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Among the curious observations
made by students 1T the Bermuda Bio
logical Station is that some of the in
habitants Of the water there are able
to initiate the color of the rocks AMI
reefs among which they swim. The
common fish called the grouper pos
sesses this power. Its chromatic varia.
bility runs through a considerable
range of colors. A specimen of the
Octopus vulgarls, after jerking an oar
from the hand of an inquisitive natur-
alist, escaped pursuit by its ability to
initiate the exact shade of any brown
or gray rock on which 1t rested.
Among the results Of the recent Brit
fish Antarctic Expedition, as explained
by Capt r. f. Scott was the discov-
cry that the edge OF the great ice bar
rier met by Sir James Ross, 90 years
before, has retreated in places as much
as % or 80 miles. Nevertheless, the
soundings made by the new expedition
show that several hundred fathoms Of
water still Intervene between the bot
tom Of the Ice at the present position
Of The barrier and the floor of the sea
Tie greater portion of this immense
ice-sheet, Captain Scott believes, is
afOat, and he regards it not as re-
suit Of existing conditions, but as the
rapidly wasting remnants of a former
age
DR.. Alexander Agassiz, now explor.
Ing the Pacific Ocean in the United
States steamer Albatross, recently Wis
tied Easter Island, famous for its Co
lossal stone images the makers OF
which have escaped the ken of history.
| The barrenness of the island empha-
sizes the mystery OF its strange sculp-
lures. Mr.. Agassiz says that 1t pos
sesses no trees or native bushes. not
even such as characterize the shore
tracts OF the most isolated coral reefs.
The great stone images were cut from
Quarries In the crater of Rama Roraka,
In the interior of the island. They were
placed on platforms scattered all over
the island and along the shores. The
largest OF the platforms is 45O feet in
length, and behind II lie fifteen huge
images which have fallen from their
pedestals. There are also many ruined
stone houses.
The studies undertaken by DR.. q. T..
Cook on the Guatemalan ant called tie
kolep. which the Department Of Agrl-
culture thinks of introducing into
| Texas 10 make war on the cotton boil
weevil, have brought out some inter
esting facts about these curious little
creatures. They are not true ants
any more than termites are. Their So
cial s! stem, Doctor Cook says, does not
follow 1.-THE mOnarchical system of the
ants and termites, but represents an
entirely different system, more like
that OF the honey-bees, in that new
colonies are founded by the subdivision
of the workers of older communities
instead of by solitary queens" The
keleps have gone a step farther than
the bees, for instead Of depending upon
a queen to lead the colony, they take
her by the jaw and carry her over to
the new burrow in case she fails &c
go voluntarily" They appear to be
able 10 withstand cold weather.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

the young fellows should seek her.
She is honey and they are bses-and
so they roost on the porch and say
things that seem silly, and they laugh
easily; and one young fellow brings
over his mandolin, and that makes the
neighbors swear. And you stay out
in the back yard and wish you could
shed the blood Of the young men who
would steal away your girl. Mister. be
glad that you have a girl who is
growing up into beautiful womanhood.
BE glad that she has so much conf
dence in you that she has her admir-
ers on your front porch. Be glad that
she thinks that you want her to have
a good time; and bury the twlnge Of
bitterness that is in your heart These
things were always the ways Of men
and maids You cannot change them.
Happy is the man who can be a phil
osopher while lovers moon on the
front porch.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

right It's not likely Pete would love
anybody that wasn't-well, good and
sensible But she's lived always in a
city. with everything she wanted and
all that, and she checked herself
abruptly. What do you think?" she
asked eagerly
Rosalind laid one Of her slim. daint-
lly-gloved hands on the old lady's thin
little arm. Il think" she said kindly,
that everything will be all right, If
she's real gentlewoman, and IL she
really loves her husband.
I'm glad to hear you say that" the
other remarked with little burst Of
feeling, "for she can't help loving my
boy. know, nnd' this with a new
shade of dignity slipping into her
voice, Pete wouldn't marry anybody
but n true lady" Two points of color
glowed for an instant in her faded
cheeks as she finished speaking.
"Only," she commenced again, after a
pause, I'm not so sure she'd be ex-
actly contented in a little country
town, with nothing livelier than sew
ing bees and things like that occasion
ally"
Rosallnd laughed. THAT ought 10
be Just darlingr' she exclaimed. After
a ceaseless round OF cotlllons and
luncheons and bridge parties-and
things" she added, half to herself.
do you think so, sure enoughT
81 do, indeed"
Rosalind looking thoughtfully al
the little old lady, saw her eyes widen
all at once, then contract and widen
again, while the blood pulsed up to
her withered cheeks.
my boyw She started up from hei
seat. tears glitterlng between her eye
lids, and the next instant stalwart
form was holding the frail, shabby one
close to his breast and kissing away
the tears of JOY.
Rosalind sat still for one breatlles,
second; then she got up, too, and stood
beside them, an exhilarant red spoi
burning in each cheek. Into her eye,
had come a look Of unutterable relief
Thank God. there had been no shrink
ing, no hesitation. no waveringl
"Am not to come in for tiny
share?" she asked brightly, with the
luminous smile that belonged to her.
The little old lady turned suddenly
all other expressions swallowed up II
that Of blank establishment. You
Rosalindr' she cried. a great gladnes'
breaking over her face, "and herr
we've been talking for the longes
time. and neither OF us dreaming
Rosalind interrupted her with littl'
ripping laugh. II knew 1t all along.
she said.-Home Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
Fishing for Sheen.

When sheep were first introduced
into Cornwall. England, n flock which
had strayed from the uplands on tc
Gwlthlan sands were caught there by
the tide and ultimately carried into
st Ives bay during the night There
the floating flock was observed from
the ST. Ives fishing boats, whose crews
never having seen sheep. took them
for some new kind Of fish and did
their best to secure them both by
hooks and lines and by netting. Those
they secured they brought home trium-
phantly next morning as a catch tc
which even pilchards were as moth.
ing
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
THE BROKEN TEAPOT.
Repository of Farmers Savings Stood

Repository of Farmers Savings Stood
on Top of the Clock.
Among the picturesque figures of a
past generation described by Mrs. Re
becca Harding Davis in her Bits Of
Gossip" is that of the clock-mender
who, once a year, used to make the
round of the farmhouses Of Western
Pennsylvania. Mrs Davis happened
to be staying in one of the farmhouses
one year when the clock member APP
peared.
The little wagon and stout gray
mare were well known to every house
wife, and his horn was not needed to
announce his arrival. He had a warm
welcome and was taken at once to his
room-for the clock-mender carried a
fine budget of gossip, gathered in his
long journeyings, and was always ex-
pected to spend the night.
In moment he was back in the
livlng-room, his box of tools in his
hand. His hostess hurried after him
with an anxious face.
Eyes, l understand" he said; and,
stepping upon a chair, put his hand
behind the gilt dragon on the top of
the clock and brought out a black tea
pot with a broken spout. 81 know.
doctor all the clocks in Pennsylvania
west of the Alleghanies, and not one
In hundred has not an old teapot on
top. 1t is the farmers bank"
Later In the day Mrs. Davis hostess
showed her the old teapot. 1t was full
to the brim of gold eagles. silver dol
lars, Spanish levies, even fps and
copper cents.
1--WE started 1t the day after we were
married." she said. Penny by penny
all John could scrape up; my money
for butter and for calves. Jem never
could have got to college but for this
old pot, and all Molly's plenishinl
when she was married came out of it.
Across the years one can hear hei
voice soften and see the deepening oil
her eyes over the old memories
Youths Companion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

Standing and sitting in the sunlight
just outside the wide threshold of the
blacksmith's shop were a number of
villagers. One of them was pouring
out bitter complaint; his whining
voice and dropping jaw proclaimed
him to be one Of those persons who
grow gray-headed without losing the
petulant disposition that one expects
in dlsagreeable child.
ME and my wife get along all right
as general thing" he was saying
but pretty often she's unreasonable
and 1t don't seem to do any good to
talk to her. SO I've thought rlght
along the best thing to do was to go
to her mother and tell her my trou
bles, because my mother-ln-law's got d
heap more influence over her than I've
got. Why, l guess I've been over tC
see her mother about It at least q
dozen times a month since we was
married.
"Well, yesterday what do you thinl
happened? l was over to my mother
in-law, telling her how my wife was
unreasonable about getting ready fol
church so early, and what do you sup
pose she said to me? Why she says
'Eben, I've listened to you telling
about my daughters faults for nea
to four years, and I'm beginning t.
take II to heart. Now I've got consld
cradle property and she's my onl!
daughter but II she's as unreasonable
rs you say, I'm afraid l shall have t,
cut her off without penny! That
what she said, and 1t just puts IN,
right where l can't get to anybody 70
svmDathyw
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
Arn We Gettinr nnrker.

No one could have attended the class
day OF Columbus College, says the
New York World. without being struck
by the prevalence OF dark young men.
Out OF 40 or so there were two with
hair Of fiery red and three with fiaxen
locks-five blondes in all. The rest
were either decidedly dark-looking in
their black gowns like young priests
in Rome, or were darkish brown OF
hair and eyes.
A study OF names and faces revealed
French, Welsh, Flemish. Spanish and
Jewish derivation in many cases, but
perhaps a majority were native Amer
leans by many generations, and Of the
native American tint, dark-brown.
The professors, older men, show a
much larger proportion Of blondes.
Gladstone used TO say that during
his long life the average English COM
plexion visibly darker u. Is the same
process going on here more rapidly
BY A. ID. 1000 will the ''sandy-com-
plected" American be a rarity?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
IL Worked Both WAYS.

When some of the newspapers were
printing funny stories about William
Loeb, private secretary to President
Roosevelt. during the last campaign,
alleging that he was the champion
blame taker in America" because he
was always so willing to assume re-
sponslbility for anything that went
wrong at the White House, Mr.. Loeb
laughed with the very men who wrote
the yarns.
But one day his patience was taxed.
The Presidents train had been delayed
seven hours between Philadelphia and
New York while he was going to
Oyster Bay. Next morning one of the
New York dailies had these flaming
headlines: presidents Train Water
Bound-Loeb Not to Blame"
"See here, boys" said the secretary
next morning at Oyster Bay, that's
going too far"
Every WELL" said the reporter who
had written the story. "I'll correct II
tomorrow and say you were to blame.
i Success Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

The following story of Bob" Bur
dette, the humorist, is told by his
friend, Strickland W. Gillian, also a
hnmorist, who halls from Baltimore:
One day as a California club wom-
an was driving an Eastern friend
along Orange Grove avenue, Pasadena.
Cal, she pointed to the beautiful Span
ish home Of the Burdettes, on the hill
top.
,'That," she said, "is the home OF
Rev. Robert J. Burdette. You've heard
OF him. and read his prose and poetry
1--WE heard of his prose, of COURSE"
replied the Eastern lady; but don't
recall his poetry"
mo, of course not" replied her Cal
ifornia hostess, "for it's the funniest
thing-he signs all his prose writings
Robert ]. Burdette,' and all his poetry
james whitcomb Riley" - Success
Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

The decay of certain words often In
dicates a change or loss in the qualities
they denote. The words respectable"
and decent" are ceasing In some quar-
tiers to bear their old dignity. They
are often terms of faint praise to-day,
but our grandmothers used them with
weight and consideration. We need a
revival of enthusiasm for those words
and for the qualities and traditions
which the words represent. Every town
contains young men who sheer at these
every day virtues. 1t Is not easy to say
Just when the unwelcome change takes
place in the character OF youth. This
month he goes to school and to church
with wholesome pride In his good
standing and behavior Suddenly he
concludes that he has no use for his
Sunday school class, and presently that
he will not trouble himself further
about his lessons. Evening study gives
place to evening idleness; Sunday de-
cency to Sunday loafing; and the re
spectacle boy has become n rowdy. The
grim evolution does not stop here. The
young man finds the church too re-
spectacle for him. He has no taste for
any public service. If he works at all
1t is half-heartedly. His vulgar asso-
Citations are likely TO entrap him into
an early marriage with wife as far
from responsibility as himself. The dis
daln Of all that is good comes even
more easily to his children than to
himself. SO, year by year. the miser-
able ranks OF the "ne'er-do-weels" are
recruited. and the village labors under
the lightweight Of the men and boys
who, while neither criminals nor
tramps, are scarcely better. To stay
this easy descent is no small task. 1t
must begin by the elevation of the old
fashioned virtues. Decency has not so
inspiring a sound as bravery, but 1t Is
fine everyday companion. To be re-
spectacle has not the fascination of
being rich or powerful; but the
strength Of the nation rests upon the
responsibility of the many rather than
upon the wealth or the power of the
favv
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Try 10 MIsLEAp DOCTORS.
Too Many Patients Refuse to Speak tn,
Truth as to Their Ailments.

Truth as to Their Ailments
1t was late, the doctors patients had
either passed away or were mending,
and he was sitting with a number Of
his acquaintance in a corner of the
clubroom.
Its a strenuous life we lead"
droned the man Of medicine, with the
grim side turned uppermost as a rule,
but now and then We get the laugh ont
Of it-a laugh with the lid on. OF
course; we can't afford to show we're
amused. l often wonder" he went on
genially, "why some of you chaps ever
send for a physician. You don't tell
him the truth once in twenty times.
You're in bad way and you're sor-
ry, and to hear you talk I'd think your
mouths were cold storage boxes for
butter. You suspect that lobster or a
rich sauce you ate the day before yes
terday is at the bottom of the trouble.
You know what's curled you up, and
you're frightened out Of a years
growth for fear I'll learn.
Accordingly, instead Of taking me
into your confidence, you tell me an
impossible story. And If cross-ex-
anime you closely and hedge you in
you'll reluctantly admit that you've
been indiscreet. You smoked four ci
gars Thursday and took six drinks.
Doesn't it ever occur to you that
know by your fiutters that you smoked
from breakfast to bed and took sixteen
drinks, and six more for good meas
ure?
IF l were to believe you and dose
you for your ailment as you describe
it you'd never get well. Now and then
have to give you strychnlne and
nitro-glycerln to restore the action of
the heart, and to listen to you l might
conclude that you had too much pink
Ice at children's party.
"As l limited, we doctors get some
fun out of you. but what do you do
Il for? We were not always DOCTORS
we haven't always taken the best care
of ourselves. and we're not fools"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
GAME WORTH THE CANDLE.

lhere was never a rose without a thorn,
Never a cake that we ate and had,
The COW had ever a crumpled horn
To toss the maiden all forlorn
Until she was yet more sad.
The apples over the farmers wall
Were probably grated from Eden's
tree,
But when we had eaten them, after all,
frespassing somewhere about nightfall,
They commonly failed to agree.
And love, my Phyllida. love the rose,
Love. the apple that tempted Ever
Because Of the thorn that about II grows,
Because Of the greenness that nothing
shows,
Apple and rose shall we leave2
No, my Phyllida, come what may,
Bleeding fingers or broken hearts;
Live and love for our little day,
Tear of armor and cast away
Shields against Cupid's dartsl
Westminster Gazette
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

save my llfe." she replied, an anxious
look springing to her eyes. There was
wlstful, half-appealing expression
upon her face as she went on, gazing
timidly at the richly dressed young
woman before her: Maybe, though,
you could tell me. guess you've been
about good bit. I'm such a stay-at-
home myself
Were you going somewhere7 tx
kindly.
My son and his wife are coming"
she answered with a touch of pride.
They were married last week in New
York. They don't expect me here"
she went on. 1--WE live good piece
out. But | just thought I'd give 'em
little surprise"
Rosalind opened her satchel, and Sc
lecting n time table, ran her eye rapid
ly through the schedule list. The next
train from New York" she said. 'is
due in about a half-hour. There is one
at 3 o'clock, one at $50 and another
at tonight"
But he said they'd be here this
morning." she said, paling little.
"Then probably that 1920 train is
the one. l don't think you need worry
about It,"
Thank you" The little old lady
smiled again. In sudden relief Il don't
go about much you see" she explain
ed, land when l do, I'm apt to get a
bit muddled." She cast an apologize
look into the young woman's fresh,
animated face. wondering inwardly nj
the beauty OF the furs that enveloped
her slender, graceful neck. Then she
looked down at her own worn serge
with the fiimsy, tapping capes and her
lips twitched. For the instant a
spasm OF nervousness possessed her.
What II, after all, Pete's bride should
object to her?
Rosalind stood for a moment longer.
then took a seat beside the little old
lady. MAY sit here?" she asked. Il
want you to tell me about them-your
son and his bride. l should awfully
love to hear" she rippled on, a pretty
towering OF roses in her cheeks. "You
see-I am bride myself" Her In
Election softened on the last sentence.
The genuineness OF her manner
drew the little woman's eyes to her
In a CLEAN Of gratitude. She lifted
them fiutterlngly from the hard. I'M
gloved hands In her lap and let them
rest for moment on Rosalind's face
There's not much l can tell YOU" she
began in her thin, gentle voice, lex.
cept that Pete's all I've got in the
world; Pete and his wife, II is-now,"
she corrected herself quickly. "His
father died when he was a baby
she paused to brush away an invol
untary tear. "Since then, it's been a
struggle for both OF us-the boy and
me. But by pinching and scrimpine
here and there, I've managed to put by
enough to give him his law education
He's got good one now, too, and with
Pete's push, he'll be sure to make his
mark"
"And his wife3" Rosalind leaned to
ward her suddenly. her breath coming
in rapid little fashion between hei
parted red lips. The color in hel
cheeks changing.
The other did not speak at once. she
smiled. but felt that In some way. hei
smile was dull and awkward. Present
| ly she said: That's what's troubling
me some. l reckon everythingll be al
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

The demonstrative elderly woman nj
the musicale was going into raptures
over the performance of an alleged
songstress whose lack OF vocal efh
cheney contrasted grotsquely with her
extravagant. emotional delivery.
Turning to her neighbor, she asked
Don't you just adore her singing? II
is so full of soulv'
But he. precise as well as cultivated
remarked: Madame, II seems to me
to be less suggestive of sole than OF
founders"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

You had sprinkled the lawn and
were putting up the hose when YOU
heard voices on the porch, and In the
gathering darkness you recognized
daughter and that young fellow who
calls so often and seems to have so
little horse sense. You had a desire
TO call him a dude and throw him over
the barn. OF such is the jealousy of
a good many farmers. You didn't as
il. You were even nice to him. Good
mani Perhaps memory pricked you
and stayed your hand. The girl on
the porch isn't different from the girl
you used to court In your porch days
She is good and sweet and natural AMI
pretty. or course she wants the COM
pany of young men. You are all right
in your place. You are dad and you
have a mortgage on a corner Of her
heart. Her love Tor you is the real
thing, old man. But 1t Is natural that
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

BY means of recent calculations Of
the Federal Typographical Department
of Switzerland II has been determined
that all Alpine attitudes have been put
about eleven feet higher than they
of Geneva, known as the Pierre Nit
on, was marked with tablet which
recorded its height above the sea. and
from this stone all Swiss attitudes have
been calculated. II is now discovered
that this standard of altitude was in
correctly marked.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

A London paper refers to DIR. Osler,
late Of Chicago University" The for
eigners apparently share the American
impression that all freak notions find
birth In Dr. Harper's school.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07
Identifying the Speakers.

The lady In the purple waist is out
Of order" announced the presiding Of
ficer at a recent woman's convention.
The lady in the gray foulard has the
floor"
Who says women are not parlla.
tarians?-Pittsburg Post.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

Mr.. Rockefeller is said to be an ex-
pert writer of shorthand. All the
world has noticed the facility with
which he can take notes-of any de
nomInatiOn
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

One who claims to know says 1t
wrings Rockefeller's heart to lose n
5O-cent golf ball. This is not surpris-
Ing. He could not he a real golfer If
he didn't care when he got into the tall
grasS
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

The Weather Bureau forecasters
must envy the saving vagueness with
which the prophets of an earlier day
protected themselves. Thus Nathaniel
Ames' Almanac for the year of our
Lord 1761, published in Boston, has the
entry for July 6, Somewhere It rains.
but other Parts are dry and parched."
An August entry has defniteness
which points to dog-day conditions.
For the 18th. 14th, 10th the observa-
ton is, "The Consideration of Utopian
Schemes are adjourned till Winter"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-10-07

Last year, ending June 30, 36,0O2
natives of the Emerald Isle left their
homes, the vast majority to make new
homes In Canada and the United
States Since 1850 almost 100000
Irish people have left their native
land