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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
THn SUMMER GIRLS sUFFERrNGs

"a n first iiance had the photograph
gym lie habit dreadfully! Have you
4 ~ y ever noticed. dear. that the anna
teur photographer only snaps you when
you have your mouth open, your eyes
screwed up, or your hands so prominently
in front of you that they come out in The
photo as No. lis:
Then he hal a way-wnlch l am sure
was all carefully planned-Of pasting ali
these Photographic freaks into a scrap
book and showing them to men who mad
asked to be introduced to me. The plan
was effectual.
My second iance had the bicycle ha6it.
can understand man earning mis- bread
by the sweat of his brow, but it is dis
tinctly unpleasant when a man earns his
recreation by the same thing and sIch
a lot of it.
A constantly perspring beaux has
dampenlng effect upon a girls spirits and
shirt waist sleeves And then one hates
to be embraced by a mass of acute ang-
lesl
Ny third thought that 1 was clever
My dear, there is no inhiction so great
as the man who believes his sweetheart
to be so clever that she sees through
everything that isn't the bald and IN
palatable truth. You win hardly believe
me when I tell you that this man believed
so firmly in my colossal and penetrating
intellect that he never paid me a single
compliment during the whole of our three
weeks engagement
He told me nothing but the truth about
myself, and 1t was like being put upon
diet of iron tonic, without anything to
disguise the taste of it. l felt like going
to society photographer just to set
properly fattered a little.
My next had the bathing habit and IN
sisted. with the brutal selishness Of a
man, that ! should always duck my head
50 as not to get headache. My dear, my
hair wasn't i'm curl for two whole weeks
Just as though any woman wouldn't lath-
er feel Ill than look homely.
My next nance thought that he was
analytical and was always giving me a
detailed synopsis of my character. You
can't think how dreadful it is 10 have a
serious man constantly appealing to 'eel-
inGs that one hasn't got and trying to
live up 10 his wrong impressions.
AND then analytical men always nave
cold hands.
The next was horribly accurate man,
who would talk literature ! guess you
nave encountered this kind of man. lie
has shiny high forehead and fraved
cuffs and always assumes-the stngy
thing-that you don't take wine with your
dinner
He remembered the name Of every
character of Dickens and Thackery ana
when l had said (merely for the sake of
being agreeable) that 1 had read The
books he pressed about he always found
out, by adroit questioning, that l hadn't
1t s so narrow minded of a man not 10
consider mOtiVes.-NeW York World.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
BUNKER HILL AND SULLIVAN MINE
An EmpIoye Says the Management
has Not Resorleh TO Cnercinn

Wardner. Idaho. Oct. 13.-To the Editor
of The Spokesman Review Noticing in
your issue Of October y an article head
ed Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine; an
unknown political factor in Shoshone
politics. in which it implies that the
above company is intlmidating it's en-
ployes who desire to vote the democratic
ticket. As this is not the first time 7
have heard the above assertion l would
IKE to say that / know it to be false in
every particular.
While 1t is an unfortunate fact that the
officers of the company are republicans.
and as such are interested in the success
of that ticket, they have made no at
tempt to dictate to any one in their en-
ploy as to the ticket he should vote mt
the coming election. 7 know this from nv
own experience and from talks with nv
fellow employees. 1 am a democrat and
as such have never hesitated to express
my views on the issues of the campaign
as an upholder of Mr.. Bryan. This 1 have
done in conversation with the officers of
the company from the manager to the
shift-bosses, nor am 1 an exception as
l have heard several others do the same.
and in no case have these men lost their
positions. l am believer in fair play
and this is the reason for my writing
this, as these assertions have been made
so often that I think it time the truth
was told. Hoping this is the last of these
misrepresentation / am very truly yours
c.. =. PENFIEI ID
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
HER OLD BLUE MUSLIN GOWN.

NW6HEN waxlights shine on diamond
w On snowy shoulders CLEAN,
There comes thought of other days;
see, in a dream,
\ dainty table. spread at five,
Nine-shadows fiickerng down,
Ana behind the teacups, Margery
In her old blue muslin gown.
Its RULES lay about a throat,
So round, so ivOry-fair;
It's sleeves We're fun, yet one might note
Divine arms hidden there.
Away with Eedfern- Pingat- Worth
Those Messieurs of renown!
no gown ere owed to them its birth
Like that blue muslin gownl
why do not manufacturers make
More muslin-plain soft blue
And girls an other tnts tOrsake
For that beWitching hue?
Wel-gowned they are, and fair. I grant,
But there is not one can drown
My memory of Margery
Ina her old blue muslin gown.
My castles oversee in Spain
Alasi how far away
And it has windsOme chatelaine
VINO wears no satins gay.
She waits, upon a Vine-clad porch
My coming home from town,
And she looks like none but Margery
In her Old blue muslin gown.
Charles Prescott Sherman in October Serb
ners'.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
NOBLE DEEDS.

AWEHENE' Err noble deed is wrought
w Whene'er is spoken noble
thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise,
To higher levels rise.
The tidal waves of deeper souls
Into our inmost being rolls,
And lifts us unawares
Out of all deeper cares.
Honor to those whose words and deeds
Thus help us in our daily needs,
And by their overflow
Raise us from what is low.
-LongfellOw.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

The smallest tree that grows is the
Greenland birch. It lives it's whole al
lotted number of years from rs to lS0)
Just as other species of the great birch
family do, although its height, under the
most favorable conditions, seldom exceeds
10 inches. Whole bluffs Of the east ana
southern coast of Greenland are covered
with thiclIets of this diminutive species
of woody plant, and in many places
where the soil is uncOmmoniy poor and
frozen from eight to 10 months Of the
year, forest" of these trees will flour
ish for half a century without growing
to q height exceeding four inches
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

or between Deadwood and Custer, and as
the country was then Overrun with hos
tile Sioux, the job was an exciting one.
After that she went TO ranching at Miles
city, Mont. but raising cattle did not
suit her, 50 she opened small hotel.
She was her own bOuncer and when any
bad men drifted in, in search Of trouble.
she always met them more than half way.
In 1885 she went to El Paso. where she
married. Nine months ago she returned
to DeadWoOd but it was not the Dead
wood of Old. There was nothing for her
to do except TO so on the variety stage,
and this work dissatisfied her. So she
gave it up to plunge into literature.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

One Of the most remarkable products OF
Nevada Is species Of wood known as
mountain mahogany, which. when dry. is
as hard as lockwood. very fine grained.
red IN color, and Of very high specific
gravity. 1t has been used for boxes for
shaftings, and, in some instances. for
slides and dies in quartz batteries. 1t
burns with a blaze as long lasting as ordi-
nary wood, but after going through what
appears to be regular combustion It IS
found almost unchanged in FORM being
converted into charcoal that lasts about
twice as long as ordinary wood, giving
out intense heat, greater than COAL all
the time.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

The human brain contains considera-
BILE proportion of phosphorus. varying
from one-twentieth 10 one-thirueth of the
whole mass. If the average weight of
the brain be taken at 4lia ounces it viii
then contain phosphorus amounting to
about one and one-half ounces Phosphor-
us IS found to be almost entirely wanting
in the brains of idiots
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

Bath. Ne. boy was sent to the grocery the
other day by his mother to get q dozen Of
eggs. on his return his mother opened che
baE and found only 10 eggs therein and when
asked what had become of the others the s.
year-old replied: "a fener sasscd me as /
was coming home. and 1 let him have EN-.
One struck him IN the neck and the other
right between the eyes"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
The wood of the Cross.

The people of the different countries
have their various traditions concerning
the wood of which the cross was made.
In England the peasants say that It was
made of elderwood and that lightning
never strikes that tree. Dean French. in
a note to his Sacred Latin Poetry" de-
clares that it was made of the wood of
the aspen. and that since the day of the
cruciixion the leaves Of that tree have
never ceased to shudder.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

Among the things that furnish occupation for
the eyes and minds OF transatlantic voyagers
are the house flies which accompany great
steamships from one side Of the ocean to the
other. In fine sunshiny weather the flies buzz
cheerfully about sheltered places on the decks,
and when the wind blows high they take ref
uge in the cabins and saloons. The flies often
remain with the ship while in port and return
with her on the next trip, thus crossing the
ocean several times in succession. and perhaps
spending the entire season at sea.-Montreal
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

Fifteen gypsies travelling together were halt
ed at Laredo, Tex, their way from Mexico
and turned back because they had lot of bed
ding which was filthy that the quarantine
Inspectors pronounced II infected. They sought
out an interpreter, who explained to the in
srector that the stuff was not used as bedding,
but enwrapped the wealth Of the band. which
was hidden to throw robbers of the scent.
His story proved true and the wanderers were
allowed TO pass. They said they were going
all over the world.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

The queerest birthmark which the au-
thorites tell anything about is on the
back Of Joseph Rotherman's neck. JOS
eph is a resident of Connelsville. Pa. and
his odd mark is hardly noticeable. but by
the end of the first quarter it is an angry
looking crescent, daily increasing in size
When the moon is at the full Rotherman' s
birthmark has also attained it's maxi
mum size. 1t decreases as the moon wanes
and by the time of old or new moon is
gain scarcely noticeable
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

When Faust" was being played in "A
small Lancashire town this incident is be-
ing told; After the duel Martha, who
rushed on the stage, slightly raised one
of the duelists and cried out in alarm:
"Oh, what shall I do?" There was a
deathlike stiffness in the house when
it was aroused by an old woman in the
gallery shouting out: "Unbutton his
weskft We stOopid."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24

-Four persons landed from the Austrian cor
vette Alabatross on a scientific expedition in
the South seas were killed and six others woun-
ded by the natives Of Guadalcamar, one Of the
Solomon islands. The bodies Of the dead were
not recovered, as the islanders are cannibals
NJ. Fulton, the geolOgist of the expedition. was
one OF those killed The Alabatross lombard
ed the shore in retaliation, killing many ma
tives.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-10-24
MOL AL HE FAD 10 DO.

q I72 LII you have to do" said Mr. Trap.
~ as he showed his wife the camera
~ he had purchased lis to press this
d little knob, and there you have q
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-21

Down East Yankee, the scenes OF
which are laid in various parts OF
New England. Uncle Josh Spruce
by" one of the latest and most sue
cessful OF this style, has number OF
its scenes take place on the old farm.
The incidents of u trip to the city, in
which the awkward old farmer meets
with awkward perplexities and anus
ing experiences, forms the ground
work for the comedy element. An
old-time husking bee in the barn
brings to mind memories of the past
to many man whose boyhood days
were spent down On the farm"
The Capitol Commission of Mon
tana, consisting of Gov. Richards, c.
l.. Lloyd, w. r. Flowerel, w. NJ.
Bickford and G. r. Cole, visited our
State Capitol Commission Monday,
and were Hospitality entertained by
that body. The object of the visit
seems to be to pick up such informa-
ton as might be obtained from the ex-
perience of the local board. The law
and appropriation of Congress for our
q ster State are similar to those of our
own, and they seem to think that
with the mature experience extending
over five years OF effort there must OF
necessity be much that will interest
and instruct q board with like duties
and powers. The Commission was
shown the "hole in the ground" and
the commodious and substantial
vaults of the basement story, but it
must have been disheartening to them
to realize that in that showing was
massed the result of five years of de-
termined labor. They left Tuesday
for home. a short horse is soon
curried."
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-21

IN the Superior Court of the State of Washing.
ton, for Thurston county.
In the matter of the estate Of Annie N. Ander
son, deceased.
Order to show cause why certain real estate
should not be sold or mortgaged.
1t appearing to this court from the petition of
John Byrne aud Matthew Shields. the regularly
appointed and acting executors Of Annie N. An.
derson, deceased. that there 10 not sufficieu,
peasonal estate belonging to the deceased In
their hands to pay the debts outstanding against
the estate Of said deceased, and the expense u
the administration OF her estate; and that it il
necessary to sell or mortgage the whole or some
portion Of the real estate belonging to the said
for the payment Of such debts aud expenses.
It's therefore ordered that Mrs. N. h Hart, oil
age, Rev. Z. Classens, OF sge, Sarah Emil, a mi.
nor under the age Of Is and over the age Of IL
Northern Counties Investment Trust. Limited
incumbrancers, and all other persons having OF
claiming any interest in the property hereinsite Ell
described. appear before the Judge Of the Super
Tor Court Of the county Of Thurston, state OF
Washington. 1t the courthouse at Olympia
Washington. ON the Goth day OF March, 1895, al
show cause why an order should not be made T.
sell or mortgage the whole or . portion Of the
following described real estate. to- wit:
Lot 8, and $, Of block Is, Swans addition to
olympia, Thurston county, Washington, the
north q Of the south y of lot l, block y, Sylves
ters plat Of Olympia, Thurston county, Wash.
ington; q parcel Of land III feet by l2j feet, iu
block Is, In OfIerts donation claim, in Olympia
Washington; also the northeast quarter Of the
southwest quarter Of section %, township ls
North, Range West Of W. NJ, Thurston county
washington; also lot 8, block Il, Swans add.
ton to the city Of Olympia, Washington.
1t IL further ordered that q copy Of this order
be published for four successive weeks previous
70 said s6th day OF March, lss6, In the WASHING
TON STANDARD, newspaper Of general circuls.
ton published weekly in Olympia, Washington
Dated February Is, 1896.
I. II. REED. JR.
Judge.
Date OF nrst publication, Feb. IL, 1896. st
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-21
New interpretations.

Articles for the following domestic
corporations have been filed in the Of
flee OF the Secretary of State:
The Bowie-Love Company, of Ia
coma; capital, ST. 600; incorporation, C.
S. Bowie, NJ. NJ. Bowie and w. ]. Love.
w. G. Rowland Co., of Tacoma
capital, $4,000; incorporators, Clarence
]. Nellis and w. NJ. Oyler.
Wintermute Loan & Trust Company
of Tacoma; capital. $4,000; incorpo-
rators, J. A. Wintermute, Ella S.
Wintermute and Luella Wintermute.
Ramsay Hardware Company. OF
Ellensburg; capital, $4,000; incorpo-
ratOrs, James Ramsay, d. w. S. Ram.
say and May Ramsay.
South Bend Lumber Company, OF
South Bend; capital, $4,000; incorpo.
rators, J. A. Miracle, III. Martin and
F. P. Johnson.
Queen City Candy Company, OF Sc.
attic; capital, $4,000; incorporaiors
NJ. ID. Haynes, w. b. Haynes and c.
A. Dean.
The Dean Lumber Company, oil
haywood, King county; capital, 1884,
600; incorporators. H. Z. Dean. E. G.
Morgan and l.. J. Pentecost.
q The Mazama Goldmining Company
OF Lewis county; capital, $40, 600; in
corporators, John Mccoy, w. NJ. Locke
w. Locke, NJ. M. Wood and J. H.
Cradlebaugh.
Cascade Coal Company, OF Everett
capital, $780, 600; incorporators, Chas
X. Greene, c. A. Fecklinburg and
Emil Weinheim.
Woodlawn Cemetery Association, oil
Snohomish.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-21
VALUATION OF WARRANTS.
Amount OF s95,OOO Validated by
the Barton Case.

The Warrant Indebtedness to the
Amount OF s95,OOO Validated by
the Barton Case.
The Supreme Court to-day reversed
judgment in the case of the State in
relation to W. F.. Barton, respondent,
vs.. Auditor and Treasurer of Thurstop
county. Relator in this case con-
structed certain waterworks for the
county and to pay him therefor the
Commissioners assigned to him por-
ton OF the delinquent taxes of 1894,
which he agreed to receive. This
proceeding was. brought to compel
the county officers 10 give effect to
the order in pursuance of this agree
ment.
The material points here involved
are: a. Can the cash assets of the
county be deducted from the outstand.
ing Indebtedness for the purpose OF
determining its amount within the
meaning OF the constitutional provis-
ion upon the subject; (2.) Can the
amount of the tax-roll for the current
year and the amount unpaid upon
those of prior years be treated as a
part of such cash assets
The first has been already affirma-
lively decided, and replying to the sec.
ond question the Supreme Court says:
From the decisions to the effect that
taxes for the current year can be
treated as a part of the cash assets OF
a municipality, it follows As a logical
conclusion, that under our system for
assessment and collection OF taxes, not
only those of the current year but
those unpaid assessed for prior years
should be treated as a part OF such
cash assets, and we feel compelled to
hold that unpaid taxes constitute q
part OF the cash assets OF the county
until the lien OF the tax has been
merged in sale OF the property.
The result of this decision is to vail
date the warrant indebtedness of
Thurston county to the amount of
$4,000 and will probably take up the
certificates Of Indebtedness issued prior
to January, 1886. Further, it will val
idate the warrant indebtedness OF
Pierce county, and serve a like pur-
pose in several other counties of the
| State.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1896-02-21

The following report has been fur
hished the STANDARD from the U. 5.
signal station at Seattle:
The month was chiefly notable for
its heavy precipitation, the excess be-
ing about onehalf of the normal
. amount. The excess occurred mostly
in Western Washington, the total pre-
cipitation in the eastern section being
only slightly above the normal
The temperature of the month was
not greatly different from the normal,
the departure being only about two
degrees above. Still, the month can
Justly he called warm January.
The unusually large rainfall was
due to a large number of storm areas
from the ocean rapidly succeeding
each other. The storm of the 18th to
Goth was one of the most severe of the
winter, the barometer reading very
low over the Strait of Fuca, and high
winds, with snow, sleet and rain, &C.
companied the storm. The English
:. $. Warrimore, Capt. Bird, which
left Victoria, b. c., on the 10Th At 6 p.
NJ, bound for Sydney, n. S. W.. ran
through the center of the storm. en-
countering some very rough weather,
with head winds, and heavy cross and
choppy seas. The ships barometer
read 2S7 on the night of the 10th,
the ship being then in the Strait OF
Fuca, between Race rocks and Ia
toosh island.
Warnings were issued to marine
display stations on the 10Th, and ves-
sells cautioned to remain in port.
As an effect Of the heavy rains. high
water occurred in the rivers. There
were a number OF railroad washouts.
In some places on the 10Th as much
as three inches of snow fell. There
were no blockades on the railroads
such as occurred in December.
An earthquake was noticed on the
Sd at New Whatcom, Coupeville, East
Sound and other places in the north
western portion of the State. Mr.. Jas.
Theo. Geoghegan, observer at East
Sound, writes: "An earthquake
shock was felt at this place on the
evening of the Sd of January. 1896, at
8 minutes past 10 o'clock, lasting for
about 20 seconds. 1t was not accom-
panied by any noise. The shock was
preceded by slight trembling lasting
few seconds, and about seconds
after this Il sharp shock was felt last
ing 10 or more seconds. The intensity
would come in class 3, but in one case,
at least, plaster was cracked and
thrown down." Mr.. Lewis Mayhem,
observer at New Whatcom, writes:
On the 81, at 10 p. NJ, two distinct
shocks OF earthquake were felt; vibra-
ton from east to west, lasting sec
onds; no damage DONE"
Mean temperature, western section,
1913; eastern section, 1922; for the
State, 1868, which is % degrees above
the normal of past 7 years. High
est monthly mean 43 degrees, Lapush;
Ellensburgh had the lowest. 23.5.
Maximum temperature. "A at Kenne-
wick on 10th; minimum temperature,
6 below zero at Hunters. No lth'y
mean, eastern section so; western Sec
ton, SO.
Average precipitation. western sec
ton, lilo inches; eastern section,
2.34; for the State $50, which is 2.25
inches above the normal. Greatest
precipitation 26.93 inches at East
Clallam; least, .35 at Kennewick.
The snowfall was not so heavy as in
previous month. 81 inches fell at
Monte Cristo. There was an average
of IA inches in Eastern Washington.