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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02
VASE, NOT vAwz.
A Little Word About Whole ffo"uheA
ton Much Has Been written

A Little Woru about """,
ton Much Has Been Written
If three of our most celebrated poets
Pope, Byron and Moore-may Os
cited as orthepists, then are, or were
cease y face and grace" correct
rbvmes to vase" in proof Of when
append a quotation from each poet
Pope. The Rape of the Lock- can'O
v, ad fn.:
There heroes wits are kept in ponderoas vases
and beaux in snutf-boxes ana twee]ei s''NN
Byron, Don juan" c. vlil' B. w.
A pure, transparent, pale yet rau''"'
Like to a lighted alabaster vase
Moore. "Odes OF Anacreon' " S"D
xviii:
Grave me cup with brilliant 90 s,n
Deep us the rich and holy vase CIV
Ode lxxyiii. has the same rhSnio
The question is, was such PrOul n.
.tion Of .vase," the "pure well Oh hn'
glish undefiled, or was IL oui, a.
etic license" or caprice, iasnioH
customp OF course, many words al, wv
their pronunciation from age :" - a,
and vase" may be one of them a. i,
present. | think, the word Is gea'l With
pronounced as though 1t rhy,nea % his
..stars Nuttall, in the preface " A n
dictionary. says: The stanaa .i,, !,
,,,'on,ncistion is not the authority ~, =,
pny dictionary. or any orthepls'' and md
it Is the present usage OF literary .nch
well.bred society" Ifthis be So ., ,Ss
usage seems to be the saies sa;a,iou.
ard we have for our pron" on. no.
Keats, in one of his misceltanuv o viii
ems, makes faces
"vaseS ,,.o.
,....,.,s nrash against our faces .no,a
fn' s 49, aaor,ns laurcls spring FROM WV
vases. ,eiS vi
When | was boy. aoo"' tory ID
had +, reading book, one ''y Vase
Which was about 1.-The Broken i, L
Mn fa,har taught us to read ar,r
rhyme with chase :, ought to ,
war; inc between MARS
yam NOTES and Querief
zpruopist whats the clerk
with voup You seem exci'eu' s,rvcl
Heavens, | sold Mrs, omi' nrs.,,rgisl
nine instead of potash o'r corsle
We'll, il you aren't the mos mo-, to hst
i1iot I ever saw. You seem mine
No idea of the value of s'ry'"'
, America. Va, ould p'
l Mrs McFinn-''i our oTsf
i ,sn,t ralin' well. OF hear, Mr. ,nt NJ
!, Mrs. OrTaff-"Dade n ne o. ra
MeFinn Thot murther'n IN b
! O.shane drop't a hod o'pre 's hin b'
l had lnst Cheusday, and nv Drsk'
" In thim be 'dakes liver Sluce
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02
PERSONAL AND .MPERSONAL.

-JdtOD hdttUIdS, w llO ulcu ItNtbhlN
in Shanesville, Pa, had lived all his
life, eighty-nine years, in one house,
Miss Georgia Rattan is the sug-
gestive name OF young Oregon
school teacher. The pupils will DE
lpt to keep their eyes on her.
Mrs. Sturgeon. wife of the
eminent preacher. not only makes
speciality of supplying poor pastors
with books. but often sends new
bonnets to their wives.
-Pasteur is a cheerful man and
takes Il hopeful view of the future OF
medical science. He thinks it will be
pleasant to live in the twentieth
century when all epidemics will be
done away with.
John Bright was the only Cabinet
Minister who never knelt to the
Queen, his reason being that he could
not render to an earthly potentate the
homage which he owed to the
Supreme Being alone.
"A wealthy woman in New \ ork
City has proposed to make by her will
trustees of fund of fifty thousand
| dollars, whose interest shall he applied
to helping sick or needy artists. The
club has accepted the trust.
-Coralie Cohen is claimed by the
European Jews as a second Florence
who was an angel of mercy during the
late Franco-German war. and passed
unframed among the wounded in the
two hostile camps. She is Il Knight
of the Legion of Honor. and has
been elected president of that pat
riotic body the Association des Danes
Franchises.
\ Nine Munemitsu Mutsu, wife OF
\ the Japanese Minister at Washington.
i entertains her intimate friends with
music on the 'koto," the japanese
piano. 1t is six feet long by about
eight inches wide. and the silk strings
are drawn lengthwise on the rounded
top. Nine. Mutsu is clever per
former on the ''koto." and she i.
} especially acceptable when she render.
the mus of the ',Mikado.
-Chevreuls life embraced thu
careers of Andrew jackson, Clay
Webster, Calhoun, Grant, Lee. Stone
wall jackson. Mirabeau. Dantou
: Marat, Robespierre. Napoleon Bona
parte, Talleyrand. Theirs. Gambetta
Palmerston, Disraeli, Gladstone. Carl
: baldi, Bismarck. Gortchakotf. And
/ 'assy. Scott. Dickens, Thackeray
Cooper. Longfellow. Hawthorne
/ Byron, George Eliot, George Sands
Dumas. Balzac, Macaulay, Beechel
Sturgeon. Livingstone, Stanley
Morse, Edison and many other
$ worthy to be placed in this famou
e company.
some time ago rs Miss Anderso
. was passing through one of the gret
dry goods stores. the statesmen recos
K nized her and whispered to each othe
r There goes Mary Anderson A littl
+ cash boy, hearing the remark too LAT
: to see her face exclaimed: "Oh! VIII
1 didn't you let me know in time?
G haven't got money enough to go to :,
{ her play, but might have looked
= her. The lady had not passed out
. hearing. Turning back she stoopc
and kissed the boy. There, my lad
I she said, you can not only say tn
c you have seen Mary Anderson. b
that she has kissed you. Boat,
Transcript.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02

If we We're TO choose the most APP
propriate symbol of the heeting, the
evanescent, the perishable, the de-
caying, the to-day -and- gone to-
morrow, perhaps it will be pair OF
boys boots. Springfield Union.
Why, George, said girl to her
little brother. 1--WE just heard that
you were whipped at school last week
i had no idea OF it till ma told me q
few minutes ago" Hadn't you" re-
sponded George. and then he added
with an air of pride, ''Why knew i
all the time. Portland advertiser
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02

1t is said the reason why the prac-
lice was established OF mounting Il
horse on the left hand side, was that
the saber or sword has always been
hung to mans left side and il would
be in the way in mounting on the
right side.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-07-02
Barkis Was Willin'.

Young man" he began, Va he
caught him at the hall door, you are
coming here quite often OF late
"Ye. sir"
(Which one is it,
MAUD. sir. $
MAUD, ell Well. Maud is a good
girl and "a great fayoritc have no
objections, sir used to go to school
with your father, and know all about
you"
Thanks
just make yourself at home, sir.
Do You happen Ia have $50 or $50 in
your vest pocket? I'll hand 1t back
next week, Yes, Maud is nice girl,
and il should forget this loan just
speak about it will you?"-D Detroit
Free Press.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17

Everybody taking part in the circus will do
SO purely under stage name. Even the
great equestrian stallion Pete will not give
his true name. Music and peanuts will per-
wade the air during the performance. Gen
temaniy but pimply and pampsred young
men with rich etruscan blood in their veins
will walk on the spectators and administer
terra Gotta lemonade 10 those who may be
athirst. We shall aim to elevate the circus.
even "a the Manhattan stockholders have
elevated the road.
The grass-fed fiy Finecut owned by Mr..
Lorillard, will take part in the ontray. She
will be accompanied by the bay mare
Cuspidoor. II has been decided to place
the ontray almost at the top of the perior-
nance. | want TO say right here that the
press Of the country will be looked out for.
| will see to that myself. Any man or boy
who will show a printers rule at the door
can get in. / will even allow the rule 70 be
showed out through the tent for those who
have no rule. or. in extreme cases. will
suspend the rules.
desire. however, 20 warn all friends OF
the press not to fool with our clown or re-
ply TO any OF his sallies. for he will humil
ate them in the presence OF their friends.
He il English in his style OF ring humor
or ring worm humor. III | may be allowed
that little pleasantly at the expense OF our
clown. and his Jokes IL they fall from a
sufficient height. will crush the life out OF
anybody. So do not tamper with our clown.
He has scaihng styls OF reply aud pile
driving mirth that como home to our
hearts with crushing force. He has also n
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17
AYalnnrhcS.

Only moderate amount of snow fell
in the autumn and early winter of 1887
SO in the canton of Grubunden: about
New Year there was considerably less
than the average quantity. On the
heights of the mountains this coating
of scantv snow hardened, under the ac-
ton of the sun, wind, and intense frost.
into smooth, solid, and icy crust,
Therefore, when heavy snowfall be-
gan in February, which lasted without
intermission for six DAYS and nights,
a cumulating an average of five or six
-eet on 90 crust of earlier snow / have
described, this new deposit was every
where insecure. 1t slipped in immense
masses from the polished surface of the
old snow, having 10 support, no rough
ness to which it could adhere, and
rushed by its own weight into the val
leys at points where ordinary and more
slowly acting causes are not wont to
launch the thunderbolts of winter.
For the same reason successive ava
lanches descended upon the same
tracks. As soon as one deposit had
glided from its slippery ice foundation
and another snowfall happened, the
phenomenon was repeated, the crust
of old snow still remaining treacher
ously firm and smooth upon the steep
declivities. 4 position, who drove the
post all this winter over the Fluela
Pass (the highest in Grubunden. and
the highest which is open for regular
winter traffic in Europe), told me that
he had counted between fifty and sixty
L, l. Al. I
post road, and some of these were re-
peated half dozen times. As the same
conditions affected all the other passes
of Grubunden, Bernina, Albula, Jul
Ter. Splugen, and Bernhardin, it will
readily be conceived that traffic was
occasionally suspended for several days
together, that the arrivals and depart
ures of the post We're irregular, and
that mauy lives were sacrificed. Sin
gularly enough, no fatal accidents hap
pened TO the Swiss post service. Those
who suffered were men employed TO
mend the roads, carriers, and peasants
engaged in telling wood. Few valleys
in the canton escaped without the loss
of some lives, and the tale is still in
complete; for the most remote regions
were entirely shut off for months to-
gether from the outer world by enor-
nous avalanches, which interrupted
all communications We do not vet
know, and unless an official report be
published on the subject we shall
probably never know how many human
beings fell victims to the fury of the
elements this winter CornhW Mdgd-
zine
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17

that old Hepsy Trotwood was cruc! az
unjust.
Days, weeks, months, years rolled
by without bringing reconciliation.
Hetty was the mother of second
baby. The young woman frequently
passed her aunts house, and the little
one, who was beginning to talk, would
ask her who lived in "the pretty house,"
referring to the deacon's. On learning
it was "grandma's," she would laugh
with delight.
One day in early June, Hetty, busy
with her household cares, forgot to
closely watch baby, who wandered
down the road In the direction of the
deacon's house. Mrs. Trotwood sat by
the open window. 1t was her sixtieth
birthday.
Dear mel" she sighed. "How old l
am getting-sixty- and the deacon
is five years older; time to be-
gin to think of passing away.
If the Lord calls the deacon
first, shall be left alone-alonel
And the woman bent her head in sor-
row. "If Hetty had only married to
suit me-and yet Dick seems to be
clever fellow, after all. How cruel L
have been, after all these years Will
Hetty forgive me now? Yet she
blighted my fondest hopes" she muir
INJURED, while the old stern look stole
over her face.
Suddenly the patter of little feet was
heard, and Mrs. Trotwood saw stand
ing in the open doorway II little child,
a lovely, laughing baby, with hair like
spun gold and eyes as blue as blue
hyacinths-eyes that she had seen the
counterpart of many time, and which
left no room for doubling that before
her stood Hetty's baby.
us you grandma ?" asked the child
in a sweet, lisping tone.
Grandma" The word was like
magic To the childless heart. Then
Hepsy Trotwood did what she had not
done for years-cried as if her heart
would break. One cannot close the
doorway of his heart against the plead
ings of n little child. Hepsy Trotwood
had heart, after all.
Five years have passed. The dea-
cons family and Hetty are reunited
Prosperity has come to the young folks.
Dicks hopes are realized. On the front
door of one of the most substantial
dwellings of the town is glistening
doorplate bearing the name, Richard
Barry, NJ. ID.
Mrs. redwood has made a new will,
when she will leave her entire for
nc to Hetty's baby.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17

noon. During the street pageant she win
ride an open chariot with "A large, wilted
boa constructor IN her boz ON. The hedaz-
zled and bedizened street pageant Will sue
cessfully knock regular rectangular chunks
IRON the fame OF other shows. We do not
commit the folly OF running three or four
rings and a case knife swallowing contest
at the same time. One good performance
on all the time is good enough for ordinary
people and we cannot pander 10 the oblique
tastes OF cross-eyed minority.
The press will please make coplous notes
and call the attention OF the people 10 our
refined show. Nothing out OF character
will be permitted. and even our wild beasts
will have TO conform 10 the rules OF eth
quette or quit and go home.
We shall introduce the only living zebra
that has ever had his tail banged i'm captiv-
ity. The widow Of the man VINO did 1t VIII
travel with us.
There will be a choice minstrel perform
ance In the ring. alter the regular pei f)rm-
ance Is over and highly cultivated young
men will step on the audience and refer to
IL occasionally. standing in front OF the
spectators whenever the bareback rider
falls of. in order 10 obscure the vision and
hide the embarrassment of the manage
ment.
The highly accomplished and almost hu-
man intelligence OF the mare Robert Els
mere will be feature OF the afternoon and
evening performances She will he accom-
panied by her most recent colt. Dir. Barnes.
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ment a lady came out of the store and
was entering her carriage General
Grant walked up 10 her, shook hands
with her, and put her into the car
riage. General, did you know that
lady? oh, yes he replied, i know
her Where did you see herr Well,
l saw her a good many years ago out
in Ohio at boarding school. She was
one of the girls there Did you never
see her before or since? He said No
The lady was the daughter of a very
prominent Ohio man, Judge Jewett.
and the next time she saw me she said:
4 suppose You told General Grant who
| was / said did not Why, that
is very remarkable, she answered, in a
surprised tone; i was only one of two
or three hundred girls and l only saw
him at school. / have never seen him
since
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17
A Lawyers Advice.

In days gone by, few Southern law
yers were more distinguished than Luz
ther Martin. He was one day riding
to Annapolis in stage coach, when
his only companion-a young man who
had just been admitted to the bar-ad-
dressing him, said:
Mr.. Martin, YOU have been wonder
fully successful in your profession. Are
you willing TO acquaint me with the
secret of your success ?"
IF YOU will pay my expenses the few
days that | shall remain in Annapolis. +"
Il will, - was the earnest response.
1T Is in this advice: Deny every
thing and insist upon proof
At Annapolis. Mr. Martin enjoyed
all the Injuries that fine hotel could
furnish. regardless OF expense, and,
when the time for his departure ar
rived, passed the "bill"-of enormous
proportions-to the yo=ng lawyer who
was standing near. TIE latter merely
glanced at, and then returned it 10 Mr..
Martin.
Aren't you going to pay it," Mr.
Martin asked
Pay what"
This bill. Didn't you promise to
defray my expenses while / was in
Annapolis;"
My dear sir, was the quiet answer,
"a deny everything and insist upon
proof.
The eminent lawyer paid his bill.
and laughingly said to the young man
You need 20 furth err counsel from
mao y
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17

aspect. Never was any of these great
Worlds Fairs so far. from ready on
opening day as was this one. Even
now, long time after the Inaugural
ton, much remains to be done before
everything will be in its place.
A notable characteristic of this exhi-
bition is the conspicuous part in it
accorded to the United States. Amer
lea is the only great country that par
ticipates officially in the fair. The
monarchical powers of Europe, even
liberal England and Italy, which owes
its unity to France, turned the cold
shoulder to the Third Republic, when
invited to the Champ-deM Mars, where
was to be celebrated the centenary
of the great revolution. While the
people of these kingdoms are repre-
sented by worthy exhibits, the govern
ments of these pouting kings have held
aloof. But this silly conduct will only
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17
How They Do IL in Georgia.

VIII Woody, Of jay, took a notion to
get married some time ago, and he got
on his kicking mule, went and got hi1
bride and placed her on behind him,
and Immediately went to Parson
Parks.
Sissy, your pa at home? ?" said Mr.
Woody.
Yes, sir Pa, there is gentleman
out here wants TO see YOU"
All right, said the parson. walking
out 10 the gate
Good morning, Mr. Parks; have
some papers mere for you.
The parson looked at the papers.
"Yes, said he. light and come in.
| can soon execute them
No, thank You, said Mr.. Woody;
we are in a hurry"
All right said the person, going
back into the house and calling some
of the family He turned and said:
Light, Mr.. Woody"
NO" said Mr.. Woody; Eve are in
hurry
We'll, said the paTson, ~all RICH. I
join your right hands.
As the bride reached around 60 get
hold of the bridegroom's hand, "weih'
said the kicking mule, and they held
their ip and were made one flesh,
and went off IN a canter rejoicing
Ddhlonegd Sentinel.
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my house and we walked across the
lawn to the Generals. He sat on the
piazza and could not stand alone, but
was on his crutches, and was presented
to every one of them, shaking hands
with each one. He would say to one
gentleman, How are you, Professor?
l met YOU in Liverpool;' and to anoth-
er, why, how are you? l met you in
London and i am glad to see you; L
met You in Manchester So he recog-
nized each of these visitors as soon as
he laid eyes on them, and they said to
me afterward, Why, L only met him
casually once with a party of people.
"This power of recognition was re-
markable. l asked him afterward
whether he had lost the power He
answered: No, 1 have not lost the
power. If fix my mind on person
never forget him; but see so many
don't always do it, l can illustrate an
instance of his memory of persons.
During one of the times he was staying
with me in Philadelphia we were walk
ing down Chestnut street together, and
in front of large jewelers. establish
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-07-17
Maternal Counsel.

"Micky. phwat in the worruld is
Dinny Dolan doin' with a black oye ?"
HAS he been over here. mother?r
"Indade he has: him an his father
an his mother, and the whole family
af thin, bariin' the goat"
We'll, Oh hit i'm cause he said that
Oh was so ignorant that Oh couldn't
read anything but the red paint on a
circus bill, and Oh couldn't even read
them If Oh didn't learn them off by
heart beforehand.
No difference. So We are ignorant
and ye'd no business strikin' the by fur
tellin' the troot on yez."
But he said Oi tux afther me
mother
did he say that? An was il only
wan af his eyes that We BACKED ?"-
Merchant I'rGpeler
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The Weight OF individuals.

The average weight of boy Mt birth
in seven and that of girl a little more
than six pounds. When they have at
tanned the full development of man or
womanhood they should weigh 20 times
as much as they did at birth. 7 his
would make a mans average weight
140 and woman's about l25. The
height of male at birth is / foot s
inches, and that of female | foot 6
inches. Fully grown, mans height
should be about three and half times
greater than at birth, or 8 feet inches,
while woman should be feet 3
inches. The weight of individuals
who are fully developed and we'll
formed. however, varies within ex-
tremes. which are as nearly one TO two,
while their height varies within limits
which az most are as one TO onc-thiId.
Taking 300 pounds as tie maximum of
mans weight and 50 as the minimum,
we would have the average of 1924
pounds. Placing the maximum weight
of woman at lS5 pounds and the mini
mum at 20 pounds, and we get an
average of 1874 pounds. Philadelphia
Record.
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hearty laugh. which enables him 10 be alb l..
solutely independent OF outside indorse.
ment. The audience can Join him I'm sill
very laughter or not. IL is not material.
He l. above craving the cooperation OF
people who are cawse. Mr.. McAllister has
told him that he is funny. End 20 he will
supply his own laughter in all the smaller
towns.
The press will bc seated where, in case
this clown should he stepped upon 10y the
Arabian horse Embongpong and killed
they will get a good view of the calamity.
We cordially invite the ess 20 come
early and converse with tho woman who
has the iron jaw. Her tnntivy stage name
will be- Nike. Leblanc Ely Blaze. she will
hold conversaziones with the press from -
u IA. the forenoon. 10 r. m. the alter
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"a
er and grainer. He saw that L could write
up features of the circus that the proprie-
tors and spectators were ignorant OF. and
that really make such thing a success. A
press agent who is dependent solely upon
facts and data Is lost. You cannot make n
circus draw by Just simply giving good
show. You must make the people feel that
every hour before the circus commences is
one OF intense agony. l do not vet know
definitely whether We will have "A baby ele-
plant IN arms or not. We have not decided
on that yet. but will have other animals
We are casting about now for names to give
our artists. We have thought of II few and
are looking for others.
Suggestions will be received We will
also have an ontray about the first thing
IL will be a kind OF equestrian lrolic and
horse jubilee. Signor Widepantz will have
charge OF the ontray. Ontray is n French
word. and signifies piazza or "A front en-
trance 10 anything.
We have number of good grass-fed
horses which will take part in the exercises.
They are safe horses and perfectly kind.
We shall introduce the celebrated perform
ing trick Norman horse. Embongpong, who
will allow Sgnor Widepantz to ride him
around the ring with package OF blazing
re-crackers tied 10 his tail.
Embongpong was born i'm captivity. He
will make his debut afternoon and evening.
unless collie should break ont i'm his midst
We shall aim To keen faith with the public,
providing the breechinS does not become
disarrauged.
Some O. our horses are speckled. The
press agent will drive team in the process
sion and will take care Of Embongpong ~
night. Wait for Ward McAllister's great big
red circus and take no other. In that your
ticket admits YOU 10 the large tent with
privileges OF going around to the horses
dressing room also.
Our route * not yet made out but orr
clown Is. He IS ut work on some hand
pegged Jokes for the season and "a song
which will have several want advertise
ments in II. II will consist Of thirty V"rses
and refrain. He has an egg proof mask
which he will w"ar while delivering it.
The clown will be called on the bills Birdie
Pudd nba-. He viii wear grotes que cloth
ing and try 10 engende~ mi tn. Hi real
L q, liz. h.,t.