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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

ALL BOISE CRY is talking dia-
monds, if all its citizens do not wear
them. Well, that's some comfort.
The next best thing to owning dia-
mond is talking about it and wishing
you owned it.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

The News is confidently looking
for great movements in railroad cir
cles and a great building boom Of
roads in 1898. For the faith that is
in us for this prophecy we will speak
when the holidays are gone.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

A TERRIFIC snow prevailed Wednes-
day throughout Oregon and Washing
ton. In the Sound country the fall
was over 20 inches.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

A GOOD many Democrats in Idaho
would like to hang up their stockings
If they thought Mr. Cleveland would
pass this way during the holidays.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1892-12-24

coRBErr SLOUGH DITCH COMPANY.

coRBETT SLOUGH DITCH COMPANY.
Location Of It's principal place OF business
Blackfoot, Idaho.
Notice Is hereby given that ut 4 meeting OF
the board of directors held on Friday the End
December, 1892. an assessment Of ~ cents per
O. DIPPED, secretary at bis oiiies in Blackfoot
Idaho.
Any stock upon which this assessment be
unpaid on Monday the End day OF January
1888, will be delinquent and advertised for sale
at public auction. and unless payment Is made
before, enough OF each parcel of stock will be
sold on Wednesday the 25th day OF January
1893, to pay said assessment with cost Of nd.
vertising and expense of sale.
II. G DIPPED.
Secretary Corbett Slough Ditch Company
Blackfoot, Idaho, December 18th, fs92
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-15
Hindoo cbiIare,,.-.

The costume, or at times the lack
of costume, makes never failing
source of interest in the native town
in India. The Hindoos form the
largest portion of the inhabitants.
and are noticeable for their some.
what dirninutive stature, delicate
features and dark brown color. Their
children swarm in all directions. Mt
terly devoid of clothing, their ma
hogany brown limbs as round and
perfect as little brown statuettes.
Among the Hindoos of Bombay only
the wealthier class wear more than
an apology for clothes, although girls
not older than ten years may beseen
with the simple flowing garments
which are so graceful and so admira-
bly, fitted to the climate. The cries
of the vendors, the strange sights
and sounds go to make up one OF the
most picturesque and interesting ex-
periences to be met with anywhere
In the east Cor. Washington Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-15
Tho cowIess and womanIes. I.le.


ST Columbia left Ireland in the
year of 1858 with dozen companions.
and on the evening of Whit Monday
landed on the island of Iona, one of
the Hebrides, which is remarkable
for two reasons, l. e., from the fact
that st. Columbia banished cows and
women from its sacred confines. and
also because of the different ways
the name of the island has been
spelled During the thousand years
following the closing of the Sixth
century the name was variously rem
dered as 1, Ii, La, 10, Eo, Hy, Hi, Hi.
HE, Hio, HUI, Heu, Huy, Hiu, Y and
vi 1t is also known as Icolmkill.
I-columb-kille and -kille.
besides Iona, which is believed to be
misnomer, it being thought that
the ''nn should really be ..u.n
When COLUMBIA landed ON this par
ticular Hebride he gave orders that
no COW or women should be admitted.
Because" he argued, wherever
there is a COW there viii be woman.
and where there is woman there
viii be mischief y To this day the
chief reasons why the tourists visit
Iona In such numbers is because it is
known to tradition as s'the Cowless
and Womanless isle. st. Louis Re
public.
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Tho Temperament OF Genius.


Medical men can testify to the
heroic fortitude of mentally gifted
men in the most trying siclmesses.
The same. Rousseau whom the veri-
est tr,ifiing contradiction or passing
suspicion plunged into the most SOM
ber melancholy supported patiently
through long years two painful and
incurable bodily diseases. Many
geniuses regard physical pain as a
necessity of our nature, and are re-
signed to it, while mental agony
would seem to astonish, to take them
by surprise.
The celebrated Pascal, whose mind
in the later years of his short life
was maintained in state of enyia-
bic placidity by the firm faith he
had in the resources of the Christian
creed, but whose body was racked
by the tortures of protracted suffer
ing, would say to those around him
who were afflicted to behold his
agonies, do not pity me; all that /
have to do is to submit myself hum
bly, and peaceably.n
Hogarth had an aneurism of the
heart, which he bore manfully; but
the fatal termination of the disease
is said, with great probability, TO
hsys been hastened by the satire of
the poet Churchill, called .aThe Apol-
ogy. Chambers Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-15

A great Englishman was a prodigy
at the university. Whatever could
be learned he learned. But he had
no sense of humor. He thought that
s.aen's eyes suffered through not
wearing hats with br.ims of sufficient
breadth, 50 he wore hat with an
immense brim- One day after visit
ing great city he said to a friend:
II have had convincing proof of
the English peoples readiness to ac-
cept Improvement when placed in
their view. had not been out of
the railway station FIVE minutes
wien Twas surrounded by a crowd
of people all exclaiming, Who's your
hatterF You see they discerned the
advantage of this valuable hat, and
wanted to know where they could
get hats like it But most unfortu-
nately / had forgotten, and had to
tell them could not remember who
my halter was. They gave me three
cheers and went away. y.''-s'Twenty-
five Years of st. Andrews"
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&c pooled His rather.

While at the university Labou-
chere used to boast that he ''never
allowed his studies to interfere with
his pleasure He used to run up to
London (fifty-eight miles with re-
markable frequency simply to get
his hair cut. On one occasion, It is
said, young Labouchere met his
father In the Strand at a time he
was supposed to be deep in his
studies of the classics. Much to the
old gentleman's astonishment his
SON blankly denied his identity.
Jumping into a cab he dashed or to
the railway station, caught a train
IN the act Of leaving for Cambridge.
and when his father arrived by the
next was found almost buried in q
mass of abstruse volumes, with a
wet towel wrapped round his aching
forehead.
4 A dinner at the hotel and a ten
pound note were the reward of the
delighted parent to this promising
SON, but to his dying day Mr.. John
Labouchere was often heard relating
this wonderful instance of the re-
markable similarity of two persons.
London Cor. New York World.
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LIME LIGHT CANDLES.
They Are stIII Made by Crude and old
Fashioned Processes.

They Are Still Made by Crude and Old
Fashioned Processes.
Crude and apparently wasteful pro-
cesses still hold good in the manufac-
ture of the lime candles used in cal
eium lighting. The use of this light
has enormously increased of late
years, and even the electric light has
not supplanted it, but the attempt to
substitute machinery for handwork
in manufacturing the candles has
met with small success. Lime can
dies are produced by compression,
but they are not satisfactory, and
the same is true of magnesium can
dies. The bandsaw and the circular
saw have been tried in the cutting of
lime candles, but have not proved
satisfactory.
The greater part of the lime can
dies used in theaters, lecture rooms
and clinics in this city are made by
hand. The workman sits ON bench
or stool, and has in front of him a
square box open at the top, and part
ly filed with a log of wood that rises
some inches above the mouth of the
box. Across the horizontal end of
this log bit of plank is nailed, and
this plank is traversed by a deep
groove at right angles to its length.
Lime for the manufacture of can
dies comes in barrels containing
about 225 pounds each. It is lump
or unslacked lime. The powder and
the small Jumps are useless. Lumps
as small as four inches long and two
inches wide are rudely shaped with a
hatchet. Larger humps are sawn in
parts and then shaped as the smaller
Jumps. After preparing the rude
Jumps the workman takes them
one at time and smooths them
with broad, coarse file. He lays
each lump parallel to the groove in
the plank on top of the box and
slowly turns the lump as he draws
the file back and forth through the
groove.
The whole process of making the
candles seems crude and simple, but
it can be successfully done only by a
workman acquainted with the quail
ties of lime and long practiced in
handling tools and material. A skilled
workman knows what Jumps are
worth saving, and Just how far to go
IN shaping them with the hatchet.
Lime with much sand is almost use
less for the purpose of making cam
dies Sometimes only dozen can
dies can be made from whole bar
rel of lime. The best lime viii pro-
duce twenty dozen to the barrel.
Such of the lime as IS unfit to be cut
into candles and the small filings
that fall into the workman's box are
put back into the barrel and returned
to the merchant. They are as good
for ordinary purposes as the large
humps.
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The wooden Horse.

The wooden horse is a unique con-
trivance invented by c. R. Buckley. a
Chicagoan. Already it has attained
sufficient speed to give the best bi-
cycle riders a close brush. Its in.
ventor claims to be able to go a mile
at three minute gait. The prin-
ciple on which the machine is run is
simple 1t is composed only of two
cog wheels, an eccentric axle and a
shaft.
On thisshaft the hobby horse rests.
Beneath is sort of platform resting
on four wheels. When astride the
horse the motion of the body used in
riding the live article propels the
machine forward, and as it moves
and the motion of the body becomes
accelerated the momentum grows
greater and greater until high rate
Of speed is obtained York
Telegram.
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A s,mpathe.Ie Parrot.

A friend of mine had parrot that
was forever getting into mischief
whenever let out of his cage. If il
wasn't flying around the room
knocking down the ornaments, he
was down in the kitchen annoying
the cook (who, by the way, was red
headed) by calling out, Where's the
white horse7p
One day when the cook was get
ting dinner ready, Polly hoped into
the kitchen just as she put bowl
of cream on the table Flying at the
edge of the bowl it was overturned.
Cook became enraged at this, and
seizing a dipperful of boiling hot
water threw it over Polly, scalding
him so badly that alls his feathers
dropped off. For a long time Polly
went around lamenting the loss of
his feathers, but he never bothered
the cook again.
One day about three ,eeks after
ward clergyman CO to dine with
my friend, and p Aoticing that
he was baldhe9 .emed to pom
der over it, and just as they were
sitting down to dinner, Polly, who
had been sitting ON the back of a
chair, hopped up on the table close
to the clergyman and, gazing sorrow.
fully at his bald head, exclaimed:
Poor fellow, poor fellow; did the
cook throw hot water on your
After this Polly was kept covered
up in his cage whenever there were
visitors. New York Recorder.
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The Distribution of snake..

The distribution Of serpents over
the earth's surface is partial and un-
equal. They are essential inhab-
itants of the tropics, and diminish
rapidly in number, both as to species
and individuals, as we advance north
ward or southward through the tenn
perate zones. Great distinctions ex-
ist between the snakes of the two
hemispheres.
The rattlesnakes. boas and harle-
qiin snakes are entirely confined to
America; while vipers, cobras and
roughtails are as exclusively inhab-
itants Of the Old World. The tree
snakes and the whip snakes are east
ern and Australian animals.-Quar-
terly Review.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-11-15

A gentleman of Concord. ass..
the heart of the pie eating district of
New England, has taken occasion to
tell the people of the west what he
knows about pie as an intellectual
factor He boldly asserts that pie of
various kinds is a brain stimulator.
and he cites Emerson, Gladstone.
Carlyle, Moliere and others as giants
who thrived on pie. Emerson. in
particular. was known to eat two or
three pieces of pie for breakfast, as
a sort of foundation for literary ex-
ercise. and the gentleman contends
that what was good and healthfuI
enough for Emerson ought to be
good enough for anybody.
So earnest and seemingly conyinc-
ing is this pie eulogist IN his enthu-
siasm that it would seem at first
that pie ought to be introduced into
the public schools as a part of the
curriculum. But this would involve
fresh complications. 1t is now a
matter of history that Whittier. the
gentle Quaker poet, not only eats
pie, but fairly shovels it into his
mouth with his knife.-K Kansas City
Star.
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To offset the constant exhalafion
of organic matter from the skin. as
well as from the lungs, occupied
rooms should be so arranged as to al
low a constant change of the air con
tanned IN them To meet this con-
dition properly. an exit for air, as
well as an inlet. should be provided.
A fireplace is perhaps an ideal out
let. as it has constant draft which
assures an outgo of considerable
power.
As for test of the quality of air
Its purity or impurity-nature has
provided US with a most useful one.
and in all ordinary cases the only
necessary one. in the sense of smell.
If this sense Is offended by character.
istic stale" odor of an i'll ventilated
room, there is no appeal from its
verdict, no matter how many VENT
lators may be in operation. This
test. it should be stated, can be ap-
Piled only by the olfactories of one
just entering n room from the out
side.
We have heard from the lecture
platform advice delivered to sa in
telligent body of students in a pre-
paratory school as to just how far the
windows of the sleeping apartment
should be raised each night to assure
a wholesome air to the occupant.
The distance given was exact, no al
lowance being made for variations
of temperature, wind or weather.
A single window opened at both top
and bottom, but at distances varying
according to the temperature. the
presence or absence of winds. etc. Is
suitable provision for ventilation.
1t is safe to say that If the air In
any room seems as pure to a person
entering it from out of doors as the
outdoor air itself, that air is well fit.
ted for breathing; such, at any rate,
it should always be, and such should
be the test applied by an intelligent
observer
With such an ideal before us, no
hard and fast rule is called for.
With this ideal in view, and with
the homely quality of common sense
IN exercise, it is well also to remem-
Der the following facts:
A room is best for most of us at a
temperature ranging from 65 to 70
degs-; a guard, be it of the most
primitive construction, should be be
tween a draft and ourselves; the ain
is not necessarily impure when
warm nor pure when cold; tho
smaller room Is, and the more oc.
cupants it has, the oftener should
the air be renewed. Youths Com
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He Had studIed.

1t is to be feared that even in the
United States so called literally edu-
Gated men are sometimes ignorant Of
many simple and useful things; but
what shall be said of the state of edu-
cation In Chinai
1t is exceedingly common to find
men who have spent more years In
study than they can remember, who
yet cannot read the simplest colo
quial book, nor repeat page Of what
they have studied
A few months ago the writer met
In dispensary man who seemed
to be examining his tally card with :
minute attention which indicated
that he recognized the Characters
The latter were few and simple
merely indicating his surname and
number, Wang, Number 236.p
On being asked If he knew the
characters by sight, he replied that
he recognized about half Of them .
And have. you studied at school p,
.'Oh, yes"
How long have you studied7n
Twelve years. n-s'Chinese Char.
acteristics- y -
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a CURIOUS PIPE
A Relic OF Libby Prison on ExnIhltlon n
Bowery Cigar Store window

A Relic OF Libby Prison on ExnIhltlon n
q Bowery Cigar Store window
There is a pipe on exhibition in the
store of a popular Irish cigar manu-
facturer in the Bowery that is well
worthy of study. It tells a sadden-
ing history of blood and carnage.
Its details point mutely hack to the
fearful conflict that almost rent the
country in two in the dark days OF
the rebellion, and its owner prizes It
so highly now that no money viii in
duce him to part with it
The pipe was made in Libby prison
by one of the Union soldiers. Tho
head was carved out of a broken gun
stock Inlaid on the exterior of the
head are emblems Of many Of the
regiments that did battle for the
Federal government and the insignias
of secret societies and other orna-
mental work. The only implement
used in making the pipe and it's en-
bellishments was a penknife rather
the worse for wear. On one side Of
the curious pipe is inlaid triangle.
with compass and square, all made
Out Of the shoulder hone cf p dead
Confederate officer.
A circular wreath inclosing q
scroll, evidently intended for some
inscription, is inlaid in the brass OBJ
tanned from an old army button. A
heart pierced by an arrow is made
from a piece of an exploded shell. A
scroll inclosed by olive branches is
obtained from the buckle of a belt
and crescent is made from a piece
of am old bayonet On the opposite
side the legend 1865. inclosed in a
scroll, is made of other pieces of
bone. A circle, inside Of which is a
star, is obtained from a fragment of
copper used IN some part of the
equipment Two crossed guns ON
the front of the bowl are made of
pieces of Confederate gun metal and
two American flags are inlsid in vsri-
Gus materials.
The owner of this pipe tells a Curl
Gus story of how it came into his
possession. An old man used to call
at his store every day and beg enough
of the cigar clippings from the fac
tory to give him good chance to
smoke.
After time his visits grew less
frequent, and one night a clerk in
one of the cheap lodging houses in
the neighborhood called in a hurry
and said the old fellow was dying
and anSiously requested him to come
TO him. The cigar dealer went, and
the old fellow gave him the pipe.
he told him-it had been made by the
Union prisoner, but added. ST never
knew his name. ] was one of the
Confederate guards stationed ON duty
at Libby prison, and gave the chap
who carved out this pipe many
good feed on the quiet The old
Confederate died with these words
ON his lips, and the cigar manufsc-
turer had him decently buried. New
York Advertiser.
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A Trade THAT PIea.e..

We're we to begin life again bar
bering should be our trade. 1t must
be one of the most delightful. With
a nice shop in aicity, tastefully deco
rated and furnished. hot and cold
water near each chair, and good
run of custom, it is the prettiest trade
we know; a regenerating trade, too;
beautifier; the barber feels. and
actually sees, that he is improving
customers looks, and that is encour-
aging. Aman who sells adulterated
goods, pernicious literature, sham
articles, humbug nostrums, ETC..
knows he is doing evil. A man who
sells corsets knows he is selling an
engine that injuries women.
But here comes fellow into bar
Der shop with a head of hair that
looks as if mice had nested in it; q
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HomIng Pigeons for warships.

The practicability of the homing
pigeon service has been satisfactorily
tested by communication with the
ships of war anchored off Annapolis
and from vessels plying between
Baltimore, Annapolis and other
points. If these experiments should
be successful they viii demonstrate
the possibility of vessel cruising
along the coast at distance of over
100 miles, where no other means of
communication would be possible, to
be kept in constant intercourse with
the shore. This prompt service, it
is claimed, would be a great advan-
tage to the governments Cor. Balti-
more Sun.
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The best lime candles viii burn u1i-
der the oxyhydrogen stream from
two to FIVE hours. but may last only
an hour, and some must be thrown
away IN five minutes The lime
slowly pits under the stream. and
after a time the candle splits or fakes
of The best candles may be re-
versed and burned for some time in
that position
Lime candles are ordinarily three
inches long and rather less than an
inch in diameter. A skilled man.
with good tools and material. can
make eight dozen day. They whole
sale at about eighty cents dozen,
though some for stereopticon use.
being more carefully made than those
supplied to the theaters, fetch a
rather higher price. New York Sun.
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A Lightning Change ArtIst.

The rapidity with which chame-
Icons change their color is marvel
Gus. You gather one from an out
door shrub and it Immediately be-
comes dark, almost black, kissing
and with its mouth wide open,
threatening to bite Meanwhile it
IS never still, but continues to crawl
upward whenever possible; up you.
up your sleeve, always upward. By
degrees the angry black changes
into whatever color is nearest. If
ones dress is of brownish color so
is the chameleon's.-Cor. Forest and
Stream.
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Il was generally believed In Mans-
field, o., many years ago that the
seeds OF the Jobs Tears (Coix lachry-
MAJ, II worn about the neck, would
cure goiter- In Portland, Me-, and
Boston it Is thought that children
teething should wear string OF
Jobs Tears They are Somewhat
commonly sold for children to wear
at this critical period IN Philadelphia
and Cambridge, while In Peabody.
Mass. they are generally kept for
sale at the drugstores, not only for
TINS purpose, but also as a prophylac-
nc against or cure for sore throat
and diphtheria.-Folk Lore journal.
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Birds and rree..

A European naturalist points out
an interesting fact about birds and
trees to which, he says, no attention
has hitherto been paid. This is that
certain species of birds show a prefer
ence for particular kinds of trees.
According to the observations of this
gentleman jays and rocks prefer the
oak, finches the lime tree, black caps
the laurel, thrushes the birch and
the ash and woodpeckers the beech,
while the nightingale loves especial
ly TO frequent groves of nut trees
Youths Companion.
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WlId Amman. In coII.-..

When Labouchere went to Cam
bridge it is said that he developed q
distinct taste for tanning wild ami
mails. His rooms, which were spa
cious and commodious for college
quarters, were arranged somewhat
after the manner Of a miniature
menagerie. It is even reported that
at one time he kept a young bear in
a cupboard and fed him entirely on
plum cake and sherry. London Cor.
New York World