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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

Among the inmates Of the National
Soldiers home at Togus, Ne, is Richard
Rowley, who was captain Of the guns on
the Kearsarge when she sunk the Ala
bama off the harbor Of Cherbourg.
France. ana performed an act of bravery
which probably saved his ship and her
crew. The battle had ragged for over an
hour and half. when a 100 pound rife
shell from the Alabama struck the gun
which Rowley was sighting and fell on
the deck, with the fuse still burning. In
an instant Rowley picked it upand threw
it into the sea. where it exploded Just as
it touched the water. The sailors beard
and mustache were burned off by the
fuse, but lie stepped back to his gun and
sent a shot into the sinking Alabama.
Capt, Winslow al once gave the order
to man the rigging and give three cheers
for Quartermaster Rowley. The latter
was greatly Honized after his return to
this country. Congress voted him a gold
medal: he received other valuable gifts.
and President Lincoln personally thanked
him. Fer several days before his inter
view with the president, Rowley had &C
cepted frequent invitations 10 drink
champagne. and probably showed the
effects. As he arose to so Mr.. Lincoln
gave him a hundred dollars, saying;
Now don't drink too much liquor;
drink Just a little. but not too much. !
know You old. sailors all like little grog,
but be careful and not drink too much. -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

Michael Angelo, at a time when Italy
paid 50 much attention to ancient ART
that modern had no chance Of being
judged fairly, had. il Is said, resort to a
stratagem TO teach the critics the fallacy
Of shaping their judgments by fashion
or reputation. He sculpJured statue
representing sleeping beauty and break
ing of an arm buried il il place where
excavations were being made. Il wai
soon found and landed By critics and
the public as valuable relic Of antigul.
ty. far superior TO anything done foi
centuries. When Angelo thought il
had gone far enough he produced the
broken arm, and, 10 the great nortihca-
ton Of the critics, revealed himself as
the sculptor. New York Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

English men Of letters are perpetuallv
Icolding and nagging at one another for
speaking and writing bad English, or for
pronouncing it enormously, and the fault
finders make, as a rule. as many mis-
takes as do the writers and speakers
whom they profess to correct. And then
step in. forsooth, the Americans, clad
from top to toe in the shining armor OF
self confidence, and they airily tell Us
that we know not how TO speak or pro-
nounce our own language. and that to
of BCstcnites or the Dutch-Irish-Eng
llsh and altogether cosmopolitan people
of New York. We may needs vince a
little under these structures, for our
withers are not 10y any means unwrung,
and TO the ear OF a foreigner who has
made only literary study Of English ii
is certain that our pronunciation, or
rather our many and discordant methods
of pronunciation. must appear very IL
logical and very ludicrous.
1t is not alone clergymen who drawl
the church service and humble their
sermons; il is not alone school children
who are taught to read III monotonous
sing-song; it is not alone young ladies
who, through affectation, lisp or mince
their words. but it is the great body of
English people-aye, Of educated Eng
lish people-who habitually stammer be
fore they can find the right word, who
rarely pronounce their final consonants,
who slur and shuttle their syllables into
one another. who almost invariably put
the wrong emphasis on the chief mem
bers Of d phrase. and who. if they do not
absolutely chew and swallow the ends Of
their vocables. as the modern Greeks do,
utter them in such disjointed and slip
shod fashion as to make them more than
half unintelligible 10 the foreign ear
This is why it NAV be quite feasible for
Frenchman to live seventeen years in
England without being able to under
stand English. Telegraph.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10
Whom Pluck Wa Slang.

This word affords an instance of the
way in which slang words in the course
Of time became adopted into current Eng
ish. We now meet with pluck and
plucky as the recognized equivalents Of
courage" and courageous. An entry
in Sir Walter SCOTS journal" shows
that in 1921 the word had not yet lost its
low character. lie says vol. II, p. so,
Want Of that article blackguardly
called pluck It's origin is obvious.
From early times the heart has been
popularity regarded as the seat Of cour-
age Now when butcher lays open a
carcass he divides the great vessels Of the
heart, cuts through the windpipe and
then plucks out together the united
heart and langs-lights he calls them
and he terms the united mass "the
pluck. Notes and Queries
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10
How sir RlcnARp DIED.

Stately as bridegroom to a feast
Sir Richard trDd the scaffold stair,
And. bowling - tie crowd, united
The love locks from his sable hair:
TOOK Of his watch. give that to Ned:
I've done with time. 8 he proudly said.
Twas bitter cold-it makes him shake.
Said one. "Abi zee the Villains lookr"
Sir Richard. with scoruful frown,
Cried, Frost not fear. my body shook;'
Giving gold piece to the slave,
He laughed, NOW praise me, master
knave.'
They pointed, with a snecring smile,
Unto black box, long and grim;
But no white snroud nor badge Of death
Had power to draw a tear from him
1T needs no lock-" he said In Jest,
This chamber where tonight rest"
Then crying ont, God save the king:-
In spite Of hiss and shout and frown;
He stripped his donblet, dropped his cloak,
And gave the headsman's man a crown:
Then "On for heaven," he proudly cried,
And bowed his head-and so he died
Walter Thornbury.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

One Of the mistakes Of the times is the
popular belief that everything in bust
ness way must be big. The idea has
grown out Of our haste to grow wealthy
and from superficial calculation, such as,
if one acre pays 500. 100 acres would
pay $4,000. Men seldom make such
money out Of vary large orchards, and
while a source Of envy 10 small holders
they are often, in fact. just holding on
or are running ahead on borrowed CAPT
tai. The men who make money and are
getting rich ont Of horticultural pursuits
are those who do not attempt more than
they can look after personally. From
ten TO eighty acres are the sized tracts
which pay the highest per cent. Of profit,
if they are properly conducted The
idea that living cannot be made out of
small place has retarded many from GO
ing into a business in which they might
now be making an independent living. -
California Fruit Grower.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

There was a jolly little group about a
table in a down town cafe last night
shaking dice for the lemonade. The
man who threw the lowest number had
to pay for the lemonade and tell a story.
AL at the table had been stuck" but one
gentleman who is noted for his keenness
Of repartee. The gentlemen who had
been stuck" told nothing but anecdotes
and antique tales. Not a new story had
been recited, and they We're all chest
nuts. When the gentleman noted for rep.
artee had been stuck" there was ap-
plause. call for drinks and demand
for new story i can tell story.
said the gentleman, as he ordered the
proper thing "hnt III ask you a conuu-
drum. Go ahead" he was told
well. he went on. what is the differ
ence between a turkey and a mani"
This odd conundrum Aoored the
crowd. The Questioner was appealed TO
for an answer. The difference between
turkey and man" he explained, rs
he rose 10 leave, is that a turkey isn't
stuffed with chestnuts until it's dead. "
The crowd OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Commercial.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

As we stand before a great landscape
by Rousseau like the "Ravines Of Apre-
mont" lately in the collection Of 81.
Marlnontel, or Of the Hear Frost" in
that Of Mr.. Walters at Baltimore, one
must call mp powerfully built man of
middle size with full brown beard; a
wide, high forehead, which his friends
declared Olympian; shapely, straight
nose; hair worn rather long, after the
fashion Of forty years ago; direct impid
gaze from eyes of unusual largeness and
grayish blue in color, and mouth whose
lines indicate the absorbed man and the
reticent. Hewas an extremely thought
full man. not by any means smileless and
the furthest remove from stupid; he
was one Of those who are hard to win
for friend, but once friend, eminent
ly the person with whom to pass weeks
in the pursuit Of a worthy study. There
is the sympathetic man who talks, and
the sympathetic man who is silent.
Rousseau was the latter Yet he could
talk and talk wei, on nature, art and
music. and he wrote charming letter
Charles De Kay in Century
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

Popular feeling against anything ike
a spurious article Is always remarkable,
though it Is not always rational \ few
years ago, when glucose began to be used
in the manufacture OF candies and sweet
stutfs. firms which made no secret of the
fact that they were using it, lost quite =
large quantity Of trade in consequence
The wiser ones had their cans labeled,
Italian sjrups. and no one was any the
wiser Ask any physician today why
children suffer less from excessive indUl-
gence in candies than formerly, and he
viii tell YOU that the substitution Of giu-
cose for what might be called more or,
thodox commodities is the cause. So
much for the common sense of prejudice.
Interview in Globe Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

John Newsate, of Boston, merchant,
selectman and constable of the town
who was admitted freeman in 1855,
and elected representative at the March
and September sessions Of the general
court, IN 1888. and who died in 1865
left viii dated Nov. -. 1864, in which
he gives to his wife Ann, his "farme as
Rumly Marsh, with all my lands belong
ing there ynto she the said
Ann continuing in the state Of widow
hoode, paying VITO the Colledge in Cam
bridge the SUN of five pounds pr ann
during the said time of her widow
hoode, for tile security OF which pay
ment my said farme is already bound and
ingaged But il my said wife should
happen 10 marry agaiue, then my will
and wind is That she shall have only
the thirds of all my said houses and
lands in Boston and of my said farms al
Rumly Marsh, but not the thirds of my
said house and land IN Charles Towne,
for that the said annual pay for the
Colledge is after such marriage of her.
the said Ann. 10 bee paid by others
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10
LONG ADORE ne Knowep.

Ies a little bit o feIler--I remember still
oSt 70 almost cry fer Christmas like youngster
viii
Fourth o JuIy's nothin' to it, New Years amt
smell;
Easter Sunday Circus dag -jes' all dead in the
Lordy' though at night you know, 10 set around
The old folks work the story on about the sledge
ard deer
And SANITY" skootin' round the roof, all wrapped
In fur and fuzz--
Long afore
j knowed who
SANITY Claus wuz,
Vs. TO wait, and set up late, week er tso ahead:
Couldn't hardly keep awake, per wouldn't go to
bed;
kittle steain on the fire, and Mother settin here
Darnln socks, and rockin' IN the skreeky rockin'
cheer;
rap gap, and ~under where it wuz the money
And quar-i with his frosted heels, and spill his
Imminent;
And me dre4ulin sleigh bells when the clock nd
wlir and buzz,
Long atore
/ knowed VINO
SANITY Claus wuz
Size the fireplace ai', and agger how '-old Sanity.
could
Manage 10 come down the chinbly. Ike they said
he would
Wisht that cohli hide and see him u,,nder.s
what ed say
~ he ketched a teller leyin' fer him tkatawav,
But bet on him. aud liked him, same as es he had
turned % pat me On the back and say, Look
here my lad
Here's my paek-ies' hep yourself, Like all good
boys does
Long afore
knowed who
SANITY Claus" WIZ
"isht that yarn vas true about him. as it 'peared
10 be
Truth made out o lies Ike that un 8 good enough
fer me-
Wishi still wuz so couldn could ies' go~aild
Over hangin up my stockins, Ike the little child
Clnbin in rly hap tonight and b-ggn me 70 tel
Bout them reindeers, and odd SANITY that she
loves 50 we'll.
I'm half sorry FER this little girlsweetheart Of his
Long efore
She knows who
Sanity Claus" is
JAMES NhitcoInb Riley.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

The Federal and Confederate forces
were preparing for battle. The Fed
eral commander and his staff, seated
upon their horses, were consulting near
the right OF the line drawn up in the
edge Of the woods Gen. Neal Dow was
standing in front Of his command, a
very small man with a tremendously
big hat on his head and a monstrous
sword dangling to the ground az his
side, = picture such as one seldom sees
outside the comic collections An aid
told Gen Dow perhaps he was only
Col. Dow them that the commander
wished to see MIN Cen Dow strobe
down the line, the soldiers laughing at
the sight.
Gen. Dow said the commander.
you VIII march out into that opening
yonder, take a position on that knoll
and hold it until further orders
thing to thai effect
In sight Of the entire right wing Of
the army, Gen Dow went marching
into the opening, his long, heavy sword
clanking on the ground behind him. his
big hat making him look like a grass
hopper under a toadstooi- Tie GAM
mander heard the army laughing and
looking for the cause.
who is that walking across the open
ing:' he asked.
THAT is Gen Dow, said everybody.
An aid was sent 10 bring him back
Gen. Dow. said the commander,
"why did you go out there alone: Why
did you no: take your command with
YOU?
Dear me, general said Dow. Il beg
thousand pardons. didn't know you
meant for me TO take anybody with me
You didn't say 50, YOU know. Wash
ington Post.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10
rne ROSE THAT eLusneo.

.,a,s rose fell downward through the air,
e Pr1S where within her opera box she sat,
~ ,aatcbless face 20 wondrous calm and fair
VIZ" NM, an die singers paused 10 gaze thereat
- hv the stars" thought |. III ever truth
"a noiesty. and spotless maiden grace
-, ~ aadded 70 the heart Of beantys youth,
"eahold them there upon that noble face.
.r,,,s rose that's fallen frou you cluster white,
III, gill treasure though It's day be dead
,.,anrad 10 lift the rose alas the night!
T1o rest we're white, bat this was scarlet red;
r,'e nee was gl,ieleas still In all that light;
And yet this perfect rose had blnshed and fed.
w Henderson in Once a Week.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

ARTIFICIAL honey, which is more COM
n,ar In the market than consumers
know. is made Of potato starch anu Oh .,
If yilrial. Some rash optimists think
that H., are sure of getting the genu-
i,,a ,r...i,.t OF bees and flowers by pur-
rhasia. honey in the comb. They DO
NOT know ,l,at the exquisite white comb
that plo,-o- them is often made Of par
an ~. Herald of Health.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

THE subject Of national flower Is
being discusseda great deal now, Mss
Minnie" remarked a visitor 81 Mime
apolis TO maiden of that city. What
do YOU think about il:
well, replied Miss Minnie, 4 think
papa's Fancy Winter Wheat Flour rather
takes the biscuit. New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

Not lev. a.o a letter came through ,5y,5l
~, rosroftica addressed to Lard NILS
n a." which found its proper destin9-
Hon Al oil Mills. y. II, A letter al
dressed 10 Roast Pig, Mass was ' i,
cinbered by the Boston mail clerks 10 ue
infendea for Dedham, and there II wa
delivered to the person for whom II was
;-,ton3ad Monitor.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

An uusldlled Japanese farm hand, accord
ing to a correspondent who writes from NJ
o-o. receives only from i've to ten cents a
day for his labor, and out OF this small sum
he is expected to board himself. Shllleu
farm labor commands from ten 70 hi1eeh
r 80, A dsv.-New York Evening World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10
He onght to Have KNOWN.

Cochran-I suppose your name on this
umbrella indicates that it belongs TO
you:
Gilrov-W Which, the name or the um-
brella?
Cochran-The name, ofeouTse. Puck.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

Tie Florida Congregational asSo s
,;,n which in 1884 had three or Tour
churches 'ip had in 1889 thirty-eighs
lunches ohurches with membership OF nearly
900.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

what! you love another b , S a.,
said ynn'd marry me if your father DIS
owned you. -. s;sovvr ma
,,, saar'-Amarican Grocer
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-07-10

The sales 4 diamonds in New York ar -
timated 10 foo, up so, 600 .o0o year.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-25
Removal of the Terminal Offices.

There is much jubilant talk in Atlanta
about the removal thither Of the general
Offices OF the Terminal Company-those
now in Richmond as we'll as those now in
Washington.
As TO the latter we have nothing to soy
more than that our people think that they
should be in Richmond; but If they are
not 10 come here we would as lief see them
in Atlantaa as in Washington. But 1t seems
altogether incredible that shrewd railroad
managers such as control the Danville and
Terminal lines should wish to strike down
their Virginia friends at the very moment
that the help of these friends is most
needed.
TIE demand for new State railroad law
Is 20 strong that it cannot be resisted. and
: number Of our most saeacious railroad
men. recognizing this fact, have given as
sursnces that the public desire will meet
With no opposition from them. The sim
pls question TO be settled Is, How shall
that law be framed? We believe that.the
conservative farmers and businessmen OF
this Commonwealth have influence
enough 10 give the movement the right
direction II they are not disabled by I'M
prudence from quarter whence encou-
snaemsnt alone should be expected.
& VIII not prove 70 be plaeating feA-
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-25
SATURDAY. ....... JULY 25. 1891.
The Argentine Repubnc-Paper Money

The news from Buenos Ayres that the
monetary crisis continues and that great
suffering has resulted therefrom is not en-
rouraging to the iat-greenbackers OF tins
country. IL paper money could be made
rs good as gold or silver by the mere nat
of the Government. or, rs the foolish
fancy-fnanciers phrase it, by the simple
declaration that il should be " full legal
Gender" then the people # the Argentine
RepubIc would never have fallen into the
nit in which they find themselves at pres
ept. For be il known TO all concerned that
chat is vast country and one immensely
r;cb in many respects. When We learn. rs
we did few DAYS ago from cablegram or
Telegram from Buenos Ayres. that there
WAS or had been till it failed. a bank there
possessing a capital of millions of dollars,
we begin 10 realize the fact that Buenos
Ayres. to use SI. PAUL's words, is no
mean city," Five years ago 1t boosted
popuIation of AGO. 600 (according TO Spot
ford.) As to the Argentine Republic as
whole. il NAV he said that it Is worthy oil
che attention of any nation In the world,
and ought to occupy not a lew OF our
thoughts here in North America when we
begin 10 look abroad for commerce and
trade. It's area is as great as that OF all
Central and Western Europe combined or
sbout .6l9. 500 square miles, or more than
calf the area of the United States. It's
population is estimated at over three
millions of souls. But we repeat. with al
these advantages the Argentine Republic
can no more make paper money equal to
gold by its mere fat-by its laws. however
stringent 49, than it could keep the
Plate Bank from failing by its mosl
strenuous efforts to avert that ca
Aamity. And surely we need not add
that the United States Government is,
Alike that of the Argentine Republic. totally
rnable to defy the laws of nature-totally
incapable of converting worthless paper
;snto real money. No Government in the
world has more power than our own; yet
even ours would stand helpless in the
presence of such q condition of things as
now prevails in the Argentine Republic,
whose Government, we may remark by the
way. is modelled after that OF the United
States. except that the British plan of re-
eponsible ministry obtains. That is. the
Cabinet resigns and new one is formed
after an adverse vote in the Senate and
House.
The annual revenue of tie Argentine
Republic is about fifty millions of dollars,
derived almost wholly from import and ex-
port duties. This is a greater revenue in
proportion TO population than our country
can boast of. The national debt was $685.
, s29. $50 FIVE years ago.
: We might state other interesting facts
aoout the Argentine Republic, but we will
not do so at present. We only desire to
"l ONT moral ito teach a lesson-for
the benefit of our countrymen who
"imagine so vain a thing" as that some
fhinp else than money is money.
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-07-25
AN OIL COMPANY coLLAPsEs.
supposed to Have Been Downsd" by the
Cotton-seed OIL Trust
nv Telegraph to tho Dispatch. ]

fBy telegraph to the Dispatcn.I
CHICAGO, July 24.-The Columbia Oil
COMPANY. with an immense plant at "A
Frie street. and with branches at Men,
phis and Owatonna, Mimi, after q brief
existence of six weeks collapsed this morn
ing. Judge Blodgett appointed Sidney A..
Stevens. of this city. receiver. The ina
bility Of the company to float its bonds Is
given as the cause of the failure, but it is
limited that the company had a too-suc::
cessful competitor in the cotton-seed
oil trust. The Columbia Company dealt
exclusively in cotton-seed and cotton-seed
oil. The company was organized June list
of this year. with capital stock OF
81 100000. The Il. V. Page Oil Com
pany, of this city, was purchased, as
were also the Diamond Huller and Oil
Company. of Memphis. and the Diamond
Feed-Mill Manufacturing Company. of
Owatonna. Mr.. Page sold his interest in
the Chicago house for S205, 900 in the CAPT.
tai stock Of the company and S47 900 OF
the first mortgage bonds. The other two
concerns were purchased in the same way.
1926. 900 of the capital stock and $4,000 of
the first mortgage bonds being given in
payment. A deed Of trust of all the plants
TO secure Si00, 900 Of the bonds was given
the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank. Only
$4,000 worth of bonds were sold.
The three plants are estimated to be
worth 81 900 900, and the liabilities are said
to not be one half of that amount. The
attorneys for the company say that the
debts will he paid in full, though they ad-
init that the branches are heavily involved
with debts incurred before the consollda-
ton. aud for which tho consolidated COM
pany is not responsible.