Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-06-09

call the attention Of the laboring
classes, the owners Of the property,
and the active business men OF the
country, to the fact that they, and
not the silver producers, are the real
objects Of the gold standard crusade.
1t is fight by the worlds bondhold-
ers, by the creditor class, generally,
for further contraction Of all val
ues, which will thereby increase the
purchasing power of the gold in
which their bonds and notes are pay
able. That is the true issue. 1t is
the money kings against the masses.
From this impregnable rampant every
shot should be fired, Contraction OF
the worlds metallic money to gold
alone enriches creditors while it ru-
ms debtors, ruins owners of property
Of all kinds, by decreasing its value,
and impoverishes the laborer by cut
ting down his wages. 1t makes hard
times for everybody except the own
er of debts well secured. L. Denver
Tribune.
In New York the other day / saw a
detectives camera that would take a
picture on the street with the rapidity
of a pistol shot 1t went off not unlike
pistol only with less noise, and took a
picture complete in every particular
in the infnitesimal part of a second.
The Scoville Optical Company, OF
New York, manufactures them in
the shape OF a sort Of hand-satchel box
that is warranted not to raise anyone s
suspicious, as to whatit is. The one |
saw belonged to Mr.. Wilson, editor
Of the Philadelphia Photographer, who
was then on his way to New Orleans
and intended to take characteristic
street scenes with it on the fly Elk.
A terrible earthquake occurred at CASH
mere, India, May 3lst. At Seringafer,
the capital, the barracks. in which several
hundred soldiers were quartered, were
completely destroyed. collapsing SO sud-
denly that nearly half Of them were i'm.
prsoned in the debris. A large portion
of the CITY has been demolished. while
very few OF the remaining buildings es.
capped injury, many having large rents
made in them.
The mosque in the town of Sopur was
demolished and 2O6 persons killed. The
total number of the killed and wounded
! is not yet known, but the loss is heavy.
The saismec shocks were still continuing
up TO the last accounts June 2.
a harvest was reaped recently by
a peddler in Marietta, Ga, who paint
ed the plumage of number of birds
and disposed Of them like hot cakes,
and at yer, fancy prices, to unsus-
pecting buyers. The fraud was EN-
ally discovered, however, by one OF
the purchasers, who dipped one of the
birds feathers in water, when its
beautiful tint disappeared.
Georgia has l43,4Tl colored voters
the largest number of any of the
Southern States. Mississippi comes
next, with l30,2es; then Virginia
l2S,257; South Carolina, 11S,ss3;
Alabama, l lS, 423; Louisiana, 1O.,977;
North Carolina, l05,o18; Tennessee
So,250; Texas, 1889; Kentucky, So
642; Arkansas, 46,S21, and Missouri
33,042.
! Lessar, the Russian special com.
missioner, will start Immediately from
London to join Col. Ridgeway in AT.
ghanistan, for the purpose of carry
ing out the special details for the
work OF marking the Afghan frontier
In the construction department O
the Brooklyn Navy yard Ito employee.
have been discharged. A large major.
ity of the men have been work one /,