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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-07-15
Across the Line on the Fourth.
From the Nelson Miner

From the Nelson Miner
July 4th was celebrated at Bon
ner's Ferry, Idaho. The people of
the place were determined to have
all the aid possible from British
Columbia and SO trusted agents
were despatched to Nelson for the
purpose of getting up a game of
base ball between the Nelson and
Bonner's Ferry teams.
The Nelson nine left on the Spn-
kane, and Captain Gray did all in
his power to make things enjoya-
BILE for them and the other excur-
sionists on board. Bonner's Ferry
was reached at s o'clock Sunday
evening and the nine were met by
the reception committee at the
landing and conducted to the hotel,
and the members of the committee
exerted themselves to leave a pleas
ant impression Of the town on their
visitors.
Boomers Ferry is a lively town,
built, one might say, since last fall,
on beautiful site on the Kootenai.
The Great Northern railway passes
through the place and it is backed
up by the rich mines of Grouse
mountain and adjacent districts.
1t has several hotels, numerous
stores and saloons and newspaper,
the KooTENAI HERALD.
The exercises consisted of a mus
ical program, reading the declara-
tiog Of independence, an grafton by
Hon. w. H. Clagett and then the
usual program of sports.
Altogether the Nelson visitors
enjoyed themselves immensely,
and, although defeated in the base
ball game, look forward with pleas
ure to the time when they may be
able to return the compliment.
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s,eslco,. nanc,er Nutmeg.

A gentleman recently returned from
Mexico brought with him curious OBJ
ject. which would be Of great interest TO
lovers of natural history He produced
a segment OF Mexican nut. which was
not unlike a nutmeg in texture, and
placed il IN the palm of his hand, closing
his fingers closely around it.
After moments Imprisonment the
hand was opened and the little section of
the nut rested on its rounded side. upon
which il rocked eonvulsively The hand
was closed again for a few seconds.
When it was opened again the mysterious
piece of wood appeared full of animation
ard leaped as gayly as toad Then the
gentleman explained the principle and
cause of the movements
There is. " said he, "a small worm in
that nut, which is dormant until its tenn
peratlae is raised TO that of the human
body about 90 dogs. When this is
reached the little insect which is not
more than a sixteenth of am inch in
length. is revived from its torpid state
and causes the spasmodic motion The
nut is indigenous to Mexico and Is
usually inhabited by the worm from the
early part of August until the arrival of
the following summer. 1t can be revived
for nine months in cold climate. Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
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Methods Of the KEY Fitter.,

A dangerous burglar is the key filter,
because from the very nature of his
operations he is rarely ever discovered.
He is not considered first class man by
the professional craftsman because he is
as much of a sneak as he is burglar.
Wholesale jewelers., furriers, and other
firms who frequently have their places of
business in upper stories of houses are
selected as victims. The key filter usually
operates In gangs Of three. He will APP
proach an employee of the firm to be
victimized carrying tin box or a valise
and pretending to have an Office in the
same building. Politely he asks if the
person approached has key to fit the
box or valise. he himself having LOST the
''open sesame. In nine cases out of ten
bunch of keys is produced, and while
the key filter pretends to Try them his
stalls" or assistants come in and divert
the attention Of the employe or business
man long enough TO permit the man who
had the box take as many impressions
from the KEYS Oh the bunch as are con-
&idered necessary for the subsequent rob
berry The Impression is generally taken
on substance E22de from fresh beeswax,
oil. and laApblack From these i'm
pressions the expert key ftter readily
makes the keys required The balance
OF the operation is easy. Chicago Times.
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About the size of Il.

Times change and men and boys change
with Them but the boys still continue to inn
itate the ways of the men as closely as they
can. Tommy and little Pete belong to the
Kukuana club, an apparently aourishing
company of small boys which necessitates a
great deal of begging from parents to keep
up the weekly financial requirements of the
organization. Rather tired Of the drain of
pennies for this purpose, Pete's father asked
him this morning:
Nv hat do you do at the Kukuana club,
any wayg"
''Oh, We've pay our assessnnentsi Y said the
1oy.-Boston Transcript
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A pet is one thing, but pet which is
in your arms all the time, which abso-
lutely controls your attention, which you
thrust before the eyes and under the nose
"a every acquaintance, not only, but of
Very passer, which accompanies you to
your bedroom and sits with you at table,
and is your boon companion morning,
noon and night. becomes in the eye Of
every man who thinks something more
than a pet. 1t becomes identified with
your personality, and that settles you, be-
cause you cannot expect your pets to be
everybody's pets. and it is hard enough
for men and women of the world to en-
dure what they have to, without volun-
tarily assuming your likings and your
dislikings. Joe Howard in Boston Globe.
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Huxley, in recent article of peculiar
value in The Nineteenth Century. calls
attention to the steadily increasing deyo-
ton which has been and is directed to
measures for promoting physical and
moral welfare among the poorer classes
The endeavor to improve the condition
under which our industrial population
live; to amend the drainage of densely
populated streets; TO provide baths, wash
houses and gymnasia; to facilitate habits
Of thrift; 70 furnish some provision for
instruction and amusement in public IL
braries and the like, is not only desirable
from philanthropic point of view. but
an essential condition of safe industrial
development II is by such means alone
that we can hope to check the constant
grayitation of industrial society toward
misery" But Mr.. Huxley does not point
out the fact that while a good deal Of
this sort Of work went on in Rome, with
out saving Rome from moral degenera-
ton, it is Of exceeding value as an adj
junct Of moral effort of a direct sort in
other directions. Globe Democrat.
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Take Care of the Ewes.

Take care of your eyes A tendency to
near sightedness can be lessened by rub
bling the eyes with a gentle pressure from
the corner next TO the nose outward. This
repeated a number of times each day the
corner is fiattened and the angle of vision
heightened. Sit up when you read 1t is
ruinous habit to lie down to use your
eyes in this way BE sure you will pay
dearly for the indulgence, and last, but by
no means least, do not cry unless you wish
to destroy the beauty and brilliancy Of the
eye. lady told me not long ago that she
had so cultivated her emotional feelings
that the death of her best friend would not
draw from her eyes tear.-Dorothy Mad
dOX
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Jean Francois Millet, the greatest Of
all modern artists, lived life of pow
erty. A sad story of the lack of appre-
citation of that which is truly great was
told to the lecturer by Mr. Quincy Shaw,
cf Boston. That gentleman possesses
about thirty of Millets finest works, and
among them a little picture of a peasant
girl, with head that might be Leo
nardo This picture Millet had taken to
every picture shop in Paris to sell for
20 francs-only $e-to buy food for his
starving family, and now the picture
Y -ould fetch $4,000. This was one rea-
son why the lecturer advised any one Of
his hearers who wished to paint to paint
for love of art. San Francisco Alta.
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The oniet FIow Of Tears.

The discharge of tears from the lachry-
NAL gland is not occasional and acct
dental, as is commonly supposed. but
continuous. 1t goes on both day and
night-thou less abundantly at night
through the 'conduits. and spreads
equally over the surface of the pupil. in
virtue of the incessant movement of the
lids. After serving its purpose the flow
is carried away by two little drains stu
ated in that corner of each eye nearest
the nose-into which they run-and
called the ''lachrymal points The use
fulness of this quiet flow of tears. to both
men and beasts, is manifest. There is
such an immense quantity Of fine dust
floating in the air and constantly getting
in the eyes, that, but for it, they would
soon become choked. Very little is re-
qpisite to keep the ball free, and when
e%me obnoxious substance smoke, an
insect or the like, that affects the nerves
does make its way in, an increased
flow is poured out to sweep it away
Herald of Health.
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ness is slack She gets dyspeptic, but the
more stamps She licks the more she eats
and the better she feels.
When this story was published in New
York most of the young women ia the off
ces declared che thing could not be done
but Miss Estelle Gardiner, of a large bust
ness house in University place, declared
she could beat it. She had never run for
an hour ut a stretch but could lick and
stick seventy stamps "A minute. New
York doesn't knock under to Philadelphia
in anything she said, ''and will meet
Miss Crawford in il match ut stamp lick
ing for any amount ut any time and place"
She is now IN practice, and so the world Is
likely to have a stamp licking match.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17
Paper Fabric for Building.

The use of paper fabric for building
purposes-hy the term paper being meant
broadly flexible sheet madeof vegetable
or other fiber, which has been reduced to
a pulp, and then pressed out and spread
and dried is now advocated by some
builders on the following grounds: First,
continuity of surface that is, it can be
made in rolls of almost any width and
length, is flexible, or by gluing several
layers together may he made stiff, and
will stop the passages of air because there
are no joints; second, it has no grain
like wood, and will not split; third, it is
not affected by change of temperature,
and thus has an advantage over sheet
metal as roofing material; fourth. where
as in its natura! condition it is affected
by moisture, it may be rendered water
proof by satlTating with asphalt, or by q
variety Of other methods: fifth. it is non
resonant and well fitted to prevent the
passage Of sound sixth, it is a non con
ductor of heat, and can also be made Of
incombustible material, like asbestos, or
rendered fire resisting by chemical treat
ment. New York Sun.
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Precautions for solItar, Tourists.

Solitary touring is open to the objec-
ton that if you fall sick, meet with an
accident. or happen TO be killed, you may
be nuisance to other people, and espe-
cially in the latter case expose YOUR
friends at home to some needlessly alb
rupt information. To avoid this have
been used to carry, not merely my name
and address in my pocketbook, but clear
instructions as to what should be done
with the body" in case of death. 1t is
well to mention the name of some firm
of. say, solicitors, to whom the needed
information should first be sent, and
who would be prepared to defray any
expense incurred in paying the physician.
post or undertaken
Once suddenly showed these instruc-
tons (given plainly in the fly leaf of my
diary to a chance (clericaD companion,
and he was foolish enough to fail i'm per.
ceiving the considerate common sense /
thereby showed and to look on me as one
who treated grave matters with too light
a hand. was to him profane person,
though the little entry in my almanac
was written in the simplest WORDS
Cornhil Magazine
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President Mccosh's Methodical lie.

President McCosh is exceedingly regu-
lar and methodica in his affairs, espe-
cially in those which pertain to his lit
erary and scholastic life. II always
work ten hours day, !" said he to a
friend, ''and that is the work of an
average man In vacation | am never
wholly idle but generally do from two
to five hours of solid work in writing or
thinking. When engaged in writing a
book walk five miles each day, think
ing much, of course, while walking.
When | was student the famous DIR.
Chalmers, of Scotland, delivered lect-
ure to us on 'Systematized Work, Rest
and Exercise. never forgot his adj
vice, and credit much of my success to
following his sound maxims. The
venerable philosopher is at present deeply
interested in building a coy little cottage
on the top of Princeton hill, which will
be the home of himself and his wife
when he has laid aside the active de-
mands of the Princeton presidency
New York Tribune.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17

As student Of humanity, l have lately
had under dissection the shy man. For there
are shy men-men who suffer agonies, and
seem utterly unable to get over this species of
vanity. For, after all, il is vanity; it is self
Consciousness, and who but vain person is
self conscious: The shy man suffers al
through his life; bo cannot move without
thinking that the Eyes of his neighbor are
noting his awkwafVhiess; he cannot smile or
be pleasant to a woman without having
dreadful sinking at his heart, and the belief
that she will laugh at him afterward, and as
Tor making her confession of his love, he
simply does not dare to do it, One of them
laid bare his soul to me- and advised him
about telling bis love, for I was perfectly GER
tain that if he looked at the Girl with the
same eager eyes that he gave me when only
talking of his love that she had comprehended
it, and was only waiting the opportunity to
accept It, Women are seldom afflicted with
this disease, and men have much to be thank
full for in that they are not.-"Bab" in Now
York Star.
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Commentary on Physical condition


Chewing gum has come TO be consid-
cred the popular cure for dyspepsia, at
least by those young DANES who have
reason to imagine that they suffer from
the i'll effects of midnight suppers and too
long a series of dinner parties. In New
port last summer peppermint drops were
introduced at a certain point in the meal
and partaken of by everyone, and at an
entertainment which was given recently,
when ice cream was served, Jamaica
ginger was passed, and a few drops
recommended TO counterfeit the effect of
the ice. When the plates were changed
for the last time at gentleman's dinner
given few nights ago each one held q
ticket for Turkish bath, a sad common
tary on the condition that the guests
must have been in.-New York Press.
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Glass in Composition.

Teacher-Now children, will give yol
three words Boys, Bees and Bears; and |
want you to compose a sentence which will
include all three words.
Small Boy-l have it.
Teacher-John Mccarthy, you may give Us
your sentence.
John Mccarthy BOYS bees bare whin they
goes in swimming -Harper's Bazaar.
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phia, is put up by
her acquaintances
as the champion
stamp Ticker of
the world. When
she first tried her
hand at stamping
envelopes for the
company she did
l,50O in an hour,
and she can now
do 3, 900. 1t is all
done with her
tongue, too, us she
uses no sponge,
and an odd fact
is that when bust
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He Knew.

Sad Looking Individual ito boy coming
home from Sunday SCHOOLGIRL, my bright,
happy faced little fellowl warrant you
know nothing of the ups and downs of life.
Boy-l ought to, sir lam running an
elt vator in a dry goods store.-Burlington
Free Press
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17

In 'witching gown Of dainty pink
CTo match her blushes,)
Preparing the seductive drink
Bohea, midst pushes,
Old rugs and bric-a-brac was she:
A recollection
That is the very pink. to me.
OF sweet perfection.
Twas surely not her tea has made
My vision rosy.
That now couleur de rose arrayed
Life seems less prosy.
And this to tell her incline
This very minute:
wish that dainty gown were mine
And she within il!
H f. w in Life
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Uncle Berkshire Heow muct ae that
watchf
.Ieweler-Forty dollars
Uncle Berkshire En- that smaller onel
Jeweler- Fifty dollars
Uncle Berkshire En- the smallest onei
Jeweler-Seventy- five dollars
Uncle Berkshire Gosh. misterl How much
is no watch Jewellers Weekly
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Abstinence ana Lirerature.

Young Wife-The paper says Rider Hag-
gard finds that he eau do finer work when he
abstains from all animal food.
Husband "a reporter Well, | believe |
could write better if knew there weren t
any butchers bills coming in. Philadelphia
Record
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A Man of Resources.

Tommy Traddles Interchangeable tell
my father on You.
Willie Waffies- What do | care for your
fatheri He can't hurt me-
Tommy Traddles-Can't hel Can't heq
My father is a doctor New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17
A Wise Plan.

Gus Ito Jaekl-Why do You stop, Jack, and
pat that ugly cur on the headl
Jack-Why, to make friends with him, to
be sure. am always friendly to these tough
looking dogs You can't tell to whom they
may belong. New York Sun.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17

Lord Hewgag me cousin Welt
ingham just coming up. He won the last
Derby.
Miss Austin (of TeXas)-Thats nothing.
Papa won two sombreros wolf skin cap
and three plug hats on Mr. Harrison's
election.-Puck.
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Very Distressing.

Poor little boy" she said sympatheticaly
to the one armed urchin, did you lose your
little armP'
Nom" be replied, tearfuly, II picked it
up after the smash up, and dad, he had it
buried Time.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17
A Long Felt Want.

Knowles-Fassett's making fortune.
Bowles-HowY
Knowles-He has invented a process for
manufacturing interchangeable mono
grams for engagement rings
Circular.
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which Would 1t Re.

Goso-Just imagine the case now. Fud-
die: If you were in a burning house with
your wife and mouher-in-law, and could
save but one, which one would it be?
Puddle (having scratched his head
thoughtfullyE-Why, myself.-Life.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17

Floor Manager Brown-Yo'll Reuse me
Miss Kittson, eff says word dat S liddl,
pussonalf
Miss Kittison-I allus knowed yo' couldn
be muffin bud gentleman, Professor Brown.
Floor Manager lin a whisper1-De hay is
comm outn yo' fish twist.-Judge
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17

DR. Boas, an ethnologist, has been TAX
ing measurements of the Indian children
at the Carlisle school, He finds that their
ears are large, their cheek bones heavy,
their eyes small and their brains of good
size
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AFTER TIE ELECTION.
LINCOLN AT THE POLLS As A
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE.

Incoming Intelligence Received During
the Night Following His Firs, vl.c-
tion-Congratulations from Nor hern
Leaders-News from the south.
Election day came and passed quietly
enough A little before the closing of tho
polls Mr. Lincoln sent a message to my hotel
reminding mo that he had promised he would
not go to vote without me, and saying that
he was now ready. There was not much to
be made Of the incident for newspaper pur-
poses. He had cast too many ballots in the
same place for the conventional proceeding
TO excite curiosity now, presidential candi-
date though he was. He was cheered little,
rather rerfunctorily, and few spectators
the fugacous Job among them, no doubt
looked on while he tore away the list of cleo
tors from the printed Republican ticket and
deposited the balance of the slip. remem-
Der my disappointment at not finding mate
rial enough in the transaction for more than
few lines of description. But then l be-
longed to the old school of journalism. Your
modern special correspondent would ask no
better basis for continuous pages Of brilliant
nalrative-more power to his nimble fingers
and still more nimble imagination.
As was 10 have been expected, the night
following the election was the most exc inc
of my visit. The great result had long Lei
past q doubt, but there was none the less
eagelness to learn the details The little tele-
graph Office in the center of the town was q
scene of the livelest interest, though only a
few individuals were permitted to invade its
privacy and get tho news fresh from the
wires
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1892-06-17
FIRsT NoTE OF pIsCoRp.

ftiNl NOlE Vi DlSAOhD.
1t was the first note of discord to interrupt
the general rejoicng-the first forewarning
of the shadow to all this brightness 1t was
unexpected, too; and, coming in the midst OF
"A tempest of enthusiasm, sent disagreeable
chill through most of those who listened A
few hours later it would not have produced
so ugly shock. | looked at Mr. Lincoln.
wondering if this sharp reminder would
bring up any sign of a deeper consciousness
than he had thus far shown. There was none.
He received it with the same smile he had
worn all the evening while hearing the reit-
Grated combinations of his success. Was it
insensibilityl He fingered yet little longer.
then Went out into the street, whence he did
not return--at least not while | remained in
the vicinity. Looking forth, once or twice. |
saw him walking slowly up and down, quite
alone, the thoroughfares being by that time
deserted. Presently | started for my hotel
with one of the citizens who had also waited
TILL near the last. As we passed the solitary
figure we exchanged leavetakings, and my
companion observed:
Quick work for those South Carolina sen
ators. wasn't it? Turned tail as soon as they
got the news"
"There are plenty left, I" answered Mr. Lin
coin. "A little while ago / saw a couple of
shooting stars fall down, kissing and sputter-
ing Plenty left for many a bright night"
Excepting for formal farewell. did not
again see him in Springfield, and can re-
member that those few midnight words al
though weighted with no evidence Of especial
seriousness had "A measurable effect in soften
ing the impression produced by his persistent
laughing humor. II was, l think, the first
observation | had heard from him in which
no jest was implied Strange as it seems to
TO me now, | look over the abundant notes |
have preserved of that visit, during which |
saw Mr.. Lincoln daily for more than a week,
and often hours at a time, without finding
the faintest foreshadowing of the character
i'll which he afterward revealed himself Had
any disaster interviewed to prevent his in
auguration in 1861. | should never have
known how to persuade myself that the ma
tion had suffered an irreparable loss. Was it
because of my incapacity to see beneath the
surfaced Was it because he chose to wear a
masks Or was it, as | grew to believe, that
the Lincoln of the war did not then exiStg [
shall try to draw no further differences, but
leave the question unsettled as it stands in
my memoranda of twenty three years ago.
New York sun
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Miss Ada NJ. Crawford, eighteen years
old, and in the employ of the +. &. Howe
company, directory publishers of Philadel-