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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
A BUSINESS GIRL.
How She Convinced Her Father of Her
Lessening Opportunities.


Father would like to see You in
the library on matter of business "
Very well, Viola-e me along.
Now. then. what is it?"
Father, you are aware that harry
NOodenhammer has been paying me
his attentions for the last year,
''Ies, and I've felt like kicking
him, The idea of Noodenhammer
daring TO aspire to the hand OF a
| Grafton
HE has asked me to be his wife. -
The sccundrel! Why, I'll maui
the tar out OF him
And | have almost promised. y
she placidly continued.
What. What. My daughter marry
/ a NOodenhammer working for $15 a
week? Never, Go to your room
while l seek this base adven
Father. | want to talk straight
business with you. she interrupted.
"As you are aware, this is the state
OF Massachusetts,
YES"
Have you seen the vital statistics
OF the state for the last year?"
NO; of course not. The idea OF
that Jim Noodenhammer skulking
around here after my
Wait, According to statistics
this state has sri. 24O more females
than males There are 226, $50 more
manageable girls than can find
husbands, to say nothing OF 1872, S21
widows anxious for a No > The
number of young men in the state
earning over $l5 a week and in the
market is only 10y There are
camped on the trail OF these young
men exactly 100000 young women
and $50. 200 widows. Three out OF
every five children born are girls
Death removes two young men to one
married man or old bachelor.
The old man turned pale and
grasped chair for support. and
after pause she continued;
From juno to October over So
| 600 manageable young women visit
our watering places. and 1t is esti-
mated that 81, 442 OF them catch hus-
bands, thus further reducing the
chances Of the resident. Father, take
this pencil and figure on your Vio!a's
| chances OF catching another man IL
she lets james Noodenhammer can
/ ter away"
"Great Scott" he gasped, figuring
fer moment. Why. your chances
1 are only one in 2l,Si5.947i'
just as figured it out myself
What shall l say to him this even
ing?"
Say. say Why tell him you'll have
MIN and mighty glad of the chance,
and don't let him draw long breath
before you add that the ceremony
can take place right after breakfast
to morrow morning. and that I'm to
give You weddgin present OF s., 600
| in aashfi
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
ONCE WAS STAR noARpEe
How the Young Man Happened to Fi.a
Himself la the Hail Bedroom.

How the Young Man Happened to Fia.
himself in the Han bedroom.
The young man at our BOARDING
house was standing outside the front
door when ! came home TO supper
l: was a chilly evening and passed
the remark that he must find Il cola
standing there. lie said that he was
waiting for friend. lie was the
only young man at our BOARDING
house and we came 10 have no other
name for him. knew little OF him
except that he was "A quiet young
man and that he occupied the small
room upstairs in the rear SAYS a
writer in the 81 Louis Republic. a.
mine was the front room on the
ground floor | invited him to wait Tor
his friend there While | was rid.
ding myself OF my overcoat and pre-.
pairing for the evening meal he sat
looking out OF the window and main
tanning his reputation as a quiet
man. Suddenly he said
~ occupied this room once
Indeed, Ireplied while thought
They raised tho rent. or bis salary
is less than il was
And paid as much Tor i, as do
for that pOstoiiice box apstalrs he
added Il am what might oc called
the retrograding boarder was
once the star hcrc That vas when
Mrs. started this place, ANA
was her first boarder They we're
once in very good circumstance. you
know
replied that had often heard
her say 80
Yes. he continued. IL was the
star b0ardcr then, but don't shoW
up much in the constellation nov
was new 10 the place and his
story promised 90 be 81 some interest
10 me and encouraged him 10 pro-
coed lie did 90. still looking ont Of
the window and evidently soiilo4uil-
Ing uuiie as much as addressing mr
lit isn't much o. story came
here and took the room that yOu
have now aud occupied ID until
we'll untIl | came homo one evening
and found Il rcutcd Mrs rx.
planned 20 mo that sho had rented il
20 man aud wife who could par
more than ] bad been paying She
had moved ny things into the back
parlOr. which, she said was almost
a. gotd a. this room Vol. IL Wasa
niece room and the arrangement
seemed quite reasonable 10 me aud
found no fault with H. Three months
later she told me that II | kept tho
room had the back parior must
get roommate 80 that the rental
Of tho room would br doubled
d.d got want room mate. 80 vas
moved upstairs iulo the front room
Welt. sir that sort 81 a thing has
finally landed me 10 that place tn the
rear whore have 20 20 out into tho
hail 10 turn around
Ito had finished. but ! was zoo
busy thinking TO make any cota
msut- Ny wifc and we're jus'
weCk.old arrivals ard had seen but
tho sunyc can ,-do.t0o much ios Y0l
won't.ynu-hayr some thing cis0 side
% our lanilndy
We'll. hrrr comes my friend. rg
claimed the young man; I'm much
Obliged 20 ynu Cool evening
Hy tbs way lsatd. a. he reached
the deJr. where Is that couple that
forced yoI out ~ this room 2"
"Oh, they are Ia the liitlo room
most 20 mius. zap stairs and he
lad joined hts friend outside
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Unidentified photographs % undi.
tiuguishcd persons commonly help
10 make up the stock 81 The second.
hand book shops These things soil
Mt from two and onc.half Co five cents
each and ono bookseller conIccturcs
that they arc bought 10 ill up blanks
in family albums. An occasional
photograph 81 a handsome man or
woman tctchcs q higher price
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

Roman Catholicism is spreading
rapidly in the three Scandinavian
kingdoms, which have been regarded
ever since the days of King Gustavus
Of Sweden as the stronghold Of Prot
estantism. So great is the mum Der
OF proselytes that the vatican has
just placed Denmark. Sweden and
Norway under the pastoral care Of
three bishops.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

IN Georgia the negroes out marry
the whites, some OF thcm marrying
two or three times year a negro
will quit his wife in Atlanta and 90
up to Marietta and get another one
and call for his license and got mar.
ried and stick until shc quits him or
he gets tired Of her and then he
skips over TO Rome or somewhere
and tries it again
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
u Ia in ChnrcI,.

In Italy the scarcity of silver CONS
is 50 great that church collections
consist almost exclusively Of l. Q.
us, which each contributor redcems
with a note when his total liabilities
amount TO ten francs. The people Of
Italy are evidently no better off than
their rulers, who have just hoated a
loan, through the assistance of Ger.
many
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
FOUND a rot a, cold.

Two men uprooting peach trees on
the farm Of Mrs Richard Dichl near
Chestartown, Md. on the eastern
shore. uncarthed tho othcr day an
iron pot containing SldO in old coin
ana AN opcnlac1 silver watch. doubt
tess the forgotten treasure Of some
ono who buried Il whom many por-
sons were boarding coin during til 9
UeriOd Of inflated curponcy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

herself, I doubt il she ever gave her
social rivals more than passing
thought A rarely beautiful woman
can afford to be Indifferent to the dis
approval of her sex. Indeed. Judging
from her manner, Mrs. Van Glider
was comparatively Indifferent to
everything in life which bordered
upon the disagreeable. She was a
philosopher by nature and education.
Nothing disturbs me" she was wont
to say. ''for the simple reason that l
do not allow it to do So" Conse-
quently, at twenty-nine. her face wore
the freshness of eoloring that had at
tracted my admiration when we en-
tered the same class at the Oakland
high school. and her smooth skin was
as free from the suspicion of wrinkle
as in the days when we learned to
conjugate amo. and delved together
into algebraic mysteries.
Soon after graduation she had gone
to Europe with friends for a year or
two Of travel; had returned to New
York city and eventually married a
wealthy young Wall street broker, and
had been fairly launched into the so
cial swim of San Francisco before we
met again. To me She seemed a thou
sand times more attractive as a woman
than a. the sweet girl graduate whom
had last seen blushing before the
multitude with that white-ribboned
and most remarkable of all illusions
in her hand-a graduating ESSAY. Her
husband had changed his residence to
san Francisco. and they took up their
abode at the Hetherington, large
and fashionable private boarding
house on Suffer street.
The advent of so beautiful woman
caused something of sensation in the
hosiery, and when it was learned
that she came of rreproachable fam
lily, Mrs. Van Glider might have sprung
into immediate popularity with the
feminine element had she cared to cx-
ercise little tact. As il was. she ig-
nored. in pretty, well-bred way, all
social overtures made by people whose
position in life she considered inferior
to her own. and succeeded in making
herself cordially disliked by the ma
jority Of her sex. As far as the men
were concerned, they were of one
opinion, and that was, that Mrs. Van
Glider was decidedly fascinating. and
that Van Glider was a lucky fellow
Perhaps the very unwisest thing a
man preoccupied with business affairs
can do is to take pretty wife to an
establishment like that which the
Van elders made their headquarters.
Certain it was that before long it
began to be whispered about that the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28
Eyoglasses al Vale.

The senior class at Yale numbers
1856 students; Of these fifty-four wear
glasses, the necessity for such aids
to vision having in twenty-five cases,
arisen since the students entered
the college. The average age OF tn 9
incmbers Of the class IS q.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

visitor 30 you bGye little baby
brothcrp
Littlo Girl Yes'm | prayed for u
little baby sistor. but | sposo the
angels had run ont Of girl babies, |
forgot TO tell them there wasn't any
hurry,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-04-28

- - " 80 Wv "a
the prettiest wo-
men ever seen
upon the streets
of SanFrancisco.
Even her enc
mics admitted
that, albeit the
confession was.
naturally e
nough, never
made with
marked enthu-
SiaSn. As for
Mrs. Van Glider
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

The yankee nation" takes credit
to itself for its ingenuity, but wider
acQug .ntance with the world would
probably lessen its pretensions Wild
animals and unciviliIed men-all
creatures in short, who live by their
wits-have almost OF necessity the
quality OF shrewdness highly devel.
opcd, at least In certain directions
Captain Lugard, the African trav.
eler, quotes his brother as express.
ing the highest admiration for 1.-THE
wonderful instinct" OF the Jungle
tribe OF Gonds. in India, with whom
he had rracticcd tiger.shooting.
III you drop Gond from q balloon
In the heart OF forest unknown tc
him aud then suddenly went for
him with a thick stick, he would
take the Identical path that tiger
would adopt, aud IL would te found
to he the shortest possible way out
Of the jungle"
Captain Lugard bears a similar tes.
timony TO the ready wit OF the Swa.
hills, natives OF East Afr.ca. He
had q caslon TO build a fort with all
speed, aud for that purpose he needed
poles They were dlf,icult TO procure,
but as he remarks, The Swahili l.
a wonderful fellow, when pressed. for
making bricks without straw"
Not a tree was in sight, and there
were only dozen axes for Two hun
dred and iifty men; but he sent all
hands out after timber. Each man
was TO bring log, or two men
might bring one 10y. II IL was excep-
tionally large, and only after that
was done were they at liberty 10 col.
lect their own food for the day And
the logs were brought. In Captain
Lugard's words:
"Iell Swahil he has to produce
a pole before he can eat his dinner,
and though YOU cannot see tree on
the horizon, he will arrive with q
pole before you have decided in your
mind which is the best direction IN
which u start your search"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Sponge Fishing.

Fishing for sponges in the Mcdlter
rancan is done chiefly by divers,
though inferior kinds are got with q
trawl. The finest divers are the
Greeks, who go for the purpose all
over the Mediterranean in their ma.
tive boats. The industry is very ar.
duous and even dangerous. An aver.
age hand can manage twenty fathoms
zone hundred and twenty feet, but
IL takes an exceptionally good man
to 20 down thirty fathoms zone hun.
dred and eighty fect, and thirty.
three fathoms is the limit. The pres.
sure Of the water at this depth is SC
great that, in spite of the protection
afforded by the dress, some two OF
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Smoking Mt PRAYER.

A visitor from the United States
onds many things which surprise him
IN the City OF Mexico. When the
mail arrives at the postotfice the
names Of the people TO whom letters
are addressed are written on a slip OF
paper and posted on bulletin board.
Merchants 70 every morning to ex-
anime the announcement aud II
they fnd their names on the list
hand their cards TO the delivery
,lerk, who hands them their mail.
No postage stamps are sold, but
those having letters to mail take
them to the postonice and pay their
postage TO the postmaster, who sticks
On the stamps himself In all public
places men are found sitting around,
provided with pen, ink. and paper,
ready - conduct the correspondence
)f any Que unable TO DO IL himself.
Every one in Mexico smokes, the
women as well as the men. They
smoke In the street cars, In . the
shops at the opera, and, In fact,
everywhere. l actually saw one man
sneeling in chapel, muttering his
prayers. with a lighted cigarette In
Dis hand. Exchange
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

IN both solid flesh and strength after grip,
pneumonia, fevers end other prostrating
diseases, "Goldea Medical Discovery has
TO equal 1t does not make fat people moro
ScoorrPuiens' BIZ builds up '0''d' wholesome
Do you feel Gull, lorgu.d. low spirited,
hnvo fullness o? boating ac;or eating, tongue
coated, bitter CT bad tasto IL mouth, irregu-
lar appetite. frequent headaches, " floating
spcckG" bc.oro eyes, nervous prostration and
drowsincs3 after meals
IL you havo any considerable number OK
these symptoms, you are suffering from
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No matter what stage it has reached, DR..
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Nervousness, sleep.essness, nervous pros
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Tho Golden Medical Discovery is far
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as they put tho nerves 20 sleep" but do
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Buy Of reliable dealers. With any others,
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A Book Q3G pages treating OF tho fore,
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The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Europc's MIX supply.

A German journal puts the milk pro.
luctlou Of the chief cOuntii sol Europe
n follows, in kilolitrcs: Germany, a.
2is,0J0,OJO; France, lC,ll7,OU,OJu; En-
z ard, s,92j, 10000 ~ stria 500 200, e.
20; Swedcr, 2,a03, ,Ooo.OOG; Low Coun.
:,ies, l,i2l, 10000; Denmark, l,25O.-
o ,t0l; Belgium, l,20l 10000 Switacr.
ani, l.lO9,00J,O00. Tho kilolitre is
tho e.u.valent OF 30 gallons
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Taggot Parties.

Faggot parties are new enter
tainment in Tucson, Arizona Terri
tory. Each invited guest brings ?
stick Of wool and burns IL in the fire
place while he tells a story. All In,
wood that is left over goes into the
family wood pile.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
SOUTH CAROLINA DRY.
At Least That Is the Opinion Of the
Supreme Court.

The South Carolina dispensary law now
gives way 20 rigid prohibition. The supreme
court so declared In announcing its
decision In case from Florence asking fol
an Injunction TO restrain the city council IRON
granting licenses for selling liquor, ON the
ground that there Is no law authorizing the
granting thereof. In the decision the courl
says that under the law as it now stands
there Ii no authority invested with the council
TO grant licenses for the sale Of liquor In this
state and hence the action Of the city councL
In granting such licenses is void and the
court therefore grants the Injunction.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

\ LoNDON surgeon has fastcnco
the breast of a blackbird to WON
ans face ~ substitute for her nose.
She must he bird" now.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

Tho subject oc tho cbovc portrait (, to
Rev. Charles Prossc-, q much beloved and
most dovout minister OF tho gospel OF Car
mel. Northumberland Co, Pn. Mr. Prosscr'J ,
usefulncss, was, for o long timo, greatly i'm
paired by distressing, obstinate disease
How his malady was finally conquered VIC
will lc3 him tell in his own language Ho
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sia, and had suffered so long that / was
n wreck life was rendered undesirable end
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contact with DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery and his Pleasant Pellets / took
twelve bottles OF Discovery and several
bottles Of tho Pellets and followed tho
hygenic advice Of DIR. Pierce, ard i an
happy TO say 1t was indeed euro, for life Is
worth living now"
Fo: dyspepsia, or indigestion, silver COM
plant, ~ or torpid liver, biliousness, constipa-
ton. chronic diarrhea and all arrangements
OF tho liver, stomach and bowels, Doctor
Piercc's Golden Medical DiScoTcry effects
perfect cures when all other medicines fail.
1t has specific tonic effect upon the lining
membranes OF tho stomach and bowels. AS
Gn invigorating, restorative tonic it gives
strength to tho whole system and builds up
solid flesh TO the healthy standard, when re-
Cuccd by " wasting diseases
Mr.. j. +. Hudson, prominent lawyer OF
Whitchervilc, Sebastian Co., Ark, writes :
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fro.i q torpid liver, indigestion, constipa-
tion, nervousness .and general debility, and
finding no relief in my efforts to regain my
health, i was induced TO try DIR. Pierce's
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Pellets Under this treatment, improved
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frtlI
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Authors Mistakes About the Moon

Authors Mistakes About the Moon
The editor OF the Popular Scienc,
Monthly takes certain imaginat,v,
writer's TO task for their unscicntiflt
and absurd statements regarding
1.-THE young moon" and 1.-THE es enl
moon" and advises them To leave II
alone because they 50 often contrlvt
To get IL In the wrong place. In q
recent story which has come under
his notice he finds two friends de
scribed as sitting out one summer
evening looking over the Thames,
and the writer goes on To say: "B,
this time the young moon had arisen,
and its cold lightshimmered over the
misty river" such writer, are re
minded that the young moon goes u
bed early, and can never be seen 10
the process OF rising.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
YNYSANNHNANNANts tstAANSNN9H8sNN3

three per cent. OF the sponge fisher.
die annually from the direct effect,
OF the strain.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

A RABBIT was recently killed near
Jefferson City which had the form
and features OF a rabbit, but was az.
parently wearing the skin OF a NAL.
tese cat.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
Don't Blame the Cook

If baking powder is not uniform in strength,
so that the same quantity will always do the same
work, no one can know how to use it, and uni
formly good, light food cannot be produced withit.
All baking powders except Royal, because
improperly compounded and made from inferior
materials lose their strength quickly when the
is opened for use. AT subsequent bakings there
will be noticed falling off in strength The food
is heavy, and the -four eggs and butter wasted.
1t is always the case that the consumer suffers
in pocket if not in health by accepting any sub
stitute for the Royal Baking Powder The Royal
is the embodiment of all the excellence that it is
possible to attain in an absolutely pure powder
1t is always strictly reliable. 1t is not only more
economical because of its greater strength, but
will retain its full leavening power, which no
other powder WILL until used and make more
wholesome food.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

If the dynamite fever doesn't di,
out in Carrara that province will soon
need all the product OF It's famous
marble quarries for its own: .emeter.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
When Travelling

A person may walk through seven German
States In seven hours.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

DR.. Kilmcr's swAMr-Roor cures
all Kidney and Bladder troubles.
Pamphlet tand Consultation free.
laboratory Binghampton MY.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17
f.T N-AA e..>~

To purify, enrich and vitalize tho blood
and thereby invigorate the liver and diges-
tive organs, brace up tho nerves. and put
tho system in order generally also to build
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

When Travelling
Whether on pleasure bent. or business, take on
every trip bottle of Syrup OF Figs, as IL acts
most pleasantly and effectively on the kidneys,
liver and bowels, preventing fevers, headaches
and other forms OF fsickness. For sale in 20 cents
and 81 bottles 10y all leading druggists.
America hns 40 nor cent of all tho tclayrn nh
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-05-17

America has 80 percent. of all the telegraph
lines Of the world. 20