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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
P. & |. N. BRIDGE
WEAKENED BY GORGE.
Trains Unable to Cross
Passengers Transferred
on Hand-cars.

Tuesday an ice gorge formed in
the Weiser river near Goodrich,
short distance above the P. & l. N.
railroad bridge. During the night
it broke, and the full force of the
Ice and water came down on the
bridge. The crush carried away five
of the piles on one end of the bridge,
and one on the other. Wednesday
morning the damage was discovered
by Section Boss Mike Fleming, who
telephoned General Manager Shelby.
The regular train had already left
for Council, 80 special train with q
work crew and the pile driver left
for the scene.
The passenger train stopped at the
bridge, and the passengers and mail
we're transferred to Council on hand
cars. Passengers on Thursdays
tram we're also transferred in the
same manner.
The pile driver was set to work
immediately, and the train passed
over safely yesterday.
The bridge is a new one, just con-
pleted about five or six weeks since.
| Housewives, try the Imperial
Patent Flour at Bucks.
AZ If Phone 79
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
Long Lived Family.

Says the Index :-"Emmett has a
family of four generations. ? IL.
B. Moulton, who is sc years Of age,
is the father, grand father and the
great grand father, Jonathan Moul-
ton is the grand father and is 90
years old. John Moulton, the mer-
chant, represents the third genera
ton of the family. John Moulton
is the father of six children, the
Oldest of which is eleven years OF
age. In spite of his eighty-slS
years Mr.. Moulton, Sr., is seen on
the streets of Emmett almost daily
He is almost totally blind, but with
the aid OF cane he is capable Of
travelling to and from his home ano
to any part OF the city to which, h'
wishes to 60"
Mr.. P. II. B. Moulton is grant
father of P. H. B. Moulton O
Weiser. He is named for his gran'
father.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
Afternoon Tea.

A delightful afternoon was spent
at the home OF Mrs. b. l.. Sleeves
Wednesday, when she entertained
her elderly friends. After a very
pleasant social time was spent, a
dainty tea was served at four o'clock
The following ladies were invited;
Mesdsmes John Rouisop, sr,, Lu'
cinda RootsoD, Hughes, sr, Thos'
Galloway, VIM, Stacey, W. H. Adams
Copapt, ellen Webb, Beswleh, Chap
man, N, ", sowmeree@p NS'
Wilson, ", ", UGLY
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
Fish and Game Lenses.

d. q, d. Waterhopse has com
pleted hls report Of lhe pumber %
lsb end game lloepsee issued lp ihe
county dprlHg the past geeF llf
npdF ibpl 1bl lleepsep pele issued bl
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1lslel " nsp eea hunl geWe lllal
ipHlep N ule Pespl iHW0p poehlpl
l0luea lhp l0lR1al nnwhel lIp
luslep n hogpl NaYn NJ Nleannl
ppl flepni h|W lNa fna nlpnll
ll|epl NNap n n llnAIly l'nae
NIl n'' ulla rllN lHl lNpllIlN
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
Is He LOOney !?

A man who gave his name as Cot
ton, was arrested by Sheriff Adams
and Marshal McGrew Thursday after
noon. The man has been acting
rather queer for several days, and
Thursday he went into the Brewery
saloon, and immediately began max
ing rough house OF it, He threw
chairs around promiscuously, and
then fell TO the floor In a sort of ht,
and IL required the united efforts of
Denny Ryan, the bartender, and by
ISLANDERS 70 prevent hlm ipjuripg him
self or some one else,
lie bias been living 10 a tent on the
Low ground near the Welser railroad
bridge for seyeral months, ile claims
70 have money deposited M bank
At Mlssoule, Montana
When iekep ~ charge py 1he o.
neeyp hls CLOTHES hotp outer SAD
under pege yerY Neil end he bad
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phelp lip noge po SOCKS op hlf
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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
|NOOTS Big HOLE
| IN HIS Lung
ullet Penetrates the Left
Lung, Narrowly Missing
Heart---Is in Precar-,
ious Condition.

Clarence Saunders, a young man
but IS years of age, who has been
lkipg his home for the past two
s,o at the ranch of James Mont
nery, on Dead Ok Flat, was SER
sly wounded Thursday morning,
but $50, by the accidental dis
krge Of revolver.
lie was sitting in the house, han
bp the revolver, with the muzzle
nted toward his breast, when it
hi off. The bullet--a 32-calibre
truck him in the left breast, pen
ltng the lung, and missing the
rt by the nearest margin, passed
bugh his body and lodged under
h the left shoulder blade.
r. Numbers was called and ex-
ted the bullet, which was lodged
BIT half an inch under the skin.
wound bled freely, and the boy
very weak from loss of blood
the doctor arrived.
!. Numbers states the wound
very serious one, and it may be
pr three days before he can tel
her the boy will survive.
|t Montgomery states the boy
: careless with firearms, and was
y always handling them. His
+ resides at Boise, and he has
notified of the accident.
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Accident al Meadows

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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
AN Oregon Water Case.

h. Fox, chief drsughtsman in
lice of Civil Engineer D. A.
returned this week from near
Oregon. Mr.. Fox went there
Ppanled by Dick Williams, an
member of Mr.. Utter's force,
Ke plats and surveys of two
bitches, which are to be used
uence in a contest between the
Oh the two bitches regarding
, water rights. The case will
~ al Burns at the next term oi
Sulct court, and promises to
J interesting. Will r. King,
'S'lo' and an attorney named
OF Baker City, are attorneys
plaintiff, and Webster, o.
nd, Tor the defendants.
probable that MIR. Fox viii
appear at court, and testify
case. He was eleven days
.ung The work. At one poin
Ountered four feet of snow.
"alers, cream cheese, stuffed
everything nice for lunch
IL Bucks GROCERY,
Phone 79.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20
BiddIe Piano.

Vu'look Club wishes TO an
y o. me public that II they
ol0als Piano, they viii rent
[s'' [pSss''s and entertainments, To
[''p 'f society for the cost
IL y W tune AZ there is
y '''p now tbat can be
'''p OCCASIONS, this should
T. u'' public interest Of All
u' slq Of AL public
vb9 aympslblze with
H. .'n .~nsl'''i0lpg > fgee pub
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

b loans on city and farm prop
and bargains in real estate, see
r. G. MCKINNEY.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

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The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

A little dog barked at the big, round moon
That smiled in the evening sky,
And the neighbors smote him with rocks and shoe
But still he continued his rageful tune
And he barked till his throat was dry.
The little dog bounced like rubber ball,
For his anger quite drove him wild,
And he sald I'm a terror, although Pm small,
And dare you you impudent fellow. to felL'
But the moon only smiled and smiled
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1904-02-20

Then the little dog barked at a terrible rate,
But ne challenged the moon in vain,
For as calmly and slow as the workings OF fate,
The moon moved along in manner sedate
And smiled at the dog IN disdaia.
But soon meath hill thai obstructed the west
The moon sank down out of sight,
And it smiled as it slowly dropped under the crest;
But the little dog said as he lay down to rest:
''Well, scared it away, all rightr'
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
UNCLE SANS MAILS.
They Can Follow a Traveller All the
Way Around the World and
Back Again.

The United States mails are carried
everywhere. It would be almost phys
ical impossibility for man to hide
himself in any remote corner of the
world without being discovered at last
by some insignificant agent of WORLD
wide service, the machinery of which
operates quietly and with clock-like
regularity. If a bird s-eye view OF the
different railroad and steamship lines
which carry the mails could be taken
the giant spiders web thus formed
would appear woven in pattern so in
tricate that the mind would balk at
the mere suggestion of unraveling 1t.
And besides the regular steamship and
railroad threads of this maze would ap-
pear tens of thousands of CROSSINGS,
representing pony routes, dog-and-sled
tracks, swift courier and runner
trails" and even reindeer, whaling
ship and canoe lines Every sort OF We
hicle and beast of burden, and nearly
every invention of man for quick trans
portation, have been pressed into the
postal service, and it is possible for a
letter to go around the world under
conditions so strange that the mere his
tory of it's journey would form a story
of thrilling interest.
II a man should start from New York
and travel northward to Alaska, then
down tbs coast to California and take
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
A5-n-Clcss Eggs.

I do not think 1t would be possible
to get as good an egg yield as | report
without the best of care in feeding.
NV poultry have been fed three times
a day, just as carefully and Thoroughly
as work horses or fattening STOCK.
Another thing which will add largely
to the profit is to market all surplus
poultry as early as possible, a duck
ten weeks old will cost less than hail
what one will four months old, anu
will bring just as much money. early
chicks no larger than quail Will oIten
bring more money than those tnat
are kept twice as long. During nearly
the entire four months In which my
eggs were sold, as reported, the muck.
sters were paying but seven cents per
dozen in cash, and the grocers eight
cents in trade; but by contracting
my eggs to large boarding house,
warranting every egg to be fresh, aud
seeing that it was SO, received Al
ways two cents or more above the
market price. When no nest eggs are
left in the nests, and one person gath
ers the eggs every day, keeps them
in cool place, and markets regularly
on a given day each week, 1t is PCT
fectly safe to warrant the eggs, Tor
they can not be otherwise than per
fectly fresh and good Southern
Farmer,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
CANDIDATES FOR ARMY.
usually Large Proportion of
Physically Perfect Men.

It appears from the report of the sur
geon general of the United States army
that the total number Of candidates ex-
amined for enlistment was 1928, and
that of this number about two-thirds,
or 3O,176, were accepted. This, says the
Los Angeles Times, is large proper
ton, when the fact is taken into account
that the standard of excellence required
is very high, none but physically perfect
men being accepted. Of the 1928 APP
plicants for enlistment AZ, 1873 were white
men and 3,O35 were colored men.
OF the white men 1880 were accepted
and of the colored men 1856.
Out of every 1000 men accepted 7S1.0o,
on the average, were born in the United
States, 64.76 in British territory, 45.25
in Germany and s. 70 in Sweden and Nor
way. Of 18 American Indians examined
IA were enlisted as scouts. tits interest
ing to note that during the year 736 ma
tive Malays were examined for enlist
rnent as Philippine scouts, and that OF
these all except 20 were accepted, show
ing surprisingly high standard OF
physique among the Filipinos.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

ship to Manila, and follow the lines Of
travel to Hongkong, to Singapore, to
Canton, to Toxic, to Vladivostok, to st.
Petersburg, to Vienna, to London, to
South Africa. and finally to South
America, touching on the way at sew
eral Pacific and South Atlantic islands,
and thence back to his starting point,
he could travel distance several times
greater than the circumference OF. the
globe. II he ordered his mail forward
ed to him, and left correct addresses at
each place, the letters would dutifully
follow him and finally be delivered to
him in New York few days after his
own arrival there. All that he would
have to pay extra for this remarkable
journey of his mail would be dollar or
two in tolls, which would represent the
charges for forwarding exacted by some
of the countries through which it
passed. There is in the post Office de-
partment at Washington the envelope
of a letter which travelled in this way
15O, 1000 miles, and another which came
safely through trip Of 125,00O miles.
Both are marked and stamped in way
to battle any except very expert de-
cipherer of puzzles st. Nicholas.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
The Bee business.

There are bee keepers and bee kemp
ers, bee fanciers, ard bee cranks,
practical bee keepers and imitation
bee keepers. The latter class are
those who have heard of some one
making big money out of bees. or
those who have neighbor that has Sc
cured good crop of honey and sold
1t at a fair price, and they imagine he
is getting rich fast, SO they want some
of it, too. They imagine that all that
is necessary is to procure few cf'l0-
MES of bees and set them under the
shade of an old aple tree and after
that hive the swarms and take The
honey in the autumn. They think that
bees gather honey from the time the
first flowers bloom in the spring un-
til frost has killed all vegetation IA
the late autumn. Should any s1ch
bee keeper read this article would
advise him to do one Of two things.
either sell his bees to some one who
understands caring for them Or else
make q thorough study OF the business
and make a practical bee keeper Of
himself. And l might add right hsro
that he must not expect to do this In
six months or even within ONE yeAr.i
Progressive Bee Keeper.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
why He Didn't Merry.

One of the best Of the Bulletin
sketches hangs in the library of Joseph
Chamberlain. 1t portrays thin, hang
dog man in the prisoners bar, talking to
4 very mild and sympathetic-looking
Judge. Phil Mays story of the sketch
is that the prisoner had been dragged
before the Judge every few months for
number of years. -
..Your face is familiar here the lat
ter now said.
TT is, your honor-worse luck" re-
turned the prisoner.
"Are you married YETI"
mot yet, sir"
mot yet, Ell? How long is it now that
YOU have been engaged?"
Seven years, your honor"
$50 long as that? Why in the world
haven't you got married in all that
timer"
because, your honor" the prisoner
explained, "Ann and l haven't managed
to be both out of Jail at the same time"
Boston Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16

and ne TONS were cut of close % az
soil about as one would In maAius .rsi
After this crop was taken on Tue "a
was analyzed again and It contal1 ~
more nitrogen thai it did before ~
cron was PLANTED. Let us think VIZ. :.
that means. Here was averao
which produced q fair crop OF Wv ~.
peas, and still had more nltiosen Mt
than before! No one will Deilese :, -. 80
the nitrogen climbed into that sou 49,
Law down. willing captive! Nltros g.,
ISM bnilt that way--it Is constAnt.y
irving to escape, and such experiments
proye that the cow-pea Is one u -
tura,s nolicemen and that he KNOWS
how to arrest the runaway. "o ~
derstood from this what 1t means "
field or farm to have q crop OF COW
meas growing every few years III poo
or soil. Another thing which rol.
Voorhees, has shown is the TACT ne.
the gain of nitrogen to the SOIL -
greater when no nitrogen IS useu e
manure. It seems to be settleo InAs
the cow-pea is like majority OF nu-
mans. It will not hustle for It's nleIo-
gen unless 1t has to do SO. on 2 -
soil and well supplied with potash .nu
phosphoric acid, the cow-pea VII -
cure nitrogen from tho air. In r1cn sou
or where nitrogen is added as 1el.n
izer, the plant will take that nrst :.
all. Therefore the way to use peas
to plant them on the poorest SOIL anu
use fair dressing Of potash anu aS.A
phosphate with thean-Southern As1'-
culturisf
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
TRICK WITH A SLATE
to Instructions Given, 1t At
fOrds Lots of Fun.


An ordinary slate. such as children
write on, is shown to the audience; to
prove that nothing is written upon it
both sides are rubbed with wet sponge.
A chair is brought to the foreground
the seat of which is covered with a
black cloth. Then the performer asks
any girl in the audience to be kind
enough to give her first name and offers
to let the slate guess the date of her
birth. After the name is given the per-
former places the slate on the chair and
lays piece of chalk upon it, After
making few motions over the slate to
indicate that the writing is going on
the performer lifts up the slate and be-
hold! One side of the slate shows the
correct name and date of birth.
This seems to be trick hard to ex-
plain, but nevertheless it is a very
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
WORK ON HUCKABACK.
Embrotdering That II comparatively
Easy on the Eyes and Yet Fro
duces Fine Results.

Those who are familiar with this
brand of linen know that in the process
of weaving two threads are thrown up
on the right side and lie fiat but loose
at regular intervals across the material.
These open the way for "darning' the
background. this being peculiar fea-
ture of huckaback embroidery. The
embroidery floss is run across the buck
aback under the loose threads and over
the remainder in regular darnlng
stitch in parallel rows until all the
space is covered except that occupied
by the design, which is then left plain,
or embroidered in any manner desired.
Only patterns showing conventional
figures and ample spaces are suitable to
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HABITS AND HEALTH.
Crusades for Sanitation Hard to Garry
to Success ON Account of
Public Indifference.

1t is no easy task to carry to success a
crusade in the interest of public health,
Those who have engaged in such move
ments, says the Baltimore American,
know how many obstacles must be over
come, how many disappointments and
discouragements must be borne with
equanimity before the goal sought is
reached. Public Indifference to such
matters is one of the chief obstacles,
and until that is removed there can be
very little hope of results worth hav-
Ing. The large majority of people are
fairly healthy, and it is difficult to make
such people believe that it is necessary
for them to pay any great amount of at
tention to laws of sanitation or rules
of hygiene They eat well, sleep we'll,
keep strong and hearty, and hence care
very little for the sanitary condition of
their surroundings. In truth, it is not
always the dirtiest places in city which
are the most unhealthy. In one section
where the cutters run with filthy water
where the children are thick as hops and
rs dirty as pigs, the mortality is very
low, even less than in sections where
cleanliness is counted next to goodness.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
THE SLY opossUM.
Not So Brafnless and Foolish as 1t,
Actions Would Seem to
Indicate.

To the casual observer the opossum
is brainless, slow-going lazy beast,
with scarcely enough energy to eat his
food, says a writer in Woman's Home
Companion. But fancy that there is
good deal more of the knave than
the fool about him, and that his ap-
parent stupidity is but a part of his
business policy. Helpless as he often
seems to be, he usually has snug hole
to crawl into when he wishes to sleep,
and he seldom goes hungry when there
is any food to be had. Although he is
slow, he is persevering, and manages
somehow to capture many animals
which have much greater speed. SQuir-
rels, for instance, often fall a prey to
him in the open woods, and once, when
l left an opossum for a few hours in
the same room with some red squir-
rels, he had captured and half de-
voured one before l returned. Rats,
mice and rabbits he also captures,
probably by lying in wait for them, and
insects he obtains in various ways.
Birds eggs he regards with much ia
vor, and he finds great many, both
on the ground and in the trees, during
the nesting season. Young birds, too
are hunted for and devoured, and occa-
stonally the old birds themselves fail
to escape him.
But he is not dependent on animal
food, for all is grist which comes to his
mill. He is fond of nearly all the wild
fruits and berries he finds in the
woods and fields, and will even come
into the orchards and vineyards to
sample the cultivated varieties.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
HUCKABACK BORDER

room will be suitable. The open spaces
between the two horizontal bars are
covered in darning stitch. The bars
themselves are then worked solid in
satin stitch, and the interlaced portions
of the design outlined on both edges and
filled between with French knots or
with herringbone stitch. This latter
is formed by placing stitches diagonal
ly across the space at regular intervals,
slanting first one way and then the
other with ends crossing, somewhat
after the manner of rail fence The
design must be duplicated as often as
necessary to complete the embellish-
ment of the desired article.-Mae Y.
Mahaffy, in Ohio Farmer.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-01-16
SHOE-STRING BELTS.
They Are Very Pretty and No Clever
Girl or Woman Need BE With
out One.

Shoe-stringbe belts may be made OF white
colored or checkered lacings White
belts can be cleaned with brush after
soaking for few minutes in soapsrds.
Five pairs of lacings are required for
belt of medium width. Run a large
safety-pin through each lacing, about
one inch from the end, and fasten the
pinned ends to table, or shut them in
a bureau drawer. The strings must lie
fiat, and should be numbered in order,
beginning at the right.
Take No. l, holding it fiat between the
thumb and forefinger of the right hand,
turn it over toward the left, until the
part that was underneath lies on top;
pass the string over No. 2, under No. 3,
over No. 4, and SO on, weaving it over
and under the strings alternately to
the end of the ro-7, No. 10 coming above
No. l.
Take No. 10 in the left hand and turn
it downward and over toward the right,
and pass it under No l. A. the right
hand take No. 2 in the SAM way, pass
it over No. 3, under No. 4; continue in
this manner to the end of the row, where
No. l holds the last position.
Take No. in the left hand, turn it
downward and toward the right, and
pass it under No. /, over No. 10, work
ing toward the right.
Take No. 3 in the right hand, and use
it in the same manner as you used No.
and No. 2; at the end of the row take
the string in the left hand, and work it
toward the right. Continue the work
to the desired length and add about
three inches to the usual waist meas
ure to allow for crossing the ends. When
braiding, give each string slight pull.
in order to make the work close and
even. At the beginning of each row at
the right-hand side, take the string as
it lies fiat, and turn il upward and over