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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

There are many bitter awakenings from
care lapsing sleep on the way through this
world but none quite so sad as a child's frst
awakening to the fact that mother sometimes
tells harmless little fbs, or that father does
not always hold to the letter of his agree
ments. or even that sister Hates rosy cheek.
come in pasteboard box and are applied
with a chamois' skin. 1t seems a small thing
to you 40 doubt, and perhaps you laugh at
the child's look of wide eyed wonder when it
hears you tell the servant to say you are mot
al home,n or watches you disputing some
stipulated bargain, but verify | say unto you,
there is no new made grave beneath all the
sparkling stars so sad in the sight of heaven
and the angels as this first blow aimed at I'M
corrupted honor and perfect truth.-"Amber"
in Chicago Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
Beauty of southern Women.

AS a rule southern women have small and
pretty feet. Certainly they do not spoil them
in walking, for in no section of the country is
so little physical exercise INDUCED in by the
gentle sex. They, too, are large Of eye and
soft of speech To make themselves agree
able is a canon, and their fattery is seductive
because apparently unconscious. They are
strong not only in family feelings and the
ties of kinship, but have an unbounded pride
in their particular state, and an affection so
strong for it that if the old issue had de-
pended on women one doubts that they ever
would have been beaten.-New York Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
A Dranicure's Queer Experience.

We have some very queer experiences
in our trade. We could not help it.
But the strangest one came under my
notice quite recently. A tall, splendidly
formed woman came in to have her
''hand3 fixed" and while awaiting her
turn attracted great attention by her ex-
IRENE beauty, which was of the creamy,
oriental style Dazzlingly white teeth
and great, slumberous eyes softened an
otherwise too coarse cast of features.
But her toilet! That was superb, in such
quiet elegance and taste. AS soon as pos
sible | fastened to attend to her, but
other customers having come in in the
meantime, she expressed decided
Discrimination to have her hands arranged
until the rooms were vacated. l told
her that would, perhaps, be otfor hours,
but if she preferred would attend TO the
hand dressing in an alcove, which was
curtained OFF at the extreme end OF the
room. To this she consented, and when
my toilet articles We're ready she drew
off her gloves. What was my surprise
to see a coal-black hand, ebony in flesh.
She briefly explained she was negro
or deep mulatto, from New Orleans. By
every art Of the face decorator and washes
she had become whitened as / saw her
but her hands were more difficult to man
are and she wore gloves at every possible
opportunity. She desired me to mani
cure her hands as deity as possible anC
she would have her maid arrange the
blistering process at home. l did SO anC
she left in few moments closely gloveC
and | saw her enter her carriage. Sub
sequently / learned she possessed i'm
mense wealth, inherited, too. A yer.
good, but vain woman, owning every
thing that she wished except what sh
most desired, white skin, and this sh
got by artifce and wealth.-Manicure IL
Globe-Democrat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
WOMAN AND HONE.
NOTHING IN THE WORLD so BAD AS
PERPETUAL MOTION.

The woman who Works Too Much.
Bardships of Poverty = Don't Hear
observation-disclosures Sense of Com
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. of Girls.
There is nothing in this world so bad as
pei1etual motion What blessed thing that
no one has ever yet quite invented perpetual
moi,o Yet | know some little mothers
that are almost that; they never come to "A
full stop--not till death trips them up. | do
not wonder these little bodies think of the
future life only as rest-one great eternal
rest. That word involves all that they can
conceive as desirable So this life becomes
tolerable because it points toward one huge
stop. 1t is their fate here to go on. II 1t be
not a broom it is a needle; and if not these it
is a pan of dough. Up in the morning with
a groan; and into bed at night with sigh.
Their babes are puny because the mothers
never could stop. Yes, | know some babes
that at birth looked as il they had worked
hard for 100 years; and they never get over
their weakened look. They always looked
tagged: but with fretted nerves they go
trotting on through life, hoping for rest
hereafter What can a genuine Yankee
woman do about its She inherits the go
ahead of a dozen generations. Bless usl but
she knows no more how to stop than she
knows how to fly.
And how is it about the boys and girls
themselves born of such stockl They come
into the world as some actors come on the
stage, with leap and halloo; and they
never stop till they die Some one has de
fined a Yankee as a man who cannot sit still.
You do not know why he whittles. 1t is
generic action. 1t is not he, Jonathan Tar
box. who whittles, but the whole of New
England for 300 years-the whole Yankee
nation-represented by Jonathan. Every
nation thus gets it's features, its type, its
cut. its characteristic. An Englishman emf
nently knows how to stop and when to stop
He is stubbornly constituted in the words
81 won't" The Yankees stubbornness is in
81 will So a baby, born in this line Of
restless aggressiveness, is nervous as an eel.
/ do not think you could do better than
collect a gallery of child portraits, taken o
the common people. You would find the an
tithess most perfect between the babies o
Holland and those of America-the forme
phlegmatic as their sires, and the latter a
restless as their mothers. Indeed, but tn
one great national need is for our women t
learn the art of stopping. am not tallIin
to those who are bonded to poverty. Poo
soulsl do not know when society will lear
how to help you TO stop. 1t is our great les
son vet to be learned.-"E 7. Pr in Globe
Democrat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
a Few sensible Hints.

Ii Sophonisba's father is worth great
many millions of dollars, and chooses to fill
his house with wonderful bric-a-brac, and to
wash it every morning in Tokay-should
that be his fancy-why should Sophonisba's
Young friends hesitate to ask her to a merry
dance, with no bric-a-brac and no Tokay
whatever but plain mahogany and ices,
salads and sandwiches 1t is the fun and the
cool refreshmeRt after the dance, not the
Ormolu and the malachte, and the marvel
Gus masses of orchids, and the solid gold and
silver service, and strawberries in January
and peaches in March, which make the
pleasure of the evening.
Besides, if rich people entertain as they
please, why do not poorer people entertain
as they pleasel VIII you refuse to ask your
friends because you cannot serve ortolans
upon ORES len china and gold, or PSn Schloss
Johannisberger for all the boys in Venetian
glass. as your neighbor does9 To put truth
in homely way, you are as good as he, il
not as rich, and why should you permit him
unconsciously to bully you because be is
richer than you! Mothers and fathers, de
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
The Education Of Girls.

The education, the life Of today's women,
has untitled them to be mothers, but the
education of today's girls is bringing them to
womanhood more perfect specimens of their
kind, physically as well as mentally, strong
and healthy in MUD and body, able to endure
the suffering Of motherhood; willing to give
a few years of life to producing new life,
reasoning with well developed faculties how
to make that new life stronger and more fit
to take yet another step forward
Nothing is more marked i'll our progress
than awakening to the need of less combining
clothing for the body, less combining life for
the physical strength, less combining educa-
ton for the mind. Little use is there to dis
cuss the relative weight and size of the mas
culine and feminine brain. No arguments
pro or con can prove anything; those people
of the latter half of the next century will
know what we can only speculate on, for the
bonds are bursts. S. e. NJ" in Chicago
Herald
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

The oldest tree on earth, at least as
far as any one knows, is the boo" tree,
in the sacred city of Amarapoora, Bur
NAH 1t was planted, the record says,
in the year 2SS b. c., and is therefore
nearly 1920 years old. Its great age is
proved according to historic documents,
says Sir James Emerson, who adds !:
"To it kings have dedicated their do
minions in testimony of a belief that it
is a branch of the identical fig tree
under which Buddah reclined at Urun-
elva when he underwent his apotheo-
sis. It's leaves are carried away by
pilgrims as relics, but as it is too sacred
too touch with knife, these leaves can
only be gathered after they have fallen.
St Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
HIS WAY.

Love came to the door OF the palace,
And the door was opened wide.
There WASH a thing to hinder,
And t6ey needed him much inside.
But ne ratified MS quiver and said WITH sigh,
..Cap enter an open door, Not l.
Not II Not L."
Love came to the castle window,
And ne found a great broad stair;
There WASH [ thing TO hinder,
And ne might nave mounted there's
Bur he huttered MS wings. and said with sigh.
"Can plod up stalrcaser No. not Il
Not Il Not l."
Love came TO the shore OF the ocean,
And saw far over the strand
An inaccessible fortress
On a sea girI island stand,
.sVho cares for an ocean," he gayly cried,
And his rainbow wings we're quickly piled;
Not /. Not II"
Love came TO a lonely dungeon.
Where window and door we're barred;
There was none who would give MN entrance
Though he knocked there long and hard.
Then "Who cares for a botS' said the saucy elf
And straightway the warder was Love himself
"Not Not II"
Eva L. Ogden.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
QUA cURsuM vENTUs.

AS ships becalmed at eve that lay
With canvas dropping, side by side,
Two towers of sail, at dawn of day
Are scarce long leagues apart deserted.
When fell the night, up sprung the breeze,
And all the darkling hours they piled;
Nor dreamed but each the self same seas
By each s-as cleaving, side by side.
Fen so-but why the tale reveal
OF those whom, year by year unchanged,
Brief absence joined anew, to feel,
Astounded, soul from soul estranged.
At dead of night their sails were filed.
And onward each rejoicing steered;
Ali neither blamed, for neither willed
Or visit what first with dawn appeared.
To veer how vain! On, onward strain,
Brave barksl In light, and darkness tool
Through winds and tides one compass guides
To that and your own selves be true
But o, blithe breezei and o, great seasl
Though neer that earliest parting past,
On your wide plain they join again,
Together lead them home at last.
One port, methought, alike they sought
One purpose hold where'er they farce
o bounding breeze, o rushing seas,
i At last at last, unite them therel
Arthur Hugh Clough.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
For a Spiritual Song.

A poor country congregation found
itself badly in want of hymn books.
The clergyman applied to a London
firm and asked to be supplied at the
lowest church rates. The firm replied
that on condition the hymn books con
tanned certain advertisements the con
gregation should have them for moth
ing. Necessity knows no law, and the
minister sorrowfully complied, think
ing to himself that when the advertise
ments came they could be removed
from the leaves The hymn books ar
rived, and-joy of joys-they contained
no interleaved advertisements. At the
thanksgiving service the good parsor
joyously gave out the Christmas hymn
and the congregation sang the frs
verse with fervor When they reached
the last line they found that this wa
what they had been singing:
Hank! the herald angels sing,
-'s pills are just the thing;
Peace on earth and mercy mild,
Two for man and one for child
London Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
HOW i KNOW.

Because she has sweeter and fairer grown;
Because her voice has a tenderer tone:
Because her eyes droop when they meet my own
l know my darling loves me.
Because her smile is a vision of bliss:
Because On her red lips trembes kiss:
Because of all that AMI becalse of this
know my darling loves me.
Because the touch of her dear hand thrills ne;
Because her thoughts lead and her mind wills mei
Because her sweet presence with love fills me
know love my darling!
Because she makes my poor life worth its pain;
Because a souls strivings seem not IN vain;
Because with er dear love | live again
know love my darling
Eugene Field in New Orleans Picayune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
The Hardships Of Poverty.

Poverty is no discrimination of persons. 1t
binds the refined woman and the impractical
woman in the same chains that rest more
lightly upon the broad shoulders of verita-
BILE Bridget or a peasant born drudge. To
live in comfort there is more work necessary
in a household than mere onlookers ever
dream of. The routine of good housekeeping
is like the steps taken by a sheep on a treadle
lit is walk walk, walk all the time, and
never any advance to new ground. There
are more martyrs in the kitchens than ever
vet persisted at stakes. Smile at their discom-
forts and their sorrows if You will, but the
woman doomed to do kitchen work, who has
no taste or adaptability for it, is sight for
tears rather than scorn.
There are only two remedies for her lot;
one is patient endurance of it; the other is to
get out of it, To endure it, lift it as high as
Won can out of the shadows. Cultivated
God has not mercifully given it to you-an
appreciation of the ludicrous A good laugh
will put to flight more cares than a shotgun
can scatter blackbrds. Draw a deep line
between the essentials and non-essentials.
Never neglect the hygiene of the home, but
never mini The frills. Toss "A pound of cop
peras down your drain, use ammonia and
pure carbOlic freely, but let your windows
and your silver go without cleaning when
YOU are tired Don't care snap of your
finger fer any caller who will look down upon
YOU because you do your own work. Take
delight in shocking all such. Never let your
work drive you Better sit down a minute
with the work undone and play jig on the
piano, or read the newspaper, than yield a
slaves allegiance TO the work that awaits YOU.
Paste lot of your favorite poems all around
the walls, over the sink and in the pantry
closet, so that the words shall greet you like
an encouraging voice, aad keep your soul,
at least, out Of dish water
And now about getting out of it. Buy a
type writer and get jobs to do at home that
will pay at least the wages of a girl; or open
a two hours school for the little folks whose
mothers dread to send them to the public
school and earn enough in that way to hire a
servant, or take in a moderate amount OF
sewing, if you have a machine. If you have
taste, paint menu cards and the like, and earn
a bit. Whatever work you can do that is
preferable TO household drudgery, do it and
exchange the money earned for help in the
kitchen. Do something either heroic or sensi
BILE and may the good Lord help you out OF
your scrapel -"Ambern in Chicago Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
The Production Of Petroleum.

In the Revue de Deux Mondes M. de
Tchihatchef, whom it would probably
be safe to take for Russian, has a stri.;-
inc article on the sudden rise of Russia
as d competitor Of the United States in
production of kerosene. Some abate-
ment may properly be made from his
confident predictions on account OF the
unconcealed partisan bias with which he
writes; and his figures leave something
to be desired on the score of entire self
consistency and recentness, but what he
has to say is nevertheless well worth the
attention Of our oil producers. He makes
it evident, in the first place, that the
ONLY rival of the United States at present
in sight is Russia. Following a late
French estimate of the worlds produc-
ton of petroleum, putting the total at
100, 600, 900 hectoliters, it appears that
the United States furnish 64,0OO,O0O,
Russia %, 900 900, and all other countries
only IL 900 600 In fact, while deposits
of oil have been found in many parts of
the earth-as in Burmah, China, Persia,
Egypt, New Zealand and most of the
European countries-their extent Is SO
limited and difficult of operation SO
great that the race has narrowed down
to the two contestants named.
The principal oil fields of Russia are
found within a limited territory. The
famous wells are almost all situated in
the peninsula of Aspheron, which runs
out into the Caspian sea at point not
far from the southern Russian boundary,
Baku is the port whence shipments are
made The great natural advantages of
the Baku field are the compact terri
tory to be worked, the small depth of
the wells, and their great steadlness of
flow. The whole area worked does not
exceed 100 square miles. Set this over
against the area estimated for the United
States = 51l ,240 square miles = and
the richness of the Russian wells
which produce at least one-third
as much as those of the United
States, viii be at once perceived
The depth of the wells runs from 1870 to
$40 feet. One famous well is but thirty
three feet deep, yet out of it the oil jets
up to the height of 246 feet M. de
1chihatchef asserts also that the average
flow in the Baku region is $4,000 pounds
per day, as against $4,000 in the United
States.-New York Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
woman's Sense Of Conveniently.

The greatest need at present is for con-
certed action among women. Never min
Cling together as men have done, they are
in general as ignorant of life, its tempta-
tions and possibilities as of their own capaci-
ties. That women are harder upon each
other than men are upon them is the wicked
est lie ever taught and one that the slightest
observation explodes. 1t has seemed to keep
them apart and prevent independent, straight
forward action. When they begin to get ac-
quainted, as i'll clubs and societies, the mu-
tual surprise and delight at finding so much
earnestness and sisterly feeling is something
really pathetic. Many a shy, stiff, narrow
woman expands under the sense of comrade-
ship and sympathy like a flower brought
from the cellar into the sunshine, and bios
SONS ouS in a way as surprising to herself as
it is delightful to her friends. Like Gloriana
in one of Mrs. Whimeys stories, she knew
there were good times in the world, but
never expected to be in them" and now she
learns how to contribute her own share to
them. More than all other means of growth
are these associations and the influence of
the many acting as the one will be the most
powerful factor in that enlightened woman
hood which will be the salvation of society,"
Hester NJ Poole in Good Housekeeping.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

When yju are particularly anxious To at
tend the c3ncert or party of the season, and
feel that picking pain and see the fatal little
spot Of red on the eyelid that surely foretells
the coming Of a sty, have no fears for the re-
suit, but put in a small bag a teaspoonful OF
black tea, on which pour enough boiling
water to moisten; as soon as cool enough put
it on the eye and let it remain unit morning.
The sty Will, in all probability, '1e gone; If
not. one more application viii be certain to
remove it-St. Louis Republican.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

Old and New Fashions IN Marriage
We may feel a twinge of regret, but we
have ceased to be shocked when we hear the
marriage oil two aren't young people spoken
of as "a genuine old fashioned love match,
sn IL as one seldom hears of in this day"
ss,r are we righteouslv indignant at the COM
passionate smile that accompanies the I'M
Tii.d slur.
CIe direct question will prove the truth OF
the assertion. What do we mean when we
say that a girl has married wellP Given
tolerably suitable age, fair character, health
and disposition, the commendation has but
one generally accepted Interpretation, as any
candid reader will admit.
/ heard an eminent theologian use the
words the other day, in answer to congratu-
lations on his daughters marriage: She has,
indeed, married magnifcentlym he sub
Joined aside to an intimate friend. II could
ask nothing better for her, thank GodW
Meeting the son-in-law subsequently, the
friend saw an uneducated man of mean stat
ure, ignoble visage, boorish department, and
less than mediocre intellect. But he has in
herited the millions of a self made father, and
cunning enough to turn them over to adj
vantage.-Marion Harand.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

1t is not welcome fact, but it is very
pregnant one, that the less babies are talked
to and noticed the first year the better. All
success in training them, indeed, depends
upon this calm letting them alone, leaving
the nerves unwrought upon, and allowing
the little frame time to become accustomed
to the strain upon it Of acquaintance with
this restless. rioting world Of ours.-Demo-
rests Monthly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

To clean marble, brush off the dust with a
piece of chamois; then apply with brush a
good coat Of gum arabic of about the con
sistency Of thick mucilage; expose it to tho
sun or wind to dry. In a short time it will
peel off II all the gum should not peel off,
wash it with clean water and a cloth. If the
first application does not have the desired
effect, it should be tried again.-Boston
Budget.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
Little Lamp Tables.

Tables are now bought on purpose
for the large lamps, which are so much
used. White enamel tables, about
knee high, are used for the delicate
colored porcelain lamps, and ebony ta-
bles are used for the various kinds of
iron lamps. Some of these tables have
a space underneath for a piece of brio
a-brac. New York World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

Feminine hair dressing in Paris now
strictly follows a code according to the color
Of the tresses. Fair hair is to be turned back
loosely from the face, SO as to form golden
aureole; dark locks must be parted down the
center and smoothly arranged; chestnut
tresses may be piled high on the head in Jap
anese style, with few curls straying over
the forehead Chicago Herald.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
ChiIdren,s Remarks.

Often parents with all good intentions re-
prove their children for making remarks on
the nature of the food placed before them;
but when children are at home they ought to
be encouraged rather than otherwise to be-
stow well merited praise or blame, as it indi-
Gates refined and acute condition of the
senses of taste and smell.-Olfactics.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08
Cleansing Isedsteads.

Concentrated I've is the best of all contriv-
ances for cleansing bedsteads. Never keep
either I've or any poisonous substance in a
bottle or pitcher or cup that may be drunk
from by mistake In a tin box or china soap
dish, nobody would mistake them for any
beverage Boston Budget.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

plore the extravaganza, the late hours, OF
society, the wanton dressing, the utter vanity
and vexation, OF the social treadmiH. And
LOT a little courage, a little spirit, little
good sense in practice upon the part OF a
very few sensible persons, would relieve the
pressure. George William Curtis.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-08-08

To remove mildew from linen rub the spot
with soap; scrape chalk over it and rub it
well; lay it on the grass in the sun; as it
dries, wet it little; it will come out with
two applications.