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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Sympathy Strikes

There is no theory or justice of pro
prleUy upon which the sympathetic
strike can be defended 1t is nothing
more nor less than a wanton wrong
perpetrated by men who have no good
reason aud no decent pretext for such
a proceeding. This fact is now being
plainly and harmfully illustrated in
the strike of the coal miners. The
original cause of the dispute pertains
to one locality and affects compare
lively few of the total number of those
who have quit work in different parts
of the country. In other words, a
purely local quarrel has been taken
up by coal-miners in general on the
plea Of sympathy. There IS no com
plant Of insufficient wages or of i'm
proper treatment on the part Of most
of the strikers. They admit that
their employers have dealt fairly with
them, and that they have no personal
reason for the course that they are
pursuing. The only excuse that they
offer is that they are in duty bound to
stand by the men who inaugurated
the strike, and to assist IN making
the thing a success, because the rights
of labor are involved, and they cannot
afford to remain passive when their
brethren are in struggle with un-
friendly forces and influences.
This equivalent to saying that the
laborers in one part OF the country
who are entirely satisfied with the
conditions Of their employment must
manifest their sympathy with dissat-
isfied and striking laborcrs in another
part of the country by abruptly dis
continuing their service. There car
not be a clearer case of deliberate and
fragrant wrong doing. 1t implies the
inaiction Of injury upon employers
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Long Combat Between Turtles.

NEWCASTLE, Pa, May 29.-Some
two months ago crowd of coal
miners near Newport took two snap
ping turtles into cockpit, and, fore
ing open their jaws poured whisky
down their Threats. Then they were
turned loose on each other, $500 be-
ing wagered on the outcome, but with
the understanding that no decision
would be made until one of the snap
pers gave up or was killed. The two
turtles fought fiercely, each tearing
his antagonists head and neck with
his horny beak, until one obtained a
grip upon the others ripper. After
a brief but Intellectual struggle to
break his antagonists hold the turtle
whose ripper was thus caught seized
the other by the neck. Aside from a
steady waving motion there was then
no further demonstration for several
hours. The crowd of miners watched
them from early evening until long
after midnight, when the two turtles,
each retaining his vice-like grip on
the other, were carried from the pit
and placed in the cellar of a deserted
house. THIS was two months ago,
and neither of the snappers has yet
shown any symptoms of weakening
his hold upon the other, and the bets
haye not yet been declared off
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

or cutting cards to decide which we
should take.
A board of railroad directors who
should choose a president IN such a
fashion would be turned out of their
positions as soon as the stockholders
could get at them.
There are not many things more es-
sential to our happiness, to the good
order and peacefulness of the neigh,
borhood in which we live, than the
quality of the local government To
decide who should be at the head OF
it by the turn of dice, not only i'm
plies that an office is a prize to be
gambled for, but it gives to chance s
decision which carries with it sons
of our dearest personal rights.-Ex.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

who have done nothing to provoke
such treatment, and who are in no
way responsible for the actions of
other employers. Furthermore, it is
a severe damage to the public in the
confusion Of business and withhold
ing of necessary supplies. Thus sym
patty with a small body of strikers in
another state becomes in fact a spe-
cies of hostility to people and interest
having no practical relations to the
real controversy. 1t is impossible to
understand how intelligent and honest
workmen. can reconcile a movement
of this kind with their professions of
loyalty to the principles of justice,
fairness and propriety. The cause of
labor is not benefited by sympathy
strikes. They tend ON the contrary
to discredit it and to deprive it of
popular support; and from every point
of view they are to be codemned.-
Globe Democrat,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
The GOLDEN RULE Principles

in politics as well as among individuals 1t
has at all times been above petty envy of
the good fortune Of contemporary as it
has been free from personal abuse of its
rivals and opponents.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Settled hY Dice.

A correspondent in Colorado sends
us clipping from local paper in
which is a report of the city election.
1t seems that all the officers were
chosen by majority except the may
or. As there was a tie between the
two candidates for that office the de-
cision was made by throwing dice.
The person for whom the larger throw
was made was declared elected,
We are informed by our correspon:
dent that this is the usual method o:
deciding tie IN that region. We pre-
sumo the excuse for such a hippant
custom would be that it is easier than
it would be TO hold another election
But let us look at it. If we had to
choose one of two persons who wished
10 enter our domestic service, VIC
ehould never think Of throwing dice
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
The Old Brussels Carpet.

oh, dear to our hearts are the sad days of
springtime,
when the annual housekeeping recurs TO
our view,
When We sleep on the sofa and eat of the
mantel,
In an atmosphere strongly suggestive of
glue.
We think of the stove pipe, the SCOT that came
with it,
Likewise the profanity, fluent and fine;
BUT saddest and bitterest of all recolections
Is the dusty old carpet that hung on the
line.
Oh, that dusty old carpet,
That rusty old carpet,
That musty old carpet
That hung on the line.
We remember how. armed with a 1.-THE flagel-
lator,
In the morning we blthely advanced to the
fray;
in the muscular pride of our heart little
dreaming
That cleaning the carpet would take the
whole day.
We sweat and we swore, and our hands badly
blistered,
While the sun lent its countenance, warmly
benign;
But the harder we pounded, the more it was
needed
By that dusty old carpet that hung on the
line!
oh, that dusty old carpet,
That musty old carpet,
That cussety old carpet
That hung on the line!
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Disastrous Floods.

PORTLAND, May 2S.-The entire
Northwest is just now suffering from
disastrous floods caused by the melt
ing snow in the mountain ranges. The
Willamette river, in this city, Is now
% feet above low water mark and is
rising at the rate of half an inch per
hour. At The Dalles, during the past
"a hours, the Columbia has risen two
feet which means foot and a half
rise at this point during the next "a
hours. The water to-day reached
Front street, and all day long mer.
chants on the water front have been
moving their goods to the upper sto-
ries. All the rivers and streams that
flow into Puget Sound are swollen,
many of them beyond their banks,
The damage to railroad property and
farming land is said to be very heavy
and much suffering and will fall upon
a great many people.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
wanted---Gold Miners.

To develop the gold properties in
Lewiston, Miners Delight, Atlantic,
South Pass, Gold Greek, or on the
hustler Belt. You can get full infor-
nation regarding reliable mines which
are for sale by the camps mentioned
by addressing James A. McAvoy,
county clerk Fremont county, Lander,
Wyo., Vim. Sturgis, Jr, Cheyenne,
Wyo., A. Kendall, cashier First Ma
tional bank, Rock Springs, Wyo., S.
L. Spangler, chairman Fremont board
of county commissioners, Atlantic
City, Wyo.
The Uuion Pacific is the shortest
and quickest line to the South Pass
Country, daily stages from Rock
Springs and Rawlins.
J. A. COLLINS,
Agent U. P. System.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
II MAY Do as Much for You.

Mr.. Fred Miller, of Irving, ILL.,,
writes that he had a Severe Kidney
trouble for many years, with severe
pains in his back and also that his
bladder was affected He tried many
so called Kidney cures but without
any good result. About a year ago
he began use of Electric Bitters and
found relief at once. Electric Bitters
is especially adapted to cure Of all
Kidney and Liver troubles and often
gives almost instant relief. One trial
will prove our statement. Price only
SOC. for large bottle. At Pioneer
drug store, Behle & Son, proprietors
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

The Union Pacific is the short line
to the Lewiston, Miners Delight, At
lantic and South Pass Gold fields.
Buy your tickets via Rock Springs or
Rawlins, from which points you can
go by a first class stage line to Lewis
ton, reaching the mines the same day.
J. A. COLLINS,
Agent U. P. System.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

Profit Having secured the services
sy Ih's of practical workman, |
am prepared to do all kinds of uphol-
STEERING. Mattress renoyating, old up
holstered furniture recovered. Har-
ness repairing, Saddle repairing, job
work. All work done on short notice
and at prices to suit the times. Or
ders from distance promptly attend
ed to. ID. II. BIErHAN.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Supposed to be Dead.

OLYMPIA, Wash, May 28-The de-
cision of the supreme court in the case
OF Moses Scott VS.. McNeal, brings to
life, and the possession of property, a
man who has been legally dead. Scott
left Olympia in 1881, the possessor
of considerable property, and made
his home in MERGED, Cal He was be-
lieved to be dead and the probate
court administered upon the estate.
When Scott returned about two years
ago he found all his property sold.
He commenced an action in ejectment,
but when Scott attempted to testify
as to the ownership. Of his property,
the judge refused to admit his testi-
mony, holding that the probate court,
having administered on the estate, the
superior court, as a matter OF fact,
must consider him dead. The state
supreme court affirmed the lower
court and the case went the United
States supreme court ON the constitu-
tional ground that he had been de.
prived of his property without due
process of law. The U. S. supreme
court has reversed the decision and
Scott now has legal existence.-Ex
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
WARRANT CALL.
COUNTY TREASURER OTFlcE,
BlAckfOOt, Idaho, April 18th, lssi

CoUETY TREAsUHER's OTFtcE,
BlackfOOt, Idaho, April 18th, lsSi
NOTICE Il hereby given that the following
~ bingham County Warrants viii Dc PAID
upOn Dresentati0n with interest thereon %
date II presente, within sixty bO days from
date OF this notice. Interest Will cease from
aud after this date.
All Warrants on the ROAD FUSD, BRIDGE
FUND. or ROAD ASD BRIDGE FuND, registered
and numbered aS follows
Registered June 9TH 1888, No 81.
July H. 1888, Nos. ~ 70 - Inclusive.
Oct T. iss8 Nos Is "a ~
Jan 70, 1854, Nos. 10 -
H. W CURTIS
Treasurer Of bingham County
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
FREE :: TREE!!!

Any person sending their address
to either of the undersigned agents OF
THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE AND ST. PAUL
RAILWAY.
Steam.heated and archaeological
Trains.
win be sent FREE Of charge a map
of the United States, two feet wide
and three feet wide.
Leave Omaha at 1880 a. m.
Arrive in Chicago 7:l5 a. IN.
Leave Omaha at GAO p. m.
Arrive in Chicago $50 a IN.
JOHN II. KERNE,
Commercial agent.
JOHN II. ALLEN,
Trav. Fl and Pass. Agt, Room Y MOriand
Block, Is W. Second South street, Salt Lake
city Utah. Mention this paper. Box 1851
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
WORTH A PERUSAL.

A COTTON shower, looking exactly
like a anowstorm; is a common sight il
the cottonwood groves in Colorado.
AN autograph letter of Gen. Wash
ington to Col. Hamilton brought forty
two dollars recently alta sale in London.
In the first half of 1894 the produc-
ton of pig iron was l56, 800 gross tons
greater than for similar period of
1898.
A SMALL horse power engine which
is said to make forty-two cigarettes a
minute is the invention of French
man.
ONE BILLION feet of timber per year
is being cut in Texas. At that rate it
will take but fifteen years to exhaust
the supply.
Louis NV had more than one hun
bred nicknames of every degree of re-
spect and contempt, from the Sun of
God to Louis Baboon.
A NUGGET of tin weighing fifty-four
hundred pounds has been found in Tas-
mania, The assay shows sixty-seven
per cent of metallic tin.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
FINANCE AND INDUSTRY.

r. The Denver, Sioux City, Lake Supe-
-rior & Chicago Railroad company has
fled articles to bu lid railroad from
Denver through to minneapolis, ST.
Paul, Duluth, Winnipeg, Galena and
Chicago, Ill. 49,.
Iris the opinion. of the New York
journal of Commerce. after a careful
that, coal gas in the
larger eastern cities Gan be made at a
profit with a price to consumers at Is
cents a thousand feet,
The Tehuantcpec railway, Mexico,
viii be opened soon. The line crosses
tisc isthmus almost north and south
through the states of Vera Cruz and
the first transcontinental line built in
Mexico.
THE coal output of Missouri has in
creased 40 per cent. in the last five
years In 1898 it amounted to 3, 100, Al
tons an increase of 173, 157 tons over 1892
although the number of mines in oper
alton in 1892 was 81 less than in tn,
preceding year
CONSULAR reports show that the con
sumption of Egyptian cotton by tn,
:. New England mills has grown from
nothing ten years ago to more thar
10000 large bales. corresponding il
weight to 10000 American bales, ant
approximately valued at S3,00o,0oo.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04

of the new growth not only puts the
fruit closer. to the ground, but also
prevents the setting of an excessive
crop. 1T is a simple and excellent
method of thinning.
At first, naturally, the growth of the
young tree appears to be quite upright.
In trying to shape it, we must always
bear In mind the effect which bearing
a heavy crop will have on the tree.
The limbs will be bent down, and the
tree, at first showing the form as Illus
trated in Figs 1. will soon assume the
shape shown In Zig. 2. When relieved
of their load Of fruit, the limbs will
spring back, but not fully to their for,
nier position, and every following crop
must naturally bring the limbs down
closer to the ground. This Tendency
should net be ignored when 1--WE are
trying.tpput bead on a. young tree
.American'G af,' ening. =
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04

THE empress of Austria has her hair
shampooed once month. 1t is still
beautiful, luxuriant and perfectly
black, and when let down touches the
ground as she stands, and she is tall.
1t is said the hair wash requires forty
eggs, and the other ingredients are OBJ
tanned from no less than twenty mys-
FERROUS bottles.
ONE of the best-known figures in
Paris is Nine. Yoer, who, upon the
death OF her husband, a reporter. for
the French press, took up his work and
has conducted it with marked enter
prise. In her rounds she,is accompa-
MED by great white poodle called
1.-THE Doctor" who permits no one. to
trife with his mistress. =.
ONE of the authorities ON decoration
in England is Mrs Comyns Carr. She
is the wife of a successful theatrical
manager, and to her ideas on stage
decoration and costume he owes much
of his success. Mrs. Carr has designed
dresses for several of Mr.. Irvings' plays,
and is almost always Miss Terry's chief
counselor ON -wardrobe matters =,
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
THE WHY OF 1T.

Snow is sometimes of a red color, be-
cause of the presence of minute vegc-
table cell, the Protoccus nivalis, which
secrets red coloring matter.
A MATCH ignites because of the heat
generated by friction. Matches are
tipped with phosphorus and sulpher,
both highly infammable substances.
A PLUMB line by the side of a very
large building inelines a. tile from
the perpendicular because t,ic weight
is attracted by the mass of the edificc.
FLIES can walk on the ceiling be-
cause their feet are natural air
pumps, and form a vacuum SO that the
body is supported. by atmospheric pres
sure.
SEA shells murmur because the
vibrations of the air. not otherwise
observable. are collected in the shell
and by its shape are brought to-. q
focus.
A SPOON in glass filled with hot
water prevents the breaking of the
glass because the metal readily alb
serbs a large part of the heat of the
water.
MANY springs are intermittent,
probably because the channels lead
ing from the reservoirs to the surface
are crooked and constitute natural
siphons.
IRON rusts more rapidly when wet
than when dry because it has, or seems
to have, a. greater affinity for oxygen
when the latter is combined with
hydrogen.
A BLACK down grows under the
feathers of many birds at the ap'
proach of winter because down is the
best non conductor and black the
warmest color.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
ORCHARD FERTILIZERS.

Potash and BsEnXard Manure. the Best
! ~. for Peach Trees.
/ The peach tree grows so easily aud
kosidxarfantly, and over such vast
extent of'eoihtry; that few think OF
supplying it with other putrimen,
thanzis found naturally. in the soil
Without dou BIT. this is sufficient in
many cases, particularly in the newer
portions of the country But every
year Of cropping In the usual way
lessons the fertilizing ingredients lait
away in the earth in bygone centuries
and fruit trees, as we'll as corn, wheat
etc, suffer its diininution: Indeed
fruit bearing, particularly bearing
heavy crops of large fine fruit, make.
Foneso the. heaviest drafts. if not the
heaviest of all, on the land. hi
J.. Among fertilizers one of-the most
important for most crops--and partic-
ularly for Fruit trees-is potash in
some form. This is easily applied in
wood ashes, none of which, even il
leached for soap making, should ever
be wasted 1t is very trying to see
ashes emptied ont In the road or by
the side of run as has been observed
more than once. The ashes may be
applied whenever convenient; not
around the trunk where they can do
little good, but scattered over the en-.
tire surface as wide as the branches
extend. Anyone who has tried this
must have noticed the fine growth OF
the trees and the thrifty dark green
of the leaves afterward
1t Is not probable that ashes will
cure the yellows now becoming so
common in some sections, though at
one time there was considerable hope
lin This objections. But prevention is
better than cure, and there is good
reason to. believe. thatsa peach tree
kept .in.gi vigorous health will be able to
,Tesist, She. yellows, just as perfect
health in the human system. prevents
or throws off many forms of disease
.Bapn yard manure is, ALSO good fer.
i:filizer for peach trees as .well'as for
.irosf other sthings dependent on the
soil:$. Bnt it. should be remembered
that : ashes or anything Containing
potash must not be, applied eat the
same timeAwith BaFhFArd Snianure, for
the ammonia, ore d. tie Best; clements
in theila.Stcr, would ,bf. berated by
the 'p6tasf. and foossts. Six months at
least shdh3ds h1te,xeneE'between the
'ahp1icati On of these taSo VALUABLE fer:
tilizers.i heSsbe obabis,, of all fer
tilizfngk rfsfs,sconsidering every.
s.th ing National StoeRpar. !.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
LOW-HEADED TREES,
Fruit-Grower Tells why He Has .
Preference for Them.


Preference for Them.
Should trees be made to- head high
or low, is question quite frequently
discussed by fruit-growers. Opinions
differ. All the arguments in favor of
high-headed trees to which l have
ever listened. however, have not been
able to cure me of decided prefer
ence for low heads. When good
peaches and plums, etc, will grow
just as well within easy reach from
the ground, why shonld we spend
energy and efforts in handling ladders
and climbing around, etc, and at the
same time compel the tree to produce
LOT Of unnecessary wood? The form
which we aim to give to our young
orchard trees is shown in Fig. 1 in IL
lustration. With proper trimming at
planting time and the judiciously rub
bling off suFerfluous sprouts during the
early part Of the first season, the tree
may be depended upon to give you just
about the desired shape, and will re-
quire little attention afterwards ex-
cepta slight annual heading in (cut-
ting back the ends of long branches)
and the removal by rubbing off, of in
side sprouts where too close or in the
way Struggling. growers like Beat
rice, Rivers and others, Of the first
early peaches, require somewhat Sc
verer pruping.s they are always liable
to overbear, and to. set loads of fruit
wav'out to thesSery extremity of the
limbs Cutting off one-third or more
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
POINTERS FOR US ALL.


NEVER did any harm, Ell? Well,
neither did rotten egg.
The pillow would not go deep if the
team had anything to say about it.
LOVE never turns back because it
sees mountain or hears q lion roar
The man who is constantly thinking
evil finds a thousand ways TO speak it.
NOBODY ever made life any brighter
for another by growing and grum-
bling.
If you would sleep well at night, be
wide awake when a stranger seeks
, your confidence. .,.....,4
WHEN you go to war with snake,
the battle ought. to. be with the end
where the head isl ...csee =.
: aTHE Sun will keepright ON shining
no meter. how. much, we may talk
about its black spots.
';Ir is right for charity to begin at
home. but she has mot done her duty
until she has gone all over the world
Rants Horn. rs s1tfs
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
To Prepare Kerosene Emulsion.

. The kerosene Emulsion a ait oIifessof, the
sAandiest and best 4psec ticides Ne have
for Ftains CLASSES az insects. sThere
is aIribst constant inquiry sSsso how
ito make it, Where the. kerosene
emulsion is.baeded only in in small; small guam.
titles, the ssmethodss recommended;
which aTs uSSal " fors large supplies,
are cumbersome. writer IN an east
ern journal gives the following plan;
Pat IN a demijohn, jug efsfarge abpttle
two ounces Of. any hard soap, shaved
sine,s then pour in. a. quart Of hot water
TO dissolve it., and while hot add,a pint
,:of kerosene; Shake the bottle Violent
Iy untifsia milky! tlnid js4 forrasdS with
sno-frse6oil visible. Before using this
dilute it with twice its bulk of warm
water.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1894-10-04
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

THE rock of Gibraltar resembles in
outline lion in resting position.
THE mean annual temperature of the
Arctic regions is below thirty. degrees
Fahrenheit.
A RUNNING bird was said to have been
stung to death by bee at Columbia,
Wis, recently.
The starfish has no. nose, but the
whole of its underside is endowed with
the sense of smell.