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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-04

Mr.. Binks-I was told today that China
had the first suspension bridge. would
ike to know if there is anything you Chi
nese don't claim to have had first.
Wah Lee-One thing.
Mr.. Binks-What?
Wah Lee Hoodlums. - New York
Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-04
SENATOR JIM WYE.


A Ninefeenth Century FaIstan who Mads |
. Reputation IT washlpeton.
Little Nevada has had some famous |
senators, and still has. Among the older
hangers on about the Capitol one may
still hear the echoes Of laughter over Jim
Nye's jokes. He sat for years at the
right hand OF stately, dignifed Charles
Sumner, and he was very fond Of keep
ing up a running FIRE Of comment in
language which caused the fastidious
New Highlander to raise his eyes in as
constituent. Sumner, who was the soul
81 politeness, was often greatly embar-
raised by Nye's conversation, being
shocked almost beyond expression and
yet not wishing to show offense.
Nye was sort Of Falstaff Of the Nine
teenth century, and everybody liked him.
He had little or no literary culture, and
was not much burdened with convic-
tons. II he had any he didn't trouble
others with them. He would rather
raise laugh than make speech any
day. Horace Greeley once sat down on
( the senator's new hat, and Nye. picking
up the crushed stovepipe, said gravely,
81 could have told You 1t wouldn't fit be-
fore you tried it on"
The few speeches which he did make
were rather strings of anecdote than ar
guments on the question before the SEN
ate. One Of his stories was Of the Irish
man who visited large city and the
dogs took after him. He tried to pick
the paving stones out OF the street to
stone the dogs, and failing in this struck
an attitude and exclaimed, "A foine
country for liberty where they turn the
dogs loose and tie the stones down."
| Once Nye tried his hand at kite flying
1.-THE goddess Of liberty" he exclaimed
has her home in the mountains Of my
state of Nevada"
ssQuite solitary residence for thu
LADY," remarked Senator Hendricks
, quietly.
This raised a laugh at the expense o
Nevada, but Nye was equal to the emer
gency.
ii Liberty said he, lis mountain
I nymph, and when the flag goes dow
elsewhere you will find it barricade'
and protected in our mountain fast
, nesses, where our people inhale libert
E unmingled with the malaria Of those M
4 fortunate states along the Ohio. w
8 breathe the pure air of heaven, while |
Indiana they have to mix theirs wit
quinine.
D Nye and Stewart came to the senat
8 about the same time, and were bot
S from New York, born within fifty mile
t of each other The former always calle
himself Jim Nye, and liked TO have oil
v ers address him in the same way. 3
"a was man Of large frame and appetite
l. long, luxuriant hair, prematurely viii
y ened, fat, beardless face He WI
II known as the best quick speaker in Il
d senate. He had imagination, vivid d
B. scription, flashes Of wit and true rii
If humor.
70 One OF the best things he ever said WI
IL of Senator Sprague, of Rhode Islam
" who is still living in seclusion on his a
q cestral estates near Newport. Sprag'
d had interrupted one of Nye's flights
ic eloquence, whereupon the Nevada ma
l. turned to his neighbors and remark
" loud enough to be heard all over the ha
a Il can't hit canary bird like that wi
II q cannon ball. Scranton Truth.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-07-04
TATT00ED THE PRINCE
TWO DISTINGUISHED eRiTlsHEHS
FITTED FOR 4 MUSEUM.


- $50. -. =. -. 49,.
$500 q. ...--. ~. ,r.-. -
ser'Dea WIN n'eroe'y pn'ss
That Was Pat ON e Stay.
nave made the acnnaintanca ~ snch
: onaint clever old retired - canfain.
Win great black ewes and snow vhite
hair and mnstache. IA had been Tia
world over several timer. and there
seems r., be nothing NOR nobody which
and whom he has not seen or known.
Inst now We are 20 intimate
per intimate- with the Prince 81 Wales
ana his doines perhaps an anecdota
which the CAPTAIN told me Of George.
the nrince's second son. NAV b. amusine.
The CAPTAIN some years 40 Wa Il
San FRANCISCO with his shin. Il was
chartered by big manufacturing com
pany to 20 70 New south wales. where
the eaptain was 10 buy 1000 tons Of !
certain celebrated bituminous coal.
He arrived safely and put up 1t the
finest hotel in sydney. At this hotel
were staying the Duke Of Edinburgh.
with his nephew. I son Of the Prince 81
ws W. "a yo,,rv S4isds,ore !. rerhev,
| Of the great statesman. They were then
t.kirg . tin srornd the worid the hovs
=, the 80. u II. nr,l. ~ rdintn,oh
Mn, ,.,,r,,,, ,ded ~. sh;,,
~ 3. .s,,ts;,, ,-,.ds t,,e;, .~c,.s,f.
"a S;sssa s,,;ts, &C.,, ~ go 49,
Of his arrival. he told the bows some Of
the iolliest stories and they took 70 each
.,tr., ;,,,,,,a,,-a,, h,,t .t-.n.s y, - Il.
Ala M c.tcl, : vest;oe - them ~ Tho
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~, .,,.,,, 4, 10. II ch.mn.s,,. Is
tta. -. - a.. .,.~.t;,,r
mWhara ~ earth hava VIM hen hid.
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ssr,, h.d n .,,s,ve,sa ty,a ,,v;rc> 18th
.a,,d h.ls r-o.r hoIe chrckIe u.nd
4 10 III ~. e.,,lt . th.t 49,. re<,osd
hs..t rc,, No,.r
TINS, Maidstone INIT IN . nanobtv
word ora rannad ont.
.ves tha baccar declared that ,re
uo,,l5 ha.I ~, +, ora d.v "a 1;ka ~
thrash b;,, b,,t h;a baclr e Z yard acroe.
.,a + co,,ia rot 1,rorl, him dour Won
NOW 81 tr;edr
r.rroorn WITH ..vasr pvrr
.wh.t tha d;cLen. ala ~ a. &, von7s
mwhv aaa mere s,;d the nr;nce. and
, 4ha c.rta;r ,,uttino IN b;a ey,ectsc1e.
i, d;scoverad that the nrinre,s nnder III
: had baan tattooed With the roval ssbroad
} arrow y while vounp (3ladstone'a lin was
. s;n;lor,v decorated With an anchor two
: lovely .:fast dvar embeIl;shmenta which
4 would last ali their livea
CHOKING with suppressed laughter the
s canta;n said ..Tbe old salt has done HI,
!, work we'll Int this need not have ken
: vo,, l., ba6 two vvaelxs /"
Q ooh HESS Won NO said the prince
+ .bnt Won lxnnw he coaxed ma into hav.
n inc doinb;ns and merma;ds and mottoe,
nre+tv mucb all over ms and oh ~
|, ahor,;nabIa Won tnow for We were soor
b laid ont AZ st;ff as ramrods and bowlint
riff, ra;n II aor,t mater now ;t,s al
over : added the prince rather ruefully
.sb,,t bv Georpet RI never he caupht Il
. 70
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

Petrlilcatlon Is simply the substitution
Of inorganic for organic matter, atom by
atom. This process of transformation
Is unthinkably slow. AS a molecule Of
wood or bone decays molecule of stone
takes its place. This can only occur
when the air. earth or water surround
ing the organic substance in question
holds in solution some mineral which is
readily precipitated. In the case of either
wood or bone. while decomposition is
going on, there yet remains framework
or fiber. the interstices of which NAV
gradually be filed by the mineral sub
stance-with flesh, be it human or ami
NAL, no such framework exists. The
very rapid decay of flesh also makes it
impossible for the very slow process Of
petrifaction TO have any effect in the
way of making a Transformation
The stories of petrlfied bodies being
found in graveyards are usually faxed
up" by some imaginative reporter who
wishes to lengthen his string" 1t is
true. however, that the bodies of human
beings have been frequently found in
crusted with a silicious substance so as
to resemble real petrifactions in every
particular.-St. Louis Republic.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

ITS NATAL DAY NOW CELEBRATED ANNUAL
LY- VARIOUS GOVERNMENT FLAGS
THEIR SIGNIFICANCE.
In fully one half the public schools Of
this country June II is observed as the
anniversary OF the adoption Of the United
States flag. The following interesting
sketch, with Illustrations, is from a recent
Issue of the Boston Herald, whose editor
has kindly loaned TIE AMERICAN the ac-
companying cuts.
On June H. l7.7. the Congress of the
thirteen original states sitting in Phila-
delphis, adopted the first common Ameri-
can ensign, one which, with a minor
change in the stars Of the "union," Il
Identical with our present national banner
About five or six years ago public
schools In Massachusetts,, at the sucges.
tion of the board Of education. began 10
celebrate the anniversary, some simply
with recitations and declarations, Others
with appropriate historical papers. pro
ccssions and singing Of patriotic songs.
From the old Bay State the innovation
spread rapidly through the New England
States, until now it has become practice,
and almost all the district snd many of the
private New England schools commem
orate the day in one way or another.
Many of the western and some of the
southern States officially recognize the
day Individual teachers In other State.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

One OF the characters in modern nov
81 Is made 10 say: Il love a shy man.
He is getting - scarce" Perhaps that
is why he is 50 really delicious. When
he bushes palpably, but without look
ing awkward, one is drawn toward him
by certain sentiment OF affinity. and 50
long as he is just shy enough. but not
too shy, he wins more and more upon
one. To draw a really shy man out If
his shyness is a pleasing task, and the
more so as he is generally disinclined Ia
give expression to the thoughts and
ideas that he usually keeps locked fast
away within himself. One comes upon
a stray jewel or two now and then. in
such cases. in the shape OF an unexpect-
cd thought that astOnishes the discoy-
erer because it seems SO different from
the person from whom it emanates.
assure You, think Shy men are some
times very charming. but then one must
be a little shy ones self in order TO ap-
preciate them. Do you know any nice
ones, and do YOU find that they only
come out Of their shell in tete-a-tete,
and not always then, so that there is /.
pleasing element of uncertainty about
them which adds 70 the interest they
inspire:-Cor. London Truth.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

he used one Of thirteen alternate red and
white stripes, with the red and white
crosses OF 81 George and st. Andrew
charged on blue "canton" or square in
the upper and inner corner.
CHANGING rHE STRIPES
The lag as accepted on June II, l777,
wa, first flown on land during the cam
paign resulting in the capture Of Philadel-
phia BY IOoea short time after the first
public display Of the flag From that time
it Wa the recognized ensign of the repub-
lie uuliI May L. 1875 The number Of stars
and that Of stripes were each increased on
that date ID tifteep, Senator Bradley Of the
new State OF Vermont having brought
abou. this change, The two additional
stripes were embematic Of Vermont and
Kentucky. The enlarged flag was the one
high seas from the frigstes Of Hull and
Stewart in the war OF 1872.
From time TO time new States were ad
mitted to full membership in the republic.
change. In 1916, on the admission of In
diana, Congress appointed a committee to
inquire into the proprety of altering it,
The naval hero. Capt. Reid, distinguished
for his shifty defence Of the brig Arm
strong against superior British force In
the roads OF Fayal in 1914, advocated be-
fore the committee the reduction of the
number Of stripes to thirteen, and the
adoption of number Of stars equal to the
number of States. formed into the shape
of one large star. He also advocated the
addition of new star on the Fourth OF
July next following the admission of
new State.
bill embodying his suggestions was
reported on Jan. ?, 1917, but was laid on
the table. Early in the following year
bill to the same effect, with the exception
of the arrangement of the stars, was sub
mitted and passed aud was approved by
President Monroeon April I, 1918. This
flag. containing the stars in parallel lines,
was hoisted on the flagstaff of the Hall of
Representatives nine days later although
its legal life was to begin on the following
Independence day. For some time the
manner of arranging the stars varied. In
the flags of the navy and in state banners
stars were invariably arranged in parallels,
but the war department ordinarily chose
to form them into one large star.
PRESENT NUMBER OF STARS.
1t is singular fact, and possibly an in
dicaton of lack of patriotism, that the
average American, always excepting
school children, cannot tell off-hand how
many stars there now are in his countIy's
flag. If any reader of this desires to try
the question on ten Of his friends he will
probably ind that only three or four can
give the correct number, even after min
ute of hard thought. The ordinary reply
will range from forty to forty-two stars
instead of the correct fortyfo The ad-
mission within four years of North Da-
kota, South Dakota, Montana. Washing
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

In certain New York mission is a
bright street fellow. who, if this Incl
dent may be taken as an indication, bids
fair to develop the brains and the patri-
otic sentiment of good American citi-
zen.
A gentleman announced his intention
of delivering an address on political re-
form in the neighborhood of the mission,
a particularly disorderly district. He
and his friends were informed on good
authority that if the speech were made
the speaker would be pelted with rotten
eggs.
1t seemed that the proposed address.
which. it had been believed. would exert
an important influence. must be given
up. A small boy. between whom and
the speaker a friendship had developed
at the mission, solved the difficulty by
an ingenious expedient.
Il tell you what to do" said he: hang
the American flag back of the platform,
and you stand before the flag. The
roughs won't throw eggs at the stars and
stripes"
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

I'iiiy- are 'aHri u f,.;A'.tsth and some
Hill, .9!A H." .i II. NefE Wf"'hf 'ngfr",, !
.-'''N '"'' 'H e-Ai'5 F'A""S ii'zape'h
,.a' .'''' "a ''@'.'' ia ~" N'fH van q n
H-' >, .l'''l'' WIN 'i' '1+ - Tor marx ait
= ''-'- /. / h..' 'Ar Instrument but ne
i-"' - '''' ','' '''''l must pay 'ne tax IL
It'll t.''''i'.' h'' warrants me ta1 iS
'''.', w 'i''- par ''' '-"l, !. Is III Inc TACT
t14t lAt t'N J. h't graded according 10
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

Much Of the comfort OF the household
depends upon keeping lie house cool,
writes Maria Parloa in a practical article
on Housekeeping in the Country" in the
July Ladies' Home Joarnai, In the morn
ing every window and blind should be
opened, giving the sunlight and air access.
After the house has been thoroughly
aired and put in order the blinds should bc
closed and the shades partially drawn. If
the windows are closed in the hottest part
Of the day the house will be cooler As
soon as the sun begins to go down reopen
the blinds and windows
On an intensely hot DAY the room Of
sick person can be made more endurable
by having sheets of cheese-cloth wrung
out of cold water and hung across the
open windows.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06
hampshire's as it runs the full length Of
the flag, while New Hampshire's begins at
the outer border Of the union


The presence of the stars in the Wash
ington arms is thought by some to explain
the choice Of stars as one OF the symbols
of the republic, but this view is ordinarily
rejected. Another explanation is that
when blue was assigned as the color Of the
union (red and white having already been
used in the stripes) and IL was required to
have thirteen symbolic figures In the blue,
stars were taken as the most appropriate
to appear in blue field.
The blue was allegorically said to rep
resent the night Of sftliction then shroud-
ing the nation, relieved by thirteen stars
of hope. In the first flag the stars were
arranged a. the circumference Of circle,
to typify the endless duration OF the new
nation. The union was made square and
was brought down to the eighth stripe that
its blue might show against the contrast
Ing white Of that stripe
TIE CoLoRs.
Orange, white and blue were the colors
OF the old Dutch republic of the preceding
century, and appeared on the banners of
the New York regiments BY simple
change of the first they were made into
our national colors. Fifteen years later
the same colors were chosen to represent
the new French republic, and red was then
held to represent the blood Of patriots,
white the purity Of patriotism, and blue
the smiles of heaven.
Though the national flag was adopted In
June. formal announcement and flying Of
1t were postponed until Sept B. The first
public use was made by bold Paul Jones
who ran 1t up To the masthead OF his
staunch brig, the Ranger, at Portsmouth,
and put to sea at once to prove himself
terror to English merchant shipping
COLoNItL BANNERS
Since that fatetul April morning at Con-
little more than two years before, the
patriots had fought under multiplicity of
fagS Nearly every colony had from one to
-four or five sets Of symbolisms. Some Vr-
ginia regiments carried flags with Indian
Carolina banner. A few bodies Of southern
troops carried blue field with white
crescent. Stripes Of orange, white and blue,
with or without beaver, flew above New
Workers. The Connecticut men lined up
under the folds Of an ensign showing three
grap.-v vines and the colony's motto, "Qui
transtu.It sustnet"
For a time some Massachusetts, forces
displayed a white hag marked with
green pine tree and the inscription;
An appeal to heaven" Commodore Esek
Hopkins, putting to sea early 10 Febru-
ary, l776. with the frst revolutionary
hect threw out to the winds Of the
marked with a coled rsttlesnahe Later
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06
DIVORCE IN euRMAH.



Settling Family Troubles.
In Burnah, a. iu civilized Europe,
suspicion often d,tura~ the family circle,
but instead II .aaS lawyer, pockets
and giving society papers highly splccd
paragraphs th,. tu.luHin elicctual mode
OF divorce procedure l., adopted. The
family relatives on both sides are called
Uneven distant cousins living a long
way otf-and many are the long journeys
made in joltlng bullock carts, and many
the animated discussions by the cigar
putting circle Of relatives squatted cere-
moniously on the bamboo matted floors.
II an amlcablc settlement can be Oh
tanned hus-and very difficult it Is to
smooth down the quarrelS, as Il rule, for
the Burmese are a spirited raCe-the ell-
ers or patriarchs of the village or dis
trict are called in, and after the circum-
stances are explained arbitrators are ap-
pointed from among them, who proceed
as follows: Two candles-wax if posi-
Bile, but generally ru>hlights-are select
ed Of equal length and thickness, and be-
ing simultaneously lighted are placed on
the table if the establishment boasts of
one; if not, on the floor.
This is done with the greatest gravity,
care being taken that neither party has
any advantage over the other i'll the
shape of drafts through the doors and
crannies, and that all present are seated
at sufficient distance to prevent their
breathing from affecting the fame. Tho
gradual burning down of the flames is
then watched with breathless and sol
emn silence, which eliminates as one or
the other Of these slowly burns down and
splutters out its life in the waters yf the
basin in which it is fixed.
A deep "Ah" gutteral sigh Of relief,
greets this termination. and if it be the
husbands candle that burns out first he
and his relatives walk slowly out OF
doors, solemnly and silently, leaving his
better half in possession of the goods and
chattels contained therein. n the wifes
candle expires first, she and hers do like
wise, and with small present to the
judges and umpires the divorce is COM
pleted. Chicago Herald.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

solutions have been offered. one explanG-
tion that il brought forward is the fact
nent features of the coat-of arms of the
Washington family, but those who under
stand the spirit of &c believe that a family
coat of-arms had little influence with stern
old John Adams and the Continental Com
gress.
1t il more probable that stripes were Sc
lecttd as dual compliment to New York
and The Dutch Republic. The New York
soldiers in the Continental army were
fighting under an ensign consisting Of
three broad horizontal stripes, similar In
position, size and color to the stripes of
the flag of the most heroic and conspicu-
Gus republic of modern times prior to
l776, or the United Provinces of the Meth
erlands. ordinarily known as the Dutch
Republic"
Most Of the early settlers of New York
were Dutch, hence the copying of the
Dutch flag The choice of stripes was a
compliment to republican principles and a
graceful tribute to the large New York
force in the army, contingent then dis
couraged by the long occupation of New
York city by Lord Howe and by the COM
ing invasion of Gen. Burgoyne.
The number Of thirteen stripes was
chosen as symbolic of the thirteen states.
Contrasting colors, /. E., white with either
blue or red, were necessary for the colors of
the stripes, and red was preferred to blue,
as it was more distinct at a distance for
which reason red was chosen as the color
of the topmost stripe, and consequently of
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06
MCstaches and Boards.

Englishmen only generation ago had
such detestation of mustaches and
boards that the practice of shaving all
hair off their face down to their mutton
chop whiskers was all but universal.
From one extreme our clean shaven ia
thers plunged into the other, and boards
and mustaches rapidly became the fash
ion. The fashion has of late years again
been modified. Boards are less common,
but the mustache is cultivated in Eng
land as widely as on the continent
London Standard.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06

Mrs. Mary Smith. who lived with her
son at 591S Indiana avenue, was crushed
in folding bed Saturday night. Her
son returned home late and in a bed
room on the second floor found her body
crushed between the sides of the bed.
On the floor near by was pail of water,
and it was apparent Mrs. Smith had been
cleaning the bed. 1t is supposed that in
leaning upon the end nearest the head
board the bed became overbalanced and
suddenly closed. The side rails crushed
the woman's chest and head, and it is
thought her death was caused not SO
much from internal injury as from suf-
location, as her head was buried in the
bedclothes. Chicago Tribune,
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1893-07-06
An APPEAL TO HEAvFy

proceed on the.r own initiative and pay
trihHte in a diversity Of manners To the
occasion, many of them receiving assist
ance from LOCAL posts Of the Grand Army
Of tie Republic.
Early IN June, l777. while wild rnmor,
of an invasion from Canada hy an immense
army under Burgoynr, and 4 movement by
Lori Howe on the Quaker cjty Itself. were
circulating, committee was appointed to
study designs for national lag. Con.
cernlng the membership OF this committee
little i actually known sun this much is
history. that stern old John Adams, the
austere Puritan. or whiIom Massachusetts,
Bay c"lony, vas its master spirit
After numerous sessions, during which
the banners ~ various colonies ana the
representations Of the larger colonies In
the Continental army were carefully scru-
timed, the committee made it, report on
the memorable lilh cf Jane. Inc coming
anniversary Of the brilliant Napoleoulr vic.
tories uf Mareugo and Friedland. ard Of
the birth ~ Harriet Bccchcr Stowe /,
recommends
That the nag ~ INV thirteen United
States he thirteen stripes. alternate red
and white; that The union be thirteen stars.
white 10 BIN. field, representa-. nex
constellation
This report was accepted unanimously
a II han All