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so a.. so Of the female sex. What the
difference IS at this time cannot be as
certained until the census is {aReh ed5 aba{ ne1{
a greater number of men OF military age
than of women who had reached the
collaborating age.
THE CENTURY-H c., Mercury,
Sonoma County, Cal. The twentieth CEN
tury will commence with the first day
of January. 1901 The first century COM
menced with the year l A. D., and as it
takes 100 years to complete a century,
the first century did not close until the
last day Of the one hundreth year. The
second century commenced with he year
101 and so on down the line. AS an
illustration-you purchase a number of
boxes Of cigars. each containing 100
cigars The first box that you broach
you designate No. l, and when you have
taken out the last cigar YOU have empted
box \. l. and you commence with box
No 2 and the first cigar you take out of
that box is cigar No. 1O1 and so on until
you have taken the last from that box.
when you open the third box, and the
first cigar out of that box IS the 201st
cigar; and so 1t is with the years Of a cen
tury.
PROPERTY EXEMPT-A. o. s. Sui
sun. Cal. If a farmer is indebted for
rent of the farm he occupies, an action
is commenced against him and Judgment
obtained. the following articles are ex-
empt from execution: The necessary
household, table and kitchen furniture be-
longing to the judgment debtor, includ-
ing one sewing machine, stove. stovepipe
and furniture, wearing apparel, beds,
bedding and bedsteads. hanging pictures,
oil paintings and drawings, drawn or
painted by any member of the family, and
the necessary frames, food actually pro-
vided for individual or family use for
three months. three cows with sucking
calves four hogs and their sucking pigs
and the food for such cows and pigs for
two months; the farming implements of
husbandry of the Judgment debtor, two
oxen or two horses or two mules and
their harness, one cart or wagon and
food for such animals for one month;
also all the grain or vegetables actually
provided. reserved or on hand for the
purpose of planting or sewing at any time
within the ensuing six months, providing
the value of the same does not exceed
$500, and seventy-flve beehiveS and horse
and vehicle belonging to any person who
is MANNED or crippled and the same is
necessary in his business.
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ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

MEDALS-L. J. s., Chat, Cal If a man
living near the border line of California
went into the State of Nevada and there
enlisted in the Nevada volunteers for the
Spanish-American war he is not entitled
to one of the Native Sons medals These
are TO be given only to those who enlisted
in the State of California
RECEIVING Subscriber.
City. A receiving hospital is place
where an individual receives first aid. and
a physician in charge Is not authorized
to demand any fee while the patient re-
mains in that hospital If, after being
discharged from the hospital, the patient
desires to be treated by the physician who
treated him there he has to employ him as
he would any other physician.
MEN AND WOMEN-A. w, Palo Alto
Cal Statistics of population show thai
there are more men than women in the
United States, but in some of the States
as, for instance. in Colorado, Connecticut
District of Columbia Maryland. Massa7
chusetts, New Hampshire New Jersey
New Mexico, North Carolina. Rhode
Island, South Carolina and Virginia tha
number of women is in excess of the men
The census of 1890 showed that the ponu-
iation was 32,067,SSo of the male sex and
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ADJUSTMENTS.

Crrtauro- Vaudeville"
Callfor-ia-''A Breach of Promise"
Ce-unbia-"A White Flag
Tiv0I.-" "CavaIieria" and ''PagIacc-'
->leaza--''rhe Masked Ball.
Grand Opera H1use-.Nanon."
,hges Theater- Vaudeville every afternoon and
Olympia Mason and Ellis streets-Specaltes.
'e-t-.. IerE-SteeFle lechase and performances
Comedy TaeatHr. Bush street-'Dte Maehern."
san Nateo Coursing Park-Coursng to-day.
Union Colrsius Park-Coursing to-day.
Recreation Park Baseball to-day.
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Tax Suit Dismissal

United States Judge Hanford, sitting in
the United States Circuit Court. Yesterday
sustained the demurrer to the complaint
in the suit of the city and county of San
Francisco and dismissed the suit. The
action was brought to collect the taxes
for 1895 alleged to be due on the solvent
credits of the bank
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AUCTION SALES.

Bg ButteraeIl- Monday. October g. a o'clock
Furniture 1t-5 Franklin
By Watslu<N Monday, October q, o'clock,
Ct Tenth and BRYANT
by s Waias-Tuesiay. AZ Il O'clock. Horses, ETC. at l
BY Ea=tsa. E.drdre < Co-Tuesday October "a. at Z
-o-cL-.k- -.--L L-Late 53s Market
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CALIFoRNIANS IN NEW YORK

NEW YORK, Oct. 21.-H. Bender Jr. of
San Francisco is at the Grand. William
Lewis Of San Francisco is at the Imperial
II. G. Hamlet OF San Francisco is at the
Gilsey. Mrs. Taylor Flickson of San
Francisco is at the Manhattan. Nine.
Grout of San Francisco is at the Martin
l.. Holman Of San Francisco is at The
Grenoble.
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The Rock Island Wall Map of the
United States

Is the best offered to the public. It is very
large and specially adapted to school pur-
poses. Every teacher OF geography and every
business office should have one. It will be sent
post paid to any address on receipt Of fifteen
cents in postage stamps or coins. Address John
Sebastian, G. p A., Chicago Ill.
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The San Rafael Justice of the Peace who held
court the other day in the rear room of saloon is
probably so firm believer in side entrances that he
thinks there ought to be one to court of justice
The San Francisco call., 1899-10-22

Mayor Phelan find nothing Of good in Re-
publicans Republican principles Yet in having
the assurance TO ask for Republican votes he GER
tainy must think that of evil something good
must come
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A German editor has been to prison for criti-
csing his Emperor, and the decree does not state
whether Emperor William considers himself above
or below criticism
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Special information supplied daily 70
business houses and public men by tie
Press Clipping Bureau (Anen's). $40 Mont
gomery street. Telephone Main 1892
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Look out for 81 Fourth st. Mr.. SC barber
or grocer. Best eyeglasses 1Oc and 40c.
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NEW YORK REPRE- SENTATIVE:
FERRY LUKENS tR................29 Tribune Building
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Cal glace fruit soc per lb at Townsend's
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NEW YORK CORRESPONDENT.
6. c. CARLTON. Herald Square
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CHICAGO NEWS STANDS.
Sherman Mouse; p. O. Co; Great EeTekSr1 ESaz
Fremont House Auditorium Hotel
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NEW YORK NEWS STANDS.
. Wad0r1-A Astoria Hotel; a. Brentano 81 Union squArsi
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c. GEORGE KROGNESS,
haHsceF Foreign Advertising, Marquette Building
Chicago.
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WASHINGTON ID. g. OFFICE. eIIIn eton Hotel
4. h. ENGLISH Correspondent.
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In the good old days of South Africa
before the diamond fields were discovered
two Englishmen, James Searight and John
Owen Smith. were engaged in partnership
in doing a general trading business
through the country. When they deter
mined to dissolve the partnership and re-
tire from trade they found among their
assets a certain tract containing 10 O0o
acres of land, but situated so far away on
the desolate plateaus of the interior of
the country that 1t was hardly worth any
thing at ALL 1t was impossible to put a
value on it. Neither of them would agree
to accept it as any part of his share of the
partnership capital. So they divided II
and then each went his way and thought
no more of It.
In the fullnesS of time a native Of tha
wilds found pretty pebble which he sold
for a triie and the buyer, taking IL m
Cape Town. sold it for fortune for n
was one Of the rarest diamonds on ear+b
1t started a stream of enterprisine ad-
venturers to the diamond fields and out of
the rush came the founding Of a new CITY
Now it so happened that in all South Az
rica there was no place so fitted for the
metropolis of the diamond dfgginps &C
that particular tract of land which the
British merchants accounted valueIess 60
they became speedily rich enormousl,,
rich. That was luck Then It CHANGED tbs
discovery of the gems occurred inst bo1
fore the formal boundary line between the
British and the Boer possessions was sur-
veyed. so the British turned the line aside
and TOOK the rich district for themselves
Thus Kimberley is British as a result az
luck, but now that the Beers are advanc-
ing against 1t there is no telling but its
luck may turn.
II any particular incident Of luck be sep
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

The Big Buffalo group of claims in the
Buffalo Hump camp has been sold to +.
Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeny, of Spo-
kane for S650,000.
Judge Beatty has issued peremptory
writ to stay the execution of Jack Davis,
alias Diamond Field Jack" sentenced to
be hanged for murder.
Nearly million feet of sawlogs have
been shipped from Troy to Emery &
Small's saw mill at Lewiston since the
sleighing season began.
We have been informed that Mrs. Hen
ry Gephart, of Little Bear Ridge, gave
birth to five children on December 6, and
up to the last accounts they are all do
ing well. They are all boys.
Twenty tons of evaporated prunes will
be shipped from Troy to Chicago and 9TH
er eastern markets within the next
month. This shipment comprises the
amount of prunes now on hand at the
dryer.
Snow has been falling steadily at Troy
and at this writing has reached depth
of IL inches. The warm weather which
prevailed Just before the storm had melt
ed most of the snow, and in some local
tiles farmers had commenced blowing for
spring grain.
An entertainment is being prepared by
Professor w. S. Walker for the public
school, to take place Washington's birth
day, at which time new mineral cabinet
which has been purchased by the school,
will be opened for public inspection. The
collection of minerals has been made by
Professor Walker.
A lumber contract of 100000 feet has
recently been taken by the international
Lumber company. They have contracted
to supply Porter Bros. with all their
bridge timber for the entire length of the
line of the Kootenai Valley railway. In
addition to their mill at Bonner's Ferry
the company will operate a portable mill
and saw lumber along the line at points
nearer where needed.
Joseph H. Neill, the popular superin-
tendent of the Standard mill, met with a
painful accident yesterday, getting his
face and eyes burned with molten babbitt
metal. He was engaged in casting box
ing for one of the bearings on the rock
crusher, and a little water getting into
the mould caused an explosion, which
threw hot babbitt all over mis- face. This
is the second time he has met with a
similar accident.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
LEGAL EXAMINATION.
How One LAWYER Was Admitted to
the Bar.


Counselor Bill Bren tells the fol-
lowing story of how he passed his ex-
animation as counselor at law and OBJ
tanned his license:
Il had my papers filed out and walk
ed over to Judge Joe c. Gill to pass my
examination and have my papers sign
ed. 1t was in the afternoon, and Judge
Gill, as everybody who knew was
aware, was an ardent and successful
t-rfman. At that time he had Orphan
Girl in training for the Maxwell Hotel
Stakes, to be run at Nashville, and
Brakeman, who was thought to have
pretty good chance of winning the Mer-
chants Stakes at st. Louis, both races
being set down for the same day.
Il walked into his office with my
papers in my hand, and looking up
pleasantly the Judge greeted me as fol-
lows:
Good morning, William. / under
stand you want to pass your examina-
ton and be a lawyerY
Yes, sir; that's what I'm here for
this morning.
Were you out on the track this
morning to see the horses work.
Eyes, sir
did you see that Kentucky crack,
Lelox, and my mare, Orphan Girl,
work.
Yes, sir, they both went mile, and
you know this track was a bit slow.
Orphan Girl finished up strong and
swinging all through the last furlong in
O;47, and Lelox was all out, and had the
boy kicking him in 0:471a.'
I reckon my mare has pretty good
chance for the Maxwell.
" 1t looks like a certainty. Lelox is
all she has TO beat, and he's as good as
done already
What kind of plan would it be to
send Alcock to st. Louis with Brake
man for the Merchants StakesY
The horse is good now, and he has
nothing to beat over there. Land him
in st. Louis all right, and it's as good as
a walkover'
-" L think I'll send him. Let me see
ah! | thought l was forgetting some
thing; we forgot all about the examina-
ton; hand me your papers, William,
and see me sign them"
Counselor Bill' walked out with his
duly attested license, and a short time
later Judge Gill won the Maxwell
House Stakes and the Merchants
Stakes with Orphan Girl and Brake
man.-New Orleans Times Democrat.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

The Nelson clergy are asking tor law
to prohibit Sunday mining.
The w. C. T. U. of Revelstoke has
opened a free public reading room.
Rev. Father j. NJ. lie Jack, one of the
best known pioneers of the Roman Catho-
lie church, is dead.
approximately, the total area of the
railway belt in British Columbia is TO-
9S5,73S acres, and the area of the part
of the belt surveyed by the Dominion
government is S34, l40 acres.
All the banks of Rossland, b. c.,
served notice on the papers published
there that in accordance with the general
custom throughout Canada they will
want their advertisements discontinued
after the 3lst ult.
The Chinese colony in Vancouver has
contributed $3.50 and New Westminster
S242 TO the fund being raised i'll Victoria,
b. c., for the establishment of a Chinese
school. The fund has now swelled to
S4,33S. The promoters will send at once to
Canton for an instructor to be selected by
the benevolent society there.
Rev. +. Ford, of the Episcopal church
at Revelstoke met with a sad acct
dent recently at the Albert Canyon sta
ton. He attempted to board the At
lantic express while the train was in mo-
ton, and fell between the station plat
form and the sleeping coach, the wheels
of the car passing over his right leg Just
below the knee. He was brought to Rev.
elstoke hospital, where his limb was am.
putated. The reverend gentleman is
much beloved and exceedingly popular.
The widening of the roadbed between
Rossland and Trail has shown in a re
markable way the richness of the Ross
land camp. From the Mayhower mint
to the end of the road, distance of -four
miles, every rock cut has shown ore, and
three large bodies of shipping ore have
been uncovered On the Idaho claim q
ledge thirty feet wide and averaging SIS
per ton was cut, and on the Center Stai
claim ledge of shipping ore fifty feet
wide has Just been uncovered.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
nirhop Potter,r saloon.

Bishop Potter startled the members OF
the Church Temperance Society at Il
meeting in the Waldorf Astoria hotel of
New York, Jan. is. In his address he
said the saloon was a necessity, under the
present condition of affairs Joseph H..
Choate, in speech, took the opposite
view. The meeting was held to gather
money for the proposed Squirrel Inn,
Temperance establishment Tor the Bow
cry, where the working people can go
and spend their evenings Bishop Potter
was to speak upon "The church and in
Temperance" but he confined himself al.
most wholly to saloons as social neces-
sity. 1--WE may abuse it," he said, IAN
athematize it, but il is a necessity so far
as social intercourse, relaxation and re-
freshment are necessities. The saloon ex-
lists because you and l have given our
brother no better things. 1t is the truth.
You may not like to hear it, but 80 it is.
We who belong to the sO-called favored
classes have our clubs. But the poor
man cannot afford 500 year for a
club, and 80 he frequents the saloon
Let there be no mistake; the man who
keeps saloon defends it, and justly, as
the poor mans club. There are more
poor than rich, more saloons than
clubs The man who seeks the saloon
and who says it is the poor mans club
tells the truth. Can anyone blame the
poor laboring man, weary of his work,
because he leaves his so-called home, his
wife, his squealing children and seeks in
the brightly-lighted, comfortable saloon
the society of cordial companions"
The temperance people present were
startled at such sentiments from Bishop
Potter, but he was thoroughly in earnest.
His address had the effect to cause the
rich men present to go deeper into their
pockets for finance TO establish the SPUR
rel Inn.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
MONTANA.

a chess club has been organized in Big
Timber, which meets twice a week.
w. Rae shipped "a carloads of mutton
sheep from Big Timber the other day for
the Chicago market.
The Kalispell lodge of Modern Wood
men, which was started but a few months
ago, has already over 100 members.
There died near Gregson Springs recent
ly one who was probably the oldest per
son in the state-Mrs Elisa Meiu. She
was a native of Holland and is claimed
TO have been l0l years old.
Quite a number of stockmen in Telon
county are having wells drilled in local
titles where water is not otherwise OBJ
tainable and find it is a wise and profit
able investment.
United States District Attorney w. B.
United States court in an action TO re-
cover, in behalf of the government, $780,
600 from the Mullen Fuel company for
timber cut into cordwood on unsurveyed
land during the year 1897.
In the district court at Neihart Matt
Watanen has instituted suit to eject w
s. Jennings, B. o. Kempfer and Frank
Murphy from the Lead mining claim, one
of the Whippoorwill group, near Neihart
He also sues for damages of $3.50 for lille
gal occupation and $3.50 for ores extract
ed.
In letter to his brother Capt. Halla-
han, who enlisted at Anaconda and is
now with the Montana regiment i'll the
Philippines, says: 'There are $4,000
American troops here at present and it is
an open secret at headquarters that the
18th Minnesota and the LIST Montana are
the best drilled and do the best guard
duty of ALL"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
The First Typewriter.

The first typewriter was a machine
with raised letters, invented by Henry
Mill of England in 1714, for the use of
the blind; but beyond marking the era
of mechanical writing machines it was
of no value, and for nearly 140 years no
step forward was made. Nearly all the
improvements, and certainly the credit
for the general Introduction of the type
writer, belongs to America. To-day
there is one firm in this country which
manufactures more than fifty styles of
machines, in all languages and even in
business ciphers. In these last the key
board is lettered as usual, but the char
acters are printed in cipher.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
The Guns OF the Future.

We have become familiar with
smokeless guGpowder, in idea at least,
and we are aware that ii makes not
nearly so much noise as the old--fash-
Toned sort. But silent cannon, which
emit scarcely flash, are still a novelty
not n welcome one either to soldiers.
Colonel Humbert of the French army
has Invented this boon and patented
1t. The experiments carried out by the
Hotchkiss company are said to be most
promising. In some wonderful man
ner he contrives that the mouth of the
gun shall shut automatically the in
slant its missile has emerged. Thus
the flame and the report are bottled up.
The announcement may probably be
true-One does not venture to doubt any
marvel of the ingenuity alleged now
ndays. This also would make for the
extinction of war. 1t is remarkable
that the latest improvements tend
upon the whole. to assist a defending
force, rather than the assailants. Re
peating rifles and smOkeless powder.
machine guns and balloons, all
strengthen the hands of those who have
to repel an attack, themselves more or
less under cover. But If the art Of
war, in its highest flights, be intuitive,
what very exceptional men the great
generals of the future must be. With
out smoke or flash, or even sound to in
dictate the position of a battery which
decimates his troops at a distance to be
reckoned in miles, an ordinary mortal
would be distracted. Doubtless, if this
invention prove to answer. it will be
applied TO small arms also. The French
are agitating now for the abolition OF
universal compulsory service, upon the
ground that Germany will never attack
them. In few years, apparently, no
nation will dare to invade another
London Standard.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
Garcia's Funeral In Cuba.

Havana, Feb. 6.-The announcement
that General Calixto Garcia's body is be-
ing brought here on the United States
gunboat Nashville is pleasing to the Gu
bans and preparations are being made for
the holding Of impressive funeral services
here. 1t is said that General Ludlow will
permit 500 soldiers of the Cuban army un-
der arms to enter Havana on the day set
for the burial and these with detach-
ment of American troops will render mill
tary honors to the dead commander.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

A couple of "sure thing" men boarded
a train, with tickets TO Umatilla. A
Swede was also on the train, and they
struck up an acquaintance with him.
After conversing a short time, they pro-
duced check for 81 on a Spokane bank.
Just before they reached Umatilla, one of
the confidence men wanted to know how
much money the Swede had with him.
and the Swede proceeded to display his
worldly wealth, which amounted to $40
He looked easy game and they offered
him this $7l check, also a grip, to hold
az surety.
Just as the train reached the switch
above Umatilla, one of them jumped off
saying that he was going to get some
things at that station. The other conf
dence man stayed on the train with the
Swede, to see that he did not leave the
car. A little while after the train was
In motion again, he also took French
leave.
With this sudden farewell the Swede
began to grow suspicious, opened the grip
and found the contents to consist of some
bricks and wet rags. The Swede pos
sessed a shotgun, and, taking this weapon
he left the train at Castle Rock. From
there he took the next train to Una
tilla. He arrived at his destination late
in the night, and in the morning started
in pursuit of his friends" As soon as
he discovered them, they started to run,
but he held them up and recovered his
money. Then, opening his gun, he dis
played to them an unlOaded weapon
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

Denver, Colo, Feb. At has been
many years since Colorado railways have
had to contend with such conditions as
those now prevailing in the mountain
regions.
On the mountains thousands of cattle are
freezing and starving to death and moth
ing can be done to save them. The wealth
err bureau predicts continued cold weather
and another snow today.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11

Last year Manchester, England, says
the Washington State journal, made a
profit of 100000 from its municipal cleo
tric light; Bradford made $4,000, and
Edinburgh made Sl7,500. In no case, as
yet, has municipal ownership proved I'M
profitable.
In Manchester, England, the munich
pal gas works bring in a net profit of
100000 a year, while 100000 year lie
received from the management of the
markets slaughter houses
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1899-02-11
Wade sent to Dakota.

Washington, D. c., Feb 6.-Major Cen
eral James F. Wade, U. S. ", has been
directed to proceed TO St Paul, Mimi,
and take command of the department of
Dakota, relieving Brigadier General John
M. Bacon, ordered to join his regiment
in Cuba