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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
The Parisians' ofr.haud Manner

In place Of their old flowery language,
Parisians have Of late years adopted an Off
hand manner cumming to the extreme as is
so often the casel, manner which they are
kind enough to call English or American
Still, there are bounds which must never be
overstepped and a certain degree of formal
ity is always demanded in the intercourse
between the sexes before the world, what
ever they may be behind the social scene A
Frenchman always bows when greeting a
lady, even when he shakes hands with her
His bow may or may PC Je perfection, his
shake hand" is almost always awkward
TO style it a ''shake" at all is straininr a
point The hand is taken and as quickly let
go again IS If it were of ice and there were
considerable fear of melting it. For some
years it has been the vogue for the lady of
the house to offer her hand to all Corners
even quite young men-whom this piece of
condescension sometimes embarrasses ex-
tremely, they having their thumbs neatly
ensconced between the folds of their gibus
Having joined hands with their hostess
there is AN end of it; the other ladies of
their acquaintance who happen to be in the
room do not get nor expect more than tho
bow simple.-Paris Cor. Argonaut
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

Americans are too often credited with
originating booms, but enterprises Of that
class have always existed Even take Ger
many. that home Of conservatism, you will
find times when the people were crazed over
all sorts OF bombastic schemes Strassbourg
tho famous European railway builder, swim.
died his countrymen out of $50, 900, 900 in lines
OF railway that he projected to gridiron
Roumania and ro-Hungary, connecting
with the German Turkish and Russian
system American daring was surpassed
and construction gangs were pitched into u
naked wilderness without population, savage
or civilized, and no prospect of ever raising
enough food to sustain the smallest hamlet,
Strassbourg built for the sake of building, as
every mile represented greater issue OF
stock and bonds, How far he would have
gone can never be estimated His methods
were exposed in the reichstag, creditors
clamored for money, bonds couldn't be given
away, and the crash cnme. The respective
governments then took the lines, which have
becn operated at loss ever since. Globe
Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Cremation Making Headwav.

cremation is making more Roadway on the
continent and in this country than in Eng
iahd. Italy for ten years has had an aver.
age Oh seventy-iive incinerations, Germany
an average of fifty annually for the same
time; but England has only had ten per an
num- The expense is not so much in the
way, the cost being but ten guineas. bnt
EAgllsh sentiment is bluishly conservative.
reople don't like the idea of being put in the
iire' even when dead. Very many have an
iuea That 1t will some way hinder the resur.
rectlon OF the body which to the masses is n
iiteral affair. But as a matter of health the
advantages OF cremation are certainly very
great 1t also does away with the yulcay
parade OF an ordinary funeral, and that. nm
fortunately, is precisely what is not desired
oy the classes most to be benefited nv
economy. Embellishments
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

Saccharine, 1t seems, need not cause
anxiety to the sugar planters. 1t is true
Saecharine Is now an article of commerce;
that one grain of it will sweeten cup of
tea or coffee; that it may be safely EN-
ployed by diabetes patients, and by per-
sons suffering from govt affections and
liver complaints; that sweetmeats made
with it cause no acidity, and that it has a
wide field Of usefulness in pharmacy. On
the other hand, its manufacture is too
costly TO compete with sugar. Sir Henry
Roscoe, in communication published in
The Kew Bulletin, says he does not be.
lieve it is ever likely to become an article
of common use, 1t is not food, as sugar
is, and its price puts it out of competition.
1t seems to me, says Sir Henry, "beyond
the bounds of possibility that the price or
production of cane sugar can be materially
affected by the introduction of sacchar-
inc. Chicago Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
The Canadian Carmer

A stranger vistinga village oven a century
old Is struck by the absence of the commonest
means for improving a civilization-ma-
chlnery on the farm, privacy and comforts in
the home libraries, lectures, readings, etc.
This want of education produces marked
result on border settlements and on the
national character. The Canadian is nm OK
celieht pioneer up to certain point; no one
surpasses him in enduring hardships, labor.
want; he lives and increases where Others
VIII not remain. But when he has cleared "A
few acres and won half of a living he feels
satisfied, and generally fails to carry his
civilization to the higher plano of comfort.
cleanliness and taste. The house OF the aver.
age successful farmer has two rooms. the
toughest appointments, and it is generally
crowded with two Or three families.-C. ri
Farnham in Harpcr's.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Russia's Comfortable Drill Ro

During the winter, when the cold ia 40 l.,
tense as to make out door drilling end ma.
neuvers impossible, regiments and brigade,
OF soldiers, both cavalry, infantry and A..
tillery, are exercised in great s.ructur.
known as the riding schools, which cover
several acres of ground, are heated by steam
and afford not only cominodious hut com.
Portable drill rooms for large bodies Of
troops. The riding school at Moscow Is tbs
largest apartment in the world, the iron roof
being supported by trusses, and furnishes
plenty of space for whole brigade of cav.
airy to perform its evolutions. The grand in.
spection, or rasvod, takes place every Sunday
afternoon, and is attended usually by thu
emperor, his family and officers OF high rapk
many thousands Of soldiers being paraded BY
brigades, one entering the hall as the other
leaves it.-William Eleroy Curtis.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
IN WISCONSIN LUMBER REGIONS.
Processes of Using Up the slabs--Giris
"Edging" shipgIes-Sawipg Latl,.

| Processes of Using Up the Slabs--Giris
"Edging" ShiDg1es-SawiDg Lath.
| We now had seen the logs made into lum-
ber but there remained the interesting pro-
cesses of using up the slabs. As they came
along on a sort Of roadway furnished with
rollers, small, powerful circular saw was
drawn through them, cutting them into
lengths for lath they were then fed through
a tiny gang of saws by boys, and the laths
were made. Upon another similar roadway
logs squared on all sides were travelling
slowly; these were sawed into "shingle
blocks" in much the same way that the lath
blocks were cut. The single blocks were
laid on a frame which held two at time, ad-
justed to the action of a circular saw be.
meath, which dropped the shingles necessarily
to the hands below.
Going down, we came upon four girls
standing before the cataract of shingles,
''edging' them. They worked seemingly as
fast as they could, and without looking up.
THAT appears heavy labor" / said to Mr.
Brown. ~ don't like to see women in such
place"
at is hard, but they like it. They'd rather
do it than housework. If | want a girl all
have to do is to tell one Of these, and therell
be dozen after the place tomorrow"
They look young, too, many of them"
'They are, and they ought to be in school;
SO ought those little boys up there saving
lath. But the excitement of working in II
mill and OF being together in company is
what brings them here, They get 81 day"
Below these girls were the ''sorters" who
received higher pay, as it requires more
judgment to distinguish instantly to what
grade each shingle belongs. Next these,
the packers" who work by the piece; and
wonderfully deft and accurate they were, as
with rhythmic motion they laid the shin
giles swiftly in the open bale, ready to be
bound and marked
They were all neatly dressed and looked
very attractive amid such rude surroundings.
As we stood in the door et out to leave, the
edgers above began to sing a hymn. its DIFF
ferent parts all being sustained. 1t was
strangely thrilling to hear these sweet girisL
voices swelling above the distant thunder OF
the machinery and displacing the ceuseless
angry screaming of the saws. 1t was a les
son to me to hear these little folks thus light
ening their labor, with song.-G. o. Shields
in American Magazine
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Stagnation of Wall Street,

The stagnation that has taken possession
of Wall street is perceptible in no way as
potently as in the absence of the peddlcrs
who in good seasons haunt the vicinity OF
the exchanges in Wall, New and Broad
streets and Exchange place selling every
thing, from pencils to paintings, and from
dogs to diamonds. A few of them re-
main-venders of porpoise shoelaces at a
dime pair, and packs of cheap playing
cards. The heavy weights in the craft
have, however, disappeared. In Delmon-
ico's the 10 cent lunch counter is crowded
at noon, and there is room to spare at the
tables. The jewelers. shops, the picture
dealers stores and auction rooms, all of
which thrive off the business of the ex-
changes and go hungry when the loose
handed brokers have no cash to fling
away, wear an dir Of hopeless melan.
choly.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Profession of Veterinary Surgeon.

The profession of veterinary surgeon is an
excellent one for young men. 1t is a profes.
sion that is not overcrowded, and the young
man who has the necessary capabilities and
the requisite amount of push" needed in any
vocation, will almost always find plenty to
do. A young man to succeed. however. must
have regular office hours and attend to his
business with the same conscientious care
that is shown by a medical practitioner.
Competent young veterinarians secure posi-
tions in veterinary colleges, or become ill.,
spectors of horses and cattle for the govern
ment.-D. c. Comstock, NJ. D., III The
EDOch
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Fro' ec.ion Tor the Witness.

Drowbcating Lawyer tin Montana)-An
swcr my question, sir
Witness ito court) Your honor, have an
swcred that same question half dozei
times, but the answer don't suit him becaus
| say No" when he wants me to say Eyes.
An obliged to lie under oath to please him
Judge-Certainly not, sir. The courts ar
made by tho people for the people, and you
as one OF tho people, have right to protec
tiol.
Witness-Then, your honor, demand pro
lection from this court.
Judsc-fve only got two guns about me
bur the tipstaf there will lend you one; he'
get three. Omaha World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
RIVER LIFE IN CHINA.
Novel and Interesting sights Descr'o~o
by an American Tourist.

by American touftrts
The strange river life Of China is all about
us: small fishing boats are everywhere ply
ing their calling They are constructed with
a central chamber full OF anger holes Ior Tue
free admittance Of water, in which tine tsn
are conveyed alive to market, or imprisoned
during the owners pleasure. Big freight
sampans float past propelled by oars II go
ing down stream, and by the combined Ell
forts of towline and poles If against the cur
rent. The propeling poles are lifted WIN
neatly carved "crutch trees" 70 ht the
shoulder; the polers, sometimes numbering
as many as dozen, walk back and forth
along side planks and encourage themselves
with cries of Thai, hal, hal" A peculiar
and indescribable infection, would lead one,
hearing and not seeing these boatmen, to
fancy himself listening to a flight of brants
i'm stormy weather Yung Pc, polling by
himself, gives utterance to a prolonged cry
of ''Atta-atta-atta aaooii" every time no
hastles along the side plank
The progress of up stream boats is pain
fully slow, and q Chinaman is thoroughly
Asiatic, in that he seems quite indifferent to
che fight of time, Ny impatience to push
forward no doubt makes their aggravating
slowness appear still slower.
Many huge RATS of pine logs are encoun-
tered floating down stream to the cities OF
the lower country; numbers of them are
sometimes met, following close behind one
another Several huts are erected on each
big raft, so that the sig.it not infrequently
suggest a long, Struggling village, floating
with the tide This suggestion is very much
heightened by the score or more people en-
gagged in polling, steering, al fresco cooking,
etc, aboard each raft.
And anon there come along men, polling
with surprising swiftness slender built craft,
on which are perched several solemn and i'm
portant looking cormCfants. These are the
celebrated cornlJrant fishers of the Chinese
rivers Their craft is simply three or four
stems of the giant bamboo turned up at the
forward end; on this the naked fisherman
stands and prepels himself by means of
slender pole
Officers board us in the evening to search
the vessel for dutiabie goods; but they find
nothing Tie privilege of levying customs
Oh salt and opium is farrned out by the
government, to people in various cities along
the rivers. The tax on these articles from
first to last of long river voyage is
very heavy, customs being levied at
various points; it is scarcely necessary to add
that under :hcse arbitrary arrangements,
the oily, constituencies and tsin loving
Celestial to.,sn,an has reduced the noble art
OF smuggling to a science. Yung Pc smiles
blandly at the officer as he searches carefully
every nook and corner of the sampan, even
roofing about with a stick in the moderate
amount of blge water collected between the
ribs, and when he is through, dismisses him
a., ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
SEMI-WEEKLY WORLD.
LIGHTS OUT.

The sentry challenged at the open gate
Who passed him by because the ho,r was late;
"Halti Who goes therey" "A friend" "Ali
we'll"
"A friend, old chapr'-a friends farewell,
And had passed the gate.
And then the long, last notes were shed,
The echoing calls Inst notes were dead;
And sounded sadly. as l stood without,
Those last sad notes of all: Lights Quit
Lights Outl
Farewell, companions! We have side by side
Watched history's heightened shadows past us
glide.
And worn the scarlet, laughed at paid,
And buried comrades lowly laid
And let the long years glide;
And toll and hardship have we known,
And followed where rhe flag had gone.
But all the echoes answering round about
Have hidden you to Sleep Lights Out!
Lights Out
And never more for mo shall red fire flash
From bright revolvers---0h. the crumbling ash
OF life Is hopes fruition Fall
The withered friendships; and they all
Are sleepingi Fast away,
The fabrics of our lives decay
This robes OF night about me lay.
And the air whispered. az stood without,
Those last sad notes of all Lights Out.
Lights Out
The Week.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
A FusibIe Plug for mr.

A fusible plug in boiler peva.s.,
dicate. The plug win fuse every ' ,;as % Ia.
melt out whenever the water hoii. ',me and
low it. 1t secures safety to life 40 aown b.
In. une glass indicator may fail to indicate a 'nb
thing lss , tbaa Srsy but it is not Tes.
indication Of fuse. Riyermen ~, with the
The kissing sound that reaches =" Ill., .Se them.
the engineer when the plug fuses 'n r,., ea's Of
leap to his feet, and, alarmed " y hin
promptly and prevents an ernlos, no acts
perhaps, saves his own life by sbntt;u on' and
a Inc siugs are made of different n uasn |,
. anere Is no question in my mind b ne a !.
Vsyv 1 ta greatly to the security Of i ill.,
should say not one boiler ont ~ now' |
made now is tube boiler. Don. '.iy Ten
words fiue and tube interchangeable s 'ns
nue and tube are two different ..,
Councilman Rohan in Globe Damoau sa'ngs-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

The experiment, begun some time agc
in the German infantry, of doing ava,
with socks and keeping the foot soldiers
feet well creased, has proved thorough,
successful. Tosay nothing of the economy
of the plan, the men march easier, and
generally speaking, show few blisters So
too, lifting the foot high-the regulation
step now-is said to make the most awk
ward Pomeranian or Hanoverian peasant
fairly sure footed, while before its adoption
25 per cent. of such men would stumble in
Il charge over rough ground and about lC
per cent. fall.-Scientihc American.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

Their way of eating is decidedly pc.
cullar Cutting long strip of CORY,
greasy n,eat from the mass before him, the
Eskimo gourmand takes one end OF it in
his mouth, and then pulling on the other
until 1t is strained tight, with quick slash
OF the knife past his mouth and nose he
sewers mouthful and swallows it with
out mastieation, repeating the operation
rapidly until the limit Of his storage
capacity is reached A civilized spectator
watching an Eskimo family mt dinner can
not fail To be struck with the wisdom OF
Providence in giving these people such
short noses, as were the features any
longer they would infallibly suffer early
abbreviation.-J. Macdonald Oxley in
American Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
Didn't Like To hs Ela

"say, Cholly, was WEAKLY flooawaa 49,,
don't cher known '0day,
"How's that, Gussier'
"You see, twied to convince do W.,
ton he's fool. Twied most an aaa'ns'
WEAKLY quoted two aw thwee legal .r "olaw'
ties at him ovaw and ovaw-yrands ..o"l-
was lawyaw, you knaw--till I wa. ssier
fectly wawn out. But the stupid INV, p%'
couldn't gwasp my arguments. don, '' aaa
knaw. Fwightful lack Of mental nnas. cnef
Washin', poaw fellah." """ N
Hard lines, that's fact, Gus. II Womb
only tried to convince him you were on ~. ~
could have done it in two minutes wv
You don't say, Chollyl Do YOU weal,,
think sof Then I'll endeavow to pwovs tbs,
to him to-mowaw. A fellah hates n e. :
hooawed by such fellah don't cher knsw !,
Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
THOU AAr NOT Ae..

Thou art not near me, but / =. Il,
snine through the gloom ~. tune eyes
skies, "As stars 10 =.
TO come 70 thee sssss ,ssfs e.: : e.. . !. "a
Thou INC, , art not near me, but feel thin.
S Az to."eu round me, shielding ma ss am
1aidlng me on In the days OF oId i'' from harm
"''n IRE was dark and an the way. v.,. !.
Thou art not near me, but ho.
Sweet as breath OF June u,,o, NEE speak
And az thou spealest forgst ~ 10y Cheek :
And all the darkness of the lonely , sa,
y Glove love, my love, whateer my fate mae,
.i h 20 my slde or never more win ,s % j
a. ABSENT or present, near Or far apa ~ 'hee'
ihou mast my love and fllest ali nv INV hs.. !
-Cassell,a Me-.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
He Took Five optes,

Paper SRI" he called, as dignified stif
back old gent passed the corner
No notice.
"All about the fire, sir!"
No notice.
"All about war in Europel" continued til,
lad as he followed along.
No notice.
IAN about the scan-dall' shouted the boy
at the top of his voice
What scandal exclaimed stiff back a
he halted "You may give me five copies
my son. Detroit FREQ Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
quicker Than by TeIe-ranh

Nheh the first vessel completed tbe
passage of the then new Erie cana, Nv,
,o~o, there being no such thing as tele.
graph in those days, the news was COW,
hluhlcated 10 New York and to BntraIo
~ cannon placed within hearing of each
other all the way along from Albany r.
e"ch OF the other cities. The signal waS
passed along in this why from Albany to
New York city and back again to Albany
III hl'y-eight minutes. This is onicLey
Tran n telegraph message can be sent ovo,
the same route and answered nowndoyo
considering the time usually consumed in
Herald. Onicago
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

From studies upon the relation which the
annual rings bear to the age of trees, it has
been concluded that they are only an APP
proxlmately and not certainly correct index
OF age. Any agency operating to produce
alternate periods of rest and activity IN the
growth of the tree serves to determine their
formation. In cold climates the number of
rings more nearly serves to indicate the age
of the tree than in warm climates
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

A great many people in Paris make as
much rs $40 a night as "knot makers OF
"tyers of cravats." During the sociA
season the good 'knot maker jumps lnIo
the cab at about O'Clock in the evening
and is whirled to his customers, "nose
cravats he ties according to the preValiins
mode. For two minutes work nc ~
ceives from forty cents to S1.-New AofA
Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

Ho was a millionaire at the mask ball Of
the Art association. He was knight, anG
wore sword, and had gorgeous dress anc
shaoeiy silk encased shanks. And as he went
through tho room his sword got caught ia
ladies' dresses, and kept lodging in between
his legs, and every now and again some
fellow in silk stockings would BIO hit on the
shins.
"Wcl," said tho millionaire, ~ see now
why they didn't have street cars In those ole
days San Francisco Chronicle 'Under
tones
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15
A Little Slip of Memory.

Dramatic Critic-I called to see if I could
get my favorite seats for the new play TO-
night
Theatrical Manager-It's all up, MY dear
sir; all up. 4cal't produce it.
You CAMS Why, you told me ten car
loads of new scenery had arrived from Paris,
the costumes were all done, and the great
work of the army of stage carpenters, illu-
mination artists, and so on, was finished last
week What's the matteri'
II forgot to write the play and engage the
comp any. Omaha World
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

what is probably the most venerable
piece OF furniture in existence has ius,
neen deposited in the British museum II
is the throne of Queen Hatasu. VIII,
reisned in the Nile valley some 160(
years before Christ and Twenty-Five wear,
before Moses. This now dilapidated oh
1ect seems to be of lignum vitae, the cary
ing OF the legs being inlaid with gold ant
Traveller. i'aN
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

An all out at elbows poet, by some freak Of
fortune cam, into possession of a 81 bill He
called to lad and said, Johnny, take
William, and get it changed What do
you mean by calling it 'Williamf" inquired
the wondering lad. "Why, John, remarked
the poet, II am not sufficiently familiar with
it to take the liberty of calling it a Bill ="
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-05-15

First Gushing Female Philanthropist witt
bouquet have been In every greenhouse
In tho city, and these are all the choice flow
ers | could find. Isn't it too bad the poor
dear man murdered his wife at this time OF
yearf
Second Gushing Female Philanthropst
with tray OF delicaciesl-If il had been even
n month later | could have found ever So
much nicer fruits and earlier vegetables thar
these. 1t does seem as II he might have been
more Observation-Disclosures Tribune.