Hemingford herald. (Hemingford, Box Butte County, Neb.) 1895-190?, August 19, 1898, Image 4
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I'OYNTHII of Iloonc I i itii"iI (ImtTtinr j ,. iIl.tti3ltTnr Yurk. vi1itnrt nfStntt Wll I lM I'. IWlTKIl of Mcrrlnk. K til I r uf l'nlilli Arciiitwu- joTINil' COHJCMX of lltclwrdsoii. Ion i r .lull II. MKtiKKVK of Hoi Willow, m p. ,ut Icntof Piililli liiitrtu'tloti- I.lA.MU..TAUKSOSrn Holt. J.Ait 1 1 oinmNi-loin'rT- J ( OH V WC'lFli of Lancimti-r. A X iri in'nprl- l N -i l'A VTINK J. SMYTH of Hondas. Ulio Tiana-Mihsissippi Exposi tion, vhicli opjnod at Omaha J uu - lst," in certainly an oxpoai t ion of mammoth proportions, and V(ry fcti.au should take in the hi.'htn before November. Those hi oonlcmplato going to Omabh should if tlie nio'st diroet and com fortablti untie is (leered, tako tho jiurliui;t('ii,' which is, without pU'btinu, tlio IiphI equipped rail loud ;n the western sftatpa. The courteous treatment of imssongors is a Hpucial feature t)C iho-Bur-liuglon. A Montana man who at lendel tlu Trans-Mississippi, has he following to say of Omaha's reat oxpohition. "The Omaha ' Exposition rouu U are somewhat liko the WorUl's Ka'iv. At night the beau ty of the whole oll'cct is as en .tr.uieiuir, not as imposing. Tho ua,in bnildings are artistically arranged around tholngoon. , Tho government building is easily tho most imposing, and under its roof 5s-contained an exhibit that is worth spending an entire day, or 'en more, in viewing. It is said 1o contain a jiollor government .. xlubit than the Chicago exposi tion, and this is unquestionably true. It is atti'aetivn and inspir ing. The Fine ArU building, the Horticultural. the'Maehiuciy and Electricity, and tho Mines and Mining buildings are all great structures. In uono of these are th exhibits upon a scale of mediocrity, but everything impos ing, and the machinery, eloctiical, ,md mining exhibits are especially Jine "oittnns. is very much in tvidencc in tho. mining atid jo crnmon t building!". I Buffalo BiJI's Day. Once a Senator representing its leople iu tho India of legislation; ;i co'orel of its .stato tioops; a Nol.ljir and scput whoso invalu nlTTos('rvices to his country havo been attested by overy general of the United States Army during tin past 35 years; an exhibitor . ho has hhown to Europe tho mnmu'f'.cjf iiipu who blti.ed their uy through the lund of hostile Ra.agos tity'd tmde possiblo the onv.oision of boundless and ,arid )lains into the How happy homes f thousinds of our "cou'utrynien. ''"'oIoupI W. F. Cody will Return to 'the metropolis of the state he has "so honored and roceivo the very great honor of having August cJl&t ret apart by the ConuuisiouGrs of ' he Great Trans-Mii?'ji.-.ippi Expo sition as W. K. Cody Day at tho Exposition. ISy a s.iii;j-!ar and iliiTt poetic coincident he gave the yc-rv first exhibition of his Wild "Neat upon'tlu' ory groundb when the Exposition is now. Ciloncl duly x. ill bo in Omaha tw this, August SOih nnd 81.s witn his faniotts exliibition, J3uf TnfL Bill's Wild AVost and, Con Ii'bi5s if lJongh Riders of tho AVbrld.- It- hils been the one tupreme attraction at expositions, 'linw Horn 111 ComnoUdPIU'n wnli tlio Cniiitiiiswomns of t!i forMV . . . ,. . ant. nnv cupittii ns Iho most potent 'attrnc tion they can sociuo. XV. K Cody Dny cit Orniilm will lie a Hiipeih Iribiitcto tho honored son uf ii Blnto. It will bo n rctl Icttar ruin dny on nil rnilronds, .Mid it is btilioVod by ninny that it will bring more poraons to Oinuhn tliiin any rithor dny during tho Expositiojn. Col. Cody, his rough ridora from both hemispheres, wnd hid soldiers from tho armies of Europe and America, will bo reviewed at tho Exposition, und will pnrade tho grounds visiting every department, and in turn be in .soon by everyone present. Commission i:t:s Rkcokd llomingford, Aug. 10, 1898. Board met as jter adjournment. All members present. At 1 p. in. thoy opened and examined bids for tho construc tioirof a bridge ovor the Niobrara river between section 8 and 9, town 28, rango 52. Contract was awarded to Thos. II. Lee for the sum of $190. Tho torins of such contract being that ho build such bridgo as par plans and specifica tions nttachod to contract, furn ish all matorial null work, and com ploto such bridgo so as to be satisfactory to the board by Octo bor lo, 189S. Board adjourned till 9 a. m. Aug. If. E. M. Pholps, Clerk. Aug. 17 Board mot as per ad journment. All members present. The following claims wore thou examined am) allowed and war rants ordered drawn on goneral fund lovy of 1898 in payment of same. Clark Bros, windmill J. M. Kuhu, juror W. K. llorncall, juror E. II. Smith, supplies P. II. Zobel, poor farm 695.G0 12 15 G.00 5.93 20.40 J. T. Pinkort6n,b'd prisoners 20.00 A. E. Neeland, Co. Sup't 202.25 allowed for 158. bal. disallowed. Bins Fon tainting couiyr house. Bids will bo received ut tho ollice of tho county clerk, to be filed on or before Oct. 4, 1898, for painting tho outside of court hotiso including roof, twd'eoats of paint. Tho commissioners re sorvo tlio light to reject nny and all bidB. By order of tno board. F. M. Phelps, Co.' Clerk. Heraingford, Nob. Aug. 18, '98. Bids Fon Hard Coal. Bids will bo recoived nt tbu ofllco of tho county clerk to bo tiled on or beoro Sept. 3, 1898, for furnishing ono small car (15 tons) of hnvd coul, nut sizo. Tho commissioners reserve tho right to roject nny nnd all bids. By order of the board, F. M. Phelps, Co. Clerk. Bids for Cojstiiuction of Jail Building. Soaled bids will bo' recoived by the County Commissioners, to be filed on or before .Oct. 4, 1898 for tho construction of a jail building '22x30 foot to bo built of stone nnd brick according to plans and dpoc ifications 'to bo seen at tho offco of tho county clerk. Tho com missioners resorve tho right to reject any and all bids. By order of tho board. F. M. Phelps, Go clerk. btata of Ntdiraka, uox liultn County si: To W. II Cnrnahan, uon-reeldnnt luiJ ow ner: ou r hereby notified that complaint lias lwsn made to me that there is on tho nV of nev. f.0H !ie li, noU mH cectiou Uu. ttlWUblllp 5 north, of raimo flfty-ono went in no Dtitto county Bute ot Nebraska an old un covered well which is dangerous to stock bald land is open, and n common, and jou are notified that If mid well is nut fillitil or . ciirejy covens! . in twenty days from this date. I will fill enid well an required by law, u! tliecoi.t thereof will lie taxed as a lien against the itbovn described laud, as provided iu s;-tum-tWa Article 1, Chapter 4 of the compiled Hatntenof IMI7. M I'UTHUSO.S, ltoad OteroerDIstrlct so, 17. Ilox Ilutto t'ounty, Nebraska. Datisl Jlareli . lb!W. huBt publlciitiun Auf. Vi, IS9S. CASTOR I A ' For Infanta and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Siijua'.uro of &J li hflrt In rrwnril, T)nw(M eounly, XebnuUn, on ilto lirth iliv of Hflpiombor A, D. IWft. Solrt tiiiontloii tu ranvniH! .( nna o'otocU p. m. o( Rnldilnr. Tlioobjoctof Mid ccmrontlnn 1h to nomlnnlo rv cnnillilnto for rcpruKniitnltic from Biild district flint to Imnsuot nlich other bunl tiPNS n mny proporly comp licforo It. Tliorountlosof H.ild district uro cntitlod to tlio snmo reprcxcntntlon ns In tlio Stntoronvcn lon rccontly bold, It la recom mended thit no proxloi bo allowed and tlmt tho dclcKfttos present cnut tho cntlro voto to which their nwpectlvo count leu nro en tlUwl. W. 11. Wkk-iovkii, Chairman. FinalProof Notices. K M. DOKItlKaTO.V, ItcclRlor. W. K. AKKIIS, Recclicr . I'nrtloB linTlna notlrc In tliln roluinti nro ro- mifntnl torr-nd thn HMiininrofnlly nnd report to huh omen mr rDifttiiim nny orrorif llmti nxlot. 'UiIh will prownt posaiblu ddny nmkimx proof. t lint mm in Lnnd Onico nt Alllnnoo. Nob., Aueuit 18, 1H0S. . Notlco Is hnreby ulruii thru lUit followiri; niinicd hettlor hm lllod notlco of Intontlon to ir.iiUo lliml ptonf iiiNUpport of his clilin unit iJint mild proof will bo made boforo Jo!Mr or ItucoUerut Allltti.ce, Nob., on Sept. 21, li)S, viz. Charles L. Hall, of Wllloy, Neb., who mude h o No. f7 fpr lot A, ho qr w qr m'o 7, tp 2.ln, r 02w & o lif bo or sec 12, tpSJn. r&.lw. Ho iinmoM tho followlnir witnesses to prove tilHrontliiuiiunTUsUlenco upon nnd cultivation of calil land, vli;. .liunCH MoKlunev. of Alllnnco, Neb., Ouh WlokNlrom, .lohnOlllIs, Kninli Harris, nil of Wlllcy, Neb. V M. DOimiNOTON, neater. U S Lund Olllco, Alllnnco. sell.. Au, 2, IH. Notice Ih blivliy ittien thnt the follnuliin immcd m'ttlnV Imn Tiled Hut loo of Ills Intention to mnkn final proof in nupport of bin claim, nnd Hint wild proof will bomnde lioforoT. .1, O'Kenfo, U. S't'ummlnAionor, at Homincford, Nub., on bept. in, 1MI8, liz: rilOMAHIMUNOIiK. of Preston, P. Uv,ho mndo T. C. o. 12011 for tlio m. o Vt hoo. .1 tp 'inn r 4w. IIi niimeH (ho following as wit nrHcs: DiormiH I,. IIonkiliHnnd IkTt II. llopllinn of Dnnliip, Nidi. , K. 1). I'Iper and Orali f. KobUuI of Hom lnuford, Nob. V M. DOIUtlNQTON, UpclMor. U. S. Lund Onice, Alllnnco, Nob. Julv 28, 1HSW. Notlco is h.iicby clicn that the following limned hotter bus tiled Ills Intention to mnlio fliiiil proof In support of his claim, und that Mild proof n 111 be mndo before T. J. O'Keofo, U. S. Commissioner, nt Ilcminuford, Ncb.,onbupU 8, iBt, vis-: Austin jM. Davis, of Hcmlcgfnrd, Nob., who mudohulIM for tho nv i4 sec IT, tp 27n, rWlH. Uo immes tho follouim; witnesses toproie his continuous losldonco upon nud cultliutlon of, said hind, itzt Wtlllnni Wlllniott, btophon A II row 11 Joseph Shaffer, Kied O. Sncll, ull of llemlugfoid, Neb J. W. Wkhn. Jn., Rpslster. U. S Lind Ollice. Alliance, Nob., July 'J7, 1B08. Notice Is neioby glien that Jonn llineline, of DcSoto, Nob , Ins fllpd notice of lnten t ton to inulto Imal pioof before T. .1. O'Keefc. U. f. Connnlssioner, at llemiiiKford, NCb., on Kept. II, IPM. on timber culture application io. l"ll for tho ii o Jf stoSI. tpVISn. rWuv. Ho mimes us witnesses: I.tilte Phillips, Jos eph Shaffer, l-'rod Iluclio, Albert S. Knyeart, ull of Ucmtni;ford, Neb. J W.Wclin. jr., HeBlHtor. I.nndOfilcia( Alliance, Nob., July 2, 1898. Notice I( l.oteliy Klien that Alonzo J. Kuiipp, of Pendleton.'OrcBon. has filed notlco of Inton ttoti to tntiko llnul uroof before leistcr or llo celvcr ut Alllnnco. Neli., Anu'iist 27, ltfN, on tlnibor culture application No liiOl, for tho w 14 se ' ii o V kv 4 seo 17. tpU'i n, rW iv. IIo hiines us witnesses: Joseph IJ. Low. An drew J. Palmer. Albert W. Palmer, Frank I. lloncymtin, all of Marslnnd. Neb. J. W. WnilN, Ju.. neglstcr. Uoiul O voi seer's Noti'jo to Non resident Lund Owner. Statn of Nebraska. Ilox Ilutto County, br. 'i'o Warreu W. i'utunm, nou-ifUdeul land owner: ' You are hereby notlflml tlmt romplntnt Iins Ix'nn mndo to ni that thero 1m on Ua hw i nee tiou IU, towiiNhlp Ho north of. rnnjjo fil west. In Hot Ilutto enmity. Stiito of No brnlUii, mi old uncovered well wlilcli Is dan cimiu ti stock. M.ild liind livupmi. und a I'ommoii. and you uro iiotllled that If said well Is not lillod or securely, covered wltliln tut'iil days from tills date, I will till said well as required by law, nnd the cost theieof will b tmed us a lieu aulnst tlio iiIhivo desi'rtbed I uid. asdoicrlbed Iu Section 4tl1ii, ai ticlu 1. chliutur 4. of tho eomnlllnil sti.tni..u of 1MJ7. , M.P' TnitPON, ltoad Overseer Distriot No. 17. t, . , ''"xnutto County, Nebrabka. Datcil Mai eh a, lb!W, I list publication Aug. 12, 1898. 4 Kdityer nrach of Confl1n A quesjr case is reported fro.m Sydney, Australia. A mnn was convicted by a lury of having tried to poison hiB wife with arsenic. His lawyers obtained a reconsideration of the sentence by a commission appointed by the legisla ture, consisting of two doctors and a lawyer, which pronounced him inno cent, the doctors voting down the law rer, who thought him guilty. The man was Eet free in consequence. Subse quently ono of his lawyers, moved by conscience, told another mem ber of tho bar that tho man had confessed his guilt to him at the time of tho trial nnd tho mnttcr was brought before the legislature. Law yers and ' clients have been arrested and aro to bo prosecuted for conspir acy to defeat the ends of Justice. Com munications between lawyer and client aro apparently not privileged In Aus tralia. Itcttlnir on tho ltaces. The big trottlng-horse people In Buf falo and western New York, Including C. J. Hamlin, are said to be preparing to make n determined movement this year to secure a moderation, or, possi bly, the abolition, of tho present anti betting laws of tho state. Tho unsuc cessful gr d ci'.'i'v meeting of last summer will b- w an argument that it will be lmpbJulMoconducttrot. ting meetlngB protlUbly without pool celling of some sort. These Interestv tire powerful ones, and If banded to gether would make a strong fight. -, oor win. 'Since God doth will that same shall dwell at eaBe, , And others nhall know hardness, this 13 sure, The lot that fits each nature He for goes; . i And wherefore murmur when wo must endure? Borne day Ills loving wisdom will be plain ' As the sweet sunshine following after rain." ,, Mary Bradley. Orticrnl Jo Whtetrr T Cptnred. Gcncrnl Wbcdlcr liatl n jaust oxcttltiR Ico turouguout tuo whir. IIoLmtold tuo bow bis boiBOH woro Eliot trndor biin ngniu nud ngftln ntid bow bo escaped wltliont Injury, nl though be nhvnys rodo nt tho bend of bis troops. Of nil tho comtbnudors uudor JofToreon Davis be stuolc closest to him. Ho wns with DttvfH tvhen tho cabinet moved from Richmond to Cokcsborotigh, N. C, nnd ho then bad night brigades of c.ivalrv. IIo tuld Davis that tho holdicrs coueld orcd tho war was over and tbnt ho bad trouble in holding bis troops together. Davis did not ngrco with lAni, nnd ho ordered 10,000 horseshoes cent thero to equip bis troops for flight through tbo soutb. A phort tirao lator, bowovor, when be got reiuly to fly, Wheeler wns-about tho only commander who could vt soldiers to o with bim, nnd it was Irttlo Gen eral Joo wbo followed tho Confederato president whn n troop of G00 men. Dnvis and .its cnbiuot Boon saw, bow over, (,hat their hopo was a forlorn ono, and they Bent orders to Whetler to dis band his troops and talto caroof himself. This Wheoler did and a bbort timo later was captured by the Union troops and was sent with Jefferson Davis north to prisonv Alexander Stephens and Poit master General lloagau woro tuhon'with bim, and on tbo w'ay north Gericral Wheeler Bays that StdphcnB thought be yiaB going to sura doath. IIo said ns much to General Wheeler, and tbegen erui roplitd, "Well, Mr. StopbejiB, if this la to bo your fate, what miiBt bo that of Prosldcut Dnvis?" Alexander Stephens raised his bauds andrepliod: "Oh, don't Bpealtof that I His fate Is too borriblo to consider." Goneral Wheeler said ho bad no idea he would bo killed, nnd tbo way ho joked about tbo matter of their joint imprisonment horrified Alexander Stephens. St Louis Republic. Washlncton Widows. I liko grntitudo. I liko to bear of grateful people, and nn nuecdoto I beard recently of ono Washington mnn has pleased mo immensely. Ho has rocontly mnrried tho widow of n very woalthy goutleman, nud ou tbo proceeds of the transaction bo has built n haudsomo house. .' When tho bouse wns finished nnd ijo inoviug into it was accomplish ed, the 'ifo und hor mother fell to dis cussing jubt where thoy shoilltf hang tbo portrait of tho former husband. They bud just decided to hang it iu n Btuall room on tho fiocoud floor when tbo now busbaud camo in and board of tbo mat ter. "Hang bim up stairs 1" bo Bald. "No, siree. No, sirce. That man was my benefactor. I owe everything 1 bavo to bim. Ho fchnll bang in tho placo of honor." And bueband No. 1 now smiles down from over tbo mantel iu thu drawing room. But that makes mo think of another Washington widow who has recently bestowed herself and her belongings on a eecoud husband. ' "It's so fortuunte," snid sbo to me, I'My'first husband's last nnmo began with n'W, yon know, nnd so does my cecond husband's first namo. All Mr. TX7 In U...JI.nl.tnlM . ..nt- iUn I. I . . : toiih; .i t i,.:-... - i,,i hnm h. in'ui.1 i ot,nnno,i .. nave tno initial on them changed. Washington Post Aces of tha World's Charmers. Miss Browning dilates on a mosl consolatory fact. Tho women who influ enced tbo destinies of nations were uono of them "actually yocug." Well, wbnt does .Miss Brawning call "actually young?" Nineteen is not old, nnd she wbo saved Franco from returning mem bers to a British parliament wns 10 at hor death. Thero is a tendency in tbo mulo box tu liko them young. Helen of Troy wns, it 1b calculated, about 120, but she was tho daughter of n god. Cleopatra is put by Miss Browning at about 60 when Antony reckoned tho world well lost for her. In any ense hor medals mnko her a plain woman, with a very lougnoso. Mary Stuart hud turned things upsldo down before she was 25, nnd Diano do Poitiers was 43 and Mmo. Scarron 40 before they cap tured royal lovors. TbeBO veteran charm ers had health and intelligence, but Lady Hamilton was fat. as well as 40, when sho fascinated Nelson. London News. ' Cod on Aih Wedneiday. Once a year, on Ash Wednesday, tho rtiiglicaus.of oil tho middlo class eat alt fish, nnd this salt fish is always ood. Sbrovo Tuesday is a kind of Lon don fish shop festival, iu which tho wbolo of tho "docoration" is suit cod and half lemons. Tho cod aro salted in the shops, being split and very lightly but sufficiently suited, with u view to imparting flavor rather than to preserv ing the fish. -They aro then rolled looso ly and elegantly auda lemon lnid upon each. The erigin of tho lemon is diffi cult to trace. Egg sauce, and not lem ons, is tbo trnditional "relish" with salt cod, tbo eggs being also a Burvival of tho old Lenten list of fare. Possibly the lemouB wero originally part of the surplus stock laid in for tho provious feast of paucakes on Shrove Tuesday, Coruhill Mngaziuo. Tho Karly Piano. The earliest known mention of the pianoforto was in a playbill dated May 10, 1707. The piece annouueed was "Tbo Beggar's Opera, " with Mr. Beard as Cuptain Maobeath, Mrs. Stephens as Mrs Pencbum, Mr. Shutoras Peachum. Ibo principal attraction was givou us, "Mies Buckler will slug a song from 'Judith,' accompanied by a now instru ment called pianoforto." Pittsbdrg Dispatch. Tbo annual consumption of paper used in Aiuoy, China, is said to be nearly 610,000,000. Most of it is of local man ufacture. The Chinebe don't likq for iigt made paper, - One pound of sheep's wool is capable it producing na jud of cloth. " VVHSRil WOMEN RULE. ?1 What a Eootat Student Dennd Innti nait ' , ( ern I'roTlncr. 1 While studying fcfocial conditioiiB In oticutnl lands Dr. Allco B. btccUli.n 1 wns ndviecd by Tohtdi to visit (he Kninrs on tbo .Malabar coast of India, nud witness n typo of civilization nu known olsoivbcru among tho iulinLiu. of earth. Here, according to a writ tbo husband is n mcro .incident iu t Bocirtl organization. Woman's tJwcr nutocrntio nnd nb?oluto. fcho 11 in? i divprcos n husband nt will. Sbo Iran nnd udministers the lnws by whirli t lives, nud tbrongb her is tbo descant tbo property, which ho may cam, It not-own. Tho ricefloltl id hla n Hi nrenn, and if iudustrioua and frngul proving himself cnpallo of muintuftil a family somoNniar maid iuvitrs L: to becomo her husbjud. Tho &urccs mnu of eligible years is wooed 1 irl 1 ns is tho fortunate and aucciu.plih., mnidrn of our country. , Tho impropriety of ninuifcsMng n" tiou for n wotnnn before it U solict is thoroupbly Instilled iniu lbu mind tbo Naiarnimi, nnd,'iliilp stiifc twern natural tcudcaciea r:id ti. , custom may Eonietinitanpprt nob tit turo of an hroprui- iblex-i f ' is ruin nud humfliuti' i Tho eliplblo biifbtfir 11 nvownl of lnvo in d oirt eilcuco if it bt I vt', Kainrs rroot 1 i.-li nt' abovo Iho tnuuge ti.li.ti .1 in iutelligrnceaudiu tlioa(i'iiinittr.u. of their native government. Hotter na tive sohoolB nro found .here than else whoro in India, nnd n surprising degtco of domestic contentment. Springllold rtopnblicnn. CAKE WALK 13 FRCflCH. When It Originated, It Alio Mood I" IC&rrlaco Cireniony. Tbo cako v?alk properly had itsoriBin among tbo French negroes of Louisiana moro than n ccutury ago. Thero is lit tlo doubt that it is nn offshoot of somo of tbo old French country dances. It re sembles Eovornl of them in form. From Now Orleans it spread over tho entiro south and tbenco north. It was found of convenience to tho plantation negro's They were not wedded by li-cuse vv it was seldom that tho KelviLta of preacher wero called in, At n cako walk n mnu mipbt lopi't mately show his preference ftr n w u nn and thus publicly claim her fur a wife. In effect the, cako walk wns not different from' tbo old Scotch marriage, which required only public acknowledg ment from tbo contracting parti ph. So this festivnl bcramo in souio'scnso a wooing, an acceptance or rojtctiou nnd n cereiudiiy. This esplains its popular ity with tho blacks, outside of its beau ties, with tho accompaniment of mu sio, which is competent lit nil times to command'negro support.' Cako walking has improved, ns do most things that nro constantly practic ed. It has lost its old significance iu tho south. Negroes now get married, wLott they marry at nil, iu tba unite folks' fashion. It has, however, becomo a pan tomimo dunco. Properly performed, it is n beautiful ono. Tho cako is not much .ta Prlze. though the negro has a sweet tooth.Now Orleans Times-Democrat. Forest Protection In Idaho. Tbo miners ns well ns tho miuo own ers operating in northern Idaho nro pe culiarly interested in rational nnd ef 1 foctivo methods of forest prottotion to what remains of tho public timber, lands, nnd ns producers of national wealth hnvo a righc to demand it. They havo tho result of years of wnnton foretjt de struction before tbeir oyes and 'can heo themselves confronted with a fiinber shortage boforo many years that threat ens their commercial and industrial lifo. That such a condition is fust npproach ing needs no prophetic vision to foresee. The extent of burned forest laud tbo past 10 years as developed in theso re gions is nn evidenco that requires no supporting argument to make effective That many thousands of ncres of forest still oxist in tho Coeur d'Alene basins doos not weaken tbo fact of an impend ing timber shortage. Under the present conditions two or three dry seasons would suffice to wipo out .tbo larger portion by far of what remains of tbo forests in this part of the stato. There is not yet adequate protection or super vision, and publio sentiment upon theso points Ib not yet sufficiently nroused. Forestor. Self Made Men of Other Days. I The self iSaade man is by no means eololy the product of modern times'. .C6 lumbns was a weaver, franklin was a journeyman p'rinter, Popo Sixtns V was employed in hiB young days in keeping swine, Robert Burns was a plowman, jfEhop was a1 slave, Homer was a beg- I gar, Daniel'Do Foo was apprenticed to a nosier, Demosthenes was tno son of a outler, while Virgil wan n baker's son. Ben Jou sou wns a bricklayer, Cervantes was a common soldier, Canova's1 father was a stonecutter, Captain Cook' com meuced life as a cabin boy, Huydn, the musician, was tho Eon of a poor wheel wright, Pizarro, instead of going to school, was seut to keep hogs. Kirko White's father was a butcher, and Keats' father kept a livery stable. Now York Sun. Warm Water Daptlstu. We would impress upon the clergy the necessity of having tho waer wurm ed. 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