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Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21
THE DEACON'S FLYER

Speaking of sure things naturally
calls to mind the case of my old friend
Deacon Wiggleford, whom / used to
know back in Missouri years ago. The
deacon was a powerful pious man,
and he was good according to his
lights, but he didn't use very superb
or article of kerosene to keep them
burning.
Used to take half the time in
prayer-meeting talking about how
we were all weak vessels and stewards.
But he was SO blamed busy exhorting
others to give out of the fullness with
which the Lord had blessed them
that he forgot that the Lord had
blessed him about $50, 900 worth, and
put it in mighty safe property, too,
you bet.
The deacon had brother in Chi
cago whom he used to call sore
trial. Brother Bill was broker on
the board of trade, and, according to
the deacon, he was not only engaged
il mighty sinful occupation, but he
was a mighty poor steward of his sin
full gains. Smoked two-bit cigars and
wore plug hat. Drank a little and
cussed little and went to the Epis-
copal church, though he had been
raised Methodist. Altogether it
loked as if Bill was pretty hard nut.
Well, one fall the deacon decided
to go to Chicago himself to buy his
winter goods, and naturally he hiked
out to Brother BilPs to stay, which
was considerably cheaper for him
than the Palmer house, though, as he
told us when he got back, it made him
sick to see the waste.
The deacon had his mouth all fixed
to tell Brother Bill that, in his opin-
ion, he wasn't much better than a
faro dealer, for he used to brag that
he never let anything turn him from
his duty, which meant his meddling
other peoples business. Iwant to say
right here that with most men duty
means something unpleasant which
the other fellow ought to do. AS a
matter Of fact, mans first duty is to
mind his own business. 1t has been
my experience that it takes all the
thought which one man can give to
run one man right, and if fellows
putting in five or six hours day on
his neighbor's character, he's mighty
apt to scamp the building Of his own.
Well, when Brother Bill got home
from business that first night, the
deacon explained that every time he
lit two-bit cigar he was depriving a
Zulu Of IS helpful little tracts which
might have made better man of
him; that fast horses were snare and
plug hats vile of the enemy; that
she board of trade was the temple Of
Belial, and the brokers on it his sons
and servants.
Brother Bill listened mighty pa
tiently to him, and when the deacon
had pumped out all the Scripture
that was in him, and was beginning to
suck air, he sort Of skunk into the con-
versation like setter pup that's been
caught with the featherson his chops.
Brother Zeke,v says he, sI shall
certainly let your words soak in. /
want to be number two red, hard,
sound and clean sort of man, and
grade contract on delivery day. Per
haps, as you say, the rust has got into
me and the Inspector won't pass me,
and if can see it that way I'll settle
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21
MISHAPS OF A SEALSKIN.
Woman Who Was Over-Careful o
Her Costly Cloak.

81 really hate to tell this story on
my wife, remarked man who can
not keep any kind of good story to.
himself, according to the Detroit
Free Press, ssbut she does cap the eli
max in her original way Of doing
things she certainly does. Recent
ly she acquired $500 sealskin cloak,
and she is naturally very proud of it.
The first day she wore it she attended
a large euchre party given for char
liable object. Fearing that she might
exchange cloaks with some one, she
opened closet in the ladies' attiring
room and hung her precious cloak in
a far corner. Another lady-two
sizes larger did the same thing with
her new sealskin cloak. As my
wife reached the closet first at the
close of the afternoon she came away
in the other lady's cloak. She was
in hurry and did not notice that it
was too large until she put it on again
the next day. The other lady could
not button her cloak at all, and there
was a great to-do which was not
adjusted for about ten days, and then
only by much advertising, as the two
women were utter strangers.
"Afterawhile my wife attended an
other euchre party of a private char
acter. Being still nervous about her
coat-more SO because Of the recent
trouble what did she do but walk into
remote back room in the house to
which she was invited; there she
hung her cloak in the closet, locked
the room door and hid the key. When
the euchre was over and she was ready
to leave, she found to her horror that
the excitement of the game had made
her forget entirely where she had
hidden the key. So she had to inform
the hostess Of her predicament. The
room belonged to young son Of the
family, and he was discovered highly
indignant because his bedroom was
mysteriously locked. No key could
be found, however, and the door had
to be forced.
eyes, my wife says she was terribly
mortified at the whole affair, but she
would rather suffer in that way than
lose her new sealskin cloak. She
has not formulated, as yet, any new
plans for the protection of the same
at future functions, but no doubt her
measures will be nothing if not start
ling and UNIQUE"
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

the directions, bathing Charlie and
putting that nice Ointment on tho
sores.
wouldn't have believed that
my baby would have been cured by
little thing like that. Not all Of q
sudden, mind you. Little by little,
but SO surely. Charlie and I both
got more peace by day, and more
sleep by night. The sores sort OF
dried up and went away. I shall
never forget one blessed night when
/ went to bed with Charlie beside
me, as soon as / got the supper
dishes out Of the way and the older
children undressed when / woke
up the sun was streaming in. For
the first time in six months I had
slept through the night without >
break.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

Larger Quantities Miss Gabble-"And
she accused me of retailing gossip about the
neighhorhood." Miss Sharpe THE idea!"
Miss Gabble-"P Positively insulting. isn't
she" Miss Sharpe-"Y es, for you re really
wholesaler. "-Philadelphia Press.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21
MRS. RATH'S BABY.
Tired Mothers Touching Story Of
Anxiety and Suffering.
Cuticura Brings Blessed Cure to Skin
Tortured Baby and Peace and Rest
to Its Worn Out Mother.

It is wonder that Mrs. Helena Rath was taken sick
Sgeanded she did all the housewok and washed
mended for her husband Hans and their children After
pu fight to keep on her feet Mrs. Rah had YIELD early
IN 1902 she took to her bed What followed she told visitor
who called her tidy home No. 81 Tenth Ave. New York CITY
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21
Descriptive Term,

Miss Gushton-Oh, love those isolated
mountains that stand gloomily, grandly
apart from their fellows
The Guide-Yes, miss, them's buttes.--
Baltimore American
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken O.
IS cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Thirt
Ave-, n, Minneapolis, Mimi, Jan. 6, 1900.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

Mr.. Wiggs-"I have made il prao-
tice to put all my worries down in the
bottom of my heart, then sit on the lid
and smile. kansas City Star.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

It is great misfortune not to have sense
enough to speak well and judgment enough
to speak little.-Cato.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

You are only doing half as well az
you can.-Atchison Globe.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

To Cure a Cold I'm One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money if it fails to cure 25c.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

More, die by food than famins.-Farm
journal.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

hired q girl to mind the chill
dren and to do whatever else she
could. I couldn't stay in bed long.
Sick as was, it was easier for me
to crawl around than to lie and
worry about my little ones. So
I got up after a few days, and let
the girl 60. I had noticed that she
had sores on her face, hands and
arms, but paid no attention to that
until Charlie, my youngest, began to
pick and scratch himself. He was
then ten months old, and the girl
had paid more attention to him than
to any OF the others. Charlie was fret
full and cross, but as he was cutting
teeth, didn't think much Of that.
Even when rash broke out on his
face I wasn't frightened, because
everybody knows that that is quite
common with teething babies. Sew
eral of my others had it when little,
and I thought nothing about it.
But the rash on Charles poor
little face spread to his neck, chest,
and back. had never seen any
thing quite like it before. The skin
rose in little Jumps, and matter
came out. Ny baby's skin was hot,
and how he did suffer! He wouldn't
eat, and night after night walked
the floor with him, weak as I was.
Often I had to stop because I felt
faint and my back throbbed with
pain. But the worst pain of all was
to see my poor little boy burning
with those nasty sores.
believed he had caught some
disease from the girl, but some of
the neighbors said he had eczema,
and that is not catching, they told
me. Yes, gave him medicine, and
put salves and things ON him.
don't think they were all useless.
Once in while the itching seemed
to let up bit, but there was not
much change for the better until q
lady across the street asked me why
I didn't try the Cuticura Remedies.
I told her had no faith in those
things you read about in the papers.
She said she didn't want me to 90
on faith nor even to spend any
money at first. She gave me some
Cuticura Ointment II think the
box was about half full - and q
piece Of Cuticura Soap. I followed
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21

Yes, that fat little boy by tho
window is Charlie, and his skin is
as white as snow fake, thanks to
the Cuticura Remedies. l think
everybody should know about the
Soap and also the Ointment, and il
it is going to help other mothers
with sick babies, go ahead and pub
ish what have told YOU"
MRS. HELENA RATH.
Water Valley progress., 1903-03-21
MRS. HELENA RATH.

The agonzing itching and burning of the skin in
the ghtful scaling psoriasis the loss Of hair and crsg
of the scalp in SCALED head the facial disfguemcns
ppe and rngwom the awful suffering Of infants anxiety
Of wornout milk crust teer and salt
demand remedy of almost superhuman virtues successfully
with them. That Cuticua Soap, Ointment
such stands beyond all doubt No
regarding them that justified by the strongest evidence
The purity and the power afford immediate relief
the certainty of speedy and the absolute safety
and have made them the standard skin blood
purifiers and humour remedies Of the civilized world
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07
Taken Under Amusement.

The case of the City of Pullman
VS.. J. T. Lobaugh & Co. was heard
in the superior court at Colfax yes
terday, but the judge has not yet
rendered his opinion, having taken
the matter under advisement. This
is the case over the building erected
in the fire limits by the defendants,
and which the city maintains does
not comply with the provisions of
the ordinance. The end of the case
is not expected even with Judge
Chadwick's decision, for whichever
way it goes, it is probable it will be
appealed to the supreme court.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07

All of Pullman knew when Hal
lowe'en came this year, and the
police force will probably remember
it as one of the interesting events
of the year. Saturday night had
been adopted by the freshmen and
sophomores at the college as the
time when they would strive for
supremacy of Drawn and muscle,
and the conflicting factions came
together on Main street. 1t was a
real soph-freshie rush, and hun
dreds of our citizens looked on from
the sidelines as freshman or soph
was captured and bound hand and
foot to some convenient telephone
post. A bright thought struck our
chief of police, however, and with
the assistance of his two deputies,
attempted to cool off the ardor of
the struggling mass of students by
turning the city hose upon them.
But the hose was no sooner attach
ed to the hydraunt at the corner by
the Burgan store than the boys
turned upon their common foe, and
his humiliation was complete. The
marshal finally emerged with sew
eral barrels of city water dripping
from his clothes, and the hose and
nozzle had dissolved in thin air.
Ernest MacMay, one of the boys,
was placed under arrest, but Mon
day morning the city authorities
agreed to dismiss the case if the
value of the missing hose couplings
and nozzle was refunded, or the
articles replaced. The couplings
were later returned, but the nozzle,
valued at $15, was paid for, and
next Halloween its ghost will un.
doubtedly walk the streets of Pull
man.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07
OVercOat Distinction

No matter what your choice may be in
Overcoat styles, you'll find that all Hart, Schaf-
mes & Marx Overcoats have distinction Of
appearance which is ususual, even with the
best custom tailoring. You'll not fully under
stand how good these clothes are until you try
them on; in style, in tailoring, they are pre-
eminently superior. Glad to have you see them
any time.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07
Death of las. R. Fariss.

Died, at the residence of Mrs.
Joe Kimberly, at Moscow, Idaho,
on Monday, Nov. end, James R.
Fariss, father of A. T. Fariss of this
city.
The deceased was II years of age,
and moved to the Palouse country
from Missouri fourteen years ago.
He was member of the local Ma
sonic lodge, of which order he had
been a member for over fifty years.
The funeral services were held at
Moscow Tuesday, interrment being
in the Clinton cemetery.
The Knox Concert Co. give the
best entertainment of the kind I
have ever heard.-Pres. Penrose,
Whitman College.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1903-11-07
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE.

In the Superior Court of Whitman
County, State of Washington.
Order to show cause why order of sale
or mortgage of real estate should not be
made.
In the matter of the estate of Flossie
F. Webb and Fernnie +. Webb, minors.
In appearing to the said Court, by the
petition this day presented and filed, by
Lima Webb, the guardian of the estate of
Flossie F. Webb and Fernnie E. Webb,
minors, praying for an order to sell or
mortgage certain real estate; that it is
necessary to sell or mortgage all of the
real estate of said minors, to pay for their
education and support.
1t is therefore ordered by the said
Court that all persons interested in the
estate OF said minors, appear before the
said Superior Court on the 9TH day of
December, 1903, at 1880 o'clock a. III. of
said day, at the court room of said SUI
perior Court, at Colfax, in said County
and State, to show cause why an order
should not be granted to the said guard
ian to sell or mortgage SO much OF the
real estate of said minors, as shall be
necessary to pay for the support and ed
ucation of said minors and the taxes on
eAAS ANoA NotoAS1 dhI lAdl copy Ol lHlS
order be published at least four consecu-
tive weeks i'll the Pullman HERALD, a
newspaper printed and published in
Whitman County, State of Washington
Done in open Court, this grid day of
November 1903.
5. J. CHADWICK, Judge of said Superior
Court.
STATE OF WASHINGTON, !
County of Whitman. D
l, W. o. McCaw, Clerk of the Superior
Court of Whitman County, State of Wash
ington, do hereby certify that the forego-
ing is true, full and correct copy of an
order duly made and entered upon the
minutes of the said Superior Court.
Witness my hand and the seal of said
Superior Court hereto affixed, this ard
day of November, 1908.
Seal w. o. MCCAw, County Clerk.
Harvey & Welty, Attorneys for Petition
er.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
FIVE HUNDRED DEAD
Cloudburst in Oregon Works
Wild Havoc.
HIGH WALL OF WATER
WIRES DOWN AND MEAGER RE-
PORTS ONLY OBTAINABLE
Half the People of Small Town Swept
to Death in Mighty Rush
of Waters.
HIGH WALL OF WATER

SPOKANE, Wash. June 15.-Special news
by telegraph and telephone advices from
Arlington, Ore, state that the town of
Heppner, Ore, was destroyed by a great
flood of water that rushed down Willows
creek between and o'clock last evening.
Reports from lone state that from $50
to 800 people are believed to have been
drowned. At o'clock am. 1t was reported
that 1Oo bodies had been found. Wires are
down and only meager reports of the dis
aster have been obtained, which are
brought out by messengers.
Heppner is a town of about .250 inhabi-
tants, the seat of Morrow county, Ore, at
the terminus of branch of the Oregon
Railroad and Navigation Company. Farm
ing and stock raising are the chief indus
tries. Willows creek. which is given as
the cause of the disaster, is ordinarily a
small stream, and early reports indicate
the flood was caused by either one or two
cloudbursts.
PORTLAND, Ore, June 15.-The gen.
eral offices of the Oregon Railroad and
Navigation Company received telegram
from lone this morning that the company S
depot at Heppner was washed out by a
cloudburst last night and that many peo-
pie of the town were drowned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
TRAGEDY IN ILLINOIS
YOUNG MAN KILLS FARMER AND
sTEPMoTHER.

CHICAGO, June ia dispatch to the
Tribune from Littsfeld, ILL.,, says:
AS the result of a double killing COM
mitted here yesterday, Fred Mink, twenty
one years old, is besieged in deserted
house on the edge of town, while mob
and shertfs posse are seeking to effect
his capture. The members Of the mob de-
clare that they will lynch him, and the
sheriff and his deputies are trying to make
him prisoner and take him to Jail.
Mink shot and killed Newton w. Harris.
farmer living near town, and then killed
his stepmother. Rage over the refusal Of
Harris to allow him to pay attentions to
his daughter is thought to have inspired
one killing, but the death of Mrs. Mink is
not explained.
His First Victim.
Mr.. Harris was in his pasture lot yes
terday when Mink crept UP behind him.
He was armed with rife, and from the
shelter of fence he fred on the unsuspect-
Ing farmer, who fell Mink then ran to
the PROSTATE man and shot him four times
in the back and side as he lay on the
ground.
Alarmed by the firing, Mrs. Harris ran
from the house, a short distance away, and
started toward her husband Mink drew
revolver as she approached and fired one
shot, missing her. Then he ran from the
field and disappeared in the woods nearby.
A search was instituted for Mink, and
number OF people went to his home. Fore
ing an entrance, they discovered the body
of Mrs. Mink lying on the floor. She had
been shot number Of times, and was dead
when found.
Besieged by Posse.
The citizens organized a strong posse,
fully armed. to search for Mink. and at
length he was found hiding in deserted
house on the edge OF the town. AS the
crowd approached hesshowed himself at
window, and told his pursuers that he
would kill the first man that approached
the house. He showed his rifle and re-
volver and fired a shot at one man who
tried to run around corner of the house
to get at him from behind.
The sheriff insists that he will make
every effort to prevent a lynching
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
CLERICAL CHANGES.
Appointments and Promotions in the
War Department.

Changes in the classified service of the
War Department are announced as follows
Appointments under civil service rules:
Record and pension office-Thomas A.
O'Brien of Maine. Fred. w. Weitzel of
Kentucky and Arthur r. Mackley of Ohio,
clerks at 81 600. Office of the adjutant gen.
eral-Frank ]. Bell of Kansas, clerk at
$500. Bureau of insular affairs-Miss Lille
v. Keathley of North Carolina, clerk at
s720; ]. Edmund Pennybacker of the Dis
trict of Columbia. clerk at $40. Head
quarters of the army-Harry A. Austin of
Nebraska, clerk at 81. 200.
Promotions-Record and pension office
William r. Hearst of Kansas. from clerk
at $1,000 to clerk at $1,000. Office OF the
adtutant general-Andrew ]. Sheridan of
the District of Columbia, from clerk at 5000
10 clerk at $1,000; w. Don Lundy of the
District of Columbia, from clerk at $40 to
clerk at 5000 Bureau of insular affairs
Mrs Sara l.. Beckwith of Georgia, from
clerk at $500 to clerk at $1,000; Mrs. Flor
ence o. Quimby of Massachusetts, from
clerk at SI20 to clerk al $780,
designations: Office of the Secretary
Frederic 7. Wood of Massachusetts, clerk
ut 81, zoo Record and pension office-Rob-
ert w. Cassidy of West Virginia clerk at
81 200. Office of the commissary general
Richard l.. Miller of Virginia. clerk at 500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
FLOOD IN NEW MEXICO
PEOPLE FLY TO HILLS FOR
SAFETY. ~

ALBUQUERQUE, N, M, June 15-This
section has just been visited by the heaviest
rain of the year, accompanied by what al
most amounts to a cloudburst in the Jemez
mountains, north Of this city. A sudden
rise came in the Rio Grande. and Albu-
querque is again in Imminent danger Of be-
ing submerged Los CerEilos. eight miles up
the river, is completely under water, and
the people have fed to the hills, taking such
of their household goods as they could load
At Mercy Of Flood.
Alameda, where the lake that protects AL
buquerque is located, is also under water,
and the people have fed, leaving their
homes to the mercy of the floods. A break
forty feet wide is reported in the levee near
the tracks of the Santa Fe railroad and di-
rectly above the city. and a large force OF
men has been hurried there.
1t is reported that the bridge at Galisteo.
on the main line Of the Santa Fe has been
washed away. This will again cut Albu-
querque off from communication with the
east, and will tie up the Santa Fe for sew
eral days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
JAPAN TAKES NO CHANCES.
Fetes Russian War Minister and In
spects All Naval Ports.

YOKOHAMA. Japan, June 15.-The Rus
sian war minister General Kuropatkin is
being extensively feted at Toxic, where he
arrived Friday last.
A noticeable fact. however, is that stimuli
taneously with the festivities at the cap
ital Baron Yamamoto the Japanese min
lister of marine, is inspecting all the naval
ports and testing their efficiency in case
If war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
AGITATOR IN TROUBLE.
Urged Strike of Freight Handlers at
Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY. Mo-. June ia man
who claims to be T. NJ. Hager, union car
penter from Hannibal, Mo, narrowly
escaped violence at the hands of the West
Bottom food sufferers while he was trying
to induce the freight handlers of the Mis-
souri, Pacific Railway Company to go on a
strike for the full recognition of their
union.
People who had lost their all, and who
are depending on freight shipments for re-
lief, were bitter in their denunciation of
Hager's action, and only the prompt action
of the police in arresting him saved him
from their wrath At the police station
Hager tried to commit suicide.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
QUIET AT MoRENCI.
All but One Of the Cavalry Troops Will
Be Ordered Away.

Adjutant General Corbin today received a
telegram from Gen. Baldwin, commanding
the Department of Colorado at Denver, as
follows:
"Col. Lebo. commanding at Morenci, re-
ports everything quiet. Detroit Copper
Company has resumed work. Within few
days I shall order all but one troop-14th
Cavalry, back to stations to prepare for de-
parture for Manila as soon as practicable
VIII send one full troop-mounted Sd Cav
alry-for temporary duty at Morenci to re-
lieve remaining troop of 14th."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-06-15
LIBERTY BELL FOR BOSTON.
Famous Relic Leaves for Bunker Hill
Celebration,

PHILADELPHIA, June 15-The liberty
bell was today started on its journey to
Boston, where 1t will be a feature of the
celebration of the battle of Bunker Hill.
The bell was escorted from Independence
Hall to the West Philadelphia station of
the Pennsylvania railroad by the 1st Troop,
Philadelphia City Cavalry, and the 1st Reg
iment, National Guard.
The return trip will begin Friday. and
the bell is expected to be back in its place
Saturday night.