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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
Nursery Electricity.

..r,aetricity il coming into such ~
,,,,i,r use that il win soon ind its way
Irto the nursery" said an electrician
Is a reporter recently "lt has alFeaus
gor as FAR as the play room. Your poS
can buy a motor. with which ne can
run the machinery ~ toy factory y
any other sort " miniature methahlN'1'.
Nor a IIttIe more money h. eau S"t
motor ana battery combined, Out l.r
ingenious youngster prefers ~ mas
his n,vn battery All he has 70 10 = 70
,at \ Jar two or three little plates oil
,r,rb0p and zine and small quantity
IN so-callsd 'electropOiu solution ~
solution K composed % b,chromatt y
nnrash sulphuric acid, btsulphatt OF
mercury and water
"The ingenious ypungster atOrrsal ~
hours this solution into thr jar. an "
IL he immerses his zine unl ciFp"u
plates connecting these hy 4 couple ~
wires with his little motor Iht eh'lh.
l,-tl action SET % "a tha jar cns'udrrS
enough electricity % run the mut0r !
ann,t know ~ any more lustru tive
TOW fOr boy. and 1t has the advantage
OF cutApuFsSa AIH yhNhtt - 49,
the century II much Interested IN tt1e
rudlments 81 electricity, and what =
learned Id the nursery Is apt q Lead e
important inventions iu this lime when
the young America 81 to-day i grow 2
10 adult age
MANY hOuschollrrs now purchase
the simple apparatus Or electric bile
and burglar alarms, putting hem "
themselves. or late the b IA sch0D
students have been doing 4 good den
81 this SORT IL thing tha .lnt being sug
.rstrd d them hy the Studies rlrc
tries which they are pursuing ~ th'
rolurrd high school IA ilre say yut
know lessons iu electrical science ar
being given " the boys ana Zlrls WIN
are taught the rudWents 10 WI
equipped laboratory
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

Sometimes. amid the noisy rafting
maze
OF moving carts, will some great vas
on tire IT,. ,,,,e
-scrape from my side struggling me
of fire ,..z
AS if to mock my dreams Of firier days
Outlines am caressed. and then again
Will little folks. in passing ara"
away
with timid. awe-hlled eyes and point
and say ,,,.
In lowered tones: 1T killed the solaieF
men!
But best Of all love an old tar's grip
1t starts my heart upon an old-elihe
tack
To have sailor stop and stroke my
back.
For was mounted once upon a ship.
A while ago the soldiers passed this
way
with flower loads. the hero's graves 70
deck.
And one tossed this solled wreath
about my neck,
Then. chuckling, hobbled of; DID,
manned and gray.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

A correspondent, writing TO South
African contemporary. supplies what
he states is the true story Of the death
Of the great Matabele chief, Lobengula,
It is a pathetic story. The correspondent
relates: 'Lobengula, suffering from
smallpox, worn out by his long flight,
disappointed in his hope Of peace, and
altogether broken down by the loss Of
his country, his power, and possessions,
came to a halt at last among the noun
tafns north Of the Shanghai river. Here
he begged his witch doctor to give him
poison with which to end his life, but
the man refused. The despalring chief
went up a hill to the foot Of the crag
which tops 1t, and, sitting there. ne
gazed for long time at the sun as 1t
slowly sank toward the west. Then de-
scending, he again demanded poison or
his doctor and insisted till finally 1t was
given to him. Once more ascending
the slope, he seated himself against the
crag, took the poison. and gazed at
the setting sun, stolidly awaiting the
death which presently put an end to
his sufferIngs and his blood-stained life.
There is something pathetic and grand
+ in the picture. 1t Is the last scene Of
\ the great epic, the conquest OF Mata-
/ beIeland His followers found him seat
4 ed there in death, and, piling stones and
rocks around him, they left him. Wheth.
er he was placed in his royal chair
/ fanked by guns and covered over with
his blankets or other possessions. al
described in the South African Review
know not. All this may be true, ant
also that a strong pallsade Of tree
trunks was planted around the spot
but give the story as 1 heard 1t, anc
believe that, as 1t emanates from Mr.
Dawson. It Is the correct one"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

One day in the Latin class he was
wrestling with the sentence, REX
fugit' With painful slowncss nc
translated It, ''The king fees. But in
what other tense may the verb fugit
be fonndY"A long scratching Of tic
head and final answer " "pcrfect''
owing to whispered prompting.
And how would you translate II
them
Dunno"
Why, put has in IT,"
Again the tardy response was drnwl
ed out:
"The king has ieaa."
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

A Louisville paper says: Mr.. Phillip
Korb, the wall paper dealer on Mar
ket street between Campbell and Shell
by, told this story the other night:
II took fishing trip last spring
down on Salt river In Bullltt county.
One day / was sitting on the bank OF
the river with an old farmer watching
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
LINCOLN and tho German Soldiers.

President Lincoln, wrote the late Ben
Pcrley Poore, spent several afternoons
soon after the battle of Bull Run in
visiting the regiments which were being
reorganized in their camp about Wash
ington. He wore a high silk hat, black
clothes and black gloves, and was ac-
conpanied by Secretary Stewart, who
wore a pepper and salt colored morning
suit with broad brimmed felt hat
One of the regiments which he visited
was composed of Germans. dirty. soiled
and mudstained. When they were
drawn up In line Of battle at open
order, Mr.. Lincoln took off his hat and
gloves, put the gloves in the hat, put
the hat on the ground, and started
down the line, giving his right hand to
the men on his left, and his left hand
to the men on his right, and passing
along, shaking hand over hand, each
one heartily and saying: THANK you,
God bless your to each. When he
reached the end of the front rank, he
returned along the rear rank, shaking
hands hand over hand, in the same
way, and devoutly thanking each pri.
yate. The solemnity of his manner and
the sadness of his eyes produced a
marked effect on the honest Teutons
who evidently felt, each man Of them
that they had received the thanks oi
the nation.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

Julius Caesar was ashamed Of his
bald head and when It became shiny he
constantly wore laurel wreath in the
hope Of concealing the defornity.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
Rich Red Blood

In view OF the benefit h.v.
Hoods sarsaParilla Wish "a Viy. ~ ~ IN aiSs
ing testimonial. have several tIm. ~
badly s' u
Poisoned With creepInv ~.
As the old school OF medicine simbl, 4,
remove the symptoms Instead 81 ~ -.
OF them, much Of the poison wa IN, ! |
system TO appear IN an itching hamo, !. |
body with every violent exertion Il
weather, AT all times there were mo,s =, b
indications Of poison 10 my blood "a !
year ago last winter, when
Large Sores Broke GU,
on my body. then purchased a hotn.
Hoods sasapariila, and after using M, 4
a half Of another bottle, tbs soFes IA ~,
disappeared l attended the chHstl,, 4
dsaVUF Convention Ia Montreal ~ n
visited the Worlds Fair 10 the hottest -
o. the summer Was On the 20 N tAsv.
bat
Had No Recurren nee
Of the burning and ilehing seasailos y.
had mared every previous summers oO,i !
have reason, therefore, 10 u su,hg,l,,,,.
my praises o. Hoods s4sapsrllan s,sr,
8. seAsELL, pastor 0, Free Bap,lt a. !
Apaiachia, n. =,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11

.ORGIVEN WO M
AN, spirit un
afraid,
Borne upward by
child angels 70
the throne,
Nearing the pres
ence of thy Lord
alone,
Humanity outcast'
neither wed nor
maid,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
SHORT STORIES, SOME NOW
FIRST TOLD.

An Old Ten-Pounder-The Old Flannel
0unt-The Blue and the Gray-Lin-
coin to German SoIdlers-At Rich
Mountain.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1895-05-11
Hoods Sarsa ariIIa
The Blood Purifier and True Nerve Tonic
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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
A Conxresxman's joys.

VIM. E. Curtis, in Chicago Record.
I found a millionaire member of Congress
sitting in lis hotel the other day surround
been shoveled away like snow from the
sidewalk, and asked him what had hap
pened. Il was just thinking" he said,
what a fool I was to come to Congress-
1t cost me $4,000 cash to pay my cam
paign expenses. in addition to two months
neglect of my business. When / am home
about tWo-thirdS of my time is taken up
by people who come in to ask for offices.
l have had candidates for foreign missions,
consulateS department bureaus, United
States marshalships, United States attor-
neys, pension agents, about forty post
offices and end of Indian agents and
land offices, and all I've succeeded in get
one assistant keeper of a lighthouse, a
place for which there was no candidate
and they asked me to hunt up a man. 1
scarcely dare go home. 1 am being cursed
all over my district by people who think
I'm Indifferent to their interests and I'M
grateful to my friends. 1t will take six
weeks steady talking to explain why
haven't been able to get all the republican
office holders in the district turned out and
democrats put in, and not half the people
who hear the explanation will believe me
Until now I have never sought anything
that couldn't be bought. but I've spent
81 200 consular appointment for the son
Of one of my constituents and can't make
it. My business is going TO ruin for want
of attention, and there is a basket of let
tiers on my desk at home that have never
had time to read"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
Lincoln's Wonderful Memory.

Noah Brooks i'm the Century.
One of my cousins. John Holmes Good
enow. of Alfred, Me, was appointed minis
ter to Turkey early in the Lincoln admins
tration, and was taken to the White House
before his departure for his post to be pre-
scented to the President. When Lincoln
learned that his visitor was a grandson Of
John Holmes. one Of the first Senators from
Maine, and a man of note in his day and
generation, he Immediately began the reci-
tation Of a poetical quotation which must
have been more than hundred lies in
length. Mr. Holmes, never having met the
President, was naturally astonished al this
outburst, and as the President went on with
this long recitation, the suspicion crossed
his mind that Lincoln had suddenly taken
leave of his wits But when the lines had
been finished the President said: There.
that poem was quoted by your grandfather
Holmes in speech which he made in the
United States Senate in -, and he
named the date and specified the occasion.
AS John Holmes term in the Senate ended
in 1893, and Lincoln was probably inn
pressed by reading copy of the speech
rather than by hearing it, this feat of menu
DRY appears most remarkable. If he had
been by any casualty deprived of his sight,
his own memory would have supplied him
with an ample library.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
WASHINGTON WOMEN.
Unworthy Habits OF Haste
Among Them.
M.ly Who Seem to be Acting
A Foo iSh Part,
Are Not Satisfied by Going About
Quietly.
They Hurry and Worry, Then Don't
Get Sleep
Paine's Celery Compound Their Best
Relief

In prescribing Pane's celery compound for pa
tient the other day a Washington physician, who is
specialist in difficulties. declared that
there We're thousands of such women who were lit
orally killing themselves by too rapid movements
They are not satisfied said he, with going
about doing things in a quiet, ordinary way, but
rush through with their work and ruin their health
as fast as they can. So firmly fixed is this habit
that they run up and down stairs when there Is no
need for hurry.
They not only rush, but worry, and between
these two subject their nervous systems TO more
and tear than anything short of wrought steel
could endure"
Whatever the cause, women, our young girls
and even business rapidly growing more
and more nervous. Prof Phelps, the great Dart
mouth scientist saw this alarming state Of things
and concentrated all his energy to remedying it, 1t
was from the formula of this eminent student and
thinker that Paine's celery compound was prepared
Its success in restoring myth and buidlng
up the WORKOUT body repaid the years of study
and investigation that Prof Phelps conseientiously
devoted to the diseases of the stomach and the
kidneys. the result Of Umpire blood and imIoFer-
ished nerves. The astonishing results that have
Come from its careful have been the subject OF
discussion in all the prominent newspapers ard
magazines in this country, Canada and throughout
Great Britain.
The record of this great blood cleanser, from the
time of its discovery up to the present day, las
been a marvellous one
It has cured literally thousands of cases Of ner-
debility rheumatism. kidny and heart trou-
bles and has made sound sleep possible countless
men and women whose irritable and impoverished
nerves We're slowly draining them Of vitality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
No More Tipping of BARRIERS.

From the Philadelphia inquirer
A mild sensation has been occasioned
among the journeynen BARRIERS by New
Year resolution adopted by the proprietor
of one Of the shops, which will be most
rigidly carried out. His decision. which is
announced in placards. abolishes all tip-
ping, and makes the penalty for accepting
a tip immediate discharge. 1T is very
RADICAL move" said he, land one that will
be watched with a great deal of interest
by BARRIERS all over the city. On the first
of the year raised salaries all around and
made the new rule. Some OF the men Will
feel it, but in the end 1t will be beneficial
to the jcurneymen and the customers. 1t
got to be So that the bar oers would linger
for q Upper aud man who didn't give
the barber something was often hurried
through and sighted. To some people
tip means q good deal. and they preferred
to shave themselves at home and save
their money. 1 think the move will event.
ually increase business. The meh seem TO
be satisfied with the new arrangement,
and the more sensible Of them admit that
they have brought it on themselves One
or two of them, under the old plan, by dint
of superior generalship. always managed
to set the lions share of the extra money,
so, on the whole, the new arrangement Is
fairer all around"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

ankles. Something that looked to me like
the fin of a gigantic shark moved to and
fro in the water few yards off.
Charles" said the colonel, hand me
out that lantern" Charles did so.
Charles" continued his master. you
will remain here until my return. You are
not to come on board unless 1 summon
YOU q thought 1t highly probable that
Charles would observe this injunction)
Keep the boat about where she is-(sup-
pose thought l, these fellows should take
1t into their heads to scuttle off as soon
as our backs are turned, what then ?-and
let no one presume to leave his place, or
indulge in any laughter or horse play dur
ing my absence.
Charles undertook to restrain any undue
hilarity. Indeed. the countenances and
bearing of the men did not seem to me to
betray any strong desire to break forth
in careless mirth, to troll jovial tavern
indulge in breakdown; but the light was
dim, and 1 may have been mistaken.
land now 1 believe We are ready added
the colonel. with q courteous inclination
II am certainly" returned 1. with the
air of one who has too long been chatting
under inaction, and we turned to the ship.
AS luck would have 1t, the cordage ap-
snapped off at the time the ship struck,
was dangling over the side not far from
where we stood; and a fragment of rat
line served us In place of rope ladder
The colonel, in spite of my efforts. politely
but firmly insisted on preceding me. and
assembled with remarkable agility for a
man Of his years.
I felt that the eyes OF the boatmen
and of Charles were upon me. I sprang
lightly after him. my head nearly COM
ing in contact with his boot soles, and
in a moment we stood together on the
deck. Yes, there we stood; and still alive.
We glanced forward and aft. Nothing
resembling human figure was in sight.
In the shadow of the high bulwarks, how
ever and along the sides of the deck
houses, 1 discerned several dark objects
lying like rolls of sail cloth heaps of
spare rigging. Upon one of these heaps
the colonel flashed the light of his lantern.
"Eh?-why, what the deuce" he NUT
tered. He inspected another heap to his
right: then still another, further forward.
'Asleep?-or drunk?-cr-" He stopped;
we looked at each other and the tension
of my nerves came very near relieving
itself by an altogether inopportune fit of
laughter.
The colonel, after a pause, deliberately
knelt on one knee on the deck, beside one
Of the heaps, and held the lantern close
tn the whitiSh aDDearance at one end of ii
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12

have heard 1t 50 plainly ION the upper
deck" began; but was interrupted by
repetition OF the sa1le plaintive whimper,
evidently from above us. The colonel ut
tered an exclamation, and had scrambled
up the ladder before could turn round.
followed, and found that he had CROPPED
his way back to the saloon in the dark.
1T must be here. you KNOW" muttered
he, apologetically. Il was sure of 1t from
the first"
1 was tempted to compliment him on his
activity, but 1 forbore. looked round the
little saloon. There must be some state
rooms hereabouts. / pushed my hand
against one of the silken hangings and felt
a vacancy beyond. 1 drew the fabric aside
and stepped into small chamber some
twelve feet long by six wide. The colonel
was at my heels
A bed or bunk was built against the side
of the vessel opposite 1t was covered
with drapery of fine cambria, with satin
coverlid. Propped upon the pillows lay a
woman between twenty and thirty years of
age, apparently, and of remarkable beauty.
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tanned by the scorching Of countless suns.
scanned with Old scars. and shaggy with
hair that hung in masses from his skull.
and clothed his gaunt visage to the eyes.
The f1csh however, had dried into thick
integunlent of the consistency Of parch-
ment, lying close to the bony framework,
and giving the impression OF figure carv-
ed from some darkroolored wood The eyes
themselves had disappeared, shrunken into
their sockets; the lips were like strips or
cartilage, and were drawn back from the
yellow teeth, giving the involuntary ex-
preston of a Savage snarl.
Such the body; the dress was like
none I had ever seen Before, unless in
some stage Extravaganza. or represented
in ancient pictures. 1t consisted mainly
Of jerkin and short breeches of some
rough material. and thick pair of boots
coming up to the knee. The cut and fash
ion Of these garments showed at glance
that they had not been made in our day.
nor for many generations before; they
might have been the fashion in an age
when Charles Second sat on the throne of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
THE WIDOW BLINkINS.
Some Persons Feared Her, but She
Was Harmless to Strangers.

From the Detroit Free Press
The road up the mountain was hard to
climb on horseback, but when I reached
the top of the gap beautiful view was
spread before me. Like a strand of
twisted silver the Cumberland river was
woven in and cut among the trees of the
valley, and far, far away the green Of the
forest stretched until it faded into the
blue of the distant sky. After gazing on
the magnificent scene for few moments
1 got off my horse to fix my saddle girth,
and while I was about it mountaineer
came out of the woods by the roadside.
How are you?' said I. ''Have you a
piece of string that can tie up this girth
with"
Sorry, mister said he, but haint."
How far is it to the nearest house?
Maybe I can get it there?
Likes not you kin: it's about half
mile down the mountain
who lives there?'
The Wilder Blinkins.''
mot Sam Blinkins' widow" L asked
in establishment. for only a week before
1 had met Sam down in Pineville in
timber trade.
81 knew he had a brother but I didn't
know he was dead said 1. considerably re
lieved.
"Oh. Bill has skipped, has hep
'Well, Sorter, you may say. You see,
Bills wife owned the farm and he kinder
took it easy tell she got her dander up,
and then, Gaze he wouldn't work, she tuck
it into her head to poster the life outen
him and keep him from injyin his rest
1t KEEP on frum bad to wuss. tell at last
she tuck a club an druv Bill often the
place. And Bill told her he'd be derned
eff he'd ever come back forever"
when did all this happen?"
"Only jist this mornin'"
well, l guess 1 had better not stop
there, had I?''
I'm course, mister" he said urgently;
"she amt fierce to strangers
With this assurance / started off, and
as I turned in the road he called to me:
Say, mister. won't you tell the wilder
that you seen Bill up in the mountain
lookin' powerful lonesome?'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-01-12
PROFITS OF LITERATURE.
ovelists of the Day Who Are Making
Money.


Money.
From the Brooklyn Standa I'd Union.
Just what successful hit in literature
means to an author in dollars and cents
was demonstrated to me few days since
when l check sent to Hall Game for
nearly 5000 as royalties on the American
sales OF The ManXman'' during the last
four months. In the same manner over
$1,000 has been sent to Stanley Weyman
by his American publishers as royalties on
his books during the last nine months
What has been thus far RENTED to MI
Du Maurier is not known, but it is close to
accuracy to place his revenue from ''Tril-
by at $4,000. 1t was not an unusual thlng
for Robert Louis Stevenson to receive $lo,-
900 a year from bis literary work. ana L
remember very well, during the popularity
of Little Lord Fauntleroy as book ana
play, that Mrs. BurnettS yearly income
exceeded S2oOUD. Mary Wilkins has net
ted over 5000 from Pembroke" while
close friend OF 5. X. Crockett tells me that
his income last year from his writings was
over $4,000.
Literary success is very profitable
thing, without doubt. When once it is
achieved the truth of the old maxim that
nothing succeeds like success is very quick
ly demonstrated to the author. But only
the few reach the coveted goal. novel,
for example. must sell 5000 copies before
it pays its publisher and begins to show
profit to it's author. And when one con-
Siders that not one out of forty novels ever
reach 5000 sale, the chances OF success
will be better understood.