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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31
Isl, senior. -

Isl, senor"
Curious enough, it was just three
years ago this very New Years eve
when I discovered them in the hail of
her house talking in loving whispers
and with his arm about her My Gedl
l felt like striking the two dead, but l
bit my lip till the blood came; then
gllloped back home. where my aunt
was the koHsekeeper. for mother was
dead. l said nothing to her, but
wrote two notes-one to Jack, leaving
him all the property, and the other to
Alice Thorpe, telling her I'd discov-
cred she was false and asking her to
marry my brother. Then I started for
the west, and the life before me was
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31
Delay Is Ever Dangerous.

Shortly before the war between Tur-
key and Greece broke out it had bee 7
intended to transfer to the Central
Museum at Athens various old Chris
tian treasures, antiquities and manu-
scripts dating back in some cases to
the fifteenth century, and stored in the
churches at Tyrnavos and elsewhere.
Delay proved fatal During the war
these treasures we're all destroyed by
fire or carried away.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31
DRINK WAS HIS REGIMEN.
Old Yeoman Who Hadn't Been to Bed
Sober Once in Fifty Years.

Old Yeoman Who Hadn't Been to Bed
Sober Once in Fifty Years.
From the San Francisco ArgonauJ:
The late Justice Denman Unce tried a
case in an agricultural parish which
mainly turned upon the recOllectiOns
of the oldest inhabitants. One of these
was a hale and vigorous yeoman of IS,
whose erect figure, keen intelligencs
and clear testimony created so strong
a sensation in the court that the judge
questioned him concerning his mode of
life. The witness explained that he
was vegetarian and a total abstain
er. The judge, in dismissing him, ex-
pressed a hope that all who were pres
ent might profit by his example, and
then the next witness was called. This
was another yeoman, the elder brother
of the preceding, and fully a match
for him in strength, activity and intel
ligence. 49, was about to retire the
judge stopped him with the observa-
ton: Il presume that you also, Mr..
Greenfield, are indebted for the preser-
walton Of your strength and faculties
to a careful observation of the same
sobriety and of the same regimen
which has been so well described to
us by your brother?" "Hain't been TO
bed sober for fifty years. my lord, was
the unblushing and unexpected reply.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31
nan had disappeared

heart was gladdened a
/breasting through the snow
bearing another white man in hi:
ps.
i'm Belden staggered into the cabin
q laid his burden on the fur covered
Hoor, and the instant he saw the face
n of the unconscious man he dropped on
his knees, took the head in his arms
and cried out as he kissed the face so
like his own.
Jack! Jackl o God, it's Jackl Do
you hear me? Look up! Here's Sim
Here's Sim, asking you on his knees
to forgive himl"
Sim and Pedro stripped off the wet
clothes, rubbed the white form till the
| glow of life came back and placed him
in bunk and wrapped him in furs.
By the time a steam punch was
ready Jack Belden rubbed his eyes and
looked about him. Then from the
bunk two white arms were extended,
and he sobbed
after years of seeking I've found
you, SIM"
There is nothing more sacred than
the tears of honest, strong men.
Pedro looked on in wonder, and,
though he could not understand what
was said, he realized that one had come
who was nearer to his guardians heart
than himself, but he felt no pangs of
jealousy.
After a time Jack Belden felt strong
enough to sit up. He looked at his
watch, and seeing that it was after
midnight, he reached out his hand to
his brother and said:
"a happy New Year, dear Sim!" And
still holding his brothers hand. Jack
told the story of his three years search
md how only that afternoon he had
learned at Garland of Sims hiding
place.
But there was more to tell. When
Sim discovered him with Alice Thorpe,
just three years before this, he was
telling the girl that. he had become
engaged to her cousin Ethel. and was
begging her to plead his case with the
father and mother of his betrothed.
Since the day you left, Sim, I've
been a changed man, and drop OF
liquor hasn't passed my lips. But 1t is
not of myself, but of Alice l would
speak She was ever true to you, and
thCNgh she thinks you dead,she Is still
true to your memory, and tonight by
the fire in the old home, where she
gave you her love, she is weeping for
a dead one who thought her false"
The storm continued the next day,
but in all that wild land no cabin held
two happier hearts than those Of the
brothers reunited under the caves Of
the avalanche far up the Sierra Blan-
ca
Shortly after this Sim Belden sold
out his claim and accompanied his
brother to the east They took Pc
dro with them and sent him to the In
dian school at Carlisle. where he be-
came a teacher
Every new year he visits his guar
dian and his wife, and the children OF
both brothers love him. His knowl-
edge of English is perfect, and he full
ly comprehends the story told him by
Sim Belden in the mountain shack that
New Years eve.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31

gloomy as the canon depths on a
cloudy midnight.
cat first l felt like changing my
name; but, as I'd never brought dis
grace on it. let it stand. What mat
tiers a name to a man. who's left the
world behind forever?
There's the story, Pedro. That's
why I'm here, and you're the first and
the last human being that'n ever hear
of it from my lips. Savey?"
Isl, senor," said Pedro, without the
slightest comprehension of the secret
that had been confided to him.
Sim Belden Pwas about to speak
again, but he changed from his pur-
pose by a rush. a roar, and a crash
that filed the air and shook the earth
as if the mountain was tumbling into
st. Luis park
"a snowslideI Thank God there's
no one on the trail between here and
Garland tonight" Sim Belden sat up
and looked at the Indian boy, whose
lean face and black eyes were filed
with an expression of intent anxiety.
What is it. Pedro? What do you
hear, man? Speak out!'
For reply Pedro bounded to his feet,
and pointing in the direction of the
1.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31

Seeing that the white man hesitated
Pedro looked wonderingly up and said,
Isl, senor."
Sim Belden lit his pipe and throwing
himself on a cinnamon bearskin before
the fire, looked at Pedro for a few
minutes and then went on, "Of course,
Pedro, you wasn't ever in love?"
Pedro said, Isl, senor," and scratched
his head like one perplexed.
mo, Pedro, you don't savoy, and I
hope you never will. If you should
ever be took that way, commit suicide
unless you're dead sure. But, then,
no one is ever dead sure of a woman,
or of man either. for the matter of
that.
Now, Pedro. amt in the habit of
giving myself away. I'm one of the
kind that keeps his trouble to him
sell, but there's something bout New
Years that makes one confidential
like"
Isl, senor.' said Pedro, as he ex-
tended his 1.-THE form toward the warm
ing fire.
Sim Belden turned over on his
breast, and resting his bearded chin
on his upturned palms, looked at the
dancing flames and continued:
There was never a man loved his
brother as 1 loved my brother Jack.
Two years younger'n me, and hand
some as a picture-no wonder Alice
Thorpe shock me for him. But it
wasn't fair. That's why l kicked.
When our raft went to pieces on the
Susquehanna years and years ago, it
was Jack that, not caring for himself,
dove under the logs and fished me out.
&ut often and often, as I've sat by this
as I'm doing now, L wished he'd
e let me drown. It's no use to
"a life and curse it.
TX was always wild, and when
died and left all the property to
Apt S. for him. l put my arm
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31

the Tnr y
Tiers are
the country WIN
to the boys, butV
wants should be 81
gest themselves, and
for individual preferen
Philadelphia Times. Al
the son, who has driven theJ
helped at threshing, has his>
the profits to control and do
he pleases. Certain of the ST
been given him-a pig, a calf
which he will eventually sell
the proceeds in his pocket. III
offers all sorts of opportuniti
earnings, great or small, to VIII
right is never questioned. By ar
he drives his own horse, joins clut
buys books and goes to college
right which he has earned, and to-
which he is fairly entitled With the
girl it is usually very different. It
never occurs to any one that she, too,
would enjoy a small income which she
could count upon as her very own, and
invest as she saw fit without restraint
or objection. The butter and eggs are
sometimes her special commodity,
and from their sales she has a limited
supply Of pocket money. But it is
extremely limited and frequently very
uncertain. Yet her labor in the home
about the place" has done as much
toward establishing the family pros
berity as the labor of her brother. She
is up at daybreak to get breakfass
ready. She prepares frequently I'M
assisted, three meals a day for 1865
days In the year. She does the WASH
ing and ironing. the sewing and menGs'
ing, and is still at her work long after
her brother is in bed and asleep or
away visiting the neighbors. She, too.
has an additional tax during harvest
and n. those seasons when the work
upon the farm is especially heavy, but
she ra rely receives any reward for the
extra service required of her. 1t is a
manifest injustice. A good many over
careful fathers excuse themselves up
ON the plea that girls have no judg-
ment In money matters. Well, they
certainly will never acquire wisdom
without experience, and they cannot
gain experience if the means for SO do
ing ere withheld. The financial facul-
" in most women lies dormant for
lack of exercise, but it has been mar
velousiy developed when put te the
test. There are thousands Of women
in the country, widows, who have as
sumed the management of affaivs upon
the death Of the husband, who have
succeeded brilliantly, when the better
half failed; the mortgage is paid off,
stock improved. modern farming i'm
plements have been purchased, and the
crops cultivated according 10 modern
and intelligent ideas. The proft-shar-
ing system should include si-ls as well
as boys, and there is no question but
that it will pay.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-12-31
In the Holidays.

In the Holidays.
IT'S chilly when returns come in,
And you have done your part,
To find that the majority
Gave you me marble heart.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

increases the efficiency and renders more
effective the services of the district
teachers who are, after all, the main
stays Of our educational system.
He is advocating uniform course of
study for the high schools of the State,
which, II adopted, will be Of great ben
eft to them, and increase the scholastic
attainments of high school graduates,
and tend to solve the vexed question of
admission to the State university. He
Is also agitating the question Of consol-
idating sparsely settled districts, which
will give largely increased school facili-
ties at much less cost than at present.
Taking 1t all in all, Mr.. Stryker's work
in the interest Of the people, Of the
schools, and of economy, has been en-
ergetic and fearless; and his rugged
adherence to the strict line of his duty
should inspire the commentator OF
every friend Of our educational system.
1t Is said that Comparisons are odious."
To be sure they are-to some people;
and comparison Of Mr.. Stryker's work
with that of his predecessors would, no
doubt, prove odious to the carping crit
les and self-oonstituted censors Of his
official acts.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Bankers Idea Of the Duty Of Congress

Congress may do much toward remov-
ing the doubt which still rests upon
our currency system by declaring that
all our obligations shall be paid In gold.
The present administration was placed
in power for the purpose Of maintain
ing the gold standard so long as inter-
national bimetallism remains unattain-
able. 1t has fulfilled its pledge to pro-
mote an international agreement to
coin silver. The negotiations which it
conducted for that purpose have come
to nothing. The peoples demand, there
fore, that the gold standard be main
tanned remains the supreme duty Of the
hour. That being the case, all doubt
about the monetary standard should, be
removed. Congress is obliged, therefore,
to adopt a measure declaring that all
United States obligations shall be pay
able in gold coin. AS the law now
stands 1t is optional whether we pay
in gold or silver. In practice, since
Secretary Sherman instituted q gold re-
serve to secure the paper money, we have
paid gold on demand. At the outset Of
Mr.. Cleveland's second administration
the rise of a doubt whether it was ex-
pedient to continue that practice caused
widespread alarm. The failure Of a
subsequent Congress to permit the sale
Of bonds specifically payable in gold
damaged the credit Of security which
should have been regarded as equal in
value to the best in the world. It should
no longer be questionable what our pol
icy is in this respect. So long as the
leading nations Of the civilized world
maintain the gold standard it cannot be
to our disadvantage to act in accord
ance with the practices which that basis
nvolves.-American Banker.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
The Surrender of The Travellers

The somewhat theatrical withdrawal
of the Travellers Insurance Company
from Kansas rather than submit to an
examination in this State Of its Kansas
assets, will tend to strengthen Supt.
McNall in popular opinion for determin
ing to make such an examination. It
seems to be the custom Of this company
to withdraw from State rather than
suffer an examination of it's condition
by any but its own Connecticut Insur-
ance Department, if Mr.. McNall's state
ment is correct, which would seem to
be hardly consistent with a conscious
ness of security and soundness on the
part of the responsible officials of the
company.
In this State it is understood that the
Travellers pays taxes on valuation
that would Justify is estimates OF the
value of its Kansas holdings. An exam
ination by McNall might and probably
would show some falling off in its Kan
sas assets, but this would not injure the
reputation of standing Of the company,
since it is commonly known that Kan
sas real estate values have suffered ma
terially in the last decade and 1t has
been difficult matter to estimate actual
values on a declining market and in
hard times, with practically no real
estate movement for period of years.
The company might better have sub
mitted to an examination and taken the
consequences than to run away from it,
unless its actual condition Is not such
as to bear an examination. If it's officers
believe that Supt. McNalrs determina-
ton to examine it's Kansas assets is
simply a bit of petty persecution they
would have been wise to permit the ex-
animation and prove his suspicious to
be unRounded. They seem to have pre-
ferred to give McNall his first insurance
victory and they can expect no sym
pathy for their surrender.-Topeka
Daily Capital, December 22.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
Superintendent Strykers Official Efforts
Carefully Analysed.
lRrnm ihe MInnennoIls Better Way.l


II ia doubtful il any State officer Of
Kansas has ever been subjected to more
unjust censure and undeserved criticism
than has fallen to the lot OF the above
named official (Stryker), and why
Simply because he has shown himself
possessed of sufficient courage and
steadfastness Of purpose to propose TO
execute the duties of his Office without
fear or favor, and without taking Into
account it's possible effect on his future
popularity. He has sturd1ly taken up
the vexed questions which have Tor
years surrounded the department OF
education, and has pursued them to a
satisfactory solution, In q manner that
presents q marked contrast to MS more
timid predecessors who were eltner
afraid to take up these matters Tor rear
of future embarrassment to their per
sOnal aspirations or else lacked the aD1l-
ity to carry them to successful issue
The textbook law, of which ne was
the prime instigator, has saved and Will
continue to save the people many thou
sands Of dollars annually. He mas Deen
so successful in investing the state
school fund that less than $25,UOO Is
now unemployed, and negotiations are
pending for the investment Of that; and
these investments have not been made
with the customary disregard for the
character of the securities, but have
been placed on gilt-edged bonds worth
their face value on the market at any
time. Another matter that deserves
commendation in this connection Is the
fact that all negotiations have been car
ried on directly with the municipalities
and authorities Issuing the bonds, thus
saving to the people the customary com
mission or "rake-off' to third parties,
which has proved to be a source OF scan
dal to Republican administrations.
The institute course Of study COM
piled under his supervision Is by tar
the best ever published for the insti-
tutes of this State, or any other state,
for that matter. The qualifications for
institute conductors and instructors
certificates have been raised so as to
give district teachers the advantage OF
the very best instruction along profes-
sional lines Of work, and this In turn
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

Topeka is favored this week with the
annual meeting Of the State Teachers
Association, which will bring more than
the usual gathering Of the school teach
ers of the State in consultation. The
educational interests Of the entire coun-
try will be most ably represented on the
program by Professor David Starr Jor-
dan, from Leland Stanford university,
DR.. E. Benjamin Andrews, President Of
Brown university, and Professor N. w.
Hailman, Of Indiana, who is the highest
authority in this country on kinder
garten work. So great a gathering Of
educational talent is an unusual oppor-
tunity for the people Of Topeka and the
State.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

What beautiful example Of the far
seeing eye was given by Congress in the
passage OF the bill appropriating $780,
900 for the relief of the miners in the
Klondike region! In doing this our wise
legislators looked away beyond Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois and other States, where
authoritative reports have shown coal
miners to be starving under the des-
potism of our modern Christian civiliza-
tion. The situation may be diagrammed;
Q) Reports Of Republican commission
ers show that condition worse than
slavery exists in the coal mining in
dustry in rarts of this Country-(O the
Klondike gold-hunters knew that they
were not going to an dee cream social;
and there you are. It seems to be no
part of the business Of Congress that
citizens of this country are under out
rageous oppression from which they are
powerless to free themselves, presum-
ably because this state OF affairs Is an
everyday occurrence. On the other
hand there is something spectacular
about the rush to Klondike that seemed
to demand the immediate drawing up OF
a bill for relief.
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29
mills would be humming in every quar-
ter of the State.
STAND UP. MIR. GAaEI

pAhNfD " AAANs NAANs'
Mr.. Gage must stand up and be
counted. He is certainly sincere In his
position, but he assumes that all fnan-
clal matters must be considered only
from the standpoint of the banker and
mOney-lender. Present conditions are
not at all unfaVorable to the class whose
interests Mr.. Gage especially champions,
and for that reason they grind the
harder on the class for whom the Amer
lean Federation Of Labor speaks. The
ordinary, everyday, common" people
Of the country know as well as any one
what their real condition Is, and they
know full we'll that 1t will not be ulti-
mately improved by turning the finances
of the country over to the national
banks. Mr.. Cages financial plan con-
templates this thing, although 1t does
not provide for carrying 1t out imme-
diately.
Mr. Gage in his report gave notifca-
tlon that he had looked "at the question
widely from my best point Of knowledge
and experience" This is true-just as
true from the other standpoint. The
farmer, the laboring man, the producer,
look at the question as widely and from
their very best, though forced, stand
points of knowledge and experience;
and the fuller the knowledge and ex-
perience the wider they look and the
less they like 1t. They form larger
and more important part Of the citizens
Of the country than the bankers, and
their opinions are entitled to greater
weight. Their experiences are fraught
with heavier results, for the banker and
money-lender can stand the leakage that
comes from the occasional tinkerings
and experimentings with our financial
system. In fact, they are usually the
gamers instead Of the losers from a
dishonest dollar. The producer is GER
tainly the loser, and he is well aware
Of that fact. He has not hesitated to
say so; he said so emphatically at Nash
Vile, and he will make his declarations
more emphatic as time brings more en-
phatic results. The producer Is the
sufferer, the banker and money-broker
are not; who, then, is best able to judge
of the injury worked?
But will Mr.. Cages plan really settle
the whole matter, even to the final ben
eft of the banks? It will not 1t would
grant them the power to issue and reg
ulate the volume Of our currency, and
in this they would have a temporary
outward success, but they would be I'M
able to obtain gold as the government
has done, so that the inevitable future
outward flow of gold would throw them
out OF business. They would be unable
to avoid suspension. The Secretarys
plan would obviate increase OF the gold
reserve, but il would bring about
much worse prediCament. The present
method and the one proposed lead but
to the same hole. 1t may be urged tnat
the government would be security Wnlch
would prevent this result, but this ar
gument would certainly not be advanced
by any one who has ever argued the IN
ability of the government to maintain
the free and independent coinage Of sil-
ver There must be q more substan-
tial change, and nothing really ener-
waiting can be expected from the mon
etary clluues now behind Secretary
Gage.
Tho State Horticultural Society Is
The Advocate and news., 1897-12-29

The editor of the Advocate and News
has received an exceedingly gratifying
response to the request for cooperation
made last week. A large number Of an
swers has been received, and several
new features have been suggested which
should add to the value of the paper
The offer made is repeated elsewhere in
this issue.