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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04
THE DEATHS. &c.

An Ominoas LooL,a YIN
sho.. 'er'-tins history s. win an
the . F snort time before the o.,s
=, sne French revolution tbs. outbreak
pack OF its thorax a hi psarlns ouu
mead. It had been imna usoas deatb
rope :, wit with its native plant at's 4, into
s sa, sa's .. osmlaOus-lookins I hss o'
bees, feeding on tho NJ 'ne hives
aere Saa from them. 1t swoo rsy ~ ! PLY
Tn. the, dead of night, making ~, pan dosn
INV n,se land and resistance was Iin n o.,
. .ne stlngs Of the bees could : ~ Sala'
moth. so'efing Of M
The owners of bees -,
means to prevent the onslaua ~ Sa'loq
terrible enemy, but al! IN ys 5a' q I'll
selves. problem then
They built wall Of w.v -,
ioles IN 1t sufficiently large !, !" 10. ,Oop
themselves to pass hut = ~ " ALLOW
enough 1a to admit their enemy wv i''s1
IN appearance the das,,,.,
moth is large and dark .oa, a'n she'd
s yen markings, and measure, = wy w
hVe inches from tip to Tin !, aO0H9
Tended a,n wings. On the thorax or = n n
ole portion of the body are pa, u u naI
,ngs representing a hideous u.s. da aals1
mead hence the name Of the in. s0a'i
The caterpillar is greeni.h s'V ',
with black spots on the baok ~, ySil07I
lines OF blue and white. Il 't !.
common potato worm. 0u'
one OF the strange characteris,io, !,
this peculiar moth is NV J'l.s q
squeaking sound which it emits ''t s,
manner of its production bavin, wy !
yet no satisfactory explanation y
On account of the piratical m..L,.
on its thorax, it has always hoan
garded with superstitious djslita = :,
aversion. 'i'
In Mauritius superstition prevail,
that 1t sheds dust from its winos n w.,
causes immediate blindness II + f.n'
upon a person. For this reason who,
one OF the moths enters habitation
scene of CONSERVATION ensues
The chrysalis is quite interestu,
somewhat resembling a jug in i.
shape. The long handle is common,
supposed to be the tail of the insect
but 1t is in reality the tonrue.case
ms latter organ-the tongues a
extraordinary length to enable i. IA
reach after the honey in flowers bav
Ing a deep corolla. A Madapasca,
species has tongue nine and one
fourth inches in length.
The chrysalis is frequently fosnd /,
digging in the ground where pcatN
have been planted Noble NJ. Ebey
hart, Phi. d., in Chicago Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04
SUBMARINE BOATS,
The Craft Recently Submitted to Uncle
Sans Navy Department.

The Craft Recently Submitted to Uncle
Sans Navy Department.
The following description Of some
of the most important features Of the
subsurface torpedo-boat lately sub.
mitted to the Navy Department by the
Columbian Iron Wo ks of Baltimore,
and the uses for which il is intended, /
serve to clear up several points which
might possibly have caused misun-
derstanding as to the nature Of the
craft. The boat is cigar-shaped and
is capable of being operated under
three different conditions: First, above
the surface, that is, with nearly half
4 it above water; second. awash that
is, with only a few inches of the back
exposed, together with the coming
tower; third, completely submerged,
that is. with nothing whatever above
the surface, In the last condition,
which is the primary condition Tor
torpedo warfare, the boats means Of
offense is q horizontal tube directly IN
its axis, from which are discharged
aight-inch projectiles either by pnea'
matte power or by powder these
projectiles are capable of giving sew
sral hundred feet range, and the guu
and projectile are constructed on
principle first propounded by LIEU
tenant-Commander Barber at ne
United States torpedo station III
1873. but separately invented, ana
proved successful by Mr.. Holland lnel
inventor of this boat. In lieu Of us
submarine gun, the boat will be nt'ea
with any kind of locomotive 'orpeu'
that the Navy Department may ue'''
10 be fired from this or similar tuOe
In addition to this tube in the axis VI
The boat there is another elghtlnVH
tube, fitted at an angle, for over-Wa'''
FIRE at distances of a thousand yatus u
tbereabout. 1t is intended to use 'uS
tube for throwing dynamite shells III,
der circumstances where the ooa' Vs .,
not approach the enemy within ' t'l,hls
range, or where it may be prri' na. =
aot to try to do SO. The O0a' n nart
double skin on the upper ior"A.u p"
separated by about foot %. .. S Spasr'
and this space is filled with N@'' II
which lows freely into 1t AO"-i !, a
this, and forward of the gun-foOil' If
vertical bulk head of several in'n ,'.i' ..
iron. When, therefore, she - natie
awash, and using her upper PHo Sa will
run (which makes no smokeJ' Gu and
be almost invisible to the enemy Lila,
if struck by machine-guh Pio ;ninred.
she is almost certain to Dc uH''
Science.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04
YET WAN.


His name was Yet Wah,
With no high sounding All"
To form front step to his name
wash house he kept,
Where he Toasted and slept
And rustled for washee and fame
Now. Yet was man
Whom the rest of his clan
Regarded as pure to fault;
So with lmitess trust
Their hoardings they thrust
In the tea chest that served as his vault
Yet winked his off eye
As he saw the chnk fly
Thro' the slot in his improvised bank;
Me sabbee, said he,
With chuckle of glee.
fool Chineeman alice same crank!"
Time rapidly passed,
Till Yet Wah at last
Decided his harvest to reap
So one silent night
He arose, lit his light,
The bad resolution to keep
Like Mclean clerk"
Said he, with a smrk,
I'VE steal EN- an then run awayi
Me brave-me no care
How Chineeman swear
In Canada Yet Wah will stayl"
With half nervous zest
He crept to the chest,
Unlocked it, and raised up the lid;
Then peering INSIDE
He sprang up, wild eyed,
With face as pale as the dead
VIVA for Muck hill"
Was his terrified cry,
As he sank out of breath, 'gainst the wall;
Some heap bad Chinee
Been here before me,
An stealee my money an all
"Thro hole In the bottom
Some roguey chap got EN-;
Kyil it makee me sicki
Bimeby some Chinee
He lay it on me
Say me stole EN-, and killee me quickt~
Like hideous dream,
So ended Vets scheme,
And, fearing the crisis, he busted"
Like shadow of night
He skunk out of sight,
Himself, like his bank, nearly busted
Yankee Blade.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

MIR. Spicer has just settled himself in the
chair for short cut, when the artist in at
tendance threw over him a calico apron on
which were pictured innumerabe little grey
hounds.
That is very appropriate" said Spicer
Wy do you call 20 little dogs appropriate,
Mr. Spizare" asked the barber, as he tucked
the apron into his victims neck until his eyes
bulged.
Because, gasped Spicer, "greyhounds are
good to catch the hare"
such silence fell upon the room that the
miiliner next door looked in to see if any body
had died. philadelphia Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

Not yet, Henry" she whispered softly,
indeed you must not speak to papa yet
DO love you, love you sincerely, but you must
wait little longer"
But why, Mergaret9r he asked, reproach.
fully. why must we wait so long; surely
you do not doubt meP'
No, Henry" was the low reply, II do not
doubt you, but | think we viii be SO much
happier when your salary has been increased
to ~ per week. Philadelphia Inquirer.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

The Standard Oil Company will erect
the largest refinery in the world Mt Whit.
ing seventeen miles from Chicago. Lima
OIL, which is piped to Chicago. will be
Nhned' and will supply all the Western
The granddaughter OF juice Ned
Strong, living in Breatht county, XIV,
ran away with a negro. The party were
pursued, and being overtaken. the ne ,ro
hred at Judge Strong, the bullet passing
through his hand. The negro was thea
shot to death. The father OF the pirl
when meeting her, attempted to kill her
and sent a bullet into his own head.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

The San joaquin Valley Union Veteran
Association has been organized at Fresno.
Over 1900 feet of brick frontage is
under building contracts at Ellensburg,
w. T.
Two horse-thieves were followed 200
miles from Apache county, A. t., and
killed.
NJ. d. Boruck will deliver the annual
address at the next State Fair at Sacra-
mento.
w. G.. st. Clair, an aeronaut, at Hous-
ton. Texas, recently, lost his hold on the
parachute, by means OF which he was to
reach the earth, and was crushed into a
shapeless mass in the presence OF the
spectators.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

"wheu did you get back from "
ton, Sammy
LAST week. I'm
"Come back on the llnlee'I nv Finances
"No. That was the sta'e ". freishs :
| worked my was back on Tue
Chicago Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

An Ohio poultry raiser ne" .bot i
4 curious discovery. lie say' ,ioEap,
ron 90 out to feed flock Of chl II, silI
and will cause them to wall wy wy rOu
Invariably, as they crowd a at"u risht
begin circuit around you ' ,his revo.
10 left in front, and continue 'nls No
ut Jon as as long as you stand there. b
amount of interruption OF ," .hom b,
,an confuse them or compei W. time
take the contrydirection at a"'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

"A thermographic printing press,
capable of turning off four hundred i'm
pressions an hour from hot type on
wood, is new French production. 1t
Is said to yield results equal to litho-
graphy.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

The Pennsylvania senate aOuOnt
passed a bill authorizing 'iie "f ;n.sns
ment of women as physicians u lan a
asylums where women aFo
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

Bella-Don't look like a p'i'
my new sacque, though ,yes
Clara ahsented mindedI1 I'm never sfss'
to B Sou na aGn 80 o'i long as urs'-S'D'
Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

The greatest OF the new English iron
clads. the Nile, had to be taken out of dry
dock because OF her structural inability
to support her armor. The Nile rates as
Of 15,6OO tons, and the weight OF her
protecting armor, exclusive OF glacis
plates and steel decks, is / go tons.
The steamship Rugia from New York
has put into Plymouth, England, having
her cargo greatly damaged by fire on
the 9th inst. Boats We're lowered and
passengers were ready to leave the YES
sell after efforts to extinguish the fire
had failed, when the Captain tried steam
and was successful.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04

Pale, lardy-looking butter is entirely
out of fashion. The market demands
butter with the golden hue OF June the
year round. There are but two WAYS of
making it so, either to keep cows that
color their butter the year round, or use
artificial coloring.
Some horticulturists are now claiming
that insects are beneficial because they
lessen production, which is theory that
is sure to end in the practice of methods
more injurious than can be forseen at the
present time. The war on insects should
not cease. 1t is not easy to keep them
within bounds even with the most per
sistent work.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-06-04
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Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
SEND IN YOUR CoMPLA MIS-.

Frequent complaints reach THE BEE
from passengers on trains and from res
idents of towns in this section, that it is
impossible to get a copy of THE BEE
from resident news agents and train
newsboys. The claim set up by the lat
ter is: "All sold;"-and then other
Omaha papers are offered instead. In
some instances, when the would-be pur-
chaser insists on getting "A copy of THE
BEE, it is forthcoming, but train news
boys deal them out sparingly, and when
their supply is about exhausted it is
their practice to force other Omaha
papers on passengers who would not
buy any other than THE BEE If it could
be had.
THE BEE urges upon everybody the
Importance OF making complaint to this
office upon failure to get THE BEE of
news dealers and n%ewsboys. There is
no reason why a full supply should not
be kept for all demands.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29

1'N NV u 'tFtt
The present law sends Iowa money into
other states to buy liquors. We seek to build
up Iowa Industries, yet in blind zeal aud
bigotry drive those industries to Peoria, and
then send money there to buy their product.
We close lowe breweries and then send
money to Milwaukee to buy and ship In
their beer. This Is not good business.
No compensation has come to the people
of the state III return for all they have sacri-
feed in a pecuniary way for prohibition.
Whisky, wine, beer, every kind of liquors
are shipped into Iowa by the train load, and
their shipment cannot be prevented. In
many places liquor is sold over the bar as
freely as ever; in other places it Is peddled
by bootleggers, sold in dives or doggeries, or
by drug stores. Liquor of all grades, from
the best to the vilost, demoralizes and pOisons
society in Iowa more than ever before in her
history. The rafiG Is u hundred times more
dangerous and degraded than ever before.
An open saloon, with a public business, may
be watched and regulated, but the stealthy,
illegal, illicit plying Of the trade through low
and secret dives and by reprobate bootleg
gers cannot be guarded. 1t is a MD eous, IN
brIdled monster, stalking through the state,
ravaging the land and corruptlng the youth.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29

the general cultivation OF the soil. The
destruction OF the hard mat OF buffalo
grass which covered the rich soil of this
section caused the natural moisture 60
sink into the earth, producing the in
creased humidity noted by Mr.. Dodge.
The most important item in Mr..
DodPe's report is that which urges the
farmers Of the west to pillow deeper and
bring to the surface those elements
OF growth which lie beneath
the average furrow. Deep blowing,
subsoiling and frequent cultivation and
changes of crops-these are the pro-
cesses which insure success. They are
commended to the careful attention OF
our farmer, especially those of the east
eru counties where the crop average
has materially decreased. Imperfect
tillage has placed them far behind their
western competitors, and radical and
frequent changes in crops as we'll as in
methods Is necessary to garner the
abundance which the soil, intelligently
cultivated, guarantees.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS.

The Seward Reporter believes that the
"friends of Senator H.. $. Norval have every
reason to feel good over the prospects of
their candidate. Mr.. Norval's canvass so
far has demonstrated that he has many
warm friends all over the district, and while
different county conventions are instructing
for their own favorite sons, he is well salts
fled with the encouragement received"
"Colonel Webster, of Hitchcock county,
is looming up as a formidable rival to Mr..
Laws,i says the York Times. ''He will
share the Republican valley vote with him,
and greatly diminish his folio wing. Mr..
Laws has seen his best days as a congress
sional candidate. While it is difficult to
even guess who the coming man is, it really
looks now as though Mr.. Harlan stood a bet
ter chance than any other candidate"
The Hitchcock county republican conven-
ton has chosen delegates to tine congress
sional. convention favorable to Colonel Il. ID.
Webster, for which action the delegates are
commended by the StrattOn Herald, which
SAYS. 1.-The colonel is a man who has long
been identifie ed with the republican party OF
Nebraska and the entire union as well. Dur
ing the first four years of President Lincoln's
term he was Secretary of State Stewards
private secretary ana during the latter tern.
OF administration was appointed consul to
England, filling both offices with credit to
his country and himself, Since then he has
been a prominent p%articipator in all republic
can campaigns, lending his aid wnen
and where IL was needed. AS a public
speaker he has few equals and no superiors.
For those cogent reasons the Herald en-
dorses Colonel +. ID. Webster for
congressman Of the Second congressional
district an d trusts that when the congress
sional convention of the Second district meets
il will honor Itself and the second district by
nominating him as the standard bearer"
Judge Reese, the member of the supreme
bench whose term expires this fall, does not
seem TO suit the railroad wing OF the repub-
lican party and they wall strive TO prevent hls
denomination, says the Howells Journal
MIR. Resse's record is beyond reproaeh.
That he has not bowed down TO the corpora
tlons of the state is greatly TO his credit.
Says the Culbertson Sun; "rhe transpor-
| tatlOn rates on wheat, corn and oats to Chi
| cago ought to be reduced. Prices quoted in
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29

Chicago are Tor wheat 1870, corn 3sc and
oats l9c. Prices prevailing here are wheat
45c, corn and oats i5c TO 16c. The price OF
oats here IL regulated by the home demand;
for shipping purposes 100 TO lie is the most
that could be paid. Now that does not leave
the famer enough for his seed, time and
labor. Something must be done tosbriug re-
lief. The only practical way out now is a
reduction in tho cost of transportation. We
believe tho roads leading to Chicago can af-
ford to lower the rates, Business interests
demand it, The prosperity of this section OF
the state depends largely upon 1T. TIL rail.
roads have come TO the rescue in this re-
spect In times past. What has the b. q NJ.
TO say nowi People here are at the mercy
of that corporation. A proper representa-
tiOn OF the facts should be made, and the
roads respectfully asked to grant the neces-
sary relief"
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
AMERICAN INTENTIONS.

Americans who have read with re-
gret, il not with a feeling OF humilia-
tion, OF the comparative ~inadequacy Of
the general exhibit of this country at
the Paris exposition, will learn with
pleasure that American exhibitors will
receive greater recognition from the
judges, in proportion to their display,
than will be given TO those OF any other
country. This is an acknowledge
ment OF the superiority OF Amer
lean inventions over those OF Eu-
rope displayed at the eXposi-
ton, and iuasmuch as the
exhibit from this country en-
braces but a small part of what might
have been shown OF our inventions,
while the European countries have
most elaborate displays Of their inven-
tions, the significance and value of the
greater recognition to be accorded our
exhibitors can o very we'll be over
estimated.
1t has come to be universally ad-
mitted hat the American people are
pre-eminent in inventive genius,
and it would be n very easy
task to show how much more than
any other people they have con-
tributed by their ingenuity to tighten
the worlds labor and increase the pro-
auctions and comforts of mankind. In
conferring upon Edison the grand cross
Of the Legion Of Honor, a few days ago,
the French munster Of foreign affairs
| referred to the great superiority of
Americans in inventive genius and the
vast service to mankind of their re-
markable ingenuity. All the condi-
tions of our growth have contributed to
the development Of the inventive tai
ent, and in whatever other respects the
American people may be inferior, and
some they c%onfessedly are, in their
genius for invention their pre-eminence
is undisputed and i~ndisputable. The
Paris exposition has served to make
this fact clear and acknowledged.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
RECKLESs LOAN COMPANIES.

OMAHA, Sept. $50 the Editor OF THE
BEE: In YOU paper | notice a special
from Boston regarding the failure of
the Farmers Loan aud Trust company, of
Kansas. A failure of this kind is much to
be regretted on several accounts, one of which
is because of the bad effect il will have upon
the sale of western farm mortgages in east
ern markets 1t gives the organs of other
lines of Investment companies u chance to
cry down all farm mortgage companies, and
will divert considerable money from farm
mortgage securities to railroad and other
securities.
However, there should not be too much
sympathy bestowed upon the holders Of the
bonds of the defuuct company. No one has
invested any money with the concern for
over q year without having opportunity to
find out the condition of it's finances.
Their statement published under date
of October /, 1888, shows that the
loans made were very badly in default for
interest, ami gives other evidences of bad
management, Nor was this the only warn
ing that investors had before them, as the
American Wool Reporter published facts re-
gardlng the company last winter which
should have been enough to make investors
look elsewhere for a safe place to put their
IN oney.
AS loan companies doing any business in
the New England states are compelled to
show their hands at least twice a year, there
is no excuse for people who invest with a
| rotten company. 1t is a hungering for a
higher rate OF interest that makes them ac-
cept the securities of a company that can not
make a statement showing solvency, and if
this righteousness brings trouble and loss
-. -. III ~-. r--1e =. -.
mortgages nee1 never lose his money.
There are too many strong conserva-
tive companies in the business with
whom he can invest, and his interests
are too jealousy guarded by the legislatures
of New Hampshire, New York, Massa-
chusetts and Connecticut for him to unwit-
tingly buy a bond or mortgage of a company
like the Farmers Loan and Trust company
of Kansas. JAMES ADDISON.
We fully coincide With the writer that
the collapse of the Kansas loan COM
pany is liable to create alarm among
eastern capitalists over western farm
securities. The freedom with which
capital has been flowing from Boston
and New York into the hands of west
ern loan agents has e~mboldened many
llSOlNShJ CouCeFuS W w al largo puSi-
ness on very small capital. 1t is to
be feared that the Kansas trust
company is not the only bottomless
money-lending institution west of the
Mississippi. Capitalists everywhere
know that high interest nearly always
means poor security. When these
capitalists deliberately place their
money into the hands of reckless sharks
who make it their business to extort
usurer's commissions on the top of high
interest they certainly should not COM
plain if they discover hat their
securities are ~over-rated. Western
farm mortgage oans as a class are the
safest of investments, providing the
loans are handled by reputable firms.
Omaha daily bee., 1889-09-29
AUTH MN VOICE S.
u IL " an Sn.ntntnr

r. W. %. in Spectator.
When 1 was in the woods to-day
The golden leaves were falling round me,
And | thought heard soft voices say
Words that with sad enchantment
bound me.
10, dying year, o, flying yearl
o, days of dimness, nights OF sorrow
o, iesseniug nlghti o, lengtbening nightl
o, morn forlorn and hopeless morroww
No bodies visible had these
Whose voice | heard so sadly calling;
They were the spirits of the trees
Launching for the bright leaves falling.
Prisoners in naked trunks they lie,
In eaflcss'boughs have lodging slender;
But soon as spring is in the sky
They deck again the woods with %splendor.
The light leaves rustled on the ground,
Wind stirred, ana when again ! hearkened
flushed were those voices. Wide around
Night fell, and all the ways were darkened.