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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

"Grandpop,' he began, turning the
leaves of his book, did your history
used to say that the Spaniards settled
this country?"
81 believe it did, my boy?"
well, the new ones won't say that
"What viii they say, Ostend?'
This country settled the Spaniards'
Then grandpop gave him a dime
Brooklyn Life.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

contrary it is distinct effort to cast
disgrace upon the sleeper beneath the
stone. The inscription, besides the
name, date Of birth and death of the
deceased, tells the world in large let
tiers that "This Amt Payed For"
Some years since James Eine had
Tombstone Maker Carroll erect en- the
family lot at stone meeting house GENE
terry monument fer which he gave his
note in payment. Before the same ma
turcd Rine died, with his estate in
solvent. Carroll, being unable to col
lect his claim, inscribed ON the stone:
This Amt Payed-Eer." In conse-
quence, the neafer relatives had him in
dicted.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

Mrs. De Fashion-What perfectly
horrible creatures the Chinese are!
am told that in China the men actually
buy their wives.
Mrs. De Style-Yes, isn't it horrible?
BY the way, when is your daughter to
marry Mr.. Bullion?
Mrs. De Fashion-Just as soon as he
RECEIVERS from this last attack of govt.
N. Y. Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

Farmer IIornbeak-They say that
when we finish arnexin' all the terri
tory we took from Spain the sun win
never set on the United States posses
sions.
Mrs. Hornbeak-Dear me, Jest think
II il should be the same way with the
hens.-Judge.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

$50 that is the beautiful Mrs. Harl1ins
you have been telling me about? Wen,
can't say that | think she'had much of
N eye for good looks when she picked
out her husband. lie is about as home
y as"
That isn't her husband. Can't you
see that he is carrying her bundles ?"-
Chicago Daily News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

81 have come to pay my COURT" eX'
claimed the prince, bowling low.
Have you paid your washerwoman|
asked the princess, courteously but
firmly.
Manifestly, if all girls were as sen
sible MS she, there would be fewer UNI
happy marriages or fewer marriages
which is much the same thing.-Detroit
Journal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13
Friendly BadinnEe.

Mike-Well, anyway, kin tatter me-
silf that | was nivver so droonk that /
didn't know what was dom"
Pat-An' be the same token, We war
nivver So sober that We did Richmond
Dispatch.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

Bury me- pleaded the dying sailor,
ION American scil.r
An right said the ships COM
nander. There's an island in the
bling. Wen just bear down and ex-
pand little more."-Philadelphia
North American.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13
A CURIOUS EPITAPH.
Tombstone Maker, Of Wheeling, w.
Va, Takes II Qncer Revenge ana
Gets in Serious Trouble.

Among curious epitaphs, that which
is engraved on the monument Of James
hine, of Wheeling, W. Va, is certainly
the most unique. Like most epitaphs
of interest, says the Chicago Daily
News, this one does not spring from an
attempt to eulogize the dead; on the
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

NO" said her father, "you are not
the man ! want for a son-in-law. Why,
III bet you never earned a dollar IL
your life BY your own Efforts
"Ahl' exclaimed the young man,
Frightening up, there's where you
have underestimated me. She let mc
dollar that wouldn't dare TO come
here and ask you for her, and, as you
know, / have won out.''-Chicago Daily
News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

She-I see an eminent German ply
sician has found that women require
more sleep than men.
He-Yes, and III bet he's been bribed
by somebody who wants to furnish
some reason why her husband should
get up and build the fire in the morn
ings. Chicago Daily News.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

They tell me that you are Philis-
tine. Mr.. Snaggs," said Mrs. lielefield
Nothing Of the sort, assure YOU"
replied MIR. Snaggs. Il am an American,
born and bred. Pittsburgh Chronicle
telegram.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

THE phrenologist," said the proud
father, said he had head you see on
very few boys"
80 he has" replied the proud ia
TIERS friend. In fact don't believe
ever saw that head on any other boy"
N. Y. World
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

To see ourselves as others see u.s.
From many foolish thought might
free us,
But the same end might be reached. my
brothers.
BY seeing ourselves as we see others.
Il. A W. Bulletin
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13
A Stranger Present.

Struggling Ministcr-There was a
stranger in church to-day.
Wife-What did he look like?
81 did not see him."
Then how do you know there was a
stranger among the congregation
81 found q good quarter in the contri-
button boX."-N. Y. Weekly.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

He sought Contentment with a feverish
zest,
Nor stopped a ell to take the slightest rest
Until he gave it up. his steps retraced,
And found behind him that which he had
chased.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

Jackson-No, but he doesn't insist
on reading them aloud to his friends
N, Y. World.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

Jackson-Penwellis the most remark
able literary man know
Johnson-Oh, he writes good stories,
but there's nothing remarkable in that
those dave
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13
The Cashiers Mistake.
Bank president-Great Joke on n,

I''TITh IVs1ItTt--UTtat joke on our
cashier.
Stockholder-Whati is it?
Bank Prcsident-IIe made a mistake
and carried off the liabilities instead of
the assets when he skipped to Canada
y. Y. Journal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13

woman with a newspaper,
Soon az she spreads 1t open, then
How eagerly does she refer
To marriage noticesi To her
They seem good jokes against the men.
Judge.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-07-13
spiders HAVE Eight Ewes.

Most spiders have eight eyes, al
though some species have only six.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16

five miles west OF Coffeyville, kans.,
placed some dynamite in the stove TO
thaw it out. 1t exploded, killing Rob
erts, his wife and child and negro
whose name is unknown. A. G. Oar
row and a negro were badly hurt. The
house was wrecked.
Ex-Governor Altgcld and r. e Nc
Cabe are made defendants in suit
filed il Chicago by Caroline l.. Gilbert
for the recovery Of S12,523 The COM
plainant lives in Eau Claire, She al
leges the sum represents the principal
and accrued interest on two notes
made by Mr.. McCabe and Endorsed by
the ex-governor.
At St. Louis, considerable important
testimony was elected by the senate's
Lexow committee Accountant Kaths
who has been examining the books OF
Boiler Inspector Price, testified that a
number of engineers licenses had been
issued to men who did not appear be-
fore the examining board He said
no fees were turned in to the treas
ury for these licenses.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16
ALL SORTS.

The duke OF Buccleuch possesses
landed estates which are perhaps the
most considerable in the United King
dom He owns something like 100000
acres. which represent a revenue Of
some G225O00 a year.
a hentucky druggist has been sued
for $4,000 damages for selling poison
to young man who made use Of it to
commit suicide The suit is brought
by the administrator of the suicides
estate
Boston, cultured Boston. is to wilt
ness a "Shakespearean cake walk at
one Of her amusement resorts, II mel
ous were not out Of season we might
expect to hear OF this esthetic event
being followed by a Byronic water
melon party at the public library.
A new biscuit has been manufac-
tured for use in the French army II is
made by adding thirty-three parts OF
gluten to 100 parts Of wheat -four and
a small quantity Of fat The whole is
dried in an oven with an addition Of
sugar syrup and then compressed into
biscuits.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16
NEWS OF THE WORLD.

The three members Of the Filipino
iunta who remain in Washington rear
arrest by government officials.
Gen. Eagan is suspended for six
years, when he will be retired. But ne
will draw $500 a year just the same
1t is thought that the battleship
Iowa. now due at San Francisco, viii
be sent to re-enforce Admiral pewey'5
feet.
Inspector General Breckenridge dis
covered that embalmed beef is being
served in military hospitals in Ha-
vana.
Admiral Dewey Is reported to have
captured a ship loaded with arms and
supplies for Aguinaldo's forces
Tne war department cabled Cen
Otis the full text OF the peace treaty
and he viii publish ii as a proclama-
ton.
The iateGt accounts Of Sundays bat
tie at Manila brlstle with new proofs
OF the Irresistible yalor OF American
troops
In an interview at Montreal Agon-
clio denied that he advised the attack
on Manila or had knowledge of what
was to occur.
The Kansas house passed a Joint
resolution commencing Senators Har-.
ris and Baker for their votes for the
ratification of the peace treaty.
Agonolllo, the Philippine represen-
tative at Montreal, declares that his
people Will fight to the death before
they will surrender to American con
troll.
The owner Of the vessel loaded with
arms and ammunition for the FIJI
pinos, and which was seized by Admi-
raj Dewey, is an American Instead of
a German
The Philippine loss in the battle Of
Saturday night and Sunday Is placed
at 1000 killed and $500 wounded
while 5000 were taken prisoners. The
American loss was SO killed and 209
wounded
The United States transports Grant
sherman, Sheridan and the hospital
ship Relief have been transferred col
the California department ana Will De
used to carry soldiers and supplies to|
the possessions Of the United States
lying in the Pacific ocean.
Private information has been re-
celyed in Washington that Duke
d'Arcos, formerly Spanish minister to
Mexico. Is likely to be designated 10y
the Madrid government as ite minister
to Washington to exchange the ratifl-
cations OF the treaty OF Paris
All the Madrid papers comment upon
the events at Manila in a tone I'M
friendly to the United States. The
impartial says that President McKn-
ley must either abandon the enterprise
and cover himself with ridicule or un-
dertake a war IN the Philippines ana
thus pay for all the injQuity com
mItted against Spain.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16

to 81 per day; by Mr.. Barlow, exempt
ing cities of 1000 or under from the
operation of the present caucus law;
by Mr.. Gilmore, reducing II interest
on tax sale certificates iron 10 to 10
per cent; by Mr. Ella, by request, Civ
ing newspapers $50 instead of 500 for
publishing the laws; by Mr.. Wheeler,
providing that no appeal shall be dis
missed, when made in good faith, on
account of defect in the bail bond; by
Mr. Holland, permitting county boards
to make the office of register of deeds
salaried office. Four bills to amend
the fish and game laws We're intro
duced by Mr.. Thomas One is to
shorten the open season for the hunt
ing of pheasants, cartridges, grouse,
etc, % days, making the open season
from Sept IS to Nov 90 A second
fixes the trout season from April / TO
Aug. Is. A third makes the deer sea-
son to last only 10 days in November
A fourth is to prohibit the shipping of
deer outside of countries unless accom-
panied by the owner. 1t also raises
the resident license fee from 81 to So
Mr.. Dahl's bill for a special commits
sion to investigate the TorrenS land
system went to the claims committee
on motion of Mr.. Vandercook
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16
PHOTOGRAPHING HIGH OBJECTS.

Officers of the Italian engineer corps
are making effective use of the tele-
scopic objective in taking photographs
of objects high above the ground
Among other things they have been
enabled to discover French batteries
in the Alps which had not been known
to exist before that and to make pho
tographs of their external construe-
ton. The application of the telescope
lenses for such purposes was demon
strated for the first time when the
scaffolding was built on top of the
dome of st. Peters in Rome to repair
the lightning rod Despite the great
height, an excellent photograph was
made of the scaffolding. showing a
man In clear detail at the top.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16
WHEN A MANS MARRIED

When a man marrles the glamour
that had surrounded him Is dispel.sl
and people begin 10 look at him cr.t-
cally LIST two men IL a heroic aci
and the unmarried man gets the great
Ell credit from t'he world II Eobson
We're married, does any one suppose
that SHY women would press up 70
kiss him. The fact that he Is single
and has his choosing before him
makes him a hero to most women
Had a married man sunk the Merit
mac his moustache would never p
iisarranEed. not even by his wife
Atchison Globe.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16

Madison Feb. Sin the senate bills
were introduced:
BY Senator Nelton, to discharge the
judgment recovered against the Ma
tional Accident society, of New York
for back fees the amount is $2,049.3S.
BY Senator Mailer. requiring plans
of water and sewer systems to be sub
mitted to the state board of health
providing a cholera contingent fund
and regulating the transportation OF
corpses.
BY Senator Mills, repeating The law
fixing license Tees for street railway
ana electric light and power COM
pauies instead of taxing them.
Ey Senator Knudsou, giving trustees
Of county insane asylums authority 10
bring actions in The name of The
county in certain cases.
BY Senator McGunvray regulatiug
tine sale of patent medicines. reQuiriue
the printing OF the ingredients on the
wrappers.
BY Senator Green, relative to the
forfeiture clause ia insurance policies
lt provides that violation OF couJt-
tons shall not work a forfeiture OF
the policy unless The company Is In
igred thereby.
Senator McGuuray introduced "a
novel bin providing that the state
patronage be divided among the coun-
ties OF the state according 10 popula-
rou
Among the bills introduced in The
assembly were the following.
BY Mr. Keene, making hours whev
polls are open az judicial elections uni
form with general elections
BY Mr.. Parker retundlu- $500 to Be
Jolt school spent in mandamus pro-
eecd.ngs, growing out OF state board
OF health requiring vaccination
Hy Mr. Policy relative 10 supper.
on INDECENT soldiers ANA marines. At
present aldermen recommend eanil
dates for relief FROM the county tun3
The bin substitutes supervisors
By Mr. Nrosher relative 3 county
aid tu bridge construction.
Ry Mr. Togo comforting additional
power on trustees os county insane
and poor asylnms
BY Mr. Gavin. providing the pena1.v
for stealing OF bicycles o' $50 10 500
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16

Elk Congressman A. T. Goodwin, from
Alabama, writes the following letter:
The Pe-ru-na Drug Manufacturing Com.
pany, Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen have now used two bottles
of Pe-ru-na, and am a well man to-day !
could feel the good effects of your medicine
before | had used it week, after suffering
with catarrh for over a year Respectfully
A. T, GOODWIN.
Catarrh in Is various forms is rapidly be-
coming a national curse. An undoubted
remedy has been discovered by Dr. Hart
man. This remedy has been thoroughly test.
ed during the past forty years Prominent
men have come to know of its virtues and
are making public utterances on the subject
To save the country must save the peo-
pie. To save the people we must protect
them from disease The disease that Is at
once the most prevalent and stubborn Of
cure is catarrh Public men of all parties
recognize in Peru-na n national catarrh
remedy Of unequaled merit. Send to DR..
Hartman, Columbus. Ohio for a free book
on catarrh.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1899-02-16

Hood. Pm. cure liver ll.. CONTRIBUTING aud
Tire only rsthsr,g TO AXE with Hoods Sar,aparills.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-04
AT THE THEATERS.
METROPOLITAN.


The Neill company is scoring a great
artistic hit at the Metropolitan Opera
House this week in the romantic drama,
An Enemy to the King. AS scenic
production 1t ranks with the best travel
ing organizations, and in completeness
OF detail it is very close to perfection. A
popular price matinee will oe given to-
day and the play will be continued for
the remainder of the week, closing Sat
urday night
"Matrimony," the new three-act comedy
by Arthur James Pegier, to be produced
for the first time at the Metropolitan
next Sunday evening, is play with
plot and the plot is novel as we'll as 1ntrl-
cate. The subordination of a play to the
speciality is a confession Of the play
weakness and2an attempt to cover its
deficiencies. Mr.. Feglers play is said to
be so rapid in action that there remains
no loophole as an excuse for the song and
dance man CT the soubrette vocalist. Inc
character of .Reynard Westbrook prom
ises to accomplish one thing that news
paper peopre have long desired, viz: the
presentation of a really modern, neWspa-
per writer in correct characterization.
The ordinary newspaper correspondent
OF the stage is either an arrant cad or
an impossible sort OF individual with
vacuous coHntenance, gigantic pencil and
an insane desire to exhibit a notebook.
Westbrook is the sort of journalist who
VIII appeal to members of the craft, q
gentleman, alert, quick OF comprehension,
instantaneous in action, intrepid in dang
er and cool as an iceberg in 4 crisis. The
scene IN Wheeeed~ this gentleman of the
press dictates as husband pro tenn Tor
a woman he has never seen before and
faces the totally unknown complications
of a most difficult situation merely that
he may secure leader for his paper, Is
characteristic of the craft. Westbrook
is type and good one
GRAND.
Jones and his queer happenings are
causing no end of laughter at the
Grand this week. Admittedly the clever
est of farcical creations of the talented
author. What Happened to Jones sue
ceeds in evolving a series of laughs al
most continuous from the rise of the cur
tain to it's fall at the close. The fem1n-
Inc honors are easily carried off by MISS
Anita Bridger, whose beauty and grace
fulness and dramatic talent make most
entertaining her characterization Of C1ssy.
Today at 2:30, the first of the matinees
will be given.
Robert B. ManteH will be seen at the
Grand Opera House next week IN new
play entitled 1.-THE Dagger and the
Cross Tremayne's dramatlzatlon OF
Joseph Hatton's novel of the same name
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-04
NOTHING SETTLED.

The first test of speed between the Co.
lumbia and the Shamrock settles moth
ing. According to the reports the Column
bia appears to have the advantage in a
stiff breeze, while either good fortune or
good seamanship appears to have enabled
the British boat to make Roadway when
her American competitor was hecalmed.
This is not the sort of contest between
the two vessels the people desire to read
Of Nothing short of a stiff and steady
breeze will suffice to give Americans
the opportunity they desire to Judge of
the relative merits of the boats. They
do not want either to win or to lose the
race with such weather prevailing as
that of yesterday.
There seems to have been enough made
plain Yesterday to show that neither boat
has any decisive advantage over the 9TH
er. The final result will apparently only
b. reached after some close sailing. If
the cup goes to the other side, it is quite
plain that it will not go as the result of
such a decisive victory as enabled the
America to bring the cup here long ago.
The Englishmen will need to put forth
every effort of skill and enthusiasm they
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-10-04

The Young Mems Christian Association
of st. Paul should receive the generous
support of every man in the city who is
the father of young man or of a boy
approaching manhood. 1t did not. need
the demonstration given an evening or
two since of its active and jealous work
I'm behalf Of the welfare of the young
men of the city to enable any we'll in
formed resident of the city to realize
how valuable a part that body plays in
orr local life.
There are many directions in which
St. Paul is a backward city And in the
direction of caring for its young men
and Offering them reasonable opportuni-
ties for pleasant enjoyments, social and
otherwise, it has been until recently and,
for that matter, still is sadly backward.
DR.. Ohage did an excellent work on
their behalf in starting his swimming
and bathing places. The Young Mems
Christian association has been doing it's
share right along. 1t has been haudi-
capped in many directions which it is
not pleasant to speak about But it's
more recent efforts have been such as
will promote greatly the moral, physical
and social we'll being of cur young men
and boys. ."-
Outside of our colleges and practice Of
the national game there has been lit=r-
oIl,. ~, ,,,or+,,i+,, fo, ON, ,,c,-,,,r ,,,o,, 70
cultivate athletics without running the
risk of cultivating associations which 60
not make for the good of the future of
any young man. The gymnasium of the
Y NJ c. A. offers splendid facilities in
this direction. We do not know exact
~ what the terms of membership are
which make the gymnasium available
to members of this organization, but
enough is indicated to create the belief
that they are sufficiently low to enable
any young fellow who is engaged in
business or labor OF any kind to secure
admission.
What has been done is small comrar
with what may be done if this admirable
association should be properly sustained
by the arents of the young men and
boys of ST. Paul. The G OF does
not lose sight of the other great advan-
tages of membership in the association
nor of the main purpose which the
founders of the organization have in view
in bringing young men into its fold
Everything connected with the move
ment of the association is admirable and
its influence on the growing youth of
the community is in every direction of
the most healthful kind.
The GIob cordially urges on the
parents of st. Paul to make themselves
acquainted with the work of the Y. NJ
c. A. 1t will not take long to satisfy
those of them who have growing boys
that the price Of membership in that
body is money we'll invested in behalf
of the general welfare of their children.