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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

The increasing prevalence of the scien-
tifc spirit. with its passion for exact
statement, makes it more and more nee
essary for men to say precisely what they
mean and nothing else.
What is your last name, my little
mani" asked the new teacher
Tommy" answered the boy.
Indeed! What is your full nameY'
Tommy Jones'"
"Fhen Jones is your last name"
mo, ma'am, excuse me. When l was
born my name was Jones, and they
didn't give me the other for more than a
month. youths Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

good deal 1t was true that Gray had
been punished by the captains orders,
and that he had looked very strangely
afterwards, but all that was in war
times. The man had uttered ~ threat.
so far as anybody knew.
1t struck me as / thought about it that
Ross was in bad fix. If Gray should
lay his plans well and secretly shoot him.
sometime. no jury would convict him on
such evidence as we had. The old war
time episode would go for nothing
With this outline of the inside history
Of the case, the reader will understand
why the assassination Of Capt. Ross did
not surprise ne
Still, | do not expect everybody to
jump to my conclusion that Private Gray
was the assassin. Possibly would have
some doubt about it myself if had not
seen that deadly look when Gray passed
by the captain just after he had been re-
leased from his disgraceful punishment.
The newspaper statement concerning
the short, squarely built stranger who
was seen in the town where Ross lived
just before the tragedy is enough for me.
| know that the stranger was Gray, and
l know chat he killed the captain.
And yet all of this is too light and airy
to rise to the dignity of even circumstan-
tial evidence. II would not Justify an
arrest, to say nothing of an Indictment
But never mind about the evidence
from legal standpoint | know that
Private Gray killed Capt. Ross!-Wallace
p. Reed in Atlanta Constitution.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

Mr.. De Sickly has called upon Bobby's sis
ter, and is waiting for that young lady to
make her appearance. Bobby enters in the
meantime.
De SiclSly, with grin-How de do, Bobbyi
Don't you know mes Come and tell me
what's my name.
Bobby-Well, sir, if it amt just as Sis said,
you haven'v sense enough to know what your
name is. If you'll wait a minute I'll find out
for you. heard pa say he had you on the
list, 50 guess he must know your name
Texas Siftings.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11
Bort.

A firm in this city imports large guam
Titles of bort. 81 did not know until a
few weeks ago. said an official of the
custom house, what bort is. Bort is
the small fragments removed from dia-
monds In cutting. When too email for
jewelry it is used for powder The
sparkling powder is often sprinkled ON
the heads of society bellies, and their hair
sends forth sparks as from thousand
miniature diamonds, Edison uses a
great deal of bort in the manufacture Of
monographs. New York World,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11
Poor CholIy.

Maud-Ethel is very conceited.
Cholly-I never thought her SO.
Maud-But she is. She told me last
night the names of all the fellows who
proposed to her last summer.
Cholly very much embarrassed)-I-
cram afraid I-er-must be going.
Important engagement. Good night
HaIper's Bazaar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

A West Virginian claims to have dis
covered a cave filed with boxes of gold,
diamonds and rubies-enough to load
two freight cars-Out he won't give 1T
away for less than s., 900 cash down.
He doesn't want TO be mean. but he just
won't do it, that's al.-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11
THE WORLD OLD QUESTION.

Joy, shame, disaster, passion, love and grief
Pray what ace these to him who stands aN,-ie
Within the desert of a ahadowy world,
And marks the shadow Of his own life Gail
Across the sands that hold no footprint yeti
To him, that shadow is SO greet it fills
The widest margin OF the earth and sky;
And yet he questions: is he grain Of sand.
Or shadow vague, amid the shadows there.
And all the grains Of sapdg
David A. Curtis in brakes Magazine
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

Lawyer Ito female witness) Will you
please tell this court and jury what
your age ISL
Elderly Female - What's the use.
They wouldn't believe me if was to
tell them. Texas Siftings.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11
Eternal vigilance Is the Price.

Penelope = Don't go away, Jack.
They'll take us for wall flowers.
Jaek-Aw, nawi l never converse
with ladies unless another man is
awound I'd be engaged in a week if
| did-Munsey's Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

She houghtfully)-George dear, are there
not times in your life when the pathos and
truth Of that most beautiful of all songs,
"Home, sweet home, there is no place like
home" appear to you with startling vividness,
and fill your soul with longinga
He "a baseball player)-Yes indeed, par
ticularly when Pm on third base with two men
out-New York Sun
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-07-11

A doctor in Paris was called to attend
a popular actress whose facs had been
sadly damaged by a carriage accident.
He came to the conclusion that to pre-
serve her beauty it was necessary to re-
pair the lady's face with a piece of hui
man skin, and accordingly he provided
the remedy by removing a portion of
his own.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12

Flies get into the ointment A too
hot fire burns the cake in the oven. A
heavy rain falls when we want to GO
on picnic. We reach the train min
ute too late, and see it moving down
the track. How miserable these little
annoyances! How frequently we meet
them! And how do we receive them
Often with peevish complaint. We
think of them as wholly bad and as
simply hindrances to our pleasure. But
hold! Are they not part of the provi-
dcnce of God? We believe it. The
thorn on the rose of life is placed there
for good. 1t is part of our discipline
If we take these annoyances in the
proper spirit they will cultivate our
self-control, strengthen our patience,
and ripen our character. If our wills
were not sometimes opposed. and il
things did not occasionally turn ont
contrary to our hopes, we would become
selfish and conceited. All these things
are really helps, and the persons who
learns to look upon them SO has learned
one of the valuable secrets of life
Standard
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
RURAL RREvlTIES.

THE trouble with those who fail in
feeding bran is they feed too little
meal with it. When they feed we'll
balanced ration, of which bran is a
part, they will find the milk all right
The fact that cows differ greatly in
the quality of their milk is well known.
Experiments made at the Maine agri-
cultural station, in. test of fifty
samples of cream, gave a variation
ranging from l7.7S to 23.S
In case of tenant farmer who pur-
chased fodder and grain and fed it on
the farm, it was held that the manure
made in consequence belonged to the
tenant, who was at liberty to remove
it from the farm.-N Y. Tribune.
CoRNsTALKs serve well to cover such
plants as need slight protection from
frost. They prevent sudden thawing
of the plant after they become frozen,
and, as the thawing is more harmful
than freezing, the cornstallSs can be
put to excellent use.
l WANT no such ferment nor begin
ming of putrefaction as a starter"
in fine butter, but rather the slow
and natural ripening of the cream
which it acquires by age when it is a
sound product and stands in clear
atmosphere. ID. Curtis.
By havinga place for each tool or
implement the work will be expedited
in tine spring. Put the farm imple-
ments in good condition, oiling them
well, and where you can reach them
without being compelled to get some
thing else out of the way to do so.
IT is not generally known among
farm ers that the same food that makes
pound of dressed beef would make a
pound of butter. At the present price
of cattle the farmer gets about five
cents a pound for his dressed beef
while butter is worth fifteen cents
E. L. SPURLING, of North Dakota,
brought flock of $50 sheep through
the winter in fine shape without any
grain at all by giving them millet hay
with feed of sugar beets two or
three times week. He sows half a
bushel of millet to the acre and cuts it
when it is half ripe.
The large yields of grains the past
season can be repeated nearly every
year. Only one bushel more in the
yield of wheat on every acre makes a
difference of millions of bushels and
it can more than be obtained by thor
ough cultivation and the use of fertil-
izers and selected seed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
OLD JOHN, THE QUAIL MAN.
A Quaint Fellow Whose Pets Are Bevy o
Tame Game Birds.

Quaint Fellow Whose Pets Are n Bevy of
Tame Game Birds.
Away out near the ocean, just as you
turn to the right toward the Cliff house,
lives an old man in little cottage, who
waters horses for living, says Snn
Francisco correspondent
John" everybody calls him, and it
has been SO long since he heard his last
name that he has almost forgotten it
himself. His home is covered with
climb bing vines and shaded by trees, and
he has quite a happy life collecting
dimes and quarters from the men who
water their dripping horses at his
trough. They always pay him some
thing for loosening the check rein
But, besides the few words he ex-
changes with the drivers, old John has
little company excepting his quail. He
has several hundred of these usually
timid birds that he has tanned so that
they fly all about him, perch ON his
shoulders, and eat grain from his hands
Every morning and evening he feeds
them. He would rather go without his
own breakfast or supper than neglect
his beloved quail.
Near his little cottage is the big hy-
drant from which the carts that sprin-
llle the park roads get their supply of
water. 1t is always moist around there,
and there is big bare space where
John spreads the grain and crumbs that
his pets like to eat. 1t takes good
deal of wheat and barley to feed two or
three hundred quail, and John spends a
good many of the dimes he makes
watering horses to pay for the proven
der. But it is always there every morn
ing and every evening.
In the morning, when the wind is
blowing over the great Pacific, and the
dense fog hovers over the park like a
wet blanket. Johns quail are nesting
in the underbrush just back of his
house. Their brown feathers match the
dead leaves SO closely, and they keep so
motionless that stranger might walk
through their midst without knowing
they were there. But when they hear
the grain thrown from Johns hands
rattling on the gravel, and hear the old
mans voice, they rush out with whirr,
and gobble up their breakfast
John holds the wheat in his hands,
and they fly up to get it. He places it
ON his shoulders and the top of his hat,
and they scramble up after it, for these
pet quails are very greedy, hungry
birds. Then, when everything in sight
is eaten up they steal away into the
brush and leaves for the day. Chicago
Journal
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
THE WHITE PINE sAw-FLY.

oval, water tight, light brown cocoon
in some hiding place. The pupa is not
especially peculiar, except that it has
very large, broad thorax and abdo.
men," The adult female, white pine
saw-hy, Fig. 9, comes in June to lay
her eggs. "She is brown, but often the
margin of the thorax and the sides of
the abdomen are more or less marked
with black. The eyes and acelli are
dark and the antenne black and pecti-
nate. The length of the female is
thirty-two hundredth inches long and
about one-half as broad. The male is
black, except the legs, which are IL
light yellow, and the tip and under
side of the abdomen, which are light
brown. 1t is smaller than the female,
being only twenty-four hundredths
inches long. The antenn@ of the male,
Fig. 8, are broadly pinnate, having
seventeen pectinations. The parasite
is greatly held in check by chalcid
fly, shown in Fig. 4 (Perilampus hyaIni-
us, Say). This insect last season did
serious damage in some parts OF Iowa,
and it appears at times in destructive
numbers in various sections of the
great Mississippi valley. Judd
Earmer
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
Something Incomplete.

"In reading the newspapers said a
man, speaking to an acquaintance,
1--WE sometimes come across IL simple
remedy that we find to be of great
benefit. The old woman remedy admits
of no explanation, and doctors hoot AT
it. but it is sometimes found to be OF
great efficacy. I'll give you an instance;
About three weeks ago l saw para
graph stating that handful of cold
water applied to the back of the head
every morning, will prevent toothache.
OF course, l couldn't see any reason
why it should, but began to try it and
AaSen't had the toothache since that
time"
THAT is really quite remarkable" I"
the acquaintance replied. But tell
me, did you have the toothache before
you tried the remedy?"
swell, come to think of it, l didn't
Humph, / thought there was some.
thing incomplete about it t"-Arkansaw
Traveller
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
NEW CATTLE DISEASE.
IL is characterized by Stiffness and Sore
meas OF Limbs,

meas OF Limbs.
We are asked II the new disease-in
which the mouth and feet of the COW
become sore--is contagious. We have
heretofore said IL was not. The veter-
marian of the Indiana experiment sta
tion soon after the disease first ap-
peared declared that it was not con-
tagious lie says that the disease has
been COMPOUNDED with the contagious
foot and mouth disease of Europe,
which does not prevail, and has not re
Gently existed, in America The form
of foot and mouth disease now quite
prevalent in Indiana was first noticed
in 1890 in Missouri and Illinois. 1t is
characterized by stiffness and soreness
of the limbs, rendering some animals
unable to walk The muzzle and lips
become hard and swollen, ropy scJiva
dribbles from the mouth, and the jsvs
are moved in spasmodic, jerlSy mao-
ner The lining membrane of te@
mouth is colored bright red or scar
let; the pad gums of the upper
jaw against which the front teeth
of the lower jaw press) and the
gums along the front teeth slough off,
lcdNluB u raw buTIaCe extremely sore,
which bleeds easily. The nose sud
lips suffer similarly, but not to SO gr sat
an extent and the teats are also fre-
quently sore. Post mortem examina-
tion shows the stomach and intestipes
to oe inflamed in patches throughout
their entire extent. Constipation is
usually present, ending frequently in
darrhoea. 1t has none of the char
acteristic symptoms of the foot and
mouth disease of cattle, and all efforts
to transmit it from one animal to an
other have so far failed. 1t is possibly
due to some acrid or irritant substance
contained in the food. The irritation
of the bowels and slight constipation
should be overcome by giving one
quart of raw flaxseed oil and follow
ing with one pint of it twice daily until
the bowels move freely. The mouth
should be bathed twice daily with a
mild astringent wash, such as the fol-
lowing: One-half ounce tannic acid,
one ounce powdered borax, eight
ounces glycerine, mixed together with
enough water to made one quart
Soft, sloppy food only should be fed
and plenty of good water given for
drinking. Western Rural.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
OF Importance to palrymen.

The late Prof l.. b. Arnold, then
whom America never had more pa
tient and thorough investigator of dairy
truth, says: Immediate loss of milk
by not supplying full rations of milk
producing food the whole of the milk
season is not the end of the misfortune.
1t affects the flow of milk in after
years, and counteracts all efforts for
improving the milk capacity of the
cows and their descendants. When the
udders of the cows are limp or empty
one-half of the year this condition be-
comes fixed or hereditary quality
which may be looked for in the future
beifers with as much certainty as like
may be expected to produce like in any
other particular. On the other hand,
if the cows are kept up to their best
efforts, they will gradually make their
condition permanent and fixed ten
dency in their nature and will transmit
TO their descendants the same as any
other quality they possess s.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
G. G. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Woodbury,NJ.

Vile cod-liver oil has lost
its vileness in SCOTS Emul-
sion and gained a good deal
in efficiency.
1t is broken up into tiny
drops which are covered with
glycerine, just as quinine in
pills is coated with sugar
or gelatine. You do not get
the taste at all.
The hypophosphites of
lime and soda add their tonic
effect to that of the half-di-
gested cod-liver oil.
Let US send you a book on
CAREFUL LIvING-free.
SCOTT & BowHH, Chemists. I,a South sth Avenue.
New York.
Your druggist keeps Sco,ts Emulsion Of co6.liver
oil--an druggists everywhere do. 81.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
pERsrEcr1vE OF DAIRY BARN.

feet wide. upon which the cows stand,
is manure ditch 1 foot wide, and back
one end of the feeding alleys are the
hay chutes from the loft above, and at
the other end the doors to the grain
bins, which extend across that emf.
Doors behind each row of cows conne.,.
with the yard outside; and between
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
GLOVER FOR HENS.
1t Stimulates Egg Production and Is an
Excelient,Tonic.

1t Stimulates Egg Production and Is an
ExceIlentsTonic.
Laying hens should have all the Glow
err til cy can eat twice day during the
winter 1t is bulky, so there is NO
danger of their eating too much, us
there is of grain. Cut the clover into
half-inch lengths and scald with Just
enough water to answer the purpose.
Fill the troughs with it so each hen
can get all it wants, but remove all
that remains after the last hen walks
away. Don't feed wet food to poultry;
it may be moist, but not wet. pound
of clover hay chopped fine is enough to
feed 40 hens so far as the bulk is con
cerned. 1t is also an aid TO digesting
grain which may be added. To make
it more palatable sprinkle little bran
over the clover and feed whole grain.
A good ration can also be made by
mixing l pound of clover, pound OF
bran, ounces of dried meat that is
lean and 4 ounces of linseed meal
Wheat or corn can be fed at night
Such ration will supply the white.
yollt, shell and warmth. 1t is also y
good plan to have some other litter in
which a little grain is thrown SO as tc
induce the hens to exercise during the
daytime. There is no surer sign that
the food for laying hens lacks cer-
tain elements than to have them refuse
the food that you are giving and read
lily eat something else This is the rea,
son why hens will sometimes refuse
corn and eat wheat, and after a little
time, change back again. 1t is always
a good plan to change the food entirely
every few days and there is nothing
which pays better than a variety. A
few beans cooked and thickened with
bran or middlings makes good change
occasionally. Sunhower seed also fed
one day in the week is good, and
whole potatoes two or three times go
very we'll Farm and Home.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
GOOD DAIRY BARN.

A Convenient Structure in Which to Care
for Mich Cows.
The dairy barn, plans of which we
illustrate this week, is very conven-
lent structure in which to care for the
milch cows. 1t is designed to hold four
rows of sanctioned cows, the two
rows on each side facing each other,
with mnugers feet wide and feeding
alley 4 feet wide between them. AT
the rear of each platform, which is Z
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12

Syrup

Martinsville, NJ, Methodist Par
sonage. My acquaintance with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when contracted Cold
which resulted in a Hoarseness and
Cough which disabled me from
filling my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths. After trying Physician,
without obtaining relief-I cannot
say now what remedy he prescribed
i saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained a bottle. 1
received such quick and permanent
help from it that whenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in Our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been our favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. I have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when 1 have found them
troubled in like manner" REV.
w. H. HAGGARTY,
of the Newark, New A Safe
Jersey, ME. Confer
ence, April rs, go. Remedy.
q
q e CPFFN Sole Mau'fr Woodburv N I.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
Two Views of 1t.

Tommy" said his mother, reprov-
ingly, ~ should think you'd be ashamed
to be in the same class with boys who
are so much smaller than yourself"
"Well, mother" replied imperturba.
BILE Tom, II look upon the matter in a
different light altogether 1t really
flatters my vanity to see how proud the
small boys are to be in the same class
with big boy like me. IN. Y. Herald.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12

THE BREATH OF chronic catarrh patient
is often SO offensive that he becomes nm OBJ
ject Of disgust After a time liberation
sets in, the spougy bones are attacked and
frequently entirely destroyed. a constant
source of discomfort is the dripping of the
purulent Rccretions into the throat some.
times producing inveterate bronchitis,
which in its turn has been the exciting
cause OF pulmonary disease. The brilliant
results which have attended its use for
years past properly designate Ely's Cream
Balm rs by far the best and only cure.
a remedy recommended by Physicians
and Druggists
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
Cotton-seed OIL Meal.

Cotton-seed oil meal is sometimes
used as fertilizer, 1t contains about
7per cent. nitrogen, 3 per cent. phos.
phoric acid and per cent. potash.
Valuing these constituents at 15, and
~ cents per pound, the relative value
for fertilizing purposes of a ton of cot
ton-seed meal, as compared with the
market price of standard fertilizing
materials, would be about S26
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
GROUND PLAN OF ABOVE.

these doors on the outside of the barn
are sheds in which the manure is put
to save it from loss by teaching. The
upper part of the barn is used as hay
NOW, the hay being taken in at the
farther end of the barn as illustrated.
Entrances to grain bins are provided at
this end =Oranpe Judd Earmcr
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12

Cashly-There! now that have given
that poor woman a quarter, l ought to
have luck.
Flashly-Don't follow, my dear man;
nothing to do with it,
Cashly-Why?
Flashly-I went to the races one day
and gave blind man standing at the
gate quarter for luck. Lost every
cent had. When came out tried to
borrow quarter of the blind man, but
he couldn't see it Kate Fields Wash
ington.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12
copYRlCHI Iss,
Al the qIeor rO,ln0
IIU Wt6 VeUT TOUItU
is the time when DR.. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discov cry works tho best.

is the time when DIR. Hlerce'S Golden
Medical Discov cry works the best.
1t purifies the blood.
It's not like the sarsaparillas,
which claim to do good in March,
April, and May; you can depend
upon it aIioayS. That's why it is
guaranteed. If it doesn't benefit or
cure, in every case for which it's
recommended, you have your money
back.
No other medicine of its kind
says as much but no other does
as much. 1t cleanses, renews and
invigorates the entire system. For
all skin, scalp and scrofulous affec-
tions, as Eczema, letter, Salt-rheum,
White Swellings, Hip-joint Disease,
and kindred ailments, it's poSiti0e
cure.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-12-12

"Poets are queer birds" said the
landlady. 81 had one here who could
hear grass growing and understand
what crickets were talking about, but
never could get him to hear me when
asked him to pay his bill or understand
a hint that he'd better move, even
though it was spoken In plain English. ="
Jury.