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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08
rELEGRAPH1c SUMMARY,

The following is a synopsis Of the dispatches
obtained from the papers of the week Inc
dates are to April LIST:
Congressional
The Senate refused to recede from it's &C
ton on the Tenure of Office law ana CON-
mittee of Conference was appointed.
The Senate Committee has reported favora-
bly to granting right of way to branch rail-
road from Portland, to connect with the "a
cific railroad, via Columbia river.
The Committee have designated Ogden as
the junction point for the Central Pacific ana
Union Pacific railroads. The Union Pacific
contend for Monument Point, 80 miles west OF
Ogden. ..o
The House refused to recede from Its acton
on the Tenure of Office law, and Butler, Brig
ham, and Washburn were appointed CON-
mittee of Conference. -,
In debating the Revenue bill Butler said
forged cigar stamps sold at 81 per 1000.
A Joint resolution passed the House TO al
journ April 9th. 1t was not agreed to by the
Senate.
The Conference Committee of both Houses
finally agreed upon Il bill 80 modified as to give
the President the power of suspension, equiv
alent to the removal of officers. All the Dem
ocrats opposed the bill.
In the Senate joint resolution was intro
duced providing for the distribution, pro rata
according to rank and numbers, of appoint
ments of employees in the Government Depart
ment Departments, among the several States
and Territories
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08

The DIFFERENCE.-TheA Americans In Ger
many want Mrs. Lincoln to come home. Inc
Americans in America don't.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08
Summons.

County Of Boise.
John Lcary versus II. MctireGor.
In Justices Court.
To DUGALD MCGREGOR
WHEREAS JOHN LEARl hAo
W made complaint to the undersigned unS W
the Justices Of the Peace in and for SAD T" ~
that you are indebted To him in the sum ol T." -
four 5l-l00 Dollars, to-wit: On Implied 'oT Tn.ed
Therefore in the name Of the people OF uc ,abr
States in the Territory OF Idaho. you are n(I IAN,
summoned TO be and appear before me- al o.h ny a,~ If
i'll Placervic. in said county. on the lF'i Vs.!
April. A. D. 1869 at eleven O'Clock in the lo,em on
of said day. to answer said complaint, or w., lam
will be taken against you for the sum OF EiSn''
5l-l00 Dollars and costs of suit. lila in
Given under my hand and dated at fiseeah 4 D.
the county of Bose ON the oath day OF Maf{nX
1869. JAMES tua...r
n2lw3 Justice OF the Peace Of said oo ulc--
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08

ODIOUS DISCRIMINATION.-ln Kentucky
the Federal Courts take cognzancc of cases
in which negroes are parties, for obvious reas-
ons. The consequence of this piece of Radi-
cal practice is apparent. Recently, negro
who was convicted of the rape of white
woman, and afterwards of mulatto girl, re-
ceived sentence of five years Imprisonment for
the first offence, and of ten years for the last.
In another case subsequently brought before
the same court Patrick Kelly, an Irishnan,
was fined $500 and costs for an alleged assault
and battery on n negro, although all the wit
nesses, both black and white, testified that the
negro begun the difficulty. The negro was
only slightly hurt, but the Radical jury packed
by the Radical L. S. Marshal were resolved to
give the negro q verdict against an 1rishman.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08
Notice.
Summons.

To DTGALD MCGREGOR
WHEREAS WELDON 4 kOHN
W have made complain; to the undersigned 0aF
Of the Justices of the Peace in and for sad county
that you indebted to them in the sum Of IhnP'
one 75.lO0 Dollars. to-wlt: On implied coltTs0,
Therefore, in the name Of the people OF the .h+l
States i'll the Territory of Idaho, You are nerve!
summoned to be and appear before me- at m! onT
III Placcrvile, in said county, on the l|h Gay
April. 4. i. 1869. at IN O'Clock in the forenoon
said day. - answer said complaint, or ludelsI'
will he taken against You for the sum oi lhlaNI'
75-loO Dollars and costs of suit. - =
Given under my hard and dated at PlacerylIe
the county of Boise on the oath day Of March = y
1869. JAMES EuAN
n2lw3 Justice Of the Peace Of said CouhH
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08
Foreign.

The insurrection in Cuba progresses The
Government seems to be gaining lately. Both
sides declare for "war to the knife" and to
shoot prisoners captured,
The new King of Spain is to reign for life,
and his crown to descend to his heirs
The Irish Church stipcndiaries are laboring
to defeat the discstablishmcnt
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08

DEATH OF HENRY HAIGIIT-Many of our
readers here in Idaho will hear with regret of
the death of Henry Haight, Of San Francisco.
He was in former years the manager of the
great banking house of Page, Bacon & Co.,
and was, with many of its creditors and depos-
itors, financially ruined by the questionable
conduct of Mr. Page, the senior of the firm.
Mr.. Haight was uncle to Gov Haight Of Cali
fornia, brother to the late Fletcher NJ. Haight,
U. s. District Judge Of California, and for
merry leading lawyer OF ST. Louis, and no
gentleman stood higher in point of integrity,
financial ability, and general great worth OF
character, wherever he was known, than Hen.
ry Haight He died in San Francisco, March
oath, in the 49th year of his age.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1869-04-08
Miscellaneous.

The report of ex-President Johnson's death
was not true He is convalescing, aud Is adj
vertised to speak at Knoxville, Nashville. Mem
phis. and Louisville, early in April
The Radicals in Congress charge Butler
with going over to the Democrats.
Indian troubles are again breaking out on
the plains.
Grant insists on an unconditional repeal OF
the Tenure of Office law.
Judge Schley. of the Supreme Court, has
decided in Georgia that negroes are not eliei-
bic 10 office in that State.
Lieut. VIM. kapus, late of Oregon, has beca
confirmed Us Port Collector of Alaska; a. Is.
Meacham, as Superintendent of Indians Tor
Oregon; -. Wilson, Port Collector of pu-
get Sound; and c. Latcllet, Indian Agent for
Oregon.
President Grant has been SO i'll with neural
gla that all visitors have been excluded for Sc'-
eral DAYS
The Chicago Tunes special declares that
President Grant is determined 10 recognize the
Cuban insurgents as bclligercnts. although scv-
cral prominent Radicals fear this course will
not only involve us in war with Spain, but Sc
riously compcate our relations with the great
Powers of Europe.
The Triba"c's special says that Gen. Shcr-
mans order, putting all the heads of bureaus
in the War Department on his staff, proves
10 be- the most remarkable of all violations of
well-kaown laws. Sherman's order conflicts
with twenty seven distinct sections of military
laws.
\ report says Alex II. Stephens is lying at
the point of death at his home in Georgia.
BY Gen. Stoneman's sweeping order IN Nir-
GINA 1907 Offices are waiting to be- filled. He
drposed Gov. Wells.
Ex-Mayor JAS Harper, the eldest Of Harper
Brothers, died in New York, March 10Th, from
injuries received by falling from his carriage
He was Il years old.
Blackstone. merchant in Philadelphia,
chopped Ia death his wife and two children
and next drowned himself He left note
SAYING he had been robbed and ruined
The TribHmc's Washington correspondent
says il is charged that Senator Fcnton, while
Governor of New York. took $4,000 for sign
ing the Erie Railroad BILL and if it is proved
IN effort will be- made 10 expcl him from the
Senate.
Upon request of Rawlins, Secretary of War
the President has ordered that all orders 10
Heads OF Army Bureaus pass through the War
Office. Gen. Sherman had ordered they should
issue from his office.
Freshcts have caused floods all along the
Hudson river The railroads are submerged
so cars cannot run.
Grant still declines to officially receive the
Agent of the Cuban insurgents.
Gen. Sicklcs has declined the mission TO
Mexico.
Foreign.
The insurrcction in Cuba progresses The
Government seems to be gaining lately. Both
sides declare for "War To the kniE," and Ia
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14

The following maXlms or rules OF action
might, if strictly observed, go far to in
crease the happiness, or, at least, to
diminish the inquietudes and miseries of
life:
Observe inviolably truth in your words
and integrity in your actions.
AccustOm yourself to temperance and
be master of your passions.
Be not too much out of humor with the
world; but remember it is a world of
Gods creating, and however sadly it is
marred with wickedness and folly, yet you
have found in it more comforts than
calamities, more civilities than aflronts,
more instances of kindness toward you
than of cruelty.
Try to spend your time usefully both to
yourself and others.
Never make an enemy nor lose friend
unnecessarily.
Cultivate such habitual cheerfulness
of mind and evenness of temper, as not to
be ruffled by turmoil, incOnveniences, and
crosses.
BE ready to heal breaches in friendship
and to make Differences, and shun litiga-
ton yourself as much as possible, for he
is an ill calculator that does not perceive
that one amicable settlement is better than
two law suits.
Be it rather your ambition to acquit
yourself well in your proper station than
to rise above it.
Despise not small honest gains, and do
not risk what you have on the delusive
prospect of sudden riches If you are in
comfortable thriving way keep in it, and
abide your own calling rather than run
the chance of another. In word, mind
to "use thetworld as not abusing it" and
probably you will find as much comfort in
it as is most fit for frail being who is
merely journeying through it toward an
immortal abode.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14

AT large mandatory of jewelry in
New Jersey two young men were once
working in the same room and earning
equal wages. A foreman being required
for that department one of the two re-
ceived the appointment Six months af-
ter he rose to be foreman ofthe whole fac
tory. While he was holding this position
one of the two members of the firm sud-
denly died, and the remaining partner,
soon finding the cares of sole proprietor
ship too heavy, called his young foreman
to partnership in the business Only
three months aflerward his unexpected
death left sole owner and manager the
Young man only eighteen months before
"a humble journeyman. His former work
fellow still tolls at the same table, a jour
newman still, envying his fortunate shop
mate, and cursing his own miserable
luck"
Yet, in fact, "luck had nothing to do
with il. The different fortunes of the two
men are fully accounted for by their
characters. Both were strictly sober,
skillful, and industrious. But one was
,catchfm Of his employers interest, the
other careless. One was in the habit of
leaving work a day rs often as he chose
the other was ever at his post, no matter
what picnics, parades, ball matches, or
target-shootings took place. One dropped
his tools on the instant of the six o'clock
whistle, the other stayed 10 finish his job.
One refused To do overwork when orders
were pressing, because "he wouldn't be
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
Noble Old TOWser.

A Newfoundland dog, belonging to a
family in one of the Southern States, had
rescued one of his masters daughters from
drowning The family were about to pro-
ceed in al schooner to st. Augustine. They
had embarked, and the vessel was swing
ing off from the pier, when the dog was
missed. They whistled and called, but no
dog appeared. The captain became rest
less, swore he would wait no longer, gave
the order, and the craft swept along the
waters with spanking breeze, and was
soon quarter of mile from the shore.
The girl and her father were standing at
the stern of the vessel looking back upon
the city, which they had probably left
forever, when suddenly TOwser was seen
running down to the edge of the wharf
with something in his mouth. With a
glass they discovered that it was his mas
ter's ckct-handkerchief, which had been
dropped somewhere on the road to the
vessel, and with some compunctions of
conscience, he had sent his shaggy SER
want back to look after it. The dog looked
piteously around upon the bystanders,
then at the retreating vessel, and leaped
boldly into the water. His master imme-
diately pointed out the noble animal to the
captain, and requested him to throw his
vessel into the wind until the dog could
near them. He also offered large sum if
he would drop his boat and pick him up :;
told him Of the manner in which he had
preserved the life of his daughter, and
again offered him the price of passage
if he would save the faithful creature
The girl joined her entreaties to those of
her father, and implored that her early
friend might be rescued. But the captain
was savage; he was deaf to every ap-
peal of humanity, kept obStinately on his
course; and the better animal of the two
followed the vessel until his strength ex-
hausted, and his generous heart chilled by
despair, he sank among the more merciful
billOws.-C Chambers Journal.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
A Bel Ringing Cat.

| HAVE in my possession Mlll.e Nno'iiy
frue bred) Angora tom cat, about iour or
five wears old, which being great pet Is
in The habit of sleeping in my bedroom,
and is let out every morning as soon as the
servants are up, about seven O'Clock. One
morning. some three weeks ago, having
been at a ball the night before, was
sleepy. and did not hear the servants, or
the cat scratching, as he usually did, at the
door There is a bellrope at the head,
near the door. The cat, finding his scratch
ing of no use, must have stood up on his
hind legs (for the rope is some distance
from the groundl and caught at this. AT
all events he pulled the bell with such a
clash that heard il; the maid OF course
came.
This was probably accidental, but the
curious thing is he has rung the bell every
morning since, and on more than one occa-
sion twice when the first pull has failed
IL is a considerable effort for him 10 DO so,
rs he has TO stretch mp at full length q
watched him without his being aware > he
then gets the iassel between his paws anu
lets himself down with all his weight and
generally clashes the bell SO that 1t Is heard
over the house.-Land and Hdter.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14

A LETTER was written from Darien
Center, N. Y, by Alonzo f. Astabrook,
dated 1886, to Joel Amsden, of Chicago,
inclosing $12, consisting of so note of
the old bank of Rochester, then as good
as gold, and 50 note on the bank of
Windsor, Va, equally as good, with the
request that Mr.. Amsden would hand the
money to Mr.. +. s. Brooks. The letter
was sent to Alderman Mason's hotel,
placed in the delivery box, and, after re-
manning some time without being called
for, got among Mr.. Mason's private papers,
and was laid away and forgotten. Recent
ly, upon examining the effects of Mr. Ma
son, long since deceased, the letter was
found and sent to Mr.. Amsden, who i'm
mediately went and handed the money to
Mr.. Brooks, as he was requested to Edo
three and thirty years gone by. Mr.. Asia
brook, in this letter, congratulates s his
correspondent on the election of Var: ::Bu-
rem to the Presidency. "Little Van" ran
his official career, and ten other Presidents
were inaugurated before the letter reached
its destined recipient.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14

ure? What is your Saturday afternoon I?
What thing co you do purely for the pleas
ure it gives, and not as a duty?
Some mothers have their reading,
which leads to late hours When every
gay head in the hive is on its pillow, and
the clock ticks in the still house, then
comes the precious, quiet hour Of reading.
Blessed soul who shall forbid it to her,
but who does not wish she had been able
to take it fresh, and unwearied, out Of her
morning hours?
Some women seem to find real pleas
ure in sewing. 1t soothes their nerves,
and they go on sewing, stitch after stitch,
their griefs and cares passing away as the
work for some loved one grows under
their hands.
There are garments, sacred as the grave
clothes in Christ's sepulchre, that patient
women have wrought, who sent prayer
with every motion of the needle. Sons
and husbands have been thus clothed, who
knew not what they were wearing but a
blessing always goes with all such love
work
Some mothers have learned in early
days pencil-craft, or artistic skill, and laid
it aside in motherly standardization.
Dear mother, keep this gift for yourself
get out your boxes and colors-sharpen
your pencls-sketch-p will do
you good; it will rest your nerves. it will
brighten your thoughts ; it will give spring
elasticity, and cheerfulness to your life :;
and the more yOu are, the more you will
have to give to others.
For ourselves, some little fancy for
flower painting has saved us a world of
weariness 1t has been company in soil
tude; it has soOthed our nerves and given
refreshment and strength Very humble
skill will serve to reproduce leaf or
flower; and the work pays for itself If
only one learns by it the infinite beauty
of nature, and comes nearer to God by
seeing how inimitable are His works, one
gains by it.
Finally, every good husband should try
to make his wife have some resource of
this kind, and every wife should do the
same for her husband. Don't infringe on
each others little Saturday afternoon; /;
reverence each others pet pleasures.
We heard once of thrifty husband
who plowed in his wife's little flower
garden, because he thought it waste of
time. We have seen wife impatient of
the botanic specimens, bugs or butterflies,
that Uttered husband study. We knew
a good, conscientious mother who tumbled
her sons mineralOgic cabinet into dark
garret. None of these people were either
cruel or bad hearted, but they had never
considered the sacred right of every hui
man being to play-spcll.
Let us all see to it that we let every one
have their own Saturday afternoon. Life
is not SO very long at the best, and bit
of pure pleasure is not a thing to be
despised Hearth and Home
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
The Fate of the YelOcipede.

THE velccipede is running the course it
ran some fifty years ago, and is gradually
fading from public regard. A curious
note OF Mr.. &. V. Cox, in his recent RecOl-
eectsons Of OIford, might almost do Ia de-
scribe the machine of 1869. He says: " in
the spring OF 1919 appeared silly sort of
anomalous vehicle, called a cetocipede, in
winch the motion was half riding and half
walking; it had run, but turned ont to
he no 90. The only genaemna | ever saw
venturIng To use one land that around
the parks) was fellow and tutor of New
College; his name, curiously enough, was
Walker! When he dismo1ated. he CIV.
claimed Qike the Irishman who took a
ride in bottomless sedan chair, We'll.
if it were not for the fashion. / would as
lief walk '"-Lippineott's Magazine.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14

imposed upOn;" the other was alway
willing to do whatever he was called upon
to do. He won his promotion by giving
his whole heart to his trade. DevOt;ng
himself to the business as thoroughly as
though it were his own, he mosle it his
own.
His history reminds us Of the saying Of
an old shepherd to the boy who COM
planned that his companion had left him
to tend the sheep alone "Never mind,
my boy, if you watch the sheep, you'll
win the wool" "Seest thou man dill
gent in his business? He shall stand be-
fore kings, he shall not stand before mean
men," wrote the wise man of Olden time.
Boys, don't be afraid of work, don't
talk too much of your rights, and think
too little of your duties. Whether your
place is on the farm or in the factory, be-
hind the counter or the desk, faithfiIlncss
there will be round in the ladder lifting
you higher-AmericGn iqriculfurlSt.
The Plymouth Democrat. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1869-1941, 1869-10-14
The Chinese Wall.

SINCE writing my, last letter from the
Tower of Piangfu. | have traversed over
the side and ruins of the ancient OutwOrks
of the Chinese wall proper, as far as Suet
schyn, on the border of the desert of Kobi
or SehamO, and through the aid of my
kind friend and interpreter, Chung WO,
have collected much valuable information
with regard to the object which led to the
defiance of modern engineering, still re-
main the great architectural wonders of
the world, in comparison with which the
pyramids and temples of Egypt are mere
specks This curtain wall varies in dis
tance from the true wall from one mile to
ten, and for engineering skill in the selec
ton of defensable points, when we con-
slider that cscalade was the only means by
which the Northern hOrdes of Mandschu-
ri and Tsinig gians attempted its passage,
it would have tasked the judgment of a
TOdleben to have found better line of
defence
The material used for building the first
or outer walls was kiln-b bricks, and
its construction was evidently intended to
cover the progress of the more substantial
inner fortifications of stone. According
| to the information derived from Father
Ing 90, learned BOuse, of the Buddhist
Seminary Jaaing Poo, the construction of
the first wall of brick occupied a period of
eight hundred years, during which three
million of workmen were constantly en-
ployed. Like the frOntiersmen of Ameri-
ca, they were obliged to combine the occu-
patton of warrior, artisan, and probably
agriculturist.
During its progress there were upward
of two thousand forays and diversions,
which must have greatly retarded the
work. The inner, or stone, iortificatiOn
was commenced, according to the best au-
thent;cated accounts, about eighteen hun
dred years before the advent of our era,
and, with its completion, the temporary
Outworks of brick were probably aban-
doned-as its line is through country in
capable of producing enough to supply
the wants of garrison such as would be
required for its defence. And the economy
of the ancient Chinese Government re-
quired that its military organizations
should be selfsuppOrting- soldiers of
duty engaged in the cultivation of the soil,
or such mechanical employments as were
adapted to the wants of the army.
The existence of these two walls has
led to the discrepancy in the relation OF
travelers-thOse who have visited it from
the north and west contending that it is
a structure of brick, in ruinous condition
and those through the empire, from the
south, that it is built of stone, supremely
grand i'm its architectural design, and in a
wonderful state of preservation, consider
ing that it has withstOod the assaults OF
time and the Vaccinations of man to ac
complish its destruction for at least two
thousand five hundred years since the last
stone was laid-China Cor. Ata Cali
tornia.