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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
FIVE bells which are supposed to an.

five bells which are supposed to an.
nounce the approach OF the mail man.
When the streams are flooded the
rural postman in India floats down the
stream astride a log, steering it into
the bank at various points, while he
disembarks to deliver mail to the
houses along the way. There is also
a camel post in India, the carriers be-
ing attired with a scantiness similar
to the foot postman.
The town postmaster In India Is a
distinguished looking individual and
he struts about with a dignity suffi-
cient for an office of much greater
Importance. He wears a white linen
suit, the coat cut long, while on his
head rests a red turbain. In most of
the large cities in India the carriers
wear the usual English uniform.
Australian mail carriers are CARRIED
in pale green uniforms with a red
girdle about the waist. The mounted
carriers wear long green coats, high
riding boots and strapped to the sad
die is a brace Of pistols for protec-
ton, and a bugle with which to In
form the patrons of the carriers arri-
val. The mounted carriers are usually
accompanied by several fierce looking
dogs, as a still further means of pro-
tecting the postman and the mail he
carries.
The French city postman's uniform
is Of the severe military type, dark
blue In color. 1t consists Of a short
military jacket with red trimmings
around the collar and cuffs and brass
buttons down the front. The trousers
Of the outfit are also of blue with
red stripes down the side seams. In
the lowlands and marshes Of France
the postmen traverse the country on
stills, carrying their mail sacks over
their shoulders.
Where Renders Are Used.
The postmen in Queensland dress in
white linen with trimmings of red
around the collar and cuffs. Their
white tourist hats have a red band
about the base of the crown.
The Turkish letter carriers wear the
Oriental costume Of red, with tight
fitting coat and baggy trousers. Their
headgear consists of a tasseled fez.
In Kamchatka the carriers are clad in
furs and drive sleighs drawn by dogs,
RENDERS and occasionally a team of
moose. A semi-military uniform is
worn by the carriers in Italy, Spain,
Portugal and in some countries of
South America.
In some parts Of the Sahara desert
and in wild and little frequented parts
Of Asia, where outlaws and brigands
abound, the governments send an es-
cort of soldiers with the mail carriers
bearing registered packages. In a
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
GOOD SHOWS AT SPOKANE.
Bookings at the Spokane Theater for
the Next Two Months.

Bookings at the Spokane Theater for
the Next Two Months.
The bookings at the Spokane the
ater for February and March are as
follows:
February 6 and 2, Baltimore Beau
ties"
February IS and IA, burlesque.
February Is, Madame Frankenfield
company.
February 10, Max Dick concert.
February 20 and Fl, Imperial Bur
lesquers."
February 20, % and "a. English
grand opera.
February 25, Pauline Hall.
February % and March 1. Nance
O'Neil.
March and 8, Little Johnnie
Jones'"
March 4, "Yon Yonson."
March s, woodland"
March and z, W. H. Vests min
strels.
March 8, 9 and 10. Riley & Woods.
March IL, "Piff, Paff, Pouff."
Marcn 10 ana Ia, MISS new YORK.
Jr."
March 16, high school concert.
March Is and 10, Way Down East"
March 20 and 81, Empire Burles-
quers."
March ~ and %. Paul Gilmore.
March "a, Madame Gadski.
March ~ and %, burlesQue.
March 81, collie" Mack.
Among other attractions booked are
the George H. Primrose minstrels,
The Christian" Blanche Walsh, Heir
to the Hoorah" and the Roscian Opera
company.
Out of town people can have seats
reserved for any show in any part
of the theater by sending remittance
to Joseph Petrich, manager.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
GRAND OPERA STARS
WILL SOON SING IN SPOKANE.
Some of the Brilliant Prima Donnas,
Tenors, Baritones and Bassos With
the Celebrated Savage English
Grand Opera Company.

MIR. Henry w. Savage will introduce
to Spokane music lovers a host of
glorious voiced songbirds when his Gel
ebrated organization appears for it's
first season of grand opera in English
at the Spokane theatre, for four per-
formances, beginning Thursday, Feb
ruary 20.
-Four different masterpieces are to
be given. and each will have its special
cast.
Among the many artists to be heard
will be the silver-voiced Gertrude Rem
nyson, who has scored a series of tri-
umphs in the east in leading drama
tic soprano roles; dramatic Rita New
man, whose thrilling contralto is well
known in the west; William Wegener.
whose magnificent tenor will be heard
In "Lohengrin" and "Tannhauser;
Joseph f. Sheehan, with his golden
high notes for "Rigoletto'' and "La
Boheme;" artistic Winfred Goff.
whose resonant baritone will be in the
same casts with Mr.. Sheehan; Arthur
Deane, for "Telramund" and ''Wol-
franz" and Thomas Richards for an
other series of baritone roles.
Margaret Crawford, the contralto
who has been singing in German op-
era in Weisbaden and elsewhere, will
be heard in the roles of the vindictive
Ortrud and enticing Venus; and Flor
ence Easton's brilliant coloratura So
prano promises rare treat.
Tenor Francis Maclennan, OttIey
Cranston and Robert Kent Parker,
bassos, and Harrison W. Bennett, the
basso cantante, are also notable addi
tions.
The orchestra of fifty musicians will
be under the alternate direction OF
conductor Elliott Schenck, the Cheva-
lier N. B. Emanuel, and Signor Eu-
gene Salvatore.
'Lohengrin" will open the opera fes-
tival on Thursday night. Feb. %. On
Friday evening, "Rigoletto" will be
presented. ''Tannhauser" will be the
Saturday matinee bill, while Faust"
will close the season Saturday night,
Feb. "a.
The season ticket sale opens Thurs
day, Feb. Is, the regular sale begin
ming Feb. 10:
Excursion rates on all railroads.
Write Joseph Petrich, Manager Spo-
kane Theater, for reserved seats.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
Kills Deer with Fiat.

"A few weeks ago, just before l
left for Denver, we had venison for
dinner which our cook killed with his
fist. Game Is so plentiful that ali one
has to do is to stand on his back porch
and use a revolver to obtain almost
anything in the way Of meat that one
could wish for"
H. w. Long, vice president of the
Denver Honduras Banana Company,
was telling of the attractions of his
Honduras home, says the Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
"The manner in which our cook OBJ
tanned the venison was this" contin-
ued Mr.. Long. I'VE had been having
high water in the river which flows
through our plantation, and one morn
ing our cook noticed a herd of half a
dozen deer swimming across 1t. He
jumped into canoe and killed one
with a blow of his fist. However,
deer are not the only game which we
have a chance to try a shot at
'Leopards, alligators, beautiful trop-
zeal birds of every description, snakes
OF wonderful hues. are all numerous.
Wild ducks can be secured in plenty
a few hours shooting brought me fifty
the other day-and parrots, which
make excellent eating, having much
the flavor of squads, are also plenti-
full"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
THE JUMEL MANSION.
ONCE THE SCENE OF REvELRY
AND MERRYMAKING.
where Scores of Celebrities Were
Entertained, Dtned and Wined
by One of the Most Fascinating
Beauties of Her Time.

To the people who believe with
stage and all the men and women
merely players" there Ia nothing Of
greater fascination than an old house.
Here have been enacted the most
charming comedies and the most PIT
lful tragedies, and Outlines, as in the
case of real actors, breaking hearts
have been covered by smiles and mirth
while bright, laughing eyes have ached
with unshed tears.
One Of the most interesting Of the
many historical mansions in this coun-
try Is the brave old Jumel house which
stands on Washington Heights, in New
York, and Is known as one Of the few
remaining vestiges Of the old-time
architectural splendor of that city. 1t
stands well back from the street and
commands a lofty and extensive view,
its sole barricade now from an in
quisitive public being a high, luxur-
liant box-hedge. The mansion was
built in 1853, as wedding present for
Mary Phillips, of Phillipsburg Manor,
Yonkers, who became the wife Of Col
onel Roger Morris. This lady was
Washington's first sweetheart and
when the Continental forces confls-
Gated the mansion from Mary Phillips
Tory husband feeling of sentiment
stirred the mighty Americans heart
and he took the house as his head
quarters, to prevent it's destruction.
When NJ. Stephen Jumel, a dashing
Frenchman, who kept sailors find
ings store on South street and fitted
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
OLD FLAME OF HOSTESS.

But He Didn't Know 1t Until O Bad
Break Brought 1t 0ut.
The sect Of the Sehwenkfelders, at
their annual reunion in Allentown,
Pa, were eating their famous feast Of
bread and apple butter, says the Wash
lngton Post. The long table was COW
cred with great plates of fine white
bread, great dishes of golden butter,
and great bowls Of rich brown apple
butter.
mo, you are mistaken" said the
Rev. A. R. Schorman, of Pandora, O.,
to reporter, 'if you think this is our
idea of a fine banquet. This meal cell
ebrates a historical event-the landing
Of the Schwenkfelders, and their first
meal In the new world. 1t was a meal
composed only of bread and apple but
ter, for the good reason that there was
nothing else to have just then"
Mr.. Schorman, as he helped himself
to the excellent apple butter, smiled.
when you accuse US Schwenkfelders
of regarding this as great banquet"
he said, "you mistake us and humili-
ate US. You are like the stranger who
visited the home of his boyhood friend.
He and his boyhood friend had not
seen one another for moro than thirty
years. Then they met by accident in
New York, and the resident took the
stranger home to dinner. In the host
handsome house, as they sat in the par.
lor, the guest said:
$50 you are married, JohAf
"'Dear. dear, yes Jshn answered.
L ana married and have three children.
They will be down to welcome ysu In
a few minutes
"'Well, WE'LL said the guest. Tt
seems strange to think Of you as a IA.
Their And he sighed.
"'By the way the host began,
didn't you live in Cambridge after
you left ChicagoT
"'oh, yes,' said the guest I lived
there for some years.
Then perhaps you met Miss Nc
WadeT
''The guest gave loud laugh.
Met herr he cried. Man alive,
that's a good one. Met her? 1 was
engaged to her. But SO were all the
other fellows at one time or another.
College boys and clerks. But what's
the matter, JohnT he broke of, anx.
iously.
miss McWade is my wife, said the
host, In strange, dead voice"
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

In the postal service Of every gov
eminent the work performed by the
carriers is one Of the most important
features Of the system. In the carrier
service Of the world there are en-
ployed many unique methods, and the
costumes worn, devices employed and
the practices relating to mail delivery,
obtaining in the various countries are
Of no little interest.
The postman who delivers mail in
the northern part Of Russia In winter
wears heavy felt boots and. over his
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

out privateers for the war in Jamaica
and San Domingo, married the adven-
turous Betty Bowen, he, bought and
fitted up the mansion with a magnif-
cent expenditure, calculated to make
the eyes of the plain old Dutch burgh-
ers start from their heads. Mistress
Betty had lived, to put 1t mildly, be-
fore she met and married the young
merchant prince. AS Betty Bowen,
the rustic beauty had broken the heart
and stamped on the pride of many an
impresslonable Massachusetts, beau.
To her was born a child which so
closely resembled George Washington
that for many years was supposed to
be his son. In reality, Major Reuben
Ballou was the father of Betty Bow
ems child. When the baby was 5
weeks old the future haughy Nine.
Jumel ran away and left him. She
came back several times afterward to
lou, wife of the major, although well
aware of the paternity of the child,
kept 1t and would not let the mother
so much as see 1t.
Betty was gloriously lovely, with
all the capricious, puzzling hayward
ness of little child-a fascinating rid
die who charmed Stephen Jumel and
for years after they were wed kept
him wondering what she would do
next. To make his wife happy the
wealthy Frenchman imported hang
ings, furniture and wonderful plate
from France. The Jumels entertained
lavishly and the household affairs
were conducted on a great scale. Once,
upon returning from European trip,
the madam brought with her quaint
box Of the little corporal. the trunk he
carried on his campaigns, Josephine's
jewels and embroideries and bric-a-
brac which had been the property Of
Marie Antoinette.
Many Of these valuable souvenirs
are to-day in the drawing room of
Mrs. Julius Caryl, Of Washington
Heights, the grand-niece of Nine. Ju-
mel. There is in this same room
fuIl-length life-size portrait of Nine.
Betty, which was painted in France
In the hey-day of her charms. She
sits in a great carved chair, dressed
in a robe Of embossed blue velvet
There are showers Of costly lace about
the shoulders, and lappets of lace fall
from the chestnut hair, carefully band
ed and curled in the fashion of those
days. The face of Nine. Betty Is full
of fire and fascination. The eyes are
lustrous and sapphire hue, the ex-
preston one Of winsome pride and
complacent disdain.
The Jumel mansion is packed with
history, romance and thrilling mystery.
There are dark and blood -curdling Sc
cret passages and cupboards and Of
course there is a ghost chamber and
ghost who walks ana wails in the most
approved fashion.
In the great banQueting hall every
nook and corner tells a tale. In This
sumptuous ROOM stood the table which
madam never permitted 10 be dis
tubed after one Of those famous mid
night New Years feasts. After the
eating and drinking, the songs and
toasts and banter were done the table
stood with its empty bottles and
crushed flowers just as 1t was left
when the last gay reveler with toast
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

Closely following the termination
of the grand opera session, Spokana'
will be given four of the best pro-
auctions of the season. Sunday even
ing, February 25, comes the famous
Pauline Hall. Nance O'Neil, in two
of her famous plays, will be the Of
fering on February 28 and March 1.
Little Johnny Jones" will be there
March and 8 and Henry w. Saw
ages Woodland" is booked for
March 8.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
Narrow Escape From Fire.

Los Angeles.-Fire broke out in q
store room beneath the Louise lodg-
ing house, at $40 South Broadway,
Sunday niaht, and number of guests
in the lodging house had narrow
escapes from suffocation. Nearly a
dozen were taken from the windows OF
the house by firemen, although none
were injured. One woman was rem
dered unconscious.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
away Down East"

WAY Down East" the perennial
rural play which has made fortunes
for William A. Brady, is to return next
month for brief engagement at the
SDOkane
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

vast number Of cases the cost of the
escort is greatly in excess Of the value
of the package to be delivered, and 1t
would be ruinous to the recipient were
he obliged to bear the expense of the
delivery. The government, however.
relieves the citizen of this expense
Utica Globe.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
$4,000 a Year Is Ennsh.

Duluth, Mimi do rbt believe
that any man should have more than
$4,000 a year, for If he LIES right ne
does not need any more" declared
Governor John A. Johnso1 In a sun
dav address. Governor Jol nson spoke
under the auspices Of the luluth Y. M.
C. A
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
CHICAGO TRAIN HITS TROLLEY
Two Die and Twelve othets Are In.
iured-Streetca Wrecked.

jured-Streetcar Wrecked.
Cbicago,-Two persons were killed
and 12 others injured Sunday night
when a Pennsylvania passenger train
struck a crowded street car at one
Hundred and Sixth street, South Chi
cago. The street car was wrecked and
the engine and first coach d the pas
senger train left the tracks. The train
was a theater train bound for East
Chicago, Ind, leaving Chicag, at 1854
D. m. It was travelling at tie rate OF
20 miles an hour when ths collision
occurred.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16
Mark TWAIN as an Art Critic.

Mark Twain was visiting 81. n.
Rogers, who led the humorist into his
library.
There" he said, as he pointed to a
bust of white marble. what do you
think of that
1t was the bust Of young woman
coiling her hair.
Mr.. Clemens looked at It a moment
and then said:
''It isn't true to nature"
"Why not Mr.. Rogers asked.
"She ought to have her mouth full
Of hairpins."
A man thinks his neighbor has no
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

1t Is funny: Girls talk of buttoning
up their dresses, when tley really bot
ton them down.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

"You claim that you will make any
sacrifice for my sake, Henryr'
Eyes, Of course"
Then invite mother to come and
live with u.s." -
"Well, Of course. I meant any rea.
sonable sacrifice. Plain
Dealer.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

The baby 10 sick, mother In up all
night; children get sick, mother 10
up all night; father gets sick, mother
Is up all night; but who ID up when
mother gets sick7 Does anyone
know Of 1t but the Lordl
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

The costume Of the rural carrier In
parts Of India Is merely a cloth about
his loins The Indian postman carries
a long-handled spear across his Shout
der with a mail sack tied to the stan.
Near the point Of the spear are four or
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1906-02-16

A man thinks his neighbor has no
right to hold wrong viewA
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16

duced In the house bill from the com
mittee ON public health fixing n penal
~ of not more than one years imprls'
onmcnt or n fine Of not more than $500
for selling diseased meat. The bill
amending the charter of the Bratlie'
boro Home for Aged and Disabled was
ordered to third reading "Wednesday
At a meeting Of the Farmers league
Wednesday evening the bill introduced
In the house BY Mr.. Carr of ~. Johns
bury providing for the appointment OF
state highway commissioner and Tor
expert supervision of highways was dis
eussed. Ii was strongly advocated by
State Highway Commissioner oates
who was present at the hearing. This
bill calls for county supervision. The
sum Of $4,000 annually is appropriated
TO be expended for the permanent I'M
provement of highways available 10
towns ms follows: When any town snail
at its annual meeting or nc any special
meeting duly warned, vote TO raise mon,
ey in excess of the amount required ny
law 10 be expended in improving ITS
highways under the rules and regulh-
tions governing the expenditure OF the
state highway tax, the state highway
commissioner shall apportion TO SAID
town n sum of money equal to the sum
voted by the town. and in no case shall
the sum so appropriated exceed s5OO 10
any one town in any one year, nor shall
any town be entitled 10 the benefits OF
this section unless the amount so voted
equals or exceeds 500, but in no year
shall the amount apportioned to the
towns, over and above the regular state
highway tax, together with the ex.
pcnses provided in this act to be paii
from this appropriation exceed the sum
of $4,000. This bill carries with II no
increase in direct taxation; all the mon
ev comes from the corporation tax,
leaving all small ms well as large towns
as before. Incorporated villages can
not participate in cash division, but
they can have the benefit of the advice
of road engineer or skilled expert, up
TO the amount of 5000 for each biennial
term. This selection of roads shall be
done with the main purpose OF securing
trunk lines Of highways and towns
must keep these improved highways IN
repair. No town shall receive money
from the state until such roads are Kept
up. ,...,..,
The house committee on elections
give public hearing Tuesday evening
Nov. 90, on bill to repeal the pres
ent caucus law.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
The Grade Crossing Bill.

By the signature of Governor Proctor
on Saturday one of the important meas
urcs of the present Vermont legislature
became a law. 1t pertains to the abol-
ishment of railroad grade crossings
which was advocated by Governor Proc
for in his inaugural. The law provides
that the selectmen of town Wlthlh
which public highway crosses or Is
crossed by a railroad, may bring theif
petition in writing 10 the board OF rail-
road commissioners alleging that pubic
safety requires an alteration IN such
crossing. its approaches, the method oi
crossing, the closing of the pubic
crossing and the substituting of another
therefor. not mt grade, or the removal
of distractions to the sight of sueh
crossing and praying that the same may
be ordered
Commissioners shall order hearing
in the matter and shall determine What
alterations, if any, shall be made ap-
portioning the expense between tne
propertv holders of land adjoining the
public highway, grant damages to Ian
owners whose land may be taken, etc.
The commissioners shall order per
cent. of the whole expense of alteration
including land damages to be paid by
tbe town in which such public or cross
ing is located, the remainder of the eN-
pense to be paid by the corporation
owning or operating the road.
When a railroad corporation fails to
remove in one year the crossing re-
mired to be removed by the provisions
of the act such crossing not. so removed
shall be added to the number required
to be removed for the following year,
The act shall not apply to street raiI'
way corporations. The act takes ehec'
Jan. l, 1907.
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
Dainty Foods
Demand 1t

TN EVERY Receipt that calls for cream
i of tartar, soda, or baking powder, use
the Royal Baking Powder. Better results
will be obtained because of the absolute
purity and great leavening strength Of the
Royal. 1t will make the food lighter,
sweeter. of finer flavor, more digestible and
wholesome. 1t is always reliable and uni
form in its work.
Alum and phosphate baking powders
some of them sold at the same price and
some of them cheaper-will make neither
dainty nor wholesome food.
ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., wYoRK
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-11-16
FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
BILL TO ABOLISH 1T REFUSED A
THIRD READING TUESDAY
Thirteen Windham County Members
Voted Against the Bill While Eight
Were in It's Favor-Much Routine
Work Transacted by the Legislature,

The feature OF the work Of the lcgis.
lature during the past week is the ac'
tion taken by the house Tuesday ON the
bin abolishing capital punishment. by
a decisive vote of li0 to 10 the lower
body refused third reading TO the bill
doing away with the death penalty.
The question gave much opportunity for
exciting debate and furnished enter.
tainment for hundreds of spectators
The Windham county delegation ar
rayed itself in favor of capital punish
ment by a vote of l3 to $. two Nom
bers not voting on the question. The
legislature is doing its best to finish
work in time for final adjournment be-
fore Thanksgiving but it looks now as
if turkey.eating time would see nothing
but recess.