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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
Mrs. Maekayls Triumph.

Mrs. Millionaire Mackay, the daugh-
ter of a journeyman barber and the
mother-in-law OF one of the ancient
Roman house of the Colonna, has set
London agog with the entertainment
she has given the prince of Wales.
The intimation was abroad that this
wife Of fortune digged from the
bowels OF Nevada and augmented on
the stock-eHchange at Frisco was to
be snubbed in London society. Madame
gathered herself for a crushing effort
and has wholly succeeded at fiscal
cost which she has not stopped to
count His royal highness is robust
feeder, whose prerogative it is to in
spect in advance the menu OF any din
ner he is invited to enjoy. Madame
was careful 10 see that it met his exact
ing taste. He is privileged also to
pass upon the eligibility of the COM
pany invited distantly to meet him.
Mrs. Macl5ay's list was adroitly made.
Dinner, decorations, dressing, every
thing. was superb. Royalty itself
could not make a more lavish, though
il ought compass a more distinguished,
display. After dinner a concert was
given by Partisan artists engaged for
the occasion. The princes meal, as is
customary when the company is gem
eral,, was served in a room apart in
such choice company as he himself
dictated. With an unlimited purse at
her disposal, with the heir-apparent of
Great Britain as her chief guest (de-
lighted with her skill as hostess),
Mrs MaclSay defies her detractors and
asserts the social pre-emineuce of her
money-bags.
The iourneyman BARRIERS daughter
will not have her station discredited.
The blood of all the Hanovers APP
proves her and her chef. and detrac-
ton may howl itself hoarse. Chicago
Times
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
HOW TO be HannY.

II you want good appetite, don't
worry. II you want a healthy body,
don't worry. If you want things to go
right in your homes and business. don't
worry. Women find sea of trouble in
their housekeeping. Some one says
they often put as much worry and
anxiety into loaf OF bread, a pie or a.
cake, into the weekly washing and
ironing, as should suffice for much
weightier matters This accounts
largely for the angularity of Americans
women. Nervousness, according to the
American Artisan, is the bane Of the
American race. 1t is not confined to
the women, by any means, but extends
to the men as well. Even business mem
are sometimes afflicted, so we have,
heard. and so our advice not TO yield
TO this habit will be most kindly re-
ceiyed by all classes OF readers. What
good does fretting do?
1t only increases with indulgence.
like anger, or appetite, or love, or any
other human impulse. 1t deranges
ones temper, excites unpleasant feel
ings towards every body, and confuses
the mind. Ii affects the whole person.,
units one for the proper completion of
the work whose trifling Interruption
or disturbance started the fTetful fit.
Suppose these things go wrong to-day,
the to-morrows are coming in which to
try again, and the thing is not worth
clouding raur own spirit and those
arc und ' ljuring yourself and them
physically--fo the mind affects the
body-and for such a trihe. Strive to
cultivate spirit of patience, both for
your own good and the good of those
about you. You will never regret the
step, for it will not only add to youg
own happiness, but the example of your
conduct will affect those with whom
you associate, and in whom you are in
terested. Suppose somebody makes a
mistake, suppose you are crossed. or n
trifing accident occurs; to fly into fret
full mood viii not mend, but help 20
hinder the attainment of what you
wish. Then, when a thing is beyond
repair, waste no useless regrets over it,
and do no idle fretting. Strive for
that serenity OF spirit that will enable
you TO make the best of all things.
That means contentment in its best
| sense; and contentment is the only
| true happiness of life. A pleasant dis
position and good work will make the
whole surroundings ring with cheerful
| mass
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
She Returned the Parrot.

A Second avenue lady who bought q
parrot. warranted to talk, few days
ago, returned the bird yesterday with
the explanations:
Il cannot possibly put up with the
language used by this bird. Why, It Is
something awful
That's queer" replied the bird
store man. Ibid he use profane Lam
guage."
Indeed, he did. The very first day
had him he called out: You can
pack your - trunk and leave as
soon as you please! Think OF such
talkln
ssYes'm. and l am sorry for t. He
has evidently lived in a family In
which the utmost harmony did not ex-
list. will take him back ma'am, and
give you that green-headeu bird.
"But won't he swear, tooen
''No. ma'am. He simply answers
for the other by saying: III do leave
I'll make It hot for your Detroit
Free Press.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
PIPKINs' DIPLOMACY.
A "Reminiscences of Arkansas POLL
tics In the Early Days.

tics In the Early Days.
In one OF the back counties OF Arkan-
sas good many years ago there was
very warm contest for the Office OF con-
stable of Snake township, being con-
Quoted between John Pipsins and Dem
mis- Tompkins, says the Arkansas
Gazette. The township was largely
composed Of family named Treader,
there being about twenty-five votes
polled in the township. They held the
balance Of power, and they were 10
man for Tomplfins. John Piplsins
studied the situation thoroughly many
sleepless nights, but failed TO solve in
his mind the solution OF the difficult
problem OF how TO win the election
against such large odds. He tried
many plans, crystallized by lonely and
studious thought, but none succeeded
in turning the Treader vote In his favor
He was finally in despair and had
almost decided that withdrawal from
the roll was his only hope Of avoiding
ignomini0us defeat In this frame OF
mind. one morning about a week before
election, he mounted his sturdy mule
and rode down 10 the crossroads gro
Gerry store. In those days IL was the
custom for all country establishments
of this character to keep "licker," and
this particular grocery was not an ex-
ception The first man that met the
eye Of Pipkins on his arrival was young
Charley Treader. Charley was the pet
aud the fayorite OF all the
Treaders. his prestige arising from
the fact that he could play
the ''stiffest" game of poker and
shoot the closest at rifle target Of
any man In the townships He was
/ thanked up" that morning. and ready
for any kind OF fray. Pipkins dis
mounted as Charley disappeared in the
/ store and started 10 go in also, when
he discovered seated on log little
way from the building a brawny son
| OF Erin, who TO all appearances had
been deeply imbibing the night before
and WAS as dry as a chip for another
\ drink. A fortunate idea popped into
| Pipkin's head, and he approached the
| freshman and said: IF you will go in
there and pound the living lights out
Of that young whelp Treader, III give
you quart Of whisky" II didn't re-
qnire more than a minute TO complete
the trade, and after Pat went into the
saloon il required only half that length
OF time to bring on the desired conflict.
With one blow OF his massive fist the
Irishman felled Charley TO the floor.
At this moment PiplSins rushed into
the store and knocking the Irishman
down. drew his pistol. and exclaimed:
when you touch Trcader you touch
me! Git from here, you dirty Irish
whelp, and II ever see you in these
woods again I'll put your light out!''
The astonished lrishman few. but be-
fore he was over the line OF that town.
ship pipikins had the Treader vote in
his pocket Tompkins. in despair at the
turn things had taken, withdrew from
the race two days later. John Pipkins
Is now an old man, and distinction has
been added TO his gray hairs by the
title Of "Colonel.m aud sitting by his
iireside at night he recOunts many
political victories gained by him
through all the years since that first
I camuuipn
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
Sea Costumes.

Already has the exodus to Europe
begun; and. departing for a moment
from the wide range of ''dressy'' cost
umes, let me touch briefly upon the
narrower one of travelling suits. The
wise woman provides herself with two
voyaging dresses, one tastefully elabor-
ate, which she wears the day the steam
err sails, and in which she waves adieu
to her friends, and then stores careful
ly away in the depths of her steamer
trunk, to be drawn forth again the day
land is sighted; the other a steamer
dress, proper This should be fashion,
ed of dark blue or some small checked
cloth, trimmed with stitching and
braid, and sufficiently easy in every
way to allow the wearer to recline
comfortably-alw in expectation of
the dread "mal de mer" lin a steamer
chair. Then. there is the indispensa-
BILE ulster. or the Connemara cloak
finds here a Legitimate use; with close
cap of cloth. together with such useful
accessories as loose flannel wrapper,
for comfort in the state-room, heavy
wosted slippers, lap rug and cushions.
Table Talk.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
A Dentists Advice,

81 can tell you" said dentist TO @
New York Star reporter. something
that will be worth s25 TO you before
you die, and which would be worth the
same amount 10 every other man in
New York City who employs a Dentist
If he knew il.
The manipulation of the forceps and
mallet was talking to newspaper man
who had been plying his trade of inter-
lOcutor while reclining in the dentists
chair.
''You asked me, just then, when
was cleaning your teeth. before filing
them, II did not use dental floss or.
as we dentists call 1t, 'tape'-to clense
the interstices between your teeth. L
have no doubt but that you will say
that all the other dentists you have re-
sorted to used it, and have no doubt
that they recommended you TO buy a
skein of that infamous stuff and use it
every day.
NOW. TO tell you the truth, would
rather see friend Of mine not clean
his teeth at all than see him employ
the tape. When your dentist recon-
mends you to use ii he explains, / sup
pose, to you that its action prevents
the accumulation Of tartar between the
teeth. Undoubtedly it does.
'.But, in the first place, the deposit
OF tartar upon the surface of the teeth
is not nearly as great an evil as many
dentists try 70 make their patients be-
lieye it TO be. Now, the reason we tell
patient not TO let the teeth become
covered with tartar is not because it
produces carries, but because it tends
to loosen the teeth.
1.-THE tarter grows down toward the
gums, and if it is neglected will in time
cover them, pushing away the gums
from the teeth, and in that way, you
see, it makes them loose So. after all,
the tartar is only so far hurtfull as it
tends to make the teeth insecure.
Now, curiously enough. the silk
floss which you have been recommend
ed to use has, in nine cases out of ten,
exactly the same effect-it loosens the
teeth. Indeed, it is so dangerous that,
although it is more convenient TO use
it than to employ a very thin instru-
ment to remove the tartar from be-
tween the teeth. yet / only use the
floss when the patients teeth are un-
usually far apart.
''Our trade, like other trades, is fulE
of tricks, apd when your dentist advises
you to use tape between your teeth
he is either making you the victim OF
one of the tricks of the trade, or else
he is an ignorant ass"
AT this stage of the conversation the
dentist said, Five dollars, please"
and the interview ended.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
TAKE CARE OF YOUR EYES.

Eight Simple Rules Prescribed by
a Noted Authority on the Sub
Ject
But what should do for my eyes?"
asked Star reporter Of famous up
town oculist the other day. II have
always taken good care of them"
"You work in the night timer"
Eyes. know; but thousands Of other
men do the same and still have strong
eyes"
THAT may be so. Probably your
eyes are naturally weak. Let me give
you few simple rules that IL would be
worth your while to make note Of All
may not apply TO your case, but the
rules are worth remembering neverthe-
less.
Never sleep opposite a window
which will throw a flood OF strong light
on your eyes when you wake in the
morning.
When bathing the face do not open
your eyes under water, as this is apt TO
be injurious TO the epithelial covering
of the eye.
Shades on lamps or gas burners
should be of milk" or ground glass,
never Of colored glass.
The short sighted eye is essentially
a diseased eye, and should be treated
as such. II affects. by preference,
those who use their eyes constantly for
fine or neat work, and is almost I'M
known among unciyilized nations.
I'm all institutions. particularly for
children. where the eyes are required
TO do light work, the proportion of the
square surface of the windows to the
square surface of the floor should never
fall below one to four.
when children work by light which
tails in their faces they are apt to bend
the body forward so as 10 shade the
! eyes by the head, or else to twist it
around SO that the light shall fall on
the page. Both Of these positions are
pernicious; there is great danger Of the
chest becoming narrow and contra cited,
and Of the spine becoming curved.
ITO battle eyes properly take large
basin OF cold water, bend the head
close over it, and with both hands
throw the water with some force on
the gently closed lids This has some
thing OF the same effect as a shower
bath, and has a foning up influence
| WHICH hapGT appAlSh Az any DAlGI Hds
has not. Another method of accom-
plishing the same end is by means OF a
spray producer or atomizer, in which
ease a little alcohol or bay rum added
10 the water viii somewhat increase
The good effect
The two sources OF trouble with the
ordinary artificial lights are, first that
hey are not pure white, and secondly
mat they are unsteady. The first
iefect is found in all artificial lights,
except the lime, electric and magne-
stun; the second, especially. in candles
and gas. The yellowness is in a meas
are counteracted by using in the case
IF lamps and gas chimneys Of violet
Or blue tint, and the pickering Of gas
may be obviated largely by employing
an Argand burner. All things consid-
cred German student lamp furnishes
the most satisfactory light New
York Star.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
A wind From the East See.

A wind blew out Of the sea by night,
A wind blew overthe town,
Where the lamp-light shuddered and shook
in fright
And the stars looked colby down
While the wind blew in from the sea
1t struck the traveller to the bone,
II sent to his heart thrill.
AS he thought Of sailors drifting lone
On the dark sea wide and chill
Where the wind-wings sweep the night.
He drew his cloak to his aching breast
And muttered hasty prayer
For the city's poor, though the city's heart
Had little love or care,
When the wind moaned out Of the sea.
Round garnet caves in the city's heart,
The wind swept with moan
That Weakened mothers with sudden start
To pray in the dark alone
With the sea-wind's awful voice.
30 God, that send'st rain and cold,
Canst thou not send us heats
Canst thou not send my children gold
Or fire. or food 10 eat
o thou VINO walk st the sea!
Must we die here in the city's deep.
In the sound Of the city's gleei
Oh, thou that bloweth the winter, keep
My innocent babes and me
Safe from the bitter sean'
The VOLTS coat thickens In winter time,
The wild deer findeth food,
But children starye where the holy chime
OF church bells ringeth good
oh, the keen wind from the sea
And houseless maidens bark at the call
To the reyels Of laughing sin,
They shiver in cold, they cannot wait,
There is death without, there is life with
in
Oh, wind from the deadly sea!
oh, the wind blows out OF the sea by night,
The wind blows over the town,
Where the lamplight shudders and shakes
in fright,
And the stars look coldly down.
While the wind blows in from the sea
And ever the mothers pray alone,
And ever the maidens sin
In dread Of the cold, and the wild winds
moan
is lost in the revels within.
And ever the winds of want are blown
From deaths insatiate sea
--Hamlin Garland, in the Standard.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
M6nsri,nId Hints.

SUGAR COOKIES. -Three cups OF
sugar, one cup each OF butter and
sweet milk, three eggs, and two table
spoonfuls Of soda. Sprinkle with
sugar aud bake In u moderately hot
oven.
CREAM PrE. Beat one egg with one
half cup of sugar. stir in nearly pint
OF boiling milk, in which dissolve u
tablespoons OF cornstarch let cool and
add lemon essence. Bake with one
crust.
GRAHAM CAKE. One cup OF brown
sugar, one cup OF sour cream, two
eggs, two cups OF Graham flour. one
teaspoonful Of soda, n little salt and
cinnamon II liked. II the cream is
not sour use less soda. Do not stir too
stiff.
APPLE TArIoCA PUDDING. Soak
over night one cup OF tapioca in six
cups OF water. Next morning add one
cup OF sugar, one egg, and beat we'll
together. Then pare, core and chop
FIVE, six or more apples, and stir with
tho tapioca In pudding dish, and
bake slowly.
HAM PATTrEs. Chop ham fine; add
sliced onion, salt ana pepper 10 taste,
and half of the quantity of soaked
bread or cooked rice; mix together
with two beaten eggs; make into
patties; sprinkle with -four, and fry or
bake In one pan with butter on top.
Brown BREAD. -Scald one cup OF
Indian meal; add TO this one pint OF
sweet milk, and stir till the meal is
we'll mixed, three-fourths cup OF
molasses, one teaspoonful euch Of salt
and soda, and graham meal enough TO
make batter that viii pour with great
difficulty. This makes one large loaf.
Bake u hours.
LEMON PIE.--Mal5e n nice, nalsy
crust, line n deep pie pan and bake.
Have ready the filing, made by taking
the Juice of one lemon and yellow rind
grated, two thirds OF cup OF sugar,
one egg well beaten, and one table.
spoonful of cornstarch; stir all into
one-half pint of boiling water, and boil
from three TO Ave minutes; pour into
the crust, and set into the oven u few
minutes,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22
American History.

The centennial celebration OF Wash
ington's inauguration has already ac-
complished one good thing. II has
awakened more general study of the
early history Of the country than has
ever before been known. For the
truth must be told, and it is not credit
able TO American citizens that there is
probably no intelligent people in any
country so lamentably ignorant of
heir own history land government as
The American people. Our youth are
taught the history OF other countries
ana are familiar with the course of
general history They know some
hing sof Greece and Rome, have read
Gibbon, Hume, Robertson and Macau-
lay, know all about Frederick the
Great and Napoleon and something of
the history Of Europe, but the history
Of the United States government and
II the American people, from Wash
ington TO Lincoln, is an unknown
region TO the generality Of well-form-
ed persons.
That this is so is due TO several
causes. In the first place, until with
in few years there has been no full
Or extended history covering the form
alive period of the present govern
ment Bancroft's history, which has
been more talked OF and less read than
any history that was ever written,
covered only the colonial and revolu-
tionary periods, and it has been
'doled out in fragments for
nearly fifty years. Bancroft's oc-
cupation Of the ground had the
effect Of keeping other writer's away
! from il, even il there were any well
enough equipped to occupy IT.
Hildreth's history comes down to the
close of Monroe's administration, but
il is written in a bald and uninterest-
ing style, and no one but n student ever
cares to examine it. Hildreth, too,
was such a pronounced federalist that
he lacks the chief requisite OF his
torian, impartiality. Other histories
have also been written, but none ever
seems to have attained popularity or a
general reading until the publication
| of McMaster's History of the Ameri-
can People" and Schouler's History
of the United States" These two,
though containing some errors, are
real histories, and give the best &C
counts as yet complied of the adoption
| OF the constitution and the admins
tratious of Washington, Adams, and
jefferson. McMaster's history is as
interesting as novel, and If one is
not too fastidious and does not become
tired OF his everlasting Macaulayisms
IL can be read and reread with profit,
though the writer occasionally falls
into gross errors OF statement. Schou-
Ter is more exact, but not quite so
ornate in style, but his volumes are
very valuable, and upon the whole arc
n monument Of accurate study.
The main difficulty American his
| torians have had to encounter was that
they had not only the history of the
general government to relate, but thai
Of thirteen other governments also
these latter increasing every year. Al
the first these governments were fan
more important, and arrogated TO them
| selves far more authority, than the
general government This completely
Involved so many considerations thai
tor three-quarters of century nj
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-22

Guilty with the mass of farmers in turn
ing skim-milk TO a profitable account Is
the unbUsiness-like way I'm which IL is
fed. It's greatest value Is obtained
when fed In connection with grain or
some Of the mill product On too many
farms the pigs get the skim-milk in the
morning without any other added food.
The remainder OF the day. II they get
any slop ut all, 1t Is of u poorer sort
dish-water, and kitchen wastes; and.
besides, too many farmers depend on a
limited supply Of this, in connection
with the pasture, 10 carry their pigs
over the summer. They are out Of
corn, and live In horror OF the expense
OF buying any grain or mill feed.
On the best-regulated farms the
skim-milk does not come TO the slop-
bucket in even quantities every day.
And II this is the only food given the
pigs, some days they have a full supply,
and others but part of feed. Ar
rangements should be made to avoid
this irregular feeding by adding grain
or other feed, making IL possible 10
have full ration all the time. NJ, in
Stockman. ,'@~D