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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

laee, she fairly yelled: "Plaze. ma'am
the shtable's on fire.l"
In an instant the dining room was
deserted. Our guests sprang TO their
leet, and, headed by my husband
rushed from the room. Sure enough
there were volumes OF BLUSH smoke
pouring out OF the stable door and
through the cracks in the boards
There was a frantic rush for water
buckets and the we'll, and a long chase
out 10 the barn. But somehow Mat
tie was there first with a bucket of
water aud had the fire nearly extin.
gnished blythe time the Others nrriy-
ed. IL took fifteen minutes to Get
order restored, and by that time Bob
had arrived with the bread. Matte
had started the fire in an old vinegar
barrel with some straw. II was a
risky piece OF business. thought, un.
I'll the sharp-witted girl told me that
iihe had dampened the straw so that
u would make heavy smoke, and
niterward had covered the barre
with pieces OF the loose boards thor
oughly dampened.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
Circus Rings Always the Same.

Circus Rings Always the Same.
iiow solidly custom has grown at
the circus is shown in the tact that
the ring is always ~ feet o inches In
diameter. Go where you will, skirt
the world from China 10 Peru, with
diyerging trips to the frosty Caucas.
as and the desert OF Sahara. look in
all the great towns, Paris, Vienna.
Babylon. and never "A circus will YOU
and without "A ring - feet 8 inches
IN diameter. SO il always was and
SO il always will be. There Is a ren.
son for this remarkable uniformity.
Circus riders and circus horses. nat.
nrally nomadle, ARE by their lie made
very much more 80.
Wherever their wnnderines bring
them they lind the ring always the
same, eise they will he disturbed IL
their performance, II not really rem.
dered incapable. Trained TO the
iorty-tWo ieet nine inch ring. Inc
horse and his rider have grown used
worn one might say, 10 the exact
angie of declirity toward the rentei
81 the ring which the radius Of TWEEN
ty-one feet aud a given speed pro
dues. The mound on the eircnmler
rnoe OF tho ring always has ON the in
side IA level, 80 70 speak, Of earth, al
the same angle as that into which
radius and speed throw the driver
As for speed. that. alter the hors
has gone round two or three time
and i warmed To his work, Is III
same through the act. In fact.
strap generally holds his head 81
that he cannot get beyond a oertai
pace
The ringmaster snaps his whipnn'
walks about exritcdly, the Glow
shouts "Iiil hil' therider skips abou
on tho horse. 20 which he gives a
occasional clip with his whip, Oh
band plays inaier and fnster, an
louder and louder. with a prepondcl
nnec Of bass drum and eymbal, an
the horse joys on az the same ol
pace, until with the las, Jump throuE
4 tissue balloon the net Is ended. an
Mile pctitbns gracefully seats bel
Rrlf on the FIAT saddle and shake
out her spnngled skirts. Then III
horse knows that that part oi III
show il over. aud without whiting I
H. guided trots OF 10 the stab
tent. where his rider. II she be kind
disposed -nnd circus riders nlwny
ARE kind 20 their horscs--givcs bin
m apple or bit Of cnndy.-Bosto
Transcript.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
To Suit the Room.

"Now I'll show you over the house,
said friend to me the other day.
She had moved into a South Side
residence, whose numerous bay win
dows gave one the impression of a
roomy interior, when in fact the re-
verse is true, SAYS a writer in tine Chi
cngo News. She had made many inn
provements, and was anxious to see
what a good housekeeper she was.
On the third floor she threw open a
door disclosing an apartment about
the size of a bathroom in the aver
age fat. and in which she stored hel
trunks, valises, etc.
This" said she, was thereon oc
cupied by the former tenants maid-ot
all-work."
"Was there a lesawed in the par
tition through which to extend hel
feet?" / inquired, as the story related
by Frank Stockton flashed through
my mind.
o, mol Emergencies are met in bet
ter fashion in Chicago. Instead O
making theroom fit the girl as Stock
ton did, the girl is selected to fl
the room. The lady who formerl.
resided here told me that she had
small mark on the parlor door, ant
in choosing her help, if the applican
( came up to the mark, she got tn
position, but if beyond it she had t,
30, no matter howsuperior her qua
( iiiearions were"
/ Probably during worlds fair tim
advertisements for help will contai
some such clause as do not apply
over 4 feet s inches in height"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
A oeneratIon on tne March.

London Wit and Wisdom.
A generation on the march from
the cradle TO the grave is an instruc-
tive spectacle, and we have it care
lully presented to us in report OF
DIR. Farr. Let us trace the physical
fortunes which any million Of usmay
reasonably expect. The number to
begin with is made up of 511, TAB
boys and ass, 255 girls, a dispropor-
ton which, by-anu-bY, will be re-
duced by the undue morality of the
boys and will he reversed before the
close OF this strangeeventiul history.
More than quarter of these children
will die before they are five years old
lin exact numbers 141, 1897 boys
and 121,795 girls. The two sexes
are now nearly on q level. The next
live years will be much less fatal. In
the succeeding five yearE-from ten
| to fifteen-the morality will be still
further reduced Indeed, for both
sexes, this is the most healthy period
of life; the death rate, however, is
lower for boys angirls. There viii
be some advance in the deaths in the
next five years, and still more in the
FIVE that follow, but 634 ,045 will GER
tainly enter on their twenty sixth
year. Before the next ten years are
lat an end two-thirds OF the womeI
will have married The deaths dur
ing that period viii be 62.052 and o
these no fewer than 27,134 will b
caused by consumption. Between
thirty-fiye and iorty-five n still iarg
er "death-tol" will be paid and littl
more than half the original band
in exact numbers, 500, 915-willente
on their forty-sixth year. Each sue
ceeding decade. up to seventy-fye
will now become more fatal, and tn
numbers will shrink terribly. A
sevenuy-five only l61, 124will remain
to be struck down, and ofthese 12S
$50 will have persisted by the mus
, become still more limited as enlight
, eminent goes on. As a method IL
, producing oblivion from pain he e.
: poets to find it further limited in al
! plication to short seasons of specia
! social or meteorological cast; and
, it falls the influence of suggestlo
Z will fall with it.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
Matuo's Russo.

2 ~ Philadelphia ptvaa
ady from Kanans. who was via.
Il 9 family on wnlnut street
siFhiIadeIphia, n week ormorcngo
q wonderfully clever story OF a
mans wit.
Benny husband was candidate
/ 'he state senate we lived on u
g tSo miles from our nearcst
saaoF aud four miles from town
any iustas We were sitting down
''nner, wagon drove up contain.
loar Of my husbands political
'Os They were influential, and
ss'ed TO dine with us. To my
/ ,',ot The Irish maid who lived with
informed me as we had all assem-.
d'hattherc was just bread enough
our dinner, and there was no
H. N The house or biscuits. Here
/" q terrible and unusual guam.
ia Four Nble-bodicd men and
NJ aa enough Tor only two OF them.
NJ = woman with her husbands
$3.50 E,ss~ ut stake can appreciate my
Adbs J called my oldest son out
h saaseoon, put him on n horse, with
M cover his arm, and told him TO
- agnllop to Mrs. B.'s,
H. uIsarest neighbor. and borrow all
Tread she had, explaining my
As,v r.a.ment. As Bob rode away my
NJ h. hattie, said: "Sure. mn a m,
sss Tread ss will he gone intirely before
av.i nv reaches BIS. But iust
ons'.ullme, she added with a grin.
NJ VAN worry yer swate sowl about
/ ' I'll nave IL in time"
@nd vent back to the dining room
MI, heart dropped rs saw that
ksa ,our CT five slices OF bread was
Bnabpan Tho plate, though there wa,
8Iuddoail OF meat and vegetables
Ill., Say Mattie's head was stuck il
Batlo"V or, and in a voice of conster
with terror written on hel
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
Tho Rarest Sea shell.

From he Neu York saa,
what Il the rarcst shell Of all?"
THAT. said tho eouchologist, 'is
n question that answer about n
hundred times month, by mention
ing tho superb specimen that Is call.
oil The Cone ol the Holy Mary.
why Il Is 80 called | do not know,
bat Il il the rnrrst, because there are
but two known specimens in exist
once. One Of them is in London, IN
tho British Museum, believe, and
the story is told that the shell e
valued AZ several thousand pounds
storlinp-a sort ofkohi.noor among
shells o wondrous beauty and rarl.
"whnt IL the largest shell known"
"The rinnt oyster. You can sec
rtnpt oyster shells on exhibition in
front Of several well.known oyster
saloons up town. They are import,
ed from India. remember that
imported a pair that measured w
feet by &. They weighed nearly ooO
pounds. ,,,
aAnd the smallest shell?'
"Is the rice shell. Lying IN bulk,
IN n basket or barrel, the shell would
be readily mistaken for rice grains
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
ls the 2eth Of February a Day2

ls the goth of February Dayf
The question whether the goth OF
February is legally a day or not has
lately been prcse nted to the courtso
Indiana. There is authorize in that
stete to the effect that the Asth and
goth of February are to be counted
as one day; but when the supreme
court so decided it had notexamined
an ancient English statute concern
ing leap year, passed in the twenty
third year Of Henry III, which bears
upon the subject. Accordingly, in
the case to which we refer, the judge
determined to consider the question
de noyo, and he came to the conclu-
sion that the 29th OF February must
be regarded as as day in the contem-
4 plation of the law, at least. as much
as any other, and must be reckoned in
the legal computation of time where
days are considered.
/ lis the man who works on Feb. %
and 30 to have pay for one day
only?" he asks. HAS a Judgment
rendered on Feb. % no priority as a
lien over one rendered on Feb. %?
Could a man sentenced to be hung on
Feb. 20 be legally executed on Feb.
28?" OF course not. The confusion
on the subject has evidently arisen
from statutes treating OF the entire
year as a whole. Thus, there is a
provision in the Revised Statutes OF
New York that whenever the term
'year" or "years" shall be used in
any law sentence, contract or instru-
ment OF writing the year intended
shall be taken to consist of365 days,
half year 1872 days, a quarter OF a
: year 81, and the added day of leap
year and the day Immediately pre-
, ceding, if they shall occur in any
! period so computed, shall be reckon
ed together as one day. st. Louis
: Republic.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
Funereal Music.

In a western town the other day
two funeral professions met ina mar
row street, and the driver of each
hearse refused to give way, resulting
in a blockade which lasted ior hours.
Meanwhile the somewhat hilarious
mourners passed the time in songs
The names OF the songs are given
but nothing coull bemore appropri
ate than III n Body Meet Body. =
pittsburg Bulletin.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
rhe Ynnnc Msmen 81 ro.nny.

II Il not enough that the young wo-
men OF to-day shall be what their
mothers are. or we're. They must be
more. The spirit Of the times calls
on women for a higher order OF
things. and the requirements OF the
woman Of the future will be great. ]
must no; be misc0ustrued into saying
that the future woman will be one Of
mind rather than Of heart. Power Of
mind IN itself no more makes "A true
woman than does wealth, beauty Of
person, or social station. But clear
intellect. well-iraincd mind adorns
moman. jnsi As an Ivy will adorn a
splendid oak: true woman has n
power, something peculiarly her own.
In her moral influence. which, when
daily developed. makes her queen over
wide realm Of spirit But this she
can possess only As her powers are cul-
yyated. Cultivated women yield the
.ceptcr Of authority over the world at
large. Wherever cultivated woman
dwcils. be sure that there you will find
refinement. moral power and life in It's
highest form. For woman TO be
cultivated she must begin early; the
DAYS OF girlhood are transiiory and
.ast.aeciing. and girls are women be
fore we know Il. IN these rapid times
Every girl has certain station to DC
cupy IN this life, some one Isace L
all and often she makes her own sta
sen by her capacity to create and I'll
Il. The beginning influences Tn,
end Ladics' Homo Journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
m, wn,ncrwoncn of,he -reasury.

1t takes 500 towels day to supply
the treasury department. and one
month in the neighborhood of $4,000
towels were used. A great part of the
treasury work is dirty work, and
every room has new towel every day.
The washing OF these towels is done by
women who are paid thirty cents a
dozen and who are charged with every
towel they take away. lfany are lost
they have 10 pay for them, and Uncle
sam watches the corners mighty close
in all OF his business.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
One Kind of Knot.

A correspondent from up the
country writes that he has often OBJ
served the expression, "a knot OF
people" and he is anxious TO know
how many people to makea knot.
The term is by no means arbitrary.
A dozen persons may be regarded as
a knot, and then again two well dis.
posed people and a minister can
make the most delightful of knots.
-Blnghamton Leader.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

II ia not TO sweep the house, make
ho bads darn the socks and cook the
nsaIs chiefly that man wants wife.
~ Ills 10 ali he needs, n servant can
do n cheaper than wife. II this is
Mn when n young man calls TO see a
lady. send him into the pantry to taste
tho bread and cake she has made; send
bln 20 inspect the needlework and
Matchmaking; or put u broom In his
hand and send him TO witness Its use.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

Sach things are important and tho
wise yong man win quickly look after
them. But what the true young man
wants with wife is her companion
ship, sympathy and love. The way OF
life has many dreary places In il, and
a man needs a wife TO go with him. A
man Is sometimes oyertaken by mis-
fortunes; he meets with failures and
defeat; trials and temptations beset
him, and he needs one TO stand by him
and sympathize. He has some hard
BATTLES TO fight with poverty, enemies
and sin, and he needs a woman that
when he puts his arm around her. he
feels he has something TO fight for; she
will help him to fight; she win put her
lips to his ear and whisper words oil
counsel, and her hand TO his heart and
impart inspiration. All through life,
through storm and through sunshine,
conflict and victory, through adverse
and through fayoring winds, man
needs a woman's love.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

Edmund Russell. In lIs lecture on
dress. gives some valuable hints IN re-
gard to woman's costume;
For woman Of light physique,
dolicais coloring, vitality, energy.and
movement. any dtaping, clineiug ma
telial soft wool or lustrous silk-has
4 peculiar adaptation Repose Is an
idea inseparable from size; let the
stout woman's dress create that ieel-
ing material that viii fall in rich
heavy folds. unbroken lines. deep, soft
color. and she Is at her best. The
upht-f,tiug black silk or satin, her
usual grand costume, is great mis-
take. The lights reflected from a
brilliant surface reveal the FORM re-
yenlcd form is vulgar suggested form
Is poetic.
IA tall. angular woman wants some
thing light and foating--a material
that will follow every movement null
,inlvinr lines and celebrating angles.
proper radiation of lines has every
thing 20 do with the grace and eX-
nrcssion of n gown. The shoulders
apd hips arc natural points ofsupport.
LAT the drapery fall from these, and
,bo result is a series OF long, curviug
rndiations that give life and beauty.
with every change of position there is
n new series of lines, all free to follow
tho swing and sway of movement,
Iittle catches and fastenings are stiff
and meaningless; they break the long
sweep that alone gives ease and grace.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
Their First Glimpse of the
Ocean.
From the Detroit Free Press,

From the Detroit Free Press
There is hardly a day but that
some man comes down to take his
first view of the ocean, and it is al
ways interesting to watch him.
Most OF them manage to conceal a
great deal of their surprise on first
beholding the boundless expanse and
the white-crested breakers, but your
real old farmer is no dissembler. One
came down the other day who was
"A years old, and who was accompan-
led by his wife, almost as old, and
three sons. The five stood in a row
on the hotel veranda and gazed at
the rolling deep for fully five minutes
before word was spoken. Then the
old man turned to his vile and said;
"Well, Sarah, what do you think of
ito
Il believe it's bigger'n our whole
farm" she replied.
"Big@eri l guess it is! Hain't she
purity? I've allus heard and read of
the ocean, and here it is atlast. It's
sight worth seein'-eh, boys?
Yes, father, answered one. but l
don't see whale or shark.
"No, nor /, either, but don't bein a
hurry, Henry. Give her time. She's
big body OF water and has got to
move slow. There's sharks and
whales in there as sure ms you are
alive. but give 'em show-let EN-
have little rope. We've got four
hours to stay, and we won't jump on
her for swindle until we've given
/ her fair trial.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
ACoo, Costume.

Mrs. Gazzam George, really
must have some money for new
Dress
Gazzam-- Dresses are all going out
of style.
Mrs. Gazzam-'' ON earth do
you meaupn
Cazzam-Well, read in n fashion
Article that nothing but coral orna-
nents will be worn this season.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18

Atthe palace of Bangkok the other
day performing leopard was bl ought
in for the amusement OF one of the
young Siamese princes. In one princes
retinue was young girl of about IA
years Of age. The leopard jumped on
her breast. 1t was merely in play,
said the animals care-takers. who
begged her not to be frightened, but
in another moment the leopard had
seized the girl by the throat, and she
died In sight Of the Mortified specta.
tors, who fled in panic.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
The shorthand Machine.

The typewriter is now such a UNI.
yersnlly employed machine that It
Is not surprising that it should have
sncgested other instruments OF simi-
lar character. one of these rs
ahorthrnd typewriter which mas
haen invented by Mr.. g. X. Ander-
son. of Boston, by means Of which
IN axnert operator can easily take
down the words OF a public speaker
rs rnpidly MS they are uttered AlC
- sya ar six weeks practice an in.
,elligent person can gain Il speed OF
ION words per minute, at least so
anys the inventor. And tins woulu
not seem TO be an extrayagant es,
,i,na,a when we nre told that about
o5o words can be printed by TINS III,
strnment with the same number o,
strokes which viii print only MY
narda on the ordinary typewriter.
me instrument ismuch simpler than
ia nrototype, for it deals only WIN W.T.,
tba principal letters of the alphabet
o All being represented by com
oornds 81 them. The signs are nm
lp,soased upon a moving tape, us IN
- many printing telegraphic mn ny,
chimes now in use.-New to1k ie'e'
gram.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
wonders Reneath the surfaoe

Workmen engaged in sinking an
artesian well in Sandy Valley, near
Niria, n. NJ, struck an open seam,
from which a cold stream OF air
rushedwith force enough to remove a
twelve pound rock laid over the open
ing. The air was charged with mill
ions OF small yellow bugs, each hay
ing but two legs, no wings and a
small red circle ON his back. They
lived but few seconds after striking
the warm outside air. Local scien
lists are puzEling over the question
How did they get so far down into
the earth2-St. Louis Republic.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-10-18
"she Is a simple Home-l,ody."


Sometimes one hears il said Of
good wife and mother that tshe's
regular home-body." The phrase is
simple. but what world Of ennobling
qualities it indicates and what a uni
verse OF frivolities il excludes. The
matronly home-body is, indeed, "Heay-
ems best gift to man, " and the husband
capable OF maltreating so true help
meet is only iit FOR such companion
ship as Nebuchadnezzar foand IN the
Babylonish pastures.
Dashing ladies, whose mission IT is
20 set the fashions. won't you look in
upon your gentle sister as she sits IN
her well-ordered nursery making the
children happy with her presence?
Note how she adjusts their little dill
culties, and admonishes, encourages,
instructs. amuses them. as the case
may require. DO you think any nurse
maid could produce such harmony in
that little circle? Is she not an en-
chantress? Verify, yes, and her charm
is dove stronger than death for thosf
sweet young faces, where you may se'
her smiles and frowns Though sh'
seldom has occasion 10 frown) reflect
ed in glee and sorrow like sunlight ant
cloud shadow in a quiet pool. VIVA
She Is She win teach her daughters Il
be. and blessed are the sons that hay'
such mother.-N. T. Ledger.