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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
TadpoIes Building In Trees.

There occurs in Japan species OF tadpole
which seems TO frequent the boughs of trees.
The parent frog or toad, or hewitt is not
known which of the three amphibians has 80
reckless disregard for family traditions
builds in tree Shiny nest, and from the
eggs which are there deposited tadpoles
are produced. The tadpoles seem TO prefer
this airy situation, which perhaps suits them
In its freedom from rapacious fishes or frogs,
for there is no evidence that they ever desert
n When the time comes for them to b
converted into frogs they drop into the pond
below; but the American naturalist who hrss
discovered this extraordinary fact did not
succeed in tracing their future development
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
4 CELL VITA Z 4,sT6ey.


mo hna'ans HShsd 4 - rsaeA 77dA6 1zfSS
Carried A - - ntnss
IN TIE top Of the littIs hote1 ak Elmoss. d.
= small village north Of FindIay, \ : BID
with + peculiar and Interesting history. Il
= the property Of D. B. Day, the propriotor
q ne house, who takes pride IN recitfng IL
or.gaE ana subsequent Fibulattons o. this
xehc y pygone period. IN 1872 Jarvis 6paf-
Lord puht tayern in PerrysburR, once the
s''o o. old Fort Mefgs, Of the var Of 1873
fame. In those days = hotel was not coun-
Pete without bell swung on the top 70 call
tne guesh 70 their nealA Bell 1oundries
we're NOE paentifui y those times, but aft1r
consinerepie inquiry M. Bpad0rd hoard d s
nan " Detroit Who caa bella
e'Eo.'' tnen 10 tue territory Of 4ichignn,
US qnite remote point. g distAucs was
acuiated' put ppanord bad to have belI,
ano re nnaliy made his way thitber TO have
y cast Inc bell man was found and The Job
undertaken, out when the foundry eudeav-
ored 70 make the cast, II Wa discovered that
s1ele was no. enough metal Tor the purpose.
mere "as = dpemma, Dut Spanord vas equal
q re emergency. ~ threw thirty-six
. Dpsnlsn uoll1rs 'nto tne molten maa and tn
p1 ,., ~ cast-
~ nls treasure, almost worth IT. weight
= goa, spanord returned to PerrysburR.
ny ny lung tne pea up u . tres IN his yard, %
snat y might De investigated BY the cur5Oua,
49,. " a,n, Il. mo we're then quite plentiful
$ ~ we're caught ~ ths
IL, :. -. Sss's !ney vens Grassy ever The
DuA.s -. ci'ineo sne Hee 20 Keep u ringing
-. ~ sll'e n ~ noafs % ne day and
~ =. ss,s zen wss rsnganR until e becanne n
'nDo,er so.s nulsance' snd SpAnord bad about
W0. Nn1m
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

was or is Betty Green; her stage name II
Evelyn Granville, and she is but too well
known to many fast young men who fire.
auent the race track. Furthermore, the
evidence Of the few who heard the shots
makes it hard to believe that Goodwin had
left his room at all At any rate, 1t was
clear case of insane jealousy. The rest Is
yet to be brought out.
Goodwin's parents and their family live
in Chicago He was q handsome and
rather luxurious bachelor and business
man, in receipt of good income, generous
and quite popular with all who knew him.
Webster was "bookmaker" on the race
track-that Is, a sport" He Is now a
prisoner, and his future. as aforesaid, may
depend upon that ink.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
Exploring . Cave in tennessee,

We all met again with lanterns and plenty
OF matches. We began to descend in the
cave We went about 100 yards, when the
ceiling seemed to be about fifteen feet above
our heads; the walls were as smooth as q
plank. We came to a small creek, crossed it,
and about thirty yards from the creek we
found pile Of ashes, two old fashioned rides,
three pistols, one ladle and some bullet molds.
One Of the pistols had the letters NJ s. T.
on the handle, and on the wall was written
NJ S. Thomas, June 2, 1876. In an entrance
further on we found the skeletons Of Ave hui
man beings. OF to one side lay . skeleton
that seemed to be that of a woman, for on
her right forefinger was plain gold ring let
tered: r W. to M. E, 1sk. DIR. Sneed took
the ring OF the finger. We also found one
tooth plug of gold.-Letter in Nashville
American
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Another very important case is that Of
Prince Friedrich August of Saxony, who
will soon marry the Archduchess Louise
Of Austria. He is the Oldest son of the
only brother OF King Albert of Saxony,
and therefore heir apparent because the
king has no children. Louise is the oldest
daughter of the ex-Grand Duke Ferdinand
Nv of Toscana, and therefore not very
close to the imperial throne, but she is
greatly loved in the court of Vienna for
her amiability and kindness of heart. And
1t Is by such unions as these that we have
these two anomalies-every reigning mon
arch In Europe except the sultan of Tur-
key is descended on one side or both from
John OF Gaunt. son of Edward III OF Eng
land, and nearly all the monarchies are
ruled by families In which foreign blood
predominates
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
Settled Their Dimcultie.,

At Braine, Aisne, young couple had lived
together for some time in the greatest har-
mony, like pair of turtle doves, when sud-
denly the domestic peace WAS disturbed by Q
quarrel, during which tine young woman in
her excitement took up lamp and swallowed
a portion of the liquid it contained. The
alarmed husband ran out Of the house and
bought an emetic, which he administered to
his too sensitive better half. When she came
round she said to her husband that in a SINH
lar case he would not have had the courage
to do what she had done. The poor man,
stung by the taunt, forthwith drank up the
rest ef the petroleum. A chemist was speed
lily sent for and rendered prompt assistance
The pair are now out of danger and perfectly
reconciled.-La Famille.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
Pollen In Profusion.

Darwin says that bucketsful of pol
len have been swept off the decks Of
vessels near the North American shore.
Kerner has seen lake in the Tyrol 81
covered with pollen that the water nc
longer appeared blue. Mr. Blackley
found numerous pollen grains, in one
instance 1900, adhering to sticky slides,
which were sent up to a height of from
500 to 1000 feet by means of kite,
and then uncovered by means of spe-
a;aI vnaoba piSyp
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

It is no doubt part of well bred
mans education that he should have
been taught to tie his own neckwear.
To that end there have been established
in Paris and London by gentlemen's
Wallets schools where the various knots
will be taught for a reasonable fee. For
a long time there existed in London a
place where the swells were wont to go
in the morning and have their scarfs ad.
justed in the latest mode.-Clothier and
Furnisher.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

The career of an ingenious thief has just
been cut short Near Havana, Ills, q
number of farmers for some time back
have been missing their hogs In a mysteri-
Gus manner They disappeared so quietly,
without leaving any trace behind. that it
was suspected they were victims Of the
What ls-lt" that has been seen In that
vicinity, A number of farmers instituted
a search and discovered between Havana
and Bath large quantity Of pork buried
in the ground. In all about 200 hogs have
been missed. A man who lived near by
was arrested and has confessed that he
used long pole with a sponge wet with
chloroform to stupefy the hogs by thrust
ing it into their pens. The hogs were then
hauled of and butchered
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

"What was the largest fee ever paid to .
physiciang" friend asks. Doctors as rule
are reticent about their fees; but there is a
story, probably authentic, that DIR. Willard
Parker was paid 100000 for the successful
removal of an excresence from the face and
necl. of the son and heir of one of the wealth
lest families in the vicinity of New York
Commodore Vanderbilt bequeathed $4,000
to one of his doctors, but millionaires seldom
remember the physician in their wills; they
leave that to be settled by the executors
Dr. Parker's fee In the case alluded to is prob
ably the largest ever paid, in this country at
least.-New York Star.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

A lady, not especially invited, went to
spend the afternoon with friend. After
her wraps were removed, her friends little
daughter gravely inquired:
Are you going to stay to support"
81 guess so, my DEAR the lady replied
Don't you want me tor
"Oh, yesl l want you to-" the child an
swered, with surprising frankness "But
don't know about mamma; cause when she
saw you comm she said she hoped you
wouldn't stay to supper. l guess she hasn't
any cake.n
The embarrassment Of both mother and
guest may be imagined. Compan-
ion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

Rich and beautiful as these fabrics are, and
widely as they are nsed, yet few people know
that the discovery Of silk is attributed to one
of the wives of the emperor of China, Hoang-
ii, who reigned about 1900 years before the
Christian era; and since that time special
spot has been allotted in gardens of the Chi
nese royal palace to the cultivation of the
mulberry tree and to the keeping of silk
worms. Persian monks who caIae to Cen
stantinople revealed to the Emperor Justinian
the secret of the production of silk and gave
him some silkworms. From Greece the art
passed into Italy at the end of the Thirteenth
century.-New York Star
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

womsn's Influence Among the Bedouins.
How many people know that among
the Bedouin Arabs respect for woman
is SO great that at her command the
cimeter uplifted to strike must fall
harmless. A murderer or thief can
not be touched if he is under the pro-
lection of a woman, and the right of
their power to pardon is recognized so
completely that in some tribes where
the women never appear before the
men and have their own separate tents
the thief who is being pursued can save
himself by getting close to the tent and
calling out, II am under the protection
of the hareml" As this is very loudly
said the women hear it, and they call
out together, Fly from him!" And
that man, even if he has been con-
demned to death by the prince himself,
is pardoned at once and can go at large
And yet we think we are civilized
New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
Periis of q Pilgrimage.

According to one Of the leading news
papers Of East India of all the pilgrims
leaving Bombay for Mecca and Medina
more than a third never return. Out of
o., 6Ss who left in the six years ending 1890,
q, 449 were missing. In 1883, of 1890 who
started T,465 did not return. The vast
proportion of those missing owe their
deaths to epidemics, starvation and, 1t II
said. murder between Jiddah and Mecca
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
Addition,

Papa was giving the children little lesson
In arithmetic one evening. Remember, you
cannot add numbers unless they are OF the
same kind,n said he. "Now three cents and
two cents and six cents make eleven cents,
but IL you tried to add three apples and two
oranges and six sticks of candy what would
you havef'
IA treatl" answered 6-year-old Wmny,
with sparkling eyes.-Youths Companion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
One Advantage,

Mrs Blinder-Tm SO nervous about fire,
especially now that that hotel has been built
on the lower corner
Mr.. Blinder-Oh, don't worry; we are safe.
Spink's coal yard is between our house and
the hotel That's protection enough. Hh
coal never burns-Harper's Bazaar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18
How Author. Ar. Quoted.

Which English authors are the richest in
supplying familiar quotationsr' According
to Mr.. Morley, Wordsworth stands third on
the list. reference to the latest edition Of
Bartlett" which Is far the best collection,
does not quite bear out Mr.. Morley's state
ment Here is = list Of the number of pages
filled by some Of the chief authors severally:
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

Gold is favorite trimming for black
toilet. Corn flowers and yellow velvet
ornament the lace hat, a buttercup shade
of cloth is used for the waistcoat and
very yellow, custard colored gaiter tops
and gloves complete the black and gold
effect.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

Ward-Why did you bite that dollar You
loaned to me; to see II It was goodf
Randall-I wasn't biting It; was kiss
ing Il good-by.-Hsrpsr's Bazaar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

Ethel-Now, how old would You sup
pose me to be?
Maud shouldn't like to say.-Life.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-12-18

AUNT porothy," he
now does your mother look?'' !
need. ''soAs
was taken from us two years
said in low voice,
!. 700 shocked to speak. Ineyer
'ne papers. or this news would
! 40 surprise to me. For a little
2 were silent. s
was a great deal to be TALKED
;s syer' and the hours flew by
AZ , ts,.! than ever, though they
y BE- going" he said. at last
49, se O'Clock :, that struck. 1 saw.
'nere SOME one here with
tS %as Mabel Verdi, Lionel; the
! ~ Quarrel And / peered into
ii having noticed when
NJ What do you mean"
uear' 1t was like this. When
~ more :. than 40, there was !
11s ss Verdi, a poor seamstress
na sewing for me. She had
~S usemaid; she left me to marry
n hs. Deserted her, and left her
l sas ! and her year-old bab y.
]. ana went to see her two -
re,a ana when she died, as there Re
i e,.s;n IN ! brought the fo ,o
Tbs ~ !. something could be done
81 Il !, whole who Of it was, / det eUns
8 VA = Altogether. That was whv
Venssa;s : 50 angry. And that c Saa
shistlsd softly.
e that allY
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30
GRABBING ON THE HUDSON.
A Harmless Sport That Seems to Please
New Yorkers Nightly.

A Harmless Sport That Seems to Please
New Yorkers Nightly.
fl were asked what the favorite style Of
fishing was around the city wouldn't stop
long to say Grabbing" says Hudson
river steamboat captain in an exchange.
I get SO tired of seeing people Grabbing"
I wish they'd all die off or invent some new
shellfsh that was as easy to catch. As I go
up and down the Hudson every day, when
the tides right see an uubroken line of
"crabbers." should say the daily catch
must average great many hundred bushels
Where the crabs all come from I can't
imagine. And this 80 miles of ''crabbers"
amt, as rule, those that are catching them
for sale; they're just residents on the banks,
that come down to get few for little
salad they're going to make.
Every Sunday thousands Of people come
from the city, swarm into the boats and
station themselves out in five or six feet of
water and fish for crabs all day, or as long
as they'll take the bait 1t isn't very dan
gerous sport-any child can do it, and I
suppose that's what makes it so popular
Most of the boats are provided with five or
elk lines, with piece of meat ON the end of
each, which lies on the bottom. They pull
up one after the other round and round,
till they happen 10 find crab on the end of
one. Then they net him and throw the line
overheard and go on. Sixty crabs are a
good mornings catch.
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CHAPTER ".
A cHApFRONF

Kildare stood stunned and blinking; then
a panic at being so dreadfully misunder-
stood seized him
'My dear girl, you don't know what you
are talking about" he protested.
ooh, yes-yes-I am right" said Daisy
gently, 'and you must not hurry me. That
would be unfair to me-"
Kildare felt he must set himself right,
but he found it impossible to be too candid.
Besides, he was too much of an artist to
disturb tho harmony of the scene.
Little one, artists are different from
other people," he explained. Certain
ties"
II know" she interrupted. "You would
say that one must be-the more careful about
forming ties. That is why I will not bind
myself by any promise-not till am sura
Nor shall you bind yourself, either"
Kildare felt himself getting desperately
involved, but the girl went on 81 don't
even know yet that I can love you," she
faltered prettily over the word, "and maybe
you are mistaken, too. Maybe am not the
woman you take,me for at all"
Kildare wiped the perspiration from his
forehead, and to himself confessed himself
beaten-at least in that direction, but he
had much confidence in contact.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

up great hills and goes at the rate of 30
miles an hour down steep grades. The seem
cry is peculiarly Mexican. Here YOU pass
q held Of volcanic rocks Adjoining It is
another of soil as black as your hat in which
two poems in dirty white are scratching the
ground with wooden ploughs, and next to
this is road over which q team of oxen
with the yoke tied to their horns is pulling
q wooden-wheeled Mexican cart. Next
there is stretch of cactus, and all around
You are the rocky hills, bare of earth, which
make you think of the barren mountains of
the land OF Judea As you go onward the
SOIL grows richer. and you soon whirl
around horseshoe bend and enter one of the
most wonderful gorges of the world.
THE GREAT TAMosoPo CANON.
=, This Is the Tamosopo Canon. I rode
through 1t on the top of box car. and il ia
the most wonderful ride on the continent.
Starting in an amphitheater of the richest
green, you shoot out over a waterfall into
great gorge, and ride for 80 miles along the
edge OF precipices, besides rushing rivers
and through the widest of forests, with the
mountains above and the earth thousands of
feet below you, until in an hour YOU find
yoursen out OF the temperate zone and down
INTO tne tropics, with your eyes dancing
ana your head buzzing in trying to compre-
hend the kaleidoscope panorama which
you have passed. In some places the rocks
were bare and great cliffs overhung the
road, rooted only by the sky. Here You 90
into tunnels, and the smoke along the TOP
Of the car makes You think that are at the
entrance of Dante's Inferno
And SO you pass on until you find your
self in forests of orchids, and your ears are
saluted with the rough voices of the birds of
the tropics You are now in the low lands
OF the coast, and the air has grown hot.
ms nranch OF the railroad cost $40, 900, 900
70 Du15o, ana the line from Tampico to st.
railroad in Mexico.
FRANK G. CARPENTER
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Bananas are planted between the rows of
bushes to shade them, and there is q profit
from the banana orchard as well as from
the coffee. After your plantation is in
bearing each tree will produce from one to
two pounds, and it costs about cents q
pound to pick 1t and get it to the market
THE PROFITS IN COFFEE.
1t sells for 20 cents pound, and you can
count on IL or IL cents pound clear profit
every year. Coffee orchards in bearing are
hard to buy and they bring from one to two
and three hundred dollars per acre. lam
told that this unused land can be bought
for dollar per acre, and there is no doubt
but that portion of it would be sold in
big lots for much less. The coffee export
of Mexico is steadily increasing, and the
United States consumes the most of it The
prospect is that the American proprietors
will increase, as the plantations require
little attention after once well started, and
by spending month or so in Mexico each
year one could attend to the gathering of
his crop and draw his profits regularly.
The Northeast horn of Mexico is one of
the least explored parts of the country.
Still have met great many Americans in
Mexico who have visited it and who have
explored its outer edges Take Yucatan.
1t is as big as South Carolina, and it is
about four times as big as Massachusetts.
It contains some of the richest soil in the
world, but only small part of it is cult
vated. The whole country has only SOC, 900
people and the most of these are pure In
dians They dress differently from the
people of this part OF Mexico, wear the
whitest of white cottons and are notori-
ously clean. The whole country lives on
the hemp plant and it sells s., 600, 900 worth
Of the dried teaves of this every year. 1ts
capital is a place called Merida, town of
$4,000 people lying % miles from the Gulf
of Mexico and connected with the shore by
railroad. The chief money used is the
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-08-30

Its top had an area Of more than an acre,
and it was undoubtedly the biggest thing of
the kind
EVER BUILT By MAN.
1t was an old structure when Cortes came
to the country, and it is now merely q vast
mound, with the brick walls here and there
showing out to mark its terraces. There is
dirty little church on its top, where it is
said that Cortes built one and little Mexi-
can city lies at its base. A street car plows
its way through one side of it, and big
part Of 1t has been torn down, and the space
covered by it turned into corn field. In
going into Mexico City from Puebla you
pass the Pyramids of the Sun ana the Moon.
which were places of worship when Monte
yuma lived, and which to-day are great
mounds of earth, one 150 and the other
more than 200 feet high.
About these pyramids in olden times
there were other pyramids, and it is said
that holy city existed about them in times
past There was city of loo, 600 about the
city of Cholula, and it was a sort of Mecca
for the Aztecs. Within few miles of
Zacatecas there is another famous ruin, and
In every part of this country there are un-
known fields to be discovered for the ethnol-
ogist and student, as well as for the busi-.
ness man and the capitalist.
FUTURE SEAPORT OF MEXICO.
write this letter at Tampico, which is
bound to be the great seaport of the Mexico
Of the future. This place has one Of the
finest harbors in the world, and were it not
for the bar in the front of it you could
anchor all the navies of Europe in the
mouth of the Panuco river. This bar is to
be removed by means of jetties, and Colonel
Corthell, the man who was the first ieuten-
ant of James B. Fades in making the jetties
OF the Mississippi, is in charge Of this work.
1t is greater work than was the making Of
the Mississippi jetties, and it is to cost
millions of dollars
The jetties begin at the mouth of the
Panuco river and run for 1900 feet right
out into the sea- They are 1000 feet wide
at the top and are walls of stone and wicker
mats, which will become by the drifting in
of the sand, solid and permanent. When
they have become consolidated they will be
enclosed in q mass Of heavy concrete, and
they will be as strong as science can make
them. The Panuco river is one of the
biggest rivers in Mexico; it is about 200
feet wide and has for miles from this point
an average depth of 33 feet. Its waters flow
into the sea at the rate Of 200, 900 cubic feet
second, and they 60 at such rate that
when confined in such narrow channel
they will carry the sand bar far out into the
sea, and vessels of the largest tonnage will
have a safe looked harbor here at Tampico