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The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-12
Wise and Otherwise.

Twenty years ago the authorities of two small German principaIities took q deal of trouble to solve q knotty point of law. which was, as will be seen, much more important in principe than in practice. Mir. Robert Crawford, an English civil engineer, was building railroad, which ran so close 10 the boundary line between the two municipalities that each demanded d station upon its own territory. After much trou- ble, he persuaded the authorities to agree to the stalion-hOuse being placed upon the division line. SO that one-half of tl.e building should be on each side. The arrangement gave rise to many troubles. The station-master lived ID the house, and two sons were born therein. Each principality claimed that they should be registered for it's army. The unfortunate boys had hanging over them the prospect of 8 double period of military service. Several years after the completion of the road, Mir. Crawford met the leading law-ofiicer of one of tbr principali- ties, who told him of perpleXing legal question to which the posi- tion of the station-house had given rise A thief, standing outside the window of the ticket-office, had put his had through and robbed the till inside. The boundary line lay be- tween the standing-piace of the thief and the till, so that he was actually in the territory of one prin- cipality, while the crime was com mitted in the other.
 In the spring of 1912 several English officers were held as hos tages by the Afghans in Kabul During their detention the city was nearly destroyed by an earthquake Among the many scenes of horror there were ridiculous incidents like this, which is told by Colin Mac kenzie Brigadier Shelton had guar reled wi;h almost every one of the prisoners except Mackenzie, with whom he happened to be sitting on a bench on the roof of the house when the shock took place. He looked around fercely to see who was shaking the bench. Mackenzie cried: Its an earthquake, briga- dier!' and, calling to Lady Sa,e, :! made for the stairs, which were cracking and falling about them. and they all reached the bottom in safety. In the evening Shelton came up and said: Mackenzie, I | want to speak to you" "Very well, 1 Brigadier" In a solemn tone, to make him feel the cnormity of the 1 offence "Mackenzie,y you went down | stairs first today" to which the latter coolly replied; "It's the fash ion in an earthquake, Brigadicr. l 1 learned it among the Spaniards at l Manila p'
 In New York, recently, Police man Daly, while on his way from Mulberry street station-huuse to his 1 post, came across a woman lying | helplessiy drunk on the sidewalk. | He picked her Up and attempted to
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The Rev. Myron Reed, of Colo rado, who ran as Democratic con gressional candidate in that State, two years ago, was once interrupted in the midst of public prayer by man who shouted, Louder r Reed stopped short, looked at the interrupter, and said, coolly: II wasn't addressing you, sir. 1 was addressing the Almighty" Then he went on with lis prayer.
 Frank Stockton says that he once saw an American girl, whose pa rents had become very rich sine, her education had been finished walking through the galleries o the Louvre. She had been looking at some pictures of Raphael, all O. which represented the Virgin Mary and. turning to companion, sht said: q believe that man must have been a Catholic"
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-12

POstoffice, HO,hIook, Arizona. Rauga Cole rado river, near HOibrook, nj Grand alls Ya yapai county, Arizona. Horse brand, B lief thigh.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-12

In New York, recently, Police man Daly, while on his way from Mulberry street station-house to his post, came across a woman lying helplessiy drunk on the sidewalk. He picked her up and attempted to guide her tottering steps toward the station, but he had no more than got the woman on her feet, than he was mortified to see one of her legs drop from her body He as quick ly dropped his burden and rappcd for assistance, expecting also to send for an ambulance surgeon to reset the leg. A closer scrutiny, however, showed that the leg was only an artificial one, and had be- come unfastened in the woman's : struggle with the officer.
The St. Johns herald., 1888-07-12

Q 4 left hip.
 since January 1st. 1SS.'. all increase inFEz-vz cattle are branded On both sides us fol l. TT.z7-- lows:
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
Who IA Never Crazy?

There are many firm believers in the theory
that most people are crazy at times, and
facts seem to support their belief The fol
lowing, from source unknown to the
writer, will likely remind a number of our
readers of some incident in their experience
which at the time of its occurrence seemed
to them most unaccountable
"A wise man will step backward off a
porch or into mud puddle; great philoso-
pher will hunt for the specks that are in his
hand or on his forehead, hunter will some
times shoot himself or his dog. A working
girl had been feeding great clothing knife
for ten years. One day she watched the
knife come down slowly upon her hand. Too
late she woke out of her stupor with one
hand gone. For few seconds her mind had
failed and she sat by her machine tenn
porary lunatic and had watched the knife
approach her own hand
A distinguished professor was teaching
near a canal. Walking along one evening
in summer he walked as deliberately into
the canal as he had been walking along the
path a second before. He was brought to
his senses by the water and mud and the alb
surdity Of the situation. He had on a new
suit of clothes and a new silk hat, but thou
the damage was thus great, he still LAUGHS
over the adventure. Our mail COLLEGE, rs
find in the iron boxes along the streets all
sorts of papers and articles which have been
put in by some hand from whose motions the
mind has become detached for a second.
glove, pair of spectacles, a deed, mort
gage a theatre ticket, goes in, and on goes
the person. holding on to the regular letter
which should have been deposited. This is
called absent mindedness, but is brief
lunacy. Scientific American
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

Inc danger OF running on an engine han
died by an incompetent engineer or a man
who has remained at some other business
long enough to get rusty is not fully under
stood by the travelling world. l had an ex-
perience Of that kind that drove me off the
road and INTO more pleasant lines of labor
The Iowa legislature passed law in 1877
holding all railroads responsible in heavy
amounts for loss Of life or injuries incurred
in their service, and to offset the liability the
railroad addressed circular to all employees
asking them to relinquish their claims. One
morning had fired up as usual, and run the
engine around to await the freight which we
were to take west from Burlington Before
the hour an agent stepped up and asked the
engineer to sign the agreement He refused
and was discharged on the spot. A new man
was put III the cab. He had an engineers
license. and everything looked straight. So
far as papers went During the talk nv fire.
had run down, SO filled in coal until steam
was kissing out of the safety valve, and the1
| opened the furnace door,
Having taken our train, an hour later W,
were spinning along nicely when turned +,
feed the fire. Throwing open the door / OIL
served the crown sheet and rivets shown
through the fire box, and looked up at tia
gauge only to find that we were running wit
dry boiler. yelled to my partner, and Ii
started out on the running board with
hammer in one hand. The pump had stoppc
working. The new man struck the met;
gently to loosen the plunger That's all
saw. started over the coal in the tende,
and, climbing up on the side of the first ca
was not long in putting twelve or fifteen car
between me and that engine. Reaching tt
caboose and sitting on the cupola, wait,
for the explosion. If that fool with his hai
mer had succeeded in starting that pump
would have gone into eternity the ne:
second, for the boiler was at a white heat
wasn't in suicidal frame of mind, and tina.
why lit out. But the old adage about foo
and children proved true, for that enginee
had to stop, draw the fire and wait for
relief engine. We had only run fifteen miles
but the damage in half an hour took thre,
months to repair. -Globe-Democrat Inter
view
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

A railroad velocipede is at present ex-
perimented upon by the military author
les of France. 1t is q wagon of very
Eight build and little weight, and has four
wheels of thirty inches diameter, with rims
constructed for running on rails. One
nan can move it at a speed of forty to
fifty miles an hour. BY means of brake
can be stopped in distance of five
-ards-that is, almost instantaneously 1t
an be easily lifted off the rails by one
man to get out of the way of a locomotive,
for instance, and as easily replaced after
The train has passed. By fixing gutta
percha rings around the wheels the veloc-
ipede can be prepared to run on country
roads. The durability of these machines
as constructed by the French, is said to
be marvellous. Such an engine, if practi-
cable, might solve the problem of private
running on railroads as on
highways. -Paris Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

In The process of forming stamped tin
ware fiat sheets of metal are placed in
powerful presses and forced by means OF
dies into shape. This shaping process
and enormous pressure on the metal com
pletely disintegrates the tin coating,
breaking the tibers and rendering the sur
face of the wares fractured, rough and I'M
finished. This defect is remedied by re-
plating, which contemporaries and reunites
the surface, correcting all fractuosity and
making the ware bright and new. The
ware to be re2lated is dipped into cald-
ron of boiling tallow, SO hot that the origi
nal tin plating is softened up and melted
from the surface of the sheet iron Then
the article so treated is dipped into poi
of fused tin, where it takes on new coat
ing of that metal. 1t is then dropped IL
second time into the grease pot, which has
the effect of evenly distributing the coat
ing of tin, taking off the superfuou
metal. 1t is then put into box of bran
where it is cleansed of the thickest of tn,
grease, and finished by being rolled il
aour and middlings, which completely
cicanses the ware leaving IL smooth and
oright.-American Artisan.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
The Game Of War.

"Eriegspier' the game of wary is be-
coming almost rs popular among British
troops as it is IN Germany, where it was
invented. There is scarcely q regimental
headquarters that has not the maps and
blocks and lead soldiers OF which the
game is composed, and now the company
and troop commanders are taking to buy
ing them, and not few sergeants' messes
have them. "Kriegspiel," it should be
explained is really game of instruction,
having most of the advantages of sham
fight in the field, without its wear and
tear, its waste of ammunition and the de-
lays consequent upon maneuvering in
friendly country, where gardens and cul-
tivated fields must be spared, navigation
of rivers left unobstructed and crowds of
sightscers are ever in the way.
Topographical maps are made of the
neighboriug region, usually on Il scale of
six inches to the mile, heights of hills and
their exact contours are shown by curves,
equidistant the one from the other, woods
and fresh water are recorded as they eX-
ist, the depths, widths and shore line of
streams, together with the character OF
their bottoms, for the information of the
pontoniers, are carefully laid down. The
game is said to be invaluable as means
Of instructing the soldier in field work
and of training officers to successfully
operate their commands in a strange
country. The officer has his map as the
pilot of ship has his chart of a strange
larbor and, if the map is correct, it
should enable him to move with as much
precision and guard against certain con-
tingencies as surely as though he were on
familiar grouxd. Scientific American.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
The Ranchman's Commissary Department,

ranchman's life is certainly very pleas
ant one, albeit generally varied with plent,
of hardship and anxiety Although occa
Sionally he passes days of severe toil-fcr
example, if he goes on the round up he works
as hard as any of his men-yet he no longer
has to undergo the monotonous drudgery at
tendant upon the tasks of the cowboy or of
the apprentice in the business. His fare is
simple; but, if he chooses, it is good enough
Many ranches are provided with nothing at
all but salt pork, canned goods and bread
indeed, it is curious fact that in travelling
through this cow country it is often mpos
sible TO get any milk or butter; but this
only because the owners or managers are toe
lazy to take enough trouble TO insure their
own comfort. We ourselves always keep III
two or three cows choosing such as are nat
urally tame, and SO We invariably have plenty
of milk and, when there is time for churning
a good deal of butter.
We also keep hens, which, in spite of the
damaging inroads of hawks, bob cats and
foxes, supply us with eggs, and in time of
need, when our rifles have failed to keep us in
game with stewed, roast or fried chicken,
also, FROM our garden We get potatoes, and
unless drought, frost or grasshoppers inter
fere (Which they do about every second Year.
other vegetables as we'll For fresh mes,t we
depend chiefly upon our proves as hunters
Theodore Roosevelt in The Century.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

nrasa custom of hattening the heads by
pssure was about universal among the
uset Sound Indians. 1t was done in in.
h'n,! with hat made of cedar bark,
II ha pressed steadily on the forehead.
ons ."s oeen so often described by numer-
bas. writers that no further description is
r. necessary. School teachers here
L@,w p oeen unable to see any difference
br"eth the intellect of those whose heads
ara ar lhuS been fiattened and those which
ever ,'utal' Some of the Indians, how
baaI hal oelleVe that it has caused numerous
f few i''an among them in after life. Very
Amo .nlahts are thus treated now.-Cor.
american Antiquarian.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
A King Who Hesitated.

The king who hesitates is very often
lost, just as much as though he were an
ordinary mortal. A very interesting dis
covery of recent date shows that if Louis
XVI had only been little less dilatory he
might have prevented the taking of the
Bastile, and possibly changed the course
of history. 1t is now clearly proved that
early in 11SS he had given his conditional
approval to a plan for demolishing the
Bastile and for laying out the site as a
garden; and plan was actually prepared
showing how the proposed change could
be effected, but the king, unfortunately
for himself, did not at once approve this
plan when it was placed before him. He
said he would think about it, and while
he was thinking other and more stirring
events followed, till presently, on July IA,
1899, the Parisians, tired of waiting for
the kings consent, pulled down the Bastile
on their own account, The original plan
for laying out the site as public garden
is still in existence, and may be seen by
the curious among the historical treasures
at the National library at Paris.-London
Figaro.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

The first presidency of the church is not a
one man power. 1t is composed of a presi-
dent and two counselors-three high priests
chosen by the vote of general conference
OF the whole church. The next body in
authority is the quorum of the apostles, COM
posed of twelve high priests, with president
at their head. This quorum is equal in
authority to the first presidency, and in case
of the death of the president, which event
DISCREPANCIES the first presidency, the twelve
apostles preside over the church This is the
situation at the present time no one yet hay
ing been appointed to succeed the late John
Taylor as president of the church. After the
twelve apostles come the seventies, of which
there are great many quorums each com
posed of seventy elders. The first quorum
of seventies Is equal in authority to tie
twelve apostles of the first presidency.
There are many other quorums in the
priesthood, all of whom have presiding
officers, but such officers act only as directed
10y the members of their respective quorums
There is no one man power, but the whole is
bottomed on the people, upon the whole body
of the church membership, each member
having voice and vote. The first presi-
dency must be sanctioned by the voice of the
people.-Delegate John T. Game.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
Rats Among Friction Matches.

Fire Marshal Whitcomb of Boston, re.
Gently made a test for the purpose of learn.
ing whether rats could and would start fire
by gnawing matches. Three large rats were
placed i'll wire cage containing bunch OF
matches The first night four fires were set
by the rats and others Were caused during
following days. Examination of the matches
showed that only the phosphorus ends Were
gnawed, ami that some of them were car.
ried some distance from the original bunch
The rats had plenty of good food, but ate the
matches as though they liked them we'll Tht
fire marshal is quite certain now that rat.
carry matches into their holes, and then
gnaw them, and that many conhagratior
thus originates. York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
WAGES OF FAMOUS COOKS.
Prices Which Rich New Workers Paw for
Culinary Skill-How Chefs Dine.

Culinary skill-Bow Chefs Dine.
Previous to w. K. Vanderbilt's culinary
extravaganza In hiring $4,000 cook Corpe-
nus was supposed to have the most expensive
one IN town, paying Fred Hemmerle, his
chef, $50 a month, the highest salary paid
by any private family in New York Mrs.
Langtry is not SO far behind She paws Con
slant Migirard, who gets up her meals and
travels with her, 500 a month. Ogden
Goelet gave Valtat 500, but Judge Water
bury bid little higher and has him now.
John Jacob Astor has Frenchman. JOSEPH
facteau, who gets 800 a month and who has
little to do this winter, the family being too
deeply IN mourning for even the smallc
dining. Eliot Shepard, another Vanderbil,
son-in-law, is fond of good cooking, and paw,
good price to Mathies, a man who used Il
lie assistant cook in the Jockey club. of Paris
Whitelaw Reid is the only newspaper maj
who can afford famous chef as caterer te
his appetite, but he pays a good, round sur,
10 have his meals prepared by GaiIlet. His
rich father-in-law, D. o. Mills, paws no mo q
to Menier, who presides over his dinner pa,
ties August Belmont imported his cool
himself, having found him in rather an OBJ
scure Partisan restaurant, and has never had
reason to be dissatisfied with his discovery.
W. b. Aston employs Gustave Berand. and
pays him SIPS mon,A. The Marshall 0.
hobertses and Bradley NJ rims have English
cooks, being strictly Anglican in all their up
pointments.
when these chefs have night off they
never dine in their own place, but seem te
take great delight in sampling the food of
their rivals. have seen Fred Hemmerle in
Delmonico's with all the head walters futter-
ing anxionsly about him while he critically
examined the menu, and no millionaire wa
as carefully served as he. Delmonico's bea,
cook goes up to the St. Gle cd and to the res
taurant OF the Hotel Normaudie when he has
an evening away from atty, and while he is
dining it's very nearly impossible to get
waited on, for the waiter all get nervous and
forget your order while they hang about the
famous cook and wait to see upon what food
doth this our Caesar feed and then rush of to
the kitchen to see that his orders come up hot
and in perfect shape / was told on one of
these occasions by a hysterical waiter, whom
corraled with half a dollar and induced
TO give me some attention, that these great
cooks order the simplest sort of food. They
themselves adjure most of the sauces and
graves with which they stimulate the faded
palates OF the public and, looking carefully
over the bill, pick out just those dishes which
require, through their simplicity, perfect
cooking to make them palatable. Brooklyn
Eagle
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

Lovers of veal know when they get
good article. Further than that they give
the matter but little attention Among
the trade there are half dozen grades; To
the general buyer there is but one kind
that the butcher offers An outsider,
should he go among the calf men ut West
Albany, would hear such expressions as
'Send that bunch of firecrackers to New
York-" ''Do you want to buy any grass
ers or fed?n 'How are buttermilks
quoted this morning." "Veals are firm
and wanted.n The dealers ignore the
word calf entirely.-AIbany Journal,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

DR.. Brown has given a description Of
the grief manifested by chimpanzee on
the death of its mate. His grief was
shown by tearing his hair or snatching at
the short hair on his head The Yell of
rage was followed by cry the keeper had
never heard before, a sound which might
be represented by hah-ah-ah -ah- all ut
tered somewhat under the breath, and
with plaintive sound like a moan
Professor Z. S. Morse in Popular Science
Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
Flowers for WILL Street.

Among the many expenses that Wall
street brokers have to face every year j.
the item for flowers with which they
brighten and adorn their offices. White.
and summer, spring and fall, huge bunche,
of expensive posies are kept on hand in
many of the very attractive offices. 1t is
reckoned that the average expense for an
office is $40 day. At dusk the office
boys and lesser clerks divide the flowers
Chicago Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01
Candy for Philadelphia.

Philadelphia claims to make and eat
more candy in proportion to population
than any other city in the country. There
are eighty-seven manufaC ,urers and
wholesalers and !, 200 retailers, and they
use more than s., 600 900 of capital and
consume 100, 600 tons of sugar every year,
Caramels are great speciality of the trade
in that city. For other places much
chocolate and walnut candy and many
gum drops are made. Six tons of gum
drops were shipped from Philadelphia TO
Pittsburg the week before Christmas.
BROOKLYN makes the most chewing gum,
II is said, and Boston eats the most OF 1t.
New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-01

Benjamin Franklin, of the Second Min
nesota volunteers, is the only man on the
government pension rolls who sacrificed
both hands and feet in the late civil war,
and as there is no provision of law ap-
plicable to such special cases, bill will
be presented TO congress increasing the
pension he now receives to $3.50 month.
He now receives the pay provided for .
soldier or sailor who has lost both hands
or both feet New lork World.