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

of production. The next week will
probably see final action taken as to the
remaining wage scale as to which de-
pressing reports are current.
In the general metal market the fea-
ture was the collapse of tin prices, due
to the reports of the smashing of the
Tin corner.
Wheat (including -FOUR shipments
for the week aggregate 3,355,857 bush
els against 4,665,9S bushels last week,
4.640,765 bushels in the corresponding
week of 1889, 5,224,927 bushels in 1898,
5,70S,S25 bushels in 1897 and 1890, 406
in 1896.
From July to date this season
wheat exports were 3S,519,690 bushels
against 1858, $50 bushels last season
and Al ,694,01S bushels in 1898-99.
Business failures for the week in the
United States number 1873 as against
167 last week, lat in this week wear
ago. 1872 in 1898, 237 in 1897 and 321
in 1896
Canadian failures number 81 as
against % last week, 10 in this week a
year ago, 10 in 1898, 80 in 1897 and "a
in 1896.
PORTLAND-The wheat market is
still showing considerable strength and
the selling movement continues heavy,
not, however, without exporters forcing
prices above the actual value based on
existing freight rates. Fifty-seven and
one-half cents was bid to-day, and there
are reports that fraction more was
paid east of the mountains for Port
land delivery. The mills are paying
Gle for valley. Bluestem is steady at
60c and Gle per bushel
TACOMA-Wheat-Half cent lower;
bluestem, 5919c; club 561ac.
Metals.
NEW YORK-Silver certificates, 651a
@65%c; bar silver 65Ac; Mexican
dollars, 4912c.
SAN FRANCISCO-Silve bars,
62%c Mexican dollars, 50b@51c.
LONDON-Bar silver, firm, 2SBd
PEI ounce.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28
In FROM the PhiIippines.

San Francisco, Sept. 29-The United
States transport Grant has arrived from
the Philippines and China. The Grant
brings home over 500 discharged soldiers,
including nearly 200 sick and wounded.
She will probably remain in quarantine
several DAYS.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28

Mayor Depint of Erie, Pa, says he
will not held as a vagrant any man
who can produce a current working
card from any union, as its possession
is prima facie evidence the man can
not be vagrant.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28

ly had its effect, and it would not be sur
prising if many mines that have been
closed since the strike began resume oper-
ations, at least partially, the beginning of
next week.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28

In New York five large cloak man.
ufacturers have signed the new annual
agreement and 1000 men and women
will be furnished employment under
strict union conditions.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-09-28
No External
Symptoms

The blood may be in bad condition.
yet with no external signs, no skin
eruption or sores to indicate II. The
symptoms in such cases being a variable
appetite, poor digestion, an indescribable
weakness and nervousness, loss of flesh
and general rundown condition of the
system clearly showing the blood hal
lost its nutritive qualities, has become thin
and watery. 1t is in just such cases thai
S. S. S. has done some of its quickest and
most effective work by building up the
blood and supplying the elements lacking
to make 1t strong and vigorous.
The colored American., 1900-09-08
No West Point Of Our Own.
BY LIEUT.. H. Q. FLIPPER.

Editor of The Co.ored American,
Washington, D. c., Dear sir:-After 1
had sent You my views as to how to
keep one OF more Negro students at
the Naval sud Military Academies, The
Colored American brought me the
proposition of Mr. J. e. Cunningham
for IA West Point Of our own"
Iwish to register my objection to
such proposition. 1t is not pra ,ticable.
Every state aud territory in the Union
has a military academy and there are
hundreds of private military insti
tutions. There are also large number
of schools that give so-called military
instruction, and even have army of.
fiesrs detailed as instructors. None of
them give more than the most rudi-
mentsry instruction and do not 90 be.
yond the school of the company in in
The colored American., 1900-09-08

fantry or the school Of the cannoneer in
artillery and pay no attention what
ever to cavalry or to military or inter.
national law, as to the rights and obli-
cations of beliigerants, neutrals and
non combatants. Not one Of them has
the one thousandths part of the equip
ment which West Point has. Not one
Of them has siege or sea coast battery,
q apsntoon train or field telegraph. Not
one of them is prepared to give prscti-
cal instruction in ballistics, field forti.
ficatIou or military mining. Not one of
them has laboratory where the studs
ents can be instructed In making fuses,
fixing ammunition, rockets, etc, Notone
of them undertakes to teach logistics
The instruction In all of them ia limited
to even less than that which the average
militiaman gets, for he occasionally
sees battalion or regimental ma
noeuvres.
II 1t has not been practicable OF poll
tic for the states to bring their military
schools up to the standard Of West
Point, do not believe it will be pos.
sible or practicable or polite for the
Negro to do so. Such school, unless
adequately equipped, would be worth
lees. aad we have enough of such schools
In the country now. A mere chair in
some school would not meet the re-
Qirements of the case.
Mr.. Cunningham Thinks the govern
ment keeps us out of responsible po.
sitions In the service on the plea that
we are incompetent, which he admits
is the fact, aud then keeps Us out of the
service schools, that we may not be.
come competent. He says the govern.
m snt "has closed the doors of it's mill.
tary schools against us". When has the
done so? Some fifteen Ne
rross have entered West Pelut aud
The colored American., 1900-09-08

but he Is attacking the trenches every
where and he has learned that he can
expect nothing, if ne be unfit and in
competent, and where fit and compe
tent, he is making his way, if indeed 1t
be slowly and laboriously. Why should
he throw down his gun and turn
away from the trenches that seem to
hedge West Point and Annapolis, es'
pecially since he knows how the enemy
is situated.
Now, 1 propose that the idea Of "a
West Point of our own" be abandoned
as impracticable and chimerical. Take
boy fourteen, fifteen or sixteen years
of age, several Of them if you please,
from one or more republican states; put
them under the care of Professor Kelly
iller and let him give them the Identical
mathematical course taught at West
Point for two or three years and then
let them 60 home and seek appoint
ment by all the means IN the power OF
themselves, their friends at home and
Influential Negroes and othess all over
the land, if need be. I have no doubt
they will get 1t and when they 60 to
West Point, they will be able to get in
and to stay. The boys selected must
be physically sound. The boy who
likes to study and is fond Of work is fer
better than the naturally bright but
careless or Indifferent. Such boy has
little love for hard work and too muc ch
tlme in whic b to get insulted.
That part of the mathematical course
embracing pure mathematics should be
thoroughly drilled into the pupil. re-
fer to algebra, plane and spherical
geometry, plane and spherical trigo-
nometry, descriptive geometry, anaIytl-
cal geometry, shades, shadows aud
perspective, stereotomy and differential
and integral calculus. Applied msthe-
matics need not be 30 thoroughly taught
because with full kno Wedge Of pure
mathematics, the former would have no
terrors. They embrace analytical me-
chanies, civil and military engineering,
acoustics and optics, astronomy, ord
nance and gunnery, and field and sea
coast fertilization.
l am glad to note Mr Cunningham's
interest in this very important matter
and trust he has many follow 1 am
equally glad to note his belief in having
only competent men to represent the
race in responsible positions, men
trained therefor. The bravery of the
British officer and soldier is the ad-
miratton of the world, but the in
competency of the officers of all grades
is by word in every military center in
the world. (See the severe criticism by
Lord Wolsey of the manoeuvres at Al
dershot the other day.
HENRY o FLIPPER,
Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The wonderful Face Bleach haa bean
The colored American., 1900-09-08

The wonderful Face Bleach has been
introduced in Washington and is offer
ed to the public at special rate. The
two dollar packages can now be had for
one dollar by calling at kopp's Drug
Store, 7th and FIerida avenue.
The colored American., 1900-09-08
CAPITAL
LOAN GUARANTEE 20
602 2 ST. N. W
Capital Savings

Bank
6O9 F st. N. W., Washington, D. C.
Capital $4,000.
Hon. Jno. R. Lynch, President.
L. G. Bailey, Treasurer.
j. A. johnson, Secretary.
D. B. McCary, Cashier.
Directors:
Jno. R. Lynch, Dr.. W. s. Lotion,
Whitefeld McKinlay, G. Bailey,
Robt. II. Terrell, W. s, Montgomery,
Wyatt Archer, John A. Pierre, henry
E. Baker, James storum, J. A.
johnson, DR.. A. w. Tancil, Howard
II Williams.
Deposits received from 10 cents up
ward. Interest allowed on $500 and
above. Collections meet with pronP
attention. A general exchange and
banking business done.
Bank open from 8 a. m. to 4:3Opm.
The colored American., 1900-09-08
Money to Loan
ON FURNITURE, PIANOS, ETC.

II you are in need Of money, we desire TO
inform you OF our new method. We can se.
plan, at less cost than before, and below tI1s
rate of any other company in the city. You
can pay in full at any time after loan ia Sc.
cured, and 1t will only cost you for such tim.
strictly private, and all applications are
treated copfldentially. II you have a loan
with any other concern, you can secure loan
through us to pay II and get more money n
before going elsewhere. We are resdy at
any and all times during Office hours to give
Information concerning our business meth.
ods, and you will receive courteous treat.
ment.
The colored American., 1900-09-08

the first one entered there In 1870 down
to the graduation of Major Young. 1t
has never been what it ought TO be, but
1t has always been what we might have
expected among go large number of
students drawn from all parts of the
coudtry. Personally, I have never
known OF any ill treatment Of Negro
cadet by.the government or by any pro.
fessor or officer at West Point and,
frankly, l do not believe there has ever
been such case. what ill treatment
Negro cadets have received has come
from the white cadets. and that as 1
have stated, has grown less every suc'
ceedlng year. 1t is not In the power Of
the government or of it's officers to put
down prejudice at West Point any more
than 1t is In its power to put 1t down in
the country at large. Manifestly the
doors of West Point have not been
closed against US by the government.
1t is not probable that Negro could
obtain appointment in a democratic
state for obvious reasons, but there is
no reason why, In d republican state,
he should not seek that appointment
just as he seeks any other appointment,
nor Is there any reason why he should
not get the one just as he gets the other
But when he gets the appointment his
education should be suffi oiently ad'
vanced to enable him to hold the po.
silion. 1t does ms no good to send in
competents to West Poiut, have them
fail and then blame the government for
it.
A student who has not gone beyond
common fractions In arithmetic will
End il up hill work to jump to Bour'
don's algebra, plane and spherical
geometry and plane and spherical
trigonomstry during his first year at
West Point, where something more
than elements" are taught. When l
went to West Point had already mas.
tered those branches and my first years.
work there was tn the nature of a re-
view, except as to the practical part of
the course, drill, etc.
1tseems that Mr.. Cunning ham would
have US confess tneapacity to take the
course at West Point and lack of moral
as we'll Ms physical courage to face the
prejudice that exists there among the
students. He thinks the government
does not want us at all but proposes
that we educate ourselves and offer our
services to the government, which
could not then charge us with in.
competency. He assumes that the
government would accept US. Pos.
sibly.
l am not prepared to admit either
charge, nor do 1 approve the remedy
he proposes. am not an advocate of
equal rights. l believe in a steady, per.
slstent, unrelaxing determination to
obtain identical rights. l am not in
favor of surrenderipg anything we have
gained. The Negro has as much right
to be cadet as he has to be a register
of the Treasury or minister or consul
or hold any other official position under
the government, and the government
has the right to demand that he be fit
and competent. Conditions at our ser
vice school are abnormal beyond snv
The colored American., 1900-09-08
Money $4,000 Mona,

To loan on furniture, pianos, &C. vi.,,on,
removal or publicity and the day yon I1 s.H
for 1t. We will loan any amount mskIna
or one year as you desire, and at rats tbst
you can afford to nay. II you now have iasn
with any other com pany and desire mor.
money: g1Ve us us call IL, win as cheerfully
expense If loan is not made. AIways rssSv
to give information resarding rates and mstS
DDS to secure loan. We are the oldest IoSn
company In the city, and will give you honest
treatment. ALI business strictly confidentJaI'
Private Offices.
Washington M0rtsaae Luan Co.,
610 F Street, N. w,
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
Value of Grass Lands.

Many have learned by practical ex-
perience that strong fertilizers in close
contact with the seed make its germina-
ton later, even when it does not de-
stroy the germ, and 1t may do this last
under certain conditions and not un-
der others. A shower of rain, just
enough to wet the fertilizer, will kill
the seed when a soaking rain might so
wash Its soluble strength out of H. and
Into the soil around it as to do no
harm, while the roots would soon reach
out after what had soaked away. We
have seen In old times, before chem
lcal fertilizers were in general use,
corn nearly destroyed in this way when
a tablespoonful Of hardwood ashes was
put in the hill and the seed put on 1t.
Potash and nitrate of soda or any
strong heterogeneous fertilizer IL worse
than the phosphates in the risk Of kill
Ing the seed, but it is better in all cases
to mix the fertilizer well with the soil
where it is used in hill or drill before
putting In the seed, and for small seeds,
like onions, carrots, cabbage, ETC., in
drills it would be better to apply the
fertilizer broadcast.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
OF INTEREST ON AcRIcUL.
TURAL TOPICS.
for Top oresslng-value Of
Grass Lands-FertilizeFs and cermina.
eion-Young Trees in an Old Orchard
Cardinal Points for Peach Growers.
Chemicals for Top DRESSING

Grass land should be top-dressed each
spring. The following makes a good
dressing, per acre: Two hundred to
B50 lbs. nitrate Of soda, Is to $50 lbs.
muriate Of potash and from 800 to
900 lbs. acid phosphate. When floats
are applied with the wood ashes, much
less acid phosphate will be needed than
would otherwise be the case.
The stability of a country depends
pn well-kept grass and meadow lands.
More attention should be given to the
growing Of grass, especially in breed
ing and selection. Overpasturing de-
teriorates the pasture and it runs out;
1t is filled with weeds. What to do
with the ranges Of the west, which
have been greatly injured by over
stocking, Is a serious problem, and is
national in its scope. The ranges will
never again return to their former con-
dition unless a different system is fol-
lowed.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
gveadeng q Dalry Herd.

A wAole book could be written on
how to feed . calf, reared for the
dairy. / will say, feed the calf about
three quarts fresh milk from the COW
twice q day for rs long as you can
afford il. Then begin to feed d little
corn meal and oil meal. Make the
change very gradually. Don't feed a
half dozen calves in the same feed
box and expect them to make the d.
vision. They won't divide it equally,
and some Of them will become bloat-
ed, others will have dysentery. Either
disease will prove an injury to the fu'
ture cow How common a saying, my
cow Is bloated, or she is off her feed,
or she scours frequently? All prob
ability caused by improperly feeding
her when a calf. Another thing, keep
the calf pen dry and clean, with abund-
lei of sunshine. Nothing will kill 4
calf quicker than a dark, damp, filthy
pen. Don't cover the dampness and
filth with o little straw and thereby
terminate dysentery or calf cholera.
Any disease can be bred in such a hot
bed.-John G. Doubt, In Nebraska Far
mer.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
Fertilizers and termination:

It seldom proves profitable to set a
young tree inN an old orchard where
q tree has died. The soil is apt to have
been exhausted Of some Of the elements
needed for tree growth. This might be
supplied IL one knew just what it was,
but the young tree has to contend with
the same causes that killed the old one.
And 1t always seems that a young tree
In an orchard, or a young orchard set
BY the side Of an old one, proves o spe-
ciaI attraction for all the insects and
fungous diseases that + in the old
orchard. These may be fought against
by use of spraying apparatus, and
keeping the land well fertilized, but
yet we think we would try to set our
young trees In a new location. A va
can't space in an apple orchard might
be filed by two dwarf pears, plums
or peaches, as they would not come
lust where the other tree had stood,
and being of another species would
not have the anne diseases and same
insects as troubled the old trees.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
why Plenty Of Humus is Needed.

How can one expect his soil to yield
larger crops each year If he does, not
replace the plant food taken off by
the previous years crop? When a for
est, where the leaves, weeds, twigs,
etc, have decayede for centuries, Is
cleared away we say the soil is in its
virgin state. Let us see what some of
the advantages would be If occasionally
we should supply humus by blowing
under a heavy crop of field peas, say
beans, red clover or alfalfa. l mention
these leguminous plants, for while they
supply the much needed humus they
also gather from the atmosphere n
of the most costly fertilizers, nitrogen,
when bought as a commercial ferti-
lizer.
Humus aids in many ways to increase
the yield of farm crops; among them
ma be mentioned the resting of the
soil by returning to 1t all that was
taken from It and sometimes more,
producing a better medium for bac-
terra to live in. Bacteria are useful
| in aiding to tear down the soil particles
| and liberate potash and phosphoric
| acid. two of the elements essential TO
plant growth. Decaying vegetable mat
ter in the soil tends to loosen 1t, al
lowing plenty of air to circulate and
prevents sourness. Plant roots need
air as well as water, and both of these
are supplied more bonntifully in loose
than in compact or baked soils. The
water viii ~percolate Gs'wn, surround
ing soil particles, and Wit Is not used
finds Its way down through caall open
ings that were made by the dceay OF
roots from previous crops, and is 'ee-
posited In a subterranean reservoir
where it awaits the dry season. When
drouths prevail the water trapped by
the loose surface is pumped up by
capillary attraction to within reach OF
the roots, but here stops, the capillary
4 tubes being too large in the surface sol
Lto carry 1t further and surface eva
poration is prevented. Thus the plants
may be kept fresh, green and grow
ing throughout a severe drouth. Otter
fhe failure Of q crop can be traced t.
the lack of sufficient moisture. Decay
ing vegetable matter-or hunnus-aidi
m the retention Of a portion Of eacl
shower. allowing less to escape over
land BIZ ditch, creek and river.-M. ]
pers;ng. in American Agricultural.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
Summer Treatment OF TranspIanted
Trees,

In the earth In which Vegetation is
growing we can find no water, in the
popular sense Of the term; but the par
ticles of earth hold moisture, which an
be extracted and condensed as liquid
by the roots of plants. How this IL
done, no one knows exactly, but the
wonderful fact remains that trees
growing In ground comparatively dry
will fill their tissues with immense
quantities Of liquid, which is given of
by the leaves to the atmosphere daily,
to be continually ~replenished from the
moisture stored in the earth particles
below. 10 take advantage of this store
of moisture, the roots must be in ac-
tual contact with these particles. The
great effort of the successful tree plant
er is to pulyeriZe the earth as finely as
possible, for the reason that the finer
the particles the greater the amount
Of moisture afforded; and becaues the
finer the particles the more closely
packed it car be around the finer roots.
Water, in itself, is an injury to plants.
Plants ~suffocate if the water lie around
the roots for a few days in the grow
ing season. All that Is needed Is
enough to saturate the particles of mat
Ter, without driving the air from spaces
between the pulverized particles. We
can see from this that watering newly
transplanted trees may be an injury,
as often it may be a benefit. If a tree
transplanted in the early part of the
season, that has pushed into leaf, show
signs of willing in warm weather,
when surrounding vegetation shows no
such whiting, the inference is that
there is quite enough moisture In the
soil, but that it is out Of contact with
the roots. 1t may have been wet
weather, and the soil was too pasty
to ~pulverize properly. In this case, q
beating down with a heavy rammer-
q paving rammer even, If it can be
had, is Of more importance than water
ing would be. The watering does not
bring the roots into closer connection
with the earth. If, after this, the
leaves still seem to suffer-, and there
is undoubtedly a dry tig1e as Other
vegetation showss then tE/aid Of water
is acceptable to the stdnsn anted tree
Thomas Meehan, fican Cult
water.
The Opelousas courier., 1900-09-01
FOR uALARIA,
CHILLS AND fever.
The Best Prescription Is Groves
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
The Formula Is Plainly Printed ON Every Bottle
So That the People May Know Just
What They Are Taking.

Imitators do not advertise their formula
knowing that you would not buy their medi-
cine if you knew what it contained. Groves
contains Iron and Quinine put up in correct
proportions and is in a T'asteless form. The
Iron acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives
the malaria out of the system. Any reliable
druggist will tell you that Groves is the
Original and that all other so-ca]led "Taste-
less" chill tonics are limitations. An analysis
of other chill tones shows that Groves is
superior to all others in every respects You are
not experimenting when you take Grove's-its
superiority and excellence having long been
established. Groves is the only Chill Cure sold
throughout the entire malarial sections of the
United States. No Cure, No Paw. Price, 500