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A HOODOO ROOSTER.

Chicken stealing is as natural to a
Tar Heel negro as snuff rubbing is in
the mountains of Tennessee, said Mr..
Frank Van Hanning of North Carolina
at the Shoreham last night. "The ne
gro simply cannot help but steal chick
en- when the opportunity offers. The
ingenuity Of the defense they make
when caught, however, goes long way
sometimes to mitigate their ofense. The
story of how Sam Johnston, notorious
chicken thief in the neighborhood where
I live, escaped the consequences of one
particular larcency is well worth re-
peating Johnston's salvation lay in
the fact that the chicken he had stolen
was the property Of another negro, a
very prosperous farmer. but who, new
ertheless, bad all the superstition of his
race. Sam was caught red. handed In
possession of fue rooster belonging to
the negro farmer, and he was arrested
and hauled before a Justice of the
Peace for trial. His defense was that
the rooster he had filched was >hoodoo
which had designs on the farmers fam.
lily, and out Of pure philanthropy he
bad taken the fowl and was in the act
of carrying it to solitary place in the
woods where a white owl would sit in
Judgment and order the execution of
the 'hoodoo.' The story wouldn't 90
with the court, Of course, but the Prise
cutting witness became terror-s stricken
and refused to appear against Sam, and,
moreover, he begged Sam to take the
rooster and carry out the original pro-
gramme. Sam seemed reluctant, but
when the farmer pleaded with tears in
his eyes he finally gave a grudging con
sent and departed with the witch roos
ter in a bag. l should have liked TO
look in on the feast which took place
that uight in the humble cabin Of the
virtuous Sam. Washington Post.
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HER STOCK OF PROVERBS.
She Applies Them With More Libcr-
ality Than Judgment.

Just a few samples will serve to show
that she has, In another form, the same
trouble that made Mrs. Darlington SO in
teresting. The Detroit woman on the
sunny side of 40 is handsome, kind heart
ed and lisps, but the application Of COM
mon sayings Is to her as n sealed book.
She looked out the front door and ex-
citedly called to her husband: "My, Tom,
but it's lovely night. just as clear as
a doornail."
One day she received some callers
while it was storming "Nasty, isn't It'll
How unfortunate for you. But beggars
can't be choosers."
A bachelor uncle, from whom she had
great expectations, paid her visit He
has convivial habits and an incandescent
nose. He was eXpatiating on some of his
secret charities, and she was congratulate
ing him on so letting his light shine be-
fore men, when he abruptly left and sent
word the next week that he had changed
his will. She replied Gliding him gently,
and closed with, "But let us remember,
uncle, that fool and his money are soon
parted, and that other Scrptural teach
ing, that no rich man can 80 through the
eye of a needle"
The doctor was treating her for neural
gia. She objected to the strength Of the
medicine and added plaintively, but all
the world loves lover, DOCTOR"
When the cook broke a costly platter,
the little woman assured the fearful Of
fender that all is not gold that glitters.
When her husband told her of a loss
through an unfortunate investment, she
threw her arms about his neck and con-
soled him with the assurance that the
proof of the pudding Is in the eating.
She thanked her minister for a pastoral
call by telling him that fools rush in
where angels fear to tread, and, in writ
ing an excuse for her little boys absence
from school, worked in the sentiment
that there is no fool like an old fool
Detroit Free Press.
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COOPERATIVE WORDS"
What They Mean In Legal and Busi
ness TRANSACTIONS.

ness transactions.
"'Operative words said a member OF
the District bar to q reporter, "are of
the utmost Importance in legal docu-
ments and in business affairs.
Probably the most seriously impor-
tant operative word in human affairs ID
composed Of but three letters. and it APP
pears in print thus, Yes When she
says yes to n man, it means that she
transfers her heart and hand and for
merly all Of her property to him who
asks her to be, etc. This little word es-
tablishes the most important contract Of
society, and, while this contract may aft
erward be dissolved by mutual consent, II
one of the contracting parties demurs and
backs out a suit for damages is open to
the other.
"In auction sales the property put up
is anybody's until the auctioneer says
gone or sold and the hammer drops
No matter how the sale is regretted or
how much the parties would like to re-
tract it it stands, and the courts Will
sustain 1t.
'1n a will they are give. devise and
bequeath.' Real property is devised
and personal property 'bequeathed.'
'In note the borrower must prom
ise' to pay, and In q bond he must bind
himself
'Tn some states In a deed certain
words are necessary to convey real es-
tate. The courts have held generally,
however, that the word grant will car
ry a good title. In New York. for in
stance the operative words constitute
quite formula and are grant, bargain,
sell, assign, transfer, set over and con-
yey.' That's the old form. Now the
words grant and release are sufficient.
"In lease the word let must be used.
They have an odd formula in New York,
used for centuries probably. consisting
Of grant, devise and to farm let and
applies to all kinds of property, In
quitclaim deed the word 'quitclaim' must
be used. - Washington Star.
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Our Nails.

Finger nails and toe nails" says
Harvey Sutherland in Ainslce's, being
merely .fattened growths of the same
kind of cells that hairs are made Of, in
crease in about the same way, though
their rate Of progress has not been so
carefully studied. Some say that the
finger nails grow at the rate of one
thirtieth of an inch a week. Bean esti-
mates that 1t takes 20 weeks to restore
a thumb nail and 96 weeks to restore a
toe nail. don't believe that Once,
when ! was about 16 and had even less
sense than most boys at that age,
bought a pair of boots too short for me.
! wore them, though they hurt like sixty,
and the first thing | knew the nails of
my great toes came off. Well, know
that it didn't take any 96 weeks to make
them good as new. Why. 9b weeks is
two years, lacking not quite two months
Don't tell me-
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HAPPINESS.

I followed Happiness to make her mine,
Past towering oak and swinging ivy vine
She fled; chased, DER slsnting hill and dale,
Der fields and meadows, in the purplng vale.
Pursuing rapidly DER the dashing stream,
l scaled the dizzy cliffs where eagles scream;
] trawrsed swiftly every land and sea,
But always Happiness eluded me.
Exhausted, fainting, pursued no more,
But sank to rest upon barren shore.
One came and asked for food and one for aims;
] placed the bread and gold in bony palms.
One came for sympathy and one for rest;
l shared with every needy one my best,
When, 10, sweet Happiness, with form divine,
Stood by me whispering softly, 81 am thine
III. Wade Burleigh in Monthly South Dakotan
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WiIlie's Logic.

Willie-Pa, ma says you're the head Of
the house. Is that so?
Pa-It is II she says 80.
Willie-And, pa, Uncle Harry says Pm
a chip off the old block. What's 1.-THE
old block"
Pal suppose that's me.
Willie-Well, then. pa, you're an old
blockhead, amt you? - Philadelphia
Press.
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DenlOrahly Cultured.

"Dar is sech thing MS bein too
smaht," said Miss Miami Brown.
who's too smahtY inquired Mr.. Eras-
tus Pinkley.
"Mstuh Jim Colli1ower. He's done
studied botany. An when l tole him !
'spected de bunch O. greens over my haid
was what de white folks calls 'kisslctoe'
he jes' looked at it an said 'twarn' no
sech Washington Star.
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Heard Mt Oxford Uniyersity.

Professor Max Muller was greatly
amused by young lady from America
TO whom he was exhibiting the old world
attractions of Oxford. She stopped. en-.
tranced, to gaze at Magdalen college I'm.
ill an undergraduate suddenly appeared
ut window, when she started Ike a
guilty thing" excIaiming: "Oh. my! Are
these ruins inhabited "- London Truth.
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You probably get up on your high horse
too easily. The next time you think
you have a grievance stop and think
it over carefully, and be as fair as pos
sble with the other fellow. 1t may
seem impossible to you that you are not
always right. but II you are MI average
person you are probably wrong half the
time.-Atchson Globe
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After the DefalcatiOn.

II understand" said the reporter,
"that the defaulter's method was very
simple"
Every" said the bank official with a
sigh. 'He just took the moneyv'-Puck.
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When man climbs up in his family
tree and looks down upon the passing
throng, he has outlived his usefulness
Chicago News.
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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19

Leavenworth, Kan; Jan. l6--Fred
Alexander. the negro who assaulted Eva
Roth and was suspected Of a-saulting
and numbering Pearl Forbes on November
q Last, was brought in from the Peniten-
tiary Tuesday afternoon at about $50
o'clock. The citizens, learning that he was
being brought to the Jail, gathered in great
numbers. probably 1000 or 5000 people, and
although the officers got him into the
pil, the mob secured heavy railroad
irons and, bursting the Jail doors, took
Alexander to the scene Of the Forbes muir.
der, about eight blocks from the business
portion Of the city, and sticking a rail
road rail in the ground, fastened hi INTO
it with chains, and pouring eoalol on aim,
burned him to death. The wretch pro
Tested his innocence to the last.
Surrounded by yelling mob, his clothes
torn, his face bloody with his own blood,
he was dragged from his cell in the court
house pleading for his life, and after being
dragged around the court house yard for
Is minutes, was loaded into a wagon with
his ciptors and taken to the place where
Miss Forbes body was found, to be burn
ell to death.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19

Olympia, Wash. Jan. l5.-Both branens.
.of the legislature orgahizeI at noon Mon
day. MegIer, president pro tenn. Of In,
senate, was the Unanimous choice.
six Bills were introduced in that body
The first, by Andrews OF King county
aPpFoPriates 10000 for the expenses OI
the legislative session. The sevond, BY
Preston Of King. provides for railroad
commission. to be appointed by the GOV
ernOF, lieutenant governor ami secretary
Of state. II was referred 10 the railroad
committee.
Crow Of Spokane introduced an smsr.
geney bill, providing for an additional
superior judge for Spokane county. HI
also introduced bill 10 take the election
Of superior and supreme judges ont oil
politics and providing a midsummer elCc.
tion for that purpose only. This bill was
prepared by the bar association Of Spo-
kane.
Hallett introdHced bill providing for
a collateral inheritance tax Of per eeal
up to $4,000, 4 liz per cent up to sIO0,O
and 0 per cent above 100000, doubling the
AMOUNT on strangers 10 blood and rela-
tives beyond the third degree, but not 70
apply At all to the immediate family.
The house organized on party lines,
Albertson Of King being chosen SPEAKER.
He received IS votes; Merritt Of Spokane
Is votes.
The house only transacted routine busi.
ness connected with the organiza ton.
Both houses have adjourned.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19
ranic IN a chlease rhr.t.r.

Chicago Jan. Ij.---SeyeR persons were
crushed To death and as many more Sc.
riously injured in a panic which followed
a mans cry OF Fir" IN the West Twelfth
street Turner hall. About 500 people we're
in the place, gathered TO witness the per
iomauce OF a play entitled The Green
horn The following were killed;
Rebeeea Lindsey; Annie Goldberg, aged
N; Regina MellenbeIg, aged ! Annie SOLO
mon, aged 3 George Shaffer, aged % Mrs
Samuel Mendelsohn, Birdie Xidlnann.
The iujured Beckie and Mamie Adler
George Becker, Mamie Becker, Sarah
Bloomgarden, Rebeeca Bloomgirden, Mrs
Sarah Cohen, Louis A. Freedman, Sarah
Goldberg, Mrs. Nettie Hirsehberg. Minnie
Hoffman. injured internally, may die;
Fannie Jacobs, Niger jacobson, Abraham
Zimmerman, Rose Zimmerman, Mrs
Sarah Heal, Mollie MoIli, Rebeeca Richter
Annie @. ROssman, Mrs. Ida Rossman.
The missing: Frank Molh, Harry Har
RS, Mary LIehtenstein, Fannie Q,iarles
samuel Meudelsohn and two children
Frank Reuben.
Inc play was in iiddish, and the an
dienee, comprising for the most part WON
en- and children, were all Hebrews The
hall stands in a densely populated di.
triet. When the cry was raised it was
only five seconds until the entire audience
was converted into frantic mob, every
member Of which was fighting for the
safety which lay beyond the doors OF
the building. As soon as the Wild rush
toward the doors began chairs were
shocked down in every direction, the
aisles disappeared and the excited people
ran, climbed and stumbled over the ehairs
on the way to the DOORS
The alarm Of fire was false, there having
been no fire at any time. The building i
somewhat defective and at times sparks
pass up through the registers II was the
sight Of these sparks rising into the room
that frightened the man who raised the
cry Of FIRE.
The hall has several times been the scene
Of panics and it Is only few months since
a number OF children we're hurt in a rush
for the doors during a juvenile party given
in the place.
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Prices Paid Producers.

Poultry and eggs-Chickens. old.
9s15e per ID. live weight; springs, $50
4.50 per doz: ducks. 81 per dOz; geese.
dressed, 12c per ID; turkeys, live. 100
12c; dressed. 12Q13c; eggs. fresh, $3.50
49 per case.
Observation-Disclosures. 9Oc; onions IS.
per cwt.
Live stock-Beef, live steers. SIC;
dressed, Sc; live cows. 3hc; dressed.
715c; real calves. dressed, 7G9c; NUT
ton. ewes. &c; wethers, 3Iac; hogs, live
s4.75 per cwt; dresser. 81 per cwt.
Sheepskins-Shearlings, 1Oc each:
short wool pelts, 3O45Oc; medium wool
50G Use; long wool. 75edSl.
The Spokane mills pay the following
prices for grain, delivered: Club wheat.
4ic bulk. acc sacked: bluestem, 47c
bulk. ACC sacked; red. 42c bulk, 44c
sacked.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19

Olympia, Wash, Jan. l7.-Governor
Rogers second inaugural message was
sent to the legislature today. 1t was a
lengthy document, and seemed throughout
to be written in warning tone to the
legislature, which is of a different political
complexion from that OF the governor.
Fear is expressed that the legislators will
attempt 10 usarp some Of the aPpoaatire
powers OF the governor, and he urges upon
them the necessity OF avoiding partisan
ship.
Among the subjects touched in his rec
concentrations for necessary legislation
are the cutting down OF the board OF con
troll to three members, and the establish
ment Of a railway commission to be APP
pointed by the governor. He also urges
the legislature not TO be taken in by any
schemes OF capitol promoters.
Under the head Of state Institutions he
points with pride to the work OF the
board 81 control and submits figures to
show that a great saving has been made
in the cost OF maintenance. He depre-
Gates the fact that the state has too
many educational Institutions dependent
upon it for support, but urges the legisla-
ture not 10 neglect the common schools,
for which DE says a larger tax levy Is
required He deyotes considerable. space
to the parole system, and gives the rules
under which it is operated.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19
pentus.. c.nno, BE cursa

Sy local applications. as they can not
reach the diseased portion OF the ear
There Is only ode way to cure deafness
and that Is by constitutional remedies
Deafness Is caused by an infiamed eondi-
ton Of the mucous lining of the eustaeh-
Ian tube. When this tube gets tnfiamed
you have a rumbling sound or imperfect
bearing. and when It Is entirely closed
deafness Is the result. and unless the In
dammation can be taken out and this tube
restored to its normal condition. hearing
Will be destroyed forever; nine cases out
Of ten are caused by catarrh. which Is
nothing but an tnfiamed condition Of the
mucous surfaces
We will give one hundred dollars for
any case of deafness tcaused by eatarrhl
that can not be cured by Halls Catarrp
Cure. Send for circulars, free
F. ]. CHENEY & CO., Toledo. O.
Sold by druggists. 75e.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19
Am.rIenn s,eamer. sel.ea.

Washington, Jan. lS.-The state de
partment was informed this afternoon by
cable from Venezuela that the Venezuelan
government had taken possession of two
steamers belonging 70 the oTinoco Steam,
ship company, No details OF the seizure
are made public. The orinoco company
is understood to be an American concern,
operating between Port au Prince and
points up the 0rinoeo river. The head Of
the company is said to be an American
named Alcoit.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1901-01-19
severe EnEaEement.

London, Jan. 16.--The casualty list
shows that there has been a severe on.
gagement, with a loss Of killed, II
wounded and 5 missing, at Murraysburg,
where the Dutch are said to have been
joining the invaders. Murraysburg is 10
miles west Of GRAF Reinet. Indications
are not wanting that the decision Of the
government to send Teinforeements has
not been taken a moment too soon. Col
onel CoiviIle's mobile column. which has
been pursuing the Bocrs. has been oblig.
ed to rest at Greylingstad, to erect a
blockhouse and to cease operations until
reinforced by mounted troops.