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^ CREAM
BAKING
POWDER
A Cream of Tartar Powder
Made From Crapes
No Alum
THE HORSE CHESTNUT.
(he Orlfl
A T1kMff or Two ti
Ita
The horse chestnut tree is well
known, and the nuts are dear to boys
and sufferers from rheumatism. Hut
the statement was made lately, aud It
la even found In some encyclopedias,
that the name Is given on account of
its coarseness "Like a horse, or like
that of a horse: hence, coarse and un
refined." The reflection on the horse la
an unworthy one, but let that pass. Is
not the explanation given In Gerarde's
Herbal 1 13871 a more reasonable one?
"Oalied In English horse chestnut, for
that the people of the east countries do
with the fruit thereof Pure their horses
at the cough and such like diseases."
There is a long list of plants that
have animal prefixes horse, dog. cat,
haar. cow. pig. wolf, mouse, rat. toad,
frog, dragon, snake, etc. In some In
stances "the uarne of an animal pre
fixed has a totally different signifies
tloc, denoting size, coarseness and fre
qwwuly worthlessness or spurious
nee*." but names have also originated
bom the particular uses to which cer
tain plants have been put. and the
hone chestnut Is an example. The
Turks. Arabians. Persians, all believ
ed that these nuts cured horses of
coughs, shortness of wind and such
other ailments. In England a prepara
tion of the nut was once used for
bleaching yarn.
Tet there may be something in the
statement of an Englishman. Al
fred A. Mill ward: "The tree possesses
• feature which I have often found to
be not generally known. It is a very
dietin 'ly marked horseshoe, with sev
en Cots corresponding to the nails of
the horseshoe, and this appears at the
knuekle of the branches, large and
small, but more clearly on the latter."
—Boston Herald.
OUR OLDEST DOLL.
It Was Brought From KugLand Over
Two Oaturte* Ago.
Long, long ago. when William Penn
salted from England on his second
visit to America, what do you think
ha brought with him on the good ship
Canterbury? An English doll. This
passenger is the sole survivor of that
voyage across the Atlantic, which was
m ad e over 20o years ugo.
William Penn had a little daughter
named Letltla. i.etit.a heard her fa
Char tell wonderful tales'of what he
•aw and heard In Pennsylvania on his
first visit to this country, thousands of
miles distant from Letitla's home. He
Often told her about little Miss Ban
kin. who. living as she did In the wil
derness of Pennsylvania (for this was
long ago, remember), had no toys at
nil, not even one rag doll. When I.eti
Ua's father was getting ready to again
BUSS the ocean to America his little
«*rl Insisted upon sending a doll to that
lonesome little girl.
Bo a doll was dressed in a court cos
tome of stripe] and delicately tinted
brocade and velvet. The skirt was
held out by enormous hoops for such
was the fashion of the well dressed la
dies of that period. 'Ihe doll itself Is
twenty Inches high and has the long
watet and slender form of the court
beauties she left In her native land.
Her heir la rolled back from her face,
much In the style of today.
This doll now lives in Montgomery
county, Maryland, In the strictest se
clusion She is only removed front her
careful wrappings when little girls de
Mrs the honor of making the to quaint
ance of the oldest doll in America.
Philadelphia Press.
The Rstrernee.
body has said that the vices of
ary rich ami of the ■ cry p „,r arc
cal It is a matter of specula
whether their appetites an- also
ar. for the vary poor woman
great solace in her cup of tea and
quantities of it, so a,... dies the
rich woman. Alcoholic stimulants are
also favored by the one who finds life
from poverty and site who
K equally monotonous from
One can have nothing she
; the other has everything she
; raaoH with both, au almost un
.hie discontent. Philadelphia Tet
,i*eiv Uu*llH.,l
I Parent If you would win my
young muu. you must prove
fig my satisfaction tlmt you have fortl
tafia, patience under dlacouraging cir
aousaga. an Indomitable will to sue
eeefi sad above all. an ability t > he ar
wttfc misfortune Have you those quill
IfciatliinsT Suitor - I've known your
daughter tor some time. sir. and am
•fitBg yon (or her hand Do you wish
afitar OBonnoast—Mew York Times.
AN EVART5 MIC.
Ihowtaf Hew It Mar Sometime* Pag
I* Be a Poor Writer.
Not many lawyers write legibly, aud
the iate William M. Evarts wrote such
au execrable baud that It was very of
teu difficult to read It. This caused a
mistake at oue time which resulted tu
the emiueut lawyer receiving a retain
er for ten times the amount be request
ed. The late William Allen Butler, an
emluent member of the New York bar,
was counsel for one of the legatees in
the celebrated Stokes will case years
ago, In which the late Dr Henry I*.
Stearns was oue of the expert wit
nesses. Something like $ 13.OOt.UoO was
involved, aud Mr Butler told his cli
eut that he would like au associate In
the conduct of the case He was asked
whom be would suggest, and he said
be thought Mr Evarts would be the
best man owing to bis superior know!
edge of the law and his great reptita
tlon as an advocate The client agreed,
and Mr Butler was Instructed to see
If Mr Evarts would come lute the
case.
Accordingly Mr. Butter wrote to Mr
Evarts and Invited him to be assoclat
ed in the case and name his retaining
fee in due time he received a reply
which he saw at a glauce was in the
affirmative aud. without stopping to
read It further, slipped It Into another
envelope and mailed it to his client
In a day or two he received a call from
Mr Evarts. who inquired what sort of
a man his brother lawyer's elleut was
"Didn't you hear from him after !
sent your letter to him?" queried Mr
Butler
"Ytw," replied Mr Evarts. "but he
sent me a check for $115,000. and l only
! asked him for $2,300."
It was apparent that Mr Evarts
ehlrography misled the client This Is
the story as told by a lawyer who was
familiar with the facts, but It is not
known whether Mr Evarts returned the
difference of $22,500 or whether he
worked It out.-Hartford foursut.
THE KALLIMA BUTTERFLY.
A* Iiiect That Perfectly Imitate*
a Bead Tree Leaf.
A moth usually rests with his fore
wings outspread over the promiueut
pattern of his hind wings, says Walde- :
mar B. Kaempffert In the Booklovers
Magazine. In any other posture he
would Inevitably meet a swift death i
A butterfly, on the contrary, rests usu
ally with his wings uplifted aud :
pressed together. Otherwise, the gaudy
upper surface would he as conspicu- !
ous as the black ink on this white
paper a signal for attack by relent i
less and voracious foeu. In order to j
hide himself the butterfly has. there !
fore, lavished all the resources of hi* i
Imitative art on the under surface of i
his wings By far the most astonish
ing instance of this kind U afforded
by the East Indian Kalllma butterfly, j
the blue upper surface of which is I
richly and ostentatiously adorned with
a stripe of orange, but the under stir |
face of which bears a truly staggering
likeness to a leaf, when the wings are
drawn together. Here we have an 1
insect that apes not merely the ap
proximate shape and color of a dead
leaf, but also the midrib with the deli- |
cate velning. the sharp point, and the i
short stem common to many tropical j
leaves.
It might be supposed that this imita •
tlon of an ordinary object is sutfl. leutly
minute to protect the Kalllma from Ita
enemies. Self preservation apparently
demands not merely a dead leaf situ
ulated. but in touches even more ex- I
qulslte, for the resemblance has been
so craftily carried out that Ihe light
er colored varieties, a dead, shriveled
leaf flecked with parasitic growths,
stained and spotted to give the appear
ance of holes eaten by caterpillars
How Owl* Caleb Chicken*.
When I was a chunk of a boy I shot
a horned owl. the spread of whose
wtugs was four and one half feet. anil,
to the surprise of the boy who had car
ried it for several miles, the weight
was only four pounds. They were
rather numerous at that time In that
section of the i-ountry and were trie
hlesome about carrying off chickens
which mostly roosted in apple trees
about the farm buildings. The belief
that they could carry away full grown
hens was a common one It was also
commonly believed that an owl never
picked a chicken off the roost, but.
alighting on the limb, crowded the
chicken off and as It flew toward the
ground caught It on the wing Forest
and Htrearn.
Barton and the Fisher*.
In "Aubrey's Lives" this quaint story j
la told of Lord Bacon "His lordship, ,
being tn the garden looking on fishers
as they were throwing their rietLs, asked !
them what they would take for their
catch. They answered ao much Ills
lordship would offer them not more,
hot so much. They drew up their nett,
and In It were only two or three little
fishes He then told them It had been
better for them to have taken his offer
They replied they hoped for a better
draft, but, anld his lordship, 'Hope is
a good breakfast, but an 111 supper ' "
A Taper House.
"Only think," exclaimed Fenderson,
"of the many uses to which paper la
now put!"
"I know," replld Baas "1 was at
the theater the other nlglit, anil I was
toJd It was all paper, and It was a fine,
substantial looking structure too."
Tk* Hal* la lb* Hoof.
No man Is belittled by having a d»
cent roof over hla head, and no bteliop
la made a saint by living In a hovel.—
From "The Bishop's Niece," by George
H. Heard.
It la really the errors of a man that
make him Ibrahte. —Goethe.
WHAT TOTEMISM IS.
Light oa u laterasttag u* Llttl#
DaSeralu** Sabj*et.
It la Interesting to note that totcmlsm
la found not only In Alaska, but among
the North Amerlcsu Italians, the abo
rigines of Australia, the Hottentots of
Africa and even the hill tribes of In
dia. Totems are also common among
the Samoans.
Broadly the totem is the badge of •
clan or tribe, but It signifies a great
deal more than mere political or social
alliance. It is not only a tribal em
blem, but also a family sign; not mere
ly a symbol of nationality, but also
an expression of religion; not simply
a bond of union among primitive peo
ples, but also a regulator of the mar
riage laws and of other social Institu
tions. A totem hss been defined as "a
class of material objects which a sav
age regards with superstitious respect,
believing that there exists between
him and every member of the class an
Intimate and special relation."
Among the OJtbway Indians there
are uo fewer than twenty three differ^
eut totems. Nine of these are quadru
peds. marking out the wolf, the bear,
the beaver aud other clans, eight are
birds, flve are fishes and one is the
snake.
Some extraordinary superstitions re
garding totems prevail in Samoa. Thus
it Is believed that If a turtle man cats
of a turtle he will grow very til. and
the voice of the turtle will tie heard In
his inside saying "He ate me. I am
killing him." If a bauaua man uses a
banana leaf for a cap he becomes bald
If a butterfly man catches a butterfly
it strikes him dead. If a fowl man
eats a fowl delirium aud death results,
ami so on, all going to show that the
totem has something of the quality of
a fetich as well as the significance of
a family emblem
Kegardlng totem Ism. it is to be noted
that the relatlou of mutual help and
protection includes also the totem it
self that is to say. If a man take*
care of hla totem he expects the to
tem to return the compliment. If the
totem 1s a dangerous animal it must
not hurt his clansmen The scorpion
men of Senegamhla declare that the
most deadly scorpions will run over
their bodies without hurting them
There is a snake dan In Australia
which holds to a similar belief Among
the crocodile clan of the Be- huanas if
a man la bitten by a crocodile or even
has water splashed on him by one he Is
expelled from the clan us one esteemed
unworthy by the totem. Housekeeper
SOME SUPERSTITIONS.
If you want a cat to stay at your
home, rub Its paw oa the stove
To keep a new dog, measure his tall
with a cornstalk and bury the latter
under the front step.
If you sing In bed you will cry next
day If you sing before breakfast you
will cry before night.
A family must never move except in
the light or Increase of the moon This
will secure prosperity and increase of
possessions
If a woman is making snap and a
man stirs It, all will be well and the
soap will be tine, but if a woman cornea
the soap will spoil in the waking
Looking at a new moon for the first
time through otsttructlons. as through
a treexop, foretells misfortune during
that moon. To see It over the right
shoulder and in a clear apses brings
good luck.
WX*r L.'nhtalaa Kill*.
"A* a rule," says a meteorological
expert, "tboae kilted by lightning main
tain an appearance of Ilf--, staying in
the attitude which they had when
struck. An English minister named
Butler witnessed the following In the
town of Everdon ten harvesters had
sought refuge under a hedge during a
storm. Lightning struck and killed
four, who wera left as If petrified. One
was found holding In his fingers the
snuff which he was about to take An
other had a little dead dog on his knees
ansi had one hand on the animal's head,
while holding In the other hand some
bread with which he had been feeding
It. A third was sitting with tds eyes
open and hta head turned toward the
storm "—Chicago Tribune
A Trfinslator'i Klunirp.
Jacob Boehmc, the "mystic shoemak
#r." once wrote a pamphlet which be
called "Reflections on the Treatise of
Isaiah Btlefel." One of Boehme's hi
ographers had never heard of that the
otoglan. But be knew enough 'iertnan
to be aware that "BtWer meant
"boot." and he was further misled by
the fact that Boehmc was a cobbler
aa well as a philosopher, so he made
a brilliant shot and spoke of the pam
phlet In question aa Boehme's "Ilcflec
tinea on the Boots of Isaiah." In thin
guise tt passed Into several catalogue*.
A Q*>o 4 This* to Ksoa.
A wrtter, discussing the lag art of
early rising, says, "The proper time to
rise la when sleep cuds." That's a good
thing to learn. I to you know. If we
hadn't seen that In a paper we should
have gone on believing that the proper
time to rise was when you were right
In the midst of your soundest sleep
What a blessed thing It la for this blind
old world that there are some tnen In
It who know nearly swerythtngt
The wise man when be contemplates
a Journey lets hla wife pack and then
takes her along to repack. If not he
will need a dry good* case to bold the
overflow when tie turns homeward.—
New York Ttaes.
Stresses* Hist.
Husband let me see. bow long has
It been since Uncle John was here?
Wife Oh, It must be several years.
Ha was bore the waste after I got my
ITlIbn.
Cured III* Mother ut Rheumatism.
"My mother has been a sufferer
for many years front rheumatism,"
says W. H. Howard, of Husband,
Penn. "At times she was unable to
more at ail, while at all times walk
lug was painful. 1 presented her
with a bottle of t'hamberlalu's Fain
Balm and alter a few applications esb
decided it was the most wonderful
paiu reliever she had ever tried, in
faot, she is uever without It now and
is at all tiuiea able to walk. Au oc
casioual application of Bain Halm
keeps away the paiu that she former
ly was troubled with." For sale by
the foeur d'Alene Drug coiupauy.
fraud Kt|NMMMt
A few counterfeiters have lately
been making aud tryiug to aell luii
tatious of Dr. King's New Discovery
for I'uusumpttub, fough* and folds
aud other medicluea, thereby de
fraudiug the public. This Is to warn
you to beware of such people, who
Seek tu profit, through stealing the
reputatiou of remedies which hare!
been successfully curing diseases for
over do years. A sure protectou, to
you, is our uauie uu the wrapper.
Look tor it, uu all Dr. King's, or
Buckleli's remedies, as all otberu'ire
mere (initiations. H. F'.. Hl'CKl.EN
A ft)., fhlcago. 111., aud Windsor,
Canada.
PROFESSIONAL DIRECTORY.
Q)R. H. E. BURNETT.
DKNTIST
F.wlumge National ltunk Block
Foeur d'Alene, Idaho
QR S. H. McE'JEN,
DENTIST.
Coeuc d'Alene, Idaho
Office, First Natl Bank Block.
J C. DWYER, M. D
Physicisn and Suhucon
A i t1!n, town or country, promptly irwp«»int
*1 to.
OflW. rttetfus '» *id l rt ttcrriaut Hlurk.
JoHH B. IJbi'DI Km.
OODE & SANDERS
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Attorneys at Law
i OKI H OAI.KNK, IDAHO
pOGER G. WEARNE
Attorney j! I.iw
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ROBT. H. ELDER
Attorney-at-Law
cornu n xi.rN*. in * hi
K c halive Ham Bid*.
QHARLES L. HEITMAN
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW
Rathdrum. Idaho
f-|. R- ELDERKIN, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
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roKHK l» AI.KNK. IDAHO
p D. WATTS.
Physician and Surgeon.
Xray diagnosis and Klectro
Therapeutics
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ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW
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f 7 . 8 . Und*(;flkp.
Sander Block. Coeur d'Alere
£ R. WHITLA
Attorney-at-Law
Prosecuting Attorney
Kootenai County
Ratiiprum
Idaho
QR. CHAS. B. BOYINGTON
DKNTIST
Second Floor Coeur d'Alene Bank
and Trust Co's buikling
j harvey mcfarland
Osteopathic Physician
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& A R G A I N S
.15 Fine Lots In Slmm'i Addition. Perfect Title. At Special
Price for a Short Time.
10 Acre Fruit Ranch; good dwelling. A Fine Place
Improved Property
which will repay investigation.
Unimproved Properly
Fourth Street. DON'T Overlook O'liiicn'-. Addition
JAMES H. HARTE
Exchange Bank tildg
tWr d'.%!**u«*. Idaho
Buildings on Fort Sherman
=for 5 Al.f-; or rknt=
; /
B2 H«itlilil ot -16 IT, of Fort Sherman
Military KAirrvtttion to lie sold «l once—or
will rent any or nil of ul.ose buildings.
A. V. CHAMBERLIN
Real Estate and Insurance
Telephone .'11 Next door to post office
O'Brii n's Addition
MAVF tin Slili.N THOSE III OthS
Wl MAM IfliCFNTI \ Cl l AM I) 01 I?
VV'hen yon tee lb tn con will agree m.. you need !.*4 no I i
lor a lot .itlon lot a hone or tor an investment
Several Pine Residences
are now lieing built m the addition and plans lor many on re or
being drawn by the arc hito-t*
Tlio-ie I,.>ts will !*- -add at reasonable price* and on ease term*
I.ct me show von through the addition, ami aid von in making a
-.elet tlon
JAMHS H. MARTI:
Office in Kxi b-ingc Nat l Bank Bldg Coetir d Aletie. Idaho
J. VV. SULLIVAN
Practical Plumber and
Sanitary Engineer
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Kutimates furnished anff'xalnifiM'tory work gnarantcml
VV. \l. Stoddard.
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Paperhanging
Signwriting
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Estimates Furnxher! on
Contract Work
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