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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
GOVERNOR sewARD's LOST BET.
He Fails 20 Establish His Identity and
Loses Twenty Dollars.

He Fails TO Establish His Identity and
Loses Twenty Dollars
The other nfternotx, when the shadows
were growing longer in the streets and
the day was taking On somber hue, a
little group Of politicians sat in the city
hail RECALLING each other with We stories
Of We olden time. Among those reeled
OF was the following regarding an ex-
perience of William ii. Seward, who was
then governor Of the Empire State. 1t
seems that while travelling around
through the rural districts and making
sure that his political fences had no very
bad breaks in them, he came one even
ing to the handle abode Of a farmer.
II was too far from the town where
be was stepping TO 20 back that night,
and so be asked permission to stop there.
This was eheerfully granted, and after
partakfng OF an old fashioned country
supper the old farmer invited his I'M
known guest TO take ride across the
country with him, he having an errand
to Do Ia a neighboring village. With
all the suaviiy for which Mr.. Seward
was Justly famed, he accepted the invl-
tation, and as they drove along in the
gathering twilight he entertained the
old farmer with all manner Of campaign
experiences and stories.
The old farmers native shrewdness
caused him to wonder why the stranger
should show him so much attention, and
at last he biurted out:
''ssay, be Won book agentT'
"Not that know Of" was the gov
ernor's smiling rejoinder.
'Perhaps you're lightning rod man.
chr
'No, cir: you are wrong again"
"Then you're sewing machine man"
No, sir. !"
"well. then. by gosh. you must be a
politician.
Mr.. Seward at once acknowledged the
soft impeachment, and then informed
the inanisiiive old fellow that he was
the governor Of the state Of New York.
This quoted the old fellow for awhile,
but at last he could hold in no longer, and
he quietly informed Mr.. Seward that he
thought he was liar. Mr.. Seward,
however, insisted ON the truth Of his
story. and the dispute finally resulted in
| a wager Of twenty dollars. The money
was placed in an old lantern that was
carried in the wagon to be used in case
/ Of emergency, and it was agreed that
the first person they met WAS 10 decide
as to the ownership Of the money.
| Should he fail to recognize Mr.. Seward
az governor tho former was to win, nnd
| vice versa.
The test soon came. Driving by ths
shop Of wayside blacksmith, the pro
prictor himself stood in the doorway
The farmer stopped his wagon and Mr.
Seward said:
my friend. my yeracity has beer
questioned by the gentleman with me
and should be pleased TO have him con
WINGED ms to who ! ain. Will you b
kind enough to tell hinr
The man Of Drawn and muscle peere'
at Mr.. Seward long and earnestly. Thei
turning to the farmer he said, in awe
struck tones:
"He's all right. Bill! | know him
He's Thurlow Weed, by gosh!'
The farmer took the twenty dollar
and Mr.. Seward was poorer by tina
amount than when he started out.--Chi
cano Mail.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
HOW 70 COUNT MONEY.
The Rush at II, Doors OF Cireuses ans
Other Big Shows.

| Other Big shows.
The waiting crowd surges about the
..hrs;ness end of the wagon. and mean
...as--L~ rvo dispensers of tickets havs
| sa.,sd themselves on little bench just IN
| s;de Suddenly the word is given and an
attendant pulls strap, hosting the VIM
dovs. and the business commences. MOI
word do these young men have to say 10
! each other or TO their customers. Their
| aves are looking Mt fists of all sizes ana De
| scr;ptions. full of money, and from right 10
| Ieft and then back again they capture the
.Jntched coin and bills, moving from side
! TO side. enabling all to have an equai
| chance. :. 4,
Directly coin or bill is received 1t IS
nIaced on a shelf on level with the sell
er,s arm until the patron has made place
| for the next in line; then it is thrown into
a huge wicker basket on the floor at ms
| feet.
This retention of money in sight for o
moment ia in order to effectually settle
any dispute by an excited buyer, VINO
MIGHT he inclined to question the accuracy
| of his change or the amount he had paid
| in II seems almost an unnecessary pre-
| caution. however, as these young men
never get ratified" and have no time Tor
| talk or argument.
After the rush was over DIR. Callan con-
scented to talk about the difficult art which
embraces accuracy and speed to no limited
extent. and after modestly admitting that
| il was an expert profession in which big
salaries were paid to the masters said:
1--WE never look at faces-always at the
hand that holds the money. That once Sc
eured and the ticket or tickets and change
| thrust into it, then on to the next"
..Suppose some one bothers you with
questions or annoys you in any way, SO as
to interfere with your sale, what do you
dor"
He laughed as he pointed to fat man
1 standing by. AT a signal that man gets
directly in front of the fractions one, and
by the simple process of moving backward
gradually, all the time treading on his
corns. the line is opened, and by the time
the crank has got ON the outside we have
sold hundreds of tickets.
1--WE have a plentiful supply of change
and do not touch the money received.
Counterfeit money we do not fear; we
can almost tell it by the smell mile off,
and the only notice we take OF it is to
whisper one to the other, Bad stuff. Where
ia that ofIicer.' and the dishonest one who
has offered it can scarcely get away quick
enough Think of a man coming up and
asking for thirteen whole and seven hall
tickets and slapping down handful OF
bills and silver to pay. 1t takes quick
brain and steady head and hand 10 in
stantly complete the transaction, but, with
little variations as to place and detail, it
occurs so continually that it is almost as
easy as taking fifty cent piece and hand
ing out a ticket"
"Can any one with training become
successful lightning ticket sellers"
Said Mr.. Callan, cautiously: Il am SURF
!, don't know, but my opinion, only my
opinion, mind you, is that the circus ticket
seller is born, not made. "-Philadelphis
Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

A Washington man has bright Young.
stsr who succeeded recently In getting
oven wish bis father in very telling
though unconscious manner His father
was rcprevfng the little ellow's>~table
manners.
"Don't do that" said he. "or we,1l have
20 Gu ! you little pig"
THIS warning seemed ~ DO lost. for The
fault was repeated
"Do you know what pig lsSp was the
inquiry. pat Ia u solemn manner.
Eyes, SIR"
'swhat Ia its''
"a pig Il hogs little boy"
The lesson Ia etiquette was suspended
Washington Star.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
The Work Done by Historian B0r''

Ell Telegrama, a leading newspaPEl ord|.
Bogota, Colombia, says that lgnaci ~, M /,
who has done so much for liteI's " q.
Colombia, as attested by his DOM ss,s b
critores Colombianos, does not VIVA Vtl
his patriotic and American intere :s.,,;ouip
the purpose of making coher, i.;ors b.
the Madrid and Chicago eSpos'" ",s eos
has formed an important and cul Insr doe
pllation of laws, DEGREES and o'n n.stiODs
ments referring to military as s;o mOpr
commemorative medals, patriioIc,os, ouba
ments and metallic moneys OF opsstrp
1t has been announced by Senior n voag
that the Columbian commissiola Il no d
send a numismatic collection nla '.trr ID
the medals and moneys of the cou .snlsmtp
the work of Senior Borda Will supf 4 VI
this very attractively, especiaii' .ome nd
be illustrated by engravinss o. cs s Bort
ais. moneys, monuments, etc. s ,staut wdt
also has prepared another orroIonGs
entitled "Natural Marveis OF ~ yess
He has secured by the labor "a u descr
multitude of facts, scientific sp ssuriostt
tive data about all the natura
of the American continent
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

After the Sixteenth century they were
generally men of ability, and literature
contains many illustrations of their witty
retorts and wise reflections. Dean Swift
wrote an epitaph on one Dicky Pearce, the
Earl of Suffolk IS fool (1728). Another wrote.
See, yonder goes old Mendax telling lies
To that good easy man with whom he's walk
ing;
How do | know that? you ask with some sur
prise;
why, don't you see, my friend, the fellow,
talking.
And still another quotation that is full
of philosophy:
The world Of fools has such store,
That he who would not see an ass
Must bide at home and bolt his door
And break his looking glass.
A French jester Boosting of his nobility
asserted that in his fathers castle they used
no other firewood than the batons of tn,
different marshals of France of his family
Another, hearing of the exploits of Ger
tain prince, who claimed to have killed 81,
men with his own hands promptly replied
Bah, that is nothing; the mattress sleel
on is stuffed with the whiskers of those
have sent to the other world"
Volumes might be filed with the wit o
the So called court fools, and we can easil,
understand how poor Wallet earned hi
title of 1.-The Queens Jester" and Learned
perhaps that "he who lives without foil,
is not So wise as he imagines."
FELIX G. DE FoNTAINE
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
Large Family.

Patsy Dooley was n very poor arith-
metician, and was puzzled by great
many questions of numbers which did
not enter other peoples heads.
Ono day new acquaintance remarked
in his presence!
81 have eight brothers"
'4Yc have eight brothers, said Patsy
"Then | suppose livery wan o thin has
eight brothers toog'
Certainly"
"Arrah, thin, said Patsy. chow many
mothers had the sixty-foor o. yer
Youths Companion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
The Camera an Aid TO the pa,n,.r

Miss Agnes Abbott. who has done many
good things both us flower and handsome
painter, makes considerable use of the
camera to give her in minute details what
II would take her an hour to bring out
with pencil. At her country home in snm.
mer she sketches a scene in broad outlina
which strikes her as an attractive subject
for painting, and then photographs his
fence corner, or the way that shrub leans
over the brook, or Il dozen and one other
items which are so many memoranda belrs
to her memory.-New York Commercial
Advertiser -A'''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
An Aged Steamboat Fno;n..r

The oldest living steamboat engineer is
Allen Studwell, who was ninety-two years
old in 1891. He began his career as an en-
gineer in the year 1923 and followed it un-
til 1885, when he retired on account of deaf
ness. In 1926 he shipped as fireman on
the steamer Constitution, then plying be-
tween New York and Albany. He was
chief engineer of Commodore Vanderbilt's
famous steamer, the Prometheus, and
later on took charge of the Star of the
West and the Northern Light, the most
famous vessels of their time.-New York
Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
Not the Man in Ouestion

A iaborer in rough felt hat and Iong
s Sl walked the other day into the
Shakespeare library, and after LOOKING
attenuveiy for some time at one of the
o gu. went up to him and said ~
S Say, eur be you Mr.. Shakespeare as I've
heer'n speak ovs" The cnstodian Nv w
piained to Hodge that he was not the
graph. on Aeie-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

Or. Paul Jerisch's paper on the use Of
photography In the detection Of crime
shows that falsiticd handwriting Ii more
easily detected by an enlarged photo
graphic reproduction. Different inks are
also identified in this way when the eye Is
quite AZ fault The tints o. NO called
"blaekn inks Rre either brown. red, green
o. blue la the shade. and the eye Is hardly
able b distinguish them, whereas the
photograph shows them In very different
tones. New York Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

A novel FIRE engine is being tried by
tho Berlin fire department. The car
rage Is constructed entirely of papicr
maehe. all the different parts-body,
poles. etc. being fashioned in the best
possible way. The weight is much less
than the ordinary carriage, while the
durability is equally great. New York
Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

Minister am glad to hear that you 60
to Sunday school regularly.
Little Dick-I always go. think little
boys ought do all they can for religion.
That's right, nay little man. Itdelights
me to hear yon talk that way"
Yes, sir. II 1t wasn't for religion we
wouldn't have any Easter holidaysn--
Good News
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
"Bulldogs' in Engilsh Universities,

Bulldogs" is word Gil which the ont
side world prides itself greatly-''The
Proctor's Bulldogs"--and yet we fancy a
great number have vague idea that thew
are some sort Of savage beast, whereas in
reality they are but scouts. specially chosen
and well paid, who accompany the proctor
on his rounds, run after men IL they at
tempt escape and are hated by the under.
grad" at large.-London Tit Bits
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

Crtie--I notice cue anachronism In your
story. Yon have the young mother die Of
the grip, which Is raging now, and yet the
story ends ten years later, when her child
n grown up.
Author-Oh, that's all right fixed
things that way on purpose, IN case II
should be accepted by one 81 our leading
magazines. Kate Fields Washington.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

HE announcement
Of the death OF ".
+. Wallet. an old
clown and actor
well known to cir
Gus goers Of a for
mer generation in
the United States,
yet who bore the
title OF queens
jester" recall s
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

According to Gibbon the silk indrst-v
was taken from Corinth to Sicily by the
Normans. for he says; ''This emipra,;on
OF trade distinguishes the victory of Royers
from the fruitless hostilities of the ace
The battle was about ll47 A. Dr.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

First Bank D,rector--l think II would be
good idea, some time or other, to quietly
employ a physician 10 inquire into the
mental and physical condition OF our cash
fer. think he l. suffering from paresis.
Second Bank Director-My. my! How
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
mo noas, OF an Expert.

This. ladies and gentlemen, is the cele-
brated trick mule, Dot, p said the clown as
the animal was led into the ring. After
many years OF effort am able to say can
make him do ANYTHING he wants to-"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11
WISE MEN IN MOTLEY.
DEATH HAS WRITTEN FINS TO THE
LINE or COURT TESTERS.

The Last Of the Race Once Appeared
Before Queen Victoria and Passed Away
Not Long ACTIVITY Sayings of Those
the World Called Fools.
Copyright. islr-. BY American Press Associa-
tim I
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-11

First Little Girl--Your papa is awful
cross.
Second Little Girl sapologeticallyt-
He used to 5e an elevated railroad guard.
Good News
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18
Notice.


GREAT FALLS, March A., 1899.
Office of Savage mining company,
whose property is located in the Belt
Park mining district, Meaghcr county,
state of Montana.
Notice is hereby given that at II meet
ing of the trustees OF said company, held
on the end day of March, 1892, an as
sessmcnt OF three mills per share was
levied upon the capital stock of said
Company, payable within forty days
from the date hereof, to w. II. Race,
Secretary of said company at his office
in the Cory building, in the city of Great
Falls, Cascade county state of Montana.
Any stock upon which said assessment
shall remain unpaid on the goth day of
April 1892, shall he deemed delinquent
and will be duly advertised for sale ut
public auction and unless payment shall
be made before, will be sold on the 2Otl,
day of April 1862 to pay the delinquent
assessment, together with the cost of ad-
vcrtising and expenses Of sale.
W. II. RACE. Secretary.
Room 10. Cory building,
1918 Great Falls. Montana.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18

The Boston Herald says; A Leomins-
ter housekeeper while looking over
ONT old letters of her great-grand
mother ran across the following
DEAR. GOOD JOHN We shall have
to put off our marriage, mother is max
ing such an awful fuss about it. l don't
want to a bit. now we are published,
but have to. She says you amt old
enough and l don't know anything,
and then there is so much expense
about it. Now, John. just think of it.
My dress will be only nine shillings
Isl. SOY, and my new calfskin shoes
would do. She says you shan't marry
me until you can keep two cows OF
your own. Father is willing, and says
he will give us the sheep. but mother
says he shan't, and you know she al
ways carries the day Darn It'll wish
she could never have got married her
self. Now, John. let lis stick to each
other. shall be eighteen in about ten
months more. Now. you will hold on.
won't you, John2 Come Sunday night
with the gray horse and shay. and we
will ride out and talk it over. Good
night. MARY"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18

1t is certain that the orang-outang at
tains an enormous size, fully equaling
the much debated African gorilla.
Those specimens which have reached
Europe alive are mere pygmies.
have seen skins in the possession OF
natives (Bataks) whose original owners
must have been something terrible to
behold. One, indeed, could not have
been less than six feet high and two
across the shoulders, though the arms
and legs had not been preserved. The
hair on this skin was eighteen inches
long.
also saw at a Batak house a skull
of a mowas, evidently a very old speci.
men. whose teeth and jaws we're nc
whit inferior in strength to those of a
tiger. tried to buy the skull, but the
owner would not part with it, and told
a long story as to how it came in his
possession. From his want of front
teeth and his defective Malay lie was
almost unintelligible, but ! made out
that it had been slain by his father or
grandfather after a desperate encoun-
ter; and, indeed, the deep cuts in the
bone must have been done by a strong
arm and a heavy weapon. Chambers
journal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18
The Coinage of Quarters,

The coinage of quarters has tluctu
ated in a most remarkable way. Be
ginning with 1850, for three years the
coinage averaged about $40. 600 a year
Then in 1853 it jumped up to 50, Sl3,
555. In 1854 it was almost as much.
So, 095, 900. Then it dropped to S714.
$50 in 1855. In 1856 it was 81, S16, 600
In 1857, $2,411, 600 and in 1858, $1.S42.
600. Then it dropped again, never
rising to $500. 600, and during wa,
times averaging only five or six thou
sands, except in 1861, when it was
81, 213, $50. In 1875 it was 81, O75, 1875.
In 1876. 81, asa, 2S7. SO. In 1877, So, 727.
927. so. Then began the coinage Of
silver dollars by the millions, and the
production of subsidiary coins dropped
off. For the past ten or fifteen years
the coinage of quarters has averaged
only SO, 900 or S., 900 a year.
Just examine the dates on the quar-,
tiers that come into your possession, and
see how they bear out these statistics
For instance. in 1886 there were only
s ,471.50 in quarters coined, and there
are a thousand chances to n against
a coin of this date coming into youl
hands. Albany Argus.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18
His Manner Was His Fortune.

''His is worth a hundred
thousand dollars to hiln!" That is
what one of the chief me- of the ma
ton lately said about a boy. ut
wouldn't be worth so much to one who
meant to be a farmer or who had no
opportunities, but to a young college
student with ambitions it is worth at
least a hundred thousand"
The boy was a distant relative of the
man, and had been brought up by
careful parents in Il far off city. Among
other things he had been taught to be
friendly and to think of other persons
before himself. The boy was on a
visit in the town where the man lived.
They met on the street, and the
younger, recognizing the elder, prompt
ly went to his side and spoke to him in
his cordial. happy. yet respectful way.
Of course the man was pleased, and
knew that anybody would have been
pleased. The sentence above was the
outcome of it.
A little later the boy came into the
room, just as the man was struggling
into his overcoat. The boy hur-
ried to him, pulled it up at the collar
and drew down the wrinkled coat be-
meath. He would have done it for any
man, the haughtiest OF the poorest
Congregationalist.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18
A Tribute to Freshmen.

Mr.. Phelps, in the course of an ad.
dress, paid a tribute to freshmen, which
every freshman should have been
present to hear.
Some one sent to me not long ago.
he said, ''for samples of the examina.
ton papers of some Yale freshmen. |
accordingly procured solne for sending,
and seized the opportunity to look them
over myself. | was simply thunder.
struck by the amount of information
displayed in those papers. l had nc
idea that anybody in the country. old
Of young, knew so much.
II felt like apologizing to all fresh.
men everywhere for having unccn.
sciously undervalued them. and in my
heart | apostrophized them in words
akin to the eloquent language of Daniel
Webster: Venerable ,nen, | have come
down to you from a former generation
How gracious has heaven been in
frightening out my years that | might
behold your joyous dayr"-Co New
York Tiiues.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1892-03-18
She Staid OH the Shady Side,

The following scene occurred in tho
Brass City N afternoon: A very neat,
gray haired colored woman, sixty-tive
or so, got into a car in which there
were a number of persons. She located
herself on the shady side. Presently
two women came to get in and babe her
nov up. She very quietly replied that
she preferred to keep her seat. Then.
with angry looks and words truly in,
sulting to the well behaved auntie, they
took a seat in front, one of them being
in the sun. They kept up a most sar
castle manner until she reached her
destination and then exclaimed: Now,
look out for your fine complexion, or
you'll spoil it." She tossed her head
and good naturally replied ''Nevah
mindl Use paid my five cents and had
a right to the shady sidel" She was
the nearest to being a lady. Wat
bury American.