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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

We now have plenty o. . per cent
nesnsy to loan On good farm security.
p4rkinson Realty Z Inv. Co. adv.
Tender, Juicy Sugar Cured Hams for
lie per h., At Central Market.
Now is the time to put up
your Eggs. Dustin sells
Fleming's Egg Preserver.
Some one is figuring ON turning the
office Of the Courier into pool hall.
The Registration for the city election
closed lart Saturday with only twenty
new registrations.
Yesterday NJ. Boyle sold Mr.. Scott .
Riverside farm Of 1917 acres to Mr..
Robinson for $21OO.
Next Sunday evening the theme at
the NJ. f. church will be "Mary Mag
dalene on the first Easter day."
Miss McNees, is running a branch
millinery store at Aberdeen, Idaho, and
win make regular trips to that place.
Special Saturday - s-quart enameled
~dispans, only Zoe. Blaekfoot Racket
Store.
Monday evening of this week Nor
rell Jordan Of Clay Center, Kan, and
-Ortilla Mcknight were united in mar
rage by Rev. r. l.. l.. Barnstable at
the j. j. Brown home in the eastern
part Of town.
Before buying be sure to call at Nc
Nees 3 Burggraf's Art Shop, and zee
the beautiful hand painted China on
display there. 4-1-2
Little Miss Bettinger shed many tears
on Bridge street this morning over the
loss Of O school book whichsthe finder
should return to her.
Mrs. c. f. Kinney had letter this
week from Mrs. D. L. O'Neil in Bonnie
vile, Mo. She says they are all we'll
and that her husband is in Chicago.
The body of the 6-year old daughter
Of Mrs. and Mrs. Balding Of Arco, who
died on the 9th Of pneumonia, was
shipped from here to South Dakota last
Sunday.
Say, farmer! Why do you
sell your Eggs for Is cents a
dozen9 Put them down with
Fleming's Egg Preserver.
Dustin sells it.
Ferdinand Fackrell, who was recently
shot by one Of the Jail breakers and
lost foot, is still in the hospital and
resting as we'll as can be expected.
Mrs. l.. Dustin, who was operated on
for appendicitis last week in Pocatello,
is convalescing and was visited by her
husband yesterday.
The report of the capture of one Of
the Jail breakers was an April fool
joke emanating from the depot tele.
1rapher this morning. Sheriff Sim
mons informs us that there is no clew
rs to the present whereabouts Of the
fugitives.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

DON'T forget the beautiful hand
painted China ON display ct the Nc
Nees 3 Burggraf's Art Shop, done BY
Mesdames W. 4. Buffham and n. B.
Yeaman Of Idaho Falls, idaho. 4-1-2
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01
BIG WRESTLING MATCH
NEXT MONDAY NIGHT

The wrestling match scheduled to
take place next Monday night, April 5.
promises to be one of the best ever
witnessed in this part Of the state.
Both r.en are in fine shape for the
coming bout, having trained up to the
best condition, and are ~ hard as
nails.
The promoters Mr.. Patterson and Mr.
Buchanan, promise the best of service
and invite the ladies a. well as men,
to attend this bout.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Lawrence Cowen Of Sa!mon is in TIL.
city visiting his fathe., Judge Cowcn
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01
CONFERENCE EXCURsIoNs

To Salt Lake City, via Oregon Short
Line, April 1st., to 9Th, inclusive. Sec
agents for rates. 3-25-4-1. i.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Clean, soft cotton rags wanted at the
Optimist Office.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Mems Spring Hats
Your Easter Hat is here.
All the new shapes and
colors in Novelties and
Staples.
THE BROWN.HART co.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

SO0OA AVVSO
Just arrived for Easter.
Ladies' White Kid Gloves,
at $1.25 a pair.
THE BROWN-HART co.
Ladies' and children 3 trimmed hats
At Kinney b Company's.
Stewart Parkinson, was visiting at
Idaho Falls on business Saturday.
Try "Norman King" cigar, sold
only at the Palace Drug Store.
Mrs. Han Won Lostuwika, is very
i'll this week, and her condition is very
low.
Miss Bertha Olson, of Firth, was
visiting friends and relatives in Black
foot last Saturday.
We NOW havs plenty u . per esnt
money e loan On good farm security.
Parkinson Realty 1 Inv. cs.-Ad
Easter Candies, 15c per pound. Black
foot Racket Store.
James Martin has been very sick this
week with ptomaine poisoning, caused
by eating canned salmon.
Enoch Hanson, of Presto was visiting
in Blackfoot Saturday, going from here
to Idaho Falls, returning home Mon
day.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

For good, up-to-date printing, call at
the Optimist office, o. telephone 200
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Bishop Christensen of Basalt, was in
the city to-day ON business.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

James Martin has been very sick this
week with ptomaine poisoning, caused
by eating canned salmon.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Enoch Hanson, of Presto was visiting
in Blackfoot Saturday, going from here
to Idaho Falls, returning home Mon
day.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

Easter Candies, 15c per pound. Black
foot Racket Store.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

A. Barrette returned Monday from
Pocatello, where he attended the an
nual 2-day convention Of the local man
ayers Of the Gem State Lumber Co,
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

The report of the capture of one Of
the Jail breakers was an April fool
joke emanating from the depot tele-
4rapher this morning. Sheriff Sim
mons informs us that there is no clew
rs to the present whereabouts Of the
fugitives.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1915-04-01

We Now havs plenty u . per esnt
money e loan On good farm ssevritly.
Parkinsor. Realty 1 Inv. cs.-Ad
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
BE, a;um's Postmen.

A Belgian who has money owing to
aim often hands the account to his
Qostm'an. who passes it through the Of
nee. TO be presented to the deotsr in
whafever otaifts the latter may re-
side. and q s8t uieBf he n.sae the
creditor rert a. i from ais p.Stman
on the foIevin. ;.ay NAN nut a tri
Hlng deduction ioi commission.
As TO newspapers. almost all regular
subscribers to journal pay their
money to Il Dostfnan. and two or three
days before The subscription expires
that official presents the notice for the
renewal OF HE subscription during q
fresh term.
All this makes of the Belgian post
man Il kind of ambulating general
agency and bank of deposit. and the
man is obliged to have a. desk slung
in front Of him and to carry a locked
and chained portfolio under his arm
for valuahIes. but he gets through his
work satisfactorily, because his rounds
are short t'earson's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09

4 theatrical manager asked an an
tbor-actOr down ~ q watering resort
AZ his guest from Saturday to Men.
day. The actor accepted with alacrity
and went down with the full intention
Of borrowing $500 from the manager
before he returned to London che
time passed very quickly, however
and the would be borrower kept put
ting OF the evil moment, hoping fof
a more favorable opportunity to prefer
his request, When Sunday night came
be decided to leave it till they were
returning to town together They
seemed to be getting on SO nicely thai
be did not wish to spoil it.
What was his horror and consterna,
ton when next morning, in answer to
bis inquiry for his host, the waiter
said:
He left, sir, by the early train for
town and said l was to give you this
note"
The letter ran as follows:
{ Dear Old Chap-Had to leave early.
Kindly pay the bill and let me know
what ! owe you when we meet In
town.-Yours, L.'-London Mall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
Couldn't Face Failure.

In 1852 James Price, distinguished
amateur chemist and fellow Of the
British Royal society. announced that
he had succeeded in inventing a meth
cd Of converting mercury and other in
terior metals into gold and silver. He
conducted series Of experiments in
the presence of number of men Of
rank and science which were apparent.
" successful. Some Of the gold thus
produced was presented to the king
and the University of Oxford, hearing
Of this. Immediately conferred on Price
the honorary degree of NJ. D. But a
fierce controversy arose, and he was
requested to prove the truth of his
discovery before the Royal society. He
assented. and on the appointed day the
critics assembled at his house. He
received them cordially, and then. step
ping to one side. he swallowed a flask
of laurel water and died in few mo
ments. He had. it is thought. made a
mistake in his experiments and had
not the moral courage to own it-Lon-
don Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09

Men have offered up their lives by
me thousands upon the field Of battle.
our IN the struggle for existence woman
IS continually Offering up her life for
man. II there is mission Of mercy to
perform she undertakes it. II there Is
suffering on distress to succor her will
ing hand is always ready. If wretch
euhess and misery need a comforter
sue Is present. The faintest whisper of
pam brings her as pilgrim to it's
couch. and in the chamber Of death
she takes her place. assuaging the
hopeless sufferer with the comforting
assurance that there is home beyond
me grave free from the agony of pain.
she suffers herself without murmur
UT complaint, and the man that would
IN the slightest degree add to 1t and in
crease the anguish that it is her lot to
Dear Is beneath the lavel of the brute
At she should happen to. possess de-
iects and faults. which every human
peing ms in greater or less degree,
let him compare them with her virtues.
and especially with his vices, and ey-
cry Impulse of his better heing will
prompt him to over onk them and MAKE
due allowance therefor -lsialor Ray
uer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
BLOT ON NAPoLEoN's FAME
Slaughter Of Defenseless Prisoners
After Jaffa unrecoonized- as Act
of Warfare.

No French victory was ever marked
by. more unbridled license than that
which the victorious troops practiced
at Jaffa- But what followed was
worse. Although the prisoners of war
were too numerous for the ordinary
usage, yet they should have been treat
ed according to the terms of quarter
they had exacted.
On the 7th a council of war unani-
nlously voted that the old rule under
gLich no quarter is given to defenders
in an assault should be applied to
them. For two. days Bonaparte hes
itated, but on the 9th his decision was
taken.
A few Egyptians were sent home
and the remainder Of the prisoners, to-
gether with the 800 militia from Ell
Arish, were marched to the beach and
shot. Two eyewitnesses estimated it
one at 5000. the other at 1000.
/, Il have been severe with those Of
your troops who violated the laws of
war" wrote the author of the deed to
Djezzar. All winter long he had been
dealing as an Oriental with Orientais
and this was but a piece of the same
Conductive Life Of Napoleon Bona
parte, William Milligan Sloane.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
"SIeeninan Bullets.

The distance which a bullet travels
is divided into three parts. The first
distance the bullet travels In a wabbly
manner. either up and down or side.
wise; the middle distance it sleeps"
or moves on an exact plane, ana the
third distance. Being partly spent. II
wobbles in serpentine movement
again. When the bullet sleeps" it
cuts clean hole through the part of
the body hit, but when it is on the
arst or final distance it tears a jagged
lhole and moves either up or down and
Is likely to remain in the body. When
the battle range is regulated in such
. manner that the line of soldiers is
exposed to the range of the Sleeping"
bullets there is less work for the am.
bnlance cOrps.-Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
Community habits.

Communities axe like hurans. the!
get habits Each community makes
Its own collection, selects The particu
Lar kinds II Ikea This makes it a
peculiar place"-as the phrase goes
gives it individuality. really makes il
different from the rest Now the char
acter Of community whether it Is
good or bad-depends on the kind Of
stuff it packs into its habit trunk
Furthermore, communities sometimes
get chronic They get ''sot in theii
ways" The habit ruts get deep Juds
ments about things get twisted Am
bition grows tired and quits. What
ever the community is 1t stays until /,
begins to slip back back perhaps t:
The condition of that rural community
which finally, raised only two crops \
year "huckleberrics in summer ant
hades IN winter Countryside Masa
Hine and Suburban Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
GalIows Work.

A curious note in "Pepys' Diary" re-
fers to the appropriately of hangmen
in those days Commissioner PETIT,
who had travelled. told Pepys ''how
-despicable a a thing it is to be hang
man in Poland although it is a place
of credit. and that in his time thera
were some repairs TO be made of the
gallows there. which was very fine. OF
stone. but nobody could be got to memo
1t till the burgomaster or mayor of the
town. with ali the companies of those
trades which are necessary to be used
about those repairs, did go ia their
habits with Tags in solemn procession
30 the place. and there the burgomas-
ter did give the first blow with tho
hammer upon the wooden work and
the rest of the masters of the conpa.
MES upon the works belonging to their
trades that SO workmen might not be
ashamed TO be employed upon doing
of the gallowS work"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09

me het that the German enneror
has called upon his people Is -. 4
new compound bread IN order to hus-
band the supply Of wheat in Germany"
said 9 local baker the other day. lis
reviyins the old story q to the deriva-
ton Of sPumpernickel's 81 .horher-.
nickel the German brown bread
which y more or less widely known
in America, Tia name. SO the story
runs. dates lack to the invasion by
Napoleon OF Germany.
Asser . hard days journey across
GefLan territory. Napoleon rode to
en- inn BY the side Of the road and
calling the proprietor, ordered some
thing to eat. His larder low through
the ravages Of war, the innkeeper was
able to oner the great militarist only
some coarse brown bread.
Napoleon, Struggling his shoulders.
pointed to his horse. Njcol, and said,
Bon pour Nicol'-the French eouiva,
lent for that is good enough for Nicol.'
Whether the Frenchman finally &C
cepted the bread. or went further to
look Tor better. the story does not
relate. It does say, however. that the
Germans quickly accepted this as a
nickname for the bread, SO confusing
the French words, though, as to max
ing the form pumpernickel.' Whether
or not the tale is true one can hardly
be determined. but at least it sounda
probable"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
He Reached the Limit.

The Green Bag tells of a police mag.
istrate in western city who is a ma.
tive of Binghamton, N. Y. Once cul-
prit. hailed into court for drunkenness,
told his honor that he had played in
a brass band 10 B!nghamton. The
Judge discharged the prisoner.
;; Now this incident was published in
the newspapers, and during the next
six months az least Ave other prison
ers brought before the Judge explained
that they had played in the aforesaid
band. The Judge telegraphed to an old
friend back in Binghamton asking how
many pieces were in the band The
reply came back: Nine" According
ly his honor announced himself az
follows:
Hereafter no prisoners Will be dis
charged on account Of former MEM
bership in the Binghamton band. The
limit has been reached"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
BLESSING OF GOOD HEREDITY
That BLOOD Will TeIl' Is Shown In
the Descendants of Some Early
Americans.

We have heard SO much In these
latter days about the evils of bad ne.
redity that it might be well to reckon
for a moment some Of the blessings
of good heredity.
II 1t had not been for the descend
ants of Jonathan Edwards our eastern
universities and colleges would be
short their most distinguished prest
dents.
If 1t had not been for the descend
ants Of single Austrian who came
to this country three generations ago
Sir Thomas Upton would have had
pretty easy work lifting the yachting
trophy. That Austriap's name was
Herreshoff.
John Adams was q very medieers
president Of the United States, but
irst-class minister to England, and a
sound patriot. His son. John Quincy
Adams, originated the Monroe doc
trine.
In the third generation came Charles
Francis Adams, war minister to Eng
.o4A, thN OAAy AA6a VIM CfCI C0ltOu
Lord Palmerston down and made good
with it: while scattered around the
country are some hundreds Of less
noted descendants of the original ],
A.; all of them remarkably above the
average In intelligence and character.
In colonial days an Irishman of Eng
fish descent and his wife, who was
Irish without any explanations, came
to Virginia Their name was Preston.
Four governors Of Virginia were de-
scended from this Irish pair. Their
seed gave governors to South Caro-
lima, Louisiana, Kentucky, New Fork.
Missouri and California.
In the Civil war twelve of their de-
scendants reached the rank Of general.
in one army or the other; and the
colonels they produced are almost too
numerous to mention.
Heredity works both ways; but
usually the right way. 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
Coats the Monkeys Wear.

Have you ever wondered why nearly
al the monkeys which accompany the
foreign organ boys should be dressed
iA q red coat, with sort Of jockey
cap2
The explanation Is very simple. This
costume is no fancy one. but is an al
most exact copy of the winter dress
worn by the organ boys fathers In the
distant valley of Piedmont. where the
peasants usually wear a red coat. rude.
~ cut. with very stiff little tails. and
knickerbockers and jockey cap Of the
same color.
These clothes are spun and woven
by the peasants and dyed red with the
madden which, grows in the valleys
The long roots are boiled, then mixed
with alum and tartar, and the result is
red dye, which. though not very
bright. does not fade The monkeys'
coats are made of the bits which are
left over when the peasants coat Is
cut out.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
m ssal's ventflasor.

VT nany people know how the seat
Is the far north gets air when the Arc
e ocean Is entirely covered with many
eeet Of ice.
The small spotted seal, which is .
hair seal and not fur bearer, is the
hardy dweIler of the northern waters.
Under his tough, thick skin he has an
uach or more of blubber. When the
Ice closes UP the open water in the
Arctic the seal selects a spot and be-
gins to drill a hole to the surface by
pressing his warm nose against the
Ice. Nobody knows how many hours
1t takes him to accomplish his task.
but he manages it, and, although be
Is obliged to work most of the time be
cause the surface of the hole is con
tinually freezing, he keeps it open al
winter and obtains air Seals have
been known to drill in this manner
through fifty feet of solid ice. Wheth
OF or not they take turns in the slow
drilling is not positively known. It lie
at these seal holes that the polar
bear seeks food in the winter and there
the Eskimo waits. spear in hand. for
bis weekly supply of meat.-Youth's
Companion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
TALLEsT FLAGPoLE ON EARTH
Stick OF Timber at .Panama-Pacific Elk.
position Worthy to Float the
stars and Stripes.

A fitting symbol of the mighty for
ests of the West is Astoria's fiagpole,
the tallest in the world, which floats
the Stars and Stripes, 241 feet above
the exposition seawall at the corner Of
the Oregon building at the Panama-Pa-
cific exposition.
The stick, for it is single stick Of
timber, is actually PSI feet long, but
en- feet of its butt is embedded in q
2o0top block of solid concrete, which,
without other stays, holds the pole up
right against the wind.
The pole was shaped from the trunk
of a Douglas fir, which, as It originally
stood In the Oregon forest, lowered
SAL feet in the air, and might have
matched it's height. though not it's
girth., against any but the leftiest Of
the California sequoias.
Looking UP at the great flagstaff 1t
is hard to realize that 1t weighs up
ward of forty-six tons, and that there
IS lumber enough In 1t to build five
ordinary eight-room houses. Its great
height gives It an appearance of slen-
derness and lightness.
!, Jnst to transport this pole and set
it un Russell Hawkins and the citizens
of Astoria spent nearly enough thou
sands Of dollars to build several of the
houses it's lumber might construct.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
Genuine Wit.

Benjamin Moore, the second bishop
Of New York. was a man noted in his
day for his ready vita quality that
his wife apparently shared with him.
A dinner was given by some one of
Gouyerneur Morris friends when be
was about to depart for Europe Bish.
op Moore and his wife were of the
party. In the course of the conversa
ton Mr.. Morris observed that since ne
was going abroad he had made his
will and. turning to Bishop Moore, said
to him:
my reverend friend, l have be
Yueathed to you my complete stock OF
lmpudenoe,
Bishop Moore replied: 'Sir, you aEs
not only very kind. but you are very
generous. You have left me by far
the largest portion of your estate
Mrs. Moore Immediately added, MY
dear, you have come into possession Of
your Inheritance remarkably soon -
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-09
Fascinated by His Model.

The weekly meeting of the Married
Ladies' Society For the Better Control
and Guidance of Husbands had just
been called to order by the president.
Members will now tell their tron-
bles, one at time" said the chair
A meek looking little woman stood
up in a far corner of the room.
My husband" she quavered, lis in
love with his model
The buzz of gossip suddenly ceased.
and all eyes were turned upon the
speaker.
But your husband Is not an artist
argued the president He runs al
Iron foundry, doesn't hef"
.'Yes'm,' said the meek lady, but
all the same he loves his model. YOU
gee, he's d self made man.'---Londos
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