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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
ALoNG THE COAST.

The ella river in Arizona Is higher
than it las ever been known TO be.
The President has approved the act
providing Tor q military post at San
Diego.
The official census report Of the State
Of Washington makes the total popula-
ton $40 $50.
A resuryey Of the race track at Port
land, Or, shows that it is forty feet
longer than a mile.
The scheme to remove the capital OF
New Mexico from Santa Fe to Albuquer-
que has met with defeat in the Legisla-
ture.
The title 10 the land on which the mu-
nicipal Jail at San Diego stands has been
decided by the Superior Court to rest in
ether hands than the city.
The new charter Of Spokane Falls
Wash, hxes the salaries Of an Alderman
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

One of the most interesting lakes or
inland seas in the world Is the Dead sea,
which has no visible outlet. II Is not
mere fancy that has clothed the dead
sea in gloom The desolate shores, with
scarcely green thing in sight, and scat
tered over with black stones and ragged
driftwood form fitting frame for the
dark, sluggish waters, covered with a
perpetual mist, and breaking In slow,
heavy, sepulchral toned waves upon the
beach 1t seems as if the smoke OF the
wicked cities was yet ascending up TO
heaven. and us if the moan of their fear
full sorrow would never leave that God
smitten valley,
IL is strange thing to see those waves,
not dancing along and sparkling in the
sun as other waves do, but moving with
measured melancholy, and sending TO
the ear, as they break languidly upon
the rock only doleful sounds. This is,
no doubt, owing to the great heaviness
of the water, fact well known, and
which we amply verified in the usual
wav. for, on attempting to swim, we
went floating about like empty casks.
This experiment was more satisfactory
in its progress than in its results, which
were a very unctuous skin and most
pestiferous singing of every nerve, as if
we had been beaten with nettles. Nor
was the water we took into our mouth
whit less vile than tho most nauseous
drugs of the apothecary.
That fish cannot live in this strong
solution of bitumen and salt is too obvi-
Gus to need proof; but TO say that birds
cannot fly over it and live is one of the
exaggerations of travellers, who perhaps
were not, like ourselves, SO fortunate as
to see Il flock of ducks rcposing on the
water in apparently good health. And
vet this was all the life we did see The
whole valley was one seething caldron,
under more than tropical sun. God
forsaken and man forsaken, no green
thing grows within it, and it remains to
this day as strikinga monument of Gods
fearful judgments as when the fire from
heaven devoured the once mighty cities
oil the plain, Missionary Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

tive bills should get through, it is not
believed that the President would call
an extra session for the others.
Two propositions have been made to
send committee of Congress to Alaska
during the coming summer; but one,
the provisions of the House deficiency
bill, has already been killed on point of
order. Senator Platt, however, purposes
to send the Senate Committee on Terri
tories to visit that region. He may sue
coed in getting through his resolution,
but it is extremely doubtful. Two Alaska
men were endeavoring the other day to
convince Speaker Reed that lighthouse
was necessary away up in their regions.
Tie Committee on Commerce has re-
ported the bill favorably, and member
is ready to call it up, but it is liable to
be lost in the hurrying pressure OF the
closing hours
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

Nowadays there is hardly any limit to
the kinds Of material used in walking
sticks Formerly only few native
woods and some foreign species were
used Innovations in the style Of walk
ing sticks and umbrellas have been con
stantly introduced during the last forty
years until their Manufacture has be.
come quite an art and a business of con.
siderable Importance. Natural sticks
that Is, saplinss Of trees and climbing
plants whose roots win form handles or
knots are most used. They are some.
tunes mounted with precious metals
onyx Jasper, marble, precious stones.
ivory and horns of all kinds Youths
Comparison. .
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

Philadelphia Doctor ldes Ip;asO1Ie u I
Just my luck. ! have only feGsr'R rlr
ceeded in becoming The reguA and nos
nhvsician of the WestendS' anu G,rlar
they have taken steps to renasr .r, a
employment Of a doctor uiii'''
nearly 80. chat have ih!
done? eltar.a-PhS
delphia Record.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

The initiative faculty in young persons
lads often to tragic happenings, as well
eS to the query; Are there not vast dan
gers IN the minute details, made public
In the newspapers as to crimes and their
preparation? A lad i'm London has sue
ceeded IN closely initiating the atrocities
OF me Nut9chapel fiend, dssecting his
yylctlm-anothrr lad-in Just the manner
described in the papers relating the muir
uerS. Another case in point comes from
Iowa, where boy killed his small
protiler after witnessing the operation OF
outchering hogs. The youthful murderer
became absorbed in the CORY operation,
ana next day invited his victim to
play butchering and to assume the role
OF the hog. This he did with such zeal
mat ms innocent young life was the for
leh. 10 give to the world the minutest
details of a brutal murder is to increase
the chances that, among some of the
youngest readers of these samples of
unnecessary realism, there will be let
looSe an evil spirit of imitation, whose
mission Will be accomplished only when
uhother horror Is performed. The illus
trated police papers and the sensational
Journals that revel in details of hideous
crimes have much to answer for. and
700 OFTEN serve as accessories in rob.
"erles ana murders Pittsburg bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

- A fox hound belonging to Cant MARI
d rE'pcy ;oi cox OK Head, near Fort Popham
o ,,,,.l1 ''i... a loN Tor two days. The doc
, WINS seen n pursuit Of the fox several
I.l,fs curing the two days, and his deem
TI" lS rlS was frequently heard Fipn0r
oilq ,"A urea cut ana fell to the ground
t L,i .l. The dog, knowing that ha
u n.a mo NOT Sniiicient strength left To Gobt
ne 'oA' say down near him and WATCHED
hu.,,. IN llils condition the fox and tha
mo,I were round by a man who ljynG
49,, III atl'l llle loN was so exhausted lb,i
Ihe man easily killed him with a elnh ,' ="
Lewiston lAle.) journal. " ''uo' -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

"A fellow with an English accent
worked a new racket ON me the other
Jay sand New York hotel man. He
rc}iStered, got good room and threw
town TWO railroad checks for his LUG
Ease' which he ordered sent upstairs to
nlnl' Alter some hours spent in looking
~, .Ir 'he trunks, the clerk reported that
Hrle! could not bo found. This threw the
iS''si!liiah lntoa towering rage. and he
T"S WIN difficulty persuaded that no
nouo' they could he found 10y next morn
uls, Next morning he went himself to
o ', pam al the station about the trunks.
i a never came back. The checks were
TWO meals and bed" ~ N"'-' :
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

You can trust the average rage nr' I'd
negro with large sums OF 1mne,rcbsnl
he will not steal. A French nS iiai
Informed me that he had on y, Il, aols I
hundred occasions sent !! t,'V nanpr cur
dollars in gold coin ana H. ~, l md mn
rency over the wild mountain ~ w A singh
Jacmel to Port an Prince y eent D.
messenger, without losing ca . T petty Fl
f fG psf IS universal The , sane aessr
man stated that after the h b, has know
Ger delivered the money iie ~ steal ths
him to sneak into the room ' nrS NV
canvas wrapping Of the P''
York Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
Governesses in New south sonth Mnles.

GoVernesses i'll New South South Wales.
New South Wales does not seem an
| ideal place for "gentlewomen" to emf
CRATE to. An advertisement recently ap-
peared in Sydney paper to the follow
ing purpOrt: "Governess required, coun-
try, eldest pupil eleven; must be good
teacher Attracted by the last words a
lady who has ably filled some of the best
appointments in England and in the
colony, but who was forthe moment dis
engaged, answered the advertisement
And this is the reply she received to her
letter, verbatim ct literatim, including
the punctuation: in. reply to yours | re-
qulre governeSs to teach English music
drawing French beginners, calisthenics
there are four pupils eldest eleven Young
est four and a half and two Younger
children with whom you would have
little to do as there is Il nurse. Your
two younger pupils would require to be
washed and dressed and the eldest to
have her hair done There would be a
few light household duties of which
could tell you should you consider the
position likely to suit you. The salary
is $50 per annum"
Surely, this is enough; but there fol
lows a gracious promise that the salary
snail be raised 10y a pound or two, IF
you suit your employers" and "are
agreeable in the house" 1t is fortunate
Tor the successful applicant for this III
cratlNe appointment that she will have
but little to do with children under the
age or ~; for, with four to teach all the
SUBJECTS required, two TO dress entirely
ana two to have their hair done, what
iiine Is the unfortunate governess to
tt.- Hon. ia u
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

A writer in The Liverpool AereTg-- :.
captain Of the mercantile uarile--lpl
taken great pains to take what are Iay :,
ably the most careful observations 4 y !
the HEIGHT Of ocean waves n . gsi95 W. ~,
have ever been recorded. He made ~, A.
during a voyage round Caps hoIl Wv
to do it he went up in the man rls -..S,
to get, if possible, he ;2p OF ;h2 Wv .,.'
coming up nstcrn in . line Of ssl'L ~
the mast to the horizon ct lie I'm ..,i1.
The re~sol he selected tll LIZ !, /
mast was this, Tia: Is q ta ,o -. :. !,
nearly amiGshi25 and whe1 TIE ~ ~ n !
running the sea ahead and tr91 .. ~. n
the Two cnGs, forming i hollo" t t-1e
ships Che ac1ual foot OF the was M Nj, i.
tao raran Grausht equal to the t sli Il i
vation) aad the observer necesS5 5i1;rll
above the true height It was ?! ? ei's .oTs
operation, bat the captain o2'aIi hs;. iy Il
rood observations, making the n YsS,',;p,
The waves on the mast. on r .sa r,,S
the distance from these 70 wy T,rlT;.
draught he found them to oa y W. van.
G.. Gl, So and G5 feet resp sS5 san; NV
ing in length from $50 to 0VV 's'"
Aorh Home Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17

It is true that in those earlier ages men
died for faith, principle, ideas; but so do
they die for them in this age Every
day throughout the world men are TAX
ing flying leaps to death because of their
fidelity to ideas. The poor switchman
that last week leaped on the railroad
track in front of the rapidly moving
train and flung two little children from
it, but met his own death under the muir
derous wheels of the ponderous machine,
died because of his idea of duty 1t was
not his duty to fling away his own life
for that Of others, but he thought it was,
and he did it, Self sacrifice, unselfish-
ness Of the highest and noblest sort, is
not Of any particular age, but of all ages.
The spirit OF compromise is the spirit of
seliishness, and it is not an exclusive
growth of the present time.
Indeed, it would be difficult, if not i'm
possible, to find any other period of the
worlds history in which the spirit of
charity, of good will toward men, was
more sentient or active than it is today
1t is not only in this country, but in all
countries. that benevolence flows in
steady stream from the rich to the poor.
The land is thick with great charities.
We need but look about any great city
like this to recognize how strong and
broad and deep the stream of charity
flows. 1t is epitomized in scores of in
situations kept alive at a most enormous
cost for the helping of those who need
help; there are hospitals, homes, asy-
lums, refugees. schools numberess, which
all represent the worlds unselfshness,
its liberality and charity. This age is
not worse but better, than those which
went before it, because there is ever a
potent spirit abroad in it helping and
improving it, Religion, education, social
usages, are all employed in shaping the
world to better ends, and they are doing
it eifectually. -Philadelphia Telegraph.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-17
A MODELS EXPERIENCE.
A WOMAN IN BOSTON WHO HAS
POSED FOR FAMOUS ARTISTS.

homcIv visared. well formed Italian
,yon,on about rs wears of age, occupies
n srit IF rooms on Greene street, and
@ots n living by doing fancy needle work
Snd tnIrinr Iodccrs. Her name is Mar
gbarito I9mpeili. Her husband, form
erlv n tenor singer, but latterly an organ
Grinder died two wears ago, leaving her
His name and lust enough money to buy
n black veil AS for his burial, that was
Maid bv the city. But Margharita was
not TO be cast down. She had seen bet
fer DAVIS. She would see them again.
The result Is that she is now comfortably
situated. and is growing more prosperous
every wear.
Years AFRO. before time cross plowcd
her face with wrinkles, Margharita was
the pride of Paris, and earned a luxuri
GUS living by posing as model for
sculptors and printers She was able
TO earn anywhere from 100 to 500 francs
n week "on her shape" alone, and on her
rounded shoulders and above her well
nodded limbs rest the faces of some of
the most celebrated bellies and heiresses,
and. for that matter, queens and prin-
cesses of Europe. In short, her body
was the form in which the celebrated
Partisan artists breathcd the breath OF
life and beauty, and having done this,
they surmounted the trunk with the
heads of their patrons, all of whom were
pleased to be associated with her sym
metry, which none of them possessed.
THREE DOZEN MADONNAs.
Whom ro,,ortor c,llad she was on
o.,r,,J ~ no a,eroooblo ocrun.tion of
ST; ,I,a di,6a, dishes Int aIthouoh
,,tt;n,d i, .,;,,,,io ,.Mothor iJuhhnrd'
ea 'ti r.ro"ror Tho ..bnmon form di-
9 ''iua" ,,b;[L sbc nossessad wos So very
$1,000, r'Y thot II ,,.as milo evident The
a;'.h ad ,n,do ma mistake in their So.
=, ,'i,,,' '''''' '''''N'N ~
= ~ don't look mich like a Madonna
a. ~ 90" ne i H i ;ii ''r rootin n ~ she
,'t,,+,l. ,,,,t ,,.,t Ga,J a. Tho ,o9o,tar 70
So 81, ~ t;nl ar, mora noarlv aim
= .;t;,', r,,,,, Nv, Gao ;,st now,
o W ' ha,n '5't7 fn,. hnth NAM, . Jo,,
''ii .,i LIE 10 vn,' il.o tha hottor orns
-, tl,, Nfnll,n,,.,s" asl,.d tbo ,o,nr+or
Vi ..q Ni W 49, Inv ,'re ' ,ti"'' No
do,,,n ,osi,,,ss n,i1 ma hettcr. Lmf tLey
u ,n, "iI ii'', lont H. stonIiro ii,
~ w. ~, ii"l 1''t,,' Ii;5 a.,
dummy; babv TO nv breast It MAKES
INV arms ache was never lnckv
my az nus acne was nIN u; iuch}
In,r 6f infonts cop1ns hard St;ii Ala
nrEftv wrlI have been the model for
at least three dozen Madonnas in nv
dov Six of thcm ore now in Rome
N6orlv twnntv are sill in France and
tbo rost baye como 70 FncInnd md
A,,orica Ioet 92nar cow on' 49, ~ II,
tbrna ,iifTerrnt attifndos in as n1onr
nai,,tinors ~ = .ioan "vbihi+, n W NJ,
paintings tAL IL NAN C-EliiDll III NEW
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
SAWED OFF THE BARS.
NOTORIOUS ROBERT FlTTON TRIES
TO ESCAPE FROM WOODSTOCK JAIL.
Fifteen Minutes aIoie Work and Ho
Would Have Cut His Way to LibertyA
Neat Job on His window Grating--He
Denies All knowledge of tho Bar-Cut-
ting.

WOODSTOCK, May TO- Robert Fitton,
who is notorious throughous New England
and eastern New York for his daring ex-
piots in defiance OF the law and tho courta,
has added new sensation to the long list
standing TO his credit. On April he was
confined ia jail here by order Of Judge John
W. Rowell for contempt Of court.
About 10 days ago Ftton arranged au
exchange OF coils with another prisoner,
thus securing an outside cell in which was a
window about two by three feet square, se-
cured by double bars of great strength, an
Inch and half md an inch and u quarter
square. Friday afternoon Deputy Sheriff
w. .. Taylor noticed from the outside that
a curtain had been put up inside this win
dow. Suspecting something was wrong he
made careful examination iii the early
evening and found that Fitton had sawed
or bars and taken out a section of the in
ner grating, making au opening by II
inches and also cut the outer grating 80
that l3 minutes more work would have
given him his liberty.
In Ftton's cell Deputy Taylor found a
saw for cutting iron In prime order. Whom
asked how long al had been at the lob, Fit
ton said he knew nothing about it. He
also denied any knowledge Of tho saw or
how it came in the coli. Since the night OF
the discovery he has been locked into Il dun
geon a eight Stnte's Attorney buckney
Of Ludlow was summoned by telegraph and
WITH Sheriff Lowell OF Springfield came here
Saturday, when Fitton was erraigned be
fore Hon. r. O. Seaver, justice, on Il charge
OF attempting to break jail and was held in
$500.
Fitton issfutIIe in resource, IS his career
proves. Should b escape the consequences
of this new adventure, which hardly seemt
possible, there hangs over him a writ for
perjury, which viii DO served at the first
opportunity. The Supreme Court of the
United states has denied his appeal on &
haheas corpus, from the decision OF Judge
Wheeler of the District COURT,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
THE BARRE LABOR aOUeLe.
Places Of tho Striktrs Beiru Rapidly
filled by the \. A.anufacturers.

BARRE, May S.-The Boston Globes ro.
port to the effect that tho difficulties be-
tween the striking quarrymen aud drillers
and the manufacturers hal been settled,
and that the strikers had gained their point,
b without any foundation wha'ever There
is no perceptive change In that direction,
and il the strikers should decide at once to
return to work only part of them could
find places so fest have new men been hired
since the strikers went out. Some Of tho
quarries already have about their usual
force. The manufacturers shy they
shall stand by those men who have stood by
them to the last, and unless the strikers give
up the matter that Trey are holding out
about they will nearly ali find themselves
without places to work, or will cause the
other unions to come out with them, and If
she latter should happen, aud it probably
Will not, 1t would MAKO general broak up
and shut down Of nsarly oil business
The Union Gutter, Rofuse @ support tn c
stri1tnE Quatryinen.
BARRE, May 13.-There seems low to be
no doubt thnt the backbone Of the striking
business is broken, for this year at eu-t
At meeting of the GtAnite Cutters union.
Tuesday evening Il was votoi, as near as
can be ascertained, by about 10 to 30, not
TO support the union qdsrrymen in their
strike on tho hill. Nearly every one saeu's
pleased that the cutters should ,ook az the
matter in this light, as everything in ell
departments excepting this one little poin:
of discrimination TINT the quarrymen are
out about, has been satisfactorily settled,
and the outlook is very bright for Z most
prosperous season in the granite industry.
This looks as il the quarryner's union
would have to 90 to places, and the sooner
the members attempt to get back 20 work.
the more of them will be apt to tiud places,
for large number OF non-union mon are
already at work, and others coming IN
every day.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
GEN. GROUT UPON "HORSES." "

First Annual stallion Parade of the
Northern Caledoninn Fair Assooia-
t!on.
LYNDoHyILIE, May 13-The first an
nual stallion parade under the auspices of
the Northern Cnedonian fair assoclaHou,
was held on their grounds in this place
20 day. There We're 70 entries 81 Of them
being stations of serviceabie age. They
came from wide range of country, from
the Canada line TO South Newbury aud
from the New Hampshire line 30 the center
Of the state. They fine lot Of ani-
nals. Tie object OF the meeting was to
give breeders an opportunity to ezamine
and select the best stock to breed frcm, and
it was fairiy well attended Gen. VI. ".
Grout, member OF Congress from tho
second Vermont district gave a0 address
upon "Horsss,' which was a masterpiece
Of pedigree tracing from besinuin,s TO end.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15

WAsHlNGroN, May I.-Originel, Adm
o. Brannrd, Oliver A. Proctor, Albert
Dun: reissue, Robert d. Wh.ttsmore; orlgl-
nal widows, ctc., Matte widow q William
H. IT, Maynard, Rose N Mother Of LOWS
Garrow. Della a., widow Of Henry 4. Ires-
colt; increase Catherine T., widow Of Rob
ert II. Parkinson.
WAsnINGroN, May s-Orisual G., ".
Bridges, William Sanuorn. ir., John Lyon
a alditional, Nathan W. Delnisor; increase,
Henry H. Houghton, Johu 3. Hayes G.. \.
Mussey; reissue ". r. Crtohett, George
c. Cooley.
WAeuNGroN, May 12-Ori4iua, Or
lando c. Dwineil; increase, james KAY
annvgh reissue, Charles BurEoine, reissue
and Increase, bradley Houghton,
WASHINGToN, May y Original. James
5. Hastings, ir., Ira a. Powers. Henry
KSnp Joss"lyn; additional Chare' VI.
Wing reissue, Henry n. IaSe, reissue and
increase, James ltead.
WASHINGTON, May l3-Origmul, Edwin
b IarKuill, Robert :. Kelly, additional,
Jacob C'rthadge; renewal Asahel W.
Baker; Increase, Petor Gardner Gilbert u.
Mcclure, Frank a. Fay, Peter {. Dewey
reissue, Samn,l W Benjamin: original
widows etc, Ida A., widow ot Norman =,
Lawson, Louise j., widow OK Albert A.
SwilHsr.
Tuothache, evory ache nees from Iuhusc!'s
Anodyne Lin!mont IN from wrath 10 como.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1891-05-15
r., FRIDAY, MAY Is, 1897.
a RIDE OF DE ATH.
Horrible Journey of Train Load OF
Fire Fighters.


AUSTIN, Pa, May 12.-An attempt was
made yesterday to carry train load Of men
on the Slnnamohnning railroad in Pennsyl-
vania to the scene OF the great forest fires.
The engineer and fireman, with faces cover
ed with dampened cloths and their hands
and arms wrapped in wool, mounted the
engine and pulled ont through the wall Of
fire. Tho train had proceeded few miles
into the hemlocks when the intense heat and
binding smoke of the forest conflagration
put an end to its further progress, An at
tempt was then made to reverse the course
of the train and retreat from the approach
ing fire, but it was too late The train was
overtaSen by the flames. All hands jump
ed from the cars and soug hit safety IN a creek
that flowed near by.
Then came an unprecedented phase never
experienced by the men. The water of
the creek was boiling and those who leaped
from the moving train found themselves in
water which was nearly scading not.
There the terror-stricken Are-iighters
cr0uched while the tornado of fire and
smoke rolled over and beyond them. All
but hvo Of tho party escaped death in this
way, but tbs heat was SO intense that sever
al of the number were badly burned
Superintendent Badger did not jump into
the boiling creeI. lie ran ahead of the
flames but was overtekcn by them and
burned to a crisp. -Four other men who
followed him shared his fate. a rescuin <
party went cut after the fre-Hghters
Thirty Of the men were found 80 badly dis
abled that they were lying about blistered
bruised and suffering intensely. Fifteen Of
tuem are expected to die. Search was
made yesterday FOR tho mssing members Of
the party, bat the only body found was
that of badger and it is le.ieycd the miss
ing men have pershod.