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The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
A MOVABLE HOG HOUSE.

which l nail the boards, thus holding
the sides together firmly. Nail boards
over the ends, leaving u door. Put on
finch batten to keep out rain and wind.
Stake down firmly and spade "A ditch
around it to carry off water in ease of
heavy rains. Set on hillside whenever
convenient. II is light to move and Is
desirable for placing in orchards and
pastures. 1t can be taken To fresh
ground before becoming filthy. by
moving it frequently the manure is
scattered over the ground. There is
little danger of sows OVERLAPPING their
pigs in such a pen. as the little fellows
can get down into the corners and along
the sides where the sow annot crush
them against the wall. Sows take to
this pen readily, and when well bedded
with straw it makes n comfortable
house. Orange Judd Farmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
TOBACCO CAN DRINKING VESSEL.

cents and clean it thoroughly. Saw a
hole about three by five inches. the bot
tom of which should be about four
inches from the bottom of the pail.
Then take n piece of hoop iron abou,
SIX inches long and screw it into the
pail just above the hole, one screw U
each Stave that is sawed off. which
keeps the pail in shape and prevents il
from warping. Take the cover next and
nail on two cleats across the grain OF
the wood to hold it in shape, and the
fountain will be complete, costing al.
most nothing. 1t will be easy to clean
and prevents chicks from getting wet.
The hole may be cut higher or lower,
as preferred, and the can may be set in
"a block OF wood, hung up or simply
placed in the yard" =
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
To Feed the Pips

AS o rs the pigs begin TO eat, a
place should be provided where they
can be fed by themselves. This is nj.
most Il necessity If the best growth is
secured. In providing this, however.
care should be taken to have the Mace
where they 90 in cut sufficiently large
to admit them readily. If they are
Obliged to crawl under or squeeze
through, there is always more or less
risk of their injuring themselves in
some way. They may rupture them.
selves, get crooked feet or n crooked
back Have the passageway arranged
so that they can walk H. and ont on
their feet without crawling. A shallow
trough, with cleats across to prevent
any of them from getting in and living
down in the feed, is necessary to feed
them to the best advantage.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

site end o discngages the piece r, and
let's the block fall.
The trap is so arranged that when
the block drops the pins will enter the
mole track, which is undisturbed ex-
cept by tlattcning it down with the
foot even with the surface, just at the
place where the end o of the piece r q
will come. The block is lowered once
or twice to make sure the pins will
penetrate the soil without difficulty.
The trap is set, and @ just touches
the ground where il is troddcn
down over the mole track. The block
must have a fall of IL to IA inches. The
pieces = and r q are each about Is
inches long and made very light. The
slightest lifting at @ will throw T. out
OF the notch in F and let the block fall.
The mole approaches from either di-
r%ection, and when he raises the ground
before him springs the trap. and
the points will pierce his body. Exper-
iments have proved hat the best dis
lance apart for the pairs of wires is 0
inches. letting them enter the ground
about Al inches from the trip O. The
block u is a piece of rough scantling
with the piece c nailed on. 1t is a good
plan to put another wire into the mid
die of the piece d at each end about
IN inches from the two outer ones,
which will prevent any chance of its
failing to catch the mole when sprung.
Arsenic mixed with cornmeal and
cropped into mole runs usually soon
destroys the animals. Grains OF corn
prickcd at the heart and u little arsenic
put in and raw potatoes with arsenic
introduced usually prove eifectual also,
but reQuirc carrful nrrnaratinn-
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
THE FARMING WORLD.
N MOLE TRAP.
Devised by the Late orange Judd Thirty
One Years AgO.

Devised by the Late Orange Judd Thirty
One Years Ago.
For the benefit of a number of in
q~uiring readers we reproduce the follow
Ing illustration and description pub
lished by Mr.. Orange Judd In the
American Agriculturist 81 years ago:
An upright piece A ix3 inches, and "a
to 3 feet long, sharpencd so as to be
driven firmly into the ground, sustains
q heavy oak block u, attached to it by
two wooden clamps c, which allow it to
slide with great freedom up and down.
Nailed on the block is a cross piece u,
10 inches long and . wide, which has
at each end two stout wires inserted an
inch apart and made very sharp. The
block u, is sustained in an elevated po-
sition by the piece r., which passes
through the upright just far enough to
catch upon the block when in the POI
sition shown in the cut. II is held in
this position by the piece r o, in one
end of which, at r, notches are cut,
and the slightest elevation of the oppo-
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
HOG HOUSE.
Easy To Move. Quickly Constructed. and
Extremely Comfortable.

The movable hog house, illustrated
herewith and sent by A. A. Berry. is
designed for a SOW and litter. 1t is
made rs follows: Take four 2x4-inch
pine scantlings, two of which are 4 feet
long and the others s feet. Cut the cor
ners diagonally SO they will tit to-
gether forming Il rectangle AIS feet,
which will constitute the sills or foun-
dation of the house. Make the sides of
inch boards, s, 10 or IL inches wide and
5 feet long; bring the upper ends to-
gcther and nail. | used n piece of hard
wood along the top like n ridge pole to
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

THE beginner is specially warned
against spending his money for any nov
elites in bees unless he wishes to test
them in comparison with what are rec
ognized as the best, and can afford to
spend money for such purposes. Orange
Judd Farmer.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

CLIP the wing of a newly bought
queen, at least enough to mark her;
hen il she disappears and another
takes her place by any means, you'll
blame the queen dealer for cheat
ing you.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
A General Restorative.

ane ABOVE term more Adequately de-.
scrioes the nature of Hostetter's Stomacn
Ditters than any other. The medicine has
lnaiarial disease, dyspepsia and liver com.
p,aint, utits invigorating and regulating
qualities invest 1t with a health.cndoyinv
potency made manifest throughout the
system. Purity and activity of the circuIa
eon ara insured by 1t, and it effectualiy
counteracts tendencies to kidney diseass
rheumatism, neuralgia and .gput.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

lhE human system needs continuous and
careful attention to rid itself of ira imnu,;.
ties. Beecbam's Pills act like magic. 2s
cts. O box, ~'e' ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

- WAS careless at church and put one
dollar ~ the box when l intended to give
only adime." "A case Of contributory neg.
ilgence, SO to speak. ''-Detroit Tribune.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

SOME OF the admirers Of Mary Anderson.
not return to the profession she Adorned
iheee people evidently look upon Mr.. Ma.
varro as u stage robber. Cincinnati Trib.
une. Wv
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

TIL out worm that is destroying the corn
Il called agrotidldae by the scientists.
FARMERS call 1t something else.-Easton
EXPRESS.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

&c SIMPSON. Marques. w. Va, says.
naiIs Iatarrh Cure cured me Of a very bad
case Oh catarrh." Druggists sell 1t, 15c.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
DRINKING
How IA Yankee Farmer Utilized an Old
Tobacco PAN.

The illustration of a drinking foun-
tain is from Il design sent to Farm and
fircside by Mr.. q. w. Davis, of Massa.
chusctts. In describing it in detail he
says; Get a tinecut tobacco pail with
q cover, which can be bought for ten
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

WHEN the dressmaker cannot collect her
hiIl a dress suit is likely to be ordered
Boston Bulletin.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28

Joy that isn't shared with somebody
else soon becomes moldy. -Ram's Hora
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-07-28
Food Made
Me Sick

Hoods Pills cure Constipation.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
HARD TO BELIEVE.

A FLORIDA man grows four cabbage
heads on one stalk.
A WHALE. recently captured in Arctic
waters, was found to have embedded in
its side q harpoon that belonged to a
whaling vessel that had been out of
service nearly half century.
A SHARK recently washed ashore at
indian, British Columbia, had two dis
tinct tails, three perfect eyes and what
appeared to be the rudimcnt of n fin or
hipper hanging to the under jaw
ELIZABETH CITY, N. c., has a wonder
full freak of nature, it is claimed, in the
shape Of live calf with bulldogs
head. 1t is further stated that the en-.
tire head has all the formations OF the
bulldog.
HEzEKrAH SHEPARD, an aged and &C.
centric citizen Of Davis county, Ia, Yves
recently buried at Dralsevillc, 10 the
oalrc couaty and state, in o coffin built
in exact imitation OF the easy chair 10
waica he had sat for years.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
ARMY AND NAVY.

THE greatest number of men enlisted
from the thirteen states of America
during the Evolutionary war was So
76I, in 1876. The aggregate Of troops
furnished the union army in the war of
1SGl-65 was :, 320,272.
THERE is an eighty -four-ton ingot in
the furnace at bethlehem, Pa, which
will soon be converted into armor-
plate for the battle ship Indiana. 1t
will be the heaviest plate ever made in
this or any other country.
IN England cheap tobacco is now
often wrapped in packages containing
graphic illustrations OF the gIorIes of a
soldiers life, the authorities hoping in
this way to induce many ambitious
rustics and cockneys 10 JOIN the ranks.
OF14 torpedo boats ordered by the
British government are TO be $50 feet
long, of speed of ~ knots, or about 81
statute miles. The extreme speed OBJ
tanned by . torpedo boat IS credited TO
the Adler, built at Elblng, Germany,
ga knots. She is only 152 feet long.
uASDKERCuIEFs, which used To be
frowncd upon by the British military
authorities, have now been sanctioned,
and military handkerchief has been
patented on which shall be printed all
sorts OF information concerning the use
and construction of the rifle, the flag
alphabet, buglc calls, and general rules
for the soldier.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
IN ENGLAND ALONE.

MORE than third Of Great Britain is
owned by members of the house Of
lords.
THE lord chancellor of England, on
retiring from office, has a pension Of
$4,000 year for life whether his term
Of ollice has been long or short.
TEE British government has made
Anne Iathaway's cottage at Shottcry
national property, paying 5000 for it.
Fifty years ago it was sold at e34j.
II Great Britain it is Illegal now to
employ girls in shops under eighteen
for more than scvcnty-four hours a
week. and shoplseepers who disobcy the
law arc liable to be fined.
IN England, Notwithstanding that
in their own dependency Of Malta the
hangnan receives $50 year from the
British government, no executioncr has
had any official status since the death
of Calcraft.
AT the exhibition Of the Photograph
ic society Of Great Britain there is
photograph OF Mont Blanc taken at a
distance Of ffty-six miles. Dallmeyer's
telcphotog -aphic lens was used with
smallest stop, extension of camera six.
ty inches, G:15 p. M, August %, seven
minutes exposure. This gave perfect
view.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
ON THE RAILROADS.

THE largest sized railroad engines
each require from 90 to 100 gallons of
oil yearly for fabrication.
TIE South Carolina railroad was the
first one in this country to use the
steam locomotive regularly in 1891.
THE West Shore has equipped its pas
senger trains with the vertical plano
coupler, Westinghouse air whistle sig.
nal and quick acting brakes.
TIE Rca ing people are sauguine
over the success Of their new steel
bearings for mine ears, which, BY do
ing away with the use of oil, will Of
feet saving of several thousands .
year.
w. NJ. GRAFToN, of Pittsburgh, signal
engineer OF the Pennsylvania lines, has
been appointed consulting engineer in
charge of the interloclled switches and
signals for the worlds fair ground.
A RAILWAY company that fled arti-
cles of incorporation in the Office of the
Illinois secretary of state recently is to
have a capital of $780, 900, ''to be in
creased to S75,0OO,0OO as necessity re
quiles."
THE Pennsylvania's union depot in
Philadelphia promises to be the most
magnificent structure of the kind in
the world. 1t will be modern gothic,
granite and brick, ten stories high. with
d tower 24O feet high.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
ACROSS THE PACIFIC.

DURING one month recently Japan ex-
ported Sli,Jgu sross Of matches.
THE empire Of J,nan comprises near
~ $4,000 cities, towns and villages, in
which 100000 people live.
YEnDo, the capital OF the Japanese
empire, contains 5000 inhabitants
and has a greater area than London.
THE Chinese gardeners are the most
expert frlit growers in the world.
Marco Polo even asserted that they pro-
dlccd pears of the most delicious fra
GRANGE. ard weighing ten pounds each.
TIE Chinese empire and depend
cncies, Mongolia, Manchooria. Chinese
Turl;estan. KolSonoc and Thibet, occupy
an area Of at least 5000 600 square
miles, or about onc-third of Asia The
population is estimated at from $780,
COS 800 to $50, 600. OoO.
q RECENT earthquake in Japan dis
tHrbed the sen scventy-fve miles from
the shore, and drcnehed the American
bark iIesper with sea water which
was very little below the boiling point.
Some of the crew thought that Satans
tcalSettIc was just below them, boiling
over.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
RECENT INVENTIONS.

A New HAMPSHIRE man has invented
machine that trims and punches belts
in one operation.
THE lasso is an invention Of the
South American Indians and was in use
when the country was discovered by the
Spaniards.
A PATENT has been granted in Aucl.
land for a net to catch whales. The
mesh is big enough for a calf to pass
through, and is said to have been used
already with great success.
TOBIAS T. HUDSON. prisoner in the
Maryland penitentiary, has invented
an improved socket for incandescent
lamps and constructed a number of
unique clocks, one of which, the warden
says, keeps better time than the ex.
pensive French clock in the prison.
APAIR Of novel shears for BARRIERS is
a recent invention. The pivot between
the blades is extended to carry comb,
which is parallel with the shears. BY
means of nut the distance between
the shears and the comb can be varied
at will and the hair cut at any length
desired.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
SPEAKING OF PEOPLE.

Mrs. HANNAH HARMON, a Brockton
(Mass.) woman, boasts that she has
lived under the administration Of every
president Of the Omitted States. She
was born the day before Washington
retired from Office.
PROF. IrTLrRTS, the eminent natural
list who was in charge OF the expcdI-
ton sent up on the Kite to bring Lieut..
Pcary's party back from McCormacls
bay, is down in the Philadelphia di-
rectory as music teacher"
Ex-PHEsIDEHT HAYES marched afoot
with the Ohio q. A. II. boys in Washing
ton and stepped along Us brislSiy as any
of them. lie was greeted SO kindly
along the line that he was hat in hand
nearly al the time waving back courte-
GUS responses,
Gen. GEORGE w, JOKES, of Iowa. the
venerable ex-senator from that state,
paid visit recently to the grounds on
Bcnning's road on which the famous
,Graves-Cilley duel was fought over City
four years ago. Yet even 50 long ago
as that, Gen. Jones was thirty-four
years of age, and he is not an old man
vet
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
PALETTE AND BRUSH.

Louis XAVIER, tho Partisan sculptor,
has been telling a St Louis reporter
that the feet OF American women are
too small.
THE bust of Mrs. Lucy Stone, re-
Gently completed by Miss Anne Whit
ney, has been sent to Italy to be
done in marble. a niche is reserved
for it in The woman's department of the
worlds fair.
a PHOTOGRAPHIC developer made with
water which has been freshly boiled
will keep much longer than that made
of distilled water, and Photographic
prints soaked in such water before
toning arc free from blistcrs.
Rosa DoNHEUR is still busy worker,
Notwithstanding her advanced age. She
has Just completed three small pictures,
studies OF animals, as usual, not lack
ing in the vigor and strength which
characterized her earlier work.
Miss CHAPLIN. the well-known sculp-
tor, has been commissioned to model
tine two Spanish balloclSs Queen Vic
toria keeps in the park ut Osborne.
They have enormous horns, and are
considered remarkably beautiful crea-
lures.
THE monument to Alexander III. in
the l<reinlin is nearly done. 1t has a
front of one hundred and sixty feet
The interior will contain a colossal
bronze statue of the emperor in corona
ton dress, the right hand extended in
blessing
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
sTupENTs o. NAIURE.


The pine tree is said to attain an age
Of from 500 to 700 years,
FISH are thought to be very cold, yet
their normal temperature is u degrees.
AT the present time the average
height of the tides OF the world is only
about feet.
SPIDERS arc solitary in their habits.
The tradition that they are weather
prophets is not credited by scientists.
PROF. MARSHALL tells us that the
oak in general way requires to grow
from 120 to 200 years before it is fit to
cut for large timber.
WOMEN require one hourof sleepmore
n day than men. Fewer Of tine latter
reach the age of 20 than the former, but
attcrward the sterner sex has the best
of it.
LEAVES attract dew; boards, sticks
and stones do not, because leaves have
a chemical use for dew and detain it,
while boards, sticks and stones have
none and do not.
THE glow worm lays eggs which are
themselves luminous; however, the
young Matched from them are not pos
sessed of those peculiar properties until
after the first transformation
WHEN n healthy horse is enjoying
perfect rest his pulse beats at the rate
of 40 times per minute; that of an
OK SO times, while iii sheep and hogs
the average cardiac pulsations are 70
per minute.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
MOMENTS FOR REST.

THERE arc but 100 colored voters in
North Dakota; while baltimore boasts
of $1,000.
A FAsr penman viii write at the rate
OF thirty words minute, which means
that in IN hours steady writing he has
drawn his pen along o space of three
hundred yards.
AMONG the relics IN the rooms of the
New York Historical society is the tail
Of George HIS horse, which was taken
at Bowling Green.
WHILE in Maine one cnn visit Nor
way, Sweden. Mexico and Peru, and a
post Office has Just been named in Knox
county for Turkey.
TIT new Mormon temple ut Salt
Lake City win be opened April 8, 1903.
II has been in course of erection forty
years, and has cost $500. coo.
a TET-PoU5p cannon ball was recent
iy dug up at Lplseside, lid. 1t hes been
identified as o relic of the times when
slcd Anthony Wayne was in command
RhereIbodits
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
Desert Lands Notice OF Intention to make
Proof.
LAND OFFICE AT RL,CKrnnr, IpNun.
Ei.hrlIarN n lA,H

LAND OFFICE AT BL,CHFour, IDAHO,
February "a 1898
|. Frederick Bennett. OF Presto. bingham
county. Idaho. who made Desert Land Appli-
cation No. lUSS. uu the 9th dag OF March, 1853,
Section !, Up. /. south Range D East u ~.
hereby give notice of my intention "a make
final proof to establish my claim Ia the land
above described before the Register and He
ctiver ut BlacktOOt. Idaho. on SATURDAY, the
LIST day OF April. 1888, and that l expect 10
prove that said land has been properly irri-
gatcd ana reclaimed IL the manner required
by law BY two Of the following Witnesses
James Just, Nels A Just, a Christensen
and Christian Andersen, ali of bingham
county, Idaho.
FREDERICK BENNETT.
BEANE KUNEEL, PERRY J. ANSON
Attorneys, Register
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
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no IHE PUBLIC.

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On RELIABLE, We offrra complete
drug stock Of the hist Obtuiulhlr
quality, and most reliable munulac,.
ures, 1T retail aud wholesale We be-
leave to assure our friends that We
are thankful for their favors III the
PAST aud that 40 fort shalt b. want.
ing To deserve their confidence III tile
FUTURE.
Dr.. ". II. Bellies office is ID rear
~ Pioneer drug store from where
professional calls will BE- res pondr,l
to day or night.
AUGUSTUS G. BEnLg,
Manager
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11

Ju.t ~, Trunk, nnF sjh pcr
lot Si.uD N ud . 80 pr iuai,tl,
40 ~ rrrst 49, II lots ur,, an
g Hrd 4 4 uut tn minute
WAX flrtn nntor Ycu ran grt
water wtlu feet Tnrr NJ,
houses gone 2hi along Church.
schunl atd lose III Dm.t grr.
grt Tia ,na bay ,tsht from H. uwurr
lie vii srnd t"u maps nutl infnrma
tinu aud give names of Portland bu-
ines- lHrn who have bought.
Ju,t think, 5 lots ior 4. cora
month
W REIDr,
49t First ST. Bet Pine aud Ash,
Portland
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
Desert Eutry.Noticr Of Intention TO make
Pr0Of.
LASp ornlcs ~ B1a KrooI, tpauo,

LAID OFFICE At BLAtRFCOT, tuAHO
Feb uafy .G,h. iSt3,
]. Mary Brown Of iilacktuot Idaho. who
n,tue Desert Land Application M. ST. On the
bth day OF Apr,l, 1859 for SEA OF NWh section
~. township Z, South Range IS East q NJ.
hereby give Motto Of my intent on 10 make
Anal proof To establish my claim 10 the land
above described before the Register and Re-
ceiver ut lIlacktUut. Idaho. ON saturday the
3lSt day OF March, 1859, aud UNpect 10 prove,
that said hand has been properly irrigated auh
Reclaimed IN the manner required by hIW, hy
two OF the following witnesses Albeit
Wurdeu. Wallace Murdsu Peter Rhctulal aud
tSauc II lcsun. ali ut tsinghuui county, itt,i4u
MARY Il Brown,
BEANIE KUNSEI, PERRY j. ANSnN.
Attorneys. Register.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-03-11
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