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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
viii Steal Tobacco but Not Gold

In the largest jewelry shops in New
York, where $1,000 worth of gold is
used in a day, the gold is not weighed
out to the workmen, aud nothing but
the honesty of the employees prevents
loss. But while the gold is allowed to
be thus exposed, tobacco has to be
locked up because it has been found
that the man who would not steal n
grain OF his employers gold would
not hesitate to appropriate his neigh
oors tobacco. Detroit Free Press.
Inc Intelligence OF shepherd docs
is one of the well-known facts of canine
history, and many stories are told of
the manner in which they distinguish
sheep by the different marks. A sben-
nero dog without sheep feels that his
occupation is gone, especially if he has
peen trained to herd flock. Not lone
ago the people of a small village were
In great distress. Not a child con,d ho
found After long search there was
a great cutlery. All the small cbildran
OF the village were found in a dessrted
yard watched over by a shepherd dog
MOI har!ng any sheep he had followed
ms instinct by collecting all the chill
oren OF the place into one fold.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
Beautiful Venus

The most brilliant planet that waOa.,.
through the shining space visible r. on'
earth is Venus. It is such 4 o,o.s ~
object in the sky that it seems ~ !, !.
people, if there are any, ought to liv. ' =
a paradise. Yet prying astronomers vh :
have looked into its secrets assure Us ,h, n
this is not the case. Its year is not anita
go OF our days. After disputine ovsr
the question for more than l5O vo..s
astronomers finally decided in 1874 ,h.,
Venus had no moon, absolutely mona :,
all. So that on the star of love itself
lovers can never go counting by moon.
light.
There are no pleasant gradatops If
seasons in Venus either. The pen,ls
change from spring to summer from
summer back through the mild autumn
to winter, its inhabitants know nothing
of. 1t is always either arctic cold or
torrid heat with them.
Looked at through the telescope Venus
shows changing phases like our moon
from crescent to quarter, from quarter
and half TO full moon, and then back
again to nothing. April 80 Venus will
disappear altogether as an evening star
But it will reappear at once as the morn.
ing star.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
The Race Problem.

Figures are cheerful characters They
will not lie, perhaps, but they can be
twisted to suit q statistician's wishes in
any direction. The Atlanta Constitution
declares, with solemnity that touches
pathos, that there is not state in
the south in which an ''unscrupulow
white minority" could not lead the ne.
groes and easily hold the balance Of
power against the world, the flesh and
the demon. The New Mississippian, Of
almost the same date, on the other hand,
shows by figures from the last census
that only three states, South Carolina,
Mississippi and Louisiana, have black
majorities.
The Atlanta Constitution AYERS earn
estlv that the south does not want to ba
solid, that its best industrial interests de-
mand that it should divide. yet in the
face of the appalling negro majority for
its own protection it must remain solid
Hear now the lively young New MlsslS'
sippian again, on the other hand. IL
tells us that Louisiana is receiving 50
much white immigration that she Will
soon have a white majority. South Caro-
lima and Mississippi will then be the only
states that will feel the disturbing lnfu'
ences of the negro vote. what was
once a question as broad as the South 'Ias
narrowed itself down to the compass VI
two states, says TIE Mississippnn' NJ
outside aid will come, and Mlsslsslppl'~
far as that state is concerned, must 'ea'H
TO take care of herself and her own ne'
groes. Both of the enlightened Journal,
quoted deplore the solid fact OF Inc SOiu
south. But The Mssissippian seesaluO'
pect of its disintegration in increasing
white population. LIAM
Meanwhile in Florida the race proOleu
seems in process of solution AS '0'n :
both parties cease to regard ''ie "e %.
| race us a political factor, and lie. " a'Vi'
! to make its way up through Ordinary LII
dustrial channels, as the rest OF lle "V' ..
does, the question will settle ITSELF !" "" u,
opinion of correspondent who wt''e''
tI,o neoroes in northeastern Florida
The correspondent mentioned '"' r,n
in one bank alone in Jacksonv'i'e' ~'
there are over 1000 colored depo'''0'1
Tnev seem to have conquered the spFno,
thrift instincts of their race '"e. ..ho
common laborers and washerwomel, "n y,
have saved more than $1,000 a o0n'' V
Tbev are very proud of their BANK NIX. ~ !,
count. They generally purchase ", "o t.
a patch of land and NIUE g, aas i still
farming in a small way. There 1t , , ',e
homestead land in Florida. Inc '0'% NJ,
| land commissioner at Pensacoia' AZ,
, pa,,;na Of Jacksonville, says that gu, ~,
ING his term of office forty or my "Ur
stead claims were entered by ne e.. -
every month. When black 'a,"I !, tS ~
hold of land they are so proud % "
they rarely let it go u.v owner
Where the spirit of propei' ,ollow
shin is developed, intelligence 'o ouue
NOT long after. The properly :, nj
wishes to learn how to take care V
possessions.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
Canada ana the United States.

Mr.. Erastus Wiman, the missionary
Of commercial union, says it is a great
misfortune that line Of demarkation
was ever erected across the center of the
continent. He declares it has retarded
the growth of the greater half OF the
continent towards the north.
Mr.. Wiman is Canadian who has
grown rich in the United States. He
declares that under commercial union
New England would be greatly benefited
by the cheap coal and iron from Nova
Scotia. England might object to tho
free admission of American goods all
over British America, while her own
goods would enter Canada under duty
regulated at Washington. But England
would have to decide then whether the
best interests of 100000 subjects in
Canada should be sacrificed to 10000
English manufacturers.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
Runway Husbands.

Perhaps one of the saddest effects of
the late war which yet remain is the
great number of people who are still
missing from their former homes and
their old friends and relatives. For
instance, | had an uncle who came
home shortly after Appomattox. He
arrived about O'clock one afternoon
at his home in Kentucky, dismounted
and kissed his wife fondly, walked
about the place for an hour with her,
scarcely speaking and very moody
Then mounting, remarked: Mary,
I'm going off for little while; be good
% yourself and the baby until | come
back, and he has never been seen by a
relative since. We have indirectly
heard of him number of times, but on
going to the point where he had been
seen he had, invariably, just left. We
traced him to a point in Dakota,
finally, where he had established quite
large sheep ranch, but week be-
fore his nephew got there uncle had
sold at a great sacrifice and left.
Southerners can relate hundreds of
such cases from personal knowl-
edge. There are secluded regions in
the Ozark country which are inhabited
only by these broken hearted men, now
hermits, self isolated from soci-
ETY. and their relatives. Their fast
nesses seclude many a husband of a
supposed widow, or father of children
who have mourned him as dead for
more than a quarter century.-St.
Louis Globe-Demoerap
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

An interesting competition is going on
at present among contractors and build
ers. They are endeavoring to see VINO
can build the most picturesque and con-
venient home for 81 800. The result VIII
improve architecture in the homes OF
people of moderate means. An expert
enced builder says that a very fair est'-
mate Of the cost of a house may be had
by counting it at SO much per cubic foot
and finding the cubic feet the house con
tains. Count outside dimensions, exclu'
sive of garnet. The cost will be about
twelve and half cents per cubic foot,
more or less, according to the locality
The cellar costs little less than hall as
much as the rest of the house.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

Twill you wholly abstain from the use
of tobacco?" is one of the questions put
to the Methodist Episcopal candidate for
ordination to the ministry. The matter
was left optional with the different con-
ferences up to 1880. Then. at the gen.
eral conference, the pledge to abstain
from the use of tobacco in all forms was
made compulsory on the preacher. Along
with his declaration of belief in the Trim.
ity and the atonement, the young Meth
odist candidate must set his seal to a
promise that he will never smoke, snuff
or chew.
A little breeze that threatened to bring
storm arose on this point in the New
York conference recently. Bishop NAL
lalieu examined the candidates for Or
dination. He put the tobacco pledge in
its usual form. All took it except two
They declined quietly, but steadily.
Surprise and disturbance appeared in
;ll the faces, the bishops included. At
length the bishop said: II hope the
brothers will see fit to change their opin-
ions One of the two refractory young
men then said: Il do not use tobacco.
never intend to use it. / simply ques-
ton the right of any one to exact q
pledge from me in matter of expedi-
ency."
There was an embarrassing pause,
very. Hlen the bishop returned to the
attack, mildly persistent. The young
men finally agreed, as matter of uni
formity, to take the pledge. But the
incident made a marked impression.
Many preachers thought it was serious
question how far the church could con-
troll their personal liberty.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
ApoAnlA IN A CANYON.


A Oueer Colony " fNb"
wemen Members of It.
The route from San Diego to the
desert slope on the eastern SIDE OF inc
county's mountain ranges, wiich was
nartiaIlv described in Wednesdays
Sun stopped midway at Ballena, 2,.oo
feet above the sea. From TINS point
the road ascends through a narrow
CANYON shaded with ancient OAKS
which soon open out into great valley
OF surprising beauty. Turning south a
side road leading to San Vicente runs
down long canyon where some inter
estinc people. devotees OF the vegeta-
r;an cult have made their homes.
They, too, wandered down from Col-
ton. a distance of 100 miles or more
nearly three years ago, ~.
The party comprised Mr.: lie beuI'
his wife, and their ward, Miss Hadley,
ali from st Louis, Mo. MIR. LIE
Reuf pushed large wheelbarrow be-
fore him filled with their possessions,
and the women notable for their
short hair and bloomer dress-trod
cheerfully along beside him. They
were seeking a location for home on
government land, and they chose 1t In
the widest part of the canyon. Mrs.
lie Beuf's health had broken down in
kindergarten work at st. Louis, and
for this reason they came to the coast.
The invalid had found the weight OF
ordinary clothing intolerable, ana
both of the women had therefore adopt
ed the bloomer costume, with high
shoes of gray cloth buttonlng up the
leg instead of the usual trousers. Mr.
lie Beuf went to work clearing the
land. and in short time had stretched
a circular canvas over the saplings for
their dwelling, making it resemble
bee hive. Linseed oil was rubbed on
the cloth to make it waterproof. Fur
niture was constructed of the natural
woods with their bark and moses. A
garden was planted and grain sowed.
Then Miss Hadley found a pocket
in the rocks little higher up the can
yon, which pleased her, and she filed
a pre-emption claim to eighty acres.
A canvas dome also arose on her
clearing, which is now marvel OF
productiveness. Miss Cook, another
vegetarian, came out from Missouri to
assist her. These industrious young
women now have one and half acres
in grain, with not a weed on the en-
tire place. They make their own flour.
They have sweet peas, onions, lettuce,
celery, etc, with blackberry bushes
and various other small fruits. They
chiseled ten steps in the granite rocks
leading down to spring which breaks
a fissure in the rocks. A cellar built
in the bank contains some 200 bottles
of peculiar grape cordial, which is
their only drink 1t is boiled down
without being sweetened, and is con
sidered sort of grape cure.
These resourceful people manufact
ure all their own garments, including
Shoes lie Beuf's garments are some
what like bathing suit.
Several years ago a man named
Weidenmiller, also a vegetarian, APP
peared in the canyon, and week before
last he brought Miss Hadley down to
San Diego in the stage, and here they
were married Miss Cook continues
to reside with them. The two men
work on the ranches Whereabouts as
opportunity offers, while the women
devote their leisure to books and the
cultivation of the gardens. -San Diego
Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

In proportion to the skill ard labor
involved in its preparation, the IAN
tern slide confers greater pleasure
upon the amateur photographer than
is embodied in any product OF the
camera and dark room. 1t and It's
counterpart, the Transparency, are
sources of an enjoyment in which
profit to the artistic sense forms very
large percentages. The manipulation
of the lantern slide calls for simpler
processes than is the case with the
negative destined for the making OF
prints, and these processes can be car
ried on successfully with less care as
to the light employed. The slide is
pre-eminently calculated to give salts
faction TO the amateur whose home APP
planes for developing are not OF the
best Once made and ready for the
lantern. the slide is an epitome OF
prints. The flood of light poured
through its translucent glass and the
image thereon becomes, upon the
screen, a life size picture, possessed OF
a fidelity and clearness of detail that a
Meissonier could hardly hope to equal
In this form the slide appeals to the
eye with potency no print can pos.
sess, and stands next to natures self
in reproducing the beauties of a land
scape, the charm and majesty OF the
ocean, the subtle power of architecture
and of sculpture. or the portraits Of
men and women loved and esteemed
by their fellows, or Of childish beauty
caught unerringly by tho instantan-
eous process.
There is no end to the variety Of
charm possessed by this form Of photo
graphic art, and the rapid increase Of
interest among amateurs, in this dlrec'
ton, must make the lantern slide a
dominant feature in the art The es-
adjustment of the International ex-
change for the encouragement of Ian
tern slide exhibitions, vastly widens
the scope of this adjunct to amateur
photography. The portability of the
slide renders ii available in this direc-
ton. A hundred slides can be sent
half way around the globe, to show
forth, at the distant point, the scenes
familiar to the eyes of the senders, yet
so novel and interesting to the recipi-
ents. The dweller in Calcutta can
look upon a life size portrayal of the
most interesting establishments of
Pittsburg, and episodes of social life
in the East End can ne laid before the
members of an amateur society in
Paris, or Berlin, or Vienna. Pitts
burg Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

Queen Victoria is said to have ac-
qulred a marvellous huency in Hindoo-
stance, in which language she con-
verses freely with her turbaned Indian
servants.
w omen walters are increasing in
the Paris restaurants, much to the dis
gust OF the garcons, who have so long
been the real monarchs of the tray and
napkin.
"A Hindoo journal says that one Of
the most difficult feats under the sun is
to identify Europeans, because they
are so much alike with their loud,
glaring colors.
"A wealthy, though eccentric, ho-
tel-keeper Of Buda-Pesth. Hungary.
was SO pleased at receiving divorce
that he celebrated the event by found
ing Charitable institution.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
NEW EYE DISEASE.
Injurious Effects of the Electric Light on
the Optic Nerves.

-
the Optic Nerves.
Some very interesting statements re-
ga riding the influence OF tho electric
light on tho eyes were recently made at
the Russian Medical Congress by Dir
Lubinsky. of Cronstadt During the
last ton years he has had the oppor-
tunlty TO observe thirty cases of diseases
OF the eye In young seamen who were
obliged to serve In the vicinity OF the
electrical apparatus, The symptoms OF
the disease which Dr. Lubinsky calls
photo-electric eye Inflammation are
quite unique. They appear only during
sleep; the patient is suddenly awakened
during the night by copious flow OF
tears which pour from the eyes, accom-
panied by vehement pricking pain.
AT the same time there arises an I'M
usual aversion to light Upon eXamin-
alton OF tho patient there is found a
swelling OF the eyelids and n strong flow
Of blood from tho corner of the eye. On
further examination of the inner eye ii
is discovered that the entry points of
the optic nerves in tho skin are red
dened and tho arteries OF the same filled
to excess, These evidences of illness
are modified within one and half TO
three hours. tho patient again renews
his interrupted sleep. and awakes the
next morning perfectly WE'LL save posi-
bly, for slight WEAKNESS of the eyes,
such as is experienced after long read
ing by lamplight That sleep is an alb
solute necessity for the appearance OF
the disease Is evinced by the fact that
when the persons who have submitted
their eyes to the rays OF the electric
light in the morning and have fallen
asleep after dinner. were then attacked
with the disease, but were free of the
same the following night. So long as
the person is not in state of sleep
there is no evidence Of the approach of
the disease, and he is able. during the
evening before. to read and write
Even If the exact nature of this Pc
culiar disease is yelled in darkness, it is
nevertheless clear that ii is accompanied
by strong flow of blood to the nerves
Of the eye and an Inflammation. of the
co-nea. Chicago Inter Ocean.
"A weli-kEown actress says nine out
of every te actresses are cigarette
si.Ohers
Bismarck famous dog, the Reichs-
hund or Realm dog, which died re-
Gently at the age of thirteen, was an
unusually large slate-colored Danish
boar hound, called Tyras. Bismarck
got his first Danish hound when he
was seventeen, and has had one ever
since.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
Centennial SnObs.

The tramp and our American aristo-
crat have the same title to distinction,
and that is that neither works for a liv-
ing. They are the only persons in the
country that do nothing. The prepara-
tons for the centennial Inauguration
ball in New York April 80 have brought
to view an amount of snobbery in Amer
lean life that is sickening.
In republic. who are the best people,
any way? Can it be anybody else than
those of cultivated brains, refined man
ners, clean hands and honest, gentle,
kindly hearts? But we have class
who, not having these requisites, have
endeavored to set up another standard,
the standard of wealth, pure, idle, vulgar
wealth. 1t is little to the credit of our
republic that these people have succeeded
as far as they have Every man, and
especially every woman, who ever gives
thought to the good of our country
should stand like adamant against this
aristocracy of wealth. 1t is mean, false
and vulgar. 1t leads to untold tempta-
ton and crime. 1t means stealing, en-
bezzlement, dishonor. 1t covers even
our highest public offices with the finger
marks of what famous American editor
has called "the big. greasy hand of
DOODLE"
At the first Inauguration ball, in Wash
ington's time, all decent people who
bought tickets and paid for them were
entitled to admission. 1t is a simple re-
publican fashion that cannot be improved
ON now, hundred years later. The
New York centennial committee are
making fools of themselves by trying to
depart from the old plan and force on
the public their peculiar views of aris-
tocracy. They are the laughing stock of
the country They ought to be-.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
MISCELLANEOUS.

-Nine-tenths OF the Geographic er-
rors are attributed to poor hand writ;r,
"A grammar-school BOY became So
oostreperous that his teacher. new in
her vocation, young and pretty, de-
termined to try the plan of keeping
MIN In. After school she sat with
grim determination until 1t became
dark, and then let him depart. What
was her establishment to find the vontb
awaiting her at the gate. He greeted
ner with: "lt's too dark for young
lady to be alone in the streets. Will
you allow me to see you homer"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07
rho An,i.TIpping socic,y.


An organization Is talked OF whose
members are to pledge themselves under
no circumstances to give fee to sleep
ing car porters, table walters or others
in like places.
The fashion is a great and growing
nuisance, the founders of the organiza-
ton say. 1t was imported from Europe,
The country of monarchies. despotisms
and aristocracy. 1t has no fitness or
reason for existing in republic. but Is
a badge of menialism- 1t is tax on
him who gives and doggisl degrade
ton to him who receives. 1t is nothing
more nor less than form Of beggarly
charity, insidiously sapping all the
springs of square out and out manhood
in the porter or waiter. 1t makes him
cringing and fawning to those who fee
and insolent and scantly civu to those
who do not fee.
Either the hotels and railways pay
their servants or they do not. If they
do pay them. then the waiter or por-
ter gets more than he earns. He
thus imposes constant and unjust
tax on the traveller, who in this coun-
try already pays amply for all the
accommodations he gets, either on
the rail or when housed. If proprietors
and companies do not pay their servants
enough, then they present themselves
and their whole corporations in the as
pect of beggars, throwing themselves
and all their dignities and honors on the
public charity. Now, it is either one
way or the other, and there is no other
way out out of it. The porter of sleep
ing car informed the president Of the
Anti-Tipping society that he often got
5000 month from the public in the way
of fees, over and above his wages, which
were very small in consideration Of this
very thing.
The society say that the whole bust
ness of feeling is an imposition and an in
justice. Therefore the public, railway
companies and servants who have any
regard for their own manhood, ought tC
set themselves against it.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

At the Clifton geological gardens a
lion in the collection had for some
time been tortured by a claw growing
into the flesh of its left fore paw, but
owing to the uncertain temper of the
king of beasts it was not considered
prudent for any one to try and relieve
INN. The only way open to the keep
ers of the MANNED lion was to place it
in such position that it could not
turn round and then to seize happy
moment for the extraction of the claw.
This was done by inducing it to leave
first one cage and then another until
1t was confined in one SO small that it
could not spring either to the right or
to the left. Then, while its in iured
paw was protruded through the bars,
the claWAxa1. oroUptlY whipped 81
o. TIE l:5s.i, ffi1O winch 1t lau grown
more than half an inch. PHILADELPHIA
Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-07

The A. G, Darwin, an engine on the
Erie road, recently made straight run
from Jersey City to Buffalo, 423 miles,
without change or rest This is great
feat 1t is customary to change engines
about every 100 miles, on long trips, in
order to allow the fire box to be cleaned.
The Darwin is provided with double fire
box. This gives greater steam generating
power, and one box can be cleaned while
the other is in use.