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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
COAL

The heavy black mineral we use
for stoves and furnaces and bailers
was formed many years ago. Most
of it was found thousands of years
ago. Coal is found deep down in
mines. The coal comes from the
mines. 1t is black. hard and is used
for heating and keeping the rooms
warm.
The different kinds Of coal are
anthracite 1t is used for heating.
And hard coal is used for gas, our
best friend.
The coal gives good like in dark
nights. Coal Is used for heating
We could hardly live if we had no
coal.-Joseph Hilterman, 9th Grade,
st. Andrews School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
KAISER WILHELM

Kaiser Wilhelm was hoeing corn,
On the fence his pants he had torn.
So Bill new pair did get,
Which were so heavy they made
him sweat.
So hoeing corn he did no more,
And as you know he went to war,
And thinking he knew more, ! guess
He made himself an earthly pest.
BY Marion Thomas, SD Gar
field School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
The Sinai Of Ireland

At the end of the rugged range
of hills in western Connaught,
there rises is beauty a solitary
constancy in the faith which has
ever since been theirs - there.
where nothing but the heavens
separated his soul from God, Ire
peak that towers thousands of feet
above the noisy waves of the At
lantic Sea. 1t looks like a sentinel
on guard. All Ireland lies behind
it; the New World lies before.
Like an eagle its summit perehes
on the mists which form a halo
around its head, and nesting in
its solid rocky side lies cave
where a sacred flagst0ne still re-
mains.
This Holy Hill, Croagh Patrick,
they call it, was the birthplace Of
Irish consistency and the the Saw
Jour of Ireland; and there in the
olden time. when his work was
over and done and when the bril-
liant blazing fire Of Christlike zeal
had enlightened the kings and the
princes and peoples Of the four
counties with. that miraculous
lands Apostle and Saint kneIt in
retirement, in prayer, and in CON-
munion with the Master In whose
August and Holy Name he had
achieved the most marvellous Spir-
final victory the world has ever
SEEN Russell Burke, st. Marys
School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
WASHINGTON

! love to tell the story
Which every child should know,
How Washington with glory,
Led us against the foe.
Ethel Heithaus. Garfield School.
WASHINGTON.
Washington was great man,
He loved his country and his land
He helped to make it ever free,
From cruel kings for you and me
Heitbaus, Garfield School.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Mrs. Ben Austrian and her dog "Brutus"

PALM BEACH, Fla, March 16
--"Brutus" is a great chauffeur
Not Barney Oldfield or Bob
Burman, you understand, for
"Brutus" doesn't go in for speed.
But he's like many chauffeurs in
our cities-he does a very clever
job of posing, whatever little he
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

may know about driving his car.
Should his mistress, Mrs. Ben Aus
trian, wife of the well-known art
list, refuse to let "Brutus' have the
wheel mornings when they are out
for their drive he would become
peevish to an alarming degree and
his whole day would be spoiled
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
THE CATS.

When | lived in the country !
was six years of age. One night
about seven o'clock ! heard some
cats crying. Pa went out to see
what was the matter. The cats
were across the road. Mama got
some milk in a dish and papa
called to the cats and they came to
get the milk 1t was a cat and two
kittens. The kittens were black
and blue. Sister took the blue and
| took the black one. | called mine
Niger" and she called hers
Blue" The mother cat went away
and the kittens stayed with us;
they grew to be good cats and
hunted mice for uS.-Lonetta Ar
mel, Age IL, IA Grade, Columbia
City, Indiana.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
Wisdo mis- better than riches.

There is no pathway Of flowers
leading to glory.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

The better the day, the better
the deed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

We must have reasons for speech
but we need none for silence.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

Poverty is no crime.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16

Persuasion is better than forcA.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-03-16
MORNING

The beautiful sun is now rising,
From behind an eastern hill;
Twill soon be shining in the
heavens,
And Frightening the old stone
mill.
By Bertha Miles, Age IS. Sth
Grade, Columbian School, Dist. No
6, Richmond, Ind.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

chuckled again as he counted out a
dozen of the capsules and thought how
easy it would be to get this inquisitive
pair of wolves. Two or three days be-
fore he had killed q caribou, and each
Of the capsules he now rolled up in a
little ball of deer fat, doing the work
with short sticks in place of his fin
gers, so that there would be no man.
smell clinging to the death-baits. Be
fore shutdown Sandy set out at right
angles over the plain, planting the
bats. Most of them he hung to low
bushes. Others he dropped in worn
rabbit and caribou trails. Then he re-
turned to the creek and cooked his sup
per.
The next morning he was up early,
and off to the poison bats. The first
bait was untouched. The second was
as he had planted it. The third was
gone. A thrill shot through Sandy as
he looked about him. Somewhere with
in a radius of two or three hundred
yards he would find his game. Then
his glance fell to the ground under
the bush where he had hung the poison
capsule and an oath broke from his
lips. The bait had not been eaten. The
caribou fat lay scattered under the
bush and still imbedded in the largest
portion of 1t was the little white cap
sule-unbroken. 1t was Sandy's first
experience with a wild creature whose
instincts were sharpened by blindness,
and he was puzzled. He had never
known this to happen before. If a fox
or wolf could be lured to the point of
touching a bait, it followed that the
bait was eaten. Sandy went on to the
fourth and the fifth bats. They were
untouched. The sixth was torn to
pieces, like the third. In this instance
the capsule was broken and the white
powder scattered. Two more poison
bats Sandy found pulled down in this
manner. He knew that Kazan and Gray
Wolf had done the work, for he found
the marks of their feet in a dozen diff
ferent places. The accumulated baG
humor of weeks of futile labor found
vent In his disappointment and anger
At last he had found something tangible
to curse. The failure of his poison
bats he accepted as sort of china,
to his general bad luck. Everything
was against him, he believed, and hi
made up his mind to return to Rec
Gold City. Early in the afternoon hi
launched his canoe and drifted down
stream with the current. He was con
tent to let the current do all of the
work today, and he used his paddle
just enough to keep his slender Graf
head on. He leaned back comfortably
and smoked his pipe, with the old rifle
between his knees. The wind was il
his face and he kept a sharp watch foi
game.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
sLuke 21:1.
Suit0r Not Offended When
Door Is Shut in His Face

1.-THE emotion love is almost I'M
known amongst the people, and mar
riage Is more a commercial bargain
than an affair Of the heart. Elk
cept In few cases, affection does not
enter into the question Of matrimony
at ALL" So writes Nurse Hedderman
in a book dealing with her relief work
in the south isle of Arau, off the coast
of Ireland.
The prospective sutton does not seem
to enjoy popping the question" to his
future wife, and the method he adopts
is nothing If not thorough business
like undertaking. According to Nurse
Hedderman, he starts forth in the
small hours of the morning, usually
during the Christmas holidays, accom-
panied by one or two friends. He
knocks at the door Of some suitable
father-in-law, and If his suit is con-
sidered he is permitted to enter. All
the family join in greeting him, and
the bond is sealed without further
ado.
Should it happen, however, that he
is rejected, an order is issued from
within to quit the premises. This re-
pulse does not unnerve him; nor does
he resent the dismissal at the time,
but plucks up more courage, reappear-
ing at another door to demand bride
on somewhat similar terms.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
FOR THE POULTRY
GROWER
Care of Hen House.

A clean, well ventilated hen house
Is an essential in profitable poultry
keeping, according to N. L. Harris,
superintendent of the poultry plant at
the Kansas State Agricultural college.
No element is more neglected than
proper care of the hen house, believes
Mr.. Harris. One essential in keeping
the house in sanitary condition is
that it should be perfectly dry. A
damp, poorly ventilated building is
one of the most potent causes Of weak
ened constitutions in fowls, and re-
sulting diseased condition.
The house should be disinfected
thoroughly in warm weather at least
every ten days. The disinfectant may
be any of the commercial stock dips
mixed with water to a strength of 3
per cent, or solution of water, crude
carbolic acid and kerosene.
A weakened condition, due to poorly
cleaned houses, does not Immediately
effect the income. The results often
are not noticed until the melting period
when the fowls are more dehilitated
than at any other season.
1t Is a well-known fact that COM
fort among poultry is the keynote to
success. Birds confined in houses in
tested with vermin as a result Of I'M
sanitary conditions are not comfort
able and will not return profit for work
or investment. The house should be
so constructed as to allow circula-
ton of fresh air, and where possible
a liberal supply of sunshine. Sunshine
should penetrate to all roosting quar-
tiers of the hen house since sunshine
is unequalled as a germicide. 1t is not
advisable to have the front of the
house so open as to allow the wind to
blow directly on the fowls, but they
breathe much more rapidly than many
other animals hence require large
quantities of oxygen.
This applies alike to growing chicks
and mature fowls. They are often
confined in small, poorly ventilated
coOps from which they emerge in the
morning in q semi-stupid state due tC
lack of oxygen during the night.
In all matters pertaining to the care
of the poultry house, attention should
be given to the comfort of the fowls
since this is one essential to success
ful poultry culture.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Brutality Was the Chief Thing Writ
ten in His Face.

first time since the preceding winter
that Gray Wolf had caught the scent of
man in the air. When the wind brought
the danger-signal to her she was alone.
Two or three minutes before the scent
came to her Kazan had left her side in
swift pursuit of a snow-shoe rabbit,
and she lay fiat on her belly under
bush, waiting for him. In these mo-
ments when she was alone Gray Wolf
was constantly shifting the air. Blind
ness had developed her scent and
hearing until they were next to in
fallible. First she had heard the rattle
of Sandy McTrigger's paddle against
the side of his canoe a quarter of a
mile away. Scent had followed swift
ly. Five minutes after her warning
howl Kazan stood at her side, his head
flung up, his jaws open and painting.
Sandy had hunted Arctic foxes, and he
was using the Eskimo tactics now,
swinging in half-circle until he should
come up in the face of the wind. Ka-
Fan caught single Whit of the man
tainted air and his spine grew stiff.
But blind Gray Wolf was keener than
the little red-eyed fox of the north. Her
pointed nose slowly followed Sandy's
progress. She heard dry stick crack
under his feet three hundred yards
away. She caught the metallic click of
his gun-barrel as ii struck birch sap
ling. The moment she lost Sandy in
the wind she whined and rubbed her
self against Kazan and trotted a few
steps to the southwest.
At times such as this Kazan seldom
refused to take guidance from her.
They trotted away side by side and by
the time Sandy was creeping up snake
like with the wind in his face, Kazan
was peering from the fringe of river
brush down upon the canoe on the
white strip of sand. When Sandy re-
turned, after an hour of futile stalking.
two fresh tracks led straight down to
the canoe. He looked at them in amaze
ment and then a sinister grin wrinkled
his ugly face. He chuckled as he went
to his kit and dug out small rubber
| bag. From this he drew a tightly
corked bottle, filed with gelatin cap
sules. In each little capsule were five
grains of strychnine. There were dark
hints that once upon a time Sandy Nc
Trigger had tried one of these capsules
by dropping it in a cup of coffee and
giving 1t to a man, but the police had
never proved it. He was expert in the
use of poison. Probably he had killed
a thousand foxes in his time, and he
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Something New Under Sun.

New Zealand is considering the pro
duction of salt from sea water, utiliz-
ing its easily available hydroelectric
power.
Among the merry-go-round novelties
is an attachment that makes the wood
en- horses go over hurdles In realistic
manner.
Aluminium street cars have been
adopted by a Swiss railway because
of the metals lightness and rust-defy-
ing qualities.
To provide a new food product, the
United States bureau of fisheries will
experiment with canning and corning
seal meat.
Apparatus using q pivoted arm that
is strapped to a mans shoulder has
been invented in England to teach cor
rect golf strokes.
An electric fan features q new fl
ter to cool the water as it passes
through fabric tubes by evaporation
without the use of ice.
Camphor production from leaves
having passed the experimental stage
In Formosa, the government has plant
ed large areas In trees.
The fly wheel of new internal con-
bustion engine for light duty forms
a fan that forces air around the cyiio
der to keep 1t Coz
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Copyright, 1919
' can l help my country

tCopyIlButs 1Slf)
How can l help my country?
The American man, woman or child
who silently but sincerely has sought
to answer this question has felt the
first thrill of patriotism.
For such as these a new day has
dawned. Their self-imposed question
heralds the promise of personal sacri-
flee on their country's altar for JUS
tice and democracy.
How can 1 help my country
Can't you hear the answer?
1t comes as clear as shout in the
silent night.
1t answers from out the trenches
Somewhere in France'-from beard
ed threats of war-worn soldiers, the
mud-stained, blood-stained. nerve
racked men of steel-from the thin
long lines that stand between you
and death-from those who ARE
doing their bit.
1t cries out to you from the wastes
Of mo mans land" where, beneath
burning suns or in pale moonlight
crawling In shell holes with the dead,
cruelty tortured and wounded In the
strife of your ideals of liberty and
democracy, are those who are doing
their bit.
Your answer comes In the silence
of heroes on hospital cots-they who
with gritting teeth, suppress the
slightest groan and who return the
smile of the brave gentle Red Gross
nurse, praying to recover that they
may join again comrades in the first
line-to give their all with those who
are doing their bit.
From the whirr Of the "plane" in Its
reckless climb in the clouds to prove
itself equal to a whole regiment,
comes your answer-from those air
men of daring who dare to do theil
bit.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
What Doing Your Bit" Means
By CHARLES Fl. MOORE

From the ships. from the trenches,
from the factories, from the farms, the
voice Of victory answers you, the vic
tory Of personal unselfshness over am
bilious self.
Oh you, who could help If you
would help, but who hesitate for self
Throw aside your convenience, your
pride, your personal ambitions and
do what you can do and commence
doing right now.
You men, you women, you children,
who claim to revere our national ban
ner of stars and stripes-it's Amer
lea first and not self that you must
feel and live and battle for.
And you men of business. VIII tax
lodging and seeking "war profits" be
the spirit with which YOU advance to
do YOUR bit?
And you housewives. How many
hungry families of these heroes at the
front would the wasted scraps from
your larders Of plenty feed? Are
YOU doing YOUR bit?
And you workers the whole land
overf Would you willingly exchange
your labor, your pay and your hours
for those of a soldier in the trenches
that you may steadfastly say you are
doing your bit?
And you, people of wealth. Would
you know what your bit is? Wheth-
err you frequent the churches or not,
read your answer in the story OF the
*Widow's Mite and realize what share
you must give If you would do your
bit.
How much of the love for humanity
is there in your soul?
Seek 1t out and put it to work
unselfishly, for 1t is there and not
elsewhere you will find your answer to
what "doing your Bit means.
sLuke 81 i.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

One afternoon he ran his canoe
ashore on a white strip Of sand. This
was at a bend, where the stream had
widened, and gave promise of at least
few colors. He had bent down close
to the edge Of the water when some
thing caught his attention on the wet
sand. What he saw were the footprints
of animals. Two had come down to
drink. They had stood side by side.
And the footprints were fresh-made
not more than an hour or two before.
A CLEAN of interest shot into Sandy's
eyes. He looked behind him, and up
and down the stream.
Evolves" he grunted. "Wish I could
"a shot at 'em with that old minute-gun
back there. Gawd-listen to that And
in broad daylight, tool"
He jumped to his feet, staring Off
into the bush.
A quarter of a mile away Gray Wolf
had caught the dreaded scent of man
in the wind, and was giving voice to
her warning. 1t was a long wailing
howl, and not until it's last echoes had
died away did Sandy McTrigger move.
Then he returned to the canoe, took
out his old gun, put fresh cap on the
nipple and disappeared quickly over
the edge of the bank.
For a week Kazan and Gray Wolf
had been wandering about the headwa.
tiers of the McFarlane and this was the
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Rotating Heel Wears Evenly.

The rotating heel is the latest foot
wear. 1t is made to do away with
the problem of heels worn down on
one side. A short but heavy bolt,
screwing through threaded plates into
the center of the heel and into the
shoe. holds the heel firmly on. When
one side of the heel starts to wear, you
just loosen the bolt with a screw
driver and turn the heel around. The
heels, of course, are made round and
not the usual shape.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Wise and Otherwise.

Duties of other people are al
ways duly clear to us.
The owner of smart dog does
most of the barking.
Life is one continuous round
of unfinished business.
Weak is the man who hasn't
strength enough to break a good
resolution.
A woman likes to have people
say that she is young looking
and is a member of an old fam
lily.
It's as difficult to convince a
stubborn man as 1t is to fasten
a windmill by running corn
through it.
1t may be all right for q wom-
an to marry in haste and repent
at leisure, but a married man
has no leisure.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
(rO BE CONTINUED
MANY CREEDS IN ONE CHURCH
Big Problem Solved in One Town
Where Eighteen Denominations
Worship Together.

A federated church, in which Is de-
nominations are worshiping harmoni-
ously, seems to be solving the small
town problem in Atascadero, San Luis
Obispo county, California. In other
places a federated church means the
uniting of bodies already organized,
while here the plan came in response
to the popular wish Of the people that
there be, from the beginning, but one
church. Atascadero it should be said,
is colony, ten miles long and seven
miles wide, founded n few years ago
by L. G. Lewis.
The church was organized in July,
1915, by the pastor, DIR. Edward A.
Berry, a brother of Bishop F. Berry
of the Methodist church. Doctor
Berry made a systematic campaign Of
the colonists and found but one who
opposed the idea. When the book
of the church was opened for sigma
lures, 100 members were enrolled. In
less than a year the membership went
to 250.
The following denominations are rep
resented: Baptist, Congregational,
Episcopal, Evangelical association,
Freewill Baptist, Friends, Disciples Of
Christ, Lutheran, Methodist Episcopal,
Methodist Episcopal South, Presbyte-
rian, Presbyterian South, United Pres
byterian, United Brethren, Universal
list. Unitarian, Spiritualist, Roman
Catholic.
The benevolences of the church are
all directed toward helping the needy
in the lands suffering from war
Christian Herald.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

THERE is A RUSH OF GOLD HUNTERS ALONG SLAVE
RIVER, AND AMONG THOSE PRESENT IS SANDY Nc
TRIGGER, PROSPECTOR AND BAD MAN-SANDY
FINDS TRACES OF KAZAN AND HIS MATE.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29
Getting Even.

isn't it funny?" said Gladys, curl
ously, to her chum, Phyllis. Father
has promised to give me pair of dia-
mond earrings If 1 will stop having
music lessons. 1 wonder why?"
That's stranger" agreed Phyllis.
"But you've never worn earrings, have
your"
mo. 1 shall have to get my ears
pierced"
THAT explains it," said Phyllis, an
Innocent smile curving her ruby lips.
''He wants to pay you back in your
own CON-"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

as 1t true that the monarchial form
of government is on its last legs?"
perhaps so. At any rate, you will
notice that press agents no longer lay
particular stress on the fact that their
stars have played before the crowned
heads of Europe"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

Fearing dire punishment after killing who had attacked his
Alaskan edge wolf
wild lfe mate
baby
blinded and her killed by lynx her
They
sympathy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-01-29

Comes the beginning of the
most critical period in the life
of kazan and Gray Wolf. The
story is developed to an impor-
tant point in the next Install
ment.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1918-01-29
GREAT NORTHERN LIFE INSUR-
ANCE COMPANY

The Great Northern Life Insurance
company held its annual meeting last
Friday afternoon Annual reports
were read showing a splendid increase
in business. The following directors
were elected:
Walter Alexander, B. F. Mcmillan
c.. S. Gilbert, F. P. Stone, c. G. Yaw-
key, H. g. Flieth, Jacob Mortenson
L. Wiechmann, w. E. Curtis, Henry
Ruder.
The directors met today and elected
officers as follows:
President-B. F. Wilson.
e-Presidents-C.'C C. Yawkey, VIM
A Fricke, l.. M. Alexander.
Secretary. N. Manson.
Treas.-W. c.. Gilbert.
Asst Sec-Jno. Sullivan.
Asst Treas.-H. G. Flieth.
Medical Director-Dr. A. B. Rosen-
berry
Gen. Counsel-L. A. Pradt.
Gen. Manager-Wm. A. Fricke.
Auditor-W. l.. Dutton.
Executive Committee. M. Alex
ander, C. c. Yawkey, c. S. Gilbert, G
D. Jones, J. n Manson, B. Heine-
mann, B. F. Wilson and w. H. Bissell
The year 1917 was the best year in
the history of the company, gains
having been made in all departments
of the company. The company now
has nine and one-quarter millions OF
insurance in force with assets Of
about one million dollars.