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Morris tribune., 1891-03-18
w. c. T. U. COLUMN.
EDITED BY THE UNION.

The w. G. T. U. organization ranks
with the foremost of all time in gem
uine philanthropy. 1t sprang from
the temperance Crusade" of fifteen
years ago, one of the most notable
uprisings for humanity that the world
has had. Women of the best circles
banded for the strict exercise of the
principles of purest virtue in opposi-
tion to the saloon, left their parlors
and drawing rooms and went into the
streets to proclaim the glad doctrine
of temperance before saloon doors and
in saloon halls, fearless of heat and
cold, Indifferent to sneers, rudeness,
and every Encouragement, moved by
the sole desire of warning the endan-
gered and rescuing the lost. From the
faith and labor of one hopeful woman,
there arose vast army of self-deny-
ing heroines who made it their bust
ness to meet the enemy wherever they
could find him, to expose the wicked
ness of his traffic by unwilling the
ruin that it wrought, and to persuade
him by persistent Christian appeal to
abandon his awful work. The result
was temperance revival all over the
land, and from that day the liquor
business has been under the ban as
never before. The Crusade" signaled
a new departure and its flag, borne
aloft by the w. CT. u, has been the
sign ofmany victories and the reliable
pledge of final conquest of the most
determined and most malignant foe
with which civilization has had to
contend. Laws may como and laws
may go, but the w. G. T, u. is here,
and will pursue its blessed work until
the national constitution shall be rid
of its great defect and the last saloon
shut down its gateway.-Housekeeper.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19

" Do you know how half of the most dan
gerous fires startP' asked an old fireman of a
reporter.
Both stood in the hall of a west side dwell
ing and woman had just gone into the
basement with wooden box filed with hot
ashes.
swell, continued the veteran without wait
ing for an answer, 'that woman illustrates it
to perfection. They will put ashes in box
or barrel and then take them down to the
cellar. The first thing you know live coal
in the ashes sets fire to the barrel, and then
you have fire which makes an awful lot Of
smoke and may be suffocates somebody.
"Then, again, it makes a fire bad for the
firemen to fight, for they cannot locate it. 1t
is down a cellar, and the cellar is filled with
smoke. tell you the firemen use plenty of
'cuss' words when they are called to fire
like that. Always put ashes in tin vessel"
and passing car carried the speaker away
toward the quarters of his engine company.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
How Literature Pays.

Gilbert received only 81 for the immortal
"Rhyme of the Nancy Bell" and that only
from a second class and now defunct sheet,
after it had been refused by Punch. He
throws its success in Punch'r teeth yet. The
best paying book in the world has been
"Grant's Memoirs" which have Melted his
widow about S25 a line. Mr.. Gladstone re-
ceived for recent article in The Nineteenth
Century about e1 line, which was not con-
sidered by the publishers here a munifcent
payment by any means But then Mr.. Glad
stone likes to express himself occasionally
for his own sake. The Youths Companion
paid Huxley that much last summer for an
article on architenture.- New York Graphic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Thinning Apples,

The Goblin moth and other enemies of
the apple crop usually thin them enough,
and possibly too much for profit. There
are, however, localities where no apples
grew last year, and here the trees NAV
may be liable to overbear. Nature never
Trims enough, though the tree will auto
matically cast some of its fruit Just be-
fore the time for forming seed. These re-
jected fruits are always the smaller and
poorer specimens, the best apples ap-
parently robbing the others and appro-
priating their sap. The fruit-grower
should follow in the same line, picking
off all but the best where two or more
apples grow in cluster. What are left
will be worth more than the whole would
be if allowed to grow.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Lord Palmerston,s Last word.

Lord Palmerston once made use of some
very effective pauses which ne could not
have prepared beforehand, and sample of
these is worth quoting. While electioneer-
ing at Taunton he was greatly troubled by a
butcher who wanted him to support a GER
tain Radical policy. At the end Of one of
his lordship's speeches the butcher called outl
Lord Palmerston, will you give me plain
answer to plain questions" After slight
pause Lord Palmerston replied: 81 will. {"
The butcher then asked: "Will you OF will
you not support this measure-a Radical
bill" Lord Palmerston hesitated, and then.
with a twinkle in his eye, replied: Il willn--
Then he stopped. Immediately the Radicals
cheered tremendously. ''Not," continued his
lordship. loud Conservative cheers. When
these ceased Lord Palmerston finished his
sentence-''tell you" He then Immediately
retired.-Chambers' Journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Timothy Breeding Cut Worms.

The common white grub is most often
found in timothy meadows the second.
third or fourth year. The parent beetle
lays her egg just under the bulb of the
timothy plant at the surface of the
ground. Here the young grub finds his
first food, and soon becomes large and
voracious enough to destroy any crop
planted on an upturned timothy sod. Il
is just then, too, that the old meadow is
plowed up, because the farmer sees that
the timothy has run out, but does not
suspect the cause. Crop such land the
first and second year with buckwheat
and seed with clover. That will starve
out the white grubs more quickly than
anything else.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Staple Groceries.

CoFFEE-Costa RIGA, 211Sc; Rio, 23c;
Mocha, 3Oc; Java, 2519c; Arbuckle's,
100-pound cases, 251<c per pound.
SUGAR-Golden @, 45sc; extra @, 4ZSc;
granulated, SIC; cube crushed and DOW
dered, &c; confectionery A, 6Ac per
pound.
BEANs-small white, SIC; pink, 81
@S19c; bayos, 424c; butter, 415c; limas,
M@5c per pound.
HoNEY-18@20c per pound.
SALT-Liverpool, $40, sic. 50@17; stock,
$l1@12 per ton in carload lots.
CANNED GooDs-Table fruits, $1,05,
21as; peaches, $500; Bartlett pears,
$l.S5 ;plums, 1.3719 straw berries, 81. 25 /;
cherries, .$2.50@2.60; blackberries, 81. 80 |;
raspberries, $2.40; pineapples, $2.5O@3;
aprlcots, $l.75. Vegetables Corn, 81 $50
l.65, according to quality; tomatoes,
$l.lO@3.25; sugar peas, $1.25; string
beans, $l.10 per dozen. Pie fruit: AS
sorted, $3.50; peaches, $1.65; plums,
$l.25; blackberries, $1.65 per dozen.
Fish: Sardines, 85c@1 .65 Holsters, 81. 80
@35.5O; oysters, -$l.50@3.25 per dozen.
Salmon. standard No. l, $1.25@1.50 per
case; No. 2, $3.50. Condensed milk
Eagle brand, $50; Crown, 81; High
land, 1919; Champion, So; Monroe,
1910 per case. Meats: Corned beef,
$2.l5@2.25; Clipped beef, $2.4O; lunch
tongue, $3.50 Is, 5000 Is; deviled ham,
$l.75@2.75 per dozen.
SYRUP-Eastern, in barrels, 47@55c;
half-barrels, 5O@5Sc; in cases, 55@8Oc
per gallon; $2.25@2.50 per key. Cali
fornla, in barrels, Soc per gallon; $l.75
per keg.
RICE-$5. % per GENITAL.
DRIED FRUITs-Italian prunes, 1O@I1c;
Petite and German, 9@lOc per pound
raisins, $l.75@2.25 per box plummer
dried pears, 10@1lc; sun-dried and fac
tory plums, ll@l2c; evaporated peaches,
IS@2Oc; Smyrna figs, zoe; California,
figs, SC per pound.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Produce. Fruit. Etc.

WHEAT-Valley, $1.5); Walla Walla,
$1.45@1.47H per GENITAL.
FLoUR-Standard, 5000; Walla Walla,
$500 per barrel.
OATs-Old, 45@5Oc; new, 4O@4215c
per bushel.
HAY-$12@14 per ton.
MILLsTUFFs = Bran, $22@23; shorts.
nominal, $25@26; ground barley, $3O@
80; chop feed, $22@26 per ton; barley,
$1.20@1 % per GENITAL.
BUTTER-Oregon fancy creamery, 3O@
321sc; fancy dairy, 2716c; fair to good,
25c; common, 15@20c; California, 22%
@24c per pound.
CHEEsE-Oregon, 12@1216c; Califor-
mia, 12c per pound.
EGGs-Oregon, 2O@221Sc per dozen.
POULTRY - Old chickens, $3.50;
young chickens, $2.50@4.00; ducks, 81. 90
@6.00; geese, nominal, $7.00@8.OO per
dozen; turkeys, 15c per pound.
VEGETABLEs-Cabbag 75c@$1. 90 per
Genital; caulifower, $1@1.25 per dozen
Onions, 80c@$1 per Genital beets, 81 .25 per
sack; turnips, $1.00 per sack; new pota-
toes, 10000 per Genital; tomatoes, 5O@
75c per box; lettuce, 1870 per dozen;
green peas, 3@4c per pound; string
beans, 2@3c per pound; rhubarb, Sc per
FSNAO NOOUAhOOlof AOC per uOL6u car
rots, 75c per sack corn, 70Sc per dozen
sweet potatoes, 2@214c per pound.
FRUTs-Sicily lemons, SOS; Califor-
mia, 5000 per box; apples, 50@85c per
box; bananas, $4,000 a bunch; pineap-
pies, 1907 per dozen apricots, 85c@$1
per box; peaches, 40@85cp per box; black
berries, 6@7c per pound; plums, 25@6Oc
per box; watermelons, $1.50@3.00 per
dozen cantaloupes. g.. 5O61 TX ner dozan
81 per crate; grapes, Tokay, $1.30 per
box, $1.00@1.10 per crate; muscat and
black, slips per crate, box 81 pears, 81. rs;
Bartlett, $l@1.25 per box; nectarines,
6O@75c per crate; crab apples, Sc per
pound; pumpkins, $3.50 per dozen.
NUTs-California walnuts IL % @l21Sc;
hickory, SEC; Brazils, 10@11c; al
monds, 16@18c; filberts, 13@14c; pine
nuts, 17@1Sc; pecans, 17@lSc; cocoa
nuts, Sc; hazel, &c; peanuts, SC per
pound.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Something Worth Remembering.

A correspondent writes: Reading &C
counts of SO many being lost in the snow and
fog, would call your attention to a simple
means of determining the position of the sun
at any time of the day, which is by placing
the point of knife blade or a sharp lead
pencil on the thumb nail, which will cast a
shadow directly from the sun, no matter
how thick the snow or fog is. Try it."-BoS-
ton Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
St. Paul and Chicago
NO CHANGE OF CARS,

Composed OF dining cars unsurpassed. Pail.
man drawing-room sleepers OF latest 60 uipment,
tourist sleeping cars-best that can be con-
structed and in which accommodations are both
free and furnished for holders OF FIRST aud sec
Ond class tickets, and elgant day coaches
continuous line connecting with all lines
affording direct and uninterrupted service
Pullman sleeper reservations can be secured
in advance through any agent of the road
Through tickets to and from all points in
America, England and Europe can be purchased
1T any ticket Office of this company
Full information concerning rates, time of
trains. routes and other details furnished on APP
plication TO any agent, or
A. d. CHARLTON.
Assistant General Passenger Agent, No. 121
First street, corner of Washington, Portland,
Oregon.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19

warped. The dear girl also
"Stopr shouted Mr.. Browser, his face as
white as death
"Yes, dear, but you made a certain asser.
ton. | want to disprove it. p
Mrs. Browser, planned for an evening
of solid comfort. You have made it an even
ing of torture and regret. If never spend
another evening at home you alone will be tc
blame for it,"
"But you"--
"Stop right herel This is the limit The
worm has turned. Tomorrow morning /
goi"
But he is with me yet, and l have no fear
but that we shall live out our lives together.
Detroit Free Press
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
IL was An R,ght.

lis the plumbing in your Office all rightF'
he asked of a Griswold street lawyer.
"Why, yes, think So"
II was thinking you sent in complaint
about it.n
''Not as 1 remember off,
Lets see. What was it9 Oh, remember.
You let the water flood the office below and
had to pay $75 damages"
Eyes, that was it, and it proves the plumb
ing was all right, or you could not have got
so much water. Detroit Free Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19

$50 you are now editor and proprietor of
The Boys Champion"
''Yes, and making fortune out Of it.n
II don't see how that can be. 1t is posi-
lively the worst Jim Crow paper 1 ever saw. +"
II know it, but each subscriber gets toy
pistol and twenty yards of string. n-Lincoln
Journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
warming Soil by Draining.

Evaporation of water dispels heat
more rapidly than anything else. So
long as all the surplus water in soil has
to be evaporated to escape, then the soil
vii. remain cold. Even hot sunshine
does not warm it to any considerable
depth. Winds and sun cause the evan
Grafton to progress more rapidly, and
may sometimes make the soil beneath
the surface colder than before.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
His Dear little Dog.

Young Mr.. SISSY have just had such q
dear little dog presented to me, Miss Mary.
Could you suggest name for itl
Miss Mary-Jack, l think, is a pretty
name.
Young Mr.. Sissy-Aw, the dog, Miss Mary,
is OF the gentler sex.-The Epoch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Hides, wool and uons

HDEs-Dry hides, selected prime, 81
@9c; q less Tor culls; green, selected,
over DO pounds, &c; under 55 pounds, Sc ;
sSneep pelts, short wool, 30@5Oc; me-
9S!lum' 6O@8Oc; long, 90c@$l .25; shear
Hngs' lOC@2Oc; tallow, good to choice, 3
@31ac per pound.
w Willamette Valley. 17m1ec
eastern Oregon, l0@l6l6c per pound,
according to conditions and shrinkage.
HoPs-Nominal; l5c per pound.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Evading the Game LAW.

There is a law in Pennsylvania against
using ferrets in rabbit hunting. A Cochran
ton boy evades the law by catching a rat
alive, tying a string to its neck, taking it to
a rabbits hole and letting it go into the hole,
he holding the end of the string meanwhile
The frightened rat usually scares out therab-
bit-Chicago Herald.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
The Meat Market.

BEEF-Live, 21a@3c; dressed, 5@6c.
MUTTON - Live, sheared, 3@3Ic:
dressed, &c.
Hoas-Live, &c; dressed, &c.
VEAL--5@7c per pound.
SMOKED MEATs-Eastern ham, 1890
1910; other varieties. 10@12c; breakfast
bacon, l21a@13c; smoked bacon, 1I@
1124c per pound.
LARn-Compound. 9A@11Nc; pure,
l24 a 1890; Oregon, 101s@f216c per
pound, -
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Appearances are Deceptive.

Washington Lady Showing visitor the
sights)-That gentleman who just sat down
is an old member The one now speaking is
neophyte.
Mrs. Allwool-You don't say. Well, now,
he don't look bit like a pugilistl-Tid Bits.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
ROot-Grafted Apple Trees.

The preference of nurserymen for
root-grafted apple trees comes from the
fact that by taking very small pieces of
roots they can multiply stocks of new
varieties much more rapidly than thew
can by top-grafting where young tree,
however large, makes when grated only
a single stock. Root-grafting is also
largely done in winter or at other times
when outdoor work is impossible. The
young natural Seeding makes at first
usually larger growth the first year or
two. Here the advantages of top-graft-
ing end. The root-grafted tree. from the
fact that its roots are more compact.
bears transplanting better, and in few
years the variety is on roots of its own,
SO as to insure q symmetrical growth of
the tree above ground. Old top-grafted
trees usually show where the union was
made by larger growth either above or
below it, and if the top is less vigorous,
the trunk below is filled with suckers
produced by sap, for which there is no
other outlet.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
Changeable PeonIe.

We sometimes finds fault wild pussons Gaze
da's changeable, an say dat da amt de right
sorter folks, but we may be wrong. De green
brler neber changes, winter nur summer, but
stead O. barin' fruit it is allus ready ter tar
yo' cloze.-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
PORTLAND MARKET.
4 Resume of the Condition of Its DIFF
ferent Departments.

Business has been very active in the
wholesale line. Receipts OF vegetables
and fruits were heavy. Peaches are a
irug in The market, and are very cheap.
Butter and cheese are plentiful, and have
good demand. Eggs are still scarce,
md the price will probably 20 higher.
Millstuffs are scarce, and are quoted at
nominal prices. Oats are plentiful, and
have a downward tendency. White SUI
gars have advanced 1sc in Eastern Ore
con, but no changes have been noted on
prices here. Chickens are plentiful.
Side bacon, hams and lard are firm and
higher. Canned meats are cheaper.
Hops are quoted at nominal prices.
WHEAT.
The market is quieter and generally
easier. Offerings are moderate, but ask
ing prices are above a parity with mar
keJ values. Wheat is coming down
quite freely, and local stocks are accu-
mulating.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
A Good Suggestion.

Cholly (energetically)-I want to do
something for the world, Mabel.
Mabel Gnnocently)-Why don't you
commit suicide 2-Life.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
FARM
Useful Information for
the Farmer.
lRRIGATING LAND BY PUMPS.
The Roofs Should Be Carefully Consid-
cred by All Who May Sink
Wells for Pumps.
lRRIGATING LAND BY PUMPS.

Where years ago it might not have
been, 1T is now possible to irrigate many
fair and productive acres by pumping
and thereby be independent of ali the
present systems of water courses and
charges. A gentleman who has a Byron
jackson centrifugal pump upon his place.
says the Bakersfield Californian, has
made careful observation as to costs
and capacity of this kind of work. The
plant will cost as follows: Engine, 5000 +;
pump, 5000; average well, say 5000; or
ST. 300 for plant. With thirty-foot lift
the pump has capacity of one cubic
loot per second, and with ten or twelve
foot lift, two cubic feet per second. The
water should be used direct from the
pump, as, If storage reservoir is used,
there is additional expense and loss of
water from seepage and evaporation.
With small bitches and attention one
cubic inch of water per second is ample
for $50 acres in vines and trees. and
while using the pump it will keep two
men busy handling the water, for, prop
erly applied, from seven to eight acres
can be irrigated each day. If alfalfa is
laid out in narrow checks, so that the
water can gently run over it, three acres
day can be irrigated in this manner.
OF course, if flooding be practiced, each
acre will require the old amount of one
and one-fourth cubic feet per second for
twenty-four hours.
The costs of running this pump are
one cord of wood-$2.5 0-or three loads
of sagebrush at about the same cost
labor running engine, $1.65; incidentals.
80 cents-a total of $3.50 for, say, seven
and one-half acres, or go cents per acre.
The engine of fifteen-herse power is am
pie for a pump of double the capacity
given above, and the said pump only
costs 800 more originally.
One thing should be carefully consid-
cred by all who sink wells from which
water is intended to be pumped, and
that is the roof of the we'll. If the cas-
ing ends in a stratum of sand and gravel.
as the water is rapidly sucked out,
there is bound to be cave, so the bor-
ing should continue until there is CLAY
roof at least twenty feet in thickness.
for with such roof there will never be
cave or obstruction TO the free flow of
the greatly to be desired water supply.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1891-09-19
AnPOintSEaStandSOuth.

It is the DINING CAR ROUTE. It runs
through VEsTIBULED TRAINS EVERY DAY IN THE
YEAR to
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-08-07
AN INTERESTING INCIDENT.
Story in Which War, Love anC
Peace Are Combined.

A Story in Which War, Love and
Peace Are Combined.
HALoYoNDALE, GA, Aug. "a promi-
nent lawyer of Scriven county was at the
postoftice in Halcyondale this morning aud
made mention to a company of gentlemen
of receiving from his captain ia the confed-
crate army q letter requesting some official
data connected with the battle of Orange
burg, s. O., which Is the basis of the fol-
lowing interesting incidents: The gallant
captain was wounded In an engagement
at Orangeburg, and while there, recovering
from his wounds, first met the lady that
soon formed with him an alliance to roll
down LIES alternately bright and muddy
stream together, and were soon bound as
such. It was several years after the smok-
ing battlefelds had cleared away that the
private met, under the bright sky Of peace,
his beloved captain. This meeting was at
the famous jubilee grounds OF SCarboro,
where large crowd of people had congre-
gated, and there, TOO, the private was first
apprised of his captains marital fortune,
and in a crowd upon the grounds Of perhaps
200 ladies pointed out, at once, almost,
the captains wife. who was noticeable for her
beauty and grace, saying at the time that
he thought Just such a lady would DO likely
to excite the admiration, and meet in full
the tastes of his captain. This incident Is
somewhat a remarkable one. 1t is not
known whether the captains wife was raised
at Scarboro; il would further confirm, if
she was the opinion proverbial, that Scar
boro in her maiden grace, is the home of
female loveliness, in its fullest term. At
the alliance jubilee, on July 9, Col. L. T.
| Livingston, in the course of his GRAFTON, had
! occasion to ailude to tho exceptional beauty
and grace possessed by Scriven's daughters.