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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
CARPENTER sossED THE SHOW.
One Case Where Richard Mansfield
Yielded His Authority.

Another tale of the urbanity of Mr..
Mansfield, the actor, is going around
| the theaters.
With his company is a stage car
penter whom Mr.. Mansfield considers
the acme of perfection In his line,
just as Richard himself is in his. Now,
this carpenter, whom Mr.. Mansfield
would not lose for the best leading
lady in the land, has his own eccen-
tricities, even as Mr. Mansfield has
his.
One afternoon during the time of
rehearsal the carpenter was heard
pounding with his hammer in the
wings. Mr.. Mansfield sent a messen-
ger to tell the carpenter to desist, but
the pounding went right on vigor-
ously.
Finally Richard in high dudgeoH
strobe into the wings himself, and
above the noise of the poundings Mr.
Mansfeld's objections could be heard.
One actress, holder than the rest,
crept near the scene in the wings.
She beheld Richard bending over the
carpenter, who was on his knees
pounding away.
What do you mean?" cried Mr..
Mansfield "Why don't you stop
when 1 tell you to-"
"Sh-sh-" said the carpenter, not
ceasing to let his hammer fall.
"You-you-" cried the enraged
master. Don't you know who's talk
ing to you, you blockhead of an old
fool?"
The carpenter looked up minute.
Speak piano. Richard" he said, you
will disgrace yourself with the peo-
pie on the stage" And he resumed
his good hearty strokes.
Mr.. Mansfield walked off. "The car
penter runs this show" he COM
planned
Some of the company think Rich
ards right.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
WONDERFUL SILK OF SPIDER.
Withstands Heat That Cracks Lenses
of Micrometer.

| The astronomer after the cxper-
fence Of many years has found that
the spider furnishes the only thread
which can be successfully used IN
carrying on his work.
The spider lines mostly used are
from one-fifth to one-seventh of q
thousandth of an inch in diameter.
elasticity, they have the peculiar
property Of withstanding great
changes of temperature, and often
when measuring the sun spots, al
though the heat is so intense as to
crack the lenses of the micrometer
eyepiece. yet the spider lines are not
in the least injured.
The threads of the silkworm, al
though of great value as a CONNER
cial product, are so coarse and rough
compared with the silk of the spider
that they cannot be used in such In
struments.
Spider lines, although but a frac-
ton of a thousandth Of an inch in
diameter, are made up of several
thousands of microscopic streams OF
fluid, which unite and form a single
line, and it is because of this that
they remain true and round under
the highest magnifying power
An instance of the durability of the
spider lines is found at the Allegheny
observatory, where the same set Of
lines in the micromoter of the transit
instrument has been in use since
1870
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
THE LIFE AFTER DEATH.
Bulwer-Lytton Believed 1t Would Be
Progressive.


A Welsh lady, writing in Black
woods Magazine on her visit to Kneb-
worth in 1857, says that Sir Edward
Bulwer-Lytton spoke thus on the sub
ject of spirits:
He said he did not believe we should
reach the highest heaven when we die.
no" he continued, "it is not likely
that we, imperfect as we are, should
be suddenly ushered into the Divine
Presence on leaving this world; our
minds would not be prepared for so
much glory; we are far too sinful for
that We shall pass through success
i've stages of existence, rising higher
and higher until we reach the fullness
of knowledge and of happiness. We
cannot expect instant transition from
darkness to light, which TO us would
be insufferably bright. Does not
everything progress? Is not progress
sion the order of all Gods work here?
Why not hereafter? 1t is strange" he
went on, that all spirits, when ques-
tened about heaven, agree in stating
that into our next stage of being we
shall carry the pursuits and character
istics of mind which are ours on
earth, but all refined and ennobled.
None of them, however, profess to
have reached to the great knowledge
of our final heaven, nor to know by
what means we shall pass from one
stage to another"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
The Surprise.

ct was up at Blimley's last night
and Blimley insisted on having that
7-year-old daughter of his recite for
u.s."
That's just like doting father"
Eyes. The child was willing enough
to show off and so she got up and told
us how Sarah Bernhard would recite
Jack and JILL"
Good graciousl What did Blimley
do?"
"He sat there smiling fatuously. OF
course we all had to applaud and then
the little one gave an imitation OF
Maude Adams, and another of Annie
Russell, and still another of Anna
Held"
~WelI, well! And of course you
had to applaud"
"Of course"
"And Blimley sat there all the time
under the impression that you were
really being entertained"
Eyes. He sat there nodding and
chuckling and looking like happy
IDIOT
what an awful bore it must have
BEEN"
1T wasn't"
wasn't? Why not?'
Because the child is phenomenaliy
clever. "-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31

Many times women call on their family
physicians, suffering, as they imagine.
one from dyspepsia, another from heart
disease. another from liver or kidney dis
ease, another from nervous exhaustion or
prostration, another with pain here and
there, and in this way they all present
alike to themselves and their easy-going
and Indifferent, or over-buSy doctor, sep
arate and distinct diseases, for which he,
assuming them to be such, prescribes his
pills and potions. In reality they are all
only symptoms caused by some womb dis
ease. The physician, ignorant Of the
cause of suffering. encourages this prac-
tice until large bills are made. The sur
fering patient gets no better, but prob
ably worse, by reason of the delay, wrong
A proper medicine like DR.. Pierce's fa-
vorite Prescription, directed to the cause
would have entirely removed the disease,
thereby diSpelling all those distressing
symptoms, and instituting comfort in
stead of prolonged misery. 1t has been
well said that "a disease known is half
cured" In cases almost innumerable,
after all other medicines had failed to
help and doctors had said there was no
cure possible. the use of DIR. Pierce's f'a-
vorite Prescription, supplemented when
necessary by medical advice and counsel
of DR.. Pierce, has resulted in a perfect
and permanent cure. The genuineness of
entire disappearance of pain, but by a
gain of flesh, clear complexion and
cheerful disposition.
A SCIENTIFIC MEDIcINE.-Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription is a scientific med |
icine, carefully devised by an experienced
and skillful physician, and adapted to
womans delicate organism 1t Is purely |
vegetable in its composition and per-
fectly harmless in its effects IN any
condition of the system. 1t contains no
alcohol, opium, digitalis or other injuri-
Gus ingredient.
DR. R " PIERCE. Buffalo. N. r.;
Dear Str-I was very low. and our home
physician said l would never be well until |
went TO the hospital Knowing what did Of
your medicine | concluded to try 1t and felt
sure it would cure me. To-day thank God
for Dr. Pierce's medicine. l began keeping
house the 18th day OF April and was just able
to crawl about and in three weeks could do
all my own work. laundry and ALL l have
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
Urn Buried for 1000 Years.

In the neighborhood of Bourne
mouth, England, recently, during the
construction of a new road the exca-
vators cut into mound, which is in
buriel ground, and a large sun-baked
clay urn was unearthed. 1t was in
remarkable state of preservation and
was intact. The roots of the heather
had forced their way into the interior
of the receptacle and into the ashes
and dust it contained. The urn was
estimated ~ no 1000 years old.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
Mt9Jaro WILJ0a

The following letter is only one of
many thousands which are on file in
the PinlSham office. and go to prove
beyond question that Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound must be a
remedy of great merit, otherwise it
could not produce such marvellous re-
suits among sick and ailing women.
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
About nine months ago l was great suf-
ferer with womb trouble which caused me
severe pain extreme nervousness and fire.
quent headaches from which the doctor
failed to relieve me- / tried Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and within
short time felt better, and after taking five
bottles of it was entirely cured therefore
heartily recommend your Compound es a
splendid uterine tonic. 1t makes the monthly
periods regular and without pain and what
blessing it IS to find such remedy after so
many doctors fail to help you am pleased
to recommend it to all suffering women. -
Mrs. Sara Wilson, 81 East Sd Street, Cincin-
natl, Ohio
If you have suppressed or painful
menstruation. weakness of the stom-
ach. indigestion, bloating, leucorrhea,
flooding. nervous prostration. dizzi-
ness. faintness, don't and
" want be-left-alon p" feeling. ex-
citability, backache or the blues. these
are sure Indications of female weak
ness, some arrangement of the uterus
or ovarian trouble. In such cases there
is one tried and true remedy-Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
Who Would / Be?

Had I the choice my wife I'd choose to
Forgive the tribute to her worth
pay
II but to fathom all her love for me
And fitch the secret of her winsome
way;
The tender hopes. the trust that never
The faith, the constancy, the patient
care, .
The steadfast heart, the courage that
Lies tears and tolls and Borrowings to
bar.
To live with such sweet fortituds the
space
OF one brief day were task enough for
man.
Yet she inherIts but the simple grace
Bestowed on womanhood when earth
--Tatler.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
ITS MERIT IS PROVED
RECORD OF A GREAT MEDICINE
A prominent Cincinnati Woman Tells
How Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
compound Completely Cured Her.

The great good Lydia z. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound is doing among
the women of America is attracting
the attention of many of our leading
scientists, and thinking people gener.
ally.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-03-31
Grand opera in GEORGIA..

Last Tuesday night the grand opera
people left an order for twenty bottles
of beer, six half pints and two pints of
whisky.-Augusta (Ga.) Herald.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04

ness which settles over the library the
the twilight sets in, ! put in
my pocket two or three candles. tie
candles, sirs. about which you have
made such coil My errand was two
fold wanted first to see what Mr..
jeffrey had been up to the night be.
fore and next to spend an hour over
certain book of old memoirs which In
recalling the past might explain the
present. You remember n door leading
into the library from the rear room. 1t
was by this door entered. bringing
with me from the kitchen the chair you
afterward found there.
II knew where the volume OF men,
olrs speak of was to be found-you
do. too, see-for 1t was my hand
which had placed 1t in its present con-
cealment. quite determined to reread
such portions of 1t as had long before
marked as pertinent to the very at.
tempt had in mind, | brought In the
candelnbrum from the parlor and drew
out table to hold II. But waited a
few moments before taking down the
book itself. wanted first to learn
what Mr.. Jeffrey had been doing up
stairs the night before; So leaving the
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04
THE END.

Bad blood and Indigestion are
deadly enemies to good health.
Burdock Blood Bitters destroys
them.
Judge T.. r. Meek and family
returned to their home in Fit.
Worth Friday.
A little life may be sacrificed
to sudden attack of Group, if
you don't have DR.. Thomas
Electric Oil on hand for the emer-
gency.
United States Attorney w. III.
Atwell, Marshal Geo. II. Green,
Chief Deputy Marshal l.. /,
Farris. Court Stenographer Geo,
w. Parker and Clerk J. II. Finks
returned to Dallas Friday after
the short Federal court session II
San Angelo.
Neglected colds make fat
graveyards." DR.. Woods Nor,
way pine syrup helps men anc
women to happy, vigorous ole
age.
General Livestock Agent J. /
Conway, OF the Santa Fe, was il
San Angelo several days last
week.
Terrible plaques, those itching
fostering diseases of the skin
Put an end to misery. Doan'l
Ointment cures. At any druG
store.
Ike Funk was in from Ardel
Friday.
Big shipment Of Screer
Doors at Smith G Robertson's
Lowest prices in town. i4t
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04

EEEIETEET - Me -a i
I .|'Il'' Filigree Ball |
FT44444fT BY ANNA KATHARINE GREEN,
ttttttt4t Mystery Webb" Lost Mans Lane" Etc
ETTTTTTTT Copyright i9o By the Bobbs-Merrl Company
Copyright. 1903. By the Bobbs.merrllI Compass,

BY ANNA kAIf1AKINE UKEEN,
Author Of The Mystery Of Agatha Webb Lost Mans

other local journals:
ANY person who positively remem.
bers passing through Wnverley avenue
between N and NJ streets on the even
ing Of May IL at or near the hour of
quarter past will confer a favor on
the detective force of the District by
communicating the same to F. at the
police headquarters in c street"
was IF" and was soon deep In
business. But was readily able to
Identify those who came from curios
ity. and as the persons who had really
fulfilled the conditions expressed In
my advertisement were few an evening
and mornings work sufficed to sift the
who could tell me just what I wanted
to know. With this man | went to the
major, aud as II result we all met later
in the day at Mr.. Moore's door.
This gentleman looked startled enough
when he saw the number and charac.
ter of his visitors, but his grand uir did
not forsake him, and his welcome wns
both digniHed and cordial. But did
not like the way his eye rested on me.
But the slight venom visible in II Mt
that moment was nothing to what he
afterward displayed when at a slight
growl from Ridge. who stood In an
attitude of offense In the doorway be-
yond, drew the attention of all to the
dog by saying sharply:
"There is our witness, sirs. There Is
the dog who will not cross the street
even when his master calls him. but
crouches on the edge of the curb and
waits with eager eyes but immovable
body till that master comes back. Isn't
that so, Mr.. Moore? Have | not heard
you utter more than one complaint In
this regnrdT"
~ cannot deny It," was the stiff re-
ply. but what
/ did not wait for him to finish
"Mr. Currean." asked, us this the
animal you passed between the hours
of I and s on the evening OF
May II. crouching in front of this
house with his nose to the cnrbstoneF'
ut Is; noted him particularly; he
seemed to be watching the opposite
house"
Instantly turned upon Mr.. Moore.
as Rudge the dog to do that
asked, IF his master we're not there
Twice have myself seen him in the
selfsame place and with the selfsame
air OF expectant attention, and both
times you had crossed TO the house
which you acknowledge he will ap
proach no nearer than the curb on this
side of the street"
"You have me-" was the short reply
with which Mr.. Moore gave up the
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04

utes previous CROPPED their way along
the wallsJ For her voice soon took
different tone, and such unintclligibe
phrases as these could be heard lssu.
ing from her partly paralyzed lips:
81 must! | can never meet his eye
again alive. He would despise-- Brave
enough to--tO-anothcrs blood - COW.
nrd-when-own. Oh, God, forgive!
Then another silence, during which |
almost made up my mind to interfere,
then loud report and a fash 80 star
Ting and unexpected that l recoiled,
during which the room leaped into
sudden view-she, too, Veronica, with
baby face drawn and set like won.
an's-then darkness again and heavy
fall which shook the floor, II not my
hard old heart The flash AMI that
fall enlightened me | had iIi wit
messed the suicide of the las Moore
saving myself, suicide for NIich
was totally unprepared and one which
! do not yet understand.
81 did not go over to her. She was
as dead when she fell as she ever
would be. In the flash which lit ev-
erythlng ] had seen where her pistol
was pointed. Why disturb her, then7
Nor did return upstairs. had small
interest now In anything but my own
escape from Il situation more or less
compromising. Do you blame me for
| this? | was her heir, and | was where
| had no legal right to be. Do you
think that | was called upon TO pub.
lish my shame and tell how fingered
there while my own niece shot herself
before my eyes2 That shot made me n
millionaire. This certainly was ex.
element enough for one day. Besides.
I did not leave her there neglected. /
notified you later after I had got my
breath and had found some excuse.
Tint wasn't enough7 All, see that
you are oil models of courage and
nlagnanimlty. You would have laid
yourselves open to every reproach rath-
pass your lips. But nm no model.
/ am simply an old man who has been
too hardly dealt with for seventy long
yenrs To possess every virtue. l made
a rllstnkc-1 see II now-trusted a dog
wien !. shouldn't-but II Rudge had
not seer ghosts-well what now"
We had. one and all. with an invol
untary nLpulse turned our backs upon
bin.
what are you dolngf" he holly de
manded.
"Only what all Washington will dc
tomorrow and afterward the whole
worlI," gravely returned the major
Then. as an ejaculation escaped the as
tonished millionaire, he impressively
added; "a perjury which allows an in
nocent man and woman to remain un
The major denovnces
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04
The major ounces
vncle David

der tho suspicion of murder for Eve
weeks is one which not only the law
has right to punish, but which all so.
clety will condemn. Henceforth you
will find yourself under ban, Mr..
Moore" Time amply verified this
prophecy. Mr.. Moore is living in great
style in the Moore house and drives
horses which are conspicuous even In
Washington, but no one accepts his
invitations, and he is as much Of Il re-
cluse In his present mansion as he ever
was In the humble cottage In which his
days of penury were spent
My story ends here. The matter new
er came before the grand jury. Suicide
had been proved. and there the affair
rested.
The San Angelo press. (San Angelo, Tex.) 1897-1907, 1905-05-04
Mr.. Currean

struggle. "Rudge, go back to your
place. When you are wanted in the
courtroom | will let you know"
The smile with which he said this
was sarcastic enough, but 1t was sar-
casm directed mainly against himself
We were not surprised when, after
some sharp persuasion on the part OF
the major, he launched into the fol-
lowing recital of his secret relation TO
what he called the last tragedy ever
likely to occur In the Moore family.
II never thought 1t wrong to be GU
rious about the old place; l never
thought 1t wrong to be curious about
it's mysteries. | only considered 1t
wrong, or at all events Ill judged, to
annoy Veronica in regard TO them, or
to trouble her in any way about the
trance into its walls. So I took the
one that offered and said nothing
II have visited the old house many
times during my sojourn in this little
cottage. The last time was, as one of
your number has so ably discovered,
on the most memorable night in its
history; the one in which Mrs. Jeffrey's
remarkable death occurred there. The
interest reused In me by the uneX-
pected recurrence of the old fatality at
tending the library Learthstone reached
It's elimination when ! perceived one
night the CLINT of a candle burning in
the southwest chamber. did not
know who was responsible for this
light, but strongly suspected 1t to be
Mr.. jeffrey, for who else would dare
to light candle in this disused house
without first seeing that all the shut
| ters were fast?
II did not dislike Mr.. Jeffrey or ques-
ton his right to do this. Nevertheless
was very angry. Though allied to a
Moore, he was not one himself, and the
difference in our privileges affected me
strongly; consequently | watched till
he came out and upon positively rec
! ognizing his figure vowed In my wrath
md jealous indignation TO visit the
" q house myself on the following night
- make one final attempt to learn
which would again make me
yself the equal of this man, II
| Agent, uperior
svnt' iParly when | went; indeed II
g. 'e0"' " 49, dark, but, knowing the
-" ~ ~ .ss. 9ea tn" dark a
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

hands full whenever you attempt to
steal them. Many times l see an Or
anoe tree that appeals to me as L
walk along the road. | go inside the
grounds. get under the tree, am just
on the point of drawing down the
finest orange when a benevolent-lOOk-
ing man appears.
What can | do for yOu?'' he asks,
raising his hat.
"Well. | have an Unsuitable desire
to steal an orange-only an orange
from a tree. so | may go back to Lon
don and say / stole an Orange! /
answer.
"Why. you don't need to steal an
orange! Just help yourself and if you
see any particular ones you want, just
let me know. and I'll get them for
you" answers the owner.
But l wanted to steal one. 1 never
stole anything before, but I do want
to steal an granger l answer, des-
perately.
$50 ahead and steal, then" answers
the man, laughing, ''They say every
tourist who comes to the orange cOun-
try has an insane desire to steal one
orange before he goes away. It's a
disease they all have"
This information has relieved my
mind. 1t seems there is nothing seri-
Ously the matter with my moral con-
stitutiOn. If all tourists are kleptO-
manics to the extent of a desire to
steal one orange. I suppose I need
not look too teriOusly upon this pc
culiar development. OF course, such
generosity as l experience prevents
me from stealing the one orange. The
owners from whom | would plInder
load me down with oranges. lemons
and grapefruit. and tell me to come
again,
Thus do they heap Goals of fire upon
the head of the covetouS tourist in the
county of Riverside.
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

The old country store has disappeared.
or is fast disappearing. Many read
er who in bOyhOOd clerked in his vii
lage store might find, did he return,
the old store still there, unchanged in
years: many an article of stock in the
same old place, waiting, waiting for
the purchaser who never comes.
Country stores are doomed; their day
is past The farmer passes them by
on his way to the center of trade
farther away. or buys at a distance.
using the mail for his messenger and
the railroad for his horse. He has
learned that he, too. may have almost
equal shopping facilities with the city
dweller. He can buy without fear.
for. whether he sees or not. all sound
business today requires the unQues-
toned permission to return any article
which the buyer finds unsatisfactory
The old methods of barter are gone
The farmer sells his products for cash.
and buys where it suits him best.
He has learned to farm better, to buy
The Florida agriculturist., 1905-12-13

better ard to sell better. He has
learned that his hay and corn go to
market cheaper and more proitably
as fat beef and pork than as hay and
corn. and sent thus, they leave the
valuable manures behind. He has
learned to grow 30 bushels of wheat
on ground that formerly grew %. He
has learned that berries grown in
Florida may be sold at profit IN
New York. that California fruit may
be sent at a profit to Europe. He is
learning that God never intended the
water of his springs to run to the
ocean unchecked. or to send the rain
only when it was needed. He is also
learning that the wind is tempered to
.shorn lamb only through his interven-
ton. .
In other words the farmer is be-
coming educated: he is learning to
farm. He is learning to utilize the
water given to him and to feed it to
his crops as they need it, and not
alone as nature wills, He is learning