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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-08-11

The New York World is inquiring
Of bankers who have failed, as to the
cause Of their failure. In response to
such query the directors Of the
Greeley Union Bank replied: 'The
closing Of the Indian mints, the fight
against silver causing the shutting
down Of silver mines throughout the
entire West and the contraction Of
currency consequent thereupon, has
caused widespread shrinkasc in values
Of all securities, while the uncertain
ty as to tariff legislation has added
largely to the general distrus, by de-
pressing prices Of all products aud
causing general alarm and apprehcn-
sion on the part OF investors and de-
positors. As direct result our pat.
rons feared for our safety and their
own, which preci plated panic and
IN otherwise scnsclcss run upon us OF
such persistence MS TO cxhaus, al ouI
reserve and compel the temporary clos
ing Of our doors.
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-08-11
THE GREAT QUESTION.

Congressman BeN:-"The last com.
promise the silver men will accept is a
rehabilitation Of the Bland bill with
duty on foreign silver. II a compul.
sorry coinage of $4,000, 900 month is
secured silver will go to 81 and stay
close to that figure. Under such con-
ditlons the mines Of Colorado will DO
rcopcned with vigor."
The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-08-11

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The state herald. (Holyoke, Logan County, Colo.) 1887-1921, 1893-08-11

Nr% CANAAN. Conn. Aug. b-RcY. =. A.
smith Of Silver Mine. Connecticut. has caused
sensation In the town. Lns. sunday, after
preaching good sermon ani giving cut the
regular church notice. Tho ilcv Mt. Smith
said III come 10 you this morning with nm
empty stomach. ! have moi had mou,hfui
10 rat to-day. bccnnsr ! could not &c, II.
There l. not even crust IN thr cupboard.
For over a week ! aud ny family have lived
entirely upon hiachberrir, and bread. The
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
An Untold story.

He was an old man, gray-haired and
wrinkled. And h was a typical
tramp, too-dirty and slovenly and APP
pearing as if he were constantly on
the alert looking for kick or a blow.
l was in the waiting-room killing
time, for the train was an hour late,
and when | saw him siding toward
me buried myself in the paper. He
passed the policeman unnoticed and
was Just about to address me when
a handsome and elegantly attired gem
tleman uttered a half-Suppressed eX-
clamation, and glancing up saw the
two opposites gazing at each other.
One. handsome as a picture. with an
open, frank countenance and keen,
but tender eye; the other, slovenly
and slouching, with a blurred eye and
a sneaking, hdng-dog look.
They stared at each other for a mo-
ment, when the handsome gentleman
pulled out plethoric pocketbook and
handed it over to the tramp. The lat
ter's face changed color Just little,
as a wave of blood flowed up under
the dirt, but he took the pocketbool,
opened it, took out one bill from u
large bundle of them, put it into his
trousers pocket, the had no coat or
vest handed the other bills and the
pocketbook back and slightly inclined
his head.
Not word had been spoken, but
now the donor said quietly, but very
earnestly: won't you please take
more? Just this once?
The only answer was deeper flush
of the face and negative movement
of the head, AZ he turned and passed
out into the night.
There was heart story back of it
all. but even when the donor sat down
beside ne and sighed, could not bring
myself to the point of intruding upon
his privacy.
After a few minutes he rou ed him
self as from trance and saw me gaz'
ing at him with an interest could not
conceal, ana, as he sprang to his feet
at the calling Of his train, he passed
by me going out of the door and re
marked:
lone of the debts a man can never
fully repay-a Renaissance of Shi-
loh."
And fancy was left to fill out the
story.-Detroit Free Press.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

In France railways have never been
permitted 70 purchase aud throw ont
~ use or otherwise break down COM
pct;ng canals More than $500. Gou, COO
has been expended by the state FOR tho
enlargement and improvement Of It's
inland waterways within the present
century. The pcrfccting 81 the vast
network 81 canals and rivers made nav.
igablC has, however, been the work OF
the present republic. which has spent
se0OOOO,0O in facilitating by thcao
means the transport Of heavy goods
throughout the interior Of the country.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

oue-tenth tho labor. OF course this
Is not practicable where the yege-
tables are grouped in beds ten ieet
square. Instead OF having the garden
in the usual shape, let it be longer
and narrower, and at each end leave
a strip six feet wide unplowed TO turn
upon. This should DO seeded TO
grass. Cabbages, lbeets, onions and
lettuce win grow in long rows just as
vel! as in beds. So will cucumbers,
squashes and melons, il the rows are
wide enough apart, while eurrants,
rsspberries and blaekberries wiz
flourish better for occasional hoeine'
Thus labor and time win be saved at
the time when il can least be spared.
Not only so, but the garden will
receive cultivation more frequently.
The advantage Of a frequent stirring
Of the surface is admitted, A much
larger garden can be easily cultivated
in this way The farmer who has a
garden large enough is the exception
journal OF Agriculture.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
FoR TnE =. +. $. c. z.

Convention at Montreal. Juiy sth 10 9th.
Tho Wnbnsh and Canadian Pacific flnaa
from Chicago have been selected NJ the oiii-
cial route for the NchFaska delegation.
This route offers unsurpassed accommuda-
tious, with through day coaches. elegant
Buffet sleeping cars end uew tourist cars,
giving NIL the comforts Of a drstciasa Sleep
ing chr nj the low rate Of - cents each
OSLY $500, Chicago TO Montreal and rp-
turn, good until September 18th. SIDE
TRlps have teen arranged ~ a very low
ratio Of fare, giving choice 81 routes. al rail
or going via steamer down the st Law
renee through the Thousand Islands, rs-
turning vim rail from Montreal, Queber aud
oil the summer resorts OF Now England.
- ADDITION TO the above, summer tourist
tickets win he plheed on snle Juno LIST 70 oil
the summer resorts OF the United States
and Canada. good returning until Oct ist.
FoR TICKETS, sleeping car nccommodR-
lions or n tourist folder giving rates, routes
and other valuable information, call NJ tho
comrHny's offices, i503 Farnam street.
Omaha, or at POI Clark street or Dearborn
station, Chicago, or write.
g. N. CbArroS,
N. w. 7. Agt, Omaha. Ncb.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
A War Incident,

The cry of "On to Richmond" awak-
ened no enthusiasm in the hearts of
the Third Ohio" when they found
themselves en- route, as prisoners of
war, for that famous capital: nor were
they enthusiastic when they halted
for the night and prepared to sink
supperless into dreamland.
The Fifty-fourth Virginia Regiment
had the Ohio boys in charge. The
Virginia boys soon began to prepare
Ohio boys were not forgotten. Old
Virginia hospitality showed itself
even in war. The men soon made
their appearance with coffee kettles,
corn bread, and bacon, the best they
had. In few minutes the coffee was
steaming, the bacon cooked and the
prisoners and captors sat down to-
gether around the campfire, like
kinsmen true and brothers tried. y
The hungry, grateful Ohio boys ate
with a relish such as no one can APP
preciate unless he has been in like
situation.
No wonder there was warm spot
IN every heart of the Third Ohio, ever
after, for the generous Fifty-fourth
Virginia.
A fresh slide in the magic lantern
gives smother OF these shifting war
pictures. In the distance is Mission
Ridge, which has lust been stormed.
That long line Of prisoners passing
over the pontoon bridge and up the
stony mountain road is the Fifty
fourth Virginia. a soldier ON duty
at Kelly's Ferry asked indifferently OF
one of the prisoners, as the regiment
passed What regiment is that?'
The Fifty-fourth Virginia" was the
reply. In an infant the loungers
sprang to their feet and rushed to
where the Fifty-fourth had been put
in camp. 1.-THE Fifty-fourth Virginia
is in camp at the Ferry was heard on
all sides, and the boys of the Third
Ohio rushed into the camp of the
prisoners.
The Ohio boys brought out the boxes
they had just received from home.
Coffee and sugar, beef and canned
goods, and in fact, the best they had,
was freely lavished upon their former
friends. They remembered gratefully
their debt of honor, and paid it nobly.
II was the same old scene over, with
the shading reversed. For one night,
at least, both "Confeds" and 'Feds'i
enjoyed again the sweet grace of hos.
pitality that could bring smile even
to the grim visage of war.-Blue a~l
Gray.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

contains much to interest the historian
and the soldier. Here is little incl
dent which reads oddly enough now:
A Spanish officer of Don Julians corps
of guerillas was killed from his own
imprudence. An uncommonly thick
fog obscured the morning, and as the
sun dissipated il, this officer made his
appearance between the lines of
videttes, brandishing his sabre and
making most extravagant gestures.
He was as near the French videttes as
ours, and it was inconceivable what he
meant, who, or what he could be.
Lord Wellington mistook him for a
French dragoon, and instantly ordered
a soldier of the Guards to fire, who,
resting his musket on one of our gun
wheels, fired, and the ball passing
through the persons head, he fell dead
to the ground, l witnessed myself
this singular shot. The distance was
afterward measured, and found eighty
yards. 1t was soon discovered that he
belonged to Don Julian's corps of guer-
illas, who presently came to bewail
the fate of his officer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
smear Ieet. for sugar.

Although the great bulk OF sugar
in this country is made from cane,
either Of tho sorghum or old-iashioned
sugar cane OF the South, it is not 50
in other parts Of the world More
sugar is now made in temperate
climates than in those near the
equator, and the beet is the staple
basis of its manufacture. The sugar
beet has been greatly improved in
its saccharine qualities since the first
Napoleon forced its Introduction into
France. II was long called the
French sugar beet. as the best va.
rieties originated in that country.
At present, however, the Germans
make more sugar from bcets than
any other people in the world, and
their product is said to have doubled
the past year American Cultiyator
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

Put a pinch Of cayenne on a piece
Of lemon before you squeeze IL over
Little Necks or Blue Points, and on
Joy the combination.
II shelves and floors OF closets are
wiped with water not with cayenne
pepper, aud afterward sprinkled with
boraX and alum, reaches and other
vermin are kept At bay.
For cough, boil one ounce Of lax
seed in pint Of water; strain and
add a little honey, ono ounce Of
rock candy and the juice OF three
lemons; mix and boil well, then drink
as hot as possible.
a small paint or varnish brush.
costing five cents, says house.
keeper, is a useful accompaniment TO
the larger stove-polishing brush, as
it can be made to reach into corners
where the other one will not GO
1t is said that the use Of smelling
salts is one Of the most prolific causes
Of deafness, operating By weakening
the olfactory nerves, and through
them the auditory system All strong
or pungent odors should be avoided
as far as possible, especially those
which act upon the secretory pro.
cesses. and, as the popular express
sion goes, make the nose run"
Some housekeepers can lemons
when they are cheap. A writer for
an exchange gives the following
plan: Pare, slice and remove the
seeds, add one pound OF sugar to one
dozen lemons. Let stand until a
liquid forms and then heat to n boil.
ing point Put them in cans. and
they are ready for use Immediately,
or they can be kept as long as you
wish.
A general rule for making n syrup
for fruit Is one and one-half pounds
OF sugar TO pint of water; boil II
ten minutes. Rhubarb cut into inch
lengths and dropped into this, cook
ing only till tender, or barely twenty
minutes, makes delicious compote.
Pineapple is also very good, but
should be simmercd, not be ed, forty
minutes. At any time the syrup may
DO boiled down again richer after
the fruit is taken out by leaving IL
on the range for another half hour
before pouring it over the fruit.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
A Steamboat Ride.

To leave the world of to-day and
float back into past era, an era un-
disturbed by the telegraph or the tele-
phone, a hotel elevator or q changing
electric car, is an experience that
many tired people would rejoice in
for a week. But it is doubtful il they
would be willing to give up the con-
veniences of modern life for longer
period. In The Old Way to Dixie"
a writer in Harper's Magazine gives
the story of steamboat ride from st.
Louis to New Orleans.
II slept ike child all night, and
mentioned the fact at the breakfast
table Every one smiled when l said
that the boats noise did not disturb
me.
Why. we tied up to a tree all
night, said the clerk, and did not
move yard until an hour ago
a had not been long enough in the
atmosphere OF Mississippi travel to
avoid worrying about the loss of a
whole night while we We're tied up the
shore. There had been fog, | was
told, and to proceed would have been
dangerous. Yet | was bound for New
Orleans Mardi gras, and had only time
to make it, according to the boats
schedule. But had not fathomed a
1.-THE of the mysteries of river travel
Its too bad were so late said
to the steward.
1--WE amt late, said he.
4 thought we laid up over night,
l said.
so we did said he. But that
amt goin' to make any difference; we
dom run so close to time as all that.
Nothing made any difference or
gave any cause for trouble-not even
hitchiug up to the river bank, now
and then, for night or two.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
The Torpedo Boats.

The Bureau of Steam Engineering
of the Navy Department has just com
pleted the plans for the machinery for
the torpedo boats which the armored
vessels. Maine and Texas, are TO carry
upon their decks, until such time as
they may be dropped from the davits
to protect the vessels from attack or to
discharge torpedo against tile hull OF
the hostile vessel.
Lightuess of construction and speed
are the main points TO be attained, anil
so far as the first is concerned the
naval engineers appear to have de-
signed typ of machinery that comes
near the limit fixed for the engines of
the Langley flying ship. The machin-
cry, boilers, engines, pumps, shafting,
etc, with the boilers and tanks filled
with water ready for instant service
weigh II, 900 pounds, and as the en-
gines are to develop 200 horsepower,
that viii make only sixty pounds of
machinery for each horsepower.
This high rate of efficiency is secured
by many novelties of construction,
such as tubular shafts, wrought steel
braces, and perhaps most of all by the
adaptation of the very frames and
structural steel of the hull to the pur-
poses of a rigid bedplate for the en-
CINE.
The latter which has four cylinders
and is of the quadruple expansion type
will run at the very high speed OF G75
revolutions per minute, which should
give a speed of at least eighteen knots.
II has not yet been decided whether
the boats will be built under contract
system or at one of the navy yards.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

Make a roller during leisure spells
If that important tool IS not on the
farm already.
Unless ground Is very rich two
stalks 10 tho hill is enough 70 leave.
Nothing pays better than thinning
corn Il il is too thick.
A good way to have durable fence
posts is TO split them In August and
let them thoroughly season before
putting them in the ground.
II cultivation is thorough from the
beginning, there need not b. much
trouble in Keeping the weeds down,
il the land IS thoroughly drained
Farm systematically, and keep the
farm looking as neat as possible. 4
man thinks more o. himself when
his surroundings are pleasant and
inviting.
1t Is worth considerable outlay to
keep the horses from being pestered
with flies ia summer and yet nets
and screens IN tho doors and windows
Of the stable 20 a long ways IN DO.
ing II.
Some think tina, male breeding l.
to receive new impetus. and tho
reason given Is that horse breeding
has been oyerdonc. High prjcvs may
have been ovcrdouc bu. thrvci Is room
for plenty OF good horses yet
IL is not good business methods 10
buy artificial fertilizers. and let the
manure Of the farm 90 to waste.
Whatever commercial fertilizers
are used should BE- supplementary to
natural fertilizers Of the farm
Hogs should always be- sold for
what they are worth, and not bc sub.
ject to dockagc. after sale. tho dock.
age being estimated by some ono ap-
pointed By the buyer That sort Of
business IS nonsense and worse, It is
robbery.
4 writer says; III | wanted TO
formulate plan to make a man poor
for life. IL would bc-work early and
late, utilizing every moment at hard
unceasing toll with the hands. and
never stop to think OF read the
thoughts Of others
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

II has taken just seventeen years to.
convert Persia into nation Of cigarette
smokers. Before that time cigarettes
in the dominions OF the shah were un-
known, all the tobacco smoking being
by 'kalians" or hubble bubbles" and
chiboulss or long wooden pipes with
red clay bowls. But IL happened that
about 1876 somebody introduced from
Turkey the variety known as 'cigar-
cite tobacco into Gillian, whence tie
use has spread. Now, so general is tho
practice that even the lowest peasant
In Persia goes about with q cigarette,
case and makes his own smokes"
Small fsb win nibble at any Kind Of baiti.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

The farmer, of ali men, should
take pains to encourage his boys if
he wishes them to adopt the bust
ness of farming as they grow to man
hood. He, better than one engaged
in other business, can do this. What
is the loss if small piece of land
rented to the boy does not produce
quite so much as if the better divided
skill of the father were used to di-
rect its cultivation? What is lost in
money is moro than made up by the
value OF the experience gained. Let
there be competition between an
acre worked by father and another
worked by the son, and the boy who
can excel his father in growing a
crop win in so doing acquire more
love of farming than nc can get in
any other way.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
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In ''Purehas. His Pilgrimage" rare.
old time book, very few copies Of which
nre now in existence the following ac-
count Is given of tho 'digmiess" OF Ice
land: There are also pigmicss or very
little men and women here who repre-
sent the most perfect shape ofmcn, but
they are hairy TO the utmost joints OF
the fingers, the males having boards.
down to the knees; but, although they
have the, shape OF n man. yet they have
little sense or understanding, nor dis
tinct speech, but make q kind OF hiss.
ing after the manner OF ReeAe.n
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

The new law of Congress governing
re-enlistments, that which debars sol
diers from re-cnlisting aft.r having
served ten years or upon passing the
age of thirtyfve years, unless the j.
plicant has served as an enlisted man
for twenty years or upward, has caused
so much confusion in the rank and
file, and especially among the recruit
ing officers, that the War Department
has found it necessary to issue n
circular order definitely explaining
how the new law, which is looked upon
as a bad law, affects the various
grades. AS the law specifically pro-
vides that mo private shall be rs-en-
listed, etc, the War Department in
terprets it as including lance COR
porals and band musicians as privates;
but that it does not include sergeant
majors, quartermaster-serge trum-
peters, chief musicians, sergeants,
corporals, blacksmiths, saddlers, com
pany musicians, artifcers. wagoners,
ordnance, commissary and post quar-
termaster sergeants. hospital and act
ing hospital stewards, general service
clerks and messengers, and musicians
of the Military Academy Band.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
say Sol the struggle.

Say not the struggle naught availetA,
The labor and the wounds are vain,
The enemy faints not, nor faileth,
And as things have been they remain.
If hopes were dupes, fears may be liars;
1t NAV be, in Won smoke concealed,
Your comrades chase cen now the tiers,
And, but for you, possess the field.
For while the tired waves, vainly breaking,
Seem here no painful inch to gain,
Far back, through creaks and inlets making,
Comes silent, flooding in, the main.
And not by eastern windows only,
When daylight comes, comes in the light
In front, the sun climbs slow, how slowly!
But westward, look, the land is bright.
Arthur Hugh Clough.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
A Memorial TO CeuoraI Pono.

Assistant Quartermaster James War
den Pope, son of the late Major General
John Pope, and stationed at Fort
Leavenworth, in response to the sug-
gestions Of many friends Of the General
to provide for a suitable memorial in
honor of such gallant officer, has is
sued circular letter asking all who
wish to participate in such a tribute
to communicate with him. II is the i'm
tention that the movement shall take
the form of placing a memorial tablet
in the chapel at Fort Leayenworth,
where Gen. Pope served SO many
years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

THERE is no doubt a growing ten
dency to postpone murder trials too
long. A murderer is not man to be
handled with kid gloves, but man
under suspicion of murder is pre-
sumably innocent until his guilt is
proven and should be treated with
the consideration OF an innocent man
under suspicion. 1t is an outrage
upon his personal rights to unneces-
sarily delay his trial.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26
Secretary Lamont Discourages Loafer.

1t is reported that Secretary Lamont
has determined to shut down upon APP
plications of young officers for long
leaves to go to Europe for pleasure
or to remain at home to see IL they can
find some more remunerative employ
ment that that offered by the service.
Several Instances have occurred where
officers have resigned to accept places
in civil life paying four times the
salary given to them in the Govern
ment employ. But the officers of the
navy have in point of numbers more
largely benefited by places in civil
life that those OF the army.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-08-26

WILLIAM AsToR CHAMBER has
pushed into hitherto unexplored
regions of Africa and made some inn
portant discoveries. 1t is something
anomalous that in this Columbian
year the infant continent of America
should be thoroughly explored, while
the old continent of Africa, which
had fourishing civilization in its
Nile valley in the time of Abraham,
has regions still that have never been
penetrated by civilized man.