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Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21


The Spanish wit aud philosopher
QueVe''o' WAC In his time gained n repu.
tation tor knowing everything was
'sSed 1t he knew of means whereby a
person could avoid growing old. Most
certainly" said he, Il know of certain
rules which viii surely prevent you
growing Old"
What are thoyy'
Keep in the sun in summer and in
the wet in winter. that is one ruIe
Never give yourself rest: that is another
Fret at everything that happens; that is
another. And then if YOU take care
Always to eat meat cold ana drink plenty
OF cold water when you are hot YOU
may be perfectly sure that you viii
never grow oldW-London Tit-Bits.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
After Duo Consideration.

In Illinois there is an Old law on the
statute books to tho effect that in crimi,
nal cases tho jury il Judge Of the law
rs well cS the facts" Though not often
quoted. once in awhile lawyer with
desperate case inakesusc Of it. In one
case the judge instructed the Jury that
it was to judge tho law as well as the
facts, bat added that it was not to indge
OF tho law unless it was fully satisfied
that 1t knew moro law than the iudgo.
An outrageous verdict was brought in.
contrary to all instructions of the court,
who felt called upon to rebuke the Jury,
AT last one old farmer arose.
"Jcdge,' said he, weren't we to ledge
the law as well as tho facts?"
Certainly" was tho response, ..but |
told you not to judge the law unless YOU
were clearly satisfied that you knew the
law better than did"
We'll, jedgc,r answered the farmer
as ho shifted his Quid, "wc considered
that pint. San Francisco Argonaut.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
rnints Abent rnlnt Irrn

Yea mustn't 10 fooled into thinlsin,
That lace is made in the country whose
naEte It bears, Tie Irish took Noltinr.
haia lace. embroidered it and sold il for
real Irish Point. | have seen many Of
our GOOD Americans, who SO dearly love
to te humbrsgcd. buying real Irish
Point lace" from dealers aboard shin IN
Queenstown harbor. when it was no,h.
ias more than they could have got in
Nottingham or any city 1t home for half
the money.-tnterview in Clerk and
Salesman.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
French Art In Manipulating Plaster,

1t is stated that French builders. who
Rave carried the art of hardening plas-
ter to where it is used for flooring. either
in place of wood or tile. employ for this
purpose six paIts of good quality of plas-
ter intimately mixed with one part of
freshly slaked white lime finely sifted.
The mixture as thus composed is laid
down in as quick time as possible, care
being taken that the trowel is not used
upon the surface for too long a time.
After this the floor is allowed to become
dry and is subsequently saturated in
most thorough manner with sulphate of
iron or zinc, the iron giving the strong
est surface, its resistance to breaking
being found to be 2O times the strength
OF ordinary plaster. 1t appears that
with sulphate of zinc the floor remains
white, while when iron is used it be-
comes the color of rusted iron. But if lin
seed oil, boiled with litharge, be applied
to the surfacoit becomes of an attractive
mahogany color, this being especially
the case if a coat of copal varnish is add
ed.-New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Tho Abandonment of Deem Nyovrnt

The so called deepest mourning" is
no longer considered good form in Eu-
rope, and Grape has dropped out of fash
ION, being now only used for draining
buildings and monuments, or for shroud.
ing the lighted lamps of the vehicles
hguring i'll the funeral cortege. No one
would ever dream of taxing either the
empress of Austria or the Princess of
Wales with indifference to the death of
sheir respective sons, yet each has been
content to mourn her offspring without
Grape, either in the shape of veil or as
trimming to her dress. The result of
TINS has been that widows especiallv
when young, dispense not only with
Grape, but with the characteristic can
and long streamers. Indeed, at the pres.
ent rate, there will be no outward sion
lett by which we shall be able to dist;n.
gush from the ordinary woman those
tar sirens against whom we have been
SO SO pathetically warned by Mr.. Weller
New York Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Origin of the Rcd c,r

sa;c : ne @,.i fed cap of liberty had a yery pro.
sac origin. Instead of being tbo '.y .:pt pro
6eadaona i uonnetr ~ 1t is just the galley slaves
ronu ear. The Swiss of the Chateau.
their stsiment aS sent to the galleys for
,aaaa, Ineas snare in the Nancy riots wers ~. ro
eased and came into Paris with ~ 10 ~
v;a4;, vIps sui on their heads. "They are the
forgettiro ot 4S Saespotism." said the people,
and Sse',hs so 4 Inc circumstances of the Rot
with ~ ~ tne red cap became the favor;ts
"'Ia The extreme party .a1o.'''
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
A rroud Ex-Nfinstrel.

l saw Andy Leavitt, tho cx.minstrel,
the other day. The old man is chatty as
ever, de loves to think and talk about
his patriotic ancestry.
Ny sreat-grandfather," said he, was
oae OF the men who fought the redcoats
at the battle of Bunker Hill. Further
tnan that can't trace him. but he made
good beginning. and | am proud to
know that my blood flowed in the veins
OF one OF the soldiers at Bunker Hill
Boston Globe.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
IDAHO
TIE AsIeR TlMe:.

There comcth tiire for Iauyh,er
And Joy for the days and years,
Let cvcr there eometli after
lime rna u rlacs for ,cara
Wecry ~ rs.sl and rlot,
Sic.. of the worldly strife,
CoTe,i the reaee--the quiet
That quicken. the fount., Of life.
Ard the spirit r. disenchan,ed
With Joys that are bitter sweet.
Ard the soul which for rest hal painted
Falls down ~ The Masters feet.
Tho world and It's ways seem lonely,
And lDyu AZ the best seems loss--
What hell, is there lien but only
To cling To the crimson CROSSE
To cling to the cross rha, blossoms
With blood for the erin. sliei:
On tho lenderest Of tender bosoms
To pillow the weary head.
To feel the love that Is glowing
From tho heart that Is quick TO beat
With even the harsl, nails guIng
ln iiie beautiful SCARED white feet,
o bird. by the storm winds driven
Where never y sweet bird sings,
From the wild and angry heaven
Fly homeward with weary wings,
Ard ye that nrc worn and weary,
Who faint by the way and fall,
rs fast from tho darkness drcnry
To the llock that WAS eirft for ALI
Atlanta Constitution.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

Some girls walk :.raceful,v TL
% make good time" over the pavemen;
ou, their movements are not abrupt nor
awSward. a. There is no apparent effort
Va .heir locomotion. Some girls are now
nneetlns mans stride. The i,nito+;o,,
Is a lud'crous failure, Other girls ara
srylnS nm odd kind of turn of the sbonI
uesS una1'li .hal gives to their appearance a ton
"oDoie and u lower swing.-Excbanoa
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Married over Sixty Years

John Ewing and wife OF .''adJ "
Chester county, have been WV, y wife /
years; William W. Rhoads anu ca lss
Pottstown were married NOV. "a Nd
nearly GA years ago. and pac cbsasl
and wife of North CoventIy' On ISL
county, were married Marca aa;,sdelpD|
over 63 years since.-Cor'
Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
A Small Town Proud orr,,r rear.

Tho little town of Newport, HAMS
county. N. g.. has population of aboat
Zoo. and there among them 40 persons,
22 OF them women. whose united ages
amount TO 1.cco years. an average of Il
years each. The townspeople ask if
there Is another small town in the world
that can equal theirs for longevity
New YORK Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

On the little tideland island opposite
SEamokawa, Wash. the cranes have built
Their nests in the big cottonwood trees.
and tho cries of the young birds may be
heard for quito dista.ce.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

riTSt rickpocket-Well. did Won do n
good business while you were ont NJ ~ ths .
Secona P'ckpocket (back from Chic,oo,
NO Somehow or other | couldn,t sol 81
my hand in.-Truth. oh get
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21
Short
Ledger.

The Bud-Why does MI 0p
such short trousers5 -. Iss|
Brother-Because they Nv Nv. IA h n
him for O small loan, and no VA "a sct
70 abort his corns made bis nss'
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

What is reputed to be the largest dia-
mond in the world is in tho possession of
Ja5ersfontein. u Mexican, He claims
that the Stone weighs ore carats.
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

AFtist-Miss Brownie-Browp. Brown
VINO VINO is to marry prince, won't lat u"n, H.
nave rs,1 ner Photograph for publication "'
Edtor-She won't, eh? Tell tbo e..
upas 1en 20 use one of those cuts labeled
before Taking, New York Wsa,.,.' De.eu
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

1000 I1ss oos may may, be interested to learn that
United Stita pms are used up dailv in 'pas ,hs
from Hedditch, England . "n'ch come
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

psctio., css Jerusalem artichoke has ~
IOWA 1t is sDacias Of srnso,1oy, es.y OF
Idaho semi-weekly world., 1893-11-21

In Austria servants and people of meui.
al rank Of every kind are accustomed to
Liss tho hand of their employers. some
what oriental fashion TO which it takes
sone time TO get accustomed.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15

the black depths that appalled,. The
heavy wagon had now the momentum
of locomotive, when it struck pro-
jecting bowlder, was swung around,
staggered on the edge of the dark ra-
vine, and then went over the side like
an avalanche, dragging its wretched,
understanding, harnessed victims to
death and destruction in the black bot
tom of the canyon.
Baxter staggered down the trail,
sobered and sick, hardly daring to look
into the canyon where the brutes had
fallen, feeling that his drunken care
lessness had caused the death of his an
imals; and reaching the foot of the hill
he turned up the canyon to find the
wreck. The wagon was in splirters,
it's cargo scattered around; all the mules
were dead, save Baby, and she, with
broken legs and great gasping sobs,
was dying in awful agony. Tears came
to BaXters eyes as he put pistol to
the brave little brute's head and fin
ished her earthly career.
Then he turned away, waited for his
detachment to join him, and came into
camp, prisoner, to tell how the uncon-
querable Baby had ddied.-JosephS Smith,
in Illustrated American.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15

wagon wide and ran between wall of
rock and the sheer depths Of an ugly
canyon. Teams going down its danger
GUS depths locked wheels, braced back
the animals on the tongue, and slipped
down carefully and cautiously. No
wonder the cold sweat stood on Toms
face, to find his wagon running wild
down such road. He crawled out over
the tail board and leaned against the
rocky wall, watching the wagon whose
momentum increased every second,
rushing down toward the gray plain
that stretched out toward the river.
The terrified mules felt that they
were In the clutch of fate, as they
sore amed and stretched down the sheer
wagon trail, in vain endeavor to get
away from the burden that pushed
them relcntlessly along. The pace in.
creased; the wagon rocked, and now
wheel mule dropped in the traces;
but its maddened companions tore
along, squealing with terror. Now the
other wheeler is down and the wagon
sways in way that makes the staring,
whito-faced Baxter pant and turn sick.
But down the hill the frightful pace
continued, the terrified lcad-mules tend
ing in towards the wall aud away from
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
Co-operntlve Farming.

II is said that while the system Of
cooperative farming by village COM
muncs, or "mirs," is rapidly being
abandoned in Russia as obsolete and
not in keeping with western progress,
1t is being adopted in Italy, and that
with great success. Some six years
ago an association was started by thirty
peasants in the province of Creona for
the purpose of cultivating farm OF
about three hundred acres and has
reaped excellent financial results.
Their example has been widely copied,
and to-day the larger number of the
farms in the province Of Milan are
held by peasant associations of this
kind, one farm alone of one hundred
acres being held by thirty-two peasant
families, who were able to pay their
last years rent out of the produce OF
silk cocoons alone, their agricultural
produce being all so much profit. This
method of association has the advan-
tage that it admits of the acquisition
of perfected agricultural implements
seed. manures, ETC.. which would be
beyond the means of any single peas
ant family.-Chicago Tribune.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
A PROSE POEM.
The Tragedy of Two Butterflies In the
Far North.

The Tragedy of Two Butterflies in the
Far North.
1t was spring far up in the north
where happiness and spring are as fleet
ing as the lives of butterflies.
Around sparkling red rose that had
just unfolded its leaves huttered pair
of butterflies.
AS fire beamed the rose and the but
tertiies We're filled with fear. A mystic
power held them fast-narrower, ever
narrower became their circles.
They seated themselves upon the
edge of the rose. Tremblingly their
wings beat-they shivered and were
afraid. But the dark red depth allured
them as charm.
The butterflies glided down and the
rose closed it's leaves over the pair.
Oh, that blissful eternity which they
dreamed away in the heart of the rose
Feeble and subdued, a rosy twilight
pierced the daylight through the closed
leaves. The world was far, far away
as miles distant breakers of the sea
sounded it's noises and doings overhead
Too much happiness isolated! The
pair of little butterflies believed they
were alone in the large whole world
Yes, the people and the earth had per
ished for them, and only their brigh,
red rose still glowed in infinite space
They knew not whether they lived mo-
inents or for eternity.
Eternity-oh!
"A cold blast of wind comes that way
and strips the red rose of its leaves
The shelterless butterflies whirl al
withered leaves through the thick gray
fog. They lose each other-"Farewell
forget me not!'
The request was blown away by tn
wind.
Oh, love! Oh, happiness! Universe
showers that live only as long as ,
| flash of lightning. From the German.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15

On Pennsylvania farm a pair OF
hicsers had nest in hole in the
trunk of dead elm tree. A large
hawk had the habit of alighting on a
stub of the tree to eat its prey, and,
,nce it did so, the hickers came piping
out OF their domicile, darted viciously
At the hawk and drove it from its
perch The hawk soon forgot the de-
feat for next day itsettled there again,
and once more the fickers gave battl,
and made it take to fight. But the hawk
was persistent and would return in
spite of repeated thrashings. So one
day the farmer hid in some bushes aud
shot it with rifle. The big bird
lodged in crotch, forty feet from the
ground, and the tiickers darted at il
from side to side, and kept constantly
squalling, until the farmer sent his
hired man to throw 1t down. The
hawk was alive, but both of its eyei
had been put out by the angry flicker
while it lay huttering in the crotch. =
Golden Days.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
A REMINIScENCE.
Why the Man Didn't Rescue the Fifteel
Rats In the Cistern.

Rats In the Cistern.
talking about sport" observed the
man in the macintosh, II had tie
luck once to catch fifteen full-grown
rats, all at the same time"
II caught fish once" said the man
with the green goggles on, that meas
ured-"
Never mind what it measured" ir.
terrupted the other "You can te
your fish story after get done. The
curious thing about those rats was
that caught them in an old cistern."
"Did you set an old cistern out some-
where SO they could run into it?" in-
quired the man who had his feet on the
table.
at doesn't make any difference how
the cistern got there. The main fact is
that caught those fifteen rats in /,
without any bait and without making
any special preparation whatever for
catching rats"
"How did you do it?"
II pumped the water out and found
them at the bottom"
"Did-did you rescue thcm? asked
the man in the slouch hat, after q pain
full silence
IN no." said the man in the maclrin.
tosh, redectively. "You could hardly
call 1t rescue. I was too late. They
had previously died."-Chicago Trib-
una
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
Pigmiss In Spain,

Since the explorations of recent trpv-
e!ers have completely verified the oler
accounts OF the existence of race OF
dwar.s or pigmy men in Africa. re-
ncwed interest has been aroused in the
tradition that a race of human dwarfs
afro lives in Spain. Mr.. r. G. Hall
burton. who has specially interested
himself in the investigation of the
truth OF this tradition, seems convinced
that it is true According to the infor-
nation he has collected. these Spanish
piglnies vary in height from about
three and quarter to four feet, and
they are precisely similar to the dwarfe
OF Africa. TLey possess the tufts OF
wool which are characteristic of all
dwarf races. Some of these little peo-
pie are said to live In the valley ot
kibas on the slopes of the Pyrenees,
aud 70 be employed AZ shepherds. The
british. consul at barcelona Is con-
vinced Of their existence, and rs the
distance to their country from Raroe'
Iona, or from southern Trance, y po>
I Errst, edditiopsl information SbQpi
them shQnld s4on - tortheoDtnG. -
Z 4 Vato'p GoDnan&ons :, X 81 u M " e
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15

master was mounted. Three months
later, master and mule were on the
Little Colorado, hopelessly bankrupted
and badly discouraged. When divi-
sion Of the Wheeler government survey
1ode down from the mountains into the
VALLEY and went into camp with the
'Nisconsolate miner, good dinner and
the company of human kind gave things
more roseate hue. As the expedition
had lost number of animals in the
mOnntains and Baby was u likely look
ing mule, her master turned her over to
;the officer in command and started for
Prescott, Arizona, with voucher for a
hundred dollars In his saddle pocket.
psyable by the department quarter
master. Thus 1t was that Baby en-
tered the military service of Uncle Sam
and became member in good standing
Of the expeditionary pack train.
Four months later the Wheeler expe-
i1iti0n rode into Fort Wingate with Q
Dot OF lean, worn-out horses, wicked.
aoge- backed mules, and the most thor
aaghly disgusted, science-hating lot Of
sonSalrymen in the service foldiers
who believed that surveys were simply
4eoleial schemes for torturing msn into
1nHanity. Baby arrived with the outfit.
1ad with reputation Of being the
,ppeanest hroncho mule In the Rocky
W. wss pointsd esA = - ~ : Lump
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15
EDDY CHANGED HIS LUCK.
One Fisherman Who by Careful Effort b
Good nsal o8

One Fisherman Who by Careful Effort Be-
came a Good Deal of a Liar.
"Yes, Eddy was always good story
teller, and, for a truthful man, he had
some pretty good stories to tell.
''Half dozen of us commoners, who
lived in the same suburb, leased a
pond at one time of an old farmer,
stocked it with trout fry, spent good
deal of money trying to keep poachers
out of it, fished it ourselves in rotation
in the early mornings with Indifferent
success, and then amused ourselves on
the train in and out Of the city making
each other jealous by the account OF
the catches we had made.
''All except Eddy-he never made
any of us jealous, and we all knew in
our hearts it was because he told the
plain truth about his luck. None of us
would acknowledge it, however and
Eddy passed from the stage of violent
jealousy of all of us into moody despai,
at his own luck, which persistently re
mained about seventy-five per cent. be-
low our alleged article.
ut amused us a good deal that Eddy
did not catch on to our lies, and we
used to speculate how long it would
take him to do so.
Zone morning we all gathered at the
station and Eddy's face was radiant
This surprised us, for the early hour.
before sunrise had been so exceedingly
foggy that we thought no trout coult
see fly, and as that was Iiddy's morn
ing to fish the pond we all expected Il
find him bluer than ever.
"'Boys, l had amazing luck thi,
morning, exclaimed Eddy, and there
was ring of eXultant sincerity in hi.
voice. 1t was frightfully foggy and
could not see my fly after had cast it
so did not expect anything. but the
trout took it in way never heard Of
much less saw before. 1t beat any OF
you fellows catches all hollow. kept
pulling them in and pulling them in til
stopped out Of sheer consideration 70,
you.
"'This is downright murderr l sale
to myself; the fish are crazy, and
won't clean out the entire pond ant
leave nothing for the other fellowsg
$50 filed my basket from the flop
ping pile had collected on the bank
threw the remainder back into tn,
pond and started for home.
Just then the wind sprang up, tn,
sun came out, the fog rolled away i,
immense banks, and / found had no
been within hundred yards OF tina
blamed old pond at all.
81 swear to you, boys, had beer
catching those fish right out of the fog!
"Eddy had caught on, IN. Y. Heraid
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-07-15


mule is the meanest and most uncertain
animal that adorns the North American
continent. This opinion is based upon
centuries ofa observation and expert
ence, and fortified by numberless mod
ern instances; and this sweeping esti-
mate of the character of an animal
which is as useful as it is depraved is
one of the few things upon which the
public opinion of the trans Mississippi
region is practically unanimous.
But of the many mules it has been
my misfortune to know intimately,
q mustang mule, which was face
tiously termed Baby was without
any exception the very worst. Baby
was born in Sonora, the satanic
offspring of a patient and Industrious
pack burro of the Santa Margarita
mines, and of dissolute, vicious, un-
,dersized, Roman nosed mustang stallion
.of neighboring hacienda. We men,
tion the Roman nose of the father as
the possession of that feature in horse
which indicates character depraved
beyond the conception of any but
western mind.
The early youth of Baby was unin-
teresting, and her public career may be
said to date from the nocturnal visit
to Santa Margarita of band of va
grant Mescalero Apaches, who, after
burning the town and scalping its pop
ulation, ran off every hoof of live stock
In sight and hurried them over the Ari-
zona line into quiet valley in the
Sierra Nevada.
A government mules existence has
passed into military proverb as type
of hardship and wretchedness, but that
life is one of ease and luxury compared
with the career of an Apache mule.
We may, therefore, consider it happy
day for Baby when her master snapped
her with Don Pedro Daca for hundred
rounds of Winchester rifle ammunition
and that excellent citizen hurried her
Off to Tucson. Here, again. she made a
step upward IN the direction of happi-
ness when she passed into the hands of
Col Dan Orton, in exchange for forty
blue chips, redeemable for as any
dollars at the colonels monte bank in
the Chiricahua saloon.
Col. Orton knew his neighbors in
Tucson, and, knowing them, was not
the man to keep live stock on his hands
very long; so. before many days, he
traded Baby to discouraged miner
for a hole in the ground entitled Holy
Terror" silver mine, which .he gallant
colonel believed he could ork off on
some contiding eastern capitalist as "a
bonanza. About week later adorned
with an aparejo and loaded with mis-
.ccllaneous assortment of camp equip
age, Baby trailed out of Tucson hHhind
. lean, paint pony ON which her new