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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

Andcr way drew the crowd OF visitors
To the north end OF the island 10 watch
the proceedings The toilers are as
picturesque as bit Of old Japan can
be. They were at work on a tempo
rary house that looked like a joke.
The timbers were solid enough but
there wasn't nail in the whole affair.
The cruss-pieccs were fastened with
pieces Of jutc rope The carpenters
used no ladders of any sort, but
climbed from ground to top and back
again with the agility Of professional
trape2ists The men who worked
aloft had lunches Of rope about their
waists, with which they fastened the
timbers passed up to them. Over in
another corner Of the Enclosure, which
prevents the warkmen from being
over.run by spectators, is a shed full
of curiosities There are planes that
look like toy tools and that are drawn
toward the workman instead of being
pushed from him. The AIDES have
long curved handles and broad, curved
blades. When the Japanese car
peuter wants 10 cut with his
adj he holds the end OF the curved
handle with both hands. turns the
blade edge upward and chops as briskly
as II he really were working the right
way instead Of upside down. But the
handsaws are tho great curios Of the
collection They are about as long as
butchers cleaver, and the teeth arc
set with slant toward the handle,
which is only strong, round piece of
wood bound to the saw with
fiber wrap For all their imple-
ments seem but toys this mon achieve
surprising results. They already have
the foundations OF the three Japanese
temples ready for the upright columns
and were busy asserting the finished
material that was shipped from Japan
to 70 into the superstructurc, The
working costumes OF the men We're as
curious as their implements. A blue
colored cap with ear-mufilers, heavy
blouse over tight.fitting shirt;
trousers that would do beautifully for
bicycling, they at So close; felt or cloth
shoes, some with tapping soles, and all
devoid OF hcels-ihat is the garb Of the
lnhorcr from chrysanthemum lands.
Watching the Japanese at their work.
one can understand why they capti-
waite the foreigners who visit their
country. With all the urgency OF the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
Whlto Fos l.ur

A Vancouver furricr was exhibiting
short time ago what he claimed were
tho pclts Of five white foxes. The man
Il an expert naturalist and has been
dealing in furs in the Northwest for
forty years. lie says these are the FIRST
white foxes he ever heard of, but he is
absolutely sure the pelts are genuine
fox skins. The conformation has been
carefully preserved, and the big brush
is, Of course, attached. The fur is
suow.whitc, spotlcss and beautifully
soft. The furrier bought them from a
seal hunter who caught the foxes at
the last station 10 the north of eastern
siberia, several miles north Of Pc;ro
nauloyslty
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

in that world of fashion and pleasure
where most Americans pass the time
of their visits to the mother country
During The last few years there have
been few books more discussed in the
drawing-room and at the dinner table
than those published in the name OF
Edna Lyall, and very interesting. ana
sometimes very amusing, has it been
TO hear the different ideas that some of
their readers have formed of her per-
sonal characteristics. 1t need hardly
be said that most cases the imaginary
Edna Lyall was in sharp contrast TO
the real Edna Lyall.
In thinking of Edna Lyall, the inn
agination of one other London friends
takes him sixty miles from London to
an old-fashioned house in the pretty
town of Eastbourne, writes Frederick
Dolman. The house seems old-fash-
Toned, yet, like most of the residences
in Eastbourne, it must have been built
within the last twenty or thirty years
II is built of dark red brick in the
Gothic style, and is UNCOVERED; and
having a quaint porch with an oval
bAdDEA NDOE HAS a fEuEEdDAC
that age has not earned. The roadway
is studded with mouutain-ash trees.
Eastbourne is famous for its umbrage-
Gus thoroughfares, and the house is
half hidden by foliage from its neigh
bors, as well as from passers-by.
The house is that of clergyman, as
its semi-accleciastical appearance
might well suggest, who married Edna
Lyall's elder sister. The Rev. Mr..
Jameson is curate of St Savior's
church, the principal edifice of the
Established church in Eastbourne, to
which the authoress presented peal
of bells which We're purchased with
the revenue from the publication of
Donovan" From the windows of her
room on the upper story of the house
Edna Lyall can almost see the church,
and the music of the bells sometimes
gives its message to her ears as she
writes In this room were written, I'm
the Golden Days Knight Errant, =
"A Hardy Norseman, and ''The Au-
photography of SANDER.
The authoress herself is now pale
and worn with an illness that has
quite suspended any literary work
since the publication of "A Hardy
Norseman." The eyes have lost lit
tie of their luster and the checks the
color they once possessed. The Slight
form is somewhat thinner, and the
hand that clasps yours instinctively
tells of much suffering. But bright
smile is coupled with the assurance Of
convalescence, and the voice, at first
weak aud low, gathers information and
quiet force when the talk is on
some stirring topic. Like Charlotte
Bronte's heroine, Ada Ellen Bay
ley (the pseudonym, you see, is only
a transportation of some of the letters
in her baptisrnal namel, has no beauty
beyond that intellectual beauty TO
which Shelley wrote his well-known
hymn. The face is small and of I'M
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
THE WORLDS RAILROADS.
The United States Has Almost One
Half OF the Total Mileage.

Half Of the Total Mileage.
The census office has issued bulle-
tin giving statistics of railway mileage
of the world in 1890. 1t shows that
ont of a railway mileage for the world
of $40, 2s1 miles the United States has
no less than lds, 597 miles, or Al. is per
cent of the whole, and that the rail-
way mileage of the United States ex-
ceeds by 3. 1913 miles the entire mileage
of the Old World, Europe's 1876, s65
miles. Asia's Is, 798 miles, and Africa's
3, 992 miles, making an aggregate of but
l59, 655 miles. it Is interesting TO note
the astonishing growth of the railway
mileage of the United States from the
census year of 1890, when there were
less than forty miles of railway, up to
1880. In 1870 the figures were 2,755
miles. in 1850 they had risen to s,571
miles, in SEQ the total had swelled to
Is, 9l0 miles. the census of 1870 showed
the mileage TO be 40, lS6 miles, that of
1850 placed the figures at S7,7l4 miles,
while the eleventh census figures give
the total Of iG3, 597 miles. The follow
ing shows the milage of the world by
countries: Germany, 25,969 miles;
Austria and Hungary, including Bos-
MIA. 10, 467 miles: Great Britain and
Ireland ~ 03n France. 90, $50; Russia,
including Finland, IS. 72s; Italy, s,117:
Belgium, APIS; Netherlands, 1887;
Switzerland, 1929; Spain. G,l27; Portu-
gal, 1,2s0: Denmark, 1,223; Norway,
II; Sweden, 4.915; Roumania, l,5sO;
Servia, 327: Greece, $40; Turkey in
Europe, Bulgaria and Roumelia, 1907:
Malta, Jersey. and Man, 6s; United
States, 1913. j07; British America Can
ada, 10, 322; Newfoundland, rs; Cen
trial America (Guatemala, Salvador,
Costa Rica, Nicaragua and Honduras
3 70; Moxico. 5,344; United States of
Colombia, 231; Cuba, 1886; Venezuela,
AL; Republic of Sante Domingo East
ern part or the Island of Hayti), I'll:
Porto Rico, III: Brazil, 8, 779; Argentine
Republic, 5.i29; Paraguay, 149; Uru-
quay, 40; Chile, l,9e6; Peru, 1894:
Bolivia, LOG; Ecuador, l67; British
Guiana, q; Asia. is, 79s, of which
British India supplied Is, s37; Japan,
9o7; China (proper), la4; Africa, 3,9o2:
Australia, ll,l37.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
THE GOSPEL CARRIAGE.
To Start Dat with Evangclists and
BIbIes and an Organ.

To start Dat with EvRngelists and
bibles and an Organ.
The evangclistic omnibus will start
out from New Haven, Conn. within n
few days in charge of the Rev. J. C.
Collins of that city and another evan
gelist whom he will select. The car
riage is 10 be sent out under the direc-
ton OF the Society of Christian Workers
OF the United States and Canada,
says the New York Sun. This society
was incorporated about five years
ago under the laws of the State of
Connecticut with capital Of 1000.
Single shares are valued at s95. Mr..
Lewis F. Tibbals Of this city, who is
the financial hacker of the society,
told reporter something about its
work.
The president of the society which
undertakes this work is the Rev. Mr..
Torrey, principal Of Dwight L. Moody's
Chicago school FOR the educa ton of
evangclists. II holds its annual con-
vention next November in fremont
temple, Boston.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

- ~ h'' p - f.h' q e y M o u n
couldn't pay That amt me-"
And you intend 10 take care Of him
for thu rest Of his life2''
"Allus, Us long as live and hc lives.
and II die fust he'll be purvided fur
ia decent fashion. He's heather.
but that's all on the outside. As /
told you before. its the inside
machinery that differs from the rest
Of his race By some mistake he was
given soul, and gaul durn his pig
tail II don't stand By him and take
good keer Of him till the Lord parts us
to meet ugin on the other side Of the
great diyidem
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

An ordinance has been enacted by
the legislative council Of Trinidad and
Tobngo empowering the Governor of
those islands TO suspend by proelama-
ton for period not exceeding six
months from Aug. s, 1892, all customs
duties charged upon oxen, bulls and
cows imported into that colony The
Governor Is given authority to revoke
his proclamation ut any time within
the six months.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

Did it9 Why, man, we never found
splinter as big as toothpick! A
year ago, in sinkin' shaft up thar by
the trees, some fellcrs cum across 4
bari Of one of our guns. Thar was
thirty-four feet Of rock and earth
above It! II we'd bin IN that cabin
nobody would hey ever seen hide or
ha'r OF MS till Gabriel got ready 10
blow, and then we'd hey probably
showed up only piece at a
time. Most people think I'm
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

do. There 5
probably been a
land Tide there
* rect Ii took
place four year
ago this spring
Right al the head
- II me an4 a paTd
had 4 cabin and \
mine We'd just
got Ia work when
linn Lung came
along He'd bin
in hard luck and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

A newspaper correspondent calcu-
lates that NJ. lola has received Gl, 400
for the serial rights Of his new story,
aDecteur Pascal, 4" which means that
he Is paid some fifteenpence half
penny per line. or three-halfpence per
word. The payment is said TO be the
highest ever made in France for the
serial rights of story.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

and q reporter 70 the scene OF ACTIVE
ties the other day with view Of illus
trating the principal point in Japanese
architecture. The men were found
busily engaged at their respective
tasks as if the work of completing the
buildings in time for the opening, May
!, depended on individual effort.
Something about the quaint cos
TUNES, the good nature of the workers,
the peculiar forms of the structures
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

came out ~ the house carrying a China
man ia his arms, aud with as mnch
tenderness ns IA mother would have dis
played with sick child the burden
was deposited in rude but comfort
able seat IL few steps from the door
Nc saw that the Chinaman had lost
tie use ~ his lower limbs, though he
,remcd IL he in first rate health, while
the seat was padded and cushioned and
had evidently been constructed cspe.
tially Tor his use.
~ wasn't so long ago that the
miners ia this valley drove all the
Chinese out, i" remarked % the land
lord when the opportunity came.
Ies, know. and helped 10 do il, z
he answered "Durn the yailer hided
hcatheus' but they orter be driv into
the Pacific ocean as food fur fish
but YOU seem 10 be taking pretty
good care Of the one over there"
Jim Lung? Wall yes: bat he's an
exception, you know, Got the same
,duiut eyes and black hair AMI yallcr
hjdc and heather brogae a. the rest Of
en, bat lis soul was made after the
pattern - white mans Yes I'm
taain powerful good care - linn Lung
and shall keep il ~ as long as live, Z
.Did sou q good turn some time, !
,npposr2' questioned
That's Il exactly. and | kin tell you
I'll. about IL inside 81 i've minutes 10
son sec that spot up thar "a the mount
ain side about two miles from here
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

wanted job Ny p3rd WAS Eain
- frv him down the trail, but AFTER
gaod look at him said 'Nn' While
he appeared 10 bc the same as al the
other c,iasrd heather On the outside,
kinder suspected that be Was built up
inside after a different pattern. ]
lowed that he nigh, stag and cook
Or Is ill hc got some fai on his Fils,
aud stay lie did y
"tud he was all right, che
Right. AZ ninety pcr cent 70 the
hundred lie had bin with us about
ten days when was throwcd Hat down
With fever aud toll you ! was a
dreadful sscls man. One day. when
was about the worst, my pard had to
60 over 20 Emmctisburg after grub, ]
was that eighty that didn't know
one man from the thother, hut Il was
.iim Lung who stayed behind TO do
whatever he could About , o'clock in
the afternoon my fever went of and
got my senses back, but was dread
MI weak. jest l,nowcd that the
blamed heather was Rtyin' me drink
and nursin nc up, but didn't seem
p ea-c whether died or got well. II
hal bin raiuiu' putty steady fur three
weeks. aud had bin we'll should hey
lin icctlo nervous about landslide.
Bciu' as | was the idea never worked
inta my head"
n following YOU said as he
paused
Wall, IA jest got woke up a. i
"a all. /. IN rtTf
narypus didn't notice IL 50 much
-taru. bat Il rum to me afterwards
llc'd run 20 The door and take 4 squirt
and then run back and fuss around
We and finally the cuss who was -
powerful fellow in them days picked
Inc ZIP, rolled me IN rubber blanket
and walked outdoors and started MP
TIC trail was like ono in dream.
] sarter ltnuwcd what he was doin,,
and vie didn't struggle Or ask qucs-
ton We hadn't gone hundred feet
when Jim Lung uttered yell and
next thing ! realized we seemed e.
take wings and ily through the air.
while thar was roarin' in my cars
ll,r u gale malScs among the pine
frees, Kin SOU guess what il was9"
"A lapdslideY'
BET yer life Il was! Sec! II was
oyer milo broad by two miles long,
and my cabin was plumb in the middle,
but only 300 feet below whar' She
started from. Jim Lung had waited
too long The slip picked us up, and
I'm tellia' you straight when ] say
that that burned yaIler hidcd sun Of
gun, holdin me in his arms as you
hold u baby, was given free ride the
hell length Of that slip and brung up
in that fringe Of eedars You soc
strctchin' along yonder tainted
AWAY about.thc time we started, and
next thing ! l,nowed it war dark and
my pard was thar beside me So was
Jim Lung hadn't even lost piece
" hide, but tho heather had been hurt
about the hips aud back and crippled
fnr life. We went down along with
bouldcrs and trees and bushes and
thousands Of tons Of earth, and how
We escaped Is sumthin' no man kin
tell Jim thinks he kept his feet oil
the way down, butt jest imagine that
both of us played circus In way never
witnessed by mortal man before.
Did the cabin go?''
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

YIN as Il Is, but
thar's the slip up
thar to speak fur
itself, and here :
Jim Lung to tell
his side Of the
story Does any
body spose Id be
fool nutf to adopt
a squint- eyed val
Ter hided heather
fur a brother on.
less ! owed him a
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
ncrnIntlnns Iinrrnli.

For the use OF Turkish schools spe-
cial editions OF modern history text
books have to be prepared, from which
every mention ofrevolutions have been
excised. II is also forbidden to teach
anything about the reign Of the Sultan
until thirty years have elapsed
since his death
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

Recent astronomical calculations
have caused the star gazers'' to an
nounce that the surface Of the moon is
about as great rs that Of Africa and
Australia combined, or about equal 70
the area of North and South America.
without the islands.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
STORY OF A HEATHER.
JOHN cHINAMAN IN THE ROLE
OF a HERO.
How lie Saved His Master from Hor-
rlbIe Death Under Mountain
Landslide - Gratitude Ills RE-
ward
HEN THE STAGE

Hen THE STAGE
stopped for dinner
and 10 make a
change Of horses in
a bit Of valley
which seemed 10
be overhung by
tho peaks Of "A spur
Of the Bitter Root
mountain s, the
landlord and pro
prietor of the hotel
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

sCENE At TuE JAPANESE BUILDING,
contract, there is an amazing absence
Of foremen, of loud commands and
violent imprccation. The laherers
move about as sercncly as If it were q
pleasure to work. When they address
each other it Is with an infection Of
courtesy and good nature that would
drive an American "boss" into frantic
suspicion Of an impending strike.
While the artist was sl5etching some Of
the men, ,the others quit work long
enough to pass Judgment ON the
sketches and then went back 10 sort
ing timbers as though such pauses
were the proper thing even in II rush,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
THE HERMIT AUTHOR.
EDNALYALL SEEN IN HER EAST
BOURNE HOME,
The AuthoresS seldom Goes to Town
and Prefers to Wander the Fields
AIone--A Picturesque Figure in the
Literary World.
AsnyzEgHE YOUNG AU-

- - - - ~ ~ ~ -
thoress of "Dono-
van'' and I'VE
Two is one of the
yelled personalities
Of literary Eng
land. She lives at
|, ne of the smaller
south coast pleas
ure towns, seldom
goes to London
and is never seen
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

ana Vanderbilt factions. lie would
have able assistance from his pretty
wife, who Is as tactful as she is charm
ing. and who Is thoroughly familiar
with the nrt ~ entertaining
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25
WORKMEN OF JAPAN.
A LITTLE COLONY DISPLAY
THEIR SKILL IN CHICAGO.
The Japanese Buildings Being Com
structed with Native Material aud
Native Labor--Thsy Have No Bosses
and Get Along Well

81 All PRESENT
there are at work
on the Japanese
buildin in the
" orl d IS fair
grounds, Chicago,
one hundred me-
chanics and labor.
ers from the land
Of Nippon. Til e
Daily News Of that
city sent an artist
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-25

In Need of No Fort.
There goes old Soak through the
pouring rain. Poor fellow, he'll be
drenched"
mo he won't; he's Waterproof,
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-28
TEN DA VS. At THE FAIR.
CONTINUED

This time we are to visit the Art
Gallery, the pictures and the statuary.
We shall not see all there is in the
great building. 1t may help us to get
an understanding Of it and some
knowledge of what it contains if we
give brief description and a few fig
ures. We approach it from the west.
There is a lofty doorway before us,
with beautiful figures in staff material,
while all about are groups Of statues,
repelicas and figures Of classic art
The center of the building is 70 feet
above us, and there is a broad aisle
that reaches to the farther end Of the
building, 500 feet away. The aisle or
gallery is 100 feet wide. In the center
it is crossed by another aisle SO feet IN
width, and over the intersection is the
dome 1875 feet above the door The
cross aisle is 800 feet long, reaching
across from north to south The
broad aisle or gallery spaces are as
thickly set with statuary and other
objects of interest as they can be and
have open spaces for visitors to pass
about Around the dome part are
second story gallery rooms for exhib-
its. The aisles or main galleries are
lighted from above. Along the sides
of the long middle galleries are rooms
of small dimensions in which paint
ings are hung, each one of which
might be called a picture gallery.
There are many of these smaller
rooms. The rooms have been assign
ed to different nations according to
their requirements. To give an idea
of the space used we note that the
United States has 1884 feet of hang
ing surface and has hung about 1 100
paintings; England has over 21 900:
France nearly 10000; Germany 20, 900
feet, and so on through the list of
countries, each with a number of ex-
hibits correspondingly large.
Paintings constitute only one part
of the exhibits. Sculpture, figures and
groups in marble, casts, models and /
monumental work, as-reliefs in mar
BILE and bronze, figures and groups in
bronze; paintings in oil, paintings in
water colors; paintings on ivory, en-
amel, metal, porcelain and wares;
fresco painting, engravings, etchings;
prints in chalk and charcoal; ANTIQUE I
and modern carvings in medallions
and gems, etc., all help to fill up this
beautiful building. To give full de- |
scription would fill volumes; and only !
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-28

The Behring sea decision has bee n
both lost and won by the American
side of the controversy. Pelagic seal :
ing is destroyed, though the American
claim to exclusive Jurisdiction goes
with it also. The destruction of this
claim is alleged by Baron de Courcel,
president of the tribunal, to be only a
part of great scheme for the devel-
opment of Americans power on the
sea. Looked at in this light there is a
great hope to be drawn from the de-
cision, for it leaves the broad expanse
of every sea open to American and
all international naval enterprise. In
this sense we have won. In making
the plea for the the settlement of the
Behring sea question, America spoke
for the world, for humanity, for the
higher motives. The world, humani-
ty, and the higher motives win
with the determination of pelagic
sealing. There are a few matters of
police detail to be settled, but the
Behring sea controversy is ended-by
the enlarged powers of arbitration.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-28
VTURY MACHINES
FIND"

b has just come in posses
Il the most unique and i'm
|orical documents of the
record of the daily life of
naparte on board the En-
bich bore him into captiv-
lena, as contained in the
published journal of the
the admiral in charge.
of many conversations
admiral with the deposed
|garding his important
re given with great full
|ere is much about the
the personal habits of
uring the voyage. The
-as Cases contain the sto-
|nperor's deportation as
enchman and a follower;
an English gentleman's
kme memorable journey,
bpressions made by daily
the man who had had all
n feet.
Fill be published in early
he Century.
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|Morrill and Congressman
Vermont each made a
he silver question, Mon
Eress. They were of course
|e conservative side, and
bed we'll his position.
ton Journal makes this
Er policy will relieve the
ess," declared the venera =
Morrill,, twill be my poll
er measures support pub
will have my support" !"
spirit of true wisdom and
It is the attitude of most
blican Senators and Rep
IF it were also the atti-
Democratic colleagues,
ould be secure.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1893-08-28

arris wants something done
e onward devastating prog
E bicycle among State edi-
Eing as a reason that it de-
r land of its "bravest and
Br'er Crane dead, Br'er Par
led and all insurance risks
Lewis cancelled Will some
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ise a subscription and get
machine.