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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

Notwithstanding all our boosted civ
iiixation aud the efforts of the Thir-
teen clubs. how few there are OF us
who are not in the Utmost recesses of
our hearts afraid OF the simple num-
Der 10, Deny IL as We may. an un-
pleasant emotion arises in us II un-
Willingly we sit down TO dinner where
thirteen people are TO eat. This num-
Der. however. was not always regarded
as uniucky: In fact. there is plenty of
evidence In the folklore OF many an
eient oriental peoples to show that In
olden times Ii was held as a lucky
number. The history Of the Persians,
the natives OF India. and OF the
aboriginal Indians Of our own western
continent. amply proves this fact
Biblical students also we'll know that
in Testamentary times the Jews were
OF the same opinion In regard to the
mystic number. Thirteen cities were
especially dedicated to the priestly
tribe. 1a high priests descended from
Aaron: Is kings sat In the high coun-
ell OF the ancients; preparations for
the Feast OF the Passover were begun
on the l3th day OF the month OF
Milan, and the holy incense consisted
OF Is different odors. Among the
long since extinct tribes OF South
America the number had sacred and
divine meaning. especially among the
ancient lncas and Aztecs. The inhab-
itants OF Peru counted seven days.
without any particular name, In the
week. The year had seven times 81
days. or four times Is weeks.
father was compelled to support his
child to the 18th year. The AEtecs
had weeks OF Is days, each with sps-
cial name. Their century had 81
years. or four times Is. Their public
archives were OF circular form. with a
sun In the center OF each OF the 10
parts composing 1t. and their tribes
numbered 10. 1t is an interesting fact,
and one we'll worth looking up by any
American boy. that several OF the
great events OF our history occurred
on the 18th day Of the month, and
more especially on Friday.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

q sunset and a thunderstorm COM
bined.
Two bulls had been killed already
amid wild applause and wilder excite
ment, but as the matador was man
the keen edge of enthusiasm was held
In allegiance till the lively Chispa
should take the field. Fresh sand was
sprinkled on the arena, flowers. bon
bons and coins were showered over
the erstwhile CORY scene. and the
smell OF blood was soon mitigated by
the heavy scents of the fans that flut-
tered through the air. And fair and
fitting was 1t ill for the little torera.
the flowers, the music and the ap-
plause a. she stood serenely in the
center of the ring. The wide sun
hooking eyes wandered along the low
er tiers until they met and chung so
long to the horror-stricken eyes of the
New Englander there was only an In
slant left to catch reassuring dart
from the faithful Pietro before the
toro was led In. Amid fanfare OF
trumpets, q moment of breathless sus-
pense. then o tremendous crash of APP
plause, the great black beast bounded
into the ring. The capeadores and
banderilleros stepping high in brocade
and spangles, the mounted picadores
stiff in tinsel embroideries, lined up
and saluted the presiding officer of the
day, but Chispa Is the bright partic-
ular star, and as long as she can keep
the field she may.
With q careless recognition OF the
eager multitude over her, she made a
little mock courtesy to Senior Toro
and grasped her saber with the same
calm assurance the Girtsn girl grasps
her racquet Even the great black
beast could not be utterly insensibls
| to the fair young creature who dehee
| him, and at first seemed disposed t
| regard her insults as merely the in
| discretion of her thoughtless youth
But the crowds grew eager for tn,
combat, and the tiny silver ankles
twinkled about as the little wisp o
girl flirted her red capa in his face
menaced him, goaded him, thrust a
him like some small fiend. until hi
dignity was quite outraged. Still tn,
bull remained sullen; what could h
| do? The spirit of Spanish gallantr.
| was In the air. The crowd had ap
plauded itself hoarse. and now begal
to groan In the slowness Of the game
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

The members OF the Flemish Acad-
envy, Of Anvers. recently determined to
frame a word which would be readily
Ineligible to all who understand the
language OF Flanders and who had
ever seen horseless carriage, and the
result was that after much deep
thought they framed the following
word. Snelpaardelooszond
petrolrijtuig. This euphonious word
signifies "a carriage which is worked
by means of petroleum, which travels
fast, which has no horses and which is
not run on rails" This is, from one
point OF view, fine example OF mui-
tum in parvo, but 1t may be questioned
whether one extraordinarily long word
is preferable to half dozen short
words. The Flemish people, however.
think differently. and the academicians
of Anvers have been highly compli-
mented by them on their linguistic
skill az seen in this unique word.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17
CHISPA, THE TORERA.

Morals are as surely a resultant OF
climate and location as the dora or
fauna itself, and there is nothing
more elastic. A single code may reach
from the Atlantic to the Pacific, SO
what wonder II, at the end. 1t Is some
what attenuated.
This may have been the reason a
certain young Bostonian's rigid code
could not stand the strain OF Chispa's
charms, and yet-quien sabeF Pietro
had no code at all, and neither could
he Withstand the lovely torera.
And Chispa herself, she loved her
own Eun-mocking eyes and wines-and-
olives skin, and when the bull lay dead
at her feet she received the saivos OF
applause that rained upon her with
an almost childlike grace. much as the
scarlet poppy receives the sun and
showers from heaven as her own in
alienable right and droops and dies
without them.
But Chispa, withal, was woman, SO
she loves some one else, too.
Oh, 1t Is so sickening to read about
II described in our Puritanical English
adtectlyes, but go there yourself, get
the smell of blood in your nostrils, the
blaze OF color in your eyes, the shouts
and shrieks OF the people and the
blare Of the band in your ears, feel the
waves OF exultation surge over you
until they overwhelm you and sweep
along with them, and you suddenly
find you are cousin german to Tul-
liza or Kriemhilde.
The deep, bright blueness of the
southern sky bends over its favored
children as IL 1t would Danish from
them every shadow of seriousness OF
care, and must be gratified by the gor-
geous pageants they fash back In re-
turn. The Plaza di Toros is undoubt.
beholding sun looks down upon in al
his course. Being out of doors the eff
feet is somewhat tempered by the at
mosphere, and yet at the first glanc,
the brain almost reels unde- the glar,
and glitter of color. Tier upon tier o
colors-strong, crude. primary hues a
that-stretch away from sol to somber
puppies and reds, blues, yellows ant
greens, that express, to the onlooker
something OF the rudiment2ry natur.
OF these people. The brilliant rebosai
and gay serepas put Joseph's coat o
many colors to shame. sparkling eye
and dazzling compilations. embroider
les. spangles, flowers. buntings am
flags, everything. in short, that is ga.
and attractive combines to make tn
scene intoxicating till the whole noisy
reckless, gorgeous concourse remind
you of nothing SO much as a rainbow
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17
AN OLD SPANISH MINE.
After BsinR Idle for Centuries II VIII He
Worked Again.


la Barbara Is the name of an old
Spanish mine about ten miles east of
the Santa Ana railroad station, with
fine wagon road of it. 1t was known
as one of the most productive mines
two hundred years ago. This, as there
are many old mines, has been laying
idle for years since. Ten years ago
IL was worked above the water level
ny some gambusinos tprospectors),
from which they took out about $780,
600. The mine is said to have been
abandoned on account of the abun-
dance of water found at depth of
150 feet. but more probable on ac-
count of the then existing Apache In
dians. 1t is a very extensively worked
mine and contains still ore enough In
sight to pay expenses. There are sew
eral shafts leading into the water
where the ore can be seen on both
sides of the works. 1t has been taken
up lately by our we'll known mining
engineers. Gayou Brothers. who have
successfully worked several of these
old Spanish mines. They assure that
the amount of water is not worth con-
sidering. and. with modern appliances.
the ore will average Sl1O per ton in
lead and silver, but the most curious
fact is that running with this vein.
which is three feet wide. is another
streak of decomposed quartz which as
says hundreds of dollars In free gold,
and had not been noticed 1t is well
known that the most productive mines
in Mexico. and principally in Sonora,
are old reopened Spanish mines.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17
! OF THE WHEEL
, OF INTEREST TO DE-
b OF THE BICYCLE.
1oved That Zlmmerman VIII
bow What He Can Do--APe
sells Tending to the Princi pie
~ OrdinnryY-Jn nGexico

Zimmerman's occasional
/" with the newspaper boys
followed by broadcast press
ef the proposed return OF
% Zim" to the track. This
wever. he is to make q seri-
p discover what there Is left
ped that once was In him.
needs the money and thinks
II ''in the same old way"
In negotiation for his first
,. which will be at Berkeley
Decoration day.
teeter" has had his troubles
Ars. His parting with jos
=. the successful manager
y OF his palmy days. was an
misfortune. His luckless
ID several seasons ago and
etrous trip to Mexico last
hich terminated in the cul-
&Of the Ills that were doubt
system throughout his trip.
Memories to him and his adj
sui now the breach with Nc
h has been healed and his old
and trainer Is back OF him.
still young. not having
y yet. There Is no reason
Mould not have most OF his
9Th left and a great chance
Nd sprint can be redeyeloped.
q man has ever approached
OF his final sprint. In which
ean timed frequently AT III
Is for the eighth. which the
OF modern sprinters have
p 3 seconds. Could the race
b the stretch he would be
worth a good bet In the final
.rhaps he stlli has the stay"
Hence may give him the abil'
low fast pace 10 the last quar-
AAen not be found wanting ,r
nble down the back stretch
Ne curve and up the home &c
Z And who even AT this stage
4me would risk much against
a chances In a match race
pace and without time limit
Mares all races should be run
- TO say the public has no
y the greatest cycle raein,
1ver had and that ''Zlmmy's'
You'd mean much to the rae
~
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

Where two persons locate two ad.
Joining claims on the same vein and
agree to sink shaft jointly on the
vein at the joining end lines, $500
worth of work must be done regard
less of the size of the shaft, and each
locator should post notice stating the
fact that the assessment work was
done Jointly, and also the cost of the
work. which must be determined by
the local rate of miners wages.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

! = made cycles are distinctly
:. popular In Calcutta among
: Ter class of riders. although
J brieans are pushing their ma
Il yer strong. Owing to the
l. bon OF Indian society. the APP
: 1T of Lord Curzon as yiceroy
~ AItogethsr an unmixed bless
be English cycle trade. The
- ty of Lady Curzon is caus-
!, N upon everything American.
RI at the moment the American
:. getting better chance than
i. Ne had before. Still. there Is
~ khe innate affection for Eng
things English. and while
&C may perhaps give the trade
: u fan machines a squirt. as lonE
es - b makers maintain the quail
Leo Aeir goods they will be able
- the bulk of the trade In
aaE*1 The demand ia for light ma
is-uf rot necessarily cheap. but the
raxnf the better: and more than tina,
mand Ii growing. Makers
Isl Hbe careful TO mark their prices
m currency. and make an al
.sl for variations In the rate o!
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17
mig n,m.,,,. Deposit. a, Bradley. Peak.

The largest body of hematite iron
ore in Wyoming or the United States,
occurs In township % north of ranges
81 and Sc west, at the base of Brad
ley's peak, on the Seminole mountains
in Carbon county, Wyoming. This
great deposit is twenty-six miles north
east of Rawlins, on the Union Pacific
railroad. These ores range from 50 to
6S per cent. These ores contain very
little deleterious matter, only trace
of titanic acid and no phosphorus.
Neither the Lake Superior mines, nor
the Pilot Knob in Missouri approach In
extent the hematite deposits at Brad
ley's peak.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17
METHOD GIVEN FOR
DETECTING GOLD IN ORE.

Rita district the drift on the 15OLfoot
level running east from the main shaft,
has reached length Of 300 feet and en-
countered the great ore zone formerly
worked near the surface by the Span
iards.
-Four carloads of machinery have
been unloaded at the Buckeye Gold a.
Copper Mining Company's property at
Water canon, Socorro county.-Rocky
Mountain News.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

One clever New York boy travels
around the city on roller skates. being
pulled by carefully harnessed ST.
Bernard dog.
Hotel chambermaids are unknown In
Mexico. Men make the beds and keep
the rooms In order.
It Is the careful mother who teaches
her children how to handle books.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

An elderly woman and bright,
pretty girl were discussing plays In a
trolley car. Il like a play that makes
me laugh" said the woman, and she
sighed. "Oh, do your" answered the
girl. II don't. love a play that
makes me cry" And the pretty girl
laughed merrily. THE play today Just
suited me-" said the woman. II liked
1t. too" said the girl, They had been
to vaudeville house.--New York
Commercial Advertiser.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

he island of Guadeloupe q posi-
lening presents itself for the sale
eerican bicycles. There Ia now
construction In the principal
square bicycle track at the
expense. The duty on French
|ps is 25~ francs paper, or about
each; on American bicycles, so
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

The inventor OF this new bicycle. J.
c. Raymond. of Old Bridge. N. j.,
claims that the wheel will take the
place OF the 28-inch wheel machine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-06-17

Her new chainless bicycle has
ID It's claims for recognition of
experts. IL Is the invention
y York business man. who be-
d machine will eventually STU
all others. The bicycle. which
nth illustrated. approaches the
mary In appearance more than
l. the safety type OF the present
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
Very Absent.Minded Men.

A friend calling upon Peter Bur.
rowes, a celebrated Irish barrister,
one morning in his dressing room,
found him shaving himself with his
face to the wall, and asked him why he
chose so strange an attitude. The
answer was, ''To look IN the glass. I"
sWhy, there is no glass there" said
the friend. ''Bless mel" exclaimed
Burrowes, s'1 did not notice that
before" Then, ringing the bell, he
called the servant and questioned him
respecting the looking-glsss which
had been hanging on the wall. "Oh,
SIR" said the servant, stit was broken
six weeks ago." A certain learned
professor at Cambridge is very
absent.minded man. A friend ofhis
had been seriously Ill. When he was
convalescent the professor used to
send him .jellies and other delicacies,
One day he took him a fine bunch of
hothouse grapes. The old friends
were very pleased to see each other,
and were soon deep in discussion.
The professor, becoming interested,
began absent-mindedly nicki1g the
grapes, taking one at a time till they
were all gone. On going out of the
door he called back to his friend,
"Now, mind you eat those grapes;
they will do you all the good III the
world"
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
SHEEP SWUNG OVER A GORGE.
Pastured On an Island Ono Hundred and
Sixty Feet High.


Ponies are not the only things for
which the Shetland Islands are IA
nous. They exhibit also some
startling and picturesque arrange
ments in rocks, one of the most re-
markable examples of which lies off
the southeast coast of Bressay, and is
known as the Moss. It is famous, not
only for the popularity of the forma-
ton, but also for strange and dan
gerous custom which prevails there.
The Moss is called an island, and it
answers to the definition, since it is
certainly an extremely solid "body of
land" and the bleak northern sea foams
completely around it. But it looks
more like huge black "stand-pipe, {"
for it is cylindrical column 100 feet
high, it's fiat top having an area not
much larger than an ordinary village
door yard. A child could almost
throw q stone across it.
It is said that more than 200 years
ago a reckless bird hunter. tempted
by the eggs OF the numberless sea
gulls which whitened the top of this
giant column, and influenced by the
promise of COW, actually succeeded
in scaling the almost perpendicular
wall of rock, and established sort Of
rope bridge between the island and
the mainland. When he had driven
his stakes and secured the ropes, his
friends entreated him to be the first
to try the new device. But whether
he had shrewd suspicion as to it's safe.
ty, or whether he was prompted by
mere bravado, certain it is that he
refused, and chose rather to return by
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
.cbristianitx Not Explicit.

. s.. aHH
The Christian doctrine OF the future life Is
not matter of direct and explicit revelation.
It Is corollary of direct revelation,
Let rs hold fast to the luminous principle
however revolutionary, that revelation is
not in the first instance q doctrine, or even
q fact, so much as person and his act !;
and we shall be preserved from much anxi.
ETY. and much that throws our Christian
creed out Of perspective. So far at least
as detail concerning the future life goes,
almost every other religion is more explicit
than Christianity; and some would drag 1t
to their level. The want Of insight Is made
good by foresight, ilnd details OF time and
SPACE squeeze cut soul and leave no room
for faith. Prophecies become programs, com
mentators become calculators, history be-
comes the filling in Of a huge puzzle. And In
the mediaval degeneratIons Of Christianity
there Is an abundance OF such detail which
startles mind reared on the New Testament
reserve; and we do not know whether to mar
vel more at the irreverence OF the materialism
or the cruelty Of 1t. Its futility has often
been felt. Every effort to particularize the
terror destroys the solemnity and therefore
the moral effect The hell fire preacher
becomes first sensation, then derelict,
then groresque. There is not enough OF
Judgment preached; but there has been
too much of the pictorial and remote,
and too little of the truly awful as
revealed inN His agony on whom the
sin OF the world was laid. It Is worse
hell to realize what our sin cost Him than
to feel what 1t brings US. 1t is never the
great ages OF faith that are most curious or
particular about the scheme of the life to
come. Thaengrossing and enduring object.
of faith is love and its righteousness and
its judgment In the cross. All else may
pass and vanish. Prophecies, tongues and
knowledge fall; but this aDides forever
solemn and forever sure. E@if.ga
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
srRAxaEsr SHEEP PASTURE IN THE WORLD
the same perilous track by which he
had come. .,s1

the same perilous track by which he
had come.
But as he was slowly and painfully
toiling down from the dizzy height,
his foot slipped, he lost his hold, and
then-there was no one to claim the
promised cow, but the sea claimed one
more victim.
Nevertheless, the fruit of his bold
endeavor remained, and it is still there
to substantiate the story, for the
bridge of rope between Bressay and
the Moss is still maintained. The
canny Scotch farmer, whose means of
existence in these bleak isles are not
calculated to excite envy, saw that
thsre was bit of good pasture on this
summit; so he made a kind of wooden
chair or cradle just large enough to
hold man and a sheep; and in this
primitive way he still transports his
flock, one at time, over to this little
browsing place. ~.
Of course not many sheep can be
taken over, for more than a dozen
would dangerously crowd the place.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
H,s plalntIrs Plea Prevailed.

Ahomesick Japanese is as homesick
a man as can be. One who acted as
cook on the Indiana last summer sent
in the following pathetic petition for
his release: "E1cuse me. Honorable
Offers. I am always thanking TO-
your kindness, that L could not forget
perpetuality. Last month ! higned
for my work, therefore I have duty
to do make my responsible for year,
but for the sake of I could not under
stand English language, I could not
give you even satisfaction and more
over I would often trouble nv friends,
by this I have many sorrow. If 1
must bear with patience this work for
q year, T must take a sick surely. I
have to do much thing for my native
country. Though you will refuse my
wish I will never free away because I
believe a God and have many honor.
But my Honorable Offers please ex-
cuse me my work and give me free"
It is pleasant to be able to add that he
did not have to take sick, for he got
his free.-New York Commercial Ad-
yertiser.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1899-01-04
a COFFEE PLANTATION BORDERING ON THE CANAL.

Two great dams will be needed tx
maintain the water ways at proper
level. These are termed the Ochol
and lola. The rock taken from the
channel described will be used in
building them, mixed with cement
tits calculated that they will prove
strong enough to retain the tremend.
ous water presture. b..
On the Pacific side is what is known
as the Tola Basin, which will be filled
with water to the depth Of thirty to
seventy feet, by another dam 1900
feet long and seventy feet high. From
the Ochoa dam to the Tola dam a ves-
sci will travel waterway over $50
miles long, on which the fall is but
four feet of the entire length. To
reach the summit level, as this is
termed, that is, the highest point of
the canal, involves another engineer.
ing problem, on which many years of
study have been spent by some of the
most noted experts in ;he world.
The decision reached by most Of the
engineers has been system of locks.
The plans provide for three on one side
of the summit level and three on the
other. The highest will raise q vessel
forty-five feet, and the lowest will raise
her between twenty and twenty-five
feet. They are to be $50 feet long,
eighty feet wide and thirty feet deep.
The st. Louis or st. Paul, for instance,
could easily be accommod dated in them.
The canal will be less than thirty
feet deep and 100 feet wide on the bot
tom. The locks will be constructed
of the largest blocks of stone and con-
crete ever used for this purpose, and
will be closed by gates Of steel, be-
side which the largest lock gates in
the world will seem as pigmies.
The greatest industry in Nicaragua
is coffee culture. The one drawback
to the business and to all enterprises
in Nicaragua, is the want, not only of
labor, but of the proper kind of labor.
A gentleman who is engaged in the
coffee industry said recently that his
laborers would get drunk on Sunday.
take all day Mondsyto sober up, come
to work on Tuesday and continue
working until Friday or Saturday,
when they would lay off again, SO that
the mozo of the country labors about
one-half of the time. Counting Sun
days there are 165 fiestas, or feast