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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

The national fish commissioner is
engaged in work whose magnitude
and scope are little understood BY the
people at large. Few who are unac-
quainted with the facts have any idea
Of the immense quantities Of fish
taken annually from the streams Of
this country, yet no one can have
failed to notice the collapse of the sup
ply in some particular locality.
''Fished-out' rivers, lakes, creeks and
brooks are becoming much com
moner than those in which anything
can be caught with fair amount of
skill and labor. At present the noun
tain streams of the Northwest. the
lakes of the North and scattered To-
calities elsewhere alone come under
this head. At the rate of the last
few years the total humiliation OF
game fish in American waters is by no
means an impossibility.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
HE sNoRgD ON.
Death BY Drowning Mad no Torrors 10.
the Man

Death by Drowning HAD no Torrors 10.
the Man
II can only recall one experience M
which | may b. said 70 have faced
death. said +. 3. Bryan .IhataFa.
during voyage across the Atlantic
several years ago. We had been out
two Or three days aud had been hay-
ing some pretty rough weather. III
eliminated one night In terrific
storm. The waves rose mountain
high and our ship was tossed about
like cork. a portion ~ the upper
deck was carried away and some III thu
saloon partitions were stove III The
noise made BY the waves a. thew
dashed against the sides 81 the weasel
sounded like the booming on cannon
and many ~ the passengers crouchcd
in their cabins waiting In mortal terror
and expecting every moment 10 fenl
the ship sinking ! was confined To MI
cabin by illness but a. had been assured
BY the captain that there va.
no danger, did not share the Rear ~
my fellow passengers However hnd
the storm continued in ia fury. or
had the boat been less statInrb 10
should in all probability have been
food for fishes Orhavc had 10 reIv on
me meagre support Of the small boats.
4 fellow passenger evidently had sub.
lime faith IN the captains ability "a
pull her through. or was exceeding III
different to his fate. In the midst N
the uproar caused by the dashino
waves, the breaking Of tirnbers and
the outcries Of the passengers, he lay
peacefully in his cabin sound a.leen
lie was an inyeterate snorer. and AIR.
ing the lulls the music Of his nasaI
organ could be heard with reassirIng
regularity. His wife rushed 10 M
cabin crying: Iucien. O Lucien. tbc
vessel is sinking!'
''Lucicn turned over. partiatv
awoke and murmurcd: sinking nv
We? (Snore) Well lot her fsnorcl
sink. What are you (snorel goino n
do (snore1 about it?'
Ills wife said afterwards that bia
view Of the situation reas.ured hsr
more than anything else could hava
done. 7 ''"'V
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

A QUESTION that will come before
the next session of congress is that Of
providing a better system of govern
ment for Alaska. In the last five or
ten years many investments have been
made in that almost unexplored quar-
ter, and it is, of course, desired that
something should be done by means OF
which these investments may become
profitable. One plan proposed is that
Alaska should be organized after the
manner of other territories and al
lowed a representative in congress,
but this is opposed on the ground that
there are not enough white people in
the whole of Alaska to organize and
maintain such a government.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
He srRuck 4 CHILL.
The Editor was Not Ia a Poetic sieos
at the Time.

The Editor was Not ia Poetic Mooa
at the Time.
1--WE got humorous little fancy
here, said the smiling young man who
had just come in, a. he drew up 4
chair contidentially, sat down and laid
on the desk scrap of paper contain
ing these lines:
For children have oft been carried
away BY gyps that pass in the night.
What's this ior2" inquired the
toiler at the desk
why. don't you seean said the
smiling caller, its an unfinished qua
train, or rather the final part oil the
quatrain that lacks the first two lines.
You can furnish the appropriate
rhymes yourself IT, your line Of
business, You know Something about
history repeating itself parents, you
know. carried away, or something ot
that kind, and that's right, or mild
alright and
But what does il an mean What
are you talking about"
Don't you catch on2 Tho Iirtle
play iii words you know
What words"
Carried away and gyp- that pas,
HI the night
Pass where RI
Don't sou get the idraa You II
read the book haven't youo'
What book Z"
SAY. do YOU mean Is fell uls that
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

y
worshiped him with blind, persistent
alteration.
When Alicia came between us be-
gan to look upon his superior charms
with all the bitterness of greedy envy.
His perfect physique grew hateful to
my eyes and the noble face took on a
mask of proud eongratulation.
1t was the evening before the Car
nival of the Flowers that I reached
the acme of despair; Alicia, starry
eyed and velvet-lipped, had talked
and danced with Fernando until my
heart was almost bursting.
Alicia was of Spanish birth, her
father, the Condo de Tornasol, had
been one of the highest mobiles in the
land, and had early wed his daugh-
ter to one who later escaped from
his country to roam the world, friend
less and alone, with conspirator's
price upon mis- head.
/ sometimes wondered if Alicia
loved him now. 1t was said that she
did at the time of her marriage and
that it nearly broke her heart to part
with him at the hour of his hurried
flight. Since then She had been re-
ceived at court, feted by mobiles and
ladies of high degree and won, sim
ply by glance of the eye or wave
of the hand, thousand suitors to her
feet.
1t was just after an unusually tire
some waltz and l had lost sight of
Alicia for a moment. | left my seat
and wandered about the rooms,
searching everywhere for the starry
eyes, whose owner was the glory Of
my world and heaven. At last saw
her, sitting alone in a darkened cor
ner, hidden so completely by tow
ering palm that no glance, other
than from the eye of love, would ever
have detected her.
pushed aside the struggling leaves
and stood suddenly before her, and,
in spite Of her grace and breeding,
she could not forbear to start at the
hideous picture must have made.
Then she extended her taper hand
and smiled into my hideous face.
''Oh, senior, you have found my
hiding place!n Then with a flood OF
rapture almost binding my senses,
| saw that she had moved little and
was making place for me upon the
divan beside her.
My tongue was paralyzed for the
moment, but drew myself up to the
velvet seat with such a feeling of
perfect bliss as | had never before
experienced.
For once her smiles, her gracious
words, were all for me alone l
listened, half intoxicated, and an
swered like one in a dream. / bent
forward, my lips parted, to tell her
all, when suddenly black shadow
fell across the palms, and / had only
time to bite my lips to silence when
my brothers voice, low, tender, and
oh, how exquisitely modulated, fell,
knell-like, on my ear.
There was a gentle laugh from
Alicia. She touched my hand with
her jeweled fingers and, breathing
some word of regret at leaving me
there, rose swiftly from the sheltered
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
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srRANe LIKE 4 TIGER Ar MS BREAST.

y II
nook and went back into the glare of
light, leaning once more upon my
brothers shoulder
AT that moment | could have killed
him in my rage. What right had he
to steal upon us at this, the first
sweet moment of my happiness? TO
him her smiles were plentiful; why
should he take from me my one brief
glimpse into his blissful paradise.
! hurried from the ball to plan nv
revenge, for in an instant it had come to
me that were he not so constantly by
her side there might be some little
hope. To morrow, carnival was to
begin, and amid that scene Of wild
hilarity, | decided ! would kill nv
rival.
The next morning, the first day of
the famous carnival, broke fair and
golden in its splendor The sun OF
the Riviera was shining brilliantly
upon the waters of the Mediterra.
mean, and from the peaks Of the dis.
tant mountains there came a cooling
breath of air that seemed to soothe
my frenzy just little. Calmly and
deliberately made my plans The
costume | selected was calculated 10
disguise my hideous form, and even
make me many inches taller through
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

LAST year the national fish commits
sion distributed more than 600, 900, 900
fish of various kinds consisting largely
OF shad, whiteish, and pike perch.
Several millions of salmon were also
sent out on the Pacific coast, and
10000, 900 Holsters were bred and
loosed from Woods Hall, Mass. In
addition to this most Of the states
have fish commissions, and it is to
these that private streams and lakes
must look for replenishment. II
would be an unfortunate thing to
further reduce the fish supply Of the
country, but unless the sportsmen and
people generally rise to the aid of the
fish commissioners in restocking the
streams, and help to maintain the
laws against wholesale slaughter, that
end is not far off.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

The impetus given to the study of
American history by the societies Of
Sons and Daughters of the Revolution
is in itself sufficient excuse for their
existence. Interest has been aroused
in subjects of patriotic moment, the
collection of valuable books and pa
pers of the early period has been
stimulated, and honest pride taken in
matters which before were but little
considered. Not every American can
trace his ancestry back to the colonial
period, or produce documentary evil
dence to prove it, but all may rejoice
that the memories and traditions of
the most trying season in American
history are to be treasured up by
those who hold those memories dear
est.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
MEANT ron mraFInts'

hid your sister enjoy tbs y
last uightg" Little jimmy
and Mr Blinks laughed aie'sl
you sang
What did you ask tor q /
hanse7r Nothing but . cold a
And what did they doF
hot for the"
lie. aoundcriug in ths y
Quick, quick; give me youF \.
coming up the last iiine--Vs
80. so sudden.
tIumorist have JOKE
Philadelphia. Editor We aa7
single jokes on Philadclpliia' Y
tract for them 10 lots Of s'e
Bridges / want TO 80 e ~, ~, n
where people don't gossip aVg 49,
neighbors. and stay there. pr
Take any Of the cars mirksl
wood cemetery" N
Have you wound up w w, q
clockg" "No. never DO w ..s
morning. II don't see wha' ~
does then" "sllly fellow y
from waking me up"
Mr.. BinlSs, suddenly awahe ,.,' .,.,y
who's thcre2 Burglar VIM 4
Don't ych dare move or h
Kinks For mercy's sake uV'
fou'll wake the baby ,.ig q
Wifo-The doctor says
ten or fiftecu pounds u ! g s a..5s
a month. Can't I 60, dear 4 Il
Not muchl Why, not ou'
gowns would ne you then. q
Dora Men may not thins u
nowadays there arc q gls M
girls who have no intention 4 4
marrying. George on, kuv
proposed 20 a dozen Of thc" ~.
Hansfrau. to dunnins trade s
II tomorrow is bad weatnss', /, i ~
be able to pay you Bnt I a
weather. you need not s,ospsa
shall need the money to g. Nh
Looking up suddenly, sue sih
tho bearded face Of . man iesi
knife cleaning between y aoaai
Then she tainted. II was - ,.,sl y
for she had been carefully III ID y
had never seen anyone s"'
manner before.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

uurtug The Summer mpuias
trtct along Indian river, Flafia|
give points 10 any other FAa 4
mosquito question il0aaese
a. their vita end 10 keep y
from entering Usgally ca'ats
screen door hangs a ''mcsqa..'' =
made Of spill, palmetto are
would - an uupard0aatla sr.
hospitality Il the visitor shqse
before entering TO swiisa
thoroughly from head % s1o' 9
opan the door and dart ia,
The door III the iaees q -
tribe trying 70 follow hl1
Many hpu4e- have che fruai W
tirrly screened IL ~ ihai "
can enjoy the evening cir EGG
che hummlng outside ihe sefs
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

The advent of frost may be said to
have removed all further danger Of
any foreign epidemic reaching our
shores, and our freedom from such a
visitation during the past summer is
something on which we may congratu-
late ourselves. The heated term was
of such intensity and so facilitating
that the presence of yellow fever or
cholera. or even the dread of it,
would have been a serious calamity,
but our improved system of quaran-
tine inspection served to ward off
plague, and the lesson which has been
learned will undoubtedly be kept in
remembrance.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

As TO whether we may call it the
bike" authorities differ. The Brook
lyn Eagle thinks it is just as proper to
say that a woman '.bikes'' as it is to
say that she is ..beaut.n Harper's
Weekly tn inks that as between
wheel" and bike the latter is the
better word. The Wheel, the cycling
review. says bike" and ..gent" are
distantly related. 1t looks as if there
would have to be a convention to ar
bitrate this question, but we rather
think the bike will survive in the YER
nacular.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

The Mother Abel, I'm afraid
WINE y going 10 be ncar-sightod
See how close he holds The book 10 lid
eyes. -
Inc Father, in the retail grocery
ine-fhats all right. He's getting
mat way from watching out for conn.
e o, money There's plenty Of
uies IN our store, Caroline, but there
amt any on William. 800
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

THE trial trip of the battleship
Maine in heavy sea shows that she
possesses great stanchness as well as
speed. There are so many war clouds
on the horizon OF almost every other
great power that America should
chucSle soft satisfaction to herself as
ship is added to ship in her growing
navy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

a traveller from tho South described
recently one Of the oldest and moat
popular dishes In Kentucky. which h
' "nown ~ "bnrgoo.' II is an outdoor
s ~. and many massive pots of Il
s mi slla TO have simmered over a hot
ilfe y the open at political oatheringa
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

The author who read an original
poem to the jury in copyright suit
in New York has received an award
OF $4,000 damages. Statisticians are
figuring now as to what the amount
would have been if the poem hadn't
been read
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

JOHN l.. SULLIvAN's announcement
that he will go into the prize ring
again is nonsense, of course, Sulli-
van is too old for prize fighting, and
he knows it. And besides. he hasn't
the remotest notion of going into
anything that viii interfere with his
absorbing his quart a day.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15


In Kentucky, The mak,0.
Is thus described, n y
the big pot some red ~ " n
thrown, then potatoes CT W.
corn added then 4 hal,
dressed prairie chicken. 09''
into the pot, and asa !
the latest farm warn
added then couple y so, 49,
crabs and three or loas No.
rels are thrown on NJ wv '9s
clear spring or wen MAJ
into tho caldron barely j
varied contents and t6sa !.
started, Il must h. aila.
mer slowly for Six honr.
superstition is that Il m \,
with a hickory stick ia n.y.. \
tho best flavor.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15
FLAX CULTURE n 81
hassia Grows More Of rhL
Any CoaRsgy Ia IL. -

Hassis Grows More " ~.
Any Country IA TIA msss
Our principal supply Il
terlai, says Chambers ,Jog,,,
ported from Russia, whers \,
has long been, and still
more extensively than a n.
country In the world, ~
culture Of the crop and nrs..
the tber receive less cars "
ton than Ia any other aaY.s-
country This negleet ~
counted Tor b. the lnms.
under crop and AlsO BE- m8
sowing than u praetiess
countries ia order 10 ein
greater strength ard uose
branches 10 prevent Il bsiss
Ing tho violent lhunaerls
prevail about the time 4 I'VE
The result ot this ireatmes,
u a coarse.fibsr. and als8 -,
inferior yield 60 that msw
and under more iavasaN
stances 70 soil AMI ssns
early stages Germany. Al
France follow Russia a
dtalng countries. and
thrse an average area x os N
arrus = kept uisder thit esga
land Ha3 Il grown prsngipasJ
sst't ard Ihr planting sn1 ~ ~
thr crop. a. acii AZ lae ,ns HI
Ing ls regulated f0r this s
property maturing lhe eed 81
0i the Hher u injured ard ra
subsequent processes mee
but the Duteh fArmers ~ m
taunrrated by the high pgs
lor tho ss,rd, which hss tr #
tural purposes world Rblf ltN
II chiefly sowH in Bgiia.a
Riga sFrd Z also used AMI IRA
tomr erUacss a. bs,ing Hass Als
u hrlgtam. h0argeg 10 uhkaa
turn q -eo Ha3 in tha hlsAt II
cultivation. whore nothing ! III
lnrscd that can In any nas
prpsr thu quantity and ngs - N
N thp quality 81 thr crop HN N
rotation 81 ths crops. sgpsstg n
and ltSssrai mAHaring u lhs 40 a
attended 20 IN . nAuaeF 10; "a n
whrvr and % This The raFetg N
Belgian farmers upp the' ms u
raising other grppa a. vel a q. II
which has earned Zoe ,hem ~ II
'iDn they enjoy 81 being ~ ~
crss',il agrtruliprisss Ia iia r D
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

GENERAL MCCooK recommends the
adoption of the bicycle in the signal
service corps. General McCook will |
find. however, if he tries it, that in
attempting to make signals from a
bicycle he is liable to run into a cable
car.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

Wlggle Why do handsome women
80 often marry homely menp
Wagglc-Because the homely men
ask them TO, ! suppose. ~"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

THE report OF Queen LIS insanity
seems to have arisen from the fact
that there are two meanings TO the
word mad.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

Thoroughly subdued and in misery
of spirit, returned TO Nice. The
streets seemed deserted in the silence
following the carnival, and il was
only when an execution was an
nounced that there was any show OF
excitement among the weary people.
Again the streets were thronged,
but did not venture out. Fernando
brought me the news as | laid, trem'
bling and conscience stricken in my
bed. and when learned that Alicia,
the beautiful. starry eyed Alicia, was
widowed by my hand wept such
tears of agony that my brother was
gravely startled.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

am failing rapidly, the physicians
say, but my secret is safe with my
noble brother Ii is nearly year
since the carnival and now Fernando
has a secret of his own, one that he
gladly lets me share, for he knows
that sorrow and remorse have shriven
my soul of guilty deeds and filed my
heart with penitenee.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-12-15

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The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-05

States haven't brains enough TO man
age their own financial affairs and
have to borrow some. It means that
the United States is not free and in
dependent republic, but that they are
still a subject of Great Britain. It is
an admission chat our republican form
of government is failure. and that We
are forced to bow down before the
crowns of the Old World for wisdom
and guidance. It means that this
country is on the decline, and that the
people have degenerated from line of
patriots to lot of dod gasted fools
and lunatics. It is direct slam in
the face of the claim of independence.
Our boast of liberty and the assump-
ton that the stars and stripes are in
vincible falls to the ground. It is the
double distilled essence of nonsense
and unworthy of any true American
citizen. What business is it to Eng
land or any other country if the
United States Government pleases to
coin silver and use it as money? Now
get right down to the soil of the mat
ter and if there is an atom of horse
sense in the international conferen CO
Cleveland and Harrison talk about,
hold it up to the light Of day for close
scrutiny.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-05
Quits the Old l.nrfY.

The Kentucky Populist, giving an
account of meeting of the Peoples
Party County Committee Of McCracken
County, Kentucky, says:
Col. John {. Noble, an old Democratic
war horse OF the Jackson type was intro
duced, and In his calm, clear manner en-
tertnined his hearers with an exposition of
purely Democratic principles. closing with
the avowal that the POpulist party OF this
day. and that henceforth he would cast his
lot with that patty. There ar. few men in
Wc-tern Kentucky who have more faith
fully fought the battles of the Democracy
for decades past than has Col John {. No
Bile; and his severns his connections with
the Cleveland party is an Indication tha:
men OF serious thought and pure Democ-
racy are awaking t. the cOndit iOn OF At
fairs. and are coming cut for Jetfersonan
simplicity against Cleveland and plutoc-
racy.
Before adjourning, tho chairman ap-
pointed Col. John {. Noble, Jos. Randall.
and Bud Dale committee to organ 70 Pop
ulist clubs in the city OF i'aducah. ana CIV
cry one attending the meeting went home
fully satisfied that the ropuli>t party is
stronger in McCracken County now than
ever before.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-05
Secretary Herbert.

Secretary Herbert, Of the Navy. is
having trouble too. A Congressional
resolution called upon him for the
authority by which portion of the
money was put under the orders Of
Commissioner Blount at Hawaii. After
tloundering around considerably the
Secretary tried to cite some prece-
dents, not one Of which seems rele-
want. The fact is it was a clear vio-
lation Of law and practice. Later Mr..
Herbert appointed a young man of AL
ALBANIA to be cadet Mt Annapolis to a
vacancy belonging to South Carolina.
Such vacancies are filled by the Rep
resentatives in Congress-, and the
House promptly adopted resolution
declaring the appointment to be un-
authorized and void. Mr.. Cleveland
hasn't very happy political family.
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-05
The Senate aud Speculation.

Recent acts of the Senate and
events following have demonstrated
that it is possible to make men rich
by legislation" that tariff on an art
icle is benefit to the trusts, and that
Congressman may speculate On their
own acts.
The Mckinley bill put sugar on the
free list. and sugar stock fell in price
and SO did sugar The Wilson bill left
sugar on the free list. which still had
q depressing effect both upon trust
stock and sugar.
When the bill went before the Sen
ate Finance Committee it was rumored
that tariff would be put upon sugar.
Trust stock and sugar at once adj
vanced. 4 tariff on sugar was finally
decided upon, and sugar stock made q
leap upward, sufficient almost to de-
moralize the market.
And here comes in pretty strong ru-
mors of a scandal in high official CIR
Giles. 1t is said that Senators. while
sugar stocks were low, bought large
blocks of these stocks. and then, By
their own vote and influence, put the
tariff on sugar purposely to give the
stock boom and make big money for
themselves. It is openly declared that
one Senator in this way made $6S, 900
in q single day. If this is SO. it is q
gigantic and disgraceful scSndal. and
The farmers' union. (Memphis, Mo.) 1891-1895, 1894-04-05
Took Sugar in Ther'n.

There is scandal on hands that
seems likely to rival the iniquities of
Credit Mobilier times, says Wash
ington correspondent. Six or eight
prominent Senators are mixed up in it.
They all profess that they are as inno-
cent rs new born babes. and that the
man who made the charge is, to use
the language of Senator Vest, "a will
full and deliberate liar.
The expose came about in this way !:
The Wilson bill, as it passed the
House. put sugar on the free list. and
the stock Of the sugar went down.
The bill went into the hands of sub
committee of the Finance Committee
Of the Senate, and all at once large
orders were received by brokers in
New York to buy large blocks Of sugar