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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-11-10

Ubree Important Decisions
Renoereo-Goabo
Wsurp.
Chief Justice Sullivan Monday
announced the decision of the su-
preme court in the case Of the State
vs.. Thomas Fitzpatrick and James
Gadser. The judgment of the
lower court was reversed, and the
supreme court held that the secre-
tary Of the state land board has no
authority to employ attorneys to
foreclose mortgages given to secure
loans from the school fund, this
being the duty of the district at
torney.
This case was brought to fore
close a school fund loan of $4,000
to Thomas Fitzpatrick of Ada
county. The coupons attached were
Of the character which the supreme
court had previously held to be
usurious, and the district Judge
applied the rule laid down in that
decision to the case. He refused to
give the state judgment for any in
terest and entered up judgment
against the defendant and in favor
Of the county school fund for 10
per cent per aanum npea the prin-
cipal Of ths aan tEis beIng liz
penalty providsl by tle tatns
Attorney ..,lSen
teok tlls tiAas IRE 5anal y
! Gould pot IL sai5Fssa n sss 4
e thCs tute was party, and in
this he has been sustained by the
supreme court. His position was
that the school fund, being irredu.
chile and the interest being devoted
to the maintenance of the schools
OF the state, neither could be for
feited by any act of the board.
Another point that was raised
IN the supreme court by stipula
ton OF attorneys was the right of
the secretary Of the land board to
employ attorneys to prosecute fore
closure cases. 1t was n mooted
point that has been decided IN the
negative by the court.
The syllabus Of the opinion is as
follows
|. The provisions Of section 1866,
revised statutes, 1887, are not ap-
plicable to the state in suit
brought by the state to foreclose a
mortgage taken to secure the pay
ment of a loan made from tie per
manent school fund Of the state.
2. As section 3, article 8, Of the
state constitution declares that
said permanent school fund shall
forever remain inviolate and in
tact, and all interest thereon shall
be expended IN the maintenance of
the schools of the state, the legis-
latnre is prohibited from enactirg
any law that would directly or in
directly divert either principal or
interest to any other purpose.
3. The state board Of land com
missioners has power to make legal
contract in loaning the school fund,
and cannot bind the state beyond
the authority given them by law.
4. The unauthorized acts of said
board held not to work forfeiture
or impose a penalty directly or in
directly on the state.
5. Under the provisions Of sec
ton 3 of an act defining the duties
Of district attorneys, First session
laws, 1890 81, p. 46, it is the duty
of the district attorney to prosecute
foreclosure classes where the state
is party.
6. Under the provisions of sec.
ton 20 of an act defining the
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-11-10
Rev. w. j. A. Hendrickx.
CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH

CALVARY PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
Thursday, November 1s-Prayer
meeting at 7:3O o'clock; subject, The
Tenth Commandment.
Sunday, November Il Sabbath school
at 10 o'clock. Morning worship at IL;
subject, Secrets of Nehemiah's Sue
cess. Evening worship at 100; sub
ject Gods Greatest Gift Hereafter
there will be special singing every Sab
bath evening at the regular church ser
vice. A cordial invitation is extended
to every one to attend the services Of
the church
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-11-10
Church Services.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Sunday, November 81 Solemn high
mass and sermon at 1880 a. IN. Cate
chism at 2 p m Evening services at
7:3O Vespers, benediction and in
structions on the monastic orders Of the
church.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1897-11-10
Local News.

Subscribe for the EXAMINER.
Chris Woodall was up from Soda
Springs Friday.
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Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
The People Nearest the Pole.

The Etahs, a handful of Eskimos
numbering probably 100 persons, are
the most northern people of the world.
They have their abiding place on the
west coast of Greenland, between 76
and 70 degrees north latitude For
many years after DR.. Kane came home
with his vivid and absorbing story of
these isolated natives they were sup
posed to havG built their stone huts
nearer the pole than any other human
beings. 1t is known now, however,
thanks to Bassl Is, Mares and Greely,
that there are numerous traces of hu-
man occupancy as far north as the
eighty second parallel, and SO long ago
was it that they built their huts and
sledges and hunted the bear and walrus
in the far north Of Grant Land that the
Etah natives of today have only the
dimmest and most uncertain traditions
of them. Dispatch.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
His Sacrifice.

Darling" he said, looking down
tenderly into the eyes of his bride, 81
have often heard you say that there is
no true love without self sacrifice. You
have taught me this great truth, and
now I am going to prove my love by
giving up something that has been very
dear to me for years. You know how
fond am of smoking. Well, dearest.
am going to abandon the practice, even
though it be like tearing out my-my"-
At this point his emotion apparently
overcame him, and he looked down at
the sweet face, expecting to see there
appreciation of his noble resolve, but
he saw only look of blank disappoint-
ment.
What is the matter? Are you not
glad that l am following your teach
ing?" he asked.
It's not that, she answered, almost
sobbing. Never mind what it is. (" And
she rushed from the room.
The self sacrificing hero smiled. He
had learned from his wife's dearest
friend that she had set her heart ON
buying him half a dozen boxes of cigars
covered with lovely silver paper wrap
pers, with pictures IN the middle.
And that is what gave birth to his
noble resolution. Pearson s Weekly.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
MRS. CHARLES HAzEN RUSSELL.


time to time, although she has but lit
tie impulse to publish, and much of her
best work is given to the literary socie-
ties of which she is a leading member.
Sorosis elected Mrs. Russell to mem
bership in 1892 and soon after appointed
her chairman of the committee on edu-
cation. In this club, as in others, she
has shown her talent for marshaling
opponents in debate and setting the sub
ject incisively before them. Her style is
subtle in thought, but clear and con-
vincing in expression.
Mrs. Russell founded the Portia club
of Brooklyn and is still its president.
This club is devoted to the careful study
of the best literature. Kosmos club of
Brooklyn claims her as an active mem
ber. and Chirnpean, modelled after Soro-
sis, owes much to her influence and
guidance.
Mrs. Russell was much interested in
the Federation of Women's Clubs and is
the representative in the federation Of
several societies. Among the honors
lately paid her is an invitation to deliv-
er in st. Lawrence university course
of lectures on English literature. This
will probably be among her first duties
in the fall, on her return from Europe,
where she is spending the summer. In
terested as Mrs. Russell appears in liter
ary and club life, there is no place
where she shines as effectively as in her
own home. making the house of her
husband, the Hon. Charles Hazen Rus
sell, the center of large and brilliant
social circle and at the same time the
most restful and comfortable of homes.
1t is the rounded and harmonious de-
velopment of her nature in so many
directions which makes Mrs. Russell a
remarkable woman and fits her to be
the representative and model of the col
lege woman of today.-New York
Times
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
FRIENDS OF HIS.
Some Close Acquaintances of Whom He
Spoke In His Dreams.

Some Close Acquaintances of Whom He
Spoke In His Dreams.
"John," said Mrs. Eastlake to her
husband as she poured out his coffee at
the breakfast table, II think you have
never introduced your friend, Mr.. High,
to me, have your?
II have no friend named High, re-
piled Mr.. Eastlake as he devoured but
tered toast.
"Oh, but you must have, DEAR" in
sisted Mrs. Eastlake. "You are familiar
enough with him to call him Jack"
"Jack High! Don't know anybody of
that name. You never heard me men
tion his name, did you?'
Certainly. That is the reason I ask
ed you about him.
"When did I speak of him?''
night" Mrs. Eastlake went on,
Though of course if you had met him
then you would have remembered it
without any trouble. only know that
after you went to bed-you got home
about 3 o'clock, John-you fell into a
troubled sleep. You muttered good
deal, but could not distinguish any
thing very clearly except the name of
Mr.. High-Jack High, you called him.
Once I thought heard you mention a
woman's name-Kitty - but I'm not
sure. -
Mrs Eastlake looked narrowly at her
husband as she said this, and he looked
at her suspiciously and then said:
"Oh, yes, believe man named Jack
High did drop in to see the sick friend /
was sitting up with, but you could
scarcely call him friend of mine OH
such short acquaintance.
"Of course not. But who was Kitty?"
''There was no one named Kitty. You
must have been mistaken. don't know
anybody of that name-absolutely no.
body"
Then Mr.. Eastlake put his coat on
and left the house, after kissing his
thoughtful little wife goodby. Louis
vile Courier Journal.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Electric Protection of Safes.

The latest idea for the protection of
money and valuables is to have the
safe which contains them secured in
side cabinet. Where the safe is kept
in a vault the vault serves the purposes
of a cabinet. In either case an electric
lining is used, consisting of strips of
metal mounted in connection with thin
metal sheets so arranged that even a
pin thrust through the cabinet and pen
etrating the lining will sound the alarm.
The door of the vault cannot be opened,
nor can the curtain of the cabinet be
raised, until time lock has disconnect-
ed it from the alarm system. In order
that the alarm box may be proof against
molestation it is made of steel and
placed within hood lined in the same
way as the cabinet Any attempt at
tampering will cause an alarm to be
sounded, as in the case of the cabinet
The door is held closed by heavy lag
bolts. the partial removal of any of
which will give warning signal
There are several of these lag bolts, and
before the door can be opened they have
all to be removed, which requires con
siderable length of time.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Healthy, Happy Children.

A woman whose four rosy, sui
tanned children are the envy of hel
neighbors down OIL Long Island gives
this recipe for health and peace of
mind: "Buy enough Of checked blue
gingham to make each child half doz.
en- big aprons, not the little ornamen-
tai, useless sort, but great big envelopes,
such as the French school children wear.
Let them wear these all day long, and
don't complain if they soil them. Dirt,
the kind that flowers flourish in and
that vegetables thrive in, will not hurt
the most delicate child living, but con-
stant scolding about dirty clothes will
wear out any child;s nerves and spoil
all his enjoyment. Also have few
loose sunbonnets on hand. Of course
the boys won't wear them, but the
girls are much better with this pretty,
cool, light headgear, for it is safe
guard from sunstroke. Exchange.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
HER --LATEST HONOR.
Mrs. Charles Hazen Russell Is Now an
AIumne Trustee of Wells College.

Mrs. Charles Hazen Russell Is Now an
A1umne Trustee of Wells College.
Mrs. Charles Hazen Russell has be-
come, the focal point of interest to the
friends and patrons of Wells college.
The eliminating act which brings Mrs.
Russell's name SO prominently forward
is her election by the alumnae as a
trustee of the college. Mrs. Russell's
sareer since her graduation from Wells
as the valedictorian of her class has
been marked by that steady intellectual
growth and that expanding and deepen
ing influence in society which make the
college girl the ideal as ~se1l as the
practical won an of today. Mrs. Russell
was the first president of the Eastern
Association of Wells College, position
subsequently held by Mrs. Cleveland
and to which Mrs. Russell was re-elect-
ed four years ago, holding the office up
to the present time. She devotes most
of her spare time to literary work, and
her translations from German romantic
literature have appeared in print from
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Tho Telescope of the Future.

The late Alvan G. Clark, in an ad-
dress delivered before the congress of
astronomy and astrophysics some time
ago, indicated his belief that the tele-
scope of the future will be much more
powerful than the present instrument.
He said, 1.-THE horizon of science has
been greatly broadened within the last
few years, but ont on the borderland I
see the glimmcr of new lights, which
wait for their Interpretation, and the
great telescopes of the future must be
their Interpreters.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
HAD A SURE THING.
| But the Baseball Manager Counted His
Chicks Before They Were Hatched.

Chicks Before They Were Hatched.
when it comes to square, sport
among professionals, admitted the vet
eran who lives by bucking chance. 81
reckon you've got to give the first place
to baseball. But way back in the days
before the league system was perfected
l used to see some curious things. / re-
member one club in central Ohio that
was as good local organization as I
ever saw. All the men in the team were
strapping six footers, used hickory bats
and knocked live ball so far that all
the farmer boys in the vicinity had a
supply. Finally sporty manager got
hold of them, went wherever there was
a game to be had, took a professional
battery with him and bet all the money
he could place. Having nothing special
ON hand that season, concluded to do
little business on my own hook.
''By a little quiet skirmishing in To-
ledo, Cleveland, Cincinnati and Colum-
bus got together nine that were fast
enough for any company. I took them to
little country town about 20. miles
AAOLu OuO OluU w UCCA OC1IlI1S yOoi
about, named them after the place, did
some saucy blowing through the county
newspaper and got challenge from the
very fellows we were after We went
over there in old farm wagons, looking
like the rustiest lot of grangers that
ever ventured away from home. In
practice my boys got tangled up in their
own feet, fell over each other and made
the opposing manager feel so good that
he was betting at every turn. I was
right with him as long as 1 had a dol
lar, and there was big roll for one of
us when the game was over. Now there
was change. My boys came out of the
dressing room in knickerbockers, sweat
ers and canvas shoes, as slick looking
lot of ringers as your ever saw. 1t was
cinch, and was only hot because I
had no more money to put up"
'You made good thing of it?''
''Good thing? / got the double cross.
My battery sold out to the other mana
ger. They beat us SO bad that the scorers
demanded extra pay. My pitcher and
catcher got away before l could borrow
a gun. walked ten miles to the nearest
station and then took box car. That
wasn't square game. detroit Free
Press.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
FirewOrk Foulard.

"Firework" foulard, or foulard silk
with sort of lightning or firework
effect over the colored surface, is the
novelty of the moment. 1t is being
worn on all OCCASIONS and some Of these
gowns, with their sharply contrasted
trimmings. are startling in their bril-
lance. Then there are the grenadines
and canvases and silk muslins, all worn
over the very brightest colors, and yet
the more expensive gowns are SO skill
fully managed that the lion and the
lamb appear to lie down together in
harmony. Even cerise, which resists all
amateur attempts at Cancellation with
other colors, is made by the deft manipu-
lation of the skilled fingers of the mo-
diste to mingle its bright noto melodi-
ously with the rest.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
FEET AND CHARACTER.
What the Pedal Extremities Reveal to
Zone Who Knows.

One w no hnOW8s
The, person who had his character
read by the palmist must now go to the
first cousin of the chiropodist in order
to learn whether the markings ON the
foot agree with the representations of
the hand
According to the adopts, small in
step denotes religious temperament,
while if it is high it suggests self con-
sciousness. If arched, it indicates love
Of luxury, while if it is thin in addi-
tion it not only demonstrates the desire
for appreciation and applause, but the
possession of honor and lofty ideals. A
thick, heavy instep, which the boot
maker would describe as rather high, is
the mark of the individual who is ca
pable of great exertion continued over a
long time, the instep, in fact, of the
worker
The heel is another of the great dag
nostic points. If it is smooth and round
and without any prominent outlines, it
declares the individual to belong to that
commonplace order which never achieves
distinction and who, though pleasant
enough in his or her way to live with,
is yet devoid of any special talent. If it
is small, it shows that the owner is Ca
pable of going heart and soul into any
work that he undertakes.
Long toes suggest artistic capacity,
just as do long fingers of certain
shape, while short toes indicate selfish
ness. If they are crooked as well as
ncfr 70 no
good common sense and no little busi-
ness capacity, while toes separated by a
distinct interval, in spite Of the COM
preston in which fashionable boots COM
pei them, are Indicative of emotion. If
they curve downward, they indicate an
amiable turn of mind, and different pOr
tions of them denote different character
istics as do the so called mountain"
and valleys" ON the palm.
In addition to all these characteristics
the markings ON the sole must be care
fully considered, for they may modify
certain other peculiarities. 1t is impos-
sible. however, to lay down any laws of
self guidance in these minuti8, but the
broad facts will no doubt furnish suf-
ficient stimulus for further investiga-
tion at the hands of the wise women of
the world, for they must be indeed wise
who can read, as in an open book, char
acter which may be formed by the con-
strictions of fashionable boot.
Whatever else may be done, howev-
er, it is safe to say that great toes
which are pressed out of the straight
line, and which are therefore in hide
ous contrast with the beautiful feet of
Trilby, bespeak an egregious vanity in
their possessor and proclaim a belief in
the proverb which states that ito be
beautiful one must suffer. - This, how
ever, was the old fashioned idea, which
it is hoped the vogue of Mr.. du Maui
rier's heroine will have done a great
deal to counteract. - Philadelphia
Times.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Last of the Old School.

The French artist M. Francois Louis
Francais, who died recently at the age
of 80, was the last representative of the
old school of French painters. He was
of humble origin, and in early youth
was apprenticed to a bookseller. But
his talent for painting had already be-
gun to manifest itself. and in his spare
time he devoted all his energies to its
cultivation, with such success that by
the time he attained his majority he
was able to support himself as an artist.
After studying under Gigoux he became
an exhibitor at the salon just 80 years
ago. In the next few years he was much
Influenced by Corot, of whose friend
ship he ever remained proud.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03

would not suffice, take the next chance
that offered.
Aside from constant apprehension at
the sound Of hoofs in the rear, nothing
marred the beauty of the moonlight ride
until point within five miles of Chad
ron was reached The occasional howl
Of a coyote only lent interest to the sit
uation. 1t is strange that such things
sometimes give cheer to state Of other
wise utter loneliness
But now something happened to
make the horseman realize that he was
not alone. The time to act had come.
Chadron was only five miles distant,
and it was near daybreak The robbers
horses were dead OH their feet, and
even the old pinto, the toughest horse
On the range, began to twitch his ears,
which with him was sign of extreme
fatigue All at once the robbers made
lash, and it seemed that the finale of
Ibis prairie drama was at hand. If there
is anything in the horse mind that COR
responds to our own "don't give up the
ship," the old pinto must have chosen
it for motto in early life. He certain
ly realized that he must reach Chadron
ahead of his pursuers, and he then and
there established standard of faithful
ness that many "humans" would do
we'll to emulate. Never tight pinch
but old Spot, was there and ready to do
his full duty. The rider seized his
weapons, and the old horse began to
Of 70
for horse that had galloped all night.
Now he almost flies, and the pursuers
are left hopelessly in the rear. The
money is saved, and in half an hour
they see the crooked streets of ChadrOn
cleaning in the light of new day The
old horse staggers bravely up to the
Elkhorn National bank, but it is his
last great gallop, and in few days
Charley Ray mourns the loss of the best
horse that ever carried brave rider on
the western plains.
When Dune Moore and Smoky Bill
reached town, they insolently inquired
of Charley "why he didn't wait for
them'' Though robbers by intent they
had really committed no breach of the
law and went free.
When Joe Strange reached Chadron
Oh the following day. he merely said
she expected it" and paid Charley the
value of his horse.
Charley Ray went to Colorado and
married, and now, to the wondering
children OH his knee. he sometimes tells
of the famous ride from Pine Ridge to
Chadron. Constitution.
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Song Birds In Hats.

By an act of the legislature which
became a law July II any woman
wearing in Massachusetts, the feathers
or body of any Of our song birds in her
bonnet or hat subjects herself to pen
atty of $40 In effect the act is as fol-
lows: "Whoever has in his possession
the body or feathers of any wild or un-
domesticated bird, except game birds,
English sparrows, crow blackbirds,
crows, jays, birds of prey or wild geese,
or who wears such feathers for the pur-
pose IF dress or ornament, shall be pun
ished by q fine of $l0.'
Mesa free press., 1897-09-03
Pangman's Tree.

Peter Pangman is set down in Cana
dian annals as being the first white
man to reach the Rocky mountains, and
them from the east. While in the en-
ploy of fur traders he assembled the Sas-
katchewan above its junction with the
Clearwater, and, looking to the west
ward, he saw the white mass Of the
Rocky mountains, to which he after
ward penetrated, but he marked this
spot Of his first vision by carving his
name on a pine, which from that day
became known as "Pangman's tree
The great north country was far
enough off in 1890. Peter Pangman had
no special cause for believing that any
second person would pass that same
way. 1t was more reasonable to sup.
pose that time or fire or wind would
destroy this one pine among the mil
lion other pines, and yet 107 years
after he made his rude inscription
"Pangman's tree" is spoken and writ
ten about. Some years after the North
west Fur company established a post on
the Saskatchewan in the vicinity, which
came to be called Rocky Mountain
House. But the post was described by
it's proximity to the tree and not vice
versa. All the travellers and traders of
the early days speak of this place as
"three miles below 'Pangman's tree -
The Rocky Mountain Houses took it's
name because it was SO near this Rocky
mountain tree. The tree was a landmark
before the trading post and continued
to be after the post had ceased. A trans
continental railroad passes not far away
now, but it has not obliterated the
memory Of the post nor blotted from
the minds of men the living and leafy
monument.
AS for Peter Pangman, he went into
history the day he carved his name in
the bark and identified himself with the
tree. After years of plain and mountain
service he returned to the eastern parts
of what is now the Dominion of Canada
and bought lands and reared a family
A son of his has been member of the
Canadian parliament This may pre-
serve the name of the son, but as for
his father he will be remembered over
great region and in histories and geog-
raphies as the author of 'Pangman's
tree. KANSAS City Star.