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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
HOW TO RIDE A BICYCLE.
Advice About Training for Yount
Amateurs.

Amateurs.
There was a time when bicycling
was engaged in by only those who
We're supposed to have plenty OF leis
ure time, but the great increase in the
number OF riders all over the world
shows that many indulge in the past.
time who must consider that the in.
diligence is worth some Inconvenience
The average amateur can afford
neither the time nor theinconyeniencs
TO train the way professional would.
The ideal training is the kind that Is
taken with no special object ia view.
for there is no fear then OF its being
overdone.
II the novice works hard during the
day at his business, and feels like keen
lng quiet when he arrives home. IL
would be mistaketo force upon him.
SELF a launt through the country Tor his
energy has been spent in other WAYS.
Ii, however, he has simply feeling of
lassitude and not a genuine fatigue a
bicycle ride in fine weather cannot
AAtAA W flAA as ~ kOAAAA 10 ms muscular
and nervous systems To keep ones
self IN good condition slight inGis.
position TO exercise must not betaken
Tor II true tired feeling Beneficial
training for bicycle riding il the same
as preparing for any other athletic
work. The nerves and the muscles
must be built up. Every man starts
with certain quantity OF each, and II
he wishes to add 10 his supply he
should not waste his capital by tax.
ing hard practice, but should only let
out enough TO attract more. Grow.
ing strong and active is merely Cultivat.
ing the muscles SO lar as tho nervous
system will permit, or so that both
that and the muscular system are
equal TO each other.
Bicycling Is a very easy exercise in
which 10 become expert. The advent
OF the safety machine has made road
riding during the last several years
more popular than ever One can
easily learn to ride a safety by having
some friend hold the machine and give
HIM start, but level place must be
selected while learning 20 mount and
ride.
~ v generally acknowledged that hi.
cycling Il one Of the most enjoyable Of
sports. A would,be sprinter or jump
er must b. born with certain amount
OF snap and dash or he cannot sue.
coed, but a bicyclist. even Il he does
nor az tlrst possess any great strength
OF leg can perseverc tn hls building.up
process until his lower limbs ot iron
will push his wheel under the wire
ahead Of many d formidable Hntago-
mist.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

WAS there ever such conflict OF
opinion as now exists as to what the
country really needs to insure prosper
ityP Many thousands Of people seem
to be each equally confident that he
has in mind the panacea for all the
evils with which we contend, and quite
a large percentage of these thousands
are equally certain that the theory
offered by the other fellow is as inn
practicable as his is perfect. The fact
of this wide diversity of opinion is in
dicative that the country is only in the
preparatory stages of working out the
problems which have been forcing
themselves upon public attention for
many years.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
Hor maIesty'a Annual na,h.

Her majesty, the Qucenoi Mndagas-
ear, has lately taken her yearly bath,
and the net was surrounded with duo
pomp and ceremony The official ro.
port states "a solemn procession
filed through, bearing tbc water tor
the bath materials for tlta frr to heat
It, made directly under the hathtub
itself, the towels, soap. perfume and
various toilet nppurtgnaures. As
soon ns the water whs sufficiently
hehted the tire was put out. prayers
were said and q hymn sung. impiorina
that the queen suffer no harm from
her daring act, and then IA she disar.
peared behind the curtain zalvo o.
artillery WAS fired and thedrums beat
TO announce to the excited multttudes
outside that the important part "a
me ceremony WAS taking place. Az
the end 81 4 brief fifteen minutes III,
queen reappenrcd somewhat paler tx,
hue, but gorgeously nrrlyed and wear,
ing all the crown Jewels In her hand
she carried an OK horn. timed and
bound with silver, full Of water taken
from the bath just previous to her
entrance to II. Bearing this md nc.
companled by the prime minister. she
marched TO the palace portal, where
she dipped branch into the water
and sprinkled the spectators as they
passed along
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
Tricks Of French Artists.

A French paper says that for two
months OF the year the chief business
Of the two thousand Ond odd ex-
hibitors at the Salon IS to attract
the attention of visitors to their own
pictures. Some ofthe "dodpes" which
have been found useful for the purpose.
it seems, are highly Ingenious. The
plan found most effectual, and
therefore most commonly employed,
IS the Yankee Amateur Dodge. :"
Itconsists Of employing two or three
agents, dressed in an eccentric fashion
to walk backwards and forwards
with mysterious air. The public is
greatly awed by their appearance
and reports are soon circulated that
the picture will be sold for its weight
in gold
Another highly recommended plan
is to hire the best-looking model
introduced into the picture to walk
backwards and forwards in front
OF the canvas. The identity is
soon discovered, and great sensation
is theconsequence. A few years ago a
painter found out still more original
plan. He placed some resinous sub
stance, which would grow soft with
warmth, in front OF his own picture.
The unfortunate person who happened
to stop for few minutes would find
himself fixed TO the spotf for some time.
Our authority thinks this last method
the most business-like and efiectual.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
Bismarck and His Trees.

The Prince then proceeded to speak
OF his trees in the sachsenwald. He
described the spots where several of
the finest stand, and some OF them, he
SAID, were fully $50 years old, or even
more. lie added-whether with an
oblique reference or not to n certain
living English statesman whose chief
resemblance to himself is that he is
not at present in office Herr Bewer
does not inform us at always gives
me a pain to have to fell o. tree. I
save and spare all can"
He said that Danish forester OF
his once said to him: al must make
q confession. / have embezzled
tree. II was marked for telling, but
IT was too beautiful and have left il
stand" well, / replied, fit is so.
beautiful, certainly iet IL etand. -
London Standard.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
Catching A Thai.

81 Just wish black Jim would let
my chickens alone, said Tom Brown,
coming into the sittingroom one day
with tears in his eyes.
What makes you think jim took
your chickens" asked Mrs. Brown.
1t IS wrong to call the poor fellow n
thief. You may do him great harm. I"
But am sure that he steals chick
ems, " said Tom, land mean to set a
trap for him" And with that idea in
his mind he ran out OF doors gain.
That night there was q great noise
in the chicken yard. The hens sauawk.
ed, the roosters scolded, and Tom
chuckled to himself, and waited for
daylight. He went out before break.
last with a smile on his face, for he
thought he should find black Jim
caught fast in the trap that was hid
under some hay.
But great was Tom Brown surprise
to find q big fat fox caught by the leo
IN the sharp steel trap.
So you we're the chicken.thief, Won
sly old fox, said Tom Brown. 'sWell,
don't feel sorry for you at all. No
more chicken.pie for you. And that
puts me IN mind to send chicken to
black Jim because had hard thoughts
OF MIN. -Harper's Young People.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

When men and women come to be
thoroughly interested in something out
side of sell, they forget about their own
special preferences, and accept either
privacy or publicity. according to the
degree in which either can be made
subservient to the subject in hand.
There is no other cure for the self-con-
seriousness which makes one person shy
and reserved and another vain and
boastful. which makes one person scorn
and ignore his fellow-men and another
live only in the light of their attention
and applause.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

To DISTINGUISH between the pain
which should be instantly soothed and,
if possible, dispelled and that which
has mission of good to work out, is a
task which, so far has been mainly
left for the professed philanthropist or
the reformer; but, when we consider
the effects of an iIl-regulated sympathy
in spreading greater misery than it al
leviates, and in promoting immediate
pleasure at the expense of character
and permanent welfare, we must con
clude that such winnowing process is
a duty obligatory upon all who value
the well-being of society.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

IT is good thing for the merchant
so to buy and so to sell as to reap a
profit for his labor; but, If, in so doing,
he praetises fraud, betrays confidence,
adulterates goods, or Expresses his
workmen, it would be better for his
business to perish. 1t is right for a
lawyer to do what is best for his
clients interests; but if. in the pro-
cess, he lead him into guile and hy-
pocrisy, then he inficts far deeper
injury upon him than the loss of TWEEN
ty cases.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

ALTHOUGH statistics as to the num-
Der of divorces that have been granted
in the United States since its history
began are not easily obtainable, data
gathered for period of twenty years
is at hand, and is alarmingly interest
ing. During that length of time the
record shows the granting Of 1928, ZIG
divorces, OF which 129, 1872 were
of couples with children. Ii is also a
fact of general knowledge that unity
ing of the marriage knot is each year
becoming more common. In view OF
these facts, is it not time that there
was uniformity Of state laws in regard
TO the severing of marriage contracts?
As matters stand to-day certain states
are seemingly vying with each other
in making divorces cheap and easy.
1t is subject well worthy careful
study by each state legislature, with g
view to harmonizing in some manner
the existing incongruities in what
should De common law on civil con.
tracts.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

He who fails to collect his dues fire.
quently fails in consequence to pay his
debts, and thus whole series of I'M
paid workers may trace back their
various troubles to a single delinquent.
Such people viii say that in the end
they pay all what they owe; but this
is not so, for they owe promptness.
Without this, justice has not been rem
dered. Tardy payment can never
atone for the injury which may have
been inflicted. No regret, no apology,
no added interest even. can ever un-
do what has been done, or restore what
by this negligence and indifference has
been taken away.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

OBsTINAcY is a bad thing to live
with and to have TO submit to, but in
trinity of purpose is a worse. In the
former you have at least sense OF
solidity and persistence; with the lat
ter you are like leaf not borne on
the current but tossed about on the
foam, and where you will be landed is
a secret to which you have not the re-
motest clue.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
More Vanity rhan Patriotism.

'Angie Bright and / are going 10
walk together in the procession. She
will wear her red silk dress, and will
wear my blue one, and VIC shah carry
hot-house hoquets Just alike that cost
dollar apiece. I'd be ashamed to
carry apple blossoms, or pansics, or
anything so commOn'
Il think Angie aud ought to march
at the head, but those twin Draper
girls are taller, 50 they'll 70 ahead Oh
us. don't know ~ they are any
better il their grandfather did die ii
the army.
They II have ON those everlasting
brown and white ginghams. aud their
best hats are nothing but chips.
Vain little Cora aud Angie Brieh,
were as gay us two PeaCocks. but
am sorry TO say they passed the time
ot the march in unriyil comments on
the palmer dresses OF other girls.
~ the cemetery they paid no at.
tentlon to the exercises. bur made
sport OF the rusty. black dresses OF
soldiers widows. and gigalcd aloud
while the chaplain was reading the
prayer, so that an officer told them
very sharply TO Keep quiet or clear
outn'
There came up sudden shower as
the procession left the cemetery, and
the Draper girls whisked their water.
proofs onin n minute, but the girl.pca.
cocks were badly soaked before they
reached shelter. An old soldier who
ha4 noticed how vain and pert they
had been, said gruflly:
Starved EN- rightr'-Youth's Com
DaniOu
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

RECREATION is valuable only as il
unbends us; the idle can know nothing
of it Many people leave off business
and settle down to life of enjoyment,
but they generally find that they are
not nearly so happy as they were be-
fore, and they are often glad to return
to their old occupation to escape the
miseries of Incidence.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
4 PIea for cIty PIaygrounas.


These children are undoubtedly hap
ply in their play, but | cannot watch
them without sadness and a regreC
that the fuller pleasures OF country
life will never be theirs at the time
they are best fitted to enjoy them.
The earnest pleading for leaf or bios
som from the howerladen tourist as,
returning from his outing, he passes
up this street; the eager band OF merry
children in pursuit OF a wandering but
terily--fairy-like visitorirom astrange
land-tell OF a formless longing for the
unknown freedom OF the woods and
fields What can We do to add to the
joys OF a youth which is all too brief?
AS you enter your high-school, these
boys and girls enter on the serious
duties Of life Then follows the strug-
gle for existence, and severe one il
usually is.
We cannot give all these children
homes in the country, we cannot give
them all even an outing there; but We
can give them Fairgrounds in the city;
very little plot here and there will
do. We have reserved great parks
and squares which We permit them 70
look AZ and sometimes TO venture OH.
But as Fairgrounds these are practical
ii useless; they are accessible to corn.
paratively few vacant building.lot
in the proper district is far more to the
purpose. Happy is the boy who lives
near one. Notice the evidences ofcon.
stant use ii shows. the small baseball
diamond clearly outlined, every
smooth place pitted with marbleh holes.
What better investment could our
cities make than TO purchase small
plots like this at intervals throughout
the city, tear down the buildings. It'll
up the cellars, and leave them, withno
forbidden sign, open TO the children
Their little feet would soon grade and
harden the ground Ia giving the ma
tion's future WORKERS such an oppor.
tunity TO lay the foundation for
stronger and healthier bodies and
brighter wits, the city would reap
abundant interest on the capital IL,
pended St Nicholas.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
SUNSHINEAF AFTER TEMPEST.

Nd this is the
end!"
The speakers
voice trembled
and his face grew
white.
ut is all your
own fault.
The second
voice sounded
full OF tears, but a
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

sNone OF the cows could do ii, oil
course.
Then all the scholars laughed and
woke up for the rest OF the day, and
Deacon Day bowed himself out
Selected.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

THE social affections are the refnsrS
and softeners of life, the main sources
of happiness, the chief means by which
the beauty. the grace, and the sweet
ness Of life are developed and nour.
ished.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29

Flossie-"IIow is it that Grace is so
popular with the young men2 Why,
Dorothy, she's as homeIy Us SIM"
Dorothy-"Yes, Grace is homelv. bnt
you see, Flossie. she has no iittis
nrother '--scribner's Magazine.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-08-29
HOW DID SHE TELL7

In little Daisy's dimped hand two BRIGHT
new pennies shone;
One was for Rob Cat school lust them Tho
other Daisy's own. 80
WINE waiting Rob's return she rolled
~, both treasures round the floor.
When suddenly they disappeared. and
~, one was seen no more.
foor Daisy. Is your penny lost?r was
asked In accents kind.
why, no, mines herel" she nuickIv
SAID, ITS Rob's ! cannot ind.n
ST. Nicholas.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-07
A Maste of HnM NInterinI.

How sad it is to contemplate the
selfish indifference to the welfare Of
others that marks the average human
being. In how few breasts the
golden rule Of doing as you would be
done by finds place.
Not long ago worthy granger
rushed out Of his house to warn off a
lot of hunters he saw tramping over
his just sprouting wheat.
"Never mind your wheat, old Hay
Seed" said one Of the party. I'VE
amt after quail this time-we'rc
business from way back. A fellow
held out four aces on us down at the
saloon last night, and scOOped the
entire gang. He lit out before we
tumbled, and as We have a suspicion
that he's hiding in the brush round
here, we've come out to bag him"
ooh, is that ALP" said the hard.
worked farmer. well, boys, I'll tell
you what l wish you'd do when you
drop your man-just prop the stiff up
agin that stake in the field yonder.
i can't find time to make a scare
crow, and the geese are comm in
powerful thick these moonlight
nights"
The outraged community" promised
to comply with this very reasonable
request, took pull at the old mans
flask, and passed on.
And now for the contemplate
sequel. Nearly month afterward
the granger discovered the remains
of the four-acer. lying in the midst of
the chaparral, right where he fell,
where not even Il buZZard could have
seen them-where he was Of no sort
Of good to anybody on earth.
1t is occurrences like these that
shake our faith in human nature,
and may well cause the mOralist to
ask, whittier are we drifting?"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-07
Preaching Against Fortune-TeIlers.

The Rev. Father Wall, rector Of st.
Paul's cathedral, scored the people Of
his parish the other day, particularly
the married women, on the practice
Of patronizing fortune-tellers and
wizards who read the past, present
and future,
when person visits fortune
teller to ascertain his fortune, he
goes to find out what God alone, and
no one else, knows. When you give
to fortune-teller your presence, and
make him or her believe that they
have fore-knowledge Of seeing the
inside view of the future, you adore
him and make him believe he has
power not given to the devil. If you
think he can peer into the future,
you make him the equal Of God.
Therefore, you have strange gods be-
fore Him, and violate the first COM
mandment.
1--WE find youths, young girls, and
especially married women, making
practice OF this sin. If you deliber-
ately visit fortune-teller you are in
dulging in Il mortal sin. IL you go
out of pure thoughtlessness, it is not
so bad; but it is sin, nevertheless.
1t is the same thing as going to an
idol and giving your heart to it.
This is idolatry Of the worst kind.
l would like TO impress on your minds
that fortune-tellers compose the
worst characters in the community.
One class Of the business is fortune
telling and the other is the seduction
and ruin Of youth. TO my own
personal knowledge / know of persons
who have been ruined by consulting
these people. / warn all persons of
the congregation, and hope you will
extend this knowledge, that it is a
moKaIl sin against the first command
ment. Avoid them and their nefari-
Gus business for the designs they have
on the morality of youth. Pitts
burgh Dispatch.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-07
In "a Chinese Printing Office.

One Of the most interesting places
in Pekin is Chinese printing office,
conducted just as it was centuries
before the barbarous world outside of
the Flowery Empire had dreamed Of
the art Of Typography. The Office
contained score of plain square
tables, on which the cases of type
were spread out, much after the En-
glish method, only taking up much
more room. One man was engaged in
setting up type; another was print
ing. The former stood before q table
on which was what may be called the
Chinese cease" 1t was Il solid block
OF wood about twenty-five inches long
by fifteen inches broad, and perhaps
three inches deep. The inside was
followed out to depth Of about Il
quarter of an inch, this depression be-
ing still further followed out into
grooves about three-quarters Of an
inch deep. The block has twenty
nine Of these grooves, each filed to a
depth Of quarter Of an inch with
ordinary stiff clay.
With his copy before him. armed
with a small pair Of iron pincers, the
compositor began his work; character
after character was transferred from
the case and firmly pressed into the
clay. Wherfthe form" was complete
fiat board was placed on the top
and the characters pressed perfectly
even and level with the surface, and
the wooden edge was cut to form the
border found round every Chinese
page.
The printer now received the form
and carefully brushed the ink over
the type. Taking sheet of paper,
he pressed it down all over the form
SO mat il might be brought i'm con-
tact with every character. He then
removed the sheet and examined
each character, carefully adjusting
those which were not quite straight
with the pincers, and apparently
never touching the typo with his
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-10-07
Delight Followed by Torment.

What man or woman will deny that good
dinner is present delight. Equally undeniable
is it that when wellcooked meal is succeeded
by fit of Indigestion rapture is converted into
torture. Don't charge your dyspepsia to your
dinner. No. my dear sir, your gastric depart
ment was out OF order, to begin with Had you
regulated it with Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
the cargo that you took on board would have
been comfortably slowed away without the
slightest Inconvenience. This Incompatible
stomachic entirely reforms faulty digestion,
and regulates, besides. the liver and the bowels,
which must act harmoniously with the digestive
organ or all three fall out of gear. Take the
Bitters for kidney and rheumatic complaints.
and in all cases of malaria. AS n tonic, ap-
petizer and promoter OF convalescence it has no