Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-13

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! Ezraz55I3bals III IN DissIPs;iea.
is followed BY q long train Of evil disas-
ters just 80 sure ~ the rising follows the
setting sun: Each day shows. Its chapter
Of the fruits Of intemperanoe; and were,
the effects Of total disregard Of the laws,
OF nature thrice doubled should men drop.
dead on the streets every hour Of the day
from the indulgence in that which is hurt
ful-there still would be no cessation ii in the.
unnatural craving, no decrease III tie prat
ification Of the baser passions. "A China
man did some extraordinary leaping the
other day; some jumping that one scarcely,
witnesses in lifetime. Midnight orgies
over the domino table and. q long-continu-
ed use Of opium had superinduced q se,,'
we're attack Of hemorrhoids, more common.
~ known as the piles, Locomotion be, /.
coming exceedingly difficult, he appplied
to an old 'fortyniner for relief: This arguo- 2
naut, who hates the whole Chinese race
with singular intensity, with proverbiaEt
sympathy and unrestrained mercy told the :.
distressed monaghan that he could make
an ointment that would effect cure in.
twenty-four hours; that the remedy was
compounded from q recipe an Egyptian
did his grandmother give, and one that had
never yet missed fire. The poor heather.
shed tears of gratitude at this joyful infor-
nation, and the two separated, the former
retiring to his mat and the improvised ply.
stefan to his laboratory, in cabin hard by, :.
to prepare from its mysteries the magical.
unguent. The first thing the sympathetic
miner did upon closing his door was to-,
take from his shelf can of concentrated
I've, bottle of turpentine, another of coar.
oil, paper Of cayenne pepper, and bot
tie OF California mustard From these
harmless remedial agents he soon mixed an
yeast can full of nice, soft and soothing :,
salve; and after writing q long letter to his
"old pardner'' out in the Black Hills, he !
went IN vuest of the ailing Chinaman =
The object of his solicitude was soon found,
and the medicine given him with the d.
rections that at precisely nine o'clock on.
the following morning he must apply it tos,
The affected parts, and above all to rub it
in well and he sure and do it with dispatch
Considerable emphasis was laid upon the
after part of the instructions to prevent
mistake. AT five minutes past nine O'Clock
he next morning, by Lauer & Swinn's
line, a horrible yell broke the stiffness Of
and the next instant q China
nan was seen flying through the air
md going in the direction Of the big ffume
Icross Elk creek. Reaching this he paus
d second, then rising he cleared it and.t
anne down on the other side; and before.
topping he jumped over the f1ume sixty
even times in succession, alighting fat
ooted on the ground each time. Some
ay that he went over sixty-eight times, but
We will let it 60 at the former number He
tarted over again, but when suspended in
be air directly over, he seemed to have,
hanged his mind, for he dropped on his
ll-fours and galloped along the flume un-
i he got to where it terminated, when he
Immediately whirled off into space and
,rned forty eight somersets before getting
, the ground. When it is remembered
lat the fume is at an average height of
lirty feet its whole length, the prodigious-
ess of the feat is better understood. Land
'g squarcly on the ground, the Chinaman
arted down More creek, and was seen
'ree days after down on the Columbia
yer, still running. ! y
THE Gaylord troupe were here Monday Sc
ight, but the Madame didn't tell what she - :,
new about Northwestern America and s
ustralia. 1t waa said that illness Of an Y.
'ileptic nature prevented her appearance, 49,
I'd without wishing her any harm, the 81
,ople were glad of it.. The old man Gay -
I'd promptly paid the bill had against
IN by this Office, because he was caught
the stage was leaving, and compelled to-" X
} it. Madame Matte will stop at Boise