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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

TRYING To THE BAsTE. "A 1Ilbernian,
fresh from the "ould sod" having sufficient
means to provide himself with n horse and cart
(the latter kind he probably never saw be-
fore). went to work on public road. Being
directed by the oversecr to move lot Of stones
near by and deposit them in n gully on the side
Of the road, he forthwith loaded bis cart. drove
up to the place. and had nearly finished throw
ing off his load by hand. when the boss told
hlm that was not the way-he must tilt or
dump his load at once. Paddy replied that he
ing again he drove to the chasm. put his shoul
der to the wheel and upset the horse, cart and
all into the gully Scratching his head and
looking rather doubtful at his horse below him,
he observed "Btdad, it's mighty sudden
way, but it must be trying to the bastc."
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

OUR GREAT LAKEs.-The latest measure
ments of our freshwater seas are as follows:
The greatest length of Lake Superior is 785
miles; its greatest breadth 166 miles ito mean
depth, 6SS feet elevation, 627 feet; area, S3,-
00O square miles. r.....
The greatest length of Lake Michigan is 800
miles; its greatest breadth. 10S miles; mean
depth, 900 feet; elevation, 507 feet; area 3D..
00O square miles. ...
The greatest length of Lake Huron is 500
miles; it's greatest breadth, $50 miles, its mean
depth, 600 feet; elevation, 574 feet; area, 20,-
900 square miles. freI ss .s.ett s..5*4
The greatest length of Lake Erie is $50
miles; its greatest breadth, 80 miles; its mean
depth, S4 feet; elevation, 555 feet; area, 5000
square miles. st aas: p
The greatest length of Lake Ontario is lS4
miles; its greatest breadth, 65 miles; it's mean
depth, 500 feet; elevation, 261 ieet; area, 5000
square miles. 74. t@.# p" g
The length of all FIVE lakes is 1856 miles and
they cover an area of 10000 square miles.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

New STYLE OF DuEL.-Dr. Doremus OF
York city, has prepared new plan by which the
duel can be made perfectly fair to both parties.
and ut the same time yield pleasurable diver
sion to the hostile principals for number of
minutes. His plan is that, instead of meeting
with pistols and a surgeon some raw morning,
in lonely field, the two injured parties simply
repair to comfortable room, with two ounces
of corrosive subimate, pack of cards and
stomach pump. All being ready, each man
swallows an ounce of the poison then they sit
down and play "seven-up" for the stomach
pump The winner is save; the loser grace.
fully yields his breath; both are satisfied. all
is fair, and the public morals are preserved.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01
SOCRATES AND TIE WfDowER.-A husband

SOCRATES AND TIE WIDowER-A husband
lost beautiful and beloved wife, The loss
filed his mind with grief, and, in his despair,
he would have slain himself with his dagger,
had not his friend prevented him. Disappoint
ed, but still furious. he determined to seek
death in some way, SO rs to rejoin the beloved
one. 1t was with great difficulty that he was
appeased and persuaded to consult the sage
Socrates, and seek advice and consolation ut
his hands. He did so, and the philosophers
only answer was: .Come again In eight
months" AT the end of that time he did not
come, for-he had married again.
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A PuzzLE.-We take the following from
j.. IL. \

A PUzzLE-We take the following from
the Vicksburg (Miss.) Herald: J..
The following is decidedly the neatest little
mathematical puzzle that has come to our no.
tice. It occupied the attention Of one OF the
clubs, the other evening, until q late hour and
some of the members are said to be puzzled
over it yet: A man has go apples be sells 80
for Is cents, which Ia half cent apiece, or
two apples for one cent. He sella the remain.
ing 80 for 10 cents, which is third of cent
apiece, or 3 apples for cent. Thus we see
that for apples he gets ? oents; now. how
many cents does he get for GO applesl The
problem seems plain enough. and the rule of
three. gives the immediate result of "a. But
on the other hand, If he gets IS cents for 80
Of his apples and 10 cents for the remaining
30, 1t seems evident that he gets Is for the air.
ty." 1t is said to be a poor rule that won't
work both ways, but this one seems utterly to
refuse to. tttata - q ~ ih7 - r.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

A sELF.CoNCEITED, bombastic individual
having heard it remarked that the ..hydrant !"
in one of the streets has been out of order for
some time, sapiently said that he hoped the
'hundred headed monster" would cave in al
last. His classical education, he added, ena-
bled him to understand what q dreadful scourge
this "hydraet' had been "in ancient days"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

DIR. BURKE, Register General Of Scotland.
says: /" Bachelorship is more destructive 70 life
than the most unwholcsonne of trades, or thgp
q residence In an ,unwholesome house or dis-
trict, where no attempts at sanitary improves
meut Of any kind are ever made" .s,' - II i
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

JIMMY, my boy, take these eggs to the
store, and IT you can't get q quarter bring
them back. The boy went ~ directed, ands
came back, saying, Father, it takes me ~
make . trade. They all wanted them for 4G
cents, but screwed them down to 255 II.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

Ir turns out that the woman who has not
spoken to her husband for twenty years never
had husband to speak to.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01
DIR. c. f.. FREEMAN

DHYSICIAN. SURGEON AND ACCOUCHEUR
II Office ut the Drug Store, CENTER VILE l. r
May -, lS70-tf
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T. L. FoOTE-
70. AINSLIE.
AISSLIE a. FOOTE.

Il a TTORNEYS AND COUNSELoRS AT LAW, IDA
IA no City. Patents obtained for mining lodes
1ndrr act Of Congress of July %, 1866 OFEIcE-On
Hall street. opposite Andrews x Co. s store. uli
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01
SANl'L A. MERRITT.

"A TTORNEY AND COUNSELOR AT LAW. OF
R fee on Commercial street, second door above
BIZ court house nltf
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professional Cards.
JOSEPH MILLER.

TTORNEY AT LAW. BOISE CITY, ]. T. WILL
n also attend to professional business in Boise
nnty. on short notice. novl7, 70.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01

DHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE on EAST
Il side OF Montgomery street, three doors above
~ al. Idaho City. nltf
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-12-01
G. WAGNER. VI. d.,

ut ATE BREVET Lr-COLONEL AND SURGEON
I L. $ Array. 0FFIcE-Boise Drug Store, Main
Street, BOISE CITY. [apl1 10-tf
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

POSTAL TELEGRAPIrY IN GREAT BRITAIN
From cable despatch which we publish this
morning it will be learned that, although
delays and other inconvenences have resulted
from the transfer to the government of the
entire telegraph system Of the three Kingdoms,
there is every prospect that the Post Office
officials will soon be able TO boast of complete
and triumphant success. The delays had been
chiefly in Ireland, where the lines had been
cut. All over there was evidence that the
new management will give entire satisfaction.
We never doubted the wisdom OF the British
government in this matter; and the ex-
ample she presents to our government
ought TO he initiated at once. The
SUCCESS Of the government management
is assured in England, as, indeed, in all
other countries where it has been tried
1t is only question Of time with ns. Sooner
or later we must adopt it. The longer the
greater The folly of our people and govern
ment. There is no other way of putting an
eud to gigantic and vicious monopolies. The
telegraph really is and ought to be q part
OF the postal system
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE DARIEN SHIP CANAL TREATY.
publish in another part of the HERALD this
morning the full text Of the treaty for the pro-
posed ship canal through the Isthmus Of
Darien. The treaty was signed on the 26th of
January, at Bogota, by two commissioners on
the part Of the Colombia governments and by
General Hurlburt, resident American Minister,
on behalf Of the United States: On the 9th
ultimo the treaty was brought up before the
Colombia Congress for ratification, and after .
long debate it was referred to committee,
with instructions to report on the lst Of the
present month. Judging of the treaty as we
have it before us, it is certainly most favorable
to Colombia. IT is to be regretted that feel
ing is evinced in the Congress Of that rerub-
lie Of dissatisfaction at the treaty not contain
ing still greater concessions for Colombia than
those already nominated in the bond. 1t IL
to be hoped, however, that wise ccunsels
will prevail and that no Impossible conditions
wild be interposed to delay project fraught
with so many advantages to the world in
general.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE CASE OF AMEs.-The Senate Judiciary
Committee have reported against admitting
General Ames to the Senate, on the plea that
he was in the army at the time of his election
and was not a citizen Of the State. There may
lection, for instance the fact Of a bad precedent
being set for other commanding officers in the
future reconstrnctions Of elected States; but
Ames himself is certainly as good citizen of
the State he represents as Whittemore, Rice,
Reyels and other more decided rpet-baggers
are Of the States they represent.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23
T RIP LIE SH e ET
CONTENTS OF TO.Dly,s HERALD.

PAGE.
1-Advertsements
acknowledgements.
a-War Of the Factions The Great fie.d Day Of me
Session IN the State Assembly; Defeat or the
New Charter and the Police and Supery sors
Bills; rammany Triumphant Exciting Scenes.
Incidents, Debates. Recrimina,ions and wran
giles.
l-Tne Darien Ship Canal : Signing OF the New
Treaty Between Colombia and the United
States; Full Text OF the Treaty The Mica.
ragua Route-Old World ltefos-Cuba The
Insult 10 the American Flag IN Santiago de
cuba-cuba, Its History anu Its Hopes-Soutn
America Return OF the Army from para
quay The Plague in Rio JaRciro-Centrai
America TIE Return OF the Nipsc TO Aspin
wall Another Attempt to Rcvolutionize Co.
lomoia-Aews from Porto Eico--Reception on
Board the Colorado Drowned on Jersey
Ferryboat,
S-lnpurity OF the Ballot Tie Brooklyn Election
Frand lnvestigation-The Majors Adventure:
The Arithmetic Of the Wilkes leland Contro-
versy-Proceedings III the New YORK City
Courts-The Raiders Last piich: Slow Progress
In the Investigation: Arrest OF Deputy Col
lector Coop--The Transit Problem New Plan
of CITY Travei-The Yacht Americas Trj-
umph-Meetlng on Board an American Ship.
Albany, Dreadful Slaughter OF the Innocents-
Amusement Announcements.
Photographic News rom All Parts OF the World:
Napocons Manifesto on French Constitutional
Reform and Franchises; Prince Pierre Bona
parties Trial-Personal Iatelligence--Ne YORK
state SeDate-Special Political Nocs-Amuse-
Inents-Relfgious Ceremonies--Quarantine Al
fairs-Profts OF the National Banks--Knled on
the Newark and New York Railroad-Tne Case
OF J0hn Beal-Sngnlar Case OF Child Poison
ing-New York CITY News-Shooting Array in
Bcecker Street.-The Boston, Hartford and
Erie Raroad-Brooklyn City News--lomicidc
in Bergen, N, 1.-The Sunday Mercury Libel
Suit-Fires Last Nght-Busincss Notices.
S-Financial and Commercial Regorts-Highway
Robbery In the Bowery-The Chinese Indem-
nlty Fund-Real Estate Matters-Marrlages
and Observation-Disclosures.
N-AdveI tiscments.
tO-Washington: Impartial Neutrality in Cuban
Affairs; Summers specie Payments Bill Killed:
Adverse Reports on the st. Domingo and 81
Thomas Treaties-Slaugnter OF the IDnoceats-
Shipping Intelligence advertisements
acknowledgements
12-AdVertisements.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

OUR News FROM SOUTH AMERICA by
steamer is dated from Rio Janeiro. February
%. The long promised return of the
army sent into Paraguay, or at least all
that is left Of it, has at length taken place.
The dreadful suherings of the Brazians
may he judged from the fact that on. OF
five thousand men who left Brazil for Paraguay
only one thousand four hundred and filly-nine
have returned. II is estimated that fully
threc-iourths Of the Brazilian army have
perished in Paraguay. And yet the war
against Lopez is not ended. How much longer
will this truitless war continue?
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE CoURTEsIEs OF THE SEA.-The pas
sengers by the steamer Samaria report that
while she was in distress Guion steamer,
supposed to be the Manhattan, passed near
her, but ignored her signals and refused to aid
her. If the Samaria had gone down, with all
on board, the Manhattan would have been
deeply responsible for the disaster. The utter
want Of courtesy, not to say humanity, exhibit
ed by many of these sea captains is criminal.
1t may be that some Of them have passed the
missing City of Boston in the same way,
and that little humanity on their part might
have brought the long expected vessel safe TO
port. Bnt they pass on, chary of one hours
time aud little trouble, emulating Captain
Eyre, of the Bombay, until, like him, they find
themselves charged with the loss of hundreds
of human lives.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

FIRE! FIRE! FIRE THE destroying angel
Is said to have swept through the chambers
of the Legislature, knocking all city charters.
private railroad bills and other private what
nots into ''cocked hat" Now is the time
for grand bonfire, in which shall be con-
sumed all the city charters aud private rail-
road bills and private jobs that have during
the present session served to retard public
busl.less, to demoralize the already profigats
democracy of New York, to raise disturb
ance generally among democrats all over the
country and to give encouragement to their
enemies. Let all these bills and charters be
piled together; let the torch be applied by
some well known barn-burner or haymow-
burner, "chuck" Jimmy O'Brien on the top OF
the funeral pyre and blaze away. Tammany's
grand sachems and old braves can dance the
war dance and make the young warriors un-
derstand that the s'Great Manitou" holds their
treachery and desertion in perilous times
under grave and solemn consideration.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE Snow or THIRTY WHITES Mr.. Snow,
member Of Assembly, said Tile had served
the democratic party for thirty years. He
proposed to serve it to-day. He did not pro-
pose to engage in any special legislation for
New York. Here we find committee report
ing bills piecemeal. He would not support
business Of that sort. Let them bring in a
general bill and he would vote for it." With
these words the stanch old democrat voted
against the Charter Of the silk stocking coali-
ton. Good words these on the part Of Snow,
aud a good indication that the rural democratic
head is much nearer level than some wise men
thought.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

A GRAND SMAsH-UP or THR CoNGLoM
ERATE DEMoCRACy.-Thc news from Albany
for the present, gone up like magnificent
balloon, carrying scarited corpses, aud in
fated with gas enough to supply balloons car
rying democratic skeletons from the feshpots
to the regions OF space for campaigns to
come. Oh, temperance! oh, Moses oh, the
Excise law. oh. tho Ten Commandments
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE NEUTRALITY RESOLUTIONS The House
committee has finally agreed to report in favor
of maintaining strict neutrality between Spain
and Cuba. This partial recognition comes
tardily and late. Its effect will be merely to
give Cuba some Of the advantages which we
have aIl along extended TO Spaiu.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

"PEANUr STATEsMANsHu." This is the
term applied by some of our Southern conteni-
poraries to the movement of Senator Abbott,
Of North Carolina, towards protecting peanuts
by provision in tho tariff. The value of the
product of this nut in North Carolina amounts
to some three millions of dollars per annum
The strongest opposition to protecting them
may be anticipated by those spirited youths,
the peanut democracy Of the Bowery theatre.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE DESTROYING ANGEL AMONG THE
ROUGH AND READIEs. the Legislature at
Albany yesterday, when the ronghs were being
defeated on every hand, and when the ebay
loft and cheesepress" democrats were making
mincemeat of them, Mr.. Kiernan, leader of
the roughs, called parley. Looking around
him he discovered many empty seats, and he
demanded call Of absentees. Mr.. Kiernan
at the same time impressively, if not prophet
cally, exclaimed, 'The destroying angel may
have passed through the house Of Israel last
night" What destroying angel he referred to
does not appear, and how he associates the
house Of Israel with the Assembly must be q
matter Of conjecture; but one thing is certain,
that angel or devil-Sammy Tilden or Johnny
Morrissey-the rough and ready democracy,
Charter, Police bill, Supervisors bill and all,
are broken, horse, foot and dragons; and il
they don't leave Albany very soon they won't
have ''biIr' left to pay their board. Exit
rough and rcadies.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

Our or A CLEAR SKY.--To the city demo-
Gratis everything, apparently, seemed serene
on the new laws for plunder. Tho boys and
the silk stocking fellows seemed to have
whipped in all the doubters, when behold, the
countrymen came out like a clap Of thunder.
What does II meana
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

The RECONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE are still
''harping on my daughter, Tennessee. She
has been reconstructed once, and as Andy
johnson, Brownlow, Rodcrick Butler and the
present state Of affairs are the results, we
think the Reconstruction Committee ought to
feel satisfied that they arc not competent to
act ia tho ms.'"-
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

WHERE IsH DAT BARTY Now This was
the classic inquiry of Hans Breitman, who
once ''gif barty," and subsequently missed
it. We may make the same touching inquiry
of the celebrated silk stocking Charter party
and its allies among the boys-Whcre ish dat
barty now9
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

NapoleOn's Manifesto ON Magma Chartn.
The Emperor Napoleon has addressed
Premier Olivier in royal manifesto--one OF
those imperial official documents by the
periodical issue Of which his Majesty has been
wont of late years to startle Europe and soothe
France at one and the same moment. Napo-
leon pronounces for constitutional liberty and
franchise reform in the widest and most
acceptably conservative sense Of these terms.
He comedies to his Cabinet as to the wisdom
Of their complete fruition for the use and
future happiness of the millions. He does not
direct, but advises. He would adopt s'all
reforms" which may tend to restore constitu-
tional liberty, and thus cut the ground from
under the feet Of those who are moved by
ian immoderate desire for change"-certain
spirits who disturb the public mind" The
stability Of the present regime is proclaimed
by very nicely adapted inference. Parlia-
mentary power is fully acknowledged and
elevated by the acknowledgment to the ruling
supremacy in France. This Bonaparte mani
festo is thus of the very highest Importance
1t is Magma Charta and the dynasty-Magna
Charta in the very nick of time, just as the
dynasty figures awkwardiy in the dock at
Tours. His Majesty Of France 10 as proyident
and far-seeing as ever.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

How ARoUT THAT KNIFE III little Moses.
who made war to the knife on Tammany a
little while ago, happens to have that knife
with him now he may amuse himself cutting
the burushes. But i've must be careful Of his
precious little fingers.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

The DESTROYING ANGEL.-Kernan was evil
IDENTIFY right in his supposition that the ode
stroying anger had been on hand up at
Albany and gone through the house Of Israel.
Nothing is left OF Israel, and also but little OF
the Assyrians, whe ''came down like wolves
on the fold" Truly,
The widows Of Ashur are lond In their waii
And tue idols are broke in the temple or Raal.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE PoLyGAMY QUESTION in the House
looms up, grand, gloomy and peculiar. II was
discussed at great length yesterday, and re-
solution to table the Utah bill was lost by a
vote of 40 to l20. The previous question will
be moved to-day and vote will probably he
taken
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

The HEIGHT OF C00L AuDACrrY is exempli-
fed in the attempt Of the circular letter writer's
who carry on swindling operations through the
Post Office to have Postmaster Jones removed
from his position in the New York Post Office.
They accuse him Of being upright enough to
stop their swindles, having an idea that honest
men are unfit for office. But they have dis
covered that the Post Office Department has
not enough honest men to spare Jones, and so
they have overreached themselves.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

In OUT-HERoDs HERop.--T'he way in which
the municipal babies were slaughtered up at
Albany yesterday would quite put to blush the
poor cruelty Of the ancient prosecutor. Where
is little Moses3 It s to be hoped he is safely
hidden in the bulrushes under the Manhattan
dome. :
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE BRooKLyN NAVY YARD.--t now ap-
pears that the House committee intend to re-
commend the sale of the Brooklyn Navy Yard
without making an arrangement for building
another one. Is the metropolis of the country,
then, to be left without the protection of navy
yard in case of war?
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

ALL UP!-The silk stocking and ruffled
shirt democracy of the Manhattan Club, the
Club, the cheesepress and haymow democracy
Of the interior clubs of the State, the Old
Tammany democracy OF Tammany Hall, the
huckleberry democracy Of Greenwich, and.
finally, the peanut democracy Of the B0wery.
moment discovers the rough and tumblcs
ahead, with u gaunt figure looming up in the
shadows and the mists Of the distance.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

''FuE New YORK REPRESENTATIVES, are
ready to take the responsibility OF this new
Charter, said Speaker Hitchman. There was
hitch somewhere, however, for they took
the responsibility just the other way.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

GRSTgAL AMERlOA.-The news from this
part OF the Continent is cheering. Peace has
returned to the South American republics,
trade prospers and all goes well
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE "PnEvIous QUESTION Does the
democratic Legislature give up trying to
improve ON the original new Charter.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

''THE DESTROYING ANGEL may have passed
Mr. Herman, in the Assembly yesterday
Apparently he did, and with good effect, too.
for be killed all the silk stocking bills.
The New York herald., 1870-03-23

THE ''CHEEsEpIEss' DEMOCRACY from the
rural districts are Unity" and have prevailed
They helped press out The rough aud ready
bills