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Az INSANE Act,.s
a Farmer Cuts iii. Mifs's Throat md
KIlls llIulkelf,iD,. u ~ III u.

a Farmer. Cuts iii. Nsifs's Throat md
n..a ! Kills iiin,srifSansoH i Va
RicnMoSD, Mrciio Match %. ter.
rible tragedy occurred atthe farm resi-.
dcncc Of Abraham Cooley onepnd a
half miles west OF here this morning.
Cooley cut his wifc's ,hroatfrom car to
ear with n razor and then committed
suicide by drawing tho blade across his
throat. They were dead when dis.
covered short timo after tho tragedy.
Cooley was weulllIy'mani about sixty
years OF nge; his wife about ilily. They.
had been married only about oncyear,
and she was his second wife. lAsi fer as
the neighbours seem. to'iknow, they hud
lived peaccably anil no. reasonable
theory other than That Cooley had be-
come suddenly insane, Gun DO given for
his crime. a'rFd W.
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rronounccd Honelcss. Yet saved.

From letter written by Mrs. Ada E.
llurd, OF Groton, S. D., We quote: "lNas
taken with bad cold which settled on
my Lungs, cough set in and tinallyterm:
mated in Consumption. Four doctors
gave me up, saying | could live buta
short time. l gave myself up 10 my
Savior, determined if could not stay
with my friends on earth, l would inject
my absent ones above. My husband
was advised TO get DR.. Kings New Dis
covcry for Consumption, Coughs and
Colds. j gave it trial, took in all eight
bottles; it has cured me, and thank God
] am now well and hearty woman
Trial bottles free at Logan Drug Co.'s
Drug Store; regular size, so cents and 81.
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Another chicago noodi;cr Indicted.

CHICAGO, March 2o.--Tho expected
indictment OF cx-state Senator NJ. B.
Hereby, one Iois tlle9 members OF the
board OF edrcatiorS-wass Pretended in
court this afternoon, :, Like, the nine in
dicted Doodle aldermen, he is charged
with conspiracy to commit bribery.
Hereby is chairman Of the board OF edu-
cation committee on supplies. 1t is
claimed that this indictmentowas spite
work, the outSro%th of9lisanpointncnt
on the part of a certain ftiitp at not Sc
curing more contracts.
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LlNG.lAN, THE CRANK I
Who Wanted vanderbiirs brains Now
Wants Jay Gouidps Daughter. ia.

NEW YoHK, March 90.7-John' j. Ling.
man, the crank who, il, December last,
demanded tho brains OF Cornelius Van.
derbilt, and who was committed for
examination as to his sanity,is again.in
trouble. For the pastwcek no has been
annoying tho family OF jay Gould, at
$40 Fifth avenue, byrringing the bell
and demanding TO SEQ llelon, the eldest
daughter OF tho iinnncicr, whose lover
he declared himself TO bo.. To-day he
was arrested as lo was entering Mr..
Gould's house and was committed. In
court lie was very violontand was bound
in straight jacket before he could BIO
rom ovnl tf''-.l * t4ltF ~ q
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Tons RIVER, n. j., March 29.-George
S. Bonnell, who died hcteIast Saturday,
had been suffering for SSinahs; n1nths
from what the doctors diagnosed. as
stomach trouble. The post mortem
developed the fact that two grape seeds
had become lodged in the intestincs,
They had become covered with n .grislev
growth which finally grew SO large that
it completely cut of the passageiof'food
in the alimentary canal: Il
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/ l HAVE been sufferer from catarrh
for twenty years. found Immediate
relief in tho use OF Ely's Cream Balm.
Since using it have not suffered a mo-
ment from headache, sore throat or loss
OF sleep, from which l previously suGer-
cd, caused by catarrh. l consider your
Balm valuable remcdy.-R. G. NAssAR,
SO Warren st., New York. Mwr&w
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ADenlbv tho penu,vlyou,,.

PHiLADELrnIA, Pa, March 29,-It is
reported that tho RRnls!ylvaaia rail
road has secured controtofl the William
Penn collicry. near Shenandoah, owned
and operated by f. and &: Brooke, Of
Birlsboro. 1t is one OF the largest COL
licries in the coal regions. having an an
nual tonnage OF about, 300, 900 tons, and
It's product has beedashippcd over the
Reading railroad.%Sii g1IEgm
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Secretary OF state. Rtrnn Isosicns

CoLuMDus, o., March 29.-Secretary OF
State. Daniel j. Ryan has rendered his
resignation to Governor Mckinley in
order to accepta Worlds Fair commits
sionership. 1t is thought his chief
clerk, AlcKinney, will bo. appointed to
succeed him..
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Living with Bullet In Ills Brain.

ST. LOUIS, March 20.-Frank Ts5en,
tho young man whoyYas taken 10 the
city hospital several days ago with S.
calibrc bullet 'inH&his,brain, is still alive
and seemingly doing well. His is re-
garded as I'm abnormal case by the med
ical fraternity, and while tits possible
that a man might continue to live with
a bullet in the brain, very few instances
are recorded. - -.sl-afF TH7
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MADRID, March 2o.--Tho government
has declared d stringent, decree for the
punishment Of anarchist oltragcs. Dy-
mantle cartridges have been found in q
street in Barcelona! a man was in.
jured by the explosion OF ohssloi them.
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THREE NEGROES SOLD.

An Item that Carries Ono Baok. to Ante-
l,ellum Days. I 80
, FAYErrE, Mo-, March 2o.oA sale un-
der tho vagrant act took place in Fay
nettc yesterday afternoon when three
negroes were sold on the block TO the
highest bidder. One brought S25, an
other S., and the thirdSl. Tho negro
clement is highlyindignant and threaten
to have revenge. ,,,,.
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] Hnre. tal,cn Several, !,

Bottles OF BratltieM'sFema Regulator
for falling OF thesNa6mb and other dis
eases combined, $40 Understanding, and
Irtal2y telierr Ian carGd c,ai,ely, Tor which
please acceptny:thanks.s i: 81 355.,
Mis- ,EssSTEpg,xS Ridge, Ga. J.
Sold at wholesale and retail by Logan
Drug Co., and all druggists. i
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WATERFOWL, Or, March 29.-Daniel
Lilly Taller is dead at the age OF one
hundred and six years. Hewas native
OF Ireland. Ho had full, possession OF
his faculties up to tine timeo his death,
and had used rum and tobacco all his
lifn .-lfITa- ~ a ~. - Z 49,.
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NySAcK. N.Y., March 29.-Philip St,
Pierre, oneiofithe best known engineers
on the Hudson. river, is dead. lie was
in Canada and was aged Is.
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No OTHER Sarsaparilla hes the merit
by which Hoods Sarsaparilla has won
such firm hold upon tho confidence OF
the people. TO-
. No OTHER combines the economy and
strength which make 100 Doses One
Dollar true only OF Hoods Sarsnparillh..
No oTnRR possesses the Combination,
Proportion aud Process which make
Hoods Sarsaparilla peculiar to ITSELF 3;
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A Sixth ward man is kicking because
his wife doesn't throw little moro,
,Delsarte expression into her perform
;ance over the wash tub.-Binyhamton
Leader. z,
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Judge Young Dead,

CnAnLo7rErowS,A PIE. l., March 90:
Hon. Charles Young, probate judge,
is dead Mt the age OF eighty years. His
death was due to- grip. % Jsa p,
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"Solcd out" he murmurcd to himself,
rs the father OF his best.girl gave him
Int at 9 o'clock in the morning.-Blr-
img!on Press.
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LoxDoS, siareh 30 zsaf Ria Denny
baronet, has been declared abanErupt
His liabiliticsnmonnt to S1d0.OOO.
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.sThis is o pretty good daze work."
said the dentist;as Northumberland gus.
r. Washington Star. ina NJ r:L;r;. I,
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As 4 competitive exhibitor. the wax
works man hasn't q living show lop-
kerS Statesman.
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Are you constipated? Bastin's Kid:
ney and Liver Tea effects permanent
cure. % cents. "
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for Infants and Children.

"The uso OF Castorin' Is so universal and
It's merits 10 well known that 10 seems work
Intelligent families who do not keep Castor!H
within easy reach"
New York City.
Late Pastor Dloomlngdalo Reformed Church.
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Hoops Pills cure Sick Headache.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11
AN UNNATURAL CRIME.
A DIsobedient Girl strangIed by Her
Brutal Parents.

The Reporter, an English paper
tells the following story: We have
been informed of very suspicious oc-
currence in the neighborhood of Gates
bridge. II appears that the daughter
OF farmer ia that locality was receiy-
ing the addresses Of a young man, the
son of neighboring farmer, but her
parer is were strongly opposed TO their
intercourse, and frequently chastised
her severely. and sent her away from
home altogether for a time Imme-
diately after her return, however, the
correspondence was renewed; and her
parents, finding them together one
1 evening, took her into the house, and
gave her severe beating. She es-
capped from the place, and was return
I ing TO her lover, when sh9 was again
4 taken into the house and the door
closed. Loud screams and cries were
heard issuing from the dwelling foi
some time, but the neighbors on going
TO the door found it securely barred
and on at length forcing it open they
found the father and mother looking
very excited, and rope with a noos'
on the end of ii suspended from poll
which crossed the room. The man go
into a terrible rage at his door beini
broken, and peremptorily ordered then
ont Of the house. Next day the younge
children Of the family, in reply 70 III
queries Of their schoolfellows, said tina
the young man need not come to loo
for their sister any more, as thei
father and mother had hung her u
and then carried her away out. tn
parents deny all knowledge Of the
daughters whereabouts, and the u
most vigilance o. the police has hithe
been unable to discover any traces
the missing girl, although more than
fortnight has elapsed.
1 Undoubtedly the children were co
i rect in their terrible statement Of u
u hanginV
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

terry is required with them. The
transmitter was held In the hand and
the receiver was affixed to the "kepi."
Combined receivers and transmitters
were also employed. A bare bimetallie
wire O.6 millimeters in diameter was
unrolled from a drum and laid out Of
harms way on hedges, branches. walls
and in trenches A line twenty-three
kilometers long was thus laid, with
the addition Of ten posts, in five hours;
speech was good, and the whole was
taken up again in an hour During a
sham fight cavalry division passed
over long line without interrupting
the com a4unication. A bayonet stuck
in the ground made good earth; SO
did the body of cavalry horse II the
wire was attached to the bride.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

Connecticut, New York. Pennsylvania,
Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Ten
nessee, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois,
Arkansas. Missouri, Wisconsin, Mime
sofa, Nebraska, South Dakota, North
Dakota, Montana, Wyoming, Washing
ton, Oregon, California and Oklahoma
Territory.
Its substantial requirements are as
follows: Ballots are to be provided at
public expense; none but these ballots
are to be used: on them are to be
printed the names Of all candidates
who are nominated either by eonyen-
lions or petitions a short period pr1or
10 the election; the ballots are to be
distributed only by sworn ballot clerks,
ut the polls, TO voters, and for actual
and immediate use in voting; the voter
| Is allowed five minutes in which to re-
tire into booth conveniently ar
ranged, where he secretly marks his
choice of candidates upon the face Of
the ballot, or, If he prefers, writes the
names of candidates of his own nomt-
nation in place of those whose names
are already printed; having done this
he proceeds directly to the ballot
box. and, without exposing the face
of the ballot, or communicating
with any one, deposits the ballot IS hi,
vote. For the benenr OF the blind anC
illiterate. such voter is permitted x
select one of the two ballot clerks
who, under oath of fidelity and secrecy
assists him to mark his ballot
New Jersey has adopted the system
but gives each party its own form 0
ballot New Works law has simila
notifications. In neither State is pro
! +ision made for the blind or illiterate
There are two methods of grouping th'
names on the tickets and both hav'
been tried. The first of these is tn
English, or more properly the orlgina
Australian style of alphabetical az
rangement of the names Of the candi
? dates under the title OF the office. Thi
is used by the following States: Cal
4 fornia, Kentucky, Massachusetts:
! Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska. Ne1
! Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode island
5 Tennessee, Vermont, Washington an
Y Wyoming.
: The second is known as the Belgia
! system, and consists of grouping a
! nominations and offices by parties. It
used in Missouri, Ohio, Wisconsin
Delaware, Illinois, Indiana Main
Maryland and Oklahoma Territory.
In addition to its reform law, Mass
chusetts has bell and some mechal
ism in each ballot-box, which registe
4 and cancels the votes. This apparat'
I was adopted before the ballot refor
law was proposed and has proved
I be a most useful and practical arrang
y ment A bill will be passed in Iov
before the present legislature dissolv
: authorizing the Australian ballot sy
= 4 fem
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

mark In the form OF bulls head.
hence he received the name Of Bucep-
halus, which Is Greek for bulls head. =
The King would have gladly bought
the horse, though the Thessalian asked
q large sum for il about 10000, our
money but none OF the courtiers could
manage the creature. Whenever any
~ them mounted him he reared and
threw his rider, with the result that he
broke some 81 their bones,
Now, ihe young Prince Alexander
carefully watching the horses actions,
noticed that hc swerved aside and be-
came unruly from fear Of his own
shadow, and, having asked and OBJ
tanned his fathers permission to try his
hand, he boldly mounted the animal
and rode him full against the sunshine,
so that his shadow fell behind, him.
Bucephalus, no longer seeing the object
Of his dread, became quite docile and
carried the Prince quietly.
The King was so overjoyed at the
courage and skill Of his son that he
presented him with the horse, exclaim
ing: eco, my son; seek another king
dom. for Macedonia cannot suffice foi
thee"
Alexander became much attached I,
his horse and took him with hin
through all his campaigns in Asia
After bearing his master safely through
many conflicts, Bucephalus is said L
have died of the wounds he received il
The battle with Porus, the Indian king
but Arrian, the historian of Alexander
says that he died Of fatigue and ol'
age, being then about 30 years old.
However that may be, Alexander wa
deeply affected at the loss of the faith
full companion of his victories, and o
the banks of the Hydaspes he built
city in his honor, which he name
Bucephala.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

tried totalls 20 birds. although they
very readily answer her imitation Of
rries IL was simply for her own
amusement that she first developed
her remarkable gifts Of imitation, until |
now she has found that she can turn u |
to a source Of profit and this she ~
doing.
Her bird language was only just |
begun in Michigan. When she was
very little girl she went TO New York
10 live, and since then she has had TO
depend upon bird stores and upon such
birds as she and her friends possess for
her tuition.
Now, TO come back to the physiolog-
zeal feature of the matter, there are
good many people who viii tell yon
Just exactly how Miss Stephenson does
these wonderful limitations 1t Is moth
ing more than whistling pure and sim
pie, many OF them will say. The very
keen and knowing ones sneer even at
whistling. Nobody could whistle IN
that way, they say, with just the whis-
thing apparatus furnished by nature.
Miss Stephenson, they will tell you,
has some ingenious little mechanical
device for making the sounds, which
She conceais in her mouth.
All this makes the gifted bird soloist
laugh. She could not whistle a note
II she tried, she says, and Ms for carry
ing something IN her mouth yon have
only to watch her as she gives the ini-
tations 10 be convinced that that Is all
rubbish. She simply has a marvellous
development OF the vocal chords, which
has been developed by years Of prae-
tiee that began when she was mere
child and when the throat muscles and
vocal chords were plant and flexible.
The sounds come straight from The
i throat, as was remarked Of the begin
ie ming u this article and as yon can sec
y very plainly yourself II you are near
ie by when the limitations are given. Aos
>, viii then very distinctly observe th'
= throat iiutter, as does that Of q canarl
~ when he Is soaring mp in the high note
~ some OF his dizziest tTills.
Us Speaking Of trills, Miss Stephenson
RI says these, euI.iOusiy enough, are IN
n. easiest and least tiresOme Of the Dir
ht songs 10 initiate II is the short, shaf
3n tyyiiters and the long wailing erie
III which are the most trying.
p II Il were not that her bird Imitation
"a are So amazing as 10 overshadow othe
ng things. Miss Stephenson would he a
g most as popular for her skill IN reeiti
e, tons Her rendition % James Whi
er comb Riley's "Goblins" Is 70 a high q
ne gree artistic and charming,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

The Japanese ant Of making minia-
ture landscapes and gardens consists
chiefly in starving the plants so as to
retard the circulation Of the sap of
life-giving juices. Ferguson. who was
one among the first Of English adj
venturers to visit China and Japan,
mentions the fact that he saw at Can
ton "a boxe about the bigniss of ladyes
snuffe-box. which did contain a littyl
dirt and sixteen tiny little trees. foure
of which were in full blow, the whole
boxe, trees and all. so small that
man could put them in hys mouth
together"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11
oREAT AMoNo scIENTIsTs.

Sir william Thomson, Upon Whom the
Peerage Has just Been Conferred.
The peerage conferred on Sir Will
lam Thomson has been hailed with ac-
clamation. There is no more distin-
guished English scientist living than
the professor of natural philosophy IN
the University of Glasgow. As mathe-
matician. electrician and thinker his
position is singularly high. Perhaps
his most daring hypothesis has been his
theory that life was generated on the
earth By transmission from one of the
stars-a theory, of course, which,if true,
would only explain the transmits
sion of life, not its generation He IS a
very popular lecturer, strong union
list in politics and man Of the most
varied accomplishments. He succeeded
Sir George Stokes as president of the
Royal society in 1880.
Among the most important of his
contributions to the advancement OF
electrical science are the construction
Of several beautiful instruments and
their application 70 atmospheric elee-
tricitv. But it is in connection wish
submarine biography that his. laIors
in electrical science arr oest lSrown.
! He is the inTraror 81 the mirror gaiya.
nomater and the siphon-recorder,
which, owing to their extreme delicacy,
can be worked by very low bat,eyy
power, circumstance which tends
greatly to the preservation of the
cables. In the investigation of the
nature of heat, his extraordinary power
of mathematical insight is seen to great
advantage He is the inventor of a
very extensively used improved form
of the mariners compass, in which
complete and perfect correction against
! disturbance by the ships magnetism,
) temporary and permanent, is provided
! and of a sounding machine by which
soundings are taken in depths up (
: 100 fathoms, without even slackenine
: the speed of the ship. He has of lat'
S years devoted much attention to thu
/ subject of electric lighting and is tn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11

DR.. Batty TulSe, the eminent Edin-
burgh psychologist, had laughable
experience the other day.
A Scotch laborer was engaged in the
grounds of the doctors asylum. near
Edinburgh, and had received instruc-
tions 10 pay no attention whatever to
the remarks Of the patients who
noticed him.
Some little time after, DR. luke,
looking at the progress Of the work,
mildly suggested an alteration. The
workman dug stolidly on, and never
lifted his head The doctor raised his
voice; the man dug theoretically. The
doctor threatened, stormed, and finally
Numbered out, "Do you know who
amp
The son of the soil Strengthened his
back. looked at him for minute, and,
shaking his head sorrowfully, eN.
claimed, SPUR delecrious cratm, I'm
sorry for ye." and went on calmly with
| his work.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-06-11
He FELT sHEEPIsH.
A Cleveland Man in a very Ludlerous
Position.

Position.
A few days ago butchers boy at
tempted to drive a number Of sheep to
a slaughterhouse near Cleaveland,
Ohio. and on approaching side street
was highly incensed to find that the
animals were determined to go that
way in spite of all his shouting and
naneuyring. Seeing a scayenger at
work with his broom, the boy called
out TO him to stop the sheep. The man
did what he could to turn them back,
running from side 20 side, and
brandishing his broom with great
dexterity; but the sheep pressed
forward, and at last one of them came
MP TO the man. who. fearing il was
about to jump over his head while he
was STOPPING, grasped the broomstick
in both hands and held it over his
head. In rev moments the sheep
without any ceremony made a clear
Jump over both him and the elevated
| broom. One after another the sheep
followed their guide in sneh quick snc-
cession that the laborer seemed per
fectly petrified with establishment. and
stood in the same attitude till the whole
had jumped over him, not one attempt
ing TO pass on eilher side, though the
street was quite clear. ~