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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
ANXIOUS ABOUT his Kan.


~ hngiishmAn IN Chicago Wants : pan.
70 Ne Can send Letters Home.
= plain looking EngIishman who Is
at the Palmer house asked y manv
questions Of the people about the hotel
since his arrival THAI the clerks hide
when he appears in the Office. Yester-
gay morning be cofnered Thomas
y bnen, the room clerk, and asked
where the postmaster lived.
i can't tell you, gir,v replied the
clerk The postoffice is at Clark and
Adams Streets"
Then the postmaster is apt to he
therer'
Yes, sir.
Who is he2r
Col Sexton,
Mice fellows"
None BETTER
want to transact some business
with him, and would rather know a b
about the man before going over to his
Office
'Yon will find him thorough gen
tleman."
u say, won't you kindly jot down 3
line to him recommending mes You
recommendation, with my letter Of in
PRODUCTION from home, will be ali tina,
IS necessary for him to accommodate
me. I"
Il don't like to refuse you, " said thu
clerk, but it is against the rules OF tn.
house to indorse any paper for thu
guests.
But don't want that. you know
just a letter Of introduction will an
swer my purpose You see, wish /,
send home a few letters about my ja,in
In the States and I'd not like to hav,
the officer in charge of the post refus,
them because am stranger, 70,
know"
The clerk would not have been NOR
surprised if an actor had registered a
the hotel without asking for cheap rate
or some other favor.
You mean to say" asked the clerk
that you want to mail some letters
but you are afraid they won't go unles
you have letter of introduction to tn,
postmaster
''Quite So You can dash off a few
lines in minute.
Yes; but it is not necessary. Jus
put your initials in the lower left hant
corner of the envelope The postmaste
knows you are stopping here. He will
recognize the initials when he is assert
ing the London mail, and your letter
will receive the best of care. y
You are kind" said the English
man, perfectly satisfied with this as
surance ''I'il do that, thank You"
The clerk sighed as the guest Wake,
away. There is plenty of clevernes
in England" he murInured; but tina
chap is like the man who fell out of
balloon--he isn't in it. Chicago Trih
une
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

The cocoanut has been used as YER
mifuge in India for generations by the
beef eaters of the country, and is SO we'll
known there us "A means of expelling the
Hat worm that we cannot understand
why the Information of that fact has not
reached us before. When properly and
intelhgently administered the cocoanut
is equally efiicacious with male fern oil,
kousso. ponegranate root or turpentine,
while it is as pleasant to the palate as
they are offensive, and in no way injuri-
Gus. -Goldthwaite's Geographical Mag
Rzine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
WEIGHING An eLeenzsr.


Va =. s.-..s..... p... s... -.
ocn,s Pr.t,s., ~ :.
About 2o0 va.rs ayo tha-. .;vs.1 !.
Prince az Hahrnttss 81 t5srdo.tar
whose name was ah.b;ea Prince .rs
numerous Il india. INT th;s nartir,lar
prince WAS long remembered ~ accornt
Of his beneficepce ana oreat w;sllor
He seems "a have been the ,ns,st la.rrel,
prince Of the time and b;s odv;ca .rd
helm were always snnybt i, ,.r;tic.l ,,,at
tiers. Many stGries are told ~ ia =.
genious settlement Of dif,icuIt;es an,
some 81 them are certainly cnrious
Once . very hiph official in the t,o,srs
Of Prince Shahiee made I Wv I'M. Il ~
succeeded in 4 certa;p enteyryisa s.
would distribute 10 the NOR ~ HI, d;s.
trict ..the weight 81 his own elephapt Il
silver Elenhants wero h;vhIv n,.;,el
by these princes. and ea..,, kent the I.rv
est and finest for his own ,,se. Ths -.
ficiars vow. il hasty. was penerons and
perhaps the success Of his nndertak;nu
was worth the price.
The undertaking succeedei. but III.
official. willing TO keen his oath Wa
met by an unexpected dinicultv Their.
was 10 possible way 81 finding the ola
phant's correct weight NJ s,..ias 1,
| the country were constructed 81 snffi
Gent power "a weigh such enormfu,,
beasts. Elephants were NOT sold nv th.
pound. and NO need had before ariser
for scales TO weigh them. All the learne,
| and clever men Of the eourt tried n VAR
| to CONSTRUCT 4 machine ~ snfy,..;en
| power to weigh the enormous l,east 4
did seem probable that the noor IN Hin
| dostan would have TO get along withon
| that silver. II n nossible that th.. IA;
cial had thought of this objection whe,
| he made the vew. indians are crafty
and this one might have been cnnnins
enough to leave himself a loonhola q
escape to prevent parfinv with hi
money.
But If any such notion had occurred I.
him. he was doomed 10 disappointmen
| in. the matter The ouestion WAS 70
ferred to Shahiee. As ali such yexatiou
| questions were. And II did not tax,
| him long to find very simple solution
That is always the way with true genius
| Won know. The solution II finds i =
| simple that every one cries ont i,
wonder:
| ssWhy, of course, Why didn't some
body speak Of that before.-
| Shahjee commanded the elephant I.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
Price of TOothpicks.

The little wildwood toothpick pointed
at both ends was patented IN American
1866, and would seem small article 10
create n monopoly in; yet Il factory at
Bucksfeld. Me-, used up many thousand
cords of wood every year in the manu-,
fartnre of this small article. The cord
of wood consists of a thousand blllets OF
four loads. Two thousand five hundred
tootbpicks we're sold for one shilllng'
and n large profit WAS made. Now, the
patent having run out, many others nave
gone into the trade, and prices nave
fallen to fivepence on $500 toothpick'
retail. and even lower Wholesale
Chambers Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

ckass shs rcsses HAD ~ Hin. Afser nis

chass sbs rcsa~s HAD ~. Him A1ser nis
Escape.
An interesting ace'unt II siven BY
Tho Johannesburg Sta, Of South AZ
rica, Of the police chase after McKeon,
the bank robber, whose achievements
IN the matter Of perp etrating robberies,
escaping rom Jail and eluding the p0-
nee entitie Inn 70 rank with the notofi-
GUS Jack Sheppard, and whose regArd
10y ms clever black horse reminds one
q Dick Irrpan ~ the hurried start
amer Mckeor when ne escaped from
the Pretoria Jail says the newspaper IN
question: tne mourted police forget to
take handclliis WIN them Further,
Mcheon hssd friends AL along the route.
re was porn m basutoland, and every
bashto ls nis last friend, even TO Mama
consequently when the police inquired
along the road Of basutos + they had
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

We find the following letter in
'sClark's Looking Glass, a collection
of curious things published in 1908.
The letter is from Mr.. Ralph Bovy,
whom Clark says is "a godly minister"
Bovy's letter bears date of July Z, 1906,
and is as follows: Touching news, you
shall understand that Mr.. Sherwood
hath received letter from Mr.. Arthur
Gilderham, which containeth this sub
sequent narrative, viz: That at Bramp-
ton, in the parish Of Toksey, near
Gainsborough, in Lincolnshire, an ash
tree shaketh his body and boughs, sigh
ing and groaning like man troubled
in his sleep, as if he felt some sensible
torment Many have climbed to the
top of it who claim that they can hear
the groans and muttering more plainly
when in the branches than they can be
heard while on the ground around the
trunk; even there the uncanny noises
fill one with CONSERVATION and terror
Zone man who climbed to the top
branches on recent Sabbath essayed
to speak to the troubled tree. Whether
or not he received an answer we will
never know, as he fell down stone
dead. One who spoke to the tree sew
eral days ago lay speechless for three
hours thereafter, groveling and moan
ing in most piteous manner Reviv-
ing he said; 'Brampton, Brampton,
thou art much bound TO pray The
Earl of Lincoln has caused one Of the
arms of the ash to be Topped off and a
hole to be bored through the main part,
and then was the hollow voice to be
heard more plainly than before, but in
kind of speech which they could not
understand
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

A gentleman who served on jury that
tried a prisoner defended by General
Henry Morgan tells good one Oh etia'
counselor. In his speech in arguing tne
case. General Morgan complimented the
iurors highly, telling them that he Sc
lected them specially for their lhteil'
eence. The jury was not out hve mn
ntes before verdict of guilty was
returned, whereupon General Morgan
exclaimed. They are the worst sci OF
FOOLS | ever saw."-Albany (Ga') News
and Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

The city of London is put down by
eeographers as the center of the landed
hemisphere. In other words, a radius
of about 5000 miles on the curved sur
face of the earth. with London as a Gen.
ter, would describe circumference in
closing more land than any 5000 mile
circle that could be drawn from any
other city in the world.-Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
ssaDhy ekcrs Asou1 aAaps.


tfefyrn 20 Favor ~ the Instrusasept
fssst Nat~ Popular by King lDasId.
+. the Ssvstnss orchestra there n one
A,iirsisssh woiss:iss Mis- carslsi, and
ihe phys the l.arp The harp she ,l~es
nightly co~t - 4oO nnl was made by d
:irn IL tiiir city
The lsarp II M old fasssioired instrl-
nienf 81 the sweetest tone and very
difficult 10 play ,,p.n correctly. It
hooks simple enough t. any one who
has never examined a harp closely 1t
seeihs u consist u certain nsinlISer 81
Strings which are nllle<iaf By the player
Just ~ the strings Of a banjo are pulled,
except that there are No frets to bother
ones fingers.
But IN reality the harp \ d most per
picking instrument. Those who play It
say its mechanism is more involved
than that Of piano. Notwithstand-
Ing this fact. 1t Il becoming popular
again among young women Of social
standing. who originate and sustain
/. fashions Of al sorts and IN all direc-
tons CT late there have been more
harps ordered for amateurs than for
| professionals. The cost Of such a harp
as would be used BY an amateur ii
from $3.50 to 81 ,0O0, Is much as would
be paid for a good piano.
Seven pedals surround the base OF
the harp. They are attached to a.
| MANY rods. which RIM m through the
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
Telling Time a, Night from the Dippe

Telling Time At Night from the DiPPer.
The time can be approximately told at
night by the position OF the Upper. If the
position of the pointers" is taken at any
given hour. say o'clock in the evening
in the winter time and as soon as it is
dark in the summer, the hour thereafter
can be pretty accurately measured by
the eye during the night. Frequent OBJ
servations of positions will have to be
made at the given honr. as owing to the
constant changing of the earth's position
in space, the position of the pointers" in
relation to our point Of observation and
the star also change Yankee Blade.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

First Theatrical Manager Injecting a
brother manager at the entrance to the
house of representativesl-Hello. what
were you doing in theret
Second Manager am studying some
nav effect. in the way of mob for
next season. Puck.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

piogenes INDUCED in tart irony
when observing over the door oil a
schoolroom this inscription, Let no oe'
ceiyer enter here" he quietly asked,
"How does the teacher go ns'-Ne"
York Home Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
Not Alarue ed.

Romantic Miss addicted to poetry
Oh, I'm inst in love with Edgar Allan
Poe.
Practical Adorer-Well. that's all
right. He's dead. New York Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28

presasyoody should be interested in
for ,h's'ng the forests that are left to us,
Of tho - heip to maintain the prosperity
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-06-28
Valuable for What They Might Tell.

'or what They Might Tell
h,1a well known compounder in Cam
tos Ise mas developed in his labora-
mD, where his goods are prepared
fol, ul'ous race of old men who never
tb a secret. To enable him to guard
na,i 'icn secrets of his laboratories he
va va us men with salaries that adj
of Sa pace by pace with the length
Ec sserVic", The result is that the
a sues paid workman in his shops is
to,,ey Old man, who may be seen
tos e y around with oatmeal water
lle meh. R6Sfnn Gloha
The Press., 1892-02-04

[:the bet thing you can do ' to sst mar lied, md It ohces s Y S V ss,s \ #
 ssTm with you exclaimed Lisutensni Jnan de Echeandias in Spsniah. opening his arms. ..sS .a
 And .Eenorita Pachita de 6ola crept timidly into them, hiding her lovely blushing face upon his happy. weatheu beaten breast. IN 4UGUsr, 1890. AGAIN. Lieutenant, John Anderson was ro strained from throwing tho abalons shell into the bay, after his indefensible Ian. guege cpncerningit, because, inhedded under transparent, overlying, irides cent deposit, he beheld an open golden locket, showing the face of . hAndsom< young man. evidently Spanish. Miss de GolA, excited. took it from htm, scrutinixed 1t intently. looked up wdsh |sparkiing eyes and pointed . slim, tx4
 umphsnt. olive finger at name beneath the miniature. VI 4% "Therep' she cried; .'grandma did love that Monterey ensign, though she always denied iti'' A
 "But Pachita Pschita dasling, dc naine the day, !" pleaded Lieutenant An. tierson all a-thxob. v
 ''Oh, bother" impatiently returned Miss de Sola, absorbed again in thes sha' lone. .tNazae itsyoursclf. ."--Arthur Mo.
 Ewen in 6sas Ffancisco Argunaut.
The Press., 1892-02-04
WILMINGTON.

Y Afvsry good quality of ice was thar vested, the past week. :. z ;ss4: IFS. A. Ds Dindock returned from her visit last Saturday. <
 z George Snow has relinquished his job ak Rawitser Bros. smill, he being hardly rugged enoughto perform the work reqdsEed. ;s S sS s
 Mrs. Geo. E. Robbins and her daughter Hattiesare visiting Mrs. H. A.. Lippitt, in Norwich, this week.
 Miss Georgia Leonard, who was i'll here last December, was recently called to Bucyrus, Ohio, on account of the ill., ness of hers step-mother. She was just too late to see her alive. She found her father, Rev. Dr. Leonard, seriously i'll with sbronchitis, and delirous.
 intelligence was received here Mon day last of the death at his residence in Worcester of Orrin H.. Weston, native and former resident of this town. His youth, until his majority, was spent in the family of the late s. T. Preston, to whom he was apprenticed. At the old tannery at the Hollow he learned the leather business, which he successfully followed all his life. He was the oldest child of James Weston and Irena Rider, and married a daughter of the late Capt John Baker of Stafford, who, with son and married daughter, survive him, MT. Weston was an unassuming man, but was greatly respected by the community and beloved by his family. He was possessed of kindly nature and sweet spirit that continually prompted him. to acts of benefcence. It was recently said of him by member of his own church in Worcester that he was verify onetof those who obeyed the gospel injunction, "Let not thy right. hand know what thy left hand doeth." He united with the church here in Nov, 1842, transferring his mem bership subsequently, to the churches in Orwell, N. Y., and Worcester, Mass. X South Wilmington Correspondence.
 Stated communication of Uriel Lodge, No. 24, F. A. M., Saturday evening. < ID. c. Manning and wife have broken up housekeeping. MT. Manning will board with his father, Lathrop Manning, and his wife with her sister, Mrs. Whitman.
 George Richardson and wife of Will limantic are spending few days with his sister, Mrs. .Chas. Latham.
The Press., 1892-02-04
COVENTRY. A. s. PARKER, Local Editor and Business Man. ager Of Coventry Local Register .s f South G0veiatrss. ts fs

| COVENTRY.
 A. s. PARKER, Local Editor ana Business Man. ager Of Coventry Local Register ss I south G0ventrx.s U z s Suceessn is to be the subject of the grange meeting next Monday evening.
 The many ice-houses in and near the village have been filled from the lake with nice clear ice, the greater portion nine inches thick. sissss,ss NJ Hear that music.s- I'd rather hear it than brass band :" said fox hunter
 Tuesday morning, as the hounds took the
 trail. At night, as the hunters home Iward went foxless, one remarked, Guess the dogs took a back track. ? After an absence of eight years F. Fl.
 Peterson has gone to New York to visit. w. w. Packer, the silent hull-corn
 dealer, failed to appear on his regulat
 round last Friday, other duties prevent
 ing his coming. sN
 The s. Q. L., A. is to give corn sup
 per at the Congregational vestry next
 Friday evening, the.proceeds to be used
 for the benefit of the library. Every
 thing eatable of the acorn@ kind will be
 provided, and all who come are expected
 to become annaized, The. annoulcemSnt says: z fs 5! ..a r.. Ss |"Come, oh! come, to the feastof Mon damin; f. Hot corn cakes, and little declaimih. Corn supper served from to 7.3O, follow ed by concerted .entertadnmentl of
 music, recitations, and Illustrated read moe from H;axuatha ,, asf The farm of Mrs. Diantha Loomis is
 to be sold at auction Feb. 10th. aa Henry Mcclure has sold his farmI Ap a, GernIanE. {. ]. # j tEE.sseI n Hs.l,i "
The Press., 1892-02-04
MioNsoN.

MONSON.
 The Universalist parish has called Rev. Frank McAlpine, of Charlotte, Mich. to become it's pastor. 1, The peoples" first concert and ball will be held in Central Hall Friday even- ing. Southland's orchestra and W. G. Ryan prompter.
 w. N. Flynt < Sons are contem- plating number of changes in the inter. for of their store. The partition between their store and MT. Merriam's news-room is to be removed and the two rooms thrown into one and all the ground floor used for store.
The Press., 1892-02-04
Time Around che yvesaa

The time required for journey around tho earth by man walking day and night without rest would be x26 days
 an express train, 40 days; sound. st [ medium temperature, 8et fhorrs; caznoE ball, ,sla hourss Aght, . little over ons tenth, of aasecond; electricity, passing lover:a copper wire, . little less than ono tenth of a second. ,St, Louis Republic.
The Press., 1892-02-04

The Connecticut legislature long since became disgrace to the state, and 1t IS not very surprising to find the minority of the lower branch killing time by down ing. A great many people would draw a long breath of relief if the entire legisla- ture would go home and stay thbre. U Springfield Repu5lican.
The Press., 1892-02-04
iii Fl. Knew isi,,s v wkas H. yy..a.d

He Knew What He WenAsd. The waiter had brought Farmer Riss- soma particularly diminutive ''pas- of
 butter. The old man picked up tho diah, looked at 1t closely and observed: "Wipe that grease spot of that paats
 and bring me some butter. ."-New York Epoch. h5s. sy t.& . Als.fsE e
The Press., 1892-02-04

Le Wynn Farnham of Mansfield, who disappeared from his home several weeks ago, was found recently in baln near Portland and returned home. Hsis part. ly insane. ,,li " N
The Press., 1892-02-04
RnrrvnIE

The court of common council has elected Nieholas Wendhiser ldemocrat) tax collector, and B. H. Bill Republican, corporation counsel
The Press., 1892-02-04

AND Mir. Walker once wanted the re. publicans to nominate him for congress. man!
The Press., 1892-02-04
ISICKNEss OR HEALTH.

The allimportant question of life,
 With health all effort is possible, and the attainment of your dearest wish is within your reach. Without health life is a burden, se- rious effort is impossible, and the
 beauty of living is lost to you. An alarming proportion of our peo- |ple suffer some sort of physical ill Two-thirds of all who are sick are
 so because of the utter neglect of casi- ly understood physical laws. They ought to be entirely well, and only one thing stands in the way of so desirable a condition. Healthy life must run through chan nels unimpeded.
 The great highways of life, rnnning in every direction throughout your
 body, must be kept clear of all, ob- structions. { ,t .a, The great channels of circulation
 must be opened and kept open. Y, The blood must course through
 your veins bounding with every beat of
 your heart. From the tips of your fingers to the
 end of your toes you must have warm life, and be conscious of it.
 Then you can boast of the only true
 condition of health, +Es Do you ask if this is possible1 We answer, "Yes," in seven cases out Of ten, if you will follow faithfully the most natural, the latest, the simplest and the most wonderful scientific discovery of the century. Do you want to know more about ftf sent you FREE, that will tell you the story of possible life and health for you through the wise application of Compound Oxygen. When there is abundant Oxygenin the system disease cannot come.
 OXYGEN must be wisely administered. xatn-st., Springfield, then send us your name
 and address. and we win send you book of facts of great value to you. We will send it free of all charge. Address s.H. PLATT, N. D.. Med. Director, us. COMPOUND OXYGEN Co.,.
 47s MAIN-sT., SPRINGFIELD, MASS.
The Press., 1892-02-04

Take your Prescri- tions to L4ATHRoP'S DRUG STORE. Per
 sonal attention paid to them.
The Press., 1892-02-04

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The Press., 1892-02-04

Joseph E. H. alumbia ewho. MI Q had seemed In goods ifsajt kent dut on Monday forenoon < iissi listance froln his house to cut firewood. About o'clock in the afternoon he was visited Hy his wife, who found him at work and appars ently all right. MT. Gates not nsatuirrnfng ssa at the hour for supper, his wife started out to meet or calls him. Y As she ap- preached the woodlot she found her huss band upon the ground as though he had fallen. His body was warm, but all her hea efforts to restore him to life proved of no avail. Assistance was called and the body was removed to the house. MT. Gates was well-known and respected citizen; had held many town ofsices: rep resented the town in the house of repre- sentatives, and at the time of his death held the offices of justice of the peaces acting school visitor and registrar of voters. He was conscientious and up- right citizen, and will be greatly missed in the community.
The Press., 1892-02-04

nR. SCOTT'S Electric Hair Curriers', D also Electric Tooth and Hair BrushesI
The Press., 1892-02-04

call At LATHRoPss and get . nrse sample 0f Pheney-o .cARsan Pula s5s