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The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15

We want your patronage, and will deal witt
you in such manner that il you once trade wit
us you will be one Of our references. No cas-
is too difficult for us.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15
Chrlstmas Presents for ManIia soldiers.

Chrlatmaa Presents for Manila soldiora
Washington, Oct 10. O.-Since the pub
lication Of the announcement that the
war department would start a ship
across the Pacific to Manila for the
purpose Of carrying free packages con-
tanning Christmas presents for the
men on duty In the Philippines, nu-
merous inquiries have been received
us to the size Of the packages that
would be permitted to be sent Gen.
Corbin said there would be no limit
placed on the size or weight Of pack
ages accented,
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15
DEMOCRATIC TICKET


JUDGE OF suPRKME coCRT-LoEG TERM,
WILLIAM c. MARSHALL.
JUDGE or SUPREME o0URr-snoRT TERN,
LEROY ID. VALIANT.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. oF SCHOOLS,
WILLIAM T. CARRlNGToN.
RAILROAD COMMISSIONER,
WILLIAM r. MccULLY.
coKGREssMAg,
WILLIAM s, COwHRaD.
JUDGR or CIRCUIT COURT.
SAMUEL DAVIS.
JUDGE oF oRrMINAL CouKT,
JOHN A. RICH.
RErREsENrArIyE.
JOSEPH II. CHRISTY
PRESIDING JUDGE.
P. WALKER OSBORN
JUDGE-wEsTEnN DISTRICT.
J. HENRY GREEN
JuDGE-EAsrnRN DISTRICT.
W. A. MCQUEEN.
PRoBATs JUDGE.
JAMES p. CHINN
PUBLIC ADMISIsrRAToR.
MATT ID. WILSON
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
CLARENCE vlYIoN
sHERIFF.
JOHN A. FULKERsON
COLLECTOR.
GEORGE W. BATES
COUNTY CLERK.
FRANK THORNTON
TREASURER.
J.C. BLEDSoE,
CIRCUIT CLERK.
HUB. CAMPBELL
COUNTY RECORDER,
GLEN TYREE
FoR CORONER,
FRANK W. MANN.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15

evening camped within two miles
north Of this town. Armed citizens
are guarding the town, expecting an
attack during the night or early in
the morning. Indians protesting to
be friendly we're at Graceland, ~
miles west Of here, yesterday evening
trying TO purchase ammunition.
Falmouth May Go on tho warpath.
Minneapolis, Mimi, Oct 1o.--A spe-
cial TO the Tribune from Walker says:
Falmouth and his band of 40 Chippe-
wa Indians may be on the warpath
before another day has passed. At
the council held ut noon to-day he de-
livered q message asking that the
troops be taken away from the agency,
and informing the authorities that
In the event Of refusal 10 do this Die
will join the hostile Pillager indians.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15

FoR REST-A five-room cottage. Close
10 business. Apply to this Office. q
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15
Mothers. Have You Noticed
Your Children?

When they are studying their lessons, holding
their books close to their eyes' Take care, that
child has defective vision. Find out what it is.
We will tell you, and we have every facility for
the correction or refraction the eye is subject to-
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15
Justice Of the Ponce.

Justice OF the Peace.
Clay township hlp............. John A. Lockhart
CJ Miller
COnstable-Ben Day.
Davis township FL McCord
Jim Hargrave
COnstable-JC Q Gum
Dover township p..........J W Tompklns
IA HarwoOd
Constable-Geo Zeysing.
Freedom township. ..... Robert Matthews
Constable j Il schackelford.
Lexington township. ...... James q Russell
Jo A Edmonds
TJ Duling
Constable-A NJ Gale.
Middleton township .......W Il Cooper
RCCauthorn
Constable-W Scott Thomas.
Snl-a-Ilar township. ......R N Taylor
Jas Il Wilkinson
Constable-Harry Gleaves.
Washington township ..J W White
Thos Brock
Constable-lrvlng wlthers.
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15
HOW IS YOUR EYESleHT7

See and understand for yourself, for the
sight may be preserved to the greatest age by
of good eyes are ruined by the use Of improper
ly fitted spectacles
The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-10-15

The present eager claim of the Eng
lish that they are cousins to the
exclusion OF the Irish. Germans. Sean
dinayians, etc eannot be Sustained.
Beginning with Vermont and New
Hampshire there has always been a
atrn,,e, E,aDoh alannanf thara Masaa
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

From the recent report of Consul
Bedloe, stationed at Canton, China. to
the department of state some interest
Ing facts are learned bearing on the
future of American trade with China.
The crOwding out of American kero-
sene by Russian and Javanese oils was
made the subject Of a former report by
the consul, the chief advantage the lat
ter have being in the matter of freight,
though such Is the superiority of Amer
lean petroleum that Russian and Jaw
anese oils are frequently put up in
packages similarly labeled. This lat
ter practice seems TO be growing. and
German and Japanese goods are often
palmed off for the superior American.
article. Consul BedlOe also points out
that the territorial concessions i'm China,
obtained by Russia have already be-,
gun to influence trade, and the pub
lished text of the alleged agreement
between the Russian and Chinese gov
ernments shows that the latter has
agreed to charge One-third less import
duty on all Russian goods entering
China through TO Manchuria than ON
goods imported from other countries.
In addition, all Russian goods are to be-
charged less transit dues than those of;
other countries, the two concessions
virtually giving Russia a preferential
trade relation with China that win en-
able it to defy all competitors, espe-
cially after the completion of the great
Siberian railway. Aside from petro7
leum the other articles of American
trade likely to suffer most at present
are flour, piece goods, machinery, etc.
American tI'adeSmensalso. according to
Consul General Goodnow at Shanghai.
do not seem to understand the imports
ance of certain matters in relation to
Chinese trade. The two chief obstacleS
the consul general notes are the not
filling orders exactly. under the eIrone-
Gus impression that anything VIII do
for the Chinese, and secondly the lack
of arrangements for speedy settlement
OF all claims for damages through
breakage, etc.-a matter In which
American tradesmen are at n disad-
vantage as compared with the English
or the Germans.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
Labor Notes.

1t is reported that the Chicago FEEDER
alton of Labor has decided that in the
future politics may be discussed at the
meetings.
Bakers of New York declare that on
and after July 4, 1899, they will work no
longer than ten hours day or board
with employers.
Among the other measures to be recon-
mended to congress by the Hawaiian
commission is bill prohibiting the i'm
portation of contract labor.
Armour's packing houses in Chicago
are to be operated by electric instead of
steam power, and a great saving of labor
with increased efficiency will result.
Over 5000 textile operatives are on
strike against a reduction of wages at
Augusta, Ga. They have been working
for starvation wages and their condition
is pitiable.
Cigarmakers at Syracuse, n. Y, have
secured an injunction against a scab
manufacturer to prevent him from using
the union label, and hot fight in the
courts is promised.
The brewers light IN Omaha has de-
veloped into a row between Federation
and non-attached unions, like the brick
layers and painters, with the former
divided against themselves. Cigarmak-
ers of that city have declared in favor OF
universal label.
Inside of a year a new automatic type
setting machine will be on the market
that will sell for $1,000. 1t will run by
electricity and set whole words at a
single touch. A new web press will also
be on the market soon which will print
newspapers faster than they can he
counted and is much simpler in con-
struction tnan the presses now in use
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
RATTLERS AND THE WEATHER.
California Theory They VIII Not
Bite When There Is n Drought.

Seldom has it happened that a rattle
snake bite has been sufficient to destroy
the reputation of a weather prophet. Rat
tlesnake Jack Mogan il known from enc
end of Mojave desert to the other. An
eccentric sort of man, he likes to visit
the haunts of snakes, and often pitches
camp for the night in places which gila
monsters and rattlers have long pre-empt-
ed. just before the recent election he
rounded himself up in MERGED and began
talking of his adventures. 1t takes two
drinks to get Mogan's eloquence started.
The number of drinks that will bring him
to a full stop has never been ascertained,
although the health and fortunes of the
entire San Joaquin valley would willingly
be gambled away to find out
"There is going to be a dry winter"
he began. "I'here won't be enough rain
this season to give the wheat any sort OF
start; twill be worse nor it was last
year, which was proper corker. How
do 1 knows Why, l found that out by
the rattlesnakes. They know, you bet
When there is a dry winter coming the
rattlers, leastwise in Californy, cannot be
coaxed TO bite. I've watched EN- % years
now, and / know what l am talking
about. The snakes will not bite, and that
means we will have winter as dry a.
a bone"
None of his circle OF listeners betrayed
any desire either TO test the accuracy Of
his observations in natural history or to
question his meteorological deductions
from the facts observed. He occupied an
impregnable position, and for Il variety OF
reasons, for some time; and the matter
was considered of sufficient interest TO
cause the publication in San joaquin val
ley papers of the statement that snakes
will not bite this year, and also the inter
probation put upon the sign by the snake
hunters.
Since then the barometer and the local
weather forecasts have been watched with
a degree of attention calculated to awaken
the approval of the United States weather
bureau. No one has been bitten by a
snake in the valley since the prediction
was first made, and this has brought into
contempt the doubters who have regularly
been saturating their systems with alcohol
in the fear that they might be bitten and
be taken unawares.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
GENERAL BROOKE GOVERNOR
FITZ HUGH LEE FOR HAVANA.
General Brooke VIII he the Military
Governor of CubnHe VIII Rec
Ommend Generals Lee, Carpenter.
snyder and wood for Governors
of Provinces.

Chicago, Dec lO.-A special from
Washington says:
General John II. Brooke will be made
the military govc~nor Of Cuba and he is
now on his way .4ere to consult the presi-
dent in regard to the policy to be pur-
sued.
General Brooke wrote a letter to
friend here in which he said he favored
General Fitzhugh Lee for governor for
the province of Havana; General Carpen-
ter, as governor for the province OF Pinar
del Rio; General Snyder, as governor Of
the province of Puerto Principe and ten
eral Wood for the province of Santiago.
General Brooke is expected to arrive
here today and it is believed his rec
concentrations in regard to the governors
of the different provinces will be endors-
ed by the president.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

do their fun duty in an emergency as
matter of business, makes their action
none the less heroic. Professor Nasse.
a well-known Berlin scientist, with
friend and two guides, all roped togeth-
er, was crossing a snow-bridge in the
Alps a few weeks ago. when the pro
fessor and one guide fell into a crevasse
and hung there half an hour. To re-
lieve the intolerable strain, the leading
guide cut the rope above him and dis
appeared into the depths. The others
were then able to pull Nasse up, but
he was dead. The guide who so will
ingly offered his own life was after
ward found unhurt. 81 had to try to
save him." he said, simply; that is
ALL" There is something more-a loy1
atty to duty; and it is that which makes
life worth living.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Eighty per cent. of the men in the
United States now worth one hundred
thousand dollars and more have risen
from the laboring classes" This float
ing statement can hardly be verified
by exact figures, yet it is likely to be
quite within the bounds of truth. Ask
the first ten rich men you meet how
many dollars they had at q, or when
they pushed out into the world; prob
ably eight Of the ten will reply that
they were empty-handed, and depend
ent on their own exertions. Perhaps
they were Office boys, chore boys, news
boys, or the like; the foundations of
their fortunes were laid in small earn
ings, small savings, small spendings.
If not too modest, they might add that
they worked upward by making them
selves useful-in some cases indispens-
able-to their employers; and that by
deserving the confidence Of others they
acquired confidence in themselves. But
always there was personal force eXer-
cised, coupled with clear intelligence.
But how many of the ten have won
their wealth by fair means? How many
by crooked practices, by cunning fraud
or cruel crowding? This is another
and more serious matter. Some men
become rich by enterprises which in
crease the common wealth, and by Gre
ating Industrial opportunities for 9th
ers, confer vast benefits upon mankind.
Some get rich by impoverishing their
fellows, and making it harder for thou
sands to win honest bread. Does not
the same, to a degree, hold true of our
smaller possessions? The question of
honest or dishonest getting is behind
the poor mans dollar as well as back
of the rich mans thousands. The char
ater of men cannot he measured by
their success or failure In money-mal-
ing. Nevertheless. there is a crafty
ing and hopeful outlook. 1t is found
In the fact that only a small percentage
of our population acquire large wealth.
Millions who begin with little or moth
ing are living in comfortable compel
ence on the means gained with credit
to themselves, and without injury 10
others.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
MONTANA.

d. A. Penny, of Choteau, has returned
from a hunt in the mountains. He bag
ged a 5OO-pound elk.
r. Kennedy is in Billings from the Mus
selshel with l07 coyote skins He has
been presented with a state bounty GER
tifcate for 1921 for his good work.
Pensions were recently issued to John
w. Edens of the Bozeman valley, vet
eran of the Mexican war; also to Mrs.
Marquis +. Knowles, a widow.
The report of the secretary Of the in
terror shows that Montana has n ,607 GIG
acres of public land still unappropriated
and unreserved. OF this land only &c.
932,837 acres has thus far been surveyed.
Emmett French, a lumberman employed
at Hammond's camp on upper Big Black
foot, near Missoula, was killed while
loading logs, one of the timbers slipping
and striking him on the head, killing him
instantly.
+. w. Mettler has returned TO Fort BEN
ton from a hunting trip in Valley coun-
ty, in which he met with gratifying sue
cess His party spent about a week along
the Missouri river in the vicinity of Fort
Peck and bagged % deer during the out
ing.
Ed Cameron, of Livingston, has filed
his official bond as public administrator
elect with County Clerk Smith. His bond
is for SS00O with the following sureties:
Worthy Mckee, Moses Morrison, J. S.
Thompson, j. w. HefTerlin, J. C. Villas
and William Hruza.
The sheep men near Dupuyer are very
much encouraged over the prospects for
this winter The range is in good cond-
ton, the sheep are fat, the weather is all
that could be desired and everyone has
sufficient hay to carry them through
comparatively hard winter.
Rt. Rev. John B. Brondel, bishop of Hell
ena, delivered memorial ovation in st.
Patrick's church at Butte Sunday in hon
or of the soldiers and sailors who fell in
battle during the late war with Spain. At
/ IL o'clock high mass was celebrated by
Father De Siere, assisted by Fathers Cal
lahan and Baere.
Taxes have been paid up at Kalispell
this year much more generally than usual
SO long ahead of the day when the PEN
( atty attaches. By the evening of Novem-
Der 80 nearly $4,000 had been paid in,
as against $4,000 at the same date last
year, and the number of receipts issued
is about 200 greater.
The annual report of the commissioner
of internal revenue shows that during the
last year $257 900 was collected IN the dis
trict of Montana, which embraces Mon
tana, Utah and Idaho. Three certificates
| of residence vere issuad IN Chinouoar, d,,r
ing the year.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

We have great reason to be not only
satisfied with, but to be proud of, the
place which the United States has at
tanned in the commercial world. We
are not yet, it is true, quite at the top
of the tree, Great Britain being a con-
siderable way ahead, but at the pace
at which we are advancing, in compari-
son with Great Britain and the other
big nations, it is only a question of an
other twenty or thirty years when we
shall lead the world in foreign trade as
we now lead it In internal trade.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17
WASHINGTON.

According to the government survey,
Ritzville is 1922 feet above sea level
The new Episcopal church building at
Chelan is now all under cover.
Work is progressing rapidly with the
new steel bridge at the Spokane water
works.
What for several years has been known
as the old Wickersham mill at Buckley
has been destroyed by fire.
United States District Judge Hanford
has confirmed the sale of the Union de-
pot at Spokane
Work was begun last week on the ditch
for the flour mill to be erected in the
early spring at Chelan Falls.
number of the business men of Ritz
vile are putting in patent incandescent
lights in their places of business.
The state of Washington gave a thous-
and dollars toward the contribution to
the Lafayette fund by the children.
About lao pensioners regularly for
ward their claims through the county
clerks office at Seattle each quarter.
The heavy rains this fall at Walla
Walla have gone into the ground, wetting
it to greater depth than usual, thus
insuring good crops next year, with the
average rainfall to next July.
The Central Washington win be extend
ed in the spring from Coulee City to Lake
side on Lake Chelan. Advioes from the
scene of the proposed extension state that
the route has already been decided upon
and that preparations are being made to
start work.
The State Teachers Association will
convene in Olympia in annual session
during the holidays. December 81, % and
20 being the dates. This years meeting
promises to. be the most important yet
held, and it is anticipated that a large
re presentation will be in attendance.
The Vancouver city council has decided
to ask the county representatives in the
Legislature to use their best endeavors
toward securing the passage of a hill de-
claring that there are no tide lands or
the Columbia, as contemplated by the
constitution of the state, above the mouth
of the Willamette.
The new steamer Camano is a record
breaker for climbing the Columbia river
rapids. She left Wenatchee Friday morn
ing at 3 o'clock and arrived at Chelan
Falls at $3.50 a. m. She is also cutting
into the wheat carrying trade, taking
down 1890 sacks of wheat in two days.
The new court house is now ready for
the reception of the county records and
effects at Colville. The old court house
viii be vacated with the beginning of the
coming year.
There has been a great rush of taxpay-
ers at the county treasurer's office during
the past few days at Colfax, and the re-
ceipts for taxes have been quite large.
Taxes for 1897 became delinquent today,
which accounts for the rush. Most of the
taxes were paid, and there are fewer de
linquencies than usual
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

The suggestion has been made to the
Postoffice Department that the device
TO be placed upon the two-cent postage
stamp be the national flag instead Of
the portrait of Washington. The de-
partment replied to the author Of the
suggestion that it will be carefully con-
sidered. Something Is to be said on
both sides of the proposition, but it
may be remarked that postage stamp
flag would certainly be better than the
earicature of the flag impressed by the
defacing stamp used in many post
offices.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

A uniform divorce law allowing di-
worce Only on good and sufficient
ground would not only have a ten
dency to reduce the number of silly
marriages, but would also minimize
the scandal now only too frequent in
connection with Western divorces. In
short, all American men and women
should be on the same footing as re
CARDS marriage and divorce.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., at Work.
For some months past Cornelius Van;
derbnt, Jr., has been a working
employe in the mechanical depart
ment of the New York Central Rail-
road Company. receiving a very mod,
crate salary.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

A Western contemporary has an edi-
torial word painter who gives us a de-
hghtful picture of the great Ameri-
can eagle clucking and million more
of her progeny creeping under her pro
eeeting wings" That fellow evidently
imaglnes that the great American bird
of freedom is an old hen.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

The Kansas City Journal says 1t is an
error to suppose that all angels are
blonde girls about 10 years old, and
adds: angels are made of fat little
rascals about years old, dressed in
pale-blue wings" There are others.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

The old phrase, lies like bulletin"
should be changed to lies like a Hong
kong dispatch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Brown-That's a handsome umbrella
you've got there, Robinson Yes
Brown" About what does it cost to
carry an umbrella like thatT' Robin
son-Eterpsl vigilance.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

That Eastern writer who says Queen
Wilhelmina, Queen Victoria and the
Dowager Empress of China are the only
women rulers in the world" talks like
an unmarried man.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

A man must have a great deal Of as
surance who will take out 100000
policy on his life.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

One way Cuba will start debt free. At
the same time it doubtless won't for
get it owes everything to this country.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

A scientist claims that ''the chicken
existed practically in it's present form
at the time of the food" There is
nothing in that discovery which will
surprise the average boarder.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

A Buffalo man has been arrested for
beating his sister, but he probably will
get off, because he insists that he mis-
took her for his wife.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

The rumored assassination of Presi-
no intention of trying to rival the EN-
peror of China in his great disappear
ance speciality.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Down in Texas the other day a girl
ate the heads of 212 parlor matches IN
an attempt to commit suicide because
of too much friction in parlor match
she has been working upon all summer.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

In the Episcopal Church that recent
divorce victory was won by the men be-
mind the canons.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Now that the Salvation Army is going
10 throw aside the big drum, the fact
that armies change base, has a good il
uStratiOn.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

Suppose Howard Gould did pay So
100000 for a wife? That doesn't break
the record. Richard Ill. offered his
kingdom once for horse.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-12-17

The Empress Dowager of China
sometimes has bright idea. She has
selected Bright's disease as the NAL
ady of which the Emperor is to die.