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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06
0'NElL'S BOND LOWERED
Former Wallace Banker is Unable to
Raise Cash for Liberty.


Wallace.-B. +. O'Neil, former pres
ident of the defunct State Bank of
Commerce, recently extradited from
Vancouver, B. c., was bound over to
the district court on nine charges of
receiving deposits after he knew his
institution to be insolvent in probate
court. Following the announcement
of his decision Judge Worstell re-
duced from 100000 to s45, 900. the
bankers bond in his court, making a
total bond required by the two local
courts of $4,000. O'Neil was unable
to furnish the bond and was returned
to Jail.
The hearing was given over largely
to the testimony of Receiver Wilson
and former officers of the bank, who
reviewed the last days of the banks
history. The defense introduced no
witnesses and relied entirely on the
cross-examination.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06
Pick Directors for Latah Fair.

Moscow.-At a meeting of the stock
holders of the Latah county Fair as
ISOLATION, the following directors we're
elected: w. L. Carlyle, J. J. Keane.
NJ. E. Lewis, Herman n. Wilson, c..
h.. Butterfield, George Fields, T. A.
Meeker, D. w. Barclay, n. Williamson.
p. L.. Circuit, f. A. David, G. p. Mix.
Fred NJ. Shields, Charles r. Thomp-
son and f. +. Ostroot.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06
Stewart Case to U. S. Court.

Wallace.-Holding that the suit of
Director Carter of the Stewart Mining
company against the corporation and
a portion of its officers is a controver-
sy between citizens of different states,
Judge w. w. Woods, of the district
Sourt granted the motion of the de-
PENDANT officers for a transfer to the
federal court.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06

.NOtIce IS hereby given That unless the
above taxes and penalties together with
the costs of ADVERTISING. are paid before
the 18th day of July. 1912. the property
costs are a lien. will be sold for such
taxes. penalties and costs. at the front
door of the county court house in Malad
City. Idaho. commencing on Monday
18th. 1912. at ten o'clock a. m. of
said day and continue from day to day
until such sale is completed.
r. M. Hull, Assessor and Collector
BY E. r. Nelson. Deputy.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1912-06-06

Western Union Telegraph
Co. 50 $1,000 miles line
including poles. wires,
Instruments and office
furniture -. 12Se
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Don't Be Too Expert.

Having graduated from a business college with honors, the young man thought himself competent to tackle any problem in banking that could be learned without actual experience, but the old clerk knew better.
 Gan you make an erasure so neatly that 1t would take an expert to tell where 1t had been done2" he asked.
 'Yes, sir" said the young man, with conscious pride.
 "Well, for heavens sake don't tell your prospective employer so or you will be looking for job this time next year." the old clerk said.
 Employers are afraid of too much skill in that direction. 1t gives such enormous opportunities for fraud that they will fight shy of hiring you.
 'T found that out in my young days. also was. an expert with the ink eraser and proudly proclaimed my &C., complishment. Finally when I found myself toeing the starvation mark ceased to boast and have held a good position ever since."-New York Times.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
An Official Report on ths Cat.

The commander of a commissariat department in one of the large Prus- sian towns received from the board of control the following official inquiry:
 "Why was there a daily expenditure of pfennig (about farthingsI for the cat of the military stores depot, while for the cat of the forage depot only 8 pfennigs were required for the pur- chase of milkT'
 Not such an easy question!
 The explanation officially furnished by the commander ran as follows:
 ''The cat of the forage department is nourished on the mice which have fat tened on the corn and meal, but the cat of the military stores department has only the mice which get a scanty liv- ing by gnawing the leather straps. This is the reason for the extra ex- pense for milk for the latter"
 The explanation must have sufficed, for thereafter the milk ration for the depot cat remained undisputed.-Lon don Bits.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Eyes That Become Stars.

The most remarkable belief or super stition concerning the human eye Is one that is current In Australia. Among the natives of that country 1t is the general belief that the left eye of every chief becomes a star the mo- ment the chief in question Is done with it. The sun, they say, Is the eye of the ftgreater god" and the moon the eye of the 1esser god" All the stars were once the left optics of human beings of high rank. Shungle. a celebrated chief, once ate the eye of a valiant chief, thinking thereby to increase the brilliancy of his own "eye star" But the eye burned through Shungle and killed him, whereupon his own left eye became joined to the one he had eaten, and the two may now be seen as a beautiful double star lying just to the east of the Southern Cross.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Wronoly Labeled.

The author of 1.-TWO Years Tn the Forbidden City" the Princess Der Ling, was a lady in waiting at the court of the famous empress dowager of China. Her majesty, the princess tells us, had an excellent estimate of herself. 'T have often thought" she once confessed, that I am the most clever woman that ever lived and that others cannot compare with me-"
 Notwithstanding this favorable opin- lon, there were interesting lapses In universal knowledge, as when Miss Carl painted her portrait, and her ma jesty noticed the artists signature in the corner of the canvas.
 "Well, I know foreigners do some funny things" she remarked, "but think this is about the funniest I ever heard of. Fancy putting her name on my picture. This will naturally con- vey the impression that it is ". portrait of Miss Carl and not a portrait of my self at all.''
 Even after the princess-who was of western education-had explained, and the empress had consented to allow the signature to remain, she was any thing but satisfied.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Coy. RaIdwin,s Sister Dead

Mrs. Elizabeth Baldwin Whitney. sister of Gov. Simeon E. Baldwin, died at her home in Cornwall, last week. of pneumonia, in her 88th year. Mrs. Whitney leaves besides her brother, three daughters, Miss Marion of the faculty at Vassar, and the Misses Emily and Margaret, of New Haven. The late Edward B. Whitney, of the New York supreme court, was son.
 She was the daughter of Gov. Roger s. Baldwin, of Connecticut and the widow of Prof. William Dwight Whit ney, of Yale, noted as an authority on philology and Sanscrit and editor-in- chief of the Century Dictionary. It had been her custom for 8 number of years to spend her summers in Cornwall at the home of her daughter-in-lay, widow of Judge Whitney. She was a member of the Yale college church in New Haven
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
THE SIXTH CORPS DID IT

the next obstruction. But you were wrought up to desperation, as the light gave the Johnnies a good line on you. These Instructions were soon brushed aside. Next thorough line of Chevaux- de frise. which is fearful obstruction, but some of you got through this "wheel picket fence'' then into the ditch of their works. Although the water was a foot deep in this ditch it was little relief to be under the lea of their earth work, but no time to tarry and by improvised lad ders, made by thrusting the bayonet end of the musket Into the enbankment nDd comrade holding the other end, and au. other foot higher excessively, making a scaling ladder over which we chamber ed, when the final struggle let us into their works, and after a stubborn resist ance they gave way and the Sixth Corps was the first to break and enter the lines!
 That was close network from the north of Richmond around to the south west of Petersburgh, probably line of defence oyer sixty miles in length-an object that had taken four years of time and thousands of lives and millions of treasure before it was accomplished.
 And now Comrades, we were where we knew that the Sixth Corps did break the line, and the Second Conn. Heavy Artillery had it's share in this victory, as it was in the front line; and as we stand on those heavy earthworks, now in our possession, we look back over the ground that we had charged across. We could plainly see the dead and wounded strewn over the field crossed by our division. Our Brigade. the Second, was detached and ordered to go to the relief of Gen. Parke. of the Ninth Corps, and I have in a former article given you a desorip. tion of our entry through Fort Sedgwick (nicknamed Fort Hell,'D and every member of the Second Conn. Heavies, that took part in support of Gen. Parke knows that we lay in his front line with only the rebel parapet separating us from the rebels, and no line was broken on his front until o'clock of the morn. ing of April 3, when we went over and found the Johnn1es had withdrawn and entered the city of Petersburgh in the twilight and were the first troops to en- ter, and our Colonel, James Hubbard was the first Provost Marshal in charge of the city.
 This every living Second Heavy then knew, and such is history today.
 E. 5. Roberts,
 [The newspaper clipping to which Mir. Roberts refers, 8 lengthy article written by Captain James w. Dixon, of General Wright's staff, will appear in next weeks issne of The News.-Ed.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Advsrtisina Brought Up to Date.

The president of a Pittsburgh sav- ings bank called in his advertising man one morning and said:
 What this institution wants Is some striking advertising material, some thing that has a thought in it, some thing that will catch the eye and com mand the mind. Fix me up an ad. that will make a hit when it is published In the morning papers"
 Two hours later the advertising man laid this on the bank presidents desk:
 "If Elijah were living today there would be no ravens to feed him. That brand of raven has gone to roost for ever.
 "The only bird that will feed you now is the eagle on the American dol lar. Catch the eagles. Save the dol lars. If you do you and your family will never starve. You will have Eli- jah backed of the boards. ."-Popular Magazine.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
WsIIinston's Idea of Himself.

'T hope to God" Wellington said one 9ay, "that I have fought my last bat tic. It is bad thing to be always fight Ing. While in the thick of it am too much occupied to feel anything. but 1t Is wretched just after. It Is quite im- possible to think of glory. Both mind and feelings are exhausted. am wretched even at the moment of vic tory, and l always say that. next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained" The expres- sion of his face. which was lit up by an intensity of feeling, gave those sim pie words an eloquence which went straight to the listeners heart. I was that listener.
 "It is experience" he said another time. that gives me the advantage over every other officer. Nothing new can happen to me, and always feel confident that I shall succeed. The troops feel the same confidence in me. For that reason firmly believe that if anything had happened to me at Water loo the battle was lost. I told Lord UXbridge so %>% Soon after a ball hit him. It must have passed over me or my horse! But the finger of God was upon me."-Diary of Frances, Lady Shelley.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
An English BelIman.

Some occupations attain importance simply by surviving. The bellman was not held in much esteem when he was really useful. but now in such places as he still pursues his calling" he Is quite a parsonage Tn one fashionable west country health resort the bellman goes around in smart uniform. mount ed on pony und when he has cried his news, generally offers of reward for lost property, delivers Il discourse to his hearers concerning himself as the only mounted bellman in England and then produces picture post cards with h'S photograph. which seem to have a r"ndv saIe.-London Standard.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Anarican Restaurants.

What disconcerts the European in the great American restaurant is the ex- cessive, the occasionally maddening slowness of the service and the lack of interest in the service. Touching the latter defect. the waiter Is not impolite; he is not neglectful. But he Is too of ten passively hostile or at best neutral. He or his chief has apparently not grasped the fact that buying a meal is not like buying a ton or coal. If the purchaser Is to get value for his money he must enjoy his meal, and if he is to enjoy the meal 1t must not merely be efficiently served, but it must be effi- ciently served in sympathetic atmos- phere. The supreme business of good waiter Is to create this atmospheric Arnold Bennett In Hnrper's.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Ways of the Papuans.

The Papuans have no metals and no pottery. "The people at Parimau have a small piece of iron about the size of a chisel. used for carving their canoes and paddles, for which the enormous price of three dogs had been paid, go they informed us, to the people of Wa katimi," says A. F. R. Wollastcn in his "Pygmies and Papuans." The Papuan dogs, by the way. never bark. but they make up for this defect by their extraordinary power of howling," as if carried away by an ecstasy of sorrow. The Tapiro pygmies carry their knives, the flint implements of prehistoric man, in skillfully netted bag worked in a figure of eight stitch and use the sharp flakes not only for cutting purposes, but for scraping down the wood of their bows and for pointing and ornament ing their arrows. They carry about with them also a sleeping mat fabri- cated by a woman out of pandanus leaves, some tobacco. which they smoke in cylinder of bamboo, and their ap- paratus for fire making-the split stick, the coiled rattan and the finder.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Cauuht at Lamt.

To bring about the victory of good over evil has been assumed to be the especial aim of saints and sages, but savages, it seems, may sometimes he militant in the same cause. Tn his book. "The White Waterfall" Mir. James Francis Dwyer relates the story of a missionary who preached to a tribe of blacks in northern Queensland and told them in simple language of Adam and Eve and their expulsion from the Garden of Eden. The episode of the serpent much excited the con- verts, and when the missionary arrived at the blacks camp on the following day the natives had collected half a hundred or more snakes, which they brought out for the good mans inspec- ton.
 But why do you want me to exam inc them7" asked the parson, puzzled.
 The chief of the tribe winked know ingly.
 You tell 'em if old snake here that mak 'em plenty trouble, Mir. Adam" he said, grinnlng. We think 'em you find dat old feller with this lot"
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
On Slender Bases.

Sir Herbert Tree, the amount of whose correspondence is doubtless overwhelming. has been the recipient, it is said, of some extraordinary let ters. From them three samples are selected for quotation, each from a member of the fair sex. The first runs: Dear Sir Herbert-I don't know you, but I have four girls from Swift zerland home for the holidays. 1t would be great treat if they could see your play. But that would be rather expensive. Will you please send us Ave stalls? I hope you won't think this Is very bare faced" The second lady wrote, Although I am a stranger to you, it would be so helpful if you would send me f2 12s. Cd" The third lady asked for couple of stalls and on being invited to say why she made the claim sent what she evidently thought to be an all sufficient reason. My father" she wrote, "knew Charles Dickensw
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Thaekeray and Dickens.

This is the way George Henry Lewes once characterized Thackeray and Dickens in the way of service to a friend: Dickens, he said. would not give you a farthing of money, but he would take no end of trouble for you. He would spend a whole day, for in- stance, in looking for the most suitable lodgings for you and would spare him self neither time nor fatigue. Thacke- ray would take two hours grumbling lndecision and hesitation in writing a two line testimonial, but he would put his hand into his pocket and give you handful of gold and bank notes If you wanted them.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
No Answer Handy.

This is only worth the telling, writes a correspondent, because 1t contains a retort which. though a triumph of in consequence, seems to me quite unan- swerable. I happened to be reading some obvious newspaper proofs In a train when the good natured man next to me, with the intention no doubt of making himself agreeable, asked, "Ah, are you connected with the press" I intimated briefly and perhaps not over courteously that 1t was none of his business. He persisted that 1t was quite civil inquiry. which I met with the remark that had not asked him whether he was a clerk or a shop as- sIstant. AS he was obviously neither, this nettled him. "If I knew" he said, what newspaper you belong to l would never buy 1t again. Chronicle.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Ancient Tricks.

The arts of Jugglery were. as has been proved by learned writers, of high antiquity. The Hirpini, who lived near Rome, jumped through burning coals; women in early times were accustomed to walk over burning coats in Cappa- docia. and the exhibition of balls and cups Is often mentioned in the works of the ancients. 1t was as far back as the third century that one Fermus, or Firmius, who endeeavored to make himself emperor in Egypt, suffered a smith to forge iron on an anvil placed on his breast. and rope dancers with balancing poles are mentioned by Pe- tronius and others, while the various feats of horsemanship exhibited in our circuses passed in the nineteenth cen tury, from Egypt to the Byzantine court and thence over all Europe.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
THE DANBURY FAIR
It Will Soon be With Us in All
 it's Glory.

It Will Soon be With Us in All it's Glory.
 The country and its people are seen at their best in the fall when you visit the great Danbury Fair. All the pro- ducts of the farm, from golden pump kins to buxom lassies, are gathered to- gether. The city has nothing that can compare with it, but will add it's quota to the tout en semble by sending the cream of its fine exhibits and the best of it's citizens to enjoy the Danbury Fair (Oct. 8-15) and increases it's attractive ness as a whole. Automobiles and trains will bring contributions to the attendance records.
 Weeks before this Fair of fairs all talk and prepare for it. The produce Is hood and ,weeded with care the young folks lie awake nights thinking of the fun in prospect; the girls have fancy work to show for prizes and the women make cakes for which they are justly famous. Fine works of art, factory specimens of various natures. inventions of merit and Improvements of worth are placed in city and town categories for entrance as exhibits or in con- petition,
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
aIournaIr and aIeurnax.n

> Strictly speaking a "Journal' should be a daily publication, although the word no longer has that limited use. The case of journey" Is exactly com parable. Even to Chaucer it still meant a days progress, and in the fourteenth century 1t was possible to speak of one country as being fifty. two Journeyes" distant from another. a journey being reckoned usually as twenty miles. But journey" calls up no suggestion whatever of a day now.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Sneezinu.

S?eczinG is the best brain clearer EUown. Many persons conclude an attack of faintness or fainting with a violent sneeze. Our ancestors took snrff from a belief in the efficacy of sueeXing. But tobacco so taken is in part absorbed into the blood and hurts he system. Tickling the nostrils with feather or straw will act as we'll as taking snuff. Try 1t when you feel faint. It cannot do harm.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
NATURE UNAWARES
What a Nature Lover Thinks Of the
 Book and its Author.

What a Nature Lover Thinks Of the
 Book and it's Author.
 The lovers of outdoor life who, on the 14th, were present at Ruby, the home of the TaYlors, on Litchffeld road, Nor folk, must have been aware that fitting and beautiful place had been permitted them to listen to the talented Ora Park CT Phelps, read from her forthcoming book. Mature Unawares. A writer for the society columns would be expect ed to expatiate on the magnificent view from Ruby, the rare and altogether lovely appointments of the house and grounds, the choice refreshments, the wonderful gowns of the ladies, and the names of the many distinguished people who were present, all of which would be in doubtful taste and offensive to the kindly, gracious host and charming host ess.
 AS am not society column writer land, please God. never shall be,) it is more fitting that dwell only on the charm and beauty Of Mature Una wares" as read by it's gifted author. Sim pie and direct, sure and certain, recog- nized the real touch, that of the genuine ly and with the eye of exquisite fancy. Scarcely had she read page of manu- script before forgot to look at the beautiful lace on 8 charming frock be- fore me, and was out of the nobly panel ed room into the open, smelling the pol len from Arcadlan willows, breathing the fresh odor of raip-wet mosses, and hand in hand with the reader, who was no longer 8 tired house mother or Ma donna of the Darning basket. but girl along with me! we were romping after pussy-toes, pussy willows, and looking for swamp cabbages, "sitting in their bath chairs" as she so delightfully."- de- scribes4 them.
 What 8 wonderful woman, thought. The mother of seven children and with the Mater Dolorosa look that the pain and anguish of repeated child-birt so often stamps upon the face of woman-the in expressibly touching and sacred look of motherhood-andy yet in spite of many babies. many tolls and cares and the big alarming basket, she has kept the win dows of her soul wide open and through them has viewed Nature in all her won- der, sweetness and beauty, Never una ware of her first shy, sweet presence in the spring, nor of her bolder advances, armed with rose and humble bee, in the summer; nor of her gorgeous retreat in autumn, when, tearing the leaves after her, tired nature drops into the white majesty of the seeming death slumber of winter always aware of Natures pres enoe, this gifted author, despite her days of weariness and many cares, is blessed, is richer thousandfold than they, the many, who having eyes and ears, see and hear not that which is so delight fully revealed to her, the author of Ma ture Unawares, We wish for this book that it may be @ great success, and may it be found in every town Library in the future, and may we all become aware more fully after reading it, of the inex- haustible wonder and beauty around us |.
 B. H.
Connecticut western news., 1912-09-26
Train Kills Foreman.

John Caracas, aged forty weight, an as. sistant section foreman on the New Ha. ven road, was instantly killed by the White Mountain express, east bound Saturday morning just west of Bridge. port. He was walking on the inside track and, hearing the whistle of the ex. press and apparently thinking it was a freight train, he stepped directly in front of the locomotive, which was travelling a mile a minute, His body was badly mangled. He leaves a widow and fami. ly.