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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-08-26
FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1881.

cent. of the whole.
A Connecticut woman has given
her son q large comforter made Of hair
cut from her own head during ten
years.
White county, Tennessee, turns up
human skeletons nine feet high. They
must be of race which knocked
down thoir persimmons without poles.
There is girl in Litch6eld, Mass.
who can see only distant objects with
one eye, and with the other only near
ones greatly magnified.
The ex-Empress Eugene has heen
travelling in Germany incognitio, but
retains enough of her former magnifi-
cence to keep retinue of ten persons
wherever she goes.
The comparative net gain to the
United States, by the absence of a
standing army, must be at least $780,.
100000 per year. Such a saving en-
ables US to outstrip all other nations
in the increase Of wealth.
Walter Bray, for thirty years a pop
ular negro minstrel, is a hopeless lu-
matte in Massachusetts asylum. His
right name is Baker, and he is son
OF the Gen. Baker who was killed at
the battle of Balls Bluff.
The salt production of the United
States has greatly increased the past
year. Michigan alone produced as
much last year as all the States did in
1860. Utah has an advantage over
all the States in its Salt Lake.
The condition of the peasants in
Russia is getting worse and worse.
Large numbers in utter despair are
leaving the interior and migrating to
Siberia with view of lettering their
condition. They are described as
half naked, and utterly without means.
The New York Worlds Washing
ton special says: 1t is rumored that
the Secretary Of State has call for a
special session of the Senate, signed
by the President and ready to be issu-
ed There seems to be good reasons
for believing that this rumor is well
founded.
The standing armies Of Europe i'm
poverish the nations. Their direct
cost is immense, but their indirect cost
is greater. For 100000 or 800 900 of
the best laborers are turned from pro-
ducers into consumers. Their labor
ought to produce an average value per
man of $500 per year, An army Of
100000 men occasions, therefore, a
loss in productive industry of $780,
100000 per year
Mr.. Husselman, who lately visited
the Caleveras grove of big trees says
the seeds are exceedingly hard to
gather. They grow in cone not
bigger than small egg and fall be-
fore the cone does. The immense
hight Of the trees forbids any plan for
gathering them. Seed is worth $50
per pound. One man there makes
good wages shooting cones ont of the
tree tops with his rifle. He blonght
some down for our informant. The
seedlings grow in numbers, and are
dug up and taken away by nursery
men.
The total number of miles of rail-
roads Of the United States in opera
ton at the close of 1880 was 1881
miles, an increase for the year of L.
III miles, against 2,77l miles the pre-.
vious year and 2,6S7 miles in 1878.
The gross earnings for the railroads
E., 1OOn ...~.. ac1E ln1 nO1
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-08-26
WHOLESALE
IDAHO CITY

at less prices than they can lay them down
here. A general store Of well-selectd|
spring and summer stock, and am able n
sell cheaper than ever before, because |
have bought all new fresh goods and anil
doing my own transportation, which al
lows me to sell cheaper than any Other
firm in the Territory; therefore giving all
my customers and friends the advautasg|
of buying cheap, Fancy Goods and Dry
Goods, Groceries, Dried Fruits, Sugars
Coffees and Teas, Canned Goods, Boots
Shoes and Clothing, Saddles, Harness and
Leather.
The highest cash prices paid for Hids
and Furs.
Yours, Very Respectfully,
]. 3. EMERY. /
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
HUMORS OF THE DAY.

The soft corn is hard enough to bear.
Domestic dispatch--Johnny with the
hot buckwheat.
The greatest Washers turn out the
smallest potatoes.
"You will love only me, George, dar--
ling? sometimes" he says.
When a New York young man pops
the question he says: "Let's consoli-
date.
The New York NelcS declares that sit
was a farseeing chap who invented the
telescope"
The 'Ironclad Oath" is when fellow
reclines on the zenith end of tack with
his bare foot.
In New England they are making rum
from old shoes. One drink of it starts
the flow of sole.
II we were girl we would select q
lover from among tailors-for they all
know how to press suit.
The lazy boy fears that if he once be
gins to earn his own living he will be al
ways expected to do it,
The original poem read by Bjornsternt
Biournson, just before he begins hi
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
Sweet Peas in Hanging Baskets.

Sweet peas in hanging baskets sus-
pended in the window are very beauti-
full objects. Their trailing stems and
bright foliage fall very gracefully on
all sides, and are of themselves very
pretty. and when the flowers appear
the effect is elegant. 10 have them
bloom in summer and fall, the seed
should be sown now in pots, and then
be placed in warm window or fran.
A correspondent in Gardening Illus
tated recommends sowing in four inch
pots about twenty peas IN each pot.
When the young seedlings are we'll up,
and require more room they must be
transferred to the baskets, three or
more pots in each, according to the
size of the basket, which should be
lined with green moss. Light rich
soil is necessary. While the peas are
growing. liquid manure should be
freely used, and the baskets should be
hung near the glass. This will stimu-
late growth and early bloom. The
variety of color and the sweet odor of
the flowers make them desirable
Among the most desirable varieties
are the painted lady, violet queen,
Capt. Clark, tricolor, light blue and
purple, black purple, striped and in
vincible scarlet.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
SHEAR MISDON.

"What is your vite's particular lit
tie gameI' asked a friend of hen
pecked husband. when she gets
Thoroughly mad, it's draw poker. =
brooklyn Eagio.
1t said that George Riddle intends
to Mary Anderson. What George
intentions are do not amount to so
much as long as Mary's are a Riddle.
~ y. Star.
When a maiden gets too old 20 catch
husband she takes to the platform
and goes around lecturing on "What
shall we do with our daughters? =
Philadelphia Ne,rs.
louisville has a humorous weekly
cal ed StrauS.' 1t is edited by Mos
es Oats the weather prophet? Hay?
Well. we hope the editor will make
his fodder out of it.-Norristotcn Her.
aid.
You tongue tco much" said the
bruised horses to the heavily loaded
wagon. Wheel do the best we can;
was the reply Then lets wagon,
said the tongue. Springfield Ne'es.
"Yes, said the school girl who had
risen from the lowest to the highest
position in her class; Il shall have a
horse shoe for my symbol, as it ne
notes having come from the footl
-. YOnkerS Statesman.
Ma, said young impudence at the
breakfast table this morning, this is
the last pie you made, isn't ito Yes,
my son, why?' i guess you had to
paint the stufiing in with brush; it's
awful thin Sentenced to go pieless
until he can cultivate a proper spirit OF
appreciation.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24

wife. j found il in your tool-bsx,
where YOU put it 10 sharpen t.
Maybe put the lemon in there 10
sharpen that too, grunted Mr.. Spoop-
endyke pegging away at the box and
looking up with his mouth full, but
recognizing the taste Of vinegar he
made some remarks about some people
needing only handle and a cork TO be
fortunatus jug. and having finished
the lot. he demanded why his wife
handn't asked for them If she wanted
some. and went TO bed with some inco-
herent observations ON the absurdity
of folks sitting around like martyrs
with fish within reach.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
Sol. Miller, Of the Troy kansas

Sol. Miller, Of the Troy (Kansas)
Chief, explains it in the following:
There are several causes for the de-
cay of the country press. The greatest
is the superior facilities and the i'm
mense subscription lists of the large
city weeklles, by which large sheets,
containing vast amounts of reading
matter, are sent for ST and 81 so a
year; and this is aided by the pena-
riousness and want Of consideration of
subscribers to county papers. Not q
day passes but the publisher of the
county paper is badgered and impor
tuned to let his paper go for ST or
81 5Oa year, because sucE and such
big city papers, containing three or
four times as much reading, is sent for
that price Those subscribers do not
consider that the country publisher
has to depend solely upon his earnings
from week to week, while the city pa
per, owned by wealthy stock companies,
printed by steam, and possessing all
the best advantages, Can afford the pa
per. all the matter in which has al
ready been paid for in daily paper
at a very low figure. The same over
whelming power of capital has crushed
out the shoemaker, and other trades.
1t is crushing out the farmer in En-
gland and Ireland and will do it here
in course of time. The farmer who
attempts to beat down the prices of a
country publisher, does not reflect that
the same thing is fast coming home to
him. He is already helpless in the
matter Of transportation.
The thing that every citizen Of a
county is most deeply interested in, is
the affairs of his own county. The
cheap city paper gives him nothing Of
this, but the only place to find it is in
the county paper. If they break down
the county paper by forcing into com
petition with the city papers, whose
matter has been printed over and over,
and paid for several times before it
goes into the weekly, how are they to
keep uniformed upon their home affairs?
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
An Indian Boys Love Letter.

A love-letter picked up on the floor
of school with Hampton's views On CO.
education need not inevitably shock
even pedagogic sensibilities. Written in
unknown tongue, however, with only
the names to betray it, translation by
the private interpreter seemed only
proper precaution. If confide it to the
gentle reader, the Indian lovers will
be neither the worse nor the wiser, while
some others may find in it valuable sug-
gestions for similar correspondence.
"NORMAI SCHOOL, February 3, 1879.
Miss - I said like you, and l
want to give you letter. Whenever l
give you letter, want you answer to me
soon. That's all I want. and will ans
wer to you soon after. When you give
me letter, trai5es ME up. 1t makes me
heart-glad sister-in-Idr. When talk,
am not saying anything foolish. Al
ways my heart very glad. [ want you
let me know your thought. J. always
like you and love you. am honest about
what say, always keep in mind.
want always we smile at each other
when meet. We live happy always. l
think that's best way, and you think
it is and let me know. And want to
say one thing-don't say anything to
Henry. don't think that's right. And
say again, when l give letter, keep
nicely and not show to any one. If they
know it, it not good way. They take us
away, and that is the reason don't show
it. Hear me, this all [ am going to say.
l like you, and love you. | won't say
any more. Ny wlo'e heart is s'dking
hands wih yon. I kiss you.
Your lover.
HELEN w. LUDLOW, in HdrperS Nigga
zine Tor ADrV.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
THE END OF THE WORLD.
A Nan who Wishes 10 be in at the Grand
Mind.Up.
Virginia City Enterprise. ]

Say, what is there in this talk about
Old Mother What-you-call- her, the
conjugation of the planets, and the
world comm TO an end this year,
asked grizzled old 49er, stopping
Professor Legate as he was turning the
corner of C and Union streets with a
big telescope under his left arm. DO
you think the old world is going to
pass in her checks?'
Well, said the Professor, I'VE will
certainly have during this year some
remarkable movements in the princl-
pal planets
Anything liable to bust loose very
soon?'
Before long. Let me see-at nine
o'clock on the night of April 2l.
Saturn will be in conjunction with the
sun.
Good for starter! What neXt?'
AT seven o'clock the next morning,
Saturn and Jupiter will be in conjunc-
ton
Bully! That's business!'
AT nine o'clock that morning Jupi-
ter will come into conjunction with the
SUM-.
Hurrah! All getting their work
on the sun. | can see Old Sol begin
ming to get shaky on his pins. What
next|
'On the I'd of May, Venus comes in
to conjunction with the sun.
Glory! The old gal gets III her
lick on the sun, too. It's a-gettin hot
now. Hit him again, old gal
On the llth OF May, Neptune will
be in conjunction with the sun
'Tip-top; old Nep, and all of EN- go
ing square at the sun, like so many but
ting oil.y-goats I'll live to see it yet.
Who goes at him next?'
'On the 18th of May, Mercury comes
into conjunction with the sun, and
Uranus will be at the right angles.
My what will be at right angles?'
~ ranus.
Thunder! Then I'll be in at the
grand bust-up, sure, Is that alp
Those will be the principal occur
rences,'
And quite sufficient, too. They'll
fetch the old craft-they'll knock the
old world off her pins. I'm much
obliged, professor. Pm ready to peg
out any minute if | can see the big
show--see the old world blow up in a
blaze of glory, like big frework.
Do you know I've alters wanted to see
this very business. Why. it will pay
me for all the misery I've had in livin'
up to date. I'll be up bright and early
on the morning of the l4th of May, to
see old Merkry git in the last at the
sun and bust up all creation, I'm
really much obliged, and I'll drink
with yer, professor, ef you've got a
slick quarter about ver clothes-if
you haven't then we'll soak yer old
telescope
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24

Jabeah Snow, Cunning Cove, n. S.,
writes: II was completely prostrated
with the Asthma. but hearing of DR..
Thomas Eclectric Oil, l procured bot.
tie, and it did me so much good, that ]
got another, and before it was used !
was cured. My son was cured of bad
cold by the use of half a bottle, Itgoes
like wildfire, and cures wherever it is
used" For sale by J. c. Saur.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
How a Snake Moves.

A snake when on the ground moves
often with considerable rapidity. The
head is slightly raised, and the body and
tail progress by means Of the peculiar
grasping power of the skin and ribs of the
underneath parst, which enables conse-
cutive contraction and elongation to oc-
cur. The movement is more or less fiat
with the earth, and the snake never coils
upward, as is often figured in old and
new paintings and engravings. 1t can
erect its head and.much of the neck and
fore part OF the body, and this is also
done when the creature is in horizontal
coils. and quiescent. On moving up a
stone or tree the head, neck and much of
of the body may be placed against the
more or less vertical object, end small
protion only of the body may be left on
the ground, but in this position the snake
is liable to fall sideways. On moving up
a tree they do not coil themselves round
and round it like rope, but they may do
this when still. 1t is wonderful how snakes
move along and between boughs, and,
taking turn round one with their tail
end, swing and look for food, and also
how they will make themselves up into a
bunch on a fork Of a tree, and remains
there without falling. They swim in an
undulating manner, but the body is
wriggled on the same plane as the sur
face of the water, and not at right an
giles to it, but in rushing at their prey,
both in the water and on land, there is
more or less upward or downward bend
ing of part of the body, and a rapid thrust
of the head forward
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24

lecture is ''Tuiggwasson." That's olof
it.
Gui6ollard. most candid Of Philoso-
pliers, remarks: Would that had ten
thousand year" To do what:" To
donothing.'
A mans residence, in Law, is where
he has his washing done. We pity Detroit
men. Poor devils, to have no homes
Boston Post.
Short courting: Rachel, the Lord
hath sent me to marry thee, said the
suitor. ''The Lords will be done, " was
the submissive reply.
Policeman-"Now, then, move on!
There's nothing the matter here" Sar-
castle Boy-"0f course there isn't. II
there was you wouldn't be here"
A London wife cannot blow up her
husband without the people in the next
house rushing out to inform the authori-
ties that they have discovered Fenian
plot.
The Baltimore Custom-house officials
claim that they can tell smuggler in
six different ways. After he has,been
told in one way, what good do the other
five do:
His text was, "What doest sthou here,
Elijah" He divided it into two heads.
First, myibrethern, 4 said he, "let us
consider what Elijah did; hear; and, sec
ondly. what he didn't hear"
Notwithstanding the fact (and perhaps
In consequence of it, that the clergy and
Justices'of the peace are so busy all the
time making two people one, the popula-
ton continues to increase.
They catch rats with baited .fisnnooks
in New York. We suppose h is an art,
lst-hook-rat-ic amusement. LAST lot Of
this kind and going loft like smoke at a
dollar dozen. Orders byImail promptly
attended to.)-Burlington Hawkeye.
AT restaurant-Gentleman sto waiter
passing-"Will you kindly tell sme the
hour Excuse me, / am not waiting
upon you; please ask the waiter of your
section" he replies, and seeing the same,
says: Tell this gentleman, John, what
time il is.
"A gentleman was complaining on
Change that ne had invested a rather
large sum of money in Wall street and
lost it all. A sympathizing friend asked
him whether he had been bull" or a
"bear, to which he replied: "Neither:
was jackass. - Chicago Tribune.
"Unhappily married? 1 should think
was" cried the burlesque actress.
"Why, he doesn't beat NE, doesn't come
home drunk. doesn't squander my :earn-
ings! haven't the slightest, excuse for
getting divorce, and I'm afraid I shall
never make a name in the world"
Say, boy! say" exclaimed a hot
looking man with valise, "what is the
quickest way to get to the cars!" "Run. :"
yelled the boy; and the hot-Iooking man
was so pleased with the information that
1t he'could havegot near to the boy he
would have given him something.
"A youngster steps up to gentleman in
the park: "Sir, won't you please 90
after my boat, which is going to fall in
to the stream But do you wish me
to throw myself into the water, 'child?"
"Oh, yes, mamma said, ask that gentle
man; ne looks fool enough to do it,"
There are good many things in this
world to make man mad. The young
man who kindly stopped to assist blind
man afterwards found that the girl who
was looking at him from the window of
the house was the housemaid, and not
the daughter and heiress of the proprie-
tor.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
THE GREAT
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The Shortest, Speediest and Most Comforta-
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The unequaled inducements offered by this
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West.
Try it, and you will find travelling luxury
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Through Tickets via this Celebrated Line
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Canada.
All information about Rates of Fare, Sleep
ing Car Accommodations. Time Tables, &C..
will be cheerfully given by applying to
JAMES r. WOOD,
General Passenger Agent, Chicago.
Il. j. POTTER,
General Manager, Chicago.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
The Positive Cure
For all Female Complaints.

This preparation its name signifies, consists of
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In fac. it has proved to be the great
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24

HELEN w. LUDLOW, in Hdrpers Wagd-
zine .Jor April.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24
Time. rs Hours.

My son had badly swelled neck, and
sore throat. DR.. Thomas Eclectric
Oil cured him in 4s hours. My wife's
foot was much infamed; Eclectric Oil
cured her in one day. For sale by j. C.
Saur. I. b. BLooMER, Virgil, N. Y.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1881-03-24

- u a 1bust1ess now before the public
HE You can make money faster q;
* n VI work for MS than at anything else
HHH uN Capltalnot required. Wewillstart
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us. Now Is the time. You devote you whole
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other business w1llpay ou nearly as well. No one
willing to work can fail to make enormous pay by eu-
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D., o;o,,r Thousands of soldiers and their
L 9 6llSlUllS, heirs entitled 10y late laws Of Con-
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Soldier, to n. W. Fitzgerald, U s. Claim Atty, Box
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