their own team over the line tomorrow and will interview the people along the proposed line, also at Hot Springs when they arrive there regarding the donation of the right of-way and lands for other purposes in aid of the enterprise
 This movement means much for Mena, Hot Springs and the country intervening, and every man having any interest in thls section of country should respond promptly and literally with all the aid at his command, if he would secure the building of this very important road. Judge Orr will hold public meetings at various points along the proposed line and fully ex- plain all matters pertaining to the movement to the people.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Presbyterian Church Organization.

The Old School Presbyterians of Mena are making preparations to form a Church organization. Rev. IT. A tucker Presbyterian evangelist for the Indian Territory, is holding meet ings in the steen building each even Ing this week. There has been good attendance and quite a number of names received for enrolment. Mr. Tucker will remain until after Sunday when 1t is expected that either Dr.. Alien, of Eureka Springs. or the Rev. MT Mckee, of Gainesville, Mo. will arrive to take charge Of the meeting. Tuesday night a Church organization was completed and preparations are being made toward securing lot on which to bnild Q church.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Railroad Ice House.

A force of twenty workmen came down from Kansas City last Friday and began work Saturday to construct an ice house to be used by the rail- road company for storing ice. The onllding IS to be f0x6o feet, located near the railroad track just below the water tank The worlSmen are malS ing rapid progress and Monday even ing had the foundaton laid and saw dust on hand in which to pack the ice. Twelve car loads came down from the north Monday evening and men were put to work unloading and storing while the work of building goes on over them.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
To Pefect Organization.

All persons interested in farming, fruit growing and gardening are re- quested to meet at Steen's hall on Mena street on Saturday, Feb 6, at ? p. m.. for the purpose of perfecting the organization of ;i society. Inter- esting talks will be made upon frui. growing. The ladies are invited and all urged 10 attend.
 4. ". ST. JOHN, FRANK 5. FOSTER
 President. Secretary.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Tie Firernen's Ball.

The dancing hall of Steen's building was well filled last Thursday night by a jolly crowd prepared tc enjoy the dance arranged for the benefit of our fire company. Good music was fur nished and the dance continued until after o'clock. little over $40 was cleared, and the boys are now invcsti- gating to see where they can make the best bargain in purchasing hook and ladder wagon.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Opening of the Catholic School.

The Sisters of Mercy opened their school Monday morning with a fairly good attendance and feel assured that their efforts will be successful. Their school building is plain but neat and nicely furnished. There are three of the Sisters in charge and they are malx- ing every effort to give Mena good school.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Board of Directors rleetlnr.

The directors of the Commercial Club met in ". [ Boyer's office Mon cay night and transacted some quite important business A committee was appointed to work with the city coun- cil with view of making this town school district.
 A meeting of the Club was called for Tuesday night, Feb. 8, at 7.ao o'clock at Hotel Meua After transact ing other business of minor import ance the meeting adjourned.
 See if Owens cannot interest you in
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Oats. Oats. Oats.

Red rust proof oats at Owens for 35 cents per busheL
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03

4. ". St. John, since his return to Mena, has commenced the erection of neat cottage on corner of Honert and Hermann streets, letting the con
 tract tc N. M. Tubbs. He also expects to build larger one on Port Arthur avenue near Armour street right away, Contractor Newbanks having the job.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03

Owens will sell you % pounds best Y. c. sugar for si.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03

(Continued on Eighth Page.)
The Mena weekly star., 1897-02-03
Wanted.

4 girl to cook and do general house work. Apply at Green S Lewis store.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
A Novel skx.scraping Kite.

A new kind of kite was flown in the
air at a height of 200 feet from th,
roof of the stock exchange building al
day yesterday. Its inventor, Silas
Conyne, S61 N. Whipple street, says
it combines all the perfect points oi
other kites.
Being different in shape from mos
other kites, many people on the streets
who saw it hailed it as an airship. II
consists of two triangles, connected
by light framework, and having
wings on each side after the Malay
pattern. 1t is combination, in fact,
of the Hargrave and Malay kites. II
weighs seven and one-half pounds
and has nine square feet of surface. II
leaves the hand at an angle of de.
grees. The inventor says he can send
it out and make it return to him with
out its once touching the ground, pro.
vided the wind is as favorable. as ii
was yesterday. He says he has tested
its carrying powers, and that it will
bear load of four pounds in the air.
Conyne says he has a kite fouI
times the size which he few yester-
day, and that he will experiment with
that next week from q down town
point to see whether it will carry a
weight of twenty pounds. 1t is sixty
inches high and measures fifty-four
inches from tip to tip of the wings
Chicago Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
Paris Fashion in Dogs.

A Paris correspondent writes: "The
fashion in dogs in Paris is as chang
ing as any other. The canine exhibi-
ton which is now open on the Quai de
POrangerie reflects the latest taste in
the matter. The vogue of the poodle
is at an end, and for the moment no
dog can aspire to the epithet of chic
unless he be large or most diminutive.
Danes are most in favor of the former
class, and Scotch terriers and toy bull
dogs of the latter. German bassets are
also highly esteemed, and among the
finest in the capital are those owned
by Miss Maud Come, the indefatig-
able champion of the Irish cause in
France. Some Parisian dogs enjoy
a wide celebrity. Such is the case,
for instance, of Ali, blue Dane be-
longing to the Duchess Dues, Of
Miss, the Comtesse de Burgues'
Pomelanian. and Of Flic and Flac,
Nine. bernhard Us Russian dogs.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
The Wind In the Grass.

The song of the wind in the GRASSY
Come lie on the ground and listen
When the white clouds drift and pass
And the dewdrops cease to glisten.
1t comes with the perfume of flowers,
1t chases the cares that harass,
And fraught with magical power
Is the song of the wind in the grass.
Come lie with your heart to the clover
Out under the orchard trees
And listen the sweet tune over
A-chime with the lay of the bees.
The tired brain a-throb and a quiver
Wakes quiet and clear as a glass, {
Till cool thoughts flow like river
To the song of the wind in the grass.
A rest that is sweeter than mirth
Through the soul is soothing steal
ing,
For the touch of the dear brown earth
Hath balm of heavenly healing;
And under the warm blue sky,
As soft as whispered mass
Or dreamland lullaby,
LIS the song OF the wind in the grass.
Samuel M. Peck in Youths Com
panion.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
NOTED KEY OWNED BY AMERICA
Lafayette Sent II to Washington When tn
BastiIe Was DESTROYED.

In Mount Vernon, on the Potomac
is preserved an important relic of the
Bastile, nothing more nor less than the
key of that old fortress of tyranny.
One hundred and six years ago tn,
old state prison of Paris was de
molished by an angry mob, on the ev.
of the great French revolution. This
date is often accepted as the breaking
out of the revolution. When the moi
broke into the stronghold of despotism,
they cut off the heads of the officers
and paraded the streets with then
upon pixies, and also carrying alofi
the great key of the Bastile, says the
Philadelphia Record.
The key was placed in the hands OF
the Marquis de Lafayette, Comman.
der-in- Chief of the National Guard OF
France. In March of the next year
Lafayette forwarded it to Thomas
Paine in London, to be sent as a pres
ent to General Washington, together
with the neat drawing representing
the destruction of the Bastile.
Lafayette's letter to Washington
concluded with the words, "Give me
leave, my dear general, to present you
with picture of the Bastile just as ii
looked a few days after I ordered its
demolition, with the main key of the
fortress of despotism. 1t is tribute
which I owe as son to my adopted
father, as an aide-de-camp to my gen.
eral, as missionary of liberty to ita
patriarch. %
Not less felicitous was the comment
of Paine in forwarding the packet
"That the principles of America
opened the Bastileis not to be doubted,
and therefore the key comes to the
right place."
The key of the Bastile is preserved
in glass case. It hangs in the main
hall at Mount Vernon, in the same
position where it was placed by WASH
ington. Opposite to it hung the spy
glass which Washington used through
out the Revolutionary War.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
strangest Mountains in the World.

A jumbled mass of granite blocks,
some Of them fifty feet square, all Of
them carrying sharp edges and fiat
surfaces, as though done by the hand
of some Titan stone worker, and piled
heller skelter in q huge heap 2, 900
feet high and four miles thick at the
base. Granite blocks of every con-
ceivable shape and size, and between
them. as they rest unevenly upon one
another, dark caverns and passage
ways; chambers as large as those Of
Luray or Mammoth Cave. Not a
bush, not tree in sight; not even the
trace of an animal to lend at least the
semblance of life. This, in a few
words, is the Black Trevetons, of Aus
tralia, by all odds the strangest, most
unexplainable mountains in the world.
This wonderful pile of granite is
situated twenty miles back of the coast
range of mountains that fringes the
edge Of Cape York peninsula. The
natives, whose ancestors lived at the
base of the Black Trevetons, will not
go near the spot, and it is totally de-
serted. No man is known to have
scaled the highest peak up to this
spring, when Mr.. John f. Hobbs ac-
complished the perilous feat alone. In
his account of the ascension he offers
no explanation of the wonderful FORM
alton of the Trevetons. They look
like mountains that have been blown
to pieces.
Mr.. Hobbs penetrated several Of
the cayerns in the mountains and had
many weird adventures.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
FOURTEEN ACRES OF svNFLowERs.
A Pennsylvania Farmer Feeds the Seeds
to His Cows.

to His Cows.
It is said that fourteen-acre fielc
of sunfowers was novel sight last
fall on the farm of Charles A. Council
man, near Glyndon, Penn.
Mr.. Councilman pays great deal Of
attention to milk, as well as being an
extensive farmer, and has satisfac
torily tested the milk producing quail
ties of the seed of the sunfower, when
fed in connection with other proven,
der. He says that sunfower seed con.
tains large quantity of protein, which
is richer in that important element for
milk production than cottonseed m cal.
He feeds to his cows what he calls
balanced rations." A ration fol
each COW day he says is composed as
follows: Four pounds of ground sun.
flower seed, six pounds of barley, fif.
teen pounds of clover hay and thirty
pounds of sweet ensilage. Thif
approximates the German standard.
Milk produced from cows fed on
sunfower seed, Mr.. Councilman says,
will bring two cents a gallon more
than the usual market price on &C
count of its high percentage of cream
% to "a per cent. He does not sell
milk directly to the consumer, but fur.
nishes it through dairy company.
His fourteen acres of sunfowers, ht
said, would produce about Thousand
bushels of seed. When mixed with
barley, the COWS like it. The seed il
gathered in September, the heads Gu.
from the stalks and the seeds threshei
out and stored away like grain, ani
will not become mouldy if properly
dried out before being placed in tn,
bins.
Mr.. Councilman has been expert
menting for some time upon his farm
with raising and feeding sunfowe;
seed, and is much pleased with tn,
success that has attended his efforts
The feeding of such food to cows il
done in Europe, Mr.. Councilman says
and reading reports of the success oh
tanned there led him to try the expert
ment. In Russia, he says, millions
tons of sunfower seed are raised an
nually, and sent to Denmark, Belgium
and elsewhere to be fed to cattle.
Mr.. Councilman, it is said, was for
merly known as the champion potato
grower in the county, but of late year,
has not been giving so much attention
to raising them, though his annum
crop is still large.-Farm, Field and
Fireside.
The Banner-Democrat., 1897-10-30
Strange Scenes In lava.

In the Century, which is a 'oTravel
Number" )" there is an article entitled
Down to JAVA" by Eliza. r. Scid-
more. The writer says Of Batavia,
the capital of the island:
"When one has driven about the
Did town and seen its crowded bazaras
and streets, and has followed the
lines of bricked canals, where small
natives splash and swim, women beat
the family linen, and men go to and
fro in tiny boats, all in strange trav
esty of the solemn canals of the old
country, he comes to the broader
avenues of the new town, lined with
tall tamarind and warirgen-trees, a
species of Ficus, with plumes o1
palms, and pyramids of blazing Mad.
agascar fame-trees in blossom. He
is driven into the long garden-court
If the Hotel Nederlanden, and there
has presented spectacle of social life
and customs that nothing in all travel
can equal for distinct shock and sen.
sation. We had seen some queer
things in the streets-women lolling
barefooted and in startling dishabille
IN splendid equipages-but concluded
them to be servants or half but
there in the hotel was an undress par.
ade that beggars description, and was
as astounding on the last as on the first
day in the country. Women's vanity
and mems conventional ideas evi-
IDENTIFY wilt at the line, and no formali-
ties pass the equator, when distin.
guished citizens and officials can roam
and lounge about hotel courts in
pajamas and bath slippers, and women
clad only in the native sarong OF
skirt, and white dressing jacket, 60
unconcernedly about their affairs in
streets and public places until after.
noon. It is dishabille beyond all
burlesque pantomime, and only ship
wreck on desert island would seem
sufficient excuse for women being
seen in such an ungraceful, unbecom-
ing attire-an undress that reveals
every defect, while concealing beauty,
that no loveliness can overcome, and
that has neither color nor grace nor
picturesqueness to recommend it in
itself"