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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

Is. however, not reciprocal, as the calves
of those captured viii follow the wal
rus that escape when an attack is made
on the herd Whalemen have re-
ported having often seen two or three
calves in company with one female,
and il is 70 be hoped that the little or
phans would be adopted and TINS re-
ceiye more charity from their kind than
is extended to them by the human race.
In the first few years of the waIrus
industry the native method Of captur-
ing the animals, by use of the harpoon
and lance. was adopted BY the whale
men, but since 1870 the use Of the rife
has almost entirely superseded that Of
the primitive and less destructive
weapons. At the present time the
most common method Of capturing IS
rs follows; A herd OF walrus having
been discovered on the ice the ship j.
worked up to within two or three miles
Of their position, always keeping 70
Ieeward- Then a small boat is lowered.
and with two or three Of the best shots
on board, is rowed very quietly to
within distance Of thirty Or forty
Yards. when the walrus nearest the
water Is shot in the head, just behind
the eve. II would be perfectly useless
10 ire into the body c. che animal, as
the thick layer OF biubber which en-.
velopes them renders them invulnera-
bic to bullet wounds But II the hunter
/ succeeds n killing the first animal out
right the boat Is brought alongside the
ice a lze, the hunters disembarS and
begin 10 fire into the herd as rapidly
as possible. Walrus 60 by scent rather
than By sound and seem 70 take no no.
tice whatever Of the report Of the RI
fles. SO that hundreds az animals can
he killed in the space ola few moments
Il the hunters simply keep to lecward
1 of the stupid creatures.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

Senator kenna travelled n part of ono
season through the mountains OF West
Virginia with q circus. Every evcr-
ing and afternoon the Young candidate
for Congress appeared in the ring when
the performance was about half over
and made his speech. he combination
proved u great success both Cor circus
and candidate. The novelty attract "a
poodle until they had So hc turnc I
away aud kcnna was elected hy u geeat
majority. though &c had Is fight bolt.
ing candidate.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

frequently capture a young calf and
tame Il to be used as the means Of at
tracing the older animals within reach
Of their spears When swimming in
company with her calf the little one is
from one to two feet in front Of the
mother, who, at the first sign Of danger,
places her tusl1s back Of the calls neck
and bears il down beneath the surface
Of the water. l have also seen the
young walrus carried under the fore
arm, or hipper, Of the mother while
swimming on the surface. The affee-
ton Of the mother walrus for its young
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

John Morley, IL seems. is great
lover OF music, and his favorite COM
posers are Wagner and Chopin 4 little
time ago he was visiting az o friends
house. where at the time young lady,
an excellent amateur pianist, ASSAY
ing. At the request Of the hostess the
young lady played in the drawing
room one afternoon, while MIR. Morley
was at work in the library. You
stopped playing this morning just in
the middle OF Tristan, " said Mr.. Nor
ley to the musician when he met her in
the afternoon. II wanted very much
to ask you 70 go on. Wagner IS a
favorite of mine like 70 hear good
music when work. Far from disturb
ing me, it is a genuine assistance TO my
thoughts"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
AREAS OF STATES CHANGED
The Census Reports show Progress and
settlement OF Decade,

The Census Reports SHOW Progress ana
settlement OF Decade.
C0nnectieut's discovery that she Is
some square miles larger than she sup
posed Is not remarkable. since some.
thing of the kind has happened 70 per-
haps every State and Territory in the
Union. says the New YorS sun. Any
man who bets on State areas hy the
figures 81 thirty ycaIs ago Will lose
The fathers of to-day who happen Ia
have good memories end thensrly $
puzzled when they hear II ii children
reading areas out Of the current school
text books, Any one Nib viii take
the trouble 10 compare the areas given
in the census reports ~ 1890 and those
ia the reports previous 70 1880 will iiud
surprising differences. The census SUI
pcrintendrnts don't trouble themselves
70 ascertain areas. They accept what
they obtain from Official sources. The
general land Office Is one source - III
formation. and doubtless official State
Arvcys are accepted, Ia 1859 the su.
prrintendcni ~ the census used re-
yiscd Bis, % areas, and superintendent
Porter accepted the figures 81 that dee.
AIDE or followed thc same authorities.
The superintendent 81 the census
adopt an arbitrary rule % rcga riding
an regions having lcss than two inhab.
iianis 10 the square mile as unset
tied. In most ~ The New England
and Middle Atlantic States there are
no such unsettled areas Supc inten.
dent Porter found ahoni 1000 square
miles 81 the Maine woods and 1000
square miles 81 the Adirondacls region
unsettled. The other unsettled areas
81 the Northeast are hardly worth con.
sidering.
The discrepancies between the set.
tea arsas reported in the census OF
1870 and ihoss reported In 1870 arc
rather startling. New Hampshire lost
IN those twenty years more than sc
square miles. Massachusetts, gained
IN the same time nearly ESQ squarc
miles. Vermont lost nearly !. 100 square
miles and Rhode leland more than 200.
Connecticut gained os square miles
New Jersey lost more than 800 square
miles and Maryland lost more than
D
zoo square miles. EvcG poor little
Delaware lost 100 square miles, and in
the census Of 1900 she viii show still
different area as the result of her re
cent diclcring with Pennsylvania.
As 20 the newer States, which might
reasonably be cxpcctcd TO show changes
IN settled area from ono decade TO an
other, the figures given in the census
reports 81 1870 and IN those o. 1870 vary
In even greater degree. Nearly all The
larger States, whether old or new
show considerable losses in area since
1870. New York lost nearly 500 squar,
miles; Pennsylvania rather more than
/ 1000; Virginia nearly 1900, and NORTH
Carolina over s,i00 Florida gained
nearly / 900 square miles, probably ia,
result OF an extension Of the settled
area. ohio's gain Of nearly 1000 i
hardly traccable to the same source
though gains OF 500 square miles II
Illinois and $50 IN Iowa are probably
assignablc to this cause
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

natives, IL is already practically ex-
tinct
Few animals are more valuable TO
man in the Arctic regions or could be
less easily spared than the walvus. Its
flesh is good and its thick skin furn-
ishcs The best kind of material for
covering the native houses and boats
The skin Of the clipper and throat IS
made into boots, and the bones and
tuslSs are fashioned into spears, ar
rows. pipes and almost every nipple
ment used by the Eskimo.
The wallus is one Of the largest
uuadrupcds existing, rs it attains a
length Of twenty feet and a weight Of
rcsrlv ton. 1t has . small head,
with.a remarkably thick upper lip,
covered with long. thick, bristles; the
necl, IS thick and extremely short; the
rcd-biown skin hangs loosely on the
ponderous trunk. and the short feet
terninatc in broad, fn-like paddles,
resembling large flaps Of leather:
Its movements on land are very slow
and awkward, but in the water it has
an The activity OF seals, and even sur
passes them in speed. II cannot re-
main under water for any length OF
;irac. being compelled to come to the
surface for air. At such times cloud
Of dense vapor is emitted from the
nostrils. and forms an easy means by
which hunters may follow pursued
animal.
Like the seals the walrus are eS-
ccedingly gregarious, and love to lie on
The ice or on the beaches closely hud-
died torether. When DOING ON shore
The herd is easily approached from the
leeward, but as their scent is remark
ably keen attempts to get within close
range from windward position are
almost certain to result in arousing
them and causing a stampede 70 bC
made for the water. The appearance
/ of the unconth animals at such time
/ Is ludicrous in the extreme, as in THEN
anxiety 10 reach the water they vii
I roll over and over each other in tbs
/ widest confusion. Native hunters as
I sert that the walruS herd is never leff
/ without guardian on the lookout
| This member Of the herd holds him
self as nearly erect as possible, Will
head up and eyes, ears and nostrii'
open and alert for danger. His posi-
ton is SO taken that should he be over
come with drowsincss and allow hi
| head TO drop his tusks win sharpl,
1 prick his sleeping ncighbor and caus
\ that animal to stir himself and re
lieve the watch,
The tender solicitnde Of n mother 10
her young is in 4 few eases greater thar
/ that shown by the walrus. frequen
instances ARE knewn where a femal
walrns has searlcs,ly placed herself be
tween a Young calf and danger, eve'
4 receiving spear wounds or shots iron
guns aimed az the caW. This sironi
srait Is well knt wa that the native
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
SANCTIONED nY HOLY wRIr.


Rabbi Reich Says Divorce Is Divine
Permission.
Rabbi Reich OF the Hebrew Syna'
goguc OF Atlanta has some views on the
divorce question which run counter &c
opinions generally expressed: "Di
yorce Is divine permission" he writes
In the Atlanta Constitution. "Should
however. marriage prove to be fail
urc. and husband and wife be a source
Of misery one 10 the other, divorce may
take place in accordance with divine
instruction tDcut xiv, Ia. Divorce,
however. should not be encouraged.
IL should be allowed in the same man
nncr that morphine Is used 10 alleviate
the suffering, even at the risk of tn,
abuse Of the same. II legally divorced
| have no scruples in performing tbs
ceremony.
'The frequency OF divorce is, in my
opinion, owing 20 lacl, OF due refcc
ton IN the selection Of companion
for life. The evil OF the divorce plague
can also be Justly laid at the door 0!
those who are ever ready 60 lend q
helping hand TO runaway couples
uniting them for better or worse il
In the shortest possible time before thu
odd man can reach the sccne W.
Jewish ministers take our time an,
thus successfully unite manand woman
fnr lffa -
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

try. Fifty years ago the mum Der
Of walus which made the waters of
Boring Sea and the Arctic Ocean their
home was almost incredible.
When Capt. Beechey of Her Majesty $
ship Blossom went forth in the year
1926 for the purpose Of cooperating
with Parry and Franklin. who were
attempting to force their way 20 the
westward, from Baifin's Bay 70 Boring
Straits, the enormous number Of walrns
hauled up on the beaches or gathered
in herds on the floating ice cakes was a
source Of frequent comment and never
ending interest.
At that time the animals Travelled IN
herds of thousands, and the air was
filed with their bellowings as they
pamboled around the ship. Il was an
easy matter to kill them, and they sell
dom offered to attack man, but IN
stances have been recorded where a
female whose young had been taken OF
killed had followed boat ande even at
tempted TO climb inside in her mad de-
/ sire To recover her lost one. These IN
stances are, however, rare, and many OF
/ the stories Of narrow escapes OF boats
crews may safely be accredited to an
over-vivid imagination. When about
f. fifty years ago. whalemen began =
follow whales into the Arctic wairus
were still abundant and 50 continued
until the decline in the price Of whals
oil caused the thrifty New Englanderi
10 turn their attention 70 the walru'
i as d source Of revesle. Then began
systematic slaughter of the animals fol
their tusl1s alone. and the result ma
been the almost total determination o
the species. As food supply for th'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

miniature cliffs aud ahysms, and here
and there standing bolt upright in
rough grandeur will appear truneaied
ronrs 81 roei, the ps.irified geni u the
grnLto 4 gaping ragged riff ia one
Side ~ this nhrapitablc pile VIII afford
entrance to thr grotlo Itself. as nearly
like the original blnc.v anlted, heavy
nrrhtd and Yibbed grottp as possible
'rhr roof ~ ihe grotto is claimed 10 b.
well copied. bui for the sake % extend.
ing the .pa,a Tor dispinys IN thc repro.
duction only about one.third - the
underlying space win b. taken mp with
water. whieh in the original is forty
fert deep and extends directly Ia from
She sssa. Machinery will keep thc water
In motion and rs the operation Of err
tain Illusions the water will have a
peculiarly brilliant hue ~ blue. while
objects IN Il will reflect dazzling
sheen ~ silver.
Alinost circling the pool win be a
gravel beach. aud around the base will
~ ranged ornamental cn,es. In which
wilt DO shown tho products uf the u.
land, consisting ~ fruits, coral. shells
and canoes, the cural worked into
beads. csr,lrops, brcastpins, bracelets.
etc, the shells into pretty pookctbooks
aud souvenirs, arsl cameo portraits and
carvings viii be sold 10 mcmcnto-crav.
inR visitors
Tho display win be completed by a
large collection Of historical relics from
the abundance OF material eScavatcd
on tho island; also a lot Of fine photo
graphs Of every part Of the isle. The
photographs show street scenes In the
old.fashioucd towns Of Capri and Ana
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
A TRAMP car
strikes Great streak OF Luck on an
Elevated Railway.
now

strikes Great streak OF Luck on an
Elevated Railway.
No one knows where the cat came
from. One night it was found basking
in the warmth of the big stove, in
the half-waiting room, half-tickct
Office Of the uptown side OF the Sixth
Avenue Elevated Railroad at Park
Place, New York,
The eat has now become a fixture az
this elevated railroad station. II is a
big black cat, weighing at least ten
pounds, and it has been named Sir
Thomas, as a delicate compliment to
its sex. The day men of the elevated
railroad force see that the eat is fed in
the day time, and the night men attend
to its wants, toe, and as a result the
cat is rapidly becoming sleek and
pretty. 1t is a jet black cat, with a
white spot on its neck, which makes il
look as If IL had on white shirt. says
the New York Journal.
THAT cat can whip any cat in the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

linc may cnsnarc women in its stecly
coils, but when IL comes to children
the possibilities Of the situation are ape
palling. Fancy taking little girls out
Of their comfortable, picturesque, mod
ern dresses and making them as un-
comfortable and awkward as little
Princess Louise looks in her photo
graphl There Is not mother in the
country that will not enter protest.
But in spite of all opposition crino-
line seems bound to come for brief
period, at all events. A Connecticut
manufactures has been busy for at
least month putting together the
miserable things and now furnishes
statements in regard to the hoopslsirts
of the moment and those OF the near
future.
The discoveries and patents that
have come within the last thirty years
are going TO come into play with crino-
line. The old hoops were steel COW
cred with cotton or silk webbing.
Now tho better brands are OF nickel.
plated steel, and the high-priccd hoops
are made of aluminium, IL costs $40 q
pound, but II is very light, pliablc, airy
and tough.
The style of crinoline now being
supplied TO the iohhers having only
eight or ten hoops Ats IN very
well with the clinging skirts still
prevailing. The hoops do not expand
the dress about the hips, but extend
the skirt around its lower edge.
In the factories there are score Of
adjusted forms for shaping the crlne-
line The perpendeulars of these
| forms are made OF wood, with the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

The portico passed, court presents II.
self and just beyond the octagonai
temple proper, whose dOmed roof Is
supported by eight handsome columns.
II Is lighted by two rows OF mean
descents numbering ninety-six globes.
Surrounding the central octagonal
space Is colonnaded cloister with a
eoffered ceiling. In the center Of each
panel an incandeseent peeps out from
between the leaves Of a rosette. Atthe
four corners the space Is occupied by
rooms for exhibits. The latter consist
of some five hundred models Of
machinery. embracing every patent
operated, from the most primitive in
strument 10 the delicate and compiler
Gated automatic cut-off indicator of to-
day. Tho models win all be in opera
ton.
Engineer Kuhnemann has estab
lished hhnself ia machinery hall and Is
experimenting the preparation for
the installation 81 the German section
The space he has In charge amounts q
10000 feet Large cement and brick
foundations are being put in for the
heavier machinery. The exhibits viii
include steam, gas and oil engines
printing machines, wood and iroI
lnthes The plant win be illuminated
with German dynamo driven by !
1000 horsepower engine. Amons
manufactures carried on viii be knitte,
work. embroidery. wire articles
matches and kitchen utensils.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
pwrrnion or rEiKrHONE EXHBIr


cnV,ri, with their picturesque one-story
houses Of stone aud plaster. In the
streets may be seen donkeys with
loaded painters. and the other heavy.
burdcped though happy and contented
creatures Of drudgcry, the women, who
carry great baskets, bundles of wood,
heavy water jugs and even stone build
ing mnturial ON their heads. Others
win show what remains Of
the twelve palaces built by III
bcrius during his ten years resi-
depce within sight Of vesuvius' sullenly
mueoring orator. Within the walls OF
the best preserved of the ruins that OF
the palace of dove, the picture shows
the shepherd has built his hut and his
flociss pasture whcrc once the Emperor
held his orgies Of drinking and feast
ing.
One OF the handsomest pavilions 50
far erected Is that of the American Bell
Telephone Company IN the electricity
building. The pavilion Is q purely
sicstiucturc and Is In the form of an
ancient Greek temple. II has two large
entrances heading TO porticos at each
end, guarded by double row OF Ionic
columns. AZ the main entrance NJ tho
south end the portico is reached by
a broad llighto of concrete steps, bounded
by an imposing balustradc. Each bal.
ustrade &C the lower extremity ends IN
pedestal, on which rests n Grccian.
WINGED sphinx. The creature sits half.
erect and over her head branches a
bronze chandelier of fifteen lights
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

A gentleman who recently visited
Augusta says that while he was de-
scending the State House steps he saw
two old gentlemen meet and cordially
shake hands. The short, spry old man.
with hair Of snowy whiteness reaching
in wavy curls almost To his shoulder,
was Gen. Neal Dow. His friend was a
man prominent in Washington half
century ago-Senator James w. Brad-
bury of Agusta. General said SEN
ator Bradbury, were getting 10 be
pretty old boys now, but guess we're
as spry as those youngsters in there
Ipointing to the Representatives Halt,
amt we2" The old General drew him
self up to his full height and proudly
retorted: senator, in a month shall
be 50 years old" Is that ALP replied
senator Bradbury. .'Why, I'm q,
The apostle of temperance said nc
more
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

outer edges notched 10 hold the wire
hoops. The frame can he expanded or
contracted at the top or bottom at will
On these frames are maze by hand any
shape that Is required. From these
patterns are made the wooden forms
over which are manufactured the skirts
for the market.
Later, when the pulled sleeves and
broad shoulders shrink, the hoops viii
broaden at the hips and take the form
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

and see what guys their mothers and
grandmothers made Of themselves when
hoopslSirts were IN vogue in the early
part OF the century. II will be enough
10 make the bravest and most radical
of fashions followers shndder and
turn pale. If family portraits are
not available a few royal photographs
Of the is30-'65 period win prove valua-
BILE as an object lesson. Several Of
these have just been published by an
English periodical, not it must be con-
fessed with a view 10 covering the
threatened fashion with seorn and de-
rision, but with reprehensible desire
TO point out the ''quaintness' and
grace" Of distended garments once
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

1cdgo waxem comes to the front Will
the remark tlat "Anncxin' the Sand
witch Islands viii give us more oflise'
to fite over" But the ledge ought t,
know that that Is just what most an
ncxation'sts want
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
ROYALTY AND HOOPS.
REPRODUCTION OF SOME AN
GENT PHOTOGRAPHS.
WIN the Women OF the Present Com
bine 20 Make such spectacIes OF
yesg---crIaoline AS Worn Some
Forty Years Ago.

OMEN WHO ARE
beginning to con-
template the posi-.
bility of crinoline
with philosophical
resignation to the
inevitable will do
well 10 get out the
old photograph al
buns that are hid
den away among
their belongings
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

The cry % q second Patti'' has been
So often raised that one has come 20 re-
gard e almost rs . cry Of Wolf. and
give Il little so hecd 17@ last cry
IS So persistent that il IS beginning to
make itsglf heard. 4 signora kell5-
ciani. beautiful as che day. and rising
=. has Simply taken Berlin by storm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

Of the full-bell shape. As hatters pre-
pare the styles Of headgear months in
advance OF the season. just so do the
manufacturers Of hoops provide for the
change in the fashion Of skirts.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

they are adopted by nobility. IL is
safe 10 say that there IS no American
woman living who viii not re-
gard the apparel Of the Duchess Of
TcclS, The Princess Beatrice. the Lady
Diana BeauclcrlS. and the Queen Of
Denmark an the acme OF hideonsness.
But the loyal English woman who
writes around the illustrations finds
something pleasant 20 say about each
monstrosity.
Il must honestly confess, She says
that think there is certain amount
81 grace and charm about these quaint
figures with their full undulating
skirts In fact, rs the erinoline in a
modified form seems now 10 be almost
a foregone conclusion, these interest
ing glimpses ofthc gowns 81 q bygone
day are rather encouraging than the
reverse. No one could possibly con
denim as ungracoful the pretty gown
worn by the Duchess Of Teck, with its
multitude OF little fiouncs.s reaching
from waist Co hem. while ia the quaint
little frocl worn 10y Princess Beatrice
one secs miniature edition Of the
crinolinc. The gown worn by the Queen
Of Denmark shows that the crlnoline
was fashionable ON the continent, and
the costume worn by the Lady Diana
Beauclcrl is Of especial interest, as II
shows the extreme point 20 which
fashion went at that period. The mode
IN which Lady niana's hair is dressed
Is in this case euriously similar TO the
fashion of to-dav"
II is bad enough 20 reflect that crino-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10
BUFFALO OF THE SEA.
THE wALRUS HAS Disappeared
FROM NORTHERN SEAS.
The IBdIseriminsts Work Of TBsis.
Honters Leaves the Behripg sea Bar
rem OF This Most Valuable Of An AMI
wholesale slaughter.
- IL RAPIp DE-

liE EAFlD DE-
crease in numbers
OF the whales and
walrus which at
one time furnished
food to the coast
natives Of Alaska
has been one Of the
evils which have re-
suited from the adj
vent Of white PEG
pie into that coun
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-06-10

THE PARK II ACE STATION PET.
city," said one of the Park Place ticket
sellers 90 journal man yesterday.
1--WE are open TO challenges from any
other IL road cat in town. providing
Superintendent Byrnes won't make rs
ro to Can ada to sign articles