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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
ARE RED
UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR WHO
SAYS WE ARE.
rrot Frederick starr of Chicago uni
versity win Not Rsosds from the
startling Proposition that the White
haoe Is slowly Dying Out

A rather startling statement was re-
Gently made by Prof Frederic Starr.
~ the University Of Chicago. 1t was
10 the effect that the white inhabit-
ants OF the United States are on the
verge Of becoming like Indians in
complexion, Prof. Starr reaches this
conclusion after lengthy scientific and
practical Investigations. He also states
that the only thing which will divert
the dire catastrophe which now threat
ems the American republic. lies In lib
eral Immigration laws. Foreign blood
ne declares, Is the thing which stands
between Americans and an Apache
complexion.
For the purpose OF study Prof Starr
has taken the German immigrants who
have settled in Pennsylvania. New
England and West Virginia, who hold
most ienaciously TO the characteristics
OF their countrymen They usually
settle In communities where they are
preserve their language and their Gus
toms as they brought them from the
Fatherland. They seldom intermarry
with other nationalit!es, and for Prof.
Stars investigation present ideal con
ditions. After several years of close
observation he has become convinced
that the Germans are gradually as
snming some OF the characteristics of
the North American Indian. Prof.
Starr has also studied native Amer
leans and found that similar peculiar
tiles existed, only in greater degree
among them.
Several years ago Prof Starr startled
the scientific world by making the
same statement. which at the time met
with open ridicule Now. however. the
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The agitation in France against the
Disagreement Of country landscapes by
faring advertisements still proceeds.
hut Il appears with doubtful success.
owing to vested interests, The coun-
try people whose land lies alongside
the lines OF railway are readily tempt
cd by the offers OF the advertising
contractors from whom some OF them
reap quite a respectable income from
displaying posters which pun soup,
chocolate, drinks, etc, It is saia that
an agent OF one firm is now starting
ON Journey through $4,000 com
munes, in each OF which he is to ar
range for the erection OF a painted
board. This is to be done in time for
the tourist season. The notice boards
already arranged for and erected by
this agent cost him no less than l4,oOO
francs year.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

A problem that has engaged the at
iention OF the legislative bodies Of
most American cities Is what 90 do
with the garbage how TO get rid OF
Il al the least expense 20 the public
The city OF Washington so disposes
Of It's garbage that profit is got out
Of It, while most other American cit
les being less carefully governed
have 70 pay largely Tor its removal,
There Is contract with a company
which collects the garbage and dis
poses OF Il. The garbage is kept sep
arate from ashes and other refuse. In
iron tanks It is taken by rail thirty
miles down the Potomac 10 the reduc-
ton works. Here II is sorted. Tin
cans. bottles, etc. are removed, Inc
rest is placed in a close iron vessel
and subjected TO steam pressure, after
which Il is pumped into tanks and al
lowed 20 settle. Oils and fats rise to
the surface and. being SKINNED of.
are sold TO soapmakers. Under pres
sure more oil is obtained. to go the
same way. The caked garbage, after
pressure, is pulverized and sold for
fertilizer. Incidental profits arise
from the sale Of hides Of horses and
other animals and the manipulation oil
their carcasses along with the gar
baRe. The horse hides make good rus
set leather. A good monthly profit is
said to be realized.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
Alphabetical Abuse.

The prosecuting attorney in law.
suit had waxed especially indignant
at the defendant, whom he character
lied as an abandoned, baneful, Gym
ical, diabolical. execrable, felonious,
greedy, hateful, irresponsible, jaun-
diced, knavish, lazy, meddlesome, nox-
ious, outrageous and profiigate row.
dy." 1.-THE learned counsel on the 9TH
err side" said the attorney for the de-
PENDANT, when he rose to reply, should
have put his adjectives in hat and
shaken them up little before using.
You must have noticed, gentlemen OF
the jury, that they were in regular al
phabetical order. This shows that he
selected them from a dictionary, be-
ginning with "a He stopped at 'p.'
but in his manner of reproducing them
he has given us the cue as to how he
got them" This turned the laugh
against the other lawyer and he lost
the case.--London Tit-Bits.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
PETRlFAcTIoN A FAKE,
scientist who Claims Real Case ia,
Never Been Found.

Prof. w. j. MCGEE OF the EthnoloRi-
cal Bureau at Washington, is author
ity for the statement that no such
thing as human petrlfaction has ever
Deen discovered. He does not claim
that II cannot exist, but simply states
that all cases Of petrified human be-
lngs up TO the present time are moth
ing more or less than fakes.
Recently a letter forwarded to the
bureau stated that the head of man,
reported TO BE- petrified, had been dis
covered somewhere in the wilds OF
New Jersey Later came tine mystic
rious head, and convocation OF learn
ed scientists grayely held council over
it They We're disappointed. The head
turned out to be limestone boulder,
curiously fashioned, X is true, into
features very like human beings, but
a limestone boulder nevertheless.
Another case which at the time
looked as though it would explode all
OF the old theories and prove to be the
real things, was that Of body OF a
woman, which a company had been
exhibiting throughout the West as the
only petrified woman. She excited
much attention and the notice of the
scientists at the chronological Bureau
/ was drawn TO the case. THE only
/ petritied woman" was forwarded to
| Washington and an investigation was
held. The scene of the inquest was
! a a 4 lat nm n
winter afternoon. and one gas jet was
4 Ill. The body was laid out in the
center OF the room in its frame coffin,
/ and Prof. MCGEE, with much gravity,
4 proceeded to conduct the services.
! They consisted of taking from his
OF boring few inches into the foot.
/ To the amazement of every onlooker, q
small section OF gas pipe was struck.
] This ended the inquest. Mrs. Stones
! reputation as a professional was for
! ever spoiled. and she no longer went
galavanting around the country pos
ing as the one and only petrified
woman ever discovered in the history
Of the world"
There is factory in California
which manufactures petrified human
beings by the wholesale. They cause
them to be buried in different parts OF
the country, then unearthed and sold
for exhibition purposes. Every kind
OF petrified human being, men, wom-
en- and children. Indians. giants. and
what-not, has been unearthed in re-
mote parts of the United States, and
their finding has resulted in a big sen
sation for the immediate locality, and
a gold mine for the fellow who took
il up for exhibition purposes. More
frauds have been perpetrated in this
way than even in the dime museums
The bureau has suppressed more Of
these frauds within recent years thar
Il has stopped to count, and there II
not year without its good sensation
In that Office itself.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
LATEST IN BRIDES CAKES.
What Fashion DEGREES to be Best
Up Fo-Dste Form.

Wedding cake boxes are in any de-
sign which the bride is pleased to or
der. If she gives the instructions long
enough in advance. At present, how
ever. there is a tasteful preference for
severe shapes, with dependence upon
the best materials for distinction.
Heavy white water color" papers are
the proper sort for the covering of
boxes. on the tops or sides of which
the monogams, usually of both bride
and bridegroom, are blended in relief,
either in white or in gold and silver.
Ribbons for tying the boxes are of
MORE, taffeta or satin. The brides
cake is exclusively the brides. What
ever the amount of cake previously
stored in boxes for the guests to carry
away as they pass out, there is always
an especially decorated cake among
the goodies served to the guests. 1t
is intended frequently that the bride
herself shall cut the cake in the pres
ence of the guests, especially her
maids. who expect to find in it gold
ring or some other article foretelling
the marrying within a year of the
finder. A bride lately took high
handed hold of tradition and substi-
tuted heart for the ring Of our fore
mothers superstition. Some persons
account for the brides cake by saying
that it originally was sample of what
she could do in the way of fanciful
housekeeping; her wedding cake was
her chef d'oeuvre. Whatever it may
have been, the confectioner takes the
hazard now. and the dear girl is re
lieved of any possible last-minute dis
satisfaction with her accomplishments.
Wedding cakes are sent any distance.
One New York maker of cakes whose
pastry has long been famous, shipped
an ornamental brides cake with dis
tinguished success 5000 miles to Libre-
vile, Gaboon, West Africa.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
LITTLE. BUT MIGHTY.
Ysats of Strength OF the Pirate of the
Insect World.


The flea possesses all the piratical
instincts-thirst for blood, rapacity,
cruelty. He is, further, as ingenious
in devising tortures as he is untiring
in the torment of his victims. The
flea Is built upon the lines that make
him forever hungry. But his contin-
uous performance appetite is far from
being the oldest thing about him. Pro-
portionately to size he is the Samson
Of the universe. II the elephant had
the same relative strength he could
come near to overseeing a steel
framed skyscraper. A flea, wingless,
with body out of all proportion to
his head, and all over less than the
sixteenth of an inch in length, will
leap upon plane surface more than
a yard. This, too, when he has been
Matched in hair, or straw, or sand, and
never known what it was to have
full meal. More marvellous still. he
will spring perpendicularly upward
from one to two feet Fancy man
or boy standing fiatfooted and all of
sudden leaping over church spire.
Wonderful things have been done with
feas. They have been put into gold
collars and set to drag about lengths
of gold chain at least 10 times their
own weight. Further, an ingenious
goldsmith back in the leisurely seven
teenth century made coach and four
in ivory and gold, with a coachman on
the box, position and outriders, yet all
SO tidy it was dragged by a pair of
fleas working in gold collars. They
worked under bell glass and were
exhibited in London and Paris. To
fight like cats and dogs is the synonym
of continuing strife, but even cats and
dogs do not fight so bitterly as cat fieas
and dog fieas. Oddly enough, the cat
fieas are bigger than the dog fleas, so
] should be always yietors. But here as
elsewhere condition tells. If the cat
fieas are lazy and luxurious-fat they
can never grow-the small, lean, keen
| beaked dog fleas kill them out. A
fiea's beak is sharp and hard, some
thing like birds, only more pointed.
flea bite is not poisonous, save and
except in rare cases where a flea has
previously been biting infected tissue
Certain French scientists have shown
that both fieas and bedbugs could thus
carry tubercular infection. Further
rats and rat fleas are greatly dreaded
as helping to spread the fearful bu'
bonic plague Washington Evening
Star.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The state census of Maryland gives
the population OF that state as Its
700, decrease of 1850 from the fig
ures of 1,190,050 returned by the Fed
eral census, II increases the popula-
ton of Baltimore and decreases the
population of the state outside that
city, In some of the counties of Mary
land, errors in the taking of the Fed
eral census of year ago have been
proved, and some of the enumerators
responsible for them are now. after
trial and conviction. under sentence.
Except in Maryland. the accuracy OF
the 1900 census has been little dis
puted.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
champ ozark Named himself.

Champ Clark, the genial congress-
man and writer of Missouri, had the
novel distinction of naming himself
and of choosing an unusual name at
that In his infancy his parents chris
tened him James Beauchamp Clark;
but Clark was common surname in
his part OF the country. and James
even commoner, so. as he cherished
dreams of future glory, he knocked off
the James Beau and became Champ
Clark--easy to pronounce and easy to
remember and distinctive in sound. He
was admitted to the bar as Champ,
married as Champ and elected as
Champ. But every little while some
body who remembers him in early life
and is careful of the proprieties, re-
suscitates the Beauchamp or James
Bcauchamp. and the air turns blue.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

II appears from the geographical
surveys accepted as basis OF the re-
cent federal census that Texas is the
largest state in the country In the
New England group the largest of the
atates is Maine. with nearly 10000
square miles OF land surface; none of
the other New England states has as
much as 10000. Two states which are
most nearly alike in area are New
York and North Carolina. Two Others
which correspond very nearly are
Iowa and Illinois. Arkansas and Ala
hama are Of almost the same size and
Ohio and Virginia differ by only a few
square miles. The land area of each
n about 10000 square miles.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
OIL FROM LAVENDER PLANT.
Three Pound, ri oil Makes Thirty Gall
Ions OF Perfume.


Ions OF Perfume.
As four-filths OF the oil extracted
from lavender is concealed in the
bloom the harvest takes place just be-
fore the flower begins to fade at the
end os August. The oil is distilled
by means Of steam. which is compelled
to penetrate the closely packed law
ender. aiterward being drawn off in
pipes that run through cold water. In
this manner the steam is reconverted
into water but the process of passing
through the lavender has extracted the
oil. which floats on the surface of the
water as It runs into glass jars down
below. These jars have spouts in the
center. thus enabling the water TO run
out while the oil collects above the
level OF the exit, In this the first
stage the oil is Of a brownish-blue
tint, and il now has TO be refined by
passing once more through water.
Thus all impurities are removed and
the oil runs out white save for very
pale blue color similar to that OBJ
served In parafiin. The oil is put into
bottles for expectation or made up
into lavender water for home use.
Three pounds of oil will make thirty
gallons of the perfume. The major
ity OF ladies would be surprised If they
were informed that bottle of laven-
der water contains but about thin
bleful of pure oil, for larger proper
ton would not only render the water
too strong for use but would burn
holes through the handkerchief
wherever the scent touched It.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Visitors 10 Sal, Lake will end no
better place 70 combine pleasure and
health than at the ssnitarinm Baths
one OF the finest bathing resorts in the
eouatry, Whether for washing away
,he dus, Of travel or simply TO spend a
pleasant hour, you will Snd what you
wan. 10 either tho private baths or the
large swimming pools. Open day and
nigh, and within ave minutes walk OF
al the hotels anyone will tell you
where.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
How.s Thls9

We oacF one Hundred Dollars reward for any
ease q CatArFh that cannot be cured by Halls
CAtarFh CuFs.
3. j. CHENEY & co. Props. Toledo. q
We the undersigned, have known Il. T.
C1aasy for the last % years and believe him
teE.ecg!y honorable In all business Transactions
asa financially able 10 carry out any obLga-
ti0ns made by their nrm
West & TTaax. Wholesale Druggists Toledo,
o; WAldiHs kinnan q Marvin, Wholesale
Draggists Toledo OHIO
Halls CA,ArrA Cnrw Is taken internally, act
isF directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces
osths syslrln Testimonials sUns free Price
yse pr B1ttls. Sold ~ all druggists
Halls Family Pills are the prsL
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
o,otesouo oaliI-pen work.

Up to about 1880 quill pen-making
was a requisite and genteel accomplish
ment which formed part of the educa-
lion OF the youth Of the period, or they
would not have been able to write their
Ioye-letters. The writing master was
held in high esteem by his pupils. who
NOT only emulated his ornate copy
book flourishes around approved mot
toes and words. but those grotesque de-
signs in pen-and-ink which were then
the vogue.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Utopia is now known TO be located
at Orsa, in Sweden. The community
has, in course of generation, sold
S4,6O0,000 worth OF trees and by means
of iudicious replanting. has provided
for similar income every thirty or
forty years. In consequence of this
commercial wealth there are no taxes.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
nnr nations wealth.

coia and silver are poured abundantly
~ Tie lap Of the nation, but our mate
al wealth and strength Is rather in iron,
shs most useful OF all metals. just as the
Ssalth OF a human being lies In a useful
stoyaeh II YOU have oYerwofked yours
,,niii h is disabled. try Hostetter's stom-
seh Filters. IL Will relieve the clogged
scwals improve the appetite and cure
sonstipation. dyspepsia. blllousness. liver
snd Kidney disease.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
square-shoaldered Goats Going.

The broad, square-shoulder effect in
coats is decidedly on the wane. The
successful tailor nowadays is the one
who can give his customers the long
and lanky appearance. The tail. chin
figure is the present ideal, AMI this
promises to hold good for the coming
fall and winter-Ph Philadelphia Times.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

George Bird Grinnell describes in
the September century what be calls
the crown Of the continent OF North
America, M unmapped section Of
Northwestern Montana, near the
Idaho boundary.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The most influential newspaper in
Scotland Is the Edinburgh Statesman,
and the oldest is the Dundee Adyer-
tiser. They are edited. respectively. by
Sir John Leng and Charles Cooper,
both OF whom are Englishmen and ma
,yes OF Hull. Yorkshire
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
Demand for Athletic clergymen.

An illustration Of the growing de-
mand for athletic clergymen was re-
Gently given by country curate. wno
says the London Telegraph, received
notice to quit because he was not a
good cricket player. Though unexcep-
tionable in other respects, his vicar
declared that what this parish really
needs is good fast bowler, with a
break from the off"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

One size smaller after singAllen's Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, sweating,
aching feet, ingrowing nails, corns and
bunions. All druggists and shoe stores,
Csc. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted, lie Roy, NY.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The very latest novelty in corsets
for bathing purposes. is made of per-
forated rubber mysteriously stiffened
SO that II answers all the requirements
of o genuine corset.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
s.,.llnr 10 Northwe., rerrl,orr.

Canada is now the only country in
the world offering free land to home
seekers of limited means, Fifty thou
sand immigrants are each year enter
ing her ports, and rs per cent of these
people go at once to the Northwest
territory.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
.neer .Iannnesn Cnsinm-

At the birth of Japanese baby
tree is planted that must remain I'M
touched until the marriage OF the
child. When the nuptial hour arrives
the tree is cut down and the wood is
transformed into furniture.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

On a recent municipal election day
in Wurtemburg, only one persona
police sergeant-took the trouble to
vote, and he elected the whole mum.
cipal council
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Tho career Of danger and daring de.
scr.bcd 10 the September ST. Nicholas
b. Cleveland MofFet "a that Of THE
Dynamite Worker which affords some
thrilling tale. 81 heroism.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Private Mailing Card with colored
views OF scenery on the Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul Railway sent on
receipt Of ten l1O) cents in stamps.
Address F. A. Miller. General Passen-
ger Agent, Chicago, Ill.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
Are You Usiar a,isa's Foot EA.s-

II is the only cure for Swollen.
smartinE. Burning. Sweating Feet,
cornE and BuuionR Ask Tor Aliens
Foo; Ease. n powder 20 be shaken into
the ehoCR AZ all Druggists and Shoe
Stores. 25e. Sample sent FREE. Adj
drcsS. Alien s. olmKtcd. Leroy. n. y.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The strike situation In San Francis
ca remains unchanged. neither side be-
Ing willing 70 rgcrde.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Lame back makes a young man feel
old Wizard OIL makes an old man
feel young. See your druggist.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25
Of pArIiamen.

Tho breakup of the Japanese cabi-
net s predicted upon The rcassembliug
Of parliament.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

The prohibition OF the export Of Ger.
Gala from Corca Is the occasion Of a
protest from Japan.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Tho question Of the constitution and
the flag is not settled yet in Hawaii
Is applLcAblc 20 criminal matters.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

rs'a's carv 'oE Consumption 10 an infaliIsis
trH2flnr lot coughs ana eslds y. W SAMuEi-
utr@B Crow. n. j.. FNp, ", tsn
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-09-25

Mrs. wIssIuw's soothing syrup.
ny children isoshna sgFlens the suHis reduces In
a'sUsipb .aliafs pain. cptss uina sole sc bottle
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1901-06-03
AT THE ORPnEUM.

"Beacon Lights" billed for tonight at
the Orpheum is one of the strongest Of
the melodramas that were so popular
two decades ago. The melodrama. az
known to the English speaking stage,
originated in London under the aus.
pices of Leaves and Barrett and came
as n welcome and healthy revival from
the wave of utter aestheticism that was
flooding the country. PEOPLE were tired
of sunflowers and sadness. and the
melodrama with its thrilling situa.