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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08


Late advices from Australia report
the continued success Of the American
'cyclist. William Martin. At the Mel
bourne Exhibition Building cycle
grounds Martin again won high hon.
ors. He rode In fast company In the
one mile open. such experts as Harris,
the English champion; Rice. Porta, the
Italian champion: Mclean. Lewis. and
others being entered. Martin, how
ever, won the trial heat, and the final
In Inn. 13s. At the same meeting the
New Yorker was entered as a scratch
man In the mile handicap and won
easily. though in fast company, in
I'm. lis. In the eight hour sports race
he was scratch, but won his trial heat,
two miles, in Am. IS 3-5s. The second
heat was captured by w. H. March,
ITO yds., In Am. So 3-5s.; third,
won by M. ]. Mclean, rs yds.. in Am.
IS LBS; fourth. won by G. W. Davis.
1870 yds.. in m. 46s.; fifth, won by w.
Hickox, 100 yds.. I'm Am. So SIS. The
final heat was landed by Martin.
scratch. in Am. 53s., amid great APP
plause. At the testimonial cycle ben
eft meeting held at Melbourne, Martin
also captured the haif-mile lap event
from large field. in II 2-5s. Later in
the day the New Yorker captured an
other half mile event. in Al 3-5s. In
the last race Martin defeated Parsons
the Australian champion. and Megson
the Tasmania expert. Mclean. the col.
onial champion, captured the fiye-mile
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08


Another of the remarkable games I
tween Chicago and Cincinnati in 1892.
Walter WiImot saved that game for
Chicago and enabled the Colts 10
escape with a draw. With the bases
full in the fourteenth round, somebody
Holiday, think-made terrific drive
into deep left Back Walter ran, but
nobody dreamed that he could get tho
leather. Jumping high in the air, he
caught IL, returned il to the infieId and
the day was saved. That was the last
Of the great extra inning games The
oldest that / ever saw in the extra
inning line was also between Chicago
and Cincinnati and was played at the
old west side park in 1880. The queer
feature of the game was that Chicago
went ahead in every inning, and that
the Reds, who had last bat, tied them
seven times. Bug Holiday made two
home runs, In each case relying the
score, and the whole Cincinnati team
seemed TO take hand in the lucky
hitting that held the colts to a tie
The excitement of those old-time
games can never be equaled under the
present rules. Nowadays when hit
ter of any prominence comes up the
crowd simply sigh and remark: @AIl
over" Even the poorest of batters is
apt to jab the ball and it is surprise
IL the pitcher gets away with the blurf
when there are men on bases and not
more than one out. In those days
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

Uncertainty in railroad rates con-
tinue to give Northwestern theatrical
managers trouble. and until they are
settled there are some attractions they
will not venture TO handle In this teri
tory.
Daniel Frohman declares that there
never was so good an opportunity as
now exists for young men OF talent to
write meritorious plays and get them
produced.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

ship race OF the National Cyclists
Union. That was his FIRST. and, so far.
his only day on an English track for
racing purposes. The brief dispatches
from London call him cycling phe-
nomenon" and other names of the kind.
Diakoff will go after other National
Cycling Union championships. and Il Is
probable that he will get some of them.
English bicycle papers speak OF the
young Russian In terms OF highest
praise. Judging by his work in train
ing they declare that he will cut an
important figure In English racing this
summer London Wheeling says Of
him tina he has fine style, not unlike
Harry wheeler's, and that he has the
material and the motion OF fast flyer.
Diakoff came TO England with record
Of having ridden more than twenty-slx
miles. unpaced. within an hour. Like
most other European racers, he goes IN
for long distance work rather than for
sprinting. Diakoff's name is pro-
nounced Mitchell Jaykoff.
Jaap Eden. "the aying Dutchman" OF
European cycling is Just now one OF
the most important figures In Paris
Is has beaten Johnnie Johnson. Morin.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

and always highly exciting. had the
strange fortune TO be present, in yari-
GUS years, at a lot of now famous extra
inning games of the past. One OF the
greatest ever played was the seventeen
inning, o to game, between the SYRIA
cuse Stars and the Maple Leafs Of To-
ronto. Canada. There was game where
the skill and strategy OF the pitchers
alternated with extraordinary fielding
until the crowd-Syracuse was great
ball town years ago. and there was an
immense mob at the game-was wild
with excitement. When the umpire
finally called the game II was so dark
that the street lamps were lit and yet
the clubs wanted to go on playing.
Again, saw the great TO game
between Detroit and Providence. Here
with the score TO 0 after eighteen In.
nings' desperate play, Radbonrne came
10 bat and waited the ball over the
fence, winning the game and simply
sending the crowd into Mysteries. Years
after, while travelling In the northwest
l saw the noted twenty-five inning
game between Seattle and Tacoma
game where first one club would gel
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

crack OF the very first class within the
past two years. and recently and within
six months has won two handsome
trophies as souvenirs OF his superiority
as wing and target shot. one of them
being the e-hundred-dolIar "E. c.
Championship Cup"
The other was the Dupont Trophy,
contested for in Baltimore In October
last. Although Mr.. Gilbert had won
somewhat OF a reputation at smashing
clay pigeon targets. he was a. dark
horse when the Monumental City tour
! aey began.
Pitted against him were such noted
experts as George Brown, Of Benton.
Texas: ID. A. Upsom. r. ID. FuIford.
Captain John l.. Brewer, A. II. King, J.
OH. Denny. William Wagner. Allen
Wiley. T.. c. Burkhardt, OF Buffalo:
W. L. Shepard. OF Chicago; T. II. Gibbs.
OF Columbia. 8. c.: C. T. Bodifeld, u
Cleveland: Frank Class. c. Il. vergles.
G. VI. Grimm, +. Gilbert, George Cor
ming. William Clark. Altoona; J. NJ.
Porterheld. Chattanooga. Tenn: J. Tim
mons. Aaron Woodruff. ciaridge. Duck
er. Dent. coe. Bondy. Hood, the pick OF
the shooters Of the country. besides
most OF whom as a bird shot Gilbert
was a mere novice. having In all his
trap experience never shot at more
than two hundred pigeons, but his rec
ord az a game shot was always one Of
the best in the west.
The Phantom" did not start of rery
well az the beginning. doing no better
than second in the first three events
and losing out ia one OF them In the
shoot-off. and once he fell back to sec
ond hole. Two firs;s and two seconds
we're the tied positions on the second
day. and the third days fusilade finish.
ed with him In the front rank with
eleven others.
Many OF the experts were unwilling
or unable by penalties 10 continue on
the fourth day. As consequence the
number who went 10 score was consid-
erably reduced. and the squad work
more rapid. but AT $50 o'clock Gilbert
and Charles Manchester. of PhlIade;-
phIa we're the only ones finishing with
straight tallies. Gilbert killed his FIRST
Eve tie birds handily. but MacaIestcr
through oyer-confidence. missed, fall
ing into second place. with three
others. giving TO Gilbert the handsome
trophy. the glory and the purse Of
81. go.
So II was. on the more recent occa.
sion Of the +. c. tournament on May
6. 6. Z and s. when he carried all befor,
him there, proving himself far and
away superior clay target shot ovel
Rolla Heikes. the first choice in th'
race. and the then acknowledged cham
pion OF his class.
This was the first time that the it'll,
was actually contested for. and Mr.. Gil
bert was proclaimed the first and rea
champion. and received the chalIeng.
trophy as an earnest.
AZ present he is on the shooting cir
cult having been creditabiy heart
from in the recent tournament held a
Memphis. Kansas City and st. Louis
Already be has been called upon to de
fend the Dupont trophy. and did Il sue
cessfully.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

doubt very much II the ball-patron-
izlng public of the present time Will
ever again be thrilled by another such
extra-inning struggle as used to take
place ever and anon during the olden
days. The new rules are too kind TO
the batsmen and there will surely be a
burst OF hits before many innings over
the regular nine are played. | believe
fifteen innings were played by two
teams last year. and that viii probably
be a record standing undisturbed for
generations TO come. These rules are
death on extra innings. In the time
when the pitcher could send strike
after strike across too fast TO be seen
games OF all the way from twelve to
eighteen innings were very frequent
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

ahead, then the other would tie the
score. and the fortunes Of the day a.
ternzted until evening. when Tacoma
finally won. s 10 5. Il remember right
Iy. The Tacoma pitcher that day was
Donahue. who is now twirling for the
relics Of the st. Louis Browns.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

whom the French papers call the
champion of the amateur world" and
everybody else he has met Eden has
wonderful speed and endurance and Is
recognized as one OF the best men on
the bicycle tracks OF Europe.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

Michael Diakofi, young Russian, is
the latest bicycle racing sensation in
England. Before he had been in her
majesty's tight little isle" two weeks
he won the twenty-five mile champion
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

ga Assays rave about the beauty
American girls. Yet the one has
hs ether has none. even In the
aaJ Affairs Of life. No better en-.
could be taken than Jeanette
cue known a. Jane Hading:
josephine BrunachwIg. called
b'andes. and Mile. Rosa Bruck.
aft az about Of an aga. being born
uVelJ in 1861. 1862. and 1866.
llH consider themselves. and are
sfed ihgenuaa. and invariably
good pictures.
~ Mile. Brandes was engaged
Comedic Francois and made her
sept %. In "FrancIllon." After
reasons AZ the Coincide she re-
10 the Vaudeville 10 create the
. role In "Lilaine" In 1898 she
60 10 the Maison Noliere. and
there Some consider Mile
tho most interesting member
present company. One Of her
saecesseS IL In MeiIhac's Crosse
f produced In February. and
We her exquisite dressing was
ueh 81 a success as her
Rosa Brseh.
Rosa Bruck Is also a
enne, born Sept. IL, 1865.
se Nile Brandes. winner OF the
re In comedy at the conserva-
shs vas a pupil OF Henry Poly
Nauban and graduated In 1858.
naae her debut at the Coincide
ah az Aicmene In "Amphltryon, ("
2 ", 1889. During the two sea
ne remained there she played in
re-, "Brittanicus." and "Ruy
ana created the title role OF
inette Rigaud" She then went
oymnase, where March II. 1856.
ppeared as Sidonie in the revival
udets Fremont jeune ct Risler
mere she created "Comtesse
ana appeared as Dora" Gil
~ Frou Frou," and n full line
mar leading parts. From the
~ she went TO the Odeon and
Juliet among other parts. In
she made a great success at
leatre Michel at st. Petersberg,
N "Francillon," THE Sphinx. =
dAurec." "Pattes de mouche, .
'ner roles She returned to the
ate IN 1894, appearing in October
season In Pension dc Famille, -
'ember In lie Question OAR
sne was the Delphine In MAR
known here as "A woman's
ana In London as Della
~ when II was produced in
December 81. 1895
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08
GENERAL SPORTING.
SOME CURRENT TOPICS AND
TIMELY COMMENT.
The Champion wig s.ot or the Emitted
statss--fw" Europein whsslnsa VINO
Have Won Fame and wsaIrh--in ths
Ring.


ERHAPS the best
all-around ap
shot in this coun-
try, and certainly
the champion IMAM
innate bird shot Of
the United States.
is Fred Gilbert,
1.-The Phantom" Of
Spirit Lake. Iowa.
He has come rap
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

there was the thrill Of hope and axpec-
fancy as the great sIugger walked to
the plate-the eager calculating Of the
fact that the odds were 3 to 1 against
him. the strained palpitating wait and
then, maybe hit. maybe strike-out
or. most likely of all. hard drive. q
brilliant catch, and another inning.
All. me, Well never see such things
any morer
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

Congressman Fitzgerald OF Massa-
chusetts. is the best posted base ball
fan in the lower house. and an accur-
ate scorer. He fans for the senators
and Beaneaters.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08
BASE BALL GOSSIP.
SAYINGS AND DoiNcS ON THE
GREEN DIAMOND.


ALTER r. WILL
mot manager of the
Minneapolis team,
of the western
league. was well
known for several
seasons az the cIey-
er left fielder Of the
Chicago club, of
the national league
and American as
sociatiOn. He was
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08

4 has been trying What a little
L. II seems 10 some OF us since
wainwright. one OF the
borp women ON the stage.
cam into prominenee. She
4 granddaughter OF Bishop
|xr,tht and daughter OF Com
y, N. wainwright OF the
IN Her father died on board the
~, Land al the time OF her cap
Ia Galveston hArbor during the
var she is descended from the
4 q, virginia, Sns was associated
,hs grea; tragedian, Lawrence
IA ip Man o. Airlie." ''Yoriek's
\ srd Francesca di Rimini." Two
y successes Of recent years have
-Twslslh Night OF which she
"a ksSa,lfui production. and Amy
kr Do, her success in the east
II declined and since 1882 she has
IL herself 70 the west
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08
|EATRICAL TOPICS.
asur SAYINGS AND ooinos
IN sTAoELAND.


HE career In the
theater OF women
who slip out OF so
ciety onto the stage
Is always interest
ing. There. for
example. Is that Of
Marie Wainwright.
whose experiences
since she parted
from her second
husband. l. GU ! Q
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-08-08
a nslraIax I,s.as,.

ol ash sn experienced person he
Eel yoa shAi French woInen are
Iss,iy French women Hho sisig
The advocate., 1896-04-01

Mexico has an ingenious plan for
facilitating Verdicts in jury trials. Two
supernumerary jurors are drawn to sit
near the jury box and listen to the
evidence and arguments. If any Of the
regular jury falls i'll or is otherwise
disqualified from going on, one Of the
"supes" takes his place. In this way
they avoid what is often seen in Ameri-,
can courts long trial rendered useless
when it is nearly finished by the sudden
illness or death Of one jurOr.-IIhe Amer,
icGN.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Voluntary Obedience,

Voluntary obedience, not compulsion,
is what is wanted; and the parents that
are even tempered, not harsh or unjust,
are teaching this lesson most tsuccessfully.
A mother and father that have not
learned self-control, are not capable Of
controlling children. 1t is burdensome
thing to many to lead the child the way
it should go, for it is very necessary that
the parents follow the same path; we
can't preach any more than we live, and
the sermons from which the child draws
his ideas take place in the homs-no
teacher or minister can do the parents
work. Youf child has a body, mind and
heart, all in your keeping; if you do
your work well, when life's fitful fever
shall have passed, for you, the memory
of your children will go back to you
with gratitude that they were sent out
in the world with sound bodies, cult
waited minds, and pure hearts, Woman
kind.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

The important bearing upon bodily
health Of the electrical conditions of the
atmosphere has received much attention
lately. AS evidence of this, there is
cited by physicians that tendency to
headache, irritability and general mslaise
experienced by many persons just
previous to thunder storm. In this
connection it has been said that among
the conditions predisposing to sunstroke
in India there has been noticed the
peculiar conditions of the air, in which
the hairs Of horses tail repel each
other, in which the hairs of the head
stand on end, and in which man ex-
posed to It's infuencl becomes irritable,
headaChy and restless without knowing
exactly what is the matter with him.
Various observers have remarked, also,
that thunder storm is often preceded
by an increased frequency of cases Of
heat spoplexy. The precise cause Of
this phenomenon has, however, not been
determined.-Neo0 York Tribune.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Eternal Life.

Mans spirit was not made to live ter
restrial slave imprisoned, and then to be
utterly quenched like candle at night.
God must see that it would not prove
worth while to make me for only that
end II for this life merely, the spirit
infused with the breath of God and made
q living soul is vastly too precious and
complicated for it's sphere. 1t is fitted
for something infinitely better. And to
that higher life it must attain, else God
created vast powers for little accomplish
ment. So as / sit and muse, the spirit
OF eternal life burns within me. be-
lieve in Easter I sun my soul in immor-
tality Because he lives I shall live
also, Bring your choicest flowers, sweet
prophecies Of eternal springtime. Give
us your choicest music, echoes escaping
through the Easter gates ajar 1t shall
be with us as If a window of heaven
were lifted and we permitted glance
within. DR.. Taylor.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

the recollection Of the blind folly and In
gratitude Of their fathers, and penitent
because Of their own failure to duly ap-
preciate the love and mercy expressed
on Calvary, but rather Of rejoicing, of a
festival Of mirth and gsyety. The In
dians from the interior towns had meta
morphosed the great square; their booths
lined the pavements, and great heaps Of
their wares overhowed from these, away
outintO the open space. Buyers thronged
the walks, and brisk was the transfer of
lovely Guadslajara pottery, Of the paste
representations OF Mexican men and
women Of high and low degree, so true
to life, Of curious toys, Of metracas and
Judases. Huge piles Of peanuts attested
the fact that here, as in the States, there
existed partiality for this homely fruit
of the earth. On every hand parrots
were screaming as il they shared in the
general excitement, and women were
busy with their little charcoal furnaces,
frying indigestible messes SO unattrac-
tive to foreigners, but so eagerly sought
after and keenly appreciated by the ma
tives. Young men and boys moved
about among the crowds of people, deftly
handling their trays Of colored Ices and
jellies, while almost countless others
walked to and fro rsttling their metracss,
or holding on high the tree-like frames
from whose branches dangled the
Judases.-O. H., IN april LipptIpcOtfS. s.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Easter Eggs.

There is no country where eggs are
used more lavishly than in America,
whore the President gives the children
Of Washington che freedom OF the
White House grounds on Easter Mon
day, and thousands Of them gather there
in an egg-rolling contest, which Is as
democratic a festival as one could we'll
imagine, where black and white, street
Arab and aristocrat, play side by side,
matching eggs or "picking" them, that
is, cracking them together till one shell
breaks the other or both are cracked
and they become a mase o. crumpled
shells, when the egg part is soon scooped
out and eaten with much satisfaction.
The eggs are all the colors Of the rain.
bow, and are brought in baskets, in
pockets, in hampers, and in nets. A
great many people in carriages and on
foot stop to look on. The custom Of
rolling eggs down hill is very old one,
and is practiced in many parts Of
England. Detroit Free Press.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Tolegraphlng Through Space.

The possibility Of telegraphing through
space, which was fully demonstrated
last year by W. H. Preece, has been
turned to account in most effective
way for maintaining communication
between the mainland and the Fastnet
lighthouse, ON the southwest coast of
Ireland. Formerly, the difficulties Of
carrying q telegraph cable up an ex-
posed rock, where it was subject to
constant chatting, were almost insupera-
ble. The non-continuous system is now
used, and works admirably. The cable
terminates IN the water go yards of, and
the electric currents sent from the shore
find their way through this distance Ia
two bare wires that dip into the sea from
the rock.--St. Louis Globe Democrat.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
Noted Apple Tree.

A correspondent of the Independent
writes that the original apple tree from
which the variety known as Grimes
Golden Pippin has been distributed is
still standing two miles from Wellsburg,
W. Va, at the head OF deep rsvine.
The tree is about 100 years old, and Mr..
Thomas Grimes, who originally brought
the fruit to notice, has but recently
died. The tree is untrimmed, neglected,
and shows many signs Of age and decay,
and there is nothing about it to indicate
that it is the parent Of trees scattered
all over the world, for even in Australia
Grimes Golden is q famous apple
Garden and Forest.
The advocate., 1896-04-01
The Origin Of Easter.

The English name Easter and the
German Ostern are most probably de-
rived from tie name Of the feast Of the
Teutonic goddess Ostra, which was cele-
brated by the early Saxons in the spring
Of the year, and which was supplanted
by the Christian feast. The old word
oster, which means rising, adds signiR-
canoe to the name, the time Of the resur-
rection OF nature being an appropriate
time to commemorate the resurrection
Of Christ. 1t is from the heather feast,
however, that the customs Of Easter
fires, Easter eggs and the like have their
origin.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

possessed in order 70 buy such ticket.
These would-be emigrants were promised
estates and life of ease and luxury,
Of course, and had even been told not to
take along the pictures Of saints, since
on Jupiter they would be likely to make
their personal acquaintance. The
american.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

How densely ignorant the Russian
peasants are is shown by the fact that
lately swindler was arrested in the
government Of Ssratov for selling among
the peasantry large number Of tickets
to the planet Jupiter. Many of the
dupes had disposed of everything they
The advocate., 1896-04-01
RavageS Of Abslnthe.

M. Rochsfort's recent advocacy Of tenn
perance has directed attention to the
consumption Of absinthe in France, and
some startling statements in connection
Herewith are being made. Men as o
rule take the absinthe diluted in water,
slipping it slowly. But the women, to the
CONSERVATION Of the doctors, insist as a
rule on drinking it meat" with most
terrible results to their constitutions.
The number of brilliant men whom
France has lost through the abuse of
the opalescent but poisonous fluid, from
the great poet Alfred de Musset, who
used to be picked up drunk and half
dead every night in the streets, down to
the celebrated artist and caricaturist,
Andre Gill, is simply appalling. An idea
Of the extent Of the evil may begathered
from the recent returns q the Ministry
The advocate., 1896-04-01
A Festive Fast-Day.

Good Friday, in an exclusively Roman
Catholic city, one would naturally have
expected to be observed in the most SOL
emn manntr; but the suggestion Of the
scene about the cathedral on that day
was not OF fasting, not Of a mournful
naemorisl day, not Of men humiliated BY
The advocate., 1896-04-01
HOME READING
CONVALESCENT.

The fever went At the turn Of the night,
Sh0 lies like lily white and still,
But h0r eyes are full Of the old love-light:
She'll live, II IL be Gods viii.
Gods will, had It been TO snatch her away,
We had bowed, we had knelt, we had kissed
the rod,
Bus His own dear will bids our dAVllng stay,
And we, we just thank God.
M e. S. IN Horper's BazGr.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

So yonder poor o'eFl&bored wight,
80 Bb1ect, mean and vile,
Who begs o brother Of the earth
10 give him leave TO toll,
Then see his lordly fellow worm
The poor petition spufn,
Unmindful though a starving wife
And helpless offspring mourn.
Robert Burns.
The advocate., 1896-04-01

Of Finance, which show that at the
present moment there is a marchand
devin, or French absinthe seller, to every
three houses in the French metropolis
Westminster Gazette.