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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
INVALID GIRL MAIL CARRIER.

How Farmers Along villa Potter's
Route Mako II Easy For Her.
If any one were to ask who Is the
most popular girl In Willow Grove, N.
j., the prompt answer would be Miss
villa Potter" and If any one asked
who Is the bravest girl in the state the
answer would be the same, says a
yineland IN. j. dispatch TO the New
York Press.
Miss Potter, although an invalid for
eighteen years, Is the United States
mail carrier from Newfield, Gloucester
county, TO Perchtown and the surround
Ing country, her daily route covering
nine miles. Her father, Michael, was
killed by the caving in of well several
years ago, and her brother Frank car
ried the mail. When he died Miss Pot
ter determined to do something to help
her mother, though she is unable TO
walk, and put in an application for the
place made vacant by the death of her
brother. Neighbors heard of her in
tention, and never was there a more
generally signed petition sent out from
Vineland. SO Miss Potter received the
appointment
Every morning Mrs. Potter wheels
the girl in her invalid chair out to the
mail wagon and assists her to get In.
Then Villa gathers up the lines, clucks
cheerfully to the horse and is away on
her long and lonely drive. Rain or
shine she is as punctual as travel by
wagon can lS, and everywhere there
are a smile and wave of the hand for
villa, who Is as proud as she can be at
being able to aid her mother.
The farmers along tie route as one
man moved all the mail boxes to trees
close to the road, so the girl need not
leave her wagon. If there were no
trees handy, they sunk posts. Thus all
Is made as easy as possible for the
United States mail carrier
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
MUTE BARRIERS.
Plan to Spare Nerves, Tempers and
Pockets of Customers.

Plan to Spare Nerves, Tempers and
Pockets of Customers.
A philosophic boss barber of Chicago
has devised plan which will make
the man who patronizes barber shops
bow down and call him great. lie pro-
poses to equip his shop with mutes.
He has few mutes now, but good
deaf and dumb BARRIERS are scarce. So
he has advertised for them, says Chi
cago dispatch.
He says: "Of course the ideal condi-
ton would be to have dumb but not
deaf BARRIERS. so that the customer
could give his directions without the
customary comment In reply. But if
they must be deaf also it would be lit
tie trouble to write shave or hair cut
or massage on little slate we would
have for the purpose, and then you
would get what you wanted without
being informed that your hair needed
trim or that you have dandruff aud
need patent wash"
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

me lord high constable of England
wns M of'ieisi u high rank 10 oldsn
pnlss' The name Il eoDtrscfion of
evD'es siaDvll, count u lhe stable or
~ We should nov say, msster on sAs
r"te' ~ functions gere partly mlli
W p.fuy Judicial eDa partly civil.
A. prsH"'s y hereditary ONES 10 fAs
p,s"ptas' W one " whom, lbs DnAs
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'w N.Y. Treason ANA bas negag bssn
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t,' ~ iHfQ'l 1Ae plonenf oonalal,le
N ~ iYnft N NQlef Windsor and
h KY tl,ft1 y feplnnnl N ll.o al hi
tf niN ~ ihW poles agnalaLll IA
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
FARE OF THE GREAT.
The Fsvoritc Dishes of Some Famous
Men and Women.

The Fsvorite Dishes OF some Famous
Men and Women.
Queen Victoria is said to have given
mutton the preference in the line Of
meats, and was nowise offended II Of
fered "the cold shoulder"
Queen Elizabeth was very fond Of
roast goose. She was dining or this
when the good news was brought her
on Michaelmas day that the Spanish
fleet had been driven back And ever
since that fowl has been to the English
feast Of ST. Michael what the turkey
is to our Thanksgiving day.
Henry VIII. was extremely fond of
beans and imported a Dutch gardener
to raise them, as in his day they were
only used by the upper classes-"a dish
to set before the king"
Napoleon's fayorite dish was bean
salad, much cheaper In his time. but
equally good.
Louis XIV. was ''extravagantly'' fond
OF dish made of the eggs of various
birds, which cost 500.
George Eliot, while at Brookbank
used frequently to walk over to the
farm where she purchased her vege-
tables and chat with the farmers wife
on gardening and buttcrmaking. who
was somewhat surprised at the great
novelists conversation on such homely
topics and afterward remarked. sTt
We're wonderful, just wonderful, the
sight o green peas that / send down
10 tnat gentleman and lady every
week" This was the summer .sMiddle-
march" was written.
George Sand not only liked sauces
Dut excelled In making them.
Lincoln, in the days when he did his
own marketing, often stopped at GER
tain shop for his favorlte- gingerbread
de used to say. 1T swells up ana
makes me feel as II had had some
thing"
Stonewall Jackson delighted in buct-
wheat cakes In season and ont of sea-
SON.
Ralph Waldo Emerson was fond -,
PIE especially that made of plums.
winch he called the fruit of paradise
Dr. holmes, on the contrary. said
oi tne peach. when nature has de-
nvered 1t to us In its perfection we
forget all the lesser fruits, and IL NOT
,ound by the river OF life an earth
porn spirit might be forgiven for miss.
ing IT," 'is'
Onaries Summers private secretary
tells OF the statesman's sweet tooth for
chocolate creams.
Andrew Jackson surrendered IN q.
cream at first taste when Mrs. A,er.
snue Hamilton introduced IT into
washington and swore his usual oath. |
ny Inc EternaiT be would have II AT
.ne white House. and be did-at the
next reception.
washington was noted for bis fond. |
ne's ior hickory nuts, and the amount |
We could eonsume.--wbat TO Fat
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
A siberian God.

siberia has set up a sort Of mahdi of
It's own In the person of a man who
calls himself ''the god Airot." who ia
expected to appear by the Mongols and
halmuks of the Altai mountains. saws
the London Sketch. He lives In bu.
made OF mud and never shows himself
TO the people, but is,waited upon bv an
old man dressed in white and by a
young girl whom he employs as a me-
dunn for his communications with his
followers. II Is very difficult to gain
any Information about this man. for
the kalmuks. who are usually very
'outspoken, In this case are keeping fine
most profound secrecy. All that ~
known is that this so called god has
forbidden his people to possess apv
money but gold and silver and tba,
therefore they are getting rid OF their
hnssian paper money even al loss
Happily for the czar there seems 10 be
no connection between the appearance
OF The god Airot and the war with In.
pan W" -"
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
eARRETT's CHILD LOVER.
Girl mnsuuerader Bound TO BE Near
the Actor ms Much AS Possible

the Actor ms much as fossiOhe-
Some years ago In London the late
Wilson Barrett, the American actor,
picked up waif on the street, boy In
rags, who hung pleadingly about the
stage door, says the Pittsburg Dis
patch. Mr.. Barrett pitied the boy and
wanted to make messenger boy OF
him in his service. But when the stage
manager got a look at the boy, prior to
having a new suit of clothes made for
him, he fell into a fit of laughter, ex-
claiming
"Well, this Is a larkI'
what do you mean" inquired Mr..
Barrett.
"Why, your intended messenger boy
Is no boy at all. Hell call him such
out of Difference to his dress-is girl"
The boys % face and neck colored
scarlet at this exposure. She at first
denied it, but eventually she admitted
that she had donned the habilaments
Of boy and chose her method of at
tracing Mr.. Barrett's attention In or
der that she might attach herself to
him In some capacity which would en-
able her to be near him as much as
possible. 1t was now the actors time
to color up, and he did. He gave the
girl some good advice and sent her as
near her home as she would permit in
q. cab.
The girl was not cured OF her habit
of masquerading, however, and about
three months later her disguise was
discovered while she was standing near
the stage door of the theatre endeavor-
ing to have another talk with Mr.. Bar
rett. She was sent to female re-
formatory institution for brief period,
and at the conclusion Of her term of
service Mr.. Barrett induced a wealthy
spinster friend to interest herself in the
girl. 1t turned out that she was moth
erless from childhood, and, while she
had a tolerable education, she had
never had proper care or training.
These were given her and she soon be-
came credit to her benefactress.
Some years ago she was married to q
steady young clerk In London and she
became as steady and as proper
young matron as is to be found In the
great metropolis.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

Do not imbibe the ice cold drinks mixed at
the soda booth.
Can aerated. icy draft you'll find Is sure
60 soothe)
On no account permit yourself to feed on
too much meat
"a diet OF beefsteak gives strength that
helps resist the heat)
A cabbage leaf worn in the hat disueis tha
suns effect
"a cabbage leaf within tho hat all heat
rays viii coiiect)
Don't walk too fsst-you'd better STAY fs
idieness indoors
shriSk promsnades IN open air will OMEN
up the pores.)
Don't talk too much; Il only makes nors
labor for the brain.
ffsik al the times for cooling on tits bet
ter than a rain.)
Don't sit beneath electric fans. reacs,..,
comes at last.
f's' underneath ss'' buasins fan ana keep s
Esf lots ~ frlifi the aois makes ths biood
contain less heat
Ss~ate OF Huifi 100 much ~ q NIL taks
YOU IN your feet
"''.s fatwspis may look cool Dus fhsy
shs sufe your clothes are an ~ vhife ana
very lishf and THAI
20 iasf eseeily what Sosg aosloF ssys
A. icy opsni " DO.
90 ~ enp'heF doctor hfu ~ Una
fQp should not don
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ffplt .ss' le.l ,elne q ege 90 hey
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
STANDARD OILS CHIEF.
Actual Head of Concern Is Henry II.
Rogers, Says Thomas w. Lawson.

hoBers, says Ihomns w. Lawson.
| Under the title "Frenzied Finance
Thomas w Lawson of Boston, who
for years was the agent and confidant
Of Henry IL. Rogers of the Standard
Oil company seeks TO dispel, in the
Angus number OF Eyerybody's Maya
zine a popular impression that John
d. Rockefeller is the actual head and
brains of the Standard Oil company.
lie says at the present time Henry II.
Rogers is the actual head of the Stand
ard Oil system, and William Rockefel-
Ter stands next. He thus describes
some of the inner workings of the COM
2any and the methods OF the men who
dominate its affairs:
"All business of the great Standard
OIL system is dealt with through two
great departments. Mr.. Rogers is head
of the executive and William Rookie
Teller the head of the financial depart.
ment. All new schemes, whether sug-
gested by outsiders or initiated within
the institution, go to Mr. Rogers. II
good enough to run the gantlet of his
tremendously high standard, the pro-
moter, after he has set forth his plans
and estimates, hears with astonish-
ment these words:
wait until ! go upstairs. I'll say
yes or no upon my return.
"And upon his return II is almost al
ways yes If the project however,
does not come up to his exacting re-
Quirements it is turned down without
further ado or consultation with any
of his associates"
Going upstairs" Mr.. Lawson as
serts, means consulting with William
Rockefeller, who passes upon the finan-
cial value of the scheme, agrees to fur
nish the money or turns II down.
Mr.. Lawson says also that every man
who does business for the Standard OIL
company must wear its collar This
yoke is a code OF rules, and the penal
~ for infringement Is instant removal.
Mr.. Lawson declares that there are
only three men who can lend the name
STANDARD or even In the most re-
mote way 10 any project. for there 10
no more heinous crime IN the Stand, |
ard OIL decalogue than using the name
STANDARD on" without authority. lie
declares that these three men are Hen
~ n. Rogers, william Rockefeller and
John y, Rockefeller
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

King Edward has receiyad Gens,a,
boo" Nc backingham palace and
sonFsfssd wifb bin for some dime an
sns ~ers Of che salvation Army Ths
a's'aesnt has given rlse " sxDresslons
" snpsfaefion throughout ihe conn.
~ spe via these We ase slaa 10 ss.
$500 $500 sp'ssllss tes fhe london
MSnae' " CHIEF heYe always semaln
AZ vpe ~ uleb essential pusooss
t,a'p y thef N gellslops go,ltaI. 4.
,.'''NN'N'f " Wepf Alnas lae az III
'h'in'lepllg 4he eulloue 4 anoh ..af
~ wv NJ lnlefehlf0 10 noif am IN.
h'''F ~ feoosp|tod Nenual looil..
NHe W eep'|ng Alm b he al.1.llef
~ sPlNi e'4ulAl Al 'ulp nov NI
lFH NNQlh fQNlNannol IA oLl.( &,
~ fN|lA|lae ffuyf " ~ y
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
CHICKEN CURE FOR INSANITY


Given the charge of the chicken rails
ing industry of the Clarinda Qa.) hos
pital for the insane, patient named
William Miller was recently completely
cured and discharged without a parole.
says an Eldora Qa.) dispatch to the
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The patient was sent to Clarinda
about six years ago He was violent
and manifested homicidal and suicidal
tendencies, having the hallucination
that some person was continually shad-
owing him to kill him, and in conse-
quence WINS regarded as one Of the
worst cases at Clarinda and as an in
durable.
During one of his lucid intervals Mil
Ter was taken by an attendant to the
big poultry house. where are kept a
number of incubators. Miller begged
leave to have charge Of the work of
looking after the incubators and was
told that he could not be trusted and
that 1t was feared that he might make
his escape. The maniac promised to
work hard and not run away If permit
ted to remain with the chickens.
This happened three years ago, and
Miller became SO attentive to the poul-
try and watched after his work so
carefully that for nearly two years he
has been the boss chicken raiser of the
hospital and has been discharged as,
cured Until be got interested in the
chicken business Miller was the era
Eiest man In the Institution.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
ONE OF FOLKS s7oa


uisseuK1's Democrats ~
6evernsr - $780,
It was Joseph W. M ~
attorney Of st, Louis, wbe'hiu
st. Louis boodlers to justice, d
hns been nominated for govsl
Missouri by the Democratic sud
vention. Talking one day about n
and the meanness of 1t, III. Foh
to a reporter: 4
There is something small N
about robbing taxpayers, robbIH|
ows and orphans and all msul
poor folk. He is mean ma |
commits this crime, as mean u
saw once on a Mississippi steau
And he was strangely neal
chap. He was travelling xlH|
daughter, a little girl Of Eve d
He was holding her over The
that she could see a monster q
when, somehow. he let 60, Of hs|
she fell into the deep stream \
splash.
A deck hand was after her In 4
slant. Headforemost be shot n
she was back in her fathers
again before three minutes had a
1.-THE father was profoundly CD
to the deck hand. He pulled outs
bill.
"'Got any changer be said
''The man had none. 50 the \
went busting nervously here and
over the boat, waving his doIiF
and saying:
Got any change? Got any %
Who's got change for dollarl !
a man has just saved my daup
life and l want to give him a %
Got any change thereY "-NeV
Times.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

| From Japan--Frenchmen In Japan
Suspected of Spying For Russia.
Information was recently brought by
prominent business man of Kobe,
Japan, who was a passenger on the
steamer Mongolia, which arrived at
Honolulu from the orient, that the
| sinking of five Japanese transports by
the yladivostok squadron was more
terrible blow for Japan than has been
reported, as the big siege guns intended
for use against Port Arthur were sent
to the bottom. Also that japan is not
disposed to think that the. capture and
destruction of the transports we're &c
cidental, but attributes the presence of
the Russian cruisers in the right spot
to the work of spies, says special cor
respondent of the Philadelphia Press.
This gentleman. who does not want
his name mentioned, as he returns to
Japan In few weeks, said:
I'm Japan everybody thought the
Vladivostok squadron was bottled up
and that the Russian squadron at Port
Arthur had been annihikited. Suddenly
the Vladivostok squadron sinks Japan's
finest transports. The Port Arthur
squadron, which was supposed to be at
the bottom of the sea, makes a sortie.
The effect of the news was tremendous
In Japanese cities. Cablegrams were
received the same day from London
financial houses to their agents In Kobe
to hold fast to their money and be
chary about making further loans. Both
foreign and Japanese bankers tighten
ed up and credit was greatly restricted
found the same effect had been pro-
duced in Yokohama. The Japanese
transport service was for the time lie
noralized.
ut was reported that some treasure
was lost. But the great loss to Japan
was from the fact that her great siege
guns, destined to demolish the fort
resses at Port Arthur, were sunk with
the transport Hitachi (HidachD. Be
sides the siege guns there were on
board number of Wide gauge locomo-
tives to be used on the Port Arthur
railroad after Port Arthur had
fallen.
Then. too, the Japanese authorities
nre asking themselves, How could the
Vladivostok squadron be Informed Of
the transport movements and In which
transport were stored the war material
VI the greatest danger to the beleagpred
Russians at Port Arthur? If they knew
when to strike and sink siege guns,
Will they not know as surely the pro-
Iected movements? These are the far
effects of the raid from vlad-
Ivostok
%The Japanese authorities suspect the
French of furnishing Russia with the
detailed information of her movements.
There are many Frenchmen in Kobe
and Yokohoma, and 1t is easily possible
Tor spies to be among them"
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
Freaks OF a Cyclone,

One of the strange freaks Of y
cent tornado which wiped out
the village of Chappaqua, N a
killed one woman was the DuI''
a COW and calf In the cellar OF
On the farm of Warren Iol
which was RACED to the grouM
the New York Tribune. 1ne
day when the animals were
they were nlive. The COW aM
were under ten tons OF hay anu
brick and other debris for n''
The only injury the calf suna~
the loss of its tail, which wa
by a big beam. When founo =
mails were almost starved 70 u',
took almost two days to us Wv.
Another freak Of the cyclone II
blowing away OF a solid sl,
and fork from the house ~ ~.
Marrow to the ST. Elmo nn
miles away. where they '% e. 4
stuck IN the trunk OF a Dis o"
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

Tbs pnised States asyy Intends Is
solulsts oermspy ln eqplpplns all was
snlps ~ifh miplefuns skeleton models
~ themselves Is eFdsf ihaf the mer
lpe} hs made ReQvplBtea VIII she aid
asp peF's ~ sas ship
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

But, the publisher complained "the
ehief characters In your story are a
man and woman who go on making
love to each other for years and years
after they are married"
Well" the young novelist replied.
you must remember this is work Of
dctions"-Chicago Record Herald.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

AZ rsl''nlfl ape Colony statue "A
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~ legM heVll nho va aoasea INA
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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

Now that mosquito ups
. description OF newly 1870 "
quito trap will be Of ie's's.' -
louisville OKy) Berala :
trap Is a noyeliy IN ~ ~
generally understood tDs'
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saleplslsi W a,0lg 400 ''s's'F '..s
40 4a0ulenl a l|shp
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, hss+|is H4|sf i'Nsf r'*F
~ ~ $50 eN''lf Hts
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13

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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-08-13
HARD BLOW FOR JAPAN
Big Guns Reported Lost In
Vladivostok Squadron Raid.
SUNK BY RUSSIAN CRUISERS.

Siege Artillery Intended For the Re-
ductfcn Of Port Arthur Were on the
Transport Hitachi, Says n Traveller
From Japan-Frenchmen In Japan
Suspected of Spying For RUSSIA.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
CANDY & LADD
Manufacturers of Con-
crete Building Blocks
CEMENT, CONCRETE WORK
Webster, South Dakota.
Revolution in Building
Material.

Hollow concrete blocks, a product
equal to the best natural stone.
We have the only perfect process of
manufacturing hollow concrete blocks
on the market. No building or paving
material has ever been discovered hat
equals Portland cement concrete when
properly united.
Our hollow blocks are a marvel OF
beauty, strength and durability; are
close grained and compact; possess
high tensile and cruising strengths; dc
not disente CRATE with time and the
elements hut harden with age and
exposure and become practically undes.
tructable.
Call and see our sidewalk tile. Three
colors. Figure with us OF building
blocks, steps, sill, lintels. w~atertables
cellar aud cistern walls, engine beds
sidewalks. or any cement work.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-09-15
WILL o

When the Mitchell strikers tell
you that there is nothing west OF
Pierre, just refer them to the state
records. Stanley county, across the
river from Pierre, returned to the
state department a registration OF
more than 5000 school polls, or fifty
per cent more than Kingsbury
county registers. Stanley is a large
county and 5000 and more school
polls is also a large number. Ii
shows that that section of the state
has settled extensively since the
Dakota land boom came on. And
where these people can live and
make a living others are bound to
follow. -DeSmet Independent.