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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

caily the gas supports the burning OF
anything that is put in it, by taking u
match which has been burning little
while. Blowing it ont. and dipping it
in the bottle of oxygen. 1t win at
tinue to burn with the utmost brill
fancy for some time. Some things
which do not burn at all in atnnos-
pheric air viii do so with great brill
fancy in oxygen. A broken watch
spring (which any jeweler will give you
for the asking) may be made to burn
in oxygen iii is first softened by heat
ing it to redness, or nearly so. and let
ting it cool when it may be pulled and
twisted into spiraN, and sticking one
end of it into cork which fits one of
the bottles. Tip the other end of the
spring with sulphur, and, setting light
70 the latter. put the spring ON its cork.
in q bottle Of oxygen. The spring will
catch fire from the sulphur and burn
with dazzling brightness, dropping
scintillae of molten steel, which excel
the electric light in brilliancy. 1t is
well to stand the bottle in a bowl of
RAAGAs - tAitssN AAAOAto "a h4GAA1A okSNA
usually break the bottom out of the
vessel in which the experiment is con-
ducted. Ii is then. however, quite free
from danger.
The nitrogen of the air is neither
good nor bad to breathe. Itdilutes the
too active oxygen. that is ali. If we
had to breathe oxygen pure and sim
| pie, constituted as we are, we should
burn away like the watch spring, but
! not so prettily. For breathing is essen
( tally the same as burning. We take
in the oxygen of the air with our
lungs, and it is employed in purifying
the exhausted blood there. When it
is exhaled again it brings with il car
bon. The nitrogen comes out un-
changed, but the oxygen has been
turned into carbonic acid. A great
bulk of fresh air is required to enable
us to breathe safely and healthily.
This gentleman is represented in the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
Is or snn ] pynnmoe

AS we look at the glowing carbon in
an incandescent lamp. and know that
it is possible for that hair-like filament
to maintain its heat and br;lliancy,
almost unchanged, for more than one
thousand hours. 1t is an object lesson
for us 1t is intense heat and brilliant
light without combustion. When fee
BILE man has been able to so far
unravel the mysteries of heat and light
as to be able TO accomplish this result,
suspension of Judgment at least is
called for on the part of our scientific
leaders, who hold to the theory that
the heat of the sun must be derived
from combustion, and predict that the
time may come when the fuel will be
exhausted. The light coming from the
ineandescent lamp is simply another
form of motion. Is it not possible
that he who sits ON high as the ruler
of all forces may utilize the motion Of
the rolling spheres rs huge dynamos,
and thus give us sunlight and heat
without combustion?
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

~, % rent 70 pay and Fat and bis
colleen hli glorious tinr.
Slnltai invariably thcsr SquattcrS
arrc Irish. Iighi.hcar,ed. willing Ia
work when lhry had "a aud full u FUN
ebsu ,ayy Gould find Il, such enter.
ta.ngru'4 is were given on the rocks
arvc- ucrr srcn anywhere else. There
WI enme beer. much whisky and
great deal - music on gccurdiunS aud
mouth u-Rans Real irish iiga were
danced IN the rickety noorS ~ the
eahinn zeal Irish shindys were fought
is'orr lhcir doors, and real Irish love
Ma made in the hoslsy hooks and
secluded rrryiccA % the towering rocks
ifat then were innocent 81 brownAtonc
ftou,E and red brick Hat houses The
sjaatirrz formed tribc almost as well
defined and strange ~ do thc custcr.
niaugrrs 81 London
!nt the cucroachmcnt New York
n has driven most ~ thcm away.
'ihc rpcls have been blasted out If All
sr'nblaucc 10 their old picturcsqucncss.
captured beyond escape hy New Works
steadily marching army " brick and
mortar invaders
t'nt there are fcw left. Their do
mui1u Hes MOSTLY above siXticth
street and from the western edge Of
central park 10 the Hudson river,
~ this section ~ the city about
il4 sauattcrs still remain. some of
their shantiCs pcrchcd on the rocks,
high above the street. which has been
n.li through the solid stone, and y few
rest IN the hollOws left when the
streets we're filed up to tbs level
Ono 81 these shantics. and one Of the
eldest, now, IS peculiar and pict-
nresqnc double mansion, resting ON
iho rJaks hundred feet back from
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
sarah Loves children.

When the weather is propitious the
greater part of the forenoon Sarah
Bernhardt spends out of doors in the
garden, in morning wrap of silk,
caught in only at the hip by n girdlc,
and with the lace scarf, one knows SO
well, twisted around her head. She is
never SO happy MS when with little
children, and number of them, chat
tering baby French at the top of their
shrill voices, arc always around her.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

S,ars ago, when Thirteenth street was
m uptown, squatlera pre-cmpted the
Int ground from there 70 The island 5
I'M They erected shanties 81 old
l.s-ds. scraps u tin and anything else
,.,ry could ind by persistent foraging,
.e.apicd land iog which nobody then
,,aerht q! demanding rent, and raised
,..o, u POTATOES, chickens, goats and
children. Thrifty people they were
,ar,e saantters, and the rocky land
N which they slaattcd lost moth
Hrg IL their occupancy. They titled
.,l. land H. an irresponsible way,
,lapted trees aud ere they had been
,Aere many years ;hcir old patched
.hanucs were protected from the sun
i.v 'eafg canopies. 10 many their gar
.aas Afforded q living. tho produce he
sg so.d IN the markets o. hawked
HJal thr streets.
iint they were not all farmers, even
n small way. .fh Guild mon" some
lines worked on the streets or carried
4, o1. while III Guild oman" with
Is, short black pipc ia her mouth,
2ed support the family BY playing
Il .l.r waahbaarl The goats. feeding
"A the h.llb1ards and the old lin Sans
.a milk for the 'ehlldher.' lhrrt
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

i are tall nul,4:..ss;s Three big store
houses flank it, making the one-story
structure look like doll house.
There lisa cluster of squatter man
sions at Sixty-ninth street and Eighth
avenue, continued the New York
writer. Some of them have fences
around, and some stand bare and di-
lapidated, open to the desolate land
about them, for rarely now is any gar
den seen about these places Some
have stables standing few feet from
the house, for many a squatter owns
his own horse and "dump-cart, +" and
hires both himself and his horse ont
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

THE sYPHoS BOTTLE EXPERIMENTS.
that the resulting gas, chemical com
pound, while composed of the same
elements as gunpowder has hardly
any properties in common with char
coal, saltpeter and sulphur individu-
ally.
Again, to take the stock example. A
mixture of sulphur with iron filings is
purely mechanical 1t has the colors
of the constituents, and it can be
readily resolved into its separate parts
by passing a magnet through it,
when the iron filings viii be
drawn out, as shown in the sketch.
But if we mix the two again, and, put
ting small quantity of them together
in the bowl OF clay pipe, hold the
latter in gas jet for short time, we
shall find, in addition to q very UNI
pleasant smell. that the iron and sui
phur viii have entered into chemi-
cal combination, producing new sub
stance, sulphide Of iron. which does
not give up its iron to the magnet, and
has none of the more distinctive quail
ties either Of sulphur or of iron filings.
Before putting it in the gas, the pipe
bowl contained mechanical mixture;
the sulphide of iron afterward formed
is chemical compound.
Air, then, is n mechanical mixture.
1t consists, all the world over, of two
colorless and tasteless gases. One
is nitrogen and the other oxy-
gen. The really active and
life-giving portion Of the air is the
oxygen, which, however, is so ener-
getic that it is only fit for ordinary in
halation, when diluted with four times
its bulk of the negative elementor nj
trogen. Such is the activity of pure oxy-
! gen that it has been successfully used
of late to restore TO life people who
have ppearcd to be drowned, or
poisoned by want of air, or bad gases.
Oxygen is gas of SO very interest
/ ing a kind that it is worth little
trouble to obtain some for experience.
Let us see If we can do this at small
expense. We shall need q piece of In
dia rubber tubing Of small bore (such
as is used for infants feeding bottlesl,
attached tightly by fine wire to the
stem of large clay pipe, bowl OF
water, q small, wide-mouthed bottle tC
hold the oxygen, some common clay,
and penny worth or SO of powdered
chlorate of potash, which may be oh
tanned Mt the chemists. Put enough
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
MAKING OXYGEN.

center of sphere. showing the amount
of air he needs, all to himself. every
half hour. 1t may be asked, Why
is it, then, that all the air surrounding
the world has not been used up by the
millions who have breathed it? The
answer is that Nature; in her wo der
full economy, has provided for its re-
newal. For plants breathe as well as
animals; but whereas animals inhale
oxygen and eShale the gas called not
quite accurately carbonic acid, plants
absorb carbonic acid and yield up oxy-
gen. Thus plants purify the air for
us, while the carbon which they alb
sorb nourishes them. Is not this u
wonderful and beautiful fact?
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

Before long she will be all of : years
old. Marguerite is only : and Belle
well, she is the baby Of the girls. The
young man Of the family is William L.
Harrity, Jr., who in some way has
learned the sercet of ruling his father
and making him bend To his baby will
in manner which would quite aston
ish some of the shrewdest of Mr..
Harrity's political friends.
As for the girls, they think papa the
very best man in the world. This sen
timent is founded on the fact of his
accomplishments ones with which
they are familiar. lie can play horse
better than anyone they ever saw be-
fore. He can build great big houses
with blocks and tell fairy stories about
giants and soldiers. They all sit in his
lap at once, and the three little heads
sometimes get a.nodding, for papa
knows how to make story lead right
straight TO bed
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19


by the dRY. Il Is not rare, either "a
see an express wagon standing near
the house
One Of the most picturesque Of the
sauattes' homes is on the corner Of
Seventeen street and Columbus avenue.
The rock on which II Is built raises tia
few feet above the level 81 the street.
The entrance is shaded by beautiful
arbor and climbing vines, and the
whole place Is sheltered by four large
trees
Ca SiAiy-cighth street. between
Columbus and West End avenues the
virgin rock stands as Il has stood since
Manhattan Island grew, Through IL
the streets has been cut, leaving the
south side a cliff twenty feet high. On
this commence and So near the edge as
- seem ready 10 toppie over into the
street below, arr eight shanties They
were put M there long before the
street WAS cut through or the great
apartment houses opposite were erected.
Dirty, rickcty and bcpatchcd they
. stand, relies ~ the days when squatter
sovereignty ruled this region and the
( squnttcr's home was hia castle,
I Access % them Is gained hy an ascent
I ~ double wooden stairrascs, each If
. which seems ready - tumble 70 the
ground any who arr yeniurchome
enough H. trust ihcm The stairs arr
made mostly ~ pieces 81 soap boNcs
aud other lunbrr. with bit % larg,
timber rescued from the river near ~
81 gathered from some dilapidatcd
building.
And these arc the las; q the squat
tai~ Squattrr sovereignty. for which
New York rI,y was once famous, is al
most ,hing % the past, and soon IL
last vcNtigcs will pass away. The
squaticrs must leave their rickctl
palaces aud 20 10 live in the marrow
quarters ~ the tenement houses. and
worst ~ all, they must ere long pa
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

ant one, anu worthy q q HUG Closet
consideration.
In mechanical mixture. each con-
stituent has separate existence. and
the mixture has the properties Of the
constituents, modifying each other in
proportion to their abundance. For
instance, gunpowder is a mechanical
mixture-before it is fired. IT has the
blackness of charcoal, the smell of sui
phur, and the taste Of saltpeter.
4 chemical compound, on the other
hand, has properties often entirely diff
fering from those of its parts. II we
put a light to our gunpowder, under
proper precautions, VIC might show
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

fourth. He was prominent candi-
date in 1877 for the United States Sem
ate, at the time Mr.. Saunders was
chosen. In 1870 he was appointed col
lector Of internal revenue for the dis
trict of Nebraska, and served fonr
years. He then retired for time TO
private life. The assistant secretary
ship of the treasury was rendered 70
him in April, 1891, and he has since re-
sided in Washington.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
whero CoIumbus Died.

The house of Valladolid, Spain, in
which Columbus died, is now used as a
COW stable. Above the stone archway
is time-stained medallion, bearing u
mans head, standing out in bold relief
on the Stucco. Underneath is the en-
graved inscription; "Aqui murio Colon
Ano 1906" tHerc died Columbus, year
5000. Close to this hung small sign
board with the following inscription;
New milk sold here; you may see i
millsad -
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
WIFE OF LEADER.
AIRS. william f. IIarrity, Wife OF the
Democratic Field Marshal.

airs. william II. Iiarrifg, Wife OF the
Democratic Field Marshal.
When lie is not busy with the untcr-
rified democracy Chairman w. +. Har-
rity Of the National Democratic com
mittee, laughs and romps with his
three little daughters and one baby
son in the four-story brick house at
l42s Girard avenue, Philadelphia. At
such times he forgets ali about bust
ness and his political cares and thinks
only Of his charming wife and his
happy family. Mrs. Harrity was a
Miss Rose NJ Dcylin OF Philadelphia
Now any feeling Of pride in connection
with Mr.. Harrity's political success
sinks into oblivion as he pre-
sents You to his daughters and
the all-important member Of the house
hold, young William j. Harrity, Jr.,
who not very long ago celebrated his
first birthday The oldest daughter is
Mary Agnes, with sunny disposition
and little air Of dignity acquired,
She will tell you, by her advanced ago
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
They Cannot Let Go.

The mechanism of the Leg and foot
OF chicken or other bird that roosts
on limb is marvel of design. 1t
often seems strange that bird win
sit on roost and sleep all night with
out falling eli, but the explanation
is perfectly simple. The tendon of
the leg of bird that roosts is so ar
ranged that when the leg is bent
Mt the knee the claws are bound 10 con-
tract, and thus hold with sort of
death-grip the limb round which they
are placed. Put chickens feet on
your wrist and then make the bird sit
down and you win have a practical i'll
lustration ON Your skin that you will
remember for some time. by this
singular arrangement, seen only in
such birds as roost, they will rest com
fortably and never think of holding
on, for it is impossible for them to let
go till they stand up.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

LAHoucHERE ANn MS DAUGHTER DORA.
lis notable But the little one Of the
picture, grown since il was taken as a
photo to be now miss Of years,
Is named Dora. Mr.. labouchere's
town house Is on 81. James Park, at
Westminster, and his country seat at
Twiclcnham on Thames To
stranger he often seems shy. AT times
he will withdraw into his shell, as il
were: but ill-betidc him who rashly
shall hit teniaclc. especially IL La.
bouchcrc be moody. Whenever he
is Eat home, however, he
is no longer editor or NJ T.,
but genial and even familiar. Pope's
Villa, with It's damp, moist unpleasant
body" Of grotto-as a Mantalini
might describe the sad underground
passage from riverside 10 gardensidc--
after q century Of transitions from
owner 20 owner, had, as ali the world
knows, passed into the freehold control
OF Mr.. Labouchere. Nine. Laboucherc,
at Pope's villa, with rich, soft lawn
spreading between villa and river, and
with picturesque boat house crown
ing one edge Of the verdurc, can give
garden party or preside over pastoral
| amateur theatricals. There the semi
cynic and the whole-souled man of the
world--a Major Pendennis and Col.
Ncwcomb rolled into one--can summon
his gentlemen guests 20 an arbor for
smokers as the busy procession of boats
and craft pass bound for festal Rich
mond or smoky London wharves.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
oonncttInr az 50 Years.

In Santiago, Chile, lives a most re-
marlSable old woman, who looks n
well-preserved woman of 81, is spry rs
a girl and u pronounced coquette, but
who is known to be so years old, She
has n granddaughter who looks old
enough to be her mother, She is still
passionately fond of dancing, has a
musical voice, glorious dark eyes,
beautiful teeth, and among her many
admirers is Chilean youth of wealth,
TO whom she is to be married,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
uroN rnr ROCKS.

Ni&ty.siNth street. near Columbus ave-
nue. II has stood there for more than
'hirty years Not board nor shin
S'e Is to he seen on the house. Some
Where or other number of old roofs
were found by the squnttcrs, and with
YRS tin the house has been entirely
saeathcd from the ground to the
r,dge pole No wind can enter
mere, nor rain, for the whole
y well painted, and with brick-rcd
PANT What the temperature inside
must be when tho sun beats down upon
'he tin may be coniectured.
The foundations for new building
nFe being laid and the rock has been
hewn perpendiculnrly TO within few
acct OF the squattcr's home. Allaround
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
trrrr. ". :. nranEs.

Ills FIRST service was two years
cruise Ii south American waters, dur
ing which he visited most 81 the ports
OF both the East and the West coasts
Of that continent. rs well as many Of
the Pacific islands, and contributed
to prominent newspapers a series Of
letters descriptive OF little-lsnown
places and people. From 1878 to 1851,
he made 1 voyage around the world in
the flagship "Ticonderoga, writing
for magazines and newspapers
during the cruise, a number
Of sketches of travel and
adventures in foreign lands. lie has
since served in the Mediterranean, and
on the North Atlantic and West India
stations. Frequent articles from his
pen, on naval. military and engineer
ing subjects, have appeared within re.
cent years in the leading magazines OF
this country and in o number of Euro
pean. periodicals.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
u,el,, and weight.

A man 8 feet inch should bc 10
mounds. feet inches should be ls6,
feet inches should be 49, . feet =
inches should be 1876, feet inches
should be l49, feet 6 inches should be
llb. { feet = inches should be l4s, . feet
! inches should be 1865, feet inches
should be ioe, feet 10 inches should
he 100, feet II inches, should be l74'
q feet high should be IT'S.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
THEEDITOR OF TRUTH
HENRY LABoUcHERE ABOUT
WHOM ENGLAND is TAKING.
isis Public and Private Life Contracted
Fond Of Ills Home and Family
Woe Bstides Those Who Gain his
Enmlty.

+ T Il r GLA d :
stone, the most
prominent figure
in British politics
to-day is Henry
Labouchere. the
radical. The pres
ent lAbouchere-
ma m e S AXE and
nephew of tn at
yLabouchere
created Lor d
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

If the last in the bowl of the pipe 3
fill it, and cover ii in such a way as to
be air-tight, with the moist clay. Then
fill the bottle with water,
and stand it, neck downward, in
the bowl (when the pressure of air
viii prevent the water running out of
the bottle) aud let some one hold the
end of that India-rubher tube, which
is remote from the pipe, underneath
the said bottle, Now hold the bowl
of the clay pipe with its contents in
the fire or over n gas jet Tor, what is
better, a gas stove), and after little
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
LORENZO cRouNsE.
rhe Republican Candidate for Gov
,r,,ar ~ Nnhra.Ea

The Republican Candidate for Gov
eruor OF Nebraska.
Hon, Lorenzo Crounsc, the first AS
sistaut Secretary of the Treasury, who
was recently nominated for Governor
by the Republicans Of the State Of Ne
braslsa, is New Yorker by birth, hav-
ing been born in Schoharie county, in
January, 1884. After receiving his edu-
cation he studied law,and entered upon
the practice of his profession, which
was interrupted by the war When
hostilities ceased he ranked as light ar
tillery captain, lie at once removed
to the Territory of Nebraska, and in
the fall of 1865, before he
had been resident twelve
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

months, he was elected TO the terri
torial Legislature in which body he
took prominent part. He was y
member of the committee having in
charge the first revision of the statutes,
as well as being upon the committee
that drafted the constitution for the
II W State, which was adopted in 1866.
In the election of that year, he was
chosen one Of the tn e judges of the
Supreme court, II served six years
in this capacity, and in 1871 was elected
\ member of the Forty-third Con-
gress, being re elected TO the Forty.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
LlEur. w. 5. AuoHEs.

A Gallant soldier aud Journalist Of
whom uaclc sam Is Proud.
Lieut.. Matter $. Hughes, Of the
United States Navy, was appointed to
the Naval Academy from Marshall.
town, Iowa. and graduated In June, 1873
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19

QUARTER soyER
eighty Is lettering
from its rockbound
Harlem throne. The
lime is within the
recollection Of the
present generation
When II reigned SUI
1rcmc from what is
now the middle pol
ion 10 the city 70
the Harlem river.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
SOME HOME SCIENCE.
ANOTHER CHAPTER ON MODERN
WONDER WORKERS.


HAT WE CALL
air is. in reality, IA
combination OF two
lirs or gases, one
modifying and di-
uting the other. It
s not a chemical
compound of these
sases. but a me
,!lanical mixture OF
hem. The differ
nee is an import
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-11-19
ARE STRANGE PEOPLE.
GLIMPSE OF THE GOTHAM
souATTER SOVEREIGNTY.

:. pays arc Almost Numbered and
railing Before Higher Grade Of
c,,nl1atlon--Ye These People Were
ua.py ia their wild Homes.