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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06
One on inc Moon.

The vagaries of the moon have been
so often described in verse and love
story that it seems a shame to make
that poor, Overworked bright regent
of the heavens stand for an ordinary
prosaic tale. But the Detroiter who
went hunting in the north woods
thought it pretty fair joke, even
though it was at the expense of the
lOng-sutfering moon.
The party was in the hands of one OF
those rare old guides who make a liv-
ing finding and losing people and steer
ing hunters out of the way of game.
They had got mixed up in the tall TIM
Der one night and were vainiy trying
to find their way out to the clearing.
The guide was as much at sea as any
body.
where is the moon?' said one of the
party. Where does it rise in this To-
calityY"
well, We can't tell anythin' bout it,"
drayled the guide; "half the time it
doesn't come up at all."-Detroit Free
Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

the Tonkawas, who lived about San
Antonio, just back from the coast. To
all the other tribes. even to the present
day, they are known simply as 'the
man-eaters." They were strong. alb
letic men, brave fighters, good hunters.
and inyeterate rOvers. Unlike other
tribes Of that region. they planted moth
ing. having tradition that their first
ancestor was a wolf and that they
must always be like him. shifting about
from place to place, and getting their
living by hunting. They had a panto-
mime dance in which the performers,
disguised as wolves, scratched man
viously been concealed in the loose
earth, gave him a bow and arrows, and
then recited to him the tradition. end
ing with the injunction to be a wolf al
ways. Other Indians would make no
terms with them, and the Tonkawas
were an outlawed tribe among all their
red brethren, with every mans hand
against them. They retaliated by act
ing as scouts and guides to the whites
in their expeditions against the hostile
tribes.
When the Texan missions We're es-
tablished, in the early part of the eigh-
teenth century, and the good Francis
cans began the heavy task of trans
forming wandering savages into indus
trious Christian subjects of the king,
we find some bands of Tonkawas
among the score of tribes gathered into
San Antonio, San Jose and the old his
toric Alamo. 1t is probable that only a
few were thus brought under restraint.
for the love of the old free life was
strong in their hearts, and long before
the missions were abolished, In 1912,
we find the Tonkawas again rowing
over half of Texas.-Harpers Maya
zine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06
Grandma DOrkinS' Chr Stmas
ny NARY NJ. WILLARD.


81 s Tom comm home this Christmas,
Mis- Dorkins?" Homer Fox asked, as
q he delivered the pint of milk he
brought daily TO the little house at the
upper end OF Scarborough.
Old Mrs. Dorkins wiped her hands on
her checked Bingham apron, and got the
blue pitcher from the shelf upon which
st was setting.
He amt quite sure" she answered;
''he wants to come, he says, but seems
Ike something always happens at the
very last minute to keep him."
II see you're fixin' for him, anyhow
What's them-mince pies?"
"Oh, yes, l fix for him every year
wouldn't like him TO come an not find ev-
erything ready. l don't give him up till
have to. Them's mince pies, an these
are drled-apple pies. Come here" She
opened the pantry door and heckoned him
in. II don't spose you know what these
are" she said, with a smile half depre-
eating, half sad, lifting a cloth from the
bread board.
He peeped over her shoulder. Gee
whutsw he cried, explosively. You don t
mean to say I've got to have one O.
them, Gran'ma Dorkins. sure's my name s
Homer Fox! Horse ginger-cakes, by
crackyl The very kind you used to make
when me an Tom an Susy went to school
20 Aunt iddy Jackson
Grandma Dorkins laughed and wrapped
him up three of the big brown cakes cut
into some semblance of horse with her
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

pie knife. There's one sO- rou, one for
Susy, an one for III JeS. Eell Susy
sent 'em to remind her Of Srv lines. You
an she were sweetheartS even when you
used to scuffle with Tom for a piece of
his ginger-cake."
''Tom's dom middlin' we'll amt he,
Grammar Homer asked. making a start
TO go, but holding on to the back door
as he waited for her reply.
Toms dom splendid" the old woman
said, proudly. He's way up in the rail
road business now"
Its near on ten years since he was
home. amt itf'
Mine years this Christmas" she cor
rected him. Hes been intendin' to come
for so long; but he's awfully busy, Tom
is. With so much responsibility he cant
hardly ever leave"
Took his wife to Europe last year.
didn't hep
Yes. They was gone three months.
He wrote to me after they got back. an
said he thought for sure he was goin' to
get up that year. but now he couldn't |
was real disappointed. for I'd been most
certain I'd have him here Isst Christ
mas"
IT'S likely he'll come this .eason." Ho-
mer remarked, by way OF comfort.
Don't you know, I'm sort O. positive
he WILL" Grandma said, Frightening
ave been disappointed often enough be-
fore, but this time its different-him not
bein' home for so 'ong-an' | wrote him
hadn't been well lately. My rheumatic
bothers me dreadful this winter. Putin
il altogetheZ. Homer. I'm bound Toms
comm tbs time"
Homer hitched at his faded overalls,
shut tie door and then opened 1t a crack.
BE couldn't ind word to say.
Old Mrs. Dorkins laughed softly as she
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

The children had ali gone to bed. the house
seemed awful stlll
] peeked in. there was Mandy with the
stOckins out to I'LL;
While. side her lay a starin' doll, d drum
and toy windmill
With a tin sword
Up aRln the wall
A-loOkiD' at to kill
wuzn't sure how mother'd take the idee
for yer
She's sot gin spendin money. that is when
spent by me.
So / opened wide the porch uoor, as wide as
It could be
And hollered loud
From out our yard
I've brought yer hum tree"
] took 1t in and sot It down; how Mandy she
did cry,
She said 1t made her think Of things that
wuz in days gone by.
While 1.-The place was pops woods and
a boy ag'in.
A-standin' side
The old Ar trees
Away down east In Maine.
J spoke bout the Christmas Day when near
Jest such a tree,
told her that luved her and asked II she
luved me.
The night broke into mornin'; clean forgot
was toy and game,
We sot talkln'
BY the tree that came from Maine.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

N 4 ~ o. ANO
Ssz9gflventiOn

illustrating the delicacy of scientific
Instruments it is interesting to note
that the navy department has bought a
large tract Of land surrounding the
naval observatory at Washington in or
der to protect from jar the delicate ma
chinery which records the time of the
country
A celebrated English physician as
serts that the increased height and
weight of English and Americans in the
last half century are chiefly due to the
Increased consumption of sugar He
cites in confirmation of this opinion,
the fine health of the date-eating Arab
and the experimenting negroes.
Professor Thurston, of Cornell Uni
versity, says that the twentieth century
opens with the gas engine for the first
time in its century of evolution serious
y competing with the steam engiD" in,
important commercial work on lsrge
scale Summing up the results of re-
cent tests, 1t appears that 'tiie best
work of the large gas engine gives a
thermal efficiency substantially the
same as that Of the very best steam en-
CINE, while ii employs a fuel which is
considerably cheaper"
In order to compensate the effects of
temperature. which tend to alter the
rate of chronometer, the balance Is
made of two kinds of metal When steel
and sheet brass are combined for tbs
purpose, the compensation is complete
only for two fixed temperatures, such,
for instance, as 0 deg. and 60 deg. Be
tween these temperatures there is an
uncorrected error. called the secondary
error of the chronometer. The correc-
tion of the secondary error has always
been a subject of great interest to
watchmakers. BY combining various
metals, the error has been nearly elm
mated in the best instruments. and re-
Gently Charles Edward Guillaume pre-
sented to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences a note explaining a new method
of entirely correcting the secondary err
ror by the use of balances composed of
nickel-steel alloy devised by him
self
One of the reasons formerly urged
agains the existence of living creatures
In the abysses of the ocean was the
supposed absence of oxygen there. 1t
was deemed impossible that any con-
siderable quantity of oxygen could ex-
list at great depths. But recent dis
/ coveries have shown that there is no
lack of oxygen even at the greatest
fepths. The explanation is that the
told water of the polar regions. charged
with oxygen from the atmosphere,
creeps along the bottom toward the
equator, from both poles, and thus car
ries a supply of oxygen over the whole
vast floor of the oceans. The surface
water moves toward the poles, and so
a great system of circulation exists.
"Were it not for this world circula-
ton says Prof. c. c. Nutting, lit Is
altogether probable that the ocean
would in time become too foul to sus-
tain animal life at least in its higher
manifestations, and the sea. the mother
of life, would itself be dead"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

Bulld on Resolve, and nel ip0n Regret,
The structure OF thy futIre. Do not grope
Among the shadows of old sins, but let
Into thy soul thu cheerful light of hope
And dlsslpate the darkness. Waste no tears
UpOn the botted records OF lost years,
But turn the leaf; OH turn the leaf and see
The fair white pages that remain to thee.
Pirate not Of thy repentance. but believe
The ife divine dwels In thee. Let II
grow,
That which the upreaching spirit can
achieve
The grand and Alternative forces know.
They will assist and strengthen. as the light
Lifts up the acorn to the oak trees height
Thou hast but to resolve, and 10! Gods
whole
Great Immense shall fortlfy thy soul
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06
SMALLEST ESTATE ON RECORD.
Measures but Few Inches In Busiest
Section of Bronx Borough.


1t has remained for New York, the
city of great estates, to produce what
would seem beyond all question to be
the smallest single piece of real estate
on record. TO call it parcel of land APP
pears absurd, since this tiny bit of land
on the southeast corner of 10th street
and Third avenue has the triangular
dimensions of only II, IA and 10 inches
not feet, but inches.
A great hubbub it has given rise to,
too The borough of the Bronx fairly
pulsates with interest over the ques-
ton, What will become of it," Com
pared with this the Chinese question
becomes but a thread in the cloth Of
discussion with which the dwellers in
the Bronx are concerned. And the
Bronx may well talk about this matter
This triangular-shaped property
12x14x16-is known as the Uhl estate.
Not jestingly, not with sarcasm is the
name to be used. AS such it must APP
pear In all seriousness to the unknow-
ing ones who might scott at this tiny
bit of land. When, however, it Is re-
membered that this location Is directly
at the corner of busy thoroughfare.
in one of the liveliest parts of the bor-
ough of the Bronx, this portion of land
is not to be sneezed at
Some weeks ago the executor of the
Uhl estate placed its valuation at
$1,000. There were no takers at that
figure, but offers in the hundreds have
not been lacking. One of the biggest de-
partment stores in Manhattan wants to
buy it-for advertising purposes. A
prominent advertising firm has made
an offer to lease the ground for a term
Of years. But no figure has yet been
accepted. Negotiations are pending.
however, which promise an early con.
summation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06
CHRISTMAS TREE FROM MAINE.

HE wind II v, Z
a h o W lin wild
around the kitchen
door,
And the snow II wuz
a-lyin'. heaped high
two foot OF more.
When l rode up
through our yard
{ h G mig h ( fore
Christmas Day
With a FIR tree
Come that week
from Maine
A-tied on to my
sleigh.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06
Something New in Heraldrv.

A New Yorker with aristocratic pre-
tensions wanted set of harness
marked with his crest and accordingly
sent the die thereof to the artist in
leather. In due time the desired horse
gear was sent home elegantly blazoned
with the insignia of nobility, but the
die was not sent along. Making in
quiries, the gentleman learned that a
number of other customers of the har-
ness-maker had seen the crest, and, lik-
Ing its looks, wanted some articles they
were having made mounted with the
same design.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

Jews In most countries keep Christmas
as season of feasting and mirth and of
gift giving.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

Jack-in-the- Bx-There she sits, my
beloved, under the mistletoe, while l. like
a great gawk, sven glued to the spot, un-
able TO make use of my opportunities.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1902-06-06

What has become of the old-fashionec
woman who always served picked
tongue whes she had company for sup
peri
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
THE FALL ELECTIONS.

Th~ following offices as to be Hlled
by che voters this year:
sheriff. SALARY and perQuisitcs Sto..
eco per year.
County Treasurer Salary and per-
quisitcs S2OOOOO u year.
County Clerk. Salary and pcrpuisltcs
S23yOOO per year.
Clerk of the Probate Court.
Clerk of the Criminal Court.
One member of the Board of Review.
Two members of the Board of Assess.
ors.
One Judge of the Probate Court.
One Judge of the County Court.
Five Judges of the Superior Court to
succeed incumbcnts. Salary, $4,000
each per year.
Three additional Judges of the SUI
pcrior Court. salary $4,000 each per
year.
Three additional Judges of the Cir.
cult Court. salary $1,000 each per year
One President Of the County Board.
Fifteen County commissioners.
Ten Congressman.
sixteen State Senators.
Fifty.scvcn Representative In the
| Legislature.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
SENATOR MASON'S BATTLE.

senator william Il. Mason continues
the good fight IN his winning candidacy
for recollection to the upper house "a
Congress.
Mr. MasOn's candidacy has the sup.
port of the great mass Of the people Of
this state, independent Of party.
The reason of Mr.. MasOn's popular
Ity Is not far to seek. lie has been right
upon every question Of public Interest
that has arisen since his election to his
present high Office.
In all Of his public uttcrances ana In
every vote that he has east In the Sen.
ate. he has voiced the feelings Of the
rwhclmlng majority VI the people
OF Illinois.
or course, upon all questions invOlv-
Ing party fidelity he has been Inward
ably loyal to the Republican party.
A man of sound Judgment, OF good
political sense. II wit and II diplomat. he
IL Just the beau ideal Of representative
Of the Prairie State In the councils Of
the nation.
II Is hard to imagine how such Il man
could he defeated.
In Mr.. MasOn's case there II no room
for imagination or doubt.
lie can't h. beaten.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
HARRiSON'S Civii SERVICE cave

\ broad smile greeted Mayor llarri-
sons recent disuuisition upon the pucs-
ton of municipal civil service as Il
corollary to the general principle of
municipal ownership of public utilities.
If there is any point upon which Car
ter lIarrisons administration has been
peculiarly and distinctivcly failure it
is in the line of civil service reform.
The first Civil Service Commission
appointed by the present Mayor was
the one that pcrpctratcl the Star
League job which had the effect of
sowing the seeds Of the present disin.
tcgration and decentralization of rlc 20
lice department.
If we remember Alright that same
Civil Service Commission was after.
wards indicted in body.
After that board of reforms went cut
of existence Others followed. and every
change was for the worse.
The successors of the first of IIarri.
| sons commissions were in 81 many
straits. involving individual indict
ments. old criminal records trumpcd M
against individual members. scandal.
| involving not alone the police depart
mcnt hut almost every other depart
mcnt the heads and employees of which
have had the misfortune tn come with
In the purvicws of the law and Oh,
scope of its administration 10y the com
mission. that one Is fairly bcwil,lcrct
ut the extent of the miserable record
It is difficult to recall any ne, %
merit or one challenging public approx
nj performed by any of Harrison
civil service commissions.
II Is 80 easy to recall scandals. som,
of them finding their way into The erin
inal courts. in connection with tli
public body. that one Is tempted to asi
how many civil service commissioners,
appointed by Harrison have escaped in
lictmcnt, and how many of his com
missions are unbliglncd 10y public sean
dial.
Another question. pertinent to tn
issue. Ii In what way have Harrison
civil service commissions bcttcred tn
: public service. and In what particula
Is IL an improvement on the old spoil
system
Anyone who looks at the condition
, prevailing In our streets to-day Wi
readily see the answer to this
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
WHAT DOES ALD BRENNAN THINk
NOW?

WisracrcS like Alderman John j.
brennan and several other gentlemen
Of the Democratic County Central Com
mittrr, who sagcly said that tn" state
Central Committee could never INTER-
frrr with the naming of their primary
Judges in their wards, will now come To
the conclusion that Mr.. Robert l.,
Burke was right when h" started u
movement for the establishment of a
city central committee which would he
under tn" jurisdiction of the County
Central Committee.
Under that arrangement, in the event
of the management of the city prima,
rirS being called in question, III" worst
that could happen would he the placing
of control in the hands of the County
Central Committee, which would be
the larger body within the meaning of
the law.
But wiscacrcS like John j. Brennan,
who thought they knew 1t all, viii now
ind out that Robert T.. Burke was
right. and when gentlemen from down
the State" are appointing these ward
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
THE ACE OF CLUBS.

We have received advance copies Of
the proposed new journal which the
Chicago police officers. now engaged
In u fight for better wages AMI the
right to organize for mutual protection.
have arranged to spring upon the I'M.
suspecting public.
We have not yet been Informed as
to what the title of the new journalistic
venture IL to he.
Rut II IL IL to have u name we would
respectfully suggest that 1t he called
"fle Ace of Clubs
This would bc u most happy name.
II would have II double Significance
and might act as u gentle reminder tn
the Mayor that. after all. the police
force has It's uses. and should not hc
ruthlpssly cxtcrminated.
There Is u fine field for such n paper
as "Thc Ace of Clubs and 1t Is one
that has not been generally travcrscd.
For instance. II column could he dc.
voted to such subjects as these:
What we know and don't tell.
What we get and don't give up"
How much 1t takes to bride an Al.
dcrman.
Would an Alderman run the risk of
taking u bribc from Il policeman
There are other features that could
he made u specially In such a paper a.
"rhc Ace of Clubs" which would he
peculiarly attractive to the public.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
school TEACHERS CAN ORGAN.
Kt-POLiCEMEN CANNOT.

" Il rather strange. 10 say the least.
that Mayor Harrison. who L. such u
stirklcr for attention to duty. should
permit the school teachers of Chicago
80 much latitude In the field of public
agitation.
Let us make u comparison In the way
of illustration.
Mayor Harrison denies to the mem.
bcrs of the police force the right to or.
ganizc a protective association. the oh.
jccts or which are apparently lcgiti.
mate and do not embrace any iAca
beyond the personal affairs and the
personal benefits of the members them.
selves.
The Mayor claims that such an or
ganization IL subvcrsivc of discipline
and would work injury to the public
service.
And yet this same Mayor appoints a
School Board which no, only tolcratcs
but actually encourages an organlza.
ton of public school teachers. which
makes business not merely of attend
Ing to matters affecting the general
welfare Of the members. hut also of
agitaiinr and discussing affairs of all
kinds. public and private.
| This organization Is known TO the
public rs the Teachers Federation.
Its objects. judging by its activities
seem to be to drive all business enter.
prise out of Chicago. and To force cap.
ital out of our marts of trade.
What sort of consistency Is II that
can tolerate the mischicvous lIarassing
of business men by Teachers Fed
GRAFTON and refuses At the same time IL
allow the members of the police fore,
to organize for the purpose Of mui,,n
protection AMI advancement Of III
| members! F='
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1902-01-25
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Mr.. |. n. MANSON.

Mr.. l.. II. Manson. of the firm Of l..
II. Manson 4 Co. Board of Trade. H..
In everything but nativity. prc.cmi-
ncntly u Chicago man. AZ an exponent
OF those up-to.datc principles In the
development of business enterprises
principles that have raised the CONNER.
cial calling to the dignity Of u science.
and substituted In the place Of ScroOge
Il co. u race of broad.mlnded ana lib.
cril.hcartcd mcrchants--hc II we'll up
upon the list Of Chicago business men.
Though still below the middle age, he
was for u number OF years engaged In
tho manufacturing business on the
West Side. His interests were large
and hOurishlng and bid fair to earn for
him u worldwide reputation In his line.
but the recent tendency toward con
ccntrntiOn. AMI the elimination of indi-
vidual independence suggested u
change In his sphere of action and
finally resulted In his entering the
grain trade. For Mr.. Manson Is moth.
Ing II not original. AMI by applying
to his present business the same On.
lightencd principles under which his
manufacturing plant was developed
from u mere work shop into one of the
largest factories of its kind In the conn
try. he has built up within single year
II large ana tiourishing grain connec-
ton that Is already rivaling In impor-
lance some of the oldest houses In the
trade And n NAV hc further observed
that while the expansion of this bust
ness has been phenomenal 1t Is essen
tally conservative in character, ana
with the unlimited possibilities offered
| to independent and individual endeavor
by the grain lands of the West the 70
suits of this first year of progress must
lind manifold multiplication under the
enlightened policy Of this firm. Many
of his friends think that Mr., Manson
| would make IN excellent County Treas
urcr of Cook County. So do we,