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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21

Montana, was looking over the profe.
s'onAi held In Blackfoot this week
win view OF locating here. He hs,
lately returned from Cuba where he
served his country In the capacity q
surgeon In the volunteer army, and ha,
returned TO Montana 10 make arrange.
men1s to ship his ONCE fixtures here
and' we understand, will engage in the
practice OF medicine with DR.. Cooper.
We are pleased TO learn Of the success,
.hat Is being met with.i the establish.
ing OF the travelling library system In
this city by the organizer, Mfr. II. G.
Fuller. The system includes 1000 vol.
ames of the worlds best literature.
which Is given TO the members IN M
volume section every three months. /,
Aiso provides for librarian, exchanging.
loss by hre, etc. The plan extends in.
To nearly every state and territory.
. number OF states having appropria.
tions for Its maintenance.
The most unique party Of the season
was that given Friday afternoon, of
last week, by Mesdames A. T. Ryan
and James Stevens, At the home of the
former. A test OF the observation Ia
guessing advertisements WAS the feature
OF the afternoon, the advertisements
being illustrated by ladies In costume.
Miss Emma Stevens eyinced great
familiarity with advertisements OF all
kinds and succeeded In winning the
FIRST prize, cut glass toilet bottle.
Mrs. j. I'd aartdegan, was close sec
ond aud secured cut glass salve box.
Delicious refreshments we're served.
Those present were Mesdames Gagon.
Fisher, Hsridegan, Barnharl, Collins,
Chalmers, Biethan, Ben Holbrook,
Thum, MlllIck, Misses Luelling,
Wheeler, Emma and Abble Stevens,
Hopkins And Jones'
The repor, published 10 several OF
our exchanges this week, stating that
Col. Jones, OF the Idaho Regiment, had
resigned on account OF physical dis
ability, and is on bis way home, is not
true. The Colonel, In a letter dated
December 18th, jus, before the leaving
Of the mail steamer, says: ave all
hopr to return In the spring, but have
nothing particular on which to base
our hope. Ny health and the health
Of the men IL growing better slpee the
weather has cleared up and Is now
brighter and much cooler. The best
par. OF the year has come. Eighty
nIaa of the regiment are on the sick
roll At present, but none are seriously
sick. The Asior battery and 200 Ne
brs-ka men and four Idaho boys, re-
turn today on the outgoing transport.
A few Christmas boxes are being re-
ccivcd from day to day. Steamers are
being unlo~jcd very slowly"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21
JNO. G. BROWN.

Don't forget that I still handle the
fine old Alden vinegar, six years old.
w. A. BULL.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21

W. A. BULL.
The Paris Exposition commissioners
will ask Congress for an appropriation
OF el 300, 600.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21
Carpet Wearing.

| am now prepared to do all grades Of
weaving; all work guaranteed and best
OF warp furnished. From IA cents TO 40
cents per yard. Call and see me or
write, Mrs. D. S. MORGAN,
Blackfoot, Idaho.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21
Tint Throbbing Headache

Would quickly leave you, IL you useo
DR.. Kings New Life Pills. Thousands
Of sufferers have proved their matchless
merit for sick aud nervous headaches
They make pure blood and STRONG
nerves and build up your health Easy
10 take, try them. Only % cents. Money
hack n not cured. Sold by Hull q
Greene, druggists.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21

I keep poultry, game, oysters ana
,,,,tl.s as we'll as all irs,-class meats
Give me call. +. e, Dehay'
Fresh eggs at w. A, Bulls ~ Genus
per dozen.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1899-01-21
Look I!

AT our window and see the blankets
which we are selling at the following
reduced prices:
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
The Dutch Housewife.

The Dutchwoman is before and above
all things housewife. Indeed her love
Of home comes very near akin to yor-
ship, and the greatest compliment that
can be paid to her is to praise the neat
ness and sweetness OF The house that is
her kingdom. She is famous all the
world over for her remarkable cleanli-
ness, and even in the very poor quarters
Of the cities, where the houses are small
and crowded together, the windows are
daintily decked with curtains Of spot
less white, the rooms well swept and
tidy, the humble furniture carefully
busted and polished. This desire for
cleanliness in fact, almost amounts to
craze, and housewives and servants
alike evince a strong partiality for
scrubbing, cleaning and washing. Even
in we'll to do families a domestic train
ing is considered a natural and neces-
sary adjunct of the daughters educa-
ton, and each has certain household
duties apportioned to her. She is like
wise taught to make her own dresses,
to knit her own stockings and to keep
her wardrobe in repair.-Girls' Realm.
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She Ate Ants.

A young girl from the East Indian
islands. after having Travelled many
thousands of miles through storm and
stress, reached American shores. She
was n sickly looking girl. and the ply
sicians who took her in charge soon
after her arrival decided that she was
suffering from an aggravated case of
stomach trouble
Her symptoms were themost peculiar
they had ever come across i'll the course
of their wide experience, however, and
it required much study and many con-
situations to trace the dcplorable effects
back to their cause Finally they learned
that the girls disordered digestion was
brought about by eating too freely OF
white ants.
These ants are an important article
of food in some portions of the East In
dies The natives skim them off the top
Of the water. where they lio like a coat
of thick cream, and parch them i'll little
iron pots After being parched some of
them are made into Il drink, like coffee;
others are ground into flour and mixed
into bread, while still others are eaten
like popcorn.
But too nlucl, of an ant diet is bad
for the system. and that little girl from
the Indies had to swallowa small drug
store of American antidotes to bring
back her health.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Tops Then md Now.

"The boys Of the present times know
many things the boys of 40 years ago
did not know" remarked toy dealer
to reporter, "but in the way of toys
they are far behind what their fathers
and grandfathers were The bog now is
satisfied with penny ash or poplar top
and with string for his top cord, and
he gets all the sport out of it that he
seems to want
s.Now, such thing as painted top
would not be used in my boyhood days.
In those days nothing but a hard turned
dogwood, hickory or mahogany top was
considered the proper thing. The little
cast iron plugs of the tops of today
would be laughed at then. and the boys
would he ashamed to be seen carrying
such thing or play with it on the
streets. The plug then was steel bolt,
was heavy and was screwed in Of
course the top then cost from to .
cents. but it was rugged up to do sery-
ice and did it too.
'.Such tops are not to be had now in
the toy trade. though now and then l
have had some turned out by the old
man who made tops for me when | was
boy. but the boys won't touch them,
preferring the painted machine made
tops. The leather top cord is also one Of
the things Of the past, and the ordinary
boy knows no more about it than be
does of the other s1ost arts 'h-WaSh-
ington Star.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
A Dish of Tea

Etiquette is a strange affair. 1t
changes so indisputably that what in
one century will be called polite i'll an
other will be dubbed the climax of vul-
garity. Take that simpls matter, for
example. the drinking of tea from the
saucer When tea was first used in
England, it was drunk from dish. In
old collections of china many of these
quaint pieces will be found. They are
shallow basins devoid of handles.
Then some one introduced cups with
handles and saucers Old fashioned folk
did not care for them, and as protes.
they poured their tea into the saucer
and drank it from there, barking back
as far as they could to the old beloved
..dish.
But, as to be old fashioned is usually
an unpardonable social crime, people
who were up todate determined that to
drink from the saucer was vulgar
habit just as bad as eating with knife.
In the kitchen and comfortable quar-
ters of that kind, where those who
drank their tea drank it as they pre-
ferred, the fashion for pouring it into
the saucer continued. But up stairs my
lady was far too fastidious. She waited
until hers cooled or drank it scalding.
And SO matters have gone on. Even if
this year a leader of society were to
start the old fashion again it would
take many long month to do away
with the great prejudice there is for tea
drinking out of the saucer.-Chicago
Times-Herald
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Avoiding Superstition.

1t has been considered unlucky to be
married in May ever since the days of
Ovid, and those people who have spent
their time in looking mp roots and rea-
sous have given what they consider to
be the origin of the superstition as fol-
lows:
In ancient Rome there was held in
May a festival called the Lemuria, or
feast of the Lemures, which was a
ceremony in honor of the speeches of
departed souls. 1t became with the
Romans what we should call "bad
form to have matrimonial feasts at
the season Of solemn ritual, being no
doubt thought to be an insult to the
dead to marry at such Il time.
From this a number of stories grew
of the revenge made by the outraged
ghosts upon these who dared to disre-
gard them, and if anything unfortunate
happened to couple who had been
married in May it would, of course,
have been put down to retribution. So
the tradition of i'll luck arose. and it's
influence has lasted ever since. even to
our time
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
The crnnio1ogy of Criminals.

What are the differences between the
skulls of criminals and those of Gre
spectacle people7" This is the question
which M. E. Pitard undertook to solve
by comparing the crania Of 81 convicts
who had died in the penal colony of
New Caledonia with the average crania
of the citizens Of Paris. Practically,
there turned out to be no constant diff
ference at all, unless it was that the
vertical index of the criminal skulls
was slightly higher; in other words,
the conricts were .brainier" than the
good folks. There was also the same
amount of variation in the heads of the
criminals. Some were long, others broad,
skulled; some had q notably large, 9th
ers a small, cubical capacity, these yari-
ations running parallel to those Of the
general population. Science.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Not Qualified.

The Rev. W. e. Barton tells, accord
ing to an exchange, the very pertinent
reason why he did not enlist in the
army. He came near having some mill
tary experience once, he says General
Custer and his troops every spring and
fall passed by the western town where
he lived.
They spent the winters in Louisiana
and their summers in the Black Hills.
When was 13 years old, these troops
camped about 13 miles from my home.
and word went about that General Gus
ter wanted boy to enlist as drum
mer I was just about the proper age,
and I longed to go. I knew little bit
about beating drum, SO I asked my
father to allow me to enlist.
eyes. he said dryly, "if you want
to.
made some little preparations, such
as thought necessary, and then went
to my father to get him to take me to
General Custer. He looked at me mo-
ment and then said severely:
"When I said you might enlist,
thought you had sense enough not to.
But. since you have not so much sense
as I thought, you are not fit to enlist. :
So did not join the army after all.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Gnrfield.s Reading.


General Garfield was General Rose
Grams chief Of staff when the people Of
his district transferred him from Muir
freesboro to Washington. Speaking Of
him to Mr.. Gilmore, who reports the
complimentary remark in his personal
Recollections, General Rosecrans said:
..He has. you know, been elected to
congress. He will make his mark there
aid come out at the top of the heap.
He is the best read man in my army.
subsequently Mr.. Gilmore found that
Rosecrans' opinion of Garfeld's exten-
sive reading was that Of the army.
Learning that the chief of staff was
"holding camp meeting in his room =
he went there. The room was filed
with division and brigade com.olnders,
assembled to express their opinion as to
the expediency of forward movement
of the army, which had been tsdered
by Secretary Stanton.
Garfeld's remarks were interrupted
by the entrance Of Gilmoreand his in
PRODUCTION to the officers. The conversa-
tion had drfted away from the i'm
portant question, when some one sud-
denly roared out:
"Silence in the meeting! The sensible
people here want Gar6eld's exposition
Of the first chapter Of Genesis or The
Decline and Fall Of the Roman Empire,
we don't care which. y
The humorous exclamation indicated
that in the opinion of the army the
chief Of staff was what Bacon called "a
full man," one who could talk on all
kinds Of matters.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
IT,. EIoxycr,a Mission.

She tripped lightly down the street.
At the corner as she stepped to the
curb rose that she carried in her hand
slipped from her fingers and fell to the
mud of the pavement.
For a moment she hesitaed and looked
down. There lay the flower, even then
wilted and stained. She made to stoop
and pick it mp. then changed her mind
and went on.
Had you been passing just then You
would have heard the rose sigh. Only
once; then It lay there cold, frayed and
wiltel in the mud of the pavement.
1t was nearly clock when little
fellow with bundle of papers under
his arm happened along.
His eyes We're close to the ground,
SO he espied the rose. He stopped and
picked it up and tried to wipe away
lie mud on the sleeve of his tattered
ulster Then he put it in his pocket
and that night laid it on totteriny
table at the beside of a sick, poor child.
The next morning was Sabbath day,
and when the eyes of the little girl
opened they first fell upon the flower.
1t had taken OH &: new life i'll the
night and now lay fresh as on the hour
twas picked.
It may have been the surroundings.
and. again, it may have only looked SO
in the eyes Of tlp sick child-one or the
other: il does MT matter. Twas beau
tiful to her. Detroit Free Press.
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10 part WIN the properly ror Il gouu
round sum, and later the necessary pa
pers were made out, and the transaction
ended so far as he was concerned.
But not so with the black haired
man. With infinite pains and the ex-
,enditurc of much time and no small
amount of money he managed at length
to find trace Of the Hamiltons who had
once lived in luxury and ease upon Re-
serves broad acres There were but
two of them-mother and daughter
the latter helpless invalid in the last
stages Of a lingering disease, and he
walked in on them one afternoon in the
shabby little rooms they occupied in
one of the poorer districts Of New Or
leans. They were living veritably from
hand to mouth.
81 am the peddler lad whom you be-
friended many years ago, madam, :" he
said simply to Mrs. Hamilton, who rose
to meet him with something of her old
dignity and graciousness Of manner.
"You were good to me that day when
I came to you with my pack on my
back. Now it is my turn. I have be-
come wealthy. Will you go back to live
at Reserve if I restore the house and
make it comfortable for your
But this Mrs. Hamilton would not
consent to do. She had a few old friends
in New Orleans with whom she prefer
red to spend her days, and going back
to Reserve would mean the revival ct
too many painful memories She was
as proud as she was poor-this southern
lady whose fortunes were at SO low an
ebb--and it was hard indeed for her to
accept bounty at any hand.
But the merchant insisted, and for
the sake of her daughter, whose days
were numbered, she consented to the
acceptance of plan.
He established them in comfortable
rooms in pleasant neighborhood. He
provided every necessity and many lux
uries. He instructed his bankers to
send check for 500 to Mrs. Hamilton
once month, the same to continue un-
til her death. He visited mother and
daughter, cared for them and comforted
the broken hearted lady when her love
", fragile child passed from things
temporal to things eternal He was
and continued to be a firm and con-
slant, beneGcent and generous friend.
Mrs. Hamilton still lives in New Or
leans-an old, white haired, feeble lady.
Leon Godscheau, once peddler, now
wealthy wholesale merchant, has one
Of the largest and best known establish
ments on Canal street today.-St. Louis
Republic.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
ROUND THE WALLS OF -HAMADAN.

Orchards stretch their bloomy span
Round the walls Of Hamadan,
Purples deepen on the grape,
Lyric brooks make blithe escape,
Yet are all the glories gone
That the lord CT 1lacedo.
Saw ere drew the revel on,
And the Bacchic orgy ran
Round the walls Of Hamadan.
Gone the great sun temple where
Golden stair rose over stair:
Gone the gilded galleries.
Porticoes and palaces,
And the plaintive night winds plead
For the memory Of the Mede.
Sob for alien ears to heed,
Pilgrim train and caravan,
Round the walls Of Hamadan.
Naught Of all the radiant past.
Naught Of all the varied, vast
Lie that throbbed and thrilled rs
mains,
With its pleasures and its pains
Save couchant lion lone.
Mute memorial in stone
OF three empires overthrown-
Persian, Median, Parthian-
Round the walls Of Hamadan.
All She splendor vanished, still
Wheels tho world for good or i'll
Where's the wisdom hoary sage
Shall unriddle Us this page?
Temples toppled from their base.
Victor race o oerrunning race,
Yet within the ancient place
Mirth and love of maid and man
Round the walls Of Hamacanl
nton Scollard in Frank LesE e's Monthly.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
TennysOn's Humility.

The poet Tennyson was gifted with
the grace of humility. His letters dis.
close his dissatisfaction with himself
and his achievements. He pitched his
ideals high, and he knew, none more
clearly. when he failed to grasp what
he had reached after An anecdote con-
tributed by the Duke of Argyll and
quoted by Miss Cary in her volume.
'.Tennyson. exhibits the poets hu-
mility.
s.The first words I heard him ntter,
says the duke. .srenain indelibly I'M
pressed upon MY memory. On being IN
troduced to him at an evening party in
the house of Lord John Russell. said.
perhaps with some emotion:
's'I am so glad to know you!
..Not in the tone or voice Of mere
conventional reply, but in the accents
of sincere humility, he answered:
8. You won't find much in me. after
all -
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
AS the season of the year when

As the season of the year when
pneumonia, la grippe. sore throat,
coughs, colds, catarrh,, bronchitis and
lung troubles arc to be guarded against,
nothing "is fine snbstitutc,. will
s.answcr the purpose, or is just as
good as One Minute Cough Cure.
That is the oncinfalliblc remedy for
alllung, throat or bronchial troubles.
Insist vigorously upon having it if
Something else is offered yon.
Evans Pharmacy.
"A good mans light shines day
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12
Why It's All Right.

"They say our ambassadors s official
black swallowtail coat doesn't cut
much Of dash in European courts be-
side the gorgeous robes of other foreign
ambassadors.
"Yes but there is an American IN
side of it. Chicago Record.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

Ii you have Il cough, throat lrrita-
ton, weak lungs, pain#in the chest.
difficult breathing, Group or hnarSc-
ness. let us suggest One Minute Cough
Cure. Always reliable and sale.
Evans Pharmacy.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

Bats in the Philippine Islands
are as big rs cats, and with the wings
spread measure three feet from tip to
tin. a bite from one of them is said
to he poisonous.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

"A man ears are placed so#that
he may catch the things said to his
face. It was never intended that nc
should hear thc things that arc said
behind his back.
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e.I knew If. declared the first speak
er. "What will you take for this place:
turning suddenly to the other man.
The second merchant laughed. "NVhy.
don't know as want to sell. Have Just
bought it, in fact. !"
But after some discussion he agreed
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1899-04-12

Il good man $ light shines day
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-08

by others still at S2 900 years, certainly a
wide difference. Prof. Gilbert las written
on the subject. and his conclusions are that
the best estimates have no value and are
merely rough approximations. Uader these
circumstances the people are left to guess
for themselves. SO long as the shale beneath
the Horseshoe falls Is unprotected, Just so
long will the wearing away OF the cataract
be noticed. There are points along the
Niagara cliffs where the shalc beneath the
limestone OF the top is unprotected by a
talus. and at these points the rock continues
to fall, notably near Buttery's elevator,
where the heavy fall OF rock occurred last
spring At that point the shale ras dsin-
tegrated by wind and weather, only a slight
difference in the process by which the Horse
shoe falls is moving toward Buffalos har-
hnr
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-08
HOBART SLIGHTLY IMPROVED
Condition of Vice President is Re-
ported 20 ne More Favorable and
He IL Resting Easy.

PATERSON, N. j., Nov AT late
hour Vice President Hobart's condition was
reported to be more favorable. 1t was re-
ported at his house that Mr.. Hobart had
been able to sit up in a chair for a short
time and had eaten some solid food, some
thing he had not done in three weeks. He
was less nervous tonight than for some
days and his family felt encouraged,
DR.. Newton, who remained at the house
tonight. would not offer any encouragement
as to the vice presidents recovery.
During the day Attorney General Griggs
called and Rad short interview with the
vice president. Mr. Hobart was cheerful
and he told Mrs Hobart that he hoped to
be able to take her out for a drive before
long.
Among those who sent kilograms TODAY
inquiring as to the vice presidents condition
were Senator and Mrs. Plat Of Connecticut,
Omaha daily bee., 1899-11-08
Action. AGAINST Tr,Jcs Unions

CHICAGO, Nov. "A largely attended
meeting of the Architects association was
held today for the purpose OF taking acton
against the trades unions Of this city, which
the architects and building contractors de-
clare have nearly paralyzed the building
trade by their unreasonable demands. The
meeting listened to the grievances of the
contractors. a number of whom were pres
cnt, and finally adopted resolutions dccar-
ing that the Architects association should
take sides with the contractors in righting
The alleged unreasonable demands of the
men Much feeling was shown over the
matter, the chief blame for the trouble be-
ing laid at the door of the walking dele