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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-24

FAMILY SCRAP BASKET
Carefully Compiled Bit. of,,.us.,.a,

n
N"'"ph3a Bits offIouseboIa Fae,
"a, and Fancy.
chopped onions are aesi, at,,o
hoaltiilni addition to chicken feed
Leather chair seats may be revivaa
py rubbing with egg-white. wall
beaten "eil
a bit Of cotton saturated with a.,
tooth. e''hihs
musicians say that the fashionable
uoa Is responsible for many aiIino
throats. "-'Ans
a raw cranberry cut in two and hall
o' IL pound over a corn is recoiHmcnd-
ed as cure.
lemonade is not only an appropriate
temperance beverage but il il COR
rectiye of biliousne.s.
coarse tough beef may be improved
Dy being run through SAUSAGE eutt.r
ana ofoi cd in cakes like pan SAUSAGE
merry wood can be dyed TO initiate
Ola mahogany by dipping it in a color
ing h'id made by soaking logwnod
chlps In vinegar for twenty-four hours
orlonger.
| fof chapped lips dissolve beeswax
ID "a small quantity OF sweet oil and
neat carefully. Apply the saIve two
or Three times day and avoid wettipe
the lips as much as possible.
"A good way to cook or heat hash il
to pack it in a buttered BAKING disb
and let it bake brown in the oven. Or
Drown 1t in hot buttered skillet ar
spider and then fold over like an
| omelet.
Don't neglect your fnger-nails Just
because you We to do SO much rol,0h
work that cleaning and polishing seem
10 make little impression on them.
mat an additional reason for taking
care Of them.
10 remove iron spots and black ink
stains: White goods. hot oxalic acid
dilute muriatic acid. with little frao.
ments OF tin. On fast dyed cotton.
and woolens. citric acid is cantioosly
and repeatedly applied. Silks, impos.
4 sibe.
Malaria is due to microbes. which
reach their victims either from the
air by inhalation or from drinking
water which has absorbed them. Boi
the water. avoid the night air. slee,
in the higher rooms OF the house ant
! guard against ali excuses.
2 Celery is sedative, and is good fol
: rheumatism and so-called neuralgia
which is often only another name fol
1t. Cucumbers cool the system -wher
/ fresh cut, OF course. Lettuce is moi
only cooling, but produces sleep, es
s pecially if the stalk is eaten. Aspar-
agus purifes the blood, and especially
D acts on the kidn, Us. Peas, broad
] beans and haricots are positivel,
. Strengthening, and contain for hu
3 man being the properties specified b,
farmers when they say that pea
{ harden pigs flesh, and that "oat
r may take horse out, but beans vii
bring him home again. Potatoe
n should not be eaten bythose who ar
n disposed to get too stout, and man,
: who suffer from arrangement Of tn
liver eschew them altogether-Goo,
Housekeeping.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-24

USES OF PHOTOGRAPHY.



oihciai reports of land surveys and
20 p,orations are not very popular
reading. and In some countries The
alo Of illustrations Ia called in Ia mal,o
tleln more attractive. The Canada
department of the Interior exnec,s
hereafter to illustrate the reports Of
scientific men who are still studvina
tne great northern portion of the con.
tlnent- The processes OF makino
photographs and reproducing them
IN printers ink have been "a chear-
ened and improved that it is found
they can be introduced in Government
reports without largely enhancing the
cost.
oince dry plates came into use in
photography with various processes
oi utilizing photographs to illustrate
printed pages. the 81 .vey departments
o. every European Government has
established Photographic offices. We
nave finely equipped illustrative de-
partments in connection with the
Coast and Lake Surveys, the HYDRO
graphic Office and the Geological
Survey In those offices the yiews
taken by explorers are developed and
multiplied. trees, plants. fossils and
olher specimens are photographed.
the wonders revealed by the micro
scope are caught for general inspec-
ton. and thus facilities for ilIustra-
uon have not only been greatly in.
creased, but the cost OF pictorial aids
TO study has been largely lessened
1t is found, for instance, that the
quickest and cheapest way to enlarge
or reduce maps and plans is by means
OF Photography. and a great many
maps are now cheapy produced for
general circulation by photo-litho-
| graphic processes.
With all the new methods OF piet-
ure making. it is considered mex
cusable nowadays to issue a book o.
explorations that is not profusely
illustrated 1t will be Interesting Il
examine the next reports of the Cana
dian Survey, whose Illustrations, W.
are told in the report of tie interior
department, expected mot only
TO make the reading matter attractive
but also to impart much additiona
value to the information given. N
7. sun.
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a,,eeAce DRAINAGE

ON n Subject OF CtmoN
nefa Importance
M doubt In the minds oil
Ip 'a'oe, intelligent farmers regard
b'ef''r aSdyantage and value OF under
ing ''ie :" over that of surface drainage.
lralnlps an low, wet land. where
ssainlng would be sufficient
pn0 t.,. 10 absorb the usual rainfall.
reaa,i!, mell known that nnderdraln'
jns' aneration, requiring an outlay
pensn wa majority of farmers do not
tOa' ~ i.cnr Hence there Is but one
formative s to make the oes' Oh th'
'a q naarly level land composed OF
W atans soil the best results are ne
feD4s obtained by level blowing.
igpv. witb reversible plowing or by
f1nol .acinp in tho center Of the field
nlowine round and round until
aDu III n. borders are reached, then,
W 4ha narrowing and seeding il
Sl ~, commencing at the lowest
e0n On the border and plowing 6
o ,,rrow through the lowest por-
assf the field. may be neccssart
W. ran a lateral furrow into the
W. f,rrow. After this is done it il
l 'T,o mass along the line with light
MI mr. even stone-boat, thus great }
,sef,ating the gathering OF the crops.
~ always best to go over the line
~ a hoe or shovel, and remove any
III. from the channel.
uany farmers practice surface
damage by blowing in small lands
from fifteen to twenty-five fee
ia This plan answers quite wei
/, anickly removing the water, espe
,i,IIg if the natural course of th'
~stsr ia identical with the direction o
ao dead fnrrows. There are farmer
mso in addition to small lands, adop
,so cross fnrrow plan after seeding
r., This makes the gathering Of snc
..adipa crops a jolting task.
In surface draining side hills, unle-
,bar are very steep. burrows drawn
diagopally across the face OF the hill
rll he found more advantageous thef
hose M and down the declivity. II
.ther case the washing after heav,
ory Ia ininriOts b1t less of tn,
surface soil is washed to the foot 0
NE hills by the diagonal plow.
In many situations a permanent opel
ditch is a necess ty. and should b
nade wide at the top with gradu H.
sloping SIDES, and II possible 1t anJu'
be wholly sodded over. Some farmer
imagine wide open ditch is loss c
that amount of land, but such is nc
the case, especially whore stock i
kept for when the field is cultivated
The portion occupied by the ope
waterway produces an abundance c
har. and also luXuriant pasturage
Permanent open bitches made throug
low b0ggy. and frequently overdowe
land have frequently quadrupled tn
galue Of the land, at a very small Out
lay in time only.
In a word, my advice is: Underdrai
i possible; if not, have plenty Of ope
or surface drainage N. Y Examiner
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-24
Sherman at the Theater.

General Sherman Is a irst-nighter.
ard usually sits in an aisle seat or a
prosceuium box. A peculiarly of the
Generals is that he seems to forget
that any one besides himself IS in the
theater He talks t. his companion
about the performers on the stage with
out regard to his surroundings. The
other night. at one of the fashionable
houses. he broke in upon Il silent biz of
stage action which was being worked
out by Il young actress with the stento-
rian praise of:
She's going 10 make an actress"
Every body near him stared, aud then
laughed. The General did not appear
to be aware that he had been heard.
He settled back into his big collar with
an exclamation of couteutment. At that
theater. where every body knows the
Did warrior. his rumbling interruptions
are accepted good-naturedly. But down
at one of the Bowery houses the man
in the gallery would bring down his
rattan cane to command silence, and
the gentlemanly usher would come
down the aisle. touch the soldier on
the arm. and say:
Soy. old man, bite off Yer stories
now. or 20 outside and lose your voice. -
N. \. Sun.
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CHARMS or rig WEsT.
Some EHmarkai5ie Attractions Diseovered
by ruaet sound Tourist


Dy ruaef sound Tourist.
Mr.. f. W. s. Tingle has returned /
from visit to Tacoma and Seattle. /
where he went to look over the field /
with view to starting q daily paper |
somewhere In that far Western land. |
Mr.. Tingie is very enthusiastic over the
country. and thinks that 1t is a trifie
more like the Garden of Eden than any
place he has seen of late years. When
you climb over the Rocky Mountains
it is like getting over the garden WALL"
he said, in burst of enthusiasm. Il
am thoroughly convinced that it was
on this spot that the Deity smiled His
sweetest smile. Flowers bloom per
ennially in that sunny land, and the
murmur OF the cowslips as they raise
their heads in the balmy air chimes In
with singing of the birds to form the
most enhancing melodies. The bread
fruit trees grow luxuriantly In Seattle.
and discovered one variety ON which
grew rye bread with caraway seeds in
it, such as il often imported and used
on free-Iunch counters of our modern
/ a
| tropical birds are common there, and
| in the stream abound purple muliet
and goldfish. / caught some Of the
| latter. have seen roses there grow
ing on bushes as large as the ink roll
ers OF my late printing press. while the
| rose leaves are 50 large and succuleat
that the citizens fry them and use
/ f. -
mon beverage. and the entire comuiun-
| ity Is very sweet-seented by reason OF
| this fact At Tacoma the entire picture
Is duplicated. Nature has not spared
her bountias there I was shown some
samples Of wool that grew on the by
draulic rams. am convinced that a
factory for the manufacture of by
drauiic rams could do paying bust
ness at wool-growing. Cows are KEEP.
for their beef alone. for the ingen-
ious citizens have reduced the cult
walton OF the milk weed to such
a high degree of perfection tina
they furnish all that is needed in the
way OF dairy products Some of thoss
milk weeds produce the richest kind O
cream, aud as the warm breezes sway
them to and fro, this cream soon turn
to butter by the gentle undulation.
i think a newspaper could be made Il
bring in rich return to it's owner
The county printing there is very fat
! for it seems to keep pace with the othe
, | native products. Carrier pigeons ar
/ trained to visit merchants and solici
subscriptions aud display advertise
ments, and they do this with an intel
ligence that is remarkable. The print
4 ing press could be run by water power
@ and under that clear sky and health
atmosphere | am convinced that tn
= office boy would soon acquire the hab
:. of writing leading editorials and cor
h densed paragraphs So the runnin
: expenses are bound to be light Ii
: | possible that am too conservative
nv views. but | can not help sayin
: that | was favorably impressed wit
the entire county which | visited y
Minneapolis Tribune.
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IHss shosHonE CANAL


Idaho Territory.
I'm the great valley Of the Snake
river. from a lew miles beyond Boise
to Shoshone and beyond. said Charles
G.. MCPHERSON. fare from 8. O00, 600 to
if things end a. they now indicate, be
shortly transformed into garden
Mr. Mcpherson is an old and wealthy
resident Of Boise, the capital city 81
Idaho.
This stupendous acreage. he con
tinued, lis at present q desert. But
there are hundred times as much
water in the Snake river as would irri-
gate IL So the Legislature. in connec-
ton with the Oregon Short Line. is
making great move to get some Of
this water out on it What is proposed
il a great canal, known as the Shoshone
canal. which will convey water on this
at present arid empire and convert it
into from Is. 750@so 5000 farms Of 1850
acres each
Now each of these farms would
have at least Ave persons ON it, which
would make a population of about 1O0.-
40 persons. and probably as many a.
i25,gD, with about %, coo dwellings,
In place of Boise having 5000 people
or less at the present time she would
| jump to 30, 900 or 1900.
$50 stoekmen, Idaho legislators, and
the Oregon Short Line have set to work
/ 10 gets 600. go from the National Gov
/ ernment to run this canal The Govern
ment owns the land. out it Is worth moth
! ing without the water. Private parties
1ave not got the money to do sfle work
/ with. and If they had the Government
{ owns the land anyhow. so it could not
Nc undertaken, at least not just now.
IN order to formulate a plan on
which to work s.ie legislative commit
/ tee appointed to look it up and the
-hoshone repre- sentative of the Oregon
hort line have invited the whole Lei
stature to go over to Salt Lake aEd
see what has been done there and gain
!. statistics about it The whole Wasatch
valley is to be viewed and the most
trustworthy data gained The whole
country thereabout nas been made te
blossom as rose. solely by the aid
; OF a comparatively small amount u
water from the Jordan river. Origi-
J, nally the land was covered with grease
wood and sagebrush- It was uneven
and as ugly ard forbidding as ths
+ Sahara ever was
: Almost every BODY knows at least {
/ little about how it has been trans
: forming and that the valley i dotted
: with towns. with 10 600 persons at Sal
: Lake, Il coo at Ogden. and Loco t.
$500 in each of twenty others
. We'll, the Shoshone or Snake countr,
Is a bigger one by far. with just a
!. good and much smoother land 5.
I this Is why all Idaho Is now ON tn
+ watch about the canal project
2 There is plenty Of grass for stock i
: the mountains around during the sum
L mer, but in the winter there is none
o and as there is no hay the only thin,
5 is to water the valley and raise alfalfa
clover, timothy. and redtop. But this
after all IS the smallest of reasons
important as il Is.
The great reason is, of course. /
subdue a desert and let it be people
d By the tens of thousands who are read
now to move upon it Such a movs
K ment to help dig the big Shoshon
d canal would double the population {
i Idahc In two years and make a fin
Il State of it In short order San Fral
I cisco Examiner
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An Unceremonious Introduction.

An amusing incident occurred lately
in Baltimore street-car. Several
cutie well-known ladies, meeting on
their way to or from the shopping
quarter of the city, were talking In
rather a loud manner about preachers
and their wives. They finally came tc
sneak of the wife of a prominent pas
tor Of one of he Methodist churches
All kinds of things were said-some
Truthful. others the boldest magma
lions. All said they had never seen
the lady: but they had heard she was
a blonde. and all said they would llhe
to see her. All in the car enjoyed the
talk. none more so than the LADY
talked about. who happened to De sit
tino opposite them. When she ar
lived nj her destination she pulled the
he'll to stop the ear; and. having
sonse of the ludicrous, went to the
,rossiners and said; Ladies, You have
evnressed a desire to see me. Here
am Let me give you a piece OF AL
vice. When next you gossip IN
strset-car don't do it in such a iou(
manner: it may be heard by some on'
who will not enjoy it rs | have. 'oo'
d,v. The gossipers showed grea
establishment and chagrin. whlle IN
other passengers laughed immoaeFa'e
" at the proceedinz%
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Eastern lady (in Colorado} 1t

Eastern lady Gin Coloradof
makes ME sick to hear some of your
Weste. II names. The idea of calling a
pretty town like this 'Nagonwheei
Resident-''It isn't a nice name, and
if we ever change it | promise to let
YOU know at once" Il wish you
would. Where shall address you?'
.'Horseheads. y. y
A correspondent of the Writer
asks why pound of manuscript pass
ing between author and publisher
should need more postage than pound
of calico. The answer is simple. 1t
is a wise duty imposed by the Govern
ment for the protection of the most
defenseless mortals on the face of the
earth editors--Amerlca-
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HIS JAPANESE MAJESTY.



The Emperor of Japan is T. He
is allowed =, 500, 600 for his household
department, and mis- private fortune Is
large and increasing. He thoroughly
understands business matters. aud
keeps himself well informed as to his
investments. Some of these are in
the public lands and roads. and they
are. OF course, managed by people APP
pointed by him. The household de-
partment has to do with all matters r.
lating to the imperial palace and the
Mikado- 1t prescrioes the ceremonies
and attends to matters connected with
the life of tue Emperor and Empress
1t has a board of ehamberlains, a
board of ceremonies. a department
which takes care of the Emperor's
horses, and one which has charge of
the imperial sepulchres. 1t contains
bureau of nine physicians. Prince
Iwakura is grand master of the i'm
petal kitchen and the cooking,
His Majesty is a very studious man
He rises early and breakfasts at seven
or eight o clock. He uses the knife
and fork in eattug when he takes
foreign food. and he adopts the chop
sticks at his japanese dinners. He
eats at a table and sits upon chairs
He varies his meals. sometimes taking
foreign food and sometimes Japanese.
He is fond of meats and has Il well
trained japanese cook to serve them
for him. Il IS customary for him 70 eat
with the Empress, and he usually eats
alone. After breakfast Is over he goes
to his study. and at nine clock he re-
ceives such Ministers OF State as have
matters TO report to him. His audience
with them often lasts until twelve
o'clock He then returns to his own
room and takes his lunch. This usually
consists of fish. meats. bread and wines.
He is good eater and likes good
| wines.
| After lunch the Emperor spends
some time in reading the newspapers
/ and books. All OF the leading Japa-
/ nese newspapers come TO the palace,
/ and he watches closely the current Of
/ public opinion. Many of the news,
/ papers are marked, and in the case oi
the foreign papers of Japan the more
/ prominent articles are translated for
| him. Articles in the New York. Lon
don and Paris papers. which have g
bearing upon Japan. are also trans
lated and handed to him to read, ans
he is especially fond of the illustrated
foreign papers. After reading ht
takes his exercise and dinner comes il
the evening. Sometimes the Empires.
dimes with him. and ut times the little
Priuce. who IS the heir 10 the throne
has seat at the table. Both have
! however. their separate establish
meuts The dinner IS served in tabl'
d'hote styls and with all the European
accomplishments Paris Figaro.
Allen fh0rndyke Rice is one o
the richest writer's in the Uaite'
States. He is but thirty-three, hand
some and bachslor. He has stabl'
of fast horses. = steam yacht. a New
York mansion and a cottage at Tuxed'
Park.
-Ruskin refers 10 the way in which
the English patronize literature il
this characteristic fashion; I'VE cal
ourselves a rich nation. and We arr
filthy and foolish enough to thumb eacl
others book out of circulating Ii
4
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First ady (behind tall hat hat, at III me =
.henter)- Rather out OF s'yie ' lsn
5tp" second lady lin loud Whisper per-,
Yes. They were wearing hats liNs
.na,ia Paris when | was there TWO
.u I'ns =, aro' = -Yes. thought 1t was
,bont that old. What tlim'y ma'eriai
,Oo' rnn1e or Horribly cheap l
aw some Of that in the window Oh a
.',ond-hnud store marked Lazy
front ito companion) , II : ~ ~
lreadfully warm here | wiil nav ~
AXE off my hat. '-phlia'e''"'"
Record.
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DO not allow the birds to be des-
trovod. They are Of too much benefit
in DESTROYING insects, worms aud pest
hat prey upon the fruit ana trees,
rhe cat,bird eat and destroys pear
mos; the woodpeeker digs IN ana
1Ns,rovs the borer; while the jay6Ird,
''bi,Izadeo wren. thrush, robin and
,.ne-bird all do good work IN the
orchard.
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FRUIT OR MEAT2
The Food Most Enjoyed by Children aud
by aged Persons.

The Food Most Enjoyed by Children aud
by ged Persons.
The food which is most enJ yea -
the food We call bread and fruit. IN
almy long medical career, extending
o7er forty years. ! have rarely known
an instance ia which a child has not
Preferred fruit TO animal food. | have
many times been called upon to trea'
Children for stomachic disorders in
dueed by pressing upon them animal
TO the exclusion Of fruit diet, and have
seen the best results occur from the
practice Of reverting to the use OF
iruit in the dietary. | say it without
he least prejudice. as a lesson learned
rom simple experience, that the most
astura diet for the young, after the
natural milk diet, is fruit and who's
meal bread with milk and water fur
drink The desire for this same mod.
Oh sustenance is often continued into
alter years, as If the resort to flesh
Te;e a forced and artificial feeding
which required long and persistent
laol to establish its permanency as a
naH OF the system of everyday life.
now strongly this preference taste for
'tuf over animal food prevails is
SHOWN BY the simple fact OF the reten-
uon OF these foods in the mouth. Fruit
retained to be tasted and relished.
AA'llal l0od, to use common
phase, is ''boltcd." There is q
natural desire to retain the
delicious fruit for full mastication
'lere Is no such desire, except in the
Daued gourmand, for the retention o
aI'ial supstan e, One further fact
sAith l nave observed-and that toe
'''eu 10 discard it. as a fact of great
uOaleht-is that when a person OF
mature years has, for Il time. given III
H"H'aFt!y the use of animal food il
,''Vr III vegetable, the sense OF repug-
4"1ee 10 animal food is soon so mark.
wy developed that return to il i,
y-e''oihe with the utmost difficulty
'4'.eF Is this u mere fancy or fai
F.'ui'ar to sensitive men or over-sen
uieH'aI women. have been surprise,
Il, = s'e II manifested in men who wen,
~I very reverse of sentimental, an.
~no We're. in fact. quite ashamed It
~ ~-ut' themselves guilty of any sucl
eeaAness. have heard those who
s sug' over from "a mixed diet of unima
a vegetable diet. speak of feelin!
INV NV Under the new system, and declar,
w 'ney must needs give it up il
:, u eqaenee; but | have found evel
ts Without exeeption) declare tina
nn e' ~nhlie'y preferred the simpler
s~'er' and, as il seemed to them. NOR
~'''aI food plucked from the prim
, fSupce OF food, untainted by its passag
sss ouSn another animal body.-Rich
''' IN Longman's Magazine.
A., wulance VS.. Cod Business. Man
e"s Editor (at the hanonat penIvinl
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Dean Burgon once ended an ami
mated sermon with-"And so Jonah
was lodged in the whales belly, where,
my dear brethren. We will leave him
until we meet again next Sabbath"
Mrs. De Serted-"f on never
come and throw your arms about me
like you used to before We were
married and ask ME if love you. J"
Mr. De Serted-s'Why should l. when
know now that you don t9''-Town
Topics
What does the paper
saw about the big fire of last night?
Misunderstanding the morning paper)
At says the boila' burst and then the
scene that followed baffled descrip-
ton" HIS that allP' W.-''No;
two columns of description follow
that. 1onkers Blade.