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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08

got the notion at eff he dies, or the
Jcdge says he's got tn, ~'twouldn't be
right tn put i'm out thar with the
others-that eff they could speak,
they'd say they'd ruther he'd be put
some place else. Not at he'd be eny
different tn ma, however he died, but
cts the d%isgracin' way he's got tn die,
at makes ma think the others
wouldn't want i'm. 1t worries her
dreadful. She says ct seems cruel
an lonesome-like to put i'm away by
hisself. So | thought eff could be
changed an Bill go tn prison, stead
NV hangin', ma wouldn't hev that air
tn worry her. Then arter while, when
is time come, thar wouldn't be no
objections tn is bein' put out thar on
the hill, with the rest. Mebby ma an
med be thar by tnen, an she could
Lev Bill back with her m the others.
Eff you'd help us speak a word tn
the Govner, ct 'ud du a power Nv
good an 'ud please ma nightly, an
men Bill tn, 'ud be much obleeged fur
yer helpin' her"
When the old man ceased speaking
the attorney sat a few moments in
thoughtful silence, then said earnest
ly:
Il assure you, | will do all that
can to get him to commute your sons
sentence to Imprisonment, and we will
hope to the last that he will do SO,
for Bills sake and for mas"
True to his word, the attorney was
tireless in his efforts to secure execu-
tive clemency for the condemned
man, but without avail.
On the day set for the execution, a
morbidly curious crowd had early gath
cred in a half circle about the scaffold
erected on the slope of the aill, behind
the Jail.
Some distance away from the outer
edge of the circle, ana behind all the
others, old man Trip drove up in a
farm wagon and stopped.
At the foot of the scaffold, huddled
a crumpled figure in black, supported
by a group of neighborhoOd friends
The prisoner assembled the steps to the
platform, alone. For a momen he
hesitated, then ben to speak a few
words in a low tone, to tae grief-strick
en- mother beneath him. her straight
ening to his full height, his glance
swept quickly over the half Ct lie o
faces about him. At one point, hi
gaze halted, and a puzzled look came
into his eyes. This was followed
quickly by a look OF Frightening in
t%elligence, and a smile wreathed hi
pallid face.
The waiting crowd looked in awe
fascination at the man who coul'
smile at such a moment. Then Thu
sheriff stepped forward. Time wa
up.
After one swift glance at his almos
fainting mother, Bill Trip turne'
n slightly, fixing his eyes upon the tor
most branch of a nearby tree, his bod.
drawn erect, and stiffened as if to re
sist a shock, while about his lips tn
strange smile still fingered.
d At that instant, there fell upon tn
# tense. nervous ears of the waitin.
crowd, the distant report of 4 rifle
n and on the white fcret4ad Fl tn
Il man before them, there appeared
n tiny Slotch, from which q wideniE
e band OF crimson spread rapidly; a
d Bill Trip sank upon the platform.
IL Against the green slope of a eertai
IL hill, a newly made grave CLEANS ye
e lowly. -Four other mounds are there
and two old people. a man and
al woman, are buslly engaged in p!antin
s flowers.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
A Scientific Discovery.

Kodal does for the stomach that
which it is unable to do for itself, even
when but slightly disordered II over
loaded. Kodal supplies the natural
juices of digestion and does the work of
the stomach, relaxing the nervou ten
sion, while the infiamed muscles of that
organ are allowed to rest and heal.
Kodal digests what you eat and enables
the stomach and digestive organs to
transform all food into rich, red blood.
Watson & Moore.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
Sure Cure for Seasickness.

DR.. E. Castelli of Washington claims
to have discovered a sure preventive
of seasickness. Just sit and look in
a mirror" says the doctor, "and you
will experience no Inconvenience from
the motion of the vessel. infer from
my discovery that the pathogenesis
OF seasickness is the same as that Of
v~ertigo-i. e., the affection is the re-
suit Of the consciousness Of the oscil-
lation of the act of orientatiou,"
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
Had TO Have Fathers Consent.

An unusual thing happened at Car
thaee, Mo, a few days ago, when the
fathers consent was required by the
county recorder before he would issue
a marriage license to a divorced wom-
an. The woman, or rather the girl
for she is but seventeen years old.
was Estella Tilley. She had just been
divorced and wanted to be married to
another man, but her age prevented
until her parents permission was pro-
curo0
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group, is usually we'll known to mothers
of croupy children. No time should be
lost in the treatment of it, and for this
purpose no medicine has received more
universal approval than Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. Do not waste valuable
time in experimenting with untried
remedies, no matter how highly they
may be recommended, but give this
medicine as directed and all symptoms
of Group will quickly disappear. For
sale by all druggists.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08

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See The Thompson Mercantile Cos.
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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
GIVE Lost Ten Pounds -

A man says. "Look at this" And he
over-laps his coat to show how loose it
is There are some people who can lose
fat to advantage, but the loss of flesh is
one of the accepted evidences Of failing
health. AS discriminating processes begin
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08

See the sale on at Thompson's on ladies'
and children's hosiery, the greatest
slaughter sale of hosiery aver held in
Fremont county.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
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The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
The Teton Peak
WOOD ID. PARKER, Publisher
THURSDAY, JANUARY I, 1908.
Take and Give.

| will take your potatoes and pay you
zoe per hundred, also your wheat and
oats and pay you sc above the market,
and give you choice apples at popular
prices. The above offers are for apples
only.
The Home Bakery and Confectionery,
t37 Jos George, Prop.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08

Against the green slope of a certain
hill, a newly made crave CLEANS yell
lowly. -Four other mounds are there,
and two old people. a mar and a
woman, are busily engaged in planting
flowers.
The Teton peak. [volume] (St. Anthony, Idaho) 1899-1904, 1903-01-08
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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
An Ambitious Man.

When the big 16-inch gun was towed
to Sandy Hook the great floating der
rick Monarch and the lighter Captain
Tom carried the weight, while the pow
erful wrecking steamer l. j. Merritt
did the pulling.
At the government dock the Merritt
dropped behind the other vessels an6
pushed them in against the pier, at the
end of which an Insignificant little pile
driver was tied up. The huge Mon
arch swung close to the pile driver and
a man aboard the latter, fearing the
nile driver was in danger of being
crushed, and with no idea of the eter-
nal fitness sof things, reached out and
tried to push derrick, float, gun and
steamer all away at the same time. 1t
was like a fly trying to kick down a
mountain.
Out Of the pilot house of the Mer-
ritt the captain stuck his head, and,
in a voice so tremendous that it shat
tered the atmosphere, roared at the
r;an on the pile driver:
Don't bother Well make line
fast to keep the derrick there, You
can't hold itl"-New York Mail aud
ExpreaA
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
Railroads Then and Now.

In matters of speed very little vari.
alton of hull and power counts for
much at sea, while considerable
change in boiler, gear and cars counts
for practically nothing on railroads.
1t is singular that in our first railroads
one of the chief considerations was
air resistance. Engineers endeavored
in a number of ways to overcome It..
Some protested that it never could be
overcome sufficiently to admit of high
speed, misled by the familiar rule OF
the velocities, while others devised
locomotives and trains Of air-plit-
ting shapes. But the question of air
was dropped long ago as of no conse-
quence Our engines are enormous,
square cut, butting face on against
calm or hurricane. Our car ends are
fiat walls, offering 100 square feet to
the blast, yet trains go skimming
along at ninety miles an hour, SEEM
ing to annihilate air as well as space.
New York Press.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

later OH, ana the remaining forty per
cent. will be used 10 pay the salaries
Of the native officials. This tax has
given a great deal of trouble to the
Commandant and his assistants. Al
though recommended by themselves,
the natives were very dilatory i'll de-
livering the copra. 1t was expected
and ordered that the tax copra would
be ready by May l, 1902, but delivery
was not completed until August.
1t was particularly stipulated that
the tax was so many pounds of copra
and not so much money; yet i'll some
cases the natives insisted upon paying
in cash, but fixed the price of coprn
at one cent per pound. In three in
stances it was necessary to arrest ana
try and punish chiefs who were stirring
up their people to resist the tax. The
few white and half-castc traders here
(about a dozen in ALI ae against the
tax. They were buying the copra at
one cent or one and one-fourth cents
to one and one-half cents per pound
and giving part Of that i'll trade. The
order Of the Commandant was insisted
upon, and the full $4,000 pounds of
copra have been collected. The sur
plus money is being paid back iii cash
now, and it is hoped that there will
not. be so much trouble In the future.
Whenever occasion offers the natives
are Informed that selling their copra
to, traders at one to one and one-half
cents per pound is practically giving
the trader half Of their produce. The
reasons given by one Of the chiefs,
when asked why he refused to obey the
order to cut out copra and was advis-
ing others to dlsobey the order, were:
'The natives of the Manua group (scv-
enty miles east had insu!ted the Tu-
tuilans; they had not been punished
for it; therefore, until the Manua pco-
pic were punished, he would not obey
the ORDER" Also, "This tax was only
for the officials, and lie would not cut
it." This man, after being confined i'll
the jail for two months at hard labor,
where he proved to be n model pris-
oner, was released from custody, and
lie now seems to be strong friend of
the Government. He was highly rec
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

-ppI- Granger III
the back. Indeed" replied the strang-
er. Nov, it's your manner that
seems familiar to me-
Ida-I don't see how you managed to
hold that Miss Stout up when she was
learning to skate. She is so corpulent,
you know. Tom-Oh, she seemed quite
small on the ice. lda-lndeed! Tom
Yes-a mere slip of girl.
The jury brought in verdict oil
"Not guilty" The judge said, admon-
ishingly to the prisoner: After this
you ought to keep away from bad COM
pany." "Yes, your honor. You will not
see me here again in hurry"
Young man." said the stern parent,
edo you think you can dress my daugh-
ter?' We'll" replied the suitor, II can
keep her in rings" Rings? Do you
think she is going to wear nothing but
rings?' "Well, l only asked for her
hand"
Mr.. Spriggins-I fear you will make
a mistake, Hettie, in engaging that
girl. According to her own story, she
has lived in no fewer than ten families
in town within year. Mrs. Spriggins-
That's just it. Think of the inside in
formation she will be able to impart
about those ten families!
A well-krown authoress was once
talking with dilapidated bachelor,
who retained little but his conceit. ut
is time now," he said, pompously, "for
me to settle down as married man,
but want so much. want youth,
health, wealth, Of course, beauty,
grace" "Yes," said his fair listener,
sympathetically, you poor man, you
do want them all"
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
Parents there. as elsewhere, are fond

of taking tn il little ones to see the
wild animals, but many visit OF this
kind has been postponed on account OF
threatening weather. Even On sunny
days If there seemed to be the least
likelihood of rain cautious people have
refrained from taking their children to
the garden, since they knew that II
rain were to fall it would be difficult
If not impossible, for them to find ade-
Quate shelter.
Now, however, children may safely
20 to the garden at any time. Tor III
case of storm they can find shelter in
the new playground or nursery. More
over, whenever they get tired of look
ing at the animals they can go to the
playground and amuse themselves in
some other way. Mothers, too, with
very young children, can rest here
while their little ones are tOddlinS
about.
BY the people of Berlin this innova'
ton is heartily welcomed, and more
than one foreign journal expresses the
hope that similar Fairgrounds will soon
be established in all other large zoolog-
ical gardens.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

month ago, and within three weeks
was at the Commandants office asking
that the magistrates be paid out of the
copra tax, instead of by fees. He was
told that the copra tax was very
delicate thing for the Commandant to
handle and that it could not be used
by the Commandant except as the ma
tives wished. and there had been CON-
plants that the officials got it all. The
old fellow saw the point, but stuck to
his text until he was told that his re-
quest was denied and that he could go.
The Manua group has always been
Isolated from the rest of Samoa. The
people of those islands have al exalted
idea of their Importance. Their head
chief is called king" land in some of
the testimony before the court it came
out that some of them thought their
king" was greater than The President
of the United States, the King of Eng
land or any other sovereign.
The present King" is an educated
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
TubercuIous Orchids,

Science, in its inexorable search for
things hidden, has at last directed the
eye of suspicion upon the orchid. M.
Noel Bernard, French scientist, after
painstaking research into the abstruse
question of tuberculosis in plants, pro-
nounces the whole orchideous family
to be purely the product of vegetable
infection" According to NJ. Bernard's
theory all orchids are, in their normal
condition, infected in thoroughly de-
fined manner, and the cultivation Of
the finest varieties is only possible un-
der certain conditions of infection
from their earliest development. The
next question for determination is as
to the relation between vegetable and
human tuberculosis.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04
lisannenrinc Mater.

Devils Lake in North Dakota, the
largest body of.water in the state, cov-
ers about $50 square miles. 1t is a
glacial lake, and once had an outlet to
the south into the Cheyenne river
through channel which is now well
marked and empty. Observations for
the last nineteen years show an almost
uninterrupted sinking of the water
level. Groves of trees, which once
stood at the beach, are now separated
from it by broad strips of land, and
the shallow parts of the lake notably
the long arms aud bays, have been left
quite dry.
Another change is in the water from
fresh to salt. This has taken place
within the memory of man and is in
some particulars producing serious re-
suits. Fish W.re found in great abun-
dance up to about 1888, but now prac-
tically none are caught.
The United States geological survey
has established a benchmark near the
lake, and, under the charge of Profess
sor C. NJ. Hale, of the state agricul-
tural college. will make careful rec
crds and general study of the fluctua-
tions Of the waters.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

ceded to the United States by the
chiefs at the time Of the hosting of the
American flag April II, 1900. Up to
August, 1902, there has been no formal
action of our Government OIL that
ccssion, but it is hoped that there will
soon be authoritative action taken,
making these islands part Of the
United States.
Altogether about twelve to fifteen
miles of roads have been built during
the past year. Parts of these roads
are very good, except around rocky
points and where bridges are needed.
There are no vehicles in the islands
except two or three carts at the naval
station proper.
For the last four or five months little
has been done in road-making. Re-
Gently the natives have begun in one
district and it is hoped some way may
be found to assist them in the difficult
work.
During the last three months local
telephone system between the different
offices, houses, ETC., at the naVa! station
has been installed 1t is source Of
= great wonder to the natives, who come
miles to see and hear it. The last ses-
sion of Congress appropriated $4,000
for & telephone system and steps are
being taken to connect by telephone
the villages in Tutuila with the head
quarters at Pago Pago. -. -
The native taxes for the year 1902
have been collected in similar man
ner as the year before. This tax Is to
pay the native officials, such as district
Governors, county chiefs, village
chiefs, judges police, etc. The district
Governors, of whom there are three,
receive $25 per month, the county
chiefs Sc to $40, the village chiefs 81 tc
Ss. The tax is paid in copra (thea rded
kernel of the cocoanut. used for :
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-03-04

Very recently it came to my notice
that i'm some of the villages there was
an old law or custom that If man
belonged to the London Mission Soci-
ety's church and changed his religion
to any other, such as Catholic or Nor
mon. lie must leave his village at
once. An order has been issued aDol'
ishing all such laws or customs rs be-
ing contrary TO the Constitution OF the
United States.
At the naval station proper, at Pago
Pago Harbor, a coal shed and steel
wharf have been completed. Grading
Is going OH and new buildings are being
designed. The Samoans are poor Ia
borers. There are about fifty natives
of other South Sea Islands, such as
Tonga. Niue and Rotumah. here and
they are the best laborcrs. There are
about half dozen white mechanics,
such as blacksmiths. carpenters, etc.
here. The natives receive 81 per day;
mechanics, etc, from 81 to ST per
day. The cost of living is very high
here
An order was issued making the duty
on opium the same as that in the
United States. This was done In order
to prevent the importation OF opium
into these islands and then shipping II
to the United States free of duty. bv
an order from the Treasury Depart.
ment the products of these islands and
importationS into these islands are
permitted to be imported into the
United States free of duty.
During the year the arms that had
been collected from the natives by Or
Ger Of the Commandant were paid Tor
and sent home by the Z. S. S. "Abar-
enda." The total number of arms COL
lected was 3G2, and the natives were
paid an average Of S10.14 each. These
arms had been collected and stored for
over year, as there was no money
available to pay for them, until the
President ordered that $1,000 be al
lotted from the Emergency Fund for
that purpose. The arms were mostly
old and of little value, but In paying
for them the facts that'the natives had
to turn them in, that they had PAID
very high prices for them, and the
prices paid for similar arms by the
international High Commission, were
considered.
Owing to the want of fluids very
little has been done in the way of as
sisting the schools. In every village
there are schools, with native teachers
who have been taught by the mission
aries. They are elementary schools
in which the children are taught to
read and write in Samoan, and to make
simple calculations, etc. Besides these
there are three higher schools under
the London Mission Society, two under
the Catholic Mission anu three under
the Mormon Mission. These schools
have white teachers, eXcert one, which
has competent native teacher. IN