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The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17
WOMEN as .HoD CARRIERS IN VIENNA

| WVMGN 40 NV 49,
CORRESPONDENCE Of the Baltimore
american contains this paragraph:
| have before alluded to the fact that
women perform the hardest kind OF Ia
boring work in Germany, but was not
prepared for the sights Ihave witnessed
to-day in Vienna. In America mixing
mortar and carrying the hod is consld-
cred such hard work that few white
men can be found to undertake it at the
present day. An immense building
near our hotel, occupying whole block,
i is in course of erection, on which not
less than 400 persons are employed,
fully 200 of whom are women. All the
hard laboring work is done by women,
such as making and carrying mortar in
buckets on their head to the workmen
handling the brick. They are not al
lowed a moments leisure, several over
seers being on guard to keep them con-
stantly in motion. We found the same
proportion of women at work on all the
new buildings, ard there must be many
thousands of them to-day doing this
species Of laboring work in Vienna.
They are both young, middle-aged and
old, but all seem to be strong and
healthy. At dinner-time they swarm
into the shops to purchase piece OF
brown bread and fat bacon and a mug
of beer, and eat Their dinners sitting on
the curbstones. Their wages is one
form, or 4S cents per day, and | am
assured by a gentleman resident here
that most of them sleep about the build
ings on shavings, or in barns or sheds,
having no homes. Amidst all the splen-
dor and wealth of this great city, with
its million of inhabitants, there is, per-
haps, more restitution, want and suffer-
ing than in all the cities of America.
Still, we frequently hear some of our
countrymen praising and preferring
the governments of Europe. Whilst
viewing this scene, the Emperor and
Empress, with his staff and outriders,
glittering in gold and precious stones,
dashed along the Ringstrasse, on the
way to the palace, whilst a short dis
lance off stand the royal stables, mag.
niticcnt structure, covering at least four
blocks of ground as large as Franklin
square, the meanest animal of which is
better cared for than these women 1t
is not to be wondered at that Of the
5000 births annually in the lying-in
hospital, less than 500 are of children
born in wcdlock.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

RAPID CorRsHIp - Among the abo.
riginal blacks Of Australia, courtship as
the precursor to marriage is unknown
When young warrior is DESTROYS OF
procuring a wife, he generally obtains
one by giving in exchange for her a
sister or some other female relative OF
his own; but if there should happen to
be no eligible damsel disengaged in the
tribe to which he belongs, then he no.
vers round the encampment Of some
other blacks until he gets an opportu-
nifty of Selling one of their leubras,
whom perhaps he has seen and admired,
when. attending one Of the feasts, or
corrobories. His mode Of paying his
addresses is simple and efficacious.
With blow of his war.club, he stuns
the object of his affections" and drags
her insensible body away to some re-
tired spot, whence, as she RECEIVERS her
senses, he brings her home to his own
gunyah in triumph. Another method
with wife stealers is to ascertain the
camp fire beside which the girl whom
he covets sleeps. When he gains the
knowledge he requires, he creeps close
to the camp on some dark, windy night,
and stretching out his spear, inserts it's
barbed point amongst her thick, flow
ing locks; turning the spear slowly
round, some of her hair speedily be-
comes entangled with it; then, with a
sudden jerk, she is aroused from her
slumber, and as her eyes open, she feels
the point of another weapon pressed
against her throat. She neither faints
or screams; she knows we'll that the
slightest attempt at escape or alarm
will cause her instant death; so, like a
sensible woman, she makes a virtue of
necessity, and rising silently, she fol-
lows her captor, to begin life of toll
from which she is not released till death.
-Erchangc.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

SHERIDAN was much annoyed in the
House of Commons by a member who
kept constantly crying, Heart hearw
The witty orator described fellow who
wanted toplayrogue, but only had sense
enough to play fool, and exclaimed, with
great emphasis, "Where shall we find a
more foolish knave or a more knavish
fool than he :" "Hearl hear!n shouted
the troublesome member. Sheridan
turned round, and thanking him for the
prompt information, sat down amidst a
general roar of laughter.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

Da JAY GouLD.-Personally, says the Chi
cago Tribune, Jay Gould has not what
Carlyle terms "god-like physique"
He, il diminutive in stature, recalling
Col. Jim Fisk's laconic description:
"Goud is three feet high; two feet
head, one foot body and no legs" In
complexion he is very dark, has full
beard, is modest and retiring in man.
ners, talks little, and looks like cross
between a Saxonized Jew and an ordi.
nary dry goods clerk. He is perhaps
thirty years of age, has a wife and four
children. Small and Insignificant tho
he be, he has the ability to make the
biggest railroad men on the continent
tremble. r{r r
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

WOMEN, when they have neither ba-
bies nor lovers, are certain to have pets
Of some kind. They don't seem to care
much about the kind, either, in some
parts of the country. For instance,
in Louisiana they have small alligators
in Wisconsin they have turtles; in Ar.
kansas they have snakes, and in Ten
nessee lizards. Such pets as those are,
in our judgment, even worse than the
horrid animal, man, in any stage of his
development.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

How AN INDIAN CATCHES SKUNK
Skunks have their uses (when dead and
"fried out') both in medicine and arts,
and somebody must catch them, bad as
they are to get at. On this subject a
Yosemite traveller makes the following
contribution to natural history, which
may do for theory if not for practice.
On my way up there the other day,
I saw two Indians up in a ravine slow
ly and stealthily approaching each other,
with their eyes riveted on an object
which proved to be a full.grown skunk.
The one who was behind held out his
hand, and kept moving it round in
a circle, the animal watching him all
the while. It prepared to make him a
target several times, but the Indians
revolving hand seemed to distract it's
attention, and it did not execute the
threat.
All at once the Indian dashed upon
it, twitched it up by the end Of it's tail,
and held it UP highland cracked its neck
with a stroke of his hand.
The whole operation was performed
without the effusion of any stencil what
ever, which appears to be the main
point in killing, and the captors bore it
away in triumph. The animal seemed
to feel itself SO ignominiously discom-
fitted and disgraced by being hoisted
BY the end of the tail, thatit abandoned
it's usual means Of defense.
We don't advise boys to attempt
playing Indian in just that way. The
experiments might cost too much be-
fore they learned how.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

WoRsE.-Mr. Howlaloud-" robin.
you didn't come to Sunday-school yes.
terday, and went for q wicked walk
instead. Have you not been smitten
with remOrsef" Delinquent-"W uss
nor thatl Father smitedo OF Wi his stran y
rs. r. Examiner.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

Z The Turks have little need Of news
papers. When anything happens it is
told to the women, and circulates like
erin : gale Of wind The Turks are
behind the Western nations in many
things, but certainly they have the
most beautiful circulating medium in
the world. fasa ~.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

A WIDOW lady sitting beside cheer
full fire in meditative mood, shortly
after her husbands decease, sighed out,
"Poor fellowl How he did like good
firel hope he has gone where they
always keep good fires"
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17
HOW A PATIENT WAS LOST.

this suggestive story:
| Some time since lady called upon
a celebrated oculist in order to consult
him on account of her eyes, complain
| ing that their power of vision had OF
late considerably. diminished. At
| glance the doctor saw that she was
| lady of rank and wealth. He locked
| at her eyes, shook his head, and thought
the treatment would require much more
time, as there was reason tofear amauro.
sis in her case. He must advise her,
first of all, that as she had informed
him she was residing considerable
distance in the country, she must move
into the city at once, and thus enable
him to see her frequently; if possible,
daily.
The lady then rented an elegant man
sion, moved into the city, and the ply
stefan was punctual in his Attendance.
He prescribed this and that, and thus
days ran into weeks and weeks into
months. The cure, however, was still
coming; the physician tried to console
her.
One day the patient hit upon curious
scheme, and she waited not long to
carry it into effect. She procured for
herself very old and poor attire, put
a hood of tremendous size upon her
head, took an old umbrella and a market
basket in her hand, and in these habili-
ments she visited her physician, select
ing for the purpose very rainy day.
She had so we'll succeeded in distorting
and Disgusting herself that the eye
even of a lover could scarcely have
recognized her. She was compelled to
wait long time in the ante-room of
her physician, with many others who,
like herself, were seeking relief. At
last her turn came.
"Well. my good woman, what have
you to complain of" -.....
Every bad eyes, DOCTOR" she an
swcred.
He took her to the light and looked
into her eyes, but failed to recognize
his patient. Struggling his shoulders,
he said:
"Your eyes are we'll enough"
"Well!" she said.
eyes; know what am saying"
"But have been told that was get
ting the-a-a-I forget how it is
called"
"Amaurosis?'- .....
eyes; that is it, DOCTOR"
"Don't you let them make you believe
any such nonsense. Your eyes are a
little weak, but that is all. Your ply.
sician is an asst"
"An y"
eyes; an ass! Tell him boldly that
l say So"
The lady now arose, and in her GUS
tomary voice said: "Sir, you are my
physician; do not you know me?"
The face the sage counsellor made is
easier to imagine than describe.
Gracious madam he commenced
to stammer an apology; but the lady
would not listen to him, and indignant
ly left him. She never saw the gentle
man any more.
The Idaho world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1864-1918, 1873-07-17

I AN EDrroR's qualifications pair Of
scissors.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
ImDaled On a Fence.

On Thursday last Mr.. Chas. Hollins-
worth, lately from Athens, Ala, while
paitning the tower to the new Baptist
Church in the west end OF town, fell and
received very serious injuries. He was
standing on the roof in order to paint the
shutters of the tower, and in aiming to
move the ladder which he used to keep
him from slipping, his feet few up and he
started upon a rapid trip to terra frnaa.
On his way to the eve he succeeded in
kicking the ladder out of his way and fell
q distance of about twenty-four feet to the
ground. After falling about nineteen feet
he struck the sharp tops of paling fence
upon which he was impaled. One of the
strips penetrated his hip and another the
thigh, tearing the parts in a very frightful
and horrid manner. His injuries, twen-
ty-four hours afterward, are not believed
by his physicians, Drs. Pepper and Whit
ten to be mortal, but are certainly very
serious. Neacs.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASH9MCTOM.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 29.-The new syHdi.
cate had meeting in New York and Lon
don and resolved to place the entire three
millions on the market, the books to
remain open only few days. The bank
Ing and currency committee have ordered
the subcommittee to report the bill for the
resump ption of specie payment May 1st,
1873, and free banking July 1st, 1878,
The Attorney General has recommended
penitentiary for this District.
Jas. B. Stewart refuses to testify regard
ing the Union Pacific Railroad matter.
His arrest has been ordered.
Gen.. Thomas Eckert, Superintendent Of
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
and G. B. Prescott, Electricians, are to visit
Europe during the coming month on be-
half of the company, to investigate the
workings of the foreign telegraphic sys-
TENS, especially the appliances of the
pneumatic tubes, with view to their in
PRODUCTION into this country.
Prince William G. Lunahilo is elected
King of the Sandwich Islands.
CHARLESTON, Jan. 29.-Gen. Q. \. Gil
more, who conducted the long lombard
ment of Charleston, during the war, is
now experimenting operations for the
Improvement of the harbOr entrances of
Charleston. He EXPIRE sses great confidence
that the steady result of work now in pro-
gress upon the beach channel will give q
depth of fifteen feet OH the bar at low
water, which will greatly add to the adj
yantages of Charleston as sea port;
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
GraSS and Pork.

Feed more grass These three words
contain and explain the entire theory of
that practice by which any one can make
hog distinguishing the cholera--as profit
able as the raising of any other kind of
stock, if not more so, on account of their
ready sale in any market every year.
When L say feed more grass, do not mean
to advise you to turn your sows and pigs,
shoats and stock hogs upon short crop of
any kind OF grass, or upon an old field in
which the noXious weeds and briers luxu-
riate, or from which the cream of the best
and richest heritage has been cropped by
your bunch ofmules, cattle or horses, and
then, expect your hogs to flourish, grow
and fatten for the market, without feeding
them corn at all. By no means; for hogs
kept on such pasture must have corn, and
that in ample quantities every day, if you
would realize anything from their growth.
A small but excellent hog raiser follow
ed these rules: He fed about siXty-five
acres in clover and rye; while the clover
was growing rapidly, he turned in the
smaller ones, and when it blossomed, he
turned them all in until the rye was ripe
enough, then turned them all on rye to eat
it down, and in this way the clover and
the rye reseeds fields for years. Before the
clover came, there was always good blue
grass pasture. The first of October they
were put up and finished on corn. On
this plan his hogs were always healthy
and his fork cheaply made.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
SENATE.
HOM z NEWS.

CHICAGO, Jan. 2S.-The stockholders of
the Great Western Telegraph Company
met here to-day, and, receiving no reports
from the Secretary or Treasurer, adopted a
resolution that the latter make a detailed
statement of the financial condition Of the
company.
President Gage said the treasury was
empty.
San FRANCISCO, Jan. 29.-Capt. Jack
attacked Col. Barnard's camp. He was
repulsed, with loss Of one killed and two
wounded The Indians horses were cap
tured.
The women and children in the vicinity
of Capt. Jacks camp have been placed on
boats for safety. The men are building
block-houses
PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 29.-Wilson and
ColfdX addressed the Young Mems Chris
tian Association to-day. Neither alluded
to the Credit Mobilier.
The Atlantic Steamship Company goes
into liquidation. The stock is said to be
worthless.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
FOREIGN.

LONDON, Jan. 29.-Pripce Napoleon dis
avows the recent newspaper report regard
ing his views of the future polity Of the
Bonaparte family.
The English Government declines 10 en-
tertain the proposal for the repeal of the
malt tax.
The rumored marriage of a British
unfounded.
PARIS, Jan 29.-Several suspected in-
ternationalists have been arrested at Mont
martrie.
Tichborne, q claimant, was held in two
thousand pounds bail to appear before the
Queens Bench for contemptous utterances
in a recent speech at Brighton.
The Oceanica has returned from
Queenstown. The machinery is badly
damaged. They have sent relief from
Brittania, an Arran Island. 1t is believed
she will be saved.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
The Franking Privilege.

The following is the text of the bill
abolishing the franking privilege, as we
find it in the Washington Republican:
''Be it enacted, etc., That the franking
privilege be, and the same hereby is abol-
ished from and after the 1st day of July,
1873, and that henceforth all official cor
respondence, of whatever nature, and all
other mailable matter sent from or address
ed to any office of the government, or to
any person now authorized to frank such
matter, shall be chargeable with the same
rates of postage as may be lawfully imposed
upon like matter sent by or addressed to
other persons; Provided, That no COM
pensation or allowance shall now or here
after be made to Senators, members and
delegates of the House of Representative
on account of postage.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30

applications false and fraudulent on their
face, II they are both, as would appear
from the only proof offered to be for the
same woman. ., .l 70
The Sarah Hickey case is one which
| papers assert she was the widow of La
fayfette Hickey, soldier in Bryson's COM
pany, who died in the service He in
fact resided in Georgia. There, too, was
his real widow, whose name was Elizabeth
and not Sarah, and whom, it is alleged,
had no such children as the pension was
procured for, and who had no relation
with or ever emploded Boyd. That the
whole action on his part was entirely fic-
titiOus and fraudulent. That he made the
Oaths, the papers, and procured the money
without ever knowing even the name of
widow for whom he pretended to act. 1t
is in proof that when confronted with the
agent of the real Mrs. Hickey he offered
to turn over to her the fraudulent and eX-
excessive pension that she might in future
enjoy the fruits of the fraud if she would
thus settle his claims for what he had al
ready received. There is no conflict in
the evidence, still you should as in all
other cases, consider it carefully to see if it
satisfies your minds.
That of George Rose is another ease of
pretended guardianship, upon which some
81, 800 has been obtained. The papers al
leSe that the children resided i'll Monroe
county. The real George Rose is claimed
to have lived in North Carolina, but he
was not member of Bryson's company;
is not dead and had no such children. 1t
is claimed there was no George Rose a
member of that company and that the in
sertion of this one and numerous other
names in the muster roll was fraudulent.
But that is immaterial. If Boyd was not
guardian of any children whatever, and
the certificates he was so were false and
fraudulent, this sustains the criminal
charge. The clerk swears he never know
ingly issued them, and irrespective of the
other falsehoodS in these papers, that one
is sufficient to constitute them what they
are claimed to be-'false claims and vou-
chers" within the act of Congress.
The evidence of other crimes is properly
before you. You will deduct from it such
differences as to Boyd's intent as you feel
under the broad rules given you justifies.
If on the whole you think Boyd acted
1nnOcently, acquit him. If you think he
knew the falsity of the voucher, then, ire
spectiye of the numerous collateral issues,
which counsel have so earnestly argued,
find him guilty.
The jury were furnished with the vol
luminous papers used in evidence:and retir-
ed for consultation, ,at o'clock in the after
noon. They have not yet returned q ver-
diet, but it is expected they will do so to-
day.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30

THE city Of Lexington has been giving
the whole State of Kentucky a good deal
Oftrouble ever since the Fifteenth Amend
ment came in force. A majority of the
voters of the city are Republicans, and
the question has been how to keep the
city Government Democratic? TO do this
the Legislature has been amending the
charter so as to perpetuate in Office, those
elected under the old regime. Thus
far they have succeeded, but powerful
effort is being made to break up the Demo-
cratic nest
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
Mercury Below Zero.

ST.. LOUIS, Jan. 29.-The mercury is at
zero to 100 below. A closed river is threat
ened.
MEMPHIS, Jan. 29.-The mercury is Il
above zero, and the ice is heavier than at
any time during the season.
NEW YORK, Jan. 29.-The thermometer
this morning stood nine degrees below
zero at Chicago, eight at Buffalo, IS at
Cleveland, and four above at Cincinnati.
LATER.
The weather reports indicate the coldest
weather since 1856.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
20 NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.
sTaUEs OPERA HOUSE.
ENfraordfnary Attraction
THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, JAN. SerH AND sIsr.
Two NIGHTS ONLY
Of the Eminent Artistes .s..
Rose and Harry Watkins.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

The sudden burning Of the National Theatra. Wash
ngton. where these distinguished arttes were enesg
ed 20 appear Feb. 10th, affords them oppo-tuu Of
making their first appearance before Knoxville audi
ence. supported bya ~ -....-I-..
FIRST Class Dramatic and Operatic Troupe.
Each evening will be presented one Of those gra-
romantic dramas in which they have won the highest
OF the best critics Of Grea. Britain and the
United States.
Popular Prices-Balcony 50 cts: Parquette % cts.
Reserved seats 81 o..
Seats secured at Z. 7. Book House. 80
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30
A Quiet and Orderly City,

Yesterday the Recorder had brought be-
fore him so prisoners, tresspassers of the
law, the majority being for minor offenses.
The city treasury was beHefitted to the
amount of $50 for fines collected. Mem
7,kis dr0ldache.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-01-30

a war is raging between theiCity Coun-
cils and the Gas Company at Keokuk,
Iowa, and the gas has been cut off from all
the city buildings.