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Reward the Deserving.
Editor Messenger:

Editor Messenger:
The air Is filled with proposed combin-
atoms, expected tricks, and new men
arising to the surface. animated by one
common desire the desire to down the
enemy and reach the public crib; And 1t
is the privilege and right Of any man to
try and get there. which none can gain
say him. But the great majority Of the
voters are not interested in the emolu-
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concerned in the honest and competent
administration OF the public Offices. 1t
Is quite true that conditions sometimes
obtain 10 create factional prejudice and
passions In the minds Of well-lneani0g
people that are likely to mOmentarily
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men to serve them. However. implicit
faith can be placed In their sober second
thought. and when that feeling pos
ses them they are pretty apt. it ia safe
to assume, to pick out man who Is In
every respect qualified for the Office to
which he aspires. We have in mind a
man who is seeking an Office. He Il
personally popular. ripe with expert
ence. and no living sOul can tr"thfulIy
say that he has ever committed wrong.
In every public position in which he has
been placed, his course has been as
straight az the needle Of the compass.
That man is VIM. B. Eastin. There Is
not single valid reason why q disin-
terested voter should not vote for him,
there are many why they should. and
his claims are made all the stronger by
the fact that his chief deputy. A. ".
Fleming, deserves we'll Of the people,
especially the people Of tn town. He
has always been the free and cheerful
packhorse of the community. When
sickness and sorrow invaded the home.
he was one Of the first t. tender his SER
vices; when a movement was inaugura-
ted for the good Of the people. he quickly
responded to the call; when the people
needed faithful sentinel, he was there.
and always without reward, save the
consciousness Of having we'll done. In
fact he has always been rendered stale
bread. and to-day that he asks for a
piece Of pie, shall 1t be refused him. We
think Motive think not, because the
people are not ungrateful.
Hence, this fact should be remembe
red; vote for Bill Is help TO Fleming.
xxx
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NoTICE.
State Of Louisiana, Parish Of st. Martin
To all whom this may concern.

Under the authority and by virtue OF
an order emanating from the Honorable
the 10th Judicial District Court in and
for the Parish of st. Martin. Louisiana.
Of date January 2Sth A. d. 1896, calling
for meeting Of the creditors OF the In
solvent Numa Cormier Of st. Martin,
Louisiana, notice is hereby given to the
said creditors of Numa Cormier, that the
said meeting will be held before ME. Ro-
bert Martin, Notary Pubic in and for
St. Martin Parish. Louisiana, at my Of
fee at. st. Martinville, Louisiana. on
Monday the 9th. day Of March, A. d.
1895. for the purposes fixed by law, and
for them the sail creditors, to deliberate
and appoint Syndic. and to determine
the terms of sale Of all the property sur
rendered by and belonging to the insOl-
vent Numa COrmier. .t....
Dated at st. Martinville, Louisiana,
this 10Th day Of January A. d. 1896.
ROBERT MARTIN.
Notary Public.
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26

banking combination of woman's In.
tuition and a cloudy morning against
the unequiv0cai assertion made by taht
clock:''
"Oh. suppose the clocks all right"
she answered careicssly. as II II were
n matter Of small Importance anyway.
..but would have more confidence
IN 1t this morning II hadn't seen the
children playing with IL last night
after you had set IT. Somehow that
seems to have destroyed my confidence
in
vt tine first mention Of the children
III, had made !; dive for his vest 10 con
silt his watch and before she could
finish man abont half-dressed was
moving rapidly IN the direction ~ the
cilildrt.n's room with one large slipper
held alOof III his right hand.
! hc sounds that preceded from the
citildrsn's ronln Il moment thereafter
awakened all tile ncighbors and set
them 10 guessing what the children
have done 10 deserve such severe pun.
iSlpncnt nj 8 O'clock in the morning.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
EARLY Marning Tragedy.

Ting-a-l ling -ling-ling: B-z-z-z! Ting
a-ling.
.Confound that alarm clock he ex-
claimed as he turaed over IN beu.
..There Is never morning thar ! uon
regret that | ever permitted II 10 come
into the house"
"Permitted it," repeated his wife IN
drowsy way, as II she We're tou
sleepy 10 enter a vigorous protest. ana
vet felt that she odght not 10 let sueh
a statement go unchallenged. lou
bought it yourself No one else want,
ed such a changing thing In the house.
well. it's the only thing in the house
that can rely upon" inc retorted.
admit that l regret IL When u gers
after me In the morning someuiiies,
| but when | get thoroughly wakeu UP
| | realize its value. There isn any
| thing else in the house that isn't more
/ or less affected by the weather. II y
isn't just as light rs you think y ought
| TO be you turn over and so 10 steep
again. II the sun stayed behind
cloud and | didn't have this alarm
clock the chances are would sleep
4 until noon You have 10 see just 40
much light shining in the window or
YOU won't believe lis time 10 get up.
and that il where the alarm clock
comes in. You knew ! wanted 10 get
up early this morning. but ] viii BET
wouldn't be awake now II Y had
been left to you. 3.
That Is right" she admitted. u
world not have walked you up az THIS
tilne. What time il IL, anyway
six o'clock" he answered promptly
'That was the time | set tile alarm
clock for"
Il did not ask you about the alarm
clock" she retorted, az she made her
SELF as comfortable as possible under
the bedcloth,s while he got mp and be-
gan to dress. II asked you what ttms
ii was. Ii Is dark enough 10 be mid
night
"You heard the clock 20 on. didn'
you:" he asked sarcasticlily. Are yol
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
EXPERIENCES wrrH BURGLARS.
Tragic story and Another VIA
Humorous side

Burglar stories are rife nowadays
There are a hundred experiences to!u
u burglars or wouldbe burglars TOT
every robbery. and those are nahsef'
GUS. one OF these Is a true story anu
~ i double tragedy II Is u story Of
the rash use of firearms y was
Young man who discovered the burglar
He heard first slight Noise ouIs1ds
the house. was sure he heard steps
and. looking out. saw a light, lie aim
ed al the light as he took his fefelsei
and fired There was no furthrr morse
and he went 10 sleep, content tiiat y"
had frightened away the burglar u
There had been one. In the mornlns y
Was found that his revolver had done
good execution. A man. heavily armed
and well supplied with burglars TOOLS,
was found dead outside the house door
II was a great shock 10 the man VINO
had killed him. He had killed q hu'
man being in cold blood, and he was
Incansolnble, He was 4 hnc young Tel
low. with d life OF promise before hitn
n was In vain that his friends efisieay
ored 10 console him by saying that shs
man was evidently desperate and otisi
lives might have bsen taken u be hat
been allowed 10 carry out hta plans
But the murderer. as he CONSIDERS
himself. was not to b. cotnforted. III
became the victim % settled melan
choly. aud before the end % year b
/ had suctumied 10 his feelings
/ Another story has d comic side. M
/ was a nice old lady, who nsycr nnisss'
/ an opportunity TO laud the virtues .
/ her departed spouse. 4 friend. serinl
| 4 heavy cane standing at the head Q
4 her bed one day. remarked upon u
Yes said the widow. James Away
kept il there Ia ease Of burglars. Jane
was very brave. Why. remember on
night We heard noise ia the hpuss
and We thought burglars might b
around James got up'-the visitor
listened. cold chllls In anticipation ot
thrilling story. creeping up and dow
the spine James got up. went on "a
story teller. and slammed our bet
room door as hard n bic could an
locked it.''-New York Times.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
LIFE in THE GREAT CITIES.
Its Tendency Is Not to Enervate Ma
tions.

Its Tendency Is Not to Enervate Ma.
tions.
And as to the tendency of the growth
of cities to enervate nations there is
no proof of it at all unless we identify
the life OF great cities with the passion
for idleness and pleasure and self-in-
diligence, which sometimes. but by no
means universally, accompanies their
growth, says the London Spectator
When you get large proletariat liv-
ing. as that of ancient Rome and pos
sibly of Nineveh and Babylon did. on
the aims of the rich and powerful, then
no doubt you have the conditions of a
thoroughly unnatural and unhealthy
/ life, and no one can wonder at the
/ rapid decay of such cities and of the
/ nations which gloried in them. But
where the honest working class far out
numbers the proletariat, where the
middle classes Of distributors and man.
ufacturers and professional men are
laboriouG and energetic. and even the
class that lives en- its accumulated
wealth contains considerable sprink-
ling of serious and disinterested work
ers, we do not believe that there is
the smallest evidence of any greater
danger in the life OF the city than in
the life Of the agricultural village OF
the pastoral tribe. Indeed, we should
regard Oliver Sehreiner's picture OF tn.
life of the modern Beers as Indicating
condition of things more DroIific a
morbid elements, with its almost com
plete absence of any stirring or activ.
intelligence, than any kind of modern
life that is honestly laborious at all
The Boer life Is too sleepy, too desti
tute of stirring thought or effort, to b
altogether natural 1t needs at leas
the old element of danger and neces
sary vigilance to render it even grac
!. ing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26

times begged him. for heavens sake.
to go To smoking again, but he would
not"
You ought to be gratified 10 think
that YOU have so much influence with
him. said the engaged girl.
1T must be very gratifying TO have
husband who neither smokes nor
drinks" said the older married wo-
man There are not very many of
them
Its good thing" returned the
young woman, bitterly.
Good thing" exclaimed both the
| others
YES, good thing" repeated the
| young married woman. with cmpha-
/ sis. "A reform movement that you
can't stop when you want to Is one of
the most annoying and disagreeahie
things that it is possible TO have
sround the house. My husband thinks
he feels so much better that he has be-
come crank. He doesn't believe In
pepper or condiments of any descrip-
ton any more, and has instructed me
to dispense with them entirely in the
house"
.'Outrage ousr'
..IIe considers coffee Injurious. and
Won III nave u OH tue tfDlt. anu ht hi
sists that candy will drive any woman
to an early grave
..PrepOsterousr'
'Isn't IL: But there doesn't seem I,
be any help for It. He's says that nov
he's started he's going to reform thu
household from top to bottom"
That's the way with men, my dear
You marry one TO reform him, and b,
thinks you have married him to be re
formed and the older married wa
man looked very wise. while the en
gagged girl looked in the direction of ;
box of bor-bons on the table and he
gan to think that, possibly, she woul'
be better not 10 try to reform Harr.
at all
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
Odd Stories Of Life.

1t is her opinion 1T the present time
that no reform movement Is fully
equipped unless 1t has brakes ON a.
.sYou See" she explained, Il tried to
reform George"
.sOf course said the engaged girl,
that's what you married him for.
wasn't it,"
We'll, not entirely" answered tue
young married woman, hesitatingly,
..And, of course, you didn't succeed,
nut in the older married woman; Il
did-at least, l got him started, ana
now there's no stopping him. You
see. got him to stop drinking first.
He didn't drink much. anyway; but
got him to stop 1t entirely. and for a
few weeks he was so cross and irrita-
BILE that almost regretted that I'd
done it. But he got over that, and l
was so pleased with my success that
undertook to get him to stop smoking.
He said he felt so much better since
he stopped drinking that he was begin
ming to believe there was good deal
of benefit TO be derived from abstemi-
business. and he stopped smoking. II
was three months before he was in MT
condition TO inhabit the same house
with a human being and two or three
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
LIFE SAVED BY A DOG.
Barked Until He Attracted the Atten
siou of the Police.

Barked Until He Attracted the Atteu
tion of the Police.
A little wandering. homeless. COM
mon dog. lodging everyone 1t met on
the street lest a blow should be aimed
at it, used to nothing but kicks and
curses from the great animal called
man, has at last shown its worth In
way that will assure 1t hereafter per-
manent home among friends, says the
Louisville Courier-Journal. Louis
Carr, a painter. was painting the rear
of vacant house belonging to l.. Store,
in Clay street, between Green and JEFF
ferson streets, one day recently. He
was far up the ladder. just under the
roof. and painting vigorously to finish
up by noon. Rather than so all the
way down to move the ladder to an
other place he was reaching far out
and painting. Suddenly he discovered
that the ladder was slipping, and. hav-
ing no time to descend. he caught the
caves of the house with his hands.
The ladder slipped from under his feet
and fell to the ground, leaving him
helpless, hanging about thirty-five feet
in mid-air. He called loudly for help
time and again. but no one heard the
cries and being at the rear Of the house
could not be seen The little dog heard
him, however, and sneaked around the
house to see what was up. He saw
there was great deal up and began to
bark loudly As he would sit beneath
Carr his barks would ring out sharply
for a morsent and then end with a
long, passionate howl He would then
run around the house toward the Clay
| street police station, which is directly
across the street, give few sharp
banks there and run again to his old
position under the dangling man. where
he would send out his plaintive appeal
more desperately than before. This at
tracted the attention of the police, and,
although not understanding dog Ian
guage. they easily guessed there was
something wrong. Accordingly several
of them ran over 10 the house. and
Patrolman F'rsnk Haffner opened the
back gate They took in the situation
and the ladder was soon under the
mans feet, so he descended with safety
Carr said that he had been hanging
from the caves for about ten minutes
and had not help arrived when it die
he would surely have fallen from shee'
exhaustion. He declares he will keel
and raise the dog with care and ten
| derness and hereafter If anyone want
!, yoo1 dohf IN his hands all ha vii
have to do will be to hit Carr's dog.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26

things that n girl Is naturally inter,
ested In. We have To turn TO a par. ~
the paper devoted TO men TO nna any
thing about any OF these things. o,
"Oh, that Is natural just now. iou
see"
.sThere's no politics ON that pass'
either" interrupted the girl IN o'oo,n
ers. ..You cannot find out how 10 Til III,
lister or in what colors the ballots VIII
be printed or where the speeches a y,
being made or anything else that Is ~,
teresting. Then there isn't any so -
news or tennis news or anything VI
that sort-nothing but a lot OF stun
about homes and gowns and huspanus
and other trash that no one cares any
thing about. What Is needed Is
woman's page that is devoted to mat,
tiers that women are really interested
in; TO fashions that they will wear. 10
bicycle schools instead OF kindersar,
tens. You see, we've been moving too
fast for these editors at least some Oh
us have"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26

Id had some thoughts Of proposing.
II WIS natural that his thoughts
should take some Silcli course. for her
foiiunr was figured ut something over
Il r!iliion. while his was figured ut
fDtucihing less than S9.3J just 1T that
moment. although he probably would
not have admitted II.
Then II was tlI;tt the subject Uf con
ycr-ation tiriftcd round to- engagement
rings. and be- mentioned that In some
countries men wore them.
And the stliIitgc feature Of II oil is. :
he said. that the girls prorid" them. "
.Yrsf" 81. returned intclTJ2 lively.
"Dh. yes" he replied promptly. Il
can show you extracts from books t1
! prove Ii. in addition 10 referring you ia
people who know all about II them.
selves
+ What Of NJ she asked somewhat
( coldly.
He was n lrf" staggered by both tic
7 manner and the question. but he ell
Il dpavorpd to make the best Of II.
I, "Dh, nothing much lie answered
''oaey Il does not seem exactly nat
nral"
Most natural thing in the world.
alie asserted.
"Aw, now. yori don't really thinl
that is exactly the proper thing. Il,
youfr he asked, rather disconnected.
" ny mott
lie made a hasty effort to collect bl
thoughts. aud then suggested that
seemed to be expecting too much Of
girl.
"Such things seem to come NOR
more gracefully from the men,. Ii
said
Perhaps ymi nre right" she answe
ed, "but It's q mere rritic anyway, an
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
The TeieGrapa 81 ihr nc..r,

Yes" said Joseph Bonner. strurrin
tendcnt ~ telegraph FOR tho ST,t,,prn
Pacific railroad, Telegraph poles along
the line have q hard timr. PARTICIPANTS
Is this so out West. where the lr,ltS nre
costly and stations are few AMI far bc.
tween. Now. out IN tho Arizonn dcscrt
the poles are played tile deuce with
generally There Is sort ~ wool.
pecker that picks tli" posts absolutely
70 pieces. thinking their. may bc insect.
ihsiIe " we Wantt They hear tllc
hinniing and haven't sense enough IA
know what cntls"s il. Then nenr ,be
mis- the black bears imagine that cnrh
pole contains swarm ~ bees ind they
elliip 70 the TOP and chew the glnas in.
| s'liatnfs 10 pieces, btii tho SANDS tnrm,
are the things that create Tho meg,
havoc. When the wind blows stronyl,
INC snrd ~ driftcd ~ u rapid rate. n,,.i
me grains tFii away tbc wnWl nj n frnr
iui rate. u was common thing i,
nave ~ oak pole worn 10 shayit,v i,
dhy time, while have seen NIL,
lhst ground TO the surface ~ Tho anrtl
curing single storm. Things rnt !,
bad ON there that The company deeiJe,
10 substitute steel poles for tbr on
hhd eedar, hut that didn't remedy m,
"Vll ~ az. The sand just wore avn,
me metal on cnch side " the mol. ,,ntj
nc center was ~ sharp as 4 razor. mn,
~ inc Indians IN The country used I,
shitVe themselves on the edge. No 4
Iliiy managed 10 fix things. va in
painted the poles with soft pitch mi m,
tfgEl0 Ia
pl.ch ea'isht tho sand. ANA now oyrr
pn'e y about two feet thick ana soil
ns rock. New orlcaus TImes.psm,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-12-26
%. OF ara.. nl,h.. h..

Mr.. George Grossmith oecasIon.n-
permits himself some reiaxatious go
bis labors In amusing tho public ~
other evening. at . big lat hone - \
got behind the supper table ia H.
with the walters and triedt TO loci =. I.
like one ms possible. Presently a.
approached him military LOOKING -
gentleman. Taking up wine 49,
he extended u TO the supposed wsiss,
saying. win you please give NE !
glass of ehampsgnes"
"No. Sir" said Grossmith, assum,..
an mir OF righteous indignation, II 49,
tainiy will not You have had mes.
than is good for you" The rus.,
stared in amazement put down ~
empty glass and walked on. --wsskl,
Telegraph.