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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
Guilty ny Proxy.

Those who wish TO find fault can
always ind way +" says an old adage
Grandma Flake was the censor OF the
neighborhood in which she lived,
TO carp and criticise Is not dificult
since every one has some weak point.
and grandma had her hands. or rath-
or her mouth. full all the time
She found special fault with young
girls who were peryerse enough TO
dress and behave differently from the
fashion OF fifty years ago, and one
girl Stella Dorsey was grandmas
pet aversion.
Cne day the censor saw or thought
she saw-Stella drive past the house
in buggy with gentleman, carry
in on awful"
Il declare to goodness said grand
ma, lit was scandalous! Talkin' an
laughin' an screetchin' like all pos
sessed. I've o mind to tell her moth
err
II wouldn't grandma. said her
daughter smiling.y.
Its my dooty." said the old lady.
mo it isn't especially since il
wasn't Stella.
Land sakes! / know"
mo. you don't II was DR.. Barnes
and his wife. Stella went 10 Boston
yesterday morning on long visit
For a moment the old lady was
silenced. But she quickly recovered
and said firmly: Well that's the
way Stella would have carried on il
she had been therel" Youth Com
panion,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

In this free country no social odium
should attach to honest work OF any
kind, and the mistress who views her
housemaid as other than worker
for wages whose obligations end with
the rendering of so much toll for so
much money is as great a snob as the
shopgirl who cuts the acquaintance OF
an associate for choosing the kitchen
to the factory. There is duty laid
upon parents and the public schools
in this regard
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
Retnrned with THINKS.

A few years ago there was in por-
tons Of the Wild West much lawless-
ness of one kind and another. checked
only by an occasional piece of individ-
ual retribution, or by an outburst OF
vigilance-committe work. A curious
shooting affair, which occurred in Me-
dora, North Dakota, is thus described
by Mr.. Roosevelt
did not see the actual occurrence.
but / saw both men Immediately after
wards, and heard the shooting which
took place in saloon on the bank,
while Twas swimming my horse across
the river. l will not give the full
names of the two contestants, as / am
not certain what has become Of them:
though was told that they had since
been put in jail or hanged, I forget
which.
One Of them was a saloon-keeper,
Familiarity called ''Welshy." The other
man, Hay, had been pickering with
him for some time. One day Hay en-
tered the saloon and the quarrel be-
came at once violent. Welshy sud
denly whipped out his revolver and
blazed away at Hay.
Hay staggered slightly, shook him
self, stretched out his hand, and gave
back to his would-be slayer the ball,
saying
Here man, here's your bulletr'
1t had glanced along his breast bone,
gone roundabout course, and come
ont at the point of the shoulder, when,
being spent, it dropped down the
sleeve into his hand.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

THE mission of civilization as rep
resented in the European partition OF
Africa bears curious resemblance to
savagery. So far as it Is made effect
i've it drives the natives from their
lands and supplants them with the
white race. Where only a pro-
tectorate" is undertaken and an at
tempt is made to put it into effect it
is found to consist in selling to the
natives by force OF arms clothes which
they do not need, and rum which they
ought not to have. and shooting such
of the natives as object to the white
mans control In contrast with civ
ilization the barbarism that minds its
own business has some moral adj
vantages
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

HUMANIrY is becoming too strong
and sensitive, too responsive to relig-
ion and civilization to permit the old
fashioned duels between nations to
settle disputes and civilization has
encouraged development OF genius
until 1t has made the weapons of war
so terribly destructive that nations
hesitate to feed their people to death.
Civilization IS doing its work; it is
refining the world; humanizing it and
leading it to find satisfaction that is
greater than hatred, revenge and
savagery can suggest. ~ yzes
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
HOW TO Battle.
Directions for Getting strength and
Health From the Exercise.

Directions for Getting strength and
Health From the Exercise,
Very few people know how TO battle
declares the Boston Herald and battle
sufficiently Many would like to battle
more than they do but two things
prevent First they are busy. ana aaye
little time to spare; next theis WORK
tires them and they are afraid to lss-
sen their strength and vitality by TOO
free use OF soap and water and some
have no bathroom.
Get enough Turkish toweling by the
yard Iyou can get remnantsl 10 make
two pairs OF Ihumbless mittens just
large enough to slip over the thumb
and allow the hand TO stretch Hat
also a large rough towel and a gener'
Gus supply OF tepid water and. Of
course soap and either another towel
to stand on or piece OF oilcIoth. four
feet square.
Ii is very important TO have warm
room. so that the body may NOT be
chilled when you don your garments
After taking everything OF stand on
the oilcloth or towel in front OF your
basin, slip your mittens on and dip
them 10 the water. squeeze the drlps
from the mittens, soap we'll and rub
the body all over, beginning az the
neck and ending with the toes. Fake
OIL the mitteus lay them dOwn beside
the basin; All the soil Of the body will
bc Ia those mittsns Take your sec
oud pair 81 mittens slip them on and
90 over your body again raising the
miltens several times thus Take
the soap OIL the arms then rinse the
waist and so forth. Bathing thus
rests and strengthens tired body.
After getting most OF tho soap OIL -
Dr. bio Lewis says Il will not iujure
you 10 leave little soap on the skin
slip Oh your second pair OF mittens
and rinse them out we'll then wiring
them as dry rs you can and rub tho
drips on your body The damp mits
viii not only dry the body but il u
wonderful the friction they produce
and how they open the pores OF the
skin. Then dry with the aforesaid
rough towel VIII ch seems almost IN.
necessary but that last dry rub gives
IN afterglow
Dr. {. Wesley Emerson. In his
wonderful lectures On .,rho Health Of
the Brain says that 4, Is important
to the brain 10 dry the body With two
towels after bathing Ia which case
the second rub with tho damp miItsus
may be omitted
II takes from eight to ten minutes
20 wash from top 10 toe. aud 10 rinse
the mitteus in a second water ready Tor
another day. II Is we'll 10 put tham
in the air to sweeten and have them
boiled once week to keep them
pleasant
luvaIids should wash portion oi
their bodies at time and dry. but
Of course to wash pleccmcal takes
more time.
10 Improve tho complexion one
should keep tho pores Of the skin
open and keep away tho chaps Wash
the face and ears with very hot water
and then put sufficient cold water 10
make ii tepid for the body. The face
should be washed In hot water al
least three times daily.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
'CHARIrY. as Richard Whiteing

CARRY. as Richard Whiteing
aptly says is but an ointment for a
cancer" II charity opens cheap
lodgings and restaurants for working
girls these benefaetions enable them
to live for less and in the eud they
will get just that much less for their
work. The operation of the iron law
of wages pressing the toiler down
TO the point OF bare subsistence. is
not to be permanently interfered with
by the emollients of the humane.
however well meant
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
Array chaplalns.

The recent utterances before the
Methodist Conference at Omaha de-
ploring the alleged attempt 20 further
degrade them by placing them on the
same footing with ''teamsters and
cooks is being resented by army
ehaplains. At this post there are two
chaplains-one at the prison and one
doing duty in the post proper Chap
lain Pierce of the prison said that If
any army chaplain is responsible for
the resolutions it was without au-
thority from him and that the right to
use his name in that connection or in
any other scheme of agitation is not
possessed by any man who
may claim to act as his repre-
sentative In this he claims not
to stand alone, but has received
vigorous protests from other chaplains
against so much of those resolutions
as conveys the idea that an attempt is
made in any reliable quarter tc de-
grade the members Of the corps. That
part of the resolutions seeks to defend
us, z said the chaplain, along q line
where defense is entirely gratuitous.
No such defense is needed or desired.
No such attack IS being made and the
report suggesting it results from the
feverish imagination of some timid
agitator. Personally / am treated
well by the people OF all degrees of
rank and every form of faith and re.
ceive every reasonable consideration,
and very heartily enjoy smy work.
though their is plenty of it.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
rhinninr Hrnl,.


Missouri farmer says ne thinned
the fruit on his trees at the rate OF
Twelve trees in ten hours. They were
large enough TO yield an average OF
SIX bushels to a tree. Ho figures In
TINS way: II he mad thousand trees
~ would cost MIN $50 TO have them
Trimmed, with labor ut 81 per day, or
Slio Mt w per day. He has but few
culis among his apples, and the Sc
lected crop will easily bring him 10
cents per bushel more than the fruit
from the trees which were not thinned
out which at six bushels per tree
Wouid increase his sales by 5000.
AGAIN he claims still another ndvant-
age. u is not the growth OF the fruit
that eShausts the tree 80 much as the
formation OF the seed, ana reducing
me number grown by picking off one
halI or two-thirds OF the fruit that
se's' ne relieves the tree so that IL can
form fruit buds In the fall Tor the next
years crop. In ten years he has not
nau failure OF the trees to Dear every
year excepting when they we're over.
i i,, and he neglected the thinning.
men all the strength was used up ia
growing fruit or, rather, seed, and
Snere were no blossom buds formed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

Very peaceful they rest
Who. in life by Peace unblest
Caught the war-cry. fierce and shrill,
Felt the battles shock and thrill,
Heard the dreadful cannon's roar
Death behind and death before
Fighting on the sen and land.
Foot 10 foot and hand 10 hand!
Very peacefully they rest
North and South and East and West
While the misunderstanding dew
Falls alike on Gray and Blue.
While the cheering light Of day
Shines on Blue and shines on Ora.
Weary march and battle sore
Past for them forevermore'
Very peacefully they rest
And the babes whose cheeks they pressed
In last good-by have stood
Ger their graves in proud manhood,
And in holy wedlock true
Ptghted hearts Of Gray and Blue;
In the light OF hearthstone fires
Tell the deeds of soldier-sires,
-ZTTEILA COOKE. IN New England Magazini
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

TaE trouble with our present i'm
migration laws is that they place too
much stress on the external circum-
stances OF the immigrant and too
little on the real quality. The detect
could be remedied by the undoubtedly
timely suggestion. that an educational
restriction be placed on immigration.
Education need not be the sole
criterion OF an immigrants fitness.
Respectable and law-abiding character
should accompany it II these quail
tiles were insisted upon in the case Of
every immigrant there is no doubt
there would be vast improvement in
the quality of our accessions to popu-
lation. at the same time that there
was a decrease in the quantity.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

The servant girr' matter must be
settled by the abolition Of the word
servant. " Said Turkish states
man: The first step towards the
settlement of the Albanian question is
the determination OF the Albanians +"
and the first step towards the settle-
ment of the servant" question in this
country is the abolition OF the words
servant = service and servant
girl" Try some other name il a
designation is necessary. in New
England in simpler days when all
the members OF the family worked.
the young woman who came in tc
work with tho family was called the
help and she fully deserved the
title. Help" might ft the present
emergency but certainly not SER
want M 1870
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

THE age is eminently practical and
gain-seeeking one. Our education
follows the tendency of the age.
Literature no longer directs pubic
movements but follows them. and
poetry. which has no more intrinsic
pecuniary value than music or beauty
suffers. A poem cannot be used as
an asset or serve for profitable specu-
lation like work of art-it can not
even be utilized for revenue like a
play or a song. And accordingly
poetry IS neglected.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
a Conru.iug Mirror,

One day gentleman saw small
boy standing in front OF coucayc
mirror. The boy looked at the glass
for short time and then turned aud
stood on his head
Do you enjoy such pranksP' asked
the gentleman.
Not 50 much. replied the bow
''but this gets me- According 70 that
mirror ! was upside down and I'm try
ing to right myself - Philadelphia
Times
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

IT IS recognized by all that the
world has entered upon an epoch
in which the victories Of peace shall
overcome those of war The greatest
statesman of the age wears as his
laurel the glory OF having changed
his country's policy and male the
work OF arbitration take the place Of
war
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
uenult. of ggIgh.r y,sn.,,,...

MrA Francis Fisher Wood. who Is
a graduate OF Vassar and q trustee OF
Barnard college assert that statistics
prove that nine-tenths 81 the children
OF college bred women survive IN.
fancy. This record has never been
reached before In any countrs or age.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

srawber-I hear that Miss Winter.
bloom IL teaching you to dance. How
are you getting onP
Singerly--First rate. Two Got 40 I
can put my arms around her nicely. =.
Brooklyn Life.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
IDAHO.

EACH generation has its own
problems. its own achievements its
own sorrows and joys. II it is wise
it learns something from the past
but having it's own life to live it is
never profoundly and continuously
impressed by antecedents.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24
Frozen Meat for Soldiers.

Among the delicacies which await
soldiers who engage in the next war is
frozen meat According to the "Revue
du Service de L'Intcndance Militaire, ("
the French ministry Of war has been
engaged for more than year in maxi
ing experiments in the preservation of
meat The experiments have resulted
in the discovery that, frozen meat can
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-24

Umbrellas made Of paper are coming
into use in France. The paper Is made
waterproof by gelatined bichromate of
potassium.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
Was Engaged Before He Knew 1t.

Five or six agents, guests at GER
tain hotel, were seated out under the
trees one evening talking about the
folly Of long engagements.
"In tell you what" spoke up a
young solicitor, pulling his hat over
his eyes, as he lazily swung in the
hammock. 81 was only engaged to
my wife two months and we mar
ried three months after we met"
"My sister," returned a pretty girl
three weeks and they were only en-
gagged two weeks"
as she happy?" asked some one.
"Oh, perfectly. The young man
met her on the street one day and
declared that she was the very girl
for him. Oh, it was so romantic!"
"This only helps to prove my
theory" said an old maid of the
party with a reminiscent look. at
is a mistake to wait too long"
"One of my friends" chimed in a
sprightful voice, answered a per-
sonal in d New York paper. and three
days later the couple met by appoint
ment. Would you believe it, they
were married next day"
81 know a true story that beats
that" spoke up Western girl, who
evidently wished to keep up the
reputation of her State in the story
! line. "A man whom I knew well
was going from Austin, Texas, to a
! town about forty miles distant. In
front of him sat a pretty girl, with
whom he struck up an acquaintance.
! The girl intended to change cars at
the station which was the young
mans destination. But just think
| of it! When they reached that town
they stepped off the train as lively
as you please, got a license and the
knot was tied in a jiffy-less than an
! hour after the couple met"
A blonde young agent in labor
| saving attitude, who had been list
ening with considerable interest,
drawled:
al know of a case that in its way is
/ quite as interesting. 1t started out
well. 1 never heard how it ended.
"Do tell it," spoke up several at
once. as the young canvasser seemed
about to relapse into thoughtfulness
again.
"a girl I know was engaged to a
fellow an hour before he was engaged
TO her."
~How did it happen?"
well, he lived in Denver, she in
Boston, and she answered Yes by
telegraph"
The blonde young man looked re-
f1ectively at the crowd. All the agents
looked mournfully at him, and one by
| stole back into the hotel
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

What is it7" roared his lordship.
1T MEANS" said the librarian, what
1t says. Your sons wife is dead.
Who put in this announcement"
At did"
Then, sir. you shall smart for it if
there is law in the land"
at is true, the librarian said, quietly.
Your son g wife is dead"
Who is dead?"
It was Lady Beatrice who stood at
the door. dressed ready for church, and
asked this question.
who is dead?" she repeated.
This mans wife is dead, said the
librarian, pointing to her own husband.
His wife? What do you mean?"
His wife died on Friday. She will be
buried the day after tomorrow.
Harry what is the meaning of this?"
She caught her husband by the arm.
Speak! what does this mean?"
1t meanS-it means but he
could not finish the sentence.
at means that his lawful wife is
dead, the librarian continued. This
man was married five years ago, at a
registrars office, to Ruth Heron, under
the name of Henry Hendrieksen, which
was his mothers name. She died yes
terday at her sisters lodgings"
Harry! speak.
It's lie, he repeated, but feebly.
by said Lord Perivale, Il be-
neve it is true"
at is true" said the librarian. His
wife's sister sends me to inform him of
this news. All the papers and proofs
are in a lawyers hands. There is no
doubt possible.
Then what am 70" asked Lady Bea-
triee, looking around helplessly.
The librarian was silent.
And what are my children?"
Madam" said Lord Perivale, "if
this story is true, you are almost as ILL
used a woman as the other, Ruth Heron!
You, sir, it was your own wife-yOur
own wife-your own wife-that you
sent to convict prison!
The reason why Lady Beatrice sep
arated from her husband is not known.
Nor is it generally known why the
Honorable Harry Stoke left his fathers
firm and went abroad. His brother
knows, however, that he is forbidden on
any pretext whatever ever to return to
his native country. And what will be
done when he dies, and the question Of
the succession to the title will arise, is
doubtful. The second son, the Honor
able Joe, is determined that it shall pro-
coed in the legitimate line-that is tC
say, to himself. And as for Naomi. she
is married to the librarian. At sixty
you see, one begins to feel the want of 6
wife.
THE END
Copyright, by the Authors Alliance. Al
rights reserved
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29

baby. 1t is very terrible for a child to
be born in prison. isn't it-and for its
mother to be convict. No child can
ever get over that disgrace. But God
took the child, and then was happier.
There was only myself to think about,
and began to feel that it was worse for
him than for me. Nothing can undo
the past I came to forgive him, dear,
and would forget him if I could. But
you can't forget your husband. Wom-
en- are made So
They are, said the librarian. God
knows they are.
Naomi, dear, you thought I was over
whelmed with the disgrace and shame
OF it. No, dear. I never could feel any
disgrace-not even in the court. The
convict dress was nothing to me, nor
the prison rules. I obeyed the rules,
and I did not mind them. You see
dear, was innocent. But had a sen
tence at first far more terrible to bear
1t was the sentence of my child's dis
grace. It was only when I thought Of
you, dear, that felt the disgrace to me-
and this only-for your sake. FOl
nv own felt nothing. When I told
the doctor-it was only the other day
he cried about it, He is a kind maj
though he is q prison Doctor.
@Wiu you have some breakfast now
dear? You would not eat any an hou
Il thought we had breakfast at Z
Half pint of cocoa ald-and-
She looked about her With trouble.
ewes; her brain was wandering again
Il must clean the cell and rcn up tn
blankets before work begins. TIL
matron lets me do her room; they ar
All kind to me. Of course they know
never did it." She shut her eyes as
irving to collect herself. Give me m
baby" She started up and opened he
ewes and held out her arms. Give m
my baby. OH my precious baby
Hushl He is asleep She thought tn
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-09-29
Salt


Sodium Chord. or common salt, is
a necessity of animal life. Wild ami
mails Of the herbivorous class make
regular excursions of many miles to
salt ticks, - or other places where if
abounds.
The human body contains salt in
large proportion. The blood tastes
of it, and in greater or less quantities
it is found in all the many fluids and
juices manufactured by the various
glands Of the body.
That its presence is not accidental
but designed is shown by the study
OF some of the essential factors of the
organism when deprived of it. Re-
cent experiments have proved that
the white corpuscles of the blood
swell and burst quickly in distilled
water. Protoplasm is inactive, and
the ella, or fringe-like edges of GER
tain cells, stop their motion when de-
prived of sodium Chord; while in a
salt solution they remain active and
intact.
1t is stated that by the passage of
salt through the body the absorption
Of food is stimulated, and the activity
Of tissue-changes and growth is in
creased.
1t is matter Of common observa-
tion that the swallowing of salt pro-
duces thirst, which l.; but saying that
certain organs are stimulated to ac-
tivity thereby, and consequently de-
mand more fluid in order to continue
their normal activity.
| Many children doubtless suffer from
an insufficient supply of common salt,
especially when artificial foods are
used. Such children are often weak
and poorly nourished. Their diges-
tion proceeds slowly, absorption of
digested products is delayed, and
they become emaciated. The doctor
is called, and with the order to add
'ta pinch" of salt to the milk or other
prepared food, the appetite improves,
the digestion is stimulated, and a
proper condition of nouriShment re-
turns.
1t is more than probable that the
chlorine element Of the hydrochloric
acid of the gastric juice is supplied
by this salt. In this fact persons
who live largely on a vegetable diet
may find reason for a weak diges-
tion and insufficient acidity, for the
mineral matter found in vegetables
consists, for the most part, of potash
salts, which do not satisfy the de-
mands of the animal organism.
The water of mineral springs is
chiefly eff1cacious in that it supplies
both salt and water to the blood in
increased quantity. The salt tends
to increase tissue-changes, and the
greater supply of water hastens the
excretion of the waste products which
are thereby generated. Youths Com
paniOn.