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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
IGNORANCE is BLISS.
Especially When a Big-Footed Girl Buua
Pair of Shoes.

Especially When Big-Footed Girl Buua
Pair of Shoes.
She walked into a fashionable shoe
store and said to the polite clerk:
lyon may show me pair Of walking
boots, No. 4. used to wear SIS but
go in for solid comfort now"
The clerk tried the boots, but they
would not go on.
Strange" she murmured, ut mus
be rheumatism. Try As B width. !
know ! can swim in them, but my let
are so tender"
While the clerk was getting them o.
she said:
II used to have beautiful foot pot
small, but such good shape. | never
had small foot; but | wore p si2esior
years, until walked so much and grew
heavier.
Your foot is a peculiar shape The
instep is so high-that is why you re
quire large size" said the clerk, who
had no fear of Ananias before his eyes
I've heard" she said, THAT The
Venus dee Medeechy wears No. ; aud
she is model of true proportion.
Exactly" said the clerk, growing
red in the face as he pulled and tuggc
to get them on. He had never heard Of
dee Medeechy," but he was up toa
trick or two himself. after all, b
said, "these are too large. You'll IND
the As just right"
He was only gone a moment, hut ID
that time he had erased 5E from Is
inside of pair of shoes and substitutes
Alb.
''There, l thought it was strange
she said, when they were on and pa"
for; why, those are just as easy as my
old ones. | believe | could just as wen
had 3s after ALL" And the young mar
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. went back 10 ~
duties with the air OF one well satlshe'
with himself Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
Where the Raven is Adored.


In the Soudan the respect for the
Bird of the Shade is unbounded; he
is endearingly known to the Arabs as
their "uncle, and they are more ex-
orbitant in exacting blood money for
his chance slaughter by the hand of the
stranger than if it were really the rela-
tive in question, Shoot their dove.
their ostrich, their varied scavengers
of the vulture kind, their once-sacred
ibis even, and they grin and
bear it; but once aim bolt
at the Noah Bird and
n hundred lean but muscular brown
arms will be raised and the bereayed
white-teethed relatives will gesticulate
and shout round you, while they ex-
plain how black-hued was your acct
dental crime. Apart from this, the
raven with his jetty plumage, will al
ways be point of interest in the
Soudan from the strong contrast he
presents to the ordinary ''desert-col-
ored' birds which preserve a neutral
tint of gray or tawn, which, to the in
experienced eye, renders them almost
Invisible, all the Year found.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
THE sARssR's aevr..-


. SUt
So,"rea chin-seraps. -.
Fakes the Law In his Own 's IS
Gus White. Galveston Fss,.
needed money. but did ~, 's''''0ps
He tried TO negotiate a losr '' !. "
dollars from Disconsolate jon. : y
is u barber, Offering hIs No.. VI
shaved but Disconsolate told al ~ 2
he shaved chins, not notes, y, as
things came to that pass ia, Il 'ual
had to have money, SO No w W
more to Disconsolate Jones, n.y. a :.
he felt sure of success, Tor h. = ''hs
his ivory-handled pistol with ~, ', y
consulate was waiting for 4 cn.s,. -
and after ne dressed Gus wool, am, ~
some hair-oil on it. the latter 80 sao M
sell the barber an ivory-handled ~. =
''D'sconsolate Jones, give NJ s'' '.
dollars and de pistol am yours - Y.
Gus. a
"G'way, niggah; hits axsu a. L.
tote pistils," replied Jones. y
but you needs pistol wh.~
off," y f90tsa
DE man what totes plstIl i !.
plum coward" ~
Hits wutf ten dollars, but y, 7.
have it for two dollars
'G'way niggah;" and just then . :.
toner came in to have his chin sc,.s -
which ended the negotiations ~
Strange to say, that very nich, I.
his way home. Disconsolate Jon ~ !, y
attacked by an unknown man i
kicked and mauled him, robbed H., !,
all his loose change, and fed 4 q.
darkness without uttering word NJ.
morning before Gus White was y \
was called on by Disconsolate IN. I
who told him the story Of his woes
81 done told yesterday yer mont /.
robbed" replied Gus.
"Whar's dat pistil you wanted h ~
me yesterday for two dollarsy, asL.I
Disconsolate Jones.
Hits agin de law to tote weanop. !
replied Gus sarcastically.
''Nebber mind. amt gwine q i
beat to def when / kin get a pistil i,
two dollars"
Nobody but a pldm coward ,o,.,
pistils. but you can hab it for ,o,
dollars" responded Gus.
! Disconsolate Jones paid over n,
money and took the pistol. As soon 4
he got the pistol he examined 1t, out /
in his pocket, and carelessly picking j,
chair, he whacked Gus White a
furious rate.
"Dah," said the breathless Disconr
late, compelling Gus to return III
stolen money and also the price Of III
pistol, ''de next time you wants ter 70
man don't pick out de same nipps
what put hair-oil on yer head, or J
will glib yerself away by de smell
And keeping the pistol to recon
pense himself, he left. Texas Sitting
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

twenty bags containing s,o. 600
were being conveyed by two ,1on in 81
cat from one of the London banks re-
Gently. when the bottom of the cab
gave way and all the bags fell into tho
street. 1t was minute or so before
the men could attract the attention of
the driver aud get him to stop. md
the bags We're left some distance ha-
hind They were all there, however,
when the men hurried back. There
We're few persons on the street Mt tho
time. '''o
or Norma w. -kittson, VINO died
recently in the Northwest, the st. Paul
correspondent of the New York Times
says; He was the first white man 10
make Minnesota his residence He
came to Fort Smelling in 1882. and four
years. later opened fur-trading post
OF his own
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Prairie chickens, like other ma
tiVes Of the wilds, are opposed to civ
ilization and are being pushed back
toward the frontier with the advance
of the immigrant. During the last
ten years they have been moving west
so fast that they are no longer seen in
Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota, and now
flock in Western Nebraska or Dakota.
An elaborate investigation has
shown that the number of blind people
In Russia is very unequally divided
among the different races, there being
only blind in each 10000 Poles. 10
in each 10000 Russians, and as
many as SO in each 10000 Votyaks.
No less than one-eighth of the cases Of
blindness are due to smallpox, and
only onc-half to direct eye diseases.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

"A gentleman from Manchester. who
wont to London not long since, had a
commission from a lady to her brother,
which he was anxious to carry out at
once. where win find Mr.. b., who
is in the grocery business?n he asked
of a Cockney. There are two broth
ers of that name, both in the gro
Gerry business in kensingtou, was the
reply. Which do you wish to see?"
Il mean the one that has sister in
Manchester.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
Don't Fight the Team.

II n horse shows signs of stubborn
ness or contrariness, just get mad your
self. and you can rest assured you are
fixed for the rest of the day, as long as
you want to keep it up. Horses. like
men, are generally set in their ways,
and when horse with only moderate
sense gets into trouble with man with
only Il moderate sense the two gener-
ally have monkey and parrot time
from morning till night. Well-bred
horses are seldom stubborn and unruly,
and in this respect there is striking
analogy between horses and men
Horses docile, obedient and tractable
in the hands OF one man are vicious
and unruly in the hands of another
The reason Is, the one knows how to
manage them, the other does not Bad
dispositions are generally the result
of bad handling. A few slaps and jerks,
accompanied by II little sharp talk or
"a few fierce yclls, get the most gentle
horse clear beside himself and ready
to worry and fret the remainder of the
day The more quiet and steady you
keep your horses the better it will be
for them, yourself and all concerned
National St0ckmdR.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

->"Cozey Bell, handsome female
Skye-terrier, had been the household
pet Of a wealthy New York lady for
ten years. Recently ''Cozeyr died of
cardiac failure. as her physician was
pleased to call 1t. Her sorrowing mis-
tness purchased Noodlawn Cemetery
lot, ordered yelvet-covered. satin
lined burial casket, had an engraved
silver plate put upon it, stating the
name and age Of the deceased, and, ac-
eompanied by sympathetic friends. fol.
lowed "Cozey'sh remains to their final
resting place.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

"A lady has a little colored girl as
u sort OF body servant, who is very
much pleased with her place. One
day the lady started down street. as
you gwlne to my folkses?" asked the
ehlld' No, not to-day" replied the
lady Il wisht you was.n "Whv.
WHAT'S the matter?" "Oh, cause |
wants dem niggers to see what kind o,
lolks lse keepin' comp'ny wild. Ell
you IL go you needn't pay me no wages
10 dis yer weeks wuk." The lady paid
the call and gave the child ten cents
extra. Washington critic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Thomas j. Mayall, recentlv de-
ceased started as poor boy. He in
vented the first rubber belt. the fret
cylinder printing machine for wall
paper printing and also for o,uipr
aispi"clng the former mode of printin q.
from independent blocks; invented
ruooer cement and satin-finished ma
per- helped Charles Goodyear in The
invention of vulcanized rubber ava
also produced number of other in,
Neh'ions In revolvers. guns, rians
steam apparatus for loading and firing
artillery, ammunition, coffee-hplline,
,u"onlhes' self-acting drawbridges ana
railway switches. e' anu
"A masseuse WAC mas -pracuceo her
procession largely among families of
wealth makes the statement that in
many years she has administered mas
sage TO only one woman whose ribs
ing, ~''o'-"e'r'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

"A poor man and his wife emigrated
TO the Cape of Good Hope, and arrived
there with little money and no pros
pects' The husband knew how to
make aerated waters, and he spent all
MS money In getting some material for
that purpose. Then he left his wife
with friends and started for the
diamond fields, encountering great
hardshlps, but getting there at last
with his stock. He built himself a
'ittle shanty' and began making and
selilhg the water, succeeding so well
that after four months he returned to
ms wife with eight hundred gold SOW
erelgns hidden in a belt under his shirt
he has made large fortune in the
business since.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Never put away food on tin plates,
Fully one-half the eases of poison from
the use of canned go DIS is because the
article was left or put back into the
tin can after using. China, earthea.
ware or'glass are the only safe receipt
acles for ''left-overs.n
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Where did you go last night pn
saio travelling man to a newspaper
man. II went around to see our friend
onu'esoh new play, 1t was pre-
scented Tor the first time" sInterest-
lngF' well, to be frank. not very "
wv, w nat was the motive of the piecep"
Inc motlveP As far as could Judge.
the motive was the exterminat;or ~
tne whole human race" --Meychant
1raUeler. e''''''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

One of the finest collections 0, ~ ~
terflies in the world has been iiiaae - =
a member of the New York Stocs -
change. 1t contains one hum *.
thousand specimens, and mas soo in n
twenty years in time and soo'VVs
money. Livingstone, Stanley oo"" 81.
ka, and other explorers have oo'
buted to il.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Queen Victoria is cleared u -
charge that plain English bread :, an
good enough for her taste. IL haS IN ,s
reported that she ate only Turn 's sou
Of the kind styled Cressini, but Luna "A.
ruth says, this is all nonsense anu "a
clares that brown and white ofesa !.
made every day for her use; anu So md
exceedingly fond OF oatcaKes
scones.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

-tcuntryman GO jewellery -"i wan,
to get a pair of earrings cheap. but
purity. They're fur a present" Jew
eler-"Yes, SIR; you want something
a trihe loud, | s'pose?n Countryman
well, | wuddent mind if one on en-
was little loud, mister; my girl is
deaf in one ear. ~ T. sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26

Those friends who talk to us
about our maladies and dangers should
De suppressed by the law-of etiquette
Never to speak of our own ailments
except to those whose business il is To
give advice. and never to allow others
to speak of them without our solicita
tion' would etfectually ward off MANY
complaints and prevent others from
becoming serious, 49, Christian .4.lrocoie
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26


A colt should not be spollt nv not
'ing him. Be very good to him, but
Always treat him in a strictly business
IKE way. 1t will prove the greatest
kindness you can do him in the lone
run. 'S
"A Milwaukee clergyman, who has
reputation for brilliancy, generosity
ana getting into debt, and who was
lately reported as being in financial
STRAITS was waited on a few DAYS agn
py a wealthy parishioner, who asked
MN 10 Inquire out the amount of money.
/. would take to free him from doh,
Inc clergyman replied that IT VOL
'ake nearly $1,000, whereupon IL,
gentleman responded ''Weu vo,
sermons have been worth that mnc,
10 me above my pew rent and churc)
contributions. Please accept This
ana ne handed the clergyman cheel
ior The sum named.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-10-26
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Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
The Present Cad

The same temper of mind that would
leave God behind us in the past, would
persuade us also, to Danish Him to distant
space. He is not here, but there. We
look for Him above, beneath, around us.
In majesty He broods over the abyss {;
benignly He gazes from the stars He is
under the ocean, in the desert, on the
mountain top. But ho@ seldom we recog-
nize that he is here. Our surroundings
are vulgar; and to associate God with the
poor, common things of life seems little less
than profane. But this was not PauPs
view of the divine. In the tentmaker's
workroom at Corinth, where the canvas
and tools were lying as he entered upon
his mornings task, 10, God was there
His bodily eyes saw only the plain, COM
mon-looking men who worked with him.
but keener sight beheld the spiritual
presence of the divine Workman, who
was great enough to fashion the world, and
humble enough to toll, once, at Joseph's
bench. The lane in which the apostle
lived may well have seemed too dingy for
anything heavenly to enter But in his
humble lodgings Christ was an hourly
guest. He loved His disciple, and wonld
not leave him comfortless When Paul
passed down into the hold of Mamertine
prison, Christ passed down there, too. In
prosecuting the follower the world has
always prosecuted the Master; for He can
not desert His own. To all believers in all
time He has fulfilled this promise to the
letter: 81 will never leave thee, | will
never forsake thee" We have, hence. to
pass, if we are His children, over no great
distance to find Him. We say he is at the
center of the universe. And SO Heis; and
so is every one of his creatures. The cen
ter of the universe to you is just where you
stand, and at that center is Gods. G1-
fdrd Nelson.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
a WOMAN'S TRAVELS.
MRS. KER'S RAMBLES THROUGH
MANY FOREIGN LANDS.
Journeying Afar With Little Prep
aration and Less Baggage.

"That little mess in Thibet,n says David
Ker, the traveller, &c is inviting. Then the
German row in Samoa might be worth
while. Central Asia and the Pacific
Islands, too, are SO easy of access-to say
nothing of the Morocco troubles. l made
up my mind five minutes ago to give
Northern Africa a call. Five minutes
notice is all that Mrs Ker requires
quite long enough to pack our two hand
bags"
Mrs. Kerl Why, you don't mean to
say that your wife always accompanies
you?"
Accompanies me? Why, do you fancy
| should want to leave my wife behind me;
or, rather, that she would consent to let
me go without her? She began this little
skipping round right after we We're mar
ried, and that event took place in 1880. In
| that year we travelled through Montene-
gro, in 1881 through Beloochistan and
Afghanistan; IN 1882 it was Cape Colony
Natal, Zululand, the Transvaal, St. Helena,
Ascension and Madeira; in 1888, Siam,
Malacca, Sumatra; in 1884, Hungary
Transylvania, Roumania, the Crimea,
Caucasus, the petroleum fields of the Cas-
plan, then to Anatolia and Turkey; in
1885, oh, dear me! that was delightful
year; tirst-class shipwreek on the west
coast of Africa, and we had to keep off the
cannibals with muskets; and in 1886 itwas
Congo, Dongola and the CAMERON river
and last year a little jaunt, nothing much
to speak about, to Ceylon, Burmah and
Thibet, and now Mrs. Ker is just beginning
to have q taste for traYeln
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
Japanese Maidsps

A pretty japanese maiden, dressed in
soft embroidered silk, sitting on the mat
on the floor, bending over a koto, on
which she strums an accompaniment to
her voice, would in all probabilities touch
the heart of young Japanese, but no mat
ter how much he might be touched, he
must appear utterly Indifferent to her and
ignore her charms and her presence For,
progressive as is Japan, young men and
women are never allowed together alone,
and such thing as a Irritation or coquetry
is unknown. Unlike China and Corea,
Japan allows parents to invite young
gentleman to their house as their guest,
but he devotes his time to the parents, and
the daughter may play the koto, or enter
tain him in other ways, but she is noticed
no more than colored servant-woman by
a guest in Southern home. 1t seems
strange to us that custom can so control
feelings and sentiment, especially when
every day we see here at home young men
doing the exact opposite ignoring parents
and older members of the family, and
feigning more interest in the young women
than they really feel. Marriages in Japan
are carried on much as they used to be.
the parents making the choice, but nova
days if it chance that either young lady or
gentleman, seeing the other, object to be-
come husband or wife, the parents do not
force the matter, and, as a rule, babies are
not betrothed by their parents as they are
In some other Asiatic countries. Neither
are women so secluded as they are in those
countries, for nearly as many japanese
women are to be seen on the streets in
Japan as are American women in this
country. In fact, the japanese woman or
girl is to Asia what the American girl is to
Europe Maqaztne.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
THE SWEET WORD HOME.v
Or. Talmmge Pays render Tribute TO ~
Ever Welcome Theme.

DR.. Talmwge Pays Tenter Tribute TO Az
Ever Welcome Theme.
"Home 1t is q charmed word. Through
that one syllable thrill untold melodies,
the laughter of children, the sound of we'll
known footsteps and the voice of undying
affection. Home 1 hear in that word
the ripple of meadow brooks in which
knee-deep we waded, the lowing of cattle
coming up from the pasture the sharp hiss
of the scythe amid thick grass the creak-
ing of the hay-rack where we trampled
down the load. Home Upon that word
there drop the sunshine of boyhood, and
the shadow or tender sorrows and the re-
Election of 10000 fond memories. Home
"When | see it in book or newspaper
that word seems to rise and sparkle and
leap and thrill and whisper and chant and
pray and weep. 1t glitters like shield.
1t springs up like fountain. 1t thrills
like song 1t wrinkles like star. 1t
leaps like flame. 1t glows like a sunset.
1t sings like an angel. And if some lexi-
cographer, urged on by spirit from be-
meath should seek to cast forth that word
from the language, the children would
come forth and hide it under garlands of
wild flowers, and the wealthy would come
forth to cover it up with their diamonds
and pearls; and the Kings would hide it
under their crowns, and after Herod had
hunted its life from Bethlehem to Egypt,
aud utterly given up the search, some
bright, warm day 1t would flash from
among the gems, and breathe from among
the flowers, and toss from among the cor
onets, and the world would read 1t bright
and fair and beautiful and resonant as be-
fore Homel Home Home r'-New York
Obserrer.
Sacramento daily record-union., 1888-11-10
a weudrous weather Plant.

An English contemporary, the Pail Mall
Gazette, says that remarkable weather
plant continues to attract attention there,
and that men of science who at first were
unwilling to express an opinion of its prog
nosticating virtues, now agree, after extern
sive experiments, that the shrub is in truth
prophetic. Thirty-two thousand trials,
made during the last three years, tend to
prove its infallibility. The plant seems to
be biennial, commonly known as the
paternoster pea, native of Corsica and
Tunis. The more delicate leaves at
its upper branches foretell the state
of the weather fortY-eight hours in ad-
vance, while its lower and harder
leaves indicate all atmospheric changes
three days beforehand The indications
consist in change in the position of the
leaves, and in the rise and fall of the
twigs and branches
There are many plants, the leaves Of
which are sensitive to heat, cold, dark
ness and light, as we'll us changes of the
weather, large number belonging to the
great family leguminose. One, the sensi-
tive plant, folds up its leaves at night
Some flowers open at night and close dur
ing the day, and vice versa.
We do not think the paternoster will
prove an infallibie weather prognosticator
for three days previous to a change of the
weather. Nevertheless, we respectfully
commend this not new but old ,egume to
the attention of the signal service. 1t
may possibly assist these wise men in cor
recily prognosticating the weather-at
least twenty-four hours ahead