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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

long as his wife is alive can a,.,,u
bishopric, because all blshons nns.
unmarried. NC
In the eucharist the priest recs,ras
the bread and wine separately wha.o
as the laity receive both elomartu
mixed together, from spoon. stand
ing. The sacrament is also adminis-
tered to infants, but they receive tn.
Wine only, lest they might reject The
bread.
bapusm Is a most elaborate cera.
nony and takes forty days before u T.
complete. 1t includes triple immers,o,,
tne ehrism' and tonsure of the infants
hair In the shape of cross. The socr.
ment OF unction differs from the Elm
lar sacrament In the Roman church
being as 1t is, administered even 80
those who are slightly i'll. whereas +ho
church of Rome only gives If in an
aruculo mortis, or when there % NO
chance Of recovery.
The services In the Russian church
are most elaborate. This il evilon+
from the fact that the ritual and SCR.
vices occupy twenty folio Volumes
service Is performed at least throo
times daily, and the greatest mart %
the service varies every day IN rho
year and every part of every dav ev
cept in the communion office.
The average pay of a parish nr,est IL
about f2OO. Bishops have abont sroo
and a metropolitan, who corrasDo,a,
to our primate, $1,000 per annur
There are no state endowments. mo.
lieve, the incomes being derived from
collections Of fees, for no priest viii
perform even the most trlflng Office
without payment.
The Russian clergy have no social
standing; a better class of Russian
would not eat at table with the parish
priest; in fact, they occupy the place
Of our own clergy occupied about. say.
the fourteenth century.
Sermons are rarely preached in the
Russian churches. There are books
of homilies from which the clergy may
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

1890 and II Is a singular coincidence
that a SIMILAR squat should arrive on
the very same date this year, with
snow enough to hide the roadway
through the forest But there is no
danger OF getting lost now. The trees
have been blazed on both sides Of the
trail, and II you stick to the railway
cars you are sure to bring up at the
canyon, three hours or so after you
leave the Santa Fe Line at Fort Will
Jams. The snow never lasts more than
few hours. It may fall to a depth OF
two or three inches during the night
two or three times a year, but as soon
as the sun comes out in the morning 1t
disappears almost instantly.
There is a peculiar railway down
here. II is the only one l know of In
this country over which no passes are
issued. Everybody except the conduc-
tor and the train crew-even the pres
ident himself-has to pay fare, and
round-trip ticket over the entire sys-
tenn costs $3.50. The railroad is ninety
miles long. 1t has no stations except
the terminals at Williams, where 1t
connects with the Santa Fe, and at the
Grand Canyon Of the Colorado. 1t has
no side tracks except one to allow the
trains to pass There are four passen-
ger trains a day, two in each direction,
made up of a baggage car and two
coaches and through Pullmans from
Kansas City and Los Angeles twice a
week. There are no freight trains and
10 freight is carried except water and
other supplies for the hotels at the
Grand Canyon. The road depends upon
passenger traffic alone. That is the rea-
son why passes are not given. There
are no switchmen in the employ of
the company and the pay roll carries
only twelve names, including conduc-
tors, engineers, firemen, ticket agents
and all concerned, and the track is
kept in order by FIVE section gangs OF
ten men each, who are now rebuilding
it from the bottom with new ties, new
rails and ballast Of volcanic cinder.
: shall not try to describe the Crane
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

herds of cattle Nearly all of the in
habitants of that corner of Arizona
are Mormons. John d. Lee, the leader
in the Mountain Meadow massacre,
had ranch at ferry over the Color
ado about a hundred miles north of
here, where he lived In concealment
for more than twenty years. He was
finally discovered identified, arrested,
convicted and executed for completely
I'm the murder Of caravan OF people
In northern Utah while on their way
to California. His widow now keeps
a hotel at Holbrook, Arlz, one of the
most important stations on the Santa
Fe Road, and several OF his sons and
daughters are living In the locality.
People are beginning to find their
way here. Last year, which was the
first since the railroad was opened,
about 1900 people came. This year,
If the present average keeps up, there
will be from 10000 to $4,000 visitors,
and everyone who comes goes home
walking advertisement for the place.
There Is nothing to compare with 1t
anywhere in the world. 1t is impossi-
BILE to eXaggerate the grandeur, the sub
Unity, the impressiveness of the seen
cry; and its fascination cannot be ac-
curately described. 1t is impossible for
one man to express his emotions to
another.
1t is a singular fact that three
fourths Of the people who come to the
canyon are women. A large number
of them are well along I'm years, and
the endurance and the nerve they show
is extraordinary. Nearly every woman
who comes here insists upon going
down to the bottom OF the canyon.
while only half of the men show that
amount of energy. Two New York
women have been here for months
They have visited all the places of in
terest within 100 miles, including the
MoH and Supai Indians. and have fol-
lowed all of the trails to the river.
Every one Of these excursions is
enough to use up the strongest men.
Nowadays one can ride TO the can
yon in parlor car or a Pullman sleep
er and step Off the train into one of
the most picturesque and comfortable
hotels in the world. You can come all
the year round. February and March
are the least pleasant months, because
there are apt to be rain and snow
storms. From Sept. IS to Feb. 1 the
weather is most agreeable, but these
summer days are almost perfect
neither too cool nor too hot The Their
mometer ranges between 65 and 10
Fahrenheit. There are several advan-
tages in coming down here In the sum
mer, and a good many people are be-
ginning to find them out. The altitude
Is 1000 feet above the sea, and that
insures cool nights, no matter how
warm the days may be. But the days
are not too warm for comfort; the
thermometer seldom goes above 80;
there is no humidity in the atmos-
phere; and II the sun is too hot all you
have to do is to raise your umberlla.
There is occasionally a freak OF
weather. The snowstorm in which we
were lost occurred on the Goth Of May,
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Pushing the old Folks Aside.

When the babies are cross and a
man would like a quiet retreat there
is none for him. But in a few years,
when the children are grown and he
is in the way, the daughters and
mother put their heads together and
originate den. There is no den for
the mother because she gracefully
eliminates herself by sitting in the
kitchen or running over TO a neigh
boris. 1t is her natural disposition to
hide in a corner or remove herself en-
tirely, and IL is not the natural disposi.
ton of the father Hence the den. II
has a couch and some pipes and to-
bacco and the books which the neigh
bors haven't got around to borrowing
as yet, though If father begins a story
to-day the book will be found to bs
loaned out when he wants to finish Il
tomorrow. The den is fashionable
way of pushing the old man out. II
there is one in your house, Mr.. Man.
don't be decelved.-Atchison, Kan,
Globe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04
ANOTHER POINT OF VIEW.


NNNNN~T~'~>--~-N
In one of the northern tier Of coun-
ties Of Iowa dwells politician whose
war record is one OF his proudest pos
sessions. As a matter OF history he
volunteered" by means of the draft
near the close OF the war, was as
signed to the cavalry, and saw no
more wearing service than policing
the instruction camp: but for purposes
of appealing to the soldier vote he has
become able to remember all that
might have happened to him II he had
enlisted" earlier
Being a candidate for office last fall
he turned campfire into a political
rally and called upon his old comrades
for support
I'm those long watches OF the
night" he said, when we lay shout
der to shoulder beside those earlier
camp-tires along the Rappahannock.
In those wearisome days when we
pursued the fleeing enemy across the
Potomac after Gettysburg"
Hold on there Bill" called neigh
Dor who knew him Of old and mad a
grudge. stick to what you know
about You never saw either OF them
rivers"
The orator paused and looked down
at him. Let me see," he asked. cool
ly critical you were perhaps nj
first Bull RUM
''No, l want. and you
'Then perhaps you were with
Meade? Or Hancock?
mo. sir Bill Bar"
"Ahl Then probably you went IN
back Of Vicksburg. or tried the Chick
asaw Bayou routeY
mo. nor that neither"
Then" Numbered the orator
grandiloquently, what right have
you to come here and lnterrupt nv
discourse with these men who were at
Bull Run, and were on the Rappahan-
mock. and were at Gettysburg"
When you and l were boys back
in Indianner BILL" interrupted the
objector, who had now worked up TO
the front Of the interested audience
there was circus come our wav
They had one of the most wonderful
wild beasts OF the African jungle with
'em-'the only, sole and unique. three
horned unicornian.' You and | paid
our good money to see him, Bill, and
we were mighty well satisfied with
what we seen. But along come a
Teller from St Carries, and he saws;
'Shol That amt nothin' but a three
horned steer they bought Of sile
Thompson, and painted stripes and
spots on
"'See here, you says the circus
man. BE you from African
"'No. hain't,' says the st. Charles
man.
Ibid you ever see a three-horned
unicornian beforer says the circus
man.
"'No, never did
-'Then what right have you got to
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04
WELL MEANT, But NOT TACIFUL.
N~~N~N~~


Mrs. Chase's rosy face wore an
unaccustomed frown when her friend.
Susan Wetherbee, came In, and as
1t did not lift imediately, Susan sought
to ease the situation. AS a begin
ming she asked Mrs. Chase If she had
met the new minister yet; II he had
called. The question proved to have
been Judiclously chosen.
Yes, he has" replied Mrs. Chase
in tone that plainly said she wished
he had not.
He's real social" Susan remarked
after a discreet pause. Like own
folks"
Mrs. Chase ignored this. Susan"
she broke forth, "of all laundering
young ones, l blieve my Salomes
the worst. If there is a wrong way
to say a thing she'll find 1t. And all
the time she's trying to be tactful
and not hurt peoples feelings
s'pose l ought to pity her for being
50 afflicted, but most centrally she
makes me angry"
whats she said now2" Susan In
CURED, with mild curiosity.
you may have noticed that Deacon
Chase got up and went out of church
last Sunday afternoon?
Il did," said Susan, nodding twice,
to add emphasis to her reply.
well, this afternoon, while l was
getting into my dress+I was Just
changing when Mr.. Mills came - Sa-
lone entertained him. Just as l was
coming into the room l heard him
remark upon Deacon Chase's going
out so sudden.
1 hope nothing was the matter?
he says. 4 noticed he didn't come
back
"'Oh, no. said she, there wasn't
really anything the matter, only pas
troubled with somnambulism-ha
been since he was a boy
Perhaps" Mrs. Chase challenged,
perhaps you think 1t was easy to
converse after hearing that?"
Il guess you could do 1t II anybody
could" Susan returned, with ready ad-
miration.
IL talked, but l shall never know
what said" replied Mrs. Chase
traglcally. when the minister had
gone l asked Salome what on earth
possessed her to say that"
"What'd she sayT
"She said she didn't want the min.
lister to think-hls second Sunday
here-that her pa didn't like what he
was saying. 1t would have been aw-
full, she said, for probly. she said,
he'd taken lots an lots o. pains with
that sermon"
II neverw said Susan. "What did
start the deacon upT'
why. all OF a sudden he remem-
bered he'd left the gate between the
pasture lot and the garden open, and
he was afraid the cow'd get in an
eat up his corn.
"She had. and he said when he got
her out and saw what she'd done he
want in any frame Of mind to go
back to church, and he sat down In
the barn an got cooled off."-Youth's
Companion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Canyon of the Colorado. Few pens are
brave enough to attempt 1t, and none
Is equal to the task. Famous writer's
have described the canyon with fine
word-palnting, but none conveys more
than a meager idea of what the can
you looks like; and 1t seldom looks the
same from hour to hour. With every
shifting cloud Its outlines and colors
seem to alter. AS the sun rises and
sets in the heavens its majestic out
lines change like the scenes of a pan
Drama. You may sit on the rim from
breakfast to dinner, gazing over the
same area, and see a dozen pictures
differing in color and intensity. 1t is
a stupendous lntaglio, carved in the
silent desert by the Colorado River.
and the rain and winds. 1t Is like an
inverted mountain range, PIT miles
long, reaching a depth of 1880 feet,
with series of depressions averaging
5000 feet chiseled out Of the earth by
the erosion of ages.
1t is the generally accepted theory
that this great chasm is solely the
work of water-of the floods that
come down from the mountains every
spring and summer-but Mr.. Ordonez,
a distinguished Mexican geologlst, who
came here not long ago, made a sug-
gestion which may not be entirely
new but is worth mentioning. 1t is
his Idea that, while the earth was cool
ing, the soil and the rocks contracted
n nj
the surface of the plateau, and that its
sides have since been worn down and
polished by the action of the water
That seems reasonable.
There are various places along the
rim from which splendid views of the
canyon may be obtained Each Is diff
ferent Each has Its own glorles; but
what Is known as the Grand View Is
the best, because from that promon-
tory the eye has a wider vista, a dou-
BILE view; there the canyon curves
around like a monstrous serpent, and
one can follow 1t distance of nearly
eighty miles. Thomas Moran painted
his famous pictures from what Is
known as Moran's Point. He thinks
the colors Of the rocks and the clays
appear more brilliant there than else
where
You can wander along the rim for
sixty miles. There Is no obstruction
for all that distance, and you can look
down a mile into the bowels of the
earth.-William e. Curtis, in Chicago
Record Herald.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

A correspondent OF the New York
Sun gives the following account Of the
origin of the word "hamfatter"-a
term of derision applied to actors:
Years ago, before cold cream became
a feature OF the makeup box, actors
used preparation OF ham fat for re-
moving the crude grease paint OF their
times. The less prosperous ones, for
the sake OF economy, contented them
selves with the fat side OF ham skin,
which they carried about and used
just as a wood cutter does in greasing
his saw. This practice had a disas-
trous effect on the complexion, and
caused Thespians to be recognized at
once by the cracked and discolored au-
pearance OF their faces. Hence the
term 'hamfatter.'"
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read. but these homilles are so very
lengthy, ornate and elaborate that the
people refuse to listen to them. As a
rule, the clergy are too ignorant to
compose their own sermons, and even
If they do compose them they must
first be sent to the consistory for APP
proval, because the government is de-
termined to stamp out heresy. The
consistory is in no hurry to return the
sermons and often several weeks or
more may pass before they do so. con-
sequently the clergy as a rule leave
preaching severely alone. The Russian
priests never pay parochial visits ex-
cept to beg; the result is that they
have never gained the confidence or
good will of the laity.
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come here sayin' this beast amt a
three-horned unicornian. like we say
II isT
Wal, says the oil Teller from St
Charles, I amt never seen no three
horned unlcornian before, but | seen
Sile Thompsons three horned steer
many a time, an I'm speakin' from
that point of view"
The politician did not stay to have
the application of the fable pointed
out.-Youth's Companion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

The stingy husband is represented
by the Bystander as scowling penuri-
ously at his wife.
please don't think" he said, that
you can hoodwink me over money mat.
tiers. Do you think have lived all
these years for nothingr
And she replied, II shouldn't be a
bit surprised"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04
RELIGION OF RUSSIA
Pecu1iarities of the Church of Which
the Car Is the Head.

tHo NNttT Is 0IIc fItHus
Confession Is enJolned In the Rus
sian church, but is not performed as
satisfaction offered TO God, says the
Church of ireland Gazette.
No candidate for holy orders will be
ordained until he is married. This, of
course. refers to the secular clergy.
The monastic orders must be cellbates.
A widower priest may remarry; but he
must first renounce his orders. A Gu
rious Inconsistency Is that no priest as
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Mr.. Jawback-"Go to the devilp'
Mrs. Jawback-"You brute! l shall
just take you at your word and"
Mr.. Jawback-"And 90 straight
home to your mother, ehT'-Cleveland
Leader.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Bacon tell you, American watch
es are holding their own.
Egbert-That may be, but all the
owners Of American watches are NOT
holding their own.-Yonkers States.
man.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Never worry about anything that
you can put of until tomorrow. Many
Of the worries OF to-day, II put off
until tomorrow, will take care OF
themselves
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Some houses always look as though
the occupants were In the midst OF a
house cleaning.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04
Why the Postal Defic't.

- HE deficit Of S12OOOOOO In the postal depart
men for the fiscal year calls renewed attention
Ito the outrageous manner in which the govern
k~ss~~4 men is held up by the railroads in the
tSNMtNIof charges for the transportation mails
IAAgIl 1t is well known that the general public has to
pay unfair prices, but the general shipping
public comparatively easy by the side of gov
eminent The government pays about eight times
pound for pound, the express companies pay the
same trains and the pays the postal
cars while the express companies pay nothing for the
press But effort to fair transportation
rates for the mails Is efecuay blocked by railroads
When is remembered that the government pays the rail
roads upward to $35OOOO00 year for transporting the
mails the public have better idea Of why the railroad
managers take much interest eectng congressman
and senators, and securing pabe officials in the various
departments Of the "P o. D.'-The Commoner.
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Inc Mind Of the Petty Inrnr.

1OME day science will have progressed far
\ a. Eenough in the investigation of the
D Eplex mechanism Of the animal body for
thortatve answer to be given to the question:
Has petty juror any reasoning powers? At
eSAazsgL the present time all jurors, by legal fiction
handed down from the time Of the Saxons
have the ability comprehend simple statements Of facts
but like most legal fcons this has been inconvenent
y disproved Only day in the Superior Court
jury, after listening to the suit Of who wanted the
rent for hotel which he had leased to two who
sold their interest to third. awarded him precisely
dollar in lieu Of the S2,4O0 everybody admitted
ing to him The decision Of this sapent company OF cal
cuators was that the who sold possession did
owe any rent the that owed the should
any possession and that the should look God
not to his bond careful consideration this Judgment
proves at least fact that has been bitterly dlspued
jurors have instincts. They is dinner time
and when 1t Is quitting time Excelently we-termed
Petty Jury!-San Francisco Argonaut
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

Ifit were not for the fact that most
people ask too much indemnity, there
wouldn't be much use for courts.
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phenomenon.
The who works usually does one sort of work He
Is physician, lawyer clerk and when he has closed
his office door for the day II he sensible man. he puts
In the remainder OF the time enjoying himself whatever
way best suits him
And the woman who works-we, she Is usually lack
OF dozen trades and master OF none
When she comes home from her office II occurs to her
that there half dozen pairs stockings to be
darned-and she sets to work forthwith this nerve
tearing work When the stockings finished she Is lust
as likely as not to sew on the lace that the undress
ripped of skirt and she goes to bed with her head
aching and absolutely unrefreshed
In the morning she remembers that there dozen
little lace collars to be aundered for they too
fragile TO go In the general laundry and that she
gives to the doing up" Of these troublesome little
things adding couple Of white belts three pairs OF white
gloves and veil to the pile
When she has finished with these her back is aching
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-11-04

We are always afraid Of a man who
wears a sporty vest
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The Business woman's p oh ems.

HY the woman who works for a living is usu-
4 I lily more nervous and in less exuberant health
" generally than the man who works. has been
n@xda matter Tor much discussion In clubs and
~ newspapers, and without any satisfactory YER
sGxIdict having been reached but there are those
who do not find II hard to understand the
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1905-08-11
WORKING TOWARD PEACE.

Although the reason for it apparent there is distinct
Change in the feeling OF observers Portsmouth from doubt
to one OF confidence the ultimate peace negotiations
he most significant incident the progress dispatch
with which apans demands presented
Russian Penipoentare This occurred Immediately after the
formal exchange OF credentials had been promptly
as TO be almost dsconcerng Perhaps interpreted
omnous for Russia AT shows that Japan knows what
she wants and wastes not moment making her
Details OF the demanded behalf mkado have not
q course been dvuged but probable the statements concerning
them that have been are based upon in
egent nferences from known facts For example japanese
possession OF Port Arthur and Saan
infer they insist upon retaining them nasmuc was
precpaed by Russias refusal withdraw from Manchura is
another natural inference that Japan will demand Rusa
ton Of the territory.
For Russia other open than protest against
indemnity for pay would be confession OF defeat
heess Japan and knows she is position force payment and
in the end will be simply question OF And
the principle involved half billion
satisfactory billion But Japan While bent maintaining
epe equally determined something else and that money