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The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22
MUSTANG LINIMENT

MEXICAN MUSTANG LININENT. for MAN and
BEAST. Greatest Curatsve discovery ever made.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22

The hours between midnight and noon are
designated by "a. NJ. those between noon
and midnight by p (F. NJ. Oh. 0Ons.G denotes
midnight, oh. 00Bl. p denotes noon.
TGe height is rcckOned from the level Of
average lower low waters to which the sound
ings are Given on the Coast SURVEY charts.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22
MUSTANG LINIMENT

MEXICAN MUSTANG LIrifHEST should al
ways b kept n Horzs, sEAzLz Gad Factory.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22
MUSTANG LENIMENT'

MEXICAN MUSTANG LISIsEST. .conquers SPAvrs,
SCRATCHES and SPRAISs IN HORSES end MULES.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22
COLLECTIONS OF pLASrS.

All letters with this advertisement enclosed
along with stamps for any one or more col
lectiGns of plants, will be numbered as they
come to hand. and the senders of the first
thirteen hundred letters will receive gifts as
f,Il
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-02-22
TTDE TABAE FOR ASTORIA.

FEBRUARY.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
She Strung the Beans.

A reporter who went down to Braid
wood to gather some news regarding
the restitution of the miners tells a
story on an old Scotch lady living in
the neighborhood. The reporter heard
the yarn from a storekeeper. 1t seems
this old lady had not long ago left the
land of the heather and was not fully
up in the peculiar ways of the Ameri-
cans. One day at store she noticed
some string beans exposed for sale and
she said it was shame to pick them
before they were ripe.
The groceryman explained to her
that the beans were very fine eating,
indeed. He urged her to buy some,
at the same time giving her some in
structions about preparing them He
told her she must string them and
then boil them until soft and tender.
The old lady, anxious to learn all she
could of the ways of the land of her
adoption. finally took mess home.
Some hours later a neighbor Ia wo-
MANI came in and found the old lady
busy in the preparations for her noon
day meal What she saw caused her
to burst out laughing. There the old
lady sat with the beans in her lap, a
needle and thread in her hand, string
ing the beans. In few moments the
neighbor had shown the old Scotch
woman how to string beans, but the
joke was too good to keep and the
groceryman heard it-Chicago Her
aid.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

A little girl from o charitable inst
tuition spent a day in the country. She
knew so little of green things growing
that she pulled UP weeds and pIanfs tr
see how they were fastened in the
ground An ear Of green corn was
given her to play with '.Ohl oh oh r
she said ills all wrapped up in littIs
green blanksts.''
Sidney and Edna were amusing them
selves and their parents BIZ telling
Bible stories in their own chiidixii
language In telling 81 Joseph and
his brethren Sidney could nI r>eail
the exact words to describe Joseph, !
many hued coat. SO iiesilafing mo
ment he finally exclaimed. Why. bis
crazy coat. you KNOW
One morning our three year-old made
an early inspection of the kitchen.
After interviewing the cook he found
that they were TO have boiled eggs. Of
which he was very fond. He rar
through the hall shouting to the fam
lily TO Hurry up, for We are going te
have eggs for breakfast with the GOV
ers on.
Little three year-oid Moliie awoke tbs
second time in the night and asked fol
water When told by her mother thai
she had had some once, she replied
Yes. mamma, but that is all soaket
INTO my bones
Pointing out some pears to an Older
boy. who did not look in the right di
rection. Martie said: There they are
you must be deaf OF seeing. -Phila
delphia Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
No Tips For Girls.

went into Clark street restaurant
w!lsre girls are employed as walters.
Saw a Hlan-give one of them Tip. Z
| called the petticoated garcon to my
table and asked her if il WIS custom
AIRY for girls to get fees-or tips.
as it is most generally called ser
vice. She said no, and she said it with
an emphasis and intentness that would
have astonlshed me If | had been a
younger man. Il have been in this
business" she said, .'for many
years. and this is the first time
the very first time-I ever had
a tip. | have worked in some OF
the big restaurants Of the country.
but | never saw girl receive tip.
| worked i'll Philadelphia restaurant
where men and girls were both en-
ployed | have seen the customers fee
the men, but never fee for the poor
girls have even seen women fee
men walters, but never did see ONT
of my own sex fee one of her own sex
We are not allowed to receive tips
that is. we are told not to. but this is
the first time ever had an opportu
nifty TO refuse have often wondered
why men get fees and women don't. =
Chicago Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
Prosperity and HONESTY.

Joaquin Miller says that in Spo-
kans Falls, at the Grand hotel, ] saw a
little box with few dollars of change
in it on the end OF the counter in the
midst of dozen or two of the daily
papers from various places. No one,
so far as ever saw, was in charge of
either the papers or the money. Any
man who wanted paper took it, toss
ed the money into the box, and took
whatever change was his. | set this
down us an incontestable sign of pros
perity and-let US admit, as we bow
our heads in humility to the need of
that portion of the Lords PRAYER
which says lead US not into tempta-
tion'-of honesty, which is the first
born of prosperity Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
A Complete Give Away.

A-Who is that old gentleman
across the street to whom you took OIL
your hatl ,e,,o
Bile is journalist, and one OF the
most polished gentlemen, IN New
York. He is shining light In New
York journalism.
Ayes, he has that appearance In
that shiny old coat The elbows are
particularly bright Texas Siitlngs'
The routes are two The quicker is
down the Red Sea to Suakim' thence oy
caravan 240 miles to Berber: thence by
uucgar or steamer to Khartoum; thence
loo miles to l.ado. also by water. A
very quick trip without delays would Dc
forty DAYS The other route is by riVei
500 miles to Assouan, six miles by ran
around the first cataract, 100 miles by
water 10 Korosko, nine days by caravan
to Abou Hammed, and thence by watei
and caravan to Berber, and the rest OF the
Journey as before The desert journey
from Korosko TO Abou Hammed isa hard
one. with water at but one place on the
route. but it is taken to cut oil the grea'
bend of the Nile, which is fun OF rapids
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
How A.trolorer. Cast . Hor,...,,..


The general idea of casting a horn.
scope was that the first hour of each
day was presided over by the heavenly
body that belonged to that day. as sci
forth In the French names for the DAYS
OF the week, viz. The sun for SUNDAY
the moon for Monday, Mars for Mardi
(Iuesdayl, Mercury for Mercredi
wednesday,, Jupiter for ,Joudi
CThursday), Venus for Vendredi (Fri.
day). and Saturn for Samedi (Satur
day.
The second hour Of the day belonged
10 the second in thin order, and SO ON.
repeating these seveL deities as often
as was necessary until the birth hour
was reached.
Ii, therefore, we wish to cast the
horoscope of child born at Q a. m. on
March 2, 1880, we observe first that the
day was Tuesday and that the sun
rose on that day at 81 The first hour,
then, 6:34 to 7:34, belongs to Mars
the second, 7:34 to S:34, to Mercury
the third, 1874 to 9:34, to Jove; and
the child, being born under the influ.
ence OF Jove, will necessarily have a
jovial disposition.
A more extended and laborious cast.
ing of the horoscope consists in calcu-
lating backwards to find the exact DO
sitlon of the planets at the hour of
birth, and what their relative influence
might thus have been upon each
other. The heavens being regularly
divided into sections. if Saturn should
be found in the house tsection) of
Jupiter, his saturnine influence would,
of course, qualify the jovial influence
of the lord of that house. St Louis
Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
Carlyle. Cold Water Remarks.

The little anecslote of CARLYLE related
by Lord Houghton to the members OF
the Yorkshire college is said to be
characteristic Of its hero. 1t appears
that many years ago. when Carlyle
first came on a visit to Lord Hough
tons grandfather at Fryston, his host
took occasion one morning to lament
to him the destruction of fine view
by the erection of a tall factory chin
ney Mr. Mines, no doubt. expected
that bis guest would readily concur
but the philosopher was not in con-
curing mood, and his reply was: Il
do not at all agree with you Since /
have been under your hospitable roof
this is the first evidence | have seen
that any work is being carried on in
this nelghborhood which is of any
utility to mankind" This is the sort
of reply which sensitive conversation
lists find slightly discouraging-Ex
change
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
The Decline of WRESTLING.

1t is on record that Henry VIII him.
self. who was something much more than
an amateur athlete, continued 10 keep up
his practice in wrestling. among other
muscular exercises. even after his aces
sion to the throne But the example of
the merry monarch, though dear to the
manly tastes of the people. could not
avert the reaction which the spread OF
the new learning and the decline of
chivslry were rapidly bringing about
among the upper classes, to some extent
even under the later fudors. Still more
when the Puritan movement acquired
strength in the country wrestling, among
other cut of door sports, sank to lower
level of popularity than il had ever pre-
viously touched in England Peacham.
in his '-Compleat Gentleman published
in 1922. went so far as to say that throw
ing the hammer and wrestling we're low
class sports. mot so well becoming mo-
bility. but rather soldiers in a camp;
neither have read or heard of any prince
or general commended for wrestling save
Spaminondar and Achmat. the last en-
peror of Turkey. New Review.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
Tied the Child to the Door Bell.

A FIVE yearold youngster living on
High street is in the habit of making
excursions down town every time he
has an opportunity of getting out Of
the house. As his sojourns are unat
tended, and, as far as his parents are
concerned, unannounced, they have
occasioned the latter no end of
anxiety.
Recently, however, the young ad-
venturer's papa hit upon scheme to
check these undesirable wanderings
One end of clothes line about thirty
feet in length was fastened to the
front door bell, and the other end Sc
cured about the youngsters waist, and
thus he is allowed to play about the
front yard. If he tries TO get away a
ring of the door bell exposes his guilty
intentions, Its pretty hard on tina
bell. but it saves his parents a good
deal of anxiety.-Detroit News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
A Gallant setter.

The stories ! could tell OF dogs.
things coming under my own observa
ton, would swamp the dog depart
ment Of The Forest and Stream every
week for twelve months. The last one
| must relate. | owned a fine large
specimen OF the Gordon that went
about with me good deal. One day
we stumbled over a litter of puppies
astray from their kennel. They had
crawled under the fence and the mo
Their was bewailing on the other side
Rex stopped and took in the situation
at once. never said word nor did
Rex, but he picked up a pup in his
mouth. jumped the fence with it, and
laid it down in front of the mother.
returned and did the same thing for
the four others; and | have no doubt
declined all thanks. Doubtless he sug
gested that she had better close that
hole under the fence if she wished to
raise her family. said: REX, that
was very gallant of you. considering
that you had not the least idea
whether the mother was good looking
or otherwise. II you were man now
you would have contrived to ascertain
that fact beforehand" Rex answered
with faint wag of his tail and look
which plainly said, Il hope you don't
think dog would be so near as that.
Now, here was an instance, not OF in
stinct, except gentlemanly instinct,
perhaps. 1t was simply intelligence
| am weary of those people who are
ever quoting instinct when an ex
ample is given of the knowingness Of
an animal. Forest and Stream.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

A recent visitor to one of the Pun
jaub jails was amazed to find re-
markably large number of old men
among the prisoners, almost one con
Wet in five having a gray beard The
jailer being asked for an explanation
replied: 1T is a common practice
when a theft is brought home to a
man by the police for him to getan old
father or uncle to take the blame on
himself, or he puts up young brother
to do SO. Before the court they make
full and circumstantial confession.
They are convicted and the real
thieves get off, and it is for the family
benefit that this should be SO. A
sturdy young man is able to do more
for the family support by honest labor
or thieving than an old man or boy.
The old man has lost many of the in
stincts and appetites which make lib
erty so dear to the young man. He
cannot le put to any very hard labor,
and will be well fed and well looked
after while he is in Jail. If boy con-
fesses he will probably escape with a
fiogging. The conviction Of an old
man or boy will look quite as well
in the police returns as that OF an able
bodied young man. So long as they
get their conviction, the police don't
trouble themselves very much about
the matter. philadelphia Ledger,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
The Dimensions of Heaven.

The following calculations. based on a
text in Revelations. is both curious and
interesting 1t is copied from The
Charlottesville Jeffersonian. and will be
found good food for reflection: Revela-
tons xxi, l6: And he measured the city
(the New Jerusalem) with a reed, $4,000
furlongs. The length and the breadth
and the height are equal,
Twelve thousand furlougs-7, 9e0. 000
feet, which. being GUIDED. is 94S. 0SS. 0o0,-
600, 600, 600, 000. 600 600 cubic feet, and
half of which we will reserve for the
throne of God and the court of heaven.
half of the balance streets, and the re-
mainder divided by 1905. the cubical
feet in the room, Is feet square and l6
feet high. will be 80. s4S. 75o, 900. 900 rooms
We will now suppose the world always
did and always viii contain 600, 600. 600
of inhabitants, and that a generation will
last thirty and one-third years., 700,
000. 000. 900 persons Then suppose there
were IL $50 such worlds, equal to this in
number of inhabitants and duration OF
years-then there would be o room 10
feet long. 16 feet wide and 10 feet high
for each person, and room to spa
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

1t takes very little to amuse crowd,
and that tradesmen have long ago
found that out is shown in the way
they dress their windows A live
Santa Claus in a window will cause a
crowd to congregate that will block
the streets, while lifesize wax figure
will passed unnoticed At the Expo
sition the exhibits containing living
figures always had crowd before
them. A shoemaker at work in an
Olive street show window is sure OF
large audience all day. So would a
man be saving wood in show case,
although if on the street he would not
be noticed. A mattress maker on
Franklin avenue had bed in his win
dow in which lay man, and the
crowds were so great that the police
had to threaten him with prosecution
for obstructing the streets. There are
other tricks in window dressing that
paw. A leading druggist put several
thousand sticks of licorice in his win,
dow. People bought licorice that had
not tasted it since childhood, ana he
sold out the lot in a week. Interview
in ST.. Louis GlobeDenocrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

Few people realize what wonderfully
delicate structure the human ear really
is That which we ordinarily designate
so is, after all, only the mere outer porch
of series of winding passages, which,
like the Hobbies of a great building. lead
from the world without to the world
within.
Certain of these passages are full Of
liquid, and their membranes are stretched
like parchment curtains across the cor
ridor at different places. and can be
thrown into vibration or made TO trem-
bic like the head of drum or the sur
face of tanibourine does when struck
with stick or with the fingers Be
tween two Of these parchment like cur
tains chain of very small bones extends,
which serves TO tighten or relax these
membranes and to communicate vibra-
tons to them. In the innermost place
of all a row of white threads, called
nerves, stretch like the strings of piano
from the last point to which the trem-
blings or thrillings reach and pass inward
to the brain. A wonderful piece of
mechanism indeedl-St. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

Birdseed forms a considerable item
IN the export trade of some of the
Moorish ports. Thus from Laraiche
last year, in total export valued at
e60,791 the birdseed exported was
valued at $3.50, and the quantity
was 3. 451 quarters. The vice consul
at that port states that this seed is
never sown apart by the Moorish
farmers, nor is any special attention
paid TO its cultivation. 1t is sown
with wheat and when reaped and
threshed it is separated by the coun
trywonen in sleeves The reason of
this practice is that there is a general
superstition among the Moors that in
very wet seasons the wheat is in part
converted into birdseed, and hence
they SOW the two together.-New York
Telegram.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

certain observations of DR.. Alfredo la
Nuy' OF Rlo de Janeiro, are not encour.
sslns to intending Immigrants from
.ollparatlvely cool ATTITUDES Such in.
naoi'ants of Rio de Janeiro as are not
.O,O,eu persons are generally pallid
weak OF short stature, and of but little
A'u'cuiar strength Malarious infection
h ;. usually fatal by itself-seems tc
IalpOVerlsh the blood and render the
s s OF Europeans frail and liable tc
' y early to disease. The children
" " portuguese and Italians suffer least,
W. wv uefnans, French, Belgians and other
ts'sohs from climates very different
nun that of Brazil are warned that
rtOsperous colonization can only be eff.
.a.s su oy crossing with races better
Traveller. ''e'' "a A'''''" "
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

Paris is childless You .ee hon,o.
~ Dainty caps and aprons trundi;nn
we offspring Of the wealthy m,, I.
lne lover sections Of the cjfv a,,,s ~
y, ne bourgeois. little ones are inyisihle
~, ne .lsiaesI,ian who has his shop on
.ne ground floor and his sleep;n no
room on the fourth or fifth storSs
couiu not keep his children witbo,;,
losing Tie services Of his wife tvI,o,,
ne ~ wants 10 help him in his bns;n noa'
y he kept children his wife would 'l To-
Obliged 70 live upstairs. so he ss, -
oul ms babies 10 nurse as soon 90 H.,
are born. with the intention If ia,,;,,s.
.nenl remain in the country until tl,eS
are or years old. and the ouvrier
VINO mas generally but one earre,
room up dozen flights of stairs dos
the same thing. The result of his e
thai more than so per cent If tha
chiidren born in Paris die in the bahs
farmers hands before reaching tba;,
second year All that the Assist n nna
rublique has tried to do toward chacL
ing this shocking waste of I;fa hoe
pech o. little avail. Forty crecbes
.. nave been instituted but they meet
me wants OF only small number Of
mothers. A system for Registering
ana inspecting the homes Of peasani
women who take children to nurse
mas been attempted, but the Assistan nee
gets little help from the parents Of the
working classes in contending against
the rapacity Of baby farmers 4
nurse. o. whom no questions art
asked, charges twenty-five francs q
month for the keep Of baby; those
VINO are registered and so controlled
mat they can only receive one child
demand fifty francs or more. Those
mud their customers among the bour.
geois,, but the working classes canno,
aiford to patronize them. -Philadel
phia Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
Ties of Steel.

All lovers Of the fast falling forest
trees will find qualification in the fact
that railroad ties can not only be made
of steel. but that. within the past few
days, a car load of such ties was
shipped from this city to be used by a
western railroad. As wood grows
scarcer and the process of making
steel ties becomes perfected, these two
causes must have one effect. namely.
the lessening of tree slaughter by rail
roads. 1t is consummation devoutly
to be wished Every mile of modern
railway, with its thousands of ties and
its vista of telegraph poles, represents
grove of trees laid low. But the
steel ties existence betokens no such
denudation of hill and valley. Ii
simply represents few cubic feet OF
space added to the depths from which
coking coal and ore are taken. The
furnace has come to spare the forest
-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24
OFTEN WONDER Why IT'S SO.


some had work wilers acme Ind rust
And 50 the re-ary world nees on;
sometimes wonder which q be~t:
The answer comes when life " eonA
EozHe eyes sieep wneo some eyes 1asa
Ard - the dreary night hrslrn 70:
Some h<art< bat where some hearts hreak
Iosten wonder Why Us %
Some wills faint where some wills apht.
Some love the tent and sosne tbs fetd.
often wonder who ara right
The ones who strive. Or tboae Who yselds
Some hanfs fold where other hapds
Are lifted braseIy IN the strife;
And 50 through ages and through lapds
Move on the two extremes Of life
Some feet slait where some feet Trad,
u tifssiess march. thorny way.
Come Struggle on where some have fed;
Some seek when ntners silun the fray
6ome swords rust where others clash.
Some fail back where some move on.
Some days fnsi where Others fash
Until the LATHE has been won
Some sisep on while Others Keep
The sigiis u the true and brave.
They will not rtaa till roses creep
Around their name above grave
Father Ryan
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-12-24

1t is a striking illustration of the
fact that new Ii ght is often found to
be only old darkness. that one can see
in the library of the British Museum,
under the date of 1855, more than 300
years ago. volume. the title of which
is:
"4Esopz FABLE, in tru ortography.
with grammar notz. Heruntoo ar also
iooind the short sentence ov the WY
Cato, both of which autorz are trans
latid out of Latin intoo English"
The author of this sentence spelled
button. butn. But this is not quite
equal TO the direction of a letter re
ceived lately by a gentleman who was
addressed from abroad, as in the You
knightid Stats of Aymerrika. The
name Hudson. which originally
was Hodges son. is found, in English
publications, spelled in twenty-five
different ways. Detroit Free Press.