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The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04

sooblime POETRY, an about the
same time CONTRACTED strong
mania fer grass wildly in whose
hanar I composed q beautiful lyric.
Its peculiar arrangemint. howiver,
caused her to think I waz dool
personality, in consequence me
proposal waz REJECTED.
B'gorry, even squirted twinty
cints worth av me moo perfumed
hairile in the invilope as a noble
incouragemint. [ prezoom the
otter av lilacs had a chazy smill
which sailed me doom. The fol-
lowin' finder lines contained me
luv:
I'VE GOT wIDDIEs ON THE BRAIN.
Payple say am looney, because am spooney
Wild widdies both young an old.
Me wife says tz shameless, an yet am blameliss,
Because I'm baldheaded I'm bold
A1esSn Ony III tHO pain SO Out lOl d ldIh
Wild Minnies an Jennies an Katies,
Whin fair wan spy, thin flip flop me eye
Fer action makes all av me dates.
LINvOY.
I've got widdies on the brain
They are drivin' me insane.
There are long vans an short vans,
An lame vans an fat vans,
IT'S worse than circus parade.
Fer wild old vans an young vans,
An good vans an boom vans,
They'll soon lay me out in the shade.
10 annywan contimplatin' the
writtin' av poitry on large scale,
l wud advise thin to use soap an
postohice coffee as soobjects, they
are liss revingeful. E. E. Fl.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
How the Hncients Moved Stone

An unfinished obelisk found in
a quarry at Syene showed how the
ancients separated these immense
monoliths from the native rock.
A groove marking the boundary of
the stone contained a number of
holes into which wooden wedges
were firmly driven. The groove
was then filled with water, and the
swelled wedges cracked the granite
the whole length of the groove.
The detached block was then
pushed forward upon rollers made
from palm trees to large timber
raft on the edge of the Nile, whore
it remained until the next inunda-
tion hoated the raft to the city
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04

At last after courtship extend
ing over two years and ten months
and seventeen days, he proposed
and she handed him the answer.
Darling" he gurgled. "you
are worth your weight in gold"
"Then I must be very valuable"
she replied, "for it has been an
awful long watt Detroit Trib-
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04

did the jury find the prisoner
guilty?" inquired a man concern
ing burglar.
"No, sir" responded the police
man. "They didn't find him at
all. He got away" Elk.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
Fl story Of the Wqest.

ing things generally; for this was
to be our headquarters for the
next two years.
! About ten days had passed when
decided to take my rifle and 60
get bear. 'Guess I'll go out
and get some bear meat, Bob,''
said I.
Cali right" he replied. "But
be careful that a bar don't get
you; lots of 'em in these hyar
mountains. If you stick out over
night be sure to keep up camp
fire. Remember that!'
About noon [ arrived at peak,
which gave me view of the Mis-
souri,, where it curves up near the
mountains. Altho I had seen
many bear tracks, yet no bears.
But now, two or three miles from
whore [ stood, [ could see herd
OF deer peacefully grazing. "Ah"
murmured I, "I'll just bag a couple
Of them"
So I started toward the herd;
when about a quarter of mile
from them [ noticed commotion in
the herd, and soon the herd began
moving in the opposite direction.
At the same time I noted mov-
ing object some distance to the
right of the herd and moving in
the same direction. "A prowling
wolf" thought I, as I followed the
herd, hoping to "bring down"
deer.
How long I tramped or how far
[ knew not. The air and chase
we're stimulating, and soon it be-
came dark; too late to retrace my
way to camp, so building a camp
fire l prepared to spend the night
in the open. A nearby spring
supplied me with water, from my
hunting coat 1 drew forth biscuits
and bacon, and soon was eating
my supper. Heaping enough
wood on the fire to last through
the night, I then stretched out and
was soon asleep.
It was about midnight, low
growl awakened me from my
pleasant dreams. On the opposite
side of the campfire, and near
where my rifle lay, stood two
wolves. A thousand thoughts
whirled through my mind. I
reached for my bowie knife, then
remembered that it lay on rock
near the spring. How to defend
myself was the question? Selling
a flaming irebrand I sprang to my
feet, holding it aloft. The wolves
retreated few feet and l quickly
seized my rife and took deliber-
ate aim at the nearest wolf.
ooh, mister! Don't shoot!
Them's my pets!'
The voice was directly behind
me, and coming 80 unexpectedly,
scared me. The rifle fell from my
hands. I wheeled around expect
ing-I knew not what. On the
opposite side of the campfire,
where [ had been lying, stood two
more wolves; and between them,
with a hand on the back of each
wolf, stood-a girl. I could scarce
believe my eyes. There stood a
girl-about fifteen years of age;
her ivory teeth shining between
her ruby lips. Her eyes we're
cleaning with merriment. Her
raven hair hung loosely down her
shoulders. She wore beaver cap,
pair Of moccasins, a boys suit
of buckskin, with buckskin leg
gings. The fire cast radiance
over the scene. I stood motion
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
Muldoon on Grass
Widows.

liver since [ waz naturalized me
main indivors how been to kape
up wild the late fads, an incydint-
ly sprinkle wholesome fathery
amongst the fair six. Contro-
versially spakin', both av thin hov
sprained me family relations wild
considerable elastissyty. You see,
Katie behaves me august shivalry
an swate disposition are afflicted
wild ayvil eyebawls; nevertheless,
'tiz mesilf that's highly ifficacious
in the rindition av fictitious COM
plimints.
Yis, an the mimory av wan law
SCOT has timpered all me coquitry
wild soofshlnt artifce to rinder it
void, so in case av alterations I
can aisily vindycate mesilf fer
ninst the binch. Professional con-
tact has made me slippery as an
ale in all kinds av ticknycal
manoovers, may it PLACE the saints.
Like nanny other iccintric
sports that provoke mirth, it has
been combined be amychoors an
black bawled be faymale suffrage
coompaynies. Their motive is
obviously silfsh, fer the simple
raison that wan is always the
defindint in braich av promise
scots an the other suffers, accord
in to her lawyers fay. I will not
disgust me frinds wild recital av
poopyism, but devote mesilf tx
clusively to the grass wildly quis-
ton.
The term grass wildly is mod
ern appillation which fits mod
ern foorm av degineraoy. The
rale definition av this word has
been the soobject .av much discus
sion in literary circles. Yis, while
in transit it lift doubt in the
minds av our Dist min, the binyfit
av which I now give me raiders.
A grass wildly is carioature av
a rale Teddy, who, be an act av
choice, Can not provydince) has
sivered the tie that binds fer the
sake av collictin' alimoony. They
are highly sinsytive oraythers, an
can faint, swoon, an joomp tin
fate at the same time over the
same mouse on the same day.
What do yez think av that fer
Eligibility? I how always said all
the roober want confined in the
nick.
I vance kissed wan av thin un-
der the mistletoe an the mkt day
I waz charged wild inoculatin'
germs av tic douloureaux durin'
the SUSPENSION av social convin-
tionalities. Av coorse, it waz
lugubrious predickymint fer a
family man, SO I paid me fine in
priferince av ixposin' mesilf to
win the case. To use a plagia-
rized ixprission, where ignorance
waz bliss it wud how been folly to
lit Katie find out.
liz a we'll known fact that
mans wife can create more havoc
an disturb more pace than the
combined ifforts av nine goats an
twenty-five min; ESPECIALLY whin
she has suspicious presintymints.
Blayche blends, on the contrary,
don't scare man to dith, but what
is more tantyllzin' they take him
fer a merry andrew preparatory
to swearin' out a warrant fer his
chick. Fer a case av inhuman
crooIty it shure takes the frosted
cake.
Whin I waz young tarrier me
main passion waz the writtin' av
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04

in the mind of man, loom
ing up in transcendent hues;
and in memory he lives over again
the experiences of the past. This
may be conceded as the reason for
me narrating my experiences in
the Northwest. A coterie Of con-
genial souls were gathered at
-Max's place, at Billings, Montana,
one evening in January, when in
sauntered tall, well-built individ-
ual, with flowing beard and long,
curly hair. He wore buckskin
suit, high-topped boots, a beaver
cap, and in his right hand he car
ried pair of beaver-lined gloves.
He was typical hunter and trap
per of the Northwest wilds. He
glanced around the barroom and
noting all eyes turned on him, he
said: "Wall, boys, have some
thing"
After drinking the health of our
happily met acquaintance, we en-
couraged him to talk. 81 live
way up in the Bar Paw Noun
tains, way up whar the air am pure,
whar the mind of man am not
contaminated with the visez O. the
wurld, whar wild game am plenti-
full; an near whar dwells the
sweetest creature that the sun
e'er shone upon" Some one in
aerjected: "Who's she?"
"Her name is Juniata; but we
ans up thar'bouts calls 'er, The
Child of the Prairie.'"
1t is not necessary to recount
ABob's glowing description of his
~:neck- 'o-the woods" Suffice it to
say that few days later Bob and
4 arrived at his place. Bob's
place, as he called it, was forty
miles due south of Fort Ass1nni-
boia, and located on a prominent
point.
One winters evening Bob and
were seated on a rustic bench just
outside the cabin door. He sat
there gazing off across the dis
fance and talking. Far below, and
vending it's way eastward, we
could trace Peoples Greek; beyond
this creek we could see Milk
Greek. While far to the north
the long, low, gray buildings at
Fort Assinniboia doomed up. It
was fine view; and many an eve
ming, during the following two
years, 1 sat there gazing at the
scenic surroundings depicted by
mature in her robes of Winter,
Spring, Summer and Autumn.
But now I had spied, in the dis
tance, ranch. q
"Who lives over there BobY"
/ asked, pointing toward the ranch.
"Over yonder, sonny? Why
that's nigh unto twelve miles
from hyar. It's on Milk Creek.
That's whar Juniata's folks live.
She lives with Frenchman,
named Pierre Grosventre, and his
wife, who is halfbreed. Some
says as how she were stolen by
the Indians when a babe; but be
that as it may, Groventre and his
wife pay little attention to Juni-
alta. She comes and goes jes as
she pleases; that's why we calls
Fer The Child of the PRAIRIE"
Bob kept up running fire of
small talk, while I sat meditating
thinking of Juniata. I was
brought back to mundane affairs
by Bob saying: "Well, sonny,
its turnin' in time. Some one of
these fine mornings you'll see the
little gal. Pr'aps she reckons I've
bin gon' a long time, but she'll
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
Plain Filters With
y out YarniSh.

~
1t is tough to 60 without steak
as long as we have to; but then it
is tough when we get it, too.
Scientists have discovered sew.
eral new kinds of mosquitoes, but
have found no need for any of
them.
Japan's "Protectorate" for Corea
will be exercised firmly, but with
the greatest politeness.
Ambition never took the place
of industry. Ambition is merely
the spyglass that let's you see the
point to which you must climb.
1t was proven in the Taggart
divorce case that most army off,
GERS are not drunkards-merely
sot in their ways, is all.
Since Prince Louis visit to this
country, New York's 400 has been
cut down to 70, the other 321 per-
sons now are in the "has been"
class.
[ have noticed that all of the
really sensible persons in the world
agree with me in all matters of
importance.
The sultan has sure relief for
ennui. Whenever he gets bored
he can always depend upon the
powers to give him another naval
demonstration.
Prince Louis has the correct
view of the horse show according
to the American idea. He says
of the New York horse show: '1t
is wonderful! Such beautiful
women, and such magnificent
gowns"
1000
The king of Spain has been re-
ported engaged to several differ
ent persons, all of them selected
for him. One of them, Princess
Ena of Battenberg, was probably
selected in the good old way we
used to decide who was cit" when
we were kids: Ena, mena, mona,
mi.
It was Boston clergyman who,
in describing frenzied finance,
said it was "That centralized fury
or money madness that drives
every trace of public spirit from
the SOUL" Thomas Lawson puts
it in a little different language,
but they agree on the main point.
One of the greatest compliments
ever paid to the realism of a play
was that paid by woman in the
balcony of New York theatre
recently, when "Oliver Twist was
being produced. When it came
to the act where Bill Sykes strikes
Nancy, the woman cried out ex-
"Now stop that!'
There is a noted futist, Miss
DeForest Anderson, who has made
a VOW to which she rigidly adheres,
never to kiss anybody-man, wom-
an or child. The reason she gives
for this is that the practice of kiss
ing ''inficts great injury upon the
sensitive muscles of the mouth"
Think of the sacrifice she is max
ing just for the sake of little
music. D. w. Is.
5 4 5l 8 rs
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1906-01-04
OCCASIONALLY memories of

the past revolve themselves
in the mind Of man, loom.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23

Judge Dooley Quells an Incipien,
Riot.

Judge Dooley quelled riot at Cab.
met, Friday afternoon. Twenty
Greeks employed in railroad con-
struction camp by Twohv Bros. laid
down their shovels and demanded
! their pay. The paymaster refused
until the men returned camp utensils
distracted from the camp.
This precipltated riot. One
snatched bundle Of time checks
from tilc clerk and threats to demolish
! the office were handled about. The
clerk wired Judge Dooley. who hasten
ed to the scene on the first train.
Taking the leader of the Greeks
aside, Judge Dooley impressed upon
him the gravity If the mems offense
| against the good order of the commu.
nifty. The Hope justice gave the
Greeks the alternative Of returning
| the stolen articles or accompanying
! him to Hope under arrest The
Greeks surrendered, returned the loot
and received their checks
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
New Suits Filed,

Two new suits were filed Saturday
10 the in the district court. Allen &
Allen of Spokane attorneys for the
Spokane Valley Land & Water com
pany In a suit for condemnation OF
land belonging to Ida G. Parker and
husband, Leon Parker, who reside on
the Rathdrum prairie. The land
sought to be condemned for ditch
purposes is described as the south west
quarter of section 28-5l-5 west.
r. E. Mcfarland Of Occur dsAlene
| for La Fayette w. Bells IN an action
to collect debt OF $500 alleged to be
due the plaintiff from A Kennedy &
Son for a quantity OF oats delivered at
| Pennington landing Ia Washington
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
Granite.

Well, "Hello," here is a word from
Granite once again.
The Interstate Telephone company
is putting in line from Athol To
Granite. There is some talk OF eX-
tending 1t to Cocolalla and Alg0ma.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ames were transact.
ing business in Standpoint last Satur-
day.
Miss Eta Clark was Rathdrum
visitor last Saturday.
Mrs. S. 4. Fleming Of Rathdcum
visited her daughter Mrs d. Bentley
last week.
Gribble g. Epperson are building
new blacksmith shop, which Is badly
needed.
The "Owl" saloon burned down one
night last week.
Mr.. Larsen has his new residence
completed and moved his family ia
last Saturday.
The young people Of Granite will
meet at Mrs. Epperson's for choir
practice each Thursday evening.
Mrs. A. ]. Clark returned Sunday
from Culver Spur, Idaho, where she
went to visit her daughter Mrs. JAS.
Delp.
The school board is contemplating
building an addition on the school
house as there is not sufficient room
10 the present building. The school
has an enrolment Of about tifty
pupils.
There are about five inches OF snow
and the sleigh bells are keeping u
merry jingle.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
COST OF THE ELECTION.
Large Expenditure Entailed in
Ko0tenai.

The county commissioners court
has been busy last week :anvassing
election returns and allowing election
bills. A few precincts had failed to
report and the sheriff was sent after
the returns, but the official count
completed does not materially
change the results as announced.
The democrats capture the district
judge, clerk Of court, probate judge,
senator and one commissioner, the re-
mainder OF the ticket being republi-
can.
For election expenses the commits.
sipners have allowed for judges, clerks
and constables $2280, while costs Of
registration will be about $4,000, be.
sides large sum for printing supplies
and ballots.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
Here and There.

The British government owns more
than 90, 900 camels.
The Mediterranean is supposed to
be tldeless, yet there are sometimes
four feet of tide in the Adriatlc.
In "A bombay cotton mill natives
.ceive is pence for thirteen hour
working day
1t is reckoned roughly that about
10000, 900 animals are killed yearly
for their furs.
All the gold in circulation could be
put 10 room As feet long, 25 feet
wide and 25 feet high.
A cubic foot Of mercury weighs
1850 ounces, a cubic foot OF lithi.
um only 500 ounces. Lithium is the
lightest known solid.
AlligatOrs will soon be extinct.
Two hundred and eighty thousand
alligator hides are yearly worked into
leather.
If The oceans suddenly became dry
it would take the rivers of the world
about 30, 600 years to refill the dry
beds -Ex.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
The Senator.

Asa result of an agreement made
in Portland Saturday, the manage
ment of the Senator, the Knights o.
PythiaS paper of Oregon. Washington
and Idaho, has been transferred fr"m
Frank =. Grant of Portland. 10 e. b.
Aldrich, Of Pendleton. The paper.
which is a monthly, will be published
in the future from the office Of the
East Oregonian. and entered at tn"
Pendleton postotfice.
The Senator is the official paper OF
the grand lodges of the three north
western states, and it has been in eX-
istance for 10 years. 1t is owned by
a company in which the following
nrominent members Of the order are
stockholders:
Grand Chancellor Marion F. Davis:
.yudpe w l.. Bradshaw. The Da'leS:
w NJ. Cake, Portland; L. r S'inson
Salem: Emile Waldman, Portland:
i. II. Aitkin, Huntington: ID. f. B'i'
chauan. Portland: j. w. Malone'
pendleton: L. NJ Curl, Albany; Her
man Wise. Astoria; Oliver Turner
La Grande: Frank S. Grant, Portland
DR.. E. M. Graves, Sheridan; Walter
G.. Griffith. Eugene; G. G. Moser
Portland.
During the past year Frank )
Grant, the young Portland attorney
has been 10 charge of the paper. Hi
RESIGNATION was given in order to per
mit him TO devote his entire time II
his law practice The paper wa
brought to Pendleton through The in
Y anence of J. w MalOney.
In the northwest there are 1000
) members of the order Of knights 0
| pvtbias. and the Senator is the oni
Pythian paper in the three states
II is also devoted to the interests O
e the Pythian ssterhood, the ladies
auxiliary to the Knights, and 10 IN
side degree the d. 0. X. X.
) With the change OF managenen
the size of the Senator will be eI
larped and strong effort made to e.
tend it's usefulness SO that 1t may
t Of even more benefit to the order tina
in the past.-E. B. ALDR1CH.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
RoBNETT FOUND GUILTY.
First Land Fraud Case is Won by
the Government.

The government has won the tirst
OF the famous north Idaho land fraud
cases on trial before Judge Beatty Of
the federal court at Moscow. Clar-
ence w. Robnett, b0ukkeeper OF the
Lewiston National bank, was found
guilty Tuesday evening OF suborna.
ton OF perjury by the jury after deiib-
Grating for IL hours. The trial lasted
about eight days.
The prosecution was conducted by
U. S. District Attorney N. M. Ruick,
assisted by Deputy Attorney Miles s.
JuhDson. w. e. Borah was the lead
Ing attorney for the defense. The
defense takes exception to the verdict
and will probably move 70: new
trial.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
KOOTENArS TOTAL VOTE.
Total Vote Cast for Govern
or was $500,
FRENCH'S TOTAL LARGEST.
Pluralities of Winners. -McClear's
Plurality Smallest.

Late last Saturday evening,
Nov. II, the county commissioners
completed the official canvass Of
the election returns Of kootenai
county. The canvass does not
change the result as known two
weeks ago. The total vote cast
IN the county for governor was
$500 of which F. r. Gooding, re-
public IN received 2e47; Charles
o. Stockslager, democrat, 1888;
Thomas F Kelly, socialist, CSC;
and Silas Suttrell, prohibitionist,
1903. The largest vote received
by any one candidate was that OF
Congressman French whose total
vote in this county is 3282. Il. L.
GudllCS, lC-ClCSlCd Oli lIlC QCIllO-
cratic ticket for auditor, received
the highest vote OF all the county
candidates, 3I75 His plurality
over the republican nominee i:
44S. c. A. McDonal !, republican
was elected sheriff by the same
plurality-44S.
Following are the totals for tht
republican and democratic candi
dates for governor and congress-
man and county officers and til,
pluralities of the winners, tn,
republicans being given first plac,
in each instance, the democrat
second.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23

Edgar Sheffield work In recorders
Office $2S s.
May Smith witness fees justice
court $26 SO
Forrie Smith witness fees $26 so
Charles Smith witness fees $40 25
Shaw Borden & GO supplies for
auditor and assessor 50 rs
Occur d'Alenc and st. .Ioe Trans
fer Co fares To Harrison SO
0 F Page medical attendance bill
$50 allowed $50
John Bu>by medical attendance
$3.50
f W Scntt constable fees bill Sl8
allowed $l2
j A Clark witness fees So 25
Mrs Pat Borland witness fees So SIS
James Boland witness fees So 25
Joe Boland witne fees So 25
} 0 Hanratty witness fees and
miagp SO rs
james Sanfa>On witness fees S. IS
John Kraack witness justice court
So 25
- a Crozi"r witne>s justicr roGrt
81 25
Ferry juror In justice court So 25
George Bnwn juror 10 jusitre
couri So %
W Kirk juror in justice court
81 25
Guy J ffere juror in justice court
So 25
Fred Ravnor juror in justice court
So 25
Edward Keugh juror in justice
81 %
Otto Schmid. juror 10 justice court
s. %
/ y II Moran unstable fee SIS 81
courr SIS IS
Pat Boland witness Ia justice court
So 25
Jon G Koch work a, court house
$40
T L Qna5,> ,alary and expense,
| $500 81
Helen Noble stenoeraphic service.
for Whitla 81
! r NJ Bell Telephone Go rent Of
phones $40 s. CO
{; James Baker witness justice cour
i $26 so
c H Mclean witness probate cour
CONTINUED NEXT WEEK
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23

Considerable interest has been
aroused here among mining men by
the shaving reported to have been
made In the w. s. X. group of mines
situated about 10 miles northeast of
Rathdrum. near Cedar mountain, II.
M. Wentworth and +. G.. King are
the locators of the property and they
claim to struck a vein of zinc sui
phide estimated to contain from 40
to 60 per cent pure metal.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
FOR UNIFORM
DIVORCE LAWS.

The national congress on uniform
divorce laws has drafted bill to be
submitted to the Legislatures Of all
the states.
The bill drawn up by the committee
names six causes for which divorces
can be granted infidelty. felony,
bigamy, desertion, habitual drunk
enness, and intolerable cruelty.
The committee fecommends that
the various legislatures be asked to
agree on a period of residence before
application may be made for divorce
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1906-11-23
Wants Grand jury.

County Attorney +. r. Whitla has
made a formal application to District
Judge Ralph Il. Morgan for a grand
jury for the December term OF court.
The grand jury will inquire into var
ious county affairs. Judge Morgan
has not acted formally upon the
application, but 1t Is generally
believed the request will be grant.
ed and the grand jury called.