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Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

kas~s City. May is.--in . coni~ss
hese sor the 81 Louie Rrpah,,e cup rr~d
Gtlh<rs II Spin, Lake. Ia. defeated J. A.
X. Elliott Of Kansas City. killing " out ci
. possible loo live hirda to lho,i's p6
c'ihrst thus retains tbs cup which he
sea from Elliott At the Springfield TN,
shoot fe~ days ago. A aide bet Of sioo
sss aiso up upoa todAy's match.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

A girl preparing to get married at
taches great deal Of Importance to
her new position. considering that she
will get nothing but her board AND
clothoA
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

small stones, and on top Is laid som;
brush. A correspondent says he hai
put In drains for the last sixty year;
according to this method. and ha3
found them to work well, better thai
the square stone drains.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

Columbus, o.. May l6.-Three extern
sise fires have visited Loskhorue. Ohio,
'nsnding the leading business blocks and
residences.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

q. c. Clemens. the Kansas popu,ist
who cut loose from the "reformers,"
Is stamping Oklahoma for socialism.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18
Kansas Farmers Salt Their Ian

AdHoao odI 1nctf Land.
Two farmers living near lola, Kan
have received a 40,0OO-pound car a
salt from Hutchinson, which they will
use on their farms. says the Abllens
Chronicle. Both have extensive farm
interests which they look after them
selves and they propose to SOW the sal
with oats, wheat and fax, on the the;
DRY that land SO treated is given thS
chemicals required by those grains and
in the belief that chinch bugs will shu.l
the fields. Some Of their unpracticss;
town friends have rather a hankerini'
for the belief that wheat SO treats:
VIII grow loayes Of self-rising bread!
At any rate the test Is one which VII
be watched with interest and the farm:
ers may reap good returns from thu
800 or more invested by these gentle
men in an experiment.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18
mistaken. no farmer ever gained A.,

mistaken. No farmer ever gained IN,
thing In the end by blowing his a.
when not In a proper condition. Pc.
haps there Is some advantage in mari.
Ing out lands In field that Is natural
ly wet and heavy. as the burrows tim.
made act as surface drains, and If tn,
land be nearly level the water Is draw,
from the surface soil to distance q,
several feet upon each side. and IL n
can be drained off at the end OF IN,
rows positive gain will be accom-
plished.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903, 1900-05-18

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The evening times., 1900-02-10
Low Wages and the Fee system

There is a certain significance in the
announcement by the Pullman Company
that there is to be a cut Of twenty per
cent in the wages Of its sleeping car con-
ductors. This viii probably be followed bv
q corresponding reduction in the wages of
the portcrs. simultaneously with this news
comes the information that IA monumental
school" is TO be established at the town OF
Pullman in honor OF its founder.
These two actions are so thoroughly
typical Of The class OF capitalists who fur
nish the advocates Of socialism with most
of their arguments. that it may be worth
while to mediate upon Them. In the first
place. when wages for personal service drop
below certain point, the inevitable re-
suit is the tipping system Now and then
the tipping is the cause Of the lowering of
wages. though only indirectly: for. IL the
practice OF fleeing walters in a hotel. for
example. becomes general, employees will
undeTbid one another until the fee becomes
a necessary part o. the living wages. No
one needs to be told that this is a bad
condition Of things-bad from every pos
sible point OF Wow. II is inconvenient for
the puDlc because those who cannot afford
to paw from one 10 FIVE extra dollars for
proper service are subjected to needless
annoyance. while the very rich increase the
amount OF their fees till the price paid
for a meal becomes eyorbitant Everyone
who has been accustomed to a society
where no fees are required for proper
serving. and has gone to a place where
other customs prevail, has declared the
feeling system nuisance. Here and there
one may find some Individual in whom a
benevolent glow is created BY the con-
seriousness of having bestow ed a quarter Of
3 dollar on . bowing, obsequious recipient.
but Ii can2ot be argued that this feeling
rs very desirable one to have To
person Of ordinary selT-respeet and con
sideration for his fellow beings. there is
something Painful. Il not pathetic. in sec
The evening times., 1900-02-10
The ProIonEntion Of Lie


There is one Characteristic which di-iin17,i.I hes
the nineteenth century from all other centuries
a Characteristic which has become too cou,r,o,.
20 attract the attention which IL de,erves al
though It really measures all the rest. this i.
longevity During the past 100 wears tie length
OF life OF the average man in the United states
and IN the more civilized parts of EuroDe has
increased from little over thirty to about forty
years. multitude Of causes. mostly physical
have contributed to this result. Foremost among
these should be placed O) whatever NAV DE in
cluded under the general term sanitation: f2l i'm
proved methods in medicine. and (5I the more
regular habits OF living which are the direct out
come OF industrial Efe on a large scale
These are some Of the evident means bv which
life has been heightened. Inventions which have
made production cheap and the trarispor tatiou
Of all products cheap and easy. have had an In.
huence TOO great 10 be computed And no dof,bf
much has been due 90 general improvement I'm
methods of government; although In The main
there has been much less progress in practis.iI
government than l. commonly supposed tsur
whatever governments have done or left undou,
the fact TO be insisted here is tliat sie average
man today lives almost ten years longer than
his grandfather lived. Indisputabiy therefore
the year 1900 finds conditions more conducive 40
longevity than existed a century ago Tbi. Is
true beyond question for the mas-e, who feel
Immediately the effects Of plenty, hunger. and
cold.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
Ihr I:nrli.h Nn,,-

The weakness OF Great Britain's mil
itary establishment in time OF war. which
WAS shown when hostiIiues began in south
Africa. was surprising enough considering
the business capacity aud general long
headedness Of The British character. But
much more astonishing thing has just
developed In connection with the condition
OF Her Najesty's Navy which the world
has been taught to look upon as the most
perfect dgbtine aud defensive machine in
existence
To-day half the newspapers IN the United
Kingdom are commenting bitterly upon
the fact. but recently discovered. that six
teen bsttleships and eight armu.ed cruis-
ers. both rated at the head OF their classes.
are armed vi,h obsolete muzzle- loading
guns OF limited range. and thus could be
attacked and sunk by vessels Of the iowa
OF Brooklyn types. armed with modern
rifles. withou, the slightest danger to the
latter which could not be reached bv the
British ordnance
If such q prePosterOus inferioritv is
true of cons idera5le proportion Of Eng
the matter Of armament. the suspicion is
eNcusable that perhaps IL does not cover
All the faults Of q system and a service
hitherto considered above criticism. II
many OF Englaud's best ships are unfit to
encounter modern adversaries OF equal
rating on the books it is quite possible
that her second and third raters are not
all 1hey should De. In short it may be
true that invu!nerabIe and worId-domi-
mating a. the British Navy appears on
paper 1t may not in truth be more than
a match for the combined uavies OF France
and Russia as they exist today.
We should be careful to investigate
such matters before putting ourselves and
our Continental interests under the con-
troll aud protection OF Great Britain That
Government might not be as able to per
form the obligations OF suzerainty. in
Central America and elsewhere. as our
authorities perhaps have assumed.
The evening times., 1900-02-10
4 Row over Lay Figures.

foreign consul AT H3vrc has Tor ueisiIog a
tailor, ard between him and the tailor there has
long existed a mortal feUd. lu VAN the fure de
pJiN has sought % mediate between The two
beiiserents; his efforts at Cancellation have def
m;c.y failed and TIE quarrel Is aEoat to De fought
out IN the law courts. Tn certain respects il is no
oroirary quarrel One and tie same garden walk
lvJdS mp 90 the consulate and 30 the tailor SHOP
which stand side by SIDE IN contiguous buildings.
erected on the same Piyt OF land. To attract Gus
TONERS this tailor is wont 10 install 90 the com
mon gate q row of dummies. clad an samples of
the SartOriai marvels 20 he obtained iu hi, e~,a-
lishmcnt. The consul objects tO thu, ls-amhIgge
lay figures He lS ot ths opinion that the pres
eucc at his entrance OF wooden Young men wear
ing cheap reach me-dowas and a fixed smile Is
prcudicial TO the dignity OF ms ofcial residence
And anybody not tailor mus sympa lhize with
him.
As 10 the HavTe tailor be is naturally ohdurate-
sooner than withdraw his mauikins ne even
leaves them exposed 70 the risk of being NAL
treated. He ayers that hilsriouy and conhative
sailors, on a visit to ne consulate have before
LOW toppled over his rnmies like so many nine
pins. and even used th-m as weapons in an inn
provised battle, to the destruction a. their fash
plate attire For this certainly sriOuS outrage
he demands dress while he also has a grievance
touching the vscutcheon cf the consulate, which
he lffTms Is too pr0miner,. and might mislcad
people into thinking that his tailoring business Is
really the property OF foreign government, a
confusion that would suffice 10 scare away an
patriots in need OF clothes. be the dmmieS ever SD
alluring Thus stands the quarrel for the mo-
meUr. Fiat iuStitiat
The evening times., 1900-02-10
Thr Intr.t Rriti,b R,,,-,,

Enough seems to be developed IN the
news from Natal this morning. indefinite
- it IS i'm some respects. to indicate that
Sir Gedvers Buller's third attempt TO
break through the Boer containing Uaes
arolni iadysmith. has failed Just how
serious the reverse may be we are not
sufficiently informed Of the facts to Judge.
Reports from Boer sources assert that on
Thursday Major General Hildvard re-
treated from kr3utz KlOol recrcssing the
Tug-ls al Melons Drift. the point bv
which he advanced on Monday. As The
War Office i'm London does not deny the
Story there can be little doubt OF its COR
''ciuess- As tar as we can make de-
dIcllous from the dispatches. il does not
sFpe4r thSt Butler has been compelled %
make any general backward movement or
that he check at Krantz KIoof necessi-
tates any immediate change in his line. as
II existed last sunday. There may have
been lighting otherwheTe than on his right
centre which may possibly have been of a
disastrous nature. but nothing OF the kind
D. reported. The small action in front of
Che'eley resulting in the retreat Of Brit
ash feeornoiring column seems TO have
been uuimportant The real gravity of the
reverse lies in the strong evidence IL pre-
sents that the relief Of Ladysmith prob
ably cannot be effected with The force ard
guns which Butler has at his command.
There is nothing surprising I'm the news
that Hildyud was unable to hold Kraptz
Eooi The public should have been quite
prepared for That in view OF the statement
made by General Butler on Tuesday thar
the position was enfladed by the Boer ar
ullery on SpioA Kop and Doorn Kop. Krantz
Kioof lying between them. On yesterday
we veuJured the opinion that the chance Of
holding the ridge depended upon Buffers
ability 10 Cmplace guns heavy enough 10
silence enElad,ng batteries. and TODAY We
learn that this could not be done as the
British ordnance had not sufficient range to
reach the siN-inch Creusot and other mod
e,n artillery on Spion Kop. This furnishes
a fresh commentary on War ONCE meth
ods. in spite Of all that has been done
since war broke out TO supply tie army
with up-to-datC artillery. Ina This respect If
A. yet completely outclassed by the Boer
q
Sce permitted 20 know Of the situation the
conclusion IS unavoidable that Butler has
been fought to a standstiU Although some
doubt exists as 10 his numerical force IL
appears 20 be less thar the London militia
~ writer's credited him with a couple Of
weeks ago-probablv not more than tbirtv-
two thousand men. With this strength
and considering his inferiority in gun DOW
cr aad mobility, IT is difficult 10 see any
immediate future for him ether than IA
70 into camp and keep his adversary in
force and busy watching him. With an ad-
ditional fifteen thousand troops be might
attempt TO turn Joubert's right by Acton
Homes with reasonable chances FOR success
In present circumstances he probably could
not expect to accomplish anything IL that
direction. sPion KOp and Krantz Rloos ap-
pear conclusive Of the futility Of trying 10
drive the British centre In between the
The evening times., 1900-02-10

Perhaps the fact has not occurred to
our State Department authorities. but it is
one. nevertheless, that while Great Bri-
tain forbids us to fortify or defend the Mic
sragua Canal that benign Suzerain power
has practically been doing so for
years. We may not build "fortifcations
commanding the canal or adjacent wa
ters." hut hose adjacent waters are al
ready and amply commanded by the Brit
ish forts and batteries on the Island Of
Jamaica. the nearest land in the Antilles,
and on the islands OF st. Kits. Dominica
s. Lucia. Barbados. and ST Vincent
The whole British fleet could mobilize
coal and provision at these places far
nearer to the Nicaraguau coast than any
naval base possessed by the United States
England. in short has fortified the canal.
and intends such Notifications to be ex-
elusive.
Americans have universally looked for
ward TO a time when an American 18th
mian canal would furnish our country with
link TO connect its Atlantic and Pacific
Coast lines. thus opening a rev and rec
essary avenue for the interchange OF our
Eastern and Western productions.
but far more important as stra-
tegic base for our Navy ip time Of war.
Under the Hay-PauncefOte treaty. 10 is
true that the commercial avenue would be
available during times of peace; but only
'n the same way and TO The same extent
th1t the Straits Of Gibraltar are free 10
the commerce of the Mediterraueau-tha hat
l.. strictly az tie option of Great Britain.
That power would not hesitate 10 close
either and use IL for her own
military purposes at the first sign
OF trouble with us or with any other nation.
according TO the circumstances. Il is
to Doe noted. further that the Hay Paunce-
fote Treaty. would prevent Us from mob
iiiziug Heet on either side of the canal
within our own territorial waters-ours be
cause under the rules adopted and applied
By European governments in their leased
coast portions ON the Chinese mainland.
sovereignty by the lessee is exercised over
the shore waters for the distance Of the
customary marine league. But Great
Britain has made the most ample and elab-
crate preparations TO mobilize against and
to occupy the canal when the inevitable
time shall come.
sun The Uaited States gains the mag
nitceut concession Of privilege to build
pay for. and own" the Nicaragua Canal.
Tor the baneGt OF whom concerned. that
expression meaning England. This "splen-
Oil diplomatic victory must feel like a
crown uf glory to the newly established
house of Nessrs. Hay d Co. by special
appointment Canal Builders to Her Ma
lesty the Queen.
The evening times., 1900-02-10

Boer wings aud as to the eastern end OF
the line al Cheveley. there is little ground
for belief that serious attack from that
fanh would result in anything but defeat
The Impression then is Inevitable that
the Ladysuith garrison will necessarily be
left to its fate.
Following Hildyard's retirement from
Krantz Kloof, which must be greatly ex-
hilarating to the Buer forces and depress-
ing to the British soidiery. il is fair
military assumption that Joubert will al
once attack Sir George White and very
likely again try 10 take Ladysmith by as
sault. What power of resistance NAV be
remaining in the garrison We do not know.
but il must be steadily diminishing. and
possibly is al a very low ebb already One
general assault might end it. or might not.
Under present conditions the terrible sac
ritce Of lie which ,enuli occur i'm such an
engagement would ap"car useless. II The
place cannot be relieved White would
probably be justified in capituIating. 1t
may be said. however. that he is not the
man TO think OF such thing except In the
most hopeless circumstances.
More than little doubt enshrouds the
Ranking or reconucitring movement OF Sir
Hector Macdonald on the extreme left OF
the British position north of Modder
River. Last nights dispatches made it
appear that Macdonald had been attacked
at RoodoOsberg Drift. and had called for
re-cnforcements; that BaGngton's brigade
had been sent TO his assistance. had not
arrived until dark ON Wednesday. and then
an tagged condition: and that Lord
MctbueE had ordered the combined force
to fail back on the river. Today we have
message dated late last night. which
would indicate that Macdonald had rot
then retired and was holding his own with
advantage. II is possible, Of course, that
the date OF this latest despatch has been
Otiscd- One hardly knows what 70 think
about II. If Macdcnald's movement was
intended only as "A reconnaissance, then
his recall is moi surprising. There are sug-
gestiyo circumstances, however. which are
calculated to create an impression that il
was really designed as a tentative hankinE
movement Macdonald found the passage
Of The DRIFT at Koodoosberg feasible and
took and hsld it. He may or may not have
been ordered back; the chances are that he
has been
Perhaps it may have been Methuen's
idea Co attempt a turn by Ro0doosberg TO
Wimbledon. close TO Kimberley. and The
strategic conception may not have suited
Lord Roberts. who Is within consulting dis
lance f net by his time actually in Mod
der River Camp. There have been mill
tary reasons for the theory that Roberts
general plan OF campaign would include
the Ranking of General Crouje's line in the
other direcJion-at Jacobsdal. The South
African war problem is getting too COM
plicatgd. and its movements are too scien-
ulcally suppressed or confused by the cen
sorShjp. to- afford much opportunity for in
telligCHt current comment al the other
side Of the world. based on anything but
fats accomplis
The evening times., 1900-02-10
Japan's Institutions.

(tTom he international MOnthlv.l
Many Of the Institutions which Japan is sup.
posed 10 have copied from the West are rathcr
country than bald limitations Of Western iustiiil-
toEs. FoC instance. banking IN q rudjmentary " a.
was well understood in feudsl Japan. and wa,
carried on in the commercial cities OF the Empire
notably Osaka. lnConvertibe notes had been is
sued by the clan governments long before the
advent OF COmmOd0l Perry.
II has already been mentioned that the beei0-
Hings OF representative gO-eHmenl existed in the
agricultural and urban disuicts. 4 postaI svstep,
Tor the conveyance OF Government dispatches was
carefully organized Institutions OF lcaIuine werc
established IN very early time> aud Rourisl,e,I
IN many parts Of the Empire during the Tokuwaga
regimen. Military training Wss developed 60 An
extraordinary degree OF perfection under tho sue
cesslve dy nasfioS which had governed the country
in the name O. the Emperor down 10 thc period
Of the Restoration IN an the higher realms 7f
thought anG feeling. n poetry. painting religion,
auJ -Tcn DO science, tie japanese seem to have
accomplished wonders when We consider their ra-
i"oteness from the stimulating iufuencrS Of an
nations except China. In the development "a
highly organized and balanced order of society
thes showed something akin to genius vrdcr tsc
peaceful rUle Of the Tokug4wss
The evening times., 1900-02-10

This is an age o. surprises The other
day man who had been cured OF broken
neck was discharged from a New York
hospital Frederick Barto Of SomervilIe.
y. j.. has not only lived for Eve DAYS with
a part Of the front Of his skull tern away.
but with a fracture at its base Besides.
be has been conscious and able TO converse
iHtelligCntly the while These facts are
strange when it is known that previous 10
receiving his injuries he was a paraiytic
and inclined 10 melaucholia. His condi-
ti0n. 50 far as these troubles are coucerued.
is remarkably improved That mysterious
organ. the brain. is yet imperfectly under
stood. with all the progress that has been
made IN medical science. Perhaps the in
vestigations OF the near future will dis
close facts concerning its dominating in
nuenCe in many bodily ills that viii enable
the practitioner to more successfully COM
bat disease. Doctoring the brain is now
adsys a delicate and a frequently fatal pro
cess. There may come a time when the
secrets OF the sensitive seat CT the mind
viii be penetrated and when il viii be dis
covered that the body has often been
treated where the brain itself should hava
been the direct recipient Of curatives. a
thoroughly unbalanced mind has some times
been restored to a normal condition by an
accidental blow. In this there is a crude
suggestion for relief which some studious
investigation may yet develop into a scien-
tific cystem. When that day comes. ner-
yous disease may be made TO yield as
readily to treatment as the measles. and
there may De no suh uufortunates as the
hopelessly insane.