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The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05
Revealed.

An insurance agent was trying to
Induce hard man to deal with to
take out policy on his house. After
listening to him for an hour while he
painted in vivid colors the extreme
danger Of fire consuming the house the
hard man to deal with said:
DO you really think it likely that
my house will burn down within the
time that the policy will run?''
"Certainly." replied the agent. Have
l not been trying all this time to con-
vince you that do?''
"Then," said the hard man to deal
with, why is your company so anx-
lous to bet me money that it will not?"
The agent was silent and thoughtful
for moment; then he drew the other
apart into an unfrequented place and
whispered in his ear:
my friend, I will impart to you a
dark secret. Years ago the company
disgraced me before my sweetheart.
Under an assumed name l have worm
ed myself into its service for revenge,
and as there is heaven above US I
will have its hearts blood!'
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05
Married

At the home of Mr.. and Mrs. A. Raw
Williams, on Spokane avenue, at noon
Thursday, Oct. %, Dee Andrew De
Coursey and Mrs. Aida Perkins.
Both the contracting parties came to
the vicinity of Newport about six years
ago, and he in his corner and she in
hers have, by patience and economy.
obtained for themselves from the gov
eminent homestead in the vicinity of
lWeedle, Wash. After SO long time,
concluding that it is not we'll for man to
dwell alone. they promised to honor,
love and cherish each other and live to-
gether so long as life shall last. The
ceremony was performed bv Rev. Rice,
OF the Hope Congregational church,
after which we all partook of the mid
day meal. Those who have known Mrs.
DeCoursey as Mrs. Aida Perkins will
remember her as nurse, who was al
ways faithful to the trust given her, and
one we are all glad to know will now
have a home where she may enjoy her
well earned happiness. Mr.. DeCoursey
we all know as an industrious home
steader, who has taken the ills of life
patiently for long time, and we all
wish him and his long, happy and
prosperous life.
Mr.. and Mrs. DeCousey will be at
home to all their friends on the 7th of
November at the former home of Mrs.
De Coursey, A GUEST.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05
To Get Rid Of Weeds.

Inc thousands Of persons who own
SUBURBAN homes and live In them dur
ing the whole year or for the summer
Aonths only have a hard time freeing
'ne walks from unsightly weeds. They
lnlgnt try this remedy with success:
Boil two pounds of arsenic and four
POUNDS OF salsoda in six gallons of
water 10 every gallon Of the boiling
mixture add three gallons of cold wa
UT and sprinkle it over the walks
"nlie II Is warm. Do not put it on aft
er tne walks have been wet by the rain
OF by the hose. Use It when they an
very dry and dusty.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05

Frank Keckler has gone to Elk City,
Idaho, to look after some business in
terests in that locality. He has about
20 head of horses working near that
camp.
1t is lumored that Spokane parties
have offered Alfred Ernest $4,000 for
his 120-acre ranch across the river from
Old Town and adjoining the Fidelity
mill site.
Ed Culberson left on Thursday for a
winters visit with his relatives in Vir-
ginia. He will return to Newport and
may bring a companion with him from
the old Dominion.
Perry Orr and wife have gone t. Spo-
kane to reside for the winter. Mr.
Orr's injuries are sufficient to keep him
from acting as mate on the Ruth until
next season.
The Great Northern steam shovel is
again working in the east end of the
Newport yards, cutting away the bank
to clear the way for track to the new
building of the Newport Iron Works.
Considerable timber land has changed
hands recently. Several small mills
will soon be started in this locality. ac.
cording to reports. The management,
of the Eagle mill in this city is still un.
decided as to the future of that plant
but hope to be able to secure saving
contract soon,
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-11-05
VOLTS Landing

This town is on the bum Every
single person has deserted the camp.
The steamboats, do not even whistle
here as they 60 by. All of the real
estate men have pulled to Newport and
left this place in the lurch. Along in
the spring, when the railroad surveyed
their line through the place, the site
looked fine. At one time there were at
least nine residents at the landing. Lo.
cal option carried and most of the resi-
dents departed for more favorable local
tiles. We lasted longer than the rest
but have now decided to return to the
classic shades of dear old Idaho and
hob-pob with the elite of old town.
The delightful spring-like weather
that we have been enjoying in this To-
cality recently has started the poplar
and willow buds to swelling.
Mr.. Deinhart has been appointed
chief OF police at VOLTS Landing, ane
will watch things in that deserted vii
lage during the winter.
Our cable has been located. 1t foateC
away. Funny how things that are 81
heavy will float We lost a binding
chain during the past week and suppose
that this floated away
James Drummond and Hans Westby
accompanied Commodore Downs tt
Newport one day this week.
The river is lower than it has been a
any time this season. The passage from
Indian creek to Browns is one of tn,
slowest on the river'
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
Wit MUMl@IR,
BrD
9AA[R GAS III

Maud-"But do you believe in vac
cination?" Bessie" Rather. 1t kept
my sister from playing the piano near
ly week. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Young Fitznoodle with a yawn)-
"Ya-as, WEAKLY, it costs me five thous'
and year just to live, don't yknow."
Farmer Hardpan-"Don't We pay it.!
faint with it."-Judge.
N Briggs "They say the French are
deteriorating." Griggs-"I know it.
The last time was over in France
couldn't even make them understand
their own language. Life.
Miss Passay isn't engaged yet, is
.she?" No" THAT girl will grow old
before she knows it." "Oh, no, she
won't. But she'll grow old before
she lets any one else know it."-Cleve-
land Leader
/ I've got you down for couple of
tickets. We're getting up a rattle for
a poor man of our neigh" None
for me, thank you. wouldn't know
what to do with a poor man if won
him. Philadelphia Press.
We've a bouncing boy at our
house" Il suppose you take second
place in the household now?" mo;
take third place. The rubber plant
gets showed back into place number
two. Louisville Courier-Journal.
The Daylight Saving Bill Enthus-
iastic Supporter-"And then; you see,
you pretend you're getting up at the
usual time, and you're really getting
up twenty minutes earlier" Conscien-
tious Objector-"Oh, but wouldn't that
be rather deceitfuI?" -Punch.
Jack-"It is strange how the at
tendance at the Girls Harmony club
keeps up these warm nights. Not one
member misses meeting" Myrtilla
They are afraid to miss meeting.
The absent are always knocked I'M
mercifully. "-Chicago Daily News,
IT'S all right, prince" said the Am
erican woman, my relatives have
written me permission to marry you"
Excellent! And did they say nothing
else?p "Shey added a superfuous
postscript to the effect that 1 would
be fool to do t."-Philedalphia
Ledger.
The star pupil arose at the school
entertainment to declaim his piece.
Lend me your ears!" he bawled.
Hal" sneered the mother of the OPP
position, but defeated, pupil, that's
Sarah Jane Bagg's boy. He wouldn't
be his mothers son eff he didn't want
to borrow something. Baltimore
American.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
Ancient Porto Rico.

DR.. J. w. Fewkes says, in Volume
XIV of the Reports of the American
Bureau of Ethnology, that there is
reason for thinking that Porto Rico
and the adjoining islands may have
been peopled from the valley of the
Orinoco instead of from Yucatan.
When first occupied by man, Porto
Rico may have been part of a peninsu-
la connected with South America. It's
fauna and fora are of the South Amer
lean type, and it contains relics of 4
forgotten race which show evidence
of high grade of culture. Few traces
Of these aborigines are now to be
found, except in the interior Of the
island. Among the curious remains
are stone-enclosed piazzas, on which
ceremonial dances were performed.
The remains of carved idols and pot
terry show no small degree of skill
and taste. No traces Of stone build
ings resembling those of the Mayas
are found, but the houses are of the
South American type. The manner OF
disposing of the dead also resembles
that practised in the valley of the
Orinoco.-Youth's Companion
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
raE oIaL J LEgT eErIND ME.

The DANES OF France are fond and free,
And Flemish lips are willing,
And soft the maids OF Italy.
And Spanish eyes are thrilling;
Still. though ! bask beneath their smile,
Their charms fail to bind me,
And my heart falls back to Erins Isle,
To the girl j left behind me.
For she's as fair as Shannon's side,
And purer than its water;
But she refused to be my bride,
Though many year sought her;
Yet, since 10 France ! Said away,
Her letters oft remind me.
That / promised never to gainsay
The girl / left behind me-
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
Concrete Raraes.

Reinforced concrete barges and
pontoons OF considerable size have
been in use for some time in Italy and
have proved so satisfactory that the
Italian government has contracted
for several large barges for use in
harbor work
The first Of these bqats is Of sufi-,
cient size and has been in use long
enough to furnish test of it's utility.
1t is a double pontoon, built in 1897,
sixty,seyen feet long and twenty-sev-
en- feet out-to-out Of the two parts,
on which is built a boathouse for the
Rome Rowing Club. In 1905 the Itai-
ian navy department built the Ligur-
ia, re-erforced concrete barge Of
100 tons burden. fifty-seven feet long.
and of eighteen-foot beam. This was
first put uDon the harbor work near
Rome, but has since been towed to
and from many of the parts of italy.
The Liguria was so successful that
the government built another 100-ton
barge, on the model Of which four
others are now under contract In
several other places i'll the kingdom,
rotably across the River Pc. near
Pavia, pontoons of REINFORCED con-
crete are used to carry small or light
bridges
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
The ANrIsEpTlc BABY.


we can sterilize his bottle, we can boil
his little mug;
We can bake his flannel bandages ana
disinfect the rug
That envelops HIM when he partakes OF
medicated air.
But there's one impossibiity that leaves
us in dispair- :.
And not unjustifiabe alarm. you VIII
allow
To wit:-We fear 'twould never do to
sterilize the COW!
Thus, although we strive to conquer every
sceptic circumstance.
Yet we greatly fear a CHASTITY alimentary
mischance;
For albeit we bake and boil his things,
and scrub and soak and souse-
AS If in his anatomy forever cleaning
house
The recklessness with which he sucks his
vagrant tiny thumb
lmperis much his precious antiseptic
little tum.
We are careful of his hours, we are
thoughtful of his toys;
We are mindful of his sorrows, and judi
cious of his joys;
We are prayerfully considerable of need
full discipline,
OF my little Mothers Handbook" and
the precepts writ therein
And we strive to render sterile all de-
signed for mouth or tum,
But one frightful danger menaces-we
cannot boil his thumb!
-Woman's Life.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
npeIawareu and aschuvIkiIl.n

Henry Hudson, an Englishman, in
the service Of the Dutch East India
Company, is credited with discovering
the Delaware River, which he called
the South River. In the year 1910 a
ship, which carried the Lord Thomas
de la War on his voyage to Virginia,
entered the river and the English
claimed the territory and river, and
gave it the name of Delaware. Cap
tain Mey found two prominent capes
at the mouth of the South Bay, which
he named after himself One bears
his name to this day, and the other
now known as Cape Henlopen, was
named Cape Cornelius. Captain Hen.
erickson is said to be the first man
who navigated the river as far as
Philadelphia. The Schuyllzill was
named by the Dutch. Schuylkill is a
Dutch name, meaning Hidden River"
Philadelphia Press.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
pIRps eIvE NO ouARTER N wAR.
Nine Thrushes and Eight Robins
Fiuht Until Exterminated.

Fight Until ExtSTWtndASu'
Picking out each others eyes and
driving their beaks into each otner
breasts, nine thrushes and eight robins
in East Alton fought to the death n
tree, writes the St. Louis correspond
ent of the New York Press. Never IN
the annals of man, beast or bird per-
haps, had there been conflict more
.sanguinary than the one for the pos
session of that tree, in which both the
thrushes and the robins had nests.
Que by one the birds fell to the
ground below, until NOT bird was lett
alive. Among those who witnessed the
battle in which no quarter was asked
and none was given were Charles Fer
guson, postmaster of East Alton, and
Edward Balster, the owner OF the land
on which the tree stood. They SAID
that if eagles had been warning they
could not have fought more fiercely and
fearlessly or met death more heroically
than did the thrushes and robins.
1t was the elimination Of quarrel
which began when the old robin ana
thrushes nested in the same tree last
spring, and which was aggravated
when the robins stole worms and 9TH
er tidbits from the young thrushes and
when the thrushes stole food from the
young robins.
This larceny from the birdlings new
er was forgiven or forgotten and 1t re-
suited in frequent tights among the Old
birds They reserved the battle royal,
however, until the young birds should
grow up to assist in exacting the ex-
IRENE penalty for these repeated lar
cenies. That time arrived today and
both sides lined up for the battle.
Two of the nests we're built in the
fork of a tree, and they were so near
that they almost touched. 1t is said
that even the young robins and
thrushes had emulated the example OF
their parents and had stolen food from
each other. Be that as it may, there
was a grudge of long standing to be
settled, and there was not bird, old
or young, in the tree that was not will
| AA6. " odCI4uCS IT'S lilo III IAS ACuNs
The battle lasted longer than an
hour. There were charges and counter
charges, and every one found its vic
tim. A rush Of brown would be fol-
lowed by the fall of robin, and, after
a flash of red swept through the fol-
iage, thrush would fall. One by one
the combatants dropped and died until
only one remained. 1t was robin,
and the watchers hoped it would sur
vive.
Even when they were commenting
upon the fact it had fought and lived,
the survivor gave triumphant whistle
and pitched headlong> to the ground,
dead from a wound in the breast in
fiicted by the sharp bill of the last
thrush.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
JAPANESE TREASURE STORY.
Forefather's Buried Coins that Proved
Disappointment.

a disappointment.
A highly respected man of old fam
lily had chamber of secrecy" in his
house which the sanitary authorities
one day insisted on entering. Beneath
the floor the servants found a large
ANTICIPATED earthern pot, which was at
once taken to the master, Kitayama,
who opened it in expectation Of find
ing something, and true to his antici-
pations the pot was filed with ancient
gold coins.
His JOY was unbounded. The val
liable find, evidently an intended gift
of his forefatherss, was carefully de-
posted in the family shrine, to which
sake and other offerings were made
in profound obeisSnce to the memory
of the good ancestors who left such a
splendid gift to posterity. A banquet
was given on the following evening
in honor of the suspicious event, to
which several friends and neighbors
were invited.
Here a curio dealer proceeded to in
spect the coins to the breathless in
terest of the whole group, and the
critic at once pronounced them all lead
washed with gold-Japan Times.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04

She says. MY own dear love. come nome,
MY friends are rich and many,
or else. abroad With you I'D roains
A soldier stout al nny;
n you'll not come. nor let me go,
I'll think you have resigned me"
My heart nigh broke when answered
mo"
Tcethe girl lest behind me.
For never shall my true love brave
"A life OF war and toiling.
And never as a skuliEing slave
I'll tread my native soil on;
But were free or to be freed,
The battles close would find me
To Ireland bound, nor message need
From the girl left behind me.
Author Unknown.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
signs Of the Times.

From many towns in western Kan.
sas come the report that pelicans
have been killed by hunters. When
pelicans are numerous on the Kansas
prairies it is said to be sure sign
that the wheat crop will be enormous !;
that prices will be high and. the en-.
tire Republican state ticket elected
Kansas City Jourrrl.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
AII 10 the Gasoline.

The Art Collector Congratulate
me, old man bought genuine Van
dyke to-day.
His Friend Can autoist) Fine!
What's its horsepower 2? Milwaukee
Wisconsin.
The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-09-04
Zoe True.

II has been we'll said by a keen stu
dent of life that the process CT
sweetening his morning cup Of coffee
is sometimes the only stirring event
in mans life London Globe.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-20
; :? = 81 Sporting News 5:S:!s;5:5
B E
Along the Reef With a Bamboo
= : 9 : = y S. = So sxsNSsxxAsasE
By T. o. P. Joynt.

you to smash or chew up and throw
into the water 10 attract the FISH, IL
you desire TO make a good catch. A
little judiciousiy-placed crahmeat VIII
hold a school OF fish together until the
fisherman has had all the sport with
them that his heart desires.
A good way to catch ohixis is TO
sink an empty kerosene oil can flush
with the sand. and TO place a piece OF
fish in the bottom. The crabs win
drop into the can to get at the bait
and once in they can not escape. The
trap should be placed at night. when
the sand-crab moves abroad. A
couple Of these traps will furnish
enough ohikis for a day and a nights
fishing.
On the town side of Kupikipikio blum
there is a point. on the waialae side
Of which the surf Is ever restless.
There the moi love tc come in the
moonlight They are a surf -haunting
fish and seem to find their food i'm the
troubled water
To fish for them successfully one
must drop his line over the point
without allowing his body TO be I'm
any way revealed. The moi is one OF
the shyest Of fish and a shadow on
the white water sends the school away
to the depths. The moi takes the bait
gingerly and in a sucking manner.
When hooked a fish must be handled
carefully, for the mouth is very soft
and a hook easily tears out Too
often an escaped FISH results in no
more bites in that particular spot that
night.
OF the rocks in front of Ex-Governor
Carriers place at Kaalawai, ulua Ash
ermen sometimes remain all night
They make a camp among the rocks
by spreading a tarpauiin, and with a
couple of lanterns and. perhaps, a
brushwood fire, manage 20 be very
comfortable. A heavy pole and a very
strong line is used. the bait generally
being a piece Of lobster which Is tied
to a large hook. Anglers operating
this way only expect TO get two or
three bites in the course OF a night.
but when a fish is hooked il is nearly
always a big one. Sometimes wan
dering turtle SCOTS the bait and then
there il pilikia nut loa for the patient
watcher among the rocks. A turtle ON
a fishline is about as undesirable as
a shark in a seine-net. To hook one
in this way. however. is extremely un-
usual
When going night-fishing. do not
fail 20 take a change of clothes along
also flask. Work in the water is apt
to prove a chilly business, particularly
to the novice.
When possible, go out at night with
a companion. Unless you are well ac-
quainted with the reefs and the chan
nels there are misadventures which
you are liable to meet with which
might cause you trouble were you
alone.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1908-04-20

JUNE 21-Yesterdav we were con-
sidering complaeently the chances we
| had of reaching Honolulu frst-it seem
ed quite possible. Today we have
changed our minds, although the wind
is as good as before, and we made 1s4
knots toward the goal by noon. Our
change of feeling was brought about
by a piece Of laundering on the part
of Mr.. Thompson, the mustaehioed
mate At about eight bells IN the
morning the captain discovered a rent
in the spinnaker. He had the sail
taken in for the stitch IN time, and
while the men were sewing he COM
pleted some observations, sitting in the
eompanionway. His orders were to cali
him when the sail was ready to be
hoisted. The rent being patched, Mr..
Thompson sent the loud-voiced Louis
to call the captain Louis did not see
him in the eompanionway, and after a
hasty glance over the deck remarked
with his characteristic modesty: "He
amt round; we may as well hoist
it.
Mr.. Thompson, whose seamanship is
not as fourising as the down on his
upper lip land there is mighty little of
that, gave orders to hoist, forgetting,
however, TO put the sail IN stops be-
fore he sent it aloft. The spinnaker is
very large and of light canvas; it tan
gled and went overheard. There the
water caught it, and pressing into the
enormous bag snapped the boom off as
if it had been a pipestem.
And now we cannot run before the
wind any more, but have 10 slant to-
ward the Isles. We've been on the
starboard tack ever since leaving Cat
alma Islands. and that spinnaker has
done good service for six days. All
hands are dreadfully disappointed.
Stormy language is in the air fore and
aft. And yeti is an III wind that
blows no good at all. Some of us have
received a lesson we shall not soon for
get. When disappointment and rage
were at their highest, the man who IS
most concerned. dear old Tut, sat in
his steamer chair and said absolutely
nothing. Not a single word Of com
ment or commentator all day. As we
sat down TO rather 8 glum supper, he
made ms first remark on the happenings
Of the day. fEPoor old mate; I am
afraid they are making il pretty hard
for him forward h said; and that
was ALL If we had not learned 10 love
the commodore before, we certainly
should now.
AS / said before. we can no longer
steer straight for Honolulu. but must
veer about in order TO get the wind
from the quarter. These fore-and-aft
vessels cannot run before II unless they
can go wing-and-w wing, and We are not
rugged for that
The man Yonson. whose swollen
ankle I have been doctoring. is getting
better The cabin boy came to me
with trouble IN his Jap stomach. I
gave him tartaric acid and soda. and,
he too, has recovered. This doctor
business is easy where a purge is the
panacea for any and all troubles.
We often comment upon the absence