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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-07

Aspinwall has risen like a Phoenix
from its ashes. The last Colombian reyo-
tuition. happily curtailed by Uncle Sam,
has left the town scathed but still there.
Aspinwall, or Colon, with stress on the
on, is not healthful place. There is
a funeral train to Monkey Hill every day,
sometimes twice day. 1t is hospital
city. as well as a sea port. and the men
who have been inveigled into delving
amid the treacherous marshes Of the
isthmus are filling collins at the rate of
eight or ten per diera. and one coffin does
tie duty for many. Men are cheap, but
the cotfins are dear. As to the canal, all
can say is that there is more machinery
irnoblv rusting between Aspinwall and
Panama than would pierce a dozen forty
mile canals.
In exact proportion as the Panama
train recedes from Aspinwall does the
faith Of the traveller vanish into airy
nothing. For the first te4 niles all is
well, Then things begin To Ia he on their
natural shape. There are Americans,
Europeans, Chinese. natives, gazing at
| the cars as they pass town after town on
/ the line bltt the faces Of all bear the
same impress. An hore abandon, We
! who enter here" Every man who goes
! to work or starts 4 store on the isthtlian
( canal route Is a silent partner with King
/ Death 1t is lottery cut Of which the
! adyenrurer hops to emerge q winner.
But the winneTs-ths% crowded che de-
+ pot at Pauama-and what We're theyf
For the most part hospital patients, or
subjects for hospital treatment Fever!
1t brooded over every inch Of those forty
seven miles between Aspinwall and
| Panama, You breathed ii in The air;
YOU drank it III the water; You beheld it
rank pestiferousiv potential in the sur
roundings Of every palnleaf rooted hut,
every single story tenement, every
dwelling on the hills along that faxed
forty mile stretch. Saa Francisco
Chronicle
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GOSSIP ABOUT ROYALTY.
Rive Paragraphs illustrating the Habits
of some Royal Women.

Princess Mary, OF Cambridge. is re
nowned for her indispensable appetite.
Some gentleman recently announced
his intention to offer her a couple Of
canvas-bac1 ducks. oh" said ID
friend, she would make short work OF
those. Ofler her couple of wild tur-
keys"
1t is said that the Princess of Wales
often sits in the hall at Sandringham
as the night falls and watches the Goals
reddening in the Immense fireplace,
TOR IN hour or more, utterly oblivious
70 all sights and sounds around her.
!ust what the royal lady's dreams are
about during that quiet hour no one
enoss, but the habit is well known to
her friends and intimates.
Since the announcement of her in
tention to join the Roman Catholic
Church Princess Christian has been the
unwilling recipient of scores of letters
from Jealous Protestants urging her to
l,ause and consider, to ponder on GER
tain texts which are inclosed, to refeci
upon the example of her ilustrious
mother, etc, etc, until the wonder i
that the Princess does not change heg
religion out of sheer desire to show hei
| Independence,
The Czarina signalized her recent
gay at Gmunden by very laudable ACT
Il kindness. A wealthy manufacturer
named llnitzky had been arrested an6
held at St. Petersburg for severa
months by order of General Drentein
vino cherished some personal dislik,
for him. When released he returned
homeless aud penniless to Gmunden anC
laid his case before the Czarina, VINO
finding on investigation that he hat
been done an injustice, gave him fou
| hundred florins and promised TO bring
the case before the Car with IA view t
obtaining complete PREPARATION.
Queen Victoria does not, as has beel
reported. work until past midnight up
on her private spondence. As
matter of fact, she never troubles her
self with public or private correspond
ence of any kind except between break
fast and luncheon, although telegram
are received and dispatched by tn
dozens throughout the day. At BalmorG
the official boxes and nearly all the pr
vate correspondence arrive at in tn
morning. Every thing is attended I
between $50 and lbs. during whic
time, says Labouehere, 1.-THE Quee
works as hard As any clerk in London.
Chicago NeUs.
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IN a corner Of the stoop. MI nncon-
scious q their loss fsrizzly Tom had
watched all that was done for Pussy
Malta. aserand anon touching her gent
IS With -Ais paw. When she 1ny
stretched out cold aud stiff. lie looked
at her a minute. and licked her fur.
Then he walked of to the stoop. and
ay down BY the blind kittens, putting
hts paw over them protectingfy. From
that moment he never deseltel then,
Till they were old enough to take care
Of themselves; and, though they often
teased him By pulling his fur OF play
ing with his tail when he wanted to
sleep. he never struck them bloy.
This incident excited good deal of
attention in the neighborhood. and
/ doubt not others remember it as well
as do. Chr Dtf1sb anim1fs
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MIXING HORSES FEeo
why IL Pays to Have All Kinds of Oral,
Thoroughly Ground

WY ~ IS59 TO HAVE All Kinds of Grafr
Thoroughly Ground.
The horse masticates its food b,d
once. and after the food is once swal
lowed there is no further mechanical
action upon it while passing through
the digestive organs. II the food is too
wet, the horse can easily swallow il with
very little mastication, and then there
Will be very little flow OF saliva to mix
win 1t, and the saliva is very import
ant agent in the digestion Of the horse.
II the food is given dry. the horse must
Eastleated it TIL it is moistened with
saliva before he can swallow 1t, and
when the food is not too concentrated
II Is improved by feeding dry. 1t is for
this reason that we caution to moisten
the cut hay barely enough. because the
weeds stick to il, SO that both hay and
weeds shall be eaten together
1t will very readily be seen why the
un1nasticated food swallowed by the
horse, without admixture of saliva.
would produce bad effects in passing
through the digestive organs largely
undigested. II any system could be de-
yised for mixing the ground grain with
the dry cut hay, 50 as to insure the
mastlcation OF both together, that would
be the best way of feeding the horses.
But there are so few horses that thor
onghly masticate even whole oats, that
It Is much better TO have the grain
ground.
Some horses will masticate oats so as
| to be fairly digested. but horses will not
niasticate whole corn so as to be vel
digested.
That system which produces the mos
complete digestion and assimilation o.
| the food must be the best, and no one
has yet shown that the grain, fed sep
arately, is as well digested as wher
properly mixed with the fodder Blu
sloppy food. whether mixed or I'm
mixed, is not as well digested as food
that is thoroughly masticated ant
mixed with saliva. Yet feeding too
wet does not have as bad an effect upoI
Illuminating animals as the horse, be
| No'uSS tio "" iNHIooeicdleS iicF iOou, J
| mixed with coarse fodder and it ha
thus second opportunity to ABSORB
saliva
Any dairyman can try the expert
ment OF feeding his COWS four to 81,
quarts of corn-meal per day in tw'
feeds, for three weeks. and after tn
first five days he will find the dropping
tinged with the meal. showing that j
has. passed undigested. and certainly
what passes undigested is wasted. Blu
if the eorn-meal isspreperly mixed witt
cut hay, there will be none OF it pas
into the manure undigested. This fac
decides the whole question. Cor. Conn
try Gentleman.
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SPANKING a PENCE.
An Extract From Aberdeen fscotIan
Tacer Published in 1915.

An Extract Frorn an Aberdeen Scotland,
5acer Published in 1915.
Her Majesty. accompanied by the
Prince Consort and the royal children,
visited Scotland for the first time, ard
tarried Il long time on her way at
Balmoral. On the trip the yacht. in
which the party Travelled by wa.er,
called at Aberdeen. and, OF course, the
loyal habitants q that city turned
out in large numbers to do honor to
their beloved sovereign. A guard Of
honor. consisting of the merchants of
the place, was formed, and. In all the
glory Of black broadcloth and White
kids. paraded on the edge of the dock
10 which the vessel mo5red, at just
sufficient distance to prevent people
from stepping ON board. Seats were
erected on the bank. tier above tier
like those of a circus. to accommodate
the thousands that assembled to uaza
on the spectacle of an anointed Queen.
Her Majesty good-naturedly re-
manned on deck to crafty as much as
possible the curiosity OF the bonny
Scots. and promenaded about in full
view of the immense crowd. The
Prince of Wales. child of about five
or six years, was with her Among
other things placed on the deck for
the accommodation of the Queen was
a costly and very splendid sofa. orna-
/, mented with tassels. and the Prince,
like other boys of that age, being of
/ destructive turn, began to pull at one
in manner that threatened to detaoh
1 it. His mother observed the act,
1 and ordered him to desist. He
did SO, but as soon as her back
was turned seized the tassel again te
! give another jerk. The Queen APP
! peared to have expected something of
! the kind, for she was at that moment
| eye. In an instant she turned, and
! selling the luekless heir apparent OF
! England by the '-scruff of the neck"
elevated one of her feet upon the sofa.
hoisted the youngster over her knee,
| adjusted him in the position mutually
familiar to parents and chiIdr 1 gen.
| orally when such ceremonies ore 70 ha
performed, and gave him . s3uua
/. spanking. 1t may be proper to men
! ton en- PEASANT, for the Information OF
youths who sometimes find themselves
similarly circumstanced, tat the IL
lustrious sufferer kicked and behowed
under the affective dispensation gu te
as Justify as boys Of lowlier birth are
wont to do. The amazement with
which the spectators witnessed the
example of royal domestic discipline
may be imagined, but scarcely de-
scribed in fitting terms. A dead
silence prevailed for moment but
was suddenly broken by tremendous
roar of laughter. which could not be
suppressed by any thought of de-
corum, respect for the Queen, oil
sympathy for the victim OF her dis
pleasure, The explosion recalled tn,
: royal mother to asenseof her position
and having turHed toward the erowC
for a moment, her face suffused viii
crimson, SIZE hastily descended int
the cabin. and was seen no more b,
the eXpectant populaee.
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ABOUT DEEP FLOWING.


Matter rf Considerable Inipartane. IN
Western AsrIcuItur.sts.
his Is question that ought to in,ar.
est every farmer In the country-hov
70 subdue the soil az the earliest posi-
Die day that they may derive the great.
est benefits thelefrom.
lhis matter OF blowing deeper IL
something that should be carefully
looked INTO by some newer States. Whv
Is II that tendency exists toward shall
low plowing' 1t is bard to say unless
II be the soil is SO exceedingly fertile
and 80 easily worked that good crops
can be easily produced without much
effort. Still. as a matter of custom
this tendency toward shallow blowing
should be corrected. The tendency ont
In this entorprising country is to cut the
widest possible furrow that the team
can handle. The disposition seems TO
De to cultivate the largest acreage and
to gain every inch in width that the
pillow will turn. Western farmer can not
go Tar out OF the way If they hug closer
10 the Eastern methods of stirring. A
practical lesson was discerned in MANY
places affected by drouth the past sea-
son In this respect. With fields that
stood side by side the difference of an
inch in depth of blowing made the Diff
ference between a failure and half
crop. The difference of two inches in
depth r.ade the difference between a
full crop and a total failure. FOR was
this observation confined to one State
alone. Kansas, Iowa and Nebraska. the
three great corn States, exemplified the
lesson In this country, with our por-
Gus sub-soil, and rich, mellow soil.
there is no excuse for not blowing deep.
Crops, II rooted deeply, will flourish
from sub-soil evaporation alone, with
out the need of much rain. Yet all
| know that the first few inches of the
loose surface soil is dry and dusty,
while below this layer comes the moist
earth with its endless supply of nour-
ishment for the rootlets, which would
perish in the dry strata above The
moral is plain pillow deeper and plan.
deeper. Have your plow of a narrow
furrow and set it deeper and you will
gain in the end Kansas Fa11ner.
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N The Italian lover has always an eye
~ the main chance. Before venturing
upon any marriage proposal the lover
|pakes 1t his business to find out what
qowry is likely to be settled on the
|orlde, and should it not come up to
hs expectations, at once transfers his
Anechons elsewhere. The question of
|3oWry Is discussed, and the amount
pafsaihed for, much in the same way
II the shopkoepers haggle over their
iFafes, and the unfortunate girl who
|Aas no money in her own right. or
hpon whom her parents can afford to
Snake no settlement, stands but sorry
nance OF securing a husband, and ac-
FPS the inevitable with calmness
n sorlhy OF better cause. The bride
q Italy is always supposed to furnish
~ 'he household linen for her estab-
nsnihent, not to be able to do so is a
nat'ef of disgrace. The number of
III 'l'ies included in her trousseau is
enormous and each one must be num-
e'ea oy dozens. This is an excellent
~ as far as the husband is con-
e'iieu' Tor 1t frees him from any
riAiely Tor years to come on account
n Tile state of his wife's wardrobe;
~ on the other hand, the poor are
sa ' unable to scrape together the
S&lotheS which tbe ,,pu,r;44, , "a
icy demands from them. and in
eases marriages are postponed
NJ ~ car 10 year until the requisite
l'"nV Is provided. Chambers Jour-
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ans or WISDOM.

s.xA
ii tactical Reflections OF ''"e vi"
bme Man Of the world
onant we begin to live we
/ he heqiasto dies and the moment
Zen U' {, 10 dis we do die, and some
ar one moment sooner ~
4 good name when aeserS s,,ia sit hesd :
Feng .a6aest assurance which are
M MI that they cost.
or n man that will' beg or steal so
ln9 ann as s. is "a somewhat
pau tool than | expected to find in
p"r father's family
p .,i, - view must we take OF the
antions which befall us from the
ss1ering misapprehensions Of Others
|l Ip TO our intentions'
i worth while to expose our
ANA 10 others, that we may
no. IT, !, ourselves. This is many. times
nnly way we shall ever learn it.
arson shows his standard OF
ar.eter by the standard he holds for
often he knows no higher
|a l, than those among whom he
4 w. w. 40 il a certain likeness, or un-
n between my neighbor and
s,lf, he does not know enough to
honest. and I do not know enough
be dishonest
- ,his lone world, where friends at
= arc Int few, and in old age, when
e,ose few almost all are dead, the
limo If one moro is like the. loss OF
l;mh or an eve. 1t never can be re-
bored.
allied company" will refrain
am visiting us just as soon as we
ose 10 make sacrifices on their be-
N of time, convenience, dress,
onev or aattery. 1t is ours, not us,
lev generally desire.
4 One Of the most trying cases OF self
envjng responsibility is when we
nst take an active part against the
ssions or interests of Others, i'll or
!. To prevent evils from falling on
,em which they do not see nor ever
In sce. or in order to secure benefits,
Eeychance, for themselves which they
iii never suspect to have arisen from
zX .l,, 4
N ever to rest under the imputation,
II their minds, of exercising needless
# ;,., N Y Sfur
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AIDS TO DIGESTION.
Some Of the Uses OF Mineral waters <nd
Pure soda Water.

Pure soda Water.
Mineral waters, as to their sources,
are of two classes, the imported and
the domestic. As to their nature.
they are artificial or natural Not all
Of the best waters will bear exporta-
ton, or even long keeping in stock.
Many OF them throw down their min
eral constituents and decompose when
exported in wood; and even In glass
not a few OF them become inert by
| keeping. The waters that are the most
strongly mineralized. especially those
that are the most fully charged with
slrbonic acid gas, bear expectation
| the best. Those of weaker constitu-
| ton. like some delicate individuals
and some delicate wines. do not stand
a sea voyage. .'gld books to read. old
wood to burn. old wine to drink. old
friends TO talk to-" but no old mineral
waters for cure. Some physicians
/ hold, indeed. that all mineral waters
begin to lose their virtues as soon az
they leave the spring. This is an ex-
IRENE view: it is quite uuproven Of
/
them are effective in proportion 10
| their freshness. The best importing
houses aim, very properly. to keep
| little stock on hand, in order that il
may be fresh.
We have full list of excellent min
eral waters to choose from, whether
, natiyeor imported, whether natural
Or manufactured. whether medicinal
waters Or table waters. ! will speak
first OF these latter, not for their curs-
tive virtues. | can not say too much
for good table water, meaning by
this a drinking water that is a. but
slightly mineralized, that is ~ charged
more or less freely with carbonic
acid gas, and (3) that is absolutely
pure, hygienically speaking. Such
waters are the Apollinaris, the Clys-
mic, the Giesshnbel. the Poland Silica,
the Underwood Spring Water, and
many others The Vichy, Settler mad
Saratoga waters, though more strongly
medicinal, are used as table waters by
many. The appetizing and digestive
qualities OF all the waters just named
are well known, and their pleasant
flavor and sparkle; in many cases o.
impaired digestion have found moth.
ing more useful than they, and | re-
gard them as useful in chronic diseases
where impaired nutrition is a MAR
feature.
Pure saltwater (more properly
called carbonated water). whether
. natural or manufactured, is a power
, full aid to digestion by stimulating tn.
stomach. and also. probably, by aid
ing to dissolve the mineral Ingredient
+ of the food. 1t is very appetizing; i
eorrects acidity in the stomach, check
the disposition to nausea, and cool
the system in febriie complaints; i
iessens the desire for spirituou
8 liquors. and it is indeed the ideal bev
erage for the water-drinker provided
always that pure water is used in it
=, preparation.
The consumption of table waters Ii
: this country increases probably abou
a ten per cent. per year; that of medici
u nal water has nearly doubled sine
1880. Table waters prepared fro1
distilled waters. as they should be
: have the great advantage that the
Il can not carry the germs of disease
= DR.. Titus Manson Codn, in Harper
= Magazine.
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Mr.. Darringer--''I was surprised
today IN see how our Joe can SWIM
II is q necessary accomplishment
Mrs. Darringer-"I see it argued that
the ladies ought to know how to SWIM
Conldn't | learn?n Mr., Darringer-
IF YOU could manage to keep your
month shut long enough, my dear
Local rains, my son, are raiu'
which fall in the locality where they
nccni. This information is accorded
To relieve your mind OF any uncertainty
which NAV have arisen in consequence
If continued and persistent dry weather
in your locality MISUNDERSTANDING ,a ,ne
Weather Bureaus ott-repea'eu preu'o
tons of local rains. "-boSto" run
script
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A SINGULAR MAN.
low He Won the Confidence of His Eel
ow-Passengers.

LOW He W on tnt " ihis
a low-Passengers.
u On Baker street car the other day
imam who had taken car ticket from
h wallet dropped the Leather on
he floor at his feet in trying to re-
2lace it in his pocket. Three or four
Passengers saw the transaction, but
q one had said a word, when the
bser discovered his loss and started
"a and sat down in disgust.
u ANY thing wrong?' asked "a pas
Jenger
II YES: wallet is gone"
n Probably picked out of your
pocket?"
q mo. | guess not"
u Don't you suspect some one in this
hr2" er
n "0h, no. probably dropped it on
he street.
n Probably contained a hundred dol
hrs, didn't it?'
N mo
'AIuch as fifty then?'
" "No. guess there was about a
dollar in it.
Il but you will stand off your gas bill
M water tax and grocer on account
NJ it, of course?'
NO, sir; | shall pay every thing to.
aay"
4 well, gosh-darn-to-gum, If you
Ant mighty queer man, and here s
Tour wallet. Say, folks, let's present
lhim token of our utter amazement. "
And they bought him six car tickets
and offered to run him for mayor. -
DetroA Free Pas
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Making a kaleidoscope.

At the glaciers shop get three strips
of glass. say ten inches long and one
and a half to two inches wide, all ex-
actly the same size. and tie them to-
gether, triangularly, with string. Cut
a piece of partly transparent writing
writing-paper so that it will tit over
one end of this prism. leaving narrow
edges to lap over Paste this on with
mucilage or -four paste. and then cut
a piece just like it for the other end,
except that it must be cut ost OF paper
that is entirely opaque. In the center
of this Opaque end cut a round hole a
little larger than silver dime. This
hole is for the eye. Now cover the
sides of the apparatus with the same
paner YOU used for the eye-piece, and
the Kaleidoscope is finished. Put a
few pieces of colored glass or beads IN
and turn the thin paper end to the
light. Then with your eye to the hole
cut in the Opaque paper end, keep the
nrism slowly turning, and you will
have all the beautiful effects shown by
the EXPENSIVE kaleidoscope bought III
,he store. Philadelphia Times.
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Why Small Farms Pay.

IF the owner of small farm brings
to his work the business capacity and
good judgment which the large land
owner does. it is very evident that, pro-
portioned to the acres cultivated, he
will have the most money at the end OF
the year. Hired help is not only ex-
pensive but at times very uncertain and
unreliable, but mans own hands, with
a heart in his work, which seldom &C
companies hired help. are always avail
able for every little detail on which
success depends. Many men will dc
more with ten acres and get more out
of and from them than others will with
ii hundred. 1t requires as much labor,
however, for the ten as the hundred.
1t is intelligent labor and good manage
ment that count on a farm, hence 1t Is
that small farms pay the best and that
farmers continually complain that there
is no money in farming, To our way OF
thinking. and we are familiar with
every department of farm business ans
measurably so with the city, there Is no
enterprise one can engage In which
offers better opportunities for health
full, indie pendent and successful. lie than
A moderate sized farm under good man
anement.- Christian at Work.
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al s,,ffer dreaafully from emu

Al suffer dreadfully from e"n'''
DOCTOR" said Mr.. Bohre' DO you
sill, retain your old habit of talking to
Yourself. sir?" queried the physician
tnnocently. Harper's Bazp
Wendell Phillips once gave TIE ao-
vice. ..Never call man liar. we
never do 1t is much more polite aud
inst AS true to call him gas meter
Shoe and Leather Reporter.
If man sued for breach OF promise
were to set up the defense OF temper
ar,. insanity he would certainly prove
his case by references 70 old love letters
Puck.