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Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-02
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Surplus as reg ards policy holders &2sl,77s.2 6
-
Total Income. ................ $3.50 800. AZ
Total Expeoditu e............ 800, 624.22
4071 policies in force in United
States on 3lst December, 1890
insuring .... .....6, 300, 69l.00
policies written in Maryland
during the year 1890. insuring. 49, 90
Pr miums receive on Maryland
business in 1890. ...... 2,599.16
Loses paid In Maryland during
1890. ..................... $4,000 90
Losses incurred in Maryland dnr-
ing 1890. .... $500. 100000
State Of Maryland, Insurance Depart
meRt, Commissioners Office, annapolis,
March 4ta, 1891.--In compliance with the
Code OF Public General Laws. / hereby certify
that the above is a true abstract from the.
statement of the BROOKLYN LIFE INSUR.
ANCE COMPANY, of New York, to Decem-
Der 8 LIST, 1880. now on file in this department.
j. FRED. @. TALBOT,
Insurance Commissioner.
d. B. GROTHAUS, Agent, :
all 600 n. Chester ST., Baltimore, Md.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-02
FOR DyspEpstA.

Indigestion, and stomach disorders, use
BROWNS IRON BITrERs.
All dealers keep II. 81 per bottle Genuine has
trademark and crossed red lines on wrapper
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-02

Any further information will be gladly
given by r. g. ELLIOTT, Secretary of the
Local Board Of the Association for this
cIty-who is authorized to solicit for
same. -
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-05-02

Book Of description and fine lith-
ograph plat free on application to
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-05-23

Wright has gasoline for sale.
Strawberries soon at Billington's.
Cheap advertising in The TRIBUNE
business locals. One cent a word for
each insertion.
The dance Thursday was q repeti-
ton of the many successes achieved by
the Caldwell Orchestra.
An over dressed man is dude; a
well dressed man is gentleman. 1.-THE
Finest" can fix you just right.
business lots on Main street are
held at from $1,000 to $500. Two
years ago they were offered for $500.
"A wooden mill proposition is in the
hands of the Board of Trade. They
will make every effort to get the factory
located here.
AT Cakes Bros. is the place to get
a perfect fit in fine shoes, both for
Ladies and Gents. They carry the
most perfect assortment.
The COLLINS Protection Society up
on Canyon Hill will hold another meet
ing soon and insist upon the grave
yard being fenced.
Nine fat men of Caldwell hereby
challenge All equal number of lean men
to play ball to finish at any date to
be arranged hereafter.
Mr.. Williamson and family left for
Hutchinson, Kansas, last Wednesday,
where they will in the future reside.
May good luck and prosperity be
theirs.
The firm of Cakes Bros. has dis.
solved partnership, A. NJ. Cakes retir.
ing. The remaining three brothers r.
W., Z. A. and G. z. will continue to
conduct the business.
Everybody can afford to advertise
In The TRIBUNE want column and
you know what twill cost you exactly.
Count the words and send ono cent. for
each word for each inseation.
Our specialists have folded their
tent and quietly slipped away. They
did not take much Caldwell gold with
them, as the only chronic cases We
have 10 tho chronic kicker, and we
want them to die anyhow.
Some parties take advantage Of the
Marshal and turn their cattle in the
streets at night. There are thousands
Of young growing trees along the
streets now, and some Of them will
suffer II it 10 not stopped. Patriotic
citizens should drive loose stock which
they discover at night to the pound.
Tho Boise Statesman has under
taken the laudable but hopeless under.
taking Of educating the Boise moss
back up to railroad time. One of them
wants to know "what right the rail.
roads have to fix their time anyhow"
As Boise Is the only city on the Amor.
lean Continent with railroad facilities
which clings to sun time, It would seem
rs though railroad time had advan.
lagos, right or no right. The spectacle
IF a little city in tho mountains holding
,ut against tho rest of the world (Which
IN the estimation Of the average Boise
to is very limited) reminds one Of the
yreat scientist who declared that green
vas red and that the rest Of the people
N the earth were color blind.
You can get . good smoke by
Ioing to Billington's.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-05-23
Caldwell People at Silver.

Avalanche.
Mr.. Geo. Hill, representing F. r.
Coffin & Bro, of Caldwell has been in
Silver City looking up trade in the
hardware and grocery lines.
The irrepressible Isidor Mayer, once
of Silver City but now a Caldwell citi.
zen and rustler was over this week
with a sample trunk as big as Mis-.
souri, school house, trying to talk money
out of peoples pockets.
The Avalanche office was visited on
Saturday last by Msssrs. Monte Il.
Gwinn and II. ID. Blatchley, of Caldwell,
accompanied by Col. Charles f. Curtis,
late postmaster at Helena, Mont, and
Mr.. Edgar Mills of the same city.
When . couple of Caldwell rustlers
come around we are always sure some.
thing is going to transpire, sooner or
later, as result of their visit, which
will be worth telling. The prominent
gentlemen accompanying them did not
come here solely to view our beautiful
mountain scenery. Time will develop
the fact that some big scheme is being
Matched and the fertile brains of our
Caldwell friends will be "in it."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
Turks Gathering Mamma.

Mr.. Cole, Of Bitlis, missionary of the
American board in Eastern Turkey. in
describing a journey from Harpoot to
Bitlis, says: We travelled for four DAYS
through region where had newly fallen
a remarkable deposit Of heavenly bread.
as the natives sometimes call it-manna.
There were extensive forests of scrubbv
oak, and most Of the deposit was on the
leaves. Thousands Of poor peasants.
men, women and children. were out upon
the plains gathering the sweet substance.
Some of them plunge into kettles Of boil
ing water the newly cut branches of the
oaks, which washes off the deposit. until
the water becomes so sweet as to remind
the Yankee of a veritable sugaring off in
the old Granite state as he takes sips of
1t. Other companies of natives may be
seen vigorously beating with sticks the
branches, which, from having been
spread upon the ground. have so dried
that the glistening crystals fall readily
upon the carpet spread to receive them.
The crystals are separated from the pieces
of leaves by a sieve, and then the mama
Is pressed into cakes for use. The mamma
IS in great demand among these Oriental
Christians. AZ we were travelling through
a rather dry region, the article came in
play for our plain repast. Chicago
Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

West Side church is in process of reno
walton, and the pastor is daily engaged in
raising funds to pay the expense. One means
the pastor ies for that purpose is to call on
his parishioltrs and ask for subscriptions. In
one case t4r good man approached the front
door Of parishioner's house, rang the Lell
the door opened and little girl appeared.
Pastor-Good afternoon, my child Is your
mother at homel
Little Girl-No sir; mamma is down town.
Pastor-Wil she back soona
Little Grill guess So
Pastor-Then | will come in and wait few
minutes.
Pastor enters and takes a seat in the par
Tor. Being DESTROYS Of knowing what kind
of house his people provide for their families,
the clergyman looked about him and soon
discovered a pair Of feet protruding from
under a curtain A little further optical in
vestigation satisfied him that the feet be-
longed to the little girls mother BY and by
the child appears again and said that she
thought her mamma would not return for an
hour or two.
We'll, says the pastor, II win not wait
but, my child, be kind enough to tell youI.
mother the next time she goes down town to
take her feet with her Buffalo Express.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

Those ''society balls were conducted
with great propriety and reserve. Tho
claim of every person of boil. sexes to be
admitted having been previously deter
mined by the responsible and trusty COM
mittee, there was a SORT of temporary
and conventional equality on the terp-
sichorean floor. and. therefore. every gen
tleman had the privilege to invite q lady
without the formality of an introduction
to figure in the dance as his partner.
After it was over he escorted her back
respectfully to her seat, without presum-
ing, if unknown and not duly presented,
to remain standing before her, or to sit
by her side, to continue the conversation
or prolong the accidental acquaintance.
During the intervals Of dancing the
gentlemen walked up and down between
the rows Of ladies' that denscly lined the
hail. some merely bowling as they passed
to those whom they knew and others
stopping to converse. No woman. mar
rled or single, joined in this promenading
with male companion, as is the custom
in these present days and the eve Of a
lynx could not have detected the slight
est Irritation. The word itself was not
known, for the thing it means is for
Louisiana a modern invention. which
had not then been patented and brought
out for public use. In fact, this peculiar
pastime would have been impossible to
attempt. 1t would have produced a So
cial earthquake American Magazine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

1t is the excellent practice Of the teachers
in the Washington public schools to give out
70 their pupils brief extracts from the best
poetry and to ask the pupils to reproduce the
idea in their own language. This not only
faIniliarizes the pupils with or best litera-
ture, brit teaches them to read understand
ingly and to write each in his own independ-
ent style. The other day $50 gentleman
who vouches for the truth of the story in
forms u.s. a teacher gave out the following
lines from Longfellow:
| heard the trailing garments of night
Sweep through her marble halls
saw her sable skirts all frnged with light
From the celestial walls.
One little fellow brought in his translation
beginning;
Iheard the long tails of her night shirt
Scratch along the stone floor.
Washington Post.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
senth Amerlon.s Ynon Boot.

The mealy substance of the poisonous
yuca root, or cassava. furnishes the flour
of the country starch. This is the
same root from which the tapioca of
commerce is prepared. The Indians, who
are the bakers of the country. crate the
yucca root and squeeze out the poisonous
juice with thcir hands. They wash the
substance and bake il before the fire.
This final process drives away any rem
nant of poison that may remain, as the
poisonous element of the plant is prussic
acid, a volatile liquid easily expelled bv
heat In some Indian tribes the Juice of
the yucca root is used as a mode of public
execution, and twenty-six drops are said
to be enough to kill stalwart man in
six minutes. Yet even this deadly Juice.
when boiled, becomes harmless, and it is
commonly fermented to make chicha.
the favorite beer of the country.
The Indians make a delicious snow
white bread from the yucca, which re-
sembles the passover bread of the Jews
This bread they retail i'll guambas or
Melted bags thrown across the backs of
donkeys. Yucca -four is imported to our
own markets under the name Of tapioca
arrowroot. | think the Brazilian arrow
root Is all made from the yucca root
South American cooks make delicious
little breakfast puffs Of this yucca starch
and cheese, which are served with coffee
III the sleeping room before the regular
breakfast hour. The root of the yuca is
boiled and takes the place Of our potato.
and all the clear starchiLg of the house,
hold Is done with yucca starch. Amy @.
Shanks in Good Housekeeping.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

Artists always seem at loss to deal
with the color Of the sea. and few are
those who please the public. Professor
Tyndall has come to their aid. He recog-
nizes three principal hues in sea waves
blue, green and yellow. Solid particles
held in the water act as minute mirrors
rejecting the light which penetrates the
liquid. The rays which are sent out,
after having traversed only a thin
stratum of water, preserve their yellow
parts; but if the reflections are attenu-
ated the water appears green: and if they
do not exist at al the sea being clear
and free from muddy matters, the color
IS deep blue. In an indigo sea the crest
OF the waves will appear green on ac-
count of their lack of thickness. Sea-
weed, animalcules.and other local or ac-
cldental causes may have much inilu-
e. - ON the color of the water. Court
Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
Society in Tahiti.

A Tahitian gentleman or lady is a
charming person to meet. They are cul-
tivated and refined, the men have been
educated in the best universities in Eu-
rope They and their wives are trav-
eled, they are thoroughly cosmopolitan
and they meet the stranger with a knowl-
edge Of his customs as well as Of his Ian
guage, and with a hospitality, simple.
generous and delightful. What with
spearing fish OH the reef by torchlight,
picnics in cocoanut groves by the sea,
drives on the beautiful Broom road under
the cliffs and across the lagoon by Pha-
raoh's caves, dinner parties ander a ba 3.
mana leaf roof, and reclining under the
trees on moonlight nights, the happy
days slip by unnoticed. But Tahiti ex-
acts an expensive tribute from the stran-
ger for the happiness he has felt-he can
take but the memory away and long
ing to be back in dear, lazy, sunny
Tahiti. Cor. New York Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

Il don't want that young fellow to come
around here any more,n her father gave out
decisvely.
IAN right, father. He is only newspaper
reporter, andn-
"A reporter Oh, well, in that case l
don't think its any use. In the first place it
wouldn't do any good, and we'd only be hav-
ing him coming down the chimney or through
the window, 80 | guess we had better yield
gracefully"
And that evening, after she told him, it
was pleasure to them both to acknowledge
the great power Of the press Philadelphia
Times
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
Unable to Come TO an Understanding.

Unable to Come TO an Understanding.
Footpad presenting pistol Fork over your
rhino, and be quick about it,"
Near Sighted Bostonian-Beg pardon7
tSternlyl mo monkeyingl Unlimber! Pro
duce the scads!n
Pardon me, but do not exactly appre-
bend the drift of your
Cheese your patter! Don't you see I've
got the drop: Unload your boodle"
81 am totally at a loss, my dear sir, to per-
ceive the relevancy of your observations or
ton-
Clap stopper on your CAB and whack
up, or Ii let er speak Turn out your bun
die quick Get a squirm on YOU"
Is there any popularity in the external
seeming of my apparel or demeanor, sir, that
impels you, total stranger, to-
Once more, you dash bedashed bloke, will
you uncork that swagl"
'tHopelessy bewildered) MY friend, CON
fess my utter inability to gather any coher-
ent idea from the fragmentary observations
you have impaired. There is something
radically irreconcilable and incapable of cor
relation in the vocabularies with which we
endeavor to make the reciprocal or CORE
spondential interchange of our ideas intelligi-
BILE. You will pardon me if | suggest that
experimentation Of purpose is equally ndis-
pensable with homogeneity of cerebral i'm
preston, as well as parallelism of idiom
and'-
But the highwayman had fed in dismay.l
Chicago Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
Her Refined Revenge.

A young man and his wife who have
not long been married. We're intending to
spend the night at her fathers house in
a neighboring town; and as the husband
could not get away until late in the af-
ternoon, he escorted his wife to the sta
ton and put her on board of a somewhat
earlier train, an accommodation train. as
he supposed, just before it started. And
it so happened that in the same car. in
the next seat to his wife. was a young
man who is generally believed to have
been an unsuccessful sutton for her hand.
The train had scarcely left the station
before the husband, who, by the wav. is
of very jealous disposition. discovered
it was an express, making its first stop
forty or fifty miles from Boston. After
a good deal of telegraphing to one person
and another, including an explanatory
dispatch to his mother in-law, the morti-
fled young man had the pleasure of
meeting his wife at the proper station
about two hours late for dinner. She
could scarcely have been otherwise than
fatigued. hungry and irritated; but mark
the cleverness Of the woman ''Tired.
worn out? Not in the least. suppose
| must be hungry, but / really had not
thought Of it. l have had the most
charming afternoon Mr.. - very
kindly waited with me at - junction,
and | never appreciated before how en-
tertaining he is. This is what | call
civilized revenge Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

Frau Won Mulhof, who was noted for parsi-
mony, one day met the renowned Dr. Lind
mann on the promenade. Eagerly awaiting
herself Of the opportunity thus afforded of
getting little advice gratis, she exclaimed:
How fortunate ana in meeting you, my
dear doctorl | have felt so very weak of
late, and every time go out am overcome
by fatigue. Pray, what would you recon-
mend me to takefn
"A cab, madam" was the doctors laconic
reply, as he turned on his heels and walked
away at brisk pace Blumenlese.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
OREGON WILD CATTLE.
The Strange Greed That .nhab.ts the Top
of the Umpqua Mountains.


of the Umpqua Mountains.
California sporsmen can now go up
to Oregon and shoot wild Cattle" said
John Day, an Umrqua mountain pioneer,
referring to the completion of the railroad.
1T is a fact that here arc hundreds of
wild cattle in the nigh hills slsirting the
Umpqua valley, and some Of them are
not more than couple Of miles from the
railroad track Some Of these cattle, too,
are % years old OF more. In the noun
tains near Riddlesand Rosebud they are
probably the thckest, but they do not
venture down in the valley much. They
stay in the tops ofthe hills and get water
from the living springs which rise there.
For the most partthey are concealed in
the dense growth Of oak and fir in these
mountains. Their is heavy underbush,
too, so that it is ahard matter to get on
to them. They 60 in bands of six or
eight usually. butat night herd of forty
OF fifty set togethg and lie down in the
same yard-that is, they sleep on the
same spot, which is usually q secluded
place among the trees. A band of wild
cattle have been known to get together
on q cleared place Ike this every night
for a couple of years
''When feedingthere are always q few
bulls to act as sentinels. While the cat
tie Craze in bandsof half a dozen or SO,
they are nevertheless close to other bands,
so that at any alam from any one Of the
bulls, which leiarely feed on higher
ground, they all hln away together
The cattle areOf all colors and wilder
than deer. 1t isl hard matter to get
shot at them for the reason that their
scent is so keen. They can smell man
a long distance Of. They got wild in
1858 when the old man Riddles and two
or three others of the first settlers came
to the valley. Their cows wandered OFF
and could not befound. After two or
three years, all The pioneers had to do
when they wante beef was to rig out
two or three packmimals and go up into
the mountains. The cattle had to be
killed on sight the same as deer or bear,
for they could nomore be driven down
than deer could. Once killed they were
quartered, packed on the horses. and car
ried down. They have been hunted
good deal of late years, so that there are
not as many as thee used to be.
Some of the cattle are very large and
fat. have caught glimpses of bulls in
the top of the Umlqua hills that aston
ished me. A bull l saw in the fall of
'7S on the head of the Rogue river L am
certain would weigh 1,4O0 pounds.
There is good grazing in the mountains
all the year round. A popularity about
these cattle is that their eyes and horns
are jet black. The retina. iris and the
whole apple of the eye are one mass Of
black. You can t distinguish any differ
ence in any part Of it. The horns, too.
while being black as ink, are long and
very sharp. Brought to bay, the Oregon
wild cattle are very wicked fighters. p
San Francisco Examiner.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24
worklng in a mustard nrill.

am employed in mustard mill,
where we daily grind hundreds of bushels
of the strongest mustard seeds, then sift-
ing it and preparing it for the trade. We
also grind peppers and spices, occasionally
preparing cayenne pepper. work eight
to ten hours day in the fine dust that
floats in the atmosphere of the room. You
couldn't hardly come inside without
sneezing for hours after. Yet / am fat,
hearty, and do not know what sickness
Is. make good wages and have worked
many years at it, but there is one draw
back. Wherever the creases in the skin
made by the joints, etc, are the mustard
and pepper get in, the first acting the
same as a mustard plaster and the pepper
irritating until sometimes the inflamma-
ton and sores are awful.-Philadelphia
News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

The average watch iseomposed of 175
different pieces, comprising upward Of
2,400 separate and distinct operations in
its manufacture. The balance has 10, 900
beats or vibrations per hour; 10, 900, $50
in thirty days. 157, 6S0000 in one year;
it travels 1 43-100 inches with each vi
bration, which is equal to "a miles in
twenty -four hours, 292 1-2 miles in thirty
days, or 3,55S 3-4 miles in one year
Christian Union.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-10-24

Mrs. Gushing-Oh, am so charmed with
your home, Mrs. Qulverful. Such a beauti-
full house, and such pleasant surroundings
and then such daughters, too. | hope the
young ladies realize that their home is a per-
feet paradise
Uncle Joe IA mean old thingl-Oh, they live
up to it, Mrs. Gushing. / assure you there is
10 marrying or giving in marriage here
Iunsey's Weekly.