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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

We think Piso's Cure for Consumption is
the only medicine for coughs.-JASNIE
PIcKNARp, Springfield, ILL.,, Oct l, 1894.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

IL YOU know how 10 spend less than yoJ
get, you have the philosophers stone.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

Little drors of rain brighten the mead
ows. and little drops OF kindness brighter
the word
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

Nan is of too noble and too high birth
to be a slave 10 his tod
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

Ali to what gulf single deviation from
the track of human duties leads.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

Billiard Table, secondhand For sale
cheap Apply 70 or address, H. c. AKIN,
81 s. 18th ST.. Omaha, Seb
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

There is nothing SO powerful as truth
and often nothing so strange
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

H@g@mnn's Camphor lee with GlycerEne.
The original and only genuine Cures Chapped Hands
va Pace, Cold Sores &C, G. O. Clark Co. CT
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

One tan have no greater enemy than q
violent temper.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

Genius begins great works; labor alone
finishes them.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

II the Baby Is Cutting Teeth.
ss sure and use that old and weitried remedy, Mas
W.s.,ow,S soorplso srRur for Children Teething
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

last elaborat. plan II sdrettastax
but before half through, Our ADFERTIsEMEsfe
DisApPRkRED. whyf Because .AE WERE ofKBNHEknKD
WITH BUSINESS There hut thing 20 do: ith4rss
the advertising and every energy filling TIE oE&s
with which flooded. This did ana banded VITA
reasonable prom tness most ensins
AND TWENTY BRANCH HOUSES FR0z WHICH TO BIS
TRiBrTE OUR GOODS, We CAN NOW CARR F0R AL wac
C0AE. Last year could reduce prices because
PEELED way TO limit the demand for Aemotor Eso
We would have been satisfied with lower prices, bat Why
a demand which could sulplFf We have made to
heaviest purchases o. steel and material bought tara
year and unprecedented prices, and have made terms
dealers which enable them 70 make unprecedented prices
In quality character, variety fnish and accessibility q
full stock Of goods and repairs, without copes1ra
in plan Of advertising last proposed o turniAs
feed cutter under certain conditions for as For sa1
did not complete the ADVERTISING and the feed ct
ter net put We propose 70 make amends IN
following manner. We Will in ths pAper
NEW ALItsTFFL VERY SUPERIOR FEED CUTTER, H0RTM
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

''Hanson'a Magic Corn salve."
Warranted TO cure money refunded. Ask yoai
trtiRgtgt for &C. Price IS cents
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-04-20
so at SO

cash with order z Cicaeo Only o erIo1 hf 70
furnish addresses Of nehhrs who ought to have
thing IN line. Cut description and fall informAen
EarduE Il will appear
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-09-19
POETICAL COMPETITION.

A Pleasant Pastime OF Literary Folk I'm
China.
The Chinese have at least one very
gentle and highly civilized amusement
competition in making verses.
Tcheng-Ki-Tong says, in his book,
1.-THE Chinaman at Home:" Instead
of shooting, or playing lawn tennis, or
croquet, our literary folk, as soon as a
certain number of them have a little
time to spare, meet together in turn at
each others houses, and give them
selves up to poetical tournaments. {"
This is done in all parts of China, but
especially in the province of Ful1icn.
AS soon as the players are ready, a
vase Is passed round, and out of it each
draws slip of paper, on which is
written a word denoting what part he
is to take. He may be examiner, copy
ing clerk, or competitor.
When this formality is over, one of
the examiners takes up book and
opens it at random. Another examiner
calls number, say nine. The first ex-
aminer reads the ninth line of the page
at which he has opened, and from this
line phrase or word is chosen as the
subject of composition.
Then a second vase is placed upon
the table, to which bell is attached.
A thread hangs from the bell, and at
the end of the thread is lighted stick
of incense. In about half an hour the
stick burns out, the thread ignites, and
as it snaps, a weight drops, which at
at the same instant rings the bell and
closes the lid of the vase.
The time is up, and no more verses
can be put into the urn. Now the clerks
pour the manuscripts out of the urn,
copy them all on the same sheet of pa
per, to secure anonymity, and SO sub-
NIT them to the examiners. The ex-
aminers compare them, decide upon the
best and the second best. ana one o1
examiners mounts q kind of desk and
| reads or intones the best one.
Each candidate may write and droI
| into the urn as many poems as he
| pleases-before the bell rings-but has
to pay a small fee for each entry. The
money is spent for paper, ink and prizes
A second trial follows Immediately
and the two winners of the first tria
are made examiners in the second one
This may go on for an entire after
noon, and in the evening dinner
brings the fete to an end.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-09-19

A DIAMOND has been inserted in one
of the front teeth of a New York lady,
who of course is wealthy and fashion
able.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1895-09-19
WEEKLY INDEPENDENT.

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tran salissi0n through the ruails second
c lass ,uA!i matter.
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ADVERTISING RATES.

Will be made low as is consistent with
ound business principles. Apply at the Of
dee for terms.
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AN EVENING PAPER,
W. BooHER, Editor and Pro.
SUBSCRIPTION RATES.

One Copy, one year. ...........S8 90
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For any period und,r six months, one dollar
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Delivered by carrier in EIko at Twenty five
Q ents per week.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
Chinese Dowager Empress.

Until last year, notwithstanding her
nominal retirement after the present
Emperor's marriage in 1889, the Dowager
Empress undou btedly continued to exer-
else a paramount authority. That she
possesses energy and ability of high
order is proved by the skill with which
she grasped the reins OF power, IN concert
first with the widow OF the Emperor
Hsien Feng after his death In 1861, and
the tenacity with which she has held
them more or less continuously ever
since. boldly breasting or cunningly cir
cumventing every obstacle that success
sively arose in her path. She has often
been compared to Catherine the Great,
and in everything bat the broader aspect
of statesmanship the analogy is not IN
felicitous-most OF all, however, IN re-
gard to the greed of power. extravaganza
and senSuousness common to both.
The anniversary of her siXtieth birth
day was to have been celebrated last
autumn on scale OF unusual magnit-
canoe. Large sums were sent up from
every province and still larger sums were
levied by the provincial officials as the
free gift of a grateful people. a splendid
road, which at least gives some idea OF
what Chinese roads were like in the days
of the empires prosperity, was built from
Peking to The residence of the Empress
Dowager near the Summer Palace for the
imperial procession to pass over. The
city gate giving access to 1t was restored
The record-union., 1895-11-16

them by European powers. lie shows
that in the last two hundred years for
NAL declarations of war were made in
less than 10 per cent. of the actual
hOstilities. fact that speaks volumes
on the need of being always prepared.
A DAYS WAGES HERE.
Colusa Sun: It has been the habit of
a certain set of political gabbers to
hold up as an example the financial
system of France as something worthy
OF following, but David A. Wells tells
us that the French people are the moss
heavily taxed people on earth-that
i amounts to fully One-fourth the IN
come of the people. He quotes a French
writer as saying that if capital of
$3.50 francs had been invested in ma
tiOnal debt obligations of France in
1912 and allowed to remain subject to
the various changes in respect to capital
and interest, which the financial policy
OF the State has necessitated and re-
QUired under its successive govern
ments. the present value of the invest
ment to the legitimate heirs of the in
vestOr would be but So francs. Interest
beats all kinds of business and specula-
ton, but it seems that taxation. IN a
country held up to us as a model Of
financial wisdom, interest does not beat
taxation but very little. Look at
F'rance!" exclaim some of our fault
finders. "Look at MeXicot" say others
why are not we prosperous like those
countries?" And these appeals are
made to wage -earners in the face of the
fact that a days wages will buy more
in the United States than in any other
country in the world, and more here to-
day than on any other day. And so il
goes that man never is, but always to
be, blessed"
The record-union., 1895-11-16
RAILROAD CHANGES.
some That Will Go Into Effect the
Gaming Week.

some That Will Go Into Effect the
Coming Week.
Several changes have been decided on
Oh Wednesday next.
The overland train from the East, now
arriving at $40 y. H., will arrive at 4:30
D. NJ. and the time from Chicago will be
but three days.
Tho train now leaving here at 6:5O p.
m. for Stockton and the south will leave
at 4:40 p. H., and passengers for Los
Angeles will reach there at 10 q. 10. the
next day.
The accommodation train from Stock
ton that now arrives at $50 p. III. will ar
rive at p. III.
Some changes will go into effect on
the Placerville route, tie most impor-
tant of which is one that will give a
Sunday train from Placerville to this
6:45 a. M, and Folsom at SO u. ~, ar
irving here at 9:l5. Returning, it will
leave Sacramento at 5:I0 p. m. Folsom q
D. IN. and arrive at Piacerville at $40
p. m.
The accommodation train for Folsom
and Placerville Will leave Sacramento at
Z a. m. instead of $50 q. M, as now, and
returning 1t will arrive III sacramento at
4:l0 p. IN. instead OF Il:05 a. M, as at pres
ent.
1t is expected that all of these changes
will be very popular with the travelling
public. The fast time between here and
Chicago will make 1t possible for one to
make the round trip. there and return,
within week. while the changes on the
Placerville line Will greatly Accommodate
people along that route.
The record-union., 1895-11-16

star whose brilliaucy should represent
their union, and thus symbolic in the
flag the origin and progress OF the coun-
try" He also recommended the motto
"E Pluribus Unum," and that there
should be the addition of a star for each
new State. The committee adopted Mr..
Reid's suggestions and presented them in
an elaborate report. accompanied by a
bill " hich failed of passage. The subject
was recurred to at the subsequent ses-
sion and passed. 1t was approved by the
President April 4, ISIS.
1t WAS by this Act that July 4th was
fixed for the admission of new States,
the second section providing THAT on
the admission of every new State into
the nion, one star shall be added TO the
union of the flag, and that such addi-
ton shall take effect OH the Fourth
of July next succeeding such admls-
sion"
Mississippi having been admitted to
the Union in 1917, and illinois in 1878,
the new flag which was first raised over
the hall of Congress April IL, 1918. con-
sisted OF thirteen stripes aud twenty
stars. The new law went into effect July
4, 1918, and except for the fultillment of
the provision for adding stars as the
number OF States increased and the re-
arrangement OF the stars made necessary
10y the same circumstance, there has been
no change since. Tie next addition to
the Union was Alabuma, admitted in
1919, and then followed Maine. 1920, and
Missouri in 1921. Fifteen years elapsed
before another star was added 10 the
group, when Arkansas became a State in
1856 and Michigan followed in 1887.
Florida and Texas were both admitted in
1915, Iowa III 1916. Wisconsin in lS4S, and
California in 1890. Them another long
period elapsed before Congress could
agree on the admission Of States though
the subject was constantly under discus
sion and provoked bitter contention at
times.
In 1858 Minnesota was added to the list
and III 1859 Oregon was accepted in the
sisterhood. Kansas followed in 1861,
West Virginia in 1868. as a war measure.
Nevada in 1864, and Nebaska in 1867.
There was no other addition for nine
years when Colorado was adopted into
the family more as an event of the cen
tennial anniversary than because there
was any desire TO increase the number
of States. In 1889 four new States were
added. They were North and South
Dakota, Montana and Washington. In
1890 Idaho and Wyoming were admitted,
and the last Congress passed the Act ad-
mitting Utah, which will be consum-
mated on the Fourth of July next ac-
cordiug to law and precedent.-Chicago
Times Herald.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
SOCIAL AND PERSONAL

T. g. Akers of Truckee is IN the city.
II. r. McNoble came over from Stock
ton yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. i. A. Pfueger of Akron,
o., are at the Golden Eagle.
Miss Rose Ostrom of Reeds Station is
visiting friends in this city, and is the
guest OF Mrs. T. VI. Eby.
DIR. c. b. Nichols, knights of Pythias
Brigadier- General. has just returned
from an official trip to southern cities.
J. Hamilton Howe, Musical Director of
the grand concert for the benefit OF tie
Children's Hospital OF San Francisco.
which is to take place on the 18th and
20th, was in the city last night, rehearsing
the sacramento mem bers who are to take
part.
w. w. Chaplin and his father, w. C.
Chaplin, went East about six weeks ago.
The son returned yesterday, while his
father went Oh to make tour OF Europe.
They took in Chicago. New York and the
principal places North and South. They
happened 10 be in the Old Blue Grass
State on election day at Newport, and
MIR. Chaplin says that while Californians
imagine they haye some pretty wild cleo
ton days, they are no comparison to
those in Old Kentucky. After the re-
turns came in and they found the State
had gone Republican the scene was in-
descrl baDle.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
CAPTAIN HOWGATE.
Nothing But Executive Clemency Ca
Save Him From Prison.

Nothing But Executive Clemency Can
Save Him From Prison.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-THE Dis
trict Court of Appeals to-day. in an opin-
ion delivered by Justice Morris, sus-
tanned the verdict of the Criminal Court
in the case OF Captain II. w. Howgate,
the former disbursiug officer of the Sig
nal Service. The Criminal Court fl ed
his term of Imprisonment at eight years.
Captain Howgate's counsel says the last
act has been performed SO far as the
courts are concerned, and nothing can in
tervene but executive ciemency to pre-
vent Howgate serving his time in the
Albany Penitentiary. The prisoner was
removed 10 the District Jail, where he
will remain a few days to permit him to
close up his business affairs, prior to his
removal to Albany to serve his sentence.
He was accompanied to Jail by young
woman who had just been convicted OF
DIgamy.
The record-union., 1895-11-16

in all the pristine glory of quantity
carved and painted architecture, and
every house and shop along the road
blossomed out into a galaxy of newly
gilded signboards and many-colored
woodwork.
But the disasters of the war shed a
gloom over the outward celebration, and
il Is believed, for a time at least, dis
turbed the tilial piety OF which it was in
tended to be the crowning Illustration.
How far the Empress Dowager's in
fluence has been permanently shaken it
is impossible to say, but there were un-
doubtedly stormy scenes within the
palace, of which an unmistakable echo
reached the outside world in the pubIica-
ton of memorial from one of the CEN
sors vigorously denounciug the banelul
effects of 'petticoaf' government. The
very mild punishment inflicted upon the
author OF this philippe showed the senti-
ments expressed in it to have been
viewed, to say the least, with consider
able leniency in the highest quarters
London Times Correspondence.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF STATE
Harbor Commissioners, 40. 10 California
street San Francisco, Cal, November I,
1899.
Sealed proposals will be received at this
office at or prior to > o'clock p. m. on
Tuesday, December 10. 1898, for furnishing
TIE materials and building the Union De-
pot and Ferry House ca the water front
OF the city and county OF San francisco
i'll accordance with plans and Specltica-
| tons prepared therefor by 4. Page Brown,
architect which can be seen at the office
Of said architect, in the Crocker building,
/ San Francisco. Blue prints will be fur
nished TO intending bidders on depos1ting
! SD for their return WlthIn ilNe days. BldS
are invited on the following classltcatiOns
| of work as required by an Act of the Leg
! islature, approved March y lS91
l. For the masonry work, including all
brick stone terra Gotta and fire prooting.
=. For the iron work.
B For the carpentering, plastering and
4. For the plumbing and gasftting.
j. For the timing and galvanized iron
work.
6. For the painting.
No bid will be received unless made on a
blank form furnished by the architect and
unless it is accompanied by a certified
check for per cent of the amount of the
bill payable to the order Of the Secretary
OF the board, as q guarantee on the part
of the successful bidder that he will within
SIX days after the acceptance of his bid
enter into a written contract to do SAID
work according to the plans and Specltica-
tons prepared therefor, and will agree to
the conditions and terms as embodied in
and annexed to said specifications, and
will also execute and file with this board
q good and sufficient bond, to be approved
by said board, in such amount as it shall
direct, and conditioned for the faithful
performance of such contract; nor viii
any bid be considered by this board unless
delivered to the Secretary or Assistant
Secretary at the Office Of the Secretary,
No. 10 California street, at or prior to
o'clock p. m on Tuesday December TO-
1855, at which time and place the bids will
be opened.
The board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids if deemed for the best in
terests of the State.
Bidders are invited to be present at the
| opening of the bids.
DAN. e. COLE,
+. s. CHADBOURNE,
Board of State Harbor Commissioners.
]. j. keegan, Secretary. n11-till d10
The record-union., 1895-11-16
THIS WAS AN INVENTION INDEED
How Woman's skill Revolutionized
Great Industry.

Great Industry.
Among the inventions of women on
exhibition at Atlanta is one interesting &
for two reasons-the first that it dates
from period before women were ac-
counted active in any but the domestic
world; and the second, that 1t deals with
a department OF industry into which
women venture at the risk of being sus-
pected of scant knowledge and less ex-
perience-that of mechanics.
This Is the straw-sewing machine.
which is entered by the Committee on In
ventions by permission OF its inventor,
Mrs. Mary z. Carpenter Hooper of this
city. Although its patent has now ex-
pired, and its usefulness in part done
away with, this little machine, not SO big
as a type writer, worked revolution in
great industry, and to-day there is not
one inch OF straw braid sewn into hats by
machinery anywhere in the world that
does not employ part Of Mrs. Hooper's S
invention to accomplish the Work.
Mrs. Hooper is the daughter of a former
New York lawyer, whose fingers itched
with inventive skill, while he kept them
bound with the red tape of his profession,
SO the source of Mrs. Hooper's inventive
faculty is not hard to find. 1t was while
she was still Miss Carpenter that she
learned through some Interested friends
of the curious state OF affairs In the straw
sewing trade. \ D To tnat tlm6, 1871, tn6ro
had been but one practical straw-sewing
machine invented, which machine was
controlled and used by combination of
three or four firms engaged in the manu-
iacture of stra aw hats and bonnetS. 1t was
called the Bosworth machine. and was
immensely valuable, although the oper-
ator had to be an expert before she could
make a hat, as the sewing had to be done
back ward, from the brim to the crown,
and when done the hat was wrong side
out, q condition which often resulted in
breaking the straw while it was being
turned right.
AS Miss Carpenter had shown herself
possessed OF pronounced inventive skill,
OF which the patent office already bore
record, these facts were pointed out to
her by some of the leading manufacturers,
who were obliged to sew all their straw
goods by hand, and she was encouraged
TO attempt to make new machine which
could be generally used. In 1872 she re-
ceived patent for her fret model Of
machine, but it was not satisfactory to
herself, and no second machine was built
from it. A second attempt, year or two
later, did not yet fulfill all the require
ments she strove for, but in June, 1870,
Miss Carpenter completed machine that
could make hat from its tip or top to
the outer edge of the brim without taxi
ing it from the machine, and when 1t was
finished it was right side out and did not
have to be turned, and, moreover, con-
cealed the stitch, result heretofore un-
accomplished. New York Times.
The record-union., 1895-11-16
BACKED A TYPEsETTING MACHINE
An Experiment Which Cost Mark
Twain His Fortune.


Mark Twain owes his strapped" con-
dition, which he is no longer averse to
having known, almost entirely to q wild
discrimination to be the proprietor of a
typesetung machine. Other losses are
mentioned as having caused his embar-
rassmsnt. but all his other losses together
would not have Impoverished hi III il by
any means he could have been restrained
from throwing good dollars after bad in
the effort 10 develop the Paige typeset-
ting machine. He sunk over $500, 900 in
that effort, although the amount is usu-
ally spoken of as much less. The Paige
was the most wonderful mechanism ever
devised, and the more wonderful il grew
the more worthless 1t became. IL was SO
elaborate that when taken to pieces there
were 10000 OF them and il took up more
room than grand piano. Only one ma
chine WAS ever built, and that set up type
at very rapid rate. but if more machines
had ever been built they would have cost
$4,000 each.
s. The linotype machine, costing $1,000,
did the same work in a much better
fashion. and required no type at all, but
only type metal The curious thi
about 1t is that Mr.. Clemens was be-
sought TO put his money into the linotype
company when 1t was Il struggling con-
cern, but he went to Washington, look ed
1t over and declared that it was worthless.
Ii he had invested his $780, 900 in that en-
terprise he would have got at least 81, :
000.000 out of il, for the stock has more
than quadrupled in value since that tlme
This experience should have given him a
healthy distrust of his own Judgment an
a business man. He incurred nearly all
his obligations in the Paige affair in de-
tiance of the counsel OF his legal advisers
or without their knowledge. and was al
ways binding himself to pay more
money, and asking them what they
thought about it siterward. There ar Q
few instances of so much money having
been sunk in any worthless invention by
one man.-Boston Herald,