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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

pr0n01y - Me walked down the strres
that my heart kind Of warmed to him.
But when We got Ii, crowd az fellows {
little while after and the boys spoke Of
the new tile and congratulated me on It's
looks the donor Clipped in:
BY the way, whenever buy man
his frat silk hat / always give hira one
tip. This is II: Whenever you take
your hat of and hold It Or lay IL down
be sure that the trade mark ON the in
side Is exhibited What's the use of
having the best II you don't let people
know it?'
'Of course every body in the crowd
knew then that he had given me this
hat The next day ran against him
on the street. He stopped me.
Ny boy he said, with fatheriy
solicitude, wearing the new hat I
bought you on cloudy dag like this?
You cughtn't TO do it. Sure to rain be-
fore night Wear derby on rainy
days
ssHe hustled along, and the country
cousin had with me asked me II was
Of age.
my benevolent friend came into my
office in the afternoon There were sew
eral other people present, but as soon a.
his eye rested on the plug hung up be-
side the door he said:
Don't you know better'n to hang
that new hat up where the door'n get
slammed back against it and make an
accordion OF it? If you don't take de-
cent care Of it, I'll never buy you an
other, never
HE wanted me TO 20 down the street
with him, and / went. On the way I
passed several acquaintances with
ladies, and lifted my hat.
You'll wear that hat out in week
ii you keep doing that, said the doner 1t
ain't necessary, any way; just give the
military salute; touch the hat with .
sort of coartly wave Of the hand. See?
Otherwise you'll have the Eim all linn
bered up and shabbyr
Il began to get tired Of this. but
stood 1t meekly as became man who
had been benefited That same even
ing went to the theater, and as came
out between the acts and stood in the
lobby talking with group Of friends up
comes my man and says:
hotice you put tnab nat under the
seat Mustn't do it. Folks kick
through from behind and muss it up-
don't want to have to buy you another
enc right away, you know. Hold it on
/ your lap
''Of course this appraised every body
that he was my hat patron Since that
| time he has held me up half dozen
| times-always before crowd OF friends
and said something about the hat.
Once it was kick on my tie; it didn't
/ go well with the hat, he said Another
time / inadvertently tilted it back ON
/ my head, and was corrected for that
! Then he noticed that it was little ruff
fed and told me to send it down and
/ have it ironed- It wouldn't cost any
thing. he said, il mentioned his name.
Finally | took the blasted hat home and
/ smashed it with an Indian club. I'm
wearing a crusher, nov, you'll notice.
/ Before I'd wear another silk hat OF
somebody else's buying would tie my
head up in red bandana- That goes!"
/ -Chisago Mail
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Steel ties are the next thing in rail-
ways. The Carnegie works at Pittsburgh
are turning out one minute.
1T will require so, 900 bales of cotton
for the mills of the Amoskeag Manufac-
turing Company at Manchester, n H.,
for the coming year.
A French chemist believes himself
able to tell whether soil is deficient in
phosphorus, potash or nitrogen by the
shade of green of the vegetation. The
leaves become yellowish when nitrogen
is lacking.
There are four products of Cali
fornia," says Pacific Coast journal.
which will shortly command the market
of this country and will seek outlets
abroad. These are rsisins figs, prunes
and olive oil,
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nonrs 1t Is singularly quiet town. Tha
mild, soft evenings permit families 81
s,' IN tne open air, and in stroIiinp
through the streets at night the lighted
ends OF cigars and cigarettes are 50 thick
In 'front.' Of the houses as to remind one
Of firefies. The little darkies ard the
children OF the poorer classes OF c,bans
play together ON footing OF social
equality.
On one occasion saw an amateur min.
strei performance by fifteen or twenty
utee Fellows not more than thirteen
years old Por initiative skill / had
never seen any thing superior 10
she little Cubans when mimickino
their negro associates. Jokes were
cracked between the lend mon =
tambeurine and bones were there.
and the soft, mellow little voices
singing Southern melodies made as a
whole an entertainment worthy Of a
higher stage. had seen Ctristy's.
ktiiy q Icons, Dan Bryant-s. the San
Francisco and Dockstader's minstrel.
but none OF them had the natural char,
OF that Cuban-darky troupe at Key
west. Bright and early on the follow
ing morning these MINISTRIES could be
seen working at the cigar tables with
faces SO solemn as to preclude the idea
Oh any sense OF humor in their compost
ton. The characteristics and tastes of
different nations as smokers are as well
known to the Key West manufacturer
as to the retailer. For the English mar
ket heavy, strong. richly-fayored cigar
Is the fayorite, while for the continent
mild. quick-burning one must be made
The United States consumes every kind
OF cigars. light and dark large and
small. IN. Y Times.
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MISUNDERSTOOD.

think Host my falrf
nov I'm N 'ay brain and wasted .lms
ssayias .s sDa,i and glorious rhyme.
,ao,r. So one night
she Is q W., h,i had sung song to me.
when shs XIX na done for your love-" said
fhs you :. n% what he has wrought for theep
.,o,dlng perfutned page
Tben. u ulnr.s CREATURE" began
"el0r s"es arrows Of angry looks
jS ssyer before were shot AZ ma"
(. .ns cried, els maids reward
TBS s she has lifted high her voice.
Wn 'are s II the critics ear
rnawarnn 70 linn she called her choicei
Ill.,. cried, "and another seek,
go, = y" Sereecher; or, u she be,
sot aas temper IL far more meek
on g1 snG her lover is far too free"
word Of my defense
ssyel aa t,,e maid to forgive my crime
aes m"a the way lost my love
That w. h a heard the half my rhyme.
Ere sh' Mrs, George Archibald, In Judge
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SMART wooococks.
How the Wide Awake Birds Go Forth to
/ CAPTURE Worms.


When the moon rose I took posi-
ton near one OF the moist places,
where the borings were freshest and
most plentiful, and awaited develop
ments. For a long time the bright
light OF the moon fell upon the spot
wished TO observe and ! could see
every thing with the utmost plainness
At about eight o'clock woodcocs
dropped down silently beside the
brook. Presently another bird walked
put OF the shadow aud joined 1t. Both
began to bore for worms. an operation
had never seen before. and a curious
performance it was. The birds would
rest their bills upon the mud and stand
In this position for several seconds, as
Ii listening. Then with a sudden,
swift movement they would drive the
bill its entire length In the soil, hold it
so for second and then as swiftly
withdraw 1t. Though / watched the
birds carefully with the glass / could
not detect the presence OF worm in
their bills when they were withdrawn.
But the subsequent process gave me
the clew TO their method of feeding.
After having bored over considera-
bic piece of grounda square foot or
more-they proceeded to execute what
looked comically like war dance upon
the perforated territory. They also
occasionally tapped the ground with
the tips OF their wings. My intense
curiosity to know the possible utility
OF this process was at length gratified
by seeing worm crawl. half length,
from one of the borings. when it was
Immediately pounced upon and de-
voured by one of the woodcock. Pres
emily another worm made its appear
ance. and so on until the woodcocks
had deyoured as many az dozen Of
them. Then the vein seemed exhaust
ed, and the birds took their leave.
have subsequently studied the phi.
losophy OF this method of digging bait,
and have come to the conclusion that
| certain birds are a great deal wiser
than certain bipeds without feathers.
II you will take sharpenedostick and
drive it into the ground a number of
times, in spot which is prolific with
worms. and then tap on SIC ground
with the stick Tor a few minutes, you
will find that the worms wi come to
the surface, and that they will come
Up through the holes which you have
hade. account for it by the suppo-
sition that the tapping of the stick
somehow affects the worms the same
as the patter OF rain. aud it is a we'll
known fact that worms come to the
/ surface of the ground when it rains.
/ The antics Of the woodcocks after they
had made their borings, then, were
simply mimetic. and intended to delude
worms ,lto the belief that it was rain
ing in the upper world. The worms,
being dece. we'd. came up aud were de-
voured. All this may seem ridiculous,
but if il is not true. will some natural
lst please state how woodcock can
grasp and devour worm when its bill
is confined in solid, tight-ftting tun-
mel of soil, and also how it is enabled
to know the exact spot where it may
sink its bill and strike the wormo And
further, of all those who have seen a
woodcock feeding. how MANY ever saw
1t withdraw worm from the ground
with its bill?-Forest and Stream.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
AN uNWElCOME GIEr.
Trials of a Young Man Who Was Made he
Recipient of a silk Hat.

did you ever have a friend give yoL
a silk hate" asked q morose young man
at the club. No? Well, don't, Ii one
OF your round-town friends tries to pull
you into hat store and load one onto
you. break away and shun him like the
pestilence. speak from acrid expert
enee. Listen to my tale of woe. One OF
my big-hearted acquaintances a shor'
time ago bought me an eight-dellar silk
deer. thought it real clever of him
and was grateful. He looked at me 20
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

Mr.. Fox-Everything points to the
rapid approach OF a severe winter. The
goosebone. the moss on the trees, the
fur on the seal
Little Johnnie-Papa's got differ
ent sign from any of them
Mr.. What is it, my little man
Little Johnnie - This morning |
heard him saying. Mammals feet are
getting coldr' Cleveland Sun and
Voice
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

Little Ethel-Please, Mr.. Tooscore.
why didn't you have suspenders to
your HART
Tooscore bearded, but baldl-What
does my little friend meant
Little Ethel-'Cause, you see, your
hair has nearly all slipped right down
round your neck.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

@ 10y DDfsfaers and the faithful damssls
~, 49, naa served her so long witbout
n'oheS ana without price. was too ,nnah
~. ~ ,'er philosophy. Nor did it at an
4na to console her when uncla Iona
Inan afterward remarked. e1
its al Your own fault, Anastasssr
N. Y. Ledger. ''a'iaf
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
What the Editor said.

He was tall, thin and hungry looking
and when he told the editor he was
poet, the editor didn't say disputatory
word. BUT be didn't get his poetry in
Inc paper, Just the same, and the man
with blue pencil and the preoccup pied
air made several remarks.
Poets are born. sir" he said, haughti-
4. as he rolled up his manuscript.
And I'm doggoued sorry for it." said
the editor. Traveller.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
Preaching yer.u. Praetieins.

Upon my soullH exclaimed Mra
Flyaround, Il never saw such a CAD
der in all my life as that Mrs. Never
home is! Actually, yesterday called
seven times at her house and couldn't
get in oneef'-Eporh
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

A man in Sierra County, Cal, who
killed neighbours steer to save his own
family from starving, declined counsel,
pleaded guilty. and was sentenced to one
year in the State prison
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24

1t is rumored that serious attention Is
now being paid in official circles to the
project of connecting the Baltic and
Berlin ny sea-going ship canal. This
was a favorite idea of DIR. Strousherg in
his later and bankrupt days. when he
cast about for some means of turning L,
account his financial genius, and there
is reason to believe that even Count vor
Moltke thought the idea worth serious
consideration. Admiral Batsch, too,
once wrote a magazine article entitled
First ship in Berlin" and discussed
the question whether this phenomenon.
might best be brought about by deepen
ing the Elbe or the Oder. He decided
in favor of the latter. and now il is said
that a committee is actually being
formed to give effect to his proposal. OF
at least examine it; but in any case, i,
will be very long time Vet before Der
lin becomes eaport.-Berliu Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
Not SO Tough a. That.

Mrs. Youngwife-Wel1, Harry, our
frst dinner party will be a great sue
cess, think. The dinner. am sure
will be perfect.
Roast ducks with currant Jelly"
Gracious, Eleanor. the one thing
amt carve. They'll be tough, too, IL
bet
%. no. they won't l took care not
to get canvass-backs. u tiea Observer
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-24
FRENCH SECRET AGENTS.

me .naraeter ana Methods o. the spies
~,
- poiiee IN 1aris
-, ~i.n parus "hieh' IN eases
NAli iisir'' mem ne pfo.ec-
- p,o ~
80 o''o' an oaher meetings, tne
-. s''a,e 1.. aiaS'
-. -, - ass.'i a. ~" 7onase anu .hain-
- =. ~. armament
shes pre-
~ - ns,aiis speaAihe
- -
A ' ea'i''i aes'ouhss
- az .asA.s 80, = hali'F ''tis
~ ~. .iio" ''n''s =, iiiis ,iaals ~ rrahee
-. = e9iop'a, e fa'nius ~
- -. 'No,'. anu Z, = - piiA
" eA "nis7' " eiie
- en's ',i,o'in'ie'
-. sn@e oi' oones suuuehis y
~" 'l'i' ~ Guy
sns M a. ,ah nov
-, - ~ .ns u''' " sn'
eia' SUMMARY ~ ms " her ahVece-
that the name of the most obscure rar-
picker of Paris has its chronicle as well
as that of the President of the Republic
Paris detectives are divided into two
classes The Agents de la Surete. who
are the detectives as We know them in
England. very plucky. respectable and
self-sacrificing body of chosen police
men in plain clothing; and the Agents
de la Police Secrete. mean and CON
temptible- but fearfully clever lot. The
Partisan nickname for the second-class
is Mouchard- than which there Is nc
more odious epithet in the French Ian
guage. The mouchard may be poor
beggar with not more than $50 year.
or be man or woman of high rank. fire.
qnenting and receiving the best society
Sardou Dora was female mouchard
The business of the mouchard high OF
low is 10 listen to conversations on the
Governments doIngs and sayings. and
report them to the Project of Police.
who communicates them to the Minister
of the Interior. They are, in fact, po
iiticai spies. and frequently great i'm
posters and ars.-Philadelphia Times
The morning call., 1890-04-28
PoULTICE PAVEMENT IN FAVOR.

The Examiner has found man who Is
heartily in favor of the poultce pavement
he is a soil man and without doubt pays
taxes, as good citizen should. This solid
citizen has tried the pavement and approves
of ii. He wants more of it, and especially
ON the streets he has to use in his line of
business. This solid citizen is made to say:
. 1t is all nonsense to say that heavy loads
have bad effect upon bituminouS rock.
have sent the heaviest loads over Golden
Gate avenue, and so have other teamsters of
this city, but have failed to see where the
street is broken up yet" Other people
have seen what this solid citizen has failed
to see. Golden Gate avenue is In constant
need of repairs. While a single dray does
not tear 1t to pieces the pOultice cart has TO
go over it every few weeks to keep it in
tolerable condition. The preference of
draymen and livery stable-keepers for a
smooth pavement is natural and eXcusabe.
The nature of their business is such that
they save more by the poultce pavement
than they lose in the way of taxes. We
presume truckmen and expressnlen may be
added to the list of advocates of the p0ultice
pavement. Individually they are benefited
to a greater extent than the amount of
extra tax it entails. All tlat is now said in
favor of the poultice has been said in days
past in favor IF wood. 1t was smoother
than stones, comparatively noiseless and a
few weeks wear did not show its perishable
character But there are no advocates Of
wooden pavements now. The experiment
has been tried and has failed. TIE pouilice
experiment is still in its early and best
days.
The morning call., 1890-04-28
A HUMAN DOUR-MAT.

A novel has recently been published in
which the sacrifices Of clergy man and his
wife to keep their son in college are wildly
depicted. The parents in this case made of
themselves kind of door-mat, upon which
their selfish son might wipe his well-clad
feet The son wrote for money far beyond
the means of his parents to supply, know
ing exactly what means they possessed.
The parents denied themselves the com
forts of life to provide their son with the
means he asked. There is something very
pitiful in the spectacle thus presented.
Nothing can be more touching than the sac
riices of parents for their children when
the purpose in view is worthy of the saeri
fee. But 1t is difficult to sympathize very
deeply with parents who starved them
selves to send son to cullege. 1t is even
question If large proportion Of college
educated men would not lead happier and
more useful lives if they had been educated
to business or taught mechanical trade.
The young man without money or inf1uen-
tlal friends is poorly equipped for the bat
tie Of life when he comes out of college If
he adopts one Of the three so-caled learned
professions he will, unless more than ordi-
The morning call., 1890-04-28
THE E1GHT-HoUR DEMONSTRATIONS.

The wage workers in all the principal
manufacturing countries are preparing to
make mighty demonstration on the 1st of
May to bring about reduction in the hours
that shall constitute a days work. The
extent OF the movement commends it to
public favor. All movements for the adj
vance of the interests of labor should cover
as much ground as possible. The reasons
why a local movement fails apply with less
force to one which covers the whole field of
operations. The employer in San Francisco
can say that he cannot afford to pay full
wages for eight hours, while his Chicago
competitor eXacts ten hours for the same
amount of money. The Chicago employer
objects to eight hours while his competitors
in the more thickly settled States of the
Atlantic Coast can dictate to their en-
ployes the number of hours they shall
W ork. The Atlantic Coast makes the COM
parison with the condition of the laborer in
Europe. All these employers are Compel
ing for the same markets. and each natu-
rally protests against an increase of wages
which does not reach the other. The tariff
on European products gives the American
manufacturer certain advantage, but he
will make a less strenuous fight against an
increase of wages which applies as we'll to
his European competitor as to himself. 1t
is not probable that the eight-hour demon
stration will be Immediately successful in
Europe. The distance is too great to be
covered by one step. In the United States
it is from nine or ten hours to eight that is
proposed. In Europe it is from twelve or
fifteen to eight. The change would be too
great to be brought about at once, but the
reduction of one or two hours this year
would prepare the way for similar reduc-
tions in years TO come.
The morning call., 1890-04-28
PHOTOGRAPHIC PROGRESS.

In this city where the science of photo
graphy has made more progress than else
where in the United States, recent tele-
graphic announcement from Vienna that
a German photographer had succeeded in
photographing natural colors was received
with considerable surprise, and we notice
that a scientific writer in the New York Sun
eXplodes the story in an elaborate article
He explains that we have made no progress
toward catching and retaining colors ON the
Photographic plate since photography was
invented though some of the ablest minds
Of the age have devoted years of study to
the subject. Some years ago a process
which is known as orthoehromatic photo
graphy was invented. By this color values
in their true relation to each other are pre-
served in the photograph, so that the
hideOus want of harmony so conspicuous in
old photographs has disappeared. But
artists are as unable as they ever were to
produce a picture in which the yellows,
greens, reds, blues and Yiolets OF nature are
faithfully given.
Nearly half century ago Dr. Beckerel
Frenchmau, succeeded in impressing the
prismatic colors on highly sensitive paper.
but the eolors like those of the paintings at
Pompeii, faded On exposure to light. After
his failure. the orthochromatic process was
perfected and photographers abandoned the
search for the secret of color photography.
We judge from the Vienna dispatch that
the study is being resumed. 1t would seem
that DR.. Beckerel has indicated the direc-
ton in which experiment may possibly be
crowned with success. If the prismatic
colors can be printed on sensitive paper for
ever so brief a period it ought to be posi-
bic to discover way to make them endur-
ing. The early photographs were apt to
vanish after few years exposure on a
wall, but now we are told they last forever
Why cannot as much be done for colors?
The science Of photography is in its in
fancy. A considerable stride was made
when that pretty toy-the Kodak-was in
vented. and the rule was adopted Every
man his own photographer. Instantaneous
photography, which catches the action Of
the legs of fast trotting-horse when he is
travelling at two-minute gait, was another
important step. The photography of the
future viii all be instantaneous. Portraits
for which a man sits after composing his
face into what he considers dignitied eX-
preston are always earieatures. The only
Photographic portrait of nature is taken
when the sitter is unconscious that he is be-
ing photographed. 1t is hard to set limit
to the progress which the science may make
when the photographer calls the microscop-
iSt to his aid. AT present an enlarged copy
of a small Kodak exhibits no more lines or
dots than the Kodak itself. Thus the blur
in the latter, which represents a bunch of
foliage, remains blur in the large picture
and is not resolved into twigs and leaves.
Is it impossible for microscopy to divide
these lines and dots into their original ele-
ments?
The morning call., 1890-04-28
THE SUBSCRIBERS, CLUB.
Discussing the Improvement of Cour

Discussing the Improvement of Court
land Avenue.
The Subscribers Club of CORTLAND ave-
nue., which numbers about eighty mem
bers, met yesterday afternoon at 947 Put
nam street, with President George AulI in
the chair.
The reports of the Secretary and OF the
Finance Committee were read and referred
to the Board of Trustees, they to report
upon the same at the next meeting Of the
club.
1t was decided to join the Federation of
improvement Clubs. and the Treasurer was
authorized TO eXpend the sum Of $3.50 for
that purpose. The President was then
authorized to employ an additional man to
assist in collecting the money subscribed TO
the clubs fund.
William Bartlett. President of the Fed
Grated Clubs, made brief speech, in which
he urged the great necessity for street i'm
pr0yements, ana referred TO the growing
importance of CORTLAND avenue as a CON
Meeting link between the central portion of
San Francisco and the ocean. He advised
that the organization stick to the project in
hand, with view to continuing the de-
sired work.