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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-11
GOING ACQUIRING.


and After Marriage.
Most boys, when they reach the
larger figures of their teens and can
feel the first approach of coming
mustache, deem it incumbent upon
them to ''go to see the girls" and
these same girls are equally impressed
with the idea that it is their duty to be
seen. Both parties instinctively.
though perhaps unconsiously. put
themselves in course of deceiving
and being deceived. The boy tries to
conceal any roughness that may adhere
to him, and exercises studious
anxiety to put the best foot fore
most" II he be habitually vulgar
or profane of speech, he is careful to
keep them from appearing. Should he
be easy to give way to anger or adj
dicted to indulge in slanderous or
sarcastic speeches, he strives to keep
these failings from the knowledge of
the girls. In one word. his first pur-
pose in counting is to please, and he is
far more solicituous to appear what he
thinks the fair one would have him be
than to make known what he really is.
He wants to be voted a nice young
man. We fear that, in many instances,
he cares less about being than about
seeming this.
The girls, on the other hand, are
equally anxious about how they will
seem. They wear the sweetest smiles.
and express the most amiable senti-
ments. They carefully hide it away
that they are ever impatient, or fret
full, or disposed to give way to any
ugly passion-that they are ever per-
verse in temper or given to slang in
speech. Thus the courtship is carried
on by each with the determination to
put forward whatever will please, and
to keep back whatever will displease.
Each one goes, more or less, masked,
and each produces an impression more
or less false. After marriage-if mar
riage should be the ending of the
courtship-the DISCUSSES are dropped.
and the disillusioning is often very
painful. Many wife finds that he
whom, as beau, she admired for his
gentleness and sweetness of DISPOSE
ton, is a coarse tyrant; and many a
husband finds that the amiable belle
does not always make an amiable wife.
But it is no certain proof of hypocrisy
that We find persons different from
what they once appeared. Change of
environments make great changes in
people, and circumstances do alter
cases.-Cor. Sammy South.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-11

The great secret OF getting on IN
the world-a secret which few nave
learned-is to know when to speak
and especially when to keep STILL
Men suppose that their reason mas
command over their words; still 1t hap
mems that words in return eXerclse au'
thoritv on reason.-Lord Bacon
Don't say that man is bow-legged
even if he has that ecceutriclty OF gait
Inst saw that he doesn't oostruct the
view of the scenery when he Is Walk
ing Western Plot0maa. -,
Unless a man has trimmed nimsei'
for his chance, the chance VIII only
make him ridiculous. A great occa'
sion Is worth to man exactly "na'
HE antecedents have enabled him 10
maize Of it-W William Matthews
Most of tho very rich men OF TINS
country were once poor. But unior.'
unately Tn sir change from one conui'
ion to another has been effected very
largely, in ways that left them r ,is.le
sympathy for those Of their ie,io NOV.
men who have less OF pluck ana ''N'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-11
How to Succeed in Life.

Those who wish TO succeed must be-
gin BY putting the idea Of "luck" be-
hind them. II they will inquire into
the causes of the achievements of the
successful men about them, they will
find that in nearly all cases they fair
" rose by their shrewdness, energy
and thrift. II they will similarly in
duire into the cause OF those unsuc-
cessful men about them who are COM
monty called ''unlucky," being unsuc-
cessful, they will almost invariably find
it to be sloth. extravaganza or drink.
or other folly. 1t will take no one long
to discover why the ''unlucky" man
has not succeeded; he may and will,
no doubt, ascribe 1t to want Of 'luck,
but others who know his weakness OF
character will ascribe 1t to a more
tangible cause. The man of fair In
telligence, OF genuine courage, ready
to take hard knocks, to push toward
the foremost place. to watch for and
seize the opportunity. to work steadily
mt his task, to be frugal, to be econom-
ical, and to be honest, need not vainly
wish for luck" Such a man will al
WAYS have luck" for whatever therf
is OF it lies in intelligence. eudcavoi
and Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-11
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Cabbage and saw-grass palmetto Is
the material that Florida gentleman
is DESTROYS of turning into fiber.
-Cedarwood pulp is now made into
paper for undertaking carpets, wrap
ping up wool, ETC., and preventative
against moths. The wood used is the
heretofore wasted chips of the pencil
mandatory.
Among the products which science
has put to valuable service is the net
tie. weed which is now even being
cultivated in some parts of Europe, its
fiber proving useful for variety of
textile fabrics. In Dresden thread
is produced from it so fine that length
of sixty miles weighs only p pounds.
Sheep are now being successfully
sheared by machinery in Australia.
The wool mower can be run by either
steam or horse power. There is now
very little poetry left in farm opera
tions-if there ever was any poetry in
the hard work that prematurely wore
out the old-time sbaudman.
Building blocks made of corncobs
form the object of new Italian pat
emit. The cobs are pressed by machin-
cry into forms similar to bricks and
held together by wire. They are
made water-tight by soaking with tar.
These mods are very hard and
strong. Their weight is less than one
third Of that of hollow brick, and
they can never get damp.
Some physicians have warmly in
| dorsed the suggestion that massage,
as an employment is peculiarly suited
to the capabilities of the blind. in whn-
the tactile sense is so st,agly DE-
veloped. Indeed, in JAPAN massage
has. for long period of time, been
practiced by blind men, who go about
the streets with hageolet- drawing
attention to themselves and tdeir occu-
patton. 1t is thought that superin-
tendents of blind-asylums will find this
a possible avenue to employment for
their pupils.
1t has been estimated that an aver
age of five feet of water falls annually
over the whole earth. Supposing that
condensation takes place at an average
height of 5000 feet, remarks General
Strachey, the force of evaporation to
supply such rainfall must equal the
lifting of 322. 900, 900 pounds of water
5000 feet in every minute, or about
800, 000, 900, 0O0-horse power constantly
exerted. OF this great energy very
small part is transferred to the waters
that run back through rivers to the
sea, and still smaller fraction is util-
lied by man; The remainder is dissi-
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A Lovers Desperate Act

"Is there no hope?" he exclaimed
passionately. Think moment, m.
darling, ere you doom me to eyerlast
ing despair. " :.
al can not be your wife, Nh. Brown
she replied, firmly.
Then be the consequences upoH
your false headr' he cried. "Ah' yo'
do not know the effect OF your crue.
words upon desperate man, Once to'
all is your decision irrevocableP"
al reoeat that | can not marry you
Let us end this painful scene Mi
Brown" she replied, turning her pale
aoonized face full upon him
MAY Heaven forgive you'' he
moaned. brokenly. "Look upon YOU
victim for the last time, Miss Jones
Selling his hat, he rushed out into Uni
cold. cold world, and ten minutes late
was playing pin-pool for the drinks -
BinQhan,ton Republican.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-01-11

An old dry-goods merchant OF Nev
York, says one Of the worst things =
contend with in the business is love 8
fairs between the unmarried employe
When a young lady. say. In the hosie
department, falls in love with ni'
young man in the dress-goods depa'
ment there is trouble ahead. If ii
young man should happen to return u
young LAT Us affections the trouble
doubled. In nine cases out of ten u
tender passion units its victims +,
work in the same dry-goods store, a.
pecially in the case Of the young ladies
Once they get in love with a youn
man at another counter their mind, in
stead OF being at their own counters, i
continually at the young mans counter
and business suffers. 1t is the sam
with young men, and when far gon
the only remedy is to discharge them
-ChtcaQo Neics.
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MOVING FROM MEXICO.


People of Sonora Emigrating to the
Southern Part of Arizona.
There has been for some time past
a remarkable movement OF Mexicans
out of Sonora into Southern Arizona
and New Mexico as far East IS Ell
Paso. They come with their families
and household goods, apparently de-
termined never to go back again
There must be some peculiar reason
for this sudden emigration, although
when questioned, these refugees speak
only in general way about increas-
ing hardship and poverty in their old
homes, of oppressive government and
of accumulation OF wealth in the
hands of the few. They all say that it
is getting impossible for poor people
to make an honest living in Sonora
An impartial inquiry into the facts OF
the case shows that Sonora Is one oil
the States where the authorities have
made it their especial business to invite
foreign capital and immigration. and
that the lands OF the State have been
riyen or sold in large bodies to En-
rlish and American companies, min
ing svudicates and colonizing corpora
tions. At the present moment some
extra large concessions are on the
point of being given to foreign apph-
cants. There may be some truth IN
the complaint that by inviting the en-
terprising, pushing and welI-to-do ior-
eigners the poor, ignorant and SHIFT
less native goes to the wall.
These refugees charge that the oloooy
and expensive Yaqsi war originated
simply in a vast scheme Of land GRAB,
bling, in which some Mexican officials
high in authority, co-operated with Tor
eign capitalists in getting hold OF the
entire Yaqui valley as we'll as all the
land along the Mavo river. Even the
wealthy Sonorians of the better class
are dissatisfied by the course hlsh Oh
fcials are pursuing, and there Is a
strong undercurrent OF discomfort
throughout the State, and IN some sec,
tions only the presence Oh feoetai
Mexican troops prevents open OUT
breaks. Troops are stationed at various
Doints ostensibly for the purpose OF
keeping the Indians in check pu' IN
reality to awe the common peop'o
There Is at present every appearance
Of this immigration continuing IN 'n'
direction of Southern Arizona LOUIS
ril.s Cearior-Jonrhd%
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4 VAST aepueL.c.



The New Nation which Ii Growing On IN
the south Seas.
Our own lack of enterprise In per-
hitting Germany to seize Samoa
brings to mind the fact that Great
Britain also has been derelict in the
management of her Australasian al
fairs. When it Is remembered that
ffty-three years ego the only Euro
peans in the colony Of Victoria were .
few whalers and squatters we can
readily comprehend the self-reliant
and enterprising qualities that have
been exercised in order to elevate Aus
tralia to the position which she occu-
pies to-day. And it Is only natural
that the people, believing implicitly in
the greatness Of their future, should
become alarmed when they see France
sending her convicts to the South Pa
cific and witness other aggressions il
the Australasian seas. Although
Great Britain has at last taken formal
possession of New Guinea aud of the
Cook. or Hervey. group Of islands, the
vacillation which she has shown in
this matter is inexplicabie. Two years
ago the colonial Government OF
Queensland took possession OF unoccu-
pied land in New Guinea in the name
Of the Queen, subject to ratification by
the imperial Government. But when
the question had been brought up in
the House of Commons pressure wxs
put upon the Government to repudiats
the annexation. and while the matter
was being held in allegiance Ger
many stepped in and took possession
of one-half Of what might have
been British territory. Holland and
Germany have now the greater por-
ton of the country. and England has
had to be content with what was left.
the indistinctness of the boundary
lines being likely at any time to lead
to serious disputes Besides these
grievances, which come from without.
| there are also internal difficulties that
may yet have great influence in shap-
ing the future of the Australian colon
iss. The people of North Queensland
want that colony divided. They real
ize that they have developed its re-
sources and created its trade, and that
they ought to be allowed to frame its
laws They complain of undue cen
tralization and demand an extension Of
the existing powers of local govern
ment, but so far their petition ha:
been UNDECIDED. Movements such a.
these are significant. Great Britain
has the power to weld her Australian
colonies into a compact and harmoni
GUS whole, and she would be aided il
such efforts by the loyalty which has
always distinguished her people, bu
she has already committed gray,
plumbers. and the bond of sympathy /.
constantly becoming weaker. As Mr.
Froude has said, the cord will wear int
thread and any Governmental acct
dent might then break it. When tina
time shall have come there will be an
other added to the world' S republics. =
Philadelphia Record.
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THE SWISS SCHOOLS.
What the American Minister to swftxs
land Thinks Of Them.

What the American Minister to 6wftxsr-
land Thinks Of Them
Switzerland has the finest system Of
public schools in Europe, according to
Mr.. Winchester. and the people take
great interest in Its work, which has
resulted In elevating them to the high
est standard.
The Swiss boys and girls enter school
when six years OF age, and leave II
when thirteen. The teacher differs
little from the pupil, and they partici-
pate alike in the games and pastimes.
as well as learn together. There is no
discrimination between the rich and
poor children, and they attend school
and associate with each other. The
schools are free, and each child Is
compelled to attend Whenever wealthy
parents send their children to private
schools they are requested to furnish a
certificate. saying that the child at
tends the private school regularly. At
the age OF sixteen the child is supposed
to be fitted to enter upon a non-pro-
fessional life. Pupils must study thirty
four hours per week at school, and in
addition have lessons to b. prepared
at their homes.
The rules are strictly enforced. and
whenever pupil disobeys them by
not attending school. their parents are
fined, unless in the case of sickness,
when an excuse is accepted. The
teachers receive their pay by the year,
and their salaries continue whether the
school is In session or not. Their com
pensation is small, the salaries of the
teachers of the city schools being about
1900. while the pay of those teaching
in the country is only half that amount.
Pictures and objects are used to repre-
sent what it is intended for the pupil
to learn. and consequently makes bet.
ter impression upon the scholars mem.
DRY, and their advancement is much
| greater.
There is but one Federal school in
Switzerland, and it has become famou:
for the great good it has accomplished
Every man must contribute 8 part .
his stipend toward maintaining taest
schools, and such an interest do tbs
people take in their schools that it Il
not infrequently the case that elections
turn upon school affairs. The laws o
the primary schools are strict, but sci
dom disobeyed. Prizes are offered
and that. to certain extent, tends t.
keep the mischievously inclined boy
from playing their pranks.-Louisrili
| Courier Journal
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CHINESE oUARaELs.


How the Pig-Tails Act When They Thlnk
They Have . Grievances.
Among a population Of such unex-
ampled density. where families Of
great size are crowded together-three
or four generations, with all the wives
and children under one roof occasions
for quarrel are all pervasive. The
sons wives and children are prolific
sources Of domestic unpleasantness
Each wife strives to make her husband
feel that in the community OF property
he is the one who Is worsted; the
elder wife tyrannizes over the younger
ones. and the latter rebel. The in
sfinct OF the Western with grievance
Is to get 1t redressed straightway;
that OF the Oriental Is. first Of all, to
let the world at large know that he
has q grievance. A Chinaman who
has been wronged will 60 upon the
street and roar at the top Of his voice
The art Of haIlooing, as it Is called in
Chinese, is closely associated with that
OF reviling. and the Chinese women
are such adopts in both as to justify
the aphorism that what they have lost
in their feet they have gained in their
tongues Much OF this abusive Ian
guage Is regarded as sort OF spell or
curse A man who has had the heads
removed from his field OF miIlet stands
at the entrance of the alley which
leads to his dwelling and pours
forth volleys OF abuse upon the I'M
known offender. This has a double
value-first, as a means Of notifying
to the public his loss and his coEse-
quent fury, thus freeing his mind; and.
secondly, as prophylactic tending to
secure him against the repetition Of
the offense. Women indulge in this
practice of "reviling the street. from
the fiat roofs of the houses, and shrek
away for hours at time until their
voices fail. Abuse delivered in this
way attracts little or no attention, and
one sometimes comes on q man or a
woman thus screeching themselves
red in the face. with not an auditor in
sight. II the day is hot one, the
reviler bawls as long as he Cor she)
has breath. then proceeds to refresh
! himself with 8 season Of tanning, and
afterwards returns to the attack with
renewed fury. A fight in which only
two parties are concerned usually re-
solves itself into mere hair-pulling;
the contestants, when separated by
their friends. shout back to each other
maledictions and defiance. The quar-
rel between Laban and Jacob, recorded
in the thirty-first chapter of Genesis.
when the latter stole away from
Laban's house. is geographically
accurate account of the truly Oriental
performance which the Chinese call
making an uproar. NORTH China Her.
aid.
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Many men give too literal inter

Many men give too literal inter-
pretation to Scripture maxims. They
shun the appearance of evil more than
they do the evil itself. Boston Budget.
The old bachelor cynic says that
there are some leading ladies on the
stage whose chief claim to that title lie
in the fact that they lead their hus-
bands pretty dance. ~ Y. Tribune.
The latest remedy for snake bites
"a wash OF carbolic acid solution.
There are not so many cases now as
when II was fashionable to administer
spirit trumenti by the quart
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IL hope you appreciate the fact.
sir, that in marrying my daughter you
marry a large-hearted, generous girl. "
Il do. sir with emotion); and / hope
she inherits those qualities from her
father. life.
-'-Parssu-'.I am astonished, sir. to
hear man with three married
daughters say that marriage is a
faihre.'- Citizen-"Well. sir, when
you have thsee families beside your
own to support you will learn that
marriage = positive bankruptcy. y
LeDeK CsiseR.
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There are still on the pension rolls
of the Government over 800 men who
served in the war of 1912. That war
ended seventy-three years ago, and
there were about $4,000 men who were
recognized as having had a reasonable
part in it. Taking these figures as a
basis a Boston newspaper man calcu-
lates that if the same proportion Of
veterans of the war of 1851 survive for
a like period. there will be as late Is
1888 some Is, 900 survivors,
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w. o''.ureu Dame-"Just like a man!
Lo Wv graz paper as soon as it arrives.
ma " "il 10 yourself, and then blame
NJ VT not being informed on matters
nv ts'l'c interest" Husband-..Well.
ycn - v;u, l Ii read the paper aloud il
Ho,ro"' w. Let me see-'Another Ocean
D,Th" - ~, don't read that"
a aon,. .rosress of the Campaign
Of II" = ~ oare Tor politics. Issues
"Sciona O'r' Never mind that. :"
bate saI solves a Problem " 81
-Descr renoe' Mrs. Tiptap's Party
Nad ,Sl OF the Dresses. 20,
'uA'' Philadelphia Record
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b,s. 10 n Tree canaries and other birds Of
nenSa a 'ne following method is recon-
huv n.y.. W one who says he has success
dusk r ro"o it for years: At about
Duriny ~ 'ne cage with white cloth.
from tba ,I s night the insects will crawl
they NAV p'ros on to the cloth, where
The co,S !, Oe seen running about when
Insects Isl : removed at daybreak. The
cloth int, ra S. be killed by putting the
Pests wi,b0 ess y, VIII soon clear away Ire
'''A0ut injuslng the birds.
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Fifty GEARS ago the United State.

Fifty years ago the United states
was the home of a large number OF pc,
culiar wild animals. Unless National
nreserye comes to the rescue very soon,
another decade will see them nearly all
extinct The grizzlies are disappearing
from the Rockies. A live buffalo Is
now worth from $500 to $1,000, which
three years ago cost scarcely one-ni'h
that amount, and they are found almos,
nowhere but in corner OF ieA"S any
In the Yellowstone Park. The caribou
has been hunted almost out OF existence
The mountain sheep, the moose ire
beaver, the antelope, are all disappear
inO
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he Had Had Experience.

Appncant-Twenty-hve dollars a
r roSA seems a small salary for the hard
work Of reporter, sir.
I. Ili'or-rerhaps it does, but the field
,i. O'efcrowded, We refuse applica-
s ,Ia' almost every day. l think you
na S sou mad had experience as a news
paper man?
D- appncant with dignity Il was
s ras OF a school of journalism for
AZ sA''or (coldly)-Yes, sir. We pay
Tribune. 'os'nners'-C"'cago
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Suspected a Trap.-"Here's an
article headed Marvellous Escape of
Distinguished Citizen from Horrible
Death" said the dutiful daughter,
who was reading the morning paper to
her invalid father. The friends of
Mr.. j. Alpheus Bramble were shocked
on learning few mornings ago
that" Jane" interrupted the
irritable parent, before you read any
more of that you will oblige me IL
you'll look about half way down to the
patent medicine it's advertising. ~
CHICAGO Tribune
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1t is all right to say that there are
as good fish in the sea as ever were
caught; but if the fshemmen are to be
believed. there are better fish in the
sea than ever were caught. Somehow
the finest fish always manage To drop
off before they can be landed.-Pt.ck.
-"Gont,efaen and fellow-citizens,"
exclaimed an impassioned orator:
what il all the European countries
should put tax on our raw materials,
what would be the consequence" ''All
OF our dudes would have to stay at
home" shouted a voice from the rear
Of the house. Georgia Cracker.
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