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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
SPARE ME, TOM.

clear starlight. Behind him lowered
In silent mystery the rugged. wooded
mountains. The air was heavy with
the breath OF the pines. But Billy saw
none OF the beauty of the night. Tie
mountains awakened memories OF
hardships and hopelessness. the river
was only highway to civilization
There was none OF the stun OF which
heroes are made in Billy Bailey's COM
position. Had the fates seen Mt 10
continue their kindly beginning. ne
would probably have developed into
one OF the horde Of whited scpulcheres
that SO largely make up what the
world is plcased to term the respect
able OF humanity-those who observe
the conventions 20 the letter, indulge
every desire with studied care that
wins the approval Of men. and dying
are respectfully buried and speedily
forpotten. On the contrary, fate had
preferrod giving Billy a chance 10
nroye his mettle. His college career
cut short by the melting away OF his
fathers fortune, he awoke one morn
ing 10 fnd himself face to face Win
the world, his wits his only capital
He remembered tonight his struggle
"a maintain his social position; the
sights heaped upon him by erstwhi'e
boon companions; tho gradual SINK
ing away Of hope, until, with starva-
t,on staring him in the face. he hau
.hipped in a vessel bound round the
horn" On his lips were curses TOT
The friends who had failed him; In MS
heart a resolve some day to retaliate'
uc recalled his hardships on the west
crn frontier. his final falling In with
old Tom Jenkins, and the hopeless
search for gold until week ago, wnen
The gravel Of a dried-up mountain
stream Unexpectedly yielded them
their fortune, and ended for MIN tns
bell-on-earth existence In these sou
tude. His future course was plain
Merc,lsssly he would engage In tne
war for wealth. His heart must kno"
INT one loye--the love OF gold.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
ARTISTIC WOMEN.
They Arc Fond Of Cheerful surroand-
inxs-hsw 60 Improve Your Hom.r.

They Are Fond Of Cheerful s,rro,n,-
ings--Hsw to Improve Your Home.
Probably ut no time In the worlds
history has so much attention been
psid to ths Interior decoration of
homes ~ at present No home. no
matter how humble, Is without It's
hsndiwork that helps to beauty the
apartments and make the surround-
ihSs more cheerful. The taste of the
Aws'iean people has kept pace witn
the Aee. and almost every day brings
!orth something new III the way Of a
p'etuie. q dfapinE. 4 piece OF furniture
OF some form OF mural decoration.
One OF the latest OF these mas been
gwen u the world by the celebrated
artist. s1usiile. In q series OF four
handsome porcelain game plaques.
rot ior years has anything as hand
some ia this line been seen. The SUD-
lseu represented by these plaques are
american Wi. DUCKS, American
fhsaAant. American Quail and Engnsh
snipe- They are handsome paintings
ana are especially designed for hang
Ing ON dinipgroom walls, though
Their richness and beauty eutitles them
10 place Ia the parlor II any home.
hese original piaques have been pur-
CHASED NJ \ cost OF &oy 400 by J. c.
huoinker brcs. Co. xuuiacturers Of
the eeiebrated Elastic starch, and In
order to enable their numerous Gus.
toners TO become possezsors of these
handsome WORKS OF art lney have hal
ID, ! REPRODUCED By a special process
10 ali TIE rien co!ors and beauty .,f
the original. They are finished IN
heavy cardboard. pI,esed aud en-
bossed In the shape OF a PLAGUE aad
Trimmed with 4 heavy band Of gold.
They measure forty inches IN eire1n-
! terence and contain no reading matter
or advertisement whatever.
unul October MessTs. J. C. Hubsn-
ger Bfos. Co. propose TO distribute
t.-esc plaques free 10 their CUSTOMERS.
Every purchaser OF three ten cent
packages Of Elastic Starch. nai.iron
brand. manufactured by J. c. nuhin.
ger Bros Co. 10 entitled TO receive
orc Of these handsome plaques free
from their grocer. Old and rev Gus
I toners alike ste entitled TO the beue
I nis Of this ofer. These piagues via
I tot be ssni through the mail. the on 3
way 10 obtain them being from your
grocer. Every grocery store In the
country has Elastic Starch for ssle. /,
Ia tie Older, and beat laundry starch
/ on the market. and is Tie mos, perfect
cold process slarrh ever Invented. I,
10 ihs only starch made by mes who
Thoroughly understand the LAUNDRY
hnsiDvFs. ard the only starch that wili
rot inlurs the nBsst fabric. II has besa
III, siaahaid ioF quarter o. cen.
Jury. ADD as sh evidence Of bow good
II ia twen,ytwo million packages wers
sold last year. Asa your dealer &c
show you the plaques aud tell yoy
about Elastic Starch Accept no tub,
su;me. Hear In mind that this onei
holds good a short time only. sut
should be iaksa advantage OF without
delay.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
THE YELLOW GOD.

Tom jenkins ran his hand through
the gold That lay heaped on the floor
OF the shack. "Seems to me, Billy" he
SAID slowly, that hopin' to fnd it Ia
petter'n findin' It,"
DUH CLEANS of light from a smoky
Antern fell athwart the face OF the
OLD miner, rugged. homely, deep-fur-
rowed by time and hardships, and Of
iering marked contrast indeed to the
handsome patrician features OF Billy
Bailey. his Junior partner.
F1ndin'. Billy, means Quittin'. It's
Al end TO the wants an priyations I've
Enowed for nigh twenty year. But,
somehow, Two tome TO like these still
ole mountaiAs. an the slngin' Of the
pines. an the river. They've growed
Ike friends, an I'm never lonesome
among 'em. Listenl you can hear 'em
now. Maybe It's the las time they'll
ever sing for me-"
We're going back TO civilization"
continued Tom, unheeding the others
lack OF sympathy with his reminiscent
mood. AN that means separation. l
know you Ike me. Billy. A fs
couldn't want better partner t-.au
you've been fer the two year I've
Snowed you. But with yer eddication,
an yer young blood, an yer ambitions.
you Amt my kind In civilization. We
can't be the same down there.
couldn't expect 1t. But think pow
erful deal of you. Billy. II"
oh. come. Tom" broke in his COM
panion. impaiienily. you're in the
dumps tonight. Take drink and
brace up. Should think you'd look on
the bright side OF things now. We've
worked and starved in these cursed
wilds for gold, until at last we've got
II. Think Of the city's ten thousand
pleasures that this stake can buy for
US. There's no life in these damned
soiltudes. It's there In the crowded
streets. and IL can all be ours when
we've got such god-the god of god
to see as through"
Billy laughed gioatingly in ant!cipa-
ton. Then once more he fixed his eyes
with 4 glittering intensity on the vel
low heap which meant for him all that
life can mean 10 a selfish. loye-lack
nature.
"But II amt fer me-" persisted Tom.
I'm past them things. II IT want fer
the hope Of hndin' the ole woman
down there in Frisco an maxim her
comfortable. ia stay. don't care Ter
the gold after all. I've found 1t, an
my huagerln' Ter It's satisfied"
Billy made no answer. He had long
since become resigned to the diversity
OF their tastes. and tsnight he was IN
no mood Cor argument He got out
some materials. and began TO repair
rent In his coat. Tom rose presently
and dumped the nuggets into a gunny'
sack. Then he arranged his blanket:
for the night.
"Pu, II away safely. Billy.- he said
PECULIARLY. we're already on the edg,
o! civilization. an must learn to b,
per;iekier,"
I'm look after II. never fear" sale
the other. shortly; good night"
Billy finished his task, but his mini
was still busy with thoughts of tn
future. lie rose and stepped out int
the night AZ his feet the turgulen
river rushed blackly along, It's foam
crests cleaning like dull silver in tn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
lIorua Innncnccx.

Each one OF us is bound TO make the
little circle In which he lives better
and happier; each one OF us ia bound
TO see that out OF that small circle
the widest good may flow; each enc
0. US may have fixed in his mind the
thought that out of a single household
may flow influences which shall slim
ulate the whole commonwealth and
tbs whole civilized world.-Dean Stan
lay
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
nct!c, fun Of life nerve and yigor, take Note
Bee the wondcr-worker, that makes weak me0
strong. All druRgistS S0c. or d. Cure guaran~
teed. Booklet and sample free Address
Sterling Remedy Co.. Chicago or New York
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

They say the man in the moon is loafel
Whyl Because he stays out all night. Oh,
thst's nothing. The son is just as bad; he
don't show up till morning.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

julia thought Mr. Benedict swore he
would never marry. Harold-So he did,
before he enlisted. He is one of those
converts 20 annexation as a war measure.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Probably one reason the women strive
20 earnestly TO get TO heaven is that pic
lures Of the angels do not indicate tina
women have TO wear corsets there.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Why Is 1t that weak woman pos
sesses abnormal strength when Il
comes to getting the best OF a manf
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

When woman talks her husband into
paying for two hired girls, she begins to
cali them 'smaids.n
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

I Americas wheat crop for 1873 is esti-
mated at 20, 00G, 900 bushels
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Before the war Cuba contributed about
one-twelfth Of all the tobacco In the world.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Building still goes on merrily in Der.
lin. although there are 10000 yacan.
houseE
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Pisc's Cure for Consumption is the only
cough medicine used in the housed. c.
Albright, Miffiinburg, Pa, Dec, II, 1895.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

The average walking pace Of a healthy
man or woman is said to be Is steps per
minute.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Educate Your Bowels With G asc&rokx.
Candy Cathartie, cure constipation forever
csc IfC. G. c. fail druggists refund money
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
"TOE-GUM CURES cORN9
Or money back. lie At ell druggists.

How was your amateur opera perform
ancel 1t was so poor that It was really
rich.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

People who use high words often use
very low expressions.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

There are few men who know how NOT
TO Kiss.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

Hairs Catarrh Cure
Is taken internally. Price, 15c.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08

w. N. ". Salt Lake-No. SO. 1898
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1898-10-08
Salt Lake Electric Supply Co.

Ell. Airs, Pres r.. w. Nlcol Sec. Contracting
Electricians. Wholesale and Retail Electric Sep
plies Phone G. Is ". First soUth ST., Salt Lake
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warships Just as had the Greeks made
'triers" Ca three banked ship apply to all
WarshiDs. The Byzantine ships, during the
reign of Leo VI, had but two banks, and
this meant, in the larger ships, 200 men.
in action so rowed in the lower bank and
$50 fought above.
A ship of a single bank, which was pre-
served at Rome as a relic of Aeneas, was
$50 feet long. Warships, YOU must know,
were so much different in their proper
tons that they We're known as long
ships, While merchant ships were known
as round ships. Warships were of very
little burden. carrying nothing. except the
crew. Thus, the Tiber was navigabe as
far as Rome for banked warships at
a time, when Il merchant ship carrying
more than 5000 talents was compelled TO
anchor at the mouth. From Pliny we
know that they were just as careful then
as we are now to have their vessels
painted neutral tint. The timbers of
shin were held together by wooden pegs,
and metal nails. In the Athenian navy a
set of girdn3 cables was provided for
every shin OF three or four banks. Con-
sultlng the D@lphian oracle wasn't enough.
Often the rowers were protected by a
long screen. As toI honorng dgnitaries
with an invitation to witness the fight
from prOminent deck position, one can
imagine the latter day ones pleading
Tor my states welfare III stay at home
These ships used to be steered by pair
of very large oars at the stern, one on
either side. on Egyptian ships they were
attached 20 q rair of posts. Rigging vas
always substantially the same. Wonder
ful days these, when piracy was an honor
able occupation.
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INFANT FISH AND REPTILES.
The Little Fellows Have to Shift for
ThemseIves-A Naturaiists Talk.

From the New York Sun.
Here's a Matching of eggs that you
wouldn't care 10 invest in, TIL wager"
said the naturalist, talking in his specimen
room to Sun reporter yesterday. In the
glass covered box at which they were look
ing were eighteen or twenty little snakes
with triangular heads and gray-tnted
bodies marked with black. Each was
about as long and large around as a lead
pencil and they lay around in all sorts of
curves and writings among a lot of what
looked like the broken shells of pigeons
eggs.
'"They are young rattlesnakes." contin-
ued the naturalist. "A friend Of mine in
Maryland found the nest and sent me the
eggs packed in cotton. They are an I'M
usually early crop. I have been letting
them incubate under a proper temperature
and they have hatched out finely. The
first one appeared vest erday, and the last
one you can see has just Clipped his shell.
Clipped the she'll is hardly the word 10
use though, for the covering of a snakes
eggs is a yielding membrane rather than a
she'll This is the case with the eggs Of
all the reptilans-snakes, alligators tur-
ties and the others. Through this pecu-
liaFity they can be packed more closely
within the females body while they are
forming; they are less liable to break and
are more pervious to the warmth of the
sun or earth in which they are Matched
Now. observe how these little fellows
the Oldest not twenty-four hours in age,
show every trait of the parents"
The naturalist lifted the glass cover
slightly from the box and pushed the end
of long feather among the snakes At
once the nearer ones cooled precisely as a
grown rattlesnake would have done, and
each, as the feather was pushed within
striking distance, dared viciously al it
with jaws widely opened showing the
sharp, tiny fangs. One of the snakes, so
recently emerged from the egg that part of
the shell adhered TO him, coiled and struck
as fiercely as the others.
"Thev are born with oil their power of
mischief and the knowledge of how to use
it complete, the naturalist went on to saw
1.-THE bite of one of these baby snakes
would poison you the same as the bite Of
an adult snake would The difference
would be in the amount of poison injected.
of course the little fellow doesn't carry
so much ammunition in his magaziue--s,o
much venom in his poison gland, In other
wOrds-and so you would get a smaller
dose than from an older snake I feed
these youngsters on milk I suspect that
If they had Matched out in the place where
the mother snake intended that thew
should, the young ones would have to
forage for their own living from the
start-on worms insects, whatever thew
could catch and swallow. II is a general
principle that all he cold-blooded Great
urcs such as the reptiles and fishes, con-
slider their parental duties ended when the
eggs have been deposited and guarded dur
ing incubation. Once brought into the
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DIG DOWN DEEP.
Prairie Dogs Have Holes That Go TO
the Water level.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
1.-THE most interesting thing L have seen
in many a day" said Mr. Harvey Geer of
Lamont, Col, at the Ebbitt few nights
ago, was a prairie dog well Did you
ever see one? 1t isn't often that cnance
occurs to explore the homes and haunts
of these expeditions little inhabitants Of
the plains. A few miles from my town a
large force of men has been at work this
summer making deep cut for short
railroad up into the mines. A friend Of
mine is in charge of the job, and l went
out a week ago TO see him and the work
that had been done. The first thing that
attracted my attention when I got there
was the fact that the cut was being made
through an old alfalfa field and the roots
fringed the sides of the cut and hung down
fifteen TO eighteen feet. Up at the sur
face of the ground were the STUDIED green
plants and reaching down deep into the
earth were the fat, business like roots, get
ting their living far below where ordinary
plants forage for subsistence
but the most remarkab bic thing was the
prairie dog wells that had been dug into.
The cut went through a dog village ana
icing a deep one-some forty feet--t went
below the town. There has always been
a discussion about where the prairie dog
gets his drink. Some say he goes eternally
dry and does not know what it is to have
an elegant thirst on MIN. Usually their
towns are miles from any stream and i'm
an arid country where there is no surface
water at any time sufficient for the needs
of an animal requiring drink. The over
land travellers back in the days of pioneer
ing used TO find The dog towns out on the
prairie scores of miles from the streams.
There was no dew, the air was as dry "a
a bone, the buffalo grass would be parched
brown and there would be absolutely
nothing 40 quench thirst. l remember
discussion begun thirty years ago in the
American Naturalist by DR.. Sternberg,
now surgeon general, on the subject, and
ne argued in favor Of the well theory.
But there near Lamont is ocular proof of
the well theory. The nest holes Of The
dogs were five or six feet deep, but four
or five holes went straight down as deep
as the excavation had been made and evil
IDENTITY on into the water-carryiug sand be-
meath. These whoies appeared TO be used
by the whole colony commonly, and were
a little larger than the holes used for their
homes -
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won't work. I'll just show up. and II
Won ton me the outfit is yours" With this
Fete skinned out a king full, queens up.
lin looked them over carefully ana Threw
down his hand on the table face up. A
pair Of trays was the best there was IN
Goodbye, Pete" he said hoarsely, ris-
ing and extending his hand. Keep
straight, old man. and love that girl.
Don't forget me, will you, PattyY ne safd
slowly. almost tenderly. as he babe her
Goodbye. IT'S coming out all right. God
bless you both.
He left the cabin, quickly disappearing
in the brush al the edge OF the camp.
Pete and Patty sat there for an hour'
neither deigning 10 break the silence After
awhile Patty said: II kinder wanted jim
70 win. but It's fair and I'm satisfied now.
Guess ne didn't like the looks of the four
ones he got at first"
whats that?" cried Pete, his face get
ting Whittier every minute. -Four ones?
lie never had four ones or four anythings.
Why. he tossed the bunch back cause
they wuz no good and drew five"
Eyes. l know" said Patty, who did not
understand the game, but remembered the
hand. That's what he had, and his first
cards are at the bottom of the PACK now.
AS she spoke she drew them forth and
handed them to Pete. There were four aces
and a king.
my Godw groaned Pete, between his
sobs. This Is too much. must hunt my
pardl" and he dashed out OF the cabin,
only to return crestfallen.
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MONSTER BLACK SNAKE.
Big Reptile Attacks Farmer Who
Kills and Preserves 1t.

Susquehanna, July 2-Mr. Rogers, a
farmer of Great Bear township, while
working in his field on Saturday was sur
prised by a blacksnake, which came at
him with open mouth and Ats head elevat-
ed above the ground about a foot. He
succeeded in killing it with a hoe, and in
measurement found It to be seven feet in
length, with a diameter OF three inches
at the largest part.
An extraordinary kact about the crea-
ture was the presence Of two well-form-
ed legs, with fees attached to the body
at a point about a foot from the tail
The legs were Of a bright pink or flesh
color without bone. and so elastic that
when drawn to their full length and sud
denly released they would spring back
to their normal position at the reptiles
side The feet were about the size Of a
hazel nut and were hoof-like In appear
ance, and Of darker color than the
limbs TO which they were attached.
Upon each Of these feet or hoofs were
siXty-three small claws, white, as of a
horny substance. The body Of the snake.
with the legs attached was put into
alcohol and sent TO the National Museum
at Washington.
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Plant System.

Train" MerIdian IA me-one hour
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r'est Line to Tampa "a Miles Shortest Line
TINE TABLE EFFECT JULY G. 1895
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PATTY WAS THE STAKE.
SHE AGREED TO CHOOSE BETWEEN
THEM BY THE FALL OF THE
CARDS

Jim Drew New Hand and Pete With
IA King Full Easily Beat His Pair
of Threes-Jim Left the Girl and
the Claim TO Pete and Never Told
Them the story of His Discard.
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THE NEW ARMY UNIFORM.
ContInued from page seventeen.

Continued from page seventeen.
them all. II was only a few days after
that, and the officer had gone ayay TO
rejoin his regiment that the bill went
through Congress removing the disabill-
ties of old Confederate oficersN and Con-
gressman Lacy made an eloquent speech
upon it, and then went on TO say that he
had been in the thealer a few nights be-
fore when a man, wearing the uniform
of United states officer. had proposed
three cheers for a reunited country, and
the thrill that had gone through his neart
was one he would like that officer to know
Fine that / saw the speech, wasn't
itY' said the officer who was relating
IT, for met the captain in Washington
and he told me about the cheering as
showing the sentiment Of the country, SO
cut OUT Lacy's speech and sent il 10
him. zen make pleasant reading for
him."
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IT knowed it all along that yer wanted
each other, too" he cried.
Never mind" said Patty, with a wo-
mans strange philosophy; Tim said it
would come out all right and l know 1t
WILL
And Pete? He took a new brace, in "A
few years cleaned up his pile and dug out
Patty proved a true and loving wife, ana
with more congenial surroundings life took
on a brighter hue.
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SEARCHING FOR A SUMMER PLACE.
The Folly of Waiting Until Late in the
Season.


ThereW the Bene of
Aboutt he her Matter
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Trans 5and3i o
New
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Orleans
T and Llbertys
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All trains 2 go IS ma locals
Pullman buffet sleeping
Waycross a NIontgo
an
lev York
p and
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