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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Pleased That He Didn't Interfere.

1t is frequently difficult to draw the line
between meddlesomeness and helpfulness
sometimes think of making suggestion
or doing an act which | feel would prove
helpful to IA friend, but which on second
thought see he may regard as downright
meddlesomeness. / remember an instance
in which the distinction was somewhat
hard to draw. was in Naples, on nv way
TO Rome; entered compartment of a car
marked Non fumatOri" I don't smoke
myself, and abominate the COMMITMENTS
that are filled with nasty smoke or nasty
smokers. On reaching the compartment
saw in the dim light, against the window,
the figure of a lady; and, also opposite the
lady, the figure of man, and near the too
of the masculine figure protruded IL lighted
cigar.
was about To say To the figure that held
this lighted cigar, in the best Italian or
French | could, "1'is is 'non-fumatori'
compartment" But | was very much
afraid that my Italian would constitute to
him "A reason for arresting me for high
treason, and | dcsisted Presently the
train from out the castle drew" and be-
hold the woman herself had a cigar be-
tween her lips and the man was without
his. / then felt that my helpfulness to-
ward the lady IN endeavoring to shield her
from the ravages of cigar smoke would
have been meddlesomeness. My gratitude
however, for desisting became greater as /
noticed that throughout the journey be-
tween Nas.es and Rome this lady and gen
tleman smoked the same cigar by turns.
was glad that | had spared myself from
interfering in united domestic felicity.
1t is perilous for a third party to come be-
tween husband and wife.-Clergyman in
Chicago Advance
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Nan.Lng the Yonnr nnoa

DR.. David Morton tells good war story
on DIR. Savage, of the American Bible soci
ETY., who was strong Union man.
just after the battle of PerryVille in DC.
tober. 1862, DR.. Savage was at one of his
appointments to baptize some children.
There was II large crowd and sturdy
southern matrOn brought her four children
TO the altar Name this child" said the
Union preacher, laying his hand on the
boys head. Simon Bolivar Buckner,' -
was the reply which caused smile 10
come over the congregation, but the brave
preacher went on with his duty
Name this child, taking the next in
order. Pierre Gustave TOutant Beaure-
gard, and the smile grew into a singer.
while Dr Savage became red in the face.
He baptized the young namesake of the
great engineer soldier and went on with
the ceremony Name this one, =" he gasped.
reaching for the third Albert Sydney
Johnston" came the answer The smile
became audible and the preacher apoplep
tic Heavin2 81 sigh Of relief. he took the
fourth child. a little girl, whose gender he
fondly supposed would preclude continual
ton Of heroic reproduction, and said, Name
this child. " Mary Stonewall jackson
Lee, came response that set the congre-
cation in a roar, while the Union parson
thcughs he had held in his arms the whole
Southern Confederacy Louisville Courier
Journal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
A Covetous Man.

He never saw IA man put his hand into
his pocket without hoping and expecting
that he would give him something. He
never saw funeral go by but be was
pleased, hoping that the deceased had left
him something He never saw bride about
to he conducted through the streets to the
house of the bridegroom but he prepared
his own house for her reception, hoping
that her friends would bring her to his
house by mistake. If he saw workman
making a box he took care to tell him that
be was putting in one or two boards too
many, hoping that he would give him what
was over, or, at least. something for the
suggestions.
When the youths of the town jeered and
taunted he told them there was a wedding
at such a house in order TO get rid of them
because they would 90 to get a share of
the bonbons distributed there), but as soon
rs they were gone it struck him that pos
sibly what he had told them was true, and
that they would not have quilted him had
they not been aware of its truth, and he
actually followed them himself to see what
he could do, though exposing himself
thereby to fresh taunts from them.-Ex-
change.
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1t must also be borne in mind that doggy
are and always have been bred for special
purposes, such rs pointing, retrieving.
running, watching and biting, but not for
general intelligence. Mr.. Gallon, who
calls attention to this fact, suggests that
1t would be interesting rs psychological
experiment to mate the cleverest dogs
generation after generation, breeding and
educating them solely for intellectual
power and disregarding every other con-
sideration.
In order to carry out this plan to perfeo-
tion and to realize MI the possibilities in
volved in such % comprehensive scheme. IL
would be necessary to devise some system
OF signs by which dogs would be able to
communicate their ideas more fully and
more clearly than they can do at present.
both to each other and to man. That the
invention of such n language is not impos-
sible is evident from what has been already
achieved ia the training of dogs for exbi-
bition, as we'll as from the extent to which
they have learned to understand human
speech by mere association with man.
Professor E. p Evans in Popular Science
Monthly.
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In IInrrisnn,s Chair.

A rather laughable scene was enacted all
day long yesterday in front of one of the
house furnishing stores on Main street. A
rocking chair was set on the sidewalk and
q placard stuck up stating that President
%farrison sat in the chair at the time of
the Bennington celebration. An affidavit
of the sale by a Bennington furniture
dealer to the Worcester firm was pinned
up. The sign stated, "Sit down in the
chair that President Harrison once sat in. /"
and men and women and boys and girls
all squatted for IA moment in the chair and
then hurried along.
1t was laughable to see some people do
the act. They would be walking along at
a rapid pace, see the sign and land lightly
on the cushion, and in another moment
they were gone. Others, of IA more mod
crate temperament, would make them
selves at home in the chair for several mo-
ments, acting as if they enjoyed the cush-
ion once occupied by the nations chief of.
ficial.-Worcester Spy.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Tho wedding Eennrter.

This reporter is young, good looking and
dresses well. His forte is weddings. No
marriage in the district in which his paper
circulates can be said to he complete with
out the attendance of our friend, Mr.. Tur-
tledove. The number of young people he
has seen take one another for better or for
worse must be remarkable for so Young n
man. Upon the subject of the dresses Of
the bride and bridesmaids he is as reliable
an authority as most of those ladies who
make point of grazing every wedding
with their presence, and what he does not
know on the whole subject of marriage
ceremonies is not worth knowing.
In his day he must have written enough
about "happy couples" to ill II good sized
volume. Notwithstanding all he has gone
through, he IS still Il bachelor, and perhaps
a similar experience would brighten tho
most reckless man from venturing upon
the married state. His friends suggest to
him that his large and varied experience
Ia weddings might be turned into n good
source of revenue if he were to hire himself
ouS to would be bridegrooms who want in
struction in their part of the important
proceedings. London Tit-Bits.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

SlOO,OO0. Evans is Il magnificent looking
man, about six feet in height and of fine
presence. He is fond of good living and
horse racing. He went to St. Louis in No
vember, 1890 and with the $4,000 or So 900
which he had in cash experienced no diff
Guilty in creating the impression that he
was quite wealthy In fact, it was not
long before he was the central figure in a
proposed syndicate which was to have
been formed for the purpose Of buying mp
East st. Louis This scheme fell through
Evans was not proud however, and he
next figured prominently as the promoter
of company for putting Il cheap puzzle
on the market. BY his connection with the
Morse Wool Securing works as secretary,
and by means of business relations with
many responsible merchants he succeeded
in establishing an excellent credit. When
the Morse works burned short time ago
Evans had disappeared, and it was then
discovered that his method had been to
borrow money from several sources on
everything which came under his control.
The insurance on the building of the Morse
company is now in the courts. a large re-
ward has been offered for the fugitive's np-
prehension.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

Next came the news that he had can
| tured Camargo; then that the Mexican
regulars had defeated him ut Camarpo.
that he had crossed into Texas and re-
organized that the American regulars had
attacked and whipped him, and then that
there was fighting, scouting and uneasi-
ness all along the border for 700 miles nm
from the mouth of the Rio Grande. The
last is PROFESSIONALLY true. A few Amer
lean soldiers have been killed and several
wounded, hut there is the best possible I'M
derstanding between the two nations and
troops of both pass and repass the Rio
Grande by quiet consent, as they did in the
old Apache times.
Catarino Cara is still young man, re-
mnrkably handsome and attractive. six
feet three inches high and fighter from
away back. He was born in Mexico, but
reared in Brownsville, Tex, from which
he had TO flee on account of some Youthful
folly. He graduated from the University
of Mexico and served in the army some
time, but was guilty of Il small mutiny
and went to Texas. There he married n
wealthy lady and started paper called
Ell Libre Pensador (The Free Thinker). in
which he made most frantic attacks on the
Mexican government. At Rio Grande CITY
he got into a political melee and killed ut
least one man-some say three-but cscaped
prosecution, as it was free fight"
He located at Laredo and quarreled with
General Martinez, who was nfterward as
sassnated by somebody, so CARA went to
Duv&l, Tex, and started another violently
revolutionary journal. In his quarrels and
fights there the Texans we've too much for
him, so he fed again to Mexico, raised Il
revolutionary band and "marched on
Mier." Near there the Mexican regulars
met and defeated him. This was in Sep
TENDER. Now, it would seem, he has friends
ON both sides of the river and divides his
time impartially stirring up devilment
wherever he happens to be.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

The Confederates had left n big forest
IRE burning somewhere within half IA mile
OF us, says the historian of the Forty-thirl
Massachusetts regiment. 1t illuminated
the forest all around with dim light and
we were near enough to hear it's constant
dali, fnrnacelike roar.
My six companions were supposed to be
asleep in a small hut close to me-the re-
serve post. was in IA sitting posture out
sue, doing, but conscious. In an instant
was put upon my feet, wide awake. by
one of the most tremendous crashes ever
heard. Some giant of the forest had gone
down, and in its fall had dragged down an
acre or two of trees with it.
l comprehended the state of the case Mt
once, and so of course was not thrown off
my balance; but not so my companions,
all OF whom were naturally cool and brave
men. Judge that they were sounGly
asleep, but in "a state of mental tension
from their recent experiences, especially in
blowing up some Confederate earthworks.
At any rate they were for an instant or
two scared out of their wits ONLY once in
my life had seen mems hair actually rise
on their heads and their eyes look like sau-
GERS, and that was in circumstances of ex-
IRENE danger on board ship; but saw it
now.
Ahe slBhb was ludlcrous IN The highest
degree, and yet it was fearful. For few
seconds | thought they would get away
from me and go back to camp on the dead
run without their guns; but the tones of
my voice, as much as anything / could say
In such situation, soon Gained them, and
then the laughter WAS as uncomfortable as
the terror had been
What u sight it must be to see q bravo
regiment stampeded in the night in a
PANEL This happened to regiments in both
armies, from less impressive causes than
this instance would have furnished.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Whom MIR. HowolIs WINS Ynnnn-

The boys had very little to do with the
inside of one another's houses They would
follow hoy to his door, and wait for him
to come out; and they would sometimes
get him TO go in and ask his mother for
crullers or sugar cakes; when they came to
see him they never went indoors for him.
but stood on the sidewalk and called him
with peculiar cry, something like Eco
we, e-oo-wep and threw stones ut trees or
anything till he came out. If he did not
come after reason lble time they knew he
was not there or hat his mother would
not let him come. A fellow was kept in
That way now and then. II IA fellows
mother came TO the door the boys always
ran.-W ID. Howe.ls in Harper's Young
People
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

However fixed the determination to OBJ
serve a snake, a lizard or fish, let bird
come near and how quickly we turn to iti
IF it is a thrush, in early June, or the Car
olina wren at any season, and it breaks
forth in song, what power have we to turn
n deaf carp Though the problem at our
feet may be almost solved, the rhythmic
rush of n thousand wings overhead will
Braw us away; earth and its creeping
creatures will pass from our minds that
moment the heavens are darkened by n
flock of birds. DIR. G. c. Abbott in Mon
Sreal Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
RraaiI,s Nonderful centonnrlnn.

South American newspapers can turn ont
rs good yarns as any for which the gifted
editors of the United States are sometimes
responsible. A Brazilian contemporary
tells of man living at Sac Paulo who is
considerably over a hundred years old and
who is growing young again He has re-
Gently grown new set of teeth, and his
hair, which had turned gray, is now almost
black again. He is in active business as a
horse trader, and occasionally he rides over
ten leagues in a day. He has been married
three times, is now IA widower and is quite
wealthy. The paper casually remarks in
the course OF its story that the old man
suffered greatly at one time witha tumor,
but this was cured by being gored bv
an OK"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

Gen Butler has "A tall, square shouldered
and soldier like looking servant who al
ways accompanies him on his travels. The
servant, who is n South Carolina negro, has
a strongly marked and rather attractive
face, and when he has the general in charge
he exhibits the usual outward signs of Afri-
can importance. He wears frock coat
and a very high hat and walks about two
PAGES behind the general. The old warriors
fondness for conversation is well known.
When anything is weighing on his mind
Gen. Butler must talk it over with some
body, and in the absence of close friends he
hammers away at his servant in fashion
that is exceedingly amusing to the lockers
On.-New York World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Elevator Illness.

But any leading alienist of this city will
affirm, to an intelligent questioner, tho
truth of the proposition that climbing
stairs results in an enormous aggregate of
feminine woe and that scureying in ele-
vators to dizzy heights produces ia many
men temporary mental unsettlement
have observed cases of elevator dizzi-
ness, ;" said DR.. Al"n McLaue Hamilton,
(which assumed distressing features and
required prompt treatment. Many men
when an elevator shoots suddenly up are
conscious ofa mental bewlderment which
while speedily disappearing, might in time
have serious effects. The aggravated cases
to which referred were those OF elevator
boys, who were Gnally obliged to seek
other work. New York Herald
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sIs:y-two Yea = a postmas,or.

Tennessee Gao Gle i'm the oldest postmas-
ter in the country, that is for continuous
service. Missouri claims the place for
Elijah Watson, of l;ushville, Mo-, appoint
ed in 1912. Illinois presents tho name of
John Wilson, of Plato, Ills, appointed in
1870 East Tennessee beats them both in
the person of Hamilton Gray, for whom
the Office of Gray, Mill, seven miles FROM
Kingston, is named. His first commission
bears date OF ISIS, and he has held the
office through all che presidents and adj
ministrations since that time, sixty-two
years.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

1t is in the grinding of coffee that tho
greatest opportunities for fraud occur, for
here there is chance to mix in any uuan-
tity of cheap substances, that are ground
in so that the grains of the product are all
ofthe same shape and color. The purchaser
therefore has absolutely no protection short
OF chemical or microscopical analysis. The
compound takes on the aroma of whatever
coffee is in it, and very few persons will
take the trouble to protect themselves from
such imposition.-New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

The general public I~ laying for arythinv
and everything hat In free. II 500 grind
stones were 10 he piled mp IN front of the
! CITY hall ana sign put alongside. Take
y one. they would he scattered an over town
| by night. Political mass meetings are ,,en
orally biz ones. partly because the people
are anxious To hear the issues discussed
more still because the people are curious 10
know what this candidate and thai c,n6i
date look like, and most of all because
the people know it's free racket " ana
anything that is free is not TO he desnispd
All sorts and conditions of men march mn
To the door Of a certain fancy goods store
on Fulton street every day. and with ex
pressions ranging all the way from sheep.
lsh tlmidity 10 burning curiosity they nick
up fashion plate each and hurry away
Why do they take themY Some OF them
want the fashion plates for their wives.
Dnt most of them take thera simply because
they are free
About twice rs many people-yes, more
THAN twice as many-walk over the bridge
every day now as did when it cost one-ffth
OF cent for ticket It's free and so
thousands Of people walk. This same class
OF people who can't possibly resist any.
thing that is free, is continually on the
lookout for bargains. II buys its hard
ware ina dry goods store and it's iewelry i'm
pawnshop. it rushes pell nell for every
bargain counter in town, and scoops in one
bonanza after another i'm the fake fire sale
auction rooms, which could never exist if
every man could see the length of his own
nose; it scrambles and strains and worries
after bargains in eatables, bargains in
turntables bargains in wearables, moves
three times year because il is continually
striking bargains in rent, and finally.
when one mite of it collapses and falls by
the wayside the mites of this feverish, I'm.
happy class who are nearest to it pause for
an instant and then rush forth in search of
bargain in collins. Brooklyn Eagle
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
An unorganized Indnstru.

Official Member-What will it cost to
paint this church?
Tradesman-Two hundred aad fifty dol
lars.
Official Member-It's cxo-bitant, but
can't get it done for less. Thnt's what
every painter in town asks. Go ahead with
the job.
Same Official Member (neXt day)-Bro-
Their Goodman, we have decided to make
your salary this year 600.
Pastor-But--
Official Member-That's all we can afford
to pay We can get scores of ministers for
even less than that.
lowing to ruinOus competition Brother
Goodman accepts the reduction of $500 in
his salary. l-Chicago Tribune.
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M1pa

we pinch the flowers, we pine the grass
We gall the sapling's strength:
We set the lover and his lass
~ odd suspicious leagth;
The authors Of all IN are we
In city, field and sky
a cradle sworn conspiracy
To set the world awry
Beneath the toadstool all night lOaq
We brew our wicked broth;
The greening bubbles rise and throng
And curde into froth;
Then forth we go when morn appeara
Ana scatter on the breeze
Grudges and hates and spites and fearn
And ogling jealOusies.
Our king is slim. or queen is sly.
Our councillors are vain;
Our wOrkmen wink and drink and DRY.
And honest work disdain;
No silly custom chains our ways-
Caprice our only law:
We chatter gossip all our days
Ana mock the parsons saw.
When cloyed with cunning, dressed in state
We hold motley fair,
And ape the manners of the great
And lounge and strut and stare:
We bangle ell our ornaments,
And hawk some drawing tale.
And nod and grin and give nssents,
And yawn the thing is stale.
OF NIL the world we take our tolls.
To strife aud discord callOus;
We hide in crannies, creep through holes
And plot in every palace.
Concocting mischief all our days,
Some wicked triumph after.
We burst with sheer c0nceit and craze
And die in shrieks of laughter.
Will Foster in Blackwood's Magazine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20

1t certainly holds
good in the case of
William Evans,
who recently alb
seconded from st.
Louis after "A resi-
dence there CT one
year, leaving to
mourn his disap-
pearance persons
and firms whose
claims are be-
lieyed to aggre-
gate more than
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-05-20
Nerve cegaiued for One Occasion oniv

Nerve Eegained for One Occasion Only.
When railway engineer grows old or
has had several narrow escapes he FIRE.
quently loses his nerve" as railroad men
put II. He becomes too cautious, and as a
result generally brings his train in late.
The engineer in question-never mind his
name or the road-had lost his nerve ("
lie had passenger engine. and twice he
had been told that if he couldn't yet his
train through on time he would have to
begin hauling freight. He was meek about
1t and promised to do better.
III bring her in on time if there's a
house on the track, " he said the last time.
He came into the Office after his run "A
day or two later, looked about the room.
glanced up at the ceiling and then asked:
Seen any Of it?'
"Of what?" asked an official
Coal, =" replied the engineer
why, no. What"-
II guess it hasn't come down vet" he
said quietly. Some one left coal car on
the main track"
And you-you"- began the official.
Il got in on time.
But the coal carr How did you get
around"-
Il didn't get around. | pulled her wide
Opeh ann cftihS through. ihere'S about a
half a ton OF it on the roof of the rear coach,
and ! was expecting to find the rest of it
here somewhere And sayp
"WellY"
THE smokesrack of the engine is gone,
there's no pilot left and the cab windows
are broken, but OF course was acting un
der orders. And say againw
well, what is it,"
Just pat down on your hooks some
where that an engineer who hasn't lost his
nerve, but is tired of keeping it, resigned
from the service of the road today and is
going to look tor "A job Oh farm. Chi
cago Tribune
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LYDIA

Grcak forth, break forth. oh, Sudbury tsyur
And bid yoar yards be gay
UP all your gusty streets nnl down.
For Lydia COMES today
hear it on the wharves below
Aud IL buy or sell
ihe good folk as they churcawar,l 20
lave only this TO tell
My mother, just for love Of her
UniOcks her carved drawers;
And sprigs OF withered lavender
Drop down upon the floors
For Lydia's bed must have the sheet
Spun out OF lin sheer
And Lydia'S room be passing sweet
with odors of last year
The marigolds are out once more
In lanes salt with the sea;
The thorn bush at Saint Martins door
Grows white for such as she
So, Sudbury. bid your gardens blow
For Lydia comes today
or all the words that do know.
have but this TO say
New York Independents