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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31
EMINENT SUICIDES.
Olive and Casticreagh Killed ThemseIv ..
and Napoleon Attem pied To.

Olive and Castlcreagh Killed ThemseIv n
and Napoleon Attempted To. 3
The history of suicides presents a long
array of eminent victims. The suicides
of antiquity arc not considered, for men
were educated in those days to embrace
suicide when all was lost. We do not
find many conspicuous instances of sui
eide In the Middle Ages. Outdoor ac-
tivity and an intensely practical life was
the rule with men of sensibility outside
Of convent walls, and suicide was not
common until the Eighteenth century,
when men Of sedentary lives began to
multiply. The Nineteenth century il
conspicuous for suicides compared with
the Eighteenth, and the most studious
nation In the world, Germany. furnishes
the largest list Of suicides.
Next to Germany. France furnishes
tho largest list of suicides among civil
lied peoples. The English arc not prone
to suicide. Their love Of outdoor sports
keeps them free from dyspepsia and dis
orders Of the liver, and their native
courage and endurance prompts them
20 cling to live ev. when life ID but one
long, ceaseless round Of pain. Three
eminent Englishmen committed suicide,
Lord Give, the founder Of Englands
Indian empire; Sir Samuel Romilly, .
great jurist and philanthropist, and
Lord Castlereagh. a famous statesman,
England's representative In the congress
of Vienna after the fall Of Napoleon.
Give was a hypochrondriao from
youth, and used opium In his last years;
Romilly was respondent over the death
Of his wife, and bitterly repented his act
with his dying breath. The self dc.
struction Of Castlereagh was never
clearly explained, Napoleon attempted
suicide. Frederick the Great prepared
for II by carrying poison in his clothes
during his dreadful fight for his crown.
No eminent American has ever commit
ted suicide, although suicide is more
common in America than in England.
owing doubtless to the intensity OF our
struggle for wealth and fame.
Insane men are frequently suicides,
but it can hardly DO said that all sui
cides are insane. The paralysis Of the
Instinct Of self preservation may result
from severe mental and bodily suffer-
ing, and tho deliberation and seeming
sanity Of the suicides preparation for
death. the calmness of his last words,
would often seem TO forbid the theory
Of insanity. The hopeless consumptive,
the victim Of cancer, not seldom COM
mits suicide to secure that sudden stop
to suffering that we call humanity when
extended TO wretched brute. Suicide
Is rare among savage tribes. probably
because they IRE so occupied with pure
ly material matters that they have no
time for spiritual agony or severe men,
tai strain, or costly round Of various
vices. Kansas City Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31
A Question Solved

Shall man take off his hat to maid
servant who is employed in his house.
mold, and If not what shall he do when
ne chances to meet her? This matter
mas been gravely discussed in London.
ana 1t has occurred to some one to sug-
gest that the man need not do anything
until the maid, exercising woman's uni
v'ersai prerogative, has signified that she
Is graciously pleased torecognize him in
puolle.-Philadelphia Ledger.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Grandma-What sort of young man
IL that beau of yours?
susie Crehectingl-Well, he's very nice
OUT bit odd. For one thing, he's a
vegetarian.
1randma-For heavens sake, dismiss
him! married Unitarian and had no
END OF worry.-Pittsburg Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Miss De Bonaire-And how do you
like progressive hammocking, Mr., De
Witz7
Mr.. De Witt lat his first hammock(-I
should think it perfect, Miss De Bonaire,
if-er-if it were not progressive,-De-
tyut Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Mrs. Minks-Don't you wish you could
get money by simply drawing check
the way Your husband does?
Mrs. Winks-lndeed l don't II I
drew the checks myself, I'd have to
worry over the balances I'd rather he'd
draw them.-New York Weekly
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Brighton, the English watering place.
has decided novelty in the way Of an
electric swing. The to aud fro motion
Is produced by means Of powerful mag
nets, the current being three-quarters of
an ampere at 100 volts. The motion Of
the swing is said to be peculiarly smooth
and pleasant. --Exchange
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31
THE RICHEST NATION
10, THE POOR INDIAN" HAS HIS
POCKETS FULL OF MONEY.


HE sale to the
United States Of
the III erok e .
strip. the rapid
rush Of the land
hungry Caucass
fans, the growth
Of Oklahoma and
it's lurid politics,
all these in rapid
succession, and
followed by a dis
puted election and
condition ear
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

In Brittany when the body of a
drowned man cannot be found. a lighted
TAPER Is liked in loaf of bread, which
Is then abandoned to the retreating cur
rent When the loaf stops, there it is
supposed the body will be recovered -
Notes and Queries.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Nero tried to Kill himself. but was
afraid to do so. He finally gave him
self slight wound in the threat, one of
his friends pushed the sword further in,
and fatal wound resulted.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

A young man named NJ. W. Smith
arrived at the mining town of Cripnla
Creek. Colo, with thirty-three dollars
in his pocket. He commenced peddling
peanuts and popcorn and in sixty davs
cleared $1,000.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31
HOW 4 WOMAN CAUGHT A THIEF.
II Was on shipboard. and She Nearly
Scratched His Eyes Out

l
recently returned from Rio Janeiro tells
with great glee how during the voyage
b this port she caught thief who had
been pilfering all the passengers cabins,
and until she took him in hand had sue
cessful1y eluded the detective tactics OF
the entire crew, from the captain down
10 the cabin boy.
"We had about thirty passengers on
board when we left Rio," said this anna
teur detective, land very nice lot Of
people they were too. For the first two
or three days out everybody was SO busy
getting seasick that we hadn't time to
think Of anything else.
"But after that, when we were COM
mencing to revive bit, first one woman
and then another would come on deck
with face as long as your arm and re-
port that some one had been in her cabin
during the night and had stolen some Of
her jewelry. For day or two the cap
tain pooh poohed the idea, but finally
the complaints became so frequent that
there was no gainsaying them. The
thief, whoever he was, seemed to have
. passion for rings.
by the end OF the first week there
was scarcely woman on board except
.,,sa,s ,,..,,,. ~, l,,ss -
1t least one. Awatch was set and every
possible precaution taken, but without
the slightest effect Every morning at
least one passenger wo,ld renort another
loss The men fared SCARCELY hettar than
the women. At last things reached snch
= mass that everv woman nm hoard nsed
N po To bed Mt night with all her lew.
slrv on
.C,na yat ola sn.r,sh ,yo,nar wbos.
hr,hana ownad a aoII ,,,;,,a sa,na,vhara
rsad =, 40 ~ ia =, rar,,l,r b,.a -,
slorv liar engers and arms almost ~.
- ~ .ihor,s ,.,ara cnyarad ,n;t,, 800
sna sha ,ssd e. ~ ~, har d;a,nnn5 oa,
80. "a ~, ,..;..1 go, .,.a,.4 !, -
brow sa That tho rohhar co,,,d,,,t ,,oss;.
hIv dag tho coronet ~ ,v;thort taL;ng
Nor head ~ wall I usad 10 ha.r tbs
noor ala thing groor;ro an tbroroh tho
NIGHT sba must have hee, draodfrIIv
.pcomfortahla Wail finally ono r;aht
NV tnrp came had n cabin ~ mysa,p
And bad taken The unner herth from
choica ONO n;oht I a ,vnLa ond foIt rar'
tain haora so,na ona ,rov;,,, obo,,t ~.
voor,
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H. h.,tl, -, asnit ..S
~ 49, IN; ~ 80 w. ~ ~, "" ~
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49,. ,aiss. sS W -
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

In l774 Maskelyne, the astronomer
royal of England, first calculated the
weight of the earth. The weight, as
estimated in Encyclopedia Britannica
Is 5000, 0oo. 900 ,oO0, OOO. 900 900 tonsl
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

"John, this is very bad report you bring
me from school" John--I know, father but
you know you said II I would bring you home
. first class report you would give me .
dollar, and l wanted to save you that sx-
psasa -Flisgsnde plasttsr.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

The Chairman-fhe chair will not din.
pute the point with Mr.. Carter.
MI Carter-Ths chair had better not
unless he takes his coat off,
The chair did not.-London T,t.pt
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

A shoemaker advised customer,
when he complained Of his new boots
being tight, not to put them on until he
had worn them for day or two.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Horse chestnuts and potatoes carried
in the pocket to keep off rheumatism or
for other saperstitious purposes are am
ulets.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

G Is pronounced as ch in child as II.
pin; as short II; y between two vowels
unites with the preceding, as /, to form q
1iphthong, and has also its own sound be-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-31

Uerakkon teheceyvr haks
Cesus EN- estolke fullan
Cesus liket a flhnet o.
Hoyayvket tihnet os.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08
1t Is Governor West.

The numerous friends of CALEB w.
WEST viii be very pleased with his nom
nation for his old post as Governor OF
Utah by President CLEVELAND. Among
them are host of Utah's citizens who
have desired his appointment because
of his fitness for the Office, the summary
manner in which his resignation was de-
manded by the Republican executive,
end the prominent part he has taken in
the movement to break down prejudice
against the majority of Utah's citizens,
and treat them as political friends when
they placed themselves in harmony with
the government and the country.
Governor WEST came here in the spirit
of Cancellation when first appointed by
President CLEVELAND. His visit to the
penitentiary when he offered his services
to those who were confined there for in
fractions Of the EDMUNDs law, to secure
their liberty on their promising to obey
the laws in future, is well known chap
ter in Utah history. The laws had not
then, it was claimed, been sufficiently
tested in the courts to satisfy those who
resisted them, AMI the effort failed of the
intended object. But all the same, the
purpose in view was a good one, and
Governor WEST probably lost nothing in
the estimation OF the people by making
the attempt.
He became quite pronounced in his en-
deavors to have the laws enforced while
he remained In office, and the only reason
he was requested to resign, so far as
known, was that he was Democrat and
HARRISON wanted the place for Repub-
lican. When the manifesto was promul-
gated and CALEB w. WEST saw that
the people here had determined to
come within the laws, he was one of the
first to step forward and welcome them
into the fold of the Democratic party.
1t was believed that President CLEvE-
LAND would vindicate Governor WEST by
reinstating him, until the word went out
that former incumbents need not expect
re-appointment. That word. it now ap-
pears, was like many other rumors, the
offspring OF surmise. GROVER CLEvE-
LAND does that which he thinks the
proper thing under existing circumstan-
ces, and only binds himself by the prin-
ciples and declarations OF his party and
the requirements of his Office.
The HERALD congratulates Governor
WEST on his nomination which means
his appointment, and the people of Utah
in having straight Democrat, a capable
man, fine orator and friend to the
people as their next territorial executive.
The president has made an excellent
choine
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08
The Tariff Argument.

Some of the Republican journals of the
west have been copying with glee para
graph from letter to the American tariff
league, written by Sir EDWARD SULLIVAN
as follows:
The tariff argument is the same in all
countries. 1t is very simple. 1t is that
employment is OF more value than mere
cheapness.' Employment means wages !;
wages means money; money means the
power of buying. Want of employment
means no wages, no money, no buying;
it means, in fact, ''going without. -
Everything is cheap, comparatively, for
the man who has money to buy; nothing
is cheap to the man who has no money
with which to buy.
This IS called ''forcible and automatic"
and is supposed to be settler for ''free
traders,' that is, tariff reformers. So
that is the tariff argument. Well, it does
not amount to row OF protected buttons.
Is there no employment" except under
an exorbitant tariff? Is there no employ
ment when there is ''cheapness?'' Does
everybody ''go without" under a tariff
for revenue? AS an example of begging
the question the 'axiomatic'' paragraph
is ''forcible.' But it hits nothing,
proves nothing ana as an argument is
nothing.
Cheapness OF goods creates a demand
for them. That stimulates their pro-
duction. This increases employment,
and then follow the wages, money,
'tpower of buying" and all the rest of
the good things that it is assumed are the
special result of dearness, the fruit of
protection.
In order to make anything out of the
paragraph as an argument for protec-
tive tariff, it has to be presumed that
there is no employment under revenue
tariff. That is TO say there is no en-
ployment in England, was no employ
mens in the United States before McKin-
leyism came into vogue. Fudge!
People will have just as much ''money
to buy with when the excessive duties
on articles of common necessity are low
cred as they have now, and Will have to
pay less for several commodities. EN-
ployment will be had, wages will be re-
ceived, money will be spent, and nobody
will object to 'cheapness" when folks
go to market to buy anything. The
tariff league will have to trot out a more
''forcible" paragraph or they will not
startle the world by making converts to
protection.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08
OffIce Hunting.

Itching for Office may be a bad disease
for young man to contract. 1t is apt to
stay by him. Relief only comes when he
secures public position, and as that only
lasts for awhile the complaint returns
and he is as uneasy as ever. Too often II
units him for any private enterprise or
occupation. He thinks he ought to have
Office, Will do almost anything to obtain
it, and failing he feels disconnected and
disjointed and the whole world seems 10
go wrong.
But there are men who have desired a
public Office and have obtained the object
of their ambition aud then gracefully re-
tired when their term expired, and lost
nothing of their energy, independ-
ence or ability to occupy private
stations with honor and profit
to themselves and others. Also there
are men who have striven for
Office and failed, who figure just as forci-
bly, in every day AFFAIRS as though they
had not engaged in the struggle. All
men are not alike in this, more than in
any other particular.
There is nothing degrading in the pub
lie service. On the contrary it should De
esteemed an honor to be elected or ap-
pointed to public position. 1t ought to
be regarded as a mark of confidence on
the part of the people who elect or of their
representative who appoints. Il is only
when that undue desire for place exists
which prompts men to do dishonorable
or degrading things to obtain or retain it
that it is despicabIe.
We agree with our morning contempo-
rary that it is a very bad thing when n
man gets in an official groove and feels
helpless in the world unless he can 90
every month and draw an official salary
That ought to be avoided. But we do
not see any need in this connection to
drag in President CLEVELAND by way of
illustration, particularly in this awk
ward and unintelligible fashion:
The career of President CLEVELAND has
made this matter worse. He could not
as lawyer. lay up any money. He ran
for little Office and was elected. Then
for another little office, and was elected
and in that office, out of little thing, he
made buncome enough to give himself
local reputation. We say buncome. be-
cause his duty was plain, and had he not
done as he did, he would have been d.
rectly open to the eharss OF either unfair.
ness or dishonesty.
Where tia "bunsoms'' eanss In and
why it was bunoome ssbscause his duty
was plain, = and ''it he had not performed
it he would have been open to charge Of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08
Ripped and Sewed.

Atchison Globe: 'sI've spotted yon, -
said the sun to the girl with freckles.
Picay,me: Beautiful spring swells the
buds and the heads OF spring poets.
Philadelphia Record: If beauty darws
US by a single hair, what pull the hair
cloth skirt will bavei
Philadelphia Times: Beats az a rule
want money, and even the man who beats
carpets is ont for the dust.
Texas Sift5ags: s'The only way to pre-
vent what's past,' SAID Mrs. Muldoon,
''is to put stop to it before it happens
Memphis AppeQl- Auatdnche: The Bean
estate Of Texas, valued at 81, 900, 900, is in
litigation. Boston is much excited.
Puck: sThey say Parkeberry is finan-
cially embarrassed. - .'Yes, he is. He
has more money than he knows what to
do with.
Harper's Bazaar: ''The inventor of the
alphabet must have been modest man, -
said Hawkins. sWhy so?" asked Nav
sen. Because he began with A. said
Hawkins. s'Most OF US would have be-
gun 1t with T.
Tit Bits: Employer - William, Mrs.
Spriggins complains that she received
only one OF ali the bundles she had put
up here last evening. William-That is
funny, sir. wrote "Mrs. Spriggins'' on
one bundle, and put Ditto on each of
the others.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08

unfairness," it will take the Tribune to
explain. 1t will no doubt make the at
tempt in a few OF its column paragraphs
F7hen the matter will be about as clear as
it is now.
President CLEVELAND has been sue
cessful in Office from the first. he has
also demonstrated his ability to enter into
business when out OF official life. And
when ne finally retires there is every rea-
son to believe that his future, judging it
from the past. will be active, useful and
contented. He viii not do for ''horri-
BILE example, of the fate of the Office
seeker, and the young men who may be
tempted to seek office by his career will
not be hurt much by following his offic-
ial example
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08

according to their individual predilec
tions. and whichever party obtained the
greater support would be in control.
Why that should be bar to statehood is
one of those peculiar twists of logic that
nobody but our neighbor would use or
can see any sense in.
The. Tribune announces that it is not
in the position of those who quarrel and
say: "Here, we have both been wrong;
let us make up.' Well, we are sorry for
its implacable and vindictive frame of
mind. But we don't believe that will
really hurt anybody except itself. The
public perceives its errors; they know
where it has been in the wrong many
many times, and its present attitude is
decidedly wrong on the main question,
which is the proposition for all parties
here to unite for mutual benefit and to
make Utah great and free, state. State
hood is sure to come. The best people
of all classes, faiths and parties see it,,
and ii the Tribune does not wish TO march
to the music OF this unity, of course it
can keep out of the procession.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08

On THIs page we print the wall of the
Salt Lake Tribune over statement of its
Washington correspondent as to the posi-
ton of Judge POWERS, relative to the
gubernational appointment for Utah.
Our own understanding is that Judge
POWERS Endorsed both aspirants, WEST
and LETT; but the Tri5upe's remarks ap-
ply-and we must say very logically,
from its standpoint-the same as if he had
given his mighty sanction to either. The
Judge, it must remembered, is engaged
in the practice of criminal law, and no
doubt his motto is. Business before
politics. The Tribune is to be thanked
for exposing the faced attitude of the
arch-enemy of the regular Democracy.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-04-08
Doggedly in the Way.

In response to our respectful invitation
to join with people of all political faiths
in Utah for mutual benefit and the build
ing up of great commonwealth in these
mountains, the Tribune rehashes some of
its old messes of exaggerated truth and
positive untruth, the purport of which is
that those alleged evil conditions of the
past have not changed, and therefore the
opposition of that paper to statehood is to
be Indefinitely continued.
Very well. 1t is better to know where
to look for hostility than to imagine a
foe to be friend. Utah may expect the
Tribune people to stand in the way of her
political disenthrallment as long as they
see chance to fight it. They refuse to
recognize any change here, and persist in
predicting consequences that are no more
likely to occur than the establishment
of slavery in the South.
1t does not matter much. What our
contemporary says and what it does will
count for very little in the work that has
to be done Statehood viii come in spite
of it instead OF by its aid, that's all, and
what it will gain by its course will not be
very perceptible. There is one imaginary
obstacle raised by the Tribune for the
thousandeth time that we will briefly
notice, and then leave it to its grim and
grumpy ways of sullen obstruction:
ssThere is no one who thinks the Saints
would do any less than Republicans or
Democrats or Presbyterians would do if
statehood should come and they were in
an overwhelming majority. They would
rule
What are we to understand by that? If
the majority of the people here were
Presbyterians, would the Presbyterians
rule? Are not some Presbytetians OF one
political faith and some of another? In
the same way ''the Saints would rule
no doubt, ii there is any "rule'' in that
kind OF condition
'sThere is no one here'' who has
W"OSlASu sAho POAAeiSsh SVt u y SteS OIL Tue past
two years s'who doubts''. that the Nor
mons are as sincere in their political con-
victions and as steadfast in maintaining
them, whether they be Democrats or Re
publicans, as any people in any part of
the United States. That being SO, where
is the danger from either Saints or Pres
byterians? The Tribune intin.ates that
there is as much danger from one body as
from the other. That being so where is
the ground for alarm?
Why should not the ''majority rule'' in
Utah, as elsewhere? Does the Tribune
want to keep Up the rule of the minority
here and reverse the principle of both
Democratic and Repu blican government?
OF course the Democrats would rule if in
an overwhelming majority. and SO would
the Republicans. Are we to understand
that it is the government by the minority
it wishes maintained in Utah when a
state? That is the logical Specification Of
its obstructive objection.
We do net bsasvs that slthes tths
Saints or the Fresbyterians If in the
majority in Utah would seek to rule as
Saints or as Presbyterians. They would
belong to the respective political parties