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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

i BEAU HICKMAN AND SENATOR CAssERLY
Hickman formerly loafed nj will around the
hotels ut Washington, says q correspondent oil
the Boston Times. but he gradually became
such n nuisance that the servants received
orders to turn him out whenever he made his
appearance; so he finds the atmosphere OF our
capitol disagreeable, and has come TO try that oil
our commercial one. Some years ago, when
Eugene Casserly was sent by the people OF
California torepresent them at Washington,
he met his old friend John E. Develin, at Will
lard's Hotel. Deyelin is prominent lawyer
and politician in New York. and 10 equally fond
OF good dinner and u good joke. Seeing
Hickman Ia the hall of the hotel. be slipped to
his side and said. Beau, that gentleman you
were talking with is Eugene Casserly, lawyer
and politician. from San Francisco, stick him
for five dollars" The hint was enough for
Hickman. and moment later he sauntered up
10 the pair. Deyelin discovered him rs il by
accident, and then introduced him To Mr. Cas-.
serly of California.
lis this Mr.. Eugene Casserlyl" said Beau.
as If in doubt.
Yes answered Deyelia. Mr. Eugene
Casserly."
why. Mr.. Casserly, am delighted TO see
you" said Hickman, enthusiastically. taking
him by both hands. ~ have heard often oil
the distinguished lawyer, orator and statesman
irom the golden shores Of the Pacific, and have
long wished to meet him. This interview will
be one that shall long remember, and hope
10 renew IL Often. 1t is rarely. indeed. thai
one can have the pleasure of talking with . |
man so distinguished rs yourself" And in this |
way Beau ran on for about ten minutes. with |
out drawing breath. And now" said he. in |
"onr usual tariff for an introduc-
tiop IL one dollar. but when one comes, like |
yourself. from the golden shores of the Pacific.
We couldn't think OF taking iess than five dol
ars"
Casseriy was dumbfounded' Th. financial
demand vi the noted blk left him speechless
Tie paid the hse dollars. while Devclin laughed
Is though he were d small volcano on the point
II eruption.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

SANDMAN MARRIAGE CUSTOMS. - Blu,
hush silencs there il the tramp Of horses out
side-not word: presently low tap at the
door. The father looks round TO see that all
10 in order. then, slowly rising. obeys the suu,.
mons Father: WHO ~ theref" From with.
out: Friends" Father: what do you
wantf From without: "Cilchemo nHa pcncp.
ra pdtdata" (the fgurative reply.) 1--WE seek
stray lamb" Father, partly opening the
door: a. Do my friends desire to see IL Il ha.
strayed into this foldf" On this, the intended
bridegroom gently pushes the door and enters.
accompanied only by few chosen friends. The
father bows courtcously 10 each. and then.
turning round to his family, introduces the var.
ious members composing it beginning frat
with the mother, and tremendously inquirinp
: Ia this the lamb you have lost A shake of
the head is the negative reply. At last the
spossa il presented; the bridegroom that il to
be starts, runs forward, takes her hand. and
respectfully kisses il. "This is the Lost lamb "
tie 10 rejoiced TO have found the beautiful lamb
he sought for. The father is pleased, pats the
over on the back, calls him brave lad. The
over, In his turn, protests that he will take
are OF the lovely lamb. and soon conduct il to
lis fold. "Ah, Sa Lorenzo. / believe thee"
obs the soft-hearted mother. "Sah, Teresa
10 not weep; where IL the rosario thou hast
prepared for thy Bita's betrothal giftl" ex
ams the father. Thy bird will be well with
Q true and gallant lover, my Teresina.
Frne, she 10 going from thee, but she will be
veil mated; 20 dry thine eyes, old girl"
ieanwhile the lover has placed one more
ING. on The already laden fingers Of the young
pesina. She bashfully presents him with the
osary. and thus "sigwl." or betrothal gifts,
70 exchanged
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

INGENUITY o. RoGrgs-A Hartford, Con
necticut paper tells the following. IL show,
how some things can be done
queer case was that Of . physician OF Thu,
city. DIR. -, who. on going 10 the opera with
friend. was cautioned at the ticket Office ia
New York 10 Look out Tor pickpockrts lie
clapp-d his hand 90 his watch, u valuable gold
one. engraved with his namc aud the name O.
the society or friend who gave j, TO him. II
was there all right. and he made sur. of keep.
Ing 10 there by Keeping biz hand on il ihroug Ii
The performance OF the opera, On coming out
what was bis establishment io find has watch
gone. 10 had been taken In spite OF his watch.
fuln.ss. Reaccting that watch 50 engraved
could not well bu disposed of even in New
York. hc advertised bis loss IN the ns1t morn.
ing's papers. and added that reward (sluu)
would Dc paid Ior ia recovery. and no ques-
tons asked Before noon the bell rang. aud
very elegantly dressed man. in appearance
gentleman. inquired for the advertiser #
Lost watch.
Have you got IL I" asked the Doctor
Il have" coolly returned the stranger
" here IL IL. claim the reward A"
Here IA the money" satd The Doctor. .'and
now want Ia ask"
"oh. but you said there would be no aucs.
tons asked" answered mous;ache.
True" said the Doctor. but only want
TO know how under Heaven you got that watch
when kept iay hand on il all the time 7"
" Are you sure you kept Jour hand over !,
all the timel'
Yes. positive"
Now. let me refresh your memory Dom.
you remember. ut one interesting stage of the |
there was hy lit on your ear, |
and you raised your hand 10 brush il OH"
Yes. IL il fact" said the Doctor. II do |
that"
well, SIR" said the elegant stranger. ''tha,
Tas the time you lost your watch ticklcd
he top OF your ear with a straw. and you
brushed off the supposed Ay, and didn't notice
when your hand went back that your watch
vas no longer there. Good morning. sir"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

and their fate was left till the great day when
the sea shall give up its dead.
But within a few weeks past divers in sub
marine armor have visited the wreck of the
Housatonic. aud they have found the little tor
pedo vessel lying by her huge victim, and with
in her are the bones Of the most devoted aud
daring men who ever went TO war.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1870-10-27

a CITIZEN. who deserves well OF bis country,
had large family, 10 which additions were
constantly making One day one Of HE little
boys was thus interrogated: "Johny, how
many brothers and sisters have you gotf" ~
don't know" answered the boy, IL hain't been
home since morning."
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
Forei.n scientific Items.

DIR. Thudichum has produced a wine from
PekOe and Congou.
The School of Midwifery at Lahore for ma
tive women has proved successful
DIR. Marten has been installed as President
OF the College at Pekin, in China.
Prof. WOehler, of Gottingen, has discovered
some very minute diamonds in specimen of
platinum from Oregon.
The recently introduced Cinchona seems to
thrive in st. Helena; about 1000 plants have
been put in the ground and are doing well.
DIR. Ladislas de Belina of Heidelberg, has
been thoroughly investigating the subject of the
TRANSMISSION of blood, and has come to the con-
clusion that, If carefully conducted, 1t is by no
means dangerous operation.
AT Eingpo lecture on telegraphy, Illus
trated by experiments, has been given to a
Chinese audience by Mr.. j. ID. Bishop, the Rev.
j. M. Knowlton acting as interpreter. The
Chinese are said to have been satisfied.
1t seems thatno' French medical school has
a special lecturer in dentistry. In this France
is behind most European countries and the
United States. NJ. Preterre, with others of his
profession, are endeavoring to have the dcRci-
ency put an end to as soon as possible.
M. Andre Samson considers that he has
made out eight species of horse (E. cabduus).
OF these the Asiatic, the African, the Irish, and
the British, are brachycephalous, while the
German, the Frisian, the Belgian, and that of
the basin of the Seine, are dolichocephalous.
The recently published report of the Cape
of Good Hope Meteorological Commission
shows that the rainfall at the Cape in 1866 was
l99O7 inches, aud in 1867 22'965 inches. At
AIiwal, on the northern boundary of the colony,
the fall was only l2'730 inches. Isf.. ..a fr. =,
investigation with regard TO tho food OF ths
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

ewallow He examined the alimentary canal in
forty-six full-grown birds and IN soventy-three
young ones. OF the latter, more than half had
been fed ON insects aloue the stomachs OF the
others contained besides insects, few fruit
stones. The general result of the professors
inquiry Is to show those French naturalists who
have asserted that swallows are more injurious
to cereals and fruit than TO insects are entirely
In the wrong
"A letter from Aleppo, OF the 10Th of January,
states that its caravan trade Of so many ages
standing is threatened by the Suez Canal. Goods
Tor Bogdad, which used TO pass In traust, pro-
ceed direct. The return trade will, of course.
go down the Tigris aud Euphrates by raft,
instead OF up stream by canal The Aleppnes
are suffering from sickness and drought. On
the I'd ~ an earthquake was felt about 2 A. Nj.
Bagdad Is making advances, and steamers now
run from Constantinople. Bombay will suffer
from loss OF trade with Bagdad, Bussorah the
Persian Gulf, etc.
The Ndctondl OF Quito, In Ecuador, pub
hshed an official communication from the Gov
ernor OF Pichincha, in which he announces the
successful application In cancerous cases by
Doctor Camille Casares of q plant called Gun
durango. The application was n decoction of
the plant. On the third day the fever abated
and the insupportable fotor was reduced. The
plant is found in the province of Lola, and the
Government of the Republic is causing further
experiments to be made as this substitution
may, IL the report can be trusted, prove an ad-
dition to the drugs of the country.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
POLITICAL MAKESHIFTS.

IF CORRUPTION or incapacity becomes pre-
dominant in any of the political departments
of our city, we do not attempt to remedy it
by electing better men, but we upset the
whole political machinery and give the pow
ers of the department to any body or set of
men who happen at the time to be more
honest. This is wretched system for carry
Z ing on a great Government The care of
our Streets for instance-a most proper func-
etion of our city government-is taken from
them and given to the Board of Health, not
because it is proper body to exercise it, but
because the members of it at the time are
believed to be more honest. They have
had it year, and now Citizens sAssocia-
ton is formed to turn them out
and take it themselves. The corporate trusts
are made Jobs, but instead of turning out
the jobbers, we appeal to the Legislature,
and have the trusts handed over to somebody
else. We give the control of our schools to
one set of people, of our streets to another,
of the trusts to third, of our Park to a
fourth and it has been proposed to turn over
our whole police system to fifth. Why,
what functions are to be left to our Mayor
and Councils, whom we elect to govern us
They have 40 power except to tax us, and
that power they enjoy in common with COM
missioners to build our bridges, or to erect
our city buildings, or anybody else
the Legislature, without our consent,
may order to do SO. The result of all
this is that our system is becoming utterly
absurd and incongruous. And bad as this is,
it has no element of permanency. We are in
fact governed by the Philadelphia delegation
in the Legislature. All matters relating to
our city are referred to them and passed at
their request Streets are opened, closed, or
covered with railways for public or private
use, trusts changed, the disbursement of vast
amounts of money shifted from one set OF
men to another, all at their will. And yet the
public scarcely know their names. Not one
man in ten thousand can tell anything abou
them or is aware that he voted fer them.
We do not now wish to discuss the merits
of the particular changes, but merely to fine
fault with this modern make-shift system O
correcting evils. No one hopes that any on
of these devices will last longer than whil
the party that enacted them is in power
They form no system of government, but re
commend themselves for the moment as tn
corrective Of some nsgrant abuse. They Cal
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

RELICS whether OF great heroes or great criminals,
OF Napoleon or a saint. have an extraordinary
fascination for mankind, and still more for woman
kind. Apropos OF which statement the London
Court Journal tells the folowing:-"A singular aud
somewhat grotesque instance OF the common weak
ness was given at meeting of our old friends the
Dialectcians the other day by gentleman who
vouched for the facts. highly-respectabe family
had in its possession table at which John Wesley
dined once. They preserve it with religious care
and spot upon which the great Methodist split
some gravy has never once been touched with a
c0th-to clean 1t would be looked upon as a sacriege
short time since some adies-and they were not
old ladies, it appears-were permitted to view this
precious relic. They were all, OF course, deyout
Weseyans, and so great was their emotion on seeing
1t that they dropped their knees and kissed it as
devouty as ever Mussulman kissed the Kaaba |!
What would Wesley himself have thought II he had
been told that a table at which he had once dned,
and which he had the misfortune to stain with
gravy, would be preserved unwiped for century,
and then kissed in an ecstacy OF pious admiration
by educated young ladies on their knees ?'
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
THE BORDER CLAIM BILL.

The Border Claim bill, which is the great
plunder scheme of the present session of the
State Legislature, is supported at Harrisburg
by powerful gang of ravenous robbers of
the Treasury, and there is great danger of its
passage. If the people do not protest in the
most emphatic terms against this infamous
outrage, they may speedily be mulcted in
sum approximating to $3, 900, 900, without re-
ceiving the slightest value therefor. A Har-
risburg correspondent says that only $75, 200
of the claims for damages consist of alleged
destruction of real estate, while nearly two
millions are made up of items like these:-
'"Two vests, So; six bags, So; three
sets of ladies' furs, $12." He
that mot single man who can claim to have
been an individual sufferer has yet appeared"
to press his claims upon the Legislature. A
crowd of professional agents and borers, how
ever are in attendance, and it is painfully
apparent that the bulk of any appropriation
that may be made will be divided between
these cormorants and their Legislative accom-
plices. For practical purposes these men
might as well combine to take money from
the treasury without any pretense of render
ing an equivalent, as to plumber the taxpayers
by the transparent device that the appropria-
tions in question either will or ought to be
made to alleged losers, by the invasion, of
| dry goods
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

The Investigations of the condition and
management of the State Treasury which
were made last evening described few more
of the mysteries of the vault account, and
gave further illustrations of the dangerous
practice of treating private checks or receipts
as cash. New arguments for thorough re-
form were furnished, and the statement of
the Treasury cashier that all the money which
is lying around loosely through'the Common
wealth, as well as a million and a half in ad-
dition, belongs to the sinking fund, is speci-
ally significant.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

MEDICAL MAN has been reviving in the Paris
Figaro the old question with regard to the excessn
the number OF deaths among infants born in Paris
IL would appear that out OF every 800 children born
in the French capital 286 are sucked and 81 reared
by hand; 25, or nearly IL per cent, OF the former
died within the year. and 3s, equal to 81 per CENT OF
the latter. 1S1 of the 236 children were sucked by
their mothers and the remaining So by wet nurses
or the first, 49, or per cent died; OF the Others, TO-
or IS per cent, being more than double the death
rate OF those dependent on maternal care With the
view OF remedying this state OF things, the writer
calls attention TO the circumstance that quite re-
Gently French sehoolmsster named C0rrere has
made the discovery that the hsro eailsd sslega. og
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1870.

OUR CENT 7ENNIAL ANN IVERSARY
SENATOR CAMERON yesterday presented me-
mortal from the Common Council and the
Franklin Institute of Philadelphia, and also
from the Pennsylvania Legislature, asking
the cooperation of Congress in the move
ment for the celebration of the centennial
anniversary of American Independence, and
that Congress will fix the place of holding
the anniversary. We hope that Congress will
take action on this subject without much
delay, for although several years will elapse
before the nations one-hundredth birthday
comes round, it is not too soon to commence
making preparations, especially If the cele-
bration is to take the shape of a
grand international exposition, to which
we will invite the whole brotherhood of ma
tions for the purpose of joining in our
rejoicings. With regard to the proper place
for holding such an exposition, there can be
but one opinion among impartial men. 1t
will doubtless be charged that we are inhu-
enoed by interested motives in urging the
claims of Philadelphia, but it only needs a
moments reflection to see that this, of all the
cities on the continent, is the one that COM
& bines all the necessary qualifications. First,
end most important Of all, it was here that
r the Declaration of Independence was signed;
here stands the old State House in which the
great men of the Revolution deliberated upon
that measure and determined upon its adop-
tion. This alone would fix the claims of
Philadelphia unless there were insuper-
able objections that would necessitate the
selection of some other place, that would not
possess the same grand associations. Inde-
pendently of this, however, the fact remains
that there is no place in the United States
that is so we'll provided with facilities for the
proper observance of such an occasion. In
our Park there is an abundance of room for
Il the largest exhibition beilding that it may be
necessary to erect we are sufficiently near
the seaboard for the easy reception of goods
from all parts of the world, and contributions
] to the exhibition can be brought directly to
4 our wharves The railroad connections with
I this city are such that direct communication
can be had with every part of the country,
from the Lakes to the Gulf and from the
Atlantic to the Pacific; and last but moi
least, there is no other city in the
Union that can comfortably accommodate O
large concourse of strangers. Indeed, ii
would be an absurdity to hold the centennial
celebration anywhere else than in Philadel-
phia, and in spite of the pressure that will
doubtless be brought to bear to induce the
selection of some other city, we are confident
that Congress will decide this matter in the
only way in which it can properly be decided
by making provision for grand international
exposition of art, science, and industry, to be
opened with appropriate ceremonies by the
President of the United States on the Fourth
of July, 1876.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

A CURIOUS DIssENSIoS about memorial stone
is recorded in one of the Scotch papers. In the
year 1878 three thousand people, along with four OF
the elected Covenantng ministers, celebrated their
ordinance OF the Lords Supper on SkeOch HILL in
the vicinity OF Dumfries 1t has lately been thought
desirable Tat some commemorative stone should be
erected for the purpose OF pointing to strangers
this interesting spot. The necessary subscriptions
were accordingly raised, and all went smoothly until
the question OF the inscription was discussed. The
owner OF the site stipulated originally that the in
Scrpton should be so framed as to give no offense
to the religious feelings OF any person, the more so
as the subscription list embraced representatives OF
almost all religious denominations; he therefore
rejected inscription which, In addition to indicat-
ing the historical event OF 1915 also referred to the
COvenanters as asserting spiritual independence"
This decision has led to a schism among the sub
scrbers and caused great bitterness In the district
Some agree with the proprietor of the land, others
are dissatisfied; and the latter have resolved at
meeting TO erect another stone bearing the desired
inscription at spot distant about three hundred
yards from the place Of interest This may be very
disagreeabe for the nelghbOrhood, but 1t is ali the
better for the CoyeDanters who will have two stones
erected to their memory instead of one, Strangers
also are to be congratulated, for their attention is
more llkoly to be directed to the spot by double
than by a single memorial stone.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

bat it is important that there should be some
definite regulation on the subject, if only to
prevent the drivers from perilling their pros
poets in future world 10y unnecessary pro-
family, not to speak of the protection afforded
to passengers from injury by collision.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

nay THE PARHAM SEWING MACHINE
S~S Oompapy's New Family Sewing Machines most
ed 20 be that great desideraum
long and snxoasy looked for which all the essentials
~"sV' Nv. 9v4 ohE6Nvr street.
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

goats-beard. n eaten a. a salad or made into a
syrup, Ia especially suitable tor suckling mothers
The sohoOlmsster lighted on this discovery by the
mercst accident, his wife having on one occasion
found great advantage from the herb In this respect
Scientific research has since proved that galega
tains azotic substances In considerable quantities.
as well as all the constituent elements Of milk. ana
that, in addition TO providing milk in abundance,
1t materially improves It's quality
The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-02-25

Councils yesterday passed an ordinance to
regulate the right of way on the street rail
roads, with a view of preventing collisions
between the cars at the crossings. The ordi-
nance gives the right of way to cars running
north and south, and it imposes penalty on
drivers of cars going east and west who at
tempt 10 cross in front Of others who have
the right of way. This is one of those prac-
tical common sense regulations that, if under
stood and rigidly enforced, do more TO-
wards promoting the convenience of society
than some weighter matters Of the law. II
makes not the slightest difference whether
the roads running north and south or those
.lui4niug eass ailo, wsat have the right Of NAY,