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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-05
Notice to Tie Men.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY
st. Paul, October l, 1881

st. Paul, October l, 1881
Ties will be purchased by this
company. at its option, as per de-
scription, price and specifications
given hereon, and only upon the
line between Essex and Newport,
inclusive.
Specifications: All hewed ties
must be peeled and to be of good,
round, sound, live timber, exactly
eight (S) feet long, straight and
well hewed on both sides, free from
score hacks, and of uniform thick
ness of seven CD inches, and to
measure not less than seven Gu
inches face at narrowest point; the
ends Of ties to be sawed square and
the hewed sides to be parallel and
out of wind. Ties varying one inch
or more under or over eight feet
long will not be accepted.
Cedar and fir ties filling the
above specifications will be received
and paid for as follows:
Prices: Ties delivered at sta
tons convenient for loading from
side tracks-Cedar, 7 inches thick,
Z inches face and up, peeled, Is
cents per tie; fir, 7 inches thick, 7
inches face and up, peeled, IA cents
per tie. Ties delivered at other
points on the right-of-way at or
above grade convenient for load
ing-Cedar, inches thick, Z inches
face and up, peeled, IA cents per
tie; fir, inches thick, Z inches face
and up, peeled, 10 cents per tie.
Culls will not be received, in
spected or allowed to remain on the
company's right ofway.
All ties must have owners name
and address written on cards. which
must be securely fastened to each
pile, and where ties are delivered
on account of merchants or dealers
names of parties delivering same
must also be shown, and delivery
orders furnished. Cards and de
livery order blanks will be fur
nished upon application to the pur
chasing agent nearest station agen
or inspector.
Special conditions: Cedar anC
fir ties may be piled on the com
pany's right-of way at stations o
side tracks at or above the grade o
the railway track convenient 70
loading on cars; must be piled viii
ends towards the track, with a spac
of four feet between ranks ard no
less than ten feet from the neares
rail. No pile shall exceed 100 fee
in length, and a space of at least 2
feet shall be left between piles
: Other ties can only be placed upo1
the company's right-of-way b
special agreement with the pun
, chasing agent.
Any person or persons violatin
these terms will be considered tres
passers, and will assume all risk
and be held liable for all damae
caused by their action. All tie
put out in accordance with this eli
cular and received by the compan,
will be inspected monthly, con
mencing with December, 1895, an
- payments made within thirty day
after the month in which inspe
ton is made.
Jos. w. BLABoN,
Approved: Purchasing Agen
~ II w ADDrNr
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-05

The board of county commits
sioners meet in regular session on
Monday, October IA.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-05
Over $4o,ooo,ooo.oo.
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS:

A
Presiden-Co H. Brothers, Capitalist and owner;
of w. H. Brothers & Co., Roofers ST. Louis.
Vice Pesdent-Capt A. Ware Railroad Contractor
I'd " VIM +. WernseW F. Wense Co., Brokers'
ST. Louis also Pet Bankers Publishing Co., and Prest
anee Loan and Mortgage Co.
Secretary-Wm Tire of VIM. TIRE TIRE
Louis; also Prest Prince Arthur Mining Co., Gold Mines.
Asst Secy-E A. Wense Cashier w F. Werns
Secretary Bankers Publishing Co., and
Loan and Mortgage Co.
Victor Nusbaum, Merchant Tailor, Cleveland Ohio
j. H. Rhoades of Rhoades Kenney Spence Hartford City, Ind
Gilbert Mkkeon Steve McEmeel and Abner Enoh
Silver City, Idaho
Treasurer Transfer Agen-The Guarantee Loan Mortgage Co..
authorized Capital, $1,5OOOOO) St Louis.
The Mines PRODUCERS and will be Dividends
Limited number of shares of the Companys Treasury will
be sold to applicants, received price
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-05

= ONNER'S FERRY POST OFFICE-Mail
u opens at m and closes at 8 p IN on
week days; Open from II m to Z m Sundays
Money Order department closes at pm.
FRED KAISER, Postmaster.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1895-10-05

" NIGHTS OF PYTHIAS.-Acme Lodge No.
~ Is, Knights of Pythias meets in their
hall every Thursday Evening at 1880 p. NJ. Wis
ting brothers are cordially invited to attend.
c. G. BACHER, &C.
II. w. HARRIS, X. of II. & S.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
A Hypnotic Criminal.

A good story is told of Judge
who lately had the hypnotic plea
raised before him by burglar. The
prisoner claimed that he did not
know that he was burgling;" that
he did it automatically and uncon
sciously under the direction of q
hypnotist The judge said that he
would give him the full benefit d
the law and also of his hypnotic mis-.
fortune He thereupon sentenced
him to ten years in state prison, but
told him he could send for the hyp
notist and have himself made un.
conscious for tho entire term of his
Imprisonment
The same power, " said the judge,
(which enabled you to commit bur.
glary and not know it ought also tc
enable you to suffer Imprisonment,
with hard labor, and not be aware
of it. AT any rate, this is the best /
can do for you. Albany Times
Union.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
Bereft of Their Queen.

An observer of nature sitting on one of
the seats in Central park one spring day
was wondering why across the rubby as
phalt path there was such u migration of
those big black headed ants which arr to
he found here and there about the park
little predatory fellows which seize the
moth or butterfly that just emerging
from its larval winter home, wants to
climb up some kindly twig, grow its wings
and then fly whittier it listcth.
The cause of all the parade was soon APP
parent There was to be new colony
formed, and a great brown ant, a queen,
five times as big rs any Of her subjects,
was being drawn across the path by a
guard of honor A new home was to be
established to relieve the ovcrpopulatcd
nest that lad been the ants domicile all
through the winter.
The observer, without in any way injur
ing the queen, captured her, and then
there was the most tremendous connection
among the ants The queen was carefully
housed i'm a small cone Of paper and then
all attention was given to the ants, the
workers. a nation which had lost its rul-
er could not have appeared more distressed
than We're those little creatures The news
spread with incredible quickncss that the
queen of the new colony had been purloin-
ed-had vanished Her guard of score Of
soldiers, some three of whom at least bit
the observer ; fingers savagcly, were all
apparently placed under arrest, and the
ground was soon black with ants. Those
from the old homestead were aiding the
new colony to find their missing queen
and were scurrying around everywhere,
touching antennH, and when no definite
news could be given rushing off again IN
search of the missing ruler.
After Il short time the queen, So egg la
den that she could not move, was placed
on the path, and in a second afterward
one of the scouts discovered her. The scout
appeared really to make an obeisancc to
her He had an interview of a moment,
and then souttlcd off to find his comrades
to tell the good news and to get a cohort
of soldiers to take the good lady home.
Soon there was perfect regiment of ants
around her, and she was carried to a small
hole under the root of Il privct, where no
doubt the new home had been delved out
in preparation for her arrival. 4 small
tribute to this little glimpse into natures
life was paid by getting some humps OF
sugar, softened with water They We're
placed near the new colony They We're
soon found, and the little fellows were
busy until SHUTDOWN in taking down the
tiny crystals they Clipped off the rocks
they were rocks to them-tO fill their store
house New York Tribune
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
Italian MariOnettes.

The first modern Itall1l, writer who al
ludcs to the public performances u mar
ioncttes is the learned Or. jerome Cardhn,
who was born AT Pava in 1901. He speaks
with positive enthusiasm of the perfection
to which the art Of working the little fig
ures had then been brought, how by the
pulling of single string they could be
made to play fight, hunt dance, blow
trumpets and cook Every artistically."
Judging from sixteenth century pictures
and descriptions. the popular puppct shows
of those day, differed but little from the
performances that may he witnessed on
the piazza of any Italian city in our own
time.
There was the little portable stage or
castellctto, on which the burattini ot Flor
ence and Rome and the fantoccini Of Ma
pies played their mimic parts The latter
city was the birthplace Of the hero of the
modern street drama, "Pulcinclla so
named, it is said from the hen chicken,
whose cry his voice is supposed to rcscm-
BILE. The Neapolitan Pulcinclla was by no
means such monster of iniquity as our
English Punch. He seems to have been
nothing worse than a pleasure loving,
quick witted irresponsible scamp of the
"nobody's enemy but his own" type
Cornhill Magazine.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
He Got the GObblers.

A story is told of a Cincinnati whole
sale grocery porter who got fooled on an
order in the daybook of the entry clerk.
Some one wanted two dozen gobcts. His
order was for provisions, groceries, crock
cry and glassware. The entry clerk, when
he came to the goblets, wrote it up "2 doz.
gobs." The porter fills a dual capacity
in the store; also acting as purchasing
agent. He glanced over the mornings or
ders and started out on his buying eXpedi-
ton He was gone so long that everybody
about the store was wondering as to his
whereabouts. He finally turned up bring
ing with him two dozen live turkeys. Go
ing up to the entry clerk, Henry-for that
is the porter's name-said: ''Thcre, just
look at dem. Dcre fine ones, amt it?'
"What in the dickens are you doing with
all those 'turksy' the entry clerk asked
in amazcmcnt.
IVY, dose are the best 1 could find on
dat order
"What order?"
pVy, dis Won dat calls for two dozen
gobblers. Troy Times.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
Weapons Indians Fear.

Indians sometimes face light firearms
with great courage, but they fight shy of
the attentions of any weapon that sends a
large proiectile, said Colonel f. a.
Blake, who has had wide experience on the
western plains. "The rush and scream of
the heavy bullet brighten them, and they
prefer to keep away from their range. To
that not unreasonable prejudice is due the
fact that the buffalo hunters of the early
seventies who in following their business
were constantly exposed to the attacks of
hostile Indians, were molested compare
lively little by them. The long, heavy
rife with its telescope sights and the
knowledge of the deadly certainty of the
buffalo hunters aim, almost invariably
served to make the red man keep his dis
tance and set him temporarily free from
the notion of scalp hunting.
cone buffalo hunter, Of the name of
Murdoch, that I knew, was creeping upon
a herd on the Staked plain when he slied
a band of Comanches riding toward him.
He instantly lcvclcd his gun upon them as
a warning that they should not approach
too near. Checking his warriors the chief
of the band pointed with his hand to a
buffalo in the distant herd, then mentioned
in the Indian sign language that the hunt
er should shoot it, Murdoch fired as the
chief indicated, and the buffalo fell, The
Indians gave a loud How of approval,
waved their hands, turned their ponies and
swept on past the hunter, leaving him to
pursue his shooting of the buffalo unmo
Tested, New York sun.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
What Puzzled Margery.

This is Margcry's first year in school,
and she is greatly interested in everything
that occurs. One morning recently she
came home at noon greatly excited. "Oh,
mamma, " she said. 'What do you Think
Our teacher stopped right in the middle Of
a music lesson and asked us how many
turnips there are in bushel We just
couldn't understand what that had to do
with our music
Mamma couldn't understand it either,
and the more positive Margcry grew about
the matter the more her mamma felt she
must be mistaken. Finally, to satisfy her
own mind, one morning when she met the
teacher Margcry's mamma asked heg what
she had meant by asking the children how
many turnips there We're in a bushel, dur
ing music lesson.
The teacher too, was just as puzzled as
Margery had been.
"Why, surely, ] didn't ask such a qucs-
ton as that, she said. Then, after think
ing moment, she exclaimed, laughing:
"Why, ! asked the children how many
beats there were i'm a measured
Margerys bright mind had done the
rest.-Youth's Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
As Hard as the Diamond.

The diamond has always been regarded
as possessing one quality which placed it
beyond rivalry-namely that of hardness.
There are several gems which compete
with it in beauty, and at least one, the
ruby when of rare size and quality, out
ranks it in costlincss. But none in the
whole list equals it in hardness.
Diamond cut diamond" has become
a popular saying. The hardest steel cannot
equal the diamond in that respect. The
diamond, says "A recent authoritative text
book of chemistry, sis the hardest form of
matter known"
But science progresses, and if nature has
set aside for her king of gems the distinc-
ton of unparalleled hardness the art of
man has not been equally considerable.
There are at least two products of chemi-
cal experiment which have proved, accord
ing to the great French chemist, Henri
Moissan, to be as hard as diamonds.
These are produced from the rare metal
titanum. NJ. Moissan has succeeded in
preparing titanium in the electric furnace.
In the pure form it is harder than steel or
quartz, and when combined with silicon or
boron, so as to form "a silicidc or boridc of
titanium, it matches the diamond itself in
hardness
Titanium resembles tin in its chemical
properties, and it is the characteristic ele-
ment in the beautiful red and brown crys-
tails of rutile. These, in the shape Of nee
dies, are sometimes found penetrating
large white quartz crystals, forming gems
that the French call cloves arrows, -
Youths Companion.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
An Unlucky Reporter.

A Belgian paper tells funny story of O
reporter of an Antwerp journal who was
sent by his editor TO Brussels to take down
a report of the kings speech In order
that the report should come back very
quickly the editor gave him two carrier
pigeons trained to fly between the two
cities, by which he should send back his
message. When the reporter reached the
capital, he went into restaurant and
handing his pigeons to waiter ordered
his luncheon. He was kept waiting a long
time, but finally delicious stew was
served, which he enjoyed. When he had
finished, he called for his bill, settled it
and then asked for his pigeons. Cpl
geons" cried the waiter in great astonish-
ment. why, you have Just eaten them"
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
Our Sixty Thousand Tramps.

Professor John j. NcC1ok of Trinity
college. in recent lccturc in New Haven
on The Pathological Ael tct of the Tramp
Problem. gave the following interesting
facts about the lsEi1Gt~ of the road:
"Ncw Jersey was Che first state to pass
a law Furnishing the professional tramp
and at the same time to define what he
was. This was i'm 1875. Rhode Island was
the next and Connecticut came third, a
recent writer asserts that tncrc arc about
10000 tlamps in the United states. This
number is trine large. although it is safe
to say that there are over IO.u0J This is
larorr tban thr army of WELLINGTON at Wa.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
We're Not Acquainted,

A freely was flying about in the garden
one evening, when he happened to go by
two little kittens.
"Oh doarr' said Buff What can that
be-"
Its little lamp with wings" sand
Oily. Let's run into the house am
afraid of it,
81 want to see what it is going TO do.
said Buff, who had moro courage than her
sister. just then the little insect lighted
on a rosebu,h close to the kittens.
Oily started for the house but Buff
said; 81 am not going to run away, !
don't believe the little lamp will hurt us. e"
mo indeed, " said the FREELY, who had
heard what Buff said II am a harmless
little insect wouldn't hurt anything"
"Then won't you stay here a little
wnileg" asked Buff L want to look at
you, and | want my sister to come back
and look at you too
sob, yes, answered the lre1y, Il
should like to rest awhile. l have been
llymg about for long time, and then
should like to look at You and your sister
never saw such flrellies as you are be-
fore "
1--WE are not fireflies, " said Buff, 1--WE
are kittens" And she couldn' t help laugh
ing at the firelly's funny mistake.
kittens, said the freely; what are
kittensY"
Buff hadn't thought about that
Il am sure don know, she said. II
will ask my mother
"Never mind " said the FREELY. "Call
your sister won't your l want to see
her.
Little Oily came to the door and peeped
out.
Don't be afraid, " said the FREELY Il
won't hurt you. "
Oily came out on the step and sat down,
81 like the looks of you both, " said the
FREELY in n few minutes, "only think you
ought to have some wings"
Then he flew away, and Buff and Oily
went in to tell their mother about him.
Woman's journal
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
He Did Not Like Ends.

Sailing vessels in the Australian trade
frequently carry only one or two passen-
gers, who share the saloon with the cap
tain and chief officer. Aboard one vessel
recently there was only one passenger and
the captain and mate generally contrived
to get the most and best of what was on
the table One day there was rolly poly
pudding, with swectmcats in the middle.
DO you like puddin ends, sirY' asked the
captain.
"No, l don't like puddin ends, sir, " said
the guest.
"Wcll me and my mate do" said the
captain, cutting the pudding in two and
putting onc-half on the mates plate and
the other on his own. -Household Words
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
NapOleOn's Masterpiece.

In later years Napoleon himself believed,
and subsequent criticism has confirmed his
opinion that the Italian campaign, taken
as "A whole, was his greatest The revolu-
ton of system, social, political or mill
tary, is always Il gigantic task. It was
nothing less than this which BonaDarte
had wrought, not in one but in all three
spheres, during the summer and autumn
of 1896. The changes, like those of most
revolutions were changes of emphasis and
degree in the application of principles al
ready OWNED. divide and conquer" was
an old maxim. 1t was novelty to see it
applied in warfare and politics as Bona
parte applied it in Italy.
1t has been remarked that the essential
difference between Napoleon and Frederick
the Great was that the latter had not TO-
600 men a month to kill The notion that
war should be short and terrible had in
deed been clear to the great Prussian; Car
not and the times afforded the opportunity
for its conclusive demonstration by the
genius of the greater Corsican Concen-
tration of besiegers to breach the walls of
town was nothing new but the trium-
| plant application Of the same principle to
an opposing line of troops though well
| known to Julius Caesar, had been forgot
ten, and its revival was Napoleon's mas
| terpicce,
The martinots Of the seventeenth and
| eighteenth centuries had so exaggerated
the formalities of war that the relation of
armies to the fighting ground had been
| little studied and well nigh forgotten: the
use of the map and the compass, the study
of reliefs and profiles in topography, pro
| duced in Bonapartc's hands results that
I seemed to duller minds nothing short of
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
ESTATE OF CLARIBEL 5. McNALL
STATE OF VERMONT,

In Probate Court, held at Montpelier, in and fol-
said District, on the goth day Of April, AL 1895:
copy OF an Instrument purportiug to be the last
will aud testament OF CLARlBEL 5. MCNALL, late Of
Lancaster. in the County OF Worcester and Common
wealth ot Massachusetts,. deceased and of the pro-
bate thereof by the Probate Court within and for
said County ~ Worcester, duly authenticated, Is
presented to this Court to he allowed In the State of
vermont as the last viii and testament of said de
ceased. Whereupon II Is ordered by said Court tina
all persons concerned therein be notified to appear
az session Of said Court to be held At the Pr bate
once IN SAID Montpelier, on the 1th day of June,
AID. lS95. and show cause. If any they may have
against the allowance of said copy such + st will
and testament In the state of Vermont for which
purpose II Is further ordered that notice OF this
der be published three weeks successfully I'm the
Vermont Waterman d state J0arHai newspaper
printed at Montpelier in this state previous 10 said
time appointed for hearing.
i95l HIRAM CNRLFTON INDIE
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
Central Vermont RaiIroag

Trains Going South and East tOM Leavs Mont
pelier as follOi0S.
600 A. NJ. MAIL. for Ftchburg, boston. sprin;
held New London and New York.
1929 =, NJ, FAST TRAIN, for Boston via Lo,
ell, and New York via Springfield
800 y. NJ. PASSENGER, for White RiV,
Junction and Windsor.
'12;4O A. NJ, EXPRESS, tor Boston Wis Lowe
aud all points IN New England, New York and Sout
Trains Going North and West
$3.50 A. NJ. EXPRESS for Montreal ogden
burg and the West.
IO:I5A. NJ. PASSENGER. for Burlington,
Albans Rlchtord and Rouse's Point making connee
tons for Rutland
$3.50 p. Nj. PASSENGER. fer Burlington, St.
West Wagner parlor car to Montreal, ant Pullman
sleeping car from Montreal to Chicago without
change. Due Chicago 9:l0 p. NJ, next night
40 T., Nj EXPRESS for burlington, st. AL
bans and intermediate points.
Through tickets to Chicago and all points West for
sale vt the principal stations
Suburban Train Service.
Leave Montpelier at 1913, sil5, 1850, A. ~, l:2O
$3.50 1900 p NJ. Arrive at Barre twenty minutes
Leave Barre at ;lO, 1855 A. NJ, 1890 M, SO5 $50
$780, =. NJ Arrive at Montpelier, twenty min
utes after leaving time.
Trains leave for Williamstown AT 1901 Pm. and
2;50P.h
Daily, Sundays included. Sundays only.
All passenger trains will stop at the Pioneer Works
to take or leave passengers when sgnaled
E.w THOMPSON, Agent
W. BALDWIN, General Superintendent
S. W. CUMMINGS, General Passenger Agent,
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1895-06-05
ESTATE OF A. SIDNEY WILEY.
STATE OF VERMONT,
DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON, So

In Probate Court held at Montpelier in and for
said District, on the 27th day of May, AID. 1895
Frank Wiley, Administrator with the viii an
neXed of the estate of A. SIDNEY WILEY late
of Montpelier, in said district deceased makes appl
cation to said Courtwt the consent al appreciation
in writing of the egatees aud devisees of said de.
ceased residing in the state of Vermont, for
deceased situated in Montpelier in said District,
to wit Home place ON Bailey Avenue, repre-
senting that the sale thereof would be beneficial
to the legatees and devisees of said deceased,
and those interested in his estate, In order
to convert said real estate into money. Where
upon, y Is ordered by said Court that said
to he held AT the Probate ONCE. In said Mont.
pelier, on the 18th day of June A. ID. 1895,
ordered, that all persons interested be notified
hereof, by publication of notice of said application
and order thereon three weeks successfully in the
Vermont WateIman d State Journal, newspaper
published at Montpelier In this state, aud which
circulates In the neighborhood OF those Interested
before said time Of hearing. that they may appear
thereto by the Court,-Attest,
6-b2 HIRAM CARLETON Judge