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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
Japs as oamesters.

The little men OF Japan are the
gamiest gamblers of the East. The
average Jap will play the shirt off his
back any day indeed, the national
game, is "harra," or in English, flow
er. The cards are little oblong slips
OF past board, forty eight in the deck.
These are divided into twelve series,
each representing a month. Ten
OF these combinations bear the pic
ture in bright colors of some flower.
The other two August and November,
are represented by rain pictures and
the moon respectfully; There are gem
orally six players, and four cards
each, with three to the table,
is the original deal. The game is a
sort of combination of the feature of
casino, eucher and poker, is easily
and quickly played and, to the Japs
is deeply interesting--the more so as
they bet heavily. There are two or
three big Japanese gambling houses
and they are well patronized and
profitable. The drop" is only 10
per cent of every pool put up. Cap
pers for these games watch every in
coming steamer from the Orient, and
when a newcomer is at all approach
able he is introduced to "harra, !"
joint.--St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
A Funny Incident.

There was a very funny incident
connected with fire in milliners'
shop in Brooklyn recently, which did
not get into print, somehow or other,
says the New York Telegram. The
proprietress is fair, fat, fifty and highly
excitable. On the discovery of the
fire she made rush for the show case
to save some bonnets, She got inside
and before she was aware of it, the
door had swung to and locked her in
securely. And then the fun began.
The case was in full view of the crowd,
who began to guy and chaff her, No
key could be found to fit the snap
lock, so the firemen carried the case
and its contents across the street,
where the crowd began war dance
around the unfortunate lady. Finally
in sheer desperation, the old lady
broke the glass and made good her es-
cape amid the cheers Of the assembled
crowd.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
Singular eeauest by a Lady.

French institutions have just had
two very singular legacies bequeathed
to them. An old lady who recently
departed this lie at Pau, oequeathed
to the science section OF the French
Institute 100000, this sum to be
given to the person, to whatever
nation he may belong, who within the
next ten years shall have discovered
means of communicating with plan
ct or star, by preference Mars, and OF
obtaining an answer therefrom, Ii
the French Institute will not accept
the legacy, that OF Milan is to have
the next offer, and after that the In
stitute OF New York. The other be-
quest is to the Academy of Medicine,
to which the deceased leaves i'm trust
5o,000f. as a prize for the person who
may discover the simplest cure fer
heart disease
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19

what have / done? What have
done? can never tell you-it is too
dreadful. Why did you not tell me
before?"
"About what dear?" said Tom,
completely nonpulsed by the sight OF
his wife's grief. what have you done
dreadful"
"You will never forgive me when
tell you," sobbed Jennie. "You will
hate me and scold me, though did it
all for the best, and was so happy
that you were pleased. But did not
know it was the new one. ! thought
it was the old coat cut up. Oh, that
wretched rag carpet And the coat
cost $40 o, d-e-a-r-w
A light suddenly broke into Toms
eyes, and for few minutes he was 81
lent and thoughtful. The silence Jen-
ME construed into displeasure, and
the tioodgates being opened she must
have the matter out with Tom, then
and there, once and forever. 30,
Tom, she cried, edo let me go away
am so wretched and unhappy. !
can never save as you would like me
to, though ! try so hard. Somehow !
think / do not know how. And, /
only eat little bit in order to make
thegrocery bills light"
"Great heavens, child! What areyou
talking about?' interrupted Tom, the
shameful blood rushing to his face
and neck at her accusing words. "Has
the love, of money indeed reduced me
to so base level that you think me
Internally mean enough to grudge you
what you eat? Why Jennie, child, !
think am the one who should 60
away if matters have come to this. =
"No, no, Tom" sobbed his wife
brokenly, II did not mean to go away
truly, but / am SO miserable, and
everything seems to 90 wrong when
try the hardest to please you. The
overcoat-"
"Neyer mind that now, darling,
said Tom soothlngly, drawing his wife
down to his side and murmuriug
words OF contrition. ut was my own
fault, and deserved to lose it. was
a brute to insist upon your making
that carpet when Knight have bought
one and saved all that vexatIon
Don't cry any more, dear. Neither
the coat nor the carpet are worth
these bitter tears.
But, / can never look at that
miserable carpet without thinking o.
all it cost.
ut was a trifle costly, sweetheart
said Tom, laughing, "but wewill agree
to say no more about it, and after
this you will find that your husband
is neither sordid nor unreasonable.
When Tom uttered this virtnou!
resolution he felt as light hearted al
a Christian relieved OF his burden o
sin. A big load seemed to drop from
his own heart, the load that must al
ways hamper an illiberal soul, anC
Tom felt more of man than he hac
ever felt before in his life. And til,
lesson was a good one. natter year,
he laughingly referred to the fadeC
remnants of that old rag carpet as 4
specimen OF penny wisdom anC
pouned folly"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19

fairy forest of plumy growths and,
creeping through it tiny creatures
which no eye had ever yet discovered,
violet, red and golden. Here one
shone with an emerald light; there an
other twinkled with opaline hues.
Elsie saw only dingy weed.
As evening lowered, the great trees
bent over her with friendly calm.
Behind the woods the lights of the viii
lage shone. In every one OF its poor
houses were human lives, some OF
them bare, strained, crushed lives, full
of pathos and meaning, into which
she could have brought hope and
cheer.
Overhead the stars came out; Arc
turus, which brought to Jobe its mes
gefrom God, and the other distant
orbs that have told to listening souls,
in all ages since, the eternal truths of
faith and love.
But Elsie saw and heard nothing.
Her new gown was not finished; the
last page was lost from her cheap
novel!
Therefore she sighed, Glow dull and
tiresome is this world" -Youth's
Companion.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
Do Clothes Make a Bow

"Do clothes make a boy?" No
clothes make clothes. What are
clothes? They are an expression Of
character. A boy who respects him
self will dress as decently as he can
simply and clearly says Hezekiah
Butterworth, in The Ladies' Home
Journal for August. A boy who re-
spects the worth OF life will not dress
conspicuously even if he have the
means. He is best dressed whose APP
pearance excites no special attention,
aud causes no critical remarks. Con-
spisaous dress goes with a light head,
and very indefinite purpose in life.
Dress does not make the boy, but il
it often exhibits him, theatrical dress
in society is in bad taste; but every
one owes it to Others to look as well
as he can. Neglected dress shows o
want of sef-respect, and lack of self
respect arises as rule from sense Of
cheapness of character. 1t is often
impossible for poor boy to dress as
well as he would wish. But he can al
ways express his well-dressed charac-
ter by making his clothes neat and
tasteful.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
"How Dull"

Elsie Holt sat in a hammock which
was hung in the porch of her fathers
country house. The afternoon was
warm; the shadows of the clouds
drifted lazily over the fields. Elsie's
bright face wore an expression OF dis
content, for the dressmaker hadfailed
to send home her new gown, and the
last pages were missing in the soiled
paper novel which she held. Sheyawn-
ed drearily.
"How tiresome and dull the world
isl" she said.
Overhead pair of birds were twit-
tering near their nest. They had just
come from the far South. The story
of their lives, their habits, their wan
behring's, their enemies was more curl
Gus than any novel ever Written.
Their calls, their love songs, their cry
of warning, their lulabys over their
young had no more meaning to her
than the rattle of dry sticks together.
The woods were full of these mar
vellous winged creatures, each with
his own history, which she might have
read. She was blind to them all.
Close at hand grew countless great
trees, each of which had its laws of
life. There was not a weed nor a
blade of grass which had not some
peculiar significance. To Elsie they
were dumb.
Below the grass the great earth lay,
with mystic meanings written on each
stratum of clay and rock. The mean
ings were plain, so that he who ran
might read. Elsie did not know one
letter of their alphabet.
A common plant grew below the
hammock; her foot crushed it as she
swung to and fro. There was a pow
erful microscope in the house. Ii she
had examined the plant through it
she would have seen upon each leaf a
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
An intelligent Dog.

A Newfoundland dog owned py a
New Orleans lady gave an entertain
ing illustration OF the fact that he
comprehends what is said to him.
One day a lady called on his mistress,
and during her visit Lion came in
rather shyly, lay down on the parlor
carpet and went to sleep. The con-
versation ran on, and the visitor
finally said: "What handsome
Newfoundland you have" Lien open
ed enc eye. "Yes," said the mistress,
"he is a very good dog and takes
excellent care of the children" Lion
opened the other eye and waved his
tail complacently to and fro on the
carpet. "When the baby goes out he
always goes out with her, and feel
sure that no harm can come to her."
his mistress continued. Lions tail
thumped up and down violent
" on the carpet. "And he is so gentle
to them all and such playmate and
companion to them that we would
not take 81, 900 for him. Lions
tail now went up and down, to and
fro and round and round with great
and undisguised glee. "But, said the
mistress, Lion has one serious
fault" Total subsistence of Lions
tail together with the appearance of
an expression of great concern on his
face. "He will come in here with his
dirty feet and lie down on the carpet,
when | have told him again and
again that he mustn't do it," At
this point Lion would doubtless have
demonstrated if he could; but, being
speeches., he arose with an air OF the
utmost detection and humiliation,
and skunk out of the room, with his
lately exuberant tan totally crest
fallen.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-19
Fighting the Moths.

Maud and have just had a vigor-
Gus moth hunt, previous to putting
everything away before leaving town.
We had heard fearsome tales ofruined
carpets and riddled furs from some
friends, so we devoted a morning to
preventive measures and worked
really hard. We brushed our furs till
our arms ached, examined our coats
and winter gowns till our eyes were
sore with the intentness of our search
for tokens of the attacks of the little
silvery winged things. How easily
they are put out OF life. A touch does
it, and one cannot helpregretting that
they must dree their wierd, so in
offensive and even pretty do they
look. Unlike earwigs and spiders,
and the horrible black beetle, the
moth does not arouse feelings of dis
taste and adherence by its very pres
ence. But their progeny are what
the good folk in oxfordshire
call "measly beasts" Be warned in
time, Amy dear, and have a thorough
turn out OF everything before it is too
late. We have devised a dreadful
mixture which must appal the very
stoutest heart that ever beat in the
breast of a moth. 1t is composed OF
equal parts of black pepper and bitter
| apple, and caused us no little incon-
venience when applying it, by making
us sneeze continuously and violently.
AS Maud remarked, if it made the
moths sneeze in proportion, one per-
| Torrance would be sufficient to ami
hilate the performer. We feel delight
full now that we have put away every
thing, and had all the wardrobes,
cupboards, &c, done over the insides
with carbolic soap. We broke up
three cigars to stow pieces away In
| the boxes with our furs. Charlie gave
them to us for that purpose. He says
they are worth tons of our "sneeshin'
mixture. But we shrewdly came to
the conclusion that "baith's best. -
Girls Gossip in Truth. 80.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
CABLE SPARKS.

Ex-QUEEN NATALIE was taken from her
residence in Belgrade by soldiers and forced
TO leave Servian Territory.
THE immigration of destitute Hebrews from
Russia into England has assumed such proper.
tons that the country, II is said, is becoming
alarmed.
LEADERS of the Theosophists in England
have issued a manifesto yindicating the char
acter of the late Madame Blayatsky, their
leader.
THE controversy with the United States
growing out Of the lynching of the Sieilians
at New Orleans may result in the overthrow
of the present Italian cabinet.
The body of boy not more than fifteen
years old was found in bag similar to that
used by sailors to hold their sea wardrobes,
floating in the Handon dock, Liverpool. The
police of that city are inclined to the belief
that the boy was murdered.
DURING the progress of fire in Dublin,
hremen were descending a ladder with two
women in their arms who they had rescued
from the burning building, when the ladder
broke in two, precipitating the firemen to the
ground 30 feet below. One of the fireman was
killed an the other is dying.
ITALIAN emigrants who sought their for
tune in Brazil and Argentina are returning
destitute from those countries to their own
with startling stories Of the hardships they
suffered. 1t is expected that their experience
will turn the tide Of Italian emigration from
South America to the United States
Discussion of the Irish land purchase bill
was resumed in the House Of Commons and a
motion TO regulate Redistribution of purchase
money among different classes of tenants
offered by Mr. Balfour and supported BY Mr..
Parnell was carried, Messrs Healy and Sex
ton, Of the MeCarthyite wing Of the Irish
~ hotb orugclurs the faaft.A
EDWARD PIYTER alias 'sheeny Al, I" the
American VINO claims to have the secret Of the
philosophers stone" by which he can in
crease the weight Of gold, had hearing in
London Eng, on a charge Of attempting by
false pretenses to obtain 81, 900 from jeweler
Of that city, and on his demand that one of
the powders found on him when arrested be
unoffcially analysed, was renanded until
such an investigation be made.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
Artificial GrIndstones.

The manufacture Of artificial grind
stones now constitutes very important
industry in this country. The materials
used in this manufacture arc pulyerized
quartz, powdered flint, powdered emery
or corundum, aud rubber dissolved BY
suitable solvent. These materials, after
being carefully mixed together, form a
substance that Is exceedingly durable,
and that will, when used Tor sharpening
tools, outwear BY many years any natural
stone known. During the process Of
mixing and kneading there is a constant
escape Of tar funes, very often rendering
the covering Of the mixers With sheet
iron hood necessary. The compound Is
afterward calendered into sheets Of one
half TO three inches thick, shaped up aud
carefully vulcanized, and the process Is
completed BY the wheels being traed up
with tools made especially for the pur-
pose. These wheels are used for the
finest sort OF grinding and polishing pur-
poses - Courier. Journal.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
DEATH OF JUDGE HOUK.
Took Arsenic by Mistake--Interesting
sketch of His Life.

Judge L. c. Houk, representative of Con-
gress from the Second Tennessee district, died
at his residence i'll Knoxville at seven O'Clock
A. NJ. In the afternoon he went to drug
store near his residence TO get prescription
put up. The druggist compounded it for him
and set it down in glass near another con-
tanning strong solution of arsenic, which he
took by mistake. Antidotes were promptly
administered, and by ten o'clock be was so
well that nothing was said about the circum-
stance, except to few friends. He slept
through the night and died next morning
suddenly. He had heart disease, and the
poison and excitement following the incident
affected that organ and was the cause of his
DEATH
Judge Uouk was born in Sewer county,
Tenn, June s, 1886; attended an old field
school something less than three months but
was otherwise selt-educated when at work as
a cabinet maker, and by the fireside at night:
he read law while WORKING at his trade was
admitted to the bar October II, 1859, and
practiced until the war; was a member of the
Loyal East Tennessee Convention in 1861;
entered the Union army as private August
9, 1861; was promoted to lieutenant in the
First Tennessee Infantry; was mustered in as
colonel of the Third Tennessee Infantry
February 2 1862, and served until April 23
1853, when he resigned, on account of i'll
health; was connected with the press from
his resignation until July 1861 was candi.
date for eleetor ON the Lincoln and johnson
ticket in 1864; was a member of the state con-
vention which amended the constitution and
provided for the reorganization of the state
government of Tennessee in February 1865
was elected judge of the Seventeenth judicial
Circuit of Tennessee on March 8, 1866. and
served four years, when he removed from
Clinton to Knoxville, Tenn, and resumed the
practice of law; held position for short
time under the Southern Claims Commission;
was member of the National Republican
Convention which met at Chicago in 1868 and
nominated General Grant; was an elector for
the State at large on the Grant and Wilson
ticket in 1872; was at the same time chosen a
representative in the lower house of the
Tennessee legislature, in WEIGH he was the
Republican candidate for speaker, coming
within one vote of au election, although that
body was largely Democratic; was an elector
on the Hayes and Wheeler ticket in 1876; was
delegate at large to the Republican National
Convention OF 1880 1884 and 1855 serving as
chairman Of the Tennessee delegation in the
two former years; was elected to the Forty
sixth, Forty seventh, Forty-eighth, Forty
ninth, Fiftieth and Fifty-first Congresses, and
was reelected to the Fiity-second Congress as
a Republican.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
MORE LAND FOR SETTLERS.
The Caiyille Reservation VIII Soon BE
Thrown Open--The Terms.

The Caiyille Reservation VIII Soon BE
Thrown Open--The Terms.
The commissioners appointed by the Presi-
dent, in accordance with the act Of Congress to
negotiate with the various tribes of Indians
now occupying the Calville Reservation,
Washington, have returned after month Of
negotiations. An agreement was reached with
the Indians by which 5000 acres, or a
trife more than half the reservation, are to be
sold to the government for one dollar per acre,
and thrown open to settlement. At first there
was opposition among the Indians Moses
was Indifferent, and Joseph said he did not
feel that he had right topass upon question
of that kind, because he and his people had
been placed upon the reservation more as
prisoners and exiles than independent owners
of the land After a conference lasting two
days the Indians began to sign. Anotonie,
chief Of the 0kanoghans, came first and was
and his people, and then Joseph and Nez
Perees. The San Pueblos were bitterly
opposed to the sale, and not one Of them
signed Commissioners then went to Marcus,
where the Lakes and Calyilles signed.
Altogether five hundred adult males signed,
two hundred more than the required majority.
Under the treaty, every Indian, man. woman
and child, has right to select eighty acres in
severalty. The government must erect a
blacksmith shop for the use Of the Indians on
the reservation. The treaty shall go into
effect Immediately upon its approval by Con-
gress. The land ceded will constitute one Of
richest and most attractive portions Of the
state. 1t comprises farming and grazing, has
fine streams and mountains of minerals The
territory ceded is larger than the state Of
Delaware, and more than twice as large as
Rhode Island
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
WORK AND WORKERS.

NEARLY all the large cigar factories in Key
West are closed. -Four thousand cigar makers
are out of employment.
The Directors of the Worlds Fair refused
tograntthe request Oft the labor representatives
for minimum wage scale.
THE Green Glass Workers Assembly. in
the Pittsburg district has decided to with
draw from the Knights of Labor and affiliate
with the American Federation of Labor.
THE Plasterers' Union of Peoria, ILL.,, has
decided TO strike, in sympathy with the
carpenters who have been on strike for a
week. This increases the number OF men
out in Peoria to 800.
THE drivers and handlers of the Adams
Express Company in Louisville, Kentucky,
have gone on strike because of the recent
order of the company requiring their en-
ployees to furnish bonds.
THE four hundred miners at Grape Creek,
Illinois, who have been idle since the first OF
the month, have gone to work Theyaecepted
sixty cents, the Danville price, which is five
cents lower than they have been receiving
THE Treasury Department issued orders for
the removal of eight weighers and one gauger
in the Custom House at Philadelphia. This
reduction of force is said to be necessary on
account OF the condition of the appropriation.
GENERAL MANAGER CARROLL, of the
Suetu anu tFeSctHL INOau, TeIuseu lue It,
mand made by the engineers and hremen for
an advance in wages because it was beyond
precedent in amount. He estimated that it
would amount to 800, 900 per annum, besides
making it necessary TO increase the wages of
other employees.
THE boycott which was declared by the
labor unions against certain lumber dealers in
New York city has been declared off and the
sale and delivery of lumber, which was
stopped by lumber dealers because of the
boycott, has been resumed. This is regarded
as a comp etc i,tlry for the Lumbtr Bellers'
Association.
THE steel-plate printers Of the American
Bank Note Company in New York are on
strike because the company refused to dis
charge three non-union hands who have been
employed in the place for the past Is years.
the company claim that they once applied for
admission to the union and were refused.
THE knights of Labor Convention, at their
recent session at Scottdale, Pa, decided to
continue the strike six weeks longer, and to
push the fighting vigorously all along the line.
The operators refuse to confer with a COM
mittee appointed by the Convention to com
promise the differences A split occurred
between the Knights of Labor and the United
Mine Workers over the refusal of the former
to allow an equal representation in the Con-
vention. As result an order was issued by
the United Mine Workers officials, calling
upon the members to return to work. Large
numbers went TO work yesterday.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-05-30
POISONED HER FATHER

Fannie Jarretts Revenge for Being
Whipped Because She Met Her Lover.
james Jarrett, Of jackson county, Ga, a
prosperous farmer, has handsome daughter
of sixteen named Fannie. AmnIg her ad-
mirers is a young farmer named Robert Nc
Rae, VIII had been particularly attentive TO
her, but who was obnoxious TO her father.
Fannie, however, vas fond Of Bob, and was
determined to see him whenever the opportu-
nifty offered, regardless Of her fathers opposi-
ton.
Mr.. Jarrett told his daughter that II she
ever met McRae again he would whip her
severely. This angered the girl, and thar very
afternoon she stole away, met her lover in a
neighboring meadow and took a long walk
with him. On her return her father kept his
promise and whipped her
The family had soup for dinner next day,
and jarrett was taken very III after partaking
Of it. He is in dying CONDITION, and Fannie
has confessed that she put rat poison IN his
soup plate.