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THREE MILLIONS A YEAR.
Sum Out of Which Japanese Emperor
Must Keep Up Ills Household.

Sum Out of Which Japanese Emperor
Must Keep Up Ills Household.
The Emperors yearly expense Of
living is limited. For this purpose he
draws three million dollars from the
national treasury. His personal wealth
is not to be spent on his own living,
so that three million dollars is really
his yearly salary as manager of the
country. He has got TO pay out of 1t
some one thousand employees. The
lady-in-w waiting is said to be paid one
hundred and fifty dollars monthly.
l have no doubt that even n washing
girl is paid about seventy dollars.
Japan is a country where a laboring
mans wages are not more than fifty
cents daily. The chief cook Of the
imperial palace is paid two hundred
dollars a month.
The Emperor's daily fare is Japan
ese. He is perfectly satisfied. for
breakfast, as a common japanese is,
with a bowl of bean soup and few
similar dishes. But his dinner usually
appears in splendid style, in some
twenty courses, although lie always
denounces 1t as a useless extrava-
gance. When any official feast is held
the cherry blossom-viewing party at
the Kioshikawa botanical garden, or
the chrysanthemum party at the Aka
saka palace, for instance-he will not
spare any expense In preparing an
elegant European banquet The EN-
press is the manager on such an oc-
casion. She is a noted economist.
She always gives a hint to her court
ladies' and the wives of the ministers
how to arrange their dresses and how
tc save expense. She IS regarded as
an exemplar OF loneliness and woman-
ly' sweetness. There never was a
woman truer to the old teachings In
respect to womanly disposition and
demeanor.-Success Magazine.
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MIRIAM LESLIE'S PROPOSAL.
=o-~

81 DON'T care If It is unmaldenly,
III I'm going to do It. / know the
man loves me, and what is leap
year for If it isn't to give girls an OPP
portunity to help out those Of the other
sex who don't know how to help them
selves? So here goes. He can't more
tnan refuse. and he won't do that; but
whatever the verdict, l know that
he is too honorable ever to breathe a
word of the affair"
When Miriam Leslie had concluded
the delivery of this speech. which had
only Miriam for an attentive audience,
she sat down at her desk at once and
began to write the letter which she
had planned the night before, after
Frank Webster had left the house. She
had parted from him with smile on
her lips, but the smile had lasted only
long enough for the door to close upon
him, and as Miriam had entered her
room she had looked far from happy
She had enjoyed Franks call; but it
had ended as unsatisfactory as had
all the others. in that words which
would have made her happy, and
which she believed had been almost
upon his lips many times. had again
remained unspoken. If the man she
loved wouldn't take hint, he must
be given something broader than Il
hint, and when Miriam went to sleep
1t was with the determination to write
letter on the morrow that even n
stupid man might understand. Strange
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distinguishes the student life of tia
University Of Virginia, and which, Vir-
glnlans are apt to maintain. has per-
cepubly and benehclally affected the
tone Of business and other affairs in
that commonwealth Downright I'M
scrupulousness marks the knave; a par
tial lack OF scruple characterizes the
large numbers of respectable men who,
as members OF boards, as merchants,
as taxpayers, as politicians, as voters,
wink at evil practices In others. tim
idly avoid all opposition to official
wrong, and themselves commit slight
and not too conspicuous irregularities,
or give support for selfish reasons to
venal candidates for office. Such ire
spectables" are the despair OF the pat
riotIc men who. IL our day and in a
thousand commuAaties. are trying to
stay the tide Of that political corrup-
ton which, according to so good 8
friend OF America as John Morley,
for the moment obscures the great
democratic experiment"
1t comes to this, that "the period OF
corruption" which friends Of Ameri-
cans abroad are called upon so often
to apologize fora corruption which
while bad enough, is not so deeply
rooted as our enemies believe-cAn be
brought TO an end only by the growth
of sense of honor, of scrupulousness
backed by moral bravery, yoon the
part OF individuals in the republic. II
is not fantastic to aver that a gift OF
Imagination would assist some people
to he virtuoue. II citizen should fee
that his own lack Of scruple, in any
direction, was a contribution to the
corruption and dishonor of his country
and that his personal withstanding OF
temptation TO do wrong WINS not only
an act of private virtue. but had pat
rioto uses as well-if he were con
WINGED for instance, that his refusal t
vote as a truste for a contribution to 4
bribery n;nd or to a dishonest boss
was n means OF doing away with {
national diSgrace-if he had the i'm
aglnatlon to grasp the large bearing,
of his individual action, It would b,
easier for him to take a stand fo
righteousness instead of weakly acqui
escing in some customary wrong Arts
totles idea OF the state was associa
tlon "in a life Of felicity and noble
ness;' but Christianity ought not I,
have to look TO paganism for ideals o.
good citizenship and the making Of ,
, righteous peSple.-Century.
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said he, you can look back over the
situation and laugh. 1t has some hu-
NOR for you. That is better than tears
And sorrow Is. to a certain extent,
beneficial 1t sbarpens the wits. Not
that you have not always been quick
witted On the contrary. So much
more so than he. 1t was a pity, your
friends said, 10 see you with him
Eyes, they said that TO me-" inter
rupted Jesslca. But what did they
say to hiihY
She answered her own question.
1.-THE self-same thing, turned round
the other way"
De Narville looked hard at her I'm the
bright light of the glowing elecirics.
Freedom becomes you, Jesslca," he
declared "a am almost ready to fall
in love with you myself tonight"
almost" repeated Jessica. rnefully.
Quite" asserted De Narvllle- "You
look content. Joyous. radiant wish
other friends Of yours, who have seen
you in tears. could gaze upon you now.
Friends who have talked this affair Of
yours over and over
Jesslca nodded assentingly.
Yes" said she. my friends have
lost little tir7e. They have been moth
ing II not ,idustrlous.'
1T was you wko started the ball roll
Ing" replied De Narvllle, with a touch
of reproach, who tendsred us our first
information"
True, bus 1t U.S. such little ball "a
start with, and when it came back fl
was ike boys SNOWFALL, the size Of a
mani We didn't know it for ours"
Her expectant eyes rested on the
face Of the clock. Apparently she had
forgotten the existence Of De Narvllle
TT Is g." she murmured, land time
for him 10 come"
They turned from the clock to the
door. A light cleaned on them sud
denly. The friend for whom she wait
ed stood there.
lie advanced. and De Naryllle, ris
ing. vacated his place at the table oppo
site Jesslca.
''Mr. De Narvllle," said Jessica, my
husband"
Then: I'VE are celebrating the ami
versary Of ouR wedding day together,
she explained with smile.--Zoe An
derson Norris, IN the Valley Magazine
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PREFERS eARe OF NATURE.
Chimpsnzee Shocks Bishop of Sierra
Leone and His Family.

Mason Mitchell. former rough rider,
now United States consul at zanzi-
bar. has found many odd diversions to
enliven his exile and please his taste
for African adventure. but among his
African acquaintances none held high
er favor than Brooks" a chimpanzee
whose almost human qualities and
cultivated presence, alas, are missing
from drawing-room and promenade.
He was captured when quite young
by the Manyamas in the west Congo
district, near Lake Tanganiki, and
after adventures unrecorded was
brought down the coast and given to
the bishop Of Sierra Leone. Here he
remained for a year as a pet of the
ecclesiastical household. and was
taught many tricks by the bishop. At
length the bishop was married and
his wife objected TO the presence Of
Brooks without clothing. AS she said:
IF he's to be treated like a child
he must be properly brought up and
taught 10 wear such garments as are
seemly and decent"
A suit OF clothes was made and put
on for the first time on a Sunday after
noon. when a tea was to be given on
the lawn. When all the guests were
seated beneath the grateful shade of
a cocoanut tree MT. Brooks was led
out in his new and swagger suit, cut
away coat. white waistcoat and check
ed trousers. and given his customary
seat at table. where he had always
conducted himself with the utmost
ease and dignity.
On this occasion he behaved with
propriety until his share Of the eat
ables had been tucked away. Then,
seeing that there was nothing to lose
by expressing his pent-up emotions OF
protest, he sprang from the table and
rapidly climbed to the top Of the over
hanging cocoanut tree, splitting his
new coat up the back in his reckless
haste. Safely perched aloft he pro-
ceeded to tear off his clothes, swear
ing scandalously, and threw the shred
ded garments at the guests below.
Not satisfied with this expression of
opinion, Mr.. Brooks picked the cocoa
nuts from near by branches and hurl-
ed them with deadly aim at the table
until the bishop and his guests fed
for their lives and the afternoon tea
was q total wreck.-Outing.
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WHAT is READ IN GERMANY.
How the Literature Differs from that
of America.

How the Literature Diners from that
of America.
The Germans are essentially a read
Ing people-as much as, if not more so
than, any other in the world, says the
Review of Reviews. The periodical
literature, however, extensive and
high-class as it is, is very different
from that of England or the United
States, and even from that of other
continental European countries. In
the first place, it is a fact that the
farther south and east one goes in Eu-
rope, the less influential does he find
public opinion and the more servile
the press.
The French press has less freedom
than that of England, and the German
less than that Of France. German pc
riodicals differ from those of the Unit
ed States and England in another re-
spect-they are more infinitely differ.
entiated. The Germans have month
lies, weeklies and dailies, and these
are usually devoted to some, particu.
lar branch of literature, art, education
or industry, and there is no publica.
ton combining fact and fiction, illus
tration, poetry, history and humor, in
all Germany. such as we find so many
examples Of in this country and in En-
gland.
If the English and American press
Is commercial, and the French artistic
the German may be said to be technl
cal. There is an immense number OF
periodicals devoted to technical indus
tries and handicrafts. The literary
style Of German periodicals is not Sc
polished as that of the French, nor are
these periodicals so attractive mechan
ically as a general thing but they ar,
more honest and reliable than tn,
French; and, instead of being concen
trated in the capital or in any othel
one large city, they are published a
widely scattered points.
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ly enough, as she admitted to herself,
the morning found her mind unchang-
ed. with determination fixed to take
advantage Of her leap year prerOga
tives.
The writer Of the letter had gone
over in her mind its prospective con
tents a number of times, and as a re-
suit her editorial revision had boiled
it down" until it was brief and to the
point. 1t ran as follows:
Dear Frank-You have been COM
Ing to see me for several years, and
the evenings spent together have made
me think how pleasant 1t would be If
we could go on spending them togeth-
er the rest of our lives. Has the idea
ever occurred to you? MIRIAM"
Miss Leslie heard her brother pass
her door, preparatory to starting for
business, and she no longer waited for
the ink to dry, but grabbed a piece Of
blottlng-paper and the letter was soon
in the hands of her brother, who was
told that it was important and that it
must be mailed by him when on the
way to his office. The brothers de-
parture was timely, as Miriam had be-
gun to weaken in her determination,
and as she gave him the letter she said
to herself: Here's where 1 don't get
a chance to change my mind" She
did. however. have many changes of
mind through the day. which seemed
to her one of unusual length. Soon af-
ter her brother had left she was tempt
ed to telephone to him to try to get the
letter back from the postoffice, but
she didn't know If that would be posi-
BILE. and besides the request would
cause her brother to ask a good many
questions which it would be awkward
for her to answer, and so the request
was not made.
BY the afternoon mail Miriam re-
ceived n letter addressed In the we'll
known handwriting of the young man
to whom she had proposed. rs 1t pos
sible that he has answered so quick
ly?" she asked herself, as she held the
envelope in her hand, fearing to open
It. She had had little experience as
a writer and knew that quick returns
usually meant no sales, and her first
thought was that Frank had declined
the honor OF being her husband. That
was IA Notifying thought in itself, and
the continuation of the train of thought
suggested by the comparison of her Of
fer with the manuscript was not a
comforting one
She had offered herself, even as she
had been wont to submit a story or
poem TO an editor. The only consola-
, ton she could get out of the comparl.
son was found in the thought that she
wasn't exactly placing herself on the
market, as if one editor, Frank Web
ster, by name. declined, she wouldn't
offer herself to another
When Miss Leslie thought to look
at the pOstmark she was convinced
that the letter had been mailed before
Frank could have received her letter
With trembling fingers. this maiden
who had had so much courage a few
hours before. opened the envelope and
read as follows:
my Dear AIirlam-1 see you so Of
ten that it seems cowardly to write
what l might speak; but although
many times when in your presence
have tried to say certain words, cour
age has always failed me. Resolu
tons made when alone have not been
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aNOWFlakEs.

Whenever a snowflake leaves tie sky,
II turns and turns to say "Good-byl
Good-hy dear clouds, so cool and grayr
Then lightly travels on It's way.
And when snowflake finds a tree,
"Good-dayr' It says. "Good-day TO thee!
Thou are so bare and lonely, dear.
I'll rest and call my comrades here"
But when a snowflake. brave and meek.
Lights on q rosy maidsn's cheek,
Il starts-"How warm and soft the dayI
It's summerr'--and It melts away.
Mary Mapes Dodge.
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The MORTGAGE PAID.

We amt havn many Injuries. like city folkses do.
We amt all On an all clothes amt
or honesty goodness amt maxim parade
al 10 the paid
We amt pln' a the boys TO fight about
When down an out
But it's 10 the that
For smoothly
We have had downs. other people
But we've tried lookn bue
Wen be ready ending the life played
For children
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husband. w n e n
the investment of
the fortress was
impending NJ m e.
Stoessel was given
the opportunity to
return to Russia,
but she declared
that she would on
no account leave
her husband. To
show that she
could be Of use to
n a haIaa pttaraI
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WANTED. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Ieaven Needed I'm Relations and Amer
gsncies of American Life.
Ii IS natural, wholesome, saving con
scientiousness. applied TO all the rela-
tons and emergencies Of private and
public life, that Is SO sadly wanting in
many American communities-a CON
scientnousness which results in some
thing like that system OF honor which
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garrison she took charge of the ambu-
lance service, and under her direction
it became markedly efficient. She ex-
hibited so much unselfshness and de-
votion to the welfare of the troops that
the men regarded her as a verltable
good angel.
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naturalist in the
world. 1t is said
of him that he is
to critic III ture
what Edison is to
electricity. On his
farms at Santa
Rosa, Cal, he has
developed many
new flowers, fruits
and vegetables, be-
sides adding new
tints to old bios
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

May, 1908, he expressed sentiments
much like those in his last message,
and raised storm that spread be-
yond the bounds of the Keystone
State. He is a descendant of Hendrick
Pannebecker. who was a surveyor for
the Penns, and other Dutch ancestors
who came to this country in the early
part of the seventeenth century. He
was elected Governor in November,
1902. Previously he had been judge of
the Court of Common Pleas in Phila-
delphia. He is 62 years old.
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you don't mind my leaving 50
many OF these bills, do your" said the
collector. with a touch Of sarcasm.
mo, indeed" replied the woman in
the door. 1--WE rather like it. The
children do their examples on the
backs OF them"
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the Mormon oath MRS. MARIA WEED.
placing the church above citizenship.
and it was she who exposed the Nor
man doctrine of the marriage of liv-
ing people to the dead. She also de-
clares that the Mormons allege that
both Jesus Christ and George Wash
ington were Mormons, and employ that
piece of mendacity as an argument
for the conversion of people to-day.
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SONS, and giving to LUTHER BURBANK.
the lily the odor Of a Parma violet.
Mr.. Burbank was born in Lancaster,
Mass, i'm 1919. and moved to Califor-
mia in 1875. He is unmarried.
-
J. w. Mufly Of Des Moines has writ
ten a history Of the One Hundred and
Forty-eighth Pennsylvania volunteers.
He was adjutant Of the regiment
-
Charles Boese, inventor Of a new pro
cess Of photosculpture which, it is said.
will revolutionize Photographic art, has
established studio in Rome
-
Graham X. Mellen, son Of President
Mellen of the New York, New Haven
and Hartford Railroad. is a stenograph-
err in the employ of the company.
-
Gen. William j. Palmer. founder of
Colorado Springs, having expended $780,
900 on a park. is now building an eques-
trian and pedestrian trail into some of
the grandest scenery Of the Rocky noun
tains.
Congress recently awarded the sur
viving heirs Of the Six Nations $1,000
300, and former President Andrew John
Is in Washington TO see that no half
breeds get any Of it.
-
A movement is on foot to erect mon
ument to Dan" Emmett, a minstrel, the
author Of Dixie"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

en- of New York,
have stirred the
country on account
of the Smoot sena-
torship hearing, is
a Chicago woman
who has made a
deep and searching
study of the Nor
mon question. 1t
was she who first
called attention to
l..
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

J a W empowering
the State to sup
press any newspa-
per that persists in
the publication OF
libelous and I'M
tr u I h full state
ments. has figured
before as an advo-
cate OF similar leg
islation. In giving
his approval to the
Quay" libel law,
which he signed in
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America. AS head
of the firm of Au-
gust Belmont &
Co., the American
representatives Of
t h e Rothschilds.
his interests are of
great magnitude
and widely diver
sihed. He is pres
ident, trustee or
d ir e C tor in no
fewer than thirty
Hx~n nAHt,Ana ffnnu
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

When a man gets up at revival and
asks all the women present to pray fol
him. they feel that at last their merit
and worth are meeting recognition.
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employing many thousands of men.
He was born in New York in 1858 and
was graduated from Harvard in 1875.
Perhaps his greatest single achieve
ment has been to give New York its
new rapid transit underground railway
system, being president Of the COM
pany and advancing $36,OO0,OOO in Its
construction.
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There Is always some O1e around to
smile when man boasts that he is
master IN his own house.
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Luther Burbank, who has just evolv-
ed a new flower, everlasting as to pet
ais and fragrance, is the most famous
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Gov. Samuel w. Pennypacker. who
in his message TO the Pennsylvania
Legislature urged the enactment OF a
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

Mrs. Maria Weed, whose anti-Mor-
mon lectures, under the auspices of the
mathematician Council of Wom-
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destroyed
while laying for japanese warshp OFF Dan The
"Ycesef specially constructed depositng Manorow
method tho follows When the
like gder project from it
sliding which the mine
overhung At the
which released the and let It fall into the
The then moored itself automatically follows ee small da
gam): containing the charge had certain
the anchor
to found its hold in the
keep and
would passing
OF the would explode.
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Keep one ere on your enemies and
two eyes on your friends
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

August Belmont, the new president
of the National Civic Federation, is
one Of the foremost men Of affairs in
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Nine. Stoessel, wife of the valiant
defender of Port Arthur, is not less
heroic In her temperament than her
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-03-11

A movement is on foot to erect a mon
ument to Dan" Emmett, q minstrel, the
author Of Dixie"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1905-06-08
Seeing Colorado.

During the Epworth League Con-
vention at Denger, July 5th to 9th,
the Denver & Rio Graed Railroad,
"The Scenic line of the World, :"
will make very low rates to all the
principal summer resorts and scenic
points of interest in Colorado and
Utah, also to the Yellowstone Park.
California and the Lewis and Clark
exposition at Portland.
Those attending the convention
who are unable to take the far west
ern trips, should by all means ar
range to make the journey to Salt
Lake City. as this is one of unsur-
passed beauty, passing through the
Royal Gorge, over Tennessee Pass,
through the Canons of the Eagle and
Grand Rivers and Glenwood Springs
or over Marshall Pass and through
the Black Canon of the Gunnison,
Another noted trip is the tour
e'Around the Circle, 1000 miles fol
S28. 90, which includes more beauti-
full scenery than any similar trip in
the world. Lay your plans in ad-
vance. Write today for illustrated
books and information.
S. K. HOOPER,
G. P. & T. A.,
Denver, Colo.