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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10
WHITE TOPAZ.


M - N&*
D1~zssa Fss~em
Every dag IN the week and every
hour In the day one can see crowds
around the show windows Of THE
CHICAGO DIAMOND PALACE. The
cause Of II all Ia the nos widely known
white Topaz The White Topaz, o.
ezrbonsted diamonds. have come 70 be
recognized as the nearest thing on
earth 20 genuine diamonds. so near In
deed in IL that the proprietors Of the
DIAMOND PALACE do not hesitate 20
place real diamonds In their windows
amidst their display Of White Topaz,
and allow the public 20 pick them out
AZ the selling price Of the Topaz.
The latter stone have all the lovely
briIlisncy Of the diamonds. sparkling
steadily and with wonderful fire. The
thousands Of these stones In the win
dows forms one Of the most gorgeous
displays and has proven an attraction
which 10 q of the features Of Chi
cago.
In order TO ind out the advertising
medium best suited TO their business,
this enterprising concern offers to send
q genuine White Topaz TO all those
who win cut out and send them their
advertisement which appears else
where in this paper. together with CSC
I'm stamps.
THE DIAMOND PALACE. like all
successful institutions. has many imi-
tators, who endeayor TO sell cheap
r~hinestones and other pastes claiming
they are topaz. We caution the pub
lie TO be careful. as THE DIAMOND
PALACE, American Express building,
Chicago. are the sole importers Of these
stones.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

An EFFORT 10 being made BY those VIVA
ofsifs variety 10 introdues the fashion
IN oxp thirty years g Of HAVING
nhsnes on calling cards put In Roman
ie'fsrs Hoviing sveiIs have thelr
cards engraved In this styIs. II ia rnore
snpsnsiss than the oid-fashioned script
Certain conservatives Of the fashion.
so1s sorid look asksnes az thsse cards
engraved in Roman letters. for no mat
.sf Dos sxsHisitsiy they are executed
thsy suggest ~ FIRST glance common
pfinunx However. ~ you wish TO be
very ~. have . thin card embeiiishsd
Sith your name 10 small Roman can't
fai2-New York Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

while her father. Charles Of orieans
vas duke q AnEouiema. Margaret Of
ssiois was born uithin the xaiIs-the
slater Of Francis T.. the grandmother
o. Henry W., the Margaret Of the
"hsptameron." Ia Marguerite des Mar.
gssritssL kaysiiiae. the assassin Of
bsnry ~. vas also born there. and
Jean Louis B4lxse-ths Bsirae Of the
seventeenth. not Of the ninctesnth. cen.
tasy; and 20 match Montaigns. the
great essay writer whom Perirueux
honofs. Angouieme boasts Of the Erea,
fnsxim-msker. Ia R~ochefoueauid.
whose ancestral castle still exists only
o fen miles aBay.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10
A Pasrisr.

In many parts OF South Africa rail-
ways are comparatively a new depar-
ture. and. IN consequence. q large pro-
portion Of the farmers are wholly ig-
norant Of the way engines work
One staiwart colonist who thought
himself c.everer than his companions
was standing on the platform At Bloem-
fontein. tbs capital Of the Orange Fres
State. during shunting operations. He
had been explaining the principles OF
steam motive power to an amused
crowd. when suddenly the engine be-
gan to move backward. pushing q
string of trucks.
His Jaw dropped and he gasped out:
Il a understand how the engine
pulls the trucks. but I'm pleased IL I
know how the trucks pull the engine
back again"
Then the crowd yeiled.-AnsverA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

~ a napaees shs snsrEssTs ffassass
a. a. az mEs6 aacFs1 mad q @Dtrs
rpsr st1s SARA bst sssa fhAs dos
= nnf nnnnoG satisfy e1f eeeSssf
.s-ss Tbs s-ss sne frssst n~vsnpsnlon-
-, = shsa xs have ssfh Gcd L0ns-
go q ssa ss1 sslrss has s~9 many
rnsa sns szsn 90 Ce6. % lave that
..rvansasshln .hlek sions Is satisfy
60 "a ~ sesl e fhs Christian The
~srrtars rssstlen 10 huf o type ~ tbs
- q man's soul vita Goa On ezrh
.rss hooks for an ideal bsipzsie. bot
s.sp1s as srns h<Ipnsts IN the Cars;
~ she resyA-RsF. Dr. Heissy.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10
YOU CAN'T EAT II.

Living without it Ina this age h al
most an imposibiiity-twenty years
ago the question of harvesting the Inn
mense grain crop Of the world. proved
an incentive to inventive genius. and
the Wire Binder was the result.
flew years and serious objections
that were raised against use of wire for
this purpose, brought into existence
Binding Irvine, made from various
fbres of which at all times since its
production, sisal has been the base:
and while different factories produce
as trade seems TO demand, Irvine made
from Hemp, Manila, Jute and Grass.
there is really only one fibre, .SISAL,"
that meets the popular demand, and
the best brand of Irvine known as
Red Tag Plymouth SisaI is the kind
we have purchased and sold almost ex-
clusiyeiy for the past ten years; and
during that period more than one hun
dred carloads have been brought into
Utah and Idaho.
We now have en- route a consignment
OF this superior Irvine and we offer it
to the public under the following guar
antee:
"For every ball of Plymoth Red
Tag Irvine bearing our brand return
ed to u premises free of charged, Salt
Lake City, end proving defective, we
will give two balls of new Irvine in
return"
Will others?
Supply depots Idaho Falls and Mont
pelier, Idaho, Logan, Ogden, American
Fork, Spanish Fork, Nephi and Manti,
Utah.
COOPERATIVE WAGON
a. MACHINE co.
GEO. T. oDELL, General Manager.
Utah and Idaho.
Agents Walter A. Wood and Cham
pion Machinery. General Offices Salt
Lake CITY.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

do you believe that there is any ra
iation between weather and crime p
asked Mr.. snaggs Of the ~observant ed.
tor.
"of course ] do" replied the wi.s
a AS soon as a baimy day comes
the spring poets resume activity
Pltisburg Chronicle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10
mportant NotIee 20 the travelling Pub

Effective February 18th the Rio
Grandc Western Railway will. on ap.
p~lication. endorse its Commercial Mile.
age Books good for passage over the
lines OF the Denver & Rio Grande rail-
road, Colorado Midland railroad, Rio
Grandc. Southern railway, Florence &
Cripple Creek railway and Midland
Terminal railway, thus giving holders
Of X. q. w. Mileage the privilege OF
quiring purchase OF additional mileage
over the different roads in that state.
Call on any agent Of the X. q. w. for
additional particulars.
II. A.. WADLEIGH,
General Passenger Agent
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

man IL no buster In making money
thsn bis wife IL 10 Spending a. A GER
tain Atehison man may Be seen on the
streets any day rushing around trying
20 make money. and not far away you
may usually re- bis wife rushing around
trying 20 spend H-AtehIson Olobe.
Tbs editor u this paper advises hts
r~sdsrs that . free pseksgs Of Peruvt.na,
tho t~ss kidney and liver cure on earth. viii
10 dsiivsf~5 FREE % say sufferer. n writ
tsn f0F promptly. PeErvissA EEaHDr Co,
~ sb 81. GseiEnstl. Ohle.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

The regular sumner session ~ the Salt
lake Huktbcs@ College will commences
Jnne Tth. While the summer course com.
pFasca. Va The main. the same studies ~ the
regular rourAe. special work has been pro.
vfdssi Tor tcachcrs and students vho may
pish % study during vacation Pull IN
formation msy b. had b. addressing Salt
Lake Buslnoas College. Box sei. Salt Lake
Its, Utah.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

Women Of f4adonia. Texas. gave Or.
j. 81. Hancock a certain time 10 Leave
town because he would o attend
prayer meeting. lie didn't dust quickly
enough 20 suit tho females and they
rnwhldcd him until the blood ran down
his facr In streams. There ia great az
element
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

"Dont cry. be sntfeztsd.
Thea be perceived that her hsndksr-
chief was edged with the most sxquis-
he lace.
Don't weep he said. correcting
klnsss6f Detroit Journal
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

Looked Into the Human BODY.
Thomas Edison, great inventor, with
the aid Of X rays. has looked into the
lungs and heart and examined the ar
teries. muscles and blood vessels OF
one of his assistants. With the power
full cathode light behind the subject, he
looked through a screen of prepared
chemicals. and is said to have plainly
seen the working Of the various organs
of the body.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

NEE b a g1ss; ten and . hsif feet
,.xs N ne country shove csnfoH IN
rSIsa. sns en- Amfrfesn showmss has
s.sfly bsen tryins IN ssin 70 incsos hin
s.ssssel Ths big feilsw IL ashamed Of
,su.se.s fer being % unoniy long. and
-. .ot care % become IN exhfbst
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

A good opening for a dentists hol
low tooth.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

s..slss s~~ ss<ysss rs~sss&
sseyess Tourists from ether countries
al b compelled on catering Canada
a sepssst the fun retail value Of their
go yhen they leave the country
a. nesey .tli BE- Fefasdsd-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-07-10

DIR. q. ". sHoRKe. always seeking
10 convince peeSis dat he gives valus re-
ceived fer every dollar paid him. has
aeesde1 @ gsys gu.ckery. fras1 and I'm
suAsrtag CLASSES from the desoicnbls
netbeds q quacks md charhtans Every
suRsrer froU
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
A Veto to the Point.

The message in which Governor Hast
ings announces his disapproval of the
Joint resolution restricting to citizens
of Pennsylvania the right to compete
with labor OF materials for employment
in the building of the new capitol is
clear and to the point. 1t dissects the
unwisdom of that resolution in mas
terly manner.
In addition to the inexpediency of
such a restrictive policy in that 1t
would be likely to invite retaliatory ac-
tion by other states, to the manifest
detriment of Pennsylvanians, the fur
ther fact should be noted that Penn
sylvania builders and artisans do not
need to make such a confession OF
imaginary inferority. The brain ana
Drawn of this rich commonwealth are
both ready to meet all fair competition,
and especially ought they to feel con-
hdent when the battle-ground is on their
own territory.
Sectional legislation of any kind falls
short of the true American spirit. The
citizens of each state are at the same
time citizens of common country, with
common interests and a common well
fare OF all the states, Pennsylvania
which gave to liberty its greatest Dec
laraton of Independence, and to the
Union its first capital and many of its
eblest and braVest defenders, should be
the very last to think of putting around
It's borders u commercial trocha.
The governor has vetoed well.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
An Oyer-Confident Reformer.
Recently The Tribune printed par
agraph to this effect:

Recently The Tribune printed par
agraph to this effect:
According to G. c. Bidwell, the anti
treating crusader, there are 100000 sa-
looms IN the United States to only lGjOOO
churches, and three -fourthS of their re-
cepts come from the custom of treating.
But it is one thing to state such fact
and another to change it.
This having come to the notice of
Mr.. Bidwell, he sends us the following
letter:
did not inquire, when in your state.
whether you have local option in Penn
sylvania as we have in Connecticut ana
Massachusetts. If you have and will get
me there one month before the next cleo
tion, | will carry your town for no Ii
Cense. | will do it by my new practical
method of getting the public to under
stand the reason why. There is no use
Of enacting any law upon these subjects
until the public mind Is prepared for and
understands the reason for it-then the
law may not be needed. But it would be
best to clinch public opinion by law on
the South Carolina plan
This is certainly brave proposition.
But we fear that Mr. Bidwell overesti-
mates the efficacy of his plan, whatever
it is. The effects of local churches,
temperance societies, schools and other
moral agencies are being strenuously
put forth to check the growth of intem-
perance in this community, and not
without success, as Is shown by the
steady decline in inebriety as compared
with the condition prevalent fifteen or
twenty years ago. But the combined
power of these agencies is not sufficient
perceptibly to decrease the number OF
| places where liquor is kept for sale
much less do away with them altogeth-
er. IN fact, if the proposition of nc
| license We're to be carried in Scranton
| at a public election-Which is a con-
| lecture almost too far fetched for con.
sideration--it would be likely to mean
not a decrease in the gross volume OF
the drink traffic, but simply a loss il
revenue and corresponding increase
in the number oS speak easies.
The first practical step toward tenn
perance reform in this county would bt
in the direction of abolishing the speal
easies by making them take out licen
| ses. This could be done if the records
pared with the records of the county
| license court and the differences takel
as the basis for an effective crusade
No speak easy fools with Uncle Sam
Why should the commonwealth o
Pennsylvania be more lenient?
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
The Mckinley Programme.

The discovery in Philadelphia of the
complete and regular papers Of no
tura,2ation of Dr. Ricardo Ruiz makes
imperative not only a searching Of
fetal investigation into the circum-
stances attending his imprisonment and
death in the Spanish Jail at Guanaba-
Goa, Cuba, with punishment of those
revealed in guilt, but also such de-
mands upon Spain for reparation as
shall approach to a satisfaction of jus
tice and possess exemplary significance
This programme is demanded by every
consideration of national honor and
good faith to the holders of American
citizenship, and should necessity arise,
it would be forcibly supported by every
male American fit to bear arms
The carrying through of this pro-
tion will not be inconsistent with a
prudent, careful and conservative do
mestic policy looking to the readjust-
ment of the national revenues and a
revision of the currency system. The
one is logically complementary to the
ests, at home and abroad" is the COM
prehensive motto of Republicanism,
and there need not be in either style
of such protection real menace to the
other. Ii is true that the first duty of
the new administration will be to that
large bulk of American citizens who
are now the victims of economic injus-
tice at home; but it is to the glory of
American institutions that they permit
Simultaneous and ample safeguards
ing of American citizenship, be it with.
in domestic jurisdiction or temporarily
on foreign soil
Positive intervention in aid of Cuba
is of secondary importance and can be
deferred until the arrival of an aus,
picious occasion, But should congress
after next Thursday see fit, in its dis.
cretion, to urge upon the president
formal recognition of Cuba's belliger.
ency or independence, the executive, We
fancy, win not regard such action a.
an affront nor feel impelled arbitrar
lily to defy the wishes of congress anC
country.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
Sunday Newspapers.

We notice that Rev. John r. Davis,
formerly of this city but now pastor of
the Fourth Avenue Presbyterian church
of New York, is, preaching vigorously
against the Sunday newspaper. The
little news it contains" says he, might
just as we'll be kept over until Mon
day" 1t publication on Sunday, he
contends, has tendency to secularize
a day that should be kept different
from the other days of the week.
There is substantial truth in this view
of the question. The Sunday newspa =
per is not worse than the Sunday rail
way train, excursion steamer. street car
or many other forms of established sec
ular activity on the Lords day and
should not, if it be intrinsically meri-
torious, be singled out Tor special con-
demnatlon. But, along with these other
phases Of misplaced enterprise, it Is
wrong in that it tends to rob the com
munity of it's one day of weekly respite
from customary pursuits and cares
and merits discouragement quite as
much on sanitary and economic as or
distinctively moral grounds.
The news in a Sunday paper Is rare
ly of such great Importance as to justi,
fy it's being permitted to push over hu
manity's need of rest. During wa
times, when the Sunday paper came
into being, there was some excuse 70
it in the uncomfortable tension of pub
! lie interest in the movements of TIL
troops. Nowadays, the Sunday paper
| from a strictly news standpoint, is
| good deal of a bore and its lately su
peradded character as a receptacle fo
all kinds of literary scraps and slol
adds to it's unattractiveness amonl
readers of discrimination. True, mos
persons buy it, but a good many o
these are afterward~ more or les
ashamed therefor.
The Sunday paper is probably here t
stay and should therefore be made a
good as possible. But we may be per
mitted to remind those who care no
for its ill-timed visits that The TriL
une prints no Sunday edition and ye
manages to supply its growing circl
of readers with all the really importar
news.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02

During Sanguillys incarceration in
the Havana fortress, so the report goes
he alone among the prisoners was de-
MED the privilege of walking for hair
an hour each day in the open air, un-
der guard. Consul General Lee hin'-
self asked Weyler to grant Sanguilly
this privilege, offering as reason san
guilly's broken health. Weyler did
more than ignore this request. General
Lee himself was deprived, by order OF
the captain general, of the right of en-
tering the cell of Sanguilly, when he
called at the fortress. The American
consul could not see the American citi-
zent except at a distance of eight PAGES,
through the grated window of Sanguil-
lys dungeon and IN the presence of -four
armed soldiers, who had instructions
to fire on either Cne of them at the
least suspicious movement No wonder
General Lee is indignant at his treat
ment.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
G0LDSMITH'S o. BAZAAR.
LADIES'
TAILOR-WADE COSTUMES
and SEPARATE skirts.
This department the most important establishment because ready
continually o o
verdei
cloths daily solicited
S
reliable prices nc on We will 0
Weare enows shown O alo
at
lot OQ
~ WV
Notified Check TaIor-made Skirts at ST 90.
GET DOWN TO BUSINESS.


From the Philadelphia Times.
Two months of the session of the Penn
sylvania legislature have passed, and not
q single public measure of Importance
has even approached final consideration.
The present Legislature has the most i'm
portant legislative problems to solve or
any Legislature under the new conStitu-
ton 1t must fail in the performance OF
a plain duty if 1t does not pass congress-
ional and Legislative apportionments. II
must provide for the erection of new
capitol, and that will doubtless involve at
least a temporary revision of the tax
laws of the state. Ii must amend he
ballot law that has become so compicat-
ed and odious to the people that the legis-
lature would be universally condemned If
1t failed to simplify the ballot, with eV-
cry provision tending to maintain the
purity of our elections. The question CT
inaugurating a better road system in
the state is earnestly pressed by large
majority of the different sections, and II
is a problem that requires the most In
telligent care IN solving IL. Such leg.sla-
tiOn would not be 4 mere enactment for
today. If it is to be of any value it must
be the foundation of a system to be main
tained and enlarged with the growth Ct
the state The question of appropril-
tions to charitable institutions will re
quire the utmost fidelity to the people
to bring the expenditures within the re.
sources of the treasury. Altogether the
duties of this Legislature are graver than
those presented to any previous legisla'
tive body of the state since the amend
ment of the constitution in lS4
ill
Let our legislators now get down &c
earnest, practical work. They cannot
pursue their legislative duties with iidel
ity when diverted by iunketing every
week and their labors broken by spacia
adjournments. They have great duties
TO perform. They represent the creates
state In material resources any of tht
Commonwealths of the union; a state tina
needs the wiscst and the most enlightened
legislative policy and now tina, the de
moralizing effects of politics may be re
garded as ended, we sincerely hope tha
| both branches will settle down to system
| attic and persistent work. and continue /
| until all the great questions before then
| shall have been fully considered anc
| justly disposed Of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
SCRANTON POINTS THE WAY
From the Philadelphia Times.

From the PhIIadeIphia TImVs,
The first County Good Road league in
Pennsylvania has been organized at
Scranton. 1t is n branch of the Associa-
ton of Good Road leagues Of the l'nltei
States ana is connected with the national
department of agriCutlrr. Tho object OF
the league Is to awaken general interest
in the Improvement OF public roads, de-
termine the best methods of building and
maintaining them, secure such legisla-
tion as may be necessary for their es-
tablshment and support and 10 foster
the formation of county, township and
district road Improvement associations
throughout the state, ihis platform COW
ers the whole subject of good roads A
league like the one organized at Scranton
should be formed in every county of
Pennsylvania. Lackawanna has shown
the way; let the other counties follow
speedily.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02
Be Honest About Ii.

If civil service reform is to be es-
tablished in Pennsylvania in state,
county and city government, in accord
ance with the pledge of the Republi-
can state platform, we trust that it
will not be of the kind of that which
Congressman Grosyenor had in mind
the other day, when he said in the
national house of representatives: "A
Democratic head of one of the great
bureaus of this government boasted
under oath before one of the commit
tees of this house that out of seventy
one men certified to him by the civil
service commission, he was enabled
to use his language to get seventy
Democrats"
at Harrisburg to create a state civil
service commission which shall formu-
late the rules and put In operation the
necessary machinery to establish the
so-called merit system throughout the
commonwealth renders ii opportune for
us to suggest that II We're better a
thousand fold that the present system
of political appointment and utilza-
tion We're maintained in honorable
frankness than that the same thing
should be done behind a screen. If we
are to have the business system of ap
pointments to public office let us have
it in all its integrity, with every bi
of humbug stripped off, If not, let u
go on as We are and not play the hypo
critic.
There Is room for debate as to thu
desirability of sham enforcement o
civil service reform but there is M
room for honest opposition to an hon
est application of that reform. Sucl
Gn application will not necessarily run
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1897-03-02

to abstruse geometrlcal or algebraic
tests nor will ii hold out for eNamina-
tions of applicants i'm matters alien to
the duties to be performed. But it Will
insist upon competency as the indls-
pensable essential and it will not toler-
ate partisan influences which imperil
the character of the service. ON these
foundations true civil service reform
stands unassailable. 1t is on these
foundations only that it should be es-
tablished in Pennsylvania.