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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20

A woman was continually accusing
her servant of extravaganza without
any real cause. The servant always
bore this accusation patiently.
One day the. servant informed her
mistress that the coal had all been
consumed. This was followed by the
usual remarks on the part OF the mis-
tress. who finished up by saying:
You evidently eat them"
The next day the candles were all
gone.
Candles gone!" said the mistress.
why l bought half pound only a
fortnight ago"
"Oh, WE'LL" rejoined the servant.
who could stand this sort OF thing no
longer. Il can tell you where the
candles have gone. l ate them, to
grease my throat so that | could swal'
low the coal more conveniently
Red Hen.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
DECEPTIVE Label.

A mother in a West End home at
tended a concert, and when she re-
turned she was met by the servant,
with: Baby was very Ill while you
were out. maam."
"Oh, dearl" said the mother. lis he
better?"
"Oh, yes. he's all right now. but he
was bad at first"
"Yes, yes. and what did you dor"
anxiously.
Il found his medicine in the cup
board"
Good gracious" in extreme horror
What have you given him? There's
no medicine there"
"Oh, yes. there IS" smiled the serv'
ant knowingly.
And what did you give him7 And
how did you know it was his medi
cine?"
"'Cause it's written right on It,
and the servant then produced a bot
tie labeled kid Reviver. Duluth
News-Tribune.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
1.-The Treacherous Hens.

A story which was doubtless invent
ed to illustrate the thoroughness OF
Prussian rule wherever the Prussian.
black and white has established ITSELF
is repeated in E. A. Brayley Hodgetts
book, THE House of Hohenzollern.
The strict devotion to duty OF the
Prussian disciplinarian has not al
ways contributed to his popularity
The estimation in which he has gen
orally been held by conquered neigh
bors is illustrated in the famous joke
about tho Hanoverian farmers wife
after the annexation-and the inquis-
toria. Prussian gendarme.
Well" the gendarme is made to-
say, In truly terrible admonitory &C
cents, ARE you all good Prussians'
here? No Hanoverian nonsense, eh?''
oh" the trembling old woman re-
plies, I'VE are all good Pruussians
now-all except the hens"
The hens? What do you mean?
roars the gendarme. shifting hidden
insubordination.
All" says the old country wife,
"ther will persist in laying Hanover
ian eggs, always white and yellow.
cannot get they to lay black and
white Prnssian eggs. Youths Com
panion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
HOW JAPANESE WORK
WAGES ARE LOW AND HOURS
ARE VERY LONG.
Great Uniformity In Manner Of Living
Among the Poorer classes-ES-
penses Arc Not Heavy-Rent
Is Bagatelle.

In Japan a remarkable feature OF
the industrial and social life is the
great uniformity in the manner OF liv-
ing among different classes. They all
live in very similar dwellings, says a
writer In the Westminster Review.
The poorer people have four wooden
walls, and for furniture few mats
and blankets and coal pot.
In Manchuria Japanese settlers are
beginning to build stone houses with
steam heating. but they are bare in
side. Nor is this feature confined to
the working classes. 1t Is found
throughout all strata of the population
The food, save in the very highest
classes, is in the main very uniform,
rice and green tea, with sake as a
stimulant. Among those who have not
yet adopted European fashions even
the dress is In substance the same
throughout the middle and the lower
classes.
:. The question Of the balance between
wages and the cost of living Is the
one that In the long run makes revo-
buttons; II has not come into the open
yet in Japan. Wages vary exceeding
ly and no real standard can be given,
but they are as a rule very small,
though recent years have witnessed a
steady rise. They are given sometimes
by time, sometimes by piece, mostly
by weird combinations of all posi-
BILE methods.
But the weekly budget OF the Japa-
nese workingman is very small. His
rent is a mere bagatelle, the same
may be said of his food. His only ex-
tras are hot bath regularly every
other day, twice month or 80 fam
lily trip to the theater, few pence for
toys for his children and few more
TO propitiate the deities or bride the
priests. Counting the family at two
adults and three juveniles, and includ
ing every necessary and likely outlay
the weekly bill will come to about II
shillings 6 pence week.
Hours of labor are, to western no
tons, outrageous, on an average l.
a day, but frequently IL, 13 or ever
IA. Attempts have been made repeat
edly to start trade unions, but nevel
successfully. Where they have strug
gled into wretched existence they ar
Of no account whatever, because the,
do not as yet answer to a need OF thu
people. 1t is significant that many o
these attempts were brought to
ruinous end by the dishonesty an
corruption of their promoters.
Insurance against old age and II
trinity is unnecessary in Japan 8
long as the present firmly anchore
tradition endures which ascribes it a
duty upon each person to contrib
ute to the maintenance OF an aged, II
capable or infirm member OF his fan
lily.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
ctucIbIe Of Criticism.

e. The alchemy of public opinion in a
country where thought and speech
are free and untrammeled trahsmutes
many a baser metal into pure gold.
The crucible of criticism is the final
process through which everything and
everybody that comes before our pub
lie must pass. The least of us is
Jealous in his right ! nthat regard.
We are all from Missouri when It
comes to the matter of being shown
And up to the degree of sordiness
this is a saving element in our life
but. of course. beyond that 1t would
not be-
1t is not only right. but necessary
that We subject untried theories. or
unknown persons to this refining cru
chile: We do not give heed to anyone
who fears to submit his proposition
to the test, either. Such as these get
small hearing. The people suspect
them Immediately of spuriousness. OF
having a scheme which they. them
selves, do not believe in or they
would, not seek to evade the common
dgnfent.-Omaha Bee.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Watch Talked In Hebrew.

will say nothing of Greek;
should irritate myself too much. The
monks of the Middle Ages we're not
so very much in the wrong when
they asserted that Greek was the in
vention Of the devil. Lord knows what
l suffered through It, 1t went better
with Hebrew. for always had a
great prediction for the Jews, al
though they to this very hour have
crucifed my good name, but l never
could get so far in Hebrew as my
watch, which had an intimate inter
course with pawnbrokers, and in con-
sequence acquired many Jewish hab-
its-for instance, it would not go on
Saturday-and learned the hold lam
guage, and was subsequently occu-
pied with its grammar. for often when
sleepless in the night l have to my
amazement heard It industriously re-
peating: Katal, Katalla. Katalki-
Kittel, Kittalta, Kittaltl-Pokat, Pc
kadti- pikat - pix - pix Heinrich
Heine. Reisebilder.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
DUTCH COUNTRY LIFE
WEEKLY CHEESE MARKET Is AN
INTERESTING EVENT.
Much Noise and Excitement Accom-
pany the Tradlng-ouslnt Customs
and Costumes on Farms and
In Fishing Districts

One OF the recent consular report
Is devoted to the interesting features
Of quaint country life in Holland. Next
to cattle raising. It says, the dairy fur
nishes the Netherlands most impor-
tant agricultural products, especially
fine butter and cheese. 1t is the Gus
tom for farmers to come once a week
on fixed day into the nearest town
with their peculiar shaped wagons
filed with yellow cheese. Dutch cheese
is dyed red on the outside only for
export. The buyers generally make
their appearance on the market about
ten o'clock, and each sale Is conclud-
ed by a special method Of handshak-
ing The noise and excitement that
prevail in these markets are not I'M
like the typical wheat pit OF an Amer
lean produce exchange. Edam, few
miles from Amsterdam, is possibly the
most important cheese center, and
gives It's name to the produce Of that
section. In addition to the cheese
made on a small scale by individuals,
there are many large cheese factories
throughout the Netherlands.
OIL production by the farmers OF the
Netherlands in a small way, with
"stampers." can be traced as far back
as the seventeenth century. This
primitive method was superseded by
stones driven by wind power. Many
Of these small oil mills also, had 6
grain grinding equipment, and, mum
Der of them are still in operation. Thu
modern oil industry is centerNe
around zaandam. The total number
of oil mills in Holland, according t
statistics for the year 1906, is 220, ant
these employ over 5000 workmen.
In the fishing districts and on thu
farms the old-time Dutch customs ar
still to be found. The quaint costume
of the women, with the ancient head
dress and the full skirts, remains tn
pride Of the Holland huisvrouv (house
Iwife), and the men, with their wide
baggy trousers, are no less pictui
esque. The milkmaid, with her tw
milk cans. polished like silver an
swung from a specially built shoulde
yoke, is a feature OF the street seen
In any village.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
SHOWS VALUE OF SILENCE
Too Much Talking Has Been the
Cause OF Many Failures In
Business.

Many OF the failures in business and
professional as well as social life are
due to injudicious. talking. A young
man OF apparently very moderate
ability has recently astonisAed his
fellow workers by his noticeable sue
cess In business. Pure luck 1t has
been called, but policy or natural
habit of silence is the real cause.
In his fir l. position he succeeded a
man of long experience and excellent
judgment, a circumstance that made
his youth and inexperience conspicu-
GUS by contrast He made no apollo
giles and asked little advice. He was
courteous to his superiors, considerable
of his business interiors. but absolute
ly deaf to all the gossip and irrespon-
sible talk so prevalent in every large
business office.
He had held HIS position for a year;
gossip had 1t that he had failed, for
in that time he had not suggested a
single innovation or enlarged his de-
partment in any way. But soon 1t be-
came known that he had proposed a
change that would result in an annual
saving OF $4,000 Gradually his step
became firmer, his manner more as
sured, and he no longer outstayed the
janitor at night. Slowly but surely he
gained the confidence of the general
manager and the heads Of other de-
partments, and It soon became their
habit to come to him for advice. At
the end of i've years, when his former
associates we're wondering If they
could afford to get married, he was ad-
mitted to membership in the firm.
in every establishment where a
number of persons is employed there
is always an undercurrent of gossip.
A dissatisfied stenographer talks her
troubles over with bookkeeper. The
bookkeeper confides to the telephone
operator that he expects to get an In
| grease in salary. The elevator boy ex'
pains that he is going to leave soon
for better Job These bits of news
are exchanged until they become com
mon property.
The employer, learning that the ste
nographer is dissatisfied, tells her that
she9 may leave at her pleasure. The
bookkeeper fails to get his increase II
salary and the elevator boy does no
get his new job" Especially If yoi
are dissatisfied should you refraiI
from discussing your position
Youths Companion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
MereIv the Wrapper.

When the patriarch of Venice be-
came the present pope one OF his old
friends, a rich Jew from Venice, went
to Rome and had a long audience
with him. The pope asked for news
of all his friends, and when he heard
that a certain priest was seriously i'll
he asked the jew to. give him his
blessing when he returned to Venice.
The Jew was taken aback at the
popeJs request and limited that not be-
ing h Christian he was not At per
son TO convey the apostolic blessing.
you need not worry about that.
the pope said. 1T does not matter in
the least provided the goods are all
right whether the wrapper is bad
You are merely the wrapper" he
added, smiling, and the Jew conveyed
the apostolic blessing to the dying
priest.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Don't Cuff a Child.

Don't box a naughy child's ears.
Don't allow any provocation to tempt
you to strike a child on the head" is
the Injunction contained in an article
on skulls issued by the International
Hygiene Exposition at Dresden. Cor
poral punishment of any kind, says
the writer, is wrong, but when the
head is the point of contact between
the angry parent and the child the
former may easily become a murderer.
in a collection of skulls at the exposi-
ton, lent by the Wurzburg university,
there are many Of children as we'll as
adults which show that the abnor-
mally thin skull is not unusually
found, even In otherwise normal hui
man beings, and the causes Of death,
which are stated on cards attached
to the skulls, are intended TO serve as
warnings to parents. teachers and
guardians.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
French Sailors.

Most OF the French admirals are
from the south. from which we may
infer the greater success OF their
southern friends as politicians and
perhaps their own skill In hanging
their hammocks at the admiralty, says
a Paris letter to London Truth. The
bulk OF the seamen are Normans and
Bretons, but the latter are much more
numerous. The Normans have In mod
ern times grown lubberly. Under the
Plantagenets they were less rich'
soaked infinitely less cider brandy,
had no factories and were constantly
spurred to naval action by hostile Bre-
tons. This kept up that spirit of hardy
seamanship which landed the dep
pois in the time of the early Valois
in the Kongo and enabled them to
trade In cocoanuts and those elephant
tusks which their sculptors transform
ed into such beautifully carved objects
dart. The seamansbip of the Proven
calls was brought out by the piracies
OF Algerines, Tunislans and Moors
Bailli Suffren, who Skinned" the
oceans in the eighteenth century oil
East Indiamen and British merchant
men, was Provencal. Whenever
England and France quarreled in the
valois or Bourbon periods the Nor
mans went with a rush into piracy
and found in its heaps of money.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
AIDING THE STRANDED
GOOD WORK DONE BY AMERICAN
SOCIETY OF LONDON.
Il Assists Yearly a Thousand Fellow
countrymen Who go Broke" Eth
er by Sending Them Home or
Lending Them Money.

The American Society of London
helps upon an average a thousand
stranded Americans in a season. so
far this year, however, only 700 have
been assisted, the New York Suns
correspondent says. The officials OF
the society attribute the falling Off to
the stories aboutshigh prices that pre-
coded the coronation. The society,
which has been in existence for II
years, has paid the passage home OF
over 10000 persons and has supported
numbers in London until the arrival
OF funds.
Only five per cent. of the money ex-
pended has been returned. This, how
ever, is not considered proof OF a
lack OF gratitude on the part of the
recipients, as a return is not expected
of most of the beneficiaries. OF those
who have been expected to repay 20
per cent. have kept their word. A
considerable part of the efforts OF. the
society is devoted to the assistance
of American sailors. The home gov
eminent through the consulates as
sists American sailors on American
ships, but American ships are few and
the number of stranded American
sailors is considerable. The society Is
doing a work that many think belongs
to the government.
Despite the supposed non-existence
Of a color prejudice in England, the
society has the utmost difficulty in Sc
curing the return of American negroes
to the United States. A white man
can be assisted and can get working
passage to any part of the country
but only three ports. Newport, Cardif
and Swansea, are available for the
signing on of negroes.
It is noticed this year that mum
Der of husbands have deserted theil
wives in England. leaving them strand
ed This contemplate method Of get
ting a divorce on the ground Of de
sertion has been nipped in the bud II
number OF Instances this year.
Twenty-Five per cent Of the appli
cants for assistance are not Ameri
cans, but Englishmen who think thu
society an easy means of getting FREE
passage to America.
The usual story is that the appli
cants are naturalized citizens, Blu
they are never able to present thei
, naturalization papers. In previou
years school teachers have made up
considerable percentage of the appl
= cants, but with the development {
r personally conducted tours with a
Y charges included. there is now scarce
I ly a case a year. Only one-third {
< the sum expended is contributed b
q members of the American society. Tn
4 burden falls. with a few exception
e upon the Americans who reside
s London.
I F. c. Vanduzer the honorary seer
y tary, says that he could save Amer
:. can visitors many dollars If they
n nored casual appeals and referred pc
g sons seeking aid to the society for I
J. vestigation. For instance. this wee
o prominent American woman fc
warded to the society a letter appe,
ing for help. An investigation Prov
that the applicant for assistance w
e not an American but an Englishmi
d who had been living for three yea
It upon money obtained from easy goil
e Americans who had been falling" I
- his tale of hard luck.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
HIS NICKEL WELL INVESTED
Yonkers Bachelor Once Helped a
Newsboy and Resped His Reward
Nine Years Later.

Excuse me. mister" said a boy or
about fifteen years to a man at .
Yonkers street corner. but I've lost
my money and can't buy my papers.
II | had a nickel I could get start
and make so cents before bedtime"
Although the boys clothing was
soiled and tattered. his bright eyes
and regular features made good I'm
preston on the observant middle aged
bachelor. But he was skeptical.
IF give you a nickel" said he.
you'd only spend it. probably in
foolish way. I've had experience with
boys"
"I'll spend It all right. mister. but
the money would go for papers"
The man gave the boy a nickel.
Nov, I'm only lending you five
cents" was his warning as the boy
hurried away.
"All right boss" cried the boy. 'Tll
give It back to you tomorrow on this
corner at six o'clock"
"Pll be here" said the man.
So they separated. Both kept theia
promises The nickel was returned
boy is a married man OF twenty-four
and he has good position in Yonkers.
Their conditions are reversed. Owing
to illness and injury the bachelor has
been out of employment for six
months. Long ago his savings were
exhausted. Long ago he would have
been in want If friend had not found
where he lived This friend also found
that the bachelor was in debt and pro-
vided medical assistance. More than
that. he paid the bachelors board for
Is consecutive weeks and he has not
stopped yet.
What are you doing that for?" his
wife inquired.
Reason enough" he replied. When
was a newsboy that man helped me
when was broke. Now, If necessary
III go broke for him.
The friend was the former newsboy'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
BIBLE STILL BEST SELLER
Continues TO Hold Its Lead as the
Most Popular Book Ever
Published.

The one hundred and seventh an
nual report of the British and Foreign
Bible society. the largest. II not the
oldest. of such organizations. shows
that the Bible still holds its ancient
lead as the most popular book ever
published. During 1910 the society dis
tributed. in 432 languages and dialects.
no fewer than 900, 1927 complete Bibles,
1,199,239 New Testaments and 4,7S2,-
100 single scriptural books. Its re-
ceipts from these sales-for though its
prices are very low. It seldom actually
gives Bibles away-were more than
$500 900, and in addition II received
about 100000 as legacies and dona-
lions and from invested funds. Since
it's foundation, in 1904. It has distribut-
ed nearly 220,0O0,000 copies of the
sacred writings, at cost of fully $780,
100000. Its colporteurs today number
LOO and its annual output of Bibles
weighs nearly $50 tons.
The American Bible society. says
the Baltimore Evening Sun, ably sec
onds the work of the great British So
ciety. and is ALMOST as old, having
been established in 1916. Down to
1900 It had pointed and distributed
100000 copies of the New Tesla
ment and the complete Bible, and
since then It has continued the work
at the rate of nearly 100000 copies
year 1t has given especial atten-
ton to the translation of the Bible
into the Indian tongues, and is now
ready to supply New Testaments, at
least. in every such tongue as has
been reduced to writing OF late 1t
has also given attention to the Philip
pines, and its colporteurs now dis
tribute Bibles IN Tagalog and all the
other dialects of the islands.
Altogether these two great societies
with their Scotch, Prussian and Rus
sian rivals, are now distributing fully
2,O00,0 900 complete Bibles. 100000
New Testaments and 100000 lesser
portions Of the Scriptures year. Just
how many copies of the Book are 9th
erwise sold in the world is not to be &C
curately determined but the most re
liable estimates place the number al
5000, 900 a year. In the United States
alone the sales often exceed 100000
No other book, sacred or profane
comes within miles of this stupendoui
record. The Bible outsells all the
other best sellers. AS a matter o
fact, It comes very near outselling al
of them taken together.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Memorial to Lewis Carroll.

Speaking at church bazaar at
I.landudno yesterday the rector an
nounced that It had been decided to
place memorial In the new church
on the west shore to the late Lewis
Carroll (Charles Lutwidge Dodgson) 1
the author OF Alice in Wonderland.
The place which inspired the authoF
was within few yards OF the church.,
and the local authorities were takinlg
care that the spot should be saved for
children to play there for all time. p
London Daily Mail.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Getting Her on Record.

Am / the only man you ever
ioved?" he asked.
Yes" she sighed.
There is no rich man whom you
ever cared to marry?" he persisted.
mo rich man l would marry" she
said.
"Or no rich man you might marry
II you chose?"
mo. but why do you ask these
questions?"
It just want to get you on record
before our wedding so that afterward
you won't be forever pointing out
wealthy men to me as samples OF
what you might have had."-Detroii
Free Press.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
The Jap and the Russ.

Admiral Togo. at luncheon in New
York, told story that recalled the
Russo-Japanese war.
"In your city of Washington" he
said. in those troubled days when 1t
was pretty certain Russia and Japan
would have to fight Russian and a
Japanese met at dance.
Politely enough the two men dis
cussed the coming war, and then as
they were about to part, the Russian
said:
- won't bid you goodby, but au
revoir. I'll soon be in Tokyo, you
know, drinking your health in cham
payne.
"'Oh. said the Japanese, shaking
his head and smiling, I'm afraid my
country isn't rich enough to give hei
prisoners of war champagne
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1912-01-20
Twenty-Five Years Hence.

We know not what will be the co lor
OF the journalism Of the future. but OF
this we are assured: The casual read
or picking up a newspaper rs years
from today will find a letter from an
old subscriber. who writes in td ask
II any one can remember the woEds OF
that old song. HAS Amy One1 Here
Seen Kelly?" And. by the wa}y, how
many Of the present generatiofl could
get further than the chorus OF the
great production If asked to write 1t
outY-Chicago News.