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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1899-02-16

Keeling forth from the Merriams' door
way and plunging wildly down the
steps. Everyone knew her al glance
it was Fanny McLane, who stood there
now swnying at the gate as though
gasping for breath, while calling mar
ticuIately for aid. 1t was but few sec
onds before the doctor reached her.
They saw him accost her briefly, then go
springing past her up the steps and
into the house. A moment more and
Mrs. Grafton, with other women,
reached her.
What is the matter? What has hap
pened, Fanny? Why are you here?"
And covering, sobbing, shivering, she
made answer:
"Ob, stop himl save him He'll kill
himself. told him his wife was
gone"
Too late. Out to the stable the doc
tor chased, for bed and room were de-
serted. There, wildly gesticulating and
pointing to the open mesa, was Hop
Ling. HE makee my saddle-he makee
lide-he alice gone!" he walled, point
ing to where, far to the west, puff of
dust cloud was swiftly vanishing down
into the valley Of the Santa Clara.
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her announcement, she crept into Flor
ence's room and threw herself into a
chair, moaning and rocking to and fro.
Like mailman Merriam was up and
tearing about, issuing rapid orders to
the servant, his 1ameness all forgotten,
and Hop, awed and dismayed, dared dis
obey him in nothing. Quickly he
dressed his master, pulling on light rid
ing brooches and leggings instead Of
the cavalry scouting rig, and carefully
drawing hunting shirt over the
crippled arm that in its sling and ban
dages was now bound close to the body.
1t seemed to take no time at all to get
him dressed, yet Merriam fumed and
ragged, and then limped forth into the
hall, bidding Hop go saddle Brown
Dick at once.
AT sound of his hating footsteps in
the hall, she had once more reused her
self to action, her own weight of care
and trouble urging her on. Randy"
she cried, "for Gods sake answer me!
Are you sure-are you sure-was there
no other statement? no other paper :?
Dlu ne persist 10 tue ldSt tndt MS noun
err was alive?"
"Mrs. McLane," was the answer,
"you forced ne to tell you the truth.
I did all could to keep it-and to keep
myself from you, but you would have
it."
"Oh, Randy, Randyi" she cried.
"You are heartlessl You are brutal,
vindictive! You are Furnishing me be-
cause I so cruelty wronged you. But
what did I ever do to you compared
with what you have done to me? Oh,
why, if you ever loved me. why could
you not have destroyed that lying pa
per that is to rob me of my name, my
rights. rob me of everything"
"Hush!' he answered, leaning heav-
lily against the balustrade. Il rode
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night and day. We sent the swiftest
courier we had-to save your honor-tu
stop that marriage-"
But you didn't stop it! You were
too late!" she cried. "And when YOU
saw it was too late, instead of burning
those papers or giving them to me
you held them that you might triumph
over my ruin. Then when you knew 1
was coming to beg for them, you were
a coward, Randy-you sent them all to
Ned Parry, that my own sister might
gloat over my downfall"
Mrs. McLane," he interrupted, "this
is all unjust, all untrue. Ask Mr.. Parry
when he comes, as come he probably
/ will. But this ends our meetings. God
forbid that should ever see you alone
! again! 1t has driven from me my wife
the wife l love and love devotedly-
do you hear ?-and I'm going now to
find her."
And then he broke away. Out to the
stable he staggered love, pity, devo-
ton urging him on and triumphing over
the still numbing effect of the deaden-
ing drug whose languorous spell he
had never known before; and Brown
Dick whinnied his welcome and impa-
thence, and Hop Ling whimpered his
"pidgin" protests, even as he was
"cinching" on Merriam's field saddle
with its well-stocked pouches. Randy
1iercely ordered silence, babe the Chi
naman give him hand, and then, with
blurred eyes and senses, with ears still
orowsily ringing, he slowly climbed
into saddle, hardly missing the Gus
tomary grip of the left hand in the
name. Then out he rode into the sun
shine, Brown Dick bounding with
eagerness to search for and reioin his
stable mate; and then with every stride
as he tore away over the mesa Randy
1eit the cobwebs brushing from his
brain, and hope and determination
squirting him on. "You have broken
your word and gone to your old love-
was the stern message of Florences
brief letter. Il will be no man skool. no
1aithless husbands wife. You need not
look for me nor follow, for will never
come to you again."
Another time pride, anger and sense
OF wrong might have held his hand. but
not now. And before that half-crazed.
half-cringing woman could give the
alarm, Randy Merriam was riding fast
and furious to join the pursuit, think
ing only OF her suffering and her sor-
row, all ignorant, mercifulIy, of the
new peril that involved his precious
wife.
1t was vain for DR.. Leavitt to bean i'm
precation on the head Of that hapless
Chinaman. Implicit obedience to the
Will OF his master was the only cread |
Hop Ling observed. ''Mellium sav
dless and catchum saddle and flask and
iunch'-that was enough. .Mellium
say Tide an catchum Missee Mellipny
and Hop Ling wasn't fool enough to in.
terfere.
But II DR.. Leavitt had lost one ma
tient' Fate had provided him with an.
other He was needed at once at Graf
TONS and, tarrying only long enough
- report to Buxton the escape of Lieut..
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Merriam, he fastened to the bedside of
Mrs McLane, now in sore need of med
ical attention.
Harriet Grafton has been heard to say
that that afternoon and the night that
followed made her ten years older, but
her looks do not warrant the statement.
Unquestionably she had hard time,
and might have had much harder but
for the opportune arrival at the post,
just before shutdown, of the lately
blockaded lawyer, Mr.. Edward Parry,
of Chicago.
Meantime, utterly broken down and
cut off now, for the first time since her
marriage, from the soothing and COM
fort of the perilous drug to the use of
which she had become welded almost
from the hour that she met McLane,
poor self-absorbed Fanny was pouring
out her story and her secret in almost
incoherent rawlings to her hostess. DR..
Leavitt, who had suspected the cause of
her vagaries before, was confident of it
when he was called in to prescribe, and
quickly found the dainty little case that
Grafton had discovered the day before.
II was hours before she could be even
measurably quoted, and meantime
what a tale of shame and woe had she
not poured into Harriet's astonished
ears!
Strained from its rawlings and inco-
herencies and Strengthened out in
chronological order, the story resolved
itself into this: John Harold McLane
was a southern sympathizer as young
man, and went to California during the
war, provided with liberal allowance
and an opportunity of embarlxing in
business. At Sacramento he fell into
the clutches of a notorious household.
"Old man Perkins" had three handsome
daughters and scheming wife. The
mothers aim was to marry those girls
to wealthy men, and she had succeeded
as to two of them, and McLane fell q
victim to the plot and was married to
the third. a son, John H., Jr., was born
to them in June, '67, and trouble of
every kind followed. The sisters had
quarreled with their respective lords,
enc OF whom had abandoned his wife
and gone to Japan, while the other,
even more desperate, had gone, self-di-
rected, to his grave. McLane's home
people refused to recognize any of the
Perkins stock and cut off the Young
fellows allowance. Old man Perkins,
therefore, had three married daughters
and one son7in-law on his hands and
pandemonium reigned within his gates.
He had to order the eldest daughter out
of the house, and she revenged herself
by eloping with man who deserted wife
and children to run away with this
magniicently handsome creature. a
thing he mourned in sackcloth and
ashes until, his money vanishing, she
ran off with another victim and left
him poor indeed, yet vastly better off
than when he had her.
CONTINUED next w'ek)
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HTANTED-Several Trustworthy Persons in
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work conducted ut home. Salary straight 300 !
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Catarrh cured. A Gear head and
sweet breath secured with Shilohs Catarrh
Remedy. Nasal injector free We sell
six bottles for 50 and guarantee an abso-
ute cure. Sold bv the Weiser Pharmacy
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Continued next W. elk.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
PROUD OF MACDONALD.

Great Britain feels proud of her gall
liant soldier, Colonel Hector Archibald
Macdonald, and she expects him to ac-
complish wonderful things in South
Africa. Fighting Mac is the nick
name that his comand gave him in
Egypt. Colonel Macdonald was born
in 1852. AT the age OF nineteen he
enlisted as a private in the famous
Gordon regiment IN three years he
was color sergeant. Then his regi-
ment went to Egypt and his opportun-
ity to distinguish himself came. With
sixty-three of the Gordon Highlanders
and few Sikhs he routed an army of
1000 Afghans. Again, in a few weeks,
he was mentioned in the official dis
patches for bravery. When the regi-
ment was ordered home he had his
choice Of the Victoria cross or a com
mission, and the commission he took
Most of his life since has been spent
in service in Egypt. No man except
Kitchener came out of the last cam
paign there with more glory than ne
did. Omdurman was his great VIC
tory, won il the face Of threatening
annihilation. Great Britain honored
him with many public marks Of re-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

or present mode of life. and such at
tempts are seldom made now. He Is
entirely alone on the island and seems
to love his solitude. His trips to and
from the island are made in an old
ships boat, which he has had ever
since the present generation has
known him. His expert handling of
the sails and oars leads some to believe
tnat at one time he was sailor.
Many think that he is the sole sur
vlvor of a shipwreck that occurred on
the coast about forty years ago. Among
the legends of the coast Indians is one
which tells of the wreck of big ocean
vessel one stormy night and of the loss
OF every soul on board There is
superstition that at times this vessel
sails along the coast at night and
nnally strikes rock and goes down,
just as it did so many years ago. 1t is
said that the. means and cries of the
passengers and crew can be heard at
these times. There are other people
who say that the old mans self-ban-
lshment Is due to a crime he COM
mitted in California. But nobody is
sure, and probably never will be.
Meantime the old man continues to
lead his mysterious life"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

fol her and her estate, the latter hav-
ing deprecated to great extent
through her recent extravaganza. All
: that was left to her was an income Of
$400 month, but the accounts show
she has been spending 5000 in excess
OF this. She did not realize that her
income was not as large as in years
gone by, before her properties became
encountered by mortgages. In her de-
lusions she would talk of her large es.
tates and had even cast money into
the streets of San Francisco, believ-
ing she still had unlimited wealth.
Lady Yarde-Buller was the petted
daughter Of Gen. Kirkham, once COM
mandant at the Presidio. She had
everything that great wealth could
command. When she went to Paris
to complete her education her beauty
attracted widespread attention. While
in the French capital she undertook
an elopement with young Majori
banks, who afterward became Lord
TWeedmouth, but her father learned of
the scheme in time to prevent it. He
had no presentiment then of what was
to come. Still, he thought it wise to
hasten her settlement in life, and when
David Boyle Blair, Calift rnian, pro-
posed for her hand he was promptly
accepted, and the marriage followed
speedily. The young couple went to
Oakland, CAL, where they lived in the
Kirkham mansion. 1t is never known
no mn hnfyr 1,,,f lot
went to South America, where he took
sides in one of the many revolutions
there, and was killed on the field of
battle. Freed from her matrimonial
bonds, the young woman began to
look around in the world, and it was
not long before she became the wife
of Yarde-Buller, Scotchman. It could
not have been love marriage for he
was twice her age at the time. He was
excessively fond of the wine cup, and
his wife soon learned to keep pace
with him. 1t was swift going after
that There was an affair with VAL
entine Gadsden, with whom Lady
Yarde-Buller was seen in Germany,
while her aged husband contented him
self at his home in Scotland. But
even the cup could not induce him to
overlook the matter, and in the end
he obtained divorce. Once more free
the young woman continued her affair
with Gadsden, to the scandal Of all the
capitals of Europe. One day Gads
den, who was an accomplished pianist.
fell dead at her feet while playing to
her. For a time all trace OF her was
lost, and when she returned to
California she retained only trace
of her former beauty, although none
of her imperiousness was gone. She
continued the mode of life she had
chosen, and was cut by all her old ac-
quaintances. They knew the wages OF
sin and their sure coming. They were
content to let the former beauty go on
her way alone, and it was only by the
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

in on the poor animal his wife sent
"Carlina" out to turn the calf loose.
SO that he could seek shady spot. Aft.
er whiting an hour for his return the
housewife went to the barnyard to in
vestigate. There she found both boy
and calf curled up in the sitting barn
yard. The calf was dead from the ef-
fects of the sun, but the boy was slum-
bering peacefully by it's side. While a
negro can stand any amount of heat
on his head, he loves to cool his heels
1T is common sight in the winter to
see negro boy on frosty morning
with his head bundled up to keep out
the cold and at the same time walking
unconcernedly along the frosty ground
in his bare feet. One Of the hottest
places in the city on a hot day is at
the lumber wharves of the Florida Cen.
trail Peninsular railroad. When
the men knock off for noon they fire.
quent!y take nap with their faces
up-turned to the rays of the blazing
sun; at the same time they get their
feet under the shadow of some friend.
ly lumber pile.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
They Drank 1t Out.

Philadelphia Record: A Conshohoc-
ken saloonkeeper had a silver horse
shoe hanging in his barroom which he
bought for good luck, regaruless Of the
tradition" that the horseshoe should
be found, and that to buy one is con-
sidered the worst kind Of luck. A
few nights ago several men entered
his saloon and drank at the expense
of the easy-looking youth who ac-
companied them. In payment for the
drinks the young man rendered a
brand new ten-dollar bill, which he
laid fiat upon the bar. Unfortunately
the proprietor couldn't change it, so
the liberal youth said that he and his
friends would drink it out. They
had drunk about Sc worth when the.
saloonkeeper remembered that he had
some change upstairs and asked for the
note again. 1t was laid down on the
bar again in lump, and as the pro-
prietor Strengthened it out he saw that
it was a fraud, for on one side was an
advertisement of a Philadelphia de-
partment store. The disgusted man
was SO intent on relieving his feelings
that the merry jokers went out with
out interrupting him. Next day he
had another run of bad luck, and the
silver horseshoe has now disappeared.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
A SOapIess Country,

In spite Of British rule, India Is still
virtually soapless country. Through
out the villages OF Hindostan soap is
indeed regarded as a natural curiosity,
and it is rarely, if ever, kept in stock
by the native shopkeeper. In the
towns it is now sold to certain extent
but how small this Is may be gathered
from the fact that the total yearly con-
sumption Of soap in India is about
100000 ight-that is to say,
every $500 persons use on an average
only 112 pounds of soap among them,
or, in other words, considerably less
than an ounce is the average cOnsump-
tiOn for a person.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

lhe German emperor likes to study
the characters of his group OF small
sons, and to that end has given them
room next to the one used for busi-
ness purposes for himself A certain
great scientific man, having on one
occasion an interview with the en-
peror, left his hat in the adjoining
vestibule. There the little brothers
discovered it: and the crown prince
explaining to the younger ones that
papa sometimes sat on his opera hat
and it came all right again, proceeded
to give practical illustration of this
statement, to the ruin of the beaver.
The emperor's door suddenly opened
and papa and the professor appeared.
Like manly little fellow the crown
prince owned up, apologized to the
laughing professor and went off to buy
for the old gentleman a new hat with
his small pocket change.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
LEYDS A STRONG MAN
SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE
TRANSVAAL.
A Great Favorite at Berlin Fully
Able to Cope with Cha mberlain in
the South African Dificulties-Friend
of the Beers

DR.. w. J. Leyds, secretary OF state
for the Transvaal, is likely to give
Joseph Chamberlain, colonial secretary
OF England, many a troublesome hour
before the Boer is anglicized. DR..
Leyds is described as man Of pecu-
liarly strong personal power, gifted
with persuasive tongue, and fully
alive to the fact that the Boer and the
Englshman can never agree. DR..
Leyds is particularly known for his
hatred of everything English. He is
the statesman who visited Germany
and secured from Emperor William
recognition of the independence Of the
Transvaal republic. The emperor
promised him that he would appoint
instead of consul. That is the way
in which the independence of the
Transvaal is acknowledged. Emperor
William likes the man, for he decorated
him some eighteen months ago, and
other honors were shown him. He Is
considered one of the very ablest men,
bers Of the Transvaal government.
President Kruger intrusted to him the
negotiations with Germany which have
been in progress for some months past.
These negotiations are of nature by
which in reality Dutch and German
interests become as one in the South
African country, and make the task Of
England in conquering the Transvaal
all the more difficult. The friendship
Of Emperor William for President Kru-
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
Mr.. HerfOrd Prompted Her.

From the Washington Post: 1t was
under the tutelage Of Mr.. Oliver Her
ford that bright little girl spoke up
blithely in Sabbath school one day.
The lesson was something in Proverbs,
| think. Any way, the teacher rose
and asked some one of these dear.
bright-faced little girls and boys to
tell him the rest of the verse which
begins MANY are called" Mr. Her
ford's little girl was equa! to the oc-
casion. Il know it," she piped. Il
know it, Many are called, but few
get up"
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27

BARON Won BIEBERSTEIN.
tartan. In 1878 he was sent to the
German reichstag by his constituents,
where he served for five years. then
receiving the appointment of ambas-
sador Of the grand duchy of Baden at
Berlin He served in that capacity
until he became the successor of Count
Herbert Bismarck. After his retire
ment from the minister of foreign af
fairs he received the appointment of
minister to Turkey Won Bieberstein
was one of the leading men of Ger
many prominent in the GermanAmer-
lean controversy over the tariff. At
that time it was he who said: The fit-
full changes which are peculiar to
American economic life have
had greater effect upon Prague
than all the fluctuations of the
German American tariff legisla-
ton" Emperor William mas been
most friendly in his attitude to
the baron, who enjoyed also the conf
dence of Bismarck. Prince Hohe .lohe,
the late chancellor, was forced to retire
from office on account of the opposi-
tion of the Prussian diet to certain
measures which he espoused.
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
DRIFTING BOTTLES,
GIVE Valuable Information NJ - tbs
Ocean Currents.

Ocean Currents.
Washington Spec. Baltimore Sun:
Some valuable information respecting
ocean currents has been obtained by
the Naval photographic office through
hoatlng bottles thrown overheard by
steamers and recovered by passing
ships, which report the exact points at
which they were found. Frequently
the bottles are picked up and again
tossed overheard after the latitude and
longitude and the number of the bottle
have been noted, so that the Office in
Washington may know the direction
taken by the bottle since put into the
sea or last sighted by some vessel In
this way the direction it has drafted
and the strength of the current can be
accurately estimated. There are some
recent returns which show that bottles
have tloated thousands of miles, and
one has record of covering 2,400 miles
in 81 days. This bottle was tossed
overheard from the steamship Furst
Bismarck on May /, 1898, about $50
miles southeast of Cape Race, and re-
covered on August / in the vicinity
of Gluck stadt, on the Elbe. The dis
tance between the two points, follow
ing the route through the English
Channel, is about 2, 400 miles, giving
26 miles as the lowest possible estimate
Of the daily average velocity with
which the bottle travelled eastward.
The longest distance made by any bot
tie was one thrown from the steam
ship Electrician, which covered 6,300
miles in little over three years, or an
average OF nearly six miles day. An
other bottle Travelled 5000 miles in S7i
days, or an average of eight knots,
while another made 5000 miles in 327
days. or an average of 1873 knots day
Another good record for bottle is 800
miles in l6 days, or an average Of 1SS
knots day. III conducting its expert
ments the navy department has had
the cooperation of the Russian gov
ernment, which on the cruises OF two
Of its vessels had thrown in the sea
703 bottles, of which 30 have been re-
covered and reported. Taken collec-
lively, the paths followed bY these
floating bottles give a good idea of the
drift currents of the North Atlantic.
The motion of the waters seems to be
westerly, as is evident by the destina-
tion of the numerous bottles cast adrlft
between Madeira and Cape San Rogue,
all of which ultimately found theic
way to the Windward Islands. the Ba-
hamas or to the western shores Of the
Gulf of Mexico
The Philipsburg mail., 1899-10-27
DO NOT SUFFER FROM HEAT.
Negroes Can stand the Suns Rays. but

Negroes Can stand the Suns Rays, but
Enjoy Cooling Their Heels.
From the Florida Times Union: 1t
has often been said that the capacity
of the negro race for enduring heat has
never been fully tested An incident
related by dairyman living in the
outskirts Of the city seems to bear out
this assertion. He has young negro
boy who looks after the cattle and
does the chores around the place. The
only effect that the heat produces in
his case is a desire to slumber. The
dairyman had young calf in the
barnyard and as the sun was pouring