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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The Cooks Fault.

One of the most annoying things
about swans is that they live to an
extremely great age and that 1t is i'm
possible for the ordinary observer to
guess what their years may be. Pres
ident Grover Cleveland once had an
amusing experience with some swans.
according to writer in the American
Magazine. He had been in the South,
shooting, and brought home a number
of wild swans, one OF which he sent
to each member of his Cabinet, and
to some other associates.
"All the boys" said Mr.. Cleveland,
thanked me politely for having re-
membered them, but none of them
seemed 20 have much to say about
how they enjoyed the birds.
Carlisle, found, had his cooked
on a night when he was dining out.
Another, when l asked him. said he
hoped l wouldn't mind. but he had
sent his home to his old mother
Thurber didn't mention his bird at all
for two days. Finally asked him
about 1t.
'Thurber, did you get that swan
all right?'
Ives. sir, oh, yes. l got the swan
all right, thank you and he bent over
his desk and seemed very busy.
Fine bird l said.
Eyes, sir; fine bird and he went
on working.
Enjoy eating him, Thurber?
He waited a minute, and then he
said, Well, sir. guess they didn't
cook him right at my house. They
only cooked him two days. and he
went on working without cracking 9
smile"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
FORMS OF HOOPS.

The form CT a horses foot deter
mines the peculiarities of the shoe
that is best adapted to 1t. Viewing
the foot from the side the regular posi-
ton Is that shown In figure 4, In
which the weight will be borne to best
advantage. Looking from the front
the regular form Is that shown In
figure 1, the wide toe being Indicated
by figure 2, and the narrow toe by
figure 8. With the regular or normal
shape the weight falls near the CEN
ter Of the hoof, and is evenly dis
tributed over the whole bottom OF
the hoof The toe points straight for
ward and when the horse is moving
forward in a straight line the hoofs
are picked up and carried forward
in line parallel to the middle line
of the body. A pair Of hoofs OF the
form shown in figure allows the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

The Kansas Agricultural College has
experimental with the various chem
ical formulas to repel flies from live
stock and recommends the following
as fairly satisfactory: Resin, III
pounds; laundry soap, two cakes; fish
of, one-half pint enough water to
make three gallons. Dissolve resin
in solution of soap and water by
heating, add the fish oil and the rest
of the water. Apply with brush.
II to be used as a spray, add one-half
pint OF kerosene. This mixture will
cost 7 to cents a gallon and one-half
pint is considered enough for one ap-
plication for a COW. At first It will be
necessary to use two or three appli-
cations per week until the outer ends
of the hair become coated with the
resin. After that retouch those parts
where the resin is rubbed off.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

woodchucks' hole under the wall-in
fact, several holes-near his cabbage
field. He armed himself with several
steel traps and used all his cunning
In setting them In the burrows of the
woodchucks, but after several morn
ings OF patient waiting, capture by
trap proved unsuccessful. But, having
heard that they were very fond of
salt, he mixed liberal quantity OF
paris green In about quart of salt
and placed a handful near each bur-
row. He was not troubled again that
season. and this has been his remedy
ever since
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The Century in 1910.

Mr.. Robert Kitchens and Mr.. Jules
Guerin have been travelling and work
ing in Palestine; and the harvest of
their journeyings and study will be
an illustrated series of articles on
"The Holy Land" its monuments and
scenery, which The Century will pub
lish during 1910. Mr.. Guerin's paint
ings will be reproduced in full color.
Nine Helena Modjeska IS memoirs,
finished just before her last illness,
are to be published in The Gentry.
"reminiscences of unusual interest and
charm are promised, dealing with the
great in many arts and walks of life;
and Astounding in observations on the
art of acting in general, as well as on
the characteristics of contemporaries
in both Europe and America.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The Dutch Mulch.

Shallow cultivation conserves the
moisture and prevents 1t from escap-
ing from the surface. Every time rain
falls the loose ground absorbs more
than does the hard soil, as the letter
permits the water to flow of. When
the rain goes down into the soil, and
the soil is then loosened, the capillary
tubes are sealed and the flow of water
upward Is arrested. A loose top soil,
therefore, not only permits Of securing
large share Of water from each rain,
but also retains 1t.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

ground, thus allowing 1t to become
mixed with volunteer wheat the first
year. This mixing Of varieties causes
wheat to detriorate In yield and quail
ity. When wheat is grown for seed
II should be on clean land, which is
free from volunteer wheat and from
other volunteer grain. rye being espe-
cially Objectionable. Care must be
taken In harvesting and threshing the
seed wheat to keep 1t from becoming
mixed with other varieties Of wheat.
Again, in order to maintain the quail
ity and yield of wheat 1t is necessary
to maintain the fertility Of the soil
and to give the land good culture
Farmers Mall and Breeze.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
SHORT
STORIES


The Seeing New York automobile
was moving through the financial dis
trict. This is Wall street" an
nounced the man with the megaphone.
keep your hand on your purse. HI
raml" hoarsely whispered a lady from
the open country TO her husband.
The man with the CLASSY eye and
preternaturally solemn demeanor put
down a sovereign at the booking Of
fee at Charing Cross and demanded a
ticket. what station?" snapped the
booking clerk The would-be traveller
steadied himself. what stations have
your" he asked with quiet dignity.
The young Oriental understood or
binary methods and occurrences very
well In his new California abiding
place, but occasionally found a puzzle.
Japanese boy pretty smart when he
can speak American in year." he
said. 'but Missouri boy he speak good
after he has been here only six
months"
A Philadelphia who was formerly
a resident of town in the north OF
Pennsylvania recently revisited his old
home. What became Of the Hoover
famlly?" he asked an old friend.
ooh" answered the latter tom Hoo
yer did very well. Got to be an actor
out west. Bill, the other brother. is
something OF an artist in New York;
and Mary, the sister. is doing literary
work But John never amounted to
much. It took all he could lay his
hands on to support the others"
Dean Stanley used to tell this story
with relish: He sent note to a shoe
maker about a pair Of shoes that were
making for him. and the writing was
so bad that the shoemaker couldn't
make 1t out SO he returned the note
to the DEAN with a note OF his own,
saying that he was "unaccustomed to
the chirography of the higher classes"
and asked for a translation. In tell
ing the story, the dean said he did not
propose to be held responsible for the
handwriting OF the entire British arts
tocracy.
| Out 0uuud1 MI -hoCNSf eAAc
revivalist, entered a Chicago drug
store distributing tracts. At the back
of the store sat an elderly and distin-
guished citizen reading a morning
newspaper. Mr.. Moody approached
this gentleman and threw one OF the
temperance tracts upon the paper be-
fore him. The old gentleman glanced
at the tract, and then. looking up
benignantly at Moody. asked: "Are
you a reformed drunkard?" mo, sir,
i am mott" cried Moody, drawing
back. Indignantly. "Then why don't
you reform?' quietly asked the old
gentleman.
A gentleman in Dublin. speaking OF
the Irish, said that nothing ever sat.
isfied them. and that he was willing
to prove his words on a wager that
II he should go to the door and call
cab, no matter what fee he would
give, the driver would ask for more
The wager was taken for ten pounds
sterling. The gentleman called a cab
drove about a quarter of a mile
stepped out, and handed the driver 6
ten-shilling gold-piece the legal fee
being one shilling. Cabby drove off
The gentleman who had taken the
wager was exulting in his triumph
when suddenly the cabby returned
and, touching his hat, said: please
sir, have ye a durty thre'penny BIZ
about We? 1t would be such a pity t.
break a bright piece Of gold like thi.
for a drink"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
Destructive Rats.

According to recent report of the
biological survey of the Department of
Agriculture, rats destroy annually
500, 100000 worth of American grain.
1t is estimated that one rat will eat
so cents worth of grain In a year,
while of oatmeal 1t will consume $3.50
worth. Rat-proof construction. espe-
cisly the use Of concrete foundations,
Is urged, as we'll as some rational
method of disposing of garbage and
storing food
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The Fatal loot

First Farmer (pointing to the far
ing horn of an AUTOMOBILE whats
tibet thing for7
Second Farmer-Thet's tn thing
they blow jes' before they run y'downi
Town and Country.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The Mission

OF those corpuscles In your blood
that have been called Little
Soldiers" Is to fight for you
against the disease germs that
constantly endanger your health.
Those corpusc es are nade
healthy and strong by the use OF
Hoods SarsaparilIa.
This medicine is a combination of
more than 20 different remedial agents
in proportions and by a process known
only to ourselves and it has for thirty
years been constantly proving its worth.
No substitute, none "just-as-good. i"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Are you looking for homestead We
have thousands of them. Over 1000, 900
acres TO select from. Over sixteen hundred
homestead locations have been filed at the
land office in this county this year Bunch
grass land; will average 80 bushels wheat
to acre No summer following. Yours for
the locating. Call or write Spokane and Mon
tana Land and immigration o., 406 Rookery,
| Spokane, Wash.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

be made for the circulation of air so
that 1t will not become stagnant at
any point and by coming in frequent
touch with the ice will be kept cool.
The relative sizes and positions of
the ice chamber and refrigerator are
shown and these can be made larger
or smaller in proportion to meet the
requirements.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Pneumonia and Consumption are al
ways preceded by an ordinary cold.
Hamlins Wizard Oil rubbed into the
chest draws out the Inflammation,
breaks up the cold and prevents all
serious trouble.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
To Destroy woodchucISs.

A Pennsylvania farmer gives this
experience with woodchucks (ground
hogs): He had set several hundred
early cabbages, and in going through
his patch early one morning he found
several plants missing. He found the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
1t Cures While You Walk.

Allen s Foot Ease is certain cure for
hot, sweating, callous and swollen, ach-
ing feet. Sold by all druggists. Price
25c. Don t accept any substitute. Trial
package FREE. Address Allen s. Ohm
sted, LIE Roy, N. Y.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
Gives Farm to Village.

John Bigelow of New York, former
United States minister to France, will
celebrate his 92d birthday in December
by presenting Mount Airy, his dairy
farm of 400 acres, to the village Of
Highland Falls, N Y.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
Keeping the wheat Pure.

One Of the most important factors
in growing improved wheat for seed
is to keep the wheat pure. Many
farmers are careless on this point,
often planting new seed on old wheat
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

If 1t IS Your Eye Use Pettit's Eye Salve
for inflammation, stys, itching lids, eye
aches, defects of vision and sensitive to
strong lights. All druggists or Howard
Bros.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

In nine months of the current year
10000 aliens came to this country
and $4,000 foreignborn people went
back to Europe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Rheumatism, Neuralgia and Sore
Throat will not live under the same roof
with Hamlins Wizard Oil, the best of
all remedies for the relief of all pain.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Represented graphically, the United
States now consumes yearly roll of
white paper $50 feet high and 377 feet
in diameter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
CURES HEADACHE QUICKLY

Do you suffer with headachesY Magi.
Kos Headache Cachets relieves pain in
stantly. Send csc for box of Magi
Kos Headache Cachets.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

A small boy doesn't have a very
good time at picnic unless he TO
qnires the services Of . doctor q fev
hours latAs
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Gable ornaments add just that touch
of refinement needed to make house
look complete. Our gable ornaments ex-
tend feet down gable, and are adjust
able to any pitch of roof; price only
$500 We sell cross panel doors at
$3.50 per door; 2-light house windows
at 76 cents and up per window. We
are the largest manufacturers and deal
ers in gable ornaments, doors, windows,
ETC., and we have our own mill and only
one price. Send for price lists. Write
your name and address plainly, and we
will forward you copies free, postpaid,
without charge
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

English agricultural societies hav,
started sparrow crusade. Bountiel
are paid for birds and eggs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

A young widow is awful smart to
look so sad when a lot Of old cats are
around.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
The
Exec optional
Egzsfpguer1f

of the California Fig Syrup Co. and the
scientific attainmonts of its chemists have
rendered possible the production OF Syrup
of Figs and Elixir of SIENNA, in all Of its
excellence, by obtaining the pure medic
inal principles Of plants known to act most
benefcially and combining them most
skillfully, in the right proportions, with
its wholesome and refreshing Syrup OF
California Figs.
As there is only one genuine Syrup OF
Figs and Elixir of SIENNA and as the gen.
uine is manufactured by an original
method known to the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, it is always necessary to buy the
genuine to get its beneficial effects.
A knowledge of the above facts enables
one to decline limitations or to return them
if, upon viewing the package, the full name
of the California Fig Syrup Co. is not found
printed on the front thereof
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Out of every million letters that pass
through the postoflice it is calculated
that only one goes astray
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

You can't help being nice to man
who is a bigger fool than you are and
admits it.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

A Good Gate Tfghtener.
This can be put on any wire gate.
Nearly everybody knows how to make
wire gate as shown In the cut, 30
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

all that needs an explanation is that
wire No. is common wrapping wire.
Put around post A and make long
enough to reach post B. Run a stout
stick or iron rod through wire No. 8,
drawing 1t toward post A. In this
way tho cato can b made a. light ~
possible
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06

Demert Drug 81 Chemical Co., spokane
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1909-11-06
BiIi0usness

81 have used your valuable Cascarets
and l find them perfect. Couldn't do
without them. 1 have used them for
some time for indigestion and biliousness
and am now completely cured. Recon-
mend them to everyone. Once tried, you
will never be without them in the
family Ed ward A. Marx, Albany, NY.
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken, Weaken or GRIPPE.
l0c. 2Sc. Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped c c c. Guaranteed to
cure your money back. 929
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

given me, and / am recommending it
to all my friends. Mrs. w. S. FORD,
1888 Lansdowne ST., Baltimore, Md.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms of
female complaints is Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. 1t has
stood the test of years and to-day is
more widely and successfully used than
any other female remedy. 1t has cured
thousands of women who have been
troubled with displacements, inflam-
nation. liberation, fibroid tumors, ir-
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing-down feeling, tlatulency,
Indigestion, and nervous prostration,
latter all other means had failed.
If you are suffering from any of these
ailments, don't give up hope until you
have given Lydia +. Pinkham's Vege-
table Compound a trial.
If you would like special advice
write to Mrs. Pinkham, Lynn,
Mass, for it. She has guided
thousands to health, free Of
charge. -,..--
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

a verdict which in itself reveals her
spirituality and advancement.
Three events in the career OF Mrs.
Howe are typical and Illuminating.
The first occurred in 1861 in the city
Of Washington. She had gone there
with her husband. who did much to
aid the Union in it's struggle for life.
On arriving in the city the tender sus-
capabilities Of her nature were
wrought upon by the sight of the army
and the long lines of camps. She had
known John Brown in life, and, being
an accomplished singer, something
wrought upon her while passing the
marching columns to pour forth in her
rich contralto voice the air Of "John
Browns Body" The soldiers took it
up, and soon it was rolling along the
ranks. A friend was so touched by
the incident that he asked Mrs. Howe
to write more worthy words to the
music, and she promised to do so. A
morning or two later she arose while
it was still dark with ''The Battle
Hymn of the Republic" forming itself
in her mind and then and there, with
no light but the gray drawn. wrote it
practically as it stands today.
The second incident occurred years
later in Constantinople. Mrs. Howe
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
By JAMES A. EDGERToN.
"ITS HE Battle Hymn of the Rep

"TUS HE Battle Hymn of the Repub
public" will ever remain one OF
II the nobleSt songs sung by Il M.
ton. In il are combined the
highest sentiments of the heart love
OF country. religion. liberty and the
militant spirit of righteousness. en-
like many popular songs. whose words
are little more than do@gerel. THE Bat
tie Hymn" is poetry. Its words are
peculiarly apt and filed with the spirit
of the crucial hour that brought them
forth. Even its music belongs peculiar
IL to the ciril war period. its air. John
Browns Body having been il favorite
In the northern armies. THE Battle
Hymn" sounds with the tramp of
marching feet 1t has Puritan fervor
and devotion. Ii is II crusaders chant.
q song to the god of battles
Julia Ward Howe. the author of this
American "MarSeillaise." will be ninety
years old on May %. which has caused
everybody that has written about her
very ungallantly to call her 1.-The grand
old woman" of America Grand old
men may be all right. although that
phrase is widowed, but TO talk of
grand old women is carrying the an
tique idea too far. Mrs. Howe may
have lived on the earth ninety years.
but she is not old. In her principles
and sympatlies she is young. is abreast
of the best thought of the day. is pro-
gresSive. loves the new light. is in
tune with the music of the present and
hears the call of the future Such Il
soul bellies all the ideas of age The
secret of it all is that she lives in her
spirit. which has eternal youth. She
Is as ready to espouse the cause of the
hour now as she was sixty years ago,
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

It is abrupt ard uuceremonious, 1 am
aware, but the excessive occupation of
my time by my professional duties af-
fords me no leisure To accomplish
what | desire by the more ordinary
course of attention and solicitation.
My annual receipts amount TO &,
and can settle E on my wife. My
character is generally known to the
tain what it is. l have seen in yonr
daughter a tender and affectionatc
child, an assiduous and careful nurse
and q gentle and ladylike member of
a family. Such Il person must be all
that husband could covet, and l Of
fer my hand and fortune for her ac-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28
Land Of the Midninht Sun.

When the carpenters began work on
the house in which Square Johnsons
married daughter was to live they
were much tried by the constant pres
ence and lavish advice of the
squares son-in-law. Hes scat
terwit if ever saw one." said John
Dixon. head carpenter, to his wife one
night. What do you suppose he told
US today"
you'd better go right along with
your story" said Mrs. Dixon, who was
rolling out biscuit dough and had no
time to waste on speculation.
well. he told us about a fire that
got started in house somewhere out
west last month";" said John Dixon.
speaking more complacently as he
looked at the dough and saw it taking
shape for the oven.
He must sit up nights to read the
papers. that man. And says he THE
men that were working on the house
left some shavings on window sill
where the sunlight came through a
bullseye pane just such as have in
my front door, and it set fire to the
shavings in no time
"'Did the house burn DOWN. l asked
him. knowing we'll it didn't. for moth
ing ever happens in his stories.
emo be said. it didn't. for the mer
were right there. but if that thing haC
happened in the middle of the nigh
you just think how 'twould have been
~ a.
ing says he. and more than likely
the barns and outbuildings would have
gone toov" Youths Companion.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-28

had lectured fl one Of the American
colleges near the city and as she was
driven down the great hill ON which
the college stood was suddenly trans
fixed to hear her own song waited
after her in her journey, an event with
all the more poetic significance since
the late democratic uprising in Turkey.
The third event occurred in Boston
at the time the Italian societies were
celebrating the discovery of America
by Columbus. They were electrified to
have sweet faced and white haired
American woman arise and address
them in their own tongue. 1t was
Julia Ward Howe, at home in all lands
and devoted to all causes that mean
the betterment of the race.