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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05
IfTwo Worlds Should Meet.

Our world is spinning through space
at speed of over 900 miles per minute
Should it come in collision with a globe
of equal size going at the same rate Of
speed, what would be the result? The
very best thinkers of the age tell us that
heat enough would be generated by the
shock to transform both of the colliding
bodies into gigantic balls of vapor many
times their present circumference.
Some have thought that in case the cen
ter of the earth is composed of solid and
colder matter than is the generally ac-
copied belief this might not be the case.
but after searching all the leading au-
thorities | must admit that l cannot find
more appropriate fms than the fol-
lowing. which is from an eminent scien-
tist Should such an unheard of event
occur the heat generated would be suffi-
Gent to melt, boil and completely vapor-
ize a mass of ice fully 700 times the bulk
of both the colliding worlds-in other
words, an ice planet 10000 miles in di-
ameterl-St. Louis Republic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05
Helping a Man Along.

Tramp-Beg your pardon, sir,
but
Affable Party-Oh, that's all right,
certainly. Don't give it another
thought. When you stopped me, I
didn't know but you wanted a quar-
ter or something of that sort, and
you only wanted to beg my pardon
Granted freely God bless you, my
man Boston Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05
Serving Honestly.

Scene-A Partisan restaurant. Enter a
fussy old gentleman. who, after choosing
his table, beckons to the waiter and says
conhdentially; II want a really good din
ner. Here's your tip beforehand. Now
what do you recommendP" Waiter Cook
ing cautiously round and whispering in the
clients ear)-Go somewhere elsel-St.
James Gazette.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05
A Contsntsd Child.

Fond Mother-How do you like your
new governess, Johnny
Johnny-Oh, like her so much.
Ppm so glad my little boy has nice
teacher at last"
"Oh, she's awful nice. She says she
don't care whether l learn anything or not,
so long as pop pays her salary. Good
News
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05

Frances Willard has somewhat astonished
the English by suggesting that the grill, I"
behind which all women except peeresses
have had to conceal themselves to listen to
debates in the house of commons, be placed
in the British museum as a relic.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05

Many condemn the use of perfume "a
vulgar, but as long as we have wives
and sisters and daughters and sweet
hearts the industry will flourish.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1894-05-05
Very Saving.

Old Tolliver-Look at young Work
hard, sir. He saved his money at
college. What did you save, sir9
Young Tolliver calmly but i'm
pressively)-I saved my brains, sir.-
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Roots In Tile Drains

Some striking instances are given in
the New England Farmer of the choking
of water courses and tile drains by the
roots of trees. In these cases the roots
entered at the joints between the pieces
of tile. To prevent this clogging, it is
regarded as important to make the ditch
es straight, so that the tiles will come in
close contact at the ends. There is no
doubt that it may be well to lay the
Joints in water lime cement for some
time before the ditch is filed, when
trouble is expected. The importance of
packing the earth well around the tile to
prevent it from becoming displaced in
filing should be well understood. The
roots of willows are found to be specially
troublesome, and have spoiled the value
of wells in this way, with mass of roots
that seriously INSTRUCTED the flow of
water.
Most of the tile that is manufactured
is sufficiently porous to admit the en-
trance of water through the sides when
the Joints are closed with cement. If
the nature of the ground prevents max
ing the drains perfectly straight, very
long curves should be resorted to, which
will allow the ends of the tile to be
brought into close contact. The writer
Of the article which we have referred to,
who appears to have examined many
cases, says that however formidable the
roots of willows have proved, he has
known of no instances where roots from
fruit trees have proved seriously trou-
blesome, and he urges special reason
why drains should be straight beside
that given, in that crooked tile drain
is sure to cause sediment to settle at the
crooks and eventually to choke the drain
entirely.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02

A strong gale of wind was blowing
over the lake and driving its surface
into low, white capped ridges, while
along the shore the foam lay like fat
banks of new fallen snow. If 1t had
passed across lake of fresh water of
equal extent, that wind would unques-
tionably have produced such an agita-
ton of its surface that navigation in
small boats would have been difficult
if not highly perilous.
But the waters Of the Great Salt lake,
although driven into ridges as just re-
marked, showed curious resistance to
the wind and the waves, rising to only
a slight elevation, moved along with an
appearance of lethargy that the eye
could not but notice.
Yet there was an immense momentum
stored up in those low, heavy, slow
moving waves. Venturing into the
water at a point where the depth did
not exceed four feet, the observer found
that it was impossible to stand against
them. Their sheer weight swept him
resistlessly along.
The curious buoyancy Of the water,
containing % per cent Of salt in solu-
ton, increased the helplessness Of the
bather. He was not submerged, as some
times occurs in the Atlantic breakers,
but was lifted and carried like a cork.
It would probably have been impos-
sible to dive through an oncoming wave
after the manner practiced by bathers
along the Atlantic coast. In the Great
Salt lake people are not drowned through
sinking, but strangled while still ahoat.
The bitter water may enter the air pass
ages with fatal effect, but the body con-
tinues to float until 1t reaches the shore
or Is picked up. Youth Companion,
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
FIG. "A DOUBLE BRooDER.

brooder box has an open bottom, but the
cover fits tight, the top having two or
three inches air space over the tank
should the top be level. The water tank
Gig. p is made of galvanized iron an inch
deep and 10 by "a inches. The stand
pipe is inches long, made large enough
. to insert the neck of a quart bottle in
the top.
Any house lamp can be used, the top
of the chimney being half an inch from
the under side of the tank. The tank is
covered with cloth or bagging, sewed on
close and tight. The mother is frame
made of pine, covered with paper or
tarred felt, with wooden cut in strips
tackled on the edge, and when in posi-
ton lies on top of the tank. The moth
or is a little smaller than the inside
of the brooder-say, five or six inches.
Use a sliding platform for the chicks and
set it at first three inches lower than the
under side of the tank and lower the plat
form half an inch every 10 days.
The illustration shows double brood
er, with tight partitions in the middle,
and with openings for the chicks ON OPP
posite Sides The chicks in each brooder
have separate runs. To set the brooder,
have the end over the lamp (three-quar-
tiers of an inch the lowest from the top
of the lamp, but half an inch is BETTER
and the water will freely circulate. Fill
the tank to the top of the standpipe;
then fill bottle with water and place
the neck of the bottle in the opening of
the standpipe, which gives pressure to
the water, and the circulation will be
complete. When chicks are very young,
keep the inclined plane raised up. This
brooder is an improvement over many
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Taught the Teacher.

NOW, children, said the teacher of
an Ellsworth primary school, 81 want
you to remember that wherever you
find the letter q the very next letter will
always be ui''
A little girl with very sage look
held up her hand and bent over one
side to give it greater elevation and the
act more EMPHASIS.
well, Abigail Jane, what is it?"
SAID the teacher.
I'm the alphabet the very next letter
after isn't ul''
Abigail Jane, said the teacher.
with some asperity of tone and man
ner, you may take your seat ELLIS
worth LMe.l American.
Devotion to Principles.
Old Mrs. Geewilikens reads in New
York paper a short account of ballet,
but as her eyesight is poor makes a
mistake.
LAND sakes, Josiah, the good times
have come, and women are votin in New
York. This paper says the cast of the
ballot was very fine, and large number
of girls took part and were good at the
figures. The paper says some of 'em, it
is sure, were grandmothers, though they
was spry. That's devotion to princi-
pies, Josiah, even grandmothers comm
forward ON the stage of duty and usin
the ballot. | wish l was there. -
Princeton Tiger.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
McMahon,s Simplicity.

The French cynics never knew just
what to make of Marshal McMahon's
simplicity and candor. Once while he
was president the council of ministers
were divided on question in the affirm
alive side of which Mcmahon himself
felt the deepest interest. When they
came to vote on it, they found them
selves tied-fve voting aye" and five
mo" "Well, gentlemen" said the pres
ident, with sigh, Il confess l am sor-
ny, but the motion is lost"
His five opponents exulted in their vic
tory. His five associates looked respect
fully astonished, but said nothing. After
the meeting one of the latter called the
president aside. IN. lie president" he
whispered, 1--WE were amazed at the re-
suit of that vote, but held our peace out
of regard for you. We had supposed
that you were of the same mind with
ourselves"
$50 l am" answered MacMahon,
HEARTILY"
"Then why did you not assert your
right and cast the decisive voter"
upon my faith," exclaimed the hon
est old soldier, Il never once thought of
itf'-Kate Fields Washington.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
The shackles Worn by John Brown

James N. Atwood of this town has in
his possession the shackles worn by John
Brown when he was captured. Soon
after the execution of John Brown, in
1859, Rev. Hezel1iah Atwood, originally
of Livermore, Me-, was in Charleston,
Va, and while there visited the Jail
where Brown was incarcerated awaiting
execution. He was shown the leg irons
which were placed upon Brown at the
time of his capture and worn constantly
by him until his execution. He tried to
purchase the shackles, but was told that
it would be impossible. Asking the old
negress what would happen if the irons
should disappear and another pair be
substituted, she replied that 1.-THE num-
Der would be good" evidently with no
idea of their historical value. Mr.. At
wood after much difficulty procured an
other pair at an expense of So and was
soon in possession of the coveted shac-
kles. At one time during the lifetime Of
Mr.. Atwood they were used in lectures
by Henry Ward Beecher.-Livermor
Falls (Me.) Letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS.
It Was Dreaded More Than
Death.
They Who Crossed 1t Never Returned
to The Sunlight.
What Connection Has 1t With the Present
Generation 2

The celebrated Bridge of Signs has al
ways been looked upon as the acme of
suffering and misery. With what feel
ing of horror we think of the thousands
of victims who have crossed it never to
return. But there is another bridge,
almost as old as the world ITSELF and
which is as prolific of suffering to-day as
in the early ages. There is bridge con-
Meeting health and disease which has
caused more signs in the history of the
world than any structure built by the
hand of man. 1t is a subject for universal
sadness when we think how many are
daily crossing this bridge Can we return ,
or must we leave the sunlight of health
forever behind us? This is indeed fear
fully important question. This query
interests us as it interested a young lady
of our acquaintance named Miss Jessie
McVey, who resides in Irvington, Ind
Il had always been rather robust and
WE'LL" she said, 'unti the last two OF
three years, when 1t so happened that |
overtaxed my strength in try ng to do too
much work. l had a spell OF nervous
prostration and was so weak all the time l
could scarcely get around.
II have also been troubled with rheu-
matIsm more or less for long time, which
grew worse after my nerves became weak.
OF a morning / would feel more tired than
when / went TO bed, and on going upstairs
would give clear out by the time |
reached the top, and my heart would
flutter and feel as Il ough it was up in my
throat
'My head also troubled me . great deal a.,
nv ewes would burn and hurt and my
head would feel as though it would burst;
at the same time my feet and hands would
be cold l was also troubled with catarrh
for several years.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02

Every farmer needs ice during the
heated term, and great many defer
storing it, thinking the expense of build
ing an icehouse too great. Now. every
one can have plenty of ice if he owns an
outbuilding of any kind, according to
the Ohio Farmer, which says: The
building should stand on dry ground. If
not, it should be provided with good
drainage. This is very essential ON ac-
count of keeping the ice solid in the bot
tom.
The building can be made of old boards
If the sides are made tight enough to hold
the packing firmly in place. The pack
ing must be on all four sides, and may
consist OF fine sawdust, chaff, charcoal
or any such material that You can pack
in hard and tight, about IS inches thick.
When the cold day arrives, fill 1t if pos
sibIe all at once, after putting thick
layer of packing in the bottom before
the first layer Of ice goes in. Then fill
in as fast as possible, cover thick with
packing and put tight roof over. Leave
both gable ends open, and you will have
ice all summer with very little cost.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Auntie's Ignorance.


Orders had been given to the police
man to arrest all mendicants whom they
found in the streets. In obedience to his
instructions Nineteenth district police
man took into custody an old colored
woman whom he found soliciting aims
at Eighth and Chestnut streets. When
she arrived at the station house, the SER
geant in charge looked at her over the
desk in surprise. She was old. and her
hair had faded to gray, but her eyes
shone brightly. She made a queer little
bow and said, "Good even, mas'r."
After "auntie" had given her name,
the police official asked her age.
Laws sake, don know. Been putty
long ago since my nanny tol me. |
clean gone fo'get." She smiled, and SO
did he.
Are you married or singlep
81 don know" came the answer. The
sergeant looked up dumfounded.
you don't known queried he.
''Umpum," said she, shaking her head.
"Why don't you know"
"'Cause Pze grass widow respond
ed "auntie, '-Philadelphia Press.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02

81 got medicine from several doctors,
but it seemed as though it helped me-
some at the first, but in little while
would feel as bad, if not worse than ever
/ began to be discouraged when | saw an
advertisement of how DR.. Greene's Ner,
vura blood and nerve remedy helped
others who were worse off than l was
and | concluded to give it trial Before
taking half bottle | began to feel better
/ did not feel so tired and nervous. My
head felt better and my appetite improved
| have taken three bottles and keep on
IMPROVING. / think this wonderful medi
cine cannot be praised highly enough, fol
it makes the weak strong and the old fee
young again"
Thanks to this remarkable medicine,
they who have strayed from the paths OF
health and started to cross that perilouS
bridge leading to fatal disease, may return
to the bright sunlight of happy life, free
from the signs and sorrows of suffering.
The world is filled with sickness and
suffering, with persons who are in need
of just such valuable medicine as DR.
Greene's Nervura blood and nerve
remedy.
If you are troubled with nervousness
headache, palpitation, stomach, liver OF
kidney complaints, all of which indicate
more or less exhausted condition of the
nervous system and disordered state OF
the blood, take this remedy which is
purely vegetable and harmless and which
has been made famous by so many re-
markable cures and by healing the sick
and suffering all over the land. 1t has
entered thousands of homes where the
occupants, stricken with disease, worn out
with care and bowed down with sorrow,
hardly know where to turn next for a
helping hand, and it has raised up the
sick, strengthened the weary watcher
and brought happiness to all, and has
indeed transformedsthe mournful, sorrow
full abode of disease into a bappy. healthy
home.
DIR. Greene, the great spec alist, is curing
all nervous and chronic diseases. can be
consulted at his Office, 50 W. l4th Street
New York, free of charge, personally OF
by letter.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
H.wanted a sndden peath.

At a brilliant dinner party at the
house of the secretary of state in 1875,
the talk turned upon the sensation of
death. 81 do not know" said Mr.. Fish,
in the hush that Involuntary followed
the introduction of such serious sub
ject, "why we should pray against sud
den death; it seems to me very desir-
able way of shutting off this mortal coil.
| think the compilers of our book of
Common Prayer must have intended VIC
lent death in their petition-at least that
is the way l read it-and every Sunday
at church, when that part of the litany
is read, 1 make that distinction in my
mind.
sit seems to me-" he continued, look
ing abstractedly before him, with his
thoughts evidently far away from the
gay scene by which he was surrounded,
"to die suddenly, without the painful
struggles of disease, is what | would
rather pray for" When one day one OF
the guests of that occasion picked up a
morning paper and read in large type,
Suddenly, at his home at Garrisons-on-
the-Hudson, Hamilton Fish," the long
forgotten conversation came wildly to
mind.-New York Tribune.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02

The worthy Sunday school superin-
tendent was illustrating the text, What
soever a man soweth that shall he also
reap"
Superintendent-If | want to raise a
crop of turnips, what sort of seed must
l SOW?
Children-Turnip seed.
Superintendent | want to raise a
crop of tomatoes, what kind Of seed must
| sow?
Children-Tomato seed.
Superintendent good. Now, if
you want to raise crop of good man
hood, what kind Of seed must you SOW?
And an observer who kept tally report
ed that the school on test vote was a tie
between turnip seed and tomato Seed
Buffalo Times.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Tbankfulness is the tune Of angels.

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special meI :
ton. All who have used Electric Bittes
sing the same song of praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and 1t is guaran-
teed to do all that is claimed. Electric
Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver
and Kidneys, will remove Pimples, Bois,
Salt Rheum and other affections caused
by impure blood.-Will drive Malaria
from the system and prevent as we'll as
cure all Malarial fevers.-For cure Of
Headache. Constipation and Indigestion
try Electric Bitters-Entire satisfaction
guaranteed, or money refunded.-Pri e
Scots and $100 per bottle at Elmer d.
Prickitts drug stores, Mount Holly and
Lumberton.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02


This is not an unusual question these
days and it is quite the popular thing to
get away from the cold weather, especially
so, as the trip is SO inexpensive as to be
within the reach of all. In another col
umn is the advertisement of the Ocean
Steamship Co. "The Saoonnah Line"
which offers real pleasure trip to 1.-THE
Linds of Sun" and at cost nearly one
half of the same trip by railroad. The
two days sea trip on one of these elegant
passenger steamships Is of itself some
thing particularly charming, affording, as
it does, all the luxury of first-class hotel
while en- route and yet all this is includ-
ed without extra charge when one holds a
through ticket, which are issued to any
point in Florida or the South.
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
Remember, not one penny can we tax
with us into the unknown land.
TWO lives saved.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of junction City,
ILL.,, was told by her doctors she had con-
sumption and that there was no hope for
her, hut two bottles Dr. Kings New d :
covery completely cured her and she says
it saved her life. Mr.. Thos Eggers, 1879
Florida ST., San Francisco, suffering from
dreadful cold; approaching Consumption ;
tried without result everything else then
bought one bottle of DR.. Kings New Dis
covery and IN two weeks WAS cured. He
is naturally thankful. 1t is such results,
of which these are samples, that prove
the wonderful efficacy of this medicine IN
Coughs and Colds Free trial bottles at
Elmer d. Prickitt's drug stores, Mount
Holly and Lumberton. Regular size 5Oc
and $100
The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1894-01-02
New Ysar.. l. ..pln monern par.

All ladies know what pin money is,
but it may be interesting to them to
learn the origin of the expression and
also to know that it is directly connected
with New Years day. Until the begin
ming of the sixteenth century the only
pins used by the poorer classes were
made of wood-in fact, they were not
pins at all, but skewers, which, for the
use of the wealthy, were of lockwood,
bone and silver. At the period above
named the metal pins now in use were
invented, and people of fashion were
eager to possess them. They at once be-
came the most popular and acceptable
New Years gift for ladies, but it soon
grew customary to give, instead of the
pins themselves, the money with which
to purchase them, and this was called
pin money" term which gradually
came to be applied to all money given to
ladies for the general purpose of dress
and personal adornlnent.-Selected.