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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08


Capt. George L. Kilmer in the Popu-
lar Science Monthly for June says:
IAN infantry soldier at Gaines Hill,
who was hit in the knee by bullet
and ultimately died of his wound, said
that he thought that he had run against
a standing THISTLE
When felt at all, bullets through the
flesh usually produce burning sensa-
tion more or less acute. When bones
are broken singing accompanies the
burning. When bones are hit, but not
broken, there is a numbing sensation in
the whole region involved in the shock,
followed very soon by severe and some
times intense pain. When muscles and
tendons are involved, there is Juggling
sensation, sometimes very slight, and
shell wounds produce feelings similar
to those by bullets, more or less exag-
gerated, according to the size of the mis-
sile and the degree of velocity. Bayonet
wounds / never saw except upon corpses
for / was not a hospital attendant
and as for cannon balls, they do not, as
a rule, leave anything behind to exhibit
feelings.
A muslSet ball at Antietam passed di
ItCtly blTOuBl ueIl. Joseph hooker s
foot between the arch and the muscles
of the sole, the seat, as every one
knows, of sensitive nerves. Had the
General been in State of moderate
repose the blow would have unnamed
him, for the moment at least. In
tensely preoccupied as he was, he did
not notice the blow or the sensation
that accompanied or followed it.
In the charge of the North Corps on
the Confederate works east of Peters
burg, a sergeant of the Fifty-Seventh
Massachusetts, leaped upon the para
pet, and, with his cap in his left hand, his
musket in his right, stood cheering and
gesturing with his arms to indicate his
comrades to come on. Suddenly a she'll
took his head off as completely as a
knife could have done, but the tall
form continued erect for some
seconds, the arms still waving franti-
cally but with ever lessening sweep
and power until the forces of the body
collapsed, when the headless trunk
toppled over to the ground.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
Grand Army Commander.


Concerning the prospects of the ma
tional encampment this year, in which
he is interested. in response to an in
quiry this evening Col. Charles p. Lin
coin said: although l am a candi-
date for the position of commander-in-
chief, as member of the Department
of the Potomac, have reason to be-
lieve that, as citizen of Michigan, my
friends will look with kindly interest
upon my candidacy. / am not pre-
pared at present to state how
much strength / will be
able to develop before the encamp-
ment, but am free to say that the as
surances from various departments are
fiattering in the extreme. There is
one objection to my candidacy which 1
have heard from a couple of sources,
based upon the ground that / am hold
| ing government office as deputy com
missioner of pensions. l do not believe
that this will be regarded by the dele
gates as valid objection to my candi-
dacy. The vast majority of the MEM
bers of the Grand Army of the Republic
are obliged to toll in various capacities
for their daily bread, and am not an
| exception. This objection had no
weight whatever, If it was urged, against
Gen. Veazey, who was member of the
| Interstate Commerce Commission when
he was elected commander-in-chief
And the fact of his holding Office under
the government did not impair in the
slightest degree his efficiency as COM
mander-in-chief, nor do injury to him
self or our order, for it will be admitted
by the entire commradeship that we
have never had a more faithful and
efficient commander-in-chief than our
earnest, painstaking and eloquent Yea
zey. am very sorry, indeed, and pre-
sumo all my friends are sorry also, that
l am not 50 circumstanced as to be indie
pendent of a government Office and every
other class of work. Ihave no doubt
that financial independence would
be great comfort to me, and / know
that it would enable me to crafty my
own desire to render assistance to many
of my comrades whom know are
worthy and deserving of assistance.
But under the circumstances / am glad
to be able to hold government office,
which is not only beneficial to myself,
but which has enabled me in number
less instances, in legitimate and prac-
teal manner, to be of great service to
my comrades. 1 do not believe that
this single and only objection to my
candidacy, of which / am aware, will
effect my standing before the encamp-
ment Detroit Tribune.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
Another story of Chairman wilson.

In 1868 Gen. William E. Jones bri.
gade, to which Company Il was at
tached, made an extensive raid into
West Virginia, penetrating as far as
Fairmont, Clarksburg and other points.
Whilst passing through an intensely
Union settlement, Mr.. Wilson encoun.
tered venerable Union woman, who
proceeded to ventilate her contempt and
detestation in general for Confederate
soldiers, and particularly for those
composing the invading command.
There is large vein of humor in Mr..
Wilson'S composition, and he pro-
ceeded to guy the old lady, which
finally let loose her tongue with abuse.
Finally Mr.. Wilson INDUCED in Some
Mandatory language of the Confederates,
referring to their courage, good looks,
etc, and cited himself as an example
of those qualities. This was more than
the old lady could stand, and she let
out on Mr.. Wilson, who was then small
in stature, with sparse moustache OF
very light color. You are beautiful
specimen, amt you?'' said the old
lady. IF you are specimen of the
good-looking rebel, the good Lord spare
me from seeing an ugly one. Why,
your moustache looks for all the world
like it had been dyed in buttermilk. .
Wilson could stand it no longer, and
for the first time beat retreat from
the Union forces.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

Nor without good reason the peo-
pie OF American cities congratulate
themselves on the development of the
facilities for street transit during the
last dozen years But it detracts not
little from the general satisfaction
over this advance to reflect that
while we have gained in one direc-
ton we have gone backward in an
other Greater rapi6ity OF transit has
been acquired. but the new methods
are 3 distinctly more Objectionable
than the old. The horses hCofs on
the street were far less annoying than
the constant noise of the cable, and
overhead wires are an eye-sore as
well as a public peril. Moreover,
the single.trolley electric lines fill the
earth with the subtle fluid. and the
results immediate and remote. are in
many ways damaging-more so than
we a. perhaps at all times aware.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
They Begin Early.

There is a woman in Key West, Fla,
not yet 40 years old, who is great
great-grand-mother. She is Cuban,
and her name is Cortessio. When but
10 years old her first child was born-a
daughter. When IA years old this
daughter gave birth to daughter, and
the latter has discounted the perform
ance of her ancestors by becoming the
mother Of lusty son at the tender
age Of IL.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
The IisnnImnn Ront.

The Esquimau when he goes fishing
uses a funny-looking boat made Of
sealskins stretched over a wooden
frame. He calls this craft a kayak.
On the upper side Of tho kayak. d.
rectly In the middle is an opening
through which the fisherman climbs
into the boat wrapping himself up in
a flap OF seal skin which he laces
tightly about the opening SO as 10
keep out the water.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
The Book Agent.

A celebrated American artist, says
the New Yorks Times, was narrating
some of his war experiences at his
story: ''Soon after the war broke out,
was induced by a persistent and
smooth-tongued book agent to subscribe
for an expensive illustrated publica-
ton. 1t was to be delivered in parts,
one part each month, and payment of
50 was TO be made at each delivery.
Well. after awhile got tired of the
thing and found the payments irk-
some. But l could not shake off the
book agent. He became a nightmare
to me, and finally to escape him en-
listed. OF course had some
inclination to go to the front
anyhow, but the book agent was
the direct cause of my enlisting
An exciting three years of service fol-
lowed, but the end came and / was
mustered out with thousands of others
/ turned my face to the West, thinking
that the best place to get start in
business. l went to Chicago, and, hav-
ing engaged rooms in clearinghouse,
started out on prospecting tour. The
first man to recognize me in that town
was that irrepressible book agent. He
cheerfnlly informed me that ne had
saved all of the parts of the illus
trated work for me, and he would bring
them to my lodgings the next day.
But he did not, for gave him bogus
address and left for New York that
same night"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

MOST educated persons have OBJ
served that while with the help of
grammars and dictionaries they may
be able to read foreign language.
and even to write it in a stiff academi-
cal way they can seldom speak it
fluently or understand it readily when
spoken unless they have learned it by
the ear. The distinguished oriental
list Prof Palmer OF the university OF
Cambridge. who was murdered in
Northwestern Arabia during the war
against Arab Pasha acquired in the
course of few months the power OF
speaking Arabic. and OF understand
ing it when spoken by talk ng day
after day with Arab sailors in the
London docks. He would ask them
questions about their vessels and
their cargoes and they would point
TO particular objects and describe
them in their own tongue That is 10
say. he learned Arabic precisely as
when little child he had learned
English. and the result was an un-
rivalled mastery OF the language as
an instrument of communication be.
tween mouth and ear.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
kentucky Blue Grass.

The celebrated blue grasi OF Ken
lucky will be displayed in the exhibit
which that state makes at the world s
fair. The display will possess nd :
ditioual interest from the fact that
the sod and grasses are being collected
from historic spots in the state such
as the battlefield OF Perryville the
home OF Henry Clay and the birth.
place OF Lincoln.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

MANY idle woman keep their houses
in such state of dizziness that it is
dangerous to the health to enter
whilst their families are in rags when
little care would keep their
garments whole This in almost
every case arises from idleness and
intemperance.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

O. no!
He never came near tumbling into well
While tempting the brink, on one leg
That's so!
The boy that tell OF is different quite;
He couldn't your feelings annoy:
He never does anything but what is right
This wonderful, good little boy.
lie doesn't drum tattoos on table and pane,
Nor squirm like an eel on hook
o. no,
He studies his lessons, again and again,
No matter how hard Is his book
That's sol
The treasure mention no faults ever hid,
He shines perpetual iOy
But he doesn't live anywhere here; IL he did,
o Wouldn't he be prize boy,
George Cooper in Our Little Ones
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
Consistent.

ut ess howefer" said the distin-
guished foreigner as he concluded
his story simply a matter OF heard
said.
You mean 'hear.say Of course,
count
.'A--h--h; but zis was told me
some time ago. Puck.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

THERE must DO new profession
of highway engineering. 1t may con-
stitute branch Of civil engineering
but it will extend into field which
the civil engineer has not the time to
enter Schools and colleges should
make provisions for this new profess
oson
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

THE unreasonable dread Of noise is
one of the most alarming symptoms
of the sickly condition of our civili-
cation. This is the age Of the nerves
and OF nervous diseases
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

1t is not well to plant an orchard nm
too rich soil, as the trees will mnke 10, 90
rank growth.
Colorado is rapidly becoming a fru,
growing state. and from the presen,
outlook IL bids fair TO outrlval Cali
fornia.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

Syrup"

Boschee's German syrup Is moro
successful in the treatment Of Con-
sumption than any other remedy
prescribed. II has been tried under
every variety Of climate. In the
bleak. bitter North. in damp New
England, ia the tickle Middle States,
in the hot. moist South-every-
where. II has been in demand by
every nationality. II has been em-
ployed in every stage Of Consump-
ton. In brief il has been used
by millions and its the only true and
reliable Consumption Remedy. q
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

p,a'.. : 60, hsti. saEsr saA syrup-. gsiilsS
Cah hsaafar'lhE Co. Cas- AL ,s-,,.ss, ia -.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08

III EETRIH tight Hsppiiss. Door nails Annussis-
n - ~ tars, hts asad Tor prices WotEE
- ELECTRIC Co. 1874 Capisal Arsnns. Omaha
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
OMAHA BUSINESS HOUSES.
WAGONS. CARRIAGES !; v 1890 =:

the CROSS GUN co. oss. a,,g,ssl'iss. El.ls
1or'as write Tor ssssieras. isfs psuass ST. 6saahs.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-08
F99FF T5 81 Liquor, Morphine Q TOT acOO

habtts the q NIih CURE Company has ne
sqnal Hundreds that have bssn carsf ~ long stand
inE vii testltY Gail ~ address the CASTLE CURE
COMPANY. No. toa NOrtL slftssaih street. omshA.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03


Miss Nina Cromwell, of Detroit, who
claims TO be a lineal descendant Of the
great Oliver Cromwell, owns a vener-
able Bible which is thought to be the
identical volume which the protector
used. It was printed in 1891, by John
Wolfe, for the assigns of Richard Day,
and was brought TO this country in 1850
by Benjamin Cromwell, the greatuncle
of the present owner, who has refused
$500 for it. The edges Of the pages are
bordered with columns Of references in
the style which is current today The
references arc not so numerous, how
ever, as those in a modern Bible. Be
tween the Old and New Testaments
are the apocryphal books, and at the
close of the New Testament is a subject
index.
Perhaps the most curious part Of the
volume is the metrical arrangement Of
the Psalms with which it closes. The
preface to this part Of the work states
that the Psalms were collected into
English meter by Thomas Stern, john
Hopkins and others, with apt notes TO
sing them withali" The notes are dia-
mond shaped and are arranged on o
staff OF five lines, having "a cleil not I'M
like the modern tenor cleft, Each note
is open and the stem, when one Is used
proceeds from the apex of the diamond
Detroit Tribune.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

The natural confguration OF many
mountains suggests the human face,
and such physiognomies. cut out Of the
rocks on a gigantic scale are commonly
regarded by sayages. as objects Of wor-
ship. Ellen Russell Emerson says that
the Thunder Bird of the ThlinRits is de
scribed by them as giant man dwell
ing in the sacred hills. When in want
of food he provides himself with pair
of wings and mask in the shape of a
birds head, the latter having beak as
sharp as a knife and "a tongne that
makes fire" ~
Thus arrayed the god spreads his
wings and sails over the ocean in search
Of a whale By his side and-attached to
his waist is the lightning demon, which
darts upon the prey and fetches tito the
hungry god. Washington Stan
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

An extraordinary punishment is now
in vogue in Persia, 1t was introduced
by the present shah with a view to put
ting a stop to the petty pilfering that
had had unbridled sway for hundreds Of
years. It consists in taking the culprit
through the following course Of
sprouts" and is said 10 be very effectual,
especially when it has been applied 10
one guilty of the third Jllense;
The first time man is caught IN the
act Of stealing he is "bastinadoedH (beat
en- on the soles Of the feet with an iron
rod and made to sign paper declaring
that that will be his last offense. II he
forgets this when the soles Of his feet
quit burning and tries it again, the sec
ond offense calls for the amputation Of
his right hand. If he is still q -te,
and goes at it left handed, the th.fd and
Of coulse last resort is decapitation. -
st, Louis Republic
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

You must pluck pansies every day If
you would have them bloom continually.
There is not so great field for their ar
rangement in the house as with many
other flowers have a low, shallow,
fiaring basket of amber glass in which
lay them.
A pretty way TO arrange them is this.
Along the edge Of a shelf, bracket, man
tel or whatever it may be, put in a row
of small vases straight up and down,
little yellow match jars shaped like a
mug without handle (which you can
find in any store where japanese goods
are sold, and into these put your pan
sizes with faces upright looking over the
edge, only three or four in each. There
Is room for all sorts of delicious com
binations and contrasts Of colors in this
arrangement.-Mrs. Celia Thaxter
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03


Fireworks first became known in Eu-
rope in 1860, when the Italians in Flor
ence managed to make some. The first
spectacle of fireworks was in 1888. New
York Evening Sun.
Puritan Small Boys.
In book in which Jonathan Trumbull
recorded the minor cases he tried as
Justice of the peace is this entry: "His
MajesHes Tithingman entered com
plant against iona and Susan Smith,
that on the Lords day, during divine
service, they did smile" They were
found guilty, and each was fined five
shillings and costs. But it was the
''small boy" whose behavior in the meet
ing house provoked the Puritan elders
TO groan In chorus, 'Foolishness is
bound in the heart of a child.
The boy behaved badly because he
was seated with other boys, instead Of
with his father and mother in family
pew. They were herded together on
the pulpit and gallery stairs, and tith.
ingmen and constables were appointed
to watch over them, "and see that they
behave themselves somelie, and use sucl
raps and blows as meet,
In one parish it was ordered in towr
meeting "that there be some sticks sci
up in various places in the meeting
house, and fit persons by them and tC
| use them"
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03
HEARTS HUNGER.

We let them be Just for little while.
We cannot bear TO put them yet away
The vacant high chair Of little child,
The torn hat but worn the other day
OF the low footstool where our dear ones feet
Had rested, or the fathers easy chair.
That never more win hold the manly form
We let them stand, tho room would look too
bare
we gaze out In the waning, fading light,
The books and music mock us in the room:
our hearts are with that new made grave in
the night
All dark and shadow haunted IN the gloom.
6od pity those who wait in vain to hear
The sound Of feet that ne'cr will tread again
Or long to kiss white faces hid away,
In their deep beds beneath the snow and rain.
The wind from out the harp Of nature chants
A dirge above them as II passes BY;
The dead leaves, tears Of autumn, sadly fall
Upon our sleeping ones Rs still they lie.
Oh, ye who never DER dead loved ones went.
Who ne'er kissed cold hands and faces white.
And held out empty arms and hearts to God.
Can never know the pain We feel tonight.
San Francisco Examiner
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

The scene was not a thousand miles
from Fargo. As they sat ON the steps
on a moonlight evening he claimed the
right to a kiss for every shooting star.
She at first demuTed, as became mod
est maiden, but finally yielded, as usual
She was even So accommodating as to
call his attention IL the flying meteors
that were about to escape his obserYa-
hon, and got 70 calling him on Light
aing bugs, aud at last got him down TO
lteady work on the light Of a lanterD
that 8 Gwitchnan was swinging aboul
n the Northern Pacific yards in the dis
lance, where the boys were making "
rains The Fargo girls arc up with
the times Fargo Republican
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

II the hatchet is rusty have It cleaned
at once. Suppose some Of the family
should be murdered Those rust
stains would hang you.
II you feel as IL you would like TO be
alone don't yield to it, Always have
some reliable person around as a
witness.
III you find one OF the family bleeding,
sneak out 1.-THE house and run. Should
you rush to their aud you might get
some blood ON your clothes and swing
for it.
N You allow yourself TO become nerv-
Gus and eXcitahle yeu will be regarded
as a luuatic and charged with an the
the crimes Ia the neighhorhood. II
you try 20 preserve your self-c0ntrol
you will be regarded as abnormal aud
get arrested just the same, Betia die.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

Mr.. Charles Dickens makca it stand
ing rule never TO purchase amy memen-
.os of or patronize any movements in
connection with his late father II he
.ook notice Of half the offers made him
70 patroniae Dickensian relics be- would
simply have no peacei therefor De in-
rariahly ihanks d correspondent ii de-
aines. .-LQndQn Iii-hitl.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

Is one which Is guaranteed 10 bring you
satisfactory results, or 10 case OF failure a
return Of purchase price, on this safe
plan you can buy from our advertised
druggist bottle Of Dr. Kings New Dis
eovery for Consumption. II is guaranteed
10 bring relief In every case, when nsed
for any affection Of Throat, Lung or Chest,
such as Consumption, Inflammation OF
Lungs. bronchitis, Asthma, Whooping
Cough, etc, etc. Il 8 pleasant and agree
aole 70 Taste, perfectly. safe, aud can al
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a. keber's Drugstore. Lehigliion. and
biery's Drugstore, WeisspOrt
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

l have not used all of one bottle yet,
suffered from catarrh for twelve years, ex-
periencing the nauseating dropping in the
throat peculiar to that disease. and nose
bleed almost daily. l tried various reme-
dies without benefit until last April, when
saw Ely's Cream Balm advertised in the
Boston Badget, l procured bottle, and
since the first days use have had no more
bleeding-the soreness is entirely gone. -
d. q. Davidson, with the Boston Bsdeei,
formerly with Boston Journal
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

AEAlhhB houhBstofh 70 sung stones.
1t has been said that Asiatic nations
excelled others in the use Of the sling,
and the singers of an ancient army
used their little weapons with terrible
effect. "These natives have such skill" +"
says one old historian, "that it very
rarely happens that they miss their aim.
What makes them so great in the use
of the sling is the training given them
from their earliest years by their moth
ers, who set up piece Of bread hung at
the end of a rod for a target and let
their children remain without food until
they have hit it, when the child who is
the victor receives the bread as the re-
ward of his skill and patience. "-Har-
per's Young People.
The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1892-09-03

is beautiful with bad skin, covered with
pimples, freckles, moth OF tan, have
been asked many times what will remove
these unsighllY blemishes. No face paints
or powders will remove them, as they are
caused by impure blood The only sure
remedy have ever seen is Sulphur Bitterb,
and in hundreds Of cases / have never
known them to fail. -Edltress Fashion
Gazette.