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Wiarus. (Winona, Minn.) 1895-1919, 1905-07-06

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}K.rosty ciekace Cd g'owy
edo stop, nawet we wlo-
}sach sprawiaiace wielk;e
palenle. swedzenia i rome
; cierpienia i tez obrzydliw>
widok, zupe}nie wyleczore.
Manistee, Mich, 4 marca 'O5
; Wiel. Newmauie!
ia obecnle jestem zupe}nie
zdrowa i "a to sktadam CT ser.
dcczne dzieki i pdki zyG bede, to
tego ME zsponne. Bede sic sta.
rae wiele tylko bede mog}a, ably
5 cierpiacy sic tylko do Ciebie
5 ~zg}aszali, bo6 ola mnie uczynif
; wiecej niz dzlesiatki doktor6w.
Wprost MONA powiedziec =,
s cafe mole cialo bylo jedna k,ose
5 ia. Sprawia}o mi wielkie eier-
}pienia. Wciaz swedzi}o, palifo, a
; materya ciek{a "a najmniejszem
5 zadrasnieclem. Nigdy ME sadzi.
5 lam, re te obrzYdliwa chorobe
} kiedy zgubie. a u Cieb,e W nie-
} d}ugim czasie w>leczenie zupe}
nie znalaz}am Swiadectwo noje
zycze mice do gazet podane kaz-
DEF chwili chetnie jestem osobi~
Seize poswiadczy6 skutki Twego
l~eczenia. Ma zswsze wdzieczna
Magdalena Janowlak
.28l, 10th st. Manlstee, Mich.
Goojaca sic rama. kt6~ej
szpitale I doktorzy zagoit
ME mogli, byEa ca]kiem wy
leczona przez W. Nevmara
Antony, RID. stycznia 'os
Wielebpy KS. Newmanie!
Zasy}am seldeczne podzieko~
wanie "a wyleczenie mojej ma}e]
c6reczki, kt6ra mla}a rane n a
nodze 81 lat a laden doktor. W
tutejszej okolicy ME potrafi1 ia
wyleczyt. Najprz6d udalem sic
do Rhode Island Hospital. Le-
karze orzekli, re operacya ko-
oiecznie jest potrzebna, DO ina
czej to noga must bye odjeta W
X 6tkim %czasie. Me dozwoli}em
operowa6 ale udajac sic do dru-:
giego lekarza i otrzymujac te
sama moving. pozwolifem pa
operacye, ale wielce sic zawio-
diem. Dziure wielka zrobili i z
dniem khzdym SIG pogorsza}o, co
mnie wnet do g}upoty doprowa-
dzi}o- Spostrze glenn nagle Tive
og}oszenie i podajac dziecko pod
Twoja kuracye, "a kr6tki czas
znalaz}em pomoc, "a co z caiego
serca dziekuje. Mega jest cab
KLEIN zagojona , c6reezka ma
wet nle.kuleje.' Jeszcze raz pro-
sze Gig przyjmli odemnie serdecz-
ne podzlekowanie i radze ably
kazdy polak uda} sic do CieLie,
a tam ~w}asciwa pomoc znajdzie.
Jan P}ozlak, Anthony, R. D.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
PoriIs In ELECTRIC Wires.

II was claimed at one time that tho
substitution OF electricity for gas and
petroleum in lighting would result in
O lesssning Of the danger from fire.
But a recent report Issued by the Mon
tresl IRE and light committee tends to
show that the danger has been in
creased rather than diminished by the
change. The report gives a record OF
$50 fires due to electric currents dur
Ing the last three months Of 1908, with
an aggregate loss OF $1,5O0.0O0
When classed according TO causes
were due to the contact OF telephone,
telegraph and other low potential wires
with electric light and other high ten
sion circuits. Wires grounded on gas
pipes were responsible for nineteen
fires. Eleven fires were due to the de-
fectivs wiring Of gas fixtures, Ave to
the puncturing OF gas pipes by the cur
rents on flexible cords wrapped around
them, three to short circuits In mold
ings, three to open link fuses in porce-
lain cut out bases, fifteen to overhead
ed resistance coils and heating devices
and nine to incandescent lamps com
Ing In contact with inhammable mate
rial. In the same report 1875 fires are
recorded in which electricity was sus-
pected Of being the cause, but in which
all material evidences OF origin were
destroyed.-Toronto Globe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
prima donna's voice sounded cold Il

prima donna's voice sounded cold Il
am too Ill to see anyone this morning"
she added. and gave herself up to the
ostentatious reading of a political
leader
The breakfast tray was brought in.
and the girl busted herself with the
coffee service while the prima donna
read her letters. Over one she unused
long time.
"Chum, l ought to go see Fleur-
cite. promised, you know. Do you
remember how she cried that morn
ing they took her away? One goes
out on an absurd train which leaves at
noon"
She looked up vaguely at the clock
on the mantel. And one gets of at
an impossible station and walks a
mile, more or less, to the farmhouse.
Dear mel Really. l am too good ma
tured. shall not go to-day. l am
sure 1t is wretched out, and l shall
take cold or something and hurt my
voice"
She placed her tapering fingers on
her beautiful throat and essayed Il
run. 1t ended In a croak. at which
she shook her head mournfully and
glanced at the girl; but the girl was
writing a letter. and Der back re-
fused sympathy, so the prima donna
presently arose and found refuge In
the compensations of the toilet. This
process was not completed before a
bell boy brought up a card.
ut is the DOCTOR" said the girl care
lessly. But as you are feeling so ILL.,
I'll just do down and make your ex
euses."
The prima donna flushed ASK him
to walt On the second thought,
will go down myself"
The young man, who had been look
ing out Of the parlor window. turned
quickly as he heard a light step. "How
Is the throat this mornlng7 Surely
you are not going out on such a dayr
II am going to the wilderness t
see a poor child who is H."
The doctor frowned. why not senC
grapes and orangesT
''The child loves me-" said the primi
donna. 81 cannot send grapes anC
oranges. l must go myself"
Every we'll I'll call cab. AS you
medical adviser, l must beg leave Il
accompany you"
They bought fruit and violets an'
q white and yellow puppy, which I
man on the curbstone happened to of
fer to the prima donna at a ridiculous
ly low price. She cuddled It In he
arms and talked foolishly to 1t all tn
way to the station.
The train rumbled along slowly
making frequent stops. The prim
donna sat on a distressing plush sea
beside corpulent woman with a maj
ket basket, and gazed out at drear
suburbs. The doctor sat in the bias
: gage car and held the white and ye
low pup
AZ last they were abandoned at
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06

The Macmillan Company has issued
a brochure entitled Notes for the
Guidance of Authors In the Submission
of Manuscripts to Publishers" in
which will be found a deal of valuable
information on such subjects as the
preparation OF a manuscript, submit
ting n manuscript to a publisher, copy
right and how 1t is obtained, bindings,
covers and cover designs, and reading
and correcting proof.
A pamphlet sure TO rouse wide dis
cussion is The Liquor Tax Law in
New York." plea for the opening Of
saloons on Sunday, by VIM. Travers
Jerome. This is announced In Put
MANS Questions of the Day" series.
Mr.. Jerome's views on the Ralnes law
are already widely known. In this
work he states his case forcibly, main
tanning that the evils OF the present
system have become intolerable.
The Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Com.
pany announce two widely different
works of fiction. each of commanding
AAANAtoAs AlAnH DlAl9 10 an
ing novel Of civic improvement by
Edith Il Stokely and Marian X Hurd,
two bright women journalists of Des
Molnes, Iowa. 1t has to DO with the
formation of a street almost as un-
promising as the celebrated cabbage
patch" and equally rich in humorous
characters. The other Is The HUI
man Touch." a tale of the great South
west, by Edith NJ. Nicholl. a book hav-
ing mn"h Of the onnlity Of "The Vir-
ginian."
Il have no politics. and no party,
and no particular hope; only this Is
true, that beauty is very beautiful,
and softens, and comforts. and inspires,
and. rouses, and lifts up. and never
fails" Lady Burne-Jones quotes this
saying Of her distinguished husband In
one of the passages in the recently pub
llshed Memorials of Edward Burne-
Jones" which help to picture the man.
The two volumes forming this init
mate biography show Burne-Jones a
human and lovable man, the streak OF
melancholy In whose nature was more
than compensated by his Astounding
love of fun.
"A book of exceptional Importance Oh
eastern matters is The White Peri
in the Far East" by Sidney l.. Gu.
lick. BY long residence in Japan anC
mental equipment, Dr. Gulick is con
sidered an authority on eastern ques
lions. The forthcoming volume pre-
sents the plight of the backward vel
low races, threatened, as they are, by
white aggression. The author put
forward a novel suggestion that peace
will never come to the East until Eng
land or the United States, singly o
Jointly, establishes--a protectorate 0
eastern Siberia or Manchurla, an,
makes of it buffer State like Swift
zerland, and Holland in Europe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
ANTlsEPTIc suReERYs RISE.
illustrated by the Growth of One Sur
gical Dressing House.

illustrated by the Growth of One Sur
gical Dressing House.
Charles Edwin Wilson, who repre-
sents a corporation devoted exclusive
ly to the manufacture Of surgical
dressings, talked interestingly Of this
important industry:
perhaps no variety of business has
made such strides in the last ten years
as the manufacture of surgical dress
ings," he said. 1T Is only within
decade that the art of surgery has
taken its advanced place in the world
of science, and the dressings used In
that time have advanced from the
crude and often insanitary kind to the
chemically pure. antiseptic dressings
OF to-day. A few years ago one tray
cling man could cover several States
for our company; now In a great many
States we have a man whose entire en-
ergles are devoted to that State. Our
business is one which does not bring
us in contact with the general public.
Our dealings are with the physicians,
druggists, and especially with the hos
pitfalls.
IAN idea Of the magnitude to which
the business has grown may be gained
from the fact that there are four fac
tories in the country devoted to the
manufacture of surgical dressings The
company which l represent has 30
buildings in its plant, with a floor area
of 100000 square feet. or about IL
acres. More than 1000 operatives are
constantly employed at the plant
Last year, in the item of surgical
gauze alone our company manufac-
tured 100000 yards. We manufac-
tured 100000 pounds of absorbent
cotton, and 20,OO0,OOO porous plasters,
which, while they cannot properly be
called surgical dressings, are manufac-
tured by those who make these goods.
"The raw cotton fiber consumed in
our factory alone during the year
amounted to a little more than g.
100000 pounds. SO that It is evident
that there is a much greater demand
for surgical dressings and appliances
than there was a few years ago, and,
as l have said. our patrons demand
and will accept nothing but the best
and most improved dressings. Mil
waukee Sentinel.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
HOW TO LOCATE SPRINGS.
Indians and Frontiersmen Learn Niue
from Signs and observations.

Indians and Frontiersmen Learn Much
from Signs and observations.
There is undoubtedly a practical art
Of discovering springs. Indians or
frontiersmen can find water in the
desert where a "tenderfoot" cannot.
Mexicans and experienced prospectors
can similarly find ore. These arts con
sist mainly in the recognition of super
fetal signs which escape the ordinary
observer.
1t is not necessary that the operator
should consciously note these signs
separately and reason upon them. No
doubt he frequently does So though
he may not give away the secret Of his
method to others. But IN many In
stances he recognizes by associa ton
and memory the presence of Il small
group Of indications, great or small,
which he has repeatedly found to at
tend springs or ore deposits.
This skill, due to habit, is often al
most unerrlng for given limited dis
trlct but under new conditions II
breaks down. Old miners from Cali
fornia or Australia have often made
in other regions the most foolish and
hopeless attempts to find gold, because
they thought this or that place looked
Just like" some other place in which
they had mined successfully.
Apart from the magnetic minerals
there is no proof that ore deposits ex
hibit their presence and nature by any
attraction or other active force. with
regard to water however, there may
be an action affecting the temperature
and moisture Of the OVERLAPPING surface
Even here, however it seems more
likely that such effects are manifested
vislbly to close observer rather thar
by direct system. The favorite fields
for water OWNERS are regions IN which
water is abundant, but not gathered
upon given horizons of impermeabl'
strata underlying porous rocks.-Cas
sler's Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06

The Yagaries OF English spelling are
we'll illustrated in the following ex-
tract. The words sound properly. but
the spelling does not correspond to the
meaning required. 1t would make a
good exercise IN spelling to rewrite the
extract In It's proper form:
Know won kneads weight two bee
tolled thee weigh too dew sew.
A rite suite little buoy, the sun OF a
CRATE kernel, with a rough around his
neck, fiue up the rode as quick as q
dear. After a thyme he stopped at a
blew house and wrung the belle. His
tow hurt hymn and he kneaded wrest
He was two tired to raze his fare. pail
face. A feint mown rows from his
lips.
The made who herd the belle was
about two pair a pare, butt she
through il down and ran with awl her
mite, for fear her guessed wood knot
weight Butt when she saw the little
won, tiers stood In her ayes at the
site.
Eve poor deerl Why dew yew I've
heart Are you dyeingT
Know" he said. Il am feint"
She boar hymn in her arms, and
hurried two a rheum where he mite
bee quiet gave him bred and meet
hello a cent bottle under his knows
untide bis neck scarf. raped him ny
warm, and gave him a suite drachs
st Nicholas
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
LIVELY ELEVATOR GIRL.
Martha Washington Hotel Has One
Pro Tenn, and Approves of Her.

Martha Washington Hotel Has One
Pro Tenn, and Approves of Her.
The Martha Washington Hotel has
an elevator girl. Her services were
volunteered, and were accepted only
as an experiment in an emergency
They have proved so satisfactory that
a petition will be presented to the
managers, requesting them to do away
with the elevator boys.
Yesterday was busy day at the
Martha Washington, and the boy man
aging the second elevator ran IT to the
third door and deserted II at time
when one OF the other elevators was
out OF order. A crowd gathered on the
third door, and there was furious ring
ing OF elevator bells. Finally, a neal
little maid appeared.
'I'u take you down" she volunteer
cd.
. -Ohr' exclaimed one OF the ladies'
mercy on usl Do you know anything
about itr'
IL guess can d. anything thos'
boys can do" said the girl.
Several Of the women said they wer,
not afraid. and stepped in. and the sle
vator shot down with a jump. 1t wen
20 fast that Mary shut or the powe
with yank that brought the emeT
Eency brakes into play. and the elevs
tor stopped with a terrific Jolt hal
way between the first and Secont
floors
IT'S all right" said Mary. reassur
ingiy. IL Just started too sudden an,
quit too sharp. Now. this time it'll b
all right" And II was.
Then. just TO show what she coul
do, Mary ran tho car from the top I
the bottom OF the building twice with
out letting the passengers out Sh
ran tia car until the boy came bac
and demanded his job.-New Yor
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
7 OLD !
.cFaVoriteS



Little Old Log Cabin in the Lane"
l am getting old and feeble, cannot
work no more,
have laid the rusty bladed hoe to
rest;
Old massa and old missus. they're sleep
ing side by side,
And their spirits now are roaming with
the blest;
Things are changed about the place, ths
darkies am all gone,
And | cannot hear them singing in the
cane,
And the only friend that's left me is that
little boy of mine,
In my little old log cabin in the lane.
There was happy time to me, not many
years ago,
When the darkies used to gather
round the door,
They used to sing and dance at night
and play the old banjo.
But. alas! they cannot do it any more
The hinges are all rusty now, the door
is tumbling down,
And the roof lets IN the sunshine and
the rain.
Oh4 the only Iflenu thht = leil he - tnD'
little boy Of mine,
In my little log cabin in the lane.
The Cry of the Children.
Do you hear the children weeping, o, my
brothers,
Ere the sorrow comes with yearsf
They are leaning their young headS
against their mothers,
And that cannot stop their tears.
But the young, young children, o, my
brothers,
They are weeping BITTERLY
They are weeping in the playtime OF the
others,
In the country Of the free.
Still all day the iron wheels go onward,
Grinding life down from its mark;
And the children's souls which God Is
calling sunward,
Spin on blindly in the dark.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06

OD Hb prima donna opened her
eyes to the gray light of
November morning. Her hrst
sense was one OF deep gratitude that
her alternate was to sing that evening,
and she lay luxuriantly in the thought
until a girl came In from an adjoin-
Ing room with the morning newspa-
pers.
Let in little mo7o light. win you.
dearY And she read:
The sumptuous diva looked Queenly,
and was at her best vocally. Her op-
ulent charms
The prima donna crushed the paper
and sighed heavily. How hideous,
the daily and nightly grind. and then
reporters writing impertinent things
about ones figure! Chumw
"Wellw
II shall never marry"
II have heard you say you Uere
done with youthful follles."
II am welded to my thankless pro-
fesslon. but If | were inclined to make
a fool of myself, l should do it to ad-
vantage, and annex a nice bald-head-
ed, coupon-cutting bondholder who
should spend most Of his time at his
club. could never marry a pennlless
young enthusiast With hopeless ideals
for me to strap up to"
"a young burglcal person, for in
stance, who devoted all his energies
to amputatlng the limbs of the indi-
gent without money and without
price," put in the girl innocently.
Certainly not. BY the way. who was
at the supper to-nlghtT'
"Oh, Nine Bartol Claude. and
Ramsay"
And the doctorT'
"rhe doctor was telephoned for-an
emergency case. believe" The
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
DIGNITY OF LORD MAYOR.

Hardly Any other Position Attended
with More Pomp and circumstance.
Perhaps no Office to which man Is
elected by the people has more attend
ant glories than that Of lord mayor OF
London. 1t Is also surrounded with
the most elaborate formalities. He
has gowns Of scarlet, violet and black
for various occasions and a train
bearer. The lady mayoress has maids
OF honor and her train is borne by
pages in costume.
In the city the mayor takes prece-
dence Immediately after the sovereign.
A quaint feudal ceremony, which was
strictly observed in the late queens
Jubilee, IN 1897, Is that of handing the
sword Of state to the sovereign at the
Temple Bar. The lord mayor has
choice of four swords-the sword OF
state, for supreme occasions; the pearl
sword, for ceremonial occasions, and
the black sword, carried when there Is
a death in the royal family and when
attending funeral ceremonies. The
fourth sword is held above the lord
mayors chair in the criminal court.
Then there are other emblems OF
office-the diamond scepter, the seal,
the purse and the mace. They play
an important part In the inaugural
ceremonies Of the mayor. The city
chamberlain, with three obelsances,
presents the scepter to the retiring
,uo,ro- TTa fn turu daIfvapq II to his
successor, who lays it on the table In
front OF him. The chamberlain re-
tires with three more bows, TO return
with the seal-and three more rev.
erences. The purse is similarly pre-
scented. Further ceremonies follow
from the sword bearer, who renders
up the sword. The mace-bearer also
gives up the mace in a similar way.
The retiring lord mayor then sur
renders the keys OF the Golfer in which
the seal Is kept There are three
keys, of the other two one is held by
the chamberlain, the second by the
chairman of the lands committee. 70
unlock the Golfer all three must be
produced. This ceremony has great
historic interest 1t implies the soy
erelgn power and authority in ancient
times of the chief magistrate of the
city. The scepter sword and mace
are emblems Of royalty.
The lord mayor was merchant
prince in fact as well as in name. lie
is still, by virtue of his office, admiral
Of the port Of London, gauger OF wine
and oil and other gaugable articles;
"meter" of coal, grain salt and fruit
and inspector OF hops and butter, soap,
cheese and other articles coming into
the port Of London. OF course these
duties are performed by deputy. Other
dignified offices which he holds are
governor of four hospitals, trustee OF
st. Paul cathedral and magistrate In
several places
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-05-06
MoLL PITCHERS GRAVE.
Told Fortunes for Half a Century Be
cause Her Father Was a Wizard.

iOlu fortunes tOf nun a century De
cause Her Father Was Wizard.
Curious persons often visit a roman
tic spot In the busy city of Lynn, the
grave of Mol Pitcher, the celebrated
fortune teller. A simple tablet, erect
ed by public-spirited citizens, marks
the grave and commentaries one OF
the strongest stories Of love, misfor.
tune and mysticism in New England
annals.
Moll Pitcher was once sweet Mol
Dimond. a Marblehead girl. She mar
ried Robert Pitcher, shoemaker, Of
Lynn, long before the revolution, and
lived happily with him, until both he
and their only son was lost at sea,
and she was left alone and penniless
In the world.
Want forced poor Mol Pitcher to
tell fortunes. task which she hated
and often fled from.
Friends and neighbors recalled that
her father had been IA famous wizard
In old Marblehead; that he had stood
upon the towns rocky headlands and
]
had guided them safely to port, be-
sides doing other wonderful things.
They insisted that she coull do like
wise and forced upon her her business
and her fame.
Lovers, business men, sailors flock
ed to the doors of her little white cot
tage beneath famous High Rock, and
eagerly listened to the forecasts Of the
future that she read in the grounds OF
a cup of tea, or upon the open palm of
the hand. Sailors placed great conf
dence in her predictions, and carried
the news Of her sayings to many ports
of the world.
The celebrated but eccentric Lord
Timothy Dexter of Newburyport, who
made money by selling a cargo of Old
fashioned warming pans to the saw
ages of a tropical island, consulted her
upon business dealings.
Tradition has 1t that a black cat
the common associate Of the witches
was the sole companion of Mol Pitch
er in her tiny cottage. Two great
whalebones stood before her home
and many a visitor to 1t was ashamed
of his belief in the supernatural and
told his friends that he only went e
look at the WhalebOnes.
After more than fifty years OF for
tune telling Moll Pitcher learned th'
secret Of life and the future, for sh,
passed away April 8, 1918. at the ag'
of 70. For many years her grave was
unmarked, but in 1887 Isaac Goult
and John T. Moulton Of Lynn erected
a simple tablet in memory of this un
fortunate but celebrated woman in tn,
Western burying ground.-Brooklyl
Eagle.