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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02
NOT GETTING CROWDED.


The Earthss Capacity for supplying If
Population 10 famfert.
In recent report OF the German
Statistical Bureau. the director ex-
presses the opinion that population
has NOT overcrowded any part Of the
empire, and that it, resources. proper
y aasbanded. are adequate to the sup
port Of au enormous addition to Ger
many's 5000, 900 people 1t Is mac
curate to say that any part OF Europe
ID overpoDulated. When the most Of
Germany was succession OF barren
plains, and a large part OF Holland wes
under water, those countries could
have supported only small part Of
the people who now inhabit them. 1t
would have been case, however not
OF excessive population, but OF almost
wholly undeveloped resources. So
long as human ingenuity can add to
the productiveness Of country it
should not be called overpopulated.
Mr. CadelI. Of the Geological Sur
vey OF Scotland, has recently shown
that while the British public complain
OF over population, and look with
favor upon schemes of state-aided EN-
igration. a vast deal can yet be done
to enrich soils, reclaim waste lands,
develop new indust- RES. and improve
methods of husbandry, all Of which
would add greatly to the resources Of
their little corner of the globe and en-
large its capacity for supporting its
teeming population in comfort. The
Dutch are still peclaiming from the
sea an average OF $500 acres a year,
and Hollands resources are more than
keeping pace with its increase of pop
ulatioH. Though there are 343 people
to the square mile, the Dutch live in
comfort and few enigrate.
China proper has only a little over
| one-third Of our area, though her popu-
lat1on IL six times as great as ours;
and yet, though the industrial knowl-
| edge of the Chinese is In many respects
extremely primitive, China is far from
| being overpopuIated. The Chinese
/ treat their fields like gardens, gather
fertilizers from every conceivable
source, SOW their grain in burrows,
and hoe it as we do corn. wasting
nothing in the process of sowing
and harvesting. Give the Chinese
modern agricultural implements. en-
barge their scientific and technical
Knowledge, and with their consun-
lnate painstalzing a still greater popu
lafion may live within their borders
/ 1t gives MS a vivid sense of the gran
/ @leur Of our own country when we re
feet that we have as yet merely
| scratched the surface of its inexhausti
Bile resources. and that hundreds o
millions may live here in comfort
] y Z SIR
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intimate friends not only tap the
shoulder, but lay their checks softly
together for an instant A lady Traveller
commends this sort OF feminine saItta-
ton, and evidently prefers Ii greatly
10 the American form Of greetlag o.
the lips.
The Mexican makes really al name
gestures as q Frenchman, ana has
quite an extensive social sign Ian
guage Their blowing OF kisses from
the fingers is graceful demonstration
a certain position OF the thumb and
iorefnger signifies ''stop moment. q
one arm held half upright with the
elbow held in the other hand. means
'he Is too stingy to pay his debts:~
one hand rubbed across the forearm.
he plays on the credulity OF his
. iriends:' the palm held outward, with
thumb and forefinger forming circle,
"she is very rich;r the fingers Of one
hand closed, except the thumb and
little finger, s'he's a sharper Eda-
Gated Mexican men are great skeptics
IN religious matters except when
they are very sick. The people are
temperate. Young girls are called
''puilets;;" manageable men, ..younc
or old ROSTERS and the street arabs
who ogle ladies are knows as Lizards. 7
Americans who have married Mexican
women find it necessary to live
In Mexico, for their wives are very I'M
happy elsewhere. Mexican children
are never struck. Corporal pun sh-
ment in schools is prohibited by law.
Correction takes the form OF persus-
sion and appeal. The result is that in
all classes gentle courtesy and con-
sideration for others prevail.
Hoodluln children are unknown in
Mexico. A hoodlum child il one who
has been cuffed and abused until he
naturally Chat Is, according to the ex-
amples set HIM begins to kick and
pound others who are weaker than
himself. The step from this to other
| deeds OF violence is short.
! One can not tell half OF the graees
and courtesies of the Mexican children.
I'm the alameda, with kindly defer
ence they will always yield to elderly
and infirm persons their own coy and
shady seats. On entering sala, where
| there are few or many guests, these
| exc uisitely polite little gentlemen vii
go all around, shaking hands with
every one present They never break
into the conversation, but when ad
dressed will modestly join it; then
wishing to retire, will say, with youl
| kind permission and, again shaking
hands, move gracefully from the com
| pany. Girls are no less imbued witt
the same spirit of courtesy. A Mexi
can boy never thinks himself too neal
manhood to pay the compliment to hi
mother of kissing her hand every tim,
he comes into her presence. "-Heric,
| Cor. Cincinnati Commercial Gazetae.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02
THE GARNER OF WAGES


rnraa Must Work While Others spend tn
Riches of the world
1t is apparent that an immense par
Of what is earned is not spent by those
who earn it. Whether wages. sala
fies, stipends or fees, the most of those
who work for them enjoy but q small
part themselves. About all thata mar
gets in this world is a cup OF COTE.
and roll in the morning. slice oi
meat, perhaps, for dinner. and posi-
bly, cup of tea in the evening. Now
aud then he gets new coat But this
is all. The most OF what he wins fills
ether mouths entirely.
The money goes, the Garner hardly
knows where. Some part, no doubt.
feeds the creatures whom he has
taken in bond from nature, and is
obliged both by law and by his own
feelings to support. But yet, making
allowances for all that, and for taxes,
besides, which may be described as
drainage almost equally unavoidable
by far the most of what most people
acquire by their own handiwork is
spent and enjoyed. not by themselves.
but by others.
You, We sheep, says Virgil, grow
wool not for yourselves; you. We bees,
make honey not for yourselves; you, ye
oxen. draw plows not for yourselves.
This is, in great measure, the case
with mankind. too. A few of us are
Industrious to the excoriatiug of our
fingers, and the dizzyfng of our heads;
but. by reason of our very application,
we have neither time nor taste to
spend the result; it often goes 10 pro-
vide senseless luxuries to persons who
are in some way or other connected
with us. and who, relying more upon
| our resources than we are ourselves
| disposed to do. permit themselves tc
/ have abundance of both time and taste.
| Who do you think keep up the patent
/ boots. aud the handsome clothes, and
/ the cigars that are smoked on our
4 fashionable streets2 Not. to be sure,
| the smocked-fae fools who wear and
Whit them. Who do you think
support the fine fancy taverns, which,
/ hUoSF tue Hlo4hSN HdtAes vi cafes, anu
saloons, and restaurants, now orna-
meut our cities? Not, to be sure, the
strutting coxeombs who frequent these
| places, and think they are enjoying
life. 1t almost all comes out OF the
pockets OF Industrious fathers, broth
ers and other oppressed relations, who
would be shocked at nothing so uauel
rs to be told that they supported sue
follies. l. Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02

look at that Teller jabbin' his
face down into that basin full of water,
said one OF two tramps who had halted
in front of a farm house. Maybe
that's way he has of gettin' used to
Z, SOS he can drink it after while. J"
Merchant 7raceler.
Little Margery, playing with her
kitten, got a rather severe scratch
from the animal. Her lips trembled
for an instant. and then she assumed
the commanding attitude and express
sion that her mother had assumed I'M
der somewhat similar circumstances
toward her. and extending her hand
said sternly: fifty, diveme dat pint
-Tailor-"To tell the truth, Mr..
Sprigglett. this piece will hardly be
suitable for bathing costume. for 1t is
sure to shrink after being wet. >
Sprigglett-''Oh. l nevah go near the
nawsty horwid wattah, deah boy. Just
sit wound on the sand and entertain
the deah ladies, don't We know. just
give me something stwiking. and some
thing that the sun doesn't fade. "
Harper's Weekly.
-.'Fader," said -Rebecca Schneidel-
baum, counterfeiting roseate blush,
"Fader, Mr., Schponger has just called.
He is now in the parlor. He has come
to ask you for my hand" "Ass
for your hand, eh?" replied Mr.. Sehnie-
delbaum excitedly. "Rebecca, take
dose diamond rings off before you &c
in. We can't afford to let dose go nit
the hand. He takes mitout incum
brance or he takes it not at all. -
Boston ITanscrtpt.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02
VACATIONS A NECESSITY.

est Absolutely Essential 70 Avoid "A Men
tai and Physical Breakdown.
Although going away for the sum-
per has long been fashionable, and
lnmmer vacations have become Gus
pmary among nearly all classes of
eople' great many persons yet re-
IAN who do not leave their homes or
uslness from years end to years end.
nese stay -at-homes are not always
lch from inclination; usually they
ould prefer to indulge in the annual
uhng with their neighbors. but neces-
" or faneied necessity, which is the
line In effect, chains them to the
any round of duties. To all appear
noes they suffer neither in health nor
rength by this lack of rest and lee
Faeon' and are apt to plume them
Nes upon their physical stamina.
the course of time, however, the
ohotony OF their lives tell in loss of
Prlts' breaking down of nervous
Pree' and rest, often prolonged and
'inetlmes useless, because too late.
ass oe taken regardless of convent
nee' Whether it is better to wait
i'il such breakdown occurs or to
ara 1t of by proper care of soul and
NY are Questions to which there
u Dc but one answer. And it is the
liu rather than the body which. in
IA 0s' cases, needs the greater atten-
on' People, however confinino their
equations are not apt to overwork
ourselves physically; summer vaca-
a' are not so much needed to give
y p" tired muscles as to tired brains:
oi scene or occupation is re-
l.eu 10 give new turn to thoughts
nave been too much in one
1--WE More farmers wives are found
.a Insane asylums than any other one
S Vs. out the deadly monotony of their
~ uoes more to drive them dement,
ma 'uan the cooking, the milking, the
s' Ai'is ana other household labors.
t saOus though they be. Variety of
,0ss Is what the human being
!" keep him in wholesome men
orai and physical condition.
r,h "' siesta, which the natives of
id sn countries take at noonday.
ras anmer seems the fitting time for
on,s, rum regular pursuits. II the
er vacation is not possible, how
on,t anu even week not to be
4, as VI the day off," or even the
Bon, aay' Is not to be despised, and
insisted upon. Indeed, IL
kken -. -.'--
u a ol'en throughout the year,
rea,as outing is probably OF
p, assr hygienic value than the longer
laka :. The first and last requisite to
n. 'ne DAY profitable is to spend it
10 tba 'as ;. inclines-always suppos-
pmm aa' It doesn't incline to break the
pma,s sadments and that it leads to
bptin lining entirely outside the usual
! sns TO fishing; if you like that.
dvioa see game of base-ball-this
kraDsa may seem superauous, but,
|omsn e a as it may appear, men and
w exist who have never seen
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02
MEXICAN MANNERS.
What an American Traveller saw In tht
Land of the Montezumas.

What an American Traveller Saw In tho
Land of the Montezumas'
1t is said of the Mexicans, as of the
Russians, that in repOse deep sadness
is expressed in their eyes. The Next
cans are good character-readers, and
especially note the bearing OF stran-
gers. They are very polite and hos
pitable, and very proud. The higher
classes of society in Mexico are almost
as exclusive as the court circles of
Europe. A middle class is growing
up in Mexico. Mexican salutations
are exceedingly cordial Men fall
into each others arms and remain
thas for several minutes. patting each
other on the shoulder and indulging
in all sorts of endearing epithets.
Another salutation. even between
friends OF opposite sex, is thus de
scribed: I'm the quickest, most
spirited manner, the arms of both
narties are outstretched, they rush to-
gether for second. their breasts
barely touch, and while the observer
is watching for kiss to follow this
ardent salute they separate; and tn
ahrazo is finished. The eNtreme
frankness accompanying it compe'
one to admire the custom. for 1t near
no more than handshaking amons /!
Americans. If friends meet twenty
times day they must pause to shake
| hands.
At the capital one day there was
seen two splendid carriages eacn oe-
cupied by one man. The carriages
halted. both men alighted, removed
hats, shook hands, embraced, talked
for a few moments, again embraced
shook hands. bowed. took of hats,
and each entered his carriage ano
went his way" The formal
salutation between women Is
tap of the right hand Oh
the left shoulder, and then generous
shake of the hand. Women who arr
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02
MOTTA,S DISCOVERY.


An ffNMSH fF4fmtAfS Ffutf4M fVr f4G
MetaIixatson Of isostses.
4 writer IN an Italian newsp tpcs de-
scrii,es visit to the atalief III ali old
Turin chemist, Angelo Meta. recently
deceased. who Ii said to have deyoted
thirty years Of his life to the discovery
and peefecting Of a process for effect
ing the metalization OF corpses. an arti-
fetal process corresponding to petri-
faction. Having informed him Oh the
object Of our visit. he writes. n
said to the professor: Such wonder
full things have been related Of you
that 1t is hard for me to believe them.
! was told that You metallic human
bodies. Evidently what was meant
was that you cover them with
a coating of metal BY galvan-
oplasty. Oh, mol replied zlotta-
Not at all! do not apply cover
ing: I substitute metal for the organic
matter; in word, metallic in the
fullest sense OF the term You may
convince yourself personally Of tie
truth Of my assertion May request
the gentlemen TO walk into my atelierr
The scientist led us into the adjoining
room. and showed us his preparations.
On apedeatal stood a magnificent bust
of female made of copper-colorcd
metal The finest wrinkles aud veins
on the neck and hands were repro
duced with wonderful minuteness
Motta informed rs that the bust was
made from corpse which he had se-
cured with Understandable difficulty. As
we examined this bust, which looked
as though it had just left the work
shop of IA great artist, the professor
delivered long lecture on the dis
advantages Of galvanoplasty. which
effaces the minute details and does not
| give faithful reproduction. My proc
ess is different. he added i destroy
| the organic substance, and replace il
| by q similarly shaped mass of metal
1 Here. for example. have the arm of :
| child, which | am just now preparing.
| The scientist produced from q elosei
the arm OF child which had beer
/ cut off at the shoulder. Through tbs
whole length Of it passed fine copper
| wires. which protruded at the fngei
tips A portion OF the organic mat
ter has already been destroyed. hs
continued. BY means of a chemica
| preparation, which Is my secret,
oldify the arm without In nm
way altering It's shape Then
place the object ia a eeta
bath. and pass strong electric cttrrra
| through the copper wires. Skin, bones
hesh, fibers gradually disappear an
are replaced by exactly similar me-
lalic deposits. When the process j
completed, | have metal arm whie'
ia its cross and longitudinal section
presents identieally the same contig,if
ttion as an arm of flesh and bone.
Prof Motta then showed the writer
number of similarly metaiized head
II men and children, one of which ha
4een sawed across. SO that he ccul
eonvince himself that the whole ha
been metalized. Motta lived and die,
poverty, and carried the secret G
IS discovery into his grave " ]
Posi-.
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The Governor of the Danish col
ony of Greenland receives by the ship
which brings him his annual supplies
copies of the daily papers OF Copen-
hagen for the year preceding. lie ar
ranges these papers in the order OF
their dates, and then calmly and
quietly reads paper each day, just as
though it was fresh from the press.
One days paper for each day, is his
rule; and so at the end of the year he
is thoroughly familiar with the news
of the preceding year. he says he Is
just as happy as though he pulled each
days paper off the press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-11-02

"A magnificent hleroglyphic, con-
tanning careful transcript OF the
Book of the Dead" has been secured
by the British Museum. 1t was writ
ten by royal scribe called Ami, who
was man of great Importance in the
early part of the period of the rule OF
the Kings of the nineteenth dynasty
over Egypt, about $500 years ago.
The papyrus is quite complete, the
first and last vignette having been pre-
served intact
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s.,,,,,n1 Fcal sR~f'fi'.

,,....tions Iiseent's Made "
stenlsl''ass old Newspaper Hs".
q rrgig, fafineris nitla'sfet'
Mr.. y .aciatsd Press. has devoted
the scar ssars 10 the development O
lns ss,,a ,elegraphy, and claims to be
paenn's. slsg,aph two Thousand words
bls y MI rom each end Of a wire
A iour Thousand words IN Sixty
ksconds, no,orts are leplbly
iae '1,ormly recorded in ordinary
~ a, characters, which can pc
eleg' =, clerks familiar with them 1T
saa ~ q about one hundred words
af h'ns .as 10 be sent over the Morse
aee .,,,st first be written or prlnted'
'nes' nessago to be telegraphed by
ny aw system must first be perfor-
~ ~ ,,r which Mr.. Craig has a
ss sa,ifnl little machine, sxlo inches,
81 Two banks Of keys, called a
.s ,' which even child can
.o reliably and quite expertly
on hours practice. and after a
ie amount of practice fifteen
.h;rtv words per minute can be per-
0.s.sd Simultaneously with the per-
.stions the machine prints, in plain
aman every word of the message,
Mn "a retained. while the perforated
s,ssee il sent to the telegraph office
same as a message Is sent in
s.,script to be telegraphed over the
Sarse line, with this ditference-the
soh;re message will be transmitted
as.tination at the rate OF one thou
aaortwo thousand words per minute,
a he legibly and accurately recorded
,aleoraph characters, and the Morse
,ossaee will be telegraphed by the
Isnd.key system at the rate OF fifteen
twenty-five words per minute and be
ecoraed by sound p" reading in ordi-
Isry manuscript. 1t is claimed that
i machine record Is three times
,ors accurate than sound" recording.
With the regular Office perforator
,nerts do, reliably. fifty words per
minute, or 5000 per hour; and it is
la:med by Mr. Craig that the actual
[ost Of transmitting 1000 words 1000
niles is not over 2 cents!
The cost of paper to perforate LOCO
ords i cent, and cents for record
nr paper. Experts, young men or
Ioung ladies'. do pcrforating for 10
(ents per 1000 words, and the same
Or copying on the type-writer-total.
cents for completing 1000 words
bn this basis it would cost for labor
nd paper less than $50 to telegraph
nd complete forty-eight columns oi
bis newspaper from New York to
hicsgo.
Mr.. Craig has also devised a new
elegraph wire, made of pure copper
nth slight mixturs of silica, which
sdlu W iuCItdo6 hliC tCIsiC SUI Cit X VII
D twice the strength of steel Of equal
lie. the exact tensile strength being
eported as 1873, 900 pounds to the
guare inch.
No. gauge wire weighs over 90i
pounds per mile, aud has about one
him Of electrical resis ance per mile.
fifth such a wire, extending from
New York to San Francisco, the cleo
rical resistance would be about 3,0M
hms, willie majority of the tele-
raph wires ostween New York and
Washington snow an electrical resist
ace Of more than 1000 ohms thus
be new silieonized copper wire will
firing San Francisco nearer to New
fork. electrically, than New York l.
b Washington. N. y Sun.
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Telephone operators receive lots OF
queer. foolish and funny calls every
where. But fellow here gave the ex-
change a good one the other day. He
rang up aud called for ''the wagon
yard. When asked What wagon
yard?" replied; 'Whyl the one | left
my wagon at. OF course he got it.
Another chap the same day, called for
"the depot and when the operator
wanted to know what depot, sang out:
.'Say, can come down there with my
trunk and valise and gos" The operator
told him Yes" and he undoubtedly
went Portland T'raflscrtpt
Ethel, asked Lewistown mother
of her daughter as the fair young girl
sat down at late breakfast in her
morning gown, did George leave any
package for me last EVENING" Ethel
blushed and said falteringiy; why,
no. mammal What made you ask?'
10, nothing; only heard him say at
the door as he said goodbye, Now,
here is one more for your mother, and
didn't know but it was that pattern
for lace lambrequins that his mother
has promised me- Ethel said nothing.