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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
Maillton. the Man donkey.

The original of the character of
'Jocko. the Brazilian ape, was Hem
~ Leech. an Englishman. whose pro-
fessional name was Otto Motif HIS
body was of the size of an ordinary
man'sb his legs were only footlong.
yet such was his agility that he could
outrun, on all tours. very fair runner.
His skeleton is in Nine. Tussaud's ex-
hibition in London. The Ravels aft
erward introduced the character in
in their pantomimes. but it was left to
Majilton to bring it to perfection. He
had wonderful strength in his hands
and could walk with his hands hang
ing under an ordinary floor joist, his
whole weight depending upon the grip
between his thumbs and their oppos-
ing fingers with perfect ease; and he
occasionally astonished a braggart of
the profession by walking on his hands
on a slack rope, or on the hawser with
which the circus was towed by q
steamer This singular faculty made
him an expert climber and he would
run up and down the interior of the
circus and leap the rails of the tiers
and run along them with an agility
that no ape could excel. He fairly
rolled with laughter when he told how
he frightened the colored people on
the Mississippi.
On one occasion. when he leaped
among them, chattering and grimac-
ing, many jumped in their fright
through the windows of the circus into
the river and were rescued with diff
Guilty. '.For Gods sake. stop this.
said Spalding afterward. ''or Wen
have dead negroes to pay for" In
December, 1854. while playing in
Charleston. he created almost panic
in the theatre. One of the scrub wo-
men was stationed in the third tier
with stuffed baby. and Maiilton. in
his Jocko act snatched it from her
and. jumping to the side of the pros
cenium boxes. beat its head against the
wood aud then threw it on the stage
and jumped on il. the woman yelling
all the while and the audience in ter
rible uproar of terror and Indignation.
-Erchdnge.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
Alone on a Battlefield.

1t was an ugly give and take. We
could not see the enemy but the whizz
and ting of bullets proved that they
were not far away.
AS the excitement increased one of
my men in his haste fired Off his ram
rod and held up his musket that l
might see what he had done. With.
out thinking | started to the rear,
where short distance away lay a
musket.
No sooner had / left touching dis
tance of my company than an irresist-
lille sense OF loneliness and dread Sc r
ed me, Every step made the sensation
more acute. Soon l was practically
panic stricken. Somehow. however. /
got the ramrod of the useless musket
and went back to the line on the run
With the return came assurance aud
courage. never felt more alone or
helpless than in those few moments OF
isolation. The air seemed full of hiss
ing, shrieking demons. / was sure
that each next moment would bring
death. - Tonifs ConpaBioh
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28

ssTo think that a little lame chap
aboutr' whispered Ned. And ''You
don't mean to say you can carve like
thatfn said viii, as he took up some
thing that looked like puzzle of balls
one within the other.
II can't do much" said Perry.
modestly, "cause haven't good tools;
that's the reason / used your knife"
turning TO True. II hope haven't
dulied il, and I'm sorry"
You may keep it week, month.
You may have il out and out said the
impulsiVe True.
mo, l won't" replied Perry. color
ing hotly.
"WhY not?"
'.Because-oh, no matter-only I'm
glad you came back this way from the
river. for don't know where on live;
and if had gone on using it, i might
have broken it on something"
Now see here" said True. taking
up boat and squirting at it 'Tm
going TO the seasIore; and want half
a dozen boats like this. cant make
them myself; so. If you can. let's call
it an order; and you take half your pay
in the use of the knife"
That's fair said the other boys.
So Perry yielded; and True. who had
a turn for business, drew mp contract
on piece of brown paper, in lead-pen-
ell, and made every one sign it The
the boats were TO be done in week,
and were to cost twenty-five cents.
The bargain. however did not end
there. True went TO the seashore and
showed his boats to every one, telling
all he knew about Perry. The boat
trade became 50 brisk that the lame
boy could hardly work fast enough, and
he had been able TO buy a very good
knife for himself. When True came
home from his Summer jaunt, and
found Perry looking pale and thin. he
did something else. in which Ned and
viii joined. They rowed him out on
the river once a day steadily. and had
the satisfaction of seeing him get q
healthy color in his cheeks.
Perry never told any one but his
mother the whole history of that Sum-
mer morning; and now he cuts chess
men, and sells enough to buy books as
well as knives. he often thinks how
different his life would have been had
he yielded TO that subtle temptation OF
his invisible guest The ChuTchnaan.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
Tell Us why.


Cincinnatii Enquirer.
We would be glad If some Of the Re
publican orators who are misleading and
deceiving the wOrkingmen by attributing
the better wages paid in this country to
the protective tariff, would tell them why
in those countries in Europe where they
have the highest tariff. labor receives the
poorest payG Why is labor better reward
ed In England than in Russia Germany,
Austria or Italy9 Why do the lahoring
classes In England work fewer hours, re
ceive larger wages. live better, consume
more food, have better clothing since their
protective tariff was repealedY
Answers to these simple questions would
throw some light on the subject
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
Organized Labor,

The leaders Of the labor organizations
Of Indiana have almost to man pro.
nounced against the Republican ticket.
The Labor Signal, the organ of the party
in that State says:
The nomination Of Mr. Hurrison was
genuine surprise 10 the organized work.
lngmen Of this State, because their atu-
tude toward that gentleman is well under
stood. and IL does not seem possible that
convention of sane men would invite
confidence with large number of votes
In an extremely doubtful state by naming
a candidate so Objectionable. Mr.. Har.
rison's candidacy for the Senate two
years ago aroused opposition among the
labor organizations II was expressed in
scores of resolutions adopted by assem-.
blies and unions. This paper opposed
Mr.. Harrisons election TO the Senate for
reasons that would prevent II from sup
porting him now. His public record, in
orr Judgment. has not been such as to
commend him TO the favorable considera.
ton of the people this paper represents,
We did all within our power TO warn the
Republicans ia time. That they did not
think advice from such a quarter worth
holding cuts no figure now, but hundreds
oflotters from representative workingmen
In this and other States endorsing the
Signals position and breathing intense
enimity to Mr.. Harrison are convincing
proof that our position is correct at least
from the labor standpoint, Organized
labor will decide the Presidential contest
this year, and il is almost solidly arrayed
against Gen Harrison. In our Judgment
MIR. Harrisun's defeat Is foregone con-
clusion. even Il Gov. Porter should lend
himself to the commonly talked scheme
of running for governor in order to help
the Chicago nominee through in Indiana.
A second source of weakness to the
Chicago ticket is Levi z. Morton, the
Wall street banker II looks as IL Sena'
tor ingalls, advice to the Kansas delega-
ton had been carried out TO the letter. II
IL a principle as strong as written law
with Knights of Labor not to aid in the
elevation OF national banker to any
office The organization is opposed 10
the National banking system, and recog'
nizes in Il the handspring OF all monop'
oily. For great political party TO So
into Wall slreet--over which the curses
of the farming aud producing classes
OF the nation hover like an angry cloud
TO select candidate for its national ticket
Is another thing that astonishes the aver
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28

Dgs MoiSEs, Ia, July 1.-THE aitor'
neys gor tho Rock Island and the Burling-
sou. Cedar Rapids & Northern railroads
have been taking dispositions to-day with
yegssencc 10 tho injunction issued against
shs uosn uiissioners, stopping them from en-
8aessua the schedule Of ratea The iniunc.
sson was granted by Judge Far
lgmls. oil Iowa City, ct tho petition
luf shoso two roads which arc
lsnuorporaled under the state law. The at
tngssev general has moved that It be dis
solved, and the railroad attorneys are en-
asayosinR 10 lind out by these dispositions
Mow she railroad commissioners determine
IwIaA b n reasonable rate. They arc trying
ID sRow that the commission did not make
sufficient Investigation.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
The Lines Defined.


Mobile Register.
The lines are now well defined. The
Republicans go before the people as ad.
vocates Of prohibitive tariG-a tariff to
compel the people TO pay whatever home
combinations and trusts may demand,
The Democrats go before the people as
advocates OF tariff looking mainly to
revenue, but at the same time protecting
home industry TO the extent of the differ
ence between home labor and foreign
labor. The people demand nothing more
than such protection as the Democrats
offer them,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
JUMPED THE TRACK

N. Louis, July 1s.-As coal train
eane out Of tho western end Of the bridge
sunnel this evening, the locomotive and
fpnr cars jumped the track William Will
Land the conductor, was thrown under the
moving cars and killed instantly. Frank
Belconr. the tiromuu, was crushed TO death
nnder the Lender
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
The Strurrle For Fame.

Parke Rowe (who Is visiting his
friend. Mayne Pike. in the forlorn viii
lage of Squeohawket(:' BY Joye
Mayne, l can't see how sou can bury
yourself in such hole rs thisl' Mayn-
Pike: Cant, ehP Why. I'm 'promi-
nent citizen here; what would be 10
New York;" -Pgcs.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28

age workingmaD and causes him TO won.
der whether the m0nopolistic interests OF
the country have moi foreseen the inevi.
table conflict and concluded TO force the
issue without giving labor further oppor-
tunity TO organize and inform itself.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
COMMISSIONERS oBERLr's REPoRE


WASHINGTON, July l7.-fhe fourth
annual report OF tho civil service COM
mission is made public to-day. A large
part of the report is devoted 70 statistics Of
an uninteresting character. Between
January 1856 and June 1887,
1889 persons were examined, 1886
Of whom successfully passed. The
percentage of failure was "a
male. aud 1s female. OF the
successful applicants 4,443 have received
appointments. The report recommends ex-
tension Of tho classified service o. embrace
the employees Of railway mail service, the
field employees Of the Indian and labor bu-
rcau, tho Indian schools, and graded clerks
in tho quaIteTmaster and generals Office
and war department. The report concludes
with sta ement of the practical
effects Of the civil service net aud
rules. The conditions existing in
the civil service before the approval OF tho
act, and the imorovement IN the service
under the law and rules are reviewed and
the objections TO the law stated and an-
| swercd at some length Among the con-
Guiding paragraphs of tho report is the fol-
| lowing: "Tho civil service act
has been in force now over four
years, part of the time under one party
and part under that of another. That
there has been accomplished in the eSecu-
ton of the law all that its sanguine advo-
Gates expected is not claimed; but IT may
be said that in the results of Its execution
is shown the wisdom Of the principle Of
divorcing the subordinate officers Of the
the government from politics and elections,
aud making continuance in Office depend
ont upon, not party service, but upon
merit and good behavior. In this respect
the law has produced results which arc not
extravagantly described as surprising.
The report was prepared by Commits
aioner Oberly, and Is sigued by the three
members of the commission, Lyman dis
senting from the regulation Of 1887, requir'
ing certifcation TO the head of an office Of
the whole list of eligibles TO promotion.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28

MARY Tupp, o-year.old in Platts-
mouth. was kicked in tho face by the
family horse last week, Her injuries
are severe.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
rHr EDUCATIONAL cOUScIL.

SAs FRANCISCO, July i6.--At tho ma.
tI0paAl educational couucil this morning The
hall Was crowded to OVERLOOKING with dele
gates. President prennrd called tho meet
lnN to order. Pumdita Ramabia, Of India,
nMde short address upon tho advance
meat Of Indian women. Delegate Rich
arsls Then read tile report Of the committee
oh elemeutary education, the subject be.
lssN s'waste in Education a general
sIlsenss,on of the subject followed. pa
BIZ on the business side Of the school sys'
gasn. by Professor Burke, Of Hinsdnlc
uuEversity, Michigan, was read this after
nuSn. II il estimated that fully twenty
slsss hundred people from eastern points
aFa Ia tho city.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
#searL4R AND TERRIBLE ACCIDENT

j #seGrE4R AND TERRIBLE ACCIDENT
LANCASTER, O., July 15.-Ex- County
Commissioner Henry Langle, Of Liberty
aownship met with singular and terrible
Aeolaent yesterday. Mr.. Langlo Is man
of heroic size, weighing 1926 pounds aud
standing six feet four iHches high. Taking
a large butcherknife and going into tho
yagd use IL, he tripped and fell, pluuging
tsla knife up 10 the hilt In his bowels. A
ausgeon was quickly summoned from the
nearest village, who pronounced the ghast-
Nv wound most probably fatal one.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
1t Is Here
Glad summer is here

Glad summer is here
With its usual romances
Its conventions and beer,
Its soclals and dances;
The roses smell sweet
And the groceries cheesy,
The ladies look neat
And the butter spreads easy
OIL City Blizzard.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28
nrrnnE rnE JuDIcIARr COMMITTEE.

HEEDKE THE JtUIGiAhl tOMhAAAAh -
Washington special: Representative
Dorsey WAS before the senate commit
tee on Judiciary to-day and made an ar.
gument in favor Of his bill requiring
additional places for holding terms Of
tile United States courts in Nebraska
lie encountered many objections 10 the
measure from members Of the commit
tee. who claimed that the judges Of the
district aud circuit courts Of Nebraska
were opposed 10 the bill; that there was
80 little business on the calendar OF
both civil and criminal character that
the additional terms and places for hold
ing the courts proposed in the bill was
unnecessary. The committee gave Mr..
Dorsey no encouragement, but prom
issd TO consider the bill, and individual
members said that they might frame n
substitute bill similar IN character TO
the one that passed the Forty ninth
congress-. Mr. Dorsey insisted on hhv-
ing court held at both Norfolk and Kear-
ncy, and showed the necessity Of the ser
vice and the great benefit the people 81
the western portion OF the state would
derive from sessions nj those places. Mr..
Edmunis objected. saying that there
were about i23 criminal cases on the
calendar. 20 which Mr.. Dorsey replied
that he was happy to know that there
were 40 few, as Il showed that the people
Of Nebraska were law abiding in the first
instance, and that in the second place
they knew enough To know that when
the government Of the United States
reached out its strong arm the best thing
10 do was 10 compromise and pay the
lines imposed. Several bills proposing
The rcorganizing Of United States courts,
simi mr. 10 the one proposed for Nebraska
NO ably Minnesota and Arkansas r
have m 3 with the same fate that threat
Ems Mr. Dorsey's measure, The bills af-
ter passing the house have been amended
I in the senate so as 10 make them worth
eSG
COMMISSIONERS oBERLr'S REPoRT
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1888-07-28

Nine. Olaroysky, the wife Of the Rus
sian consul, is one Of the beauties Of the
Pacific coast.
Mrs. Mackay has presented the Prin-
cess Golonna with a pair Of ieweled
bracelets worth $4,000
Chauncey M. Depew was elected
member OF the Yale corporation by q
vote of 1,542 out Of total vote Of 1870.
Mrs. Logan has secured all the me
mentoes Of her dead husband that she
can obtain and has arranged memorial
room.
Clara Mayer, the ingenue Of the Ger.
man stage, is no longer young and pref.
BY, but is rayed over by sentimental
mnidens.
General Badeau's suit to recover from
Mrs. Grant $40, 900 as compensation for
services rendered her husband goes over
TO October.
Ex- President Grevy, Of France, 10
working hard ON his memoirs. The
rights of publication in England and
this country have already been pnr-
chased at a large price.
BENJAMIN L. Butler is not forgotten.
Dartmouth gives Linn the decree Of mas
ter of arts "a thing which Harvard could
not be persuaded to give him when he
was governor. Such degree for the
artiul Ben is a superfuity, anyhow.
Mrs. Oscar Wilde is said to wear the
same ''best" dress through the season
III not the same dress, il is made on the
plan, being a white clinging silk, em-
broidered down the front in gold and
adorned around the neck with high
standing ruff ia Queen Bess.
Queen Victoria has accepted a birth.
day gift from Miss Hood, one of her
maids Of honor, in the shape Of a paint
cd table, tlie work OF the donor, the de-
sign Of which is bluebells and mountain
ash, with the queens monogram and
crown, and the date 1888.
Kojiro Matsaga, one of the graduates
Of the Yale law school this year, is son
OF the japanese minister Of finance. and
is OF royal blood. Koiiro has been IN
America four years and speaks English
Latin and German. he Will return 70
Japan two years hence.
William Blake, the noted athlete, is
an active soldier in the White Cross
army, which enioins upon its members
the duty Of treating all women with re-
spect and protecting them from wrong
10 frown down indecent jests or ian
guage, and TO endeayor TO spread White
Gross army principles among comtan-
ions and younger brothers.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
THE BR1KEMAS.

An inquisitive 6-year-old bobbed up
as a brakeman, wearing a patent leather
cap and BRASS buttoned blue suit,
rushed through the cars in the uncer-
monious style peculiar to his class.
"Say, pap, does that man own the
railroad?"
"No, sonny, he is only the brakeman. f"
why does he slam the door so
hard?"
Maybe so that he will break some
thing
"Is that the reason they call him
brakeman"
"Be still, Johnny, until we get through
the tunnel"
I'll bet that if had 500 Id get a
suit like the brakeman wears"
"Then what would you do" asked
papa, curio'lsly.
"Td wear it to Sunday school and
take up the collection. I'll bet would
get lots of money, too, cause Id scare
the people just like the conductor and
the brakeman does"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
THE REAPERS.
ny WILL WALLACE HARVEY.

When tho tired reapors, with fragrant shelves.
Cono out OF the corn rs tho sun goes down,
And tho sky is rich MS the falling leaves
In iin.son and purple and golden brown,
sit in tho snellow aud marvellous evos
And watch as the loom of tho sunset weaves
Its cloth Of gold over country and town.
And J. tlinl: how the summers have come ana
gone
Since VIC saw tho shuttle ncross the blue
That mcyo tina colors of dusk and dawn
When tllc musk Of the sleeping roses flew
On tlu WINGS Of the south wind over tho lawn,
And t],r evening shadows were longer drawn,
Aud INC sun was low md the stars wore fcw
when Love was sweet in the lives We led
AS the icavcn thet lives in the latter spring
To grow in the flowers the books wo read,
Tho ;o,,ip and rush of the grapevine swing
In Worlds and work. to be filled and fed
On BROOKS of honey and wasted bread
And sung IN the songs th0t we used TO sing
And out OF the shadows they come tome.
As flowers of the spring come, year by year.
The lovers we had when to love WAS free,
Tho stars were few and the skies were clear
And we knew it was happiness Just to be,
Through tho sheaves of the court-land fair tx
eco,
While the weary rcapers nro drawing near.
Though tho red aud white roses have lost thel
leaves
In the ashes OF summers Of long ago,
They come, through the mellow and marVelou
oyos,
With tho harvest of love that we use to SOW,
AS rich us tho gnrlands the sunset woaVes
Whom be tired reapers with fragrant shearcs
Come out OF the corn md tho sun is low
-Haryso,''s Magazine.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
LOre's Young Dream.

cit is beautiful song" he said, rs
the f1ute-like tones of her voice and the
tum-tum Of the piano accompaniment
died away in the frescoes of the ceiling,
'but l am not partial to secular music
l love the grand old hymns best
''Indeed?" she said, as she ran her
fairy fingers up and down the seven
octaves.
eyes" he exclaimed enthusiastically,
"the grand old hymns for me-
"Well," she murmured, as rosy
blush stole over her damask cheeks and
the long, silllen lashes shaded the
bright and beautiful eyes, and sigh
soft as the perfumed zephyr that rustles
the leaves in the outrageous grove al
eve when the diamond dewdro,.
trembles Oil the petals of the modest
rose slightly stirred her bosom, 'swell
do not know that can blame you, fol
[ am fond OF certain him myself"
Then season of OSCILLATION ensued
over which VIC regretfully drop the
curtain.-BOStOn Courier.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1888-01-20
Napoleon III. ana .i.itc. e,c juo,tijo,

The gossips since the fall Of the En-
pire say that the Emperor's declaration
was brought on by a somewhat comical
incident They relate that, returning
from the chase one evening with Mile.
de Montijo, the Emperor ventured to
introduce himself at the door of her
private room and to linger there for a
moment; thercupon he was driven out
without ceremony, and, the story adds,
with one or two vigorous blows from a
ri,Hng-whip. This. it was said, con.
frmcd his decided opinion as to the I'm.
iolpeachablc virtue of the Young Count.
ess, and it was not long before he
talked of marriage. He wrote letter
to the mother Of the ndored one and
the good lady, after having shown the
precious document to all her intimate
friends. allowed herself to be convinced
and the engagement was soon an
nounced to the company gathered al
Compiegne.
There was great outpouring of scan
dial as socn as this announcement was
made. The elder Countess of Meptiic
had the tlissa is action of seeing hel
past reviewed without mercy, and the
Legilimist and otll,r factions of the
Monarchical opposition to TIL, new En-
peror gave full vent to their spleen nnl
their satire The Prince Napoleon wa.
naturally very angry, as it pat an enc
to the hopes that he ha | begun to cher
ish of being tn legitimate successor O
Napoleon III. Everywhere the com
ing marriage was alluded to as ecccn