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We offer no apology for d~evoting so much time
and attention to this much neglected class of
iy is too wretched to merit the sympathy and
best services of the profession to which we be-
the physician who deVotes himself
to relieving the afflicted and saving
~Philanthrophist and a beneiactor to his race
Than the surgeon OF physician wholly close ap-
plication excels IN any other b anch of his pro-
tession. And, fortunately for humanity the day
is %dawning when the false philanthrophy thai
condemned the victims Of folly or crime, like
the lepers under the Jewish law, to die uncared
Tor, has passed away.
YOUNG MEN
Whomay be suffering from the effects of youth
full follies or indiscretions, will do well to avail
themselves of this the greatest boon ever laid
will guarantee TO forfeit five hundred dol
lars for every case of seminal weakness or pri-
vate disease of any kind or character which he
undertakes and fails to cure.
MIDDLE-AG ED MEN.
There are many men OF the age of 30 to 60 who
are troubled with too frequent excavations OF
the bladder often accompanied by a slight
smarting or burning sensation and a weaken
ing of the system in n manner the patient cam
not account for. On examining the urinary de
posits a ropy sedimen will often be found, and
sometimes small particles of albumen will ap-
pear, or the color will be of akin or milkish
hue, again changing to a dark and turbid ap
pearance. There are many men who die of
this difficulty ignorant of the cause, which is
Wagner will guarantee a cure in all such
cases and a healthy restoration of the genito-
urinary organ. Consultation free. Thorough
examination and advice. $500.
See the Doctors additional advertisement in
the Daily Denver News and Tribune-Republi-
can.
All communications should be addressed
DR.. WAGNER & co.
l4l4 Larimere street. Address, Box 27S3, Den
yer, Colorado.
Cut this out and take along j..
, 1888-10-20

The British postofnce service emplou
5000 women. Competitors for places
have to be over Is and under 20 years Of
age.
, 1888-10-20

Yer got ter keep de pot bilin' lessen
hit'n rust. Yer got ter keep hit full Lessen
de fire crack hit
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Miss Gabrielle Greeley. the only
surviving child of the late Horace
Greeley, lives on her fathers Chappa.
qua farm with two lady friends.
The new volume of the STORY OF
the Nations" series will be Hungary.
by Prof. Vambery. 1t is the first MIS-
tory of that country written in English.
Bar Harbor boasts of $40, 900
washerwoman. Her house, which she
owns, is worth that much; but she re-
fuses to sell it, and continues to scrub
and starch as of yoro.
Tho town of Augusta, Me-, with a
population of only 5000 souls, is the
eadquarters of 10 monthly maya
zines. which have comlined eircula-
ton of 100000 copies. Three of
these have circulation of $50, 900, A
If 500, 600, and II of $780, Six of
them are devoted to agriculture and
The remainder are literary.
DIR, Ernest +. llofmann. of New
York. has dog that is almost the
quail of a human servant. Her name
IS Victoria, but Vie /: what she
thinks it is. She gels hern aster hat,
.toVes. whip, her own muz1 9, or what
yer else he calls for. and when she is
cut shooting with the doctor he talks
TO her exactly rs he would to man.
and she understands and obeys him
perfectly.
One of General Grants best an
wers to any question was his reply to
William NJ. Evarts, who. in speaking
ibout Mr.. Beecher. asked: why is it.
General, that little fault in clergy
man attracts more notice than great
fault in an ordinary manp" per
haps," said the General, thoughtfully.
lit is for the same reason that slight
.hadow passing over the pure snow is
more readily seen than river OF dirt
on the black earth"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
TWENTY YEARS AGO.
The Drummer in tho DAYS Immed atefy
Following tho War.

The Drummer I'm tho DAYS Immed ateiy
Following tho War.
The drummer Of the present day is
an effemin ate creature compared with
the men who went out on the road
twenty years ago. Va, Now he demands
steam heated rooms, electric ligh S,
sleeping cars and a porter to lug his
grip of samples around town. was
on the river in 1865 carrying line of
goods n d covering territory that ex-
tended from Cairo. ILL.,. to the head of
navigation in Minnesota, taking an
occasional side run up to the mount
aims by way of the Missouri river. Our
trips would last from two to six
months during which timc we had to
take things as we fou I'd them. Drum
mers were accustomed to travelling
hundreds of miles on mule or horse
back through sections of country so
wild that the stagecoach had not pen
etrated. Every one was disturbed by
the war. and mechanics and laborcrs
followed their duties with pistols
hltched to a big belt outside their
ovcralls Nevertheless. no ono ever
heard Of a man being injured with
firearms in a personal quarrel. Rye
coffae. sweet potatoes and an occa-
sional strip Of bacon formed our
staple diet. In Missouri. owing to
the rush of immigrants, it was diff
cult to fid lodging, and one night
was considered lucky to get cot
where forty-six men were sleeping
Then the commercial traveller served
MS collector, and sometimes carried
large sums OF money that were a
source of great concern, as there wero
no vaul or fire. proof safes in the
rough hotels Of those days st Louis
Globe Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
--------- - . -
CLOTHES-PtN MAKING.
How tho seful Little A rtic1ss nre Turn ed
Out by tho MilIiOns.

How tho Useful Little Articles nre Turned
Out by tho Millions.
Zone cent II boxP'
Yes sir We nre paid one cen,
for packing a box of five gross #
clothespins." said one of the packers
to n reporter.
AN expert can pack 100 boxes In
aday Of ten hours. Sharp work. that,
handling ~ 900 pins day"
Clothospins are made in the lumber
regions They are usually made OF
white ash, sometimes Of beach black
and white birch and maple. The wood
is taken to the factory in logs and cut
into lengths Of thirty-one inches by
circular saws. These lengths are the II
cut into blocks and the blocks again
cut to sticks The sticks are placed
under another saw and cut into the
required lengths Next the turner
takes n hand at them and from there
they go to the slotting machine. They
are placed in troughs by the operator
The machine picking them up and
slotting them. They are then placed
in a revolving pipe drier going thence
to the polishing cylinder and
then to the packer. Each pin passes
through eight hands. A single. plant
consists Of board saw, gang splitter.
gang chunker, turning lathe, driving
house and polisher and costs from 81.
900 to $l2 600 The machines working
are very interesting Tho little blocks
OF wood 81 inches long are placed on
an endless belt, which feeds the blocks
automatically into the lathe. AS he
lathe is turned tho pin is taken au-
tomatically from the spindle and
placed on turntable and carried to
Il circular saw, which whites out the
slot in the pin. 1t is then finished
and thrown out OF the turntable by
the same appliance that puts the pins
on the table. Falling. they are
caught in a basket or barrel and are
then taken 10 tho drying house for 10
to "a hours, or until dry, The polish
ing cylinder or rumbler holds 20 TO 40
bushels; this is run at a slow speed
about 80 turns n minute. and by SIM
pie friction and contact they become
polished. IN Y Mail md Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
FINE PRINTED SILKS.
Charming NoveItic. of Delicate Texture
For summer Wear.

Charming novelties OF Dehchto seA'"'e
For summer Wear.
/ The unusual combinations OF color
introduced by fashionable modistes
during the past season, have been al
ready appropriated by designers and
manufacturers; and the result is seen
in charming novelties Of delicate tex
ture for spring and summer wear.
China silks in low. light tones OF
terra Gotta, tea-color. olive, old blue.
chocolate or, us the French color-cards
have it, ..cacao-the." are imported in
beautiful qualities; and these are
printed in Lyons in every variety Of
delicate or brilliant colorings and IN
Vulnerable patterns, the figures so in
delibly stamped upon the fabric that
they appear almost equally vivid
upon either side, and the materials are
said to be, in fact, washable silks.
Among the newest designs are the
large. whorl-likc shells and immense
scallop-shclls ut set distances, of red
printed in blue on gold-color. green on
dull red, blue on olive, etc. and all the
popular designs are in white ON all
cOlors.
Bcngalines in chine floral patterns
are shown in all colors, and the newest
and lighter qualities of Bengalines are
called Eolian silks - doubtless from
their airy lightness of texture. These
are figured with latticed designs re-
sembling n green trellis over which
pale-tinted blossoms are climbing.
Though the designs are large. the
colors are so subdued in tone that
their effect is very quiet. The light
repped surface of these silks gives them
n somewhat serious quality. and they
are used in combination either with
plain silk of the same quality and OF
the same or contr asting color. OF
with faillc franchise.
Then there are the glowing Oriental
tints in rich-hued India silks in floral
Egyptian and other Eastern patterns,
which will make charming summer
costumes, and are very popular for the
equally popular tea-gowns and home
robes which can not now he made too
luxurious either in color or fabrics.
In using these printed silks some
combination with plain material of the
same color is usual; and all the figured
silks may be used with their ground
color in plain fabric. Another way
is to use them in combination with
plush or velvet or fine cashmere. AS for
the fror.t of tea-gown or matinee.
Most charming of all are the white
silks with dainty and diminutive fig
ures in chine colorings. These are not
floral, but small "set' figures in shell
or spiral patterns. Trimmed with white
Fedora lace, which beautifully initiates
the finest of real laces. these China
silks are pretty for the dancing dresses
of young ladies' and misses mt any sea-
son. The more delicate evening tints,
such rs azure, pale gold color, hello
trope, shrimp or azalea pink. come
both in figured and plain silks. On
pink, IL wovcn-in gilt thread, cleaning
in the center of the tiny stamped figure,
adds the charm of singularity to an
already sufficiently beautiful fabric. -
Dem0rest's MonthA.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29

The world moved round once more
Six hundred dollars! Why, six hum
dred cents meant home and Stashy
and happinessi See here, mister
could you lend me trifle till get the
rewarlp want 10 let bis mother
know I've found the baby. little Billy.
here!' Perhaps the burly policeman
had a baby and wife at home. ! know
the message went, and Stashy cried
for Joy and said: II knew his father
would find Billy" with proud con-
fidence. And when they reached
home on 4 lster morning, the neigh
bor4 all came in 10 welcome the Bings'
Bah :, and. like the brave heart that
be was. Bings never told even 'Stashy
what price he paid for that nighl-ride
to N W York. - Boston transcript.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
BAGGAGE SMASHING.
The Peculiar aad Sk,lIrul Evolut.ons q
Expert Trunk !Isntliers.


Expert Trunk Handlers.
But however secure and elaborate
the luxuriant appointments of thi
modern trunk he goes out brand new
from your home and returns, after a
tunt, with tho battered marks of
war upon him. You look at him
with despair and join your inspection
with II naughty expletiye over-tha;
unprinciplod trunk-smasner. But
there is something to be said to his
account that mitigates the unchari-
table opinion of him. Standing in a
railroad center where steaming engines
rush into the station with trembling
haste, one may observe the trunk
smashcr at his work. and stand in
wonderment that he executes his task
so skillfully and yet with such little
damage A breathless span of time is
allotted him in which to hand down
his pile of trunks, and to the minute
the work is done. All around him is
he roar of shifting, steaming world
-embarking and diScmbarking in ex-
,iting specd--and the only man that
stands cool at his place in the midst of
this seething Babylon. is the expert
baggage-master.
To be truuk-handler one must be
an expert. None but men of pecular
fitness are stationo! 1T the grea. rail
road exchanges. A greenhurn can al
once be detected. He tackles a trunk
with bungling awkwardness, he rolls
it with putting labor. fails over it and
Tits and drops it score of times. To
watch an expert unloading train yon
will observe how his one hand rest,
upon one corner and the other upon
The side. he lands tho trunk on the
iioor, never upon any corner, always
On the full end. The corner is the
wrecking point even of an iron-clad.
lie most dexterously hurls it to side
with the ease of toy, and in an instant
hurls another after it with the grace and
1ose OF ball player. He always pre-
fcrs large trunk tn II small one-it is
better to handle. The wrecking is
never done by the expert, who handles
hundreds of trunks at the great con-
Iluences of railroads. 1t is done by the
small frys of the least work-and par
ticularly by the inexperienced hands
OF road expresses. Philadelphia Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
THE RATTLEshAkr.. !.


TN Malignant. Terrib,.
~. Fa.sinas,a asI @.s .ss ,nn..ss.-...,
never seeing snake cha
animal, ! concluded il ~. !" p'Fdos
superstition or fancy. devoid !. negro
SO continued to think =, o. fact
days ago when farmer ir;.aa aul a Tow
living four miles south ~ All, q mine,
me me what 2 ne h9d lately wituesssS '9 :,
sad ne was riding along on : =. u
anu saw prairie dog within : p'A'rie,
OF him, which refused Ia s.s 'ev feet
ms hole as prairie dogs usus ,psf y
when approached by m II; ~ -, D
trary' he sat as II transfrss ~ eoss
spot though making q cons,a., 70 ne
Gus, shuddering motion, az II a, ner'.
70 get away. My friend thoos r1a' 3,
was strange, and while considsssi .s Oh. :,
spectacle. he presently saw I.. ths
tlesnake coiled up under cow ,ge fat
his head uplifted, about SIX , q '. .
ieet from the dog, which sill, : hs sven
INN not. but looked steadily u,' asea "
snake He disinounted. tooL ~ r. .as
ny the head and thrust him On n, lug Jog
the snase' which had up T. " ,hsa
moment remained quiet, immod;. nay
swelled with rage, and beoan a'ely
ing his rattles. The prairie das a, ~
some time seemed bcnumbcd. HAM, ~
capable Of motion, but grew be,,a ."la'y
finally got into his hole. M ... ana
then killed the rattlcr. Now -. a'. ..'
case OF charmingp II not VIA, ~, ~
itp My friend who told mo az ~. vac
named John Irving McClure s,.. 's =
well known to me. good and t,m,as s',
man. l now give it up that snake. "a, a.
indeed charm, or so paralyze birds M
little animals with terror whaa !. aua
catch their eye. that they become ha l.'
less and motionlcss, almost as pooS :.
dead What say the scientistsp
And to one who is familiar VIII Il.
eyes of rattesnakes it docs moi so =.
unreasonable that they should b.ra
such power. If you win examine ~
eye OF one when he is cold in da,,h
You will perceive that it ha, an ~
tremely malignant and terrible esnres.
sion. When he is alive and excited
know OF nothing In all nature Of a.
dreadful appearance as the eye Of thu
rattiesnake. 1t is enough to strike not
only birds and little animals but man
with nightmare. have on several a..
easions examined them closely with
strong glasses, and feel with ali force
what state, and will tell you that
there are few men on the face
of the earth who can look upon an
angered rattlesnake through a good
glass-bringing him apparently within
foot or two of the eye-and stand Il
more than a moment - Forest and
Stream.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
RoYAl SALARIES.


What Europe rays Anh""iiy f@ MAIN
tanning Its Monarehie@
A table recently prepared shows the
royal salaries paid in Europe, and il
forms interesting recalling for those who
have an idea that onr own Government
is conducted on wasteful and extray-
agant plan. and who think. rs some OF
the Kcarneyitcs used TO assert, that no
man ought to get more than W day
The Emperor of Russia receives sS,-
$50, COO per annum; tho Sultan OF Tur-
KEY, So. 900 900; the Emperor OF Aus
tria. $4,000. 900; the King of Yrussia,
IS, 900, 900; the King of Italy, 81. 400
900; the Queen Of England, ~, 2O9, 900;
the Queen OF Spain. 81. S0), 00O, and the
King Of the Belgians, 100000
What sermon against monnrchcai
government this bricf table contains!
Eight persons. men and women--for
Kings and Queens arc nothing more
receive each year in the aggregate
s2s, $50. 900 for doing whatP For do
ing nothing that hundreds be
thousands--of their subjects could moi
30 just as well and possibly much bet
ter. Some Of these monarchs get their
salaries for doing really nothing.
Queen Victoria, for example, has abso-
luely no function to perform except
to represent in her royal person the
idea of dominion and sovereignty. She
has no part IN the government OF the
country The most irrcpressiblc Irish
member of Parliament does more and
has more to say about ruling the en-
pire than Victoria has; and yet be-
cause she is what she is. the mere edo
lon of a bygone autocracy. her loving
subjects pay her Over $4,000, 0JO every
year for her own use and benefit.
The King of Prussia receives 50, 000,-
300 year Id compensation for his
arduous royal duties; and when 1t is
considered that he ID the Emperor If
Germany, that he is u man over ninety
years of age, and that the rcins Of
Government have been for years in thu
hands of Bismarck, it must be adj
mitted that, judged by republican
standards, he does not earn his sal
airy.
Probably the Gar OF Russia performs
~ much or more actual labor than any
rcigning sovereign in Europe. The
form of Government of Russia being
despotism, the Gear must necessarily
center all authority in himself and be,
in fact as we'll as name, the fountain
and source Of all authority. But even
for his duties, irksome. multifarious
and difficult though they may be.
| IS, $50, 0o) is more than they are worth.
| especially in view OF the financial con-
dition of Russia and the immense drain
| upon her resources.
The people of the United States
thought they were doing wonderful
thing when they increased the Presi-
dents salary from $500 to $4,000;
and yet the larger amount is only a
trifle over two days salary of the En-
peror of Russia; while at the same time
the United States is better able to pay
the President the Cars salary than
Russia is to pay the Gear the Presi-
DENTS salary.
Royalty is simply an enormously ex-
pensive luxury, with nothing to recon-
mend it except tradition and prec,,-
dent, and the only wonder is that ii
can keep its hold 50 long on intclligen
and pro9ro ssive nations in this age of
the world. San Francisco Chronicle
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29

Whoever drinks tea let him do 90
IN moderation. Do not take it between
he"'s on an empty stomach. Allow it
70 FORM a part of the regular meal.
MAKE the infusion by steeping-never
by boiling, Those who are troubled
with insomnia should not use it in any
iorm' Brain-workers can not afford
TO overwork on the stimulus Of strong
TEA ihe poor and scantily-fed can
not ahord to touch it. To dyspeptics
we say tea aggravates your trouble.
anu many cases are cured by disusing
IL Persons troubled with constipation
should not use it, either weak or
strong.-iable 7alk,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29

threat Caesar, smith, said the
editor of the society paper to his as.
Slstant' "here's ten-line paragraph
you We written about Colonel Bulger,
and you haven't called him handsome
once in the whole of it," But Colonel
Bulger isn't handsome" persisted
smith. Handsome! He's UGLY
enough to scare a carload of MONKEYS
into commissions" Then would he
Justified IN speaking of him as hand.
someP' Never you mind whether
your Justified or not always speak o.
ooiohei bulger as handsome; l get M,
butter of him. ",-Exfiunoo.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29
OLD-TlME vAGARiES.
How Ague and Nightmare Were Cured In
the Good Old DAYS

In the early days of creduIity and
superstition the popular mind was pre-
pared to receive as remedy any thing
of mysterious character. A ring
made on the hinge of coffin was cred
tied with the power of relieving cramps,
which also received solace when a
rusty old sword was hung up by the
patients bedside. Nails driven into
an oak tree were not a cure. but pre-.
ventive against toothache. A halter
which had served to hang criminal
withal. when bound round the temples.
was found an infallble remedy for
headache. A still more eiiicacious
remedy was found, of course, in the
moss" growing on human skull,
which moss was dried and pulverized
and then taken by way Of cephalic
snuff. A dead mans hand could dis
pei tsmors of the glands by stroking
the parts nine times; but the hand Of a
man who had been cut down from tho
gallows-tree was, we need not say,
remedy infinitely more efficacious
Some of these remedies still exist
among the superstitious poor OF the
provinces. although the formula, Of
course, is not now strictly adhered to-
the game being emphatically "hardiy
worth the candle" To cure warts
for instance, the best thing was to
steal piece of beef from the butcher
with which the warts were to De
rubbed, after which it was to be IN
TERED in any filth. and as the process
of decomposition went on the warts
would wither and disappear.
The chips of a gallows on which sew
eral persons had been hanged wheh
worn in bag round the neck were
pronounced an infallible cure for inc
ague. The nightmare. supposed 0,
course, to be caused by supernatural
agency. was banished by means Of .
stone with hole in it being suspended
at the head of the sufferers bed lh''
last remedy went by the name OF
"hag-stone," because it preveh'e" ~. NV
witches, who of course wrought NV
mischief, from sitting on the patent
stomach. ;,
Its effect upon these mischievous 4 GA
crones was singuiarly deterrent Inc
poor old creatures who could mol nave
sat horse the moment he began V
walk were credited with riding .hsse
animals over the moorland at heaaious
speed in the dead of night, wheh Oes
ter disposed and less frisky people We as
wrapped in slumber. A "nag,s'oa, =,
tied to the key of the stable aool =
once put stop to these hea'neA''
vagaries. Time.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29

-"1 You want 10 buy a stovep Ger
calmly, ma am. What kind of a stoyep'
well, we're just married and think
Of going to housekeeping, and. as |
don t know how to cook. | think | will
take cooking stove. Good House.
keeping.
A young man in college wrote rs
follows to his father: My dear father.
have only time-being greatly rushed
with my studies-to send my love and
tell you that l wish you would SEND
me fifty dollars" The father replied.
MY dear son have only timc-beino
greatly rushed with my hay-to send
ioNe and tell you that | have not semi
you fifty dollars. "-Arkansay Tran
eier.
-" Kitty ran into Mary Ann. and
lost a sheet, besides Smashin things
generally. Mary AIMS new suit was
tipped in "A dozen places, and Kitty In
helpless in the roadway. 1t was ali
due to bad management on the part OF
Kitty master" The above sounds rs
shocking rs police court item. but il
is in reality only II report of collision
during ayacht race. written in the En-.
glish style, with the word 1.-THE" omit.
ted from each vessel name. -Harper',
Bazar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-29

"A London bookseller has copy of
the first edition of "Robinson Crusoe. y
which he describes ms one of the rarest
books in the English language. The
price AT which he holds it is $500. -
Pa6Iie Opinion