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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

the death which they supposed awaited
them.
Having treasured the frightened old
woman by friendly signs and by strip
ping up his sleeve to show her the first
bit of white epidermis she had ever
seen-in proof that they We're not the
strange red men which their sun burn
ed faces indicated-the captain caused
her to recall her fleeing companion,
whose alarm might otherwise have pre-
cipitated hostilities on the part of the
tribe. Having purchased the enthusi-
astic good will of all three of these la
dies by a judicious bestowal of beads,
avis, pewter mirrors" and such bijou-
terie, the gallant captain completed his
conquest by painting the tawny
cheeks of all three of them with YER
million, a ceremony which, among the
Shoshones, is emblematic of peace"
AS may be supposed, with these three
as friends at court and one of the white
men-Drewyer by name-as interpre-
ter, the way was paved directly to the
hearts of all the magnates of their
tribe, and soon the explorers were re-
ceiving embraces, rubbing noses and
Shoshone warriors, kissing pappooses
and receiving the caresses and no
small share Of the grease and paint Of
their new friends" Kind heaven, what
did not these noble pioneers endure for
our sakesl
After a good rest, a ceremonious
smoke and a feast with Cameahwait
the chief. upon antelope meat and the
first salmon they had seen-which lat
ter convinced them that they were up
on the waters of the Pacific-they held
grand wawa, or conference, with re-
gard to the need of horses and assist
ance on the part of the whites, and the
plan for establishing future CONNER
cial relations with the Indians. Having
arrived at a satisfactory understanding
the white men started on August 16
accompanied by Cameahwait and 25
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
CHEWING GUM HAS ITS USES
A Conductor who Knew How to UtiI-
ize II i'm an Emergency.

A young man whose good qualities
were particularly observed by recent in
diligence in wine was riding north on a
Broadway car one evening last week,
says the New York Journal, and when
the conductor came for his fare he pull
ed a handful of coin from his pocket.
In the lot he detected a s. gold piece. To
be sure that he would not inadvertent-
ly pass out the flyer for nickle he re-
solved to transfer it to another pocket,
but temporarily laid it on the window
sill, while he continued an examination
Of his fractional currency. A sudden
lurch of the car as it swung around a
curve caused the gold coin to fall into
is stored when down. In vain did boy
with a thin arm attempt to recover the
coin. At last the conductor came to the
rescue. Lend me that gum, Maggie"
he said Familiarity to a young woman,
who. in a corner seat, was masticating
tutti fruitti. Maggie took the gum out
rather reluctantly The conductor then
took the cane from the hands of the as
tonished chappie stuck the gum to the
ferrule, and with the remark, It's easy
when you know how" inserted the cane
into the Slot, and a moment later
brought the sinner to the surface.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

S1st of January, 1896, as 23SO9 tons of
2240 pounds. For the corresponding
month of January 1895, receipts were
las, 1897 tons, falling off of "a per cent
in the January crop of this as compared
with last year The four months Of
January, February, March and April
are those of maximum production Of
sugar in Cuba, about 80 per cent of the
crop being manufactured in this period
OF the 361 really important central"
factories of Cuba, only about 80 are
working, and these under heavy dis
advantages which do not admit of much
more than half Of normal productive
capacity. Willett e. Gray, New York,
published an estimate of this years
probable total sugar crop for the island,
based on private advices, and set the
figure at 100000 tons. The normal an
nual output of the island is 100000 tons
roughly speaking.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

events they will have to shoulder heavy
imposts. In the City and Suburban.
however, which will be run on April
%, Montauk is in at IS pounds, and per-
haps he will give the American eagle
a chance to screech.
Not much can be expected of the
Lorillard horses in the early part of
the season. They are mostly two-year-
olds, and the voyage over did them no
good. When they arrived they were in
pitiful shape, as they had been stalled
so close together on the steamer that
they could not lie down. The voyage
was a long and unusually tempestuous
one, and the long strain on their legs
knocked them out of shape. Annisette
and Dolabra. two good campaigners,
now rounding into shape, but the sea-
son will be well advanced before much
can be expected of the others.
Enoch Wishard is in charge of the
Duke & Wishard horses, and Jockey
Reiff will do the riding and give the
English another chance to poke fun at
the American style Of crossing the wire
first
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
Penetrated This Region Ninety
Years Ago.
WERE GUIDED BY A WOMAN
An Indian Romance That Is Also a Part
of Our History Reception by
the Indians.

On August 19 Captain Lewis and his
men followed the Indian road nine
miles farther to the westward before
first party they sighted fled in terror,
as the former one had done, but at
length they came upon three women
from whom they had been concealed by
deep ravines, which intersected the
of each other One or them, q young
woman, took to flight, but the other
two, an old woman and a little girl,
seeing they were too near for them to
escape, sat on the ground, and holding
down their heads seemed reconciled to
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

will distinguish himself in that historic
event
When Mr. Croker took This horses
abroad last year he made his racing
headquarters at Newmarket. but this
year he has settled in a little place
called Vantage, in Berkshire about 60
miles from London. and famous only
because a monument in the center of
the hamlet informs the stranger that
the great King Alfred was born there
in $40.
Hardy Campbell trained the Croker
horses last year. but this year Charley
Morton, an Englishman, who was once
a jockey, has them in charge. Morton
has not too much confidence in the
ability of Montauk to land the derby:
50 it would be wise for patriotic Ameri-
cans who may find themselves in Eng
land around derby time to remember
this Montauk has improved wonderful
ly however, and will doubtless give an
account of himself in races of less re-
nown than the derby. English racing
sharps claim that the race lies between
Persimmon, owned by the prince of
Wales. and st. Frusquin, owned by
Leopold de Rothschild.
The other Croker horses which are
quite certain to earn brackets are Santa
Anita, Sir Excess, Eau Gallie and
Americas. Americas and Eau Gallie
will be entered in races Of one mile and
under. Montauk and Sir Excess will
try for the one and quarter mile races
and Santa Anita will be relied upon in
the longer races. The English handi
cappers have not treated the Croker
horses lightly, for in many of the stake
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

DR.. Finsen of Copenhagen says that the
skin Of a smallpox patient is as suscep-
tible to the influence of daylight as a
Photographic plate and must be kept from
the chemical rays in the same way and
almost as carefully. other experimenters
have also shown that light of short wave
length, such as blue, is capable of in
creasing the Inflammation in smallpox.
To prevent suppuration of the patients
skin, DR.. Finsen recommends that the
windows be covered with several layers
of thick curtains, or with a glass Of a
deep red color. Faint candle light may be
used in the room, when needed, without
harm.
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UNSOLvED.

Which is the most undesirable member
of society? The woman who PERSISTS in
keeping on her big hat at the theater
the man who scrambles over half a doz-
en- people in order to get out between
the acts, or the man and woman who
insist upon giving each other vivid
descriptions of the performance during
the acts?-Boston Transcript.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
CUBA SHORT ON SUGAR.

Joaquin Guma, authority on Cuban
sugar statistics, gives receipts of raw
sugar at all ports from the 1st to the
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
An Ambiguous Position.

She with cheek buried on his shoulder)
move, Fred! This is so nice.
He-Then you love me, darling?
She-Nonsense! 1t helps my toothache!
Life
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14

The improvement in the volume of trade
at Milwaukee is very light.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1896-03-14
A LONG SEASON.

Racing in England begins this month
and does not end until the first of No
vember. So the cable will soon begin to
bring the news of victory or defeat,
for the American horses. The first event
of note is the Lincolnshire handicap,
run on November %. The derby is set
for June 3, and Richard Croker has
some hope that his great horse Montauk
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LONDON
GO Through the sewers to search fo
Articles OF Value.


Shorcmen, or shoreNurkers. they
sometimes call themselves, but their
most familiar appellation is "toshers,"
and the articles they pick up "tosh.'
They really belong to- another we'll
known class. the mudlarks. but con
slider themselves Ii grade or two above
these latter, for the genuine tosher
does not conhne himself as they do.
travelling through the Thames mud
and picking up odd pieces of coal or
wood, copper. nails, bolts. iron and
old rope. The toshcr, when the coast
Is clear of the police. makes his way
into the sewers, am will venture
times for miles In quest Of valuables
that occasionally find their way into
them by the kitchen sink or the street
grating. When about to enter the
sewers these men provide themselves
with a pole We or eight feet long
on n end of which there Is q large
iron hoe, a bag carried on the back. n
canvas apron tied around them, and q
dark lantern, similar to a policeman's.
This they strap on their right breast,
so that while walking upright through
the large sewers the light is thrown
straight in front. When they come to
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-09
GILLIAN WON EN-.
Their LONELINESS Said to To U%nsquaisd
on the hemisphere.

Their LONELINESS Said to Ro U~nsIuaied
on the Hemisphere.
The most striking features OF the
Gillian cities. Valparaiso and Santiago,
are those OF its women. Certainly no.
where else In South America, II on all
the western hemisphere, IL there to be
found so large n proportion Of pretty
women in a total population. The
Spaniards say that the very air there
conduccs to "a perfect development of
form and feature. However that may
be. II is a fact that the proportion Of
beautiful women to be seen In the cities
mentioned IL remarkable. The pure
blood of the German. French and En-
glish has mingled with the lndo-Span-
ish and the result Is n race with
the eraces and beauties OF each, beside
which the far-famed beauty of the
Indo-Spanish ONE seem tame and
insipid. With their beauty they have
much ease and grace of movement, and
walk with the long, swinging, virile
stride OF the English girl. Strange to
say, the modern Gillian beauty has lit
tie love for the Spaniards and resents
the %imputation that she is an "Indo-Es-
panol." But they are pleased i'm
mensely, any and all OF them. when
referred to as the Yankees OF South
America" On the promenades or when
shopping, riding and attending to ordi-
nary social duties, they are attired
quite as f~ashionably as any Of their sis
ters further north. While attending
church services. however, they invari-
ably dress in black and discard the
latest French fashions in millinery for
a mantua, which has a bewitching eff
feet when worn by one OF these glor-
ious senoritas. The mantua Is the
common hcad-dress OF the poor. The
brunette is the more common type OF
beauty. though n magnificent type OF
blonde Is not uncommon. The bru.
ncttes have clear, olive skins, theiI
eyes. big and black, are lovely beyond
description. In both Valparaiso and
Santiago women act as conductors oS
the street cars. The cars are double
decked. and the conductor, who wears
a smart uniform. has a seat on the rear
platform. There she sits and collects
the fares OF he passengers rs they get
on. and she rings the register, with
which all the cars are fitted. without
leaving her seat, She is affable, po-
lite, even-tempered and accommodating
to every one but the male firt.-New
York World.
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to America. Miss Watkins was the
first to volunteer. When she arrived
she was n lieutenant and was sent to
Taunton, Mass. She was later trans
ferred to Boston. thence to Fall River
and five years ago to New York. She
took charge Of the Bowery corps TO
fiud them $4,000 in debt. When she
left 1t to join the Volunteers 1t had
$500 in the treasury. She is small in
stature, has n very graceful figure,
olive complexion, dark hair, and large.
oxlike eyes. The wedding Is TO take
place In Carnegie Hall.
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regiment. She IL the prettiest and
sweetest lass in the Volunteers and had
that distinction also In the old Saliva
ton army before she left 1t. Miss Wat.
kins became identified with the Saliva
ton army about twelve years ago, and
Is almost as well known in London ~
she Is in New York. She IL about %
years old and was born in Wales,
where her father was Il mining cngi-
ncer and a nan of means. She at
tended n young ladies' seminary at
Cardiff and was converted at IL. Soon
after that happy taking place a lot Of
strolling Salvationists passed through
Cardiff and Miss Watkins became in
terested in their life and the work and
determined to become one OF them.
She went to London, entered the SAL
walton Army training school and was
assigned to work in London. In 1886
a call was issued for volunteers to go
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uscs of this sort. These uncrystalllzed
black diamonds are found in the Bahia
region Of South America, and they are
the hardest substance as yet discovered
on the earth or under its surface. It's
powder will cut the crystallized Gia-
mond almost as easily as the diamond
will cut the ruby. sapphire or other
precious stone. The black diamond
that is to say, the noncrystalline stone
has no beauty. but it's loss would be
almost irreparable to the miner and
to many branches OF manufacture.
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the branch sewers and have to stoop,
the light Is thrown directly at their
feet. As they make their way they use
their hoe in the mud at their feet and
lii the crevices OF the brickwork, and
occasionally shillings and silver spoons
md a temporary resting place in the
bag at their back or in their capacious
coat pockets, The toshers generally go
Iii gangs of three or four, both for the
sake OF company and to be able to de-
Tend themselves from the rats with
which the sewers swarm. When they
come near a street grating they close
their lanters and watch an opportunity
to slip past unnoticed. for otherwise
Il crowd OF people might collect at the
grating, whose presence would put the
police on the alert. They find great
quantities of money, copper money es-
pecially. in the crevices Of the brick
work a little below the grating, and not
i~nfrequently shillings, half-crowIs and
siXpences, with an occasional sovereign
or h~alf-sovereign. When lin luck"
they find many articles of plate, spoons,
ladies', s~ilver-handled knives and forks,
mugs and drinking cups, and now and
then articles of jewelry. They general
~ also manage to fill their bags with
the more bulky articles found in the
search, such as old metal, bones and
ropes. These they dispose OF to marine
store dealers and rag-and-bone men.
and divide the proceeds, along with the
coins found, among the different men,
bers OF the gang. At one time the reg
ular toshers used to earn from 30s to
f2 n week each, but with the construc-
mouth, their industry is not so easily
exercised, and is consequently much
less NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Mail.
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carry on great objects; the task rests
lightly on Il coming generation. born %
those who made a nation safe after
perils of civil war. \ belief in the com
ing greatness of Boston Is Just now
necdful, not to assign TO it the respect
full appellation of a second Edinburgh
or the Athens of America, but to beau
tify II. to revere 1t, &c make it's politics
and its inner life as wise and pure a.
its outward appearance is destined TO
DE fair. In all this coming welfare, the
noble structure on Copley square will
receive and contribute it's full share.
The visitor will be impressed by tho
fact that the public library Is lodged
in a building far more attractive and
splendid than the structure which con-
tains Boston's art treasures In the same
square. 1t seems most fitting that the
cause Of education should thus be en-
nobled and all the of archi-
lecture, painting, sculpture. etc. be
brought to bear to lend dignity and
beauty. Books are very well; the books
OF a commonwealth set in such a noble
casket are much better. Here is the
environment that stimulates study and
educates the untutored in matters OF
art. Within that structure one seems in
sulatcd. as 1t were. from the petty an
noyanccs of the outside world: here Is
the majestic calm that should exist for
the student and the scholar; here Il
another and better world. perhaps,
than may be found without those four
walls. Thus one may forgive the self
complacency of the Bostonian. thor
oughly New ~Englandish. and by a few
words of commentator express In his
humble western manner admiration 70.
the way they do things down east
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Make Your Workm.n Com Portable.

A manufacturer. in goSSiping about
the best ways OF handing workmen.
says that the nature OF the door or the
shop has a great deal to do with the
amount of work that Is got out OF the
operative staff. He was once struck by
the difference in the apparent activity
of TWO sets of men working on similar
Jobs at the wise in two rooms of a
large shop. One was in an old build
ing and the other was In n of re-
CEN construction. In the former the
men stood easily and naturally AZ
their work, and showed no symptoms
OF a hankering for a seat on the bench.
while in the latter the men were shift
ing their weight from m foot to the
other, throwing one leg upon tho bench
at every opportunity and showing
every evidence of foot fatigue. The
superintendent guessed that tho differ
ence was due to the floors upon which
the two gangs OF men were standing.
In the old shop the floor was of wood,
springy to a certain extent, and a poor
conductor of heat. In the new shop II
was of the most beautiful concrete. an
excellent conductor OF heat from the
feet Of the workman, and as unyielding
as granite rock. So the benches in the
new shop were raised a couple of in
ches, and each man was given a plat
fern OF wood that rested on two cross
pieces at the end, and had n slight
spring to 1t. The foot WEAKNESS dis
appeared almost at once, and no further
trouble was experienced. Which shows
that the prettiest floor is not always
the best for the workmen.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-09

done great things in Egypt. And thcv
served . " idols: whiCl were a snare
unto them. Yea. they sacrificed their
sons and their daughters unto devils.
and ehed innocent blood. even the blood
Of their sons and of their daughters
unto the idols of Canaan. =
" ' Therefore was the wrath OF Tho
Lord kindled against his people a
And he gave them into the hand Of the
heather; and they that hated them
ruled over them. Their enemies also
oppressed them. and they were brought
into subsection under their hand. Ncy-
ertheless he regarded their affection.
when he heard their cry: And he re-
membered for them his covenant"
Lindsay Swift, in an admirable md
philosophical article. has pointed ont
that the public library is safely lodged
IN one of the most beautiful buildings
in the world, and that IT will no longer
be possible to say that America has TO
structure Of continental dignity and i'm
prcsSiyCnods. 1t has an enormous cell
lection OF books. and adds yearly m
~ 'h''t ~ iNl 50 ito W NDllSll''il' 81
good working library in itself. Il has
every modern appliance to facilita,o
both the public and it's working force.
which Is composed Of well-trained ana
competent non and women, many ci
whom are giving a tone and rCru;a-
ton to their profession and to the IN
Gti,ution which they serve. With su-.
m equipment and in such surround
ines, supported and revered by q com
mUnity conspicuous for the high aver
ago Of the culture of its citizens, facing
a future full of the promise of new
birth in arts and letters, the public
library of the city of Boston has every
reason to be sure Of fulfilling its mos
confident hopes. What the present has
been to those humble beginnings of half
IA century ago, so shall the end Of ;hc
next fifty years see an institution sn
robust. so progressive, so powerful In
Influence, that its possibilities can be
prefigured only in the mind of the ye--
lest dreamer Of to-day. Excess Of con
idonce. not timorousness. is wanted 10
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-10-09
LILY

grease-paint will soon spoil the bloom
of their cheeks. the footlights soon duh
their eyes, and lobster suppcrs soon al
feet their Symmetrical curves.
The English stage beauty has rarely
more than three or four years OF splen-
dor. and there seems to be an idea In
England that 1t will do to send us the
flowers after they have begun to fade.
There Is room In America for these half
dozen beauties. IL they will put their
little clothes in their big trunks and
come right along now.
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Innu ancs OF Women's Clubs,

MIR. Walter Damrosclt, the distin-
guished musician and composer, of
New York, says Of the women's clubs
OF the west: The especially interest
ing features Of the artistic life In
western towns are the women's clubs.
and in these the culture and ~intellec-
tual life seems to be ceutered. They
have a tremendous influence. and it Is
through their efforts that fine concerts
are given and that the artists are per-
suaded to come there. We know very
little in New York OF what happens in
other cities Of the country, but 1t
would surprise New Workers to see the
activity with which the club women
advance the interests Of culture In
western towns.
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horses 10 aid her IN attracting the pub
llc gaze. Notwithstanding the accurate
prupricty OF her life and the highly UNI
interesting rospcctabllity Of her dOines-
tie surroundings, Miss North's beauty
has created an apparently i~ncxhaustib,e
demand for her photograph.
Nellie Osmond, Of the Adolphi. al
though she blooms among the English
roses, Is a graft from our WI rosery.
Born in harrisburg, Pa. twhere Snyder
Is II name more often found than Os-
mondI, she has now become an cstab-
lished favoritc AZ the London music
halls. and is undoubtedly as shapcly a
young person as any Of her British sis
tors.
Constance Collier enjoys the proud
distinction Of getting higher salaries
and more flowers and % adorine
letters than any other vaudeville artist
In England. She Is a singer rather
than a dancer. and Il blind man who
heard her sing would know how bcautl-
the price she gets.
MISS Baetunc, on IN" contrary, u"
really an artist, singing d~aintily, dane
ing gracefully and doing little impro-
visation- which would mako her worth
going to SEQ. even If she were not so
pretty.
As for Lily Harold, every man with
an eye to photographers windows and
n heart In his ribs has looked at her
exquisite face a hundred times. She
doesn't look bright, but for fiashy
b~cauty-and not of a coarse type,
cithcr-shc IL almost peerless.
Take them all around. they are n
stunning lot OF young women, and It Is
no wonder that the libraries sell hun
dreds OF their photographs. Sooner or
later we shall sec them all In New York.
and 1t Ia devoutly to be hoped that 1t
will be- sooner. rather than later, for