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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-07
VOTE FOR WILLIS SWEET.
Sweets Candid Opinion of
w. j. Mcconnell.
A LETTER WRITTEN IN 1890
Some Plain Facts about Moscow S
Political Trickster from the pen of the
Republican Candidate for Congress
A LETTER WRITTEN IN 1890

In the summer Of 1890 Mr.. McCon-
nell was an aspirant for the United
States senate, and Judge Sweet was
the chosen leader of the republican
party in Idaho, especially of Latah
county, and aspired to be congress-
man. Mr.. Mcconnell believed it
would be impossible for him to be
elected United States senator, COM
ing as he did from Latah county, if
Mr. Sweet should be named as a
candidate for congress, he coming
from the same county and town.
This was the cause of creating con-
siderable feeling between McCon-
nells friends and Sweets friends,
and it resulted in an effort on the
part Of Mcconnell to influence and
control the primaries to such an ex-
tent that Sweet would 60 to the
convention without a single delegate
from his county in favor Of his
nomination for congress.
Both factions became intensely
bitter, and accusations Of all kinds
were thrown out on both sides.
Finally Mcconnell, in a broad
way without stating facts, accused
Sweet Of having ben connected
with a corrupt aad disgraceful fraud
as president Of the regents Of the
university, in acquiring the real es-
tate for the university and in build
ing the foundation. Mcconnell
made this and other statements
openly in a meeting Of a number of
republicans in Moscow, for the pur-
pose Of organizing a club. This
was met by Mr.. Barton, who was
a friend of Sweets, by an indignant
assertion that the statement was
false, and at that meeting there was
a terrible row between Sweets and
McConnells friends. The descrip-
ton OF this row was sent to Sweet
by his friends, and in answer tc
that description, the letter below
was written. We have only room
for the following extracts:
OsBoURN, IDAHO, Aug. 2, 1892
My Dear Dad:
Your kind letter Of the 9th o.
July came duly to hand. You
must have had a great time at the
organization of the club; have hac
several letters descriptive Of the
scene, and if / live Thousand
years, my last regret will be tha-
/ missed it.
l would give my last months
salary-if | had ito have seer
you when you said, "It's false, sir
! denounce the statement as false.
Mix says that you looked to be II
feet high, and that Nc. appeared
just as he will look when he wipes
the floor of the senate chambe
with Dan VOORHEES, or Ingals III
day after he is sworn in as a sen
ator Of the United States. By tn
way, Dad, believe that one speecl
from Nc. on the tariff question o
on the recent difficulty with Bear
ing sea, will drive old Edmunds t
to the bottle.
But to lay joking aside, what i
the matter with Nc? | really be
lieve that picture in the West Shor
has been the ruination of him. !
has been taken for all the grea
men from Bismark to Bob Ingersol
Nc. is really a good fellow, but h
has the Importance of an illustriou
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-07
County Ticket.

For State Senator,
w. J. QUIRK, Of Hope.
For Representatives,
JOHN DoNAHoE, Bonner's Ferry,
CASH VI. COLE, Of Harrison.
For Sheriff,
J. J. COSTELLO, of Ceur d'Alene.
For Assessor,
w. A. REINIGER, Ceur d'Alene.
For Treasurer,
F. H. BRADBURY, Of Rathdrum.
For Probate Judge,
J. E. WHITE, Of Clark's Fork.
For Coroner,
I. MARTIN, Of Hope.
For Surveyor,
WM. ASHLEY, JR, of Hope.
For County Commissioners,
1st District-JoHN FERNAN,
2nd District-JoHN RUSSELL,
3rd District-W. J. PILLING.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-07
National Ticket.

State Ticket.
For Governor,
JOHN M. BURKE, of Shoshone.
For Lieutenant-Governor,
FRANK HARRIS, Of Washington
For Congressman,
E. B. TRUE, of Alturas.
For Secretary of State,
j. II. WICKERsHAM, of Ada.
For Treasurer,
PHIL. REGAN, of Ada.
For Auditor,
w. J. MCCLURE, of Kootenai.
For Attorney-General,
w, T. REAvIs, Of Bingham,
For Supt. of Schools,
J. w. FERRIS, Of Bingham.
For Supreme Judge,
f. e. ENSIGN, of Alturas.
For Presidential electors,
G. V. BRYAN, Of Alturas,
J. w. EDEN, Of Bingham,
J. w. REID, of Mes Perces.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-10-07
Precinct Ticket.

For Justice of the Peace
JOHN HoBAN.
For Constable,
III. l.. CARLTON
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Observation-Disclosures.
The Race Was Not to the Fastest Nor the
smoke to the Victor.

The Race Was Not to the Fastest Nor the
Smoke to the Victor.
From the San Francisco Examiner
IL was with q surveying party in New Mexico
once" said an old civil engineer at the Oc-
cidental. ''Our supplies ran short and it was a
long way to town. Among other things we
got out of tobacco. One man found a package
Of cigarettes in the pocket of an old coat, and
there was rejoicing. But package of cigar
cites did not last long and after they had been
distributed and consumed an odd cigarette re-
mained. Six men wanted it. was the seventh.
l wanted it, too, but too dignifed to say
SO. Finally proposed that the fellows race
for it. 1t was decided that they should go half a
mile, stand in line, and when they saw me fire
pistol run for the tent, the first in to get the
prize. They started to walk to the half-mile
point. The day was warm and 1 sat lazily
watching them. They squared round. signnled
ready. and fired. The six came painting and
sweating over the sands. Where's nv cigar
cite? shouted the victor. Well. what could I
say. for the stump of it was between NV lips.
"A clear case, he continued, "a clear case of
Observation-Disclosures.
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Some Hope for Free Art.

From scrrbner's.
History repeating itself fulflls its proverbial
function, now that something like u copyright
bill has bsen passed, in the efforts Of the pro-
ducing artists to have the duty on works q art
by foreign artists imported to this country re-
pealed. As IL the case OF international copy
right we have here a class of men who, for the
sake of analogy. may be called manufacturers
Of the article protected. clamoring 20 haze the
protection removed. and in like manner we
have the sage legislator virtually informing this
producer that il is mis- duty 10 prevent him from
committing suicide.
A new era seems, however, TO have dssned
with the recent congress of the NationAl Art
Association at Washington. This congress,
though not the first concerted movement on
the part of our artists, is numerically and
strategetically the most important. The Ma
tional Art Association. formed chiefly for the
propaganda in behalf OF free art, together with
a number of Delegates from the Free Art
League, prior organization, met at Washing
ton on May l6, and after passing resolutions
similar TO those already submitted. arranged for
q hearing before the committees of the senate
and the House of Representatives. The anan-
unity of sentiment and the force Of argument
there displayed must, before long, have some
effect even on the indursted intelligence Of
those Legislators who now refnse to see fbs
difference between the production Of a flannel
shirt and a work OF art, and sooner or htsr u
cause must triumph.
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Each bed was contributed either as a memorial
OF some dear departed one or in that spirit Of
loving kindness which makes the whole world
akin. Above the head of each bed is framed
card bearing the name of the donor or lost one.
by which name the bed Is known They are
Anna l.. Giesey, Emily Chubb Ruth Eleanor
Jones, Albert st. Paul's. Samuel " Niles, Fran
els English Smith, Charles Cruger Pyne Elsie
Cummings Paine, Susie Dinsmore Gurley, Bes-
sic Benjamin, Grace Circle of Kings Daughters
and Mount Vernon Seminary.
On the opposite side of the hall from the
main bed room was the children's work room
On low shelf attached to the wall was set a
long row of tin wash basins. Above each basin
hung a toilet bag and wash cloth. On the OPP
posite side of the room was hanging clothes
closet, in which the children are required to
hang their unused clothing. Everything in
this and the other rooms Of the home told of
the most exacting order and neatness. Every
child appeared to do all ii could to sustain such
order and neatness and seemed eager to assist
TO the utmost In the care Of the house.
ALL THEIR TIME GIVEN TO PLAY
The sisters stated that the children were not
required to assist in the HOUSEHOLD duties. except
in the case of girls who we're large enough to
help in making up their beds in the morning.
The children were not allowed in the kitchen
although they were sometimes permitted. at
their ear nest solicitation, to help the cook in
pairing potatoes and similar duties 1.-The OBJ
ject of the home" said Sister Helen, sis to give
the children rest and plenty of fresh air
Therefore, we encourage them to play outdoors
every possible moment of the day.
do We ever have any trouble with them?
Very rarely. indeed. Almost without exception.
no matter where they come from. they are well
behaved, obedient and respectful OF course.
Hike all children. they are full of mischief. but
1t Is generally harmless mischief. Oh, no; we
have little, very little trouble with them.
what Is their daily routine life while here?
Well, they rise at Z: proceed to our little chapel
Tor morning prayers q few minutes before
breakfast; breakfast at 8, and then they run out
TO play until dinner. The dinner hour is 1880.
and,when that meal Is over ont to play thev 90
again. We have tea at $50. and the children
are free TO play again from then until dark,
when. after evening prayer in the chapel they
retire for the night. Sunday afternoon they 60
with us to 81. Adams Mission at Tenleytown
WANTED A COW.
"And do you know" enthusiastically added
the sister. 'that enc of the first questions thew
ask on coming to the home is: Can we go to
church Sundays?'
I'VE also take the children for a ride now
and then. The wagon belongs to the home but
the horse we hive TO hire.
Have We a COW? No. regret to saw. for Won
know children Ike fresh milk so much We have
TO buy the milk We use, but we get very good
milk out here
Perhaps" suggested the reporter. "wben
He STAR tells its thousands of readers that the
home has no COW some kind hearted person will
present it with one."
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SOLDIERS AT ARMY POSTS.
They Get Terribly Homesick and Weary Of
Life.
From Harpcr's Weekly.

From Harpcrs Weekly.
Ii would be an incomplete story Of life at
post which said nothing Of the visits of home
sickness, which many strong men in the west
have confessed to me is the worst sickness with
which man is cursed. And il is an illness
which comes at irregular periods to these q
the men who know and love the east II y not
a homeSickness for one home o. for one person,
but a case Of that madness which seized PIivate
otheris. only IN less aliynant form afd in
the officers quarters.
An important protest against the imIauta-
biify of time and space is one OF its symptoms
"a sick disgust of the blank prairie. blacl ened
by fire as though il had been droncbed With
ink. the bare parade ground. the same faoes
the same stories. the same routine aud defnilei
life, which promises NO change or end, anc with
these longing for streets and rows of houses
that seemed commonplace before Of arc aitec-
ture they had dared 20 criticise, and which now
seems fairer than the lines of the PartheI.on Q
craving to get back 10 place where people,
whether one knows them or not are hurry
ing home from work under the elpctric
lights. to the rush Ct the passing hansorns
and the cries OF the last editions" and the
glare of the shop windows. TO the life of a great
city that is Careless of the exiles love Tor IL
NJ Is the ocean TO one who exclaims upon It's
grandeur from the shore; q soreness Of heart
which makes men while il lasts put faInillar
photographs out Of sight. which makes the
young heutenalts, when the band PLAYS GER
tain waltz on the parade at shutdown. bite their
chin straps and stare ahead more fixedly than
the regulations require.
Some officers viii confess this to YOU and
some viii not IL is question which Il the
happier, he who has no other scenes for shich
TO care and VINO is content or he who eats his
heart out for a while and goes back ON leave ut
last
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What He Wanted.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Il have come, sir, said the bright, honest
looking boy. ito ask for job Of some kind in
your store
you have, hey9' responded Mr.. spotcash,
looking at him over his spectacles Job of
some kind-h'm. You are ambitious to earn
your own living, I suppose, like all the rest Of
emp
"Yes, sir.''
Not looking for any fat place, either. pre-
sumo? All you want is . chance TO work?'
Mary time, replied the boy, seating himself
In a chair and crossing one leg over the other.
II want the job that's got the least work and the
biggest pay"
This was years ago. That boy il now Junior
partner in the firm and old Spotcash works him
nearly to death.
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Of this little child have been seen BY those
good souls to whom the existence of the home
Is due, II those good people could have heard
her happy, hopeful little voice and could have
seen and heard her little companions as they
played and laughed and sang about her they
would have thanked God that He had led them
to make possible so rare a gift to the little UNI
fortunate as the Children's Country Home. No
one who goes through the alleys and districts
where the poor are forced to live and sees how
in the heated term little ones sicken and Ian
guish and often die, when week or a fortnight
In the country would bring glow of health to
their cheeks, can do else than commend the OBJ
jects for which the Children's Country Home
was established. The EVENING STAR to aid
this charity that appeals so touchingly to all
who have u tender heart for little children has
started subscrip ton list and will see that all
sums. contributed are placed in the proper
hands. Thirty dollars will pay for one bed for
q whole summer and a small sum will help some
child to fortnight Of happiness.
subscriptions have been received by TAE
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-06-25
FANCIES IN STATIONERY.
Something Novel and Useful Cor the June
Bride.

Something Novel and Useful Cor the June
Bride.
From the New York World.
1t is no longer necessary for the woman who
would be good FORM in her stationery to use
white and cream papers exclusively. Several
shades OF blue are now permissible, some of
them scarcely colored and others really a deem
tone. 'Royal purple" one shade is called, but
it isn't very much bluer than that not SO named.
A stationer who is supposed to show only cor
rect things in his line had on exhibition the
other day delicate pinkish paper, SO faint tina.
only in some lights would one have known that
it was pink.
On the blues and puppies the monogram is
made in either silver or white. On white, cfea,n
and pink t may be in red, blue or black. The
monogram is much more popular Just at present
than the address at the head Of the sheet. OF
course those people who claim coat of arms
disdain both address and monogram.
A novelty particularly appropriate to the
month Of brides is the wedding list. It is a
book about twelve inches by six wide and Il Ia
covered In bridal fashion with the whitest of kid
embossed in gold. Inside it il an ordinary
blank book, made Of rather more elegant paper
.nan Is usual with blank books and bear
ing across the top the following legends:
Church. Reception, ''At Home" .sName, v
Address, !" Present, Acknowledged"
Inc solution Of the apparent puzzle Is as fol-
lows: II Mr.: John Jones Of No. $50 9th street
has been invited to the wedding his name and
he is invited to church, reception and the sat
homes OF the young couple cross il put be-
side his name in each Of the blanks referring to
those things. II he sends coffee spoons as o
present that fact Is noted in its appropriate
place, so that the bride, when she acknowledges
ov,A h,rl
It was. And the space for the date preventa hsr
from duplicating her acknowledgements. A
pretty fancy ID ID have the covers Of . piece Of
the wedding gown
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Iests III aAiuost perpet-
ui shade Within few steps is the western
boundary of that magnificent domain, Rock
Creek Park, and wherever the eye turns the
grandest of natural scenery meets it. Not a
sound unuttered by'nature is heard ,-only the
songs of birds, the murmurings of the little
brook to the right, and the soft. sweet whispers
Of the trees as they bend and nod in the breeze
Sweet sounds, full Of divine music, but round
about that little cottage sweeter sounds than
dear old Mother Nature ever uttered now fill the
air from the rising of the sun to the going
down thereof, the laughter and song of little
children. The little cottage is the Children's
Country Home, established for the purpose of
giving breath of Gods pure air to those little
souls OF our city to whom in the ordinary course
OF events poverty denies such blessing
The only requisite for admission to the home
Is that the candidates shall be deserving Of its
benefits The home is entirely dependent upon
the contributions Of charitably Inclined peo-
pie and Its purpose is to give the poor children
OF the city an outing in the country by turns
of two weeks each. The home is open for the
reception of children during June, July, August
and part of September of each year During
the first two months girls only are received, the
month Of August being devoted to the bows. OF
only who need the pure, freshai of the country.
but are unable to obtain it except through the
means afforded by the home.
HOW To REACH THE HOME.
The home is reached by taking the Pierce
Mill road from Mount Pleasant to the old mill
On Rock creek, there taking Broad Branch road
on the right to its intersection with Military
road and then Military road TO the home. The
home can also be reached by Connecticut ave-
hue extended, as well as by the Tenleytown
rad. The Mount Pleasant route is both the
he ~Io--
Porter OF The STAR took one terribly hot morn
I-S of this week As the house was approached
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''That," replied the sister, "would be verv
kind, am sure, and we would be very CRATE
full
Leaving the house the reporter found the
little ones scattered here and there in the
woods, enjoying their freedom as only little
cnhdren can. Among them were two little
ones from ope Of the hospitals Of the city. One
had almost entirely lost the use of her feet, and
was lifted here and there by her little compan-
iona She was never left alone, for with that
sweet sympathy 50 characteristic Of children
her companions sat beside her and talked and
sang that she might forget that cruel disease
had robbed her Of the power to Join them in
their play. An6she was very happy. very con-
tented. II q thought of her helpiessness came
to her she brus hsd II aside with abrAvery rarely
known by the most patient Of the ''children OF
. larger growth" And could the sweet suils
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and sang simple blessing for the food before
them. Then, "a the two sisters stood by, the
little souls. with more or less ceremony. ate
heartily Of every dish provided. The dishes
were not many, they were not elaborate, but
they were well cooked and well filed, and the
children ate until every childish appetite, sharp
ened by pure air and unrestricted liberty. had
and prattled 10 their hearts delight. They
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THE QUESTION OF PLAGIARISM.
Gems of Thought, 1t Appears, May BE Stolen
If Put in New Settings.

Gems of Thought, 1t Appears, May BE stolen
If Put in New Settings.
From the London Telegraph
No one has ever been able to define what
plagiarism is, and therefore it is unlikely that
there should be any general agreement as to
what makes a man liable to suck charge. The
question is perpetually recurring in other fields
OF literature well as in homiletics and
no one has laid down any scientific principle
OF sufficient clearness to decide all disputes II
cannot be that man who is indebted to another
for an idea is guilty of theft if he adapts it for
his own purposes; for, if such appropriation
be fraud, nearly all modern writer's have
committed objectionable sins against the
ancients. They may not have known
everything down in Judee." but the range Of
literary and speculative ideas was remarkably
extensive in Greece. and il we are going to
Judge those OF our own writers-to confine our
selves only to our own nationality-who have
owed inspiration to Athens, we shall have to
condemn good many ilustrious names Cham
Ger, Spenser, Shakespeare, Milton, DRYDEN.
Pope-whose withers will be unwrung? A short
time ago critic took occasion to draw nm "a
list of instances in which the poet laureate had
adopted thoughts and expressions from his
predecessors. 1t was wholly work of superer-
ogatiOn, for Lord Tennyson would be the first
to admit the debt which he, in common with
other poets. owes to Homer and Virgil Classi-
cal phrases are taken Wholesale, as every
student knows; witness such lines as ssThis way
and that dividing the swift mind" and ssSbe
could not ckaw the quiet night into her blood
the last capital instance for it assimilates and
improves upon the original
1t is not freshness OF thought alone. but also
freshness of treatment, which gives an author
the right TO call his work original II we tale
the supreme instance Of Shakespeare We see At
once that the real question in mauy cases m
this kind is not where the writer got the ida
but what he has done with it. A poet a novel,
LIST, an essayist, preacher can take q hint in
crude state and 70 transform Il by the asaoci
atoms and characteristics Of his own mind thax
he Is justly entitled to claim il q his own. He
cannot De called plagiarist, at all evonts, for
many OF these so-calied thefts are unconscious
"Reminiscences, unrecognized - such, which are
worked into the texture of man q own thourbtu
and made instinct with his own personaiity.
In novels and romances, again, we have nuuer-
ous instances OF the same free exchaaee: no one
ought to call it by harder name. unIesa - -
able to discount the frequency of iter.ry coin
cidences or Possesses . higher originality Pan
that to which most Of us can attain. such
reflections, no doubt, were present to the uinds
OF the Congregational Onion when thew -
solved Mr.. Woods from the CHARGES made ne.inst
him. He was NO plaSiarist, bocsuse while from
Dr. Dykes valuable store he ss1eoted . fcw
homiltic gems. he presented them 20 his con-
srsgation q ciarson Sparkling In sons original
- u =
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from somewhere near by came the sound of
Childish voices. enthusiastically singing most
remarknble composition, the concluding verse
of which was:
II shall have my coffin black,
SIX little angels AZ my back;
Two to sing. two TO pray,
Two to carry my soul away"
No imperious fence marked the limits of
lie grounds of the home or confined its vouth-
1ai Inmates. They were free to roam where
sNer 'helr fancy led them, unrestricted save by
me words of the gentle sisters. members OF st
Margaret Sisterhood of the Episcopal Church.
Who have charge OF the home. Although but
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AZ thu Pier

From the rrovidenos and ssopinetcn oo-'e Du1et1n.
Mrs. Gray 10 bashful youth --"Ah hsrs
you are, Mr.. Mild Why did We nstsesyous g
the concerto
Bsshfui Youth (despentely In loss>
Chorus Of yoicesIawhst were you sssA,.G9
sShe?"
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FRESH AIR FR0LICS.
Out of the Alleys Into the Fields and
Woods.
AT THE COUNTRY HOME.

where Little Ones From Homes of Poverty
Can Have Fortnight of Fun and Health
How the Institution IL Managed-Scenes
There Described by "star" Reporter.