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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

the one un the north to reform work
ami charity organization Each or
these floors # suNa0l feet, The eur.
tain opposite the main front contains
the library bureau - information.
records, etc
III tbs second story are located ladies
parior>, capniitcc rooms and dressing
rooms al leading e the open balcony
ii front The whole second floor 81
the north pavilion incloscs the great
assembly room and club room. The
First - these II provided with an Gle
waited stage fur thc accommodation Of
speakers The sonth pavilion contains
the model Kitchen, rcfrcshmeni rooms,
reception rooms. etc,
The building Is rncasci with staff.
the samc material used on the rest Of
the buildings, and as il stands with its
mellow. decorated walls hathcd in the
bright sunshine, the women Of the
country are justly proud ~ the result
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

dawdle through the lanccrs. can pick
up demure sort of skirt dance in a
few lessons. The skirt dance has fallen
into the hands--or rather the feet--of
ordinary women Of tle variety stage.
and has become Ynlgarized, depending
largely upon its sensational effect in the
use of the conventional dress We
have, however, in this country one
skirt dancer at least who has remark
able natural gifts. says the Illustrated
American. That is Amelia Glover,
who used TO be known as the Little
Fawn." Since she danced her first
pas seul in Chicago, some five years
ago, She has made great progress in
her art, and could now, with advantage
to herself dispense with her sensation
al high kicking" The great fault to
be found with skirt dancing, even
when performed by its best opponents,
is that it is utterly impossible
TO express the passions by it.
II therefore lacks the highest
element Of art Very different are
the Spanish dances in which Car
mcncita 50 wonderfully expressed love
and hatred. Among the most grotesque
so-called dances ever seen in this
country was that introduced by Miss
Kenward in DIR Bill afterward
danced by Miss Louise Allen, and
known as the kangaroo dance"
There was not one iota of art in it.
Always in search of new sensation,
the dance-loying public was next
treated to the ''serpentine dance. "
Where the dance came in. it would
be difficult to say. All Miss Loie
Fuller. its inventor. and Miss Minnie
Renwood, her imitator. do, is to twist
an enormous amount of long fiimsy
skirts in a most dexterous manner.
With the aid of electric lights
they manage to produce remarkably
pretty effect but to call it a
| dance is absurd And now we have
among US Miss Lottie Collins, who
combines the song. the skirt. and dance
in a manner essentially English; for
there Is no woman ia the world who
can sing and dance at the same mo-
ment in the way British variety act
ress can. That Miss Collins will make
Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay'' as great a sue
cess in the United States as il has been
in London is hardly likely: but that
She is drawing crowded houses in New
York at present is an undoubted fact
One admiriug critic writes Of her: "As
10 the deseryings Of this strange sue
cess BY Miss Collins. il is pleasant
fact that She is wholly free from vul-
garity She has none Of the wanton
qualities Of the skirt dancers and high
kirlyprS
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

ing. me style u architecture Is
elnssir rcn tisasince This huiidiBg is
put up very near the shore ~ Lake
Michigan, and Is almost surrounded by
the lago0us that lead into the park
from THU take The building is COOK
100 feet, itt longest dimensions being
east ann west For single story
building tlto design IS bold ANA heroic
The general corniec line Is O. feet
above grade On either side ~ the
main entrance are mammoth Corin-
THAN pillars 70 feet high and 2 feet III
diameter on each corner and from
thu cgutcy ~ THE building paYilious
are reared, the center une being lif
frct square Tie corner pagiiions are
connected hy curtains forming com
tiunous arcade around the top ~ the
building The main entrance Leads
through an opening six,y.fpEr feet
wide into il vcstibulc. from which en-.
trance Had 10 this rn,nnda, 100 feet
ii diameter This Is surrounded by a
mammoth CLAWS dome lao feet high.
iil through tir main vrstihule statu.
an, has been designed. illustrative ~
Tie agricultural industry Similar a.
lgus IT, grouped about ail ~ tile
grand entrances In the most elaborate
manus The CORNER payilion- are sur.
mounted ~ d8mrs uiBet YsiN feet hlgh,
and ab5sr these tower graan. IL slaIu.
Har5 lhy design for These domcs Is
that II t'trrr female figures u her
ca,esu proportions, supporting q main.
mo,h roDe
10 Tic southwark ~ the agricultural
mildius j. 4 spacious structure devoted
chiefly - liYe st3rE AMI agricultural
assembly hail It. buiEainR i ron.
vrnirnliy near one ~ the stations ~
Tie elevated railway On The FIRST
flpor near The main entrance uf the
butldiue i ioratrsl bureau - in!or
nation This iu1r also contains suit
able committee aud other rooms for
TIC different iiyc stock associations.
% tlte floor there are also lnrgr ami
handsomely equipped waiting rooms.
broad stAirNays lead from the first
HDlc into the assembly room, which
has . seating capacity - about 500.
The assembly ruum furnishes facilities
iur lectures. delivered by gentlemen
eminent ID ghrir special fields - work.
embracing every interest connected
with I'VE stock, agriculture and allied
industries
Among d great number ~ sketches
submitted IN competition for this build.
iug ~ women an over thc land, the
president ~ tho Hoard - Lady Mana.
gers quichly discovered 10 the sketch
submitted Is Miss sophia d. Hayden
that harmony ~ grouping and grace
iulncss ~ details which Indicate the
ARCHITECTURAL scholar. and 10 her Was
awarded the fri,i prize % thousand
dollars aud also the execution - the
design
Directly IL front ~ tho building the
lagoon takes the form ~ q hay. about
~ feet IN width From the center ~
q this bay n grand landing aud stair.
case Leads % a terrace six feet above
the water Crossing this terrace other
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
TIE SKELETON rARRoT cAaE.

after this fashion: MY ancestor con-
quered your ancestor and killed many
of your tribe. He ate your ancestors
legs and arms, cut off and cured his
head for an ornament, and of his chest,
which was capacious and round, he
made cage in which t. keep his deeoy
parrots, the ribs serving as bars, from
between which the parrot could look
out, and many people came to admire
my ancestors parrot cage and the land
which was seized and held even unto
this day
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

II the ideal Of the journalist is TO
state facts, the Toronto Mail got pretty
close to the ideal the other day when
il remarked in the tone of one announc-
ing q great discovery that the death of
the Bishop of Fredericton. which took
place few days ago, was to be eX-
pected in the ordinary course of
nature. Those of its readers who
thought that the bishop was immortal
win now have to revise their opinion.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
REVERSIBLE SNAKES.
They nave Head on Each End and
Are Found IN India.

They nave Head on Each End and
Are Found In India.
a snake not often heard Of, Mt least
IN America. Is the livcrcolorcd snake
with two heads or perhaps they should
be called mouths though it does not
have two mouths ct the same time.
They are reversible mouths occupying
the opposite end every six months, II
lies with tho two ends crossed on each
other MS with folded hands. Every six
months. according to the lIartfordTimes
the change of the seasons rcverses the
functions of the two ends, the head be-
coming the tail and the tail becoming
the head. The mouth az one end heals,
or closes up all but small opening
while the opposite end becomes the
mouth for the next six months.
, friend of mine in India, who told
me about this remarkable snake, said
he refused for u long time TO believe
that the functions Of the two ends
were reversed every six months, but
one day he found one Of these snakes in
the Jungle and carried 1t home whore
lie had physician examine it, The re-
suit was, the physician confirmed the
stories of the creature and my friend
was slteptical no longer, learned no
other name for this singular reptile
than that OF 1.-THE liver colored snake. "
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

MISS LuiE FULLER, sERpENIfSE DANCER
the early part Of the century. delighted
our fathers and mothers or grand
fathers and grandmothers with their
dancing. That the Queen still takes
some interest in the ballet is shown by
correction she makes to an article
upon her dolls, which has recently APP
pcarcd The author Of the article
writes 81 Marie Taglioni and her Sis
tiers" The Queen corrects this in the
foot note. "She Marie Taglionil had
none. other corrections made by
her Majesty prove conclusively that
She attended the ballet before she had
entered her teens Very different the
ballet Of to-day 10 the ballet which 50
delighted the little Princess. You re-
member. no doubt how the Rev. lin
goldsby" Barham wrote:
what Horace says, IS.
Ehcu' iueaccs
Ami Iahuutur Posiumc' Postumc,
Years glide away, and are lost To me, lost 70
me,
Now, when the folks ia the dance sport their
mcrryioes,
Tagliouis and Ellslcrs. Duvcrnays and Ccritos,
oAkNllks I tANilllAt. ~ mum ltthtNtAANaF
II is evident that in those days il was
not considered any more improper for
a parsou- and Berham was very
good and religious man-to attend q
ballet than IL was for the la-yearold
heiress 20 the throne of an empire
whose morning drum beat follow
ing the sun and keeping company with
the hours circles the earth with one
continuous and unbroken strain OF the
martial airs OF England to
do So But stage dancing was
IN the ''thirties' high art,
and high kicking was entirely
unknown. 1t is still an art in France
and Italy, but in those countries the
long skirt that is, skirt which
reached below the llnee-in which the
Taglionis, Ellslers and Ccritos Of half
q century ago danced, has been gradu-
ally growing shorter and shorter until
the lower portion Of modern
danscusc Of the classical school looks
very much like spinning top. TO Kate
Vaughan, now the Hon Mrs, WELLESLEY,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
USE FOR SKELETONS.

New ZealRsd Maories Utilize Them Ia
Proving Title to Lands.
In America skeletons are neither
legal tender nor muniments of title,
but it is different at the antipodes-
in that as in many other things. In
New Zealand, for instance, European
cannot acquire title to a new piece of
land till the individual Maori title Isl
extingulshed, and that has to be done
before native land court. In this court,
according to the Philadelphia Record,
the '.Tohungas, or judges of local law,
declare that there is no valid title I'M
less the last preceding owners thoracic
skeleton be produced. It appears that
among the Maoris, when the land of
late descendant becomes the property
of another man, the new owner hangs
up the skeleton of the descendants
body fashioned into a cage, with
parrot inside the ribs. This is fact
before the eyes of all, and no one
would dare to dispute the claims of the
holder Of such paramount evidence.
So in the pleadings before the native
courts, the occupant makes a speech
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

gagement had been known for months,
and the quietness of tire ceremony did
not interfere with the beauties of her
wedding gown. which was dainty
travelling suit of gray, made in simple
style. The material from which the
dress was made was soft, heavy cloth,
and the only ornamentation Of the
skirt was wide border woven in
slightly darker shade than the remain
der Of the skirt. A jacket, which
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

stage dancing developed in the future
Empress Of India when She was quite
little girl. There was discovered, a
short time ago, "a box containing ] 32 dolls
many OF them dressed BY the Queen
herself with which the little Prin-
cess Victoria had played in her child
hood, and which had been packed away
for fifty-ninc years. IN this most in
tercsting collection is 10 be found doll
representing the danseuse, Pauline
Duvernuy, dressed by the Queen; two
or three representing Taglioni, two Of
Mile. Proche, one Of Resale Taglioni,
one OF Mile. Celestine, and dozen
or 50 more of the women who, during
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
FuLToN's STEAMER NOT FIRST
James Rumsey OF West Virginia Built
One in the Year ITsh.

James Rumsey OF West Virginia Built
One in the Year ITs5.
1t is not generally known that the
first steamship ever built in the United
States was partly constructed in Fred
erick county, Maryland, in the year
17s5. The vessel was built by James
Rumsey Of Shepherdstown W. Va.
Robert Fulton, with his Clermont. was
anticipated by Rumsey twenty-five
years, The steamboat was fitted up
with machinery partly manufactured
at the Catoctin furnace of the john
son Brothers. near Frederick The
boiler, two cylinders, pumps, pipes, etc,
were manufactured in Baltimore.
Some portions Of the works were made
at the Antietam iron works. On
March II, 1856, public experiment,
the first ever undertaken in America.
according to the friedrich News, was
made on the Potomac river. RumSey
succeeded in attaining speed of four
miles an hour against the current
The steamboat was eighty feet long.
1t was propelled by steam engine,
which worked n vertical pump in the
middle of the vessel, by which
the water was drawn in at
the bow and discharged by
the way Of horizontal trunk
at the stern. The boat bore load Of
three tons The weight OF its machin-
cry was G6d pounds. The whole
of the machinery, including the
boiler, occupied space but
little over four feet square. Two dis
tinguished men Were patronized TO
Rumsey's cxperiment-George WASH
ington and Governor Thomas johnson
of Maryland. The experiment was
made in the interest Of the proposed
Chesapeake and Ohio canal. Rumsey
cleared and satisfactorily demonstrated
that boat could be propelled up
stream against the current.
Thus we tlnd that the first steamboat
was propelled on the Potomac and a
portion OF the first machinery made in
Frederick county l07 years ago,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
rHE olRL AZ COLLEGE.
Dress Sot tho Important Topic e Is
supposed 20 be

Dress Not che Important Topic g Is
supposed TO be.
Dress IN woman's college is q mat
ter % much slighirr moment than il is
popularity supposed 10 he. The last
thing D girl who + in earnest about
her education cares for Is her gowns, II
only they are comfortable and suita.
bile. One girl known 20 the writer
went through an entire college course
~ four years with four new gowns.
and She was well dressed all the time.
The expenses Of fitting up ones quar-
tcrs are not So much for q
woman MS for man, Suppos-
ing II to be- done 81 Oh in
the la;tcr's tnsc The knowing
how which Is characteristic Of q
woman fingers is better that . great
many iollars in q mans purse The
danticst study parlors the writer has
ever seen were two furnished with the
most obvious articles Of need by the
college, aud decorated az mn additional
expense ~ s25 for the two by the
girls who had taken them for the
year There Is no point Of expense in
which the woman student has not the
advantage Of the man student No
matter how little he can live on, she
can live on less. When he economies
Ii dead earnest he goes into cooking
club and cats ahominablc food because
Il Is cheap, She rigs up a kerosene
stove IN her own room aud does her
own cooking and lives we'd on dollar
less Il week than he does.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

the same time place him in aifiuence-
yes, make him millionaire.
To the eye Of the uninitiated it seems
n tumble Of fans flywhcels and ropes,
but each has an appointed purpose
There are the side propellers 10 lift it
into the blue cmpyrean, and the screws
to drive it forward when it has at
tanned the desired level. Its rise is
assisted by cigar shaped affair
that surmounts the whole, and which
IL is intended to fill with hydrogen or
some light gas. This balloon, if it
might be SO called, is collapsihle. and
would then act MS parachute to ease
the ship in descending to the earth. To
this end there are also arranged on the
bottom of the boat number of heavy
springs, which would give residence TO
the structure aud cause it to rebound
should the contract be severe.
At either end are curiously shaped
sails, which are designed toad the pro
gress of the machine. The one aft is
bell shaped and the forward is cone
shaped. With the wind ahaft they
would materially aid the electrical ma
chimes in driving the ship through the
air, and with it forward their singular
shape would lessen materially the re-
sistanec and act, ms il were, as the
sharp PROV Of n clipper in eleaving the
waves. The structure is to he built 81
aluminium and is to he used in war
for the destruction of cities and ships
and in peace for the transportation Of
passenrers and freight.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
ANOTHER AIRsHIP.

IL is the Invention OF san Francisco
Cobbier
lean Baptiste Gerber Of San Fran
cisco, inventor by inclination. but cob
bier through necessity, has constructed
an airship, or the model Of one, which
he is confident is destined to solve the
problem of aerial navigation and at
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

MISS LOUISE ALLEN, KANGAROO DANCE,
must be credited the reintro-
ii. ..on Of the long skirt She was the
originator OF what is called the ''sliirt
dance" But Kate Vaughan was an
artist, and did not use her long skirts
60 hide poor dancing, as most Of her
imitators do. Lefty Lind and Sylvia
Grey. both artists, introduced the skirt
from England into this country, and
since then 1t has become the rage.
The skirt dance OF to-day bears little
resemblance to that dance with which
Kate Vaughan delighted London, and
which received the approval Of Marie
Taglioni herself. II has mostly degen-
Grated into lot of high kicking
and cancau impropriety.s
Anyone can kick and rush in n few
steps to the music and kick again, in.
side lot Of lace. Young women of
society, who have never had any train
ing in the art Of dancing, and have
only been taught how to waltz. or
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

chiefly by his aversion to every kind of
work HIS wonderful power over the
most venomous reptiles power which
it is his delight to use constantly has
long been the wonder of everyone here
about, 1t is his custom to walk
proudly up the street with the
heads of three or four snakes hanging
out of his pockets, and with his neck
decorated with big RATHER or copper
head. 1t is related and we'll verified,
that sleep To him is almost an impos-
sibility IL he has not several snakes in
his bed; and il is seldom, indeed, that
he misses much sleep, He delights to
fondle big rattlesnake before crowd
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
SHE is THE RICHEST.
THE WEALTHIEST BRIDE ON THE
CONTINENT.
such is Miss Florence Blythe who was
Lately Awarded Fortune Of $4,000
oOO-The Lucky Man Who Has won
Her Hand.

LORENCE AGNES
Blythe, who was
married a few days
ago 10 Frederick w.
lIinckley in San
Francisco, is the
richest bride in the
country. Though
the Eastern papers
have made much of
the secrecy Of the
wedding her en-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
Ia Aanlcl,Irl-nAL nrrnnINa.

'tatrcascs give access 20 tho
ground four feet above, on which,
about 100 feet back the building Is
situated. The first terrace is designed
y artistic flower beds and low shrubs
Nc principal facnde has an extreme
length of 100 feet, the depth of the
building being half this distance
italian renaissance is the style
selected
The irst story is raised about ten
'eet from the ground line, and a wide
n,,talrense loads To the center pavilion.
ms pavilion, forming the main triple
Hrehcd entrance, with an open colon
made in the second story, is finished
with low pedimcnt enriched with q
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

The first handllerchieis on the Brit
ish Islands were made in Paisley, Scot
land, t743; were made popular ON the
continent by the Empress Josephine,
who had bad teeth and held her hand
lierchief before her mouth when she
laughed.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

II T. NJ AG MEL
cence Of the worlds
fair buildings at
Chicago is beyond
parallel ia the his
tory of the worlds
great exposition
One Of the most
magnificent struct-
ures raised for the
ENpo itiun IS the
Agricultural build
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
JUST LIKE Us ALL
QUEEN VICTORIA LIKES TO SEE
THE BALLET DANCE.
some Stage Dancers who Have Become
Famous as Result of Sensational
Stage Enects--AmelIa Glover the
Only Artistic Skirt Dancer.

uEEN VICTORIA,
it is acknowledged
by all, is a most
exemplary woman.
Admirers of her
Majesty, who disap'
prove Of dancing,
will be shocked TO
hear that the Queen
is a great adnirer
Of the ballet. More
over, this taste for
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04

The gypsies believe that witches use
dishes to feed out OF at their banquets.
Witches, to preserve their health. must,
with every increase of the moon, suck
the blood of sach men as were born at
the increase OF the moon.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
AT THE WORLDS FAIR.
rHE MAGNIFICENT BUILDINGS
AT JACKSON PARK.

surprising Ia Mobile Beauty amy struct.
ures for similar Purposes In tho
worlds History = The Agricultural
aud Woman's buildings.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-04
4 TEXAS SNAKE cHARMER.


Play with Mathematics
There is in Texas a young man
who, as snake charmer, has, perhaps,
no equal on the habitable globe, His
name is Frank Kerr, about - years of
age, who, aside from his marvellous
mower over reptiles. is DISTINGUISHED
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-01-21

the ast'sre.IUi were adopted win a few
amendments. Bills were introduced: to
regulate poolsell ng and bookmaking and
prohibiting winter racing; to increase the
number of mine inspectors and give them
better pay; to protect the butter industry
by requiring INIT ations of butter to be col
ored differently from the genuine
Squabbled Over the Journal
The house began the day with n SQUAD
BILE over the Journal, Nohe insisting that it
misrepresented thevote OF Bryan on an Tn
important matter. The speaker declined to
entertain Nohe's complaint and an appeal
to the house resulted in favor of the Jour
nal-66 to 80. The governor reported that
the appropriation for public printing was
exhausted; deferred. An attempt to ad-
journ in respect To the memory of Presi-
dent Hayes was defeated but later the
house took the usual Friday adjournment
to Monday evening at o'clock.