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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
MERY's woooplLE.
How Lazy and Careless Man Lost Tr,s
Little Fortune.

Little Fortune.
That witty Frenchman Merry was
careless in his use OF money. and was
also inclined to be lazy. With
characteristic originality he once at
tempted to utilize one failing as 4 re.
straint upon tho other saws the
Youths Companion. His heroic
scheme was not entirely successful,
but he accepted his experience philo.
sophically and enjoyed telling the
story. 1t happened that he had 4. 900
francs in forty-franc pieces.
Now, f" said he, If am economi-
cal ! can pass a comfortable winter.
But am not economical; however I
have an idea think can be careful
about using this money.
He unlocked "a large closet in his
room and had the things taken out
Then he went TO dealer in firewood
and ordered two loads OF the largest
heaviest blocks.
He had the blocks piled In the
closet Then he took the forty franc
pieces and dropped them in the cracks
OF the woodpile They are safe
now, he said with smile OF salts
faction as he locked the DOOR
Whenever he wanted piece OF
money he had to pull out six or more
of the great blocks OF wood and all
went we'll for time. One dav no
was absorbed IN writing. when beg
gar. who for some reason had been
allowed to come To- his door. entered
and enlisted Mery's sympathies
With his usual generosity Merry turn.
ed to the drawer where he kept his
money. Il was empty. Then he un-
locked the closet
To be true to his resolution to forco
himself to spend that money care.
fully, he should have attacked the
woodpile himself; but his dislike for
hard work betrayed him into a mis-
take
There are some gold pieces in
that woodpile." he said. Get one
for yourself. and while you arc about
it get one for me. for shall DO want
ing some pretty soon. Then he
went back into the next room to
write.
For a long time Merry heard the
man throwing the wood about Final
ly he went to the door thinking ne must
have found good many gold pieces
by that time. He was right as he
found out afterward.
The rascal was flushed and breath
less with his exertions. When he
saw Merry he said Il have only one
gold piece and made his escape inn
mediately. Mesy glared az the closet
The blocks were all in place. The
idiot replaced the wood he said and
went back to his writing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
4 mnxinr Enrear.

The military stratagem mysterious
ly foreshadowed in Macbeth by the
phrase till Blrnam wood remove to
Dunsinane" was repeated in Copen-
hagen at the time Of the royal golden
wedding. A procession OF 100. 600
citizens and provincial visitors taking
part in the royal golden wedding fes-
tivities marched to the Amalienburg
castle. In the students section OF
this grand army OF peace and good
will every man carried a branch OF a
beech tree and the combination had
the effect OF moving forest.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
MOTHER DID 1T.

He sat at the dinner table
With disconnected frown;
The potatoes and steak We're underiona
And the bread was bSked too brown;
The pie was too sour, the pudding 200
Sweet
And tl9 roast was much too fat;
The soup so greasy. too, and salt,
Twas hardly fit for the cat.
n wish you could eat the bread and pie
I've seen my mother make;
They are something like, and 'twopll do
You good,
just to look at loaf of her cake"
Said the smiling wife; I'll improve with
age
Just now | am but q beginners
BIT your mother has come to visit Us,
Aud to-day she cooked the dinner"
PHILADELPHIA News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22

While coming across the bridge a
spaniel dog was noticed following
after the car. WHO owns tbnts"
asked the tourist OF tho conductor
"ThatP" said tho mau who punched
tickets why don't you know Nell
the horse car dog2i That's the dop.
She's been following these across this
bridge Tor weeks past Whore she
came from we don't know but every
time the cars get near the bridge she
shows up and runs along barking.
The bridge men have whipped her
once for barking and she's a little
shy. but she's dandy aud we ali
think considerable OF her" Where
does she sleep2" why IN ,ho
barns That dog. sir ought 10 81
Chased with Railroad Jack Postoric,
Owney and tho other fnmous
CANNES" Tho dog trotted along
giving vent to an occasional angrv
bark. a. II dissatisfied with tho rata
Q. speed Of the car which compelled
him to 70 50 slowly. Albany Journa,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
A Remarkable sntder.

Among the most remarkable spiders
is the Dolomeds which runs over the
surface of water in pursuit OF its prey,
and dives to escape its enemies.
Stranger still Is the Argyroneta.
which builds It's house wherein It lays
its eggs and rears its young ut the
bottom of streams
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
Poru's Petroleum.

So great has been tho developments
OF the petroleum fields in Peru that
pipo lines have boon run from tho
main wells TO tho coast Tho opinion
is expressed that tho Peruvian field
Will soon be able to supply the de-
mand OF all the west coast OF South
America.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22

Although dread for water Is in
stinctivo In cats London CORE.
spondent states that a person living
on the banks Of tho river Thames had
= cat which frequently swan across
inc river TO spot which was infested
with rats She always swan very
low In tho water with tail erect and
would shake herself like dog Oh
coming ashore.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22

AZ the 1876 centennial at Philadel-
phia an electric light was exhibited
as a curiosity and now nearly all tho
cities Of the United States are so
lighted. and Mr.. Edison has given
the world the incandcscent light for
the interior OF dwellings and build.
iugs.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-10-22
The Isagpipe,.

Bagpipes are generally ascrlbcd 10
Scotland whore they have been n
use Tor long time but it was al in.
strument upon which tho ancient
Greeks and Romans played.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
KIRTLEY RROS

1913 walnut st., KANSAS OITY, MO.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21

point OF Intelligent restriction as Mr..
Miller himself. And the reason is that
lawyers understand that the antl-Sher-
man law cannot break the power Of the
trusts. We see no way to reach this
armed camp Of commerce except through
an unmistakable sentiment among the
people in favor Of applying public own
ership to break a monopoly.-New Ma
ton. December 3.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
North. South, East, West,

Extends the lines Of the great southwest
system, comprising the Missouri Pacific
railway and Iron Mountain Route from
Omaha on the north to the Texas line on
the south, st. Louis on the east to the
mountain walled cities Of Colorado on the
west, covering nine great states and touch
ing the most important trade oenters be-
tween the mississippi valley, Rocky
mountains and the territory lying north and
south thereof. ST. Louis, Kansas City,
Leavenworth, AtOhison, ST. Joseph, Lincoln,
Omaha, Wichita, Denver, Pueblo, Cairo,
Memphis, Little Rock, Hot Springs, Ft.
Smith, Texarksns, are a partial list Of the
big cities directly on the line of this great
railway system, and are reached every
day in the year by from two to five fast ex-
press trains drawing the handsomest equip
ment of modern railway travel. For copies
Of pamphlets on Kansas, Missouri, Arkan-
sas, Texas, illustrated and descriptive
books on the greatest health and pleasure
resort Of the present age, Hot Springs,
Arkansas (the Carlsbad of AmeriCa), ad-
dress n. @ TOWNSEND,
g. p. & T. A., st. Louis, Mo.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
How to Fight Trusts.

When Senator Edmunds reported the
Sherman antitrust law from the judi
cisry committee in 1890, he told the SEN
ate that, unless the trusts were checked,
it was only "a question Of time when,
between tyranny of capital on one side
and labor on the other, there would be
no liberty for the people worth the
name" That the trusts have been mul-
tiplying like rabbits. and that Mr.. Ed
munds' party has done nothing to
exterminate them is generally under
stood. Attorney General Miller told the
house Of representatives that he was not
aware that there was an anthracite COM
bination. A congressional committee is
at work on the coal combine, to be sure,
but the public has long discounted these
iunketing tours Of Legislators. The man
to move Ia Attorney General Miller.
"Dont you regulate the supply of coal ?"
asked a number Of the committee Of
President Mcleod, Of the Reading road,
last week, and he replied: "We exercise
an intelligent restriction" So do all Of
the trusts in the list which was printed
in the NelO NatiOB last week. Attorney
General Miller evidently sees nothing
wrong in this intelligent restriction" " Of
production, however much the consumer
may feel the effects Of it when he comes
TO pay his bills, Our prediction is that
Mr.. Clevelands attorney general will
prove to be quite as silent upon this
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
Kansas Honss Of Representatives.

OF the 125 members Of the incoming
house, forty have had previous service in
the legislature Of the state.
The sixteen counties Of Cheyenne,
Grant, Gray, Greeley, Haskell, Kearney,
Kiowa, Lane, Logan, Scott, Seward, Sher-
man, Stanton, Stevens, Wallace and
Wichita are for the first time represented
in the house, and Of the LOG counties in the
state, only those Of Garfield and Morton
will be without actual representatives.
The vote Of Garfield at the late election
was III, and Morton polled 1876 votes
Our republican friends are rejoicing
over their gratifying gain that they i'm
agine they have made in this great
commonwealth; but going back to the
year when the present national chief ex
ecutive was elected, IL might be in order
to call attention to the remnant of "the
grand old party" in Kansas, that, as
compared with their majorities on repre-
sentstives this year with what they had
in 1888, their loss in Doniphan county is
81; in Nemsha, 365; in jackson, 461; in
Jefferson, 665; In Pottswatomie, 946; in
Allen, 215; in Anderson, 334; in Linn,
394; in Bourbon, 997; in Neosho, 273; in
Elk, 312; in Wilson, 381; in Cherokee,
974; in Crawford, 995; in Marion and
Morris, the loss in each is 493; in Wa
baunsee, SIS; in Greenwood, 8S2; in
Lyon, 1,133; in Usage, 1,340; in Shawnee,
1896; in Dickinson, 2S0; in Gesry, 44O;
in Clay, 495; in Ottawa, 496; in Riley,
500; in Republic, 7O1; in Saline, TAT; in
Washington, 1879; in Thomas, 283; in
Rocks, All; in Jewell, 428; in Lincoln,
504; in Sheridan, 69S; in Decatur, I'll; In
Phillips, 756; in Osborne, 1,O74; in Ness,
4l2; in Reno, 453; in Barber, 4S6; in Nc
Pherson, 555; in Pawnee, $40; in Rice,
756; in sedgwick, LAS.
In the ninety counties in which they
elected 12O representatives in 1888, they
come out of their arduous campaign of
1892 with half Hundred certiRcatesf from
the returning board, land the majority for
several Of these is very meager.
In the state senate, the republicans are
in a minority of $3.50 on the popular
vote, and they succeed in obtaining
fifteen senators, where, in 1888, they
elected thirty-nine out Of the forty men,
bers. But how they boast.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
The sixth Avenue Hotel.

When in the city of Topeka, stop at the
Sixth Avenue hotel, 1O7 East Sixth avenue.
W. M. SpeOk, the proprietor, is an accom-
modating gentleman, and will make your
stay pleasant one. Meals firSt-Olass, nice
rooms and good beds. This hotel is Ali
ance headquarters, where you viii see state
Alliance officials and prominent Alliance
men,
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21

TFFGplpHV :soss g ssss sEsaatss: s.! .'s;?se ss:s
ILLLuIIhl glve SchOOlin Kansas. Only
Cooperative School In the
World. The best on earth. More advantages
than Is offered by all other Schools combined.
SS6 pays for average course" including tuition,
board, room and washing, for the first 20 answer
ing this ''ad" Write at once. For past year we
have been unable to I'LL orders for our graduates
Address w. Fl. SKELTON, Mgr,
"LOck Box no" SalinA, Kag.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21

The AToHIsON, TOPEKA b BANTA FB r.
b. passes through twelve States and Terri
has no object In unduly advancing the inter-
egtS Of any particular locality, or In giving
other than perfectly reliable Information.
Its prosperity being dependent upon the
prosperity Of the farmers Of the Great South
west, 1t iS naturally willing to aid the deSerV-
tabhBh new home, BY giving him al the
facts and data at its dlspOsal.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21
[NeH'S Patent.l

Compressed air for elevating water and giving
lt pressure. AT small expense you can secure
ready to flow when the faucet Is turned, Tine
pressure Is such as will throw water from o hOge
TO the heighEh Of the ordinary house In case OF
hre. Your lawns can be beautihed with f0un-
talnS. The grass and garden can be Watered BY
means OF hOae attached to lawn sprinkler or
hydrant. WIN be glad to mail you circular and
prices, giving all necessary information, upon
application.
KIRTLEY BROS.
1913 Walnut St., KANSAS OITY, MO.
The advocate and Topeka tribune., 1892-12-21

Write 10 EDWARD HAREM, Special lmmlgFa.
ton Agent, SANTA FE ROUTE, 1850 Union
Ave., Kansas City, No., Tor IatSs FREE
PAMPHLETS.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
PETTY OUTLAWS DEATH,

The death of Jack Cooley, the motor
ious outlaw of Fayette county, has
touch of pathos about it that involves the
descent from the sublime to the ridiculous.
Fora long time the gang bearing Cooley's
name has held the mountain section in
terror, and defied arrest by the authorities
of the county. 1t seemed as if a second
Rob Roy, by his superior knowledge of a
mountain district, were able to set the
law at defiance and carry on the career of
outlawry with every prospect of con-
tinued impunity.
A man who can hold the law in defiance
is a very important, if not pleasant figure;
but the death of this particular outlaw
takes away all his claims to the dignity of
heroic crime. Serious as the subject of
death must always be, the con-
trast between the life Of Cooley
as a defer of the law and his
death as petty criminal is almost
farcical; for the notorious leader of
gang which held the law at arms length
was killed by spring gun while robbinga
milk house. The man whom the posse
c0naitatus could not take from his mount
ain retreats fell victim to a spring gun
set to catch petty milk thieves, in which
class the notorious Cooley is ranked by his
violent death.
The lowering of the rank of Cooley as
criminal is hardly less severe on the legal
powers than on himself There might be
some excuse for the civil power in failing
to suppress nineteenth century Donald
Bean, who, as Evan Dhu says, "never
lifted less than drove of CATTLE" but the
Of the law which cannot arrest
a thief who is revealed by his death as
robber of milk houses makes poor show
ing for its right to exist
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
THE RUSSIAN LAND SYSTEM.

An article in the July Forum, by Mr.
W. c. Edgar, the commissioner in charge
of the cargo of -four sent by steamer Mis-
souri, to the famine sufferers in Russia,
deals with the ultimate cause of the fam
inc. According to this gentleman the real
source of the failure of the crops and the
epidemics which followed it, is the COM
munal land system of that country.
When the serfs were freed 80 years ago
each commune received certain amount
of land for the support of and cultiva-
ton by its inhabitants. Under the Mir,
or communal system, each peasant re-
ceives an allotment of land for the season,
and has no assurance that he will receive
the same land for two seasons In success
sion. On the other hand it is stated that
the communal land set aside for this pur-
pose at the emancipation was not more
than was necessary for the support of the
population at that time. Now that the
population has increased, it is decidedly
inadequate. So far as this phase of the
question is concerned, it is therefore sug-
gestive that the ultimate cause of the
famine is not SO much the existence of
communal land as the fact that there is
not communal land enough.
But apart from that it is no doubt true
that the productiveness of land depends
on the thoroughness of cultivation; and
this the Russian system does not provide.
The peasant holding his allotment for
only one season has no inducement to i'm
prove it so as to make it productive in
future years. The great proprietors have
exhibited the practices of absenteeism to
a marked degree. The result was that a
single unfavorable season which if the
land had been well cultivated could have
done no worse than cut off the exportable
surplus reduced Russia to absolute beg
gary, and left her population a prey to
hunger and epidemics.
The fact certainly justifes the belief
that there is no land system which yields
better results than the one of small pro-
prietorships, which exists in this country
and France. Efforts to change that vital
characteristic of the fullest development
are not in the public interest
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
SENATORS AND THE CONSTITUTION.

The ground of opposition to the confir-
nation of Mr.. Shiras by one or both OF the
Pennsylvania Senators presents re-
markable exposure Of the motives of
practical politics There Is an appoint
ment to high judicial position, that is
conceded to be an exceptionally good
selection. The Senators who are grum-
bling at the nomination are unable to
allege anything against the high legal
ability, unimpeachable character and emf
nent fitness of Mr.. Shiras for the place.
Bat the objection is simply that he was
not the Senatorial selection; and for that
reason there is talk of demonstration of
the Senatorial power by securing refusal
of the confirmation.
This theory of appointment happens to
be direct reversal of the constitutional
provision. The Senators claim that they
must first indicate the appointment, and
the President must follow their indication,
after which the Senate will confirm 1t.
But a certain document called the Consti-
tuition of the United States clearly pro-
vides that the President is to make the
selection and that the whole Senate, not
one or two individual Senators from each
State, must confirm or reject the nomina-
ton.
The political view of appointments by
which the provisions of the Constitution
are denied and overridden sufficiently
characterizes itself without any commen.
tary. But it is pertinent to inquire
whether Pennsylvania elects United States
Senators to support the Constitution or to
nullify it.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
tested by Mr.. Tuckley's practical


examination.
Briefly, Mr. Tuckley finds, on examina-
ton, that railroad fares and hotel charges
as exponents of the cost of life, are as
high in England as in the United States
for accommodations of equal character.
Clothing he finds to be about the same
price, for the kinds worn by laborers at
their toll and the cheaper suits in which
workingmen of the lowest paid ranks
dress themselves for holidays; while of
the higher grades of clothing the English
is the cheaper, but the difference is In in
feriority of fit and finish. The English
man of the higher classes who wears
clothes that are perfect in fit and quality,
pays as much as his American cousin who
is similarly well dressed.
In one respect the English workman has
an undoubted acknowledgements are very
much cheaper, but, as Mr.. Tuckley says,
this is fairly balanced by the large pro-
portion of American workmen who own
their own homes In addition, the cost of
such staple articles of food as meat and
-four is % to 80 per cent higher
Undoubtedly the English workingman
lives mere cheaply than the American.
So does the laborer of India or the coolie
of China live more cheaply than either
English or American laborers. The diff
ference in all cases is due to the compelling
fact that the labor has to accommodate its
style of life to the wages it can earn. But
for an English workman to eat, dress and
travel as the American workman OF the
same rank does, would cost him as much
in the long run as the American must
nov
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1892-07-24
CAREFULLY IN THE WRONG.

The Congressional Committee investi-
eating the management of the Immigra-
tion Bureau at Ellis Island, got into a row
with Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Nettleton the other day in which it put
itself painfully in the wrong. At hear
ing before the committee General Nettle-
ton referred to report which had been
printed for the use of the committee, taking
exceptions to some of its statements. In
Stantly there was an outbreak over the
fact that the Assistant Secretary had been
permitted to see the report affecting the
administration of his department One
fiery Southern member took occasion 10
hurl the awful charge of .'no gentleman"
at the official for the offense of having
read the report A disposition was shown
to put General Nettleton on the rack for
declining to state how he obtained the re-
port; but finally the matter was settled
and the dignity of the committee rescued
from ruin when the Assistant Secretary
handed his copy of the report to Senator
Chandler, who at once avoided further
peril by tearing the corpus deItcti to shreds.
After the committee have had time to
draw long breath, it may occur to them
to inquire whether they did not make
fools of themselves. There has been an
impression that the committee had the
Treasury Department in rather tight
place. But if it appears that its conclu-
sions are TO be made up by reports which
are not submitted to the criticism of the
officials interested, the public will be apt
to withdraw confidence from its findings.
1t would be natural to expect that all the
documents in public investigation would
be open to the parties in interest
The impartiality and equity of pro-
ceeding in which the documents are jeal-
ousy withheld from the defense are placed
under suspicion by the fact, and nothing