Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-06-08

which he had in his overcoat, laid the
toy on the table near him. Then tear
ing the wrapper from "A fresh pack OF
cards, he said briefly but with great
warmth Gentlemen, we viii now
proceed with new pack. / do not
wish 70 charge any gentleman with
cheating, or to call any names, and
will not do so, but" said he, taking q
pecan from his pocket and cracking it
with the butt of his revolver, "if any
gentleman should again undertake to
stock the cards or monkey with the
tardy but natural growth Of straights
and Pushes, we will shoot out his other
eye"
So you viii see that the Colonel is
cool man at a trying time, and though
preferring generally 10 endure great
wrong rather than do one. he would
not hesitate in case of a difference be-
tween rival powers or hot words over
the relative values Of crowned heads,
to climb over the table and make you
show your hand or go home with an
italicised nose upon you.
/ say all this for your sake, Mr..
Guelph, for Won don't know what morn
ing you may be called suddenly by the
First Assistant Custodian of the Reign
ing Tools and told to jerk the Sceptre
over a great nation. Keep friendly
with the American people and do the
square thing by the press. When You
are called upon to assume the Throne,
honestly think it would do you no
harm TO run double column ad. in the
leading papers for a year or two, until
you felt secure as King, then you could
gradually order out these ads. and call
attention TO your reign by means of
announcements on the fences.
The letter. of which the above is a
COPY, has been forwarded to the New
Consul General at London, and ] sin
cerely hope may be of use in opening
up more friendly relations with coun-
try which certainly has had the laugh
on us ever since Lord Sackyille West
was made to contribute himself to our
campaig1ffund.
Indiana. among other distant feat
ures. is the proud possessor of the only
successful skunk ranch in the world,
of which we know, at least. IL there
are any other skunk ranches now on q
paying basis / have not vet visited
them. The domestication of this little
rhododendron has so far been left to
Mr.. Joseph Lininger. near Huntington.
He has ranch there of this kind and
goes into society very little indeed am
told. Few go to see him and his gro
ceries are handed over the fence to him
by means of fishing pole.
Skunks are most priced for their fur
and also their oil The oil is not used
on salad, as many suppose, but as
remedy for Group. Skunk's oil is worth
ten cents an ounce, and the contest be-
tween tablespoonful of it and case
of Group is said to be entirely one
sided. Mr.. Lininger began with four
teen of these animalA He now has
several hundred Of them. and can buy
any Of the adjoining farms at his own
price.
Last summer he used to 60 to church
AT Huntington every Sunday morning,
| but this year the church is paying him
| 50 a week to pray in secret.
/ The skunk is said to possess strong
J affection for the human being, but in
1 most instances it is not returned. The
| skunk resembles the elephant in one
respect. viz, because he cannot climb a
tree.
Mr.. Lininger says this animal does
not require much food. and even that
little is of the very plainest kind. And
vet he is an offal eater after all.
The sack which supplies the little
heliotrope with his all peryading seen
timents may be easily removed, says
Mr.. Lininger, and then the animal is as
harmless and even more devoted than
the common house cat. Possibly that
may lead to the general adoption of
this animal as house pet some day,
and along with the stingless bulldog
our houses will be filed with delight.
Then the New York landlord who can
not let us have house il we are iniu-
dicious enough to be parents and pub
/ Las Ia artN a4sn
brown stone front to a poodle dog in
Urinary or a skunk aquarium,and thank
heaven that he is not encouraging
American children in our great metro
, polls.
Here in Indiana there lives at Fair
mont an honest and deserving green
grocer and tradesman, whose name
did not succeed in getting. He de-