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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

not know, but he did know that to be
caught on that curve meant certain death
to himself and the sixty odd passengers
on the car. The headlight OF the APP
preaching car now doomed into view 1t
was coming at breakneck speed. but
Wemper's car with its load of human be-
ings was now also speeding backward.
There had been no orders at the last
telephone booth and the out bound car
was supposed to have clear track.
Whatever the error, it was a palpa bic
fact that the coming car was upon him.
There seemed to be no effort on the
part of the man in the other vestibule to
attempt TO check the speed aud the most
Kemper could hope to do was to lessen
the force of the collision. On came the
opposite car until less than 100 feet. 1t
was one of the newest and most power
full on the road and Kemper's heart
dropped as he realized that fact The
passengers by this time had ascertained
they were speeding back, and the con-
ductor had his hands full striving to
check the panic.
Looking now right into the vestibule
of the opposing car, Wemper saw a livid
face with glazing eyes. One strong. bony
hand clutched the controller, trying to
force it still further around to get more
speed. There was a terrible smile on
the white face. The man was mad. A
cold sweat broke out on the forehead of
Wemper. A cottage within which sat n
woman smoothing the hair Of little boy
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

quarter of a mile, and the power was
once more turned on. During his absence
the truth was discovered and when he
came back to the well-lighted and com
paratively uninjured car, cheer went
up. The men passengers grabbed him
by the hand, while the women shed tears
OF gratitude His own eyes moistened
and a lump came in his throat as he
thought of the cottage and its occupants
Coupling the two cars the journey was
resumed and the passengers began to
get off. As they did so every one drop
ped something in the hat at the door
When the end of the run was reached a
man came forward. In his hand he held
hat which was stuffed full of bills and
silver. Taking a slip of paper from his
pocket the passenger folded it and turned
it with the other contents of the hat, into
the cap of the astonished Wemper.
Take this with Merry Christmas
and a God bless you from the passengers
you saved from DEATH" he said, and then
left the car.
His eyes gistening, Wemper counted
the treasure. There was over a hundred
dollars In money The slip Of paper was
the check Of prominent banker of the
town at the end Of the line for 500.
"A Christmas for the wee ones, after
ALL" exclaimed Wemper, his face light
ing mp. Here Bill" he shouted to the
conductor. I'VE go whacks on the
cash"
Bill was 10th to accept. but finally con-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

numbers from one to ten or one to TWEEN
ty-hve, according to the size of the tree
Each person playing is blindfolded in
turn and is given rosette with which
he must decorate the tree" Each per-
son aims to pin his or her rosette on or
near to the highest number of the tree.
Each competitor has three trials, the
three numbers to which he pins nearest
being written down to his credit by the
hostess, who keeps tally. The one whose
three numbers added together gives the
largest sum total wins the first prize.
christmas candles is a good old
time game. A lighted candle is placed
upon table. The player is blindfolded
and stationed with his back to the candle,
about a foot from It. He's then told to
take three steps forward, turn around
three times, then to walk four steps
toward the candle and blow it out. His
attempt to do so will probably be as
amusing to the audience as disconcerting
to himself.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

catch the last train and spend Christmas
at home. 1t will be different from other
Christmases. for hospitality means much
In the country. It's genuine. It's I'M
mixed with business considerations. Your
father or the hired man will meet you
at the depot, and on the way to the old
home on the farm he will tell you OF the
things you did when you were boy.
He'll point out the old schoolhouse
where you learned your alb abs and had
some of the cussedness licked out of
you, and the little old church where
preacher preached birthstone and fire in
a way that made your flesh cringe and
you didn't dare sleep alone.
1t will all come back to you. You had
almost forgotten that you were a boy.
hadn't you?
You'll fill your lungs with pure air,
feel the singing breeze against your face
and your heart will begin to throb with
good impulses Here everything seems
TO be honest and real and good.
And the welcome! Don't be ashamed
OF the tears that wet your cheeks. An
old man with snowy locks, trembling
with affection, a grand old woman, your
mother, who weeps softly. as women
do because her heart Is filled with hap
piness.
You couldn't make that woman believe
that you ever had petty meanness; that
you had even thought wrong; that you
took n narrow view of life, or that you
had enmities that embittered your ex-
.stence.
You couldn't convince that old man
that in the world could be found
smarter "boy'
Love forgets faults and exats virtues
To them your little successes seem like
triumphs.
Don't forget the little room. You oc-
cupied it as a boy. You slept we'll in
those days. You hadn't a care. You
were free. and you were sound in mind
morals and body. 1t is good to think Of
those things. 1t is good to think of
Christmas Day. of the gifts and the
pleasure and good will that went with
them, of the dinner and the long table
surrounded by relatives and neighbors
too poor to have their own Christmas
dinners.
And when the gray old man bows his
head, and with the faith of a child, says:
I'VE thank thee, o Lord, for the mer-
cies thou hast shown u.s." the simple
prayer that follows will appeal to ali
that is good in your and give you new
hope, new life, new courage.-Cincinnati
Post.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

After ALL" said the busy merchant,
christmas comes but once a year"
YES" rejoined the old man who had
seven children and nineteen grandchil-
dren, "and I'm heartily glad Of it."
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24
Two Christmas Games.

A Yuletide version of the donkey par
ty is played thus: On sheet sketch or
paste design of a Christmas tree. Have
ach branch of the tree terminate in a
circle containing a number, using the
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

the rare occasions on which the small boy
is threatened with insomRia.-Puck.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

scented and there were two merry Christ
masses on the Main Line. = Detroit Free
Press
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-24

The smiling face Of William
J. Jeffords was seen on our
streets yesterday. He lives In
Cincinnati, and has done well.
IL Is his first visit to his old
home In twenty years. He Is
stopping with his aged pa
rents. Captain and Mrs. W. j.
Jeffords.
That is just homely
news item clipped from Il
country paper. 1t has some
thoughts in it for you, MIR.
Busy Man.
Nearly all of US live in
the future. We are on the
right side of 80, and have,
we hope, many long years
before us. If we are r1ch
we hope to become richer.
If we are poor we hope to
become wealthy, and few
people who consider old age
and a completed career as
something distant stop to
think of the duty we owe To
the old folks down in the
country" That Is where
the majority Of the success
full business men came from.
In thousands OF cases father
and mother are still on the
old farm. content to die
where they have lived, far
from the strife Of city life,
close to the soil and nature.
This year you should slip
few things into a grip.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
MAKING A DIeNiFlED CAMPAIGN

Dignity is a comparative quality and
almost always admirable, except in a
baseball pitcher in the box and a
woman getting off a street car. 1t is
not so rare quality as to prompt the
editorial mind to express a sense of
approval of its exhibition in candidates
for the judicial office. It is therefore
with some surprise that we observe the
evening organ of the Republican party
moved to gentle ecstacy by reason Of
the extremely dignified behavior Of
Messrs. Hallam and Markham in the
campaign that the exigeneies of poli-
ties demands of them.
Did our esteemed contemporary of
the cleaning expect that Mr.. Markham
or Mr., Hallam would put aside that
distinguishing mark of the superior
habit of the learned mind, dignity, sim
ply because it is necessary for them to
hustle for votes at this juneture? May
not gentleman cornport himself in
such fashion as is needful in man
who seeks the applause and votes of
the people without throwing his Dig
nifty to the winds? Far be 1t from
us to ehide our contemporary for in
dulging in those little amenities which
go to make the relations of the partisan
editor and the party candidate so per-
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23

fectly amfabIe at this juneture, but we
protest that dignity in a candidate for
the judiciary should be regarded as a
matter OF. course.
We, too, have had occasion to mark
the exceeding grace of Mr.. Markham
and Mr.. Hallam in this campaign. The
agility with which those luninaries Of
the law preserve. the poise which is the
hall mark of gentle breeding and high
thinking is calculated to make the mere
seeker for lay office blush as he lodges
the judicial candidate who has been
lending the light of his presence to the
gathering at the Jolly Nine Social
Dance Nasty nice persons may be
inclined to carp at the fact that the
candidate for judicial office thinks it
necessary to attend the Jolly Nine
dance. We contend that it does not
involve a derogation of dignity for Mr..
Markham or Mr.. Halla1n to go to the
Jolly Nine's affair, to dance even with
one Of the jolly ones, if either be SO
minded. Is there not high warrant for
such a proceeding? Have not some of
the. greatest of our presidents danced
their waysto Office? It is true that
they did not feel constrained to dance
in the halls affected by the Jolly
Nine but there must be some differ
ence between the rural festivities dig
nifled by the old time presidential can
didates and those choice gatherings
which in these days serve but to ac-
cent the high and graceful bearing of
Mr.. Markham or Mr.. Hallam as they
engage in the dance. The two-step of
today offers equal advantages with the
Virginia reel of other days when it is
merely a. matter of preserving ones
dignity.
To congratulate Mr.. Hallam or Mr..
Markham on. the dignity of their bear
ing in these trying times is therefore
superfuous. We hold that they are
both quite capable of preserving judi
=cial and social serenity even under the
odious necessity of pursuing the elusive
voter in the kitchen meeting, the down
town ball room or the palace of liquid
refreshment. Dignity is not a thing
conditioned on time or place when it
is displayed in the judicial candidate.
1t sits on Mr.. Markham and Mr.. Hallam
even as the judicial which they
may haply not wear.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
Begs Leave to Be Excused

This subject of marriage is a COM
plex one and involves the question as
to the limitation of executive authority
according to American standards. If
the duty of deciding who should and
who should not marry were imposed
upon the secretary of war we would
not accept his Office if Judge Taft were
to beg US on bended knees to relieve
him of the responsibility. If there
were no escape we should select a
board of army matrons to decide
whether the aspirant for matrimony
had selected a young woman who was
a proper 4helpmeet for an army officer
for much depends on this. Blest be
the man who makes a wise selection
Army and Navy Journal.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23

in this state suitable for timber grow
ing for a song. Ground that has been
cut over and deserted by the lumber
interest as worthless could be acquired
in quantities large enough for expert
ment upon a grand scale. All the ex-
pense necessary thereafter would be to
maintain a forestry force sufficient to
see that the young growth was pro-
tected, that inferior groWths were cut
away, that new trees were started
where none appeared, and that all this
plant life should be guarded against
fire or other injury.
The cost of such superintendent,
even though extended over many
years, would be the merest trifie in
comparison with the sums that are
daily ventured upon the widest specu-
lations. The returns would be as GER
tain as the seasons and ampler in pro-
portion to capital invested than those
of any other except the phenomenally
successful enterprises of the world.
After a few decades great forests
would again appear. AS far as this
undertaking was carried out, our tim
Der reserves would be restored. The
same care that produced them applied
to their conservation would insure a
rtxv-
magnificent revenue forever. The
principal would never have to be
touched. AS fast as trees suitable for
the market We're cut into lumber their
place would be filed by new growth,
and on the same system of manage
ment that prevails in Europe the for
ests would be maintained from genera
ton to generation as steady source
of wealth.
We cannot understand why this
wonderful opportunity is not only neg
lected, but ignored. Leaving out OF
view all the other considerations that
have made forestry appeal so strongly
to intelligent people, the scheme as
mere money making affair is SO at
traetive that we cannot believe it viii
be neglected Indefinitely.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23

more shops opened. more towns cre-
ated and the volume of commerce in
creased by British domination. Are
these the only things in the world, or
even the finest? Is not the develop
ment of manhood and the growth of
character and the foundation for self
support and self governing interests
the ultimate aim? Dare we apply the
test of connmercialism ss first meas
ure of civilization in an age. Of intel
ligence and of presumed religion? All
history answers that liberty for the in,
dividual and for the state. freedom to
work out for each its chosen destiny in
its own way and by its own methods.
is the law of growth. All else is retro-.
gression.
The man does not live wise enough
to direct the destinies. of others against
their will, or to fashion with puny fist
a future for the world. II he attempt
it in good faith. he is self-deceived. In
that direction lie arrogance and tyran
ny and abuses innumerable, the denial
of free development, the thwarting Of
progress, the old, old contest between
the viii that claims itself supefior and
the mighty iron viii of the multitudes.
who demand for themselves the in
alienable right of choice. and the privi-
lege to learn, as We all of us, best AMI
worst, must learn through their own
mistakes. There could be no issue
more full of meaning than that which
the statement we have referred to has
raised, and none more distinctly char
acteristic of the political contest now
going forward in this country
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
Democraex,s Only Hope

Z There is but one hope for Democracy,
and that is in the integrity and the
loyalty of the Democratic masses.
There are many more Democrats in
the United States than there are Re-
spublicans, and if they will all vote
for the nominees of their party this
year, they will elect Parker and Davis
in spite of the appeal of the Republican
party to selfishness and greed, and in
spite of the Republican corruption
fund. The fight is now on between the
power of money and the power of the
people, and if the voters will but rec
,ognize this fact and arouse themselves
to the true issue, they will win such
a victory as they won in 1S92.-Rich-
mond CVa.l Times Democrat
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
A PALE PINK BALLOT

Blessings on the head of the city
clerk or whoever it was who ordered
the pale pink ballots. 1t is possible
of course, that no delicate compliment
was intended. but we prefer to regard
the ordering Of the aurora-hued slip
for the gentle voter as an outward
sign of that innate chivalry which has
always characterized the Minnesota
male. There is much that is dreary,
nay, even repellant, about the average
voting booth. 1t possesses an air of
stern utilitarianism that contains 40
appeal for the beauty loving sex. But
the rosy ballot on which the woman
voter will be asked to inscribe crosses
at the coming election will impart to
surroundings otherwise forbidding that
indefinable touch of elegance so much
appreciated by all womankind.
And may not the pale pink ballot
be regarded as promise as well as
compliment? May it not be accepted
as the sign of an approach Of a happier
time when suffrage will not only be
granted the other sex, but when all the
appointments of the ballot booth will be
so attractive that voting will be a de-
light as well as privilege? The pink
ballot proves that the gallant Mime
sotan is willing, at least, to make con-
cessions. 1t shows him possessed Of
some regard for the eternal fitness CT
things. Is there any reason for doubt
ing, therefore, that having gone thus
far he will go the whole distance and
transform the ballot booth for the bene-
fit Of the gentle voter?
Certainly he has made good be-
ginning. From time immemorial pale
pink has been the hue most closely as
sociated with the adornment of the
eternal feminine. The "tea,'' that gem
tie form of dissipation which possesses
so great an allurement for the sex, has
developed into compound, and to-
day the tea that isn't pink is not
a tea. Perhaps it was old Homer's
rosy fingered child of the morning,
that made the color poAar in the be-
ginning. Let it suffice to say that pink
is the popular color with the other
sex and the women will show their ap-
probation by visiting the ballot booths
in large numbers on election day.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
The Force Back of Watson

There is something influencing Mr..
Watson's continuous assaults upon the
Democratic candidate beyond the find
ing out, though if Judge Parker's ira
ducer were not the honest man he is
believed to be the suspicion would not
-unnaturally be that between him and
the Republican national committee a
very definite understanding exists, and
that in the event of President Roose-
velts election the latter will not fail
to express his gratitude in some prac-
teal fashion for the services the Pop
ulfst candidate rendered him during
the entire campaign. = Philadelphia
Ledger
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
Contemporary Comment
Our Big Naval Police

The questions might pertinently be
asked of our own naval authorities:
Since strategic considerations should
primarily govern naval design, what
strategic considerations have infiu-
enced the Increase of our battleships in
size from less than 10000 to 10000
tons? What are we going to do with
20,o00-ton or even 16,000-to levia-
thans Whom are they designed to
fight, and where? For asserting our
supremacy in the Western hemisphere
and enforcing President Roosevelts
command to the Latin American re-
publics to behave decently,'' these
monsters are surely not needed. What
are the strategic considerations under
lylng our naval police? Or are we
merely preparing to Tick all crea-
ton ?'-Philadelphia Record.
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
Watson's Contribution

The only possible result that would
flow from any number of people follow
ing Mr.. Watson's advice and giving
him their support in this national
campaign would be the strengthening
Of the hands of the Republican party.
If there is evil in Rooseve1tism, and
Mr.. Watson certainly agrees that there
is, then he is contributing just as lib
orally as is in his power to the per-
petuation of that eyil.-Atlanta Con-
Stitution
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
The Two Great Parties Splits

With the national election less than
month distant the condition of the
two parties may be considered as little
liable to change. The areas of unity in
each are not likely to be affected by
anything that may be said or done
between now and the Sth of Novem-
ber.- Nor is there much prospect that
in less than a month differences that
exist within each party can be so
completely extinguished as to leave no
trace in the future. At best they can
be smoothed over, and it is hard to be-
teve even this process will be prac-
tieable in all localities. An exanlina-
ton of the condition Of the two parties
shows, however, a marked difference
in the character of their troubles.-
Boston Transcript
The Saint Paul globe., 1904-10-23
The PARK. AMENDMENTS

We publish in our news columns an
interview with Mr.. j. A. Wheelock,
president of the board of park com
missioners, relative to the three char
ter amendments intended to extend
and facilitate the work of that body.
No public board has done more faith
full, intelligent and disinterested serv-
ice for st. Paul than this. 1t has actu-
ally created our present park system
and built it up with only the most
modest resources to go upon. This
has been labor of love and work
of personal pride, and the city cannot
discharge the debt that it owes to all
of these gentlemen, and especially to
Mr.. Wheelock, who has been the in
spiration of park Improvement from
its beginnings.
The demands of the park board are
modest. As to the increase in their
financial allowance, which is the
subject of the first amendment,
the same argument holds as
was applied to the other three
amendments discussed in these coll
umns yesterday. The sum asked for
is not excessive, and it will be wisely
applied. The sole question is whether
this amount should be added to the
burdens Of the people to be borne out
of the tax levy at the present time. If
our people feel that they can afford
this small sum for a purpose SO
worthy, they will be fully justified in
voting for it. s.e
AS to the other two amendments to
the charter in relation to parks there
is no possible question. Amendments
eight and nine ought to be adopted by
the unanimous vote of the electors.
They are intended to cure defects in
the existing law and to facilitate the
acquisition of property for park pur-
poses. The first simply meets the re-
quirements of a decision of the su
preme court on technical details. The
second authorizes condemnation pro-
ceedings for property that the board is
in a position to purchase if exorbitant
prices are not asked. Had we had
such regulation in the past, the park
area of the city today might be several
times as large as it is with little or no
greater outlay. These two amend
ments are merely implements that the
park board requires for the effective
discharge of it's duties, and we hope
that no indifference will defeat them.
AS for a vote against them, this ought
to be impossible by any Intelligent
man.
The public spirit of Mr.. Wheelock
and his devotion to st. Paul are SO well
known, and his statement of the case
is so clear and convincing. that it may
be referred to the voters as the best
instruction they can receive for voting
upon the park amendments.