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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

BROWNING Bros. have received q
telegram from the Secretary OF the
Navy advising them that the Browning
Bros. automatic machine gun had been
adopted by the department for use in
the United States navy. After most
thorough test, in which 1t had been
tried in competition with the Maxim,
Hotchkiss, Calling, Accles and other
machine guns. Fifty are to be con-
structed at once and placed on board
the several naval vessels.
This is great triumph for Brown
ing Bros, and especially John NJ, as
it places his gun at the head OF the
best Of machine guns In the world.
The gun was exhibited at the terri
torial fair in Salt Lake two years ago.
1t fires 30-calibre steel cased ball at
the rate OF 600 shots minute. It's
range is from two and one-half to three
miles. 1t IL very simple In construc-
stion and comparatively light for the
amount OF work it will do. It stands
on tripod and can be worked with one
hand. All the operator has to do is to
train the gun on the object, pull the
trigger and the gun does the rest. AS
lively as the finger Is pressed on the
trigger 1t will load and discharge shots
at the rate stated. A single shot can
be fired or any number desired Mr.
Browning has gone East on business
connected with this and other inven-
tions Of his. Salt Lake Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25
To Reorganize the short Line.

1t is reported that the security-hold-
ers Of the Oregon Short Line and Utah
Northern have reached an agreement
whereby all the court proceedings will
be abandoned and complete reorgan-
ization effected. The report says fur
Their that the reorganized system will
be backed and controlled by the Van
derbilt interest, with the cooperation
Of the Dutch bondholders, represented
by Mr.. Boiisevain. The Southern
Utah branches it is said, are not includ-
ed in the new deal.-Salt Lake Trib-
une.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

4 Confederate veteran expresses I'll
IT feeling Of the young men as We
of the old men in the South:
Yes, sir. fought with Stonewall,
And faced the fight with Lee;
But IL this here Union goes to war,
Make one more gun for met
didn't shrink from Sherman
AS he galloped TO the sea;
But II this here Union goes to war,
Make one more gun for mel
! was with 'em at Manassas--
The bully boys In gray;
heard the thunders roarin'
Round StonewaIl Jackson's way,
And many time this sword OF mine
Has biazed route for Lee,
But II this old Union goes TO war
Make one more sword for me.
I'm not so full o. fightin'
Nor half so full o. fun
As was back in the sixties.
When ] sbouIdered my old gun.
II may be that my hair is white.
Such things, you know, must be,
But If this old Unions In for fight
Make one more gun for me!
hain't forgot my raisin',
Nor how, in sixty-two,
Or thereabouts. with battle shouts,
lcharged the boys in blue;
And say ! fought with Stonewall
And blazed the way with Lee,
But IL this old Unions in for war
Make one more gun for mel.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

Col. HENRY WATTERsoN, OF the
Courier-Journai, speaking Of the next
Democratic National ticket has said;
MY ticket is William r. Morrison OF
Illinois, for President, and General
John B. Gordon of Georgia, for Vice.
President. They were both shot at
from different sides during the war,
and | am willing they shall be put up
again and shot at"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

WHEN Congress met In December
last the members were SO eager for
work and 80 clamorous to do something
that they would not adjourn 10 eat
Christmas turkey with lady friends;
they have done something with ven
geance and by the wholesale, and now
they are willing to take recess at any
time on motion Of q new member
whose seat is In contest.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25
Cure for HeafTacJ,e.

as Q remedy for oil forms OF Head.
acne Electric Bitters has proved to be
the very best. II effects permanor,
cure and the most dreadful habitual
SICK headache yields to the influence
We urge all who are afflicted ID nro
cure q bottle, and give this remedy !
fair trial. In cases Of habitual const,.
patton Electric Bitters cures by giving
the needed tone 10 the bowels ana ~.
cases long resist the use Of this ,ned,
cine. Try II once. Only Fifty cents a.
3. II. Fernishs Drug Store.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

Mrs. DELAMAR, the wife Of the
Monte Cristo Of Idaho, Is one Of the
worlds celebrated beauties. Munscy's
magazine published a half.tlnt mozo
type OF this celebrated lady. She il nm
der twenty years Of age and the grand.
daughter OF the great surgeon, Or.
Sands. She met the rich Idahoan Al
Narragansett pier at reception on the
latter's yacht Boise Democrat.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25
LEAD ORE BILL.
The Secretary Of the Treasury Strongly
Recommends the Measure.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22.-ISpecial to
Statesman The Senate to-day re-
ceived letter from the Secretary of
the Treasury strongly recommending
Dubois lead ore sampling bill.
Wilson tried to-day to get through
the House the school of mines bill
which Dubois got through the Senate
on Monday. Objection was made by
one member but the bill win probably
pass in the regular order later on.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

THE United States should be capable
OF its own protection with or withou.
q Monroe doctrine. But II such a doc.
trine 10 to remain a part Of our M.
tional policy, and have the permancncy
and authority Of Legislative act IL,
u be expressed in form becoming our
national strength and dignity. ANY
expression falling short Of that win +,
weak, impotent and unworthy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

FROM committee talk at st. Louis.
one would judge that Mckinley has
the choice seat for the convention cir
Gus in June next. But then there Is
no telling what changes may be made
within five months. Wait and see
what will happen when "Grandfather's
Hat" appears under the canvas and
says: Stand back, gentleman, and let
me and my wife see the elephant"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

Probably the heaviest hog ever mar.
keted In Latah or Whitman county
says the Genesee News, was marketed
the past week by Daniel Healey. The
porker tipped the scales at The Coz
notch and Mr.. Healey said he could
easily have put 100 pounds more on the
animal. The breed was Poland China
mixed with Berkshire. Moscow Mir.
ror.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

SENATORS BROWN and Canon, OF
Utah, are on the road to Washington
and will be In their seats next Monday
to vote on whatever matters are called
up for final disposition.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

IL THE Populists Of Idaho should
send Gum to the United States Sem
ate next winter, the West would be
putting into the Senate some heavy
ordnance stores Of Gum and Cannon.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

The San Francisco Examiner turned
s6,S8O.45 over to the children's hoapItaI
OF that city as the proceeds Of liz
Christmas edition, managed and edited
by the school children.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

SPAIN has made the mistake OF the
man who snapped horses while cross
ing stream. She has snapped COM
manding generals In Cuba with the
insurgents at the gates Of the capital
city.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

THE Utah election Of United States
Senators was as tame and spiritless a.
hunters horse after the dogs have
been called from the chase.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

RUSSELL, my son, where are you?
! am standing up, father, to be counted
against your candidacy for marriage
with Cousin Mary Lord Dimmick.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

Ex-PREsIDENT HARRISON has nm.
nounced his engagement TO Mrs. Dim.
mick Of New York, the marriage n
take place after Lent.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

IT. SPAIN should sell Cuba TO Eng
land Uncle Sam will be on hand when
the goods are delivered.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-01-25

UTAH will do up Brown some Of those
Eastern fellows when she fires of her
Cannon in the United States Senate.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
Tho Pulley Line Man,

An occupation that has sprung up
with the growth of flats is that of the
pulley line man. The pulley line man
goes about with coil of line over his
arm, and he is ready to provide line or
to put in order lines already up. Some
times lines get jammed in the pulley
blocks He will clear them. Clothes left
out over night may, if a high wind
should arise, get all twisted up on the
line. The pulley line man will free
them. He has rols.o- and appears regu-
larly at certain houses on certain days.
His coming may be counted upon, and
he will do anything that needs to be
done about pulley lines.-New York
Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
Glimmerings Of a Future Lie.

It is easy to suppose circumstance
which would produce the conviction il
all rational human beings that there il
a future life, between which and ours
there is INSTRUMENTATION. Let us
take as type a form of "apparition
that is visible and vocally audible, but
not tangible, that cannot produce
changes in ordinary physical objects,
that cannot be photographed, whose
audibility and visibility, whether tele-
pathic Or not, are at least not dependent
on our present normal senses.
Let us now suppose that Immediately
after death such an apparition of the
deceased was invariably seen and heard /;
that it affirmed itself to be the deceased !;
that it exhibited such knowledge as the
deceased possessed while inhabiting the
ordinary organism, and so on; that it
affirmed itself to be still Giving" under
very different conditions, most of which
were alleged to be inexplicable to US in
terms of our present environment. Let
US suppose that arrangements for meet
ings could be made with the apparition;
that the apparition, except perhaps for
its occasional disappearance for hours or
days, explained by the necessity Of full
filling certain duties in its new sphere,
behaved in general, as regards recogni-
ton by living persons and its rational
and social relations with them, much as
an ordinary living person does, the main
exception being that he is not embodied
like us. Were the case like this, make
no doubt whatever that the human race
would be possessed by q belief in the
survival after death, which would be
regarded as barely less certain than the
belief i'll their present embodied exist
ence.-Prcfessor Richard Hodgson in
Forum.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17

Of late years the dwarf palm so abun-
dant in Africa has been protitably util
lied by French artisans, the leaves, it is
stated, furnishing SO per cent Of fiber
which is extensively used as cheap
substitute fer horsehair, according to
the following process: The fiber is ex-
tracted either by hand combing or by
means of drums with needles and knives
worked by steam power. The green fiber
is twisted or curled in its raw state and
finds several applications. The black
sort is at first dyed in baths CT sulphate
of iron and logwood, then twisted and
again dyed. This fiber, it is alleged,
possesses two advantages over animal
fiber, which have led to its extensive
employment, it being exempt from in
sect destruction and some 70 per cent
less expensive than horsehair. There
are, it is said, large works in Algeria,
where the leaves are bought in large
quantities and the fiber cleaned on
commercial scale. In Gran one factory
prepares daily some 60 bales of 300
pounds each. In another, by a particular
process, firm prepares the material
black and brilliant, without smell or
dust, at tie rate Of so tons per month.
AS material for the coarser descriptions
of paper it has also proved serviceable.
New York Sun.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
GEORGE n. HEPwoRTH.

Kate Field, who died in Honolulu
two weeks ago, was one of the most
brilliant women America has produced.
Her sincerity was as striking as her
originally. Educated for the stage, she
was compelled on account of i'll health
to relinquish that calling and to devote
herself to literature and lecturing. Her
success was remarkable, and she held a
unique position. A firm believer in the
intellectual and social advancement of
her sex, she eschewed the radical IDEAS
which have made some good women
ridiculous. The French government
bestowed upon her the highest honor
that it could give to woman-the
Palm of the Academy, and she was no
less esteemed in England. Many of our
readers will remember the bright little
weekly which she conducted for several
years in Washington. There was a
great deal of genuine regret when she
was compelled to give up its publica
ton for the same reason for which she
had to give up so many other cherished
undertakings-poor health. Thousands
will deeply mourn her eath.-NorJolk
Landmark.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
Amioable Relations Resumed.

A Young man in San Francisco and a
voung lady in San Jose were for time
very much in love with each other, and
during that period each wrote the other
a two pound letter every day weighted
down to the limit with kisses and ex-
pressions of love. But they quarreled
couple of weeks ago.
s'Send back my letters" she wrote.
'sReturn mine first, F." he replied.
eff you had been a gentleman, you
would not have waited for me to de-
mand their return, wrote she.
"Ethics for the use.of women only
don't co." he responded.
Then there came pause in their cor
respondence. The young man wanted
his letters very badly, for he knew he
had made fool of himself i'll every line
Of every letter The young lady wanted
hers because any one would think she
was crazy to fall in love with such a
brute.
''Send my letters On April 5, and I'll
send yours the same date, SO we will
both get them at the same time, wrote
he.
Call right" she answered.
Each waited to see if the other would
really act in good faith ard send the
letters, so neither received them
"a man who has SO little regard for
his word" etc., wrote she.
ga woman who would deliberately
attempt such a confidence game" etc.
responded he.
There was another pause in the cor.
respondence, during which both tried to
I devise some way Of effecting an ex-
change. The idea Of a third party oc-
CURED to both, but was abandoned. The
intermediary might read the letters.
Finally the young man decided to go
after them. He effected the exchange,
and now the correspondence has been
resumed.
''You know, dear little sweetheart,
that was just teasing you, wrote he.
''You horrid boy, to treat me so. /
have a notion never to love you again."
answered she, and there will soon be
another stack of two pound letters to
exchange. San Francisco Post.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
Mourning Garments.

Some physicians have announced
themselves as opposed to the prevail
ing fashion of mourning costumes
They are perfectly willing that people
should be sorrowful, but they demand
that the exhibition of sorrow should
take some shape that will not interfere
with health. The evil, they declare, is
SIMPLY prison wall which shuts out
all light and air, and the wearer OF this
abomination takes very considerable
risks. There are objections to other
parts of the costume. but the veil is
something to be criticised with all pos
sible vigor.
Mourning is not matter Of costume
and has no relation to it. 1t is. how
ever, rather barbaric to robe ones self
in the blacklist of black garments when
trouble comes into the household. 1t
is saying to the world, practically, that
Christianity is well enough for holt
day, but has no good cheer when the
churchyard is in sight.
Of course this style of garment ia In
q way protection against intrusive
questions. The black habit is the con
ventional method of informing your
friends that some one has gone, and
hint to them not to be overcuriOus, but
to leave you in peace. There is, new
ertheloss, something almost ludicrous
in the gradations Of mourning apparel.
We have the deepest black, and after
that what is called ''half mourning"
though what the words mean is past
finding out, and later on few modest
and deep colors, and in the end a re-
sumption of the gayeties with which
the gifted milliner entices her GUS
toners.
Whether the physicians are right or
not in their opinion of the evil there
ought to be a radical reform in the
methods by which the world expresses
its GRIZZLY. Y. Herald.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
sTAUNToN SPECTATOR AND GENERAL-ADvERTIsER

Tor the same
Later the owners of the Wilmington
received from the Japan government a
sum between $4,000 and $40, 1000 for
nonfulfllment of treaty. The voyage to
Japan was first planned and mapped
out by Captain William Brown, who
was an old whaling captain and had
been all through the China seas It was
a failure, and we all lost great deal Of
money We didn't get the money from
the Japan government until three or
four years ago.
cit was paid to us through Richard
Latianer of Hartford, who also has a
summer house over on the other side of
the river. -
MI. Fitch is the only living member
of that memorable voyage left, and may
be seen at almost any time drumming
up his hacking business at the Union
depot, as hale and hearty as when he
left these shores to seek his fortune. =
New London Day.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
KATE FIELDS FUNERAL.
It Was Attended by President Dole and the
Hawaiian Cabinet.

It Was Attended by President Dole and the
Hawaiian Cabinet.
HONOLULU, May 2S.-The funeral OF
Kate Field, who died here on the 18th
instant, took place the day following;
The body was embalmed and placed
in temporary vault. Final dissposl-
ton of the remains will depend entirely
upon news which Consul Genera! Mills
receives from the United States. About
the time she was preparing for her
visit to the islands coast paper pup
lished a statement to the effect that
Miss Field had said she was going TO
Hawaii and might die there; If she did
she wanted her remains taken back to
the United States and buried by the
side of John Brown, at North Eliza,
N. Y.
The funeral was attended by Presl-
dent Dole, the members of the cabinet
and large number of leading citizens.
Miss Field was taken i'll on the 18th at
Kailua. a small hamlet of Hawaii She
complained of having pains in her
chest, but did not consider the matter
serious. She took bad turn and a
few davs later was placed on board OF
an island steamer. She died half an
hour after the vessel reached this port.
Pneumonia was the cause OF her death.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
BEAUTIFUL JAVA.
It's Scenery Said to Be an Example OF
Tropical Perfection.

It's Scenery Said to Be an Example OF
Tropical Perfection.
The scenery Of Java is, I think, trop-
ical perfection. No sameness in the
landscape wcaries the eye. All is valley
and mountain, cultivated with beautl-
full crops-irrigated ricefelds, emerald
green stretches Of tall, waving maize,
small thickets Of bamboos, gracefully
bending to the breeze-or covered with
a tropical verdure OILY equaled in beau.
ty by the forests Of South America. Be-
ing only midday when we arrived at
Tassikmalaya, we ordered tiffin and two
carts to be ready an honr later to take
US on a 25 mile stage tt: .Esandjar. So at
Q O'Clock we were once more en- route IN
the usual conveyances Of small awning
covered carts-each drawn by three
ponies-one for ourselves and the other
for the baggage. For the first few hours
we passed frequently through small vii
lagos, where the ponies We're watered,
and our drivers chatted with the fruit
sellers, and smoked small tapering Gig
arettes, which they bought for quarter
penny the packet
The last part of the journey was
through tall jungle, and as the sun had
get some two hours before our arrival
at our destination, it was no easy mat
ter for the drivers to keep the road in
the inky darkness. Finally long, steep
hill took us down from the comparative
GOODNESS of high altitude into the
fetid swamps where lies the town Of
Bandjar. At first sight you would think
these swamps inhabited, in such myriads
do the firefies fit to and fro, or hang
motionless, lamplike, in the misty air,
giving one the idea Of the lights Of
some distant village. All the natives
here, as elsewhere in the island, hold
the white man in great awe, and as
you pass along all doff their huge brim-
med hats, and some kneel by the way
side. In such towns in the interior as
Bandjar there are no hotels, but the
Dutch government provides free stop
ping houses for travelers-dirty, tumble
down places for the most part-where a
caretaker will look after them for a
consideration. = Westminster Re-
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
woman's Champion,

An idaho editor being asked if he had
ever seen bald headed woman, replied:
"No; we never did. Nor have we ever
seen woman waltzing around town Il
her shirt sleeves, with cigar between
her teeth. We have never seen woman
go a-fshing with a bottle in her hip
pocket, sit on the damp ground all day
and then go home drunk at night. Nor
have we ever seen a woman yank off her
coat and swear she could lick any man
in town. God bless her! She amt built
that way.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
DoTTlE'S GARDEN.

I'm glad that springtime's coming
When the days arc warm,
When the winter time is over
With it's snow and storm,
Cause papa has promised
That he will make for me
The cutest little garden
That ever you did see.
And when papa has made it
I'll give it lots of care
And raise the mostest flowers
And give them everywhere.
I'll send you all violet,
A pansy and rose,
And buttercup and daisy
And every kind that grows.
And wo must plant some other things,
The kind that's good to eat.
So we can help the poor folks
Who live on our back street.
And when my gardens finished
You all must come and see
It growing in the little box
Papa has made for me.
-Womankind.
Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1896-06-17
A Word or Two

to those suffering from catarrh or the
thousands subject to severe attacks of
cold in the head, will not be amiss if 3
sure remedy can be offered. Ely's
Cream Balm has become favorite in
all sections of the United States, be-
cause of its effectiveness. Your cold in
the head will be quickly relieved by
it, and the seyerest attack of catarrh
will yield to, and be perfectly cured by
a thorough treatment. Catarrh is not
a blood disease, but an Inflammation
of the passages of the nose and throat,
due to climatic changes.