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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
IAN INTERESTING QUESTION.
DO the Dying Fear Death9-They Gem
orally DO Not.

DO the Dying Fear Death?-They Gem
orally DO Not.
A striking fact in connection with
the phenomena OF death Is that diving
persons as "a rule have no fear, Jaws
the ST Louis Republic even though
they fully comprehend that dissolution
Is fast taking place. This we notice.
even in executions where the hanged
are almost invariably reported as hay
ing died game. " Physicians and sur
geons in general have decided that
death following disease or injury is
seldom accompanied with fear Dis
ease dulls the intelligence, so that the
situation may not be fully compre-
hended In all cases; or. again, the pa
uent may be suffering terrible pain
and may look upon death as a relief.
II Is generally believed now by psy-
biologists. surgeons physicians and
others who have given the subject
attention that nature, by kind
provision has prepared the body
and mind tor the flight of the
spirit II Is well known that as
the hold upon life grows weaker that
the desire 70 live grows gradually less.
aud that there is. comparatively
speaking scarcely recorded instance
where the dying person has not AT last
yielded up life without seeming reluct-
ance and fear. or course the various
physical phenomena which usually
accompany the act Of dying vary con
sidcrably Ia the early stages with the
causes which are producing death.
To one schooled 10 death scenes the
physiognomy which the grim destroy
or presents is one not easily mistaken.
Among the many signs o. death that
are unmistakAbic are the failing pulse,
the GOODNESS Of the eXtremities the
change In the counienance us the
ycnous blood courses the arteries; the
skin grows clammy rs the various YES
sells refuse 10 longer perform their
functions the eyes glaze; the jaw
drops, lUid accumulaics in the wind
pipe causing the death rattle and,
analiy the breathing ceases alto
gethor.
Many OF the old.time hallucinations
Of the dying have lately bsen eX.
planned upon purely natural causes
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12

Another novel enterprise in stock
raising is TO be added TO the ostrich
farm. tho black cat ranch and the
chicken ranches of the Pacific coast
A Mr.. Newberry, of California, is en-
thusiastic over a project he is about to
carry out of starting an elephant
ranch in that state, He proposes to
cultivate the elephant for It's meat and
its capacity for hard and diversified
work. He says that 'as an article of
food the elephant is superior to the
horse and most people will be will
ing 10 accept his statement though
not fully appreciating It's force He
says that behind n tough exterior it
hides tender steak and that African
explorers are profuse in their praise
OF elephant outlets. A full grown
elephant weighs about Z, coo pounds
and Mr. Newberry counts 6, 900 of this
as good meat He is going to train
the elephants to pick oranges and hire
them out TO orange growers
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
L,ttIe Iehnn, Toll. a s,o-y.

One time there was a young cote
wien felt butty and there was ole
ram wich lay in the road. hat sleep
chime his cud. The cote he had been
shet up in a paster oil his life. an had
never saw a ram an be sed TO his sis
Ter. the cote did you jest stan still
an Sc me whipe that freek OF the face
OF the er;h.
So the cote he went up before the
ram an stomp his feets an shuke his
head real friteful but the ram he
dideut git up, but only jos KEEP a chune
his cud and wotched out between his.
lashes Bime by the cote he backed Of
and tuke run an then arose up in
the air an come down with his he'd on
the rams he'd. wnck! The gote's he'd
was busted. but the ole ram he never
wank an eye Then the ole ram he
smiled with his mowth. an sed 70 the
butte gote's sister Pears 10 me,
miss that kangaroo OF yourn is nifty
careless where he lites, he come gum
dasted near making me swoller my
cud. San Francisco Examiner.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
Ancient Butterflies.

Near the top of Mount Washington.
in New Hampshire, lives a little
colony of very cold-loving and noun
famous butterflies which never de-
scend below 3. 900 feet from the wind
swept summit Except just there,
there are no more of their sort any
where about and as far as the butter
flies themselves are aware, no others
of their species exist on earth; they
never have seen single one of their
kind save of their own colony. A
writer on 'high-life, in the Cornhill
Magazine says that this little colony
of chilly insects was stranded on
Mount Washington at the end of the
glacial period some odd thousands of
years ago. and the butterflies have
dwelt there ever since, generation fol-
owing generation.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
Equal to the occasion.

Not long ago two young girls were
travelling 'out West says a writer in
the New York World AS the train
stopped at station. two ladies entered
and took seats directly in front of
them. Just as they were seated,
stout lady came forward. greeted them
effusively, and the trio kept up a
lively conversation until the train
started. Then one of them said: sit
down here, near us" and. in little
lower tone tell those girls to ST.
somewhere else" So the stout one
turned round and said, in the most
freezing of tones: Il wish TO con-
verse with my friends and would like
that seat ! am Mrs President R.
of this road The girls stared at her
an instant and then one of them
drawled; Pleased 70 meet you, I'm
sure suppose you know sm Mrs.
President Harrison. of Washington,
and the other girl settling herself
comfortably in her seat said: And
l am Mrs. Queen Victoria" There
was an an audible smile from the
other passengers, and this stout lady
went to her own seat in the rear.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
JUST A LITTLE TOO FUNNY.
rhe HUMOROUS Tramp Carried His sIIrth
Too Far.


The Humorous Tramp Carried His sIIrth
Too Far.
He was Nankin township farmer.
selling load of potatoes on the mar
set and he was telling the story this
way:
Il was out TO the barn when a tramp
came along and struck me for some
Inner. I've seen thousands of
ramps, but none Just like this Teller.
he called himself the humorous
ramp; said he went about the coun-
Try maxim folks laugh. / was feelin'
purity serious that forenoon, for the
Did woman was havin' chill but that
tramp began to smile and sing and act
up, and in ten minutes was tickled
half TO death. I've read lots of comic
things in the papers and / allus go to
the circus to hear the clown, but l
never had anything TO tickle me like
This Teller. Purity soon ! happened to
think sumthin' and ] says:
There's Teller as has been both
erin the life out of me TO buy sewin'
machine. He'll be along here in
about an hour and I wonder if you
nain't funny 'nuff to sort o scare him
ofg'
:. Old man, " said he. you just leave
aim to me and he won't never bother
you more I'll come the humorous on
him and make him laugh himself to
death
wall. bimeby we saw the Teller
comm down the road and hid in the
granary. and the humorous cuss went
out to the gate to be ready for the
agent In about half an hour he came
in and stood up again the fannin mill
and LATED; then he rolled over and
screeched, and got so ALFRED tickled
i couldn't have moved if the barn was
on fire."
He'd got rid of the agent had he"
He had, and to hear him tell how
he jumped him about and slammed
him around and skeered the life out
o. him was so funny that couldn't do
a stroke o. work that afternoon. /
just wanted to adopt that humorous
tramp for my son and have him allus
with me, but along toward night he
says:
..FOld man. I'd love to be your son
and keep you tickled all the rest Of
your born days but can't stay; I've
got TO tickle other folks. My mission
is to travel around and make other
folks forget their sorrow. and l must
say good-by.
Then he acted up and got me to
LATIN so that couldn't stop for the
next two hours"
And didn't the sewing-machine
, agent ever return?"
Not exactly replied the farmer.
as his face assumed very solemn ex-
preston; ',he didn't have to-"
How do you mean?"
He sent lawyer and gave hin
$50 to settle the case! don't want nc
more humorous tramps around me.
It's too blamed funny for folks, even
. if crops turn out big. Chicago News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
SCIENCE so-CALLED.

According to NJ. du Chaillu, the female
gorilla sleeps at night in the branches Of
tree, while the male reposes at the base of
the tree to keep her from harm.
The rcdevelopment Of lost limbs is de-
clarcd by an English naturalist 70 be not
unusual among insects, in which il may
take place either during the lGrval or the
pupal stage.
For chapped hands the following is said
to be an excellent remedy; Camphor
gum drains; heeswaX, 3 drains; sperma-
ceti, drains; olive oil, , ounces. Put in
pan and set in boiling water until melted,
and apply 70 the hands
Clouds tend 20 form around storms in a
continuous sheet, thickest near the cen
ter Of the storm and thinnest and highest
at tho outer limits. The temperature is
high in front of storms and low in their
rear. The first indication Of an approach
ing storm are the finely drawn-out fihrous
clouds, which may be 100 miles in advance
of the storm.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
wAoNER's AUTOGRAPH.
How II Brought About His Hasty De
pHrture From Vienna.

When Wagner was at the height OF
his popularity he visited Vienna, says
the Chicago Herald. Count Won
Beust. then chancellor of the empire,
was informed that the Prussian party
intended TO give him an immense SER
enade-a serenade that would have
the air Of German protest against the
tendency Of the ministry to make the
union OF Hungary and Austria more
intimate. The demonstration prom
Used 10 arouse strong feeling. Your
excellency is warned, said the chan
cellor's advisers. ut is impossible 10
stop this manifestation unless Wagner
goes away. and he loves oyations too
we'll TO depart You think SCI"
said Beust with a smile.
An hour later Wagner was invited
70 dine with the chancellor. He was
dattered by the invitation and accept
ed it. After dinner at which Beust
was delightfully."- afable and entertain
ing, the chancellor remarked: Herr
Wagner are you interested in auto
graphs? / have some very curious
ones 70 show you, and he opened a
/ portfolio Where were letters OF raj
merston Bismarck Napoleon Ill,
Heiue and others Suddenly turning
10 a paper dated l84s he said "Ah.
look at this; it IS very curious. What
would your friend, his highness the
king of Bavaria, say II this paper
which would be significant in connec-
ton with the political serenade which
the Germans are going 10 give you
should be published Tomorrow in the
| Vienna papers?
The composer examined the paper
and recognized, with surprise an old
! proclamation OF one Richard Wagner,
who an ardent revolutionist in 1913,
had proposed TO the youth Of that Tins
20 set fire TO the palace OF the king o
/ Saxony. lie saw his autograph. anc
that il might be the means Of getting
him into serious trouble. Very Gu
rlous is ii not Herr Wagner?n sale
the minister. Very curious. you
exceilency.' replied the guest Tn,
next morning Richard Wagner lef
Vienna recalled to Bayreuth by ur
gent business.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
cArrLE.s MOURNING.
The Erect of the Blood of Their own
Kind on Them.


Kind on Them.
The following incident will show
how violently blood passion sometimes
effects cattle when they are permitted
to exist in a half-wild condition. as on
the pampas. ! was out with my gun
one day few miles from home when
! came across patch on the ground
where the grass was pressed or trod-
den down and stained with blood.
concluded that some thievish gauchos
had slaughtered fat COW there on the
previous night and TO AVOID detec-
ton, had somehow managed TO carry
the whole of it away on their horses.
As ] walked on, herd of cattle.
numbering about three hundred, ap-
peared. moving slowly on toward
small stream mile away. They were
travelling in a long thin line. and
would pass the blood stained spot at
distance Of seven hundred to eight
hundred yards; but the wind from it
would blow across their track. When
the tainted wind struck the leaders
they instantly stood still, raising their
cited bellowings. and, finally. turning
they started off at fast trot follow
ing up the scent in straight line, IN
til they arrived at the place where one
of their kind had met its death. The
contagion spread, and before long all
the cattle were congregated on the
fatal spot and began moving around
in dense mass, believing contin-
ually.
1t may be remarked here that the
animal has a peculiar language on oc
casions like this. says a writer in
Longman's Magazine. 1t emit5 sue
cession of short, believing cries, like
excited EXPLANATIONS, followed by a
very loud cry, alternately sinking in
to a hoarse murmur and rising to a
kind of scream that CRATES harshly on
the sense. OF the ordinary cow mu-
sic" am a great admirer, and take as
much pleasure in it as in the cries and
melody of birds. and the sound OF the
wind in trees; but this performance oil
cattle excited by the smell of blood is
most distressing TO hear.
The animals that had forced their
way into the center OF the mass to the
spot where the blood was, paved the
earth, and dug it up with their horns,
and trampled each other down in theil
frantic excitement 1t was terrible K
see and hear them. The action o
those on the border OF the living mass
in perpetually moving around in cir
Gle with dolorous bellowings was like
that OF the women in an Indian village
when a warrior dies, and all nigh
they shrek and howl with simulated
grief. going around and around tn,
dead mans hut in an endless process
sion.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
COURTESY OF OFFICIALS.

such Men ars More Polite Than Em-
ployees OF Private Establishments.
have never seen this courtesy of
public officials spoken OF as | think it
should be, writes Edward Everett Hale
in the Cosmopolitan. l do not like to
ascribe it simply to selfshness. 1t
seems TO me TO belong to the great un-
DERIVING principle on which republics
are based-namely. a determination
OF each man 10 live in larger life
than he is in. and TO bear his burdens
/ have knocked about good deal in
different states OF this Union. l have
been uncivilly treated very often.
But / cannot recall a single instance
in which. at public Office where the
officials were appointed, either direct
" or indirectly. by the people, ] have
found anything but courtesy and a
willingness TO advance my purpose.
] remember particularly going
into the office of the secretary of state
in Texas an utter stranger. ] WANTED
to conduct difficult historical inquiries
there, which could not have had any
particular interest to the officials
whom | met They knew nothing of
me or my designs But | spoke the
English language and they knew l
was an American. 1t was understood
at once that the remarkable manu-
script treasures of that department
were to be placed at my disposal, with
every facility for their use. What a
contrast this with the difficulty which
surrounds any student even with the
| best recommendations when he wishes
TO examine the archives of any gov
eminent in Europe! l refer to the
principle OF which have spoken. It
seems to me to belong to the habit of
mutual help or cooperation which is
essential if we mean to have what we
call n commonwealth.
Now. il seems to me fair to compare
this with the petulance, the arrogance
and the ignorance which one so often
finds in the Offices say of the tele-
graph companies or of an incorporated
bank. The official in either of these
places is a person who has been APP
pointed for private purposes. His own
individual horizon seems to be the
horizon Of his own comfort He does
not want to help forward the visitor
who comes in. He wants to earn his
own salary and to get home as early as
he can TO smoke his cigar or to read
his novel. do not say that such an
official treats you rudely. In foui
cases out of five he does not But il
the fifth case you get the surly half
answer OF person who cares nothing
about you or your affairs. He wishes
you had not come in, he hopes yor
will 60 out and he does not mean, i
he can help it that you shall come il
again. a.. -.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
CURIOUS cuLLlNos.

man should weigh twenty six pounds
for every foot Of his stature,
The total export from the New Zealand
gold mines has been over E54, 600 ster-
ling
A philosophic observer remarks that 1t
4 not what n man does but what he gets
caugh, at that weighs in the worlds ludg.
mept
There arc now living in one house in a
village near Norwich, Eng, five genera
lions the ares OF the individuals being
ninety. two. sixty. one, thirty-six, nineteen
aud six months respectively.
Tho famous Winchester elm, in Boston,
recently cut down. was standing full grown
In 1860. The last treaty with the Indians
was signed under It and it was tho last OF
New Englnnds historic elms
There ARE $50, ASS Indians in the United
states exclusive Of Alaska, this enumera.
tion including bucks, squaws and papooses.
The available force for lighting Is 10000,
only one half OF whom are warlike.
There is an annual Feast of False
Faces among the Onondagn Indians, In
Northwestern New York, that follows
some weeks after tho "White Dog Feast. y
The faces are mostly wooden masks made
by themselves, but are not OLD
Theodore II. Swift, who was one OF the
attorneys i'm the celebrated trial OF the
Miser Paine will case in New York, Is
I said TO have received fee OF $50, 600 Tor
4 his services. He lives now in Potsdam
/ N. Y, and is still young man. only
/ forty years Of age.
A young man, being asked by judge
I whether he had father and mother,
4 .nid he wasn't quite sure whether he had
or not First his father died and then
his mother married again, aud then his
mother died and his father married again
nnd now he didn't exactly Know whether
thew were his father and mother or not
Londoneris arc very much interested IL
! tho discovery that tho one original hoin'
80 cashmere shnwls Is not Cashmere, but
Germany. Large quantities of German
made shawls are taken to India with imi
tntions of Cashmere marks on them an'
sent into the interior and sold as NATIVE
nroducts. They cost In Calcutta about
Mound. They sell for 81.
Two boys near Boston island, Boot
nav harbor recently, saw two big engie
aoStinr in the air 200 feet above water
The tnlonE OF one bird became entangle'
N n wing OF the other, and both fell int
tha sen. When tho boys rowed out .
them one OF the eagles showed light an
thev were obliged TO kill 1t, but the othe
wns captured alive, and measures SIX Zee
from tip to tip.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12

a queer old man and his grand
daughter subs!si by queer business
ia New York They supply the miss
ing buttons from coats cloaks gowns
etc. aud II Is SAID he seldom is unable
20 match any button shown him. He
has thom OF all shapes sizes styles
and colors and knows whore 70 iind
them in his collection. Any one who
ever tried 20 supply a missing button
knows how hard Il is 10 match those
remaining. but he will find /; and she
will sew Il on. all for 10 cents, unless
Il chances to DO 81 n very rare sort
when be will charge rouudly for H.
He is always ready TO buy odd buttons
ana has regular sources Of supply
among tailors dressmakers and deal
crs In old clothes. american Cultiya-
lof. -
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
Cooking school.

Father" As you have had three
terms ut the cooking school, Jane,
supposed you'd know how to roast a
piece of beef better than this. Why,
its burnt to crisp" Daughter-"l
don't SEQ how I m to blame The fire
was too hot suppose. Father
And why didn't you look out that
the fire wasn't too hot?" Daughter
1.-The man always attended to that at
the school and Mrs Mixter used TO
do the basting, All we did was to do
the tasting after the meat was
cooked. Boston Transcript
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
CloanIy and UncIcanly.

A recent traveller in Morocco says
that for people who dress in white and
love to DO very neat in their personal
appearance the Moroccans are very
indifferent to the cleanliness OF their
towns Around the most beautifully
furnished houses are heaps OF refuse
and the bodies OF dead animals. All
the care of the people is conferred upon
the interior Of their houses. They
furnish them as extensively as their
means permit, but what is outside of
their wall does not trouble them.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Only ono couple in IL, 500 live to ceie.
brate their diamond wedding.
Kenncbunk, Me-, claims the youngest
grandfather in the state in the person OF
David Parent, who is only thirty-six years
of age,
The overseers Of Harvard college have
decided that tho Australian system of vot.
ing shall be used in future elections OF
members of the board OF overseers.
The name Bridget is from the Celtic,
meaning strength; the name is ound in
the French, Spanish aud Italian a well as
tho English language; though varying
from the common Irish form.
A story from Petersburg, W. ", re.
lates that recently John Hall, boy Sow
enteen years old, met, attacked and slew
"A bear with a small pocket knife, and es-
capped himself with only a few slight
scratches.
A large rat committed suicide lately by
leaping from one of the windows in the
Tribune building in New York, and came
with tremendous crash through tho sky
light of the Sun composing room causing
great CONSERVATION TO the compositors.
Gen. Joubert, COMMUNICATIVE chief in
the Transvaal, said the other day, in an
address on education, that he wns eighteen
years old before he had seen newspaper,
and his whole education had cost less than
that OF two weeks schooling for his
youngest child.
A Lincoln county (Oregon) judge has
been severely rebuked 10y the state SUI.
preme court for reading n newspaper,
eating candy and otherwise conducting
himself In an undigniHed and unbecominp
manner during tho progress before him Of
an important murder trial.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
why He "FaolIered.,

This story OF the Rev. Lyman Beech
or, father of Henry Ward Beecher
was told originally by his son; The
elder Beecher had been preaching one
Sunday at Litchneld. and. as he got
into the carriage to go home he re-
marked that he had never preached
such poor sermon before. why,
father. said Henry. Il never heard
you preach louder That's IL" re-
sponded the old man; when ] have
nothing 10 shy. always boiler. De-
troll Free Press
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12

ways sensible remarks. He seems tc
have given this up however, and now
Is rarely seen except in the imme.
dlate vicinity OF his deserted looking,
boarded-up house, as he makes fire..
quent trips on the street TO obtain
food.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-12
Now LivIng.

There are naturalists in this day
and age who believe that horse hairs
will torn to living snakes; that toads
will live for thousands of years in the
cavity of rock without food or water;
that the barnacle goose was devel-
oped from the shellhsh of that name,
and that the bird called sora is a
species OF winged frog,