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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

should you choose7 Professor Edwip
G. Dexter, OF the University OF Ill
nois. gives In The Popular Science
Monthly the results OF an investiga-
ton which embraced the careers OF
1000 distinguished living Americans.
We have an instructive chart and
elaborate explanations, but the upshot
of the whole matter may be very
briefly xpressed-briehy and surpris-
ingly. The musician leads all In the
qulckness with which he reaches his
goal-if he reaches Il at all. The "if'
is very important. IL means thar
music Is no field for the man whom
nature did not plainly intend for that
profession. Nature contributes more
largely than education and nurture TO
the success OF the musicians who reach
the top. If, then, you are sure nature
meant you to "go in" for music, don't
hesitate. But alnsl many think they
are called and but few are chosen for
this sphere. What comes nextf
Strange to say, science. The student
who fits himself by research and dis
cipline for a purely scientific career
does not, 1t appears, wait long for
recognition. though, as Mr.. Roosevelt
has told US, the prizes open to him are
not very brilliant Next to the scien-
fist is the college professor, and fourth
on the list Is the librarian. Next in
the race for renown, continues Pro
fessor Dexter, "come the actor and the
author, almost neck and neck "Au-
thor" It is safe to say. does not In
clude the poet, for poets are born, not
made. Soldiers and sailors have to
wait for the death or retirement of
those above them, except in time Of
war, and statesmen--well, politics are
an uncertain game, and has 1t not
been said of ofice-holders that few die
and none reslgn7 All the other pro
fessions, the investigation shows, fall
into class for which the preparation
provided by tho schools is inadequate
and which requires an apprenticeship
plus waiting, in the vocation Itself
Lawyers, physicians, architects, minis
ters must enter their professions from
the bottom and devote indefinite peri
DDS to the climbing process. The leasi
promising of all the professions
strangely enough Is that of inventor
Perhaps nature intended that the In
ventor should work for other people
The moral Of this interesting inquiry
is obvious. Nevertheless there will b'
no rush for the professions that ar
said to yield the quickest success.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

stay Of three weeks in the capital Of the
Celestial Empire. the charming actor
and actress set out for Shanghai, where
they are now the great attraction at the
French Residency.
No. 9, Baron Observation-Disclosures
whose incommensurable name | write for
the last time: Well, not only did the
globe trotter miss the steamer at Ten
tsin. but a month later he missed It at
Yokohama: six weeks after that he was
shipwrecked on the coast Of British Co
lumbia, and then, after being throw@
of the line between San Francisco and
New York, he managed to complete his
round of the world In a hundred and
eighty-seven days instead Of thirty nine.
Nos. 8 and 10. Pan Chao and Dr. Ito
King: What can l say except that Pan
Chao Is always the Partisan you know.
As to the doctor, he has got down TO
eating only the yolk of an egg a day,
like his master, Cornaro. and he hopes
to live to a hundred and two, as did the
noble Venetian.
No. s, Sir Francis Trevellyan, and No.
/ u, Seigneur Faruskiar: | have never
heard Of the one, nor have l heard that
the other has been hanged. Doubtless
the illustrious bandit. having sent in his
resignation Of the general managershiI
Of the Grand Transasiatic. continues his
lucrative career In the depths of the
Mongol provinces.
Now for Kinko. my No. II: l neet
hardly say that my No. II was married
to Zinca Klork with great ceremony. W.
were all at the wedding. and if the Sol
Of Heaven had not richly endowed thu
young Roumanian, his wife received I
magnificent present In the name of thu
passengers of the train he had saved.
That is the faithful story of this jour
ney. l have done my best to do my dut.
as special correspondent all down tn
line and perhaps my editors may b
satisfied. Notwithstanding the slip or tw
you have heard about.
Crhe endl
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
TO CURE INSOMNIA
The Victim of DisaRreeabie rroubls
Must Study Himself.


Lying awake is often a habit 1t
is worth almost any effort TO break
up such a habit. says the Philadelphia
Inquirer.
Insomnia is usually the result of
one Of three things-poor circulation,
indigestion or mental distress The
person who studies himself carefully
will be able to locate The difficulty and
treat himself accordingly.
For poor circulation try warm
baths, warm-water bottles, brisk rub
bling, soaking the feet and deep breath
ing.
For indigestion take a warm drink
before retiring or when sleepless
Drink warm water. warm milk, weak
tea or cocoa, and breathe deeply.
For mental distress mere will
power is the best. Close the eyes, and
as fast as the thoughts come drive
them out. Carry on in the mind g
housekeeping process.
Sweet sleep and plenty Of it will g
a great way toward keeping womel
young. When sleep departs wrinkle
come.
1t is by sleep that we gain strengtl
for another day. Sleep is TO the brail
and nerves what food is to the body
Here are a few simple, tried rule
for driving away insomnia:
Go to bed warm. Never go to be
with cold feet
If the events of the day have bee
trying, read a short, light story b'
fore retiring.
Leave the window down at the to
and protect the bed from drafts.
AS soon as the body touches tn
bed relax the muscles, shut the eye
and make ready to- sleep Nothin
drives away sleep more quickly tina
the thought that one can't sleep.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
SDUEHEVH
<eRAzMa

Society is fitting the characters ana
Incidents of Mrs. Wharton's THE
House of Mirth" to people and things
in real life. In using the chroniqus
scanduleuse of high society Mrs. Whar-
ton most admirably sustains an Illusion
Of reality, rather than reality itself.
The story is certainly one of the most
striking in the fiction Of to-day.
1t was recently stated that Mrs.
Anne Warner French went abroad for
"a complete rest" She now notifies
friend on this side that during the iirst
six weeks of this complete rest she
wrote a 15,OOO-word Susan Clegg story
and a novelette, of $1,000 words. 1t
would be interesting to know Mrs.
Mrs. French's conception of work.
1t is said that the new biography Of
Lady Burton, compiled by Mr.. w. H.
wilkins from letters and papers left
behind upon her decease, is a fine vim
dication of a noble woman from the
detractions and petty scandals of the
spiteful and malignant The plain
truth, as told from documents In the
biographer's hands, controverts all
calumnies.
Robert Nelson Stephens continues
popular as a writer of romantic nov
els, new editions Of IAN Enemy to
the King QS9O, The Road to Paris
Os9S), "A Gentleman Player" QSS9l,
and Captain Ravenshaw" GOOD hav-
ing been printed this season. Mr.. Ste
phens has turned over to his publish
ers, L. L. Page & Co., Boston, the
manuscript of a new novel, Tho
Flight of Georgiana."
: As illustrating Miss Jeanette Gill
ders recent discussion of the question,
Does it pay to be literary womanT''
it is significant that the two most
prominent present-day writers OF
: short stories in Italy and in Spain arc
women. Mathilde Serao is easily the
a most popular author in Italy, and nc
8 other modern italian, with the excep
s ton of the dramatist, D'Annunzio, Is
Q SO widely known in other countries. II
e Spain a somewhat similar position 1:
4. held by Emilia Pardo Bazan, an au
a thor has been as prolific as she Is
n popular. Besides her admirable wOrl
IS in fiction, she has maintained for sew
d eral years In Madrid a newspaper de
lie voted to theatrical criticism writer
s. entirely by herself.
u f. Hopkinson Smith deals with al
70 sorts and conditions of men in "A
~ Close Range" his new book of shor
3 stories. and one of the most amusing
II characters of them all is the courier
Joseph Hornblend, in the story calle
"a Point of Honor" This man
g drawn from life, line for line. He sti
~ lives and travels over Europe and Asi
and is to-day as amusing and versatll
9 rascal as ever. By birth Joseph
- Levantine from COnstantinople, wit
- -, Greek, Armenian, Hindu and perhaI
- Turkish blood in him. He also Is
-, person of some distinction, havin
- - been decorated by the Sultan for Leaf
~ ing an expedition into Asia Mino
~ His control of language includes,
-. course, all European tongues and e
- tends to Turkish, Arabic and immune
"a able dialects of the regions arour
"a Constantinople. Best Of all, he has
- his bushes cards the words JOSEF
&C. Hornblend. Courier to General NelsC
M A Miles, Mr.. Hopkinson Smith al
-, the Emperor of Germany"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
BURGLARY AS A FINE ART.
No Longer Practiced - Safe Blower

No Longer Practiced - Safe Blowers
Now Mere Tramps.
Not many years ago the bank bur
glar was looked up to by other Grim
inals with something like reverence,
says the Kansas City Star. He was
regarded, I'm fact, as the true aristo-
crat of crime, and was pointed at with
furtive admiration upon the streets
when at liberty and in penal institu-
tons when occasionally deprived Of
his freedom. Nowadays almost every
burglary that occurs in the United
States is performed by common tramps
or hoboes.
This situation is what the racing
men would describe as a startling re-
versal of form, and 1t shows to what
depth once exalted profession may
fall when it passes out Of the hands Of
those associated with its highest
flights. Indeed, as compared with the
exploits Of the ld-timers, or tool
men, as they are technically known,
the burglarles of recent days-or
nights-might be described as petit
larceny, for it Is a rare occurrence that
more than $1,000 or $4,000 has been
involved in felonious expeditions dur
ing the last dozen years.
In former times, when the bands or
ganlzed by 1.-The big fellows" went
after the contents of a banking institu-
ton they took pains beforehand to
know that large amounts of money
and securities We're housed in the
vaults they had marked for violation
and they rarely came away without
bringing with them booty worthy OF
their enterprise. The records Of thefti
by 'yeggmen." the bank vault and SAT-
burglars of to-day. show that they hav,
taken desperate chances of being sho
or imprisoned for long terms to blow
open safes containing amounts a
small as $3.50
Few Of the old-time burglars ar
ever seen nowadays. Some are dead
many have retired to quiet and ur
offending occupations, and here an
there-but not often-is one who can
resist the habit of breaking into tn
penitentiary Such, for instance, wa
the case of Dunlap, of the once cell
brated burglar partnership of SEQ
and Dunlap, who participated in tn
Northampton bank burglary. SEQ
died in prison, and a wealthy Ne
| York woman spent her time and none
in a persistent effort TO secure Dui
laps release, in which pursuit she u
! timately succeeded.
: 1t was thought that the convic
given a chance to earn respectful
. living. might take advantage Of it, al
e it seemed for a little time that he hi
determined to do so. But a numb
5 Of burglaries in Western cities not fl
3, from Chicago were executed with SUE
- skill that they were obviously Il
= work Of high-class criminal, and su
d picion soon centered upon Dunlap. I
q is now completing a term in the Joli
n penitentiary.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Simmered down, the whole question
OF official corruption and business dis
honesty reverts back to the question
OF public morality. Neither official nor
personal dishonesty will long exist IN
a community or a nation where the
people In general are thoroughly hon
est. Tb,s inevitable conclusion is that
the to1e OF public morality is low
where such dishonesty does exist. And
that is the truth, too. The idea now
ndays is that every man would be dis
honest II he had the chance. The pro
portion OF dishonest men demonstrates
that the idea is not altogether unwar
ranted-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
Rntred in the Twin Cities

Minneapolis and St. Paul hate each
other. Incredible to all save Mime
sotans is the mutual aversion that
never lessons. On the contrary, 1t is
being daily increased. A st. Paul
man was invited to Minneapolis to
make a speech. 1t was hoped that in
his speech he would say pleasant
things Of Minneapolis. 1t was hoped
that his speech would, maybe, bridge
the breach between the two towns
But this is the way the st. Paul
mans speech began: when a man
of Minneapolis does a good ueed his
townsmen erect a monument in his
honor. There are no monuments In
Minneapolis"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
A samnle of The Sen.

On his return to Cordova from
visit to Mar del Plata. where he had
beheld the sea for the first time, Pedro
brought with him a bottle containing
about an inch of sand from the shore
and two inches of salt water to enable
his parents, who had never seen tho
ocean, to form some idea of what II
was like. We are informed that ais
parents were greatly impressed.-Sas-
ia
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Just to he out of doorsl So still. So
green.
With unbreathed air. illimitable. clean,
With soft, sweet scent of happy growing
things,
The leaves soft flutter, sound Of sudden
wings,
The far faint hills. the water wide be
tween.
Breast of the great earth-mother Here
we lean
With no contentious hard to intervene.
Content. with the contentment nature
brings,
Just to be out of doors.
And. under all, the feeling half foreseen
OF what this lovely world viii come to
mean
To all of rs when the uncounted strings
Are keyed Alright and one clear music
rings
In all our hearts. Joy universal, keen,
Just TO be out Of doors!
Charlotte Perkins Gilman in Cosmo-
politan.
N,thfp0 ruQLpS man 81 mad n :
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Who owns the north pole9 This is
not a conundrum, but question
which the governments of the world
may some day have to consider seri
ously. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the Cana
dian premier, remarked the other day
In the Canadian parliament that Brit
ish Jurisdiction extended into the far
north, and that the various points to
which American names had been
given by American explorers could not
be regarded as belonging by right of
discovery to the United States. But
Russia owns land extending to the
far north, and so does Denmark, as
well as the United States on its Alas
kan shore. Ii is now commonly sup
posed that Captain Amundsen has
found the Northwest Passage by sail
ing round the upper end Of North
America, but he sailed among islands
which the British claim. For reasons
OF symmetry the British Union Jacl
would be more decorative than tho
Stars and Stripes plastered on thC
apex of the earth. but questions OF
jurisdiction are not settled by estheti'
standards
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

where are you going for your vaca-
toni"
81 don't know, but I'll tell you
what"
"Well, whatY"
"If I knew Of a place where the
bathing costumes are like those VIC
see In a comic opera, I'd go there
Evening Bulletin
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Warning may be given again at this
time to boys who are choosing the col
lege they will enter not to be mlslad
by the wrong kind Of proselytizer. In
spite of newspaper notoriety, athletics
is not the chief purpose of q college.
Athletic youths should be especially
careful to examine the inducements
offered them by representatives, usn-
ally official, of any institution whose
athletic management Is not overscru-
pulous in keeping Its offers free from
the faint OF indirect bribery. The
choice OF q college is almost as I'm
portant as the choice of a wife, and
should be made with free heart and
IN honest purpose.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Gunner-Old Bonds advertised for a
lady stenographer said she must be
quick and plain.
Guyer-How many applicants ar
rived?
Gunner-None They all took excep
ton to the word plain"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

A Cleveland statistician has figured
that 100000 one-dollar bills laid ON
each other hatwise would make pile
nine times the height of n sixteen
story building How could we ever get
along without our useful statisticians?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
Cause and Eject.

"Do you keep a dog?' asked the
country cousin.
NO" answered the city relative,
1--WE tried the experiment half a dozen
different times. but without success
You see, there is sausage factory in
the next block"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Never censure people," says the
Montreal Star, because they happen
to be rich. They may be just as re-
spectacle as you" We hope our Eng
lish and Canadian friends will keep
this in mind hereafter when they re-
fer to our pork packers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

One OF the reasons there Will be less
disposition hereafter to inquire too
closely into its quality is that Mr.
Rockefeller is paying out the tainted
money in such large quantities that 1t
must be treated in bulk rather than
I'm detail
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

John d. Rockefeller has been 80 i'm
pressed with the sweet voice of
young man who sang at a Cleveland
beer garden that the boy will be sent
abroad to study at the millionaire's ex-
pense. We take 1t for granted that
Mr. Rockefeller was on a street car
riding past the beer garden when the
sweet strains first fell upon his ear.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

A subject OF peculiar interest to the
army Of young people who have re-
Gently graduated from school, is the
prospects OF success In the various pro
fessions. Suppose you are in quest Of
a profession that yields success in the
shortest possible time. that involves
no long period Of waiting for recogni-
ton, opportunities or clientsi What
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

One of the University Of Chicago
professors is working up sympathy for
the mult-millionaire. Every time we
think OF the University of Chicago we
have more or less sympathy for
John d
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Both in England and Germany the
new Japanese loan has been largely
oversubscribed. Japan might do n
rousing business by arranging some
thing in the get-rich-quick line now.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Edward Everett Hale says every
body should sleep ten hours out Of
each twenty-four. Mr.. Hale is an old
man now and has no baby In the
house
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

And 30 poor Chauncey has lost his
Equitable job7 But he will always be
sure OF living by attending the best
houses" as an after dinner entertainer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Secretary Bonaparte refuses to use
railroad passes. Evidently he can see
no reason why the head of the navy
should CAD about on land.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

The Gar, In planning a new navy,
will give preference to inventors of
non-sinkable ships.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Judge Parker says business and
politics must be divorced" But busl-
ness doesn't want TO pay politics any
alIrrnnrU
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

"Chauncey" says he never presented
bill to the Equitable. Quite right;
never hurry a good mixer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

In that little debate over Morocco 1t
appears that Germany won, but France
didn't lose.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Every time a mans neighbors kick
It makes him sore.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

The man who paddles his own canoe
generally has his hands full of Bills
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Cigarettes do not affect the brain
for obvious reasons.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Some rich thieves are called hnan'
ciers.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16
TOPICS OF TIE TIMES.
A CHOICE SELECTION OF INTER-
ESTlNG ITEMS.

Comments and crIticisms Based Upon
the Happenings of the Day-Histori-
cal and NeNn Nntca.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1905-09-16

Nothing makes a man so mad as
constant attempts TO work him
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-02-04
KILLED AT GREENWOOD.

Greenwood, Jan. 29.-Nathan
lei Berkett, young negro, was
shot and killed here in front Of the
postofice last night. The coro-
per's jury this morning brought
in verdict that he came to death
from pistol shot wouad at the
bands of A, G. Hayes, a well
known young business man.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-02-04
A Night Alarm

Worse than an alarm of fire at
night Is the brassy cough of Group,
which sounds like the children's q
death knell and it means death un.
less something is done quickly.
Foley's Honey and Tar never fails
to give instant relief and quickly
cures the worst forms of Group.
Mrs. P. L. Cordier, of Manning,
KY, writes: My three year old
girl had a severe case of Group.
the doctor said she could not live.
l got a bottle of Foley's Honeyand
Tar, and the first dose gave quick
relief and saved her life." Re-
fuse substitutes. Sold by Funder-
burk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-02-04
A TOUCHING STORY

il the saving from death, of the
baby girl of Geo. A. Eyles, Cum
berland, Md. He writes: CAT
the age of II months, our little
girl was In declining health, with
serious Throat Trouble, and two
physicians gave her up. We we're
almost In despair, when we resol-
we'd to try DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption, Coughs
and Colds. The first bottle gave
relief;after taking four bottles she
was cured, and is now in perfect
health" Never fails to relieve
and cure cough or cod. AT
Crawford Bros, j. F. Mackey &
Co., and Funder burk Pharmacy.
The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1905-02-04
House Committee Renders Fav-
orable Report.

The special legislative commit
tee appointed to report upon the
feasibility of the State going into
the fertilizer manufacturing busi-
ness has reported in favor of the
scheme. The report concludes:
"Upon the facts, as we have in
vestlgated, the fertilizer trust
has become most formidable
public enemy and deserves to be
checked by every means at the
command of the State. We
deem it n practical business prop.
ositlon for the State to protect its
agricultural interests by the man.
ufacture and distribution and sale
tor cost to Its citizens of a suitable
commercial fertilizer.
"We find there will be sufficient
convict labor to meet all lmmed
late demands and that the sinking
fund will have sufficient funds to
loan the phosphate commission tc
carry out the plans of the bill"
Tho necessary plant, to put ont
100000 tons, the committe esti-
mates, would cost S520,1SS.