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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
New Use for the Photograph.

An interesting physiological expert
ment was made at the Edison house,
the headquarters OF the Edison Phone.
graph company in Europe, last week.
DR.. L. White, Of Harley street, has a
patient who has defect in his speech
of most singular character. The pa
tent, lad of TO- and English by birth,
is unable TO speak his native language
but jargon which cannot be under
stood; many doctors have examined
him, but could not exactly diagnose
the cause Of the phenomenon, and it
was questionable whether the lad
spoke the same thing twice in the same
way, and the only way to discover
whether he did SO or not was to get him
to speak to the photograph. The lad,
in the presence of several gentlemen,
was asked TO speak the Lords prayer
and the alphabet. Several cylinders
were made in this way, and when a
comparison was instituted between the
various phonograms, it was found
that there was no variation in the spo-
ken words and that il was quite posi-
BILE for the language which the boy
speaks TO be understood by simply
learning the various sounds. The pho.
nograms will be exhibited before vari-
GUS societies in this country, and it is
just possible a new disease has been
discovered. Pail Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

Many parties have voyaged in the
tunnel, underground, from Newton to
the reservoir at Chestnut Hill. dis
lance of four miles, and the jol rnev is
an exciting and novel one. The water
is about two feet deep, and the current
runs about two miles an hour. Twenty
millions of gallons in twenty four
hours is the usual supply. Manholes
are placed at intervals along the main
and descent into one of them was
made by the writer. A ladder leads
down to temporary landing of boards
placed across the tunnel, through
which the water glides noiselessly.
The place was like dungeon, and the
light which the manhole admitted
from above was speedily lost in the
pitchy darkness which pervades the
conduit.
The boats which are used in the sum-
mer time to convey parties of explor-
ers from point to point are provided
with torches fixed in the stern and bow
OF the boat to light the way. The cur
rent carries the boat along, and poles
are used TO guide the progress. There
is also remarkable echo here, and a
stamp of the foot upon the boards
evokes thunderous explosions of sound
that boom and boom like distant can
non, as the sound rebounds from the
manhole along the main. One of the
party sang few notes and the sound
was multiplied into choir of mysteri.
Gus voices, the effect being indescrib
ably weird.-Albany Express
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

tie more than mass Of tents, mud buts
and plank shanties, an official entered
gambling booth occupied by perhaps fifty
miners. The first to whom he applied met
him with On oath and jumping to his feet,
revolver in hand, refused to answer and
ordered him from the place. The official,
a nervy young western man. rs quickly
had his own weapon ready, and as he stood
breast to breast with the red shirted out
law, covering him with his pistol, quickly
said, 81 know you One Eyed Dick, but I've
got the drop; sit down and don't be fool;
IT'S my business to get answers from every
man In this tent, and Pm going to do it,"
Dick looked at him, dropped his revolver,
and Selling the census taker by the hand,
exclaimed, well. you're good one,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Lucky and Unlucky Days.

It was deemed highly important
among the old nglo-Saxons that
child should be born on lucky day,
upon which his whole after life was sup
posed to depend, for, in their opinion,
each day had its peculiar influence
upon the destiny of the youngster
Thus the frst day Of the new moon
was preferred to all Others for the ar
rival OF the little stranger.
A child born when the moon Is new
VIII surely live past eighty-two.
they would chant to themselves, and
be happy with the thought The sec
ond day was not SO lucky as the first
The child born on that day would
grow fast, but not live long If born
on the fourth day of the moon, 1t
would be great politician; if on the
tenth, great traveller; if on the TWEEN,
ty-first, the chances were that 1t would
be thief or highwayman, But o.
all the days of the week or month the
most lucky by far was Sunday, ana
should such day happen to be a new
moon day, the child's prosperity was
destined to be unbounded. Friday
was most unlucky birthday, notonly
because it was the day OF the crucl'
fixion of Christ, but because, accord
ing to old time calculations, 1t was ",
lieved by the Anglo-Saxons to nave
been the day upon which Adam als
the forbidden fruit. In this connec,
ton it may be interesting to mentor ha
that the Khurds and the Armenians oe.
lieve that Adam was expelled lfIln
Paradise on Friday, and that the . Dc
ginning of the food was the same gay
ST. Louis Republic.
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cave; git on with your writin." From
that moment the two men were fast friends
and Dick proved one Of the most efficient
agents Of the government
When In January, lS4s. James W.
Marshall found few grains of gold in the
sluiceway of a mill near Captain Suffers
fort in California, he was practically the
first person to set in motion the mighty
forces that have since made states and
changed the face of America from the
Rocky mountains to the Pacific slope.
The discoveries of other gold and silver
deposits have been equally accidental, and
they have been followed by similar results.
The mine has given place to the camp,
then the railroad then the town and farm.
The pioneer now takes with him the loco
motive, telegraph, electric light, steam
press and all the swift appliances Of civil
ization. In little while a city stamps the
country, laws are made public opinion is
created, social usages established and the
character of the locality is substantially
determined. This is what is going on in
the new Colorado camp.
After the wonderful tale from Suffers
mill was made public, thousands Of per-
sons were delving on the river banks and
dluOhS Juc iioiloWo ohi VI phC VOL
ley of the Sacramento. The sails Of all
nations were spread toward the coasts Of
California. Lawyers clergymen, physi-
clans, merchants, mechanics, clerks and
farmers left their occupations and hurried
with basket and spade to the land that
glittered Whole towns of tents sprung
up as If by magic, and the modern El Do
RADIO was every night illumined by the
flames Of thousands of fresh bivouacs.
Ships were deserted in the harbor of San
Francisco, the soldiers in the garrison of
Monterey abandoned their muskets for the
pickax and shovel and the necessaries of
life commanded famine prices.
Men of all nations, from half naked
Indians to sharp visaged Yankees, worked
side by side; some in water, knee or waist
Deep washing the soil in tin pans or the
common cradle rocker and others grubbing
under banks and among the roots of trees.
Outrages were perpetrated blood was shed,
and until the vigilantes laid the founda-
tions of order anarchy prevailed.
The whole story of the early settlement
of California will never be told, but more
or less in detail, it is that of every mining
camp. Yet out of this struggle has grown
great state, great in its agricultural, in
dustrial and commercial resources and
great as an example Of what has been
achieved by the hardy pioneer
Il. G. DE FoNTAINE.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

At the recent annual dinner of the
Pittsburg Press club, George S. We'll
shons (St. Geo. J, one of the best known
and wittiest newspaper men of the
state got off the following in response
to the toast 1.-The Reporters"
There are three grand divisions"
Mr.. Welshons said, sin newspaper
work journalists, reporters and edi-
tors. Speaking more accurately, there
are three stages of development. A
journalist is calf reporter He is a
reporter in the miniature tadpole
stage, when his head is SO big that it
takes all the rest of his person to shove
it around. If he is lucky, by and by
he becomes reporter. Aftera report
er's legs wear out they make an editor
out of him. The final stage of frog,
you know-the extreme removal from
the tadpole-is the builfrog, too stiff
to jump, too old and tough to eat,
who just sits on the bank and bellows.
That is an editor.
"ln the old days the editor called a
man chicken thief; nowadays the re-
porter finds the feathers in his back
yard, The weapon of the old time edi-
tor was the epithet; that of the modern
reporter is the evidence. What the
editor used to assert the reporter now
proves.
''If the people who complain of
what the reporter writes about them
would only consider what he does not
write about them, they would shrine
him in the friendliest corner of their
hearts, The waste baskets in daily
newspaper office of any town do more
to keep its citizens in good repute than
any other agency, excepting the fear
OF the law and the hereafter. Not all
that the reporter writes is truth. He
IS not infallible himself, and those
who are the sources of his information
are much less so. There are very
many men who cannot tell straight
story. There are others who do not
try to- The man who tells the story
to the reporter is usually an interested
party. lie has a purpose to serve in
metamorphosing this or suppressing
that. The reporter has no desire ex,
cept to get the truth accurately and
completed y and to write it quickly and
entertainingly.
"All men do not love the reporter
and | am glad of it, The fear and ha-
tired of bad men is as chaplet above
his brow. 1t is the assurance of his
honesty to his badge of honor as ser
want of truth, If the time ever comes
when all men love the reporter, it will
be time to bury him. He will have
forgotten his mission, betrayed his trust
and shamed the noble fellowship of
men who have made the white cross of
the Pittsburg reporter the decoration
OF legion of honor. "-Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

In Professor Edward S. Morse's fa-
nous collection of japanese pottery,
which has been shipped from Salem to
the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston,
there are more than 1900 different
specimens, embracing many of rare
beauty, and the collection comprises
the largest and finest ceramic art in ia
pan-as far as it can be shown in fai-
ence and hard pottery-believed to ex-
list in the world. The accumulation is
the result of years of patient search,
and tifty-two provinces in Japan are
represented in the various departments
OF the collection. In many cases the
development in the manufacture of
pottery in each province is shown
cc.hronologically. This grand collec-
ton is a monument to that indefatiga-
bic industry Of Professor Morse with
which hundreds of his friends in Maine
arc so we'll acquainted. - Lewiston
journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
The Locomotive of the Future.

Inc last run Of train on the New York
central railroad between New York and
buffalo, when the distance of 1876 miles
was made in 426 minutes, has excited much
attention, and practical men have given
time to speculations as to how much this
would be exceeded in the near future. Mr..
"A. NJ Forney, after an examination of the
problem, does not think that with steam
power luO miles an hour will ever be main
tanned Tor any great distance. Theodore
n ELY, on the other hand, takes a more
hopefni view, and believes that by com
pounding the use of steam such an end
may some time be reached. 1t is likely.
however, that with the roadbeds of the
present our locomotives of today 90 quite
~ fast as 1t Is safe for them to do.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

Of these animals ever deserved to be re-
membered more than the two which, kick
ing up their heels on Colorado hillside
not very long ago, suddenly displaced IA
number of small powders and revealed a
mass OF mineral wealth that is already a
marvel in discovery.
For years prospectors had delved with
pick and shovel, believing that in the rug
ged mountains Of the region nature had
concealed some of her richest treasures.
Among them were two old miners, named
N. G. Creole and G. l.. Smith The mules
in question having performed their days
work had been turned out to browse, but
when morning came, with exasperating
obstinacy, they refused to return to camp.
Coaxing being OF noavail, the owners began
to pelt them with rocks, and the mules re-
talinted in kind, one Of the powders kicked
up by them accidentally striking Creole
on the head. His first and natural exclama-
ton was word whose synonym is sheol,
but his companion at the same instant
wildly calculated, Holy Mosesv' His ex-
pcrienced eye had recognized the character
Of the precious ammunition which the
mules were hurting back. 1t was what
both men had been hungrily searching for
years. As the story is told, Creole forgot
his pain in the exquisite enjoyment of the
discovery. "What shall it be9" cried Smith,
"Sheol or Holy Moses?" "Holy Moses"
responded Creole enthusiastically. "There
Is no sheol about this" And there the ia
nous mine was christened and the equally
famous camp Of Creole received its name
This incident occurred in May, 1890. A
shaft was sunk, fine vein of ore assay
ing about eighty dollars to the ton was
uncovered, a company of capitalists organ
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
\, HIIIIlN IIl.,

OFFICE OF THE HOLY MOSES MINE.
ed an improvised platform. Turning the
leaves of the Bible, he took for his text,
"If man dies, shall he live AGAIN." The
800 men within the sound of his voice
promptly answered, Not in Creede." The
incident is ho,nely, but it illustrates from
tier life.
A description of one of these mining
camp saloons answers for ALL 1t is about
fifty feet long and say twenty feet wide,
one story high, built of rough plank and
run by two or three men, either one Of
whom is ready with Winchester or revolver
to preserve peace BY day it is utilized for
gambling purposes; by night, if there are
enough women in the camp who can sing
and dance, they are corralled and the place
is turned into a show. The improvised
stage will accommodate six or eight per-
formers, the curtain is of cambria, the foot
lights are kerosene lamps, and the orches-
ira consists of any convenient instrument,
from couple Of violins and banjos to an
accordion and cornet. The boxes" on
each side of the stage are the resting places
Of the female performers between the acts,
where they drink with whoever chooses to
treat" The audience consists of men,
nearly every one of whom wears a belt that
holds gun,
Three or four years ago the writer Wis
tied new mining camp with number OF
English tourists, who attracted general
attention. After awhile rough looking
man approached and remarked: 'Stran-
gers, | reck'n you'd better git; faint no
place for a tenderfoot. I'll go to the keers
with you, and you must stay thar" And
rifle in hand, with characteristic frontier
courtesy, he accompanied us to our quar-
tiers for the night. Later, we learned that
a movement was ON foot to pick quarrel
with the party and to "clean us out"
Census taking in these new localities re-
quires nerve. When Sacramento was lit
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
The Electric Candle Cure.

A subscriber at Bryan, o., sehas an .S
following dialogue that he oVern0"''
in the street: :,
"Howdy do, howdy doa" sol,
"Oh, fair to middlin'; folks al, ~.liI
but / have got touch OF rhealna'ht. had
"Oh, you can get rid OF that Il aI 10
it so bad | couldn't raise my manu- Una "a
take :. chaw terbaccer, but us gon'
now" ...,
"What did you take for ltf Them
"Waal, when they put. up 'n nen.
'lectric lights, l got one OF tne ',,, !; til in
dies they had dropped and carry ;, ~ Is
NV pocket. You know iectrlci.s Is
good for medicine. WAL, lh eaudle
though Electricity left in the ;, ia soak
when they put them out VIII VII, s Sp
inter you, and that knocks itou'o''
time. Jest try it." .,p
II will; where can | get onena
1--WE got couple; take one, II a
"Much obliged; III give
chance. Electrical World
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

1t is usual for travellers to dwell on
the utter desolation of Babylon, and to
paint its site as a strip of desert espe-
cially woebegone and unfertile. But
the eloquent gentlemen who dwell
upon this aspect of the place could not
have seen it in early spring The
date groves and gardens along the
Euphrates are then things of beauty
in their fresh spring verdure, and the
plain itself is laid down with crops.
Irrigation canals cross it here and
there, and give trouble to the horse
men. No grass grows upon the
mounds, and there are patches of the
level white with the inter which is to
be found here as in other parts of
Mesopotamia; but the surface of the
soil is on the whole green and pleasant
to the eye. The glad waters of the
river flow in the bright morning sun
shine with palm and mulberry hang
ing over its banks, drinking in sap
and life.
The great city which counted its
population by millions and filled the
world with a renown not yet forgot
ten, has disappeared under the dust OF
twenty centuries; but nature is as
fresh and jocund as when Babylon
was still unbuilt. Birds sing overhead
in the pleasant spring air; butterflies
tiutter about in search of flowers
balmy odors regale the sense. 1t is
therefore difficult to feel as one per
haps ought for the great capital which
once numbered this ground. Nature
does not mourn for it, and it is hard to
be sad at the bidding of sentiment
when bright spring hides its graves
-Noah's Sunday Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
John ChinamAn'. comlort.ble Attire.

"a Chinaman is not pretty to look
at, and his clothes do not fit him like
the traditional paper on the wall, but
] think his attire the most comfortable
in the world, says dress reformer.
ITO begin WITH" lie resumed, the
Chinaman wears soft, low crowned
felt hat, with wide brim TO protect
his eyes. He wears but a single band
round the neck, or two at the most.
Have you ever counted up what we
wear1 Mol We'll, figure it now. The
undershirt band one, possible chest
protector is two, a shirt band is three,
q collar is four, uecktie is five, a vest
collar is six, a coat collar is seven, an
overcoat collar is eight and neck
scarf sometimes makes the total nine
nine bands around the neck. What a
chance for perspirationl Yes, the
Chinaman's rig is more comfortable. "
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

In an interesting paper on Prince
Jerome, i'll The Westminster Review,
Frank L. Lawrence directs attention
to curious point, which, il ever the
question OF a Bonapartist restoration
should be seriously entertained
which, TO be sure, does not seem very
niflcance. 1t is this: Ii the prince, or
even his descendants, should ever at
tain power, Comparison would APP
pear in an entirely new guise, for
through his mother he belongs To the
royal caste. distinction which neither
the first Napoleon nor Napoleon III
could claim. He Is as "well born" las
those who take delight in this kind of
dynaslic law are wont to express) as
any sovereign i'll Europe, and there is
probably no rcigning family to which
he is not related.
AS his great-grandmothe was q
sister Of George III, he is second cousin
once removed to Queen Victoria, and
shares all her ancestry save that
through Queen Charlotte and the
duchess Of Kent. He has, says Mr..
Lawrence, ''as much of the blood Of
Plantagenet, Tudor and Stuart in
his viens as the queen has in hers, u
and in respect OF the last lac is excelled
by his children, who, through their
mother, are descended from Charles /,
through his daughter Henrietta, Ouch.
ess of Orleans, while our reigning
house can claim descent only through
a daughter of James |. Prince Napo.
leon is descended from George / in
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lied the "Holy Moses" company and as the
news spread men rushed in from all parts.
Mine after mine has developed in the
neighborhood since that time, and the es.
timated product for 1892 is upward OF
10000 600 A railroad now opens into the
canyon and the camp is lighted by cleo
tricity. During the winter the mercury
frequently falls from 80 to 40 dogs. below
zero, and until high noon ray of sunlight
never enters the gulch, which is 1900 feet
Deep the towering walls being scant sixty
feet apart. Under such conditions build
ings are crowded together in the widest
possible fashion. They hang on the noun
tain sides and are dumped anywhere that
may suit the within of the speculator or
squatter.
OF course in such community the indi-
vidual is a law unto himself, and the only
title to what he may own is that of posses
sion. There is "A population of 10000 fever
ish people, sixty-five saloons do business
night and day, every man is walking
arsenal and ready to ''shoot at the drop of
hat" and reckless Adventures, regard
less of human life, await the opportunity
to better themselves.
Only few Sundays ago a missionary,
Rev. Mr.. CASTOR, of Ouray, Colo, hoping to
influence the spiritual life of the settlers,
dropped into one of the principal saloons Of
Creole and asked permission to talk to the
crowd for fifteen minutes. 1t was the
largest barroom in the place and always
crowded, but the faro dealers promptly va
Gated their chairs and the preacher mount
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

There are some $50 lights on the coast Of
the Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico, 1870
on the Pacific coast and some $50 on our
great lakes. The 900 inexpensive lights
on our western rivers have revolutionized
steamboat navigation, making it IA safe to
run by night as by day. These river lights
consist simply of u lantern fixed to a post
and costing about ten dollars each, while
II costs on the average not more than $3.50
year each to maintain them. -Harper's
Young People.