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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30
QSN)BB HUNG
box. WirE-MO4oERER
ID or PRISON.
~ Three 0svos,aess -
+ 49, 0eoeenoo ~ 0eatA
1A-Objssts g Suicide. ~.
HAS Tiled ~.

R0rth. Kan. Lottery
Dners under sentence OF
Dught for delay and In cv-
void the final execution.
the Kansas state peni-
. 4 convict making the
~ 10 have his life ended
Inner. He " tortured with
says that death In any
except deliberate suicide
welcome relief 10 him.
. wife murderer. is max
nge reqpest 10 b legally
le has begged three Kan
p 10 sign his death WAR
re the refusal OF Governor
Domply. about six weeks
- been very respondent.
attempt to commit sui
inK himself In his cell
erchief. when II broke and
~ door In an unconscious
book ~ one OF Afty-three
THE Kansas penitentlary
ce OF death. but none Of
b clamoring 10 be hanged.
don't take kindly TO
to get up = legal execu-
be prison walls. and while
death convlcts," ~ they
.y to talk him out Of the
OF them avoid him. and
las q crank and grandstAnd
N naturally feel that an
Df this kind. once started.
I'D with one OF them. There
2 legal hsngings In Kansas
Ive years. owing TO peculi.
state law. putting the date
Dtion and all responsibility
nor. Cook has been in the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30

for over ten years. and
time he has occupied one
when out at work. On the
or main floor. OF the north
/ This cell has photographs
wife. children and grand
Ind the sides. and presents
ctive appearances than any
sent In under 4 sentence
m Osborn county In 1889
Ger OF his wife. whom he
IN Al. The murder was a
and Cook IL supposed to
n least partially insane
mmitted Il. He has ave
ID one son. all married but
~ write TO him and uend
aphs OF themselves and
pes. his grandchildren. In
Dk's brother-in-law writes
sympathetic letters, and
ut the brother OF his MUIR
Id his children hold to the
be was insane when the
committed. and that they
i'm to be rational now.
yesrs old. tall. and has 4
He was q frontiersman.
bat he crossed the plains
ssouri river to the Rocky
Deventeen times before he
farm In Osborn county.
p lost his mind and was
the state asylum before he
as wife. He was released
request, and within . cou-
|ths after committed the
has blighted his life The
his wife seems ever be-
He talks about her 4 great
lille he generally starts out
ling q spirit OF revenge for
wrong she did him. he soon
tears and tells OF his love
d that he was not respon-
n actions when he killed
lirst time In his life Cook
o an interview and to talk
condition to your CORE,
The interview took place
sence Of Deputy Warden
whom Cook admires AMI
goes to for consolation
,uble. He would only con-
( when assured by Mr..
that statements exactly az
lem, with nothing added,
published. Cook Is some-
and In talking he looks an
Arely In the face, and pra-
evidence OF being . sane
troubled man.
earnest; II IL no blum; /
hung" was Cooks reply
by the correspondent, do
want to be hung?" Con-
said; II have asked three
o sign my death warrant,
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30
PATTI A BEAUTY LOVER.
Delightful Life aud Surroundings of the
Noted Vocalist.

Dclix htful Life and Surroundings of the
Noted Vocalist.
Patti is great lover and worship
per of the beautiful, and her dogma is
that happiness is the true keynote
of beauty" To Patti beauty of body
means beauty of mind. Thought must
have something to feed on. She, there
fore. surrounds herself with an en-
tourage of loneliness. Cares are the
forerunners of wrinkles, indigestion
and bad complexion. Cares, there
fore. to the tiniest crease in a rose
leaf are smoothed away from the sing
er's experience. The misery of others
Is q source OF suffering, hence PATHS
purse is always open, her smile . ray
OF sunshine In the darkest hour, and
the peasants about her Welsh castle
at Craig-y-nos bless her name. Scarce
ly home OF the poorest but boasts
its little Adeline. The queen Of song
is a veritable queen of her people She
inhales their adulation with every
breath. 1t braces her spirits like .
ealth-giving tonic. Patti. like all the
world. loves a lover. Love Is with
her a religion. When, therefore, q
loverless maiden, signing for the
swain she could not have save for .
dot Of E1oo, wrote to the diva praying
her for loves sake to aid her. what
rite could be more sacred than PATHS
check promptly dispatched with an
accompanying felicitation! Hers 10
the irresponsible existence OF an ex-
uberant child. She dispenses joys like
gifts and their incense feeds tho
source Of her bubhling youthfulneas.
Her voice is to the artist only 4 fac
tor in her power Of giving happiness
sons Leading Facsa About Chicago.
The first Chicago boom occurred in
1880. Chicago was chartered as q city
In 1887; the greNt FIRE took place Octo-
Der 8, 1871. The area embraced with
In the corporate limits at present IL
lS7.1SS square miles; the population
is estimated at 1000. O00 Length Of
streets. 1870 miles: length OF boule-
wards. &c miles; length of sidewalks.
1853 miles: bridges. so; vladucts, 80:
sewers. 1905 miles; water mains.
1892 miles; public school buildings.
272; pupils In public schols. 239, $50:
churches. SAT: converts. %; theaters.
rs: area of parks. 2.2l0 acres; lake
vessels annually entering port, 5000;
wards, 35 postofiice carriers and sub
stations; ITO; prominent hotels, 81;
avenue. % miles in length. Chicago
Is the greatest railroad center. live
stock market and grain market in the
world. the leading maritime port on
the continent.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30
Senator Quay Rejected.

The United States senate, by . vote
OF thirty-three to thirty-two. recently
refused to ssat Senator Quay OF
Pennsylvania. who was appointed by
Governor Stone after the legislature
adjourned without an election. This IL
the end OF long contest. and one
Of the most interesting cases ever be-
fore the senate
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30

ton until she was asked by the city
to accept the same position under the
municipal government When the
purpose Of this once was accom-
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30

"I'vc gone back on my hypnotic
healer" Didn't he help you anyf~
"Yes; he cured me all right. bat he
couldn't do thing for my punetursd
tire"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-06-30

That other once boy has quilt loaf
ing here" HE must b. sick" mo:
I sent him out on errands 20 often
that he got disguised and quit"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
NOVEL USES FOR TELEPHONES.
peoDIe Take Medicines by
,rhem - warning of BOer Shells
Given.


,rham warning of BOer Shells
Given.
From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
#, certain extent the practice of TAX
Medicine by telephone is followed in
T-3,.ranolis. When subscriber is sick
ao,,gb to need medicine at hourly or two
s,,r intervals during the night he leaves
IN with the chief operator to that ef-
[.ot Then he goes to sleep, with the as
..onca that the little bell will waken him
:, the proper time. This saves good deal
,-orrv and frequent missing of medi-
o. a,bich occur when the subscriber de-
,5s on his own wakefulness in the mat
Tfa subscriber, however, Is serious
81, ,bA calls are not conducive to best re-
e,lrs The hourly clamor of the shrill-
80 hell is too stratling; then the chief
orarator gives way 10 nurse
Tts First Baptist Tabernacle of Cincin-
at is 10 be connected by telephone with
church members who may wish 10 listen to
.beir nastor's words while taking their
ease az their own firesides. The church
80 hnen wired and large transmitter
, ',dI he hung in front of the pulpit, 10
mich private lines will be connected. This
a. moi The first experiment of the pas or,
n Barbour. in preaching by telephone
al years ago he had a transmitter
lied in his pulpit, to which was con-
ii the telephone in the home of an
" lady. who was an invalid and I'M
able to attend church, and every Sund y
for nearly four months she listened to the
service over the wire.
col Baden-Powell writes to his relatives
from Mafeking as follows: Here I sit In
writing these let
,ers Around me is telephone communi-
cation with each one of my outposts. At
Zach of these outpQsts a telescope keeps
% ant watch on the Boer outposts 9n1
guns As soon as it is seen which way
their fire is about to be dericted, the wire
communications are set to work, and
tell. with which each defensive quarter is
provided, clangs in that part of the town
here the shell is about to fall, and all in
the open at once go to ground light rab-
bits
IA directors of the Connellsville, Klol-
dikr and Normalsville Telephone Company
of nnellsville, Pa, held unique meet
ing .st week. The directors live many miles
or Z. separated by mountain ridges; each
however, has a telephone. All got
her on the line, increased the capitol
of the company from 5000 10 5000,
also transacted other business Mo-
we're made and seconded and resolu-
n. offered and adopted over the wire.
A sephone wire has recently been ex-
ten up the Kongo from Bona to the
no n of the Kwa river, distance of 45O
les At present, owing to the feeble
of the electric current. 1t is impossi-
to talk over the wire the whole dis
e between Bona and Kwamouth. The
es are heard between the two points,
the words cannot be DISTINGUISHED.
It is necessary, therefore, to relay The
t !, mic message a Thumba, about two
( Of the way from Bona. This de-
las the conversation but very little, and
zen minutes it is found that considera-
VA interchange of remarks may be mad
between the capital and the up-river sta
tor Every word is distinctly audible
with this single break in direct communi-
cation.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29
BIG SHELLS.
The DemOraIizing Influence of Their
Crack and Scream.


Ladysmith Correspondence, London Tel
egraph
There is something devilish in the crack
and scream and explosion which follow
the firing Of one of the big Creusot guns
When the gun is fired the shell gets a
long way ahead of the sound, so that at
short ranges the projectile would hit be-
fore one heard the report. But In it's long
fight Of more than five miles across the
valley the big shell gets tired, SO to speak.
goes a bit slower little more than
way across it has slowed Gown so
that the sound of the report, jog
along at its steady, unvarying thous-
or so fee per second, overtakes 1t.
or so feet per second, overtakes it,
r for another mile.
p the shell finds 1t cannot keep up
{, ace. and the report goes on ahead
r. proper place, and so we poor
a. Is, quaking behind a rock and Won
Or, 1t IS big enough to shield us
nm sDlnteTs. hear first a terrific
viii IL fhe heavens were spnltlnS; an
10 ter a faint whistle, which grows
IN fearful rapldty, until 1t be-
t'-' scream that fills the whole at
g. Pnere and sets every kloof and valley
ching with the volume of sound;
when you think the hideous thing
l. to fall to your side, Il flies over
mead with a shrek that makes the
q crouch closer TO the earth, and
( shock that seems to shake the very
h ion Of the eternal hills, the 100
VIC of steel and gunpowder. travelling
g. n thousand feet per second, buries
o the earth. tears mp the red soil
land eXpends the last particle OF its
energy in hurting whizzing frag-
OF rock and stone and h1mming.
y splinters Of jagged steel hundreds
away from the yawning gap dug
eN0losion.
s no man living who can remain
'''ed IN the vicinity OF an exploding
- she'll such las ] have tried to de-
Shrapnel shell, with its wicked,
shrek, is one OF the most disagree
"t of an wars horrid sounds: but for
n"rve-shaking, demoralizing effect, Il
., 40 pihing compared to the noise and
On OF big shell. Strangely enough,
or heavy guns have caused com
'r'N little loss of life. On only one
did they succeed in hitting many
mat was the sed evening when the
gun on Bulwan killed four and
seven of the IsiverpOols with
Aells. The poor fellows were taken
prise as they cooked their evening
~ stony slope. where they had no
and eleven OF them were stricken
~" ''Iore they got under cover. on the
N1Ed. the Light Horse have hal
' o. 81 similar shells come inio their
bout any fatality because they
'i-p d on sand, into which the shells
''iAA"iYes and explode harmlessly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-04-29

J. p. wonderful medicine: II gives
e 1' polite; "a inyigoraies and strength
J.. i. i. cures rheumatism and oil
'f' in The side, back ana shoulders,
hips. wrists ana Joints. J.. l.. r.
ayphllha ~ al .ts various stages
b. 4l''if. sore anJ kidney complaint T.
Ifea eaiarfn. eczema. eryalDeiaa, all
''''atef ana mercurlal poisoning T.
,. Aifs l}fpepsia. chronic female COM
hn9 broken down Constitution aud
manhood 4. =. H.. tho best blood
pi ils age hos made more perina-
'+i't fnan 30 other blood remedies.
81. i,fDs.. toie proprietor, bayan-
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
How to Preserve Patent Leather

Procure n pound or two of natural
wool before it has been washed. You
will find this to have sweet. whole
some smell and to be full of oil. 1t is
the natural oil of the sheep. the same
kind of oil that is in your hair. This
oil keeps the sleeps skin soft and
healthy. and a like thing keeps healthy
the calf's or kids skin from which
your shoes are made. Now. every time
you take Off your shoes of patent or
enamclcd leather clean them with
rag and then rub them briskly for
few minutes with handful of the
wool. 1t will astOnish you to see what
a polish that will give them. They
will look like new, and you will find
that the leather will not crack as long
as you keep on treating it.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
TO GET A PATENT.
How to Do 1t without the Assistance
OF an .ittorlcy.


Commissioner Duel of tine patent of
flee answers an inquiry concerning the
course of procedure in obtaining Il pat
ent as follows:
"One having made an invention in or
der to obtain Il patent therefor must
execute and file in the patent office an
application for the same, together with
40 the first government fee. An APP
plicatiOn consists of Il petition setting
forth the invention and praying for the
grant of the letters patent, Il Spccfica
ton describing the invention, specif-
hally claiming the new features, Il
drawing illustrating the invention and
an oath, which must set forth that the
invention has not been in public use or
on sale or described in any publication
for more than two years before the
date of the application, and for which
no foreign patent has been granted for
more than seven months. Upon the re-
ceipt of the application it is sent to one
of the 36 divisions of the patent office
to which. by its nature. 1t belongs. In
due course it is taken up for cX lmina-
ton to determine whether it IS new
and useful.
eff found to be new, an application
is allowed the applicant. He is notified
thereof and is given six months in
which to pay the final government fee
of $50, and the patent is issued within
three weeks after the final fee is paid.
If the application is found to lack nov
city, letter is written to the applicant
pointing ont the objections and refer
ring him to any prior patents or publ
cations which may have bearing on
the case. a patent, if for Il mechanical
invention. is granted for II years.
Other patents are granted for 49,,
and II years, the government fee being
respectively $40. SO and $50.
"An applicant for q patent need not
employ patent attorney, but it is pref
cradle that he employ one who is ia
miliar with preparing applications,
versed in making claims and preparing
the proper amendments if necessary"
Chicago Record.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
HE WASN'T SURE.
Knew There WINS Something Wrong,
but WINS Decidedly Puzzled.

but Wns Decidedly Puzzled.
l was stopping for Il few weeks with
an American friend on his sugar plan
tatiOn in Cuba, and one day as l was
riding out alone | came across one of
the wagons loaded with cane broken
down in the field. \ hind wheel had
come off, and the driver of the oxen,
who was a boy about - years old, was
taking things as cool as ice, not even
having unhitched his beasts.
"Whcn did it happen!" l asked as l
got down.
Hours ago, scnor," he replied.
and haven't you reported to the
overseer?
mo, senior"
But why have you wasted all this
time when there is need of hurry?'
"Will the senior tell me-" he replied
as he lazily scratched his head, what
has happened to the wagon?"
"Why, wheel has come off, of
course"
'Then | will go up to the mill and re-
port. | should have done SO l2ug ago,
but | wasn't sure"
Sure of what, you dOltW
"Of whether the wheel had come off
the wagon or the wagon had come off
the wheel"' NJ. QUAD.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
A ThOughtful Tyrant.

Major Hayford Thorold. second in COM
mand of the First battalion, Duke of
Wcllington's regiment, tells a story of his
experiences in Matabelcland in 1896.
when sent to restore order in little
township called Gwelo. On arrival there
he found the acting commandment tan eX-
storekccpcrl in state bordering on de-
lirium trcmcns. so he had him locked up.
The commandment, however, managed to
break out and make his way to the tele-
graph office. whence he dispatched the
following wire:
Chamberlain. London:
Man here named Thorold questions my sobriety.
Who is Thorold2 Wire at once to avert blood
shed.
Golfers Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16

'It's the same old story" said the
gloomy young man. THE world Is
against anybody who wants to get out
of the beaten track"
whats your troubleY
"TOo much originality"
"In literature"
YES. They won't let me spell word,
my own way."-WashingtO Star.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16

81 tell yuh," said Brass Knuck Bill
"a good sneeze is with n dollar when
yuh want to sneeze right bad"
ut cost me heap more'n that tC
sneeZe wunst," remarked Crib Crackir
Jake. Il tried to keep it back, but II
had to come. m it woke up the family
The man had gun, an he got the dror
on me. That sneeze cost me four years
in the pen."-Chicago Tribune.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
Curiosity Statistic Il d.

Burly Tramp-Wot's tn good of lit.
tie dog like that?
Mrs. Rural-To keep off tramps.
do?"
''IIe can bark; that will wake up the
big dogs under the porch"
Yes, mum. Good day, num-
New York Weekly.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16

81 see by de papers," said Brother
Dicliey, ''dat desc railroads is gwine
ter give excursions ter de eclipse er dc
sun. Now, de trouble bout dat is, ei
you should happen ter fall off after
you get up dar, you'd new; know jest
whar ter light"-Atlanta Constitution
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
How 10 Make Southern Ment Pie.

Boil some potatoes until tender. pour
off the water. mash them and add lit
tie cream, salt and pepper. Line bak
ing dish with this, place thin slices Of
UNDERGONE meat of any kind in the dish
and pour over them some gravy and
catchup: then cover with the potato
and bake in II moderate oven ~ min
utCS
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16

''Mabel always said she would never
marry any but professional man."
"And has she fulfilled her desireY
Eyes. Her husband is Professor Thid,
dleton. He has an educated goat and a
trained monkey that he exhibits ON the
tage."-Chicago Times Herald.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
A Model OfIicial.

A rhyming correspondent, writing OF
retired justice of a Georgia county
says:
He did hold court in this here town
Fer twenty year more,
An all his rulings every
Did pousy adore.
To read the law he did not fail,
Though prisoners would beg;
He one time sent two men to jail
Who shot him in the leg.
No man from jury in this town
Was any time exempt;
He knocked a six foot lawyer down
An fined him for contempt.
But, best Of all things said OF him,
Iie in his joy pride,
What time his sight was gettin DIM.
Resigned before he ded
Surely such man as that deserved
in an eminent degree the celebration
of the rhyme above, and it is we'll he
had so appreciative a poet to celebrate
him!-Atlanta Constitution.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16

81 notice that household economic
association in the east offers to check
and care for babies for % cents day"
"Well, hope they'll be mighty care
full that the little tootsie wootsies don't
eat their tags."-Cleveland Plain Deal
err
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1900-06-16
Not Used to the Motion.

'WhO is that man so violently sea.
sick?" asked the captain of the ocean
steamer.
Il don't know his name, SIR" said the
supercargO. "but les an officer of a
revenue cutter on n vacation."-Chica.
go Tribune.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-10

A restaurant conducted upon Bible
principles, "As Christ would conduct
an eating house," is in successful opera
tion in Chicago. The walls are dec
GRATED with quotations from the Scrip
lures. Gospel meetings are held in the
restaurant every Saturday evening and
it is closed on Sundays. Persons whose
appearance betokens poverty are not
allowed to pay for their meals, and de-
parting patrons are sent away with a
blessing. The proprietor of the place
is a reformed drunkard.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-04-10
AGRICULTURAL.
LYDDITE SHELL.

What is lyddite? The high explosive
thus called from the name OF the small
Kentish town and gunnery where the
experiments with it were made, Is
nothing less than picric acid brought
into dense state of fusion, says the
Montreal Herald. Picric acid is
bright yellow substance freely used in
peaceful industries for dyeing purposes.
1t is obtained by the action OF nitric
acid on phenol or carbolic acid. 1t
burns very violently, and, owing to the
tremendous blast produced by the ex-
plosion, the destructive effect OF
| bursting shell filled with it is some
eleven times greater than that OF
shell filled with powder.
Common shells of forged steel filled
with lyddite are used with and 9.2-
inch breech-loading guns, and with
howitzers; also with to 6-inch quick
firing guns. Now. we have none OF the
first mentioned for land service prop
er, guns of precision up at the front;
neither have we yet dispatched any OF
our field howitzer batteries. Therefore
the lyddite shells of which Joubert
complains must have been fired from
the to 6-inch quick-fring guns which
the naval brigade so Opportunely
brought with them. In fact, the fight
ing around Ladysmith on Monday, Oc-
tober 80, must have witnessed the
Beers first introduction to lyddite, fol
the common shell fired by our tlele
batteries-and up till then the enem!
had not had to face any other kind o
gun-are not charged with it, but witt
powder.
All lyddite shells are equipped will
percussion nose fuses only; hence thel
explosion takes place on impact in tn
following fashion: The percussion fus
ignites picric powder exploder, whicl
in turn ignites the bursting charge G
lvddite, the detonation of the fuse an
of the two explosives inside the She
being instantaneous. The plcric pow
der exploder, we should add, is il
\ serted in recess left in the lyddit
\ for that purpose. Lyddite shell is t
y some extent less barbarOus than shraI
mel exploded by powder, for thoug
widespread, it's death-dealing effect
are due more to air conclusion tina
- to the wounding effects of the hyin
a fragments. In other words, in the cas-
of lyddite shell bursting in group
men, the greater number will be kille
not by pieces of the shell, but by til
: blow of the suddenly compressed air.