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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-09-28

The VATICAN.-This word is often
used, but there are many who do not
know it's import The term refers to
a collection of buildings on one of the
seven hills of Rome, which covers a
space Of ], 200 feet in length by 1000
feet in breadth. 1t is built on the spot
once occupied by the garden Of the
cruel Nero. 1t owes its origin to the
Bishop Of Rome, who, in the early
part of the sixth century, erected a
humble residence on its site. About
the year ll6O, Pope Eugenious rebuilt
it on magnificent scale. Innocent II.
a few years afterwards, gave it up as
a residence to Peter H., King of ARA
gon. In 1905, Clement ", at the III
stigation Of the King Of France, re-
moved the Papal See from Rome to
Avignon, when the Vatican remained
in 4 condition Of obscurity and neg
ect for over 70 years.
But soon after the return of the
Pontiticial Court 10 Rome, an event
which had been so earnestly prayed
for by the poor Pctrarch, and which
finally took place in 1873, the Vatican
was put into Il state of repair, and
again enlarged, and thencetorth il
was considered as the regular palace
and residence of the Popes. who, one
after another. added fresh buildings to
it and gradual y cncircled it with an
tilulties, statues, pictures and books,
until it finally became the richest de
positorv in the world.
The library Of tie Vatican was
commenced 400 years ago. 1t CON
tains 10000 manuscripts, and among
them are some by Pliny, St Thomas
St. Charles Borrsmeo. and many He
brew, Syrian, Arabian, Armenian anc
other Bibles.
The whole of the immense building:
composing the Vatican are filled Will
statues found beneath the ruins OF An
cicnt Rome, with paintings by all Tho
great masters. and with curious med
ais and antiquities of almost ever,
description.
When it is known that there Eav'
! been cxhnmed more than seventy lhon
sand statues from the ruined temples
and palaces of Rome, the reader cal
! form some idea of the richness ot TIN
Vatican. 1t will ever bc held III ven
Grafton hy the student, the artist, an'
the scholar. Raphael and Michae
Angelo are cntIroncd there, and thcl
/ throne will he as enduring as the low
fot beauty or genius in the hearts o
their worShippcrs.
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WHAT is the cause of despondencyE

WHAT is the cause Of despondency1
What is the meaning of it? The cause
is q weak mind and the meaning 10
ain Nature never intended that one
Of her creatures should be a victim OF
q desire to feel and look the thunoer'
cloud. Never despond, for one OF the
6rst entrances of vice to the heart 10
made through the instromentallty OF
dasnondency. % Although we cannot
expect all our days and hours 70 q. oe
c;Ided as sunshine, we must not, tor
E mere momentary griefs, suppose that
thew are to be enshrouded in the m.sts t.,
If oS1 misery, or cloudcd by the opacity
of sorrow and misfortune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-09-28

Mr.. JOHN FOREST read lately before
the British Anthropological Institute
an account of the natives of Western
Australia, whom he visited. They are
divided into two great tribes. called
tho Jornderuss and the Ballavook,
which are again divided into innumer-
able sub-tribes. These great tribes
are exogamous; Jornderuss may
not marry a Jornderuss, but must
take BalIavook. Wife-steahng is a
constant source Of quarreling among
them, and the women are frequently
speared or killed. If husband dies,
his wife belongs to the oldest man of
his family, who either marries her or
gives her to some one else. The chill
drcn always belong to the mothers
tribe These natives do not wash, but
grease themselves with ochre to keep
away the flies. Tattooing and mark
ing on the shoulder and breast is al
ways universal among them, and the
rite of circumcision is practiced by all
the tribes that Mr.. Forest met with,
except those Of the southwest corner
of Australia. 1t is a religious ceremo-
ny, and the men and women part for a
fortnight upon the occasion Of it. The
interior are entirely without clothing
and suffer much from the cold. They
sleep in the open air, except IN wet
weather, when they build small huts.
Mr.. Forest believes that they have a
sort of belief in Supreme ocln%, but
can give very little information about
him. In the southwestern corner OF
Australia the name for father and
mother is the same as Tor God and
sun. They do not believe III natural
death, but always assume that some
other native has been the cause ct 1t
and frequently kill him for II. Cannl
halism is common among the natives
of thc interior: their weapons are lden
tcaI with those used III other parts o
Australia
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PROFESSOR RANDOLPH, in lengthy
paper on the sun, says: A molten or
white hot mass, $4,000 miles in dr.
ameter, equallipg in bulk 100000
worlds like our own, having sur.
rounding ocean of gas or fire, 5o,ooo
miles deep, tongues Of flame darting
upward more than $4,000 miles, vol
canic forces that hurl into the solar
atmosphere luminous matter to the
height of 100000 miles, drawing to it
self all the worlds belonging to Our
planets, and holding toem all in their
proper place; attracting with such
superior force the millions of solid and
stray masses that are wandering IN
the fathomless abyss that they rush
hopelessly toward him and fall into
his fiery embrace. And thus he con
tinues his sublime and resistless narcf
through his mighty orbit. having 9
period Of moro than 100000 O
years.
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THE Cross Of the Legion of Honor
was considered Scmcthin. worth
struggling for in IA" day al the FIRST
Empire. when the r.! ribbon was the
outward sign of tie gallant heart,
within which i, had inspired deeds #
high emprisc, but under the Second
Empire the number OF launbers OF de-
coyeeS became SO great that the i.egl-
on OF Honor at length ceased almost
to confer honor at all. In 1869 the
number of members of the order reach
ed 2s, 900 and has since gone on III
creasing. But bad as the abuse OF the
red ribbon was the lavi>hncss with
which the celebrated German Order OF
the Iron Cross has been distributed
leaves it altogether in the shade
Since the close of the Franco.Prussan
war, no fewer than "A, 900 of these re
wards have been granted from Berlin
and the honorary value-for intrinsic
value it has none-of the Order has
been diminished in consequence
To show what little Importance is at
tached to the once celebrated 1ror
Cross, over one hundred of those dec
orations are now lying unclaimed IL
one single department, which received
them for hospital attendants. 1t Il
easy enough to multiply rank until i
ceases to confer honor. Our own III
sane scattering around of military tt
ties is proof ample of this. We be
lieve the fewer titles, military or 9th
erwise, that exist the better for tn.
people, and that those which arc al
lowed should be few in number AM
given only to those to whom the pee
ple as whole delight to honor.
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Tur hest thing to give your enemy

THE best thing to give your enemy
is forgiveness; to your opponent. tot
erance; to a friend your heart; te
:, your child a good example; to faith
q o. Difference; to your mother, conduct
that will make her proud Of you
to yourself, respect; to all men CHAR
|ty: to God obedience.
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Dissolution Notice.
nE COPARTNERSHIP HERETO

ron ;s existing between John Foster and - Pc.
ksa NM sue Miners Home Hotel. and doing busi.
hatt,hrseIs the nrm name Of Foster 1 Peterson. q
mutn.,s Boise county. !. T.. bas been dissolved
ktere.s :. consent, Mr. Foster having purchascd the
De hn.,uM.Ar Ar. Peterson. viii continue 20 conduct
deh,. on tho premises - heretofore, receive
herenf aoe the nrm. and pay al the liabilities
QcAs~ JOHN FOSTB6.
'1scas. I. 7. January ls7S-wAl
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JONAS W. BROW y,

-rnpNrY AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW. AND
X,a-y plb.tc Idaho Clty. |. 1. Will practice
~ Egl-,- %. the Territory bfftcE on Com
III street, :wo door above Court House.
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Professional Cards.

,.r " JONES. BUSINESS MANAGER.

rragSEY tNp COUNSELLOR AT LAW. IDAHO
r..y / r. utlice oa Montgomery street. second
shtyr tue po,t0ttice.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
The Adventures OF an inexperienced
AcrOnaut.

Mr.. George s. Peduzzi, the adventur-
Gus Brooklyn druggist who, without
previous experience, assembled in bal
loon of his own make from the Cap.
itoline grounds last week, cut himself
loose in the basket and fell to the ground
near Oyster Bay, has returned to Brook
Ign and is confined to his bed with Sc
we're bruise on his head and wrencLed
knee. He will not be able to attend to
business for two weeks more. He de-
scribed his trip yesterday as follows:
" went up nicely and had just a1ittle
was a leak in bag of sand, and lost
deal of ballast before knew it. Hooked
at my barometer, and | was 1850 feet
high and right over Canarsie Bay. Well,
| did not want to get into an upper cur
rent and be swept out to sea, so | opened
the valve and lowered myself. Then l
was swept down low, and l thought
would land. l threw out my graphing
hook and called to farmer to catch hold
of the cable and throw it around tree.
He looked up at me and said: ITO the
deuce with your old balloon :" and l went
a-bumping through the trees, and the
hook got fastened. | had hold of the
NdiNC-iopC dll tIlc tllhC, duu tllc gas
was escaping in great volume.
The cable parted, and l bumped
into fence. l was thrown on my
knees, and my head struck against the
basket. | bounced over and the balloon
followed a rise in the ground, crushing
through the trees, making a terrible
noise. AS soon as got to high ground
| saw the sound before me, and knew
! would come down in the water if
didn't land somehow. So l cut loose
eight of the ropes that neld the basket
had ten in all-and let the gas pour out
AS reached the top of the hill cut the
ninth rope and l swept pretty low. Then
l cut the tenth and the basket struck the
ground and rolled down the hill to the
brook with me in It. | looked out and
saw my balloon sailing away like a car
rier pigeon-and how sorry was to see
it go. An old darby and his son came to
me and the negro boy was very much
frightened. He said: 'Fo' de Lord!
tot it was a big tin pan fallin' down
from heaven They took me to farm
house in a wagon and / stayed there a
week.
81 travelled fifty.three miles in all and
felt no change in the temperature. I did
the best could under the circumstances
and mean to try it again"
Mr.. Peduzzi believes that bis balloon
fell in the sound.-N. Y. Sun.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
The Antiquities of Long Island.

THE Christian Union, in reviewing
work of the above title, summarizes the
ancient settlers of Long Island, the
Dutch, in the following interesting man
ner:
Burials seem to have been matters to
which the Dutch on Long Island devoted
the most careful attention The first
money earned by young man after
coming of age was converted into coin
and saved TO meet his funeral expenses;
it was considered great disgrace, after
the age of twenty-three, to die without
leaving money enough to pay his funeral
expenses. Ii was also the custom TO APP
propriate new clothing for each member
of the family to serve rs burial SUIT
when occasion demanded, and such
clothing was never used for any other
purpose. We read that bountiful fcasts
were prepared for funeral parties, and
that rum, brandy, gin, pipes, tobacco and
cigars were passed among the attendants
at funerals as a simple act of hospital
lily. Funeral hospitality" reached its
height in Albany, however, for there it
became the custom To send out special
invitations TO funerals, each invitation
being accompanied by present of Il
linen scarf, a pair OF black silk gloves, a
bottle of old Madeira wine and two
funeral cakes" The age of the wine
was, IN the case ot married people, de-
termined by the time they had passed in
wedlock, for il was the custom for "A
young man when about TO be married In
send 10 Madeira for pipe or two of the
best wine: part OF this was used at the
marriage feast and the remainder was
used Tor funeral presents on the dcccase
of himself or his wife.
Schools were provided for hy the
Dutch in the earliest days Of the colony.
and the SchoOlmaster was very iWpur-
taut parsonage. In addition 10 the orli-
nary duties OF q teacher he Was the
chorisler and hell.ringer Of the church.
he read many OF the " lessons" as well As
The Commandments and Articles Of
talih 90 the congregation, instructed the
children IN the CateChism on SUNDAY.
provided water for the baptismal service.
Dread ana vine for the communion. gave
The iunera. invitations, aud tolled the
bell. When The MINISTER was absent the
teacher was 90 read from the pulpit AN
approved sermoa. His salary was paya.
bel in wheat delivered at BROOKLYN
Ferry.
In their pubic records the Dutch seem
10 have admitted uicknamcs as a matter
of course We read that il was directed
a." that Old Bash deliver into he hands of
the Treasurer the scales and WEIGHTS
that be hath exc; "that TOP Eaat
Betty and her children be provided for
as objects of charity" and that the
Treasurer let ScaFcb0Ucb have s. new suit
and assist him in what's wanting"
A list Of prices paid in the oldcn times
is provocative of much mourning to the
modern householder Beef was three
cents per pound, eggs four cents per
dozen, butter six cents per pound, and
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03

home. my good woman, and don't you
shed another tearr'
meet few other such men. If they
come across lad wailing over cold toes,
or fall, or beating, they will stop, pat
him on the head, and by speaking a
dozen kind words they will make the
boy almost believe that he lives under a
new sun and in q new country.
When sickness or fire or flood comes /
like man to knock at my door and in
quirc if he can be of any use. Ifhe can
do me favor shall ever feel grateful;
II there is nothing for him to do l feel
grateful for his offer, and / almost wish
that he had some trouble so that could
offer my purse and my services.
say hang man who skulks along
in the fence-corners for fear that some
one will want to borrow dime of him,
or will ask his strength for moment to
help roll log away. The Lord put US
here to help each other-to work togeth-
er-to lift each other over life's stun
bling blocks, and when can't do my full
share of such work Pm going to take
poison, and no one will care.-M Quad,
IN Our Fireside Friend.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
Rules In Hiying Bees.

S. j. Parker, NJ. D., gives the German.
town Telegraph series of rules to be Oh,
served in hiving bees, of which the fol-
lowing is a condensation:
l. Allow no one to stir or make the
least noise while the bees are lighting
What! Not blow a horn or ring bell OF
drum on tin pan or throw dust or
water? Not do anythings Yes, reader; just
exactly Go nothing but keep still. Now
| have followed this rule in over 800
swarms have hived for myself and 9TH
ers, and tell you the broad fact, | have
never lost single swarm in all that
number. Bees aotN not go 200 feet from
the hire they come out Of If you let all be per-
tectiy quiet and there is anything to light
on. My bees, not one out of hundred
swarms go even 100 feet before they
dIicdys iigM So it will be with your
bees, reader. So make it a rule to have
no stirring, no noise, but all quiet until
they are well lighted. Then bring out
the hive from the cool cellar-where it
has been but a day or two, lest it get
damp and moldy-neat and clean, and
as you of course have the strips of boards
or sticks, boards, hiving-cloth, etc,
ready, proceed to place your ladder and
platform in the tree or on the ground,
and other appliances, so that before the
last bee has lit you are ready to hive
them.
2. Never put a swarm of bees direct.
ly into hive. You ask why not? Be-
cause if you do the oees may not know
ii is a hive they are in but only think
they have had slight accident or jar
while yet on their lighting limb or place,
So they will leave the hive and go off TO
the woods because they don't know they
are hived. Hence you will place the
hive so that when shaken off the limb
they lit on they all have to creep buzZing
into the hive, and ali go voluntarily up
on the inside OF it. Then they will not
make the mistake of thinking they are
net hived but will know they have &C
cepted hive.
3. You need net be very quiet or
slow about making bees go into the hive.
You minded the bees till they lit, now is
the time to change oand make them mind
YOU. So a gentle rudeness in shaking of
the limb is as good as saying TO them,
Bees. YOU have left your lighting-place.n
Ii they don't 20 in the hive readily take
a dipper or fat piece of single or board,
dip up few, a pint or so, and shake
them roughly close TO the hive, as if to
say, There is the hive, why don't you
see it?" Then brush rapidly, bat gently,
the rest toward the hive.
1. As soon as the most of them are
in, be ready to remove them 10 their per-
manent stand. Thus You avoid me com
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
Keep Up. Your Fires.

There is one cause of sore throat and
lung disease which has hardly been
thought of, and deserves to be renri-
manded. That cause is chilly houses in
damp weather Nothing in the limits Of
bad housekeeping more excites the ire Of
a sensitive person than the poor economy
of putting out fires as soon as the
almanac marks the time when warm
weather is due. After the 10Th of April
most housekeepers have stoves taken
down and heaters removed, leaving the
family to SILVER through the long Nav
storms and chilly mornings of June-for
our latitude knows such mornings. and
brings on coughs, checking perspiration
and laying the train of fevers and neu
ralgla.
The cause of at least one-third of the
disorders common in spring we believe
to be the half-chilled condition in which
the people force the 1selves to live. 1t
is wrong to allow child or sensitive per-
son to shiver at any time, for the chill
which causes such sensation must do
harm. The system is half penetrated by
cold before the creeping, shivering sen.
sation comes on.
A full-blooded, healthy person may
tdhc Colu DdlH III a COlu TOOI1 IN winter
without shivering, the instant touch of
the water being followed by a warm
glow; the same person may be so chilled
sitting in room below the proper heat
for time that serious consequences
follow. When women 60 about the
house wrapped in shawls it is a sure
sign that fires are needed, and, if economy
refuses to light them, it will be justly re-
warded by the cold and headaches that
are sure to follow
One grand maxim of life is to keep
comfortable, and there is much more in
that sentence than most of the people
see. 1t does not enjoin mere self-indul-
gence; bat it compels one to keep ones
own body and mind in the best working
order You can't be useful or good
humored when suffering, and regard for
others, as well as your own happiness,
will prompt you to do both. So have
the fires lighted if you are cold even in
August - Western Rural.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-06-03
A Boil on the Nose.

IT is little thing, but it is source of
untold misery to its unlucky proprietor.
We suppose you have had one? AL.
most everybody has.
You feel it coming long before it really
puts in decided appearance. Your
nose feels tight and straight, and it aches
in little, needle-like pains, and you are
painfully conscious of the fact that you
are the possessor Of a nose.
Whenever, for any cause, you begin
TO be more conscious of owning one Or
gan of the body than another, then be
assured there is disease there. A person
in perfect health knows no ears, no eyes,
no limbs, no feet-they are all concen-
trated in one comfortable feeling that he
is sound in every part.
AS your nose grows worse you begin
to consult hand-mirror, and set it up
against the window for better light
Your nose il like a painting-it requires
full head of light; and indeed it looks
as If it had not only been painted, but
vanished.
Hourly it loses its fair proportions,
and assumes no particular shape. 1t
twists first to one side, and then to the
other; and it bulges out like broken
umbrella, and the space under your eye
is pulled and baggy, and the eye itself
shows signs of going under.
Your wife wants to go to ball or an
opera about that time, but you are too
much disfgurcd to venture, and she is
sulky in consequence, and spitefully says
she wishes she had married man who
wasn't foreverlastingly having boils.
And she adds that she might as well have
been Mrs job, and done with it.
Your small children eye you curiously
and tell you confidentiaily that your nose
looks just like old Blazo's when he's
tight; and they embrace the first oppor-
tunity of asking their mother "if she
thinks father drinks"
Everybody you meet asks you if you
have been fighting. People in the street.
cars stare at you, and whisper about
smallpox, and move farther off.
Schoolgirls giggle when they meet
you, and from small boys you get saluted
in this wise,
Say, nosel where are you going with
that MANI"
How earnestly you watch the rising
and swelling of your tormentor! N,
culturist of roses ever watched the un
folding Of some new and rare variety OF
rosebud with any more solicitude.
How long it is coming to headl
Everybody laughs at your dneasiness
and tells you to be patient.
How slow the time is in passing! Will
it never be next week? Why doesn't the
abomination breaky viii it leave a scar
What did make it come? Will there be
more Of them9
Why didn'tyou appreciate your felicity
when you hadn't any boil?
At last, after you have completely
given out and have become resigned to q
perpetual boil on your nose, the swelling
suddenly collapses, the "core" comes
out, and
Richard is himself againln-Katt
Thorn, in N. Y. Weekly