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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
LAMP BULBS HIS WEAPON.
Easatas fas - rtixhs ~ sslss rs
tsa Fsisst 81 rh.s&

'of alt the uatiandsa sesesas Il
employed in = fiahs said ssr
leans business maa. I ihlsk aFas
the most fantastic On record Iaio
one uixht lsas ptex w 'aai'T
asay on a visit at present ass !
keeping bachelor hail cot Al ne soa
On the night To whieh | refer :
aroused Ut about 3 a ~ By 10
sUmst here in The region Of TIE dla'
room and. thinking I aae saai y
dos there. jumped ap Vsrr ioe's
and came ausR stairs IA nj
clothes. without 80 much al PES
knife. when opened the an
room door I was startled 20 SEA
rough looking man bending over
sldsboard at the far cad OF the ~
and after ws had stood ih's
tableau for = moment the feli1~ .
n rush nj me lsapsd bafk ih'e
hall and giarrd around for s'zP
On a table near by ~sfs aV'sA
eandsseent lssht bulbs. ~hieA !
brought home to replace IONS
had burned out. and purely By ihA.
grabbed one Of them aud 'a"
ut the burglar. II bit ths esps
Ing close to his head AMI 70
amarement. exploded Tith none
a young iyddits shell ! safp
was 4 still greater surprise -
other fellow for he LET OUT ~
broke for che rear. followed ?,
id.hre bomhatdmeut Of ls-eaha's
or lncandescsnts. which ! eobta
chuck at him az long a. Ne rs
In range They smashed aza.A
furniture with series OF efssas s
alarmed the whoie neigbpots -.
/ have been gathering 40 fras@e
broken glass ever since. J ns
must have thought ! was ehaslns
with hand grenades Il vas Wv :,
time I ever knew iueandrscehs
such a row when they broke ~ ,hs
tfician tells ue II Is eaussu "
rushing into the vacuum
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

human science owes many a debt.
especially on the practical side, to the
instinct Of the lower animals. One of
these obligations is intimated in a re-
cent scientific review Of tie subject of
dams Engineers frequently build
dams straight across streams. the OBJ
1eet being. in some cases, to save ex-
pense by sparing material. But the
beaver arches his dam against the cur
rent. and experience has shown that
this form Of dam is best to resist floods
and the impact OF floating ice. Acting
upon the knowledge which is instinc-
tive with the beaver. and which hu-
man calculation approves. the grea.
Bear Valley dam in California and
some other recently constructed dams
have been SO made that their stability
largely depends upon the resistance
which their arched form presents.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

The world, wholly immersed In the
Eouth African conflict and its moment
GUS Issues, seems TO have forgotten
the threatening conditions which the
thinned British garrisons In India are
called upon to face at this junetura.
and the harassing anxieties which be-
set them. Private correspondents de-
scribe the natives as following the
progress Of the war in South Africa
with keenest interest-"watching like
tigers crouching for a spring." What
wonder then, few and scattered az thew
are, that the minds of English officers
and soldiers alike should be a prey
to ceaseless apprehensions? An OFF,
GER writes: Murders and raids ara
becoming common. We are hurried
from station to station, just to demon
strate that we are still here. | sleep
with six hundred rounds of ammunI-
ton under my bed. You at home do
not realize these things"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
Tooth Nark. n.trar Ihiat.

the peculiar shape OF Charles
haek's teeth Is the cause of his arrest
and confinement In tho county Jail at
Omaha, on the charge Of burglary. A
grocery store on Twenty fourth street
was burglarlzed few evenings since
out the thief escaped. When the police
ana citizens were investigating the
case Mack appeared and was very zeal
Gus IN MS search, Mack has peculiarly
formed teeth. A detective noticed a
piece OF cheese on counter bearing
marks corresponding to Maeks teeth
and made him bite another piece. The
marks we're identical and MACK was
arrested The goods stolen from the
store were later found in his houss.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Senator Vest Of Missouri has /.
GRANDSON he Ia very proud OF. The
other night his mother went Into tho
nursery to kiss him good night. ~
nave come to hear you say your pray
OTIS Harry" I've done said EN-. mann
ma why you can't say them by
yourself Yes. | can. I said, God
piess grandpa and make him we'll ana
,a' asain' GOD bless mamma and papa.
anu make EN- give me everything 1
want And, please, God. bless and take
eafe vi yourself. for you are the boss
vi u' alll'-Brooblyn Life.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
a Bird. Wonderful flight.

Carrier pigeons have been la Use for
ages for the purpose OF taking mes,
sages from distant places to theft,
homes. Long before the invention OF
the railway and the telegraph pigeons
were the swift message bearers OF
mankind. and today even they prove
OF great service in carrying news from
besieged cities. or from parts OF the
world where the telegraph and the
railways are not. Among the remark
able exhibitions OF the speed and en-
duranee of homing or carrier pigeons
was journey made not long ago by a
bird named wilkins. and owned by Mr..
Lautx OF Buffalo. The pigeon was
taken to Lawreuceburg. Tenn. a dis
lance Of 100 miles. and liberated. The
bird first flew straight up. then ctrcIeI
a few times, and finally started flying
rapidly in the direction Of Buffalo. A
southwest wind was blowing at the
rate Of about thirty miles an hour. aud
thunderstorm was approaching
Likely enough the approaching storm
frightened the pigeon and caused It to
try to reach home ahead Of the deluge.
and likely enough the wind helped il
greatly. But the bird flew faster than
the wind. and reached lts home loft In
10 hours IL minutes and 81 seconds
from the time of It's liberation. Con-
sequently the homlng bird flew but a
little less than q mile a minute. or
at the rate OF 1851 yards a minute-a
record hardly equaled by the fastest
express trains. After this wonderful
flight Of 700 miles the bird seemed only
a little tired, and the next day 1t was
at lively as ever.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

An extended popular plebiscite on
the hundred best books" for children
was taken recently in England. Tho
result placed Robinson Crusos'' Al IN.
heau Oh the list by nine-tenths vote,
Shiie Hans Anderssn's Tales stood
second, and Alice in Wonderland"
third. Such is the expression of what
We may fairly reckon ''the common
sense OF most" and its soundness will
be challenged BY few.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28


MisAisan 1an Who HAS nss,eA zee
Cases ~ lAyiss "a 1T nssaA
John Grinit. = young laborsr OF
Miles. Mich. Is attracting . great deal
OF attention by his marvellous power
OF faith healing. II il said that up TO
date Grl6at has treated over 400 cases
embracing nearly every variety of dis
ease. and that he has effected cure In
each Instance. He cannot explain his
power. but attributes II TO = divine gift
which he believes that he received
when a child. He has visions and be
iisves In everything he dreams. lie
will undertake 10 cure only At esrtalp
times. at night time and la the new
and full moon. Young Grim. IL a
brlght-lookink fellow. apparently quite
Intelligent. He Invariably hestows his
services free. No less wonderful than
hla curative te4ts Is the fact that he
can atop the circulation OF the blood
instantaneousiy, when the body will
become cold as Ice. With no apparent
EFFORT he can as speedily cause the
blood TO rrsums It's natural course. lie
Ia not member OF any church and
was never baptized Ia any faith. In
case vein IL severed he can, without
oAndases OF any form. stop the now OF
blood Instantly. The young fellow II
not familiar with tbs extent OF his
wonderful abilities. ~ he has never yet
met With failure Ia his attempts 10
cure. Altogether be Il an extrAordl-
nary character. ana 10 astraetlrs vide
spread attention. especially IN medical
circles. Grlnt Is "a years old sad va.
born In Miami county. Ind AZ The age
OF Ia instinct told him that hs pos.
sessed marvellous powers OF healing.
and his frss case was that o, horse
which -s go badly affiietst with tu.
NOR OF the meek thar Ala father vas
about 10 kill the Auimsi. @hen The boy
iatsrcsded and commenced operations.
and 10 Pew days the animal Sas ca
lirsly well. His next case Nas that 81
a youns woman suffering With kolter.
~hseh The boy cured m one Nssk. R.s
method Is 10 Lay hands % u paslsa,
and pray.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Be srscsually doas from bis s,.s
10 probable that TIE duel i. Il a
place will be hIa8silsf ssaa ~ ~
french affair o, honor. Aoasys I
fearless editor and IL o. bobis taaa
lie IL fssgiai0nr In dfsts and q /
Of the best ku8Wa at rsfissaa 7
Count Of Csstsllanr is he hasssss
Anna Gould AID hss rsess,t vai
the Gould family 10 tbs eosa,Fr !
that reason bis eognins due! vita
Figaro editor will 10 pzLehst -
tsFsat.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
sworc at Her on Ills ptn.

Mrs. Emma Jane Jones la suing bsr
husband, Thomas Ellsworth Jones for
divorce. The couple arc both doa,
mutos and have lived together for tsn
years In Philadelphia. Mrs. Jones al.
leges that her husband sweara q.
her and calls her vile names on b,s
fngers. "'s
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Through the efforts of Prof. John
Milne and Prof George Davidson. an
earthquake pendulum" costing s25e.
mas recently been sent to Hawaii.
where it will be employed TO study the
tremors to which our newly annexed
island group Is subject. This under
taxing forms part OF great seismic
survey OF the world. through which It
is hoped to obtain a fairly complete
knowledge Of the location OF the earth
quake centers of the globe, and Of the
direction and intensity of the earth
quake waves which radiate from them.
The station at Hawaii will be among
the most important.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

70 crawl out of his comfortable bed be-
fore he is called. Nevertheless, when
they are called in the spring-time, the
frogs and mollusks obey the summons.
They don't lie abed longer than they
need to-and that is the moral OF this
talk about their winter life and ways.
Our Animal Friends for February.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Mems proper business in this world
says Ruskin, falls mainly into three
divisions; first. to know themselves
and the existing stats OF the things
they nave to do with; secondly, TO be
happy In themselves aud the existina
state OF things; thirdly. to mend them.
selves and the existing state OF thing,
as far as either are msrred and mend.
able.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

One OF the greatest attractions re-
Gently added to the Earl's Court Ex-
hibition In London is a fountain I'm
which quicksilver takes the place Of
water. When Illuminated at night.
the flashing streams OF liquid metal
make dazzling display. They flow
over the edge of an elevated black
bowl, about four feet in diameter. and
fall into larger bowl placed beneath.
in the lower bowl. pieces of rock, fiat
irons and similar heavy objects are
seen floating about as cork would float
in water. The quicksilver is drawn
off from the under bowl and conducted
through a concealed pipe to an in
genious elevator, consisting Of an end
less chain Of cups. like a chain-pump,
which. driven by an electric motor,
carries the quicksilver up to a reser-
voir, whence 1t flows back to the upper
basin, and thus keeps the metallic
cataract eeaselessly falling.
The Crown Prince of Japan is to
have new palace designed to resist
the earthquakes which are so frequent
and destructive in his country. The
palace will be go by 400 feet In area,
with height of only sixty feet. The
skeleton will be OF steel and the entire
structure will be anchored upon con-
crete by means OF 400 steel columns.
Around this strongly braced skeleton
will be placed the marble and granite
slabs and blocks. forming the outer
skin OF the building. American steel
viii be used and American engineers
are srea9sd In the work.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
DE RODAYS OF PARl'
the MAN WHO A..
COUNT CASTELAR, l
'''a - . oaiss cs.. o..
with the n..s ia,.....
Nsss to ns n.Ars--K.,.,
sss 81 rigss~ Z

~ Fsrnand de Roda,, -,
sci'or whom Count BOni a. Cas-. -
threatens to thrash and .ho 80
Al ,hs counts wrath. Is . a'',.' Aas
gentleman who has tough, man.
ana who il well known Tor n.
axs and desterlty OF aim VIA. y
IRE lie Is the responsIbl. 20. Jag
me FIGARO. which paper IA. ,ssss',
certain matters eoncernin. n. 4
eiai and other private .s.lr. !,
count calculated In no sl.. 4 !.
that young noblsmans yant, !,
tore his departure for home ca,,,,
castsliAns threatened that !. NJ
call Out Rodays on the ts., ), ~
where he would shoot him or s.A n
according 20 the code. Roa.,, ~
he Viii accommodate the eoss, !.
that al shs s,asbinx or shoo,inr =
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Mr.. E. A. Martel, the French ex-
piorer OF caverns. whose diseoverie.
underground. have attracted much at
tentlon within the past few years, re-
ports that he has found In the depart
ment OF Hautes Alpes a cavity in the
form OF natural well. whose depth
exceeds that OF any other known. He
has sounded it TO the depth OF about
i,OlI feet, but ne believes that the ac-
tual bottom has not yet been reached.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

Wealth" says the philosopher, Il.
the source OF trouble" What is the
use OF wasting any more time trying te
guess why so many people are always
out hunting for troubles
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
womga STEAL a rfRs rRuck.
np'"s'- 10 tss Hoes sad ladder A.a
Ltt.rsry soelstr wArf.r-

'"NFEsf W
Ia the warfare that i being -.xsl
10 Fast Marion. /. C.. ogsg The easgo,is
Of hook aud ladder truck purchase
By tha women % the Literary society
o. that place Tor the uAs 0f the local
Ere department the x0uisa h.F. met
With their nrs, astsa,. The ngh, ha-
grown oat o, the resent action Of The
onesrs Of the rss companies Ia having
the rillas. are department lasorporat.
ed. Tho women o. the t.lssrary 40.
etstT considered that this would d.
bar theta from having any say COO.
corning tbs hook and ladder truck.
and they Immediately put IN claim
Tor the apparatus They @aated shslr
zlfs returned bat shat they Intended
doing With Il Is aog knoNu. The Ore.
men refused 70 surrender tbs truck so
the other a!Eht Il was stolen from The
truck house. From thai time until To-.
day The members Of the truck company
s-oursd the country side Tor traces OF
their machine TSiay Il xas dIscov.
cred sscreisf ia barn. Il vas i'm.
nsdiately taken back TO the tuck
house The women assert they DRAG.
gsi the truck away themselves. but Il
II understood that a number 81 male
syrnpathlHsr. aided In the capture. A
guard will now Be placed In the truck
house until the aEbt l. settled -ss-
York Sun
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
FOR BOYS AND GIRLS.
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

foify's Frceks-Lise Under Water-Irow
the Creatures There spead the VIM
ter Manths-rhey All Ate Their uus-
oAndz--A Lesson for RoyA
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28
Exploded a. rsafs Altar Hetaw Fired.

The longest time tina, Is known to
have elapsed between the firing of a
shell and rs explosion II forty four
years. Recently shell which had
been nred into the Russian harbor of
ssbastopoI during the Crimsan war a.
least torty-four years ago. was haul.
ed up BY some hshermsn. and It rr.
plodsd on being taken from tho va.
ter. killing one Of the men and wound.
Int several OF the others. notyvith.
standing the long period phich hae
elapsed since II had left the gun which
bred II, Finds Of shells are exceeding.
~ dangerous. II they happen to bs IN.
exploded ones. as similar accident
happened not long since at Holton-le.
Sands, where 4 dredger named Wilson
fshsd mp one that had been fired from
the artillery camp at Bare. and took IL
home. An attempt to break Il up cos,
him an eye. foot and broken head.
besides causing serious damage to
property.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

That friendship only IL indeed genu-
me when two friends without speaking
word to each other. can nevertheless
md happiness in being together.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-04-28

When girl refuses to marry man,
he concludes that she doesn't know
her own mind; when man refuses tn
marry girl, she generally comes to
the same conclusion.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-05-29

People would find less dinicnltv i'm
suiting themselves with roady-madc
shoes, said an experienced shoe.
maker IF they would stand up 10
have them fitted. Nine persons ont
Of ten require particularly comfort
able chair when they are having shoes
tried ON. and it is difficult 10 make
them stand for few minutes even
when thc shoe Us fitted. Then. when
they begin to- walk about, they are
surprised HAT the shoes are less com
Portable than they were when first ft
ted. The reason is simple
The foot is smaller when one sit
IA clair than 10 H. when one is walk.
Ing about Exercise brings "a con.
siderable quantity Of blood to The feet.
which accordingly swell The mus.
cles also expand. These facts must
bc borne in miud when one buys ones
shoes on discomfort and disapUout-
mcpt are urc TO be the result Poo.
pie who ara not comfortable in ready
made sbocs ahould h,vo both feet
moasurcI Tho result Will generally
bc the discovery that thcy have feet
of different sizes. and therefore need
pccIally made shoes "- Wa hipotou
Slnf
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-05-29
WHAT A JOURNALIST Is.
How lie Differs From Plain, Ordinary
NCwspnner Man.

Ai,er his lecture before the journal.
istic class ut Cornwall University, u
sophomore asked Eli Perkins when he
became Il journalist.
"Never," said Eli, ''but ] DO hope.
after twenty years more experience.
TO become newspaper man"
We'll, what is the difference:
asked the sophomore.
Just this, my son, said Eli. "a
cailow reporter calls himself Jour
nalist. As George Welshons says, in
his first tadpole stage. when his head
is swelled, he is journalist. If he
finally shows great brain and indus
try, and escapes the fool-killer. hc
may become Il reporter. After years
Of study and toll, and when his brains
I, are stuffed with wisdom, wit aud dis.
erection enough to kill his own editor
ials and make up a sixteen-pa Sun
day edition, then l say he's news.
paper man.
Then this is rs high in the PROBES
sion as he can get"
Yes: he Is now at tie pinnacle.
By and by, when he gets lazy and
stiil aud old and stupid, they reduce
him 10 the position of editor.
An editor is Il dccaved newspaper
man With bunioEs On his brain. chil-
blains on his heart. corns on his ears
and warts and dyspepsia on his liver.
The business of the editor is to slcer
uptown al day and al night he prowls
around Il newspaper Office. and at mid.
night he takes blue pencil ana assas-
sinutes every bright aud readable idea
that the smart reporters nave brought
in during the day.
'"Thc editor is all epltnct, while th.
reporter is all proof The editor calls
Il man Il chicken thief aud gets sued
for libel. while the reporter, kodak in
hand, interviews him while picking OF
the feathers in lis back yard. and thc
next day the thief takes Whole adj.
vertisemcnt to shut up tile newspaper.
No, continued Eli, - hope I am
a newspaper man, and ! dread the
time wher ! shall get old and stupid
and have TO kill my own bright thing.
which made the people glad. sold
newspapers and made Americans know
me.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-05-29

not this point 10 some physiological
secret-so0le unknown factor in the
bids pby steal economy-which may
or may not be discoverable? We do
not yet know what magnetism is: we
are but guessing at electricity. -
cannot even be sure what causes She
difference IN weight between steel and
platinum, o. between gold and silver.
Why then shall We turn up our ''sci.
entiiic' nose when it is suggested that
there may be principle, not even
guessed at. upon which ii would be
easy TO base all the conditions oi
Hight rs we see it in birds? There is
not Psychologist living who eau alb
soiutsly account for the correlation OF
horsepower aud muscular force which
brings about the voluntary crooking
OF ones finger Yet the iguoramus
who does not, aud never can. know
how he winks his eye, prctends to set
bounds to the secret of bird-hight.-
Maurice Thompson, in the New York
Independent.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-05-29
EVANSVILLE. w. VA, TUESDAY MAJ % 1900

present even a; fortunes lowest ebb
he thought that II was possible that n
little water might still remain in tue
cistern below the point tapped by the
faucet. He climbed anon n she'd aud
from thence to the roof OF tine dwell
ing. The top OF the cisteru was GOV
cred, save for the small hole into
which the pipe from the caves trough
ran. The trooper tore OF two OF the
rotting boards and looked into the
cistern depths. Far down, below the
entering place of the spigot he saw
something glisten. IT was water. He
cut strips from his suspendera and
from his clothing, and letting down
an old tin pot that be had found in
the house ne managed to draw up a
mouthful Of water. 1t was stagnant
and i'll smelling, but no draught that
man ever took seemed sweeter TO him
than did that drink OF green-coated
cistern water TO Trooper Thomas. he
let the can down again and again, and
drank until new life and strength
came 10 him. He knew that there
must be disused trail leading some
where through the chaparral from the
clearing. He made a circuit of the
jungle's edge and finally found the
trail. lie knew not where it would
lead, but he knew also that his only
hope lay i'll following il. lie had not
gone more than hundred yards be
fore he met two Mcxicans, who proved
not to belong to the bandit gang.
They gave him something to eat, aud
agreed to pilot him back TO tue camp
Of his troop. 1t was then that
Trooper Thomas made the astounding
discovery that, although he had been
wandering for forty-eight hours, he
was not five miles from the place
where he had lost the flank Of the
skirmish line. Compassless and with
no landmarks to guide him, he hud
been practically travelling in a circle
until when. i'll the half delirium of the
second night in the chaparral. he had
risen. and going blindIy ahead had
managed to keep for a while in Il
straight line. Chicago Record,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1900-05-29
mow ZOO Jonc. rnrnrd snclf,a.

Sam Jones' Mayor Of Tolc,log 5c-
came a socialist after he had mai.
fortune. He describes the mqnucr yf
his conversion as follows. AIR
'Siuco 1870 have been MOE o.
less Of an oil producer. H. ,1sp3 !
invented some important i'hntJyc.
ments in appliances for producing OIL
Finding manufacturer unwilling 80.
make the article, ! went into uecunau
ufacturiug business. This hrohglt
me in contact with the condition or
labor in a city for the first time ia NY
life As rule. workers in tho oil
field enjoyed large wagcs. /, fouuj
men working iu Toledo fOr tlc frar
ton of dollar a day Bt3Sn II"
worIer how it was possible fdr nc
to live OH such swul sum '0i6ouey
ia a way becoming citizens nj % ~.
republic I studied social cnlrlihan..
and the inequality aud iujusti saarDuu.l
INC led m. Goo feel tnot soWg.Uyotc.i
should he usds -gninst tne.dgsfu la-
ton Of my fellow mcu az .pnre dc
clared that thc 500 called goins wage
rule should MOI govern thc Acme sur
cor Rod Company saldmratlcr
that the rule that every man. IS eD
titled lo such share O. the prGduci ot
his toll as will enable hin To- lire
dcceutly aud DOB such a WY tfa. ha
and his children may De littedt Co &C.
citizens Of the free republic. should
he the rule governing tbei,tagos 1T
our establishment - AinAeds Mace
zine