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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26

opened or closed as the rigid stanenlon
and gives the cow about as much free
dom Of movement as tho neck chain.
Cows should be so tied that they can
stand or lie down with ease and sleep
with their heads on their sides ma
ture's way. While in some respects
the COW is an artificial creation. She
40 far as comfort and ease are con-
cerued. Is not greatly different from
Adams COW in her wants and demands
and the wise man looks after the
stable comfort OF his COWS quite as
much as her feed. THE COW always
understands the man better than he
understands tho COW. Practical
Farmer
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26
a FEUo
which Has Extended for Years and
Muat Go On.
curry.

zAAAt W. CAs
have been told that Jessup and
the Whites had feud which extend
ed back to 1865. and that three or four
men had been killed on either side
Therefore. when reached Jessups
where was to stay couple OF days
determined TO find out the particu-
lars. The opportunity came as the
old man. who was over 90, and sat
smoking on the yeranda. referred
to what had heard and asked him
how it began.
Lets see," he replied. as he
scratched his head. Its done been
so long I've about forgot l reckon
old man White took upmy mewl for a
stray and wanted to charge me a
couple OF dollars We had iout and
took the mewl away. Then we be-
gan fussin' and are at it yit "
is it true that several men have
been killed."
.Jist six" he replied. as he slowly
counted up. Three Jessups and three
| Whites"
And whenever you meet a White
do you begin shooting?"
I oh no. It's this way: II | go to
town and yet three or four drinks
then look for one Of the critters and
try TO kill him. It's about the same
way with them. | reckon. We Is allus
ready to shute. but we don't allus pull
trigger"
When was the last shooting?'
six months ago. See thar2"
He rolled up his pants leg and ex-
hibited bullet wound that had just
nicely healed.
Il met old White in town and We
was both purity full l shot an ht
shot He hit me on the leg and hi
him in the shoulder
Now. then. Mr.. Jessup" said l.
this must b. very uncomfortable
way to live:"
.Sartin.
You'd much rather be at peace2'
a would"
Il presume White feels the sam
way: There has been enough bloc
shed over one old mule. "
There has"
Suppose go up and see White an
talk it over with him. II lind h
wants peace Why can't bring you tw
, together to talk matters over and be
] come friends@
Yes; / see"
} Shan / set about itan
Look a. here, he said after think
q ing it over. 1t can't be dun. Ye' see
7 yo'd fix it for US TO meet in the roa
) half way. / would mt trust him. an
should take my gun. He wouldn
v trust me and he'd take his Whe
n we met we'd begin to talk about tha
d mewl OF co'se. II say the critic
dun broke out OF my lot and wake
!. of. He'd say he thought 1t was
y mewl from over 10 the cove.
/ Well wouldn't that be all right?
$ 'Of co'se Il would but right this
would come the trouble.
d What trouble9"
why. sab, we've met iist that ver
,s way 10 teen different times and at il
ID that pint call him thief; he cal
ID me liar. and we begin TO boiler. ar
IL shute, and kill each other of! "
10 sab; no sab. I'm sot, and old. Viii
Of is sot. and 1t wouldn't do. We k
t. never git beyond that mewL. and We
in got to keep shutting over his bones t
IN they all or we all Is wiped out N
Id York World
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26

have been silent for years but tell
my story now to let people know what
strange things can happen in a large
city like Now York. New York Mer-
curry.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-03-26
ptouai, cures.

Il Is related OF a general ohlcol i
had an unsightly wen that naVln .paord
accidentally run through with , = s"
point in battle. IL was thoroa ANS
cured. This was rather dang,g mi
remedy. Another case OF q WOMB ,u,, AZ
cure Is that OF an italian VINO ~ Ala
tho point Of death. As he ola nv Who,
fast enough for certain eneh "a tho
having spite TO answer, ran nv MIN a
sick mans chamber and gave The
desperate stab with stiletto ,oenI
invalid mended from that .ny ia
and tho blood-letting saved ms -"
There ia no particular harm 10 q. ,'V Mncs
hobby, II you do not take UP t"'
| .AuA .t,tfh a.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
LITERARY CLIPPINGS.

HARDY, the English novelist, began
as an architect. He is ffty-three years
of age.
SIXTEEN of the thirty heroines of Sir
Walter Scott were under twenty years
of age.
THE well that prompted Samuel
Woodwork to write "The Old Oaken
Bucket" is still kept in good condition
at Scituate, Mass.
JEAN INGELow's first poems were
written on the window shutters, that
folded back against the wall, in her old
home. Her mother discovered them
first, and her brother had them pub
lished.
THE ''Poems of Two Brothers, :"
when sold to a publisher, brought
Charles and Alfred Tennyson just one
hundred dollars. The manuscript has
been carefully preserved, and is esti-
mated to be now worth five thousand
dollars
THE book that sold for 81, $50 at auc-
ton in Boston-Poe's "Tamerlane''-
was 16-mo. in paper covers and having
forty pages. Nobody knows just how
or when it was printed. The British
museum has the only other known
copy. Poe wrote ''Tamerlane" when
boy and nameless.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
A Queer Meeting.

One specially high peak of the Andes
affords a peculiarly fine view of the
sunrise, and on two sides of this peak
huts have been built within an hours
climb of the apex in order that travel
ers having scrambled up the mountain
side may rest over night and go at it
fresh in the morning. An American
reached the summit of the mountain
from one of the huts just at sunrise one
morning and found himself face to face
with a stranger who had toiled up from
the hut on the opposite side. Both
gazed in silence at the sight below, and
then one said to the other: s'There is
only one other view that equals this, in
my opinion" "Just what / was think
ing" said his companion. whats your
other view?' THAT to be seen at sun
rise from Fort Nonsense, near Nor
ristown, N. j. said the first. ''Why,
that's mine, too" said the other, and
then, standing together on that lonely
peak, the two compared notes, and dis
covered that they were neighbors in the
little Jersey town.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
NEW WAR IMPLEMENTS.

THE great Italian warships are 400
feet long by "A feet beam.
THE projectile thrown from the Royal
Sovereign will weigh 1000 pounds and
that thrown by our Massachusetts 1000
pounds.
The British board of admiralty esti-
mates that one vessel, carrying 11O-ton
guns, would in two ordinary engage
ments use up guns and ammunition to
the value of s650,000.
THE cartridges of Germany, Austria
and Belgium have a groove at the end
instead of an enlargement at the base,
the advantage of which is that the
cartridge is packed more easily.
THE 15-inch aerial torpedo thrower,
now introduced as a British service
weapon for coast defense, resembles in
appearance powder gun, having the
axis of its trunnions at or near the CEN
ter of gravity of the barrel.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
HOT JOKES.

MADAM Tin New Jersey)-sMy poor
man, what could have brought you to
this pitiable state?" PARKWAY Jamie
ode train, mum. Harvard Lampoon-
''THE way to succeed" said the rich
philosopher, sis to begin right, my
boy" 81 suppose you mean that I
should have been born rich, as you
were," said the young man.-Boston
Post.
GIRLS should look into the character
of their sweethearts. Many little traits
will often make it plain. If he econ
omically puts out the light in the par
lor when visiting her that's the sign he's.
going to be close.-Philadelph Times.
81 DO not like the smell of whisky"
said the employer to the employee on
whose breath he detected a little of the
aroma of the still. Neither do l." was
the unexpected reply; wouldn't it be
splendid if we could get rid of the smell
in some way so that our friends would
not perceive it?"-N. Y. Press.
ANYTHING for quiet life: Bigger
rings up the telephone exchange.
Voice lat the one)-'What number
do you want?" bigger Confidently
''No. 741." Voice-"What number?'
bigger desperately 741." Voice
Number bigger (wearily)-"Any
one you like. Pick out one yourself. -
Chicago News Record
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
LITTLE GRAINS OF SAND.

A THMBLE is really etymologically
considered only a ''thumb belt" the or
iginal. thimbles having been worn on
the thumb.
A CAMEL of the largest size has
been known to drink from thirty to
fifty gallons of water and then travel
without any more for twenty days.
A GOLD watch was recently dug up
near Atlanta, Ga. The works had
rusted out while the case was good.
The owner is supposed to have been
killed in the war.
BEFORE the introduction of iron tools
the making of a canoe was a work of
enormous difficulty. The hatchets used
were of stone and the chisels were of
mussel shell ground to sharp edge.
PIGEoNs, as letter carriers, tradition
tells us, were employed at the time
when Joshua invaded Palestine as me-
diums of communication between the
headquarters and camps in lands far
off on the other side of the Jordan.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
NAMES THAT ARE FAMILIAR.

THE private stenographer of Presi-
dent Harrison is Miss Alice b. Sawyer.
CHAUNCEY DEPEw receives an average
of ten invitations a week to deliver
public addresses or after-dinner
speeches.
ONE week in four, Gov. Fifer, of Hi
nois, is said to abstain from using Gig
ars, of which he is exceedingly fond, in
order that he may not become slave
to the habit of smoking.
RosINA VoKEs, the gay, laughter-lov-
ing actress on the stage, is said to be
almost morbid at home, and the only
thing that can cheer her is some outside
amusement, like skating, riding or
driving.
GEN. N. P. BANKS is interesting him
self in his old age in gardening for
pleasure; and at his pleasant home at
Waltham, Mass, he may be seen, with
his old clothes, planting vegetables like
any farmer.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
FOREIGNERS WE KNOW.

THE richest heiress in Berlin is said
to be Fraulein Hildegard Won Louca-
don. She is worth s2,000,000
MuLINERs do not admire the queen
of Portugal. She makes her own bon
nets, and graceful ones they are, too.
PRINCE FERDINAND of Bulgaria is an
earnest ornithologist, and spends much
of his spare time in the pursuit of the
science.
TIE fortune of the late Jules Lee
handy, the great sugar refner and
Spectator of Paris, is estimated at $50, =
100000 francs, probably the largest for
tune in France.
Or the entire amount of money con-
tributed for charity in England last
year, an amount that reached the great
sum of S15,0O0,000, two-thirds, or just,
$4,000, 900, were given by Baron Hirsch.
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND was educated in
France, and during his recent visit to
Paris delivered two hours address in
French which has been warmly re-
ceived by the appreciative French
people
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
THE SPECTROSCOPE.
A New. Use for the Instrument
Recently Discovered.
1t Can Measure the Movements of the
Stars as Well Their Compost
tion-The Peculiarities of
Celestial Demon.

AS an instance of the extraordinary
results obtainable by the use of the
spcctroscope Sir Robert Ball describes
how astronomers have at last got equal
with the vagaries of Algol-the demon
star. The peculiarities of this celestial
demon are that for two days and ten
hours the star remains of uniform lus-
ter, being ranked about the second
magnitude; then decline of bright
ness sets in and the star in few hours
parts with three-ffths of it's bright
ness. These changes are visible to the
naked eye and have been known for
centuries. But nobody knew how to
account for them. At last, adds the
Pail Mall Budget, Vogel has made the
star reveal its mystery:
Applying the improved spectograph-
ic process to Algol, he determined on one
night that Algol was retreating at a
speed of twenty-six miles second.
When he repeated his observations he
found that Algol was again moving
with the same velocity, but this time
the movement was toward the earth in
stead of from it. Now, it is impossible
for a star to run along a straight line
for certain distance, stop, turn back,
again retrace its movement, stop and
again return. Such movement is sim
ply forbidden by the laws of motion.
But there is no objection to the sup
position that Algol is moving in path
which is nearly If not exactly q circle.
During the description of one semicir-
Gle Algol is coming toward us, while
during the other semicircle it is going
from us, and thus the observed facts of
the movement are conciliated with the
laws of motion"
But the results of the new astronomy
in connection with Algol are not eX-
hausted yet Such movement as has
been above proved admits of no other
interpretationnsave that there must be
another mighty body in the immediate
vicinity of Algol.
"We have already seen reason to be-
heve in the possibility of the presence
of such a companion for the demon
star, simply from the fact of its varia-
bility. There cannot be any longer
doubt that the mystery has been solved.
Algol must be attended by compan-
ion star, which, if not absolutely as de-
void of intrinsic light as the earth or
the moon, is nevertheless dark, relative
ly to Algol. Once in each period of
revolution this obscure body intrudes
between the earth and Algol, cutting
off portion of the direct light from
the star and thus producing the well
known effect"
But the new astronomy not only
proves the existence of this unseen star:
it measures and weighs it as well.
Here is an object" says Sir Robert
Ball, (which we have never seen and
apparently never can expect to see, but
yet we have been able to weigh it, to
measure it and to determine it's move
mentS,"
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
HE WAS NO SWINE
He Was Highway man, to lie Sure; But
He Was Magnanimous One.

He Was a Highway man, to lie Sure; But
He Was n Magnanimous One.
A well-lknown New York physician
tells this story of his experience with a
highwayman in a dark corner of the
city not long ago. He was returning
from call on one of his patients down
town late one night. Just as he ar.
rived at a particularly dark and lone
some place burly ruflian stepped from
behind the corner of building and
greeted the doctor with:
''Give me all the money you've got.
and do it quick, too!'' and the fellow
significantly swung a heavy club which
he held in his hand.
The doctor is an active member of one
of the big athletic clubs, and being
somewhat belligerent by nature his
first thought was to resist the high
wayman's demand. lie looked the man
over quickly, however, and his first res
olution wavered when he saw the fell
lows giant proportions. Then he hur-
riedly looked up and down the street
Not soul was in sight. The street
lamps on the two corners had been put
out and he plainly saw that the rufiian
had laid his plans we'll The man
watched the doctor making his observa-
lions and after he had finished he said
again sneeringly:
swell, you better give it up, and do
it BANKED quick, tool"
The doctor decided that the cheapest
way out of the scrape would be to give
up his money, so he reached in his
pocket and handed the highwayman
roll of bills containing about twenty
dollars. The highwayman took it and
coolly walked away and the physician
startol on his way home again. But
after he had gone few steps he sud
denly remembered that he did not have
n cent with which to pay his car fare
and his home was four or live miles
away
"Hello, there!" he called to the re-
treating figure.
Strange TO say the robber stopped
and the doctor told him the position in
which he was. The highwayman
reached in his pocket and pulling out
half-dollar he threw it to his victim.
81 guess thatll do you" he said. as
he went on his way and the doctor con-
tinued on his way home meditating
that even highwaymen have at least a
grain of consideration for the feelings
of other people $50.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
NOTES FOR THE MUSICIANS.

MUSICAL notes, as now used, were in
vented in $780,
THE best parchment used for banjos is
made out of the skin of the wolf.
THE latest musical phenomenon in
Paris is monkey that plays the violin.
Our of fifty-two artists who have
been singing this season at Covent Gar
den Italian opera only four are genuine
Italians.
ERNEST GUIREAUD, the French COM
poser, according to Aurelian School, his
eulogist, added several years to his life
by persistently declining to open let
tiers addressed to him.
THE only woman doctor of music in
Great Britain, except the princess of
Wales, is Annie Wilson Patterson She
studied Greek, Latin, French, Italian
and Kettle before she was fifteen, and
became musical director of the Dublin
Choral union after course in the ROYAL
Irish academy of music
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
DoINGs OF ROYAL LADIES.

THE name-jewels of Queen Margherita-
have been presented to her in such pro-
fusion by her husband that her neck
lace of pearls now hangs down to her
waist.
THE duchess of Edinburgh is an ac-
complished and lovely woman, and is
another instance of the familiar truth
that exalted station doesnot secure per-
sonal happiness.
THE queen regent of Spain has this
year granted a Communication of the
death sentence of nine criminals out of
seventeen who were waiting the ex-
IRENE penalty of the law in Spanish
prisons.
MILLINERY is special talent of the
queen of Denmark, and of her three
daughters, the empress of Russia, the
princess of Wales and the duchess of
Cumberland. They developed it as
girls and practiced it until their mar
riage.
The queen has accepted a copy of
Amir Ais Life and Teachings of
Mohammed; or, the. Spirit of Islam"
Copies have also been accepted by the
sultan and the shah of Persia, who has
sent to the publishers an autograph
letter of Acknowledgement
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
HORTICULTURE.

THE only kind of fruit which appears
not to flourish in California is the apple.
LONDON will this year, it is said, have
an exhibition of fruit from the principal
countries serving the London market.
A CACTUS plant in house at New
portville, Pa, last winter grew SO fast
that it is too tall to be taken out of
doors.
A STRAWBERRY plant set in dry
patch of sand will send out its runners
in the direction to which the best soil
suitable for its growth lies nearest.
OSCAR WILDE is said to be deep in the
development of a new flower, a golden
veined tulip, which he declares to be ''a
triumph of classic horticulture.
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
RELICS OF A BY-eoNE AGE.
The Bed of Great Lake Found In To-
ledo Excavation.

The Bed of Great Lake Found In a To-
ledo Excavation.
The excavations for the foundation of
the National Union building on Huron
street near Adams, Toledo, bring to
light the. relics of by-gone age, and
furnish plenty of food for study and
contemplation on the part of the geolo-
gist. To commence with, this is the
deepest foundation ever put under a
building in the city. The practice here
tofore has been to level the earth off
enough to make good basement and
then drive piling for the foundation
stones to rest upon. In the case of the
National Union building it was deter
mined to have no pile foundation but to
dig down into the bowels of the earth
until terra firma was found. William
Spear received the contract for putting
down the foundation and started
large force of men at work a few days
ago on the excavation. When the
shovelers got down about eighteen feet
below the level of the street, or about
nine feet below the surface of the nat
ural earth, they struck vein of sand
1t was found necessary to put cribbing
in to keep the sand from rushing in.
After digging few inches deeper it
was found that it was genuine lake
of river sand and gravel. AS it was
thrown out and carefully examined, it
contained traces of an age of vegeta-
ton, anterior to the days of the landing
of Columbus. Large walnuts, butter
nuts, hickory nuts, shells and impress
sions of water species of various kinds
were found in the sand, also trees and
vegetable remains.
Hundreds of people saw the strange
and mysterious things hidden for centu-
ries few feet below the surface. The
opinion of all present, according to the
Blade, was that old Lake Erie at one
time rolled and tossed in all its gran
deur and fury over the very spot where
an immense temple is about to be
erected as q monument of charity to
the widows and orphans. The sand is
purely lake sand and gravel and every
one who has made any study of the
strata of the earth claims that a large
river or lake at one time existed over
the very spot where the foundation is
being put down. The indications are
that the body of water was not river,
for the sand is too deep and compact,
and resembles the bottom of the lake
where sand is taken from for building
purposes. Mr.. Spear says that he has
put in many foundations, but never
struck anything like it before. 1t is
The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-08-27
EASTERN MEN OUT WEST
The Various Enployments in
Which They Are Found.
A New Yorker Makes Some Queer Dis
coveries in Journeying Towards the
Pacific Coast = The Vicissi-
tudes of Fortune.

The men who are of interest in the
west, and of whom most curious stories
might be told, are the eastern men
and the Englishmen who have sought
it with capital, or who have been driven
there to make their fortunes. Some one
once started a somewhat improbable
inquiry as to what became of all the
lost pins. That is not nearly so Curl
Gus, according to a writer in Harper's
Weekly, as what becomes of all the liv-
ing men who drop suddenly out of our
acquaintanceship or our lives, and who
are not missed, but who are neverthe-
less lost l know now what becomes of
them; they all go west. I met some
men here whom l was sure | had left in
New York, and who told me, on the
contrary, that they had been in the
west for the last two years They had
once walked Fifth avenue, but they
dropped out of the procession one day
and no one missed them, and they are
out here enjoying varying fortunes.
The brakeman on a freight and passen-
ger train in southern Texas was a
lower-class man whom / remembered
at Lehigh university only as an expert
fencer. The conductor on that train
was from the same college town. The
part owner of a ranch, whom / sup
posed had left looking over papers in
the club, told me he had not been in
New York for year, and that his
partner was GERRY" Black, who, as 1
trust no one has forgotten, was one of
Princeton's half backs, and who I
should have said, had anyone asked me,
was still in Pennsylvania.
Another man whom / remembered as
a society" reporter on New York
paper, turned up in white apron as
waiter at hotel in -. l was some
what embarrassed at first as to whether
or not he would wish me to recognize
him, but he settled my doubts by wink
ing at me over his heavily-loaded tray,
as much as to say it was a very good
joke and that he hoped was appreciat-
ing 1t to its full value. We met later in
the street, and he asked me with the
most faithful interest of those whose
dances and dinners he had once re-
ported, deprecated notable scandal
among the people of the four hundred,
which was filling the papers at that
time, and said I could hardly appreciate
the pity of such thing occurring
among people of his set Another man
whom had known very well in New
York turned up in San Antonio with an
entirely new name, wife and fortune,
and verified the tradition which exists
there that it is best before one grows to
know man too well to ask him what
was his name before he came to Texas.
San Antonio seemed particularly rich in
histories of those who came there to
change their fortunes and who had
them most completely. The
English gave the most conspicuous ex-
amples of these unfortunates-consp
uous in the sense that their position at
home had been SO good and their habits
of life SO widely different.