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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21
New Circuit Transfer system.

A system has been designed to meet
a new but promising demand for the
use of private telephone and telegraph
facilities by subscribers whose business
with their correspondents at distant
points will not warrant the expense of
a wire for their own use exclusively.
The new system transfers wire stimuli
taneously at both ends from one pair
of subscribers to another every five
minutes if desired. The service is di-
vided into segments, and if a subscriber
and his correspondent are connected at
one segment they can communicate for
five minutes each hour by paying the
minimum fixed yearly rental for these
facilities
Should they find that their business
required ten minutes each hour they
could be connected to two adjoining
segments, or, if preferred, to one seq
ment on each side of the segment cir
Gle, which would enable them to com
Inunicate for five minutes every half
hour Other subscribers would have
the line for whatever portion of the
time they arranged for. the object be-
ing to accommodate subscribers with
whatever facilities they choose to pay
for.-New York Telegram.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21
ACROSS The DUNES.

Across the moaning ocean sea fogs roll
To kisa once more 10 life the parched hills
The breakers roar aloud: the fog bells toll;
lonely Sea CULTS cry the cold air fiis.
Across the sandy dunes where lupins, sweet
With golden glory, storm and wind defy,
And bunch grass waves and tangles meath the
feet,
A man plods YEARLY and stops TO sigh,
And looks with hungry eyes beyond the haze.
The veil OF mist he tries to penetrate.
What secret drear is In that famished gazef
What yearning burns that soul insatiatei
solitary house the landscape breaks,
And at it's door stands one with sorrow worn.
In solitude she waits for death, and aches
Her heart and soul, with grief and longing torn
What fate has made their pathways cross again ?
And yet. though near, their eyes may never
meet.
One step he takes All, Cod the cry restraint
His face is turned away-his steps from her re-
treat.
She sees him not, nor knows he is so near.
Although her soul is fainting for his touch.
Oh, heartless fate that win not heed nor hear,
At times methinks you ask of us too muchl
West Shore
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21

been seem walking toward the Arno,
wishing, perhaps, TO escape from the
hum of the noisy city and be free to re-
feet in peace, lulled by the ripping OF
the water transformed to cleaning sil-
yer in the moonlight. He paused awhile
on reaching the banks, everything was
so beautiful; helooked long at the starry
heavens, and then his gaze wandered to
the shining river at his feet. Suddenly
he started, and shiver ran through his
frame-on the shore he had discerned
something, woman's FORM which the
laughing, cruel waves had left there,
having tired of their prey. The priest
bent down the better to see her face.
Through the tangled black hair, falling
across her breast, shone a cold blue light
as though tiny star had fallen there
from the sky. But it was not a star, it
was only ray of moonlight reflected
from sapphire locket. With gentle
hand he brushed back the hair and
looked earnestly at the girl; it was such
serene face, for the passionate eyes
were closed forever now, that at first he
hesitated as to who it might be- Then
in one hand he saw bunch of lilies
Yes" he said, "'tis Beatrice Gonzani,
our little flower girl May the good
God rest her soul!"--C. e. d. in Tele-
nhOna
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21
How Some words Were Derived.

A stentorian voice is that of one like
the Grecian herald in the Trojan war.
whom Homer describes as great heart
ed, brazen voiced Stentor, accustomed
to shout as loud as fifty other men,"
A raglan is a loose overcoat with
long sleeves, such as Lord Raglan wore
in the Crimean war. Wellingtons are
boots named after the Iron Duke.
Butchers are also boots, named after
the commander of Wellington's Prus-
sian allies at Waterloo.
ANY magnificent tomb is called a
mausoleum. Mausolus, the Carian
king whose name it bears, had nothing
whatever to do with the original ex-
cept to lie in it when he was dead. The
piety of his wife, Artemisia, gave his
name to the tomb and immortality to
her husbands memory, because the
monument she built over his BODY
gave a word to language. The mag
holia bears the name of Pierre Maenol
professor of medicine at Montpelier
France, in the Seventeenth century.
and Dahl, Swedish botanist, has his
name embalmed In the dahlla. -Har-
per's Young People.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21
An Ant Rehnke.
ollone.

There is Unitarian clergyman who
is not without a power of keen retort,
and who is none the less gifted with
the grace to command his tongue
rather than allow his tongue to com
mand him. He has in his congregation
one of those women who make q pre-
tense of frankness an excuse for rude
ness, and who are given to Boosting that
they are plain spoken, when the truth
is that they are simply i'll bred and in
solent. This especial lady is wealthy,
and there are not many in the list of
her acquaintance who dare rebuke
her, albeit they do together console
each other for the wounds they suffer
from her tongue by abusing her
roundly.
1t CHANGED that one evening the lady
and the clergyman we're partners at
whist at the house of common friend.
and so successful were they that they
won almost every game for the even
ing. Like people who are fond of hav-
ing their own way, the lady was in high
humor over the success, and when the
play was over she pushed back her
chair from the table with the char
acteristic and graceful remark to her
partner:
You do play good game of whist,
Mr. Blank. II you only preached as
well IS you play whist it would be a
treat to so to church to hear you"
The clergyman was quite equal to
the occasion. He kept his temper and
his face under perfect control as he re-
piled:
THANK you, Miss Sharp; but you
know anybody can learn to play whist,
while genius and good breeding come
by grace of God. Boston Courier.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21
Elegant Day Coaches.

continuous line connecting with all lines affording
direct and uninterrupted service Pullman
sleeper reservations can be secured
through any agent OF the
road.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-11-21

We do oar own work, with new type and
presses and therefore have better facilities than
any other ONCE in Kootenai county.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

The Indian method Of rainmaking
differs materially from either thar of
either Dyrenforth or Melbourne. Their
idea is 70 propitiate the goddess To
whose malignity the dearth Of rain is
attributed by Hindoo superstition. To
effectively do this the barbarous prac-
tice Of hook swinging has been re-
vived. Iron hooks are thrust between
the muscles Of a mans back, ropes are
fastened 10 the hooks, by which the
fanatic is hoisted into the air 10 the end
of a c~rossyard and he is violently
swung around and around, his agonies
being regarded as a votive offering Of
Precipitation 10 the offended deity. The
victim is always a consenting party to
this barbarous ceremony.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
The Noise Of the bee.

The three fold voice organs Of the bee
are the vibrating wings. the vibrating
rings of the abdomen and "A true v, %
apparatus in the breathing aperture a..
spiracle. The buzz is produced by the
first two, and the hum. which may Dee
''surly, cheerful or colloquial signifi
cant, - 10y the vocal membrane.
\ number Of the bees notes have
been interpreted "Humm" Is the cry
of contentment; ''wuh-nuh-nuh' gluri
flies the egg layiugs of the quec.
'shu-u-u' d, the note of the young
bees at play; ~s means th.
muster of "a swarm; "br-rr' III.
slaughter or expulsion Of the droue-
and the "tu-tu-tu" Of the newly Matched
young queen i, answered boy the 'qua
qua. qua CD the queens still imprisoned
~ their cells New York Telegram.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13


We'll. Clara, % said that younr won.
ans father, looking into the parlor.
where she sat alone, as he was on mi.
way 10 bed about 10 o'clock. what.
become Of that young popinjay. Jonc,.
who used 10 sit around here six or seven
nights a week / haven't seen him FOR
nearly a fortnight"
How can you speak 50 disrespect.
fully Of him, pa, when lac is 10 be yom
s~On-in-law p
"Oh, lac is, is he:'
Yes, pa
'Well, where is hey'
"Oh, he is of on his vacation. lie
takes "A late one, you see. SO
"Oh, just so. Then its really set
tied about him, is itF'
Yes, pa
And lac will soon be sitting around
here again, suppose
Yes, pa; next week, / hope"
Hum. Well, he is better than that
other popinjay, Robinson, and Elmer
son also, who formerly came here"
Please, pa. speak Of Mr.. Robinson
and Mr.. Emerson also with more re-
why soy7
Because, they are my brothers
now. '-Philadelphia Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

Prisoner. said the learned magis
f FOB "a law fellow before him. ..thi,
il o. third ne you've been here.
But, yo honor, pleaded the pris
Z" , been trying to get work am,
u.
fo1 couldn't work if you could got
it,.
would. your honor.
What kind Of work r.
Anything. your honor. 80 long "a, il
was honest work.
What kind Of wagesF'
Wages is no object. your honor.
All want is work, with food and cloth
ing and a shelter"
And you'd work if you had that
sort Of "a job
Indeed ! would. your honor only
try me, and the tears actually came a.
his eyes.
Very well" said the magistrate
kindly. Wen give you a job. with
shelter food and clothing combined.
Six months hard labor. Next case.
London Tit Bits.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

What "a real bluudcr is was being dis
cus>ed, and n Of the speakers said
that he had that day met "a woman ia
deep mourning wearing russell shoes
This was universally allowed a. a gross
and perfectly ~ineXcu>ablc grammatical
blunder. Another related how "A lady
had appeared at a picnic in the noun
tains ia a gown Of blue satin trimmed
with real lace-'dt the start. that t.
he added. Before we got home II
was also trimmed with pine spills and
dry leaves and bugs and all sorts Of
trash, caught in the lace. II was the
opinion Of the company that this also
was a grammatical blunder. Black
trousers with a light coat. or "a dark
waistcoat with an otherwise light suii
were pronounced ungrammatical: and
the same was said of "a stiff hat ou
the tennis courts. Boston Courier.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

Manuals of correspondence or ''com.
plete letter writers" are dangerous things
70 depend upon. Not many years ago.
a young man who wished TO win the
hand of a young lady pondered long
over the proper and most effective way
Of addressing her.
At last he found, in a manual of
somewhat wide circulation. a form for
a letter which pleased him very much
Ii seemed 10 express hi, sentiment ex-
actly. The letter bore the title:
From "a young gentleman 10 a
young lady, making an ardent but dig
nitied offer of marriage"
He copied out the letter. signedi it with
his name, and sent il 10 the lady.
After some days of anxious waiting
he received "a letter the superscription
and po,rnark Of which indicated surely
that IL came from the young lady. He
tore open the envelope eagerly and
read
Turn over the leaf In your manual
You will find my answer at the top Of
the opposite page
He seized hi, manual. and in the
place indicated found "a brief and
sharply formal letter. entitled:
From q young lady TO a gentleman.
peremptorily refusing an offer of mar.
riage
She was the pos>e>>or Of "a copy of the
same manual - Youths Companion.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

\ photographer visited Broad str.
for the purpose of obtaining
Jews of that Kaleidoscope bloc.
tween Wall street and Exchange
Had he been a free dispenser
edged securities he could not I.-
tracted a crowd about him iu
time than ne actually did +
strata Of Wall street humanity -
up before the camera in full
Brokers clerks. cabmen. mc,~
boys, street vendors and bo0rblla
were eager 10 get into the picture
For half an hour or more the photog.
rapher was the object Of much popular
interest. After lac had departed from
the street his visit continued 10 be the
chief topic Of conversation and banter
among the aforesaid "substrata."
Hi say, Arty, did yer git into de
pictur'E' said one b~ootblack to another
What pictur'f' asked the person
addressed.
Why, that fotergraT that ther chap
wild der box wuz jess takin."
Nav, / wuz too bizzy. / got no
time 10 fool wild dem press-de-button
~fellers.'
Oats whar yer missed it. Dat pie
tur' is goin to be zibbited in de art
on FIT avenoo."
Yer mean in de Rogues' gaIrry.'
quickly responded Arty, with well EN-.
phasized sarcasm.-New York Times.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

The title odd Man Of the Noun.
tain" was first applied TO Hassau Ben
Sabbal. who founded a formidable DIV
nasty in Syria, \. ID. 1890. He was
the prince or chief Of a sect Of the
AohamInedaus. Having been ban
ished from his country, he took up hi,
abode in Mount Lebanon. gathered
around him a band of followers. who
soon became the terror alike of Chris
tians, Jews and Turks. They paid the
most implicit obedience 10 his com
mands, and believed that if they sac
riticed their lives for his sake thev
would be rewarded with the highest
joys Of paradise. For 200 years these
"Assasslns, ~ as they called themselves.
continued 10 be the terror Of the coun-
try. Whenever their chief. the odd
Man Of the Mountain. % considered him
self injured, he dispatched some Of his
assassins secretly 10 murder the az
gressor. This is the origin Of our use
Of the word assassin for a secret Inur
derer. Detroit Free Press.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

/ have experimental with antelopes q
great deal. / found that if / wanted
them TO go 10 the right the way "a
manage it was for me to ride to the left
of a given point. The antelope would
imagine that was trying 10 head him
of in that direction, and he would run
with all his might across the course
that | was taking. / would then change
my course and ride to the right and the
antelope would rush back in that di.
r%ection, thinking I wanted to cut of
his escape on that line.
By maneuvering in that way. back
and forth and all the while advancing
in a general direction, / have driven a
band right into my camp where the
boys would shoot them down. The
game would be so intent trying to out
wit me that they would never see the
camp until it was too late. Washing
ton Farmer.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

the plant itself has anything TO do with
the matter. These same scientists. who
have frequently given their views to
the world, deny the old supposition
that the plants of the insect eating
kind even exercise vital power in cap
turing the prey which falls into their
nets. The learned DIR. Morsetdt, whose
curious researches have frequently been
brought 10 the notice Of readers is D
of these skeptics. lie says that the ef
feet produced upon insects by these
plants is "A chemical change similar 10
that produced upon the skin and flesh
OF one who has come in contact with
any poisonous plant or vine.-St. Loui
Republic.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

Tie sword q % u..I. kui-hr va.
mentioned almost as often l~ L.m-..
DO the SONGS at tla r-uuhaIuur> Of Oh.
Middle Ages lu 90, uII-u time rh
tru,-y weapon WAS named auI person.
fled a- accomplishing counties IrHIar.
deeds Iu r.. proverbs OF 400 nations
DO d, spoken .f with reverence, ami
trust 10 represents tl. rank and .
u"vu. The horYi-m and honor. tl.
glory and GREATNESS of nations DO ta.
past. ouo Of the first weapons mad
10y man, 10 became his most impurran.
arm ana auxiliary OF warfare.
IL ha- always been The ,i-ihI. hai..
of birth. bravery and freedom 20 ,lr
render 10 was To- admit defeat and di,
grace. So long has il b.au the CON
sfuut companion Of rank and yalprthat
10 ha~ acquired 20 dignity Of it, own
Like no other weapon. IL ha, % quality
entirely di,fiuc, from IT, character a. ID
blood -hedier. Ia England even al rl,
present day the sword alone &, CON
sidor,i adequate o. confer kui.hthuDi
hate Fields Washington.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

SPonges are prepare for export in
the following tanner After being
bought in the local market they are
carted to the shipping yard Of the pur-
chaser. where they are cut and trimmed
into proper shapes and sizes. They are
then washed and thoroughly dried. be
ing generally spread in the sun for that
purpose upon canvas or old sails.
Next they are assorted according to va
r~ieties, and then packed by means Of
hand presses into bales weighing from
% 10 $50 pounds. Sometimes the
sPOnges are bleached by being passed
through a solution Of white lime and
water, so weak as not TO injure the
fiber of the sponge.-Science
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13

some hours at least. 1 began to renect
on the subject, and soon satisfied my
self that the dust from the street af-
fected me unpleasantly, and the more
| thought about it the better satisfied /
became there was really an excellent
reason for keeping the mouth closed
While on the street. The air is neces.
sarily full of ~pulverized animal and
vegetable matter, which is constantly
being drawn in with the breath. II
any disease germs are floating about.
one is much more sure of keeping them
ont Of the system if the mouth is
closed. Nature has provided the nos
trils as a sort Of screen through which
the larger particles of dust cannot
readily pass. New York Ledger.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
why She shops Alone.

Won't you please tell me the reason
Why you always go out to do your err
nnds y%ourselfr said a rather inquis-
Tive lady TO her friend. Il know you
have a bright, sociable disposition, but
! have observed that you never invite
anybody TO go shopping, and rarely
walk on the street in company with
any one. Does it just happen so. or
have you a reason for itg'
Yes" said her friend, II have a
Teason for il, and a very good one.
Ny lungs are a tri1e weak, and my
throat is very sensitive, and / used to
notice that after / had been out on the
street chatting for any length of time
suffered serious Inconvenience for
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
NOW, HERE IS A BEAR STORY.
The Trapped Brute Assisted by Another
Bear tu Carrying on the Tran.

The Trapped Brute Assisted by Another
Bear in Carrying on the Trap.
Not long ago a COW died in the vicin.
ity of the Quinn ranch, near the head
of Coos creek, south of Wagon Wheel
gap. Ii soon became apparent to Viii
liam Quinn, owner Of the ranch, that
the carcass of the COW was being visited
by a bear of very large dimensions. and,
In company with Dell McClelland. Mr..
Quinn decided to sit up with the
bear and endeavor TO get "A shot at il
by night. This was done, but owing TO
darkness the bear was not killed by
shots fired.
As the next resort. a large bear trap.
weighing about seventy-ive pounds.
was procured and set near the dead
''critter, and the trappers went to bed
laughing at the trick they had PLAYED
on the bear. The trap was chained to
"A pole eighteen feet long and eight
inches through nj the large end.
In the morning AN examination Of
the premises about the dead COW
showed plainly that the bear and "A
cub had been there during the night.
There was a large track. eighteen
inches long and six or seven inches
wide, and "a small track. evidently
made by a cub The trap. however.
was gone. and with IL a e. eighteen foot
pole, and the disturbed condition of
the ground showed cluclusively that
the bear had been caught In the tran.
The trail, however. away from the
scene, was only the ali of two bears
there was not "a mar of dragging either
trap or pole.
Mr.. Quinn took Ip the trail. which
he followed eight allie, without com
ing upon the be-, trap or pole. At
the camp of Nh Tom Carey. seven
miles away, that gentleman told how
in the night he AL been awakened bv
a sound As of something walking. with
an occasional pause and heavy fall on
the ground, as though something had
been dropped. Having no gun Mr.
Carey sat up in his tent the balance OF
the night and endeavored TO keep
warm by pokIng wood into a sheet iron
stove.
The trail was followed a mile or So
further and then lost. In one place
the bears had passed through a heavy
quaking aspen thicket and had literally
moved a swath through the saplings.
showing that the trap and pole were
being taking along.
The natural inference is that the bear
was caught in the trap and had picked
up the same with the pole and started
the hills. The bear is an old Of
fender in these parts, and Mr.. Quinn
to find il yet.
Later-A man just in from the head
Of the San Juan reports that he passed
the bears on the Pagosa road, beyond
jogging c~ontentedly along.
zach carrying n end of the pole, while
old bear was caught ia the trap by
right foot front-San Juan Pros
pectOr.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
Meat Eating Plants.

Notwithstanding the admitted fact
that bits of meat, insects and other ami
NAL substances are more quickly de-
composed in the leaves and other trap
ike appendages Of the pitcher plant.
Venus iytraps, sundews and various
Others of the so called insect eating
plans than they are in open air, there
Is a body Of scientists who deny that
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
DUEL IN MlDAIR,

hNai bFothers right Tor the Hand of a
Maiden, but Neither Wins Her.
They were brothers-came into the
world the same day. the same hour.
In like they appeared before
the tent Of Ped,o, the Snowman. ask
ing employment.
What can you dOI'
Anything requiring strength and
agility"
"A proof"
The words were scarcely spoken
when they leaped over his head. land
ing before him in smiling precision.
Pedro was delighted; the engagement
soon concluded.
Nothing could be more graceful or
daring than these young acrobats. Only
Mia, Pedro's daughter. seemed indif.
ferent 10 their attractions. Fresh AS a
rose and changeful as a butterfly. she
teasingly Knocked the brothers. who ~
lently received her coquetries: vet Dick
grew pale when she talked with Dock.
and Dock crimsoned with rage when
she smiled on Dick.
Time rolled on and gold rolled into
the Golfers of Pedro. who sought To re-
tain his profitable assistants by "a bond
NOT easily broken. II will give them
my daughter. Sapri>ti, She can only
marry u Mia must choose" She
~laushiugly said, As she couldn't marry
both She would have neither"
Then Pedro laid his dilemma before
the brothers. (which one of won Mill
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Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
ONERGOATS

our extreme cold aud dry climate. We have them boo Ch uchiEa Eaver.
Melton, etc. In Fur we have them Ia pr..au. Cos, wildcat, womDat.
Coon and Bunrn.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
u 1T s!

H-au 'ststIshed fact that Va lave from the ,h,aIo t To- the finest auo
mot fashionable lines OF suits good HONEST goods, which have gier u the
reputation q the RELIABLE CLOTHINO HOUSE
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
MEMS FURNISHING GOODS.

go Our large and constantly increasing trade speaks well for this line, and
the popularity Of our prices. We have just received for the holiday trade the
latest novelties in Genuemen's Neckwear, six Haudkerchief- and Munler.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
LITTLE FOLKS

Seem to.know that ous Is the place for Overcoats and those B@emer Iron
Clad Suits, in which they can romp snd:-ide without onstautylhppng:ard
tearing them to:pera.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1891-12-13
THEY ARE NOT In 1T.

Simply nowhere near IT, what people Of other lines, after examining
ar extraordinary lily large selection Of Co.hi .