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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-24
The Wool Production.

Utah sheepmen have realized
100000 to $4,000 less on their
wool than they did a year ago, &C
cofdlng to the estimate Of buyers
WHO have been in the field during
me entire season, says the Salt Lake
Herald. In Idaho the difference is
a oout twice as great. In Wyoming
ana Montana similar losses have
been sustained. The total loss is
even greater, as there are not so
many lambs as is customary. Many
sheep have died because of exposure
during the last winter, scarcity of
iced and the spread of the big head.
Altogether, it has been an unsatis-
factory year for sheepmen, although
the price of wool has been higher
than 1t was In 1902.
Wesley Paul, general representa-
tive of the Associated Wool Grow
ers' company, who has just returned
from an extended wool purchasing
trip in Idaho, estimates the wool
shortage at 25 per cent, and the
Idaho shortage anywhere from 90
to 80 per cent.
"f'he Idaho clip is practically all
gone in the eastern part of the state.
Soda Springs wool brought on an
average Is to 154 cents, the maxi
mum price being l55 cents. In the
W estern part of the state at the end
Of last week there were $4,000
pounds at Mountain Home, $50, 900
pounds at Caldwell and $50,
pounds at Boise. To this should
be added 400, 900 pounds at Ontario
Ore, which is classed as Idaho wool
making 2,65O,Oo pounds yet to be
disposed of. The market is slug
gish, sales being few and far be.
tween. The prices IN western Idaho
have averaged l34 to l44 cents.
Wool has sold as low as II cents,
while Frank Gooding's clip at Sho-
shone brought lag cents"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-24
office.
New Instal1ment of Library.

Mrs. A. H. Groo notified the
Examiner that she has received a
new installment of the public IL
brary. The list includes many
splendid books. There are no spe-
clal hours for the library to be open,
but those who desire books can get
them almost any time by applying
to Mrs. Groo.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-24
Affidavit of Annual Labor.

Proof OF annual labor is pre-
scrlbed by statute IN nearly all the
mining states. The time for filing
this certificate in Arizona Is within
three months; California and Wash
ington, thirty days; Idaho and new
Mexico, sixty days; Montana, twenty
days; Nevada, sixty days; Utah and
Wyoming thirty days, after the
work is done.
In Colorado it has been held that
neglect to file the proof of labor
would not leave the claim open to
relocation, if the annual labor was
in fact done, and some of the fed
eral judges have taken the same
position. In Idaho the courts have
decided that the effect of the omls-
sion is to only raise dlspWtablc
presumption that the annual labor
had not been done. The California
act purports to make the fling OBJ
ligatory, but close reading of it
will show that there is no express
penalty attached to q failure to
file the affidavit, other than the
presumption of non-performance of
the annual labor, which of course
can be generally overthrown by oral
evidence in court.
It is not likely that any court will
hold that a mining claim will be
forfeited by neglect to file an afi-
davit of labor when the statute it
sell does not prescribe such for
feiture as penalty. Penalties, civil
or criminal, are not created by mere
constructions of law.
1t is indeed legal maxim that
the law abhors forteitures and will
never impose them unless the statute
admits of no other logical construc-
ton. To do otherwise would be
contrary to natural justice and cause
techn calties to run mad.
Nevertheless the piecautlon TO file
the annual proof of labor should not
be neglected by any prudent claim
owner. The filing of it makes out
the proof of the fact of the labor
having been done, which in it's ab
sence might afterwards be a difficult
matter to show. It is the best record
substitute for . United States patent,
without which no claim IL cenSid-
cred secure, in modern tiNes.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-24
Death Of Nathan Falk.

Nathan Falk, one of Idaho's
pioneers, and widely known all
over the state, died at Haley We'd
nesday after q few hours sickness.
He had been in Boise since 1866
and was a very wealthy man.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1903-07-24

fell asleep on the rock.
Bertha was sound asleep when
found by her father and the section
crew with him this morning.
Tribune.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
TWINS 80 YEARS OLD.
MRS. EvelIne TIltOn and Miss Emeline
Perrine, of New Hampton. Probably
Oldest Pair in Country.

Undoubtedly the oldest twins in
the United States, if not in the world,
are Mrs. Eveline Tilton and Mss
Emeline Perrin, of New Hampton,
Iowa.
These twins were born in Vernon,
Conn, May %, 1911, and were OF a
family of five children, two others
of whom were twins. At the age of
Is they were taken by their mother
TO Geneseo, y. Y, their father haV-
ing died a short time previous at the
age of 40. Miss Eveline Perrin was
married to Valentine Tilton, May 27,
1857, at Angelica, \. Y. \ short time
later they moved to Tiskilwa, ILL.,,
and from that place to Jacksonville,
Iowa, in 1857. Mr.. Tilton died in 1861,
and Mrs. Tilton, his widow, went to
New Hampton in 1888. Emelne Per-
rim remained with her mother, Han
ma Wright Perrin, until the latter's
death in 1854, at the age of II. In
1873 she moved to Wauconda, H.,
where she resided until 1888. Then
she came to live with her sister. Miss
Perrin has been blind eight years,
and is a devoted Methodist. Mrs.
Tilton has been blind year and is a
Presbyterian.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
ADMIRAL SCHLEY
ENDORSES PE=RU=NA.
Pe=ru=na Drug Co., Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen: 81 CheerfLLIy say that Mrs. SCl[ey
has taken Pe-ru-na and believe with good effec.'
W. S. SCT7LEY-Washington, d.
Washington, d. G.

A DMIRAL SCHLEY, one of the foremost
n notable heroes of the Nineteenth Century.
A name that starts terror in the heart of every
Spaniard A man of steady nerve clear head,
undaunted courage and prompt decision.
Approached by a friend recently, his opinion
was asked as to the efficacy of Peruna, the
national catarrh remedy. Without the slight
est hesitation he gave this remedy his en-
dorsement. 1t appeared on later conversa-
ton that Peruna has been used in his family,
where it is favorite remedy.
Such endorsements serve to indicate the
wonderful hold that Peruna has upon the
minds of the American people, 1t is out of
the question that SO great and famous man
as Admiral Schley could have any other
reason for giving his endorsement to Peruna
than his positive conviction that the remedy
is all that he says it is.
The fact is that Peruna has overcome all
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
IEGPNlk FARMS. Catalogue sent FREE
GAklF UnNHA [. NJ. Wooster Co., San Francisc,
TWO PRAYERS.
Queer Requests Made in the Suppiica'
tiOns of Imaginative
Preachers.

Speaking of queer breaks occasionally
made by pastors in addressing their faithful
hocks, here is one that think takes the
cake" observed New Yorker to some
friends as they were chatting at the club,
according to the Times.
The case in question was that of a young
clergyman whose Imagination sometimes
exceeded his common sense. At any rate,
on one occasion he began his prayer as fol.
lows:
"'Oh Lord, we thank Thee that there is
one small spark of grace remaining in our
hearts. Water it, We beseech Thee, On
Lord, water it.,
THAT reminds me of the favorite climax
of the minister of the one church in a little
country place where | was staying one
summer" remarked one of the others when
the laugh had subsidized. "Ile was of ex-
tremely pacific tendencies and rarely ended
his prayer by any other phrase than the
following:
"'Oh Lord, we pray Thee that the dove
OF peace and the eagle of freedom may soar
heavenward together, bearing between them
banner with the motto, "E pluribus IN
num-" A-a-men.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Wcn Remembered.

Valley City, n. Oak, Dec. 1.-two years
ago Mrs. Matilda NJ. Boucher of this place
suffered a great deal with dizziness in her
head. She was cured OF this by a remedy
called Dodd's Kidney Pills, and has not been
troubled since.
Shortly afterwards she had bad bilious
attack and for this she used Diamond Din
ner Pills and was completely cured in a
short time.
In January, 1903, she had an attack of
Sciatica of which she says:
Il was almost helpless with the Sciatica,
but remembering what Dodd's Kidney
Pills and Diamond Dinner Pills had done for
me before, | commenced treatment Of
these medicines and in three weeks | was
completely restored to health. | have
great faith in these medicines for they have
been of so much benefit to me-
Dodd's Kidney Pills are very popular in
Barnes County, having made great many
splendid cures of Sciatica Rheumatism and
Kidney Troubles. Many families use no
other medicine.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

opp ltion and has won its way to the hearts
of lie people. The natural timdity which
g MANY people have felt about giving en-
dorsements to any remedy is giving way.
Gratitude and desire to help others has
inspired thousands of people to give public
testimonials for Peruna who heretofore would
not have consented to such publicity.
Never before in the annals of medicine has
it happened that SO many men of national
ing to give unqualified and public endorse
ments to proprietary remedy. No amount
of advertising could have accomplished such
a result Peruna has won on its own merits
Peruna cures catarrh of whatever phase or
location in the human body. That is why it
receives so many notable and unique en-
dorsements
Address The Peruna Drug Mfg Co., Co
lumbus, Ohio, for free literature on catarrh.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

genius. See that of a bat, for in
stance. Is it not unique enough to
suit the most eXacting, and can you
not imagine how charming it would be
when made of gauzy black material
that need by no means be expensive
The ribbon girl is another charming
costume, that is far away from the or
dinary, and is not difficult of construc-
ton, nor necessarily expensive. To
prove that all Of these are late and up
to-date we need only say that our art
ist sketched them from costumes made
for the present New York season, and
that each and every one of them will
be worn before the beginning of Lent.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

undaunted. 1t knew it was indispensa-
BILE all the time; and whereas once it
was just the black or the silver sequin,
we now have the saucy thing in every
color of the rainbow and in all sorts of
substances. The robe cannot exist with
out sequin, and the world of women
cannot exist without the robe. The
robe mas been woman's best solace for
the dlatory sins of the dressmaker
With a robe and a maid of average
abilities q frock may be called up as
if by the wand of fairy godmother,
and no unsophisticated simplicity of a
hasty pudding recipe would this be, but
something filmy and sparkling and be-
coming. The eternally useful black
frock, for example, is almost always
fashioned from the sequinned robe |
saw recently an altogether good black
sequinned robe, in which the embroi-
deries enclosed appliques of black
Chantilly lace, whilst the bodice pieces
were delightfully."- complete and ample
and such a frock could be fitted to slip
on over a black foundation or a white
foundation, or over foundation Of
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Champion Iiar Found.

The Manila American has discovered "the
champion circulation liar" He is acting as
editor of the laundering Dawn, a Buddhist
organ just started in Tokyo. Here is his
greeting to the public:
This paper has come from eternity. 1t
starts its circulation with millions and mil
lions of numbers The rays OF the sun, the
beams of the stars, the leaves of the trees,
the blades OF grass, the grains of sand, the
hearts of tigers, elephants lions, ants, men
and women are its subscribers. This journal
will henceforth flow in the universe as the
rivers flow and the oceans snrge."
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

nary. We are not going to attempt to
explain just how all the dainty cos
tunes pictured by the artist may be
made, for there is no need of explana-
ton, the pictures tell their own story.
1t is safe to say that from those pic
tured may be found some which will
be so far above the average as to stamp
the wearer as a girl of originality and
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
Grateful Woman.

After expressing her gratitude to all who
administered to my dear husband in has
fatal sickness" Leavenworth women adds,
in her card of thanks: And especially the
accident insurance agent, Mr. Fairlock, who
assures me that congestion Of the stomach
comes under the head OF accidents. kan
sas City Star.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

The star jockeys of the period all
command incomes on a level with
bank and railroad presidents and the
most eminent men of the professions.
arthur Redfern is paid $4,000 a year
by w. c. Whitney and earns as much
more from others. Capt. 5. S. Brown,
of Pittsburg, pays $4,000 a year to
George Odom. who is believed to re-
ceive as much more for his services
to others. "Pittsburg Phil" paid Will
lie Shaw a $4,000 fee for the season.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
1t Sometimes Happens.

"Of course" says the shoe dealer, there
are times when it is necessary to stretch
the truth trhe."
Yes, sir" answered the head salesman,
"and often a fellow has to stretch lie."
Il don't see how"
"Well, when a woman with No. foot
declares that a No. 3 shoe is just her size and
asks you to put it on the shoe stretcher over
night just to make the instep little higher
That's one of the times. IN. Y. Times.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24
AN EXPERT.
He Wanted IA Confidential Clerkship
Because He Could he Very
Confidential.

Secretary Shaw says that shortly after he
assumed his duties as head of the treasury
department he was called upon by an old
gentleman from his own state of Iowa who
wanted an appointment as confidential clerk
to one OF the assistant secretaries of that de-
partment.
In spite of the fact that was very busy
at the time" says Mr.. Shaw, IL gave the
lowan the better part of an hour for he was
as pleasant and entertaining an old chap as
one could meet-brght clipper and witty"
On account of his age, the secretary felt
that he could not comply with the request
So, gently but firmly he informed him that
he did not see his way clear to give him the
appointment. This did not dampen the old
gent!eman's spirit in the least.
Now, sir," said he, "as feel myself pecu-
iarIy well qualified to fill one OF these CON
fdential clerkships, | hope that you will con-
slider my application further
Then, wagging mis- head most imprcssively,
he added earnestly:
"Oh, sir, | could be SO confidential"
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24


there were other possibilities awaiting
the lace cape. | saw yesterday a lovely
evening coat of pale blue cloth. of
which the entire top was formed by a
lace cape, the lace. needless to say,
dyed the precise pale blue of the cloth.
Here is a tip, thought |, for some one
with a lace tippet. She can give it to
her dressmaker, and instruct her how
to contrive with it and some creamy
white cloth a most delectable coat 1t
must be explained that the lace top
must be lined with a layer or two OF
chiffon, under which there should be
a warm wooller I2te~iining, and then,
of course, the satin that lines the whole
coat. There is. on the whole, no more
popular idea than the cream cloth coat,
especially for theaters.
The sequin smiles, thinking how the
sartorial seers have in the past prophe-
sled its doom, for the sequin flourishes
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

Mr. Trucker-"I think shall give up my
business, my dear. | might as well have
some good out of my money" Mrs. Truck
er-"Oh, not yet, Samuel! But wnen one of
US dies, | shall give up housekeeping and
see little of the world. Town and Coun-
tru
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

He season of masquerade
dances is with us again, and
many a young woman is
wondering of what she can
make an acceptable cos
tune, and one that will be
Just a little out of the ordi-
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

Tess-"He was pleased to say / sing like
a bird Jess-"I heard him say that to
you, and just after that he began to talk to
phia Press.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

eyes; he proposed" Miss Passay con-
tinued, blushing, "and when papa came into
the room he found me in Mr.. Huggins'
arms
81 wondered what your father meant to-day
when | heard him telling my father that
Mr.. Higgins had an old head on young
shoulders. STRAY Stories.
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

whats in here" asked the tourist.
Remains to be seem" responded the guide.
as he led the way into the morgue.-Col
bia lester
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

HIS summer saw the lace
collar, that was SO very
wide we had to call it
cape. Too universal, it
seemed everywhere, and its
original use altogether too
popular to be desirable. But
Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1903-12-24

Putnam Fadeless Dyes cost but 10 cents
per package.
They who court fame never win it.
Rams Horn.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-12
JUSTIFIES CANNIBALISM.
Prof. Starr Says It is Not Wrong to
Eat a Dead Man,

A special to the New York Times from
Chicago yesterday says: According to Prof
Frederick E. Starr, head Of the authropo-
logical department at the University of
Chicago, cannbalism among the savage
tribes of Africa, Australia and Greenland
is justifiable- This statement was made
before his class today in the course of a
lecture. He explained to his startled audi
ence that he would not justify any one for
killing man for food. but that in his opin-
ion it was not wrong to eat him when
dead
THE bushmen and pigmies of Africa, the
Fuegians and Bolo-C udos of South Amerf-
ca. and the Esquimos of North America
said he, ARE all cannibals. Some eat
cessity. 1t is especially in the case of the
latter that L say their cannibalism is justf-
fable 1t is a fact that every known tribe
which eats dogs also feeds on human be-
ings. Dog eating and man eating go to-
gether. When the Eskimo has no walrus
he eats his dog. and when his dogs are
gone he eats his brother, IL the brother
happens to be a. corpse. If he did not eat
the human flesh he would starve or at least
go hungry. and 1 think he is all right in
doing as he does"
Professor Starr further remarked that the
finest tribes in Africa are cannibals who
think that they attain the tributes of the
dead relatives friends by eating them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-08-12

so said those who had speech with her, de-
clared she lOnged to be again with her nus
band at Sandy. Then 1T was Elise VINO oe
manded that they should move. Elise was
mad to go-EIise, who took a turn OF her
own, a screaming fit, when the news came
Of the relief of Wren's little force, OF the
death of their brave sergeant, or the
strange tale that, before dying, Carmody
had breathed a confession to Lieut.. B1akely,
which BlakeIy had reduced to writing be-
fore he set forth on his own hapless mis-
sion. 1t was Mrs. Plume's turn now to
have to play nurse and comforter. and to
strive to soothe, even to the extent OF
promising that Elise should be permitted
to start by the very next stage to the dls-
tant sea- but when 1t came to securing pas
sage, and in feverish, nervous haste the
French woman had packed her chosen be-
longtngs into the one little trunk the stage
people would consent to carry, 10! there
came to her messenger from headquar-
tiers, where Colonel Byrne, grim, silent,
saturnine, was again in charge. Any at
tempt on her part to leave would result in
her being turned over at once to the civil
authorities, and Elise understood and
raved, but risked not going to Jail. Null
Inns, nursed by his devoted Norah, was sit
ting up each day now. and had been seen
by Colonel Byrne as that veteran passed
through, ten pounds lighter of frame and
heavier of heart than when he set FORTH
and Mullins had persisted in the story that
he had been set upon and stabbed by two
women opposite Lieutenant Blakely's quar-
tiers. What two had been seen out there
that night but Clarice Plume and her Gal
lie shadow. Elise?
Meantime Aunt Janet was looking
CHASTITY" said the ladies along that somber
line of quarters, and something really ought
to be done. Just what that something
should be no two could unite in deciding,
but really Major Plume or DR.. Graham
ought to see that If something wasn't done
she would break down under the awful
strain. She had grown ten years older in
deCIarod-WAS turning
fully gray, and they were sure she never
slept wink Spoken to on this score, poor
Miss Wren was understood to say she not
only could not sleep, but she did not wish
to. Had she kept awake and watched
Angela, as was her duty, the child could
never have succeeded in her wild esca-
pade. The child" by the way, had dis
played rare generalship, as speedily became
known. She must have made her few prep
arations without a betrayfng sound. for
even Kate Sanders, IN the same room, was
never aroused-Kate, who was now we'll
nigh heartbroken. They found that angela
had crept down stairs In her stockings and
had put on her riding moccasins and leg
gings at the kitchen steps. There the
sand, were the tracks OF her long. s-.l,ier
feet. They found that she had taken with
her a roomy hunting pouch that hung
usually In her fathers den. She had filled
1t. apparently, with food-tea sugar even
lemons. for half dozen of this precious
and boarded fruit had disappeared. Punch.
too. had been provided for. She had
packed half bushel Of barley from the
stables. There was no one to say A-ss An
gela nay. She might have ridden on with