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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

inclination to stoOp was not likely to
prove aggressive, and that the learn
Ing contained in that massive frame
could be put aside with the spectacles;
also that the professor might have
been young once, before the weight of
a laurel wreath had puckered his
brows and powdered his hair with the
frost that comes before winter.
He was smiling now and looking with
appreclative interest at the game in
progress.
'Do you hear what they are sing
ingY ne asked the rectOr's wife.
Mrs. Errlngton detached herself
from the tea urn TO answer carelessly
"'Nuts and May isn't it?'
1.-The delightful irrelevance OF child
hood" pursued the professor, the sub
lime faith in the impossible. Here
we come gathering Nuts and May
so early in the morning. Not con-
tent with demanding their autumn
and their spring at the same time. they
must have it early in the morning, too;
all the world at their feet, with youth
to make them enjoy 1t. They have
faith enough to remove mountains, but
l am afraid the days of miracles are
past"
Mrs. Errington's glance fingered on
him for a moment and then travelled to
where a girl in a white dress stood I'M
der the trees that bordered the rectory
garden.
"There is Evadne," she said; chow
fresh and cool and sweet she looks!
Don't you think so, professor"
He adjusted his spectacles to give a
conscientious answer.
"MIiss Evadne Is always pleasant to
look at" he said. as he gazed with a
this distance l do not see her so plain
ly as l could wish"
"And she is always pleasant TO talk
to-" added Mrs. Burlington; "go and ask
her If she would like some tea, profess
sor."
He went obediently, and the white
figure moved to meet him, while the
echo of the words "cool and fresh and
sweet" floated still in his ears.
81 am sent to ask you If you will
have some tea" he said.
as that meant for an excuse or an
apology| asked Evadne, demurely.
docs my errand need eitherY he
questioned in return, with his usual
gravity.
"You seemed to consider So" said
she, ''in which. If you will not think
me conceited, 1 will confess you are
unusual. There are people," she con-
tinued, noting his puzzled air, ''who
come and talk to me without any
errand at all-merely for the pleasure
of the thing"
A little smile was playing round her
mouth. and through her curved eye
lashes the sparkle of her eyes meant
mischief.
The professor pushed his spectacles
mp again; when people were close to
him he could see better without as
sistance-
-Thers are peopla-" he said. who
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
60 HERE was hint of autumn in

60 HERE was hint Of autumn in
the woodland tints, where the
colors shaded from softest gray
est gray green through russell tones to
deepest red and brown, and the breeze
that swept over the uplands was sug-
gestve of chilly October, but the gold
en- spell Of Indian summer lay on the
valley, touching the ripe peaches with
an added bloom and wooing the late
roses to unfold their fragrant hearts
before 1t was too late to give their
sweetness to the dying summer.
In the rectory orchard, under the
shadows of the fruit-laden trees, viii
lage lads and lasses hid and sought,
and out in the meadow the children
laughed and played and danced to the
music of their own voices.
The professor stood at the outer
edge of q circle of infant jewellers, his
spectacles pushed up on his broad
forehead his soft Hamburg hat tilted
forward to shield his eyes from the
sun.
Gray eyes they were, with a Keen
ness in them that was reflected and
that lent them a clearer vision for
things that time had set at a distance
than for present realities.
The iron-gray hair was brushed back
and outlined features that were not
unhandsome, though their sternness
gave him a semblance of severity, I'M
til he smiled.
When the professor smiled children
understood that the tall figure with its
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

A French president, if he chooses. can
i've like prince. His salary is S125.-
Ooo' ana the annual allowances for in
cldental expenses are equally large.
Inc Elysee Is splendidly furnished and
Kept In repair as his town residence. and
the palaces of FOntainebleau and Ram
bouillet are also maintained by the
state for his use during the summer.
Ihere are large shooting preserves at
Marry where he can enjoy outdoor
sport during the autumn. The late
President Faure liked ceremony. sDlen.
dor and stateliness. Taking the view
that the French people did not wish to
have the presidential office maintained
IN an unpretentiOus way, he adopted
much OF the etiquette of European
courts, drove about constantly in
coach-and-six under military escort. and
gave brilliant entertainments in town
and country. Generously as the state
provided for him, he expended a large
share of his private wealth in keeping
up luxurious appearances and in enter
tanning guests like the car with splen-
did pOmp. President Loubet has not
been long In office, but It is APPARENT
that he intends to live less pretentious-
ly and In closer accord with old-fash.
Toned ideas of republican simplicity.
In comparison with his predecessors in
office he Is poor man, and he has the
frugal tastes of the class of small coun-
try landhOlders from which he sprang.
He represents the great element Of
rural France, which studies and prac-
tees economy and dislikes wasteful-
ness and luxury. Pleasure-loving Paris
laughs over the rumors of reform and
retrenchment in the kitchens and serv-
ant-halls of the Elysee, but the presi-
dents conduct meets with hearty ap-
prevail in the country towns and viii
lagos, where thrift has never ceased to
be a virtue Even the boulevard wits
were silent when the president, re-
turning to his mothers home in Monte
limar, gave on unstudied exhibition OF
filial reverence. Catching a glimpse Of
her white hair as he drove in triumph
through the town in a magnificent
coach behind an escort of cuirassiers,
he sprang to the ground, ran toward
the platform where she was seated and
embraced her again and again, while
she was sobblng from JOY and pride. A
president who is not ashamed of his
humble peasant mother and remembers
her counsels Of thrift and carefulness,
stands for the best qualities Of staid,
rural France. There is so much that
is sordid and contemplate in the pub
lie life of the republic with the strange
hurly-burly OF the Dreyfus case, that
a touch of the simplicity Of earlier and
better times Is welcomed
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The Boston journal" quotes the
prediction uttered by General Horace
Binney Sargent in his grafton on Mem.
orial day, 1869.
Comrades, though few of us may live tc
see il, feel sure that the last survivors
of the Grand Army of the Republic will
celebrate this anniversary after some day
of glory, when the sons of rebels and our
sons shall have fallen side by side in some
common cause of foreign war, as our sires
and their sires fell side by side under the
eye of the great rebel, the Virgin
ian, Washington.
This prophecy has been literally full
filed. The predicted foreign war"
has re-emblazoned Americas national
character, restored the unity of her peo-
pie, and-as Editor Watterson phrases
it-"fung her geography into the sea"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Another of the school of imaginative
scientists asserts that he has discov-
cred that music when properly pro-
duced is so soothing and lulling to the
digestive organs that it can be made
IN time to take the place of food. AS
the scientist neglects to tell just how
long this interesting experiment would
take it is quite evident that he hasn't
carried his tests that far. But it's a
nice theory and there can be no objec-
ton to the learned discoveries follow
ing it out to the bitter end.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The class of music to which the Hot
Time" belongs is, of course, not ex-
allied. 1t is not chamber music or con-
cert music. 1t is just the slap-dash, go
as-you-please sort of thing that suits
she crowd in its hours Of effervescence
and outdoor celebration. The Ameri-
can people happen to be built that
way" They gravely chant America"
in the parlor and when they take to
the street or to the battlefield they
change the tune to the primitive Tilt
of yankee Doodle" with it's words Of
superlative banality. If this tendency
is immoral, then Lord help us all! AS
a nation, we are doomed, and the won
der is that the CHASTITY end has not
come long ago.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

A French medical paper contains
strange story by DIR. Koveos of a rela-
tive Of his, whose beard and mustache
from being prematurely white sudden
iy became dark. The editor adds
story of an old priest whose white hair
fell off because of an attack of erysipe-
las and was replaced by raven locks.
Are these stories myths like those of
the ancient Greeks regarding rejuven-
escence, or was goats juice" used by
any chance?
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The sympathies of the whole country
were aroused by the recent abduction
from New York City and the subse-
quent recovery of little Marion Clark,
baby 20 months old. Many aspects
of this case are worthy of study. In
earlier days it was a comparatively
easy act to steal a child and carry it
where its Identity was lost, while the
bereaved parents were left without
hope of its return. Such cases were so
common that the accidental reunion of
parents with their long lost children be-
came familiar feature in literature
and on the stage. The prompt recovery
OF the Clark baby shows that, while the
world is all the time growing larger, in
another sense it is constantly decreas-
Ing in size. The growth of great mod
ern cities, and the free movement of
people from place to place, would at
nrst seem to make it much easier 70
carry out successfully a crime of this
kind to-day than it was in the past: but
modern inventions have more than off
set these changed conditions of society
when this child was stolen. such q
glare OF publicity was thrown upon the
crime that no nook or corner of this
great country could long afford the
criminal a hiding-place. The telegram
the steam railroad, the perfected police
system all lent their aid. but more val
liable than all else were the services Of
photography and the newspapers. The
daily Journals so faithfully reproduced
the Daby's portrait that young wom-
an IN a country postoffice, as soon as
she saw the strange child, said: "Why.
that looks like Marion Clark" The
modern daily press has many faults.
out occasionally it performs service
so important as somewhat to condone
them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The statement that the telephones in
England are very poor will create no
surprise. Electricity as a household
and business agent is little too swift
for the conservative Britons to manage
with perfect satisfaction. That is pos
sible only in America, which might be
profited by initiating the more deliber-
ate habits of their English cousins
while the latter could easily stand a
slight infusion of American enterprise.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The hostility to the Americans which
was so pronounced in France during
vhe Cuban war has so far subsidized that
the Parisians are now wiling to furnish
lodgings to visitors from the United
States at much higher prices than nave
ever been charged before.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
Feminine Pioneers of Long AGO

A copy of a curious newspaper has
been found in the French national
archives, says Literature. 1t is dated
Jan. 4. 1905, and is called L'Athenee des
Danes. The articles are evidently
written by women and the object of
the paper seems to have been an at
tempt to place women on an equal
footing with men. The feminine pio-
neers of 1903 were evidently nearly
100 years ahead of their times. La
Fronde, the Partisan newspaper writ
ten, printed and published by women,
is now in its third year and appears to
be successful, while only one copy of
LAthenee des Danes is to be found.
The desire to chase men runs In
famllieR
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
ALL AROUND MARKET REPORT.
Wheat QuOtations,W Wool Figures and
the Price of Produce.

thc VI tEOuuCts
The following prices are paid for
wheat delivered at the Spokane mills:
Wheat-Bluestem, bulk, Sic; sacked,
SIC; No. club, bulk, 47c; sacked, 49c;
No. 1 red, bulk, 45c; sacked, Ate.
Fruit-Apples, sc per lb; apricots,
15c per Id; bananas, 30c per doz.; black
raspberries, 15c per box; blackberries,
zoe per box; cantalopes, soc apiece;
carrots, sc per bunch; cauliflower,
121ac per head; cherries, 10c per Id;
currants, 25c per gallon; cabbage, 21Rc
per lb; cucumbers, for 25c; gooseber-
ries, sc per quart; grapes, 81 so per
basket; green corn, 35c per dozen;
green peas, &c per lb; head lettuce, 3
lbs for 10c; lemons, soc per doz.; new
potatoes, 4c per ID; new onions, 21ac
per Id; onions, 81. so per cwt; peaches,
2 lbs for 25c; pineapples, SOC each;
pears, loo per lb; plums, 15c per Id;
potatoes, So. so per cwt; radishes,
punches for sc; red raspberries, zoe
per box; string beans-15c per lib;
strawberries, 81 .25 to 50 per crate; to-
matoes, 25c per Id; waternelons, 1926
cents each.
Lard-5Oc to Coo per 5-lb pail.
Hams-15c to 18c per ID.
Breakfast Bacon-121ac to 1Sc per lb.
Picnic Hams-10c per lb.
Salt Bacon-10c per Id.
Hay-Timothy, $19@s14 per ton;
hay, $12@13; alfalfa, $11.
Corn-Whole, 81 40 per cwt.; crack
ed, $3.50
Feed-Bran and shorts, s14 per ton;
shorts, SIS; bran, SIS; rolled barley,
$40; chicken feed, S1.00.
Wood Con car)-Fir, SO; tamarack,
SO. rs; pine, $2.75. Retail-Fir, So. so;
tamarack, SO so to 81 pine, 81 to 1925.
Coal (retail-Roslyn lump, $3.50;
Pennsylvania anthracite, SIS; Colora-
do anthracite, SIG; foundry coke, SIG;
Cumberland black, $17 so TO $40.
Poultry-Chickens, live weight, Is
OLE per pound; turkeys, dressed, 16
to 1Sc; spring ducks, dressed, II to 16;
geese, live, 16 to 18c.
The following quotations are given
on live stock and dressed meats.
Beehive steers, 81. OO@4 so; live
SONoJ 20. OVVf.OOs bleeTS, dressed, N
QSc; cows, dressed, 6@615c.
Mutton-Live- 4@4hc; dressed, 1Oc.
Hogs-Live, sc; dressed, 6Q6hc.
Wheat.
.-Wheat-Walla Walla. 576
81 l-2c; valley, 5Sc; bluestem, SOC.
Tacoma.-The week closed with wheat
nominal, holding the figures which have
ruled all the week, soc for club; SOC for
bluestem.
Metals.
New York-Silver-Ce 600
Gle; bar silver, 6Oasc; Mexican dollars.
4Sc.
London-Bar silver, firmer, 27%d per
ounce.
San Francisco-Bar silver. 601bc:
Mexican dollars. 1917 @50c.
New York-Pig iron warrants-Firm
s17@17.95.
The firm that fixes the selling price
for miners and smelters quotes lead at
$4.35 at the close.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

this sentiment publicly, but the atti-
tude of mind is not so fantastic as it
might appear to some young person who
has tired Of life because of its poverty
End hardship. The cars fate is that
which is to be found the truest happi-
ness.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Emperor William has bought two ele-
phants, which will be used hereafter
IN his big parades. This, however
must not be regarded as conclusive
evidence of the Emperor's intention to
make a show of himself.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The car of Russia is quoted as say
ing recently: 81 am sick and tired Of
life. What with it's responsibilities, its
hypocrisies, its festivals and Its lies, 1
wish l were out Of It," 1t would be
strange. indeed, If ruler SO conspicu-
GUS had permitted himself to express
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19
Observation-Disclosures
8 TIMELY TOPICS.=
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

A man is like the hammock to this
extent: He is apt to live where he
hangs out.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Nansen talks of trying to find the
south pole in 1902. He probably thinks
the people viii have ceased by tna'
time TO be interested In personal MS
tories of the late war.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

A western poet has written some
verses to a girl, saying at the end OF
each stanza: II dreamed Of you last
night" Poets can do that because II
doesn't cost money.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

King Corn won a gallant victory IN
England last year. During the WE'VE
months the British Government useu
124,OOO gallons of corn whisky in the
manufacture of smokeless powder
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

AS boxing is called a science and Sui
nvan prays for the ring success Oh MS
favorites. somebody after While may
be making him out a Christian SCI
enlist
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Whatever you may say Of trusts It
should always be kept in mind that
they are not incorporated idiots.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Vacation In its root meaning may i'm
ply emptiness, but few people are like
ly to say there's nothing in 1t.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

Taking hair of the dog that did the
biting also applies to the general run
of GROWERS.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

AS soon as it becomes thoroughly I'M
derstood that eggs will cure consump-
ton the hens will probably incorpo-
rate under the laws of New Jersey.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

This movement to prevent certain
kind of divorced people marrying again
would show the marriage rite is being
closed for repairs.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

When Ii Hung Chang in so conserva-
tive a country as China is strong
enough to pull down the Chinese wall
It shows he's got something of pull.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-08-19

The desire to chase men runs In
famiieG
The record-union., 1899-09-23
POLICE COURT ROUNDUP.
There Was No Overflow Into the
County Jail.

l.. klemmer, the young man who on
Thursday was arrested for riding his
bicycle on the street without holding
to the handlebars, was before Justice
Anderson yesterday morning. He was
lectured and allowed to go.
Andrew Johnson, arrested on Thurs
day for carrying a deadly weapon,
was set at liberty. Johnson is a sheep
herder who had only just got into
town, and was removing the loads
from his revolver when arrested He
was a traveller and as such had a right
to carry the weapon.
The case of Kitty Warnsby, who is
charged with being a vagrant, was
continued until this morning to plead.
c. n. Martin, the man recently ar
rested on a complaint charging him
with obtaining money under false pre-
lenses, and who was arraigned on
Thursday morning, was discharged on
motion of City Attorney De Ligne.
Martin, according to his own story,
had been spoken to by a rancher liv-
ing out of town who requested him to
contract for fifty Cinnamon to do GER
tain work. Martin represented that
the help wanted was for the Natoma
Vineyard Company, and after ap-
preaching a number of men he bor-
rowed ten cents from one of them. 1t
transpired that he had not been au-
thorized to secure any help for the
vineyard in question, and his arrest
followed
The record-union., 1899-09-23
POSTAL SERVICE.
Civil Service Examination to Be-
gin Here ON November 22d.

William Rider, Secretary of the
Postal Board in this city, representing
the Civil Service Commission, has re-
ceived from John r. Proctor, Washing
ton D. c., the following:
"Sir: The Civil Service Commission
directs that the regular annual exam
ination for the Postoffice service in
your city be held by your board on
Wednesday, November %, 1899, and
succeeding days if all applicants can
not be examined on one day This ex-
animation should be announced re-
gardless of any that may have been
held by your board within the past
few months.
please note that applications must
be filed, not necessarily, however, in
correct and complete form, with your
board prior to the hour of closing busi-
ness on October 23d, at which time the
commission should be advised on form
142 of the total number, including
those which have been returned for
correction. This report should also
contain information to the effect as to
whether more than one day will be
required for the examination, and If
so. the number of persons to be ex-
amined on each day."
The record-union., 1899-09-23
BRIEF NOTES.

James Gorman's election as guard by
Car Shop No. 5's Mutual Relief Asso-
citation was accidentally omitted yes
terday.
Walter L. Collier was yesterday di-
rected by Judge Hughes to pay So per
month toward the support of his child
The application of Augusta Klein for
$50 per month alimony from J. A
Klein, pending the result of her divorce
suit, yas yesterday denied by Judge
Hughes. 1t was shown that Klein is
still supporting his wife.
The Elks have postponed their pro-
posed visit to Nevada City, which was
to have been made to-day because OF
the critical condition of Chief of Police
Dwyer, their brother member.
Before the Afro Americans adjourned
yesterday vote of thanks was tender
ed to Secretary of State Curry for the
use of the Senate chamber, for copies
of the "blue book and for other favors.
The record-union., 1899-09-23
THAT SEWING MACHINE.
The Agent Will Return It-Cause
of the Contention.

The case OF William De Pans, charged
with forcible entry and detainer, was
tried before Justice Anderson yester-
day morning and taken under advise
ment until Monday next.
According to the evidence, a sister of
the prosecuting witness, Mrs. Heise,
bought a sewing machine on the in
stallment plan, paying $40 down, and
making payments from time to time.
The woman subsequently became in,
sane, and Mrs. Heise said~she under
took to make the payments. Receipts
presented by her showed that S64 had
been credited on the machine. Just
whether Mrs. Heise's sister had agreed
to pay $40 or $50 for the machine, was
not made precisely clear
1t appears that on September 1st
Mrs. Heise was unable to make pay
ment, and that day or two after
ward De Pans visited her residence at
Third and Il streets, and took the me-
chanical part of the machine, leaving
the frame. The little son and the
mother of Mrs. Heise testified that the
agent opened the door and WENT in,
telling the boy that his mother wanted
the machine repaired.
Mrs. Heise said she returned just as
De Pans was in the act of driving away
with the parts of the machine She
said she told him to stop, and took
hold OF his wagon, but was thrown
against post when he drove away.
DE Pans, on the other hand testified
that Mrs. Heise had requested him to
repair the machine; that he went to
her house to get the machine to make
necessary repairs; that he was admitted
by the boy, and that when he started
away Mrs. Heise came up to his wag-
on, but she did not say a word, and he
did not speak to her. The machine
was purchased in July, 1897, and pay
ments We're a year behind
Justice Anderson INQUIRED whether
he had intended to take the machine
back after repairing it, and De Pans
replied that he had.
Then" said the Justice, 'I will take
the case under advisement until Mon
day next, and as the possession of the
machine seems to be the bone of con-
tention, if you return it we will find a
way OUT
A. c. Hinkson, counsel for De Pans,
intimated that he would instruct his
client to keep the machine, or the por-
ton he had, until the other payments
were made. He referred to the orig
inal contract by which it had been
agreed that So per month should be
paid. Justice Anderson advised Mrs.
Heise to pay the remainder due, if pos
sible, and he then took the matter un-
der advisement until Monday next.
De Pans stated after court adjourned
that despite his attorneys advice, he
intended to return the portion of the
machine he took away. He said that
less than $40 cash had been paid on
the machine in two years. He did not
sell the machine, the sale having been
made year before he took the agency
here.