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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10

les, Portland and from the offices
of the Six Companies. They are an
under estimate rather than an over
estimate. They act as court for
the Chinese, and the Celestials come
hundreds of miles here to San Fran
cisco to have the presidents of these
companies settle their troubles.
There is no appeal from them. The
Cinnamon who refuse to obey them
will certainly disappear" and no
one but the Six Companies will
know what has become of them. AS
to their business, there is no doubt
but they have been engaged for
years in smuggling opium, the i'm
porting of Chinese women for i'm
moral purposes, and the importing
of Chinese laborers in defiance Of
tho exclusion act.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10
Distribution of Foreigners.

Census bulletin 357 shows the distri-
button of our foreign population by race
in the largest cities of the Union. The
three cities having over million inhab-
itants are respectively New York, Chi
cago and Philadelphia, but the proper
ton of foreign born in Philadelphia is
much less than in the other two cities.
In New York and Chicago the proportion
is almost the same, being about 40 per
cent of the whole population, while in
Philadelphia it is only 25.7 per cent. So
that if any one Of our three largest cities
can claim to be an American city it is
Philadelphia. Baltimore, with a popu-
lation of nearly half million, has only a
little more than 10 per cent of foreigners.
A late writer says that the southern
states of this Union and Canada contain
the most purely Anglo-Saxon population
of any portion of North America 1t is
not clear, however, that the two sections
named have attained any superiority in
any respect over the rest of the continent,
the pure Anglo-Saxon blood is whit
more good and great than the mixed
Teutonic, Saxon and Celtic.
Chicago and New York appear to run
in parallel lines so far as the proportion
of German population goes. Each has
about Ia per cent OF German born In
habitants. But when it comes to Irish
New York is far ahead of Chicago, hay
ing nearly as large a proportion Of Irish
as Germans, while Chicago contains only
little more than s per cent. Germans
and Scandinavians are inclined to settle
in the interior. Irish, perhaps in remem-
brance of their seagirt isle, scatter most
ly along the Atlantic coast. Boston, be-
loved of the Irish. contains the largest
proportion of that nationality, the per
cent being nearly IS.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10
berry!

DR.. Jane E. Robbins is lady who has
practiced medicine. for years among city
poor people. She knows better than
most others their needs and how to help
them. The greatest need of all she finds
to be that of cleanliness and thrift. 1t
is the result of their ignorance. Many
of the slum people are unable to speak
or understand English. The only COM
munication between them and people
who speak the language of the country
must be through their children. At an
early age these young ones learn English
after fashion. likewise their parents
native tongue.
Most of the children attend the public
schools. In view of the possible vista
ton of cholera, DIR. Robbins proposes
that these children shall be carefully in
structed as to the disastrous effects of
leaving Accommodations of filth and decay
ing matter in houses and streets. Then
they themselves are to be taught how to
cleanse both houses and streets. Form
ing themselves into brigades under the
instruction of competent physicians and
officials connected with street cleaning,
school children from the poorest, dirtiest
quarters of the city might do the work OF
keeping clean the streets in their neigh
borhood.
If the necessary methods of sanitation
and cleanliness are explained to them,
there is no doubt but they would enter
upon their new task with all the child's
enthusiasm and make wonderful
change in the slum streets and tenements
in a short time. They would explain tc
their parents the requirements of the
health boards everywhere and scrub and
purify their own homes thoroughly.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10

Two-thirds Of the stenographers and
typewriters in the country are women.
They are quicker and better manipula-
tors with the typewriting machine than
men are and more tractable office assist
ants. They are in every way capable of
earning and getting just as much money
as man. But writer in The Herald
says that the average wages paid to
women in this occupation in New York
is 81 a week, while men stenographers
and typewriters average $14 week, and
the latest places are almost without ex-
ception filled by men.
The reason is that the girls are not am
bilious to excel or to strive for the high
est places They think more of marrying
and escaping work altogether than Of
perfecting themselves in their trade.
This is unfortunate if true The poor
est possible reason girl can have for
marrying is that she may escape work.
Where she does this, in nine cases out of
ten she will be disappointed and many a
time wish herself back clicking at the
old machine and earning her own money
and spending it as she pleases.
Then, too, the conditions of life are
growing constantly harder. With the
best intentions not all married men can
support their families as they wish. Ten
dollars are necessary to maintain a re-
spectacle appearance where So used to
be sufficient. 1t is far better to remain
single and strive for and win the highest
place and get $4,000 or $500 year
than to marry for a support and be mis-
erably disappointed. Then, too, remem-
Der this; If you have any work to do, it
is sin not to do that work the best it
can be done.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10
Depression Tn Australasia.

1t is to be hoped that many year will
elapse before such a season of financial
depression overtakes the United States
as that from which the British Australia
sian colonies are now suffering. 1t is un-
paralleled in the history of Australasia.
The cause of the hard times is twofold,
according to Mr.. Matthew Marshall in
the New York Sun. 1t is given in the
paragraph below. and labor organiza-
tons may be interested to know that he
attributes the depression partly to work
ingmen's strikes. He says:
The failure of the English, Scottish and Aus
tralian bank, announced here on Wednesday,
affects us only indirectly through London,
where it is likely to intensity the existing feel
ing of depression and thus to delay the revival
of commercial and financial activity in Great
Britain for which many enterprises on this side
Of the Atlantic are waiting. The failure, like
that of the Commercial Bank of Australia week
before last, is one of a series of similar catas-
trophies which began with the collapse of the
great land speculations throughout the Austria
lasian federation In 1890 and which have been
more or less the consequence of that collapse
and of the accompanying strikes of 1880 and
1891.
These strikes started in Queensland among
the union sheep shearers and were taken VI
by the union dock laborers and union seamen
of Sydney, with the result Of completely para
lying the shipping business of that port. The
union bakers, union bootmakers and union
brickmakers in Victoria next struck on their
own account and after them the workmen OF
the various building trades. The result was
almost a complete suspension of business
everywhere in Australasia for nearly year
and the federation has evidently not yet re-
covered from the injury thus caused its pros
perity. The shipping strikes at Hull and other
British ports now in progress are ominous Of
similar disaster to Great Britain and cannot
but have an unfavorable effect upon that
countrys trade.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10
THE SIX COMPANIES.

The Geary act has brought into
prominence the Chinese Six Com
panies. Few people know what an
all powerful organization this is.
The Six Companies is an organiza-
ton. No one knows how it was
formed, except its chief officers. Its
records are kept in cipher and no
one can read them except the presi-
dents and secretaries. All their
work is done in secret. The Chinese
in America come from six districts
in China, hence the name Six Com
panies. The Six Companies were
first organized to carry on the bust
ness between the Chinese in this
country from the different districts,
to settle their disputes without
recourse to the courts, to take care
Of the sick, and above all, to send
bones of the Chinese who died in
America back to China. This they
do 90 this day. But they have
grown to be far more powerful.
They really constitute a Chinese
government in this country and
have the power Of life and death
over Cinnamon. The Six Companies
is recognized by the Chinese gov
eminent as the real p ,wer Of that
empire in this country.
The Chinese consul-general is an
ex-officio member of their executive
committee, and counsels with their
presidents. These companies have
for years taken charge of the moneys
of the Chinese of the Pacific slope
from Alaska to Guatamela and of
the United States, and they have
constantly on deposit an enormous
amount of money here. Their
deposits in the banks of San Fran
cisco often run up as high as three
millions of gold coin, and within
the last 40 years they have shipped
out Of this country to China the
enormous sum of $225,0O0,000 in
gold. The money was made up Of
the savings Of Chinese laborers and
the profits of Chinese merchants
and if today the Chinese were sent
out of the United States they would
carry away with them more than
$50,000,000 Of money. Figures for
these sums are from the banking
houses Of San Francisco, Los Ange
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10

THE financial panic in Spokane
was a public disaster, yet at the
same time that city is to be congratu-
lated upon the conditions under
which it is emerging from ordeal
through which it has just passed.
Few cities in America could have
passed through what Spokane has
and come out with as little ruin
strung along the path Of the finan-
cial storm. There is not business
failure yet reported and it is said
the closed banks will pay dollar for
dollar and resume business again
in a short time.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10

Since the middle of February, 1892,
we have sent out of the country nearly
800, 900 in gold.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-06-10
Don't Cali Him Rls-selI.

Postmaster General Bissell objects to
having the last syllable of his name ac-
cented.
The herald., 1893-05-12

Fred j. Smith, who has been assessor
for Decatur township, Ills, submits
proposition on the county road improve
ment question which is likely to attract
some attention. He says; my plan is
to inclose the roads with water and snow
proof sheds 20 feet wide and 10 feet high,
the framework to be of steel, the sides
inclosed with perforated sheet iron to let
in light, the roofing to be Of slate or tile.
The sheds will last more than 100 years
and will be perfectly proof against fire.
The benefits to be derived cannot be es-
timated. When the farmer is compelled
to stop the plow by reason Of wet wealth
er, he can drive to town on smooth, dry
roads and deliver his commodities to
market. He can at any time of the year
haul his straw, hay, corn or wheat to
market without fear Of damage by snow
or rain. Electric lights can be safely used
at half mile intervals. The only practi-
cal solution, think, to the road prob
lem is to adopt the steel and sheet iron
sheds. They will come high, but they
wih be permanent and popular. OF
course good drainage will be necessary"
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The herald., 1893-05-12
New MUSICAL Prodigy.

The musical world is promised sem
sation such as it has not enjoyed since
the appearance OF Josef Hoffman. A new
Juvenile star, has been discovered, this
time in Russia. The young aspirant for
fame and public favor is very hand
some and healthy looking Russian boy 10
years of age. During Rubenstein's re-
cent concert tour through the empire his
attention was called to the lad, and after
thorough examination of his abilities
Rubenstein declared that the boy, If due
regard was given his musical education,
would rival the worlds greatest violin
lists. The lad has made short concert
tour through the northern part Of Eu-
rope and met with wonderful SUCCESS
everywhere. He also has had the honor
Of playing for the car, who personally
expressed his pleasure at seeing such "a
degree of skill and such splendid inter-
probation of difficult music in one SO
young. 1t has been decided that the boy
is not to be permitted to appear on the
concert age.-Exchange
The herald., 1893-05-12
UNDERGROUND RAILWAYS.



How Berlin Proposes TO Solve the Problem
of Rspid Transit
Railroads on the surfnce, railroads In
The air and railroads underground have
been tried In the great cities, and their
relative advantages are still hotly dis
puted by engineers and the public New
York and Broeklyn are completely
mashed" ON their elevated roads. All
they want is an improvement Of tho sys-
tenn TO permit Of moro trains Mt the busy
hours and one more road to supply
rapid transit from the city hall region
straight 10 the north end OF the city.
London seems to DO equally we'll satis-
fed with her wonderful underground
system, and now Berlin has declared her
intention to abolish surface tracks and
put all the lines under ground.
In truth, the conditions are different.
The trolley and electric motor systens
would not do ct all in the busy sections
of Berlin or New York, and the London
omnibuses ON Broadway OF Park row
would be simply ridiculous. Even In
the German capital, with its placid,
homelcving and phlegmatic people, there
were counted within sixteen hours on
the corner Of Friedrich strasse and Inter
den Linden f20,01e foot passengers and
1870 vehicles, and on the Potsdamer-,
platz $1,000 foot passengers and 1880
vehicles. Every year social philosophers
protest against the mad rush of people
to the Cities" and evary year the rush Ia
greater
The Berlin electric company intimates
that the necessary tunnels will cost
1919, 800 per mile, as under the city at o
depth Of from ten to twenty feet has al
ready been constructed great labyrinth
of gas and sewer pipes and telegraph
and telephone wires, while the bed Of q
broad and deep river would appear to be
an insuperable obstacle. But London
has overcome almost equal obstacles,
and since November, 1890, electric mo-
tors have been introduced in that part
of tho tunnel which connects the city
with the southern suburbs. The result
exceeded the most sanguine expecta-
tions. All the difficulties which the steam
engines produced were removed at once
by this change.
An additional difficulty in Berlin, how
ever, is that the cihzena will not submit
to have the streets torn up even tempo
rarily, and so q now system Of tunneling
must be adopted. Railroad Director
Mackinson has recently invented ma
ahine especially fort this kind Of work,
which Is considered marvellous success.
AS far as the unscienttfic mind can com.
prehend his system, II seems to consist
mainly Of driving each separate section
of the tunnel forward into the earth.
The herald., 1893-05-12
A Good and sufIic,cnt Rea.op.

In thetimes when political warfare waxed
hot and relentless there was town in
west country in which the two parties were
so equal that the variation Of a single vote
one way or the other might be matter Of
most serious consequence. 1t was in Amer
ica, where every male has vote when he
attains the age of q. OF course on both
sides sharp eyes were open and watchful. A
young man came up to the polling place on
election day and offered his vote 1t was
his first appearance in the character Of an
elector, and he had the Independence or all-
dacity to differ politically from his father,
His father challenged his vote.
son what groundsS" demanded the pre-
siding officer.
Gle isn't 81"
II am 81 y asserted the youth.
mo, you're not" said the fathcr; lyon
won't be 81 till tomorrow"
II say WILL cried the youth. II was
born on the 18th day of November. It's
down in the old Bible"
"'flen itsn mistake,n said che old man.
you weseus bern till the morning Of this
18Th OF November, can VOW
''IioH can yow?"
"How92 repeated the old man indignant
iy. Goodness gracious wasn't ] there7"
well, y returned the son with proud de-
fsnce, wasn't there tooY"
The yonnG man voted. -'rit-Bits.
The herald., 1893-05-12
Honsehpld Economies.

It takes clear brain to determine what
Is the best economy in daily affairs, and
even then this prnisewortily practice may
be carried to a ridiculous extent. Thus
Mrs Barstoy said onemorning to her neigh
Dor:
ayes. try to be as economical as posi-
BILE and use up all the odds and ends. I
take my poor picking first too.
NOW, last winter it was way into March
before had good potato cooked, for al
ways use up all my sunburned, wormy onea
first and get rid of them"
''But," said her listener, II suppose you
enjoyed your nice large ones all the better
them"
"Well, no, l didn't exactly said Mrs.
Barstow with some hesitation. "You SEQ
it was so late in the season they were most
ly all spoiled, and had to throw them
away. - Youth's Companion.
The herald., 1893-05-12
GOVERNMENT AID FoR ROADS.

Embellishments of a Departments of Roads
at Washington Advocated.
It Is safe to affirm that no subject
needs greater agitation than that Of
roads, and what Is tr1e Of one state is no
less true Of every other state In the
Union. The roads Of Massachusetts.
like nearly all the highways in New Eng
land, exist where first were only foot
paths, leading from cabin tocabin of the
early settlers, and as the latter generally
built their homes on elevations for safe
ty, these trails in time became roads de.
Waiting but little from the beaten track.
Thus we have system of highways runs
ming over the most billy parts of our
country.
TO remedy this evil and construct
system of roads ON the most improved
plans would cost millions Of dollars, and
the various towns would find It impossi-
BILE to carry out such ap undertaking.
for many of them are heavily In debt,
the tax rates are high, a lfnge numbered
the farms are partially or wholly aban-
doned, and IN some portions of the state
there seems to DO ar atmosphere of dis
content settling down upon the farmersl
a country can i'll afford to neglect the
farmer or discourage any reasonable
measure for promoting and encouraging
agriculture, because the life and success
Of nation depends upon her agricultural
resources, and the prosperity Of the farrn1
ing community rests largely upon the
facilities for communicating with tha
thicldy settled sections. Where there
are no railroads the farmer must frona
necessity take his produce tomarket over
the public highways, and where the lat
ter are bad the cost of transportation
often exceeds that of the raw material. Il
In many of the towns throughout the
state frequent discussions on the subject
+ of "better roads have taken place, and
there seems to be q general awakening td
the fact that the farmer Is badly handi-
capped in his race with other branches
of industry However sober and in4
dustrious hemay be, however much the
demand for his produce may increase, and
the market may grow, the present facil1
tiles for transportation place in his path
an obstacle which he Is unable to sur
mount. This has o most depressing
effect upon the farmer. 4
We believe that the time has conc
when the government should lend its aid,
and it seems proper, therefore. TO advol
cate the establishments Of department.
+, of roads at Washington. The duties Of
this commission should be to control and
instruct similar commissions maintained
by the several states, and these state and
national commissions should be given en-
tire charge of building and maintaining
system of rhacadam roads which would,
be for the best interests OF tho county.
With a system of good roads, property
would greatly increase In value. many OF
the abandoned acres would again be
brought under cultivation, and much,
would be added to the comfort and PROSE-
perity of the people. -Clarence d. War
ner, G. E., in Good Roads.
The herald., 1893-05-12
OPPORTUNITIES FOE INvEsToRs.
100000 100000
sUPERB : PER CENT GOLD BOND


IN v Ia n AtNt
Tho second instalIinent Of fhe1rst mortgage
| z per cent gold bonds OF the PASADENA AND
| BIT. WILSON RAILWAY COMPANY Is now
reSdy ~ ss6,sPa9n 10 sos 70 iqt Ts
which Will greatly enhance the value Of thcir
Any II these bonds. II desired, win be re-
deemed at par and Interest. upon one months
notice after the time agreed upon az tiinf Of
sale, thus giving the holder a liberal Interest
Tor the NH ii term 81 Ire bonds Il believed
that with the small amount OF bonds that VIII
bo Issued In proportion TO the cost and value
OF the property owned by the company, and the
large prospective revenue of the road, that
both stock and bonds will soon bring a pre-
Those wIshing to Investigate with view 20
purchasing bonds, VIII, by appointment, he
shown oyer the road and all desired infoDfna-
ton furnished.
The bonds can be purchased from NIL tho
banks IN pasadena,lFfrst National Bank, Pnsa-
dena National Bank and San Gabriel Valley
Bank; and In Los Angeles ffom the Citizens
Bank and the Los Angeles Safe Deposit and
Trdst Cbfnpang, 3I3 South Spring street; also
az the .company'b Office, Grand Opera House
Thirty days win be given 10 purchasers for
settlemcnt Among the purchasers OF these
bonds are the following:
ghae. IL. Frost, Pasadena,
Hon. a. y. Throop, Pasadena.
T. ID. Rtiihson. Los Angeles.
a. w. Brotberton, Los Angeles.
y. IL. Vailette, Pasadena.
=. d. Lincoln, Pasadena
Mrs. u. r. ~. Lincoln. Pasadena,
II. M. Singer, Pasadena.
Col u. q, dreen. Pasadena
Andrew MoRhly. Chicag0.
A. &. ArmstrQftly, Pasadena
d. Galbrnith Pasadena.
James Smith, Pasadena.
d w. IfngV, Pasadena.
Sen Gabriel Valley Bank, Pasadena
q. ROSCOE Thomas Pasadena.
g. W. Brown Pasadena.
7. q. @. Lowe, Pasadena.
Mrs. A, L. Lowe, Pasadena.
Lowe Emerson, cincinnnu o.
A. y. West, Los Angeles.
VIM. H. Knight, Los angelica
Mrs. E a. Williaps
W. u. Simmons, Pasadena.
hrs. MarthG Vaughan, Chicago.
All bonds settled for before hHy J0th VIII
have July coupons on thus giving tho pur-
chaser equal 70 per cent discount.
The FIRST issue was SO promptly takeusitis
believed that this issue, being Che last that will
carry special advantages, will be taken within
few days. TO party With capital Of
$50, 900 or mora an Unusually good business
opening VIII be presented.
For more com pfeta Information and particu-
lars, call ON or address
r. q. 6. LOWE,
President Pasadena & MI. Wilson Railway Co.,
Grand Opera House Block,
Pasadena, Ca
4-3O II
The herald., 1893-05-12

HT0. HAYFoRD, XGT0NEY AND GoUNS--
w selQr at law, rooms IL and ~, lanfranco
building, 2lS North Main street, Los Angeles.
Telephone ll57. Practices in all state and
United States courts. 3-l9 ii
The herald., 1893-05-12

These sections are big, solid rings,
made Of the best iron and steel, which
are so constructed that they can be fitted
together Theoretically before the final
completion of the tunnel. One ring after
the other is driven into the earth, while
contrivances particularly prepared for
this purpose haul. away the dirt and
sand as if some magical power were at
work. Thick external and internal lay
ers of cement protect the metal, all Of
which will constitute mighty structure
against which all the powers of the un-
derworld will not be able to prevail.
Two tunnels will be laid, with single
track In each, SO as as to avoid all possi-
bic danger of collisions. AS to elevated
roads, the Berliners will not listen to the
proposition, as they want privacy in
their homes and quiet both at home and
cafe, and maybe they are right.
The herald., 1893-05-12
Saved by the Sheep.

A Boise City little girl started across
the divide for school the other day, and
shortly after her departure terrible
snowstorm in. AS she had not reached
the school house at 10 o'clock it was feared
that she was lost, and accordingly a
searching party wandered over the hills,
hoping to find some trace Of the poor lit
tie girl. They at last found her in an
old shed with number Of sheep among
which she had cuddled down, and thus
escaped being frozen to death.