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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

quent evils surrounding the babies who
are sent early to school The English
report recommends more play, more
sleep, and more free conversation for
the little children. Constant story
telling, both TO the children and by
them, is also excellent The teacher
who is a motherly woman, with quick
instincts for the needs OF babyhood,
will often succeed better in the deyel-
opment OF small children than one ever
so well trained in her profession yet
lacking in sympathy. The criticism OF
ordinary school methods and results
will not apply to the kindergarten. The
dangers there lie at the other extreme
the imbulng the child with the idea
that all study must be play, and that
the sterner demands OF later education
are irrational and old-fashloned.
Schools OF all sorts must be continual
ly trying to deal more successfully
with the needs of little children.
Meantime, It is likely to remain true
in the twentieth century as It has
been in all past history, that the moth
er is the best teacher and home the
best school for children under six
years old, and that other education for
them is generally but poor Imitation
and makeshift
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
LONELIEsT SPOT IN BRITAIN.
How Time Is speat In the skerryvor
Lighthouse In Spell of Six Weeks.

How Time Is Speat In the Skerryvore
Lighthouse In Spell of Six Weeks.
The Skerryvore lighthouse is one OF
the loneliest places in the British Isl
ands. 1t is the chief rock of a rec
which lies ten miles southwest of Tirec
and twenty-four miles west of Iona.
Previous to 1874 a ship was lost there
annually for forty years. The light
house was begun In 1888 and took six
years to complete, the cost being
fS6,977. 1t will always be interesting
II only for the fact that it was erected
by Robert Louis Stevenson's uncle,
Alan, who followed the method adopt
ed by his father, Robert, in the Bel
lighthouse. The Skerryvore lighthouse
IL 1881 feet high; 1t is AZ feet in diam
eter at the base and 16 feet at the top
The light, which Is a revolving one,
can be seen at distance of 1871 nauu-
cal miles. The tower is built on a
rock which is about 10 feet above
high-water mark. This is the larges
rock above water of the whole chaii
and is about 60 yards long by A.
yards broad, but Is so intersected by
channels cut through it by the action
of the sea and is so uneven that walk
ing is difficult.
To kin the time on the rock when
not officially engaged the keepers try
various kinds OF handicraft work
Just now" writes the principal keep
err, II am finishing an inlaid table thai
has taken up my spare time these last
three winters 1t consists OF owe
5000 pieces OF wood and Of fifteen diff
erent kinds, and is all hand done.
also do a little photography in the
summer time"
As 1t would be almost impossible foi
human beings to reside continuously
on a place like this, the keepers ar
supposed to be on duty for six weeks
when they get fortnight ashore. Tn,
shore station. where their families re
side. is In Earraid, on the southwes
OF Null. twenty-five miles away. Lif,
Is montonous, even at the shore sta
ton, as the lighthouse families are tn,
only inhabitants.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
TRICKS OF WEAK ANIMALS.
Instinct of e1f-Preservation Causes
Them to Use Deceit.

Instinct of Self-Preservation Causes
Them to Use Deceit.
There are & surprising number of
luaker anlmals-animals whose regu-
ar method of self-protection is to offer
% resistance to their enemies.
The 'possum's trick of "shamming
5 cad" is an old story. A writer in the
.ondon Spectator cites several other
,ases OF combined cunning and meek
ness. The hedgehog, the porcupine
he Australian echidnas and some of
ne armadillos refuse to fight, but they
IRE protected by sharp spires or armor.
some of the armadillos are great dig
sers and take refuge In holes, while
lorcupines often hide in hollow logs or
rees.
Among marine animals is a starfish,
o ften call i. the brittle star" which is
he despair of collectors. 1t seems to
make 1t a point of pride that none OF
Is family shall be shown in a bottle
II on museum shelf. When taken
rom the water this starfish throws Off
Is legs and also its stomachs. The
story is told of one collector who
bought that he had succeeded in coax
ng a specimen into pail only to
zee 1t dismember Itself at the last mo-
ment-
w. II. Hudson describes the death
feignlng habits of a small South At
flcan fox common on the pampas. If
.aught in a trap or overtaken, 1t col
lapses as II dead, and to all appear
inces is dead. The deception is so
well carried out that dogs are con-
family taken in by it. When one with
raws a little way from feigning fox
nd watches him very attentlvely a
light opening Of the eye may be de-
ected. Finally, when left to himself,
e does not recover and start up like
N animal that has been stunned, but
slowly and cautiously raises his head
hrst and only gets up when his foes
are at distance
Il was once riding Witt a gaucho
when we saw on the open level ground
n trout Of us a fox not yet full grown,
tanding still and watching our APP
proach. All at once it dropped, and
when we came up to the spot it was ly-
ng stretched out with eyes closed and
lpparently dead. Before passing on,
my companion, who said 1t was not the
irst time he had seen such a thing,
ashed 1t vigorously with his whip for
some moments without producing the
highest effect"
Dogs show much the same tendency
when they lie down meekly, with theiI
heads down and tails tucked In, aud
invite a beating Puppies are just as
GOOD at this as hardened veterans.
Some kinds OF beetles. many OF the
Goolly eaterpillars which have poison'
,us hairs on their backs and numerous
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
PROPER AGE FOR MARRIAGE.
Difficult to Define, as Sometimes Single
Biessedness Is Better.


Biessedness Is Better.
1t is rather difficult to fix arbitrarily
the best age for marrying and yet this
is what a fair correspondent asks US
to do. us girl an old maid neces-
sarily at BOP she wants to know and,
rs not IS too young for marryingT
"A generation ago these questions
might have been answered promptly
and positively. Then a girl was con-
sidered a "spinstey" at 30 and 1S was
not far from the average age for mar
rying. In those days spinsterhood was
regarded as a condition to be avoided
at almost any cost. Parents and
daughters alike planned for early mar
riages. When fathers and mothers sue
eeeded In marrying orr a family of
daughters they received the hearty con-
CALCULATIONS of the community. To-day
neither the girls nor their parents seem
to consider matrimony the end and
aim of earthly existence. There are no
"old maids" any more. The opinion
appears to prevail that woman may
remain single with honor just as well
as man. The explanation of this chang
ed condition is, of course, to be found
in woman's invasion of the business
world. The bachelor girl, independent,
respected, admired, is a natural conse-
quence of society's changed attitude
toward women who earn their own liv-
ing.
For a decade the tendency has been
to advance the manageable age OF
both men and women. The average
parties to this most solemn Of all con-
tracts have had time to develop men
tally and physically. This must have
a natural result on the well-being of
their offspring.
No one can say just what is the best
age for marrying. 1t is risky to gener-
alize. The age Of discretion varies in
individuals. In whatever term of years
1t is expressed that is the age at which
one should enter upon the solemn and
happy estate of matrlmony.
keeper
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ford to play battledore and shuttlecock
with them for ones own pleasure. For
your own good, Captain Polling, l advise
your going at once"
"You are one Of the best women that
ever lived" he exclaimed, "and / am
proud to have had you for a friend |
ought to have known my presence would
give you pain, and refused Sir Geoffrey's
invitation. Don't speak until I've fin
lshed,' he went on, hurriedly, holding
up his hand to check any interruption. II
shall follow your advice TO the letter.
yill thrust aside my own inclinations, and
run over to Paris and see what Mrs.
Felling is doing, spend Christmas among
the Frenchmen, and perhaps in the New
Year Captain and Mrs. Polling may have
the honor Of receiving Sir Godfrey and
Miss Mailing at the Wigwam."
For once Ethel looked at him with
her eyes brimming with tears; but she
did not dare make an attempt to speak
He took her hand In his, and held it close
as he finished.
you must make some plausible ex-
cuse to Sir Godfrey for my abrupt de-
parture in the morning; or, better still,
l Will wire from town. / shall write to
you from Paris. if l may. And now
before | soy goodnight, | must give you
this letter. l received 1t two days ago
from Dornton. know ii will please you.
He and l correspond regularly; so
shall keep you posted up In his move
ments. Good-by, my true, honest little
friend"
She sat, as he left her, holding Jacks
letter in her hand. hearing his voice very
family In the distance as he excused
himself with the plea Of fatigue to her
father, and wondering how It had hap
pened that this interview, which she had
brought about for the sole purpose Of
hearing news Of Jack, had ended In so
sudden a determination on the captains
part to seek his wife. She knew his re-
solve was the result Of her advice, and
she hoped devoutly that good might come
of It.
And Polling mounted the wide stairs
very slowly, deep in thought as he went.
She is quite right, as she Is always.
1t is the only thing to do; and l never
saw it myself. My place is undoubtedly
by my wfe's side"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

spiders adopt similar tactics. Even
the weedlouse has the same trick, and
rolls itself into q ball.
In the whole animal kingdom, II any.
thing runs away, there Is always found
something to run after 1t. The badger
which defends itself wickedly when at
tackled, is often used for batting.
Perhaps the commonest instance Of
passive resistance Is the land tortoise,
which draws up its front piece and
pulls in its head and legs and defcs
its foes by locking them out.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
The FRESH AIR CURE.


A consumptive who has gone to the
Southwest for his health tells. in the
usual cheerful humor of his kind, the
story of an adventure of an Arizona
judge. Stevenson, himself a 'lunger,'
taught the world to get fun even out
of disease, and he would have ap-
proved the spirit If not the diction of
the story. A tramp, covered with dust
so that he looked like a live specimen
Of the Rio Grande valley, taken at ran
dom, crept from beneath the baggage
car and attracted the judges attention.
He was getting out to timber up on the
Off side Of the train. The Judge, who
had just eaten a square meal amid
luxurious surroundings, pitied the
tramp. He climbed into the dining car
again and directed one of the walters
to take a bag of food with his card
and his compliments to the hobo" In
few minutes the waiter returned
with the food and said:
Dat gemman up dar, sab, he re
turns you compliments, and he say he
berry sorry, but he nevah eat no
breakfas' befo' ten o'clock In the nav
min, sab"
The judge paid for the breakfast,
told the. porter to eat 1t or throw it
away, and then let fly few sparks
that would have made a lively compo-
sition on ingratitude. The judge deter
mined to see the fellow kicked off the
truck, and hailed the conductor.
Did you know you were carrying
tramp"
mo. Wherer
Under the baggage-car. He is the
meanest tramp In the business. I'd like
to see him kicked clear into Mexico
"Tll fix him." and so saying, the
conductor Bill Sanderson, pulled the
cord, and the train jerked up as If he
had roped and thrown the engine. But
the tramp hung on.
The conductor and the judge went
forward, alongside the train.
Come from under there, you bumr'
shouted the conductor. you get a long
wait for this at Eel Paso" A brakeman
grabbed the tramp.
what do you mean by riding under
there?" asked Sanderson.
The tramp put his hand down into
his trousers pocket and pulled out a
frst-class ticket for Nogales.
Pm a 1unger,'" said he, calmly,
n,s;s end l need all the fresh air l can
/ get"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

1t is stated In Nature. of London,
that the French ministry Of public
works has commissioned NJ. lacquer
to project plans for railway between
Chamonix and Aosta. 1t is considered
that the difficulty would not be so great
as with the Simpion tunnel; the tun-
mel would be much shorter, and the
rock gives no indication of subterra-
mean reservoirs Of water. The proposed
tunnel will commence at Chamonix g.
AIS feet above sea level and end at
Entreves 1850 feet, distance Of so
miles. The Dora Baltea would give
ample water power for the boring
work and afterwards for locomotion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

The struggle to get away from pow
erty has been a great man developer.
Had every human being been born
with a silver spoon in his mouth
had there been no necessity put upon
him to work-the race would still be
In its infancy. Civilization owes more
to the perpetual struggle OF man to
get away from poverty than to any
thing else. 1t is not poverty itself,
but the effort TO get away from It,,
that makes the man. We are so con
stituted that we make our greatest eff
forts and do our best work while strug-
Cling TO attain that which the heart
longs for. Power is the result OF force
overcome. The giant is made strong
IN wrestling with difficulties. 1t is i'm
possible for one who does not have to
struggle and to fight obstacles to de-
yelop fiber or stamina. ITO live with
out trial is to die but half a man"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

This Is a world of beauty not to
them who have money to pluck and
wear It's roses. but 10 them who have
souls sensitized to the sweet odors.
With love Of the beautiful I'm man and
In nature no one can be rich. Happi-
ness Is carried not in the pocket, but
In the heart The millionaire may
make his thousand-acre park in the
rich valley and by a fiction OF the law
call il his own; but II all is the front
yard Of the poorest squatter In the
rudest cabin on the rugged hillside.
The one who has paid for 1t owns III
mol 1t Is most truly possessed by the
one who most enjoys 1t. What can a
beautiful park mean to a man whose
heart Is smothered In a money bagf
And to one who loves the trees, the
brooks, the hills. the sky, what matters
1t who holds the title? Why. Adam
and Eve nevdr had a deed to Eden.
Descendants of theirs to-day hold
deeds but not possession. 1t was not
the land itself which was taken away,
but the power to enjoy It, What we
love Is ours-and nothing more. We
can really possess nothing that we sac
rifice to our own selfish purposes. Ii
is only to the man who is poor that
wealth glows like bright star in the
night. The law of reccmpense always
is In force. 1t is only when darkness
shrouds our world that we can see the
light Of n million others. Scientists
tell us that If we could approach r
star its glow and glamour would van
lsh and the star itself dlsslpate into
dust Did we not learn In babyhood
that the bubble is brilliant only until
we grasp iti The gems In the fine
lady's hair and at her throat sparkle
not for her eyes. but for the eyes OF
others She owns only some stones
never the light that dances in them
This priceless treasure is only for
them who love IT, and for them It is
scattered broadcast at their very feet
in countless myriads of frost flakes
on the brown winter earth and In the
morning dewdrops in the summer
grass. Yes; what we love is ours, anC
in the same degree as we love we own
All that is good in the world we may
own, II we will.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

Esperanto, the artificial universal
language" has a new following In this
country. owing to the interest In this
very modern tongue OF Prof. Wilhelm
OSWALD, the German chemist who is
lecturing at Harvard. An Esperanto
club has been formed. and any day
one may hear amid the babble Of the
Old savage tongues in the college yard
sentences that sound like this: pied
pike ne estas la sole interesa afero
en- Harvard" This high sentiment
translated into English means, Foot
ball is not the only interesting thing
at Harvard" Esperanto can be learn
ed, they say, in few hours. News
papers are printed I'm 1t. Classics have
been translated into It. Professor Ost-
wald is not the only scientist to take II
seriously, for Sir William Ramsay be-
lieves that Esperanto has come to
stay" nor is Esperanto the only uni
versal language that has not become
universal. Where now is Yolapuk?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
Q o Cd
Short

England's future king, Prince Ed
ward of Wales, now IL years old, pos
sesses a child's habit Of saying the
unexpected thing. When visiting King
Edward the other day the king asked
aim what he was studying, and the
little prince said: IAN about Perkin
Warbeck." Asked who Warbeck was,
the prince replied: HE pretended he
was the son OF king, but he wasn't;
no was the son OF respectable par
ents."
w. s. Gilbert was lately requested
y an Australian amateur composer to
Furnish the llbretto of an opera. His
score, the amateur remarked, was per-
fectly. certain to be satisfactory, for
he was a born musician, though he
lad been educated as a chemist" Mr.
Hilbert, in answering to express his
regret at not being able to comply,
said he should have preferred born
chemist who had been educated as a
musician"
Captain Alfred Rice, a noted owner
% fishing craft on the Delaware River.
$ remarkable for neatness Of personal
attire, and liked to see his men as
natty as possible One Of his employees
always seemed to wear a dirty shirt
that once had been white. Captain
Rice stood the mans slovenliness for
4 while, but one day he burst out:
Look here, Sam; who the deuce is 1t
hat you always get TO wear your
shirts the first week for your
While Peter Daley, who is noted
for his late hours, was rehearsing one
Of his plays that had plenty of chorus
girls in 1t, he astonisned the company
by calling a rehearsal for 10 o'clock
in the morning. He usually called
them for in the afternoon. Mercy
exclaimed one Of the chorus girls,
what's the use of going to the theater
1T 10 o'clock in the morning? Mr..
Daley won't be there" ooh, yes, he
WILL" retorted another member of the
ehorus; hell stop in on his way
home"
Judge Sylvester Dana, of the Con
ord, n. H., police court, once had a
ase before him In which the charge
was for a technical assault, and II
anne out in the course Of the evidence
hat the parties were neighbors, and
lad been on the best of terms fol-
ONE years. ut is a great pity" said
he Judge, that old friends, as you
seem 10 have been, should appear be
fore me in such way Surely this
case which might be settled out Of
ourt7" ut can't be done, Judge,
answered the plaintiff, modify; 81
bought Of that myself, but the Gus:
Won't fight"
Little Helen wsYr-noru a roar -,fay : II
prayer, and WA -..de.t ai~~Js = y,
end family devouons. During a sea
ion Of drought, one morning her fathe
aid to her, DO not let me forget t
ave a special prayer for rain tonight
s the want of 1t is causing much suf
-oring and many deaths among ami
nails" Her father had hardly left tn
louse when little Helen, thinking sh'
would do much good by anticipating
her fathers prayer for rain, ran up
stairs and, falling on her knees
prayed for the much-needed rain. Tha
afternoon the town in which she live,
vas visited by severe electri
shower-barns were unroofed an'
much damage done. Helen, with tn
eady faith of childhood, thinking
vas all in answer to her prayer, agaii
eel on her knees, exclaiming: lord
what have | doneP
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

An English committee Of trained ed
ucators has been investigating the re-
suit of the teaching in schools Of chill
dren between the ages of three and
five. They report unanimously against
sending children OF that age TO school,
for they get practically no intellectual
advantage from the school, and often
the teaching seems to dull their imag-
nations and to weaken the power Of
observation. Many OF the children,
after one or two years OF this early
school, appear apathetic, and never ac-
quire enthusiasm for study. or course
such generalization must be accepted
cautiously, for many other causes may
be at work TO bring about the unde-
sirable result Bad sanitary conditions
In crowded homes, insufficient nour-
ishment disturbed sleep are too fire.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

Miles-You remember saplelgh, who
went west a couple Of years ago and
married an heiress. don't your
Giles-Yes. What OF himf
Miles, understand his wife got
divorce from him recently.
Giles-rm not surprised to hear IT,
Miles-Why7
Giles-Because fool and his money
are soon parted. you know.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

The most serious thing about the
100000 fire in the Carnegie steel
works is the fact that 400 men are
thrown out OF employment, and me
loss Of product. The corporation
never will miss the money.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

IT strongly object to the custom Of
christening ships with champagne,v
said the temperance advocate. II
don't" replied the other man; Il think
there's a temperance lesson in it,"
How can that bef' "Well, directly
after her first taste Of wine the ship
takes to water and sticks to it ever
afterr'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

The New York man who, when the
tunnel OF Southern railroad fell in,
demolishing the car he was In, said,
while he coolly smoked a cigar, he was
waiting for some one to dig him out,
illustrates what morals life insurance
points to.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

The Chicago woman who kept a
boarding house claims she was drug
ged and married against her will by
the star boarder. Some men will do
anything to escape the necessity of
working for their living.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

1t Is funny how a man will get up
In church and confess that he is the
chief of sinners and deny 1t at home If
any one accused him of simply being
an outside guard at the Sinners Club.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

II you find few dimes added to
the price OF your next ton of coal,
don't be surprised. A prominent sci
enlist has announced that the sun will
give out on heat 20,0OO.OOO years
hence. The prudent coal dealer al
ways looks ahead.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

Shakespeare's Julius Caesar was
recently played In Rome for the first
time. The critics report that the Ro-
man mob played its part very natural
"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19
Totally UnfOunded.

Rubber-Is that story of your build.
Ing a house true7
Cumback-No, both the rumor and
the house are utterly without founda-
ton.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

Colonel Bryan went to the Philip
pines in search Of data and will come
home a datto. Mrs. Bryan was with
him. VIII she return ditto?
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

The statement that Il large part Of
the American navy has been useless
for a long time Will be received with
some incredulity In Spain.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1906-05-19

1t ls sometimes difficult to convince
a young man that all the world loves
a lover after he has met the dear
girls father.