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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-17

a great deal Is said of the demon
ai'zing influence OF prize-fght. There
Is no danger that a contest of this kind
wi'l add any thing to the demoraliza.
ton OF the crowd that usually witness
it. Chicago Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-17
THE SAHARA DESERT,
Why 1t Is by No Means so Black as 1t l.
Painted.

The Sahara as a whole is not below
sea level; it is not the dry bed of
recent ocean, and it is not as fiat as the
proverbial pancake all over. Part of
it, indeed, is very mountainous, and all
of it is more or less varied in level
The Upper Sahara consists of rocky
plateau, rising at times into consider
able peaks; the lower, to which it de-
scends by steep slope, is "a vast de-
preston OF clay and sand, but still for
the most part standing high above sea
level. No portion OF the Upper Sahara
is less than 300 feet high-a good deal
higher than Dartmoor or Derbyshire.
Most of the Lower reaches from 200 to
800 feet-quite as elevated as Essex or
Leicester. The two spots below sea
level consist OF the beds of ancient
lakes, now much shrunk by evapora-
ton, owing to the present rainless con-
dition OF the country; the soil around
these is deep in gypsum, and the water
itself is considerably saltier than the
sea.
""e' Ho"hNct' IS always the case
with tresh-water lakes in their last
dotage, as American biologists have
amply proved in the great Salt Lake of
Utah. Moving sand undoubtedly covers
a large space in both divisions of the
desert, but, according to Sir Lambert
Playfalr. our best modern authority ON
the subject, 1t occupies not more than
one third part of the entire Algerian
Sahara. Elsewhere rock, clay and
muddy lake are the prevailing features.
interspersed with not infrequent date
groves and villages. the product Of
arteslan wells or eNcavated spaces or
river GASES. Even Sahara, in short. to
give 1t It's due, is not by any means so
black as its painted. -Cornhill Maya
zine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-09-17

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reading as follows; mo ioatiuo nero
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the office boy to his employer. "Wnat
Is it' The book-keeper kicked me
sir l don't want no book.keeper 70
Kick me-" "Of course he lsic,ted vouf
You don't expect me to attend TO every
thing do your | can't look after all
the little details OF the business nv.
self"
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The National tribune., 1889-12-19

There is no eight-hou law In China. From
sunrise 10 sunset ia the rule on the Chinese
farms, and farm lab0rers consider themselves
mighty well paid If they get $l2 year aud
board and lodging. For this they work all day
and every day. The Chinese employer knows
nothing Of Sunday. aud the Chinese laborer
works week in and week out. At the last of
the year he has about 10 or I2 days for holi-
days, and he takes his fun In the lump Work
is part Of the religion Of China, aud every
one is brought up with the expectation Of
working. There are no better workers on the
face Of the earth, and the problem as 10 what
this great mass Of keen, aimond-eyed labOrers
will do in the work Of the worlds future Is one
Of the great questions which time alone can
settle. The Chinaman can do anything that
the American can do. He can do many things
much better. He has a cultured brain, skilled
hand, and muscles like iron. He can live on
little aud will work all day. He is ready to
60 away from home TO work, and If he secs a
chance 10 get job or make a speculation he is
ready 10 go into it for all he is worth, He has
gone into such specalati0ns wherever they
have been offered 10 him, aud you will now
find him the hardest worker and the most
successful mOncy-maker at all the Asatic ports.
Siam Is run by China. Ia Singapore, tho half
way station around the world, Chinese CAPT
tai controls millions Of dollars worth Of bust
ness, and Chinese muscle does the best paying
parts Of the work. The Sultan Of JobOFe told
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
X-nlas presonts h.

Do not buy your Xmas presents till you
have consulted the mammoth illustrated pre-
MUM list issued by TIE NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
Sent free to any address 1t gives selection
from hundreds of articles, embracing all must
cal instruments, watches, jeweiry, guns sew.
ing machines, household utensils, such us
china, silver plate, stoves, etc. All these
things can be obtained free Of cost, or, ii one
chooses to pay outright, ut less than half the
retail price, We also furnish gold watches on
credit
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

~ T. II n Il AiiS
world does not know
how the other half
lives. The Eas aud
the West are to-day as
far apart in their diff
ferent characteristics
rs heaven and earth,
and the world of Asia
is an entirely different
world from ours. The
people think differ
entity, they work diff
ferently and they take
their fun i'm a different
way. In this letter l
want 10 speak of the
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

work. Still the boards and beams aud rafters
Of this vast building were being cut by hand
out Of the trees Of the forest. The logs were
set on end at an angle OF 45 degrees, and boards
were cut from them with cross cut saws. In
some eases only one man operated a saw and
another one pulled az the top of the log, while
another pulled down from under it. AS
watched these men pull away. with the beady
sweat standing upon their half-naked bodies.
asked my guide as to the wages they got. He
replied. The best Of them receive 30 cents g
day.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
WORKIN TBEFAREAST
How the Acknowledged Monaghan
LabOrS from Sunrise to Sunset for
Ten Cents Day.

Japanese Mechanics and Their Curious lahits-The
Human SaW-mills Of Asia. and How the Chinese
Object 60 Foreign Machinery Women Who WoHA
and Row They Manage Their Babies While nj IL.
The Susan b. AnihoRss Of Barmah. and n Look
at the Amaz0Hs Of che Himalaya Aouutains-Ihe
Chinese rs Men of AuScle-liow They are Com
quering the EHSi-Thc Lazy Malays and What an
Indian Rsjah Says Of ghem-The LATEST Men OF
the East. or Look at the kOrcaus-Thcir Costly
Clothes and Their D0-nothiRE Habis-A Word
About India and Egypt and How tho American
Iaborer il the Best or Of Any Of the Worlds
Workers.
tooPYRrGHrEB ny FRANK q. CARPENTER, 1881
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

working classes Of the Eastern countries
Take look sc japan The japanese me-
ehanic does his work just the reverse from his
American brother If he is carpenter he
pulls his plane toward him, instead of pushing
II from him as we do. When he saws he puts
all his force on the pull stroke instead of the
push stroke. and if he wants 10 use the draw
ing knife he squats down ON the floor and holds
the stick with his toes while he pulls away with
his hands. The japanese cooper uses his toes in
his work and he will make a bucket just as
well as we do He holds the bucket with his
feet. while he puts on the hoops with ham
mer and a wedge, and every japanese mechanic
has 20 fingers and four hands, for he can use
his toes and feet to as good advantage as we
can our fingers and thumbs. This is the same
in China, and il is wonderful how, with the
crudest of tools. these two nations turn out the
most beautiful OF workmanship.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

oppose the bringing in of the steamboat. There
are millions of people living upon the water in
China, and / had good chance to see some
thing of the boat life at Canton. ! found
nearly all the boats worked by sails and oars.
and the only end-wheeler that saw was worked
by men instead OF steam. A half-dozen men
turned the cranks which made the paddle
wheels 60 round. and every crew of Chinese
sailors when the boat is moving through the
river is supposed to get out on the bank and
pull at the boat with ropes whenever the wind
Drops
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

rope. and have noticed the condition of the
lsboring classes in England, France, Germany,
Austria. Italy, Holland aud Belgium. There is
no place in the world where the man who works
for his bread and butter has as good a chance
as in America. There 10 no place where he gets
so much to eat and where he has many
comforts and such high wages. In all of the
other countries life seems TO run along on the
root.hog -or-die" basis Here everyone has
enough and TO spare.
EnANIr O. CARpENTER
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

Wages in China are even lower than they are
in Japan. A few cents a day is all that any
man gets in the interior, and skilled lRborers
are not much better paid. Women are paid
less than men, and il is wonderful what hard
work some of these Chinese women do. They
manage the boats in the Hong Kong harbor,
and when | landed girl of II picked up my
big trunk and swung it over her shoulder and
carried il down the side Of the ship 20 the boat.
l saw at this same place women carrying great
baskets of stones up the mountains at the back
OF the city, where some fashionable Summer
houses were being built. The road was too
steep for donkeys or horses, and hence women
were employed. The fact that a woman has a
baby makes no difference as % her labor in
China. She ties her baby on her back and goes
right along as though the little one did not ex-
list. saw score Of women rowing boats in the
river at Canton, while the babies tied 10 their
backs bObDed mp and down at every stroke.
/ saw others standing aud sculliug with little
ones on their shoulders and in the fields saw
women working, aud stopping their labors TO
nurse the three old infants which they
had with them. At Foo Chow | found women
making grass cloth, aud their wages were,
was told, two cents day, aud missionary said
that he could get all the men he wanted at 10
cents day. Field hands ge: from four to 10
cents day. with food, and skilled workmen are
happy at from five 10 six cents. Ia some
branches Of work men receive as high as q dol
lar and fifty cents week, aud In the silk-miils
females get 30 cents week, aud consider them
selves well pa!d. Silk-weayers are among the
highest paid men in China and master work.
men or oyerscers of factories receive on the
average about a hundred and fifty dollars year
Not few classes Of people work by the year,
nerabesis
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
Not Necessary 10 Hurry.

IbOsFVH ITHHsWlVTI
Elephants have been known TO live to the age
OF 400 years.
Moral.--Young man, do not be in too much of
hurry TO see the elephant. He'll keep.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp the Boys
are Marching.
SONGS OF AMERICA


Six Beautiful Holiday VolumeA Illustrations from
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Five OF the following volumes, formerly published by
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have added 10 the series companion volume, Tramp
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the series
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! the Boys are
Marching.
Marching Through Georgia.
Nelly was Indy.
AIassHs In the Cold, Cold Ground.
My Old Kentucky Home.
The Swnnee River.
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The southern scenca illustrated In these poems with
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admirable pictures. drawn the spot by the we'll
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long season Ia Georgia and other Southern States fol-
lowing the track Of SheFmaus army from Atlanta 10
the Sea- aud making also telling sketches OF
the old plantations With the paiIistak ug
runtcy Of MeissouieF Deiae, he has also collected
great number of uniforms weapons. standards etc, OF
the time Of the great Civil War make correctly his
scenes in She march ofthe grand army.
For sale By ali booksellers will be mailed the
ceipt Of the price.
MINIS g. KNIGHT, Publishers,
TROY, NEW YORK.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
IBostOn Courier

4
First Small Boy. We had fire at our house
last night
Second Small Boy.--That so?
f. s. B--Yes. Pa fired sisters beau.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

American industry could never be managed
with japanese machinery. There are no plan
ing-mills in Japan. and you can count the saw
mills Of the far East on the fingers of one hand.
In India Egypt and IN China boards arc sawed
BY hand, and ] visited the making Of great
Buddhist temple in western Japan, the cost of
which was to be 100000. 1t was an i'm
nense structure, made Of wood and put TO-
Eether as though il was piece OF fine cabinet
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

For throat and iuag troubles Ayers Cherry
Pectorai, seasonaby taken, is !. certain specific.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

try. Along the river at Tientsin you may see
hundreds of them carrying on their bare backs
loads that would make a donkey stagger, and
in the cities all over China you see them push
ing great wheelbarrows, some of which carry
rs much as a ton in weight To the front of
these wheelbarrows, harnessed by ropes or
straps across their shoulders, are other China
men, who pull TO help the pushers. These
straps are around their bare shoulders. They
throw their whole weight against them, and !
have often seen them with the skin worn off
by the pressure. just rs you see the raw spots
on a CALLED horse. A great part of the inland
traffic Of China along the rivers and canals is
carried on in boats pulled by men. and tho vast
irrigation schemes of the country are by human
labor. Clad in nothing but breech- clout, men
viii walk up treadwheels all day long in order
10 raise water from lower level to n higher
one. and on the various rivers you may see men
and women pulling up water in buckets and
pouring il into bitches from whence il is run
over the fields. ] can give no idea of this in
tense labor OF the Chinese. The whole nation
pushes along al railroad speed. The cities hum
like bechives, and there are so many people on
the streets that il seems like perpetual fair.
The shops or stores are little cubby-holes, not
much bigger than n country smoke house, but
each shop has its crowd of workmen, and all
are digging or cutting away as though their
lives depended upon it.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

epeciai Correspondence NATIONAL tribune.
WASHINGTON, ID. C., December, 1889.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

1t is different in China There is 10 harder
worker on the face Of the globe than the China
man. lie gets up early, and he works late. He
works all the time and he don't care much
what the work is So he gets bis wages. China is
bigger than the United States, aud IL has about
seven people for CTR one All Of tile work Of
Mis- vast people is done by hand. IL is a COUP
try run by human muscle There are few cat
0e and few horses Men are the heasis oil
Surden- They are The cart horses ca the cOun-
The National tribune., 1889-12-19
Inslen Cerpezfer

h the custom 70 sleep upon the floor, and tic
wooden pillows which he and his Yum Yum
use for their heads will be very fne at two
cents apiece. His bed-clOthing viii be Of
waddcd cotton, beautifully dyed ia the style Of
his country. Both himself and his wife will
use their heels 70. chairs, aud they will squat
on the floor when they eat their meals off Of
little diniDg-lables about two feet square and
not more than one foot high. If the Japan
ese husband is like the ordinary man of his
country, be viii take plenty of time for
amusement and he will not CyerwoTk himself,
whatever be his wages. The siesta Is the great
thing IN Japan. aud you see the isborers stop
their work every other hour for II minutes
rest and smoke
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

No foreign machinery is wanted. The main
idea in China is TO keep the people busy, and at
Canton not long ago the laborors broke in and
smashed up lot of machines for sewing shoes.
Tho Chinese have their labor organizations,
and these are stronger than the labor organiza-
tons of America. They will not allow ma
chimes TO be introduced, and they very much
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

Wages IN Japan are better than In many OF
the other countries Of the East, and there is
hardly carpenter 10 the land who receives
more than 40 cents dag. In the country Ia
bOrers are paid very little, and five to 10 cents
q day il good pay for farmRork. In the cities
common day-laborers get from eight 10 nine
cents, and skilled laborers are paid from this
mp 70 half dollar. Very few workmen get
more than half dollar day. The beautiful
wood carvings which are sent 10 US from Japan
are made By artists who receive from 81 70 80
cents daily. BiacEsmiths yet about 30 cents a
day, and painters do very well az p cents.
Gardeners range al from 10 TO IS cents day,
and cart drivers who 90 along The streets super
intending the hauling Of merchandise pulled by
men At eight cents day get about 30 cents a
day Tor overseeing tbem. Clerks ia the stores
are paid from SIS 10 so per month, and many
Of them work for their board aud clothes.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

The japanese, however, are not q very poor
people Money win buy 50 much in Japan,
and the wants Of the average japanese are 50
few that these people are happy on these wages.
don't think the poverty is 50 great there a. in
the manufacturing districts IN our own coun-
try, and ] was told at Toxic that the average
workman could live on about S225 month,
and that his clothes cost him only about s. 70
year. Tie japanese lover can get married
and start housekeeping il he has $3.50 ia his
inside pocket, and i he gets wages at % cents
day he can make bis married life one long
honeymoon Of luxury and love he will get a
little house Of a couple Of rooms. and his total
outfit Of house furniture will not cost him
more than this. be v al not need bed, for il
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

l have visited nearly every country in En-.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

me that he was glad to get all the Cinnamon
he could TO settle in his country.
al have" said he, "a vast amount of I'M
developed territory, and the Chinese are the
only men / can get TO work it. They will do
anything for pay. They make money here,
and they become good citizens. As for my own
people, the Malays, they are lazy and will do
nothing.
The National tribune., 1889-12-19

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The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-27
NORFOLK NEWS.
4 Mis>in. Giri-sati>factory Results "'
R~gis;ration-Engiish Cotton FIRMS E.-
ported- Fatal Accident.

NORFOLK. October a6.-- special. The
poIice arr engaged TO-DAY, aud have been
since Thursday. in hunting for Washing
ion Girl named Belle Brown. who l"it her
home in that city ON the 10Th of October.
and has not since been heard from 10y hrr
parents. who are highly respectable
people. The girl has been traced 10
Norfolk. and il il known she arrived
here on the morning Of the llth on one ~
the Washington boats. and ate breakfast at
an east Main-strecl boarding-hou,e on tie
morning Of her arrival here. The girl tray
eled under the name Of Belle Brooks when
here. and ha, not been heard 0f since she
left the bOariing-hou>e on east Main street.
Registration passed OF very quietly ~
Norfolk to-day, and the Democratic tNcch-
tive Committee Were very much gratiiled al
The result I'm the Fourth ward. where
there is an immense negro vote. very lew
negroes appeared 10 be registered. which
seemed to Indicate that the blacks are
taking very LITTLE interest in the contest.
The work of registering Democratic ,ot-
ers has been actively going on since the
first OF October and over live hundred have
been newly registered. Norfolk will cer-
tainly give large Democratic majority
ihi, year.
I Three English cotton firms doing business
in Norfolk have been reported io tn Treas
ury Department for importing contract
labor to thi, country. The charges pre-
ierred against them are for bringing Ing
lish cotton graders Ia this port under con-
tract and putting them IA work. the de-
tense of the cotton men Will be HAT they are
compelled f0 bring the men to this country,
as Americans are not familiar enough with
the requirement, OF the English market u
do the work.
\ seaman named Fon;inac fell from the
mast OF steamship in the harbor this morn-
ing. striking h- head against the deck and
DIVING Instantly,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-10-27
NORTH CAROLINA.
Regular Budget Of Norih state News

RALEIGH. y. e.. October 26.- Special. -
Evangelist X. J. Pearson will begin series
Of meetings AT Henderson tomorrow night
i'm one of the mammoth tobacco warehouses
there.
Elaborate preparation, are being made
for the Weldon fair which rumr- off next
week. and. Governor FOWlc Will leave in q
special CA on Wednesday for Weldon and
viii deliver an address there.
The man GrIhb. who was arrested n an
accompicc of Bcrrin. who was lynched at
Lexington last week. has been confined
since AT Greensboro. ~ threats Of lynching
were made against him also. lie WAS re-
moved. however, Yesterday 10 Lexington
jail.
An important slandcr ease in Cleveland
county has Just been decided. Mrs. u. II.
Cline brought suit for damages against j.
H. Grigg for malicion~ly dcfaming her
character. The suit was decided in favor
of Mrs. Cline.
II j. learned that Monnons have made
their appearance az Mclean~,ille. in Gull
ford county. and are conducting services
there. Among other doctrines that they are
advancing. il. one that mairimony should be-
abolished.
Colonel l.. l.. Polk and party returned
from atlanta TODAY. where t-lonel fOlk
delivered an address before the Farmers
Alliance Thursday.
Fire broke Oui here early this morning i'm
the heart Of the city and totally DESTROYED
the store and contents ofJ. {. Maroon. The
fire was discovered and eNtinguishcd. how
ever. before il had time 10 spread. Mar
CONS loss was about >l.Joo
The students Of the Agricultural and Me
chanical College have organized a debating
society. The number Of students at the col
lcgc nav j. about sixty.