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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

placed 1t near his wife. Now you
read the news to me. Read the River
dale column first"
Dorcas adjusted her spectacles, took
the paper and began:
Norman Stannard starts tomorrow
for Boston, where he enters upon lu-
crative position in the well-known es-
tablishment of Brooks & Henderson"
eyes, sir-eew exvclaimed the old
man. THE city folks have to send up
into the country when they want n
good clerk. Time and again / used to
see the Boston drummers watching
Norman pretty close when he was
trading with customers, and 1 told
Bennett he couldn't expect to keep
such a salesman forever. Well, well,
l shall look Norman up right away,
and we can invite him over here once
in a while"
$50 we can" agreed Dorcas. eager
ly, land 1t will seem like home to
have one of the Riverdale young folks
round, won't it," Then she read on
Last Sunday morning, when JAM
tor Jones undertook to ring the church
bell, it was found to be cracked anC
the tone destroyed. A subscription has
already been started for the purpose
of buying a new bell"
That's too badl' said John. "Tha
| bell has called us TO meeting a goot
many years. l remember when 1T wa
first hung in the old church. 1t use'
to make the shivers run down m,
back when it tolled for anyone tina
had died. But that custom stopped
good while ago. and l believe the las
time the bell tolled 1t was for a ma
who wasn't dead at ALL"
why, how was that?" asked Dor
cas-. II don't seem to remembe
about It."
at was for old Daddy Dodge" e1
planned John. you know what
fiery old fellow he was. Well,
seems that the old man had bi
to pay to Lawyer Pease on certai
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
When the Tribune Came


~ NE bright winter morning John
" and Dorcas Larkin were sitting
in their cozy room, looking out
upon the Common and the Public Gar
den. In spite of their comfortable sur
roundings, the old people did not wear
an expression of perfect contentment.
To be sure, they were proud of their
son, who had left the little village
among the Green Mountains twenty
years ago, and had won for himself so
large a place in the great city. But
they found it hard to accustom them
selves to city ways after their long
and simple country life.
Suddenly the postmans ring re
sounded through the house. The old
people started up expectantly.
Its Saturday morning" said John,
land we ought to get the Tribune"
Quick footsteps drummed on the
stairs, the door burst open, and young
John Larkin swung into the room.
"Papersr' he shouted. "Riverdale
Tribune! Full account of Nehemiah
Smiths new henhouse! Death of DR..
Wetherbee's faithful old horsel Pa
PERI
The old gentleman was equal to the
occasion. He held out peppermint to
his grandson, and the boy jerked the
paper from under his arm as if it were
in the middle of a bundle of fifty, and
banged out of the room.
THAT boys full of catnip, amt her
said John.
Hes a good deal like his GRANDPA
Their" said Dorcas.
"Sho, nowv' exclaimed the delighted
old man, as he took his chair anC
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
The Use of Lime on Land.

Some of those who have lime to sell
In Ohio are advertising it as a fertil-
izer, claiming that it is ''better and
cheaper than phosphate" The Ohio
experiment station would earnestly
warn all farmers against using lime as
substitute for manure or fertilizers.
When used as an adjunct to liberal
manuring or fertilizing. lime may be
made to perform q most important
service, but its use as a substitute for
manure or fertilizer means ruin to tile
soil. Where clover Is failing to grow,
the use Of lime is indicated. For this
purpose the common quick-lime is all
that is required. A very convenient
form of lime is made in some parts of
the State by grinding quick-lime into a
coarse meal. This can be applied with
the fertilizer drill or the manure
spreader. using about 1000 pounds per
acre. 1t costs $3.50 to $3.50 per ton at
the kilns. 1t must not be expected that
lime will bring prosperity to the clover
crop. In the Ohio stations expert
ments lime produces very little effect
on clover on unfertilized land. Man
ure or fertilizer must first be used be-
fore lime will produce any lasting ben.
eft.
Farmers should not be misled by the
claim that certain methods of prepar
ing lime will prevent its injurious eff
feet. If those methods do what Is
claimed for them, they will proloue
and increase that effect, and the APP
parent increase of crop which follows
the application of such lines will be-
paid for by a certain and more com
plete degeneration of the soil. Lime t.
not fertilizer and its use as a fer
tilizer will bring ultimate loss.-OhiC
| Station
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
DISAPPOINTMENT.

check art thou for all the joys Of earth,
Since careless JOY alone is not mans blessing;
The consuming may have heavenly birth,
And seeming Ill be greater good possessing;
teachest whom thou meet'st every
To the best of every joy and sorrow,
nd thy lesson, If would but learn
Brings store of against hopes tomorrow
vain to rail- though every fral endeavor
For pleasure sought evades fondest
Still for other good-hope foreverl
must with JOY sorrows always share
Then Disappointment 1t not for thee,
Joy would grow stale, and good might evil bel
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

This is q matter which receives little
consideration on the average farm
With every possibility for making their
homes the most beautiful. so far as i'm
mediate surroundings are concerned,
farmers are apt to do little or nothing
toward this end.
The United States Department of
Agriculture has issued q bulletin, No.
1875, devoted to the subject of beautlfy-
ing the home grounds. 1t is filed with
timely suggestions as to the use of
shrubs and flowers, and also contains
working plans for laying out the
grounds about the home. 1t gives
some valuable suggestions on the main
tenance of the greensward. This bull
letin can be obtained by writing the
department
True II is that the average farmer
has little time for what he is inclined
to call "fussing" with flower beds and
the like. Nevertheless, II would pay
him to find a little time to devote to
this subject of pleasant home grounds.
Almost every woman takes keen de-
light in flowers. Often her flower beds
are the only recreation which the
farmers wife has. Too often these are
hidden at the back of the house. Com
paratlvely seldom are ornamental
shrubs to be found on the farm. These
things rightly combined can go far to-
ward making the home attractive, not
only to its inmates, but to everyone
that passes. The labor involved will be
comparatively insignificant when the
results obtained are considered. Home
is, or should be, the most beautiful
place on earth. Why not avail yourself
of natures joyfully given cooperation
in Identifying its immediate surround
ings? Here is subject to interest ev'
cry member of the household Have
a well-kept lawn, no matter how small
The front yard is not needed for q
hay crop. Plant trees. shrubs and flow
ers. Beautiful surroundings have al
ethical value in influencing the hom,
life. .nrt
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
A Libel.

"I see by the county paper" said the
visitor, "that James Jones, the pros
porous druggist of your town, is Wis
iting-"
81 see that too, an it's a libel" re-
turned the native, with some heat
"Why, isn't he really your druggistr'
Eyes, but this towns too healthy for
him to be perous."-Philadelph
Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
Planting Corn Wide Apart.


This is the idea of a writer in the
County Gentleman: SO far as my OBJ
servation goes, farmers generally have
their corn rows too close. One of the
principal reasons is to avoid extra
blowing since many burrows are re-
quired for wide rows. A little thought
will show that If corn be planted in
seven-foot drills and in four-foOt drills,
so as to give the same number of
stalks in each per acre, the stalks in
the seven-foot drills will have much
more loose earth to root in than the
stalks of the four-foot drills, because
wide rows admit of much more thor
ough cultivation than narrow rows,
and this extra quantity Of loose earth
thus produced will tell. A suitable
narrow plow should be run several
times In the bottoms of the drills. thus
constructing loose beds for the corn;
this is an important feature and should
not be omitted.
From one to two tons per acre of
properly balanced stable manure may
be applied in the drills and well mixed
with the soil. 1t is well known thai
stable manure contains an excess OF
nitrogen. Consequently If the manure
be applied in its natural state there
will be a waste of nitrogen, which Il
the most costly element of fertility.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
Make Cotto1ene at Home.

A lady in Michigan Farmer says;
noticed a request in the Farmer Of
April 8 for a recipe for making cot
tolene, and as 1 have made it for some
time, l will send my way. which l
think is very nice. l use no other
shortening except butter or cream. !
use it for everything anyone would
use lard for. and think 1t far superior
and much healthier. 1t makes splen-
did doughnuts.
Get can of best cotton-seed oil
Then we buy the very best beef suet
the thickest and best we can get, and
try it out ourselves, so we know just
what kind of suet we are using. When
1t is tried out l use oil and suet. IL
making be sure to heat them up to
gether or it is liable to drain little
l had some do luls, and l knew l had
not been so particular about heating
It. l think ten pounds of suet before
1t is tried will make sufficient for on,
gallon of oil, perhaps more, l Away
measure mine after it is tried.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
SaIsoda for Dairy Vessels.

AS labor saving material, try sal.
soda in cleaning milk jars, crooks and
tins. Many of the cantankerous no
tons taken by milk, shown In its
foaming and frothing and refusal to
churn, are due to the mysterious bac-
terra that are left in the cracks and
seams of the milk vessels after they
have been washed in good hot water
and rinsed out. Use little salsoda in
the warm wash water and these harm
full germs are destroyed. You cannot
see them, but they come there and stay
there in nearly all milk vessels during
the spring and summer season. Po.
son them with salsoda.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
Farm Chat.

1t costs less to clean up the cellar
than 1t does to pay the doctor.
1t is not only unwise, but wrong to
attempt to breed poultry in filthy quar-
tiers.
1t is the mixed farming that brings
in a continuous stream Of money the
whole year round. In speciality farm
ing it usually comes in chunks.
On steep ground IT is always a good
plan to keep the narrowing very close
up behind the planter to prevent wash
ing. This is not necessary on level
or gently rolling land.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

Not every new thing offered by nur-
serymen and seedsmen proves to be n
good thing, but every good thing was
once new. We cannot always afford TO
ignore the novelties
The farmers dollars seem to be
shining marks for spectators and
grafters to seek. The whole world is
after them. There are farmers who
actually need comforts In their homes
who invest money in "get rich quick"
schemes and the family suffers In con-
sequence.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

you my plan. II
consists of hav-
ing three horses
walk on the land,
with the fourth
In the furrOw.
Take four pieces
of strap iron
(wagon tire will
ansWerl. n ay c
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

the other 16x1O inches, four pieces OF
2x4 four inches long for legs. Fasten
two Of these legs to the longest board
and the other two use to join the up
per board to the lower board. Cut a
half circle in the upper board to fit the
milk pail, as shown in the device. The
pail rests on the lower board and is
thus kept clean"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
Easy.

"All these towns along this coast"
chuckled Admiral Togo, "are nuts for
u.s."
YES" replied one Of his junior off,
GERS, "and some o. them don't even
have to be shelled.
Press
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

come back TO earth and glance over
his own biography undoubtedly 1t
would surprise him more than any one
else
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
A Four-Horse Evener.

observing in the Hints and De
vices department several methods for
four horses to a pillow l con
cluded tO send
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15
Good Milking Stool.

J. G. Matthews describes a device
for a milking stool which he likes very
much and has used for some true.
Take two boards, one 20x9 inches and
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

two made twelve inches long and two
twenty inches long and put on in place
Of clevis, as shown in the sketch. This
throws the four-hourse evener over
far enough so that the third horse can
walk on the land."-Geo. Fleming, in
Iowa Homestead.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

War on the boil weevil is being Wig
orously pushed. A report on the sub
jact says: The Louisiana experts de-
stroyed the weevil most ingeniOusly.
The infested fields were carefully in
spected and the weevil areas were
clearly determined. The cotton was
then pulled up and burned throughout
this area. leaving here and there a
sentinel stalk to serve as a trop upon
which scattered weevil might gather
in search Of food, should any escape
the rigorous treatment here described.
After burning the stalks. the ground
was sprayed with crude oil.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-07-15

. NE bright winter morning John
Ill ii and Dorcas Larkin were sitting
in their cozy room, looking out
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-02-05

wv YHEN Hamilton, after running
A some distance, saw that he
was gaining upon Alice and
would soon overtake her, it
added fresh energy to his limbs. he
had quickly realized the foolishness Of
what he had done in visiting the room
of his prisoner at so late an hour in
the night. What would his officers and
men think2 To let Alice escape would
be extremely embarrassing, and to be
seen chasing her would give good
ground for ridiculs on the part of his
entire command. Therefore his first
thought, after passing through the pos
tern and realizing fully what sort Of
predicament threatened him, was to re-
capture her and return her to the
prison room in the blockhouse without
attracting attention. This now prom
Used to be an easier task than he had
at first feared, for in the moonlight.
which on account of the dispensing
clouds was fast growing stronger, he
saw her seem to falter and weaken.
Certainly her fight was checked and
took an eccentric turn, as II some OBJ
struction had barred her way. He
rushed on, not seeing that as Alice
swerved man interviewed. Indeed,
he was within a few strides of laying
his hand on her when he saw her make
the strange movement. 1t was as IT,
springing suddenly aside, she had be-
come two persons instead of one. But
instantly the figures conceded again,
and in becoming taller faced about and
confronted him.
Hamilton stopped short in his tracks.
The dark figure was about five PAGES
from him. 1t was not Alice, and a
sword flashed dimly but Enthusiastically
in a ray OF the moon. The motion wis.,
ible was that of an expert swordsman
placing himself firmly on his legs, with
his weapon at guard.
Alice saw the man in her path just
in time to avoid running against him.
Lightly as a flying bird when it whisks
itself in a short semicircle past tree
or a bough she sprang aside and
swung around to the rear of him,
where she could continue her course
toward the town. But in passing she
recognized him. 1t was Father Beret,
and how grim he looked The discov-
cry was made in the twinkling of an
eye, and its effect was instantaneous,
not only checking the force of her
flight, but stopping her and turning
her about to gaze before she had gone
i've PAGES farther.
Hamilton's nerve held. startled as he
was, when he realized that an armed
man stood before him. Changing the
rapier, which he held in his right
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my's track, which he came to far west
ward. Oncle Jazon saw him first in
the distance, and his old but educated
eyes made no mistake.
"Yander's that youngster Beverley"
he exclaimed. EFF it amt I'm q
sQuaww
Nor did he parley further on the sub
ject, but set off at rickety trot to
meet and assist the tagged and excited
young man.
Clark had given Oncle Jazon his
flask, which contained few gills Of
whisky. This was the first thing Of
fered to Beverley, who wisely took
but a swallow Oncle Jazon was so
elated he waved his cap on high and,
unconsciously falling into French, yell
ed in piercing voice:
"Vive Zhorzh Vasinton! Vive la
banniers dAlice Roussillonw -....
Seeing Beverley reminded him Of
Alice and the flag. AS for Beverley,
the sentiment braced him and the be-
loved name brimmed his heart with
sweetness. ..., -.
came in. He Rugged the gaunt lieu
tenant, with genuine feryoE of Joy.
while ,Oncle Jazon ran around them
making series Of grotesQue capers.
The whole command, hearing Oncle
Jazon's patriotic words, set up a wild
shouting on the spur Of a general i'm
preston that Beverley came as 4 mes
senger bearing glorious news from
Washingtoa's army in the east.
1t was great relief to Clark when
he found out that his favorite lieuten.
ant had not broken his parole, but had
instead boldly resurrendered himself
declaring the obligation no longer bind
ing and notifying Hamilton of his In
tention to go away with the purpose
of returning and destroying him and
his command. Clark laughed heartily
Beverley's tender interest in Alice, but
he sympathized cordially, for he him
self knew what love is.
Although Beverley was half starved
and still suffering from the kicks an6
blows given him by Long Hair and hi
warriors, his exhausting run on the
trail of Clark and his band had no
worked him serious harm. All of tn,
officers and men did their utmost t.
serve him. He was Toasted withou
stint and furnished with everything
that the scant supply Of clothing on tn,
pack horses could afford for his com
fort He promptly asked for an as
Segment to duty in his company ant
took his place with such high enthusi
Rsm that his companions regarded hin
with admiring wonder. None of then
save Clark and Oncle Jazon suspecte,
that love for a fair haired girl yonde
In Vincennes was the secret of hi
amazing zeal and intrepidity.
In one respect Clark's expedition wa
sadly lacking in it's equipment for III
march. 1t had absolutely no means o
transporting adequate supplies. Tn
pack horses were not able to carr
more than a little extra ammunition
few articles Of clothing, some sim
pie cooking utensils and such tools q
were needed in improvising RATS an
canoes Consequently, although but
falo and deor were sometimes plentiful
they furnished no lasting supply o