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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
Hsvv the Swimmer Floats.

To float go out into the water as far
"a your waist, says Country Life in
America Throw yourself on your back
facing the shore. Hold your chin up rs
high ms possible. This will submerge
your ears, but don't let this strange
sensation worry you. If the water
closes over your head simply close
your mouth and remain still and
straight; you Will go under for a sec
ond only.
Now throw your arms out wide be-
hind your back and throw out your
chest Hold your chin high. Inhale
through the mouth. Exhale through
the nose. You are now In the ideal
floating attitude. Never lift your head.
Keep straight and still. chest up, toes
showing, chin high and ears submerged.
Try to float as long az possible. because
this exercise forms the basis. not only
for swimming on the back and for life
saving, but also for sustaining yourself
quietly In the water for hours. A
thirty minute float is very respectable
performance.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
AN EXTINCT ANIMAL.
The saber Toothed Tiger Was o
Formidable Creature.

The saber Toothed Tiger Was q
Formidable Creature.
The most remarkable of all the ex'
tinct feline animals are those known
to naturallsts as the saber toothed cats
greater part Of all the fossil forms
They date back to the earliest times OF
which we know anything about the
family In North America and reach
down to the time of man himself. A
large and powerful species described
from the Indian Territory by Cope
lived contemporaenously with the hairy
mammoth, as evidenced by the com.
mingling OF their skeletons There can
be little or no question but that the
hairy mammoth was contemporaneous
with man In North America as well
as In Europe. Its geological range /,
from the close OF the eocene to the lat.
ter part of the pleistocene.
The chief popularity of the animal
is the extraordinary elongated canine
teeth. The tail Is of unusual length
and the legs are short The animal
measures about seven feet in length
aside from the tail. The lower Jaws
have downward projection In front
due to fiangellke widening OF the
1awbones, which doubtless served as 6
protection to the teeth, preventing theil
injury or loss. In some OF the larger
forms from South America this fIangt
was not present while the canin,
teeth were even more elongated thar
is the case with this species, attaining
a length OF over six inches and pro
truding far below the jaws wher
closed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
Persuasive Statistics


~John," she said, Il will be sis
ter to you, but -"
80 it's a throwdown, eh?" asked the
young man with the rosebud in his but
tonhoie.
YES" she admitted. frowning. "If
you want to talk about it that way,
suppose 1t is"
"All right" be said. don't get warm
Walt hit"
He arose to his feet and consulted a
slip Of paper which he took from his
pocket Immediately thereafter he
threw his shoulders back, shot his cuffs
and made comprehensive genture.
Madam" said he. "are you aware
that according to the last government
census there was, In the state of New
York. an excess OF $1,000 females? DO
you know that If every single male
was married tomorrow there would be
&c. 900 females left over? Were you
aware Of thisT'
She tapped her little foot upon the
L.
"And you, madaml" he cried, wig
Cling his index finger Mt her, what
guarantee have you that you would
not be one OF the 65,000T'
She shifted the air, but that was all
MADAM" he continued. ARE you
aware that when woman has reached
the age Of % her chances of matrimony
grow less and less each year until
they disappear altogether? Did you
know this?"
He pointed his finger at her again
"And you, madam ? he cried. "What
ground have you for supposlng thai
your chances are better than those OF
the girl next door or the girl across the
street."
twenty-five, eh?" she asked.
Eyes, 25," he said, cycling hel
sternly.
twenty-five, chr she shifted
with an impatient movement he re
turned to bis oratorlcal manner.
do you know" said he. that on &C
count Of the unprecedented rise II
rents. food and clothing the number o.
marriages is falling off daily? Tha
every day a woman's chance Of matri
mony grows distinctly less, to say moth
Ing Of the decrease In her chances OF
account of the increase In her age
Have you been advised Of thls'"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

but that she will be one Of these mil
lions2 Do your"
Was it a tear that gllstened In her
eyer
do you know" hefcontinued with a
gentle mournfulness that the number
Of old women's homes Is increasing in
geometrical progression7 That every
day. every hour, lonely spinsters are
obliged to seek the refuge offered by
these fast growing institutions?'
He sat down beside her.
MARY he whispered, "are you
aware that the average adult males
income is less than 50 a week--that |
am getting $40. Don't cry, little girl
It's all right. I'm have you"
And when mother, wondering at the
silence, looked In a few minutes later
he was measuring her for the ring in a
lordly sort Of way.-Evenlng Sun.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
IN THE WASTE-BASKET.
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The recent death OF Miss Julia Bry-
ant, the daughter of William Cullen
Bryant, has called forth a number or
"reminiscences of the poet and his fam
lily. Although always kindly, Bryant
was not n man of winning personality.
He was too dignihed. But at home
he could unbend with his children and
their intimate friends he could occa-
sionally even romp. With strange chill
dren the poet, perhaps being little
shy Of them, became even more than
usually dignifed. with the result of re
ducing them to solemn and hopeless
good behavior.
II always, In my lnfantile mind"
confessed lady who knew him slight
ly In her childhood, connected him
vaguely with the Old Testament, and
revered him accordingly. Such beard
and such brow were his as | knew
only in Biblical Illustrations depicting
Methusaleh and jeremiah. 1t would
have shocked me, l am sure, to see
him laugh"
With another little girl, whom he
knew better, however. he often laughed.
and used to perch her on his desk to
listen to her amusing chatter. When
be had had enough of 1t, and wished to
resume his writing. he would put her
In the big waste paper basket, carry II
outdoors, and merrily tip her out on the
grass.
His own girls were at that time
grown up, but 1t was a method of clos
ing a conversation first practiced upon
them. Sometimes. too, he used the
same receptacle to hold a daughter too
small to be overconversational, but
large enough to mistakenly demand
amusement. Dumped In among the
scraps, she would be happy for long
time, grooming to herself and tearing
bits of paper into smaller bits.
Not until the grooming stopped did
her father need to give her any further
attention, but silence was a signal not
to be disregarded, for 1t meant that she
was, by no means fguratively, exercis
ing her literary taste upon his latest
discarded poem. Her opinion 1t was
never possible to extract; but the poem
It was-more or less chewed-and II
was removed from her mouth as rap
idly as possible. and the little lady sup
piled with some other plaything less
tempting or more digestible.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
THE HOMESTEAD.

Girt all about with fence of white
The low-roofed cottage stands;
There, stretching far, are banks of green
And yon are fallow lands.
Skyward at eve the swift bird wings
Along Its melted way;
There, stars of love look down by night,
sun OF love by day.
Unchanged the wild and singing woods;
The glad brook dances still
And echoes as of yore ring out
The music Of the hill
And where we played the violet grows;
The trout leaps in the stream;
And just as fair as long ago
see you in my dream.
All things in earth, and sky, and breeze
To olden days are true
D playtime maiden, naught has changed
Or passed away, but you
Youths Companion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
Roadside Wit.

He who matched wits with the au.
thor Of THE Ancient Mariner" had In.
deed lively task before him, for Cole
ridge was never caught mapping The
poet was so awkward a horseman that
his riding often attracted comment OF
anything but n complimentary nature
One day he was riding along the turn.
pike road In the county of Durham
when a wag who met him fastened
upon him as an excellent subject for
sport. Consequently he drew rein and
said In an impertinent drawl:
my graceful friend. did you happen
to meet tailor on the road?"
I'm inclined to think | did" said
ColeridSe meditatively. 81 was moi
sure at the moment, but he said some.
thing about my meeting a goose far
Their along the road"
The wag put spurs to his horse, and
the poet logged calmly on his way.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

He pointed his inexorable finger at
her and cried:
And you, madam What right have
you to suppose that you are an excep-
ton to the ruler"
She tried TO pass II Off with laugh,
but nevertheless she batter her eyes In
a thoughtful manner
do you regard an honorable pro
posal Of marriage as an everyday oc-
currencer he detained do you
know that there are thousands Of old
maids in this broad lane today, lonely
and In despair, each OF whom would
give ten years OF her life to recall her
light refusal OF the first and culy pro
posal she ever receivedY"
He folded his hands behind him and
leaned forward impressively.
And youi" he solemnly exclaimed
Gould you make oath that you will
ever receive another proposal OF mar
riager
He Strengthened himself with ar
abrupt motion and shot his cuffs again
"Do you know" he demanded. that
there are more than 100000 old maid:
In these United States and that the
number is increasing every day? All
think OF them Think OF them witt
pity ~
He leaned forward again impressive
ly, almost tenderly.
what girl knows" he whispered
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
Chilly. but Good Smoke.

The tendency to preserve relics of abb
sent ones sometimes results In odd COM
plications, II the experience of a man
who visited West Philadelphia home
recently may be taken rs an example.
He had been ushered into Il small sit
ting room until the master of the house
should be at liberty to see him. He
took a chair, and. noticing corncob
pipe on shelf. picked 1t up, found it
about half filed with tobacco. lit 1t and
smoked.
When the tobacco was exhausted he
put the pipe back on the shelf and
waited for his host. The latter came
in, their business was soon finished.
and then the host explained that most
Of the articles In the room were pre-
served exactly as the son of the house
had left them when he went TO Europe
to study. several years before. Here.
for instance. is his pipe" he said, still
half loaded, just as he laid 1t down
when he was last at home. 1t gives
his mother and myself great pleasure
to think that these things have not
been used or touched since he went
away, as If he were coming back to
finish his smoke Sentiment, of course.
but II consoles US"
The visitor paturally felt his sacri-
legious conduct too deeply to mention
the fact that he had finished the abb
sent sons smoke.-Philadelphia Rec
ord
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
MAKING BUSINESS OF BENEVOLENCE.
BY John d. Rockefeller.

1t takes a practical mind to make
a fortune. Men have often said in
my hearing, "Oh, how l wish l were
rich If l had money l should do this
great work or that" Now, those men
will never be rich. They haven't got
the purpose and practical bent Of
mind for 1t. They think Of the fruits
of victory without the struggle. 1t
is necessary to fix the mind pretty
firmly upon the making of money be-
fore it is possible to plan its spending.
remember clearly when the financial
plan-lf / may call 1t so-of my life
was formed. l was In Ohio, under the
ministration of dear old minister
who preached, Get money; get it hon
estly, and then give it wisely" wrote
that down in little book. have
the little book yet, with that writing
In it. / have tried ever since to get
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
The Common Danger.

We have been used to hear that
while the fear of dangerous negroes
made 1t hard for white child-ln IN the
South to get to school. the negro chill
dren were not in danger, and going to
school without fear or risk had on
that account an educational advantage
over the white children. A Southern
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

Managing Director-Well, and what
are your qualifications for the post Of
night Waterman?
Appllcant-Well, sir, for one thing.
the least noise wakes me up.-Illus-
trated Bits.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

the zeal and sefsacrifce that they vanity, frvoy
and sensual delights, they would exhibit zeal that would
give them place in the book of martyrs
The time has come when some speak of the big spen-
did virtues of former generation oldfashioned vir
tues Well, the od-fashioned flowers In mothers gar
den the sweetest flowers that grew We never
will outgrow the virtues of fathers that rooted
In faith maured courage Illustrated in struggle for
liberty, and compacted in the laws and institutions Of
the land These poor silly, restless folk that want to
and faith of their fathers choose Jokes
of iron They want easy yoke. But when it is too
late they find the yoke is ron and that the shoulders
raw, that the feet cut, and the heart Is
broken, and that hope is dead.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01


There is a great deal Of folly shown in the distr
button Of benevolence If substance is trust then 1t
very business this matter of dispensing IT, One
can't simply get rid of II and have free conscience
responsibility attaches to the distribution. have an
idea on that point to this effect Let have benevo
nevolence.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

demand for the product 1t is clear If there is
great local demand while transportation fig
In the cost Of the product may pay Those things
settle themselves when of weaned Of
speculation abroad and satisfied with returns
of money invested at home.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

THAT man Jawklns is the most ener
getic playwright ever knew"
"What is he up to now?"
"He is Just finishing the third act Of
lurid melodrama ia which a I've vol
cano viii be the star."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
PLEASURE IMPOSES YOKE OF IRON.
BY Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills.

Consider that all schemes of living
based on pleasure, sensual delights
or worldliness impose on men a yoke
of iron. II the biography Of cpl
cureans tells us anything, If the lamp
of experience throws any light on the
path Of life, then the way of worldly
pleasure is a thorny way, a steep
path, and pleasures yoke is yoke
of iron. Strangely enough, If many
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

What has become Of the old-rash-
Toned woman who always got batter
on her thumb when she turned a buck
wheat cake on the griddlel
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

When a boy goes out west hunting,
and writes home that he killed deer,
he can fool his mother, but he can't
fool his father.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

After a man has posed as cynlc for
a short time he begins to think too 1T
tie Of others and too much Of himself
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

worldghosts of dead creeds dead passions dead
victions. Ibsen than morbid breaker Of
victlons-he a master and knew life He perceived
truth that minds controlled not by
by the long gray Of vanished reasons;
by living, Intelligent convictions much by the
crystazed power of dead convictions not by voluntary
WILL but by automatic institutions
We are born into a nag-ridden world We find all the
prizes Of life mortgaged by fathers fears We
hidden conform die To revolt wildly at all of this
Is folly for the ghosts strong for u.s. and
fight as they who beat the air. only make ourselves
ridiculous But the way to freedom is to find the truth
and sell not cling to It, follow unwaveringly,
better, to find love and follow that strong Son OF Cod
who is truths self. Following Him into
wider chambers and last to freedom
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
GHOSTS DOMINATE THE WORLD.
By Rev. DR.. Frank Crane

In Ibsens play, Ghosts" Mrs. Alvlng
claims. upon discovering the evil bent of her
son. and realizing that 1t Is traceable to the
father. that she seems to hear ghosts. Ex-
tending her thought, she adds that she feels
that her so-called principles are but
ghosts. Ghosts, she cries. fill the earth, thick
as the sands of the sea she sees them between
the lines Of the newspaper they dominate the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

One of the funniest things In this
world is to see woman who Isn't
used to 1t, maze change.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

A reputation for wisdom is easier
gained by keeping your mouth shut
than by attempting to talk wisely.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01
SMALL TOWN IDEAL PLACE TO LIVE.
By Milton Starr.

Some people in happy circumstances are un-
happy. Many who better off in their small
town would like to live In a large one. Big
ness does not mean happiness. 1t does not
insure content, which anywhere is essential to
happiness. The town of 5000 almost any
where in the agricultural regions Of this coun-
try is more favorable as a place OF residence
than Is the average town Of 10000 or larger.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-02-01

1t cleaner healthier 1t has better class of peo
pie. The average Of intelligence and of character Is
higher the small town Is without saloons 1t has that
distinct advantage others, large and small, which
have and the larger usually have the saloon and
the evils which congregate about It, The small town
has considerable vicious element, whereas that ele
ment rules many Of the larger towns The air of the
small is clear and pure that of the big town
times is loaded with smoke and and burdened with
the bad of dirty streets The small town has
schools good churches good teachers,
preachers and recognition in the home and society
does not depend much upon money. There is less
snobbery and dissipation There Is juster recogni-
ton of personal worth. At the time the CON
yeniences and uxuries life enjoyed and iv-
Ing 10 cheaper
The word that is to be spoken to the people Of the
small is the word of appeal to make the best Of
advantage If they to into manufactures
economy dictates what they be- If abundant
materials exist and II there is practically unlimited local
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-03

and that, from the standpoint of practical politics.
was almost criminal. They warned him, but when
he didn't stop and after the Crows Nest, a
of tenements belonging to Abe Goldman. who
way up among the mighty, then could all
hear something drop.
Old Dave wrote, Son Wilbur, come and
me-" and Son Wilbur beat it swiftly downtown
his benzine buggy would let him.
| was mighty close to Dave at the time being
a sort of private secretary without the writing,
and l up in the club when the KID waltzed in
to meet his father.
that uptown air made you daTy? There amt
day | don't about new fOOlishness O
your n. What's eating you?"
The Kid goes off long speech about the
rights of his constituents and the pledges he
made
The old man stopped him with: Now, listen to
I've been in politics long enough to know
what's good for l put you where you are and
| put you down, You got learn that
amt in this business for our health. I'm too
old to stone and think, without me, you'd
be mighty bum lawyer. | gave you the chance
to do you're liable to go to the United States Sen
ate, and, maybe, to the White House. But if you
don't get rid o. them dafy notions the Partyll
look after you, and they never let up"
But go back my promises and
pledges" said the Kid.
Don't be childish said Dave. IF there's
fool that believes in pledges he ought get stuck.
You got nothing to do with that. When YOU in
politics you got do what your told do by
your masters and nothing else. To them that
don't obey, accidents is liable to happen. If you
fail in this you not only ruin but also your
self for l won't have a fool for son. You got two
months until election That's enough to make
good in, and if you don t--Well, you know the
sequences
The Kid didn't go back half as fast as he'd come
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-06-03

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down. The son of a politician he seemed to get
his liking for the game by Inheritance But his
education made him wish for gentlemanly politics
as if such thing could be- Gentlemanly and
ward noli,ics is the stuff with different labels
tf"t's ali. From what I learned after, l. sure
if the Kids mother had been alive then he'd never
gone wrong. But there he was, acheng to ask
somebody's advice and too suspicious trust any
body in politics. thinking all crooks, in which,
of course. he dead wrong-yes. SO he
ed in to do his duty the old man it.
AS was saying, his constituents were mostly
dead swell bunch that lived according to the fash
ion, and just then it was the fashion for them to
make their sisters and aunts believe they the
real things in politics. They had nothing but
meetings that were like regular tea-partes with
the Gwendolines and Gladyses splitting their dain
ty gloves every time Archibald went to the bat to
tell them how bad they were in general and how
the country ought to be run. And they all stood
pat for w. Westmeath Pearsall, late of Flanna-
gans gin mill.
When it came election day they were always alb
sent, as they couldn't make any money in their
business on that day and went out Of town the
night before to hit those little balls fields and
bitches or to jump over a couple fences and
shout ''Ialla-ee-lee' such nonsense. But
they all registered faithfully if they thought
it more important to be at the Country Club
election day instead of voting
The Kid to this habit, and used it, but
there were few bitches.
For instance: Mr. Hamilton De Rensselaer,
Wall Street banker residing Fifth Avenue,
challenged by opposite watcher. who thought
Ham looked a little phony for capitalist. When
they took him to the station house, the capitalist
was hitting every body for a chew o tobacco and
asking them to inform Barney Flynn, of the Bow
cry that his friend, Spike in trouble.
The thing worked all right otherwise and the
Kid carried the district
In day or two, those swells heard how they'd
been voting In sweaters and overalls, and most O.
them laughed-out few O them got dead
Before the Kid could get ahead O. them and stall
them, they were down to the district attorney and
raising a fine row. The Kid arrested and put
under ten thousand bond. The bail put up
and we thought thatd close the game. But it was
made an issue they tried him before unfriend-
~ judge and the Kid sentenced year and
fine of thousand dollars.
There some talk OF appeal but the evi-
dence too clear. So, in the morning, the Kid
went to the Island.
That night l Dave at the club
Il looking for you says. Il got
tough lob before me, and l want you to help me-"