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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-12-20

Ear away | could see Miss Glendon's
race as white as paper. was mildly
interested, half awakened. It came
10 me like commonplace that the eel
lar extended only half the length of
the house.
Slt Still" said ! In a tone of ordina.
ry conversation. There is no cellar
under u.s."
Rather the tone than the words re-
assured them. The rush that had been
imminent did not come. Some of the
more nervous visitors edged away by
the two doors that were available. /
saw Miss Glendon whispering to some
OF the girls, who went out quietly.
Inc housekeeper standing in the door
salu' i want ten Of the biggest boys
10 help me with something"
told them off mechanically with
my pointing finger, and they went out.
by this time there were not more than
half as many people in the room and
scarcely a third as much weight as
formerly upon the floor.
we have decided to serve dinner In
the other room," said Miss Glendon IN
a clear high tone.
linen there was a rush. but not what
might have been. walked as In a
trance to the door where she stood
while the last child passed out. Then
sne closed the door and clasped her
arms impulsively around me.
Magnihcent!' she sobbed. THE fin
est lie God ever put into a mans
mouthp
Eternal heaven" | cried, Its this
end OF the house that the cellar is un.
derl IL had forgottenp'
But she would never believe it. She
SAID 1t was my modesty. She got an
opinion from the carpenter that the
1oor must have fallen and cost a dozen
ives and no man knoweth how many
broken bones but for my GOODNESS and
ready wit.
IT is all nonsense, but | can't prove
IT, and the less readily because began
upon that day to recover. don't know
why Perhaps 1t was the natural course
'f the malady; perhaps Providence had
10 further need of me In the character
u lunatic. At any rate, am well TO-
lay and should be more than happy
,ut Tor the false halo that wear in
be eyes Of the woman love.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-12-20

TIE SIGHT OF MISS GLENDoN PRODUCED A
CONSIDERABLE EFFECT ON ME.
dertake the management of her chill
dren's home. very admirable charity
which she had established about a
year before. She had heard that had
had charge of boys school In Massa-
chusetts for couple of years after
concluding my college course and that
had done wonderful work. She knew
that ! held medical diploma, though
had practiced but little. The knowl-
edge would b. OF great advantage in
her opinion. Altogether she spoke of
my desultory and purposeless career
as II It were the very thing she had
been In search of, and she apologized
with great delicacy for venturing to Of
fer me position in which peculiarly
reward would not be at all equal to nv
deserts. Then she named a really
handsome salary and paused for nv re-
ply.
NOW. the fact Is that l would have
welcomed such haven, and, above all.
would have sacrificed much for the
sake of sharing any sort of work in
which Miss Glendon was engaged, but
am honest in the main, and this thing
was not possible. l told Miss Glendon
frankly that | was filter to be an in
mate of her home than the head of r..
that l was utterly broken down and
prematurely In my second childhood
ana that, In brief, the institution could
not fall into worse hands than mine n
the manager were chosen by chance
out of the directory.
1T appeared that my friend had nre-
pared her for this reply. He had fold
her that was bit the worse for MAST
anxiety and unwisely worried about
my health, but that there was really
nothing the matter. All | needed was
little encouragement.
Accepting this view, Miss Glendon
proceeded to encourage me. She told
me now well was looking, and as a
matter OF fact l actually did look as
rugged as an OK. In earlier wears |
was very strong, and the muscular
shell still stood, as the bark of q trea
VIII sometimes stand when the heart
Oh 1t is dust Fifty times while she
was talking to me l had to shake nv
Wits together and with spasmodic eff
-ort remember where | was and what
lad happened, yet l talked as straight
Is tlght string, as my friend inform
a me afterward, except" he added
Ior that foolishness aboutyour health"
Inc upshot of it was that became
ne manager of that institution, and
ny act was crime. l was no more fit
or 1t than a deaf man to lead an or
nestra. However, the novelty of If
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-12-20

buoyed me up for few days, so that
none of my subordinates knew that
was out of my wits.
The work was really extremely at
tractive to one who had come out de-
feated from the selfish strife of money
winning. and If had been only little
less battered and worn l would have
been fairly efficient person. Even as
| was, the force within me might have
proved sufficient but for the increasing
rush of work incident to the coming
holidays.
Miss Glendon had high ideas of the
Christmas time, and her plans for max
ing it memorable In the home were
well considered, but exceedingly COM
prehensive Moreover. she looked to
me for suggestions. and was becom-
ing increasingly eager to serve her
well.
But when a mans mind is in such q
condition that he can't depend upon re-
Numbering his own name If asked for
| it in hurry there is little use in ex-
pecting him to lay plans or even to car
gan to worry about the matter, to
dream of it and to talk aloud about it.
to my own great shame.
Then | resigned and was laughed at
by Miss Glendon, who assured me that
my success had passed her utmost ex-
pectations. SO nothing remained but
to go on. wooden automaton that
must run its course and then drop
where it stood.
And 1t didn't want to break down!
Let me assure you that | had no appe-
tite for such a performance | strove
hard against it and wore out in striv-
ing the very strength | needed
On Christmas day | was at my very
worst wandered from room to room,
giving orders that others seemed to
think were rational. though had little
understanding of them myself We
had many visitors. and greeted them,
and they said pleasant conventional
things. as If they noticed nothing amiss
In me.
And then. as it seemed to me sud
denly. we were in the long dining
room. The children were taking their
places; the visitors lined the walls, en-
joying the sight of so much happiness.
There were 60 children, and they
looked to me like 600. The room
seemed to stretch away mile at least
to where Miss Glendon sat at the far
end of the table with her eyes upon
me.
had risen to speak, but why l did
not know. Every one was waiting.
could no: remember what | had
meant TO say nor why l had decided to
speak at all. merely knew that this
was the end of me. and the tears came
into my eyes.
Then in the stiffness | heard a
strange cracking sound. | felt a slight
jar. There was faint cry from among
the densest crowd of visitors One Of
the children near me screamed in q
shrill voice, 1.-THE floors sinkin DOWN.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1900-12-20
Dollar Saved
Dollar earned!

maxim hills older it the its wisdom is
buyer about Weiser job by which
can earn dollar
SAVE ONE DOLLAR in five
HAT or PAIR OF SHOES speak the Thus
HUNDRED BUYERS snap up will have given ONE
a Liberal
HERE ARE A FEW FIGURES to back my Offer
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
Great Foreign Trade.

An expectation of $40.OO0,000 worth
of manufactures in thirty days is q
record unparalleled for American man
ufactures. That is the record for the
month of April, 1900. The details of
the April exportations-just completed
by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics
show that the expectation of manufac-
lures during that month were by far
the greatest of any month in orr his
tory, and within q fraction of $40, ,O0O,-
OOO This gives assurance that the ex-
ports of the fiscal year, which ends
with June, will considerably exceed
$40, 100000 and be nearly three times
as much as a decade ago. This phe-
nomenal increase in expectation of
manufactures is especially striking
when compared with the progress
made by European nations, our rivals.
in the attempt to supply the worlds
market with manufactured goods.
Great Brtain's exports of manufac-
lures show but slight increase since
1890, and an examination of the export
record of the principal European
countries fails to disclose an instance
in which the Increase has been as
much as % per cent, while that of the
United States. meanwhile, has been
more than $50 per cent.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
History of the Navel Orange.

Only quarter of n century ago
nearly all the oranges of commerce
were raised on the shores of the AAeul-
terranean sea, and they were so eX-
pensive that most of the boys ana
girls of America thought gift OF
an orange something to be remembered
for a long time. A few oranges
were grown in Florida. and perhaps
five carloads year came from Call
fornia. OF these oranges none were
seedless, so the delicious navel
oranges that we may see for sale any
day now were unknown
In 1872, however, United States
Consul w. +. Judson of Bahia, Bra
Eil. was told by the natives that some
60 miles inland up the Amazon were
native orange trees bearing fruit with
out seeds. Accordingly he sent ma
tives after tree shoots and some of the
fruit. The shoots were packed III
moss and clay and sent to Washlng-
ton. They were set out by the agri-
cultural department, but attracted
little attention until the next year,
when Horatio Tibbetts of Riverside,
Cal, took the surviving four shoots
to his home and planted them. There
they had hard luck, for one died and
another was eaten up by COW. AT
the end of five years the two trees
surviving bore 16 handsome seedless
oranges Next year the oranges We're
even better, and the trees bore about
box of the fruit.
From that time on the cultivation
of seedless or navel oranges about
Riverside progressed rapidly. AS
there were no seeds to raise trees from,
it was found necessary to graft buds
of the seedless trees into seeding
trees. AS soon as the seedless branch
es began to bear the Seeding branches
were cut from the trees. AS late as
1883 the best seedless buds sold for
rs much as 81 each, but within a
couple of years there were thousands
of buds on the grated branches.
Now tens of thousands of seeding
trees have been budded into navel
orange trees. Riverside has grown
from a small village to town of
ii 900 people and has 10000 acres de-
voted to the cultivation of navel
oranges. 1t is the greatest orange
producing locality in the world and
ships 1,6OO.OOO boxes of navels year.
The original trees are fenced about
and carefully guarded lest harm
should come to them, and they are en-
loving green old age.-Chicago
Record
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
A Novel Agricultural.

Among the many curious insects
found in Texas is the 'agriculturist
ant."It is truly an agriculturist, plant
ing, tending and harvesting crops as
regularly as any farmer in the land.
When getting ready to do its plant
ing this queer little farmer makes
circular clearing, from 10 to II feet
in diameter, sometimes in the very
heart of cotton field or a corn field,
sometimes in rough, wild pasture
land. The work it accOmplishes, con-
sidering it's size, is really marvellous,
for with it's teeth it cuts through
tough, thick stems, and by twisting,
pulling and biting, finally clears away
everything that would be hindrance
to it's crop.
If fruit tree is near and shades
the ant farm too much, the ant sets
to work and strips the tree of ITS
leaves. Its farm is kept clear of all
weeds and other growth, until the
crop is ready to harvest, which is in
the latter part of June, and consists
of tall, yellowish grass. With great
care the ant cuts the seed from the
stalks and stores them for It's
future sustenance. The harvesting
done the dry stubble is cut and the
weeds once more take possession or
the ground. Agricultural ants fre-
Guently injure fields and destroy
many an acre of produce, for when
making their clearings. they ruthless
ly cut down corn, cotton, wheat or
anything else that chances to be III the
way. When once they take possession
of a piece Of ground they absolutely
refuse to be driven away until they
have harvested n crop of "ant-corn.'
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
Women and Drinking.

There is no question in my mind"
said man of observation and experience.
that the drinking of intoxicating liquors
is on the increase among women, that is
TO say women of the better class. of the
best class, | might almost say. Various
causes may be cited, but think there is
no one cause more answerable than the
high ball. a plain whisky, Scotch or
American, relieved only by bit of ice
and dilution of carbonic-charged water
This makes nicelooking drink in a long
glass, and it is undoubtedly pleasant to
most palates after very little cultiva-
ton. 1t used to be that not one woman
in ten thousand had the courage or the
desire to ask for whisky as tipple; in
deed. it was considered vulgar, and wo-
man, who might get under the influence
of wine and not think it serious mat
ter. would shrink from taking drink of
whisky in public place. Now that is all
changed, and a high ball is extremely
popular and quite as good form as any
wine that ever gave it's color to the cup.
1t is altogether in the name. think, for
even vet the women won't ask for whisky.
a high BALI seems to be a different
thing, and they call for them as easily as
a man would. Whether they know what
a high bali is l cannot say. but i can
safely say hundred women drink whisky
now where ten did ten years ago. which
was before the advent of the high ball +"
--4>ew York Sun
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
could he get with only fouv cents7

could he get with only fouv cents?
Phil's papa was away at sea, help
ing to fight the Spaniards, and Phil
and his brothers felt they must do all
they could to make mammals birthday
a happy one for her, by each giving
her present.
"I'll tell you whatv' said James, and
after whispering together most mys-
teriously, they started off downtown
with smiling faces, the four precious
pennies carried tightly clasped in
Pills chubby little fist
After time they came back ra-
dainty happy, Phil very much !ex-
cited, and saying over and over,
Where sail l hide it? Oh, where
sail l keep it?'
At last he ran to his mamma, with
his sweet face all smiles, and holding
up big cigar-boX, asked, Whats in
it, mamma? You tan't dess cause it's
such big box"
what she guessed. Phil and his broth
ers always burst out laughing, Phil
eXclaiming continually, You tan't
dess, never!'
After a while Phil became anxious
again, and insisted upon hiu.ng the
big box" The brothers suggested
many places it might be put, and
finally Phil decided that ''Way under
the bed, mamma touldn't weach it,"
III the midst of Neing dressed, he
suddenly remembered the precious
box, and slipping away from mamma,
he ran to the bed, plunged himself
down upon the floor, and wriggled his
fat body out of sight; and a moment
later came paintive wall: 20
James, de mans cheated me! Dey's
only one, dey's only o-n-e!''
The brothers ran to him, full of ex-
citement and laughter, crying, Lets
see! 'How's he cheated you? What
has he given your
One little leg and then the other
came wrigging out from under the
bed, Phil crying. "Oh, o-h"' as the
boys, pulling and laughing, helped
him out. Then scrambling to his feet.
and showing the mysterious present to
James. he cried again, He's cheated
me! Dey's only one"
"Why, nor cried James. They're
only stuck. Don't you see?"
"Oh so dey ISL exclaimed Phil
A happy smile broke over his anxious
face, and running to mamma, who sat
quietly waiting, he said, in the most
satisfied way:
"Dey's licked togedder, mamma,
but dey's weally two"' And there in
his little hand lay two--what? Why,
tage-stamps, to put on letters to
papa.-Youth's Companion.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
CHILOREN's COLUMN.
Nearly Ten.


When a body comes to be nearly ten,
All. all sorts of troubles beset her then.
At least. if the body happens to be
The eldest of all in the family,
Whose mothers at work the whole of the
day;
And I'm that body, may as well say!
There isn't baby In all our street
Who's nearly as pretty, or half as sweet
AS our little Sally; but oh, dear me!
It's strange how heavy that baby can be.
And Tommy's a wonderful boy, l know;
But sometimes that child does bother me
It's "Hush-a-bye, baby" and off she
goes;
But, il put her down, that baby knows.
And, as soon as she's really fast asleep,
Then down on the floor our Tommy will
creep.
And it's-"Don't wake baby, be quiet,
do;
or-"Tommy, you'll pull that cats tail
in two"
But, perhaps, when body's worn out
quite,
Her dear little daughter will come in
sight.
Then it's-"Polly, my pet, what should
do
If hadn't a good little girl like you?"
And, somehow. body feels glad just
then
She's a grown-up girl of nearly ten!
-Cassell's Little Folks.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
Well Worship.

At least dozen wells in various
parts of Scotland are worshipped by
the peasants. The cure of children
is special virtue of many Of these
wells. Anxious mothers make long
journeys to some we'll of fame, battle
the little invalid in its waters. drop an
Offering into them and attach bit Of
the child's dress to bush or a tree
growing by the side of the well.
Pins and nails and bits of rag may
constantly be seen in all parts of the
Highlands at these hallowed springs.
In England, too. this custom is not
unknown.
There is a rag well near New
Castle, so called from the number OF
shreds of clothing that adorn the
bushes at its side.
On Holy Thursday the maidens OF
Cornwall visit st. Rocne's well and
throw crooked pins or pebbles into the
water ana by the bubbles that rise
to the surface seek to ascertain wheth-
er their sweethearts will be true OF
false
At wishing wells" if you follow the
prescribed course any wish you will
make will be fulfilled during the
twelvemonth, if the efficacy of the rite
be not frustrated by the incredulity Of
the suppl.ant. In order to attain the
desired end. the votary must kneel on
bare stone beside the well. plunge to
the wrist each hand in water, think
ing earnestly all the while of the wish.
Upon withdrawing the hands as much
water as can be held in the hands
must he swallowed.
Well dressing correspond witt
the ancient Roman Fontnal!a, or an
nual flower festival of the spirits OF
the streams and fountains. Derby
shira, with the adjacent counties, IL
the home Of we'll dressing and June p
the date of the festivity.
Elaborate preparations are made for
it's approach. Flowers are arranged
in patterns to form notices and texts
of Scripture, and also devices. such as
crosses, crowns and anchors, while
green boughs are added to complete
the picture.
A recent visitor at one OF these func-
tions says that the name well hard
ly gives the proper idea; it is rather
fountain or cascade which IS chosen.
the water descending from above, and
not rising as in a well. Their height
varies from ten to twelve feet and the
stone frontage is. on this day. hidden
by n wooden erection in the form OF
an arch. Over this a layer of plaster
of paris is spread. and while it is wet
! flowers without leaves are stuck in
it. forming a beautiful MOSAIC pattern.
Snowy yellow flowers are perhaps ar
ranged to form verse OF scripture
or hymn; or white door is sculp-
tured in the plaster and set in
groundwork of violets. With red and
white fiawers diaper-work Is formed
Coral berries of the mountain
ash are used effectively and arranged
in garlands, wreaths and devices OF
every hue. The sparkling water COM
p!etes the enchantment and makes
this feast of the well-fowering one Of
the most beautiful of all the customs.
Songs and hymns are sung.-Atlanta
Constitution.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
Which ia It?

In one issue the Democratic editors
declare that the Repr blicans are plan
ming to bring the volunteer soldiers
home to vote, and in another they al
lege that all the soldiers are opposed
to the admir- stration and would like
to have chance to come HON. to
vote against it. The Democratic ed.
itor is never quite SO interesting as
when he is engaged in debate with
himself.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
AnnihfIata the Saloon.

If you had tree at your door that
emitted poisonous odors. which killed your
children and friends what would you do
lnder such circumstances? Would YOU
seek to introduce new sanitary arrange
nents in your home, or put yourself under
medical treatment. or cut down the deadly
free? The sensible way would be to de-
stroy the tree, root -and branch, and that
would bring the vile odors to an end. So
[ would suggest the annihilation of the sa-
loon and the whole drink business as
remedy for improving the homes and lives
of the city toilers.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
The Crusade in Brief.

Never cross the Threshold of the saloon.
The liquor seller.
Surgery will be more successful, by a
arge percentage, without the employmelt
If alcohol
The champion beer dinker, man who
estimated that he had consumed 10000
gallons, is on his last bier.
Lord Roberts says that the army which
marched from the Modder River to Bloem-
fontein was the most temperate army that
had ever been seen. His evidence is sup
plemented by that of Sir George White.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02

brings. It's setting rays guide the
steps OF the moving army of liberators
the workingmen, who desire no
change and who viii be heard again
in favor of Mr. Mckinley in Novem-
Der. FRANK b. MOORE,
Managing Edllor of the Daily Herald,
st. Joseph, Mo.
Republican news item. [volume] (Laport, Pa.) 1896-19??, 1900-08-02
The Stronghold of the Liquor Traffic.

All observant, thoughtful Christians
must nave noted the growing strength of
the lquor traffic in all our large cities.
With the growth of the cities in popua-
ton In wealth and influence there has
been corresponding growth in the eX-
tent and power Of the iiouor traffic, while,
at the same time, lhere has been a steady
decadence in population and influence of
the rural districts.
A hundred years ago there were only
six cities in the United States which had
a population of 5000 or more. We now
have $50 cities of l2,0JJ inhabitants and
upward On the other hama. with now
and then an exception the rural districts
are decreasing in proportion. From 1850
to 1880 the cities in Maine, Vermont. Mas
sachusetts, Rhode Island, New York,
Maryland and Illinois gained 2.509.0O0,
while the rural districts of those States
lost 10000. At this rate of growth twenty
years from now the cities will contain up-
ward OF 100000 more people than the
rural districts, and they (the cities) being
that much in the majority: will control
the affairs of the nation, and if the saloon
then exists. through the medium of that
lniguitous institution, the vicious and bad
will not only control our cities but the
entire nation. They will not only choose
the officers of our municipalities. but die
tate as to who shall be our Congressman
and other national officials. Are the
this thing should go on: Already in many
Of the States the cnief cities are controlled
by the saloons, and the politics of these
States controlled by the cities. as New
York City controls the Empire State. and
Chicago the State of Illinois. The govern
ment of these cities is largely the govern
ment of the saloon, as dictated by the
brewers. and the distillers. The question
u the future of our republic will be set
Tied by the cities. There the great battles
Of democracy are to be fought, and the de-
:sive battle will be between the church
md the saloon. Which shall win.