Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1889-05-04
LIVELY TURNS OF THOUGHT.

| .ss 1keuA VINO nave had the 0pp0r-
eullty 70 study the redman's domestic life
say that neither male nor female is capable
OF feeling the sentiment Of love. A buck
marries 70 have slave; asquaw TO have
lodge.
Inc most remarkable collection OF photo.
graphs In the world Is that now on exhibit
uon at St Petersburg. One Krassowski,
ior twenty-five years, has had himself
photographed once month in order 70 note
the rayages Of age.
AKittery (Me.) man, whose fields were
30 under water In the autumn as 70 make
moving impossible, did not lose courage
but improved the first chance to make hay
while the sun shone, which was not until
Jan. L. Then he got out his nowinr-ma-
chine and went over q field Of about forty
acres.
| AZ there 10 any town In the country that
has lawyer TO spare-bnt OF course there
isn't 1.-THE fact should be made known TO the
board OF trade at Austin, Potter county,
Pennsylvania. The board adyertises for q
lawyer 70 locate there, and states that good
terms win be made with a suitable appli.
| cant.n
Oklahoma boomers have for some time
past been trying 70 settle In the territory,
but have been hindered by armed force. In
the present Instance their advance guard got
! stout Of thirty-six hours. During that
time they had marked out new town, laid
out the town lots, and divided the ground
among themselves. When they were seized
they were holding town meeting and con-
| sldering proposition 10 advertise for bids
on an electric light plant.
A company has been formed in Georgia to
serape the entire bed OF the Chestattee riv-
or with dredges. II has always been known
that the bed Of this river is wonderfully
rich IN loose gold, and the company pro-
poses 70 get the gold. Just after the war
another company attempted TO accomplish
the same purpose by fiuming the river, but
/ II cost so much that the enterprise was
abandoned. The present company viii
| build an expensive dredging boat capable Of
removing 500 tons a day.
A big leopard on exhibition In Boston
acted qneerly for several days and as it
seemed to be in great pain an examination
WAS made, which revealed Rood-sized piece
OF wood wedged between two OF the animals
teeth The silver" penetrated the gums,
and Bostons dog exocutioner was called
into service 10 remove IT, He lassoed the
beast and after quite an effort succeeded, by
the aid Of a pair Of forceps, IN removing the
wood The leopard soon improved and at
last accounts was as well as ever.
A new scheme OF card kilograms IS be-
| ing tried in Hungary for use IN districts
having a posioiiice but without q tele-
| graphic service. Cards are sold at the post
ofice at the price OF IS krentzer for Ave
words, excess 10 be paid for by additional
postage stamps, 70 be AFFIXED at the corner
The telegram can be put in any letter.box
and is forwarded 20 the nearest telegraph
ofice, and from there it is dispatched with
out further delay or charge. II Is not so
generally known 70 the public as 1t might
be that in England kilograms can be posted
ct any pillar-boE and will be sent on from
the nearest telegraph ofice.
A fish story that takes the championship
badge Is reported from Newark, N. J. Two
months ago Constable Moses Osborne, while
getting out Of a boat near the Bellville
bridge, lost q badge in the water. The
badge was OF gold. about the size Of a quar-
Ter, and had been presented By friends. The
water was 30 deep that the constable gave
up all hope Of ever recovering IT, Ex-Fish
Warden Frank Compton went fishing on
Tuesday. In preparing his fish for the
table the badge belonging to Constable os-
borne was found in the stomach Of carp
which weighed eight pounds.
A new textile has been discovered IN Rus
sla on the boarders Of the Caspian sea. The
plant is called kanaf by the natives and at
tains height OF ten feet From IL O chem
ist has obtained textile matter which Is
soft, elastic, and silky, gives thread which
Is very tough, and can be bleachcd without
injury The stuffs manufactured out Of
kanan can be successfully dyed in every
shade Of color, and would compete with any
Of the ordinary furnishing materials now in
use. but il is particularly for making
sacks, tarpaulin, ropes, etc, that this new
textile, from its cheapness and its extraor-
binary resisting power, might defy all com
petition.
The newest thing in New York is shop
where men and women may have their
shoes mended while they wait. Customers
see the latest shoe-malfing machinery in
the window, aud behind the machines q
row Of lasts az which men prepare the
work for the machines. A woman goes in,
mas SHOES tAAGu Oils Huk Nh tAN hnSNSs
trimmed OF all tatters and shreds, fitted
with new heels and soles, put into sewing
or mailing machine, and made good as new al
most half as quickly as It has taken to write
these words. Patching is tho only work
that is done in the old-fashioned way.
Entire new shoes are made TO order by the
pair in two hours.
James McCloud Of Lodi, Wis, owns q
horse on his Dakota farm which has eight
feet. II is perfectly formed in all respects,
except that he has eight feet Not until the
pastern or fetlock joint is reached In the
descent from the shoulder TO the foot 10
there any apparent difference between this
horse and any other. But al the pastern
Joint or lower end Of tho shin bone the
branch begins, and two perfectly formed
feet are found one on eaoh Of the four legs.
The horse runs on the range the same as
any, aud Is as fast as most Of them, and all
eight feet are shod or may be If desired.
McCloud has refused 1850 for half-inter-
est In the curiosity but he wants 5000 out
right for the whole animal.
Nevada horse raisers and ranchmen ON
the Phoebe and White Pine ranges are com
plaining OF the wild horses OF that region.
In the Shellback Mountains are bands Of
Sow, i.n "a onD Of thesa horses, each under