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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

IL have heard it said that. taken as
whole, people Of these days are not SO
handsome as those of olden times," said
an artist TO Washington Post reporter,
but have theory that they far excel
in beauty of form and feature their an
cestors Of many hundred years ago. "rhe
only way we have to judge of such com,
parative merits of the people of today
with those who are made known to us
by tradition and history is by the means
Of statuary. We compare our modern
men with old works of art and pronounce
them inferior without taking into con
sideraticn the deception that has been
practiced by the artists whose work was
done for those whose form and feature
they portrayed and from whom they
were to look for their pay.
at was the easiest thing in the world
then, as Is done now. to smooth over
blenishes and defects The art of pho
Biography will not permit such deception
to 80 great an extent as it was formerly
carried on"
"Do artists not flatter their subjects as
much nowadays as was done of oldt"
"ln making oil paintings this is done
by a great many. and that is the reason
why many people will not sit for photo
graph, but prefer to be represented by
an artist The photographers recognize
this and do what they can to overcome
it. knew one once who, having sitter
with nose very much out of shape, &c.
tually used putty to straighten it out,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
WIN Exclusion Exclude tn. Chinese ?

Sir John Bowring not only testified to
this perpetual outflow of Chinese immi,
grants, but he paints in vivid colors the
causes which lead to these results. lie
says: There is probably no part of the
world in which the harvests of mortality
are more sweeping and destructive than
in China, producing voids which require
no ordinary appliancest To fill up. Multi
tudes perish absolutely IRON want of the
means of existence; foundations destroy
towns and villages and all their inhab-
itants; it would not be easy TO calculate
the loss of life by the typhoons and hur-
ricanes which visit the coasts of China,
in which boats and junks are sometimes
sacrificed by hundreds and by thousands.
The late civil wars in China must have
led to the loss of millions of lives. The
sacrifices Of human beings by executions
alone are frightful."
IL is such n condition of things, and
such causes as these, that induce the
laboring classes of Chinese to immigrate
20 other countries. Considering the in
centive which exists in these densely
populated districts TO escape from the
misery which marks their existence, and
to seek new lands where their condition
may DO bettered, the dangers that
Of human supply become easy of appre-
citation. Willard b. Farwell in Popular
Science Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
SINCE ADAM DIED.

The Number of People Who Have Lived
Since the Beginning If Time.
Did you ever make u calculation of
the number of people that have inhab-
tied this globe since the beginning of
time? No doubt you will say that such
calculations involve loss of time and
are, after all barren Of results, but as
we are engaged in giving curious read
ings and odd calculations, let us take
few minutes time and approximate
with certain degree of accuracy, a
least. the number of souls that have
been ushered into and out of this sinful
world since the time when it was not
good for Adam to be alone. At the
present time 1T is believed that there
are l, 400, 600. 900 human beings on our
globe; but let us suppose there has been
but an average of 900, 900, 900 living at
one time since the creation. To give
room for any possible doubt as tC
the average length of life, we will put
it down at so years. Clt may have beer
longer than that during Bible times, ii
has been much shorter, however, since.
With the average length of life reck-
phtd a. abpNfs VIC iaNt titu t"o gtHtId-
tons of 900, 900, 900 each every century
for the past 5000 years. Taking thi.
for granted. we have had about 66,627,
SAB, 237, 075, 266 inhabitants on this globe
since the beginning of time.
Admitting that there is a great deal
of guess-work about this calculation
and that it has been hastily and per
haps inaccurately done, it will be per.
ceived, nevertheless, that our earth is q
vast cemetery On each rood of it LIS;
human beings have found burial
place, A rood being scarcely sufficient
for ten graves, each grave must contain
the remains of 1919 persons. The whole
surface of the globe, If all peoples bury
within the earth as we do, has been dug
over 100 times in order to get room for
burial places. st. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.


There, I've forgotten my mea,'
,ine' "ei' you ""n' " 10 -.
urs. .hing you Mo" you a 10 soo'i"S
Wei,. LIE ne, -. .rv, s,a,,
uii-piown u.s. n". p.s'
hea'' you ".s e"sas sss,.
VIZ ne NJ, n" ',s,r .n ~ "a - s e..
nan. W AA
$3.50 a,,oa 49,, h,sv
Do a,'a. VIZ ~. - IT, III. 80. 49,
au."o ~. .,.,asen Ia -. -
have q oaIlar 81 Arkansas ira veler
-Eduund Clarence Stedman. ~ ia
said does not Iook Iike meet The
tronble With the average verse-slinper
q that he doesnt write like a noet. st.
paul Pioneer
-Humorist az suppose this little joke
will 20 at regular rates IL acceptedp"
Editor-"Yes, guess so. 1t Is too old
to trave, for half fare any longer."--
Terre Haute Express
Mrs. Closehall -"Do you know that
I'VE induced Mr.. Closehall to give up
cigars?'" Dovetail Really? Why, I've
known him for ten years and never
saw him give up one yet."--Judge.
MIR. Sampson--''I have spoken to
your father, Miss Clara, and he has
given me permission to speak to YOU"
Miss Clara-"Excuse me, Mr.. Sampson,
but | can not entertain any second
hand offer OF marriage Epoch.
-"How did the new preacher Impress
you, Mrs. Flutingp' HE seemed very
eloquent and used no notes whatever.
And how did tho choir singT Wen,
just as the minister preached. "-Phiia-
deiphia Saturday REVIEW.
Mr.. Dumpsey Ito the wife Of his
bosom) --"Maria! here, I've gone and
sat down in that chair vanished for
you this this morning" Mrs Dumpsey
---"Well, for once you've stuck to your
work. - Burlington Free Press.
Mrs Oldboy--" you needn't talk,
John. You was bound to have me. You
can't say that l ever ran after Won, .
Oldboy--"Very true. Maria. and the rat
tran never rms after the mouse. but II
gathers him in all the same. ~ Boston
Transcript.
In New York the ouestion. "Will
electricitv k,ll - seems To have resol we'd
itself into thia. II the subiect ia a n,,r.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
Raw Fish and Pepper Sauce,

Raw fish is common article CT diet in
both Japan and Corea and attended a
Japanese dinner at Toxic where slices
OF white uncooked trout were brought
in covered with ice and served as one of
the entrees. 1t was not bad to taste. and
my Japanese friends ate it with great
gnsto. In Corea i: is not uncommon for
the fishermen to take bottle of pepper
sauce along with them and to eat a fish
as they take it from the hook, sprink-
ing a bit of red hot chilli over it, and
eating 1t down without cleaning anv
thing of except the scales. The Core
ans are by no means particular as to the
manner in which their fish and meats
are served. The entrails are sold and
eaten as well as the rest of the meat.
and common dish at big dinner is a
chicken baked feathers, entrails and all
and served whole on the table.-F. G..
Carpenter, in Omaha Bee.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
WHY Cigars Are Dangerous.

A celebrated European specialist 70,
diseases of the throat, nose and ear, %.
serts that tuberculosis is making alarm.
ing progress among our cigar smokers.
He does not attribute this to the use d
tobacco but to the manner in which d.
CARS are manufactured. Rolling the 70
bacco leaf is craft that requires neither
strength nor intelligence, consequently
in this branch of the operation it is usui|
to find male and female operatives Wha
are weak and disease L. and who, in con
sequence of their inhrmities. are CIV
nomical employees. Most of these suhs'
from scrofula or tuberculosis The!
cough, and often give the finishing touch
to cigar with their lips.-Frank Ls
lies Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

A prisoner who was being taken with
some other criminals in a train from
lie Mans to Sille le Guillaume con,
trived TO effect his escape in a very
clever manner. Each of the culprits
was in small cell, and, having man
aged to conceal saw about his person,
the captive in question set To work on
the floor. He succeeded in saving OUT
a piece of wood sufficiently large to
enable him to drop on the line when
the train stopped at station, and his
escape was not discovered until the
party arrived at Their destination
New York Post
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

| A habit OF Turgeneiff, says The Fort
nightly Review, was to invite friends t6
dinner and be absent when they came,
not deliberately Of set purpose. but be-
cause of the little value lie set on his
pledged word and the very faint impress
sion it used to make upon his mind. He
once invited the famous critic Belinsky
and FIVE others to dine with him at his
house in the country, where he had .
chef de cuisine whom he looked upon as
a genius ~ will organize a banquet for
you the like OF which you never dream
ed Of" he said
He fixed the day and made each per
son give his word of honor that he
would come. Don't fear for us, re-
marked Belinsky. I'VE shall be there
without fail, but you must not repeat
the trick that you played upon us last
winter. when you asked us to dine and
were not at home when we came, but,
! lest you should forget your invitation, !
shall write to you the eve of the day OF
our arrival" hs
1t was a sutry day when the whole six
Of us set out for Pargolovo In an open
caleche at / o'clock in the morning. says
one Of the persons invited We were
thoroughly fatigued by the heat and dust
of the road. Arriving at Turgenieff's
country house, we alighted with joy in
our countenances. but we were all struck
with the circumstance that TurgenieG
did not come out to meet us We
knocked at the door Of the glass terrace,
Tho silence Of death reigned In the
house. All our faces grew visibly long
er. "Can Turgenief have played the
same trick as last winter exclaimed
Belinsky.
But we all Gained him, saying that we
probably arrived earlier than we were
expected. ''But wrote to him that we
should be here at o'clock" objected Be
linsky; "what can It mean? If they would
only admit us into the room we could
wait. but here VIC are scorched."
At length boy came out of the door
and we all piled him with questions
His master had gone off, he said, and the
chef do cuisine was in some public house.
We gave the urchin money, sent him to
fetch the chef, who should let us in, and
meanwhile we sat down on the steps OF
the terrace.
We waited long In vain. Belnsky
wanted us TO return, but our hired coach
man refused to take ~ back until tho
horses had had q long, rest. So we sal
on, hungry and hot Panaieff went II
the public house to see if anything eata
bic could be procured. but there wa.
nothing to be had. At last tn,
chef made his appearance. "Where il
your MASTER" cried Belinsky. He die
not know. "Did your master order {
dinner for US todays" insisted the critic
He did nothing Of the kind" was tn,
reply. Amusement and terror were de
picted on all faces. Belinsky famed up
and, looking at MS In his significant way
exclaimed: "Turgenieff has indeed givel
us Q banquetv'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
TELEGRAPH,c R,,,..

' oS rss.., from Which y
, Get RID !, Of Emma at once, a..
imminent" Such were ths espos
startling and unexpected. :, o0a's1
opened by the wife Of one !, Nlsp
men during his absence u our
signs and tears, how much aOs "
anguish resulted, and WITH Souot
Guilty and persuasion inc,aa .las
overcome and confidence re.,s '
shall tell. Suffice it that tea,. !.
TO laughter when it was exDlai s.,s !
Emma" was the name Of I ha
America, and the mysterious I'as
only a hint to sell out shares :, nes',
torions undertaking. snat
There was no blunder. ts,a
otherwise, in the transmiss;sa raphie
above message, but it will SUN q
example Of the ambiguity Of ths y
business telegram. Nine ont H. !, @ods
the messages passing TO-DAY -, u !. ". a
business houses are 40 am. oe've
full OF technical tt rms a. !. o,ia'ed
soluteiy unknown language t. : -, y
outside the particular bns,s ny
cerned. she& ID
There is no occasion whatar.
denim this practice; indeed M Z % ~
advantages secured by the nsa as !.
breviated or code kilograms, nri I u
as regards economy and sa r,nopll
measurably outweigh the d;s.a SOY,
OF occasional misunderstand;asausA
must, however, be admitted tbs, . =,
Geographic blunder which woula 10y ~
feet the sense of a plainly wordsd a,s /
sage, might entirely obscure Or sls.. !.
meaning OF an abbreviated or ams,
GUS enc. The person who dss,.. u,
the comforting assurance. ..m pss01
right" could not, of course, foress s' i
that the failure Of two little si.s '.
would transform his message int sI \
alarining statement mad all night;pb1
the economist who condensed tha ID
meaning into the single word ass,. ~
could not loudly complain that ths :.
sage as delivered contained the pnma.1
ing and somewhat irritating word .r.|
tied" "
The plumbers of the telegram al
from more than one cause. In aaa;a1
to those produced by indistinct q, md
crate writing, a very large numbe, =,
due to mechanical or electrical faul,.
the apparatus or on the line. The MI
code or alphabet, by means Of which n
pulsations of the electric current a.
read. is. as most people are aware ,o,l
posed OF dots and dashes, or rather AL
and long signals, combinations Of Whit
il different orders and quantities to,I,
the letters Of the alphabet. These n
nails are liable to mutilation in AM
ways: BY failing" or the loss d
signal; by sticking" or the running \
gether of two signals; and BY .'sulit
ting or the breaking up Of one sion,
into two or more. Toillustrate this ID
us take the letter "R," which il 81
pressed by dot, dash, and dot - /.
BY the accidental omission Of the 6s
or last dot, it would become either-.Y
or - A. BY the running together d
al. L
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
q DEAR /. DAiRY-MAID.

peigho my pretty dairy maid
Heneath n green boughs shmmerlns shaoe
All dressed In silk,
She sold me milk
Did this my dark eyed dairy'mafd.
No plain plebian dairy-maidf
E,en solomon was not arrayed-
At, least, doubt
II he rugged out
like this dear dazzling dairy maid.
A proud patrician dairy maid;
Hut O she drove a lively tradei
The milk she sold,
o 1t was cold
AS her own mien my dairy maidi
A high and mighty dairy maid
To ask for change was AFRAID;
Tho twas five,
AS I'm alive,
gave this maddning dairy 'maidl
O deep designing dairy-maid!
The fine fantastic tricks she played
Would heat Old Nickl
Arithmetic
Was "downedr by this dear dairy maid.
o dollar drawing dairy-maid!
Twas first five, then, as l strayeu
Her way again,
She froze to ten
More ducats, did my dairy maid.
O most unfair fair dairy maid,
She took my all But why upbraiol
At every Fair,
Some lady there
VIII rob men, us o dairy maid!
Boston Globe.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
Too Too


Been writingE
"Yes."
"Who TOP
"oh, deari Why don't you speak
grammatically? The idea-'Who tor
You should say To whom to. '"-Har-
per's lsazar
One shreWd Maine dressmaker has
hit upon lucky idea, and is thriving on
It, When ladies come To her with the
goods to make up an ordinary worsted
iress. She asks; win you have it made
TO feel like silk or wool?" The owner
Of the dress naturally inquiries into the
meaning of the question. at is all in
lining. can give you lining that will
rustic like silk and that will make you
think whenever you touch it that it is
silk, and it will only cost you thirty
cents yard The fancy of the patron
Is caught by the alluring prospect of
having her woollen dress rustic like silk,
and she leaves an order for this cloud
with silver lining.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

The evenings of great numbers of fam
lilies are monotonous humdrums They
involve the assemblage of the same PEG.
Pile, the same surroundings, the same
paterfamilias yawning over his paper,
and the same querulous mamma over.
laden with family cares. Fresh people
with fresh thoughts, fresh atmosphere,
any thing to stir up and agitate the pool
of domestic stagnation, are sadly needed
and sadly scarce There needs to be also
constant succession of such fresh PEG,
pie to bring about these results Tho
world is full of men and women, and in
better regulated life it would be the
business after the days work was done,
to entertain each other, and give each
other fresh life. AS it is now, hundreds
If not thousands of our households are
little better than cells for the incarcer-
alton of each family. Thousands are
thus worn out prematurely from utter
lack of domestic recreation. There might
be written over the graves of hundreds
of thousands, Bored to death by the
stagnation of domestic life Farm and
Fireside.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

by utilizing the gases which once
escaped from furnaces, Great Britain ia
said to save 100000 tons of coal yearly
by a mistake a Norristown liyerv-
man sent hearse and carriage to a
mouse OF mourning a day ahead of the
funeral.
According to Francisco Pimental
torty-eight languages are spoken in
Mexico the greater part of which are
Indian. "te
"A piueky Franklin County, Pennsyl-
vanla, widow took an axe and ATTACKED
and killed bea, that was trying to steal
one Of her pigs. ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

Nobody ever saw Chiuaman with
muddy shoes, no matter what the
weather, unless some hoodlums had
pushed him into puddle. We take care
Of our feet instinctiv"ly, and get into a
habit of walking carefully. II you watch
on muddy crossing you will sec one
American after another pick his way
over cautiously, and yet land on the
other side with mud on his toes, while a
Chinaman will walk along after them a,
his usual gait, and, seemingly, not no.
ticing his feet, stepping on the other
curb with not particle OF mud on the
tops OF his shoes. But when he crossed
the street he did not walk as the Ameri.
cans did. Had he done SO, he would
have been as muddy as they They
stepped along ginger.v on their toes, or,
at least, the front pa, of the foot. In
this way they put all the weight of their
body on the thinnest part Of their shoe,
from top to bottom, and when it fiat.
tened out with each step the mud
touched the leather. The Chinaman
walked over with tho weight OF his body
on the heel and instep Of the shoe and
the toe barely grazing the ground. The
foot OF the shoe that ielt his weight was
firm and unyielding. and did not spread
into the mud
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

Despair makes desplcaO ,iual' Ts
and descends from a mean o'i and irr
the offspring of fear OF iaz,'' :, snlrit ad
patience; it argues detec1 u !, honest
resolution, and oftentimes
4oo -Calliar
Fond Mother -"See tio =, llttjs
lrinkW Visitor-"Yes, indeea ' s,.s hjs
cumming! How much he reSe~D
pav'-Time. ..,.w
"A Minneapolis man claims ~ tiua,
invented a motor which Will ~ .s,ood v
Of kitchen work. 1t is unoo. INT i.
have no cousins, Boston Trah''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

"A queer decision By a New JERSEY
justice of the peace is reported. John
Wolf put stuffed wolf at the door to
represent his ZANE. A dog destroyed
the sign, and the justice holds that, as
the stuffed wolf represented John Wolf
the dog is guilty of biting the man, and
his owner must pay SIS damages.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

In Virginia few days ago au eagle
pounced upon young lady, fi.1ed his
talons In her head, and flew off with a
bunch of hair as big as a bucket almost.
Whocan picture the keen disappointment
and paralyzing surprise Of that proud
bird of freedom when he reached his
eyre and discovered no girl at the end
Of the b Arm. Y. Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

have been blown up w;,h,.
two after they got CHARGE ~ a n 10,
the trade s and on the same l sas y
miles away.-N. Y. Sun - y her
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

An American who spent ninety-two
lays in France says he only saw two
pies In that whole country, and these
were in Paris and had no upper crust
Detroit Fro press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31

The way - pronounce Mpwanwa-
AXE mouthful of hot coffee and trv tc
'ay papa without swallowing it.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
To Keep Up with the Dance

Time was when a lady or genllleman
who, after term or two at asl'uIs
school, could waltz fairly wei cOuis
polka or scholtische a little and wan
through quadrille withouta o,u lDas.
considered his or her terpscnJllsas'
education complete. Not so no IVA s:.s
No longer is the graduate called G ~.
for the guidance Of the dancer, ,; sns
cotillon, with the military and an p, \
minuet features of the early pa" M 4
the century has been revived, ,r avn
new dances are brought oul e ;",,.
season. Many of them are 9ulass 10 , ,bsi,
cate. They are known only y o ,''S |,
names. No word OF direcllo u Ia
spoken. The person who desires re- !, " ~ =
up to the usages of polite society ,s sss
emplilied in the ball room' mus y, a sxrs.
fore, be they ever so graceful u sr Al
rienced dancers, take a few lessU.r nm
the outset of the social season - aver, on
the risk of being surprised son uhss ii 8
ing in, may | call it, the me sasn sbs
new cotillon, to his or her u. ,Ss IN.
grin and modification ana a. Wv O,her,
mistakable annoyance OF lhs ~ ' have
who are so unfortunate az ,naerr.
their pleasure married by q , ulaf Ssurs
for one person ignorant Of inc ,asuipg
is enough to discomfort lne Master Master b
seven dancers. Dancing ""
Globe Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-01-31
:
AN ORDERLY REVOLUTION.
The Peaceful Manner In which Monarchy
Was Abolished In Brazil.

Brazil, the only country of South
America which has long possessed o
stable government, concluded TO dis
pense with the services of its constitu.
tional Emperor the other day and 70.
public was accordingly declared. Good
Dom Pedro and his family submitted to
the new order OF things without a muir
muir. Being told that their presence in
Brazil might cause discord, they sailed
for Europe with the understanding that
they were never to return. Thus began
and ended what Is perhaps the most
orderly revolution In history.
The peaceful manner in which slavery
was abolished in Brazil was not less re-
markable than was the orderly over
throw OF Dom Pedro. The dire explo-
sion which slavery caused In the United
States furnishes a strange contrast to
the event In the South American coun-
try. The leaders Of the people of Brazil
apparently are themselves guided by
reason rather than by passion. 1t is
useless to look elsewhere for a parallel
TO the peaceful action of the people of
Brazil in the two instances mentioned.
For fifty years the public men in
Brazil have imbibed the political doc
trines of tho Emperor, who was the
most liberal and most progressive of
rulers. During that time there have
been no roprisais among factions. Dom
Pedro has led them all forward to the
door Of the republic, has opened it for
them, and then has stepped aside. No
other wearer OF monarchical authority