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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
4 PATHETIC UysELF1sHYEss.
From The New-York Fashion Bazaar.


remember being taken by my mother % g,n vas
a child to see a poor woman VINO was uylhg OF
cancer The disease eating It's way 20 V,tal
part and her doctor had given her mohth as her
utmost limit Of life. She was preparing l0f her enu
In way that seemed practical and pIOsalc enough,
but that struck me as pathetic ia ls selffogetfulness
She was sitting up In bed, with basket beside her,
finishing up the family mendlng, showing her eldest
daughter--on whose thrteen-yearold shoulders the
burden of household was soon TO fall-h0w TO
fen down seams in the little brothers knee patches
and how the heel Of fathers SOCK 50 that be
would never feel the difference. She had Impressed
upon the girl how 10 make her fathers fay0flte Po-
tato pone how to manage her young sister when she
got into the suls, what 10 do for her father when
he had IFS periodical TT OF cramps-and everything
else she could think Of that would Insure comfort
IN the humble home she was leaving. She had al
short span of lfs that was given 30 her. Her burial
clothes were folded away In drawer with sweet
basil leaves among them.
i was reminded OF the incident by reading In a
paper recently OF a man In Milwaukee who Is pre-
pairing for something that IS even more terrible than
death-imanity. He will be violently Insane In a
few weeks. and he knows H. Some time ago his
skull was fractured; grstle is fast 70 ming about
the cracked edges; which win surely press upon tho
brain and make him maniac. He talks calmly and
nationally Of his approaching fate and spends every
moment OF his brief term OF sanity In making pro-
vision for his family when he shall no longer be able
to care for them II IS situation worthy the pen
OF novelist like Daudet.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10

aunt in pairs breed e the 1s fall Ia they cS%i Ga ac%
ne ne ~, ~ 90 Young foot more In length
Davis the only 81 eq o
In me W Carriages near Hague to hunt for month
spring and fail next as ne has iUF he PIP pa so iDtr
years az @ of fhe oil skins and rattles, occasional
live Sold and income ssr fss " Spsns AND
handilntg INC axes him respectable income. He de
yots his winters to reading and now and then days
work as inc Snakes on his side of the lake grow
ing vsby and thinks 1srv they s SiR D admits @l
mstey of his occupation and cooy says he pre-
s aH likely be WIN &C. Se bood vessel a happens
IN he hlt.p
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
The Chamber of Torture

7. the apartment 10 which the unhappy sufferer from n.
aammatory rheumatism Is confined II. ere tho crises
pain Is reached that fine preventive Hoste'ters STOMACH
B,tters is used by persons Of rheumatic tendency much
unnecessary suffering avoided Nervines anodynes ana
seda,yes while having none specific effect are yes
very desirable al times Yet they produce lasting
effect upon rheumatism because they have no power 70
eliminate from the blood the rheumatic virus Hoseers
stomach Bitters does this and checks at the outset as
ease which. Il allowed to gain headway, it Is mex, "
patsm a should DO remembered Is diseaya with faeu
tendency from It's proneness attack the heart
TO the BItters, should, therefore. bo prompt pyp
kidney complaint malaria and nervousness ss
by 10
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
THE GREATEST RATTLEsEAKE HUNTER YET.
xs,oo, Tho Afhanv journal

Isaac Davis, of North Bolton, the rattesnake hun
ter whose history and exploits first given TO the
world in The Journa last September has since that
time added upward Of 300 snakes 10 his score making
more than 700 rattlegnakes he has killed since he
commenced snake killing for the bounty of 90 cents
a snake and two months wages year (at $50 a
month"; four years ago One hundred and fifty Of the
fails catch we're killed ia three days on a new den
which he Uncovered on the mountain west of Sab
bath Day Point. These he killed as they gath
erfng on the den In October for their winters hibea
third.
Davis says he lost considerable money the first year
of his snake hunting by not knowing that there was
q market for the skins and rattles well for the
oil The skns he sells at from % cents 10 81 each
10 be dressed into leather for ladies' BELTS slippers
etc. and the rates are mounted as tewelry for pins
earrings and the like and bring from 20 cents 70 81
a string. The OIL brings 25 cents per ounce, and
big fat snake win sometimes yield an ounce. The
hunting Is In the spring as they are leaving the
DON and in the autumn as they gather for winter.
when they come out they assemble In intertwlned
groups Of from three four 10 fifteen, lying In the
sun until they collect energy for Aer summer's
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
SONG OF THE RISING LAX.

was woke in the grass
by the delicate pass
OF gossamer tread
With a start, with q SPRING
Lake forest, and valley before me spresd'
shingle and lea.
Clnmer and simmer and ripple oi se~
Higher, higher.
s Small as splnes On the thistle
The white spires bristle'
No wider, no taller,
Smaller ana smai'er'
My s" wings desirei
Up the hromOa6ptta,sR IN. by fountain and fountain
On the topmost cone
white eagles feather is waving alone.
My wings desirei
Let me swim, let me swoon a.
In the rush Of the whiriwnd that swtrls meath tho
Higher, higher, higher, higherl-
OH the drive Of the rack
stlll sun SIM IN , SIN
Beat at me back;
Brea shH si1,' deathlossly.
Take sR back the he rush again;
Give me the hush again
Through the golden door
Higher herr 81 higher s:,r.,
The delight the delight
Sweet, sweet, sweet sweet
What calm, what hushi
After the roar,
So to soar, SO to soar
Through the golden door,
No higher, no higher
My wings desire
should faint in the IRE.
Light upon light,
Heat upon heat,
Bright upon bright,
Sweet upon sweet;
Silence on silence floating out steafngN,
Hushfully, feelngly,
After the whriwind not pulse-beatI
All asleep asleep,
Asleep In the still,
Folded deep;
Asleep In the still OF the broken VIII
Touched by the universe tender1y, heanngFs
All around
Not sound,
Left or right
Not sight,
Only the STARS sailing neet after Meet,
Still night
Lapsed in supinoness,
o the divineness,
After the whrlwind not pulse-Deatt
Light upon light,
Heat upon heat,
Bright upon bright
Sweet upon sweet,
Wings In the Wilderness worlds at the feet
Sweet
Sweet
Sweet
-Eeanor Louisa Hervey.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
THE DIFFICULTIES OF VENTILATION.

From The Sanitary fIa'
The circumstance that makes ventilation a we'll
nigh Improbable reform Is that nearly every one
thinks he has got IT. or can got IT, through any hole
about Whit of adjacent air The strong, sustained
suction In all weathers that VIII draw the sluggish
slr from every corner and Granny, is not only I'M
known but unconoeved in nearly all efforts at
tilstion ,so-called. SIR Humprey Davys auser holes
I'm the ceiling OF the House OF Commons not often
practically improved upon at the present day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-02-10
cRAKL1Na MILES K1rH rwo BRoKEN LEGS.

Helena (Iont) dispatch in The Minneapolis Tribune.
One of the pluckest fellows that lived In Mon
tana Is John Meyers. He Is twenty years old. and
has lust gone Though thrilling experience He Is
a cowboy and was hunting for horses with party
on the saltwater River. He was missing on Tuesday
night when the Others came In. IL thought that
he had stopped at squaw mansion house, aud
no fear was felt for HIS safety. Two days after the
men in camp noticed dark object slowly sliding down
the sdo OF an opposite blut IL was Meyers. Both
ribly lacerated. He was weak frcm loss of blood
and the eX posUro he had undergone dragging himself
along for thirty hours in the snow His horse STUN
bled and threw him the rocks and ran away. He
erawled up tho side OF steep bluff where few men
could walk 1t a wonderful exhibition of nerve
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
How Musk Is Obtained.

Most people take it for granted that
because musk is sold in what is called
pod, therefore it is vegetable prod
uct. But the truth is that it is entirely
an animal product, being substance
found in two or three inch sac in the
body of the little musk-deer of Asia
This sac. when tied up and dried, goes
by the name of a pod among the hunt
ers who bring it into market. Proba-
bly, there are few things subject to such
adulteration, as one part Of pure musk
will scent thousands of parts of some
olher powder mingled with it; and as
the pods sell for from fifteen to twenty
dollars apiece the adulteration has its
profit. 1t is indeed so pungent that
when just fresh it has been known to
produce violent bleeding at the nose,
and many people are so susceptible to
it as to have sad headaches brought
about by contact with the pure article;
and while suspicion of it is very
agreeable to many persons, one atom
too much becomes offensive, as the case
is with patchouli and many other odor-
Gus substances. 1t was formerly large
ly used in therapeutics, especially in
the Orient, having become disused as
much from the difficulty of obtaining it
in pure state al from any thing else,
and it is now seldom given except in
hysteria and hiccough. -Harper's Ba-
gar
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
KILLED IT'S MASTER.
The Story of Phenomenal Bull Flight
Held In Seville. spatn.

The Story of = Phen0menal Bull Fight
Held In Seviiies spafn.
A few years ago. the inhabitants Of
Seville read. with surprise, in the ad-
vertisements Of an approaching bull
fight. this unusual notice:
when the third bull shall have at
tackled the picadors and receives three
pairs OF banderillas. 9 young peasant.
by whom it has been brought up, will
appear in the ring. He will approach
the bull, caress it. and after removing
the banderillas. one after another. will
lie down between its horns.
The announcement OF SO singular
feat attracted an immense crowd to the
amphitheater. The third bull APP
peared, an animal with splendid horns.
and very brave; it slew four horses,
received the banderillas. and became
furious Then. contrary to custom.
all the tereros retired from the ring.
leaving the bull stamping about and
shaking the bloody darts which hung
from his neck.
All at once a long whistle was heard.
The bull paused and listened. 1t was
repeated. The bull approached the
barrier. and young man leaped into
the ring. calling the bull by its name.
'.Mosquito!'' The animal knew its
master came to caress. and was ap-
peased. The peasant gave it his hand
to lick. and with the other began to
scratch it behind the ears-an opera
ton which seemed to afford the brute
much pleasure. He then gently re-
moved the banderillas which annoyed
the neck of Mosquito, made it go down
ON its knees, and placed his head be-
tween its horns. The grateful bull
seemed to listen with pleasure to a
pastoral melody sung by its mas
ter. The ADMIRATION of the multi
Jude. hitherto suppressed by sur
prise, burst forth with Andalusian vio-
lence. and shook the building. Hear
ing this frenzied applause, which had
accompanied all his sufferings. the
bull. till then under a charm. APP
peared to wake and return to reality.
1t suddenly rose. believing, and the
peasant tried to escape. But it was tG
late. The animal, as though furiou:
at being betrayed, tossed the young
m an into the air, received him agar
on its horns, gored him, tampled Oh
him, and crushed him to pieces. il
spite of the efforts of the toreros
The performance was suspended,
phenomenon in Spain-and the horri
fed public quilted the circus in 81
lence.-San Francisco Argonaut
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
THE MEANEST MAN.
He Lives In Massachusetts and II EntitI
to Every Body's Contempt.

He Lives In Massachusetts and Is Entitled
to Every Body's Contempt.
You may think, possibly" writes
an observant friend, that you know all
about the meanest man. You may call
to mind the classic case of the thrifty
powder manufacturer in New York
State who. when his mill exploded and
blew number of his employees up into
the blue empyrean, charged the sur
vivors for lost time while they were up
in the air. You may identify the mean
est man in the one who, when he goes
to church Sunday mornings q believe
he is still living and not far away,
takes pains to wrap up a two-cent piece
in a bit of paper and put it in his waist
coat pocket. in order that, having very
poor eyesight, he may not make mis-
take and get out nickel when the
contribution box comes around. Pos
sibly you may imagine that the mean
est man was that other Yankee who
not only never gave more than cent
on Sunday, but sat in the rear pew in
the meeting house in order to save the
interest on his money while the con-
tribution box was coming around.
"But these, fear, are all more or
less traditional examples. Whereas /,
with my own eyes, have seen the
meanest man in Massachusetts. He
comes in on the railroad from a
near suburb every morning. In the
station there is box into which pas
sengers, by request, frequently put
the newspapers that they have done
reading. for the patients at the hos.
pitfalls. The box has a cover which
lifts up. Well, l have twice seen this
man, who is decently dressed and ap-
parently in comfortable circumstances,
come and lift up this cover and, in
stead of putting in newspaper. take
one out and carry it away with him
| If that is not the meanest way to sup.
ply ones self with reading matter tina
you ever heard of. would like to have
you furnish me with an example. "
| Boston Transcript
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
WE HAVE THE MEN.
And They Are Goo Ones, Even II TheI
Arms BE Not the Hest.

And They Are Goo Ones, Even II Their
Arms BE Not the Best.
This question of arms is live one in
Europe, where fighting may be ex-
pected at any time: but we. the very
warlike and extremely unmilitary SOW
ereign people OF the United States. can
afford to view it with Indifference. We
know that we have millions of fighting
men ready to spring to arms at their
country's call. The arms they would
spring to may not be of tn best, but
the men are splendid.
We have Springfield rifles for a few
thousands of the millions. and have
provided by the law of the land, in
force in the year of grace 1889. thai
each man of all the rest shall have SO
good musket or firelock, two spare
fints, sufficient bayonet," and othel
warlike gear, except in the case of Off
GERS each of whom must have "a spon
toon, and a sword OF hanger" as ht
may elect.
Our criterion OF military excellenc,
Is very uluoreHL lFOIll ludL Vi Europe
There it is the capability of men to ge
into position to shoot, and to shoe
straight and quick; here it is tn,
prettiness with which soldiers, undel
police escort, can march up the mali
street of a great town.
We consider it the part of wisdom t.
prepare for more peace in time O
peace; but should foreign foe suddenl
attack us the pulse of the patrio
would thrill at the spectacle presente,
by our armies springing to thef arm
and marching down Broad way-u
the protection of the Broadway squa
each man of the rank and file bravel
bearing along his frelock, his tw
spare flints. and his sufficient bayonei
and every officer gallantly brandishin
his hanger and fourishing his spor
toon, while the covering and coward
enemy was pitching 1000 pounde
shells among them from a safe pos
ton off Coney Island. .-Scribner's Mas
| azine
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
coMMoN-sENsE MAxiMs
Some Things Of which y Wise Man Should
Neye- He Guilty.

5oHN0 AutnBA u w u On - " INC AAAtt 8u1Qk0
Neyer He Guilty.
Never, unless you are an expert
horseman, attempt 10 show off spir-
tied animal before your friends. else
you may be made TO kiss tho dust; for
the horse Is sagacious brute. and
soon discovers the incapacity OF his
rider.
Never indorse promissory note.
for when once ION the ice" it is i'm
possible to predict the result.
Never laugh at your own Jokes, at
least until the visibility OF the company
has been excited, when etiquette may
perhaps permit you to give gentle
guffaw by way Of accompaniment.
Never, In talking to your next
neighbor, vociferate as ii you were
haiIing ship at sea; it Is the custom
of uneducated Doors. with whom you
stand chance Of being classed.
Never condemn your neighbor I'M
heard, however many accusations
which may be preferred against him;
every story has two ways OF being
told, and justice requires that you
shall hear the defense as well as the
accusation; and remember that the
malignity of enemies may place you
in a similar predicament
Never get into passion because
others will not agree with you in opin.
ion; you are not infallible. and. moro.
over, diversity of opinion is the very
life and soul OF conversation; at the
same time, we confess that there are
some dogmatists who never speal
rhyme nor reason" and who sadl,
| try the temper.
Never trouble others with the recita
of your misfortune: communications O
this description are very pleasing; and
at all events. sympathy can not coun
teract the DEGREES of fate; and, more
over, if your are given to such dis
closures, you will be dubbed "knigh
of the rueful countenance'- "a person
age who is no favorite at convivia
meetings, or, indeed. anywhere
Never harbor luminosity towards
friend for a mere hasty expression
forgiveness is godlike quality. and
true friend is SO scarce a commodity
that he should not be repudiated O.
slight grounds; but those who injur
you from malice prepense" should b
Stunned as you would avoid tiger. :
N. Y Ledger
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
LOOKING FOR EDEN.
America Given a Chance for the Honor Of
Holding the Site.

Holding the Site.
Still another theory of the site OF
Eden is given by Chicago correspond
ent: l have read with interest the an
svers and correspondence on the above
question in your valuable columns. In
addition to the opinions already given
permit me to suggest the following:
The difficulty in fixing site of the
land of Eden is to make it correspond
to the description given in Genesis.
which is either inspired or traditional;
l believe it is the latter.
As the result of careful investigation
1would place the land OF Eden north OF
the States OF Louisiana and Mississippi
The garden planted eastward in
Eden" was on the west bank of the
Mississippi and below the mouth of the
Arkansas river. The river that 'went
out of Eden to water the garden" was
the Mississippi, in the description called
the Euphrates, which after passing
through the garden. became into four
heads" The name of the first river
was 'Pison' (the Arkansas) (which
compasseth the whole land of Havilah
(Kausas and Colorado), where there is
gold, bdellium and onyx stone" The
second river was "Gihon" (the Mis-
souri), (which compasseth the whole
land of Ethiopia, or Cush," (Missouri,
Iowa and Nebraska). The third river
was the "Hiddikel (the Ohio) which
goeth eastward to Assyria'' Indiana
and Ohio); and the fourth is the "Eu-
pirates" that went out of (passed
through) Eden"
forth from the garden" and a "Cheru-
BIN was placed at the east of the gar
den," they settled near the 1azoo river
in Washington county. Mississippi,
where the remains of their home may
still be seen. When Cain was about 100
years old he left home with his family.
two wives and their children, and went
to dwell in the Gland of Nod, on the
east of Eden" (Tennessee and Ken
tucky), where he built city called
after the name of his eldest son, Enoch.
The remains of this city exist at the
present day, as well as many other evil
dences of the cities and homes OF ante
diluvian Cainites aud Sethites, from the
Gulf of Mexico to the Northern lakes
and from the Alleghenies to the Rockies
in the United States, and throughout
Mexico, Central and South America. -
Chicago Inter Ocean.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-22
THE BLESSED sLEEp.


sery ZONES at Its Worst When SIumoos
Forsakes the Isody.
Nothing could show the universally
and humanity Of shakespeare better,
and the greatness Of his power OF ex-
preston, than all his knowledge and
assurance OF the blessing OF sleep, the
misery OF the want of it. the horror
hlling IL with racking dreams when
mind and body are at war, or the soul
and sorrow have struck hands. For to
most OF man and womankind comes n
time at last when such dreams alight
about the edges OF sleep like foul crea-
lures, and the night becomes ones famil-
lar. as If it were some medieval demon.
care sitting beside the pillow, anxiety
tossing the clothes. suspense and sor-
row Tapping CHASTITY wings about the
bed. and the worn and weary nerves
tormenting the flesh like SO many little
red-hot pinchers of torture, when the
very disease for which sleep would be
remedy drives sleep away. and the
sufferer travels all night in a vicious
circle, more panied and weary jaunt
than all the witches of mid-air ever
took upon their broom sticks.
1t Is not the easy, well-digested. care
less nature that knows the torture of
wakefulness; fat men, as a rule, are
''such as sleep o nights" and one OF
Shakespeare's people exclaims:
Thou hast no figure nor fantasies
Which busy care draws ia the brains OF men,
Therefore thou sieep'st 20 sound.
But it is the worrying soul that can
not find sleep. that frightens sleep
away, that wears sleep thin and wears
it out. till there is no sleep for that
poor soul.
1t has come to be generally admitted
that worry does far more harm to the
would-be sleeper than work ever does
that work, even in undue quantity. does
but fatigue the body. and makes sound
sleep the surer. But worry fatigues the
nerves. and in fatiguing them excites
them to the point where the thickest
blanket of the dark that can be drawn il
penetrated by their sharp stings. The
nervous system, when all is said, is un
derstood less than any thing in the earth
beneath or in the heavens above it; il
is the most difficult of all tasks to regu
late it when it is once out OF order; il
is that part of humanity which should
be most carefully kept and considered
and tried as little as possible.
To tell person OF nervous tempera
ment not to worry is work Of superer
ogation; rather should one help to max,
things SO that there should be nothin!
to worry about. 1t is almost impossi
BILE for such person to help worrying
over every pins prick. But just as 500
as worry can be RENTED and appre
hension forgotten does sleep becom
possible, sleep, the only sovereign
power which can lay its cool hand upo
the burning brain. and bring it fror
wild unrest to deep repose and tn
sweets of life. Harper Bazaar.