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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
GREAT DAM MADE OF SODA
One of the Most Wonderful Natural
Freaks in "a Montana Canyon.


Probably few people ever heard of
soda dam. but such a freak of nature
really exists in an unfrequented part of
the great West A. o. Wright of the
Indian service, who travels extensively
through that section of the country
west of the Missouri River. in speaking
of strange things he has encountered in
his tours alluded to this soda dam.
Asked what he meant by u soda dam, he
said:
In Box canyon, just above the hot
springs of the Jemez River. Arizona,
is dam extending from one wall of
the gorge TO the other. This dam is
nothing more or less than n massive
wall of pure soda, rising to a height
of 100 feet, and probably 600 feet from
end to end Natures forces, of course,
started their work of construction away
back in the dim and distant past, when
deposits of soda contained in the water
thrown off by the springs were made at
the base of what has since developed
into one of the natural wonders of the
West. Those deposits must have been
made with remarkable rapidity.
Just ten years ago the Jemez River
rose to an unprecented height, and I'M
der the abnormal pressure of the tor
rent a lower section of the dam gave
way. leaving IA breach in the wall of
soda about twenty feet high. When
the water subsidized the lake formed by
the dam was of course destroyed, leav-
Ing the upper eighty feet of the dam
high and dry.
II passed through that section of Ari-
iona this last summer and purposely
visited the soda dam. | was most as
tOnished to see that the twenty-foot
breach had been nearly filled in. The
soda from the springs had made fresh
deposits and gradually patched up the
hole made in 1890. At the present rate
the breach will be entirely closed in
another year and the lake will resume
its former proportions.
Previous to the break in the dam
the lake above was fully 600 feet wide
and extended up the canyon for at least
three-quarters of mile. Scientists who
have examined the dam are of the opin-
ion that it will never attain a height
much above 100 feet, for the deposits
in the water seem to sink in that great
depth before the brink is reached. AS
they fall however, they will tend to
strengthen the base of the dam and will
gradually decrease the depth of the
lake at its lower end" Washington
Star.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Dr. Parkhurst is not wholly accurate
when he asserts that newspapers in
this country are run purely as a bust
ness enterprise to make money. 1t Is
true that there are many instances
where newspaper owners fondly en-
deavor to make their newspaper prop
critics pay, but, without invidious dis
tinctions, we call to mind several of
our most esteemed contemporaries who
proudly rise above such mercenary con
sldcrations. And there was the late
Marcus DAILY, who never thought of
money while publishing the news. And
Senator Clark who supported journal
ism with lavish hand. And Senator
Pettigrew, who never counted the cost
of his jOul nalistic enterprises. And
we presume that mt one time or anOth-
err twO-thirds of the members of the
Senate and the House nave cheerfully
engaged in journalism without
thought of the burden of expense.
knowing all this. we feel that we may
safely rebuke Mr.. Parkhurst for his ill
considered words and for his unjust
fling at our noble profession. We have
already in New York and Chicago sew
eral newspapers which we might call
endowed newspapers" but we suspect
that even DR.. Parkhurst himself would
not point to them as models of journal
istic excellence. Ii appears to have
been proved that "endowing' news
paper does not necessarily assure its
power for good or lessen its power for
| evil
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
G!y|E!ssER. s1s55ssJIE5

The crust of earth under Japan must
be comparatively thin, judging by the
number of earthquake shocks in that
country. They average over five hun
dred year.
Philadelphia was the largest of Amer
lean cities at the time the first census
was taken, 10 years ago, and New
York was second, Boston was then
third, Charleston fourth and Baltimore
fifth.
The typhoOn of the Orient is an own
sister of the West India cyclone. 1t is
generally in low attitudes. late in the
summer or early in the autumn, at the
western edge of The Pacific, not far
from the Philippines. 1t begins its
career by moving westward, but in
time returns to the coast of China and
Japan.
The Charter Oak is in Hartford.
Conn.,, and concealed the charter of the
colony for several years from 1857.
Washington took command of the army
under an elm tree in Cambridge. The
treaty elm, under which William Penn
signed the famous treaty with the In
dams in 1862, was upon the banks Of
the Delaware. 1t died in 1929.
The largest hothouses in the country
devoted exclusively to the cultivation
of orchids are in New Jersey. Four
hundred varieties may be found there
from Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil.
Ecuador, Bolivia, Costa Rica. Guate-
mala, Honduras and Mexico, the prin-
cpal supply sources; also from other
tropical and sub-trOpical countries, in
GLIDING one from the Philippines.
which has taken kindly to American
soil.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
Remains of Ancient Man.

In some grottoes in Algeria French
explorers recently discovered stone i'm
plements mingled with the remains OF
extinct animals belonging to quarter
nary times. Further explorations in
dcate that during the age when the
grottoes We're inhabited the coast of
Algeria had a confguration different
from that of to-day. Among the ami
mails associated with the ancient hui
man inhabitants of Algeria were the
rhinocerOs, the hippopotamus and vari-
Gus species of ruminants.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Prof. L. b. r. Briggs. of Philadelphia,
makes the broad statement that modern
education fails to educate, and that the
results now obtained are not as good as
those achieved by pupils when the lat
ter were forced to commit to memory
Latin grammarbefOre attempting trans
latiOn. Prof Briggs fails to take certain
conditions into account. Formerly there
were fewer pupils in the public schools
and fewer studies. The personality of
the teacher counted for more. The
teacher of a former day was not turned
out on n model found in normal schools.
He had individuality. The pupils had
more time for thinking. The conditions
are vastly different nowadays. The
schools are crowded and the scholars
are educated in punches along certain
arbitrary lines. The teacher has no
opportunity to take into account the
differences in his pupils as to mind and
temperament. There are too many
studies. The school is place given up
largely to recitation, while the home is
used for study of the lessons. Yet
despite all this, there has been progress
The great weakness of modern educa-
ton. as it seems to us, is its fatal uni
formity. In the colleges this has been
cured by the adoption of selected
studies and courses, but in the grades
and i'm the high schools the weakness
remains. Some pupils are to go through
high school and others through the uni
versities. Others still are withdrawn af-
ter passing through the grades. Kansas
City has provided for those who are to
take high-schOOl courses by having two
high schOOlS-one of the classical
course for those who are to 20 to col
lege; another, called the Manual Train
ing High School. which provides sci
entific course. as preparatory to prac-
teal life or to a course in pOlytechnics.
And this latter distinction also runs
through the older classes in the grades.
Modern educational methods are far
from perfect, but it is easy to show
that the school of to-day is far in adj
vance of the old system of learning by
heart.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

sponded, And so will your sisters and
your cousins and your aunts." The
audience was convulsed, Miss Cayvan
was bewildered, and when she learned
of the peculiar combination of her line
with Barnabee's, her prudish sense Of
propriety was so shocked that she was
ashamed to reappear upon the stage.
Miss Cayvan did not stick to light OPP
era. Her talent and aspirations de
manded something on higher plane,
and she took leading parts in dramas
and comedies of the better class. rising
step by step until she became leading
lady in Daniel FrOhman's Lyceum
Company. She was with him for years,
playing in London as well as in this
country. Last season she headed a
company of her own, backed by New
England millionaire, but it was a finan-
cial failure.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
NEW GABLE TO PHILIPPINES,
Uncle Sam Will Soon Have Connec-
ton with the Islands.

The United States will soon have ca
BILE communication with the Philippine
Islands and the people hereabouts may
learn with greater facility than is now
possible details of Aguinaldos efforts
TO win the sprinting championship OF
the world. For some time the difficulty
of communication between the islands
has seriously hampered American oper-
atoms in the Philippines and has been
the subject of complaints to the govern
ment from Gen. Otis. Gen. Macarthur
and other officers. 1t was obvious that
some method of quick communication
must be put into operation, as the dis
patches carried by the warships were
in many cases too slow of delivery to
be practicable. AS soon as this impor-
tant undertaking of laying a cable had
been decided upon the War Department
set about finding a suitable vessel in the
transport service. The transport Burn
side was chosen on account of her large
capacity and her shallow draught in
proportion to her size. She is the first
cableship ever owned by the United
States.
The Burnside was formerly owned by
Spain and named the Rita. She was
captured during the war by the Yale
while trying to run the blockade off
Porto Rico with a cargo of arms and
ammunition, lowed to Charleston, s.
c., and there taken charge of by Capt.
Latin, her present commander, re-
named and put into commission. first
as a transport carrying mules and gen
eral government stores to Cuba and
afterward as a troopship Taken to
the Morse iron works in Brooklyn, the
Burnside was there reconstructed and
transformed into a cable steamer. The
cabins and saloon were refurnished
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

ample and face burglars boldly instead
of screaming for the men folks. Is 1t
not a fact that most men are afraid OF
women? Is there not good basis for
the famous Caudle lecture stories, for
the adventure stories in which Mr..
Pickwick came off second best in con-
tests with the fair sex, and for tue gem
eral belief that about twO-thirds of the
husbands of the world are "henpeck-
edY' Many IA bold burglar would night
man who should try TO thwart ana
arrest him. But there is an inherent
dislike on the part of nearly all men TO
try conclusions with woman. Even
brutal men might be deferred by the
thought that if the woman got hurt In
the scrimmage. the punishment would
be twice as heavy. If it should become
the custom for the able-bodied women
of a house to tackle all burglars II
might so dishearten the knights of the
jimmy as to cause a great decrease IN
the number of burglaries.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
Lite Known Tobaccos.

Among the little known tobaccOs OF
the world are those Of Manchura an
Mount Lebanon. Manchuria tobacco j.
said to be highly priced roughou
China, while tile local consumption is
enormous. Travellers say that The in
habitants of Marchuria both men ana
women, begin to smoke from tie age Of
S or 9, and continue the practice to the
end of their lives.
The tobacco of Mount Lebanon is
that which finds most favor among de-
vOut Arabs. Travellers in that part of
the world describe 1t as being exceed
ingly mild and fragrant. The dealers
who follow the hail to Mecca and Me.
dina always supply themselves abund-
antly with Lebanon tobacco before
starting out, and no booty is so well
come to the Bedouin robbers of the
desert as a cargo Of this weed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
GEORGIA CAYVAN.
The Talented Actress Whose Nerves
Are SHATTERED.

Georgia Cayvan, who is suffering
from nervous prostration and undergo
ing treatment at sanitarium in Flush
ing. l.. l., is one of those chaste and
high-minded women who have done so
much toward raising the moral stand
ing of the American stage. Her
strength of character. rs well as her
talent. served to make her popular, and
regret because of her present unfOrtu-
nate condition is widespread. In addi-
ton to her extreme nervousness, she is
almost blind. Her condition is belev-
ed to be the result OF overexertion and
worry because of the failure of some
of her recent plays.
Miss Cayvan is native of Maine
and is about 40 years of age Her first
work ON the stage was in the part of
Hebe in PinafOre. This was in Boston
I'm 1879 when she played with Barna-
bee, the droll comedian of the BoStOni-
ans. There is Il story to the effect that
her extreme modesty prompted Barna-
bee to play joke on her. In one of
the songs Barnabee sang the first few
lines, telling of the wonderful things
that he would do. and then Hebe would
trip lightly to the front of the stage and
trill, land so will your sisters and your
cousins and your aunts." One evening
Barnabee left out couple of the orig
inal lines and sang, We'll foreswear
knee breeches and we'll wear long
pants to which Miss Cayvan, without
noticing what Barnabee had sung, re-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Just why so many good men and wo-
men who have been the means of load
ing the modern curriculum with so
many useless things never thought of
or UNDERSTOOD to inject the lost art of
politeness into modern school life is
strange and hard to understand. Thirty
years ago children were taught to be
polite in school and out of it. and when
one notes IL gray-haired man arising
in a street car to give his seat to n
woman, while "a great hulking boy re-
mains seated, he recalls the early teach
ings of long ago and is thankful for
them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
Euphonistlc i'm the Extreme.

The rapid extension of polite terms
appears to threaten an era of Chester
fieldian courtesy. A negro boy whose
duty it is 20 look after the family wash
when taken to task for delay Of sew
eral days replied:
'The wash-lady says that the wash
gentleman was sick and she had to
wait on him"
The presumption is that the husband
OF the lsundress has been i'll.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

When a man gets the spending of
vast sums of money and has no object
in life except to spend, he is likely to
drift into what may be called bric-a-
brac existence. What this means is
shown by the doings of Count Boni de
Castellane, who has dropped nearly 81
900, 900, largely in bric-a-brac. At one
shop in Paris he spent more than $780,
900 for bric-a-brac; at another he pur-
chased knick-knacks costing $685. 600.
a great deal of this crockery and toys
he sold soon after buying it. at a sac
rifice, glad to get rid of it, apparently.
after having had "A good look at it. The
bric-a-brac fad has its uses. 1t helps
TO scatter large fortunes that have fall
en- into unworthy hands.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

The recent automobile show in New
York contained two exhibits, each of
which gained in interest by the pres
ence of the other. one was practical
automobile made in this country forty
years ago. still serviceable ana in use
as a pleasure vehicle 1t was built by
Richard DudgeOn of Locust Valley,
Long Island. and is really IA steam To-
comotivc for use on ordinary roads. 1t
weighs two and three-quarters tons. yet
il develops eight horsepower and has
frequently attained speed of forty
miles an nour. Beside this classic au-
tOmOhile was shown the electric by
drant" or "electrant." designed to stand
on street corner or 10y country roads.
from which the owner of modern cleo
trio vehicle can draw certain amount
of electric Juice" by dropping a quar-
ter i'm the slot.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

A story from Plttsburg concerning a
poultry grower who has succeeded in
raising breed of chickens with as
bestos feathers and fireproof eggs tends
10 discredit the statement that Joe
Mulhattou has retired from the field.
Possibly however. the Pittsburg story
may be one of Mr.. Mulhatton's efforts
which have been delayed in publica-
ton
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
How Japanese Conduct Auctions

Japanese auctions are conducted on
plan which gives rise to none of the
noise and confusion which attend such
sales in the United States. Each bid
der writes his name and bid upon a
slip of paper, which he places in a box.
When the bidding is over the box is
opened by the auctioneer, and the
goods declared the property of the high
est bidder.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
STATUE TO M. sADI cARNoT.

Magnificent Memorial to the Muir
dered rre sident of France.
President LOubet offlciated the other
day at the unwilling of the monument
to Sadi Carnot erected by the munich
pality of Lyons, the former home of the
murdered President. The statue is Of
gigantic proportions. A statue of MT.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Garnet stands against an obelisk, sur
mounted 10y a winged figure symbol
cal of France. At the base are figures
of two youths bearing the escutcheOns
of CrOnstadt and Toulon. while a fem
mime figure representing Lyons lays a
funeral wreath at Carnot's feet The
memorial is the work of NM. Naudin
and Grauquie.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Against the superior attainment of a
rival there is no armor like generous
praise The Duke of the Abruzzi reach
ed a point farther north than did Nan
sen. But Nansen achieved a notable
triumph in leading the Norwegian
cheers which greeted his Italian com
petitor In the search for the pole.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

The Princess OF Wales Is Sc years ord,
but of course she has so much social
prestige that she does not look it.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18
subsidencc of the bermuda Islands.

According to the results of studies by
Prof. A. e. VerriQ the beautiful Ber-
muda Islands are merely the remnant
of an island, very much larger than the
present group, but which has sunk in
the ocean. The original island had an
area of'300 or 400 square miles, whereas
the Bermudas to-day are only about 20
square miles in area. Within a COM
paratively recent period. says Prof. Yer
rill, the Bermudas have subsidized at
least so or 100 feet. Their base is the
summit of an ancient volcano, while
their surface is composed of she'll sand
drifted into hills by the wind and con-
solidated by infiltraton.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

A st. Louis woman, Mrs. Frederick
Hebner, has shown how b-Irglars may
be prevented from making a success of
their calling. Theif method is easy.
let women follow Mrs. Hebner's ex-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Although Paris sets the fashions for
women. London eXerts important infu-
ence upon wOmenS habits. A society
has been organized at London whose
members take novel pledge. 1t is. Il
promise not to serve as crossing sweep
er without salary" The object is to
mitigate the evils of long skirts in the
thOroughfares. The pledge is being
taken with more or less reluctance, but
as soon as it becomes conventional to
belong to the association the doom of
the unpaid crossing sweeper will be
sealed. CrOssing-sweeping is a regu-
larly paid vocation III European cities.
Gentilny has been slow in reaching
the conclusion that the people who
earn a pittance in this should be per
mitted to earn it. American women,
first in intelligence in the world. long
ago quit the business of carrying or
dure into their homes. The universal
presumption in this country is now
among fashionable women that wOm-
an who appears in the streets long of
skirt is short of gowns.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

In that aristOcratlc collection Of dogs
che growler may be in evidence, but no
tale is likely to ever connect them with
yin cans.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Partisan omnibuses are to be pro
peeled by compressed air. That's moth
ing though. The world has already
known of many an enterprise run prin-
cipally ON wind.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Russell Sage is said to have been
cheated out of $50 the other day by a
plumber. This reads like a pipe story.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Emperor William is keeping the
hatchet recently hurled at him by
crazy woman, but so far as we know
me has no cherry tree in his garden.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Probably it is because the earth IL
round that so few people act on ths
square.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

Time is but a narrow rufis on the
edge of eternity.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-01-18

A mans accusations OF himself are al.
ways believed; his praises, never.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1901-11-22
NEARBY MASSACHUSETTS.

Plans are Undertaking for the con
solidation of the insurance hpanleS
of New England, particularly OF Mas
sorhusetts The matter will be cpnsiu-
cred at a meeting of the policy mold
nrs Of the Atlantic Mutual company
November % at Greenfield. The Bos-
ION Mutual Life Insurance company
of Boston is also interested. h b. 20
mppy belonging to Il. {. HoWes
If Whateley got shut up in furnace
recently, and remained for an hour be
fore being found. The fire fortunately
was low, and the dog showed ms
rluck and brightness by standing
close to the damper and getting ar
otherwise he would soon have been
suifocated.
Edwin W. jackson, u prominent
South Deertield farmer. died Suhua!
after a long illness. He was born IN
Peru, Vt, in lS40 and has llNed III
South Deertield since lSOl, ana on
the farm where he died, for 40 years
He leaves Il wife, who was Mary L.
Ridley of Montague, and whom ne
married in 1869, and a daughter ana
two sons. The funeral was held at ms
late home Wednesday.
Alonzs French, about %, of Mlllers
Falls. committed suicide IN Il hcld
near that village Monday morning by
/ shootinp himself in the temple. lie
was found by his sister lying dead be
tween his home and the village, lie
! had not been we'll for two months or
more. and had been obliged TO give
up work in the shop of the MlllerS
Falls company. where he had been EN-
ployed for nearly 10 years,
Bert Baker accused Of larceny OF
chickens. bedding and other articles
in Wendell some time ago, was re-
leased on his own recogniZancc OF SlOo
Mt Greenfield Tuesday. He escaped
from an officer after being arrested,
and was finally captured in Vermont
and taken to Greenfield. The wit
nesses against him have become scat
tered. and could not be brought To-
oethrr without considerable trouble.
The will of Agnes G.. Thurston OF
Shelburne Falls has been tiled Tor pro-
bate Thurstun Russell of West New
ton receives Sl,UOO. to he hcld ID
trust bv the Boston trust company TN
he becomes of age. Her mother, MIS-
Elizabeth IT, Thurstun of Newton re-
ceiyes 81 600 The trustees OF ARM
library of Shelbunc Falls gets sou
to be invested in books of art anc
practical sciences. Ida Miller of SheI'
hurnc Falls, Margaret i. Hlnkley ant
her mother receive small ltgacleS'
Two shares of the Chicago. Burllng
ton and Quincy railroad are to be sole
to dcfray her funeral expenses.
II is believed that Charles II. Greer