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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
COMMON THIEVES.
Not Always the burglar or the Street
Thief Who Does the Work.


Thief Who Does the Work.
There are other things of which
people can be robbed which are of
tully as much value MS those that at
tract street thieves or burglars and
there is one kind OF robber whose
.thefts are never eeasing and yet do
not bring him before a judge.
The thief is the one who steals peo-
pies satisfaction and comfort and
pleasure at every turn by giving free
play to his sarcastic. grumbling or
sighting spirit on all occasions To
be sure he is his own worst enemy.
declares the Youths Companion, but
so are all thieves for that matter.
What comfort that wasm says
some enthusiastic music lover who
has just had a to her rare treat
Did you think sop asked the .hief,
scornfully. Why there was hardly
difficult piece on the programme,
and all those things have been played
by tine pianists as mere bagatelles |
wonder that the audience sat so pa
tiently,"
Then the enthusiast feels her ardor
dampened and is perhaps a little
ashamed OF it
Isn't this pretty gingham@ says
another girl. And it was such a
bargaini You know Ihaye to be eco
nomieal and got this for only twenty
cents yard.
They are selling them for fifteen
cents yard now. remarks the thief
dryIy- Il presume they will be re-
duced TO ten cents by next week. and
they'll be dreadfully common this
summer"
The pretty gingham goes back into
the drawer. while its purchaser tries
to feel as pleased with it as she was
before.
..ThereF says the small boy OF the
family. his cheeks flushed with tri-
umph. 1--we guessed the first five
puzzles in my new book. and its only
taken me about an hour!"
Il should think that was long
enough. in all conscience. says the
thief in a biting tone. They're a:
simple as A B C. l guessed them il
less than ten minutesr'
So the flush OF triumph in the little
puzzler's face gives place TO glow O
modification.
There are a great many OF thest
thieves in the world and the stranges
thing about them IS that they do no
want what they steal. The good ma
ture and pleasure and satisfaction tina
they take from other people thel
have no way OF using. yet they go OF
thieying day after day.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
M EvEN-rIME.


Against the storm, the rush and roar
OF clements in strife,
Midst eddies whore the torrents pour
Adown the rocks Of life,
We struggle on toward one star bright
At overtime Il shall be light.
Tsro' grief's deep food, DER stony ways
Our onward way we wind,
Aud when we pause and backward gaze
On fields of JOY behind,
A voice floats down from upward height
At eyen-time il shall be light.
Oh, deepest gloom upon the day
When rearwar1 shadows part
And show thro' Mem'ry's cleaven way
Past scenes of joy--how start
The grief-drops, while sounds from the
height
AT cyen-tirne it shall be light
CHICAGO Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
cENrrpEDE AND rARANruLA,


larry Supposed 20 Bee
The popular belief about the veno.
nous character OF the centipede and
tarantula is strongly denied by q resi-
dent of Redlands who recently
wrote to San Francisco paper relat-
ING his experience. He says; II have
captured every tarantula that | have
seen before they jumped in any direc-
ton and have leased and tormented
them until was tired and presume
they we're too tired TO jump as
never have | been able TO get them 70
do more than try to get out OF sight
Centipedes | was told, would cause
the part OF tho person over which they
crawleG TO shrivel up or waste away
yet man on my place was stung by
a good.sized centipede We applied
sal soda and sent the man home 70
die as the centipede had crawled
nearly the whole length OF him
and stung him on tho back but he
was on hand the next morning and
stated that tho sting was about equal
10 a hornets sting. 1t is probably
true says the Los Angeles Tribune
that different people are affected dii-
terently BY the bitos or stings OF these
'yarmints just as some people are
seriously injured by poison oak and
others are not susceptible 70 It's PEI
culiar virus Cases are on record
where people have been made physical
wrecks from injuries inflicted by
cen,ipedes tarantulas and stingrays,
but il does not follow that yeryUody
who is struck by one Of these crea-
lures Is doomed 10 such fate IL %
Just as we'll however, not 70 make
the experiment When one is bitten
there is hardly anything better than
little sal soda applied directly TO the
wound. The virus Of all poisonous
reptiles and insects seems 70 be o. an
acid nature and the soda neutralizes
it II the application Is made b1lore
the poison gets into the blood.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27

"iufrt iecFp OF Iron tn the world.
Inc Oldest pieces OF wrought. iron
now known 70 exist are tho sickle
blade found by Belloni under the base
o. sphinx in karnac. near Thcbes;
the blade found b. Colonel vyse i'm.
bedded In the mortar OF the Groa,
PYRAMID. and portion OF cross.cnt
saw eShumed at Ntmrod by Mr. Lay
ard--all Of which are now 10 tho Brit
lsh museum a wrought bar OF Dam.
sscus steel was presented by King
fortus TO Alexander tho Great. This
relic Of unknown antiquity Is still pro.
served at Constantinople. The Him
zoos appear to have made wrought.
iron directly from tho ore, withou,
passing II through tho furnace. an art
now lost Elaborate iron pillars made
ny that system IRE still seen Ia India
some oil them dating from ton con-
turtles before tho opening Of thu
Christian era.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
Reauufui Pottery.

A New Jersey pottery firm Is maxi
ing large number Of specimens OF
fine work for exhibition at the worlds
fair One piece already completed is
an elegant vase. 40 inches high and
50 inches in circumference. valued at
II. 900. 1t is thought to be one Of
the most perfect and beautiful speci-
mens Of the potters' art ever produced
in this country.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
How She IdentIfied rhem.

visitOr-They look so much alike.
1 don't see how you can tell them
apart.
Mrs. Schroeder-Oh deir names
was deterrent One was namedt
Max. an de udder one was namedt
Rudolph. Harper Bazaar.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
How 10 Tell,

He-You can always tell when &
woman has told all she knows about a
piece OF neighborhood gossip.
She-HowP
He-She concludes with. 4 should
be glad TO tell you all about it but
my lips are sealed"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
OF the EvangelIcai Faith.

Among the various religious bodies
belonging TO the evangelical confess
sion the greatest increase has taken
place in the Presbyterian. Methodist
and Quaker communities. These arc
from three to three and a half times
stronger than in 1871.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27

He-My dear wife, | love thee so
ionaiy that when am near thee
ieei not The cold blast Of winter.
she--Me too.
He-Then what did you make mo
Siftings. 1''''
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
Usefui as wcll $. or,..,,,,..,..,

hew Girl Please. mum. can
na piecrust widout n rolliu' pin.
Mrs, dc korater-- ''Youil find IL hang.
su& IN the parlor Remove the rib.
pohs and hooks and scrapo OF the gold
pant before you use H. PUCK.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
4 seaIslsln snperstI,lon.

In the Farce islands 1t IN believed
that on every ninth night the seals
cast off their skins. assume human
forms and dance on the beach. But
If they lose their sealskins in any way
they cannot resume the shapes Of
seals.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
4 CURIOSITY IN Trees

J. D. Martin Of Sangerville. Me.
has an interesting curiosity. consist
ing OF limbs Of the beech and maple
crossed. the maple. which evidently
grew the faster enclasping the beech.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-08-27
For a Reason, Perhaps,

Mrs. Jaysmith (proudly) My hus-
band is worth $50. 900.
Mrs. Cargoyle-I wouldn't take a
hundred millions for mine. Truth.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
THE JEWEL CASkET.

An oarlock set with brilliants is a new
kcarfpin.
A handsome chatelaine is an inverted
anchor set with diamonds.
Russian bronze statuettes of skaters,
bears and sleighs are mounted on blocks of
crystal representing ice.
A grotesque head in enamel with dia-
mond ornaments is a unique form of chate-
laine for lady's watch.
The bowl of an attractive pipe is formed
of a stump of briarwood entwined with a
silver vine in bold relief
A unique brooch is a parrots head of
olivines and diamonds. A gold beak and
ruby eyes complete the design
An attractive marquise ring has five col
ored pearls set in a row and surrounded by
diamonds. The pearls are purple. white,
yellow, orange and black.
On the cover of a small silver box for
hairpins are engraved the words, "Wom-
ans Friend" A silver hairpin beside the
inscription indicates the use of the box.
A design resembling the shape of the
spades printed on playing cards is being in
troduced as the successor of the fower-de-
luce. The new design can be treated in
much the same manner as the old.-Jew-
GERS Weekly
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
POWDER AND BALL.

The Indians in the United States service
are said to make very satisfactory cavalry
men. They obey orders well, and their
general behavior is good.
In the Austrian army suicides average
10000 year. This does not include foiled
attempts, and it represents 90 per cent. of
the general mortality among Austrian sol
diers.
Five great English warships are now de-
clared to have guns which are unfit for
service These range from 10 tons to g.
tons. The French 75-ton guns. however.
are said to be satisfactory.
Professor Munroe's smokeless powder
has given results that considerably excel
what was anticipated. With charges one
half the weight of those used with ordi-
nary powder the velocites have been in
| creased nearly 200 feet, with no increase of
| chamber pressure.
The belted armored cruiser Rurik is be-
ing constructed for the Russian navy at
the Baltic works. She will be the largest
cruiser afoat when finished. The arma-
ment will consist of four S-inch guns, six
teen 6-inch guns, fourteen 4.7-inch guns,
eighteen small rapid firing guns and five
torpedo tubes.
A type of naval vessel suitable for river
service has been proposed. She is to have
200 tons displacement and speed of not
less than seventeen knots, with a length of
230 feet and forty feet beam. Her maxi
mum draft is not to exceed nine feet
The battery is to be finch and one FOUNDER
rapid fire guns
The new Italian rife is just short of four
feet in length and fires a smokeless powder
cartridge which, owing to it's light weight
and small size, permits the number of car
tridges carried to be augmented to 100 The
majority of experts are convinced that the
weapon is the best and most destructive at
present existing
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
Alph abetical Rations.

There is pleasant game for winter even
ings known in some localities as alpha
betical Rations." Now alphabetical ra-
tions is eating only by the letters of the al
phabet. An illustration furnished by the
Florida Dispatch makes this game plain
Tommy can only eat what begins with A
and he says apples, alewives, aigs, april
cots. Tommy pays forfeit for aigs. Jen-
ME has E. She can only live ON eggs and
cells. X, Y and q have a hard time and
pay innumerable forfeits for bad spelling
Some queer articles of food are thought
of and each child learns something about
edibles that they probably never thought
of before if some older person is umpire in
the game. Tommy won't forget that aigs
are eggs
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
River Pollution.

There are said to be some people. and
among them even some physicians, who
still hold TO the fatal fallacy of the late DIR.
Letheby, medical officer of health of Lon
don about twenty-five years ago, that
sewage, when it is mixed with twenty
times its volume of running water and has
flowed distance of ten or twelve miles. is
absolutely destroyed, the agents of destruc
ton being infusorial animals, aquatic
plants and fish, and chemical oxidation. 4"
This theory appears to The Medical Record
to have been based upon DIR. Letheby's ina
bility to detect the sewage under such cir
cumstances, hence he believed in its total
destruction, notwithstanding abundant evil
dence adduced of the prevalence of cholera
and typhoid fever among persons who
drank such water. He had more faith in
his chemical tests and microscopes than in
the fatal results.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

DIAMONDS in MEIEOhlC ihON'
teresting facts in relation to it. From his
paper we learn that the diamonds are small
but plainly visible. They are the hardest
variety known-the black diamonds used
for pointing diamond drills. A small white
diamond was also found. Why has SO
much interest been shown in this discov
cry which has been anticipated for many
years?
Because, Professor Foote claims, it con
firms the theory advanced by Sir William
Thompson twenty years ago that the first
germs of life were brought to this globe by
meteors. Diamonds, like coal, are sup
posed to result from changes occurring in
vegetable matter; and if plants existed,
then there may have been animal life-and
so we may have approached one step nearer
the solution of the question to which the
wisest brains have given so much thought
for ages.
The geological source of diamonds them
selves has never been satisfactorily eX
planned They are scattered all over the
world in unexpected places without any
apparent reason. 1t was suggested by the
Washington biologists that they came
from decomposed meteors that had been
falling on the surface of the earth for un-
known centuries, and that even the great
deposits at Kimberley were due to enor
nous masses that had fallen there, pro
ducing curious sink holes similar to the
"crater" on the side of which Professor
Foote found the most of the pieces at Canyon
Diablo. We hardly suppose that this
theory, supported even by the visible
diamonds, will cause another excitement
in Arizona, says The Popular Science News,
from which the accompanying cut is repro
dnpnH
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

He leaped the fence and soon was in the
tree, where he plucked the biggest apple on
it. And then he thought, "Well as have
taken one, may as well take two or three"
and so he filled his hat with the tempting
fruit. But this was no sooner done than
the owner came around corner, and with
a heavy whip in one hand and a revolver
in the other babe the boy come down. The
angry man caught him by the collar and
dragged him to his house. This is the
young rascal who has been stealing our APP
Piles. He must be locked up in the stable
until the policeman comes to take him to
Jail, -" said he to his wife.
Fortunately for the lad. the owner of the
orchard had little daughter, who heard
his words She did not say to herself, ooh,
he's poor boy; it serves him right for be-
ing thief; it's only trhe, not worth my
troubling myself about" She was sorry
for the poor boy who had done wrong; and
though she saw that her father was very
angry, yet she ran to him and with her
eyes trimming with tears, begged him to
forgive the boy And the boy, who had
been sullen and hard under all the rough
and angry words of the man. was softened
when he heard the maiden pleading for
him and said that he was very sorry, and
that, if he were only forgiven this time, he
would try to show that he did not mean to
be thief. And then the father, after he
had talked kindly to him, let him go for
the sake of his little loving maiden, and
he made him take the apples as Il gift
though he wished to leave them.
In this story we see how triAes may do
much for evil or for good. The boy thought
taking an apple only Il triiie yet if he had
not been found out he might have gone on,
as many have done from stealing an apple
to stealing money, and then to breaking
into houses and at last even to murder,
and the little maiden, who did not neglect
to do what she might have thought
trifling act of kindness, may go on to do
other good deeds till she becon es a great
blessing to the world, as Miss Nightingale,
who went forth from her English home to
nurse the soldiers in the CrimeGn war, or
our own Miss Clara Barton, whose good
deeds are equally well known in this coun-
try. So we must never say of anything,
good or bad, IT'S only trife" There
really is no such thing as trifle.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
A Scientific Trick,

To balance an egg on the neck of a bottle,
as illustrated in the cut, insert into an or
binary cork, one on either side, two forks
of exactly equal weight. Hollow slightly
the lower end of the cork, so that it may
adapt itself with tolerable exactness to the
larger end of the egg. Place the opposite
extremity of the egg on the edge of the
neck of bottle, holding it as upright as
possible. After one or two attempts you
will find that the combination rests in
equilibrium. In this instance equilibrium
is obtained by lowering the center of
gravity.
The nonscientific reader may be glad to
know of practical method of finding the
center of gravity of a given object. If the
object be freely suspended by string and
allowed to come to Il state of rest it's center
of gravity will be in a line extending verti
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
soapstone Paint to Prevent Rust.

The Industrial World calls attention to
soapstone, material which possesses ex-
traordinary qualities in withstanding at
mospheric influences, such as those which
have so much to do with the corrosion of
iron and steel, and from experiments made
it is said that no other material is capable
of taking hold of the fiber of iron and steel
so readily and firmly as this, In China,
it is told, soapstone is largely used in
preserving structures built of sandstone
and other stones liable to crumble from the
effect of the atmosphere, and the covering
with powdered soapstone, in the form of
paint, on some of the obelisks in that coun-
try composed of stone liable to atmospheric
deterioration has been the means of pre-
serving them intact for hundreds of years.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

BALANCING AN EGG ON NECK OF BOTTLE.
cally downward from the point of suspen-
sion. In order to ascertain its exact stu
alton in such line we once more suspend
the object, attaching the string to some
other point CT it's surface. The center of
gravity will again be in the vertical line
extending downward from this point.
Note the point of intersection of the two
lines and the situation of the center of
gravity will be exactly determined 1t
should be borne in mind that the center of
gravity is not always situated within the
substance of the object. Thus in the case
Of pair of partially opened compasses
their center Of gravity will be somewhere
between the two arms, varying in position
according to the angle which they make
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

VIII give Twelve Hundred Dollars in Cash
in sixteen prizes to its subscribers who
guess nearest the actual circulation of the
paper for SIN months beginning November l.
The paper has General News equal to anv
city weekly and More Complete Vermont
News than any other paper whatever.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
A New system of Wood Paving.

Science says that new system of wood
paving that is now being tried in Paris
makes use of pieces of oak about four
inches long, split up similarly to ordinary
hndling wood The sticks are laid loosely
on end in fine sand on a bed of gravel from
four to four and one-half inches thick A
layer of fine sand is spread over them,
and they are alternately watered and
beaten several times. In about forty-eight
hours the water has completely penetrated
the wood causing it to swell into a compact
mass, which is capable of supporting the
heaviest traffic, according to reports.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

coverlet during its sleep when the blazing
sun is high, and very long, slender
tongue, by means of which it draws ants
out of their hills. Insects are the chief
food of this animal. which is dull and
stupid.
Although the anteater is so stupid, when
provoked it will show fight, and its strength
is such that it can crush its enemy to
death. 1t belongs to the order of toothless
animals, of which the Cape anteater-an
entirely different creature so far as looks
go-is also a member.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
DIAMONDS IN MeTEoRIc IRON.

Report Mace Before the Association for
the Advancement of Science.
Notices of the discovery of diamonds in
meteoric iron have appeared in most of the
journals of the United States Professor
Foote, of Philadelphia, in paper read be-
fore the American Association for the AID
yancement of Science and reported in The
journal of Science and Arts in full, an
nounced this discovery, and gave many in
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08
The Great Anteater.

In the tropical regions of South America
there lives a big, hairy, queer looking
creature that is known as the anteater, or
ant bear, of whose appearance the picture
here given conveys good impression 1t
has lanky head and snout, hllshy TAIL
which it throws over its body as kind of
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1892-01-08

"Penny wise and Pound fool
ish" are those who think it econ
omy to use cheap rosin and soda
soaps, or washing powders of
any kind, instead of the good
old Dobbins' Electric Soap; for
sale by all grocers since 1869.
and used during all that time
by millions of intelligent eco
nomical women who kn0w its
merits, and therefore use it.
All who use it praise it as the
best, cheapest and most eco
nomical soap made, but if you
will try it, even just once, it
will tell a much stronger tale of
its merits itself. Ask your gro
Ger for Dobbins' Electric Soap,
take nothing else.
UNSCRUPU- m itsfid make of CHEAP f6s b i@f
LOUIS 9 srtIcleT; other men sg gn-
to palm them off on their customers as the
genuine, for the sake of the additional
profit made by the deceit. There are lots
Of limitations of Dobbins' Electric Soap.
Every one of them will ruin and rot clothes
See that our name is on every wrapper.
|. l.. CRAGIN q Co.,
Philadelphia, Pa
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1892-10-17
NOTICE TO CONTR

--
NOTICE TO BRIDGE BUILDERs-NorIuE
~ IS hereby given that bids, accompanied by
plans, specifications and strain diagram. viii bs
re- eived by he board of county commissioners IT
King county. Washington, q, the Office of the al-
ditor of said county until saturday. October -.
1892. al O'Clock p. n, for the construction and
completion of wagon bridge over Cedar river
near the section line between sections II and -.
township -; range 5. beng nearly north of the
north end Of Williams street In the town Of Renfoa
said bridge 10 be either wooden or mbina-
ton truss 100 feet in length and xteen feet wide
In the clear fifteen feet above low water mark and
about lSD feet of either pile trestle approaches
on north end
a bond IN double the amount of the contract
price will be required, conditioned upon the pay.
ment OF labor and material claims and the compile
ton of the contract 4 certified check of 500
must accompany each bid to be forfeited TO the
county by the successful bidder in he fails TO
enter into contract within tive days OF date Of
award Bids should name a lump for the
span and price per lineal foot for approaches
The DO ard reserves the right to reject any and
all bids F. a. TWICHELIA County Auditor.
Dated at Seattle October 10. 1892.