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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-09-12
a MOVING MounTAIN.
Strange Phenomenon NJ the Cascades I
the CoInmiBla River.

STRANGE Phenomenon nj the Caseadss ~
the CoIumsla River.
A travelling mountain il found at the
Cascades OF the Columbia. II lisa triple
peaked mass OF dark-brown basalt, six
or eight miles in length where 1t fronts
the river, and rises TO height OF al
most 2. 900 feet above the water.
That IL Is In motion is the last thought
which would be likely to suggest itself
TO the mind Of any one passing 1t, yet
1t is a weil-established fact that this
entire mountain Is moving slowly but
steadily down the river, as IL 1t had q
deliberate purpose some time in the
future 70 dam the Columbia and form a
great lake from the Cascades to the
Dalles- The Indian traditions indicate
immense movements of the mountains
hereabonts, long before white rnen came
to Oregon, and the early settlers, inn
migrants many Of them from New En-
gland, gave the above-described monnt-
ainous ridge the name of travelling
mountain" or sliding mountain"
In its forward and downward move.
ment the forests along the base OF the
ridge have become submerged III the
river. Large tree-stubs can be seer
standing deep in the water on Thu
shore. The railway engineers and the
trackmen find that the line OF the rail
road which skirts the foot Of the noun
tain is being continually forced out o
| place. At certain points the roadbet
and rails have been pushed eight or tel
feet out OF line in the course Of . few
years.
Biologists attribute this strange phe
nomenon to the fact that the basalt
which constitutes the bulk of the noun
tain, rests upon a substratum of con
glomerate, or Of soft sandstone. whicl
the deep, swift curr of the might
river is constantly airing away, o
that this softer subr is of itsel
yielding, at great dep rs. to the enol
nous weight of the harder materia
abOve-AstOrian.
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Center of the United States.

Do you know the exact location Of
the center of the Unionl Never
thought anything about it, probably.
Well, 1t is marked by a graye-that OF
Mai. Ogden, of the United States army,
who died at Fort Riley, Kan, in 1885,
during the cholera epidemic OF that
year. The remains of the major were
removed to Fort Leavenworth and
buried in the National cemetery there,
but his monument still stands upon a
little knoll to the northeast of the fort
Fort Riley-and it lifts its head to-
wards the clouds in the exact geOgraphi-
cal center OF the United States. OF
the thousands of men who have been
located at Fort Riley during the past
forty years, perhaps not one in hundred
knew or cared anything about the odd
ity of his situation. The post is a few
miles east of Junction City, Kan, and
was formerly one of the most important
10 the United States. st. Louis Re
rublie
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A PARTICULAR PEOPLE.
why the King of Tramps Shook the Dust
of Detroit from His Feet.

why the King of Tramps Shook the Dust
of Detroit from His Feet.
A great, big, ragged tramp was
stretched at full length on one of the
benches in the circus park yesterday,
when an officer approached and dropped
the end of his club against him and
said:
''Get out of this!'
"W-who-what!" gasped the sleeper
as he struggled up.
what are you doing here ?'
"Sleeping, sir"
"But this is no place to Sleep"
at amt hey ?"
mo; and you have no right to stretch
out and occupy bench"
II think have"
"Well, know you haven't and if you
do it again III arrest your
SIS that the law here?"
at isl
"Well, you must be a mighty par
ticular people. If fellow wants to
sleep he must keep awake on account Of
the law, and if he wants to stretch his
legs he's got to go out and hire vacant
lot somewhere. Sayl'
"Wellr'
"Put your old park in your pocket
There's no society for a man like me
here. any way, and just wandered in
to show the people that wasn't proud
or stuck up. detroit Free Press
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A NEW AUTHORIZES.


Her Work AbsuRds in Carefully Selected
Foreign Words and Phrases
MI DEAR MICE. 1 have read the
story OF years, which you were kind
enough to send me from the seminary.
and must say the heroine was very
vivacious, the hero sagacious, the rich
old uncle mendactoEs. the designs Of
the rival faIacious. the old aunt guda-
cioaz, and the characters in general
1oquacioas. The foreign words and
phrases which abound in the story,
which Is quite the proper fad, of late
show great care IN selection, and are
spelled correctly; bus it strikes me that
YOU are not always up to the mark IN
the application
The rounded cheeks Of Jane wore .
beautiful sG5 ross hue, goes little too
far.
''Sbe wore splendid nom De plume II
her hat" is some what far brought per
haps-
What kind of doctor was John, thas
he should ask, tenderIy: My dearest
what doth iatsr uliaP''
Where John tears himself away il
despair. exclaining. '.Au Jaitt What
is my lot? false, fair one, GU reroir, aus
dteui'' these should have been followed
with al flers, TO make it complete.
Where you had her sit at table and
ct esteya. and other viands, 1 feared for
her digestion; and was even more
alarmed when she observed: ''ieA den
at two precisely. and am quite fond Of
q Ia FFaSe1{ss, and also Slri5ze- cGlse.
y
his tail. He did? I don't quise see
how he could do it.
when he heard the tale he was PER
fectly ssaeute for several minutes" As
he sat quiet. am glad he was not 50
warlize as you would have Us infer.
She exclai med. excitedly: You have
{ got more c5apsalG bras IN your cheek than
any body I ever saw from which.
would think, it Was perfectly soft
enough 10 be fele
l suppose the ducks and chickens
were safe, when she gently pat them
in the coup d'st1t
He fell into the eGz1iJis, and was
nearly drowned" was thrilling acct
dent, and was glad he was saved
Away he galloped on his hers d. corr
bGt;S' but IL was 4 wonder he was not
thrown That IS such risky thing for
him 70 ride.
Where Jack qaarrels with his land
lord and SAYS: .DsrEisr Fsss9rt.9 no Won
der the latter went in and shutthe door
in his face, under such a malediction-
Was it not hard on Johns head &c
wear an al cap tzRdeusR l should
think SO.
John must have had good appetite
when he said 20 the waiter; Il vans ny
steak daa5A sEtsEcre."
She was extremely uplimentary
when she said: '-Ah, dearest, you
poem is quite race esrsa."
"When the rsr5ua saP began 10 sti
in the plants, is very springy, indeed
and poeticaL
..E'snis, the end" is very aptl!
quoted.
On the whole the story IS quite NJ =
the average, and the foreign phrase
not any more out OF the way. The lat
ter give tone 10 it, and I predict its sue
cess,-A w. Bellaw. in Light
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Mr.. Edward Cook. after having lived
some time with his brother George at
Tugsteu. in Northumberland, went TO
America. and took with him a pointer
dog, which he lost soou afterward,
while shooting IN the woods near Balti-
more. Some time after. Mr.. George
Cook, who continued to reside at Tug
stem, was alarmed az hearing dog in
the night. He admitted it into the
house, and found that it was the same
mis- brother had taken with him to
America. The dog lived with them
until his master returned home, when
they mutually recognized each other.
Mr.. Cook vas never able TO trace by
what vessel the dog had left America,
or in what part OF England II had been
landed. York Mail and Express.
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There is such thing as doing piece
of work too thoroughly, as the follow
ing incident shows. A Portland lady
had large family Bible that had be-
longed to her husbands mother, and
which both highly priced. For twenty
years they travelled great deal and al
WAYS took this Bible with them. Each
Sunday on returning from church the
lady wrote in the margin of this Bible
opposite the passage that had formed
the preachers text the name OF the min
lister and the town or city where the SER
mon was given, also brief comments.
A few months ago the couple came to
Portland, and as the Bible was coming
from the binding, it was taken to book
binders to be repaired. 1t is difficult
to imagine the owners feelings when
on again receiving the book she found
that the book-binder had not only cut
the previously wide margin fully one
half, but had carefully gone through
the book and erased nearly all of the
work of the lady's pencil during all
these years. The book looked better.
no doubt. but to the owner it was
irreparably spoiled. tMe.
Journal.
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The Genius has brought out the fact
that man can live In a New York
hotel for ten yea-z and never speak to
any one or enter INTO any conmuuica-
ton with any one except as to the
commonplace affairs Of eating and
drinking. This champion hermit lives
at the Grand Union hotel, and i
known as Bailey. That Is all that i
known about him Theirs was q state
ment printed that the census man had
skipped that hotel, and IN writing to
the supervisor to say that the story
was untrue, and that the enumeration,
with the assistance of the clerks, had
made every effort to secure the proper
Information as to al permanent resi-
dents In the house, the proprietor, Mr..
Garrison. added that there was one
man called Bailey who, TO the best of
his knowledge, had not spoken word
TO q living soul since he first came to
live at the hotel. ten years ago, and
from whom It had bean impossible to
obtain any answers TO the questions
There has been story told OF another
similar hermit who used to live at 3
large down town hotel. but that one
did talk occasionally New York Sun
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The British house Of commons Is per-
haps the most powerful organization Of
men In the world, but its great authority
and dignity did not prevent 1t from be-
ing thrown into some confusion on re-
cent occasion, by very small enemy.
One Of the members. Sir John Gorst,
had taken the floor to address the house,
when it was perceived by number Of
members that mouse had taken the
floor at the same time, and was running
exactly in the direction Of the spot occu-
pied by Sir John.
Certain of the members could not re-
frain from cries Of surprise at seeing the
mouse make this movement The cries
frightened the mouse and caused him TO
turn back and run towards the benches
occupied by the members.
This threw the. front bench into some
mouse the more. He attempted to take
refuge in the trousers leg of an honora~
BILE member, and this gentleman inme-
diately began series of leaps and bounds
IN an attempt to free himself from the
mouse.
In an instant the chamber was in con-
fusion. The mouse, escaping from the
honorable member with whom he had
taken refuge, ran this way and that.
Numbers Of the members jumped upon
the benches which serve them al
seats. The question before the house
became, "How shall this little animal b.
| got rid Off
All at once the mouse found his way
to the hole in the floor through which he
had entered. He disappeared, member!
got down from the seats, and Sir Johr
Gorst resumed bis remarks.-Youth'i
Companion
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All this heavy, systematic robbery
was made possible by the fact that the
thieving clerk never took holiday or
8 vacation; he was the first man at the
hank in the morning and the last TO
leave it at night. Frequently he worked
slone by gas light. l know OF more
than one great commercial establish
ment in this town where the officers en-
force the absolute rule that no EN-
ploye shall work longer than the 9th
ers, and that every employee shall take
a vacation every year and surrender his
books or department to another man
Chatter
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The phonograph at Funerals

1t is related that gentleman well
known in Richmond, Va, intends to sing
at his own funeral He has sung at sS5
funerals during the last two years. He
intends to sing certain songs into a pho
nograph, and let the instrument oficiate
at the burial He has chosen Home of
the Soul" and GOOD Night" as the
songs TO be delivered at that time. This
opens up new idea. Why may not a
man preach his own funeral sermonl
In the privacy of his own chamber, while
living, he might confide TO his phono-
graph exactly what he would like to
have said Of him at his funeral.-New
Orleans Picayune.
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did you ever know that there are
nen who have become noted IS the writ
ers Of songs who never wrote 4 verse
IN their Ives remarked; CslTT0i. after
we had discussed Annie Rooney
''McGiuty' aud s.NcManus.- Ben Col
Inns, who died il New York recently.
wrote lots OF good stuff, but did you ever
see his name on the back OF sheet Of
music He used TO sell songs 10 people
who were better known than poor Ben
Collins j. P. Skaliy wrote many beau
tiful songs. hut Pretty Red Rose was
the only one that made hit. Sc1ne
come dians have habit Of buying
songs from unknown but brainy Bohs-
miaas and taking the credit Of having
written them In this way y certain
actor who never wrote a song in his life,
has established world wide reputation
as the writer Of comic songs. s-CSncin-
natl Timss-Star
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word About Baby's Cap.

In the dressing of little children many
fond. young mothers aim to put on what
is pretty, forgetfuI oftentimes Of the
discomfort the little tots must suffer.
Who ever saw an infant who willingly
submitted to the tying on Of the cap,
without some demonstration o. disap-
urovaI of that bit of head-gesrT As an
article Of apparel. these same little
caps must be very annoying They are,
If starched ever so little. very stiff for
the delicate head of a baby, and they
Go not serve TO protect the head OF the
wearer from either heat or cold, from
sunshine or from wtnd--ChrIstian at
Work
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A Man Over Seventy KMArs OfH Saves
Boy from Drowning. gaS
Tuesday night, gbolEt . o'clock, the
guests at the Avery home, Mount Glenn |
ems, who tFronged tho pleasant veran-
das Of that hotel, were startled BIZ cries |
that proceeded from the banks Of the
Clinton river, about 800 feet distant
Instantly there was a rush toward the
river. and 1t was found that two boys
were foundering in the water. One.
who seemed to be about IL years Of
age, managed to scramble out. but the
other. apparently s years old, WIS nm
able to get ashore and seemed IN dan
ger of drowning 4 crowd Of men stood
on the dock watching the boy 8 efforts,
bnt none appeared to know what to
do IN the emergency. and it was evil
dent that none knew how to swim, as
no move to jump after the boy was
made The little fellow was becoming
exhausted and was just OH the point Of
sinking when white haired man
pushed bis sFay through the crowd.
asking what was the matter.
The boy ID drowning, Z replied ons
Of the ratified oEiookers.
The newcomer took III the situation
at glance His glossy silk hat came
OIL and found resting place IN the
dust without the observance Of the
i slightest ceremony. Next his black
broadcIoth cost was flung In heap.
Then the tall, wen knit form shot up
IN the air and came down in the dark
water with a splash The boy had
sunk from view and 1t was feared he
was lost The white haired old man
Owed Ike a pearl fisher Every second
Of his disappearance seemed an hour,
and the spectators feared that both had
sunk to rise no mora
4. just at the height of their anxiety
the water parted and the rescuer and
rescued appeared on the surface. With
few sturdy strokes the life saves
brought the boy to the shore and botE
were pulled out The brave old mar
was none the worse EXCEPT for :
thorough westi1sg, and the boy, aftel
getting the water out of his mouth
began to bawl loudly and started ON I
run for home. 1t appears that tbs
boys were brothers. and TINT the oldel
had been teasing the younger by PrsEl
ing Eirn toward the water. He Eas
pushed little too much. and the chile
had slipped in but pulled his tor
mentor In also
The hero Of the affair was as modes
as brave, and simply laughed wller
congratulated on his feat IL wa
} learned that his name is Robert Gun
yon and that he is a wealthy bushes
man Of Milwaukee. the surpriisinf
feature Of the whole affair IS that LII
Gunyon IL IS years Of age. That fac
makes his accomplishment wouderfu
! one. Although he has reached tina
ripe age, he IS still hale, hearty an
vigorous, and VIII no doubt live to say
more lives. He IS an expert swilnmel
Cor. Detroit Free Press
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Charming Away Disease.

A ludicrous custom is still followed
in Hindoo households of Bengal The
last day of Falgoon, that fell on March
II, was observed in worshiping Ghantoo,
the god of itches and the diseases of
the skin which affiiet the natives. Very
early on the morning of this day the
mistresses of the families, changing
their nocturnal attire, put a useless
black earthen vessel outside the TIRES
hold of their back doors with n hand
full of rice and masoor DIAL, four cowries
and piece OF rag smeared with tune
rio Wild flowers appearing in this
season-called Ghantoo fool-are of
cred in worship. The young boys of
the families stand in selnicircle be-
fore the mistresses with cudgels in their
hands.
When the conches are sounded by
the female worshipers, as the signal
of the poojah being over, the boys
break the vessel into atoms. The
mirthful children, in their anxiety to
strike the first blow, sometimes bruise
the fingers and hands of the matron.
The piece of rag is pressed over the
doors of the houses in zenana- In the
evening of the day the boys of the
lower order OF the villages sing the
songs of the occasion in chorus from
door TO door for pie.-Bengl Letter.
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geguisites for a Good ,remory.

Memory is found in all healthy states
of the brain. and consists Of revival in
the mind of a past condition or act 1t
is not enough that the original impress
sion be renewed on the brain and COM
pretended; it must be registered, so as
TO produce permanent modification of
brain structure or action. otherwise il
passes from the mind and can only be
vaguely recalled 4 good memory de-
ponds on various considerations; one is
healthy brain structure, another is nutri-
ton. and a third is training and culture.
The young remember more easily than
the old. Their brains are active, and
there is an enormous amount of new
healthy blood eoursing through them at
rapid rate, and nutrition is active
Fatigue is fatal TO good memory-it is
then that nutrition languishes; but rest
restores healthful condition, and then
the power Of memory comes back again.
As old age comes on, nutrition is less
perfect. and the cells Of the brain in
which memory takes place become filed
up with debris of decay. become yellow.
and actually lose their organized struct-
ure, and are no longer capable of action
New York Ledger.
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How the French Serve Roast Beef.

"Allow me to remark" said promi-
nent citizen the other day, as he was
showing his appreciation of achoice piece
of roast beef, "that l once put in six
weeks in the city of Paris. Nothing re-
markable about that, is there? But l
haven't come to the point. In all that
time never succeeded in getting plain
beef. There was beef cooked in every
possible way, beef dressed with every
kind of sauce, but no plain beef for
a change. Do you know l had the
same feeling they say traveller in the
tropics has-the tropical fruits may be
luscious, but one longs for the taste Of
an apple now and them wished for .
taste of the roast beef 'hof hold Heng-
land. How do you explain its absences"
St Panl Pioneer Press
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no Canters Fifteen Mules vsifhont chaag-
ing His Feet.

ing His Feet.
There was an unusually large attend
ance at Audubon park, the attraction
being novel race in which a man and
horse were contending on pretty near
ly even terms. Mariana Bielsa had
agreed u run fifteen miles against any
horse that should be pitted against him
under these conditions:
The Spaniard offered a prize Of 500
for any horse that would walk, run, trot,
pace, rack or lope fifteen miles under
saddle in less time than he would run
the same distance; but it was ia the
agreement that the horse should adopt a
certain gait at the start and not ex-
change it for another in any part of the
race, and it was through this part Of the
contract that the element Of uncertainty
was introduced into the contest.
Everybody knew that anything OF .
fair saddle horse could cover fifteen miles
in less time than it would take man to
run the same distance, but the prevail
ing impression appeared to be that no
horse could be found that could be made
to Iope, trot, gallop, pace or rack fifteen
miles without changing its gait.
The horse selected for the contest was
substantial looking black gelding Of
good size and substance, and having q
fair share Of quality, though he was not
handsome hose. He was ridden by
his owner, Mr.. r. L. Harvey, who, with
the big Mexican saddle he used, must
have made up an impost of fully 1G0
pounds.
1t was announced that the horse would
slope (canter), and it was understood
that, while he might shift his feet as
often as he chose, he would lose the race
If he trotted even half length Before
the start the man was the favOrite, as it
was expected that the horse would drop
into trot when shifting his lead from
left to right, or from right to left, while
no one appeared to contemplate the pos
sibility of the horses accomplishing the
whole distance without once changing
his feet
/. 1t was nearly O'Clock when the con
testants made their appearance Ths
Spaniard was very gayly attired in fest
. colored silk tights. white kid slippers
!, trimmed with scarlet, a scarlet sill
! handkerchief on his head, cream col
!, oied undershirt of silk net, and beauti
fully embroidered trunks and collarettt
of blue silk
: Starting a little back of the mark, theJ
+. moved up and took the word together
the man at the pole on long swinging
!. trot and the horse about the middle o.
the track on slow canter. The horss
Immediately took the lead, and he con
!, tinued to draw steadily away fer tn.
whole distance till he had completed tn
fifteen miles without having once a
I much as shifted his feet for the purpos'
of changing his lead), and was more thai
five miles ahead of Bielsa-
As viii be seen by the time Of eacl
mile, Mr.. Harvey rated his horse admir-
:, ably from first TO last, and at the conclu
!, sion of the race he was warmly congra.
: ulated by hosts Of admiring friends. Tn
: following table viii give an accurat
picture of the performance:
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Carrier Swallows.

The popular name of ''swifts" is likely
70 be more than ever appropriate if the
following announcement is verified:
The training of swallows for military
purposes is being proceeded with active
" ct Roubaix, under the observation of
Capt. Degouy, who has been detached
Tor this duty by the minister of war.
The birds will be swifter than the car
rier pigeon; at the same time it will be
raore difficult for the enemy's bullets to
hit theirs. All the swallows which are
At present in training are young, and SO
Tar they have given fair proofs of their
capab1Ety for carrier service. One, after
having been taken to Paris, was set at
liberty. and reached its nest at Roubaix
IN an hour and thirty minutes, the dis
lance being about $50 hlometers, or 15J
miles. -Leisure Hour.