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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-17

:. I. an excellent rule to be observed
~ a,snutes that We should give soft
u md hard arsuments-that ws
snould not so much strive to vex :. 70
sno. .,nc. an enemy. Bishop Wilkins.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1900-03-17

A new broom contains an antiseptic
bag which destroys microbes.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

beetles about as large as the lady bird
broods OF them are Matched in the fan
as late as October if the weather Is
mid, and they Immediately make their
way to the ground where they spend
the winter in the stubble. matted
grass and cornstalks and in the rub
hish along fences. October is the best
time TO burn over the fields, not for
getting the fence corners. Many
farmers do this and all through the
winter wheat region in late fall, q blue
haze, bluer than the blue of Indian
summer, may be seen over the fields.
This is the smoke Of battle between
the farmer and the chinch bug.
This insect can stand any degree Of
cold in the larval state. 1t is often
frozen up solid in wet ground, but the
first warm days that make the winter
wheat sprout bring them out as
healthy and vigorous as ever. They
make bee line for the wheat fields
lay their eggs on the stalk and die. The
insects that are Matched from these
eggs are the ones that do the damage.
They crowd in between the leaf blade
and the stalk and eat the tender plant.
Armies of them move forward in we'll
defined lines, and small attachments
are sent out TO destroy smaller patches
of grain to the right and left of the
main line Of advance If there is no
wheat they will eat oats or timothy or
corn. Glover is about the only thing
they will not touch Corn fields are
sometimes black with them.
The best thing that can happen to a
farm infested with the chinch bug is a
good, cold, drenching rain. When the
first patter Of even a light shower
cones. the bugs drop to the ground
and hide. If the rain is heavy they
are drowned by millions. They never
attack swampy field, and in a wet
season they practically disappear. A
wheat or cat field may be full of them
and the farmer never know it until he
comes to cut the grain when they
will swarm out and migrate to the
nearest wheat or corn field 1t has
been found that a certain fungus dis
ease introduced among them is as
contagious as small pox, but it is only
effective in wet weather If few dis
eased bugs are put in various parts Of
the field after heavy rains it is
claimed that all that escaped drowning
will be killed. But the farmers have
little faith in any remedy but fire and
food when it comes to dealing with the
chinch bug-Little Chronicle, Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
THE PEARL CRAZE.
Continues as Profitable Industry on the
Mississippi.

The pearl craze continues on the
upper Mississippi river, and pearl
hunters are there in great numbers,
as we'll as pearl buyers and heavy ship
peTs Of shells, and shell spectators
are quietly securing lots Of shells at
the present low prices Pearls are not
at all uncommon, but fine ones and
really valuable finds are decidedly
scarce. The best pearls have been
found in the vicinity Of Prairie du
Chen.
What is known as the Allen pearl,
found at Prairie du Chen has at
tracted unusual attention. 1t weighs
100 grains and is said to be the largest
perfect gem ever found in the Missis-
sippi river. 1t was recently purchased
by William NJ. Moore of Camanche, Ia,
for $4,000
The clam diggers are rushing for the
upper river beds, most of them con
gregating near Prairie du CHEN where
there is a bed more than ten miles
long. 1t Is on this bed that the fine
pearls are found in considerable num-
bers. The rush has been like Klon-
dixie excitement. The households have
been towed up the river, and hundreds
have shipped their tents and come UP
on boats. More than 1000 are now
camped along the river and the whole
business is overdone,
At every point along the river scows
are being made, and great Is the de-
mand for claiming outfits. The find
ing of a few thousand dollars worth
of shells by the diggers has created a
regular raid upon the river, II is safe
to say that the man who sticks to his
clam boat and hooks is doing much
better than those who spend their time
hunting pearls.
A representative ~. =. sian firm
who has been here looking over the
pearl business says that Mississippi
pearls are all the rage in Paris and
that the pearls and slugs are manufac-
tured into exquisite pieces of jewelry
and sold to exposition visitors.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

yItation from himself to call again
when he got hungry A few Of these
bugs were captured and sent to Wash
ingtOn where the whole agricultural
department sat on them, called them
hard Latin names, put them under a
microscope fattened them on poisons,
made their craven images in wax mag
l.ded a hundred times, and bottled
them in alcohol. Then the depart
men, told the farmers what to do to
The .hinch bug.
When the chinch bug appears don't
tell the hired man to attend to him, .
says the department authority, but
get up at four o'clock all the year
round and attend to him yourself. You
Nus, burn, starve, freeze, drown, trap
and founder him and give him con-
agi0Us diseases. Plant a strip Of his
!ayori-e food as trap and when he is
gorged burn the strip; dig bitches be-
tween fields and fill them with water
so The bug cannot cross; burn off the
sNbble and pillow late in the fall; burn
i again in the spring, pillow again and
plant clover. After this you'll not
have a chinch bug-if it happens to be
bis year for dining in China
The chinch bugs are dark brown
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

stem" characters Joined with twelve
branch characters. These are used
in an ingenious way that could be de-
scribed only by lengthy article. and
would probably then be not quite in
telligible to the western mind. To go
straight TO anything is impossible 10
the oriental, and the complicated sys
TEN OF naming the years is proof OF
Chinese ingenuity.
OF late years il has been supposed
that the Chaldeans ana Chinese ha3
some intercourse at the time when Yao
reformed the calendar and that the
two countries worked together in maxi
ing the change. Certain it is that 4
similar event occurred in Chaldea
about the same time. But whenever
the calendar was adopted it is likely
for long time to witnstan~ the
march of progress is correct
enough. and the inconvenience does
not worry the Chinaman IN the least
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

When a preparation has an advertised
reputation that is worldwide, 1t means
that prCiarat,oo is meritorious II you
so in.o store to buy an article that
has achieved universal popularity like
CASCARETS CANDY CATHARTIC
for example, you fee 1t has the in
dorsement Of the world The Judgment
of the people is infallihle because II is
imperSonal The retailer who wants to
sell you something else" in place of
the article you ask for, has nm AK to
grind. Don't 1t stand to reason? He's
trying TO sell something that is not
what he represents II To he. Wbyy he
cause he expects to derive an extra
profit out Of your credulity, Are you
easy? Don't you see through his little
game? The man who viii Try and sell
YOU substitute for CASCARETS Is a
fraud Beware of him. He is trying
to steal the honestly earned beuetits Of
a reputation which another business
man has paid for, and ii his conscience
will allow him TO 80 so far he viii 20
farther. If he cheats his customer In
one way, he will in another and II is
not safe to do business with him Re
ware of the CASCARET substitutor!
Remember CASCARETS are never
sold IN bulk but in metal boxes with
the long tailed &c" on every box aud
each tablet stamped c. c. G.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
China's Ancient Calendar.
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China's calendar may be responsible
for the confusion OF dates in some OF
the cable dispatches from the far east
The soiourner in the orient is some
times driven to wonder why the
Chinese have 3 calendar al all They
view the passing of time with superb
indifference, and punctuality, II sach
thing were even to enter into their
calculations, would be regarded as I'M
dignified. Nevertheless, says the New
York Tribune, they have calendar
which is by no means bad one when
one considers it's immense antiquity.
A wise monarch named zap some time
about 2300 B. C. revised the calendar
in use before that date to the form in
which it is found at present. A
volume would be needed to explain all
its peculiarities, but now that dis
patches are mentioning Chinese dates
1t is as well to have some idea as to
where in the celestial calendar differs
from the Gregorian.
The Chinese year is lunar, and there
fore consists of 345 days. Before the
time of Yao tradition has it that the
year consisted of 800 days, and that
confusion had resulted. That ruler
decreed that time should be measured
by the moon, and that every nineteen
years should contain seven additional
months-almost one extra month
every three years. This reckoning Is
excellent; it varies only about an hour
every nineteen years from the true
time.
Although the year is lunar its
beginning is regulated by the sun.
Thus the new year comes between Jan.
? and Feb 6. unlike the Mahommedan
new year, which is regulated entirely
by the moon and comes at any time,
winter or summer The year is
divided into twelve lunar months,
called by numbers as first, second. and
50 on. The extra month that comes
about every three years is not added al
the end. as 1t would be supposed, but
is inserted anywhere. probably accord
ing to some system too subtle for west
ern minds. The months are sub
divided into three parts, which are not
again subdiyided, so that a Chinaman
may speak of an event without
mentioning the extra time within ten
days. The days are also numbered, 50
that exactness may be secured II
Chinaman should ever happen 70
want such a thing. There is no week,
but foreigners are gradually teaching
the meaning Of such division. The
Chinese hour is 100 minutes long, but
in this instance again the foreigner IS
making some impression on the
ancient custom, and the Chinese IN and !
near the treaty ports are familiar
with the western method II may Dc |
added. incidentally, that Peklng is jus
about twelve hours ahead Of New YORK !
in point OF time
The Chinese gather the years to-
gether into cycles. as occidentals % |
but for some extraordinary reason the /
cycle consists Of sixty years This /
cycle * very ancient and probably h3s
something to do with old astrological /
Another method d 4
years IS by the reigns q the |
emperors. The present year is the |
year OF the seyenty-sixta
cycle. or the year 1886 since the adop-
ton Of the present chronology.
each year has a separate name
formed BY some combination OF tel |
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
CATARRH
or inflammation of this delicate pink

or inflammation of this delicate pink
membrane.
The system is weakened in win
ter. The delicate lining is more
susceptible to irritation or inhamma-
ton, and thus we have pneumonia,
grip, colds, coughs, fevers, etc, all
catarrhal conditions which may
easily be checked by one catarrh
cure-Pe-ru-na.
That's the only way out of it.
You may dose forever-you will
not be well until you try the true
cure and that is Pc-ru-na. You
may think your trouble is some
other disease and not catarrh Call
it what YOU will, one thing is sure,
your system is affected and must be
treated, and Peru ma IS the only
remedy which reaches the right
place and does cure.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

only in scattered sections OF country
Ibis wear has the chinch bug been seen
4, .be wheat fields for there has been
good deal of rain, and wet weather
is the one thing that discourages the
cbnca bug. In the agricultural de-
ra-mut at Washington there is a
laboratory for the study OF injurious
In. and the best way to kill them
Ear nearly every other insect Uncle
San rrlumphantly points to a remedy
and lis how to give fatal dose, but
-bs elnch bug scorns the daintiest
6ss IF poison that can be set before
bia. and goes on his way rejoicing
consuming the wheat crop.
In 1892 the chinch bug ate up $780,
100000 worth of wheat, Then he dis
appaased after accepting a pressing in
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
A WHoOPING-COUGH PARTY.

A whooping-cough party was given
by little Dorothy Smith of Hunting
ton, l.. l., few days ago. The invi-
tations sent to her little friends con-
tanned clause providing that the in
vltation was not to be accepted unless
the recipient had the whooping-cough
at the time or else had recently re-
covered from it. Twenty-Five whoopers
or ex-whoopers responded
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
Try GrHin-O. Try Grnin.o,

ASK your Grocer to-day to show you a
package Of GRAlN-O, the new food
drink that takes the place Of coffee. The
children May drink Il without injury as
we'd as the adult, All who try il like it,.
GRAlN-O has that rich seal brown Of
Mocha or Java, but il IS made fran pure
grams and the most delicate slamach re-
ceives it without distress. B, ne price Of
coffee. ljc and 2Jc per package. Sold
by all grocers.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
INSTRUCTIONS.

Indignant Patron-You advertise to
cure consumption, don't you?
Doctor Quaek-Yes, sir. / never fail
when my instructions are followed
Indignant Patron-My son took your
medicine for a year and then died
Doctor Quack-My Instructions were
not followed | told him to take it
two years.-Ohio State Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
AN EPIDEMIC OF DIAzRHoEA.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoa
nut Grove. Fla. says there has been
quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there.
He had a severe attack and was cured
by four doses Of Chamberlains Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He
says he also recommended it TO others
and they say it Is the best medicine
they ever used. For sale by sexton T.
O'Nel1. druggists.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02


Our representative recently had the
pleasure of inspecting the Offices OF this
lady who is advertising 80 extensively a
Home Treatment for the ailments pecu-
liar 20 the sex and, regarding the success
Of which Mrs. Key. g. H. Hunt OF 10
Cortland street Mt Vernon, y. Y,
writes as follows This home treatment
has been USED by myself and friends With
entirely satisfactory results. ana deem
il my duty aud privilege 20 advise all Suf-
fercrs 20 try it, Mis-. Summers assist
ants include large number Of ladies and
all were husily engaged in sending par.
ueuars concerning the treatment TO the
thousands who see her advertisement in
the papers Of this continent and abroad.
IL was wonderful evidence OF woman :
energy and success. The treatment il>v {
is unique and its success SO great that
the wonder is ii was not discovered
earlier. The lords OF creation will do
well 10 look TO their laurels when women
commence TO outStrip them so easily in
rational application OF medical and chem
zeal science as well as IN other fields in
which they are meeting in competition.
The advertisement above referred to will
be found elsewhere IN this .apv,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

This is lhc recent decision OF one OF the
societies Of the world, aud while there are
few people VINO believe Hills prediction,
there are thousands OF Others who not only
b lieyc hut know that lostcttcrs stomach
Bittels will curc dyspcps'U, indigestion, con.
stpauun or liver and kidney troubles A
trial viii certainty convince
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
GLAMOUR GONE.

Oflcer Clancy-Faith, ye seem {
have l0sht yer how'd upon the Swell
hoods cook.
Officer Grogan-Oi have, bad luck
to me fur a blunderin' fool. Whin
OF got me new suit av citizens clothes
tn other day OF whit round an let her
see me in it,-Philadelphia Press.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
what DO The Chtldr,n nrIns.

DoU't give them tea or coffee. Have
you iaiod the new food drink called
GItAiAof tt Is delicious ana nomiSh-
ing, and takes the place Of uusvy The
more q a5nO sou give the children the
more eealih you distribute through their
systems GeainO is made Of pure grains,
aud Whom property prepared tastes like
the cboicc grades of Coffce, but costs
about "a as much, All gtoecrs sell it. l3c
aud 21e.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
UP TO DATE DECORATION.

"Ma, haven't we got an old door
plate or an old brass knocker some
where around the house?"
What do you want with it, daugh-
teri"
why. ma. need some kind OF stun
ming gimcrack 20 wear on the back OF
my belt indianapolis Journal.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
Do Your Feet Ache and Rurns

Shake into your shoes Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet Ii makes
tight or new shoes feel easy. Cures
Corns, Bunions Swollen, Hot and Sweat
ing Feet. At all druggists and shoe
stores. 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRoy, \. \.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Congressman Jerry Simpson
fought a mob OF 200 men, who assalled
him which was speaking at a race
track IN Fort Scott, Kan.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

The twelye-year-old daughter OF
John Macdonald, convicted muir
derer in Montana, secured his pardon
through the intervention OF former
SenatoT-elect Clark.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

General William +. Draper, United
States ambassador to Italy has re-
signed that post owing to pressure OF
private business
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Fiayllla-There are only two kinds
OF bachelors.
Myr,iila-And who are they?
Flayilla-Tho who are TOO timid 10
propose, and those who are too c0m-
ageous indianapolis Journal
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Dropsy treated Nee by pr II II Green's
Sons Of Atlanta, Gn Tho greatest dropsy
specialists in tho world. Read their ad IN
another column of This paper
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

am sure Pso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years agu.--Mrs IHos.
RoRBiNs Maple street, Norwich, n Y,
Feb. IT, 1909
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
Lanes Family rlediciue

Moves The bowels each day. In order 70 be
healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver aud kidueys. Cures sick headachc.
Price p aud Soc.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Explorers for Northwestern uni
versity have discovered great ruins full
OF relics In Pajarsto canyon, New
Mexico.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Fire destroyed big elevator at Buff
falo, owned by The American Linseed
Oil company, the loss being $3.50 900.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Mrs. Ella Smith testified that IN
talking with John Powers last Deem
Der he said that he would kin Goebel
if necessary,
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
4AToHED IN THE FALL

,,3 spends Winter in the Stubble-
Burn. Starve, Freeze and Drown the
Pest or Get Rid Of Him by Any
O,her Means--Cold Rains Use
full
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

w, j. Bryan has accepted the invita-
tion to attend the Grand Army en-
campment at Chicago.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
4 FRENCH NOVEL.

Awhile ] was abroad ! witnessed G
duel in France"
sAnybody hurt?"
Yes one of the principals had rit
broken embracing the other after the
combat was over" Philadelphia
North American.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Mrs, Florence Gillette-Flett, once a
well-known actress. died at Rochester,
Mich
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
Hall's Catsrrh Cure
Il taken internally Price Is cents.

Charles Hoyt, the famous play
wright, was committed 10 an insane
sane asylum.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Senator Jones states that the demo-
Gratis will have control of the next
house.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Three thousand pilgrims yenerated
the relic of ST. Anne at st Anne. Ill.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

which grasps one without warning,
the mucous membrane which lines
the entire body suddenly becomes
weakened in some spot and disease
is established. 1t may be of the
lungs the head, throat, stomach,
bowels, or any other organ Where
ever it is, and whatever it seems, it
all springs from the same cause
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

General Patrick II, Jones is dead at
Port Richmond \. Y, aged 70.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Mrs. Charles Marchand, formerly of
Minneapolis, killed her child and her
self in Philadelphia.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02

Is SO good ANA 50 cheap chat uo ltp.
afford 10 be without It, Is youg
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1900-08-02
THE BAD CHINCH BUG

,Nn THE BEST WAY TO KILL
HIM.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-09-19

New forestry regulations give impetus to
timber trade and reduce high price OF lum-
Der. The customs collections for last quar-
ter so per cent greater than ever in Spanish
history, and August collections show fur
ther increase. The total revenue for same
period one-third greater than in any quarter
under Spain. though cedula tax chief source
Of Spanish revenue, practically abolished.
Economy and efficiency Of military gov
eminent have created surplus fund OF &c.
O0O, 600, which should be expended In much
needed public works, notably improvement
III and facilities Manila will become great
port Of Orient
The commission is confident that .'by a
judicious customs law. reasonable land tax
and proper corporation franchise tax, Inn
position of no greater rate than that In the
average American State will give less an
noyance and with peace will produce reve-
nues sufficient to pay expenses of efficient
government, Including militia and constabu-
larry.
No Sign of Alliance.
They care preparing stringent civil ser
vice law giving equal opportunity to Fill
pinos and Americans. with preference Tor
the former where qualifications are equal,
to enter at the lowest rank and by promotion
reach the head Of the department.
.Forty-fve miles Of railroad extension
under negotiation will give access to large
province rich in valuable minerals. mile
high, with strictly temperate climate:
Railroad construction will give employment
to many and communication will furnish a
market to vast stretches Of rich agricultural
lands
They report that there are calls from all
parts Of the islands for public schools.
school supplies and English teachers, greater
than the commission can provide until a
comprehensive school system is organized.
Night schools for teaching English to adults
are being established in response to popular
demand. Native children show ATTITUDE in
learning English: Spanish is spoken by a
small fraction Of the people, and. in few
years the medium Of communication In the
courts, public Offices and between different
tribes will be English.
Working for Humanity.
Creation of central government within
eighteen months. under which substantially
all rights described in the bill of rights in
the federal constitution are to be secured to
the people of the Philippines. will bring to
them contentment. prosperity, education
and political enlightenment.
This shows to my countrymen what has
been and is being done to bring the benefits
of liberty and good government to these
wards of the nation. Every effort has been