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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-01-17

Early in the evening the voice of q boy
named GOttman was heard issuing from
the debris, but the rescuers could not To-
cate him. He said he was all right if they
could get at him. At 10 O'Clock, however,
he had rot been reached and no sound
could be heard It is feared that he
died of exhaustion. Young Goehring
was taken out about 9 o'clock. His po-
sition was such that he could not be res
cued sooner, and he was kept alive by
feeding beef tea ard whisky to him
through a rubber tube. A number of
narrow escapes were reported. Seven
men were thrown from the seventh
story to the ground and escaped with
slight injuries. Adolph Herman caught
on the telegraph wires and was rescued
uninjured.
All kinds Of theories have been ad-
vanced for the collapse Of the building. In
some instances the responsibility is placed
on the contractors, while in others the
building inspectors are blamed. Nothing
definite can be known however, until an
Investigation is made.
A nut factory owned by Bontreger & Co.
in the Seventeenth ward was blown down
during the storm and man named Hines
killed. The loss was $4,000.
The cyclone wrought terrible destruc-
ton in other parts OF the city and out along
the railroads centering here. A portion Of
the foundry Of Mcintosh, Hemphill 4 Co.
on Thirteenth street was wrecked, as was
also house in Allegheny At Wallis
station, on the Pennsylvania rail-
road. q large brick building, owned
by the Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany was partially demolished, and at
Wilmerding, Pa. coal tipple was
wrecked At McKeesnort honsas xvere
unroofed, trees blown down and windows
smashed. Three houses in course of erec-
ton were blown to pieces. On the rivers
8 number of boats were torn from their
moorings and cast about like corks, but
they were secured before much damage
was DONE
A DISASTER AT suNBuRY, PA.
Summary, Pa, Jan. 10 "A rain and
wind-storm camo up suddenly Wednesday
evening and blew over two Of the STACKS
Of the 6unbury nail mill Tho mill IL stu.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
MUSIC IN BATTLE.
The Secret of Leonidas' Famous Victory
at Thermopylse.

The Secret of Leonidas' Famous Victory
at Thermopylse.
The favorite problem Of thinkers
and teachers. since thought began, has
been to find some engine Of education
which should reach the character as
efectually as the ordinary means OF
training touch the understanding and
In the opinion of many. not men alone
but nations music was such an engine
1T is music" said the Spartans.
(which distinguishes the brave man
is the source of his courage" 1t was
their music which enabled Leonidas
and his three hundred TO conquer al
Thermopylee. 1t was music which
taught the the Spartan youths how to
die in the wrestling ring or on the
deld of battle. These claims are
sudacious surely. Yet, when We con-
slider how the rhythmical tread OF
the brave man differs from the
agitated shamhle of the coward.
how music is the art OF human JOY,
and how Joy and repose OF mind are
the main elements of manly fortltude,
we shall at any rate admit that there
is a strong affinity somewhere; our
only difficulty will be to acknowledge
| that music. deliberately applied. could
ever be the direct cause of these
rsputed results. To achieve the end
desired Spartan boys passed their
yruth in learning tunes, hymns and
| .ongs-this was their sole mental
culture. They were taught to dance
| and keep step 10 the measure OF the
songs as they sang them And. GROVE
to manhood. now perfect warriors
marched into battle with smiling faces
| crowned with flowers, calm, JOYFUL
and serene, and. informing their songs,
moved steadily thus into the thicAes
/ of the fight undisturbed and irresist
| ible. The band that leads oar aTnie.
TO the field of battle nowadays is ,
scaut survival Of Spartan practice
vet even IN this music by proxy Their
are many elements of Indictment Il
..ourar e. National Pertete.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
The Close of the Week.

Blessed be Saturday night! when 'he
labors OF the week are ended ana
humanity takes, or shonld take, one
long breath of repose; when the NOISE
of the anvil and loom is STILL ana
silence reigns for one day where Nam
mon and busy care have sat enthroned'
With the dust washed from his prov
the son of toll sits a king. with MS
baby subjects on his knee. All the
week he has obsyed orders; this oay ne
oipes them. Here by the heartns'one'
master and operative stand In sense
independent and equal. 1t is blessed
and soul-saving that the latter has
time to cherish this soothing influence
one day in seven With these heart
ties and responsibilities, he takes those
dependent upon him by the hand anu
walks proudly forth with the prouaes.'
on this blessed day OF rest one
satisfied eyes follow such little nome
groups with a benediction-N' l.
Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15

PiTf5 AND PC3iNY.


HE who Ii unconscfousIY selfish II
not 80 dangerous al be who Ii con-
seiouslg 90: the former bassHys his
seliislsness. the latter conceais it
The best was TO punish those W.
really lore il to % conduct ourselves
that our friends will b. sad to think
they have not always acted t0ward Us
~ we have toward them. sunxtag
Erensag 7afks
Nothing makes 50 maen noise al a
rickety wagon, with nothing Id 1t. un-
less ii be q man who insists on talking
when he mas nothing to sar - Toangs-
tosca Ergnsng TsleJram.
Genfus i ike a barrel on the top
Of hill; Il will not indeed move i'm
less pushed. bat once pushed ii goes Of
itself Talent il like a load on the
road Eay: it will not 60 forward unless
dragged
The only thing that can down true
geaius and curb genuine Inspiration IL
pen that catches In the paper and ex-
ecutes design in spIazter-w oek b
every third stroke EercAaat Ifar-
eEer.
"A thorough critic il sort OF PurE-
tan 10 the polite world Al an en-
thusiast in religion sturnbies at the Or
binary occurrences Of life. If he can
not quote Scripture examples on the
occasion. 80 the critic i never safe ii
his speech or wrftzng. without he has.
thority for the truth of his sensssee
SIR r. Steele
Dress aud the way il Is worn are
indications Of character. says an en-
change III the heels of the boots are
BACKED you mag be prestg surg thai
the bog or IMAM : thorough in whas-
ever he undertakes He Learns his
( lessons not because he mnze. hgss bs-
/ eausss he desires to learn When he II
sent to clean mp tfae garden he rzkes
/ the dead root= and vines IN pile for
burning there are no stray piles hid
/ den ii the bushes near the fence Hs
blacks the hessEs of his boots
J Every body has mission nova
/ days. or Is trying to find oae. and it i
( &iways intended for somebody's bsne-
ST. ike the old stories with moral.
which we're the only kind considered
/ 1t for Sunday reading, although anF
/ sort Of trash was good enough for the
I other six days But let rs say. for the
+ consolation OF thoss who have not yet
found their particular object IN life
/ that perhaps the very best thing they
can do for the benefit OF Others Is sim
ply 70 be healthful and happy them
selyes-
/ These '.agnostiesr are q queer
kind Of folk. aren't theys Al about
nature Ia geueral. and human nat
are in particular. and history. ard
literature. and art. and philosophy.
and every thing else they see as plain
as a Pikestatf ami talk Of lasrd and
long. with fuIE assarasze- Il i ouly
when they CONE TO truths that are Of
the very first practical iEngortaaes 10
men. essential to the souls welfare,
growth. aud usefulness; truths a TO
which. therefore. infinite love has
made the clearest revelations in the
most positive terrns--shat these men
don't sno@~ and --es1's say Boston
Coagrsg at55aalsst
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
OF GENERAL INTEREST.

An ostrich escaped from one of the
California ostrich farms, swan river,
and gave the horseman a run of TWEEN.
ty-seven miles before he was captured.
The following device is said to
have be, prominently displayed at
recent Western church fair: Drop
dollar in the slot and see the pastor
smile!'
1t is an alarming fact that the age
at which the habit of smoking is &C
quired has declined in the last five
years from twenty years and over tc
between the years OF ten and five, the
latter being not uncommon.
People of Cass County. Ore. have
been telling stories recently of wild
man eight feet high. three feet across
the shoulders, with beard reaching
to his knees and hands as big as wash
boards. He was captured by the
sheriff and proved to be a poor luna
tic who had escaped from an asylum.
Herman Vickery, a burglar who was
killed while trying to escape from the
California penitentiary the other day
had queer record. Every time he
burglarzed house he kissed all the
sleeping women in it. No matter how
great the risk. the rascal al Ways went
through the bedchambers and kissed
every thing worth kissing.
The Portland Oregonian has dis.
covered the species of the fish thai
swallowed Jonah. A specimen was
sent over to Portland from Yagurah,
which was nearly all head. Its ears
were situated at the back of its neck
and Its mouth extended from ear te
ear 1t was known as the Cutius cod
anu according to the 0recoatarl. wa:
evidently made to eat, rather than Il
be eaten.
In California turkeys ale raised il
aocks numbering several thousand
ihey are placed in charge of a herder
VINO drives them as he would flock 0
sheep, They range over miles of ter
rory In a day, and live almost en-
urely BY foraglng. When the grain i
cut and harvested the turkeys ar
turned into the immense wheat an,
oaf'ey fields, and the birds do tn
eleanlng, and become fat and read
'or market at very little cost.
"A Swedish scientist claims Il
nave discovered the secret of petrify
.ng wood by artificial processes. He
"inks 1t will be possible ere long t.
oons'ruct editices of wood and CONVEX
mem into stone. As it takes thre
months and costs about $500 to petrif,
solook of wood OF ths dimensions o
sne cubic inch. it will probably b'
s0iae time before his process will b
generally adopted.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
Facts in Human Life.

There are S.064 languages in the
world, and its inhabitants profess
more than 1000 religions. The num-
Der of men is about equal to the num-
Der of women. The average of life Is
about thirty-three years One quarter
die previous TO the age OF seventeen.
10 !. 900 persons, only one reaches lee
wears of life; to every 100. only six
reach the age of sixty-fye, and not
more than one in 500 live to eighty
wears. There are on earth 1,5oO, co.,
200 inhabitants. or these SS.oSS,uSS
die every year, 1854 every day S'fSe
every hour and 60 every minute. or
me every second. The married are
longer lived than the single, and
above all. those who observe SOBER
and industrious conduct Tall men
i've longer than short ones Women
have more chances of life in their favor
previous to fifty years OF age than men
have. but fewer stterward. The num-
her of marriages is in proportion OF 20
% every 1000 individuals Marriages
ire more frequent after equinoxes-
that is. during the months OF June ana
December. Those born in spring are
generally of a more robust eonstltu-
ion than others. Births are more ire
,i,ent by night than by day. also
ieaths. The number of men capable
4 bearing arms is calculated at one
'ourth of the population. fodder n
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
row to Live a Successful Life.

=, ~ order to be OF practical service in
'A's world. man must have love TO
so'ne truth, or cause, or party, or per-
',uai leader, and must be loyal TO the
eo!ec' OF his devotion. No man can
,,oupass any real good merely by be-
.As mater, scoffer or sneerer. A
,4aa may do harm to one side, or to
so'a sides in any great contest, by his
AeS'llity to one or both of the
s'"'estants; but he would be of little
s sorah to either side through simply
n ssiAihg tho other side. You may
LIN LIN II shows your superiority for you
say mat you care little who sue
eus IN "a conflict which arouses tn
sepest feelings of your fellows on
n 's Side OF you; but the history Of
~. raee shows that men who are worth
s''hg have never had that spirit
n, observers of the struggles of human.
~ 0eir day. s 7ymea
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
MIsCELLANEOuS.

Al harms shOuh nave good cave
20 connected with spacious un-
esusn cisterns. II water Ia needed.
scsveral boys whsn arrested In New
- tbe other day. were working In
i ,os,,aonsIy, as they afterwards ex-
da'1 in court, TO create haunted
po'. Tho last society spoken OF In Cali
- IA the "Pay-Nothings." II lie
lo, "a 70 be alarmingIy prosperous. The
saiu ord ia. LEND me a dollar the
response, "Broke'
~ Uncle Cuffy-"Which is the cheap
-, dc ay-blister or de poor-house
w. ..ery' Druggist---'Just the same
a~snty-hve cents apiece" Uncle c.
Weli doctor, you better give me ali
INV old 'ooman is berry low wild
~. .smoDia: an want UNI fur hab cb'ry
~ omtort - Detroit Free Press.
Crooked and Straight are the
.,as of a pair Of clergymen in charge
y an English church. Lock & hey
.a long tamil ar names over the door
.h.rdware store in Louisville, Ky.
S...cely less appropriate were the last
.arned parties to their business than
la the famous U. Ketchum Il l..
cbeatnm firm of lawyers.
rnthusiastic Traveler-"Ah. En-
,,.nd is a glorious country indeed. A
s.,ion of conquerors, possessions
'.rsrvwhere all over the globe. enor-
..o,s financial resources; why. you
r.ow they say the sun Of Victoria
-a,sr sets" Mrs. Porkehoppe (oi
rh,cago)-.I want to know, don't he
sver get tired of standing?"-IoWaa
Topics.
"A contest has been going on in a
New York newspaper between num-
her OF young wemen for the honor Of
HANG the Youngest grandmother in the
country. 1t has been shown by the let
.ars If the contestants that woman
Who was grandmother at the age o.
tbirty-two is ny no means an unusual
psrsonage in this country.
An oil expert from Pennsylvania
Is Of the opinion that there is more oil
nnder the soil of California than il
Pennsylvania itself He finds that the
ledge of oil-producing rock begins a
Peru crops up at San Diego. then dip;
and reappears at Santa Barbara. and
again appears at San Francisco ant
further north.
Ina letter from Salt Lake City de
Eriptive of the Mormon Tabernacle
Mrs Julia Ward Howe writes: "a
glance at the congregation easily cor
roborated the statement that Mormon
ism largely recruits itself from thu
most wretched and ignorant classes o
European countries. Some of the head
ofthose present might have been termed
well advanced on the way back to tn
gorilla. Vacant countenances, eye
empty of thought We're seen on every
a.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
THE HUMAN FAMILY.
Interesting and Instructive Facts About
the Worlds Population,

the Worlds Population,
The number Of men capable OF bear
ing arms is calculated a, one-fourth of
the population.
There are 3,064 languages IN the
world. and its inhabitants profess more
than 900 religions.
Those born in spring are generally
of a more robust constitution than
others. Births are more frequent by
night than by day. also deaths.
There are on the earth 100. oo0,09
inhabitants; of these 3S,039,0SS die
every year, 9l,s24 every day, $3.50
every hour, and 60 every minute. or
every second.
The number of marriages Is in the
proportion of 10 to every 1000 individ-
uals. Marriages are more frequent
after equinoxes-that is, during the
months of June and December.
The married are longer-lived than
the single, and, above all, those who
observe a sober and Industrious con-
duct. Tall men live longer than short
ones. Women have more chances OF
life in their favor previous to nifty
wears of age than men have, but fewer
afterward.
The number of men is about equal to
the number OF women The average
of life is about thirty-three years. One
Quarter die previous to the age o.
seventeen. To every 1000 persons only
reaches one hundred years of lie
To every 100 only s reach the age o
sixty-five, and not more than l In ON
live to eighty years of age -Chtcag'
/ Nets
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
FIGHTING IA L7OADS
An Oriental Story Tssd fer the Benefit of
Bcsssa's City Faskers-

tO>SaA- tslE r A1saEEs-
Certain ye-y respectable citizens Of
Boston-a minute minority. Il i true
and the adjoining enlightened regiOn.
have recently declared against per
hitting any yehicle= IN the streets for
public travel except snch as are drawn
bv horses. A,eer The streets have
been thie1zly lined Tish huge masts for
telegraph and Telephone wires bear
ing scores Of erowdEng wires tAsss
conservatives raise objections TO the
slim iroa posts and the single wires
required TO drive street cars by the
new motor, electricity. The same
kiud Of obieetorS were eisnerous
against the first steam railroad; the
disagreement. the dangers the de-
structt0n Of stage-coach and tavern IN
terests were eloqueatly and earnestly
urged. This : hardly credible, but it
setuAlly took place wlthiu The memory
Of men still living Tbas it may BE-
more adeq uaeeIy rallied. it Is iate~-
esting 10 note what Is occurring in
Oriental countries to-day. Wien it
vas proposed 10 construct the
first railroad in Persia. the
Persian conservatives protested
They said thai tlla ancient
glory Of Persia waS II do way con-
aected with the railroad: That what
Was good enough for their grand
fathers Was good enough for the Per
slams Of today; besides that. the rail-
roads would fri-hgsn hOrsss and 6llL
people. The railroaa cane, and in
certain respects It has verified the
predictions Of the Persian e3ass-vs-
tives. It has also furnished the ocea-
sion for a demonstration Of Persian
conservatism IN Is militant form On
he Sd Of November in the station At
Teheran. q man jumped Of train
before 1t had Come 10 a full stop This
action was clearly Indicative Of the
possession Of Western ideas on his
cart He wa> kil4ei- and Persian
spectators. who 3id nos pause to reflect
that his death was al accidsut-Gos an
ineideat-os the railroad, made s.
charge upou the engineer. The en-
ginsex defended himself with 3 re
yolver. killing one mau aad severely
wouuding another. Then the train
hands .0-oS 10 their heels ard the Per-
sian conservatives took to the eoa-
genial occupation of wreeSlng the
{ igstiu. The military we're called ous
and the crowd VAS dispersed. q me
+ Infinite disgust OF those weo thought
that by destroying all the locomotives
+ hey cooit put al end 70 EaI4f'osAas- -
+ Boston I~GASe-if&-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15

A curious incident in deer-huhdns
!. vouched for by a sportsman iates!
r,turned from the Maine woods, A
marty of hunters in sledge on LAKE
No,uncus saw ahead of them large
daer. Immediately there was race
over the ice, the sledge speeding across
tho lake at rate impossible 10 ths
hnnted animal. Suddenly the sledse
met an obstacle and stoppssl II WA
tho deer. which had not only Deer
ovsrtaken, but had been impaied upon
o,s Of the runners of the sledge' lb
f,rtber capture was an easy matter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
WHAT CAUSES M,RTn.
an Mirth-caasing Agents Are or 80
Kind ana Differ Only In neexs.

AZ sfth-caasins Agents Are OF ma
n"a ana Differ Only in Degree.
sydney Smith gave the true ansver
when he said that the form OF menta,
pleasure we call mirth was due IN The
discovery OF congruity In seeming
incongruity or the reverse. This ia
oest illustrated by an example. BoiIean
had brother who was q m4uuias xujet
hiled In life and came to ask for helm
boiieau upbraided him with his mia.
conduct pointed out how they had
Doth started in life under equally IA
Vorable conditions and with eoua,
chances. and yet how differently thew
mad got on. "Ah! but Just think /" er.
claimed the brother, ..what an inn
mense advantage you had over me in
brothers" The discovery Of the point
the seeing OF the joke, Is. says Sydney
omltn, analogous to the pleasant mem
tai feeling In discovering something
quite new, or In suddenly understand
Ing something dark to US before. This
sensation Is always pleasant, but In a
joke the discovery, since It is carefully
prepared for, is momentary, unexpect-
ed, and .thout toll. and therefore far
more highly pleasurable than the ordi-
nary mental discovery. To take an
other 'xample, that of the wooden pave
ment before st. Paul's: III the Dean
and Chapter would only lay their heads
together, the thing would be done.n
said Sydney Smith. Here very clearly
the fun is in the pleasure occasioned
by the instant mental discovery OF the
connection, Notwithstanding the ap-
parent complete incongruity, between
the heads OF the Dean and Chapter and
the wood pavement Now, the slower
mind works. the more difficulty it
has in quickly following out he con-
gruity through the apparent incongru-
tiles. or the incongruity thr n the
apparent congruities, and so seeing
the joke. Men with slow minds, then,
prefer the plainest form OF discovery
such as the mere noticing that some
thing out OF the ordinary Is going
on, as when man clowns 1t by
putting on an enormous hat. carroty
wig, and sea-green coat. Thus, all
/ stupid and dull-witted people are most
easily amused by caricature and horse
play, and those minds which though
they are powerful are also sluggish
ind it too hard work to follow men,
tally the lightning fash / a finely.
wrought verbal epigram. No doubt
such theory as this postulates that
the man who likes Lamb and Sydney
Smith. but says he sees no joke at all
in buffoonery. really means that he
only sees very little joke. and tha
he does not care for it because he car
see SO much more in other things
This, however, agrees with common
experience. The man fond OF tn.
highest kind of wit is never reall,
unable to see the fun of the clown
though it may bore him by its small
ness; and If he is scientifically minded
he no more refuses to call it kind 0
wit, humor or fun than he does to cal
rin ordindirs wine, though, as mat
ter of fact, what he really consider
wine is Lafitte. In truth. all tn,
mirth-causing agents are of one kin'
and differ only in degree, though th'
degrees are often intense
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The late Emperor William IS se ersa,
,.oa With having saved sl2.0oo,ooo ou'
OF his public allowance ,,,
London Jail birds nuinosae go
& SIT last year-fewer than .ns GO.
before. Compulsory education 10 ~
70 be lessening crime.
The Queen of Italy has coinm w.
Cd that the rooms occupied by 'he 1e g,
man Emperor at the ouirinai sh,as Re ss
main in exactly the state In winch ~
left them.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15

The Russians, says an English pa-
per. are moving rapidly on every line
that makes national progress seIeH-
tifc exploration Is beius carried on IN
many different dire<si0us; laboratories
and observatories are being founded
and railroads opened at wonderfully
rapid rate. There are nOw 1850 miles
Of railway open for traffic in Russia
Of this the state owns about one-Hfth
only. The Russians are independent
of foreign nations fer coal, iron. oil
aud mechs. ..,.-l skill. and the sersiga
element Is being eliminated IRON Rus
sian works, so thst the progress OF the
empire is taking place on wide basis.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-15
He Thinks II a Success.

What Is your opinion sfthe question
now occupying so much space in the
pspsrs, is Marriage Failuree' asked
a gentleman OF a new acquaintanre-
We'll. am alphabetically of the
opinion that marriage is a great sue
cess. Indeed. If it were not for mar
rage my occupation. like othello's,
would be gore
.Ah! Mag | ask your profssston'
Il am u d vorce lawyer. Pack