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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18
BLAlNE'S TACT.

MANY anecdotes are related Of ST..
Blaine, showing him in the light ~ i
warm-hearted, Iowa, friend bold nn,l
even audaci0us foe, keen humari>l
and salrist, and with strait. ~ 1T.
most medieval gallantry ID his make.
up that was as surprising as It was
delightful
He took especial pleasure in telling
Of an incident that occurred IL 4 r.,
ception that he gave while he was
Speaker Of the Maine Legislature IL
the Cos An old fellow from truos
took or some other nui-nflhc.wa,
locality had sampled almost all liz.
dishes on the table. Finally he struck
a plate OF ice cream. Gulping down
q great spoonful, he seemed startled
and panied, lie pushed the plate
aside, aud, looking up, saw Mr. Blaine
surrounded By group Of Indies aud
gentlemen He edged up and, uudg
ing the young statesman, said
"P'r'aps ye don't know il, Mr.
Blaine, but that puddin's troze clean
through"
With rare tact and without even a
smile, Blaine came forward and tasted
the pudding"
80 it is he replied sadly. at is
too bad, declare"
The Aroostook guest was pleased
at having called the hosts attention
to SO important fact, and the other
guests almost snff1cated in he cfE)rt
TO hide their laughter
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

held back money due to claimants ia
order that lie might make brav,
front in the figures published in til, m
are too numerous to mention.
The most glaring were in the month
ending ON the Both of June last,
Upon that day the fiscal year closed,
and Mr.. Foster refused to honor
drafts of disbursing officers through
out the country and postponed a large
number Of other payments required
10y law in order that the Treasury
might seem to have some money.
1t was thought that after the cam
paign his shiftless, hand.to- mouth
methods would cease, but they did
not. Mr.. Foster continued to say he
had more money than he knew what
to do with. while at the same time he
was hustling to keep a sufficient
amount of available cash in the Urea.
sury to tide him over from day to
day.
He has made fight to hold he
country up, as it were, until the 4th
of March next. His expedients have
been, in a number of cases, so small
in character that 500 and 5000
squeezed here and there were really
financial transactions Of the govern
ment. He has been scared more than
once. 1t might be said that he has
heen scared all the time, for frequent
" he has no. known where he was
going to get the money he had TO have
during the next "a hours.
His hand to-mouth fight was won
ny resorting to all sorts Of httle
schemes until the drain of gold set
in so steadily. Frequently demands
for gold had before that disturbed his
rquanimity. but he been able to meet
them because they were sporadic, but
lately they have become epidemic.
Every week millions OF gold were
shipped to Europe to settle the bal.
ances of trade between the continent
and the United States. With prac.
tically no gold III the Treasury, Mr..
Foster has had to sweat in order to
meet this drain.
The banks Of New York came to
his assistance by giving him gold for
legal tender notes. They are going
to his assistance now, and have prom
ised, it is understood, TO tide him over
for the next 10 DAYS He hopes that
BY that time there will be change
IN the gold current, and that it will
set toward the United States instead
II Europe.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

WHEN Dir. Harrison went to Wash
'ngton four years ago the vaults of
the Treasury were full to OVERLOOKING.
Pretty soon thereafter The money be.
gan to melt away like snow fakes 10
the warm sunshine, until now when
Mr. Cleveland retsrns be will be
shown the bottom of the vaults.
Already business men, Irrespective Of
party, are saying the people were
right 10 ordering the change by their
ballots last November
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18
THE BOTTOM IN SIGHT.
The Condition Of the Treasury Alarming

A Washington correspondent Of the
St. Louis Republic writes as follows
Of national finances:
The House Committee on WAYS and
Means will hold meeting tomorrow
at which consideration will be given
to the condition Of the Treasury. If
Mr., Foster returns from New York in
time he NAV appear before the com.
mittee. The financial situation is
just now attracting a great deal Of
attention from the members of the
Senate and the House. Mr. Foster
has finally been compelled to &C.
knowledge that the Treasury is with.
ont means unless the gold reserve IL
TO be drawn on 20 transact the bust.
ness which the law prescribes for it.
For over year Mr. Foster has been
Taking money here and there, refusing
10 pay out unless absolutely compelled
to, and 50 arranging the figures OF
the Treasury statement 40 to make a
showing Of assets.
This his not fooled very man,
people TIE instances where be has
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

ANY nunber of Democrats in a
state like Idaho with congressman all
belonging to the opposing party, may
organize themselves into stockhold.
ers corporation, to control aud dis
tribute the federal patronage, but they
will wake up some bright morning aud
find Mr.. Cleveland the only engineer
who can run the machine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

WHEN Jay Gould died the trains
on his roads ran on as if the great
railroader was alive and active in his
Wall Street office. DR.. Green, presi-
dent of the Western Union, is dead
and the little instruments on the oper-
ators' tables tick as loudly as ever.
Men may come and men may 60 but
the earth still revolves on its axis.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

The happiest men in congress are
those members who bold opposite
party views to the party in power
They are not walked up at the ninth
hour Of the night by hungry office
seekers. Aud they have such a plaus.
IDLE excuse for not helping q fellow,
you know.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

WHEN Nlr. Cleveland was president,
the treasury helped the banks when.
eyer in trouble. Under Mr.. Harrison
the banks are helping the treasury.
The one left it overaowing, the other
will leave 1t empty.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

The people of Idaho should re-
member the Democrats and Populists
of the legislature two years hence.
They have saved the state from some
bad Legislation In truth, they have
stood solidly for the peoples rights.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18
Notice for Publication.
LAHD OFFICE At BbACKFooT, IpAHo,
February 18th 1893

|. Notice Ia hereby given that tho following.
named settler has ficd notice of his inteniit' n
TO make final proof In support OF his claim.
and that gaid proof Will be made before thu,
Register and iteceivsr at BlackfOot, Idaho. an
March 18th, 1893. Wig DHvid Keency, ~
HomesteaG Entry No 30lL for the lots ar,i
z. Section Is. Townships SOuth k,lnLe ~ Fat
ant lot !, Section ~, TOwnsaip q, Svuth Range
% East u N
He names tho following witnesses ~ provo
his continuous residence upon and cultivits d
~ said liu0. w DuHI T. lirdrbltt - va
q JbOmus Wiiibm DGv 81 n4 G9Nard raig.
oil Of Bins hau county, IdHtO
PERng 4 0y
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

PRESIDENT HARRIsoS has sent d
message to the senate Recommending
the annexation Of Hawaii. II was
ordered printed for the confidential
use Of the members and will IL.
promptly considered with all indica.
tions Of general approval.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

The new county to he created from
Kootnai, it is claimed, has not a foot
of approved surveyed land within its
boundaries. And yet the new corners
are clamorous for division.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

CONGRESS has subcommittee in
Restigating whisky trust. We have
always thought that the only trouble
to the members on that score was the
bartcnders trust for the individual
drinks.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

GUESSING at Cleveland's cabinet,
Montana and Wyoming senator's and
what move on county division the
Idaho legislature will make next, keeps
one as busy as bob.tailed beef steer
in fly time.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

Mr.. GREsHAM's appointment to the
cabinet, eliminates all further claims
of Indiana and Illinois for favored
sons to positions in Mr.. Cleyeland's
household
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

SOME son of prophet said at the
beginning of the year that all roads
under this administration would lead
towards the United States senate, but
the wagon road was not a road Their.
The son of prophet should rise up
now and make the exception.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

The secession doctrine is being re-
vived in the Idaho legislature. The
introduction Of bills favorlng the
secession of precincts and townships
from counties are some of the popular
pasttimes.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18
AN ORATORICAL GEN.
IngersolI's Eloquent Words in Memory
OF Lincoln.

The Republican Club of New York
City celebrated the elghty.fourih ami.
versary OF the birth of Abraham Lin
coin with banquet at DrlmOnico's
at which Col. Bob Inger.oll was chief
speaker, Saturday evening, February
18th. Over three hundred members
and guests we're present
Col. IngersolI said
"Lincoln was not type lie stands
alone, no ancestors, no fellows and no
successors. He had the advantage of
living 10 new country Of social
equality, Of personal freedom, of see
ing in the horizon of lis future the
perpetual stsr Of hope. He preserved
ms individuality and his srIf-respect.
He knew and mingled with men Of
every kind, aud, after all, men are
the best books. He became acquaint-
ed with the ambitious and hopes Of
the heart, the means used to accom-.
plish ends, the springs Of action and
the seeds of thought. He was fam.
liar with nature, with actual thinge,
with common facts II loved and
appreciated the poem If the years,
The drama q tbe aoas5es Liacolp
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

If our Legislature would 90 on with
the needed legislation, the people
would take care Of county division
questions.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

The last days of the Legislature are
the danger days The breaks may be
taken off and the command given ::
LeI'r go Gallagher.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

JAKE HORN, of the Nampa Leader,
says he will be blowed it has town is
not the town Of all others for the
State Agricultural College.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

No MAN will ever ride into the
United States Senate over the $685..
900 wagon road. Toe road don't lead
that way.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

TIE majority rules everywhere in
Democratic circles except in the Mon.
tana Legislature, there the minority
holds the fort.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

If the members Of our legislature
do not hurry up with their work, they
will have to rise, report progress and
ask leave to sit again.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

A STRUGGLE is ON in Kansas be-.
tween Populists and Republicans for
the possession of the Hall of Repre-.
sentatives.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18
RIAoKroor, IDAHO, FEBRUARY Is, 1888

THE Idaho wagon road may lead
oyer snow-capped mountains but
never to the United States senate.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-18

Entered at the postofice at Blaokfoot, Idaho,
for transmission as second class mail matter
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

1861, to June, 1862, he was on duty in
the office of the adjutant general at
Washington, charged with the duty of
raising and organizing volunteer COM
panies Late in 1862 he began his
active duties in the field. He was at
tached to the army of Virginia as as
sistant chief of staff with Gen. Nc
Clellan. In the following year he
was recalled to Washington as an ad-
wiser Of Secretary Stanton, and later
he engaged in the work of the con-
scription bureau, in which he had
shown distinguished ability. His last
service during the war was in the ca
pacity of adjutant general of the army
OF the Potomac
Gen. kuggles' services in the field,
says Harper's Weekly, We're not less
distinguished than his successful or
ganizati of volunteer forces. The
first action in which he was engaged
was the battle of Cedar Mountain, Au-
gust 9, 1862, and he was present at Ap-
pomattox Courthouse when Gen. Lee
surrendered, April Q, 1865. Between
these two events he took part IN
eleven important engagements. His
name is associated with the two days
fight on the Rappahannock, the battles
of Waterloo Bridge, Gainesville, Grove
ton. Chantilly, South Mountain and
Antietam, the skirmishes at Smokers
Gap and Hatchers Run, the assault
and capture of Petersburg and the
final pursuit of Gen. Lees army. On
April 9, 1865, at the close of the war,
he received his appointment as brevet
brigadier general ''for gallant and
meritorious services during the opera
tions resulting in the fall Of Richmond,
Va, and the surrender of the insur-
gent army under Gen. L. +. Lee
Since the war he has been adjutant
general of the division of the Atlantic
and of the departments of the east,
the lakes. the Platte. Dakota, Texas,
the Pacific. California. From 1850 to
1885 he was in the adjutant generals s
Office at Washington, an appointmen nt
which was renewed on December l.,
1892 Gen. Ruggles has thus been
trained by long service to fill the
place of adtutant general. and his ap-
pointment has given peculiar satisfac-
ton in army circles. Brig. Gen. Rob
ert Williams, whom he succeeds, was
graduated from West Point in 1851. and
since that time has been continuously
in the service of the army.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
He HAD Been "Sized Up."

A Methodist clergyman tells this in
cident which occurred in a Pullman
sleeper while riding through Iowa:
AS the train passed over the state line
into Iowa a seal was pat on the liquor
sideboard in the buffet, and the clergy
man, wishing to test the enforcement
of the prohibition law, called the
porter and asked him if he could get a
little whisky. "Oh, yes, sah. said the
porter. ''And how about little
wine?" queried the minister. 81 think
I can fix you, sah." was the prompt
and whispered reply. But" con-
tinued the reverend gentleman, chow
about prohibition in Iowa. "Oh. y
said the porter, with knowing wink,
s'we ALWAYS pick our men, sab"
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
GeperaI Instead OF Archb bishop.

Archdulle Eugene of Austria, whose
name was put forward year ago as
candidate for the archbishopric of Oh
mutt. an Office which he was most
anxious to accept, has just been ap-
pointed to the command of the infantry
brigade stationed there with the rank
OF general His tastes are far more
ecclesiastical than military, and he has
passed all the regular examinations of
the faculty of theology and been grad
uated as doctor of divinity. He is
the tallest and most magniticently pro-
portioned of any prince of the blood of
Europe The archbishopric of Oirnutz
is now held by a cardinal, whose
parents are Jewish peasants, and who
still hold 10 the faith of their fore
fathers, notwithstanding that their
son, who now bears the title of prince
and maintains semi-regal state. has
taken them 10 live with him in his pal
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20

guns are arranged so as to be actuated
both by hand and by electricity. In
using electricity the main current
from the ships dynamo is led to a
smaller motor connected with the
shaft which works the gun. Great
rapidity of fire is obtained with this
latter arrangement, 1000 shots per
minute having been fired accurately
in recent experiments.
The gun fires only one shot at
time and cartridge cannot be dis
charged without the trigger being
pulled. Turning the crank cannot,
therefore, by any possibility, discharge
cartridges unless the trigger is also
pulled. The force of discharge is alb
sorbed by the weight of the gun, SO
that there is no recoil or disarrange-
ment of the aim caused by firing.
While the habitual position of the
crank is on the trunnion, a preferable
location in the ten-barreled gun for
accurate firing, it can be placed at the
rear of the gun, making it possible to
discharge all of the shots at each turn
of the crank. or thirty shots a second,
which is at the rate of 800 shots per
minute. For the purpose of extreme
rapid firing an arrangement is per-
fected by which the trigger can be
locked in a position of permanent
pull" and by rapidly turning the
crank constant stream of cartridges
can be discharged. Placing the crank
on the trunnion is thought by ord
nance experts to be of great advan-
tage, it being possible by having it in
that position for one man to aim and
fire the gun, as it is only necessary for
the man to sit close to the breach of
the gun to enable him to manipulate
the crank attached to the right-hand
trunnion. BY this arrangement one
man could load, aim and fire the gun
at the rate of about six hundred shots
a minute. 1t is thought that in action
batteries may often be reduced to one
man, and the possibilities in this re-
spect are therefore of much practical
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
RUNSON BANK OF ENGLAND.
The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.

The Famous Bank Has Suspended Many
Times and Has Been Accorded Favors.
The Bank of England has never
failed, though, according to the st.
Louis Globe Democrat, it has more
than once suspended payment and sew
eral times has come very near to fail
ing. In 1895, two years after it began
business. the bank was compelled to
suspend payment, its notes being at
discount of twenty per cent. In i745,
on account of the invasion of Prince
Charles Stewart, the Young Pretender,
there was a run on the bank, which
was met by paying drafts and notes in
shilliugS and siXpenccs. In 1877 there
was another run on the bank, which
Mr.. Pitt and Mr.. Dundas feared that it
might not be able to meet, so on Sun
day, February %, an order in council
was issued forbidding the bank to pay
cash, and this order was approved by
parliament. On May /, 1928, the bank
again paid its notes in coin. In Decem-
ber, 1925, in the middle of another
panic a run on the bank began. The
bank would probably have gone under
ithG Dcb Il iiulliDtI VI plit-DpuLt IlOlcS
been discovered in box. These were
paid out and the panic and run sub
sided Peel's act of lS44 allowed the
bank to issue notes to the amount of
fifteen million pounds, based on gov
ernment securities. but for every note
issued in excess of that amount re-
quired actual gold TO be kept in re-
serve. In 1S41 the bank was in trouble
again, and Lord John Russell, the pre-
mier. RELAXED" the bank act so as TO
permit the bank to issue notes unse-
cured by gold, but the relaxation was
not availed of. In 1857. during the
panic, the act was relaxed a second
time, and two million pounds of notes
were issued unsecured by gold; and
third time, in 1865, the act was sus-
pended. although a further issue of
notes was found unnecessary.
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
l|ssaglf
ON CRUSOE'S ISLAND.
Juan Fernandez, on tho Coast of Chilli, II
Now Inhabited.

NOW l1nADlteO.
It is not generally known that Juan
Fernandez-the island on which Alex
ander Selkirk, the Robinson Crusoe of
romance, lived for so many years-is
at the present time inha bited. Two
valleys, winding down from different
directions, join short distance back
from the shore, and here now stands
little village of small huts scattered
round a long, low. one-storied build
ing, with veranda running its whole
length. In this house lives the man
who rents the island from the Chilian
government, and the village is made
up of few German and Chilian fani-
lies
The tiny town is called San Juan
Bautista, and the crater-lil1e arm of
the sea on which it is situated, and
where Alexander Selkirk first landed,
is now called Cumberland bay The
island is rented for about two hundred
pounds year. The rent is paid partly
in dried fish. Catching and drying the
many varieties of fish, and raising cat
tie and vegetables, wholly occ-py the
little income is obtained from the cat
tie and vegeta bles sold to passing ves-
sells The cattle need no care, and the
vegetables almost grow wild. Turnips
and radishes, first sown here by Sell
kirk himself, now grow rank and wild
in the valleys like weeds. There is
also a race of wild dogs, which COM
pletely overrun the island, depending
for their existence mainly upon seals.
They are the descendants of a breed of
dogs left by the Spaniards.
At the back of the little town, in the
first high cliff, is row of caves of re-
markable appearance hewn into sand
stone. An unused path leads to them.
and short climb brings one to their
dark mouths. About forty years ago
the Gillian government thought that
good way to be rid of its worst crimi-
mails would be to transport them to the
island of Juan Fernandez. Here, un-
der the direction of Chilian soldiers.
these poor wretches were made to dig
caves to live in. In 1874 they were
taken back again, however and the
caves have since been slowly crum bling
away.
The narrow ridge where Selkirk
watched is now called The Saddle"
because at either end of it big rocky
hummock rises like a pommel On one
of these is now a large I'd blet with in
scriptions commemorating Alexander
Se)l1irk's long and lonely stay on the
island. 1t was placed there in 1865 by
the officers of the British ship Topaz
A small excursion steamer now runs
from Valparaiso to Juan Fernandez
island. The round trip is made in six
days, and three of these may ve spent
on the island in fishing and visiting
those lonely but beautiful spots which,
nearly two hundred years ago, were the
haunts of Robinson Crusoe.- Melbourne
Argus
The Wichita daily eagle., 1893-12-20
autha gau eagle: auedneslay orug 1eember 20 saa

had come to snch a point that no cit
izen, however innocent. was sure of
being able to reach his home at night
without being arrested. The prefect
denied that this was true.
''Will you wager a thousand francs"
Grammont-C -Caderousse asked. that |
shall not be arrested tomorrow with
out having committed one unlawful
act or having said one word?"
Certainly WILL" answered the pre-
feet.
every we'll The wager is made"
It seemed to Grammont-Caderouss
that, in the interest of public safety,
he was. justified in the course which
he proposed to take. The next day he
dressed in poor and shabby clothes,
went to boulevard cafe, and sat down
at one of the open-air tables in front
of the place. He ordered some food,
and while he was eating it he took
out handkerchief with red ink
stain upon it, and, pouring some gold
coins out of it. began to count them
Five minutes afterward two police
agents tapped him on the shoulder,
and beckoned him TO come with them.
Without word or the least resistance
Grammont-C t-Caderousse followed them.
He was taken to the police station: his
pockets Were searched, and he was
locked mp
That evening, in his Office. the pre-
feet of police was informed that a man
of suspicious appearance had been
taken who had on his person an ele
giant card-case containing cards bear
ing the name of Grammont-Caderouss
Heavens exclaimed the prefect.
'sGrammont- -Caderousse has been going
into bad company in the hope of win.
ming his wager, and has probably been
murdered and robbed. Bring the ras-
cal to me!''
The rascal" was brought and stood
up before the prefect, who recognized
him instantly.
"Well," said Grammont- Caderousse.
shave you fairly lost your wager? You
may ask your men here whether did
anything or said anything. l have
been in prison five hours 1t will cost
you only two hundred francs an hour!"
AS the result of this somewhat ex-
traordinary proceeding, orders were
issued to the police to be somewhat
more cautious in making arrests
Youths Companion.