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the arm, he would have walked into a
great mud-hole- I escorted him TO his
own gate and went my way, and next
day he sent me a challenge. AS he
was a lame man and q consumptive,
and our wives were friends. I depart
ed from my usual course and inquired
how 1 had offended the gentleman.
The reply was that my action was an
insinuation against his sobriety. Honor
called and had to respond. 1 chose
pistols. because I did not wish to in
ture him. 1 fired in the air and he
shot calf behind me. and so the
affair was settled and never referred
TO again
while I was a member OF the state
senate gentleman. who had business
with Senator Fosdick called to see
him. As the senator was not around
the capitol building. 1 directed the
caller 10 his boarding house 1t seemed
that the senator was on a -spree,-though
I had no suspicion that he ever drank
at all The gentleman found him in
bed and badly overcome and two
and talked for half an hour on the sub
ject of legislation When ready to go
he turned and said:
"'Oh. by the way, colonel. I want
satisfaction from you No need Of
sending a friend with a formal chal-
lenge. Just bring your weapons and
meet me in the bend of the river above
the town at six in the mawning. Day
YOU. SUM-
THAT was all, sub. II had been
offered a thousand dollars I couldn't
have told wherein 7 had offended Ac-
companied by friends. we met the next
mawning. 1t was pistols this time
but after the ground had been paced
of the senator came TO me and said
that if / would apologize the duel
could be stopped When 1 asked for
what should apologize I learned that
I had offended him by directing the
gentleman to his door 1t wasn't that
the gentleman thus had opportunity
to see him in Intoxicated condition,
but that he wished to collect a bill for
horse feed In reply I told the sena-
tor that if he would keep me posted in
the future as to when he was going on
a spree would be careful not to direct
any one to his lodgings. and so it was
settled that way and the duel did not
come off
81 Will relate one mo- instance. sub.
It was an affair in which did not reap
a great amount of glory. was drink
ing with Colonel Hivers at a bar when
he made quotation from Shakespeare
ana got things mixed. I corrected him
and though he said nothing at the time
he sent a friend to me next day. I
accepted the challenge without re-
mark. and was upon the ground next
mawning with swords have always
believed that Colonel Hivers fully in
tended TO be there TO meet me. but it
appeared that he was sound and late
sleeper His wife had somehow
learned about the affair. and she let
him sleep on and appeared upon the
ground herself No man can fight a
duel with a lady. sub. It is ir1posS4-
armed with q broomstick and insists on
using IL for a weapon. This was what
the colonels wife did, and when I re-
fused to take step in the matter she
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A coNvIcrs SCHEME.


Now and then the public hears
through the newspapers that convict
has died in or escaped from states
prist.8 and at rare intervals We learn
of an outbreak, but as rule prison
secrets are kept as safely as the con-
victs- Much could be told, but very
little gets out Convicts who nave
served their time sometimes tel
stories. but they find few believers
The public takes II that because
man has served time he cannot speak
with truth Again. the released prts-
oner, unless thoroughly resolved 70
lead a better life. is actuated by SELF
fish motives in keeping silence he
may be- caught and sentenced TO the
same prison again for a new crime,
and il he has given away anything
to the newspa per his second term
will be made hot for him.
Fifteen years ago the press hao
something TO say about a conspiracy
IN a big western prison. It had a rev
statements right and great many
others wrong. and the matter was
dropped after few days What in
formation the dozen reporters got at
the prison simply helped to befog the
case Those were the warden's IN
etructions. and they were fmnncltly
obeyed by all under officials In this
story YOU shall have the facts just as
they occurred
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rich man coveted a certain piece
of ground belonging TO a poor man
He wanted the land TO get the poor
man out of his neighborhood. The
poor man refused to sell. and in his
anger and chagrin the rich man made
a. felonious assault This was squarely
proved. and although with his money
he made a great fight for II he was
he had come like other prisoners, il
would have been better for him. But
he came in a defiant spirit, began
kicking at once, and in a day. almost,
had all the officials down on him.
When he refused TO work or abide by
the rules and regulations. he was pun
1shed, and there was war between him
and the warden for long months.
to secure his pardon after fourteen
months. and the man left the prison
vowing vengeance
You would have thought that a
wealthy man who had been thus hui
inflated and disgraced would have
moved a long distance away and kept
quiet and let the world forget him,
but this man did just the contrary.
He sat down to brazen 1t out and TO
get revenge for what he called his in
dignities- In prison he had but one
friend and that was the doctor He
made friends with the doctor because
he lent the latter money. II was no
secret in the prison that the doctor
sions when he was drunk for two or
three days at a time. AS rule such
q man would soon have been fired.
but in this case he was a friend OF
the governor of the state and had a
political pull. When too much under
the influence of drink to attend TO
business. his place was taken tempo
rarily by & doctor from town. We got
TO know this substitute, Of course. and
he was allowed TO pass everywhere
the same as the regular man. It was
on this substitute that the rich man
worked after his release The town
doctor was in pecuniary difficulties and
was offered $4,000 TO carry certain
work upon the weakness of the prison
doctor and keep him drunk more than
half the time for three months None
OF US had the least suspicion that any,
thing wrong was going on. Convicts
were treated in the hospital. in their
cells. and the substitute made sanitary
inspection Of the kitchen and other de-
partments- He made friends with
turkeys and with prisoners and was
voted a good fellow.
1t took him three months TO perfect
his plans. and but for a little slip he
would have brought about the biggest
mutiny and the greatest prison de-
livery on record. We then had in the
prison over six hundred convfcts. and
nearly one hundred were lifers Among
the others were robbers burglars and
generally desperate charanters-ruen
who would not hesitate a moment to
take life to get beyond the bars we
were snort-handed and every official
had to exercise the utmost vigilance.
One day. IN the chair shop I pulled
a careless prisoner back from a saw
that would have certainly inflicted a
fatal injury. In return for this when
he had recovered from his scare he
asked TO speak a few words to me in
private that night managed it so
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Bouobt or

A tan, dilapidated and detected look
ing young man halted in front of the
corner grocery at the noon hour. when
customers were few. and after looking
at a box OF lemons for five minutes he
began TO wipe tears from his eyes.
What's the trouble now?'' asked the
grocer, as he came busting out
Il have seen something to remind me
of a sad epoch in my life was the re-
ply.
don't want Teller crying in front of
my grocery
But how can hold back my tears
of sorrow when 1 see them lemons?''
protested the young man.
What's the matter with the lemons
Sir. you did not know my father-his
kindness. nobility and integrity. Ny
tears must fail when I think of him
Even IL should sob several sobs-''
Don't you go sobbing around here
and drawing a crowd, for I won't have
( Listen, sir One day my father was
passing a grocery and saw a box OF
lemons The thought came to him to
buy one to suck for hoarseness of
lemon to his lips and his suction pipe
going, and all OF sudden he drew a
seed into his windpipe and died within
half an hour. That's why 1 weep, sir
that's why I stand here with my
heart running over with Sadness-that's
why shall probably stand around here
all the afternoon and wish that father
was back on earth or T with him.
Now. then, I don't want it, and
won't have it, demonstrated the gro
ecr. You get right along or I'll call
a policeman"
land he'll tell you that have right
to weep and feel sad on the street. It
won't do. old man.
Did you say you'd Hike to Join your
father7'
Them was my words
Would you like to die in the same
way?''
have but one lemon Observe this neck
of mine. It would take a dozen lemon
seeds to choke me to death However,
have no money and no lemons. and
must live on with overlooking heart
TN give you a lemon if you'll skate
said the grocer, as he failed TO see any
other way out of it.
Not fer half q dozen
Then what in blaZes do you want2"
"A cokernut. It may or may not
hardest Yes. with a cokernut might
join father IN his happiness. but with
out II IL
-'Shet up that snivling and take this
cOcoanut and be hanged to YOU"
shouted the grocer, as he placed a nut
There ii is, and you get along II
ever you come around here again I'll
break your neck
But I never shall. sir. I go to join
my father in brighter lands than this.
Watch for the morning papers. Young
man sucks cokernut into his wind
pipe while walking on the street-po-
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Nothing can
be done He expires with a smile on his
face and goes to his reward Our loss
is his gain. and so forth. and ta-ta to
you-"-M. Quad.
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COLONEL BUNKER
He Tells of some of His Many Duels.

The good old days of the code are
gone. never TO return. suh.'' said
Colonel Bunker, as he slipped at his
cocktail. and while am not a blood
thirsty man. I must say that I regret
that honor can no longer be defended
in the good old way. When il has
come 10 that pass that you must knock
a gentleman down with a club instead
Of running him through with a rapier
you must admit that there is degener-
alton in the land
You ask about my duels. sub. In
only about half of them was I the
challenger. In the other half I was
supposed 10 have given the provoca-
ton There was my little affair with
Judge Henderson 1 was pleading a
case before him and he denied an an
thority quoted by me- 1 made the OBJ
servation that there were cases in the
law book in which he was not posted
and dismissed the matter from my
mind. We ate supper at the same
table and drank from the same
bottle of wine. and the judge was
never more entertaining. After an
hour. he rose up and said:
By the way. Colonel, have you
witnessed sunrise of late?'
Not for year or So I replied.
'' Then come with me in the mawn-
ing I shall be in Beecher's Grove
You might bring your pistols along
and find something TO shoot at
Egad, sun, wasn't that soft and
easy ! tWfgged at once. and prom
ised TO be there. II was all arranged
without the aid of seconds though
each had a friend on the ground next
mawning. We raised our hats to each
other, the usual distance was paced
on. and two minutes later the judge
was on the ground with a bullet in his
shoulder. I helped TO take him home
and called daily to inquire after him,
and TO this day I don't know why he
challenged me. though I presume it
was on account of the few words we
had in the court room.
Take another case I had been on
friendly terms with Ma jah Davis for
a dozen years During most of that
time we had lived neighbors One
day we were taking a drink together
in saloon when q fly lighted on the
na5ah's nose InstinctiveIy. I reached
out q finger to drive the insect away
Two hours later the matah sent a
friend 10 me I was more than sur
prlsed. but it was not for me to ask
why was challenged. A gentleman
always used to hold himself ready
sun, and ask no questions I was on
the ground five minutes ahead of the
ma1ah next morning, and we set TO
with rapiers and I pinked him so Sc
vereIy- that he was laid up for a month
-Four years afterwards there came op-
porLunfty TO ask him what the duel
was about, and he replied:
What. don't you know Why. sir.
in seeking to brush off that fly YOU
called attention TO my red nose. and
IL was an act that no gentleman could
allow TO pass unnoticed.'
GU may have read of my duel with
senator Clay of our state senate? In
speaking in favor of a bill 10 protect
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whacked me over the shoulders with
the stick and 1 had to retire in the
most undignified manner I was ridf-
culed by the press for a year after
wards. and the affair had a good deal
to with abolishing the code in my
state. No man can stand in front of
broomstick and be a hero, sub. Can't
possibly do it. 1t isn't in the nature of
things 1907, by Homer
Sprague.)
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REAI Estate TRANSFERS.

NJ h sehselE il i5is-is 5000
w I Dawson 10 w T. Doud- lots
10 e go diG:' $50
a Taggart and wife TO c. A Cas-
I Hcin 1os % ADD aied E = :. 1-re..n 500
J. Fi ElerS aR W M s E. s2-H-14.,...- 1000
NJ j. a an Js sqe Ess 10 NJ = bronson. ~ 100
,o AZ Re sSa a 3 H MFs r 81 j. s 200
NJ E Stegal and husband 10 ]: N.
Read. lots go, S79. 3S1 and 3S3 Win
field ave, J. w Morris add 1s259
f ioT 81 sta ana ave vest 1900
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SANrrARua1s

CHRISTS HOSPITAL. CoTTAcEs -
Ine care and treatment of nervous in
xaI1s. alconoi and drug habttues ana
Lindsay ~ D.. SO Kan. Topeka. Kan.
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ABSTRACS


WILLIAM HALL JENKINS
expert examiner Of abstracts LEGAL ~. i
PssTsss executed Money loan Special I6sr
q s-SS Must be city property. 4ss Kan
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TEANsFE1, AM srnnAcr

0~>>-@-~-~-~--~-~~-~~->>
MERCHA MIS- TRANSFER a. STORAGE
Co. PACKS ships and stores houTeboId
Goods Tel 1S& Clarence Skinner 81
Quincy st -
ATHERTON BROs.-Ofice 21s -, e.
Both phones S9S Moving and sfora~e
All kinds goods packed. stored and FOR
warded 10 any point in United States
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HACK BARN.

BEST AND MOST UP-TO-DATE HACKS
IN town for funeral work one hack e.
tWo, Sa5oi tnree, $40. to Topeka cemefer--f
otner cemeteries extra Party and reee1ss
ton work at reasoua BILE rates Phone Ssse
81 W 10th Stamey's Barn ~
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State Journal. Ioc a Week.
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JEWELLERS

T.,~~-- = ---------~--~|--~~~
'aiAES y. HAYDEN. Jeweier and OptI-
S.an. complete stock OF watches. dfa-
oIunos. silVerware. etc. Eyes exanni1e6
ana spectacles properly fitted
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cnAR-oYayr.

NINE zELaIA. CLAIRVOYANT, read
your past. present and future. trushfs
promotions, reliable Information an all az
da1rS OF life Special hand reading Zoe
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FRFE DIsPENsARY.

MONROE ST. FREE DIsPENsARv
- Monroe ST. Conducted by 1sapr5ia-
pracucing physicians and SURGEONS S1sd--
Ical serylce free Medicine free il some
cases. Ofnce hours 10 D. m CANS
answered. nlght or day Ind. tel sf1S
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VETERINARY SURGEONS

DR. J. o. YOUNG, Veterinarv Su-,-a,-
70 Quincy street Both phones.
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FOR SALE-Good room house. east side.
good repair. cement foundation and
walks. gas heat and light. Bargain Own
err Ind tel S742-
FOR SALlBy owner. finest. 5 acre build
ing sites near city, close Inquire foo Lane.
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ron sALE-REaL ESTATE.


FOR SALE-5 room strictly modern cot
tage. IL lots, west side Address T.
care Journal
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wANTED-sIruATIoNs.

WANTED-PoSition by experienced lady
stenographer- Address H e. Journal
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LOST-Gold pin on Sth between Tyler and
Polk Return to SO W sth st. Reward
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FOR SALE-By owner 5 room cottage.
with gas. city wafer, sewer, near 6th and
West SITS For particulars address NJ T.
Lacey. as w 35th ave. Denver. Col.
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Three blocks from center. large rooms,
hail. bath room gas city water, lot and
a half shade House almost new. Bar
gain at So. 40.
THE STRAUSS AGENCY,
107 East Seventh St.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-01-25
Notice OF pu5IicatIos.

Notice is hereby given that At Noon,
on thr 2nl day Of March 1907. at BHhl
County Of Cassia stnre 81 Idaho, before
r. II. Cast, N. p. prof viii be Submit
ed Of The com pletion Of works for he d.
yereion OF 80 cpbic feet per secon'i 81
The waters Of Briggs Creek County ct
Lincoln in accor,l,nre with the terms
and conditions II q certain permit here
toforc issued Ivy The State Engineer OF
he State Of Idaho.
j. The name Of the person or corpor-
alton l,o. ding said permit is T. W. Snod-
gr IS.
2. The postofrfce address Of surI, per-
son or the place II business oj such Cur
poyation is Hagerman County Of Lin
coin Satate Of Idaho.
s, The number OF snch permit IS
ls4s, and the tie set for the roinplc-
risn OF such work ia siarch 3. 1907.
4. Said YATES to he used for irrigation
and domestic purposes.
S. Said works Of diversion will he FIJI
" completed on the date set f'r soch
completion, and the amount Of water
which said works are capable OF con-
ducting to the place Of intended use, IN
accordance with the plans accompany
ing The application for such permit is
80 cnbic ieet per second.
8. The amountof lands for which
said water is available is SO acres, par
ticulsry described rs follows: NE]4 5
E1, NJ. of So Of SEl4, Sec Up 9s X
II EBM.
JAS STEPHENSON. JR (,
State Engineer,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-01-25

ct is now eleven years since !
had a narrow escape from consump
ton" writes c. o. Floyd, o leading
business man OF Kershaw, 5. G. Il
had run DOWN in weight to i35
pounds, and coughing mas con-
rtan,, both by day and by night
Finally l began TO take Dr. Kings
New Discovery. and continued this
for about six months, when my
cough and lung trouble wero en-
tirely gone and l Was resrorsd TO
my normal weight, ITO pounds
Thousands are healed every year
Guaranteed at w. II. Baugh's drug
store. SOC and s1.00. Tral bottle
free.
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MaImad Birds Did We'll.

Manned birds show remarkable In
telligence in getting food for them
selves" said naturalist
Il once found in my garden a blue
birefrthat stone had wounded badly.
The POOR little creature could neither
walk nor ny. ! put 1t in cucumber
frame and Sod 1t regularly. but sup
poserI didn't give, 1t enough, for It
toraeed industricusly ell the time.
Lyfag on the earth. II would cover It.
self with lsavcs--eniy its small eyes
would; be visible. Them when ny
ahghted somewhere near-swoop. the
bluebirds head and neck would dart
from the covering OF leaves aud he
iSy would be 6evoured.
"A finch with aShrohen NJ wing lived
hiah all one sam Nor In NY garden at
the expense OF tho spiders. It ptilascd
their webs. 1t made round OF Some
twenty webs day and fattencd Ola
tina. contents cf-thcse ilmy- lardsrxs
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-01-25
Billion Dollar Cor nerce.

The foreign commerce of the United
States approached the $4,000. 000, 900
point in the calendar year 1906 The
total imports and exports of merchan-
disc fer that year. as shown by the
department of commerce and labor,
through its bureau CT statistics, was
$2,Sc5. 000.Gfc, against $780,, 900 900
in 1900. an average increase of 500,
100000 year in the five year period
If to the 81. 500. 0o0. 900 OF f~reign COM
mere In 1905 were add. the figures
of trade with Hawaii AMI Porto Rico.
formerly foreign territory and included
in our statements of foreign trade
piior to 1901 the total would approx
mate s2.scoooo,0 900. OF about $780,
100000 more than ave years ago and
$l.20o. 600. zoe. more than ten yeurs.ago.
-Harper's Weekly.
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tcs or poisons, which is extensively
odd. Secure bottle at once, OBJ
tain guarantee coupon, and II not
fully satisfied with results, your
money will be refunded. For yale
by +. Al. Starrh.
"Pinsulcs1 [nen-alcholicJ made
from resin from The Pine Forests
used for hundreds Of years Tor
Bladder and Kidney diseases. Ned
icine for thirty days, 800. Guar
sntesd to give satisfaction OF mon
ey refunded. Get our guarantee
from r. NJ. Starrh-
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Tho Right Nsno.

Mr.. August Sbsrpe, the popular
overseer Of the poor, at Fort Madi-
son, Ia, says: DR.. Kings New Life
Pills are rightly named; they act
more xgreczbly, do more good and
make one feel better than any 9th
or laxstiye.r Guaranteed to cure
biliousness and constipation. 2sc
w. II. Baugll's drug store.
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YOUR HAIR SHOULD BE DRAs.
That is this Fashionable Color, So ar
Authority Says

authority says
Deep anburn and the Grsib shades
are the fashionable co.ois IN hair this
season." said the woman WHO nsake.
hair colorinS Speciality, q p'lS.dly
as though she were commenting on
:. state OF TIC weather or the adj
t'.nre style in d.'esS goods
''One of ny customers has to my
l.noais,,-e vorA five differer; colura
or s,.itss or her yavy tresses- Ear-
ing s..el bless. with ined,nsn brown
hs.' - nature she became rsyish-
Ing tl3nae Wien the f--;:i III for
bleaching first CAGE in.
"Ncxt she took to titan red after a
trip to tie art galleries of Europe.
Then SIX thought she woaid be more
attractive as brunette. and now her
hair is drab
The last is by far the most Ro2u-
lar of all for the reason that is most
difficult to obtain, and then it IS pref
ty. generally becoming, and 1t happens
that women who are ben with this
particular color Of hair are almost sI-
ways clover.
How IS 1t done? Well. in case OF a
woman whose hair is dark a bleach
must first be used before the dye IS
applied With women whose hair has
turned gray it is stfll simpler prob
lem. The color lasts year. while
the head can be washed and even salt
water tathing does not affect it.
New York Sun.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1907-01-25

Department of the Interior, Land Office at
HALEY, Idaho, Jan. q. 1907.
Notice Is hereby given that Ben Darrah OF
ehoshone, Idaho. has f,ed notice of his intcn-
ton to nlsie anal year proof in support OF
his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No 200 made
February 18th. 1902, for the NEhz SEA. 81. NE
"A sE1s. Nw1s. Section II, Township 3. s..
Range II r. u. NJ, and that said proof win be
made before Frank T. isrey. U. =. Commits
sioncr ct Shoshohc Idaho on March 9th 1907
He names lfe following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultiya-
ton oi the hand. viz George b. Novinger, Ar
thur silva, Aorruil Silva, ALVIN Butler all Of
shoshone Idaho.
NJ. SHARP,
Register.
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Notice For Publication.

Department of the Interior, Land onice A.
HALEY, Idaho, January y. 1907.
Notice y hereby given that Henry wells OF
shoshone Ida. has filed notice OF his intention
10 make final five year proof in support OF his
claim viz Homo stead Entry No. 1867 made
Sept 2,th 1906 for the NwA Section g. Town
ship 4 g, Raagc % Z, AMI that said proof VIII
be made before Reg stvr an Receiver at Hail
cy Idaho, on Mnrch 9Th 1907.
He names the following sitnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon, and cultvntio,
Of, the land. viz;
Asa NJ. Won ack of Mnldoon, Idaho, Isaac
wornack Muldoon, Idaho, Arlo Keller OF HAIL
ey, Idaho, ALVIN pickeSson of Pagari, Idaho
MI SHARP,
Regist tn