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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21

A gentleman addressing the schol-
ars of large school observed among
the decorations about the room an
can any of you tell me why that flag
was hung thereP' TO hide the dirt!'
quickly responded one sharp boy, who
assisted in making the preparations for
the occasion. Christian Advocate.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
DO not draw me without cause;
DO not sheatbe me without honor

Donot sheatbe me without honor"
1t is said that in an engagement OF
cavalry in Virginia Custer and Con-
federate officer had hand-to-h hand bat
tie. in which Clusters sword blade broke
off close to the hilt He cast away the
useless fragment, rode to rail fence.
grabbed one ofthe top rails. and charg-
ing furiously upon the astounded Con-
federate, knocked him from his horse.
He then replaced his broken sword
with the Toledo blade of the Southern
er, and carried this to the day of his
death. N. Y. Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-21
General Clusters Sword.

In museum in Boston is the sword
of General Custer, said to be the one
he carried when he died. 1t is Toledo
blade, and bears, in Spanish, the in
scriptiOn;
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
Characteristic Wrinkles.

ut is customary to say that wrinkles
come from worrying, but the truth is
that most of them come from laughing, =
says q well-known physician. aTo
know how to laugh is just as important
as to know when TO do il. III you laugh
with the sides of your face the skin will
work loose in time, and wrinkles will
form in exact accordance with the kind
Of laugh you have. The man who
always wears asmirk will have q series
Of semi-circular wrinkles covert ag his
cheeks.
when gambler who has been in
the habit of suppressing his feelings
laughs, q deep line forms on each side
of his nose and runs to the upper
corner Of his mouth. In time this line
extends to the chin and assumes tire
shape Of q haIf-moon. A cadas erous
person with wax-like skin Is very apt
TO have two broadly marked wrinkles.
one running up from the Jaw and the
other under the eye These meet ct
right angles at the cheek bones and
look as though they formed O knot al
the apex. The scholars wrinkles form
on his brow, while the schemino poli-
tician's come round his ewes. where
they look for al the world like the
ap0kes Of q whaal Nel0 York Mail
and Erpreas.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

Erastus Wiman, the man who is pro-
noting the agitation of the annexation
of Canada, is one of the prominent
figures among New York business men.
When the Pennsylvania Railroad was
doing its utmost to keep the Baltimore
and Ohio out of New York, it was
Wiman who suggested the feasibility
OF the latt road bull ling terminal
facilities on Staten Island. The rival
road had expected that tho Baltimore
and Ohio would seek to enter New
York over the Reading Railroad and
Jersey Central track, taking advantage
of the excellent terminal facilities of
the latter read in JERSEY City. Such
would have been the programme had
not the Pennsylyan a spoiled the game.
It was then that Wiman stepped to
the fore. The fight began in earnest,
and in the New Jersey Legislature it
waxed hot, and was continued in Con-
gress. After the most determined OPP
position, w man and the Baltimore
and Ohio won-be:ng allowed to build
o bridge over the Arthur Kills Shus
connecting New Jersey and New York.
Vim was for three years President
and practically owner OF the Metropol-
itan Baseball Club, and is great adj
mirer and promoter of the national
game. He is millionaire, and one of
the shrewdest business men in New
York
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

ing him. You little rascal, do Won
want p pick my poc.ses IN broad day
light2'
no, don't want to rick your
pocket, Z said the boy, staring about
about him as ifawakencd from dream.
II thought ! was swimming"
"Swimmingw echoed the man, with
o broad laugh. Well, I've heard q
crowd callel sea of people, but I've
never heard of anybody swimming in it
before. You're either telling me lie,
or else you must be crazy.
I'm not, indee1, !" protested the boy.
II was thinking of that man who swan
across the Hellespont- Leander. you
know and il. seemed to me as if was
swimming across it, too"
@Ohol1 cried the stranger; athat's it,
is it? You seem fond of reading, my
friend?"
I'D read all day long if I could, :
answered the boy, earnestly; abut I've
only got few books, and I've read 'em
all again and again."
"Well, I'll tell You what belong
to library, and if you like, Til give
you ticket of admission to it for six
months, and then you can read as much
as you please. Here's my address, and
you can come for the ticket as soon as
you like"
And the stranger, chuckling over this
queer adventure, went briskly on, lit
tie thinking that he would live to see
that boy honored by all England as
one of her greatest poets, snd would
tell with pride to all his friends how h /,
had once done a kindness to Samuel
Taylor Coleridge. Ha,pef's You,ag
Pf0nIp
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
A hoy who Became Famous.


II was bright warm day in the early
summer of 1881, and London was full
to oyerfowing, when q boy about IL
years old, with long dark hair hanging
down his neck, and strange, dreamy,
far-off kind of look in his large gray
eyes, came slowly along one OF the
busiest and most crowded streets OF the
great city, SO wrapped up in his own
thoughts that he hardly felt the jolts
and bumps which he encountered in
pressing bis way through the hurrying
throng around him.
He must have been thinking of a
battle or hard struggle Of some kind,
for every now and then he darted ont
both his arms in front of him, to the
no small dangerof the eyes or ribs of
the passers by. Suddenly he was
brought to stand-still, and no won
der, for In flourishing his hands about
he had thrust one OF them right into
the coat pocket OF q tall man who was
just going past him.
WhatI SO young. and so wicked ? y
cried the man. turning round and seiz-
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

ner thought too thin. Thereupon they
took turns telling tragic tales. trans
cendently thrilling, though terribly.
tiresome.
TO tell the truth, tantalizing
Thomas tried to tell things that Tim
othy thought additionally trashy.
This tyrannical treatment tormented
Timothy Thorne terribly, therefore
tickled trifing Thomas Tanner thor
oughly throughout that tedious, tenn
pcstuous Thursday.
Thus the trouble thickened. limo
thy threatened to thump Thomas. This,
Thomas thought trumpery; therefore,
though TREMENDOUSLY terrified, tainted
Timothy.
Then they tussled together, turning
things topsy-tarvy, till they tumblea
through the trap-door transversely,
then touched terra-frma. Thereupon
Timothy Thorne triumphantly thrash
ed trembling, fearful, treacherous
Thomas Tanner.
Twas twilight. The thrifty throng
through the town termed themselves
thunderstrnck. They autographed to
the Times, then transmitted the tur-
bulent transaction through their time
tried treasure, the telephone, to tho
Tribune.
Thereupon ten thousand thrifty
Tribataes, twelve thousand trenchant
Times, together, told the town-folk
the terrible tidings.
The Times termed them tipsy. The
Tribune thought the Times theory
truthful. This transformation tlrned
their tribulations to trayesty.
The Times1testimony troubled them;
then, too, twas terribly torturing to
tolerate the town-talk, therefore,
though temperate themselves, they
thought twas the thing to t.eat the
town men.
Thus they took themselves tripping
thi.herward toward the tavern. There
tl,of tempted the thirsty throng 10
tpile together, thereby transporting
thcm to transi.ory tranquility.
Thus the tale the Us tell terminates.
Trusting to tickle the thoughtless
Though It's tiresome to the too thought
full it's thus tragically told. Chicago
! r oIro,. X i5s5S51
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

the left Of the window is another inclosed
closet for provisions Of all kinds. Be-
tween the window and the opening to the
back Of the house is q table inclosed tc-
low for the -four barrel. In this combined
kitchen and pantry, all drawing out of
the table and travelling 10 and from the
pantry, bringing and returning the arti-
Giles three times per day, is avoided. The
little parlor OF this hoase is intende 10
be the family sitting-room, and the kitchen
and dining-room are SO arranged that the
family work can be done In them without
observation. The din,ng-loom commune
Gates with both the other rooms in such q
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

JACK
Jack was one of the train of mules
with which the Earl of Dunraven made
an excursion in the Yellowstone Park
few years ago. It is not often that q
mule gets so good character from his
master as Jack receives, but it was we'll
earned.
Jack would ascertain, by some means
best known to himself, the exact width
of his pack, and would measure his
distance between the trees to an inch,
running through apertures that looked
far too narrow for him, but never strik-
ing or getting jammed. He had some
extraordinary method also of determin-
ing the height of his pack, and could
tell precisely whether he could pass
under an overhanging bough without
STOPPING, and, if not, how much he
would have to STOP
If necessary, without pausing for
moment in his trot, he would double
down until his belly almost touched the
ground, and wriggle himself through
under fallen tree in the most ludi-
crous manner.
1t is no easy task for q man, even
tnOuBu liz Uo accuStOmeQ 10 the noun
tains and the forests. to make his way
through the matted labyrinth of these
primeval woods; but through such
places, if they were practicable at all,
Jack would run, jump. climb, or crawl,
picking his way without pause.
His faculty of STOPPING under
branches, though very useful at times,
was incOnyenieIlt when he was raouirad
as riding animal He would forget
for moment that he had not a tall pack
upon his back, and in passing under
some leaning tree, to avoid which the
rider would merely stoop his head, not
expecting for moment that the mule
would stoop also, down he would go,
and with twist and wriggle of his body
writhe himself under the supposed
obstacle, much to his riders surprise
and discomfort.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
WIMAN AS A MATCHMAKER.
Miss Canada's Visit TO Uncle Sam-A Grar
Tour IF s..he States"

Miss Canada's Visit TO Uncle Sam-A Grand
Tour If she States"
Mr.. Erastus Wiman, whose efforts to
bring Canada and the United States
together ara we'll known, is authority
for the statement that the Government
of the Dominion of Canada, including
the three hundred and twenty mem
bers of Parliament, has been invited
to make visit some time this year to
this country, the expense to be borne
by syndicate of liberal American
capitalists. The details of the scheme
indicate the biggest kind of visit
with various "bankwets," as Bill Nye
would call them. They are, according
to the programme, to have spec al
train of palace cars throughout their
entire tour of tho American States,
and they are not TO bo allowed
to spend penny. Their route will
be comprehensive one. They will
cross the Suspension bridge to Buffalo,
and after they have done that
town will take in succe ssiyely Pitts
burg, Cincinnati, which they will paint
red, Chicago, then to st. Louis, and
on down to New Orleans via Memphis,
and from there by the Southern line
will visit Chattanooga, Birmingham,
Nashville, and o.lAr Southern in Jus
trial points. The homeward route,
will then begin with easy stages
through Richmond, Washington, Bal
timore, Wilmington ard Philadelphia,
closing with a jamboree OF big "bank-
wet" in New York, Chauncey Depew
presiding. After short stay there to
give the place vermilion hue they
will start directly for home, taking in
Albany and Rochester en- route, al
though they may take in the Hub" of
the universe.
AS this will be the first visit of Miss
Canada to the sutton for her hand and
heart it is but the proper thing that
Uncle Sam should foot the bill. It is
estimated that it will cost him little
half million, but, Ia doesn't mind the
money if it only pleases the gal. She
may come high, but he's bound to have
her. Evidently the courtship grows
serious. The young fellow is going to
show the young lady some of his real
estate and improvements, stocks, bonds,
and bank account, and other valuable
assets; that, in short, he is we'll "ixed"
or "heeled" in this worlds goods; and
that he ranks high among the coupon
clippers" and "bloated millionaires."
and, in short, that he is able to keep
yacht, blooded high-steppers, and
nice lrnout-and that everything is
paid for-and that all he needs to COM
plete his happiness is handsome wife.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
Sales at the Worlds Auction Mart in
Paris.

What one sees at the Hotel Drouot
can be seen nowhere else in the
world, and this is the reason why men
from come there to see from London and
New York, FRONT Vienna and AM
sheridan, from st. Petersburg and
Toxic. At the Hotel Drouot were sold
such splendors of the Summer Palace
as escaped the flames, the library Of
Emperor Of China, his rare nantes Of
blue fox skin, his scepter of jade, and
his ceremonial robes embroidered with
writhing dragons. In these rooms
that open right and left on the broad
lobby you may see almost any day
during the season, and you may study,
handle, smell, feel, and otherwise ex-
anime, better than you can in any
museum or gallery OF the most affable
amateur, etchings, Autographs, line
engravings, Japanese albums, manu-
scripts, drawings by all masters AMI of
all schools, arms Of all nations and
epochs, medals of the EXTREMIST rarity,
marbles dug up in the soil Of Greco,
or Italy, terra-cottas from Tanagra,
prehistoric jewelry from excavations
in Asia Minor, glassware from Murano,
Hispano- Moresque dishes, salad bowls
of old Nevers, tazzas from Urbino,
Rouen plates, Sewers colt paste, Elan
ders stone-ware, Venetian silk, Smyrna
carpets, lacquer cabinets, oil the prod
ucts of all the industrial arts of all
epochs, and all that the masters Of Italy
or of Flanders. of France or Of
Spain, have painted during centuries
for princes and for conve nts, for grand
seigneurs and for honorable corpor-
atoms. The Ho.el [ rouot is a museum
aad a library whose cas- es and shelves
are being constantly filled and emptied;
repository of erudition and of Curl
osity, where the thirsty student is
never tantalized by the sight of sealed
fountains of knowledge, and where
hundred lessons are to be learned
daily, without fee. without constraint,
and without textbooks or professor.
Theodore Child, IN Harper's Maya
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

NEARLY five years ago the steamship
Germania, Of the Lloyd Line, departed
from The Hague, bound for New York.
On board were over 1000 passengers
and highly valuable cargo. The
steamship never reached port. No
tidings of her were ever heard, and,
although given up for lost several years
ago, the particulars of her fate were
never known. The other afternoon,
while walking along the beach of
Hassler's Haven, southeast of Mel
bourne, Fla, Frank P. Hassler found
wine bottle lying on the sands. It
was almost covered with barnacles and
moss. On picking it up he found it
had been securely corked. Scraping
the Shiny moss off the bottle, two pieces
of paper were seen inside. The neck
of the bottle was broken off and the
papers withdrawn. One was blank
bill of lading of the steamer Germania,
Lloyd Line, printed in German. The
other paper was simply brown wrapping
paper, one side of which was covered
with writing in German, the characters
being almost illegible. After much
trouble the following translation was
made: @The steamship Germania is on
fire and sinking. Gale blowing and
-
all boats swamped. All hope is gone.
Johann Weinbergg, Stuttgart, Ger
many, April II, 1884"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06


MRS. MARY TILLINGHAsT shares the
field with men as decorative artist,
says Harper's Bazaar. She designed
and made one of the memorial win
dows of Grace Church, New York City,
she decorated the ball room in Mrs.
Stuyvesant Fish's house. and she
worked a large bit of of tapestry which
is one OF the most admired things in
Cornelius Vanderbilt's house. It is
after cartoon by Raphael, and con-
tains fifty large figures. Mr.. Tilling-
hast has not only done decorative work
in this country but the chateau of the
Baronne de Teroaenne, in France, has
ceilings from her brush.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
The Preiudiced Juryman.

In New York Doodle aldermen have
healthy dread of almost any kind of
a jury. In Austin, Tex, colored de-
linquent had somewhat similar expe-
rience. He was defended by very
youthful lawyer. the prisoner being
too poor to hire counsel.
After the jury was in the box the
young lawyer challenged several jury
men, who his client said had 1prej-
erdiss agin" him.
aAre there any more jurymen who
have prejudice against your" whis-
pered the young lawyer.
aNo, boss, but / wants yer ter chal-
1enge the Jedge. Use been tried by
him befoah, and sorter s'pects dat he
he's prejerdiss agin me.
The young lawyer being q graduate
of the law department Of the Univer-
sityef Texas, didn't know any better,
and actually requested his Honor to
step aside. Texas Sifti2sgs.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

COST, ONE THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED
AND FIFTY DOLLARS.
this article can be built for ST. $50, COM
plete, including mantels and blinds. The
structure is "a feet front and % feet deep,
not including the verandl. The cellar is
6 feet in height, the first story feet and
the second story feet. The foundat on
is an s-inch brick wall, the first story clap
boards the second t story shingles and the
cellar under hall and parlor, we'll lighted
and ventilated, with 8-inch brick walls un-
der the whole house. The parlor has an
open fire place and wood mantel, and ia
connected with the hall by double sliding
doors. The stairway is of hardwood and
of very pretty design. Two doors between
the kitchen and front hall keep kitchen
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
FIRST FLOOR.

s It
way that it will be warmed from them
sufficiently for its proper use. The
second floor will be found to be planned
with equal care. A small stove in he upper
hall will add greatly to the comfort of all
the chambers; and the hall, with its
closet, will make very convenient sew
utilize this space for bath ROOM From
this hall stairs ascend over the o.her stairs
to commodious store-i DOM in the attic.
Each Of the three cham, ers is provided
with closet and two windows, thus Sc
curing good ventilation. The height of
the ceilings is 81 feet in tho clear in the
first and feet in the second story. The
purpose Of this design, to state it briefly,
is to make home Of which its occupants
may be proud, even though it be situated
in the midst of moro pretentious and ex-
pensive neighbors.
A house planned like the one shown in
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06
One RAINY Day.

Drip! drip! drip! The clouds were
black in the sky and the rain would not
stop, although Haddy and Ray stood
by the window wishing for the bright
sunshine to dry the grass so that they
could run over to auntie's to see Oracle.
Mamma was nearly beside herself
with their noise and teasing. She had
tried every way to quiet them, and she
was so tired.
The door opened and Aunt Lefty
came in, wet and dripping. "Why,
what's the matter with my boys?" she
asked.
The story was soon told, and she
said, us that all? I thought the ex-
press train was smashed up, or the
rocking-horse had his leg broken.
Well soon have the sun shining, in the
house, at least.
Then she begged some old newspa-
pers of mamma, and taking pair of
scissors sat down by the fire with boy
in little armchair on each side.
Such wonderful things as those sharp
scissors cut from those I'D papers
There were team-horses and trotting-
horses and saddle-horses with men on
their backs, and horses that could only
stand still. There were COWS, and
pigs, and dogs, and cats, and and
everything!
Haddy and Ray shouted for JOY and
forgot all about the rainy day, and
when at last Aunt Lefty said she must
go, mamma babe her good-by with a
rested look in her poor tired face and
said she was sunbeam.
And the boys had paper animals
enough to last them week.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

CAPT. WILLIAM JAMESON, of Friend
ship, Me-, is called the Paul Revere of
the Meduncook. He received the name
in the following way: 1t was during
the war of 1912, and the British, with
muffied oars and under cover of dark
ness, were trying to reach and burn
the little feet of fishing schooners at
the head of the Meduncook River,
hoping also to gather in some chickens,
eggs, etc., from the settlers along the
route. Jameson, then boy of IA,
mounted his horse and rode through
the town, giving the alarm at every
house. He then returned home, jumped
from his horse. and, catching up his
little fint-lock rife, with twenty-four
rounds of cartridges, started off on the
run across lots to join his neighbors at
Bradford's Point. The British soon
found that they were discovered, and
fastened back to their ship. 49,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

A VERY novel feature is to be intro
duced into the Asylum for the Blind
to be established in Pittsburg, Pa. DR..
Campbell, of the Royal Institute for the
Blind in London, who is expected to be
In charge of the asylum, aroused the
greatest interest in the worlds metrop-
oils when in September last he selected
class of blind pupils whom he had
taught to ride on the bicycle, and they,
with him in the lead, rode from Lon
don to Derby. The distance between
the two places is 1876 miles, and re-
markable fact in connection with the
feat was that no accident occurred on
the way. DR.. Campbell will follow out
his ideas on the subject when he takes
charge of the asylum at Pittsburg.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1889-04-06

-THOUSAND-DoLLAR HOUSE.
spindle work over. A curtain hung here
and looped back discloses the pretty stair
case, and altogether produces pleasing
effect. Double sliding doors connect hall,
p,rlor and dining room. Open fire-places
with good mantels are provided in the
parlor and in the front bedroom. The
kitchen is ventilated by fue in the CHM
ney. One large bedroom and hallway
are finished in the attic. The whole attic
space is foored. The cost of this house
includes everything except heater and
range.
This illustration represents one Of five.
detached cottages recently erected. The
contract for the entire work, including
painting and plumbing, was given out at
$4,000 each. The building has frontage
of 81 feet by 80 feet inches deep, and a
one story extension l0x1s feet. Height
of first story, 10 feet; second story. feet
inches. Attic left unfinished, but with
sufficient height and light to admit of fin
ishing two good-sized rooms if wanted