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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24

Ordinarily the Krupps manufacture
railway equipment motor cars and
other steel products for purposes of
peace, as well as guns. Now, how
ever, the entire establishment is be-
ing devoted exclusively to the making
of guns and war munitions. The i'm
mense furnaces are boiling tons of
white-hot metal, and the stacks belch-
ing forth volumes of black smoke as
the great army of gunmakers work in
day and night shifts under tremendous
war pressure. Busy Berthas are be-
ing prolifically produced. Guns for
naval and coast defense, for siege
and fortress purposes, field and noun
tain guns, antiaircraft guns, guns of
all kinds and calibers, with Access
series and appointments, such as ar
mored turrets, shields, observation sta
tions, coming towers, armored case
ments, disappearing carriages, hoist
ing and lifting apparatus for ammuni-
ton; great shells, torpedoes, shrapnel,
case shot, all kinds of ammunition,
armor plate and ordnance wagons, in
fact, all the dread implements in the
arsenal of war stream forth in steady
shipments.-Review of Reviews.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
BULL PEN is AMUSING GAME
It Is Pastme Father and Grandfather
INDUCED in When They Were
Boys-How II Is Played.

How many of you boys know how
to play bull pen? 1t is a game father
and grandfather used to play when
they were boys and just because it is
so old, it's probably new. You mark
out big square on the playground
and have one boy stand at every cor
ner.
If there are many players and the
square is large. you may put player
on the middle of every side also. AS
many players stand in the center OF
the square as are on the corners and
sides. The boys on the corners throw
the ball around the square once, then
whoever has the ball throws it towards
the center of the square.
If he hits anyone, that player is out,
and whoever gets the ball must throw
it at someone in the square and try
to put him out. When all but two of
the players on either side are caught,
these two go and hide for a moment.
When they come back they have
their hands behind them so the other
players cannot see who has the ball.
When a player gets close to the boy
with the ball the boy hits him with
the ball and he is caught. When all
but one on a side is caught, that side
is beaten.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
HE MADE REQUEST OF BRAIN
Man of Emlnence Has the Idea of Ad-
vancino Scientific Study by
the Action.

Announcement was made short
time ago that DR.. Leland o. Howard.
chief of the United States bureau of
entomology, had declared to the Amer
lean Association for the Advancement
of Science that he would bequeath his
brain for scientific study to a school
that specializes in neurology. A num-
Der of other scientists who attended
the meeting expressed admiration for
the doctors action and are reported to
be considering similar requests of
their own brains.
There was a British physician
named Robert PEBBLES who created a
sensation in London and Edinburgh
several years ago by his insistent
coaxing OF athletes for the privilege
of studying their bodies after death.
He had been experimenting with the
muscles and had arrived at what his
associates termed fantastic notion
that some sort of operation could be
performed on the leg of the human
runner so that his speed could be
increased. Leapers and high jumpers
were his hobby, and in the course of
five years 1t was estimated that he
had examined the leg muscles of near
ly a thousand men, making compari-
sons with the running and leaping
muscles OF the frog, the deer. the
greyhound and other animals.
PEBBLES was a man of means, and
after he had succeeded in inducing
half dozen athletes of reputation to
will him their legs" the attention of
surgeons was attracted. They took
the matter under consideration at one
of their quarterly meetings and
warned PEBBLES they would have him
committed to a sanitarium If he con-
tinued his strange pursuit PEBBLES
defied them and they had commits
sion appointed. While his sanity was
being tested PEBBLES died. In his will
he bequeathed his brain to the com
mission.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24

The squirrel was delighted to BE-
mistaken for an animal so large, and
he told her he was.
Where is your trunk?" she asked.
This is my trunk" said the SPUR
rel. waving his long bushy tail.
Gray Hen stared with wide-opened
eyes. We'll, am glad to know you
are no larger" she said. Il thought
you would be as large as horse, any
how"
A dog ran through the bushes and
the squirrel scampered away. A man
followed. and seeing the hen, he
picked her up by her legs and walked
toward the boat.
Here is luck" he said, seeing the
boat Jump in, Rover; we win row
across"
When they reached the barnyard he
threw the Hen out of the boat and
away she ran to the Pig pen.
Madam Pig" she called, Il want to
tell you | have seen a great deal
since l last saw you. l have sailed
around the world and seen many queer
things"
You don't say So" said Madam Pig
what did you see?"
"Oh, saw trees with big berries
| growing on them, which l ate, and a
great ocean, and l saw an elephant
Why, the elephant is not as large as
you are, only he has much larger
trunk, as he calls it, but thought II
was his tall
"Well, WELL" said the Pig. MADAM
Duck does not know as much as you
do. She never could tell what he
looked like. You certainly are very
wise hen"
So the Gray Hen was satisfied. The
Pig thought her wiser than the Duck
and she ran away to tell the Others
what she had seen
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
WHAT THE OLD GRAY HEN SAW.

NO" said the Old Gray Hen, Il
do not think the Duck knows a bit
more about the world than | do, just
our Rooster, she wouldn't know wheth-
er it was sunset or sunrise"
But she has travelled farther than
you have" said the Pig, raising her
head from the muddy bed. II saw her
swim across to the other side of the
pond the other day"
What If she did? l have walked
away through the woods to the other
side"
Rooster, who happened along just
then, Her feet are too large
And she never leaves the ground"
said the Gray Hen. "She cannot fly
to the fence around your pen, Madam
Pig. Whatever made you think the
White Duck so wise about this world?"
WELL" said the Pig, she told me
that one day while she was sailing
along on the pond she saw a turtle
on the bank, and that it had shell
which it carried on its back all the
time, and that when anyone went near
it or 1t was afraid, it drew in its head
and legs, and nothing could hurt it.
Just think of seeing anything so won
derful," said the Pig.
"Oh, that's nothing" said the Gray
Hen. 81 saw one myself, and l saw
the dog bark at it, and the turtle
snapped and caught him by the nose. -
you didn't tell mel" said the Pig.
did the dog shake it Off"
mot until the master pulled the
turtle by the tall said the Hen.
well, said the Pig, 'the Duck told
me she saw an elephant one day on
the other side of the pond"
ooh, OH" laughed the Hen, that
Duck is a quack."
well, l don't know" said the Pig
but she seemed to know great deal
about the world"
"The White Duck is an awful brag,
said the Gray Hen as she walked
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
Doubtful About II.

Nath Taylor could neither read nor
write, but he put one over on the city
preacher that he engaged to marry
him. Nath had for a long time con-
templated marrying, but never had
the nerve to inquire into the neces-
sary legal formalities. preacher
from the city happened to be visiting
on the farm where Nath was en-
ployed When Nath learned of the
presence of the preacher in the house
e decided to so up and inquire just
what had to be done When Nath
reached the front steps his courage
left him and there Mr.. Smith. his EN-
ployer, found him Nath explained his
mission and the preacher was called
to enlighten him.
and so you wish to get married,
my MANI" the preacher nodded en-
couragingly to Nath, whose courage
was fast slipping away
We'll, think l will try IT a while"
Nath replied. How much does it
cost?"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
"She Has Travelled Farther Than
YOU"

away, and she walked to the pond
and looked across.
Il really would like to see the coun-
try over there" she said, but l never
can swim that is certain" Just then
she saw boat and she hoped on to
the side. Then she saw worm in the
bottom of the boat and she hoped
, down to. eat it, and the dog who had
come along just at that moment
stopped to get drink and pushed the
boat, and off it drifted into the mid
die of the pond.
What in the world has happened?"
said the Hen. looking up from the
worm; why l am in the middle of
the pond. What will l ever do?
cannot fly out of the boat, for l can
not swim. and how will l ever get to
the shore?"
The boat drifted around with the
Gray Hen perched on the seat.
Well" she said, Il can see the 9TH
er side of the pond and if there are
any elephants I hope l shall see one. "
Just then the boat bumped into a
rock on the opposite side of the pond
and the Gray Hen hoped out.
This is just like a trip across the
world" she said, stretching her neck
and looking around. She walked into
the woods and picked the berries she
could reach and was quite delighted
with herself as a traveller when all at
once she saw an animal sitting on a
rock. 1t held something in its paws
which 1t would bite and then turn its
head quickly from side to side, and
over its back was bushy tail
Mercy me-" said Gray Hen, what
is that? l wonder if that can be an
elephant?"
Where did you come from?" asked
the squirrel.
Il sailed across from the other side,
Gray Hen answered.
Il did not know that hens could
SWIM" said the squirrel.
Il did not SWIM" said Gray Hen; q
sailed across in q boat"
Who is with your" asked the SPUR
rel. starting to run.
mo one" answered Gray Hen; %
came alone.
The squirrel ran back to the rock.
"Alone?" he said. Can you sail 9
boat?"
You see am here" said Gray Hen
"and no one came with me. Who are
your" she asked suddenly. Are YOU
an elephant"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
THE BOOMERS FERRY HERALD
c. w. KING. Editor
Established in 1891

Published every Friday at Boomers
Ferry, Idaho, in the interests of the
Kootenai Valley of Idaho. Entered as
second class matter, January l, 1906.
at the postoffice at Boomers Ferry,
Idaho, under the Act of Congress of
March 3, 1879.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24

cob, has a stylus needle attached to
one end This tapers into a thin blade
which has a rounded head at the lower
end. The hunter takes a piece of slate
or some similar substance and holds
it in the hollow of his hand and
against his thigh. He then draws the
round head of the blade across it and
the vibrations thus caused issue from
the sound tube. With his thumb over
the open end of the tube he regulates
the sound
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24

Subscription rates, $3.50 per year if
paid in advance; $500 otherwise; Can
ada and foreign countries. $500 yearly
in advance.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
ARTIFICIAL CALL FOR BIRDS
Sound Comes From Tube, Consisting
of followed Piece of Corncob-
Handy for Hunters.

What boy has not annoyed his
schoolteacher and the girls in the
room by the shivery sound made by
scratching a slate pencil over a slate !?
A Virginia man has taken this simple
principle as the basis of an artificial
bird call that he has invented, and
which sounds, it is claimed, like the
cry of a wild turkey. A sound tube,
consisting of followed piece of corn
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
The
Boomers Ferry
Herald
LODGE NOTICES

" BONNERS FERRY
q LODGE No. 43, A
NA F. & A. M. Stated
0%GM9 communications sec
MY ond Wednesday of
each montL at the
K. p. Hall. Sojourning brothers are
always welcome. George R. Gray, w.
M; G. c. Bailey, secretary.
ACME LODGE No. Is, Knights of
Pythias. Meets every Thursday night
at K. P Hall. All visiting members
of the order made welcome. G. w.
Megquier, G. c.; G. w. Spoerry, K of r.
and s.; Charles Troutfether, M. OF F.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
Unknown Lannuane.

Can your baby brother talk yet?'
asked visitor of four-year-old Mabel.
"Yes'm; he can say some words real
plain" replied the little miss.
Indeed" exclaimed the astonished
visitor. "And what are they?"
Il don't know" answered Mabel.
They are words I never heard be-
fore"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
Reversing Conditions.

Mrs. Flatbush-How that boy OF
yours is growingl | believe he is tall
er than his father.
Mrs. Bensonhurst-Yes he is. You
see we are now cutting down the boys
clothes for his father.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-09-24
Correct.

Teacher (the subject being trees)
Now. who can name the pine that
has the longest and sharpest needles?
Bright boy-I can. miss; the porcu'
pine.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
A FREAK CALF.
Calf, Less Than Year Old, is MIXED
Regularly.

Mrs. H. J. Lynch, from out on the
creek, tells us that she has calf not
yet seven months old which is giving
more than quart of milk twice a
day. 1t seems that when she would
go to milk the cow her little daugh-
ter thought to initiate her and played
milking the calf. After time the
little girl spoke of how much milk
she got from the calf. They tried
not milking the calf one night and
by the next morning the calf was
believing to be milked just as loud
ly as the COW. Many people have
been out to see the calf MIXED. One
day last week two or three automo-
biles full went out. The calf is half
jersey and half holstein and the
cream from her milk is as yellow as
gold. Suppose somebody else try the
experiment. City News.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
COUNTRY NEWS LETTERS
SOME INTERESTING HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS SECTIONS.
News Items Gathered All Around the
County and Elsewhere.
Oak Grove Outings.

Oak Grove, Sept. 20.-Everybody
is very busy gathering cotton these
beautiful days.
Mrs. w. D. Bennett and Mr.. Bob
bic Bennett and Master Jimmie Free
man spent the afternoon with Mr..
and Mrs. o. L. Copeland last Sunday.
Miss Daisy Murph has returned
to Columbia.
We are very glad to know that
Miss Ionic Copeland is out again at
ter spell of sickness.
Mrs. J. L. Copeland spent last
week with Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Smith.
Mrs. L. w. Copeland dined with
Mrs. Rose Hoffman and her little
daughter, Lenora. -
Miss Ionic Copeland spent last
Saturday night with Misses Mamie
and Clara Copeland.
We are very sorry to hear OF Mrs.
L. W. Copeland's, illness. "e hope
she will be out again soon
Mr.. Tillman Thompson and MI.
Charlie Wesberry, of Reesville, were
in this section last Saturday and
Sunday. LITTLE BLUE EYES.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Going to Headquarters.

Karl Fred Bondy answered the
telephone. An excited woman was
on the line, says the New York Rail-
way Employers Magazine.
'Is this the New York Railways?'
she asked. 49,
"Is the general manager there?"
''This is his Office, madam"
"Well, you know how warm it was
this morning, and then how terribly
cold it turned shortly afterward?"
Eyes, madam"
"Well, my daughter, Nora, went
down town early this morning and
she wore only light waist and skirt.
You know how the people keep the
car windows open in the summer
time, and I'm afraid she'll catch her
death of cold coming home. Can't
you issue an order to have all the car
windows closed today?"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
To Be Married.

Olar, September 1S.-The engage
ment of Miss Inez Starr to DR.. Wal
lace Wright, of Fairfax, was received
with sincere interest, as we'll as be-
ing the occasion OF countless good
wishes.
The wedding will take place at
the Baptist church on the evening of
September 26. No cards will be is
sued on account of bereavement in
the bride-elect's family.
Miss Starr has resided here all her
life and is one of the most cordially
admired young women in town and
enjoys a wide popularity.
The groom is a young man of ster-
ing qualities.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Advertising Necessary.

A distinguished and level-headed
man who knew what he was saying,
once said, advertising is to business
what steam is to machinery" That
he was right every shrewd and sue
cessful business man knows, for it is
through advertising he wins success.
But in almost every town there are
merchants who seem to prefer very
low head of steam, and not unoften
no steam at all. And the funny
thing about it is that they don't seem
to see why their competitors who adj
vertise freely and attractively get the
customers and make money while
they drag on far in the rear
Orangeburg Times and Democrat.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Cope Cuttings.

Cope, September 17.-At the meet
Ing held yesterday afternoon for the
purpose of organizing a Woodman
circle or grove, there was present,
besides several visiting members
from groves at Cordova, Two-Mile
Swamp, ETC., Miss Delahaunty, OF
Charleston, the head State organizer.
On account of the busy time OF the
season, many were prevented from
attending, and the required NUMBER
for an organization was lacking, but
several have made known their IN,
tention of joining, and it is matter
Of only a short time before a grove
will be in existence at this place.
The meeting at Union Methodist
church is still in progress, services
will be discontinued tomorrow, Sat
urday, but preaching will be held
again on Sunday morning at eleven
o'clock. Presiding Elder Banks will
bewith us at the time.
There was delightful pinder boil
ing at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W.
L. Fogle near Cope, last Wednesday
night. Everybody present seemed to
have a good time. After every one
.had eaten enough pindars cake
walk was next on the programme for
the evenings entertainment. After
the cake walk the guests all assem-
bled in the dining room, where a
sweet course was served. Music was
rendered on the organ, violin and
guitar. There were thirty-three
guests present.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Dodging the Beaten Path.

CONGRESSMAN Robert L. Doughton
of North Carolina, smiled the other
evening when the conversation at a
smoker turned to reversing the order
of things. He said he was reminded
of the case of Bowers, relates the
New York Times.
Bowers met benevolent party on
a railroad train one day, and as the
acquaintance ripened bit he began
to spread before the other the his
tory of his life.
when I was clerk in a grocery
store," remarked Bowers, among
other things, Il received only SO a
week, and like many other young
men fell in with bad companions
and began to gamble. -
.'I see," interrupted the benevo-
lent party, sadly, you were tempt
ed and took money which did not
belong to you
"Oh, no." cheerily responded Bow
ers. I'm less than a month | won
enough money to buy the grocery.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Warned in Time.

Former President Taft tells this
story himself:
There is lad of my acquaintance
in New Haven who used to bite his
nails. See here,' said the nurse to
him one>day, If you keep biting your
nails like that, do you know what
will happen to you
No. said the youngster, What?
You'll swell up like a balloon
and burst
THE boy believed his nurse. IHe
stopped biting his nails at once.
about a month after the discontinue
ance of the habit he encountered me
at luncheon. He surveyed me with
stern disapproval. Then he walked
over and said to me, accusingly:
"'You bite your nails?'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
AMBASSADOR IN TROUBLE.
Recall of Austrian Minister is Re.
quested by the L. S.

Washington, September 9.-Am-
bassador Penfield, at Vienna, has
been instructed to inform the Aus
tro-Hungarian government that DR..
Constantin Dumba no longer is ac-
ceptable as an envoy to the United
States and to ask for his recall.
5Secretary Lansing formally an
nounced the action tonight. 1t was
the answer of the American. govern
ment to DR.. Dumba's explanation of
his intercepted letter to Vienna out
lining plans for handicapping Ameri-
can plants making war supplies for
the allies.
Ambassador Penfield was instruct
ed by cable yesterday to deliver the
following note to the foreign office:
"Mr. Constantin Dumba, the Aus
tro-Hungarian ambassador at Wash
ington, has admitted that he propos-
ed to his government plans to insti-
gate strikes in American manufac-
turing plants engaged in the produc-
ton Of munitions of war. The in
formation reached this government
through copy of letter Of the am
bassador to his government. The
bearer was an American citizen nam
ed Archibald, who was travelling un-
der an American passport. The am
bassador has admitted that he en-
ployed Archibald to bear official dis
patches from him to his government.
"By reason of the admitted pur-
pose and intent of Mr.. Dumba to con-
spire to cripple legitimate industries
of the people of the United States and
to Interrupt their legitimate trade,
and by reason of the fragrant viola
ton of diplomatic propriety in en-
ploying an American citizen, protect
ed by an American passport, as a
secret bearer of official dispatches
through the lines of the enemy OF
Austria-Hungary, the president di-
rects me to inform your excellency
that; Mr.. Dumba is no longer accept
able to the government of the United
States as the ambassador of his i'm
perial majesty at Washington.
believing that the imperial and
royal government will realize that
the government of the United States
has no alternative but to request the
recall Of Mr.. Dumba on account OF
his improper conduct, the govern
ment of the United States expresses
it's deep regret that this course has
become necessary, and assures the
imperial and royal government that
it sincerely desires to continue the
cordial and friendly relations which
exist between the United States and
Austria-Hungary."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
A Monster Moccasin.

MIR. w. D. Hartzog, Of Elko, route
No. 1, was in town Saturday and
told the writer that he had killed
that morning one of the largest moe
casin snakes he ever saw. The rep
tile, which was only about two and
ene-half feet in length, measured
fraction over eight inches in circum-
ference. Mr.. Hartzog also says that
he has enough corn to last him two
years and has made an extraordl-
narily large crop of potatoes on one
acre of land this year.-Barnwell
People.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-23
Ma Meant 1t.

The sweet young thing was lost in
a blissful reverie, while her mother
sat near, darning the family stock
ings.
william means good,' murmur-
ed the girl, thoughtfully. James
means beloved" George-at the
mention of his name bright flush
stained her cheeks-''I wonder what
George means"
Mother bit off her wool savagely as
che started on an extra bad hole.
George means business I hope,
she said stern1y.