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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
WIN csnplsss ,As Bridge.

A large delegation OF eettlers and cit.
iEens attended the special meeting Of
the board OF county commissioner held
At llathdrum. "Wednesday. for the pnT-
pose OF deciding upon linai course TO
parSae regarding the building Of the
bridge al Fort sherman. The objection
TO building the bridge was that IL would
interfere with navigation and that, be-
ing on 4 military reservation Il would
be under the control Of the war depart.
ment. The objection on account Of
navigation was overcome by an agree
ment to raise the bridge three ieet high.
CT than originally INTENDED, the addi
tional cost being ESQ which was guar.
anteed by those interested. A deed
signed by the secretary OF war was pro-
dOced granting right OF way through
the reservation aud privilege TO con.
struct the bridge. This removed the
last objection and all parties came to
an agreement and complete understand
ing, In which II. n. Strathern, Of Post
Falls. acQuiesced, that the bridge should
be completed without further delay.
The commissioners so ordered and work
will be resumed Immediately.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27

Was TIE result Of hts splcndId health.
IDdomilable uill aud tremendous eneF
~ are not found where stomach. liver.
Kidneys and bowels AFr out Of order. II
you want tlless qualities and the success
they bring. uss DR.. Kings New Life
Fills. They devslcpe every power Of
brain and body. Only &c Al A. l.. Nil.
lrr's drug store.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
Notio. for Publication.
LAND OrFIcK AT CarR p'ALkxk. In

LASp 0FFICE At CGrR p'ALkSk. InAmo,
May :, lisa
Notice ts hereby sivca that the following
named settler has tlcd notice Of his intention 10
mako Anal proof In support Of his claim. aud
that said prod viii be made before the Register
and Receiver a U. s Land oaAce At Occur a.
Alone, Idaho. en- juno Z, IsSa. via,
WILLIAM A. LDFTTN.
HI esa. for The Ee(RRx and EsssE, sse.
e TR - n, RAW, RM.
he nance The Ioilouing witnesses 10 prove he
continaoas Fceldence upon and cultivation al,
said hand, via, Evelyn o. Burton. Arthur L
kinKshuty, John E. Fisher and Harry oOpsey all
m. BCpLoNG,
maysianic-r EeSss.cs.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27

minntes before my baby vas born. ne 3 noz
three months Old and weighs niseteen poundG
] know Il Mas Dr. Plerrr's medieine that saved
me from ennering ! advise an women 70 take
DE-: Pierces FsVorite Prescription, also lis
Pleasant Feiicts' II necennary''
Following the advice Of neighbor. -
What . weight Of cUnsrmnaory evidence
there h in those six words. The neighbor
had tried the . Favorife Preacripeion " ana
recommended H. Mrs Jacobs has also
tried II and proved lis wonderfnl properties
and nov she recommends T. Beside such
testimony ~ this its makers words are m
Important Mn Jacobs experience e .
taef Her neighbor's experience is q fact
The written experiences Of $4,000 other
women are facts. There i no theory abouf
II There can be no question about Il. In
every neighbOrhOod in this broad land
there are women who have been cured By
the " Fa~orite Prescription I" Il has cured
more cases Of female complaint than ali
other medicines for women combined- Il
Is the only medicine Of its kind Invented bv
askiIled specialist in medicine regularly
graduated physician Of more thai thirty
years actual experience.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
mo STAKE IN THx LAxEvrEv.
TAs TSassl ls Psssssati.s . RisA BsA,

IAs TUassl 10 Psssssaiiag . RisA Bay
u Ore
News comes from the LAkcview mine
al lieauty bay that the tuntsel Il opening
up rich body Of copper and gold. The
last two feet show an Increase In values
that arc very gratifying 10 the owners
OF the property. aud II the Improvement
continues the I.aksvisU Hlll soon b.
come paying milne. James Bake. an
old experienced miner, has charge Of
the woEk and says be never before Saw
such rapid improvement 10 % short .
distance. There 10 every Indication that
the tnnt'el 10 entering = rich body Of
orc that will pay 10 ship 10 smelser for
treatment.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27

Are grand. but skin etuptions rob life
Of joy. lIacklea's Arnica salve cures
them; also old. running and fever sores,
ulcers, boils. felons, cUrns, warts, cuts,
bruises, burns. seaids. chappcd hands.
chilblalnA best pile cure on earth.
Drives out pains and aches. Only %
cents boz. Cure guaranteed. Sold By
a. l.. Miller, druggist.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27

The q. A. Il. post and W. r. C. will az.
tend memorial services at the Presbyte.
rian church Sunday morning at the
usual hour. An appropriate sermon viii
be delivered BY the pastor, Rev Deffen-
baugh. On Tuesday at II O'Clock the
orders. snA Others who wish to, will 70
to the cemetery and strew flowers DER
the graves Of the departed heros In ac-
cOrdanee with the usual custom. The
days exercises win conclude with the
following interesting program at the
opera house At 8 O'Clock sharp:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27

~ FL
rAs Anspss 4 sAss:sss ~ wAss 1'ssns
Tbs following reports Of the expert
Who ekaniiied The books 81 ne ems.
pended Miners aud etoekefowefs bank
and the statement Of the trustee show
what became Of the funds and what
may be realized from the assetE
RER0RT or THE ExPERr ExAMNA
Tl0N.
cnur d'AIene, Idaho. May 90, 1893.
l have carefully examined, In detail.
the books Of the Aiiners' and stock.
gr0wery' bank OF ceuF d'Alenc. | ilnd
that Mr.. DeHaussnre commenced bust.
ness on the 18th day o. March. 1894:
that he did not then, nor did be ever In
yrst a dollar cash capital 10 the bank;
that h. even took e6l3.70 from the de-
p0sits the day Ne commenced business
70 pay for the bank fixtures. After en-
aiming the books am convinced
that the bank bias never been sol
vent Institution. The following tab
nlated statement viii show what be-
came Of that portion Of the money OF
the der,sitoFs which was not accounted
for BY NJ. Desaussnrs in hls statement
ut the time the bank closed:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
BANK STATEMENT.

The following 10 statement Of the
present condition Of the defunct Miners
and St0ckgrOwers' bank. The value Of
the assets given h ~ near as, In my
Judgment can be realized from them:
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1899-05-27
" What q difference
In the suffering at
time Of childbirth

When d.. 3. v. Pferce's medicines nre
used gsites Mrs. Ednon Iannsm a
hnrgennyilles Johnson connfy, rnd . iad
30 heard o. d.. FsencEN mediefnea three
yenns ago when wns conined - had % sIniIer
slmoa de1th Before baby vas horn Icns,id "a
be 90 my fcet wi1Inout two nernosIN koIffaC -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
The Maehete.

From the Island of Cuba Magazine.
As a defensive weapon the value of the
machete is small. Even it's offensive eff
feet depends less on the weapon itself than
on the continual and skillful usage made
of it by the Cuban peasant from his earlier
age, which imparts a peculiar training to
the muscles of the wrist and arm of the op-
orator. The consequence of this skill is
that, whenever a quarrel occurs between
two ''guajiros" or ''monteros,' they settle
the matter with their machetes as courage
ously and tenaciously as two gamecocks,
and generally both parties are seriously in
Jured for life, or remain killed on the spot
Owing to this fact, and to the natural
kindly disposition of the Cuban peasants
they are not a qUarresome people, and re-
spect everybody, to be equally respected.
With the machete a few curious access
series are used; the principal are a thin
strip of leather closely tied to the right
wrist, a small round piece of grinding stone
to sharp the edge of the tool and. when
ever the machete is employed to cut down
the thorny heath of tropical vegetation, a
small branch of special shape called the
'garabato.' is used to hold the heath, and
do rapid work without being injured by
thOrns.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
MANILA SURPRISES VISITORS.
Americans Wonder at the WeII-Kept
Streets and HOuses

Manila Correspondence Leslies Weekly
Manila Is a surprise to most Americans.
when they come here and find many we'll
paved streets, large commercial houses
beautiful drives, magnificent residences and
evidences of thrift everywhere. 1t is true
that dirt and filth exist to a lamentabIe
extent, but even those conditions are being
improved, and what Gen. Butler did for
New Orleans. Gen. Otis Is gradually ac-
complishing for Manila 1t has never been
the custom to use the first story of the
residences, or even the commercial houses
for place of living business. The first
moor is sort of cellar, which is usually
used for the stables and Storerooms This
Is true even in the best houses. The damp
ness OF the climate and the theving and
hcendlary propensities of the natives have
MADE TINS style of architecture necessity
The windows of the houses are barred with
great cage-like iron structures that swell
out over the street, and a house is usually
surrounded by high, iron picket fence, or
stone wall studded with broken bottle
glass imbedded in mortar
The native is in evidence everywhere He
Is your servant, your day laborer, your
blacksmith carpenter, farmer, stonecutter
cook. and, in fact, represents to the Phil
ippnes what the coolie class does to China
the negro to the south, only, as you study
his character and take note of his works in
artistic, intellectual, commercial and mu-
steal lines, you are compelled to admit that
possibilities exist in his makeup that do
not in other native races. 1t is continually
dinned into your ears that the Filipino is
hopelessly lazy. 1 am willing to admit that
he Is lazy, but not hopelessly. This is a
climate of lazy conditions. The English
man who has become acclimated never
thinks of raising his hand, except for tiffin
and a whisky and soda, from IL until 3
o'clock. He never walks a step outside of
his office during business hours or after
His carriage is always at his door, and. If
not, the streets are lined with two-wheeled
gigs, called calls, that stand ready to bump
you over the pavements and drag you dag
onally back and forth across street-car
tracks for 30 cents (Mexican) an hour The
American is about the only one who walks
in Manila. and he Is rapidly learning better
While the sun Is in evidence it is foolish
Undertaking to brave its rays. Indoors
with or without a punka, the heat is not
oppressive at this season. The natives
however. do not notice this condition They
work, heads barred, all day in the streets
and ricefields, Indifferent to the burning
sun. Its only effect upon them is to make
them move slowly and to moderate their
activity.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
FLIGHT No. l.

nor is ii used as an article of trade among
the blacks. In form it varies from right
angle to crescent. the under surface being
fattened and the upper moderately convex,
having slight twist from the center to
both ends in opposite directions. The
woods in general use for boomerang-mak
inE are irOn-bark, sfe-oak. and sycamore
R"th Mr.. Hardy and myself have had
ample evidence that the path of the boom
ersing can be varied by the will of the
uhrOwer. and Furthermore that the sweep
of no two beomerangs exactly agrees. Tn
Cuubtedly. the most expert thrower Mr..
Hardy ever saw was Il native of the Clar-
ence river. near GraftOn-a capital and life
like portrait of whom sketched from life
in characteristic attitude by him, accom-
pantes this article, and is here reproduced.
On the first occasion when Mr.. Hardy
saw MIN give a display of his dexterity he
was standing in an open space. He first of
all selected his best boomerang, and then
gracefully described a sweeping circle in
the sand with the weapon held at arms
leESth- This done. the man hurled the
weapon away from him Leaving his hand,
it flew to a considerable height for about
thirty yards away from the thrower, then
partially returned. as shown in the first
diagram By the direction of the arrows.
then continuing again in larger circle at
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
THE MANCHCS.
Fecui1arftfcs of the Race That Has
Long Governed China,

From the Gentleman's Magazine
Inc Manchus, as a body really do not
care two straws about Confucius. though
IL Is part of their policy to make a great
russ just as Napoleon found it paid best to
humor the popes OF course I am speaking
OF the genuine typical Manchus who are
last dying out and becoming petticoated
prlss OF Cinnamon, but without a China
mans suppleness and brains. The true
Manchu has an honest contempt for writ
ing fellows" he has long since forgotten
MS own language, and now speaks a rough.
energetic, bastard Chinese, called Pekfnp-
csc, with a good, honest. country burr Ii
bears much the same relation to ..litarary
Chinese that Hindustani does To Sanskrif.
or, better still, that the Viennese dialect
does to German. The Emperor of China
on formal occasions, descanting on funer-
ais Confucius, filial piety and so on is
like Mr. E. j. Dilon's French president
descanting on right, civilization and ius-
tice'' jus
The real human Manchu emperor making
broad jokes in the coarse Pekin broeue
cracking melon seeds and putting AT his
water pipe withal, may be compared with
his majesty, the Emperor Francis Joseph
with feather in his billycock and a pot
OF PflSener beer before him smoking a
long, coarse, Italian Avana da ulIIndici
with straw run through it, and exchang-
ing repartees with his private cronies in
plquant Nfennese. The Manchus like sport
good living and fresh air; they neither care
nor profess to care one little bit about the
chinese empire, except in SO far as it is a
Dig elastic sponge out of which can be
squeezed at suitable intervals a rich nutri-
ment Inc one exception is, or was the
emperor, who during the first four reipus
took keen pleasure, as well as a pride. in
running the vast machine as economically
and as uprightly as possible, and even now
there is a considerable quantity of good
manly leaven in Manchu mankind INST az
there is in any other mankind, and it is
TINS minority of good men which keeps
things going, not to speak of the leaven of
good in the Chinese or Confucan element
which combines with the excellence on the
Manchu side, even as in the United States
the under stratum of solid worth in party
life keeps things sufficiently afioat in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
A TREELESS REGION.
Aspects of Some of the Mediterranean
Countries.


From the Atlantic Monthly.
Any one who has travelled through the
comparatively treeless countries around
the Mediterranean, such as Spain, Sicily
Greece, northern Africa and large portions
of Italy, must fervently pray that our own
country may be preserved from 50 dismal
fate. 1t is not the loss of the forests
only that is to be dreaded but the loss of
agricultural regions now fertile and popu-
lous, which may be desolated by the floods
that rush down from bare hills and noun
tains, bringing with them vast quantities
of sand and gravel to be spread over the
lowlands. Travelling a few years ago
through Tunisie, l came suddenly upon
fine Roman bridge of stone over a wide
bare, dry river bed. 1t stood some thirty
feet above the bed of the river, and had
once served the needs of a prosperous pop
ulatfon. Marveling at the height of the
bridge above the ground, / asked the
French stationmaster if the river ever
rose to the arches which carried the road
way of the bridge. His answer testified to
the flooding capacity of the river and to
the strength of the bridge. He said: II
have been here four years, and three times
/ have seen the river running over the
parapets of that bridge That country
was once one of the richest granaries of
the Roman empire. 1t now yields a scanty
support for a sparse and semi-barbarous
population. The whole region round about
is treeleSs. The care of the national for
ests is a provision for future generations
for the permanence over vast areas of our
country of the great industries of agricul-
ture and mining, upon which the prosperity
of the country ultimately depends. A good
forest administration would soon support
terests of the whole country, no matter
what it cost.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
The SnOwbOund PrOsDectOr,

From the Denver Evening Post
The winds may howl and the SHOWS may fall and
the frost on the pinons CLEAN,
Ana the hand of winter with key of ice may lock
the How OF the stream
Inc c9id gray clouds of forbidding face may hide
the sun from my sight
AND the hungry wolves with despairlpg bowls add
cheerlessness to the night
But there's cheer for in the rlddy glow of the
fire on my cabin hearth.
AND the swapping sparks from the dry pine logs
seem cITckleS of fiery mirth
And toss defiant laugh at care and the tenn
pests that round me sing
For as long I've got my bacon and beans and
my pipe am not king?
There's never care from the outer world can
reach me to mar my rest
There's never trouble born OF earth to harrow nv
brawny breast,
And my songs ring out on the solitude of this
mountain pass l wait
Tor the warming breath OF the spriDg to come and
open the snow locked gate
The smoke from my chimney floats away like
1890 bride veil over. the peaks
TIL torn to shreds by the lev breath OF the breeze
In its sportive freaks
And the snow wrapped craps with the echoipp notes
or my laugh Of defiance ring
For as long as have my bacon and beans and my
pipe am l not king?f7 =
When the blizzard lulls and the sun peeps- ont on
the crest II drift stand
And compass space with sweeping glance and
my spirits with pride expand
AS think of the toiling slaves penned I'D in the
cities way over there %,
Wnlte am as free the winds that toss the
VI my tangled hair.
l envy not yonder pampered lords the pale-faced
princes Of wealth.
For the ,h life blood pusing within my veins is hot
with the glow of health
/ crave not the pleasures and injuries which tbe
power OF gold can bring :
FOR as long as have my bacon and beans and my
pipe am not kingi De
My only neighbors assail my ears with their voic-
lngs OF envious hate g =
lie Dobcat squalls protesting cry in the ear of
its snarling mate
The mountain lion with angry growls looks down
from his rocky lair
AS ne snins at the scent Of my steaming food on
The gaunt gray wolf Hcks its hungry ebops and
howis ut the smoke which curls
FROM the swapping breast of my glowing fire in
Wreatnlng, fantastic whirls
Anu l near II al. and my songs flow out with
lordlIcr, merrier ring
TUT Ieei Win my bacon and beans and pipe of
the mountain world I'm the king.
Wnen the sun has gone and the daylight dies and
tne somber yelling of night
ger my mountain kingdom has settled down, in
the genial. CHEEKY light -
OF the glowing logs In the broad drepIace in nv
bianketed bed lie
ana follow the wreaths from my old cob pipe
with lazy aud care-free eye.
oream OF the Gay when the snow kings hand
VIII be lifted from gulch and peak
Anu asam TOT the treasure that rules the world
with golden scepter I'll seek,
out never sigh If the days in flight be driven by
lettering wing,
for as long as have my bacon and beans and my
pipe I'm happy king.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
SIGHTS IN POMPEII.
The Things That Interested an Ameri-
can Tourist the Most.

From the Detroit Free Press
The city consists of vast collection of
rcofiess houses, with tall columns scattered
here and there among them. The interiors
OF the houses are filled with bricks and
mortar, the debris of broken walls and col
umns, among which hundreds of little
chameleons are seen running around, sun
ming themselves. The buildings Of Pompeii
were not constructed of anything like the
same costly material as those in Rome
They were constructed of bricks and NOR
tar and volcanic rock. The columns now
standing are fiuted in their upper parts,
but the f1uting is filled in near the base
with plaster stucco painted red. The Pom
peiianS seem to have been very fond of red
as it is the prevailing color used in their
decorations. The houses srnall-not
more than three stories in height-and are
set close together.
The widest streets are not more than
thirty feet in width, and the smallest are
only fifteen. There is one curious thing
connected with them-in spite of their mar
rcwness, they have placed, at short inter-
walls, to enable people to cross with case,
large stepping stones. They are certainly
too high and broad for horses to have step-
ped over them, and there is very little
room between them. Nevertheless, these
same streets that have the stones are
deeply marked with wheel ruts. Verify
driving in Pompeii must have been an
cerned.
The people of Rome of wealth and re-
hnement used to pass their summers in
Pompeii; consequently, there were some
villas of great elegance. Some of the houses
that have been excavated are still adorned
with paintings of great beauty. It is really
astonishing to see how fresh the colors
are. In some cases the pictures are not
even scratched. The subjects of these pic
lures are usually taken from Greek or Ro-
man mythology, and commonly represent
some scene in the life of the "Godlike"
Menelaus, or the "Wise" Ulysses The
Pompeiians carried their passion for mural
decoration even into their gardens, ana
adorned the walls with all manner of birds
and beasts. But these have not tn. same
artistic merit as those found in the houses
The paintings in restaurants are natur-
ally crude, and are intended to appeal more
strongly to the palate than the aye They
depict Holsters, crabs, fat young puliets
and other things that would delight an cpl
cure. But, considering their common sur
round1ngs, they are really very we'll DONE
and show that the art of painting was well
understood in Pompeii.
The excavating of the city is proceeding
very slowly, and viii probably continue to
the italian government. The work is done
by crowd of men, boys and girls, with
wicker baskets Thsy fill their baskets, and
then waik letsurely away to empty them
Up to date 1 have not heard of any one
getting sunstruck in working on the ruins.
fhere are some things we cannot do in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-02-25
IN REGULAR FLIGHT
Accuracy With Which a Boomerang
Can Be Thrown.
used BY THE NATIVE AUSTRALIANS
Is Both PIaything and a Weapon
Of War.


John Jennings and y. IL Hardy in the Wide World
Magazine.
Everybody has heard of the boomerang
that interesting missile peculiar to the Aus
tralian aborigiral-and wondered at the
magical powers it is generally credited
with: but so very few people in England
have ever seen the implement actually
thrown that great many exaggerated no
lions prevail as to what its actual possbili-
ties are. 1t is our intention. therefore. in
this article to discuss these possibilities
and as the observations of both the artist
and myself are the outcome of an extended
acquaintance with some expert native
boomerang throwers in Australia. We hope
To be able to give strictly accurate though
none the less startling, facts respecting this
strange weapon.
OF all the missiles used by primitive man
the comeback" boomerang, as it is very
correctly termed. is. perhaps. the most in
terestng. and that for a variety of reasons.
First. there is the wonderful skill exhib-
tied in its invention and construction; sec