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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Everything in Russia Is
New Since the Revolution;
Even Smile Is Different

Everything is new in Russia. AS
one correspondent sees 1t, and Petro-
grad in particular, he declares that
even the smile is different. 1t is with
out sickness or hypocrisy. The ladies
are wearing revolution-color skirts,
red feathers in their hats.
The Nevsky prospect has become a
kind of Quarter Latin. Book hawkers
line the pavement and cry sensational
pamphlets about Rasputin and Mich
olas, and who is Lenine, and how
much land will the peasants get. Re-
turned exiles fit through the crowd,
recognizable by the Rue Bertolet cut
of their clothes and their hair.
Even that ancient institution, the
five-o'clock procession of Chinovniks
going home from government offices,
has lost its typical coloring. One
misses at first the staid, familiar fig
ures, till one suddenly realizes that
those rather long-haired young men,
swinging or slithering along with port
folios under their arms, must, Of
course, be the new Chinovniks.
Newsboys used to carry papers in a
bag. Now there are so many papers
and such a demand for them that the
hawkers have had to improvise stalls
at the street corners. and one may
pause there and watch the play of po-
litical sympathies and antipathies as
the hard-faced young workman buys
the Maximallst Pravda, or the dreamy
student buys the Radical Den, or some
stout elderly gentleman buys the
Novoe Vremya with a melancholy air
Of resignation.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Music a Necessity.

In time of peace music is the 10y Of
nations.
In time Of war 1t is the safety valve.
The physical pressure of mental
strain finds relief In music.
While we economize In food and
other necessities we must be lavish
with music.
The antidote for aching hearts In
music.
The stirrer Of red blood-in patrf-
otto outburst-is music.
Music is an expression Of love-the
tone Of grief-a solace of solitude
an inspiration to war;
The tear-stained melodies of the
Slav-the song-told tragedies of Italy
the love-given Joy of the French
all make our lives happier and our
sorrows easier to bear.
Give us life and give us music.
Take away advertising, electricity.
steam-the world would live.
Take away music and the soul Of
the universe is dead.-Exchange.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25

II thought possibly Mrs. Merrilees had
arrived during the day"
YES" Lydia affirmed, 'she did-this
afternoon, l believe"
The smile became even more remote
ly regretful. I'm sorry, but Mrs. Mer-
rilees is not among our guests"
Some instants later Lydia became
conscious that she was staring, to the
panied embarrassment of the young
man. Hastily averting her gaze, she
remarked the clock, and mechanically
noted the hour: Ii was "a quarter to
eleven.
Are you sure?" she faltered.
"Oh, quite"
But Craven had promised to meet
her there, had given her the necklace
to deliver to Betty at the Margrave.
Impossible that he could be mistaken
as to his fiancee's hotel, he who had
been flying round all afternoon, "get-
ting Betty settled"-his very words
Insensibly Lyda's eyes darkened
and became informed with an express
sion that had suited better the eyes of
one by right of years more Injured to
mental anguish.
"But surely this is the Margrave
Eyes it is. Mrs. Merrilees may be at
the Plaza, or the Savoy, or the Neither
lands, even the st. Regis-not quite so
near. If you care to sit down a mo-
ment, I'll inquire by telephone"
you're very kind" said Lydia; but
| fancy / won't have to trouble you.
Mrs. Beggarstaff will know. hope I'm
not mistaken in believing that she is
stopping here?"
The smile of the young man passed
the bounds of strict decorum, as from
desk clerk to one of the public. He
was enchanted to be able to answer
reassuringly.
at was good of you to come over so
late, dear-to please an old woman"
With this the Dowager Dragon took
Betty Merrilees into her arms and
kissed her on both cheeks.
Truth to tell, for the fun of It," said
Mrs. Merrilees. 81 was glad of an ex-
cuse to stay up. I'm possessed of
devil tonight. II l wasn't at heart re-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
POULTRY POINTERS
(By n. L. kempster of Missouri Aari
cultural CoIlege.)

(6y H. L. kempster of Missouri Asri-
cultural CoIlege.)
AS the chicks grow they need more
room. 1t does not pay to let them
crowd.
Tough grass is of no value as a green
food. Better sow some quick-growing
crop.
Feed hoppers greatly reduce the
work. If they are kept filed, the
chicks will never go hungry.
If your chicks are not doing well
something is wrong. Look out for Ice
and for worms in the intestines.
Two-year-old hens had better be
sent to the market. They seldom pay
for their feed if kept over a third sea-
son.
Shade is one of the most important
essentials during the hot months. Get
the chicks into the orchard and corn
field.
Young stock will do better If not
compelled to pick their living with the
old. There will also be less trouble
from lice.
Grit and oyster shell should be In
Guided In the ration for both young
and old. To neglect this would be
poor economy.
A growing chick will not thrive on
short rations. If the right kind Of
food is fed, there is little danger Of
overlooking, especially If they are
given plenty or range.
Supplement the regular feeds with a
wet mash-fed crumbly. Feed all the
chicks will clean up before going to
roost, but none should be left In the
trough, for 1t will sour.
Mark the pullets this fall so that
you will know just how old your hens
are. A leg band on the right leg one
year and on the left leg the next will
assist in culling the flock. A hog ring
will serve the purpose.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
CHAPTER XIII.

The taxicab chose the northwest cor
ner of Fifty-sixth street as the most in
convenient spot attainable to blow out
a rear shoe. But Lydia had drawn
luckily in New York's gigantic lottery
of chauffeurs. This man knew his bust
ness. Before the girl had recovered
from the shock of the tire explosion
and the subsequent shaking up he had
brought his machine to a standstill
jumped down, and was communing
with himself in terms of confidential
profanity concerning the ruined tire.
Then, opening the door, he an
nounced that this was the last stop.
Sorry" he said, "but 1 got no spare
tire, and If had I'd need half an hour
to make the change. Now I'll have to
wait for the repair car"
A prey to vague mistrust, Lydia got
out. Southwark the avenue lay black
and lonely save for the lurching lights
of an ungainly bus cropping over the
wet asphalt; to the north the plaza was
like a we'll In the air, shot through and
through with glimmering light.
81 don't know what to do" Lydia
ventured in her distress. I'm q
stranger In New York" With pang
she realized how fatal such an admis-
sion might prove.
But her chauffeur was prosaic soul,
who had never chartered his car to a
gang, and rocked little of the terrors of
New York for the overseas immigrant.
"The clock says a dollar twenty" he
responded, with a disguised jerk re-
storing the flag" to perpendicular.
"Oh!" said "a brightly, after a
blank moment; and found her purse
"Please tell me the way to the nearest
cab rank"
"Cab rank" was a term not In the
chauffeur's vocabulary; but he crap
pied manfully with its occult sig
nificance. "You mean stand" he ex
planned, not unkindly. IF you don't
mind walking a couple o. blocks, III
take you to the Margrave. That's
about the nearest, and anyway 1 got
to telephone for the repair car"
"Thank you" said Lydia timidly-
gratitude leaping in her heart to that
kind destiny which had ordered this
accident in just this spot. The Mar
gravel
Lydia marched resolutely into the
hotel. She would be delayed not five
minutes longer than if she was to en-
gage another cab Immediately. Lei
Craven object if he cared TO, when in
formed She had every reasonable ex
cuse for desiring TO rid herself of hel
responsibility as quickly as possible
and wash her hands of the whole mat
ter: she never wanted to see the collar
again.
1t was evidently defective hearing
alone that caused the desk clerk TO re
quire repetition of the name.
Mrs. Merrilees."
The clerk retired to consult the room
rack, and presently returned with the
official smile, impersonally spologetic
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Little Things Worth Knowing.

The best marksmen are generally
those with blue or gray eyes.
German silver is an alloy of copper.
nickel and zinc. There is no silver In
1t.
There are fifteen technical colleges
In Queensland, with 5000 students In
attendance.
Under perfect conditions watercress
may be made to flower and seed with
In eight days Of planting.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Somewhere in France"

Our soldiers face foe once more.
Somewhere In France;
On our gallant ally's shore,
Each prepared to do his bit
And make light Of doing it,
Somewhere in France.
Exponents of true liberty,
Somewhere In France;
OF freedom both on land and sea,
Upholders Of democracy,
Opponents of autocracy,
Somewhere In France.
Your boys and our boys among the
rest,
Somewhere in France;
And all inspired to do his best,
To give their lives If fate so Wills,
In trenches or on shot-swept hills,
Somewhere in France.
Our hearts are with the boys in drab,
Somewhere in France;
A valiant lot, both proud and glad
That they have opportunity to serve
A righteous cause with pluck and
nerve,
Somewhere In France.
The spirit of '76 afame,
Somewhere in France;
Moving forward In freemen's name,
I.epaying service long ago
BY Lafayette and Rochambeau,
Somewhere In France.
Walter S. Frazier.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
No Need for Delay.

Johnny was invited to a party, but
could not go, because he had to go with
his mother to the depot to meet his
uncle. Upon the uncle's arrival he said
to Johnny: eff you are a good boy
while am here 1 will buy you a base
ball." whereupon Johnny replied: you
don't need TO wait. You can buy 1t
right away. Just think how good I
was-I stayed away from a party to
meet you"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Potash in Banana Stalks.

Banana stalks may help to solve the
fertilizer problem of this country. Elk
periments Indicated that ton of stalks
yielded 1SS pounds of dry matter, con-
tanning 1871 per cent potash. or about
two-thirds as much as is yielded by the
dried kelp of our Pacific coast. An ex-
animation of banana skins showed a
total potash content of LOS per cent.
the dry matter containing 9.03 per cent
potash.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
SOME SMILES
Making a Good Start.

1--WE are going to
re org AMI lie this
business" said the
expert.
That's the way
to talk" answered
the head of the
firm.
Efficiency Will
be the watchword."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25

tive form of gov
eminent destroys
its efficiency. Hys-
terical people are
apt to run to great
excuses and neg
lect those things
in life which are
of the greatest i'm
portance, not only
to the success of
the individual but
of the community.
At present, we
find individuals
and whole cOmmu-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Heard at a Party,

Edith-That Mr.. Dubleigh you intro
duced to me is fine dancer; he's so
light ON his feet.
Marie-When you get better &C
quainted with him you'll discover he's
light at both ends.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Around the World.

Iceland has no saloons.
Ohio has $4,000 war gardens.
Britain has 100000 house
cats.
England has tea put up In
tablets.
Spain irrigates one-fourth of
all its farms.
Kansas City, Mo-, is seeking
more factories.
United States aniline output
is $4,000 tons.
Pennsylvania pensions all pub
lie school employees.
Virginia boy scouts are on
strike because farmers pay small
wages.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
Mean Inslnuation.

Il do dislike foreign phrases, though
I use them now and then"
But notice your dislike for them IL
not pronounced"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
A Word for the Rather,

The difference between a tattler and
a RATHER is that the snake gives the
other fellow chance and the sneak
won't
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
GETTING Results.

I'VE are not eating as much meat
at our house as we used to-"
Neither are we; ever since
preached war economy the cook orders
only enough for herself"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
His Choice.

"Only few can be rich."
yep, and that's one of the times
when I'd rather be in the minority
than the majority"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
A Suggestion.

why did the
umpire put that
man out of the
gamer"
HE struck the
umpire"
"That is foolish.
In such a slow
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25

Fine !"
Your son must CO."
Let me shake your hand. I've been
wanting to fire him for three years.
but didn't have the courage"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
What is Real Food Economy?
BY DR.. SAMUEL c. DIXON,
Commissioner of Health of Pennsylvania

Hysteria Of the individual is very
catching, often becoming an epidemic.
Community hysteria in a representa-
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25

bull'seye Is exactly In the center 1t
shows that the gun was correctly
aimed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25
On the Earn.

"Yes, plants have their ailments."
ITO be sure" said the sweet sum-
mer boarder. 81 have heard Of hay
fever and I am not surprised the hay
gets feverish out In the hot field"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-09-25

game as this a fellow with that much
fight in him ought to be left In"
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06

entire wearing apparel half dozen
times day. The latest wrink from
London Was displayed by him days
before Broadway woke up to the fact
that something new in sartoriaI effects
had been evolved.
Queer as il may seem Mr.. Brady
has always been next door to 4 tee
totaler. Only on rare occasions was
he known to take drink, and he
never was known to smoke. As an
eater, however, he went to the limit
of the game, and it is his lifelong
habit OF overfeeding that is held re-
sponsible by bis physicians for a.
breakdown.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
Women in Open Boats.

If the sensibilities of the reader have
not become so dulled by the horrors
of two years and a half of butchery,
he cannot pursue the following, taken
from the New York World, without a
feeling Of horror:
The manner in which two American
women met their death after they
were set adrift in one of the battered
and waterlogged boats Of the Laconia
is told by the Rev. Father Sergeant,
who was passenger and who ad-
ministered the last rites of the church
to the German barbarism:
Mrs. Hoy died in the arms of her
daughter. Her body slipped off into
the sea out of her daughters weaken
ed arms. The heart-broken daughter
succumbed few minutes afterward
and her body fell over the side of the
boat as we were tossed by the huge
waves.
In icy water up to her knees for
two hours, the daughter all the time
bravely supported her aged mother,
uttering words of encouragement to
her. From the start both were VIC.
lently seasick, which, coupled with
the cold and exposure, gradually
wore down their courage.
The preceding tragedies are thus
described in the simple language of a
brave priest.
The .,rat to die in our boat was ".
Irvine Robinson, OF Toronto. After
his body had been consigned TO the
sea we were tossed aboutf for an hour,
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06

his mission until rival expert In the
same line squelched him completely.
both rs to argument and eloquence.
Later, In sneaklng sort of a way,
Jed did some amateur dramatic work
with q stalled tragedy company. 1t
proved dismal failure, but the. taint
of this hlstrionic effort never quite
eft him.
So, shut up In a little tavern room
with an obliging audience, Jed detail
ed his past glories as orator and actor.
He recited all of his former speeches,
he spouted half of Hamlet In bringing
in the several few lines he had spoken
on the stage. Faithfully at midnight
the drowsy conclave broke up. Jed
went to bed and reappeared In his
home town the next day, with slight
headache, but fully satisfied to pur-
sue the straight and narrow road un-
til another twenty-frst of February
had rolled around.
Now Jed had become quite an Inn
portant and trustworthy person about
Bowesville. He did a little real es-
tate business and good deal In the
way of mortgage loans and collec-
tions. He went to and fro as TO sew
eral towns In the district. acting as a
sort OF special messenger for the
banks. On the especial birthday occa-
sion where he met his Waterloo, he
had transacted considerable business
that day and its results crowded
time-worn wallet in an inner coat
pocket.
Jed went through his regular pro-
gram, political and hlstrlOnic, but
somehow the occasion was dull. 1t
was growing SO monotOnous and by
ten O'clock his guests We're filled to
repletion and began to depart one by
one, and. although dazed and unsteady
in his walk, Jed decided not TO re-
main at the tavern all night, as was
his wont on these birthday occasions,
but 10 walk home to Bowesville, seven
miles distant.
He paid the bill, took a parting
drink and started ON his lonely way.
There had been deep snow, but the
roads were broken by teams, and with
few upsets Jed got started on his
way.
'It's the last one that did it," soli-
loquized the dizzled wayfarer. "Need
the bracing air to clear away the fog"
AS he neared his home village Jed
was conscious that his wits were still
clouded and hts limbs somewhat wob-
bly,. The direct road was level. but,
he paused suddenly. Late as the hour
was there was light In house at ne
bottep of a stesP h'Il inelini9s
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
The Giant
SnOWbOIL
By FLORENCE
LILLIAN HENDERSON
ttsffsff s'0'fI'N''
Copyright. 1917. by w. q. Chapman.)

Copyright. 1917. by W. @. Chapman)
Regularly once a year Jed Burson
celebrated" and that was upon his
birthday. He did II In what he con
sidered to be quite respectable way.
He lived at Bowesville, but 1t was at
Milton that he went through his an
nual program.
Abstemious and-walking straight
chalk line for three hundred and sixty.
four days. Of the year. upon the other
about dusk Jed presented himself at
the tavern at Milton, and hired the lit;
tie card room at the rear OF the bar
for the exclusive use of himself and
his friends. These friends we're never
the same on succeeding occasions. Jed
simply picked up hslf-a-dozen Of the
loungers about the place, and, with a
table supplied fully with edibles and
drinkables, locked all hands in the
room with himself and proceeded to
celebrate. ID
The little party of convivialists were
given their ill Of cigars, eatables and
flowing bowls. Except for the latter.
1t was only mildly dissipated group.
1t was an occasion for Jed to spread
himself and he about monopolized the
function. Ordinarily Jed was a mild
hammered, composed young man, new
er boisterous, always reliable in a
business way. On the occasion of his
birthday festivity he wildly recalled
two points in his life and let loose on
them. Once he had been appointed
the local orator in a mild political
campaign. He believed he had found
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
.aTS TSsK'S VPosyB SAIWE

getting more and more water, until
the gunwales were almost level with
the sea. Then Mr.. Ivatt, who was not
physically str ong, succumbedin the
arms of his fiancee, who was close
beside him, trying in vain to keep
him warm by throwing her wealth Of
hair about his neck. Even after
he.died she refused to give him up,
and although the additional weight
made the situation more dangerous
for us all, we yielded to her pitiful
pleading and allowed her to keep the
body.
This is the fate that hangs over eve
ry American citizen who crosses the
Atlantic, regardless of age or sex. 1t
is the death to which the German gov
eminent has formally and officially
condemned every American who ven
lures upon the ocean, whether the
ship in which he sails is an enemy OF
neutral, whether it flies the British
flag or the American flag. 1t is the
most monstrousf doctrine of the sea
that was ever proclaimed by a nation
that called itself civilized.
Boys of another day. interfered
with in their sport on the Boston COM
mons by British soldiers made gallant
protest to the British commander. Be-
cause of unjust taxation an immortal
tea party was held in the port of Bos-
ton. We cannot imagine what the
people of America today have lost al
together the qualities that distinguish
ed them century and half ago.
Evansville Courier.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
Diamond Jim" Dying.


,.Diamond Jim" Brady, the most
beieweled man on earth, is dying in
New York.
Brafy's success in business was a
sensation and his income enormous.
In the course of time he became pres
ident of the largest railway supply
house in the world and director in
many corporations.
He was a great man for entertain
ing. He spent tens OF thousands OF
dollars each year in few restaurants
along Broadway. When he travelled
he usually took lot OF persons with
him in his private car. He was an
inveterate first-nighter, and no one in
America probably has spent r'ore
money on the theatre than has 'Dia-
mond JIM" In the days when there
was racing around New York he
maintained stable OF thorouohbredS
and was constant visitor to the race
tracks. He liked prize fight and
seldom missed a bout between fist
men. He backed more than one who
needed capital.
Lrady's. friends tell thousand
stories about the peculiarities, habits
and doings Of this man, whose life has
had as many facets as one OF his own
blue-white diamonds. Some have
fopnl their way into print; others
haS6n't. His Jewels, that have given
to him his Broadway name, are cele-
brated the world over. Mr.. Brady
collected not diamonds alone.
He had passion for all sorts Of
kprecious stones. He used them to
wary the decorations Of his evening
dress. One night he would wear
studs, cuff buttons and waistcoat but
tons of diamonds. Another night he
would display rubies. Perhaps the
next time he would be a-glitter with
splendid emeralds. He buttoned his
shirts with diamonds. His suspender
buckles glittered with the finest white
stones. He had walking sticks set
wNn diamonds. lie carried watch
worth $4,000 In the handle of one
of his umbrellas was jewel worth
$500. His garter clasps and even
his underwear were ornamented with
gems.
His wardrobe was a magnificent
one, and it is doubtful If Mr.. Brady
himself knew how many suits Of
clothes for various wears he pos
sessed. He frequently changed bis
/. .
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

They stood beneath the stars, silent
as the heartbeats of the night, looking
into the diamond-studded shirtfront
of The Sky.
as ii Mars?' he whispered as he
slipped his arm around her taper waist
and gazed upon Il glittering orb in
the distant blue.
"No, it isn't" she exclaimed, jerk
ing away. "Its mine, and If you can't
tell the difference between my waist
and mothers after eight years court
ship-well, we'd better part Pear
sons Weekly.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
Of Duty.

The "silent watchman" at the inter-
section of Main and Ninth streets is
temporarily off duty and is leaning
against the wall Of Cooks drug storf,
somewhat battered from contact with
a vehicle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-03-06
clrcumatantlal evidence Of II.

She--Do you officers have regular
times TO be tired?
He-of course, not. Why do you
ask?
she-Then why do you have 10 wear
fatigue uniforms?