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The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
THE DREAM OF WoMANhooo.


a Lizzie eirl with auburn hatf.
And eyes so blue.
OF heaven own hue,
And features al so wouorous fair.
She sings II ~chil!hood's elee.uI ve-ss
OF simple toys
And peaceful Vows; p
Tie future claims n thought o; hen
A maiden fair, Just woman srowa.
Win eyes go bright,
Tnro' the Carr riyn.
Awaits her lovers welcome tone.
She sings in modes; tones OF glee:
%. lover mine,
On oceans brine
Cone back or. safely come 70 me-"
Another love shines n he- eyes;
mothers grace
Beams II her lace;
Amother's faith TIA; nevc. dies.
She sings II soft. maternal strait:
MY babe, ny love.
Ny little dove.
Quick shall thy father come ayain-"
With :reaziec face and asaen cheek
Upon her knee.
With eyes a. sea
She cazes ID the waters BLEAK.
She prays, with heart so sad. yet bcavO:
From stress o. wave
o. Father. save
NJ husbands barr, q, Father. save"
With rurroved brow and si!vered head
She sits alone.
Children ali gone,
She sits and muses. on the dead
As fast the years o: life now aee.
With cyesixht din
She sings that hymn.
"Neare:. my God. nearer 10 Thee"
WA Buxton. n Yankee Blade.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
WHEN PEOPLE r
SEINE Valuable statistics In Regard to Ms1
an6 W0ADn.

Some Valuable statistics In Regard to Ns9
and wo0sn
Thirteen PEI cent. OF all the men
married in Pennsylvania last year
married women older than themselves.
Seven per cent took wives OF their
own ages. and the remaining 80 per
cent married women younger than
themselves. The average age OF the
men was q years and Of the women 3
years. These interesting facts are
found in the annual report for 1888 Of
Secretary of Internal Affairs Thomas
j. Stewart. which contains much other
curious information about the matri-
monial propensities of Pennsylvania
Thus it appears that more men are
married at the age Of . than al any
other. and that among women q is the
favorite age. The youngest wife OF
1888 was only Is years old. and the
Oldest was aged Il. Two boys Of 16
were married. and two old graybeards
Of Sc ventured into matrimony, prob
ably not for the first time. OF ii. 726
women married. and whose ages were
given. 1905. or 27.5 per cent, were
less than 20 years old. Among the men
there were only 493 who were 50 young.
There were q girls Of II years mar
ried. los Of Is. S5S Of l6. $40 Of II.
1883 Of 10. 1.434 OF 10. 1922 OF 20.
2.041 Of q, 1.5l7 Of %. and 1.14O Of %.
After the latter age the numbers OF
those who found husbands rapidly de-
cline. Those figures show that if a
Pennsylvania girl is not married by the
time she is % years old the chances are
that she will become an old maid.
Men proceed more leisurely about
matrimony. Besides the w. l6-year-
old husbands in 1888 there we're 80
aged II. 12S Is years old. and 325 10
years old. The figures then take .
jump to 637 at 20 and reach the maxi
mum in 1866 at %. They decrease
slowly after that There were 4S7
men married after they were 50 years
old. but only III women.
There was q remarkable disparity in
the ages Of some of the couples. A
woman Of SO years married a man OF
81. and an old man of a welded a
maiden of "a. The youngest couple
were a 17-year-old husband and a 10
year-old wife. The girl Of Ii welded
. man l9 years older than herself. A
man of 81 married a girl of IS, his age
being just three times hers. and a man
Of Is did nearly as well, taking q IL
year-old wife.
In the marriages where the women
we're older than the men the differences
in ages rarely exceeded five years.
There were eighty-three marriages
where one Of the parties had previously
been divorced.
1t is estimated that there we're 5000
marriages OF couples from this State in
Camden alone, and. of course. there
must have been ery many more in
cities and towns in other States bor-
dering on Pennsylvania -Philadelphia
Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

Why They No Longer Take Up S1DneP
Quarter In France.
II birds will only resort to practical
measures, and actually boycott those
countries which destroy them for their
plumage. there is yet hope that the
law will step in and protect them. fbr
economical reasons alone. 1t is a fact
that the swallows have taken this SEN
sible precaution. as far as feather
loving France is concerned. and have
apparently decided not to take up any
longer their summer quarters there.
Hitherto the tOughness OF their flesh
has preserved them from the cook. and
a popular superstition saves their
nests, but the milliners. who use their
feathers for trimming. some years ago
organized against them a new plan Of
campaign.
The department Of the Bouches-du-
Rhone is one OF the great landing places
of swallows coming from Africa, and
there deadly engines formed by wires
connected with electric batteries were
arranged to await them. The birds.
tired out by their flight over the Medi-
terranean. perch on the wires, and are
instantly struck dead. Their bodies
are then prepared for the milliner. and
rates containing thousands of them
are sent to Paris every year.
This spring. however. with a strange
instinct for preservation. they have
not sought that coast. but have landed
either to the west or the east Of it. and
have gone in much larger numbers than
was their wont to other parts Of Europe.
The French Geological Society. which
puts forth an earnest petition to the
government in their behalf. says that
places which were once thronged with
swallows are quite deserted by them,
though there has been no falling of in
the number of gnats and other insects
on which they live. Great injury would
be done to French agriculture by in
sects il the birds should aSoid the
country.
1t is to be earnestly hoped that their
petition will be needed. and the deadly
batteries and wires will be removed
Youths Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
Why SLEEP.
One Of the Most Curious Phenonenons o
Plant Life.

Plant Life.
That flowers sleep is evident to the
most casual observer. The beautiful
daisy opens at sunrise and closes at
sunset. whence its name-''days eve"
The moruing-glory opens its flower
with the day. The 'John-go-to-bed-
at-noon" awakes At four in the morn
ing. but closes its eyes in the middle
Of the day. and the dandelion is in full
bloom only during the hours Of strong
light. This habit of some flowers Is
certainly very curious, and furnishes
one OF the many instances which prove
the singular adaptability OF every
thing in nature. The reason is found
in the method by which this class Of
flowers is fortified. 1t is obvious,
says Sir John Lubbock. that flowers
which = fortified by night-fying in
sects would derive no advantage by
being open by day; and, on the other
hand. that those which are fortified
by bees would gain nothing by being
open at night Nay. it would be a dis
advantage. because it would render
them liable to be robbed of their
honey and pollen by insects which are
incapable of fertilizing them Iwould
venture to suggest. then. that the
closing OF flowers may have reference
to the habits Of insects. and it may be
observed. also. in support of this. that
d-fov4ifizod HOvors oovar sIaen-
Christian at Work.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
INFECTION IN BOOKS.
4 S0arce Of Co.tagion which Has Hitherto
Been Neglected.

OOSo NOBOCSO0s
Since it has become pretty well
established that most, if not all. OF our
so-called infectious and contagious
diseases. such as scarlet-fever, diph-
liberia. measles. and possibly typhoid
fever. are produced and conveyed from
one person to another by means Of
minute vegetable germs. much patient
study has been devoted to the question
how these germs find their way into
the human body. and what precautions
should be taken to avoid. Is far as pos
sible, the danger of Infection.
The subject of the isolation of pa
tients suffering from contagious dis
eases has been discussed very thor
oughly in medical societies and jour
mails. and in some countries the most
stringent laws have been made in n
gard to the isolation of the sick and
the Immigration Of houses and clothing.
One source Of contagion which now
seems seli-evident, but which for a
long time escaped attention. is that Of
books from public libraries. When we
consider that the volume which We are
reading may have been last in the
hands of some one convalescent from
q dread disease, OF that it may have
been lying for days or weeks in rooms
far from clean in a medical sense. then
the possibility Of danger becomes at
once apparent
Some physicians will not permit
their children to take books out of the
public libraries, thinking it wiser to
avoid ali risks.
1t is very possible. however. that the
danger Is less than We should be led by
some to suppose. and that it is more
necessary to prohibit the reading Of
books for whose cleanliness We can not
vOuch. than it is to tell our children to
stop breathing. simply because they
undoubtedly take into their lungs at
every respiration some of the germs
which are known to be constantly
floating through the air.
Yet it is safe to caution those who
read books that have been through
many hands not to moisten the finger
in turning the leaves, for If that be
done. there is afforded a better oppor-
tunity for the transfer into the BODY of
any germ that may be clinging to the
volume.
On the other hand. it is to be q
membered that We probably u no
greater risk in turning the leaves of a
book. even though it has beer in homes
OF doubtful sanitary condition. than We
do in riding or walking beside people
about whose health We know nothing.
Youths Companion.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

The stealing Of an umbrella on q
clear day Is held to be 4 theft bv an
Omaha Judge. but the stealing of the
same article on a rainy day is held to
De JVtlhaole on the ground of SELF
defense. We presume this decision
was rendered in order to protec: the
e0urt-Bunalo Express
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

The typewriting business nets from
$500 to 5000 to many q young
woman in New York City.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

Mo fool you. ne repiied-3nd j
don't know now whether he meant for
having no children or for not seeing
how his having enough for both Tor a
dozen, for the matter Of that affected
me.
"'You see.' he went on in an author
alive tone, the law provides that when
there is a certain number of children
in a township there must be a scotible
schoolhouse. Now you and me is the
only voters-in fact, we're the school
board and the taxpayers. Sort o rocky
or you. he broke Of, but laws Is laws!
perhaps the old mar saw q queer
kind OF expression on my face. for he
added quickly:
Maybe you don't think that I've
got as many children Is the Law pro-
vides-
III don't doubt it one bit. l broke in
(you see. / was sort o hot). but there's
a pile of difference between the law
providing for EN- and Dan Dunstan do
ing il
But I saw clearly that I was a. fault
for having NO family OF my own; and. l
swore that that should be amended
Just to get even with him
$50 We went peaceably TO work to-
gether, and PIT up the schOOi-house on
the school section
I'VE had nearly finished lacking
down the floor one day-the old man
was wedsing up with a chisel while 1
tackled down-when he looked up and
said:
".Dan. you amt exactly fixed to
board . ''scho0inarm' Che startled
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17

No medicine in the world is in bet
ter repute or more widely known than
Ayers Sarsaparilla As safe and
certain remedy for all blood disorders
leading physicians and druggists ev-
erywhere recommend it in preference
to any other.
Much injury is done by the use OF
irritating, gripping compounds taken
as purgatives. In Ayers Pills, the
patient has mild but effective ca
thartic. that can be confidently recon-
mended alike for the most delicate as
well as the most robust.
New stationery just received al
Mrs. Holbrooks.
Great reductions in straw hats al
Bergman & Rogers. Get one now
while they are going at cost.
Contested land cases specially
Beane & Kunkel, next door to Y. 5
Land Office, Blackfoot
Boss of the Road 0veralls only u
cents per pair Bergman & Rogess
Montgomery & Son make all paper
| for Homesteads, Presumption, Timbe
Culture and Desert land entries TO
$500 per set
Gents fine shoes $3.50, SO and a..
Bergman & Rogers.
Boots and Shoes just received q
:, remarkably low prices for cash. w
have the finest line of ladies Frenc
Kid shoes in the city.
The only EXCLUSIVE land lawyer
in this district, BEANE & KUNKEI
next door to the United States Ian
Office, Blackfoot, Idaho.
/ Write to or call on Beane & Kunks
Land Attorneys, Blackfoot, Idaho, fo
information regarding public lands.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
r,,l / Ssrthern Time Gard

/ -,.n.0, line OF fine high cut
f.. y noes for children and misses
h = D'aasiyed. Bergman q Rogers
~. .pmmer underwear, busters,
!. ''sa's - hats have been reduced 20
| !, 4 Bergman & Rogers
|r.ildrsus corded Corset waists,
l. r.Ists so cents 10 81,
Bergman g. Rogers
n,oilsOn higher on his goods
|, \ .nyoue else7 No. not 4 you take
4 .oc.Ideratiou the quality Of the
~ Examine ms prices in this
Il, hen come and examine goods
/, isdge for your selves. A fair deal
FII.L W. II. DANILsOS.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
s,rsyed or stolen.

L. ny ranch on John Days Lake
80 county, about April ] 1883,
4 sorrsl bones, I've years old, one
80 /, Spanish T,l on left thigh,
I'M marks, one branded $ on left
IeL,ey and dim S ON le.t thigh, Will
M abOu. 500 pounds A liberal
~ wiIl be paid for their eeoy'
fEKp BAlRp,
iny's p O. Bingham Co. Idaho.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
BlachroOt Irrigation Co.

4 meeting Of the Blackfoot lrriga.
tion Company will be held in the law
office of w, 4, Reeves to-day, Satur.
day, at . o'clock p m, for the pur
pose of allotting work, and other bus.
mess Every member of the company
should try and he present
Gro. \, RoBETnAS. Pros
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
Yer sale or Trade.

Oue Short Horn Bull, two years
4 also 10, oi young mares with
Ia viii sell cheap for cash or
n trade for real estate or for hay.
]. A. BiERLEY,
Blacktool, Idaho.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
GossIPY NEWS.

Ia the upper Teton country frosts
have appeared every morning
Services at the Baptist church on
Sunday morning
Challis is to have some big races
in September.
Mrs. Frank H. Bixby has opeLed
millinery store in Eagle Rock.
The Senate committee on irrigation
win be 10 Boise City to-day.
Interest on mortgages take no holi.
days.
Kansas has had sixteen destructive
cyclones IA six yean.
Rumor says more new doctors are
moving into Pocatello.
The Tetons present fine field for
all lovers Of the gun and rod
The Hot Springs at Ketchum are
crowded with guests.
supt Gagon, OF the public schools,
was up ON official business this week
Indians are bringing in their grain
10 market
The directors Of the Insane Asylum
held a meeting this week.
Judge Logan is expected back in
North Idaho BY the LIST Of September,
The Rcxbarg band will furnish the
music al the Eagle Rock Fair
Market Lake slough Is as dry as a
brick yard. This has not been the
case before since 1864
PocAtello has a new saloon, with
prospects Of one or two more near Al
hand.
Rev. Mr.. Foster Is improving slow
ily. He expects to be able to 60 oreI
10 Soda Springs next week.
A car load Of machinery for ih'
/ Hob mine al Era was taken TO III
destination this week
Nevada wants Utah annexed to be
territory, and the success Of the Lib
erals gives her encouragement
Boise City Is expected TO prepar
= royal fcas, for the Senate commit
tee to-day.
Next week the NEws will furnisI
/ its readers with = copy Of the ldah
constitution.
The Tacoma News predicts defea
OF the constitution Of Washtngto
Territory.
| Thomas q Thomas, iailors, Bagl
Rock, are haiiding an additional rooi
for their increasing business
Frank Montgomery and family, {
the CITY Of Mexico. are visiting u
parental home In Blackioot for SCI
cral days
The Idaho World says there Is
well defined opposition 10 s'atehoo
in Idaho City.
Ranchers on the Island north I
Eagle Rock are Ia the midst OF III
grain harvest
; A number Of citizens Of the oounl
! have gone to Boise City to meet u
) Senate Irrigating Committee.
, The Burgess House, Eagle Rock,
doing splendid business Tor U
summer season.
Rev. Bert Foster will spend e
weeks at Soda Springs as soon as
IL able to travel.
A lady who can wear 2 slik uIe
,hrouqh one Of these hot days Is gi
"a With endurance II not with pride
a The infant son OIL MI ui'u =
} Fred stevens was painfully but p
fatally scalded Saturday by iaill'
into 4 tub Of boiling water.
Tho address Of the convention co
1 mit,ee to the people Of Idaho on 9 !
, advantages Of statehood may be lou
ON another page of to-day's paper
:. North Idaho towns are taking
). tive precautionary measures aeaal
{ { the fire fiends and it would ,, oe WI
! for the southern towns to iol'ow
the same pathway
\ The Indian confined in jail i.,, Tor S'I !
y inc 4 saddle from Dave Bcitnan
been quite sick this week
The Good Tcmplars will hold =.
important meeting al their na,, Ion0os, =
saturday, evening. II Is r'qu'''
!, ,bat ali members be present
No water at the railroad tanks KS.
tween Market Lake and Beaver :. 0',,' y
M, ore ali supplied by a"a'er W.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17
Just Received.

Table Linens, bleachcd, 90 20 72ls cents per I'd
unbleached es and 40 cents
Turkey Red. a2li and 4sls
Napkins, bleached. se65 and ss.e5 per doz.
Turkey Rcd. sl.00 and sl.s5 "
Shecting, leL hleached. 3sc per yard.
I0ii unbleachcd sestc
Lonsdale lenc
Cambria l5c
G soft finish Ice
Utica Sbfc
Lawrence L l. 9ilc
Ticking. Fancy Striped ealtc
Common blue, Ice
ned Spreads From 81 90 to $3.50 each.
white goods, striped aud checked. 2stk s. s64
Ainsook, 1s,i cents per yard.
Lawns. sand cents per yard.
Ladies and Children's Hose. l2,sc and up.
Towels. s5. 90 and IS cents per pair.
Table Covers, sll0 each.
Ladies silk Mittens, all colors 50 to IS cents.
Ladies silk Gloves Gll colors, 50 to 70 cents.
Ladies Kid Gloves, u and $3.50.
w. II. DANILsoN.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-08-17

llsIil October ist the Union Pacac
sll ell roaSd "trip excursion tickets
i he following points, tickets good
h days from date % sale
Garfield Beach and return. sl335.
Syracuse Nl.ao.
soda Springs s465
Yellowstone Park and return t5l.
Erks.s good for thirty days
A few AssoTtments Of boys clothing
8Asr 10 suits or separate isis, rccciy'
i 4, Mr. HolbTooks.
Ladies and childrcns shoes a spcci'
n. A nice 10, Of dry goods Just
slived Mrs. Holbrook.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-08
AFTER TWENTY-ONE YEARS
A STRANGE STORY FROM TEXAS.
The Only Survivor of the Four Actors in a
Dark Tragedy. Which Had Well Nigh
Faded From the Memory of All, Ar
rested For the Murder.

ST. LOUIS, May 5.-A strange story comes
from Palestine. Tex, showing the old adage
that murder will out has been startlngly veri-
fed there by the arrest of an aged man and
citizen for an assassination which occurred
twenty-one years ago. One sunny morning
about that time boys, on their way to mill,
found by the roadside the body of young Polk
Ables, riddled with bullets and lying at the
edge of a little glade, seven miles west of Pal
estine. His right boot was pulled off, and it
was known that he had been paid the sum of
$4O0 few days before Robbery was at first
supposed to be the sole motive. Young Ables
on his way to dance at a Mrs. Wright's
when murdered, and parties at the house heard
first horn blow, then gun shots, followed by
cries of some one in distress. short time
after this Ben McLain, Oscar Fields and Devil
John Parker appeared at the dance, and there
is tradition that some at the party
washed blood from Ben McLain's cOat-sleeve.
Suspicion became rife in the neighborhood,
and the further fact soon leaked out that the
murdered man was an eye witness to the driv-
ing off of bunch of horses by Henry Fields
and the parties above mentioned, Ables having
detected them swimming the horses across the
Trinity river. The four men mentioned above
were arrested and an examination trial had,
and the parties bound over to await the action
of the grand jury
1t is surprising to note the rapid changes of
twenty years. In that period full thirty people
connected, in one way or another with the
murder have died, and few persons now live
who remember the events of the murder or
the judicial investigation which followed.
Three OF the reputed assassins-Devil John
Parker, Oscar Fields and Ben McLaiu-have
passed in their checks and gone to pay their
long accounts. In January last Ben
McLain sickened. and his DEATH
bed confirmed the suspicious of many
by a death-bed confession. He confessed in
the presence of several persons that he and
Parker stationed themselves by the road side
while Henry Fields and his son Oscar went on
ahead to watch for the victim; that the Fields
were 70 blow a blast on horn should Ables be
alone, and two blasts if he had company. The
fatal blast sounded in the stiffness of the eve
ming, aud few minutes afterward Ables ap-
pearing alone, the two concealed assasSins
emptied their shOtguns and pistols into his
body.
This confession revived old memories and
suspicious. The grand jury took it up, found
evidence to justify the presentment of bill
against Henry Field, now a very old man, and
the only one left of the four actors in the dark
tragedy, which had well nigh faded from the
minds of all the men. Henry Fields gave a
hve-thousand-dollar bond last evening and was
released from custody
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-05-08
SOLD Al AuCTION.
Ex-President CIeveland's Horses and Car
riaGes Used at the White House.

Ex-President Cleveland's Horses and Car
riages Used at the White House.
WASHINGTON, D. c., May 6-The seal brown
horses which generally pulled President Cleve-
land when he went out riding and the ex-
presidents carriages and stable outfit we're sold
at auction to-day. Secy. Blaine drove up just
before the sale, and. after examining the car
riages, spoke to ex-Representative SWEET in re-
gard to the Victoria and then drove off He did
not, however. secure the Victoria, as Mr. Swett's
bid was not high enough. The seal browns were
first put up for sale and the bidding was started
at SlOO for each horse. After the usual amount
of persuasive talk and numerous exhibitions of
the points of the animals as they were driven
around harnessed TO a brOugham they were
finally sold for Sal apiece. The horses were
purchased for Mr.. Cleveland in Poughkeepse,
and il is said that he paid between six and
seven hundred dollars for them. The landau
said to have cost 81 400, was sold for 500;
the Victoria. which cost Mr.. Cleveland 81 600
for S4S5 and the brOugham for $3.50. The silver
mounted harness with the monogram 81. c."
on it went for 5000. A miscellaneous lot of
stable paraphernalia was knocked down to
various persons for an aggregate Of Sl1435
Altogether =. 2.043.S5 was realized from the sale
A number of the purchases were made by liv-
cry stable men and they said the things sold
generally went cheap. The only part Of Mr.
Cleveland's stable while president which was
not sold were the horses and carriage used by
Mrs. Cleveland, which she took with her to
New York