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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

Near the head of Black River val
ley, in Windsor County, Vermont, ten
miles from the nearest railway station
at Ludlow, lies the hamlet of PlyJn-
outh Union. What the population lives
on is a question difficult to answer
Fortunately, it costs very little to live
there. A majority of the population
are in one way or another supported
by Civil War pensions. A tidal wave
of patriotism must have swept through
this section of Vermont in the early
sixties.
The most interesting inhabitant OIL
Plymouth Onion Is Aunt Esther
Damon, the last on the roll of Federal
pensioners as widow of a soldier or
the Revolution. AUNT Esther" was
born in Plymouth township, not far
from her present home. on the first day
Of August, 1914. She was one of
family of eight or nine, born to her
itage of poverty. Her father Is remem-
bered as stirring man, who began
life with nothing, married premature
ly, and worked hard to provide for his
family. In cutting timber to build
them a house he was killed by the fall
Of a tree. His widow was left with
out resources and found 1t impossible
to hold her family together. One by
one they were bound OUT to service,
and were never reunited. At tender
age Esther was thus put to work and
remembers this period chiefly as one
of neglect and ill-treatment-
BY one kind of work or another,
mostly domestic service, she made
shift to live, and finally drifted to
Tyson, which then had a charcoal
blast furnace and was something of a
center of activity. She is said to have
taught district school for one or two
! terms. Her own education had been
have offered her a successful career.
By thus doing whatever came in her
way, she managed to support herself
until she was Fl years old, when she
married.
Her choice of a husband was not
well considered. Noah Damon, whom
she welded after a brief courtship,
was a widower 70 or 76 years old,
with adult children and a record of
good service as a soldier Of the Revolu-
ton in sundry Massachusetts, COM
mands. He is additionally remember
ed as an easy-going, honest, improvi-
dent man, and not inclined to be in
dustrious. 1t is said that Esther Sum
ner was misled as to his ability and
willingness to support her, and thought
he had some property, whereas he had
none. Perhaps he was an optimist by
temperament Their marriage was eel
ebrated on the 9th OF September, 1885.
The young wife soon discovered
that, for her, the marriage relation
meant not only supporting herself by
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

continued hard work for small wages
but supporting her husband as well.
He was quite willing to entertain her
with stories of the war, but these did
not seem to compensate FOR the added
burden she had unwittingly assumed
She insisted that Damon's children
should make some provision for him.
This led to misunderstanding and
family quarrels, and they finally took
the old man to a farm in New Hamp-
shire, to which the young wife refused
to go.
No separation other than that de-
scribed was sought or desired. Damon
never ceased to crave his wife's COM
partnership; she, In turn. while unwill-
ing to be a dependent upon the Damon
family, spared enough of her meager
earnings to keep him clothed. and IN
other ways to provide for his comfort.
In some way Damon got money to
make a trip to Boston to visit some
friends, and from this outing he never
returned He died on the journey,
which was probably too much for his
failing strength, but whether in going
to or coming from Boston is not clear.
After the death of her husband
which in the circumstances cannot
have been a very keen bereavement.
Mrs. Damon realized that she had
other duties than self-interest alone
suggested. Her mother was then old
and poor and friendless. Esther took
her and cared for her to the end of her
life. To enable her to do this she
leased a little farm near Reading, VT.
and worked 1t as we'll as she could
with the help of a hired man.
After her mothers death she did not
feel equal to continuing this profitless
and unsatisfactory enterprise, and re-
turned to Plymouth Union to take up
her residence with an old resident OF
that place, Mrs. Snow, who had a
house, but no income. In that house
she has lived for the past sixteen
years, and there she hopes and ex-
poets to remain for the rest of her life.
During a period Of many years she
has been in receipt of a Federal pen
sion of SO per month, and this meager
provision had to suffice in a large de-
gree for the needs of both old women.
The pension has lately been increased
to $24 per month.
With the exception of a slight deaf
ness, Mrs. Damon retains her faculties
remarkably.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

Every once in a while 1 sit down and
write notes to people telling them ex-
actiy what 1 think Of them. When 1
get the things I want to say off my
mlnd the notes are destroyed and 1
am relieved That is the way keep
people liking me. 1 say what 1 think
OF them and have the satisfaction that
comes from saying it, but it never
reaches them or anybody else"-Kan-
sas City Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

CHAPTER vII.-(Continued.)

CHAPTER VI1.-(Continued.)
"There! 1 have done what 1 could,
and 1 have told your uncle my mind.
Let us talk of something else. Oh, l
forgot to say that Will has come down.
We shall find him waiting for us at the
church.
''Will? 1 am glad"
He got away a week before he ex-
pected"
HE will cheer you up, George"
"Yes; he talks as if nothing mattered
much and everything was a game. The
Londoners have that way, 1 suppose.
1t is not our way"
They walked away through the mar
row lanes, holding each other by the
hand like two children, as they had al
ways done since they were children to-
gether, and George, who was three years
older, led little Mary by the hand to
keep her from falling.
This Will that George spoke of with
irreverence was none other than myself,
the person who narrates this true history
of country life for your amusement and
instruction. I am Will Nethercote, In
fact; and though of the same surname
as Mary, am no relation to Mary. l
once endeavored, it is true, to remedy
lhib dCCiueut, anu prOpOSeu To eSIdDllSu
a very close relationship indeed with that
dear girl, but I was too late. Ny father
was the rector, and when 1 left Oxford
1 found l had no vocation for the life
of the country clergyman. Therefore l
became a journalist 1t is a profession
which suits me well, and I suppose if
l live another forty years and arrive at
seventy l shall have written 5000 more
loo ding arfirIao nd ILL
then be saturated with wisdom. I did
not wait for these young people in the
church yard. I walked down the lane
to meet them.
l declare that my heart leaped up only
to see that sweet, fond girl walking
with her lover, only to see the glow upon
her cheeks and the soft light in her eyes
Mary greeted me with her usual kind
ness, bearing no resentment on account
of that proposition of mine above re-
ferred to.
And how is George behaving, Mary t?
And has the Dragon relented?"
George always behaves we'll" she
said. "But as for the Dragon" She
shook her head.
'See, now, Mary" 1 said, 'I mean to
put the case before a lawyer. I will
do it directly go back. In the will your
aunt leaves you 5000 pounds, to be paid
to you on the day that you marry with
your uncle's consent. If you marry with
out his consent, it is to go to David.
Well, David has gone away, no one
knows where, and perhaps he is dead. or
will never come back. Suppose you were
to marry now without your uncle's con-
sent, who is to have the money!"
my uncle says it will be his own"
"We shall see to that 1t is a case
for a lawyers advice. And I will get
that advice directly go back"
/ turned and walked toward the
church with them, in the narrow lanes
between the high hedges. We talked
of different subjects, of what had hap
pened since l last came down.
But that subject of which we were all
thinking-George's impending ruin-lay
like lump of lead on our hearts. And
so we walked through the darkening
lanes. our faces to the west, so that
Mary's glowed in the golden light like
an angel face in a painted window, and
presently came to the church.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21
EcOuOuy.

Mr.. Biblets-Now, M dear, I'll tell
you how 1 happened to get home SO
late if you'll only listen.
Mrs. Biblets-All right. Turn Off
the radiator before you oegin, will
you?
Mr.. Biblets-Wha' for?
Mrs. Biblets-Oh, it seems so ex-
travagant to have steam and hot air
both going at the same time.-Kansas
City Independent
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21
Practical Exercise.

Il hear that your daughter is going
to take lessons in physical culture"
said the friend from town.
"Wa-all, yes" drawled Farmer ST.
las, IAN I've been bus. getting her
the necessary articles"
Indian clubs and dumbbells, 1 pre-
sumeY
mo, a new washtub an a patent
ironing board"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21
DiscOuraRfn0

Here is another example of the
irony of fate"
whats that?"
why when eggs are cheap and
plentiful all the bad actors are taking
rest. Plain Dealer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

1t is only after some people are
pianteo under six feet of earth that
tney cease to say IT told you So"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-21

CHAPTER TX.
The in upon Challacombe Green Is
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18
A pemon rhrouah MhIsksN

Vigorous eRorts should be made 70
expose the worthless creature who
sold the whiskey that converted the
Nez Perca Indian. Mox- Mox into a
raging demon. This Indian is said TO
be kindly and charitable when sober.
but liquor converted him into a hend-
While under the inIhsnce OF whiskey
few days ago. Mox-Mox tried to mur-
der several members of his family.
and succeeded in burning his aged
mothers house on the Nez Perce res
ervation
The Indian is particularly suscepti-
bic to alcohol. A small quantity OF
spirits that the average white man
could take without appdrent EFFORT
will make the red man bowling
drunk. This fact was early discover
ed by the Hudson Bay company,
which sold rum sparingly to the saw
ages Of this couatry-and at that d.
iuted with nine parts Of water to one
If rum Wen attested cases are re-
ported of Indians getting noisily
trunk by smelling a recently empued
lQuor flask.
Il Is this phase of the evil that fos-
.ers the Illicit business Of selling
iouor 10 indians Worthless and IL
.esponsbie white men can buy a
task Of whlakey. dilute it several
lines over and peddle It 10 Indians at
big profit: and always the traffic is
n cheap and vile grade of liquor.
The Indian problem is largely tho
iquor problem. II the red man could
,e entirely deprived OF alcohol the
ask OF lifting him to plane OF in
lustry and civilization would be trs-
neadously simpliied. - spokane
;pokesman-Reyiew.
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Mhsn peMey Maan.t KnoMn.

"When Admiral Dewey started for
his station in the Pacific ocean, prior
to the Spanish war; said a we'll
known railway man recently. "he at
tracted little attention On his way
west he took the Baltimore & Ohio
train to Chicago He and his sccre.
tary had a drawing room. While
they were temporarily absent from 1t
some one stole $50. This robbery
soon became known and the officials
in Chicago were notified.
1.-TWO of the company's trusted
o6ieers were sent down to ,be line %
meet the train After conveying with
the Admiral 80 as. to obtafn clew.
the Pullman conductor said auotnef
man had also been robbed This vic
tim happened to be a conductor who
had just had his months pay cashed
---all Of which the robber took pos
session of. He was interviewed and
was asked If he had any suspicious.
He said:
Yes, I have l believe that little
short man in The drawing room, mean.
ing Admiral Dewey. has my pile
"At Chicago Admiral Dewey and
the Baltimore Il Ohio officials went
into a restaurant and had something
to wash the dust down, as well as 10
appease their hunger.
"Aftcr the bate of Manila the Bal
timore & Ohio officials went into the
restaurant and said TO the proprietor:
DO you know who that was I brought
in here some time ago? Well that
was Admiral Dewey This was
enough for the proprietor. for he had
the bottle labeled as follows; This
IS the kind that Admiral Dewey
drinks to whip the Spanish
"On the Admiral's return he stopped
at the same restaurant and the hot.
tie was presented to him. He was
also told Of the suspicion Of the con-
ductor who had been robbed and he
enjoyed the joke very mueh."-Phila-
delphia Press.
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a LAXATIVE couah sysup.

"a cold or cough nearly always produces
constipation Ore water AN runs 20 the
eyes nose and throat Instead OF passing
our OF the system through the liver and
Kidneys For the want Of moisture the
bowels become dry and hard,r Kenns
dys Laxative Honey and Tar .s the ORR
gInal laxative Cough syrup II meets
and corrccts tie above conditions, by
acting as a pleasant cauhartic on the
bowels-expels an colds from the sys-
tenn and cures an coughs. Group whoop
ing cough, Lagrippe bronchitis, etc
Sold oy c. r. Reniro
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

Finding health is like finding money
80 think those who are sick When
you have a cough. cold. sore throat or
chest irritation. better act promptly
like W. c. Barber, OF sandy Level Va.
He saysi Il had a terrible chest trouble
caased By smoking and coal dust on my
lungs; bit after finding no relief IN
other remedies. Was cured BY Dr,
Kings New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds" Greatest sale Of any
cough or lung medicine in the world.
Al an druggists; toe ana si.oo. suaran-
tced Trial bottle free.
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eest Ter children.

Mothers. be CAREFUL Of the health OF
your children Look out for Coughs
Colds, Group and Whooping Cough. Stop
them In time-Cne Minute Cough Cure is
the best remedy. Harmless and plec
ant. contams no opiates. sold by c.
r. Ranfro.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

An officer over al Kanawa. I. IT,
chained prisone" 70 wagon wheel,
locked them both Ia log house and
when he went 20 the wen to get a drink
his prisoner went through window
with the wagon wheel carried il two
mites. broke the chain and is stin wn-
ming hareheadel and barefcoted for TAN
timber OF course we are readv for
statehood.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

The Hon. John C, Watson, the new
Premier Of Australia was until TO
sently a printer. A few years agc he
deserted tie case for Journalism and
politics.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

Observation cafe cars now IN service
"a Wabash da- trains between Kansas
III. ana st. Louis both directions, ana
on Wabash New York fast mail train
No. s.
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Two juvenile Offenders az Austin, who
were arrested for abusing an egsd Con-
ttderste veteran, We're septencd by tne
police 20 be soundly thrlshed by their
parents and the Judge appointed "a con-
stable 10 see that the punishment was
adminisered accordins 10 the decrec OF
the court
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remove mat Ink spot.

Fruit stain or mildew. Here's the stun
that viii do it. FOggs Liquid Perrin.
Warranted harmless 10 paper, hands or
CLOTH 10 cents per bottle at Leader
ofiee.
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LEADERETTES


"''' =.
Daniel Minfaf OF ilenhes3'N, oe'p
a continuous 'aade'i1e 'he''re may pe
opened in o6iahonA 1ls hF 'he htetoa-
uonm Amusement company ol ~ LOUIS
posioAice has f@n esiaoisned at
capitol hih an oNah"aa cry suburb
lnd s T. Woods named as postmaster
william Washington Dodge who died
The foyasr from New England 20 IaN-
lDrua by way Of lhe cape of Iood Hope
n 1872
rh,, seluov,h CONVEX zion 0id wise
as one % sna congressional candidates,
2 ous hls sent his check iof $500 20 ehe
ca4agn committee
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that bug. soys "a few years ego sev-
erid saloons hourished here. whereas now
one booze parlor elSes out miserable
existence"
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Burg elo
C. Louis now
Parents telegraph and
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A stock cu@pany Is organi1ing 70 iift
ihe Chandler Pu9licist from financial dd-
hcuues. The Publlcis, has been an un-
wtver'ug advocate of popullsm for years.
The decline Of popuilsm and the refusal
of Okai ,na democrats ons a. 0ccept
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

The latest story from Turner Falls.
near Davis, T. r. s that a farmer. while
standing ON his head chopping dowa
tree. ZEN upward und lodged on "a limb
lis feet from the ground. Fortunately
he wore a pair OF rubber boots ana
jumped TO the ground without iniurlng
himself the rebound Ing such to
prevent q severe shock
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

The IN Reno American says that city
is going TO pave and predicts thal. aftef
ia is done the property owners wouldn
be without ID for twice iho orsllai cont.
An criminal cases al Hobart win bc
continued because of tho recent decision
declaring oklahoma iuries ILLEGALLY em-
paneled
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phenomenal The buildings
a
side oesns an danger Of Gre uh aeeieae Thous
with ssyngh China
A Al. d,
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Groves
Thee Original Tested Chill Tonic
Groves Tasteess Chill Tonic introduced twenty
years ago. the first product of its kind and is the only
Chill Tonic sold continuously during that period
Drives Out Malaria and Builds Up the System
Sold by all dealers for 27 years. Price so cents.
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fusion have been Injurious to che pub
hcsst.
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Daily Leader 10 cents a week deliv
cred every day exceps sunday
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Your dearest friend Is naturally the
that costs you the most nons1.
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With the ,enpietion or the Miss'url.
Oklahoma g. Guli railroad from Mus
hogca 10 Joplin. Mo. lhe present railroad
dlsisrce tosN,eu the Two owns VIII bc
shortened from 1856 to - miles
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1905-09-18

A eitizon o. Lawton played thirty ccnts
into street letter box at Oklahoma city
before DC discovered that h was not "a
slot machine. A policeman told him 10
hike back 10 the kafiir patch.
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The Cheyenne s4ar. pubilsteG at the
county scat of Roger aIills county m
rpmln'ng ~ ne Hiprl oondlilons Of
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healthy 50 that
as ii circulates
to the diseased
parts the tissues
are strength
ened and the
sore can heal
naturally aud
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-08
HYPOCRISY THOU ART A JEWEL

A. NJ. Smith, city attorney and Demo.
cratic boss, says in the resolution he
introduced at the recent council meet.
ing which he reprinted in his organ yes.
terday morning.
Owing to reforms that are no doubt
permanent and which we are all in.
clined TO give a thorough trial, reye.
nues of the city which had heretofore
been considered permanent, and amount.
ing to $4,000 per annum, have been
cut off ="
This statement is fal,ehood. The
exact amount of fines and forfeitures
for the year 1904 from all sources were
Sll,l50.5O, as per Auditor Anderson's
annual report, and it is not presumed
that they would have been more this
year than last, so the revenues have
only been decrease that sum instead of
SlS.OOO as the learned attorney has
tried to make the people believe. Also
We are glad to note that Mr. Smith has
had change of heart since last June
when he stood up in the circuit court
and started to defend the dance hall
men when arrested by Sheriff Linville,
but at the first shot from the Astorian
dropped the case as he did not have
the courage TO face the music.
Oh, yes, he is inclined" to give
gambling and dance halls thorough
trial, but not as his resolution would
have the people to believe.
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AMAZING IGNORANCE.

The president of the Mutual Life In.
surance Company is ignorant of the lie.
tails of the business of the great CON-
pany over which he presides. He gave
this testimony time and again on the
witness stand. He is even ignorant of
the principles on which the business is
based. Yet he receives the colossal
salary of sl5O,OOO for administering the
affairs Of that company. Either Mr..
McCurdy is drawing salary altogether
out of proportion to his efficiency or he
is one of the most accomplished actors
of the day. If he is not ignorant and
chooses to publicly declare that he is
there must be a purpose back of his
declaration. And it is a fair presump.
tion that such purpose is the conceal.
ment of that in the Mutual Life ad.
ministration which is even worse than
confessed ignorance Of its presiding off.
Ger,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-08

The Tlfty-ninth Congress had a
heavy list of important measures await.
ing it when it convened on Monday.
Railroad rates, the Panama ranal and
the Tariff and foreign trades relations
Of the country are among these. There
are some other matters of lesser i'm.
portahcs--Santo Domingo, the Cuban
relations, with the Isle of Pines con.
troversy, and the Venezuelan troubles.
There is a strong Republican majority.
In other days this would mean that
the policy of the President would be
carried out without difficulty, but the
opening session of this Congress dis.
covers the administration with policies
tolerably well known and on some
points Interchangeable, with a party sup.
port divided and at times inclined to be
critical. The session, with these diverse
and highly important measures coming
before it promises at least to be replete
with interest.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-12-08

the sports and macques and other i'm.
moral fry would not be bolstering their
campaign and its issue IL is up to
the decent and honset citizen of As.
toria to save the city. No eleventh.
hour denial of their nasty and reckless
purpose viii be given an atom of credit,
Their trick comes too late. Ii fools no.
body, and they will be fought all the
harder and more determinahly for the
shameless falsehood they have sprung,
They should have had the courage of
their dirty program and have answered
I'VE Are not, NOW!