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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16

TONGUE PoINTE, Quebec, May g..
"A long line of gaunt towers is all
that one now sees of the Tongue
Pointe LunatIc Asylum, located ten
miles from Montreal, and which with
many lives, was o-day consumed by
flames. The sights witnessed before
this tragic scene are such as can new
er be forgotten. Nothing could ex-
coed the horror attending the terrible
calamity, considering the number of
victims, the terrible nature of their
deaths and the manner in which the
helpless victims received their fate.
What to the spectators was scene
OF horror was to the lunatics q mo-
ment of supreme glee, and in their
delight they disported themselves in
the flames and waved their blazing
limbs IN turbulent satisfaction at the
ruin that was about them, and not
until the walls tumbled about their
heads were their maniacal screams ST.
lenoed. There were incarcerated in
the asylum 1900 lunatics, and now
not more than LOO are accounted
for, but many escaped into the fields
and woods.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16

A Salt Lake Herald dispatch from
Washington, of the 9th, says that il
the silver men can be persuaded to
postpone consideration of their
measure a few days, the Idaho and
Wyoming admission bills will be ia
ken up on Wednesday. The Demo
Gratis will object to the woman
suffrage clause in the Wyoming bill
aud they will object even moro
strongly to tho Idaho bill which dis
franchises a considerable element of
the population on religious grounds,
If the silver men are wise, they will
refuse to sido-track their measure in
favor of the admission bills. The
democrats have already declared
their purpose to stalk the bills to
death" This can be easily done, as
under the present rules there is nc
way by which debate can be cut off
when once measure is before the
body. Under thse circumstances the
admission bills may, when they come
up, hold the floor indefinitely, while
the silver men may chafe without
remedy under the delay imposed up
on them.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16

AS the race advances it clothes
God with higher attributes and dig
mites Him with more lofty functions,
because it is capable OF nohler con
oephons. The gloomy and inexora-
bic God of tho Puritans has disap-
peared. He has been succeed ed by
a Supreme Being of infinite mercy,
tenderness and goodness; a ruler, a
law-maker, legislator, subject TO
limitations and restraints imposed by
His own imperfections. There was
q profound truth in the declaration Of
Yoltaire that II there was no God il
would be necessary for man to invent
one. This was ilippant, irreverent,
perhaps, but true. God is iHdispen-
sable. Man perceives this, and tho
higher his development the more dis
tinct is his reception. The populari-
ty Of Ingersoll and his school is not
an indication Of inGdolity, but is rath-
or the strongest evidence of tho rolig-
ious spirit of the times, its receptive
ty, its eagerness for instruction, its
hunger and thirst for knowledge
about what can never be known. No
age has been so profoundly aoved
by the consideration of the problems
of the hereafter as this, and ! have
no doubt that in response to the
search for eternal truth another Christ
will como and another revelation be
made.-Senator Ingalls,.
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Holds It's regular meeting in Odd Eel
lows Hall, at Centerville, the first and
third Saturday evenings of each month.
All members in good standing are invited
to attend. By order of the N. G.
DANIEL JONES,
Secretary
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BES" Samples on application.
Treasurer's Notice.

The following warrants will bepaid on
presentation at my office:
ROAD WARRANTS
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16

FATHER MARTIN, the Catholic
Priest of Montreal, who left his
church and became a Protestant, re-
turned to the Roman church the 9TH
er day, and agreed to do penanoe in
a foreign land as condition of re-
instatement. After leaving the
Catholic church he was married, and
has now deserted his wife and two
children.
Mrs. Martin was found in her
humble dwelling on SaRguinnette
street, and when told the news she
burst into tears, while tho two pref
ty fair-Aaired girls played at her feet,
She could not believe that her hus-
band, for whom she had made SO
many sacrifices, that ho who had re-
nounoed church and friends for her,
fled with her to their new home
and had proved his devotion and
loyalty to her by marriage, could
have so cruelty deserted her and her
two children. She would never hand
them over to nuns, she said, but
would work for them if she had to
become a domestic. Mrs. Martin,
who is Of delicate frame and quite
incapable of doing any hard work,
will probably be taken care of by tho
Mothodists.
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Notice for Publication.
F. A. NOURSE,
Proprietor.

LAND OFFICE at Boise City, Idaho,
February 10. 1890.
Notice is hereby given that the follow.
lng-named settler has filed notice of his
intention to make final proof in support
of his claim, aud that said proof will be
made before the Register and Receiver al
Boise City, Idaho, on April 8, 1890, viz,
Edward NJ. Humphrey, of Garden valley
Idaho, who made Pre- D. S. No. $500 for
the ; y Sc a Sec. 10, L = NE 4 Sec
10, Up. N, X 4 L B, NJ
lie names the following witnesses Ia
prove his continuous residence upon and
eultivati n of, said land, viz: George
slitig, Patrick Glennon, Patrick Tivanan
Michael Murphy, all of Garden valley
Boise county, Idaho
Eliza A. Scadden, who made Pre-. d s
Ne. 4l4O, December 5, 1889 Tor the Sc /,
NE i Sec, Is, Up. IN, RAE, is HEREBY
notified to appear and show cause WIKI
said final proof to the whole of above DIES
cribed tract should not be allowed.
CHAS. 5. KINGSLEY,
!" Register.
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A. G..

The Alpha Gamma Society holds its
regular meetings every Wednesday even.
ing. All members are requested to attend
BY order of the W. 4. B.
MARY MAUTz, w. W.
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Society Notices.
Pioneer Lodge No. l. l. O. O. f.

,sass3.s.. Holds its regular meetings in
.sSsSs Odd Fellows Hall the first and
's:ayNsS% third Saturday Of Zach month.
All members in good standing are invited
to attend.
BY order of the N. G.
II. N. DARRAH,
K. Sec'y,
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Senator Morrill's service pension
bill has been agreed upon by the
Republicans and will doubtless pass.
1t gives every old soldier So per
month on his attainment to the age
of sixty-two years, the age at which
regular army officers are retired on
half pay. 1t is estimated that this
bill will add $50, 100000 to the pen
sion list Immediately.
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HO WORLD.
FRlDAY;::;;:;:;::;;:::MAY 1G, 1890

WASHINGTON STAR: There seems
to be some confusion in the public
mind with regard to what was actu-
ally decided by the Supreme Court
of the United States in the Iowa pro-
hibition case. The language of tho
court is that "the plaintiff, citizens of
Illinois, had the right to import their
beer into Iowa, and had the right to
sell it, by which act alone it becomes
mingled in the common mass of prop
erty within the State. Up to that
point of time, in the absence of con-
gressional permission to do so, tho
State had no power to interfere by
seizure, or any other action in prohi-
bition of importation and sale by the
nonresident importer" THIS right is
construed apparently by the minority
OF the court to cover all sales made,
so long as the articles shall remain in
the original package. If this inter
probation be true, all that the outside
brewer or distiler would have to do
would be to send his goods" into the
State having prohibition act, to some
place where liquors ara consumed or
desired, who, as his agent, could sell
in the original package to any who
wanted to buy. Thus the law could
be entirely evaded, and the State dc.
privod completely of the police pow.
or Of preventing the sale of goods
considered injurious to the public
Other commentators upon the decis'
ion construe the statement that the
goods are mingled with the common
mass Of the goods of the State after
the original sale by the outside deal
err, as a substantial limitation upor
sales within the State. 1t is not stat,
ed so clearly that there is no room foi
uncertainty how far the outside deal.
er's right to sell in the prohibition
State extends in order that his righ
TO send goods into the State may mo-
DO deprived of substance, or when, OF
the other hand, the imported good,
become part of the mass of the
goods Of the State, over the sale o
which the latter has control.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-05-16

The rumors Of President Harrison's
intention to veto any measure look
ing towards free coinage of silver
have been SO persistent that the
Washington Critic feels called upon
to print the following:
"Western Senators and members
of the House who have been in close
consultation with the President since
the discussion of the silver question,
begin now to express the belief that
the President will approve most any
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All County General warrants registered
prior to November ~. 1888, will be paid ON
presentation at the Treasurer's Office
S. c. SILSBG,
,,.,,,. Treasurer
tdaho City Boise Co., Idaho, j an. Z 1890.
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Boise City
M ARBLE WORKS
Manufacturers and Dealers in
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Monuments, Tombstones, Tablets, Stat
ues, Iron Fences, and all kinds of Gene.
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We are better than ever prepared to
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ly low prices as to defy competition
We have also received a fine selection of
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BILE, so that parties can make as good a Sc.
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Please call and examine, or write for our
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Our designs in Iron Fences are the best
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nish a good Wrought Iron Fence nearly
as cheap as a wood fence.
JAMES DYMOKE,
,,. Manager
F. A. NOURSE,
Proprietor.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-15
A Baptism in HeIigOland.

After service on Sundays, when an in
FAINT is to be christened, small silver
basin is placed on the BRASS lid; there is
no water in it, but presently the Heligo-
land children, babies of two and three
years old, flock in, each carrying in its
little hand cup of water, which is emp
tied into the basin, and the new born
islander is baptized with the water
brought for that purpose by its future
playfellows. Behind the altar the light
falls through the purple window panes
upon an old, old hour glass, placed in
the dark ages before the invention Of
clocks and watches, before the clergy
man when he began his sermon. 1t is a
marvellous church, this hottest spot on
the "holy island, and on the day when
Lord Salisbury's gift is finally handed
over to Germany one of our most inter-
esting historical monuments will be ours
no more. The graveyard round the
church is nearly full, and when the last
corner in it has received its sleeper the
difficult question will arise as to where
the Heligolander of the future will find
his last resting place. The soil in the
present graveyard covers the rock six
feet deep, but there is hardly another
spot on the island where more than four
feet of earth covers the stone founda-
tion.-[Pall Mall Gazette.
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1t is often Il ,,.;tttrr OF il.nrc and inn
portance t, fno"' how far one can see
from any .i> w., hci-ht, OF, conversely,
how far o ,e must be above the earth to
see an oh iect AT a given distance. The
exact caicua' ion of these figures would
require tie Il e of v"ry complex formuI2,
bui, for pruct cal use, two very simple
rules will II flee: The distance in miles at
which an Object IL, on the surface of the
earth is visible is equal to the square
root of one and a half times the height
(, he observer in feet above the surface,
ard conversely. The height i'll feet to
which an observer must he placed to see
distant obj ct Is Il Eal to two thirds the
square Of the distance in mites. For IN
stance: The oil S river is in the rigging of
a ship, one hrmdrr fee. above the water,
Low far distant S the horizon? that is,
how far could an object floating in the
water be ,iDle before being hidden by
the convcXity of the earth? One and a
half times one hundred is one hundred
and fifty, and the square root of one
hundred and fifty is, approximately,
twelve and a half, therefore the horizon
is twelve and half miles dis ant. AS
the deck of smaller vessels, like p easure
yachts is rarely mole than ten feet above
the water, it follows that the limit of
vision firm chat point is less than four
mi es in every direction.
An illustration of the second rule may
be given as follows: a building is 33
miles away; hoN high a hill must one
81; w, 4, AS 10
of the d stance equals 1859, IN two
thirds OF that number equals I26, it fol-
lows tEat we must climb Il hill 1876 feet
high before we are able to see the build
ing, even with the most powerful tele-
scope. Usually, However, the height Of
the object, as well as that of the OBJ
server, must be taken into consideration,
but this simply requires the duplication
of the problem. For instance: the
Washington monument is 552 feet high;
at what height must an observer 90
miles away be in order to see the top of
it? Surprising the observer to stand
upon the ground, we find by the first
rule that lie could just see the top 80
miles away, and to overcome the re-
naming 81 miles, due to the conveXity
of the earth, he would, by rule second,
have to climb to the height of 2G4 feet.
II we apply similar calculations to the
Eiffel tower, the highest artificial struct-
ure in the world, we obtain some in
terrsting results. Assuming the height
to he Just / 900 feet, we find that, stand
ing at the top, we enjoy a circle Of vision
bounded by a horizon 80 miles distant,
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SUkN \ rs.


Diner IN some Gases.
O~tIogrlply being such an c,emen-
tarv position of a peoples Cd3catipn, it
would naturally be considered tlla' any
thin tending to retard the tyro in its
attainment would be carefully avoided,
especially as regards the names OF the
friends and acquaintance with " Hom
the sand to nay have to associate. 1t
is an o't rpna ed accusation agains5 oar
mo ne, uLue that spelling can not be
called u matter of rule for even i'll
com..onpIlca grammar "Ough las half
d, n - sounds, separate and distinct,
bui Wien we come to surna ues confu-
sion b comes worse COMPOUNDED.
Where would one fad an average in
tellect who would pronounce Abergav-
emmy Abergenny, and why sh, uid the
"classic race" of the world belle its let
ter and be called "Darby?' Even now
Mr.. Dillwyn's most ardent admirers have
scarcely learned to call him DILLON.
AMI it will require a sweeping reform be-
foe Brougl,am will have become, as it
should be, b DOM. 1t is a question why
the scionS of noble houses should lie so
careful MS to the pronunciation of their
names ut where is the CAoImondely or
Mari ,ribanks who is satisfied with any
TIL 9 longer than the clipped "Matsl-
ban.s" and "Chum'ey?" How the COT
qmhouns and Wemyss's arrived atat ca
hoon" and "Weems" Will riddle ortIIog-
raphers for ages to come.
OF coarse, II large number of British
houses claim Norman descent, AMI nat
H. nd htI
French pronunciation. So the Beau
clerks" and "WilIouGhby de Eeresbys"
become in polite circles Will0ughby De
Erebvs" and "Beluclarcs; bat to ac-
count for "WaIdagrave being " al
grave, st. John "Sinjn," or "St.
l. g,r" "Sillegpr' is harder matter. a
large uu nLer of our we'll known names
chang their os into us, such is Con
yngham. ""Monson," and "Ponsonby,
while "Blount' becomes blunt, and
"Duchesna" becomes "Ducane. Most
of our surnames beginning with Beau"
alter their remuneration considerably,
for instance. DE Beauvor" changes to
DE Beever." and famous Beau
cham, S" are ill "B"echamI
Ind ed, to take the peerage sarough,
those names which spell themselves are
the exception, and the intellect is
stunned to find that "Charjeris.
"Glamis, "Bethune, "Geoghegan and
"Ruthven" are respectively Charters,
"GIams, "Bceton, "Gagln," and
"Riven." And reason totters on her
throne when society demands thai "St.
Clark is "Sincair" and "Gower'
Gore. However, the average Eng
lishman has now got so used to the pc
culiaritie5 of aristocratic patronymics
that their misspelling OF mispronuncia-
ton are like II second nature, and he
would be ready to knock down tie first
man who contended that his favOrte
diarist was Samuel Pepys, instead OF
Samuel Peeps. - London Queen.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-15

Annnmft,. Men an - IN N Oh!y Distin.
got hniie by Earrings.
In An,m.u, an empire ccc Ipying the
c:.-t"rn portion of the lndo-Ch uesn pen
iu,Lia. Witua population If $1,000, 900,
lur.i and women wear thrir hair in the
same way an DIR - almost alike Like
tn man, the woman wears a tllr. an, a
long tuuic. " Idle loose trousers, and a
bril- ht sash, the ca 5 falling below The
knees The rhysiog lomy is almost the
sane, as the meH are heardle5s and have
their hair done up Ike the women. The
onlv clew to diStiI, uish them is the e,r.
rings and finger rings worn by women
only. The earrings are like double shirt
studs, ami among the lower ord rs are OF
coiorel glass. The wives and dau siters
of mandarin5 alone are allowed to wear
good iewelry. The rings are of spiral
wire, fitting tight, and standing out to
some eight. Some women of the up
per g. $ w ar also necklaces of strings
of ,,l and silver beds.
r e nat of the women is monum ntal.
1t IS like large a barrel cover, three-quar-
t,rs of yard in diameter. Six or seven
six cords as thick as quill are ia tened
on each SD, and when worn fall down
below the waist. Where the ends are
fastened to the hat on each side is Il huge
black or brown silk tassel Some of
these hats are arts: icaily made of care
fully selected palm leaves. These are
exl ensive, especially when they have
chi-seled silver clasps at the tassels.
Many women fasten little round mir
TOR in the hat, before which they az
range their turban when they 90 to town.
The hat is the article most prizei by the
stylish ladies, and often costs $40 or $l5.
The Annamites either go barefooted or
wear a sandal, consisting of sole and
two straps, often lined with stuff The
straps are crossed between the big toe
and the next. In putting on the sandal
the big toe is used SO mach that it be-
comes like a finer. AS these sandals
are loose at the heel they cause an awk-
ward gait, and have been abandoned by
the better classes, who welr Chinese
shoes OF slippers; but the fine ladies wear
these very narrow and short.
The Annamites have splendid hair. 1t
ing their feet. They take great care of
it, washing it Fl, quently with some
soapy mixture, and sitting in the sun to
let it dry The men have little beard,
and even that appears only at much
greater age than with us, and is never
full. This makes it very hard to tell a
mans age. The women are small, but
we'll proportional, with small han Is and
feet. Their faces Wo;,ld be charming if
they did not stain their teeth black.
Children are charming until they be-
come seven or eigat wears old Then the
nose hattens, the cheek bones become
prominent, and the eyes assume the in
clnation seen in ada IS.
The attire of chill Iren is not expensive.
In summer they run about the streets
naked or at most with a little skirt not
reaching the knee. All have a coin, or
amulet around the neck to keep off evil
spirits and disease. The hair is cut close,
except tuft on the top of the head, or a
lock at each temple.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-11-15
PYTHON AND RABBIT.
The Strange Story of Big snakes Fright
and Death

Here is remarkable story recently
told in the New York Tribune about a
famous p:thon in Paris:
One day "A fine lite rabbit was placed
in its cage. The snake, coiled luXur-
ously upon an Eastern rug, lazily lifted
its head and calmly inspected the offer
ing No sooner was the rabbit placed
on the floor of the cage than it uttered
plantive cries, expressive of the utmost
horror and hoped into a corner. 1t
then stood up on its launches i'll the
manner of poodle begging to its mis-
tress, and began paving the air with its
fore legs.
Both the posture and the action were
unnatural in the rabbit and were evil
IDENTIFY only caused by terror. The snake
advanced slowly and cautiously, its
gracefully curved neck thrust forward,
its black, forked tongue darling in and
out of its mouth, until its head was
within a foot of the rabbit. The latter
beat the air still more violently. 1t was
pitifuL
The python was evidently perpleXed
and its perplexity turned to fright. The
cowardce of all large serpents is well
known. This one had never heard q
rabbit utter such cries, nor seen one act
in such a manner. After gazing at it
for a few moments it slowly withdrew
toward the other side of the compart-
ment, as if unable to make up its mind
to begin the attack.
As the snake retreated, the rabbit,
probably crazed by terror, sprung for
ward, and in another instant had bitten
the python in the neck just behind the
head, its most vulnerable spot. The rab-
bit then hoped back to the furt er eX
tremity of the cage The python so
suddenly and unexpectedly attacked,
had not tried to defend itself, and could
not be prevailed upon again to approach
its naturally timid foe. The latter was
taken from the cage, and, in view of its
heroic defense of its own life was
allowed to live in happiness according
to the ideas of rabbits, until its death
from natural causes.
Four days afterward the python died,
not, the physicians said, from the imme-
date effects of the bite, but from gan
creme, which developed in the wound