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The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
Another Mill for Big Greek.

A letter has been received from
Secretary Lybrook of the Rainbow
Gold Mining company to the effect
that a mill would be put on the com
pany's property on Monumental
creek as soon as the wagon road was
completed. The company, which is
composed largely of capitalists in
Charlotte, Nashville and BattleCreek,
Mich, owns the famous Harrisburg
group, one of the most promising
properties in that section. George
Wertz, the general manager of the
company who has been east for sew.
eral months, is expected in Boise in
d few days to make arrangements for
taking in men and supplies for con-
tinuing work on the property.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
Ruick Will Be Named.

N. M. Ruick, of Boise, who has
been deputy United States district
attorney, received a dispatch from
Senator Hepburn stating that the lat
ter had recommended him to Presi-
dent Roosevelt for appointment as
district attorney to succeed the late
r. V. Cozier Mr.. Ruick has the
Endorsement of the republican state
organization.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
WEISER ACADEMY
COMMENCEMENT
Will Be Held Next Thursday
Evening, the l6th---Th
Program.

The annual baccalaureate sermon
to che Weiser College and Academy
graduating class will be given in the
Congregational church next Sunday
evening The final examinations and
class ROTATIONS of the last few days
were dispensed with on account OF
the smallpox scare. Only one of the
students, Miss Morrison of Council,
Is afflicted; and she is carefully iso
lated and under DR. Numbers care.
All the other students and other
attaches of tho school have been vac
ciuated. Good sanitary reasons COM
PEELED suspension last week of all
academic work. aud the out Of town
students returned home.
Splendid work has been done this
year, and q large attendance is ex-
pected next September.
The following program, which
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
Reduction Sale.

From now until July 4th, l will
sell my entire stock OF millinery at a
Big Reduction. Nothing reserved,
ash must close out my spring and
summer stock 10 make room for a
brand new line. Now is the time 70
get Bargains
sou Mas, GsRwloK
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
Opinion On School Law.

The attorney general at Boise has
ISIS led the following opinion relative
to the issuance of certificates to ap-
plicants who desire to teach school.
1t is given at the request of Miss
Scott, the state superintendent of
public instruction, and is in full as
follows:
Section IL, page 33, of the school
laws of this state provide for the is
suance of four grades of certificates,
to. wit:
First grade.
2-Second grade.
3-Third grade.
Fourth grade.
First grade certificates are issued
to all applicants qualified by law to
receive the same, who shall pass an
examination in the branches enumer-
ated, in section IL, page 80, of the
school laws, with general average
of not less than ninety per cent and
a minimum of not less than seventy
five per cent In any branch.
Second grade certificates are issued
to all persons who shall attain an
average of eighty per cent and a
minimum of not less than seventy
per cent in any branch.
Third grade certificates are issued
to all such persons as shall attain q
general average of seveuty-five pei
cent and minimum of not less than
sixty per cent in any branch.
The primary grade certificates
sl.all be granted upon an examination
upon questions prepared by the state
superintendent of public instruction.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11

The most eowplete ipe Of bulk
seeds eyer offered IN Weiser
Petalume lnepbatoFs and blood
egs, tgg epsee and oilers, Bee,
uyeg epa supplies, l,ee's, PFslfl
epd Manhattan pQplvy aHa sioeh
fooag NheFel kwhellf ~ eopIse
W'V
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
Thrown From a Wagon.

George K. Babcock was thrown
from his wagon and severely bruised
He applied Chamberlain's Pain Balm
freely and says it is the best linlment
he ever used. Mr.. Babcock is a we'll
known citizen of North Plain. Conn.
There is nothing equal to Pain Balm
for sprains and bruises. 1t will eff
feet cure in one-third the time re-
quired by any other treatment. For
sale by all druggists.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11
That Tired Feelingl

If you are languid, depressed and
incapable for work, it indicates that
your liver is out of order. Herbine
will assist nature to throw off head
aches, rheumatism and ailments akin
to nervousness and restore the ener-
giles and vitality of sound and perfect
health. j. j. Hubbard, Temple,
Texas, writes, March 22d, 1902: ~
have used Herbine for the past two
years. 1t has done me more good
than all the doctors. When j feel
bad and have that tired feeling,
take dose of Herbiue. 1t is the
best medicine ever mace for chills
and fever" so cts. a bottle. Sold
by Churchill Drug & Paint Co.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-06-11

punctuates the planned commence
ment exercises, will be carried out
next Thursday evening, June 16, in
one of the parlors of the city land
not in the Opera House as planned)
in the presence Of the parents, teach
ers and invited friends of the gradu-
ates.
Miss Julia Falls, OF Patterson,
Idaho, has won the Whitman college
scholarship with high grades.
Following is the commencement
program. The Alumni and Academy
trustees will hold their meeting on
Wednesday evening, the 18th inst
ACADEMY COMMENCEMENT PROGRAM.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ..........
.................M Margaret Paddock
Invocation ...... ...............
Music-Le Prophetic. ..........
Senior Glass
Grafton Higher Education for
Women" ............... Julia Falls
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES -.....
................. Anna Macdonald
Oration-"F Friendship. ...........
.................... Grace Jenney
A Dutch Lullaby-Nevin- ....
.................... Girls Chorus
Grafton = Work" ...... 49,.
.............. $50. Beulah M Haas
Spring Song Mendelssohn- ....
.................... Julia Falls
Oration-"M Mon arch of the World"..
...........s,....... .Zella Williams
Comrades IN Arms-Adam- ....
............,.....A Academy Quartet
Presentation of Diplomas by DR.. D.
r. Macdonald
Moonlight Sonota- Beethoven.
oohcutOeioh 49,.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26


While the stories of the great battles of the world are being revived
Der the Alamo The Alamo San Antonio Tex in which
overwhelming
the Texan independence
Feb o. 1885, Colonel W. Travis
handing Colonel James Bowie Dav Crockett and the 1877 under them
held 5000 Not
them alive March the little garrison had been ~
collected his and addressed
them substantially follows
companions: few
interesting the melancholy and yet the
hours must be in eternity We
modes presented
Shall
deliberately life
either method
many possible they
walls!
1 i alone"
determined
morning After half
rife and
And
bodies
Santa Anna.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26

of Seadog's sons who had been given
another commission to perform. He
| had been instructed to dispatch coui :
| Ter to the comfy seat to notify the
sheriff. This official would communi-
cate with the governor, who in turn
would orde' ont the state militia.
| The trouble had been under discus
sion for years. 1t bad entered politics
and was the means of al ousing the ami
mostly of two states. The officers on
the south eide OF the liver stood by
their fishermen, and those on the north
side were equally as loyal. 1t was an
inter state affair and needed but the
firing of gun to awaken large cltl-
zensbip and plunge the two states into
most serious complications.
Many of the fishermen on both sides
are ignorant foreigners, desperate char
acters by reason of their calling and
the hardships OF fisherman's life, and
when once aroused to arms would lose
their reason. Bloodshed and riot were
now expected in their reddest form.
Women and children looked out
across the black pay with anxious eyes
and abat d breath. Their fathers and
brothers and sons were stealing along
the dark line to death or victory. They
watched for the flash and listened for
! to some of their number, for they could
not expect otherwise than that some of
their loved ones must 90.
There wa none more sad and more
anxious than Sapkala. She constantly
left the bedside of the sleeping Ring
void and gazed out into the gloom
which still overshadowed the bay.
Their only friend was there but she
! would not recall him if che could
The true woman adheres more closely
to principle than men, and while the
death of loved one rends their hearts
to the greatest depths, they would make
the sacrifice rather than yield to OPP
preston or wrong.
The villagers were not kept long in
suspense. The first red flare of morn
ing soon arose in the east. 1t shot out
its dim rays like retreating ghosts after
midnight prowl One by one these
fitted across the waters and disappear
ed on the bosom of the ocean. Bright
err rays followed that dispersed the
shadows, and discovered the contending
fishermen to each other.
That was all that was necessary.
The long pent up venom n both fac
tions was released. The shaft of death
was Med. Lead and ball sent upon
their terrible mission.
A fusilade doomed out from the head
o. the island. 1t was answered in re-
tuln farther to the north. Then des-
ultory firing was kept up along the line
of fish traps.
The rising sun drove back the smoke
and the fishermen on either side lay
doggedly on their oars, awaiting Sec
ond attack by the enemy.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Long May LIZ Wave.

"Old Glory" signifies more to an
American than any other thing In the
world. 1t speaks with an eloquencs
unsurpassed. it represents high ambi
tons voiced by millions Of people, II
fills the heart with a sense of duty,
a desire to stand by the colors; and
for 1t has been made the claim that II
has been in more battles and seen
more victories than any other flag In
the world. No other standard Is there
for which 50 many men have fought
and died, and which has never been
struck in token Of submission.
Nothing can be more beautiful than
the fash of blue and crimson and
white, and, as 1t spreads majestically
to the breeze, or ripples In the vary
ing winds, there comes to the onlooker
sort of wireless message bringing
him closer to the wonderful something
that will cling to the banner forever;
something given to 1t by the princi-
pies it represents; by the thought OF
long and weary marches; of sea fights
and land fights, grim and great; of the
thousands who have followed 1t from
seeming defeat to victory, and who
have gone down into the Valley OF
Death. their last cry a wild huzzah to
urge their comrades onward that the
''stars and stripes" might be planted
on the highest ramparts.-Four-Tr Track
News.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
ITO be cOntinuedl
An Unfortunate Choice,

Mrs. Black, with family of eight,
could keep cook. but Mrs. Green,
who paid the same wages and whose
family numbered only two, expert
enced the greatest difficulty in per-
suading one to stay with her. Mrs.
Green was troubled about it, and nat
urally sought suggestions wherever
she could get them. One day the two
women happened to meet at a news
dealers stand.
''I'm buying" explained Mrs. Black,
"a Swedish newspaper for my cook.
She likes to read, and 1 take one home
to her occasionally"
why" exclaimed Mrs. Green. Il
wonder if that's the reason you're so
successful in keeping a girl. I've al
ways wanted to know the secret"
Possibly it's one of the reasons"
admitted Mrs. Black.
"I'm going to try it myself" an
nounced Mrs. Green, promptly taking
copy of the same paper.
A week later the two women met
again near an agency where Mrs.
Green was looking for new cook.
We'll" asked Mrs. Black, smiling,
show did the newspaper scheme
work?''
"It didn't work at ALL" confessed
Mrs. Green. Il bought Swedish pa
per, and the girl was Finn"
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
forty Years Ago.

A party of Confederate raiders,
which had ridden into ct. Adams, VT,
ana sacked the town, was captured at
Farnham, Canada.
A dozen merchants in Washington,
D. c., and Baltimore, Md, were ar,
rested and their places Of business
closed on the charge Of their having
sold goods to blockade runners for
sale in the South.
United States Treasurer Spinner au-
thorized denial of the anti-adminis-
tration report that President Lincoln
drew his salary in gold.
Sheridan defeated Longstreet at
Cedar Greek, Ga, captured forty three
guns. and many prisoners, including
Ramesur. who was wounded and died
few days later.
Fighting Joe" Hooker visited Chi
cago and was given a reception at the
Sherman House.
Election returns sent out from Bal
timOre were that the soldier vote''
had carried the new constitution with
an anti-slavery provision.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
4 LAND OF FLOWING SILK.

| Silk is not always a sign OF luxury
or wealth in Turkestan. The author
of I'm Russian Turkestan" tells OF
stalwart countryman who ferried his
party across the Syr-Daria. miles away
| from any town or village. His outer
garment was in rags and half-covered
with mud, but as he worked at the
ferry rope they could see that he wore
beneath this a tunic, or shirt, OF the
finest silk.
When we were taking our first stroll
| in Russian Roland. writes Mrs. Meak-
in we noticed a band Of gold shining
| through the trees on the other side OF
/ the street, and wondering what 1t
could be. we crossed over to examine
the glittering object. 1t proved to be
a skein Of silk fresh from the cocoons.
of such a length that it had been
wound round the trunks Of two pop
lars more than twenty yards apart
A Sart was carefully combing it. He
| seemed surprised that we should stop
to look at what, to him, was so COM
mon q sight. A little later. In another
street. we came across q still longer
skein: this one had been dyed, and
shone a brilliant purple In the after
noon sun.
The machinery for boiling the CO
coons an winding the silk is all on
much more primitive scale than that
Of Japan, but the quality Of the silk
produced is infinitely superior. When
the. silk has been wound of the CO.
coons, it is sold to native dyers. The
weavers buy the silk Of the dyer and
weave it on the most primitive Of
looms.
Almost every other man we met In
the streets of Samarkand was clothed
in silk. A gentle breeze filled their
long, wide sleeves till they looked like
silken pillows, and spread out the folds
Of their ample garments, while the
silk embroidery shone in the direct
rays of the midday sun. Nevertheless
the cottonseed is now usurping every.
inch of cultivable ground. Although
it's odor is spelling the fragrance Of the
air, and it's scattered fluff makes the
very streets look like factories, mate
rails manufactured in Moscow from
that very same cotton are quietly but
surely usurping the place of those glo-
rious silks that charm the eye Of ev-
cry European traveller.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26

made 1t alone. and on horseback; but
can tell you that the idea Of danger
did not come upon me more than once
during the trip.
"One night, or I should say Just be-
fore day one morning, 1 heard a wild
chattering sound not far ahead Of me
and just to one side of the road. II
sounded exactly Like the voice Of
frightened Cuban, and I would have
sworn that 1t was a cry for alarm and
a call for help. Within a few seconds
more voices were heard and the num-
Der and volume continued until fully
500 different beings Of some sort were
chattering away. l felt as one up
against the real thing. The grave
seemed to be in sight for me- The sun
was coming up The sounds came from
clump Of underground studded by
trees Of smaller size. couldn't run
So just rode on-on to death as II
seemed to me. for I expected 500 Gu
bans to rush out on me ut any moment
Closer and closer I came to the jab
bering sound. Directly I was right
In the midst of the situation, and to my
utter surprise and great delight found
that l had disturbed the rest Of about
500 parrots, and they were simply pro
testing against being disturbed at that
hour In the morning. I never felt bet
ter In my life than when found these
parrots, and do you know from that
day to this l have a feeling of affee
ton for all parrots. and somehow kind
ly look upon them as savers of my
life
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
CHAPTER XIV.
Sankala Starts on Adventure.

Sankala Starts on Adventure.
Extreme old age is like childhood in
many ways. 1t is spoken of as second
childhood almost universally and what
becomes common expression among
people lie usually true. A maxim, an
adage. quotations. legend or supersti
ton does not become such until it has
been demonstrated to be true in theory
or has good foundation for it's origin.
Old age is like youth in many ways.
Both are pettish, fanciful jealous and
unreasonable and often long for the
impossible. But one of the greatest
similarities in youth and age is the
quickness with which the spark of life
is extinguished or rekindled in either
extreme.
The infant goes to sleep hale and
hearty. 1t awakens to expire from
some sudden attack of disease. The
aged falls to sleep in the most cheerful
moments to awaken no more. The in
FAINT rallies from the point of death al
most Instantly; it's face soon wears q
smile and all trace of suffering has
passed.
The aged are given up for lost. The
last spark of life seems extinguished
But suddenly the dull eye \lids reopen
with fash. The wrinkfed face is
iekindled with life and the aged limbs
become active. as if youth had re-en-
tered the body. 1t may be spasmodic
it is true, but age often battles with
death for hours, days, weeks, months
and even years.
Sankala slept no more that night
She stood in the partially opened door
and alternately gazed out upon the
bay and then upon the form o; the aged
sleeper, who lay upon the bed near the
lamp. The fight between the fisher
men was her fight. It is true that she
was no Longer one OF them, but she had
spent her life among them and their
interests appealed to her as If they
were her own. Besides. Dan Lapham
was one of them. He had promised to
save her aged friend from the county
poor farm and this to her was almost
as important as life itself. She felt an
interest in Dan other than this. They
had tended their traps side by side
Dan was kind to her. He was kind to
her dear old Ringwold. She was fra,l
and friendless. Dan was strong and
companionable. It is natural for the
weak to lean upon the strong. It is
natural for the strong to support the
weak. There is fellow feeling be-
tween the weak and strong that draws
them to each other. Especially is this
the case when the strong is man and
the weak is woman.
When the first shot was fired that
morning between the fishermen its ,e
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
thirty Years Ago.

'nFty Tears Ago.
AS an anti-Carlist measure, France
forbade Spaniards from living in the
several French communities bordering
on Spain.
Julia Ward Howe, Frances e. Will
lard, Susan B. Anthony and many
other noted women were speakers be-
fore the congress of American women
in Chicago.
The Lincoln monument at Spring
field, ILL.,, was dedicated.
Arguments in the divorce suit Of
Anna Eliza against Brigham Young,
the Mormon leader, were completed ut
Salt Lake City.
The Democrats carried Indiana and
Ohio. James A. Garfield won con-
gressional seat in the latter State Ly
$500 plurality.
Several cars of Fort Wayne train.
crowded with eco immigrants. went
over thirty foot embankment near
Fort Wayne. Ind, without fatality.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
fifty Years Ago.

The British ship PIover arrived at
San Francisco after cruise of seven
years in the arctic seas.
The Ostend manifesto, recommend
ing the purchase of Cuba by the Uni
ted States, was issued.
Five allied steamers arrived at Con-
stantinople with soldiers wounded in
repelling the Russian sorties from
Sevastopol.
The grand conference Of American
ministers began at Ostend
Between forty and fifty thousand
dollars was being spent on the exterior
and interior of the White House 1T
Washington, D. G.
The trading ship Triton, from Glas-
cow to Boston, was abandoned at sea.
The allied armies began the bonn
bardment both by sea and land Of
SevastOpol.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
FRIGHTENED BY PARROTS.
Veteran of Spanish War Thought The,
Were Hostile Cubans.

Veteran of Spanish War Thought They
Were Hostile Guiana.
Speaking Of being frightened re-
minds me of an experience had in
Cuba" said a veteran of the lat war
with Spain in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, land it was the one and only
time In my life when I felt that the
time for the final reckoning had come
had been commissioned to 60 across
the island in order to work out a road
way for provision cars and to get a
general survey Of the situation from
transportation standpoint At that time
the Cubans were not feeling very kind
ly toward the American soldier, and l
felt that my trip across the island was
not without danger. But I made 1t,
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
~=O-~
One Hundred Years Auo.

The French commercial agent at
Gottenburg received orders from his
government to leave Sweden at once.
Disturbances of formidable char
acter broke out on the border of Swift
zerland.
Vessels with slaves on board were
the only passport for American ships
in the harbor of Havana.
A large number of Swiss immigrants
arrived at GreenSburg, Pa, where
they established a settlement
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Seventy-five Years AGO.

The first daily newspaper in the
State of Maine. the Daily Courier, was
issued.
Large quantities of American prod
uce were shipped to Havana, there
being a famine on the island of Cuba
of vegeta bles and fruits.
Numerous outrages were committed
on American ships at st, Michaers,
Madeira, by Don Miguel's sailors.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
twenty Years Ago.


On the occasion Of the laying Of the
keels Of a number of irOnclads at
Sevastopol, the Gear telegraphed
Grand Duke Alexis: 81 rejoice at the
new birth of the Black Sea fleet. God
grant the spirit of the old feet may
revive and render good service to tho
fatherland"
The international prime meridian
conference at Washington, D. c..
adopted the meridian of Greenwich.
France and Brazil did not vote and
San Domingo voted against the deci-
sion.
The shooting Of F. A. Burton at La
Crosse, Wis, by Nathaniel Mitchell
during Blaine and Logan parade was
followed by the lynching Of Mitchell.
The German theater and seventy-six
other buildings in Moscow. Russia.
were destroyed. with loss Of $1,000.
600.
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Her Boast.

City Boy-Swampland, where We went
this summer, was terrible hot.
Mother-Yes, it was.
But you just told --.ss Stuckup you
slept under blankets every other night.
I mos roasted"
You forget, my pet, that you were
not the one who had the agus."
The San Juan islander. [volume] (Friday Harbor, Wash.) 1898-1914, 1904-11-26
Growth OF European Population.

Few persons have any idea of tho
extraordinary manner in which the
population of Europe has increased
during the last century. According to
statisticians this population has more
than doubled itself from 1880 to 1900.
To this increase the Latin nations of
the west and southwest contributed
the least and the greatest growth was
in the east, where the people have
not yet become thoroughly saturated
with the ideas OF modern civilization.