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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17
national PARK at F1orenc.. :. q.

Senator NJ. G. Butler Of South Caro-.
lima, has introduced bill to appropriate
$40, 900 to establish National park at
Florence, s. G. While one of the smaller
prisons, Florence was the scene of
even more misery-in comparison with
the number confined there-than An
Jacksonville, for the reason that the
prisoners were men whose systems had
been broken down by confinement in
Andersonyille and elsewhere before
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

A CONTEMPORARY calls attention to
a neglected branch OF education-the
art of reading aloud The average
school boy or girl cannot read an or
binary article in a newspaper in a
way to make it interesting. They
hesitate and stanlmer over the simplest
words do not mind their stops and
generally demonstrate that reading
aloud has become one of the lost arts I"
But there is possible reason for this
neglect and that reading aloud is no
longer regarded as an indispensable
accomplishment
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

IT has long been conjecture as to
how migratory birds can make their
way at night but it has been held
latterly by the best orrithoiogists that
they are guided by stars. This is
proved BY the fact that on clear nights
they fly often to a height of three
miles and at that height it would be
utterly impossible for them to be
guided by the topography of the
route. Moreover when the stars are
covered the birds become bewildered
and have at once to seek the ground.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

Ii may have been supposed that a
bridge insecure in its temporary found
ations would give some sign OF weak
ness and that at all events it would
not tumble into complete ruin in the
flash of an eye. But the old proverb
that no chain is stronger than its
weakest link has often a new and
dreadful illustration.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

THE first impulse OF every honest
man when approached with bride
must be 10 resent the insult so forcibly
that the would-be briber draws back
before he has gone too far TO retreat.
1t is this natural instinct which rem
ders bribery the most difficult Of
crimes to detect and prove.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

is in full swing. hammock girl
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17

attempted 1t. AS"' solomon
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-09-17


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far we walked; ! hardly knew in
what direction we were going; my
one thought was to keep moving.
The poor fellow near me was complete
ly gone, and lay down to sleep. /
begged him to get up, to try to move.
beat him; dragged him along; but, he
only begged to be left alone. grabbed
him by the collar and just pulled him
along, stopping to rest every few min
utes. couldn't see; couldn't feel;
myself longed to lie down in the soft
snow and go to sleep. ThenI thought
Of the dear ones at home; would never
see them again. This gave me
renewed energy, and, dragging
my half-lifeless comrade, stumb-
ling under the weight of the
pack, plunged on. Finally was COM
pletely done; l couldn't go another
step; / felt that death couldn't be far
off. Oh, the utter misery Of despair of
in utter helplessness. | don't know
what made me, but l struggled to my
feet once more and called again and
again, but the storm only Knocked me,
and sank down once more. / was so
sleepy and tired, and it was so nice and
soft lying in the snow. The next
thing remember was feeling some
whisky being poured down my throat,
and then that / was being dragged
through the snow and that / was home
and safe. Well, boys, do you know
who did it? Why, it was that little
woman sitting SO quiet by the fire,
IL. H.
had presentiment that was out in the
storm and she kept going to the mouth
of the tunnel every little while, as she
had been doing nearly every night.
When / gave up to die was nearer
home than ] thought. and she heard
my call She got some whisky, and,
making the man hold torch so that
she could find her way back, she
plowed through ai1Sshat snow and
storm until she found me, and then by
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Let me mete til TO others that it may
endure. Nothing must be allowed To-
stop with us. We must pass IL on, for
we ourselves stagnate- when our fesl5
ings and experiences do. Let us not
confound peace and rest with stagna-
ton. They are sweet and beautiful; Il
is something TO be avoided, even II not
foul
An old italian proverb says: HE Is
richly endowed who Is cheaply divert
ed If we take view of American life,
we shall recognize how much need there
is Of this rich endowment. People can
not be s.cheaply diverted" The fault
lies largely in our education. We must
learn to divert ourselves more by min
istering unto others. Let us turn more
often and more lovingly to nature. She
Is never-failing source of delight and
instruction to those who are able to re-
ceiye what she can give. Then let us re-
vive the sweet and real friendships that
used to be in the good old times when
the world moved slower and the people
had more time. Now the idea of friend
ship is degraded to mean an acquaint-
ance of variously modified degrees. We
all need friends that are true, deep
sources Of joy and strength. But these,
too, must come through ADMINISTRATION.
If we would gain the greatest friend
ship we must be the greatest friend.
Icannot turn my thoughts TO other
things without taking You with me
where have been since made the re-
solve above. We have read the kind
wishes Of many friends for a Happy
New Year." and thoughts grouped
themselves about us which, push them
back as we might, persisted in being
recognized. Yes, sorrowful thoughts
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mean. How do you treat themP We
must not scorn them or shudder before
them. Familiarity, remember, blunts
the keenest edge. So it is best to con-
slider calmly the possibilities of the
greatest grief and suffering. A heart
broken mother told me once she had
never thought it possible'her child could
die, and then l understood her grief
better. She was not prepared for it in
any way; not even the poorest prepare
ton had been made. Do not, by any
means, be morbid, but let us give re-
signed recognition to all possibilities.
We shall be happier and more thankful
if we see the sternest forms of sorrow
turned away from us and standing in
the background. But we must be ac-
quainted with them, or else we shall
not be able to discern their distance
even. We must be hopeful and CHEEKY,
filling up our lives with works of love,
and then whatever comes we shall be
prepared to meet it-prepared by
charmed life. the secret of which is mot
to be ministered unto, but to minister"
Country Gentleman.
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Grandma does not answer, but we
will see what mother will say. Was it
the pretty potted plants from that kind
friend, or the duchess lace handker@
chief sent by the boy who thinks moth
ing good enough for mother? Did these
presents lift all that pressure from your
hearta Mother shakes her head and
we know what she is thinking of. Now
let US ask one of the boys about it. l
heard one of them saying that the
Bronze ever his aunt gave him was Just
what he wanted and had been waiting
for, for eighteen years. Now we think
he looked over the little piece of bronze
beyond that and discovered some
thing else which made him happy.
The grand contagion of self-forget-
fitness which RACES at the Christmas
tide warns all hearts and lightens all
burdens. How long will it lastp All,
that is what acc must decide, and want
to ask all to join me and take this motto
for the New Year: "Not to be minis
tered unto, but to minister" This will
insure us our Christmas feelings for all
the year round, and sweet peace will
SctIlS uOMn upOh uS DSoiutS. now
about Joy" and Happiness" you say?
Well, we cannot be sure about them,
but peace is better-best of all, really
quiet, restful happiness, joy under con-
troll, activity without friction-peace.
ITO. minister''-this resolve will unlock
any door which opens upon peace.
Have felt sighted? Here is the anti
dote, am not to be ministered unto.
Have / felt lonely? Let me go to work.
am to minister unto others. must
be idle to be lonely. HaveI felt un-
worthy of the blessings life has brought
ME? Let my worth or want be for-
gotten-lost sight of in service. Have
my burdens become heavy and disconr-
aging? Let me take hold with another
more heavily burdened than am, and,
walking together, the inspiration Of
companionship will lift many pounds of
pressure. Am intoxicated with joy?
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ANOTHER CHRISTMAS.
some 81 the Many Things We May Comb
IDENTIFY Expect with the Day

some o. the Many Things We May Conf
IDENTIFY Expect with the Day.
Another. Christmas day is about "a
dawn, and the customary thanks are
awaiting the customary presents, and
everybody is prepared to criticise the
Christmas sermons, and compare the
weather Of this year with the weather
Of last year, and we are all ready to
wish all our friends Merry Christ
mas" and good many more of them.
We speak softly Of those who are
gone, and recall with tenderness the
gracious memory of their sweet pres
ence; we wonder where we shall be next
year at this time, AND we all hope for
something better and more satisfactory
as time goes on.
The young people sigh because Christ
mas comes but once q year; the old peo-
pie are sad because it comes 80 often.
The man Of large family and lean
pocketbook wishes II did not come at
all, and. the hungry boy, with his grow
ing appetite, welcomes it as an epoch of
plum pudding and turkey, with all the
..stuffing. he can eat, and pound cake
in unlimited quantities to top off with.
The churches hang their walls with
graceful ferns and evergreens; the
choir practices for week beforehand
on some noted anthem with Zigzag
quayers and trills in it, and the good
and hard-worlsed pastor changes pull
pits with brother in some adjacent
town, and by this arrangement the two
manage to work off their last years
sermons ON the new and unsuspecting
congregation. And who can blame
them? For II it does not require genius
to say something entirely new on the
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some time; also, as our grub was get
ting pretty low, we were going to push
through to Dolores, to provision up for
the rest Of the winter in case we
couldn't get through again for some
time. ! also wanted TO get the Christ
mas presents for the kids; so ! told the
little wife not to be anxious II l didn't
show up for several days.
'tWell, we all started, only leaving
one Of the boys behind. who had been
sick and wasn't quite well yet. We
had the dcuce's own job fixing up the
cattle and getting through to Dolores,
It took us over a week, and several Of
the boys were badly frost4bitten. We
were ready In b few days to push back
again, but another heavy snowfall
came, and another, and another, until
really It seemed to be showing all the
time. The days slipped by, one by
one, until Christmas came, and there I
was snow-boupd in Dolores, getting
more and more anxious about the
folks at home. / knew their grub
must be getting low; and, besides, here
was Christmas day, and nothing for the
kids. j was nearly wild, can tell you.
Well, two days before New Years
there was a let-up, and made up my
mind to push through at any cost.
could only induce one of my men to
come with me; the others fatty refused
They said it would be sure death; that
another storm was coming up-this
time regular blizzard. At any rate,
we started on our fifty-mile ride. The
trails were simply one succession Of inn
mense drifts, SO we made mighty slow
as we had to lead pack
horse. After one days riding we had
only gone twenty-five miles, and a new
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Make the New Year a Happy One.

Every one of our actions finds its re-
Election in the life of some one else. No
matter how humble may be our sur
roundings, we have an influence on
some other life. individual good cheer
means general happiness. If we are
bright we brighten orr neighbor; the
neighbor is an emissary to the commu-
nifty, and the community, in turn, to
the great world at large.
Thus in the year before us we have it
pretty much in our own hands. Ma
tional advantages are ours; we need
only supply the individual elements.
The past is valuable only for the les
sons It can teach; the present for its OPP
portunities; the future for it's POSSIBLE
tiles. Whatever the past year may
have meant to you. make it dead his
tory. But let the new year be living
issue. With big, fresh sponge, drip
ping with the clear water of forgive
ness, wipe clean the slate of your heart.
Enter the year with kind thought for
everyone. You need not kiss the hand
that smote you, but grasp it in cordial
good feeling, and let, the electricity of
your own resolves find its connecting
current-which very often exists where
we think it not. An ill-natured thought
often makes us unhappier than the per-
son to whom it is directed. A happy
mind is an elixir, and as are the spirits
of the wife in the home, so will be
those of the husband, who in turn will
carry them into the outer world. Do
nestle happiness often colors CONNER
cial prosperity. The hearthstone is the
corner of the counting-room.. An un-
happy wife makes blue merchant. As
we men live at home, SO we work in the
outer world.
Therefore, to the thousands, yea,
may say the million and more of women
to whom speak with these words, let
me say: Make the new year happy
one in your home; =be bright of dispo-
sition; carry your cares easy; let your
heart be as sunshine, and your life will
give warmth to all around you. And
thus will you and yours be happy
Ladies' Home Journal
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THE TRUE SPIRIT.
aNot to he MInistered Unto, Isut to Mii
Ineer1

"Not to he Ministered Unto, But to Min
Ister."
The New Year has overtaken us and
carried us on with it. Those who stop
TO question ask: ''Where?" and
'.How?r %-a
The first question no one can an
swer, but the other is for us to reply to
by our acceptance Of what the year
brings us. Our feelings are particular
ly keen just now. Love seems to burn
up brighter on the hearth, no matter
how brightly it burned before. Selfish
ness has for time been conquered.
Our hearts are warm. What has
warmed them?
Tell us, grandma, was it the. warm
shawl which you received at Christmas,
or the bright and unusually kind smiles,
that warmed your heart most2 Could
it have been the card case from the
thoughtless granddaughter who knew
you never made calls, or was it the
sweet thought that she had not forgot
ten you, which made you happy?
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Maxims FOR the New Year.

do not point out this fact to YOU
that you shall this year be mournful.
Make it the best year of all your life
the brightest, the happiest and the best.
Undue your heart with the freshness of
the morning, your soul with the sparkle
OF the dawn. Resolve by good deeds
and thoughts to make this the most
triumphant year of your life. As a Sc
ries OF short maxims to carry with you
through this year, let me give you
these:
Make every day begin and end with
God.
Be content withswhat you have.
Have hearty, joyful family altar in
your family circle
Fill your home with as much good
reading and bright music as your means
will allow
Think i'll of none, but well of all.
If fortune favors you, think Of others.
Don't sham; be real,
Keep busy and you will keep healthy.
Respect all sacred things.
Love Cod Talmage,in Ladies Home
Journal.
The stock-kine, is monarch of Christ
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main force she dragged me back TO the
house. Not only that, but she. went
back again and brought in the other
poor fellow. What do you think of that
for pluck? 1t was weeks before got
over the effects Of that night; but tell
you what, boys that was the happiest
New Year ever had. Itsnearly twelve
o'clock; so ffllup, all, and make ready
to drink the New Year In when the
clock strikes, and one toast that know
you'll all join with me in drinking will
be: The Heroine Of New Years Eve
My Little Wife ~. ID. Charlier, In
Once Il Week.
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cency the numbers Of merchants who
are ready to ruin themselves by selling
their merchandise ten per cent. below
cost A strange philanthropy which
prevails about the time the demand for
Christmas and New Years goods is over
The merry sleigh-we have always
heard it called the ''merry Sleigh" so
we thus dominate it-slSims along, if
there is snow enough, filed with people
who enjoy having their ears and toes
frozen and their eyes knocked out with
snowballs; and the horses like the fun
as they toss their heads and jingle
their bells and seize the first opportuni-
ty to upset the whole business into the
deepest drift on the road. Kate Thorn,
in N. Y, Weekly.
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fireplace in the liying-room, drinking
their coffee after late dinner. The
lights were not lit and the party sat in
the Pickering light Of big fire of
cracking pine logs, which threw out
quaint shadows in every direction. This
party was the usual one that yearly
gathered Mt Jack Ralston's to spend the
Christmas holidays with him and his
family. AS they sat in the cheerful
warmth and glow of the fire they lis
tened to the fearful storm that reared
outside. "a blizzard had been raging for
the past three days; the wind howled
and shrieked through the mountain
peaks, driving the fast-falling snow be-
fore it and piling it up in immense
drifts against every, obstruction. 1t
was a bitter, biting, cold wind, too, as it
tore through the valley Ikea demon
seeking whom it might destroy, doing
its utmost to completely bury the house
from view in the snow; but, sheltered
as it was by two giant rocks, one on
each side, with the mountain-side at it's
back, the house was safe, in its snug lit
tie spot, even from the storms greatest
fury. The inclement weather had kept
the men indoors, and they We're grum-
bling over their enforced idleness, and
Dragged about the amount of game
they would have bagged had they only
been able TO get out.
"Say, Jack, it's some time yet before
midnight. Can't you spin us yarn?"
finally said Bobby Caruthers, after
/ long pause in the conversation.
"Well, was just thinking said
Jack, ''of just such a night as this.
fifteen years ago, when, If it had not
been for the pluck of that little woman
yonder, would not be here tonight to
see the New Year come imp and he
gazed fondly at his wife, who still
looked like a young woman as she sat
in the Pickering light, although on one
side sat her son, fair young giant, and
on the other her daughter, a beautiful
girl just blossoming into womanhood.
Lets have it, = came in q chorus from
the party.
We'll, fill your pipes, and I'll tell
You my story. You see, fifteen years
ago, wasn't as prosperous as I am
now. was just starting out ranching,
had only been here some three years,
then, and, where this house now stands
we only had asmall log cabin. Young
Jack over there was only six years old
at the time, and Miss Ruth was trotting
round. young three-year-old. The
winter had opened badly; snow had
come very early, and with it bitter cold
weather. We had plenty Of fuel, so we
managed to keep warm enough. The
cabin was in the same spot as this
house now is. SO the two big rocks
helped to keep off the fierceness 81 Fthe
wind; but we were completely buried
under the snow, so that we had to dig a
tunnel from the front door, out into the
open air. Myself and all the boys were
kept mighty busy taking forage out to
spots where the cattle could get to IT,
and so not starve to death. Well, one
morning, about two weeks before
Christmas, after a heavy snowfall, 1
started out with all hands on one of
these trips, intending to gather all the
cattle together as much as possible, and
to build some large hay-staclks, so that
they would have plenty Of food for
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Head of Firm You had better give
the Office boy couple Of dollars, Mr.
Penwiper, for Christmas.
Mr.. Penwiper (the booklkeeperl-l
think we had better make it New
Years gift, sir. have just sent him
out with telegramy md don't think
he will get back by Christmas Brook
lyn Citizen.
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E
he ne'er brings me expensive toys
He never brings sleigh,
A rife or velocipede
Or soldiers blue and gray.
He leaves no trains OF cars at ali,
And just think it's mean,
He fills my stocking 10 the brim
With apples red and green.
Now, there is Mr.. McAdoo--
He's rich, all people know,
And Santa Claus brings lovely things
Each Christmas eve for Joe.
He brings him hobby horses, skates,
And boats that go by steam,
And hollow, spotted pasteboard cows
AL full OF chocolate cream.
And then upon his Christmas tree
He hangs red candy dogs,
Gold cornucopias. rubber cats,
And wind-up jumping frogs
And I know other rich mems sons
With whom it's Just the same;
The high-priced presents left for them
Are more than can name.
Another poor mans son like me
Is little Jimmie Pott,
And fifty cents would pay for all
The Christmas that he got
Now II our fathers were so rich
They didn't know what TO do,
Would Santa Claus bring to us boys
Such costly presents, toof
Puck.
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storm was coming
up; and it proved .
regular shorter, too.
We dug q hole in
the snow and lay
down for d few
hearBhsleep, for we
were dead beat; but
it was 50 cold that
we were only able
to get about forty
winks, and started
again, SO as not to
freeze to death.
"The storm in
creased, getting
worse and worse as
we went on; the
snow, driven by the
fierce wind, cut our
faces like so many
needles, while the
bitter cold seemed
to numb every fac
ulty and to be slow
ly freezing out our
very lives. Ny horse
then gave out
couldn't move an
other step, so / let
him go and mounted
tn e pack horse.
Night then came on,
and our whisky, that
had given us some
S I r e n g 4 h a n d
warmth, gave out.
w didn't know
where we were, but
thoughtwe couldn't
be many miles from
home if only we
were on the right
I "a IL. My mans
horse next gave out,
and, as I wasstrong-
Ter than he, i made
him get ON my
horseA and, holding
on tsi the saddle,
walked along by his
side; but only a mile
or so further and
our last no s e
dropped down ex-
hausted. What were
we to do? / don't
kRews where l got
the strength, but /
shouldered the pack
myself and we both
plunged on. ! would
not give in - the
thought that they
sfAight be starving at
home forced me on,
l don't know how
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Wife, must have some more money
my dear. find that the Christmas
tree itself costs very little, but that y
takes great deal to fix it up.
Husband That's just the way I've
found you all these years. Epoch.