Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-09-08
WANT AN OCEAN rR1pa
You MAJ Go to Europe If, You Arc. No,
Afraid TO Work.

Afraid to- Work.
Most people connect with the
thought Of going to Europe an idea
of considerable expense. but there
are MANY people who, GO free.. and
firms that advertise for people who
are willing to go free. This is such
an advertisement:
WANTED Men on cattle steamers TO Eng
land work for passage Apply employment
once, o. c. 81
Not the quickest nor the. laz1est
nor the most comfortable way to get
to Liverpool. but a way that an
swers the purpose OF many people,
and when they are therein Liver
pool or Glasgow-they are just as
much there as If they had gone first
cabin and paid SO manyGollars a day
for seasickness, says the New York
Advertiser
A reporter had hardly entered the
door Of the employment agency on
c. street when two. men came
in together carrying cheap. rope
strapped tin trunk.
'.Is that all?' asked the man at the
desk, addressing one Of the newcom-
ers
That's all 8
''Be here at half past nine to.mor-
row morning. Leave the trunk
there.
The prospective passenger had
been there before and had made his
arrangements. A minute later two
fairly dressed young men came in.
The genius at the desk s.sized them
up with a glance. 1t was just such
look as the pawnbroker gives an
unfamiliar face. The verdict was
unfayorable The men didn': look
enough like work and appeared
rather too prosperous. The fellow at
the desk answered a few questions
with 'yes" and mo- and then asked
abruptly:
Where are you going?n
well, said one Of them. 1--WE
diln't much care. We thought we'd
90 to Paris. .
'We don't run any boats to Paris"
was the serious, quick-spoken re-
ioinder. with an accent and express
sion that plainly meant:
That's all there is to be said,
s'But-m
I'VE don't run any boats to Paris.
Do you belong on the other side?"
''No; we belong hero.
Il thought so. This is intended
for people who have come here from
Europe and want TO get back"
The next man was ragged and had
his coat collar turned up. He wasn't
asked whether he belonged on the
other side; that didn't matter in his
case. He wasn't going on a lark.
/ he knew. The routine OF questions
and answers was gone over like
clockwork. 1t was as simple mat
ter as hiring a man to take a trunk
to South Brooklyn.
The shipment OF cattle to Europe
has grown from 500 head q week ten
years ago to 5000 a week now from
this port. Boston, Philadelphia and
Baltimore being the three Atlantic
ports from which cattle are shipped.
Acquainted With One Nautical Phrase.
Lord Mansfield was presiding at q
trial consequent upon a collision OF
two ships at sea. when a sailor,
while giving testimony, said: AT
the time / was standing abaft the
biunacle. Whereupon his lordship,
with a proper desire to master the
facts OF the case, observed: Stay.
stay minute, witness; you say that at
the time in question you were stand
ing 'abaTt the pinnacle. Now tell me
what is 'abaft the binnacle?'" This
was too much for the gravity of 1.-The
salt" who Immediately before climb
| ing into the witness-box had taken
copious draught of neat rum Re-
moving his eyes from the bench. and
turning round upon the crowded
court with an expression of intense
amusement. he exclaimed at the top
of his voice: Hes a pretty fellow
for judge! Bless my jolly old eyes!
You have got a pretty sort of land
lubber for judge He wants me to
| tell him where 'abaft the pinnacle
is" Not less amused than the wit
ness. Lord Mansfield rejoined: ..Well.
my friend. you must fit me for my
office by telling me where 'abaft the
pinnacle is. You've already shown
me the meaning of 'half-seas over. Z"
--Argonaut.