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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
LEWISTON NORMAL NOTES.

The department of Domestic Sci
in the Domestic Sci nee building the
week of June 5th, which is also COM
meacement week. The exhibit in
cookery will be such as will illustrate
the entir years work. Members of
the various classes taking the work
in Domestic Science in the Normal
School will prepare this exhibit The
sewing and design classes will also
display work done during the past
year.
The usual Thursday Evening meet
ing of the Debating Club was held
and the question: of debate was
"Resolved; THAI. the U. S. should
intervene in the Mexican Civil War,
waving the question of the method
of Intervention. The speakers for
the affirmative were Messrs. Smith
and Jordan and for the negative
Messrs. Pauls and Sermon. The de
bate was one of the best of the year;
Mr. jordan doing especially we'll, the
decision, however, being in favor of
the negative.
Acn inter-class track ne t will be
arranged between the Third Year
Sophomore Classes of the Normal an,
the other classes of the School. No
definite date has as yet he II set a.
side for the meet but it will probably
come off some time before the NEE;
at Whitman College, Waila Walla. A
number of Che young men under the
coaching of MIR ChiesmGn are show
Jig excellent form and it is expected
that tn Normal School team which
goes to Pullms and to Walla Walla
Will succeed in bringing home some
of the trophies. Smith and stookcl
are showing up very well as spri t
ers, and Carlson 1t pole yaultins.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
WHEN HEINE SAW NAPOLEON
The Trees Appeared to Bow to the
Little Emperor, Said the Great
German Poet.

There came a day also when the
young Heine saw Napoleon: 1T was
in the avenue of the palace garden at
Dusseldorf. AS I thrust my way
through the throng l thought Of the
deeds and the battles which M. lie
Grand had drummed to me, and my
heart beat the march of the general
and yet at the same time | thought of
the police order prohibiting riding
through the avenue, penalty five shil-
lings-and the emperor with his suite
rode down the middle of the avenue,
and the scared trees bowed as he
passed and the sunbeams trembled in
fear and curiosity through the green
leaves, and in the blue heavens there
swan visibly gold star.
THE emperor was wearing his mod.
est green uniform and his little cock
ed hat known the world over. He was
riding little white horse that paced
SO calmly, SO proudly, so securely and
with such an air. Listlessly sat
the emperor, almost loosely, and one
hand held high the rein and the other
tapped gently on the neck of the little
horse. The emperor rode calm
ly down the middle of the avenue.
No agent of the police opposed him !;
behind him proudly rode his followers
on foaming steeds and they were lad.
i en- with gold and adornments the
drums ratified, the trumpets blared
and with thousand voices the people
cried: Long live the emperor -
New York World
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Invisible indians.

All Indians seem to have learned a
wonderful way of walking unseen
making themselves invisible like GER
tain spiders, which in case Of alarm.
caused for example by bird alight-
ing on the bush their webs are spread
upon, Immediately bounce themselves
up and down on their elastic threads
so rapidly that only a blur is visible.
The wild Indian power Of escaping
observation, even where there is little
or no cover to hide in, was probably
slowly acquired in hard hunting and
fighting lessons while trying to ap-
proach game. take enemies by sur
prise or get safely away when COM
PEELED to retreat And this expert
ence transmitted through many gen.
erations seems at length to have be-
ccme what is vaguely called instinct
John Muir in the Atlantic.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
A Literary Lush.

'But why" asks the man who has
been rubbing his vest buttons off
against the bar, but why dc you call
this drink you have so generously
handed me with your compliments
The Free Library Cocktail'?"
Because, explains the bartender
cit doesn't cost you anything to get
1t, but In order to maintain 1t with a
proper degree of dignity and enjoy.
ment you have to spend about all the
money you have in your garments"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04

Now. Doctor Carvem is quite skilled;
His practice Is considered splendid
And when he started in to build
We marked each case that he'd at
tended.
The roof of tile that lifted high
To such stately elevation
We knew had been accomplished by
A keen and careful amputation.
In fact we felt that we could see
In dormer window and in gable,
The fair expression of each fee
Got from the operating table.
The steps that lead up to the door,
AS fine as any Roman consul's,
Are neither any less nor more
Than little Willie SINNERS tonsils.
The railing Of the porch, whereon
Wistaria vines in summer CULVER,
Were earned in struggling days agone
By fixing up Jim Johnson's liver.
The big bay window at the side
Where all the Carvems sit while dining
Is of two bits OF work allied
Some suturing and some trephining
So many folks admire the Il
Especially Philetus Boomer.
Who recognizes very we'll
The surplus profit from his tumor.
The new addition being made
There where the doctors little den was,
Is on Sam Slocums neck displayed
A scar that shows where his wen
was.
l fear me, though, the doctor plans
Some more ambitious architecture;
My aching form he daily scans
With more than curious conjecture,
Ana though he says with calming smile
There are no symptoms to alright US,
lie Keeps asserting all the while
mat l have got appendicitis!
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
A Flash Of Genius.

Eureka" cries the modiste. "My
fortune is made"
Good! How" eXclaims her as
sistant.
I've originated a new costume"
Auto? Walking? Party?"
mo. None Of those old things. I've
just thought of the best ever I'm 60
ing to turn out a special cut and style
of dress to be worn only when going
to see the milliner or modiste"
Realizing that every woman in the
country will want to wear such a cos
tune all the time, whether she Is go
ing for hats or dresses or not, because
she will want her sisters to envy her,
the assistant clasps her hands and
falls to dreaming of the Golconda the
modiste has stumbled into
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
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RESOLUTIONS OF RESPECT.

Whereas it has seemed meet and
proper to the Almighty Dispenser of
Events to visit sorrow a-d ro1ye-
lnent upon one Ct CIR members, a
former President Of this As sociation-.
Mrs. Jessie Lloyd RicLarGsCn-by re-
moving from the cares and vicissi.
rudes, and from al earthly ccti,ittes
her beloved and devoted mo,A =, Mr.
Alice Lloyd. and
Whereas, Tn cordial and Intimate
relations long Held by Mrs. Richard
son and the members of this Asso-
citation render it proper that
should place upon record our heart
felt sympathy in this, her de p aud
therefore,
Be 1t resolved. That we hereby X
tend cur sympathy and offer our con
dolence to our fellow member; thai
we deplore the loss which has been
visited upon her, with deep feeli- rs
of greet, softened only by the conf
dent hope that The spirit Of her loved
one is with those who, having fought
the good fight here and whose men
DRY and loyeliness make this eartf
a more fit place to live, are noU d,
joying perfect happiness in a b tie
world.
Resolved, That copy of the fore
going resolution, signed by the com
mittee, be transmitted to Mrs. Jessie
Lloyd Richardson, and that a copy
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Make. Your Own Horse.

AS general rule, man may own
good-pulling horses or balky ones of
the worst type-just whichever he
chooses. If colt We're properly han
died while being broken in, and then
loaded decently after 1t had learned
to pull. balky horses would be few
and far between. Indeed, we doubt
very much if there would be balky
horse to be found in the whole world
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04

In a recent issue of the Des Moines
Register and Leader the comm rcial
page published the creed of one 10y
alspirited booster who gives good
reasons why ore should support the
home merchant. He says:
Il buy at home
Because my interests are here.
Because tn community that is
good enough for me la,l live i'm is good
enough for me to buy in.
Because l believe in transacting
business with my friends.
Because l want to see the goods.
Because l want to get what | buy
when l pay for it.
Because my home dealer carries
me VIII l run short.
Because every dollar ! spend al
home stays at home and works fol
the welfare of Des Moines.
because the man l buy from
stands back eff the goods.
Because sell what l produce
her at home.
Because the man l buy from pay:
his part of the town, county and stat
taxes
Because the man I buy from give
value received always.
Because the man l buy fr-m help
support my school, my church, m.
lodge, my home.
Because when ill luck, misfortune
or bereavem MT comes, the man
buy from is here with the kindl.
greeting, his words nf cheer and hi:
pocketbook, if needs be-
Here l live and here | buy
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Explicit.

did you say he was a knight of the
brush because he painted the town
red?" asks the listener
mo. You misunderstood me" an
swers the other. Il said it was a
night of the brush when the town was
painted red"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04

hereof be printed in The Blackfoot
Optimist, and further, that copy of
minut of the Association.
THE BLACKFOOT ALUMNI ASSN.
By w. Orr Chapman, Ora L. Cald-
we'll, Committee.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
ADVERTISED LETTERS.

Lis of lett RS remaining uncalled
for in the post office at Blackfoot,
Idaho, for the week ending May 2,
1911. Persons calling for these let
ters will please say advertised May
2, 1911 .., ~
Brady, J. H.
Crawford, Mr.. Brit
Howard, Mr. Rass
Hardesty, Mr. Henry
Johnson, Mrs. E.
Martin, Miss Edna
Peterson, Charley
Shobe, Mr. w. l..
Postage due on ach of the above,
one cent. All of the above letters
remaining uncalled for two weeks
from the date of this list will he sent
to the Dead Letter Office. Letters
bearing tn return request of sender
will net be advertised.
Patrons are requested to advise cor
respondents of their correct address.
TO avoid delay in delivery, have your
mail addressed to street and Mo-,
P. o. Box, General d livery, CT +.
F. d. No.
II. e. CURTIS, P. NJ
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
PACIFIC COAST EXCURSiONS,vi
Oregon Short Line

Special low round trip rates to
various Pacific Coast points during
the months Of May, June AID July
with long limits. See any o. S. l..
agent for rates and further particu-
lars May At
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
ol5te


All who have chickens must keep
them penned UP according to city or
dinance.
MAX w. SMITH,
Nay42t Chief of Polio
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
LOS

A bay pony, mare, years old,
weight 700 lbs, JIM on the hip, fore
lock cut off. Finder notify in paper
at my expense. D. Wood Idaho Falls,
Idaho. My42tp
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Alayi2t
GOLDEN STAR
FURNITURE POLISH

One lady says: The best | ever
used. Another lady says: l tried the
sample, it beats ALL want two bot
ties. You try it, For sale at Bic
thanS.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
PUDDING SAUCES,
Hard Sauce.

dTU sauce.
Beat a cup butter to cream then
gradually beat in 1 cup of sugar.
When very light beat in gradually
white of l egg, beaten dry and tea
spoon vanilla. Yolk of l egg may be
scheme.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Always.

Don't you think" asked the roman
tic damsel. that the coming Of
spring is like the budding of love-"
Sure, said the coarse man. Sure
Isn't there always a hard frost about
two weeks after spring opens?"
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
BEVERAGES.
Coffee.
at once

Use | tablespoon CT coffee to l cup
CT water Place a Ii ri white of egg
in coffee-pot then the dry coffee.
Pour over this little cold water and
mix; add / cup Of boiling water and
allow ii to boil we'll. Pour in the full
amount OF water and let it boil few
minutes. Set back on stove. Juse
before ryiug pour in little cold
water to settle it and strait iayo an
other pot before serving.
Chocolate.
10 squares Bakers cEocol tc. few
grains salt cups milk. i cup SUI
gar, / cup boiling water, Soald milk.
Melt chocolate in small sauce pan
pl-ced over hot water, add sular
salt, end gradually boiling wafer
When smooth place On range and boi
l miaute Add to scalded milk Beat
| thoroughly with an So whip to pre-
vent scum from forming. This is
known as milling. Serve in chocolate
cups with whipped cream.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
Satisfied.

wonder what that was we struck
back there?"
Keep hummin'. Maybe we'll strike
another. 1t was brewery wagon and
I had my mouth open as we hit it."
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
EoamY Sauce.

Whites of eggs, l cup powdered
sugar "A cup hot water, 1 teaspoon
vanilla. Beat eggs until stiff, add
sugar gradually, and continue beat
ing. Add water and vanilla Serve
at once.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
TESTED RECIPES.

Furnished by tn Domestic Science
department of the University of IGa-
no, Moscow, April %.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
REASONS FOR TRADING AT HOME

A Loyal Spirited Man of Des MONIES
Proposes an Interesting Home
Trade Greed.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04
HE WROTE
ALEITER

DIOOhC, lihC dAOthCA AldA, Nio
likes writing personal letters. Like
many another married man. he has
delegated to his wife the task of writ
ing family epistles. Mrs. Brooke has
not been averse to performing this
duty and has faithfully discharged it.
However. when Brooke's sister sent
him picture of hernelf her husband
and her children. with an oft-repeated
request that he write to her. Mrs.
Brooke said to her husband: Harry
you really must write to Florence. In
almost every letter receive from her
she expresses a wish to get message
direct from you"
u have rather neglected Flo the
last few years." Brooke agreed I'll
write her the first opportunity l get"
After several days had elasped and
as many reminders had been given
her husband Mrs. Brooke asked
across the dinner table one evening:
Have you written to your sister to-
day, Harry? You know you promised
me this morning that you wouldn't let
another day pass without getting of
that letter"
The fact is, haven't had time,
Kitty" Brooke answered lamely.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1911-05-04

II. E. CURTIS, P. NJ.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
ANCIENT ISRAEL USED INK
Writings of Bible Times Inscribed on
Potsherds Have Been Found
In SamSria.

THAT the ancient Israelites had a
cheap and easy method of sending writ
ten messages which was in fairly com
mon use is now an established fact,
said George A. Reisner, assistant pro
lessor of Egyptology at Harvard, who
for the last fourteen years has been
conducting excavations in Egypt and
Palestine. Professor Reisner just re-
turned on the Campania.
I'VE were excavating in Samaria,
once capital of thu porthern kingdom
of Israel, in 1908, when we came upon
the palace of the Israelite kings. Last
summer we found on the floor Of one of
the chambers of the palace a number
Of potsherds and on these shards were
written messages; they related to
tithes or taxes paid to the king, and
were written I'm an ink made Of pure
carbon or lampblack. These, perhaps,
are the earliest specimens of Israelite
work contemporaneous with the Bible.
They were written In the reign of
King Ahab."-New York Evening Post.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
WHAT THE PUBLIC WANTS
Popular Taste 10 Not Always for the
Best In Books, Plays or An
ecdotes.

"1t Is q regrettable fact" said q
speaker at Republican banquet in
Fort Wayne, that the most popular
men are not necessarily the best mer,
the most popular books are not the
best books, and the most popular
plays are not the best plays.
Even In anecdotes" continued the
speaker, "the public taste is bad. I'll
tell you the kind of anecdote the pub.
lie wants.
"a Bostonian was she wing his two
little girls through the poets corner
In Westminster abbey. BESSIE, the
older of the two little girls, carried
rose in her hand. When they came
to the marble effigy of Longfellow,
Bessie rose on tiptoe and reverently
placed her rose In a fold of the poets
marble drapery.
"As the Bostonian departed he
missed his golden-haired younger
daughter. Turning back, he saw her
still lingering before Longfellow' 8
bust. Then as he regarded her, she
drew herself up on her tiny toes and
placed something that glittered be
side her sisters red rose. and, smil-
ing happily, she ran to her father.
"'What were you doing, dear one ?
the Bostonian asked
bessie had a rose and I hadn't
nufing.' said the little golden ?haired
darling, so / bit off one of my curls
and gave dr. Longfellow that"
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
WHERE WE NEED PROTECTION
Not Against the Autocrat, But the
Outgrown Social lnstitu-
ton.

1t is not the autocrat, but the out
grown social institution, against which
socie' y requires protection. Not the
legisl IRE or the executive, but the
constitution and the prevailing judicial
and administrative procedure, are in
the way of progress; or rather, carry
ing the analysis one step farther, our
difficulties are not so much with the
constitution and procedure, as with our
own reluctance to amend and modern
lie them. knowledge and conviction
have gone far ahead Of existing me-
chanism and habit The clash is mono
the less real because 1t is not between
two distinct classes, between a ruling
class and revolving class, for exam
pie; but rather between our own
selves of tradition and habit on the
one hand, and ourselves of the present
environment and new standards. These
conflicts with our own inherited tradi-
tons and habits are perhaps the most
exasperating and tragic of all.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
HORSE OF THE COBB DESERT
Animal Discovered by Prjevaisky
Never Has Been Famed and May
Be Distinct Species.

= It is more difficult to domesticate
the wild horse than it is to bring 9th
er species of wild animals under sub
lection.
Some years ago Prjevaisky. Rus
sian explorer, discovered a distinct
wild horse in the Cobb desert, in the
south of Mongolia A herd of 80 colts
were captured and landed in Europe.
Most of them were sent to Russia, but
a few were shipped to the estate OF
the duke of Bedford, in England.
They were ragged of coat and Of
awkward gait. All efforts to tame
them have failed. They will not sub
NIT to mans rule and are therefore
unserviceable. They become badly
frightened when a man approaches
nearer than two or three rods Of them.
The Russians claim that by methods
of comparative anatomy and in other
ways they have proved that the Cobb
desert horse is q distinct species Of
the genus horse. Most naturalists
have until now believed that the true
wild horses with an unbroken line OF
wild ancestry were extinct.
1t is the general opinion that the
domestic horse of today was mainly
derived from three wild species,
which have been named the steppe,
forest and plateau varieties. The gobi
horse is a representative of the steppe
variety. This horse in its wild state
lives in the level districts and goes
at night to the pasture lands and
drinking places. At break of day 1t
returns to the desert, where 1t rests
until sunset.-New York Herald.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
HE WAS REAL DlPL0MATIST
Man Discovers Sure Way to Get
Wife to Mend His
Clothes.

AS Mr.. Compton looked down at his
waistcoat he discovered that it lacked
a button. "And | asked my wife to
sew 1t on more firmly, last night he
said to his commuter neighbOr in the
train. II don't see how she forgot
it,
Don't ever ask her to mend any
thing" said his friend. II learned a
better way before I'd been married a
year. When 1 want anything mended
say shirt, for instance, take it I'M
der my arm, all mussed up, and open
the closet door, and sing out TO my
wife, Where's the rag-bag, Peggy"
What do you want of the rag
bag?' she'll ask me.
"'Oh, thought I'd throw this away,
/ tell her, and squeeze 1t little tight
or under my arm.
LET me see what you have there.
she'll say, and I'll mutter something
about WORKOUT old thing! while
hand it over to her.
Why, James Holland!' she'll say
when she's spread 1t out and looked
1T over in a hurry. am surprised al
you! This is perfectly good. II
doesn't need single thing except
And then and there she sits down to
mend it, looking as II I'd made her a
present."-Youth's Companion.
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
Precocious Infant.

William Lyon Phelps tells this story
about Robert Louis Stevenson, as IL
Illustrating the cosmopolitanism OF
Russian character, which Professor
Phelps says is accountable, In a
measure, for the international effect
and influence of Russian novels.
Stevenson, writing from Mentone to
his mother, January, 1874, said:
I'VE have two little Russian girls,
with the youngest of whom, little
polyglot button of three-year-old,
had the most laughable scene at
lunch today. she said some
thing In Italian which made everybody
laugh very much after some
examination. she announced emphat-
ically to the whole table, In German,
that l was a madchen. This
hasty conclusion as to my sex she was
led afterward to revise but
her opinion was announced
In . language quite unknown to me,
and probably Russian. To complete
the scroll of her accomplishments
she said good-by to me In very
commendable English" Three days
later. Stevenson added, THE little
Russian kid Is only two and a half:
she speaks six languages"
The weekly Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1911-1922, 1911-04-06
CASTE A BARRIER IN INDIA
snobbery sifted Into FanatIcaI RelIo-
Ious Faith Pale Description Of
Social Conditions.

First of all caste Is a question OF
birth, and there is no entry except by
birth. A worker In a coal mine may
become a part owner thereof, and his
daughter marry peer, and his grand
son become a peer of England. No
millions will enable the low caste Hin.
du to marry into Brahman family or
shadow on the food of Brahman in
India.
# man Is accommodated by bis
caste fellows In India, no one of the
caste will eat with him, accept water
from his hands or marry him. His
own wife will not touch him or speak
with him. He Is dead to his family.
The barber even will not shave him.
or cut his hair. or his toe nails.
A Brahman clerk has been known
TO distribute legal documents by
throwing them down at the end Of
the village street in which live his
low caste brethren. Letter carriers
have been known to refuse to enter
the houses of, or to permit themselves
to come into personal contact with
those of q lower status than them
selves.
If one could picture to oneself so
cial snobbery lifted into a fanatical
religious faith, it would be pale de-
scription of the iron subdivisions OF
caste In India There is no patriotism,
and can be none, in country thus
divided against itself.-Scribner' 3
Magazine.