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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
Reading Ones Own Books.

Cultivated men and women have al
ways counted good books among their
most valued possessions, and one can
not believe that this taste can be sac
riticed without definite loss to our
civilization. The spoken word can
never supplant the written word and,
in fact, the present tendency is all to-
ward substituting print for speech.
Nor can reading in public places take
the place of reading ones own books
in the quiet of ones home. Books
that are owned wait patiently on the
readers leisure; and to have just the
book one wants, when one wants it, is
and must remain one of the supreme
Injuries of cultivated life.
Books, too, when personally owned,
gather around themselves wealth OF
personal associations. The very bind
ing, paper and title-page recall the
conditions under which the book came
into our possession. AS we open it's
pages we remember the last time we
read it.. the place and circumstances,
and the people with whom we dis
cussed 1t. Books have personality
and they must always remain the
warm friends of their possessors.-
Atlantic Monthly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

man in Great Britain, and it never has
been an acceptable definition of the
gentleman in the United States. To an
American there is a pitiful snobbish-
ness in Ruskin's remark that the prin-
ciples' Of education 'propounded by
Plato apply only to 'the persons we
call gentlemen-that is to say, land
holders living on. slave labor. Yet
Ruskin is only putting forth a little
more extensively than others an opin--
ion often held in England. This opin-
ion is most concretely expressed in
the tabled dialogue between the Eng
fish lord and the American girl which
begins with his tactful assertion that
there are so few gentlemen in Amer
lea, to which she responded with the
question: But who do you call gentle
menu" And when he explains that
gentlemen are men who do not
work, she retorts swiftly: But we
have lots of those in America-only we
call them tramps!"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
JUST WHAT Is A GENTLEMAN?
Many Definitions Given, But None
That Can Be Said to Be
Satisfactory.

From more or less successful efforts
to define the snob and the bore there
is only a step to the more or less un-
successful efforts to define the gentle
man, says a writer in Scribner's. The
bore and the snob are accusable crea-
lures, plain to the view of all men and
reducible to formula. But the gentle
man is intangible and ultimately indie
Unable. The bore and the snob are re-
vealed by their words and their deeds,
whereas the gentleman can prove him
self only by his spirit. 1t is no won
der that the multitudinous definitions
shot at this shining mark have failed
to pierce the center, even If one or an
other may now and again have hit the
margin Of the target.
One of the more obvious reasons for
this diversity of definition is that the
word has changed it's meaning and is
likely to keep on changing it as We ad-
vance in civilization. Once upon a
time it had clear and sharply limited
legal content recorded by Blackstone
in his commentaries; the great lawyer
defined a gentleman as one "who bears
coat armor, the grant Of which adds
gentility to ones family" This is still
fit definition Of the gentilhomme in
France; it is probably not now fully
satisfactory definition of the gentle
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
GIRLS AND BOYS MENTALITY
Female Begins Early to Develop It.
Scientists Say, But She Stops
Before the Boy.

1T may be taken as an accepted
fact" writes German scientist, that
the average age of speech-develop-
ment is several months earlier in the
girl than in the boy. While it is not
very rare to find year-and-a-half-old
boy still unable to talk, the develop.
ment of speech has made considerable
progress in girls of this age, and in
certain later periods of life her further
advancement is even more obvious.
"At fifteen the male is generally
only big boy, while the girl is often
quite a finished young girl But her
mental development not only begins
earlier, but stops earlier. 1t is prob
ably not to be doubted that in the
young woman of twenty-five all the
powers of the intellect which are capa.
BILE of developing are at least indi.
Gated and formed and generally al
ready quite well established The
twenty-five-year-ol youth, on the 9TH
er hand, is still full of unguessed pos
sibilities for the future. The excep-
lions that occur do not vitiate the av-
erage law that the comparative cycle
of development is relatively smaller in
the girl. In women the conservative
tendencies natural to their sex are
most marked; in men, the progressive
tendencies"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
Age of Oysters.

AS the result of examinations of the
surface lamellae of the shells of over
six hundred oysters of known age, and
of various ages from eighteen months
to six years, made by Miss A. L. Mas
sy, and noted in the Scientific Investi-
cations" under the section on fisher
les, the following conditions prevailed
as to the relation between age and the
number of surface lamellae, or growth
rings. Miss Massey states that an oys-
ter Of eighteen months or two sum-
mers appears to possess at least two
rings, but may have as many as five;
one of three summers has at least
two rings, but may have six. A four
year-old oyster may have only three
rings, or may possess seven or. eight
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

RN THE past few years the United
States government has spent over
$13,000,000 in making Pearl Har-
Dor able to offer adequate re-
sistance to attack from land and
sea. The work is nearly finished
now; and when it is done the United
States will possess as formidable and
as important fortress as any in the
world.
Before the steamer approaching
Honolulu from the southwest is mag
nificent concave sweep of land rising
above the clear blue of the Pacific, and
covered with gigantic trees. Backing
up the whole is long ridge of rugged
and tumbled rock In the center of
this Titanic sweep nests Honolulu.
To the east, the sweep is terminated
by tumbled mass of rock-an ex-
tinct volcano, known as Diamond
Head. To the west the view ends
with frowning mountainside that
hides a beautiful little lake which
nestles behind it, reached from the
sea through narrow passage, like the
neck of a bottle-the lake named
Pearl Harbor Nowhere in the world
is a scene more beautiful and impress
sive. v s,.....
Death in the Midst of Beauty.
Uncle Sans task has been to con-
ceal, in this wonderful Is miles of
beauty, death-the flying, screaming,
hellish death of flame and steel and
explosive. He has packed the hollow
cup Of the peaceful, somnolent old
Diamond Head crater full of coast-de-
Tense mortars, and the volcano may
renew it's activity with the eruptions
of fame and steel that belch forth
from the molten interiors of these
squat, grim engines of destruction.
Hidden among the green of the trees
are cement pits, from the depths of
which long, trim, coast-defense rifles
rise and peer about, seeking marks for
the tons of steel and guncotton they
are hiding. Beneath, keeping COM
pany with the fishes, are hundreds of
steel cans the size of barrels, and con-
tanning high explosives, ready to de-
stroy any vessel riding above them
when the man on shore chooses to
launch their power.
lmpregnabIc Defenses.
The Notifications extend along the
coast for a distance of 10 miles, from
the volcano on the east of Honolulu
to Pearl Harbor, nine miles west of
the city, and consist mainly of Sc
ries of powerful batteries occupying ce-
ment-lined emplacements beneath the
level of the ground. At the base of
the volcano is a group of such en-
placements called Fort Rugger; at the
other end, guarding the entrance to
Pearl Harbor, is Fort Komehameha,
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
divorce Problem In tennessee.

The office of the circuit court clerk,
where divorce suits are filed, was on
the fourth floor of the court house,
and the elevator was not running.
Among the early shareholders was a
big black nanny of nearly 300
pounds weight, and pulled along by
the trousers a shriveled, shrinking old
black man.
At the top of the first flight of
steps, which was unusually long, she
stopped and exclaimed, between puffs
and blows: Look a-here, niger, l
amt a-gwine one step fu'therl Use
drug you thu forty-fo' years O. mat
rimony, an Use drug you up all desc
here stairs. Ell dat elevashun was
a-runnin', I'd git dat divo'ce dis mint;
but | amt gwine drag no runt of q
niger up to de fo'fe flo o. dis here
cote house. jes fur de fetal disruption
o. de ties o. matrimony, bless Gawdl'
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
CHAPTER Vll-ContInued.

Rosamund fiinched, but recovered to
tneer, We'll, then, what answer did
fou give him, I'd like to knowl"
Carolyn was, for moment, non
plused. "Oh." she replied. finally, 81
aidn't want to throw him down too
hard, you know. l said I'd let him
know later, so that l could break 1t
to him gently"
Exactly. So did II" Rosamund,
triumphant, scrambled upon Carolyn's
lifeboat But l don't intend to break
It to him very gently. after thisl"
mo" Carolyn reflected grimly.
I'VE ought to make 1t just little hard
for him, don't you think? We might
even torture him a bit-if possible.
The question is, how to do it." She
contemplated Rosamund, muslng on
revenge
81 don't understand It at ALL" Rosa
mund complained. why IN the world
should man act like that?"
MY dear Miss Gale, ! don't know.
But do know that it's Just like men.
You never can tell what they'll do
You think you know them-you think
you're perfectly safe-years go by and
they seem perfectly human and "a
tional-and then-piffl They explode
No woman yet has ever solved the
mystery"
Rosamund's suavity was perfect az
she looked Carolyn over pragmatical
". Funny you let Hall Bonistelle &c
20 far with you. wasn't It'll Say, he
must have shocked you awfullyl"
Now, see herel" said Carolyn firm.
y, putting her hand on Rosamund S
arm. There's no use in our bicker.
Ing like this. Don't you realize that
we're in the same boat? Now. you
BAY you don't want to marry Hail. I'd
= like 10 be sure. though, before / 60
any further"
"Oh, you needn't worry" cried Rosa
mund, you can have him, 80 far as
I'm concerned"
Carolyn couldn't keep from smiling
now; Rosamund was too much for her
~Oh, thank you very much; but have
other plans for him. And we ought K
try to find out what in the world he,
up to-"
do you suppose 1t could possibly
- joker" Rosamund asked anx
Lously.
1T looks to me-" said Carolyn, re
6scting, "as II somebody had slipped
. powder or something into his coffee
Or, 1t may be disease. Incipient in
sanity, perhaps. No doubt he's soinf
about proposing to everyone today
and"
Carolyn paused. The door was open
ting. Mrs. Royalton entered.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
SYNOPSIS.

Hall Bonistelle, artist-photographer pre-
yares for the days work in his studio.
Flodie Fisher, his assistant, reminds him
~ a party he Is to give in the studio that
hight, and that his business is In bad
financial shape. Mr.. Doremus, attorney
md justice Of the peace calls and informs
Hall that his Uncle Johns will has left
him $40 900 on condition that he marry
before his twenty eighth birthday, which
begins at midnight that night. Mrs. Rena
Royalton calls at the studio. Hall asks
ier to marry him. She agrees to give
him an answer at the party that night.
Miss Carolyn Dallys calls. Hall proposes
10 her She agrees to give him an an
Iwer at the party Rosamund Gale, art
model, calls. Hall tries to rush her into
IN immediate marriage. She, too, defers
her answer until the evening. Flodie tries
10 show Hall a certain way out OF the
nixup. but he is obtuse. Jonas Hassing-
bury. heir to the millions In case Hall
lails to marry on time. plots with Flodie
o block Halls marriage to any Of the
ihree women before midnight. F1odie ar
ianges to have Halls three intendeds
meet at the studio as II by chance. Caro-
yn and Rosamund come in frat and com
bare notes
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

area. All the navies in the world
could float on it's surface, and it's
safety against attack may be judged
from the fact that the only entrance
to it is through narrow neck three
miles long and hardly more than wide
enough to allow vessels to pass
through.
The naval station occupies square
mile of land, and is one of the most
completely equipped in the world. 1t
is provided with first-class ship-re-
pairing outfit, including the largest
dry dock in the world, and has a
coaling plant that cost nearly $1,000
900, with a magazine for naval am
munition that tapped Uncle Sans
pocketbook for 100000 There are
five tanks for fuel oil, four of them
containing 100000 gallons each, and
one with a capacity of 100000 gal
lons-such provision being necessary
in view of the fact that our newest
dreadnaughts burn oil fuel.
Such Notifications, so manned, with
a strong navy, will afford San Fran
cisco even more protection than guns
mounted about the Golden Gate.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

When will you be here? =. All right,
good-byl"
Mrs. Royalton and Rosamund still
sat as II entranced, but Carolyn Dallys
rose impatiently now, and glanced
about, as II in search of an excuse. The
room was tensely charged with cleo
tricity. 1t was evident that in another
minute the explosion must come. But,
first, how to get rid of this important,
busy little Miss Fisher?
Flodie herself answered the UNI
voiced question. Wasn't she as desir-
GUS as any of them to bring the thing
to head? Yes; so she must fly and
leave the field of battle clear. Still
smiling, she disappeared into the
stockroom. She left the door ajar.
Mrs. Royalton rose. with self-con-
scious smile. well, Carolyn" she said.
Il suppose I'll have to tell you, now.
1t is most unfortunate that Miss Fisher
wasn't more discreet in her converse
ton. But so long as she has let tho
cat out of the bag, l might as well in
form you that the ring she was talk
ing to Hall about is for this finger!"
She held up her left hand, her thumb
pointing to her third finger.
Carolyn, with a whoop, fell into
Rosamund's arms, and the two laughed
until they cried
Mrs. Royalton stared as If they had
suddenly gone mad Then she ex-
claimed angrily, "I'd like to know what
there is to laugh at l don't see any
thing particularly amusing in the fact
that I'm going to marry Hall Boni-
stellei"
"Oh, don't your" Carolyn gurgled.
Miss Gale, do you see anything funny
in it?"
Funny It's a screaml" Rosamund
next one7"
"Oh, the more the merrierl" cried
Carolyn.
Rena Royalton drew herself up
proudly. 81 think you're exceedingly
impertinentl" she replied.
Carolyn dried her eyes on a lace
handkerchief. "Rena." she said, still
giggling, Il don't know whether it's toe
true to be funny, or too funny to be
true. But you ought to be in on this
joke, really, my dear. 1t will inter
est you strangely"
well, l don't call 1t joke. It's an
outraged" cried Rosamund.
"Say, Miss Gale" Carolyn turned
confidentially, "d'you know, we ought
really to form society of the sur
vivors, you know. Rena's the oldest
and we1l elect her president"
Mrs. Royalton stared from one tc
the other. her temper rising. Finally
she remarked cuttingly, 81 must say
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
CHAPTER VIII.

Mrs.. Royalton, in an almost too
vivid shade OF purple. was, In contrast
70 the two rather excited women al
ready there, calm, cool and confident.
Things were going very we'll with
Nsna Royalton; she had man In her
socket. Rena was getting ont thirty
Ave had struck its warning bell; II she
were going to be married again, why
not nowf Wasn't Hall Bonistelle
handsome? Wasn't he well born and
Srsdf Rena had thought him over,
and decided to accept him. She en-
tered, therefore, IN a most becomingly
smiable state OF mind, lofty and some
Awhat detached.
y To Carolyn she gave q smiling but
suspicious, why, hello, Cnrolyni You
Asrsf" and to Rosamund the quick,
unconscious tribute due the natural
blonde. Her eyes returned to Carolyn,
q little troubled. Il didn't expect to
see you again SO soon. my dearl" she
said.
Rosamund, meanwhile, was staring
Mt the prototype of the portrait which
had started the discussion of Halls
lntimacies. Carolyn. noticing. intro
duoed her. Rosamund, however. did
not interest Rena Royalton so much
as did Carolyn herself.
'@Whers is Mr.. Bonistelle?" she
nsked.
"Oh, he's out-as usual" said Caro-
Jn. 81 expect Miss Fisher will at
tend to you. though"
Mrs. Royalton shrugged her shout
6ers. Miss Fisher will hardly do for
what l want" she said I'm afraid
I'll have to see Mr.. Bonistells him
bslf"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
Red Sea coIored by weed..

The drowning of Pharaoh and his
host In the Red sea had nothing to do
with it's name. II takes this from a
peculiar reddish color remarked at
certain seasons OF the year in parts
OF this sea. due to marine plants. or
to reddish animalculae. called by
sailors whale feed" which float on IL
like scum; or to the reefs OF red
coral which abound in many parts Of
IT, or. possibly. to the fact that its
upper course was one OF the bound
aries of Edom, the red" No Biblical
scholar OF any repute has ever as
serted that the sea took its name from
the overthrow of Pharaoh
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
How to Tell a Trains Speed.

Count the clicks of the wheels on
one rail because joints alternately
for 20 seconds, and the result will be
the miles per hour the train is run
ming. There are 17e 30-foot rails in
$3.50 feet. The train, say, is travelling
at As miles per hour. 1t covers 1858
rails in enc minute. or 2.25 rails in one
second, which, multiplied by 20, equals
As rails il 20 seconds. or As miles per
hour. II 32-foot rails are used the re-
suits would be 40 rails il 20 seconds
at As miles per hour, but 1t is fairly
accurate and can be done easily with .
little practice.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
CHILDREN HURT BY NOISES
Various Connections of
Big City.

Very few mothers realize how ex-
tremely sensitive young children are
to noises of all kinds and how much
Of their "naughtiness" is due to nerv-
GUS irritation set up by all the house
hold noises of the day.
To a certain extent every woman
who has the care of children realizes
this fact. When the baby goes to bed
all the house is hushed in order that
1t may sleep.
But once the child awakens no con-
sideraticn is shown to its tender
nerves, and the evil consequences to
the child's health are often very seri-
GUS and cling to it all through life.-
Doctors are always insisting on this
paramount characteristic Of the young
child-its great nervous sensibility.
And any mother who observes the
child when a door is banged, a dog
banks or a street trader shouts will
notice its distress. At every bang or
other sudden noise there is nervous,
frightened start.
The result of a days noise of all
kinds to young children, especially II
they are delicate, is a state of nervous
depression and irritation.
This is commonly mistaken for tenn
per and naughtiness, but it is real
nervous Illness. They not only be-
come petulant, but their appetite fails
and their digestion is thrown into dis
order.
No doubt the evil effects of city life
ON children are due in great part to
the incessant noise.-Kansas City
Star.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07

Those defensive works cannot even
be seen from the ocean, and it would
be almost impossible for any hostile
feet to destroy or capture them. be-
cause there is really nothing above
ground to hit. 500 .;.r's
The landward defenses, now nearly
finished, consist of series of formid-
able earthworks, and extend in the
form of a crescent from Pearl Har-
Dor on the west, where the naval base
is located, to Honolulu. From Homo
lulu to Diamond Head on the east
runs mountain wall, affording
natural fertilization that can hardly
be surmounted by an enemy, in the
face of the batteries of guns which
have been established on its highest
SUBMITS. The mortar battery in the
volcanic crater thus terminates the
line of landward defense as we'll as
the line to the seaward.
The four mortars mounted in the
volcano are stated to have an extreme
range of nearly nine miles, and can
carry accurately for six miles. They
fire 12-inch shells weighing 700
pounds, and carrying loads Of high
explosives. Within the last few
months they have been established in
the crater, and they are now ready for
business.
All the seacoast defenses are COM
pleted, and the guns mounted, except
one 14-inch rife, which will be
shipped to Honolulu during the month
of July. The carriage for it is ready
and in place. One million dollars
worth of ammunition is stored in mag
azines on the island, and the forts are
supplemented by a complete system of
submarine mines controlled by cleo
tricity.
Pearl Harbor.
Pearl Harbor itself is landlocked
sheet of water covering II square
miles, and with a depth of something
like sixty feet over nearly all of this
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-01-07
Pearl Harhor.

Pearl Harbor itself is landlocked
sheet Of water covering II square
miles, and with depth of something
like sixty feet over nearly all of this
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TIE THRICE-A-WEEK EDIII0\
uF IHE >EN iOKh NUi,I
Practically a Daily at the Price Of 5
Weekly. Ne Other Newspaper in
the WOrld Gives Sc Much at
So Low a Price.

There has never been a time wher
a newspaper was more needed in the
household. The great war in EurOp,
has now entered its second year, with
no promise OF an end for long time
These are Notwithstanding events, il
which the United States. willing o.
unwilling, has been compelled to take
part. No intelligent person can IL.
more such issues,
The presidential contest also viii
soon be NJ hand Already candidates
for the nomination are in the field
and the campaign. owing to the en-
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the promptness and chcarness of the
Thrice "A. Week edition Of the New
York World.
The Thrice-a-Week Worlds regular
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and this pays for 1866 papers. We Of
fer this unequalled newspaper and
Desoto County News together for one
year for SO. The regular subscription
nrice Of the two papers is 81 30,