Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-16
,en OF GLOUCESTER
IN Look Cheerful While Their
per TU u.srts Are breaking,


nsJ IH ,..srts Are breaking,
rbrjftlessness is uncommon among
lnin ,,ar fishermen; drunkenness is
Gou0., ,,rtnown; harmless banter and
'I, 1lo~ing and Boosting are the nearest
belle""l7 IN brawls. There is ten
Ppl1oartedness among them that is
def'n. ,rable and almost pathetic. Many
relnai ~ hat never come back. Stand
Ya"iif YOU will. at these crowded
hsfs ,,es. and watch the arrival and
snh' ,,nro of fishing fleets; and if you
dep" heart you will feel something
n'' Nv in your throat. The old moth
he"! fathers, the younger brothers
sF' .;sters. the wives and wee fishers
s iuiron are all here, score on score.
s.av are trying TO look brave as the
lpe. sail out. There is pride and
fs'',' ..lor in their faces all. They
p en, and shout to the departing ones,
'u w. send it all back in good measure,
WV manner of good cheer and sea
"ei ,or luck. As the schooners clear
~ hsrbor. out past Ten Pound Island.
pe .;ll run away around the har-
,.,s edge, as if to keep company to
w. ,.st But those who stay. leaning
Wv UT over the dark bulkheads, look
Ill on and on until the white sails
rs.nnear behind cruel Norman s Woe,
u's s;nt behind the horizon; and if you
w see in their eyes as they at last
.'., tn the little home-spot for the
Saots or months of dreary waiting
49,. is unutterable sadness behind the
n;rsring lids. Then. when the fleet
s'turns who can picture the gladness,
.ho woe, upon these century-old
,barves and slipsP :,
They say that down at brave old
u,rblebead every third woman is q
~dow. Here among fisher folk the
came is true. And SO the golng and
coming and going and never coming,
have woven warp and wool Of smiles
.,d tears here, which have mellowcd
md softened thousands of human
hearts in way you can quickly see
and feel Your fisherman who comes,
and the wife, sweetheart or child thai
i, here to greet him are DER tender fol
nall The old city is used to it, and
dOps not mind it. 1t is the way its
toilers of the sea have. And so if yoi
over walk her streets and see hulk OF
fellow holding woman as he would
clutch fife rail OF a capstan-head in ;
heavy storm, you will know he is sim
MY making FAST with the strong
hswser of an honest love to the very
anchorage of his life, utterly uncon
rious of your or anybody's sense O
the proprieties. And this tenderness
too is all-compromising. There are
many trusts and funds for the widow
and fatherless, and these men give gen
erously to them. On every weekday
night the whole year through. whel
the seaport is stirred by the arrivals o
fleets with their ''fares' or cargoes o
fish, there is fisherman ball." anc
often many. These are never for indi
ydual profit, but invariably for thu
benefit of women whose hearts ar,
Geaking. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
-seit-trust is the first secret of sue
cess, the belief that, if you are here
the authorities of the universe put yol
| here and for cause, or with some tasl
strictly appointed you in your consti
tuition, and so long as you work at tina
sou are well and successful. Emerson
0rbs Divine
g How beautiful" said she, ''tonight
Appear the heavenly orbs so bright"
QuOth he, two orbs divine. see,
Are brighter than the stars to me-"
And soft and low the evening breeze
Moaned round them through the chestnu
trees.
oil City Blizzard
"A man in Gardiner, Me-, had le
bis wife bring water from the we'll TO
ten years; but when he needed littl
water daily for his business, he at one
had pipe laid and a pump put in, at
nve so much extra labor" The Card
ner Reporter says: "A little persona
experience is sometimes worth NOR
than large number of object lessons.
Fond Mamma-How is it youn
Mr.. Fley didn't ask you to go out rid
ing' ! saw him out with Miss Pert &c
day Daughter-Tm sure l can't tell
ipraised his horse. said | heard he wa
agood driver, and all that, while Mis-
fert only spoke to him once. Fon
Mamma-What did she say then
Nushter-She asked him if he coul
aflYe with ono hand. Omaha World.
Rural Cobbler (to frienD -D'yo
Know, Mr. Hotchkin, kinder auee
hnk happened this mornin'-sorte
queer customer | had. He came in al
wanted pair of boots with extra THE
appers--double heavy. What fc
SS!Ou want them uppers so heavy?" Sc
i I'm an actor seq he, an then h
aa' III to bust, and chuckles and GU
laws all over the shop. Now, VIII;
pyOO spose was that fellar's Joke
Defh can see.-Puck.
The LUCKY MAN,