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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26

reptile thrashed about, and then sub.
sided, dead, yet still giving angry mus
cular Jerks on being touched on
moved
1.-The tail will not die until sun.
down" said the chief, we must leave
| it,
Iran my tape over the snake. He
measured twenty-five feet and some
| inches.
The natives began to prepare tile
body for transportation 1t WAS
hacked into pieces six feet long, and
these pieces, supported by loops OF
bark fiber, were slung upon boughs
ana carried shoulder-high to men to
each piece,
In due time we reached the open,
where our first camp had been, and
then the preparations for the feast
began.
A SNAKE FEAST.
A number OF natives dug a lone
trench with their spears. Others
gathered rocks and Others leaves.
The stones were placed IN the trench
and dry sticks We're piled upon them
and set on fire. The fire was renewed
until the stones were quite hot.
Then the embers were tanned out, and
the coils OF the snake covered with
wet leaves, through which the steam
rose in clouds.
From time to time more water was
thrown on carefully, until at last no
steam rose.
The leaves were then raEed aside
and, without ceremony or carving
every native went toosh and nail IN.
TO the feast. 1t was an Orgy that
passes description, and may be i'm.
aglned, perhaps, when | say that bv
shutdown not vestige was left, and
even the marrow had been sucked
from the backbone Several Of the
natives took joints OF the bone. filled
them with tobacco and used them for
pipes.
For several hours the entire band
were totally incapable OF movement.
| had TO saunter about until their tit
OF overlooking should pass away.
THE PYTHoN's MATE SLAIN.
II was very fortunate | did so.
About dawn the following day, the
camp was perfectly quiet The torpid
natives lay about like logs, and /
vas leaning my back against a quarry
tree, smoking and thinking, when /
heard q heavy rustling on the under,
growth opposite me, and almost i'm
mediately saw the head and body Of
python issue from the shade
It was the mate OF the one Nc had
killed. Attracted by the scent. it had
followed on a mission OF vengeance.
did not give it much chance, however.
lattracted its attention BY short,
sharp noise, causing it to hold i'll
head motionless for a second. took
aim and put a bullet into its head,
and killed it almost instantly.
Had the reptile struck the sleeping
camp, who can say what it would
have done2
When the Bnshmen awoke, their lie.
hight knew no bounds, and another
feast was organized | was tired OF
waiting, however, and by the promise
OF liberal present Of tobacco, l in.
duced one Of the men to accomp any
me back to my own camp.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
Mhere the Iennn,,n a!rn,v.

In South America the bauann is
not thought OF as a luxury. In fact
1t takes the place OF bread and meat
and vegetables among large part Of
the people. Every garden has its
banana patch, just as we have our in
dispensible rows of potatoes. On the
lSthmus OF Panama the cars spin past
hills covered from base to summit
with the beautiful broad-loaved plants.
their great clusters OF fruit hanging
from the stems just under the
leaves. The banana plant looks
something like an immense Gala lily
It's stems are made up from the leaves,
so shcathed or folded around each
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
KISSING THE BABIES.
A Mother Who object, TO such Common
Proceedings.

Proceedings.
81 suppose | was very abrupt, and
perhaps, disagreeable, said mother
OF two or three pretty children. as
they came in from an outing 'but |
assure you | could not help il. There
IS nothing that occurs to me when |
am out with tho children which an.
noys me more than To have strangers
literally pounce upon the babies and
cover their faces with kisses. OF
course. ! wouldn't have common sense
Il didn't know that they are extra
pretty children. | have heard ii ever
since they were born and | certainly
ought 70 have learned It By heart by
this time. Ii | didn't know il any
other way should very soon do 80
FROM the marked attention they al.
ways receive in public but | will not
allow this prOmlscuous kissing. The
woman who annoyed me was mid
die aged person with the most afro.
clous set Of teeth or rather the re-
mains Of thcm, that | ever saw. Her
breath was almost intolerable oven al
the distance which | stood from her
and ! noticed that the baby turned hi.
face away in disgust or course. /
hated TO toll her that never permit.
ted strangers to kiss tho children. All
the same did II aud am not sorry.
II j. Tor this reason, largely. that
| 20 out myself when the children are
taken for their airing. lind that
nursc-girls will not guard them
against this danger. and can per.
init them 70 run the risk o, getting All
sorts " infections and diseases that
know must come from such 4 condi.
ton ot tho mouth People really
seem TO have not. the slightest idea
that they are guilty 81 rudpnnss ia
Offering 10 kiss other peoples chil.
dren. but consider il such. notwith.
standing thu fact that know lam ex.
pccted % take Il as compliment.
II assure sou, however that
would rather such compliments were
omitted altogether, will not "a.
gage nurse,girl with poor teeth or
offensive breath or one who has uny
disease Of the lungs throat or head.
] don't think It's safe 20 do so ana
therefore muke the most rigid IN.
quiries in this respect: and good
health and clean mouth are among
the imperative demands when On.
gage such servants "-Ncw York
Ledger.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
TROUBLES OF AN lNvsNro,

AN INVENTOR.
How the First Manufacturer Of Nm.
Was Cheated out Of Ills yors
Al the close OF the year Il was !.
nouneed in French newspapers ~,
new explosive had been invented -.
pared TO which dynamite and pna
glycerine We're as playthings ,n
name of this new article was melIni,
aud the inventor was NJ. Turnin
French chemist
Army engineers tested II and fo,,.a
it altogether satisfactory 4 .ba,,
which was fired into AN old condomn.s
fort near Paris blew the whole strn@
ire to atoms not stone Or 4 handml
Of earth was left in It's place. n III
ploding. the melinite resolved ;,.a,,
into such powerful gases that potbl,a
could Withstand its destructive &c.
The invention meant revolution Z
warfare; even the best modern wor,.s
Of defense were now rendered onl,.
useless. f7
The inventor received The Al.
amount Of praise. His explosive M.
called boulangito ia honor 81 the then
popular minister OF war ana ~
French government promised d nm
his invention.
But Boulanger fell. and hts suees...
or NJ. Campsnon seemed 10 have ~.
gotten both Turpln aud the melinlte
as u again was called.
Patriotism Is very noble oustne
ont the best patriot must have
money and ~ Tnrpin concluded a
sell his invocation To some other goy.
eminent, or % some gun manufactures
lie thought Of tho Armstrong; n
England says the Detroit Free Pres.
who are ths most extensive rnannfart.
urers Ia their line next 10 Krupp h
Essen. and be addressed himself 10 N
Iriponnel their agent Ia Paris frip.
onnet advised him 10 go 10 Their
works AZ Newcastle which Monsieur
Turpin did
Ills establishment iuay b. Imagined
when ilc upon his arrival found liz,
his invention Was already knoKa d
England The Armstrong; had 1 com.
pleto knowledge Of the relative Quan.
tiiy 81 tho component parts 81 the mel. /.
Unite as we'll as of all other secrets
connected with IL manufacture. and
the firm had called him Only d ob.aia
his persona! affirmation ol the correct.
moss 81 the process. aud tbs genuine.
ness % the article for which thoy o.
fercd him 100, 600 Francs This prop,
nsstion n. Turpin rejected and wcat
back 20 Paris ID rage
Here h. very soon learned how lie
English firm had GONE into possession
81 his secret Their agent ia Paris had
simply had his fathvr.ln.l Aa steal no
necessary document from the archives
Of tho war department.
NJ. Turplu now made formal CON.
plhint 70 the government. and q com.
mittce Of investigation was appointed.
Tho chairman was AN army officer
who had assisted T'ripoungt's fathcr,la.
Law Ia tho theft, and tho investigation
ended In smoke. ~ course.
After four years Of waiting and FL.
tile agitation w. Turpiu has nov
finally taken the bull BY the horns and
published pamphlet In which hs
gtvsa . complete account 81 the case
and tho treatment he has suffered.
Tho publication OF several OF the
documents and facts contained IN this
was very annoying to tho
government. and the unsold balance
o. the edition was recently contiscaied
by order OF the war department AZ
the same time Tripounct and Turpln
were both arrested TripOnncrs faith
er-in-law. the,aetunl thief had already
'epapOratcd
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
EoulNocTlAL STORMS 4 MYTH.
srrgt. FrankrnHrId searches tho Record,
but Finha No Authorizes.

S"rgt' trankSntiFli SEARCHES the Records
bat Finha No AathoritIrs.
MIR. Frankenhcld Of the weather bu.
roau Is not firm believer 10 the oqui.
nox ~ having direct influence ON tho
weather. lie was rather inclined 10
treat tho subject lightly, for he deems
i merely an aged superstition.
IT Is timo-h0nored habit. said
nc. to call any storm that happens 70
come within two or three weeks Of
that time the equinoctial storm. But /
believe our modern writer's on meteor
ology do not give tho matter any spe-
cial attention. IL belongs more prop.
orly to astronomy than 10 our depart.
ment Still I'll look It up little,
lie went to the book shelves and be-
gan looking over the standard meteor.
illogical works. Buchan, Kaantz and
LOOMS were taken down and their In.
dices thoroughly examined, but moth
ing about the equinoxes could be
found. This said Mr.. FrankenReld
taking down a larger work on she sub
iect, lis Ferret, the latest work on the
subject IL is considered worry scien-
tiiie. But careful investigation
seemed to strengthen the idea that the
equinoctial storm has no place in
science
Wen go back TO some Of The oldor
fellows. he continued. Perhaps they
viii have something TO say about H.
Here's Piddington's Sailors Horn.
book. published in 1862" There was
a record OF cyclones for the last 500
years, but nothing about oquinoSes.
Then Daniellof 1876 was tried with 10
better result.
There - only one more chance
he remarked as he took out an old
bruised, calf bound volume Here is
our oldest work. II is by John Pointer
and was printed in 1888. II there Is
nothing in here we shall have 30 give
IL up
The pages were yellow with age and
tho letters were old-fashionod but they
betrayed no secrets about tho equincc.
tial storms and 10 seemed necessary to
consign them 10 the realm of legenda.
W mythology. Chicago News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26

-zitella Cooke in Youths Companion,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1891-12-26
Anscicd tho nlll,.

THAT COW is awfully cross don't 20
near her."
u had some OF her milk this MORN
ing.n
How do you know Il was horsPn
''It was sour n--Epoch
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
MIDDLE STATES SUMMARY.

j. Sloat Fassott and J. w. Vrooman,
the publican nominees, were accorded
a fine reception in OgdensDurg, n. Y,
yesterday.
Burglars broke into the Norton House
at compton, n. j., Monday night, and
stole 5000 in money and silverware from
the safe.
The canning factory of L. j. Morris &
Sons at Lewes, Del, was entirely de-
stroycd by fire at noon yesterday. Loss,
81, 900; no insurance.
The mangled body of Il woman who had
been we'll dressed was found on the
Nickel Plate Railroads tracks in Buffalo
Yesterday. There is no clue as to how
she was killed.
Tho horribly mangled body of man
was found on the track of the Lackawa-
ma Railroad yesterday at Delawanna, N.
j. Nothing was found in the clothing
to lead to his identity.
Jersey City police arrested the entire
troupe of Walter l.. Mains circus for
pari,ding i'll that city without IL permit
The manager claimed ignorance of the
ordinance and AN were released.
Thomas p. Curtis, son of Colonel Cur
| tbs of the Judge Advocates Department
of the Army, has been expelled from
West Point Academy for making a false
entry in the hospital register.
The Eighth judicial District Demo
cratic Convention, at Buffalo yesterday,
nominated Myron II. Peck, of Buffalo,
and w. Caryl Ely, Of Niagara Falls, as
candidates for the Supreme Court Judge
| ship
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
NOTICE..

To the legal voters of the Center School
district of the town of Waterbury:
The legal voters Of the Center School
district of Waterbury, are hereby warned
that district meeting will be held in the
district court room in the City hall build
ing, III said district on Saturday, October
3, 1891, at o'clock in the evening, for
the purpose of hearing and acting upon
the reports of the district committee,
board of education treasurer and audi
tors of said district, to lay tax sufficient
to defray the expenses of said district for
the ensuing year, and to provide for
making suitable temporary accommoda-
tions for the relief of the crowded con-
dition of Bishop street school.
And said legal voters are hereby warned
that the annual district meeting for
the election of district committee, board
of education, clerk treasurer and audi
tors of said district, will be held on Mon
| day, October 5, 1891, in the Police Court
room, in the City hall building in said
| district, at s o'clock in the forenoon, and
| that the voting places for the several vot-
| ing districts in said Center School dis
trict will be as follows:
The First district, the Second regiment
armory on Phoenix avenue.
TIE Second district in a building to be
erected on the Scovill lot on the westerly
side of North Main street.
The Third district in City hall building
The Fourth district in Turn hall OF
Scovill street.
And the ballot boxes will be open il
each of the above places for the reception
of votes from o'clock in the forenoon tt
5 o'clock in the afternoon of said day.
G. B. WEBSTER,
MICHAEL BEGNAL,
ALFREDJ. WOLFF, Dist Com'tee.
AUG l. GOODRICH,
| WILLIAM WILSON,
Attest AUGUSTUS J. SMITH, Clerk.
Waterbury, September 26, 1891.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
CHAPTER XII.

A month passed and then the great
boom at Paradise Park received q sud
ilcn check. a railroad line was located
through that section of Kansas, but it
came not to or through the place. 1t
ran within five miles of the town, and
The company located q depot and laid
3ut a townsite at the point nearest to
Paradise Park.
AS soon as this fact became known as
certainty the great boom burst and
The embryo western metropolis lay flat.
The sale of lots stopped short, and
within three days the value of real
estate ran down until it was impossible
70 sell lots at any price. The noise of
Inc saw and hammer ceased, and I'M
finished buildings were left so.
Then q new town on the railroad was
started under the name of Magic City.
Scraggs, the inevitable, shook the dust
IF Paradise Park from his feet and
went down to Magic City to inauguratc
boom there; and he succeeded so
we'll that within few days there was
grand rush of people to the new
town, and real estate craze rivaling
that of Paradise Park began to rage.
The people who owned houses at the
OlNl lON II IllONSNl OllSllA w lllS hSNS SLl1Nt
thus within n couple of weeks the
famed town of Paradise Parlz-the
once proud infant wonder of the world
was blottcd out of existence, and
nothing save few old foundations and
| The painted corner stakes remained to
mark the spot where the embryo
metropolis had stood.
The collapse had been sudden and I'M
| I /
who had invested their little all in the
hope of making raise awol1e sudden
| ly to the fact that they were ruined, and
that their hopes and their money had
gone down together in the great wreck.
Some who had n small amount of means
left invested in the new town in the
hope of retrieving what was lost in the
old, but hundreds had nothing left to
invest, and all they could do was to
mourn the Departed and curse Scraggs.
This latter pleasure, however, was
denied John Green. He could mourn
the fall of Paradise Park, but he had
no occasion to curse ScragGs, for
Scraggs had warned him and had made
every effort to get him to save himself.
John took his loss seriously to heart
md many were the waleful nights il
caused him. The sum of money was
small, but it was all that stood between
his family and want if he should fai
on his crop the coming season, as there
was fair prospect of him doing
since the season had opened up exceed
ingly dry.
Mary, ever patient and long suffering
deplored the loss of the money equally
as much as John did, but made pre-
tense of considering it a mere trifle
True wife that she was, she was willing
to bear her own bAlnders alone, and be
sides shoulder large part of her hus
bands. She saw nothing in the futur
outlook to encourage her, yet for John
sake she affected to see a great deal
and the more he regretted, the NOR
cheerful and hopeful she became, an
the more lightly she treated their loss
81 am glad, Mary" John remarke
one day, that you take such a happ
view of the situation. The loss of tn
money, and the knowledge that it wa
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
Waning Annual Town Meeting,

Notice is hereby given to, all the legal, voters
Of the Town of Waterbury that the annual meet
ing of said town will be held in the District
1891, at o'clock in the forenoon, for the purpose
of voting by ballot for Assessors, members of
the Board of Relief, Selectmen, Town Clerk,
Town Treasurer. agent Town Deposit Fund,
Auditors Grand Jurors, COnstables, Registrars
of Voters Sche oil Visitors, Tax Collector, and all
officers who must be chosen in such manner.
Also to lay tax for the payment of interest, the
support of common schools and the current ex-
p of the town. Also to determine by ballot
whe ether any person shall be licensed to sell
spirituous and Intoxicating liquors within said
town. so to act on the proposed layout of
Quarry street from the city line TO the inter
sectng road from Fritchard's pond to Dublin
street Also to take action on the question of
building an aims house.
The polls will be open from O'Clock in the
forenoon until O'Clock in the afternoon of said
day. at the following places within the several
voting dist riots.
First District 2rd Regt AImory, Phoenix ave.
Second District-Scovills Lot, North Main st.
bird District-City Hail.
Fourth DStrict-Turn Hall otherwise called
Meyers Hall,l Scovill street.
Dated at Waterbury this 2Sth day of Sept. 1891.
E. w. PINNEY,
NJ. F. CARMODY,
F. j. BROWN.
SelCctmen.
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
SAN SHE WAS DIR. wALKER.
A Strange Woman Who Was Bound te
Sleep in Christie warden's Room.


HANOVER, N. H., Sep. 30.-A we'll
dressed woman, with her veil tightly
drawn over her face, called at Farmer
Warden's house late Monday night, and
giving her name as DR.. Mary Walker
asked to be allowed "to remain all
night and sleep in Christie's room -
The family at first demurred, as they
were afraid from the gruff voice
that she was man in disguise They
finally, however, consented, and allowed
her to remain and spend the night on
the sofa.
Mr.. Warden and several neighbour
watched her, however, and at 2 a. m.
the woman, to identify herself, said she
had come to save Christie's murderer,
and further, showed two receipts of
registered letters dated Boston Sept. 10,
bearing the name of DIR. Mary Walker
and some baggage checks from a Boston
hotel
Later on the intruder said: "This
Almy they have arrested is not the man
who killed Christie Warden"
A despatch received from a dime
musuem in Boston, where DR.. Mary
Walker has been lecturing states thai
she finished her employment and left fol
her home in Oswego, N. Y, Wednesday
last. .
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30

not that which influences me. There Is
not a man among all my customers
whom l would not advise as 1 do you,
vcrc he placed in like circumstances.
But it is folly to talk and argue. Here
is customer for your lots. Take my
advice and sell out"
NO." said John, 'I'll keep them.
know your object, Mr.. scraggs-I can
sec through it perfectly. Those lots
are destined to sell for an enormous
price, and you know it. You see a
thousand dollars or so in them, and you
want them. You arc the man who pro-
poses to buy them. You are sly, Scraggs,
and you can hatch out some plausible
schemes, but understand your motive
in this instance"
Scraggs arose and walked the floor for
q minute or two, then stopping in front
of Green, said:
John Green, wouldn't pay you fifty
per cent. On the Investment you made
in those lots. don't want them, anc
Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-09-30
NEWS OF THE DAY.

All the journeymep tailors in Birming-
ham, Ala, are on strike for higher
wages.
Judge j. II. Broadly, the Democratic
nominee in Nebraska for Supreme Judge,
has declined to run.
The tug Bertha Endrers went down in
a gale on Lake Michigan, yesterday. The
crew of six perished
The Rockford Oatmeal factory at
Rockford, ILL.,, burned yesterday. Loss,
$45, 900; partly insured.
Hon. Luther NJ. Goddard of Leadvill Q,
Col, was nominated for Chief Justice Of
Colorado yesterday by the Democrats.
The John Fowler Brewing Company
of Covingt on, KY, made an assignment
yesterday. The assets are $1O0,OOO with
liabilities about SIS, 900.
The European ENJOYS to the Column bia n
Exposition were banQueted at the Pal
mer House, Chicago, last night, pre- vi
Gus to their departure for home.
The President has appointed j. r, Bur
the Worlds Fair for the State of Kan
sas vice Reese R. Price, resigned.
The Kentucky Savings Bank of Louis
Vile, Ky, has closed it's doors. The de-
positors will be paid in full. This is the
fourth bank failure in Louisville in six
months.
Henrietta Murrell, colored, who was
hanged yesterday at Smithville, Va. fol
the murder of her Swear child, con
fessed the crime, claiming that she could
not obtain work and support hel
offspring.
Leonard D. Powell and James Leeper
were hanged at Galesburg, Tex, yester-
day, for the murder, on December II
1899, of j. A. Matthias, whom they shot
as he was riding along a country road
| with his son.