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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
A Parrot seldom Forgets.

A maiden lady once had fine talking
bird, but, being subjected to headaches,
she often put him in the kitchen. The
cook objected and said to Polly, you
horrid thing, wish you were dead"
Polly soon learned this, and when his
mistress got better and took him to her
own room, he said, You horrid thing
wish you were dead"
This shocked the delicate little lady.
One day she met her rector, and, after
he had inquired about her health he
said, How is Polly?'
Then she told him how Polly had af-
fected her nerves. The rector said:
''Send him to spend a month with my
bird. He may forget it.
She Immediately accepted his offer.
In due time Polly was sent home, and,
as soon as his mistress went to the cage,
Polly saluted her with:
"You horrid thing, | wish you were
dead. We beseech thee to hear us,
good Lordv-New York Recorder.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

1t is sort of garden cultivation, the
poppy plants being grown in little
squares or beds intersected by tiny wa
ter channels for irrigation wherever this
is possible. The growth of the plants is
carefully tended, and at length the time
comes when they burst out into flower,
and the fields look like a sheet of silver
as the white petals of the flowers glisten
in the morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce of the crop, for the women and
children of the cultivators' families
come forth and pick them off one by
one and carefully dry them, so that they
may serve afterward as the covering of
the manufactured cakes of opium. Then
the peoples, with their bare capsule
heads, remain standing in the open
field until it is considered that they are
ripe for lancing. The cultivators then
come forth in the evening, and, with an
implement not unlike the knives of a
cupping instrument, they scarify the
capsule on its sides with deep incisions,
so that the juice may eNude.
In the early morning the cultivators
reappear with scraping knife and their
earthenware pots, and they scrape off
the exuded juice and collect it in their
pots. And this is crude opium.
woods Magazine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
No Substitutes
Return to the grocer all substitutes
sent you for Royal Baking Powder.
There is no substitute for ROYAL.


The Platte river is queer stream 1t has
a very large circulation, but very little inlu-
ence. II covers a good deal of ground, but is
not deep In some places it is a mile wide
and three-quarters of an inch deep 1t has
bed of qucksand which assists it very much
in drowning people The Platte makes very
little fuss about it, but succeeds in being quite
fatal You might cross the river without
even getting your hose wet, and then again
you might find that in crossing the stream
you had struck an entirely new country, from
whose bourne no traveller returns.-Bill Nye
"A New York World
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
a Tragic Kindergarten Episode.

A certain kindergarten is blessed with
the attendance of a very original youth
named Richard He is a very honest
little boy and highly respected by his
parents, but the other afternoon when
he came home he acknowledged frankly
to his mother that a punishment had
been inflicted upon him at the kinder
garten.
"Why, what have you done?"
"Well, you see, he answered, John
ny and | got tired of being good, and we
made up our minds that we would just
get our heads together and boiler out
the very naughtiest word we could
think of, both together"
The mother was inexpressibly shocked.
Johnny was another very nice and well
bred boy. But she managed to ask:
"Well, what did you say?"
1--WE just screamed out 'Bedbugr as
loud as we COULD!
Probably this tragic episode has never
had its duplicate in the history of kinder
gardening. -Boston Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
Yea. verify.

What doth it profit a manl
In the morning he ariseth and putteth on
his new spring overcoat and goeth forth hum
ming jocund lay
And when noon is come, lol the wind
riseth and prevalent over all that region
round about.
And the prevalency with which it prevail
eth is more prevalent than any other prev
alency that hath prevailed in all time.
And the wind beateth upon that man, yea,
it smiteth him sore.
Also doth it rain, and when even is come,
lol the coat is spoiled
And the man taketh unto himself a cold
and visit not what he is going to do about it.
Now, on the morrow, he putteth on the
winter overcoat, lest, peradventure, it be
cold even yet again and snoweth.
And, even as on the preceding day, the
weather shifteth itself about and waxeth very
hot.
And the man doeth likewise, even as the
weather waxeth he hot.
And many days and many nights doth this
thing continue, and no man knoweth the day
nor the hour when the weather changeth.-
Toledo Blade.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

In very early days, as now, the hair
was sometimes thin and it had to be
eked out in various ways to make be-
lieve that nature had been spendthrift
to all alike About the first description
extant of woman's hair speaks of ''plaited
locks" known as Gretchen braids" to
us, To make these braids seem longer,
silk the color of the hair was braided in.
Then they they took to putting the
braids in cases of silk, elongating them
with all sorts of stuff till they looked
like umbrellas in covers. The Chinese
pigtail is a modification of this Style
Washington Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
A CHIP OF THE OLD BLOCK.
IKE" Hutchinson's Adventure with His
Father in Carrying Laths.

like" Hutchinson's Adventure with His
Father in Carrying Laths.
Mr.. B. P. Hutchinson has a promising son
Isaac, Of whom this story is told; "Old
Hutch" as the world calls him, was seated
one afternoon on the fence surrounding a
piece of his property upon which a comforta-
BILE dwelling house was being put up. The
veteran merchant was whiting a stick of
wood and experimenting the actions of Ike"
who, under his instructions, was transferring
a lot of laths from the open air to the interior
Of the unfinished house in a wheelbarrow 1t
was not an easy task. Anybody who has
tried it knows how hard it is to wheel bar
row up single plank But Young Hutch"
was performing the job creditably
Old Hutch watched and whitfield for
awhile in silence. Then an idea struck him,
and he numbered down off the fence and APP
preached his perspiring son.
Ike said he, you know as much as an
oyster"
Ike made no reply, but looked a little sul1y
'See here" went on the old man, don't
you see that you can get twice as many laths
onto that wheelbarrow if you pile them
crosswise instead of lengthwise, as you've
been doingt just watch me, and see the load
I'll take in there"
The boy silently watched his father labori-
ously pile up the sticks. When he started
the wheelbarrow slowly up the plank by
stander might have perceived huge grin of
delight spreading itself over Young Hutch's''
features.
When Old Hutch reached the brick door
way he stopped. Why's Well, because when
piled crosswise the laths were too long to per-
NIT the wheelbarrow to enter The old man
turned slowly round and mopped his brow
with a red silk handkerchief
Old Hutch looked at Young Hutch.
Young Hutch looked at Old Hutch.
Father" said the younger Of the twain,
deliberately, you don't know as much as the
shell of an oyster"
The old man told the Century club crowd
all about it the next day, and vowed, as he
related the circumstance, that Ike would be
bigger man than his brother Charley some
day.-Chicago Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
A Snake That Is Found In Many Place.

Snake That Is Found In Many Places.
The common snake, which bears the
scientific name of Tropidonotus natrix,
is one species of a genus (Tropidonotus)
which extends over Europe and North
America, and from northern Asia to
north Australia, there being seventeen
OF eighteen Indian species alone. Our
common snake may serve as an example
of the largest family into which serpents
are divided-the family Colubride-of
which there are upward of 1865 species in
India alone. This family contains most
of the harmless snakes, and it is also IL
Illustrated by a small snake, Coronella
austriaca, which some years ago was
discovered to be an inhabitant of Dorset
shire and Hampshire. The Coronella
feeds exclusively on lizards, slow worms
and small snakes Though harmless, it
will bite.-Quarterly Review.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
A Perfectlr Healthy PeonIe.

The Parsees are sun worshipers, and
it is an interesting sight to see throngs
of them on the shore of the bay as the
sun rises, apparently from the sea. per-
forming the simple rites of their religion.
the flutterng robes showing their file
figures to ;he best advantage as the day
begins. Their religious practices are
simple in The extreme, consisting main
ly in strict dietary rules and personal
cleanliness.
The rigid observance Of sanitary laws
produces the natural result of perfect
health among the adults, large families
of active. healthy children and immense
numbers of old men, gray bearded.
white haired. but erect and princely in
their gait and attitude, despite the
naturally enervating character of the
tropical climate. - Cor Washington
Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

ltOr OF The Stark I'-1I1H ~ y
County Democrat. AS editor and publisher
of this paper he continued until recently,
when the Democrat was sold to a stock
company.
During President Cleveland's term Of
office Mr.. McGregor was the innocent cause
of a sensational incident which created
national comment. He was an applicant
for the Canton postmastership, and his in
dorsements were such as to lead to the be-
lief that he would be successful But Sen
ator Payne caused the appointment to go to
another gentleman. When the news reached
Canton the Young Mems Democratic club
proceeded to hang Mr.. Payne in efigy.
Mr. McGregor has fine literary attain
ments and is a poet Of ability.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
uNFoRGoTTEN.

The morning hours we're merry
The genial moon il calm,
The fragrance OF the wild rose
Is like "A healing balm.
The birds within the woodland
Carol a happy song,
But in my heart abides still
A sorrow deep and strong
My poor lost Lowell
The glittering streamlet murmurs
Over It's pebbly bed,
The tleecy cloud is sailing
So lightly overhead;
The southern breeze is playing
Among the hazel boughs;
But, ahl remembrance dies not
or hopeful, happy vows.
Ms poor lost Lowell
The calm lone hills ascending
Toward the clear blue sky,
O'erlook the smiling valley
Where here at rest lie:
Those lone hills are the emblem
OF that far silent land,
Where she loved is resting,
One of countless band
My poor lost Lowell
A vision OF yew tree
A narrow, turf clad grave
The winter of country
Where winds tempestuous rave;
A little torrent falling,
With moaning, mournful sound,
Fills my imagination
Far more than all around.
My poor lost lovei
Ali gentle, joyous Nature,
Thy wearied, mourning child
Delights in thy rejoicing,
But may not be beguiled
From thinking Of that dear one.
With dull heart aching sore;
My own, my vanished loved one,
My souls light evermore-
NY poor lost Lowell
-Gentleman's Magazine
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
GLOOMY outlook for a Baby.

The daughter of the Chinese minister in
Washington is one year old, and is about
like other children of the same age, but she
has only two years more of happy infancy
before her, for when she reaches the age of
three years her tiny feet will be swathed
in tight bandages to retard their growth
and to produce the pedal diminutiveness
that seems hideous to American eyes, but
is one of the delights of Chinese visual or
gans. The torture lasts for three years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
An Exnnnsion of Trade.

According to the returns of the British
board of trade the exports of Great Britain
to the Argentine republic for April, 1892,
show a remarkable increase compared with
the corresponding period of 1891, in which
year, however, the trade had suffered just
as remarkable falling off. The present
expansion in trade extends to nearly all
classes Of exports except metals, which
still show decrease in value of exports.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
Food for the shipwrecked.

It will be well for seafaring men who
visit the South Atlantic ocean to know that
the government of the Argentine Republic
has resolved to establish a deposit of pro-
visions on Staten Island, near the south
ern extremity of South America, sufficient
for a shipwrecked crew for six months.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

torial work he has
retired and is liv-
ing in easy circum-
stances at Canton,
t h e sam e city
where his long ca
reer as a journalist
began. Mr.. Nc
Gregor was born in
Scotland in 1919,
and came to Amer
lea in 1928, locating
in Stark county,
o. Young Nc
Gregor began life
as a school teacher,
but early in the
40's engaged as ed
itOr IF The Ctarlx
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

Mrs Temperton-Henry, father wrote me
yesterday that he wants to get typewriter.
What is the best kind, do you think2
Temperton Immersed in stock quotations.
II like EN- about "a. with dark blue eyes -
Munsey's Weekly
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04

Considering all that he has seen in the
course of a long and shining career, it
seems strange that the man in the moon
isn't more pessimistic than he is.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
A VETERAN NEWSPAPER MAN.

He Has Retired After a Long and Active
Career.
Archibald McGregor, known in Ohio as
the Nestor of Buckeye journalism, is one
of the oldest newspaper men in the United
States. After nearly half a century of edi-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-11-04
POLITICS ON WHEELS.
Novel Metlfod of Conducting Canvass
in England.

They know "A thing or two in England
about political electioneering, and now
have not only all the standard American
tricks but few Of their own. Election
eering in vans is the latest, and Mr.. Bar
clay Howard, Liberal candidate for parlia-
ment for West Essex, has practiced it so
diligently for the past three years that he
has famliarized himself with every nook
and corner of his division
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09
Has Russell Any shame:

Those who know the real character
OF the mugwump demagogue who
m~asquerades as Governor Of Massa-
chusetts will not be surprised at his
reported readiness to accept an Office
which, by every rule that prevails
among persons OF honor, belongs to
another man.
1t Is probably useless to point out
to such an individual that self-re-
spect, respect for the high and honor
ed Office Of Governor OF the Bay State
and decent regard for the will Of this
people, demand that he should sur
render his seat at the close OF his
present term in view OF the fact
that William H.. Halle, the Re-
publican candidate, received a
plurality OF more than 10. 900 votes
for the Office of Governor, these votes
being made technically void by an
obvious blunder. The man who has
slandered his native State to gain
the plaudits OF the enemies Of its peo-
pie; who has antagonized the inter-
ests Of Massachusetts, industry, and
who has has belittled the thrift, the
energy and the success of Massachu-
sets workingmen: who, while preach
ing reform, has never hesitated to
use sinister methods OF carrying an
election, will undoubtedly be deaf to
any appeal made on the ground of
equity.
Russell will in all probability con.
tinue to hold the Office to which he
has not the slightest moral right
knowing perfectly we'll that tht
voters Of Massachusetts, deliberately
chose another man for Governor.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09
Found In Coal.

The Waterbury American, pub.
lished at Waterbury, Conn, tells the
following queer story: 1t was a queer
find, that of Antoine lIagcnlocker re.
Gently, and no one can blame him fol
being surprised. Antoine Is an engi.
neer in the employ Of the Anson.a
Brass and Copper Company, and as he
placed an extra large lump Of soft
coal under the boiler he had nc
thoughts OF what that lump of coal
contained. A few minutes later he
opened the furnace door again and
what was his surprise to see in the
furnace a handsome plant resembling
q species of cactus. It was bright
red from the heat, every vein In the
leaves being defined. He carefully
removed 1t from the furnace without
breaking, and when it cooled 1t re-
turned to q dull gray color. 1t rests
on q base of. coal and then stands out
a well-delned petrifled plant, but not
carbonized SO that it burned as
readily as the coal surrounding it.
He has shown the formation to many,
and nothing like IT has ever been
seen here The stalk Of the plant
where cut from the parent stem ID
we'll defined. Mr.. Hagenlocker is to
heve It mounted and placed under >
ElQo0 en-
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09

A party whose victory is due to
the fact that the opposing party
simply refused to go to the polls,
holds power on a frail tenure, and
this power will be short-lived. This
is the case with the Democratic
party. In proportion to population
there are no more Democrats In the
country now than there were In 1883,
while there are just as many Repub-
leans as there were then. No Re.
publicans have gone over to the
Democracy. Their party was beaten
because tens of thousands of its MEM
bers in every important State de-
clincd to vote, and they declined to
vote because the party's position on
some of the leading issues did not
suit them. The party's position
will be fixed 50 that 1t will suit every
Republican In 1896.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09

sThe Harrison administration
found 800, O00, 900 In the Treasury
and leaves 1t with q deficit of $780,
900, OOO.s So shout the New York
World and the New York Herald,
and 90 repeats the Democratic cross
roads organ from Maine to Texas. 1t
10 . falsehOod, and = falsehood which
IL q Islander. Wien Mr.. Cleveland
went out OF ONCE there was a surplus
Of 800, O0O, 900 because he did not
use II In paying Oh the public debt.
iii Of this surplus vas deposited in
favored banks, for which no interest
vas received, but which tho hanks
loaned to the people ut from 5 to 8
per cent When General Harrison
became President this money was
Withdrawn from the banks rs rapidly
u posslhle and used In the pay
ment Of the interest bearing
debt. During the Afst three
years Of President Hafrison's
term o2o6, SIG. - a1D paid out
in the redemptt 093, $50 In
terestrhearing When General
Harrison becap6 sllesident tho an
nnal interest charge Of the Govern
ment was o34,67o,A6o,s 90. June i,
sleo4s ~ jnt1rest ehaSee 1ae ~.
~ soe1.3os H1es = - aenusl ssSingI
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09

the treatment OF these many roads
formed n ofthe first problems which
confronted the O%riginators OF this vast
undertaking. After much discussion
it was finally decided to construct
high-level bridges for all the railways
and swing bridges for all the roads
cut by the canal. The Runcorn Wis.
duct Of the London and Northwest
ern Railway, which already exis! I'll.
was taken as the standard for the
various new railway bridges, watch
have therefore been constructed SO as
to give u clear Roadway OF - feet at
high water.
This level has also been kept at
Warburton where a fixed bridge
has been substituted for a swing ny
one, as the traffic over this road is
not very heavy and 1t was felt de-
sirable 10 avoid the constant expense
which would be involved in working
n OF the latter. As will be seen
from u illustrations. this bridge is
u fine. specimen Of the can,ilever
type, n0NKsso familiar to all through
its grandestu development at the Firth
OF Forth. One Of the most striking
advantages OF this class of bridge is
that they form their own sc%affolding
during construction, thus, as in the
present case, permitting the canal to
to be cut underneath and even flied
with water, without hindrance to
the busy workers aloft.
The view from the end from either
cantilever is remarkably fine. the
new canal, an imposing stream, at
this point 14O feet wide, running in
a straight line east and west from
under ones feet, while in the dis
lance the River Mersey, beautiful in
all a v hue and odor, winds slowly
through the pleasant meadows and
green plantations. But the days OF
Its w%anderings are numbered, and a
few more months will see it confined
to ths shorter but uglicr channel now
being prepared for it by the ship
canal company. Our second view is
of the bridge at present carrying the
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1892-12-09

TIE Official returns In Illinois show
that, outside OF Cook County, where
Chicago Is situated, the vote for
President was: Republican, 2ss, O34;
Democratic. 281,677; Prohibition,
20, 968. Peoples party, 20,593. In
spite of the Prohibition and Peoples
party vote, most Of which came from
the Republicans, they carried the
State outside Of Chicago by a plural
ity OF more than 5000. 1t was the
slums of Chicago, the thousands OF
aliens who took cut their first pa
pers" a few days before the election,
that turned the scale for Cleveland
Indianapolis Journal.