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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

OF pair OF enormous sevenshooters. and
SO convincing was Bunch's manner when
engaged in his financial operations that
IN his entire experience he never had a
business transaction with messenger
who did not yield promptly to the reason
ing SO forcefully presented by the cour-
teous advocate of the theory that all
wealth should be distributed among the
members OF the Bunch household. This
remarkable rascal was so successful and
daring in his depredations that Rube
Burrows, the noted outlaw, who, as an
Alabama detective once expressed it, was
mo SLOUGH at the business himself" nd
mitted that in the profession" which thew
both affected, he was "a chicken alongside
of Eugene Bunch"
Bunch was the "hero'' of score of hair
breadth escapes, and a narrative of his adj
ventures would read no less pleasingly to
the small boy than the lurid Life of Jesse
James"
Daring escapes, it will be observed, have
not been effected by one class of people
only. Any man who gets into tight place
sets his brain at work Immediately to de-
wise ways and means of escape, but the
elements of boldness and craftiness were
as much present in the case of Louis Ma
poleon, who walked out of the prison of
Ham, disguised as a laborer with plank
on his shoulder, as in the cases of NJ.
Dumas, who seems to possess the taste
for writing common to the distinguished
family whose name he bears, and Eugene
Bunch, who simply took things" from
express trains. OcTAvUs COHEN.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

short time ago while visiting in the
city Of Syracuse / concluded to go shop
ping. AS my friend had some household
duties which needed her personal atten-
ton started out alone.
Among other things / wanted to pur-
chase was hat for my little boy. As
had always lived in small town / was
somewhat confused by the size of the store
at which my friend directed me to make
my purchase knew enough to find the
foorwalker, however, and have him show
me to the hat department
As is usually the case where there IL q
large assortment to choose from, l could
not decide which to take, so walked away,
saying, II did not see any to suit me-"
After awhile managed to find the door
had entered and passed out.
With great deal of confidence in my
ability to find a hat store without aid /
turned the corner and started down the
street. At the very next corner / saw a
very large number Of hats in the window
and concluded to enter. To my utter
chagrin I found myself at the identical
counter in the same store, and the same
clerk smiling at my embarrassment.
In my confusion and hurry to get out
rushed toward a lady coming from the OBJ
posite side, when to my horrorI came forci-
bly, against large mirror, which had
mistaken for an archway, and found that
the woman saw coming was myself I'm
agine my feelings when, upon turning
around, found dozen pair of eyes and as
many people watching me, trying to re-
strain their laughter. l think you will
agree with me that one experience of the
kind is enough.-Cor. New York Recorder.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

"The art of putting the right men in
the right places" Talleyrand once said,
sis first in the science of government;
but that of finding places for the discon-
tented is the most difficult"
It would seem from this that the dis
tinguished French statesman was as
much prey to Office seekers as are the
public men of our own time. His man.
ner of disposing of them is amusingly
illustrated in the following anecdote:
One day one of these troublesome per-
sons presented himself to NJ. de Talley-
rand and reminded him that he had been
promised place.
Every WELL" said Talleyrand, "but
tell something that suits and which can
be given. You don't know of anything?
Well, find something. You must admit
that haven't the time to search for you"
The applicant was thus disposed of for
the time being, but day or two later he
again presented himself, his face radiant
with hope, and said:
''Sir, such and such place is vacant
Vacant" replied Talleyrand. "Well,
what do you wish me to do? You ought
to know that when a place is vacant it
has already been promised. Boston
Transcript
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
rhe Invention Of Tine piapo.

The honor Of inventing the piano is
claimed by the English, the French and
the Germans. Father Wood, an English
monk at Rome, is said to have been the
real inventor in I'LL, and to have manu-
featured one, which he sold to Samuel
Crispi, the author of Virginia" from
whom it was purchased by Fake Greville,
though Count CARL claims the credit for
Bartholomew Christiforic, of Padua, dur
ing his stay in Florence. some three years
later Q7l4). The French attribute the in
venrion to Partisan named Marius, who
they alleged produced in 17l6 harpsi-
chord in which hammers had been substi-
tuted for the old plectrums or quilts. The
Germans are the last in the field with J..
G. Schroeder, of Dresden, who claimed
G717. when eighteen years of age, to have
Constructed after much consideration the
model of a new clavier with hammers,
upon which he could play loudly or SOFTLY"
Brooklyn Eagle.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

DIR. Binns mentions the case of a girl
who lay in a trance for a considerable
time and then revived She actually heard
every word that was said around her, but
was unable to give the slightest evidence
Of her continued vitality. She afterward
said that her horror was simply indescrib-
able. She had endeavored to shout and to
move, but in vain. At length her state of
mind when she was being prepared for
burial was such as to cause her to break
out in a profuse perspiration, and she re-
covered. She described the sensation very
much in the same way as the somnam-
bulists say they feel. Her soul, she said,
seemed to have no power to act upon her
bouy. 1t semed to be in the body and out
o, II at the same time.-Yankee Blade.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
Enoch.s Classification.

DR.. Van Dykes told this story: l am
reminded of preacher who preached
from the text. And Enoch was not. y
He went on to explain that this text was
incomplete. Now, brethren" said he,
"you may not know in what way Enoch
was not. To find this out, we must ex-
anime the text carefully in the light OF
the context. Firstly, Enoch was not an
Episcopalian, because he walked with
God and did not dance. He was not a
Baptist, because he walked with God
and did not swim. He was not Pres
byterian, because the context tells us
that he walked with God at all, and he
was not a Methodist, because we are
plainly told that God took him. New
York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
oUrwlTr1Ne A DEFECTIVE

ouTWlTTING DETECTIVE
, na,e walked to the rope, by means of
s "u'en u is believed that he lowered him
, ,tn 70 the ground at point near which
s, us ,,escuing party was lying in wait in a
no famous escape of the Union soldiers
~ ov ~ Aoby prison is familiar to all readers
i, !; ny !, SURFING events of the late war, and
ta;ls 'Aereiore unnecessary to go into de-
tho s,eaeest escape hero, however, that
pa. "or,u mas ever seen was the Prussian
ar.,a n irehck, whose adventures occurred
Tbs H. the middle of the last century.
bsa. k,eater part of his life seems to have
tinr devoted to planning methods for get
All, ou' OF prison, and while he was prob
ass, as expert a yarn spinner as an
most H., ms autobiography is one of the
0s' thrilling books in existence. II would
v s,,n to say which of the many ad-
mos, Vi THIS remarkable man was the
nevau Ae,'ing, for it seemed to be his fate
for b;.. nave anything work real smoothly
can;nn' ana the worst feature of his es-
Was was that after getting away he
sbor, almost invariably retaken within a
on tt 'ime: Trenck's mortal career ended
assn "e seaffold as the result of his having
pvro,aea one of the star roles in a little
0'echnle rebellion.
boa. great many persons still remember
CIV Boss" Tweed escaned fron, bis
he tool u went to Coney Island, where
board passage for the West Indies on
and haa vessel which belonged to friend,
s'ns down there to take him of.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
Saved by q Hairpin.

The hairpin in the trolley has again
come to light. Several weeks ago The
Herald printed story telling how a
hairpin furnished by lady passenger
enabled one of the electric cars to con-
tinue on its trip to the hill. Friday
morning the hairpin was removed and
replaced by one made for the purpose.
1t is only justice to the hairpin, how
ever, to say that it could have satisfac-
tolily performed the duty allotted to it
for several months to come. It was in
the trolley of car No. Z, now running on
the Turpin hill line, with Fred Merritt
at the motor switch. (Ga.)
Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

An ingenious machine is used in Eng
land for preparing telegraph post arms.
These arms are usually made from the
best selected English oak, and vary in
length from two feet to four feet They
are in the first case planed on the four
sides by means of a special planning ma
chine, and then sawed to the exact
length required by means of double
cross cut saving machine made specially
for the purpose. The arms are then
passed on to the shaping machine, which
rapidly and effectively does its work.
The machine is quite self contained, and
has the driving shaft placed overhead and
supported upon standards fixed to the
main bed The arrangements for deal
ing with the various lengths of arms
have been carefully worked out. At the
official test of the machine the wooden
arms were finished at the rate of three
per minute. York Commercial Ad-
vortiSar
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

Among the latest attempted solutions
Of the cheap fuel problem is the method
of German inventor, who proposes to
manufacture gas by dropping a stream
of crude petroleum through blast of
cold air from a force pump. The gas
thus obtained will be confined in regu-
lar cylinder open at one end, where it
will be lighted. This produces an in
tensely hot flame of several feet in
length. By means of this fame the in
ventor proposes to heat boilers, and he
maintains that the heating of large
blocks can thus be reduced very consid-
erably.-New York Telegram.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
lLllNG DOWN 7ODEA7H
Inc Latest Tragedy in Aero
nautics, and the Earliest.
6ALLooNING GROWS DANGRRoUs


what i That Fearful Fascinatiou which
Makes Men So E.r., !. R,.,.
Liv.s-certs. CO., ~. s's
-. - ana Grim
ne ''ontsoinerh
II will 20 up in that ba,,ror ..n,,.. i. !,
lie for II. There ~. 49, so1sus : !
sbout nv n.r. :, ~ lns enough
81 ra,,a, -, p 'n's exposition pro
~ SPOKE brave little Gertie Carmo on
tne Detroit Exposition grounds the other
evening, when her friends urged that the
weather was very unfavorable Tn. v,rd
was coming and going n .hc-% "a a.s..,
opsts I,nh. 80 ' ~. sp'' nsiua
$50, :. n "as taiing. ana u
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
Impaled by a Buck.

Postmaster Peacock tells us, says a
Florida paper, that son of Indian Billy
Jewel. better known as Billy Key West. a
young man twenty-one years old, met his
death in singular manner while hunting
in the Indian hunting grounds in Dade
county. Billy. who is good hunter
went out and shot large buck. Think
ing him dead, he stopped down on coming
up to him to cut his throat The buck, in
his last agonies, made for him and drove
his horns into the abdomen of the Indian,
ripping him open. After three days, Billy
not returning, party was made up, and,
attracted by the buzzards, both hunter
and hunted were found dead together, the
Indian still impaled on the horns of the
buck
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

In compliance with an ancient Russian
custom, all the young men and women OF
the mercantile class in St. Petersburg as
semble on Whit Monday, the former to
stare and the latter to be stared at. The
young girls, dressed as richly as their
means will allow, are arranged In long
rows by the sides of the flower beds In the
Summer garden with their mammas stand
ing behind them. The wardrobes of their
mothers and grandmothers are laid under
contribution, and everything bright and
gaudy is carefully brought forward to en-
rich the drapery, the headdress or the
girdle.
Some of the young ladies are so covered
with gold and jewelry on these occasions
that their natural charms are altogether
concealed; indeed the ludicrous excess to
which this sort of decoration is sometimes
carried goes beyond what has ever been at
tempted elsewhere. Thus bedizened. the
blushing damsels are drawn up in mute
rows, while the papas, in flowing caftans
and curling boards, parade their sons up
and down. Here and there the papas and
mammas try to lead the young folks into
conversation with one another, in the
course OF which certain little looks and
emotions may arise, pregnant with future
circumstances Eight days or so after this
bridal exhibition private family meetings
take place, at which those whose hearts
are captivated at the grand show are more
formally affianced to one another by their
parents and relatives of St.
Petersburg"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

The policemen of Savannah carry re-
volvers strapped to their belts in plain
sight. They are armed with short clubs
as well. They cannot unlimber their
shooting irons any quicker than New
York policeman, who usually carries his
in his hip pocket, can do it; but with
most Of the offenders the sight of
weapon in itself has q salutary effect on
many of them.--New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

A shabbily dressed vouno man stnod q
the shadow Of the stairwav headline y, ~
Battery place station 81 tha i, ro.J r. -.
day afternoon. He VA. talking ,.,stt 81.
proprietor Of newsstand vvbose -. -
displayed beneath the stairs .r.I,v. =
policeman was strolling leisurelv sIo,,o ~
sidewalk whirling III dav aticI rbsc ~
was attached to his wrist bv s ,s.tt,s,
thong.
The young man did not zee ~ pol;c..
man cnminr and ~ 80
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
A Startling Comparison.

Recent statistics show that French
railways annually kill one person out OF
each 1000, 900 carried, while in England
81 ZOO, 900 are carried before one meets a
violent death in railway accident.
French railways annually wound one
passenger out of each 100000 carried;
English, one in each 100000; Belgium,
one in each 1850, 900, and Prussia only
one in each 4, 000, 000.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

n q
1890 q ~ 6ssa 49, = yyIl5Ds x6n1s6
n ~ Wssk - Fene1se-
Bhiae + 4 trs1s that Wotnen ka<o @
: gseat extent q fste yeadn t6k1n y
doing mems work, It y also - III
sone men Do woenen's work y Gu
fcsn1s Chineee men axe largely emp1oy-
g - domestic servants, nd Wk6GoxGr
Chtnamen 60 they are chiefly ennp1oyod
IN laundries n many 1ax1D lnundEfos
wheU new 1hirR - done - e4pRt
men ero employed who r1&h1 G6o1
wages Ihs feesou Why rnn - -
rioyeo o. new M1rt = becauoo ~ new
en1FD require MOTE strength - is1n
fnem properly than Shiyte that hn1e -
previously h1ndried, and t6W WouAon
neye N stsength = Do tls Wukk prop
g
AZ ~ etaSe prisone n,en - co1n1nonr
X employed . laundry work mainly
on snir@ e = cnrtoes ~ H. NY,
how d1herent1y Chinaxnan xIeGeGq III
!rom tne mefn0d employed by NQnnen.
Wnen wcmnn uscs - iron ~ boEfns
with y q the right hoet 1oF -, nd
coneoq 4 soon cools, NJ - cnn-
sumea much nme ~ changinR - tEcp1.
Inc S'n1namsn, on the contrary Getn ~
,ron vefy noc-much TO- hce Tor -.
WEN ne begins e - ~ ifun ~
paungA it quickly into cold wnter. Ihte
cools re surface foE mOmeak -
neas lrom the inteetoE ~ beSfno q
come - tae s1rface, and ccuffnnes ~ do
3 ior cone nzne erout - - ~ 4 u
cooled ~ ne, % that The necemtty for
the frequent changing q frou6 = obyf-
seeo.
worm. re man dresun,Aker q R1xis,
nas counterpart n other countxfeA Tbs
largest producer Of dress PATTERNS Tor
women ia New York j. : man, although
ais business has bcen for many yoaxn
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

treatment OF the Sick Among Amin ais.
1t must be admitted that there is often
strong and apparently natural impulse
among animals, as among savage men, to
hasten the death of sick comrade, which
in some cases takes the form of deliberate
and premeditated murder of the sufferer.
If even human sentiment at the sight of
fellow creatures sufferings be analysed,
the two emotions of pity and disgust are
constantly at war. Pity is generally prior,
but except in the highest natures it weak
ems with time. PITY" said Corbett, sis
not lasting emotion;' and instead of pity
passing to love- disgust often becomes dis
like. after a long contemplation of disease
and deformity.
The ruder the state of society," the harsher
becomes the law, for we may assume that
the dislike of the weak and sickly by the
healthy and vigorous is an indirect if most
unpleasing form of the law of natural Sc
lection. Maternal affection must of course
be excepted from this general tendency. So
long as any young creatures are dependent
upon their parents, the tendency of the old
is to give most to the young who need it
most. The devotion of bird or animal varies
directly with the helplessness of their Off
spring.-London Spectator.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

The first crematorium in the United
States was erected at Washington, Pa,
by DR.. F. ]. LIE Moline at cost of 81 600
The first body to be cremated was that
of Baron de Palm, Dec. 8, 1876. The
time occupied in reducing the body to
ashes was two hours and ten minutes
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

1t is a mistake to suppose that the
knots or warts which are very common
on some species of forest trees are due to
insects, fungus, or accident, or are in
any way unnatural growths. They de-
velop as results neither of the health nor
disease Of the tree, nor Of such condi-
tions as special kinds of soil or situa-
6ona
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

Macaulay was 4S when he issued the
first and second volumes of his History
of England" and the third and fourth
did not appear until he was IS. Good as
are the essays of his early manhood they
pale when compared with the work Of
his maturer years.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

LIN OF T every
GRAFTON has
furnished its nota-
bic escape. Where
the hero or heroine
has been a person
OF noble birth or
high position the
episode has passed
into history, and
has . u nv I'd
b rough centu-
ries, but even in
4 haua tnN,uofc A.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

$3.50 - 49, =. =. ~ snse0 = -!
~ .,s.s 49, .ea 'of ne osia1naiity e e.
49, o,., e = empioyee e men g ~
80 t ~ tne nouhe q ven e 90 -
~, wr.'s ~ Als, e aesa snough b!Ixom
nam my' comes once week Y scrub nd
10 - lsm.iy wasnang 1san q industry
nave reMaruea the epon nued couple With
49, .'s. " u NJ ~ s nc outward
s'.r.ss-s = ..e'. e y SHOWN y costly
sss.n $1,000 sisnaseo nos far from
'' n.-sn.lp u g IL ts, sr':1s
...s;,' nap = sDsn sn.lLs mIgns eiso =
IN, . ' sss.,. plopenslty tor taking
tnlngs snat aidn't peiong 70 her For ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
.SOND DARING ESCAPES.
Many Adventures Which Have
Passed Into History
truth STRANGER THAN FICTION

semarkabIs and Thrilling Escspes Have
Not Been Confined TO One Ciass-From
Mary. Queen Of scots. Trenck and Rs-
,.,ne Down TO Dumas and Bunch.
1902, by American Press Associ-
sSNr' ation.1
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
Worse Than That.

Dolley-Did she say you nay. old mann
Goslin-She wasn't SO considerate -
that. She used a plain and emphasac
1po. "-Munsey's Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17

Josephus speaks Of Jew who was 10
feet Q inches in height. And Pliny
tells of the Arabian giant Gabara, who
was feet o inches, 1.-THE tallest man
in the days Of Claudius."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-01-17
There is no department of British mer.

There is no department of British mer-
camille industry which has developed
with such marvellous rapidity as the pc
troleum trade. Since its beginning In
1859, when the total importations were
about 2,000, 600 gallons, it has increased
by leaps and bounds until, in 1880, the
amount brought into the United King
dom reached the total of 102, 647, 47S
uollopS
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1893-08-03
A Pleasant Misteak.

This morning we were aroused by a
noise in the neighborhood of our
kitchen similar to that made in the
preparation of steak for broiling, as
well as we remember it, but knowing
there must be some mistake we made
certain we were awake and then gen.
thy closed the door leading to that de-
partment so that our wife and babies
might not hear the noise and have
false hopes raised in their breasts. We
then sponged our mouth carefully and
lay down, but not to sleep. Those
noises haunted us and we arose, dress
ed and waited. When breakfast was
finally announced we approached the
dining room like superstititious per-
son brooding over bad omen. Judge
OF our surprise, then, when we actually
saw a plate of elegantly prepared
steak in place set apart for such a
dish and appropriately marked so that
no mistake may occur from loss OF
memory on the part Of the butler
alias cook. We are not easily excited
but this almost unnerved us. We
served it, however, to the wondering
wife and babies without making oul
surprise manifest, but we were almost
thrown off our guard when our wife
God bless her trustful nature, asked i
it was really true that times were get
ting better? She had read it some
where, she said, and we hadn't tht
heart to tell her it was a misteak. AT
ter breakfast we took the cook aside
and questioned her carefully as tt
where the meat came from. She sale
boy had left it early and as he seem
ed to know what he was about sh,
proceeded to cook it. This did no
satisfy US that all was right and upoI
making more thorough examination
! we found the paper that was wrapped
, around the article in question. TIL
mystery was at last explained for Their
in large blue letters was the name 0
Mrs. S., one Of our distinguish,
neighbors. 1t was too late then Z
make reparation for digestion had al
ready set in. All this goes to prov
that a small boy is sometimes bless
ing in disguise. 1t was the best stea
we have eaten in long time and tn
: butcher can get pay for it by calm
. at this Office and paying FIVE cents
0 line for this notice.