The Blackfoot optimist. [volume], April 06, 1911, Page 6, Image 6

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A little moisture is needed to facil
itate winter plowing.
The community proposition has
much to commend it.
An inspection of the chimneys and
-■ little mortar now may save a bad
fire.
Ker»p the paint brush going until
every implement on the place is cov
ered.
Alfalfa la not adapted to poor lands
Anywhere until they have been en
riched.
Fasten down the tops of the hay
•tacks —or, better still, cover them.
It pays big.
If an agent tries to sell you tree
paint chase him off the place. Trees
do not need paint.
A pound or two of nails will make
the fences all tight and save loss and
liard feeling between neighbors.
Is the harness tied up with string
anywhere? Take them off and do the
beet Job of repairing you ever did.
Get out some stuff for whi Octrees.
Keep a little on hand all the time, for
you may need them before you know
It
Have a bottle of rubber cement on
Hand and some good glue. Fix things,
and do it while the other work is not
pressing.
If you have no silo, get a feed cut
Aar and a gasoline engine, at any rata
They will pay for themselves in a
•ingle season if you have any animals
to feed.
Time is saved by doing now kmI
of the work usually done in the busy
spring, suoh as hauling stones, clear
ing away trees and brush, fixing the
grape arbor, etc.
With western corn land selling at
flOO and even more per acre and corn
at present prices. It takes a mighty
clever feeder to show a profit at the
and of the season.
STRICT LETTER OF THE LAW
Young Woman Kept Within 'he Stat
utes When Her Attention Was
Called to Them.
He was a dapper young conductor,
his uniform was newly pressed, his
mustache curled to perfection and he
evidently was Impressed with the im
portance of the position he held. He
also thought that he knew a thing or :
two and wished others to be aware of
the fact.
From Market street to Girard av
enue he kept up a steady flow of talk
on one subject or another in a tone
that could be heard almost to the
other end of the car.
At Girard avenue six young women,
all in the liveliest spirits and out for
an afternoon's fun, boarded the car
They were seated close together and
the usual discussion as to wco should
pay the carfare followed. One of the
girls opened her purse and showed It
to the other girls with the remark:
"I-et me pay. I want to get rid of
tome of these pennies."
The purse was full of them and her
companions consented.
She counted out thirty of them and
handed them to the conductor.
That dapper Individual drew his
hand back with the words:
"FxcuBe me, madam, don't you
know that by law I am not compelled
to accept more than 25 centB In pen
nies in payment of any debt?"
"I beg your pardon,"' said the girl,
as all the passengers turned to look
at her, and the conductor threw out
his chest. She then counted the pen
nies Into lots of live, handed each
lot to a companion and said, "Here,
girls, pay your own fares."
The conductor's face turned crim
son as a laugh went round the car.—
Philadelphia Times.
THE MEAN THING
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Phoebe—Gladys Is the meanest kind
of a gossip.
Helen—What makes you think so?
Phoebe—Because she never tells
you anything herself, but gets you
to tell her all you know.
Being In Debt.
There Is a restaurant In New York
where the waiters do their level best
to make old customers sign checks
for meals Instead of paying cash. The
moment a customer hesitates at sight
of the total, or evinces a tendency to
count the money in his pocket and
sigh, a waiter Is sure to shove a pencil
Into his hand and actually coax him to
"bang up" the check.
"Why, of course you ought to sign
checks." la the way one of the temp
ters put It the other day; "nobody
amounts to anything in New York till
be owas something."
PUBLIC
OF LANDS
Having decided to discontinue my farming pursuits, I will sell 240
acres of my farm, 41 miles from Blackfoot, between
the forks of the rivers, on
Friday, April 14,1911
at 12 o'clock, or shine
There are Thirty Acres of this land
broken; one and one-half acres
alfala. All land under fence.
There is about 1 00 acres of land on the bench, while the balance is bottom land, with good timber
on a part of it. Fine fruit and alfalfa land. As a whole this would make a fine stock farm, but will be
subdivided into three pieces and give all a chance to get a piece to suit.
Good water right, one inch to the acre, on bench land.
School house adjoining land.
Big Free Lunch at Noon
This land will be sold to the highest bidder.
TERMS—Ten per cent cash, 10 per cent in sixty days, and balance
in four annual payments. No payments the second year.
J. L STEWART, Owner E. M. KENNEDY, Auctioneer
Th« Height of Clouda
"How high are the clouds?"
Many varying answers have been
returned to this question and in fact
it may be added that there is no fixed
height for any kind of cloud. Some
remarkably intereeting measures of
the height of clouds were made at
Vienna by an Ingenious method. Ad
vantage was taken of the extremely
brilliant light furnlahed for the great
Illuminated fountain erected not long
ago in that cliy. By means of a pro
jector It was found that a beam of
light could be sent up to the clouds,
producing upon them a luminous spot
capable of being observed simultan
eously from points on the earth two
or three miles apart By such ob
servations the height of certain clouds
of the cirrus variety was found to be
is much as 1,000 meters, or nearly
13,000 feet
Gladstone and the Heckler.
Mr. Gladstone was altogether intol
erant of the heckler. During his last
Midlothian campaign he was ques
tioned by Sir, then Mr., John Usher of
Norton, who had once been Glad
stone's chairman of committee, on the
subject of the Irish proposals, which
sundered so many political friend
ships. To one or two inquiries a curt
reply was given. "Am I to under
stand"—Mr. Usher was beginning.
Understand. The old statesman
leaped to his feet. "I am responsible
for the understanding that the Al
mighty has put In this skull of mine,"
tapping his forehead. "I am not re
sponsible," pointing his finger at the
questioner, "for the understanding
that he has put in that skull of yours "
The effect of this rebuke was over
whelming Mr. Usher sank speechless
into his seat.
The Harahnesa of Napoleon.
In the service and In the Inter
course with his officers he was cold,
almost repellant, severe and Inflexibly
Just One day Gen. Guvlon Saint-Cyr,
afterwards marshal, appeared at the
emperor's morning audience at the
Tuileries. Napoleon said quietly to
him: "You come from Naples, gener
al?" "Yes, sire, I relinquished my com
mand to Marshal Perignon, whom your
majesty sent to relieve me." "And
no doubt you have leave of absence
trom the minister of war?" "No, your
majesty; but I had nothing else to do
In Naples." "Unless you are on your
way to Naples within two hours, you
will be shot on the plain of Grenelle
at 12 o'clock precisely," said the em
peror, returning his watch to his
pocket.— Kielland, "Napoleon's Men
and Methods."
Korean Rain Hats.
Korea looks askance at western
Ideas and Inventions. This Is strik
ingly 6hown by the immense rain hats
worn by the farmers' wives while
working in the fields during the rainy
season. Through superstition no um
brella nor other waterproof garment
Is ever employed. The cultivation of
rice is the main occupation of the
country folk, and while the women
have to stand nearly all day in a
foot or more of water planting and
gathering rice, yet they are extremely
afraid of a short downpour of rain
and at the first signs of a storm thev
at once rush for their great rain hats.
These extraordinary coverings are
often more than seven feet long by
five feet broad, and fully protect the
wearer from a wetting. They are
made from a combination of thickly
woven hair and a tough, fibrous plant
USEFUL SELF-DUMPING DRAG
Handy for Hauling 8ton«a ami Other
Heavy Matarlaia and la Eaelly
Overturned.
This sled -works either side up, and
form either end. It is handy for haul.
Ing stones and other heavy materials
and it can be overturned very easily
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Self-Dumping Drag,
and quickly. By putting a clevis In
both ends it can be drawn both way«,
and be adaptedto a variety of uses *