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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
MIXED ON HISTORY.
Who Said "Give Me Liberty or Give
Me Death"

Who Said "Give Me Liberty or Give
Me Death"
At a recent meeting In this city OF
colored citizens from various parts Of
the country an incident occurred which
not only demonstrated to some extent
the negroes need for a better education
but showed also that he had a marked
sense Of humor, says the Washington
Star.
Many Of those most interested in
the uplifting of their race were present
at the meeting, and speeches were be-
ing made on the theme OF the colored
mans natural ability, which, 1t was
stated. awaited only a fair chance to
become apparent
Ere long great enthusiasm was
aroused, each speaker, as he went
further in the eulogy of his brothers,
receiving more deafeDing applause
The race pride of the audience was
appealed to by a speaker whom we
may call Mr.. Jackson man with re-
narkable natural powers of oratory.
LET us stand up for our rights" he
shouted, waving his hands above his
head. Let us remember the sentiment
set forth in the Declaration of indie.
pendence, that immortal document
penned by the hand of Patrick Henry.
Aye, would say in the very words OF
Thomas Jefferson, Give me liberty or
give me deathv"
For moment deeply impressed by
this oratorlcal climax. the colored
brothers were silent. Then a listener
In the rear Of the assemblage began
&c laugh hllariously.
whats the matter. brotherY quer-
led Mr.. Jackson.
"Suh, 1t happen to hab been Genial
George Washington who spoke dem
immortal wuds, Glib me liberty or glib
me deathP"
Emboldened by this sally. another
gentleman ventured a criticism:
"And shuly, sub, you knows lat
Benedict Arnold was de man dat
penned dat immortal document, de
Declaration OBJ Independencew
These objections to his statements
completely nonplused the enthusiastic
orator, and he resumed his seat with
great humiliation, while the entire as
semblage INDUCED in a hearty laugh
at his expense.
Some members even dared to shout
that the crlticisers were themselves in
the wrong. As It was, the patriotic
feelings Of the occasion turned into a
huge Joke as quickly as an icicle
would melt in an August sun.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

One OF the most wonderful pieces Of
furniture in the world Is a vegetable
chair, which came from Korea. and
has grown from a single seed, planted
twenty-six years ago. The seed was
that of gingkO tree. In fertile soil
and amid sunshine and rain the seed
grew into a vine, when the native gar.
dener set about to fashion by ingeni.
Gus twistings, compressions and train
ings into an arm chair.
Much pruning was necessary in or
der to make the lower branches de-
velop In size and strength. The chair
was carefully formed by tying the
young and pliable branches together
with strong fiber ropes, and as the
tree expanded the ropes held firm.
The chair weighs more than 100
pounds, and is even harder, sturdier
and more imperishable than oak 1t is
three feet four inches in height. and
twenty-five inches in width, and some
of the knots which formed between the
binding ropes are twenty-five inches In
circumference. The bark has been re-
moved, and the surface, which Is gold
en- brown In color has taken a fine
polish, and in spite of its look of lumpy
antagonism 1t is quite as comfortable
as the conventional factory made chair.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

A certain lady had met with a scri-
Ous accident, which necessitated very
painful surgical operation and many
months confinement to her bed When
the physician had finished his work
and was about taking his leave. the
patient asked, Doctor, how long shall
l have to lie here helplessY "Oh.
only one day at a time" was the
CHEEKY answer; and the poor sufferer
was not only comforted for the mo-
ment. but many times during the sue
ceeding weary weeks did the thought.
"Only a day at a time" come back
with Its quieting influence. We think
1t WAS Rev. Sidney Smith who recon-
mended taking short views" as a
good safeguard against needless wor-
ny; and One far wiser than he said:
"Take. therefore. no thought for the
morrow. Sufficient unto the day is the
evil thereof"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

I'll Hang My Harp on a Willow Tree.
I'll hang my harp on a willow tree,
I'll off to the wars again;
My peaceful home has no charm for me,
The battlefield no pain;
The lady l love will soon be a bride,
With diadem on her brow;
Oh! why did she fatter my boyish pride
She's going to leave me now.
She took me away from my wsrlike lord.
And gave me a silken suit;
l thought no more of my masters sword,
When l played on my masters lutte;
She seemed to think me a boy above
Her pages Of low degree;
OH had l but loved with boyish love,
1t would have been better for me.
Then I'll hide in my breast every selfish
care,
I'll flush my pale cheek with wine,
When smiles away the bridal pair,
I'll hasten to give them mine;
I'll laugh and I'll sing, though my heart
may bleed.
And III walk In the festive train,
And If l survive it, I'll mount my steed,
And I'll off to the wars again.
But one golden tress Of her hair III
Irvine.
In my helmets sable plume,
And then on the field OF Palestine,
I'll seek an early doom;
And II by the Saracen's hand fall,
Mid the noble and the brave,
A tear from my lady love is all
ask for the warriors grave.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
WARS CASUALTIES ENORMOUS.
Number of Killed and Wounded in
1904 viii Exceed 100000.

Number of Killed and Wounded in
1904 viii Exceed 100000.
Ascertaining losses by war opera
lions is Il very difficult task, and yet
approximate results have been secured,
says Lesiie's Weekly. 1t is noteworthy,
but no occasion for surprise, that the
number killed and wounded in war
during 1904 greatly exceeds that Of
1903 by reason of the sangundry con-
test between Japan ana Russia, in
which lives have been recklessly sacri-
feed. The total loss for the year is
about 100000, as compared with $4,000
in 1903, $4,000 in 1902 and 5000 in
1901.
The total losses in the Russo-Japa-
nese war have not been officially stat
ed, but from the most reliable unofficial
accounts they will amount to at least
10000. Other losses have been as fol-
lows: Armenia, including massacres,
1854; Tibet, 6,492; Philippines. 3.230;
Sumatra. 1910: Africa. 3.Ii4: Uruguay.
2,O35; Macedonia. $50; Santo Domingo,
240; Bulgaria, $50; Morocco, 90; Ara
bia, 10
Wellington used to say that It was
impossible to tell the number Of men
lost by the French. nevertheless he
put 10000 or 10000 as the number on
both sides killed Mt Waterloo. San
culinary as has been the recent fighting
between the Russian and Japanese ar
mics, the results are less terrible tnan
those Of that day. Experience is teach
ing us that murderous as are the
weapons of modern make. the actual
mortality in the battles OF to-day is
not as heavy as I'm the time when ar
maments were not, on paper. so dead
ly.
At Leipsic. where 100000 men were
engaged, $4,000 men were lost. At Sa-
dowa there were 10000 men. of whom
the Prussans lost 1.147 officers and
S.794 men. and the Austrians 10000.
At Borodlno there were $4,000 casual
ties; at La Belle Alliance $1,000. In
our Civil War the greatest battle was
at the Wilderness. where Of the 1872 900
Federals. one-seventh were lost. and OF
the $1,000 Confederates a correspond
ing proportion. Deadlier stu was
Pittsburg Landing, where General
Grant lost % per cent Of his men.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
FATHER cRoNIN.

Father Cronin has written verse which
has won him a reputation. He is also
a powerful orator and among scholars
is recognized as man of great liter
airy attachments. Despite his years,
Father Cronin shows a marked capac-
ity for work and besides his editorial
duties, on which he spends several
hours day, he has charge of large
parish at Tonowanda, n. Y.
Nearly all of the many priests who
exercised the sacred ministry at the
time Father Cronin assumed his pres
ent editorial position have passed
away. In every case the venerable
priest penned their obituaries.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
RusslA's BEAUTY COLONY.
HAn Earthly Olympus Peop1ed wies
ApoIloe and Hcbes.

San Earthly Olympus Peop1ed wies
Apollos and Hobes.
At the time OF the Russo-Turhish
war NJ. Reshetnlkoff, struck with the
Inferior ill-nourlshed physique of many
recruits, set aside annually out Of his
large fortune the sum Of 10000 rubles
for the purpose of eliminating the unfit
by encouraging marriage only between
young people of exceptional beauty.
health and intelligence.
To attain this end he employed as
workers on his estate only the hand
soonest and healthiest villagers. These
be encouraged TO enter upon matri.
mony by free grants of land, payments
of all marriage fees and an annuity OF
30 rubles year for every child born.
He succeeded In removing from his
estate by rather harsh means all de.
formed and sickly persons and attract
ed handsome giants from all parts Of
the province by granting them valuable
privileges. Those who refused to mar
ry the partners he selected were uncer-
enormously deported.
Since the institution OF this human
beauty farm forty model marriages
have taken place and over 100 children
have been born, nearly all of them be-
Ing immensely superior to the average
Russian peasant children In strength
and beauty. The girls An particular
are remarkable for theiP graceful Car
riage and 1.-THE. active forms.
A marriage has just been celebrated
there with exceptional display owing
to the fact that the bridegroom and his
bride are the first couple both Of whom
sprang from unions arranged by NJ.
Reshetnikoff.
The bridegroom. a handsome peasant
named Vasllleff, of splendid phyTique,
and the bride, lovely girl of 1S, we're
driven to church in NJ. ReshetnfRoff's
Carriage and given as dowry a large
wooden cottage and a plot Of land.
Hundreds Of persons witnessed the Ger.
emory, and at the wedding breakfast
NJ. Reshetnikoff delivered an eloquent
speech, In which he welcomed 1.-The SEQ
ond generation of his musings who are
to make holy Russia an earthly Oiym
pus peopled with Apollos and Hebes.'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
QUEER SToRlE5


The man who first made steel pens
got 81 apiece for them.
1t is said that the Turks were the
first to bury their dead In cemeteries
adorned with ornamental headstones.
The United States produced nine
thousand pounds Of tea the past year.
the farms being in North Carolina and
Texas.
Johns Hopkins has one professor to
every four students, Yale one to every
nine, and Columbia, Harvard and
Pennsylvania one to every ten.
Solomon Shattuck, of Hollis, claims
to lave the best teeth for a man of his
years in New Hampshire, If not in
New England. He Is SO years Of age,
and with the exception Of four wisdom
teeth, which were extracted several
years ago, and one lost when a boy.
he has all his teeth In perfect condi-
ton. Local dentists say his is the most
remarkable case they ever knew of.
The United States constitutes the
richest nation on the globe. Mulhall
furnishes these figures: United States,
$a1, 750,0OO,OOO; Great Britain. $780,
030,O0O,OO0; France, 7,95OOOO,OOOi
Germany, 10000 900; Russia, $780,
125,0OO,000; Austria. 500, $50 900, OO0i
Italy, $15,SOO,OOO,OOO; Spain, S11 ,8O0.-
100000. These computations are based
upon values as shown by real estate
records, buildings, merchandise and
railways, as well as the circulating
medium in each nation.
Three of the five women on the
Revolutionary War pension roll are
New Englanders. They are Hannah
Newell Barrett, of Boston, Mass, aged
1O8, pensioned by special act as the
daughter of Noah Harrod, who served
two years as private with the Massa-
chusetts line; Esther S. Damon, OF
Plymouth. VT, SO, pensioned as the
widow of Noah Damon, who served
In the Massachusetts, line from April,
1775, to May, 1880; and Rhoda Au-
gusta Thompson, of Woodbury., Conn,
aged 50. pensioned by special act as
the daughter Of Thaddeus Thompson.
who served six years as private in Col.
John Lam's New York regiment
Prof. Hans Molisch of Prague has
reported to the Vienna Academy Of
Sciences the discovery of a lamp light
ed by means of bacteria. which he
claims will give a powerful light and
be free from danger, thus being valu-
sblo for work in mines and powder
magazines. The lamp consists of a
glass jar In which a lining of saltpetrs
and gelatlne, inoculated with bacteria,
is placed. Two days after .lnoculation
the Jar becoms Illuminated with q
wonderful blulsh-green light. caused
by the innumerable bacteria which
have developed in the time. The light
will burn brilliantly for from two to
three weeks, afterward diminishing n
brightness. 1t renders faces recOgniz.
able at a distance of two yards, and
large type is easily legible by It. Prot.
Molisch asserts that the lamp yields
a cold light, which is entirely safe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

brought into contact with grating sur
faces forming the outer and inner
walls of the receptacle and the bottom
Of the same. BY means of power APP
piled through a hand crank the pota-
toes are kept in motion, and, eventual
ly, If the operation Is continued long
enough. all the skins come in contact
with these rough walls and are there
by removed. A trough at the top car
rles a supply of water which Pushes
these securing surfaces keeping them
free from pieces Of peel and particles
of potato. On first consideration 1t
would not seem possible for the graf
ing surfaces to reach every point Of
each tuber, but the proof of the pud-
ding is the eating. and it is we'll es-
tablshed that this result is actually
accomplished.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
QUEER SroRlE5

In the fortified rock of Gibraltar
there are 90 miles OF tunnels. They
are stocked with an ample supply OF
arms, ammunition and provisions. in
readiness for a siege.
There was some trouble over the
dividing line between the towns OF
New Hartford and Harwinton in Con-
necticut until the original survey of
the towns laid out in 1929 by the pro-
prietors, who were taxpayers of Hart
ford, was found, and this record will
be used in making a new survey.
After 10 years incessant labor. Mrs.
Lizzie Hoffman Of Anthony has fin
ished what is probably the oldest bed
quilt In the country. 1t is a patch quilt
made of 14600 pieces Of silk of all
kinds and colors, and every piece of
silk came from different brides hat.
During 10 years Mrs. Hoffman has
been collecting these pieces.
A remarkable industry of Paraguay
Is the prepare ton Of essence of oranpe
leaves. More than $50 years ago the
Jesuit priests, who then ruled that
secluded country, imported orange
seeds and planted groves. which have
now become immense forests. filled
with small establishments for extract
Ing the essence, which is exported to
France and the United States for use
In soap and perfumery making. II ia
also employed by the natives in Para
quay as a healing ointment and hair
tonic.
Every engineer is now familiar with
the fact that in all modern works of
any size the making and repairing of
tools Is managed by a special depart
ment of the works. The good old
days" when a gang of men would
stand in line, waiting for their turn at
the grindstone, have gone by. In a
modern shop, when a tool needs grind
ing it is sent to the tool department
and another one, all ready for use, is
obtained at once. 1t is easy to see how
much more economical such a method
is, for the preparation of tools is kept
in the hands of people who are doing
nothing else, and who are necessarily
much more expert than the general
workman would be, while the latter
does not waste time in waiting for a
turn at the grindstone.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
FATHER CRONIN, LONG
A CATHOLIC EDITOR.

The Rev. Patrick L. Cronin is re-
garded, in point of service, as being
the oldest editor of Catholic newspa-
per IN the United States This vener-
able newspaper man and priest is edi-
tor of the Catholic Union and Times OF
Buffalo, N. Y, and has recently COM
pleted thirty years of service on that
paper.
In addition to his ability to WELD a
trenchant pen in his editorial work.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
ELECTRIC STREET LIGHTING.

Cleveland's Experiment with Twelve
Lamps of 1000 Candle Power.
The first instance of public street
lighting in this country was in the pub
lie square in Cleveland, little park Of
about ten acres. In April 1879. twelve
lamps of the ordinary so-called 1900
candle power were installed in the park
on high ornamental poles.
While the poles and line circuit were
being put up a great deal of inter
est was manifested by the public. and
on the evening when the lights were
formally started the park was crowd
ed with people. Many evidently ex-
pected a binding glare of light. as they
had provided themselves with colored
spectacles or smoked glass. OF course
there was at first a general feeling Of
disappointment In this respect. al
though every one was willing to admit
that he could read with ease in any
part of the square After few weeks.
however, when the novelty had worn
or, and the people had tired Of staring
at the lamps. the general verdict was
highly favorable to the new light.
As the public square lights were re-
qulred to burn all night, this necessl-
tated putting fresh carbons in each
lamp sometime during the night, be-
cause a single set would not last until
morning. But the nightly trimming OF
the lamps required an extra man and
added materially to the cost of light
ing. To meet this difficulty the "dou-
hle-carbon" lamp was devised, which
afterward grew into general use for
al-nlght lighting, and became famous
through much patent litigation
fury.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
A Hosnltahle Henrt.

Frederick Goodall, of the Roya,
Academy, tells in his "reminiscences"
a good story of Jenny Lind. The Swe-
dish singer never quite mastered our
language, and her habits Of thinking
and feeling remained just what they
had been IN her childhood
Her ideas In English were perfectly
charming, although they were express.
ed with a foreign accent The naivete
In many Of her remarks was caphvat
ing,
Once when the talk turned on the
subject Of mice. an animal for which
ladies are believed to entertain feel
lngs akin to terror,-why have never
been able TO understand Lind
contributed to the discussion the quaint
phrase:
81 have a hole in my heart for re
ieetle mouse"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
The SKINS RueeEp DEE.

Potato PAIRING Machine Which Dis.
penses with the Use of Knives.
Many of the participating devices
brought out In England, where such
machines are popular, are based on a
securing principles; that is to say, the
potatoes are not actually pared in
the ordinary Interpretation Of the
word but the skins are grated Off. so
to speak. The tubers, as in the ma
chine recently patented and illustrated
herewith, are placed in. receptacle,
where, by means OF suitable mechan-
ism, they are constantly stirred and
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

A long suffering traveller on a single
track railroad ventured to complain to
an attendant of the exasperating I'M
punctuality Of the service.
The employe demonstrated in virtu-
Gus indignation.
ave been on this line now upwards
of eight years." he began.
Have you, indeed?" interrupted the
other alphabetically. AT what sta
ton did you get onT" The attendant
did not pursue tho subject.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01
Had Heard oil It-snmewhnre

Senator tom" Plat was lingering a
gilt-edged book that had come to him
In the mall. He seemed so much in
terested in 1t that Senator Quay asked
what he was reading.
This" explained the New York
"boss," as he turned the pages slowly.
sis a reprint Of a curious volume much
thought Of by William Penn and his
followers, but which l am told is
scarcely known among their descend
ants"
"And what is it called" asked the
Pennsylvania statesman.
Plat tossed it on Quay's desk. 1t
was the Bible.-Baltimore Herald.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

FAVORlTES


The Song of the Camp,


The Song of the Camp.
Give us a songr the soldiers cried,
The outer trenches guarding,
When the heated guns Of the camps
allied
Grew weary of bombardlng.
The dark Redan, In silent scoff,
Lay grim and threatening, under;
And the tawny mound Of the Malakof
No longer belched its thunder.
There was a pause. A guardsman said
1--WE storm the fcrts tomorrow,
Sing while we may. another day
Will bring enough of sorrow"
They lay along the batte-y's side,
Below the smoking cannon;
Brave hearts, from Severn and frot
Clyde,
And from the banks of Shannon
They sang OF love and not of famei
Forgot was Britain's gloryi
Each heart recalled a different rame,
But all sang Annie Laurie"
Voice after voice caught up the song.
Until Its tender passion
Rose like an anthem, rich and strong
Their tattle-eve confession
Dear girl, her name he dared not speak.
But as the song grew louder,
Something upon the soldiers cheek
Washed off the stains Of powder.
Beyond the darkening ocean burned
The bloody sunsets embers,
While the Crimean valleys learned
How English love remembers.
And once again a fire of hell
Rained on the Russian quarters,
With scream Of shot, and burst of shell,
And believing of the mortarsi
And Irish Nora's eyes are dim
For a singer dumb and CORY;
And English Mary mourns for him
Who sang Of Annie Laurie"
Sleep soldiers! still in honored rest
Your truth and valor wearing;
The gravest are the tenderest-
The loving are the daring.
-Bayard Taylor
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

Until we meet againl That is the mean.
ing
OF the familiar words that men repeat
At parting In the street.
All. yes, till then. but when death inter
vening
Rends us asunder. with what ceaseless
pain
We wait for the againl
The friends who leave us do not feel the
sorrow
OF parting as we feel It who must stay,
Lamenting day by day,
And knowing, when we wake upon the
morrow,
We shall not find in Its accustomed place
The one loved face.
-Longfellow.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

so Lord Tredegar,
a prominent Brit
ish peer, has ac-
quired a claim to
distinction that Is
almost unique, and
has shown a mod
esty that is more
rare than the cour-
age he displayed
when he rode Unto
the jaws Of death,
into the mouth OF
L.fI ..f4I IL gH.-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

The rails Of the Mexican Gulf Rail-
road are laid on mahogany sleepers.
and the bridges built of white marble.
In West Mexico Is a line with ebony
sleepers and ballast OF silver ore drawn
from the mines beside the track. The
engineers constructing these railways
had no other material on the route.
and found it cheaper to use these SEEM
ing extravagances than to import the
ordinary material.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

There is only one way to escape: Il
the bride and groom take a trip, they
are assaulted with rice at the depot,
II they stay home, they ars "chiva.
reed" The escape is not to get mar
ried at all
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

After all, remarked the great Oh
server. Il believe the Cinnamon are
our friends"
"Well," responded the man with the
glossy shirt bosom. they must be our
bosom friends. Chicago News.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-07-01

In memory Of King Humhert, Queen
Margharlta Of Italy has built a library
on the top Of Pic dOrden. In the Alps.
The library occupies higher site than
any other institution OF its kind. in the
world.