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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
TWO BELLS THE SIGNAL.
The Old Farmer Wanted to Get
Full Value Out of His Horses.

The Old Farmer Wanted to Get
Fun Value Out of His Horses.
"Can / make you n chestnut bell?"
echoed locksmith on Court street,
Brooklyn, as a Long Island farmer
put the question. "Why, yes of
course, but what do you want of
oneg"
For my hosses."
al don't understand. +"
"Well, don't you see, I've bought
span of played out street car'hosses
for my farm work. | want a chest
nut bell to start and stop EN-. Saves
heap OF Git up" and 'Whoa," and
whip lash"
"Do you really mean it2"
"Of course l do. Naybur OF mine
has got a span and he can't do moth.
ing without the bell, He gives 'em
one bell to stop and two to go ahead,
and they obey the same MS ii they
were on the car. He had 'em on a
heavy load t'other day, and they
couldn't bulge it. He ripped and
tore around for spell. but it was
no good. Then he went off to the
house, got his bell, and when he pick
ed up the lines and gave EN- the sig
nal they laid down and humpled
themselves and pulled the darn
tongue right out of the wagon"
'Well declared"
"0nly one bad thing about buying
these street car horses for farm work,
continued the man. "F'r instance, If
I'm follerin' the pillow, and wife comes
out and waves an umbrella in the
air and dances around and purtends
she's lady who wants to take the
car, and yells out; SAY sayl Stop
yer blamed old car, will yep them
bosses will come to stop so quick as
to lift me over the plow-handles; and
they won't mind two bells at all until
the old woman gifts out o. sight be-
hind me an says; Now, then, con.
ductor, "I'll report you at the head
quarters and see whether you are
running this car for public conven.
fence or to please Yourself "-"M.
Quad in the New York World.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
HOW TO TAKE BATH.
Hints About Something That Every
body Thinks She Knows.

ppug tnlnkh one KNOWS
Every body thinks, OF course. that
she knows how to battle. And some
people do. That certainly must be
allowed, The best sort of bath to
take. best for your skin and best for
your brain-sor. after all, brains need
baths as much as do hands--depends
altogether onyour constitution. For
good proportion oi people il should
be pretty warm and creamy with
soapsuds, and you should plunge into
Il and rub yourself entirely.
Then after you have scrubbed ana
rubbed until your skin looks like the
provcrhial milk and you feel as II you
would like 10 lie down and 60 to sleep,
you want 10 take your tonic bath,
aud that is the shower one-Cold, as
cold as cold can be. The first few
streams willmake you jump with fright
but IN second or two you are abso-
lutoly enjoying the downpour, and you
come out OF il warm and glowing.
OF course you viii think you can't
stand the cold conclusion, and the
chances are you will think so quite
strongly. Probably you viii be mis-.
taken, but il you should by any
chance be right in the matter impro.
wise Russian shower; that Is, one be-
ginning at the temperature OF the
water in which you battle, and gradu-
ally getting cold. You can do this by
taking pitcher after pitcheriul of water
and pouring them over your shoulders
and all over your body, and the slight
exertion used in handling the pitcher
will tend TO make you warmer and to
moderate what might be called the
shock. The knowledge how TO use
water and soap is easily gained, and
urges one on to greater wisdom-to
wit. the knowledge of how to keep
clean the house and more particularly
the mind.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
MYLApY.

She = not fais to outward view
As many maidcns be;
Aud into such a rage she few
On learning this from me;
And yet shes lovely, nay, divine,
Judged by her own peculiar line,
She's deeply read. She knows as mucn
A. average sixth form boys;
But not the greatest sage could touch
The high aggressive Joys
That imp her wing, like birds Of prey,
When IN my dates ! go astray.
Not only learning's pure serene
Her soaring mind can charm,
The tradesmau, shrinking from scene,
Regards her with alarm,
And many bus conductor owns
The pow'r Of her metallic tones.
Conientiously content, she takes
Her strident way through life.
And goodness only knows what makes
Her choose 10 be my wife.
Courage, poor heart Thy yeamings stiiie
she's not girl with whom tO trihe.
From Punch.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
mac orIeIn Of Petroleum.

Many persons are disposed to call
petroleum coal oil, under the impress
sion that it comes from coal and has
vegetable origin. This is not, how
ever, the view, commonly, OF geolo-
gists and other scientists. They hold
that it is OF animal origin and comes
of the fat of the animals whose
remains were, ages ago, covered with
sediment at the bottom OF the sea,
which sediment was subsequently
solidified into sandstone and other
kinds OF stone. The geological condi-
tions of the occurrence of petroleum
suggest its animal origin. Engler pro-
duced an artificial petroleum from
animal se5S -Raltimore Sun.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
A Good way to GO.

A certain farmer had an orchard of
very choice apple-trees, which was
often visited by youthful raiders, who
were fonder of apples than of honesty.
On one night, when the farmer was
watching in a secluded spot for some
of the suspected thieves, he was
astonished to see, proceeding cautious-
" in the direction of his favorite
apple-trees, the well-known son OF
neighbor.
''Hey, Jack" cried the farmer, in
surprise, 'where are We goin' to, my
lad?"
Jack stopped abruptly, in utter
dismay. Then he turned and started
for the gate. "Going back, SIR" he
shouted.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12

leave his post till morning. If You
can make him do it shall be satisfied
that you are as smart and as brave
as require a husband TO be-"
why, nothing is so easy,p ex.
CANNED Fritz. II can scare him away.
Furnish me with a sheet, show me the
room, and go to your rest, Barbara.
You shall lind me at the post in the
morning"
Barbara did as required and saw
the tanner step blithely away TO his
TASK. IL was then nearly ~ O'Clock
and she sought her own chamber.
Barney was sitting at his vigil and
so far all had been well.
The face IN the coffin cleaned whittier
through the darkness. The rats
squeaked as il a famine were upon
them and they smelled dead flesh.
The thought made him shudder. He
got up and walked about, but some
thing made slight noise, as II some
body was behind him, and he put his
chair with it's back against the wall.
and sat down again. He had been
hard at work all day, and at last. in
spite OF everything, he grew sleepy.
Finally he nodded and snored.
suddenly II seemed as il somebody
had touched him. He awoke with a
start, and saw nobody near, though
~ the center OF the room stood a
white figure.
Curse you, set out OF this" he ex-
claimed, using the first words that
came 10 his tongue.
The fsgttFa faafA fas. fNs ..,... 4
slowly approached him. He started
10 his feet. The spectre came nearer,
pressing him into the corner.
The ID keyoul" cried Barney,
in his extremity
lnvolnntarily he stepped back; still
the figure advanced, coming nearer
and nearer, and extending both arms,
as Il 10 take him in CHASTITY embrace.
The hair started upon Barney's head;
he grew desperate, and Just as the
cleaning arms would have touched
him he fell upon the ghost like n whirl-
wind, tearing on the sheet, humping
pounding, beating aud kicking, more
and more enraged al the resistance
lac met, which told him the truth.
As the reader knows lie WAS big and
4NAA Msta slANAts AllA htAAAG ne WAS
pommeiing the little tanner unmerci-
fully and Fritz was trying in vain TO
get lungc az Barney's stomach, to
take tile wind out Of him. both plung.
ing and kicking like horses, they we're
pe:riiied AZ hearing voice cry;
Take one OF your size, Big Bar.
ney,'
Looking around they saw thecorpse
sitting up ia his coffin. This was too
much. They released each other and
sprang for the door. They never
know how they got out, but they ran
home in hot haste, painting like stays.
II was Barbara herself who came
and opened the door upon Ernest the
next morning
Its very early; one more little
nap. said hr, turning over in the COT
I'm.
so she married him, and. though she
sent Fritz and Barney invitations 10
the wedding. they did no; appear. II
they discovered the irick they kept tho
knowledge TO themselves, and never
willingly faced Barbara slaughing eyes
asain.--sheilield Telegraph.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
Going Early.

Punctuality is perhaps character
istic American trait. At all events
American tourists abroad are given to
bewailing the dilatory ways of other
peoples. How early this characters
tic is sometimes developed-in connec-
ton, too, with the American habit Of
traveling-is pleasantly illustrated in
a little story printed in Golden Days.
A small, rosy-checked girl picked up
her doll and her dolls trunk, and
trudged a mile or more over frosty
roads until she reached a railway sta
ton. There she boarded the first
train that came along, and contented-
~ settled herself and her doll into a
vacant seat.
BY and by the conductor appeared.
He looked down at the little woman,
who was pointing out flying trees and
other objects OF interest to her travel
ing companion, the doll.
Where are YOU going, little one?"
asked the big man with buttons.
"Why, I'm going to the World Fair,
of course.
The conductor coughed.
Aren't you rather early?" he ask
ed. Il don't believe the doors are
open yet"
Dear me, said the child in alarm,
what shall do?"
perhaps you had better 90 home
and ask your mother" suggested the
conductor.
And she did. She was loaded with
pretty things by interested fellow-pas-
sengers, and returned to her motherin
safety. We may reasonably expect
that she will be among the first visit
ors when the Worlds Fair opens its
doors to the world
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
ONE HEARTS ENOUGH For ME.

One heart enough for me
one heart TO love, adore
one heart enough for me,
n who could wish for moreg
The birds that soar above,
And sing their songs on high
All but for one 10 love,
And therefore should not l?
One pair Of eyes 10 gaze
one pair OF sparkling blue,
Tn which sweet love betrays
Her form OF fairest hue;
One pair Of glowing cheeks,
Fresh as the rose and fair,
whose crimson blush bespeaks
The health that's native there
One pair ofhands 10 twine
Loves flowers fair and gay,
And form a wreath divine,
Which never can decay;
And ihi. is all ask,
one gentle form aud lair,
Beneatli whose smiles 10 bask.
And learn loves sweetness there.
-Auguste MignOn.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12
ConoIse.

A teacher in a suburban school not
long ago, according to the Youths
Companion, gave her pupils twelve
minutes in which to write an "ab-
stract." A shoe was the subject Sc
lccted by her ana the boys were to
write in the first person. No limit to
the number OF lines or words was
given them.
Most of the boys wrote and erased
during the whole time allotted, but
the teacher noticed one fellow who
sat idle until the time was within two
minutes of expiring. As the scholars
filed out she said to him: Brown,
did you finish your ABSTRACT"
YES, ma am, he answered.
Curious to see what he could have
written in so short time, she looked
over the papers and found this:
81 am aworn-out shoe; my coffin is
the ash-barrel; my grave, the dump"
She says that almost as firmly I'M
pressed on her memory as this re-
markable composition is the express
sion of amazement on the boys face
the next morning when he saw the
100" mark on his paper.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12

An Entertaining Parlor Game.
Amateur poets may find agood deal
of encouragement in several parlor
games. Crambo is an old friend Of
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12

The successful experiments which
have been made abroad with dogs as
military messengers have caused Ger
man authorities to employ them in
vet another capacity on the field OF
glory. There are, Mt the present
moment, anumber of shepherds dogs
IN training for finding the wounded on
the battlefield, MS formerly the 81.
Bernards were trained to find the
frozen wanderers on the lonely paths
of the st. Gothard. The regiment OF
lancers stationed at Huelben pos.
sesges n dozen OF these shaggy.coated
members OF the ambulance corps
which have been Taught TO hunt up
nny soldier hidden in the woods and
fields in the neighborhood of the
garrison. On finding q soldier they
rum back and bark till the ambulance
wagon arrives,-Chicago Herald.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-09-12

SECRETARY RusR Is after some pert-
ons In New York who are fooling his
meat.inspectors and the natives oil
France. These persons have been
Strengthening street-car horses ana
shipping the meat to France, whers,
Il l. said, It finds ready marfss as
prime porterhouse steak.
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20

more than ons fruitful reflection apon
the pressnt ssstss " sivislzstioa a. Via
Ihls IA New York
New York h>s compulsory educs-
tionsl iAv and . more or Less vigilsas
society for the prevention OF cruelty
~ children, bat certain foreign elements.
ignorant Of both, and incapable Of un--
derstAnding the function of either, treat
their odspring wiah beautiful disrs-
gard for those deeencies which Amer
leans have been Eying to respect A
walk through Baxter street. or tho
Bend. or Essex street, or Delaney
strest-a stroll which might we'll make
Matthias shudder-will suggest some
reasons why the fertile but inpecunious
parents insist upon getting something
Gus Of their children az . very early age.
There = SCARCELY 9 trade In some foa-
ture OF which tbs services OF children
cannot be made useful The little peo-
pie ara active everywhere. alternating
work and play. or combining both.
Winding baby Is familiar pursuit
Many little draggled sjri Of six or
seven Is seen struggling with baby al
most a. big as herself. Here and there
little one is trosting with beer can,
hurrying 10 avoid q scolding for having
allowed the fro$h 70 disappear. The
chestnut vsnder has his children at the
crank Of roasting apparatus. In
thousands Of shops children watch the
eounssr. Mamma b IN the back shop
sewing on 'pansA' Pop works ct the
brewery.
have before me- little photograph
that illustrates . phase Of child life,
and illustrates IL with kind Of pathos.
In the warm season now closing New
York u crowded with soda fountains.
The soda water h very bad, but II h
wet and cold and people like it even
when II is 30 poor that you get a goblet
of 10 for three ocnts- These fountains
are often minded by children, who
very often not only act as call bell to
the contiguous proprietor, but actually
wrestle with the difficulties of the
faucets and sirups. In the photograph
one of these children, seated on. stool
that scarcely brings her chin ABOVE the
level Of the counter. has fallen asleep
ut her posi- Probably II was q sultry
day.
But, altar all, the element of happi-
ness does not secm 10 be distributed in
The precise ratio estimated by the thso-
ristA The poor children are not all de-
prsssinxly miserable, any more than
the rich children arc all exuberantly
happy. The children In Essex street,
on Cherry hill, In the Bend and on
Tenth avenue all seem 10 be hsving an
ANONYMOUSLY jolly tima Tho children
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20
CHILD LIFlIN NEW YORK
Many Races Of Children Jostling
White &C Play.
How The LITTLE ONES EyJOI LIFE
Fear>g Italy Now Wfelds shs Dlssatsg
srzsh-fhs PssS1s e MstropoaAsaA
stxssss- sSsy's fizs Up Tswa
49, USWn-

Victor Hugo thought tbs street EN-
cFen Of PARKS . most proeocious and en-
traoTdlna-y etssA The loquaeious
Traveller has never ceased 10 express
marvel at 40 gamins Of Genoa and
Naples; and every body Knows Of Dick
ems admiration for the youngsters Of
tha British capital But New York,
epltouae - Il - Of all that other eiries
have produced. presents collection OF
children more rcEnaxk abLs In varsity
and Eaore sarprizing Ia characteristics
than the children u any othAr city In
tie world
In any Of the big European cities
there is and nn~st necessarily be GER
tain 1nifornlty Ia the traits observable
among children In New York there u
No unifornity. The German youngsters
are ono ela4s; tho Hebrew youngsters
are another; while the Italian chaldrsn
make up another large and peculiAs
division Zach division evinees Q cor
tain differentiation IN hshitA IL ths
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20

81 SHOULD KNOW YOU ANYWHERE"
He went on 10 describe it. but he
didn't offer me SO much as a piece Of
hard tack. was horribly hungry, for
Uncle Jimmy's trolling bait had pre-
vented my eating any Of the cold boiled
dinner which had been served as lunch
on the fishing boat. The dinner and
the bait had too Tnuch in common; they
were like close shades of colcr. which
fight with each other on piece of mil
linery. But the effect was passing off.
leaving an aching void within me. and
1t was agony to hear Bob talk about
the good things he had set before his
other old friends.
1T was embarrassing the other day
when another aunt Of mine melissa;
guess you don't remember herr was out
here to lunch" continued Bob. "She
kept regrctting that she didn't have her
sewing glasses with her. The ones she
had were only good at long range. She
strongly intimated that she thought our
cooking would bear watching. and she
asked me particularly what was in
everything. Well well: is it eight bells
already, and you must GO. I'm down
right sorry. Come right this way, old
man. Look ont you don't slip on that
top step. Here's your boat all ready.
Take care of yourself. So long. Howdy.
Hope 10 see you again"
was In the boat and under way be-
fore could frame a protest, and by the
help Of Bob had seen nothing of the
Chicago but the interior of his state
room. hadn't the nerve TO 60 back; il
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20

hat 70 ths head and was fastened on
with jswa'-headsd pins. And suppose
that at thA back Of The little hat there
had been bunch Of colored t~lle and .
sprsy Of gag aowcrA
We wosd take the tale OF entirely.
and would s2so remove the nowers In
Mo place It the former W would
ounsh ribbon or silk 70 match NE fah
costuzns whish ~ proposed wearing,
End n paass Il the Aowcss. We would
fAstsn ANAL wings, ossrioA 1sskhsrs, or
= bead o. two a sny vAsisty 81 ssrsed
feeAhesA
IL - haA oshsR hats, we would 6sss
u,nn n 0noA The same var, % that
ths 1ali would Ind "a With completely
new ssosk Of hsaA which would hsvs
The msvis q costing very little. n,~scs''
ing our Clothes snd woaaA be ssch snss
We eou'd gin them awsy just - son
- ~ nsde up our minda 20 bay wsnssr
hsss. By and BY when re should know
jsst what 80 wanted We would m~s
N felt hasA velvet hsfs, hhbon hs.
satin ha<s. or whstever kind voa'a
pis~sr - fancy. and. by sias course o.
Aetton. ve woald msnaes ~ sresx
tks lona ssrstch between nov 500
nnseer W~h. dsxiag which ssuss ssss -
ascns<nn6 - s,s Aaertsso ~
es&kgsA - ~sss hssvy hAA
nvwy kfslse phsesgs y - - ~
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20

srcn are 30 slow IN getting coznpre.
beuGabls pronunciation that the boys
have made bar . u,odersts invasion 81
The newspaper selling ssld This diff
Guilty, however. has never kept them
from blse king boots and taey have
s<veps down on ehe shine business
Hke q yesissse<s invading army.
The little rrish aud German boys have
been almost entirely driven from tho
Geld. In this trade vocabulary q but
three words i requisite. You must be
able - sav shine and I've cents. :"
After they are at n for awhile the boys
evolve their Sanitation iuto 'sShine.
boss But &C NEST ve-y slender -
qufrement In the language VIII answer.
Tas oslser tav I saw . str>et picture
chat was ~ once q reminder of the
young It.lllan's supremacy IN the boot
tiarlslnr profession and a comment ON
the characteristics Of young America in
spnersl As he = Witnessed In the me-
srorolis. Ga enc q these pompous
s.shininu'' stands Ia The nowsrv, . stand
90 eorxtrurted that The ''shiner~ does
not re,1airo 10 rrt spon his knees -
.vas r,,on;rs,s Of the bootbieek b, . iess
aesaccrssis antiquity. wss seated dap
srer ksv in knee breechss. VIVA with .
snslr n.,n ,salsnt AZ. va submitting
~ the shos poltshs1 proves ~ ths
fan1s q ~ Italian boy. The entirely
-nrtcf1nrraseed desnesner Of the s-ated
,ssv. sss- sreerstis intsress 81 ~ yossh
with The brusi1~-fsr whsn n Itsii~n -
Telegram-herald. ([Grand Rapids, Mich.) 18??-1892, 1891-09-20

Language differs, % do The sportA Ger
tain games characteristics Of child life
IN every civilized country arc found
among these different races Of children
IN curtoualy varied forrnA
But II i 10 DO noted that The race
division Is more rapidly obliterated
among The children than among their
parents Labor and trade are slow in
welding races together. After work
ing houz~ ths ciannish tendency draws
the different races into groups again.
and the masses are strangely compact
But Mt play the hard edges of clan cast
are melted away. The free masonry Of
child sport unitcs The Hebrew, and the
italian. AID the German. the Pole, and
The 6wede, and tho diffsrent racss over
como the language problem by . jarron
more extraordinary than any pstois tho
world has ever heard before
When thsy sre together the italian
children speak dialect that II sup
kind Of thing you win hear In the un-
foreground deus Of Naples. with pun
gent adnixture Of words that one can
call nothing elsa but New Yorkese. In
their struggle with the new tongue the
babies from sunny Italy naturally mas
Tar the bad words" first There Is dis
tinguHhed precedent for this habit.
When they ningle, say. with lot of
German children. the young Italians
and their reasonio companions COM
promise on an almost unacceptable
English II Is . marvellous compound
But Il goes
The Italian method of acquiring Eng
Dish Is always slovsniy. italian chill.