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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-27

| know Il very expert diamond broker
who was taken in by the coloring trick
lie went from Cincinnati to Cleveland to
look at n large stone, and paid ten times its
value because it had boon dipped into an
aniline solution, which enhanced its color
THIS trick of coloring diamonds is resorted
to by actors who wish to make them look
purer ar by those who wish to display their
jewels In windows The solution can be
rubbed of easily by simply using soap and
water, and it only lasts day 1t is good
for enhancing the color of false diamond
in daylight, and has often been resorted to
by dealers in selling to customers who
would not buy at night for fear of being
cheated. Actors or managers who want
llashy stones and cannot afford those of
pure white color buy large cheap stones of
inferior quality and dip them in the aniline.
A big diamond is always valuable to
Snowman as advertisements but why
should he got fine one when one that is
of color will flash just us we'll? Gamblers
like large diamonds but men of wealth
cannot wear them on account of the dis
play they would make, Hence, as there
are not many prosperous gamblers in st.
Louis, few dealers keep valuable solitaires
The biggest stones are worn by ladies as
bracelet or ring ornaments, but YOU will
not find half dozen 81, 600 solitaires here,
Cor the reason, | suppose, that such gem
is not an investment that brings an interest.
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Charm of Little Dinners.

The sincerest form OF hospitality, and by
far the most njoyable left to us, is "little"
dinners Snowy banquets and display feeds
may possess some interest as spectacles, and
various forms of glorifcation, private and
public, individual or collective; but the real
soul of good fellowship is in gathering of
six to a dozen persons-intelligent congenial
round the table of discriminating, en-
perienced host or hostess Tor both, who in
vito their friends, not to show the extent of
their wealth and the luxury of their plate
though there is no objection to tho use Of
beautiful things, if ono possesses them-but
whose first thought is comfort, and a little
season of unclouded, and, therefore, rational
enjoyment, on such basis can be repeated
and made part, indeed, of the daily life
its milsstones and happy occasions. Jennie
June in American Magazine.
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VIVA, Children should Iearn.

Teach young girls and boys less about Ell
quette forms and more about the spirit of
love Teach them not SO much 70 dance and
pose and receive gracefully, as TO bs quick To
do service for any one in trouble or BE-
wiiderment, alert 10 lend helping hand
even IL il be 70 the girl ia the kitchen or the
homeless and hated tramp on the street, and
more mindful Of others comfort than their
own Teach them 10 despisc vulgarity and
low habits and uncleanlincss of body or OF
mind. bat teach them also that poverty is nc
Disgrace and that the measure of a mans or a
woman's worth lies never In the pocket or the
attire. Anybody can wear fine clothes but
not ~ many can earn them honestly or 20
without them II beyond their means The
man or the woman In a shabby coat or cloak
Is more royal in the sight OF honest men than
this dude who never pays his taiiors bill, %
the girl who Dsver lifts her lazy hand 10 ear,
her living.
II had the teaching of 100 blessed girls
today, would drop tho languages, and the
classics and the accomplishments from tho
list, | would close up tho text books and turn
the Blackboard. Ethiopian faces TO tho wall
and give II solid Joar's lesson in human nature
How they averaged in LATIN should be of not
- much s'rount US how they averaged in
honor and l,:S .lty and heaven born purity
What inSls tnoy made in algebra should
matter little compared 10 what sweet deed,
of courtesy aad helpful love they scored from
day TO day Their standing in scholarship
should iale into insiguificance before thei
standing IN The ability 70 make home happy
--''AuIbsr" ia Chicago Journal,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-03-27
A Habit to Avoid.

1t Is a coarse habit of some people to sheer
at "mothers-in law and we often notice
such sneers in the papers.
Your own mothers, If you have sisters who
are married, is a mother-in-law, and SO also
is your wife's mother. Your daughter,
when she is married, will have husband to
whom your wife is mother-in-law. Every
mans mother who has ever had married
daughter is a mother in-law.
Tho vast majority of the well beloved
mothers Of families are, or will be, mothers
in-law, and nearly the whole Of these lovely
daughters upon whom their parents look
with pride will some day be mothers-in-l law.
When you think Of these things you will see
how i'll becoming is the habit of sneering at
the mother-in-law.
Do not, therefore, fall into the baneful Gus
tom of speaking slightingly Of mothers-in-
law if you honor tho mother who bore you,
or tho sisters and daughters in whom you de-
light.-New York Evening Sun.
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Practical Cooperation.

No one who knows anything about coon
ration in principle and practice disputes the
net that 1t pays. A fresh and interesting
proof OF this has just come to me- A younp
grocery clerk in wholesale house found
lmset out OF job some time ago. He
wed In Harlem, in a neighborhood tenanted
hiet1y by people of limited means like him.
eli. knowing the value of produce he had
nten remarked to his wife on the advance
>rice charged up town by purveyors of the
necessities of life and when he found be had
Nothing else to occupy his time with he COM
nenced to buy the family supplies down
own and carry them home in basket.
leighbor in the house suggested that be
hould do the marketing for her, too becousa
he fancied the goods he purchased were bet
er than those she got from her grocer am,
butcher. She paid him the up town price for
hem, so that he not only got his own SIM.
olles at bottom figures, but had the expanse
IL bringing them up town more than paid
,or r'0
Ihls suggested an idea to him. He made
'ut price list charging an advance on cost
md still less than the local scale. secured tho
support of some more neighbors and com.
nenced to market for them daily in n ,yorop
hat he hired by the month. In this w,v ba
got his own food supply for nothing, Then
some of his customers proposed to form a
;egular association, pay him a salary for do.
ng the business and enjoy the benefit of tba
awnings themselves. He readily agreed n
.his, and is now purveyor general to soma
twenty families, gets bigger salary than ba
received through his clerkship and hores 70
build the society up into a strong co-opera.
I'VE eIuo' win It's own store and staff.-Al
pred Trumble in New York News
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The Appetite of Birds.

or all animals birds possess the quickest
motions, the most energetic respiration
and tho warmest blood, and they conso-
quently undergo the most rapid change OF
substance and need the most food
Although a few creatures are SO PLEASING
to the aesthetic tastes of POLITICALLY in
clined person as birds, the breeder knows
that most of them are to be looked upon
as hearty or excessive caters. Any one
who closely observed birds and their CON
duct will soon remark that all their
thoughts and efforts, aside from the few
days they spend in wooing and their short
periods of resting, are directed to getting
something to eat. With what restless
earnestness do titmice plunge through
the bushes and tho treesl Not a
leaf is uninvestigated, every chink in the
bark is examined for whatever eatable ii
may be hiding, and a sharp look is cast
into every joint of a branch. How in
dustriously does the ousel turn and thrash
the leaves on the ground of the woods all
the day long, spying its game with a
glance OF its sharp eye, and swapping it
up on the Instant
After observing few such incidents we
can easily believe the stories that are TO-
lated of the fish eating powers of the cor
morant, and of the fruit eating birds that
are able to consume three times their
weight every day.-Popular Science
Monthly
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Most of our boys assume the responsible
ties of the citizen, and our girls enter upon
the duties of the wife and the mother with
only the knowledge acquired in the public
,hools.
Now, what do they knowl
How many Of the girls understand tn"
siuiplest rules of iiet. ventilation OF health
al dressingi How many know how TO trea,
! person suffering from sunstrokci How
nany could bind up n wound so AS to cAecl
no How OF bloodf How many could ,ak
prompt and efficient action in those moment,
when 1t Is 50 imperauvely required, thos,
teartully important moments ''before the
iector comesr' Ia olden days the house
mother had learned in her girlhood "tho Use
OF simples and the most noble art of chirur
Gerry" II, with our far greater knowl,dgc
OF the human body and its laws, we adopted
the same plan in teaching our daughters
how many precious lives would he save a.
E. III. Hardlnge in The Epoch.
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II any woman wishes To know whether she
Is a perfect specimen of her she has only
TO apply the rules laid down for ascertaining
the fact and figure on the results First, ms to
height. tastes differ, but the Medcean Venus
Is Ave feet five inches in height, and this is
held by many sculptors and artists to be the
most admirable stature for woman. AS for
coloring and shape here is code laid down
by the Arabs, who say that woman should
have these things; Black-hair, eyebrows,
lsshes and pupils. White-Slsin, teeth and
globe of the eye. Red-Tongue, lips and
checks. Round-Head, neck, arms, ankles
and waist Long-back, fingers, arms and
limbs. Large-Forehead eyes and lips Mar
row-Eycbrows, nose and feet Small
Ears. bust and hands
For woman Of five feet 1--WE, 1888 pounds
Is the proper weight, and if she be well
formed she can stand another ten pounds
without greatly showing it. When her arms
are extended she should measure from tip of
middle finger TO TO tip of middle finger just
five feet II 'e, exactly her own height The
length of her hand should be just tenth of
that and her foot just a seventh, and the di
ameter OF her chest fifth. From her thighs
TO the ground she should measure Just what
she measures from the thighs IN the top of
the head, The knee should come exactly
midway between the thigh and the heel
The distance from the elbow TO the middle
finger should be the same as the distance
from the elbow To the middle OF the chest
From the top of the head 10 the chin should
lie just the length OF the foot, and there
should be the same distance between the chin
and the arunpits. A woman of this height
should measure twenty -four inches about the
waist and thirty-four inches about the bust
II measured from under tho arms, and forty
three If over them The upper arm should
measure thirteen inches and the wrist six
The calf of the leg should measure fourteen
and one-half inches, the thigh twenty-five
and the ankle eight, There is another sys-
tenn Of measnieIucnt which says that the dis
tance twice aIoand the thumb should go
onco around the wrist; twice around the
wrist, once around the throat; twice around
tho throat, once around the waist, and so on
but the first is the measures used by sculptors
who have gained them by measurements OF
the Greek statues. New York World.
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Theatrical Simplicity.

Tho following very curious notes of the
scenery and properties deemed necessary nj
The Royal theatre in Paris in 1915 will rivo
an idea of how little attention was maid ia
scenic effects. For tho production Of ..T 90
ioraces, by ?. Corneille, IA palace of any
kind In the first act; an armchair in the snr-
ond act; two armchairs, two stools and n bir
chair fer the king in the last actn For An.
uromaque," all that is needed is n s.palaca
with columns; in the background the sen "
FOR 10 Misanthrope," of Moliere, ''any kind
Of chamber, six chairs and two candlosti,l,s
The same will do for 'rartufe.'" In ENGLAND
things were little better, for in ld.a Mr.
Tom Coryate, 1.-THE leg stretcher,n writing
from Venice, says: 1.-The house here is horT'
carly ana base III comparison with our s.atc.
" houses in London. Neither can tb.ir not
ors compare with ours in apparel, show and
music There were eight theatres in London
N 'he reign OF Charles ii, and Punch,s plav
house, in Covent garden gave e,ccoairri,
, elaborate performances, il We may Judge
from the following bill for the night of July
8 looi, when the Fad of Mani WINS proJucod
WITH variety of scenes and machines Dar-
tlculafiy the scene of paradise in its ancient
inhabitants, the subtlety of the sernent in
oetraymS Adam and Eve, etc, with n vnr;a-
" Oh dlverting interludes, too many to be
inserted here. No person to be admitted with
masks and riding habits, nor any money 10
oe returned after the curtain is up. Boxe
TWO SAVINGS and pit shilling, all beginning
'A"o'iy ae ociock-Saturday Review.
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Beecher's rowcr. of Extcmnnrlua.,o.

one OF the reporters tells story abou,
MI Beecher's powers of extemporization
lie was sent one Sunday evening a few
years ago to report Mr.. Beecher's sermon
me discourse was one of singular power
freshness and force, and tho reporter was
more IMAM charmed and interested. When
the service was over he encountered Mr.
beecher at the foot of the pulpit stairs
ana knowing the small store he set upon
ms manuscript notes, asked him if he
would be good enough to give them to him.
rs he desired to preserve them as an auto.
graphical prize ana as memento of tho
sermon. We'll" said the Plymouth
ehurch pastor, rs he fluttered over the
mar dozen sheets of note paper, "you can
have them, but this is not the sermon !
preached. l prepared this sermon intend.
ing TO use 1t; but when got In the pulpit
got to thinking OF another subject md
preached upon that" lie gave tho re.
porter the notes, however, very willingly.
seeming to care nothing for them. so The
writer has the notes of one of Mr. Reecb.
er's unDfN" chel sermonS
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A Word Concerning Wrinkles.

A word now on wrinkles. The skin
has natural tendency to form wrinkles,
even in youth, this tendency naturally in
creasing with age. Every influence which
distends the skin for any time must lead to
wrinkles, and weak or imperfect circula-
ton of the blood will make certain parts OF
tho body swell, it is of the greatest import
anco to keep the blood pure, and thus prevent
bloating, which is sure to BIO followed by
wrinkles. Ladies should take regular exer-
else in the open air, and keep early hours,
deliberately setting their face against excuses
in Dict if they wish to keep them free from
wrinkles, for when they once come they are
most difficult to rid ones self of-New York
Press Every Day Talk"
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Mrs Abby Diaz recommends overworked
women to let "A good many unstarched arti-
cles go rough dried, with only little pulling
and smoothing. to put palmer clothes on
children, and To quit baking SO much cake
and pie. The great point Is to gain time.
Let them give up doing those things for
their children, in order that they may do
better things for those children, such as read
ing, talking, walking with them, especially
walking the woods and fields, such as getting
light on matters connected with their proper
training. l don't mean to say that we never
have bit of cake OF pudding in the house;
in fact, we do often have plain cake and gin
gerbread, and occasionally, to holp out, a
pudding. But they are not counted in among
the must HAYES / have escaped from that
tyranny. If there's no cake in the house.
don't feel myself to be a shamed and sinful
creature, as / used to."-New York Post,
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Cruelty to Children In London.

The Baroness Burdett-Coutes has written
an introduction to areport of the third years
work of the London society for the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children. The variety Of
cruelty which the committee has punished
and tried to punish is as follows; lmmersing
a dying boy in tub of cold water for nearly
IA hour "to get this dying done" breaking
girls arm while beating her with broom
stick, then setting her to scrub the floor Win
the broken arm folded to her breast and
whipping her for being SO long about ~
hanging naked boy by tied hands from a
hook at the ceiling, there sogging NM
savagely beating with loin belt, feAins WIN
fists, and then kicking in the groln, on Inc
abdomen and face with working boots; lash-
ing a 3-year-old face and neck with dray-
mans whip; 3-year-old back beaten Win
whalebone riding whip; throttling ooy'
producing partial strangulation to stop Tue
screams of his pain; beating on seareeli
healed old sores, then thrusting the KNOB VI
poker into the lads throat, and holding !"
there ''to stop the row. London Letter.
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I'm no DOCTOR" says Rr Edgar Dartwell,
nor am ole of those fellows who always
nave recipes for curing every Ill that their
icquaintances may have, but l know one
hing, and that is that hot drinks induce
nervousness. l used to drink everything Ms
not as could bear it, and | could bear it,
1t almost boil, too. | wanted nv cofYee
and my tea as soon as it was brought from
5ie stove and when l drank at n bar +. was
always hot toddy or a sling or something
fresh from the fire.
lone day In Boston heard a Chinese tea
merchant say that in his country they dranl,
their wines cold because hot wines ,n.da
them nervous. Now, was about as nervous
man as you ever saw in those DAYS Tw,.
almost hysterical at times. Well. I thouob-
| good deal about what the Chinaman su;d
and the more | figured on it the more 7 WAS
convinced there was something in il. So
began to experiment with myself and sooo
'ound that, though drank even NOR. cofrea
md tea and stuff, when | drank II cool il
1dnt make me nervous, and when | drnnl,
It hot it did. Pretty soon l quit all Eot
thinks and haven't had a nervous spell for
years.
After had satisfied myself that l was not
Is nervous when | let hot drinks nlone
wondered If my imagination didn't have
something to do with it. To test this I told
my wife, who was troubled with indigestion
ana was nervous person, too, that had
leard hot drinks were bad for tho digestion
Ind advised her to drink nothing ho<. She
followed my advice, supposing it related
only to her dyspepsia and she go. over her
nervousness, though l don't think her diCes-
non was any better. So, you see, imaxina-
,ion didn't help her. have had other of nv
friends try the same thing and every one Of
hem has been benefited. You don't get ally
more hot drinks into me,"-Chicago News.
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SEMI WEEKLY WORLD.
WOMAN AND HOME.
AN ILLUSTRATION OF COOPERATION
IN A COUNTRY HOME.

A Physically Perfect woman-what Chill
dren Should Learn-A Lazy Husband
A Point Dress-Educational Hints
Comfort for wives-Items.
An illustration of home cooperation has
recently come under my observation, which
has interested me, especially since it illus
trates the possibilities of tho many homes as
contrasted with tho exceptional opportuni-
ties Of the few.
In quiet country home of which know,
there are nine children tthe four youngest,
boysl Their ages range from / to 81 years
City conveniences of sewerage, water works
and gas have not yet lightened household
work, but there are broad fields all about
them, and the delights of woods and dells
and sweet breathed winds and flowers. There
Is a vegetable garden TO DO cared for, and
COW to he MIXED The fathers business takes
him from home a large part OF every week
80 that more care than is usual falls upon the
mother. But what a genius is hers, indeed,
for ordering the household forces How
clear headed and wise is she in the manage
ment Of her home department!
Several Of the children are physically deli
cate. They vary widely in temperament,
and so many children must; but, SO far rs ]
know, they all cheerfuliy wheel into line and
the entire family work goes on quietly, rcgu-
hrly, and apparently without friction
There is no maid in tho kitchen, but each
daughter takes her turn Ia the various de
partments of work. She serves her appr.n-
ticeship cook, or chambermaid, or seam
stress, and is left, after proper start therein,
To the unassistcd conduct of her then depart
meiit, Learning from occasional failure how
10 tho better plan and execute next time
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A woman who cannot cook q dinner as
well as eat it, make a ares as well as wear
1t, woman who cannot turn her hand to
anything when occasion requires, who is not
able TO train her servants practically, and
teach them the value OF economy of tima ms
well as money, is not, in my opinion, edu-
Gated at all, though she may be very mirch
cultivated, and even have been to college
and taken degree.
Look at Hester in her dairy, now. Would
she look any fresher, healthier, happier in a
cap and gown, or be more usefully employed
IN porting over comic sections or reading
questionable Greek playsi Take my word
for 1t. girls would be all this better and
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10 umbrellas earring nothing for their dingy
Did clothes umbrellas of prodigious cir
conference, of cheap material, and war
rented to turn inside out every time the wind
happens to catch them right.
These men, il living out of town, are al
most sure to hatch fondness for poultry
and to spend their Saturday afternoons and
Sunday mornings pottering about hencoops
and watching the strut of their favorite
ROSTERS. They care nothing for society, not
much for the opera or the play, and are
alarmingly prone to fall asleep over their
newspapers in the evening. They usually
prefer pipe to cigar, and they are mighty
consumers of beer. Even to such base uses
may the married man descend. Herald of
Health.
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Hn.,ands a. NuIsancr..
Co,ns,isnsa the effect of marriage i

Co,ne,iines the effect Of marriage Is q
transform a male exquisite into sloven,
especially If the cares of poverty and an in
rreasing family rest upon his shoulders or Il
may be that he is by nature solye.ly ana
sasily relapses into that ideal destroying con
iition when the vanities Of youth cease to act
IS a spur. Husbands of this kind commonly
ct their boards grow, neglect to polish the
heels of their boots, and develop an irritating
tendency TO affect rubbers in all weathers
Their hats. If not actually shabby, are usually
sntiauated. and their trousers, being worn too
short, invariably bag most ugly at the knees.
they wear long oyercoats. and either carry