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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
History of the Rat.

No, not the slang phrase, but the
bothersom little rodent. Rats are
natives Of Asia and their raids west
ward belong to comparatively mod
ern times. The little animal was un.
known in ancient Europe. The black
rat first came to Europe from Asia
in the Sixteenth century, and about
the beginning of the Seventeenth or
the ending of the Sixteenth century
he arrived in America. This black
rat was the common house rat until
the brown or gray rat made his APP
penrende in 1T75. The gray rat
came to Europe from India by way
of Russin, and is now known as the
Norway rat from n mistaken tradi-
ton that il came from Norway to
England, and from the latter coun-
try to America. st Louis Republic.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
EXPLAINED

In the first quarter of this century
party oftravelers was iourneying
down the Missouri on flat-boat.
The river was covered with floating
ice, and provisions were scnrce, but
the men were young, possesse d OF
much more wit than money, and able
TO extract plenty of fun out of the
danger and privation.
One evening two Of them, q school
teacher and Frenchman, whose oc.
cupation nobody could discover.
went ashore TO buy provisions at a
farmhouse. The teacher offered half
dollar to the farmers wife for a
motherly old hen that was scratch
ing about the yard. She refused
with torrent ofabuse.
His comrade, who was lounging
over the gate, whispered. "Offer an.
other bit.n
Five bltslp said the teacher.
The woman hesitated, when. to
her amazement, the hen squeaked
out:
"Im not worth Ill I'm four years
Old I'm not worth itr'
The teacher started back in dis
may; the farmers wife, regaining her
courage, chased the hen, and caught
it up in her arms.
Take two bitsl It's all I'm
WORTH it said, tapping wildly in
her arms.
7
She ran, pale with terror, to the
Frenchman, and putting it in his
hands, screaming out, take it
away It's bewitched!"
The young men threw the money
back to her, and carried off the hen.
Many years afterwards, among
the crowd in the East Room of the
White House which attended one of
the receptions of President Fillmore,
WINS the kindly old Signor Blitz, well
known to all the children of the
Eastern States rs yentriloquist.
When he was introduced TO the presi-
dent, the two men looked at each
other a moment, and then burst
into laugh.
You never thought to see me
here, said Mr.. Fillmore Now. for
the first time, | understand the
mystery Of the old hen''
q
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

-, to,ai apnlicstians, As they can not reaeh me
djsrssrd hs,rtlon OF the car. There Is only one
way 10 cure Deafness, and that is by eonsut.n'
tiahal remedies. Deafness Is cause1 " ~ ~, W.
ssmsd condition Of the mucous lining o. ue
pn.tarhisn Tubc, When this tube gets IN.
asmsd vo,i have arumbling sound Of impslle g,
hearine and when Il is entirely c.oscd Deaf .,.,
nsss n tbe rcsr,lt, and unless the Inflammation
ssa f. taken on, and this tube restored 20 " "
normal condition, hearing VIII DC uvss aS ~
to,sssr niur cases out Of ten arr caused ~
ps,.,,h mich Is nothing hut an infamed con-
S S,,,as a. he mucous surfaces Wewill give one
b huSared Dollars for any case Of Deafness e,
h tl,,ssd bv cstsrrhl that we can not cure BY
taxing Halls Catsrlh Cure. Send ler cissu,ais'
de- 7. j. CHENEY & Co, loIeuo, W
tN-sold by Druggists 'oc.
when man is attacked by "a griPpe ~ !,
his ineeze, .--u.-u----=-a.~-ssus
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
One Of Herschel's Problems,


II at the time OF Cheops, or three
thousand yenrs ago, one pair OF hu-
man beings had lived, and war, pes
thence, and famine had not existed,
and only natural death came to man,
and this pair had doubled once in
thirty years, and their children had
doubled and so on, how large would
the population Of the world be Mt
this time-could they stand upon it
as n plane.
I'VE were sitting at the breakfast
table when he asked the question.
We thought they could not. But
II they stood closely and others
stood on their shoulders, man, wom-
an and child, how many layers would
there be-" / said, perhaps three. {"
How many feet OF men?" he asked.
Possibly thirty" said, "0h morel"
"Well, Wen say n hundred. "Oh,
morel" Miss Herschel said Enough
to reach the moon" ITO the sun, {"
More, more" cried Sir John exult-
ing in our astonishment: "Bid high
er," "To Neptune" said one, Now
You burn" he replied. Take a hun
dred times the distance of Neptune
and il is near. that is my way"
said he, "oi whitewashing war, pes
thence and famine. The Century.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
Was Cheaper.

"Gregory is awful close" said a
man to friend.
yes, but he is not nearly so close
ma his father was. The old man was
well of, and he had q warm affection
for n dollar He was taken i'll once
and his physician told him that If he
ali not 30 off to the springs he
world die. The old man reptile d;
,Let me see, I'd have to stay there
about two months at an expense OF
mt least dollar and a half per day.
omit stand the cost doctor II
would be cheaper to die He didn I
go and, after the funeral, the lead
mo people Of the neighhorhood ex-
pressed satisfaction at the result. -
Arkansaw Traveller.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
Two Lads Mistake Wolves for
Dogs.

From the New York Sun.
On Sunday afternoon, in the Bos-
ton Mountains, twenty miles north OF
Fort Smith, Ark, two boys, George
and Charles Gray, were out in the
woods, and found what they sup
posed were puppies lying under the
ledge Of a rock. They caught the
animals, which snarled and bit vi
ciously, and started for home. The
supposed puppies were a pair of cub
wolves, and before the boys had gone
very far they were attacked by n
lnrce she wolf, mother of the cubs,
and both were terribly bitten and
scratched. The boys drew their peck
eft knives in defense, and after hard
fight killed the wolf.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
Issrssssd F1firsa rhan.aaa Fold
tsFf Lssrky tsuntry man.

fsff AaFky fsuntFf man.
So Apsasas gTsll ESfsvp. 5aaasSy q
The EHp'rss bat reeehily Published the fact
chat Nc. z. r Cole, poor man ~ho resides
sgPssnhall, vas The lucky winner Of aiieen
shoutsnd dollars In The Louisiana State Lot
iriy. having purchased ticket No, 9s,SS5,
whirh dnu one fastielh of the capital prize
~ ttOo.n0J Ia The pcocmler drawing, Mr..
Cole il = remarkably lucky inau, for he seems
% have kaawn Just Ehosc and when 70 Invest
a dollar where u woald do The mos, good.
AiIcs lcaFAiug 81 his good fortune, Mr.. Cole
Ieat bic ticket 10 New Orleans by express,
uhcsr u uas eashed In FUN by ihc bank and
The mooney returned TO him In remarkably
shaft time. thus demonstrating the fact that
The Louisiana State Lottery Company is as
reliable as ever. aud never makes promise
but uhas Il carried oui 20 The letter.
Mr.. Coles geod fortune has BOT turned his
head. and be proposes 70 use his means In
nc effort to bs,teF biz condition for the re-
nainarr u hts life
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

The King Of the WarFamangas nm
Australian tribe, died last month IN t5a
adelaide hospital. lla was a bow Of 10
"a lfet TX Inches IN height, aud for
several years had been 4 guide TO an az.
p'ofeF named Lindsay, 10 whom he was
,Sneh attached. When he became king
last Year he refused TO take his royal
rans.-san Francisco Argonaut
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Druggists report this fact with reference to
La Grippe, that wherever the epidemic pre-
walls, the sales OF Aliens Lung BRlsam in
crease. tOf course they dol Every one
knows that this excellent remedy will quiet
the irritation, causing easy eNpectoration and
cure the Cough attending this most distress.
ing disease, BE sure you ask the Druggist
for Aliens Lung Balsam. Sold at Csc, Soc,
and Sl.00 bottle.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
MonsE's School suoEs,-made II

NOISES SCHOOL SHOES, made In
our large shoe factory at Omaha, Ne
braska. Ask your dealer for them.
Refuse TO take any others. II not kept
in your town, write us asking where to
get them. They wear longer and
fit better than any other shoes. Shoes
have always been made too narrow.
We make them wide. A reward OF
Fifty Dollars in gold paid for every pair
OF our own make OF shoes that contain
a particle OF shoddy, or anything but
solid leather. We make one hundred
and fifty styles OF Women's Misses and
Children's Sewed and Standard Screw,
Grain, Glove, Kid and Dongola. Ele-
CANT styles, wide and good fitting.
We also carry one hundred and fifty
styles Of Mems Goods, Rnbbers, &c.
w. v. MORSE & co.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
A R.rrsssatsuvs American Ins,itu
stsu.

The New York Central & Hudson River
Railroad i o-dAy recognized BY the travelling
pghllc. and also quite generally ny its eoinPc'
sitars, as being IN many respects the fcprescn-
iatlvo Truak Line lcaiing from thc Allante
,c.boarJ The merit Of the distinction rests
is,y-sty urot unsurpassed natural advantages,
sutsplemen,cd By liberal aud progressive
ID 4 the aim n The Ccntrais management
10 Srnyiie far the patrons 81 this llue tue best
.rryire etiaibable, and to this end All me re-
.gurrcs n his grca, company are Intelligent
II directed. 4 splendid roadway, admirable
rain service. and magnificent equipment aIe
fcstufrs which place the New York Cenira,
n NJ foremost rank smuug the railroads OF
the United States.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

When BABY was sick, We gave her Castoria,
when shewns Child, saccrled for Castoria,
When she became Miss, sho chung TO castoria,
When shO had Children, she gave them cas.oria,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

now so prevalent, and known in Europe as La
Grippe, is not common cold as many sup
pose, but In connection with a cold its raw
ages are more serious. 1t is fact worthy Of
note, that Aliens Lung Balsam viii quiet the
irritation In the throat and Bronchial tube,
curing the Cough and giving the patient great
relief. All Medicine Dealers sell the Lung
Balsam at 25c., Soc, and S1.00 per bottle.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

4 liiue rough; ieeilns III;
a headache oft; daily chilli:
sloAFf Walk quieAeBei breath:
frequent talk IL coming death.
20 strength 10 riss iroIh day 10 day;
Prom loving eyes be fades away.
NoH iiits 10 more the weary head,
Ihe struggles 0'ey the man Is dead.
!, rlru , us fatal progress IL consumption.
Hea 1iien u repeated tbs old, old story. Yet
~ hstl - often a. i MAS before the knowl.
.!eiss easne 10 mankind that thee Mas 4 AN.
e1teTH III medical srienre b. which ne dread
aisFase could lsc arrested ii is tarls stages
apd tlir patient restored 10 health. This WON.
asfgsi remedy, il De- Pietre's Golden Medical
Discovery.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

we sali sopy aiirallon b .he seed hdYer.
iisrinsni q II. W huekbce, Rockford. III. ~
F0h ihicod - purchase tecis, plants. etc, you
vii SD this hfti cla.s reliable house Ills
.aeal,iial Illustrated catalogue will be mailed
iise uFoa application, 10 az readers u this
EApsf.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

y LOU sas. me doctors bin before II "a
'n. 'Vaiest pain destroyer estapt Pr Ilen ~ y
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

The correct way TO buy goois of any kind
is from the manufacturer when possible. Fo
sixteen years the Elkhart Carriage and Har
ness Manufacturing Company Of Elkhart
wholesale prices, saving their customers thi
middle-man's profit. AS they ship anywher,
with privilege OF examination before paying
aud pay all charges IL not satisfactory, tht
buyer runs no risk. See their advertisement
and send for catalogue.
Sometimes we find cross roads in the midst
OF smiling landscapes.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Reader. the above is "yarn.n If people
would believe the following truthful state
ment as readily as they swallow sea-serpent
stories, il would be the means of saving
thousands of lives. The statement which
we desire to make in the most emphatic
manner, is, that DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
ical Discovery, il taken in time and given
a fair trial, will actually cure consumption
of the lungs, which is really scrofulous dis
ease of the lungs. II this wonderful medi-
cine don't do all we recommend, when taken
as directed, we will cheerfully and promptly
return all money paid for it, Can any offer
be more generous or fair No other medi-
fatal malady Consumption, TO warrant its
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

s, ,,s' 81 o. bachelors used 10 eontai, ~
sllDs o. painful anticipation, on aernnn, ~ NJ
Ent 1s ngats with the prospective hahn
mr., si ~; pllls Cough Syrup has made All MI
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

A Cuean, Coin. on SOHE TnnoAT should
ret ~ nrgiccscd hRoNa's BRONCHIAL
TH6tnEs arc simple remedy, and give
feuaaFs relief. 70 reuiS 4 box.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

VI, soa wish 10 do the easiest and ouIekes,
pisa,l, Washing you ever did, try Dobblns'
$3.50, soap next whshday. Follow the
M ASK Your grocer for II. Been on
ANs market - years Take no other -
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Use after each meal Scott's Emulsion; II is
Ms palatable as milk and easily digested. Del
icaie people improve rapidly with its use.
For Consumption, Throat affections and Bron-
chltis # is unequallcd. DIR. THos. PRIN, Ala,
says: ~ used Scott's Emulsion on child
eight months odd; he gained four pounds in 8
month";
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

~, h IN We see Young father wheepn, "a.
Na,y ~ The street, we obtain ,nail.i ~
.,.,, ~ " Tue JOYS OF the carriage and ,hss
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

ThF FfcnrhnAn SAYS; When start out IN
search o, slfr l'm gusng 20 fiAvrc.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Evan ns, 70. = hope 10 the future for every man
Their y H. W. sonth with pair OF tight shoes
-sse = liie plissiulprospest Of bedtime
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

There are several ways to pay bills, but
the majority of big ones are paid with reluct-
alce
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

,ylit nsse are 50 many things you can't 40
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Irsss sre tnuEe elolueni than words; that's
nhF EutnAn keeps hers on tap.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

II Melted with Sore Rves use DR.. Isaac Thomp
cons Eye WRter. Druggists sell IL u.s.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

II Is not good form 20 discuss the weather,
but just now It legitimate 10 jisteuss it.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

AprpasHs man i like p,h; bis head pre-.
sspis hin iron going 10 Ear,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Rii Ties can 90.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

When schemes are on foot politicians are
generally ON hand
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

~ 8 fE9ate rsiaitte UrfBai0 Nat aisatlaat cf.sat
LOS ifsas EtAlEs grass EsA sfsacg tsnHtrs IA ina
NNtaH fNH A4tafassi las free. Address tlss UTsKoa
AhnssaiAn A5esFd, iaFifhd uirssa
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
srsssn. 40. I.ar..,.- - F.,,,.,.

Mrs.. Humphrey Ward has become interest
OF in woman suffrage.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

with very shining
disappeared followed
foam which could hour afterwards
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

The first Sunday School in New York city
was started by two colored " omen
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Tho reason why {, hurts 90 70 have '9 W.
RULED IL supposed TO be ihAt YOU 0Ah "''O
YOUR llpE at the time.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15
How 20 Hsuy EsaggIes.

Miss Amelia b. Edwards has been great,
feted In PHILADELPHIA
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Thousands - cures foll0w tile use Of DIR
hass's Catauh Remedy. 20 cents.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

manufacturers In selling it under such try
ing conditions The Golden Medical Dis
coveryn is not only the most wonderful
alternative, or blood-cleanser, known TO med
ical science, but also possesses superior nutri-
tive and tonic or strengthening, properties
which assist the food TO digest and become
assimilated, thus building up both strength
and flesh For all cases OF Bronchial, Throat
and Lung Diseases, accompanied with lin
gering coughs, it is absolutely uneQualed as
remedy. For Weak Lungs, Splitting of
Blood, Short Breath, Consumptive Night
sweats, and kindred affections, it SURPRISES
all other medicines. woRI.D's DIsPENsARY
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Proprietors, No. 66S
Main Street, Buffalo, N. Y.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Clara Barton is the only American entitled
20 wear the Iron Cross OF Prussia.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1890-03-15

Shoe Manufauc GERS, omaha. NebrasEs
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-28

Congress were quite conten. to concede
New York State to the Democrats. as a
consequence of the enactment of the
bill in the shape in which it passed the
House, but that 1.-THE bill was immense
ly popular in the agricultural States,
and would confirm our hold on those
States" He frankly confesses that he
was the victim of delusion. "Wel:."
he says, 81 have talked with the best
judges of the political situation in Wis
consin, men also peculiarly we'll IN
formed on affairs in the other North
western States, and deem it q duty to
declare that the final enactment of the
Mckinley bill, in any thing like the
shape in which it now stands, will lose
rs the next Congress and will render it
nax5 to impossible for the Democrats to
bangle ana blunder sufficiently to en-
able us TO elect q successor to President
Harrison. IN. Y. Evening Post.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-28
THE, CENTRAL STRIKE.
No Longer an Affair of the Local As
srmby.


New YoRE, Aug. 21.-Up to a late
hour last night the Supreme Council of
the Federation of Railroad Employees,
which had been in conference at the st.
Cloud Hotel for long time last even
ing. had not come to any conclusion in
regard to the New York Central trouble.
The council represents the four branch
eS of railroad employees, trainmen,
switchmen. conductors and firemen.
Grand Master Sargent, president of
the council and chief of the Firemens'
Association. last night ordered a meet
ing of the Supreme Council on Satur-
ing morning at Terre Haute, Ind, 70,
the consideration of the strike on tho
New York Central. Whether the move
means that the council must meet be-
fore a general strike can be ordered or
whether no strike will be declared at
all. remains to be seen.
At 1890 p. m. Mr.. Powderly said that
the strike was no longer one of the To-
cal mbly, but of the whole Knights
of Labor organization. They would
use every resource in the power of the
Federation of Railway Employees, it was
intimated, all along the Vanderbilt
system.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-28

Movement in Chicago Looking to the
Holding of a Worlds Labor Congress
in 1893.

To tne
Holding of Worlds Labor Congress
in 1898.
CHICAGO, Aug. 2o.-A meeting was
held last night at the rooms of the
Personal Rights League to make ar
rangements for holding Worlds La
Dor Congress in Chicago in 1898. There
were represented the Central Labor
Union, Combined Trades Union. Ameri-
can Section of tho Socialist Party,
Cigar-makers' Progre ssive Union No IL,
Machinists' and Machine Blacksmiths'
Union, Voorwarts Turn Verein, Chris
tian Socialists, Federal Labor Union,
German section Socialist Labor Party
and Chicago Cloak-makers. The princS-
piles of these societies maintain the facs
that the protective forces now in exist
ence are capable Of supplying all reason
able wants; that the interest of workers.
should be paramount to special inter
estS of any trade o: occupations; that the
removal of causes that prevent equita-
BILE distribution Of wealth should bs
made paramount to the means for the
amelioration of effects, and that the
abolition of the wage system should be
declared imperative. and the esta bliSh-
ment of a system of cooperative owner
ship and use of the means of production
q necessity.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-08-28
MORTAR AND SUGAR.
A Discovery of Great Importance to tn
Building Craft.

A Discovery of Great Importance to tho
Building Craft.
The building craft will be delighted
to hear of a new discovery which will
be of inestimable benefit if the theory
can be practically demonstrated. The
Manufacturer and Builder has the fol-
lowing to say of it:
Some time ago statement that the
mixture of a small quantity of sugar
with mortar greatly improved the lat
ter, excited the risible faculty of the
building fraternity. The notion was
regarded as too ridiculous for serious
considerable There is, however, rea-
son to believe that the addition of sac
charine matter to mortar is an ex-
tremely valuable discovery. In the
first place, it enables bricklaying to be
carried on in frosty weather.
''About two pounds of coarse brown
sugar to bushel of lime and two
bushels of good sand, will supply the
proportions for mortar that viii resist
frost admirably. 1t is claimed, how
ever, that in addition to this advan-
tage, mortar with sugar mixed in it is
vastly superior to mortar without il. It
sets as hard as cement very soon. makes
the brickwork extremely strong and
quite effective when used with dry
bricks. For indoor plastering, also,
saccharated mortar sets hard quickly.
When portions of the same wall have
been covered in one part with sugared
and in another WITH unsugared mortar,
the latter has ripped up directly when
a nail was run over it. Months after
ward the other had become as
hard as stone. Much interest is taken
in the matter by Mr.. Champion,
of Cranleigh, Guilford, and he reports
some interesting experiments. He points
out that if sugar be added to mortar
that is already made it will render it
too thin.
Strong sugared water dissolves lime
in the same way that water dissolves
sugar.
1t is therefore necessary to dissolve
the sugar in water first, and then add
the sugared water to the lime, slowly
and cautiously. The mortar should be
as stiff as it can be used. For limo
washing, one pound of sugar to sixteen
gallons of water will make it adhere
splendidly. Drops of whitewash made
with water so mixed, if they fall on the
floor or window, or any iron plate, can
not be washed off. They stick like en-
amel, and have to be scraped Off Evil
IDENTIFY, sugar is not such an absurd thing
to mix with lime as the practical man
thourht''