Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-08-03
SEMI WEEKLY WORLD.
MISCELLANEOUS.

Baths, gymnastics and mountain
climbing are prescribed by German
physicians for heart disease.
A recent work on physical beauty
asserts that the tendency in women OF
the present day is toward snallncss OF
stature. Big women. in fact. are going
out Of fashion.
Instead Of plugging up the hole foi
n wood screw. from which the thread
has drawn out, with wood, 1t is said II
plugged with cork that it makes much
better job.
money there is in the world until he
reads the assets Il insurance companies
printed on the backs of their folders. -'
E1chan0e.
1T Is said that Norwegian cheese IL
beginning to be imported in quantity
into English markets in competition
with other foreign goods. and that the
offerings have met with ready sale.
"A man 10 Oil City with small oil
well would not accept the terms that
the Standard Company offered him
for toe produce of his well. and to dis
pose Of ii started little refinery OF his
own and peddled TIE oil about town.
Now his product has become famous
for superior excellence. and he supplies
the whole Oil City retail trade.
"A carrier pigeon sent from Cort-
landt street in New York alighted the
other dav on the window Of shop In
Spencer, Mass. Under the birds wing
WINS piper with this written on it,
Give me corn. and water to drink and
battle in. and let me go" The owner
OF the shop did as requested, and the
pigeon, much refreshed. flew away.
The automatic Weighing machine
In the Broad street station at Philadel-
phia. during the past ak months, reg
istcred larger collection than had
ever been made by similar machine
anywhere In the world. although they
are placed IN the Grand Central in this
city. and at all the other big stations
In this country and in France and En-
gland N y san.
The boys on an English reform
ship IN the Merscy mutinied recently,
and ~ several hours were in posses.
sion of the ship They smashed The
furniture and did great deal Of dam
age, after which seventeen of the worst
ringlcnders lowered boat and escaped
IT, the shore Some Of them were re-
captured.
Visitor nj Sunday-school makin =
few rcmarksl ~~"Of course, children,
you all know why we come to Sunday
school win that bright little boy on
the front seat stand up and tell usP Ny
Young friend. why do you come to
Sunhay-schoolpn Bright Little Boy
(explosiyely) -"Coa NON makes me
come. !"
Little Ruth sat at table and heard
each remark MA the plates were passed
One wanted a "smtll piece" another
"a very little" etc. When it came hen
turn she reached her plate ont eagerly
toward the coveted food. I'm take toe
much, II 90 please papa, she said
with naive sincerity. Detroit Free
Press
Europe's annual expenditures fu
armies aud fags Is 81. SGT, 500, 900 Th,
national debts Incurred by war aggrc
gate t2l, 1880 6j5, on which Al 600
600, 900 Is annually paid out for Interest
The war question is rapidly mcrgin,
into financial one, hit is not there nj
ready. Only three or four nations ar,
left who can afford even a short war.
AT recent meeting of the Amer
lean Society Of Civil Engineers n curl
Gus statement was made concerning tn
durability OF the sun.dried bricks uset
for building purposes in Peru. 1t wa
naid that these bricks seemed to i'm
provo in quality with ago; so that wher
a building three centuries old was tori
down in Lima, the bricks from tn,
ancient walls sold for higher prize
than new ones. ~ T. Le'igsr.
lis your boss scareyP' asked
Massachusetts farmer Of apajr ofprett
girls who had stopped in front of hi
farm house to gather autumn leaves
Moe. guess not, was the an
swer, "WhyP' 80. nothing. only
didu't know. and "a was Jest goin t.
kill pig - Here he stopped 10
the girls hustled into the wagon wit
sgilily, eXclaimng, As they put whip t.
their stecd; If the horse isn't, W
are. ~ Y san
What's this gathering Of boys il
the shed this afternoon. Jnmcsp" in
quircd his mother well, you So,
ma, " replied Jimmy Tutfboy 1--WE ar
going 10 form walnut trust on III
plan OF the rubber trust. you see" a.
don't quite soc. Well, this Is tn
way; The boys all agree to get a
many walnuts As ever thoy can an poo
IN together I'm Interested cause IT
going TO store the pool. Rargor
loSt
In Silesia. recently. man va
summoned before the magistrate f.
disturbing the slumberS of u citizen
Tho noise which q q urhed his sumbel
WAS the growing of cockercL Til
wise magistrate decided that the ma
had right 10 keep his cockerel. that
cockcrel could not live without GROW
ieg. and the complainant was cha
lenged to produce Il eockerel which di
not crow. The case was dismissed
In work published in German
by two experienced seedsmeu. eigl
years Is given as the limit of the vitalit
of most seeds; and it is said that, as
rdle. the seeds which. when plante
terminate most quickly, are those viii,