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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26

his boy a-comin' home from tn war t
me like he come t. me moren thirty
year ago"
That night when the rest of the fam
lily and all the help were asleep Matilda
Springer lay in her bed and dreamed
awake.
In her mind the years unrolled before
her like a panorama. She thought of
the day Ezra Springer had asked her to
be his wife, of her acceptance. 1t was
under the big shag hickory tree down
by the spring lot, and they had gone
a-nutting together. And then the war
and his return. And then their mar
riage, and their long, happy life there
after. And Jim-the boy who twenty
two years ago had come to them. Then
Ezra's death less than a year after
Budd's birth. How he had left her
with the two children and farm, and an
honest disposition to make the most Of
everything. That was fourteen years
ago. And as Matilda lay there by the
open window listening to the rustling
leaves outside she marveled on the
bird-like flight of time.
And then the war-she thought long
est of that. -Four months before jim
had come to her, infiamed with enthu-
siasm. All the boys in the Thompson
vile company had signified their will
/ ingness to so to the front at the call of
the President. There were ten vacan-
cies In the company. and, could he go ?
1t would all he over in a month, and
then he could come back. Yes, he could
if his country needed him. She remem-
bered how she went down to Thomp-
/ sonville one summer morning with
Budd to see Jim off to camp with his
company. He wrote her the night be-
| fore the regiment left for Cuba. Let.
tiers came to her regularly for awhile
and then, of a sudden, they ceased. She
thought of those endless days Of wait
ing for just a word from him, her boy
her Jim. And. then at last, after cen.
turtles 1t seemed to her. came the letter
saying he had been in the hospital with
the fever. She remembered how near
ly crazed she was after she read thai
letter. Then came others, saying he
was better. and then day after day
without a word, save once, when 8
short note, scrawled on bit of wrap
ping paper, came to her with the news
that his regiment was again in the Uni
ted States and encamped somewhere
on the Eastern coast And at last ths
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
CURIOUS APING OF ROYALTY.
Instances OF Society Initiating the
Limps of Crippled Princes.

The Alexandra limp became the fash
ion in 1874. In that year the princess of
Wales was afflicted with a lameness of
one OF her knees. Only a slight limp was
the result, but this limp was caught up
and initiated by the ladies of the court,
and then by large proportion of the
women of England. Not a few of the
women of America also aped the fashion.
says Mainly About People.
The long trains, which were so popular
and so offensive a feature of the fash
ions of the early seventies, grew out of
the fact that Queen Victoria, owing to a
painful swelling, had been obliged to
wear bandages on her foot. To conceal
the bandages, she heightened her skirts
Her dutiful subjects straightway length
eneG their skirts also. and in literal
sense they went through the streets car
rying dust and garbage and potential dis
ease into parlors and drawingrooms.
History is full of similar anecdotes
Alexander the Great had twist in his
neck. 1t was therefore fashionable for
everyone in that monarch's court to carry
his neck awry. One day Francis /. of
France was struck on the chin with a
piece of tile. To hide the resultant scar
he allowed his beard to grow His cour-
tiers all followed his example. Thus
boards came back into fashion, after hay-
ing been out for nearly century. Charles
VII of France had pair of ill-made legs.
He wore long coat to conceal them. Re-
suit, everybody else wore long coats. The
perul<e is said to be due to the misfor-
tune of Philip, duke of Burgundy. His
hair fell out, and his physicians advised
him to cover his hair with artificial hair.
which he did, and thus set the fashion.
During the reign of George Ill, his
royal highness the duke of York had Il
duel with Colonel Lennox. and the
worthy colonel succeeded in shooting
away one of the dukes curls. Hence it
became the correct thing to wear a curl
on one side of the temple only. When
Fox, the first of Quakers. was sitting in
church and the preacher said anything
which he didn't like, he moved solemnly
put on his hat. and kept it on until the
disagreeable remarks concluded. Hence
arose the Quaker custom of wearing hats
| in church.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
TO PUT OUT FIRES
New Extinguisher Which Is Said to
BE something of a Novelty.

New Extinguisher Which Is Said to
BE Something of a Novelty.
This fire extinguisher belongs to that
class in which tank or reservoir Is.
partially filed with a solution of sodium
bicarbonate, into which are precipitated
the contents of bottle containing sui
phuric acid. the resulting gas being used
to extinguish the fire, says the Scientific
American. Fig. shows the tank pro-
vided with the usual discharge pipe
having a nozzle of any desired construc-
ton. The tank is provided with screw
closure having a circular wall covered
by a screw cap. Secured to the lower
side of the closure and projecting into
the tank is a yoke. shown in detail in
Fig. 2. A glass bottle containing sui
phuric acid is held by this yoke so that
the cork presses against the cover,
Within the cover lever is fulcrumed.
and connected by means of rod with a
lever having at its free end hammer
like formation adapted to bear against
the bottom of the bottle. The latter
lever is fucrumed on an arm carrying
a pan, the perforated bottom of which
lies just above the solution of sodium
bicarbonate.
When it is desired to use the extin-
guisher, the screw-cap is removed, and
the lever pressed downwardly. This
operation causes the hammer to be fore
IDLY driven against the bottom of the
bottle, thus breaking the glass and caus-
ing the sulphuric acid to fall upon the
pan, whereby the acid is sprayed into
the soda solution. The resulting gas is
then used to extinguish the fire.
In Fig. we have shown a modifica-
ton in which the operating lever in
closed within the cover is formed in
two sections. These sections may be
doubled on each other or they may be-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
TWINS MARRY TWINS.
The Ground work of a Good Comedy
Exists in This Strange Mating.

The Ground work of a Good Comedy
Exists in This Strange Mating.
A remarkable wedding occurred at.
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. G. o. McKee,
near Wilmington, Ohio, recently, when
twin sisters. Misses AIDA and Alma
Mckee, became the brides Of twin
brothers, William and Frank Brindle.
William paired with AIDA and Frank
with Alma. The extraordinary likeness
between the twins, pair for pair, has
been the occasion of much confusion
and fun, the two brothers and the two
sisters are so much alike inter Sc, that
everybody but their parents long since
gave up distinguishing between them.
The brothers might as well look in
mirror as at each other; so also the,
sisters. VIII and Frank dress precise
" alike; so do AIDA and Alma. The.
Brindle twins never made friends until
they met the Mckee twins, and vice
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
Iiouid Air Versus Ice.

At last l can see the finish of the
treacherous iceman. A liquid air fac
tory IS in construction. and presently
we will be able to buy frigidity in pints,
quarts and gallons. 1t will be delivered
in quantities to suit at a price far be-
low the cost Of ice, and in a condition
that absolutely precludes the possibili-
ty of waste or short measure. 1t is
clean and pure. 1t is made without the
use of chemicals. One gallon of liquid
air. reduced to its lowest temperature
(470 degrees below zero), IS equivalent
for refrigeratlng purposes to ton Of
ice. One small tumblerful, dipped out
and placed in the ice chest, will main
tain temperature of zero for twenty
four hours. Hail, boonl Hail, deliv-
ererI-New York Press. s.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26

Glass church bells are announced.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
Wheat.

Portland, Nov. 2l.-Wheat-Steady
Walla Walla, 6Oc; valley and bluestem
63@64c.
Tacoma, Nov. 2l.-Wheat-Club. 60ci
bluestem, 63@64c.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
Diaz's Narrow Escape.

President Diaz of Mexico had an ex-
citing encounter with a mountain lion
recently while hunting in the noun
tains near HuehuetOcO with party of
friends. The animal sprang at him
from an overhanging cliff. but fell
short, and was shot and killed by Diaz
before 1t could gather itself together
for another leap.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
wheat Quotations, Wool Figures,
and the Price of Produce.

Following are the local quotations.
Wholesale prices are given unless other
wise quoted:
Wheat at the warehouse-Country
points: Club, bulk 44c, sacked 45c; blue
stem, bulk 47c, sacked 48c. At Spokane:
Club, bulk Ace, sacked 47c; bluestem.
bulk Ace. sacked soc.
Oats-At Spokane f. o. b., $l.lO per
cwt
Barley-Country points f. 0. b., Soc per
cwt.
Rye Country points f. o. b., re per
cwt; Spokane, 75c per cwt.
Flour, per barrel-Gold Drop, 1915;
Big Loaf. $4.l5; Banner, $3.50; Plansifter,
81; Superb, 1915; Spokane, $3.50; Swan
Patent, $4.l5; Snowflake, 1915; White
Lily, $3.50; whole wheat, ga rye, $4.25;
graham, $3.50
Feed-Bran and shorts, SIP per ton;
shorts, $l3; bran, $40; rolled barley, $40;
chicken feed, $l5@2O.
Corn-Whole, $I.lO per cwt; cracked,
$l.l5.
Wool-Fine medium, 6@7c per ID, me
dunn, 506c per Id.
Produce-Fancy creamery butter, 40
and 6O-lb tubs, 2Sc per ID; 5, 10 and 20
Id tubs, zoe per lib; prints, 25c per Id;
country butter, in rolls, lie per ID; cook
ing butter, Toe ID; eastern creamery
prints, 25c; cheese, twin, full cream, 1870
Id; cheese, twin, skim milk, 91@l0c Id;
ranch eggs, $6.25@6.5O; selected eggs
$6.75; honey, white comb, l3e per b;
fancy, lac per lb.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight 9@l0c
ID, dressed lO@llc; spring broilers, 500
$50; turkeys. live 9@lOc, dressed ll@
l21c spring ducks, dressed ll@l2c; geese
live lO@llc, dressed l2@l21Ac.
Meats-Beef cows. live S2.50@2.75
dressed S5@55O cwt; steers. live $2.75@
3, dressed $4,000; hogs, live $450@4.75
dressed S6@6.5O; mutton. live 4@43c
dressed 71@se; dressed veal, rose; lamb
! l2lc wholesale.
The following prices are paid in Spo
kane to farmers and other producers:
Hay-Tmothy, 50 ton; wheat hay
$7@S; alfalfa, $40.
Eggs-Ranch, $6.25@6.5O.
egetables-Potatoes $4,000 per ewt
cabbage, $l.50@l.75 per cwt; turnips, s.
per cwt; onions, 10000 per cwt; beans
l3@l2c per Id; carrots, 81 per cwt; beets
$l.25 per cwt.
Wheat.
Portland, Nov. -Wheat-Steady
Walla Walla, 6Oc; valley and bluestem
63@64c.
Tacoma, Nov l.-Wheat-Club, Coo
bluestem, 63@64c.
Metals.
San Francisco, Nov. 2l.-Bar silver
cole.
Mexican dollars, 474c.
Lead, $3.50.
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extended to the position shown by dot
ted lines. Instead of being screwed in.
place, the cover is hinged to a lug. By
means of this construction the cover
may be quickly displaced and the lever
extended for operation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26

versa. But, although the brothers are
so much alike, AIDA never mistakes
Frank for VIII. or Alma VIII for
Frank. So. too. it may be said that
Frank never mistakes AIDA for Alma,
or Will Alma for AIDA.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
Smallest Salary.

The smallest salary paid to the head
of civilized government is $15 year
TO the President of the Republic of An
DORA, in the Pyrenees.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26
The Queen Returns.

San Francisco, Nov. 22-On board the
Coptic, which arrived from the Orient via
Honolulu yesterday, was ex-Queen Liliuo-
lxalani of Hawaii.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26

The bigger the bore a man is the
smaller the hole be leaves when his
days are numbered.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1898-11-26

The scarcity of work is not SO great
as the scarcity OF good men.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

$3.50, 100000, and there will be no trou-
BILE In raising the amount If a commit
tee of experts decides that the enter
prise Is feasible. During the present
year an examination is to be made by
such experts. A committee Of the
stockholders Is to be sent to, investi-
gate, and II their report Is favorable
means will be provided to push the
work more rapidly. The visit OF this
committee Is looked forward to as the
turning point. If the committee de-
cides to go on with it to completion
the Panama Canal will be pretty GER
tain to become an accomplished fact
within the next ten years. The total
length of the canal along the proposed
route, from Colon, on the Atlantic, to
Panama, on the Pacific, Is fifty -four
miles. The width Is to be 100 feet at
the top and 72 feet at the bottom, ex-
cept through the Culebra cut, where 1t
will be 7S feet on the top and 20 feet
on the bottom. This cut presents the
most difficult portion of the route. The
new company has been at work since
1894, and is now employing about 5000
laborers. It Is composed mostly Of
Frenchmen, who hope to recoup in part
the losses of the old De Lesseps Com
pany.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

The annual report of the New York
State Board Of Mediation and Arbitra-
tion has some suggestions to workmen
that are Of especial value and import
ance. While the report does not take
sides for or against wage-workers and
their peculiar manner of doing some
things, 1t offers advice that is worth
needing. 1t Is to the effect that the
walking delegate ought to be selected
because of his conservatism, his fair
ness and his innate love for and per-
ception Of business. 1t is probable that
at least two-thirds of the labor trou-
bles are brought about by the injudi-
cious haste of the walking delegate,
because he is too often man Of more
pugnacity than sense, more inclined to
be radical and dictatorial than eau
tious and considerate. Most Of the La
Dor troubles could be avoided by the
use Of little tact when the difficulty
begins, but, as a rule, the situation is
aggravated by the impudence or
thoughtlessness Of the man who acts
as walking delegate and who Is intrust-
ed with the conduct Of negotiations
that require sense Of right as well as
of wrong, and a capabllity to see both
sides Of a vexed question in which the
passions on the one side and the pre-
iudices on the other are greatly in
famed. No one can ever see the end of
a strike nor estimate the disastrous
consequences to both sides, but gener-
ally the walking delegate can see only
one side of the controversy and peace
full negotiations soon terminate in
contest In which both sides suffer to
greater extent than there is any neces-
sity for. No business is carried on like
that committed to the hands of the
walking delegate. In all delicate oper-
ations men are chosen to conduct them
not because of their pugnacious tenn
peraments, but on account Of their
ability 10 carry on peaceable negotia-
lions, for war should only be resorted
TO when diplomacy has failed to accom-
plish fair settlement Of disputes. The
State board says ''labor and capital
should find no insurmountable difficult
ties in the way of harmonious and mu-
tually profitable employment" but 1t
finds 'the greatest obstacle to such
condition to be the unwisdom Of dema-
gogues whose counsel Is in too many
instances promoted by some motive
less praiseworthy than an unselfsh re-
gard for the interests Of those who fol.
low"
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

and Atlantic have just been completed.
The British ship Olive Bank came out
the winner, but with little time to
spare. The Olive Bank and the British
ship Primrose left here for Great Brit
ain, October 27. The British bark
Drumalis, Capt. Campbell, sailed the
following day. A dispatch was re-
ceived at the Merchants Exchange to-
day that the Olive Bank had arrived
March II and the Primrose and Drum
alis on the 18th.
International Revenue Collector John
C.. Lynch of the First district and IL.
G. Bell Of the Fourth district have re-
ceived complete returns Of the produc-
ticn of sweet wines in this state up TO
the first of the month. Nearly all Cf
the wineries have furnished their sea-
sons run, and the total for the season
of 1928 will not exceed the returns
already made by only few thousand
gallons. A recapitulation shows the
whole production of the state as fol-
lows: Port, 3,049,413 gallons; sherry,
2.O02 SOP; muscat, 672,626; angelica,
748. .334; tokay, 11,771; malaga, 11,614.
Total, 6,496,263 gallons. Nearly all of
these wines have already been sold.
Now that these figures have been re-
ceived, the total output of wines in
the state in the last vintage can be
given. In round numbers it Is 81 ,500,-
600 gallons, of which 25,000,000 gallons
were dry wines. This is the greatest
product of one season in the history
of the state.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

The Washington correspondent OF
the Philadelphia Public Ledger states,
that it has been officially made known
to our Government that the Canadian
authorities desire to warn the public
against so-called transportation COM
panies which are offering, for sums
ranging from$50 to $3.50, payable In
advance, to convey persons from the
Eastern States to Dawson City by Ca
madam routes and to provide them
with food en- route 1t would be we'll
If our Government could initiate the
Canadian authorities in warning the
public against similar schemes to swim
die Alaskan adventurers out of their
money and possibly endanger their
lives. The eagerness Of inconsiderate
persons to get to the gold fields rem
ders them easy dupes to the wiles OF
the unscrupulous, and the latter have
been prompt to take advantage Of the
excited condition Of the public mind.
A host of schemes in which the dis
cerning can easily recognize fraud are
being put forth to deceive the unwary.
One of the most dangerous forms OF
these unscrupulous enterprises Is that
of preparing for the rough voyage to
st. Michael ships that are hardly fit
to carry coal along the coast. Old hulks,
utterly unseaworthy, are being patched
and painted and made ready to go to
sea with hundreds Of passengers. They
will be hardly more than death traps,
and unless the Government inspectors
intervene to prevent, many sanguine
company of gold seekers will sail forth
only to perish amid the waters of the
ocean. The rush to Alaska this year
will afford good opportunity for Gov
ernment inspectors to begin enforcing
more rigidly the laws for the protection
of sailors and ocean voyagers. The
need of close and scrutinizing watch
cannot be doubted by any one who pays
attention to the way affairs are going.
Small ports that are known to have
barely ships enough to handle their
normal local trade are now. advertising
whole fleets Of vessels for the Alaskan
voyage. Not many ships in these swift
ly created fleets come fresh and strong
from the shipyards. Most of them
have been hauled from the inner fats
of coast harbors where they were an
chored years ago as abandoned hulks
unfit for further service.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

all, of the South American republics
will recognize Cuban independence
simultaneously with the United
States. 1t is believed that Great Bri-,
tain will follow promptly any action
of the United States.
The House unanimously passed the
bill providing for the relief of the sur
vivors and victims of the Maine dis
aster. The bill reimburses the sur
vivors, officers and men for the losses
they sustained to an amount not to
exceed years pay and directs the
payment of sum equal to a years
pay to the legal heirs of those who
perished
A feature of the Senate proceedings
was an extended speech by Mr.. Caf-
ferry of Louisiana in support of the
pending National Quarantine Bill. In
the course of his argument, Mr.. Caf-
ferry said that he wanted the whole
quarantine in the hands of the United
States government, which could make
a quarantine effective, and he added
that he was as strong States-right
advocate as any man.
A detailed plan has been prepared
by the War Department which pro-
vides for the dispatching to Cuba at
the first sign of war twenty-five Of
ficers of the regular army of the
United States to take service with the
Cuban insurgent forces The officers
who will command this detail have
been selected, and are now preparing
to start south at moments notice.
The names Of the officers are carefully
guarded at the War Department, but
the information vouchsafed is, In eff
feet, that there are few officers IN tho
detail under the rank of captain and
none over the. rank Of lieutenant col
onel.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

In celebrated reformatory of this
country the women wear aprons with
large square pockets, In which each
may keep book drawn from the care
fully selected library, to read in her
occasional moments of leisure. "a book
that l read in my youth poisoned my
mind and brought me here" said one
Of the women; this one has saved me" !"
It was life Of Elizabeth Fry. Could
the most accomplished critics better
have summarized the influence Of good
and Of bad literature?
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08
WASHINGTON NOTES.

The monthly statement of the col
lections of internal revenues during
February amounted to $11,986,550.
The State Department has made
public report on Trade Opportuni-
ties in SIAM" The report was written
by John Barrett, Consul General to
Siam.
The State Department has been in
fomed by the Consul at Ottawa that
the same duties will be imposed upon
articles for the Klondike as in other
parts Of Canada.
President Mckinley has nominated
German Bulle Of New York, to be con-
sui of Cardenas, Cuba, and James A.
McCook of Pennsylvania to be consul
at Dawson City.
Admiral Sicard has been granted
sick leave. Capt. Sampson will be
given command of the fleet at Key
West, and Com. Schley will command
at Hampton Roads.
A Washington special to the Times
Herald says Mckinley has received
word from the Madrid government,
that under no circumstances will
Spain declare war against the United
States.
Secretary Long has re-christened the
cruiser Admiral Abrouell, recently
purchased from the Brazilian govern
ment, and hereafter she will be known
as the Albany, in honor OF .4.e ID.
tai of the Empire state.
Congressman Dingley has all along
maintained that the United States
will not have trouble with Spain. He
now refuses to discuss the situation,
but an intimate friend says he admits
that war seems inevitable.
The House Committee on Invalid
pensions has favorably reported the
Overstreet bill The committee has
also recommended the allowance Of
pension of $100 per month to the
widow of Commander Cushing, U. S.
A.
Officials have been informed that
Spain is fortifying some ports in Cuba
and the Philippines, and that naval
preparations are being pushed. The
United States has been informed that
Spain will reach the zenith of her
naval strength May 15.
1t is stated that President Mckinley
has been informed that many. If not
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

The mutilated condition in which the
body of the insurgent, Gen. Aranguren,
was found illustrates the savagery of
the Spanish soldiery. 1t Is said that
his clothes showed evidence of twenty
seven wounds by bayonet, machete and
sword thrusts, besides two bullet
wounds, either Of which was sufficient
to cause instant death. Only savages
mutilate their victims after death, and
the Spanish soldiery seem to be of
them.
Mesa free press., 1898-04-08

The list Of gifts, personal or by be-
quest, to religious, educational and
charitable objects-small donations not
being taken into the account-through-
out the United States in 1897 aggrega-
ted, in round numbers, thirty three mil
lion, six hundred and thirteen thousand
dollars. Over thirteen million dollars
came from women. The summary
from which these figures are obtained
shows that for churches and religious
societies more than five millions were
given, while the munificent sum Of ten
million, two hundred and three thou
sand dollars went to colleges. Glad and
discriminate giving thus made the year
q period to be remembered with thank
fulness