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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-16
Shaving Her on.

Desperate Customer-What s .1n;a cIothi
face INV wife without matching TINS -. sold sold
'a GIarG my Wa am very sorry, sir, but we sO''
the last remnant yesterday ana thing
Customer-Then there Is pu s;,ner with
to do-invite friend home W
me.-Cloak Review.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-16

Gray, the noted poet, gives n very minute
account OF canary owned by woman
who kept coffee house in Pail Mall, Lon
don, aud states that this bird could whistle
NO less than twenty different tunes.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-16

II is said in Paris that twice as many
crimes are committed by persons between
the ages Of fifteen and twenty as by those
bstween twenty and forty.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-16

In the last two years New London
tConn.) lobstermen have bagged in their
deep water traps in Fishers Island sound
not less than tive or six indigo Holsters.
which are so rare that it IS not known that
more than two Of the hind had ever been
taken In the world before. In the same
time two blue Holsters were caught by
Maine fishermen. Blue Holsters are as
blue as the summer sky and extremely
heauttful
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-05-16

maua-What is the difference between
you and that clock, Mr.. SissieS '"een
Mr.. Sissie Ctaking the bintl~Non
and and, 90 A ah.i; At u o'clock it will be going
~A1 eo saa44 L-kate Fields Washineton
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
MANY VICTIMS.
Cholera Infantum's
Dread Record.
A Serious Time for the littII
Babies.
Physicians Advise the Use
Of Pure Food.
Lack Of Proper knowledge
Causes Suffering.
How the Health of Children
May Be Preserved.

Mothers of Omaha, read what's here.
There is an epidemic Of indigestion
and cholera infantum in this and othei
states.
Health boards everywhere are repor.
ing II startling fatality from cholera In.
tantum.
Physicians say that in nearly every
case the child is poorly fed and nour-
ished, and hence the disease.
at is absolutely certain" " says a ply
speaking of tho alarming summer NOR
tality among his patients. that the
cause OF this high death rate among in
fants is indigestion"
Az the beginning of summer, the best
physicians gave warning that pure food
must be used for babies. That this
warning did not reach every city in this
state is evident from The high infantile
death rate. But in those places where
the newspapers published discussions
that were going on, large quantities of
lactatcd food were sold and this best of
diets Tor children was used. Tho result
is, statistics show that fewer deaths
have occurred in those towns and cities
where the larger amount of lactated
food was used.
Comparisons of this sort are abso-
lutely convincing.
August is n fatal month for the little
ones. and unless lactated food is used,
the local physicians say that the dread
full mortality and increasing amount OF
sickness among children will continue.
The one safe plan is to feed infants on
lactated food.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11

Smoke T. D, King & Co.'S Partagas.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
EXPOSITION NOTES.
Want tho Board of Lady Managers to
Adjourn Sine Die.

Want tho Board of Lady Managers to
Adjourn Sine Die.
CHICAGO, Aug. 10.-A committee appointed
to make an approximate estimate Of the
amount necessary for the continued meetings
of the board of lady managers to the end
of the fair, reported today that it would cost
s., 600 more than the amount necessary if
the board adjourned at once and held ses-
sions through the month of October. A mo-
tion WAS made to ad journ sine die, but it was
tabled by a close vote-32 to &c. An adjourn
ment was then taken until tomorrow.
Mrs. Palmer has received no communica-
tion from Secretary Carlisle, or from any
other source, stating that the ladies' meet
ing must be stopped.
Secretary Dickinson of the national COM
mission. says there is no truth in the story
that the commission is sitting without a
quorum. He has received no ntmatiSn that
the sessions must be discontinued.
The fair grounds were Illuminated tonight
and the Swedish building was thrown open
to the pubic. BY way Of amusement a big
war dance, participated in by representa-
tives from the different tribes on the MID
way plaisance, was given on a big barge on
the south pond.
Representatives of clubs in Chicago and n
number of visiting wheelmen formed on the
plasance al o'clock tonight and rode about
the grounds. 1t was "Wheelmeu's night"
and everybody turned out.
The Algerian village in Midway plaisance
is in the hands of the sheriff. The seizure
was made in n suit brought by the exposi-
tion to collect 81, 1870 claimed to be due as a
percentage from the concession.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11

column reaching TO the sun OF 1000 yards
in diameter.
II we now combine into one vast whole
these various figures, wo arrive at some
stupeudous results in answer to the qucs-
tiou, How big it the sea?'
Its area Of l40, 600 600 square miles
could be confined by circle 1850 miles
across. The relative size of the areas of
the whole surface of the earth, OF the
whole sea, the Pacific and the Atlantic
are represented by circles the diameters
OF which are in the proportions to one
another OF los, 1873, 80 and 81 respective
ly; or 10y a crown for the surface OF the
earth, a half-crown for the surface OF
the whole sea, shilling for the surface
OF the Pacific, u thrcopCnuy piece for
the surface of the Atlantic.
Supposiug the sea to be formed into
round column reaching to the sun, the
diameter of the column would be nearly
two and n half miles. The Pacific
would form $4,000. 600 miles OF its total
length of 93,0OO.O00 and the Atlantic
$4,000, 600.
If IL were column of ice, and the en-
tire heat of the sun concentrated upon
It, 1T would be all melted in one second
and converted into steam in eight sec
onds, which illustrates the heat of the
sun rather than the size of the sea.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
las bcen:
Early Coinage.

The very earliest coinage that can
properly be said to be strictly Amer
ican" was ordered by the original Vir-
ginia company in the year 1912, only five
years after the founding of jamestown.
These coins were minted at Somers
islands, now known as the Bermudas.
For period of more than quarter of a
century after this, however, tobacco and
beaver skins were reckoned as law
full currency. In l645 the assembly of
Virginia met and declared that it
had maturely weighed and consid-
cred how advantageous Quoine (coln)
would be to this colony. and how much
better it would be than a sole depend
ency upon tobacco and pelts." After
this they provided for the coinage of
copper coins of the denominations of 2
pence, pence, pence and 9 pence but
this resolution was never carried into
effect. The first coinage in America
proper was the series of coins "struck"
at Boston under the order of the gen.
eral court of Massachusetts, pa; sed May
27, 1862, the coins being 3, 6 and II pence
denominations, ''in forme tlatt and
stamped on one side with the letters IN.
E. and on the other the value OF the
piece"
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
MINOR MENTION
N. Y. Plumbing Co.

N. Y. Plumbing Co.
Boston Store, dry goods.
TIL MGyne Real Estate Co ,62l Broadway.
The picnic, which was TO have been given
by the Sunday school of the FIRST Baptist
church yesterday, was postponed until touay
on account of the weather.
Tho Christian Endeavor society OF the
Congregational church will give lawn
social this evening at the residence OF A Is.
Walker, corner of Sixth svenue and Seventh
street. An interesting program has been
prepared, and all members and friends of
tho society are cordially invited. a small
admission fee will be charged.
Officers Murphy and Weir and Deputy
Marshal Anderson have organized them
selves into what appears Mt first sight to be
section OF a base ball team They go
armed with huge clubs made out of hickory
and left in their natural color. When they
make their appearance in the railway yards
there is great scatteration of tramps.
Mrs Julia Kceline who lives on Frank
street, had narrow escape from being badly
hurt yesterday. She was driving down
street when the mud caused the horse to slip
And fall When he got up he was frightened
and started down street at "A terrible gait.
Frank Scanlan succeeded in stopping the
animal and getting Mrs. keeine out Of the
vehicle uninjured
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
A MODERN MERMAID.
She is in the Swim and shows OF to Good
Advantage.

She is in the Swim and shows OF to Good
Advantage.
Clara Bcckwith is young woman who
proudly asserts that she is in the swim
now, always has been and always ex-
poets to be. Last week she disported
herself in glass tank and loated about
in the water with an appearance of cool
comfort which on warm nights was very
eXasperating.
A woman who can swim nine miles at
a stretch, who eats, drinks, sews, per-
forms athletic feats, and, in short, seems
as much at home in the water as most
people are out of 1t, is interesting. Miss
Beckwith calls herself "The Modern
= Mermaid" and next to swimming she
likes to talk about swimming. She gave
q woman reporter of the New York Sun
a long interview the other evening and
told very interesting story of her nata-
torial career.
"How did you happen to learn to
swim?" asked the reporter.
"Oh, it's born in me, | guess. You
know | am English. l was born in Lam
beth and we lived right near the beach.
My father was the champion swimmer of
England for ten years and then he gave
way for my brother William, who is the
champion now"
w udu is lHo lOuBcSJ SWlh you cNci
attempted"
Mine miles. That was on the other
side. | swan from the mainland to n
ledge of rocks nine miles away. 1t took
me five hours and half, and when | got
there my eyes were so bloodshot | could
scarcely see and my face was so eaten by
the salt water that it was almost raw.
Speaking of cramps, don't think a care
full swimmer need to fear them. | have
been in very cold water and | had no
trouble.
"How long can you stay under the
water without coming up for air?"
1.-Two minutes and thirty seconds
What is the most difficult thing to do?
Oh, l don't know. Nothing seems hard
to me in the water. 1t seems to me that
| couldn't sink. 1t looks as if walking
on my hands with my body straight up
was difficult, but while it requires care
and precision it is easier in the water
than out of it, because the water assists
in balancing the body.
"By the way, why don't moro of the
American girls swim? In England
three-tourths of the women know how,
but here it is the exception to find one
who isn't deathly afraid, as they say, of
the water. 1t is tho best prescription a
doctor could give them. l haven't
known days sickness in eleven years,
and it is all because of my swimming.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
HARDLY A RoLD-UP.

How the story of Hansen aud Nelson
Reads In the Clear Light of Day.
The hold-up, OF which Peter Hansen and
Nels Nelson were the heroes ana victims
about midnight Wednesday night, does not
seem to be much of hold-up after all, in
the light Of later Developments When
Nelson was brought to the station
City Physician Macrae was called to
attend him and found him in such a
condition that blow with feather
would have laid him out had the supposed
highwaymen never run across HIM. He was
suffering from jag which was colossal in
the extreme. After spending night in the
refrigerator he pleaded guilty to being drunk
aud paid the hne which Judge MCGEE
assessed with an air that indicated he
thought the fun worth the fine. Hansen
was not so badly decomposed, ana was able
to take his friend down to the corner of
Willow avenue and Eighth street yesterday
noon and look over the spot where the
trouble took place.
The horse which the two men were driv-
ing Wednesday night ran away and dumped
them out upon the pavement. They were
considerably bruised by their fall, but not
seriously injured While they were tinker
ing away at their rig the three alleged high
waymcn came along and commenced talking
to them. The officers are now of the opinion
that Hansen, who is somewhat cranky at
times, made an insulting reply. The three
fellows then started out to give him and his
companions a few pointers in the art of po-
likeness and left them in highly dilapidated
condition Hansen is the man who shot one
Madison at a dance on South Main street
about three years ago, but was acquitted on
the ground of self defense AS for the money
that Hansen claimed to have lost, he recov-
cred all but cents oft
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Ask your grocer for Domestic soap.


A. G. Schmook had an exciting experience
day or two ago while out riding on his
wheel. He was on his way to Glenwood. In
going down "A rather steep hill he en-
countered farmer jogging along in a big
lumber wagon. For some reason or other he
was unable 10 collect his wits sufficiently to
stop, and he went crashing into the rear
end of the farmers wagon, His wheel was
smashed into scrap iron and his clothes
were in such condition that he had to tie
them on until he could get into town. He
had with him some papers which had to be
taken TO the bank in Glenwood at once, and
he compromised his difficulty with the
farmer by inducing the latter to do the
brand for him.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11

Take a nice, cool swim at Manhattan
laaph
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11

Rinkcnberser, secrehspS; Harvey Prosser,
treasurer and H. EelNcklen and W. Reed
Dunroy, city delegates.
The Salvation army closed It's meetings
here Tuesday night by holding an ice cream
jubilee. The attendance was large.
Ben G. Davis has been appointed on the
police force TO take the place OF Lewis
Miller, colored, who was fired on complaint
OF Councilman Schultz
Charles Smith, "a young man from
Papillion who has given the police more or
less trouble at different times by his mis-
chievous conduct, was locked up again Tues
day night -,b
William Bradrick,, formerly assistant
cashier for the Stock Yards company, was
married Tuesday evening to Miss Tracey
Bramhall of Omaha. The bride was formerly
frcm Blair, living with the family of Judge
Davis, to whom she is related.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Magic City Gossip.
DIR. Bell is in Tekamah.

DIR. Bell is IN lekamah.
Miss Christie Condron is visiting friends
in Sioux CITY.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Urback are enjoying the
fair at Chicago.
Mayor Walker has appointed j. ID. BRYAN
as special policeman at the camp meeting
grounds.
Rev, II. ID, Brown OF North Bend will
speak on "ltomanism" at Blum's hall
August Is,
The family of DR.. f. L. Siggins are home
after an extended absence visiting friends
and relatives.
The Free Methodist camp meeting opened
out Tuesday evening with a large attend
ance and good speakers.
Mrs. j. f.. Callahan, living in Brown park,
fell over bannister Tuesday evening and
was seriously injured.
Gus Rinkleberger, living on p street, be-
tween Twenty y-tifth and Twenty sixth, is re-
ported as being q ute sick.
The Womens Relief Corps will give an
ice cream social on the lawn at the corner of
Twenty-fourth ana M streets on Saturday
evening.
The Young Peoples Christian Endeavor So
ciety of the Presbyterian church has elected
the following officers II. h. Nicklcn, presi-
dent William Bentz, vice president Miss Eva
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
THE SIZE OF THE SEA.
Facts that May Wen Instruct as Well as
Astonish.

Astonish.
One gallon Of water weighs ten pounds,
so the number Of gallons in the Pacific is
over 200 trilliOns; an amount which would
take more than million years to pass
over the falls of Niagara. Yet put into
a sphere, the whole of the Pacific would
only measure 726 miles across, says Long
mans Magazine.
The Atlantic could be contained bodily
in the Pacific nearly three times. The
number of cubic feet is III followed by
seventeen ciphers: number that would
be ticked of by our million clocks in
10000 years Its weight is 325, ,OOO
billion tons, and the number of gallons
in it 73 trillions. A sphere to hold
the Atlantic would have to be 1891 miles
in diameter. If it were made to fill a
circular pipe reaching from the earth
to the sun-a distance of 80 0O0 600 miles
the pipe would be 1887 yards, or
rather over a mile; while pipe of SINH
lar length to contain the Pacific would
be over mile and three-q quarters across.
Yet the distance to the sun is so great
that, as has been pointed out, if a child
were born with an arm long enough to
reach the sun it would not live long
enough to know that it had touched it,
for sensation passes along our nerves at
the rate of 100 feet second, and to
travel from the sun TO the earth at tina
rate would take century and half
and such an abnormal infant is an un-
likely centenarian.
The rest Of the sea includes the India
ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic seas,
and various smaller masses Of water, II
covers an area of A., 900, 900 square miles
and would form circle of 800 miles in
diameter. The average depth may be
put at 1000 fathons II, 900 feet, and the
contents at %, 100000 cubic miles. II
weighs 800, 900 tons, and contains 81,
trillion gallons, while it would form 9
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11

little It attracted large numbers OF
flies. An observant toad had evidently
noticed this, and every day toward even
ing he would make his appearance in
the yard, hop to a saucer, climb in and
roll over and over until he was covered
with meal, having done which he awaited
developments. The flies. entced by the
smell, soon swarmed around the schcm-
ing batrachiar and whenever one passed
within two inches or so of his nose his
tongue darted out and the fly disap-
peared. The plan worked so we'll that
the toad made a regular business OF it.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
ONE LIGHT THAT FAILED.
Cruel Hoax Played Upon the People by
HearIless Local Astronomers.

HearIless Local Astronomers.
There is a gifted astronomer connected
with n certain daily paper published in
Council Bluffs. There are great many
people in the city who think that there
could be no finer ornament for their parlor
chandeliers than this same astronomers
scalp, and If he is running about loose some
of his admirers are pretty apt to take it
away from him. A day or two ago he Sc
cured the publication of an article stating
that the Star of Bethlehem, whicn is visible
only once in 700 years, would be seen by any
one who chanced TO cast his optic
over in the direction of Aqua Ammonia
or some other constellation that is
at present doing business in the north
eastern part of the sky, about Lo'clock yes
terday morning, He did not explain how it
only once in 700 years should make its fourth
expedition to the earth in 1900 years, nor
did he explain how it could be possible for
the Star of Bethlehem to shoot forth in
dazzling grandeur so suddenly and then after
amusing itself for fifteen minutes or so
vanish until its next periodical trip. But a
good many people didn't stop to think of
these things, and boldly set the alarm clock
for o'clock. One by one they clambered
out of bed and took survey of the upper
righthand corner of the sky, when they
beneld. not the Star of Bethlehem, but quite
a number of other stars, which could have
been seen equally well on any night in the
week If the prophet who routed them all
out in the dead of night will make his present
address known there are persons who Will
undertake To give him view of several
stars which will make the Star of Bethlehem
fade into insignihcance.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Fleeing from Yellow Fever.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Aug. l0.-A special
train full of Pensacola fugitlves who are
fleeing from yellow fever passed through
here this morning. They were not allowed
to get off the train, and went north from
here.
AUGUSTA, Ga, Aug. 10.-'rhe Augusta
Board of Health has quarantined against
Pensacola.
SAvANyAu, Ga, Aug. 10. - Savannah
declared quarantine against Pensacola to-
day.
ATLANTA, Aug. 10.-The Pensacola fugi-
tives reached here today and were welcomed
to Atlanta None were sick
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
CASH IN SAVINGS BANKS.

Nearly Two Billions Deposited in Sur-
series of Thrift.
The savings bank deposits of the
whole country form a tremendous aggre-
gate, with New York as the leading
commonwealth, while the two cities of
New York and Brooklyn gather into
their two score or so savings banks
grand total of about Si00, 100000.
Statistics showed the savings OF the
people in 1892 to stand:
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
buying Up school Bonds.

TOPEKA, Aug. l0.-The state school fund
commissioners yesterday afternoon CON
cluded the purchase from Boston firm of
block of $4,000 Harper county school
bonds.
In the last sixty days the commissioners
have bought of eastern parties not less than
$50, 900 worth of Kansas school bonds, and
have had offers of more than 100000 worth,
but had no surplus money on hand to cake
them The holders of these bonds, owing to
the stringency in the money market, are now
Offering them at a sacrifice andth school
fund commissioners are investing all their
surplus money in them.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Taken from the O1iie GERS and Lyncned.

WAYcRoss Ga, Aug, lO.-Jack Chambers,
colored, was taken from officers last night
and lynched near this place. Chambers
body was riddledl with bullets He con-
fessed to having taken part in assaulting
Mrs. George Warren, the wife of promi-
nent farmer st Hob9ken, Ga, last winter,
Chambers is the third negro who has been
lynched for that crime, two others having
been shot down in THE house az the time the
assault was committed.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Crazy for "A Waterbury,

Three boys went into Joe Cornishs jew
elry store Tuesday afternoon and inquired
If he had any a watches. They were shown
some and soon picked out one that suited
One of the lads paid over the amount and all
the boys went out. In about an hour lazy
came into the store bringing the watch and
explaining that the money with which it
had been purchased had been stolen. Mr.
Cornish then gave back the money and took
his watch
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Personal PIRiGRIPHS.

w. p. Wightman is home from visit 10
Okoboji.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Mitchell n
laughter.
Miss Susan Hoffman will leave for Chicago
Ioday to be absent few weeks taking in
The Worlds fair.
w. c. Hendricks Is dangerously Ill with
what 1T is feared will prove to be typhoid
lever His temperature was up to lO5
yesterday, and his friends are much
alarmed.
Brougham Stevenson clerk for the Adams
Express company in Omaha, has just re-
turned, accompanied by his wife ana sister,
from an outing which they have been enjoy
Ing at Hot Springs, S. u. They also visited
Sheridan, Wyo., and the Big Horn noun
tains. Mr.. Stevenson states that fishing
snd hunting are good In the vicinity of
Sheridan, and brings back with him an ele-
graced an S-year-old buck that was shot near
the Montana line.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Charity for Children,

f. II. Quivy, assistant state superintendent
of the American Educational Aid association.
was in the city yesterday to get two of Mrs.
Horns children whom he will secure homes
for in some Christian family. Mrs. Horn
has three children and is compelled to work
out for living The young ones have given
her great deal of trouble and the woman
has come to the conclusion that tho best
thing for the children will be to secure for
them a good home where they can be
brought up in the proper manner
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
A Bad Practice.

Puck: Ola Bender (nervousy)-What is
that extra the boy is callingl
Cashier-It's about a steamboat explosion
in The west; sixty men killed, sir.
Old Bender (angrily)-Confound it! There
ought to be a law against their frightening
people like that. thought it was bank
failure or somethingl
Omaha daily bee., 1893-08-11
Domestic soap outlasts cheap soap
AFFAIRS AT SOUTH OMAHA.

Report of Citizens Committee on the
Conduct of Municipal Business.
The special citizens investigating commit
tee made report before Il large audience of
taxpayers at the High school building Tues
day evening.
The substance of the bulky report was
that the books in the city clerks Office were
found in bad condition. Inadvertence and
loose methods had also been practced in
other d. epartments. according to the report.