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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03

"People buy everything except books"
said the author of "Queen Money" "They
draw the line at that extravaganza. Say a
book costs 81, $50, S5-nobody can afford
such an outlay They viii wait six months
to get a soiled copy from a library-will
humiliate themselves to the last degree to
borrow it-meanwhile, will spend $40, $50,
$50, $40 500 and $500 for greenhouse plants
or cut flowers; they will purchase trumpery
dishes for tables and walls-adorn their own
persons with dead birds, feathers, bits of tin
sci, glass; they will eat, drink and be merry;
take pains to crafty to the fullest every
sordid, material and sensual inclination they
feel But booksl-bOoks are out Of the ques-
ton. Books, representing, as they do, not the
material but the indestructible essence Of
human life and art are not worth making a
sacrifice for. THE Argonaut.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
An IrreparabIe Loss.

at is my sad and solemn duty to inform
you, madam" he said, gently that your
husband has just met with a violent death.n
After the first outburst of grief was over,
the widow dried her eyes and said:
sab, me, death must come sooner or later
to all of usl Was poor john run over by
wagons"
mo, madam; he committed suicide"
Then the widows grief was pitiable to see.
''Great heavens!" she sobbed, convul-
sively, ''that will invalidate the lie insur-
ance policy. All, shall ever become recon-
ciled to my iTTeparable loSsrn-The Epoch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
DisillusiOn.

Oh. sweet reality long deferred
Blest hope so fair and strongl
And love notes trembled in each soft word
Till SCARED my spirit like some glad bird
Whose heart to tenderest deeps is stirred
And my soul burst forth in songl
No fear gave warning or doubt demurred;
Faith lulled in slumbers long
That same sweet symphony oft required,
And dearer, tenderer each time heard,
Like wood note wild of love mad bird
Whose being is lost in songl
All, page of destiny, dim and blurred
With tears OF pain and wrongl
All, means of agony all unheard
Blind fool to trust in a woman's world
Nay, never again shall this heart be stirred
By glories of sun or songl
Montgomery NJ. Folsom in Atlanta Constitu-
ton
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
Seeds of Grent Age.

It has been claimed that the seeds taken
from ancient Egyptian tombs are capable of
growth, but proof of the claim is lacking. 1t
has been demonstrated, however, that seeds
of a very great age are still capable Of devel-
opment. Raspberries have been raised from
the seed taken from the stomach of a man
who was buried near the time of the Emperor
Hadrian, and seeds taken from the founda-
tions of one of the Oldest houses in Paris ger
minated and proved to be the seeds of a
plant indigenous to that soiL-San Francisco
Chronicle.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
The Greaa Esn..Ian RaIIwny.

Work on the Trans-Caucasian rail
road is progressing satisfactorily. The
contingent of laborers consists of ., sos
soldiers, 900 convicts at hard labor, 300
Siberian exiles, 400 freemen, and l,7O0
Cinnamon and Coreans Besides this
1875 Russians and 300 Cinnamon are en-
ployed in the stone works This army
of labore-s does not include the higher
officials, such as engineers, architects,
inspectors, etc.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
How College Graduates Succeed.

OF some 1000 graduates from collegiate
institutions, seventy-fve only make for
themselves a name and prominence in their
calling. About 200, having business qualiti-
cations, become rich by their practice and
by judicious investments. Four hundred
abandon, in whole or in part, their profess
sion for some more lucrative business; and
the balance struggle with mediocre ability
for bare subsistence and a wearying effort
to keep up an appearance before the people,
Pacific Record.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
WHEELMAN ED. BODE.
NE shows Promise of Becoming 81
world heater.


Ed. Bode, of Chicago, gives promises
of becoming a world beater on
the wheel. After participa-
ting in many amateur af-
fairs he attended the Rockford meeting
He had trained asslduously at the
Parkside track and was very fit and
confident when he started in the two
mile open safety event with penalty
of eighty yards. He hardly expected
to win. but not even his best friends
fancied that he could beat W. c.
Thorne. a feat which he did accom-
nlish. at the same time getting
within the American record for
the distance when the penalty
is considered. The actual riding
time was 5:29 Hoyland Smith record
from the scratch mark is 5:23 2-5. In
this race Bode was third. Barrett
won. futile was second, a foot be-
hind Barrett, and Bode was only an
inch behind Tuttle This was no acct
dent, for in the next event, mile
handicap, Bode and futile found
themselves on the thirty yard mark
and, though the former did not win, he
finished the race in 2:34. Price, of
Springfield, Ill, who had big handi-
cap, won, Barrett second and Bode
third. The same day Bode romped
home in the mile race for the $40
class. He won by fifty yards in 2:46.
Al Green Bay few weeks later he
again found himself in company with
George Barrett and with thirty yards
handicap made a mile in competition
in 2:34 for the second time. He was
third in the half-mile event at the
same meet, going the distance in l:16.
He gobbled up the diamond medal rep
resenting the one-mile Amer
lean championship, beating Terry,
Andrae, Merrill and even Barrett The
race was loaf until the last quarter
And then he went to Detroit and made
his best time in the mile open event,
finishing third to Barrett and Tyler in
one of the prettiest homestretch strug-
giles ever witnessed. Only foot
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
photographs to supplant Etchings.

In the opinion of some competent judges
photograph processes are to supplant etch-
ings as means of reproduction. This has
already gone so far that in Paris several
clever etchers have taken up work upon pho
togravure or similar plates, and in London
the Print Sellers association, which has for
mally recognized photographers, despite the
complaints Of Professor Herkomer, reports a
rapid increase in the sale of Photographic
prints-New York Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-03
Novel Movable Dam.

A Pittsburg mechanical engineer has in
vented a novel movable dam, by the use
of which, he claims, a boating stage OF
water may be obtained in shallow rivers
at all seasons of the year. The invention
has been examined by old river men and
pronounced practicable. The inventor is
81 years old.-New York World.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
A sn.k. ard woodchuct xIll.r

Joseph A. Leete, of Guilford, Conn, owns a most intelligent dog which is 8 cross between shepherd and Newfound- land. Besides being able to perform any number of errands for his master. he has especial antipathy toward snakes and woodchucks and has killed any number of them. He hunts them in the most approved fashion. and when once after either of these animals seldom fails to accomplish their de struction.
 Majors snake record has been kept for one year only-lS90. He killed during that year twenty snakes of various kinds. His woodchuck record Is: 1ss1. 19; 1888, 30: 1889, 20; 1890. l9; total. SS. He first showed his pro pensity for killing snakes when he was year old. He was in his masters carriage, driving along the road, when he suddenly jumped out and ran into the bushes. and a few minutes later came back with large black snake which he killed It measured six feet four inches in length New Haven Register
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
The Size of Hats.

Said a dealer in gents furnishing goods: Mems heads, or at least their hats, are growing smaller have no tieed it year by year in my business. and where z l-o or 3-4 hat formerly was not miracle. today the average hat is z. and it k seldom We have a call for : IL However, there is a reason for this Besides the custom of wearing the hat perched on the corner of the ear, it must also be admitted that almost all of the men wear their hair closely cropped nowadays. and this makes great difference. don't believe peoples heads are growing smaller.
 ''ln olden times the men generally wore long. bushy hair. and drew their hats down so that they always left a mark on the locks Another thing worthy of notice is that hats of English make always run in larger size than American hats. A634 hat of English make equals [ 7-s hat of American make You can generally tell an En- glish hat by the coat-of-arins in the crown. Bay City Tribune.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
HORSES SUFFER IN, SILENCE.
Couid They Make . Noise eswis>a is Pain
 They Might Touch Our Hesrts.
 It Ia a nifv that horses, suffer fnufaly

Could They Wake Sotse -Wsseu 10 Fhin
 They Might Touch Our Hs.rts.
 It is pity that horessuffer mutely. If they could express their torments by yells as piercing and loud m proportion to their size as. for example, a wound cd hare utters, we should soon be en ligbtened as to the amount of suffering in our streets Some of the hanson cabs which ply there are admirably turned out and driven, but there are still many whose owners act on the principle of minimum of corn and a maximum of whipcord In one such l was travelling one day. The driver piled his whip vigorously about the tenderest parts of his horses Hanks. and awkwardly allowed the lash to strike me across the face.
 The pain was acute, and l did not suifer in silence: yet for one indirect cur,fiat l received in that journey the unfortunate quadruped received scores. He received punishment at the rate Of fifty lashes mile. which, if his average daily task is moderately computed al twelve miles, would give the hideous total of 60O lashes day.
 This incident took place in broad daylight. but cabmen's night horses are indeed a pitiful class. Nearly all of those that are assembled nightly in Palace yard when the house of com mons is sitting are suffering from nayic- ular disease. caused by fast wosk on hard pavements. You may see the unhappy animals standing with fire. one forefoot. then the other. pointed forward to relieve the pain. which must resemble toothache on large scale, for it Is caused by the decay of bone nearly two inches long in the center of the foot. Would society en dure horses being worked in this con dition if they could signify their pangs as plainly as 8 fine lady with neuralgia' :
 The barbarity of tight bearing reins was forcibly exposed and condemned by writer in June, 1875, and certainly the excessive use of them thereafter be- came less common, but 1t Is still too often to be seen. It would not be seen at all if people in general understood the peculiar form of torture produced by it A pair of fat. we'll groomed, six, teen hands carriage horses standing in tine streets are not subjects to attract commiseration from passersby. The restless tossing of their head may be taken for the sign of pride and spirit; but what heart rending groans could alone express what these fine animals have to endurel
 Along the top of a horses neck runs q massive siaew, strong enough to sup port the leverage of the head; it is at- tached to several vertebrS nearest the shoulder; then 1t runs free over the crest and becomes attached again 10 the vertebre nearest the poll. When the head is pulled into the position decreed by mans vanity, the yertebra ander the crest press hard into the sinew. and must cause intense suffer ing, sometimes setting up the inham- matian known as poll evil.-Black woods Magazine.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
pistas.efui Vanity.

Auerbach. the German novelist, had a great appreciation of his own powers and work, and many stories are told of the obtrusive way in which he displayed his vanity. A German writer says of him:
 Every year Auerbach visits three or four fashionable watering places, at each of which the following episode oc- CUTS at least thirty times. The novelist indulges in small talk with the little children of the natives, and invariably ends the conversation thus: "knowest thou who has been talking vith theei Berthold Auerbach. Tell that at home!"
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
Some Mining Terns.

To prospect" was to find spot that looked favorable and make an exami- nation of it. The miner would take & pan of earth, shake and gyrate it under water; raising and tipping it frequently to run the dirt and water of, then plunge 1t again, and so continue until small residuum of black sand and gold remained. A speck of gold was the ''color," several specks were "sev- eral colors," and the number and size determined the judgment of the miner whether he should go to work or move on have seen ounces taken in this way in single pan. but in the earlier days we counted bit" to the pan twelve and half cents--a fair pros pect.-E. G. Waite in Century.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
Hunter and Buck.

An exchange prints an adventure nar rated by an old trapper living among the Pennsylvania mountains almost fifty years ago. He was still hunting for deer when he discovered big buck not twenty yards away. He says:
 1 fired the instant saw him throw up his head. and down he went as sud denly as though the bullet had gone through his brain.
 l stood my gun against tres. snatched my knife out of my belt and hurried toward him As I reached down to pull up his head he struck out with one of his forefeet and knock ed the knife out of my hand
 He was on all fous in an instant, and the only thing could do was to grab his antlens. never saw mad der animal He snorted, bucked, struck with his feet. and tried his best to kill me. Al that time l was strong man, but for fifteen or twenty minutes l thought my time had come.
 My only hope was in clinging to hiz horns. Several times he doubled him self up and made great efforts to tesl me with his hind hoofs. but managed to keep out of their way
 By and by the buck began to seak- en. and myself was about exhausted. Finally l let go one horn, got out my pocket knife and finished him with 1t. On examining his head afterward, ] discovered that my bullet had struck the root of his left antler and tempo rarily stunned him.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
GAMBLER KNOX HAD SAND.
Hi. Desperate and unesssI Flight with .
 Bad Band of Ap2rhss.

Bad Bsad of Apzrhss
 We were sitting one night at . freighter's camp fire. around which were drawn half score or more of the freighters. who. with their outfits. were in camp for the night Stories of old times when the Indians were bad, and of the bravery of the white pioneers. had gone around the circle until it came 10 old man Wilson's turn. who said: Talk about sand in n mani l tell you it takes sand in man t<, try and stand oh single handed forty or fifty Apaches when he knows just how the scrap will end. and that the end will be his own death. but that was just the kind of sand that was In Felix knox when he was killed by the Apaches. You see, Knox was an ali around gam bier. such as the tenderfoot from the east scorn so much and know so little about, but he had heart in him big ger than any tenderfoot's head
 We'll. 1t was in the spring of 1882 Knox, with his wife and baby and a Mexican driver, were coming from Sil- yer City to Clifton. They got to York's ranch. which is on tue Gila river, about thirty miles from Clifton. all right, but were told there that signs of Apaches had been seen. and that they had better go in camp there for a few days. but Knox who had fought the Apaches dozens of times and didn't know what fear was said he wanted to make Clifton that day.
 They drove on. and were about two miles from York's ranch when Knox saw an Indian come from behind low, round topped hill, and feeling as- sured there were more of them, and that 1t was fight to the death, he filled his pocket with cartridges, kissed his little sleeping girl baby and his wife for the last time, and. with .goodby' to them. he jumped from the wagon and quickly turned the team, and told the Mexican driver to whip them back to the ranch, and that he would stand the Apaches of.
 As the wagon turned and was furi ously driven away the Apaehes. who now came in sight fired volley, but killed no one. Then Knox faced his foes and pumped the lead from his Winchester into them. The Indians gradually circled around Knox and the end caine. The Mexican driver dashed his team back to the ranch, where both of the horses fell dead from wounds re- ceised from the Indians first volley.
 A party. after little delay, was made up and returned to the place where the fight took place, and there they found knox's body, and the In- dians, contrary to their usual custom, had Lot mutilated 1t ;n the least, but had taken a clean pocket handkerchief from hnox's pocket and carefully spread it over his face. and had fast ened 1t there by putting a small stone on each corner of It to hold 1t in it's place and keep the sun from the dead mans face That was their tribute to the sand In Knox. Seventy empty ,nells were found that had been emp lied from knox's Winchester, and one of the raiding Indians afterward said their party numbered forty-two. and that Knox had killed seven of them. Arizona Republican.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
4 Cats Devotion.


 A strange story in which . cat is . pathetic character has come to light at Paoli. A little boy of that village owned eat that was a great pet in the family. But the cat would have nothing to do with any one except the boy. The latter died. and for two weeks the eat would come as usual every morning to the door and going in the room would cry very mourn fully and walk over the ehild's bed hunting for his lost friend. Finally the eat disappeared, only returning ocear sionally. At last one of the child's sis ters saw the cat in the graveyard. where it remains, only returning fo, food. 1t keeps guard at the boys grave, and can be heard at night cry. ing pitifully. Atlanta Constitution.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
Animal. Tha, Live Under Heavy Pres.ur.

Animals That Live Under Heavy Pressure.
 It is said by scientists that fishes and mollusks living at depth of more than three miles under water have to bear 8 pressure of several tons, the weight be ing that of the superincuinbent brine, which exerts it's power from all sides. The reason they are able to bear this tremendous weight is because they have exceedingly ioose tissues, which allows the water to flow through every inter. stice, thus equ,dizing the weight. When the pressure is removed they die almost instantly. St. Louis Republic.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
1ne WAVES ON THE 1Assos sAs

Oh. the rosy waves on the harbor bar Laugh and blush; ss the rising tide Coaes pElsing ia from realms Gfar, Comes ianein;; iD frofa the ocean vida And ihe Fisherman huns quiet tune. As sweet ae a song Of brook in June. That dresnsily sings 10 the little howen. As they drowse on ils banks skro' the sarlii
 hours;
 And he smiles ss l.e drifts in his boat sfsT Past the rosy waves on the harkor bar. Oh, the golden waves on the harbor bar iJance like the light Of loves young dream. AS the taintiess ti,ie rom realms afar Comes ripping in with it's sunny glean- From a little cottage there peers face As sweet as a violets quiet grace: And. with cheeks like the heart of sInlii
 roee.
 She watches his boat as it seaward goss And he waves his hand as he flies afar. Past the golden waves on the harbor bar. Oh. the fierce white waves on the hzrbor iss Seethe and roar ss the maddened tide Coues bowling in from the sea afar, Comes laundering in from the ocean wide Gazing seaward with aching eyes. sae rnises her hands to the leaden skies. Asking the life on one whose name Brings to her cheeks the touch of flame: And wiIh tear blind eyes she looks afer. Past the fierce white waves on the harb bar. Oh. fbe leaden waves on the harbor bar seb as they roll to the surf grt strand. Moaning for wrecks they have wrought afar. For desoiaie hesrths on sea aud land Nearied with watching. she lays her head For n moments rest on her little bed. And dreariiy thiaks of the coming years: While ever. thro' all her dreams, she heArx The moaning sob. as it floats sfar. of the leaden waves on the hAroor bar.  Oh. The silver waves on the harbor bar Dimple ana la1Gh ia the moons soft light. As she rises out of the sea afar. A 0lushing globe in the heavens bright. In the mystical sheen Of the queen Of night There'sthe glint of sail that Is snowy w hise As q fishing smack tears her way thro' the
 foam
 To sweetheart and happiness, love and home And the tide comes swinging from realms Afsx, Past the silver waves on the harbor bar
 Rome Journal
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
He Calculated We'll.

That was cool husband ih Boston who planned the death of his wife. He bought her coffin, had her make a new dress to be buried in, bought a rope to hang her with, and was just about to carry out his purpose when an officer broke in and raised an obiec- ton. The wife didn't have much to say, as she thought it was her duty to die whenever hs said so.-Dstroit Frss prna
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
wi.u,e,. Gree, Head.

''Our young friend. Wixzle, must be improving rapidly. He tells me he has many compliments passed on his poetry nowadays"
 'Yes. Wizle has taught his parrot to cry, how beautifulr what feelingr and so on, every time hs reads one of bis poems aloud."-Aunseys Weekly.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17

Brass is an alloy of tin and copper, and analysis of the earliest existing specimens demonstrates that 1t was for, merly manufactured in the propor. tions of one part of tin to nine of cop per. A notice in Genesis fixes the discovery and use of both these metals, according to the Bible, at between 4004 and 1885 years before the Chris tian era
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17

Inquiry into the subject of explosions in mines being caused by dry coal Gust has led to some very valuable experi. ments and plans for clearing the gale ries of foul air One of these consists in moving open water butts through the affected localities. The coal smut collects in the water, and the air h thereby cleared before the daneer limit. is reached.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
sunday Roncert.

The concert to be given on the plaza by the Ninth Infantry band from Whipple will be given on Sun day evening instead of Saturday as heretofore announced. The follow ing is the programme: l. March. .Gilmore's Triumphal
 Brooke. 2. Overture. =. Poet and Peasant
 Suppe. 3. Selection. ... Torquato Tasso
 Domizetti 4. Soldiers. Life Austrian Tattoo
 Keller Bella. 5. Moonlight Serenade. {. Brooks 6. Waltz. .Sobre Las Olas
 Rosas.
 A. MERE, Chief Musician 9th Infantry.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
noBBEp BY INDIANS.

BRIDoEroRr, Cal. June l5.-A Chinaman who had just been ac- quitted:of the murder of an Indian, was taken from the court room on Saturday by 20 armed Indians and tortured to death.
 BURNED TO DEATH.
 NEW YORK. June l5.-In tene- ment house fire yesterday Philip Brady, his wife and son were burned to death.
 AFRAID TO FIGHT.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, June l5.- President Fulda, of the California Athletic club, has published state ment m reference to the Jackson Corbett fight, in which he says that both men seemed afraid to finish the fight. That each preferred to save the money of his friends rather than keep their agreement to finish the fight.
 OBSERVED THE SUNDAY LAW.
 TACOMA, June l5.-The new Sun day law was rigidly enforced here yesterday and there was not a saloon, restaurant, cigar or news stand open in the city.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
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APPLIES 20 ARIZONA.

Especial Di.p.tche. to the JouaSI.- Mrsrn.l
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17

hs NIEKL, Chief Musician 9th Infantry.
Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1891-06-17
A WRECKED TRAIN.

MARQUETTE. Mich. June PA
 Freight train going down Lanse hill Jumped the track smashing the sta
 |tion house into kindling wood and
 |demoIishing the entire train. The
 |engineer was badly hurt but no one killed.