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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-12-19
LIVE CRIMINALS ONLY VALUABLE.
Uncle Sam Pays Rewards for the
Quick, but Not for the Dead.

Some curious cases have been decided
by the law department OF the postofiice
department relating to rewards for the
capture of robbers of postoffices. says
the Washington Star. Mr.. Milliken has
just rendered a decision against claim
ant at California, Mo-, where post
office was robbed In such cases the de-
partment pays $500 each for the convic-
ton of the persons engaged in the rob-
berry. There were five persons concerned
in the affair, but the authorities had no
clew to the men. 1t happened, however,
that the guilty persons were in a saloon
some time afterwards, and one of them
got into a dispute with farmer, and
lively row ensued, in which the farmer
shot and killed the man. The other men
ran out, but were captured by other per-
sons, not because they were postoftce
robbers but because they were engaged
in the row.
1t turned out on examination that the
man who was killed was the ringleader
of the robbers, and had the bulk of the
booty on his person. His death resulted
in proving completely in the robbery
upon the other four men. The men who
| captured the four have been allowed $500.
| The farmer made application for $500, but
it is held that, the reward being offered
| for the ARREST and conviction of the
robbers, he cannot be paid the amount.
The dead robber was neither arrested
nor convicted of the offence Mr. Milliken
said that it was rather hard, but under
the law he could do nothing else.
He recalled a case in Oklahoma where
there had been a robbery and three no
torious desperadoes were pursued, and
after a fierce encounter one was killed.
another mortally wounded, and the other
captured. The dead robber in this in
stance was the leader and had nearly
all the stolen property on his person
The others were tried and convicted, anc
| the wounded man died shortly afterward
The reward of $500 was paid for the cap
ture of the two, but although Mr.. Mill
ken reported in favor of paying the re
ward for the dead robber, it was founC
not to be in accordance with the law
and was refused. Postoffice robbers mus
be taken alive in order to secure re
ward.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-12-19
Mormon Papers I'm london.

Proportionately. there is no great town in
the civilized world that has so few daily morn
ing papers as London. This is due to the large
expenditure involved In starting one Any one
contemplating starting London paper must
be ready TO lose $780, 0o or 100000 per annum
for the FIRST two OF three years. and then Il is
an open question whether he viii have turned
the corner.
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30
LllienthaI, The Flyer.

One of the best known and most skill
full flyers is German named Lilientha,
who, after years of study and trials,
made in the summer of 1891 pair OF
wings curved like a great birds AS
the result of his studies and experi-
ments, he believes curved surfaces bet
ter than fiat planes-in which he agrees
with lie Bris, Goupil and Phillips other
students of the subject. All these men
believe that the curved shape Of birds
wings has much to do with their flying
helping them to go against the wind
strange effect which the French have
named aspiration" Provided, then,
with wings and tail, Lilienthal beganto
practice, at first upon n spring ooaIo,
and afterward in billy region near
Berlin. Even after he was able TO sail
as far as so feet, he found that il was
best to arrange the wings so that they
could be easily thrown off: otherwise,
he coolly says: 81 might have had a
broken neck instead of sprains which
always healed in few weeks" In ls02
he made larger wings, and learned 10
sail further than before, rising 20 or
30 feet from the ground upon favoring
wind, Since then Lilicnthal has at
tached to his wings a powerful little
engine, and he is now making attempts
to learn its management. just what
he has done is not known yet; but he
has fewer accidents, and improves as
time goes on.-Tudor jerks, in St.Nich-
nlas
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The SWEET NEW ENGLAND GIRL.


lei poets sing the praises Of the lovely
ones Of France.
Or pretty Spanish maldens In the mazes Of
&c sssssFses
Or tell Of Turkish harerns where on silksn
eouehes lie
TIE eemeffest cfrcassians that the stltanss
gold can buy.
Al these yoaH fnd are lacking in the
charms 81 81 fts,TTsa dT face.
The women Of the Oeciaent alone have per
feet grace
Ills Judgment is disorted and At heart he =
chufi
Who would not choose. Of all her kind. the
sweet New England girl.
Her voicel If you have listened to the
soothing hum Of bees.
Or softly rhythmic whisper Of the zephyra
through the trees
II you have heard the music Of the chin
ing vexpsm bells
Whose faint and fading echoes strangely
iisssers through the deIls,
Then perehance you diniy realize the bliss
e Is to Rear
The ripple of her laughter az II falls upon
the ear
Sweet as turtle doves a-eoofng. or the
hrooklet.s gentle puri.
Is the soft articulation Of the sweet New
England girl.
o. Isn't she enhancing. with her face 50
fresh and fair
What worlds osbsauty nestle IN her DARK or
sunny hair
The smile that wrinkles IN her eye OF black
or brown or blue
Is quite enough to thrill the heart AMI
pierce 1t through and through.
Each little hand a subtle wand to wave
YOU veal or woe.
AS gagly trip her pretty feet IN paths yon
long to so.
A charm IN every feature, rosy cheeks and
teeth Of pearl;
The artists and the poets dream-the
sweet New England girl
Nixon Waterman. In l.. A. W Bulletin
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dsv to clear up and clean off the track
and git them trains away from the
gravel cut
The railroad people then put IN and
had old Misses Garner arrested on tAe
general charge of trespasa and pure
Ineauness. aud she likewise also took
out papers Of compliment on the rail-
road elafmin damages for thirteen
chickens. seven ducks and one turkey
nen-sand her a settin on fourteen
eggs -.
Doogin. The court maintained that II
a. big a thing as railroad eouldn' t
hold it, own when there was nothin
out one old widow woman at the other
end of the game they ought to take out
and quit. Whereas, he throVed the
costs on the railroad and Misses Garner
vent forth oncst more d free woman.
There was some talk around in the
settlement to the extent that the case
would have to go on up higher. But
I rutker think the railroad IS more
than wiIlfH to play quits. Yet stiIl at
:he same time when they git rale hon
srv to see the old lady Garner they will
Inov where to find her. She Is right
there at home On the bluffs Of the gravel
eut-red-headed and hard to handle
30 hands high and heavy as buckshot.'
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The ..Mherefores aad Wbeneenesa.''


Naturally of course there was a wom-
an in the case as usual. It WA the rail-
road on one side and old Misses Car
ner-onc of these plain, old. Finland.
steel woTneu-on the other side. And
in the general wind-up II that old lads
didn't show out ahead Of the game she
made the other side more than Willih
to take out and quit even.
Vow as to the Wherefores and the
wheneeness thcreof-it would seem
like the railroad has been Tunnin o.
its cars so Wild and reckless here lately
till they had killed off a whole passle
of Misses Gamers chickens and ducks
and the like of that-whieh, you under.
stand, she lives right there on the bluffs
of gravel cut. She had took her foot
and hand and went up to the station
two or three times and put in her claim
for damages, but the railroad wouldn't
cough up worth cent. The agent told
her that they didn't pay for nothip
less than a hog, and she would have to
learn her chickens better sense than to
run back and forth across the railroad
tracks.
But finally at last one day last weel;
a heavy loaded freight train run over
the old IadY's turkey hen-''and her
a settin ON Il eggs"-and mashed her
into a thousand odds and ends and scat
tered fragments.
That was one too many for Misses
rffl nm
cried. and stormed and cried and fused
till she saw that wouldn't even pay her
for her time and trouble, and then she
TORE off and pitched out up the road to
tic station, with her fiy bonnet in one
hand and the feet and tail feathers Of
her dead turkey hen in the other.
She went up there to see the agent,
and she saw him. She told her terri
BE story in plain United States and
give out some of her strong personal
opinions In regards to the railroads
and the railroad men. But it was also
Pluperfect vanity and veXation of spirit.
lie wouldn't pay her a continental red
cent for her turkey, to say nothin Of the
package on chickens.
4 amt nothin but a pore widder
woman" says the old lady as she
walked out through the crowd and
started off on her return back home.
but bless the heavens, | am is hands
high and heavy as buckshot. was
Twin right there before the railroad
was built, and right there | will live
Till the last final shower comes and
have 10 go in. But in the mainline
am jest IS hands high and heavy as
buckshotl"
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There was something seriously amlss
with the central figure. He was often
sullen and morose, often violent and
even hysterical. To calm his nervous
agitation the court physician ordered
warm baths, which he spent hours in
taking. Then again he was irregular
in his habits, being often somnolent
during the daytime, but as frequently
breaking his rest at midnight 20 set the
pens of his secretaries scampering to
keep pace with the flow of his speech.
With old friends he was coarse and Sc
we're; even the brutal Nandamme con-
fessed that he trembled before the
devil of man." while Lannes was the
only human being who still dared 10
use the familiar "thou" in addressing
his old comrade. TO the face of his
generals the emperor was merely cold;
behind their backs he sneered, saying,
for instance, of DavOut that he might
give him never so much renown, h.
would not be able to carry it; of Ncy
that ne was disposed to ingratiiude and
turbulcnce: of Bessieres, Oudinot and
Victor that they were mere mediocre
ties-Prof. Sloane. iii Century.
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a Wonderful Lizard.

Living specimens of the strange
frilled lizard of Australia, scientifically
named chlamydosaurus, have recently
been transported to England, where
photography has most convincingly
proved the truth of the legend that
these animals, which sometimes attain
a length of three feet, are in the habit
Of running about erect on their hind
legs. The lizards are furnished with
broad frill, or collar, around the neck,
which lies folded unless the animal IS
threatened. In that case it immediate
ly spreads its frill like suddenly
opened umbrella to brighten of its
enemy. When running on its hind legs
with its long tail swinging in the air, 1t
presents an irresistibly ludicrous APP
pearance. There was a time, in the
Jurassic age, when this method of To-
comotion was common among giant
reptiles, but now the ehlamydosaurus
S the sole surviving species of reptile
which assumes an erect attitude when
running.-Scientific American.
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TdtleHL anu lDH8 III itduti
maybe you don't know the old lady Gar
ner. But all them that have scraped
up acquaintance with her can tell you
that she is red-headed and rantanker-
GUS and come from fghtin stock. You
couldn't burn the woods and sift the
ashes and find another one exactly like
her.
From the station she struck bee
line and burnt the wind for home, and
durin the balance of that day she was
the goncbyest most busiest woman in
the round created world She dreened
the ash barrel for lye, and raked and
scraped the kitchen for soap grease.
Then she made the necessary miXtry
COR I've soap, and built a roarin big fire
and billed the pot. She billed it high and
she billed it hot, and she stirred it with
Il sassafrass stick to make the sos1
particular thick and stick.
But that want all-not by whole
tremendous big lot. In tn" still and sol
cmn hours of the night she went forth
and got her old soap gourd and totcd
that I,ot Of fresh lye SOAP down to the
railroad. And she didn't stop there
She took and poured and smeared that
soap on the steel rails for 200 yards.
When the days work was done, and
when Misses Garner laid her poor old
body down TO rest that night you may
know she was weary with the
storms and trials and tribulations OF
this vain and hcetin world. But
in my own mind have no
doubt but what the last words she
spoke before she fell off to sleep the
sleep of the just were: sixteen hands
high, and heavy as buehshot.'
The next time you go over there TO
the gravel cut If you will stop and look
up and down the railroad you can see
the tremendous heavy grades both ways
Right frequent it comes to pass that
heavy loaded trains run down to a stall
end a dead stop along there-particular
soon after a rain when the track is wet
and slick
But when it comes to maxim things
slippery and slick little rain water
amt nothn to a whole passed. Of fresn
soft soap. So consequentially that
night when the next freight train come
thunGeriu down the road it had 10 stop
over there at the gravel cut. BY and by
another one come thunderin up the
road and when it struck the gravel Gus
the heavy grade and old Misses Garner
soft soap was too much for it. and 81
there il was. They couldn't climb over
rud they had to stop. They pulled oper
boxes and sauded the track free and
heavy and promiscus. But still the
trains couldn't come across the cut
Every time the engines snorted the
wheels would slip and run backwards
faster than they run forwards.
AZ the break of day next morning
there was four trains all iammed UP "
% wad over there az the gravel cut, ant
ia Ire mainline they had two tail-eHt
collisions and ditohcd three loaded cars
Il took two or three railroad bosses
qrd the bridge gang tili - o'eIeek TIA
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30

In the oldcn day many good Scotch.
man fought ia the ranks Of Ia Belle
France. A. Macdonald, whose sword
had won him captoincy, while AT mess
with his brother officers, WINS ieered al
by a provincial major for a foreigner.
BAH" exclaimed the sncerer. won
beggarly Scots but fight for gold" Aud
what fights my brother FrcncLmgn
for?" exclaimed Mac. For honor
exclaimed the l'-enchman. "Well. well
man" coolly replied the Scot. as he
empticd his glass, eve both are fighting
10 gnin what sve need The most De-
iroit Tree Press.
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30

n Paris paper relates that at pri
Fa'e party at which the composer Mas
senet was present, lady was asked 10
sing something of NJ. Massenet's. The
lady made many objections and pro-
testations, evidently chiefly for effect,
and at last went forward to the piano.
i viii sing the grand aria from the
Cid" she said.
Turning to the composer, she added'
"oh, sir, am so afraid l can't sing
i'll"
Never mind" answered Massenetl
50 attn l. tool"-YoutA's Companion,
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Is a roman
will and she
wants to have
way. Ard
consequential
Iy they had a
tremendous big
ruceIs and con-
sionm ent
over at The
era vel cut,
three m es
4 below
the railroad
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30
Familiar Quotations.

Andy Lucas-Free silver is one e.
them things you hear tell of so durn fra
qucnt, and see so durn never.
Aunt Nancy Newton-The more l see
of men the better love dogs.
Bley Scroggins-It is better to play
the hands we hold than draw to Others
we know not of.
Bunk Observation-Disclosures is some
thin wrong with a man when his re-
ligion makes him sorry and his politics
makes him mad. RUFUS SANDERS.
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30
Two Fools a Ffghtln.e

II the f0OI Killer had only DeeH out
IN the spring circuit last week there
would now be two men missln from
around Rocky Creek-me and Mart
MAYO. We pitched in, we did, and had
q fight. which | do reckon it was way
sonder the most alloyerest fool fight
that has ever come to pass in all this
pleasant strip of country.
FROM all the general appearments II
would seem like Mart had went to town
that day to a political ratification Of
some sort. and in the mainline he had
climbed up on the outside of more
ts-of-eats-afightin, of and ON, than
was comm for his share. At AIRY rates,
q hen he come along by our house on
his return back home from tosVN he was
tanked up to a ratio of about sixteen
drinks to one spoonful OF brains, and
lest naturally one-sided and spilin for
a fight.
Hit was row way into the shank Of the
eyeHin. and | had went down in the
oats field looking for dcwberries and
guinea nests. when old Mart hove III
sight He was ridin his mule in swing
| IN gallon. reelin and roclsin and whoopin
and cussn to beat six bits. He rid out
/ to the fence and waved his hand for me
and | went on down to see what in the
round created world was the matter
with him.
"Rufe Sanders" says Mart, soon as |
got no in talkin distance, Il would love
10 have fight. BY gals, do rally want
to have a fight. Dadburned if | amt
/ Jest naturally got to have figlit!' says
Re, IN Loud voice. And then he lent
way over on his mules neck and shet
enc eye to see for cert4in that there
want more than one of me.
II am with you. Mart, right or wrong
and if you need any help you know
right where to send and git it, says |
who is the other MANI"
"You!-you dadburned double United
boX-ankled IDIOT! Your time ha.
come" says Mart, and with that he
rolled off of his mule and erawled right
On out of his coat.
But me and you have always beer
good friends, Mart" says |, "and so fal
as 1 know there aint nothin for us to
fight about"
That don't make n continental duri
bit of difference with me" says Mart
81 am 40 years old, l weigh 163 pound
and l use to live in Texas. l want t.
fight, and fight must"
By this time Mart had got his bristle
mp and was foamin at the mouth, AM
scein that nothin would do him but
fight, | pulled off and we pitched in
Naow Mart is a whole lot the best maj
between us two for common, but owl
TO the sperits he had put under his Sun
day shirt it was six with one and abou
half dozen with the other.
So there we had it-up and dow
and over and under. 1t was who shoul,
and who shouldnt-which was whic
and who was who. Presently Mart h
backed under the shade of some sweet
gum bushes in a jam of the fence an
called for time.
at is too burned internal hot an
sweltry to fight this thing out to
finish this evenin, Rufe," says Mari
"Spose we rejourn the meetin TEN
porarily"
As to me, was only goin through tn
motions to please Mart, and the weatf
er was scandous hot. So we both lai
down our hands and quit.
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30

station, one day last week. They het
things up SO hot and furious and raised
sieh a scandIous big fuss over there, til
bv gracious the air was blue for miles
around.
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a saving Grace.

Robbins-Is Higbee useful in tho
church?
Dr. Thirdly-Yes; he snore, so loud
ly that he Keeps the others 81 alle.-To
Date
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RUFUS SANDERS.
stories from Life in the Rocky
Creek Settlement-
The Old Lady Garner stni Lives at
travel CHt-..Two Fools Fightins"
and the Weather sean
8Ioaa Hot.

There is most generally always wy
wbere there is wfII-particular if it
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30

Enough poker chips are manufac-
tured in the United States every year to
maEeas stack over 60 miles high if placed
one on top of the other. For years the
novelty and speciality companies have
been turning out the chips, and, taking
into consideration the lasting qualities
of the disks. one may estimate eonserv-
ativeiy that there are many more than
2iQ000. 900 OF these tokens that are used
90 represent the coin in the game Of
chonee.--N. Y. sun.
The Van Buren press., 1896-05-30

Vices are as well contrary 10 them
selves as TO yirtue.-FuIlcr.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11
THE CHRISTIAN PLATFORM
The PIanks that Constitute it Tsking out
Bad PianHs, Putting In better ones.

The PIanks that Constitute it TsAing Out /
Bad Pianks, Putting In Better ones.
Night before last the evangelists |
subject was "rhe Christian Platform"
The preacher was in one Of his hap
piest moods and held the large audi !
cnce in close attention for over an
hour Introducing his subject for the |
evening. he spoke Of the great polit.
cal conventions gathering at ST. Louis
and Chicago TO arrange their plat
forms, how that the brain and zeal Of
both parties is being laid out for the
amendments of the two great political
platforms, how earnest they were to
take out the bad and supply the good
planlSs in their platforms.
Should Christians be whit behind
the world for their zeal and energy?
Should they not stop now and then to
survey the ground and rearrange their
platform in their efforts TO bring it up
TO the standard OF God2 There
are four great planks in our platform
Submission, Faith, Confession and
Restitution. The good Republican or
Democrat submits TO his partys plat
form and casts his vote accordingly
The good citizen submits to the
laws of his city and country. Every
/ where there Is submission TO law and
authority Gods law is found in the
Bible. Let's lift our standard to it
and submit to il Faith: The
whole world revolves on this pivot
buy my railway ticket on the
strength OF faith in the company to
fulhll their part Of the contract The
employe tolls month in aud month out
in faith his employer will recompense
him.
Speaking Of the last plank in the
platform he said there were but three
ways Of getting things-having thcm
presented you, earning them, or .teal-
iog them His definition
Of a onrr was that they were people
who would sooner steal than buy.
lie rCcto ned mpny Taxpayers along
with the oouers and touched ap the
rasceliy OF the man who5 turns in his
property at $500 and wouldn's take five
times that amount for his property
Along with these he raked up the mer-
chants who advertise to sell goods at
one price and measure them ont OF
weigh them out at another price
The interest in the meeting grows
daily. Thursday morning Bro Buck
ner, Of the NJ f. church, preached tc
an interested congregation and yes
terday morning Bro. Queen, Of tho
Congregational church, preached an
effective sermon to a good-sized audi
ence
Bro. White, Of the NJ f. church
South, will preach at 10 o'clock this
morning.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11
Santa Fe Route
A RAINBOW IN THE EAST.

/ looked and beheld the world
as an open book; and behold,
there were many bald heads
therein. Then, 10 and behold,
l saw in the midst thereof an
other angel, with much power
and great glory, and the name
thereof was DANDERING . And,
behold, this angel was minister
ing the bald heads to come and
see. Il have saved many, and
can save more" and 10 and be
hold many of them did come.
and did soak their heads, and
did see the hair grow like magic,
and did confess and were saved
in the sight of the multitude.
And l heard another little angel
cry, Bald heads must go!"
One bottle convinces the
agnostic.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11
DR.. PEOPLES,
DENTIST

The FIRST and leading dentist i'm
Guthrie. Always keeps in the front
with new methods Thoroughly edu-
Gated, and with seventeen years eX-
perience Honest and conscientious
in all dealings Work the very best,
yet prices the lowest. Get the lowest
prices you can In town or territory,
then come to me, and ! will do your
work cheaper Don't make mistake
in the place DR. Peoples The Dentist
Southwest corner Oklahoma and First,
Up stairs.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1896-07-11

For the national Populist cOnven-
tion, and the American silver conven-
ton, ST. Louis, Mo, July %, 1856. The
Santa Fe Route viii sell round-trip
tickets TO ST. Louis, Mo, at one fare
for the round trip, tickets on sale
July 10, 90 and 2l, good TO return un-
til July e7, lS0d.-L k Delaney, Agt.
For the above named conventions
the Santa Fe and Wabash roads have
been selected as official route. See
that your ticket reads via "A. Il, & S.
Il. and Wabash Leo Vincent, chair
man committee.