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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-01-08

The "social hop" to be given by
Jas. Mills, at Garden Valley, has
been postponed from Jan. 22d to Fri
day, the 18th.
NOSE kEMPNER, Notwithstanding
frozen ears, broke out for Banner YES
terday morning at o'clock, CARRYING
heavy I. S. mail. Verify, Moses
knows no such thing as fear.
q. w. BRUMM, Of Boise, Grand
Master of the |. O. O. FPS, came up
on Friday, to be present at the in
stallation of officers of the Order at
Placervllle, Centerville and this place.
Mr.. Brumm paid the WoRLD visit.
He will leave to-day for Boise.
The Statesman says the work of
getting subscriptions to the railroad
fund is progressing quietly. A COM
mittee will soon be appointed to go
down the valley along the proposed
line of the road and see the owners
Of the land through which the road
will pass with view of estimating
the cost Of the right of way.
THE Statesman is informed that AL
Hull received letter few DAYS age
from James Monroe, who is now in
New York, stating that the Elmira
company had sold the Banner mine
to New York company for 100000
and the money was all paid down
The property sold embraces the mil
and all the company's mines, abou
fifteen. Monroe has had an offer TO
the Silver Chief, first west extension
of the Banner, and will probably sci
= before he leaves New York.
/ The other day the telephone lin
t between the postoffice and First M
tional Bank refused to work, and o
f examination it was found that tn
n wire was broken just back Of Emery
v store, and Oh the roof of a hous
l. Emery says the weight Of snow did
r but Mrs. Emery says he got up II
n other night and hurled something
Y, sleep-disturbing Thomas cat. Ne:
,e morning J. BIS boot-jack was gol
a. and the wire was down, but the Tho
e. cat still lives. This is pretty stror
10 circumstantial evidence, and tn
n. explanation of Emery's--that snc
" snapped the wire-won't go.
ne SPECIAL bargains for cash.-V
he offer for the next 80 days, white, 7
is and gray Oregon under shirts a
to drawers 81 60 each; Knit wool unC
u wear, 80 cents to 81 each; Shah
ly socks, 20 cts per pair, 81 70 per d
rs, Brown, Bros. & Co. Oregon WOOL
is mills suits, SIG to $50; boys So
-er from S. to $40; four point blanke
OF IS so to $40; Goat and seals
m gloves, 81 60 per pair; Arctic o
he shoes. mems, womens', Misses, be
nd and childrens' from 80 cents to 81
le- per pair for all grades.
ng J. CAVE with H. RUIZ
son Idaho City, Jan. s, 1884.
,od Two Clergymen met in the ST.
-, Nau Vear'S Day. each OF WI
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1884-01-08

OF ARRANGEMENTS.
IDAHO CITY.
JOHN GARREcHT A. STRAUs
CENTERVILLE,
C. C. HAvIRD. DAN. JONES.
GARDEN VALLEY.
HuGH CRAIG JAMES YURIN.
PLACERVILLE.
w. III. DAWSON. CHRIS. SPEIGEL.
GRANITE CREEK.
HANS. BENSON. Chris. ANDERSON.
PIONEERVILLE.
BEN, WILSON. MATT RYAN
HORSESHOE BEND.
H. II. CLARK. B. PLAsAMoUR,
QUARTZBURG.
WILLIAM FRAYME. r. G. ALLEN.
FLOOR. MANAGERS.
JAMES McDEvITT. w. A. CoUGHNAuR.
Good music will be provided, and good
time assured to all.
| A general invitation is extended.
- O<''
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
PITH AND POINT.

"a man who brings suit against
young woman and wins her for hi
wife sometimes gets heavy damages.
do not marry a widower.n said the
old lady; "a ready-made family IS llks
plate of cold potatoes. .Oh, I'll
soon warm them, = replied the damsel
| "A little town in New York has g
skating-rink they call the Niagara.
It is supposed that they call it that be
cause the people go there to see the
| falls
The mania for clipping with coach
| men is rapidly subsiding, and the old
| folks are again keeping watchful eye
on the eldest son and the family cook.
| Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
"A Colorado man, in Boosting OF
that State, said: .Why, even our winds
out here beat all creation. If man
loses his hat in what's an ordinary
breeze anywhere in Colorado, he has to
telegraph to the next station to have
some one stop it!''
ibid YOU take me for fool when
you married mep' cried an angry hus-
band in the thick of domestic quar-
rel, to which the wife meekly respond
ed: mo, James, 1 did not; but then
you always said was no Judge of char
acter, don't you knowP"-M + Ledger.
Johnny, do you know the tenth
commandment ''Yes'm." '.Say it. :"
Can't s.But you just said you knew
it, Johnny" 'sYes'm, know it when
I see it. IN Y. San.
my son, what is this?'' asked fond
parent. .'Your school report of last
month said: 'Conduct-exemplary,'
while for this month it reads: Conduct
-execrable.' What did you do?'
'tJust what did the month before, on
~ the master happened to notice me
this time
Industry am sartin to bring plen-
ty, an economy neber goes b'arfut in
winter" Between sayin' muffin an
talkin' too much de world leans to de
man who holds his tongue" Sour
opinion of ourselves makes us all great
men. "-Proceedtngs Of the Lime Kiln
Club, I'm Detroit Free Press.
-''These firemen must be a frivolous
set," said Mr.. Spilkins, who was read
ing paper. "Why sop II read in
the paper that after the fire was under
control, the firemen played all night on
the ruins. Why didn't they go home
and go to bed like sensible men, instead
of romping about like childrenp"-
City Derrick.
-ssWhat are you doing, Mary?"
asked Somerville husband addressing
his wife. II am sewing on crazy
quilt she replied. s.Are there any
buttons on it?'' mo 81 thought
not he said; sit wouldn't be like you
to be sewing on anything that needed
buttons and drawing a deep sigh he
proceeded to fasten his suspenders with
a half-burned match.-Sonaervalke Jour-
nal.
Says correspondent: 81 am
reminded by seeing an advertisement
in this mornings paper of the follow
ing incident: While in the office of
White Mountain hotel talking to
group of elegant and wealthy women,
one of them inquired for laundress.
Just then villager passed by and the
clerk referred to her for the required
information. On being questioned she
calmly surveyed the group and at
length answered.: I think know of
lady that will wash for you women"
boston Transcript.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
Sophie's Kiss.

The following is given as true story,
and the little comedy was played in the
night pullman bound from Scotland
TO London recently: 'sThe car was full,
and. as the ladies compartment was
occupied, the next berths to it were
partitioned off with curtains from the
rest of the car for married couple,
who had taken their places late. About
an hour after every one had retired,
and when everything was quiet a low
voice was heard from behind the cur
tains: Sophie, Sophie, give me kiss
and say you forgive me-" Then little
louder: Sophie, can't sleep unless
you say you forgive me; give me kiss
and say you forgive me. Still no re-
Spouse. At last the voice of the evi-
IDENTIFY penitent husband Che was quite
regardless of the tittering and smooth
cred laughter from the neighboring
berths) pleaded again: ''Sophie,
Sophie, just one kiss, one, and say you
forgive me- Unable to stand this sort
of thing any longer, choleric old In
dian officer popped his head out of his
berth and shouted: "Sophie, for
Heavens sake, give him kiss and let
us get some sleep. ~ =. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

"a Paris chiropodist SAYS SEVENTH
i've per cent. of the French people have
deformed feet.
The new railway station at Bir-
mingham, England, cost nearly 81, 00O,-
900, and is the largest in the world.
The poor authorities of Paris ask
Tor $4,000. 900 for the coming year.
They say they viii be compelled to give
assistance to 406, 600 people.
The bread now baked at Naples is
OF precisely the same shape as the
loayes found at Pompeii that were put
In the oven 1900 years ago.
For vacant situation in one of the
ParIsian banks-a place worth about
sou a year-there have been, it is said,
NO fewer than 5000 applications.
I'm an address recently delivered
Professor Tyndall says that high Ger
man authority told him that the cry of
German soldiers in entering battle
during 1901 was not 1--WE must con-
quer, but 1--WE must do our duty
An umbrella loan society has been
organized in Berlin. Offices will soon
be opened in various parts of the CITY.
where members of the society, sfor a
1iioSAC1htC oCpoSit anu ii lee,
may procure an umbrella at any time.
"A tunnel 5000 feet in length has
been discovered on the Island of Samos
1t was constructed about nine centuries
before the Christian era. and Herodo-
tus says it served the purpose of pro-
viding the old seaport with drinking
water.
That must have been an interesting
scene in Fleet Street, London, not long
ago, when a man, having seven or
eight wheelbarrows loaded with copies
of Dickens Sketches" sold them
rapidly for penny each to the passers-
by, who crowded about him.
I'm Paris is being established fund
to provide pensions for physicians when
they reach the age of sixty. By paying
'.a small yearly subscription physi-
clans entitle themselves to an annual
allowance of ], 200 francs on reaching
that age. The wives of physicians may
also participate in the benefits of the
society.
"A committee has been formed at
Lucerne with view of erecting what
is called universal column. 1t is
to measure 800 feet in height, and is to
contain in its interior relief portraits of
all the celebrated men and women of
the present era on bronze tablets. An
other project of the committee is the
building of museum of the nine
teenth century," to be dedicated to art,
science, inventions, commerce and in
dustry, and to contain the busts and
statues of all distinguished persons of
these domains. The cost is estimated
at 100000 to 100000 francs, and is
to be met by subscription, lotteries,
etc.
1t is stated by an English paper
that General Arantschejef, the con-
fidential adviser of the Russian EN-
peror Alexander l., deposited fifty
years ago, in the Imperial Bank of
Russia, fifty thousand roubles, which
Were to be allowed to accumulate in in
terest until 1925, when the entire sum,
less one-fifth for the cost of publication,
should be awarded to the author who
should write the best work on the life
and rel ON of Alexander, the award to
be made by the st. Petersburg Acad-
envy of Sciences. The prize will be
about q, 100000
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
BEAUTY SPOTS.

How Girls Made Themselves Look Pretty
Two Hundred Years Ago.
By this name were designated certain
black patches which were placed upon
their features by the bellies of the seven
teenth century and early in the eigh-
teenth. Usually black patch of court
plaster was cut out and stuck on any
portion of the countenance, either to
hide blemish, to divert attention from
certain details considered Objectionable,
or to fix the eye upon some point which
the wearer wished to be particularly
noticed. 1t was regarded as foolish
custom and was never an acceptable
fashion. Most writers on dress and
manners have more or less to say about
the patch or beauty spot, and, of course,
illusions to it are frequent in the pages
of the poets, dramatists, satirists and
moralists. From all these an enter
tanning collection could be made of
passages bearing upon that subject,
and perhaps the following specimens
may not be useless. The four first will
be found in CDR. Johnson Dictionary"
and the remainder are from variety
of sources, which have been carefully
indicated.
The poet cleveland says:
"Then Madam nature wears black patches,
too"
Sir John Sucking writes:
"If to every common funeral
By your eyes martyred, such grace were al
Your face would wear, not patches, but a
cloud
Pope makes one of his ladies say:
.'Ths the morning omens seem to tell,
Thrice from my trembling hand the patch
box fell"
The patch box was almost like snuff
box and often had small mirror inside
the lid for use when alterations or adj
ditions were required, and so forth.
Addison, when speaking of certain
lady partisans, says: ..They patched
differently, and cast hostile chances
upon one another, and their patches
were placed in different situations as
party signals to distinguish friends
from foes" DIR. Brewer. in his s.Dic-
tionary of Phrase and Fable" tells
us that .sthe whig bellies wore patches
of court plaster on the right, and the
tories on the left side of their face or
foreheads." @
Ordinary writers upon the subject
follow one another so closely that
quotation from a book which is now
but little known may furnish an agree
able variation. Mrs. Hannah Woolley
has a long TRADE against patches in
1.-THE Gentlewoman's Companion; or,
a Glide to the Female Sex" third
edition of which appeared in London
in 1862. The whole of the passage can
not be given here, so content myself
with citing the essential portions of it.
Mrs. Woo1ley says: 81 know not how
to excuse the vain custom, now so
much in fashion, to deform the face
with black patches under pretense to
make it appear more beautiful 1t is
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
. riddle to me that a blemish should

riddle to me that blemish should
appear q grace, deformity be es-
teemed beauty. I am confident
were any of them born with those
half-moons, stars, coach horses and
such like trumpery by which lady
becomes stranger to herself as well as
others, she would give more money to
be freed from them than a seven
years costly expense in following the
fashion would amount to- And
! again: 81 can not imagine whence our
ladies' borrowed that monstrous and
| prodigious custom of patching their
faces; if they did borrow it from
the French, they viii do i'll
| to initiate such who, it may be,
made use of the fashion out
| of pure necessity and not novelty"
She goes on to suggest pimples, and so
forth, and then proceeds: ..By the inn
pertinent pains of this face-spoiling
mender the exchanges (for now we have
three great arsenals of choice varieties)
are furnished with daily supply and
variety of beauty spots, s.and these
patches are cut out into little moons,
suns, stars, castles, birds, beasts, and
fishes of all sorts, so that their faces
may properly be termed landscape of
living creatures. The vanity and pride
of these gentlewomen hath in manner.
distracted Noah's ark, and expressed
compendium of the creation in their
front and cheeks" The notion of
daily supply is amusing, and, as re-
CARDS the patterns, it is evident that no
pains were spared to diversity and null
tiply them.
Many other writer's could be quoted,
but for the most part they add little to
the information afforded by Mrs.
Woolley, so far as the ladies are con-
cerned. Swift refers to this custom:
eve begged her but to patch her face,
She never hit one proper place"
According to Addison, wherever
you place patch you destroy
beauty" Buffers allusion in his Hudi-
bras is well known:
"Black patches that she wears,
Cut into suns and moons and stars"
That patches were not unknown to
Shakespeare, for gentlemen at least, is
evident from his words in Calls Well'
Gv., 81, where the clown says: "Oh,
madam, yonder's my lord, your son,
with patch of velvet on s face; whether
there be scar under it or no thevelvet
knows, but it's a goodly patch of vel
vet. ~. 7. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
Of that home Of wealth and luxury 9
which be had been the idol

i OF th36 nome OF ~ -altu HHu AkAA0A -
which be had been the idol
Now, know = lew lazy mo 70
less boys who changed az they grew:
and became pretty good men, ks 3 .
| they are the rare exceptions. Inc oad
adage tells what the rule is. Let me
20 into your home and see what KIND
Of a boy you are; let me watch y0u on
the playground and see II you play
fair; let me watch yon in the schsoa-
room, and see if you improve your op-
portunities or shirk your lessons, and !
win tell you your fortune without l0Oh-
ing at the lines in your hand, ~ me
gypsies do.
Most boys are impatient to grow up
and be men. They have marvellous mo-
lions as to what they win do and be
when they are their own masters. But
they will learn some day the lesson that
Bobby Smith learned at the Central
Bank. He went there with his father,
who was depositor, and wanted TO
draw some money. The father gave
his check to the paying teller. who
promptly handed over handful OF
gold Bobby watched the operation
with great interest, and as they came
out he said: s'Oh, pa, | wish that was
a man" Why SOP !" " Cause, u 1
was, could go to that fellow in the
bank, as you did, and just hand him q
piece of paper, and he would give me
all the money I wanted. Poor BOBBY
was taken aback when his father told
him that men had to put money into q
bank before they could draw it out
Life all through is like the bank. We
can get from it only what we put into
it. IF you boys want to be men, not
merely six feet high and legal voters,
but wise, brave, pure, earnest, homer
able. useful men, you must begin now.
1t is slow, hard work. 1t requires
time, faith and energy; but it will pay.
EdaOia," IN Chicago INTERIOR
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
Italian Scenery.

There is an education needed for the
appreciation of nature as well as of art.
Many people scorn this notion, and as
there undoubtedly are some with so fine
an innate perception and discrimination
of the beautiful that they instinctively
recognize it, anybody may belive him
self to be one of those chosen few. But
the rest of MS know that without the
native gift, which nothing can wholly
replace, the eye and taste require expe-
rience and training to comprehend and
analyze the beauties Of the outer world.
There was a time when I resented as
holly as most other Americans the idea
that any scenery could surpass our own;
/ knew that the Alps were higher than
the Allegharies, but, beyond that, I
thought that where there are mountains,
valleys, lake, waterfall. there must
OF necessity be view of the utmost
beauty, without regard to degree. Il
would be as rational to maintain that b
human being is necessarily beautiful
because possessed of eyes, nose, mouth
and chin; almost everything depends
upon the outline and the relative pro-
portion and disposition of the features.
The Italian landscape has q classicform
and profile; its glowing complexion is
due TO the ight-that heavenly efful-
gence which can transfigure shy scene.
Atlc'stic Month
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

and under-feeding at aboardinp-school.
The principle may be true, but it's an
pllcatlon was false. The principle was.
that q girl can not eat heartily and
study We'll The brain can not supply
stomach. No person can think clearly,
and at the same time, digest a
proper dinner. The Inference, the
principal and manager Of this seminary
made was, that girls could study hard,
or exercise their intellectual power only
on a light and innutritious diet. In
harmony with this thought, this girl
was over-worked and under-fed. The
result was what we should expect.
After few months from her entrance
on this course of treatment, her suffer-
ings began. She lost her appetite, had
headache and vertigo. Shehad dreams
about her studies; she was studying
hardly less by night than by day.
Finally her brain was SO much dis
turbed, and her health was so seriously
impaired, that she was compelled to fore
GO her ambitious aspirations and re-
tire to a quiet and peaceful life. A few
years OF good sleep, pure air, exposure
to the genial influences of the sun,
uutTi6lOuS 1OOu anu cueeIluls IrlenOS,
gradually restored her to her former
health and beauty. A few years passed
away and she was married. Her four
children inherited her enfeebled brain
and could endure only moderate
amount of mental exercise without suf-
fering headache, dizziness, or some
other disturbance of the BRAIN
Such cases are often charged to con-
stitutional delicacy. They retard the
development of the body and create
disorder.of the brain, from which few
ever entirely recover. The mature and
tough may endure hard labors of mind
and body, but not the young and grow
ing. We often nowadays meet with
adults who are suffering from excessive
mental toll expended in their youthful
days. They were rendered feeble be-
cause when coming to maturity, they
INDUCED in excessive exertions of their
mental powers; had no proper or
sufficient rest, and no opportunity to
consume and digest food enough to
keep their physical machinery in good
order.-C. Al!en, M. d., in Western
Rey1eaD.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

"A letter has been received at the
Call office which relates the interesting
fact that Clay Belmont Clarke, infant
son of Fred w. and Mabel A. Clarke,
exists under the happy and unusual
good fortune of being the grandson of
seven women, or, as the entertaining
communication tersely puts it, the in
FAINT has seven grandmothers. This,
indeed, is matter of peculiar domestic
and genealogical interest. The infant
who is thus plurally blessed has two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., three great
grandmothers and two plain, simple
grandmothers. Six of these singularly
fortunate grandparents live in this city
and the seventh lives in Cambridge,
Mass.-Sdn francisco Call.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
A DEAR LITTLE scHooL-MA.AM

A DEAR LITTLE ScHooL-MA,AM
thought her very wise -
II It WASH Z for the laughter that was peepano
from her eyes;
just the queerest and the dearest little school
ma'am ever known,
Whose way of teaching boys and girls Was
Il give my brightest pupil. ina pleasant tons
"A little corner BY himself to show that he il
And e spare the tender feelings Of the dullsst
IN -, boy, t 4 put !, .,-,za s -, c.n.t 81,
which is foot
Whenever any pupil in his lessons doesn't
I encourage his endeavors with 9 penny
And. since this slight upon the rest might too
take the box of kisses and hand them round
to all.
Eve asked them what they'd like to be q
dozen times or more,
And each, find, intends when grown to keep
So, thinking that they ought to have some
knowledge of their trade,
I've put a little stove in, just to show them
how it's made.
Enthusiastic? Bless you, it is wonderful to
How interested in such things little child can
be;
And, from their tempting tafry and their lus-
cious lollipops,
I'm sure they'll do me credit when they come
to open shops"
And with nod that firmly showed how free
she was from doubt,
She deity smoothed the wrinkles from her
snowy apron out
Just the qucereSt and the dearest little SchoOl-
ma am ever known,
Whose way of teaching boys and girls was
really all her own!
Malcolm Douglas, IN st. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

-Twenty-four years ago the United
States had in them only 10000, 900 peo-
pie. Now we are grown to over 3D.
000,O In 1860 we only had 141 cities
of over 5000 inhabitants, now there
are over 800 such cities The total
population of this class of cities was
5, 000, 900, now it is over IA, 000, 000.--
Chacaqo Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-11

Each man Of the Canal Corps which
has beon formed in Egypt needs . ma
i've camel driver to direct tho meve-
ments OF the animal. The animal win
carry the two men, their necessary bag
gage, and q twelve-and-a-hah gallon
tank Of water. -