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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-19

Out in Monroe County, Miss, the
crows have lately made themselves
obnoxious by their persistent invasion
OF the corn fields. A man who had
been hired to watch IL particularly
promising field and inform these birds
that it WAS against the rule to pick up
any thing therein, bethought himself
how he could make soft thing" of
1t for himself and at the same time
meet the requirements of his contract,
Finally, by a beautiful instinct, he hit
upon the plan of soaking some corn in
whisky and placing it in the field, so
that the crows would eat it and get
drunk, and thus enable him to have a
sure and easy thing of killing them.
He had tried the shotgun, but crows
smell powder long way. After soak
ing some corn over night he put a good
supply in the field next morning. and
in two or three hours went out to see
how things went on. One of the crows
u little larger than the rest had taken
possession of nearly all the corn, and
built himself bar out of some clods
of earth, and was retailing the whisky
soaked corn to the other crows, charp-
ing them three grains of sprouted for
one soaked grain. The man thought
the whole proceeding so human that
he killed not crow, but came back to
the house and-took nip" himself.
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He Was Right.

Giggling girls-we believe tina. .n nu's sr ri in
o;cgIa ot fimes-do well, when they aie I,
the mood for litter, to seek .ne ~ IN tbs
other girls who are bent on nduiE Pni a rir
same form of sportive stiffness pa' #,
cling woman-can even another "oi'" %
gler endure her society," IA. ooraJ
Those who saw and heard her qu.'e ~ as less
with the husband of woman u 'n in
40 years who attracted mue en- a .irrlinr sim
railroad car by her spasmodic glgg.'Ds' $50
nering and occasional fits of poutuis; IL. with
her ri amd sa i loud enough to be heard BY ''
near: 49,. I'm an aH'
"My husband often says tina. s do believe
fully silly and foolish thing anu
| amp Youths Companion
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-19
GERMAN FAMILY LEE.
rne Relations of Mlsssess ana Mar" anu
Parents and Children.

Parents anu
The life of German servants Is very
hard. their wages are small, their 1000
is not rich, and their masters are very
exacting. With all this, however, theS
share in the happiness of their en-
ployers far more than do those mere
and this alone does more to Keep thelh
At home than the prospect OF hign
wages does to call them away.
The real children come in for atreat-
ment almost as severe as that oil SOL
der, but here. of course, the love OF
the parent is vastly more poweriui
than the benevolence OF the military
superior.
The parent most keenly realizes that
school-training is the foundation Oh
nearly all future progress, and Watches
therefore, carefully over the child's
work. He hears the child recite his
lesson before going off in the morning.
md takes the Creates interest In tne
reports from school. The schools OF
Germany being nearly all day schools,
the children and their parents are very
much together, and there are therefore
many opportunities for the child to
absorb lessons of u moral and Intel
lectual kind in the most natural way.
The school work being to the child oil
great interest, and the parent knowing
from day to day the progress made
nothing is easier than for them to DIS
cuss the work of the day in their walks.
In this way the parent can smooth
away many of his boys difficulties, and
make his studies even more attractive.
The family circle of an evening Is in
Germany a picture Of happiness. one
where each is able to contribute some
thing to the entertainment OF all
Music takes, of course, first rank, and
hard, indeed, would il be to find a
family OF even very narrow means
where this accomplishment Was not
cultivated. Some of the children play
on an instrument-piano, either, violin
or guitar; all will sing. The family
room is the largest room Of the house,
where the sewing is done in the day
time, where meals are served, and
where the family congregate for an
hour or two's diversion before bed
time.
On anniversaries family celebra-
bration is always arranged. The
Youngest tot recite5 a few lines; an
other of six performs on the piano; 6
third reads an essay relating TO the
festive occasion; the next, perhaps
has violin obligato; this will be fol
lowed by song; more ambitious
piano piece will succeed, and the even
ing close with some Latin verses, or III
Grafton by the learned one OF thu
family. Each one brings his share tt
the family entertainment. and no on
is allowed to admit that he or she cal
do absolutely nothing to entertain
others
In this manner Germans of small
means, but with good education, max
their lives happy. give pleasure to thei
children and pave the way for sue
cessful career when they come into in
, dividual or intellectual competition
!. with men of other countries. -POult
ney Bigelow, in Chicago America
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Explaining a Miracle.

Rabbi Haas, of St. Paul, comes to Mimi
apolis quite often, and of late has been ),
ular attendant at the meetings Of tbe lbs,sl
preachers. The rabbi is a typical Old Tet,.
ment student, but withall practical man !,
affairs, and possessed off most genial nat,,.
especially toward young men who ara iuts,'
ested ina scholarly study Of the Bible +.
makes speciality of miracles While ovs,
here on Monday last the rabbi explained n.
miracle very satisfactorily to a small ht n
telligent audience. He quoted the twentieth
verse Of the fourteenth chapter Of Exodu
which gives an account of the children ii
Israel crossing the Red sea on dry land and
the Egyptians getting drowned while follow.
ing them.
" 1t is true" said the rabbi shat strour
east wind will pass right through the middle
of that lake, parting the waters on either sid.
like a knife, and leaving a perfectly drv,
sandy bottom. The wind blowing ali nght
in this case gave plenty of time for such an
action to occur The Egyptians coming after
were drowned because the wind shifted y
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
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Pauline Lucca,s Lost Voice.

Very dismal is the account that CONES to
us from Germany Of the benefit and farewell
performance at Vienna of Lucca in "DAfr.
caine.n One of the critics described it
having been "a series of bowls and death rat
ties" and declares that it ought never to
have been given, winding up by saying:
Away with these whitei sepulchersH lth
twenty-five years since first heard Pauline
Lucca 1t was at the Royal Opera house at
Berlin What a singer she was then-and
what a radiantly beautiful cleaturel She
was was incompatible as Margaret in
Faust" and as Selika in "L'Africaine
She was an exquisite Cherubino in lie No
&c di Figaro" and fascinating Zerllna IN
Era Diavolo." All is ended now-7the srs
and the sweetness and tie witchery Of Old
and the renown that won the great Bismarck
himself to bo photographed in the same prt
ure with the popular little prima donna
still possess one of those photographs, when
keep as a mementoo of those days OF triumph
of Pauline Lucca quarter of a century ago
Paris Cor. st. Louis Post Dispatch
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AMERICAN MUM MES.
An Interesting Discovery Made in TIL,
Sierra Madre Mountains.

An Interesting Discovery Made IN the
Sierra Madre Mountains.
A Mexican archRologist, Senior Mar
ghiere, has recently made an interest
ing discovery of naturally mummified
human bodies in cavern in the Sierra
Madre Mountains. The cavern is of a
natural origin, and lies at the height of
about 1000 feet above the sea. The
mouth of the opening had been artifi-
cially closed with sun-dried bricks and
stones, so contrived as not only to close
but to conceal the entrance. In the
cave the dessicated remains of four
human bodies were found, apparently
all members of one family, the father,
mother, u boy and II girl. The bodies
were in the position so commonly
given to the dead by American Indians;
they were in sitting posture, the
hands crossed over the breast, and the
head inclined forward toward the
knees. They all were placed with their
faces toward the East. and were
shrouded in burial garments.
LII tlt ulblOs toutClulI8 Ui1cSt Remains
the writer assumes that the preserva-
ton of the bodies was due to the pecu-
liarly high and dry atmosphere of this
southern cline and elevated level. In
this conclusion he is mistaken, for the
reason that, in at least one case of a
human body, discovered about fifteen
years ago in cavern near the Natural
Gaze in Kentucky, a similar natural
desiccation had taken place. The ro-
mains were those of a child twelve or
fourteen years of age. The unfortll-
nate creature had evidently been lost
in the cavern, and had wandered until
starvation brought about death. The
position of the body was that of per-
feet repose, showing that the sleep of
exhaustion had passed into the rest of
death. In this case, as in that of the
remains found by Senior Marghiere.
the integument was well preserved,
there being no trace of decay in any
part of the form; even something of the
expression of the face remained despite
the emaciated look given by the pro.
cess of desiccation.
Whenever the circumstances of bur.
lal are such as would be afforded by
any caverns in this country, where the
access of the germs which conduct the
Preventative process of decay is pre-.
vented, and where the air has an ordi.
nary dryness, like process of mum
MITIGATION would certainly ensue. II
thus seems probable that the Egyptians
TOOK an unnecessary amount of pain,
topresetve their dead in the mummitied
condition, In their dry climate the
same end could have been attained by
much simpler processes. As far as the
preservation of form is concerned thes,
mummies of Mexico or Kentucky ar,
bodies as well preserved as any q
those from Egyptian burial places. -
Nature.
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sheridan and Bismarck.

Because two men stand side by SIDE and
look in the same direction, it does not iolo"
that they see the same things Lacn ~ ~
what his education, his tastes and MS lau,s
of mind have given him eyes to see Al NV
battle of Sedan, Gen. Sheridan slooo H''
Count Bismarck. Toward the end nc sll'
up his glass, and, turning to blsilarcA' Si''
1.-THE battle is won. ,.,,,
The count replied that he should % gnu -"
think so, but saw no signs OF 1t YET IL
minute or two the French gave way: -.
Turning his glass toward Sedan sne'''u'
remarked, 1.-The emperor is therel H.,
Bismarck answered that it could IO' " :,
that the emperor was not such a io0l d. y
place himself in that situation r
Sheridan looked again and SAD, ~ ,,'
there, anyhow" He had drawn MS 'Ol isr
sions from the immense stall tns' H' sham S
and the confusion reisning among VI .i' ii
Sheridan was right The emperor al ro y,
staff were prisoners of ar'-i0u'D w.
DaniOn,
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HIGH BUILDING SIZES
WHY They Deserve Preference in the
Choice of He ilthy Home.

WHY They Deserve a Preference in the
Choice of a He ,lthy Home.
Other things being equal, elevated
building sites deserve therefore a de-
cided preference in the choice OF
healthful home. High ground secures
easy drainage. free access OF fresh air
currents, and comparative immunity
from the influence of the noxious gases
which settle in pent-up hollows and
downtown slum alleys. A sort OF in
stinct seems, indeed. to guide the
choice of background homesteads. for
even savages show a preference for
the highest available building sites OF
rolling prairie region. or often devise
artificial means of remedying the abso-
lutte fairness OF an extensive plain.
Quite aside from the business consid-
erations of their predatory mode OF
life, the aristocrats of our Saxon fore
fathers were remarkably fond of hill
top locations, and in the old house OF
the Celtic nations, too, nearly every
with the ruins of an old castle. Hence
perhaps, that incomparably-p pleasant
tirst-look impression of that finest
promenade on the Am erican continent,
Euclid avenue. in suburb OF Cleve-
land. o., whore nearly every private
residence stands on mound of grass
slopes and shrubbery, and artificially
raised fiom twenty to fifty feet
above the level OF the street. In a
factory town. shrouded with its vail of
shifting smoke-clouds, an elevation OF
one hundred feet insures immunity from
the worst effects OF the vitiatel at
mosphere, which. by chemical tests.
has been found to deposit all its vilest
gases on low ground. while the law of
gravity Sits the drifting smoke whirls
OF their coarse admixtures, thus Civ
ing the downtown quarter a double
share OF every disadvantage. In mid
summer, when a brooding heat adds
its horrors to the nauseatng fumes oil
crowded street, the very life OF 9
sick child may depend upon the chance
Of getting n breath of the cool night
wind, and that chance is about as 16C
to one in favor of an isolated hilltop
resid nee. as compared with the tene
mcnts OF narrow slum alley. The
| architecture of our Anglo-Americar
cities. in fact. reverses the plan OF MAJ
| ture, which excludes the direct rays
Of the summer sun by u canopy oil
screening foliage. The continuous
brick ramparts OF our American cities
admit, and even inten sify, the glare o
the noontide sun, but obstruct the cur
rent Of the breezes that sweep FIRE,
through the open arcades of the for
est, The triilng objection to the over
ariness OF hilltop residence in win
ter should. therefore, not for momen
outweigh the unspeakable benefit o
its advantages in the brooding summer
Of II climate like that OF the East
American coast regions. --Nationa
| Tribune
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-19
The Duchess and the Doctor.

An old Duchess on one occasion re-
1uested DR.. Aberne.hy to pay profess
'lonal visit to her house. The doctor
went as requested ana was introduced
into the drawing where the
Duchess, with tears in her eyes, showed
him an ugly little monkey, apparently
in great agony, lying on elegant cush.
IONS and almost buried in lovely laces
The doctor felt thoroughly disguised
1T being called upon to act as a mon
Keys doctor. He felt the monkeys
pulse in silence, examined it with at
5entlon and soon recognized the nature
II its illness, then, perceiving the lady :
grandson in a corner of the drawing
room rolling about on the carpet, he
advanced toward the child, examined
aim also, felt his pulse, and, returning
to the Duchess, said to her in a grave
manner: Madam. your two sons are
suffering from Indigestion. BY drink.
ing tea and living on plain diet they
viii soon recover" and. bowling pro,
loundiy to the stupehel Duche IS, the
doctor retired. avenged.
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oe,MEs AGAINST SUFFRAGE.
DIR. GLADDEN. Argues That They sh'u'" ="
Punishable by Disfranehisement.

1,.,, .rvues That They should Be
Punishable by Acknowledgement
The complete disfranchlsemeh' o'
men who have been guilty of the lesser
offenses would not be just or eXpedient'
Such men ought to have space ior
reformation. The first term oil thelr
Acknowledgement might we'll be orlel'
Conviction for drunkenness or dls-
orderly conduct might exclude from
the polls for one year. More serious
misiemeanors might entail longer
Acknowledgement. And it would be
well to give large discretion TO the
authorities who grant pardons' ana
who regulate indeterminate sentences,
that they may restore the suffrage
more speedily to those whose conduct
in prison has been exceptionally good
But we should make sure that every
conviction under the criminal law work
some temporary forfeiture of political
privilege. We should make it pain to
the dullest mind that good conduct Is
the Indispensable condition OF the pos
session of the franchise; that those
who wish to take part ia making the
| laws must refrain from violating the
| laws.
Some olfeuses should be followed, as
now, by perpetual disfranchlsement
| That all .felonies' should incur this
penalty is not at all clear; many OF
those committed to our prisons tor
crimes of passion may, under proper
care, be reformed and rendered useful
members of the State. That door should
by no means be forever closes against
them, nor should the opening of it be
left to executive clemency. The felon :
record. in prison, should determine
whether he may, after space. be re-
stored to full political privileges. But
there is one class of crimes for which
| the laws of many of our States do not
entail any political disabilities, which
ought to be punished everywhere by
the final forfeiture OF political power.
These are the crimes against the sal
frage itself bribery, both in the brlber
and the bribed, frau lulent voting. the
classifying of returns, and the like Nc
man convicted of one of these crime
ought over to be permitted to votf
again. Some of the States, with {
moral obtuseness on this point which il
positively grotesque, providethat MAJ
caught in attempting crime OF this
nature shall lose his vote 'in that elec
tionm What II sense of the sacredne5
of the suffrage the men must have hat
who could frame into statute such /
grinning jibe as that! The man wht
strikes with poisoned dagger at The
very helr: OF tn X apublic-he shal
not b. allowed to vote lin that cleo
tionm Could the force of anti-clima'
and of u priori theory farther
Such al offender deserves to be ban
ished ana forbidden ever again to Sc
foot upon Our soil under penalty o
death; certainty the lightest punish
ment that can with justice be mete'
out to him is perpetual exclusion frou
the franchise. DR.. GLADDEN., in Cent
ury.
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DOMESTIC ssnylrI,D.
familiarity Of Servant. ~ !.
breeds con,. Hasten n

Familiarity OF serx.n,.
-. Breed. con,sm.,a .'''a NJ
II y were possible | wa,,,
uo'a,n the views Of the serysn AVIAN Ia
III estimating the value az ans 10 Tie ha,
cbarae raa1 ~ my !. meaning clear :, ~, se
displayed naked to his or H. !, : more a.,
anls IMAM to any one elsa Tbs a0n'ssiic w
us master so well that II bos H., valet tnos
Inat no man appears great +, I'm I, Wisely M
Kind "a ' oesne stylish girl Of ths,s
rs,,a,' ~ pam not too Well infere o lapata
usually has the traits Of her m a..rned ca
hotiVes at her fingers ends -''''ress and b.
rave you ever noticed tho, !,
ana women You know. ana sue oest us
won women are those who are uniforr eals d,
WIN .ne servants wherever thew a 10y popr
haven't observed this ALREADY ", -, ~ l YOU
racy OF my statement with yo o., -. s' zoe aca
Apropos of this, an incidar, u. o"n eys
suggests itself. uoted recent,
a woman who applied for n,.o.
, WIN lanly in this city was s uts y s
very searching cross examinat;aa ec'ed to,
abilities and habits by the lads !, as 70 hs
AT last the latter asked the wo,n = 'ne lOcs
DO you drinkr S'''ai'
The woman replied with ~.
NO, ma'am, but judging by WHAT ya,,' !, alens
In service might ask you that or as i's ssu
Asked to explain herself fla s ,ss
tinued; I'm both my last places 3, =, woman coo
drank 70 excess, and led dor's IL, G;,,p |,
sequence. | do not mean to ents a' Y co.,
where the mistress touches dror 'e !, y aous
This was turning the tables = Ia \. 'iqto', :
geance - ""a aver
Nagging and silly predilect,o,
women have for interfering with sv us nls
and everybody they can reach ,,eiylalngg
bottom of great many complains y, -. " y The
IN social classes against the N;reto.4 -. uea's
fury domestic 'ssn'n cen
mere was an excellent parlor maid !,
tam family in this county who for som : sef'
son took it into her head to ssbet,o, luz 'ea.
that is she left comfortable Mac 1 ~
which promised more money Sha IN ~. ~ one p
her new berth for exactly one wear , aDd u
returned to the family she had worked s ' !,
first. 'Aea IoI
But that year of contact with -
who had real genius for naooino ,s ,J' ~
noying her servants had made this ' na. s y
OF a parlor maid pert, impudent and inc' usa
to shirk her labors. - '''''''
1t seems to be fact, that while maDv s.,
wants injure their mistresses' temror. ~ ~
health by their misconduct tbera ars ~ ~
few servants who are spoiled BY tine fo Nh
behavior of their employers. -Pittsburo N,
| patch. ~
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RELIGIOUS GlEANlNGS.

There are oyeI Fifty Greek church edifices
In Alaska
The Baptists organized COS new churches
last year. Of this number SAG were east and
2S2 west of the Mississippi
Bishop Hurst is the authority for this
statement that s,OO0,OO0 persons in Mexico
have never seen copy of the Bible
During the past year the net gain of new
churches in the United States was G,43i, OF
ministers, 4,5o5, and Of members, 14,SGl.
On an average, therefore, II churches vert
gained each day, IL ministers and 2.l2t
members
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IL Is curious that grass will not grow un6e
certain trees, notably the beech, fir chestn
ana aspen This latter tree, 50 the story ,oe,
furnished the wood for our Sayiuur's eros,
ana It's caves were doomed to tremble till m,
end of the world VI
AT Braburn, in Kent there is VIEW ire
al least $500 years Old, and another in Far
ngal, Perthshire, must have artai,'rt -
aye OF 800 years Taking the girtb of son,
OF these old trees, among the oaks ~. hn''
the Salcey forest oak, "a feet. Gng in var,,
so 'oses'' % rect, and containing l,,sjs cubi
49, tee' oi timber the Shelton oak, near Shrows
Ini % ieet, and the Broomlield oak, nea
Ludlow, ~ feet.
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Columbia College has decided to
add an electrical course to its curricu-
!um' 1t Is to be "a postgraduate
course OF ono, two or Three years. at
the option OF the student, thus allow
ing those who have comp. etel the rud :
mentary studies in electricity and mag
netism in the School of Mines and also
outsiders who wish to do so, to continue
their studies.
The most recent translation Of
nunyan' Pilgrims Progress" is
nat in tho language of the Fantis,
VINO occupy a district in Upper Guinea,
IN the Gold Coast The Advance.
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Some days after tho imperial railroad acct
dent, the czarina wrote to her mother Of
herself and her husband, I'VE still have big
black and blue bruises all over us, but they
are of no Significance"
he Philadelphia woman who died of tight
lacing was an old maid, homely and angular,
and never had a beau, and yet she said she
laced to please the men. All men should
chip in for monument to her.
The richest child in America Is little May
Sharpless, now but years Of age She is
the daughter of late member of the great
dry goods house of Arnold, Constable g. Co.,
and she is worth $1,000, 900 in bar own name
and right.