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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

WM. CouGHANoUR came up Sunday
from Boise City and will go over to
Quartzburg to-day.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

BOISE STATESMAN: President Ad-
ans, of the Union Pacific road, will
be in the city about the first of June.
MIR. Gattis, who lives on Dry creek,
has commenced on the job of shear,
ing 5000 head Of sheep.-The Unit
ed States assay Office in Boise City
has been re-opened for the transac-
ton of business. The Danskin Bros.
are preparing their pack train to run
to Sheep Mountain. They have
bought an interest in some mining
property in that country and intend
to develop TT. & A. Danskin, ran
chers on Willow creek, have about
l 100 head of horses. They have just
completed about eight miles of raj
fence to keep their stock from wan.
dering toward Snake river-J. P
Cope tells US that Rocky Bar has ia.
ken new start; that old lodes tina,
have been abandoned for years have
been taken hold of by men of capita
and will be run for all they are worth
He thinks its future will eclipse it.
past renown.--A few days age
everything looked blue, now every
thing looks rosy-hued. The rain ha
descended in abundance; the railroad
prospects were never SO good, thu
fruit trees will yield pretty fair crop
and the capitol case is fairly disposed
Of.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

NINE men who hoofed in to Boise
City last week from Kuna were ar
rested soon after under the vagrant
act, says the Democrat. Five plead
guilty and Judge R ndall gave them
each twenty-five days in Jail. The
four wise ones who did not plead
guilty got thirty days
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

REPUBLICAN: Major Camp has
been examined by the Commission.
ers and his defalcation is found to be.
$4,000. He was bound in the sum.
of 1000; to. appear for trial in tbs,
United States &C urt.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

THus. MooTRY JR., of the Gold Hili
Company, arrived here last f riday and
went on to Quartzbarg the same day.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

GEO. POWELL passed through here
the other day on his way to Banner.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

A caRREsrnNDEST of the Statesman
says Mrs. Mullaly's residence, at
Rocky Bar, was destroyed by fire on
the ] eth inst. The FIRE started from
the upsetting and breaking Of kerr
osene lamp. There was trunk on
the second floor under bed with a
lot of valuable clothing and speci-
mems, and about 81 500 in currency.
The money was wrapped up in cloth
ing with some jewelry in the center
of the trunk. After the fire had sub
sided, number of men went to work
with water and put out the fire as
we'll as they could. Upon making ar
examination they found that the fire
did not get to the money, the roo
having fell upon the mattress which
covered the trunk and saved most O.
its contents. Nothing else was say
ed. The loss is estimated at abou
$4,000.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

HUGO BAYHousE has vein of good
pay ore few hundred yards this side
of Henry creek. Hugo and 10 Jack.
son are sinking shaft on the vein,
and are down thirty feet. They will
go ten feet deeper and then stope.
The vein was three inches thick at
the surface, and at the bottom of the
shaft it is six inches. The ore will be
crushed in the Centerville mill. A
ton was milled last fall, as test, and
it turned out $50.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

DISTRICT Court is in session at
HALEY.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

.sas.s....s..-1
hcnding in its true sense the import
ant impetus which prominent place
at the exposition has given to all our
industries and products.
We hope the extension Of time for
closing the exposition will meet the
hearty endorsement of the PRESIDENT
Believing that | represent the wishes
and sentiments Of the people Of Ida
no, favor the extension As asked bv.
the management Of tie exposition.
idaho can well afford to present her
claims at the World 5 exposition, Lon
don, next year, and compete with tho
most favored of the states and terri.
tories Of this Union, in the most pop
|nlous mart OF the old world, Oh her
own merits. ! will venture to suggest.
If it accords with your own Judgment,
that it might be well to save a.iiberas
supply Of minerals and specimen.
from the representative gold and siI.
yer mines Of idaho, now III your pos.
session, for the occasion Of the Lon
don exposition. | think YOU will bs
acting in unison with the feeling and
desire OF our people if you say to-
Director General Speed, Of tht.
Worlds exposition, London, that Ida
no will be represented there. i an,
safe in assuring you that the people
of Idaho, who need no further proof
of. your fidelity to their interest, feel
no reluctance to trust to your iudg-
ment and experience III committing.
our territory to such participation.
and cooperation in aiding the objects
OF the exposition, as may seem to YOU
lust and beneficial With great re-
spect, ! remain sincerely yours.
y. ). CURTIS, Acting Governor.
| Mr.. DuNraN, few days ago, saw
|eight polygamists take their nedi-
Icine In court at Blackfoot for taking
unto themselves more femininity than
the law allows. Six were sentenced
to four months imprisonment and
two fined $500 each. Twenty-Five
indictments were found against po-.
lygamists. The remaining fourteen
will no doubt be dealt with in like,
manner if the charges in the indie.~.
ments are found to be true.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Garrecht, ana
youngest son, Willie, went down to-
lreton's yesterday to see Frank Geh-
hart. Mr.. Gebhart is an old friend OF
Mr., Garrecht and family. Mr.. Gar
recht knew him in early times in Cal
itornia, and in the early days of this.
camp Mr.. Gebhart was in the employ
of Mr.. Garrecht.
HoN. JAS. L. OSDERDoSK, who rep
resented the A. 0. u. w. of Boise.
City in the grand lodge at Butte,
was elected Grand Overseer for the
. district including Nevada, Utah, Ida
r no, Wyoming and Montana.
----
e REPUBLICAN: Major Camp has
!, been examined by the Commission,
: ers and his defalcation is found to be
S12,50O. He was bound in the sum.
of $500; to. appear for trial in tbs
United States &C urt.
PETER Nolan, bar tenderfor VIM.
!. Tincher, has been. on the sick list
o about week, but has been able to
$ be around. He is stopping at the
y Warm Springs.
n Scorr Monroe, the BASIN stage dri-
; yer, said DIR. Rothwell had not re-
J turned when the stage left "the othe,
j side, and nothing had been heard as
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

HoN. JAS. L. OSDERDoxK, who rep.
resented the A. 0. U. w. of Boise.
City in the grand lodge at Butte
was elected Grand Overseer for the,
district including Nevada, Utah, Ida.
ho, Wyoming and Montana.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

4 +
q. w. PERRIN, of Squaw creek,
was IL, town the other day. He in
formed US that only about one. third
OF the grain sowcd in that valley
came up before the rains set in, but
since the storms it has all come up,
and the prospects are good for aver
age crops. Mr.. Perrin says noun
tain lion killed one Of Cal. Baird j
calves and also two deer in High val
ley short time ago. Those who saw
the animal say it is all Of eleven feet
long. The lion is black, except the
hips, which are gray. Mountain lions
are generally of a light brown color
Never heard of black one before
The hunters over there are after the
monster, and expect to drop him
MIR. Perrin says number of the farm
ers of Squaw creek drove their hogs
to High valley few weeks ago, ant
the recent rain and snwstorms proved
too severe for the pigs, and fifty o
them died. Twenty-Five of the nun
Der were Mr.. PERKINS,.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-05-26

DIsrRIcT ATTORNEY Fl. w. Dunton
returned yesterday from Butte, Mon
tana, where he has been attending
the Grand Lodge of A. O. q. W.,
which was in session three days, com
mencing on the 10Th. Luther Corwin,
who also went as delegate from this
place, returned to his home, in Kansas.
Mr.. Dunton says it is rumored that
Hon. J. H. Hawley has been appoint
ed q. S. District Attorney for this
Territory. Learned nothing authen-
tic We would not be at all surprised
if the rumor should prove true. Mr.. ID.
saw Jas. Monroe in Boise City. Ar
rived in Boise Saturday from Joliet
ILL.,, and was accompanied by a man
named Baldwin. Jim. said the Silver
Chief mine was sold--all but Jas. Ell
Hawley's interest -and the money
would be paid over about June 1st
Mr.. Monroe will arrive here to-day Of
| tomorrow.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09
THE RIDDLES OF NATURE.
F.a CTS CONCERNING BEASTS,
BIRDS AND INSECTS.

Chickens, two minutes after they have
left the egg, will follow with their eyes the
movements of crawling insects and peck at
them, judging distance and direction with
almost infallible accuracy. They will in
stinctivey appreciate sounds, readily rum
ming toward an invisible hen hidden in
a box when they hear her "call." Some
young birds also have an innate instructive
horror of the sight of hawk and Of the
sound of its voice. Swallows, titmice, TOM
tits and WrenS, after having been confined
from birth, are capable of flying successfully
at once, when liberated on their wings, hav-
ing attained the necessary growth to render
flight possible. The duke of Argyll relates
some very interesting particulars about the
instincts Of birds, especially OF the water
ousel, the merganser and the wild duck.
Even as to the class Of beasts find record
ed: "Five young polecats were found COM
fortably imbedded in dry, withered grass,
and in a side hole of proper dimensions for
such larder were forty frogs and two toads,
all alive, but merely capable of sprawling a
little. On examination the whole number,
toads and all, proved to have been purpose
ly and dexterously bitten through the
BRAIN" Evidently the parent polecat had
thus provided the young with food which
could be kept perfectly fresh, because alive,
and yet was rendered quite unable to escape.
This singular instinct is like others which
are yet more fully developed among in
sects-a class of animals the instincts of
which are so numerous, wonderful and no.
torious that it will be probably enough to
refer to one or two examples. The female
carpenter bee, in order to protect her eggs,
eXcavates, in some piece OF wood, series OF
chambers, in special order, with view to
peculiar mode of exit for her young but
the young mother can have no conscious
knowledge of the series of actions subse-
quently to ensue. The female of the wasp,
sphex, affords another we'll known, but very
remarkable example of a complex instinct
closely related to that already mentioned in
the case of the polecat. The female wasp
has to provide fresh, living animal food for
her progeny, which, when it quits its eggs,
quits it in the form of an almost helpless
grub, utterly unable to catch, retain or kill
an active struggling prey.
Accordingly the mother insect has not
only to provide and place beside her eggs
suitable living prey, but SO to treat it that
it may be q helpless, unresistlng victim.
That victim may be a mere caterpillar, or 1t
may be great powerful grasshopper, or
even that most fierce, active and rapacious
of insect tyrants, a fell and venomous spl-
der. Whichever it may be, the wasp adroit-
ly stings it at the spot which induces, or in
the several spots which induce, complete
paralysis as to motion, let us hope as to
sensation also. This done, the wasp en-
tombs the helpless being with its own egg,
and leaves it for the support of the future
grub.-Fonhightiy Rerie'c.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09
WHY THE WIND CHANGES.

That the changing of the direction Of the
wind is due to the shifting of the situation
of the greatest heat upon the earth is sub
stantially proved by the fact that, in GER
tain regions Of the earth's surface, where
the greatest heat and cold do not alter the
direction in which they lie to each other,
the wind does not change, but always blows
in the same direction from one. day to an
other, and all the year round. This occurs
in the great open space of the ocean, where
there is no land to get heated up by the
scattering of the heat at night. In those
spaces tor vast breadth of many hundred
miles the sun shines down day after day
upon the surface of the sea, heating the
water most along the mid-ocean track,
which lies most Immediately beneath its
burning rays as it passes though from east
to west.
This midway track of the strongest sum
shine crosses the wide ocean as a belt or zone,
that spreads some way to either side OF the
equator. Throughout this midway track
the cooler and heavier air drifts in from the
north and from the south and then rises up
as it becomes heated by the sun, where the
currents meet. In both instances however,
in consequence Of the spinning round OF the
earth, the advancing wind acquires west
air current as it approaches the midway
equatorial zone, where the onward move
ment of the sea-covered surface Of the
earth is performed with the velocity of Il
thousand miles an hour, does not immedi-
ately acquire this full rate ofspeed, and lags
back upon the ocean. So that itappears as a
drift toward the west as we'll as toward the
equator.
On the north side of the equator the wind
blows all the year round from the northeast
and on the south side from the southeast,
both in the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.
These steady and unchanging ocean winds
are called the trade winds on. account of
the great service they render to ships car
rying merchandise across these portions OF
the sea. In sailing from England to the
Cape of Good Hope, through the entire
length of the Atlantic Ocean, ships before
they reach the equator, have to pass over a
broad space where strong winds are con-
stantly blowing from the northeast. That
is the region of the northeast trades. They
then traverse a space near to the equator
itself, where the northeast wind ceases to
blow, and where the air is very still and
calm, and they afterwards come to region
south Of the equator, where strong winds
are continually blowing from the southeast.
That is the region of the southeast trades
Cdsseps Magazine.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

"It is something, at any rate, that you
are ashamed of; know it is. Oh Harry,
give it up! Let us take our chances again
let US do anything rather than have myster-
les and secrets. If the worst happens We
can get help from home. Pray, pray give
it up"
Harry turned from her with stifed en-
clamation of impatience.
II am doing it all for your sake," he re-
Piled" and I meet only with reproaches in
return"
eff it is for my sake, Harry, you need do
it no longer, You will think of what have
said, will you not ?"
"Oh, yes, I will think of it. Don't worry
yourself about it any more, Lizzie, beg
and entreat of you! 1fitmakes you wretch
ed, suppose shall be forced to do as you
wish. 1t is getting late now, and l must
60"
He kissed her good night and went out.
TO BE CONTINUED.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

SPECIFIC ADvERTISING.-"la always make
it point" said wide-awake merchant,
'to be specific and direct in my ADVERTISE
goods I wish to sell at a particular time, and
in plain, terse manner, call public atten-
tion to them. l do not in a general way
advertise my goods, but in a special way
call attention from week to week to some
line or department., and when this has been
done l then change to another line, and con-
tinue changing from one department to an
other until all my stock has, in direct spe-
cial manner, been placed before the public.
My experience has convinced me that if
advertisers would pay strict attention to the
advertisements they insert in the news
papers, change them often and keep them
fresh and new, it would pay them better
than to let one run from week to week
without alteration until it becomes stale and
Improbable"
The good sense of the "wide-awake mer-
chantn will be at once realized, if we con-
slider the fact that the ordinary advertise
ments of local merchants are very stereO-
typed in form, and about alike. In most
cases the dry-goods merchant. for example,
simply states that he has large stock Of
dry-goods, or, going more into detail, that
he has line of such and such kinds of
goods. IhlS Is nOG SpeCl1c enough lO at-
tract the buyer to patroniZe one merchant
rather than another. We think that country
merchants would find it profitable to imi-
tate the large retail dry-goods houses of
New York city. The examination of one Of
the issues of the Sunday Herald, for instance,
will show u large number of advertise
ments, many of a column or more in length,
written in running conversational style
about, in fact, as an intimate friend might
take you through his store, making COM
ments as to styles, prices, amount Of stock,
etc., etc. The result is, that the advertise
ments are interesting even to those who
have no intention of buying.
The ladies read these advertisements, and
by comparing the prices assortments and
STYLES know Just where to 60 to get just
what they wish. These are published at a
great expense to the dealers, but they bring
a correspondingly large return, and are,
therefore, paying investments. Ofthis there
can he no question, as these houses continue
to advertise, week after week, which, OF
course, they would not do if they did not
find it profitable. In no other way is it
possible for them to reach such large num-
ber of people promptly and in manner
which will insure the advertisement being
read.
Trying to do business without advertising
is like attempting to unite "hard knot"
with pair of buck-skin gloves on the
hands.-NPW England Grocer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09
JOHN HILL.

EX-Congressman John Hill, who will be
remembered as the Father of the Cheap
Postage bill, died at his home in Boonton,
Morris county, n. j., July 9th, 1881, at the
age of 81. He was born in Catskill, n. y,
in 1921, and in about 1911 he settled in Boon
ton, and was elected from there to the State
Assembly in 1S6l-'62, and again in 1866
During the latter term he served as Speaker
of the House. He was elected to the For
tieth, Forty-tirst and Forty-second Congress,
his last term ending 1883. lie was frequent
ly mentioned in connection with the Re-
publican Gubernatorial nomination in New
Jersey, and was considered the foremost Re-
publican in the State. Mr.. Hill was inter-
ested in postal reform and the question of
reducing postage for many years, and about
sixteen years ago, when he first entered
Congress, he introduced a bill to abolish the
franking privilege, and after two years or
more of hard work it was accomplished.
About the same time he introduced the one
cent postal card bill, and after two years or
more it was passed, against much opposition.
In his remarks on those bills at that time,
in April, 1872, he advocated Il reduction in
letter postage, considering the abolition OF
the frankng privilege and adopting the one
cent postal card the stepping stone to reduc-
ton in letter postage. After the organiza-
ton of the House in December, 1881, he in
troduced his two-cent postage bill, which
was referred to the Post Office and Post
Road Committee, who delayed reporting it
to the House during the first session. He
called the attention Of the House to the bill,
made several speeches on the subject, and
made every effort to get it before the House
for consideration. In November, 1882, he
went to Washington to see Postmaster
eral Howe and brought the matter before
him. He also called on the President in re-
gard to the matter and found him favOra-
bly, disposed toward the measure, and in his
message to Congress few weeks later he
recommended the reduction of the letter
postage. Shortly after the meeting of Con-
gress in December, Mr.. Hill saw the chair
man of the subcommittee of the Appropri-
alton Committee on the Post Office Appro-
priation bill. On Wednesday morning, af
ter the third day, the latter offered a resolu
tion asking permission of the House to place
the two-cent postage stamp measure in the
Post Office Appropriation bill, which was
granted and on the next day the Post Office
Appropriation bill was reported from the
Committee in the House, printed and
brought before the House in a few days for
consideration. A great many amendments
to it were offered, but after a long and te-
dious fight over this clause, it passed, and
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

finally the whole bill passed, and, after long
and bitter opposition in the Senate, passed
that body on Friday, the day after the re-
port of the Post Office Appropriation bill to
the House containing the tWo-cent postage
clause. Mr.. Hill received many letters
thanking him for his interest in the matter,
and also from associations and public bodies
with resolutions of thanks.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

Bay" The righteous sometimes suffer tenn
poral calamities with the wicked, but never
are they punished on account of the wicked.
On the other hand, the wicked enjoy many
and great blessings on account of the right
eous. Were it not for the righteous the
world would not remain for an hour. God
would rain upon it fire and birthstone. The
prayers of Gods people are the pillars that
hold up the fair fabric of the universe.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-04-09

GaH circumstances alter cases; but wish
| could get hold of some cases that would
alter my circumstances" said Lord Brough-
man, when he was struggling lawyer.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-12

The Scotland Neck DEMOCRAT is
undergoing correction all the
time. The Ashville Adyonce has
even given it dose. Green youth
and cranky age is fine MATERIAL
Battleboro Headlight.
And we spend a little time in
giving corrections too. A paper
that has nothing in it is not apt to
have to undergo corrections. We
have not seen q copy Of the Ashe~
vile Advance in six months and if
it had tried to correct us it surely
ought to have sent us copy; but
if it has, it has taken the precau~
ton Of not allowing us a reply, by
keeping it's corrections out Of the
reach ofour eyes. We would suggest
that many other papers would do
better if they worked for the peo-
pie in their editorials even at risk
of being "corrected. We welcome
heartily corrections. We are not
of those who stand aloof from the
questions Of the day and arguments
and then merely remark about our
contemporaries troubles, tailings,
&c. We justly criticise and are
open to just criticism.
The Democrat. (Scotland Neck, Halifax Co., N.C.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-12

and manfully with tile motto,
..Find way or make one." From
such young men is to come much OF
(, he power that is to be felt IN the
high and noble callings Of life. To
those Of firm urpose and resolute
will, the question Of possibility need
not be an impossible barrier.
cart thou in earnest, seize this very
minute;
What you can do, or think yoa cali, be-
gin it,"
E.. E.. billiard.