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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

DOES NOT LIKE BALL VALVES
Detective Tells How One OF Them Fig
ured in His Prisoners Escape.

81 never had but one prisoner escape
from me-" said an old railroad detect
I've to New Orleans Times-Democrat
reporter land that was under very pc
culiar circumstances. In 1882, when
was working for the Atchison, Topeka
and Santa Fe road, l captured fellow
named Jim Lake, who was wanted for
robbing freight cars. l got him near
Trinidad, Colo, and after securing the
requisition papers started East with
him for Kansas City. Lake was lit
tie, consumptive chap, as frail as
woman, and l didn't consider il neces-
sary to even put the handouts on him.
With one twist | could have broken
him in two. Besides, l didn't care TO
cause him needless humiliation by ex-
hibiting him before the other passen-
ply sat side by side, like two fellow
tourists, and nobody in the cars had
any idea he was under arrest.
Naturally we did a good deal of
talking, and at about dusk of the first
evening out Lake turned the converse
ton to curious mechanical contrivances
and described several remarkable ma
chimes he had seen. He had been a
skilled engineer earlier in life, and, be-
ing a good talker, soon got me deeply
interested. Among other things he told
me about an air pump with a singular
ball valve. 1.-THE ball lies in a socket
and the greater the air pressure behind
1t the tighter 1T sticks To illustrate
I he twisted an old envelope into a cone
and dropped a paper wad into the
mouth. Now, when l blow, he con
tinued, you'll see that the wad stays
, right where it is Like fool, l stared
at the thing, and he blew violently into
the little end. At the same instant
, felt as if a raging furnace had sudden
! ly belched its flames right into my face
, couldn't see, l couldn't breathe; for
moment or two l couldn't even move
q My throat and nostrils were on fire
and felt sure my eyes had been burn
ed literally out of their sockets.
what had happened was simply this
!. The envelope was full of red peppe
/ and 1 had received the charge, poin
I. blank, at about a six-inch range. Will
l was gasping the scoundrel ran to tn
other end Of the car. My friend has
! ftr he shouted; I'm going after water
I OF course, he jumped off, and that wa
! the last of him. He was never caught
I The other day man tried to sell me
lawn sprinkler. 1T has a patent bal
! valve he said. 4 don't want it, re
Piled"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

The bona-fide membership of the
Amalgamated Society of Engineers,
etc, on September 1, 1900, was S6,517,
a gain during the past month of ALL
1856 are on donation benefit. 1880 re-
ceived sick benefit, and 1857 superan-
nuation. Isaac Cowen, in an article in
their journal, advocates the admission
of so-called handy men into the organ
ization, claiming that the subdivision
of industries and introduction of labor
saving machinery imperatively neces
states the organization of the special
lists.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Train struck streetcar.

Chicago, Oct. Slight persons were
injured Sunday, one Oh them seriously,
by a collision between Calumet cleo
trio car and south-bound Lake Shore
train at the corner of Seventy-eighth
street and Stoney Island avenue. The
conductor says the accident was due to
the motorman, new man, who did not
stop the car before crossing the tracks.
The injured: Irwin Dawes, motor.
man, was internally injured, crushed
under the car, may die; M. Mattleman
slightly bruised; Nevins Nucheski
right arm and left leg broken; Frank
Jacobson, bruised about head; Tony Pc
tiers, cut and bruised; Elmer Yrede
hands and face cut; Herman Schieffer
wounded in head; T. r. Thompson, cut
on head and body.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
GOT TWENTY-FIVE WAGONS

Pretoria, Oct. A convoy of p
Wagons, escorted by 90 mounted men,
Was attacked by lao Beers October l.,
ner DeJagers Drift, while on the way to
Nryheid. Twelve Of the men escaped
The fate of the others is not known.
''The Beers derailed a tram near Pam
yesterday evening. Five Coldstleam
guards were killed and 10 injured.
"Commandant .Dirksen, who has been
opposing Paget, has surrendered after .
personal visit to Komatipoort to assure
himself that Kruger had gone into Portu-
guese territory LORD ROBERTS,
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
A WOMAN WHO swoRE.

And Her Oath Proved of Much Ma
teria1 Value to Her Husband.
A party of married men were talk
Ing about their wives. and it is worthy
of note that every man was glad he
had wife. and was anxious to tell OF
her good points.
Il never heard my wife swear but
once" said one of them when there
seemed to be a lull in the praise meet
ing.
All the others looked shocked. If any
of them had ever heard their wives
swear. they were not telling it, and
they resented the frankness of the one
man who was apparently betraying
family secrets. But the man did not
regard the bad impression he had ere
ated.
And that" he continued, in the same
tone, was away back yonder, thirty
years or more ago, when the oil excite
ment in Pennsylvania agitated the
whole country. l owned "a farm up
there that | had taken for a debt of
thousand dollars, not because it was
worth that much, but because it was
all l could get My business was very
small then, and a thousand dollars rep
resented the bulk of my capital. l had
been married five years, and my wife
was the very best investment l had
ever made. One day l received word
that oil had been struck on the farm
adjoining mine, and right away pro-
ceeded to go crazy, just as everybody
else did when oil showed up anywhere
In their neighborhood. My wife show
ed signs, too, but she kept her wits
about her. Inside of q week began to
get offers for my farm, and 1 got era
zier every time there came an offer
higher than the one before 1t. 1t went
up like balloon at first, until the fig
ures got away up, and then the smaller
bidders dropped out. At last an offer
Of 100000 came from the representa-
tive of a company that l knew was
: worth two or three millions"
"'Let it go, John, said my wife when
: told her of this offer.
: al guess not said L; If it's worth q
l hundred thousand to them, it's worth a
g hundred thousand to me-
D " 4 tell you to let 1t CO. said my wife
t as firm as a post in the ground.
. '' Not much. said 1. III get two
: hundred thousand
i 'She pulled down her apron with 8
|, Jerk, a peculiarly Of hers when she
!, meant business.
K you're getting a hundred times
, more for 1t than you gave said she
3 and you never expected to make 500,
: 900 in 100000 years, and you know it.
u "'But I'll make a good deal mor'
than that now,' l insisted, and started
back to my desk to write letter de
Ginning the offer.
!, "'John Martini said she, don't be
( ID foolv
y "And 1 wasn't" concluded the nara
i tor, ''for l accepted the hundred-thou
! sand-dollar offer, and it was ninet
thousand more than the company eve
3 got off the farm, for the oil didn't seen
= to run that way."-New Lippincott.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
ECZEMA'S
ITCH IS TORTURE.

Eczema is caused by an acid humor in
the blood coming in contact with the
skin and producing great redness and in
hammation little pustular eruptions form
and discharge a thin, sticky fluid, which
dries and scales off sometimes the skin is
hard, dry and 6ssured< Eczema in any
form is a tornenting, stubborn disease,
and the itching and burning at times are
almost unbearable the acid burning
humor seems TO ooze out and set the skin
on FIRE. Salves, washes nor other exter-
nal applications do any real good, for as
long as the poison remains in the blood
it will keep the skin irritated.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
GOOD FORTUNE
HOW AN ENTERPRlSlNG FARMER
STRUCK 1T RICH.
Shattered by Disease, Robert White.
while Endesvoring to Cure HI nself,
Made Fortunate Discovery.
From the Democrat. shelbyvire. Ind.

FROM the DenoCIhts chSipSNAASs Ahu.
Near waldron, Ind, resides Mr..
Robert White, one of the best known
farmers OF the community. He is we'll
situated, and just now has had an un-
usual share of good fortune.
In his earlier days Mr.. White was
strong and athletic, but now while on
the declining side of forty, hard work
and disease have made him different
man. although today he is in good
health.
For number of years he has been
troubled with rheumatism, oatarrb OF
the head and stomach. Often in bad
weather his ailments would be agra
waited and he would be in serious con-
dition.
When the grippe visited this section
seven years ago, Mr. White was one of
those attacked by this fearful disease
and was confined to his bed for several
days. After recovering enough to sit
up for few DAYS, concluded he was
we'll enough to get out about his work,
He went out too soon. Most all pa
tients do that. He had relapse and
was confined to his bed for several
weeks. His old disorders became
greatly affected. The efforts of his
physician, who had been attending
him all the time, proved unavailing
The doctor was dismissed. Several 9TH
ers were tried but their treatment was
useless.
Mr. White doctored himself and used
many remedies said to be good for his
diseases, but he was not helped.
He went to Matisyille and took the
baths. but they did him only temper.
airy good. sit seemed impossible tc
get relief" said he, land did not
know what TO do.
AT last ! was persuaded to try DR.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
and they cured me. / commenced
taking them last June, and after taking
five boxes, was entirely cured. They
relieved me from all suffering. o
course | suffered from rheumatism
most, and ] am now completely cureC
OF that. | had tried two catarrh spe
, cialists, who were said to be good TO
the trouble, and they each said IN.
case was incurable. DR.. Williams
, Pink Pills for Pale People cleansed on
) my system. purified my blood, and
am now strong and we'll. These pill
relieved me of miserable suffering, an
my only regret is. that did not hav
, the good fortune to take them seve
years ago. | have recommended tn
medicine to a number and the deale
in Waldron says he has large deman
= for it,
: 1t was natures own remedy that az
, complished this cure caused by impur
blood, for DR.. Williams Pink Pills fc
Pale People are composed of vegetabl
remedies that exert powerful inhl
ence in purifying and enriching I'll
Of blood. Many diseases long suppose
!; by the medical profession to be incuri
IS BILE have succumbed to the potent infiI
Sc ence of these pills. This universi
N remedy is sold by all druggists.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Those who have returned from {

Those who have returned from the
white pine country say the forest fire
is not burning so fiercely as 1T was, but
is still the cause of a great deal of
alarm. There is some talk of calling
on the state for assistance in helping
to confine the fire to a certain district.
The fire has been the cause of many
Moscow camping parties leaving the
woods and returning home.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Don't GET FooTsoRE. GET FOOT
EASE,

A powder. AT this season your feet feel
swollen, nervous and uncomfortable. If
you have smarting feet or tight shoes. try
Aliens Foot Ease. 1t rests and comforts;
makes walking easy. Cures swollen and
sweating feet, blisters and callous spots.
Relieves corns and bunions of all pain and
is a certain cure for Chilhiains, Sweating
Damp or Frosted Feet We have over 3d.
900 testimonials. Don't get tootsore get
Foot Ease. Try it todo'. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE. Address, Allen S. Ohm
sted. I.e Roy, n.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
burned to Death.

Trenton, n. j., Oct. Eddie Mcbride
10 years old, died from burns received
while playing "Indian" with companions
Mcbride was tied to a stake and his cloth
ing saturated with gasoline and then ig
nited The boy broke loose and rar
screaming to his home, where he died.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
what win Become of Gilman

None can foresee the outcome of the quar-
rel between foreign powers over the divis-
ion of China. 1t Is interesting to watch
the going to pieces of this race. Many
people are also going to pieces because Of
dyspepsia, constipation and stomach dis
eases. Good health can be retained if we
use Hostettsr's Stomach Bitters.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Tacoma's Population.

Washington, Oct THE population OF
Tacoma, Wash, as ohlcally announced is;
1900, 37,7l4; 1890, $4,000. These figures
show for the city as whole, an increase
in population OF l7Os, or 4.s4 per cent from
1890 TO 1900.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

The arbitrator selected to settle the
strike of the machinists on the Cana
dian Pacific Railway have rendered a
decision giving the machinists an adj
vance of wages
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

There is more catarIh in this section OF the
country than all other diseases put together, and
until the last few years supposed TO be in
durable. For a great many years doctors pro-
nounced II a local disease, and prescribed local
remedies and by constantly failing 10 cure with
local treatment, pronounced IL incurable. Science
has proven catarrh 10 be constitutional disease,
and therefore requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured by f. j.
Cheney K Co, Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market II is taken internally
in doses from 10 drops TO a teaspoonful II acts
directly on the blood and mucous surfaces of the
system They offer one hundred dollars for any
case il fails to cure Send for circulars and
testimonials Address.
F. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo o.
Sold by Druggists, zoe.
Halls Family pills the best.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Work on the new Catholic hospital
will begin early in the spring. 1t will
cost 100000, be six stories high and
have electric elevator, four dumb wait
ers, three years to be consumed in the
erection.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Nen I.er.e Wheat Goes East.

Lewiston, Ida, Oct. 7.-Joseph Alexan-
der local merchant has pooled up loO,-
600 bushels of wheat for shipment to Chi
cago and Minneapolis, and it is stated that
the pool price is 30 cents.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

The 1,4O0 freight handlers in Balti-
more, Md, who went out on strike for
an advance of wages some time ago,
have secured the advance and gone to
work
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Fire Causes Heavy Loss.

Ironwood, Mich, Oct. Fire caused by
lamp explosion destroyed the machine
shops, electric lighting and air compressor
plants of the Oliver Iron Mining company,
entailing a heavy loss.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Sixty girls employed in Wilson's
wooden mills at Trenton, N. j., struck
to enforce the reinstatement of one of
their number who had been victimized,
and gained their point.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
The Siberian Railway.

The British commercial agent in Rus
STA, Mr.. Cooke, has just issued very
optimistic report on the great trans
Siberian railway. Siberia, he points
out, is no longer mere Russian penal
settlement, but young country with
a great future before it. The railway
has already diffused hundreds of thou
sands Of settlers over the vast domain
and is opening gold deposits which IL
has not hitherto been possible to work
at profit Siberia already ranks
among the leading gold-producing coun-
tries and other important industries are
expected now to develop rapidly. In
many respects the history of Siberia is
curiously like that of Australia.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
No More cannon-Ban Pills.

Science has retired the pill A toothsome, fra
grant medicated tablet fills the need OF the
hour-Cascarets Candy Cathartc. Druggists,
Ice 25c, soc.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

The label league of Chicago intends
to present to the next convention of the
A. F. of L. proposition for adoption of
a universal lebel.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
signature nsass the Of IMAZ1Z~

The new United States census will
show that nearly 100000 women are
employed in the factories of the United
States.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Bad FORM OF TETTER.

For three years I
had T etter on ray
hands, which caused
them to swell to. twice
their natural size. Part
of the time the disease
was in the form of run
ming sores, very pain
full, a nd causing me
much discomfort. Four
doctors said the letter
had progressed too far
to be cured, and they
could do nothing for
me. took only three
bottles of S. :. 5. and
was completely cured.
This was fifteen years
ago, and l have never
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Nothing
i'm fhe
Wide
World

has such a record for a5-
sOissfefy curing female Ills
and kSd1ey troubles as
has Lydia e. Pissksfasn's
Vegetable Compound
Medicines that are ad-
VertiSed TO cure every
thing cannot be specifics
fer anything.
Lydia e. Pfnkham's
Vegetable Compound will
NOT cura every ks,d of ill.,
ness that sssay affiScf mem,
women ard children but
proof is monumental that
1t will and does cure all
the ills peculiar to women.
This is a fact fndispsxf-
able ard can be verified
by more than a million
women
IF you are SICK Gossf ex-
pertinent, fake fhe ssse6s-
cine that has fire record
of the largest number Of
cures.
Lydia f Pinkham Med. Co. LYNN. Mass.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Brewery workers have 81 local un-
ions and branches in Ohio.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

A servant girls union has been
formed in WATERFOWL, N. Y, on basis
of hours from Z a. m. to p. m. and
81 to S. a week as wages.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Mothers viii find Mrs. W lnslow's Sooth
ing Syrup the best remedy to use for then
children during me teething period.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

The young ROSTERS closely watch
the old rooster who has been cock Of
the walk; at the first sign of feeble
ness or old age, they jump him and de
him I'D.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

A Woman's Union Labor Leagus was
lately organized in San Antonio. Texas.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago.-Mrs Thos hoobins
Maple street, Norwich N Y. Feb. II. 1900.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

since seen any sign of my old trouble. - Mrs
l.. b. JACKSON, I4I4 MCGEE St, Kansas City, No
S. S. S. neutralizes this acid poison
cools the blood and restores to healthy
natural state, and the rough, unhealthy
skin becomes soft, smooth and clear.
SIS i; S.: s.: ; ;; !; J; ):
blood. Send for our book and write u
about your case. Our physicians have
made these diseases a life study and car
help you by their advice; we make NJ
charge for this service. All correspondents
is conducted in strictest confidence.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA, Ga.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Nothing
Tastes Good

And eating is simply perfunctory =
done because it must be.
This is the common complaint of
the dyspeptic.
If eating sparlngy would cure dys-
pepsia, few would suffer from it long.
The only way to cure dyspepsia,
which is difficult digestion, is to give.
vigor and tone to the stomach and the
whole digestive system.
Hoods Sarsaparilla cured the niece Of
Frank Fay. 106 N. ST.. South Boston, Mass.
who writes that she had been great sufferer
from dyspepsia for six years; had been with
out appetite and had been troubled with sour
stomach and headache. She had tried many
other medicines in vain. Two bottles Of
Hoods Sarsaparilla made her we'll
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

Promises to cure and keeps the
promise. Don't wait till you are
worse, but buy bottle today.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-29

The demand for the punishment
of the Chinese butchers of Minis
tiers, missionaries and native con-
verts would come with infinitely
better grace from the intervening
powers If there had not been %
many looted villages aud ravished
women left in the trial of the in
ternational forces on their march
to Pekin. The brutal acts of the
Chinese have no doubt been great
ly exaggerated while it is equally
safe to assume. that those of the
soldiers of the cross have been
largely suppressed.
Here is fine object lesson for
the poor heather Chinese truly.
He must be deeply impressed with
the bestitudes of the faith that
fashions such disciples. In q
moro serious vein, war is the great
est demoralizer of the world. It
liberates the savage PARSONS long
held in restraint in times of peace.
Pillage, murder, rape and all the
lesser crimes are its inseperable
accompsnyments. but the length
TO which brutal instinct has been
permitted 10 60 in Cuba will for
oil time be q blot upon Christian
nations. And who may say, if the
veil could be lifted, uncensored
dispatches permitted to reach this
country, but equally horrible
crimes have been perpetrated in |
the Philippines by the American |
soldiery?LStates.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-29

IL troubled with rheumatism, Give
Cnamberlains Pain Balm Q trial. Il
Will NOT cost you a cent II It dos no
good. One application will relieve the
pain. 1t also cures sprains and bruises
IN one-third the time required BY any
otner treatment. Cuts, burns. frostbites,
quinsey, pains In the side and chest.
eiandular and other swellings arc quick
" cured BY applying II. Every bottle
wsrranteed. Price. 25 and so cts. For
sale BY T. j. Liable.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-29

Chamberlains Pain Balm applies to .
cut. bruise. burn. scsld or like injury
will instantly allay the pain and heal
the parts In less time than any other
treatment. Unless the injury is very 60
we're 1t will not leave . scar. Pain Balm
also cures rheumatism, sprains, swell
Ing and Iam9pess. For sale at Labbe's.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-29

I. J. Liable. Druggist. guar.nte.
every bottle of Chamberlaia's Cough r..
medy and will refund the mcEsv "a N,
one who is not satisfied after using -.
thirds OF the contents. This is the ~
remedy in the world for IL min
coughs. colds, Group and whoopine cousn
and Is pleasant and safe to take. II ~
vents any tendency Of q cold 70 resuit /,
pneumonia.
The weekly messenger. [volume] (St. Martinsville [i.e. St. Martinville] La.) 1886-1948, 1900-09-29
Observation-Disclosures

Bryan and the party he represents
smote rs hip and thigh when they
had the chance and declare their
intention to do it again if the OPP
portunity is given them. To
which, then, is it more reasonable
and natural that We should intrust
our future industrial welfare? The
proposition answers itself.