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so much per word. You write out your
dispatch carefully, count the words and
hand over the amount. The clerk looks
IL over and says half or third more.
What FORE exclaims the traveller. I'm
perial tax stamp Nearly everything
is taxed. Every copy OF a newspaper is
obliged to have an imperial stand up
on IT,"
But this is not the worst OF IL. While
In Vienna the gentleman had the Press
sent To him, and was astonlshed that in
addition to tho regular postage, which,
of course was prepaid at the New York
Office, he was compelled to pay small
sum-a cent, or possibly Lesson every
copy that reached him.
How would the people of the United
States like fiscal system that thus puts
a direct tax upon every newspaper they
read in addition TO the publishers price,
and tax on every telegram sent in adj
dition TO the cost OF transmission, a sys-
TEN which, in short, is so obnoxious that
il irritates and annoys you in every
acton of life? IL would not suit
Americans. York Press.
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Douglas ,Jerrold.

His countenance was open and
bright (Yhen sober and showed
nothing of that satirical bitterness for
which he was so eminent Leigh
Hunt, in proposing his health on one
occasion, called him "the bitter Jer-
rold, with honey under him." / once
ventured to tell him that several of
the members of the club were afraid of
him and his bitter tongue, and Stunned
conversation with him on that account,
when he said to me-, with great en-
ergy: Sidney, | have never in my life
said or written bitter thing of any
one who did not deserve it." And /
must say that have frequently heard
him speak of ersons and things in the
most courteous and beautiful and even
feeling language metaphor following
metaphor, quaint conceits, graceful
images, beautiful ideas and thoughts,
all expressed in one continual flow of
eloquence from fountain inexhausti-
bic. In the winter Jerrold
always took chair close to the fire.
side, where he sat with his cigar, and
whence he issued his witticisms in his
dry and amusing manner, keeping us
all in continuous state of uproarious
laughter, - My Lye - Z. Sidney
COOUPT
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watch the Little Things.

There is barn upon the Allegheny
Mountains so built that the rain which
falls upon il separates in such q man
ner that that which falls on one side of
the roof runs into little stream which
flows into the Susquehanna, and thence
into the Chesapeake Bay and on to the
Atlantic Ocean. That which falls on
the other side is carried into the Allie
ghany River, thence into the Ohio, and
onward to the Gulf of Mexico.
The point where the water divides is
very small. But how different the
course of these waters
SO it happens with persons. A very
little thing changes the channel of their
lives. Much depends upon the kind of
tempers we have. If we are sour and
ill-tempered no one will love us. If
we are kind and cheerful we shall have
friends wherever we go. Much de-
ponds upon the way in which we inn
prove our school days. Much depends
upon the kind of comrades we have;
much upon the kind of habits we form.
If we would have the right kind Of
life we must watch the little things.
We must see how one little thing af-
fects another thing. how one little act
takes in many others. - Golden Days.
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| tary emihencs in his own country than
to playing the part OF nabob in Paris,
like so many of bis kind from Peru,
Brazil or the Argentine.
The chief political prize is. o: cou $50,
the Presidency, and the value and i'm
portance of this position have enor-
mously increased by the result of the
successful contest waged with Peru.
Prior to that the relative poverty of
the country restricted the amount of
official patronage at the disposal of the
occupant of the Presidential seat, and
much work, especially of Legislative
and locally administrative character,
was bone by men of high position out of
public spirit or from justifable desire
for popular distinction.
But with the acquisition of the guano
deposits, coded as q war indemnity, and
of the wealthy provinces OF Autofa-
gasta, Tarapaca and Tacna. with their
nitrate deposits, yielding an enormous
annual revenue in the shape of export
duty, the condition of political affairs
was greatly altered.
Government posts of every kind were
multiplied and salaries augmented,
while on the principle of supply and de-
mand u large body of professional poll
ticians, notably recruited from among
university students and barristers, sprang
up to take advantage of this. These
drifting into the Chamber formed a
number of small groups with members
mainly united by self-interest.
| Presidents, too, realizing the en-
HANGED value of the patronage at their
di,posal, and the opportunities this af-
forded of at one and the same time re-
warding their followers. and constituting
body of functionaries devoted to their
interests found a reason for continuing
as far as possible in office, and means
of bringing this result about.
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The New Illinois senator

John NJ. Palmer is the new Senator
from Illinois He was elected through
the periidy of Moore and Cockrell. two
of the +. NJ. T. A. members. who de-
serted their own candidate and voted for
Palmer.
Could pcrfdy go further Could men
exhibit less regard for every principle Of
honesty than these two +. NJ. Il A.
Representatives who deserted the regu-
lar nominee OF their own caucus. simply
because they saw that few more bal
lots would elect him?
II any new evidence were required Of
the loyalty of The Republican party 10
the interests OF the Western farmers,
that evidence was abundantly supp led
in this contest The Republicans were
in every instance ready 20 assist the
farmer members They even went 10
the extent of sacrificing their own can
didate in order that the cause of the
farmers might be promoted. They were
voting for Lindey, President of the +.
NJ. Il. A. organization in Illinois, when
the final ba lot was taken.
In marked contrast with this self-Sac-
rilice was the political treason of Cock
rel and Moore. What do the farmers
think of tn IN? DO they want To elect
any more such demagOgues TO positions
of responsibility?
The outcome of this struggle cannot
fail To prove blessing to the Republican
party. 1t cOnvin ;es the intelligent farm
ers OF the State that reliable Repub-
leans are in every instance preferable
to demagogues i'm the ranks OF any third
party. 1t satisfies them beyond doubt
that the Republicans are their friends.
1t will insure the election Of the Repnb-
lican ticket in 1885,. champaign Meas
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How Prices Are Determined.

The size of the crop Is the thing that
determines the size OF the prices. There
is a demand for certain amount of farm
products from year To year, and the
prices rise or fall as the supply sinks be-
low or goes beyond this demand. The
theorists may talk as much as they
please about other influences, but the
question is at last only one of quantity.
The world must have so MANY bushels
of grain per year, and Il will pay there
for simply so much as il is obliged TO,
considering the available surplus.
There Is no process of legislation by
which additional sales can be forced
when the demand has once been sup
Piled; IL is not in the power OF
Congress 10 compel purchasers TO
take more than they want, or TO give
more than they are willing to pay. The
fact that the crop of a given year IS In
excess of the measure of consumption
cannot be concealed. IL is known every
where, and prices are adjusted accord
ingly. When the crop Is short. the same
rule applies. and the markets are CORES
pondingly affected. III the farmers
could manage to produce only enough
each year TO meet the known demand,
they would always obtain fair and just
prices. 1t is overproduction, in other
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IDP right across JOSE BALMACEDA.
the continent from PRESIDENT OF THE
Buenos Ayres or GILLIAN REPUB-
Montevideo, but Lie.
during a considerable portion of the
year the mountain passes to be
threaded are blocked with snow, and at
the best of times the journey is q rough
and fatiguing one.
When the Transandean Railway is
completed this route will no doubt find
plenty of patronage, but till then it is
to be shirked by all unprepared for
hard riding, poor fare and Indifferent
shelter.
Under these circumstances, it is not
strange that ignorance is the rule as re-
CARDS Chill and her people, and espec.
tally her politics.
There is general impression that
the first produces copper and that the
second are fond of styling them
selves "The English of South Amer
lea, which, by the way, they mover
do but as regards the third, the lack
of information is ali but complete. The
simple sentence, Chill is Republic, :"
NAV be said to cover current knowl-
edge.
Now, Chill is indeed a, republic, but
a rebublic, up TO a short time back, far
less akin to such modern developments
as France and the United States than
10 Genoa and Venice. A representation
uominally popular was really centered
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sta'esman to foreigner at Santiago, re-
Gently.
There is much truth in this observa-
ton. The mountain range that forms
the eastern boundary of Chill, by cut
ting off that country from anything
like facile communication with the cen
tiers of civilization, has left these cen
ters in an almost pitiable condition Of
Ignorance regarding it.
Telegraphic communication with
Europe is maintained by two lines of
wires, the one running northward by
way of Peru TO the United States, and
the other carried across the Andes to
Buenos Ayres, and thence along the
Atlantic coast to Pernambuco. from
which point cable is laid to Lisbon.
But messages are expensive, costing
about So per word, the Transandean
Line, moreover, being subject to oc
casional breakdowns, especially during
the middle months of the year, while
letters from the Chilian capital are
only dispatched once a fortnight, and
take about six weeks to get to London.
Travellers, too, DESTROYS of visiting
what is claimed to be the model South
American Republic, find they have to
spend about the same amount of time
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-25

Farm Mortgages I'm tho South and West.
The widest statements have been
made by the advocates of q free-trade
tariff about the mortgage indebtedness
OF the agricultural States. Fearful pic
lures OF the mlseries of the farming popu-
lation have been drawn, and elaborate
demonstrations made OF how fast the
country has been rushing to the dem
milton bowwows under protection. Re-
cent figures from the Census Bureau on
farm mortgages annihilate this mass of
falsehoods, together with the arguments
based upon them. From the bulletin
we get the following facts:
The total real estate mortgage debt In
Alabama, In force January /, 1890, was
$40, OPT, 9S3; in Iowa, in force January |,
1890. S199, 034, 957. The average amount
OF debt to one of population in Alabama
was, therefore, $40; I'm Iowa, S104. In
1899 the number of acres mortgaged in
Alabama was 1,744, 420; total number of
acres in the State, 81, 9S5, GOO; per cent.
of acres mortgaged, SO; number of acres
mortgaged i'm Iowa, 3,240, 1872; total num-
Der OF acres In the State, 5,50i, 900; per
cent. of acres mortgaged, o..
In Jefferson County, Alabama, IL was
found by inquiry by special agents OF
the Census Bureau that the motive for
90 81 I-r cent OF the Indebtedness was
the purchase of the incumbered and
other real estate improvements and bus
in0Ss In Green County, Alabama, for
the same purposes 6s.3 per cent; in
CaSs County, Iowa, GLIB per cent; in
Crawford County, Iowa 90. 33 per cent. /:
i'm Delaware County, Iowa, So so per
cent, and in Johnson County, Iowa,
93.47 PER cent
Thus it is shown not only that the
mortgage indebtedness is not nearly so
great as the performers" have repre-
Sented, but also that the greater part Of
the debt is not of long standing, and
was incurred for legitimate purposes, so
that the mortgages are rather an indica-
ton of prosperity than otherw Sc.
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Direct Taxation L. a Tax.

"The tariff is tax" This is a famil-
lar frec-trade cry. Few stop To think
how the revenues of country must be
raised IL the tariff is reduced or abol-
ishcd. The on'y way possible Is by di-
rect taxation. In European countries,
where the tariff is not so high as in she
United states, every species of direct
taxation has to be resorted To in order To-
raise the necessary revenue for the enor-
nous expenditures to sustain royalty
and standing armies. A reader Of the
Press recently returned from Austria
comes back with a tale OF woe about
taxation. This gentleman. by the way,
went abroad thoroughly tinctured with
free trade, but he comes back with a
deliberate request that the Press expose
the Infamous system of direct taxation
In vogue in Austria.
"Go into telegraph Office, he says,
sand you see the cost Of telegraphing is
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SORROW.
Ut LIBBIE c. BAxA

There was time shrank from Il
Ana turned pale with alright,
Ana cried, Go back you may not sit
Beside my hearth tonight"
And with the elves, hope Joy and mirth,
Midst song and laughter, gay
Inc mlwelcome guest did leave my hearth,
And soon was fur away.
My face is pale the falling tears
Have bleached IL cold and white.
FROM out my life, have slipped the years,
IA stars fade from the night.
Now, sorrow never leaves my side,
l raise no voice 20 free,
What eer 10 me shall yet betide,
She'll keep me company.
You've seen the red flames leap on high,
With wild and lurid light;
They faint, they shrink at last they lie
heap of ashes. white
And so my heart, cen as the flame
IL quickly burned away,
Then tainted quite, and soon became
cooling lump OF clay.
Aud sorrow eer must bide with me-
I'll not bid her depart.
For where more fitting company
For my poor, hopeless heart?
-1FAdltSdtO Traveller.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1891-03-25
The rirst Treatise ON school Economy.

The First Treatise on school Economy.
Christopher Dock. who in 1740 taught
school at Germantown, was the author
of thcl first book in school economy
ever published in America. He was
noted for his purity Of life and sweet
ness of temper. 1t is told that once two
men were talking together of him, and
one said that he had never been known
to show the slightest anger. The other
replied that. perhaps. his temper had
not been tested. Presently when Dock
came along he revied him fiercely, bit
terly and profanely. The OILY reply
made by Dock was: Friend, may the
Lord have mercy upon thee. Dock was
a Mennonite and taught school in 1873,
in Stafford and Skippack, three days of
each week alternately.
In 1850 Christoi her Saur, the pub
Usher, by the way the ancestor of the
Sower, now of the Christopher Sewer
Publishing Company in Philadelphia,
conceived the idea that description of
Docks methods of teaching should be
published But Dock was too modest
to permit the treatise which he had
written TO appear in public in his life
time, and hence the work was not pub
lished till after Docks death in 1770.
The title of the book is: "Eine einfael-
tige und gruendiche abgefasste Schulz
Ordnung, darinnen deutlich vorgestellt
wird, auf welche Weisse die Kinder
NIGHT nur in dcnen in Lchu!en gewoe-
hulichen Lehern bestens angebracht,
sondern auch ia der iLehre der Got
tseligkeit wohl unterrichtct werden
moegen. Aus Liebe IN dem menschli-
chen Geschlecht aufgesetzt durch den
wholerfahrneo und lang guebten Schulz
meister Christoph Dock; und durch Ell
nige Freunde des gemeinen Besteens
dem Druck uebergeeben. German
town, gedrnckt ind "a linden bel Chris
toph Saur. 1870"
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doubt, have counted, but death stepped
in and checked any measures he might
have had recourse to.
With ample time before him in which
he might manipulate the wires control
ing the electorate, and his most formid-
able opponent removed from his path,
Senior Balmaceda appeared to have a
notable chance of attaining his end.
But he encountered a new obstacle
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the policy OF railway extension and edu-
cational development, with which he
has chiefly identified himself.
Dissatisfaction at this choice was Mt
once widespread. Senior Santa Maria
was, of course, the most aggrieved per-
son, and pledged himself to an electoral
contest in which personal popularity
and the support of strong section of
the most powerful aristocrats would, no
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arising out of the impossibility of form
iug a ministry capable of securing a
working majority in the Chamber.
Combination after combination was
tried toward the close of 1889 but in
each case went down before the pre-
ponderance OF those groups who would
temporarily cling together in opposition,
but dec.iu to fuse for administrative
purposes.
During the past wear the struggle has
become more aud more accentuated. Ia
face of the opposition encountered, the
President at one time inclined to throw
over SeuOr SanfueGtes and to replace
him by Senior Vicuna, another hanger
on whom he had advanced to the head
of the Cabinet. But his determine
ton to bring in his man at all hazards,
and the unconstitutional means resorted
to in order to effect this end. have thor
oughly aroused his opponents and
driven them to the present revolution
airy action.
Yet it must not be lost sight of that
among these opponents are TO be cassed
those who would be only too glad of an
opportunity of following his example.
The refusal of the Chamber last year
to sanction the Budget, and the COM
plications leading TO its dissolution, are
as much the outcome of disappointed
aspirations on the part of CHILEAN poll
ticians Of the new type as Of honest con-
viction on the part of those of the old
mainly Conservatives and Moderate
Liberals, who are opposed TO the con-
tinuance of the Presidential program.
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dE present revo-
luton in Chill,
in which the in
surgents appear
to be thoroughly
successful, is lit
tie underst God
in this country
or in Europe.
ar h e Andes
are so high that
the foreigners do
not seem able to
see over them,"
said O Chilian
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words. that puts prices down for them,
and they cannot expect TO have prices
put up for them under such circum-
stances by any sort Of artificial force
ST. Louis Globe Democrat
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CIIILI'S COLD DAY.
THE QUARREL AMONG HER
PATRICIANS.

Insurgents Making Great Inroads on the
Aristocrats' Power President Balma-
ceda's Peril, and the Chances of HIS
downfall.
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either in travers-
ing the Straits of
Magellan o N d
coasting nor { h
ward, or crossing
the Isthmus Of
Pan am q an d
coasting southwark
to Y alparais o.
They have, it is
true, the third al
tentative of strik-
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I'm 1890 they w ere
&S.43O,S 1913.
No. 9.

who says that the cost of tho breakfast
table Is greater In this country than I'm free
trade England: with free tea. free coffee
and free sugar, all gifts of tho Protection
party, tho export, of dairy products are
increasing. showing conclusively that the
cost must DO less here than abroad. Our
exports of dairy products had an average
value for
Five wars C25-'S0l of SII33I,63O
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The Republican Platform for 90.

There needn't he much verbosity
In the platform that Is 20 be:
Protection and reciprocity.
And an honest currency,
And an honest ballot for black and white
VIII win the day In the coming dght.
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Tariff Pictures.

The treaty with Brazil will make this In
crease even greater In five years from now.
Our average exports of oiis-crude' mineral
and animation Ave years (1Ss0 to 1889,
inciusive) were SO, rs.
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in the hands of an
oligarchy, though
it must be conce-
ded that the Presi-
dent is invested
with powers sell
dom placed in the
hands of a Doge
save under emer-
gencies Of no orai.
n airy character.
But he was, and is,
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DANo, COMMANDER 81 lected fro m
OF THE chlLIAN among the men,
ARMY. bers Of group Of
leading families whose historic names,
ancient lineage and accumulated wealth,
frequently taking the form of vast ter
ritorial possessions, constitute them as
much class apart as the patricians of
the Italian republics.
These leading families have con-
trolled the great State which lies be-
tween the Andes and the shores Of the
South Pacific, has a coast line 5000
miles long and a population of 3,00O,-
GOO, an army of 56, 900 men and a navy
OF 40 vessels, some of which are iron
clads manned by $500 men.
To the territorial magnstes national
politics have always presented an at
traction. and the CHILEAN millionaire.
az a rule, sspires rather to parliament
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IT is no sign that a hen meditstes
harm TO he, owner because she lays for
him.
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THE FARM MORTGAGES.
MANY OF THEM ARE AN INDl-
CATION OF PROSPERITY.

Political Demagogism In Iiiinois-Linen
Mills i'm tho Northwest-How Prices of
Farm Products Are observation-disclosures
cal-NOias. Etc
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Average value 1890, sI3,OsI.s56.

Though our own cotton mills consume al
least ons-ihird oil our cotton product, the
vast fields of the South equal To- this
demand as well as to the demand of the
markets of the world. The average annual
value of our raw cotton exports for five
years CS5-'SoD was S214,S1.,438.
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)urexports for 1890 were

The fact that We have robbed England OF
GO,OOO 900 of customers for her cotton
goods does not, apparently, affect the de-
mand for our raw cotton.-New York Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-06-19
Order to Show Cause.

In the Probate Court, county of Boise,
State Of Idaho.
In the matter of the estate of Esther A
Kingsley, mentally incompetent
Charles S. Kingsley, the guardian of
Esther A. Kingsley, mentally incompe-
tent, having filed his petition herein pray
ing for an order of sale of certain real es-
tate Of said ward, for the purposes de
scrlbed in SAID petition, the said real es-
tate being described as follows:
commencing at a point on the north
side OF Wall street, fifty nine 900 feet east
OF Myer y Smiths drug store, running
thence north one hundred and forty one
feet, thence east at right angle to the west
llhe OF High street, thence along the west
me OF High street in a southerly direc-
uon to point of intersection with the
north line of Wall street, thence west
along the north line of said Wall street TO
poiht OF beginning, all in Idaho City,
Bolse county, Idaho It is therefore or
uereC that all persons interested i'm the es-
It'e OF sand ward, appear before me on
tuesday, the Isl day OF July 1891, at 10
o'clock In the forenoon Of said dav, at the
PROBATE court room in Idaho City, Boise
county Idaho, to show cause why an or
ger should not be granted to said Charles
., hln3siey to sell said real estate t.
prayed for in said petition.
Ana that copy of Ibis order bc bub.
ilShed a. least three consecutive weeks in
Idaho World. newspaper printed and
published in said county.
JAMES J. MARSH,
n. Probate Judge.