Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-23
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watchdog OF the treasury must be
toothless.-New York Herald.
Grand Duke Vladimir is said to be
n perfect wreck. II be isn't he will be
when the Terrorists get through with
him.-Memphis Commercial-Appeal.
Kansas is the home Of the brave,
and when it gets out OF the Standard
Oil Company's clutches 1t will be the
land of the free.-Kansas City Times.
The only thing that the Senate does
not amend is the scripture that DIR.
Hale recites in the morning, and there
Is no telling when it will fall to on
that.-New York Mail.
! The Beef Trust will obey the su-
preme Court mandate. Hereafter. in
stead of fixing the prices by agree
ment, the trust will fix them by mere
accident.-New York American.
A peculiar fact is that 1905 began
on Sunday and will end on Sunday.
and therefore has fifty-three Sundays.
This will not occur again In 10 years.
-Leesburg (Va) Washingtonian.
Carrie Nation has just denounced
some of the Kansas State officials as
devils anarchists and hypocrites."
Mr.. Rockefeller is doubtless glad thar
someone has said it for him.-Wash-
ington Post
Japan would be justified in address
ing to the powers the question, What
are you going TO do about til should
oh -
with the fruits of victory.-New York
Evening Sun.
General Stoessel is back In Russia.
At Kaffa, the landing point, he was
presented with the traditional salt as
a mark of welcome. Later on 1t is be-
lieved that he will be duly peppered.--
Indianapolis Star.
A 16-year-old girl In Brussels came
to grief after negotiating a promissory
note for S65, 900 without security. Ev-
identity has the making In her OF
Mrs. Chadwick when she grows up
New York World.
If the spirit of Doodle and OF graft
is to be found thus early In the 18TH
milan Canal Commission, what may we
expect from the subordinate officials
throughout the years Of active opera
tions?-Portland Argus.
The frequent occurrence of such af-
fairs as that which cost the Grand
Duke Sergius his life will sooner or
later convince the Russian autocracy
that ballots are preferable to bombs
San Francisco Chronicle.
No age limit with reference to the
employment of children has been es-
tabllshed in Delaware. Georgia, Ida
no and Nevada. And yet those States
are considered old enough to VOTE
Newport News Times Herald.
. There will soon be only one Terri
/. tory inside the United States. Old
I Arizona, probably the first inhabited
State of all those now in the Union,
will stay out until she gets in on her
q own terms.-Birmingham Ledger.
1t used to be the case that when a
man struck oil he struck a fortune,
but the times have changed. The least
part of 1t now Is the striking of the
. oil. The thing is to strike the man
VIM RAdAlln luc htDdltS.-AultuKO III
:, ter Ocean.
If the Japs will let Kuropatkin win
a partial victory, or a paper victory,
> they can dictate peace with st. Peters
O burg. Russia will grant anything, an
o indemnity included, If she can but
save her face a little.-Atlanta Con
O stitution.
Ifrrr 20 thn hna ID l.
; we have from St Petersburg, 1t APP
= pears that the Gear would like to es-
6 cape further trouble by establishing
II a few reforms, but he is afraid of fur.
d Their trouble If he does establish a few
y reforms. The bomb throwers in Rus.
e sla are not all revolutionists-C hica.
go Chronicle.
Has a man real patriotism when he
constantly does the things that tend
" to weaken the nation he claims to
. lover Our fathers had patriotism
- when they denied themselves for the
. sake of a national principle. They
= had patriotism when they sacrificed
10 themselves in the great epochs of our
past history. But 1t looks sometimes
as If we of to-day had forgotten the
= very existence of our nation, or else
Il persuaded ourselves that our acts have
3 nothing to do with Its welfare.-Co
q lumbia Is. c. State.
o Nothing short Of commercial-po
I litical cataclysm can affect the credit
n. of the United States Nevertheless
+. the system, or lack Of system, under
n which Congress makes appropriations
% urgently demands reform. 1t may 70
il on for years without producing trou
lie bic, but not for many years. We can
Of not have a surplus and spend 1t. too
IS and a surplus In sight above expendl
r. ture is more than convenience In d
oil country growing as rapidly as this
re The Secretary of the Treasury should
se have at his command a fairly large
m sum of cash always available and in
n dependent of immediate demands
Boston Transcript.
With Wisconsin, Missouri and Okla
homa following Kansas on the trail OF
the Standard OIL Company, and Uncl,
RI Sam Joining the procession, there 1:
likely to be a pretty race, to say tn,
at least.-Nebraska State Journal.
n John L. Sullivan's latest lectur.
I'd proved a big failure. Making a per
~ son pay $3.50 to see the old fighter