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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
WHAT YOU DON'T WANT
ny DR. YRAHK CRANE

mass Of traditional useless rubbish that is forced
upon you in the name of education. To equip
YOU to climb the heights Of wisdom and culture
a huge pack of baggage is strapped upon your
back, and you stagger under a load that, sup
posed to develop" you, really iIlpedes you.
What the world needs Is a return to simplicity.
We are smothered under non-essentials.
Our lives are feeble, irritable, helpless because
they are cuttered.
Look at the crowd on the main street of
city swarm Of human creatures, weaving to and
fro-what are they accomplishing, what that will
live ten years after they dead? Alas! their
whole energy is exerted in the struggle for sub
sistence Just food, and clothes and bit OF pre-
cedence It is a struggle only for the means to
go on struggling.
Think of the human beings that four thousand
years or so have been pouring out tides OF energy
upon the EARTH What infinite stores or the use
less they have toiled to amass! The elaborate
lore of the Egyptian miearchy the endless tradi-
tons of the Chinese, the huge volume OF Hindu
religious expression, the uncountable tones OF
medieval vagary the boundless Sahara OF modern
romantic fiction-al utter chaff which the vino
of time driveth away!
Civilization has become a burdensome com
plexity.
Our souls are deaf and dumb because we I've
in the boiler factory Of success
Wisdom and worship the two tall white angels
of the soul have been saged, institutionaliZed-
you will find them on exhibition, at price, IN
the temple and the university.
Copyright, 1915, by Frank Crane)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
TEACH RESPONSIBILITY
By II. ADDRTGToN BRUCE

Johnny JONES' mother loves her little boy.
There be doubt about that. At least,
- it would seem there be no doubt
is solicitious for him all day She tries to antici
pate his wishes. She gives him plenty of toys with
which to play.
Watch him out there the lawn surrounded
by his toy motor cars, all freshly painted. He
pulls them along with little strings, and what
merry time he has.
But now he catches sight of the family dog
and rushes away to play with it. Johnny's mother,
knitting the veranda smiles approvingly.
Dog and boy, romping together, make their
way to a sand pile. The dog runs off to chase
cat. Johnny sits down and begins to amuse him
self in the sand.
The motor are quite forgotten. Heaped
together. they lie where Johnny left them near
the stone wall. There they lie until big drops of
rain send Johnny scurrying to the house and his
mother scurrying to save the abandoned motor
cars.
And that is Johnnys mothers way every day
of her life. Every day Johnny leaves things for
her to pick up, and every day she does pick them
up.
Is she not loving mother?
Nay, is she not foolish loving mother?
One is tempted to ask Is she not an unkind
mother?
For, consider, if you please, what she really is
doing by this amable Intervention to save her little
Johnny's toys and caps and sweaters from the de-
struction that would to them If allowed to re-
main where little Johnny drops them.
She is, undeniably, saving little Johnny lots of
trouble.
But also she is insuring for him lots of trouble.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20
Far m Prosperity.

THE American farmer has never seen SO
general or widespread a period of agricul-
tural prosperity as that of the present year.
Though the farmer may still fail to receive
his fair share of the consumers dollar, the
milk prducers of New York, the wheat grow
ers of Minnesota, the hog raisers of the corn
belt. and the cotton growers of the South are
too busy counting profits to worry much over
the other fact" sfs..s. at.
'7t This pithy bit of logic issfrom address de-
Iivered at the annual meeting of the National
Farmers Congress now in session at Indianapolis
Ind, by Dr. H. E. Stockbridge of Atlanta, editor of
the Southern Ruralist American agriculture no
less than American industry now enjoys unexam-
pied prosperity. Crops have turned out short in
number of instances, but market values more than
compensate. 1t is to be noted also that this year
the farmers facilities for storage and for credit
more satisfactory than ever before, and there is
assurance that before long they will wholly be ade-
quate at least, the processes for making them
will be in operation Particularly striking and true
is Dr. Stockbridge's remark that the farmer is not
merely IAN incidental beneficiary from prosperity
caused by war demands for American products At
bottom, as he says, it is the products of soil
(which have made profits for merchants and
overburdened transportation facilities
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1916-10-20

THE trouble everywhere is that to get what
you want you have to take along with 1t
- so many things you don't want
When you want some food and bed you go
to hotel and to get those two simple items you
have to pay for a world of superfuities-chande-
liers rugs orchestras marble pillars, pompous
head walters, gilt chairs and OIL paintings.
Every little necessity is embedded In mass
of non-necessities, flake OF gold In ten
pound lump of rock
To obtain needed sustenance at table you must
eat whole platefuls of non-nourishing waste.
You sit through three hours of fiddlng and
yawping at the opera to get one hve-m1nute
stretch of pleasing tune.
You listen an hour to speaker and are lucky
If he says one sentence that is awakening and
worth remembering.
You read three hundred pages of book and
mark perhaps half page that contains any real
message or that is the leastwise memorable.
And there is no region where there is so mucn
superfluous junk as in intellectual and spiritual
matters Many says Richard Jefferies, turn
aside the instant the soul is mentioned, for rear
lest if they acknowledge it. they will be fettered
by medieval conditions
People are more interested in religion, morals
and cognate subjects than in any other things In
the world; for they have to do with the very DUAL
itv of life here and the pressing mystery of the
hereafter But you cannot find on the market
anv advice or leadership that is not tangled up
with some System" Whole congeries of matters
are lugged in that do not interest you. 10 get
your one grain of wheat you must accept busnei
of chaff. ..,.
when you go to college you find similar
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Pointed Paragraphs

It is easy to forget those who wrong our neigh
hnrc
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A man, like a mule, often puts his best foot
backward. ..,.....l.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21

Clean the carpet thoroughly, then
turn it worn side down and tack. II
will be better to tack it right ON the
kitchen floor If you could get along
without the kitchen for few days.
Otherwise, tack on some floor that
will not have to be used every day.
Then put on a coat of any good floor
paint, let dry thoroughly, finish with
a coat of good linoleum varnish. This
will give you a floor covering that will
be very easy on your feet, and i'm.
pervious to water so long as the paint
lasts. And the worn spots can be re-
painted as needed. This will, OF
course. give a paint color. After the
paint and varnish have thoroughly
dried the carpet can be rolled very
carefully and loosely to move it to the
kitchen, but the best way is to paint
it right in the kitchen so that it will
not have to be moved, for the rolling
is liable to crack the paint and SC
make it less impervious to water
Ohio Farmer.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Definition of "CitY.r

In England the term city" from
early times was usually (but not al
ways) applied to a cathedral town,
and for several centuries it was under
stood to have half legal meaning of
IAN important town which is or has
been an episcopal see." This sense,
however, never became fixed as a mat
ter Of law, and the title of city ia now
occasionally conferred by royal author
ity on important boroughs that are
not episcopal sees, such as Leeds. In
Canada city is supposed to be a mu-
nicipality of the highest class, vary
ing in character in the different prov
inces. In the United States the name
denotes municipality ranking higher
in population than town, borough or
village, but in many states, especially
in the West, the name relates to the
form OF government, and often, also.
the title is used in anticipation.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
HELPS THE HOUSEWIFE
"scRUBBINo CHARIOT" A DEVICE
WORTH COPYING.
Not Only Saves Great Many Steps
but tho Work Can Be Done With
Much More Ease and Comfort
How to Mako IL.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture.)
One of the many labor-saving de
vices made and demonstrated by the
farm women under the direction of the
woman agents of the department OF
agriculture in the South, with the CO
operation of the state agricultural col
leges, is the "scrubbing chariot" This
consists of a comfortable padded
frame on rollers which enables the
housewife. in wiping the floor, to do the
scrubbing with more ease and com
fort and save great many steps. II
may be built at very small cost, the
material needed consisting of a q Inch
plank, 20 by 10 inches, Pinch strips
for the sides, which should be 81
inches long by inches wide, and 9
front piece of the same material q
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
RECIPES WORTH while.
FIVE DELICIOUS DISHES THAT
ARE EASY TO PREPARE.
Egg Noodles With AnchovIes May Be
mmended-VermiceIIl Sweet
Custard Excellent-Proper Prep
aratlon Of MacaronI Soup.

Egg Noodles With Anchovles.-Fry
a small onion, sliced, In butter with a
teaspoonful Of chopped parsley; add
six boned anchovies. cut in four pieces
each; stir in three-quarters Of a cupful
of white wine and q cupful OF cooked
egg noodles and simmer gently for 20
minutes. Serve with grated cheese.
Egg Noodle Sweet Souffle.-Add half
a package of cooked egg noodles to
two cupfuls of hot milk, and let stand
on back of stove until milk is mostly
absorbed. then let it cool and add
teaspoonful of salt, half a cupful of
sugar, the beaten yolks of two eggs,
and whites beaten to a stiff froth.
Turn into buttered souffie mold, set
it in a pan of hot water and bake in
moderate oven 25 minutes. Serve i'm
mediately alone or with sweetened
cream.
VermlceIll Sweet Custard.-To half
package of cooked vermicelli add
two cupfuls hot milk, teaspoonful of
salt, half cupful of sugar, two eggs
well beaten and half a teaspoonful of
vanilla. Turn into a buttered baking
dish, set dish in a pan Of hot water in
oven and bake until the custard is set
MacaronI Soup.-To one quart Of
boiling water, sailed, add large hand
full of macaroni, boil 20 minutes, drain
and blanch. Add two cupfuls Of
strained stewed tomatoes, season
highly and just before serving add a
cupful of cream.
Soup Spanish With RIngs.-Simmer
in three quarts of water two pounds
Of lean meat for two hours. Skim well
as it boils, then add one cupful of
cooked white beans, four onions
chopped fine, two cloves of garlic, four
red peppers chopped, and two slices
Of lemon, salt to taste; allow this to
cook thoroughly until soft, strain
through a colander, rub through the
pulp, place on the fire again and boil;
add lastly one-fourth package Of soup
rings, one tablespoonful of butter and
one of milk rubbed in two ounces Of
-four. When rings are tender the soup
is ready.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Rinus on the Oyster.

A popular theory about rings on an
oyster shell being an indication of its
age is not supported by the careful
investigation of Miss Ann L. Massey,
who tested specimens from the oyster
station at Ardfry, at the head of Gal
way bay.
1t has been supposed by many that
each ring, or group, on the oyster
deep valve stood for years growth,
but MISS Massey says that this deduc-
ton is not reliable. After a patient
scrutiny of over six hundred samples
Of various ages, from eighteen months
to six years, she says: IAN oyster OF
eighteen months or two summers ap
pears to possess at least two rings, but
may have as many as five.
"One of three summers has at least
two rings and 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, 1916-07-21
cauIifIower and Cabbage.

To keep caulifiower white and free
from scum when cooking; before plac-
ing the caulihower in the saucepan tie
it up in piece of clean muslin. When
ready, it can be easily lifted from the
pot Hlto the colander to drain. Unite
the muslin and you will find the vege-
table beautifully whole.
When boiling cabbage, to prevent
the unpleasant smell that it always
makes, it will be found very good to
place a small piece of bread tied up
in muslin in the saucepan.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
New Apple Salad.

Beat half a cupful of double cream,
a tablespoonful of lemon Juice and
quarter teaspoonful Of salt until firm
throughout. Cook two apples, cored
and pared, in strip of equal meas
ures of sugar and water 1.-TWO or three
cloves or an inch of cinnamon bark
may be added) and set them aside to
become thoroughly chilled. Chop fine
four maraschino or candied cherries
and eight or ten pecan nuts or
blanched almonds. Carefully wash
three small heads of tender lettuce,
first removing the ragged outer leaves
and cutting the stalks that the heads
may stand. Dispose the heads on in
dividual plates with an apple in the
center of each. Mix the cherries and
put through the prepared cream and
turn it over the apples.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Rhubarb Jelly.

Allow one pound Of sugar to a
pound of rhubarb. Peel and cut up
rhubarb into small pieces, put into a
dish layer of rhubarb and layer
of sugar until all is used. Do this in
the evening, then in the morning pour
off all the liquid you can into a
saucepan and boil hard for 80 min
utes. Then add the rhubarb. let
come to the boiling point and simmer
for ten minutes. Do not stir at all.
Stand your Jars in boiling water to
prevent breaking, and then pour jelly
into them while hot. After Jars are
secured turn them upside down to
cool, and when cool keep in a dark
place. Strawberries may be put away
in the same way, using less sugar.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Dainty Eggs and Bacon.

Butter a baking dish or platter, or
individual ramekin dishes. Break each
egg into cup and drop into baking
dish, sprinkle with salt and pepper,
bake in moderate oven for five min
utes for soft-cooked, and ten minutes
for hard cooked.
Lay thin slices Of bacon on hiss
ing hot frying pan. When transpar.
ent. turn. When dry and crisp, drain
and dry on brown paper. If you have
the time place thin slices on broiler
and cook over dripping pan in hot
oven.-Dallas News.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
To Launder FrInaed Cloths.

Fringed cloths are often quite
ruined in appearance at the laundry.
They may be made to look like new
for an indefinite period if when they
are starched a little care is taken not
to starch the fringe. Fold each cloth
in four, like a handkerchief, and then
gather the fringe of each part into
the hand and hold it firmly while you
dip the middle into the starch. When
the cloth is dry shake the fringe well
and comb it with a comb and it will
fall as softly and prettily as when
new.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
CornmeaI Mush.

Four cupfuls of cornmeal, one table
spoonful salt, four quarts water. Put
the top of double boiler on with the
four quarts of boiling water; add corn
meal, slowly stirring all the time. Add
salt, and when thick boil two hours
in double boiler (this is prepared
while getting dinner the night be-
fore). Use what you need for break
fast. Then add one cupful of grated
strong American cheese; beat until
well mixed, pour into creased pan and
set aside for luncheon. Then cut in
half-inch slices and brown on hot
griddle.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Southern Sugar Sweets.

Peel sweet potatoes and slice in
three-quarter inch slices enough to fill
a medium-sized baking dish. Just GOV.
er with cold water. Pepper and salt
the top and sprinkle about one-quarter
cupful Of sugar over the whole and
just dash of nutmeg. Melt a good
teaspoonful of bacon fat, or two tea
spoonfuls of butter, and pour over the
whole. Bake till soft and Drowned or
the top.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21

inches long and inches wide. An
ordinary soap box can be used for this
by cutting down the size to about
inches high and knocking out one side.
The padding for the bottom of the
chariot may be made of burlap. Tack
this around the inside of the chariot
and place the whole thing on four roll
ers. Place a soap dish on one side
and a little rack for the scruhbing
brush on the opposite side. This con.
trivance, it is estimated, costs about
AZ cents.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Chocolate Cake.

One cupful sugar, one-half cupful
butter creamed, add one egg unbeat-
en-, one cupful milk with teaspoonful
soda dissolved In it, one teaspoonful
vanilla. Put one-half cake chocolate,
one-half cupful milk, one half cup
full of sugar 'on fire to melt. When
cool add to rest and two cupfuls
bread -four. Beat we'll and bake in
sheet tin. Frost with frosting made
with confectioner's sugar and hot wa
ter thick enough to spread.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Delicious Pie.

Take one cupful seeded raisins, one
cupful cranberries (raw), chopped to-
gether; one-third cupful water, two
thirds of a cupful Of sugar with one
heaping teaspoonful of -four mixed
with the sugar; mix all together and
bake between two crusts.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
Mashed TurnIp With Onion.

Cut up turnip and put in sailed wa
ter with an onion. When tender drain
of water, mash turnip and onion to-
geths, add butter and little pepper.
Serve hot.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
THE BOOMERS FERRY HERALD
G. 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 /, 1906,
at the postoffice at Boomers Ferry,
Idaho, under the Act OF Congress Of
March 3, 1879.
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21
The
Boomers Ferry
Herald
LODGE NOTICES

l. o. o. f. Hall. Sojourning brothers
are always welcome. Don Lawrence
W. M; ]. R. Meeker. Secretary.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1916-07-21

ACME LODGE No. Is, Knights of
Pythias. Meet every Thursday night
at X. P. hall All visiting members
welcome. Frank Garris, G. c.; Otto
F. Mathiesen, X. OF X. and S., and M.
of F.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-22
WOMAN USED RIFLE.
Sat Up in Bed and Shot Herself as Hus-
band Slept.

Hyde Park, Feb. 22--Mrs. Clay Foss,
aged 40 years, committed suicide at
O'Clock Sunday evening, shooting herself
with 80 calibre rife while her husband
sat asleep nearby.
Mrs. Foss had been in poor health for
the past six years and Encouragement
is thought to have unbalanced her mind.
She slipped from her bed, unheard by
her husband, and going into an adjoining
room took some cartridges from shelf
The rifle was fastened on the wall. Get
ting into bed again, and sitting up, she
placed the muzzle against her temple
The ball passed through her head and
within inches of her husband, lodging in
the wall. 4.
Mr.. Foss was awakened by the shot,
but was unable TO tell what aroused him.
Smelling smoke he went into the kitchen
and it was only when he returned that
he discovered the rife across his wife's
lap. Mrs. Foss died about 20 minutes
later.
Besides her husband, she leaves two
boys, one aged seven. and an infant three
weeks old. She was the youngest Of a
family of five children Of Judson Jones OF
HYDE Park She leaves two brothers,
William and James Jones, both of this
place.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-22
BIG HOTEL BURNED
Gray's Inn at Jackson, N. H., Destroyed;
Loss 100000.

jackson, n. H., Feb. 22-Gray's inn, a
well known resort in the White noun
tains, was burned to the ground, together
with it's casino, late yesterday, as many
of the $50 guests at the house joined the
volunteer fire department in a vain effort
to stay the flames. The loss was esti-
mated at 100000
Most of the guests were outdoors, tax.
ing part in the various sports in the
snow, when the fire was discovered, and
some of them lost the greater part OF
their personal effects. Many of them,
however, were near enough to rush back
to their rooms and save their belongings.
Nobody was hurt, and last night all of
the visitors were cared for in the neigh
boring resorts.
The hotel was a large three-story
wooden structure with accommodations
for $50 persons. II was situated on a
hill commanding a broad outlook, and
the fire was visible for miles around.
The flames started in the attic, proba-
bly, from spontaneous combustion or a
defective chimney.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1916-02-22
GERMANY CROWDS
UNITED STATES
STILL FURTHER
Declares That Armament on Liners Now
Held to Be Defensive Will Be
Treated as Offensive Arma-
ment When Submarines
are Concerned.

Washington, d. G., Feb. 22.--Confden,
tial advices from Berlin to-day indicate
that Germany viii soon inform the Unit
ed States that previous assurances that
unresisting liners will not be attacked
without warning will hold good for fu-
ture submarine operations provided, how
ever, that such liners do not carry arma :
ment. The German government will con-
tend, the advices states, that what is
now characterized as defensive armament
really is offensive armament when sub
marines are concerned and will propose
a discussion with the United States of
what defensive armament properly may
be.
As none of the British and French
liners now clearing from American ports
carry any guns whatever, such assur-
anees from Germany will be in the ma
ture of re.assurances for the safety of
neutrals they carry, even under the
terms of a new submarine campaign.