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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

fond. Baxter was Il war correspondent,
and rs there was no war on Mt that
dine. ana he wasn't Of much use In Or
ainary Journalism, he had no end OF
nme on his hands. and. by the same
lOken, no little difficulty In making
both ends meet. The first time she
Jaw him Mrs. Maynard said to herself:
Nov, l should like to have that man
Tor friend" And soon she had him
tor a friend. He became her very de-
soted friend. II shall see you next
whenT she often asked as they were
parting. His answer generally was:
whenever you like" But he never
same unlimited. He never paid
formal call, or came, unless she special.
y wished II, on one Of her lat home"
afternoons,
Baxter grew communicative In his
orusque way. giving the widow the
benefit OF his grumbling against fate
!or keeping him unemployed.
$50 l want another war;" he said one
lay. ut is terribly selfish-but we are
Ill terribly selfish when We are hard
sp."
"But. look here; I heard several Sc.
srets Of yours quite lately" Mrs. May.
aard interposed.
"secrets Of mine! l don't think |
have any"
"Oh, yes, l know. have heard about
Z from grateful people whom you never
supposed that knew any thing
about"
"oh-that-there's nothing In that. II
would lie cheaper to be dead, II one
night not do good turn for some de-
fcnt folks In distress every now and
hen. don't do Il because am a char
table or generous sort OF fellow. do
because II pleascs me-"
| Then they rambled on In a talk about
iharities, until Baxter arose to 70. with
he remark that he feared he was Dor.
ne her. Mrs. Maynard assured him
hat II that were the case she would
sell him SO. Convinced Of her candor
and admlring her frankness, Baxter
mt down again.
Il want to talk to You about your.
self," said Mrs, Maynard. calmly. and
Baxter was surprised at this, he was
sstounded when she continued: "You
1on't know what to do with yourself
lou are wasting your life. The truth
.. my friend. that you ought to &c,
married."
Get married. lie sprung from his
THAR with flush Of anger on his face
and a perfectly new revelation In his
aeart. He had not known II before
he had sat with her and talked with
Yer day afterday; he had been her frien,i
and had heard her call him her com
JADE: he had found her friendship grow
lay by day more dear 10 him and more
aeedful for him; but he had never un
n now realized the fact that he wa.
absolutely In love with her. How die
~ come to realize Il nowl Just be
muse Of the few words Of eaay. kindly
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
SASSY LOVE

BABY Love came psancins b..
Cap on head and sword on thigh.
Horse to ride and drum to beat
All the world beneath bis feet. !.
Mother Life was sitting there,
Hard at work and full OF care,
Set OF mouth and sad Of eye.
Baby Love came prancing BY.
Baby Love was very proud.
Very lively, very loud:
Mother Life arose In wrath.
Set an arm across his path.
Baby Love wept loud and long.
But his mothers arm was strong.
Mother had to work. she said.
Baby Love was put to bed.
Charlotte +. Stetson.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
D)ERS FOOLED THE BRITISH
COT AWAY m GOOD ORDER.
Beers Abandon TAstv Pesssssss On1y
@ Take % Stronger OAes N Other
Psasse-TAsy SliDDeA Away Fssss

London, May The latest news from
the Orange Free State indicates that
though the boen have vaotsd Thaban
ehu. they have only done 70 in order u
occupy stronger positions.
On Sunday. April ~. General Dswe'
made an efiert 10 turn French's eastern
tank, which vas only foi!sd By tho cay
airy after vigorous maneuysrs The Boer'
hold the ridges 10 the eastward. whence
they will probably fall back when the
pressure Of superior numbers increases.
The British casualties sustained during
tbs ThAbanchu fighting were slight.
General Frsnchs object, now that all
chances d catching the main body Of the
burghsn has disappeared, il to harass
the Boers and prevent any wsll.organixed
retreat.
From Mers. Portuguese East Africa, un.
der date Of Monday. April 23. comes news
al tho arrival there Of = Canadian II
FOUNDER battery. II u added that Sir
Frederick Darlington, who 10 to com.
Inand the British troops going to Rhode
Ella, has been cordially welcomed by the
Portuguese officials and that he has re-
viewed the Portuguese troopsl
Cape Town reports say that Dir. Jane
son has recovered from the severe attack
Of lever from which 10 has been suffering
and he u mentioned a. candidate for
one Of the seats in the Cape parliament,
representing Kimberly, in succession to
General Frederick Rutherford Harris.
The agent Of Julius We'll At Msfeking
wrote under date Of April IL most cheer.
fully. saying that everything was salts
factory. He added that the Boer guns
were firing heavily into tho town and
determined attack had been repulsed with
cut Casualties on the British side.
A conception Of the continuous rsvagrs
81 the war can he gathered from Cape
Town dispatch, dated today, briefly an
RDunsina the arrival from Natal Of Is
ellicers and 252 men invalided home, and
tho calling Of the Aurania for England
with 400 sick and wounded soldiers.
EndsAvorv are being made TO remedy
the rvmount question.
A similar dispatch announces that 500
native hoasekeepsrs. $50 shoe-
smiths and 80 veterinary officers have
bern drawn from India for service In
South Africa.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

Tegrlac Explosien.

Ritsvills. Wash. April W.--The powder
houss Al Land, hamlet about six miles
east Of hers. blew up Saturday. The OK
p'asion shook every building Tor miles
around. wrecked the freight house and
depot Office. tore down telegraph poles. dc
stroysd part Of tho atoek in prstines
drug store. and broke nearly every win.
dow light In town.
The powder hos.se. which 10 near the
Depot and freight house. contained ooo
pounds u dynamite and capA The house
caught are. II is supposed. BY the care
lsasns~ u Japs in dropping = lighted
snatch On the door after lighting the
lAmpa.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Cultivafor Shield.

CulttvafOf Shield.
In the Ohio Farmer correspondent
tells Of a good shield for cultivator.
He says: In cultivating corn when 1t
IL small. 1t requires the greatest care
not to cover up or roll hard Jumps Of
dirt on the tender sprouts. The shields
that come with cultivators are very I'M
certain and unsatisfactory In their
work. For several years we have tried
this trough and find 1t most satisfac-
tory device. Take two hard wood inch
boards eight inches wide and about five
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Milking by Machine.

Men dislike to milk cows and numer
Gus machines have been invented to 90
1t for them. says Denver Field ana
Farm. Most Of these machines are fool
ish contrivances and none are real sue
cesses. They are divided into four
classes: Drainers, suckers, squeezers
and suction-sQueezers. No machine yes
devised, however, has become a DEM
Onstrated success. Some are better
than others, but none have proven DC.
sirable adjuncts to dairy equipment
Men will continue to devise, and II ID
not improbable that at some time large
herds may be MIXED by machine. This
opinion has many supporters.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Spring SwarniinE.

In getting hives ready for the spring
swarms, make them double walled,
with the outer shell Of. seven-eighths
inch lumber and the inner shell Of
three -eighths inch lumber. Have the
inner wall small enough to allow about
one inch of space oil around, then oil
this space with some kind of chat.
which will act as q non conductor. The
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

CAingo. Nay i.--ssandine bsfcss
mirror II Ass room q the Palmer house,
Mamie n wrsy. beautiful young wo-
1aa, prssssd revolver to her temple and
ssss bullet crashing through her brain.
eeraps 81 torn letter found In the waste
Aaskss and put toseth~s sAid the writer
I'D wrecked too many lives already AMI
oust esas.. This letter was sddrsnssd 10
A. u. OAls, a NoalsA IN
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
The Hiyhess Mnaum.ns

The highest monument In the world I.
In Washington. d. c. 1t was erected in
honor of George Washington. 1t Is Az
feet high. so feet square at the base
and contains $1,000 blocks Of marbla
two feet thick. In the interior Ia an
elevator. and 80 flights Of stairs "a
steps each.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
GROWING Potatoea-

Growing Potatoes.
Potatoes will grow on great v.r,.4,
Of soils and produce excellent cror.
but the soil has much to do with H.
quality. A soil that IL full of humu.
will produce large tubers In abundance
but they will lack the quality Of tho.s
that are grown In soil that has lesa
humus. but is rich in potash and other
minerals. The volcanic ash soils Of the
Pacific slope grow some Of the finest
potatoes in the world, both in size and
quality. The mineral elements produce
the splendid result The application Of
stable manure to this crop Is mad visa.
BILE, for II the crop escape scab, a. the
result, the quality Of the tuber viii
pretty surely be injured. The follow.
ing mixture is an excellent potato fer
tilizer: Muriate Of potash. 400 pounds:
nitrate of soda, $50 pounds; dried blood
300 pounds: tine bone -four, 500 pounds:
plaster, 400 pounds; salt, $50 pounds
This will contain about per cent. Of
nitrogen. IN per cent. Of phosphorus
acid and 10 per cent. of potash. Soak.
ing the seed In solution Of corrosive
sublimate-dissolving two ounces Of
the sublimate In two gallons of water.
and then adding thirteen gallons Of wa
ter-will destroy scab germs. but 1t will
not protect the crop from scab IL It 10
grown in infected ground. Spraying
with Bordeaux mixture, first when the
,.,vou n 80 a foot hl0h a nd thop throo -.
four times afterward at intervals Of ten
days, will practically prevent blight
EpitOmist.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Sweet Potatoes

Sweet potatoes are grown success.
fully In one-half the area of the United
States. The crop produces from 100 to
$40 bushels to the acre in the Sta,es
south OF Nebraska and New York. and
fair yields are reported from Maine
and the warm valleys OF the irriy,tss
west The last official census gives
the yield for the entire country At a.
ooo.oo bushels. Expert growers .sr;.
mate the actual cost Of production
esom ~ TO 70 cents per bushel. Their
. ssssalniy good profit IN growing ths
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

CAicago. May a--Peopss Of Chicago and
he western states aAw and cheercd Ad'
uiral nswey At the head Of the military
aad esvic parade ~ he wac driven through
~ business strsets u the city. Fr0m the
grad stand ON jackson boulevard the
samiral reviewed the parade in which
seasly . hundred different organisations
participated. Everywhere the admiral, in
lUll drss uniform. wa grcrtsd cordially
- ~ Asassly pAck~i tAroag.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Speed OF she Gulf Stream.

Three miles an hour IL about the
average speed Of the Gulf Stream. Al
certain places, however, II attains =
speed OF hfty-one miles an hour. the
rapidly OF the current giving the sur.
face. when the sun Il shining. The an.
pearance Of . sheet oe ire
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
trough, as it would otherwise upset in
turning Mt the end of the rows. The
illustration shows the construction ex-
Actlv



The easiest way that We know Of to
keep a permanent pasture in good con-
dition Is to stock 1t hard enough SO that
the grass will be eaten before 1t throws
up a seed stock or becomes hard and
woody, and then give extra feed at the
barn so that the animals will return at
least as much fertility to the soil as the
grass takes from 1t. OF course manure
or fertilizer may be carried out, and
spread on the pasture. but that costs
money, and Eastern farmers are often
at loss to obtain fertilizlng elements
enough for their moving lands and cul-
tivated fields. If they buy feed to use
in summer when cattle are In the pas
ture. they hope to aud usually do get
enough In the way Of growth, fat or
milk production to pay for 1t, and look
upon the increased quantity and extra
quality Of the manure heap as an extra
profit. In this matter of overstocking
the pasture II Is best done and produces
best results where there are two pas
lures, 40 that the animals can be
changed from one to the other about
once a week. or as often as the feed Is
eaten down smooth. This helps to pre-
vent them from gnawing so closely as
to destroy the roots. which they may do
In some favorite spot II they are kept
too loag In one pasture.--A merican Gull
uvAtor.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

New Yosk. Nay l.--williAm =. Miller.
manager of ths Franklin Syndicate. Who
vss recently convicted II grand larceny.
We ssotsncsd In Rrooklys 70 ssrvs tsa
ysan' imprisonment
Motion for . new trial and q stay Of
psocssaiags usss denied.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04
Enterprise In Farming.

The farmer and his farm are said to
be alike: that Is, the farm IL what the
owner makes 1t. and It indicates his
characteristics. The main desire Of an
enterprising farmer Is to save as much
manure as possible, and 1t Is an old
maxim that the best way to Judge Of
the work Of farmer Is to observe how
he manages his manure heap. as in the
manure are collected the riches Of the
farm. An enterprising farmer will also
keep his buildings In repair and make
the farm attractive in appearance, but
Mt all seasons OF the year. whenever an
opportunity Is offered for so doing. he
will give portion Of his time to the
manure heap.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

French Canadians almost entirely
use homegrown tobacco.
The life Of An Australian native
rarely exceeds 30 years.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

The elocutioa department Of the uni-
vsrsity b prepariag 70 present the
1lvnlo.s
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

crop 4 warm. sandy. wen a,,,,..
soil 10 the ideal spot for sweet pots.s..
The crop viii not b satisfactor, =
heavy clay land nor on old wornor.
fields. New land IL very good for ~
plant II 1t has not been highly fertIlis.S
with barnyard manure. The potato.s
will not grow to . very great success !.
the shade. nor on . cold hillside.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-04

CO he late Joshua Maynard was
good enough to accumulate a
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1900-09-15
Horse Sense.

From the Chicago American:
What is the use of talking over nice
ties of imperialism, of finance" or
banking policies?' Why not look at
the big facts?
If "A bull IS chasing you across the field
you do not hesitate as to what you shall
do You don't theorize as to the bull
creed or color.
You get out of the way.
This election is the most distinct case
of big issues that has ever been known in
American politics.
Take Just two facts
The Republican party protects and en-
courages system that in very few years
would lay you open to be drafted for army
service to build up noble and gallant fight
inc gentlemen officers of the Roosevelt
stamp.
Do you want that ?
Do you want that2 Or do you want
the right to say whether you will be
soldier or continue as ut present?
One other fact-and please consider it,
The Republican party is piling on war
taxes 1t adds hundreds of millions to
the national cost and it refuses to let the
rich pay their share through an income
tax.
You so to the army against your WILL
You give up your home for fifteen dollars
a month-apd your brother or uncle work
Ing for wages at home has the pleasure of
being taxed to pay that salary.
The man with hundred millions who
uses you to open Chinese markets for his
petroleum, or steel rails or canned meat,
draws his full income, with never tax
upon it to help out the war expenses.
The Democratic party is against a big
standing army.
1t is in favor of letting a man stay at
home and live to suit himself.
And it is in favor of a heavy income
tax, which shall force the rich to pay their
share
We say to you kindly that if you vote
for Republicanism this fall you will de-
serve the foolish feelings that will affiict
you before McKinleys second term shall
end.
Vote like sensible man. Take the
government away from Hanna and Rookie
feller and the other prize vultures of com
merce for while.
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Letter From Texas.
of the Democratic Advocate.

Correspondence of the Democratic Advocate
FLoREsvIII.E, WILSON Co., Sept. 3, 1900.
This is one summer that Southwest Texas
did not have drought, and the result is full
crops and al! annual vegetation of un;isual
size. and every shade of beautiful green. The
sight is enough to make an odl dyspeptc or
an army officer say: :.
praise God from whom all blessings flow.
All the cotton gins are running like u whirl-
wind and the storm has barely commenced.
Picking began about three weeks ago, and il
favorable conditions continue will extend well
toward December. Cotton is selling for
about third more than it has for many years,
and the seed is worth about a third as much
as the lint Buyers are actively canvassing
the country buying up seed for the various
mills.
A heavy crop of very fine watermelous was
raised in this locality and many car loads were
shipped to distant markets at little profit.
Two crops of hay (Johuson grass and sor-
ghum camel have been harvested this year,
and and another crop now nearly ready for
the sickle.
Bee culture has grown to be an active in
dustry in Western Texas. Many tons of
honey have been shipped from this country TO
Northern markets the present year. Most OF
the ugly weeds and hateful thorn bushes pro-
duce bloom of good honey making quality.
Excellent general health prevails here, not
withstanding the many doleful predictions
that, "if we got plenty of rain, everybody
would be sick" We have had the rain but
not the sickness.
Politics is acquiring tropical temperature.
Now watch Texas roll up the biggest Bryan
majority, and cotton crop of any state IN the
Union. p B. BARNES.
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Bloodhounds Used.

ALroN, ILL.,, Sept. 9.-'Two bloodhounds
and posse of SO men, under The Rev. Owen
w. Rose, a minister of the Gospel of Sabula.
Ia, are securing the country in the neighbor-
hood of Godfrey, Ill.,, just north of this city,
in search of two negroes for the purpose OF
lynching them. Mr.. Rose has requested the
authorities not to interfere in case the men
are taken, as he Intends TO string them up by
their legs, with their heads dangling down :
ward. and shoot them to death. Up to a late
hour nothing had been heard from the pur
suers, and it is believed that the negroes are
still at large.
William Riggs, brother-in-law of the Rev.
Mr.. Rose, lives on farm two miles west of
Godfrey. He was in the field cutting corn
Yesterday, when two negroes approached him
and asked for work. He told them he had
no work to offer them, and they then de-
manded that he give them all the money he
had. Riggs saw that he had no show in a
physical encounter with his two visitors, and
he put his hand in his pocket to give them GO
cents, all the money he had with him.
The instant he let go of his corn-knife, his
only weapon Of defense, the negroes knocked
him down and went at him with razors- After
making several horrible gashes and cuts with
their weapons, rendering Riggs practically
helpless, the two negroes proceeded TO draw
lines in circles around his legs and make
fancy cuts and figures. When they had tired
Of this occupation they lett their victim in the
field. Riggs lay there, bleeding and helpless,
for an hour and half before he was found by
his brother-in-law, who had been visiting at
the farm.
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The Vanderbilt system of railways is now
the largest in the world, covering 10, 40 miles,
against 10, 292 of the Pennsylvania aud 10 01S
of the Canadian Pacific.
The pipe plant Of the Central Foundry
Compay, at Bessemer, Alabama, has closed
down, 200 men quitting work because of 5
per cent. reduction in wages.
An excursion steamer, with 600 passengers,
struck snnken rock last Sunday afternoon
off Minot Light, Mass. All the excursionists
were landed without accident.
At McSherriestown, Pa. 700 cigarmakers
are on a strike, also several hundred at Hah-
over. If the strike continues there will be
much suffering among the employees.
An explosion at the Shippensburg, Pa, gas
works Saturday started a FIRE which partly
wrecked the plant A laborer was killed..
and it is thought his carelessness caused the
explosion.
Ex President Cleveland has declined the
Presidents appointment as a member Of the
international Board of Arbitration under the
Hague Treaty. Ex- President Harrison has
accepted.
The Berlin New Hampshire) Mills Com
pany mill ran eleven hours on Saturday aud
cut out 22l 1889 feet Of spruce lumber, beating
the world q record 6f 15S, 900 feet, made BY 4
Farmingdale, Maine, mill last year.
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Demanding Mixed Schools.

LANCASTER, Pa, Sept. 4.-Columbia, this
county, has large negro population, and the
question of separate schools for white and
colored scholars has been under agitation for a
long time The public schools opened this
morning, the school board having provided
separate schools with colored teachers for the
negro children. This did not suit the colored
parents, who accompanied their children to
the white schools aud demanded their admis-
sion. This was refused, and the negroes
were directed to 60 to their own schools. In
the meantime the report was circulated that
the negroes were being admitted, and the par
ents OF many Of the white pupils appeared on
the scene and took their childden away. The
question is still open, with both sides showing
no evidence Of giving ins
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FIGURES FOR FARMERS.
How Imperialism and Trusts Work
to Their Detriment.

The Democratic Congressional Commit
tee have given out the following:
Here are few of the reasons why the
''plain people are not inclined to meekly
accept the inspired statements of the trust
organs and speakers showing what nat
ural, necessary and benefcent institution
the trusts is
1t requires 90 per cent. more wheat TO
buy stove than it did in 1896.
1t requires twenty bushels more corn to
buy wagon than it did in 1896.
1t reqires 100 per cent more corn or
wheat to buy copper kettle than in 1896.
1t requires twice as much corn to buy
coil of rope as in 1896.
1t requires 40 per cent. more grain to
buy plow than in 1896.
1t requires IS per cent. more grain to
buy hoe, rake or shovel than in
1896.
A set of common wheels that cost 81 in
1896 now cost Sl2
The price of culuvators and other farm
implements have gone up proportionately.
Galvanized barbed wire costs from 81
to 81. 80 per hundred more than in 1896,
1t requires 40 per cent. more corn or
cotton to buy pound of sugar than in
1896.
You have to pay 40 per cent more for
glass than in 1896.
Freight rates have climbed back to the
exOrbitant prices which caused a popular
revolt in Legislation few years ago.
The prices of oil, coal, lumber, tools
and hardware have gone up from 40 to
100 per cent.
And all these things have been done by
the trusts.
A TRUsT RoBs you WALKING OR SLEEP
ING, EATING OR DRINKING, WORKING OR
PLAYING, LIVING OR DYING, AND THE
COFFIN TRUST GETS YOU IN THE END.