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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
CHINESE CHRISTENING
A Peculiar Religious Ceremony Followed
by sumptuous Dinner.


On bed, spread with spotless COY
ering of white, lay the child, the
tiniest, most fragile bit of bundle of
gaudy silk and olive-tinted cheeks.
About his neck hung string of gold
beads. there was band of gold about
his diminutive head, gold bracelets
encircled his small wrists. while two
ivory rings with gold fastenings were
clasped around his ankles, beneath
which were beautifully embroidered
shoes. which seemed to be no larger
than a mans thumb The guests
walked in silence before the bed the
young heir blinking up at them with
all the wisdom of Confucius in his
face. When the last couple had filed
past the bed they gathered about the
center of the room and Win SO, the
officiating priest, picked up the bundle
of silk and carried it to a place before
the guests. The mother stepped forth
and took the bundle in her
arms, while all those present
bowed low. As yet no word had
been spoken by any one. Then the
priest bowed almost to the ground
three times. his face getting longer
and longer until he let out a string OF
| Chinese words. first to the father and
/ then TO the mother. This was To ask
/ them if they both wished their heir to
| be named Mon Kee Sing. Both of them
nodded assent to this. The priest again
| took the child and bowling three times
more, with him in his arms. pro
nounced his name. There had beer
stationed in the room three Chinese
musicians, and as the last words fell
from the priests mouth a sudden noise
of screeching, one-stringed violin anc
two piercing wind instruments broke
out. This lasted only moment, how
ever. and there was no Chinese drum
this being used especially at funerals
When the hideous music had stopped
all fell to chattering like mad aroun(
the father and mother. Then followed
a dinner which lasted for two hours
The whole ceremony, including tn
''name-feast." as it is called, required
trihe over three hours. N. I. Trib
une.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
WHAT CHiNAMEN EAT.
Gastronomical Delicacies to Be Found In
Shops and Restaurants.

Canton is of about the size of Paris
or New York, and il is one of the best
of places to study Chinese gastronomy.
The restaurants here have birds nest
soup at s. plate, and bought a rat
which was sailed, pressed and dried,
yesterday, for cents. | doubt not
the price was five times too high, for
the rat was the smallest which hung in
the butcher shop. 1t lies before me as
write. 1t measures a foot from nose
TO tail, and it looks little bit like
piece OF dried pork. 1t has been
skinned even to the tail. Its legs are
cut off, and the liver and heart are
pressed inside of it, 1t smells like
salt meat, and it looks as though it
would make the center OF good sand
wich. propose to send it to the Grid
iron or Clover Club as a sample Of
Chinese gastronomy. In this same
shop | saw cooked cats, and | visited
Yesterday cat and dog-meat restau-
rant. Carcasses of small dogs, which
looked not unlike clean sucking pigs,
nung from hooks about a low, dark
room, and these, in most instances, had
a tuft of hair left on the tip Of the tail.
This hair was black, for black dog S
meat is worth more than that of yell
low dog, and black cats flesh costs
here 10 cents plate.
Just below these dogs, and next to
the street, were two clay bowls filled
with burning charcoal, and upon these
was stewing the flesh OF dogs and cats.
In little cages on the floor were num-
Der OF live cats ready to be killed and
cooked to order, and saw this after
noon peddler showing a cat to a
woman in one of the narrow streets OF
Canton. The woman was examining
The cats teeth in order to know its age,
and she felt of its body as though 1t
were a rabbit There were about a
dozen Cinnamon dining in this dog
and cat restaurant, and a good dinner
costs on an average of 10 cents--F. U.
Carpenter, in Cleveland Leader.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
SAVED BY LIGHTNING.


was to be shot. No bandage was
put over my eyes. | stood facing the
file of soldiers in the middle of the
quadrangle, and noticed that the officer
with the drawn saber placed himself
at the extremity of the line, composed
of six men. In that supreme moment
also noticed that their Uniform was
bright with steel accoutrements. Their
helmets were of steel, and their car
bines. as they raised them and pointed
them at me, glittered with the same
FURNISHED metal. There was an in
stants hush while the men took aim
then | saw the officer raise his barred
saber as the signal to fire. 1t flashed
in the air. With Il suddenness impos
sible to convey. the whole quadrangle
blazed with an awful light. 1t crossed
nv brain with instantaneous convlc-
ton that this amazing glare was the
physical effect of being shot, and
| that the bullets had pierced my
| brain or heart, and caused this
frightful sense of all-pervading flame.
at is over" | said, that was the
| bullets" But presently there forced
itself on my dazed senses a sound-a
confusion of sounds-darkness succeed
ing the white misunderstanding itself
into gloomy daylight; a tumult; heap
of stricken tumbled men lying stone
still before me. Then it all burst on
me with distinct conviction. The storm
which had been gathering all the morn
ing had eliminated in its blackest and
most electric point Immediately over
head. The file of soldiers appointed to
shoot me stood exactly underit. Spark
ling with bright steel they stood shout
der to shoulder, complete lightning
conductor, and at the end of the chain
thew formed. their officer, at the critical
moment, raised his shining, naked
blade towards the sky. Instantaneously
heaven opened. and the lightning fell,
attracted by the FURNISHED steel. From
blade to carbine. from hemlet to breast
plate it ran. shifting every man dead
as he stood. They fell like row o.
nine-pins. The electric fame licked
the life out of seven men in second
not one moved again. From dreams
and Dream Stories" by Anna Bonu;
kingsford.
A mother and son, aged ninety
nine and seventy-nine years respect
4 lively. are inmates of charitable in
stitution at Brighton, England,
; President Harrison is the four
teenth lawyer to hold the executiv
= chair of the Nation. He is also tn
! fourteenth of pure Anglo-Saxon blood
: A New York real estate agent
: started to Germany a short time ag
: for the purpose of receiving an inner
itance of eighty-fve thousand dollars
= = When two days out on his voyage h
y died of excessive joy over his goo
tsrtune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

'sMistah Johnsing, hyah dat yoh had
very interestin' seshun OBJ de Straight Flush
club de oddah ebening."
"Yes, sah, dere wur some excitin' times,
shoh's yoh bohn."
What were de casion OBJ de excitenentF
Hit were disher way Lemuel Skivins he
done open de John pot wuf erbout fohty
bones in hit. Dey wuz foh in de game.
come erlong wuf my money and Gabe Sink
erson staid, and Jud Cumberland be done de
same. Lemuel he done stood pat, an de res
Of US drawed from one to three cyahds, as the
Emergencies happened to require. Lemuel
bet one chip, and Sinkerson followed him wuf
a raise, and we all stayed in de game like
mel, ebry Teller raisin' de bet as his turn
came Finally Lemuel he done called Sink
erson. and we all showed down, and Lemuel
took de pot"
What did you all habl"
"Sinkerson had three kings an jack
knife. had flush and pah of brass knuck-
les: Jud Cumberland had aces up an a
rahzorn
but what did Lemuel habF"
HE had pah of foh's an revolver -
Merchant Traveller,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
CANNED DELloAclEs
~" Export OF Northern Shell. Fir -.
sa'mon To Tropical Countries.

2.l.
salmon to Tropical Countries.
Progress In manufactur,no r..
greatly increased the physical com.
,ors OF the tropical resident. No
longer Is he dependent for subsis,enoe
on The flesh. fish or fowl of the so,,h
ern land. Though far on the othe,
sue Oh the equator, northern products
e,'her animal or vegetable, are within
,ii' reachi AZ the worst, with a slight.
~ tinny" flavor. There il ia,
greater quantity OF fish sent To the
tropics than any other class of CANNED
goods. Within the past year very
nearly half million dollars worth has
Deen exported to tropical lands and
thls does not take into Consideration
those goods which were carried to
Africa, etc. via England. Salmon ia
the popular variety; the consumption
VI other hsh Is small in proportion. II
Is caught in the Columbia river and
In other streams of British Columbia
and Washington Territory, and canned
ana labeled ON the spot By far the
greater part is carried to New York bv
RAIL- but good-sized shipments 60
across the Pacific to Australia and
southern Asia, and British vessels take
1t around the Horn to England, whence
aportiou finds its way to Africa.
HOLSTERS are dear to the man in the
South and reach him by way of New
York, after being caught on the coasts
OF New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and
the adjacent provinces. The catch
diminishing recently, the export has
OF late fallen off. Shrimps, another
export delicacy, are caught in the
Gulf of Mexico, largely on the coast o I
Mississippi Instead of being shipped
directly from New Orleans to South
America or the West Indies, they are
sent via New York, whence they are
dispatched southwark. Oysters, which
are sent down in goodly numbers, are
packed and labeled in Baltimore. but
they are seldom sent from there. as a
general rule passing through New
York.
Thus New York becomes, from its
great shipping facilities. the port of
distribution and out-sending for the
tropical export trade. Nowhere else
Is tonnage available. nor do lines of
vessels run; nowhere else is there a
surety OF transportation. The export
market is widening rapidly, and espe-
cially in the canned and preserved
goods line, as is shown by the con-
slant importing and success of new
brands upon the market. Besides fish
there is growing demand for canned
fruits and vegetables, as peaches,
pears, cherries, tomatoes Tin a marked
degree), corn and peas. This special
branch, as well as that of condensed
milk, of which large tropical ship
ments are being made, is yet in its in
fancy, but it shows promise of grea,
expansion. Y. Mail and Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
THE ARlzoNA KICKER.


A Few strennous Protests CuIled ~ Ths
DetroIt Free Press.
The las. iszue of The Arizona Kicker con
tains the following cheerful paragraphs:
Nor SUcCEss.--Last Saturday night
soon after II o'clock some gentleman Whose
identity is unknown to US fred a charge Of
buckshot through the side window Of our ed
itorial room directly at the spot where our
cot is usually placed. Had the cot been there
We should have been inquestod on and buried
ere this. But the cot wasn't there. We arc
not purity, but we are no hayseed We
haven't slept twice in the same spot for the
last twelve weeks We have learned tho
ways II this community at considerable cost
and trouble and we don't propose to plant
ourselves as q midnight target
We feel sorry for the gent vino wasted his
energies and ammunition He doubtless went
away from the window feeling that he was
entitled TO credit for doing smart thing.
Come again, old chap.
CAN'T TELL YEr.-The Boston Acme Opera
company is billed for two nights next week
at Carriers hall This may be iirst class
combination, or it may be snide show which
our people should give the cold shoulder. No
tickets have been left at this Office up to date,
and we shall not express our opinion in this
| issue
| ERRATA. We find we were in error last
week in regard to the shooting ARRAY be-
| tween the Hon. Bill Dakin and Col Jones.
| We supposed at the time that Col Jones was
a regular subscriber to this paper, but a look
| through our list proves that we have never
had his name at all On the contrary, tue
Hon Dakin has subscribed for five copieA
/ We were misinformed us to the following:
I l. Dakin did not call Jones liar.
2. Dakin did not draw his gun first
g. Jones did not offer to apologize
4 We were nasty in saying that Dakin ought
to swing from limb and that he had long
been o terror to the town. We found him to
be a mild, courteous, genteel citizen, full Of
push and enterprise, and his presence is .
credit to the town Col. Jones had better
travel for his health soon as able, and in
case he finds town to suit him better be
: should buy it and settle there.
, Nor THIS YEAR-A correspondent whs
signs himself '.P. D. O." wants to knew VIII,
The Kicker doesn't pitch into the board 0
aldermen for its corruption, and he adds tina
every mothers son of them could be sent &
prison for thief We don't doubt this asser
i, ton in the least, but we are not saying any
thing. We have the city printing this year a
good, fat price. and are not saying word
0 RETURNED. Mai Jim Smith created quit
I a sensation by descending from the stage a
/ it reached town last Friday evening. W
had no sooner notified him that his subscriI
ton to The Kicker had expired than b
handed US two big silver dollars for re
newaL
The major has put in the past year In stat
prison, having been sent there by mistake, q
:, his friends are convinced He served b
term like man and has returned to the b
som of his family and society. He has caro-
= out for a high coffee day after tomorrow
e and the elite will be there in legions. ID
yf troit Free Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

In the German city OF franktort
there is an old bakers shop in when
successive generations OF doughwork-
ers have carried on their trade since
the year 1867. .,,, ba 1oves
vo, Nellie?" Nellie-"O, l am GER
tain of it Why, he wants me 70
marry so much that he has borrowed
money of papa for us to get marrIe' ,
on-a thing his proud. sensitive soul sou,
could not brook if he did not love me-
Chicago Journal.
-"Books published 800 years age
oou Of s25 to $500 volume. " Many
modern authors, whose unstable eoi,
tions are reposing on booksellers
shelves, mast regret that they didn
have their works printed in the tifteentn
century. But we don't suppose they
,hought of that. -Norristown Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
a Hot He AIDED Young Man Changed to .
MoraIist and hi .ciplinarian-

MoraIist and hi ciplinarian.
The industry and mental activity OF
Emperor William are regarded by
some as abnormal. Probably no one
would entertain such an impression
were it not for the hereditary faint oil
insanity which has showed itself at
times in the family. But if this idea
can be put aside he presents by this
time promising claim to be added to
the list of historical characters oil
whom Henry v. OF England stands as
type.
The sense of responsibility has
changed the Emperor from hot
headed young man OF loose habits to
not only cautious. Woodworking
monarch, but apparently to stern
.moralist, as those who were once his
Falstaff and his Poins have had occa-
sion to find out There is reason to
say of him as Carlyle said Of his pre-
decessor. the great Frederick: Favor,
friendly intimacy. it is visible from the
first, avails nothing with this young
King; beyond and before all things
he will have his work done, and looks
out exclusively for the men ablest to
| do it." Events may change this view,
| but SO far it holds good.
The Emperor is strict disciplinarian
everywhere, even subiecting his own
| children to a course of training SC
! rigid as to call for protest
from the tender-hearted. His early
ride, not long ago. to surprise a mill
| tary post, indicates the kind OF surveil-
lance he exercises over the army
Recognizing the Importance of diplo
macy at the present juncture of Euro
pean affairs. his first care is to estab
lish personal acquaintanceship in for
eign courts and at the Vatican. In tn,
delicate international relations whicl
prevail he has, contrary to expecta
lions. avoided mistakes.
There are harsh and unpleasant
perhaps unfilial, sides to his character
but it must be conceded that the youn
man has compelled, by his careful al
tention to business and freedom fror
rashness, a reversal of the judgmen
formerly passed on him and has excite
a respectful interest in his career. N
Y. World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
A Bargain All Around.

Customer tell you | don't want
the coat. Its faded and the color don't
suit me.
lssacs-It's vaded and der COLOR
don't suit you. Veil, take it for seven
and halluf.
Besides, it is half worn
out already.
Isaacs - So much der better, ma
shild. II der goat don't suit yer i'd
Won't date you so long to wear 1t out.
Hast du gesehen? -Americtt.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
Not Much.

Little Emily. 5 years old, is great favor
tie in spite of her incorrigible freedom of ex-
preston. The other day she had been on a
visit with her mother at friends, and had
remained to dinner At the table she had
amused the family with the possible excep-
ton of its elderly and serious head, by occa-
sional remarks As the meal was drawing to
an end the hostess remarked:
Emily, wouldn't you like to stay here all
the time, and be our little girlF
Emily looked up, pointed her finger at the
head of the family and exclaimed, contempt
uously;
''Whatl And have him for fatherf-
Boston Transcript
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

What is your father, Willle?
"He's man." "Oh, lmean what does
he do for his bread and butterP" "Hes
an artichoke and draws houses. -
Sunshine. .,,
Miss Emma, l love you VIII
Won not make me forever happy by
sharing my humble lot with me? Us
there nice little house on the lot'
George?" Harper's Bazaar
A Princeton man, in rendering to
his father an account of his term ex-
nenses, inserted an item: lo
Charity. $50" His father wrote BACK.
II fear charity covers multitude oil
sins"
-Freddie-"Papa, why do they eau
California the Pacific slopeP" Papa
(reaectively)-"It must be because
good many bad cashiers and other Id"
breakers peacefully slip out that way.
Pittsburgh Bulletin "a
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
Some time ago the British Museum

Some time ago the British Museum
bought a magnificent marble bust OF
The Emperor Hadrian at very rea-
,onable price. Recently, when the
authorities exhibited it with pride to a
party of distinguished foreigners one
If them. a member of the Greek
automatic service, said that he had
seen the same bust in the Royal
Museum at Athens. He notified MS
government, and the investigation that
followed revealed the fact that a large
number of very valuable articles IN the
,,,se,m at Athens had been stolen. 1t
is said that evidently systematic thel's
had been carried on for some time'
and some high Greek officials are under
suspicion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
Well Represented.

Young Man applying for situationl-I
have had considerable experience as a COM
mercial traveller, sir Would you not like to
engage me to push your productsa
Manufacturer-Yo Your services viii hardly
be required. There are already about 7,000,-
600 men engaged in pushing our products in
this country We manufacture baby car
riages Burlington Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

A doctor told a woman who was
suffering from sore throat that she
should prepare drink composed OF
honey and vinegar, in the proportion
of two parts of honey to one OF vine
gar. When the doctor made his next
visit. he asked the patient how she
liked the drink. bad, doctor, very
bad. 1t was fearfully sour" Not if
Won followed my directions. Two parts
of honey to one of vinegar can not be
very sour" replied the Doctor tasting
the beverage, which he found to be
very sour indeed. "How did you make
this drink" he asked. Just as you
told me. l mixed up twenty cents.
worth of honey with two quarts OF
vinegar for ten cents. Texas Siftings.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

-fommy-''Papa. what is Herbert
Spencer's gospel of relaxation?'" Rev.
Mr.. Mildlnay-'I think | must have
preached it myself yesterday, unknow-
ingly More than one-third the con-
gregation went to sleep. '-Terre Haute
Express.
Accidents VIII Happen. Miss
Gushingtou-'I admit, Arthur, that
this is not the first time | have been
engaged. hut I'm sure your noble, gen
erous heart" Little brother-''Sis,
the baby's got your bag of engagement
rings. N. Y. Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
The DEADLY OVERCOAT.
Justification of the Sensible Man Who
Don't Wear One.


We protest against the indiscrimi-
nate use of the thick and heavy over
coat We would rather see men in
arly robust condition, especially il
young, clad warmly next the skin, and
wearing either "a light top coat or none
aialL There can be no doubt that the
laotual use of great coats is indirectly
accountable for the chills which they
ae Intended to prevent. Were the
OVercoat Worn continuously it might
attain its object. Its intermittent use,
even when ample underclothing is
worm affords no solid guarantee safety,
uu rather the reverse.
Inc man of sedentary habits has es-
peelal need to remember this. He
energies daS' from a warm breakfast
room clothed in his ordinary winter
garments, with probably wooden under
wear and over all the heavy ulster or
up coat. After walk he finds that
'ae sense of warmth he began with is
more than maintained. He arrives at
Ills Office or place of business. and off
CUES The overcoat, though the air OF
ae newly-opened room is us cold as
Iat without, and draughty in addi-
aOn' During the day perhaps he
travels to and from adjacent business
muses. wearing only his house cloth
%s The overcoat is laid aside till
s'OSlhg time reminds him of the jour
Aey nome The frequent result is that
'0nehow, between the hours of his de-
parture and return, he is chilled. No
rOuot, he would run as great risk if,
"snuy clad, he were to face the rigor
VI winter day. In this case, how
s'er, exercise and habit might do
auch 10 develop the power of endur-
S"ee' and there would, at all events,
Oe less danger of sudden cold acting
NpUn freely-persriring surface.
"oolen underclothing represents a
S t'a'e OF healthy comfort intermediate
~ Iot"een these extremes, and more re-
''''aht to chill than either. Lancet.
tactical Arithmetic many
se'ohos are there in a duel? How
Iany minutes in previous meeting.
~" many degrees in college? How
u" ""y barrels in a political campaign
AZ" many feet make a book-agent
~eu' How many pounds make a
m'Ne-hght? How many sins make
Nc serupleP How many perfumes
40, "Ae scent? Reduce seven Jacks to
= Reduce three gallons OF whisky
NJ, trunks, Add one oyster to each
a. az oi soup in church festival, and
~I efihine tho rise in price per plate.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

Two Texan women are the largesT
individual sheep and stock owners in
the world. One of these, the Widow
Callahan, owns fifty thousand sheep,
and when long train of wagons starts
out each spring and fall for market,
loaded down with wool of her sheep, 1t
is a sight worth seeing. The other Is
Mrs. Rogers, the great herd owner OF
Southwestern Texas, who is worth
about a million dollars. Mrs. Rogers
owns no carriage. preferring to ride on
horseback in the free and easy style OF
the cowboy.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31
Nothing Frivolous About Him.

Author anxiously You pay by the
space, do you, or by the
Editor promptlyl-By space, OF course.
terial by weight Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-05-31

DR.. Alphonso-Precede me waving his
hand toward the supper table,.
Guest ian undertakerl-Doctor, l follow
you.-Detroit Free Pres.