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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

AS rising ON Its purple wing
The iasecI-queen of eastern spring.
Der emerald meadows of hashmeer
Invites the young pursuer near,
And leads him on from flower 10 mower
A weary chase and wasted hour.
Then leaves him. as II scars on hlsh,
With painting heart and fearful eye
So beauty lures the fuli-grown chiiu.
With hue as bright and wing as Wild.
A chase OF idle hopes and fears.
Begun In folly. closed in tears.
IL won. to equal ills betrayal.
wo waits the Insect and the maid.
A life OF pain. the loss of peace,
From infants play. and mans caprice'
The lovely toy SO riercely sought
Hath lost its charm by being caught
For every touch that wooed Its stay
Hath brushd its brightest hues away'
Till. charm, and hue. and beauty gone.
It's left to fly or fan alone
With wounded wing. or bleeding breast
Ahl where shall either victim rests
Can this with faded pinion soar
From rose to tulip as beforef
Or beauty, bllghted in an hour.
Find JOY within her broken bowerE
No, gayer insects fiuttering by
Ne'er droop the wing DER those that die
And lovelier things have mercy SHOWN
To every failing but their own;
And every wo a tear can claim
Except an erring sisters shame
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

81 never told you, did II" asked a
regular soldier who has not yet recov-
cred from the wound he received at Ell
Caney, how near l came TO burning
up brigadier-general in Cuba last
summer"
Burning him up?" repeated the SOL
dier's friend; mo. you certainly never
told me that"
well, the officer that / came near
finishing was Gen. Miles-Col. Evan
Miles OF the LIST infantry, you know,
but brigadier-general of volunteers.
Our regiment was in his brigade, and
this happened one night in June, when
] was on headquarters guard. Head
quarters was a big name for pretty
poor place There wasn't even a tent
and the general and his aid. lieuten-
ant, were bivouacking by FIRE, with
nothing but some empty boxes to sleep
on-not the softest kind of bed
at grows awfully cold, you know, as
coon as the sun goes down in Cuba and
the dew chills you to the bone That
night was cooler than usual, and I was
shivering as built up the campfire.
Because OF that, suppose, made it
good and big. Gen. Miles and the lieu
tenant lay down On their boxes, and
went TO sleep, and when the fire was
well started l went on my post, hum
ored yards or so away.
After l had been there for perhaps
half an hour. walking up and down
trying to keep warm, heard eommo-
ton in the camp. Gen. Miles was
shouting, Sentry! Sentry,' at the tor
OF his voice. I rushed up as fast as
could. but even before | got there
saw what the trouble was. You nevel
laid eyes on such roaring old camp
dre- The general was kicking at tn,
box that had been his bed.
Oh 1t. mani he said, as cam,
up, what are you trying to do-burr
me up? You've got too much fire her,
altogether
Nobody could help agreeing will
him on that point The end of his DO,
was blazing. and his clothes were fair
ay scorched. The heat had walked hin
up just before he actually caught fir.
himself / hustled around and stampef
the fire out where 1t had spread be
Jond bounds, and when | got that don,
I apologized as well as knew how.
The lieutenant was on the otbe,
side OF the fire, and the wind had KEEP
the blaze away from him. He was sit
ting up. with his back toward us. $.
that the general couldn't see hin
laugh. but his shoulders were shakin,
well.
There was funny side to 1t. o
course, but 1t might have been seriou
for me. 1t looked like the careles
trick OF recruit. instead of the worl
OF man who has been in the army a
long as | have. The general was yer,
good about it, and no matter how coli
1t was, l was more moderate in m,
campflres after that."-New York Trib
une.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

remarks made at the Denver msetIns
OF club women last year vas By an en-.
thusiast. who urged that women should
not slip back in the summer from the
efort they had made during the win.
ter. II vas evident the speaker would
take away from this busy modern
woman The scant respite shs permits
hnrseh during a part Of the summer.
Al recent club meeting In a suburban
town member presented the .tysIus
OF system in Work" and gave a model
day In which every minute from break.
last to bedtime was filled with active
effort When she had finished n wom-
an In the audience arose and pointed
out that one important occupation of
the day had been omitted. This was
dawdling." and the speaker said that
while indorsiug the value of Hystsr,
she must put In an eloquent plea for
the incorporation In the working day
oil every woman OF at least a half
hour absolute rest--not the rest of A
fresh occupation. but the rest Of com.
piets and entire relaxation. mental
ana physical. The nervous, active. ov-
er-zealous American woman of today
scarcely knows how to rest. Ell YOU
nave found day to be idle. saya
some one, be idle for a day" This Ia
motto that many women will aa vs,,
70 hasten up on their dressing tables
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
Morgan's Ridemen,

When Washington, one day riding
along his lines, saw the fringed hunt
ing shirts OF the Virginians approach
Ing, the reserve OF his naturally undem-
onstrotive nature broke down. "At
the sight he stopped, the rifiemen drew
nearer and their commander. stenninp
in front, made the military saIute ex.
claiming, General, from the right bank
OF the Potomac!' Washington dis
mounted, came to meet the battalion
and going down the line with both
arms extended, shook hands with the
rihemen one by one, tears rolling down
his cheeks as he did SO. He then
mounted, saluted and silently rode on.
The rifiemen were at once emploved an
sharpshooters and kept the enemy con-
tinually in hot water. Hitherto tho
British outposts had been safe enough
within stones throw of the American
line, but they now found, to their coat
that 1t was almost certain death n
expose their heads within 200 yards NJ
q riheman. So frequent became tha
returns Of officers, pickets and artil-
1erymen shot at long range that Ed
pund Burke exclaimed In Parlia ment
your officers are swept of by the rifles
AZ they show their noses." In the
British camp the riflemen were called
shirt tall men,with their cursed twist
ed guns. the most fatal widow-and-or-
phan makers In the world ."-Harner,s
Magazine.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Tommy. aged 5. and kls eosssa y
lie. aged 8. had asrsrai Eitsle al
tiuns. Ia which Tommy lavariata h
the sofss Of t. OGs Gar Als So
@aif to him.
Tommy. touorruu d Hllllfe y
day. wouldn't ron lIks 10 m I
someshlnETF
You Just better hrllsre | -
was the reply: hut. yoa -. ~
ger than I asu. and I eant"-1N
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
Gloss for shirt rrop.s.

.rah,o = TWO ounces OF fine white gum
. aaDie 70 q powder, put 1t in a pitcher
ana pour over It one pint OF ho,i,n I.
cA.e,. Cover and let It sit over nirht
L s,a.s pour from the drsgs into a
cieah bottle. Cork 1t and keen TO- ~. :
One tablespoonful stirred ,n,o Use, a.e.
o. starch produces a lovely CLOS. ON
..nen' and Is quite harmless to the ms
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

An attractive little frock for a girl
from 10 TO II years of age Is of apricot
eolored glace silk, having a plain skirt
fashioned with hem and Is gathered
full at the belt. A CAMP of fine French
batiste Is worn with 1t. and the fun
baby waist is finished around the
shoulders with a frill OF heavy cream
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

does need cotton dresses BY the half
dozen. at least. The former needs golf
shoes and satin slippers. the latter
wants comfortable homework and
farm shoes. One needs bathing dresses
and the other sun-bonnets. Both need
to remember that woman should be
Just as careful to dress becomlngly aft.
err marriage as before.-The GENTLE
woman.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

A rife OF very small bore, invented
by Capt. Dudeteau OF the French
army, hres bullet with such force
that 1t VIII penetrate a horse from
head to tail at distance of a mile
and quarter.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Faafr -Rsmartabis cart. II
Of Mr#. Htankc'a.
Buddy Haven't heard III
What was itr
FutiY She has recovered ~ q
fou knou abe hasn'. hAeA ~
speak for three years. Theg -
her 10 play a game of whist - !
was talking before she kasv H.
ton Transcript.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
welI,nxt ton 1t waterloo.

The GOODNESS In action of great COM
manders like Marlborough. Wellington.
John Nicholson and Stonewall Jack
son has been worth whole battaIions
- the fighting line, says the Cornhill
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

An engaging little wrap Is OF white
satin and black chiffon. With spark
ling bands Of Jet outlining graceful
bowknots on the satin Il Is designa.-
ed for wear over muslin and lace even
Ing downs, and in spite OF It's frivolous
appearance gives sufficient use for
warmth In really cold weather. II Is
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
OUR BUDGET OF
soMs GOOD JOKES. o..
AND sELEcrRn
Z vasseev 81 Sehas. sashss -
Original and NnseoessA--v.
Jstsa@ fvoM the TIA :.
witty sayings.

mot long ago. says IL. 49,
Plain Dealer. the pastor -
the family. and Master Toss,
tho taoss- Tie behaved pr1..s',.s
until the cake was brouxM 4 =
as suddenly larehed iors,s( =
snaiehsd the piece he slzel = !.
bisgest.
Why. Tommy cried Ah
mother. you are forxettins "A, =
Choker IL heres' i
The boy gave the worthy -
whitening look.
Nav. | ain't foskstti,' IA
snaried; II he wasa's hss. n m
pieeess'"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

The cannib4i chief stocA uaA +
hand shading bis eyss A spafa1
sre was slmidly esssplax ispsah I
from the jungle.
Suddenly this old ehiss stasak +
took quick step tovsar&
IA la he cried. III IL my -, n
Ia coming hnnss axain'~
Then with hls eyes stlll axnt 4 4
siouehtnx agure be shrllIy enf;e1 = I
head hunter:
'Mb0nsWa. the protlKai = ~
Ing XIII the fattsd kaGt~-Cm
land PLATA Dealer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Judge Ito . man up for hsvl11
siyesl How could you b r. 49,
= vliiainr
The Prtsonsr-Ptraae. rauf hanA
vas only trying to get = soot -
Tit-Hits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
Wrecked on the coast.


How do the really indspsne
man thinkers feel about thh ~
miner asked the kaiser.
THE independent thinkers
the oflicial vacantiy.
Yes. Those who aren't II
personally Influenced By my
esty threats or my other fscihu
assuming autocratic power
II don't know how they fesA
majesty. haven't heard org. r.
cinnAti or st. Louis lately. I'VE
ton Star.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

The trousseau OF today differs from
that OF the last generation In that II
contains only what the bride-elect ia
going to need the first season following
her marriage. Clothes change in styIe
nowadays so rapidly, not only in hats.
wraps and gowns, but In the shapes OF
shoes and petticoats and eorsets. that
the wise woman does not provide any
more OF anything than she has nrac-
tically immediate use for. Then again
the trousseau should be designed for
the use to which 1t is to be put. Tho
bride who Is going to travel for wear
needs quite a different outfit from that
required by one who is going at once
to settle down to live In city. The
bride who is going to live in a mining
camp needs different trousseau from
that required by the bride who Ia IN
live In university town. The farm
er's bride who is going to do her own
Homework In a sparsely settled dis
trict needs number OF wash dresses
In which she can bake and boil and
yet look neat and attractive, while the
bride Of the city lawyer who is going
to live in a hotel most needs dresses
In which she can breakfast. lunch, and
dine In public dining rooms in the
"face and eyes" of well-dressed peo-
pie, etc. II the bride Is going to live
at fashionable hotel she must have
"full dress" tollettes for dinners and
dances and evening functions OF all de-
scriptions, but If she Is going to live
on a ranch and take care OF her house
she doesn't need ball gowns. and she
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Ain9 Up . GenerAi-A Soldiers Ex-
+ Dsrience with = Camp Fire In Cuba
/ nEorxAn's Rinemen wellington At
Waterioo-His ASTONISHING Goodness
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Parks-Step In here with ~
snent. I'm going to get my vile ?
emit.
Lans-On your own hook. -
Parks--Oh, no. Something \. n,
had set aside for me to sslscs -
her.-Detroit Free Press
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

Inc gospel OF periodical res, is not
preaehea 70 women half forcibly
enough. One Of the most harrow,ny
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09

united needlework. Black velvet ribbon
is twisted around the belt. and tIad in
smart bow on the left side. The hat
OF eoarsely woven cream straw ia
eharmlngly dressed with a big mlxed
DOW OF apricot colored silk and black
velvet. '"SA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
FOR WOMEN ANDKOME
ITEMS OF.iNTEREST FOR MAIDS
AND NATIONS.

A aAtin wrap-Girra Frock--fies ana
bows That Add = Special Witchery to
the SUNNI Girl-A Pretty Picture
Women Too Buay.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-09-09
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES

b
HOOD SHORT STORIES FOR
<ssssSs THE VETERANS.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-03
WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 1899.
Grain Destroyers.

The following article on weevils as
grain destroyers, in Times-Union and
Citizen will be found helpful to our
readers:
Weevils are making themselves so
obnoxious in This country that experts
of the Department of Agriculture are
now engaged in making a special
study of them. Every year they de-
stroy many millions Of dollars worth
of stored cereals in granaries and ele-
vators. In fact, the question how to
fight them is one of serious and
growing economic Importance. Strange
to say, very little scientific attention
has been directed to these insects up
to date, and not much is known about
them. It is reckoned that they cause
an annual loss of over $1,0O0,0O0 in
Texas alone, and in 1898 the corn crop
of Alabama was damaged by them to
the extent of $1,67O,OOO.
There are about forty species Of these
insects, some of which are beetles and
others moths. Nearly all of them are
assisted immigrants, having been i'm
ported from abroad in cargoes Of
grain. In this manner they have been
distributed by commerce to all parts
of the world. Their native homes are
in the tropics. Having become domes-
ticated after a fashion by man, they
depend in colder countries entirely up
on lin for subsistence, the beetles
passing the whole of their lives and
propa eating their kind, generation af-
ter generation, in his grain bins.
The damage they do is well-nigh in
calculable. Three species actually live
in the kernels, while the others feed on
starchy contents. Grain infested by
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them is unfit for human consumption,
and has been known TO cause serious
! illness. 1t ispoisonOus to horses and
is not wholesome even for swine POul-
try, however, find it pala table and nu-
tritious. The moths, especially are SO
prolific that the progeny of a single
pair in a twelvemonth will number
many thousands, capable Of destroying
several tons of grain. Fortunately, the
increase of these pests is checked to
some extent by natural enemies
among which are spiders that inhabit
mills and granaries. In the fields they
are preyed upon by birds and bats.
The great remedy for the weevil,
which far outweighs all others in eff
fectiveness and availability, is bisul-
plide of carbon. Now that warm
weather is coming on the destructive
insects are redoubling their activity,
and the corn in the bin, unless pro-
tected, will soon become a mass of
empty shells, like so much chaff. The
bisulphide as colorless liquid, of
peculiar odor inflammable and very
volatile; that is, it readily evaporates
into gas when exposed to the air. This
gas is heavier than the atmosphere,
and settles downward with deadly eff
feet, destroying all life that it comes
fully into contact with. Hence, it is
only necessary to set a painful of it on
top of the grain, about one pound for
every ton of grain, and it will evapo-
ate and the fumes will settle down,
penetrating every interstice in the
granary. Of course, if the granary is
not tight, good deal of this gas will
escape, and it will take more of the
LIQUID to do the work.
The bisulphide of carbon costs about
25 cents a pound in Jacksonville, and
comes in tin bottles, out the express
company will not receive it for ship
ment. You will have to get your drug
gists to order it by freight.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1899-05-03
How to Make Tomatoes Pay.

AS tomatoes are such a profitable
crop in Florida, perhaps the following
article from Home and Garden will be
helpful:
The raising of tomatoes near large
cities might be made much more profit
able than it is if producers would
study the subject more, and use more
skill and calculation in their work.
The most important step at the be-
ginning is to select such kinds as will
overcome the competition to be met
with in the market where the product
is to be sold. Some kinds bear nearly
all their best fruit in the early part of
the season, and again those same
third week of bearing, so that it is
hardly worth while to pick the prod
uct By fitting in kinds that will guar
antee the producer big yield at any
date after the bearing begins, the mar
ket can be held right along to the end
of the season. The second early bear
ers generally give larger fruits, and SO
the producer must have the earliest of
the early kinds, the earliest of the Sec
ond kinds and the earliest large yield
when the main crop comes in. To get
more tomatoes the first week, and
more the second week, AM more every
week, from a given number of plants
than your competitor can get, is the
way to make the crop pay. This can
be done by selection of the best kinds
of various degrees Of earliness, and if
the producer cannot secure kinds that
are superior to those of his competitors
he must originate them by intelligent
crossing of varieties. But there are
very few producers who sit down and
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you should start small catsup factory
on your farm and use up the surplus
crop in making a pure tomato catsup,
which you can readily work off to your
neighbors during the winter, or
''swap" for something that they have
and you have not. If you do not do
that, feed your surplus crop of both
ripe and green tomatoes to your mich
cows. The best milk ever drank was
made by feeding tomatoes to COWS.
with bran mash
BY thus economizing and making
use of all you raise, you will certainly
find tomatoes profitable crop to pro-
duce.
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We now have an office in. Jacksonville,
Mr.. Painter will be pleased to see any of
our subscribers. Any time we can be of
service in Jacksonville, drop us line to
.judreSS.
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For the Florida Agriculturist.
Root Pruning as Frost Protection.

FOR the Florida Agriculturist.
Root Pruning as Frost Protection.
Now, since the standing committee
appointed at the last meeting of the
State Horticultural Society has sent
out a number of questions, among
which is the following: GLOW, in your
opinion, can early growth be retard-
ed?" this matter will, doubtless, be- a
paramount subject of conversation
and interest to growers.
AS the writer made an experiment in
this line in the fall of 1890, which was
published in the Times Union of Feb.
2Sth, 1891, which the inquiries of the
committee have recalled, it may be- of
interest to the readers of the Agricul-
turist to reproduce 1t at this time 1t
is as follows:
''To agitate the question of protec-
ton from frost at this season seems
altogether inappropriate. But as it
takes time to discuss a question
through the columns of paper it may
be advisable to begin early, so that
before another fall the orange growers
will have time to exchange their views
and experiences, and best methods.
F'The subject of discussion that is de-
sired to be introduced is, Root prun-
ing, or, as the U. S. Agricultural Re-
port of 1890 puts it, Well rfpened
wood
Last summer the writer reau what
the Department had to say about root
pruning to hasten the maturity of late
new growths, thus making the last
growth hardy enough to resist frost,
and concluded to try it. So, about the
first of October last, he pruned the lat
eral roots of one acre of trees by fore
ing a spade down as far as it would
go, in a circle around the trees, vary
ing the distance from the trees accord
ing to the size of the trunk, say about
nine inches from the trunk for every
inch Of diameter of the trunk.
"By November all the trees operated
upon had matured their succulent late
growths, with the exception of half a.
dozen trees, and continued dormant
until Feb. 18th, when they began to
put on new growth and buds. Neigh
boring trees, not thus treated, contin-
ued to grow until frost came and nip
ped some of the tender shoots. The
trees treated with the exception of
the half dozen which were probably
not pruned enough,) were not injured
in the least by the frosts of December
and January, while the half dozen
trees which put on growth in NOvem-
Der manifested the effects of the frosts
by the yellowness of their foliage.
'The experiment satisfies the writ
err that fall pruning of the lateral feed
ing roots is advisable, particularly in
damp or very rich soil which have
their growing season prolonged beyond
those planted in dry or poor Soils
"It is also evident that root pruning
gives the further advantage of more
feeding roots in the following season.
For where there was but onemain root
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