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

A Tool HOUSE Farmers should
always have tool houses, and at this
season of the year should give their
farm machinery n complete overhaul.
ing. ana put everything in readiness
Tor use. The plows, the harrows, the
Jewelers., the rollers, the haryesters.
hay staclSers and everything that will
be used for the coming season should
be completely overhauled during the
winter months and fitted for the fleld.
The bolts should all be frightened. tho
breakage mendcd, fresh coat OF
paint would be good also: besides All
the joints should be cleaned. and
everything put to right as II new. 80
when the time comes for use there will
be nothing to do but hitch on tho
team, apply little oil II needed, and
go TO work.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

THE Georgia Experiment station has
been making some experiments 90
ascertain what disposition of a crop Of
COW pea vines would give the best eco
nomic results The following cpnclu-
sions were reached "a That the beat
disposition OF u crop Of field peas IA %
convert the vines into hay ~ The
next best Is To permit the peas 20 q per
and gather them or pasture them
t3l Moving the vines and permitting
them % lie on the surface and pillow
ing under In November was decidedly
better than turning the vines under IN
August tIt Turning the vines under
green gave the poorest economic re-
suits II would seem that turning
under crop Of green pea vines in
midsummer or early fall ia not the
proper thing TOT do. The vines prob
ably added as much 70 the soil when
turned under green as when cut and
left on the surface, or as when the
ripcncd peas were picked and the stub
bic turned under after frost In both
cases, where the vines were cut and
left on the surface and where the peas
were gathered, the ground was turned
over early in November l.ut the
turning under Of the green vines be.
fore the hot weather WINS over seemed
TO result In some deleterious action ~
the soil
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

EVERY man cannot scale the wall
that surrounds business success.
Many have attempted it with a
ladder that has proven too short.
The'man who is most likely to gain
the summit is he who uses advertis-
ing as his ladder.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
AZ EIonuent GeneraI.

General Skobeleff believed in briefly
addressing men and stating clearly
what was expected of them before
leading them to an attack. lie had Il
fine command of language and per
sonal magnetism that INSPIRED the
confidence which impels masses Of men
to concerted action. On one occasion
he had ordered certain colonel to
carry out an important plan. Before
moving To its execution, the colonel
attempted to address his regime Mt;
but. not having the trick Of speech,
Numbered for words and finally broke
down. When Skobeleff could stand it
no longer. he turned sharply on the
colonel, saying, so the regiment could
hear il: IF, at "A moment like this
words fail you. IL is because you
haven't any clear idea of what you
propose TO do. At times like this. the
heart will speak; and If the heart
doesn't speak, it is because you
haven't any heart for the fight. 3"
Then, with few inspiring words, he
sent the regiment flying to its charge
--Argonaut,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

NOVELIST Howells is reported as
saying that he knows it would do
him good to chop wood or dig pota-
toes a couple OF hours every day.
Many unfortunate persons who have
tried to read certain novels might
be persuaded to say that it would do
them lots OF good if Mr. HowelIs
would adopt either wood chopping or
potato digging as a regular and ex-
elusive avocation. The danger is
that ii the latter we're chosen the
potatoes would be sure to turn out
small.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

The books of one pawnbroker in
Philadelphia show that from l23
loans. aggregating $2,11O, he re-
ceived interest in seven weeks
amounting to $2,0)450, which was
at the rate of 720 per cent per an
mum. 1t is precisely this kind Of ex-
torti0n that a lot of philanthropic
men OF New York purpose to break
up by establishing a loan Office that
will lend money to people who are
hard-Dressed, and loan it. too, at the
bare cost Of maintaiuing the loan
Office. The ease in Philadelphia is
not isolated. Such cases are com
mon In New York and they can be
found in other cities.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

TWENTY-FIVE young women were
graduated in the womau's law class
of the university of the city of New
York last week. These young women
are not to practice law but will en-
deavor to reap the benefit of their
instruction by applying it to their
own affairs That was Portals idea
She studied law for the purpose of
looking out for herself and for a
young man in whom she was inter-
es ted
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

Mss ALICE G. YfNGsr of Pennsyl-
.vania, it is announced. is on her way
to meet and marry Mr.. Harry Graf
ger of Idaho. II is stated in so many
words that she never saw Mr.. Graf.
ger, and further that she weighs 1913
pounds, which is polite way OF say
ing that Mr.. Crater never saw her.
Modern newspapers leave much to
reason, presenting. in this day and
age, that people can put two and
two together.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

SHEER DocToEs THEMSELVES ~ vet
erinarjan says: In the state Of New
York the older farmers would go into
the woods and cut down pine and hem.
lock boughs, and draw them into their
sheep yards. They said the sheen
needed something green. but the fact
IS they needed something else. The
sheep is by nature his own doctor. and
when he is allowed 20 run out in the
fields he will eat bitter weeds that no
other animal will touch. Now, he
doesn't always eat those weeds be.
cause he likes them, but because IL IL
necessary for his own medicine aud
nutrition, perhaps To- a certain extent.
Many OF these weeds, II we examine
them, we find to be anthromctic. That
is one reason why sheep love the pine
ooughs. Consequently II I am going to
Introduce any medicine whatever 10
sheep, it would be in the nature Of tur.
pentine or tar
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

THE president Of Honduras is in a
hurry to have the ex-president shot.
This haste is not unnatural. The
president knows that the whirligig
of time may see him wearing the
fatal EEK" himself, and the gentle.
man now endangered by it placed in
a position to do the shooting How
ever. the outcome is unimportant.
The evidence is ample that any man
who would be president in Honduras
ought to DE shot.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

SoROS.s has been wrestling with
the subject, shall fairy tales for chill
dren be banished from literature? ?
Certainly not. Do away with the
COLLINS and the man eaters and all
the horrors of supernatural lore, but
give to youth the good fairies and
enchanted princesses in large doses
Nothing stirs the imagination Of a
child. awakens the dormant poetic
impulse and dispcls the clouds OF
life's gloomy realism like a good
fairy story.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

i Internal FMrhsAtns IN 'hI-h
| n ID. Smead, v. s., says: Nhat the
farmer wants to know is now 20 cur
his animals when they are sick. nc
oa ,1 INIT little about the parasites,
hacterial germs or other things which
nrcduce these diseases. He wants a
ip,,.sscrintioh that win knock these
PARASITES or bacterial germs higher
Than Gilderoy's kite was said 20 have
flown. and he wants the medicine SO
nrepared that he will not be put 70 any
special trouble in the administration
! ~ n. | want to say TO that farmer
/ that he never will find any such anti
| dote. | want to hammer into that
farmers brain the fact, that when one
animal (the sheeplis attacked by LOW
! or more animals in the form OF worms
or other parasites, and the sheep mas
/ been proved upon by them for months
until there is scarcely any vitality LETT
| in It's system, il is mighty poor time
10 begin to doctor IT, Some say there
| Is no use 10 doctor a sheep, they Wall
/ die anyway, and they will II the owner
is going TO wait until the sheep is near
Il ly dead before he commences the
/ treatment, or wait until fifty per cent
or more OF the flock is Aillng before ne
i thinks il worth while 10 try to cure
them. These internal parasites ia the
near future are liable 10 cause consider
/ able trouble in all parts of this country,
and il is highly proper for all sheep
owners to prepare for H. When disease
of that kind appears in hock NIP u
in the bud The treating OF all these
diseases of.a parasitic origin is like put
ting out a fire; when first kindled q
| quart of water may subdue H. but
| when once under way a fire engine
throwing a stream OF water can not
stop il. The first thing TO do whenever
a sheep or lamb is manifesting any OF
the symptoms that have mentioned,
is TO take that sheep or lamb from the
flock Don't take any risk In these
things by leaving them in the Hook,
You may not sustain loss by allowing
them to remain, but IL is far better 70
go safe in these matters Now for
medical treatment ! am not going 10
give you any sure cures, for have
none to give. Neither am going TO give
you remedy with long name that
you have 70 send 20 Alaska or the sand
witch islands To- find, but a simple,
common remedy, and one that ! be-
lieye, all things considered, 70 be just
AS effectual as any. The oil, or com.
monty called the spirits OF turpentine.
has long been used in domestic and
veterinary practice as an authilmintlc.
Other remedies like sAutOnine, areca
nut, extract OF malefern, and some
others have in measure supplRnted Il
in domestic use for the destruction %
internal parasites Of the sheep con,
slider II the best and cheapest remedy
that am acquainted with. Now how
shall II be- given? II Is OF an irritating
fiery nature, consequently we must
mix il with some OF the oils. and raw
linseed oil is rs cheap as any, 70 we
will use that. A dose OF the turprn
tine for full grown sheep Is table.
spoonful when used a. an intestinal
worm destroyer. For lung worms one
third or one half the quantity
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

STANTON ABBOTT. one of England's
lightweight pugilists, has declared
his intention to become an American
citizen. Win the band please shut
of God Save the Queen and strike
up 1.-The Star-Spangled Banner?n
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

PRINTERS INK compares an adver-
tisement to an electric current. The
newspaper is the switchboard. The
advertisement is the operator When
the advertiser would electrify the
public he manipulates the switch
board, and the powerful current
which he so thoroughly controls en-
livens the community and often
shocks or even kills a competition.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Red Uniforms.

According to the report prepared by
the war department red uniforms
were first adopted by the Emperor
Valerius Jaximus in order that the
Roman soldiers might not be fright
ened by the sight of their own blood
To this day the children Of England
are told that this is the reason why
French troops wear red trousers and
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

JUsTICE must have worn her seven
league dongola boots yesterday. At
least it naturally so appears to the
youth who tried to kiss girl against
her will and got bullet IN his ARA
before he had chance to think.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
An Imitation RelIe.

cone of the attractions at Libby
prison in Chicago was stump sup
posed to be the one from Anderson
Vile which stood over spring" said
family named Floyd now own the
l.. T. Arnold to a reporter "A
land where the Andersonville prison
stood, and one of the ladies of the
family went to Chicago in company
with a party Of friends. When in the
course Of their visits TO the objects of
interest around the city, they came to
Libby prison. Mrs Floyd was nat
urally much interested when the at
tendant showed her the stump said to
have come from her farm. II was a
good imitation, and She thought at
first that they had bought it or stolen
it the day after she left home
How long have you mad it2' she
asked.
Three months
II guess you are mistaken; ! own
that farm, and the stump was there
when left home week ago
And the stump is still in Georgia,
where it stood during the war"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

THE people cheer the Emperor
William, it is true, but the season
has not arrived in Europe when an
snnointed royalty feels itself safe in
laying aside its heavy bullet-prooI
underwear.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

SQUASH Pr WrrnoUr Eogs --RuLa
the squash in the she'll, when done, re.
move with spoon and mash through
a colander. For one pie take eight
tablespoonfuls Of the squash, half a
cup OF sugar and one and one.third
cups OF boiling milk. Pour the mill,
slowly over the squash, beating rapid
~ meanwhile, to make the mixture
light. Bake in one crust. Squash IA
preferred by many people TO pumpkin.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

During the hurried and fatiguing
retreat of General Steele's army from
Camden back TO Little Rock, after the
disastrous defeat of Banks by Kirby
Smith, when the latter turned his at.
tention to us, with the laudRble in
tention and full expectation of COB
bling us in, we had for ten days or
more to run a race against time, with
an overpoweringly superior force of
the victorious enemy.
The writer distinctly remembers
that for eight days and nights he never
even loosened the saddle-girth on his
poor horse, whose back was ruined, L
huge blister appearing the size of the
Mcclellan saddle-tree when it was
taken off
Much suffering, of course was
caused, not only by forced marches,
but because we were out of rations,
having been obliged to destroy most
OF our wagon train. The cavalry, to
which the writer belonged, did not
suffer so much in this respect, as by
cutting out on side roads they secured
many Southern hams, besides flour,
meal, chickens, and like additions TO
our supplies for the inner man. The
infantry, however, could not make
these raids, and therefore suffered
much more, many of them being liter
ally starved out.
One day, as the writer was return
ing from a very successful foray with
half dozen fine hams strung on his
saddle, a package of sausage, and
pillow-case filed with -four, ne rode
by numbers of foot-sore comrades
struggling along in every stage of ex-
haustiou. too tired, in fact, to indulge
in the usual gibes with which the in
fantry were wont to regale the ears
of a cavalryman when riding by them.
Finally a young infantry soldier,
mere boy, who was disconsolately sit
ting on the roadside, as was passing
him, ventured timidly to address me:
'oh, pard you've got such lot Of
nice meat there; won't you please let
me have just little slice off one Of
those hams? I wouldn't ask You, but
indeed | haven't had but just two
bareback since we began the retreat,
an ate the last OF them yesterday,
and I'm just starving.
looked at him. His face was more
eloquent than his words; his lips
trembling with emotions he vainly
strove to hide.
80 you would like just little
slice?" said |. Well, pard, you can't
have little slice; but there. " and /
detached ham and handed it To
him. Just you take this ham and
slice it to suit yourself, and divide il
with any Of your comrades who are
as hungry as you are; and don't you
ever think the cavalry boys are all
hogs after this. :"
never saw more joy displayed on
human face. lie grasped the ham,
as if he feared it might escape him
and said:
Pard, do you mean that can have
it all?n Then, as nodded, May Col
Almighty bless you, pard II ever /
hear anyone say word against the
cavalry again III stand up for them
for what you have done for me. was
just played out, but I'm all right
now" And his knife was out and he
was cutting and eating raw ham as
babe him good-by and rode on
National Tribune.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

WHITE POUND CAKE.-One cnn 20
fine white sugar and half cup OF hui.
Ter, beat TO n cream and add the whites
Of two eggs, then beat ten minutes
one teasPoontul cream tartar, half a
eaSpooniul soda, half cup sweet
milk, one and one.half cups -four, one
teaspooniul lemon extract. Beat All
together fifteen minutes
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
ELECTRICITY.

Nor is the end yet. The road COM
mission appointed by the governor last
winter to Investigate the subject of
improving our public highways IS quite
likely to report adversely TO the use
of stone and gravel in the construction
of free turnpikes on the more import
ant roads. A part of the membership
Of this board is known to favor the use
OF steel rails. The plan is, that inn
portant roads shall be traversed by
electric cars, which will not only
transport passengers at frequent in-
tervals, but also, with night trains,
haul produce TO market. II would be
folly TO predict failure for this plan,
for already suburban trains are run
between adjoining cities, aud roads
are in process of construction in many
parts OF the state. There seems TO be
no limit to the skill and inventive
genius of man, and the day may not
be far distant when the. services of
horses will be dispensed with in ordi-
nary country travel II is insisted
that II is not question of possibility,
but-"how soon we shall be able To
connect our individual trolley with the
public electric wire and bowl across
the country independent OF horses.
Who shall say that in the near future
the Young man, with his carriage
equipped with storage battery, may
not 20 for a ride with his best girl, in
which event the material for "a spark
would be an unfailing accompani.
ment?
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

The advent OF the bicycle has also
contributed to the general slaughter
of price and demand for horses Large
numbers of men and wome who, until
recently, kept horse each, either for
pleasure or business, have purchased
wheel and disposed Of the horses
Again, / notice that on the sth Of
November last, the first canal boat in
the world 70 be propelled byelectricity
plowed the waters of the Erie canal.
IL is expected that at an expense Of 50
cents per day per boat for electricity
furnished by Niagara falls, boat will
be sent from Buffalo to New York in
much less time than at present, and
with no outlay for driver hay, oats or
horse flesh. II would not be so bad II
this were all. Did you notice the re-
port OF the international meeting Of
scientists held at Chicago during the
Worlds Fair, and that they discussed IL
all seriousness the question OF a flying
machine? Ten years ago this body
would have ridiculed the idea, but to-
day these learned and dignifed men
declare, in all seeming sincerity, that
the time is coming, and early too, when
men will fly where and when they
please, and from dizzy heights
look down upon those of us
who content ourselves with tile snail
like pace of the old-fashioned horse
You will admit that good part Of this
review recounts facts accomplished
A part, it is true. is speculation, yet
who dare say, that is conversant with
the development OF the last decade,
that 1t will not be realized in the de
cade TO come?
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

This change is due to several causes,
among which can be numbered the
general depression in business circles.
There are, however, causes that will
not be removed by return of business
prosperity. First, the quite general
introduction Of cable and electric cars
within the past i've years. Within this
time the demand for horses for the
street car service has practically
ceased. The influence OF this alone can
hardly be estimated. The life of the
street car horse was exhaustive and
therefore brief, and to supply his place
gave a steadiness to the horse market.
The change in the motive power OF
street cars not only cut off the demand.
but the thousands of horses already in
use, now no longer needed, have found
their way back into the country and
are to-day distributed upon our farms
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Sgritulture.
Lessenlnr Demand tor Horses.

The following is from an address by
Hon. T. A. Derthick, Mantua, o., be-
fore the students of the School Of Ag.
riculture of the Ohio state university:
The breeding of horses has hereto
fore been profitable feature of agri-
culture, and its Generalization is no
doubt an important contributor to the
depression that is said to overshadow
the vocation of the farmer. If our
surplus horses could be disposed of, as
in former times, it would relieve the
stringency felt upon most farms in two
ways. First, by the money received
for the horses, and then by the release
of thousands of tons of hay and grain
now held to feed to Improbable stock.
1t is impossible, however, TO dispose OF
any but the more desirable animals
and these at prices greatly reduced.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
BETTER HORSES.

At all events steam, electricity, the
waves and the wind are all competing
for the honor of ministering TO the
wants OF man, and have been saving
all this to establish this one point,
namely: The majority Of farmers must
make a change in the number and
character Of the horses bred and reared
upon their farms. Fewer animals and
of better quality must be the watch
word to insure success. There are
thousands Of idle horses in Ohio to-
day that will not sell for an amount.
on April next, that will balance the
value Of the hay and grain consumed
by them during the winter. Speaking
in general terms believe the time Is
past and gone forever when an indif.
ferent horse of any age or condi.
ton can be sold for price in excess
of the cost of rearing II is doubt.
full IL a horse can be brought to
maturity, or four years old, for less
than one hundred dollars (sI0O), and
believe that certainly 80 per cent Of
the sound horses in Ohio can be bought
for less than s1OO Where then is the
profit? Some one has lost money.
Upon the other hand, do not think
the time will ever come when the
DuSlhebS cOHultioh u bne country Is
normal that horse Of fine form and
great powers of endurance, or an
animal OF good form, fine style and
action. will not sell for a price that
will compare favorably in profit with
other lines in agriculture. If then
these propositions be true Il follows
that the business of breeding horses
upon the farm must be reduced to that
same system which has become neces-
sary in every other line of farming.
That is close attention to details. We
should use not only thoroughbred sires,
but dams possessing individual merit.
Harmonious crosses. one that will
produce colt bred for specific 2ur-
pose.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02

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

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

TDIIccEo nEFoRMITr BHAcEa.
nUOOEN, Hnbber geods. optical Gooas.
FhTslciaus auppira etc Nah
orders solicited. Aloe peHfaId 90 1908 Farnsm 81
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1894-06-02
Paxton & Gallagher

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