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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
STRAY BITS,

Indiana ia said to have more politicians j
proportion to its inhabitants than any othc
state in the Union.
Tramps from this country have become t
numerous in the city of Mexico, it is sal
that they have become a great nuisance
Americans residing there
In New York. few days ago, man thre,
nff his overcoat and plunged into the Ea
river to save a man who was drowning.
thief came along and stole his garment
1t is said that 81 600 worth of chemicali
prepared cigarettes is imported daily int
this country Little straws like that shol
what an enormous amount of dudism there
in the rlidst of us.
Some of the shepherds in the mountains C
Bulgaria live for ten and fifteen years a.
tending their tlocks, and never knowing whs
it is to sleep in house or TO ENJOY any of tn
comforts of civilization.
Australian people are particularly fond
holidays. The regular holidays are allno
As numerous as those Of Catholic countries
while special holidays are ordered by tn,
government upon the most trivial excuses
Not month goes by without a week day
holiday,
1t is related of the late John J. Flanagan
If The Utica Observer, that in the capacity
If a newspaper reporter he had ATTENDED
twenty-seven hangings. On one occasion
he persuaded the condemned man to consent
10 be hanged two hours earlier than was a
first intended. in order to give him time t.
get home after the event aud put good &C
| count Of it in the paper.
Among the many queerly named public
houses in London there are sixty-foul
Kings Arms fifty-three RED Lions,
fifty-three Crowns, and forty seven whit.
Harris" Some Of the other singular name
numerousiy seen are: Coach and Horses
Star and Garter" Rising Sum- King
Head Rose and Crown" "Grapes,
Ships and "Noah's Ark
Of 600 tor1,adoes o, which record has beel
made in the United States, not more thai
/ seveuty-tye were east of the Alleghan-
| mountains The warm air tempestuousl
| driven from the Gulf of Mexico up the Mis-
sissippi valley is caught by the polar win
and driven i'll gyratory tornadoes across tn
prairies. The Appalachian range serves o.
the Atlantic slope as barrier against storm
| of that sort.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
The CoIord Troop. at Petersburg.

Any striking event or piece of news was
unusually eagerly discussed by the white
roops, and in the ranks military critics
we're as plenty and perhaps more voluble
than among the officers. Not so with the
blacks; important news, such rs that be-
fore us, after the bare announcement, was
usually followed by long silence. They
sat about in groups studying, as
they called it. They waited like the
Quakers, for the spirit to move; when the
spirit moved one of their singers would
1plift mighty voice, like bard OF old,
in wild sort of chant. If he did not
strike sympathetic chord in his hearers,
| II they did not find in his utterance an eX-
oonent of their idea he would sing it again
| and again, altering sometimes the words
| 1r more often the music. II his changes
| net general acceptance one voice after
| another would chime in; rough harmony
IF three parts would add itself; other
| rroups would join his, and the song De-
! came the song of the command.
| The night we learned that we were to
! lead the charge ion the explosion OF the
| Petersburg mine the news filled them TOO
| tull for ordinary utterance Inc Joyous
negro guffaw always breaking out about
he campfire ceased. They formed circles
| m their company streets and were sitting
IN the ground intently ana solemn!
STUDYING At last heavy voice began
% sing Wee looks like me-en IA
marchin' on, we looks like men-er-war'
| Over and over again he sang 1t, making
! slight changes. The rest watched MN
ntently; no sign of approval or dlsap-
proval escaped their lips or appeared on
| their faces. All at once, when his refrain
| aad struck the right response III their
hearts. his group took it up, and shortly
half thousand voices were upraised- IL
wns picturesque scene-these dark men,
With their white eyes and teeth ana
full red lips, crouching over smold'
ring campfire, in dusky shadow
| with only the feeble rays OF the ian
| erns of the firso sergeants and the
lights OF the candles dimly showing
Trough the tents. The sound was al
weird as The scene. when all the voices
;truck the low "E'' last note but one)
cld it, and then rose to "A win
,ortamento as sonorous as it was cluihs!
rntil we fought the battle of the crater
| hey sang this every night, to the eNclu
sion of all other songs. After that ueiea
hev sang it no more.-The Century
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24

There are two rare old coins in the pos
session of a citizen of Macon, Ga. Evil
IDENTIFY they were cast as political medals
during the administration of ''Old Hick-
ory.n The first bears date 1884, the
date placed beneath a hog ram
pant, with his side placarded with the
legend: MY Military, My Third Heat"
and surrounded by the motto: Perish
Credit, Perish Commerce. On the re-
verse is: Down with the Bank" MY
Substitute for the United States Bank
Experiment. Then a head of Jackson,
and beneath, My Currency, My Glory"
The second coin bears date 1887, and has
e strong box, marked ~. S. Sub-Treas-
ury,n resting on the back of a turtle
labeled fiscal agent Then comes eek
ecative Experiment and on the reverse,
81 Follow in the Footsteps eff My Illustri-
QUA Predecessor, surrounding jackass
who is careering over the plain at the top
OF his speed. Chicago Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24

To look at the stamps, one would
scarcely imagine the trouble it required q
arrive at an absolutely safe combinati' n
that will resist water, alkalies and acids,
1t was once serious question. At first i
was proposed to use certain kinds Il
paper, but this proved not feasible, be-
cause skillful operator could wash 81
the ink without injuring the paper. Thea
experiments were concentrated on TIA
printing, and water colors We're proposed.
which would wash OF with the applies
ton of water. But it was found that Il .
heat of summer had the same effect.
Alkalies and fugitive colors were also
tried, but they were proved vaiueless.
Still another method was to have the ink
fixed in the paper, but acids easily took
out the color, Finally simple plan was
arrived at. This was to make the ink OF
materials which chiefly compose ordinary
writing ink, and, therefore, what would
destroy the marking on the stamp would
destroy the stamp, which would be of the
same quality and character. -Postoflice
Inspector in Globe Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
EUROPEAN JOTTlNGS.

A patent for driving vehicles by electricity
Is said to have been sold for ESQ, 900.
William Fnlay, of Glasgow, has started to
wheel barrow to Rome and back He hopes
10 do it within year.
In 1885 the United Kingdom built Isl iron
steamships and $50 of steel. In 1887. IS new
ships were of iron and 256 of steel.
Gamblers are advised to go to Monte Carlo.
The luck has been running dead against the
bank for some time, and Mr.. Dumont is said
to have won 100000 francs
An immense locomotive has just been con-
strueted at Paris foundry. Its builder pre-
diets that it will realize an approximate speed
of ninety three miles an hour.
The acclimatization of the socallet. "Ameri-
can" trout in Norwegian waters has been very
successful Attempts are now about to be
made to acclimatize black bass obtained from
America
The dog corps in the French army is being
carefully trained at Belfort. Large dogs are
chosen Every day they are shown soldiers
In German uniforms and taught TO fly at
them on sight.
The manner in which the spruce and pine
forests of Norway are being exterminated is
becoming 80 serious that the government is
called upon to put stop, by legislation, to
the deforestation of the country.
The details are being settled for transform
ing the Roman Forum, the Palatine and
the baths of Caracalla into a grand arch
biological promenade planted with groves OF
trees The bin authorizing the scheme was
passed last summer.
/ France has taken up the centerboard ques-
/ A ifs.l
/ lie Yacht that ''the day is approaching when
! the Yacht Racing association will be Obliged
| 70 yield to the pressure Of facts, which have
trumphantly shown the real worth of these
sadly moderated boats"
Here is n staggerer for Isnatius Donnelly.
| A playbill has been discovered OF the Kill
/ kenny Theatre Royal in 2S announcing the
performance of The tragedy of Hamlet,
originally written and composed by the cele-
brated Dan Hayes, of Limerick, and inserted
In Shakespeare's works"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
Glory of Modern Chemistry.

~, rof' Bolton expresses the opinion that
a. :, browning glory of modern chemistry
t = rne power of producing i'll the laboratory
on9 IN inorganic matter, substances identi-
al, with those existing in the vegetable
~ animal kingdoms-it being known
Nv M" ulat the same chemical laws rule ami
mute and inanimate nature, and that any
M, inlte compound produced i'll the former
cb Oh oe prepared by synthcsis as soon as its
iead constitution has been made out,
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WHAT THEY WEAA.


Tucked panels Of china creps on wedding
gowns OF MORE are new and very stylish.
For spring and summer travelling wraps
the redingote is the garment of the near ftl,
ture no less than the immediate present
High authorities echo each other that prin
cesse gowns are coming in, though as We
only those OF the best dressmakers find favor
Artistic costuming gains ground in I,ondo
when instead Of fashion plates the bcs
modistes now consult the museums and pict.
ure galleries.
Jet bonnets, with the beads forming a,
open cross bar pattern, are filed 10 Will
tuie, OF black, poppy red, suede or apple
green, according to fancy.
sashes of the gown stuff. simply hemmed
and eight inches wide, are set in the under
arm seams Of many chiidrens dresses. and
tied in double bow at the back.
a new idea for bodices Of soft stuff ia To
have the full front caught in at the waist by
bands Of inch wide ribbon 80 crossed a to
form a double diamond aud give slender
effect,
Tueks appear In all fabrics, from tulle to
cloth, and while in the light stnffs they are
run with floss silk, in the heavier ones they
have layer OF wadding added to give a rich
effect,
Figure dances, such as the minuet, the
pavanne, the mazurka and the redowa are
the features Of Partisan ''smali and earliesr
the waltz and galop being quite out Of
ia r.
Ruches of roses and rose petals trim the
foot pf fulie hall untrps ,vhich bo va Hot. Oh.
sprays caught here and there upon their
draperies, and some, even. panels close yet
with the flower.
A gray plush, cut princesse, lined through
out with cream silk, and falling loose over a
front of gray silk heavily embroidered with
steel, is among those things that make a wo.
man covet her neighbors goods.
Wooden velvet-velour de laine-is among
the most stylish as well as the costliest Of
materials for spring wraps, but SO delight
fully light, rich and warm that no intending
purchaser can grudge the money.
Straight draperies OF gray cloth, over
plated panels OF white cloth, with a gray
sash, forming panniers, and gray waist
shirred at shoulder and waist make up one
of the most stylish new spring costumes.
The Bernhardt, in ia Tosca,r has proven
| that slight women can wear empire styles.
but unless they are very sure Of themselves
The wiilowy sisterhood had better cling to
the fiounces and furbelows of the Little Tri
| anon.
| The tea gown grows upon the English pub
lie. For country house wear it is all but
universal, and in London it is quite ths
thing for home dinners, though care is take
that its construction shall in nowise sugges,
wrapper.
Wool is the correct thing for spring wear
but wool so dressed and pressed and dyed AM
! betouseled that in the matter of cost th.
sheep who grew it Light reasonably Civ,
himself airs OF superior ty to his aristocrati
| congerie the silkworm
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
Sons of Slams King.

The king OF Siam has sent four of his
sons 20 Europe and given them some very
good advice, which is published i'll This
Bangkok Times. He tells them not to as
sumo the title of prince in Eutope, and
not to boast that they are princes. As the
king is defraying all the expenses from
his own private purse, and not out of tho
funds OF the state, he has decided on de-
posting sum in the banks sufficient to
give each Of them 81 900 year for tho
first five years and 81, 900 year for Tie
second five years. A sum of SlS, 600 will
be placed in the banks, bearing interest,
and each son will be able TO draw the sur
plus on attaining the age of 2l.-Chicago
NewR
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
A Fair MaIden's Strategy.

"Mr Sampson, she said with blush,
II want to ask what you may think is a
very strange question: Do you know if
you : Mr.. Brown is gentleman of cor
rect n. bits?"
Mr.. Sampson grew pale, and hemmed
and hawed: "Well-er-um-yes," he
said, Il think he is but, oh, Miss Smith
Miss Clara-Clara''-
A little later he looked down into her
eyes and said:
"why did you ask me about Mr..
Brown, darling9"
because l fancied he is becoming in
terested in very dear friend of mine"
said the girl, unblushingly Phillip IL.
Welch in the Epoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
Bat. in the Mammoth Cave

Looking up at the sides of the great
come in the Mammoth cave, asked tho
guide what the large black spots were.
Tor answer he went to the nearest and
ehderly took down n small bat, There
were, think, millions of them, all hang
ing by the feet, heads down, and in a
eomatose condition. They spend the win
"f hanging up here and appear to prefer
las did the signers of the Declaration of
=. .ihdependence-'ito hang together rather
than ''hang separately Although in a
slate OF coma they knew enough when put
oSscK IN position to "catch on. Cor.
.CharleStnn Nnws
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
mArkan.as Rad Wood"

Sweet gum is a wood which has gone
through some very queer changes in name
An Arkansas man once shipped sample
car of what he called Arkansas red wood :
to Philadelphia. 1t proved to be sweet
gum. but WAS accepted without any OBJ
iections. Some enterprisins dealer IN
New York city, knowing the prejudice IN
the market toward sweet gum, succeeded
in establishing fairly good trade by call
ing it 'hazel wood" More recently IL
has been shipped to Europe under the
name of "satin walnut" and 1t is being
used quite extensively among tne CABINET
makers.-St. Louis be-Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24

A wrinkle just now is TO have your
photograph taken on dark background.
Where the features are suited to the
strong contrast highly classical looking
picture is the result. In most cases, how
ever, this contrast is too trying. For the
average plain man or woman there are in
termediate shades, which are quite effect
i've, but it is very difficult to get the right
one in each instance without experiment
are in general a bright coffee color, and
the particular tone which is most desira-
bic is within the notifications of this
eolor.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
WHERE GOOD COFFEE esows


ON the Plantations.
AT the Coffee Exchange the otbsr a. !.
several well known spectators ,yara Jay a.
cussing the new boom In that r,a,.,-a.
"hch the subject of the Mexican nrod,,o,
.a'he up. Said one broker: "prohaI,,n
,n1 pee. coffee IN the world is raised anon,
ai"p', put IL never reaches the markets.
:. ~ ene United States, for the reason tbot
- "5nt up seasons In advance by resi-
~. T ~, buyers for the English mar.
tra.. me resident German buyers con.
for a. eor Tour years la advance
Cr,,a riv's raised IN the states OF Vera
cruz, Tobasco, Colima. Micboaca,, 20
GUERRERO The little state Of CoIirna h haa
PROBABLY exported more rich coffee h. s,''
IMAM all the other Mexican states n,t To-
selher and at the astounding price of N
Genus per pound. A friend of nina w..
uo"h 10 Try TO secure some of this dali.
S.ouS proouct even at the price mentioned
~. ne FOUND himself forestaIied nv tbe
Iheiish, french and German resident
buyers, VINO watch with hawk like olanco
.hac tne letter and spirit of their cont
win the Mexican planters are carried ont
even 10 the extent of a single pound nj the
bean. s0 pouhu VI Inc
1aiapa Is connected with Vera cru,
Dy steel railroad sixty miles LONG and
.Ais country he describes as an Eden THE
conee plantations are interesting and vi.
ways slope towards the east. When tho
P,ahts are one year old they are trans.
piiited INTO squares ten feet apart with
banana plants i'll between, SO as to protect
.he cofee shrubs from the fierce ravs ri
inc sun; AT this age they are about two
iee' high, ana they are never permitted IN
atIaIh growth Of over six feet The
Piaiit bears from the age of three years
una, unless blighted, continues TO WELD
up 10 lts hfteenth year, when it is usually
old sprig. ' MI
1.-The leaf is olive green II, color the
blossom white and the berry itself pea
green. Each berry contains two beans
WI whlch when ripe for picking turn earmne.
Inc average earnings Of six year-old coffee
shruos are Az cents, and plant between
WE'VE and fifteen years of age yields from
Ti 10 81. 20 worth OF beans yearly. Coffee
Is picked much as cotton or hons. and the
poems earn about % cents per diem during
the season. Upon the coffee plantations
bananas and castor oil berries raised be-
tween the coffee to shelter it are sold at
aDsurdly low prices. Last year the value
OF coffee exported from Vera Cruz was
HI,o0O 000; Colima, $24O. 900; Chiapas
Nto,oO0; Guerrero, $4,000; Michoacan,
SIo3, 0O0; Morelos, $S3,O00 Tobasco.
so0,0oO, and Oaxnca, S8S, 600 No; we
don't know in New York what really GOOD
coffee is. Coffee at 70 cents a pound on
The plantation would cost pretty penny
mere, even If we could get it."-New
York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
About Walt whitman's Poems.

'"To my uncultured taste, remarks
newspaper correspondent, wait Wni.-
mans poetry seems to be ground out Vi
machine" Well. so it is; so it is; the cor
respondent has found secret OF writing
poetry. All poetry-Whitman S, iehh!
mis- Whittier's, Longfellow all of 1t
3 Just ''ground out of a machine nu'
no machine isn't in tn. market, my SON
on can't buy it with money, and the Eel
inyS, who has il can't give it to you; II
seems to be inalienable, like an Indian
farm, You can write just as good poetry
IS any man if you have the machine
Burdette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
STRAY elFs.

During the Last al x,e.e,, was~. o- M, .,,...
on British sbips hav Roo, To-. - 80: 's'iofs
m.
E,ah .. Desss =. .ne London postoffice is OF
general has saved sl5 no1 = go -, ss,
wax and Irvine expenscs alone
Tho i;tt,. ,ar,x, -. III,
t,roal.v ,~a. 49, .-. M wn,cn horace
90, Ia =. WIN iSe acres Oh
MERIT n ,or go :. auc'ioh az Am
An ..s.o.u
averags ~ ! ooo -.aor1a ne a., says .nat an
the To- ~ ~, Irs;.a, 90 .uio"neo through
snd an a uersg 40 =, 90 ~ 4 Every winter,
49,. a.. ~ $50, s,~ o'e "i""neo oy ac-
steel steamboat, TO cost SO, 900, ia being
cohstructed 70 run on the upper Mississippi,
win froy, 8, n,,;s - c. d. T"t maze .ae
tim. rao,tr.d hv +hs 80 - .-At. ' -
-, "'' - "A''
Eiectrlcity mas done much TOR civilization,
put its PossiDinties, IL seems, have not besp
sxnausSed An electric birch" has been in
ventsa' py *nich refractory school pupils
ean DC punished 70 Q nioety aud NO marks be
an Ahn A,oor seunent suspected tnat some
uho was soe@iing ms coal he loaded one OF
~" '"i'pS Win charge Oh guhpowdar, ana
.l' nsAy H%rhng ms iahdiadys stove blew
w hha nis oreakIast executed beautiful
're'co "sS'Sh Oh 'hs Kitchen ceiling.
weight sociables' are the latest craze AT
Yankton. The gentlemen pick their Ladies.
take them to the scales. weigh them. nav a
quarter OF cent pound into the general
tind, and then escort them to supper. The
latter costs not far from six pits pound.
Professor Malcomson. of Dallas Ter who
is said to be a teacher OF some learning al.
yannes the theory that the earth ia Aat and
also motionless. neither rotating on It, al
nor revolving around the sun. He also ha.
lieves that the sun and moon ara smaller than
the earth. and that the light OF the moon 4
her own and not reflected from the sun.
funeral rrooeseio,, ,,,,oh s....a o. =.
cemetarv ~ Fremopt N " anoo,,,,.a. W
snow drifts so deem that If con,dn,, ,,eoo.,1
Tho rama;ns vera ,,,,oad IN h,.n,,...s;.,
shon near nv and tho n,ournars .nd s-;a,,S.
set n work With sboveIs The worL 60.
6n,sbad iii tho follos;rr, o1.,,;,,,r - ~
cornsa was buried nv The ,i,,h, 81 i.,,t.n,,s
Inc scale pug Is the pest OF California. !,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
About Walt whitman's Poems.

10 my uncultured taste" remarks a
newspaper correspondent, WALT Whit
uan poetry seems to be ground out of n
machine" Well, so it is; so it is; the cor
respondent has found secret of writing
poe.ry. All poetry-Whitman's Tenny
SUNS, Winters, Longfellow' Sail of it
Is Just ground out of a machine" But
.Ae machine isn't i'll the market, my son;
iou can t buy it with money, and the fel-
low Who has it can't give it to you; it
SENS to be inalienable, like an Indian
90 a"'ul' You can write just as good poetry
Burtette
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24
indians Still in Heathenism.

Out of 10000 Sioux Indians there are
5000 still in heathenism. There are
sixty-six tribes on the western prairies for
whom nothing is yet done. There are
10000 Indians of school age; but when
every school is packed to its utmost only
1900 can be accommodated. This in
cludes government schools, Roman Catho-
lie schools and all; so that those under
mission teachers would be far less num-
Der than II, 000.-Public Opinion.
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Tic Reason WHY.

"When you call on sister Clara, Mr..
Featherly," said Bobby, you never stay
later that 10 O'Clock, do you,'
mo, indeed, Bobby, and often not as
late as that
any later than quarter to IL, because the
saloons close 'up at 2n-The Fpoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24

The town of Apam, Mexico, has recently
been invaded by mosquitoes. A local
paper in making this announcement says
that these pests were imported from Vera
Cruz in cargo of fruit There were nc
mosquitoes in Mexico until 1875, but
since then they have swarmed in almost
every part Of the country, even during
the coolest months. NewS.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-04-24

Wilson Waddingham, of New Haven,
Conn, who recently purchased the Antonio
Dts grant of 163, 600 acres of land situated
in San Miguel county, New Mexico, is
said to be the largest landed proprietor in
the world. He owns in fee l, 500, 900 acres,
about 500, 900 acres more than are claimed
by the Duke of Westminster Chicago
:. -a.S