Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-09-05
SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY



With his serum therapy Professor
Chantemesse, of Paris, claims that he
has In 1000 cases Of typhoid fever re-
duced the usual mortality of IT per
cent to only Al per cent.
At the meeting of the Plomesgat.
board Of guardians the clerk reported
the death of George Smith, who, he
stated, had been an inmate of the
workhouse for more than seventy
years.-LondoR Standard.
Every foreign observer believes thar
the grand struggle between the
Halves" and the "Have-nots," which
is to mark this century, will be
fought out first of all upon American
soll.-London Spectator.
Mrs. Tiny La Roux, a Boston girl,
claims to be the first woman in the
world to ride and propel an airship,
which is her own property. Her bal
loon ascensions are well known to
New England people, who have pro
nounced them most successful. She is
little woman, weighing less than
100 pounds.
r. f. Wilson, of Baggs, Colo, will
file on a piece of ground on which is
now located the Baggs cemetery. The
land belongs to the government. VIII
son will, as soon as he acquires title
to the land, turn 1t over to the city.
This will be the first time on record,
1t is said, where a man homesteaded
a graveyard.
Abram Schaeffer, who resides near
Elizabethtown, Pa, made a VOW In
1856 that If James Buchanan should
be elected President he would never
part with his mustache. Mr.. Shaeffer
was at that time in Baltimore. AS
Buchanan was elected the West Don
egal man has not had bare upper
lip in the last fifty-two years.
l am more than confirmed In the
impression I always get when I visit
Germany-the impression that the
drill-sergeant pursues the German cit
izen from the army to all departments
of life; that the nation remains a well
watched, well drilled and very docile
army inside invisible barracks and
submitting to iron discipline all the
moments OF its life.-T. P.s Weekly.
Robert Sewell, of Stidham, a Creek
indian, is one of the most widely
Travelled men In Oklahoma, having
been In England and ON the continent
Of knx al oil =.
residence in both South America and
Australia. He has been around some
and was absent from his country and
people more than twenty-five years
He returned only two years ago, just
In time to claim his rights as a Greek
citizen.-Kansas City Times.
An old-time spelling bee was held
at the Carnegie Hall, in Bryan, Tex.
between the Ladies' Aid Society OF
the Baptist church and the Home
Mission Society of the Methodist
Church. Mrs. ]. Webb Howell was
captain of the Baptist side and Mrs
Matte Hall captain of the Methodist
side. There were about twenty-five
contestants to each side. The Meth
odist ladies won the contest, having
two spoilers up when all the Baptist.
went out and down.
They have a drastic way of curin,
carelessness on the part of railwa,
employees in France. Last August
child of 9, Emile Remilly, travelling II
a train With his parents, fell from
the coach, the door of which had no
been properly shut at the last station
st. Cyr, and lost both his legs. Thu
st. Cyr station master has been sen
fenced to two months Imprisonment
and the Western railway will hav
to pay $1,000 damages as we'll as al
annuity of $1,000 to the boy.
During the recent Mississippi guber
hatorial campaign the Hon. jeff Trul.
was one of the unsuccessful aspirant
/ for the majority suffrage of his fel
low-citizens. Prohibition doctrines fig
ured In the struggle and seemed yer.
important to Methodist minister
Brother Truly" said the minister, ''
;, want to ask you a question. Do yo
. ever take a drink of whiskyT "BefC
answer that" responded the war
Brother Truly, IL want to know
whether 1t is an inquiry or an inv
tation?"
7 At the melting of the Plomesgat
Insomnia is the not uncommon fat
of the brain-worker who, after year
of continuous mental strain, retire
. from active life. The reason is tina
= mental activity demands a large SUI
ply Of blood for the brain, and til
blood vessels gradually accommodate
themselves to this large supply. Blu
a when the hard work is over, the brai
does not always realize that it need
less nourishment, and hence the col
dition of excessive mental activit
l.. which is what insomnia is.-Londo
l. Mall.
n Judge Alum, of one of Havana's co
rectional courts, fined the manag
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