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The Western news., 1900-07-18
Easy Enough.

EASY Enough.
At a certain murder trial policeman
was in the witness-box.
"How many minutes after the shot
was fred did the man die?" said the
defendants counsel.
1.-TWO, sir" answered the witness,
without the least hesitation.
"You seem positive about the time"
remarked counsel. with truculent air.
Now I'm going to test your ability
to Judge time. will hold my watch
here for two minutes. When you think
the time is up, say Now"
The lawyer looked very serious, but
the policeman seemed perfectly at his
ease. He sat staring vacantly about
the room, and at the exact second when
the two minutes had expired he said,
"Now!'-smiling defiantly. Counsel
was staggered, and the prosecuting
counsel proportionately delighted. At
the adjournment for luncheon he slap
ped the constable on the back.
Constable" said he, 'you were 4
wonder! How did you do itY'
do it7" replied the constable, point
ing to q big clock on the opposite wall.
why, that was dead easyr'
The Western news., 1900-07-18
The Oldest Postal system.

We find the first recorded postal sys-
tenn in the Persian Empire, under Cyrus
the elder; but it Is clear that Rome of
all the ancient states possessed the best
organized system of transmitting let
ters through its numerous provinces.
All along the great Roman roads
houses were erected at distance of
five or six miles from each other. At
each Of these stations forty horses were
constantly kept, and, by the help of re-
lays, it was easy to travel 100 miles a
day. These services were intended for
the state only, it being imperative to
secure the rapid interchange of official
communications.
In the time of Julius Caesar the sys-
tenn was so well organized that of two
letters the great soldier wrote from
Britain to Cicero at Rome the one
reached its destination in twenty-six
and the other in twenty-eight days.
Private citizens had to trust to the SER
vices Of slaves, and it is not till the end
Of the third century that we hear of the
establishment Of a postal system for
private persons by the Emperor Dio-
cletian, but how long this system re-
mained history does not say.-New
York Evening World.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Neither Sugar Nor salt,

A story 10 told Of the energy and
vigor Of the Archbishop of Canterbury.
At the last church congress his grace
had taken part in an absorbing discus
sion, followed by vigorous speech to
a mems meetings and an address to an
overflow meeting, and was about to
wind up the days activity by a walk
to the railway station and late jour-
ney back to town to be ready for the
ordination Of two bishops on the NOR
row.
MAY call a cab for your graceT'
anxlously inquired clergyman, who
feared the effects Of exposure after 80
much exertion, but the archbishop gave
gave him briefly. yet firmly. to under.
stand that his sympathy was mis-
placed.
A few yards farther on another
clergyman, recognizing that the head
Of the church of England is no longer
young, in spite Of his air of leonine ro-
business, stepped across and begged
his grace to allow him to hail a cab.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

outdistancing all her pursuers. Many
were the races she had run, but never
had a switch or pail of water come
within reaching distance Of her petite
form. 1t was then that Andrew Ko-
binsky, a shrewd young man, who had
purposely waited until Miss Manbok
had become fatigued, gave chase. OF
darted the maid, and after her sped the
rursuer.
Down the railroad track they rushed,
all unheeding. So excited were both
contestants-the man running for a
wife, the girl for liberty-that the ap-
proach Of train was unnoticed. The
engine footed shrilly and at its blast
Miss Manbok, affrighted, stumbled and
fell upon the rail. Both of her legs
were cut off below the knees. And
kobinsky, regardless Of her being a
cripple, declares that he will wed her.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

such another feat has ever been accredA
ited to bear hunter In all the liNera.
ture Of the world embraced under ths
fascinating title Of "bear stories"
Lewis can take common dining
room table In his teeth, and, while an
ordinary man is seated upon It, he can
raise It several feet above the door.
Not long since, at the Austin and
Northwestern depot at Marble Falls,
he picked up bar of railroad iron In
each hand and walked five steps for.
ward and then backward to the place
Of starting.
An excursion boat with a party Of
tourists on board ran aground at tho
head of the lake short time since,
and while the crew was preparing to
throw out spars Lewis jumped over
Er,ard and, putting his shoulder against
the bow of the boat, pushed her afloat
md then sprang aboard, seemingly un.
conscious Of the fact that he had done
something that amazed the boats crew
and passengers.
Lewis is hardly six feet high. but hs
weighs 304 pounds, and his muscles
are as firm and unyielding as piece
Of wood. He says that he has always
been able to lift more than any five or
six men who were working with him,
that he is stouter than any horse or
steer that he ever handled, and that hs
is not afraid Of anything on earth but
his wife, and she only weighs ninety
pounds.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
SWITCH THE GIRLS THEY LOVE.
PRACTICES IndulRed In by the Young
People in Pennsy1vania.

PRACTICES INDUCED In by the Young
People in Pennsy1vania.
AT ShamOkin, Pa. some queer Gus
toms have survived the march of pro-
gress among the Poles and Russians.
One OF these observances is Switching
day." 1t is favorite day for bashful
lovers, for swiftness of limb, rather
than eloquence of tongue, captures the
bellies Of the community.
For days the man has been in train
Ing for the run Of his lift, while the
maids adjure corsets and rub linament
on their kneecaps every night ere WOO
ing slumber. Finally the morning of
switching day" arrives. The man
sees before him all the maidens Of his
village. He may take his pick. All he
must do Is to catch and switch and
duck with water the one of his choice
the maid whom he would have for
MS wife. II she is feeter of foot than
he and escapes she is free. If the man
Is beloved Of his quarry she seldom
gets away, though his feet are clad in
leaden shoes.
Switching day" at Shamokin is
Easter Sunday, when all the lads and
lasses Of the country round about gath
er at the town for the annual meeting.
A girls starting to run is accepted as a
token that she is not averse to her pur-
suer. The youths start is accepted as
proposal, and no matter what mis-
fortune may befall his quarry he must
provide for her all the days of his
future life.
Pathetic indeed was the illustration
OF this fact in the case of Susan Man.
Dok, who was by all odds the handsom-
est girl in the Russian colonies for
many miles about. She was tall and
slender and her eyes were azure blue.
She was crowned with golden hair,
which grew in dainty ringlets close
upon her head. Miss Manbok had
more suitors than she could accept.
and she was very coy. Fleet of foot,
the maid had, since arriving at mar
rlageable age, passed one Switching
day" in safety without the giving Of
her promise.
Miss Manbok until noon on the lat
est festival occasion had succeeded in
The Western news., 1900-07-18
LABOR NOTES.

Laundry workers will soon form a.
national union.
New York is to have workingmen's
daily paper. 1t is to be called the.
Daily People, and will issue it's first.
number July 1. It will support the.
Socialist Labor Party.
The Buffalo Trades and Labor COun=-
Gil and the directors of the Pan-Amesi-
can Fair, have reached an agreement.
that guarantees union wages and citi-
zen labor in the construction of the Ex~
position buildings.
Peroria, ILL.,, is the last city to report
the organization of branch of the Wo-
mans International Union Label
League, making fourteen local socie-
ties affiliated with the national body
whose headquarters are in Muncie.
The cigarmakers' strike in New York.
is still in progress. The locked out
workers are standing firm.
A successful bootblacks' union has
been organized at Louisville Eacha
member is furnished with a display
card to hang above his chair
All attempts to arbitrate the strike
OF the cigarmakers in New York City
have proven fruitless and it is now a
fight to the finish.
City ordinance providing that unionz
label must be on all municipal print
ing in st. Louis was defied by bosses,
and declared unconstitutional by a.
court.
The Prussian government has served
notice on the railway employees that
any of them caught reading or talking,
socialism will be instantly dismissed.
After several years of factional fight
ing, the two national painters unions
have been amalgamated, and the new
body will control about $4,000 mem
bers.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

mustang and upon approaching a
bridge the animal "sulked," and though
the cowboys applied quirts and ropes
to his hide with great violence he re-
fused to move out Of his tracks. Lewis
was in hurry to catch up with the
herd, and to the amazement Of his com
rades he dismounted, and coolly pick
Ing up the surprised mustang in his
giant arms he threw him across his
shoulder and carried him over the
bridge.
Having been told that q bear had
been tracked into a cave In the noun
tains of the Colorado near a cattle
camp where Lewis was employed, the
venturesome negro, accompanied by
several cowboys, all lovers Of Bruins
flesh, went to the place to investigate
the story. With flaming torch in one
hand and a revolver in the other Lewis
boldly entered the bears den. and he
did not 60 very far before he found
Just what he was looking for. Bruin
had composed himself in his favorite
position, with one paw in his mouth,
for long nap, and when the negro
stole in so unceremoniously upon him
he slept on unconscious Of danger.
Lewis gazed at his fat, oily ribs and
his mouth began to water. Never did
bear hunter determine upon greater
risk. Lewis placed the pistol close to
Bruins head and touched the trigger.
He did NOT have time IN f,,,-n hoforo
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Just a Little
Out Of Sorts

That Is the way many serious troubles
begin. The stomach gets little out of
order, is neglected, and chronic dyspepsia
follows. The blood becomes little inn
pure, a. occasional pimples testify, and in
time . long array of blood diseases attack
the system. It is safest to cure these trou-
bles at once by thoroughly purifying the
blood with Hoods Sarsaparilla. 1t main
tains the health and cures disease.
H0Od8 SaS.8apaS,flkA
70 Americas Greatest Medicine. Price 81.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Value Of Cur Lesser Toes.

Recent investigation in England has
cleary shown that the great toe, with
the head of its metatarsal bone, con-
stitute the real tread of the foot. II
this tread is lost in any way it is best
to discard the whole foot as useless.
The remaining toes of the foot are me-
chanically of slight value and they can
be removed one and all with little detri-
ment to the ordinary walking powers.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Rewarc of Ointments for Catarrh
That Contain Mercury,

As mercury will surely destroy the sense
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles shou. d
never be used except on prescriptions
from reputable physicians, as the damage
they will do is ten-fold to the good you
can possibly derive from them. Hail. s
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j. Che
ney & Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer-
curry. and is taken internally, acting di-
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. In buying Halls
1t Is taken internally. and made in Toledo,
Ohio, by F. j. Cheney & Co. Testimonials
free.
Sold by druggists; price. 75c per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Lewis Yeti, jet-b1ack African,
about 30 years of age, frequently as
tonishes the people Of the frontier Of
Texas by exhibitions Of his wonderful
strength. He can at any moment cas-
lily demonstrate that he deserves to
rank with Sandow and other giants Of
modern times, but he has done things
on the farms and out In the corn camps
which created greater surprise with
those who witnessed such feats than
one experiences over seeing him raise
some great weight in the streets. He
1s an uneducated, common laborer, and
very modest and timid about making
any display Of his strength. Lewis
spent most Of the years Of his boyhood
in a cattle camp on the frontier, and
long before ho was fully grown be had
become famous as an expert roper, a
daring ridor and the very best all
around vaQuero in the Southwest. He
never boasted Of his accomplishments
as an equestrian, but up to the time
that he was 20 years Of age no had
never been thrown from tho back of a
mustang. He won a gold medal and
prize Of 5000 at Eagle Pass when he
was but 15 years old, by sticking to
tho back Of a famous bucking broncho
known an Blanco Diablo. This cele-
brated horse had thrown the best rid
ers in Old Mexico and many OF the
most fearless Texan cowboys. Lewis
stayed on his hack for more than IN
hour, though the enraged animal buck
ed and beloved until he was covered
with foam ard ready TO fall from cx-
haustion.
Old-tme cattlemen-the boys who
rode the plains before the days Of loco-
motives and harbed Whenever tire
OF telling stories Of this giant negro's
prowess. No long horn ever grow too
big for Lewis. Whenever he got his
rope on the steer. that animal had to
go his way. He could catch a big
Mexican steer by the horns and drag
him about in corral as another man
would have handled a calf. Upon one
occasion Lewis was riding an unruly
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Organization of labor is booming in
Oakland, CAL, as never before. Nearly
every craft of wage workers are organ
lied or will organize soon. The bar
bers, soda water battlers, retail clerks
and bar tenders will organize at once
into unions.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Japan Anxious,

Japan is alarmed over the emigration Of
many of her residents to this country who
are lured here by misrepres esentation. This is
like the Misrepresentation which delude
people into believing that any other med
Inc is equal to Hostetter's Stomach Bitters
for stomach disorders. 1t will cure indi-
gestion, constipation and dyspepsia.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Try Aliens Foot Ease.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. AZ
this season your feet feel swollen, nervous
and hot, and get tired easily. If you have
smarting feet or tight shoes, try Aliens
Toot-Ease. 1t cools the feet and makes
walking easy. Cures ingrowing nails,
oallous spots. Relieves corns and buninns
Of ell pain and gives rest and comfort. We
have $4,000 testimonials. Try it today.
Sold by all druggists and shoe dealers fol
25c. Trial package FREE. Address Allen
g. Olmstead, LeRoy. N. Y
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Richard Crocker, the New York poll
tician, recently purchased a bull dog
for which he paid the sum of $4,000,
says the Typographical Journal. Ac-
cording to the decision of New York
judge, rendered some time ago, ba-
by is worth 81, hence one bulldog is
worth 1000 babies,
The Western news., 1900-07-18

The English delegates to establish a
Labor College in this country arrived
in New York, and big mass meeting
will be held July to inaugurate the
plan. The Britishers contribute $780,
900 toward the proposed college.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
HoIrT's SCHOOL.

Menlo Park, San Aateo County, GAL,
with ito new buildings, newly Furnished
and complete laboratories, beautiful sur
roundings and home influences, is one Of
the best equipped schools tor the training
10 In charge Of Dr.. Ira G. Hoitt and is &C.
credited at the universities. Send for cat.
alog. Tenth year begins August 6. 1900.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

At Belle Island, near st. Johns, New
foundland, 1000 iron miners have gone
out on a strike and it is feared that Sc
rious results will occur to the business
interests of the city.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

It is such an easy matter for the aver
age woman to cry that there Ia no dan
ger Of her having water on the brain.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

The Italian government figures show
that there are at present in the various
countries over 100000 Italian emf
grants.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

what for" asked the archbishop
with some abruptness.
why, your grace, rain Is coming
on"
well, II you are made Of sugar, I
am not" rejoined the archbishop, as he
sturdily strodo forward,
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Redlands' Giant Moving Machine.
Redlands, CAL, has a giant moving
ing machine which cuts q strip OF
wheat fifty feet wide.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
A Noted Noble Oar.man.

For his years, Sir Charles Dixie 10
probably as fne IN oarsman 40 could
be found. One Of Sir Charles favorits
recreations b sculltng. When at hls
riverside retreat 1t Shepperton he 10
often to bs seen In pair-oared boat in
company with some famous rowing
man, pulling away with - much en-
srgy - an athlete half his age.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

A new union of longshoremen has
been successfully organized at Balti-
more, Nd, with 9O5 members to start
with.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Australian papers report that the So
cialist movement is making steady
headway in that hemisphere.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth.
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teething period.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
STRONG AS BANDOW.
LEWIS YETI, BLACK GIANT OF
TEXAS.

0ides a Wounded and Enraged Bear
Out Of Cave, Floats Grounded Ex-
cursion Boat, and Carries q Balky
Pony Across q Bridge.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

A big miners strike is threatened in
the south.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
The
i urn
Of 4 Me

h(s Es q CRITICAL period
N the life Of every woman
ana no ls,Gsfakos should
be made.
Tho ono recognized and
reliable help for women
who arc appr0aolbxng and
passing through this
wonderful change Is
The Western news., 1900-07-18

When you meet man who 10 lying
Off for long rest, it is usually q sign
that he has been discharged.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Boston unionists have been injunc-
toned for boycotting liquor stores.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Piso's Cure Is the best medicine we ever
used for all affections Of the throat and
Mngs.-Wm. o. Endsley, Vanburen, Ind,
Feb 10, 1900.
The Western news., 1900-07-18
Carter's Ink Is Used by the

greatest railway systems of the United
States. They would not use it if it wasn't
the best
The Western news., 1900-07-18

Business agent w. J. O'Brien, of the
New York branch of the National Gran.
lite Cutters Union states that after a
strike of fourteen weeks the eight hour
day has been granted in all Of the 1O3
cities of the United States under the
jurisdiction of the union.
The Western news., 1900-07-18

We are all heirs. but It 70 kin w In
heE1t inatead Of uenAx -.'-'--
The Western news., 1900-07-18
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Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

While there has been and IS consider
able sickness in the city of Butte, and
fatalities have resulted therefrom, the
wild representations made by correspond
ents of the eastern press are W9ful}exag-
gerations and we'll calculated to inflict
great injury on this community. In the
New York World of April %, a half col
1T
umn special on the situation appears,
from which the following is an excerpt:
A strange malady, which the health
board believes is a new form of pheu-
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

monia, but which the panic-stricken per-
n of this city call a plague. has killed
more than $50 persons since the middle
of March. There are now $50 ill with the
disease. which has proved fatal in nearly
every instance. Those who are able are
fleeing from the city.
Death ensues within four days after the
attack, and in the majority of cases much
sooner thar that. Many have died within
twenty-four hours, and the average is
within three days. Bodies of the victims
turn black almost Immediately after
death.
Hospitals are crowded to overlooking.
There is a great lack of nurses, al
though many have been brought to
Butte from other places. Physicians are
working day and night, and are almost
Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-04-28

A precedent along this line was es-
tablished in the ease Of Mr.. Roberts of
Utah. While it was mutually agreed by
the American public hat there vas no
room in the house of representatives for
a man who, had absorbed sc large Il pro-
portion of the female sex, the manner Of
his ejectment developed a question
which may prove vexatious in times to
come. 1t was held by no ~inconsid arable
number of very able %reasoners that Mr..
Roberts should have been sworn in as
the duly accredited representative from
a sovereign state, M then elected for
cause. Refusing a seat to a man duly
elected by the people of his district, and
bearing credentials to that effect, was
equivalent to a declaration that no legal
election had been held, and that the
house of representatives can act as Il
jury on the franchise privilege, of 4
! state, annulling it's functions at will.
Along the lines of the precedent estab-
lished in the Roberts case. numerous
abuses may grow up to the ultimate IN
t%erruption of the pleasant relations eN-
listing between the state and federal
governments. 1t requires no yiN) l
possibilities in such a course of proce-
dure. ~
The proposed action in the Clark case
involves another question of far reach
ing importance to the people. Instead
of expelling a emb of the senate
who is accused of having attained his
seat through illegal methods, as that
body has the unquestioned right to do.
it is proposed that the official acts of a
state legislature shall be annulled. The
senate is asked to sit as a jury upon the
constitutionality Of a state legislative
act. 1t is expected to affirm, the propo-
sition-practically without dissent-that
a senatorial election which was duly
held in accordance with law and prece-
dent, was not held, merely because the
beneficiary of thai election is accused of
having advanced his political interests
by the illegal use of money!
Mr.. Clark's interests in this matter
sink into insignificance compared with
the principle involved. The issue is de-
f1ected in effect from the defendant, by
the report of the committee, to the i'm
portant proposition of federal and state
relationship under the constitution of
the republic. If congress is to step aside
fcor, ;+c oo-oo1o1 ,;rbf "a a Sc ,,nor tho
eligibility of it's own members, and as
sumo the power to annul elections by the
people, as in the Roberts case; and annul
the constitutional prerogatives of a leg
~islative assembly, as is proposed in the
Clark case, it is time for the people OF
this nation to inquire-wnither are we
drifting?