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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-10-24

FULTON STREET
DAILY NOON PRAYER MEETING.
from ~ 10 | o'clock Come IN rest and pray. -.
Sop g. 10 or 20 minutes hour your time RdfnB
Nos ll3 Fulton.st. and 50 Ahn'st.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
Tsusslnn Persecution OF Jcwr.

Ingenious is one adjective that de-
seribes the special taxes imposed upon
Jews in Russia. They seem devised
with the object of causing the greatest
amount of humiliation and inconven-
fence possible,
A fixed sum has to be paid for every
animal and fowl killed according to
the Jewish regulations, and an addi-
tional tax is levied upon the sale.
A jew who has taken degree at a
university may, however, purchase two
and one-half pounds of meat a day
free of tax If he be single, or four and
one-half pounds il he be married.
There are further taxes on candles,
on rents of buildings. on the gross in
come received from tho sale OF wine in
public houses, on glass works, copper
works, tar, pitch and tallow works.
And a tax of 1--WE silver rubles year
is imposed as a condition of obtaining
a license to wear a skull cap.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
A Romanee o. the ceneus.

Madam" said the grateful census
enumerator, "you have replied cour-
teously and kindly to all my ques-
tions. Unlike nearly every person l
have met since began this work, you
have not treated me as il | were an
enemy and an intruder. You have
answered satisfactorily all the ques-
tions as to age, physical condition
and ownership of property. Your
conduct meets my hearty approval
not only as Government officer but
as a citizen, and with your permission
| win ask you a question not down in
my list. "Aro you engaged to be mar
ried TO anybody" 81 am, SIR, repli.
ed the handsome widow, blushing.
IL feared so, said the census taker,
with sigh. And he put on his hat
and went out into the cold world
again, his faith in human nature re-
stored, but his heart broken Ex-
change.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
The CeIos.u. cd Rl,ode..

The COLOSSUS of Rhodes was so
called to distinguish it from. other
figures, said by some writers to have
numbered more than 100, which, dur
Ing the days of its prosperity, we've set
up in the 'sCity of the Sum- as the
capital of the Island of Rhodes was
POLITICALLY called. Besides these 100 or
more colossal figures there were 5000
statutes and monuments distributed
among the various public places OF
this magnificent city. The Colossus
came third in the list of the seven an.
cient wonders of the world, and was
consecrated to the sun, the tutelar
deity of Rhodes. This gigantic wors
of art was in brass, cast In sections
and is said to have been the work of
Charles of Indus. 1t was $50 feet
high; the cost of its erection was 500
talents, or about $3.50, 600. About IL
years work was put in on this brazen
monster, which, with all its grandeur,
was destined to short and uneventful
career, Fifty years after its compile
ton, in the year 224 B. c., according
10 Pliny, this gigantic emblematic fig
IRE was thrown down by an EARTH
make.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
Mlatakaa Wlll Hannan.

In the rush and hurry of putting to-
gether a newspaper mistakes occur
far less frequently than might reason
ably be expected, but once in while
something comes up to show what is
only prevented daily by the closest
care. Here, for instance is the Bos-
ton Herald, paper that is usually
carefully made up, describing a man
as follows
The doctor is a man who would at
tract attention in any crowd.
He is over o feet tall, straight and
broad-shouldered. He looks to be
about 55 years old. His most prom
inent feature is his nose, which was
enormous, and the conduct of the
women exeeerable and scandalous.
Then on another page of the same
paper we read
There was perfect mob OF people,
principally women and young girls,
strangers to the dead and to the
family, but who crushed into the
house 10 get sight at the furnishings
upon which money had been lavished
without stint. The crown is large
and sharply acquiline. His eyes are
blue and penetrating and his beard,
which is sprinkled with gray, is worn
burnside fashion and rather long. He
is a very smooth and easy talker.
Let anybody read these two para
graphs carefully, and he will be pretty
sure to read them again and gasp as
he does it.-Hartford Courant.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
cam T1,ese mining. Rel

The chief French surgeons and med
zeal professors have for some time been
carefully studying the effects of mes
merism on the female patients of the
Salpetriere hospital, and M. Babinski,
a clinical surgeon of that establish
ment, has effected series of expert
ments which would seem to open up
a new future for medical science. In
proving that certain hysterical symp-
toms could be transferred by aid of the
magnet from one patient to another,
he took two subjects, one dumb
woman afflicted with hysteria, and the
other female who was in a state of
hypnotic trance. A screen was placed
between the two and the hysterical
woman put under the influence of a
strong magnet. After q few moments
she was able to speak, while the one
in the hypnotic trance was rendered
as dumb as the hysterical woman had
been. Luckily for the healthier pa
tients, these transformations were only
temporary.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
self-raentIfxIng Offspring.

There is u negro woman living out
in the country near Waynesboro Ga,
who has queer ideas as to the naming
of children. Instead of bestowing up
on them the Biblical names so popu-
lar with the Afro-American citizen,
she has developed nomenclature
from their physical peculiarties. For
instance, one has very thick lips, and
his name is Lips; another has very
big feet, and he is called Foots; an
other is blessed with pair of bowed
legs, and he is known as Crooks. She
gives as a reason that as there are so
many of them she could not remem-
Der the ordinary names, but as they
are, she has only to look nc them and
she knows what TO call them, Allan
Ca Constitution.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
The Irish I'm chill.

In one respect Ireland receives hor
highest recognition in Chilli. The
newest ironclad is the Captain Pratt.
another being the 0'Higgins and an
other the Amiranto Lynch. The o'Hig-
gins is named after Bernardo O'Hig-
gins, whose father, born in a laborers
cottage in the County Westmeath,
emigrated TO South America in the
early part of the last century and rose
to distinction in different parts Of that
continent The father, Ambrose. was
one of the last Spanish yiceroys of
Peru, and the son. Bernardo. was the
first director of the republic of Chilli.
Bernardo O'Higs FMS is the Washington
of his country. He it was who was
mainly instrumental in winning tho
independence of Chilli at the beginning
of this century, and the grateful coun-
try has given his name to province
and n war ship and has erected statue
in his honor in its capital
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
items Of interest.

Many names OF materials IN com
mon use have queer origins. Nickel
was first obtained MS metal from
Germany over a century ago, but th,
ore had been previously known TO th,
miners as kunfernickel, or old Nick 5
copper, because, although II looked
like copper ore, they could obtain nc
copper from II.
A Louisiana electric light company
Is having made for it what is said I,
be- the largest belt in the world. II y
made OF two thickncsses of leather,
consisting OF theskins Of It's animals
andis 5 feet wide and 100 feet long
Tho services Of 20 men, for a period
Of two months viii be required 20
complete Il, and it will when finished,
weigh two tons. Tho entire cost OF
the belt will be about $4,000 on
nearly $40 per square foot,
A Kansas editor offers tho following
sentence for school teachers to disseet
and is willing to bet quart ofmolas.
SEES that some Of thom will find moth.
ina wrong with IL: A widow woman
who was always noted for truth and
yeracity. and who had recently cele-
brated her centennial anniversary,
died III pneumonia fever Friday even
ing at o O'Clock p. M, and her funeral
obseouies were numerously attended
by many people
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
FIVE AT a TINE.
Tngenioas and Original Device OF THRIFT
Tacoma Woman.

Mrs. Hannah Dober, the mother OF
five little Dobers, has invented the
most unique toilet apparatus on record,
says the Tacoma News. II is a ma
chine that bathes, rinses, drips and
dries the entire Dober brood simultane-
ously by the simple turning of crank.
The Dobers live on the water front,
near the old salmon cannery, back Of
Old Town. Like many Of the houses
In that vicinity the home of the Dobers
is built on piles. At high tide the back
porch of this humble home extends
over the water, and this fact was IA
yorable to the idea which Mother
Dober had worn concealed in her mind
for some time. With the assistance Of
her husband. the enterprising but
overworked woman cut hole in the
flooring of the back porch about four
feet square, and then built a windlass
like those in use on old-fashioned well
curbs. Then she got a quantity of
stout wire gauze or screens and made
crate or basket that would easily
slip through the hole in the floor. This
basket which was about three feet
deep, was hung in sings fastened at
the four corners and then attached TO
the drum of the windlass. The baby
washer was now complete and ready
to be put in operation.
Bright and early every morning the
five little Dobers are hustled out of
bed, the eldest. girl of nine though
small for her age. is an extremely
handy young miss and a great help TO
her mother. She peels the nighties of
her little brothers and sisters likewise
her own, and loads them into the wire
basket. Next she throws in handful
OF wafered soap and then joins the little
band OF candidates for immersion.
When everything is ready Mother
Dober who has been attending to her
household duties in the meantime,
comes out and mans the windlass crank.
She lowers her happy little flock down
into the clear, cold water and giyes
them a thorough dousing by working
the crank backward and forward. This
movement and the commotion made in
the basket by the children produces q
lather from the soap and cleanses the
kids in a manner equal if not superior,
to the regulation hand bath.
Unlike most children, who kick and
raise a fuss when being scrubbed. the
little Dobers actually enjoy their matu-
sinal plunge bath.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25

hpeople learned to live, eat, sIeep and
clothe themselves intelligently and
reasonably, and to curb their irnaQin.
atoms, the days OF medicine would b,
weil-nigh past, or so soon as inherited
defects should be outgrown. Two.
thirds Of all the supposed human dis.
eases are imaginary. The quack doc.
tor, and the qnack medical advertise.
ments, in various forms, work upop
the imagination. Long lists OF "symp.
toms" are set forth IN a way TO catch
the eye and lead the imagination
astray. A person weak, or weary, OF
suffering from effects OF improper food
taken ~ an improperly prepared con.
ditloh on IN undue quantity, has dis
ordered imagination, and IL is lust
that condition 70 be caught by thes,
specious displays OF symptoms. 2
The medicine Is bought and taken. II
stimulates perhaps at first Cmany oj
tins class dol; the consumer. who
only needed rest TO body and stomach
and mind, imngines himself better
and goes on taking IL, all the while in.
lnrlng hls or her health. ''rhe posi-.
tive cures" announced fwhere the
cure IL not wholly imaginative are
nine cases out Of ten falsehoods made
out Of the whole cloth, no matter how
definite, even 20 the pretended name
place, street, and number OF cured
persons Judd Farmer.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25

Mexico, Mo-, has u man whose beard
is so stiff and stout, that he shaves with
wire pinchers; carpenter who sacri-
fees his dinner every day to play bill
lizards; young man who wilted in the
registers Office and snoaked out with
out securing tho coveted license; wo-
man who gets up in the morning aud
builds the fire while tho husband
spanks the baby, and u college gradu-
ate who has not read n paper for
twenty years save only when one was
given TO him,
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
rhe omnIpresent Mleroha.

Not many years ago few persons, il
any, snrmised that certain microscopic
living beings mierobia, or micro. or.
ganisms--could be powerful agents Of
combination and decomposition, not
merely in living plants and animals,
and not alone in dead organic matter.
but even 10 the mineral kingdom Some
time ago the researches of schloesing
and Muntk, Of Marcagno, Of p. +.
FrAnk.and, and ofothers showed that
the decomposition OF dead Urganisnl
INTO their components depends mainly
Oh the action Of microbia which break
up blood, flesh, leaves. and even wood,
into carbonic acid and ammonia.
Living organisms further convert the
ammonia into nitric acid. which. Il
potash Is present forms saltpetre BY
a due selection % different ierments-
all Of them living organisms-we can
produce, 10 solution of sugar or a
dcrortlon Of malt. alcoholic liquors
having the actual aroma and flavor
81 the choicest wines. More remark.
able still, i Is now proved that the
green rust on antique bronxes Is a
product 81 microscopic plant life
Forum
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
AFRICAN DELEGATES.
Parrot Soup, Roast Monkeys, Alligator
Eggs and Other Edibles.

AE anu SAtAEE A-uNbAHes
As a rule only one principal meal is
eaten in central Africa in the early
part Of the evening, says the New York
World. II usually consists Of parrot
soup, roasted or stewed monkeys, alli-
gator eggs (also well liked by Europe
ans) and birds of every description.
They also have moambo or palm chops
and fish. A great delicacy, so consid-
cred by Europeans and natives alike,
is elephants feet and trunk They
have somewhat the taste of veal To
prepare them the natives dig hole
about five feet deep in the sand and in
it build large FIRE. After the sand is
thoroughly heated the fire is removed,
leaving only the ashes in the hole. The
trunk and fish are placed in this hole
and covered with leaves and afterward
Withhold sand. In two hours they are
done.
All carcasses of animals which are to
be cooked are placed on blocks Of wood
and are pounded until every bone is
broken, care being taken not to tear or
bruiso the skin. They are then boiled
or roasted on an open wood fire or in
hot sand or ashes, without removing
the hide or feathers. The cooking is of
very inferior grade, the only spices
used being salt and pepper.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
Fearful Mortality.

The number Of Americans who die
annually in Rome is greater than most
people have any idea OF. The Roman
fever is a malignant type of malarial
fever. There is large cemetery in
Rome which is filed with the remains
of American victims of the Roman
fever. Another cemetery in Paris also
contains a goodly number of the same
class. They contracted tho fever in
Rome. 1t is not surprising that Rome
should be unhealthy. The present city
is built on top of seven cities. In the
ancient days. every time Rome was
rebuilt they filed in and started new
city over 1t, That has been repeated
seven times. When one thinks of the
amount of filth and garbage that lies
under the present city, he can only
wonder that any one is able to live
there"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
,,srrtJL AND INTERESTING Dis
CONERlES.
How Fishes Breathe.

rrbe severe frost OF last winter froze
many rivers and lakes in England
that are usually open all the year
roand, and a gentleman who found
small fishes dead wrote 70 Nature to
ask How is il with the fish in coun-
tries ike siberiag DO they desert those
narts 81 the rivers which are frozen
aver or are the currents more rapid,
~ M 10 transfer air beneath the ice
from unfrozen parts, OF, as IN some
glacier streams, are fish altogether alb
sent"
Any one who has caught fish through
~ three feet thick on Maine ponds
Win understand that fish live yely
comfortably SO long as any part Of
the pond remains liquid. The waters
~ siberia are likely to be abundantly
stocked sith fish, which will be found
IN the ypst condition when their Ii ouse
is sealed with frost,
It's rot necessary 70 suppose that
air l. carried under the ice from open
placrs III the brooks. There ~ air
enough III the water az all times 10
answer the purposes Of the fish. The
presence 81 the air Is best discovered
by allowing water slowly TO become
warm ID 4 vessel OF tin or iron. The
Air. which il held in the water very
much AZ water Is held In a sponge, Is
expanded by the heat and may be
sesa gathering Ia small bubbles at.
tachgd I'd The surface 81 the vessel.
Tits uuss BE- a matter Of common OBJ
ssrgntlUu
Il 4 Tins air that supplies the fishes
uith breath II may b. thought By
some gJsrsous that fishes breathe wa.
TT. i0f ,H5 writer has heard this state.
meu, made. but such a view il not
eOgryet The fish has no power 70 de-
compose water and get the needed OK.
ygN from that source
A. BE- f constituted 10 needs very
ii,tlc rio he Il furnished with bur
l,yls blood and this IL sufficiently OK
hlpd ar coming III contact with air
III thf water forced through Isis gills,
phgh arr lass breathing apparatus
Tao cilgtt u tbs Atr ~ seen when the
tish 1, taken from tie water The
g.lls sllirieuly ncsiden This IL due 10
,he RAPID oxidation 81 the blood The
hsi, i Killed by the excess 81 mir In
tlie ua'et be grts only the proportion
tlla, le usgds Altogeihr the fish
Hius, q. very comfortable under the
be durue our hard winter.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25

Electricity is employed in Berlin
cafe TO boil coffee. A platinum wire
passes in spiral form through several
glass jars, Che electrical current quickly
raising the water contained to a boil.
ing point, and the coffee is thus pre-.
pared in the view of any one in the
room. A small electric railway con.
veys the coffee to the several tables,
SO that the guests may help them.
selves TO their liking.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
10 40 cnbla VIC Born.

Tho sigh: Of six horses vainly en-.
dcsyoring 70 take stree; car up one
Of the steep hills OF san Francisco in.
spircd in Inventor Haliiday's mind
the idea Of the cable car system The
hin WAS slippery as well as steep One
horse icll and carried down his mate.
The other horses tumbled, until the
six we're IN a struggling heap. The
weight 81 the car dragged them down
10 the foot OF the hill. bruising and
manning them. Mr.. Holiday. look
ms on, WAS oiled with compassion for
tho poor brutes. aud be says he went
TO work AZ once on plans for a sub.
Etiiutc for horse power. His thinking
brought him to the cable system. st.
Louis Globe.Dcmocrat.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
An Extraordinary Photograph OF a
TrottinR Horse.

The fact that o horse at full trot is
sometimes. az all events, entirely IN
the air without any Of its feet touch.
ing Tho ground has been proved by an
instantaneous photograph taken by
NJ Ottcuhoiui. vicc-presldout Of this
Versailles Photographic Society. The
picture shows the horse trotting in a
dog.cart with q single occupant, and
tho shadows on the ground clearly
demonstrate that all its feet are IN
the air. The legs, both fore and hind,
are spread, the right fore and left hind
legs being advanced, while the left fors
and right hind legs are pointing back
wards. The left fore leg is a littlebeni
al tho knee
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
MLatakr of phnnIoInnn.

ThF Philadelphia Inquirer says.
NOW that % many persons are dy.
ifs q ,he grip or its effects, il IL In.
tsresiihF 70 read the statement % ono
oi'he mes; eminent physicians in this
city, III says
Not long ago was called in con.
salia'ion BY q very eminent physician
70 consider the case 81 an elderly lady
who was dying, a. WAS presumed. OF
pnsGmoulN entered the room,
which was surrounded By crying rola.
i'ycs sounded her lungs. which
we're hasd ~ IN pneumonia I then
ielt her pulse and took her tempcrn-
ture, and found that these did not
correspond to pneumonia at all I
then knew what was the matter.
sent oil out Of the room but
ny fellow physician aud the nurse.
we then took the woman by the
heels and held them high up and let her
head hahe down over the side of the
NFa' nearly touching the floor. AS /
tApecttd. uuCus soon began TO flow
rom the mouth and in half an hour a
quart had escaped The woman r.
TOW convniescUnt. She had not a
race q pneumonia and It's only in.
N,eatiun was the hardened lungs.
1nlch WINS nothing but mucus Her
,urss we're filing up, and in few
nour7 she would have drowned. Grip
sllch o new disease that many
physicians do not know this. cine
NaI eRsiiy seehow this Is, for q person
WIN the grip Will in day use up
twenty handkcrchiefs with the mucus
snatHows from the nose. Now the
alucus membranes 81 the lungs have
Twenty times tho surface of those in
.le nasal passages. and secrets lust az
rapidly. This mucus ainks To the
mn, Uo.to y, Of the lungs and fills them up
u't'thepotient browns"
Compressed Air as a Motor.
Inc useoi compressed mir for clevat.
iug and training guns and various
y'heF mechanical purposes aboard
snip Is not only an accomplished but
V''iehtly liked fact in modern naval
s'g'hecrlns, large compressers are now
~ course Of construction for the mon.
''or Terror and the cruiser vesuvius,
ana their value as motors has been
successfully demonstrated on other
a asssgls' The power IL found to be
~ easy OF application, and the
n"sa .lhes producing il take up com.
pa,rratively little room.
nose Tor the monitors arc OF $50
~, power each and will carry an
Nv. pressure of 1000 pounds, while
~ IS 3 so o. the Nesuvius win be capable
~ ras.,.oOopounds pressure, yet tho com.
Tilaesssors occupy space OF only about
ne 1seC m length by o feet in width.
tha ny ny same power is applicable to
las. steering apparatus, and Is doubt
i ir99 available for hosting and lower.
nss9ls, and as well for ships OF the
Ces oant marine as for Others.
o., compressed mir is also finding uses
, !" snore ns well as at sea. It's ulti.
taSa .y possibilities are yet to be de.
s rorlnlned, but with tho adoption of
Fodiiy invented appliances for the
n ,suuction OF friction, IL Is entirely
e MIA that all will yet become a /
tb Svh more generally employed motor
=" ~ now is, and eventually be APP
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
Kate Could Not ca, the Salad.

Kate Chase sprague tells this story
OF a visit 10 old Gen. Winfield Scott,
at Cozzen's West Point; "He gave us
seats at his own especial table, and
was very kind TO us, but / was
terribly afraid of him. One of his
greatest pleasures at the table was to
mix the most fiery OF salads, which he
would send by his own mantwho
always stood behind his masters
chair with the general'scompliments,
TO the favored few. NV gastronomic
tastes were far from being developed,
and the old gentleman's red pepper
and mustard nearly killed me !
simply could not eat the burningstufI
Feeling the generals eye upon me, /
yainly tried TO swallow II, but failed
ANONYMOUSLY, with tears coming into
my eyes with the effort. TO add TO
my discomfort and modification, a
voice roared out in deep tone from
the generals throne; "T'he little Chase
does not like my salad"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-07-25
RIa Arnatnro.

The most powerful continuous cur
rent" dynamo at 500 volts in the
world is that Of the electric light plant
Of the Place Clichy, Paris.
The armature IL a Gramm ring 81
about eleven feet in diameter, and it
IS mounted on n projecting star oi
thirty rays. The whole affair weighs
about eight tons.