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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Some OF our b e S I
prayers we're those an
swered with a No.

There Is publisher In a metropol-
itan city who studied me while |
studied him before we knew each
Others names.
We sat In the same street cars to-
gether many times before getting ac-
quainted.
He thought me a school professor
and one interested in helping boys.
while thought him one OF the bright
est newsdealers In this cotntry.
Helping boys as one OF my quail
ties hit my heart all right but wish
my head and backbone were In better
shape to be useful to men and boys.
This border cost me twenty-five dol
lars. and II Is devoted to
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
COST OF LIVING IN ASIA.
Modern Improvements Have Imposed
Burden on Natives.

Modern Improvements Have Imposed
Burden on Natives
During Z recent tour In Asia Of near
~ sixteen months. from February,
1901. TO June, 1902. in which visited
Japan, Korea. China, the Philippines.
Cochin China, Slam and Laos. the
Straits Settlements. Burmah, India.
Syria and Palestine, | found every
where deep interest in the changing
economic conditions The common
people In Asia care little for politics.
but the price of food and ralment
touches every man, woman and child
1t sensitive POINT.
Almost everywhere the old days OF
cheap living are passing away. Steam
ers, railways. telegraphs, newspapers,
labor-saving machinery and the intro
duction OF Western ideas are slowly
but eurely revolutionizing the Orient.
Shantung wheat, which formerly had
no market beyond a radius of few
dozen miles from the wheat field. can
now be shipped by railway and steam
ship to any part Of the world. and in
consequence every Chinese buyer has
to pay more for It, In like manner
new facilities for export have doubled.
trebled, and In some places quad
rupled the price of rice in China, Siam
and Japan.-Century Magazine.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
DETECTIVE WORK IN INDIA.


A recently published book on India
tells OF native detective whose meth
DDS we're anything but scrupulous.
One important matter Investigated
was a robbery OF about half lakh Of
rupees worth OF silver ingots (about
e26.000) thrt was ssnt down on cam
els with an eseort OF fifteen armed
men from Indore to kotah. The es-
cort was killed by Dacolts and the sill
yer taken. fsri Psrshad, the oriental
Sherlock Holmes. rasseldar major Of
. native regiment. made It his busi.
moss to bring those men to Justice and
when asked In after years how he OBJ
tanned his proofs remarked. smilIngly
stroking his heard. that II man was
tudiciousiy strung up. spread-eagle-
wise. bv his thumbs. much useful In
formation might be extracted and
having no marks OF illtreatment to
show to the sshiba he generally held
his tongue. OF certain witness In
this case he wrote that he had "givcn
'awfuuy good evidence at the trial.
hut A. there was Just little discrcp-
ancy' between this aud his previous
dispositions before tho political agent
when tho original fles were called for
BY the higher court. II would be bet
tor 10 omit this one aud say II had
been eaten by white ants"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Deafness Cannot Be Cured

= local applicatons they cannot reach the Dis
essed portion Of the car. There IL only ono way To
cure deafness snd that is BY constitutional remedies
Deafness ID caused by fndamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube. When this
tube Is fnnamed you have rumbiing sound or i'm
perfect hearing and when It II entirely closed Deaf
ness IL the result and unless the Inflammation Be
taken and this tube restored 70 its normal condf
ton hearing win be destroyed forever; nine
out Of ten caused by Catsrrh, which is nothing
but an infamed condition OF the mucous surfaces-
We win give One Hundred Dollars for any case Of
Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be cured
BY Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circulars, free.
u. CHENEY CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists. 75c
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

Doan's Kidney Pills. Read how these
pills repair weakened physical con.
dillon when this condition IL caused
~ sick kidneys:
Mrs. Sadie Metties OF 1914 w. 9Th
Ave.. Columbus. Ohio. says: Prior to
the year 1893 ! suffered considerably
from bsckache. pain in the head. Ian.
gsior and depression and weakness Of
the action Of the kidneys. The pain
Vas always worse in the morning, and
felt miserable. was induced to
procure box OF Deans Kidney Pills
and began their use. They proved
prompt aud effective They cured me
and there has been no return OF the
trouble since taking them. ! owe all
the credit to Doan's Kidney Pills"
A FREE TRIAL OF this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Met
ties will be mailed on application to
any part OF the United States. Ad-
dress Foster-MIlburn Co., Buffalo. N.
Y. For sale by all druggists. price 30
ccuts per boz.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
EroIA - syrup sales
man to the man who
printed tn pluck poem.

Some seven ysrrs ago I began col
Letting Ideas on certain special sub
ject and one day & young man. who
was on the road selling liquid sweet
ness and had beco.i interested In my
collection Of thouf It's, said to me:
Why don't you &c. that poem in q
! wholesale once or South Water
street,"
Then he told me about 1t and !
called at the wholessl Office, learned
something about tho history of the
verse and copied 1t. s., ce then 1t has
gone around the worl( in various
ways.
few weeks ago I rxtIced that a
printer had put 1t on 1 rd and cir
culated 1t with his complit ents. One
day when near his place called on
him and found that we were interested
In the same subjects and here Is a
chance OF our being usefu to each
other.
The verse was painted and .ramed a
quarter OF century ago by L an who
grew business with branches In
many American cities and he paced
duplicate of the framed thous It in
each ONCE.
A mine owner told the printer that
he wanted some of the cards COR The
young men at his place as some Of
them were easily discouraged Here
are the words slightly changed.
Pluck wins. 1t always wins; tough
days be glad and nights be dark iwixt
times that come and go; still pluck
VIII win, its average is sure. He gains
the prize who can the most endure. i
who faces issues, he who never shirKs,
who waits and watches and who al
ways works.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

For two years have been trying
to get this publisher to work with
me. but he says no. no. no.
Yesterday he limited that he might
be able to give me information which
would help me.
When ho gets over his present ex-
ira busy season he Is to give me a
lesson In something. but | do not
know what.
My patience and hope are increased
by memory OF good things which
have como to me after my getting no
as an answer to some prayer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
ARMY TRIALS

An infantryman's Long Siege.
This soldiers tale OF food is interest
ting
During HIS term OF service In 18th
Irfnntry Ia Cuba and Philippines. an
Ohio soldier boy contracted disease
of the stomach and bowels which all
army doctors who treated him pro.
nounced incurablc. but which Grape
Nuts food alone cured;
In October. .ss9. when my enlist.
ment expired. was discharged from
the army at Calulute. Philippines. and
returned To tho States on the nrst
available steamer that left Manila.
When got homo | was total wreck
physically and my doctor put mo to
bed saying he considered mo tho worst
broken-down man OF my age he over
saw and after treating mo months
he considered my case beyond medical
cid.
During the fall and whtor OF 1900
and 'oi was admitted to tho Barnes
Hospital In Washington. d. c.. for
treatment for chronic inflammation OF
kQ0 8tVUAtu aHu hVWttt Out AIttr
months returned home as bad as ever.
Il continued taking medicine until
February. 1902. whom reading 4 news
paper one day read about Grape Nuts
and was so impressed sent out for Z
Dacksgs right away.
The result Is quickly told for
have used Grape-Nuts continually over
sinee with the best results. my health
= 20 can do fair days hard work.
stomach and bowels are In good CON
dillon. have gained 20 pounds in
weight and feel like now man alto
gsthsr.
u owe my present good health 70
orapc-Nuts beyond all doubt for mcdi-
eai science Was exhausted" Name
given By Postum Co. Battle Creek.
Mich.
Had he consulted any one Of ssv
orAl thousand physicians we know Of
they would have prescribed Grape
Nuts Immediately.
Look In each pkg. for the famous
Mite book. The Road to wellvills--
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Catching Pigeons In Queenstown.

The ragged children Of Queenstown
catch pigeons In curious way. Seat
ed in row on the edge Of the pave
ment, they each have string stretch
ing into the road, at tho end of which
Is moose surrounding some tempting
bread crumbs. Homeless pigeons
pounce on the meal, and are as quick
jy jerked to the pavement by the
cheering youths.-London Graphic.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Austrian Marriage Laws.

The Austrian marriage laws are
very severe They prohibit mar.
riages between Christians and Jews
and between Christians and infidels. A
marriage between a Protestant won.
an and a man who said he had no
particular creed has just been an.
nulled ty the supreme court
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Carpets can be colored on the floor
with PUTNAM FADELESS DYES.
Wealth In Yucatan.

Yucatan has population of $50 900,
and owing to the fact that 1t is the
home of the henequen, the agave,
which furnishes the finest fiber, the
Yucatecos have more money per cap
tia than any other people in the world.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
The Rival Cities.

WELL" said the New Yorker, taurt-
ingly, you don't see any grass grow
Ing In our streets" That's So" re-
piled the Philadelphia, CLEVER
scheme Of yours" What's THAR"
ITO keep tearing your streets up go
the grass can't grow."-Philadelphia
Press.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

In over 1000 major surgical opera.
cons In Egypt upon natives. only
three cases Of appendicitis were met
with. This Is attributed to vegetarian
diet. light clothing and moderate liv.
Ing.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

Sometimes " o N -
drift into . condition
Of half invalid" Con-
ttnual Iapguor. AL
tired out. run down,
bsckachs. nerves shat
tered, headache. terri
bic pain. no appetite.
pcor digestion. In nine
cascs out OF ten IT'S be-
cahEsN the Kidneys fail
70 dc their work Of
altering the poisonous
system waste from the
blood. The kidneys
are weak and need the
STRENGTHENING help Of
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
The accuracy
library is for
cooperation
an informal
H0n on the
For Z rest time !
review Of the !
daily sources Of !
better methods. }

enemies Of easy errors and The
friends Of forethought, to re-
duce mutually erpensare mis-
takes Of mechanical, CONNER
eia1 and professional pcoDle.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

Greatest, simplest, best invention Of
the age. A boy can make regular
sized 14x1Sx4S in. bales like fun. and
two boys can bale three tons per day
easily.
SEND THIS NOTICE TO-DAY
to the John A. Salzer Seed Co., La
Crosse, Wis, with &c stamps for mall
ing, and get their big catalog, fully de-
scribi this great Hay Press, so also
hundreds of tools and thousands of va
rieties of Farm and Vegetable Seeds
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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Use Both Hands.

The ambidextrous society Of Eng
land devotes itself to encouraging
people to use both hands with equal
facility.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Not . Useful ACCOMPLISHMENT.

To think noble thoughts and leave
noble deeds undone is about as USE
full an accomplishment as the run
ming of lawn mower In a fat.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15
Spanish In South America.

With the exception of Brazil, Span.
ish is the prevailing language of every
country in South America.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

lido not believe Piso's Cure for Consumptios
has an equal for coughs and colds--JoHN p
BoYHR, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb ID, 1900
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

Mrs. Wlnslow's Soothing Syrup.
For children teethng, softens the gums reduces IN
nammaton, aays pain, cures wind collie sc bottle
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

Stops the Cough and
Works or the Cold
Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets Price Csc
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1904-04-15

When Answering Advertisement
Kindly Mention This Paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06
CHAPTER XXI.

or all the beautiful provinces of India,
Behar, TO my mind, is the most ideal,
stretching away il does from the ever
lasting snow-topped hills of Nepaul to the
far plains of Gya. with the Bhagmau, the
Gunduch and half Il dozen other rivers
watering its fertile soil; with it's great jun
giles, the home of the tiger, the elephant,
the Himalayan bear and the ubiquitous
pig. to say nothing OF more p:osaic game;
and these wild jungles. alternating with
vast cultivated tracts whose golden pillows
of grain roll undulating away to the sacred
Ganges. There are countless villages dotted
among plantain groves and surrounded
with rustling rice. Great patches of bril-
liant green-indigo-in well kept boundaries,
refresh the eye; and well-built government
roads leading to important indigo factories
and connecting stations destroy the sense
of loneliness in this gracious, green soil
tude.
In one of the prettiest hooks imaginable,
with its single bazaar fronting extern,
give lake, stands Motihari, the principal
station of the Chumparun and Bettiah DIS
tricts. II would require a stretch of the
imagination to call the place a town. IT has
one long row of quaint little stalls or shops
of the usual bamboo-and-mud order, few
puka houses standing back from the charm
ing lake. a Jail, a church without a pas
tori. bunch of court houses. and last but
by far most important. the Planters Club.
This is delightful, low, rambling build
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

ing, with wide verlndas and a great shady
compound that slopes away to the lakeside
where the boating fishing and bathing are
excellent.
This club has a worldwide reputation for
paying members at a time-which is about
the total of the European element in the
district-and vet at a race meet on the
madam past the opium godowns there are
liable to be a couple of hundred Vociferous
Anglo-Saxons yelling wildly for their IA
vorite. while the club dances are renowned
for their show of beautiful women. On any
of these occasions. race meet, a cricket
match, pig-sticking contest-whatever
may be-little peaceful Motihari blossoms
like rose. is transformed into bustling
hilarious pleasure garden. A city of snowy
tents rises as If by magic filling the COM
pounds and overrunning to the lakeside.
Dainty ladies trip through the curious
bazaar. lie In hammocks in the shady YER
andas and at night dance to the strains
of the military band that the col
onel at Segowle always sends. Even
his hghness. Runjt Bohe. comes at
times with his brother and friends
from the palace at Bettiah and dances and
fiirts with the best of the young assistants.
Such Is Motihar
There were numerous tents already up in
the club compound on the 1st of February,
a kind of aftermath of the Christmas sea-
son. The several residents houses-puka
stone buildings-had also their quota of
guests, who had come apparently from the
ends of the earth. well-known London
barrister was there with his daughter;
other people, froa Calcutta and Bombay,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

from Agra and Delhi, and the Lord only
knows where else.
Most of them had declared their intention
of staying through February to see if there
was any truth in the garbled stories flying
around concerning a possible revolution in
Nepaul. Here in Motihari they were close
the border of that mysterious little
kingdom. and having nothing better to do
were watching it with good deal of nat
ural curiosity.
1t certainly was a fruitful subject of dis
cussion in the club house; men laid bets on
all kinds of possible eventualties as they
chalked their cues or watched the game in
the billiard room-that Rama Lalkura was
fraud and would be wiped out before he
got any fun for his money; that the whole
business was a hoax of the priests of Pa
shupau to draw big pilgrimage; and there
was lots of even betting that, hoax no.
khatmandu would not miss the opportu-
nifty for cutting the threats of it's present
rulers and substituting others.
Mckenzie was lying in a cane chair out
on the Veranda, drinking gin fizz and listen
ing to man from the mess" at Segowlie
who, being in close touch with the native
troops under him, was liable to be rea-
sonably close to the heart of the matter.
This man was gambling freely on Lalkura
coming to time, and told many curious
stories of the preparations made by the
Nepaul government to stop him from get
ting into the country al alias II was sup
posed he was coming from the outside
world.
Mckenzie was skeptical, but evidently In
terested, especially in the news of the clos
ing of all passes and the heavy reinforce
ments to the garrison of the already i'm
pregnable Bhimphedi.
We'll. but how the deuce are the pilgrims
going TO get in. major?" he asked at length.
"Oh, they'll let EN- through. all right,
you can bet on that; but. every son-of- a gun
will have to strip to the waist and run the
gauntlet between half score of govern
ment agents to show that he has no birth
mark on his chest"
The devil you say! And what about the
north?"
Eyes, of course that's the rutland it's
just that which I'm gambling on. Suppose
his royal nibs comes from Persia At
ghanistan and through Cashmere; who the
DEVILS going to stop him? There are
more than a hundred thousand men
waiting for him up there. and it's an easy
gamble they'll push him through"
Yes, my dear man, that's all very true;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06
Sent Them With a Nurse.
rom the Philadelphia Telegraph.

From the Philadelphia Telegraph.
Neither Mr.. Cleveland nor his popular
consort ever approved of the notoriety that
has so often been given to the families Of
our Presidents. For this reason but few
photographs of the Cleveland children have
been published and they usually were the
result of amateur snapshots. But naturally
both the President and Mrs Cleveland
wanted photographs of Ruth and also little
Marion, born while her father was the
nations chief magistrate. At last a plan
was hit upon. The children. accompanied
by a nurse went to leading Washington
gallery. and a number of negatives We're
made, which. being excellent, secured for
the photographer a substantial order The
nurse gave assumed name, and the
camera artist never dreamed that he had
made negatives of the Presidents little
ones. which was the wish and desire of
every photographer in Washington. IT was
long time before the facts leaked out,
but although every photogra pher racSed his
brain and tried to pick the negatives out OF
thousands, none ever succeeded in learning
which We're which.
1t is understood that the negatives stiu
remain unidentified in the possession of the
man who made them.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06
A CROWDED STREET
Little Old New York Seems
to Have It.
INTERESTING SCENES
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOU
SAND VEHICLES MOVING.
A Procession of Them Would Be 755
Miles Long-Manners in
the Crush.
INTERESTING SCENES

Copyright, 1904, by E b. Warner)
Written for The Evening Star by Douglas Kennedy.
England's metropolis has always been
held up as the city of the most crowded
streets. But it cannot begin to compete
with New York. That is the testimony of
everybody who is familiar with the two
places.
The long narrow Island of Manhattan-the
smallest area upon which a great city is
built-bears a far larger volume of traffic
than any other area of equal size in the
world There is a greater congestion of
vehicles in New Yorks streets than in the
streets of any other great city.
The far-famed congestion of London
traffic, about which American tourists have
so much to say when they return to this
country, is confined to about half dozen
comparatively short thoroughfares, such as
Fleet street part of the Strand and Lud-
gate Hill. There is in London no long thor
oughfares so constantly packed with traffic
as is Broadway, from Bowling Green to
Herald Square.
The available figures give but poor idea
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-02-06

but what makes you so cocks,lre there's any
such chap TO push? They said he was com
ing several times before I've heard, but the
duffer never materialized you know
Yes, L know about that: but mind YOU
Mac, those other times the people in the
know stopped all preparations for his com
ing nearly six months before he was due
ana today, you'll remember, is the first of
February-giving him just twelve days,
And, far from the engagement being can
celed, the passes are shut as tight as
drum, while they tell me that nearer seven
ty-hVe thousand pilgrims are making for
Pashupau than the usual twenty thousand
who turn up. Now, what a. y think they're
coming for? The Ganges at Benares
is ID sight better river than the Bhag-
matt at Pasiupati, and handler, too. or I'm
a Dutchman!"
oh we'll. Bewloe, allowing that's what
they're coming to see, that no reason that
they'll see it! What do you say, Donovan?"
said Mckenzie, drawing another man, who
hftd Just come out, into the conversation.
''Welf, / don't know, don't " know; but
I've heard a queer story to-the effect that
that rum Mussulman chap, Mahommed
what -his-name is coming to take a hand
in the muss If there is going to be one and
they do say that he's a remarkably good
guesser y know
'Whew! Who told " that. Charlie?"
'Oh, chap wrote 1t from Calcutta. And
say, you fellows this is quiet, but this man
suggested that His Highness of Bettiah is
mighty thick with the AIussulman"
'RotH' commented Mckenzie. briefly.
Now, who's cocksure, Mac?" questioned
Major Bewloe. See here, man, that just
fits in with thing happen to know at first
hand. or, at any rate, second-got it from
Lurderdale, the resident at Bettiah, y know
that this Mussuman-Yah Mohommed
his name is-will be guest at the palace
this very week, and that Runjt Bohe is
considering an invitation to stay the rest
of the month up in the hills at Mahommed's
place, regular fortress with a queer name,
which forget. Now, Lurderdale limited to
me that at any other time he would have
encouraged Runjit's visit, as the Moslem is
wonderful man and hand-in- glove with
the government wallahs, but he had heard
that the OLD gentleman-hes about twelve
hundred years old, y know. If reports are
true-hadA made some sort of compact with
Khatmandu to hold the northern passes for
them, and he thought. as he was RESPONSE
BILE for the Maharaja. that he'd better ad-
wise him to stay home Put that in your
pipeea smoke it."