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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Original Ideas and Dressmnkers.

In my experience | have long since
come to the conclusion that if you are
not fashion plate, an actress or II So
ciety woman celebrated as a model ON
which dressmakers show new exhibits,
you must do your own thinking when
you want something a little different
from one of q dozen turned out at the
mandatory. But in case you find
yourself under the necessity of doing
your dressmaker's head work, there is
no need of going to first class man or
woman who sends first class bills. You
must find woman who fits well, who is
not so stubborn but that she will take
and execute some one else's ideas, who
will become interested in the work for
the works sake and who is intelligent
enough to do some suggesting herself.
But | hear my readers exclaim, That
pearl is impossible to find"
1t is perhaps difficult, but not impossi-
bic. / have never found it so. When
lived in America it was almost impossi-
bic to convince my friends that did not
wear imported dresses, that | had them
made right in town; and here in Paris
have been faithful to my little obscure
dressmaker for the last ten years for gar
ments-cloaks as well as dresses. Those
dressmakers, like good servants, can be
found There are few of them left
and don't see why should not be as
clever as my neighbor, find them out and
have the benefit of their services. Paris
Letter
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Murray,s Queer habits.

My friend Christie Murray must have
a marvellous constitution. because since
about the time he ran away from school
he has been carefully inverting the laws of
life and of DIR. Benjamin Richardson, APP
parently without any detriment, except to
the laws He had an enormous capacity
for work. While men were talking and
smoking all around him have known
him TO go on working away at II chapter
of his novel with rs much serenity as the
laureate Southey ever enjoyed among his
cats The rapidity of his writing on such
occasions was astonishing, and for four
hours ut stretch he never seemed to
pause save for the necessary Glling of a
pipe or the polishing of his eyeSlass.
After spell of romancing he went Mt a
few weeks newspapering, then he disap-
peared TO the country for about two weeks
of landscape painting. He usually came
back to town ''Oead broke" when he set
tied down for II week or so and wrote love
songs by the mile. With a replenished eX-
chequer lie took walk in the country, oc-
casionally breaking q window to get locked
up in county Jail or poorhouse to pro
vide himself with new experiences and
new material for the newspapers or maya
zines.-Chicago Post.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
MARRIAGE end Health.

A noted Norwegian statistician, Professor
A. N. Klaer, has recently been making
very interesting study in relation to the
mortality of the married and unmarried.
The result of his inquiry shows that during
the twelfth and thirteenth year of exist
ence the death rate of girls stands only
slightly higher than that of boys of about
the same age. From the sixteenth year on
the death rate of males increases, until at the
age of 10 or 20 it is more than double that
of the five previous years. This marked
rise of the death rate, in which consump-
ton is an important factor, continues until
the twenty-third year, when it diminishes.
This clearly marked period of decrease in
the death rate of young Norwegian men is
also noticeable in other nationalities, but
not to 50 great an extent.
Upon careful examination into the
cause of this variation of the death rate
among men of various nations, he finds
that it occurs 1T period when gradually
they enter in increasing numbers the mar
ried state. As will be seen from the Nor
wegian and Swedish mortality tables, the
death rate of married men at the period re
ferred to is decidedly less than that of the
unmarried Although the death rate OF
married and unmarried males is constantly
advancing, there is no question that the
entry of 50 large a proportion of the male
population into the more favorable condi-
tions of life which the married state pre-
sents exercises decided beneficial effect on
the ratio.-Philadelphi Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Killed Twenty Times,

A cavalry force of some twenty-five men
surprised Il small party of Indians ina
thick chaparral, through which, however,
there were numerous glades and openings
The Indians scattered at once, and the sol
dieTs separated in pursuit.
After some time, wnen the cessation of
firing indicated that the affair was over,
the commander had the recall sounded
Soon one and then another came in, un-
til the whole command was assembled.
when, to the qualification of the officer, al
most every man claimed to have killed an
Indian. They went to collect the bodies =
On reaching the first one it was found
that nearly every soldier claimed to have
killed him.
A sergeant dismounted and approached
the body. The PROSTATE Indian rose up
and dealt vicious blow with his knife,
which the sergeant barely escaped. When
the Indian was finally killed it was discov-
cred that he had not less than twenty
wounds
One bullet, probably the first one, had
broken his hip and thrown him from his
horse After that he had shot 1T every
soldier that passed near him, attracting
attention and being KILLED" again and
again. only to rise up and fight the next
soldier who came along.
Instead of twenty Indians, the soldiers
found one.-Youths Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
His Heah No Aic shoII.

Two negroes engaged in a quarrel, when
one struck the other on the head with n
wagon spoke The negro that had re
ceived the blow rubbed his head for n mo-
ment and then said
look yere, Stephen, dar's one thing dat
is err powerful blessin' fur you"
"Whut's dat?"
ode fact dat my head is ez thick ez it is
WY ef my head want no thicker den de
common run o. heads dat lick would er
killed me, an den you would er been tuck
befo' err jestice O. de pence an fined mighty
nigh twenty dollars You'd better thank
de I.awd dat amt got one deze yere aig
shell heads "-Arkansaw Traveller
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

The deaf are taught to hear with their
eyes, the dumb are taught to speak with
their fingers and to talk actually with
their vocal organs. If the blind have tho
least glimmer of light left to them the
very utmost is made of it; but the man
who cannot see a joke gets no help Mt all,
and is exceptionally lucky if nc even meets
with sympathy Let US hope it will not
be so much longer, but that by hypnotism,
or Christian science, or some unexpected
application of electricity, the seat of humor
may be reached and quickened.
Love is the great sweetener that makes
living tolerable, and dying good deal more,
comfortable, than most people think; bus
after love, is there any other corrective of
existence that is fit to compare with humorf
1t greases the wheels sol 1t makes so many
burdens endurable that must have been
crushing without itl-Scribner's.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
.HowAeIaL oU7OiD a PAwN32oKEa.
She Looked Fri..htcacd and T.eccived
20 e :. L. I.-.l..- ncnlLnI-


She Looked Frightened and Received
$50 for Bogus Eaby Pendant
Il feel awfully ashamed of it now" said
dcmure little brown eyed woman, BE
cacse the pawnman YVES real good to me.
1t WIS this way: My friend Ada showed
rae pendant, "A circle of beautiful small
white diamonds about a ruby that glowed
like u flaming red heart. 1t had fire enough
TO melt u rock. Ada said il was shame
that the ruby was not genuine, because 1t
made the pendant of no value to her.
81 don't care said |; lit looks so much
like "a real stone that do not believe any
one could tell that it is bogus Why,
see, there is even little flaw in it, just as
you often find in rubies.' But Ada said rs
it WAS not genuine the pendant WIS of no
value to her, unless she had the diamonds
set over.
why not pawn it| said l.
al couldn't said she. I'D be fright
epcd to death. Besides, how do you do it?'
"'Oh, just go in and ask him how much
he'll give on it, said |, though had never
been near pawn shop. was in tco deep
ly to expose my ignorance now.
"'Would you dare do it,? said She
Certainly replied bravely.
"'Will you do it for me, dearr
"Now, that took my breath away. To
put my friend up to mischief was one
thing, but TO be put up to it myself was
another. However. | could not admit
was afraid now.
"'Ye-es,' | said, half heartedly.
''She made me start at once. We went
down town, and while she waited in a
store | climbed the stairs to the office of
fashionable broker with my heart beating
until was nearly suffocated. | sat down
in the private office, and with n face ms
long as the statue of misery, handed out
that pendant.
allow muchP said the man.
al don't know / replied
"He disappeared, then came back and
said $780,
''Then knew he thought the ruby real,
os had expected him to do, and the pen
dant therefore worth about 5000; but the
sum offered was about double the real
value of the pendant, so looked sorrow
/ fully at the gem for a moment and then
/ said:
"'Can you do no better for me?'
"'Nope,' said he
zone more long look at that mcmento of
better days, and then l said, in u voice suf-
fused with tears:
"'Ill take it,
"The broker had been watching me
closely, and think he was moved by my
apparent distress, which my fright helped
me to assume, for when he brought me
the ticket and money he said in the gen
tlest way;
"'My dear lady, if you wish TO redeem
this at any time, send us word and Wen
send it to you and spare yoa the pain OF
coming here He was so kind that I'm
sorry cheated him. even if he did want u
5000 pendant for $3.50"
The reporter related this story to repu-
table Maiden lane jewelry manufactures.
He said that the secret Of the girls success
lay partly in the fact that the bogus jewel
had Il flaw in it, and that it was set with
SUPERIOR if small, diamonds, but chiefly il
the bearing of the girl. She showed to his
} eye that she was not accustomed to the oiI
of pawnshop, and so he was more easily
deceived.-Jewele Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
TIE KOOTENAI HERALD
Issued Every Saturday By
S. D. TAYLOR, Proprietor.
They yynsh once o Year.

The facility with which washing is
done by the use of borax accounts foe
its popularity in the low countries and
in Germany, where to many families
washday comes but once a year The
notion of cleanliness which prevails
among the better class of Germans for
bids the storing or accumulation Of soiled
linen in the dwelling house, hence the
necessity of the Neutrality-suspicious.
mer," built near by, where the soiled or
unwashed clothes are hung up, exposed
to the air, on poles or lines. We cannot
but commend them for this custom. and
it would be well for those housekeepers
to take a hint who store soiled garments
in the closets of sleeping rooms and UNI
der the beds.
The humblest German hausfrau does
not feel her poverty if she has an album
dance of linen, and this she will have if
possible, to the.exclusion of other things
which we might regard almost as need
full. She is rich indeed if ut the end of
six months or year she can display
hong lines hung with immaculate linen
We can thus understand how even at
this day chest OF linen is regarded
among the peasantry as part of their
dover or marriage portion of the bride.
For these washings a week is usually
taken and the event is regarded as no
ordinary one, 1t is something of a jubi-
lee in which the entire family takes
part An American lady travelling in
Germany witnessed one of these "frol-
ics," where four or five women were
washing from one capacious tub. When
asked why they did not adopt the easier
plan of washing weekly, one of them re-
piled that ''they feared the people might
think they had but two garments
apiece. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Diamonds in Brazil.

Diamonds were first found in Brazil near
tho Jequitinhonha river, in Minas Geraes,
which then received the name of Diaman-
tina. The story goes that the supposed
white pebbles had long previously been
noticed by the gold washers, but their
value was not dreamed of. 1t is said that
the Indians used them in n game which
had some resemblance to dice throwing,
and that the children of the miners en-
ployed them as lacks" "A game practiced
by the youth of all countries. 1t is certain
that diamonds were first discovered in gold
washings near Diamantina. and that they
arc to this day found in cascalho, which
also contains gold. The detection of the
precious character of the before despised
white pebbles" was due to a Portuguese
miner who had been in India and had
there seen diamonds in the rough. When
the news reached Portugal the crown inn
mediately took measures to monopolize
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Really Onito nIeroifnl.

1t was in the New York Central depot
A well dressed lady with her Little Lord
Fauntleroy sen approached the door
leading to an outgoing train. Both were
laden with bundles A railroad official
stood by the door.
"Open the door or I'll punch your
head" exclaimed Fauntleroy in very
swagger voice, and the official, amused
by the six-year-old's audacity, consented
to become doorleeper for the occasion
and complied.
The mother showed that she was angry
as she swept through the door, and as it
closed she seized Fauntleroy by the
shoulders and shook him severely.
aren't you ashamed of YOURSELF" she
asked; ''to be so impolite to the gentle
man."
"She. mamma" replied Fauntleroy,
~ was only jest foolin. / wouldn't n
punched himl'-Syracuse Journal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20


The trades unions of China resort to
terrible remedies in order to carry out
their ends heard of case in Sh;2ng-
hal where an employer did something
contrary to the rules of the guild of his
wOrklnen. His men objected, but he re-
fused to accede to their demands, and
they concluded to make an example Of
him. He had more than 100 men work
ing for him. These at u concerted sig
nal sprang upon him and commenced
biting him. They had a leader, and this
leader would not let one of the men go
away from the place without showing
his teeth, and if the teeth and gums We're
bloody he was allowed to go out.
The plot was gotten up on the basis
that there was do capital punishment in
China for biting. They bit the man to
death and the matter came to the ears Of
the government. There was little
fuss about it. but the guild was a stroug
one, and only the man who took the first
bite was punished, The punishment of
members within the guild for acting
contrary to its rules are equally terrible.
Frank q. Carpenter in National Trib-
ma
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
A Chinese wonder.

In 1870 A. D., after nineteen years "a
ceaseless labor and II expenditure OF aoouE
s.. 600 600, the Chinese government hnlsheo
the wonderful Porcelain tower at Nankln,
which stood for nearly four and quarter
centuries, until 1886, the most marvellous
buildinr ever erected by human hands. IL
was of octagonal form, $50 feet in height,
with nine stories, each having cornlce
and gallery without. The name of Porce-
lain tower was applied to this unique
structure on account of the fact that the
whole of the outside work was covered
with porcelain slabs of various sizes and
colors, but principally of red, white, vel
low and green. At every one OF its nine
stories. the projecting roof of the gallery
was covered with green tiles, each corner
being provided with bell varying In
weight from 300 to 900 pounds.
There were l52 bells in all, each so nicely
balanced as to rock back and forth as they
were swayed by the breezes, giving out u
continuous strain of beautiful but weird
music Ranged in rows between the bells
were 1913 brass bronze and silver lamps,
which were lighted every night in the year.
The apex of the tower, starting from its
base ut the $50 foot level and extending upSs
wards for height of ten feet, was n mon
ster gilded pineapple, surmounted by
copper ball about two feet in diameter.
A spiral stairway of over 300 steps led
from the base to the summit. The build
ing was constructed asa gift to an empress,
and was always kept in repair by the gov
eminent. Lightning struck it in 1901 and
tore down the three top stories. The injury
was repaired as soon as possible. Ii would
probably be standing to this day had not
the TAPPING rebels imagined its lights and
bells disastrous to their cause.-SSt. Louis
RanubIip
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

1t is quite possible that impressions upon
the mind and upon the nerves of sight
might suffice TO convey the fullest convic-
ton of the actual presence of one whose
image appeared in dream, for the last
objects which the dreamer beheld before
flaming asleep were his bedchamber and its
contents lie dreams of these. and also of
the figure of his friend, which seems to DO
in the midst of them, and he will in con-
sequence assert most positively on the fol-
lowing morning that she was not asleep"
The distinctly saw the figure standing
beside his bed'-'he could not be mis-
taken. Blackwood's Magazine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Dveinr Horses with Blood.

Among the Arabs and all over Asia the
names and bellies of war chargers were in
very ancient times dyed with henna to rep
resent blood. The warrior even dipped his
sword hand in the dye in order to look
more terrible. 1t is said that when the
Chinese brigand chief, Fants'ung, was raw
aging the northwest provinces, about the
thirteenth year of our era, he and his army
dyed their. eyebrows blood color to inspir3.
"A greater fright. 1t was war paint, in fact
the very grimmest of war paint-and is
to be seen on the horses in the colored min
iatures of ancient. Persian manuscripts
The custom survives TO this day in the
east, without its meaning, Sir II. Layard
describing the big white asses of Bagdad,
whose tails and ears are dyed bright red
with henna, whiR their bodies are
splotched all over with the same color,
like heraldic talbot, and Miss Gordon
Cumming, in her pleasant and valuable
volumes on the Himalayas, says that at
LORD Mayo's Durbar, at Umballa, in March,
1889, some of the horses of the sixteen
rajahs there present were parcel dyed in
pink and others russell with henna.-Gen-
tleman's Magazine
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
A TRAGEDY.

Walking up the village street
Came maiden young and fair.
Tripping on with fairy feet.
Clad 10 gown of texture rare
Walking down the village street
Came a gallant debOnair;
And he could not help but meet
With the lily maid so fair
ind he whispered, as they passed.
Something In the maiden's ear:
She an instant stood aghast,
Then she screamed aloud with fear.
Seemed the maid as one distraught
Helpless la her sudden fright
shame upon the wretch who brought
Her TO such piteOus plightl
Gre you heap upon his had
Scorn unbounded, Gan you guess
What unlucky words he saidY
"There's a spider on your dress!''
West Shore
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

1T wouldn't be fashionable, don't you
know" said the sweet summer girl. tout
of the season."
Howl 1t is always fashionable to
elope,' said the respondent lover
"Oh, mol This is the season of the cante-
lope."
And the lover frightened and thanked
his stars. II Boston Courier
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

The Gasri wear no dress. but paint the
whole body. Thus two messengers were
painted-their faces were white; the bodies
were painted in two coats of purple and
ashy gray; the latter was scraped off so as
to show tine former in patterns below.
Some men paint the body in horizontal
stripes, like the zebra; or in vertical stripes
down the back, or with zigzags of light
or-Popular Science Monthly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Smaller Size Wanted.

Summer Girl should like to go sailing.
You take people out, believe.
Fisherman Yes, mum. That there's my
catboat at the dock
Summer Girl-Oh, dear me, that's too
awful big Pm afraid to 20 in that.
Haven't you any kitten boatsi-New York
Weekly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

He (sentimentally)-It seems almost i'm
possible to he among these woodland scenes
and not to love-soEle one.
She QanguishingIJl-I it does The
placid lake, the sunlit hills, the shady dells
and the sweet songr of birds drive from
ones head all thought of what it costs to
live respectfully & Smiths Good
MaaN..sa
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

Passenger Ito colored porter)--I suppose
you notice great change in riding back
and forth so many times?
Colored Porter (sadlyl-Yassuh, notice
the change, but doan git much of it no
mo-. People amt brung up as liberal
nowadays as dey used to be.-New York
Herald
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

She latter marriage-You told me that I
was your first love, hut have found "a
whole trunkful of letters from all sorts of
girls just bursting with tenderness.
Hell said you were the first ! ever
loved. didn't say you were the only one
who ever loved me. SeeS-New York
Weekly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

81 think the poet might have gone fur
Their, and said that not only do we not wed
those whom first we love. but neither do
we marry those whom most we love"
whats the application"
Because most people, if they welded
those whom most they loved, would have
TO marry themselves" - Philadelphia
/ Times
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

Minister-You look, my friend. as If you
might have seen better days.
Convct-YeS, but you can't always tell
by "A mans looks. Regular meals will do
a heap for man when he's all run down
was once a lawyer New York LEDGER
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
An Ola saw APPLY AnnlIea.

Watchmaker-The first time | cleaned
your watch it was in gold case, the next
time in gold filled case. and now it's in a
silver case.
H. a. r. D. Uppe.-Yes, sir, "circum-
stances alter cases. you know.-Jewelers'
Weekly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Youthful Warnings.

Stern Parent-Stil complaining of your
work, after two or three holidaysi What
on earth do you want?
Boy-I want to be let go and kept at it.
Chicago Times.
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Hiram Roundtree, Of Chehalis, Wash,
recently killed cougar o feet inches in
length He is the champion hunter of his
section.
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.Twas Horrible.

II understand Dabsley paints2"
"That's bad enough, but he does worse
even. He presents the paintings to his
frieuds.-P Philadelphia Times
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Palmer stiIl.

know her face is very plain
Il goes against my will;
But the fact she's her rich fathers child
To me Ia palmer still
Philadelphia Times