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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28

A correspondent of the Globe-Demo-
crat who recently talked with Jeiier-
son Davis, says that he conversed
pleasantly upon matters OF literary
and philosophic nature, to which he
devotes much study. Both MIR. and
Mrs. Davis inquired affectionately OF
mary Georgians whose memory they
cherished; OF the peerless Gordon, the
Fright arm OF Lee" OF Gen. Colquitt,
of Gen. Henry r. jackson, whose
bravery as a soldier in the Mexican
war Mr.. Davis well remembered; and
especially of the eloquent Hill, whose
memory is precious sentiment IN
the family.
ain the days." said Mrs. Davis,
s'when friends were needed, Mr.. Hill
came to me SO tenderly, and offered
his assistance with such considerable
ness. that / can never forget it. II
think" she continued "that his statue
should be 10 recumbent position, it
is so dignifed and represents his sleep
ing power"
"Ah," replied Mr.. Davis, ga statue
| in action such as that of Patrick Henry
in Richmond, cannot be surpassed for
expression
"And vet" resumed Mrs. Davis,
"the eve becomes fatigued as it looks
upon an active posture which Is never
changed, while you can look upon the
recumbent statue of Lee for hours"
Very true" said Mr.. Davis, that
| is the statue Of a man at rest, whose
work is finished. That of old Patrick
Henry is at his work, appealing tothe
people. In looking upon either, my
| mind runs back to the occasion.
Mr.. Davis favorite author is Sir
Walter Scott. Seott's great power o.
describing objects in motion, and the
scenery in which his plots are laid, arr
so truthful and realistic as to make
their recognition easy to the traveller
who visits them. Among poets he re
CARDS Byron the greatest. ''Ths
striking feature of Byron is that when
ever be renders a quotation from th'
classics he always improyesits SO mucf
as to become his own Other authors
have always failed in this regard
Moore is the perfection OF harmony
while Burns expresses human feel
ing. The three-Byron, Moore anC
Burns-make complete com
bination. Bulwer, among moderl
noveIists, is perhaps the greatest
He is the only novelist whose styl
changes with age-his Last of tn
Barons' being as different in every re
spect from Pelham as though writ
ten by different persons. The onl,
connecting link between the successiy
works is the retention of the alchemist
The greatest danger to the country i
the futureis the vast aggregation {
wealth in single hands. Primogenitur
was abolished as a remedy for tina
evil in times past. Now large fortune
beyond the power of the owner t
spend-can be accumulatedin one llf,
! The opposite eyil-agrarianism-i
! the greatest. There is a difference b.
tween education and wisdom. hay
known, . said Mr.. Davis, "wi me
who were not learned and earne
men who were not very wise. A man
! discretion can not be gauged by h
Z knowledge. The Scotch are a Peep
of great knowledge, yet in many par
! of Mississippi where book knowledi
, is lacking, the people are always VII
in their conclusions, not always alb
I I to give the reasons therefor, yet nc
= the less wise"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28

From the Contemporary Review.
The favorite beat" OF the ghost In
usually the spot where he died. Hence,
IN order to keep him at least from the
house, the Kalfirs carry a sick man
out into the open air to die and the
Maoris used to remove the sick into
sheds. II Katfir or a Maori died boz
fore he could be carried out the house
was tabooed and deserted. There are
traces in Greece, Rome and China of
this custom of carrying dying persons
into the open air.
But in case the ghost should, des-
pite Of all precautions, make his way
back from the grave, steps we're taken
to barricade the house against him.
Thus, in some parts OF Russia and
East Prussia an axe or a lock is laid
on the threshold or a knife is hung
over the door, and in Germany as
soon as the coffin is carried out
of tho house all the doors and
windows are shut, whereas, as long as
the body is still in the house, the vim
dows land sometimes the doorsl are
left constantly open to allow the soul
to escape. In some parts of England
every bolt and lock in the house is I'M
fastened so that the ghost OF the dying
man may fly freely away.
But if primitive man knew how to
bully, he also knew how to outwit the
| ghost. For example, aghost can only
| find his way back to the house by the
way by which he left it. This little
weakness did not escape the vigilance of
our ancestors and they took their
measures accordingly. The coffin was
carried out of the house, not by The
| door, but by a hole made for the pur-
posei in the wall, and this hole was care
fully stopped up as soon as the body
| had been through it, SO that when
the ghost strolled quietly back from
the grave. he found to his
surprise that there was no
throughfare. The credit of this inge-
nious device is shared equally by
Greenlanders, Hottentots. Bechuanas,
Samoieds, 0jibways, AIgonkins,
Laosians, Hindoos, Tibetans, Slamese,
Chinese and Fijians. These special
opening, or sdoors OF the dead are
still to be seen in a village near Amster-
dam and they were common in some
towns of Central Italy, as Perugia and
Assist. A trace of the same custom
survives in Thuringen, where it is
thought that the ghost Of man who
has been hanged viii return to house
if the body be not taken out by win
dow instead of the door.
The Siamese, not content with carry
ing the dead man out by a special
opening, endeayor TO make assurance
doubly sure by hurrying him three
times round the house at full speed "a
proceeding well calculated to bewilder
the poor soul in thecofin. The Arau-
canians adopt the plan of strewing
ashes behind the coffin as it is being
borne to the grave, in order that the
ghost may not pc able to find hiz way
, back.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
a Canyassrr.s Exncrlence.

Ilnvassing for books, selling maps,
WV articles and medicines is n dis.
Vta3le method OF obtaining a liv.
and lew people engage in IL through
g%e Bnt every man and woman
Rug an honest endeavor TO earn
MOOD u entitled to respect and
courteous treatment than cam
yrs generally receive A gentle.
4, Who Is now wealthy gives an
E ss,llg account of hisexperiencecan
s"'g IN The days ofhis poverty. lie
advertisement under the beguil
- aptlon often dollars day made
r@aiVessers, met my eye.
NV res eager to earn even fifty cents
w and sentmy last dollar for the
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28

articles with which was TO neosi,,
ana pleasantlyearn ten dollars a dav u
~ return came two dozen boxes al
indigo powdered and put M in small
tan boxes, with perforated tons. no,
Tins useful aud valuable article IN
daily demand" as the advertisement
read, was to ask twenty cents n box
and was told that | could easily sell
one hundred day If ! was 'bright
and smart"
A printed circular outlined my meth.
cd Of procedure forme. thread, nCalI
nc every house IN your city, ring the
bell, ask for the lady Of thehouse, and
say, pleasantly
am Introducing "A new and useful
article, madam, the merits OF which.
etc. Call also at stores and offices
Gentlemen will gladly purchase the ar.
ticle for their wives"
30 started out. At the first house
rang the bell; IA saucy-looking girl
came to the door.
"GoOd-day, miss" | said. ais the
lady Of the house in2"
Yes, she is, an she's goin to stay
m--in her room, an we don't want
nothln', an none O. yer sass, an you
clear out"
All this without stopping TO breathe
ana then the door was slammed in nay
| face.
At the next house woman came 10
the door, who was, | felt sure, iii,
lady Of the house.
"Good-day, madam" | said. q.
| avn introducing a.
Introduce II some place else then,
she said sharply, and ] had To steI
| back quickly TO keep from having my
head caught in the door.
Failure number two" said ,tryinl
10 becheeriul.
| was ascending the steps of th
third house when a window overhead
was raised, and u shrill female yoic
cried out,
Clear out. II you come up an,
higher III dump this bucket OF waite
on you know what you've got il
that box, and We don't want none o
| il whatever il is. Put ont now"
| | put out" sadly enough. Then
/ AFAEA asa hiAltrs approaching AiH nNal
Of IA benevolent looking old gentleman
/ said.
"Sir, / am INTRODUCING" "Introduc
yourself toward the door, and see wha
| yon read there.
4 read on piacard Ihad oycrlooke
coming in, "Pediers and agents kee
out OF here
SAW h woman washing IN the BAG
yard, and thought my patent blum
might interest her
"GOod,day, madam, ! said, II an
introducing useful article for ladie
WHO DO their own washing
BE al wid Va" cried an unmistal
able Irish voice. II don't set mese
up 10 be lady, bat I'm dncen
woman, Jest the same, but don
want none o yer oull stun, so be a
Wild yr'"
went home, gave my mother I'll
biuing, vet the teeth ot my old ga'
ANA my own tceth firmly against Il
. kinds Of cnnyassing and went GU
saving wood for month. That VA
much easier and lar plrasanter tina
Canyassirg, II didn't make ten do
lars a day AZ IL.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28

The White Mountain forests have
within a few years passed from the
earlier proprietors into the hands OF
sneculators, railroad companies, and
other parties, who have no interest IN
them beyond the sale Of the timber,
for the making OF money, Any one
,vho makes a tour along the railroads
thSt pass through the notehes and
Wind around the mountains can see
thnt serious havoc has been made.
New Hampshire has the legal control
- this region. but Massachusetts, and
gonnecticut are deeply Interested IN
the water supply, which the cutting OF
Of tho dense forests would destroy.
thousands OF mills are run by these
streamg, and thousands oiiarms made
arabic,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
The Stingiest Man in Massachu-
sets.

Probably the most economical man
in Essex County resides in West Lynn.
He is a hard worker, and three crackers
and half pint of milk and water are
n BANQUET for him. He occupies MS
leisure time in quartering matches,
and quarter gross goes long WY
in his house. For the beneft oil those
who cannot understand how a man
can divide a match in four parts, the
following plan is given; Have q .ilill-
bladed penknife; lay the maten on y
smooth surface, red end pointed 70
ward YOU; split the match by pressing
down upon it with the knife, being
careful not to cut across the gram.
LONG practice has made this fellow so
skillful that he rarely fails to make
one match do the work OF TOUR. once
IN n while his wife used to muster up
courage to appropriate q enieheh
from their flock and bakeit Tor Gunner.
Upon his return home this man, VINO
i 20 thinking" as some Of his neigh
bors put ii, used TO open the oven
door, take a good long smell OF the
fumes arising from the, roasting
chicken, drink glass OF milk ana 80
back to work, declaring that he had
had "a feast fit for a king. This
man had a son and one daugll1er'
The son died, leaving about ~ ,oOO TO
the girl, who was but a child. IL -
8 ia by the nciphbors that heactuaily
charged his own daughter for board
until the 81 900 had found its way TO
his bank Accommodation Post.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28

A Washington correspondent says
OF Gen. Lew Wallace: He is an agree
able man, quite as literary in his APP
pearance as military. He wears an
English suit of mixed goods, has good
broad shoulders, and would appear
10 be about so. He told me that he
had two more novels in an advanced
state. one Of them being a tale of Con-
stantinople at the time of its capture
by the Turks, and the other, if | re
member. is an American book OF do
nestle life among us. His tale of Ben
Hur paid him SO, 200 last year in roy
alties. Referring TO general compensa-
lions of literature Gen. Wallace re-
marked; ~ think that aconsiderable
publishing house has stated that when
an author gets $500 royalties on q
novel he was considered to have writ
ten a successful book. :"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
Women in Boston.

From Letter to Cleveland CO., Leader.
No feature of Boston life is more
suggestive than the number Of women
who come into the city on the local
trains from z till in the morning.
It is suggestive because it is an out
growth of that new condition OF af-
fairs which Mrs. Sutherland Orr calls
''the renaissance of womanhood," 1t
is a condition that shows how women
have entered into business and indus
trial life and how important factor
they are in economic interests. That
its tendency is to decrease the number
of those marriages that have been n
tour de force, that have been con-
tracted not from the feeling that
should make marriage sacred but on
| the mere basis of food and shelter, is
doubtless the fact. Marriage must
be very miserable condition If only
starvation drives a woman into 1t,
remarked noted Englishwoman re
Gently. The new regime does not so
much tend to decimate the number as
to elevate the quality of our homes.
For home is not, necessarily, deter
mined by the family cooking stove; il
is. in it's ideal sense, n spiritual kim.
dom, an atmosphere, and one TO
which modern conveniences and the
elimination of domestic drudgery
greatly. contribute. 1t is 81 all this
that one thinks in seeing the throngs
OF women that emerge from tkc carly
morning trains to Boston.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-01-28
Third Auditor Williams, Of the

Third Auditor Williams, of the
United States treasury, has certified
and passed upon the pension accounts
for the quarter of July, August and
September. The total amount OF
money to bepaid for pensions amounts
to sill b3o,0 OF this sum 81 ,OOO.-
600 win go to the Chicago pension Of
fee for payment of pensions; 81, oSs,,
600 to Columbus, Ohio, 81 ZOO, 0oo
60 Indianapolis; 100000 to Des
Moines, Iowa, and 100000 to Mil
waukee, Wis.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-13
loo shall $50 chOoso a staIIIon2

Elf1r ~ Mriaf Tlruor
sec that the Farmer advocate. using
high price stAlllons. Can The farmers ~
thi. State "ot any other make both cnis
meet ~ uslng stations whose service fcss
Az SO. s1S aui sl0Oi l. The use oi any
stallion lu ihe oounify Aciually worth such
fsesi In NY opinion. ".p~aking generally,
he high priced stations Afc curse 10 The
State. Instead % b,lng q benefit for The
very reason that avery large mslpfiv oi
The people can not sdifd - pay excessive
fc... with any prospcct oisSer seeing iheir
money agsln, besides, excessive stallion
fsy- have tendency ~ nll the state With
Inferior OF scrub stations. rs has done 90
already Nearly every seventh man has .
stallion. With their p,dlgrcss yard long /
bat a. they have not bosu bfvi 90 right
pflncip.es. their p,ilgtess afe worthless 90
fAr a. suhanciug the value oi their service.
People Who can not sflri % pay go. SIS
of slOO for the ase % stallion, must taks
iho., that az within their means What
fair price to pay for the use OF nrsi.
class stallion. one whose powers 20 trans.
mit his own indiylduAl merits have been
dsm0ustratsdf fof one consider ss3 a.
much a. the services OF any stallion la this
NkatF - hAtNAlN NNNkNs ~ ~ ~ HaAN
foAl gtiisf. that price would bting 10 =
handsome sun. considering money Invest.
81 10 The horse. Sapposing The horse il
worth o. 90. A good horse eau serve Que
hundred mares To- the season. A. SO each 3
that wOali bs. "suppOsing seventy I've
fosls we're produced, si,sI3; take oui
$3.50 f1r keeping aud care ~ stallion
ihfough marv time, which IL Aougt sih
mouth., and thA, leaves . net pronI of si,.
Cs5, besides 700 have The uss OF the horse
the balance % the year for your own dri''
iug What other in,cstmeIi, with 80 1T
ils iroahle. woui bring la 90 muehf IL
seems folly 20 me for farmers ani young
msn last starting 90 raise horses, 10 pay
$50 even, for youug stations whose merits
have never been tested. lasi because they
Afc What ls called fashionable bred. Can
Any 0f these gilt-edgrd horses SHOW Aay'
thing Ike some of the other breeds, The
Ku0x ior instance How many horses
have been sold cat oi this State, shat have
realized siJOl aud upsards, that bad not
q large Amogni Of knoN blood In ihelr
v,ins, Ia tue past YEAR, venture 10 s,J
that nlnc-isnihs OF them were whAti. call
ed Knox bred. The service fees Of knoh
stallion. have always been within reach or
all. and they ATE the horses for The farmer
and new b. cginncr % breed from. For dis.
position, conformation aud splendid road
qualities, they stand a, the font In this
state. vi. A. WILSON.
D.Iaeld, Feo 20. 1855.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-13

May good ndpromi,ins horses, which
can ,ro, 10 ?:3O OF better. can be bought
for . comparatively small sum Of money.
6a, II /, happen. that he !, bred 10 fash.
ionabls and producing lines Of blood. aud
especially Il there be in bis veins the
blood Of some sres, mare. noted for pro-
dueins extreme speed. the pree !, doao'
led on Aecoan, Of the reasonable An,leiP,-
,ioa that be will train oa aud become
valuable a. star performer. More mon.
ey !. often paid for wsanlins OF yeG.
/ ling col, OF Oily ~hieh is pure.gallsd and
f..hion.bly bred th.a would be asked
for a tive-Jear-old no, 50 well.bred which
can ,ro, in $3.50.
Thi. /. because !, i, believed thai colts
so bred will train on. aud when put to
breeding will reproduce their desirable
qualities.
Some idea Of the inve.,msn, made by
some leading breeders may be had from
the price. paid ior popular stations and
noted brood mares.
Psneo..t va. .old =, public auction tof
s2s 900. and the purchaser ~ls generally
congratulated on hi, good fOr,une in Sc.
curing him. |, wi. because be was by
a sire f..hion.bly bred which bad rec.
ord Of 2.2li. and whose dam had pro.
dueed another 2:2O uo,ter; because be
had = record himself Of 2;2li, And hi.
dam va. by the sire Of Maud s., 2:0si,
aud because a, eish, years Of age be vas
the sire Of ,hrse.yesr-Old ,ro,,er With =
record Of 2:l9t.
Nu,wood was sold a, auction for sJ2,.
900. IL va. because Belmon,, his sire,
va. the bss, representative OF the Alex.
ander. Abdallah M.mbrino Ceisf cross.
and was sire Of uo,iers: because bis
dam was the foremost member Of the
great Pilot. Jr brood mate family. and
WAS the dam Of Maud 5 because he
va, himself tro,ter with a record OF
2lsi, aud be had demonstrated bis abil-
ity 10 sire tro,tsr.
wedsewo,d sold At private sale for
s25,O0O. II va. because hi. sire, Bel.
moat, was f.,hionably bred aud was TIE
sire Of Nu,-ood. ais! because his dam
h.d also produced wOOdford Mlmbrino
2.2li: because he was himself uo,tel
aud game e.mpaisnsr, and because OF hi
first ten colts, tive had entered the 2:1C
list.
Jerome Eddy .,ld for $4,000 1
was because with limited preparation h
,ro,ted q mile in race in 2:l6t. snC
showed ability to tro, faster because hi'
sire was by the grei, Volunteer, the sire
OF race Of h,, and game c,mpaisnsr.
and the dam Of his sire va, produein,
mare Of the Harry Clay blood. aud the
union Of Volun,ser and Harry Clay blooC
had produced St Julian, 2:ll aud o,he
f.,, ones; because bis sire. with only or
dinary advantages. had six to bis eredi
in ,h. $3.50 cl.". and three Of then
showed eItrrms speed. and because hii
dam was noted mare Of the 81 ., Alex
sndsr'. Abd.l al family, whose dalgh
tss have produe'd twen,y fast uOrer
and tso spe sdy PAGERS.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-13
Caro- OF Sheep.

Sheep require special attention t this
season of the year. II should be borne Ia
miLd that sheep Al the present time are
Among the most profitable stock or The
farm A. In other lines % stock, however,
good rcsults cannot be secured without q
careful attendance ou all their wants.
True, they will stand . measure OF neglect
AMI silll bring something of returns but
Il was long sinee learned thu, care aud at
tsution through the larger Income secured
much more than paid the outlay sheep
thrive much better when frd on hoe hay
made up Of the mixed grasses native to the
soil, than on clean sirawsd Timothy ani
r,dlop This l. WHY the hay from the In
tefvals of The upper K.nnebcc IL 90 much
pfiEsd Tor this klnd of stock. sheep ate
delicate on the mattsr OF diet, and whether
We like To OF no, ii becomes necessary 10
cater 20 their preferences. They must have
= variety. II IL desirable too, especially al
this season of TIE year. that they De sup
piled with some food ola suoculeut nstafe.
II seems to meet want OF ihsifs which
dry food OF any Kind will not nl Corn
snsil,ge come. In here IN good advantage,
Ani IL the mosi economical food oi ihe
klnd tha, can be- supplied. Roots are gOol'
bu' more expensive. Llnss~i meal !. an
excellent food ior sheep q, this season of
TIE year. both Ia connection With the en-
silsge spoken OF. aud also IN go With The
DRY fodder la the abssuce OF sueeulsni
food. Fof the latter purpose Il much
batter than cotton seed me,l. IL tkcsps The
digestive Organs 10 Ahsaltly working con
dl,lOu, aud Whereby promotes the appetite
of the sheep while counusi IN dry food
n IL nov kept for sale Ia The state 81 =
cost OF about one dollar ani half huni'
red.
sheep dropping their lambs q, this early
season must have the closest attention pos
slhle. of the sfifi fot early lambs for mar.
set will b. . iAllurc, snd The sheep vii
greatly run down In condition. A forty of
my p1aui lamb ready for ',le Ia May dse.
not come up OF IT, own ,ccOri Llnseed
meal IL gooi for The lamb ani TIE mother
also. Cotton seed meal l. also good. bot
N the feeding IL generous mixture With
the llns,sd 1. preferable. Ltmb. intended
f1f early mArksi may be allowed AL they
oil eat of thl. mixture, without fear of
ary other than good results This sisis.
meat l. made from experience Fine clover
hay caf,d bright AMI sweet, and second
crop clover well cured, sfc good TOT both
lamb AMI dam. They ar fsll.hei hy saesp.
ani the uuirityc msisfiA contained l.
slch q. will promote milk SOW 10 The dam
ani produce growth ln The LAM. Atsn.
tlou 10 these mAiisfs may b. cAllcd "fas
~" hut saccs.slul results With sheep aud
lambs cannot - secured wh o. these little
attentions afv omitted. .-Malue Farmer.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1888-03-13
Iron vs.. Stool.

Farmers are very sp, 10 take ior granted
what seems reasonable, without requiring
proof although As = Glass, perhaps they
src no more disposed ths, way than any
other cl,s. OF people. When steel Is TAX
ing the place Of iron 10 Sd many Ways, tie
not strange that We should take 10 The
sisel plOs without waiting for proof by
trial, aud that steel plous are better than
iron on many kind. of soil DO no, doubt,
bot for strong grOund iron IL Jlsi ~ soOd.
Ia fact 10 1. better, IS 10 WORKS among the
rocks easier, aud One cast Iron plov vii
out wear two steel ones, and IL cheaper io
buy.
IhAve the points cast FOR my steel plou'
and save Que dollar aud quarter on nfsi
cost and they will wear longer than The
steel point even with sharpening or two
Thl. il my opiblou after atrial OF ten years
with the steel plow. Now, for iuteryAles,
elay., aud other moist land. the steel may
be better have not used them there,
snd To farming, experiment i the only re
liable Instructor r-wN II MooDr, Liosr'
~, In Eistsrn Farmer.