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The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-12

The mostti. esome phrase or word in our language is patriotism. We dodge it as a stone thrown from a catapult. It Is ridiculous, it Is absurd. Nowadays we have patriotic sales at the shops, that is,
 we have cheap sale at the shops that is called patriotic. We have patriotic sales, patriotic matters, patriotic butch CTS, patriotic statesmen of all sorts. They do not stop at anything. They ring in George Washington, they ring in Andrew Jackson, they ring In Lee, they ring in Lincoln, but 1t is all for the purpose of playing patriotic sales. We have sales of courage in the Philippines, sales of courage in the navy department; sales of courage in congress; sale9 of courage in all departments of the government. Most of us stop to laugh; many Of us stop to ask what 1t means. All of us realize the humbug of 1t all And so now we are having patriotic this, patriotic that and patriotic nothing. If even in the whole world and country was burdened with the humbug of patriotism, it is this country. From the humbuggery of San Juan hill. to the licensed murder in Samar. We run the whole gamut of hypocrisy, deceit, de. .
 DOT alization and a lack of all morals. We have it all to our heart, the glory and splendor of American arms: we
 rake fools of ourselves. of them who rep- resent us, ten thousand miles around the globe. We nave tied the hands and bound the feet of the brave. and yet we have a president who procloims tha glory of those who arc authorized to outrage
 murder those who are beyond tho rennh
The Birmingham age-herald., 1902-06-12

The new French Cabinet is now nearly completed, as follows:
 Premier, Minister of the Interior and Minister of Public Worship-Senator
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
A NEW DEPARTURE

The Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul Railway. has recently put in
service on its Pioneer Limited trains
the largest and handsomest dining
car ever built. 1t is so feet in
length from tip to tip. and its body
is q inches wider and higher than
the usual dining car. 1t seats SO
people comfortably in movable
chairs, and has kitchen large
enough to permit the working of six
cooks which with six walters and a
conductor make up the crew. The
dining cars heretofore in service did
not provide sufficient space to prop
erly care for the large number of
patrons of the Pioneer, so that it
became necessary to have a larger
car.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19

experienced miner. who made stake in
Alaska and who recently returned from
his first trip 10 Thunoer Mountain. He
had favorable impressions of the camp,
which were based on a bag OF gold, that
he brought with him. and which he had
PANIED out at the rate Of 81. so an hour.
He has secured eight lode claims and one
placer claim. and is having his rock as
sayed IL did learn" said Mr.. wilson,
THAT another Streak has been opened
up in the Dewey from which The miners
were sacking gold of the value of 800,
900 gold per ton. and that they were do
ing IL am positively assured. did ask
Mr. Reed II foreman of the Dewey, how
many stamps he expected to see drop
ping on the mountain this season, and
going through the list he enumerated as
man, MS $40 or course you know that
an order has been placed which will give
The Dewey alone bat cry of 100 stamps.
To me the camp looks the making of a
verv productive one, aud IL would not
surprise me TO see 10000 PERSONS there
before the end of the year.
Recalling The experience of all great
mining camps, the News insists that
there is ev ry reason To believe that there
is gold at Thunder Mountain. but the
quantity as well as the character of the
camp are facts vet to be determined
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19

In the senate last month, Senator
Marcus A. Hanna, better known
~ 'sUncle Mark" made a speech in
favor of the Panama canal route as
against the Nicaragua canal route
In his preliminary he said.
Mr.. President, say we hav-dAxelt up
ON the question OF the Nicaragua canal
AZ sentiment until We have grown to
believe that there was no other route
possible or available.
Those we're mighty smooth words
and might be taken as serious if it
we're not known that, as the admitted
agentof the transportation companies
who do not desire the canal by any
route, Mark had recently made the
remark that the best way for the
transportation trust to beat the Mic.
arsgua canal was to advocate and
carry some imprachcable route that
would lead the government into
what would finally be realized as
useless expenditures, Marks gentle
words preparatory to a vigorous sup
port of the Panama route indicate
that he and the transportation trust
have succeeded in finding the i'm
practicable one that will defeat the
canal.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
GUN WILL THROW II MILES.
Four Years in Building and is the
Largest Ever Made.

New YORK, July 14-After four
years the great sixteen-inch gun
which has been IN the course of con-
struction at the Watervliet arsenal,
near Troy, N. Y, is completed This
gun is the largest ever made, and if
it proves a success more OF the same
kind will be made for the defense OF
the coast of the United States and
the lnsular possessions. The car
riage for the gun is being made in
Washington, and as soon as it is
completed the gun will be shipped
to Sandy Hook, where it will have a
trial. 1t is claimed that the gun
will throw a shell 81 miles. 1t will
carry 1000 pound projectile backed
by a force of 1000 pounds of pow
der. The gun will be used for the
defense of New York and will be
located in Fort Hamilton on a disap
pearing carriage. The weapon
weighs 100000 pounds.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
THE WEISER SIGNAL.
PUBLISHED EVERY WEDNESDAY AND
SATURDAY BY
r.. H. LOCKWOOD.
The smrlter trust by an agreement
lulv aipne0 and witnessed will allow

The smrlter trust by an agreement
duly signed and witnessed, will allow
the miners OF the Cpur d'Alenes to
produce 20 per cent more this year
than last, which will mean about
81, 900. 900 more to that section
This shows that the trusts are the
friends OF the workingmen. They
they had 1T in their power 10 reduce
the output 20 per cent, but they
didn't do it. They raised it, and
the C9ur d Alenes will again exper-
fence some measure of prosperity.
1t will stimulate every line of bust
ness in that section, and the republi-
can party, which is the father and
mother and all the relatives of the
trusts, is responsible for the return
Of prosperity to the Ceur d'Alenes.
VI course the trust reduced the output
90 per cent last year, but that must
have been the fault OF democrats.
But seriously, what a commentary
this is upon our government, when
single trust Is allowed to dictate
whether or not one of the greatest
mining camps on earth shall be pros
porous or otherwise. Caldwell
News
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
OUTSIDE DEFENDERS.

We are pleased to note that Thun-
der Mountain has some outside de-
Tenders. Speaking through its edi-
torial columns, the Salt Lake Trib-
une has the following remarks to
make:
awe note that some very severe
things are said of Thunder Noun
tain from time to time, in papers
that apparently wish to discourage
the rush thitber; but 80 far as we can
Judge, those discouraging reports are
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
Need More Help.

Often the over-taxed organs of
digestion cry out for help by Dys-
pepsia's pains, Nausea, Dizziness,
Headaches, liver complaints, bowel
disorders. Such troubles call for
prompt use of Dr. Kings New Life
Pills. They are gentle, thorough
and guaranteed to cure. % cents at
Davis Drug Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
Mother Always Keeps 1t Handy.

mOtHcT Always heepS LII nanny.
my mother suffered long time
from distressing pains and genel al
i'll health due primarily to indiges-
ton, says L. W. Spa'ding, Verona,
Mo. "Two years ago l got her to try
Kodol. She grew better at once and
now, at the age of seventy-six, eats
anything she wants, remarking that
she fears no bad effects as she has
her bottle Of Kodol handy" Don't
waste time doctoring symptoms. Go
after the cause. If your stomach
is sound your health will be good.
kodol rests the stomach and strength.
ems the body by digesting your food.
1t Is natures own tonic.
Davis Drug Co.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19

Ringing Bros. employ over a
thousand men, women and children.
To feed this great company of peo-
pie requires a daily average of 900
pounds Of bread, 1000 pounds of
meat, 420 gallons of coffee, aid every
thing else in proportion. These sup
plies, as we'll as 10 tons of hay, 800
bushels of oats and rs bushels of
corn for the horses, have to be Sc
cured daily in the city where the
show is exhibiting. This show was
in Weiser once before and those who
attended know that it is the biggest
and best that ever visited the state.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19
Davis Drug Co.

Two Nights to New York or Boston
1.-THE Rocky Mountain Limited
via Rock Island route makes it DOS
sible. Leaves Denver / p. m. and
Colorado Springs / 20 p. m. daily.
Dining cars for all meals. Midday
luncheon fifty cents.
NokR
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19

Gun repairing promptly and sat-
isfactorily executed at Sheffield g
Novelty Works
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-07-19

100 bundles bale ties at Kimball's
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
COSr AND PROSPERITY.
Benefits Which Are Realized NaI,rv
by Members of Trusts and
MoDopoIies

Inc great prosperity of the country
rebounds most TO the benefit Of trust
proprietors, the manufacturers who
are combined in trusts with a tariff
which gives them vast profits on their
products and TO corporations trans
acting business in violation of the ma
tional and state antitrust laws. The
prosperity Is abundant. but il is con-
fined TO few, says the Chicago Chroni-
Gle
The great mass of the people of the
money earned by the vast majority
comes to them as wages and salaries
which cannot be advanced as the cost
of living increases day by day.
The result is obvious. The man liv-
ing on his salary or wages finds his
daily expenses for himself and family
much greater than formerly. while his
wages or salary remains about the
same. The men living on fixed wages
and they compose nine-tenths of the
male population-have no share in the
national prosperity.
On the contrary. they are worse off
relatively than they were before tho
tidal wave of prosperity swept over
the country. The cost of living the
daily expenses of life in every home
can be stated at an average of p pc,
cent. more than the cost before pros
perity arrived. Every householder can
estimate for himself the harvest OF
prosperity which he has gathered.
There are few necessaries Of life
that have not advanced at least 10 per
cent. in cost within two wears Many
Of the necessarieS of life have adj
Nanced 40 or 80 per cent in cost. Some
necessaries have advanced from 20 to
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
PRESCRIBED BY MR.. HILL.
a method Of Dealing with the Trust
EVIL Recommended by Mag
mate of Gombines

Mr.. james J. Hill is the man who i
always to be listened to espectfully:
but no public utterance he has ever
made. is entitled to more respectful
attention than the address he deliv-
cred at the dinner of the Illinois Man
atacturerS association in Chicago re-
Gently. Mr.. Hill profes sed to discuss
Commercial Expansion" but his adj
dress was far broader than the title
1t might more properly have been
named "A Plea for the Observance of
the Natural Laws of Trade on the Part
of Governments and Individuals" The
title Is cumbersome. but it is compre-
hensive. says the Detroit Free Press.
Naturally. the greater part of Mr.
Hills speech was devoted to the sub
ject of railroads.; but he touched the
trust question at two of its vital points
the tariff and excessive capitaliza-
ton. As for the former. Mr.. Hill in.
sisted that the tariff had outlived it's
usefulness. rs fer the latter. Mr.. Hill
could see no reason why congress. I'M
der its power to regulate commerce
between the states, should not enact in
incorporation law. under the previ-
sions of which companies should be
obliged to satisfy commission that
their capital stock WAS actually paid
up. either in cash or in property.
That the tariff is becoming burden
to American commerce is already APP
parent; but the tariff is the compile
ment of the policy of excessive capt
talization. and while one exists the
other is likely to live with its brother
in economic crime. Without the tariff
the excessive which Mr.
Hill complains of would hardly be pos
sibIe in industrials. The certainty of
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

Ii is estimated that there are about
e.ooo negro lawyers in the United
State.
There are 40 different photos in ex-
istence of the German emperor, and
over 800 of King Edward VII.
\ woman who advertised for EN-
ployment described herself as cult
waited, travelled. well versed ON topics
of the day. very agreeable reader, gift
ed letter writer. fluent conversational
list, magnetic, with superb health and
Keen sense of humor!
Ill. H. Nreeland. the New York street
car magnate, was asked the other day
why he did not shave himself every
morning instead of wasting time wait
ing for Il barber. oh. | suppose |
might do that" said Mr.. Nreeland. but
then | might make failure of it. I'd
hate To fail. and then it's SO much
easier not to fail
Not for Il century has the Garter been
bestowed upon So young man as the
duke of Marlborough. Consuelo Van
derbilt'S husband. Four of his seven
predecessors in the dukedom got the
Garter, as did six of the seven dukes of
Rutland. six of the eleven dukes of Bed
ford, four of the ten dukes of Leeds
and all the eight dukes of Dcvonshire.
The German emperor ascribes his
good health and vigor To the excellent
advice givcn To him by his favorite
doctor. and he has learned by heart
the latter's rule of life" which is as
follows: Eat fruit for breakfast.
Eat fruit for lunch. Avoid pastry and
hot cakes. Only take potatoes once
day. Don't drink tea or coffee Walk
four miles every day. wet or fine. Take
bath every day. Wash the face every
night in warm water. Sleep eight
hours every night
1t is told of the late =. ID. Armour
that on one occasion he made a pres
ent of a suit of clothes to each of his
| employees in certain department.
Each man was told that he might order
his own suit. and send the bill to MIR.
Armour, no restriction being made as
to the price. In order to avail himself
| fully of this liberality. one young man
ordered evening clothes costing $50.
When the bill was sent in. Mr.. Armour
sent for the clerk TO vouch for its ac-
| curacy, and finding il right. assured
the man it would be paid. As the clerk
was leaving. however. Mr.. Armour said
| to him: Il wish to say to YOU that |
| have packed n great many hogs in my
| time, but never dressed one before"
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27

Presently Leander j. came to. Hs
had been collector for a house that
sold wash boilers on the installmen,
plan, and hard propositions were his
forte.
mfr. Miggs." said he. "your daugh-
ter loves me and love her. It's up
to you. now, to say when she shall
be mine"
The proud Mullagatawny Miggs
lifted his good right hand aloft and
then lifted his voice
''She shall be yours, young man."
said he. '"when the New Works fetch
the pennant home,"
Cleopatra rose. She pressed her
brow. She took lap or two around
the room. Then the fun import of
her stern fathers cruel ultimatum
broke upon her.
Parted forever" she cried. and
went down with a dull. sickening
thud.
Loves Young dream had been
knocked higher than the price of
beef
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27

30 per cent. The average is al least 25
per cent.
There has been no CORES ponding in
crease in the amounts received by any
wage earners in the country The
trusts, monopolies and combines have
monopolized the harvest Of prosperity
None of the fruits goes to the common
everyday citizen trying to live on his
earnings. which are the same as they
were before we had our "prosperity."
1t is true that there are few or No
idle men. Our prosperity has given
employment to many thousands who
had been unable for years to obtain
a livelihood by labor which they were
willing and anxious 10 perform. In
that respect our prosperity has been
of benefit TO others aside from MEM
berS of the trusts and combines.
But that is its limit. While il has
given means for livelihood to many
thousands who before it came were
idle it has not increased the means of
a livelihood enjoyed by those who had
not been idle. On the contrary while
not increasing their pay and wages il
has increased by at least one-quarter
all the expenses of their homes and
methods of life
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27

foreign competition would leave the
promoter without his occupation. and
terminate the practice of selling pros
pective profits. which, after all is the
source of most of the evil in the "iu-
dicious combination" The capitaliza-
ton of prospective profits makes ii nee
essary to earn dividends not only on
the investment but on the pective
earnings. The established method of
procedure in modern trust exploitation
is to issue bonds that represent APP
proximately the value of the property.
and stock 70 the uttermost limit of
the promoters imagination. Where
bonds are not issued. preferred stock
is substituted. Interest must be paid
on the bonds. or the property will
pass into the hands of receiver. If
the stockholders receive anything. the
labOrer and the consumer must both
be squeezed The monopoly raises
prices for its finished product; re-
duces so far as possible prices for raw
material; holds its employees down
to the lowest possible wage and strug-
9
lent evidences of Investment.
There can be no commercial stabil-
ity under methods that uullfy one Of
the primary laws of trade and even
il Mr.. Hills suggestion is not adopted
by congress. the legislation that he
advocates must eventually establish
itself. ~ he said in his speech the
laws of trade are as certain as the
laws of graduation. They operate
more slowly, however. Sometimes they
do not enforce themselves until de-
vastating commercial panic has razed
the industrial structure to it, founda-
tion>. NJ rare intervals governments
are capab Bile of foreseeing the conse-
quence> of tampering with the laws Of
trade and they either remove abnor-
NAL conditions or establish normal
conditions in the name of the general
welfare. But i i needless to say that
congress could accomplish little in the
way Of suppressing excessive capitali-
zation while tolerating a tariff that
invites excessive capitalization, that
encourages the promoter To capitalize
not only the profits but the tariff
schedules. The one violation Of the
law Of trade is the logical outcome of
the. other viola ton of the law Of trade
| and the secondary effect cannot be
cured while the primary law is nour-
| ished.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
FUSSINESS A DISEASE.
True Functional Disorder Tint Il
General Throughout Modern
Civilization

We have only to invert the telescope
in order to find the civilian from his
writing table al home carefully e1heay-
oring to instruct the soldier in his du-
ties regardless alike of military meth
otis and of local conditions. Other ex.
amples of a like nature might be
quoted, but the foregoing will suffice
to direct attention to a quality of mind
which appears to be increasingly prey
alent among certain class of writer's
and takers and which cannot be re-
garded as a sign of healthy social life.
1t is not vigilance or prudence or de-
liberate and considered Judgment; it
is not even natural and rational an
xiety, though it may exhibit itself in
the guise of any one Of these 1t is
mere business. Serving in itself no
profitable purpose, it mingles with and
impedes every useful work. damping
energy and discouraging initiative and
the sense of responsibility in those
engaged in it. All of the while it may
be preaching moderation, patience and
self-control. says London Lancet.
This neurosis is not confined to any
people or part of the civilized world.
though it seems to be more prevalent
in some quarters than elsewhere
Wherever there exists suitable soil
in the form of an intellect equipped
with the visual organs of education,
but with corresponding reflective pow
or and self-restraint there the morbid
germ develops until ii NAV even be-
come epidemic over a wide area. We
have already noticed some of the man.
ifestations and have referred to the
instability of will and the incoordi,
mated action which are its natural con
sequences. In these circumstances it's
effective treatment i obviously most
desirable. Fortunately ii is true func,
tional disorder and there is no reason
to regard it as ineurable. If only the
exciting cause be frankly recognized
and grappled with. much will have been
done toward providing a remedy In
order To arrive at successful result.
however. it is necessary to begin by
admitting that scrutiny in technical
matters. even by those whom it may
concern, may be overdone.
II matters Iiite Whethef II be car
ried ont by subordinate government
official. by an over-zealous pres man,
or by a private individual more eager
than iudicious; if superfluous the eff
feet is the same To let well enOueh
alone is an axiom synonymous with
sound practice. 70 say that details
of matters not belonging to the prov.
incc Of common knowledge should be
left in the hands of selected and com,
peteDt persons is another way of ex-
pressing the same truth. The con-
trary method. that of prying and open
mouthed publicity. is incompa tible
with successful business, with the pub
lie service and with the very desirab BILE
extinction of the alarmi>t neurosis.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
PhotoErRphy In Dusiness.

The camera promises to become as
indispensable in business affairs as the
typewriter. 1t is now being usdiin the
reproduction of documents. statistical
tables and other papers whose dupli-
cation by hand would be laborious and
expensive. In a very brief period the
camera reproduces these things with
absolute correctness and with much la
Dor saved.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Forrest City times., 1902-06-27
THEY PARTED FOREVER.
And Lo.s's Young Dream Was
Knocked Higher Than the Price
OF First-CIass beef.

The light burned dim in the par
lor of the Miggs mansion. Two per-
sons were in the room, but furniture
for one was more than ample for
both, relates the New York Sun.
The plaid coat sleeve of Leander j.
Bolingbroke was wrinkled about the
slender waist of Cleopatra Miggs,
fairest of the fair, and heiress To a
barrel of money. Her shapely head
Law on Leander waistcoat as if she
might be sizing up the chances of
his being able to stand for an n
surance policy. And the beating of
their own hearts was all the sound
they heard.
Until after awhile. Then another
sound was heard. 1t came from the
back stairs. 1t was n sound as if of
the tread of footsteps. 1t came and
il came. 1t was headed for that par
lor.
Learder J. recognized the sound.
He rose and turned up the light.
Cleopatra sought a chair less al "a
cent.
The door opened On the thresh-
hold stood the proud head Of the
house, Mullagatawny Miggs, Cleo
patra's pa.
Good evening, Mr.. Mggs,' said
Leander j.
Good evening. Bolingbroke," re-
spondcd the proud Miggs. and his ac-
cent on the ''brolle" was apparent.
Then there was pause that
weighed ton.