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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06
Conditions In Kentucky Changed.

In 1896 Kentucky was lost to the
Democrats. Mckinley carried the state
The Cold Standard Republicans have
felt at ease OYER the conditions, aud
have believed they would continue for
another four years II not for gen.
GRAFTON.
But the conditions have changed.
The Silver forces have worked and
worked through the gloomy days Of
defeat until they have again become
victorious, and now feel sure OF the
state for Bryan and free silver 10 No.
vember.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06
An Explanation.

The average salaries OF Methodist
ministers in the United States is said TO
be S47335, which is about on a level
with the income of day laborers. This
fact may serve to explain why young
men prefer to become trust inagnates
rather than enter the ministery. Mex
lean Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

The latest reliable ncws from sor,h
africa may be crowded into pu, sboI,
com Paul and Gen'l Joubert keep mn
their devotional services and nr,,n,,
meetings, and the boys behind tho enn.
hold their own to the utter disna.' =,
1he British who stumble MP apairs,
them The Beers have not been nm, n
disadvantage since the New yos,
opened. "'
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

ONE OF the things to be made known
as the year advances Is" Can the pres
ept level OF high price which farmers
have to pay forsuch things as they buy
be maintained. II so farmers will suf-
fer, il not the trusts will suffer. Now,
which should suffer.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

THE director Of the mint IL correct.
The popular demand for more money is
something uDappeased and unappcas-
able. 1t was always thus, aud it always
will be. Money is like Col Mulberry
Sellers oriental optical liniment. The
more you have, the more you want
Boston Herald.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

THE Beers claim that the British
losses in killed. wounded and captured
since the campaign opened have
reached the alarming total Of 1852.
II this is correct 1t is already enough
TO stagger humanity-as Dom Paul said
II would. ''''
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-01-06

MANILA news since the holidays
has been as uninteresting and devoid of
excitement as news in the rainy season.
And, by the by, the rainy season is
rapidly approaching and Aguinaldo
twenty miles away"
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
The station Agents Story.

They never did much for me till got q
chance. one day,
To take a better station. and prepared to
come away;
Id worked down there in WATERFOWL for
thirteen years, aud passed
From messenger to agent and was called
up here at last.
And when they heard about It they came
in with smiles and praise
And told me how II ticklcd them to hear
Id got the raise:
They knew I'd have 1t. some day; they
had seen II all the time,
"For fellow with such talents A. I had
was bound to climb"
And they put their heads together and
got up a splendid spread
A gorgeous farewell dinner. with the
Mayor at the head;
And they made q lot Of speeches and
they praised me to the skies.
And I felt my cheeks turn crimson and
the dampness In my eyes.
And the ladies that I danced with, when
the band began to play.
| Said the place would seem so lonesome
after I had gone away,
And the wealthy bankers daughter who
md seemed so proud before
| Almost confessed she loved me, a. We
sailed across the door.
And pretty Janet Flemming, who had let
me understand
| That she felt herself above me. trembled
| when ! held her hand
| Trcmbled, sighed, and, looking at me,
said she wished l wouldn't go:
"It'n he 80 very stupid here without you,
don't YOU know"
7 Ind nevcr. iii, that evening, guessed
how we'll ,hey liked me there;
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
WISDOM OF CURRENT FICTION
SAGE Sayings from Some of the Lat
P0pu1ar Novels.

sage Sayings from Some OF the Late
Popular Novels.
I hate a fellow who tries to be more
than friendly Robert Orange.
Natural sorrow Is not forbidden to
as, but a persistent dwelling on cure.
less grief IL trespass against tile law.
The Master Christian.
The Devil Is never embarrassed, and
where virtue IL found superhuman he
takes care to keep II on sour. II ethe.
real, diet.--Robert Orange.
How quick is a lovers eye! how
knowing; how wise IL a lovers heart!
Which makes IL the more sad that the
lover himself is so often such fool
Until the Day Break.
If love is love at all. II merely means
complete union. and we cannot imag.
Inc a perfect marriage where there 10
any possibility Of wrangling over DIFF.
ferent forms of credible Master
Christian.
laundering and fooiishness do not
scorn to be the boon companions Of old
age. even, insomuch that one IL some.
times almost driven to believe that
folly Is the chief employment Of old
men.--Until the Day Break.
II want to get home and see the nag
again." he said. II tell you, man, Il
takes the French to make you appre-
ciate Old Glory. want to shake the
dust Of this internal town on my feet
and get back to honesty and sincerity.
The honest rascallty Of American bust.
ness methods that I've fought all my
life 10 like the teaching Of the Bible
compared to the slipperiness Of the
French. THE Expatriates.
History would be a very orderly AZ.
fair could the dry.as-dust historians
have their way. and doubtless II would
be thrillingiy romantic at every turn II
the novelists were able to control ita
current Fortunately neither one moi
the other has much influence, and the
result. In the long run. IL that most
novels are shockingly tame. while the
large body Of history Is loaded down
with picturesque incident, which. II
used In fiction. would be thought alb
surdly romantic.-AlIce Of Old Vim
cennes.
Love Of woman's a thing apart-be
You'd all rule and scale. or dogma. OF
the Bibles self. The passions are pa
| gans to the end-no more to be trustee
than tame tigers, II man Is a man
But passions are bred out nowadays
I don't believe the next generation vii
be shaken to the heart with the SAM
gusto and storms as the last. We thinl
smaller thoughts and feel smaller sen
tlments: we're too careful of our skin
to trust the giant passions: our heart
don't pump the same great food Of no
blood.-A Breaker Of Laws.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
PASSING OF THE PRAIRIE DOG

Agricultural Department viii Wipe
out the Peat In the West.
Passengers on the %" system who
have ridden the better part Of day
through Western Nebraska and East.
ern Colorado will remember the prairie
dog. He Is numerous In that section Of
the country. He lives In villages, ami
the villages are rs close together as the
villages Of certain parts Of Europe.
But the prairie dog has had his day.
The Agricultural Department says he
must 90. Mr.. Wilson has decided that
the dogs kill the grass ana ruin good
grazing land. "Tama Jim" has little Of
the love Of picturesQueness In his make.
up. He Is eminently practical, and his
philanthropy II Of the type which seeks
to make two blades OF grass grow In.
stead Of one. Therefore he proposes to
relegate the prairie dog TO the picture
books and to the stuffed specimens Of
the museum along with the buffalo.
Mr.. Wilson's chemists have IiscOv-
cred u mixture which will make whole
villages fight for the first bite, but
which ut the last stingeth like serpent
and biteth like IN adder. Under Its In
iluence the hole that knows the prairie
dog will know It no more forever. The
frisky. nervous. barking little beast Will
join the innumenble caravan Of prairie
dogs who have gone before.
There will be more grass when the
prairie dog Is gone. and therefore more
cattle. There will be less breaking OF
the legs Of the cowboys ponies, and the
rattlesnake will live alone In the hole
until the summons comes to him also
As nature abhOrs vacuum, SO does
civilization despise a "varmint"--save
In the shape Of the human form divine
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
KNOPF'S $4,000 BEAUTY.

Mr.. Lorimer's friend and ald-le-
camp. Jim Monaghan, gets $1,000 for
dischargng the nominal duties of Dep.
uty County Comptroller.
This Is a greater salary than is at.
tached to any office In the gift Of the
Governor of Illinois.
Here is complete list of all the jobs
in the gift of the Governor, and It will
be seen that Mr.. Lorimers lieutenant Is
better paid than any Of them:
State Architect, $500 per annum.
The Insurance superlntendency is one
Of the best Of the Jobs. The salary is
$500 per year only.
Adjutant General, salary $1,000 per
annum.
Curator and state Geologist, salary
$500 per annum.
State Grain Inspector, salary $500
per annum.
Railroad and warehouse commission,
three members, salary $500 per an
nub, secretary $500.
superintendent Of the Southern Hos
pital for the Insane, salary $500 per
annum.
superintendent Of the Western Hos.
pital for the Insane, salary $500 PER
annum.
Superintendent Of Asylum for Insane
Criminals, salary $2,1OO per annum.
superintendent Of the Institution for
the Deaf and Dumb, salary, $1,000 per
annum.
Superintendent Of the Charitable Eye
| and Ear 1narmary, salary, $500 per
| annum.
Superintendent of the State Soldiers
Orphans home, salary, $2,400 per an.
mum.
Superintendent Of the Asylum for
Feeble. Minded Children, salary e, 400.
Superintendent and secretary OF the
Illinois state Reformatory, salary a..
600.
Warden Of Illinois state penltentlary,
I salary $4,000.
Warden of Southern Illinois peniten.
tlary. salary $1,000.
Secretary Of commissioners Of labor;
salary, $4,000.
Live stock commission, three mem.
bers, - per diem: secretary Of commits.
sion, 81, 800 per annum; State veterina:
rian, $4,000 per annum.
Three State humane agents. salary
81 800 per annum; chief factory inspec
tor, 81 800 per annum.
State board Of dental examiners, five
members. pay s. per diem for actual
time.
State board examiners Of architects
I've members, pay S. per diem for act
ual time.
State board of pardons. three mem
bcrs. salary $1,000 per annum.
Illinois canal commission, three mem
bers, s. per diem.
Commission on claims, three mem
bers. $15 per diem each.
State board examiners Of horseshoers
Ave members, 81 per diem each FOL
actual time.
Secretary Of State Board Of Health
salary $1,000 per annum.
Secretary Lincoln Park Board. $500
Secretary West Park Board, salar,
$500 per annum.
Superintendent Of institution for edu
cation OF the blind, salary $500 pc
annum.
Superintendent Of Central Hospita
for the Insane, salary $500 per an
mum.
u Superintendent of Eastern HospI,a
, for the Insane, salary $500 per an
mum.
Superintendent Of the Northern Hos
. pltal for the Insane, salary $500 pc
1 annum.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
The worlds Petroleum supply.

Statistics show that the United States
and Russia are between them produc-
ing, In round numbers, 10000 900
barrels OF petroleum per year, and that
the production Of outside countries has
Of late increased so much that they are
able 10 contribute enough now to bring
the worlds aggregate annual prOduc.
ton to about l50,OOO,0OO barrels. 1t IL
well known that the production Of Rus.
sla Is much less now than II might be,
owing 10 the lack of enterprise Of the
people and TO inadequate transporta.
ton facilities.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
ITEMS Of INTEREST

For the correct hat, patronize Dun.
lap, the Palmer House halter.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
An Enormous Tree.

The members Of the ilnnean Society
In London were recently entertained
by a description OF monstrous tree
growing near the city Of 'OaXaca In
Mexico. 1t is n species Of cypress. and
at the height of three feet from the
ground has circumference of l43 feet
Yet the entire height of the tree does
not exceed 100 feet.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
What, Indeed!

The Mild Anarchst--l1ut you must
bear in mind that kings work as hard
rs anybody nowadays.
The Radical Member That's one
reason why hate 'cm So What bust
ness have they TO set such an eXamplef
indianapolis Press.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
A Wild TheOrjst.

MY son writes thar chasing FillpinOs
Is frightfully hard work."
well, the world Is round. Write to
him to sit down somewhere ana wait
till they catch mp with him."-lndian.
apOlis Journal.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29

Try "Almanaris" On the eide. II
won't cost you any more than bottled
lake water.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29

For tents, awnings and waterproof
covers 60 to Murray q Co., 820.388
South Canal street. These people are
leaders In this line Of goods.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
Midsum mer Research.

Midsummer Research.
II haven't been down to the office for
three days"
"SickT'
mo; my family are going away and
I've been helping them lind the keys to
the trunks."-ChlcagO Record.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29

Murray q Company, who lead In the
awning business, and who were located
on Randolph street for eleven years, in.
vite you to call at their new mammoth
establishment. $40 to 888 South Canal
street.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29

How do you feel about trusts"
"id like 10 start some new ones to
break up the old ones. Chicago Rec
ord.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22
"My Words Return Unto Me Void. i"
What matters If the tide Of years,

What matters If the tide of years,
That bore you on with careless glee,
Past "Happy Isles" of eLong Ago."
And pleasant shores of FUSED to be-"
Meier bore you hail from friendly craft.
Or brought you gift of fame OF gold,
For precious cargo nobly manned
And sped away with hopes untold.
What matters If the ships you sailed
(Ne'er come again for smiles or tears)
Though launched on goodly errands bent
Full frelghted for the sea of years
Were swept away, as structures fair
And sent adrift with "dip Of sail''
Where deeper waters idly flow -
And sombre shadows darkly trail.
No worth is lost-howe'er it seems
To human soul that braves the strife
Though broken masts and tattered sails
Are FLASHED upon the sea of lifea
For high above the surging main
The Sovereign Hand that guides the
whole
May shape your losses in to gain,
AS rescue for some drifting SOUL
J.B.C.
Harrison, Ark, Sept. IS, 1900.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22
Modern Orators.

Almost every man thinks he could
run a newspaper and a hotel, and
most men also think they are ora.
tors.
This is especially true of those who
like to get up early and argue poll.
tics before breakfast. A man who
will argue politics before breakfast
viii stead .sheef but there are pienty
who will do that.
Every politician thinks he is an
embryo Patrick Henry, and watches
for the first opportunity to spring
his oratory. Ii you let the bars
down. lin he goes and revels in the
green pastures, but not by the quiet
waters, because he believes in turbu-
lent waters, He has read the life OF
Patrick Henry and has learned that
he was an orator, and wholly for
gets that Patrick was an orator be-
cause he had something to say.
Now there is vast difference be-
tween the orator who has some
thing to say and the born orator.
The born orator is like the poet;
born, not made, and he talks wheth-
er he has anything to say or not.
Oratory is an affection just like
corns, and hay fever and pinkeye.
Deplorable and oppressive unless
something is done for it.
Patrick Henry was pot a born Or
ator. He learned oratory at coun-
try debating society, where they dis
cussed such familiar questions as:
Resolved, That Columbus was a
greater man than George Washing
ton" and Resolved, That there is
more happiness in pursuit than in
possession" AID libitum. Excuse
our Latin. We have no idea what
it means.
Patrick Henry used to drive his
fathers scrub OK team to a wooden
plow all day and study up things to
say in debate. One day when he had
been blowing among the stumps and
rocks and hardpan in the lower for
ty, and the plow handles had jolted
him industriously in the fifth rib, he
exclaimed: give me liberty or give
me a glass of hard cider with stick
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

in it." He got that expression from
Shakespeare. He also invented the
defamation about the boy who
"stood on the burning deck, HThe
Polish Boy and "Spartaeus.' de
has been charged with having writ
ten Beautiful Snow" but he proved
an abb.
Hence Patrick Henry had practice
and was prepared for great orator
although his pa says he wasn't
worth his salt blowing in the
stumps. Orators are usually not
much account for anything else.
Every fellow who feels a thrill
worth about six for nickel. mag
ines that the spell is on and he has
message upon which mnltitudes will
hang With breatHless inlesazl
his words may smell Of onions and
forty-rod whisky. Sometimes his
breath is strong enough to become
visible to the naked eye, and folks
enjoy sitting under the spell.
Rather than to hang on his words,
the multitude would hang the ora
tor on a sour apple tree II they could
lay hands on him. But he makes
his speech under the guise of nomi-
mating some respectable gentleman
or seconding a motion or setting
himself right, hence you have no le-
gal right to shoot him, although
you would be justified in doing it.
The orator that is born an orator
is no more abashed than farmer is
calling hogs, and he may be better
fitted for that. He is complacent as
mule and has a voice like bull OF
Bashan. He sticks his chew OF r
bacco under his chair, where he n
find it again; he makes few pas
and sets his mouth to going AIN
has to do is to keep the flies awe
and his mouth goes on apace.
What cares he whether anybody
listens or no. He is saving his coun-
try and that is enough And thus is
our country saved every year, and
the orator wakes fat in the lauf, Tor
he is full of prunes.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

here, and everything for the bits of
life | get glimpse ofin the country
districts and in the villages. hope
to write from Cologne, or perhaps
from Wiesbaden, on the Rhine, where
| will be on the 25th inst.
W. M. NEAL.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

A branch railroad in West Virginia
under the control of the Standard
Oil Company, refused to haul the
private car in which Mr.. Bryan was
touring West Virginia; at a cosfto>
the committee OF 1882 for two days.
A note from Andree, the arctic ex-
plorcr, was found recently at Var
doe, the most northern Norwegi
port. Andree entered the arctic
gion three years ago.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22
Advertising Rates.

One inch per year a, %
On Contract for dia Months. = peE
cent Of annual rate, and Tor thfes
months, IS per cent.
On contracts Of 1 to inches, . per
cent off OF annual rates % oqnIraetz
for to 1e inches 50 por eat on Of An
nual rates. 10 10 i inchea 90 per sens
off annual rates.
Special position 90 per cent addifionAl.
Locals 10 cents pei hns arst inssf=
ton, cents second and - cents there
after
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

Owing to a change in my plans,
which gives me more time in Ger
many and Austria, am leaving here
to-day. four days ahead of time. l
90 to Brussels, where ] will see the
battlefield Of Waterloo, a varied as
sortment Of Brussels lace, and such
other sights as the city presents.
From there 60 to Cologne, and
thence up the Rhine as far as May
ence As ] said on a former occa-
sion, / care little for the cities over
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22
Mines in the North Arkansas Zinc Field

That Have Been Developed One Acre More.-Their
Names, Owners, Location and Standard Values.
Compiled by the North Arkansas Investment Col
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

Harrison, Ark, Sept. IS, 1900.
The Harrison times. (Harrison, Boone Co., Ark) 1876-1938, 1900-09-22

Excelsior Mining & Manufacturing Co..
Big Hurricane Mining Company.....-...
Boston Mining eompany"-."..""...~,."
Minnesota Company....a.~.a........
Round Mountain Mining Company.
Tomahawk Zinc & Copper Company.
Bunch *
Stevenson
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-23
AT COLORADO SPRINGS.

Colorado Springs, Nov. 21-A hur-
ricane has swept over this city since
10 O'Clock today. Signs have been
torn from building, light, telephone
and telegraph wires are down and
chimneys have been blown from the
roofs. People are afraid to venture i'll
the streets and business is practically
suspended.
The velocity of the wind was the
greatest ever attained here, 70 miles
per hour. The storm started at 10
O'Clock, but did not become severe
until 10 p. IN. The plant of the Col
orado Springs Electric company was
badly damaged and the high school
building was damaged also. The
high roof of the Temple threatre was
ripped off in large sections and many
other business blocks were damaged
by roofs and cornices being torn off.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-23
RAPE FIEND.
Chicago Negro Narrowly Escapes Lynch
ing for Assault.

Chicago, Nov. 2O-A mob composed
Of men and women defied drawn re-
volvers and fought with 20 policemen
tonight in all attempt to lynch Harry
Evans, a colored man, arrested on the
charge of attacking 7 year old Freda
Guendal. The hundreds of persons
who had gathered around the home of
the little girl. whose death was feared.
were greatly excited when Evans, who
had been captured an hour before,
was brought before his victim for
Identification. "Hang the black
s%coundrel. Lynch him." shouted the
spectators, as the prisoner was brought
to the doorway of the Guendal home.
The two officers, who had charge of
the negro, after a free use of their
clubs on the maddened crowd, finally
managed to shove Evans into the
house where the little girl identified
him as her assailant.
When the mob outside learned that
Evans had been identified by his vic
tim they became frenzied and made
another rush for the prisoner. A riot
sail had been sent in and a wagon load
of officers arrived in time to prevent
the crowd from overpowering the Off
GERS and securing the negro. After, a
fierce struggle, in which a score Of
people were more or less injured, the
police dispersed the mob and took
Evans to Jail.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-23
w T WRECKS.
Several Men Killed on Denver & Rio
Grande Road.

Denver, Colo, Nov. 20-There were
two fatal wrecks on the Denver &
Rio Grande this morning; freight
train No. 70, west bound, on the mar
row guage, became manageable on
= steep grade near Gray's station. The
engine jumped the track and 10 cars
piled on top of it. Brakeman Chas.
Shaw was instantly killed; Fireman
Albert Brasswell is still under the
wreckage and is supposed to be dead;
Engineer John Ryan and Brakemen
J. j. Dow n Louis Bean are serious
~ injured.
The other wreck was a short dis
lance east of Bellen, on the standard
guage. Freight train No. 7, east
bound, broke in two and the real por-
ton ran into the forward part, de-
railing eight cars. Two tramps were
riding in one and one of them, name
unknown, was killed. The other giving
the name of J. Weaver was badly
hurt.
The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1900-11-23
SEVERAL MOUNTAIN STATES
VISITED BY STORM.
NO FATALITIES REPORTED
Colorado Springs Sustains Heaviest
Damage-Snow and Wind
at Salt Make.

Denver, Nov. 21-While Denver is
basking IN warm sunshine today, some
portions of Colorado experienced the
worst storm of the year. At Colorado
Springs and Pueblo a heavy gale blew.
Many wires are down. Below Pueblo
some houses were unroofed. Between
Alamosa and Durango the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad was blocked by
drifting snow. In the southern por-
tion of San Luis valley the snow fall
was heavy.