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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28

Our Industrial and agricultural conditions
are more promising than they have been for
many years; probably more so than they
have ever been. Prosperity abounds every
where throughout the republic. l rejoice
that the Southern as well as the Northern
States are enjoying a full share Of these i'm
proved national conditions and that all are
contributing so largely to our remarkable
Industrial development.
The money lender receives lower rewards
for his capital than If 1t were invested in
active business. The rates of interest are
lower than they have ever been In this coun-
try, while those things which are produced
on the farm and In the workshop, and the
labor producing them, have advanced in
value.
Our foreign trade shows a satisfactory and
Increasing growth. The amount Of our ex-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28

Inc Bara mount issue.
So the issue Is presented. 1t will be noted
shat the demand Is for the immediate restor-
alton Of the free coinage of silver at 16 to
/. II another issue is paramount, this is
immediate. 1t will admit of no delay and
will suffer no postponement
Evening star., 1900-10-27

their hair is cut in the same fantastic way
and their little "kimonos'' and ''obis' are
even more attractive in the original than
in the imitation. Each child is brought by
an 'amah' tnurse) or his mother or an
older sister, and carries a little ''berto" or
lunch box, carefully packed at home It is
made OF lacquer in three compartments,
one on top of the other. and each is filled
with different kind of food, the most i'm
portant of all being rice. When noon comes
the children sit down at the tables with
their boxes, a bowl of tea and 'haShi.' or
chopSuckS before them. At a signal the
"hasin are lifted, dipped into the tea then
convey rice. bits of meat and pickles to the
small mouths with wonderful rapidity.
Raising SILK Worms.
There is one fascinating occupation which
Japanese children have in the kindergarten
denied to boys and girls of other climates
This is the raising of silk worms and finally
winding the silk from their own cocoons A
great feature of the Japanese kindergarten
like all others, is the custom of having
mass of growing, blooming flowers in each
window. The children love these passion
ately.
When the last game has been PLAYED and
the last march about the room over the soft
tatami is finished, the children bow Cere-
monlously to their teachers again then
rush off full of spirits to greet whoever is
waiting for them put on their outside gar
mentS called "haori' and their wooden
geta, in which they trudge home the
Older ones to finish out the day with out
door games, such as kite flying, in season,
or silt walking, called bamboo horse
which is always source OF Joy to the
young Japanese boy.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

mansion of Mrs. Berenice Pauahi RishOp A
native princess, who died a few ears ago
Inc spacious rooms were easily converted
INTO school rooms and the extensive
grounds. full of rare trees and Towering
shrubs, give plenty of outdoor space TneV
TOOK me to the roof and showed me a Won
dertul view of city, mountains and harbor
And lastly comes the Normal School to
crown the system. This is doing A much
needed work in training the young Ha-
Wanan teachers, and summer schools are
held for the benefit of those who are busy
during the year. KindergartenS have not
yet been Incorporated into the public
schools. but doubtless will be before long
There are several good ones supported by
private generosity and presided over by
trained klndergartnerS from the states. The
work in these schools IS most interesting
with all the queer little atoms of humanity
that assemble here. Very little children of
any nationality are charming. In several
places the sugar plantation supports a kim
Manual training is now receiving much
attention in all the schools l think l
nave never seen more practical work done
in this line in any schools.
Men and women of large hearts and
broadest culture working at these
problems, and our schools of the mainland
must look well to their laurels. for laval
will rest satisfied with nothing short of the
best.
Over every public school house in the is
lands floats the American flag. through the
thoughtfulness of the G.. a. r. From
neiShborfnS school room l often hear the
strains of America float out on the sum-
wnlte children are gaining each month
wider knowledge of and a deeper love for
the grand republic which spreads the aegs
or Its wings even over them.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
THE KINDERGARTEN IN REPOSE

west. and they often take a greater delight
in the work. which involves colors and their
combinations, for every japanese child is
born wiki artistic instincts and everything
in the kindergarten naturally appeals TO
him.
Learning to Use Chairs.
Whether a person is fond of children or
not, he could watch the operation of a Jap
dnese kindergarten day after day without
tiring. The babies begin to troop in in the
morning at 9 o'clock. The kindergarten
generally consists of two or three square
rooms. with tatami" STRAW mats) on the
floor. The japanese never wear their shoes
when they enter house to walk over this
mating, so it is always SpotleSsly clean.
In their own homes they knee on cushions
on the floor but in the kindergarten they
have the same little chairs and tables,
marked into squares, which use in this
country. Leaving their ''geta," or wooden
shoes. in a stand made for the purpose lust
outside the door, they enter in their little
white "tabi' (Socks) and bow very low to
the teachers before running to their places.
japanese pOlltenesS is inculcated when a
child begins to crawl, and soon as he
can stand he is taught to make bow. so
deep obesance when occasion demands
and that is very often-with gravity and
uncOnSciOuSnesS, when an American small
boy would find himself covered with con-
fusion.
The japanese children who go to the kin
del garten, called a ''gochen,'' look like the
Japanese dolls which our children play
with, except that their faces are really
much prettier and more attractive. But
Evening star., 1900-10-27

of course, they expect to gain by strife or
the prospect of it; but far more frequently
they stand 10 lose. Their power, which is
great and growing, is usually thrown into
the scale of peace.
The second wholesome tendency is that of
the men OF thought and learning and SCI
ence, who in most countries, and conspicu-
ously in France and Italy feel so warm a
sympathy with their fellow students anG
fellow workers in other nations that they
do what they can to promote good feeling
and discountenance war.
Lastly, there is the tendency to SOLITARY
among the socialists and so-called laborists
all over Europe The leaders of the social
democratic movement, desiring to over
throw what they call the domination of SOL
diers and capitalists, and desiring to unite
the working classes in every country for
this purpose, see their nearest and most
formidable antagonists in international jeal-
ousies and in the system of vast standing
armies. Their whole weight is usually
thrown into the scale of peace. Even in
England, where this movement has been
much less strong than in France or Ger
many. the socialist party has been almost
unanimous in its protest against the South
African war
Cause for Disappointment.
Coming back to our starting point of
comparison between the friendliness of in
ternational relations in Europe now with
the state of things in 1900, it must be ad-
mitted that there is much cause for disap-
pointment. In few departments of the life
of the world has this century, so amazingly
fertile in progress, been able to record so
little progress. There is nothing that de-
serves to be called friendship between any
two nations, for the effusve sentiments OF
France toward Russia are not very warmly
reciprocated by the Russians The legal
and formal relations of states are better
than they We're in the last century, but
there is probably as much jealousy and sus-
picion now as then. Yet after ALL things
are better than they We're in the days OF
Napoleon. The doctrines of statesmen and
the practice of states still lie far behind
the ideals which We're deemed so near OF
attainment forty years ago. But those
ideals seem to be more and more making
their way, however slowly, among the
masses of the people.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
HAWAIIAN PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Are in Splendid Condition and Doing
Fine Work.


Corr. OF the Boston Transcript 8
Statistics may seem dry reading, but a
visit to a Honolulu school room would be
tar from dry or uninteresting. Last June
l went through the fine new Kaiulani pub
lie school, named for the lamented Princess
kaiulani This has pupils from the be-
girners in the lowest primary to a class
ready to enter the high school, and in
these rooms we saw side by side children
OF all sorts of nationalities, having the same
care and training and all learning to be
good American citizens. Observing the lit
tie people in the primary department gave
the clearest idea of the difficulties to be
faced Here were the little almond eyed
bequeued mites from China, tiny Japs in
picturesque kimonaS. shy, native children
bedecked in leiS unkempt Portuguese and
numerous other kinds of little humans
which the census man alone can sort out
All these yield to the sway of gentle
teacher, and substitute for their various
dialects the difficult English which falls
Sweetly from her lips and is patiently re
peated seventy times SEVEN
As we visited the highest room in the
building, listened to the intelligent recita-
tons and remembered that these students
had come from just such material as We
saw in the first grade, We knew that train
ing and patient endeavOr tell. Some of the
most interesting and successful students in
schools are the children of mixed Ha-
waiian and Chinese parentage, and there
are many such now in the schools. They
have the attractive ways of the native
combined with the patience and industry of
the Chinese. All the Chinese children rank
high as students, and the young Chinese
now growing up will make excellent citi-
ZenS
The High School is doing work to be
proud of, and has found a home in the fine
Evening star., 1900-10-27
KINDERGARTENS IN JAPAN
A NEW AND CONGENIAL PROFESSION
OPEN TO WOMEN THERE.
Nowhere Do Children So Readily
Adapt Themselves to the Method
-ArOuses Artistic Natures.
Written for The Evening Star.

Written for The Evening Star.
The kindergarten has gone to Japan, with
other western ideals of education. and no.
where else in the world does this most in
teresting method of child instruction attain
the same picturesqueness. 1t was intro
duced by some of the missionaries, but the
Japanese have accepted its principles and
ideas with enthusiasm, and the foreign
teachers meet with the intelligent co-opera-
ton of japanese parents. Several training
schools have been founded and these have
opened up a new field of work to Japanese
women for the girl graduates have estab-
lished kindergartens Of their own. In Toxic,
kioto, Osoka and Kobe kindergarten So
cieties have been formed, which publish a
periodical in japanese.
If the kindergarten appeals to mature
japanese minds it is still more attractive to
the children themselves. Their intellect
are just as keen as those Of children in tn
Evening star., 1900-10-27
Finding u Way,
From the Toronto Globe.

tIIWfe.
In the notebook of the late Bishop Fraser
OF Manchester there is a story of a former
young curate of the English village of
Stoke which shows the value of a little
common sense in deciding a knotty point
The curate, being exceedingly anxious at
all times to do things in the order of the
liturgy, once insisted, when marrying a
couple, on the ring being put on the fourth
finger. The bride rebelled, and finally said
Il would rather die than be married on
my little finger"
For an instant the curate wavered; then
he said: But the rubric says SCI
Matters were at standstill-the bride
fearful, the groom uneasy, the curate de-
termined-when the parish clerk stepped in
and said:
In these cases, sir, the thoomb counts as
q digit"
Evening star., 1900-10-27

with dry hops, wrung out of boiling water,
and laid very hot upon the gOuty spot. For
the foot bath a bigger bag of hops went
into the tub. boiling water was poured in
and the feet steamed until the water was
cool enough for bathing. Grape sap was
the cure of cures for spring gout A vigor-
Gus wild grape vine was cut off any time in
March or April. and the flowing sap caught
in wooden vessel. 1t was an article of
faith not to let it touch glass or metal. 1t
was drunk from gOurd. or else from the
rim of the pigsin. \ healthy vine would
drip enough sap in night to drink all next
day, as well as to wet bandages for the sore
spots.
Fokeberrics and whisky.
There We're 5itters innumerable. The best
of them was made of wild cherry bark, pop
lar bark, dogwood bark, dandelion root and
hops, each infused separately the strained
liquor mixed. and added to its own bulk of
honest whisky. In many cases polleberries
and whisky beat the bitters out of sight. Dry
pukebeTlleS were better than fresh ones
ana You had to drink three filings up from
the same bottle OF berries. 1t was odd-but
the pokeherry whisky made no drunkards.
Instead 1t seemed to destroy taste for
whisky where it already existed.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
Dealing With Trouble.

5. f. Kiser in Chicago Herald.
lie that hunts around for trouble
Wastes his time. the sages say,
And retires hTmbly. sadly,
SlaShed and bruised and beaten badly
Always loser in the fray.
lie that runs away from trouble
Must be ever on the 20;
lie has never time for gaining
Heights up which the wise are straining-
His to skulk and dodge below.
He that boldly faces trouble
When ii rises in his way
Strides ahead and braVely meets it
Finds his path, when he defeats il.
Broad and smooth, the sageS say.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
She Was Sure of One Thing.
! the Cleveland Plain Dealer

That young Briggs who called on You
last night, Amelia, appears to be admirably
sound In both wind and limb" said the wo-
mans papa at the breakfast table
He certainly has remarkable staying
qualities aSSented the fair girl.
And then she hastily endeavored to hide
a cdpacious yawn
Evening star., 1900-10-27
AR T N o T ES.

OF special interest to all artists are the
approaching fall and winter exhibitions.
The first, following the Carnegie exhibit
now in progress, will be that of the New
York Water Color Club, opening November
10, at the galleries of the American Fine
Arts Society.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
The Musical Prodigy.

From the Musicians Herald.
Have you heard the eight-year-old Ger
man boy violiniSt?''
''Oh, yes. Twelve years ago in Berlin"
Evening star., 1900-10-27

Clergyman-"My child, beware of picking
a toadstool instead of mushroom. They
are easy to confuse"
Child-''That be all roight, sir. Us bain't
agoin to eat 'em ourseives-they're agoin'
to market to be sold."-Tit-Bits.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

The French government has paid another
substantial compliment to American art by
the purchase of Mr.. Walter MacEwen's
painting entitled Sunday in Holland" one
of the American exhibits in the fine arts
section of the Paris exposition. 1t will
doubtless be placed in the Luxembourg,
the repository of paintings by artists still
living that are owned by goYernment.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

AT the meeting of the Water Color Club
on Tuesday the jury of awards for the
coming exhibition was selected, Mr.. Ralph
Cross Johnson, Mr. V. G. Fischer and Mrs
James Lowndes being invited to act. This
is a departure from the ordinary course
in such cases, as the jury is composed en-
tirely of connoisseurs instead of artists.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

AT the league there have been few
changes in instructors, Mr.. Howard Hell
mick taking charge of the antique and life
classes instead of Mr.. Seibert and Mr.. Mes
ser. The department of decorative and ap-
piled design this year will be in charge OF
Miss Emma Humphreys of New York de-
Evening star., 1900-10-27

An exhibition Of the work of Henry w.
Ranger, the well-known artist, will be held
this season in London, at the galleries of
Arthur Tooth & Sons. Mr. Ranger is not
unknown to the English public, but 1t Will
be interesting to note the reception given
his pictures when brought together in the
galleries. A characteristic and excellent
example of Mr.. Rangers work was recently
added to the CorcOran Gallery collection OF
American landscapes.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

The octagon room in the southeast corner
of the Library is being fitted up as a spe-
cial art reading room, where valuable edi-
tiOns of art publications may be examined
and read by artists. Application must, how
ever first be made at the main reading
room.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

On Tuesday afternoon, october %, Prof.
Andrews gave the first of a series of lectures
to the students of the Corcoran school on
the Elements and Use of Perspective as
Applied to Art Every student is re-
quested and expected to attend these Tues
day afternoon lectures with note books
and pencils. At these times compositions
may be presented for criticism. The sub
ject for the first Tuesday was taken from
LongfelloW's 'HiaWatha."
Evening star., 1900-10-27

On the evening of the following day the
airship made the first really successful air
Evening star., 1900-10-27

The water color class at the Corcoran
school will assemble the 1st of November,
as Mr. MOser, the instructor in charge, ex-
poets to return TO the city the last of this
month.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
For Selfish Ends.

Each people knows far more about other
peoples than it did 100 years ago. Each
has far better means of following the pOliti-
cal life of the others. This we owe partly
to facilities of communication, partly to
the newspapers and the habit of reading
which has increased their circulation, and
which they in turn have stimulated.
But the newspapers have been. by no
means unmixed blessing. 1t would be
nearer the truth to say that they have be-
come a fertile source of international mis-
understandings and dislikes. 1t is easier
to attack another country than to praise 1t.
and it makes better copy, just personal
gossip is in private conversation more fire.
quently malicious than kindly. That the
press of France, Germany and England has
done much to embitter the relations OF
these three great countries is a complaint
frequently heard from European statesmen
Lord Salisbury has more than once dwelt
upon 1t.
Influences for Good.
Against these untoward influences there
are to be set three influences which have
worked for good during the last half CEN
tury.
One is the aversion to war of the mag
mates Of commerce and finance. Sometimes,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-25

especially on those running north and
south. A majority Of the passengers
usually carried by these north and
wagons and buses of the strikers,
through sympathy for the men who are
out or fear of the consequences of be-
caught riding on the transit cornpany's
cars.
AS the demonstrations against those
who use the cars in these sections of
the city become less frequent, however
the number who Datronize them in
creases. Owl cars are now being run
regularly on the different lines of the
Lindell division and on the Olive street,
Laclede avenue and Market street divi-
sions. All night cars on the lines trav-
erSing the northern and southern sec
tions of the city will be resumed as
soon as it is thought safe to do so.
A W. Morrison of the grievance COM
mittee says:
There are now no negotiations on for
a settlement and 1T will probably be
some time before any are opened. We
are, however, growing more hopeful
daily. Funds to provide for the men
are coming in more rapidly and the
boycott is working like a charm. No
body is riding on the north or south
/ lines. and those running west are los
| ing traffic daily.
Our hope lies IN the boycott, and il
/ the friends of organized labor will
stand by us we will win in the end OF
something will BURST
On the other hand, the company
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-25
BE ON GUARD.
City Physician Issues Address About
Smallpox.
City Phygician 81 B. Hogeboom las

City Physician H. B. Hogeboom has
issued the following address:
81 desire to announce to the medical
profession and the public, that at this
date there is but one case of smallpox
or Cuban chickenpox' in Topeka. Since
the appearance of this eruptiVe disease,
late in September, there have been be
tween 700 and 800 cases reported to the
city board of health. A fair presumption
is that there was nearly the same num-
Der in the city and adjacent territory
not reported.
"A small per cent Of the number re-
ported have been readily recognized as
smallpox. The number of deaths due to
the epidemic was Is.
The germs of smallpox are still to be
found in various localities in the com
munity, hence it is essential that every
in the discharge of the duties of their
profession, as we'll as by every citizen.
to have cleanliness in their residences
and premises. Hygienic measures to
prevent another outbreak Of this cpl
demic should be taken now and as the
fall months approach. I desire to call
the attention of every physician and eV-
cry citizen to the city ordinances and
the rules of the health department con-
corning eruptive diseases of every char
acter, and earnestly urge a. prompt re-
port Of all such cases, that quarantine
may be immediate and effective in its
purposes.
1T is of the utmost Importance that
heads of families should cooperate with
the physicians to secure early and sue
cessful vaccination. This is an import
ant measure of prevention and should
not be neglected"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-06-25
PROHIBITIONISTs LOSE ONE
Rev. Mr.. Pyle Quits Party Because
Senator Baker Was Not Endorsed.

An incident of the Prohibition state
convention has created considerable an
linus and has lost for the cause of that
party an earnest supporter. Rev. A c.
Pyle of LeavenwOrth, will affiliate with
the Republicans, because, as he says,
Mont Williams did not carry out his
promise to endorse Senator Baker in
the convention.
Williams told me before we went to
Topeka, gave me his absolute promise
that Baker should be endorsed said
Rev. Mr. Pyle to a State Journal repor-
ter. When the resolution was present
ed Williams followed it until he killed
it."
When nominations for governor were
in order Mr.. Pyle arose to make a long
speech for Mayor Holsinger. He was
rambling along in the midst of a per
iodless encomium of his candidate when
a worldly delegate on the other side of
the hall arose and said:
I suggest that the speaker tell US
what he is getting at. The time is short
and we would like to hear what he is
driving att
Mr.. Pyle had not named his candidate.
He sat down in a huff but later arose
and told the convention that the dele
gates had missed a good speech bv
calling him down"