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The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-04-04

jects in many of the schools that the
boys are taught. Motor cars. driven
by Yankees. still spin along the ave
nues. Yankees still make love to the
Cuban senoritas whenever they get .
good chance, and the senorftas shyly
return their glances II they are sure
that papa or mamma or the duenna
isn't looking. And of course they still
sit behind their barred windows and
listen to the poetry and song and the
protestations of love of the Cuban
suitors, and the duennas sit behind
the same bars and listen with them.
But 1t IL NO longer their way-the
senoritas like the other way-and
many handsome senior has lost the
hand of his loved one because he was
not bold enough or brave enough to
run the risk Of parental bullet to
satisfy his senorita's within for Ameri-
can made love.
The sutton who expects to win the
hand of the fairest Of Cuba's fair in
these days Of open rebellion against
parental authority must be brave and
bold enough to meet his lady fair in
the plaxas, to lift his hat to her as he
passes her in the streets. to smile up
on her whenever he meets her just as
II she had no fathers temper and pis-
toll to protect her.
Where It will end-the triangular
struggle between the parents. the
senoritas, and the American ways-no
one il ready to predict, but 1t Is q safe
bet that the struggle has only Just
begun, for already there are signs in
Cuba, in the progressive schools built
by American enterprise and capital,
of the approaching Introduction Of CO.
education. And that, as everybody In
Cuba knows. will be the last straw.
It will become question Of obedience
or of open rebellion against parental
authority, and will the senoritas win
or will the palm of victory fall to the
solicitous mothers and fathers of
Cuba who are clinging 30 technically
to the old traditions and customs?
1t will take an election to settle the
question. say the wisest Of the Gu
bans. Imagine an election. a national
election. to decide how girls shall
make love!
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We've been behind the times.
they protest to their indignant moth.
ers and irate fathers. Every Girl In
the world IL allowed some liberty
except the girls Of Turkey. perhaps.
and you wouldn't want Us to be like
the Turkish maidens, would you-as
ignorant, As unsophisticated, ~ ab
surd!"
The rebellion of the girls against
their parents began when the Yankee
was forbidden to WOO them In the
Yankee way; 1t grew into revolution
when tie good mothers and fathers Of
Cuba attempted to put an end to the
girls glee clubs. Just what 1t n now
is Observation-Disclosures basketball was
introduced in one Of the Americanixed
schools. since the athletic American
girl made her appearance ON the
island and tantalized the senoritas by
winning soft glancea from the senors;
since American candy stores and ice
cream soda parlors began to dot the
Havana streets and plazas. The
senoritas say they like the American
way. They have pleaded; they have
protested; they have threatened. but
to all their pleadings, protestations
and threats their fathers have n-ade q
determined answer-"No"
senoritas Like the American Way.
But in spite of the resolute NO
a few glee clubs have survived, and In
certain liberal schools new ones are
being organized. Basketball hal
spread from the one Americanizet
school to others. and so have the 9th
err "fads" of the American school
Girls are being taught the same sub
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the sirlish hearts cry out, romance
such as the warm hearts Of the
senoritas never knew before.
Pupils In Girls School Rebel.
In the girls schools in Cuba glee
clubs have been organised and banjo
and mandolin and guitar clubs. and
the parents are up in arms. "our
senoritas have NO business to be seen
In public" they moan. Their place
is in the home. They are getting too
independent. They are getting too
much like the new woman" And
to this cutlery the Cuban maidens are
beginning to laugh scornfu1ly.
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Mrs. sweetly was at church with
her little daughter Margaret, (aged
sikh, and was vainly endeavoring to
find suitable seat. She walked up
one aisle and down another: all to no
purpose. An obliging usher came for
ward to offer his services. Little Mar
garet (who was used to shopping)
caught sight of him first. Turning to
her mother she exclaimed in an
audible whisper. IT'S all right, mum
my, here's the fioorwalker"
The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1908-04-04
heiskelI's Ointment
Cures Skin Diseases

For half century Heiskol's Ointment has
been used in all cases OF skin disease with
most gratifying results. Many have become
entirely cured who had suffered untold pain
and annoyance for years. One man in New
Baltimore, Pa, writes that II cured him when
he was raw all over. A lady in PhiladslphiA
cured . case of letter OF six years standins
In fourteen days, while . man in Allentown
Pr, cured his case of eczema that had trou-
bled him for eleven years with less than two
boxes ofth ointment. These and hundreds
of others have found that ueiskelrs oint-
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Being purely vegetable preparation, Heis-
kelIs Ointment soothcs and heals where
sthers fall. It ailnys tho itching and burn
ing common to all skin disease, and all yielo
quickly 70 Its magic influence.
There are many varieties OF skin diseases
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Heiskelrs Blood and Liver Pills contain the
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"Luckiest man l ever knew-every.
thing succeeded with him. He had
only to say what he wanted and he g',t
It. Why, confound 1t, was walking
with him one day-the very last day
of his life-and he said to me. When
/ die want to die suddenly Got run
over that very night Ever see such
luAkr =,
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"You ought to wear glasses. They'll
save your eyes," said his friend.
Muffin in It," contemptuously an
swered Bill de Bruiser. II fought dey
would meself wunst. an put on n
pair when heerd big chap wuz lay
in fur me. It's agin de law, We know.
to hit a man wild glasses on i'm.
Well. sir. de big chap happened along
He reached over, lifted dem glasses
of me face, an den he bunged me
eyes up, good an proper"
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Perjury and Hypocrisy.

Everyone familiar with the law
courts knows how easily witnesses
swear that which is false, and how
rare 1t is for any notice whatever to
be taken of the palpable perjury which
goes on day by day. Yet English peo-
pie are resentful when foreigners In.
sinuate that hypocrisy IL prevalent
among them.-London Medical Maya
zine.
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Havana, Cuba.-Think OF taking
your nancee to the opera without .
chaperonl Can you imagine anything
Worsef
To invite her to have an ice cream
Hoda-could anything be more i'm
propsr7
Can you conceive Of any self-respect-
u man inviting the girl who has
fSpassed to be his wife to 20 for .
ride with him without asking
mother to go. too?
Can the human Imagination compre-
hend anything 30 daring a. an auto
mobile ride without a chaperon?
Could anything be more shocking
than . boat ride in the moonlight,
alone with the woman you love!
Doesn't It make your blood run cold
when you picture your daughter sit
ting on q bench in the park with her
hand nesting in the hand of the man
she has promised to marry?
Wouldn't you kill your future SON
in-law II you caught him kissing your
daughter before the church had made
her his wife?
And what would you do II he had
the audacity to smile at her as he
passed her on the street, II good man
nsrs were 30 totally lacking in his
makeup that he stopped to chat with
her on the public corner, II he were 30
badly bred that he knew no better
than to meet her anywhere without
heliographing for the chaperon to
- ~ Iclr
rescue?
Ancient Spanish Etiquette.
You will laugh at the thought of
ideas 20 absurd and prudish. but down
In Cuba the thought of a mothers
daughter going to the opera unchap-
eroned, sitting over glass Of Ice
cream soda with her lover. going for
. car ride with her afhanced husband.
automobiling with him. boating with
him in the moonlight, daring to let
him hold her hand. bold enough to
permit him to steal kiss, and 80
destitute of good manners as to tip
his hat to her on public plaza, ID
enough to make Cuban fathers hair
turn white.
All these questions of propriety
have been settled in America, and the
chaperon has lost her job. Down in
Cuba they have been settled, too, for
centuries, but now that the Americans
have brought American customs to
the island the pretty Cuban maids are
clAmoring for another kind Of set
Element. They want to abolish the
duenna and the barred window-they
want to make love in the American
way. And the fathers and mothers
c. Cuba, still clinging to the old ira
diuons and the time-worn customs.
have risen up to oppose them.
Family Controversy.
It II . controversy between parents
shocked by the advanced American
methods Of making love and the
daughters Of Cuba who have tried the
American way and like 1t. The par
snts have delivered their ultimatum.
They have told their blushing daugh-
tiers that they will be disowned and
disinherited II they stoop to con
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Of order. Doan's Kidney Pills cured
me Of these troubles in 1902, and for
five years have had NO return"
All dealers. 80 cents a box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. Y.
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back hurt me ter
ribly. ! had sharp.
8 h o oting pains.
changing to . dull.
d ra gin g ache. I
could not stand for
any length OF time
and my back hurt
me when ] sat down.
Ny feet and ankles
were badly swollen
every evening. and
my stomach was out
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Old newspapers make excellent
packing paper. in which to put things
In storage. ~ printing ink u disliksd
by insscts.
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BACK GAVE OUT.
A Typical Case Of Kidney Trsvb,s ans
Typical cues.

Mrs. Chloe Page Of SO .. Pitt
Street, Alexandra, Va. says: my
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
OREGON SQUIBS.

A fire at Albany, Ore, recently did
$4,000 damage to the Albany Iron
works. The property was insured for
$500.
With an idea of obtaining for Baker
county a national park, the business
organizations of Baker City have be-
gun an effort to interest the govern
ment in a portion of the national re-
serve on Eagle creek, 40 miles north
west of that place.
Ex-senator r. A. Booth of Eugene,
his brother, James Booth, ex-receiver
of the land Office at Roseburg, and
Thomas E. Singleton, who have been
on trial for several days in the United
States district court on a charge OF
conspiracy to defraud the government
of 16O acres of land in Douglas county
were acquitted by the jury.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

San Francisco Aug B The police
are investigating fhe strange death of
Noual RIVALS young high school
atudout and SON of Raymond b lli-
Yalk "a dealer in HpeNuterf fIFalk
attended "a reception pa "a private rDfi.
douc. HYw io 300 eraduaies 0f lne
l0lol hIeh school lla lell iheIe Hur
n ihe nmuF aud hla mDl0mDnif
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

Rome Aug Cardinal Gibbons
had an audience with the pope satur-
day which lasted enc hour The pontift
expressed great satisfaction with the
condition of the church in America.
Speaking OF the changes made recent
by IN the organization of Roman con-
ggegauons. Cardinal Gibbons express
ed his admiration for the activity OF
the pope IN this matter IN reply the
holy father said: You and are of
the same age and we are still quite
young
Al the Vatican il is considered Ger
tain that Pope Plus viii hold a con.
sistOry either before November when
the reform of the congregations be.
comes effective, or IN December al
the close Of his jubilee year. ln either
instance il rs asserted his holiness
viii create 10 new cardinals because
the sacred college is now reduced "a
"a membership of 56 there being ~
red hats t0 De bestowed
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

San Francisco, Aug. 2.-The heat IN
the San Joaquin valley broke an rec
ords for oppressisenees today when
three persons We're killed by the t0uid
waves. Mrs C. b. Fashpach was
found dead la bed an Visalia and RI
serie 5 Rugars was overcome by the
heat on road near Tulare he died
after rolling into a ditch. The heat is
accompanied Dy severe wind storm
which has destroyed much property.
The thermometel bias registered as
high as ~ degrees within the past
fow houis Tho Third victim WAS the
tmouihsod infant oi William q.
sca.eseAhy oi Npou where ihe MGR
cury Ntni f0 lOl
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
IDAHO NOTES.

Reports of large forest fires in the
vicinity of Taft, Mont, accompanied
by heavy loss, have reached Wallace.
Herman Black, aged &c, a teamster,
was drowned in Spirit lake Friday
night while wading. He stepped in a
deep hole.
Preparations were complete and
elaborate for the reception of the dele
gates who went to Wallace for the
democratic state convention.
Considerable excitement was caused
recently by the appearance of a
strange woman on the streets Of Occur
d'Alene, wearing the directoire gown
of the pronounced type.
The wheat crop in the NeZ Perez
and Camas prairie country is the best
that country has known in years, ."
says Prof. H. T. French, director of
the experiment station, Moscow.
A japanese cook in the VendOme no
tel at Weiser was suffOcated by smoke
caused by fire set from a cigar which
the man smoked after retiring Thurs
day night The hotel was damaged
to the extent of $500.
Chief Deputy Game Warden Living
stOn and his corps of assistants dis
tributed 265 600 native brook trout in
streams in the Lewiston country Sat
urday, this being a shipment from the
south Idaho fish hatchery, near ShO
shone
Forest fires have been raging in the
vicinity of Standpoint since Sunday
noon and the fire department Of thai
city. together with over 100 volunteers
has been fighting the advance Of the
flames on the outskirts Of town.
The action of the board of count.
commissioners in refusing to lower thu
timber assessments at the request O
the timber companies meets with gen
eral approval All timber in Nez Perc
county viii be assessed under a blan
ket roll Of $3.50 an acre, this being al
increase OF 30 per cent over last year
assessment.
An order has been issued fror
Judge =. c. Steele of Moscow orderin
Eugene Day of Wallace TO pay hi
wife. Agnes Day. who is suing 70
divorce. attorneys fees of $4,000, an
$1,000 with which 10 prepare her cas-
for the superior court together wit
aim0ny from June J. 1907, amountn
To $3.50. and alimony amounting
$3.50 per month from August 20. l9O
Eugene Day is one of the owners
the famous Hercules mine.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
ALL FOUR WE'RE HUNG.
Corpses of Negroes Found Hanging
From Tree in Kentucky Village.

Rusellville, KY, Aug. S.-Four
negroes, Virgil, Tom and Robert Jones
and Joe Riley, were taken from jail
here and hanged to a tree on the edge
of town. No shots were fired by the
mob. which was composed of about
so men, and the people of the town
knew nothing of the affair until day
light revealed the four bodies dan
Cling from a tree just outside Russell
vile on the Nashville pike. The fol
lowing note was found pinned on one
of the bodies
Let this be a warning to you mig
gers to leave white people alone OF
you will go the same way. Hugh
Rogers better shut up or quit town
The negroes who were lynched were
members of a lodge and at meeting
recently it is said they approved Of the
murder Of James Cunningham, white
farmer. by his negro tenant, Rufus
Browder. This murder occurred in the
southern part of Logan county and i
is supposed here that the mob was
made up of men from that part of the
county.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

A big forest fire Is raging IN the
Helena national forest near Elliston.
az. j Topsey was bound over 10 the
district court an Bozeman Wednesday
after pleading guilty 70 the charge Of
forgery
on The f0-mile stretch between Hell
ena aud Craig. there are now upwards
of 1000 men employed repairing the
Great Northern aud country roads.
The state board OF examiners has
taleu steps to redeem the bonds is-
sued against fhe state land grants
which were declared Invalid Dy the
supreme court
Gust Nauesan and john sholim iNo
scauliuaYlauf Nelo arrested ai hpo.
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
First "Divinq Dress"

1t is nearly a century since Adolph
Siebe invented the first crude diving
dress" which, after the manner of in
ventions, has been greatly improved
upon since them. Today a diver can
remain eight hours deep down under
the ocean with as much comfort as
his brother workman at the surface.
In this way the underworld of the sea
has really been opened up, and on
every hand has been compelled to give
up its drowned gold. For ships carry
ing enormous quantities of treasure
gold and silver and precious stones,
jealousy stored in the bullion room
are just as liable to misfortune as their
humber sisters.-See August ST. Mich
Olas
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

by means of an immense syphon, three
miles long and AZ inches through,
which will run over Snipes mountain.
The general land office has revoked
its order suspending filings in town
ship sc, N, R. 3S, E., w. M, and
townships 40 N, r. %, 90 and 80, in
all of which the surveyor generals
office has been instructed to file sup
Elemental plats with the Waterville
Office. This is nearly all valuable
land adjoining the Canadian border
and was held up until some Indian al
lotments had been adjusted.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
REINsTATE BAD CADETS.
Men Guilty of Hazing at West Point
Forgiven by President

Oyster Bay, Aug. president
Roosevelt and Secretary of War
Wright have decided that the eight
cadets who were recently dismissed
from the military academy at West
Point for hazing shall be reinstated
and that their punishment shall be
administered according to the disci-
plinary methods of the academy.
Secretary Wright, as he was leaving
Oyster Bay, said that while the re-
port of the superintendent of the mill
tary academy regarding the dismissal
of the cadets had been passed upon
and approved by the president, he, as
secretary of war, had not promulgated
the order.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
Aged 1o7. She Never Worried.

A full century and seven years of
life without a single moment of worry
ing was ended recently when Mrs.
Anna Miskus died at the home of her
friend, Julius Anxir, in Chicago.
Although 1O7 years old, Mrs. Miskus
had full possession Of her faculties
until the moment of her death. She
was prominent as a settlement worker.
She is survived by 40 grandchildren.
When only a child in her native
home in Maryneple Poland she took
a vow never TO worry, and to this vow
she attributed her longevity.
This VOW she kept. although assailed
by war. pestilence and death itself.
Through il all she maintained a smil-
ing attitude, and with a smile on her
lace she entered eternity.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15
Admiral hemphIII Relieved.

Manila.-Rear Admiral Joseph New
ton Hemphill has been relieved by
Captain Giles b. Harbor. commander
OF the Maine Admiral Hemphill sailed
for Hongkong on the cruiser Chatta-
nooga last Monday and from that port
for home on the Mongolia The battle
ships Maine and Alabama of the ad-
vance fleet of the Atlantic battleship
fleet have sailed from Manila for Sing
apore on their way around the world
TO the Atlantic coast again.
Tenders Of three GOLFERS have been
invited by the navy department for
snipbuilding companies OF the United
States.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-08-15

Germ has made good the amount of
the loss, but asserts that the sheriff
declines to yield the money in his
possession. The robbers escaped from
the county Jail on the day they were
on the charge of rifiing the mails and
are still at large.