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Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11
ABOUT DREAMS.
Popular Superstltions In Regard TO
Dreams.

Popular Superstltions In Regard TO
Dreams.
Frightful dreams are a sign Of deter.
mination OF blood to the head
Lively dreams are in general a sign
OF the excitement Of nervous action.
Dreams about blood and red objects
are signs OF inhnmmatory conditions.
Dreams OF distorted forms ARE FIRE.
quently n sign of distractions and
diseases of the liver.
Dreams in which the patient imag-
ines torture or injury Of any limb in
dictate desease in that limb.
Dreams about death often precede
apoplexy, which is connected with de-
termination OF blood to the heAd
Soft dreams are n sign OF slight irri-
tation of the head; often in nervous
fevers announcing the approach OF u
favorable crisis.
A dream OF great fire, in which the
sleeper himself seemed to beconsumed.
was followed soon after by an attack
OF Inflammation Of the brain.
A lady who had dream in which
she saw all objects dim and obscured
by mist was soon after attacked by
disease Of the eye, OF which that was
a symptom.
Apoplexy, epilepsy, and similar dis.
eases are often preceded by frightiul
dreams, in whichthe sleeper feels him.
self scalped by Indians, thrown over
| precipices, or torn to pieces by wild
| beasts.
Conrad Gesner, the eminent natual
list, dreamed that he was bitten on tn,
left side by o venomous serpent. In {
short time u very severe carbuncle ap
peared on the very spot, terminating
his life in the space OF three days.
A learned Jesuit, author OF man,
erudite theological works, saw on
night in his sleep u man laying hi
hand upon his chest, who announce,
to him that he would soon die. II
was then in perfect health, but WA
shortly carried off by q pulmonar
disorder.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11
Marriage a Hundred Years
Hence.

At the present time. q popular pres
sumption exists that all girls wish 20
marry, and inil 80 do SO only bccnu@c
they lack an eligible opportunity.
writes Edward Bethany III the Ladies'
Home journal This presumption
exists on account Of tins obvious fact
that women, being able with difficulty
to support themselves, have in general
greater material interest IN marriage
than men have. Surely there can be-
few Incidents oil auunmnrried women =
condition more eynspernting than her
knowledge that because this - the un.
deniahlc fact Ii is vain for her 10 sx.
pect to be popularity credited with
the voluntary choice oi her condition.
She must endure with n smile, how.
ever she may rage wit hin, the coarse
jest or innuendo to which il would be
worse than vain to reply Nationa.
lisrn, by establishing The economic in.
dependence of women, without ref.
ercnce to their single or married state,
will destroy the presumption referred
to by making marriage no more
obviously desirable to one sex than
to another.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11
DEATH COMES PAINLESS, :
A Scientific Opinion That VIM
Consoiing 10 All Humans,

A Scientific Opinion That uw
consollng TO All tiumanl,~
The signs of impending dea,h
many and variable. No twoips,a.
are precisely identical, yet seys.s
signs are common to many ~.
Shakespeare, who observed eyerv,bi I
else, observed and recorded SOM 4
the premonitory signs OF death MI
In the account of the death Of \,
stan, the sharpness OF the nose n
GOODNESS OF the feet, gradually ert.02
ing upward, the picking at the III
clothes are accurately described.
For some time before death ipai.!
tions Of ita approach become anna
ent. Speech grows thick and laborsl
the hands, Il raised, fall instantly n
respiration is difficult. the hear NJ
its power TO propel tbs blood 10 Il
extremities, which consequently n
come cold a clammy moisture %
through the pores Of tho skin n
voice grows weak and husky or N
ing, the eyes begin 10 lose their lust,
In death at old agc there is a radI
al dnlling Of all the bodily senses n
OF many Of the mental faculties, ~
org fails, judgment waivers, inags.
ton goes out like "A candle. The ma
cles and tendons get stiiI, the yo3
breaks, thecords OF the tabsrnaels ;
| loosening. Small noises ifritate 81
becomes dim. nutrition goes on isesl
/ Digestion Is impaired, the secretion !
insufficient or initiated or cease, eap
larry circulation Is clOssed. Final
the central organ OF tho circnla,g
comes 10 a stop, and this stops
means a dissolution, This Is /
death OF old age. which few attain {,
Many people have an idea d
death Is necessarily painful, even AZ
izing; bat there II no reason ahaiel
20 suppose that death i NOR pa
iul than birth. II Is beeanse il al
tain proportion Of CASES dissolniior
accompanied by a visible spasm i
distortion % the countenanec Il
the idea exists. but il is nearly a.
tain as anything cAn b. that these
t0rti0us % the facial mus'les are
only painless, but take plaee uns
sgi0uply Ia many instances tCe
comAt0se or senli-eOmaiose 80
Vcnes. and Il Is altogether pgcba
that morn or less complete uno
seriousness then prevails.
We have. too, Abunian, eyidfnei
the people who have been ma
drowned aud gcsusgiate,i, and ihey
agree Ia the statement that aiter .
moments OF painful struggling
and nu1irsy pasa away. and = q
Oi tranquility suerce,is- They So
visions 81 green fields. and q 4
/. raAts hear pleasing uusir, and, 70
from being miserable, their ss,isaii
nru delightful. But Nhgru aisemp'
, r,auacitation are successful the ryai
! tnted persons almost invariably
test against being brought back 70
and declares that rvsuscitation =
gompautc,i b physical pain and a
; mental misery.
upat hts a fact whichever man
personally experiences, and conscsig
Isl Il III universal interest, and ~
: ARE inctB. the wiser course y %
them sgunrcly In the face. Tor nfcfs
: tacont black and death keeps no g
i dnr MEDICAL Journal.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11
Died in a coffin.

Barney Frickers, a well known :, y
acter OF Alliance, o., died recently
coffin. For twenty years ;.
been his custom TO sleep every my"
n coffin Of his own manuiactuTe'
lievinR that he was about 70 NV
always ROBBED himself in n shrospu =
fore retiring. The coffin u y flag
very strong and covered Win ~ Nv =,
cal subjects. FrickerB was 20 >
old.
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

or this traffic. chiefly through the
medium Of the Katfirs. They are
closely watched by detectives Of every
Nationality. whose shrewdness makes
it difficult for the /. ID. BIS to prose-
cute their trade successfully"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11
Lifting the Hat.

The custom Of lifting the hat bad its
origin when knights never appeared in
public except In full armor. but upon
entering an assembly Of friends the
knight removed his helmet, the act
signifying, II am safe in the presence
Of my friends"
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

The tunnel suggested between Scot
land and Ireland would be about TWEEN
three miles long; the estimated cost Is
$40. ooo. 600 and the worst gradient In
IL would be oSs 70 Ssysaty-hYe
Idaho news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1887-1891, 1891-04-11

American railroads would reach half
way to the moon.
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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
necessitate largo increase in taxation. and.
therefore, would lay m additional load upon
tho "a

necessitats largo increase in taxation. and.
therefore, would lay m additional load upon
the farmers.
In securing good crops through the agency
ofthe explosive balloon. the farmers would find
the additional amount of income from this
source absorbed in meeting tho increased
burden Of taxation. II. on the other hand,
they themselves paid for the balloons. the ex-
pense thus entailed would cover what would
be gained by having their crops well watered
in threatened drought.
However efficient the balloon method OF
producing rain may be. it is full OF drawbacks
to farmers who live in remote neighborhoods.
and is attended with much personal risk in
the manipulation. We would suggest to the
Secretary that instead Of recommending the
use of the balloon when rain is needed by the
farmers, he supply every district with
couple of cannon, as il seems to be an assured
fact that firing Of cannon produces rain if the
firing is kept up long enough.
This method OF condensng the air has at
least the advantage of economy as compared
with the balloon, because the cannon can be
hauled out from farm To farm. while the
balloon when once exploded. leaves ha dly
remnant ehind. The martial sound OF the
cannon may lso have fine moral effect on
tie mi ds If the farmers leading & tenn
p afy ID vers d Of their thoughts from their
present causes Of dissatisfaction.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12

The prospect for good price for wheat Is
an important element in casting the poitlcai
horoscope The Farmers Alliance agitation
grows out of the unrest and dissatisfaction OF
the farmers with their lot. II crops were
bountful and prices good every year there
would be no occasion for the disquiet among
our farmers, which finds expression in combi-
nations to control the financial policy, the trans
portation facilities. and even the governmental
powers Of State and nation. The PROJECT,
therefore. for bountiful wheat crop at homo
and short crop abroad encourages the farmer
TO believe that the surplus for sale by the
United States estimated at l65. 900. 600 bushels.
will lie readily sold, the farmer receiv-
ing good price. payable in gold or
its equivalent. This price applies not merely
to the surplus exported but TO such portion
of the whole crop. estimated at 525,OOO,OOO
bushels. as may be sold at home as the price
at which the surplus Of any article IS sold
fixes the price Of that commodity for home
consumption rs well "a that sold abroad.
Thus il will be seen that the wheat growers
have tie best show for good price and large
export that they have had for the pat ten
years II has been estimated that tn larg I
production of wheat in Europe for an yer
was f.445O0O 900 bushels the ayelage being
O. out I. $50 900 Don bushels This year It IS
estimated that the product will only De
I1l5,OOO, 600 bushels, showing dfere &c OF
$3.50. 900. 900 bushels cow the highest product
and 1875. 900 900 bushels less than the average.
India will this year produce less than her
average. while the United States and Canada
will considerably exceed their average. In
Russia II is reported that early frost, hail and
drought will inevitably bring such hunger
and famine as has not been known for genera
tions. and that the Government Of that coun-
try is now considering means for the relief Of
its citizens. Thus the two great wheat rivals #
the United States are handicapped in this
race.
a fair inference from the whole situation is
that our recent gold exports will come back
to us. and that the prosperity Of the Western
wheat raiser will moderate the agitation of
the free coinage OF silver the motive power
of which agitation is desire for any nd Of
money rather than none. and not preference
for bad money over good.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
SETTING TIE MORLD TO RIGHTs.

II is amiable as well as magnanimous TO de-
sire to see any infnitcsimal fraction of this
world the least bit better for our presence in
it. But when we entertain the idea of setting
the whole world to rights or even our own
country, State and social circle that is quite
another thing. 1t is an ambition very likely
to be punished by either huff, or some stu
pendous exhibition of folly.
The moment any one reaches the verge Of
manhood and begins to think the moment he
entertains conceptions of what it is TO be q
man, and sets before himself standards and
ideas Of individual or social perfection. that
moment he is struck with defects and disor-
ders. personal or general. ali around
nm. lie sees nobody to be what
he ought 10 be and every body
what he ought not to be- Then, for while,
he is tempted to be a misanthrope and thinks
it fine thing to despse the common herd
as if he wasn't one of them. II he is bold
spirit he Is apt to gather up the loins Of his
mind. concentrate his thoughts and energies
in devotion to his ideal. and give himself to
its service. Happy he if in this he does not
become moral and social QuiXote, and set
out on his travels to fight everything he meets,
only to be sent home lunatic OF public nui-
sance.
When great system Of machinery gets to
working out Of gear, becomes noisy and looks
as if it were going 10 pieces. it is most apt to
be because it IS not set plumb because its
foundations are not strong. its braces
fail 10 hold firm, or its parts
refuse to perform their individual Office, and
the way to get it back to right working is to
establish the foundations. tighten the joints.
and make it work efiectually in every part.
And so the cure for social disorder IS for every
man unambltiousy, modestly and faithfully
to do his duty in his place. Good, faithful
citizens are not only the bone and
sinew Of the State. but the sure
foundations OF society. BY fidelity in their
callings, good, plain men become the stan
dards and rules Of right, and their simple walk
and conversation becomes light and encour-
agement TO the people SO, without being the
least aware of it. or having thought of their
obituaries, they pass through life. stay.
strengthen and establish and purify and ele-
yate the social system.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12

Secretary Foster seems TO have created a
pretty lively hornets nest for himself by his
recent act of discharging the seven Knights Of
Labor from the Bureau Of Engraving and
Printing
The reason that was given out for this step
on the part Of Mr.. Foster was that these men
had objected to the presence Of negro girl in
the branch of the Department to which they
belonged. and had requested that she should
be dismissed from the service of the Govern
ment. This was considered to be a sufficient
outrage to justify in the Secretary's mind the
removal of the names Of the men involved,
from the list of Government employees.
The truth is that Mr.. Foster was seeking 20
win a cheap popularity witt the negroes by
taking 50 decided a position in this matter.
TIe seized upon the opportunity to strengthen
his party in Ohio by posing as friend OF the
negro race, such friend indeed that he is as
quick to resent any afront offered TO its mem
bers who happen to be under his immediate
supervision az if he belonged to the race him
self
But, unluckily for himself, the Secretary
fell intoa very serious mistake in discharging
these seven white men from the Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, not being aware at
the time that they were Knights of Labor. If
he had been informed of this fact it may be
taken for granted that they would still be in
the service Of the Bureau.
The colored girl of whom the complaint
was made might not have been dismissed, but
the Knights of the Labor would still be filling
their old positions. In pleasing the negro
voters Of Ohio by discharging these men for
an alleged insult to a member Of their race he
deeply insulted the Knights of Labor organi-
zaton i'll that State
Mr. Powderly has interested himself in the
question. and addressed an open letter to Mr.
Foster in which he berates that official for his
conduct in language so forcible and caustic
that it has excited editorial remark through
ont the United States. The Secretary is held
up as having offered an afiront of the grossest
kind TO the knights of Labor organization
This is tho attitude in which Mr. Foster
now stands before this organization through
out the country. and it may be safely pre-
sumed that the attitude Is far from being
agreeable to him. He has pleased the negroes,
but he has offended the Knights. gaining
nothing by the first and losing much by the
second. The Consciousness of this fact must
plant good many thorns in his bed.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
THE AGRICULTURAL BALLOON.

Now that the experiment of exploding bal
looms in the upper stratum of air has been sue
cessfully tried, the impression prevails that
Jerry Rusk. of the Agricultural Department.
can at any time order his agents in the differ
ent States to produce shower whenever there
is demandf for one on the part Of the farmers
The very idea is a seductive one and well
calculated to promote the popularity Of the
agricultural Secretary. SO vast is the infiu-
ence which Uncle Jerry can exercise over the
minds of the agricultural classes of this coun-
try if he has really discovered an efficient
method of condensing the atmosphere into
rain at will, that he may anticipate with unre-
served confidence his elevation to the Presi.
dency.
There are few conditions with which the
farmers have to contend more injurious to
their prosperity than drought, which always
tends to curtsil their crops. The man who
can introduce some means of preventing
droughts will be considered benefactor from
one end OF the United States to the other.
His name will be blessed upon the ranches Of
Arizona, upon the open plains of Texas the
savannas of Florida and Georgia, in the to-
bacco fields of Virginia. the truck gardens of
jersey, the farms OF New England. and in
all of that country which stretches from the
Ohio to the waters of the Pacific.
jerry Rusk claims to be the man who is en-
titled to this universal benediction. All that
1t IL necessary to do, according to him, is to
send up one Of his agricultural balloons, ex-
plode 1t at the proper height and then quietly
retire to the nearest shelter to await the down
pour that will certainly follow
One important obstacle in the way of the
successful operation Of the balloon occurs TO
us. How are all the farmers of the single
State of Virginia, for instance. TO be supplied
with this invaluable piece of mechanism
The rainfall from an explosion is purely local
Each farmer must have his own balloon. Who
is to supply these innumerable balloons The
Government; That would signify an enor.
nous outlay from the National Treasury
There are some seven million farmers in this
country. This would mean seven millions
ballons, at the least prepared at the people's
expense, each balloon costing in material and
in the manipulation not less than 800, which
would impose upon the Government an an
nual expense Of over t70O, 000, 900. Thus would
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
Secretary Foster.
lPhiladelphia Times.l


For some years past and even as late as
one year ago the Government had 10 pay a
premium of cry 10 per cent. for undue
bonds TO get the large surplus Il the reas-
ury out INTO business channels This year
the Government has a small loan of fifty odu
millions maturing III September. aud the
Treasury is utterly unable 10 redeem that
loan at par even after making d forced
loan of quite as large sum from the trust
fund for the redemption of bank notes.
BY all the long-accepted rules of presenting
the condition Of the Treasury it is literally
bankrupt now but the practically unavailable
assets OF balance in banks for Government
disbursing agents. Of subsidiary silver coin
and the fund for defaced notes are grouped
as available cash in the Treasury statement.
and by the aid of the forced loan from the
bank note trust fund, the omission of accured
interest and striking ont claims which may
never be presented for payment. Secretary
Foster pretends TO have cash balance Of
nearly fifty millions. This method Of tnancier-
in would disgracea an Ohio dry goods merchant
II he attempted II IN presenting his assets 10 his
creditors. but Secretary Foster Is so unwill-
ing 10 confess that the Billion Congress and
the Administration bankrupted the Treasury.
that he attempts the most grotesquo figure
work in the vain effort to deceive the people.
The plain truth IL that the Billion Congress
and the Administration have scattered SUI
plus of over one hundred millions; have made
forced loan Of ifty-odd millions from a 50
cred trust fund have increased taxes on most
of the actual necessaries Of life and have
brought the National Treasury to the verge OF
bankruptcy. The Billion Congress did it and
the Administration hr <zahed in,the procession
OF prohigates."
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
Pension IniquitY.
ISouth Boston Times.l

Not three years but almost ten times three
years have rolled away, and we are paying,
still paying. and forever paying our war in
demnity, without any stated sum agreed
upon In fact, the numerical table had no fig
ures large enough TO designate the sum the
North intends the South shall pay as her war
indemnity. and so it was not stated Yet the
enormous tariff duties. resting upon agricui-
tural consumers. furnish the great basis
of our enormous tax. alone yielding a
mammoth sum, dumped periodically into the
pockets of the pensioners OF the Government,
among whom there exists not one man from
the section paying the enormous tax: not one
single man to represent the section. all
poured into the pockets of Northern men,
spent among Northern men. and there kept
and accommodating. increasing the number of
mlllionaires, and swelling their millions 10
such enormous holdings in the hands of
individuals AS threaten the permanency
of our institutions. and yet, forsooth, We are
the model republic. our Institutions, our
method OF government Haunted in the faces
of the governments of Europe. Is there any
thing in history that equals the American
iniquity. whole section for nearly thirty
years taxed, and being agricultural. under
the tariff. enormously taxed. and the profits
of the toll Of one section poured periodically
into the pockets of the other section, without
hindrance and without protest. even 30 low
have We fallen.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12

THE defeat Of PaTnell in last Monday
election in County Carlow is about the last
nail in the political coffin Of that brilliant but
erratic individual Had he respected public
sentiment in the first place and voluntarily
withdrawn from prominence when his en-
tangement with Mrs. O'Shea first became q
public matter, he would possibly have
eventually succeeded, and in time confidence
IN him would have been restored. But when
he so egotsticaly took the position
that his leadership was necessary 10
his party, and that he could not:be dispensed
with, his downfall was doomed Had he not
been 50 blinded by self-conceit he would
have recognized this as plainly as did every
oneelse.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12

"FRENcHY." Inspector Byrnes "Jack-the-
Ripper" has been sentenced TO imprison-
ment for life. The whole proceedings IN this
case are very peculiar. II the man was guilty
he should have been killed by electricity in
order TO properly vindicate the majesty of the
law. and if he was not guilty he should have
been acquitted. He either did or did not COM
NIT the crime charged against him, and the
verdict of murder in the second degree was
farcical. 1t reads more as if il were rendered
10 crafty the pride of the New York police
than anything else.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-07-12
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THrRx is talk Of producing the Passion
Play at Atlanta during the Exposition. This
VIII be rather doubtful experiment. for
wniie 1t viii no doubt pay very we'll on ac-
count OF Its novelty, still its production will
snock public sentiment sufficiently to cause a
sensation and any number of protests. What
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many people In America