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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-12
a Few Fashion Notes.

Gauze fans are all the rage now.
For young girls dresses OF white mus
lin are in favor.
The large hat is universal for d~y
wear this summer.
White flannel sailor suits for little
girls are often trimmed with many
rows of colored braid.
Silk is worn more Al present than for
several seasons past,
The sailor hat is. if possible, more
fashionable than ever.
The jersey appears to be restored tc
all its old-time favor.
Serge and flannel remain standard
materials for boating dresses.
Mourning silks are now out IN all tn
/ light weaves popular for summer dresser
in colors.-N Y. World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-12
Bnffalo lady had a curious ex-

A Buffalo lady had curious ex-
perience in travelling in New York
lately. II was stormy night. and a
high wind was blowing in fierce gusts.
In passing from one car to another a
sudden blast wrapped her skirts around
The brake, and in freeing herself the
cloth was badly rent. The pocket OF
The dress was torn off. and her pocket
book, containing money, tickets keys
md checks, sailed OFF into the black
wight. chicago Tunes.
-rpenezer W. Knapp ana ). G'
Millspaugh, two aged citizens OF Wal
den, New York, we've fast friends for
over sixty years. Last Saturday
Knapp was engaged in carting away
his effects from the post-offiee, from
which he had been recently removed
by the postmaster, when he died sud
denly of heart disease. The next
morning Millspaugh heard the news OF
his friends death while sitting in
church, and was SO shocked by the an
nouncement that he died within an
hour. Both were over seventy-hve
years old and members of the Reformed
Church. $500.
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CARE FOR THE AGEC.
"nic" should he Understood by All
on HON Old People ueuend

Dtt fopiE depend.
Nfgil > renowned hero, Eneas. re.
seiNed ms familiar epithet OF ..pious''
from MS loving care Of his old father.
Ahchises. In all times and climes a
IKE care has ever been REGARDED az a
prime demand upon flial piety. One
point at which such care NAV be exer-
cisco Is in guarding the health of our
a.ea parents, and thus protracting their
me ana rendering it worth protractine
NV generation now nearing its close
had Its birth and growth when this
whole matter was little understood even
py the medical profession. All knew
'nat IL was common thing for the old
to be suddenly struck down with ano.
plexy, Or hurried to their graves by an
attack OF pneumonia, or bronchitis due
TO an ordinary cold OF such and
kindred cases it was said they had died
OF old age. Life, it was thought. had
reached its natural limit; the BODY was
worn out in every part and went to
| pieces as matter Of course, all at
once, like the deaeon's "one-horse
shay Now, as general thing. we
mi+ht as we'll say that a child dies of
infancy when its mother does not suit
ably protect it, The fact is, every age
has It's tendencies and special exposures.
In old age the arteries lose Their
elasticity and toughness, and readily
give way, especially those of the brain
under whatever quckens the action O,
the heart. The circulation, too, is
feeble, and slight chill is sufficient te
drive the blood back on the interna
organs, thus giving rise to various con
gestions. Indeed, u common cold i:
often much more dangerous to the aget
i. than smallpox to an adult, or scarle
a fever to a child. The recuperativ
!, power, also, is so weakened in the age,
as to make almost any ordinary all
ment a serious thing. The secretion
4 are greatly lessened, so that digestion
especially of meat, is much impaired an
: the bowels tend to severe constipation
r with its grave evils. Children, and al
:. on whom the aged depend, should nc
y only understand. but be alive to a
/. this. Says Prof. H. c. Wood, NJ D
4 LII. D.:
q "A large proportion of those who Al
r. said to die from old age, really die frol
W the effects of exposure, and it must b
n remembered that the term exposure
IT relative. What in young man ma
= be nothing, may to an old man be
serious matter. One of the most pc
If feet projections from cold is bucksk
" jacket Nothing else will compa
ar with it. . These patients must
in guarded especially against exposure
Of wind-even more than against dam
n High winds chill the surface. oppre
it respiration. and are exceedingly di
IN astrous to the life Of any person who
Ia circulation is without power. .. Slim
ra lating food should be withdrawn. Ne
an should be used but sparingly. Mi
an should be the chief article of diet. "
mt Youth's Companion.
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SCIENTIFIC HOAxES.
How the Credulous Public Was Victimized
by Missouri Charlatan.

The great lesson which Cuvier taught
the world was that many races of ami
mails were entirely extinct, and tina!
natures chain of existence had not one
but many missing links. From his
recognition of that fact the science OF
paluontology may be said to date, But
the carnivorous nature OF the mastodon
was too fascinating an absurdity to be
so easily killed. and it continued to APP
near Mt intervals. As late as 1888 we
find New England medical professor
writing rs if it were an unquestionable
fact. The giant theory fingered still
longer. and even yet can not be consld-
cred entirely extinct among the un-
learned. The dietum that the superstl-
tons of one age are but the science OF
preceding ages receives ample contrma-
ton in the history of this subject. Not
longer ago than 1916 a mastodon skele-
ron was exhibited in New Orleans as
that of a giant. The Uranium was made
IF raw hide, fantastic wooden teeth
were fitted in the jaws, all missing parts
were restored after the human model
and the whole raised upon the hind legs
1t certainly conveyed the notion OF -
hideous, diabolical giant, and was M
doubt responsible for many Nightmares
As a sad commentary on the state 0
The medical profession in the Southwes
# that time, it may be added that tn
.xhibitor was perfectly honest in hi
belief and to support his faith he ha'
, trunk full of physicians certificate
hat these were human bones.
In 1910 DR. Koch. a German char
,,tan, created great sensation by an
,ouncing the discovery Of the leylatha
.f.Tnb. which he called the Missourlun
rom the State where it was found
.urned out, however, to be nothing but
mast don preposterously mounted hoc
had added an extra dozen or more JONI
D., the backbone and ribs to the ches
armed the tusks outward into a sem
ircle, aud converted the animal lnto
,,u,+ic monster which anchored ltse
, trees by means of its sickle-sllape
usks and then peacefully slumoert
M the bosom of the waves, Like IL
sibcrians, he found interesting CO.
. carnations of his views in his book
, Tob. that refuge OF perpleHed monste
makers. Koch took his leylathan
= London. where it was purchased BY tt
British museum and reconverted INTO
g nastodon by Prof, Owen, who at on
! .ococnized its true nature. -Scrt0HeT
q LINN -Itle.
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Shame comes to no man unless

Shame comes to no man unless ne
himself help it on the way.
The most profound Joy has more of
gravity than of gaiety in it-No"-
taigne
Work and play are necessary to
each other but they should not be
mixed.
Service is the end Of man. Service
Is the necessity of man. Service is the
glory of man. -IndiGa Witness.
As general thing, the man who
is full of himself finds his appetite I'M
appeased. - Biaghampton Leader
-Figure-hiugers and star-gazers
pretend to tell the fortunes of king
doms, and have no foresight in what
concerns themselves, L Es.range.
IT we hope for things OF which we
have not thoroughly considered the
value. our disappointment will be
greater than our pleasure in the frui-
ton Of them. ADDISON
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-Sabal johnson, residing few
miles west of 0 lkland, Fla, and about
three-quarters of mile south of the
homestead Of Peter Goodrich. found
that an orange tree, twenty years
old, in his grove was not doing we'll
R ,medies were applied in vain. and
finally the tree died, Being inclined
to investigate the matter, he dug down
6 distance of six or eight feet to see
if the growth of the taproot was I'M
,eeled in any way. Here the dis
cnverv was made of a huge stone
coffin or box seven and half or eight
feet long. containing the bones of
5 .mtnole Indian, and variety Of b.
original curiosites. The lid of the
fiji or box was in two pieces and
similar to the limestone now being
fyund in such large quantities near
| MasCOtte.
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Ample Cause for Shame.

A Dutchman who had lost his wife
took unto himself second spouse with
Il haste that struck mis- neighbors as
somewhat unseemly; so, on the
night of the ceremony they rendered
him \ sereuade, with the usual tin-pan
and horn accompaniment, at which
he waxed extremely wroth.
'Poys.' he said from an upper win
low. don't you vas ashamed of your
,elluf to make dot noise ven deere vas
death in de house so lately SINGER ~
brakes TrarelerS' Magazine.
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AIR IN THE CHEST.
Instructive Information Concerning VA
rious Affections of the Lungs.


The lungs lie against the chest walls.
When the chest expands. fresh air
PUSHES into the lungs, and, expanding
them also, still keeps them in closest
contact with the chest. A thin, lubrl-
eating fluid, secreted by the membrane
which lines the chest cavity, prevents
all friction from the constant motion
of the two on each other. Sometimes
this membrane, becoming intiamed-
secretes in large quantities watery
duid. which sometimes changes to pus'
This secretion. crowding against the
luncs; interferes with their proper e1-
mansion. This is pleurisy.
Sometimes the space becomes filled
with air, which presses against the
lungs and impedes their action, lhls
is nneumothorax. which means Simply
air in the chest. The air is from the
lunos. 1t may issue from them
tbronoh some minute opening in thell
walls an aperture, perhaps moi
larper than pin-hole' made
bv the bursting of small
vesicle near their surface
The bursting may be caused by UNI
nsual exertion, or by the sottening O
the vesicle, as pimple or boil soften
and breaks. The opening once mace
the air is constantly forced through 0.
every expiration, The accumulate
ayr COMPRISING the lungs, may caus
the opening to close and heal up II
which case the air is gradually al
sorhed Sometimes bit Of matter "
b,ood-clot, is swept into the lungs
whore it lodges in minute ar'c'
near the surface. and then causing III
aammation and suppuration' ope"
out AN exit for the air -
In all eases the difficulty is that tn
limos can not properly expand an
tbo notient's breathing is interfere
witbrsometimes fatally. Often It
rslieved without medical aid OTTER
ooain, only by tapping; in some cas- sr,'
the tapping needs to be repeated -
ual;ef IS immediate. The air rushe
ont with great force from the eiasl ,
~ tbe lungs and the distended cheS
II however the tapping IN sever
cases is delayed too long. the collsP ,,
lnnrs lose their elasticity. and ta''
wind Youths Companion
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-06-12

Years ago, one store sold hats ana
if YOU wanted shirt you ha | 10 60
somewhere else. \ Nv n hat store Will
ell you a shirt, a collar, Il cane, Gun
buttons, and SO on. A dry-goods store
will sell you = sled or a broom, and
ven a set If dishes, and if you go into
4. shoe store you will fall over UNI
brenas. The funny part of this change
lies in the fact that city folk used to
laugh at country folk because the
country store kept every thing
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SAVED FROM DISASTER


served ny Protecting Providence,
IL will not be difficult to mention
cases IN which eminent individuals
nave been preserved from danger and
death by the manifest hand Of Proyi-
dence.
John Knox, the Scotch reformer. had
many enemies, who sought to compass
ms destruction. He was in the habit
OF sitting in n particular chair in his
own house, with his back to the win
dow. One evening, however, when as
sembling his family. he would neither
occupy his accustomed seat nor allow
any body else to do so. That very
evening bullet was sent through the
window with a design to kill him. 1t
grazed the chair which he usually oc-
cupied, and made hole in the candle
stick.
I 1t is related of Augustine that he was
gong on one occasion to preach at a
distart town, and took guide to d.
rect him on the way. By some means
the guide mistook his way, and got
into a by-path 1t was afterward
learned that q party Of miscreants hat
designed to waylay and murder him
and that his life was saved through tn,
guides mistake.
/ Charles of Bala was once saved from
death by what some would call a fool
ish mistake. On one of his journey
to Liverpool his saddle-bag was pu
into the wrong boat. He had taker
his seat when he discovered it, ant
had to change at the last minute A
first he was vexed and disappointed
but he afterward learned that the boa
in which he intended to go was lost
and all its passengers drowned.
Howard, the philanthropist, was one
preserved from death by what som
would call mere chance, but whic
, was no other than a special prov
dence. He always set high value o
q Sabbath privileges. and was exact an
careful in his attendance on the mean
of grace. That he might neither il
crease the labor of his servants nc
, prevent their attendance on public wol
. ship, he was accustomed to walk
:, the chapel at Bedford, where he a
tended. One day man whom he ha
reproved for his idle and dissolu
= habits resolved to waylay and murd'
;, him. That morning, however, Il
;, some reason or other, he resolved
y go on horseback, and by differel
road. Thus his valuable life was pr
r served.
Rev. John Newton was in the hal
- of regarding the hand Of God in eve
D thing, however trivial it might appe
to others. THE way of man is not
himself he would say. Il do n
know what belongs to single ste
's When l go to St Mary Woolnoth,
10 seems the same whether l go dov
d Lothberry, or go through the c
10 Jewry; but the going through o
+ street and not another may produce
10 effect of lasting consequence. A M
20 cut down my hammock in sport
. had he cut it down half an hour late
70 had not been here, As the exchange
&c the crew was then making. A M
made smoke on the seashore at
il time ship was passing, which W
thereby brought to, and afterwa
.. brought me to England. THE Qutu
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SMART OLD MAN.
How He Induced an Admirer of His Young
Wife to Leave Town.

Wife to Leave Town.
Old Judge Pennybunker has a young
wife with whom young man named
Hostetter McGinnis has been flirting
pretty steadily for some mouths past.
At last Pennybunker called the young
man into the parlor, and the following
conversation took place:
Penny bunker--Mr. McGinnis, have
evidence in my possession that justities
me in saying that you love my wife.
McGinnis-I must admit that it is
true.
Pennybunker-I am satisfied that
your affection for my wife is no passing
whim, but is in the nature Of an ardent
attachment.
McGinnis-You are right. love
her most devotedly. l adore her.
Pennybunker-Aftc what you have
said there can be but one result.
McGinnis-I know that. l am at
your service at any time. All you
have to do is to name the time, place
and weapons.
Pennybunker, smiling That's not
what | mean. There is much better
way to arrange this matter. You say
you can not live without my wife, and
your passion seems to be reciprocated
1t would be cruel for me to separate
two such loving hearts, will procure
a divorce, and then you can marry the
object of your affections. You car
then be united according to law.
McGinnis disappears through side
door that leads to the street.
Pennybunker soliloquizes-He' Il no
show himself around here in a hurry
P S.-Hostetter has left town.
TeraS Sittinqs.
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Steps have been taken to form
Young Mems Christian Association IN
Jersey City.
Six towns in single (Windham)
county of Vermont have elected women
as superintendent of schools,
The average salary of the ol,uoe
teachers of the State last year was s'ol
in cities and $261 in towns -Cthclhn9''
Times.
The New York (EpiscopaD Gener,
al Theological Seminary has received
from Mr.. George A. Jarvis, OF BROOK
lyn, $40, 900 to be used in the erection
OF new building for dormltorics anu
fellows room.-United Presbyterian
Twenty eight young women were
recently graduated from the belleVue
Hospital Training School for nurses III
New York. This brings the total mum
Der of graduates up to 272, The 'nsu,
tuition is twelve years old.-C'eVs'"''''
Leader.
At the beginning of the year ioo0
there were 2.972 ordained foreign III $
sionaries in the world; 1872 lay ms
sionaries; S,06s ordained native preach'
ers; 2S, $40 unordained native helpers
and 500, 02S native Christians Inc
years income of missionary societies
wss $40, 81, 100. Brooklyn Eq2ss,
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..uow long since your father has

--'l1ON
eiyen you good licking sonny
sue never did" Look out young a2,
stsr, You know where liars go tor
~ amt lyin'. He never gave me .
GOOD lickin'; but I've had plenty Oh
.s,otber kind. "-Christian at WORK
The more clothes man wears 'ie
wore bedclothing he uses, the closer
h , keeps his chamber, the closer ne
nonfines himself to his house the more
readily will he take cold. as the more i"
,briftless youth is helped the less ape
does he become to help himse'l-
Good Housekeeping NAN.
mamma" said K-street little
cir, today. what kind of a woru d, Is
snodmder, and what does II mean
Really, my child replied the amazed ,
n,ntber ii can't tell you; l never
hasrd such word before. where oi0
~on ever hear it'" LAT school TO-DAY
.Ur The teacher said spring WA
.nodupIer." The mother eaugn' On
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improvements having been made
, the refining of wood alcohol, it is be-
NO largely used, it is said, to replace
he ordinary alcohol. Fears have late
been expressed that it is being used
in pharmacy as substitute for alcohol
-, tinpturrs.
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This of course is figured on the first
oditions. If book has much of run,
the publishers profit is larger as he
can use his old plates and is not -
ouired to advertise so extensively.
Charles Scribner says in this connec-
ton:
In this country there has been no complaint
tor as have learned, that the author does
y, receive his royalty on the full number OF
Sonlrs sold The only bone of contention Is, on
40 mart of the author, that he does not receive
spnaeiently high per cent. on the retail price.
we'll the market is an open one, and the author
s at liberty to choose his own publisher. II
,ben the publisher were making more than a
,a,r nrotit' some other publisher could afford to
rive the autho' larger royalty, and he would
Al 40 Competition rules among publishers as
Iii "a with other people. Publishers have
,und that fifteen per cent. on the retail price is
ali that they afford to pay
Taking the above table as correct the
sutbor is not likely to be very much en-
outraged at the situation. There are
very few men who can collect material
for book that would sell for one dol
lar. produce the manuscript and read
the proof in less than six months. A
hook that circulates 1000 copies the
first two years is rather above the aver
age as things 60 nowadays. This il
$500 to the author. A 81, 200 book
keeper is financially in better situa
ton, because he gets his money down
The first item in the above table tina
might be cut is the trade discount. Tn
dealers. however, complain that the
are expected to make twenty per cent
reductions to ministers and schools
These reductions have certainly bee
carried to great length by the retai
dealers, to the detriment OF the genera
public and the author. All of the Amer
lean publishers complain Of the chea
libraries and the trade in pirated fol
eign books, which make it difficult
offer liberal terms to American authors
Springfield Mass Republican.
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More Mind, More Madness.

1t is in no way surprising that in
sanity should seem to increase in races
or classes which are being intellectually
stimulated by education. There is al
ways in every community proportion
of brains which, being brought into
action, will break down. This proper
ton doubtless dlminishes as the COM
munity is elevated, and in a very few
generations the result of culture
may-probably WILDE to develop a
better stock, looking upon the people
as whole; but at the onset OF the ed
ucationary process, aud in the genera
ton first taught, the immediate result
must be considerable number OF
wreckings. This general principle
Is applicable to all races, peoples anu
classes, and it explains why the FIRST
effect of trying to elevate the negroes
has been to produce an apparent IN
crease of insanity among them
Lancet.
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AMERICAN BOOKS.
Percentage Paid to Authors by ths
Inc Publishers of Their Works.

American publishers are claiming
40, their bargains with authors are
' ~, an ruinous to the latter as is the
n aase in England, and it is probably
. .sne that the profit sharing system
!. not so widely followed. Publishers
m,a Seribner. who allow a royalty.
' lam that they can not afford to give
saore than fifteen per cent. on an ordi-
n "arr book for general reading. Take
hook that retails for one dollar, and
The cost and the percentages may be
- ant as follows:
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-03-13

Gloves that button or lace up the arm
are just now In more request than the
longer Mousqueiairo gloves. Colors are
limited 20 a very few varieties, six or eight
Of which are In various shades Of tan, from
pale golden tint 10 a deep wood color.
There are also some handsome now shades
In gray, brown and tcrracotta. There Is a
very limited demand for the Bcrnhardt
glove, but Il IL well always 10 keep gloves
Of this style ON hand for occasional wear,
for they are most desirable for travelling
purposes, a. they keep the hands and
wrists protected better than any other
glove. A lady can remove them at the
end Of a very long Journey without the
fear that her arms will be discolorcd by
dust and cindeH.