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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-11
Government Ownership of Canadian
Mines Proposed.

Government Ownership of Canadian
Mines Proposed.
Serious consideration is being given
by the Canadian government officials
to the suggestion that the gold mines
of the Klondike region be operated by
the government. The crown lands in
clude the most fabulously rich part of
the belt. and it is asked why the gov
eminent should not take this gold and
use it for the purpose of reducing the
national debt. The difficulty of reach
ing the gold country, the great ex-
pense Of living and the danger of star
walton constantly threatening the large
population are urged as arguments for
government management. 1t is con-
tended that the mines belong to the
people as whole, and should be used
for their benefit. and worked as
source Of revenue to the dominion
treasury, instead of, as now, allowing
Adventures to go and get the gold
and take it from the country.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-11
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
oooD SHORT STORIES FOR
THE VETERANS.

c,,ouering a Ruman = The overseer
Thought That He Could Bluff a Whole
Company of Yankees-They Made a
Laughing Stock of Him.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
DEFINITION.
There Is Something in the sound
Which Warrants the queer
Cancellation.

81 didn't know whut it wah when was
invited, said Mr. Erastus Pinkley, "an' |
didn't know whut it was while | was dar
But now dat rs done got away an hab a
chance ter fink it ovuh, knows whut it
is; does foh sho'."
"Whut is you talkin 'bout?" inquired his
companion.
"ps talkin' bout education; dats whut I
Is. De reason mo people doesn't show sense
is because dey doesn't stop an give dey
alPs brains bump er two SOS ter explain.
ify foh dahs'fs, std o. askin' questions"
You wah talkin' bout bein' some place
las night"
"Yassir. ! was to symposium"
"Bhut's dat:'
"Dar y.l is; dar you is Da's ies' whut
bin talkin' bout. You wouldn't use yoh
min an make de skivvery fob yohse'f.
You gotter ak somebody"
Does you know whut it means?"
"Co'se ! do. An | didn' AK nobody
neither: Now I'll show yer jes' how it's
done; III give yer some facts ter wuck
on so YOU kin draw yoh own conclusions Ii
cost p cents to git inter de place; blackberry
an gin cos Is cents er drink. an if YOU took
a lady out to supper you couldn't git er pigs
foot foh iess,n ten cents. Now, whut does
',,Da's err-,er-wha' d'you say you beep
las night?"
It's a symposium"
"Whut do dat mean?'
"lt means dat when you goes to one er
dem de natural fogone conclusion is dat
you gifts supposed on. n."-Washington Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

Alaska mines and had been there rea-
sonably successful. He was not a mil
lionaire, but he had nuggets enough to
erect an efficient barrier against mort
cages for a lifetime. l heard him say
after he paid Old Moneybags his claim,
that he was strongly tempted TO hit
him with the fiat of the sword which
hung on the wall and then throw him
GU. Of the window. / wish he had, for
/ should like to have had share in the
skirmish. His good mother Tebuked
him for the words, but | thought saw
CLEAN of approval in his fathers eyes,
though he too was a fairly good Chris
tan under ordinary circumstances.
And SO the cloud over the little home
lifted. Who was 1t that said AT
e,entime there shall be light?" In
life's dim twilight the old people are
happy and safe once more.
When Memorial day comes ! shall be
worn again by the honored commander
of the q. \. Il. post as the members
march proudly under their tattered bat
tie flag TO decorate the graves Of their
dead. Upon those grassy altars we will
renew our vows of fidelity to the old
flag and the union il gloriously repre-
sents. Already arrangements have been
made with American friends at Havana.
and silken flag with flowers IN pro-
fusion will lie on the grave of the young
soldier l served. sleeping peacefully
there with more than 200 comrades
who wore the blue. In God S good time,
perhaps in 1899. soldiers of the Cuban
republic, then fully established, may
plant the flags and scatter the flowers
on those honored graves.
And on the evening of Memorial day
here we are to have a wedding. Louis
Carroll. the returned Klondiker, will
marry Virginia Secession Poindexter,
daughter Of the man who once captured
me from her father-in-law. Captor and
captured win be there, and the whole
squad will be union to the core. The
dainty little maiden will practice what
she breaches by her union" with the
son of the man in blue, and the old uni
form will be brought out for the ocea-
sion, my honored self hanging as Of old
near the soldiers side. The old soldiers
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

souls asserted itself upon occasion. even
then.
One day about four weeks after my
capture. Col. Poindexter bore me on a
round OF visits through the hospitals.
Past cot after cot we went, most Of the
pale faces thereon being those Of union
soldiers. Suddenly we came to one
upon which lay Col. Carroll, my com
rade whom had mourned as dead. Col.
Poindexter recognized him at once,
spoke kindly 10 him and spent some
time in conversation. / could have
leaped out Of my scabbard in my anx-
iety TO rejoin my brave comrade Of the
union cause, but / could not. IL is our
misfortune that we may change places
only at the will Of others. Suddenly a
pleasant thing happened. Col. Poir-
dexter unbuckled me from his belt, laid
me on the cot beside Col. Carril, said
Take your weapon, colonel, your cour-
age entities you to wear it." and walked
swiftly away. Col. Carroll actually
kissed me III his delight, and 1 verify
believe his recovery was twice as rapid
after that day. Soon after we were ex-
changed, and again led some Of the boys
In blue as they fought FOR the good old
banner CT the stars.
By and by we saw the end together.
At Appomattox the conquered banner
bent low to ours, and its fewer stars set
70 rise no more forever. The gallant
ranks in gray melted away and scat
tered to distant homes, and the ranks in
blue marched proudly homeward, glad
that the good cause was won. Not long
after our return there was wedding,
and Celestia Kirk became Mrs. Carroll.
OF course l was at the ceremony, and
the TWO brightest creatures there was
the pretty bride and myself. l was
treated with distinguished considera-
tion, and soon after installed in this
place ofhonorin the new home, throne
have occupied ever since except for a
period l shall soon tell you of. The
observed of all observers, people like to
notice me, and the family tells my story
with pride in my record as genuine as
my own. That house was a center of
patriotic influences, and 1 was usually
brought into all discussions concerning
the war, flashing exclamation point
emphasizing gladly what Col. Carroll
said.
l saw my beloved master and his
sweet-faced wife grow gray, their hair
silyering until 1t resembled the bullion
decorations upon my scabbard and hilt.
And l saw their two lovely boys grow
up to stalwart young manhood, as proud
of me as was their parents. To those
boys became also mentor, one they
trusted and loved. At last one went to
the naval academy at Annapolis, and
one to the far west to seek his fortune,
their parents once more taking up the
burdens of the old life alone. used TO
hear their conversation at eventide and
hear the letters from the boys read.
may be made of metal, but it warmed
even my stern heart to note their hap
piness, the love which mellowed and re-
fined with years. True as STEEL" is a
common phrase. Sensitive as steel
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

would be equally applicable. We swords
are brave, and the brave are ever tender
hearted.
Suddenly the letters from the
younger son ceased coming, and they
heard later that he had sailed away
from San Francisco for some distant
land and that the vessel was never
heard from again. They heard of this
in May, and when Memorial day came
around a wreath Of roses and forget-me-
nots was placed around the portrait of
the loved and lost, which flanked my
position on the mantelpiece. On that
Memorial day the other son came home
on furlough and announced his appoint
ment as an officer upon one of our cruz
sers. My old master gave me TO him,
and bade me serve the son as / had
bravely served the sire. Soldiers are
always ready, so gladly obeyed.
Proudly we sailed the seas. Strange
~ enough my young masters chosen
friend on the vessel was Carroll Poin-
dexter, son of the confederate colonel
who once wore me for awhile. The son
Of the man in gray was the bosom friend
of the son Of the man in blue, both 10y
ally serving under the cid flag. united
heart and soul against its foes. II
pleased me TO note their friendship Is
the sunny symbol following the storm
cloud of civil war.
Finally we anchored one day in har-
Dor of the tropics. The land-locked
bay was almost in the center of large
city, whose gayly-colored houses stood
out against backgrounds of palms, and
farther still great mountains which
erected natures cathedral spires and
lifted their sunlit submits to the azure
sky.
There was revolution on the beauti-
ful island and feeling ran high. Sud
denly one night, as my master and his
companion conversed in low tones in
their hammocks, there came a sound as
OF thunder, the great ship heayed and
rocked, fires burst forth as though. her
interior had become the crater of vol
cano. and by their baleful light bodies
of mea could be seen hurled into the
air. some shattered, some whole, while
underneath the watching sharks waited
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
THE LAW I'm THE CASE.
Itw Was so Plain and simple That There
Was No Need of an
Appeal

The man in the southwest had stolen the
horse beyond the peradventure OF a doubt,
foI he had been taken with the horse under
him and the owners name was on the
blanket. Under the circumstances he
should have been thankful that he had
been granted even so much as a trial by
judge on a soap box, becausN many such Of
Tenders, with lar less evidence OF guilt, had
been swung up to the nearest telegraph pole
on sight. But this one had had trial and
the verdict had been duly announced.
"Gents," remarked the Judge, who was at
tired in a red flannel shirt and sand-colored
pantaloons, take the prisoner
The eager crowd made rush for him, when
lawyer from the efiete east, who was pres
ent by the merest accident, shouted to the
judge:
"Stop this business. You are acting con-
traTy TO the law
The Judge, being good-natured fellow and
a gentleman by instinct, stopped It as re-
whats that the gent says?" he asked.
This procedure is contrary to the law,
replied the lawyer
What law" said the. judge, in surprise.
"The accepted law of the lane"
81 reckon not, smiled the judge.
But | tell you it Is, persisted the law
"Aw, go iangle yourself" exclaimed the
Judge. Don't | know law? Law is rule
OF action prescribing what is right and pro-
hibiting what is wrong Now, mister and
he continued in a less friendly tone. ''if you
air ready to tell these here gents that il is
wrong to hang a man fer hoss stealin' YOU
have got the permission OF the court to do It,
but the court amt goin' to be responsible
fer what happens to a man with them sem
terments"
fhe crowd assented to this proposition
with shout of admiration for the Judge,
and the legal luminary from the east with
drew with more or less precipitance.-Wash'
ington Star.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26


for their prey and overhead great vul-
lures gathered for their grewsome
feast. II seemed ike a section Of the
Judgment day breaking premstureiy
before the natural coming Of the dawn.
The Maine had been blown up and an
oth&l event had been written in blood
and flame upon the pages Of history.
The two comrades, my master and his
friend, both died. They were brave and
comely youths. God keep their memory
green!
was sent home and again installed
upon my throne, a more priceless relic
now than ever. i chilled me to note
the grief of the aged couple. now be-
reaved, with both the brave boys who
would have cherished them in their old
age, gone before them to the silent land.
There were memorial wreaths upon both
portraits now which fanked me on
eithersid and completed the row Of pre-
cious things gracing this home altar.
The open fire below seemed 10 be offer
ing incense to their memory when the
aged father at eFentide unburdened his
heart in prayer. his only arm clasping
close his aged wife.
Then came the sorrows. The home
had been mortgaged to pay for the
tuition of the boys, and the scanty pen
sion served simply TO meet the mere
expense OF living. The holder of the
mortgage was one of those who think
sentiment Is unbusincsslike, men who
think the dollar mark a better badge
than the hero's scars. So the day of
Fate drew on apace and the skies of the
future seen from the little home dark
ened. There was faith and courage
there, but these do not heal SCARED
hearts pr shield the most heroic souls
from bitter SORROWS. How l would have
liked TO spike that hard-hearied old
skinflint who sneered cynically at pleas
made for time and opportunity. 1t is
lucky tor such wretches that swords
are powerless TO act upon impulse or
strike when the iron (or rather the
steeD is hot.
The night before the da- OF doom,
that on which the aged couple were to
be driven from the home made sacred
by precious memories, there was
knock at the door and who should walk
in but young Louis Carroll, the son who
was supposed TO have been lost on the
Pacific. Stalwart, smiling, brown as
berry. he clnsped the aged parents in
his arms and they mingled smiles and
tears in a confusion as charming as il
was unphilosophical. The ship had
been lost but all the passengers had not.
Louis was one of the rescued, was taken
in the schooner which picked them up
to its far northern destination as one of
the whaling feet in the Behring sea,
and he had been out of reach of mail
facilities and ordinary transportation.
One letter he had entrusted to rowing
Esquimo, but the man in furs had evil
IDENTIFY proved poor postman. Perhaps
he had fallen victim to walrus or
polar bear, and the letter reposed with
his remains in its department of the
interior.
Better still, Louis had been to the
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

will each wear blue and gray; blue IN
faded uniforms. gray IL Jeards ard asir.
And over the alcoys in which the happy
pair stand to be wed will hutier the
taitered remnant OF the old battle flag.
Alas, Of the old eol7gases / am the
only one who looks as yo1ug as ever. 1
hope 10 fight the enemies Of my country
hundreds Of years after all Of you who
read this sleep with the silent majority
under the sod. Shall we meet in Heav-
en-? ST. John in Revelations speaks Of
flaming swords there, and OF haunt-
ing blades. Be that as il may. "All's
well that ends we'll" ] leave those |
love in the happy light which illumines
their radiant faces as a result Of the
reunion and the wedding, the light Of
undying affection which arches like
halo over the altar Of home. My simple
story is ended. May its lessons live in
human hearts for many years to come.
/ EDGAR JONES.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
ITS DEEPEST MEANING.
what Is Necessary To the successfui
Perpetuation of Memo
rial Day.

II Memorial day is to be continued in
its intended meaning it must grow to
be the time of happy memories for all
our heroic dead. So !; must come in
evitably to have its deepest meaning
with reference 10 those who are nearest
and dearest. Each has his own horizon
Of immortality in which few stars
shinN-Our own, our fellow combatants
in life's great struggle. whose quiet
heroism has touched our hearts and
nerved us to self-sacrifice, whose strug-
giles and defeats and victories we have
seen and wondered at. Some went down
after long years with the white crown
Of honor. Others fell in what our lack
Of faith calls an untimely overthrow.
These are the heroes of our closest
memory, and these shall link our
thoughts to all the glorious names
which went before.
Who that will stop TO mediate but
finds a treasure house of such pathetic,
yet delightful, memories-perhaps un-
known TO any other, but held in COM
panionship of knowledge with the all
seeing God. Perhaps it is veteran who
wears the army blue, but one glimpse
of the wide world was in the glorious
days when he bore arms to maintain
the nations life, whose eye kindles at
the name of Lincoln or of Grant, and
who has shown a soldiers patience ever
since the mastering out in drudgery
of steady toll. Perhaps it is a young
girl cut off in her fresh bloom of beauty
and of sensibility, having served her
generation for a few brief years with
delicate ministration of gracious kind
ness. She was ready in self-denial,
swift in thoughtful deeds, mellowed by
sorrow and radiant with promise of
happy days, until in Gods good pleas
ure the summons reached her, and,
without a murmur at laying down her
life of hope and beauty, she fell on
sleep. These are all ours and Gods,
heroic if not heralded by blasts of fame,
and through their courage we are
helped to heights of courage in our own
perplexed and troubled days.-Congre.
gationalist.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
PATRIARCHISM.
A Co1ored Citizen Has n Great Desire
TO show His Peculiar Pa
triotism.

\ gentleman VINO was in Charleston
on business last week tells a story that
was in circulation in inat live and
patriotic West Virginia city:
While Gen. Appleton, adjutant gem
eral of the state, was passing down one
of the principal streets on his way TO
his Office in the capitol colored broth
er, and there are scores and scores of
them in that town, hailed the general.
"Gineral, 'scuse me for stoppin' you,
but I'd like to AK you quessen, sab, if
you'se got time ter answer hit"
Certainly, SIR" said Gen. Appleton.
What is it?"
Well, sub, does you think TIERS
gwine to be wah?"
1T looks that way now, but fear
from the way the white men are press
ing forward that you colored people
will have a very slim chance to enlist.
Did you think of going?"
'No, sab; | can't say Is achin' to
60, sab, but | would like; ef have to,
erlong wifi lots Nv odder colo'd men, to
show my patriarchism, sab, foh you
know, giner'l, dat de colo'd folk hab
jist as much patriarchism as de white
folks, an we want to show hit. ATTAIN
ia Constitution.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
CARAMELS.
Finds IN Conauertng Mascu-
line Hearts.

"And DO you ever have such momentsP
she asked.
sYes." be replied, "many Of them
aYou are Young. you have genius, you
have many friends who expect great things
Of you. Why should you ever have dreary
moment ,
He turned an earnest look upon her. and
she permitted her long curling lashes TO
brush her cheeks.
Need / tell you why?' he asked, in
trembling tones.
She did not answer
"If I had been permitted TO know-some
one. before il was too late" he went on,
"hfe could have held no dreary moments
FOR me VI dared now to ask for the love
of-some one who has given herself to an.
other, Heaven would open 20 me. If dared
If J dared"
He hesitated. She arose and smiled sadly
ss they parted.
That night she sat alone and held her
mirror in her hands for a long, long time.
And there was a feeling OF satisfaction in
her heart as she contemplated her beauty
Cleveland Leader.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
STATE OF ONO, CITY OF TOLEDO,
Il T~a.s -

Frank j. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner OF the firm OF f. j. Cheney
& Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, and that said
firm will pay the sum OF One Hundred Dol
lars for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Catarrh
Cure FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in my
presence, this 9th day OF December, A. d.
1856. A. w. GLEASON,
Seal Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system Send for testimonials,
free. F. j. CHENEY & co, Toledo, @.
Sold by druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

ASSISTANT SURGEON GENERAL, GREEN
LEAF, who will be in entire control of
the medical and hospital services in
Cuba, has completed his plans for rem
dering aid to the sick and wounded in
the campaign. About $50 medical Of
ficers, 60 surgeons and 100 assistant
surgeons will accompany the invading
army. the ratio being one medical Of
ticer to about 400 soldiers of the line.
The medical corps will also include
about 100 hospital stewards and 200
privates- In addition to the usual
lances of the most modern design will
be used.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

the disease disappeared.
That was six months ago and there hay
been no return of the disease. The cure
was effectual and permanent, and ! feel
satisfied that no other medicine could have
produced so marvellous a result. We feel
rejoiced over the restoration OF our son, and
cannot help but feel that Dr. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People are the most remark
able medicine on the market"
No discovery of modern times has proved
such a blessing TO mankind as DR. Williams
Pink Pills for Pale People. Acting direct
" on the blood and nerves, invigorating the
the strength and health in the exhausted pa
tient when every effort of the physician
proves unavailing.
These pills are sold in boxes at 80 cents a
box or six boxes for 50 80, and my be had Of
all druggists. or direct by mail from DIR. Viii
liams Medicine Co. Schenectady. n. Y.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

IT looks like stern business when the
hospital corps is sent to the front
The United States ambulance ship So
lace has been at anchor for several
weeks at Hampton roads, but recently
she received hurry orders TO get nearer
to what is to be the scene of action.
The ambulance ship has been bounti-
fully supplied by the women of
America with the good things that are
generally lacking at sea and in the
field. Perhaps no ship Of the war will
be the center of so much concern as
the Solace. Her white sides and her
red cross flag viii mark her to friend
and foe.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26

IT'S little tough on our young Chicago" :"
laughed the man from Saginaw, "and
wouldn't tell It IN Bay City l had some
good deal of railroad travel One day /
found myself on the parlor car with no one
but the porter and the natural desire for
eompanionship asserted itself. After we
had talked for a time, during which he had
the tact to address me as 'cunnel,' he ven
tiured to inquire in an apologetic way where
j was from.
Saginaw / responded.
" Sag nav, cunnel; whar's dat, sahv
In Michigan, my boy
20, yes, sab. Mich gan. OATS in De-
troit. | had gen'l from dar las wintah,
sab
II simply went into the smoking com
partment and communed with myself for
the rest OF the trip. Free Press.
The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1898-05-26
AN ANCIENT CUSTOM.
From Republican Traveller, Arkansas Cit
Kan

Frcm Republican Traveller, Arkansas City,
Kan.
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reach Of every household, as is shown by the
experience OF Karl A Wagner, the eleven
year-old son OF George Wagner, Of SIS 9th
St, Arkansas City, Kan. The father tells
the story as follows:
over a year ago." he says, Karl was
taken with ST. Nitus' dance and continued
to grow worse during five months he was
under a physisian's care. His tongue be
came paralyzed and we could not understand
a word he said. He became very thin, lost
the use Of his right leg and seemed doomed
to become a hopeless invalid. We had about
given mp hope when DR.. Williams Pink
Pills for Pale People were recommended to
my wife by lady whose daughter had been
cured OF a similar affection by the pills
Il bought box of them at once and soon