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The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

Earl Weaver and Judge Cowan, VIII,
have been in Challis for the past tw,
weeks holding court returned las
Friday. y.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

White Transfer. Coal and Storage
Phone 4S
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

A. B. Stevens, Frank DeKay and Rev
Stromquist returned Saturday from 4
fishing trip to Camas. >.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

Mrs. G. w. Bergman and daughter
Mrs. l.. B. Kimball, spent last Friday
/ in POcatello.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

Mrs. Geo. F. Holbrook and family re-
turned Monday night from San Diego,
where they have spent the winter.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

Miss Elizabeth O'Brien spent the
week end in Pocatello.
The Blackfoot optimist. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1907-1918, 1916-04-06

Miss Valine Cutting has excepted q
position as clerk with d. H. Biethan.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
pltfuslna Happiness.

Some men move through life"
wrote Henry Ward Beecher, AS a
band of music moves down the street,
finging out pleasures on every side,
through the air to everyone, far and
near, who can listen. Some men fill
the air with their presence and sweet
ness, as, orchards, in October days,
fill the air with the perfume of ripe
fruit. Some cling to their own
houses like the honeysuckle over the
door, yet, like it, fill all the region
with tho subtle fragrance of their
goodness. How great a bounty and a
blessing is 1t to hold the royal gifts
of the soul that they shall be music
to some, and fragrance to others, and
life to all! 1t would be no unworthy
thing to live for, to make the power
which we have within us the breath of
other mems joy; to fill the atmosphere
which they must stand In with a
brightness which they canno create
for themselves"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
TESTS FOR HEART DISEASE
German Physicians Have Evolved
Novel Method of Detecting Pres
ence of Weakness.

There is a new way of diagnosing
heart disease. 1t was discovered in
Germany and is based upon the prin-
ciple that extremely slight motion in
the air will form similar changes in a
burning fame.
Two small smoking gas flames are
used, and around these is turned a
wide paper tape. The flames cause
bands of SCOT to appear upon the sur
face of the tape.
Over the heart of the patient an in
strument somewhat similar to a tele-
phone transmitter is placed. This
transmitter has a very sensitive
diaphragm. Its vibrations are dupli-
Gated by the diaphragm and transmit
ted by a tube to a gas chamber
through which passes the gas for one
of the flames.
The slight fiamings of the gas in re-
sponse to the various vibrations result
in characteristic rings of smoke on the
paper tape. From these abnormalities
in the heartbeat can be read. Time
is recorded by the second flame, influ-
enced similarly by vibrations from a
tuning fork. The smoke rings vary in
shape and position according to the
character of vibration causing them,
and so help to simplify the diagnosis.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
SEE VALUE OF FAIRGROUNDS
No Community Is Now considered
Complete Without Properly Laid
Out Breathing Places.

1t is a fact which ought to be of in.
tense interest to the people of this
city that during n week the attend
ance of children at the public play
grounds of Charleston reached the I'M
precedented figure of 1855. 1t is es-
timated that about $500 different chill
dren visited and made use of the play
grounds during this period.
That ought to give the people of the
community a clearer idea than they
have heretofore possessed of the i'm
mense value of the playground sys-
tenn and of the effectiveness of the
system as it is being applied in
Charleston. Probably a majority of
the Charleston readers of this news
paper have not been aware all this
time of the importance which the few
Fairgrounds now available have as
sumed as a factor in the life of the
children of Charleston. That these
grounds have been made use of in ono
week by something like $500 different
children and that these children have
resorted to the Fairgrounds so CON
stantly and so regularly that the total
attendance during the week has been
over 10000 are facts which furnish
convincing proof of the value OF these
places OF outdoor Observation-Disclosures
ton News and Courier.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
Home 0wn|
Y Helps Y
TREES COMPLETE THE HOME
Importance of Proper s%hrubbery 10
Becoming More and More
Recognized.

The primary object of settling the
state was to make homes, not to make
fortunes or increase the taxable
wealth of the county or state. One
can have a shelter or abode without
trees, but no home which will appeal
to the wife, and to which the children
will look back with fond remem.
brances in after years is truly a home
without the sense of beauty, repose
and protection afforded by trees and
shrubbery.
The trees and shrubbery should be
located on the grounds to give certain
effects or make a part of a living pic
ture. The fruit orchard can be plant
ed at regular intervals, in order to be-
conveniently cultivated and to use
fully the ground occupied, but the
trees in the yard should not be spaced
like orchard trees; they should be
grouped, in order to make vistas,
screen unsightly outbuildings, afford
shade where needed, add touches of
color to the picture, provide a pleas
ing sky line" and to lend variety and
interest to the home surroundings.
Trees and shrubbery are the setting
of the jewel; the quality of the jewel
is not dependent upon it's size, but up
on the spirit, the purity, the harmony
which dwells within. Yet nc jewel
is shown to best advantage without a
suitable setting, and no home is fully
a home without its setting of trees and
shrubs.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12

sat at his desk, trying to believe that
he was still a man Of business and
that the flood of fortune would some
day turn his way. He was writing out
cards to place in the rack over his
desk, describing the various pieces OF
property he had for sale, when a lady
entered the Office and sank to the
chair at the side of the desk. She was
yelled. John instantly recognized her
as his kindly helper of the day previ-
GUS.
Il have come to see o on bust.
ness, Mr.. Bryan" she began at once
and a vague far-away expression came
into his eyes. What chord of memory
was touched? Why did a nameless
thrill pervade his being? Before he
could realize these strange emotions.
the lady held him in a trance of sheer
stupefaction as she proceeded: 81
wish to go into business. | am a COM
petent stenographer and something of
a business oma l hear you spoken
of as a man of sterling integrity.
Would you consider me as a partner If
/ will invest some capital against your
business capacity?"
"A p%artner?" gasped the astonished
John Bryan in a lost tone. There is
nothing to make a partnership Of"
Il think differently" spoke his Wis
itor promptly. Il have investigated
and believe that, with your prestige
and rocnrd ord a I;4tIo onorot{o,
you can regain the business you so
well understand. A Mr.. Delville, a
wealthy gentleman, will place the care
of a large property in our hands"
John Bryan was trembling all over
with mingled sensations of hope, ex-
element and self-depreciation.
81 must be honest with you" he
spoke. 81 was only successful while /
had an assistant, a most estimable and
capable young lady. That is her pic
ture," and John pointed to the same
photograph in a frame over his desk
which the yelled lady picked up from
among his scattered papers on the
pavement on the day previous. Il
keep 1t near me-" he added in a low
tone, for She is closer to my heart
than any other woman In the world"
There was a flutter of the veil. AS
the visitor again spoke, the accents Of
her voice betrayed intense emotion.
VIII you draw up a memorandum of
the partnership agreement, Mr.. Bry-
an?' she said.
He took up his pen and drew a blank
sheet Of paper towards him in a dazed,
mechanical way.
THE name, please?" he questioned.
She lifted her veil-Alice Worth!
For a moment he stared ~unbelievingly
at her. Then the truth overwhelmed
him. The tears started, his face
dropped into his arms across the desk
before him and he sobbed as If his
heart would break. Her gentle hand
caressed the silvered head.
Blind! Blind" she murmured-
he does not even yet guess that my
poor tired heart is furnishing for the
love of a true, loyal mani"
But the scales fell from the yes OF
John Bryan as the days went on and
business cares were assuaged by that
sweet companionship. And then, amid
hope and success, love famed forth
g%loriously, and so they were married.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12

natural to him, for he was a gentle
man, every inch of him, he passed on.
The lady fastened to the curb. She
motioned the chauffeur to bend to-
wards her.
That man." she said rapidly-"who
dropped the papers"
Yes, ma'am, l see him." was the
ready response.
Follow him. see where he goes,
learn something about his circum-
stances, if o can"
She went into the store she had
started for, bought her juvenile com,
panion some comfits and returned to
await the return of her messenger.
Madam" reported the latter, the
gentleman you directed me about is a
Mr.. John Bryan. He took his traps to
a little desk in a big barn of an office
let out to poor brokers and the like.
1t seems he did a good business once
but lost his grip and he has. little left.
l learned, though, that he is respect
able, of good habits and all that, and
honest as the day is long"
Poor SOUL" murmured the yelled
lady and there was a faint suggestion
of a sob in her tone. "And had al
most forgotten! How strange that we
1hould meet again in this odd way!
He is the same-patient, tender, true
hearted. If had never left him, how
much misery might have been spared
me-"
Alice Worth fell into a soulful rev
erie as the machine sped on. Her mind
went back to five years previous, when
she had become a st~enographer in the
Office of John Bryan.
She recalled the gracious, helpful
ways of her employer, his encourage
ment, his patience until she had be-
come more of a partner than an assist
ant. She delighted in showing her
gratitude for the business training he
had given her. Her. attention to de-
tails, her magnetic ways her advice,
carried the business up on a wave of
actual success She had almost learned
to love the quiet earnest man who EN-
ployed her, when a flashing, brilliant
AONCA CahuC dAOA6. Dill ltll lu6 6TydQ
Office and married him. Within a year,
after spending all her savings, he de-
serted her, she secured a divorce and
resumed her maiden name. Later her
husband died and she began life all
over again as a g%overness in a very
wealthy family.
She sought the mother of the little
one she cared for when she reached
the splendid mansion, where she was
treated more az a relative than a hired
companion.
Mrs. Delville," she said, II am go
ing to say something that will make
you think me very ungrateful. but my
duty calls me. l cannot go with the
family to California, as you have ar
ranged"
Then she told this real friend what
impelled her to turn aside from Ease
and luxury, all for a lonely, friendless
man who had once been her loyal
mentor and guide. Mrs. Delville lis
tened with interest and sympathy. The
little n would grieve for her, she and
her husband would sorely miss her.
but she guessed the true emotion that
underlay Alice Worth's strange i'm
pulse and tried only to be helpful.
It was the next day that John Bryan
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
Seasoning Iron Castings.

In the manufacture OF the higher
types of machinery care is taken to
lessen the cooling stress of iron cast
ings by %annealing or some other
means, in order to make the iron
homogeneous and less liable to break
age or distortion. This process is
known as Seasoning" 1t has been
found in the case of ordinary test
bars one inch square in section that
there was a gain in strength Of about
20 per cent, due to the shocks u s
tanned during an hour in a tumbling
barrel, as compared with companion
bars from the same ladle not so
treated.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
| THE YELLED
| LADY
BY Edna D. Toonstock

Copyright. 1916. by w. G, chapman.)
+. John Bryan was moving his office"
that is, what there was of it to
move 1t was a f%orlorn, disheartening
job. For five years he had maintained
fair space and respectable furniture
and fixtures. Now bad luck and poor
business had been his lot. He had lost
his grip and was compelled to step
down the line to a very poor position
indeed.
He owed five months rent and had
h%onorably turned over to the building
his entire Office possessions-all ex-
cept the clumsy tied-up bundle he car
ried in his arms. This contained his
account books, legal papers and a few
desk utensils.
John was depressed and distracted.
He did not notice that a yelled lady
and a small child had allghted from a
handsome limousine at the curb. He
ran right into the little one, felt the
contact, drew back, with the child un
harmed, but his precious bundle fell
from his arms and its contents scat
tered wide on the sidewalk.
Il am so stupid" he faltered in apol.
ogetic tones to the lady, but she pro
ceeded to assist him in gathering up
the load he had dropped. She came
to a card photograph in a metal case.
There was a CULVER to her voice as she
handed it to him.
"The glass is broken" she said.
"Ah, but the picture is ~intact!" ex
claimed John in a tone of deep thank.
fulness. 81 prize it very highly, madam,
and l shall not forget your kindness to
a stranger"
Then, with a courtly bow that was
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12

being ever showed the omnipotent
power of prescience. Lincoln surely
had premonition not only that he had
been set aside for a given task but
that 1t was to end in death.
Plunged into a fratricidal war. him
self a victim. Lincoln was a man of
peace. cannot close without remind
ing you that upon Pennsylvania soil
in 1861. before the first gun was fred,
when viewing the State militia at Har-
risburg. Lincoln said: 1T shall be my
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
His Whole Life a Tragedy

Lincoln's whole life was fraught
with tragedy. declares a biography.
A nature overwhelmed with melan-
choly, q face masked by the tragic
muse, a life never free from the bur
den Of poverty. in his birth and early
life apparently the sport of the fates,
it was enough for this strange man to
have lived a great life. it but adds to
his grandeur to have him die a noble
DEATH Strangulatus pro Republica
raight well be his requiem. If q finite
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.

Said Abraham Lincoln in 1859: "As
the Author of man makes every indi-
vidual with n head and one pair of
hands, 1t was probably intended that
heads and hands should cooperate as
friends, and that that particular head
should direct and control that pair of
hands" 1t took over fifty years for
the country to grasp the full signif.
canoe OF this pithy saying. In fact,
we have not yet fully grasped 1.-THE
Outlook
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12

endeavor to preserve the peace of this
country so far as it can possibly be
done consistently with the mainte-
nance OF of the institutions of this
country. With my consent this coun-
try shall never witness the shedding
OF one drop Of blood In fraternal
strife"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
FIxIna the ResponsIbnIty.

MY husband tells me that he was
out late last night with your hus-
band"
That isn't SO. ! want you to UNDER
stand that my husband was not with
your husband"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
Next prnoaedlnn.

"A couple of tramps came along
while we were housecleaning and stols
u parlor carpet we had hung II tina
yard"
-Wha. happened then?"
They beat It."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
Its Sort.

"The English are queer people in
some ways. aren't they. Mr.. Jumble?"
Eyes; you see, they have so many
insulated prejudices,"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12
Happiness Within.

1t is difficult to make a man miser-
able when he feels he is worthy of
himself.-Ancoln.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1916-02-12

Cleveland street a officials are
considering a plan to put signs ON
the public square showing the or-
ners at which various car lines pass.
The plan is to put sign posts at
each corner of the square, hanging
from them neat signs giving the list
of a lines which pass that corner
Cleveland Press.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
GOOD. STRAIGHT TALK.

The Galesville Republican, of which
Bert y. Cripple is editor, has a right
good grasp upon the issues Of this
campaign, and bravely puts country
before party in explaining them to its
readers In regard to the candidacy
Of Congressman Frear for e-election,
The Republican says:
Congressman J. A. Frear is sending broadcast
q circular. part Of his campaign literature for
reelection, Pages are devoted to reprints of
articles from newspapers lraising his fight
against river ana harbor improvements-known
rs pork. The Republican has high personal
regard for Congressman Frear. He is a man
whom it is pleasure to meet but as a
representative from this district all his fight
againt pork is lost sight of in the fact that
they did not stand by the president in an hour
Of need-an hour when only America first was
demanded of him. The Republican repeats
that personally Jim" Frear is fine fellow,
but it also hopes that representative who is
not afaid to stand for America first will be
elected in his stead.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
POOR MEMORY, OR WORSE.

The Dodgeville Chronicle must have
a very poor memory. or else no sense
at all Of the ridiculous. Here is cou-
pie of quips from it's last issue:
John NJ. Nelson, Congressman from this
District, will he renominated and reelected.
Our Congressman has been consistent-he has
always been mindful Of the great stock and
dairy interests of the state.
If you are il favor of placing on the free list
the products Of this locality, such as cheese,
cattle, wool. lead and zinc. and at the same time
favor protection for the products of the south,
then your duty is clear--Senator La toilette is
your man.
The stoclImen and dairymen are not
asking, nor do they need any special
favors. They are enjoying to the full
unexampled prosperity under wise
and benefcent national administration
The Chronicle now bowls about put
ting the products of this locality upon
the free list Four years ago it made
this break:
OF course if you want cheaper land cheaper
hogs, ana are willing to sell your milk at so
cents hundred, then vote for Wilson for
President.
The price of land in southwestern
Wisconsin has risen every year for four
years as never before, and is still ris-
ing And the banker editor of The
Chronicle knows full we'll that the
stream Of gold flowing in for the out
put of cheese is nearly, if not quite,
twice as large as it was in July, 1912.
He ought to look these facts in the face,
and govern his utterances accordingly.
But the great trouble is that in his
youth he learned from The Chicago
Inter Ocean and other sources of mis-
information a mighty poor sort of
political economy, and it is still in his
system r.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
.BULCARS CALLED ON
FOR AID TO TEUTONS
Gar Ferdinand, However, Has
Troubles Of His Own.

Rome, July 12.-Kaiser Wilhelm and
Emperor Franz Josef have sent an
urgent request to the Car Ferdinand
that he send Bulgarian troops to the
Galician and Trentino fronts to help
check the Russian and Italian often
sivcs. This information was received
from Geneva.
A delegation of Austro-German mill
tary and diplomatic officials arrived at
Sofia Sunday, carrying the request.
They pointed out to the Bulgarian
ruler that continued successes for the
Russians and Italians would bring
Roumania into the war and that Bull
garia would then be squeezed between
the Roumanian army on the north and
the allied forces in Greece and
crushed
Gar Ferdinand replied that the
withdrawal of Bulgarian troops for
service in Galicia or on the Italian
front would invite an immediate at
tack by the allies from Saloniki. He
promised, however, to submit the ap-
peal to the Bulgarian general staff.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
LOST GROVE

Miss Laura Kriel of Highland and
Miss Cleo Richards of Mineral Point
spent a few days last week visiting Mrs
John May.
Mrs Corliss and Mrs Nina Mattice
and son Alvin Of Lake City, Mich,
have returned to their homes, after
spending a couple Of weeks with Mrs
Corliss sister Mrs Chandler.
Robert Springer of Oak Park spent
Sunday with his uncle Fred Roger.
Mr. and Mrs Nicholas May called on
Mrs Edward Kieffer, who is in very
poor health, Sunday
George Chandler of Willow Springs
called on his parents Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs Gilmore Argall and Miss
Barbara and August Roger motored to
Dubuque Sunday
A number from here attended the 18th
at Linden.
Joe Litschauer and two children Leo
and Louise, and Frank Litschauer of
Barneveld visited friends in this neigh
borhood Sunday
Joe SteiPs new house is progressing
rapidly.
Everybody in this vicinity is busy
haying.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13
THE MARKETS
Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs-Receipts 21,OOO. Quotations
ranged at $9.85@1O.00 light shipping
S9.65@985 heavy packing and $3.50
$50 good to fancy pigs.
Cattle-Receipts $500. Quotations
ranged at $975@1O.5O good to choice
steers, $6.S5@7.40 good to choice beef
COWS, and 150@12.00 good to choice
zeal calves.
Chicago Cash Grain.
Wheat-No. red, $1O7.
Corn-No 2 mixed, 80kc; No.
white, 801ac; No. yellow, 80A oslo.
Oats-No. white, 40A @41Ac.
Flour.
Flour-Spr1ng wheat patents Min
'eapolis, wood or cotton, $3.50 to re-
tail trade; Minnesota and Dakota pat
ents, $5.10@5.25; jute straight, $500;
first clears, jute, S4.40@460; Sec
nd clears, jute $3.25@3.4O; low grade
jute, $3.15@3.25; soft wheat patent
$50; dark, $4.95.
Eggs.
Firsts, 22Ac; ordinary frsts, 21hc;
ul1oCcI1dAcOuo, k'dSCS I6IuTn0u,
17h@22c; miscellaneous, cases in
Guided, 18@2214c.
Butter.
Extras, 271zc; extra firsts, &c;
firsts, 2512 @261Ac; seconds, 23h@25c.
Potatoes.
Potatoes, bu., 90c@S1.G0.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning and Stevens, live stock
commission merchants, East Buffalo,
n. Y, quote as follows: Cattle-Re-
ceipts 20 cars; market dull Hogs
Receipts 30 cars; market steady;
heavy and Workers, S10.45@10.50;
pigs, $10.0001O.25. Sheep-Receipts
3 cars; market steady; top lambs,
$11.50; yearlings, $9.00@9.50; weth-
ers, $8.OO@8.25; ewes, $7.00@7.50.
Veals, $12.75.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1916-07-13

James Wicks home. left on Wednesday
for Harper's Ferry, Iowa, to see Mr.
Sawyers folfs before returning to their
home in Saltwater, MINI.
Little Evelyn erase, who was knock
ed down by an automobile. July s.
fortunately escaped with no more ser
ious injury than a cut on the arm
Several stitches were needed, but the
wound is healing rapidly.
Miss Kathryn Bartlett of New
Glarus is here visiting friends.
The Linden Celebration.
Linden celebrated the 9Th in the same
glorious way. The weather man was
generous enough to bestow upon US a
beautiful day and a large crowd
gathered to enjoy the program prepared
by the committee.
Two snappy ball games were played