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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12
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Descriptive Writer
The resources and possibilities of
modern methods of intellectual train
ing have found another marvellous in
stance in the person of Helen Keller,
an instance fully as wonderful and
conclusive as that furnished by the
famous Laura Bridgman. The inter-
esting child is now about IA years old.
She became deaf, dumb and blind in
infancy. and yet she has been educated
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12
SAN FRANCISCO'S FAIR
IT'S a GOOD SECOND TO THE
CHICAGO SHOW.

The Exhibits Not so Numerous, but the
Enest would Not sunsr in Compare
son A Triumph OF West shore En-
teTpTise.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12

conferred on Jackson by Harvard uni
yersity in 1893. The motto; THE
constitution as understand II, 7 is
taken from Jaclyson's second inaugural
address
Another token pictures Jackson sit
ting on 4 treasure chest with the same
money bag and sword in his hands.
On the reverse side u jackass takes the
place Of the mule on the other piece,
perhaps showing the degree ofasininity
which cold Hickory was assuming in
the eyes OF his antagonists,
The friends of jackson also issued
tokens in retaliation. One bears on
the diverse profile OF the general,
md on the back is the legend, Tho
bank must perish" and the famous
quotation from JaclSsons notification
proclamation. The Union must and
shall be preserved"
A copper token, struck in 1887, dur
ing Van Buren's administration, has on
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12

been happily productive OF the best
displays in this line that have ever been
made, even IN California The puiiu'
tngs devoted TO this class OF displays
arc proving quite as popular as some 9,
tic main exposition buildings ana
California citrus fruits are getting inc
hcst advertisement they have ever hau.
One feature OF the exposition whlch
has emphasized itself since the open
ing day Is the excellence OF the cree Zee.
trio Nominations The system OF arc
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12

iacllsan's relentless fight on the
United States bank This bank was
chartered in iSi6. and was 10 run
twenty years II encountered no
opposition until gen Jackson became
President. IN ls.9 In January, 1899,
q petition for q new charter was pre-
scented TO congress. which was granted
but was vetoed BY the President
Against the administration were ar
rayed the great capitalists, the leading
business men and the smaller bankers
The personal popularity Of Jackson
carried the day and won him the
victory in the campaign OF 1882. When
IL came 10 vote, many who were bit
terly hostile To the old hero's policy
regarding the bank ranged themselves
on his side.
Jaekson's latest attack on the bank
was made year later, when lie ordered
the removal OF the government de-
posts ana this was done. The de-
posts were placed in state banks
throughout the country. Itwas during
inc exciting period Of financial dis
tress which followed that these tokens
were issued
4 hog running at full speed orna-
mcnts ono satirical piece. The in
scriptior on the same side reads:
Perish credit. perish commerce, 1880
My victory. my third heat Down with
the bank on the reverse side is a
small bust Of Gen. jackson, and the
words, My substitute for the United
States bank. My experiment My
currency. my glory"
"My third heat refers 20 the Presi-
dents third message TO congress re-
lating 10 the bank, and by placing the
words on the hog his wing enemies
doubtless wanted 20 show his OBJ
stinacy ana pigheadedness,
A full.length figure Of the hero of
New Orleans and ballSy mule are the
devices which balance each other on
another token. On the diverse is a
mule baking inscribed II. l., y. " and
the words THE Constitution as |
understand it. Roman firmncss, 1884. Z
ON the back is rude figure Of Jack
son holding in his left hand a large
and piethoric purse, which he defends
with sword in his right. Surround
ing this device are the words; "A
plain system void Of pomp The
letters on the mule refer to the degree
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-05-12

would be mechanical impossibility
The part that lights UP is the glass
itself
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
CURRENCY CONTRACTION

BY MEMBER The civil war closed upon
OF CONGRESS people prostrated by five
years strife in which every
available resource had been
SOUTH CAROLINA. exhausted. In large part
of the Union the improvements were de-
stroyed, and the men who returned from the
army found nothing but the bare land with
out houses or fences. But the volume of
money in circulation was so large that prices
ruled high, and it was comparatively easy for
poor man 10 get a start. The nation then
commenced an era of prosperity without a
parallel in history, but it was of short dura-
ton. On April II, 1866. a law went into effect
as an amendment Of the act of March 8. 1865,
authorized the Secretary of the Treasury to
issue and sell bonds bearing 6 per cent. in
terest for the money in use among the people
and burn the money.
This was the beginning Of an era of con-
traction in the volume of currency that has
been steadily pushed from that day to this.
and its path is strewn with wrecked homes,
blasted hopes, bankrupt enterprises, mort
gagged farms, deserted fields, closed factories.
and an army of tramps on the one hand, and
on the other few millionaires. These lives
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
LIE srNr EnR MIR. WALSH.

Mr.. Robertson, OF Augusta, arrived in
this town contemporanccusly with Hon.
Patrick Walsh, lately appointed Senator from
Georgia. As IS the custom with visitors from
Georgia. aud indeed from all the other states
of this broad and variegated Union Mr. Rob-
inson went cut sightseeing OF an evening. He
WAS separated from his companions somehow,
and fell in near the Baltimore and Ohio
station with polite stranger, who felt GER
tain that he had seen the gentleman from
Augusta before Mr.. Robinson had never
drunk liquor in his life, but he did take one
little drink on this fatetul evening, no doubt
merely to oblige the polite stranger who had
known him well before and who recalled him
with much pleasure. The consequences were
serious for Mr.. Robinson. He fell in with a
Washington policeman. a sad catastrophe in
itself Worse yet, he turned up in the police
court minus S25 and the natural subject Tor
fifteen-day term in the workhouse and a
striped suit.
All which is merely preliminary. In the
depths of his trouble whom did Mr.. Robinson
think of? Not any one of the thousand other
eminent Georgians present in this town. but
CT Hon. Patrick Walsh, lately appointed
United States Senator. 1t is credit to Mr..
Robinson that he thought of Mr.. Walsh; it is
4 credit 10 Air. Walsh that he was thought of
by Mr.. Robinson. For whom, of all the
friends from home, shall we. go to when we
are in trouble? Evidently the biggest hearted
and the truest. And so we say, good for Mr..
Robinson, and also good for Mr.. Walsh. 1t
ought to be a source of qualification to Mr..
Robinson that he visited this town and
encountered such weird adventures in it, and
surely it is worth his while that he and Mr..
Walsh together have furnished US with this
indubitable evidence that now and then a
man makes no mistake in supposing that his
friends are real.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
WHAT EVIL HATH HE DONEp"

Coxey's army neither disbands nor hats
The men who have marched across the
mountains in the snow evidently arc not
marching for fun. The papers which are de-
termined to have all the items of news touch
the matter briefly, with an ill-concealed sneer
or with wise conservatism in the matter of
opinion. In matters of doubt it is well to
reserve judgment; but Coxey is a factl
And there are other Coxeys; more of these
facts. And these facts are showing a ten
dency to curious predatoriness in one direc-
ton. When bubbles rise to the surface of a
cesspool they are beautiful curiosities for
children, but the thoughtful observer would
call the children away. Those bubbles are
not beautiful to him; they are evidences of
bad gas forcing its way to the surface. There
Is fermentation, decomposition, going on
down there under that ocean that is danger
Gus. That cesspool must be drawn off or the
neighborhood will be pronounced unhealthy,
Coxey, with his band, is only bubble.
gatling gun put in action for a few minutes
would wipe it off the surface. But suppose
you violently shock that turbid mass of stag
nation! How many bubbles would YOU then
have?
After long drought, when the ground is
parehed and pulverized, If on calm day
there should be observed little spirals of dust
rising from different points, change OF
weather might be safely predicted. The
winds are battling. In this seeming calm two
strongly opposing currents are meeting, the
wind Of yesterday and the wind of tomorrow.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
REMARKS ASIDE.

1t is not quite clear why Mrs. Frank Leslie
criticises her ex-husDand for marrying again.
He married her in order to be able to loaf.
What more did she expect?
The Rams Horn remarks that it is a poor
way for a Christian to let his light shine to
occupy two seats in horse car.
Oh, Mr.. Bragg, of Wisconsin, 10 you love
Mr.. Cleveland now for the enemies that he
has made?
1t is thought that Col. Phil Thompson is
gradually getting over it.
Coxey's army is entering Maryland, and
some OF our local leading citizens are begin
ming to think seriously about this matter of
the unemployed.
Bourke Cochran doesn't quite understand
why he is not called over to the Senate to
answer Mr.. Hills speech.
Hon. Phil Thompson still continues to come
in for large share Of the blame. Some are
saying that he ought to pay half the damages.
William d. Howell promises to tell us why
he left Ohio. 1t was to get an Office, Of
course.
Mr.. Sorg. Major Rathbone's opponent for
Congress in the Third Ohio district, is q
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
Parker, BridqSt & Co..
3l5 Seventh St. NJ. w.
FINE OLD WHISKY
SAVED THE TOWN.

"What dear old good-for-nothing soldier
old Jubal Early was. anyway" said the gen.
eral. 'Why, he never won a fight. He took
stonewali Jackson's corps. which had never
lost fight, and commanded it, and after that
it never won one.''
yes" replied the major, ''and do you
know how figure out that Andrew Jackson
saved Washington from being taken by Early?
Early might have taken it Just as well as not.
1t wasn't his own idea, of course, to come up
here. 1t was Mahones. Malone suggested.
to Lee that he send old Jubal up by train.
That would cause Grant to draw some Of his
forces OF for the protection of Washington.
Well, Old Jubal came, and he marched in
toward the city out through the Seventh
street road country. as you know. and there
he struck the old Blair place
But where does Old Hickory come in?''
the general asked.
''Ill tell you in a minute" said the major.
ANDREW Jackson brought up here from Ten
nessee Frank P. Blair. whom he made gov
ernment printer, and Blair bought place
out on the Seventh street road. He had
great many slaves just before the war. thou
sand. think. but he had sold these in ex-
change for some 1000 acres OF land. Well,
out there he had a beautiful house. and when
Olu JuVH! tarlN came MHrcnlng toward lne
city he struck this house and stayed there for
two days. feeding almost exclusively upon
fine old whisky that Mr.. Blair had slowed
away; and old Jubal got drunk and in the
meantime Gen. Wright came to the rescue of
the city and Early couldn't get in: and that is
how l make out that Old Hickory saved
Washington. He was responsible for Blair,
and Blair was responsible for the whisky
80 see, see,' said the general. land how
interesting it is. any way, to talk about these
fights. l think will have to write about
some of them. l knew a great deal about
Lee and about the days OF the Coniederacy,
the fall Of Petersburg. and the surrender at
Appomattox. Longstreet is writing his
"reminiscences, and why couldn't some of the
rest of US? And the old man is failing, by
the way. He corresponds with me fire.
quently. but can see that he is growing old,
and so are We all 1 suppose, marching slow
but sure. and it is getting muddy, and misty,
and dark. sometimes think
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
HITS-OR MISSES.

Election returns indicate that G. o. P.
stands for Growing Overwhelmingly Popular.
1t is strange tha. Mr. Cleveland cannot see
the fun the other fellows are having.
Georgia claims new distinction. She is
"full of relatives OF distinguished men,"
It is about time to hear from Governor
Waite. He shouldn't triie with our feelings
So
Perhaps the Democratic majority in the
next House will not be so unwieldy.
Mr.. German ought to be a millionaire by
this time: he has been training with Senator
Brice almost five weeks.
Attorney General Olney must go.-New
York World every day.
Eight thousand tons of gold have been
mined in the world during the present CEN
tury, but where has all that gold gone to, let
US ask?
There would seem to be, a great field for
the Keeley institute in South Carolina.
Farmer Hallett Klbourn delighted US by
bringing six immense squashes to The TINES
Office yesterday in consideration OF months
subscription to this paper.
When look at New Jersey feel very glad
that wrote and passed my bill.-W. Nc
Kinley.
Some of the railroad receivers are begin
ming to find out that 1t is not their province
simply to receive large salaries.
We like landlord who will turn the steam
on when necessary, and also one who will
keep his elevator going.
So far as known, Miss Odette Tyler does
not seem to care very much.
The Khedive OF Egypt is camping on the
great desert by moonlight, perhaps alone;
and we hope the weather is warm in Egypt.
Mr.. Cleveland wishes that his salary was as
large as President Carnots, quarter of a
million, that is. But it is not thought that he
will resign if it is not raised to that figure
German, of Maryland. and Irby, of South
Carolina, are great baseball players. There
are no holes in their bats. either.
We will say to the new musical prodigy
from Germany that this is bad time to come
to this country.
In Portland, Ore, strawberries are cents
a box, but the joke with regard to the scarcity
of Strawberries in the shortcake fiourishes in
that latitude just the same.
Calve desires it TO be understood that she is
maid, not matron. She also is polite
enough to chew gum when she goes to
Chicago.
The trouble with many of our poets is that
they mistake their poetical license for q
liquor license.-Hoke Smith Gin the Atlanta
Journal)
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
VERDICT OUT oE COURT.

And they all lived happily ever after. Unfor-
tunatelv the story cannot end thus. The vii
lain has been punished, to be sure, which is
in accordance with the accepted standards of
romance and melodrama. But here realism
asserts itself. Every step in all that long
course of this heroine ard this heavy villain
followed like remorseless death on his first
miserable deed, and. as long as their lives are,
there must be other consequences, other in
evitable miseries. for both Of them and for
others. 1t is ruin for him, deserved maybe,
if the jury is right, if THE TIMES has been
right 1t is also just as surely ruin for her.
They must both look forward to-day toward
the blackest kind of a future. And yet, if we
believe her, and great many of US do. she
was at first as nearly blameless as any one
can be who errs. Was there ever stronger
visible picture of the remorseless power Of
ayil2
The Washington times., 1894-04-15

tobacconist OF great wealth. He is said to be
distributing fve-for-fvers as an effective
campaign argument.
John Sherman has congratulated Mr.. Hill
upon his late tariff speech; but We hardly see
where the political significance Of this fact
comes in.
Certainly Senator Wolcott was not "hung"
in ef1gy, but he may have been hanged in
effigy just the same.
Strange If Coxey and his army should ap-
peal to the President for q special reception
and be refused
The Galveston News suggests that the people
had better quit feeding their Governors on
raw beef.
1t seems that Of 1000 men who marry, 332
marry younger women, 579 marry women OF
the same age, and SO marry older women.
Long Branch has been Summer resort for
116 years. And still it wears short dresses
Hon. Patrick Walsh Gn Augusta Chronicle).
Philadelphia doesn't allow her policemen to
talk while on duty; but nothing is said in the
regulations about somnambulism and conse-
quently the new rule is a dead letter.
1t is rumored by the Cleveland Plaindealer
that If Mr.. Breckinridge was not an old
school gentleman he must surely have been
school girl gentleman.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
A WORD ABOUT THE
SILENT SENATOR QUAY.

1t may have been surprise to many that
Mr.. Quay, the silent Senator from Pennsylva-
mia. made a speech upon the tariff yesterday,
but it was not surprising. He talks well and
thinks well, and how much better it would be
IL among CUR representatives q few Of them
spoke less and thought better; and how much
more tolerable they would be if they there
were silent Senators-if they were men of
action and not of words? II is not usual tina.
a man campaigning. leading large cam
paigns. is abe TO say TO a candidate a thing
so historical and useful as this:
"Dear Beaver, don't talk"
And it is less usual that campaign leader.
or Senator, or whatever else he may be-
come, knows enough to take his own advice.
often wonder whether the country knows
what kind of man Matthew Stanley Quay
really is. He has been attacked In public
journals as almost no other man ever was.
He has not minded it at all, but has gone on
winning. de was the general. the Lee, the
Napoleon of the presidential campaign OF 's5.
the hardest fought. the best Of recent years.
His name meant victory almost His deeds
meant victory surely. He controlled men,
who in turn controlled men and bodies of
men. He possessed a small faculty for Or
ganization. perhaps. but he knew the under
currents knew the big moves. the bravado.
and the strategy: knew the ways in which to
stir whole regions. He trusted much to
others. trusted in that campaign. IN fact.
very much to lieutenants who were hardly
less Lees and Napoleons Of politics. But he
was the grand commander. the mainstay. the
reliance.
And what if many of the leaders of the two
parties. the leaders, so-called. in the Senate
and House, were really TO talk less and do
more? What if they were to conflne their
campaigns for reelection to their district con-
ventions and to the legislatures of their
states. and not take up the public time and
shock our ears by delivering their hand organ
melodies OF oratcry. intended for no purpose
but to split the ears of the groundlings? For
when you come to think of it, what great
service this same Senator Quay has been by
only keeping silent
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
MINOR TELEGRAMS.

Louis LYONS was assassinated near Galla-
tin, Tenn. 1t is supposed that he was killed
by a rival for his sweetheart's hand.
After years OF litigation the case of Sam
Strong. receiver of the Fidelity bank, against
Swifts iron and steel works, was settled yes
terday in an opinion by Special Judge Craw-
ford
The Conche hotel at San Angelo. Tex, has
been destroyed by fire. In the ruins the re-
mains of Ollie F. Berry, prominent ranch
man of Menard county, was found burned
to crisp.
The Chicago and Northwestern has given
the other lines in the Western Passenger AS
sociation to understand that it will side with
them in the event of trouble over the emf
grant traffic.
John Greenarch. a well-known farmer, has
been arrested and jailed at jamestown, KY.
to await trial upon the charge of having
poisoned his wife to marry another woman
with whom he was infatuated.
TIE Branford lock works of Branford.
Conn.,, was bought yesterday at auction by
the only bidder, the Yale and Towne Manu-
featuring Company OF Stamford, Conn, for
$50, 900, which is the amhunt of the indebted
ness.
A body, supposed to be that of sailor from
the schooner Kate Markee, which was wrecked
near Seabright. was found near Sandy HOOK
early yesterday The bodyis unrecognizabie.
Crews of the life-saviDg stations are Keeping
sharp lookout for others.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15
TALK ABOUT THE TIMES.

Word comes repeatedly TO the Office of The
TIMES that this Is the strongest and brightest
journal published at the National capital, that
it is one of the strongest and brightest pub
lished in the country. Let it be so-for the
sake OF the argument, at least. But if that
is so. If TRE TINES deserves your interest and
your confidence. talk about it 10 your friends.
Thrust copies at them, and ask them not to
read it if they don't choose. Bring the paper
to the attention OF as many scores as possible.
Show it to Il lrig nj, man or woman. Take it
home Send It into the home OF some one else
1t will stay there; and 50. this, the first, great
successful. cooperative newspaper enterprise
viii have and will deserve permanent, un-
measured SUCCESS. not merely because it has
deserved it. but because thousands OF its
frienCs will know that it deserves it.
The Washington times., 1894-04-15

The wind that seems to have blown good to
chosen few has been blowing in one direc-
ton for thirty years-a long-continued
"trade-wind" that has brought many rich
cargo into port. The masters and owners are
satisfied; and if the sailors are neither paid
nor fed, why damn the sailors;' they had no
need to have been sailors.
Well, the sailors are hungry with wheat so
cents per bushel They have no clothes, and
clothing offered at half its cost. The ships
lie at the dock. The sailors take to the road;
their Mecca is Washington, the center and
seat of government 'for the people" and
"by the people," They have heard this from
the stump often. They have also heard the
aphorism current about the throne of monop-
oily, Damn the people"
Coxey is probably neither Caesar nor
Solon; he is not believer in any new flag,
either black or red. He and his band are
coming to Washington because there is moth
ing to keep them at home, neither work nor
comfort. They would like to see that same
flag SO much fuss was made about thirty years
ago. and see what it daily waves over. They
may nSk, as u speciai iaNor, W sse SonsrSSs
in session. They may be able to interest the
present representatives OF the various busi-
ness interests of the country to grant them
the sight of quorum. Who knows?
In matters of government a blunder is said
to be more objectionable than crime. Some
body, or something, has blundered. The god
OF seed time and harvest has been on time.
Disease has made no unusual inroads upon
the band of producers. These hungry men.
these sons of men that have not where to lay
their heads, are coming to ask who it is that
has blundered, or if it be q crime and not
blunder. And for fear this question may
prove inconvenient, or provoke Improbable
discussion, the advance guard are arrested!
The weakest blunder and most conspicuous
of all