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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

When the railways of Japan were
first planned the narrow gauge of three
feet six inches was selected for them,
because 1T was cheapest to build and
equip and was thought best suited to
the countrys narrow highways and
steep grades. Now the 5000 miles of
Japanese railways, all of narrow gauge,
are found to be sadly behind the times,
and movement Is on foot to rebuild
them to standard gauge, although the
cost is estimated at nearly $3.50, 0OO,-
600. At present the trains are slow,
the fastest expresses making less than
thirty miles an hour; the coaches are
low and narrow, and the sleeping cars
are cramped and inconvenient, while
most of the railway inventions of 9TH
er nations cannot be used because of
the difference in track gauge and size
of cars. The director of the imperial
railways favors the change, in spite of
the cost and estimates that the main
Tokaido line could be converted to
broad gauge in twelve years and the
other lines ON the main island of ia.
pan within twenty-five years.-Popu-
lar Mechanics Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
90 Busy.

When a thing that really ought to
be done presents itself, take it and
work it out somehow without hurry
or nervousness, even though your
hands are already full. Don't think
Il am too busy" And, above all, don't
say 1t aloud where any one can hear
you. Being too busy carries an i'm
plication of fussy activity as contrast
ed with efficient effort. To be too
busy is necessarily an admission that
your job is itself too big for you or
that you are doing things which do
not necessarily belong to your job or
that you are not working wisely and
efficiently. Pitiless logic inevitably
drives your hearers to one of these
three conclusions. If you are 'too
busy" you ought to resign or reorgan.
ize.-Publishers' Weekly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Value of SkimmiIk.

The department of agriculture has
discovered that about 7,000,OOO,O0O
gallons of skimmilk are annually
wasted in this country.
Every farmer knows that skimmilk
will fatten hogs. That proves that 1t
has nutritional value. The food
value of milk is not entirely destroyed
by the removal of the cream and but
ter fat. There Is a lot of protein In
the residue, and this protein is good
for the human system. Some people
cannot drink whole milk; it disagrees
with them. These same people thrive
on milk from which the cream has
been removed. The department of ag-
ricuture is right In calling attention
to the fact that 17,000,0O0,00O gallons
Of excellent food have been overlooked
in these days of high cost of living
Cleveland Leader.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Transpiantlno Palm Trees.


1t is almost impossible for even a
lettuce slip to be removed from the
spot where it has taken root without
a consequent dropping and period Of
suspended growth. But nowadays
great palm trees are uprooted and car
ried hundreds of miles from their ma
tive soil and climate with scarcely a
wilted leaf.
The secret of the success of trans
planting such trees lies in the prelim-
mary work. This is begun fully six
months before the time for the NOV
ing of the tree. First the roots are
dug around and carefully cut, and the
plant is side boxed. Three inches are
allowed between the balls of roots
and the boxing. This space is next
filed with earth, which is well tamped
down. Thus the tree is made to stand
in the box in which it is to be moved
without lifting 1t from the earth. Here
it remains during the six months OF
preparation. 1t Is thoroughly mulched
and given the best of care, so as to in.
duce a plentiful side growth of roots
At the end of the six months it may
be lifted and shipped. 1t will show
no signs of fatigue at the end of Its
journey, however far 1t may travel
Popular Science Monthly.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

War films. says the Boston Tran
script, have proved to be very useful In
modern warfare. Used only as an ex-
pertinent at first, they have been of
such practical value that the return of
the cinematograph operator from his
aerial reconnaissance is always impa-
tiently awaited at headquarters.
The moving picture man who volun-
teers for this work undertakes a very
difficult and daring feat. He must be
a master of his profession, have nerves
OF steel and be willing to take great
risks. More often than not he is obliged
to fly at low altitude. for otherwise
his pictures would be without value
Many men who have gone out ON those
perilous expeditions have never re-
turned
The war films show the experienced
observer great deal that is going on
behind the enemy's lines. The trenches
are clearly visible. 1t is even possible
to discern the men digging trenches or
placing big guns In position. The cine
matograph men have often brought
back excellent pictures taken from wa
terplanes that show the movement OF
ships and the track of enemy peri
scenes
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
What's In a Name7

His grandfather is in the employ of
Uncle Sam, engaged in passing back
and forth mail for dependent human
ity. His father, Mr.. D., also earns his
bread by the same useful work i'll the
Indianapolis postohice. Since these
men of two generations are connected
with the mail service, they doubtless
expect little Dick to follow in their
steps. Friends of the family are sure
that this is the intention Of the par
ents, the child's name being the proof.
The mother liked Richard, and the IA
Their liked Franklin, so the child be-
came Richard Franklin D., or for short
r. f. Indianapolis News.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
The Hawaiian LANGUAGE.

The language of Hawaii is very sim
pie. To one who hears 1t for the first
time comes the conviction that the alb
origines expressed their sentiments In
primitive vowel sounds, to which some
consonants have been added. Each
vowel is sounded as in Latin, and the
words are easily pronounced by one
who is patient and wishes to speak
distinctly. The pronunciation will be
all the better if the speaker will draw
out. almost drawl, the vowel sounds
for which reason the language Is well
suited to the doleful Hawaiian wall
Say Hoo-noo-luu-luu and let the word
sing itself.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Barley For Fowls.

Barley is only a little inferior to
wheat In feeding value for fowls, and
as the price generally is lower than
either wheat or oats 1t can often be fed
to excellent advantage. No one grain
should be fed to the exclusion of all
others, but If You have plenty of bar
ley or can get it at a comparatively
low price scratch grain mixture car
rying 90 per cent of barley is practical
and should give excellent results. Bar
ley meal may also be substituted for
cornmeal or middlings in the mash II
desired.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
MATURE HENS eETTER
SITTERS THAN PULLETS

All poultrymen agree that the gen.
eral purpose breeds, such as the Ply
mouth Rocks, Wyandottes and Rhode
Island Reds, make the best sitters. The
lighter breeds, such as the Leghorns,
Campines and Hamburgs, which are In
reality known and classified as non
sitting varieties, are too nervous and
dignity for Matching purposes and are
seldom used on that account.
Furthermore, they are so small and
so closely feathered as compared to a
Plymouth Rock, Orpington or Brahma,
that they are incapable of covering
large sitting of eggs or to brood a large
flock of chicks.
1t is economy to set large hens, be-
cause they can cover more eggs than a
small one, but this point must not be
carried to the extreme of using clumsy
hens. Clumsy fowls are apt to trample
and kill the chicks before the little fell
lows are strong enough to get out OF
the way, or the heavy footed hens are
likely to smash the eggs while moving
about on the nest. The hen that is OBJ
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Ancient Fishermen.

A codfishery about Newfoundland
was conducted by Normans and Bre-
tons as early as 1904, and there is a
tradition among the fishermen of the
bay of Biscay that one of their num-
Der, who had been fishing In the west
ern Atlantic, informed Columbus OF
the existence of land in that region
before the illustrious explorer had be
gun his memorable voyage.-National
Geographic Magazine.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

served to leave and return to her nest
with the greatest care and precision
and to step lightly is the bird to select
for sitting.
Older fowls usually make better sit
tiers than pullets for the same reason
that the heavier breeds are more de-
pendable than the Mediterranean varie-
ties. The younger fowls are naturally
more high strung temperamentally and
more unsophisticated-
Some hens are quiet and docile and
that in spite of everything you do to
them they will remain on the nest with
the greatest fortitude and determine
tion. Others are wild and nervous and
win take flight at the approach of the
attendant. These rattle Drained hens
are not to be intrusted with eggs. They
will make poor work of Matching, and
later they win be found incompetent to
manage brood Of chicks>
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
SOUR MILK FOR CHICKS.
Poultry Raiser Found II Valuable In
Preventing Bowel Trouble.


Preventing Bowel Trouble.
About two years ago / read a recon-
mendation for using sour milk as a
food for young chicks. We have ex-
perimented along that line and can
truthfully say that the results have
been highly satisfactory. But instead
of feeding the raw clabber we scald 1t
and make it into cheese, writes n cor
respondent of the Farm and Fireside.
In this form 1t is more convenient to
feed, and the chicks like 1T better. The
beneficial effect seems to be equal to
that claimed for it In clabber form.
In 1915 we fed all our young chicks
the clabber cheese as regular part of
their ration until they were about
three weeks old, then gradually substi-
tuted whole wheat, but continued the
clabber cheese until the chicks were of
good size broiler age. After that we
continued an occasional feed of the
clabber cheese whenever the milk sup
ply allowed. Not for years was our
success rs good in raising chicks. We
lost not more than one or two from
bowel trouble.
With our 1916 poultry operations we
were also successful, but our losses
from bowel trouble among the chicks
was somewhat greater than In 1915.
believe the reason was owing to a scant
supply of milk and the unusually rainy
| season.
1t is relief to have hit on the right
idea for preventing the serious loss
from bowel trouble among chicks, and
we cannot speak too highly in praise
| of 1t.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Catarrh.

+ Take a common pitcher or any
+ old narrow vessel holding a quart
+ or more. Heat it thoroughly and
+ fill three-quarters full of steam
!. ing. boiling water. Add instant
+ ly one or two teaspoonfuls of oil
+ OF tar. Then inhale the steam
= through the nostrils and exhale
+ through the mouth. Put the nose
! well down in the pitcher and
/ take deep. full inhalation, let
+ ting the air pass out through a
+ very small opening of the lips.
: Continue this ten or twenty min
+ utcs three times a day. Drink a
: cCpful of hot water after each
/. treatment; also q quarter or half
i. hour before breakfast. This SIM
/. pie remedy has proved effective
l. in ~ many cases that it may
+ well repay a sufferer from this
: disagreeable afiiiction to give 1t
:. ( ial.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
lam For Breakfast.

People who like to eat pastry or
other irregular dishes for breakfast
should be consoled to learn that no
less a man than Herbert Spencer ate
strawberry jam at his morning meal.
He did it to avoid monotony, believing
that digestion was best served by
keeping the stomach entertained with
variety. He is said TO have told of a
man who went into a decline from a
too steady diet of mutton chops.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Pelicans' Pouches.

The pelican is commercially regular
in his habits. The parent birds catch
fish and after eating their fill deposit
the others in their pouches under their
bills and carry them to their young.
These pouches will hold from three to
eight pounds of fish.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
POULTRY NOTES.

Neatness is the basis of profit Z
+ able work with poultry.
There is an excuse for dust in 4
+ the hennery. but not for cob
webs. 4
+ A turkey hen seldom broods
+ her poults on the same spot I
+ more than one or two nights. 1
+ Don't put too many chicks with
+ one hen or In one brooder just I
+ because 1t is warm weather. The 1
+ result may be disastrous.
+ For general farm purposes
+ that is. eggs and poultry COM
+ bined-the American class of !
f. fowls offers the greatest oppor- I
= tunities.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Selling the Opportunity.

Crabshaw-If you insist on this new
gown I'll have to get it on credit. Mrs.
Crabshaw-As long as it's going to be
charged, dear, may as well get more
expensive one.-Life.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

Sometimes | think a street car Is
better than an automobile" remarked
Mr.. Chuggins. "WhyY' "When q
street car goes wrong you can blame
the company, but with an automobile
you've got to take all the responsibility
yourself. Washington Star
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
ALL AROUND
THE FARM
PREVENT COLT LOSSES.
Fundamental Principles That All Mare
Owners Should Know.

Owners Should Know.
Recently the North Dakota expert
ment station has undertaken the dis
semination of information having to
colts.
According to the teachings of this
station, the early troubles of the foal
are apt to be navel Ill, constipation
and scours. Navel Ill seems to be
caused by germs that get into the body
through the navel cord at birth. To
guard against 1t have the colt dropped
in a clean stall or in a pasture. Then
the navel cord should be cut or about
two inches from the body If 1t has not
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Gettinu Experience.

'Is your boy Josh doing well?
"Of course" replied Farmer Corn
tossel 'Josh has managed to be SO
patient with his last boss that I'm kind
o. hopeful he'll be able to come back
to the farm and get along with me-
Washington Star.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Grammar and Greed.

Mrs. Peavish says that # she could
have another chance she would rather
marry a man who splits his infnitives
than one who hates to break dime
Galveston News.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Difference of Opinion.

1t were not best that we should all
think alike. 1t is difference of opinion
that makes horse races possible.-Mark
Twain.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12
Some Shock.

Bill-That man is live wire.
Gill-How do you know?
81 touched him q little while ago.
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

To some men opposition is oppor-
tunity-like the wind against which
the boys kite rises.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

The breeds OF fowls most popular
for general purpose or for meat are
any of the American or English
breeds, as the Plymouth Rocks,
Rhode Island Reds or Orpingtons.
The most popular breeds are the
Single Comb Rhode Island Red,
Barred, White and Buff Plymouth
Rocks. Buff and White Orpingtons-
The bird shown is a Barred Plym-
outh Rock cock.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1917-06-12

The experts of the United States
department of agriculture advise
farmers to keep only the best mares
and to breed them only to sound,
pure bred stations of the same.
The mare shown is a Percheron.
The herald., 1917-12-06
SING TO SETTLE QUARRELS
Eskimos Have Peculiar Manner Of
Adjusting Their Grievances-En-
envy Must Listen.

The Eskimos, who live in the Ice
bound. barren Northland, have a way
Of settling quarrels which seems very
strange and amusing to those who live
In land of policemen and courts of
justice. There. when quarrels arise,
the man who has a grievance writes a
song In which he tells the wrongs that
have been done him. When this has
been composed to his satisfaction, he
invites his enemy to come and hear
him sing 1t. This the enemy must do,
and he brings with him all his rela.
tives and many of his friends, while
the singer also has gathered his friends
and relatives for the occasion, which
Is considered something Of a general
entertainment by the people Of the vii
lage In which the men live.
Then. while other men Of the village
pound madly on huge drums, the song
Of wrongs is begun. When it is fln-
ished, IL the audience expresses ap-
proval, the singer is considered to have
won and to have a Just cause of COM
plant. But If dissatisfaction is ex.
pressed, that Is considered sufficient
punishment. After the song everyone
dances and the party breaks up In
great good humor.
The herald., 1917-12-06
At The Playf1OuSeS SIS
SINGING is LOST ART TODAY
In This Age II Is Largely Confined ID
the Professional Performers, Even
In the Churches.

Singing, as far as most people ard
concerned, is a lost art. Thousands at
tend operas, recitals and musical com,
IS, but, as for singing themselves
informally at their work or play, they
have forgotten how. In times past
people Of all ranks sang together as
q matter Of course. Sailors sang at
their work; peasants, shepherds, COW.
boys, all had their favorite and appro-
pirate songs. The songs Of children at
games, the luIlabies of mothers, are
in the collected ballads and folklore
Of many peoples.
''The pastimes and labors Of the hus.
bandman and the shepherd" says An
drew Lang, according to the Indianapo-
lis News, 'were long ago a kind Of
natural opera. Each task had its
own song; planting, seeding, harvest
ing, burial, all had their appropriate
ballads or dirges.
'"The whole soul Of the peasant class
breathes In its burdens as the great
sea resounds in the shell mast up on
the shore"
Nowadays the whirl Of machinery
makes all the noise. The workers In
mills might find 1t unsatisfying to sing
at their work, but 1t is doubtful If they
would sing even II their voices could
be heard, while singing In an Office or
store would pretty surely be stopped
by the BOSS" or the police. Thousands
congregate every night in the silence
Of moving picture theaters, and even
in the churches where singing by the
congregation used to be customary, the
attendants now usually listen In silence
to paid singer.
Singing In this age Is largely con-
fined to the professional performer.
The herald., 1917-12-06
ALL AIRCRAFT 0UTRIVALED
Ancient Bird, the PterodaetyI, Had
Twenty-Five Fast Wings, Weighed
About Twenty-Five Pounds.

Whence do the angels derive their
wings-the angels, that is to say, Of
painting and sculptural art? From
what source is the accepted model for
these appendages derived?
1t Is rather difficult to say, accord
ing to the Philadelphia Public Ledger.
But apparently the wings convention
ally worn by angels are those of the
albatross. At all events, albatross
wings correspond most nearly to the
patterns.
The albatross weighs about IS
pounds and has wing spread of liz
feet. Each Of its wings has an area Of
seven square feet. With wing spread
proportionate to size, an angel as well
equipped for flight as the albatross
ought to be able to fly very well.
The trumpeter swan, which Is the
greatest weight-carrier Of all long-dis-
lance flyers, would be at a disadvan-
tage as compared with an angel. It
weighs % pounds and has q wing
spread Of only eight feet.
But no angel or modern bird could
compare as a flyer with the ptero-
dactyl Of 100000 years or so ago,
which. weighing perhaps 25 pounds,
had a wing spread Of 25 feet. Its
bones were almost paperlike and its
body hardly more than an appendage
to its wings. With head that was
principally a daggerlike beak, and q
pouch like that Of a pelican, 1t flut-
tered mothlike Cooking for fish) along
the shores Of the Cretaceous sea that
extended northward from the present
Gulf of Mexico to and over Kansas.
He was "some" flyer, the "pterano-
don" (as naturalists call this species
of pterodactyD (; our modern flying ma
chimes have yet to rival his perform
ances.
The herald., 1917-12-06
ORPHHEUM THEATRE.

The following is the program for
the Orpheum next week:
America First" a Patriotic Spec
tacle. Direction of Rolfe & Mad
dock.
Extra Feature, AL Shayne, the
Singing Beauty, assisted by Joe
Sully.
Extra added feature, The Head
liners. A Stage Satire by Aaron
Hoffman, with Henry B. Toomer &
Co.
Maurice Brierre & Grace King,
the Little Girl from Boston and the
Boy from New Orleans, in Exclusive
Songs and Dancing.
La Veen & Cross, as Julius and
Brutus," Roman Sports and Pas
times. As they were in the Days of
the Mighty Caesars.
Leipzig, the Celebrated Interna-
tional Card Expert.
Apdales Geological Circus, four
Bears, eight Dogs, three Monkeys,
one Ant Eater.
Orpheum Travel Weekly. World
at Work and Play. Mount Fujiama,
japan. Species of Fish found In
Tropical waters. A Journey through
the Soudan.
Orpheum Concert Orchestra, E
E. Tosso, Director.
The herald., 1917-12-06
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CHIN CHIN"
Charles Dillingham; Stupendous Mu-
steal Production Coming to the
Tulane Theater.

Apparently one of their adventures
in New York caused more pleasure
to the committee of Chinese mer'
chants who were touring America
last year than their visit to Chin
Chin"
Even those members to whom Eng
lish was an unknown tongue nodded
and smiled and applauded as their
brethren of liguistic ability explained
the jokes to them. For the most part
though, they needed no explanations,
so much of Chin Chin" is made up
of sheer beauty of spectacle and
quick-moving advertisement.
Ivan Caryll, the gifted composer of
Chin Chin" is well known here for
his charming music in The Pink
Lady" The Little Cafe" and other
light operas. BY birth, Mr.. Caryll is
a Belgian, but a few years ago he
was naturalized, thus becoming an
ardent son of Uncle Sam.
Anne Caldwell, part author of the
book of chin Chin, is one of the
few women librettists in America.
She also wrote the librettes of THE
Lady of the Slipper" and when
Claudia Smiles" 1t is interesting to
know that Anne Caldwell was once a
comedienne. Later she won popn-
larity with her songs, the lyrics of
which were by her husband, the late
James ODea.
The lyrics of the Chinese song, Go
Gar Sig Gong-Jue'', which is one of
Doyle and Dixon's biggest hits in
Chin Chin, were written by Anne
Caldwell and James O'Dea in English
and were translated by a Chinese
gentlemen in Washington. The Eng
lish equivalent of the title is The
High Cost of Living.
Chin Chin" is a modern version
of the famous old Arabian Nights
tale of Aladdin, or The Wonderful
Lamp The authors have taken all
kinds of liberties with the original
story, but upon its foundation they
have built an up-tO-date extravaganza
with bewilderingly amusing adjuncts.
Doyle and Dixon in this funny
fantasy have become a couple of
Cinnamon who have more Ior less
thrilling adventures in the pursuit of
the Lamp which brought its posses
sor all manner Of happiness.
For three years the playgoers of
the Tulane Theatre have been wait |
ing for Charles Dillingham's gigantic !
production of Chin Chin" and now
the announcement is made that this |
famous organization with Doyle and |
Dixon in the lead will appear at The |
Tulane Theatre for one week begin
ming Sunday December 9th.