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suit, still spotless. Alfred was pale
pale as a ghost, and his eyes were big
and sad. His lips were working nerv-
ously, as If he we're repeating some
thing to himself Flodie, her hand in
his arm, walked down to Hall Boni-
STEELE.
Now, Alfred" she said encouraging.
", "you tell Mr.. Bonistelle what we
did this afternoon"
Alfred" exclaimed Hall, what has
he got to do with it?"
81 hope you won't be offended. Mr.
Bonistelle," Alfred began timidly
clasping his hands tightly in front OF
him, 1T was a great liberty to take,
know, but Miss Fisher asked me to
and knew it would be all right. And
if it hadn't been all right, Mr.. Boni
stelle, I'd a-done it just the same, il
Miss Fisher asked me to, Mr.. Boni
stellei l told her | would and did
l asked her would she ask me some
thing hard to do, Mr.. Bonistelle, but
didn't believe that nothing could be SC
hard as what she asked me, Mr.. Boni
STEELE, and it was the hardest thing
that she could ask"
"Flodie, can you TRANSLATED? Hal
asked, puzzled.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
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Like a flash she lifted her head. her
face still dripping tears. That's the
ideal Now there's some style about
thati The answer is 'Yesl" she ex-
claimed, and burst into laughter al
most Historically Then she turned
and gave a glance at the clock.
Thank Godl" said Hall fervently.
"Flodie, isn't it great to be in love
really in lover" He Rugged her tight
"Flodie, you're going to be my wife.
did you know it? My wife, Flodiel
You're going to be Mrs. Hall C. Boni-
stellel I'm going to marry you up as
quick as ever / can-before lose you
again"
rOh, you'll never lose me, Hall,
never, never, never!" She paused and
added archly, "and I'm awfully sorry
now l threw away that ringl"
"Jove, forgot the ring. OF course"
He fished it out of his pocket, and
looked at her queerly.
why, you didn't throw it away, did
you?-it was"
"Of course did. Don't you remem-
Der? Now put it on. Therel I'm so
glad you didn't get a diamond"
by jove, Flodie," Hall jumped up
ecstatically, holding another ring in
his hand-a plain gold band. Here's
the other one. Say, now we've got
those women out Of the way, and
you've said 'yes-Lord, feel like cele-
brating Say! Let's get married to-
night What d'you say?"
She sat up excitedly. "Oh. Hall
.let'sl Right away"
by Jupiter, we Will" he exclaimed
Then suddenly the smile on his face
faded, and he gave a gesture of dis
may. "Oh, Lordl" he exclaimed disap
pointedly.
What, Hall"
mo use, Flodie, we can't do it,"
"Why not, Hall? Can't Mr.. Doremus
marry as? He's justice OF the peace
Didn't he say he'd marry you if you
wanted?"
ooh, it isn't that-d-n 1t all, I'm
such fool | forgot all about the Ii
censei Confound it, it's a shame
Just my luckl Well have to wait til
tomorrow. Flodie."
Flodie suddenly disengaged hersel
from his arm. You wait a minutel
She ran to the door, looked into the OF
flee and called Alfred" In anothe
minute she was joined by the janitor
Hall waited in perplexity and wonder
Alfred's apron was removed, h
shone in the full glory of his evening
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the houses in narrow streets (dat'
ing back to the middle ages) being
embellished with wonderful wood cary.
ing. The city is connected with the
Rhine 1.-TWO miles to the easD by
canals. 1t is a center of high roads
between Germany, France and Switzer.
land and at the junction of other
canals which connect the Rhine With
the Marine, and the Rhone with the
Rhine. The place is the seat of the
imperial governor of Alsace-Lorraine,
and the headquarters of the Fifteenth
corps.
Like Metz, Strassburg was in
former days governed by a prince
bishop. But in the thirteenth century
the then German emperor made it
free city 1t had at that time $4,000
inhabitants-a population deemed
huge-and, being a very important
trade center, it was already rich and
prosperous. Then it was that the
principal facade of the great cathedral
was built
Ono OF Towns Features.
Strassburg, like Metz, was an an
cient Roman military post. The
Romans called it Argentoratum. 1t is
today enormously strong, being de-
Tended by IA forts and inner ramparts.
There are also great works for flood
ing the approaches, as an additional
encouragement to an enemy.
An interesting feature OF Strassburg
is the great number of storks which
build their huge nests on the chin
ney pots. Oddly enough, these birds
never seem to establish themselves
for breeding purposes anywhere ex-
cept on human dwellings. Nobody
would ever think of disturbing them
in any way On the contrary, house
holder thinks it great sign of good
luck if stork picks out his roof top
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
Outdoor Livlnn.

Living much out of doors, in the SUD
and wind. will no doubt produce a Ger.
tain roughness of character-will
cause a thicker cuticle to grow over
some of the finer qualities of our ma.
ture, as on the face and hands. So
staying in the house, on the other
hand, may produce a softness and
smoothness, not to say thinness of
skin. accompanied by an increasing
sensibility to certain impressions. Per-
haps we should be more susceptible
to some influences important to our
intellectual and moral growth if the
sun had shone and the wind blown ON
us little less; and no doubt it is a
nice matter to proportion rightly the
thick and thin skin. But methinks that
is a scurf that will fall off fast enough
that the natural remedy is to be
found in the proportion which the
night bears to the day, the winter to
the summer, thought to experience
Thoreau.
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partly or wholly burned half dozen
times destroyed by lightning in 1OO2)s
and as often rebuilt AS it stands to-
day, 1t was completed in 1889; but
the Oldest portion dates from the be-
ginning of the eleventh century. 1t
is considered the noblest creation of
ecclesiastical architecture in Germany,
its only rival in that country being
the equally famous cathedral of Co
logne.
The astronomical clock which adorns
this cathedral is the most celebrated
timepiece in the world. 1t dates back
to 1852. and originally was graced
with statues of the three wise men
and the virgin in wood, together with
a cock At the stroke of every hour
the wise men bowed before the virgin
and the cock crowned and tapped his
wings.
It contains d perpetual calendar, in
dicating all the various holy days
movable feasts), such as Easter,
and regulates itself in leap years. 1t
shows the movements of the planets,
the phases of the moon and eclipses
of the sun and moon calculated for
remotest times. Figures represent
ing the four stages of life, grouped
around a figure of Death, strike the
quarter hours. Childhood strikes the
first quarter, Youth the second, Man
hood the third and Old Age the fourth.
Death strikes the hours, while an an
gel, seated above, turns round an hour
glass which he holds in his hand.
At stroke of IL the apostles appear
In single file and pass before a fig
ure of Christ, bowling. The Savior
blesses them by raising his hand,
while the cock crows and flaps his
wings three times.
strassburg Once a Free City.
Strassburg marks the locality where
fhe River Ill divides into five
branches. 1t has $4,000 inhabitants,
and the old part Of the town is most
Interesting to the sightseer. some Of
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
Professional Pot Boiling.

When a historian or biologist
spends part of his time in coaching
or extension lecturing in order that
the rest of it may be devoted to his
researches, these subsidiary functions
must obviously be classified under the
heading of potboiling.
He teaches in order that he may
have time and money for study.
The educational enthusiast, on the
other hand. studies that he may teach;
he regards teaching as the one thing
in the world which it is a privilege to
be allowed to do, and therefore re-
1oices If he is permitted to give his
didactic impulses full play without
having to divert any of his energies
into some less fascinating pursuit
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
HARD TO DEFINE VULGARITY
What Ono Generation Condemns An
other May Have Considered
Distinctly Proper.

There is nothing more difficult to
define than vulgarity. 1t is often mere
ly something one dislikes in some
body's manner of speech or behavior
Webster's dictionary defines '"vul-
gar" in the modern sense as lacking
cultivation or refinement; rustic. boor
ish; also, offensive to good taste or
refined feelings; low, coarse. mean.
base"
And "vulgarity" it defines as gross
ness or clownishness of manners or
language; absence of refinement;
coarseness."
The half of these definitions might
safely be cast aside. 1t is absurd to
define vulgar" in the present sense
rs rustic; low, mean. base.
When we say that anyone is vulgar
we mean chiefly that he is, in Web
ster's words, offensive to good taste,
and that is about as near an explana-
ton as we can go.
AS to what good taste is, who can
inform us? To say that it is the taste
much farther, for we have then to dis
cover who are the beat people. And
is it the best people who have ever
lived that We must follow, or the best
people who are living now? The best
people nowadays would consider il
vulgar to get drunk at table; but the
best people OF bygone times were Of
different opinion.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
HORSES THAT WERE JUMPERS
Some Really Remarkable Feats on
Record That Are Without Doubt
Authentic.

What distance and what height can
horse jump is curious inquiry. II
the reader will carefully measure out
80 feet, an idea of the horses capac
ity in this direction will be gathered,
remarks the London Times. Such a
distance a steeplechase horse called
Old Chandler is reported to have COW
there is more than one apparently au-
thentic record of a horse clearing
seven feet in height.
The scene of one such exploit was
at the Phoenix park and the horse
was an animal descended from a ia
called Turnip. The animal belonged
to Sir E. Crofton, and the duke of
Richmond. then lord lieutenant OF Ire
land. wagered $500 that seven feet
In height could not be cleared. A wall
of the requisite dimensions was built
and Turnip was ridden at it. He did
what was asked of him in perfect
style, but 1t happened that his grace
not knowing that the feat was ready
for performance. was not looking
when the jump was made. but TurniI
was therefore ridden over it again
not only successfully but easily.
The wall of Hyde park. opposite
Grosvenor place. six and half feet
on the inside, with drop OF eight
feet into the road beyond. has also
been cleared.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
American False Limb Boom.

American artificial limbs have an
excellent reputation in Europe. Doctor
Eisenberg recently presented before
the Imperial Society of Austrian Doc.
tors a man who had lost legs and
arms in an electrical explosion il
the United States. He had been pro.
vided with American artificial limbs,
and on returning to Austria. due to
his great energy, is able to do all
kinds of work. The man is now being
sent to the various Austrian hospitals
In order to show the soldiers who
have lost limbs what they can do With
the use OF artificial ones.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
EusIhle Tin Boiler PLUGS

The investigation of fusible tin boil.
er plugs has been completed at the
bureau OF standards and presented fol-
publication. 1t is believed that there
can now be no excuse for boiler ex.
plosions from imperfect plugs IL the
bureau findings are followed, namely,
to use tin to 9s.s per cent purity and
free from zinc, requirement easily
met, but which has not been the
actual practice in many cases.
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dread, the time when the
French armies might reach the
environs of Strassburg and be-
gin to lombard that ancient
capital of Alsace-Lorraine. because
then one of the most marvellous works
of civilization will be exposed to de-
struction or great damage. This is
the cathedral of Strassburg, an archi-
tectural glory, "one of the choicest
Gothic visions ever dreamed of by
master mason"
During the war of 1870 the Strass-
burg cathedral was rather badly dam
aged. The French established mill
tary signaling station in the immedi-
ate vicinity, which drew the shell fire
of the Prussians. AS a result, the
magnificent spire was torn from top
to bottom, and one projectile, grazing
the cross ON the top, bent it sidewise.
This happened on the Gath day of
August.
No sooner was the war at an
end, however, than the Germans set
about the business of repairing the
damage thus inflicted. The task oc-
cupied ten years, being not completed
until 1880.
Dates From the Eleventh Century.
It is an interesting fact that this
celebrated structure occupied the site
of an ancient heather temple dedi-
Gated to Hercules. Indeed, the image
of the god is known to have been pre-
served within it's walls, as historic
memorial. up to the year 1865, when
it disappeared-ju how is not salts
factorily explained. The heather tenn
pie was demolished in the fourth CEN
fury A. D.
The Christian fame that took its
place was of wood in the seventh cen
fury; later it was of stone. 1t was
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
British SchooIteachers.

There are in England and Wales
1885 male elementary schoolmasters
including the certificated. the uncer-
tificated, and the student teachers OF
these there were 1000 certificated
men with the colors at the end of
September. and there are now well
over 5000, or 1914 per cent of the men
under thirty-five and of the fit men
perhaps as much as 40 per cent.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-02-25
CHAPTER XIV.

Flodie inexplicably burst into tears.
Hall was alarmed, but he managed to
keep his wits about him. Quick, Flo
die, for heavens sakel There's some
body coming. Will your"
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for nest. 1t is very curious to see
them teach their young to fly
Toward the end of August all the
storks start on the same day south
ward, bound for their winter quarters
in Africa. In March they return, pre-
coded a week or so by single stork
pioneer, and their arrival is always
hailed with Joy. Apparently they in
variably take up the same nests year
after year.
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lie world has awaited, with
dread, the time when the
French armies might reach the
environs of Strassburg and be-
DIN IN hombard that ancient
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01
THE POWER OF SUGGESTION

Every suggestion of fear or failure
is destructive force. In the degree
that we allow ourselves to be infiu.
enced by it will it tear down and re.
tard our life processes, our life work
On the other hand, the opposite sug.
gestion of courage or success, the
constructive force will drive it out
and upbuild and strengthen all our
faculties.
Ho wlong would it take one to be-
come happy and contented il one al
ways dwelt on suggestions of misfor-
tune, of sorrows and misery and al
ways expressed discomfort and I'M
happiness In thought and action
We all know that one cannot appreci-
ate light while holding darkness in
the mind. We know, too, that the
mind will tend to realize in the fu-
'ture what it holds and harbors to-
day.
The habit of driving out of our
consciousness every suggestion of
failure, of disappointment, or evil by
substituting its opposite is of ines
Unable value. The ability to do this,
to clarity the mind of everything
which can possibly injure it, is the
secret of all success and happiness.
The scientific fact that the mind
cannot contain at the same moment
opposite thoughts or emotions makes
us absolute masters of our fate. To
live upward or downward, to be a
success or failure is simply mat
ter Of choice. 1t all depends on the
suggestion we assimilate, the kind OF
thought we prefer.-Orison Sweet
Marden in September Nautilus,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01
WHEN 1.-THE WOMAN" is ILL
your woman sick"

your woman sick"
"Yes, she's been draggin about all
summer-up, but no account"
"Slow goin', amt it,"
"Yes, when the woman's sick
everything goes wrong"
The above is the fragment of con-
versation between two farmers over
heard by the editor of the Scrap Bag,
and tells story all it's own. In the
midst of great cataclysms like that
now engulfing the world interest is
conferred and thought engrossed, and
the minor tragedies of life pass un-
noticed. Yet the conversation quoted
arrested the writer's attention and
diverted his thought.
The woman sick and everything
going wrong!
It's always that way.
The man can get sick and some.
how, though haltingly perhaps
things go along. But let the woman
get sick and somehow things 60 tC
pieces. It's fact every woman
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01
A REMARKABLE CONCESSION

1t is not safe to take reports from
the European seat of war at par.
There are without doubt many re-
ported interviews that are fakes and
the last reported interview with the
German emperor may be one of that
kind. In this interview he comedies
that he may be partly at fault for the
bloody conflict. This is the first time,
so far as I have heard, that William
ever acknowledged that he may have
been at fault about anything. He
has always insisted that he was di-
vinely appointed to rule and. &he in
ference gathered from his speeches
was that he was also divinely in
spired.
have no doubt, however, that the
trend of events has brought to Will
liam feeling, which he will perhaps
never openly confess, that in letting
this war start he made hideous mis-.
take. The very best that he can hope
for now is drawn fight with his own
kingdom in vastly worse condition
than it was when the war started
According to the estimates given out
by his own officials, German losses
have been stupendous almost beyond
human comprehension. 1t is &C
knowledged according to these fig
ures that the loss of Germany IL
killed alone now totals three milliol
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01

men, and they were the strongest and
bravest of German manhood. The
number of the permanently crippled
probably will equal or exceed the
number of the dead.
The war debt piled on Germany
will before the conflict ends reach Is
billion dollars and this to be paid by
a country less in area than Texas,
Already the interest charges on the
German national debt are said to be
so great that they are not being met
out of the national revenues. After
the war is ended, even il it is called
a draw, Germany will be big loser.
If it were to do over again Germany
would not have stood by Austria in
her attempt to destroy little Servia.
If it were to do over again Germany
would have prevented the war; that
Is, William and his advisers could
have looked into the future and seen
the awful consequences.
At the best then Germany will be
the loser. All the countries engaged
will be losers but Germany especially.
And the best that can be hoped for
from the German standpoint is hard
ly what is likely to be the result.
Every day the Berlin dispatches
hopefully announce that the Russian
drive has just about played out and
that the British and French drive is
nearly ended. On the heels of this
announcement comes the news that
the Russians have pushed back the
Austrians and Germans a few miles
more and captured 10000 more pris-
oners, and that the Italian armies are
approaching their immediate object
i've, the city and harbor of Trieste.
Along with it comes the news that
British shells are falling faster and
faster into the German trenches and
that the French have gained a few
more hundred yards. There are no
signs of let up or weakening on the
part of Germany's foes. The chances
are at least more than even that the
terrific pressure on the east and west
battle lines will continue until Ger
many and Austria are forced to yield
and accept practically the terms OF
peace dictated by their foes.
The German people were led to
believe tn tthawea Ac-aHfT- ochlz
believe that the war would be short
and glorious for German arms. They
also probably were led to believe that
it could not be avoided and was nee
essary for the preservation of the
Fatherland. They have all been dis.
abused Of the first impression that
it would be short war and probably
it has dawned on the minds Of good
many of the German people by this
time that it might have been avoided
and they thus could have been saved
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01

knows, and it strengthens her daily
to those heroisms and sacrifices of
which the man, seemingly, is incap-
able. She "drags about" but stays on
her feet, knowing the business of the
home will be disorganized if she gives
up, and endures to the end. She is
the indispensable member of the
human partnership and the converse
ton itself was a confession. Every
man realizes this when this particu-
lar tragedy comes into his home.
That realization should, but too often
does not, alter his attitude toward
her. She is his equal in every way,
and in many ways his better. He
owes her more than place to eat and
sleep and the exalted privilege of
bearing his children and doing his
drudgery.
Our chivalry is grotesque in its ex-
pressions and is seldom shown to
the woman our fellow plodder and
drudge. We have no ears for her
plants, no eyes for her pain, until
the day comes and gloom takes pos
session of the household-until she
gets sick and things go to pieces.
How closely do you look after the
health Of "the woman" How good
are you to her? How sympatheticai-
ly do you treat her?-Tom Bodine in
the Paris Mercury.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01
(First published August II, 1915
PUBLICATION NOTICE


PUBLICATION NOTICE
In the District Court of Seward Coun-
ty,, Kansas. In the matter of the
petition for changing names of
Glenn Lyberger and Hattie Ann
Lyberger, husband and wife, to
Glenn Pennington and Hattie Ann
Pennington.
The State of Kansas, to an whom 1t
may concern, and all persons in
terested' in said matter:
You are hereby notified that Glenn
Lyberger (by his next friend, e. w.
Pennington) and Hattie Ann Lyber-
ger, wife of Glenn Lyberger, have
filed their petition in the District
Court of Seward County, Kansas,
asking that the names Of Glenn Ly-
berger and Hattie Ann Lyberger be
changed to Glenn Pennington and
Hattie Ann Pennington and their
rights of action and property inter-
ests be not affected by such change.
That unless you answer said petition
on or before the 18th day OF Septem-
Der, 1915, the same will be taken as
true and the application made to the
District Court of said County and
State will be heard at the next term
Of said Court following such answer
day, or at such time thereafter as the
same may be, heard by said court.
In testimony whereof have here
unto set my hand and the seal Of said
court, this 9Th day Of August, 1916,
at my Office in Liberal, Seward Coun-
ty, Kansas.
(SeaD G. L. LIGHT,
Clerk of the District Court.
]. w. CAMPBELL,
Attorney for Petitioners.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1916-09-01

The Kansas State Fair, Hutchinson,
Sept. 16 to 20, is one of Americas
popular racing points. The races are
always conducted under the rules
strictly which means that both the
horsemen and the audience are pro-
tected. The visitor sees the best
there is in the great Southwest.
Automobile racing provides the thrill,
and we have two days devoted to it.
But after all, it is the great Ameri-
can horse that provides the race
which delights many thousands.
There are three and four races OF
not less than three heats scheduled
for each day with high class free at
fractions interspersed. It affords a
great afternoon Of pleasure.