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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
THE DRAGONS.

Prince vortigern--so the ancient tales
A stronghold sought to build in widest Wales;
But some fell power frustrated each essay,
And nightly wrecked the labors of the day;
Till Merlin came and babe the builders all,
Beneath the escarp'd and many-bastioned WALL
Dig deep; and 10, two dragons, DER whose lair
Nothing might rise, lay sleeping there.
Search the foundations. you that build state,
For If the dragon forms of Wrath and Hate
Lie coied below, and darkly bide their hour,
Fear walks the rampant Fear ascends the tower,
And let 1t not content you that they sleep;
Drive them with strong entertainments to the deep
First of such charms is Perfect Justce then
Comes the hearts word that conquers beasts and men
No other craft shall serve-no spells but these
Drive the old dragons to the wheming seas
Review.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
CHARGE ON NANsHAN HILL.
Officers and Men Fall Only a Few
Yards From the Top.

Yards From the Top.
The Japanese assault on Nanshan
hill was one of the fiercest and bloodi-
est affairs in modern warfare. In the
earlier rushes of the engagement every
man participating was shot down be-
fore he reached the first line of Rus
sian trenches.
1t was found necessary to stop these
infantry charges and renew the artil-
lery fire from the rear before the final
and successful assault on the Russian
position could be made. The success
of this assault was brought about by
one detachment of Japanese troops,
more intrepid than their comrades,
who succeeded in piercing the Russian
lines.
A splendid stroke of fortune was the
discovery and destruction by the Jap
anese of the electrical wires leading
to the mines at the eastern foot of
Nanshan hill. This prevented the Rus
slams from exploding these mines when
the Japanese infantry crossed the
ground where they had been planted.
1t is possible that the fortunes of the
day hinged upon these mines. If the
Russians had been able to explode
them at the right time the losses
among the Japanese troops would have
been tremendous, sand it is possible
also that the Russians would have
been able to hold the hill.
Nearly so guns of various sizes were
mounted on the various emplacements
and there were also two batteries of
quick firing field pieces. The artillery
was sheltered behind loophOled
trenches on the terraces of the hill.
ran with them around the hill, thus
using these guns for the protection OF
the most important points.
The Japanese began the fight by
bringing all their field guns into action
and concentrating their fire on the en-
placements on the hill. By IL o'clock
in the morning the principal Russian
batteries had been silenced. The two
Russian field batteries then withdrew
to Nanquanling hill and from there
continued to fire on the Japanese until
nightfall. After the Russian batteries
had been silenced the Japanese artil
lery opened on the enemy's trenches
the Japanese infantry advancing, in
the meantime, to within rife range
The Japanese gradually worked for
ward to within 400 meters of the Rus
, sian lines, where they encountered
wire and other entanglements. They
succeeded in discovering an opening IL
these obstacles and getting finally t.
? within 200 meters of the Russian
3 trenches, they rushed for the line.
{ Several successive charges were
l made, but every officer and man in thu
attacking parties was shot down q
or 80 meters from the line. Thu
1 charges were then stopped and tn
l Japanese artillery renewed it's prepaI
atory fire on the enemy's position. TIC
u ward evening detachment of Jape
i nese carried a section of the Russian
9 trenches, breaking through the Ell
e emy's line. Hundreds of the comrade
u of these men, inspired by their sue
cess, sprang forward and then the Ell
. tire Japanese line swept up the hill
i driving the Russians from their pos
tions. 1t was in the desperate infantr
charges that the Japanese sustaine
the bulk of their losses
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
Big Fire in New Orleans.

New Orleans, May 31.-Fire in the
heart of the wholesale district has de-
stroyed the plants of the Louis Rice
Saddlery company at Common and
Magazine streets, the Simons Manu-
featuring company and the Meig. Brad
Loss, $500, 900.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
Queer Request.

"There were others present at the
time" Miss Olden was saying coyly,
land he asked If he couldn't see me
apart"
1.-THE ideaw exclaimed Miss Bitter;
lust because your teeth and hair are
false, does he think you come apart?"
philadelphia ledger.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03

Farmer Bentover-That ere nephew
college pears to be a pretty smart
fellow, Ezry.
Farmer Hornbeck-Eh-yah! He's so
sharp that he shows symptoms of be-
in able to make his own Twin in spite
of the fact that he's got a college
educatiOn-Puck
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03

OF the 1903 newspapers and peri
odicals published in Germany, more
than 81 per cent are in other Ian
guages than German, per cent being
in English alone.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03

La Montt-Stalewood is coming to
tell one of his jokes. Let us run.
La Moyne-Are his jokes really so
bad?
La Montt-Bad? Why they are jokes
you wouldn't listen to if he was going
to buy the next round of drinks.-Chi-
cago News.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03

"How," asked the weighty matter
editor, do you keep your Office clear
of visitors?"
81 read my stuff to EN-" said the
pointed agrapher.-Newark News
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03

A large proportion of the cooking in
Paris restaurants is done in sight of
the customers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-06-03
! The case of Miss Frankie
Orser, of Boston, Mass, is in
teresting to all women.

"DEAR MRS. PINKHAM IL suffered
misery for several years. My back ached
and had bearing-down pains, and fire.
quent headaches. 1 would often wake
from a restful sleep in such pain and
misery that it would be hours before
l could close my eyes again. l dreaded
the long nights and weary days. L
could do no work. / consulted differ
ent physicians hoping to get relief,
but, finding that their medicines did
not cure me, tried Lydia Il. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, as
it was highly recommended to me. l am
glad that l did SO, for L soon found
that itowas the medicine for my case.
Very soon was rid of every ache and
pain and restored to perfect health
1 feel splendid, have fine appetite,
and have gained in weight a lot."-
MISS FRANKIE ORsER, IA Warrenton
St., Boston, Mass. - $4,000 forfeit If original
of aboUe letter proving genuineness cannot be pro-
duced.
Surely you cannot wish to re-
main weak, sick and discouraged,
and exhausted with each days
work. Some arrangement of the
feminine organs is responsible
for this exhaustion, following
any kind of work or effort.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound will help you just as
it has thousands of other women,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
The Mystery of Brigand's Head.

From Sicily comes a ghastly story
reminiscent of the Middle Ages. A
mans head in an advanced state OF
decomposition was found impaled on
a post outside the walls of Palermo.
Attached to the post was card bear
ing the words: This is the head OF
the Infamous brigand Varsalona."
This curious discovery was made on
the property of certain Paron Ami
clio, who took a prominent part in
the trial of the notorious Varsalona
for murder, and offered large re-
ward for his capture.
When the daughters of the brigand
were confronted with the head one
declared it was that of her father,
but the other denied it. The brigand's
sweetheart, however, recognized the
head by the filling in a front tooth.
Great excitement prevailed lii
Sicily as the result of this strange
occurrence. The inhabitants in the
neighborhood divided into two par
ties, one believing in the death OF
the famous bandit and the other de-
claring the event to be merely an
other trick to make the police believe
that he was dead in order that he
might continue to rob undisturbed.-
London Daily Mail.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
THE BADGER STATE.
NEWS OF THE WEEK CONClSELI
CONDENSED.
Kenosha Insurance Man Caught in
"Wi1dcat" Frauds-No Spooriing in
GAINESVILLE Parks-Ta1e of Farmer
Who Tied Cows Tail.

Walter Marshall Cowell, an insurance
operator of Kenosha, who was arrested
on charge of writing wildcat insur-
ance and using the mails to defraud, was
bound over to the federal grand jury. His
bond was fixed at $1,000, which he gave.
The arrest of Shanklin mad Jacobs, al
legged leaders in wildcat" business in
Chicago, probably led to the arrest Of
Cowell, as it is claimed that Shanklin
and his companion who have been in
many deals with the Kenosha man, turn
ed all his communications over to the
federal officers and supplemented them
with an affidavit to the effect that they
were simply acting as the agents Of
Cowell Cowell has thrown open his
vaults to the federal officials and de-
flares that he will furnish evidence which
twill result in the entire Chicago crowd
being convicted"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Siberian Butter.

If it be true that Siberian butter Of
good qaulity, despatched from Obi by
rail, has recently been sold in Lon
don at profitable prices, the unfortu-
nate British dairy farmer may we'll
feel troubled in mind. There are, as
he knows, practically no limits to the
Siberian supply; the enormous area
served by the great trunk line is
always purely pastoral, and milk COM
mands hardly any monetary value.
The initial cost of manufacturing but
ter must, therefore, be much less
than in most parts of Europe, but
when transport charges are reckoned
in it is difficult to make out how the
business of expectation can be profit
ably transacted. In the case of Aus
tralian butter, not only has it the adj
vantage of cheap water carriage with
out any handling between port and
port, but all consignments fetching
a specified price are subsidized by
the exporting colony. 1t seems high
ly probable, therefore, that the ST.
berian export is also bounty-fed,
while the State, being the owner OF
the railways, can so modify the usual
freight charges as largely to lessen
the cost of transmission. Be that as
it may, experts in the trade conf
IDENTIFY predict that this new addition
to the food supplies of the United
Kingdom has come to stay, and ar
rangements are already perfected, it
is said, to insure regular importa-
lions on a continuously increasing
scale-unless, that is, England re-
sorts to such fiscal expedients as are
essential to beat back the threaten
ing invasion and so save her dairy
farmers from utter ruin.-London
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
TELLS OF THE SHAMROCK
Few Have Any Idea of Its History or
Significance.

Few Have Any Idea of It's History or
Significance.
Probably very few Of these who on
st. Patrick's day wear the green badge
Of the country Of their birth have any
really Is. Expert opinion is by no
means unanimous on the subject some
botanists favoring the view that the
plant is species Of None-such, while
others class it as Dutch clover, says
the Westminster Gazette. In the earli-
est literature Of Ireland, shamrock oc-
ours under variety Of names;
seamsog, seamroge, shamrote, seaman
oge and chambroch. The word itself is
Erse, being derived from seamrog,
compound Of seamor, meaning trefoil,
and og, little-little clover. Matthias
Lobel, Flemish botanist, is supposed
to have been the first scientific writer
to mention the plant, an allusion to 1t
as being good for fattening cattle, and
as. forming, together with meal and
butter an article Of food for the people,
appearing in his "Stirpium Adversaria
Nova" published about 1870. Campion,
the Irish historian, writing year later,
says that the common people feed upon
"shamrotes, watercresses and other
herbs; oatmele and butter they cram
together" Up to the middle Of the
eighteenth century, when the shamrock
as an article Of food gave place to the
potato, it was considered most nour-
ishing diet.
1t is the merest superstition to asso-
ciate the national emblem of Ireland
with the islands patron saint. Pat
rick, if indeed he lived at all, -four
ished about BIT A. d., while the legend
linking his name with that Of the
shamrock dates from 1851. Thomas
Dinely, an English traveller in the reign
of Charles H., in describing st. Pat
rick's day, writes that the Irish Of all
stations and conditions wear crosses in
their hats, some Of pins, some Of green
ribbon, and the vulgar superstitiously
wear shamroges, three-leavcd grass,
which they likewise eat (they say to
cause a sweet breath In spite Of the
old Irish ditty:
There's dear little plant that grows in
our isle
twas st. Patrick himself, sure, who
set it;
And the sun on his labor with pleasure
did smile
And the tears from his eye oftimes
wet it;
there is absolutely no ground for the
popular belief that the saint who ban
ished reptiles from Ireland also intro
duced shamrock.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
State Items of Interest.

Albert Johnson, whose home is at 255
10th street, Chicago, was killed at
Ablemans by being run over by cars.
Prof. William Porter, for fifty-three
years instructor in Latin in Beloit Col
lege and his wife celebrated their golden
wedding anniversary.
DIR. George G. Gorst of Baraboo has
been appointed and has accepted the
place of superintendent of Mendoza hos
Baraboo physician.
Thieves secured several hundred dol
lars in money and some $500 worth Of
gold watches, from the robbery of the
residences Of j. T. Lloyd, Edward Ruger
and Mrs. Phillipson in GAINESVILLE.
The remains of Alfred Miritz were in
tered at Kewaskum last Saturday.
Heart failure overlook him as he was on
his way home from San Francisco, and
he was found dead by the conductor of
the train.
The body of Joseph Plourde, former
resident of Menominee, Mich, was re-
ceiyed at Marinette from Indianapolis.
A certificate from the undertaken said
that he had been murdered. Plourde
went under the name Of J. I. Williams
in Indianapolis.
Elisha L. Bump, one of the most prom
inent attorneys in Wisconsin, died at
Waukesha of Brights disease. Mr..
Bump was we'll known throughout Wis
consin, having at one time been can
didare for place on the State Supreme
bench. He came from New York in 1863
and had resided in Waukesha since 1871.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27

the nortnuln, middle west and east
ern parts Of this great country OF
ours has been a problem in econom-
les. Outdoor growing in the sections
named is always confined to limited
times, or rather seasons, and so much
of it has necessitated dollhouse ad-
juncts that theories vanished before
the attacks of conditions. The flower
is one that has always been popular,
and has bene cultured and specialized
to almost a perfection, but never
commercially satisfactory, excepting
to the interested grower whose ef-
forts became remunerative upon the
extreme demand and limited supply.
To the stranger within the gates
of this State, the carnation growing
Of California becomes an object OF
the greatest interest and a most sat-
isfactory sight. The success OF the
enterprise and the very simple and
effective style of cultivation make it
another marvel in this land OF natural
wonders.
When e. J. Vawter retired from
the active life of banker he sought
recreation in ranching. Part OF the
land in the confines of Santa Monica,
the particular section OF this city
claiming title as Ocean Park, he ex-
perimented with, five years ago, for
more remunerative crop than that
Of barley. A tract of about two acres
was planted with pure California
seeding carnation plants. Since then
the acreage has increased to twenty,
and at the close of the chanting work
this season the ranch will have 2O0,-
600 plants in active growth. Ulti-
mately the most of a 20s-acre ranch
will be devoted to the cy lure OF this
flower.
In brief, the carnation fields are
yielding on an average from 5000 TO
10000 flowers every day in the year
with market in which the demand
is at all times greater than the sup
ply. The plants are perpetuating in
a sense, are propagated in the open
fields, cultivated with less labor than
ordinary crops, and are exempt from
insect pests and but rarely troubled
with disease, excepting ordinary fun
gus attacks.
The average life of field carna-
ton varies from two to three years.
New plants are taken in cuttings
from the old one and put directly
into the ground. They take root in
about four weeks, and in about ten
months are in bloom and continue
to give their daily quota of bios
SONS until they die out. In planting
the carnations are placed in rows
three feet apart and the plants two
feet from each other. This permits
the cultivation with horses, and afCer
once in healthy growth they require
only watchfulness for disease and in
sect pests, irrigation about every
two weeks and daily picking.-Los
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
No "Snoonine,, n Parks.

Last winter Janesyille was electrified
by the ordinance introduced by an ambi-
tious alderman, which, if passed, would
have prohibited loving couples from
"spooning' on the school house and
church steps, The ordinance was defeat
ed by the efforts of Alderman Cornell,
the only bachelor member of the Council.
At the last meeting Of the Council an
other bombshell was sprung by Alderman
Matheson, law partner of Senator White
head, which, if passed, will cause electric
lights to be strung in the vicinity Of all
the secluded places in the city parks to
prevent lovers from "spooning.' Alder
man Cornell has again objected strongly
to this measure and by his persuasive
power the ordinance was held up until a
later meeting of the Council. Cornell
has been flooded with letters Of thanks
from GAINESVILLE young women.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
NIGHT.


In the night, in the night,
When thou lest alone,
All, the sounds that are blown
in the freaks of the breeze,
BY the spirit that sends
The voice of far friends
With the sight of the seas
In the night!
IN the night, in the night,
When thou lest alone,
All, the ghosts that make moan
From the days that are sped:
The old dreams, the old deeds,
The old wound that still bleeds,
And the face of the dead
In the night!
In the night, in the night,
When thou Hest alone,
With the grass and the stone
Ger thy chamber so deep,
All, the silence at last,
Life's dissononce past,
And the only pure sleep
In the night!
William Watson
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Ancient jewelers. Association.

Birmingham jewelers. have been
famed since the middle Of the seven
teenth century. When Charles IL.
brought with him to England the
French fashion of wearing metallic or
naments, Birmingham at once took the
lead in supplying them, and the city
then commenced a career Of prosperity
which has never, save for brief peri
DDS, suffered abatement Even South
ey, who could scarcely find sufficiently
censorlous language to describe Biz
mingham, allowed that it "excellel
every other place in the world for
watch chains, necklaces, bracelets, but
tons, buckles, and snuffboxes, though"
he said, .'they were dearly purchased
at the expense of health and morality"
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
GOOD THINGS ABOUT CATS.

Feline Is One of the Most FastidiOua
Animals About His Toilet.
sThere has been SO much talk about
cats in the newspapers and in pseudo
scientific circles of late, and about the
way in which they spread all kinds Of
disastrous and deadly contagious"
said the cats friend in the New Or
leans Times-D Democrat, chat it Is real
~ refreshing to find in print anything
that is at all good about the feline.
Recently the cat was put on the out.
lawed list in Washington. Doctors and
scientists have been urging for some
time the claim that the cat was an I'M
clean thing and the scatterer of dis
eases.
sit is a bit cheering in this waste OF
pessirnism to turn to the following in
the London Mail, in defense of the cat:
The most fastidious mammals in mat
ters of the toilet are to be found among
the members Of the cat family, as all
must have noticed in domestic Tables.
The rough tongue makes an excellent
brush, while the sharp claws are on
occasion employed by way Of combs,
all these invaluable aids to cleanliness
and smartness possessing the further
advantage Of always being at hand
when required. A healthy cat is not
only clean, but finical, not to say vain,
about her Tor his) personal appearance.
And moral degeneration in pussy is ac-
companied by neglect of personal
grooming. That the dog is as dirty as
q boy must reluctantly be confessed.
He was the first animal to be domesti-
Gated, and long association with man
has perhaps had to do with his care
lessness in the matter
eff this view is correct all this talk
about cats being such dangerous mem
bers must be little wrong. Ny own
view of the matter is that the cat is
not the bad and dangerous member he
Is supposed to be. He is cleaner than
the dog, according to the English view,
and this is no doubt the correct view,
though the reason assigned by the
paper quoted, namely, that long asso-
citation with men and boys is RESPONSE
bic for the dogs uglier ways, is prob
ably not to be accepted literally. Still
but was speaking Of catS.'
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Sues His Mother-in-Law.

An action to recover damages in the
sum of $25, 900 for the alleged alternating
Of his wife's affections has been institut-
ed by j. p. Robinette of Minneapolis
against Alice McMillen of Oshkosh. J.
p. Robinette is the fourth husband of
Jessie McMillen Quaw Radford Meyer
Robinette, an adopted daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Robert McMillen, and Alice
McMillen is the widow Of the late mill
ionaire lumberman Of Oshkosh. 1t Is
alleged that the defendant promised the
plaintiffs wife beautiful home and un-
limited money if she would leave her hus-
band. She is worth 100000 and will
fight the suit bitterly.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Motor Wrecks Wagon.

The police Of Racine intend to enforce
ali ordinance regulating the speed of au-
tomobiles and it is probable that owners
of machines in that and other cities run
ming faster than eight miles an hour will
be arrested. The first arrest was Charles
Kladak, owner Of motor cycle, who was
fined $40 and COSTS He ran into a wag-
on and both vehicles were wrecked.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Four People Poisoned.

Three members of Attorney Kuechen-
meister's family Of West Bend and a lit
tie fresh air" boy came near being ia
tally poisoned. They were stopping at
Cedar lake and became ill after dinner.
1t is believed that some of the baking
powder used in the cooking was poison
Gus. All the patients are now considered
out of danger, owing to timely medical
attention.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
Girl Dies of Broken Heart.

Mrs. Lillian Davitt, La Crosse, aged
Is years, died, it is said, of zroken
heart. She was married year ago to
Solomon Davitt, although at the time
she was in love with young man Of 20.
Because the latter was not Assyrian her
parents protested against her marrying
him, insisting that she wed Dayitt.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1904-07-27
A ColdIy Practical Thought.

"Those people who secured Ameri-
can in dependence were very careless"
said Senator Sorghum
I'm what way?"
eff they had presented the Fourth
of July possibilities in the proper light
they could have got about everything
they wanted from the fireworks manu-
facturers. "-Washington Star.