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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27

my dear Polly, | am surprised al
your taste in wearing another Wo'
mans hair on your head" said MI.
Smith to his wife. my dearest Joe,
am equally astonished that you per-
sist in wearing another sleeps wool
on your back"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27
The mining districts Of Alturas and

The mining districts Of Alturas and
those of Boise county possess many
advantages in the way of facilities for
working the mines advantageously
and cheaply. 1t is rare thing TO
find an abundance of timber and wa
ter in close proximity with rich and
extensive silver and gold hearing
lodes; but in these two counties IL IS
so. Boise county is probably better
sunplied with timber for making lum-
Der than any other county in the Ter
ritory. while for mining timber there
is plenty of it wherever there are
mines to be worked. Alturas has a
fair supply of such timber as is suita-
bic for saw milling, but not IN such
abundance as in Boise county. I'm
Der however, suitable for use IN
mines is abundant and convenient to
the mines wherever they are known 10
exist: and it of course follows that
there is an abundance OF wood Tor
nurposes of fuel in making steam,
burning coal and heating furnaces.
Water is plentiful and Of the best
quality. 1t is free from those prop
critics so destructive to boilers, as is
the case at Virginia City and many
other rich quartz m ming districts.
These are considerations that should
be noted by those who are looking at
and who contemplate investing capt.
tai in mines. Starting. from Idaho
City and going north east by way OF
Banner to Atlanta and Rocky Bar
One continuous belt of the best OF
timber is found to exist, which con-
tinues for long distance to the east
and north. From Banner City cross
inc over to Atlanta a distance OF say
thirty miles in direct line, there are
no less than six rivers, with their IN
Vulnerable small tributaries, flowing
through and watering the country
The mines at and adjacent to Rocky
Bar, including the great Bonapartt
mine, are all so well supplied with
timber. water and all the clements es
sential to the cheap working of them
as to constitute an important feature
in their cheap and expeditions work,
ing; while at Virginia City and most
other quartz mining districts wood for
timbering mines, making steam, &c,
has to be brought long distances
We have it standing and growing
over the leads and at our camp doors
Capital and modes of egress and
ingress are the only essentials these
two counties want to make them pop
ulous and Furnishing These have
got to come, and the sooner those in
terested in the prosperity Of the coun
try look seriously into the matter and
put their shoulders to the wheel the
better.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27
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To the Working Class.-We can fu,,;..
employment at which you can make very l a.a 10
in your own localities, without being aass 20 gl
home over night. Agents wanted in ever. l0a
and county to take subscribers for The oen,.. ION
Record, the largest publication in the Tnjta1
10 pages, Ga columns; Elegantly ilrs.. aSa
Terms 81 per year. Mhe Record is dsr sasss
whatever is of interest connected with the cns
al year. The Great Exhibition at PhjadsrIs9'
fully illustrated in detail. Everybody wantsjt
whole people feel great interest in their caa,.ia
Centennial Birthday, and want to know all aSoaj
An elegant patriotic crayon drawing preminm y,
ure is presented free to each subscriber. ni.nS1
tied. "In Remembrance of the One Hundred6' y, 'te
versary of the Independence of he United S,..a.
Size, % by 30 inches. Any one can become ~
cessful agent, for but show the paper and n@s
and hundreds OF subscribers are easily ohsppsS.
erywhere There no business that win ns,r
this at present. We have many agents WI =
making as high as $40 per day and upwards "
is the time: don't delay. Remember it cod, nj /
ing 10 give the business trial. Send for our ~
lars, terms, and sample copy of paper, wbjeS !,
sent free to all who apply; do it to-day. Conn.,
outfit free to those who decide to engage. Farm
ana mechanics. and their sons and daughters ~
the very best of agents. Address,
THE CENTENNIAL RECORD, Portland. Main,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27
HOW WAS CHRIST CRUCIFIED.
The Great Scene Depicted in Novel Way by a
California Artist.
Correspondence of the Baltimore SUM-

correspondence of the Baltimore Sun.
An admirable picture of the cruel
fixion on Calvary has been exhibited
for criticism and correction before
taking it abroad. 1t is full size. The
cross differs from all extant pictures.
In height it is but little taller than
a man. Midway is a projecting sad
die, upon which the person sits astride.
Irancus, Justin and Tertullian SO des-
cribed it. Modern artists have omit
ted this, but it is obvious that the out
stretched arms could not maintain, nor
could the nailed hands have supported,
the body as usually represented All
historians say the legs were tied to-
the cross, and aftcrward spikes were
driven through the feet, as through
the hands. There is no mention of a
foot-rest, but the artist has suppl ed
one, because the feet cannot be spiked
without. The inscription on the cross,
affixed to the top, is pnrposely and in
geniously ilIegible, because each of
four gospels give it differently. There
being no regard of personal appear
ance, every one is at liberty to draw
on his imagination. Here the artist
exhibits consummate skill. 4 more
spiritual countenance we never saw.
The hair is auburn, long, and in ring
lets. The person is spare and ot short
stature. At the foot of the Cross are
only the eXccutioners of the law. No.
one is represented as piercing the side
with spear. Nor are any conncc-
tons, as Mary and John, present, this
being direct contradiction of the
three synoptic gospels. 1t is usual
to show blood flowing from the wounds
in the hands and feet. This is omit
ted, because history tells us that
wrought iron, being our best styptic,
instantly stops the flow of blood. 1t
is popularity supposed that the sacri
flee consisted in the shedding of blood.
Paul makes this Indispensable Yet
it Is mistake. A slight cut on
schoolboys finger sheds more blood.
Death results from exhaustion, mott
from bleeding.
There were several marginal pic
lures illustrating various miracles and
other scriptural stories. Perhaps the
most striking, and certainly the most
artistic, represents Jesus escorted toI
the place Of execution by a lowly mul
titudc exulting in his fate. The cen.
trail figure is clothed in scarlet, ac.
cording to Matthew, in preference to
purple, which Mark and John say was
the color. And the man of Nazareth
walks majestically, as to a voluntary
sacrifice. 1t is usual, and almost in
dispensable to public taste, to show
him bearing his cross and bowed
down beneath the burden, according
to John. But the artist, following the
three synoptic gospels, which deny
Johns story, shows Simon carrying
the cross, stout plebeian, who walks
upright with it. The artist considers
it one great merit Of his painting over
others, that it is tue to history, &C
cording to The plainest and most con-
sistent non.scctariau interpretations
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27

EVIDENCE ACCUMuLArEs.-Each sue.
ceeding day brings new evidences OF
the wholly unprepared condition OF
the military arm of the government to
protect the settlers of this section of
country against sudden outbreaks of
Indians. Although it has been held
out to the settlers that ample military
preparation should be on the ground
to enforce the orders to remove Jo-
seph upon the reservation. Six
months have elapsed since the issu.
ance of the order from Washington,
and to-day there is not force enough
here to hold in check the single f rec
Of Joseph's 200 warriors, and give
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-07-27

lCdl luDJ tOSh
four or five hundred feet long on 1t,
and a small outlay Of capital would
put it in working order. This and
other valuable property was aban'
doned years ago by an English COM
pany who had become Disguised with
the country through bad management
The Old Chunk mine is located at
the eastern end of the Atlanta lead, so
far as that lead has been traced, It's
eastern terminus being on the western
side of Montezuma gulch. 1t is
owned by Messrs. Steadman and Turn
er, who are running tunnel tor It's
development, and situated as 1t is, IT.
can hardly fail to prove bonanza
I think Atlanta has a bright future
before it. There is quartz belt OF
ten or twelve miles in width, OF which
the Atlanta may be regarded as a
head center. Nothing short OF bad
management can keep it back much
longer 1t also possesses other advan'
tages of which | intend to speak here
after. There are some men connected
with it whose business ability and
whose energy ought to be suthcleF
to leaven lump that will bring it up
ere long. There are, as in all mining
towns, too many idle men. Men who
are holding on to quartz, and doing
but little to advance the interests OF
the country except consuming Jacobs
best. The town is not growing rap
idly. Smith 4 Steadman are moving
their old saloon back and putting up
two story front addition, which will
add to the appearance Of the street.
Charles II. Furey, one of the popular
merchants Of the place, intends to put
I'D a new store this summer. If in
dustry, business ability and gentle
manly department count for anything
! Charlie is a success.
j. Ii. Casey, an old resident and
contractor for the Monarch mine, has
several teams delivering quartz TO the
Monarch mill. He has recently sold
to parties in Boise City for the use of
the government his train Of mules
that had been in use packing, ship
ping ore to Rocky Bar.
". J. Doolin is an old resident who
has long been producer Of bullion III
this camp, and never dronc. James
Dardis is also producer as well as
writer. He is Il little bashful, but
wishes it made known that old maids
and widows are in demand at Allan
Ia. Altogether there is good class
of people in Atlanta and Rocky Bar,
and they have county unsurpassed
in natural wealth to operate in. They
also have a correct appreciation of
service rendered by the journals of
the country, as is shown by the large
list of subscribers furnished the
| WORLD.
c. L. Riley, one of the County Com
missonerS, is a man OF much pIaCtic-
al sense and experience, and valua-
Die member of the board that looks af
ter county affairs. He is proprietor
of a fine steam saw mill located five
miles below Rocky Bar OH the stage
road below RattleSnake station, in the
midst of body of timber unsurpassed
for saw mill and building purposes.
But it's astonishing that such man,
with his genial disposition, good
looks and agreeable conversational
powers should remain a bachelor.
1t will require considerable space
and some time to tell all | know
about AIturas county.
RoUsTABoUT.
EVIDENCE ACCUMuLATEs.-E sue
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01
A short supply OF Sugar.

Among the commercial and economical
phenomena which have marked the year just
passed, We may note n signal falling of in
the production Of sugar alton He'd bya some
what serious disturbance in the market for
that article. 4 glance at n few pertinent
figures will show the precise extent and
bearing of this rctrogradc movement on tho
part of an important staple
The total product of sugar throughout the
world ten years ago did not much exceed
two million tons, but by 1873 IL had expand
ed moro than fifty per cont, being then COM
putcd at not less than $4,000 From this
point 10 the yield Of 1876 occurs an abrupt
shrinkagc Of more than half'a million tons.
and, what Is singular, the deficiency was not
confined to a single quarter, but seems to
have been equally apportioned among the
sugar-producng countries. The extension
of the Cuban instruction to the plantations
in the centre Of the island could ac-
count for diminished returns from those
varieties Of the staple extracted from the
cane. A similar decline, however, was re-
marked in those parts of Europe which are
accustomed TO rely mainly ON the beet root
for their supplies. Thus to cite the exact
data, cane sugar which n year before touched
its maximum contribution OF l,3l0,0OO TONS
was credited in 1876 with only $4,000, while
beet sugar fell Off in the same short period
from l,s500OO to &c., 900 tons.
Notwithstanding the rapid development
which beet root culture has acquired during
the last few years, the consumption of sugar
has more than kept pace, and the deficit
just signalizcd in the crops of 1876 cannot be
easily supported. The present demand for
the commodity on the part Of Europe, the
United States, and the British colonies, is
estimated at more than three million tons (;
and it is interesting To observe what pro-
portions of this aggregate are assigned to
different countries. The annual consump-
ton Of sugar, for instance, in Grcat Britain
attains the astonishing figure of flfty-siX
pounds head. Next comes the American
! citizen, who eXacts not less than Orty-eight
pounds, and then the prosperous Belgian,
who takes twenty. France, Germany Den
mark, and Holland sovcrally require on an
average sixteen pounds for each inhabitant.
On tho other hand it Is worth noting that
the heavily taxed Russian mouJk and the
impoverished Spaniard can afford but six
| pounds apiece, the Greek hut four pounds,
and his Turkish ncighbor only two. There
would seem to lie a certain amount of plausi-
| hilty in the assertion of some economists
that the well-beng of Il given people may he
accurately measured by its use Of this COM
| modify
Up TO the end Of October the reduction in
! the yield of cane sugar was the only disturb
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

ing influence In the market; but the con-
tractcd product of the beet crop weighed
heavily ON the last two months Of the year.
On the 3lst of October the stock Of sugar
ON hand in Europe and the United States was
smaller than IL had been for ten years, ag-
grcgating only 27O,OO0 tons, against 10000
at the same season of 1875. The situation is
now much aggravated, since, instead of being
augmented, according to rule, between No
vcmbcr and December by the surplus OF
beet sugar over immediate demand, the
stock In reserve must undergo a fresh de-
plction, equivalent to the deficit In European
production. 1t would scem therefore, to be
inevitable that the consumers resources
should DO excessively straitcned during
the next few months. This prospect Is es-
pecially unwelcome to England and the
United States which contribute most largely
to the demand; and 1t explains the consider
able rise In price which the staple has lately
experienced. One gainful result, however,
may be looked for from the Inadequate yield
of the past year. The deficiency Of sugar
must stimulate the cultivation Of the beet
root in countries where it has secured foot
ing, and may lead to its introduction else
where. There is no doubt, for instance, that
our Middle States are no less happily adapt
ed than Germany or Russia " this most
profitable industry.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

Mr. $. MILLER HAGEMAN, of the BROOKLYN
Tabernacle. being Impressed Alt the majesty of silence,
celebrates the praises thereof poe Of hundred
aud one sanN', although At the outset he lays down
this principle
"silence the law OF being Sound, the breaking of ,he
rule
We viii quote su}e ,ilnll Of th. prnluciiun which
E'cn hcauuml> printed To illustrate once moro ihc m.
hucnoe ol q MAsHiSsToN Cmlps, A upon American
p0c,>i
hV made.
Whether ,ou ami together IN a kindred ground are
snall ,lnmhcr hutn rocks not who shall touyhme in
tn -lunu.
Twin, maj ,Igp within the cradle. &c mot twin, vluu
Tie tDnh
II silence so ercat thing. why did HAGKsAN brca, u
with his Atte lpohf
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

President GRANT, 1t is said, desires to bring
about an immediate resumption Of specie pay
ments. and will soon send a message to Con-
grcss asking for legislation in aid Of the meas
uro. THE SUN pointed out. as long ago as last
August. that the Resumption act Of 1916. still in
force. gives the Secretary of the Treasury power
to sell as many bonds as he plcascs for gold.
and that by beginning to accumulate gold by
this means he can. at any time. bring public
confidence up to the point OF regarding green
backs as equal to gold, and thus achieve all the
substantial benefits OF their redemption What
IL wanted is not the actual payment and cancel
laton of the grecnbacks. but to make them as
good as gold for all commercial purposes. This
object can be accomplished by the law IA 1t
stands. and there is no need to call upon Con-
gress for assistance.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01
The KELSEY murder got show in the
State Assembly yesterday.

A bill has been introduced In the Assembly
by Mr.. FLEcKE to abolish the Department OF
Public Parks in this city. and transfer the man
agement Of thc parks to the Commissioner Of
Public Works. We are opposed TO this bill.
The Central Park has cost the city many mil
lions OF dollars and is worth all it has cost, but
il will not bc safe 10 put its control into the
hands Of any political official. 1t was greatly
injured when il was managed by the Tammany
Ring; and if il should now be east into the COM
mon sewer Of local politics. lis beauty and its
value would presently be destroyed. No such
bill ought 10 pass
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01
Many of our CONTEMPORARIES lately PUBLISH

Many of our CONTEMPORARIES lately publish
ed a statement from an apparently authentic
source to the effect that the Spanish Govern
ment had male no attempts 10 settle the Cuban
question on the basis of granting local sef-gov-
eminent to the insurgents. or 10y making any
other concessions short of entire independence.
The Spanish Government lost its dominion
over Cuba years ago when the Spanish element
in the island kicked Gen. DULCE ont of it, When
the Cuban question is finally settled, the settle
mont Will lee made between the Spnniarls in
Cuba and the Government of the Republic. The
spanish Government Will have no voice in the
matter
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01
The Republican Party Saved.

The arbitration is the escape Of the Re-
publican party from threatened destruction.
A conspiracy had been entered into to
count Mr.. HAYES in rs President. II was
based on fraudulent returns from Florida
and Louisiana. The plan proposed was to
bc carried through by the President of the
Senate, supported as it was expected it
would bc, 10y the Republican majority in that
body
This was the scheme, but IL must now be
apparent to every one that it could not have
been carried out; and that if 1T had been
carried out, it would have ruined the
Republican party forever. The majority of
the Senate would not have consented 10 it,
and the failure would have lett the Republic
can body broken by n radical and fatal
schism, and covered with the shame of u
defeated conspiracy.
Now, IL Is true there has been controver-
sy within the party. not much worse than
all parties continually have Ia undergo hut
the result il that the Republicans are cxtri-
Gated from their immediate peril. Tho
almost absolute decision Of the Presidential
question is left to Judge JOSEPH Z. BRAD
LEY Of Newark, a partisan to whom his
party never looked in vain. HAYES being
counted in, the frauds by which this result
is established will be covered with the quasi
mantle of the supreme Court and if TGLDES
should possibly Ice declared elected. the Re-
publican party will yet haycbccn preserved.
The gain to the Republicans in this Elcc-
toral bill is something immense and unparal-
lcled, while the Democrats have been sig
nally circumventcd The Democratic House
Of Representatives had the determination
Of this great question in their own hands
and now it is in the hands OF JosErn T.
BRADLEY.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

The ten days struggle for the Office Of
Senator from Kansas ended yesterday in the
election of Mr.. PLUMB. who IL a good specimen
Of the trading politicians Of that corrupt State.
He has been for twenty years n Spectator in
land and town lots. in banking. in legislation.
in law. in newspapers. and in everything else
that anything could be made out Of. He il a
man Of small mind and less character. He will
be- the duest man in the Senate. but. in other
respects. is a TT successor Of Subsidy PoMERoy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

A question that has been under debate for
some time was settled yesterday by the declara-
ton OF the House that Colorado is a State and
by the admission OF its member. The two
Senators OF the new State were admitted some
time ago. So that the dispute over It's status is
closed. and properly so.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

The Blocker Street Univcrsalist Church
squabblc. in which clergymcn and laymcn are
involved. and which has been the cause Of 50
SO much pickering for year past and which
the brethren have failed to settle is - end in n
civil suit for libel brought by the Re,. Mr.. Nc
CARTHy against the Rev. Mr.. SwEETsEn. Tae
developments made in the course Of the rumpus
and before the church tribunal within the past
few days. have not been conducive TO the public
eliilcatiOn.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01
From Father TArr's annual report we de

From Father TAFr's annual report we de-
rive the interesting fact that the country has re-
Gently paid $3.50 for portrait Of LANpAuLEr
WILLIAMS, Intended To adorn the walls of the
Department OF Justice. We suppose that in due
time PiEHREPoNr viii he painted. and then TAFT
in his turn II an artist Of sufficient grasp can
be- found. What notable gallery it Will be
WILLIAMS PmRREroNT. and Father TAFT all
hanging in Il roWl
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

The members Of the Louisiana Returning
Board do not like TO loo kept in close conilne-
ment during their enforced stay in Washing
ton but the whole country will now agree that
it is dangerous for such frauds 10 be at large u
single day of their lives.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

A correspondent Of the Worcester Spy
while not directly accusing Mr.. q. WASHINGTON
CHILDs. A. NJ. of plagiarism. writes in man
ner which cannot fail to affect unplcasantly all
who have ut heart the literary reputation of the
Philadelphia poet. In regard to an obituary
stanza recently commended by the Methodist.
the Worcester gentleman says:
at l. impossible to suppose that critic In RELIGIOUS
Journal could have wru With other tlinna ~uous pur
pose. on 80 serious subject Yet the degree o rnur-
ing The Inns were wriit b, jams ALIaiCH. poet
York and died in 1876 Some specimens o his poetry
may be found IA CRiswOLDs Poets aud i0etry Vt Am,
lea
We thought this charge Of plagiarism. boldly
put forward by some men who are cnvious Of
q. WASHINGTON CnILps A. VI. 8 fame. and in
simulated by others equally jealous but less cour-
ageous. had been effcctuay disposed OF long
ago. CHILDs, AM. like WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE.
takes his materials where he finds them. and
makes them his own 10y the magic Of his genius.
written by JAMES ALDgICH:
"Iler suffering ended with the day
Vet iN rd She at it. clos,
And hrrath,d the Ions long nie away,
Ia statue like 7, pose
Compare with this the perfected and glorilcd
version of the Philadelphia bard:
MS surcrings ended with the day
Yet lived hc AT 10. clus'
And hr'athed the all too long nisht away
In statue like rerose.
kind and aiivt Tomato untlc.h
We hope we have heard the last Of G. WASH
INGIoS CHILDs. A. NJ. = plagiarism.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-02-01

1t will be easy as lying for WELLS and the
other members Of the Louisiana Returning
Board to contradict the evidence of their cheat
ing that is daily accommodating against them;
but ~ disprove 1t IL beyond their power.