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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-02-07
LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS.

street Scenes Viewed by a Northern
Sightseer-t;lfmpse of an Interior.
The singular dual life of the Crescent Citv
took vehement hold of the ina pination of tbe
old clergyman. On one side of its prea,
artery, Canal street, is a powerful American
CITY, firmly established, fully abreast of the
trade and industry of the time and clntcbine
eagerly for its share Of the con. merys. Of the
world 1t Is vitaIized now with an energy
which, If not pure Yankee in character. is
very closely akin to it,
here are miles of wharves beaned with
cotton and sugar; thoroughfares Inassiyely
Quit, through which the endless tides OF
human life ebb and flow all day; magnificent
avenues stretching away out to the country.
nned with modern hotels, club houses and
huge dwellings, each flanked by one or two
picturesque towers, which, on inspectiop
turn out to be only cisterns.
lhere Is the necessary complement of black
shadow below these vivid high lights. Pow
erty and vice live more out of doors in New
orleans than In northern cities. There they
are, barefaeed, leering, always on the familiar
pave, tn be seen and known of all men Rack
OF all signs of wealth and gayety. too. is the
mud, material, clammy horror. The water
deadly enemy here, perpetually fought and
forced back, rushes in, whenever DAVIS rain
gives it vantage, at every crevice. foods the
streets and clogs the drains. It oozes ont Of
the GROUND wherever you step on it. dlyips
down the walls of your drawing room. stains
your BOOKS coffee color. cings to Won
chilly and damp, in your clothes and ia your
bed, turns the air you breathe into "A cold
stream, and washes your dead out of their
graves.
So the old man and the girl, being about
the same age t-as old as the Blbes in tbs
Wood quoth Mrs. Ely, fell into the habit
OF strolling in the early morning or gathering
twilight through the network of oddly silent
streets, so narrow that the overhanging caves
nearly met over the cobblestone pavenents
Steep roofs, scaled with earthen tiles and
green with moss, hooded dormer windows
peeping out of them like half shut eyes, rose
abruptly from the one storied houses. Here
and there cobbler sat on his bench in the
street plying his cwl and singing to himself,
or group Of swartuy, half naked boys knelt
on the banquette, flingiug their arms abou,
In gambling game for pennies, and shrek
ing III some Wild dialect, half negro and halt
French
Their walks usually ended on the Boulevard
Esplenade Even that wide thoroughfare fell
INTO quiet in the afternoon as the long
shadows of the trees lay heavily across it,
Within the close walls they could catch a
glimpse OF the courts about which the houses
are built, the glitter of fountains shaded by
orange trees and broad leaved tropical plants
Sometimes jalousied window would be left
open, and they would catch the tinkle of
guitar or the sound of a woman's voice sing.
ing.-Rebecca Harding Davis in HarpcrSs
Magazine
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Royal Brothefs-in-Law.

The Prince of Wales was thoroughly
sorry to lose his CHEEKY brother-in-law, the
King of Greece, al the termination of the
kings jubilee visit Though they have
met for a day or two occasionally during
the twenty-four years of their relationship,
the two men had never had an opportunity
of seeing what sort of stuff the other was
made OF till now, and it is satisfactory to
know that the kings visit TO Marlborough
House has sown the seeds of close friend
ship. The King of Greece was brought up
in the same hard school of poverty as his
sister, and is proud of it. Indeed, he car
ries his LONELINESS 10 the verge of affecta-
ton, for not only does he dispense with
the services OF valet, but he does great
many things for himself that other men
who don't keep valet would never dream
of doing.
The king always brought his work bas-
ket into the smoking room before retiring
for the night, so that he might use the
half hour devoted TO the nocturnal might
cap i'll replacing missing shirt buttons
But the monarch wasn't allowed to have
it all his own way, for Prince George of
Wales like most sailors, is pretty handy
with the needle, and ran his uncle very
close in some of the wagers they had to-
gether as TO who could sew button on
the quickest. The king is said TO be
equally proficient in the art of darning
socks. though of course he throws them
away when they get like that now.-Lon-
don Society,
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In speaking OF the large lumber of deaths
of English sparrows during the late rain
storms, Professor Otto Lugger, of Baltimore,
says that, instead of having been dashed to
death, be believed they hal been frozen in
midsummer. One day last week he counted
forty sparrow lying stiff and cold within
distance of three squares. He carried eight
home, examined all of them and found no
bones broken, -Four Of them he warmed and
they revived. The other four never again
showed signs of life, Professor Lugger gave
the following explanation of the apparent
lifelessnesS after the storm, OF the birds,
most of which were young ones: In migrating
birds fly against the wind. Should the wind
suddenly change and blow in the same direc-
ton as the hi ds are flying, and at a greater
rate Of speed, the birds feathers are blown
forward, the skin is exposed. and a cold driv-
ing rain will soon chill the birds and causs
taeir death. In this way, strange as it may
seem, the birds may be said to have been
frozen in INSTRUMENTATION Transcript.
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an the following spring ] went to New
York and put up at a boarding house. Twas
without dollar. did not have two shirts
in the world Ny clothes had been seized for
board in Albany. was thoroughly disguised
with the world and resolved to kill myself.
| went to a drug store and bought some arse
mic. told the apothecary l wanted to kill
rats l went to my room and mixed it, and
was on the point of taking it, when. lust as
such things happen on the stage, heard
gentle rap on the door. man came in and
said he was an actor and that his name was
Woodruff The object of bis visit was to get
me to play for his benefit. He said he had
never seen me act, but he had heard Ogden
Hoffman, member Of the legislature, and
others capable Of judging, say that was very
fine l told him hastily that had done with
acting, and That l did not know anything
about him or his benefit. The actor looked
downcast and said; 4 am a poor man. and
have a long summer to run through had
hoped you would come to my aid and assist
me in supporting my family; otherwise am
beggared' These words touched me so. said
Forrest, shat l finally consented | PLAYED
'Othello' for him. 1t was a grand sweep.
financially and dramatically, for hundreds
were turned away from the doors of the
theatre. Next morning Mr. Clifford, man
ager of the Bowery, put $500 in my hands
tmore money than l ever had in my life be-
forel. and engaged me for one year at his
theatre. From that time till now nv course
has been upward aud onward. n-Dr. Kane in
Baltimore American.
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Our commissioners are on n still hunt for
the old Mason and Dixon line between Adams
and Fulton county, dividing Franklin from
the Maryland side. They say that it is the
worst job they have undertaken for many
years They started in Fulton county, crossed
seven mountains and landed at the foot Of
Clay Lick mountain During the trip they
only found one stone missing, and that was
in Polecat valley. That stone was taken by
some miscreaat from Baltimore. who hap
pened there some years since on hunting ex-
petition. What they wanted with the stone
is unknown and will remain a mystery. It
is a singular fact that every fifth stone has
upon It's face the crown of England When
we of today, taking history as our guide, find
that this line was run in 1880. and look over
the years intervening, it is wonder that all
the stones have not been mutilated or de-
stroyed.-Chambersbur Repository.
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Lew Dockstader has made definite arrange
ments Tor four months trip to Sun Fran
cisco of his minstrel organization in May
next
Robert G. billiard, now cut of a situation
because Of his quarrel with Mrs Langtry.
has decided to appear as an elocutionist for q
time.
Arthur B. Chase. the director Of the Edwin
Booth-Lawrence Barrett company, says that
the profits Of the tour thus lar have averaged
$4,000 per week
So Remenyi is not dead. after all His
good ship did not sink, except for advertising
purposes, of Madagascar, rs was reported
and he is fiddling in Rio Janeiro. He is a
good fiddler.
Among recent diSbandments are those of
The Argonauts OF ~ company, the Speek
Opera company, which had been playing
The Smith Family and the vaudeville
troupe known as Dick Sands Continentals.
Miss Emily Winant. who has had a highly
successful career in England and Germany.
viii return to New York by the steamer
Etruria Dec. "a. She has been ged for a
number Of concerts and oratorios throughout
the United States and viii be under the man
aSerhent of L. VI. Ruben.
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NATIVES OF The NORTH.
Tremendous Appetites OF the Inhabitants
of the Arctic Regions

of the Arctic Regions.
When we were at John Rowland bay. a
month ago, on the Arctic coast, was visit
ing ON the Hunter, where the sailors were
scraping of the pieces OF the gum ALTERING
TO the butt ends OF the wI4aiebone The ma
tives stood by, and as the long shavings were
rolled off gathered them all up, eating what
they could hold, and storing the rest away
In their canoes. l tasted Of the stuff out Of
curiosity's sake, but dropped It rs soon as /
could The favor is about IS would i'm
agine rotten raw peanut to be. For q
steady diet, should hesitate between that
and faith, but the natives all evidently rel
ished it exceedingly. and they chewed by the
hour. schoolgirl would a piece of gum.
The greatest feast have seen the natives
have was about two weeks ago, when several
whalers were lying at anchor under East cape
on the Asiatic shore. A whale was raised at
the southwark, working rapidly up along the
shore. Twenty five or thirty whale boats
we're Immediately lowered, and the gauntlet
was too much for the whale He was soon
captured and alongside the Lucretia to be
cut In Seven canoe loads of natives came
OIL to claim their share of the whale, which
custom has defined az the fins, fukes 1.-THE
tail, and all the lean they can cut off.
The whale was a very large one, max
ing in the vicinity Of 40 barrels of oil.
and producing about $500 pounds of
whalebone, hence there was a great
amount Of lean. How the natives
did work to save thisi To me the whole scene
was most amusing Work was begun about
O'Clock and finished soon after midnight.
but the sun set only TO rise in an hour or two.
so it was daylight all the tine The officers
OF the ship were giving their orders, the
donkey engine was putting away turning the
windlass, which ratified like a dozen heavy
log chains. Twenty or thirty natives were
yelling like fiends. Huge sheets of blubber
were being hauled in 1T the gangway.
Everything was excitement and noise The
sea all about the ship was red with blood and
natives were crawling all along the whales
carcass, holding big sheath knives in their
teeth, cutting off piece Of meat when oppor-
tunity offered, and jabbering away like 50
many monkeys When they were through
with the skeleton, it seemed as if they could
not have removed any more meat even with
piece Of sandpapcr All their canoes were
loaded down as full as they could carry with
meat. Now that the work was over. the
feast followed. The most toothsome part of
the whale to them is the black sain from the
lips, the fins and the fukes, and these opened
the feast Imagine man or a woman, with
slice of meat the size of four or five pound
steak, surrounding corner with an expan-
save mouth, then saving off the corner and
writing all over in order to chew M the
whole piece and not drop any from his mouth.
This Is the happiest moment one of these
natives could wish for.-Cor. Chicago Times
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The dogs of San Domingo have discovered
a way Of outwitting their adversaries. When
ever a native dog of the island comes to o
stream he stops and harks furiously for some
time, until gradually one by one the yacorcs
gather near the bank on which he stands
poking their vicious jaws out of the water as
If in expectation of feast. The dog knows
by instinct when he has gathered all the va
cores in the vicinity in one spot, and becom-
ing satisfied OF this fact he scampers off al
brealineck speed up or down the stream and
swims across in safety. 1t is only the San
DOMINICAN dog however, who possesses this
instinct An imported dog would plunge
recklessly into the water and soon become
the prey Of the yacore.-New York Mail and
Express
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CATALINA aoMeusrus e,rasoN

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Receives a Severe Lecture from sAs
Chairman OF the Limekiln cIub.
IF Ca.aiipe Ronibustus Pierson ar IN d
mil tonight should like to hev him step dis
way, said Brother Gardner as be wiped his
spec acies on his elbow and turned his gazs
into the southwest corner
Catalina, who is young man Of q very
SLIT Ia the back and Of ancient ancestry.
came forward with a bland smile on his
lace and his coat buttoned very tightly
around him
.Brudder Person. continued the presidents
In fatheriv way, Il has had an ere on Won
fur some time back. Ar dat q dsmun pin you
has onr
mo, sah-it's glass
Il thought 80. Is dar' anything at de sand
Of dat watch chainr
4No, sab.
sGold chainr
@No, sab y
slows dat suit Of cIoze, Brudder Person,
paid fur or notf'
AN-no, sab, but rze gwine to pay.r
@Oh. you ar'l De tailor was ober to see me
las mite about 'em. Please femme see dat
big roll OF money you war carryin' round yss-
terday.r
4Tze dun took it apart, sab It was only .
70 biil wrapped around rag
AJist as / 'spected! How's yer bod, Brud-
der Piersong~
Three weeks behind, sab, but TIE gwine to
paw up
Oats good news Owe any borrowed
money!
Yves. sab, but TIE gwine to pay it back
Den, to sum up. you doan' owl de cloze on
your back You ar chestin' de public wild q
glass dImnn, hrszs ~atcL chain, am You ann
dodgi7' creditors in cherry direction All dis
for WHAT To put on Iecf;e style Brudder
Pierson, You am deceiyer; you am hypo-
crite; you am liar. Boomer dan let de
world know dey am pos ley will commit =
crime. Whar dey orter war kaliko dey viii
buy veivets; whar dey orter pay DER milk
bills dey viii use deir money to go to the
grand opera Meet em on de street an you'd
think dey owned a bank Go to DER homes
an you'd think you'd stumbled into de poo
hou e.
Il doan' understan', Brudder Person, why
you feel called upon to swell Dem cloze
won't hide yer black face; dem fashnubaI
CATERS won't reduce de size of yer feet:
brass watch chain an glass diamun am not
gwine to boot We into high society an hold
ye thar very long. How does you reason dis
case. Brudder Piersons-
al doan' know
AWell. sab, you resoom yer seat De nex'
time you appear heah de chain an dimun
aust be missin'. I'll give you just two weeks
70 part yer hair away from de middle In
abo' TO weeks, if dat bod bill amt paid UP
an de tailor feelin' safe about his money,
suntkin' viii drap. 1t viii drap hard, an it
will hit youl Dis club believes in kaliker
shirts an cash down fur grub; in stoga shoes
AM house rent all paid up; in Kentucky jeans
an no bill at de butchers: in paper collars
an no lodging creditors Sit down, Brudder
Person, an think it ober.n-Detroit Free
Press
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Between Two Fires.

A woman was up before the police
court the other day for assaulting her
husband He relented after her ar
rest, and wh.n he came to the witness
box he refused to swear against her.
Nov, Mr.. Clark said his Honor,
didn't your wife infict those scratches
on your face?"
"a cant tell Il lie. sir"
"And l don't want you to. Was it
your wife,"
Your Honor, we keep cat. 1t lies
between the two of EN-. If my wife
SAYS she didn't then it must be the cat.
and I'll have her beheaded before
sleep this night. Detroit Free Press.
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ing AM tomorrow morning I'll give
yon trial at shocking corn"
:, when "the boys came in that NIGH,
.hey had deal of sport over the ..old
man new hand" and carried sister
oallie particularly "high' over her
tramp, rs they at once dubbed him
Dut the next morning in the field.
when, after tagging behind with his
ea'n Tor some time, and bearing their
,nlschievous iibes in silence, he AT
length began to gain on them; and al
noon drove out ahead of them with his
load full and all nicely shucked. their
contempt was turned into admiration
"Darndest fellow to shuck corn
ever seen, announced the farmer that
evening. docs it SO well, so much OF
u; and pears like SO easy. Can't one
OF the boys ho.d candle to him.
The out come was that our TRAMP
found himself in a winters lob. and
that TOO at good wages; while Sallie
had the tables rather turned on her mis-
chievous brothers. A smart, steady
ieiiow and moreover a good fellow
me boys were not long in deciding.
when after a few days he went to town
With the old farmer and came back
closely shaved and rugged out in good
new suit Of clothes, -ssnot such a had
looking fellow, either" black-eyed
saline was not long in deciding. Then
IL became soon known that he was
really OF respectable family, had left
ms home, foolish hayward. boy, and
after years of knocking about and
working his way homeward, reduced
as ne had appeared at farmer Elliott s
door
just about the time Of this discovery
.he cows began to show unusual rest
iessness at milking time, and Sallie had
to have hand to hold them while she
MIXED. So this task was always to be
done early in the morning or late in the
evening when the boys were either alb
sent or busy. What more natural than
that the hand should have this to do.
and very singularly. he seemed rather
to like the job. And moreover this
strange restlessness continued far into
the next spring, long after they had
come in fresh, and were supposed to
be on their best behavior-cows noted
hitherto for their docility. The dude
came over several evenings at milking
time and endcavored to soothe and
persuade them into their olden good
behavior, but he only made matters
worse. And then it often took two to
hunt up the eggs, to hang out the
clothes and to pick the goose-b errie.
for canning. Then it always takes
two, neither more nor less. to 90 to
church with any thing at all like salts.
faction. And when, ''to cap the sheaf,"
one evening at meeting she gave the
dude the ''mitten" slap dab" and
walked home with her tramp, much to
the delight of the boys who had spite
at the dude, people iiguratively began
Ito smell mouse" And the mouse
became a goodly sized rat" About
Christmas, there was quite an impos-
ing wedding at Farmer Elliott's. and at
which blsck-eyed Sallie and .'her
tramp" plighted themselves '.for better
or worse. through good or evil report"
for the rest of their natural days
Ipestern PloWnsan.
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ElRelIenT vlslTAhrs.

xy,th low complaint and pi7eous moan,
anon loud shrieks, and pailings drear
the Wild laIDents his dear love- dead,
Sweet Summer. fairest OF the year
the shadows OF the evening wrap
About the old, brown. mother breast,
no make believe she's young and fair
And folded thus, she sinks to rest.
The freight hickers on the wail
with yellow, Illuminating fash;
Then darlSly slumb ring in the Goals.
Despairing, dies; a red ming gasA
Moth mark her burial peer
And perrin pleasure half, half fear
Enraptured, held, despite my WILL
while YisitaEts come creeping still,
From crevlces, from corners, hooks,
from cupboards, from out the books;
Tbey scramble DER the cascm ent wide; ..,.
Remind the door, they peek and hide;
Down through the chimney cen they crawl:
Frorn pictures, panels, busts, they fall;
rhey perch upon my shoulder. chair,
NV knee they tangle In my hair;
Tbey snlte my cheek, myself deride,
M witch '~.y nose, their time abide
some linger near with kindlier mien;
some noble are, with grace queen
Might envy some rich dressed, and tall
And some in no attire at all;
Some have their lives but Just begun,
while some arc older than the sun
They come from Nowhere-land OF dreams
Uncertainty OF crystal streams.
or fair skies, flowers, with thorns inwrought--
They come from out the land OF Thought.
- Edna ,ShsldrGke,
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Tue neiurlneu tDuJcnr cnurcn has COM
pleted the endowment of the first theological
seminary established in India, amounting to
S54, 600. The Rev. DIR. W, W. Scudder is pro
fessor Of theology in this new institution
In his recent charge the bishop of London
stated that in his diocese the average number
of persons present at Sunday morning SER
vices has been 200, $50; at Sunday evening
services, 205, 496; the average number OF COM
municants, 1,114, though there were $1,000
at Easter. There were 81 ,Sa4 baptisms, and
an average of 2,o4T services on each Sunday
Upon the arrival of the Jubilee Fifty
officers of the Salvation Army, who left Lon
don in August for India, Commander Tucker
found check for $4,000, which had been
sent to him TO assist in maintaining the work
Of the Army in that country. The donor,
who has amassed a large fortune mainly in
India, recently gave check for 81, goo to-
ward the same ohiect
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More Than He Wanted.

"No, George, it is useless for you to
say any thing more"
Then all my hopes are at an end,
and | am left to be miserable.
But you should not allow yourself
TO be miserable. Remember, l will al
ways be as a sister to you"
"Oh, that is too much. couldn't
expect that"
"Why not?"
81 wouldn't think of asking you to
darn my socks or sew on suspender but
tons. All | wanted was for you to
marry ME and spend my salary. -
Merchant Trdreler.