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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
LOAN BULL IN PARIS,
How lie ouIeted an Uaduiy sentative an"
p.rpery Frenchman.


An incident happened in little res
ea,Irant over in the Latin quarter the
other day, which was highly amusing
and it showed how much more reliance
an Englishman places in his muscle at
a crisis than Frenchman does we
were all sitting at small round table
"a big young Oxford graduate
Junior from Harvard. reporter on the
Paris edition OF the New York Herald,
a very solemn German gentleman ana
myself. Over in corner small farls-
ian. with a waxed mustache. a pointed
beard, flowing scarf and high-heeieo
shoes. sat slipping an absinthe irappee'
He was not a good-natured frenchman'
I think he believed us all Germans. for
he scowled at us whenever we raised
our voices in way to disturb him Ia
the reading of his paper.
Presently the solemn German OF the
party began a conversation with the
Young Oxford man upon the subject OF
the late Emperor's illness. The Ger
man interspersed his talk with many
protestations OF devotion to his lost
sovereign, and then proposed the
health of the present Emperor. At
this point the Frenchman at the other
table jumped up, battered over to the
old German, and, with very fierce I'M
precation upon the heads of all Ger
mans, struck the old gentleman light
I II . he ahaok with his omen
| hand. The German rose to retaiiate
when. without word. and with no APP
parent excitement. the young Oxford
man grasped the Frenchman about the
/ waist. tossed him over his shoulder.
/ and the next instant had dropped him
( out of the open window. down into a
fower-bed in yard at the rear OF the
| brasserie.
| The Frenchman was not injured, and
| came rushing back after moment
Offering to kill every one in short or
der He was Immediately seized anc
pitched out of the window again, il
spite OF his kicks and struggles. Their
the young Englishman bolted the door
| Wulcn WOutu permit HIN W Sct odtr
into the room. and talked with him on
OF the window. which was too high fol
him to reach.
There was a great deal OF laughter
over the incident. and when the En-
glishman lowered IA glass of absinth
out of the window to the maddene'
Frenchman. asking him to Join in tn
health of the republic, the humor o
the situation was complete. When W
walked up the street shortly after
ward all the girls in the baker-shop
and wine-rooms came to their doors T.
admire the big shoulders of the Ok
ford and the Harvard boys. | hav
no Doubt that their six feet of broa
strength looked like the proportion
of giants in the Paris girls eyes. use
as they We're to the dim inutive appear
ance Of such peppery little fellows a
the one who was dropped from tn
window in the brasserie. Paris Letter
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
VERY FUNNY INDEED.
How the Average Woman Repeats .
Humorous Story.


How the Average Woman Repeats
Humorous Story.
..Oh, Lii, / have the funniest story
to tell you; you'll just die. Mr. Bates
--vou know Mr.. Batesp--well, he Is
Just too cute for any thing. He called
last night. and he and pa got to tell
ing stories. laughed till was just
tired. and you must hear this story.
.IDo tell me. Jul; I'm dead to hear
good story.
"Well-Oh, 1t was loo rich, Lii. Oh
course | can't tell it like Mr.. Bates
he's SO awfully clever-bnt III"
dc go en-
We'll. Mr.. Bates said--but my. you
ought TO have seen his face. He can
inst draw his face down and his
eyes
30, pshawi Jul. let's have the
story"
well. then now don't you make
me lsngh--there WIS man out IN
Illinois now was it Illinois, why.
dear me- lets see Yes. 1t must have
been Illinois, for Kalamazoo Is the
place
why, Jul. Kalamazoo is in Ohio.
10 how stupid; OF course II Is
Well. IL doesn't matter anyway what
State 1t was Well this man froA
Kalamazoo now. was IL "A mani Yes.
il must have been a man. for Mr.. Bates
told about how he got his cards-lets
aea. was 1t cards or poker ehlpsp
Now that is funny. can't remember.
Well. anyway. this man from kala-
maxoo was on train going to- going
to-. dear. how get things mixed
10 Os--Osh %. yes, Oshkosh, that's
H. Well. he was going 10 Oshkosh on
a train when another man stepped up
and said--and said---now. what did
tina. man sayP I'm certain this one
vas man. and he said something TO
the man from Kalamazoo what on
earth was ~"
"Neyer mind, Jul; go on with the
story"
..Oi course IL really doesn't matter
what the man said; but, anyway. those
two men played and played. Then the
man from--now let me be sure-yes, u
;sas the man on the train; he was-le'
me see; didn't Mr. Bates say he was q
SENATOR Ycs I'm sure he was Sen
ssor from Ohio"
Never mind, jul; what's that go'
to 40 with the storyP"
Nov. Lii. you put me out "
II don't. either; but ] do want te
hear the end.
well the Senator and the man
from Kalamazoo played and played
till finally how was thatP o.
yes; the Senator bet on the game, and
tho other man said-he said %. Scott
how provokingl Well, anyway, thu
man from Kalamazoo had no change
for--ye-, believe II was hundred
dollar bill, and--and-"
DO go Oh. Jul. /"
why. o. yes we'll. anyway, Lii, l
il not quite as Mr.. Bates told IL ! sale
the Kalamazoo man had no change
didn't lV'
Yes. yes. and the other manP'
well, he-O, yes, now | rememhe
well. he had. wv ashington Post
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
AMERICAN CORK OAK.
Its Growth in California No Longer n
Matte of Experiment.

Matt er of Experiment.
The growth of cork oak in Califor-
MIA is not matter of experiment; its
success was demonstrated long ago.
The distribution of cork acorns by the
Patent Office, about twenty-five years
ago, may not have accomplished much
in other parts of the country, but il
gave us start, and there are now
trees yielding cork and bearing acorns
at number of different places in the
State. There are trees growing on
Mr.. Richardson's place at San Gabriel.
There are samples of cork and acorns
shown at the San Francisco citrious
fair By ii. A. Messenger, of Calaveras
County. There are trees OF similar
age in Senoma, Santa Barbara and
Tulare, and perhaps other
counties. The State University
is growing seedlings from
California cork acorns, and will likely
have trees for distribution next year.
There is no doubt OF the adaptation of
the tree to that State, as the widely
separated places above named all fur
nish proper conditions for its growth.
1t is, of course, a crop for which one
has to wait some time, and therefore
needs patience in the planter.
All the corkwood of commerce comes
from the Spanish peninsula, where
trees abound not only in cultivated for
ests, but grow wild upon the mount
oak, with leaves similar to the oak,
and acorus. 1t takes ten years for the
bark to become a proper thickness to
be manufactured into bottle shoppers,
life-preservers, or seine corks. When
stripped from the tree, it is to be boiled
for two hours, cured in the
sun for week. and pressed into
fiat pieces for baling and shipping
The denuded trunk, like a hen robbed
of her eggs, does not sulk or quit the
ing for fresh spoliation. One tree has
been known to yield half ton of cork
wood. One pound of cork can be man
ufactured in l44 champagne corks
The baled cork is sold to cork manu-.
facturers.
The most extensive cork mandatory
in America is in Pittsburgh. Besides
the ordinary demands for cork bark. a
good supply of the buoyant material,
after being burned to make it still
lighter than the original material is
shipped to Canada and New England,
where ii is made into seine corks. The
averge annual Importation of cork
wood into this country. entirely at the
port of New York. is 10000 bales a
year. A bale weighs loo pounds, and
is worth on this side of the water.
~, making total value of the i'm
portation of 81, 100000. 1t comes duty
free, Ohio Valley Manufacturer.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
No Small Cups in Chicago.

Several gentlemen who have visited
New York told us some time ago that
in polite society in that city there OBJ
tains pretty fashion of serving coffee
in miniature cups-after- dinner coffee
it is called, as we recollect 1t is
deemed vulgar to serve coffee in large
cups, because when gentleman feeds
he should prefer to feed delicately and
not out of trough. We once asked
Prof Fishbladder why it was that
small cotfees hadn't been introduced
in Chicago society and he said that it
was because they were regarded dam
gerous. 1, seems that the Calumet
Club years ago did import lot OF
these miniature cups with a view to
utilizing them for after-dinner coffee.
But at the very start there befel an
accident that drove the innovation out
Of favor. One of the wealthiest and
rt,.t influential members of the club.
while endeavoring to make away with
his usual after-dinner coffee. swallowed
the cup, and for weeks his life was de
SPARED of. Ever since then in the best
Chicago society the regulation coffee
cup has been the size of q sitz bath
Chicago News
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
MISCELLANEOUS.

There are different ways or show.
ing wrath: the teakettle sings sweetest
when it is hottest
the latest railway signal indicates
automatically the time that has elapsed
M TO twenty minutes, since the last
train passed it.
There is an old negro III Quitman
County. Georgia, who has never
owned lock- He has been for years
mailing a bar of wood across the door
OF his crib every night
A philosopher on Western paper
finds that only one person in every
GO. 600 dies in bed while asleep, and
concludes that it is a waste of time TO
lie awake and worry over the danger
OF that
A farmer. residing at New Dig
gins. H.. recently put his milk cans on
the woodpile 70 dry, and the refec-
tons OF the suns rays from them set
the wood on fire. doing considerable
damage to his house and barn.
A young man Of Poughkeepsie
was so overjoyed at his admission to
the bar lately that he lost his senses
for time. He got brass band OF
nineteen pieces and marched up and
down the street ahead OF the drum
major, carrying a broom. He was ar
ranging for fireworks and other jubils-
tions when his friends secured him.
The Oldest pieces Of wrought iron
now known are probably the sickle
blade found by Belzoni under the base
OF a sphynx in Ksrnac, near Thebes;
the blade found by Colonel Vyse, i'm
bedded in the masonry OF the great
pyramid; the portion OF the crosscut
saw exhumed at Nimrod by Mr.. Lay
ard all OF which are now In the British
Museum.
Here is a musical morsel that must
have come from Germany. No beggars
in this country would show so much
consideration. The story is that a
man asked the well-known author for
aims. you have a violin there, !" said
the man Of words, ''but you do not play
IL. 30. sir. give me penny and don't
make me play. ASSURE you you won
regret 1t" Clearly it was impossible
to resist an appeal Of this sort.
A funny case was tried in the jus
tees court at Jasper. Ga, for damages
to hog by a reason OF the loss OF one
OF the hogs feet in collision with I
train. In three hours legal fight thu
defendants counsel contended that th'
rules OF assessing damages was the los
In weight OF the hog by reason OF beini
run over, which In this case was on
foot. weighing half pound, which a
ten cents pound would be five cent
damages The plaintiffs counsel in
sisted that the rule for assessing dam
ages was the value OF the hog whel
hurt. with the cost OF nursing AM
medical treatment. together with sucl
damages as the enlightening mind O
the jury thought proper for the menta
pain aud anguish OF the hog. The iur
gave the plaintiff %.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
A NEW PRESERvATIvE.
Provisions Treated by Novel ssrphur
Fumigating Process.

Provisions Treated by Novel ssfphur
Fumigating Process.
A remarkable discovery has lately
been made which promises 10 reyolu-
tionize the provision business. At the
present time it is impossible to ship
eggs to Southern points, milk TO any
place more than two days journey dis
lance, and some of the most delicious
game must be eaten in the vicinity
where it is killed. The most skillful
refrigerator produced serves only to
preserve meat and vegetables for a
brief period, and leaves them when,
taken from the freezing chambers 10.
such a condition that they must be,
cooked at once or spoiled. II time
shall come when the farmer may send
his eggs or milk or other produce 10,
Brazil or the antipodes, and Chesa..
Paris, the value of such commodities,
will be tremendously enhanced. and
every corner of the world will be bene-
flied by the change.
"A 1htNoSo luill CldliuS IldI lie 0tS
found preparation which will DO Just
this for the producer of foods. Hav-
ing in mind the indefinite preservation
of human bodies in the shape of mum
mics, he has called his production the
Egyptian Food Preservutive
This is patented article and con-
slsts OF a powder made up of five or six
ingredients, among which are sulphur
and cinnamon. This powder. when
lgnited. smolders slowly and gives out
a dense, heavy smoke that sinks al
once to the bottom of the room. The
process of applying it to any subject is
simple. II it be u steak, on gallon OF
oysters, or roast, or any other sub
stance whatever, it is placed in the
bottom compartment of an ordinary re-
frigerator which has been made air
tight by lining it with rubber. The
powder is placed upon a perforated
shelf in the under part OF the box and
ignited. The box is then closed and
not opened until the powder is burned
out. This may take half an hour, and
1t only ceases to smolder when the
oxygen contained in the box has been
exhausted.
After that the subject of the process
is found to be unimpaired in appear
ance and quality, and rendered per
manently sound and wholesome. 10
the case of meat and vegetables, it does
not matter whether they have oeen
cooked or not before being subjected to
the process. The result is the same,
Even milk, when thus treated, VIII
stand indefinitely without souring ana
without losing any of its noulishlns
qualities. Eggs that have been treated
are found to have lost simply the VITA
element-that is, il placed under hel
they will not hatch. A number OF egg,
that had been thus treated and place.
under hen were left with her iol
twenty-one days, after which they wer'
taken away and cooked aud found To os
entirely wholesome. Chicago Heralu
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
49, = = =. - z 2
A DROP or WATER.
No other Travellers Jsnraeys ca.
xl.l. IT,. Ia

No other Travellers ,Jaarneys O.. =
pare With Those Mad. by II.
'.lt has been more than two huna... i
years since | passed along here the a..
time" was the astonishing stata,s.'
of a stranger who had been paddi;as
down White river, and who stopnea i
the shade % the old covered bridga !.
Washington street
There were no bridges oyer i.
stream then. and no reporters here !,
interview me. In fact. there il lit,ls
here to remind me of my first tr;n
This stream has drawn into its bed ~.
a turtle into its shell since my earls
days. II used to swell out through i,
these lowiands. There was no bottom
to the water and you couIdn't a.
across it when was boy
.'Are you sure this is the sama
streame"
There can't be any mistake abon,
| 1t. never err in these matters. Ths
| course OF streams do not change evan
| il they shrink from rivers to brook.
! spent several days in this latituas
before, and for Whole week was laid
up against big Hill which stood out oi
the water north of here (now Grown
HILL
'.How often do you make thes.
tours?'
"Irregularly. ] am always on ths
go, but | can't control my course en-.
tirely. belong to a rowing, restless
irrepressible and almost indestructib|a
race One year | am in Australia
Another | am up on the Andes noun.
tains. now ! am upon HudsonBay; anon
in Yucatan. My periods Of rest are few.
yet | never tire. Sometimes | am cut
off from many Of my tribe. but ii can /
reach them one way do another NJ
favorite routes are down the courses o,
rivers | never travel over land. aud
l If lose my way or get Off into pond
l or slough that has no connection with
living waters, | hide my time with the
frog and snake-feeders.
\ "You mean that you stay with then
A until freshet comes, which enable,
: YOU to sail out into the waterways?r
"No. Sometimes that is the case
but if | get tired of waiting. and be
g come weary OF my companions, shak
y the mud off my feet, put away terres
d trial shape and form. fade into the in
y visible. aud, rising high in the ali
y seek friends and congenial climes,'
e "Who are you. that you do thes
e thingse"
n IL am a drop Of water. Now you ca
IS understand why am old without b.
e ing gray; how it is that | travel COZ
y stantly by stream or air, range oyt
A. the wide creation, and, sometimes i
le chance. as fluid or vapor, make secon
y and even third trips to the same plac
ID But l must be away. | am billed
r play part in a cloud burst in Cuba {
N the eleventh of this month.
I'd And the shining drop ran along
ID drowsy fsherman's line and dropp,
~ off on to black bass back and vi
d lost among million fellow traveller
a' Indianapolis News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06

Young Man docking over hotel
register)-"l see that Joshua Craw-
nsh' ofCrawtshvilIe, is stopping here
" mere can lind him? He's an uncle
OF mine Clerk-''I think you'll find
III" IN the elevator; he's been riding
up and down all the forenoon.
"A stationer's traveller, having had
run oil bad luck in prosecuting bust
ness received from the '.boss" the fol
lowing telegram: If you can't maks
expenses come home at once" The
rePy was; "AIl right. Can maks
plenty OF expenses. but no sales
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
There are more than 500 Indian
dialects in North America alone.

-Diesscu IS the man VINO invented
laughter. exclaims a Boston Herald
scribe. After sleep it is the great
panacea for all human ills. lor those
who can laugh with good relish are
those who have digestions unimpaired.
and the seqne ice. easy conscience.
Virtue, which is a relative term, and
health are twins, and brave pair they
make to face the world with its petty
narrow ups and downs. The only ami.
NAL. barring the hyena, who laughs is
man, and he. too oflsp neglecu hh
privilege
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06

See that lady putting on her
gloves" said Frenchman, discussing
national peculiarities with an Ameri-
can friend. do you know that's the
first means of recognizing an American
ady on the streets of Paris? We would
as soon think of buttoning up our vests
or putting on our ties after leaving the
DOR for a walk, in Paris. Many and
Tany time have we picked out Amer
ieSas in Paris by that sigu.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
PlTH AND POINT.

People natter us because thew can
depend on our credulity. -Tacitus.
Enthusiasm is good to raise men
upon but discipline is the only thing
to fight on -Beecher.
Affection goes into bankruptcy
"hen 1t marries for money and fails
to get tn. o. Picayune.
10 know how to be silent is more
olhcult and more profitable than to
know how TO speak.-I.ee.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
Medical Examiner (for insur;

Medical Examiner (for insurance
company)-"You appear to be IN a
very weak. nervous. depressed physical
condition. y Applicant for insurance
Yes, your agents have been chm
hlng at me for six months. p"
-Mother--"I'o think that my llttle
Ethel should have spoken so imperti'
nently 10 papa to-day at dinner. ono
never hears me talk in TINT way u
him. Ethel (stoutly) -"W ell pu'
you choosed him, aud didn l. liar
pcr',s Bazaar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06

Trees of the palm family have
larger leaves than any others, The
lnaju palm. which grows on the bank,
of the Amazon, has leaves which reach
alength of from thirty to fifty feet anc
are ten to twelve feet in breadth. Spec
linens of the leaves OF the TALBOT palm
a native of Ceylon, have been met
with that We're twenty feet long ard
eighteen feet broad. These leaves are
used by the natives to make tents, ano
form very efficient shelters from tho
rain. The leaves OF the double cocoa
nut palm are often thirty feet long and
several feet wide. When the wind is
strong they clash together with .
noise that may be heard at great dis
lance. Only one leaf is produced each
year. and they are so firmly attached
to the stem OF the tree. and so strong
in themselves, that man may sit on
the end of one and rock to and fro in
perfect safety, Scientific American.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06

A little girl said to her mother ont
day: Mother. feel nervous merry
ousn' said the mother; what is merry
ous?' Why, it's being in a hurry al
overt"
domestic Bliss-'.You seem very
happy, Dora. Dora 'Ah. yes: ]
have every reason to be. We have a
beautiful home, two lovoj children. a
snug sum in the bank. my husbands
life is insured for $50. 600, and his
health is very far from robust. Life.
WHO is that distinguished look
ing gentleman over theres' That
is General Airbleau. the great military
man." "Ah, the great military man.
| have heard of him What battle wa
he in?" What battle? don't know,
I'm sure. He's a magazine writer, you
Snow, Merchant Traveler.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-08-06
Can't Get Rid of His Nickel.

About year ago some wag polished
OF nickel till it only resembled the
coin OF the realm in size and color
After it had dropped into the bottom
OF the bobtail car box the driver eyed
it suspiciously and. evidently thinking
the other side of the coin might be all
right, he gave the decisive pull and
let II pass, From that time TO this the
company has been endeavoring to get
that nickel back ON the rascally pub
lie. But, strange to say, every man
who tears open the little envelope con-
tanning it and its companion piece
always chucks the smooth nickel back
into the box. or course no driver can
now complain because the coin always
comes out OF the company's package.
During its first year of service it has
taken about 2, 1870 trips, and as it is
getting thinner and smoother all the
time, there is now DO hope of its ever
escaping street car service. except
through the romantic charity OF some
kind deliyerer. or through the final
uisso'utAon nl the company corpora
tiou. Baltimore American
te"ee'r BIZ tle Ssbewa, Mich,
sohoo', took a novel method of supply.
ing demand that the school board re.
FUSED to heed. She had each pupil
er'hg an egg, and then sold them at a
convenient grocery. With the pro.
oeeus she purchased towels and soap.
aha the appearance Of the children
after play hours is much improved.
We do not know very much about
the ancient Egyptians. perhaps, but
the grand old SPHINX with its silent
woman head shows that they were
very sarcastic people. Journal OF
Education
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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-25

sns - % thoroughly graceful. surely the
NIUE eifi made many friends. and will
always receive warm reception by Seattle
audiences. Little Flossie and Little waEie
WI appear 1t the matinee this afternoon
and the performance this evening ,hourh
it has not been decided yet 1t which tssre
either VIII appear. The children have be-
come very popular in this city, and. no
matter which appears. the announcement
.nat one i TO play wiz crowd the largest
hall ia Seattle
The remainder OF the cast at last nights
performance was perfect. and pleased the
audience rs well ~ the night before. II is
refreshing TO attend q performance where
every member OF the company is an actor.
This Is the case with the Faunt.eroy COM
pany.
large number of seats have been re-
served for the matinee performance this
afternoon at 2. and the performance this
evening. Crowded houses will be the re-
Sufs