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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
Eighteenth Century Matches.

Old advertisements, as has been
often said, throw most instructive
side-lights on the mode of life and
manners of the people in the days
when they were written. They sug-
gest, too, by the way, that life even
in these war days is far more COM
Portable and easy than it was in the
18th century, for instance. A collec-
tion of advertisements of that period,
which has lately been placed in the
Guidhall library, bears out this view
in many respects. One advertisement.
that of matches, illustrates the point.
What would people today think of
matches if they had to be treated
with the care described in the an
nouncement quoted here?
The instructions for use, as set
forth in the advertisement, include
the following:
They are so well adapted for trav-
cling that a dozen of them may be
conveniently carried in a tOothpick
case, and, each of them being secured
in a tube of glass Theoretically sealed,
they will keep any number of years.
When one of them is to be used, in
cline the head downwards, and break
the tube just at the paper band; draw
out the match i'm the same inclining
direction; as soon as the point of cot
ton comes in contact with the air it
| takes fire, and ought to be rolled
gently between the finger and thumb
| for second or two, till the flame has
caught the wax, and then must be
turned upright. When the weather is
cool, it is necessary to warm the head
of the match in the mouth, or even
the hand, for a few seconds before
the tube is broken--it is necessary
to observe these matches must be
fired where the air is perfectly still
as even the breath of the person who
fires them is sufficient to extinguist
the flame before it has caught the
wax.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
Japan,s Growing Toy Trade.

The trade with the United States
in toys has increased with such -ra-
pidity that it would prove one of the
heaviest sufferers should it be de-
cided to restrict the Importation into
America. America is not Japan's only
toy market, but it is by far the best.
She took nearly 100000 yens worth
of these goods in 1917, the total ex-
port being yen S,409, 900. The toy
trade is Japan's star war industry
it has developed wholly from 1915,
at whichtime the industry catered al
most entirely to domestic needs, and
no effort whatever had been made to
break the German monopoly; but,
Germany eliminated, household
trade giving employment to thousands
of people has been built up. OF late
something has been done to raise the
toy industry to a more dignified scale
but such products. must be among
the first to come under the ban in
war time. Japan, however, has a
wide market in South America for
her toys and any setback from the
American ban should only be tenn
porary So says the Commercial Sup
plement of the Far East.
In contradistinction to this the ia
pan Chronicle comments upon the
Japanese aspirations in the toy indus
try as follows: According to the
Hochi, Japan, in the matter of toy
making, has succumbed to the fata
inclination to initiate, and has gone
in for scientific toys, in which she
can hardly hope to compete with for
eign makers after the war Japan
csc toymakers in the past have showI
how to exercise artistic taste ever
in the design of the cheapest toys
and it is a pity that they should neg
lect their one strong point"
The toy trade in Japan is dull, a
the shortage of freight space and tn
| high freights have made cheap bu
bulky goods Improbable for export
ers. The demand is active for good
for practical uses as pen boxes, whic
have risen to 6.5 sen per piece sine
the turn of the year. American OF
ders have been received for compars
lively light and small celluloid toys
which have slightly enlivened the col
ditions. These particular toys ar
more than a yen piece, and the fin
grades are preferred for America.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
War Boosts our class industry.

In anticipation of the adjustments
in the industry. which will no doubt
be necessary after the war, the tariff
commission has made an Investigation
and report of the glass industry as
affected by the war. IL finds that
all branches of the industry have been
seriously handicapped by the abnor-
NAL conditions.
The cutting off of imported raw
materials, particularly potash, fol
lowed by delays in experimenting with
or in finding suitable domestic sub
stitutes, have added to the obstacles
in the way of successful manufac-
ture. Great difficulties have been ex-
perienced inthe transportation of ma
terials and fuel and the delivery OF
finished products.
The report shows that notwith
standing these and other obstacles
commercial production has increased
and export trade has extended tc
countries not hitherto reached in spe
cific lines by American glass manu-
facturers. The information obtained
by the commission warrants the con
clusion that new era has set in foi
the industry.
The consensus of opinion of glas
manufacturers is that although thu
European war has injuriously affecte'
the production of anumber of stapl
articles of American manufactur
through lack of important ingredien
materials. il has stimulated the il
dustry to a remarkable degree, an
has been the principal factor in tn
creation and development in thi
country of number of new branche
of glass manufacture.
The glass companies that have SUI
cessfully engaged in the manufa
ture of new products are compari
lively few. They are leaders in for
t of the principal divisions of the il
! dustry-window glass, plate glas
blown and pressed ware, and bottle
: and jars.
The destructive effect of the we
upon the glass industries of BELGIUM
D and France, and the shutting. off
glass imports from Germany and Au
tria, especially optical and laboratoI
: glassware, made immediate construc
: i've work in the United States il
perative. At the present time we al
producing large quantities of optic
P glass of the kinds needed for mi
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
Breads Of Many Nations.

Recent dispatches from Germany
have referred to bread made of beech
nuts and acorns. This serves to re-
call that in the earliest days both of
these put put to the same usage.
Acorns are still made into bread by
certain Indian tribes, and in colonial
times acorn meal was common among
the natives. 1t is said that after be-
ing boiled several times the acorns
lose their bitter taste, becoming sweet
and wholesome.
Almost everything that grows has
been called upon to make bread for
man. In remote ages the Egyptians
of the Nile valley prepared bread
from the seed of lotus flowers. These
flowers grew abundantly in the mud
of the river bottom, and when the an
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

nual overflow receded there was a
harvest of lotus flowers, just as we
harvest wheat today.
Early records of the north Euro
pean people, particularly in Scandi-
navia, shows that the poor subsisted
partly on bread made OF nothing more
substantial than ground moss. But
this had such slight nutrittve value
that 1t was almost worthless as food.
The Germans are eating potato -four
bread also a familiar makeshift of
other days. When the ground pota-
toes are mixed with rye or wheat the
bread is not unpalatable.
The Italians are adding to scant
war rations with chestnut bread. The
chestnuts of Italy and Spain are much
larger than those of America, and
chestnut bread is a familiar article
of diet in both lands We also hear
much of banana flour, which is used
to some degree in South America.
Numerous attempts have been made
to introduce it into this country, and
| il is now being manufactured COM
mercially. If we may believe those
who profess to know, banana flour is
both nutritious and palatable.
The Mexixcans and South Ameri-
cans grind peas and beans into a
meal, which is then made into little
cakes and fried. All kinds of cereals
are eaten as bread the world over
millet being one of the most popular
in the east Should the war continue
for number of years, it is just pos
sible that the American people may
be compelled to make the acquaint
ance of other breadstuffs than thos,
to which they are accustomed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

tary fre-control instruments and OF
quality equal in practically every re-
spect to the best European glass.
The inquiry elected from manufac-
turers and importers suggestions and
recommendations having especial ref
erence TO our developed export trade
and its extension, and the retention
and expansion of our domestic trade
after the war The views of manu-.
facturers who expect to hold their
export trade after the war and those
who do not expect to hold il are in
terestng features of the report. The
replies to the inquiry Factors de-
pended upon for holding domestic
trade after the war" are also of par
ticular interest and range from 'low
costs of production quality OF
goods" efficiency in production,
"lower costs of materials" and ere
adjustments of wages" to dependence
upon a protective tariff"
In the production of bottles a high
degree of mechanical efficiency has
been reached. Without the aid of Z
human hand an automatic machin,
produces complete 1-dram bottles a
the rate of 165 per minute ant
larger sizes up to 12-gallon bottles II
proportionate time. The labor cos
is practically nothing" said the man
ufacturer.
In the making of window glass
machine blower in the most efficien
American factories can blow a cylir
der of window glass nearly 80 fee
long and 32 inches in diameter in les
time than a Belgian hand blower ca
} blow cylinder 8 feet long and
! inches in diameter.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
Wounded Bows to Be DRemade.v

Chicago .-Fifty-five wounded men
from France passed through here on
Monday on the way to a hospital in
the west to be "remade" under the
care of the government. Several of
them had been on the torpedoed Tus-
cania
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
OPTICAL GOODS

VII ttt UOOttS
The Right Classes-thats our reputation.
King Optical Co, 6lS Riverside.
Correct Glasses at Correct Prices. Ideal
Optical Co. 507 Riverside ave.
PArENT AEroR>ENs
HERBEkT E sSTfTH REQ isThRED
old Nat'i Rank bldg and Washington u c
PHOTOGRAPHERS
Princess STUDIO. 1913 EILERs BLDG
PHNs iClAN-DRuGLEss
Human Bake oven In Spokane . years
DIR. p. BURGUND. Granite Blk. Main 531S.
S S2 s IN massage for r9s snns IN
Dr. John Il. Lydon. sie-11 Auditorium bldg.
Practice; Acute and Chronic Diseases.
Specially. childrens deformities.
Cure for Rheumatism. Salt Baths and
Massage. Miss Freeman, room 2z9 Assem-
plee hotel
Madam S<elton-Naturapa thic and Mas
seuse. Call or write, 424 Kuhn blk. Nj.
Or. c. Hale Klmble. Q. n d. Bldg. If all
ing. call or write me.
-PHYsIclANs-MA MAGNETIC
Magnetic ana Spiritual Healers. DIAGNOSIS
so cents. Send date OF birth. Mr.. and
Mrs. j. +. Piercy, sos s Howard ST.
PLUMBING AND HEATING
JAS SMITH PLBG. 4 HEATING co.
stuth l7s Post St. Spokane. Wn. Con-
tractors and dealers I'm Wholesale and retail
plumbing and heating materials Let Ne
STANDARD PLUMBING HEATING co
421 First Ave. Spokane. Wash
ing Heating and Water systems Installed
b. 8 HEBDEN. i2S FOURTH AVE. WE
can save you money on plumbing
Get our prices John Smyth. Granite Blk
WRITE FOR PRICES. GUARANTEED
Plumbing Keene g. Patterson. N2z3 Howard
PROVISIONS
| fMPERfNG GROCER SUPPLY CO.. ITO 8
4 stevens. Supplies for hotels restaurants, &C
PUBLIC srEN0GRAPHERs. NorARY;
MONICA n. THoMPsoN. 212 Eagle Bldg
Isabel Timberman, Alice Bowers, 5l1 Hyde
RAZOR BLADES sHsRPENED K
We MAKE KEYS q SHARPEN SAFETY
Raznr Rlades Duncan Elec. Co \. log Wal
NAL TIM. r, d: Baker. III Sprague Ave
REAi. ESTATE AND FARM LANDS.
PROVEN WHEAT LAND.
4S0 acres miles from Lind, Wash. By
acres in cultivation and No. land. l6
not quite SO good Plenty Of mater wat MA q
close ont at $500. Geo. y. Needy, Al
Hyde Bldg. Spokane, Wash.
Farm lands, real estate. insurance Bel
KNAPP Investments Co. W506 Sprague
WELI EeglPPEp FA7M -lt WANTED;
Have rian power; want equipped farm I
buy or rent 317-Rookery.
RESCUE HOMES
ANY GIRL OR WOMAN IN NEED CA,
find friends at The salvation Army Home
Address Adjt. Bertha Smith, 3422 w. Gar
land Ave. Phone Maxwell 14o3.
Florence Crittenton Home for women an
girls in trouble N. 2120 Crestline ave.
SCALES
DETROIT AUTOMATIC SCALES FRED 1
Adams. SIT first ave Spokane Wash.
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
lockwood Boarding School for Girls. Ais
shorthand and typewriting. Address Mr.
Ada NJ Argan. Prin., D. 406 Tenth ave.
SCHOOLS q COLLEGES
cGESszM&GIMaN1z~4O1lzl<Ie
Trains for government and business pos
tions. Write for information.
II c. BLAIR, President, Spokane, Was
Become a stenographer while living {
: home. We teach you by mail at littl
cost. Free information. Box 1868 SPOKANE
r counselman School of Correspondence.
!. COURTN EY SCHOOL OF ELOCUTlO
t and ranatic Art. Advanced education
! al methods. Voice. physical training
S 315 Howard St, Spokane.
/ SHEET METAL WORKS
B5iier repairs, Roofing Cornice. She
Metal Wks Brown Bros. s1s q Riversid
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

There's going to be a big demand
for those new-fangled divorces" said
Mr. Mumm the other evening.
what new-fangled diyosces?" asked
Mrs. Mumm.
'Why, that new kind, where a man
can keep his wife, but gets an abso-
lutte divorce from her relations"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

SAY, that lot you sold me is three
feet under water"
as it,"
yes. it is, and you know il is"
"Well, it is a good thing you told
me. l can let you have bargain in
a canoe"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

He-And-er-why do you want to
get a divorce?
She Because I'm married. of
course.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

do you believe in taking the money
away from the rich and giving it to
the poor?"
II certainly do. l believe that the
ammunition workers and mechanics
should be willing to divide up with
the railroad presidents"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

To keep clean and healthy take DR.
Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. They regu-
late liver. bowels and stomach.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
ouinine Famine in Ell Paso.

FL Paso, Texas.-A quinine famine
was experienced here Sunday as a
result of the influenza epidemic.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

msterdam.-Vienna is threatened
with a food crisis in the most acute
form
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answering these advertisements
Ranges. Heaters. Go-Carts. SullSies. Bed
ding. Crockery. and Craniteware to be
the lowest no extra charge for packing
and delivering to depOts. Mail orders Civ
Riverside Ave. ana Spraguc Ave. NJ 1856.
Largest stock secondhand goods. .. X.
Furniture ENch. 21l 5. Washington
GRINDING And FLING
we Grind s Meat ceePpers Snsers p,se Sa
HAfs> Ess-BLAN I<ErS-RoBEs
COMPLETE LINE or HESVY HARNESS.
Empire Harness. CO. lois sprague
GOOD HARNESS. LOWEST PRICES BIG
selection. Pierce Harness Co. s23 First.
HELP WANTED
HAVE YOU MADE GOOD SELLING
books, portraits and other specialues?
Do you want to earn $50 to SIS q week
selling groceries wholesale TO farmers on
commission? DO you want TO establish
yourself in a permanent business earning
$4,000 TO $1,000 a year, If so, give full par
ticulars. with age. experience and adj
dress. Box 2090, Portland. Ore
MINERS AND MUcKERs WANTED
At Snow Storm mines Troy. Montana.
Good living conditions. Miners s4.75,
for or IS shifts. Apply ss2 ' old ana National
Bank building Spokane. or mine office at
Troy.
wANTED-MEN TO LEARN BARBER
qualifying Write for free catalogue. Mohler
Barber College. 2so Main Ave
Men Of draft age;
Men below draft age:
Men of mature years;
Women:
NEEDED BY THOUSANDS.
! for special service. How to prepare? Our
Nineteenth Annual Catalog tells. Write
/ for 1t today.
Northwestern Business College.
S. 317 Howard st. Spokane. Wash.
Men within the new draft to take prefer
ment at $1,000 to $1,000 Courses frsm six
weeks TO six months in day school or il
| employed night school 7:15 TO 9:15 Mon
/ days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Spokane
Expert School of Business, Title Bldg
| Sprague and Wall.
HELP WANTED-FEMALE
WANTED-Girl over is with good educa-
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Names of girls holding similar position.
furnished on request 500 Title Building
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HIDES 4 WOOL
BISSINGER & co. I'LL RAILROAD AVE-
We buy Hides. Wool Pelts and Fur
HIDES = JUNK = HIDES
Write for price and shipping tags Cen
trail Hide e Junk Co. w. 200 Main.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

WILLIAM BROWN HOTELS. 10 POST
St Modern, homelike.
VOLNEY HOTEL, 410 Riverside, 8 doors
from o. n. b. bldg. Mrs. r. A. Woods,
Mgr Homelike, 1st-class accommodation.
rhE new MADISON HOTEL
First and Madison SITS.
The coy. homelike. family hotel Heart
n the Auto and Business Center 200 mod
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

STANDARD FURNITURE co.
COMPLETE HOME FURNISHERS.
we carry the most complete and up to-
date lines of Furniture, Rugs, Linoleums
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
SCALES

DETrR0fiTIS ~AUToMAT1c SCALES. FRHD d.
Adams SIT first ave Spokane Wash.
SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
lockwood Boarding School for Girls. Also
shorthand and typewriting. Address Mrs
Ada NJ Argan. Prin., T.. 400 Tenth ave.
SCIIQAI4 a col IGEa
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

Get our prices on Pipeless Furnaces, Moist
Air Furnaces-and save money. Monh
& Disotell Co. 230 Sprague Ave;
sUARROLD MOIST AIR FURNACES
save ia fuel S. 1924 Howard 81.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29

sfBERfAN -aLASI<4A FUR CO. sss IL Riv
Furs to order from your skins. Remodel
ing. repairing Highest price raw furs.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
FARM LIGHTING. PLANTS
FUKRIERS

BIJNIONS cured by Radium. Corns removed
DIR J. A. MORSE. 523 1-2 Main.
DR. FRANCIS RHODES, All Eagle Bids
MASSAGE and Soap Lake baths, Shiropodis
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1918-10-29
HIDES = WOOL

We buy Hides, Wool. Pelts and Fur.
HIDES = JUNK = HIDES
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04

futurity on the cards, besides nu-
merous other stakes. His record of
achievements in his profession is
far and away greater than that of
any other driver in the world, not
even excepting the famous Pop"
Geers, who has been on the turf n
quarter of a century or more. And
Murphy is not yet 45 years old.
Asked on one occasion to define
the methods that enabled him to so
far outstrip his competitors, his la
comic reply was:
Il feed them, l water them and /
drive them like the dickens"
Commenting on his terSe eXposi-
ton, writer in the Trotter and
PAGER said: Exceedingly simply.
but involving a lot of significance,
these few short words comprehended
the alpha and omega of Murphy's S
success His horses are we'll fed and
properly watered. Not an animal
in his stable fails to come under his
inspection every day. Not an en-
ploye escapes his vigilant eye at all
times. Although not favored by ma
ture in physical sense, his strength
is conserved by perfect habits and
sustained by marvellous nerve, ans!
he is buoyed up by a vaunting am
bition and directed by an intelligence
that amounts to genius. The horse
in his affinity, and the magic of his
influence exercises the spirit OF his
pupils to accomplish supreme re-
suits"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
Has Made$1, 100000 Guiding
Winners on the Trotting Turf

Magician of the reins is Thomas
W. Murphy, king of the Grand Cir
cult drivers who has cleared up
everything 1t Lexington and is now
preparing to do the same at Atlanta.
1t is predicted that the Glen Cove
and Poughkeepsie reinsman will
nnlsh the seasons with seventh win
ming bracelets, which Will set n rec
ord that may never be equaled. His
90 is already a record on the Grand
Circuit, the previous high mark beN
ing 40 or thereabouts. Murphy won
two races at Columbus with PetreX
and gave Eiuland his first defeat
over a mile track with Royal Mac.
He bids fair to top his record of
money winnings of S1f6,370 for Il
season, made in 1915 by a long mar
gin.
This, however, is only a 1.-THE of
his enormous earnings, which are
estimated at an even million dollars.
Murphy has made this in the brief
time of fifteen years on the trottiag
turf. During that time he has won
every established trotting fixture in
this country, several of them many
times. He has driven nine times to
victory in the Kentucky Futurity.
He has won the Chamber of Com
merce classic, the NJ. & M, the
Tennessee, Pennsylvania, Charter
Oak, Hotel Hartman, Hoster Column
bus, Paper Mills. Michigan, Empire
State, Ohio, Furniture Manufacture
ers, Buckeye, Arch City and every
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1918-10-04
Uncle Sam Bans
Four Players of
the u. of P. Team

Zowie! Uncle Sam slammed down
his iron hand on the University of
Pennsylvania football plans yester-
day, and unless he eases up four of
the university gridiron units will not
appear in the lineup tomorrow
against BY Dickson's U. S. Marines.
Hobey Light. Harry Rosetsky, Ray
Miller and wilmington are the boys
hit.
According TO the latest piece of
news. this quartet are not members
cf the 6. y. 7 c. unit, as all four are
over the 2l-year-ol limit. Rosetsky.
Within. Ia and Miller are just over
the mark, while Light is a mem
ber of the Naval Reserves. Unless the
War Department makes a special rul-
ing in this case. these four stars will
be.ton the sidelines.
The case of Light is different from
that of the other three. In addition
to being a member of the Naval Re-
serves. he is in the dental school. Last
year he completed all his theoretical
work and came back this season to
complete his practical work.