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The Rain fall.

There is always more or less guess
work concerning the amount of rain
that falls during any storm period.
Throughout the United States the
amount that falls on any one day rare
ly exceeds one inch. There are certain
portions of the globe, however, that
are frequently and others only occa-
sionally deluged with water. On the
southern slope of the Himalaya noun
tainS, at an altitude of 400 feet 6lO
inches of rainfall have been registered
in a single year. of which amount l4'
inches ~ feet 3 inches) fell in the month
of June. At a meteorological station IN
latitude IS degrees. near the western
boundary Of Hindustan, the average
rainfall for fifteen years was 2o4
inches. In the northwestern part OF
England, at an altitude of 1900 feet,
the average annual rainfall is 146
inches.
The wonderful record given above Is
still more phenomenal when we con-
slider the fact that all the moisture the
atmosphere is capable of holding at
any one time would cover the entire
surface of the globe to depth of less
than four inches should it all be in
stantly precipitated.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24

portation, on the ground floor. The Elk
cord with this movement on the part
of the Federation to induce the large
manufacturers and other employers Of
labor to provide ways and means for
the wage earners Of America TO visit
the Exposition. President Francis Is
displaying personal interest In the I'M
dertaking by affording the Federation
every facility for the consummation OF
its efforts, and in this connection he
has directed Theodore Hardee, assist.
ant to the secretary, to cooperate with
Miss Beeks and Ralph NJ Easley,
chairman OF the Federation's executive
council. in every possible way.
The Exposition management has also
equipped this bureau with clerical as
sistance and a full supply OF Worlds
Fair literature. The bureau VIII be
used as headquarters for all wage earn
Frs coming to the Exposition under its
auspices. The aim OF the Federation Ia
to make 1t feasible for the largest pos
Biote proportion OF wage earnerSufo WIS.,
it St. Louis and see the Worlds Fair.
II will see that they are met at the de-
pot by responsible persons and con-
Quoted to suitable lodgings. where they
will be treated fairly.
There will also be furnished, free OF
charge, appropriate itineraries indieat-
ing the points Of interest to be seen
within a limit OF one week. which In
about the average time each party VIII
spend here 1t will also Indicate the
objects of special interest to various
craftsmen in their particular lines, so
that they may devote as much time
as possible to the objects OF peculiar
interest to them. These and many 9TH
er efforts will be made to help all wage
earners to enjoy the benefits OF this
great Exposition comfortably and at an
expense within their means.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
REPRESENTATIVE MEN
ON THE WORLDS FAIR
What Distinguished Statesmen and
Others Say of the Educational and
Inspiring Exposition at ST. Louis.

The public utterances OF distinguish
I'd men who have visited the worlds
fair have but one note, and that OF
emphatic praise. Here are some of
their comments:
Hon. John Hay, secretary Of state: .I
have never seen nor heard OF anything so
fine"
Hon. Leslie M. Shaw, secretary of the
treasury: Amy father Of a bright bow can
afford to send him to the Fair simply to
study any one Of at least a thousand ex-
hibts."
Hon. Charles II. Grosvenor OF Ohio. ga
visit OF ten days by man of ordinary
aptness ard appreciative capacity to the
Fair Is almost equal to a postgraduate
course IN university"
Hon. Benjamin B. Odell, governor Of
New YORK: st LOUIS has been badly mis-
represented by accounts which say that
her weather Is unbearabIe. The Fair Is
wonderful
Hon. George C. Pariee. governor Of Cali
fornia: THE governor Of the Golde, State
who las spent all his life within her Dor
ders. finds that he knew only a little
and saw all her varied products assembled
together
Hon. Albert B. Cunmins, governor OF
Iowa: THE Louisiana Purchase EXPOSE
ton Is on the grandest scale OF any expo
sition the world has ever seen"
Hon. Richard Yates. governor of ILL.,
nois: The more l see Of the Exposition
the more l enjoy it."
EenninOra hQ ~
Wyoming: II wish the Fair the greatest
success 1t certainly deserves it,
Hon. Franklin Murphy, governor Of New
Jersey: 1T is we'll worth coming from
New Jersey to See even small part Of
this Fair"
Hon. A. B. White, governor of West
Virginia: Il cannot speak too strongly of
the greatness of this Fair"
Hon. William J. Bryan: 1.-The EXPOSE
ton is an unparalleled wonder"
Hon John Sharp Williams. member of
congress from Mississippi: 1.-THE most
wonderful thing of it's kind"
Hon. Hoke Smith Of Georgia, formerly
secretary of interior under President
Cleveland: II am highly pleased with the
Exposition and believe 1t to be one Of the
triumphs of modern civilization"
Hon. Perry Belmont of New York: 'In
magnitude and beauty the Fair is wonder
full. 1t is worth coming long distance
to see.
Hon. Daniel J. Campau, chairman of the
Michigan delegation to the Democratic
national convention at ST. Louis: "It Is
positively sinful for parents to fail to
bring their children to see the Fair
M. Paul Dupuy, editor of LIE Petit Peri-
sien of Paris. France: 81 admire the Elk.
| position for its immensely, it's spirit of the
| sublime, its general beauty and its COM
| pleteneSs.'
Prince George of Bavaria: 81 have never
seen anything prettier than the st. Louis
| Worlds Fair buildings when outlined al
night with their millions of electric
| lights"
T Hon. Louis E. McComas of Maryland
| THE greatest Fair in the world"
| Hon. John F. Dryden of New Jersey
| 1.-The people have no idea of the greatness
| of the Exposition. Every American should
see it."
T. P. Shants, president of the Glover
| Leaf route of Chicago: The Fair is big
success and will continue to become g
greater success as it progresses
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
BLADES OF GRASS.
The Reason They Grow So Abundant
~ Throughout the World.

Grasses are widely diffused through
out the world In order to provide
abundantly for the sustenance of
very large portion of the, animal king
dom.
Grasses" says Paley. "are natures
care. Cattle feed upon their leaves,
birds upon their smaller seeds, men
upon the larger, for our bread corn Is
grass. They thrive under treatment
by which other plants are destroyed.
The more their leaves are consumed
the more their roots increase, and the
more they are trampled upon the thick
er they grow. Many that seem dead
and dry renew their verdure In the
spring. On lofty mountains, where
summer heats are not sufficient to
ripen the seeds, grasses abound which
are viviparous and consequently able
to propagate themselves without
seed"
1t is interesting to note in this con-
nection that animals at liberty in their
pasture to range and choose attack the
leaves and leave unframed the stalks
which support the reproductive flow
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
SIZE OF AN ATOM.
An illustration That Gives Some idea
of Its LittIeness.

How large Is an atom? Perhaps the
simplest though not the most exact
way OF arriving at a rough estimate OF
the size of atoms is by measuring the
thickness Of a soap bubble film where
1t is as thin as possible just before IL
bursts" says a writer. such film IL
composed OF atoms must be something
like pebble wall. Now. pebble wall
would not stand IL 1t were not seVeraI
pebbles thick, and If we had reason TO
suppose that 1t was about a dozen pep
bles thick we could easily make an es-
innate Of the size OF a pebble By meas
urtng the thickness OF the wall. Tnat
Is the case with the thinneSt region or
a soap film. 1t Is found to have a very
definite uniform thickness. 1t Is the
thtnnest thing known. and By refined
optical means its thickness can be &C
curately measured. 1t must contain
not less than something like dozen
atoms IN its thickness, and yet 1t Is
only about the twenty milliOnth OF an
inch In thickness by direct measure
Inent. So that the diameter OF an atom
comes out between one two-hundredth-
millionth Of an inch. In other words,
from about 100000 to 3O0OOOOOO
of atoms can lie edge to edge In
linear inch"
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
WAGE FARMERS AT THE FAIR
Prominent Men Planning to Help
Workers See the Great Exposition.

Workers See the Great Exposition.
Wage earners of America are to see
the Worlds Fair by tens of thousands
under the auspices of the National Civ
ic Federation. A new bureau of the
Federation has just been established at
st. Louis upon the Worlds Fair
grounds. Back of the movement are
Grover Cleveland, David r. Francis
Andrew Carnegie, Cornelius n. Bliss
and others. Plans are making to have
a vast number of the wage earners OF
the United States see the Worlds Fair.
the most glorious spectacle of the age
and the most influential factor in the
education of the American citizen.
The bureau is in chargesof Miss Ger
trude Beeks, secretary of the Fedora
tons welfare department, of which
Mr.. H H. vreeland, head Of the street
railway system of New York city, is
chairman. The bureau headquarters is
in the east end of the Palace Of Trans
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
A CURIOUS ANIMAL.
The Je1ly-Hke AmOeba Has Neither
Limbs, Mouth Nor stomach.

The JeIy-nke AmOeDa Has Neffhe<
Limbs, Mouth Nor stomach.
The amoeba, probably the simplest
form Of animal life, has neither limbs,
mouth, nor stomach. Its whole anato-
my consists Of d simple cell Of the jel-
ly-like material called protoplasm. 1t
moves with flowing motion, just as
drop of glycerin might slide on a slight
ly inclined plate.
1t feeds by flowing over and ingulf-
ing and minute animal or vegetable
organism that may be in it's path.
When it has digested its food it passes
on and leaves the residue behind.
The amoeba can be found on the sur
face of the mud at the bottom Of al
most any stagnant pool and is hardly
visible without a microscope. It re-
produces its kind by simply dividing
into two when it has reached certain
size Occasionally two amoeba merge
into one, which breaks up into many
much smaller ones. In times Of drought
the amoeba incloses itself in a hard
cyst and waits until its home Is wet
again.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
PERIlS OF LAND AND SEA,
Captain Wiilnef's Remarkable
Escape Shows What to do i'm
Time of Trouble.

Captain Willnef's Remarkable
Escape Shows What to do in
Time of Trouble.
For many years Captain Willnef,
says the Times of Gloucester, Mass.
was one of the best known sea-
men in the Gloucester, fleet.
The sea and its dangers had no
terror for him, but the catarrhal
troubles with which he suffered for
fifteen years made him dread the
nights at sea, for he had to walk the
cabin floor being unable to lie down
and sleep on account of the consta Mt
catarrhal dropping.
Captain Willnef went to two differ
emit hospitals for treatment, but could
get no lasting benefit. He constantly
raised yellow and green phlegm and
his trouble became so unbearable and
nauseating that he was ashamed to
go out in company. When despair
ing of ever getting relief, his wife
purchased Hyomei outfit for him.
and trying it before going to bed he
enjoyed the first whole nights sleep
for ten years. Captain Willnef says
II have used less than two bottles of
Hyomei and have been cured by the
remedy. My friends ask me what La
responsible for my Improvement, and
tell them Hyomei, which has given
me full and complete recovery"
Captain Willnef's experience shows
our readers what to do in time of ca
tarrhal trouble, - use Hyomei. This
remarkable treatment kills the germs
OF catarrh and makes lasting and per-
manent cures. 81. @. Pierce sells Hy-
omei under his personal guarantee to
refund the money if it does not give
quick relief.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
LIGHT WAVES.
Different Kinds Brought Into Con-
junction Produce Darkness.

Different Kinds Brought Into Con-
junction Produce Darkness.
Every light wave, as wave Of the
sea, consists Of two portions, in one of
which the water is lifted above the
general average level of the surround
ing ocean and in the other Is depressed
below it These two portions form the
crest" and the trough" Of the wave
respectively.
If two or more sets of waves are
caused to traverse the same surface
as by dropping stones into still water,
for instance, complicated network of
ripples is produced. At certain points
the crest Of one wave will coincide
with the crest of another, and the two
will combine to form one crest of dou-
BILE the height, the trough also being
twice the depth.
At other points the crest of one wave
will fall on the trough of another, and
as the same particles of water are
called upon by equal forces to move in
opposite directions at the same time
they Will remain stationary, and the
surface will not be disturbed at those
| points.
Similarly, as light consists Of waves
in the ether, it has been shown By
Fresnel that If one ray be caused tc
fall half a wave length behind another
the troughs OF one set OF waves viii
combine with the cvsts of the other SCI
to neutralize one another, so produc
ing still ether. otsark patches, at thos4
particular points in the midst of th,
surrounding light.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
THE CUNNING FOX.
Indian Legend of Why He Is Hated
by the Wolf.


The wolf hates the fox. According
to the IroQuois Indians, this is why:
One cold, wintry day fox who was
prowling about looking to see where
he might steal his dinner saw a wagon
coming. 1t was loaded with fish and
was driven by some fishermen who
were taking home their days catch.
"Ah, HAP said the cunning fox. Here
comes my dinner" And he fell down
and pretended to be dead. The fisher
men, seeing him, picked him up and
threw him into the wagon among the
fish. Then the fox slyly threw out some
fish and when the fishermen were not
off with the fish he had thrown out.
Pretty soon afterward he met a wolf,
who said, Il am hungry, and l guess
will eat you for my dinner" But the
fox said, wv ould you rather not have
fish for dinner?' The wolf replied that
on the whole he thought he would pre-
fer fish. Then the cunning fox told
him of the trick by which he had just
got his own dinner and advised him to
try it. The wolf was pleased with the
idea, so he ran through the woods and
headed off the team which the fisher
men were driving, falling down in the
road before it and pretending to be
dead But the fishermen, who had by
this time discovered the trick the fox
had played upon them, instead Of tax
ing him into the wagon. beat him with
clubs so that he barely escaped with
his life And on a hillside near by sat
the fox, who laughed and laughed.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
Butchers. Merchants and
Hide Buyers

Should write to Carroll s. Page, Hyde
Park, VT, who wishes to purchase
their Hides, Calfskins, Sheep Pelts,
Tallow and Bones. He pays the
freights. He pays full market values.
He wishes to arrange with some one
in every village, where he has no
agent, to sell Poultry Supplies and to
pick up for him Hides, Calfskins,
Sheep Pelts and Bones. He furnishes
money with which to buy and he keeps
his agents thoroughly posted at all
times IS to market values. Write
him for full! particulars.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
The Wise Widow.

John said eff l ever married agln
his ghost would come back an haunt
me- said the widow.
You reckon he'll be as good as his
word?"
Il ain: a bit afeared of it. I've got
two tons o. granite over him an a
spiked steel railin' all around. Johns
thar 10 tayg'-Atlanta Constitution.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
RESIDENCE FOR SALE
in Barton Village.

My residence OF eight rooms with bath, fur.
mace, electric flights and other modern i'm
provemerts. This was built by thei Gay four
years ago. Also the building occupied as
laundry which has two small tenements in
same building, and barn 24xS0 feet. All in
good repair. Will sell all together or sepa-
rate.
MELVIN DROWN. 33tf
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24
ISS Mitford's
Acrifice
By KEITH GORDON

|pyright, l2o1, by Keith Gordon
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1904-10-24

"If." In an Offer to give something,
Is generally paddock with the key In
the river-Atchison Globe.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
Idaho Sheep Over in nd|heuT.

A special from Vale of the 10th in
slant says; During the past two
weeks about 200, 900 head of high
grade sheep, belonging to A. G. But
terrified, of Weiser, Idaho, have been
passing through Vale in seperate
bands, en- route to the desert in
the Owyhee regions, where they will
be feed during the approaching win
ter. Several other prominent sheep
raisers and several from Heppner
have decided to move their bands
into Malheur, where they have pur-
chased sufficient amount of alfalfa
hay from the Malheur ranchers to
last them until late in the spring.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21

image, $50 long as you are young ant
pretty, but ! don't like the idea of get
ting old and cracked. perhaps bavins
my arms or legs broken off,
The wind was rising without and
suddenly the Gre blsSed with a ehoer
full warmth 1t was very pleasant for
awhile, but presently II seemed to be
too hot. The dou thought she began to
feed softening IN her feet She didn't
know what II meant, but 1t frightened
her. 1t extended to her legs; then she
felt 1t in her arms and at last In her
face and neck. A log OF wood fell
down on the Goals, and the fire blazed
higher, hotter than ever. The doll felt
herself melting away.
You're going.r said the boy figure
on the manteL sTts Just as wei; the
world isn't all like this household
IT'S just as we'll" echoed the girl
image. -Your beauty will not have to
fade"
Il don't want to go,r cried the doll
mournfully. II want to stay with my
blue eyed boy. The world may be full
of sadness, but there must be pleasure
as WELL for 1t is here
There was something so plaintive hr
her voice that even the images refrain
ed from any further remarks. The fro
blazed hotter, and the wax, which had
as yet only softened, began to melt.
Something spattered on the floor. II
was drop of melted wax.
Oh, that her little boy would get up
and move her back from the fire! But
he slept on peacefully, and as she had
no voice for real children she couldn't
call to him.
So the doll felt that she was melting
away. Drop by drop she fell on the
door. The room, with its rich hang
ings, the children sleeping, the freight
hickering, the shadows and, above ali.
the memory of her brief existence-for,
after all, a doll can only seemed
to be gradually fading away. She Sigh
ed to think that she couldn't have been
born with a soul. to be loved and go
on loving forever; that she could not
grow up like real child to see the nm
folding of all the wonderful things In
the world, passing from one existence
TO another instead of going out alto
gether. Then she thought that she
might never have been born at all
never have had the one glimpse of the
happy household. the one Christmas.
the blue eyed boy ana her single day
of love. So she said: IT can't under
stand 1t will try not to murmur. but
trust that 1t is all for the best"
And then-and then she awoke! The
horror of melting had only been
cream She had fallen asleep before
the hot fire, but some Kind hand had
drawn the chair back, and in a few
moments she was again ciasped In the
fond arms of her blue eyed boy.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
Holiday Excursion Rates.

An open rate of one fare for the
round trip for the sale of excursion
tickets from all stations on the line
to any point within each respective
state, also to points in other states ON
the o. s. L. r. r., Union Pacific r
H. San Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt
Lake X. r., San Pete Valley r. r..
Salt Lake and Mercur Ry., or the
Butte, Anaconda and Pacific Ry..
WITHIN A RADIUS or TWO
HUNDRED AND FIFTY $50 ,
MILES FROM SELLING STATION.
On sale December 23, "a, 20, and
9ls'' 1904, aud January LIST, 1905,
Limit 70 continuous passasge 10 each
direction with final limit Of january
3D., 1908.
q w. bAPlsH, Agent o, 5, l., Ry.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
East Weiser Valley.

George jackson was over from
Crystal Monday helping Will Root
dehorn cattle.
Mrs. Jesse Crowell is spending the
week In this neighborhood visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. j. @. Root.
Miss Lulu Riggs of Weiser visited
at the home of Mrs j. @. Root this
week and attended the box social
given at the School house Friday
evening.
The School entertainment was a
success and the teacher Miss Vassar
deserves great credit in training her
pupils all did we'll.
Joe Sinden took load Of hay to
town one day this week.
Albert jackson and Miss Lille
vassar were over from Crystal to at
tend the box social, everybody had q
good time and neat little sum was
realized which will be used for the
benefit of the school.
Fred Thorson made a business trip
to Weiser one day this week.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
LAUNDRY NOTICE.
Candee will send out laundry fro
news stand every Monday. 2Stf

There is more catarrh in this sed
ton of the country than all oths|
diseases put together, and until thl
last few years was supposed to be I'D
durable. For a great many yesr|
doctors pronounced local diseas|
and prescribed local remedies, sHd
by constant failing to cure with Local
treatment, pronounced it incurbsI
Science has proven catarrh to b
constitutional disease, and, therefore
requires constitutional treatment
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured bJ
F., j. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio i
the only constitutional cure on th'
market. 1t is taken internally 10
doses from 10 drops to a teaspoonful
1t acts directly on the blood anf
mucous surfaces of the system
They offer one hundred dollars 10
any case it fails to cure. Send i0l
circulars and testimonials. address
F. j. CHENEY g. CO., Toledo, v
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
Notice Of Stockholders heefiRg.

The annual meeting of the stock
holders of the Bank of Weiser, Idaho
will be held at the Office of said bank
In the city of Weiser, Washington
county, state of Idaho, on the 9th day
OF January 1905, at O'Clock D. m.
for the election of a board of direct
ors for said bank, and the transaction
OF such other business as may come
before the meeting.
December 7, 1904,
A. B. ANDERSON,
W. L. ANDERSON, President.
Cashier. 29-35 W
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-12-21
tdldst WIN dNs EEss

A 60 piece set of DishesKs12, a
fine pipe set s15, Skates SO, Sled
SO, Toy Stove $3.50, and other Gifts
on Jan. LIST. A double DARRELL shot
Gun s25 and other gifts ON valen-
tines Day. A Sewing Machine s65
and other gifts on March 81. A s35
Bicycle and other gifts on Decoration
Day. Every ticket is good on all of
these drawings. All unclaimed
premiums at one drawing will be
given at next in addition to regular
prizes. 81 d