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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

Mrs. Wiggsy-That family who have
moved in next door must be either very
rich or very poor.
Wiggsy-Why so?
Mrs. Wiggsy-Their furniture was
all done up carefully in sheets and
blankets, and I don't know whether it
was done to hide its shabbness or to
protect its beauty.--N. Y. Tribune.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

Estate OF Caroline c. Anderson. deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the undersigned
Carrie NJ. Anderson. administrators OF the estate
OF Caroline q: Anderson. deceased to the cred
itors Of and all persons having claims against
the said deceased, to exhibit them, with the nee
essary vouchers, within four months after the
hrst publication OF this notice to the said admin
istrator,at the office Of John W.Ayers, in Weiser
Idaho.
Dated at Weiser, Idaho. August s. 1897
CARRIE NJ. ANDERSON
Administrative of the estate of Caroline
25t4 G.. Anderson deceased
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

What sort of stuff is this?" inquired
the young husband.
THAT is mock turtle soup" said the
bride Il made Il myself. Don't
'lon't you lie ito''
Nell' I dunno said he. "But you
can lie sure t.iat YOU will never be ac-
cused Of plaglarisin."- Y. World.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

W'ld-eyed Mani want q lot of poison
right off.
Drug Clcrk-It's against the law to
sell poison to people who look as if
they want TO commit suicide; but I'll
let you have bottle of DR.. Black
Sequin's elixir of life. That seems to
be pretty sure dcath.-N. Y. Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12
9. T.White, resident dentist, Weiser
Notice Of Application for Pardon.

Notice is hereby given thar at the next rcgulur
meeting Of the State Board OF Pardons the UNI
eersigned, now imprisoned IN tine state penten-
P1ruou THOMAS Mc(iIvERN
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full OF lie, nerve and vgor, take No-To
bnc. the wonder worker, that makes weak men
strong. All druggists, zoe or 81. Cure guaran-
tced Booklet and sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or New York.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

RANCH For SALE "A fine farm of
l60 acres on Mann creek, improve
ments, orchard, alfalfa meadow, etc ;,
at bargain. Call at This office or
write.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

Buy one of our five cent cloth lin
ed envelopes and keep the papers in
decent shape which you are carrying
in your pocket.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12
Chea .ed the Old Gentleman.

rs it true that Coldy's son eloped
With the old gentlcran's typewriter o.
Yes; they skipped out two weeks
ago"
Il presume Goldy is just paving the
air."
Naturally. He was engaged to the
girl himself. Detroit Free Press.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12
GATHERED IN EUROPE

Tomasso Salvini has been touring
lately in Hungary, according to the
Pail Mall Gazette. At the town of
kecskemet he applied TO the town
council for permission to act, but they
replied that the town was tired of
dramatic shows and that their local
talent was enough and must be pro-
tected.
Lord Belgrave, heir of the duke of
Westminster, the richest landlord in
England, came near drowning with the
rest of the Eton crew to which he be-
longed, while practicing on the Thames
near Windsor. While turning the boat
was carried against another boat and
smashed, and the eight were fished out
OF the water one by one by q waterman.
We may yet see American Bachelors
of Salamanca, or Doctors of Nalladolid
SPANS universities and other educa-
tional institutions under state control
have been thrown open by royal decree
to foreigners, who may be matriculated.
may study, be examined, and take de-
grees under the same conditions MS
Spaniards.
Bristol's memorial to John Cabot
viii be tower 1o5 feet high on Brandon
hill, which overlooks the city and the
river from which Cabot sailed. The
marquis of Dufferin will lay the corner
stone; an attempt will be made to have
the ceremonies on the Canadian and
British sides begun at the same instant
by Lord Dufferin's PRESSING an eleo+,;,.
button at Bristol on June %.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12
W. O. T. q. DEPARTMENT.

Munger; Mrs. Wolfe.
Our Motto: 'tor God a nd Home and Every Land
Object: To uiify the methods OF woman 5 tenn
perance work the world over.
Badge: A knot Of white ribbon.
lIonr OF Prayer: Noon.
Methods: Agitate educate. organize.
Departments: Preventive, educational evangel-
istic, social and legal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

The Deutsche Zeitung, Mexico, pub
fishes some statistics showing that.
taken altogether, it is rather unhealthy
business to be president of Mexico.
Mexico has had So rulers since 1921.
Four of these were executed, one poi
soned, four murdered, and seven killed
in battle.
The best briar root from which pipes
are made comes from the borders of
France and Italy. In the mountainous
districts of those countries roots are
dug out which have grown for ages, and
are sometimes larger than a mans
body, weighing hundreds of pounds
The wood thus Obtained is remarkably
beautiful.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

A lady passing through our streets
on Sunday morning last was heard to
inquire, as she heard the sound of the
anvil ringing out on the morning air,
and gancing around, saw the doors
ofseveral of our business houses open,
and merchants awaiting the coming
OF customers as usual, Can | have
made mistake, is this really Sun
day?"
We look in sure and certain hopes
to the day when this state of things
shall no longer exist in our little city,
and we urge upon our ministers and
Union the Importance of keeping the
subject before the people, until pub.
lie sentiment is educated to conscien-
tIous observance of the Lords day.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12


but hope in thy word. Ps. 1881.
Nv
During a temperance campaign
in a Missouri county, lawyer was
discussing learnedIy the constitution
ality of the proposed temperance law
After he had concluded, an old farm
er. who had been listening attentive
ly, shut his jack knife with a snap
and said, 81 don't know nuthin
about the constitutionality or uncon-
stitutionality of the law, but I've got
seven good reasons fur votln' fur it, :"
"What are they?v asked the lawyer.
And the grim old farmer responded,
-Four sons and three daughters "
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

My soul faInteth for thy salvation
but | hope in thy word. Ps. 1881.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1897-08-12

gators that the whiskey traffic inter
feres with legitimate trade. The
Kansas City Star, paper without
any proclivities to prohibition, says
that one of the highest salaried trav-
cling men making Kansas was talk
ing with Il Wichita reporter the other
day Of the prohibition law of Kansas.
and said, 81 make all the towns of
Eastern Kansas and Western Mis-
souri,, and ! want to say that all this
talk OF prohibition hurting business
is all farce sell more goods and q
better quality in Kansas towns than
| do in Missouri, and my patrons are
better pay. They need not tell me
that the people of a town have to
guzzIe beer in order to have prosper
Gus business. When the people of a
town spend their money for beer they
don't have so much to spend in my
line. | don't mind glass of beer
occasionally, but | prefer to sell goods
to man that doesn't use it, | find he
is great deal more apt to have the
money when pay day comes" What
does such evidence coming from
man who "doesn't mind a glass of
beer occasionally" mean?
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

Astronomical phenomena sometimes
occur at intervals OF such different length
that there would seem to be a random dis
tribution, only that the annals of the past
disclose uniformity in the irregularity.
The opening year is rather an interval of
general non-occurrence than otherwise,
especially 70 Pacific Coast observers. OF
the two solar eclipses, which are inevita-
Bile phenomena every year, neither is total
and one is entirely invisible here. There
is no lunar eclipse. The planetary con-
functions, with one exception, are i'm
portant or occur in daylight. The few
occultations of interest avoid the evening
hours. Mars will not be in opposition.
Neither Jupiter nor Saturn will be in par
. ticularly favorable positions for observa-
tious.
The succeeding consultations will
spangle the evening armament in due sea
son, but it is not known that any large
= comet will sweep over them in its lumi-
nous flight; nor is it even certain that the
= long-expected shower of November me-
" teors will brighten the decline OF the year.
This is the negative side, in some respects
"a contrast TO the years preceding and fol-
, lowing. There will be two annular eclipses,
! 30 called because the suns disk extends
J. beyond that of the moon, encircllng II
Q like luminous ring. This occurs when
. the moon is not of sufficient apparent size
to entirely obscure the sun, though pass
ngeentrally over its disk. At such times
Il IS generally at or near apogee. The
ecNpse OF February being invisible here,
that OF July % will be the chief astronomi-
cal event. Though annular to observers IN
!lne crossing Mexico and the ocean, in
TINS more northerly latitude it will be
merely partial, one-half of the disk being
ecHpseo at the time of greatest obscurs
tion. As first contact takes place shortly
after sunrise, and last contact before
\ NJ, the entire phase will occur while the
sun is near the northeastern horizon.
IAough the same scientific value does not
attach to it as TO a total eclipse. il is al
ways well worthy OF observation.
.. The beautiful planet Venus, now in the
western sky, will continue to be an even
ing star until the end OF April, after W hich
it will be a morning star until the end OF
the year. In the coming months annie
. opportunity Will be afforded the great
telescopes of the world to reveal or fail to
reveal :he definite shadings seen on it's
surface by the observers of Flagstaff.
Until the beginning of Septem ber, Jupiter
will continue to illuminate the evenings.
being in opposition on February %. 1t
will be in conjunction with Mars on July
, "a, and both may be seen in the west
, after dark, seven minutes apart like
wide double star whose components are
differently tinted. An occultation of some
of the Pleiades will take place past mid
night August 10 and 20, when the waning
half-moon, then in the eastern heavens,
will wander near the group. They will
also be occulted by the gi6bous moon in
the early morning hours of November 10.
Such phenomena are often OF value for the
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

WxZ ,ATHRYN KIDDER writes that she
VAEl2is applying herself to the study OF
ISXS"A Fixed Idea" the comedy writ
ten for her by William Greer Harrison.
She expresses herself, after first reading,
as much pleased with it, but suggests a
little more fun-making as possible I'M
provement.
In the meantime Mr.. Harrison had
rather anticipated the suggestion and had
already sent another writing of it. in
which CLEANS of sunshine had been more
plentifully scattered. For GA Fixed Idea, !"
comedy that it is, tells rather serious
story.
Mr. Harrison is having good deal OF
fun with the play himself and in advance
of other people. He has that right, OF
course. it being his play.
Sidney Chidley, the well-known artist
and stage carpenter, has built for Mr..
Harrison a miniature stage-an exact
reproduction of that of the California
Theater-with all the ropes and pulleys,
the gridiron up above, sky borders, tor
mentor, wings, foot and top lights and all
the rest of it. The stage is four feet wide
and three feet deep and the grid
iron three feet above the stage.
All the scenery necessary for pro-
duction of "a Fixed Idea" has been
painted and prepared, including decorated
ceilings for the interior, working w1n-
dows" and doors Furniture for mplete
settings of the several scenes has been
manufactured or purchased, all to abso-
lutely correct scale. Nor has the drop
curtain been forgotten. 1t is of silk, on
which is spread a marine view with
Roman galleys in the foreground. All
this has been prepared under the direction
of Mr.. Harrisons chief lieutenant in the
business, George Adams, who assists in
its manipulation, now that everything Is
ready. All the characters of the play
have, of course, been built with the same
care as to details in dress and color of the
ewes and hair as conceived and described
by the author.
The toy theater was first set up in Mr..
Harrisons Office on California street, but
it attracted so M uch attention and there
was such a crush of deadheads who in
sisted on getting behind the scenes and
pulling the ropes and disconcerting the
actors, that Mr.. Harrison had the theater,
the company and all hauled out to his
house In an express-wagon. There in the
quiet of his own bedroom almost nightly
may be seen-or rather. except by the
invited few, may not be seen-in panto-
mime and miniature, the performance of
"a Fixed Idea"
AS Mr.. Harrison reads the lines Mr..
Adams moves the figures, causes Mr.. Fer
ris or Mr.. Lake to come or go, places
Beatrice and John on the red plush sofa
to make love, has the major TO throttle
the villain at the cry of Coward and
causes the stately doll who is Queen Nab
to fall at a critical moment in fainting
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03
The Dangers of India.

India is dangerous country to live in,
as the following figures showing the
deaths from wild beasts and snakes dur
ing one recent year will testify. III one
tw elvemonth snakes killed no less than
19. TAO persons. Tigers killed 1868 persons
and 27,5l7 head of cattle; bears. 126 per-
sons and 315 cattle; wolves, 1T persons
and 40s7 cattle; hyenas. IL persons and
2748 cattle: elephants, 56 persons and
cattle; while other wild beasts, such as
jackalls, buffaloes, boars, crocodiles, etc.,
were res ponsibie for the deaths Of 969 per-
sons and 2165 cattle.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

spell in the center of the stage well
toward the footlights.
Ali this has afforded Mr.. Harrison and
his friends much entertainment.
Mr.. Harrison says he is going right
along writing plays until one of them is
distinctly stamped as great. He may
quit them or not, just as the sensation
that comes 10 him under the influence of
such success may suggest. In the mean
time his stage will serve its purpose. He
is even now writing musical skit and in
tends its early production in this fashion
with musical accompaniment before a
selected company OF his friends.
The theme in ga Fixed Idea' is a
rather bold one and its treatment is neces-
sariIy so, although. of course, artistically
inoffensive, as might be expected from the
author.
Queen Mab-the star part-a delicate,
high-strung woman, widow, goes
through the four acts of the play under a
spell wrought by Felix Ferris, TIE villain.
who has hypnotic powers. Ferris was a
friend OF Queen Mab's late husband, and
since the latter's death has laid desperate
siege to her affections, but without win
play he had resort to his occult power,
and while she remained under its intiu-
ence he tried to ruin her, but failed. He
left the impression with her. however,
that he had done SO, and this is the fixed
idea" that gives the motif to the play.
In the last act the villain, who has fallen
a victim himself to a plot he laid to ruin
financially Maud's other and favored
lover, Major Standish, comes seeking the
favor of "a few hundred" to PIT him on
his feet again. In this consideration he
allows Sam Lake. young doctor who
has been practicing .hypnotism, to expert
ment upon him. He succumbs to the in
fuence, and then in the presence of Queen
Nab and the major and all the rest of
them he reveals his secret-that Queen
Nab has been suffering an hallucination,
and is pure, as all her friends had ever
thought her.
The play has two endings as written,
and Miss Kidder has not signified which
of them she prefers. Mr.. Harrison pre-
fers that, in the fullness of her Joy at this
discovery, she rises up and dies in her
true lovers arms. This is made easy by a
heart that futters overmuch all through
the play. The other ending is that she
rises up and lives in her lovers arms. The
author thinks that to die is more artistic.
but admits that audiences, the country
over. may prefer that good girl. such as
Maud is proved to be, should live and i'm
prove in health and get married.
The play is full OF bright things. For
instance, these epigrams in the mouth OF
t.
Wilmott has been reading the lines of his
hand and giving him rather bad charac-
ter with ultimate misfortunes.
Florence-If l may be permitted to advise
you, Ferris, your hand suggests that prac-
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03
He Reasoned 1t Out.

"How was the play?"
at was very good" replied the man
with gentle disposition.
II am glad you enjoyed it."
81 don't mean to say that enjoyed it,
1 merely said it was very good. l base
that opinion on the fact that the lady with
a large hat who sat in front of me laughed
audibly several times during each act. p
Washington Star.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

THE HEEVENS in 1897


purpose of correcting the lunar tables and
are of sufficient interest TO repay the effort
to observe them at unreasonable hours.
These are the few astron omical events
that will awaken popular interest during
the year, but for telescope astronomy the
armament always affords unending scope
for interest and observation.
ROSE O'HALLoRAN.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

Grieve we when the sun IS setting?
Mourn we when the night is done?
Find we time for vain regrettlng
Single circuits OF the sun?
Why then simulate sorrow
For the passing of year?
Go to-day or Come tomorrow,
Time and God are ever here.
Time that never had beginning;
Time that knows no coming end.
Down the past the years are spinning,
Up the future more ascend.
Vaster ever vaster growing,
Looms the vastness OF the past;
Minutes, days and years are growing,
Yet no first there is, nor last.
Present. But finite feeting
Point too small for man to see;
Place where Past and Future, meeting,
srWas" is joined to SIS to be-"
Men are being born and living;
Men are dying; corpses rot;
Time is taking, Time is giving;
New is learned and old forgot.
Flowing, planting, tending, reaping:
Summer follows after spring;
Autumn harvest; winter sleeping;
Time, there is, for every thing.
Thus the cycle of the seasons
AIching with its measures span
Proves the law and hides the easons
Working for the good of man.
Yesterday, to-day, tomorrow:
Parts OF time and parts of life.
Coming. going, joy and sorrow
Ever present daily strife.
Hopes eyanished, yet succeeded
BY the newer hopes that fall
Like the Others Gone unheededl
Future is the all in all.
Was there aught of worth recorded
In the latest tweivemonth gone7
Aye! For science has rewarded
Research With another dawn.
Roentgen rays, with potence beaming
Through the dark of living clay
Rob the surgeon of his seeming
Doubt and shows his knife the way,
That is all. In opposition
To the good is greater i'll;
Rays to guide the blind physician
Met by newer ways to kill
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

Greater cannons, mightier agents
Hurting death through miles of space;
Wars that orce were only pageants
Bode dest: uction to the race.
Has the race grown worse or betterT
Which OF faith or doubt increased2
Have we burst the chains that letter
Higher soul to lower beast?
Nol The brute in man is seeking
Power over soul and more:
Power over right ana wreaking
Horrors in a ruthless war.
What of Cuba2 What despairing
Cry of helpless murdered men
Rang like this before, declaring
Nations towards? Where and when
Have the 1iberty-defenders
Begged word of cheer in vain?
Justiee-lovers! Weak pretendersl
Coward nations! Fear ye Spainf
Love you yet the year departed2
Freedom killed; the world to blamel
What then of the craven-hearted
Powers held in silent shame?
While ArmeniaEs-Christi brothers
For the merest mercy prayed,
Martyred men and babes and mothers
Bled beneath the Turkish blade.
Turn the page-its fairer writing
FADES beneath the purple blot
Ages hence a sage reciting
OF our time will falter not,
Telling "History repeated
Proved the race had not progressed
Passion, carnage, fear, defeated
All the better things possessed"
Ringing, ringing, merry ringing!
Peal, ye New Year bells, and say;
slime to come is surely bringing
Better days than yesterday;
Greater purpose; nobler people,
Fearless, mereiful and just"
Ring. ye bells, from yonder steeplel
culture hope is future trust"
EDWARD CLARKE.
San Francisco, Jan. 1, 1897.
The San Francisco call., 1897-01-03

The King of Greece delights in taking
recreation in the fields. He can plow,
cut and bind corn, milk cows, and, in
short, could. at pinch, keep farm going
single-handed.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-08-21
Jubilee Stamp .ates Destroyed.

Philatelists will learn with regret
that, in the presence Of the Duke and
Duchess of York. all the plates of the
jubilee stamps issued for the benefit of
the Prince of Wales hospital fund were,
after certain number Of impressions
had been issued, ruthlessly destroyed.
In five minutes, by means of swiftly re-
volving grindstones and rasps, the faces
of the steel plates were defaced. The
Duke Of York, being president of the
Philatclic society, had only to issue his
fat that these stamps were "collecti-
ble," and then they had their value.
The prices were Is. and Is. Cd. each.
Some of these stamps have already
reached collectors in New York. There
was quite ceremony attending the de-
struction of the plates, the Bank of
England being the locality and all the
Threadneedle dignitaries being present.
New YER: Times.