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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18

That little knock out at Carson wasn't
in it with the way that A. s. Senter has
knocked out prices.
The newest and latest styles of wall
paper, window shades and fixturers have
Just been received at R. ]. McMahon's
Jacksonville had baby show for COLI
ored babies. Speaking of colored kids,
A. S. Senter has the hnest line of color
ed kid gloves for men, in Shoshone.
| E. W. Horton is the sole agent for
the famous Rock Springs Coal, in Sho-
shone. 1t burns longer, gives more heat
and sells at the same price as other coal.
Assessment No. 6. special assessment
and dues, amounting to $3.50; A. o. U.
W., are now due, and will become de-
linquent June %.
Don't pay two prices for Jewelry, but
call at w. H. Baugh's drug store, where
you will find full and complete line of
the BEST Jewelry ever brought to Sho-
shone. Chicago prices duplicated.
The oldest Nursery IN the state, is the
Payette Nursery, they have the largest
collection of hardy Apples, Pears, Plums
Prunes, Apricots, etc., grown in the
state. Send list OF your wants and
get their prices. See advertisement.
Services every Sunday morning and
evening, at the Baptist church. Sunday
School after morning services. Prayer
meeting and Christian Endeavor We'd
nesday evening of each week. Rev. R.
V. Williams, Pastor.
TO CHICAGO OR ST LOUIS via
Omaha or Kansas City. The Union Pa
cifc, via either route is the very best.
The equipment consists of handsome
day coaches, Chair cars, Pullman buffet
and Drawing room sleepers, Dining cars
and fewer changes than via any other
line. For time tables, rates etc. call on
J. E. Burke, agent.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18

Saturday last Recorder Senter and Sur
veyor Waldron started to drive to tn
Falls, When about eight miles out the
discovered that they had not only
balky horse, but kicker also, but b,
perseverance and walking they compile
ted the trip in just ten hours. AS Jo'
was hooking one of the traces, the kick
er made pass at his head and jus
caught his hat, and which was kicket
out of sight. Joe made the remainder
of the journey bare headed. The fol
lowing poem is respectfully dedicated tc
the gentlemen mentioned.
Two officials they say
Went riding one day,
AS other officials have done.
The team got to baking
The riders to walking,
But still they had bushels of fun.
Twas but few PAGES
Between re-hooking traces,
Which kick as quickly undone.
Some say smelling whiskey
Makes horses thus risky,
And you know this trip was for fun.
Twas a three hours drive
But it lasted twice FIVE,
Perhaps a few more by the sun.
But Joe lost his hat,
And some argue that,
Alone shows symptoms of fun.
A Recorders face red
A Surveyors bare head,
OF two horses remaining but one.
No sane man can doubt
But this couple were out,
In the sage brush looking for fun.
Their limps and their pains
Their condition explains,
IT'S relic you never can shun.
Dispute all this talk
OF the miles they did walk,
The signs point to genuine fun,
For dignities sake
Our advice kindly take,
And never drive out of Shoshone.
Without us for guide
For it can't be denied,
We meier lost hat yet-for fun,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18
sHOsHONE. JUNE ds, 1857.


Eight sets can dance in the pavilion.
Take your hammer and help finish the
pavilion.
A special train will run from HALEY
on the 4th.
Chas. Reeves has secured the Hager.
man school.
See the Vitascope at the opera house
Tuesday night.
Charlie Dir has been visitingin Albion
for several days.
The trains are numerous on the Short
Line these days.
The only Joe Streng was in town the
first of the week,
GetYour seats for the Vitascope early
w. bid the rush.
the Hagermanites will be in Sho-
on the Fourth
". J. Barger and family have return
ed to Shoshone to reside.
All the Rock creek and Oakley people
Will be mere on the FOURTH.
Rev. Edward Pratt will preach at the
Baptist church next Sunday,
The Fireworks have arrived and there
is all that two horses can haul.
P. Furey was spending day or two
in Bellevue the first of the week,
Robt Abbot and wife were passengers
to the Wood river country Monday.
Attorneys Borrower and Waters were
attending court at HALEY this week.
R. 7. McMahon and mother left for his
mothers home in Canada, Tuesday.
Judge Beatty and Geo. NJ. Parsons
were passengers for Haley, Monday.
Mrs. William Dill has been quite sick
for several days, but is steadily improv-
ing.
John Lumb has taken contract7at |
81 per foot, to drive the tunnel on the !
Gold Leaf.
OeOrSe Idlley pdSSeO tl1IOusu IOWH
Saturday, on his way from Boise to his |
home in HALEY.
Col. A. S. Senter, Edward Gilroy, Mr..
and Mrs. Frank Coolidge are visiting
Boise this week,
Mrs. R. V. Williams is visiting with
her mother at Bellevue during Mr.. Will
liam's engagement at Boise.
There were three soldiers in town
Monday escorting an injured comrade to
the hospital at the Boise barracks.
The Oregon Short Line has made q
rate for the Y. P. S. E. at San Francisco
July to 10. Call on J. E. Burke agent.
The horse races on the Fourth will be
big feature. There are some fine horses
being trained and fifty dollars added to
the pp1sf'- i
Joe McMurrin can use number OF
men on the pavilion now. Get move
on and lend hand, don't ask one man
to build it alone.
Since the Malad wreck Short Line {
trains have not been permitted to make &
up time, and in fact lose Is minutes be-
tween Pocatealo and the Ferry. 'C
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18
DRESSHIAKING.

Mrs. Schnable, late Of Boise, has just
opened fashionable dfessmaking parlors
in Shoshone, and will be found at room
9 in the New Columbia. Those needing
the services of a finished dressmaker are
respectfully invited to call
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-06-18
EsTRAY,

Taken up by the undersigned at his
ranch at Briggs, Lincoln, county, Idaho,
one bay mare, star in forehead, about
years old, with dim brand on thigh,
either B 2 or 80.
S, F. P. Briggs.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
Fly Casting.

AS useful n way rs any to help the read.
Ell to cast fly will be to describe how rho
writer has tried to help lads who are learn,
Ing. 1t Is in this way: The boy takes the
rod, lifted with its reel and line onlv. Tn n
waters edge free of bushes or trees. or IN a
lawn recently moved. If the grass is
slightly damp, all the better, as il holds
inc line more nearly as does the water He
pulls OIL from the reel enough line so that
the free part shall be once and half or
twice the length of the rod This he throws
out In front of him as well as he can. He
then is told to keep his elbow close opo,nst
MS side to prevent moving the arm above
the elbow. He then tries with n ouicL
movement OF the wrist and with os littIo
movement of the forearm as possible to
lift the line upward and backward until n
straightens out behind him, and then with
announcer similar motion to make It 90
straight out before him. ~
DO not try TO make the forward cast m,
Just The same plane as the back cast for
lear that the end of the line should snan
IKE whiplash, which, If you were actnal.
~ nshlng, would crack off your flies nrettv
certainly. Therefore make the nft Of ~
PACK cast with slight sweep, generally
inward toward the body is the more mar.
trai' and deliver the forward cast strnioh,
o1e toward its destination: but oI,yavs
ann ABOUT your own height above the snot
oh ene water you mean to reach To insnro
o oG ilhe iairng lightly -Harper's Round
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
BAND OF TARTAR CHILDREN.
Wild Franks of Mongolians Under the
Leadership II the Dwarf Casan.

Mrs. Mary Shears Roberts writes of the
| famous Tartar dwarf Casan in her series
| of Historic Dwarfs" in st. Nicholas.
Casan was noted warrior during the
reign of Genghis Khan, and revealed a
daring spirit even i'm boybood. He gath
cred band of wild boys under his leader
ship, and Mrs Roberts gives the following
account of one of his pranks:
When they came together, they found
themselves on greensward where drove
of magnificent horses, owned by one Tin
Kin, was quietly pasturing Casan CURLY
ordered each TO mount "a courser as quick
ly as possible and 10 gain "a neighboring
plain at all speed.
The tiny dwarf set the example Spring
ing from the ground with great agility, he
grasped startled steed by its name and
by skillful maneuyer was on it's back in
an instant. His comrades followed suit.
The fleet footed animals charged ahead and
soon all the Tartar boys were drawn up
before their small leader Here Casan,
without saddle or bride, put them through
all the military exercises no could think
of. IF we should ever be called upon TO
go to war, he remarked, 1--WE should DO
found soldiers already trained for battle.
true warrior should manage his courser
by word or touch, or even glance"
Now, according to the Tartar code, the
theft of horse was punishable by death.
Tin Kin, the owner of the herd soon dis
covered that some of his choicest animals
were missing, and off he started in hot
pursuit, vowing vengeance on tho mis-.
creants. He soon came in sight of the
evildoers, but his rage gave place to aston.
ishment when he found his superb steed
mounted by half grown children who were
going through various exercises under
the command of "a dwarf. Before he had
time to speak Casan came charging to
him, saying:
1--WE have not stolen your horses, as you
may think. These are my soldiers. l
wished to teach them to ride well, and in
order to do so l borrowed some of your
coursers. YOU who know their value best,
can surely find nothing wrong in our ac-
tions. On the contrary, you should be
pleased TO have your animals appreciated,
and l can assure you we have found them
worthy the highest praise"
The owner was so taken aback at the
dwarfs harangue that for a moment he
!@eod speechless. He soon, however, re-
gained possession of his wits, and ex-
claimed: You appear to be queer char.
acter. Come TO me with your comrades
and we will talk the matter over together"
The little cavaliers with one accord ac-
cepted the invitation, rode back to the
tent of Tin Kin, breakfasted with him,
and the result of it all was that firm
friendship was established between the
Tartar horse merchant and the reckless
little dwarf and his followers
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
How Long Does an Elephant Live?

Il was practically reared in the circus
business, said ALI Ringing one of the
brothers of circus fame "but never tire
OF watching the elephants There is an
Understandable fascination about the big
brutes to me which | am unable either to
rid myself of or explain, and | am lust
as much afraid OF them as any country
zap who sees them for the first time. They
are the most treacherous animals | know
anything about, and would as soon trust
my safety to "a lion as to an elephant, no
matter how well l may be acquainted with
him or on what good terms we NAV an.
pear to be.
II am satisfied that the naturalists are
mistaken in the general belief that ele-
plants live to be 200 years old OF course
1t is difficult matter to determine the age
OF an elephant with any degree of accu-
racy, yet IL can be easily estimated on the
basis commonly used in arriving at the ex i.
pectancy of all other animals The hui
man, for example, attains full growth at
the age of 20 or 23 years With this knowl.
edge we can estimate that the average
length of human life Is three times the fig
ure at which physical maturity is reached,
or about 60 years. Dealing with the Gle
pnanU on the same basis, 1 cannot estimate
his expectancy aJ much over 100 years.
The elephant quits growing mt the age of
80 On the principle accepted, therefore,
he cannot be expected to live more than
three times 30 years, or 105 years. We
have one elephant known to be something
over hundred years old, but he Is show
ing his age very decidedly, and look for
him To die most any time. st. Louis
Republic.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
Don't Gruinble at Dinner.

Why Is IL that in most households the
dinner table becomes n dumping ground
for the wholesale plants of its members
Probably because this is the only meal OF
the day when, the entire family meeting
together, each one feels it duty TO air q
few personal grievances in order to seek
consolation from the others.
Out OF Difference to digestion, If for no
other reason, dinner table conversation
should be of the spciest, but this fact is
lost sight of in the general desire of every
body, from papa down to the youngsters,
TO serve up only those topics which have
marred rather than made the days happi.
ness.
Hardly has the man of the house finished
his carving duties before he falls into an
animated financial discussion with his
wife. Household expenses are rehashed,
bills grumbled over, and the cost of living
recalculated with tedious regularity.
Mother, in her turn, eagerly pours into
any listening ear her domestic woes The
days errors below stairs are minutcly re
corded. She signs over Bridget's butter
waste, declares that the butchers indiffer
ence TO her order is becoming intolcrable
and so on.
Then the small boy (poor little target
for family flaw picking) comes in for his
share of criticism. His failures at school
arc relcnticssly raked up and ali sorts of
punishmcnts threatened unless there is
speedy reform.
lf.there are guests present, this talk Of
the inner circle is. for courtesy's sake.
given less personal favor, but only then.
GOOD cheer and plenty of it is not the
motto of the average family dinner.-Ex.
change
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
OLD AND NEW HARVARD.
The Line Of Separation Commenced With
the Elective system.

There was an old Harvard and there is a
new, and the line of separation is so recent
that graduate of less than 90 years stand
ing can remember when IL began TO appear
Ii came with the elective system and has
developed year by year as that system has
developed, and as students names have
multiplied in the Harvard catalogue.
Twenty years ago there were still classes
and class feeling at Harvard. Most of the
studies OF freshman year and nearly half of
the sophomore studies were prescribed.
There were then about 200 students in n
class.
Nowadays Harvard class has come to
be a much larger and looser aggregation of
individuals, and the facilities for knitting
IL together have almost disappeared. Be
tween 400 and 800 men now enter college
together. Only single study English, is
prescribed TO all of them. All the rest they
select each man choosing what best suits
his taste, inclinations and purposes. Most
OF the elective courses are open TO students
OF several classes and TO graduate students,
and when freshman has sorted out the
studies he purposes to pursue, he finds
himself in the lecture or recitation room
with an unclassified body of learners
most Of them no doubt freshmen like him
self, but very likely with plenty of sophie
mores, too, and possibly with other upper
class men and graduate students Com
pulsory prayers have passed out of exist
ence, and he rarely or never sees his own
class all together at one time Indeed,
there II not lecture room in Harvard col
lege that will seat all the members of the
present freshman class at once. He rarely
ever sees group of men together in any
classroom of whom he can be sure that all
OF them are his classmates. Edward 5.
Martin in Scribner's
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
Warned In Time.

The smart looking agent with the en-.
larged crayon portrait under his arm had
just laid his hand on the gate latch, when
the snub nosed boy who was carefully
spreading a banana peel on the sidewalk
remarked:
"Say, mister, did you notice that WON
an in the yard with the red hair and spec.
tacles and clothespin in her mouth, who
kicked the dog in the ribs "a few minutes
ago2"
Il did, sonny" said the agent
''Was you goin in there and knock at
the door, and when she came out was you
goin to smile and say, Good mornin,
miss, Is your mamma at homer just to
make her feel like you thought she was
about Is or 10 years old?'
'Well, l don't know but what l was. 8"
said the agent, with slight blush.
Il thought SO, said the boy, ''and I'm
willin to give you tip. Don't you do it.
That's ma, and I'm better posted on our
domestic arrangements than you are. I
guess you d better not say anything about
her mother at all. You see, grandma was
feelin pretty skittish this mornin, and she
got up soon and went out with mas BIZ
cycle, and dun colored leggins on. and
hasn't got back yet, and ma seems TO be
kinder irritatod. You can do as you please
about it, butt
IN come around some other time.
sonny, ana see your MAJ said the agent,
taking his hand off the gate. 81 forgot
about II lady on the next block who wanted
picture enlarged in hurry this morning.
Here's nickel for you. detroit Free
Press
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
vAGRANT MoLLuSKS.
They Resppear In hawaiian Waters After
an Absence Of Many Years.

They Reappear In hawaiian waters AItex
an Absence OF Many Years.
! Plpi, okupe and makamoi have not been
seen In Hawaiian waters In 90 years until
recent, Their home when last seen was
at Eva, and to that home they have TO
turned, after probably getting tired CT
wherever else they may have gone. To
look at them casually one would not at
tach much Importance to them, but to
study their history and 10 hear the
tales the old gray haired natives relate
about them Is at once TO become enthused
with an interest that Is only satisfied whom
all that can be is learned. TO the majority
of people seeing the pipi shells for the first
time nine out of ten would call them the
living place of the oyster and as to the
okupe and makamo these same nine
would simply say, "Shells."
Several natives arrived at the fish mar
ket from EVA recently, bringing with them
q small quantity of pipi and okupe. These
they gave to Fish Inspector Keliipio, tell
ing him of their sudden appearance at Eva
after very long absence. A young man
in the party who has lived in Eva all his
life told of how he had been astonished at
seeing new kind of Shellilsh appear there.
Evidently they disappeared before he was
born.
Mr.. Keliipio learned that not more than
90 or 80 of each kind had been gathered,
as these were all that could be found.
With this, one of the party exhibited
beautiful pearl which he found at Eva.
He was rather loath TO part from the Others
of its kind, thinking it just possible that
there might he more pearls.
Then came the stories of how Kameha-
meha V and chiefs before him had been in
the habit Of sending down expert divers
after the ollupe, and the pipi, too, for that
matter, to procure the precious pearls con-
tanned in some of them. Then an old ma
tive, lifting one of the pipi gently in his
hand, broke forth with,
''Mai noho walaau
o makani auanei,
which means you must not make noise
or the wind will blow.
To explain: When the natives went fish
ing for tho pipi in the olden times, they
always kept very quiet, for it was, and is
yet to some extent their belief that by
making n noise the air is disturbed in some
strange way and the wind blows. The
water becomes ruffled and the pipi, accus-
toned TO open wide their shells when ev-
erything is calm and peaceful. "shut up
like II clam, " and then il is the hardest
thing in the world 10 find them, for the
outside of their shells is so much like the
rocks TO which they cling, and the moss
that grows about them makes concealment
almost complete
The pipi are known as "Ka ia hamauleo
o Ewa," which conveys about the same
impression as the little piece of native po-
etry just explained.
Ka ia hamauleo makani,
pane,
A hoka ka lai.
This is little bit i'm Hawaiian, which
when translated in English means, "Keep
your mouth shut or you won't catch any
fish. "--Hawaiian Gazette.
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
Queer Mail Matter.

I'VE run across some very queer thing
here sometimes. said one of the postoilc'
employees recently, "but think the very
queerest piece of mail matter l ever
handled was one that was brought In tire
or four years ago by one of the collectors
lie said when he opened the mail box ~,
saw loose stamp lying there and piche1a
u up, supposing 1t had come loose from /,
letter. To his surprise he found penn,
adhering to the gummy side and acres
the end-it was 2 cent Columbian-"n
written the address In ink, very small y
course, but perfectly legible. That wa.
all there was TO it The cent was the Ie'
Ter and the stamp served as an enveiope
You couldn't imagine q more compa''
epistle"
Did 1t carry all right9"
suppose so. The cent was stuck O.|
tight, apparently and as the address wa'
city one 1t probably held until deN'
cred suppose 1t was sent partly ~ u
Joke and partly to test Uncle sam y
tienoe' 1t caused great deal OF comn,'S|
IN the Office. and the boys all agreeu u
was one OF the strangest pieces they Nas
ever handled. "-Pittsbure Dispatch
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
The Joke That Failed.

There is an individual in Manchester
who thought he would play dead and find
out for certain exactly how much his wife
thought of him. Accordingly he lay down
upon his bed, placed an empty laudanum
vial by his side, and, holding his breath,
awaited events.
Then came the lady She looked upon
the apparent corpse and wondered what
in the world could have induced John to
put an end to himself after this fashion.
The more she considered the more she
maryelled, aud at last thought she, too.
would try an experiment. Perhaps John
was not dead altogether The laudanum
might not have taken full effect. She had
heard that needle introduced into the
human flesh would indicate, by the chang
ing of the brightness of the polished sur
face, whether that flesh was defunct.
John, all unconscious of the treat in store
Tor him, remained silent, enjoying, how
ever, the opinion that, from her manner,
Mrs. John would not fade away on account
OF his passing away. The lady had no idea
OF going to the expense of burying man
who was not dead, and, approaching the
bedside with throbbing heart and hated
breath, she thrust the needle bravely and
deeply into Johns leg.
John was astonishoJ and so was Mrs.
John, as he jumped up and declared that
the whole thing was IA joke. He was not
much pleased, because his wife said she
thought it the best joke she had ever
Known. John has come to the wise deter
mination that playing dead with that
woman is II gamo which has its disad
Vantages. We neglected to state that the
needle was extracted. london TitBit
The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1897-06-11
IN A eoUooIR.

After the opera, lingering there,
l and my wife, Zulette,
She by the mirror, humming an air,
And with my cigarette,
Something comes TO me sudGenwise
That makes me SILVER and shade my eyes
Sweet and calm and proud 20 see,
She stands, my wife, Zulette,
With a red rose twinod in her hair-ah mel
II only could forget
The face Of another who stood just so
In a mansard room once long ago!
Oh, the flash of swallows, the rose perfume
And the organ tune i'm the street
That foaled up from the quais IN bloom,
with its burden fercely sweet
Oh, the smell of that rose in my wife's darn
hair
And the organ note in that low hummod airl
After the opera, lingering there,
and my wife, Zulctte,
She breaks of humming that old time air
As l drop my cigarette,
And she comes TO me and bending near,
She says, ''The opera tired you, dear"
Post Wheeler in New York Press.