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The morning call., 1890-06-25
Lumber Market.

The demand Is active all over the Coast. Frelghts
high aud the market is firm. Retail prices
as follows: Rough Pine, $50 so q NJ; extra lengths,
SCI 5OG27 90; selected, S25 50; clear. SSl flo r
ing. $53 for No. l. S3S 50 for fancy $29 for No. .;
stepping S35G43; rough Redwood, 40 l, $40 SO;
second quality, $40 80; selected. $27; Shingles,
50 25 Lath, $3@g3 rs: PicketS, $50 for Pine and
SIS for Redwood for rough, s27 for fancy
The morning call., 1890-06-25

NN-E HAVE a NUMBER OF FULL DRESS SUITS
" hire for balls, parties funerals at reason
able price. ORIGINAL MISFIT CLOTHING PAR
lNES. cor. Posi- aud Dupont SIS
The morning call., 1890-06-25

CARPET-CLEANING, sc PER YARD: CHEAP
" est and best in the city. j. L MITCHELL IL
CO., 2o0 Fourteenth ST. app Il
The morning call., 1890-06-25

FLoUR-Active demand. No further change II
prices. Net cash prices are: Family extras, S4G
20: Bakers extras, $4G4 10: city superfne
50 9O@3 20; interior brands $49i 20 for extras
and 50 9Ot93 20 2 Dol. for supertine
WHEAT = reights are quiet but steady at 40s
iron for United Kingdom, Havre or Antwerp a
nominal quotation. The chartered wheat feet in
port has registered tonnage OF 27.76O against 49,
600 tons on the same date last year. Disengaged
$500 tons against 1865. On the way to this port
237 500 tons, against 224 22b tons the same date
last year. Wheat rules dull. Offerings larger
than of late aud attract but few buyers. Prices
have not materially changed for long time. No.
l, 81 271a9l 1884 No. 2. 81 %; choice, 81 30
extra choice for milling, 81 361291 3214 q ctl.
The morning call., 1890-06-25

LIkST-CLASS CARPET BEATERS: CITY
i Steam Carpet Beating and Renoyating Works,
"a and rs Eighth ST.: largest works in the city
work guaranteed. Address A. w. MANNING, pro-
pTietor; telephone $3.50 mr6 II
The morning call., 1890-06-25

CD IN CABINETS PER DOZEN; ELEGANT
u L.OO. water-culOr picture IN gilt frame free
with every dozen. WILSON'S, % hearny. my25 ON
A CCURDIoN PLATING DONE AT SHORT No
~ tice GOLDBERG, lis McAli-ter st.ny27 limo
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

The holding of the Worlds Fair
has been postponed until 1898,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

In this telescope of thirty cent?
meters in diameter, says NJ. Camille
Flammarion, we discover stars up to
the fourteenth magnitude--that is to
say, about 100000 worlds of all
kinds. Now, instead of our eye, let
us use the Photographic retina. In
stantly the most brilliant stars will
imprint their image on the plate.
Five thousandths Of second suffice
for stars Of the first magnitude, one.
hundredth OF second for stars of
the second magnitude, three-hun-
dredth OF a second for those of the
third, one-tenth of a second for those
Of the fourth, two-tenths for those Of
the fifth, and five-teuths for those of
the sixth. Thus, in less than one
second, the Photographic eye has
seen all that we can perceive with
the naked eye. But this lie yet moth
ing. The telescope stars visible in
the instrument will also imprint their
image on the plate. Those of the
seventh magnitude require a second
and third, those of the eighth mag
nitude three second, ninth eight sec
onds, tenth twenty seconds, eleventh
Fifty seconds, twentieth two minutes,
thirteenth FIVE minutes, and, finally,
those of the fourteenth thirteen min
utes. 1t follows that, if we have Civ
en- our plate an exposure of one quar-
ter of an hour, we will find imprinted
on this plate all that portion of the
heavens towards which the glass had
been directed, and all that region
nossesses-all that which with infinite
e. .
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ROMANCE OF A SNOW-SLIDE

A curious story has just beer told
representative of the Montana Mis-
soulian by Dan O'Brien, we'll known
miner of Murray, Idaho. In the
Ceur d'Alenes is peak known as
"Welshman's Point" Two men,
Thomas Burke and Delaine Level
Iyn, two years ago discovered gold
lead and commenced to excavate a
tunnel in the hopes of finding rich
body of ore. Last December the
two men had succeeded in driving
the tunnel a distance of 10 feet.
During the night time the men slept
in the tunnel, as it was always dry,
being through the solid rock. On
January 18th snow-slide occurred
which made the snow fully one hun
dred feet deep in part of the en-
trance of the tunnel. AT the time
the two occupants had but scanty
supply of provisions. They realized
the perilous condition they were in
and commenced to dig their way out
through the great bed of snow. For
days they worked as only mortals
can who have life at stake. Their
supply of rations, which was only
sufficient food left to last half a doz-
en- days, continually kept growing
less and less, and at last barely
sufficient food was left to last day
At this point the spirits of the two
men dropped to the lowest ebb, and
they were about to give up in de-
spair, when suddenly faint light
could be observed breaking through
tho snow bank, and In short tiMe
tho Joy of the two miners knew nc
bounds when half dozen strudy mi
ners made their appearance through
the snow aftsr working four days Il
reach the mouth of the tunnel. Burke
and Llewellyn we're two happy mer
and thankful for their deliverance
A few days afterwards the men struck
rich vein of ore which is very likely
to make them both independently
riCb A. a ;faetation ~ tbai
gratitude they have given each one
of the miners who assisted in their
rescue an equal interest with them,
selves in the rich find. The mine
has been named "The Rescue" by it.
owners, and promises to be one o
the good mines of the Cmur d'Alene
country.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08
MINING APHORlnMs.

"Old Missouri's" mining knowledge
boiled down to small doses, by Dan
dc guile:
Pluck, powder and steel, the
wealth of mines reveal.
Faith, hope, and hard work, make
the miner, "rich as Turk"
Whisky and cards laid low "poor
Pike" but the pick and shovel built
mp brother Ike.
All "divining" is but pretender's
skill; the miners best edowser" is
his drill.
Choose your mine as you would
your wife, for it's for s'better or
worse" all the days of your life.
When rats are restless on level,
men there will soon "see the devil u
1t is not when timbers crack that
the miner is caught; ''rotten breaks
are with most danger fraught.
0noSls IN nine can work no evil,
but "spirits" below play the devil.
When the miner starts his drill in
a miss-fre hole, ST. Peter opens the
gate to let in his soul.
Fools still crush in where angel.
fear to tread" still the hang FIRE bias
takes off the miners head.
A golden harp is kept strung abov,
for the miner who "cooks giant" il
his stove.
Nuggets in placer are the miner
cracked nuts, but some Of the best
nuts arc those that have never beer
cracked.
The more ''lousy" the mine the les,
lousy the miner.
Where there is some good pay ORE
at the mine, good asserting makes al
pay ore at the mill.
The miner who is last in going t.
work, is apt to be the first in going
home.
Assert we'll is Nine wells brother
The mining knowledge of tho Su
pcrintendent is often found in tn
head that fills the foreman's hat.
The miner who lamps with an irol
bar, will soon ride in tho undertaken
car.
There are "faults" in the mine
that arc owing to no faults in til
miners.
Underground the miner burns hi
candle at one end, on top he ofte
burns il at both.
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trouble we might have been able to
discover. A sufficient number Of in
struments pointed SO as to embrace
the whole heavens will fix on an i'm
mense chart all that Astronomical OBJ
servers can study, and which could
only have been obtained after the
lapse of several centuries. But here
is only tho commencement of the
marvellous. Let US allow the photo
graphic eye to look instead OF our
own; it will penetrate into the un-
known. Stars invisible to us become
visible to it. At the end of an ex-
posure of thirty-three minutes the
stars of the fifteenth magnitude will
have impressed the chemical retina,
and in an hour and twenty minutes
those of the sixteenth magnitude will
have been reached. The same in
strument which shows to the human
eye stars of the fourteenth magnitude,
and which in the entire heavens
would disclose about A, 100000 stars,
would register by the Photographic
eye these sixteenth magnitude stars,
and might reveal a luminous dust Of
400,000,000 stars. Mover before has
man possessed the power of penetrat-
ing so profoundly into the depths Of
the infinite. Nor is the limit of this
eyes sight yet reached.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

During the recent session of the
Republican League of the United
States at Nashville, Tennessee, the
President of the League made the
following remarks concerning the
Democrat in Congress:
He is always present for Buncombe,
but not for busiaess; for salary, but
not for service; for talk, but not for
tariff; for wrangling, but not for
work; for cussedness, but not for
count; for party service, but not for
public good. He refeses to be seen
when it is necessary to raise a quorum,
but demands recognition whenever
he wishes to raise hell.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

The fiat has gone forth! Fashion
has decreed that it is no longer good
form for gentlemen to raise their hats
IN bowling to ladies. Raising the hat
while walking is apt to render too
conspicuous the lady sought to be
honored by the act. Then, too, in
cold weather the unoovering of the
head is liable to cause cold that
may be the death of the courteous
gentleman. So ladies no longer ex-
pect gentlemen to raise their bats to
them.
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Notice for Publication
LAND OFFICE at Boise Cily' i anN

LAM OFFICE at Boise Clly' , ius1
February, l ~ i he follow.
Notice is hereby given thai .lo, ,ns Of Of Bis
ing-named settler has fleu HUI " support
intention to make final proof a III wifi VIII BE-
of his claim, and that sala Pi Receiver st
made before the Register and ! f1 SsSC, VII.
Boise City, Idaho, on APrial Garden y, e valley,
Idaho, who made e. Pre- ,o : = : I nj NJ I &c.,
10, Tp. ) N, IA E B. NJ. witnesses TO
He names the following w y. Muou and
prove his a Continuous residence nee. up George
cultivation of, said land, , vic. Tivanan,
Sittie, Patrick Glennon, Pa a.. .dsn valley,
Michael Murphy, all OF o''u'
Boise county, Idaho. ,oae Pre-, d.,
Eliza A. Scadden, who o5 maS 9or the Sc \
No 4i40, December 8, 1889 ~ r. Is hereby
Ne Ne L Sec. Is, Up. 9 n, r 4 H. cause Why
said final proof to the whole ,, Q, ad
cribed tract should not be Ian 5,SIEY
CHAs. . Mn RegsleFi
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country.

Rev. Sam Jones preached at Dali
ton on Sunday. He took occasion
TO deny that he intended to move to
Kentucky and farm. Said he: al
am making more money than any ten
bishops in the Methodist church, and
it would DO foolish for mo to go into
anything like an experiment."-Ex.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

A rich British government con-
tractor is privately building near
London an air ship, which is expected
to carry a crew of several men at a
speed of 100 miles an hour.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

The Virginia (Nev) Enterprise
says: Much timber from the old
workings of the mines is now used
for fuel for the boilers, and recently
an assay was made of some of the
ashes by the foreman of the Con.
Virginia. He found that they went
$40 a ton, and Immediately dumped
a pile containing about 20 tons into
the ore bins. The old timber, very
much of which is compressed by the
immense weight it has sustained, has
during its years of silent strain alb
sorbed from its surroundings the
precious metal in quantities sufficient
to make it about the biggest grade
fuel ever used.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-08

An amusing scene was recently
enacted in country court room in
Maine. The trial Justice, a big
pompous official, with voice like a
trombone, took it upon himself to ex-
anime witness, little, withered old
man, whose face was red and
wrinkle as a smoked herring.
"What is your name?" asked the
Justice.
"Why, Squire" said the astonished
witness, ''you know my name as
we'll as | know yourn."
"Never you mind what / know, or
what ! don't know" was the caution
given with magisterial severity. 81
ask the question in my official capac-
ity and you're bound to answer it
under OATH
With a contemptous snort the wit
ness gave his name, and the question
ing proceeded.
"Where do you live?"
"Wal, | sbum!" calculated the old
man. "Why," he continued, appeal
ing to the laughing listeners, "I've
lived in this town all my life and SOS
he," pointing to the Justice. Gan
b. gosh to hear him go on you'd
think
"Silence," Numbered the irate
Magistrate. "Answer my question OF
I'll fine you for contempt of court.
Alarmed by the threat the witnes:
named his place of residence and the
examination went on.
"What is your occupation"
"Huh?"
"What do you do for living?"
"Oh, git out" Squire! Jest as i
you don't that tend gardens in the
summer season an saw wood win
ters"
GAS private citizen l do know it
but as the court | know nothing
about YOU" explained the perspiring
Justice.
"Wal, Squire" remarked the puz
zled witness, off you know something
outside the court room an you dom
know nothin' in it you'd better ge
out an let somebody try this cas-,
that's got boss sense"
The advice may have been vel
meant, but it cost the witness $40.
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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, 1890-04-08

All County General warrants registered
prior to October II. 1888, will be naid an
presentation at the Treasurer's office
S. c. SILSBY,
,A-,,, Treasurer.
Idaho City, Boise Co., Idaho, Jan, 4 1890
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-02
SHOOTING GROUSE.
The Speed of the Bird is Such That killing
Means Skill.

The Speed of the Bird is Such That killing
Means Skill.
Philadelphia Press.l
When flushed the rufled grouse springs
into the air with whir and boom that make
the dry fallen leaves around dance under the
wiftly-beating pinions. This is the birds
chiefest characteristic, suggestive of the
power and speed of which 1t is alone
capable. The novice, taken unawares, is
often so startled at the burst to wing that he
stands in open-mouthed astonishment gaz-
ing after the bird. or sometimes aimlessly
lets his gun go off into the air, or as often
into the ground. The experienced hunter
listens for the welcome sonnd of the birds
wings with zest that is akin to craving
The speed of grouse is truly phenomenal
After the first beating of wings that gives
the momentum the bird sets its pinions and
seems to glide through air like a cannon
ball. Unless the sportsman be at consid-
erable distance in cross shooting there is no
possible chance of his beiEg able to put his
aim ION" the bird at all. At distance of
80 yards or more, if the flush is expected
and the woods comparatively open, the
chance is that quick shot will pull the
trigger. AS to whether he will kill or not,
all 1 may say is, try it, ambitious reader,
you may. 1 have seen it done.
In some instances after flushing the grouse
will fly straight up to the tree top, then
away. This is the easiest shot to many.
OF the methods OF shooting the rutfled grouse
know of but two; they may be called the
legitimate and illegitimate. The latter
is that of freeing the birds with a
small dog that thrashes around like fox
and will then bark at them, keeping their
attention while the pot-hunter sneaks up to
within range and pops the bird over as any
boy of 10 years might do. The other method
is with the bind dog, and for its merits boasts
of shooting the bird only while on the wing.
The Pennsylvania season is from October /
to January 1.
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renceville to fix the tools, and then remained
here the balance of the time.
THE ARsENAL's BUSY DAYS.


Mr.. Neckerman gives some very interesting
"reminiscences of the busy time in the arsenal
machine shops. As their master, he had
some 200 hands employed. The first busy
SMELL thev had was the time OF the Mexican
war. And after that work slackened, and
eyery Saturday afternoon the workmen were
allowed a sort of holiday for drilling. But
when the rebellion broke out, the War De-
partment sent in some heavy orders, so that
the machine shops were at once put on extra
time. and from that time on there was no
idleness within the stone walls. Ten hours
a day constituted a legal days work, and,
besides. every man was expected, or had the
privilege, of working overtime till 10 Of clock
at night if he so desired. Very frequently
eyeryb body was asked to report on Sunday
for work.
The pay of mechanics averaged 81 90 and
So 90 per day. For overtime extra pay was
allowed at the rate of time and hall.
Altogether there were about 900 employees
in all departments of the arsenal. Pay day
occurred at the end Of each month, and an
immense sum of money was distributed
among the homes of Lawrenceville. Uncle
Sam was a pretty safe creditor, even IN those
troubled days, and storekeepers were not
afraid to trust their customers for any length
of time so long as they worked inside. as
the arsenal was familiarly designated.
THREE MONTHS OF CREDIT.
Shortly after the war broke out the drain
on the Government was so heavy that Con-
eress once either failed to make sufficient ap-
nropriation to paw off all the arsenals in the
country. or else delayed the appropriation.
At any rate that portion OF the approprla-
tion for Pittsburg was three months late In
arriving, Not a single hand at the arsenal
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-02
THE CAMPUS, LOOKING TOWARD BUTLER STREET.

games of football on the campus on Thanks
giving Day. That was one of the later
ideas, however. Just now there is no social
feature of the kind attached to the place
because it is purely a close army post under
strict regulations.
The shop structures are massive and en-
during. Inside they are roomy and we'll
lighted. At present they are filled with
dsmantled gun carriages, ammunition
boxes and the like. Master Mechanic
Jones is in possession of small machine
shop that is parody on the old ones. He
uses it for little repair work. Just enough
of the artillery stores lying about are yet
modern enough to allow of dozen or more
shipments per year. Mr.. Jones with few
laborers attends to such work as that also.
A wAR-LIKE ASPECT.
Many hundreds of thousands of cannon
balls are lying about in great heaps through
out the grounds. A few of these are illus
trated in the accompanying illustrations
They lie piled up just as they were left
when the magic message came over the
wires, "Lee has surrendered" These balls
are of all sizes, and would supply field
pieces OF all weights. At present they form
grim ornaments to the beautiful grounds.
Near them are long rows of Columbiads,
mortars and other styles of cannon long
since out of date on account of the improved
methods of gunmaking since the Rebellion.
They would not hold candle of com parison
with the dynamite guns, gattlings. and
naval roarers of to-day. Still, they are ter
rible enough in their appearance to scare off
war itself as they lie there in long rows.
Battery 3 might lease them from the Gov
ernment and utilize them Frank Stock
toms great war syndicate utilized their mag
nifcent navy-defend the city by terrible
looking front. L. E. SToFIEL
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WHY SHE DOESN'T SNAP SHOT.
Mrs. Frank Les1Ie's Experience With You
Press the Button, We Do the Rest.

Mrs. Frank LeslIe's Experience With You
Press the Button, We Do the Rest.
81 was an amateur photographer once, I"
said Mrs. Frank Leslie to friend Just be-
fore she started on her lecturing tour
Somebody sent me camera just before I
started on trip to Cuba. 1t was one Of
those arrangements where you press the
button and we do the rest, and it was sealed
up SO that the negatives would not be ex-
posed to the light and ruined. When I got
to Havana went to the hotel and waited a
long time for my luggage. At last a gen.
tleman went to look it up.
''He found that it had been detained by
the customs officials. They had stopped it
on account of the camera, which they had
evidently taken for an internal machine.
They had broken it open, and were examin-
ing its mechanism with suspicion when
the gentleman got there and explained
what it was. 1t was completely ruined,
however, and never tried to take pictures
again."
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-11-02

merchants, doctors and druggists carried
the families of the ], 600 and more workmen
without money. The merchants in turn
had no cash to pay the wholesale houses in
Pittsburg, and the wholesalers tided the
small merchants over the quarter, cheer
fully waiting for the settlement of their &C
counts Nobody was afraid, yet it was
mighty cheerful news when at last the tele-
graph brought the news that Congress had
made good the delay, and during the follow
ing week many tens of thousands of dollars
flooded the Seventeenth ward, or what was
then arsenal Postoffice." It had not at
that time been taken into the city.
GRADUALLY TEARING UP.
Up until few years ago the machinery
in the arsenal shops remained just as it had
been left when the order came from WASH
ington to stop work. But more recently the
best of the machinery has been taken apart
and shipped piecemeal to the arsenals in
different parts OF the country. Much of it
has found its way to the Navy Yard in
Washington, where work is constantly
pushed on guns and naval articles. The
engine which ran the Pittsburg works was a
handsome upright, built about 40 years ago by
Mcintosh & Hemphill. The lathes were Of
the best make, and are perhaps not excelled
in worth by the lathes of to-day, though
there are larger lathes now.
Mr.. Neckerman says the balance of the
machinery that filled the shops would be
practically useless to-day on account Of late
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WIDOWS INHERITANCE.
Provisions of the Act Recently Passed by
the English Parliament.

Provisions of the Act Recently Passed by
the English Parliament.
New York Times
The constant Improvement in the legal
position of women is further shown by the
passage in England recently OF an act regu-
lating the inheritance of widows. 1t brings
them, in this respect, 10 a very similar
standing TO that of their sisters in this coun-
try, and provides that the real and personal
estate of every man who shall die intestate
leaving a widow but no issue shall belong
to the widow absolutely aud exclusively,
where the net value of such estates does not
exceed So, 5O0
Where it exceeds this amount the widow
is entitled to this sum absolutely, having
a claim TOR it upon the whole estate with in
terest at per cent from the date of her hus-
bands death until it is paid; this without
affecting her right to her further share and
interest in the residue of the estate remain
ing after the payment of the s., 800. This
law which the English Solons have thus
tardily adopted is, practically, the long
existing law OF this State.