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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
EXTINCTION OF A RACE.
Death, in 1879, of an Old Woman, the
Last of the Tasmanians.

Last of the Tasmanians.
letter from Hobart. Tasmania, to
the Springfield Republican tells the
story OF the entire extinction of race
within the time of generation.
The natives of Tasmania or Van Die
mans Land numbered about 1000
when the island was colonized in 1903
and were kindly. pleasant people.
who were not cannibals like the inhabi-
tants of the other islands, aud asked
only to be let alone. But when the crews
OF the sealers that infested the region
made attacks on them and carried oil
their women and children, they natur-
ally avenged themselves on the white
settlers, whom they killed and whose
houses they burned whenever an OPP
portunity offered. The settlers made
war in return, being greatly aided by
queer habit the Tasmanians had of
keeping fires burning when they slept
to frighten away spooks. These guild
ed their white enemies to their hiding
places, until the natives finally took to
inaccessible Businesses in the bush,
whence they broke out in forays upon
isolated farms The Governor tried to
bring them to terms by sending them
proclamations setting forth his friendly
intentions by means OF pictures repre-
senting black fellows and whites clasp
ing each others hands, walking togeth-
err, etc. As this did not work, u Gordon
of 3. 600 soldiers was formed across the
island which moved south with the in
tention of corraling all the natives in
| Tasman's peninsula. 1t was tremendous
undertaking, and when it was finished
Mt a cost of $500, 000 the reward con-
sisted of just one man and "a boy, who
had been caught while asleep; these
were the only natives who had been
seen during the whole operation. Then
a Hobart bricklayer, named George
Augustus Robinson, who had studied
the language and customs OF the Tas-
manians, offered to go among them,
acquaint them with the Government 8
disposition, and bring them in. Ac.
companied by a native man and woman,
he undertook and successfully accom-
plishcd the task, though he spent three
years in doing il, walked over 1000
miles. and suffered from cold, hunger
and thirst. narrowly escaping death
more than once. But in 1885 he
brought in every survivor, the number
having been by that time reduced tc
303. They were transferred to Film
ders Island, within sight of Tasmania
and there cared for by the Govern
msnt But thew RAPIDLY pined away
from Inconsistencies, apparently. fol
they would go in a body to the shore
where they could see their former
home, and there sit and weep. Ii
. twelve years but forty-four remained
and in 1869 the last man died, kins
Billy, the cause in his case being liquor
, In 1876 the race came to an end in thu
person of the woman who had accom-
panied Robinson on his mission.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21


when | was living in steamboat
h,wn ON the Mississippi" remarked an
old man in BARRIERS shop few days
ago, there was fellow who put up
very neat job on the inhabitants, against
whom he must have had a terrible grudge.
He came into the town one day and dis
trihuted hand bills right and left, taking
special pains to put as many as possible
into the hands OF farmers who come to
sell their grain That was before the
railroads came to take business away
from the river towns, some OF which
had an immense trade.
THE place was in had 5000 or 5000
inhabitants, aid was the shipping port
for all the grain raised for miles around,
AS well as the place where the farmers
obtained all their supplies. The last
time was there il had dwindled down to
n village of 1000, and perhaps by this
time it has no existence at all, even on
the map These bills that were SO freely
scattered about stated that the advertiser
had contract with a certain steamboat
company for furnishing large number
of cats to destroy the rats and mice that
were very numerous about the ware
houses at different landings along the
river He therefore offered So for each
full grown tom cat, So for each healthy
female puss. and so cents a head for kit
tens old enough to get their own living.
All the cats were to be delivered at a
certain place in the town on Thursday
evening--the night that a particular
boat was due.
"Well, that Thursday afternoon cam,
and all the streets of the town were JUS
crowded with people. They came IL
wagons, on foot, and on horseback, an,
every person carried sack, some o
them several. BY ex"ni.g between 300
and 1000 cats lad been brought into tia
defenseless city. They were left In an'
and about vacant building near tn
landing. The man who was to purchas
the cats was nowhere in sight. Tn
country people We're making inquire
for him everywhere. A crowd of boys
attracted by the caterwauling, went int
the building and began amusing them
selves by untying the bags and lettinl
out the cats. OF course the cats bega
fighting and raised a noise like 1900
demons.
Suddenly a stampede occurred am
the animals rushed pell nell into tn
crowd, crawling over people. iumpin
and fighting. and climbing walls an
roofs in mad race for liberty. The boy
took after the cats, and the men joine
in determined To rid the town of tn
feline invaders. The next morning ther
was good many stray cats seen about !
back yards, and good many dead one
lying in the streets and alleys. On
boaiman said he counted 400 dead cal
in the river The man who perpetrate
The joke was never again seen in I'll
place. luckily for him. Pittsburg Di
easrh
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
PUBLICATION or LAWS.
How Blemi-hes Are Often Engrafted Upoa
Our Statute Books.

How Blemi-hes Are Often EnErafted upon
Our Statute Books.
The laws are published in various
forms. They are first published sep
arately in sheet form, as "slip laws,
as soon as possible after being received
by the bureau and numbered in the
order of their receipt. When SO pub
lished the slip laws are given to the
editor of the laws Ga competent per-
son elected from the legal profession
ly employed for that purpose). who
notes marginal references to previous
legislation, arranges the acts and res
olutions by ''chapters,' and prepares
suitable index; and under his editorial
care at the end of the session of Con
gress, they appear again in pamphlet
form as session laws" Lastly, at the
session are gathered by the editor into
"A single volume and bound rs ''Stat-
utes-at- Large The numerous read
ings given to the printed proof, and
the careful comparison with the text
of the originals. effectually guard
against discrepancies. The manner in
which the department performs its
duty is thoroughly creditable; the
manner In which Congress dismisses
its own work is. in many instances.
alb olutely disgraceful. Some of the
rolls received at the department are
disfgured by erasures. interlineations
and blots. by errors in photography,
capitalization and punctuation, aud by
hieroglyphic mangling that suggest
| the masterpieces OF schooi-boy
art. These and more serious imper-
fections. once placed upon the parch-
mcnt roll are law, However glaring
the blunder. however miscellaneous the
distortion or omission, the State De-
partmeut is powerless to add con-
Meeting dot or stroke. Mistakes made
by Congressional enrolling clerks have
undone legislation accomplished by
Congress after hours of debate. An
item of half million dollars for pub
lie purposes was bodily left out in the
enrolment of n recent appropriation
act; and the substitution Of n comma
for byphen in transcribing a tariff
| neaSuft -oiie years dSo tstuSSu a. i'Se
to the Government of thousands o
dollars before the error was detected
and further loss arrested by the pas
sage OF another act These are bu
specimen cases 1t is humiiating t,
think that a sleepy or incompetent
clerk should be able to Illustrate thu
legislative will of Nation, and start
/ q; e.,
fraud by deliberate tampering with tn
public rolls. Blemishes enough ar
engrafted upon our statute-books b,
the Legislators themselves, in the shap
of careless or unwise enactmeut-
surely, If we can not always have clea
! statesmnnship, we should have at leas
clear pcnmanship in the parchment
record of our laws. The blame, lik
the remedy. rests with Congress. -
Edmund Alton in St. Nicholas.
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TO REDUCE DISCOMFORT.
How Ladies and Gentlemen Should Con
duct Themselves in Public Place.

How Ladies and Gentlemen Should Con-
duct Themselves in Public Place.
Do not carry your umbrella or cane
so that the person behind you is
threatened with the loss of an eye, or
must dodge to avoid thrust in the
face or ribs. Be especially careful not
to carry it under the arm at an angle
of forty-tive degrees going up stair
ways,
Do not wait until in front of Il rail
road ticket window to consult the time
table. Do not wait until in front of the
ticket-seller before your pocloetbook is
found. Try to have the money ready,
the exact change if possible and re-
member that, while you may have
plenty OF time, every one following
you is not SO fortune.
When entering pew in church, do
not sit down in the aisle end. and com
pei each person to crowd past you. Go
through to the end, and remember that
to be polite requires that the least dis
comfort and excitement shall be caused
~ soNi ttelDs Al IL ttlllio, IoObcIS, VI
Indians are not likely to make descents
| on public places of worship or amuse-
ment in our day, and women may be
trusted to sit in the aisle end of the
pews and seats.
When there are no reserved seats,
and the whole house is sold al a uni
| form price. it is hardly fair for one
! person to go and reserve three or foul
seats for her friends, saying 1.-THE seats
are engaged to those who, more JUS,
and polite, refuse to question the in
| Justice, and unquestioningly take les,
advantageous seats, though they sacri
| feed time to secure better, and are dis
| turbed, after the performance or lect
ure has begun, by the late arrival.
who had used friend to defraud tn.
public
If you meet friend in a store, d,
not forget, in your own joy OF meeting
hor, that the clerk time is paid for
aud that you have no right to monop
olize it to the exclusion of other trade
In leaving church or any public
hall, do not stop in the aisle-ends O
seats, preventing other people iron
leaving the building who may have n,
time to spend that way.
10 remember that there are othe
people who have their own affairs tina
need immediate attention, who max
engagements for certain time whic]
they expect TO keep, is to be simpl
just To clog little as possible tn
currents of travel is the part of ever
considerable man and woman.-Chris
t.ln Union
Inc natural soap mines of Owen
LAKE. Cal. are thus accounted for h
one OF the company now wo,.l,ir
them- He says that the waters of III
lake contain strong solution -,
0oI"A ana soda. In these waters ther
breeds grub which becomes a,
Inc files die in the water and dri,
ashore covering the ground IN III
'epth oil foot or more. The oily sul
s'ahce OF the flies blends with N
po'"N ana soda, and the result il
layer olpure soap. These STRAIT. no
pe''eo from year to year form the so,,
nnines' ~here large forces of men ar
now emnloved. ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

\ girl at Hackney, aged 10, with her
two brothers and u younger sister, wer,
left in charge of tho house while THEN
parents attended II funeral in the coun
Try. In the evening the girls sweet
heart called. Asshe was alarmed ut noise,
which she fancied she heard he stayed
at the house all night to reassure her
During the night he dreamed that ht
saw the girl walk past him, beckoninG
him 10 follow He awoke, and, beeom
ing alarmed, went into the passage
Having dressed. he went to the door oil
deoeased's room aud knocked. Receiv-
ing no answer he then awoke the others
On the bedroom door being opened de
ceased was found lying on the floor. Will!
blood Issuing from her mouth. From n
doctors examination it would seem that
the girl died at about the time THAI hei
sweetheart dreamed she beckoned him,
Pail Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
: "Mereifnl Congress-

-"Merciful Congress. cried the
frenzied editor, as he wheeled around
in his chair, what is your articlep"
Its ham," replied the visitor, as he
laid it on the proof slips. Il smoked a
hull lot tother day. and l thought
p'raps you might wanter try one. Ell
you don't care for it, though" The
editor seized the ham with an iron
hand. There is always room for
these articles he said, pleasantly
by the way, you haven't been in to
see me for two months. Any thing
wrong up at the farm? "-Drake' s
Magazine
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
There is an old man in Chichester

There is an old man in Chichester
vile. in the Catskills. who always
speaks out in meeting. Recently n
city divine preached in the little Meth
odist church of the village. and the old
man became so excited at one or two
seemed to apply to a certain "close"
neighbour, that he got up and shouted,
That's right. youngster; hit i'm
again. And later on, when the SER
mon appeared to come home to him, he
cried out in stentorian tones, That 5
so. b'gosh. We're all sinners, ev'ry
burned one OF us"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
- Ha~--
PEANUTS FOR INSOMNIA.
bishop Lyman says That Haif-Pint Dose
Daily Eiiects u Cure.

Daily Effects Cure.
Dir Theodore Il. Lyman, Episcopal
Bishop of North Carolina, has written
the following letter to the Raleigh
Daily News and Courier:
II think have made very valu-
able discovery, and | am anxious that
others should also enjoy the benefit of
il, For nearly two years l have been
suffering greatly from sleeplessness at
night. | have tried great number Of
proposed remedies, some of which
have helped me n little, but not for
any length of time, A little more than
fortnight ago. while staying ut the
house of friend in the country, my
good hostess brought into the parlor,
quite late in the evening. II bountifnl
supply of peanuts. As | am very fond
of them. when they are not too much
| cooked, | ate quite freely of them, and
soon after retired to bed, | found the
next morning that l had enjoyed the
best sleep | had experienced for over
| month. | attributed this ut once to
| the peanuts, and determined to try
| them again the following evening. |
did so. and also drank glass of fresh.
! sweet milk after | had finished the
peanuts That night | slept still
| better and now, for fortnight. l
| have partaken of the peanuts and milk
| every night and have not only slept
| remarkably we'll, but have also fully
re, overed from "A slight attack of in
| digestion which had troubled me be-
|
| fully roasted and not overdone, SO as
to be at all burnt, are surely remedy
| for sleeple>sness and also for that form
Of Indigestion which produces sleep
| lessuess.
| There is n popular impression that
peanuts are indigestible, but | have
never found them so unless they were
too much roasted or had been roasted
many days before. When too much
cooked or when stale thcy certainly
are indigestihle, but when carefully
roasted and fresh they promote d.
| gestion. They should be eaten shortly
before going to bed. and not more than
| q half pint should be taken. They
| should be roasted before they are
Shelled, and shelled only as they are
eaten. A half pint of shelled nuts
| would be too many. | comraend this
remedy with great confidence to those
who are afflicted with insomnia. par
ticularly If Indigestion is in part the
cause of it, The peanut is very val
liable article of food when carefully
roasted and partaken of in moderation.
hope none ofmy readers will imagine
that have started peanut farm, and
am wishing to create a boom in that
article but | shall be rejoiced If what
| have written should be the means OF
bestowtng on any others the great
benefit which have derived from this
simple agency
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
HORSES WORTH HAVING.


There is room at the top in horse
breeding. "Do you know OF good
horse for sale?" ! asked farmer
friend the other day Well" he
replied, 1.-The fact is, two or three
buyers in our section watch out and
snap up all the good horses the farm
ers can be induced to SELL What
becomes of themp" l asked. oh!
the cities not only get the best OF the
farmers sons. but the fine horses as
well. There is one just over on the
next street. in Il stable, raised by a
neighbor, who has standing offer OF
$400 for him but he expects to realize
$500 as soon as the driving season
opens" Later saw this high-priced
horsetlesh-a six-year-old Cleveland
bay mare, weighing probably 1875
pounds without blemish or puff. and
handsome as a picture.
Strong, active, feet, she could be
hitched to any of the numerous family
rigs used in cities and trot off hriskly
with four or five passengers. The
man who raised her sod a gelding OF
the same parentage two years ago for
| $500, and now has two matched four
year-olds closely related valued at $500
or 5000 for the pair. 1t is certain that
the sire OF the horse saw was not
II crooked-legged, spawned, il-tem-
| pered old screw, or the mother a
! walleyed rinubOned Windbrokap mara
only good Ito raise colts" Perfection
never comes from such sources. 1t
took no larger stable, no bigger past
ure, no more feed to raise her than &c
raise "A scrub, but she is worth $3.50
the most. And then there is the men.
tai pleasure and growth to be derived
in developing and handling so beautl
ful an animal. L. b. Pierce, in n. Y
Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
Links lat a partyl-I don't .

--Jinks (at party)-I don't see
what's the matter with that pretty wo-
man over thereP She was awfully
flirty little while ago, and now she
won't have any thing to do with me.
Stranger--l have just come in. She's
my wife.-N, Y. Weekly.
Master of the house Jsrapping his
clothes vigorously -" Bridget, why
didn't you dust my study chair?"
Bridget-''Sure, sorr, Oh knew ye2
would be sittin' down in it presently,
and Oi thought it wasn't necessary
Napoleon |. declared that agricul-
ture was the basis of all natural pros
perity. and set aside million francs
for the establishment and maintenance
of six experiment stations for the de-
velopment of the beet sugar industry.
The New York Sun says that laws
intended to check the use of tobacco by
children are we'll meant, but inetfect-
ual, and that ''only the establishment
of public and the multiplication of pri-
waite spankeries' will accomplish any
thing.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
ne,li IN, rHe WATER"



1t was not many years ago that M"
fury Barker, II brisk and initiative
Maine girl. came up from York County
to Boston to look for household EN-
nlovment She found 1t IN family
where the people were wiling 10 SUP
NIT to her tallsativeness and iamiiiaf
wavs-she had no idea that she was III
the family on any other than equai
terms-for the sake OF getting capa-
HE and industrious helper. One after
noon Katury was sent by her mistress
to the square to get some thread whlch
was very much needed.
The errand was not likely to take
more than fifteen minutes, and katury
mistress did not think it necessary 10
tell the hustling Maine girl to make
haste. But after long time had
passed and the girl did not RETURN the
mistress began to worry
What 81 have happened to the
childe | have never known her 10
loiter."
Soon after, however, the girl came
in. red aud breathless with excitement
why. Katury, where have yo'
J becn?" asked her mistress.
been! My goodness, ma'am, there
fire down t the square--the awfules
fire you ever sect More'n five hund &c
folks stan'in round lookin' on, an thu
craziest lot O. fools-my! Why. wha
do YOU think they're a-doin?"
What, katury? Putting out the
tirep"
No. and that's the wust ont. There
thew be, fellows with big hats on an
red shirts, an their sleeves roited up
stan'in' round Il kind of Il b'iler, pilln
on coal, an bilin' that there water be
fore they put it ont the tireH'
Boiling the water! Why, Katury.
must be IL steam-engine!
Steam -eugyne? | guess not! Then
fellers they jest went to work, kinde
cool an collected. an got lot o Goa
an stuffed it in underneath their bilet
an there they was, b'ilin' the waite
an not goin' step toward that fire!
Jest stepped up t the policeman tina
stands there, an says |: May be the
call us folks from Down East greer
, but if that ere amt the greenest thini
I ever see, my name amt katury Ban
ker! says |.
...Green?' says he, kind O. careless
: What's green9
A-stoppin' to bile that water for
> they put it out the fire" says |. nc
: sir, says |, yo don't ketch the folk
! down in Maine dom II stupid thing lilS
7 thatr An that policeman he laughe
! right in my facet
I The joke was 50 good that the famil
: were soon all in possession OF it, an
e finally an anecdote based upon IL crel
2 into one of the newspapers III
1 printed anecdote was shown to katur.
$ ''Oh. dear. dear!' she exclaime
r "It'll get copied into the York Coun
9 papers, an what'll do them"
: 80 Katury," said her mistress,
e reassure her, you see there is |
: name given in this story; 1t just sa.
Il "a country cousin. Nobody could te
+, it was you"
g Lands sakes, ma am" said Katur
e shaking her head sadly, the minu
e they see that down in York Coun
y they'd Jest kR0D twas me.n--Yo utt
" Companion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

bctlet IN voodoolsm has not We,
died out from among the colored breth-
rem. In Macon. Ga, there is an edu-
Gated negro who, when he grew ill.,
consulted n woman with some reputa-
ton for cures. She gave him medicine
and cutfed him. and then drew from
his side live frogs and worms and bugs.
He therefore began to make "a mental
survey of his friends to see if he pos
sessed an enemy, and, finding that he
did, knew then ana there that it was
he and no other who had put powdered
frogs and snakes heads into his whisky.
The enchantress keeps herself in Sc.
clusion and none of her patients are
willing to betray her whereabouts.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

An freshman, having stolen a watch
iroh burning building and left a
large sum of money to be consumed
was asked why he took the one and left
the other. For the want of time. YER
honor, he laeonieally replied. jew.
eler's Weekly.
tourists who go up the Nile are
taxed every fifteen miles ON some n,.a.
text or other, and annoyed the other
fourteen by beggars. insects and rem
tiles. Any one who can go I'D Sal,
hiver should not go up the Nile.-De-
troit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

-une OF the keenest 'n'" 5 10 Jud
on the bench is attributes holdip.
Walton. of Georgia. W n.iV augusta
term of Supreme Court AZ avn nv wears
sentenced a man to se''r rhs urs
nrison for a grave crime .,ii,ips.icu
ans counsel asked for a niI', that
tbe sentence, on the grou" uory pl
prisoners health was II am salts
..yonr Honor, said he, = s halt
that my client can not nv, ,e Oh change
term. and | beg of you " those
sentence" "Woll uhoe, ,as II
c,,mstances," said the '" iii maS
change the sentence ,sars.
for life, instead OF seven r., The orig
missioner chose to abide ,a,d ~ perp
sentence, which The '"'s
him to elect.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

Recently a Kingston lawyer asked
country Justice: well. what's be-
come OF that suit against, tried
before yon?" Country Justice-"Ohi
| couldn't make head nor tail to il
after the lawyers got through. "
'What did you doP" why, | jus,
charged the jury, and told them if they
knew any thing about the case they
knew more than did, and then | sen
them out To deliberate. What did
the jury do?' "lhey found no cause
OF action livingston Freeman.