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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29

In his posthumous journals Rubin
stein tells how he once played in Paris
to an audience of 1000 enthusiastic
people. and felt that the world was
looking at him. At the door OF his
hotel he met a friend, who said:
what, Are you in Paris? Since
when? We are all kept in ignorance
and never hear a word about YOU. Are
you thinking OF giving a concert here?'
II was speeches." dryly adds Rubin
stein.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
birds In storms.

Among the birds. swallows and rocks,
instead OF flying about. remain home
when a storm is brewing, and robins
hide in bushes or seek the shelter Of
chirlneys, A bee IS never caught IN
the rain and ants. wasps and spiders
VIII be found TO prepare their nests
against the coming OF a storm many
hours in advance.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
Ice cream for nIceonrhs.

Thomas Haywood. of New Bruns-
wick. N. j.. hiceoughed for three weeks
ana was on the verge of death when
some ice cream was given him. The
hiccough Immediately stopped and he
is RAPIDLY recovering.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29

khtAN 1lAAH
examination OF these jumping seeds has
proven that instead OF jumping. as
alleged, they merely roll about This Is
iue To the presence OF a grub. which,
erawling upon one side OF the interior
of the seed. disturbs its equilibrium.
and causes il 10 reaajust itself. In this
connection il is interesting 20 note the
fact that there are certain seed pods
that have the faculty OF throwing their
contents 10 a considerable distance. A
lady gathered a quantity OF pods OF the
wlsteria. and. without n particular
thought as 10 their disposition or hab-
it's. placed them on the corner OF the
nantel in the dining-room A few
nights af:erward the house was dis
turbed by a series OF reports that be-
came quite startling. There MAS a
sharp crack. then a rafting sound. for
which no one could account. Some of
the members OF the family went down
stairs and looked all through the house
with no results. They we're barely set
tied In their beds again when the noise
was repeated. IL seemed 20 proceed
from the dining room. and a few min
ntes of waiting AT the door OF that
apartment revealed the fact that a Sc
rics Of minor commandments OF some
sor was going on there. Striking a
light the source Of the racket Was
traces by another explosion. In the
morning the wisteFiA seeds were swept
mp from all portions Of the room. some
OF them having struck On the opposite
wall and ratified down behind the fur
niture. The pods were damp when
they were brought in. aud became very
dry IN the heat of the apartment The
following year the pods we're gathered
and placed on exhibition. and excited
considerable comment among callers
who had never heard Of these pccu-
ilaritleS.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
A MYSTIC WOMAN.
MADEMoISELLE Dc WoLSKA A
TELEPATHic MEDIUM.
She Is Visiting this Country en- Company
With Emma calye-Wm Build u
Home for D~efenseIess Little Girls of
the Breton Coast.

HE intimate friend
and travelling COM
panion of Emma
Calye on her pres
professional
tour in this coun-
try is Mademoi-
selle de Wolska, a
Polish lady of dis
tinguished attain
e and indiyid-
uality whose DOr-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
A Memorial of the Revolution.

The recent dedication of the monu-
mental cairn shown in the accompany
ing picture, or Payne's Hill, at Quin-
cy. Mass. recalls an historic anecdote
of the war of the Revolution. When
the colonists were fighting the battle
of Bunker Hill, Abigail Adams, wife Of
John Adams twho became subsequent
~ the second President of the United
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29

This novel p%lnruRhion win be- pprc-
ciated by cyclists. II iR made in the
form OF a cycle whccs with pneumatic
tire. a large wooden curtain ring Is
used for the wheel. This IL covered
with black satin. the spokes are formed
by stretching silver threads from one
eide TO the other. and connecting them
IN the center By a spun stitch worked
in point lace, The tire ia the cushion.
which should be ut least one inch in
diameter. and long enough TO go round
the ring. II mus, be tightly stuffed.
4hen covered with gray satin tho same
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
GREAT COMPOSER.
THE LATE JOHANNES BRAHMS
HAD FIRST RANK.
A Short sketch of His Born a
German and an Austrian by Choice
His Best works-Honored In Two
Empires.

o II A N n L S
Brahms. who Is
generally consider
ed to be the great
contemporary
composer. was bora
at Hamburg on
March Z. 1888. He
was the son OF a
double bass player
in the city theater.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
Trnac IN lnlnnr,l nan..

The total yearly demand for iyorS
billiard balls, when trade in general il
COED. Is estimated to be about i10.ooD
to $4,000 balls, of which America and
France absorb half, the remainder be-
ing used by England, Germany and
other countries. Bad times reduce the
number Of balls required to about So
900 TO $4,000 per year.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
MoNrMENT.

not TO be completed. 1t is the purpose
of the committee to place It on an ele-
walton near the main entrance TO Mount
olivet cemetery. Frederick. Md.-Les-
lies Weekly.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29

Key memorial should consider the ex-
p%erience OF the people who erected a
monument to Calhoun in Charleston
This monument has beer taken down
after twenty years. because 1t was in
artistic and inappropriate. II the Mary
land committee carries out its present
intention as to the design which it has
a~ccepted-we reproduce n photograph
of the design-the people OF Maryland
will some day regret that the commit
tee should have been so ill-advised.
The pedestal Is to be thirteen feet high
and the statute of Key nine feet. We
need not point out the theatric pose
OF the statue. All who have any feel
Ing for art will understand at a glance
what we mean when we express the
opinion that the proposed work ought
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29
SCIENTIFIC CORNER.
CURRENT NOTES OF piscov-
cry AND INVENTION.
Jumping seeds "A roy's Rabbit Snare
Ior the Cycling Girl and Others A
Carious Accident Work By Artificial
Iisht-Duration of Life.

GREAT deal has
beea said within
the last few years
a b jun ping
beans and other
seeds. Maay of
them have been ad-
yertised Is great
~curioslues. and a
great deal of money
has been made from
their sale. Careful
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-05-29

The Imperial Society for Aeclimat.
ization has succeeded In raising o.
trichos In the south of Russia.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

Three hours later the man sat at
CHEEKY little dinner in London, little
farewell meal with a few old college
friends. After which he went on board
his steamer and walked the deck in the
starlight, with pipe for consolation as
he thought of the poor and lonely girl
hehadleft, and longed for money to bring
him his desire. And so absorbing were
these thoughts that the pipe went out,
and still he paced to and fro, unheedinG,
until at last, his elbow being logged ac-
cidentally, he came back to the near
present again, and, taking the cold pipe
from his lips, tapped it out on the rail.
Then, while the ashes were yet floating
down to the waters, he went below to
his berth and slept soundly.
And the girl Ursula sewed and sewed
all the evening by the light of the cheap
oil lamp, and smiled stiffiy with her lips,
and tried not to depress her mother.
And then she went to her room and
packed her box to go a-governessing on
the morrow. And after awhile she
went to bed, and there she lay with wide
eyes and watched the moonlight on the
window; and her heart felt widowed,
hopeless, and would not be cheered.
i "Your letters are so friendly, dearest,
SO abominably friendly; they verify
starve my heart. Oh, why am not rich
enough to throw up this drudgery and
come home to you and hold you in my
arms again, and make you say you love
me? I have to go over our parting
again and again to make myself be
lieve that all you said then is really
true. Write me a real love letter next
time, darling. to help me bear up"
The girl's cheeks were flushed and
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

The Journal has frequently spoken
against the civil service humbug and is
willing to speak at any and all times if
good could be accomplished. Congress.
man Grosvenor denounced the law in the
House last week as scheme to "pension
incompetents" and other Representatives
spoke against the fake. 1t is now being
worked to keep a lot of people in Office
not in sympathy with the incoming ad-
ministration and who should be promptly
fred to make room for good Republicans
who have given their time and labor
that change might take place The
"boys who did the hard work in the
campaign, who hustled to swell the
numbers at big meetings and who labor
ed in many ways to make votes now de-
serve the places at the pie counter, and
the Democratic employees should be
promptly kicked off their stools to make
room for them Wilmington Journal.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
One Thousand Farmers Wanted.

To settle on one thousand choice
farms on the line of the Chicago, Mil.
waukee q st. Paul Railway in Dakota,
These lands are located in twenty diff.
ferent counties, and are to be had now
at prices rangingi from 81 to SIS per
acre; a few months hence their value
will be doubled.
For home or for investment no luck.
ier chance has ever before been offered.
Now is the time to invest. No better
farming land exists anywhere. No
greater results can he obtained any,
where.
Schools and churches abound every.
where, Near by markets for all farm
products. South and North Dakota are
the banner diversified farming and stock.
raising states of the West. Everything
grows in Dakota except ignorance and
intemperance. 4 new boom is on.
Take advantage of the tide which leads
to Dakota and to fortune.
For further information address or
call upon w. E. Powell, General emmi.
aration Agent, 40l Old Colony Building,
! Chicago, Ills.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
A Legend of LON hardy.

An old Lombard legend tells the story
&C a chieftain who asked the hand of a
neighbor's daughter. Upon its being
refused him he declared war, killed the
chief who had declined the honor of be-
coming his father-in-law, and married
the girl after all. Not satisfied with
this much he had the skull of his wife's
father mounted in gold as drinking
cup, and one day, while under the infiu-
ence of wine, ordered his spouse to ap-
pear before the assembled guests at his
house and drink to his health out of the
horrible bowl. She did SO, but ever
afterward was her husbands secret
but most deadly enemy. She Joined in
a conspiracy which eventually resulted
in her husbands assassination.-Sar
Francisco Car.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
Summer Homes.

In the Lake regions of Winconsin,
Northern Michigan, Minnesota, Iowa
and Dakota, there are hundreds of
charming localities pre- en- sminently fit
ted for summer homes Nearly all are
located on or near lakes that haven't
been fished out. These resorts are
are easily reached by railway and range
in variety from the 'fuil drees for din
ner" to the flannel shirt costume for
every meal. Among the list are names
familiar to many OF our readers as the
perfection of Northern summer reeorts
Nearly all of Sthe Wisconsin points of
interest are within short distance from
Chicago or Milwaukee, and none of
them are 80 far away from the "busy
marts of civilization" that they cannot
be reached in a few hours travel by
frequent trains, over the finest road in
the northwest-the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway. A description OF
the principal resorts, with list of sum.
mer hotels and boarding houses, and
rates for board, will be sent free on ap'
plication to Robt. G. Jones, Travelling
Passenger Agent, 40 Carew building
Cincinnati, o.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
METEORIC PHENOMENON
Witnessed During the Recent Rain.

One Of the most mysterious and pc.
culiar meteoric freaks on record comes
from New Martinsburg, in the southern
part of Fayette county. The facts are
obtained from Mr.. Albert Fishback,
leading citizen Of that place, and an eye
witnes of the incident. About 8 o'clock
in the morning during heavy rain Mr.
Fishback was in his back yard in the
southern part of town digging small
ditch to let the water run out of his lot,
when his attention was attracted by an
unusual thunder. like, whizzing sound,
and looking up he saw large ball of fire,
travelling rapidly and somewhat re.
sembling burning hay stack flying
through space, only it was not so large.
Fierce lightning.like sparks flew off from
the nucleus in all directions and streak
of dark blue smoke followed in the wake
OF the flying meteor. When the meteor
was within about sixty feet of the earth
it exploded with a report that sounded
like the firing of a huge cannon, and the
nucleus seemed to fly to pieces in a
thousand different directions. People
hearing the whizzing sound and the
loud report came rushing out of their
houses to see what was the matter. but
nothing remained to be seen but the
smoke. A number window.lights in
New Martinsburg were broken by the
conclusion.
David Leisure, who lives just under
the route taken by the meteor before
it exploded, was standing in the door
at the time the meteor was passing and
was knocked down, not coming fully
to himself for half an hour. At noon
when he went to his barn to feed his
horses he found that one of them was
dead, with one half Of its head knocked
of, and one ear over in another manger
Three freshly made, smoothe holes
about the size OF mans fist, where the
meteoric fragments had entered thu
stable were discovered, but thus far tn,
metoric stones that entered the stabl,
have not been found. When Mr.. Leis
ure attempted to drive his other hors,
that was in the adjoining stall he dis
covered that the animal was perfect,
deaf, and could not hear when he yellet
in it's ear.
The case puzzles all who have examin
ed the surroundings. 1t is supposed tha
the fragments of the metoric stone tha
burst as under at the time of the ex
.. plosion, buried themselves in the mudd,
, fields. The Report of the explosion wa
plainly heard by many persons in thi
city, ten miles distant, and it lie said +
have been heard a distance of twent
!, miles. Those who heard it remarke
, that it did not sound much like thundel
! but like the distant roar of a cannon
E W. c. H Cyclone.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

into the house.
Looking out from her window, Kate
stood thinking, wondering when she
should hear all the story which she felt
might mean so much, when with a
! hustle of drapery her uncle's wife stood
beside her.
"Traitress" broke from her white
lips. "You who have partaken of my
bounty, only to rob me of all held dear
on earth! Did you not see how I loved
him? Yet what do such as you know,
/ of love?"
Then, ere the astonished girl could
reply, a glimpse of the truth betraying
itself to her, she fell fainting on the
floor.
month later, and Max Creighton
led his young and lovely bride to the
altar. She never asked the sequel to
the story he told her on that summer
night. She knew it all in the words
Naude Harrison had spoken when, re-
covering from that long faint, she had
summoned them to her presence, and
laid Kate Leonard's hand within her
lovers, saying, with brave smile:
~ was mad, Kate, and If uttered
words in my delirium, forget them.
see it all. It is best So" Then turning
to Max. she whispered: MAY she love
you az I would have done. Nay" turn.
/ ing away the beautiful head and speak
4 ing below her breath, "as shall do tn
my gzNve."-N. 2. Ledger.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
"NOt Exactly Right"

Thousands of people are in this con-
dition, They are not sick and yet they
are by no means well. A single bottle
of Hoods Sarsaparilla would do them
world of good. 1t would tone the
stomach, create an appetite, purify and
enrich the blood and give wonderful
vigor and vitality. Now is the time to
take it.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

People buy Hoods Sarssparilla yeal
after year because it does them good
1t will do you good to take it now.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

81 would like to ask one thing" said
the cross boarder
"What is it, please?" asked the land
lady.
"How do you get this steak cooked so
hard without even getting it hot?"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
Rheumatism Quickly Cured.

After having been confined to the
house for eleven days and paying out
$25 in doctors bills without benefit, Mr..
Frank Dolson, of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich,
was cured by one bottle of Chamberlain s
Pain Balm costing 25 cents and has not
since been troubled with that complaint.
For sale by Garrett 4 Ayres, druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18
From Cripple Creek.

After the big fire in Cripple Creek, l
took very severe cold and tried many
remedies without help, the cold only
becoming more settled. After using
three small bottles OF Chamberlain g
Cough Remedy, both the cough and cold
left me, and in this high altitude it takes
a meritorious cough remedy to do any
good.-G.: B. HENDERSON, editor Daily
advertiser. For sale by Garret & Ayres,
druggists.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-03-18

Quericus-What do you find to be the
most difficult thing to compose?
Musician-The baby.
The herald., 1897-04-12
Extravagances of Opera

Colonel Mapleson's recent remarks up
on grand opera in this country will find
a hearty echo here. He said: When
Jean De Reszke started. I paid him $50
a week. Patti got only 5000 a night
Now the star gets nearly oil the S,sney.
the chorus little, the manager less. The
public are f1eeced numerically. but
have only themselves to blame. They
oroato tn s--t- MUSICAL iuvIs. .---s --.rt,t =,
to complain If their worship proves ex-
rensive. In America there is special
prejudice amongst American singers
unless they have made successful de-
but abroad. I have brought out thirty
two American prima donnas, including
Kellogg, Nordica and Minnie Hauk'
This list ought to satisfy you that your
country can produce good voices In
fact, the future prima donna must be
American, because they pre-eminentlg
have the voices and the temperament
for opera. American sopranos have
quality of voice that Is found nowhere
else in the world. Music of higher
kind ought to be heard for less money. y
Chicago Chronicle.
The herald., 1897-04-12
The Original Uncle Sam

During the war of 1912 the United
States government entered into con-
tract with a man by the name OF Elbsrt
Anderson to furnish supplies to the
army. When the United States buys
ANYTHING from a contractor, an inspector
is always appointed to see that the goods
are what the contract calls for. and that
the government gy.s full value. In this
case the government appointed man
by the name of Samuel Wilson. who
was always called Uncle Sam" by those
who knew him. He inspected every pack
age and cask that came from Elbert An
derson. the contractor, and If he found
that the contents we're all right the pack
age or cask was marked with the letterr
"E. A.-U. ST. the initials OF the con-
tractor and of the United States. The
man whose duty it was to do this mark
ing was jovial sort of fellow, and when
somebody asked him what these letters
meant he said they stood for Elbert An
derson and Uncle Sam. Everybody, In
Guiding Uncle Sam" Wilson himself,
thought this was a very good joke, and
by and by it got into print. and before
the end of the war it was known all over
the country, and that is the way the
limited States received its name or
"Uncle Sam" Mr.. Wilson, the original
"Uncle SAM" died at Troy, N. y. In
1884. at the age of S4.-St. Nicholas.
The herald., 1897-04-12
CIRCUMSTANCES" AND TEE
HARBOR

Following our settled policy of giving
everybody who has ideas to oner a
chance to offer them. we make room to-
day for a communication from corre-
spondent signing himself "Harbor
Friend" This writer intimates that all
is fair in politics and war. and, shoNd
there be a new deal on the harbor scheme
and should circumstances over which
we have no control favor Santa Monica
at the last moment, why. he thinks, we
ought to take the proffered boon and be
grateful. circumstances over which
we have no control hardly expresses
the situation above outlined. 1t should
rather be circumstances over which the
expressed will of the people of the
United States has no control; circum-
stances over which the action of Con-
gress reinforced by executive sanction
has no control; circumstances over
which a weakened Republican admin
istration has no control. 1t should
rather be circumstances over which
giant monopoly alone exercises control.
In such light we have serious doubts
whether the people of Southern Califor-
mia would care 10 "crook the pregnant
hinges of the knee that thrift might fol-
low fawning." The sense of humilia-
ton in accepting a favor thus bestowed
would be so strong as to deprive the
project of all attractiveness. They
would rather go without the harbor en-
tirely than accept it on such terms.
The herald., 1897-04-12
The Ladies of Constantinople

II was amusing to see negresses with
the thickest of lips veiled. All the pretty
faces were more or less painted and the
eyelids and eyebrows penciled. The
quality of the paint showed the quality
of the lady. Poor women daub them
selves with horrid pigments. No Turk
ish gentleman goee out to walk with his
wife; to do so would be counted In the
highest degree absurd. At most she is
followed by slave. But wrapped up In
the ugly black silk feridje. she can go
where she pleases and alone. No mar
would dream of looking at veiled lady
in a feridje. Were Giaour to scan her
face he would run a rick OF being mas
sacred. Shopping is feminine pastime;
another is holding receptions, which, OF
course, ladies only attend. Munching
sweet meats renders Constantinople
bellies grossly fat while etill young, ana
rather spoils their teeth. All over the
East teeth are even, white, and OF me-
dunn size, and mouths well shaped. They
are mouths made for laughter, gour-
mandize, and sensual love. Eastern
women are far better looking In youth
than Western. Those of Stamboul are
the least graceful. They are seldom
neat about the ankles. Their stockings
are not we'll drawn up, their shoes are
world too big, and their gait is heavy
and shuffiing.-London Truth.