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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22
Backs Lawton's Judgment.


Hong Kong, April l9.-Thousands of
Chinese advanced toward the British camp
at Taipohu Monday and fired several
rounds of artillery at an ineffective range.
Major General Gascoigne, whose force is
less than 300, ordered his artillery to en-
gage the enemy, who occupied the sur
rounding hills. Shrapnel drove the Chi
nese out, and the Indian infantry ad-
vanced, the Chinese retiring several miles
burning villages. The Chinese losses are
unknown, as they carried away their dead
and wounded. The British had no loss
1t is proposed to advance the British occu-
patton With the exception of his staff,
General Gascoigne is utilizing only Indian
troops. Hong Kong is guarded by volun-
teer,s and Welch fusiladers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22

London, April 1.-THE British metrop-
Oils narrowly escaped calamity TODAY
which might have rivaled the horrors wit
messed at the destruction by fire recently
OF the Windsor hotel in New York.
Hyde Park Court, Albert Gate, one OF
the finest and most fashionable blocks of
residential flats, overlooking the famous
Rotten Row, caught fire this morning.
The fire broke out in the lower part of the
building and spread up the elevator shaft
with great rapidity. Flames involved the
upper stories before their occupants were
aware of the danger. When the alarm
was given, affrighted servants dropped
from the top windows to the veranda on
the ninth story
The detective arrangements of the Lon
don fire brigade were again demonstrated.
and even when the fire escapes reached the
scene they were too short to reach the
people in the upper stories, who only es-
capped with the greatest difficulty, while
the residents of the lower stories streamed
out of the building carrying what they
could of their belongings.
The flames were not under control until
o'clock, when the upper part of the
structure was Quilted. Investigation into
the cause of the fire shows it to have been
due to the overheating of an electric wire.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22
o. Four Were Drowned.

Victoria, B. c., April l9.-Men just ar
rived from the Klondike say that the Yu-
kon is already breaking up and is flooded
from Marsh lake up One party OF four,
headed by Stuart of Snohomish, Wash,
went through the ice near White Horse on
April and were drowned, with their dogs.
A man is just in from Atlin, where many
Americans have located claims, only to be
ousted by the alien law of this spring.
During the winter claim jumping by the
wholesale has been progressing and there
are now three or four disputants for ev-
cry claim on Spruce and Pine creeks.
Some Americans are taking British part
ners to hold their properties.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22
Fighting in China.

Washington, April Is. - The following
important diplomatic changes have been
announced as the result of the cabinet
meeting today; w. w. Rockhill now
minister to Greece, has resigned that post.
Arthur Sherburne Hardy of New Hamp-
shire, now minister to Persia, has been
promoted to succeed Rockhill William
P. Lord, ex-governor Of Oregon, has been
appointed minister to Persia. John N. r.
win of Iowa, formerly governor of Ari-
iona, has been appointed minister to Por-
tugal to succeed Lawrence Townsend,
transferred to Belgium, vice Bellamy Stor-
er, who goes to Madrid.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22
Noted Mail Robbers Captured.

New York, April 1.-THE police have
in custody two alleged robbers of mail
pouches said to be notorious. The last
crime charged to the men is the theft of
registered mail pouches at Buffalo early
this month. The men give their names
as Albert E. Bell of London, Canada, and
Frank Smith of Chicago. In their trunks
were found full uniforms of letter car
riers and the proceeds of the mail pouch
robbery at Buffalo. Checks and drafts
to the amount of $4,000 were found also.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22
A mig Fire.

Cleveland, Ohio, April l5.-Almost halt
the block of business houses bounded by
Lake, Bank, Academy and st. Clair streets
was wiped out by fire this afternoon, the
damage done amounting to almost a mil
lion dollars. Flames broke out in a straw
goods factory, where a large number OF
girls were employed, and that none OF
them lost their lives is remarkable. A
number of persons were injured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22

Manila, April lS.-ln an interview with
General Lagdrda he said that a committee
of % Filipinos had been appointed to con
fer with peace commission for the follow
ing purposes;
tlrst-Io obtain as large autonomous
rights for the Filipinos as possible.
Second-To bring about peaceful rela-
tions with the Americans.
Third-To provide that the Americans
and Filipinos only shall occupy public OF
tees.
Arevaleo, former aid to Aguinaldo, is
now in Manila. He said in an interview
that if the Americans send to Aguinaldo
now he thinks q peaceful solution of the
present troubles is probable
Influential Americans think that the
commission of rich Filpinos is eager TO
protect property and has little influence
with the insurgents.
Committees Plans.
A number OF prominent and wealthy
Flipinos are organizing committee TO
take steps to bring about, if possible, an
understanding between the rebels and the
Americans. One branch of this commit
tee intends to ask the United States Phil
ippine commission to make a statement as
to what terms would be offered the rebels
If the latter will surrender. Another
branch of the committee will approach
Aguinaldo with terms and will endeavor
to persuade him to accept them. IL is CON
sidered doubtful, however, if any members
of the committee will dare personally TO
confer with the rebel leader. The commit
tee includes several persons recently con-
demned to death by Aguinaldo for petit
tioning him to cease fighting.
Claim Board Appointed.
Manila, April lS.-Major General Otis
has appointed a board, headed by Colonel
Crowder to deal with war claims. Many
such claims have been filed, aggregating
millions of dollars, purely as the result of
the Iloilo fire. General Otis, who has hith-
erto handled these claims, is unable to de-
vote any OF his time to them now.
whoIIey in Communal.
General Lawton has ordered Colonel
Wholley of the First Washington regiment,
who is lieutenant in the regular army,
to command General Kings brigade dur
ing the illness of the latter.
Backs Layvton's Judgment.
Chicago, April Is. General Shafter
passed through Chicago today en- route to
his brothers home in Sycamore. Ill. Dis
cussing the Philippine war, he said: III
General Lawton states 100000 men are
needed in the Philippines in order to eff
fectually bring the natives TO terms, l
should say that undoubtedly an army OF
such proportions is required
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22

General Lawton has ordered Colonel
Wholley of the First Washington regiment,
who is lieutenant in the regular army,
to command General Kings brigade dur
ing the illness of the latter.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22

A remarkable feature of India is the
number of deserted capitals. There
are no fewer than three old Delhis. all
close to each other, and south of the
present city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-04-22

San Francisco, April 1.-THE United
States transport Hancock will sail today
for Manila with the Twenty-frst infantry
regiment Several other transports will
depart during the week. The Grant, with
invalid soldiers and many dead bodies on
board, is due here within a few days
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Drowned I'm the Clearwater.

Lewiston, Idaho, April 15.-B. F. Elliott,
one of the best known rivermen in the
northwest, was drowned in the Clearwater
last Tuesday.
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Mckinley to open Chicaeo,s Canal.

Chicago, April l9.-President Mckinley
is to be asked to open the first sluice gate
which will permit the waters of the sani-
tary canal to flow into the Desplaines riv-
ar at Lockport. October Chicago day.
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FI[IP|NOS ARE FOR PEACE.
is THE REPORT FROM MANILA.

They Say Aguilaldo Is Ready to Surren-
der-Get as Much as PossibIe-A Com
mittee Has Been Named by Them to
Confer Discredited ia Manila.
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A horse In the lead pulls In vain when
the wheel horse lays back in the breechinz.
A mans body is good deal like team of
horses, and must work tremendously. The
head may want to work, and strive ever SO
hard to work but If the body Is balky and
sick the head will make no progress.
The man who is out of condition physical
iy may as well give up trying to work men
tally. He viii net be able TO do good work,
on satisfactory work, and in the endeavor to
do so will only do himself further harm.
The reason that men have nervous exhaus-
tion and prostration is that they try to work
the brain when the body is balky. The
right thing for man to do when he finds
he is out of sorts physically is to give the
mind a little rest, and promptly resort to
the right remedy for his physical ailments.
Dr. Pierce Golden Medical Discovery is
the best of all medicines for balky body.
When the head aches, the appetite is poor,
the sleep is restless the nerves are shaky
and both body and brain suffer from dull
ness and 1assitude, it Is time to resort to
this great remedy. 1t restores the appetite,
corrects all disorders of the digestion,
makes assimilation perfect, invigorates the
liver and purifes and nourishes the blood
It is the great blood maker and flesh
builder It Is the best of nerve torics and
restoratives. 1t makes both body and brain
alert and active. Medicine dealers have
nothing just as coed. I"
:. 1 suffered five years with an ulcer and the
doctor here could not do me any good, writes
Mr.. Jonn jenkins, of Haywood, Madison Co..
Va II took twelve hotties Of DR.. Pierce's
Golden Medical Discovery and 1 am well. 1
would have been fl ny crave II 1t had not been
for your medicine
Fer constipation and indigestion, Dr.
pierce's Pleasant Pellets are the most nat
ural and perfect cure ever devised. They
act gently but surely, and effect 2 .5e,ntc-
Sssnk cure
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BORROWING IN CHINA.

Chinese buffers have way, when
their own supplies iall snort, of Dor
rowing from the neighbors. At
least, this was very common TWEEN
ty-liye years ago, and goods changed
hands, over the garden wall, with
astonishing celebrity, the buffers,
meantime, keeping a strict account.
Sat the first large dinner party
to which / was invited in China |
went as BRIDE" says and American
81 found myself eating with my own
brand-new knives, fork and spoons I
stared at them very hard; there
could be nc mistake, for / could see
the fresh monograms.
al was dreadfully distressed,
but did not dare to say anything.
When / reached home told my
husband, rather tremblingly, for I
was quite sure they had been stolen.
To my .amazement he only laughed
and said:
ooh. you will get used to that
soon, and when you have too many
guests you will find that, instead OF
asking you to get more supplies,
the butler will just borrow your
neighbors, snd always make up the
Deficiency"
"And 30 it proved. / can well
remember once, when my husband
had asked eight guests in to dinner
only half an hour before the usual
time Zone for each of the delicious
fret spring snipe he had shot), that
there appeared, a splendid roast leg
Of mutton as one of our courses.
"Now I knew we had no mutton,
for earlier in the day the cook had
been bewailing the non,arrlval OF
the Shanghai steamer, by which it
always came Turning to the gen.
tleman on the left, / asked, "Did
your steamer come from Shanghai
today?D
"'Yes; why?"
II looked down to.the other end
of the table, where my husband was
carving the unexpected treasure.
trove with evident enjoyment.
well, ours did not come said
l, 'and yet
ole caught sight of the mutton
'Ohl he laughed. Il suppose that
is mine. No doubt yours will come
tomorrow, and probably much bet.
ter; and so l shall be the gamer this
time, aud enjoy it oil the more. "
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Sewing.

Women wearied with much sew
ing will appreciate and agree with
this bit from Harriet Martineau's
"Household Education"
I believe it is now generally
agreed, among those who know best,
that the practice of sewing has been
carried much too far for health
even 10 houses where there is nc
poverty or pressure of any kind
No Ione can we'll be more fond Of
sewing than. / am; and few, except
professional seamstresses, have done
more of it; and my testimony is that
it is most hurtful occupation, ex-
cept where great moderation is OBJ
served. / think it is not so much
the sitting and STOPPING posture as
the incessant, monotonous action
and position OF the arms that causes
such wear and tear. Whatever il
may be, there is something in pro-
longed sewing which is remarkably
exhaustlng to the strength and irri-
tating beyond endurance to The
nerves. The censorious gossip
during sewing, which was the bane
of our youth, wasted more of our
precious youthful powers and dispo.
sitions than any repentance and
amendment in after life could re-
pair
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Native Origin of Certain Fruits,

The fig originated in Asia.
Lemons came from Assyria.
Ounces originated in Corinth.
Damsons came from Damascus.
The peach is native of Persia.
Apricots originated in Armenia.
Filberts we're first found in
Greece.
Almonds came from Spain and
Italy.
Crab-apples came from Great
Britain.
The gooseberry is a native of
Great Britain.
Tamarinds came from the East
and West Indies.
The pomegranate is q native OF
Southern Europe, Asia and Bomba.
Apples and pears came originally
from the East, brought by the Ro-
mans.
Nectarines originally came from
Persia, having been introduced into
Europe in 1862.
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A Remarkable Horse.


The travelling newspaper man was
in San Antonio the other day stand
ing in front of the Commercial
Club rooms, when he overheard a
conversation on horses. At the
door hitched to heavy road-wagon,
commonly called a buggy, was a
ciay-black horse belonging to
well.known German of the town.
Another man came along and re-
marked that the horse was little
off in his shape.
aOf nit his shape, chi Ish dot
vat you call emf Veil, | told you
vat it ish. Dot horse vas der best
drotter in der State of Dexas, und
don't yer mind yer own peesness
bout dot
"Ob, you get out. That Lorse
can't trot a little bit. I can beat
him on my wheel and day in the
mud"
II dell yer vot / do" said the
German. ali yer beat dot horse Won
uluuG L XII ycI Vel uotcCs
"What is his timer
sDot horse gan go mile in 2.22
easily"
"you are joking"
Choking, vas |? Yer bed amt
choking leedle bid. Wy, was
over at Houston vid dat horse last
season vid him, und | entered him
ad a race for the 2.40 class und
made mile in 2.2l."
"But that was when he was young
perhaps" suggested the other man.
'.Ven he vas young, eh?0
Eyes"
"How old yer dink dat horse was,
anyhow? Wy, he is yust nineteen
years of old, und he gan beat out
any horse in San Antonio
The writer asked some one If the
fellow was joking.
"Not bit. Why, that is the
most famous horse in Texas. He is
not ringer but that German
drives that horse all over Texas to
the State and county fairs and wins
every race be enters. He has been
known to drive from here to Dallas
| hitched to a heavy blackboard and
get there at noon. That same after.
noon he would enter the fret race,
and the record does not show that
he was ever yet beaten This fact
can be proven by more than hun
| dred men here ia San Antonio
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ETIric AND INDUSTRIAL.


Pneumatic pressure il used to OPP
crate railway gates BY means Of an
air pump to act on each gate bar.
At sea level IN object 100 feet
high is visible over thirteen miles.
IF 500 feet high IT is visible nearly
thirty miles
The right hand, which is more
sensitive to the touch than the left,
| is less sensitive than the latter to
effects OF the heat and cold.
An emincnt astronomer says that
for communication with tho inhabi.
tsnts Of Mars we would reqrire a
dag aslarge as lrelsnd and q pole 500
miles long.
Telegraph wires will last forty
years nesr the sea shore. In the
manufacturing districts the same
wires will last only ten years, and
sometimes less
It has recently been claimed that
iron ships with elertric plants suffer
rapid deterioration of their pipes
having direct connection with the
sea, due 70 electrolYiic action.
A new method or applying chelni-
Gals to extingulsh fires is being
tried, in which recess is forced in
the hose nozzle and solid chemical
Inserted TO be dissolved by the
water passing over it, when the
chemical substance is removed.
According to German publea-
ton. chemist Of that country has
! prepared a fluid that has the power
waen Injected into the tissues Of q
plant near It's roots, sn@thetizing
she plant, not destroying it. but
temporarily supending its vitality.
A combined detachable ice creep
er sud heel plate is being manufac-
tured, which has spring clips by
which it is attached to the heel.
q roushened rubber or metal plate
fitted the under side of the heel
when in use to prevent slipping on
the Ice
A Southerner has designed new
resilient tire for wagons, which is
made of an inner section of rubber
tubing surrounded by q layer of
rubber coated linen or canvass
and covered by vulcanized, COM
paritively hard rubber tube, which
is 10 turn covered ly an outer rub
Der tube.
Acetplenesgas is to be used for
the purpose of initiating marine
bouys and floats. the dry calcium
carbine being placed in vessel in
the upper portion of tue bouy, to
which small quantity Of water is
admitted as it sinks, causing suf-
fcient gas to generate to lift the
bouy to its proper position again.
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AN ULcHRArED TOOTH.

Mr.. Dobson looked across the
table at his wife with a smile OF ir-
ritating tolerance. snow these
headaches of yours, my DEAR" he
said, 81 can't help feeling that they
are partly the result Of Imagination.
You are little prone, l fear to ex-
aggerate your suffering. l think
you should guard against that ten
dency or you'll soon become one of
these chronic inyalids."
Mrs. Dobson's pale face flushed,
but before she could reply her hus-
band was apparently seized with q
spasm OF pain. He hastily left the
table with his napkin pressed to his
mouth. Mrs. Dobson followed, and
found him in the library anxiously
regarding a small, grayish lump held
in one hand
aThe filling has come out OF the
wisdom tooth y he muttered, be-
meath his napkin. ''The dentist
said il the nerve was ever exposed
again he feared liberation; he was
only able to put in a tempory filing
last week. 1t is already jumping,
and l must have hot water bag
and do up my face right away for
the night, ana go to the dentist the
first thing in the morning."
Mrs. Dobson was all sympathy at
once. She passed a wakeful night,
keeping hot congresses on her hus-
bands face but he suffered agonies
from the tooth in spite of it all.
SIT has begun to ulcerate, l
know he mumbled behind his
swathiug in the morning; and with
waiting for breakfast Mrs. Dobson
took him, weak from pain, to Doc
tor Browns Office.
"Your face hasn't swollen any
YETI said Doctor Brown, with the
eheerfulness born of long exercise
of his profession. "Did you save
the fllingY"
Mrs. Dobson solemnly handed him
small piece of paper, which he un'
rolled in silence.
ibid you have ary canned stuff
for dinner?" he asked, with appar-
ent irrelevance.
"Yes, we had canned corn" said
Mrs. Dobson.
"Well, this" said the DENTS, in
dicating the gray lump, "appears to
be lump of solder; probably it
came from the tin can that the corn
was in. 1 do not believe that tooth
will ulcerate today, Mr.. Dobson!"
Since then, when any guest men
tons the word ''imagniation" at the
Dobsons the head of the head oil the
family looks uneasily at his wife.
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sleep ON Len side.


Many persons are unable to sleep
on their left side. The cause has
long been puzzle to physicians.
Metropolitan papers speak with great
interest of DR.. Franklin Miles, the
eminent Indiana specialist in nervous
and heart diseases, who has proven
that this habit arises from diseased
heart He has examined and kept
on record thousands of cases. His
New Heart Cure awonderful remedy
is sold at A. III. Gilbert's. Thous.
aflds testify to its value as cure for
Heart Diseases. Mrs. Charles Be
noy, LoYeland, Coly says its eheets
on her were marvellous EIegans
book on heart disease free.
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HOME HINTS.
70 remove egg etsirs IRON apoons,

70 remove egg stsins from spoons,
rub With moistened common salt.
Heat the knife before cutting
warm bread or cake. Better still
use a Uhristy Patent Cake Knife.
A wood FIRE on the hearth is ssid
to be the very best preventive OF
malaria:
A mold Of jelly placed IN 3 pan
OF ice water will cool sooner than in
an ice chest,
To restore gilt frames, rub with q
sponge moistened with turpentine.
A French physician reports case
Of h;ccougb successfully tresied by
taking snuff until sueezng vas pro-
voiced.
A small stiff whisk broom is an
excellent substitute for steel ring
dish cloth as an aid to scraping out
pots and kettles.
In trimming lamps small, stiff
brush is satisfactory substitute for
a pair of scissors, and leaves d much
more even wick.
One of the queer dishes OF SOUTH
ern Maryland and Virginia is the
friend pumpkin. With its rich yell
low hue it looks like an omelette.
II is claimed by an excellent au-
thority, that little nutmeg grated
into such vegetables as spinach, car
rots and string beans is great ad-
di.ion to the flavor.
If your bureau drawers move 10
and out with difficulty, rub soap
over their edges, II that does rot
remedy the trouble uee sandpaper.
II brooms are dipped in hot suds
once week they viii become very
tough, will not cut the carpet, will
last longer and always sweep like
new broom.
Good coffee can be made only in
perfectly clean pot and with fresh
water When the pot is greasy fill
it with water, put in piece of hard
SOAP. set it on the stove and boil.
At the end of hour it will be as
good as new.
An excellent mixture for remov-
inc discolorations from the bath-tub,
is made of sweet oil and whiting
stirred together until thick. After
applying, scrub with hot soapsuds
and polish with Sapolio.
In cooking meat in water two facts
should be kept in mind. First, that
cold water draws out the juices and
sottens the fibre. the second that
boiling water bardens the fibres and
drives in the juices. For o stew,
where the juices are TO be partly in
the water and partly in the meat,
put the meat in cold water, bring
quickly to boil, skim and leave to
simmer.
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A Convenient Table.

When the housewife has no scales
the following table will be found
very convenient, says "Demorest g
Magazine:"
One fluid ounce contains two
tablespoonfuls.
One dram, or so drops, makes a
teaspoonful.
One rounded tablespoonful oil
graduated sugar, or two of dour or
powdered sugar, weigh one ounce.
One liquid gill equals four iuid
ounces.
One fluid ounce (one-quarter of q
gilD equals eight drains.
A piece of butter as largo as o
small egg Weighs two ounces.
Nine rye or twelve small eggs
weigh or pound, with their shells
eff.
One level teaeupful of butter or
granulated sugar weighs half a
pound.