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

The Philadelphia Record prints an
amusing story of the late President
William II. Allen of Girard College aud
q lady of more inquisitiveness than in
telligence. On one occasion a business
matter called Mr.. Allen to a small town
In the central part of Pennsylvania
While sitting in the parlor of the coun-
try hotel in the evening, after transact
ing his business, he was taken in hand
by the wife of the proprietor, who
wanted to know all about his private
affairs.
Mr.. Allen took 1t all in good part, and
for a time was rather amused. Finally
she asked:
"Have you much of family?"
ooh, yes" said he, and he smiled as
his mind reverted to his hundreds Of
pupils.
"How many children" she persisted.
"Well." said Mr.. Allen. with great
sarnestness, II have five hundred, and
all boysp'
The good lady was speeches. for a
moment. Then she arose, and hurrying
to the door, called softly to her hus-
band:
80, John, come in herel We've got
Brigham Young stoppin' with usv'
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
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anodyne. 1t conjured up visions as fair
as the dreams of DR.. Faustus, and yet
and yet, there was a sense of forebod-
ing. premonitlon of something about
to occur.
Whether or not | dozed | cannot say,
but suddenly | was aware that some
other than Jonathan was in the room,
and that he was wide awake and look
ing at me intently. l raised my eyes,
and there, TO my infinite surprise and
establishment, l saw standing opposite
me, across the table, a stylshly gowned
young woman.
| started to my feet with an apology
my tongue was tied and l remained
silent. She was dark and with a high
forehead and shadowy eyes. The
mouth and chin were both well formed,
but rather masculine. And she was
beautiful, though not pretty.
"Miss Conover," | exclaimed.
EYES," she answered, with a voice
that was low and vibrant, ''it is l."
Then, with her brown eyes fixed on the
white carnation and the color mantling
her cheek, she continued. 81 have just
arrived in the city. Yesterday l learned
that an ancient enemy of Jonathan
sent him paragraph from an account
of cousins wedding, 'and"-the color
increased, then quickly subsidized
knowing Jonathan so well, | wished,
If possible, to see him before the clip
ping reached him. And-you see. |
knew you also knew him we'll" Her
lips closed tightly for a second, then
curved into a smile. Two great tears
started from beneath the dropping
lashes, but were quickly intercepted.
/ looked toward the place where Jon
athan lay. A screen was between him
and the visitor, and only his soft res
piration betrayed his presence.
turned to Miss Conover.
Jonathan loves YOU" l said. "Dc
you love himY Her eyes flashed with
a womanly luster, but again her lips
were firm. For if you do" l exclaim
ed, pulling aside the screen with a sin
gle swift movement 'he is here"
Jonathan
Then as | left the room l looked bacl
and saw her kneeling at his side
Brooklyn Standard Union.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
WHAT ROLLED THE ENGINEER
Man Was on the Track and Did Not
Heed the Whistle.

Heed the Whistle.
The old engineer had finished groom
Ing his engine for the nights run and
was Willing away the half hour before
train time in swapping yarns with his
fireman. 1t was his turn at story.
After putting rehectively on his pipe
for a mcment or two, he said, half
questioningly: Il don't believe we've
ever run over anybody, Bill, since
you've been in the cab.
But it isn't the running over that
scares you" he continued, though that
Is bad enough. It's the coming so all
fired close to 1t and missing that takes
the tuck out of n man. After you once
hit anything the worst you can do in to
plow right along, but when you see a
man on the track and blow your whistle
and shut off steam and put on brakes
and then the man turns out to be deaf
or drunk or something of the kind, and
you know you can't help striking him,
then's the time you wish you were run
ming steamboat or fire engine.
THE closest shave | ever had was
when | was puning the Presidents spe-
cial up TO Albany. We were trying to
make a record run. We had passed
the Poughkeepsie bridge and were do
ing better than a mile minute when
| saw a man walking down the track
toward us. The fireman blew the whis-
tie, but the man never budged from
between the rails. AS we got closer, l
saw he was walking with his head
down and paying no attention to what
was going on. l shut off steam, jam
med on the brakes and reversed her.
but we slid along at pretty fair gait.
He never stirred until just as the en-
CINE was going to hit him. Then he
jumped out of the way, grinning up at
me and put his fingers to his nose.
Get after him. l yelled, but before
the fireman could climb down from the
cab the man was running down the
track for all he was worth-and that
wasn't more than 80 cents. We didn't
have any time to spare, so we hustled
on again, and I've been trying ever
since to decide whether our friend was
drunk or crazy, or had a darned pecu-
liar idea of humor. Anyway, L wish I'd
had little more time. I'd like to have
taken a chance at him with a GOA
shovel. New York Mail and Express
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
TOLD THE STORY.
Then the Boys Were Certain that He
Was the Man.


In the life of Sir George Grey, one Of
a pleasant story of his meeting with
some boys In the Natural History Mu.
scum at South Kensington. Lads and
lassies were his delight.
There is something in old age" he
said, that likes to have young mind
clinging to it," He took great pleasure
In lingering at the museum and watch
ing the stream of visitors. One day he
saw half a dozen boys gathered about
an interesting specimen. Presently they
noticed Sir George, and a delegate APP
preached with the request:
please, sir, can you tell us the name
of this creature?'
Strangely enough, it was specimen
which he had sent home from Austria
liza. He named it, and then the lad
i asked:
Where did it come from?'
He told them that, and the next ques-
ton came:
"Who killed it?'
A quicker gathered upon Sir Georges
face, and he hesitated, arguing with
himself:
IF 1 tell them they'll think me an
lmpostor, and perhaps discount the
other information I've given them"
But the boy was waiting, and Sir
George could only say: Frankly, you
know, believe l killed it myself"
Here, you fellow!' rang out the lads
merry voice. HE says he killed 1t! Did
you everw
The other boys left the animal to
stare at what they considered even a
greater curiosity. They formed half
circle about him. ooh, yes" said Sir
George Its quite true. Now, If you'll
listen I'll tell you the whole story, and
then you can decide for yourselves"
He began, and their amused incerdu-
lily vanished. They listened breath
lessly, and when he finished, hats and
caps were off, and they chorused'
THANK you, sir"'
1t was a memorable afternoon.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
WHAT A DINNER REPRESENTS.
Growth of the Different Viands In
wolves an Outlay of $5OO,OOO,OOO.

Growth of the Different Viands In
wolves an Outlay of $oOO,0OO,OOO.
Recently a man who is fond of arith-
metic made up his mind that he would
find out how much a dinner really cost.
He first ascertained that the dinner he
was eating cost 70 cents, presumably.
He contradicted this and then made
out the following statement about the
cost of that dinner.
The pepper, he said, came from TO-
900 miles away. 1t grew on a bush
eight feet high, which must have had
growth of at least five years. The
pepper was picked green; it had to be
dried in the sun. and this meant EN-
ploying women. 1t took one ship and
1000 miles of railroad to bring the pep
per to the United States.
The flour of which the bread was
made came from Dakota; some one
owned the land, and that meant the in
vesting of capital, and he had also to
pay wages to workingmen. The flour
had to be ground, and the building of
the mill and the plant, or machinery,
iiNthAAb hiOAt ilAoAAtf ihNtotCu. hC luiAi
ers had to be paid, coopers had to be
paid for making the barrels, and, of
course, the wood of which the barrels
were made had to be cut and sawed
and shaped, and this meant the en-
ployment of more men. Then the -four
had to be shipped over the railroad and
handled again by cartmen before it
came into the house.
The tea on the table came from China
and the coffee from South America. The
Goldfish had to be brought from Maine.
Men had to be employed to catch the
fish; other men and women were en-
ployed in drying, packing and boxing
it, and it, too, had to make long rail
road journey.
The salt came from the Indian reser-
walton in the northwestern part OF
New York State. The spices in the
cake came from the spice islands in the
Indian archipelago. The canned peaches
came from California, and they, too
represented the employment of capital
and labor. The little dinner represent
ed, directly or indirectly, the employ
ment of $5OO,OOO,0OO of capital and s.
100000 men.-Memphis Commercial
Appeal.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
Stealing His Thunder.

"The man with a slight fresco of yell
low mud on his shoes stopped the pat
emit leathered friend and exclaimed:
"Ha, hap
whats the trouble?'
mo trouble whatever. This is Joy.
My turn has come at last. Aren't you
one of the people who used to make fun
Of me because lived away out in the
suburbs?"
81 believe So"
Didn't you say facetious things
about 'Lonesomehurst,' and when you
saw me performing feats of equilib-
rum with a tall bunch of bundles,
didn't you make comic references to
the human express wagonr
"Yes; l believe So"
swell, l want to call your attention
20 the fact that am living only few
lundred feet from where the cars start.
I'm one of the few people who are sure
If getting seats on warm evening, and
who brush proudly by while you stand
n the corner, and implore the conduct
Dr. humbly, but in vain, to take your
tents. "-Washington Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
A Municipal Restaurant.

For fifty years the city of Grenoble,
IN France, has maintained a municipal
restaurant and kitchen, where meals
are cooked and supplied at cost. The
food is of the best quality, the cooks
are skillful and the service is excellent.
One may dine there ON bread and soup
for cents and have his hunger thor
oughly appeased. or may pay II cents
and enjoy a course dinner.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
To See Under Water.

An instrument for seeing objects I'M
der water has been invented by by
geographic engineer of Russia. BY its
aid the bottom of rivers, to depth Of
from forty-five to sixty feet, can be dis
tlnctly viewed. In the examination of
wrecks this submarine telescope will
be of great service.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
New Cure for Lockiaw.

DR.. Roux, of the Pasteur Institute,
announces the discovery of an efficient
cure for lockjaw. The antitetanic serum
used in Germany would not work till
DR.. Roux hit on the plan of injecting
it into the brain under the membranes.
His plan has been tried with complete
success on a man.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
odd Numbers.

The Siamese have a great horror of
odd numbers, and were never known to
put FIVE. seven, nine or eleven windows
in house or temple.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12
FAMOUS AS A BARRlSTER.
Lord Russell of Kiliowen, Who Died

LORD HusseII OF k1IIowen, W no DIeu
Recently.
The most famous and probably the
most popular man in the legal profess
sion in England is Lord Russell, OF
Killowen, lord chief justice of England,
who died recently. AS a barrister,
Lord Russell was long without rivalry
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

You can never tell how little dude
knows by the height Of his collar.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-10-12

A little -four by any other name
would doubtless smell as wheat
The evening times., 1900-04-13
POSTAL STAMP CIRCULATION.
4 Large Increase Over That OF the
Past Year.

The postOffice Department yesterday is
sued a statement showing the increase and
decrease in the issue of postage stamps
stamped envelopes. newspaper wrappers.
and postal cards. for the quarter ended
March 81 1900. The number of ordinary
postage stamps issued in the period indi-
Gated was l.07s. S05. .075 valued at s20.57O.-
475 an increase of 123, ,G403I0 valued at 81.
4Se.132 over the corresponding period of the
preceding year; special delivery stamps. L.
SAC 4l0. valued at slS4. .644: increase num-
ber 39S $50, value s39, 1858: postage due
stamps. 6,239, ,0G0. 1852. 2.351; increased num-
her 2.094 sec. value s47.69l ordinary
stamped envelopes. 81, 221 600, valued at
81 .242, ,32S41: decrease 6256. $50. valued at
S132. .3S4 43 special request envelopes l17.-
245, 800. valued at S2,42637S.4S; increase
5.536.5C0 valued at sl05. 145. 19: newspaper
wrappers, 9.052, coo, valued at s26, SIG. so:
decrease 2,5S9,0O0, valued at s26,576. 80:
postal cards loo, $50, 600, valued at 81 1.5s5. :
CSC, increase IL, ,425, $50, valued at s11S.623
Total for quarter ended March 81. 1900
of pieces ,433, ,2s0,2 ,215 valued at s26. 2s0. :
667.34. increase on last year of numbers
Isl .341 SEQ. value 81. 759. 41512
The evening times., 1900-04-13
The District nelepnfns.

Mr James l.. Norris is a mistaken soul
if be thinks he has any quarrel with The
Times. for The Times has none with him.
The only object We had in entering into
the controversy between Mr.. Norris and
his opponents was TO assist in sending a
delegation TO the Democratic National
Convention from the District OF Columbia
instructed to vote for Mr.. Bryan In spite
OF all Nj Norris efforts to the contrary,
that has been done The six votes of The
District will be cast that way. and no
other way. unless the Norris delegates be-
tray their trust which we do not think
probable. AS TO whether MI Norris casts
the vote OF Mr. holmead does was and Is
OF not the least concern 10 The Times-aud
whether Mr.. Norris thinks our Democracy
of a good or poor quality is a matter Of
equal indifference.
An attempt was made by him 20 manu-
facture a delegation which he could Jockey
with and finally dispose of as he found
most profitable. and The Times stepped in
TO aid the true and steadfast friends OF
Mr.. Bryan in enforcing instructions That
is the extent OF our offending. and We
are thoroughly satisfied with the result
The action OF the Democratic Central
Committee which, under Mr.. Norris di-
rections. brutally disfranchised such of
its members as were determined to pro-
tect the interests of Bryan and ensure an
honest vote at the primaries cannot be too
stronsly denounced. The refusal of an
The evening times., 1900-04-13
"REMINISCENCES OF THE SEA.
Isaac Townsend smith Talks to the
Union League Club.

NEW YORK, April 13.-Rear Admirals
Sampson aud Philip. Captain Chadwick and
AbTam s. Hewitt were among the invited
guests who went TO the Union League Club
last evening to listen to Isaac Townsend
Smith read a paper entitled. "Reminis-
ences b. an Octogenarisn of the Early
Maritime Life of New England"
Mr.. Smith who has now reached his
eighty eighth year. is the o'Iest member
Of the club. with the exception of Charles
L. Tiffany. In the course of his paper Mr.
Smith said: In the year 1923 | had the
pleasure OF seeing Commodore Hull and
many of the surviving heroes officers and
seamen OF the war Of 1872. 1t was at the
docking Of the famous Constitution at the
Navy Yard in ChaTlestown, Mass. II vas
a notable affair. There we're many dis
tinguished persons present on the occasion,
including General Jackson, the President
Of the United States. and several OF the
members of his Cabinet. and Martin Van
Buren,. Vice President.
While sailing as agent in charge Of car
goes in the '30's Mr. Smith read much
about the sea. He said on this point:
Il have read many old sea journals and
log books OF voyages 4 century ago telling
their story of marvellous audacity and in
trepidity in unknown seas. encounters with
pirates and savages hairbreath escapes
tales Of shipwreck and Imprisonment
among the Algerine pirates and the prison
ships Of England. which preceded and led
up to the war of the Revolution and that
of 1872 and won for our Navy a front
rank among the navies OF the world
This story is not only one of romantic
and thrilling interest but it will furnish
a clew TO the solution of the problem lit
tie understood how this nation, then the
youngest and weakest could successfully
stand against England one of the oldest
and the strongest in the world, and com
pei her TO yield her boasted claim of SOW
ereignty of the sea, having the right TO
forcibly search our ships at sea. break up
their voyages by impressing our seamen
and concede to us the freedom of the sea.
thus establishing d principle of inter
national law that the deck of a ship with
her flag aloft should be as sacred from in
vasion as the territory of the nation it
self"
The evening times., 1900-04-13

equal representation of judges at the polls
was a mere prelude TO the act OF stuffing
the ballot boxes, which, so far as we can
gather from reliable testimony was done
in almost every precinct. 1t could not
have been done If the election had been
properly safeguarded. We should be will
ing to wager a comfortable sum that out
of the possible ten thousand District DEM
ocrats entitled to express their views
ninety per cent would have voted for the
distinctively named Bryan delegates if
they could have been given a chance.
Whereas out of the fourteen or fifteen
thousand votes alleged TO have been cast
not quarter were registered in that way.
However, the incident has been closed.
Mr.. Norris goes to Kansas City instructed
to vote for Mr. Bryan. and if he is admit
ted to the convention. will doubtless do
so. He may also be chosen a member of
the National Committee. That is what he
wants most. and for which he would doubt
less sacrifice anything and everything.
The evening times., 1900-04-13
MOVING ALASKA INDIANS.
The Tribes stirred by Reservation
RumOr.

TACOMA. Wash. April 13.-Chief John
son and Fred Moore another Indian. are
urging the Alaska tribes TO contribute a
fund with which Johnson is TO be sent 70
Washington ID. c, their delegate
Moore will so as their chief secretary, and
they will take with them one member
from each tribe of the Kaka. Stickeen.
Hyda. MetlakatIa. AUX. Chilkat Sitka-
Taku, Hionah. and other tribes. johnson s
plea is that his presence in Washington is
necessary that entire justice may be done
TO the Indians. He wishes TO raise 10000
The Indians of the AUX tribe about Ju-
neau have been worked up to a high pitch
of excitement by Johnsons story that
Governor Brady is trying TO induce the
President TO make an Indian reservation
near Sitka, move all the Indians of South
eastern Alaska onto il. build a high board
fence around them, and keep all inside.
Johnson tells them that if any tried to
escape they would be shot by the soldiers
and that by going to Washington he can
avert this calamity.
The evening times., 1900-04-13
WESTERN DEALERS PROTEST.
The Price OF bananas Forced Up bs
~ Fruit Trust.

CHICAGO. April 13.-The price of bana-
mas has been forced so high during the last
few months by the New York fruit trust.
known as the Fruit Dispatch Company,
that Western dealers are in rebellion.
The National Banana Jobbers Association
of the United States will meet this after
noon to discuss ways and means of influ-
encing the trust, which is now in control
of the situation in the country, TO bring
prices within reason.
THE price of bananas today is So per
per cent higher than it ever has been be-
fore" said c. e. Kerr. Secretary of the
Jobbers' Association. The price for
straights is $40 a bunch. and after the
country dealer has paid his freight bunch
of bananas costs him now about S2.15
That figure is far too high. The advance
has been very rapid since the organization
of the Fruit Dispatch Company, which has
s., 600, 600 of capital, and which bought up
the stock of all the important foreign job
bers about six months ago. 7
The evening times., 1900-04-13
Norman French Terms i'm the Law.
(From the Pail Mall Gazefre.) N


Ii the honorable member who suggested the
abolition of Norman French in the process Of
legislation had glanced al Sir Erskine Mays great
work he would have seen how superfuous a
piece of vandalism this would be. Hardly half
a dozen phrases OF this dialect survive. OF
these are well known, ia reyBe le veult,' ''soit
fat cOnThe il est desire, and when the royal
assent is refused Ia reyne s'svisera'a for
mula by the way, not heard siuce 1907. When
a bill is sent to the Lords Jerk writes on il
soft baille aux seigneurs;' the endorsement "a
eeste billie avesque des amendments les seigneurs
sont assentus'' speaks for itself Cromwell gave
his assent to bills in English. but at the restora-
ton the old monaTchica custom revived
In l7O6 the Lords passed bill to abolish French
in Parliament and the courts of law, but the
bill was dropped IN the Commons Parliament
has only spoken English since the reign of Henry
VI The use Of Norman French is closely
ntertwned with the early foundations of our
Constitution that purposeless destruction of its
few relies would be mere inconoclasm. ''It
would be hardly too much to say according
TO Messrs Pollock and Maitland, that at The
present day almost all our words that have
definite legal importance are in certain sense
French WORDS and they point out that nearly
all the technical terms of the common law are
French -4,The Middle Ages" these authorities
add .'are lust at an end before the records of
the English Legislature written mainly in
English and to this day. as we all know, what
a LAWYER must regard as the most solemn OF all
our formulas is French: La reyne lie veult."
The law reports Of the sixteenth century, they
tell US. are ,,ot Norman French. but dog
French.
The evening times., 1900-04-13
Military Funerals.
lrrom lhe Kansas Citr Star. !

The order OF the War Department limiting
the expenses which may I've allowed account
OF military funerals. and directing officers not
20 allow accounts for music by bands or choirs
flowers, crepe. rtc, - reminder that martial
burial according 90 ancient custom and reeula-
ton is severely simple, the only display being
that OF men and arms The main idea conveyed
by the forms which time out of mind have
attended the burial OF the soldier. was that one
must be laid TO his rest by his comrades
with brief ceremony, and after the farewell vol
ley the escort moves of al quick step Perhaps
the bess remembered military funeral in modern
times WAS that Of the soldier who was buried
by the struggling moonbeams misty light and
the lanterns dmy burning while few and
short were the prayers we said The War De
parments order is an adInonition to consider the
Wats of the old time,