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Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

has the mental vigor Of his prime. His
disposition Is kindly, but he is stern ID the
exercise Of discipline. Although prominent
and influential for years In the councils OF
the Republican party, he never held pub
lie Office until now, when by appointments
he is president Of the board Of review OF
Cincinnati.
Mr. Smith was born In ireland In 1928
He came TO America in 1881 and followed
the trade of a carpenter at Cincinnati. He
had received n fair education and became
acquainted with the employees OF the old
Chronicle which afCerward became the
Cincinnati Gazette. Through their In
ffuence and that Of several business men he
was made superintendent of the Cincinnati
chamber OF commerce. retaining that posi-
tion until 1853. when he resigned TO devote
himself exclusively to journalism. His
merit and usefulness won him small in
trest in The Gazette, which be added to un-
til at the consolidation OF The Commercial
and Gazette he WIS the principal owner of
the latter, the chief editorial writer and
the shaper OF its policy After the consoli
dation he was business manager until Mr..
Halstead went to New York, when he as
sumed general control. retaining that re-
sponsibility until the recent reorganization
enabled him to resume editorial work
Mr.. Smith is an effective paragrapher.
and bis long editorials are vigorous. His
style is controlled by the necessity he has
been under as a busy man and contributor
to crowded columns Of saying and writing
what he wanted TO put before the public in
the briefest intelligible form. He has long
been one Of the leading spirits Of the Asso
ciated Press
Mr.. Smith has a striking physique His
bead is large in proportion to his body
When in thought his expression is stern
almost severe, which has led to an unjus'
conception of his character by those who
know him only by sight. His manners arr
earnest and his perception quick, and b,
has much of the keen. ready wit of hi.
ns,tive land
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
TraiIin. Arbatu. in March.

"What. Trailing arbutus the 4th of
March!' exclaimed Mrs. Blaine when a
little colored boy held several branches
of the pretty pink blossoms up towards
her as she aiighted from her landau
'Ten cents bunch, lady" said the
ebony youngster. not knowing who his
customer was.
dat was big bizness, said he. as he
went off fiowerless but turning a silver
dollar over and over in his yellow palm.
Tim gwine get more dose 'butuses an
hang roun' dat corner"
The fragrant little spring flower grows
abundantly along the Potomac hills, and
the colored people know its pretty hid
ing places well. To them mistletoe, sas-
safras. holly, arbutus are like raspber-
ries and blackberries III their season, and
they earn many an honest dollar gather
ing them. But they never found the
arbutus so early before--Washinstor
Letter
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
Catching Eels by the Barrel.

One of the most novel sights in tho
spring of the year. at the rocks of the
Willamette falls, is the swarms Of
gyrating GELS. They are freshness it
self. and show low order of iptelh-
gence. If you put your hand in the
water over the eels. or spit on it, in
stantly they are gone. But poke a
stick down among the snaky things
and they do not notice II. The sense
of smell seems to be their main guard
against danger. Like salmon, they do
their level best to dart up the rocks in
order TO ascend the river, and with
good success. Says fisherman:
Il have seen as many as hundred
bushels of eels hanging on the rocks
ct one time by the suckers of their
mouths. They would wiggle and aut-
ter their tails, and by the momentum
thus obtained, letting go with their
suckers, jump up about six inches
higher. | caught about forty barrels
last season that salted and sold to the
Columbia fishermen for bait. picked
them off the rocks with fish hook
tied to pole. started at the bot
tom row of hanging eels, and would
silently pick off barrel after barrel
The upper rows hadn't sense enough
to perceive the enemy. | have caught
eels in the headwaters of the Santiam,
in the Cascade mountains Suppose
they had swum up from the William
ette. Oregon City Courier.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

Mr.. E. Il. Strykie of Australia, while
at the Leland hotel, said the people of
that continent are in need of metal fur
niture. He has been to England to Sc
cure school desks ard seatso light metal
which will lie durable and cheap, but
neither in England NORM America has he
been able to get what he wants. He says
the pest of Queensland is the white ant,
against the ravages of which sheet iron
roofing and tin covered chairs are the
only protection thus far devised. The
ants eat wood of every description. bor-
ing the doors and house rafters until
they are honevcombed, tables. bedsteads
and bureaus suffering similarly. Mr..
Strykie thinks metal furniture factory
which could supply these things at
price permitting them TO be shipped
long distances would have large trade
on the Australian continent.-Chicago
News
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

J. r. Love spent Sunday at his farm,
near Christiana, and it was there that
the incident occurred during the high
wind on Wednesday night, February II.
Mr.. James j. Hodge Is tenant on Mr.
Loves farm and lives with his four
children, one grownup daughter, in a
little two-room frame house, 32x17 feet
In size He says that near midnight he
heard the house creaking like it was
about to fall to pieces, then there was a
jar and all was still. The children cried
out in alarm, and be jumped out Of bed
to find that the house had been lifted
from its foundations By the wind, carried
about five feet beyond them and deposit
ed fiat upon the ground.
The house was not injured and not an
article in it was broken. A lamp that
was placed on the niantelpiece was not
thrown down.
The next day the ncighbors gathered
and raised the house and placed the
foundation stones under it where it
stood. and the family Is still living there
as heretofore.
The house is well built little struc-
ture, ceiied with pine planks.
American.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

Two new books Of travel are promised
the reading public. The intending authors
are at present in the United States gath
ering material, and each will probably pub
iish q volume not devoid Of interest, no
matter what criticism may be advanced.
II the printed page equals the pquant
personality Of these gentlemen from over
the sea. 1t will amply repay perusal. One
OF the visitors Is an educated Chinanian
and the other Is an equally well educated
Englishman. The name OF the first il
Lang Han: Of the second, H. J. Farmer
Atkinson. Mr.. Han Is graduate OF the
great imperial university at Kwang Tung.
Mr.. Atkinson Is member OF the British
parliament. The former Is young, the lat
ter is old. but both are intellectual and i'm
pulsiye.
1t is to be feared, however, that the
Chinaman's account of life in America
will be more jovial than accurate On
reaching New York he naturally Joined
himself to the Mott street colony He had
a bookish acquaintance with English ac
quired in the missionary schools at home,
but he desired to increase his conversa-
tional knowledge. So, on the second day
Of bis visit. he walked into crowded East
side saloon and said. Everybody dlink. I"
Not a soul misunderstood him. and after
they had inhibited the hangers on swore
eternal friendship with the .'haythen" and
declared their willingness to assist him in
the requirement of good Anglo-Saxop
tyle Of expression
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

As consequence, Mr. Lang Han has
abandoned Addisonian diction for Bowery
dialect. When he meets stranger he no
longer says, "What is the gentleman's
namei" but who's his JOB lotss" At the
restaurant he has ceased to ask for pork
and beans, but urges the waiter to hustle
up de stars and stripes, Gully" and adds as
an afterthought, draw one and three
snkers," that being the vernacular for
coffee and doughnuts. From this it will
be seen that much more may be expected
10 the way of picturesqueness than in the
way of accuracy from the oriental visitor
when he puts his report OF experiences
among the foreign devils" in type.
Mr.. H. j. Farmer Atkinson has much
more than national reputation. He is
the Tory member of parliament from Bos-
ton, Lincolnshire, and has had controversies
with Speaker Peel which have resulted in
his suspension from the house of com
mons. He came to America as delegate
to the Methodist ecumenical conference.
The views Of the venerable and vigorous
delegate regarding American matters will
naturally attract as much attention as
those to be enunciated by his Chinese
brother of the pen.
Lang Han is intensely religious, a Confu
clan of the straitest sect, and Mr.. Atkin
son is loyal follower of Wesley, but
neither has the answering faith and con
fdence displayed by Elizabeth Margaret
Gordon, an elderly maiden of Coopers
town, n Y. She claims to have direct
revelations from the spirit land, and be
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

During the civil war Mr.. Charles Ness,
of Searsmont. was member of Maine
regiment. While in the south he had a
bad fall. striking the back of his head
heavily ON the ground. 1t left him par
tally blind and for nearly twenty-five
wears he has been in the same condition.
While he could see somewhat, yet he
was unable to read. Recently Mr.. Ness
fell while carrying a pail of milk into
the house and struck the back of his
head heavily on the ice. Strange to say.
his eyesight has been restored and he
can see to read as well SIS before the hrst
a,oiaent. -Pirtsfield Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

The dictionaries are not reason enough
for any ones making himself utterly
singular among his fellows. On the
same principle we in America continue
TO saw "skedule" instead of making peo-
pie open their eyes by saying schedule
When we are in England We may say
..tong" instead of "tung" for tongue,
bnt the wise American will go with all his
countrymen in such matter when ne Is
at home. Very few people, either EnShsh
or American, ever say "dyuty, con
stityution, and SO on, and yet tnat IS
undoubtedly the way we ought to pro-
uouuce them-if we are going strlctly
by the authorities. 1t is better TO oe
idiomatic. either in writing or speaking
than to be Just right by the book-bos-
ton Transcript.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
weather and Common Sense.

II does not always require that
man should be q prophet to make a
shrewd guess as to what the weather
will be some months in advance.
There ere probabilities, we will not
say certainties, regarding times and
seasons that arc obvious TO every one
who knows the difference between
storm and calm, heat and cold We
know, for instance, that one extreme
is likely to follow another. Ii one
winter is extremely cold it is highly
probable il will be followed by another
corrcspondingly moderate. An unu-
sually cold wave. 50 called, will gen.
orally be succeeded by a spell of
weather of great mildness for the sea-
son. To a very dry season, or sue
cession of dry seasons, there is sure to
succeed period OF weather TO make
up the deficiency of rainfall If any
particular spring is cold and wet and
late, vc may generally expect that the
succeeding autumn will lie warm and
pleasant. and that winter will be slow
in coming. Ii the entire year should
be bad on account OF the excessive
cold or unreasonable storms, the COM
pensation may not come till the next
gear, but that it will come in time is
as sure as that the sun will continue
to rise and set. II is one of the first
laws of nature that rain shall alternate
with sunshine. storm with calm and
heat with cold, and it is by studying
| these movements of the elements moro
closely than the rest OF mankind that
some pretended weather prophets have
occasionally succeeded in coming
somewhere near the truth in their pre-
| dictions. San Francisco Chronicle.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

Here is an item from several exchanges
which is somewhat peculiar viewed in
the light of the fact that The st. Louis
Republic did not exist in 1850: A corked
bottle that evidently had doa,ed about
2,eo0 miles was picked up in the river
near Pointe Coupee. La. last week Il
was opened and the contents found to be
a slip of paper bearing these words
Thrown over at St. Paul, Mimi, 10th
of April. 1880. by r. C. Libby. Finder
please advertise where it was found and
what date and much obiige yours truly.
Send this paper to The ST. Louis Repuo-
lie to advertise The paper was dry
and well preserved and the characters
not in the least dsfaced--Chicago Her
aid
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

Old Dickey s., very wealthy but very
illiterate East India merchant IN Lon,
don. took pair of compasses ana SCI
ahout examining large map OF Inais'
the margin of which was illustrated with
dir, wings of the wild and domestic ami
mails of the country. Suddenly Dickey
dropped the compass in ainazemen', ~ =,
can't bel It amt in the horder OF nature
that it should bel Impossiblel Ridleu-
lousr' why, Dickey, what's the mat
teri" "Wot's the natter Wy, TINS
Bengal tiger is ninety miles long,
D;ckev had measured the tiger by the
scale of the ap.-New York Advertiser
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

I wns passing through the halls Of
an upper story of one Of our big hotels
the ether day. as the guest of Eocrlcr
there. DO you sec those giistcning
spots on the hall carpeiS' nc asked nc.
Yes DO you know what causes
thenf~ NO" well, can tell you,
for I've watched the thing. IT'S ono
Of the results OF the women's growing
habit of chewing gum -secE ! con-
fessed my obtusencss didn't under
stand. "Weil. said my friend, tho
women boaplers here, as clsewh here,
chew gum-it's about the only thing
they have to do-and not knowing
what to do with their quids when
going to their meals or to the tarlor
they slyly take the sticky stuff out OF
their mouths and drop it on the hall
CARPETS, where il is soon smashed lat
under that's how il IS
walked through the halls and through
the parlors Of the hotel afterward,
and discovered many OF the shining
spots on the rich carpets Ny friend
is right. | watched and satisfied my
self that his theory OF the cause OF
those damned spots" is correct In
fact, | saw some very nice and charm
ing women, before entering the par
lors, the dining rooms and the ela-
vators, quietly casting their bits OF
chewing gum on the hall carpets |
wonder II the hotel men and their
4 housekeepeTs understand this new tadi
| Chicago Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
shcri,lau.s Horse.

One of the stirring incidents in
Bronson Howard S new play, 'Shenan-
doah." is the dash across the stage OF
the war horse of Gen. Phil Sheridan.
In this connection it is interesting to
note that all there is left Of the old
charger that carried Sheridan through
fifty-three battles is now in the muse
um on Governors Island, New York.
Old Winchesters hide has been mount
ed by skillful taSidermist and has
been made TO look as if he were ready
and anxious to take his master again
on that famous ride which began with
s'Sheridan twenty miles away" The
history of Sheridan's charger has been
written out and hangs near the mount
ed hide and is signed by Sheridan. 1t
says that in disposition he was
spirited. though honest and would
stand the heaviest firing as steadily as
the best of Sheridan's we'll trained
men. He was as tough as pine knot,
and possessed of large amount of
equine pride. Winchester was black
when in the war, but age turned his
coat to dark bay. He died in 1870
Detroit Free Press
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

E D. Blackmore. known the world
over as the author of Lorna Dcone,
continues to write with all his old time
assiduity and with much of his old time
force. He is a brisk old gentleman, and
as sort of avocation or amusement he
cultiyates grapes and fruits in his large
gardens in one of the suburbs of London.
Some time ago he discovered that one of
his gardeners had purioined and sold Ss5
worth of pears, and the old gentleman
has been in a condition of great mental
perturbation ever since. Lorna Doone
has reached its eighteenth edition. And
everybody who reads it wonders whether
it we're possible for any man to be strong
enough to pull the muscle out of another
mans arm. Blackmore has received thou
sands of letters on this subject-Eusens
Fields London Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
Over Eotia=.

nis decree that while civilized
man canuo; live without dining. he
might live great deal longer without
50 much dining. or rather without
dining so extensively. Sir Henry
Thompson sys that lac has been COM
pelled by facts to think that moro
mischief in the form OF disease hes &C.
crued to civilized man from erroneous
habits in eating than from the use Of
alcoholic drink. He also declared
himself in doubt whether improper
and inoriluate eating were not Is
great a mora. evil as inorlinate drink
ing. Many of our best physicians say
that the habit of over eating IS al tho
bottom OF most Troublesome diseases:
Doubtless this habit is most often laid
in childhood. How many mothers
feed their babies as often as they cry,
taking il for granted in the most I'M
beetle manner that the baby cries for
food, when more often the helpless
little victim cries because It already
has had too much food When tho
stomach once becomes accustomed 10
being crowded with food. If the supply
is cut short there is at first q gnawiHg
sen sation that is frequently nistSsen
for hunger. PerseveIe 4 little longer
in your abstinence, and you viii lind
yourself benefited by IL
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
Post Horses on snow shoes.

The first stage through from Sierra
vile since Jan. IA came into Truckee
Saturday night The sleigh was con-
structed specially for the purpose. The
runners were made like pair of snow
shoes, very wide with groove In the
center to keep the sleigh from drifting
sideways, and the bottom was well
doped. The frame of the sleigh was
light; the whole structure did not weigh
over eighty pounds. The sleigh was
drawn by two horses on snowshoes,
hitched tandem. Myrom Manchester Gu
eineered the outfit, which was unique in
appearance. The trip was made from
Sierraville to Truckee in less than two
days. A load of mail was brought in
and big load was-taken out.-Truckee
Republican,.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

4 novel case has just ended IN the
common pleas court Of View Philadelphia,
o. The Centenary Methodist Episcopal
church purchased an organ 2 short time
ago on payments Of Professor Ortt, and
Il seems On account Of this the congrega-
ton became sadly divided. The testi-
mony showed that there was one pious
oid iady particularly, known all over the
neighnorhood 40 AUNT Eliza, who
looked upon the organ az the creation Of
me devil She attended services regu-
Eurly, Out the minute tire organ began
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

,,.,uefnter. rememrr
TN. bouse where was horn.
sh, Ij,tie window where tho sun
camc peeplng IN at norni
a.. .,eyfr came wink too toon
xor brought TOO long day;
p,., aow often wish this night
had borne my breath away,
remember, remember
The roses, red and white.
The yIoleis and the lily cups-
Those .9wers made Of light!
ras Illass where the robin built.
And where my brother set
The laburnun on his birthday
The tree IL living yeti
tremember. remember
where was used to swing.
And thought tho air must rush cs fresh
tn swallows on tho wing;
Nv suirit flew 10 feathers then
THAT Is 30 heavy now,
And summer pools could hardly cool
The fever on M lrow
remember, remember
The fir trees dark and high;
rpsed to think their slender tops
We're close against the sky:
It was childish ignoranca
But now tia little Joy
10 know I'm farther OF from heaven
Than when ! was boy.
Thomas Hood
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

Governor Buckner, of Kentucky, has
sold the Ashland block, portion of his
Chicago property, to A. j. Alexander, OF
Woodford county, KY, for SoOo,oOu'
More than half century ago Maj. kings
bury bought the ground occupied by the
block for $500. 1t was inherited oy MS
daughter, who was the first wife OF Gov
ernor Buckner. Mrs. Buckner died many
wears ago. but Governor Buckner remar-
r;ed short time ago, his second wife be-
ing a Richmond lya) belle.-Pittsburs
onicle-Tslegraph
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08
ELIZABETH MARGARET GORDON.
revelations fro

cause of these reverentiy declares tnat she
is the mother of God and the ensign De
scribed in Isaiah, the eleventh chapter ana
,waIftb verse In 1884 the millennium will
occnr "At that time God will destroy six
sevenths of mankind by CONFUSION OF
nature, and the destruction will be warn,
inc tn the remaining seventh. have had
snn,a communications that conflict with
this prediction, and it is Just possible that
only one man and one woman Will De per
r,itted To survive the cataclysm. One thing
7 know is that |, myself. shall live until
,hat avfnl dav. | am sixty-two years OF
80 now and will then be los years old"
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

man for the Gus
tom house. 1t al
ready seems like
ancient history to
hear Tim tell of
the times when he
always got TWEEN
ty- five cents for
delivering letter,
and often a dollar;
yet we know it to
be true, for the
Californian of the
olden time who
~n- .t1f.. x.a.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1892-03-08

was DONG even
fairly well thought no more of dollar
than the average man does of n nickel,
and it was a big thing then to get "a letter
from home.
1t is painful to think of the vast numbers
of letters which never found owners. Every
month a cart load of "bind mail, ~ as ths-y
called ii, had to he hauled to the North
beach and burned. Tim did this job and
it greved bis heart. So he began to pick
out letters, the addresses OF which caught
his fancy. and to hunt for the addresses.
His eyes even now moisten when he talks
of this, for he found many of them under
saddening circumstances aud was made
acquainted with many tragedy and ro
nance.
In one case letter was addressed sim
ply Jack HAYES" with request that
they would find the boy Somewhere in
CALIFORNIA;" and "for the sake of his poor
many day and found Jack at last dying
of consumption in "A very low lodging
house. The letter was from a sorrowing
mother to an erring son and both the men
cried as it was read. Tim not only forgot
all about his fee, but dropped two dollars
on the floor as he went out
Sept. |, 1859, commission was made out
empowering Timothy Mahoney to de-
liver letters and other mail matter" etc,
and this was the first official appointment
of the kind. Even at that late day mes
sengers watched all night for incoming
ships, and when one arrived one man drove
madly to the postoffice with the mail sacks,
while the other reused the clerks. They
had TO lock the doors, for no matter what
the hour was hundreds of men were sure
to be on hand as soon as the news spread
that mail vessel had come in. As soou
as the clerks could distribute the letters
the signal was given, "All right" Then
the great doors swung open aud the eager
| crowd rushed in Such are the reminis
cences of the oldest letter carrier in Sar
Francisco