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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07
Are You Looking Old?

Old age comes quick enough without
inviting it. Some look old at forty.
That is because they neglect the liver
and bowles. Keep your bowels regular
and your liver healthy and you will not
only feel younger but look younger.
When troubled with constipation or bill
liousness take Chamberlain s Tablets.
They are intended especially for these
ailments and are excellent. Easy to
take and most agreeable in effect. OBJ
tainable everywhere.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07
Chamberlain Collie, Cholera and Diar
rhoea Remedy

This is medicine that every family
should be provided with. Collie and
diarrhoea often come ON suddenly and
it is of the greatest Importance that
they should be treated promptly. Con.
slider the suffering that must be en-
dured until physician arrives or medi.
cine can be obtained. Chamberlain 8
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy
has a reputation second to none for the
quick relief which it affords. Obtain
able everywhere.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

The contract has been awarded to
Idaho Falls builders for the new bank
ing house at Shelley which is to cost
$3.50.
Mr.. and Mrs. 7. A. Hayes, ST.. left
Saturday for week s visit with their
son in Helena, Montana.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

A brother editor says that when a
man has 100000 he has to be care
full how he spends it or his brain may
be investigated. And coming from an
editor, too!
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

A noted writer insists that crime in
creases as punishment decreases. It
do, brother, it do-the head of the class
for yours.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

There's a henpecked fellow in this
community who called his wife bird
Of paradise before marriage, and now
he swears she is proof.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

Among the mysteries of the world
yet to be solved is the distance GOV.
cred by the normal jump of a healthy
flea. Go to it!
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-09-07

Possibly the doctor who described
love as a disease is ambitious to per-
form the impossible by living on love.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
Paying the Price

We are always paying the price for the
things we lose or gain.
Out of this life of the mingled gift of glad
ness and of pain;
And whether we pay for pleasure or
whether we pay for sin.
1t is always paying the price for life, no
matter where we begin
We say we have had a lot we've en-
joyed and we've shared in the best;
We sit sometimes with little dream of
old content in the breast;
And then when we look away and think of
the things that were nice,
1t all comes over us, lucky or sad, that
we've had to pay the price.
The magnate pays for his, as the pauper
pays it, too:
And the saint pays just as the sinner does
and the unsaYed have to do;
In all that we have and hold or in all that
we've thrown away,
1t is sure in the end to come to this that
there was a price to pay.
We pay it for love and peace, for cheer
and comfort and song;
We pay for SHINING and going astray, we
pay it for doing wrong;
In all that We are or seem, in gladness or
grief or pain
We are always paying the price for the
things that we lose or gain.
-Folger McKinsey. in the Baltimore
Sun.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
wv. hl44~seQ
Language of WindmiIIs.

In Holland births, marriages and
deaths, instead, of being recorded in
the newspapers, are indicated by
windmills. When the miller gets mar
ried,i he stops his mill with the arms
of the wheel in a slanting position,
and with the sails unfurled. His
friends and guests frequently do like
wise with their mills. in token of the
ceremony. To indicate birth, the
wheel is stopped in slanting posi-
ton, but at more acute angle than
that of a marriage. and with the two
upper sails unfurled. Should miller
die, the sails of the mill are all I'M
furled, and the wheel is turned around
until the arms form an upright cross,
in which position they are left until
after the funeral takes place.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
, BIRDS FRIGHTENED BY WAR
Those of Belgium Have Largely Dis
appeared From Their Accustomed
Nesting Places.

Where are the birds of Belgium?
Everyone who has known the Belgium
Of the past will ask himself this ques-
ton in thinking OF some of the ad-
mirable Flemish restaurants he has
visited. For the Belgians were a ma
ton of bird eaters, and in this little
country as In Italy every variety OF
bird was pressed into service.
No one who has been through the
forests of the Ardennes will fail to re-
call how strangely silent they were,
how lacking in bird songs, for the
Wholesale slaughter of the birds went
on until one wondered where the little
song birds appearing on their pieces
of fried bread came from. Now with
the noise of battle over all the
land, the constant cannonading has
frightened away even the boldest OF
the native birds.
Grives were the aristocrats of Bel
gian game birds, and one of the most
delectable dishes known to the Bel
gian cuisine was grives a la Manu-
roise. Thousands of grives were
served daily in autumn in restaurants,
and as no Belgian dinner is considered
complete without a bird of some sort,
just where SO many came from always
remained mystery. A grive Is a
thrush, but blackbirds and starlings,
80 nearly of the same size, often mas
queraded in the Belgian casseroles as
thrushes. rn.
Then. beside grives there were wood,
cock and snipe and the becasse a Ia
Champagne to be had in restaurants
In Brussels and Antwerp was q dell
cious morsel indeed. At Mons and at
Liege and Charleroi every year there
was a great fete called a woodcock
feast, at which the succulent birds
were cooked in variety of ways. A
little wax candle was placed beside
the plate of each diner, and in its
flame he would frizzle the tiny head
of the woodcock and eat its brains.
which were considered a great deli
cacy.
The cartridges of Louvain were ia
nous for their plumpness and deli
cious flavor, perhaps because of the
fact that they fed upon the beet root
cultivated there by, the hundreds of
acres for the great beet sugar facto-
ries. Blackjack is served too as COG
de bruyere.
Woodcock In season used to be the
specially of the Faille Dechiree, a ia
rrrOus lifffa restaurant in Prussels
"Gangas du Japon," often served in
the finer restaurants in Brussels, was
simply Japanese partridge. These
birds often migrated to northern AT.
RIGA in winter and made their way
thence to Spain. where they were
caught In large numbers and finally
taken to Belgium, where they we're
bred. They had flesh Of fine flavor
and plumpness
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11

II
- Many persons have declared
their expectation of going there
eventually, but there are thou
sands who haye already made the trip,
have enjoyed the experience and have
come away wondering why more peo-
pie do not go there.
The Purgatory in question is located
in the town of Sutton, Mass, and those
who have visited the spot are con-
WINGED that the commonwealth has
missed an opportunity to become IA
nous for having within its confines one
of the strangest and most interesting
freaks of nature In the world. 81
Purgatory, in Sutton, is a chasm.
Its admirers declare that it is more
attractive and remarkable even than
the Flume in the White mountains, and
they are back of movement to have
the commonwealth acquire the prop
erty and make reservation out of it
for the benefit of the whole people.
Purgatory chasm has for years been
a source of wonder to biologists, for
they cannot agree as to what caused
it. A large number of them seem to
think that at some time, cons ago, a
portion of the earth at this point
dropped down out of sight, leaving a
great chasm whose base Is filed with
giant powders and deep caves.
b. Until few years ago this chasm,
situated in the midst of a forest of
pine, hemlock and spruce, was a
favorite outing spot for people in
Worcester and surrounding towns, but
as the roads to it were not kept in
good condition the visitors decreased
until now it has practically been for
gotten except by a few enthusiasts.
Explored by Commission.
Led by Arthur e. Seagrave Of Tx
bridge, who is assistant attorney gen.
eral of the commonwealth, they have
been endeavoring for several years to
have the legislature take an interest In
the matter of preserving the natural
wonder, and finally succeeded this
year in securing an appropriation Of
500 to be used for an investigation of
the matter by the state forestry COM
mission. This commission, which Is
composed of the state forester, Frank
w. Rane Harold Parker and Harvey
N. Shepard, with Charles o. Bailey as
secretary, has completed its investiga-
ton. Not one of them had ever seen
Purgatory chasm before.
at xyoc amazadv coid Mr. Railav
when, he returned to Boston. ut ac-
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
Prune Tapioca.

Cut into quarters prunes that have
been stewed with sugar and little
lemon peel. When cold, pour over the
fruit the following: Soak cupful of
tapioca in a pint of water for two
hours, then cover with rich milk and
cook until tender, stirring in after re-
moving from the fire, two well-beaten
egg yolks and two tablespoOnfuls of
sugar and grating of nutmeg. Cover
all with a meringue made from the
whites of the eggs and two tablespoons
fuls of sugar, and serve cold with a
sauce made from the prune sirup.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
Liohtninq's foil in Year.

n During one year--1S99-th United
States weather bureau kept record
of lightning and it was found that dur
ing that year strokes of lightning
caused damages as follows: 6.256
buildings struck, property to the value
of $3,016520 destroyed, 563 persons
killed. $50 persons injured, 4,251 head
of live stock struck in fields, causing a
loss of S129,955. In 1902 fire insur-
ance paper kept track Of fires caused
by lightning and estimated the prop
erty loss occasioned thereby at 1895,
$40. These are the latest statistics
available.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
Frozen Rice PUDDING.

Boil in slightly sailed milk cupful
of washed rice until tender, then stir
the whole into pint and half of
boiled custard. Allow the custard to
become cold, then fold in a half pint
of thick cream. beaten stiff. Turn into
a freezer, freezing to the consistency
of soft snow, then add cupful of
chopped preserved ginger and two ia
blespoonfuls of the strip. Freeze until
firm and smooth and serve in sherbet
glasses, garnished with ginger and
whipped cream. Bib
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
ANGEL Custards.

. Heat quart of milk in a double
boiler, and when hot pour it slowly
on the stiffly beaten whites of four
eggs; sweeten the custard with two
scant tablespoonfuls of pulverized SUI
gar, favoring with few drops of al
mond extract and turn into small GUS
tard cups; set the cups in pan of
hot water and cook in a moderate oven
until firm. Cover with grated maca-
room crumbs or Drowned nuts.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11

lTy mas DepH UraNU INTO Tie
destructive vortex of the Eu-
ropean war, is presented in a commu-
nication to the National Geographic
society from James Howard Gore. He
says:
A Roumanian village looks its best
In the spring, when nature, awakened
from the sleep of winter, is green and
fresh. AT Easter the cottages have
been whitewashed and the doors and
window frames freshly painted in
bright colors. The matched roof has
been put in order, and in its entirety
the cottage calls to mind the black-eyed
country girls, with their glistening
strings of multi-colored beads around
their necks.
The Roumanian peasant women one
meets by the roadside are the fairest
among the Balkan peoples, and this
natural gift is most apparent under
conditions which are calculated to en-
nance it. Their dress is varied and
elaborate. The foundation is a sort of
shift reaching to the ankle, the upper
usually red or black. Over this is q
petticoat which, in its material and de-
tail, reflects the taste and buying pow
er of the wearer. On her head the
peasant woman wears q scarf of cotton
tissue with silk stripes if her means
permit, and on gala occasions she puts
on a brighter kerchief, ornamented
with a fringe or a row of spangles.
Both men and women seem partial to
having their heads covered, even in
the house; but it is not regarded prop
er to eat without removing the hat
limo part of Europe do the peasants
hold so tenaciously to their distinctive
costume as in the uplands of Rouma-
mia. 1t is, in fact, almost an asset in
nationalism, and its unifying influence
was emphasized some years ago by the
late dowager queen, widely known as
Carmen Sylvia, when she herself put
on the native dress.
What They Grow and Eat.
While wheat is the great staple of
this agricultural country, the soil is
equally adapted to corn (maize), and
would be called upon for greater crops
if the demand should justify it. The
ease with, which corn can be converted
into substantial food tempts the people
to give but little attention to the form
in which it rs prepared for consump-
ton. Polenta,' a sort Of mush, can be
made of cornmeal and water, and if
time or energy be lacking, it will be
placed on the i table insufficiently
cooked. Although many believe that
this is the cause of the greater part of
the pellagra so common in Roumania,
1t is difficult to persuade the peasant
to exercise greater care in the prep
aration of polenta or substitute for it
some of the many palatable dishes that
can be made from corn.
Cooking, unfortunately, is not devel-
oped as 1t should be, and the people
seem to be content with simple fare
and q sameness that yields but little
to the seasons Gardening is looked
upon as petty farming and not worthy
of the attention of man who calls
himself a farmer; in fact. SO few Rou-
manians have gardens that they are
called bulgaria." since the greater
part of the vegetables grown are in
the hands of immigrant Bulgarians.
The soil and climate of the country
are adapted to as wide range as can
be found in our middle Atlantic states,
however.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11

tually awed me, it was so majestic, so
wonderful. In some ways it resembles
the Lost River chasm in Vermont, and
to my mind is more interesting than
the Flume in New Hampshire. After
going nearly mile through the woods
you suddenly come upon this freak.
There are stones weighing 30 tons at
least that have been hurled about.
Some of them stick out at least 15 feet
from the sides of the chasm, 40 feet or
more In the air. There are caves where
ice remains much of the summer, and
at the end of the chasm is wonder
full cave, on the floor of which is an
like a giants coffin, 1t is called the
Devils Cave.
1.-THE vegetation there Is remarkable.
Great trees grow apparently from the
solid rock, their roots often going up
10 TO Is feet over the bowlder, then turn
down over it to reach the soil. If a
balloonist should start from the Rocky
mountains and land at this spot, he
would think it was part of the
Rockies. Speaking as private citi-
zen, l believe it would be a great
shame to let q few dollars stand in
the way of preserving this great nat
ural wonder for the people of Massa.
chusetts."
Some Great Caverns.
'HelPs Coal Bin" Is one of the larg-
est caverns in Purgatory, not far from
the northern entrance. 1t would hold
% persons easily. The Devils Ice
Box" is another great cavern, it's cell
ing lined with icicles until the middle
of June. pulpit Rock" is a wedge
shaped piece 40 feet high, from which
many sermon has been preached by
the unordained.
For all its ruggedness, the trip
through Purgatory chasm may be
made by women, although 1t is not a
place for silk hosiery and thin-soled
pumps.
Some of the rocks In the chasm are
as large as a bungalow, and the mass
of powders extends far into the earth.
1t is possible for one to go down into
great crevices until well out of sight
below the surface, and in other places
rocks may be dropped into other holes,
and they rattle from bowlder to bowl
der until the sound of their downward
progress is lost in the depths.
In spite of the ravages of forest fires
in this section, the virgin wood sur
rounding the chasm for more than a
mile has not been harmed.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
FIND GOODNESS IN PLEASURE
People Are Beginning to Understand
That 1t Is a Mistake to Work
..-s-r Too Hard.

For a good many years we had a
creed that the only way to keep men
or women good was: to work them to
death. We didn't consider ourselves
virtuous unless we ended each day so
toil-wearied that we had no ambition
for anything but bed. When we had
holiday we didn't know how to use
it, and either slept it away or did
something that landed us in Jail.
\ The doctors are telling us now that
there Is q fatigue poison; that we owe
it to ourselves not to overwork. The
great labor unions are demanding
shorter hours and graded work, 40 that
men and women workers shall not be
oveftaxed, and so that the few may
not be overworked and underpaid at
the expense of the many.
We are learning very, very gradu'
ally, that man was not created to labor
IS hours out of the "a IN order. that
he may have the privilege of eating
and sleeping. Very, very gradually
we are being taught that we are part
ners in Gods pasture, and that, rich
or poor, we have the right to take our
share of sunshine and fresh air and an
idle time .tosenjoy them.
a fair measure Of leisure in each
day is necessary to cultivate sweet
ness and saneness of soul, and the
man or woman, boy or girl. so over
worked that there is no opportunity
for recreation, never reaches the high
err planes of being. Indeed. too much
work has often been as much breed
er of crime as too much idleness.
Sometimes It is a desperate effort
to escape from the grind. More often
it IL. an intelligent craving for excite
ment-' something different.
I'{believe it is" I'm one of Aesop's
fables where we are told of. the man
who.was so busy grabbing in the muck
heap, that he never had time. to look
up and see the crown above his head.
-PMladelphia Bulletin. :
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
Oatmeal Cakes.

Use cupful of cooked oatmeal. Into
this beat four eggs, the yolks and
whites beaten separately, two table
spoonfuls of melted butter and a dash
of pepper and salt. Roll in cracker
crumbs and fry in butter. Serve with
bacon or ham.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
The Wholesome Onion.

The wholesome onion should make
a welcome dish for at least one meal
during the week, and those who serve
them Oftener will find they tend to
keep the body in healthful condition.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
MOTHERS COOK BOOK

A college education is not a scheme to
enable man or woman TO live without
work. Its purpose is to help them to work
to advantage to make every stroke count
David Starr Jordan
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1916-11-11
What Shall | Feed ny Family?

Tapioca is one of our good foods
which may be used in place, of the
more expensive gelatine in many
dishes. q A few trials will prove its
worth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-17
PRESIDENT WILSON'S THANKSGIVING
PROCLAMATION ISSUED TO-DAY

Of fruitful
the in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His blessings
nation. that elapsed last
observed day Of thanksgiving has been rich in blessings to us as
midst Of and happiness thoughts dwell with painful dqu
sufering of the the
whom choice possibility
their without thinking also of
their ptiful
President Of the United States
America, November day OF
national advise
their worship that render thanks Almighty
God unbrokn which He
abundance think
Of the world whom the and
fallen contribute abundant
could better
attitude the the
which
has brought it's train
caused the seal of
the United States to be affixed
November
hundred and of the
the United States the hundred and fortyfrst
(Signed1 WOODROW WILSON.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-17
WAGE BOOST REFUSED,
THREE POLICE RESIGN
Patrolmen Say Net Income of
$1,000 a Year Can't Pay Cost
of Living

Three policemen attached to the Sixty.
first and Thompson streets station have
resigned during the last week because OF
failure OF the city to increase their pay
and make II commensurate with the in
creased cost of living.
The three, the last OF whom handed in
his badge and keys to Lieutenant Ewing
this morning. have served an aggregate of
fifteen years.
These designations are taken to indicate
that many policemen throughout the city,
dlegusted by the stand taken by Mayor
Smith and Councils Finance Committee in
refusing to increase the wages of policeman
from their present rate of 50 a day, will
quit the force to work In munitions fac
tories. Considerable feeling has been
aroused among the policemen over their
wages.
The policemen who resigned and time
served follow:
DAVID JACOBS. 0O6O Cnllowhlll street, four
JOHN MEHLM.iN. 2l2s South Lambert street,
GEORGE THOMAS, 1924 Westminster avenue,
eight years on force.
The patrolman receives on an average OF
St100 year. out of this he must pay n
political assessment of sis. about Sj5 n
year for the pension fund and other items.
and this year the increased cost of uniforms
over the amount allotted him by the city
forces him to pay $22 from his own pocket
This brings his net income down to $1,000
year-an amount that the police say is
inadequate to support u family
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-11-17
INSURANCE CHIEF
IN CITY TO PROBE
PENSION MUTUAL
Com m ssioner Promises
Scandal in Insurance
Company's Deals
PREPARES FOR FIGHT
Gathers Information From
Banks Here on Wood Con-
Germs Operations

Insurance. Commissioner J. Denny O'Nell
arrived here today from Harrisburg Pa,
and held conference with Chief Exam
iner William ]. Roney. OF the Insurance
Department, discussing tho affairs OF the
ponsIon Mutual Life Insurance Company,
Of Pittsburgh, and the Union Casualty In
rufnnce Company, OF Philadelphia. An
application for receiver has been made
for both companies, both OF which are con-
tro;.ar by the Consolidated Investment COM
pany, with offices In the Finance Building
The vhslt of Commissioner O'Neil to THIS
city followed reports he had received that
the two companies would make legal
fight against the application for receiver
which will be argued In the Dauphn County
courts at Harrisburg, November ~ and ~.
II will call on several officials OF banks,
said Commissioner O'Nell. "who had deal
ings with the companies controlled by Lyn-
don D. Wood | want to equip myself
with all the information possible because
/ have heard that Wood Is planning to
oppose the application for receiyership In
sbe case of the Union Casualty and the
Pension Mutual We are getting more in
formation every day. Before this investi-
cation is ended predict there will be
scandal and don't care whom II hits"
Commissioner O'Neil brought with him
MANY records and documents dealing with
the two companies.