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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
A TWO-SlDED MORAL.
How Thoughtful Man Was Prevented
from Being Reckless.


at is true that much human misery
results from lack of economy" said
man whose face wore the marks of mid
night thought, "but | once knew a man
who now owes his happiness to riotous
living. The story is sad one. There
were two brothers, John and Hank Bull
finch. They were twins. They were
graduated with credit, and with equal
showing they went out into the world.
They had no money, but they managed
to get into business. John was careful
and economical; Hank was prodigal and
reckless. If John could not save one
dollar per day, he saved fifty cents. If
Hank could not spend one dollar per day
1t was because he hadn't that amount.
At the end of their first two years in bus
mess the difference between the brothers
was very great. John had money; Hank
had nothing. John owned fine horse
and buggy, but Hank was compelled to
walk. He did not complain, but it was
with sad smile that he would step
from the middle of the road, to keep
from being run over by his brother. One
night while John was driving around
town his horse became frightened, ran
away and smashed the buggy. Just as
John was striking the ground Hank was
beating his way into minstrel show.
John was killed. Statistics proved that
he did not even kick after he struck the
face of the earth. The dead mans prop
erty was wilied to charitable institu-
ton"
Say some one remarked, ''ain't you
drifting from the point of the story?"
"Oh, no.
But you said that you once knew a
man who owned his happiness to riotous
living.
YES, it is fact. You see that
Hank, had he been able to buy horse
had he saved up enough money and
bought one-would doubtless have been
killed, and, in fact, Hank was trying at
one time to buy the horse that killed
John. Hank is still living and is enjoy
ing himself, though he is afraid to save
money. think that the careful, eco
nomical man has been praised too much.
We ought to give the spendthrift a
chance"
Il think said member of the com.
pany, that the moral of your story is
destroyed by one fact"
whats that?"
We'll, you see, IL John had been
more economical he wouldn't have
bought the fine horse"
by George, believe you're right
Well, sir, | thought had that thing
fixed up all right. Thought | was
going to give economy black eve.
was going to be more reckless but
don't believe | will. Was going 10
order the drinks, but you have taught
me that it is better to economize."
When the man who had told the story
got up ami left the room, the old fellow
known as ''tough"-who had changed
the moral, looked at companion and
said:
BLAMED if he didn't beat us afta,
all."-Arkansaw Traveller.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
PRIME OF WoMANHooD.
roninlne Charms Not fhings Escins'vei
of Youth.


of Youth.
Ons az the truths which this womant
arm. as one calls the present period, has
made emphatic, is thar womans charm
Ia not, as the earlier noyeiists taught
and people generally believed, thing
exclusively OF youth. No changes OF
thought wrought In the last century are
more naked than those which note the
steady dvance in the period OF lie at
which the feminine part OF humanity Is
thought to reach its prime, says a writer
in Dress, The heroine OF the original
novel was the thirteen-year-old. sweet
sixteen" and "blooming eighscen were
the fayorite ages less than half CEN
fury ago.
"No woman Is so charming as the
woman of thirty years. wrote WISE
and witty Frenchman, and many man
of modern society has echoed his sent-
ment. In the better circles girls do not
enter society at as early an age as they
ala whom the big sold maid" was affixed
TO them If they didn't marry by tine
time they were twenty-five. The modern
vounp woman is busy with her studies
and preparations for the future up to
the age of twsnty-one and later.
The age of our grandmothers. who
took the responsibility of life upon
them whiie they should have been chill
dren, is past. The girl who marrles at
sixteen no longer exists, and the old
time fallacy that girls ara earlier ma
tured than the boys for the cares OF
existence is rapidly giving way to more
progressive thought.
The average boy of sixteen or eighteen
is quite as matured as the girl OF that
ACE She is no more fitted at that stage
of the growth to assume the role OF
womanhood than he is of manhood. The
Spartans recognized this physiological
truth when they made law forblddlng
their females to marry under twenty
Ave.
The women Of prom inence in the
world to-day, the social leaders and the
society favorites, are no longer in the
freshness of their first youth. The
reigning favorites of the present are
women who have studied life, anu whose
faces oftener show lines of thought than
cheeks of bloom.
The color of 'blooming eighteen NO
longer comedies it's crudities and so
ciety's queens are oftener women in the
thirties than girls in their twenties
women, moreover, who have something
more fascinating than beauty, more real
than style. The modern woman is
learning the secret which made Mines.
de Stael and Recamier tho rivals of the
Youthful beauties when old age had
claimed them, or would have claimed
then had it been given chance.
The loneliness of youth is the loveli
ness of the rosebud, but the glory of the
garden is the rose. What woman woulc
wish always to be eighteen? WHIT
would be, as DIR. Holland expresses it
always kitten? Who would not rather
grow into Nine. de Stael than to stay
for all time in larissa?-Boston Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.


The first iron works III coioh's'
America we're established In 1871 III
Chesterfield. Va.
Electric wires strung through tuoes
of paper, it is said, are made lmperVious
to fire and water.
An important industrial departure
in Philadelphia is tho establishment VI
trade school for young women.
MANY of the laundries OF Parls are
said TO use soiled potatoes in preference
to soap for cleansing boiled nneh,
The berries of the maqul pant
small evergreen native OF Chlll' "ho.o
IL grows along the banks OF mountain
streams. are being used to considera
bile extent for coloring wines on the Con
tiuent. France is by far the largest CON
sumner.
--Experiments with new explosive
called c,crasite, which is to dynamite as
100 TO 10, have recently been MADE IN
Australia. and are said to have succeeoeu
so we'll that the invention has oeen pur
chased for military purposes exclusively
An English inventor claims to nave
a system by which coal gas can be com,
pressed into eight per cent. OF its hatur"i
bulk, and in that shape carried ABOUT
and turned into an illuminant at any
time by simply turning a stop-cock and
lighting the evaporation.
Potato paint is novelty when Is
said TO adhere we'll to wood and plaster,
and to be very cheap. To make it, boil
one pound of peeled potatoes, mash,
dilute with water and pass through a
sieve; then add two pounds of Spanish
white in four pounds of water. Different
colors can he had by the use OF che
ordinary IMMORAL powders
1t is difficult to find an industry for
which, where power is used under
system of distribution, the electric mo
tor is not eminently qualified. A strlk-
ing instance of its versatility has Just
been recorded in Minneapolis, where
the motor not only runs the sewing
machines in an overalls factory, BUT
does all the cutting. More than this,
tho current warns the irons that do the
pressing on the goods - Electrical World
Sir Frederick Abel recently dellv-
cred lecture on smokeless powder at
the Royal Institution in London lie
said that the smokeless powder now
being manufactured in Europe was
gelatinous substance shaped into threads
and strips under pressure. 1t is made
by dissolving gun cotton or some SINH
lar material with champor or other sol
vent, and forcing the compound, when
properly prepared, through perforated
dies.
! French meteorologists, it appears
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
DURABLE TIMBER.
u,.,t valuable suggestions
"'s"I p.nr. Rnnlslne's Experience

xrt. .t.t
prof Rnnkine's Experie"'"'
n.saasor Rankine says. "Thero are
contain appearances which are eharao
teristio of strong and durable vi'hpei "
- c,,ss soeyer it belongs. l. IN ene
- snecies of timber that speoimeh
will in general be strongest anu nos'
durable which has grown inc siowos"
as shown by the narrowness Oh 'no "n
- rinys ., The cellular TISSUE US
seen in the medullary rays (wheh Vis,'
I1ol shonld be hard and compact. ..
The vascular or hbrous tissue snoo'u
adhere firmly together anu shouiu spo"
M weakness at freshly-cut SURFACE
nor should it clog the teeth OF the "a"
Nth loose nbers. 4. Ii the wooa is
oolored darkness of color Is in general
a sirn Of strength and durability. D. Inc
trashy cut surface of the wood shoulo pe
Arm and shining, and should have some
what of translucent appearance uu''
ohalky appearance is sign OF pau 'i,h-
her q. In wood Of given speeches. oho
heavier specimens are In genera 'no
stronger and the most lasting e. Anio"s
resinous woods, those which nave ieaeO
resin in their pores, and among non.
rosipous woods, those which have least
San ar gnm in them, are in general the
strongest and most lasting ~ 20
stated by some authors in hr-woou ,na'
which has the most sap wood, ana III
hard wood that which has the least, Is
the most durable-but the unlversailty
of this law is doubtful. Timber shoulo
he free from such blemishes as cleits OF
cracks radating from the center; cup
shakes or cracks which partially separf--
ate one annual layer from another; V
''up-sets," where the fibers have been pee :,
crippled by compression; V "ringalls,
or wounds in the layer of the WOOD
which have been covered and concealed
by the growth OF subsequent layers over
them"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
RuEEAloEs as PETS.
The Monarch Of the Plains Is Not inteili-
gent HUT Very Aneetlonate.

The Monarch Of tn. Plains Is Not intein-
gent But Very Ancetionate.
MIR Hornaday, according 30 the Pits
hurgh Dispatch, places the buffalo very
low. indeed, in the standard OF mental
capacity. and makes this stupidity the
cause Of his determination. But If the
monarch OF the plains lacked intellect
he certainly did not want for affection
The manner in which the bull buffalo
protected the calves vi the herd Is
glorious example of paternal instinct
An army surgeon related the following
instance to MIR Iiornaday: ale was in
the camp one evening when his atten-
ton was attracted by tho curious action
OF a little. knot Of six or eight butfaloes.
Approaching sufficiently near TO see
clearly, be discovered that this little
knot was made up OF bulls standing in
"a close circle, with heads outward.
while in concentrie circle at come
twelve or FIT, en- PAGES distant sat at
least a dozen large gray wolves Except
ing man the most dangerous enemy of
tine bufIalol The doctor determined TO
watch the performance, After a few
moments he knot broke up and still
keeping IN compact mass, started on a
trot for the main herd, some half q mile
of. To his very great aston shment,
the doctor now saw that tho central and
controlling figure Of this mass was a
poor little calf SO newly born as scaroely
10 be able TO walk After going fifty or
a hundred PAGES the calf laid down, the
bulls disposed themselves in u circle as
before. and the wolves ho had trottcd
along ON each side Of their retreatiug
supper sal down and licked their chops
again. and though the doctor q not see
the finale. IL being late and the camp
4 slant L. had no doubt that the noble
fathers did their whole duty TO their
offspring, and carried 1t safely TO the
herd Tho buffalo. II taken when
young. submits with surprising readi-
ness 10 the restraints OF captivity. Mr..
Hornaday declares bntfaio calves make
excellent pets
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
a FEMALE SAMSON.
Swiss Girl Who Lifts Two Hundred and
Fifty Pounds with Ease.


Fifty Pounds with Ease.
Inc strongest woman on earth has not
been long in making her appearance at
the music halls, and, according to ac.
counts, if she had visited the AQUARIUM
some few weeks ago she might almost
have entered the lists with Cyclops, for
she seems to think nothing of lifting
$50 pounds. Nine. Victorine is a Swiss,
and for many years was ignorant of her
extraordinary strength, or, at any rate,
of its remarkable value.
1t was only by chance she discovered
IT, one day, when out walking, she
saw two men vainly endeayoring to lift
huge fender from cart Smiling at
thelr unsuccessful efforts, she yolun.
teered her aid, and, to their extreme
surprise, accomplished the feat unas-
sisted. The story reaching the ears of
an eager exhibitor, overtures for intro
ducing her to an admiring public were
instantly made, and, after a few weeks
OF severe training, she made her first
appearance.
Nine. Nictorine is indeed a prodigy.
tor, In addition to her really marvellous
strength. she is not, like so manv
wonders, unpleasant to look upon, but is
extremely fair of form and face. This
makes the third exhibitor of unusual
muscle in London, for Samson still has
humb Der OF admirers and sympathizers,
whlle Sandow is drawing crowds at the
A-ham bra. London Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
RATS IN ENGLAND.
The Right Little, Tight Little lsAna
Needs "A Pied Piper BADLY.

The Right Little, ilghe h''.' A
Needs Pied Piper BADLY
The plague of rats, from which more
than one of our agricultural dlstricsaD
at present suffering, threatens TO ASSUME
serious proportions. In East LOTHIAN,
though the vermin have been destroyer
by the thousands, and all the terriers
steel traps and phosphorus paste In 'ne
neighborhood are in requlsluon' 'lei'
numbers exhibit no appreciate dlmihu'
ton, while from the Fen district N
Lincolnshire, it is reported tha' 'n'i
never w re so numerous or destructive
The potato pits are invaded, the tarlp
fields constitute browsing grounu Vt
the swarm of rodents. and every grana'
has been compelled to pay an uh"iiAls
titne to the horde which has oVersp''N
the country. -.
Since "Hamelin Town in BruhsTMA
Land' was afflicted in similar iasniOa
such a pest has seldom been heaiu ",
1t is true that for the present tney na"
not fought the dogs ana kiiiea a,,as
cats. and bit the babies in their ctau'.
and ate the cheese out OF the '"'' shn,
licked from the cooks own lauio'
thew are in a fair way TO aVOvm
plish all these misdemeahofs a,oso
their career is brought to speedy Wv,
Indeed the rats seem to nave .On
stav. Unlike such vermin geh''i
they are burrowing holes oy ,n' .n,a,.
side and when we remember the , anurr
ing rapidity with which they mu nhana
it is hard to say whether VIC ,sn and
wish the farmers of Lincolnshire an
EastJotbian severe winter or an Op''
one. dr;ve the
rats from the fields, it would oe' y ma
force them to seek the shelter '. d
stable and bvre, while an aOsea %s.n.
frost would favor their Increase owner
time the naturalist who is NOV an s.il TO
W. enlt;vator of the soil can not iaD IA
feel certain qualified interest N nors
latest inroad, which Is sil'ip', 10 assert
attempt on the part of nature ,he per.
Itself 1t is a protest against ". ssstrOy
sovar;ng efforts of civilization 'ou ,na IN.
the balance OF life, since 'u' s "a the de.
crease of rats must be traced " ,ssasels
struction + the birds of prey barry
500 -, and other animals when ~ d
.ne,n inst as the mnltiPilcas,"v"nab
weakling grouse has not ~, en sedelings
been attributed to such feeble i ns
being afforded. owing to a sln aals for o.
an astra chance in the struggle ~
istence. London ataaoaF"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
IMMORTAL.


He walked the world with Bonded hcadt
"There is no thing he moaning said
"T,hat must not some day join the dead"
He sat where rolled river deep;
A woman sat her down 10 weep;
A child lay In her lap asleep.
The waters touched the mothers hand.
His heart was touched, He passed from lana
But teft II laughing in the sand.
That one kind word, that one good deed,
Was as II you should plant seed
In sands along death 5 sable brode.
And looing from the farther shore
He saw wher,' he had sat fore,
A light that grow, grew more and mora
He'saw "a & owing. glowing throng
or happ people white and strong
With faith, and iubilant with song.
II grew and grew, this little seed
OF good snwn In that day OF need,
Until II touched the stars indeed
And then the old man smi ing said,
With youthful heart and lifted head;
No good deed ever Joins the dead"
Joaquin Miller in y. Y. Independents
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29
A Matter of Economy.

wait moment outside, Maria I've
got to step in here"
You ought to have more regard for
appearances, John, than to stop at "a drug
store on the way to church."
(flercely) ut isn't question of APP
pearances, Maria. It's a question Of
economy I've got to buy a cigar or two
ana get some small change or else throw
thls twenty-tive-cent piece in the con.
triouuon-box DO you think I'm a jay
uould?'--Cnicago Tribune,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

Mr.. Anger looking over editors
shoulder as he clips an article from an
eXchangel-"D that require much
intellect?"
Edltor-"None whatever; why, I be-
iIeVe even you could do it.'-Munsev's
Weekly .
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

The Emperor Of Germany has bis
faults, but his resolution 70 put down
the practice 81 duel .ng merits the warm
est praise. or course there is really no
difference between the dnelisi and the
murderer. except thai the former more
frequently kills in Geld blood. But IL
has taken people a good many centuries
20 learn even this elementary truth, and
IN Germany. which Is not the least en-
lightened Of nations il has been difficult
20 drive the fact home The dullest
man in the Father and understands,
however, what cashiering an officer
means, and it may safely be- concluded
that the punishment which the Emperor
PROPOSES TO infict upon the challenger
vii have the effect OF stamping out the
duelists in the German army. London
Figaro.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

"A South Carolina man preachos ~
MS sleep The general rule. it will be
remembered, among the clergy. is To
preach in other folks sleop.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

slowg1minstin' see Is, such as par
sles carrots and parsnips, should he Of
the best quality AID shou be planted
early, SO as 10 take adyanfase Of the
spring rains in order TO have h. your 9
plants well advanced in growth he e
the dry seaEon comes on. The Seeds
should 20 in as soon as the ground is
warm.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

Many clergyman who can preach
a capital sermon is very unhappy as
speaker out Of the pulpit. The Phila-
aelphia Times has heard of a clergyman
whose duty it was to introduce to an au-
iience missionary from Ceylon and did
as follows: This faithful missionary OF
the cross comes from Ceylon. a land
where, as you all know, every prospect
pieases and only man is yils.'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-29

"A young lady in Weston, Orepon
dreamed her lover gave her an engage.
hent ring, and thrust her finger into =
Knot-hole as substitute, from which
when she awoke. she could not extricato
IT, until She had aroused the whole fam.
nv ms dream was doubtless meant az
warning to foolish maidens that MAJ
rage Is not only failure, but a delu.
sion anu snare as we'll. 1t is awful
Easy ths 70 get IN but it sometimes require )
the assistance of all your relations tn
get you out again. Vest Shore.
-bronson-"See here, Cadls ala
YOU eell 9mlthers ! was the m...est
"N NJ n man mat ever lived?" Galley
NO, didn't draw the color line, -,
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Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-17
The cOrsiean vendetta.

Should Corsican in revenge for in
jury done to himself or his relations, or
even to his dog or his horse, kill another
with knife or coup de .fusl, public sym
pathy sustains him, the hills shelter him,
his relations feed him, and justice in the
shape Of gendarmes winks with both
eyes unless the murderer be very un-
popular. True he is termed ''bandit, y
and has to take refuge in the macqui, as
the natural bush is called that clothes
the mountain sides. Well-informed Cor
sicans tell one that there are at this
moment in the island over 1000 in
hiding. But please understand, the ban
dit is no brigand. Should you, defense
less, happen to fall in with him he will
not take your purse, but. on the con-
trary, offer you food if he has it and
shelter in his cave, and most probably re-
fuse any payment for his hospitality. 1t
is only his foes family against which he
wages war, and of course in self-defense
with the gendarmes. These latter he
will shoot with as much unconcern as a
woodcock. And yet, though the Corsi-
can will not rob you, it is not because he
does not love money. For very few
francs, both Corsican gentlemen and
English residents aver, you can find a
man who will do your killing for you
and rid you of your enemy with knife or
bullet. And while this utter contempt
for human life prevails there can be no
hope of the extinction of the vendetta. -
National Review.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1890-04-17
Ballooning as a Sport.

Ballooning should be encouraged as a
recreation. AS there is little balloon ing
done in this country, very few know any
thing Of this charming experience, and
nearly all have an exaggerated idea of its
danger In Europe, and especially in
Paris, free balloon ascents are quite often
made, and as natural result the French
men make good balloons. Ballooning is
not more expensive than yachting, and
to my mind it is much more interesting.
A good silk balloon with a capacity for
two people--say one holding "a, 900 cubic
feet of gas--costs in Frenee $500 or 5000.
Here it would cost rather more. The
gas is cheaper there also, but if one has a
good balloon and does his own work, the
whole expense of ballooning here bught
not to average over $10O for each ascent.
With little previous study and the prac-
tical experience of a few trips, one can
manage his own balloon. Under ordi-
nary circumstances two persons make the
best number for an ascent. A balloon
club, having feet of well-constructed
balloons, could have excursions and races
on the same plan as that Of yachting and
canoeing. 1t is an art or recreation that
has been neglected. At all events it has
been left mostly to professionals, who in
dulge in its most risky features and give
it the name of being very dangerous
sport, which it need not have. My ex-
perience has shown me that there is more
| fun to be had cup in a balloon, boys, :
than can be discovered "down in coal
mine, underneath the ground. II Forest
and Stream.