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Live Like
Lords.

The land In the better parts Of Australia
h valuable and even where II II rented Of
the Government II runs rapidly into money.
Tho leases arc different In the different
States. the price IN Queensland being
from 3 to = per square mile rer annum
know Of ono man who has $4,000 acres
In Queensland for which he pays only half
. cent per acre per year. but even at this
rate 1t foots up u,1o0. and there are farms
which pay rents Of tens Of Thousands Of
dollars.
Some Of the big squatters live ike lords.
They have low one-story houses rooted
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How Wool
Is Shipped.

After the wool Is shorn 1t Is sorted and
packed. The different parts are put in dii-
ferent bundles which are sewed up In oass
and are then ready for shipment to the
markets. On some stations the wool Is
baled in packages Of $50 pounds.
Many of the stations are miles from the
railroads. and in such cases the wool
has to be carried there on carts drawn by
oxen. Some carts will carry ten tons, a
yoke of eight or ten oxen being used to
draw them. The ordinary freight charge is
25 cents per ton per mile. which is quite In
contrast with the freishts from the Aus
traian ports to Europe. where a ton Is
carried IL 900 miles or more for $5 The
freights are even higher than this in GER
tain parts OF southern and western Aus
tralia. where camely are used to bring cut
the wool. The camels are brought from
Arabia and India. and some Of them are
excellent I am told that a single camel
will carry two bales Of wool. and that they
are used for all sorts Of freightng.
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Make Five
Dollars a Day.

The shearers make good wages They
are paid cents a sheep. and a good
man can shear a hundred a day, so that
the average wages are about S q day dur
ing shea.ing time. The shearinx season
lasts for nine months. 1t begins early In
the year In Queensland. where II II warm.
and extends from there south from station
to station until South Australia Il reached.
and then still later in Tasmania.
Every station has its shearing shed. with
barracks In which the shearers are to
sleep. They furnish their own food buy-
ing It Of the squatter At wholesale prices.
Each gang Of shearers has q cook. and, as
q rule. they live very well.
In the past many of the shearers were
drunkards. They would work at a station
until they had finished. and then take
their wages to the nearest public-house
or saloon and there consume them in
liquor. Sometimes. % I am told they
would hand their money over to the land
lord and tell him to keep an account and
put them out when the money was done
which agreement was promptly carried out
on the part Of the latter. To-day many Of
these men are frugal and temperate. Thsy
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OF all the myriads who play the piano
how many know that Tom Bowling Dih-
din was the first man who played the ~
strument in public? That was IN IN, and
the feat was performed at the nrst night
of THE Bcggar's Opera" Even the poano,
was not regarded as q solo instrumenk, m
that privilege was still reserved tor -.
harpeichord.- $50 -
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sometimes a hundred miles daily. They
carry their blankets with them and at night
sleep on the ground. hobbling their horses
beside them. Some of the boundary riders
are apprentices. and n few Of them. sent
out here to learn the business. get no
wages.
Indeed. they have nicknames here for the
different classes Of hands on a station. cali
ing them jackeroos and CHASING them as
gold tails" silver tails and copper
tails The goid-tail jackeroo Is a young
man who has come from England to learn
stock farming. He pays something for the
privilege Of watching the sheep and learn
ing how to handle them. He usually stands
well with the proprietor and has something
Of a place in society. The silver tair' pays
nothing and. as a rule. gets nothing except
experience. while the copper tall Is puid a
small stipend for his work.
Every station must have its manager and
its overseers. On the larger stations there
are bookkeepers and storekeepers. Nearly
every one has its blacksmiths and carpen-
tiers. its gardeners. hostiers and men Of all
work. The managers get high wages.
They are skilled men. and II depends large
ly upon them as to whether the station
furnishes a profit or loss. Some of them
are experimerters. They study sheep
breeding and claim that they can increase
the wool clip by doing so. One. for in
stance. who has charge OF 10000 sheep,
recently asserted that he had raised his
by improving the character of the stock.
cents a pound are worth 81 500. and an in
crease of $500 to the profit account will
more than pay the salary Of an expensive
ma paCer
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Thousands of Miles
of Wire Fencing.

There Is now a wire netting fence -
miles long between New South Wales end
South Australia. which was put up b. Tho
New South Wales Government: there - an
other fence Of 81 miles along the Queens.
land border. and in the southern end q
the colony there is fence 612 miles long.
while a similar fence has been erected By
the Queensland and New South Wales Gov.
ernments lis miles In length. making all TO.
gether more than 1.100 miles Of rabosts
proof fencing put up by tho 0overnme1tu.
At present there are about 1A000 miles %
rabbit fences in New South Wales aleoo
and hundreds of miles are in course Of cree
tion. There are thousands Of miles In tho
other colonies. and II Is probable that event.
ually the most Of the stations viii be 90
fenced.
The usual wire netting for this purpcoo
Is about 4 feet wide. with meshes not more
than II. inches in diameter. Tho average
fencing costs about $50 per mile. % that
the total expense Is enormous.
Within the last few years some rabeeta
have been exported in a frozen shape fue
Lonaon. but such expectations will mover
equal tie losses which the animals have
entalled uIop the squatter.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
Copyright. 1901. by Frank O. Carpenter
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Wild lands. where tho fiocks. watched BY
shepherds. were grazed on the hills and
valleys. This Is the character Of a large
part OF our eraxing lands in the West. These
big stations Of Australia are actual farms.
The land II divided up into great fields or
paddocks. fenced with smooth wire, except
along the roads. where barbed wire IL used.
The average paddock contains 800 acres,
but there are many which are larger. Some
contain several thousand acres. and single
paddocks have from 200 to 5000 sheep.
Colonel Bell. our American Consul, tells me
OF one station he visited which had wire
fencing enough to wall one side OF q road
from New York to San Francisco, enough
roads to make q highway from New York
to Baltimore and enough people to form Q
good-sized town. have Travelled through
other stations which are larger, and sm
amazed at the vast extent Of the fencing
and the enormous cost Of running the
ranches.
Fortunes
Invested.
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Peculiar Customs the Sheep Millions
What 1t Costs to Run Esate-The Managers and the
Boundary Riders-Sheep Shearers and Their Big Wages
Life at the Stations-The Sun Downers and Jack
eroons-How Sheep Are Shorn by Steam-The
rible Rabbit and the Attempts % Control
Hm-The Sheep in Fenced Paddocks.
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why did the parson stop suddenly an,
clutch at the corner Of the pulpit?' -
He happened to catch sight Of ooo q
old Mrs Widemouth's terrtnc yaWAS
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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The Shearers and
Their Unions.

Sheep shearing II a profession In Aus
tralia- There are Thousands of men who
do nothing else. and they form one Of the
most important classes OF Australian
workmen. They have one of the biggest
unions of the world. and every colony
makes laws for them. There are regular
blank contracts for shearing sheep. hav-
ing been agreed upon by shearers and
squatters. and these. as a rule. are rigidly
lived up to. Not long ago there was a
strike Of the shearers Of Queensland be-
cause the sQuatters claimed they had the
right to employ nonunion men IL they
wished. The strike was declared at the
beginning Of the shearing season, and the
country was patrol!ed by the union MEM
bers on horseback. armed with rifles and
revolverc. to keep out the nonunionists
Many wool sheds were burned. but the Gov
ernment sent out police and gatling guns
to escort the nonunion laborers to their
work. and thus broke up the strike. al
though 1t cost more than 81, 100000 to do 80.
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ONE OF THE GREAT TURRETS OF THE MISSOURI.
Contai twelveinch

Speed Offensive Defensive Equipment She
Is Expected Other Vessel Carrying Uncle Sans
Coors and Match Any Ship World.
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five years will increase to 00oO.0oo pa1roL :
The first man who brought rabbits -
Australia was a squatter. He lived In tho
country near Melbourne. and he wanted
something to remind him Of home. Iho
rabbits grew in number 90 rapidly thae i
am told they eventually cost him nlpeo
than $aOO0O in loss of stock. and that -
Is to-day at great expense to keep his 50
ton rabbit-proof -
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station
EmployeA.

Among the employees Of every station are
the boundary riders. men who ride about
the fences day after day and see that every
thing ID all right These men spend all the
time In The aaddle, riding forty 0fty and
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The Sun.
DOwners.

Speaking Of Australian hospitality calls
attention to the tramps or sun-downers
These men are Of the same character as
our tramps in the United States- The most
OF them will not work. but they travel
about on foot from station to station. each
carrying \ can and q blue blanket. From
Humping Blueys." When they arrive at
the station they call upon the manager and
ask for rations. They are 50 common that
Q fixed ration has been allotted to them.
This consists Of one pound Of nour. one
half pound Of sugar and one-eishth Of .
pound Of tea. In some places there are
little shacks or shanties which have ben
put up to accommodate such men over
night. They cook their own meals and their
blanket u their only bedding.
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shear for q few years. getting all the way
from 5000 to 500 or more a season. and
then invest their savings in stock Of their
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with galvanized iron. Their homes have
score or more rooms, with wide verandas
running around the house. They have
many servants and their surroundings are
more like those Of feudal Baron than OF
the ordinary sheep farmer. Most Of them
are well educated. many are college bred.
and their establishments show all the evil
dences OF culture and taste. There Is one
souatter who has n picture gallery which
has cost him $12S.000. Others have fine IL
braries and music-rooms. and in all. you
will find the leading Australian and London
newspapers. especially those Of a sporting
character. There are large stables connect
ed with these establishments with horses
for riding and driving as well as those for
the men employed on the estate. On most
stations you will find a good supply Of guns
and fishing tackle. and not infreQuently ten
mis-. cricket. croquet and golf grounds.
Tho people are more careful as to mat
tiers Of etiquette than in the cities. 1t is
the usual thing to dress for dinner. and.
although there may not be a stranger
within nifty miles. the men will appear
night after night In evening suits, and the
ladies In decollete dresses. while the ser.
wants who wait upon them are in livery.
In travelling through the country here every
gentleman carries dress suit with him. II
ne goes away from the railroad he usually
has an extra horse for his baggage, or he
may take his boiled shirts and store clothes
In saddle bags on the back of his horse.
The people nre the soul OF hospitality, and
1t Is taken for granted that whenever you
call you will be asked to stay.
Forty-Mile Ride
to q Dance.
The social life on these big Australian
farms II largely made up of parties and
dances and afternoon teas. 1t Is not an
uncommon thing for a young man or young
woman to ride or drive five. ten or fifteen
miles to take cup of tea with a friend.
At tho dances people will come forty and
nfty miles. riding all day to get to the place
OF festivity. dancing all night and then
starting back home as the day breaks.
The Australians are fond of racing, and
there are tracks connected with every town
which are attended by the men from the
stations from a hundred miles about. There
are hops and receptions at the larger sta
tions. and there ID something going on in
nearly every section all the year through.
Both men and women pay a great deal Of
attention to dress. Some Of the bellies Of
the Queensland Bush come regularly to
Brisbane and carry back wardrobes to as
tonish their rivals. The fair country girls
of New South Wales get their fashions from
Sydney and those Of Victoria send annually
to Melbourne for their clothes A great
deal Of ordering Is done by mail. and the
latest fashions are as much desired on one
Of these stations q hundred miles from
nowhere as in. the Australian metropolis.
The G,,r
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At present IN This state Of New soutl
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-06-13
Or Navy md Germnnx,s.

The semiotficial Berliner Post COM
pares German with American naval ac.
tiyity. Germany is building seven bat.
tleships. three large cruisers, seven
small cruisers and one gunboat. a total
of Is warships. as compared with 80 In
process of construction in the United
States. 1t points out that the new con
structiop in the United States for 1901
will amount to S35.O0O.OOO as against
$iS,2J0.000 for Germany 1t strongly
denies statements from Washington
that Germany's naval increase will be
completed in 1906.
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THE SPEAKERS GAVEL.
MT. Joy Presented with One Sent by
St. Louis Minister.

A gavel was presented to Speaker
Henderson Of the house by Mr.. Joy of
st. Louis and forwarded to Washing
ton by Rev. IT,, II. Hagerty Of St Louis
The gavel was accompanied by letter
from Rev. Hagerty, which was turn
ed over to the speaker after the pres
entaton by Mr.. Joy.
The gavel is one of the neatest in
the collection which the speaker has,
says the ST. Louis Globe Democrat
The head is of oak taken from the
house in st. Louis which was present
ed to General Sherman by the city.
The handle is of hickory taken from
the log cabin which was built by Cen
eral Grant on the Dent farm, near st.
Louis. The speaker will make use of
the gavel at times. and when not in use
he will. keep it with the CT other gavels
which have been given him since his
election as speaker. One which he
values as much as any other is made
from a tree In the grounds of Upper
Iowa. university where the speaker
was educated. 1t is the plainest Of his
gavels The most ornate Is one pre-
sented by the people OF Iowa upon his
selection as speaker and is heavily
bound in gold. 1t is valued at $3.50.
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ATTACKED BY ALLIGATOR CARS.

water, and pair of enormous jaws
were thrust over the side of the skiff
and snapped within half a foot Of his
arm.
az thought | was gone" says Mr..
Hausler. THE jaws were immense.
They could have taken in not only my
arm but a good part of my body as well
and were armed with three rows of
wicked looking teeth. l saw at once
that it was an alligator gar and big
one. l grabbed a hatchet-my only
weapon-and struck him on the jaw,
but made no cut. The creature is COW
cred with scales from which revolver
bullet will turn fattened. The skiff
was near overturning, and l was hunt
ing for vulnerable place on the big
one when two more that seemed to be
Just as big came rushing up. l was
almost an hour engaged in the struggle
for my life. but I killed the three of
them.
THE largest was eight feet long and
weighed 259 pounds. The smallest was
six feet and weighed 1875 pounds. They
are the largest have ever seem"
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Notice of Petition.
Office of the Clerk OF the Board OF County Com

Office OF the Clerk of the Board of County Com
missoners.
State OF Idaho
County OF Washington, 80
In compliance with an order OF the Board OF
of Count, Commissioners, In and for the above
named County; entered on the 9th day OF May,
1901.
Notice is hereby given that petition contain
ing ut least one third OF the names OF the quail
Ned electors and taxpayers OF the County has
been filed and presented to snd board petitions
Ing the Board To build Public Wagon Bridge
across the Weiser river on the County road
leading from the town of Weiser Idaho to
PaAette, ldnho, and to be located about one
fourth OF nile in southerly direction from
the east end OF Main street OF said town of
Weiser and in the same place where the present
bridge crosses said river said bridge 10 be con-
structed of metal or wood tina case may re-
qnire. and MS may be found most desirable said
bridge to be about fourteen feet wide aud about
two hundred and siNty-five feet in length in
GLIDING approaches; that said bridge shall mot
cost to exceed the sum of Five Thousand i've
Hundred dollars (S5.50000) that said petition
will be acted upon by said Board Mt its next re-
gulnr meeting to be held on the 9Th day OF July
1901. or us soon thereafter as the matter can be
heard.
Witness my hand md the seal OF said Board
Mt Neser, ldnho, this tenth day OF June, in the
wear nineteen hundred and one.
SEAL l. II. SMITH
Clerk Of the Board of County Commissioners.
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had returned to his cabin only a few
moments after his wife left. Together
they proceeded through the chaparral
until the mountains were shrouded in
darkness.
About 10 o'clock they saw man on
a dun horse riding furiously over the
foothills waving his hat and evident
ly signaling for them to halt When
the dun horse came nearer, it was easy
to see that there were two persons on
his back. After a moments waiting
there was a shout of joy They all
recognized Buck Seymore, and behind
him on the dun horse rode Ramie Ar
land.
Miss Ramie says that she was walk
ing along a narrow goat trail in the
chaparral when large black bear
suddenly appeared in front of her. She
quickly turned to run away, when a
curious looking animal, running on
four feet, sprang out of the chapar-
raj into the trail. 81 saw at a glance"
she says that the monster in some
way resembled a human being. and it
flashed across my mind that / was con-
fronted by the bear king of the Kicka-
poos. 1t threw one of its long arms
about my neck, glared into my eyes
and uttered a horrible sound. l ex-
pected to be torn to fragments. The
creature seized my hands and threw
me on it's back and fed toward the
mountains, and it seemed to me it
could run faster than anything | had
ever seen before. After a time we
came to a sort of den inhabited by an
old bear with several cubs. Here the
bear man threw me on the ground and
sat down.
ut seldom looked toward me. for it
seemed to be very tired, and / believe
it would have fallen asleep, but the
cubs kept biting its hands and feet in
playful manner, as if eager TO be no.
ticed. l was thinking of some plan TO
escape. l thought that / might slip
away If they should all fall asleep. A
wolf howled and instantly every bear
and the bear man sprang to their feet.
They ran about shifting the air. their
hair bristling.
81 was glad when the wolves went
away. The old bear lay down and
snored very much like human being
The cubs crawled close to me. and one
of them would bite my foot and then
look up into my face with counte.
nance that | would have regarded as
comical under other circumstances. The
bear man finally stretched himself Out
on the ground and went to sleep"
Miss Ramie says that she remained
perfectly quiet for an hour or more
before she could summon the courage
to escape.
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Notice OF Sale of Real ESTATE at Public Auction

Notice is hereby given, that in pursuance OF
an order of the Probate Court OF the County OF
Washington. State OF Idnho. made on the 26th
day OF January. 1901. in the matter OF the es-
tate of Benjamine Wolverine. deceased the un-
dersigned. the administrator OF the said estate
will sci at public auction to the highest bidder
for cash gold coin OF the United States and
subject TO con frmntion by said Probate Court,
on saturday the sixth day of July, 1901 MT
eleven O'Clock am. Of said day at the front
door OF the Court House in Weiser, Washington
County, Idaho, all the right, title, interest and
estate OF the said Benjamine Wolverine at the
time OF his death, and all the right title and
interest that the said estate has, by operate
OF the law or otherwise. acquired other than or
IN addition to that OF the said Benjnmine Wolv-
ertne ut the time OF his death. in and TO nil that
certain lot, piece, or parcel OF land situate,
lying aud being in the said County of Washing
ton. State of Idaho and bounded and described
as follows. to-wit:-
| The sea of the swl4 OF sec ., the M OF the NV
| a OF sec Ia. and the nel4 OF the ne4 OF sec 49,
all in twp 10 re- W OF Boise Meridian in Wash
| ington County. State OF Idaho.
| Terms and conditions OF sale: Cash. gold coin
| OF the United States. ten per cent OF the pur-
chase money to be paid TO the Auctioneer on the
day OF sale, balance on confirmation OF sale by
said Probate Court Deed nt expense OF pur-
chaser. This place is known MS the Ben Wolv-
ertiDe place near the Seven Devils.
JOHN w. AYERS, BEN BAIRD.
| Atty. Tor Estate. Administrator
| Wpisgr Idaho Juup 1QOi
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By a
Mexican
Man
Bear
$3.50.
Thrilling
Experience
Ola Girl
In the
Moon
Mountains
49,.

For many years the Kickapoo Indi-
ans have told strange stories about the
Moon mountains Of the Santa Rosa
range, alleging that they were the
abode of q ferocious band of bears
which were governed by a big man
bear. SO firm were they in this belief
that no bride could induce them to ven
ture into that region.
Ramie Arland. pretty young girl,
who was the acknowledged belle of the
settlement in the Angelina valley, had
made herself conspicuous as All unbe-
lever in the bear man. She was so lit
tie affected by the news concerning the
secret of the Moon mountains that
when her little flock of goats went
astray she did not hesitate to venture
across the Angelina after them. Mrs.
Arland was more cautious, and one
evening when the careless girl started
out to look for her flock her mother
called after her, saying:
"Ramie, hadn't you better take a
gun? l am afraid the bear man will
get you.
Mrs. Arland had walked across the
cabin floor, and she was just in the act
of laying her baby in the cradle when
she heard her daughter scream. She
ran to the door, and she saw the flock
of goats running down a slope across
the river evidently greatly, frightened.
Again she heard the voice of her
daughter mingled with the scream of a
panther Selling a gun, she ran to-
ward the river. Again and again the
poor woman heard the agonizing
shrieks of her daughter and the fright
full screams of the panther. She was
soon overtaken by her husband. who
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Band Pleasantly Surprised

Last Saturday evening a pleasant
surprise was given the mem bers OF
the Band while at their regular
practice in the X. of p. hall They
had just finished playing one OF
their popular airs when a gentle rap
WAS heard at the door. On opening
it, about twenty ladies marched in.
The boys were overcome. As soon
as peace was restored and number
of airs were played, a splendid
lunch was served, consisting of cot
fee, cake and sandwiches. A very
pleasant evening was spent.