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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
BEST DRAUGHTSMAN OF ALL.
Sits in Corner, Says Nothing, but
Does His Work Well.

The slickest draughtsman in our office
at this kind of work is a little. dark COM
plexioned fellow who sits in a corner and
says never a word, says the American
Machinist. He has a glass eye and three
wooden legs. His name is Camera" He
takes his cap off at a drawing for only
a minute, and says to the foreman: II
have made a more accurate copy than
any tracer in the office could have done;
every line is exact, every circle is true,
and all your figures are correctly copied
If you are using your drawing for con-
slant reference 1 will only delay you a
moment, and your copy will be ready for
printing in an hour" To any intelligent
man such an appeal will not pass with
out a careful examination"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Russia is pressing on in Asia. She
has absorbed three of the richest Chi
nese provinces and gained a group of
ice-free ports and lmpregnable for
tresses for the terminus of her great
Siberian railroad. One might think, to
see these plans on paper, that America
and Great Britain were to be summar-
lily crowded out of that quarter of the
world. But it will not be so. The fact
is that the Anglo-SaXOn race is dOmi-
nant in China and Japan, above all 9th
er aliens, and is likely to remain so.
The vast preponderance of foreign
trade of those empires is with Great
Britain and the United States.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

AS travel to the Klondike declines the
stories of fabulous riches come from
that quarter in increasing abundance.
Thus a Sacramento, Cal, dispatch tells
of two men who are to go from there to
Alaska in search of mountain litter
ally covered with gold" They have a
chart and maps left ''some years ago"
by Hudson Bay Company employee,
who made them out just before he died.
He claimed to have lived for several
years on the side of the mountain. 1t
is rather singular that that mountain
was permitted to lie neglected and I'M
advertised until the Alaskan transpor-
tation companies found their business
falling off.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
TRY ALIENS FOOT-EAsE.

A powder to be shaken into the shoes
At this season your feet feel swollen, ncr.
yous, and hot, and get tired easily. If you
have smarting feet or tight shoes, try
Aliens Foot Ease. 1t cools the feet and
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet blisters and callous spots
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
gives rest and comfort Ten thousand ties.
timonlals of cures. Try it today. Sold by
all druggists and shoe stores for CSC. Sent
by mail for 25c in stamps. Trial package
FREE. Address Allen s. Olmsted, Is
Roy, New York
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

There has been some idle talk in Eng.
land about war with Russia over Chi
ma. 1t is senseless because there is nc
adequate cause for fighting. Many
years ago England had war with
China, and obtained HOngkOng. which
has been converted into a center of
trade and a naval station. Russia
without a war has secured In northern
China Port Arthur as a naval station,
and Ta-lien-wan as port of entry for
the new Siberian Railway. Russia has
merely done what England had pre-
viOusly done. There can be no cause OF
war. England. moreover, has asked
that these ports shall remain open to
shipping under all flags on equal terms
Russia has agreed that the ports OF
Manchuria shall be free, or at least
open to the worlds commerce. When
the Siberian Railway is completed for
eign commerce VIII not be driven
away, but attracted. Business inter
ests will prevail. If England were tc
insist upon fighting for the sake Of
maintaining her prestige in the far
East, it would be an unequal battle on
both sea and land. The Russian fleet
might be destroyed in the Pacific. but
Manchuria could not be occupied and
conquered without a land campaign. in
which the English would be at seri.
GUS disadvantage. Russia. moreover
would have other means of harassing
the English. The northwestern from.
tier of India Is exposed at many points.
and there are railways by which Rus
sian armies might be readily massed
within striking distance of Herat OF
Chitral. England has nothing to gain
and much to lose from war with Rus
STA. She would have no European ally
for a conflict equally dangerous and
Improbable. Equally unlikely Is a wal
between England and either Germany
or France over the possession of naval
stations and ports on the Chinese sea.
board. SO long as HOngkOng is retained
by England, she cannot reasonably OBJ.
ject to the occupation of other ports fol
similar purposes by rival powers; nor
will there be just cause of war so long
as those new ports remain open to all
foreign flags. But as an offset to the
acquisition of Port Arthur by Russia.
England demanded and has secured
Wei-hai-wei, which viii enable her tc
check Russia should occasion arise.
The British Government was thus com.
PEELED to adopt a policy which It has
been strenuously resisting. although II
first set the example. The Chinese
Government is so weak and helpless
that England canOt help to protect il
single handed against foreign aggres.
sion. China is not in a position to ac-
cept such a protectorate. 1t is clear
that Russia. France and Germany will
not allow her TO become dependent
upon England. Whatever happens
American interests are not likely &c
suffer. The policy of open ports for the
shipping of all nations is now advocat-
ed by all these rival powers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The radius of influence" of great
institution of learning is strikingly sug-
gested by recent gathering in historic
Lucknow, when twenty-One mission
aries came from all parts of the Indian
Empire to organize the Boston Uni
versity Alumni Association of Southern
Asia. Most fittingly to their and other
fostering mothers might one apply the
Psalmist's saying, "Their line is gone
out through all the earth. and their
words to the end of the world"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
THREE HAPPY WOMEN
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a
Before using Lydia E. Pinkham's
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being gradually undermined. 1 suf-
fered untold agony from painful men
situation, backache, pain on top of my
head, and ovarian trouble. The com
pound entirely cured me.--MRs.
GEORGE WAss, 923 Bank St., Cincin-
natl, o.
For years had suffered with pain
full menstruation every month. One
day a little book of Mrs. Pinkham's
was thrown into my house, and l
sat right down and read it. 1 then
got some of Lydia E. Pinl1ham's Vege-
table Compound and Liver Pills.
can heartily say that to-day I feel like
new woman; my monthly suffering
is thing of the past. 1 shall always
praise the Vegetable Compound for
what it has done for me.-MRs. MAR
eAREr ANDERSON, 1868 Lisbon St.,
Lewiston, Me.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me of painful men
situation and backache. The agony
1 suffered during menstruation nearly
drove me wild. Now this is all over,
thanks to Mrs. Pinkham's medicine and
advice. "-MRs. CARRIE V. WILLIAMS,
South Mills, N. G..
The great volume of testimony
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound is a
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edy in cases of irregularity, suppressed,
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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Both the method and results when
syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshing to the taste, and acts
gently yet promptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn effectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures habitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stom ach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances. its
many excellent qualities commend it
to all and have made it the most
popular remedy known.
Syrup of Figs is for sale in SO
cent bottles by all leading drug
gists. Any reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it. Do not accept any
substitute.
CALIFORNIA FiG SYRUP CU.
SAN FSdECLSc0. CAL.
LOUISVILLE. kK NEW YORK. M
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The referendum, or the submission of
legislation to the popular vote for rati-
fication is practiced in Switzerland,
not always with the most satisfactory
results. Not long ago vote was taken
in the Canton of Soleure on the ques
ton of a parish. church organist. One
man only took the trouble to go to the
polls. Finding himself there alone. he
remarked, "NoX populi, vox Del. am
the voX populi. and ! elect myself to
the place" And it was sol
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

State OF Ohio City of Toledo. Lucas Co. S.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that he " the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the City OF Toledo Coun-
ty and State aforesaid, and that said firm will
pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS
for each and every case OF Catarrh that can
not be cured by the of Hairs CatarTh Cure.
FRANK ]. CHENEY.
Sworn and subscribed to before and sub
scribed in my presence, this 9Th day of De-
cember. A. d. 1885, A. w. GLEASON,
(Seal) Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials free.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the hest.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The seriousness of the present crisis
IS apparent when it is remembered that
the war orders issued to the Ninth New
York Regiment require that each man
shall carry IA hairbrush. whisk broom,
twenty-four handkerchiefs. extra shoes
and wearing apparel and napkin-ring
plainly marked.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Weyler's ambition to lead an army of
invasion through the United States is
probably due to the fact that he would
consider himself safer in making war
in a country where civilized methods
are in vogue than in one where he has
set an example of barbarism which
some of his enemies might he tempted
10 initiate by way of revenge.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

A hairdresser says that an old silk
handkerchief is much better to use in
stroking the hair night and morning than
a brush.
There are in round numbers 1000 cheese
factories in Canada.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Columbus egg may in time be chiefly
remembered over there in association
with getting it where the chicken got
the ak.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The order to change the color of our
war-ships from white to lead-gray is
the nautical version of an army maxim
that officers should not ride white
horses. There is no law in war or So
ciety that man is to cry out, Here
am I-shoOt me-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

A Colorado contemporary says:
"There will be no issue of this paper
next week We are going out to collect
little money that has been due us for
some time. Editors must live as well
as human beings"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

A Montana miner who proposed to a
widow and was rejected set fire to her
residence and then brayely rescued her.
That fellows scheme to destroy weeds
is too startling to become very popu-
lar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The Madrid newspaper Correspon-
dencia says that it has entire con-
fidence that justice will ultimately tri-
umph in the war with the United
over here
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Affective Just been reading Poe
Doesn't he tell some weird tales? Mrs
Deadnext-Yes, but they don't hold q
candle to some of those my husband
tells me when he comes home late
New York Herald.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The Boston Transcript asks for "a
good alexipyretic hymn" We are will
Ing to be searched.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

We believe that among the reconcen-
trados henceforth the call to dinner will
not be quite so far apart.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Under the new baseball rules the
game is deprived of a great deal Of ex-
element; rioting is now restricted to
the bleachers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

General Blanco very touchingly re-
fers to Cuba as 1.-The island which
Spain discovered. peopled and civil
ized," two-thirds of which is true.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

The total length of the worlds tele-
graph system has now reached 4,9OS,02l
miles.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

1t requires as much time to get away
from a persistent agent as 1t does to
say good-by to an affectionats woman
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

A Turkish turban of the largest size
contains 20 yards of the finest and softest
muslin.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Among the school teachers of Spain a.
900 are men and $4,000 women.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

7 The heroism which costs the most in
war is the heroism of which the world
hear - \ cFnic has sRt% and
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Every hair has two oil glands at its
base.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

A big battleship has on board an cleo
trio plant capable of lighting a town of
5000 inhabitants.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Iodine is crude alkaline matter, pro-
duced by the combustion of seaweed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Etc Permanently Cured. o fits nervousness
IitS after fist days use of Dr. Klines Great
Nerve .1estorer. Send for FREE $500 trial
bottle and treatise. DIR. r. IL. KLINE, Ltd. 800
Arch street, Philadelphia, Pr.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

There is a lighthouse to every IA miles
of coast in England, to every "a in Ire
land, and to every 80 miles in Scotland.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11

Piso's Cure for Consumption has been
a Godsend to me.-Wm. B. Mcclellan,
Chester, Florida, Sept. Il, 1895.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-06-11
Gould Not Eat
Because Food Gave Distress. but Hoods
Sarsaparilla Cured.

Over 100000 Easter eggs were this
year imported into England from Ham
burg.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09
Illuminated BuOys.

Another form of beacon for mariners
Of smaller dimensions, but hardly less
important, is the Illuminated buoy.
These floating lamp holders, placed in
an estuary where the available channel
is often only narrow one, bounded by
mud or sand banks only a few feet below
the surface of the water, are invaluable
TO shipping Hitherto the illuminant
chiefly employed has been compressed
gas, necessitating a high pressure reser-
voir and cOmpressing machinery.
Mr.. Wigham, whose name has long
been known in connection with light
house apparatus, has introduced a min
eral oil lamp which can be fitted to
any existing buoy and will burn for a
long period at very small cost. The
maintenance of one form of lamp can
be kept up at a cost of one penny for "a
hours, and as no cOmpressing machinery
is required this is the only expense
plus the original cost of the lamp. The
approach to port-such as that of Liv-
erpool, for instance, where a ship has
to enter through a long avenue of buoys
could by this invention be almost as
we'll lighted as city street.-Cham-
bers' Journal.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09
A SINGING WE'LL.
One of Natures Puzzles That Is Lo-
Gated In Texas.


About three miles west of Cedar
Bayou, Harris county, Tex, is a re-
markable we'll. When it was dug, no
one can tell, but it has been in exist
ence sor more than 60 years. The we'll
is known as the Singing we'll"
In calm, fine weather sound like
that of an Aolian harp comes upward
between the tangles of vines below.
At times the sound seems nearer
and clearer. Then again it recedes, as
if far away, and reaches the ear very
family. These changes take place every
few minutes. and with great regularity.
With an east wind blowing the wa
mysterious musical sound very faint. A
strong west wind causes the water to
rise and the sound to increase in volume
and clearness.
But it is just before a great norther
that the old we'll plays its widest
pranks. Then for several hours the wa
ter rises to within few feet of the top
of the we'll and emits the weirdest,
widest noises that ever reached human
ears. At such times even the water
drawn out with buckets means and
walls as If in anguish.
The we'll is about go feet deep. A
few years ago the land on which it is
located was bought by Mr.. Watkins,
who, not liking the sounds that came
from the well, employed two men to
fill it up. They shoveled dirt into the
we'll two weeks, but it did not affect
the depth of water perceptibly, and
they threw up the contract. From the
measurements of the excavations they
had made it has been calculated that
the well should have been filed up
little more than twice.
The water is very clear, with blush
tint and is fairly palatable. No other
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09
4 Warm England,

The extremes of outdoor temperature
in England vary more than 1913 degrees.
The greatest heat probably on record
was registered in the valley of the
Midway on July %, 1868, when the
thermometer at Ton bridge stood in the
shade at 1908 degrees f. Eleven years
later, in December, 1879, 90 degrees of
frost were recorded at Blackadder, in
Berwickshire-i. g., 90 degrees below
zero F. More remarkable, however,
than the heat in summer were the hot
winters of 174S and 1857 and the warm
Januarys of 1877, 1884 and 1S9S.-
Notes and Queries.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09

Mr.. Hardin Norris clerk Of the drug
store of r. Shoemaker. Perry, Ill, SAYS:
"A man came into our store the other
day and said, Il want a bottle Of that stuff
that saves children lives read in the
News about it. The children may get
sick when we cannot get the doctor quick
enough. It's the medicine you sell for
Group" He alluded to Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy, and bought bottle be-
fore he left the store. For sale by B. A.
Smith, Olneyville, g. r. Parker, lohn-
ston, and VIM. Dunning & Bro, 352
Manton avenue.
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09

rra- moils IN the neighborhood show sncb
pan pidnhS as are played by the singing
os well Fort Worth (Tex.) Cor. Chi
The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1898-12-09
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Giving Away Groceries.

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reason
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
HELPFUL DAIRY NOTES.

Grind the grain that you feed the
COW.
Keep the cow warm or she will shrink
her milk.
Feed the cow all the grain that she
can utilize.
Prepare to give the cow warm water
this winter.
Pure air is necessary to rhe formation
of pure milk.
Take off the horns. They are useless
and dangerous.
Keep the cow clean and have the
milker clean too.
Feed the COW plenty of bran mixed
with meal and oats.
Keep breeding your herd to a higher
standard all the time.
Feed regularly and milk regularly.
Keep the stables clean.
Make a good article of butter and do
not sell it at the country store.
Put up some ice this winter. You
can do nothing that will be more profit
able.
Buy a good Holstein- Fresian bull. or
a Jersey bull if you prefer. Get one OF
the other.
When the COW kicks the man we do
something to prevent her repeating it.
When the man kicks the cow we do
nothing. Ought to tie his feet together.
Western Plowman.
Iron County register., 1898-11-24
LETTUCE EXPERIMENTS.
How the Vegetable Cam BE Grown I'm
doors at All Seasons of
the Year.

Lettuce in the vicinity of large cities
is sold by the pound and the point is to
raise as many pounds as possible per
square foot of bench space. The In
diana experiment station, to determine
the best mode of raising lettuce in the
greenhouse, inaugurated a series of let
tuce experiments. A bench was set
with plants, one portion six inches
apart each way and another portion
three inches. Both were cut when the
thicker setting was matured enough
for marketing and the thinner setting
still showed chances for further i'm
provement. Contrary to expectations.
it was found that the thicker setting
gave the heavier yield, being 20 ounces
to the square foot, against II ounces
for the thin setting, a gain of over so
per cent. The saving in time for grow
ing the crop and the increased yield
are both in favor of the thicker setting.
A prominent feature of the expert
ment was to transplant directly from
seed beds into small pots, then after
Iron County register., 1898-11-24

The first few crops of apples that a
young apple tree bears are apt to be of
large size, but poor keeping qualities.
The extra size is usually because the
tree is growing fast, and furnishes more
sap than the fruit set can use to the best
advantage. Besides, in young, viror-
ous-growing tree, though there may be
many blossoms in spring. most of
these are drowned out, and the blossom
fails to set. This is most apt to happen
when rain comes at blossoming time.
But we have known warm, dry weather
al blossoming to cause the fruit to
set poorly, indicating that too much
sap in the shoot produced as bad an eff
feet as too much rain outside. 1fyoung
apple trees bear profusely and grow
fruit less than the normal size of the
variety it is well to look for evidences
of the border on the trunk as the cause.
American Cultivator.