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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04

eIciSed q personal supervision over the
education Of his children while they
we're at home, and stimulated their in
terest in study. He himself has q
genuine poetic gift, and his father,
Prince MiTkO, the famous warrior,
known as the sword of Crnagora," de-
lighted in writing songs when resting
from his favorite occupation Of fight
ing the Turks. Both Elena and her
younger brother, Mirko, have in
herited this taste. We hear Of her in
St. Petersburg publishing graceful
Slavic verse and melodious French
lines in the Russian review, Nadalia,
and sometimes adopting the fantastic
DseUGOnyn Blue Butterfly or Azurin.
In 1883 Elena took leave Of her
acme ana Travelled to St. Petersburg,
where she was placed in the Smolna
institute, the famous seminary for
-irls, under the special patronage Of
the empress. Her four elder sisters
have been sent there in turn, and it
may well have become familiar to her
thoughts as a family resort, full Of
happy girlish associations and sad
memories also, for there her fair
young sister, Maria, fell i'll and died.
The accounts Of EIena's schooIdays
include mention of ner excelIing skill
in water-coIor painting and pen-and-
ink drawing. Her dexterity with a
pen was so exquisite as to achieve eff
fccts suggestive of fine etching. Her
taste for out-of-door sports was re-
marked as '"Quite English" and her
triUnphs in tennis are still unforgot-
ten.
The story of the Princess Elena at
Petersburg has yet to be written, and
rumor still holds the place of history.
There is legend, not authenticated,
but often credited, that her neart was
touched by the attractions of the
young cZarovitch, now Nicholas II,
and that diplomacy had bestowed upon
her Russian education, with view
to her possible union with the heir to
the Muscovite throne. Many beholders
fancy they detect a shade of meIan-
choly on her face, and interpret it as
confirming the truth of this fleeing
romance.
She is thought to resemble the By
zantine Madonnas of ancient icons,
and, like her compatriots, has a regu-
larity and straightness of feature and
height and slenderness of figure sug-
costing Greek ancestry, notably differ
ing from the Seryian women, who are
Of low stature and heavy proportions,
with the square face and short nose
characteristic Of most modern Slavs
After the downfall of the Servian en-
pire, in 1899, the flower Of the Servian
aristocracy took refuge in the Black
mountain. Here, too, followed for
safety at various times Greek and
Roumanian refugees, and their inter
marriage with the Servian highland
ers is supposed to have produced the
present superior type Of Montenegrin.
Elena has a delicate, dreamy beauty
and finely chiseled features. As we
look upon her, whether stroIling amid
palace gardens or receiving at a court
function, or driving in state, or watch
ing performance of music or drama.
We note most frequently an expression
Of languor and seeming lack Of initia-
tive.
Nothing could afford a greater con-
trast than her presence, half-wistful,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04

but well dressed men will wear the
bat-end and butterfly ties in black and
dark blues, greens and browns, with
small patterns. Ties of the same shape
for wear with dinner dress will be Of
soft black silk, and also black with
embroidered patterns. The same shape
tie in white lawn and white ribbed ma
terial will be worn for evening dress,
the collars for these occasions being of
the perfectly straight "choker" pattern,
extremely high under the chin.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04
JERUSALEM 4 FATED CITY.
to That Place Bring Sor-
row to Royal Couples.

Once mere has the old superstition
been fulfilled according to which royal
or imperial couples who make the pill
grimage to Jerusalem are overtaken by
misfortune. The new king and queen
OF Italy visited Jerusalem together just
ten days prior to the assassination of
Humbert 1t may be remembered that
the visit Of Archduke and Archduchess
Charles Louis of Austria was followed
by the sudden death OF the former,
who, as second brother Oh Emperor
Francis Joseph, stood next in the line
OF succession to the crown. Another
imperial couple whose pilgrimage to
the holy land was followed by equally
disastrous results were the crown
prince and the crown princess of Aus
tria, for the quarrel which eliminated
in Rudolph's tragic death at Mayerling
followed Immediately on their return to
Vienna from Palestine.
Prince Frederick Of Schleswig- Hol-
stein, uncle of the present German en-
press, after marrying a New York girl,
Miss Mary Lee, took his wife on a
honeymoon trip to the holy land and
died suddenly after a few hours illness
on his way home, his widow subse-
quently becoming the wife Of Count
Waldersee, one Of the most distin-
guished commanders today of the Ger
man army. The visit Of Emperor Will
JAMS elder sister and Of her husband to
Jerusalem, attended by Baron and
Baroness Kotze, had as its. natural
consequence the anonymous letter
scandal which forced Princess Char
lOtte to transfer her home from Berlin
to Breslau, while Baron Kotze. besides
having to fight innumerable duels and
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04
EARLY EXERCISE.

Theodore Roosevelt is ) feet 9 inches
in height and weighs 165 pounds. He
exercises daily, if it be only a series
of movements without apparatus, ex-
ecuted in his bedroom before his
morning bath. He is Of full-blooded
habit-the kind Of man who grows
very stout-but through exercise he
keeps his chest measure eight inches
greater than that Of his waist, and
has no suprfuous flesh. He can chin
is times and dip II. To chin is TO
hang at arms length from a horizontal
bar and draw the body up until the
chin is above the bar. To dip is to
take position on parallel bars with
the arms rigid, lower the body until
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04
CEYLON SPIDERS.

Ceylon is the home of the largest
spider in the world This web-spin-
ming monster lives in the most noun
famous districts Of the rugged island,
and places his net, measuring from
five to ten feet in diameter, across the
rhasms and assures in rocks.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04

the arms are bent to their limit, and
then to rise slowly again until the
arms are once more straight. These
exercises are violent, and most men of
Roosevelt's age would find it hard to
40 either of them more than three
umes.-Philadelphia Record.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04

The three principal officers OF the
new state government in Arkansas
form a trio Of very famous names
When the government is inaugurated
Jefferson Davis will be governor, q
Crockett secretary Of state and a Mon
roe state auditor.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1900-10-04

Newport society's latest fad is to
run to fires.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
New Orleans Again Quiet.

New Orleans, July 29.-Mob violence
seems to have spent itself and the city is
quiet again. No fresh outbreaks are re-
ported, the burning of the 1nomy Latin
school having evidently been the crown
ing piece of mob violence. Mayor Capde-
vile says that the lawlessness, such as
that which has shocked the community
for the last few days can only be sup
pressed by force. He said today that he
had no intention of disbanding the special
police or discharging the militia until the
last vestige of mob violence had disap-
peared. Among the communications re-
ceived by fthe mayor today was an offer
'from the leading citizens of Tangipahoa
for sufficient number of able bodied mer
to annihilate the negroes of New Orleans
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03

Chicago, July 29.-On petition of the
Central Stock and Grain exchange of Chi
cago Judge Bishop issued an order tenn
porarily restraining the board of trade
from cutting off its market quotations
service or from entering into any COM
bination or contract with the telegraph
companies which will restrict the general
public from getting the quotations. The
injunction is broad enough, it is asserted,
to prevent the board from interfering in
any way with the Western Union Tele-
graph company in gathering and distribut-
ing the market reports to the present sub
scribers of the telegraph eompany's mar
ket service.
In its complaint the Central Stock and
Grain exchange says that should the mar
ket reports be cut off the petitioners bus
mess would be greatly injured.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
'SHLON HOHv1

The great strike at Rotterdam, Hol
land, is spreading and the strikers be-
coming riotous. They lately fired up
on the soldiers, wounding ten of them.
The troops will be reinforced. War
ships are protecting the shipping and
docks.
The ornamental glassworkers, we are
informed from Chicago, are planning
the formation of a national union, and
they request that all craftsmen fall in
line. Information can be had by cor
responding with H. H. Halverson, 355
West Erie street, Chicago, Ill. Labor
and friendly papers, please copy.
Over ten per cent. of the members
of the trades unions employed in the
glass trade and industry in England
are idle.
The labor forces of Holland have
been united. Twenty-four organiza-
tons met in national convention, re-
pudiated their old policy of obstaining
from political action, formed an alli-
ance under the name of "The Social
Bond" and adopted the platform and
principles of the Social Democratic
party. The "a organizations compose
the strongest unions in the country.
The result of this action will be that
labor representation will be largely in
creased in parliament and municipal
bodies.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics of
North Carolina, in it's twelfth annual
report, states that the average daily
wages paid in the tobacco factories of
that state are: For skilled male la
Dor, 1927; for skilled female labor, GA
cents; for unskilled labor, men receive
GA cents, women 81 cents, and children
26 cents. In the wooden mills skilled
labor receives, male, s1.10; female, Sc
cents; while unskilled labor is paid,
male, 62 cents; female, 20 cents. Other
industries compensate employees at pro
portionate rates.
Some of the st. Louis employers are
trying to force their employees to ride
on boycotted cars. The employees are
threatened with discharge if they re
fuse to comply with the request of their
masters. New strikes and other com
plications are probable.
The strike of the dock workers in
London has been on for several weeks
but the daily newspapers of this coun
try have not mentioned the fact. There
are nearly 10000 men out. The cause
is that the capitalists have broken theil
agreements.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
From klOndilSe.

Vancouver, b. c., July 30.-The steam
er Clutch has arrived from S<agway with
nearly $250,000 in gold dust on board.
Her most prominent passenger was E. c.
Senkle, the gold commissioner at Daw-
son, who is on his way to Ottawa to con-
suit with the government there on official
matters. He will probably advise re-
duction of the Yukon royalty, as he says
the mine owners are urging very strongly
its injustice.
On the way up the Yukon miner
named Ransom, who was leaving with a
stampede party for the upper Stewart,
was shot and killed by James King.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
TRAVELS OF THE JlGGEPs
This Industrious Little Flea Is Circum-
navigating the MorId


navigating the World.
The very small species of the flea,
commonly known as the jigger, whose
native home is tropical and subtrop-
zeal America, set out in 1872 to cir
'cumnavigate the world and has now
half completed his journey, says
writer in the New York Sun. His ar
rival in India and Madagascar is al
most simultaneously reported On Lis
conquering way he has badly fright
ened many barbarous tribes by his pro-
pensity to bore through the skin and
md lodgment under it, and many viii
lagos and sometimes whole districts
We're abandoned by the natives during
his journey across Africa.
In September, 1872, a sailing vessel
from Brazil dumped quantity of sand
ballast on the beach at Ambriz. a little
south of the Congo. This event has
historic Importance from the fact that
the jigger crossed the ocean in this
sand, and it is believed to have been
MS hrst Introduction to foreign terri
tory. His rate of advance across Africa
depended upon the means Of transpor-
tation at hand, for the jigger will not
hop when he may ride. 1t was thir-
teen years before he struck tie cara
van route to Stanley Pool, and then he
Journeyed quickly and comfortably with
the porters in the freight service 10
that starting point of the upper Congo
steamers, which carried him halfway
across Africa. Twenty years after his
arrival in Africa the jigger appeared
on the shores of Victoria Nyanza. and
six years later he was hopping along
the sands of Zanzibar Island.
The jigger was thus established in
1898 at the busy mart whence many
vessels sail for the East Indies and
Oceanica. 1t was predicted that he
would soon invade India, and sure
enough his arrival at Bombay, whittier
he had been brought by coolies return
Ing from Africa, is now reported. LII
Tour du Monde says he may be ex
pected in French Indio-China at any
time, and that he will evidently N
wade the whole of Southern Asia. ant
letters from Nossi Be, in Northwes
Madagascar, report his advent Their,
and ON the adjoining islands, where h,
Is fiourishing and multiplying in tn,
sandy soil
We may next expect to hear of THU
persevering and successful travele
among the Pacific islands, and all re
gions in or near the tropics seem des
tined to make his acquaintance.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
Stole the BRIDEGROOM.

A young man in convivial party at
a Broad street hotel told the following
story: Il had good time at a wedding
last week. 1t was the wedding of a
friend Of mine, and and some of the
boys played a good joke on him, and
he didn't get mad either. The joke was
to steal him. Yes, right after the cere-
mony we grabbed him up, banged him
into a cab, and then drove him out six
teen miles into the country, where we
locked him up in barn and kept him
there three days. The bride waited for
him in royal suite of rooms in an AS
bury Park hotel. We had persuaded
her to travel down alone, promising her
the groom would arrive at any minute.
Every evening, after our days work
was done, we trotted out into the coun-
try to see the groom, with baskets of
food and liquid. Pretty good-natured
about it the duffer was, too, tell you,
though, those three days were different
slightly from what he and the girl had
been counting n."-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
HOW EXPRESSES DROP MEN.
Custom that Is a Drain on the Rail.
road Crew.


''While coming from Chicago last
week" said prominent business man
of this city, Il noticed a peculiar rail-
road custom which interested me con-
siderably. l happened to be in the last
car of the limited when the train stop
ped in desOlate spot between stations.
The rear brakeman, of course. dropped
off and went down the track with q flag
to warn any train that might be fol-
lowing us. In a moment or two we
started up again, but minus the brake
man. l wondered at this, but was still
more surprised later on to see the same
thing repeated when we were obliged
to stop 'on account of a threatened hot
box. Upon inquiry | found that this
was the custom on fast trains. Some
times, If we have lots of time said the
conductor, we whistle for the men to
come in, but in most cases we leave
them to be picked up by the next train.
or to walk to the nearest station
But isn't that rather hard on the
menT l asked. oh, it's part of the
business, he replied. L have known
of cases where men dropped off in this
way were frozen to death or wayIaid
by tramps, but the railroads have to
make the time, and that's why it's
done. | have seen trains running with
only conductor aboard Them at times,
because the rest of the crew had been
left behind in just this way" New
York Mail and Express.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03

Havana, July 29.-Estes G. Rathbone,
recently director general of posts in Cuba,
was arrested here on four charges. These
allege the unlawful drawing of two orders
for $500 each, paying his private coach
man and gardener from the postal funds,
and drawing per diem allowance when not
entitled to do so. MIR. Rathbone was held
in bonds of $4,000. He remained in the
court room all day awaiting the decision
of the Judge in the matter of acceptance
of Francisco GAMBIA, one of the richest
Spanish merchants of Havana, as bonds
man for $4,000. Rathbone was obliged
to go to the guard house because the Judge
ruled that Gambia could not go on the bond
without the consent OF MS business part
ner
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
churchiII-west Wedding.

London, July 29.-Lady Randolph
Churcnin (nee Jeromel was Saturday
married to Lieutenant George Corvallis
W est at ST. Paul's church, Knight Bridge
The church was thronged with handsomely
dressed women. There was no restriction
upon the number admitted to the church
to witness the ceremony except the ca
pacity of the church, but only relatives
and intimate friends were hidden to the
subsequent wedding breakfast, and no re-
ceptIon was held.
The usually quiet neighborhood of W il
ton Place, where st. PauPs church is To-
Gated, was Saturday morning early astir.
Before o'clock crowds had collected out
side the church gates. BY lO;l5 the
crowds had swelled to enormous proper
tions. The late opening of the church
doors caused great inconvenience to early
guests, who were pushed here and there
and almost swept from their feet when
the gates were actually opened, and a rush
was made for the doors by the crowds
fighting and pushing to enter the church
1t was only with the aid Of policemen
that they were controlled.
The church was not overcrowded. II
was sparsely adorned with palms anc
white blossoms. The two front pew:
which had been reserved for the family
of the bride were quite unoccupied, while
/ the CORVALLIS West family was not rep
/ resented.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
BEES NEVER CARE TO WANDER.
Don't Like to Go More Than Five Miles
After knw Material.

After Raw Material.
The range of the honey bee is but lit
tie understood by the masses, many
supposing that bees go for miles IN
quest Of nectar, while others think that
they go only a short distance. 1t may
be curious to many to understand how
any one can tell how far the bee may
fly, but this is simple when understood.
Years ago, when the Italian bees were
first introduced in the United States,
these bees, having marks different from
those of common bees, were easily dis
tinguished, and after any bee-keeper
had obtained the Italian bees they could
be observed and their range easily no
ticed. If bloom is plentiful near where
bees are located they will not go very
far, perhaps a mile in range, but If
bloom is scarce they may go five miles.
Usually about three miles is as far as
they may go proftably.
Bees have been known to go as far as
eight miles In straight line, crossing
a body of water that distance to land.
1t is wonderful how the little honey bee
can go so far from its home and ever
find its way back to it's own particular
hive. If, while the little bee is out Of
removed some ten or twenty feet, &C
ccrding to the surroundings, when 1t
came back to where its home was first
located it would be hopelessly lost. If
it's home was in an open space, with no
other objects close, it might find it's way
home, but, even should the hive be
moved only a few feet many Of the
bees would get lost.
So, to move a hive, If done In winter
time, it would be all right, but If in the
dark, or when the bees are not flying
and even then the bees should be stir
red up some and smoke blown In at the
hive entrance and a board or some OBJ
ject placed in front of the hive so thai
the bees in coming out may mark theil
new location. Bees no doubt, are guild
ed by sight, and also by sense of smell
They are attracted by the color O.
bloom, as, If they are at work on Ger
tain kind of bloom, they are not likel.
to leave that particular kind of bloom
for any other as long as they can fin'
that kind. Again, bees are often at
tracted to sweets by their sense o
smell, for they will go after sweets
even If in the dark If close. However
any kind of sweets may be placed Il
glass in plain sight. but if covered, s
as not to emit any smell the bees vii
take no notice of them.-Baltimor
American.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
HOw,s This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
f. j. CHENEY e. CO., Props,
Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and be-
lieve him perfectly honorable in all bust
ness transactions and financially able to
carry out any obligation made by their
firm. WEST & TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. Price Toe per
bottle. Sold by all druggists. Testimon-
ials free.
Halls family Pills are the best.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03

81 think it is my duty TO write a
letter to you in regard to what Lydia
f. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound did
for me. L wrote you some time ago,
describing my symptoms and asking
your advice, which you very kindly
gave. am now healthy and cannot
begin to praise your remedy enough.
1 would say to all suffering women,
Take Mrs. Pinkham's advice, for a wo-
man best understands a woman's suf-
ferings, and Mrs. Pinkham, from her
vast experience in treating female ills,
can give you advice that you can get
from no other source. '"-CLARA KoPP.
Rockport, Ind, April 10, 1899.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1900-08-03
The Cradle OF Cyclones.

Imagine yourself on a trim ocean
steamer, gently throbbing along over
summer sea of indigo blue, ruttied here
are screened by taut-spread awnings
from a tropical sun in clear sky, and
cooled by a constant breeze, which
blows so gently that you feel as if 1t
might continue unchanged forever. To
ward the South long stretch of hori-
zon is hidden by big island, rising in
tropical green, verdure- covered terraces
of piled-up, hazy mountain peaks. More
fascinating than the island itself are
the clouds piled above it, masses upon
masses of them, rolling and tumbling
and contending among themselves.
Great, dazzling white piles swell high
er and higher above the peaks, growing
first irridescent with beautiful opal
tints, then an omnibus copper color,
and finally seeming to burst asunder
and send up fine white streams far into
the blue of heaven, like volcanic vapor.
Along the mountain sides white feeces
drift like wisps of wool blown against
\ wayside hedge, while through the val
leys dark gray streamers trail like
damp and newly combed hair.
Night comes on, and lurid lightning
rushes through these clouds, throwing
the moon-lit sea into pale significance,
while from many other places on the
horizon arise fitful flares and flashes
out of small mounds of clouds hanging
over other unseen islands. These
lightnings all seem voiceless, and still
your ship speeds on through stormless
waters.
The big island is Cuba, and not far
away are the Bahamas. You are in
what may be called the cradle of cy-
clones. Here nature is calling into ex-
istence those dreadful storms which
rush away northward over sea and land
upon their ruthless and terrible course
of destruction.-Lt. j. NJ. Ellicott, u. S.
N. In ST. Nicholas.