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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
THE BEST EVERGREENS.


Knowledge Gained by Experience OF
Twenty Years.
Many farmers and landowners are
intending to plant evergreens for shell
ter belts, and are seeking information
as to what is best to plant. The white
pine is now having boom. mainly be-
cause the Seeding plants are obtained
cheap from the forests of Wisconsin
and Michigan. | say amen to all booms
that Will cause more evergreens to be
planted, if, as | believe, the planting of
good, honest trees will prove one of the
best investments and greatest blessings
in the near future that man can add
to his farm. But there are good trees
and better ones, and if knowledge
gained by twenty years of planting
and watching the habits of the differ
ent varieties will be of use to the pub
lie, shall do some good. The Scotch
pine, in my estimation is the best ever
or en- we have for immediate use. 1t
will make shelter sooner than any
other kind, but will not make so good
one in the end as the spruces. The
white pine as a young tree from two
to eight or ten feet has fewer
branches than the Scotch, less
foliage, and that in severe cold
weather clings so close to the
branches that it makes little protec-
ton as compared to the coarser and
more persistent foliage of the Scotch
and Austrian. If any one does not
think this statement correct, let them,
some bitter cold day, observe, and
compare some white pines from two to
ten feet high with Scotch or Austrian
of the same size, and note which offers
the most resistance to wind and snow.
The white pine is a grand and beauti-
full tree, and, after it is ten years old,
is the fastest grower of all, but up to
that time the Scotch will make the
best and quickest protection, and that
Is the very time that on our wind-swept
prailies it is most needed. The best
shelter belt. all things considered, is a
row OF Scotch pine, six feet apart, on
the inside of that row of spruce,
white or Norway, on the outside one.
or as many ms you please, rows of
white pine. Here you have as near as
possible perfection of beauty and
utility combined. Cor. Des Moines
(Ia.) Register.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
REVERSAL OF WOODLAND.
4 Practical Suggestion for Farmers L''
ing In tho Older States

! ing I'm the Older States.
j When the country was new those
/ portions were naturally first cleared
/ which seemed best adapted for imme-
! late cultivation at least expense. Such
ands were those which were warm anu
Iry. and needed but the clearing of OF
| the trees and rough breaking to Int
hem for farm crops. In this way large
,reas of low-lying and swamp lands
we're left in wood, and so continued
These low lands originally stronger IN
natural composition of soil, have con-
inued to increase in fertility by the
Forest wastes-dead leaves and timber.
,ooether with the wash of higher
yrounds-until now they are the rich
est lands we have. Has not the time
arrived when these low woodlands may
be profitably cleared and put to perma-
aent cultivation An inducement to
this is found in the fact that much OF
The higher and drier land first cleared
has become exhausted. and is no longer
profitable for tillage. Especially is this
class of thin, exhausted land untitled
tor grass; aud the increasing deficiency
Of hav and pasture has become one OF
the greatest draw backs to Eastern ag-
eiculture.
Now the low grounds are the natural
grass lands. are stored with much or
yanic material, and need only to be
cleared, drained and cultivated to be-
,ome very productive and permanent
meadows with the enhanced price OF
farm products over those obtained by
our fathers and the easier and more
effectual methods of draining now
practiced. the job of Kidding the land
of surplus water, which seemed so diff
cult to our ancestors, has become east
ly practicable and almost sure to be
attended with profit. But this plan
would far reduce the area of our wood
lands, which is small enough already.
Therefore, since turn about Is fair
play" why not plant the old cultivated
and worn soils to forest trees? In this
way the average of woodland will re-
main the same. or he increased, and
we gain in compensation large tracts
of new and fertile soil. There is an
abundance of surface in the Eastern
States upon which wood ought to be
grown, of allowed to remain con.
tinuously. Such is nearly all noun
famous or very rocky land, steep side
hills. ravines and narrow valleys, cold
and springy land upon which moss and
ferns grow, all thin. light and worn
out soils distant portions of the farm
and places difficult of access when the
ground is frozen.-John r. Fits, IN N.
Y. Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
HUMOROUS.

No matter how weak woman,s
constitution may be. her b(my-laws
are always on deck and ready for bust
ness. Detroit Free Press.
That was level-headed man who
blew cracked cornet until there was
d1nges in its sides in front of peonles,
houses and carried bag with him to
collect the hunks of coal that bo
lodged.
-" Mercy, Bridget! What's the mat
ter with these cakcsP" Il dun know
num- They taste of SOAP "Yis.
mum. l couldn't find the soapstone
griddie' an SO soaped the iron one !"
-Hdrper's Baxar
In the hash foundry, where the
banged and hustled fairy PLAYS the
deuce with the tray. it is the youno
man with the silky mustache VIII
aoesn have to wait au hour and n
half for his liver and bacon.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

The Asylum Hill Congregations
Church of Hartford, Conn. gave !:
bell to mission church in China. an,
received a sort of illuminated lette
of thanks in return. The letter col
cludes as follows: This insignificant
scrap of paper can not adequately ex
press the reyerentias feeling OF II
inch-long bits of grass. All the churcl
members together bow There are in.
serted the names] and express then
thanks
The Baltimore Presbytery, of tn,
Northern Presbyterian Church. hay.
had an interesting discussion on the
duty OF the church TO the negro
Some of the speakers thought til,
money raised for the Freedmen ough,
to be sent to the Southern church. 4:
colored member complained of dis
elimination in the Presbytery agains
the colored man, another speake,
wanted the Freedmen's Board abol
i.hed. and various other views wer,
presented Resolutions were adoptel
designed to secure increased sub
scriptions for the Freedrnen's Boar,
and to enlist the women of the church
Oh behalf Of colored women,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
SAVE YOUR DIMES.
A Craze Devised for the Benefit of tn
Economically Inclined.

Economically Inclined.
Two young men walked into cigar
store the other day. and one of them
bought and paid for two cigars. The
cigars cost ten cents each. and the man
who sold them handed back. in change
for the silver dollar that had Leen ten
dered him. eighty cents in ten-cent
pieces. Thereupon one of the young
men laughed vocif, rously, and the
other, who bought the cigars, pocketed
the eight dimes, with an expression APP
preaching chagrin, and said: "Just
my luck, by George! However. said
he, after lighting his cigar. ''if there
any more spending to be done. old fell
low. you We got to do it, for I'm broke"
When the young men left the store.
the cigar man turned to a reporter
who had witnessed the transaction and
said:
"Do you know what that meansp"
No"
1T means that the young fellow
who bought the cigars is at the same
time eighty cents ahead and eighty
cents behind. He is ahead in money
that lie will save and behind in moaev
that lie probably wanted TO use to-
day.
II don't understand YOU
"Well, the young man has simply
caught the d,me-saving craze"
and what is the dime-saving
CT zr?'
The scheme is never to spend a
dime 1t was probably devised for the
benefit of thriftlcss people who are not
able to save their money in regular
way, and for plan of saving money it
is the best | ever heard of You make
up your mind to keep every dime that
comes in your possession. You are
never to part with q ten-cent piece
under any circumstance. Whenever
you receive dime in change put it
away, and when you get home place it
in receptacle for safe-keeping. The
more dimes you get in change the
greater your savings will be. You are
to make any sacrifice rather than to
part with one dime. If you have
nothing but dimes in your pocket when
you want cigar, 90 without the cigar.
If you want lunch and have nothing
but dimes, go without lunch. If YOU
have only dime in your pocket and
want to ride home on orse car,
brace up and walk. the result will
astoaish you. Boston Globe
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
SCHOOL AND cA,,p,,.

The Russian Church AZ.
been in process of const., which hm
n 1ne laSt ten years on the Mouarlng
olives. is now finished. mount Of
Five hundred student. an
University recently assemh,,a harvard
uiooe Iheater. Boston. for ! 10 the
evening prayer-meeting. sabbath
oo berlin has population =,
ooo' only two per cent. Of Witt :. i'oOo.
public worship. With na.r,' cn go to
t people in Hamburg, only 5.ooo "O0o
Sunday schools are g..
favor and making their wav y.ns in
Spain' Bohemia and other o - i.ai y,
where they have been. until o QUANTITIES.
Gently, almost unknown. 1'''e re-
The Universalist cburo,.
decreased lis per cent sin "es nave
the Unitarian churches have ino,a io0O;
o. per cent. As question Of fao n". &c
Universalist and Unitarian cbns .' 'ne
relatively to evangelical nroona .'nes
lar IN the rear.-Missionary Rerism , are
-ohe grand encouragement 70 :,
fort in foreign missions il ~. " e.
ment that 1.-The idolatry of the VOL, I'a'e'
diminished more during the last s ss'
years than in the thousand wears ~, N.Y.
ceding them. "-Sta,mard. p'S-
Thanks to the kindness and 49,.
osity OF their young lady relatives v'' ~
friends. the rooms of some Of the ~ VI
ward and Yale students are musen,..
OF quaint and pretty things, and !, !;
their pride and boast that society ho.s -
can not duplicate or initiate their da
orations. Perhaps it is just as we'll
A well-known lady of high nosi
ton in Lowell. Mass, called on ~.
treasurer of the fund for the propos,S
French Protestant College and s,id
that she wished to contribute $500 o..
the fund if the promise was made tho,
her name would never be revealed tn.
promise was given and the money was
forthcoming.
A novel idea is to be carried op, =.
Presbyterian church at Bethany. p,
at date set for celebrating the liftinc
OF its mortgage. A mock funeral serv'
ice is to be held and the mortgage is to
be solemnly cremated, amid the thanks.
giving of the congregation, after which
the ashes are to be deposited in an urn
prepared for that purpose. A funeral
Grafton will be delivered and the pas.
tor will recite memorial poem.
In the world. the Protestants, in.
GLIDING the Baptists, occupy over five
hundred separate mission fields. In
them they have more than twenty thou.
sand mission stat oas, supplied with not
less than forty thousand mission.
aries. One million communicates are
enrolled in congregations gathered
frora among the heather. OF the
l. 433, 100000 that people the world,
1876, 900. 600 are nominal Christians.
1T is not long since Toxic and the
rest of Japan were thoroughly pagan
Now we hear of a great Christian re-
vival in that city, with no fewer than
five hundred conversions in a single
month. The whole city seems stirred,
and missionaries, native pastors and
even theological students are busy
gathering in the harvest. Everybody
is interested in Christianity. and no.
body speaks again st it. This is a rev.
olution of itself -IndependeM
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

Az enormous black eagle has been
seen lately at Lander, Wyoming 1t
is believed that the bird is fully five
feot in height and that his powerful
wings measure fifteen feet from tip to
tip. His legs are almost as big rs a
mans. He generally makes his APP
pearance about sunset, when he will.
fly from cliff to cliff on the mountains,
all the time keeping up n piercing
scream. He has been shot at dozens
of times by excellent msrksmen, but
so far he has safely avoided the flying
rifle balls, and each shot only seems
to make him yell louder, as if laughing
at his would be slayers.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
CONGRES SIONAl.
Legislation Pertaining to the Interest
of the Pacific Coast.
SENATE.

The committee on foreign affairs
reported to the senate in executive
session the treaty which was recently
negotiated by Secretary Bayard and
the Chinese minister, with the recon-
mendation that two amendments be
made to the treaty, and that 1T be sent
to the President with the request that
he secure the consent of the Chinese
government to the amendments.
The first amendment is to the first
clause of the. treaty, which provides
for the exclusion of all Chinese labor
ers from this country. The amend
ment added to this clause provides
that this exclusion shall also apply to
Cinnamon who have been in this
country and have departed, taking
certificates with them. This amend
ment will prevent the return OF all
Chinese with certificates.
The second amendment adopted by
the committee on foreign affairs pro-
vides that exempted classes in the
treaty, such as merchants, students
and Cinnamon who have departed
from this country leaving behind
WliC anu vi lllOICy VI PiVPCie.
to the value of $1,000, shall be allowed
to return only upon presentation OF
certificates showing that the holders
belong to the excepted classes named
in the treaty.
The number of individual pension
bills passed by the senate in sixty five
minutes was 105, forty-two of them be-
ing house bills. Several Of them were
for volunteer nurses, at the rate OF $25
month, and one was for the widow
of Gen. Charles p Stone, at $50.
Among the bills reported and
placed on the calendar, were the fol
lowing:
Senate bill to retire certain disabled
officers OF the army.
House bill authorizing the presi
dent to retire Alfred Pleasanton, with
the rank of colonel, with an amend
ment giving him the rank of colonel.
House bill for the promotion OF
army officers after twenty years of
continued service in one grade,
minority dissenting.
Senate bill granting to the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Company right
of way through the Nez Perez Indian
reservation.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
TONES or the VOICE.
Come Curious Facts That Are Not Gener
aAlly Known.

aaliy Known.
II il n curious sact that the tones OF
civilized races are louder and harsher
than those used by savage tribes, In
deed. among people who are classed ms
civilized, it will commonly be found
that the more highly cultivated. up to
certain point, speak in the sharper
tones. OF course, when cultivation
and re io meni have reached the point
that the tones OF the voice have become
matter of attention and care. the
rule no longer holds. for then low,
well-modulatcd tones are acquired IA
an accomplishment The philosophy
of this popularity seems to be that the
same energy and vigor which give GER
tain races the leadership in advance
ment are accompanied by unusai ner.
vous strain. and we are well aware
how plainly nervousness is Indicated
in the tones. The people of New
England speak in II sharper and shrlll-
er voice than their cousins in Old
England. They are also more intense
i, feeling. and more eager in action.
That this difference is not due to the
influence of climate is apparent upon
c, mparison of our people with those OF
the dominion to the north and east OF
us. 1t is only as climate or other
agencies may affect the entire char
acter of people that it has any thing
to do W tn the tones in which they
speak.
Commonly, AS we approach the trop-
les. we find the voice lower and softer;
but, then, this is only in keeping with
the whole life of the people, which shows
less of force and earnestness than that
of people who inhabit the temperate
zone. 1t suggests that they are too in
dolent to raise their voices The writer
recalls that he has more than once
been asked by persons from Brazil and
from the Spanish countries of South
America, who were newcomers among
us whether those whom they over
heard were really scolding. for they
discovered no petulance or ill-feeling
except in the tones of the voice.
Such questions are calculated to
awaken profitable reflections. - YOUTHS
{OmDdRiOn.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

JOHN HALF, of Weslbrook, Ga, is
evidently humorist, although he has
not yet become known to the world
as such. His first baby was christened
First Half; the next, Second Halt ;
the third, Other Half, and the fourth
Best Half. He has big sign over
bis cabin door which reads; "The
Whole family OF John Half lives with
in. A half family is better than none,
but If you want to see six halves in
one hole, come inside and see what il
left of us. God bless our home"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

A British gunboat has returre
from Cape JUDY, whittier she was sent
to investigate the reported attack Of a
body OF the Sultan of Morocco's troons
upon depot of the Northwest Africa
Company ut that place. The COM
mander OF the Falcon reports that Mr.
Morris, manager of the British A can
Company at Cape JUDY, attempt, d to
photograph Moorish camp OF s ven
soldiers, and that while he was adj
Justing the camera the soldiers Drained
him. They then attacked and drove
his companions into the fort protecting
the company's factory.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

BosToN has just received from Az
RIGA the largest gorilla ever landed in
this country. His name is Jack, and
he is five feet in height when stand
ing erect, and measures seven feet
from the end OF one outstre.ched
hand to the other. He weighs about
1875 pounds, and exhibits enormous
strength, compared with which that
rived in a large box made of planking
two and half inches thick, and when
being removed from the ship he tore
large sphuters from the hard wood
planks with as much ease as child
would break twig.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

Professor in Physics explaining a
complicated machine to the students>
Please observe that the slender rod
passes over to the second or smaller
wheel, ETC.; while This 0urning yiyor-
ously) is the crank that sets the whole
IN mot Oh. Laughter from the stu
Tents
"A Buffalo County Cd. To- school
master. whose wife was one of his mn.
pils, punished several scholars. his wife
'mong the number. Next morning
his notice was on the schol -house
!oor; "Scl o j closed for one week
wing to the illness of the school-mas.
-er."
-Judge-"Do you know of anv
reason why sentence should not he
pronounced against your Accused
thlhk you ought to take into con.
alteration the fact that several wit.
nesses testified that was no oood
ven when was a little boy. and le,
me OF easy. - Texas SUtfngs.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

THE four sons of Captain Calhoun,
who died the other day in st. Joseph
county, Michigan, had not seen each
other for nineteen years until the day
before the funeral. They all boarded
the same train at Chicago. Two Of
them occupied the same seat, but there
was no recognition until they all met
in livery stable, each trying to hire
II rig to take him to the homestead
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

WHILE citizen of Lumpkin, Ga,
was cleaning out his cellar recently
after il had been flooded, he discovered
slight depression in the earth, and,
examining it closely, saw bar Of
metal partly buried there. Picking it
up he found it to be lead. Further
search revealed l67 bars, weighing
about II pound each. How they got
there is not known, though it is sur
missed that they were buried during
the Indian war OF 1896, when rude
fort stood on the present site of the
house
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

1T is said that 10 per cent. of all the
deaths from poison IN Great Britain
are due to opium; and this rate Of
morsality, according to DR.. Winter
Blythe, 'srises in great measure
from the pernicious practices both OF
Woodworking English mothers and
the baby-farmer of giving infants
soothing sirrups,' infants friends and
the like, to allay restlessness and keep
them asleep during the greater part OF
their existence" 1t has been calcu-
lated that one preparation alone is the
undoubtsd cause Of death Of 10000
children every year.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25
HOUSE,.

A bill to provide for the sale to act
ual settlers under the homestead laws,
of the Fort Sedgewick military reser-
walton in Colorado and Nebraska was
passed.
A bill was passed to establish an adj
ditional land district in Oregon.
Johnston, from the committee on
elections, submitted report on the
California contested election case Of
Lynch vs.. Vandever, and it was placed
on the house calendar. The report is
unanimously in favor of Vandever,
the sitting member.
Cox presented bill for an approp
ration, in reference to memorial
from Gems. Schofeld and Slocum and
other members of the Army of the
Potomac, asking for an appropriation
of $4,000 to aid in meeting the ex-
penses of fraternal reunion of sur.
WV RS of the Amy of the Potomac
and the Army of Northern Virginia,
to be held on the battlefield of Gettys-
burg in July next, to commemorate
the twenty fifth anniversary of that
conflict.
The secretary of the interior trans
mitted the report by Governor Swine
ford OF Alaska, upon the operations Of
the Alaska Seal and Fur Company, in
which he alleges that the company has
grossly abused the natives, and at
taches an affidavit to the charges. He
concludes that it would be better to al
low every fur seal to be exterminated
than to continue so blighting mo-
nOnnlY
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

-Pel ton Wilkes and his wife, of
Greenville, Ore, have been married
Seventy-three years. and they have
every expectation of celebrating their
llamond wedding two years hence
MIR. Wilkes was soldier of the war of
!ol2, and crossed the plains from Vir-
ginia in 1913. He is ninety-seven years
IF age, and his wife is ninety-one.
They have forty-one great-grandchil-
iren living, and eight great-great-
grandchildren.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

THE remarkable finish of American
papers is impaired by the addition Of
a mineral called agalith, a silicate of
magnesia somewhat resembling as
bestos in texture 1t is found only in
the United States.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

A LETTER received from Robert Gar
rett, dated at Cairo, states that he
and his party will ascend the Nile as
far az Thebes, and returning by way
Of Cairo, will cross the Mediterranean
to Greece. From there they will go
to Russia.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

A physician in the An'erican Mag
dsine describes February as the time
of saturnalia of colds. He advises ex-
ira effort to guard the space between a
mans coat collar and ha; brim. Be
meath this exposed skin lies tho cerebro-
spinal axis, whence proceed the nerves
that govern both heart and lungs The
face is supplied with blood vessels
twice as plentiful as the neck, enabling
ii TO resist external cold in that proper.
ton For diet in February he advises
fatty food and fresh lettuce and spin
aeh, anti-scorbutics, which should be
eaten freely.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-25

Mrs. Louisa Fries. of Cincinnati.
Is afflicted in Il peculiar and unusual
manner She can not remember her
own name or residence, and is often
placed in embarrassing positions when
going about alone. The medical term
Tor the disease is amnesic aphasia, and
it is caused by arterial hemorrhage.