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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
why Gum Chewing Is Injurious.


Can gum chewing be regarded as TO any
degree harmful?
The habit is unnatural. 1t meets no
normal need, as does the chewing of the
cud by the COW and some other animals
Whatever is abnormal is presumptively in
furious, even though we may not be able
to trace its effects 1t took a long time to
find out that tobacco chewing caused one
of the most fatal diseases of the heart
Every secretion of the hody has it's nat
ural limitation. Artificial stimulation
greatly beyond this point must be hurtftl
This is a general law. Gum chewing
stimulates the salivary glands vastly be-
yond their normal limit. and the result
must be injurious.
The constant swallowing of saliva in a
sort of churned state carries into the
stomach a large amount of air, which be-
comes a source of discomfort and often of
positive injury. 1t must be remembered
that air swallowed in this way becomes
greatly expanded by internal heat.
Muscles are enlarged by use. Witness
the blacksmith's arm as compared with
that of the scholar Witness also the
enormous muscles of the athlete Now the
normal use of the masseter muscles tends
only to keep them in proper working con
dition; but their overuse in gum chewing
must tend to their undue enlargement and
thus to the designation of the face
Youths Companion.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
"Our Little Dot. "

One night as | came out of a theatre in
St. Louis l saw a number of hoodlums
hustling an old gray haired woman, whose
garments showed poverty, who hung
tightly to a package of some sort she had
under her arm The boys were ieering
and she was pleading to be let alone.
followed after thinking to say something
at the right time, and by and by she sat
down on a doorstep. Then the young
arabs gathered about her and shouted:
"Give us a song, old womanr'
IF you'll dance us jig Wen let you
OFF,
"Open the bundle and let's see what
you've gotP
When an interval of silence came she re-
piled:
Boys. come closer around me. I've got
something here to show you"
They crowded around her, and she re-
moved the newspaper which concealed the
object she was carrying, and then held it
up before them. Had bombshell dropped
among them it would not have scattered
them more quickly What do you suppose
it was? A bit of board about feet long by
foot wide, painted white, and on it in
black letters Che epitaph; Our Little Dot
Died Oct. IL, 1886"
1t was the headstone for child's grave
such headstone as only the poor and low
ly erect over the head of loved one. Pity
ing her poverty and her sorrow, the paint
er may have done his work for nothing.
The boys cqnld read, and as each one read
for himselfTie turned away and vanished
in the darkness The last to go took off
his ragged cap to that headboard and kind
ly said:
I'VE didn't know it, aunty; please for
give us. New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
The Operator Was Busy.

1t has been the custom among shop and
counting house employees from time imme-
mortal to play practical jokes upon new
Corners, such as sending them after white
lampblack or round square or to ask
some similar paradoxical question.
The big operating department of the
Western Union telegraph office on Broad
way is no exception to this ancient diver
sion Many of the knights of the key are
fond of such jokes, and recent one was at
the expense of a little check girl who did
not realize the importance of no less per
sonage than Jay Gould himself.
Jay Gould and Mr.. Eckert and others of
the Western Union company had occasion
to consult with Manager Dealey, and when
the group entered the room and were talk
ing with the latter gentleman a facetious
operator sent the little girl over with a
message to the "short gentleman with the
black whiskers" The little one marched
bravely up to the group and, in answer to
kindly "Well, dear?" from Jay Gould,
said
"Mr. -, of the race wire, says he is busy
and cannot see you until he is off duty. I"
Jay Gould said Very well" and the
little girl skipped about with her usual
ightheartedness- New York Telegram.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
4 FATALITY Averted.

The passengers on Third avenue street
car recently were suddenly shaken nearly
off their seats by the full stop of the car.
The driver was seen to gesticulate wildly
as he put all his muscle into the brake.
The conductor ran to the front platform
The horses were seen TO rear up on their
hind legs and shy off the track The pas
sengers were in q state Of panic and made
frantic efforts to crowd through the doors.
just ahead of the horses and within two
feet Of their noses "A long black wire dan
gled across the tracks, twisting to and fro.
Don't 90 near itn' yelled the conductor,
and the crowd fell back. Then the driver
and policeman held IA council of war,
which resulted i'm the former getting "A long
pole. Approaching the deadly wire eau
tiously he grasped the pole at the extreme
epd and showed the threatening obstruc-
ton gently aside While he held it off the
conductor drove the frightened horses past
the spot, and thus fatality was averted.
Meanwhile great crowd had gathered,
but at distance of fully fifty feet from
the wire Suddenly IA little man elbowed
his way through their midst and APP
preached the wire For heavens sake,
DON'T" shrieked IA terror stricken man in
the front rank. But the little man did not
heed his supplicatons. He stretched out
his hand, took hold of the wire and smiled
sadly.
Its a rope" he said New York Times.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

There was a congress at Hanover, Ger
many, recently at which not an angry word
was spoken, there was no applause, and
such dead silence prevailed that the casual
visitors ears ached. 1t was a congress of
deaf mutes, the first ever held in Germany
One speaker" Tor gestitulator) stated
that there are about 10000 deaf mutes in
Germany who had mostly to work hard
for their bread 1t was to be regretted
that many employers refused to take them
into their service. Technical schools on
the pattern of those existing in the United
States, where also grammar schools and
even universities existed at which deaf
mute teachers were employed should be
introduced into Germany
Another speaker" pleaded for the edu-
cation of deaf mute travelling preachers, so
that their fellows might enjoy the benefits
of divine service in their language. The
most important subject discussed was as
to whether the new method of lip reading
or the old language of gesture was to be
preferred. One speaker pointed out to at
tempt to converse altogether by reading
the lips would not do ON account of the
great fatigue and eXertion caused by in
cessantly watching the mouth of the
speaker, which had an almost hypnotic
effect. Both methods, he thought, should
be taught
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

OF the many natural wonders in the out
Of the way regions of West Virginia none
has more widespread fame than "A mystic
rious hole in the mountains near Ritenour,
known all over the South Branch country
as the He'll Hole This is rather an un-
couth name, TO be sure, but to visit the
spot justifies the title in the mind of the
beholder. This terrible abyss is on a
stream called North Fork, in Grant county,
and is at the lower or left hand side of the
road which leads through the Hammer hills.
The chasm, circular in shape, is about Is
feet in diameter, almost perpendicular and
believed by the natives to be bottomless.
Many attempts have been made to sound
this mysterious natural WE'LL in some in
stances lines over | 200 feet in length have
been used, but as yet the other end has not
been discovered; lanterns and torches low
cred to the depth of many hundred feet re-
veal nothing but rough. irregular walls of
solid rock
Scientists provided with stop watches
examined the chasm in 1888. Heavy bowl
ders were rolled over the edge of the yawn-
ing gulf which failed to give forth a sound
until after the expiration of fourteen sec
Ondsl From This, making due allowance
for the resistance of the air, the transmits
sion of sound and the impediments to the
powders caused by the uneven sides, they
calculated that the hole was 1852 feet 4
inches deep, presuming, of course, that the
first audible sound was caused by the stone
striking bottom
The people of the vicinity who have for
many years regarded this gigantic well
with something akin to awe tell many
stories abour 1t and the objects, animate
and inanimate, which have been swallowed
up in its Unsuitable maw.-St. Louis Re
public.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
smol.ing Anects One Eyesicht.

A smoker may suffer from arrangement
of the eyesight, consequent upon inflam-
nation of the optic nerves, tobacco amau-
rosis," as it is sometimes called. For a
long time oculists differed in regard to
the existence of such a disease, and was
among the doubters, but believe there
is now no difference of opinion among
those who make a speciality of diseases of
the eye, and / have for several years been
convinced from actual experience of the re-
atty of Inflammation of the optic nerves
| caused by the excessive use of tobacco, sew
eral cases of the kind having come under
my own immediate observation.
In all of these, as soon as the victims
ceased to smoke, the optic nerves began to
assume healthy appearance, the vision to
improve, and eventually the sight to be en-
tirely restored. In one case the use Of to-
bacco was resumed, and shortly afterward
the vision again began to fail, to be a Sec
ond time restored on the patient entering
upon a course of entire abstinence.-Dr
William A. Hammond in New York Her
aid
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
Fried oysters by the Foot.

Pliny mentions that, according to the
historians of Alexander's expedition
oysters a foot in diameter were found in
the Indian seas, and Sir James E. Tennent
was unexpectedly enabled to corroborate
the correctness of this statement, for at
KOttier, near Trincomalee, enormous spec
linens of edible oysters were brought to
the rest house. One measured more than
eleven inches in length by half as many in
width. But this extraordinary measure
ment is beaten by the oysters of Port Lin
coin, in South Australia, which are the
largest edible ones in the world.
They are as large as a dinner plate, and
of much the same shape. They are some
times more than a foot across the shell,
and the oyster fits his habtation so well
that he does not leave much margin 1t is
a new sensation when friend asks you to
lunch at Adelaide to have one oys. err fried
in butter, or eggs and bread crumbs, set
before you; but it is a very pleasant ex-
perience, for the flavor and delicacy of the
Port Lincoln mammoths are proverbial
even in that land of luxuries. Oysters and
All About Them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

Explosions due to coal dust have of late
years been so frequent in the coal mines
of Germany that machine has been in
vented to dampen the bank several feet in
advance of the working. Holes are drilled
and pipes inserted in which are minute
ori6ces; then BY pressure the bank is wet
ted. 1t appears that in the Camphausen
colliery pressure of from eight to ten
atmospheres and injection through two
tubes in eight hours proved sufficient to
impregnate 9 by l by ~ meters, and in
another case, that of the Refrigerator
colliery, the water forced in under pres
sure of twenty atmospheres during six
teen hours, moistened thoroughly the coal
as far as four meters above the highest hole.
In carrying out this method primary re-
gard is to be paid to the water pressure
obtainable, the quantity of the water in
jected and the firmness of the seam, the
latter depending somewhat on the size of
the coal pillars in the workings.
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Peculiar Title.

The funniest speeches are not always
those made on purpose" So at least
thought gentleman who was walking
through the Boston Public garden, and
sought to amuse himself by questioning
some boys whom he found playing near the
Washington statue there.
Boys" he called, as he approached the
group of ragged urchins, "who is that gen
tleman up there's"
The boys looked vaguely about, and one
asked briskly:
"What gentleman, sir?"
"The one up there on the bronze horse "
ooh, that's George Washington" was
the concerted reply. and the gentleman
walked away, feeling that he had not
seemed as funny as he had intended As
he went, however, he heard one boy say to
the others in good natured derision, Gle
called Washington gentlemanr'-Yout q
COMPANION
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
Cold Waves Described.

A cold wave, as defined by Professor T.
Russell, is a fall of temperature in twenty
four hours of 20 dogs. over an area of So
600 square miles, the temperature in some
parts of this area descending to SO dogs.
Between 1880 and 1890 no less than sol cold
waves were recorded in the United States.
In the great cold wave of Jan. II, 1882, the
fall of 20 degs. extended over an area of
l,10l square miles, and the fall of 10 dogs.
included an area of 2,029,00 square miles.
In six cold waves of the ten years the area
of the fall of 20 degs. was more than 1000
900 square miles. Cold waves follow day
after an area of low pressure, or occur to
the southeast of an area of high pressure,
attaining their greatest extent when both
conditions are present together, They oc-
cur only, however, in the presence of an
area of high or low pressure.-New York
telegram
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
Invading the vale Of Chamounix.

The vale of Chamounix is to be desc
Grated by a railroad, and "strategical
railroad" at that The French war office
announces that the object is 1.-THE purely
defensive one of enabling the French troops
to occupy the Col de Balme before an enc
my which had succeeded in forcing its way
into the Rhone valley" 1t is remarked
that the construction of such a railway
does not seem to imply any great conf
dence on the part of the French minister
of war in the ability Of Switzerland to
protect her neutrality or in the disposition
of Italy TO respect it.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

Mrs. Smith-Mr Smith asked me to call in
and look at the negative Of his photograph
He is so busy that he cannot spare the time
Photographer-Ce Certainly, madam. PRO
duces the negative.
Mrs. Smith-Aheml-ye This is Mr..
Smith in the foreground, but who is that
man over by the door.
Photogropher-Th is Mr.. Smith also,
madam. He suddenly recollected that he had
a business engagement, just as | raised the
cap. Pardon me, madam, if | say that fear
your husband is too busy man to sit for a
photograph Burlington Free Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

GENERAL J. c. KELTON. sertion so preva-
lent for many years after the war. Gen
eral Kelton is Pennsylvania by ma
tivity He was born in Delaware coun-
ty, June "a, 1928 He has Irish blood in
his veins, his grandfather coming to Ches-
ter county from Ireland about l135. In
1851 the young soldier was graduated from
West Point and was Immediately sent to
the frontier, where he served until 1851.
He then returned to the Military academy
at West Point, and for the next four years
was instructor in infantry tactics and the
use of small arms.
AT the breaking out of the civil war he
went to the front as assistant adjutant
general He commanded the Ninth Mis-
souri,, with the rank of colonel, and for
two months commanded a brigade. He
resigned his volunteer commission March
H. 1862, but was in the field during the adj
vance upon COrinth and the siege upon
that place during April and May, and was
ON General Henry w Halleck's staff from
July of that year until July l, 1865. He
was brevetted brigadier general on March
49, 1865. He is also the inventor of several
improvements in firearms and has pub
lished works of value on military matters.
A few weeks since he was placed on the
retired list and received his recent ap-
pointmeut as u special mark of recOgni-
ton
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
A CHILD OF SEVEN.

All the bells Of heaven may ring,
All the birds Of heaven may sing,
All the winds Of earth may bring
All sweet sounds together;
Sweeter far than all things heard,
Hand Of harper. tone Of bird,
Sounds of woods at shutdown stirred.
yelling waters winsome word,
Wind in warm. warm weather;
One thing yet there is, that none
Hearing ere its chimes be done,
Knows not well the sweetest one
Heard Of man beneath the sun
Hoped in heaven hereafter;
Soft and strong, and loud and light,
Very round and very light,
Heard from mornings rosiest height,
Where the soul Of all delight
Fills a child S clear laughter.
Golden bells of welcome rolled
Never forth such notes, nor told
Hours so blithe in tones 50 bold
AS the radiant mouth of gold,
Here that rings forth heaven.
If the golden crested wren
Were a nightingale, why. then,
Something seen and heard of men
Might be half as sweet as when
Laughs a child of seven.
-Algeruon Swinburne
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
Suicides of Boys.

Sixty-two boys have committed suicide
in the city Of Berlin during the past four
teen months. OF these fifty-four were I'M
der fifteen and one had not reached the age
of seven
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
A Good Price for His Hair,

"Prince Michael" the long haired leader
of the Detroit fanatics who has just been
sent to state prison, has sold his hair and
whiskers to a dime museum man for $3.50.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
PapIer NIache Idols at Chicago.

Among the many interesting objects in
the Mexican exhibits at Chicago will be
models in wood of the famous old edifices
at Xochicalco and Militia. The idols of
ancient Mexico via be reproduced in pa
pier mache, zinc and painted stone.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

been spoken of as
"the friend of the
private soldier. y
His position as al
jutant general of
the army enabled
him to do many
things to anelio-
rate the condition
of the soldiers and
his methods seem
always to have
been wisely chos-
en-. To him is due
the ere dit for
checking the de.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
Enodu. Of French Canadians.

At least 100000 French Canadians are
now residents of the United States, and
within the last year the movement Of that
race has increased enormously.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03
THE SOLDIERS FRIEND.

That Is the TITLE Applied to General
keltOn.
General J. G. Kelton, whom President
Harrison has appointed governor of the
Soldiers home at Washington, has long
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

The palate is almost tickled
with SCOTS Emulsion of cod
liver oil. The stomachknows
nothing about tit does not
trouble you there. You
feel it first in the strength
it brings it shows in the
color of cheek and smoothing
out Of wrinkles.
1t was a beautiful thing to
do, to cover the odious taste
of cod-liver oil, evade the tax
on the stomach, and take
health by surprise.
Let us send you a book on
CAREFUL LIVING free.
scoTrSs BowNH, Chemists, rea South sth Avenue,
New York
Your druggist keeps SCOTS Emulsion of cod liver
oil-all druggists everywhere co. 81.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-12-03

HOODS PILLS cure liver ills, con StipNtion. bill
iousness, jaundice sick headache, indigestion.
Evening journal., 1892-01-27
room rok fan rooR.
Those who WIN Furnish Supplies TO the
Infirm-The told Board Last Meeting

Those who win Furnish Supplies 70 the
Infifm-The told Board Last Meetihe.
The Trnstees OF the Poor met In quar-
terly session at the almshouse this mora
ing with all the members present except
Mr. Cloud, who Is III. and President Now
land in the chair. Il was the last meet
ing Of the Democratic Board and much
interest was manifested throughout
Superintendent John Guthrie sub.
mitted his quarterly report. whish was
read aud adopted, as follows.
Number admitted, III discharged, 50
births, 81 degths, ~; number at present
in the almshouse, 226 The present in
mates are classed-whitef men,
1872, white women. 5b; white
children, 2 total, 1874; oolorsd men, 10 {:
colored women. II colored children, 2
total, 30 The deaths during the
past month we're az follows. Female
child Sidders, six months old, OF
almshouse, on December / Susan Pyle,
81 years old, Of Wilmington, On jan
usry,3 Mrs, Doughersy. 20 years old, of
Wilmington, on January 10;
Stephen Cooper. oolored, 20 years old Of
Wilmington Hannah Davis, SO years
old, Of st. Georges on January 20 total
hunter OF deaths, 5
MIR Laolgey presented bin from DR.
Emil Hertel,of "a for attendance TO Mrs
Lewis Iisb, who IVES sick and
unable to obtain medical attention.
attorney lyman reported having
searched the records Tor deed FOR plot
Of land said to have been tho property 81
the board and situated In Chrlstlana
hundred Mr. Lyman said that as be bad
been unable TO fad any record 81 this
transfer o. this property, he had con.
elnded that 1t mast have been a gift He
therefore consulted some Of tho ola resi-
dents Of that neighborhood and
aseertained that the plot was
pres nted to the board and that the ole
record might contain some writings o.
taat transfer. de was instructed TO con
tiIue his Investigations farther
| The board then began the work OF ex
aiming proposals for furnishing snppliel
/ for the ensuing quarter. The following
were the successful bidders George w
Gray, croceries Herosrt K Wat
/ son, drugs; bread, John B
| Taylor beef. Michael Devlue; mutton
George NJ Beeson; tobacco. Buiz
Shockley salt meats, Hart q Brother
| dry goods, r ]. Hart, boots and shoes
1 AN EudAs
The terms Of R. N Husgins, Of Bltck
bird HUNDRED; Henry A Nowlaud, Of 81
| Georges hundred Mark a. Davis oil
| Appoquinimink hundred; aud William
NJ Cloud Of BrandyHine hundred
expired with this session. Mr. HuRg.nl
has been trustee for one year, b.
having been chosen to fill the unexpirsd
| term of Mr., Satterheld
Mr. Rowland has served fou
years, he having filled the unexpire
term Of Nathaniel Williams, and wa
then reelected Mr. Davis has serve
one term and Mr.. Cloud has served on
term.
| superintendent Guthrie will probabl
remain in charge Of the institution unit
March /. the new board. which will b RI
pub lean by mpjoiity. The superintendent
| will proba oily b. elected by the ne
board at its first meeting, which win
Oh Febrnary.24,
Evening journal., 1892-01-27

Miss Nora Orslip Of Glen hall, Pa,
daughter Of Samuel Ortlip, was
united Ia marriage with John A.
Lennon Of Honeybrook, Pa, at the
Bingham House, Philadelphia, At
noon yesterday. The pleasing ceremony
Of the Protestant Episcopal Church was
performed IN one OF a handsome suite Of
rooms and was witnessed BY the brides
uncle, George W. 0rtlip Of the Central
Hotel. this city, and several fliends
from ous of towr. After the
ceremony there was wedding
dinner, with sbont thirty guests
present, for which a special menu had
been prepared by the proprietors OF the
Bingham In the afternoon Mr.. ani
Mrs Lennon left BY the Pennsylyanii
railroad on short wedding trip north.
Evening journal., 1892-01-27

Miss alice Johnston Candy Of this city
and Robert STRAIN, Jr. Of Albany N. ",
were married in St Johns Church Last
night by Bishop Coleman assisted by Rev. I
Gardiner Littell, D. D. The bride Is the
the daughter Of Major Samuel Candy OF
this city. The altar and chsucel Of the
church were decorated with cut flowers
and evergreens. John V. Robert
Organist Of the church, played the wed
ding marches. Miss May Candy was
maid OF honor and Sanborne g Tennsy
of New York was best sman The bride
was dressed in white crepe trimmed with
white lice and ornamented with pearls.
A reception was rendered the newly mar
ried couple at the residence Of Msior
Candy, No. 1101 Jefferson street Mr..
and Mrs. Strain left at o'clock for q
wedding trip north,