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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-20

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less than 1000 Union soldiers.
THE sEyEN woNDERs or TIE woELp.
This collection Of curious facts relating
To seven would be looked upon as curl
ously incomplete without q reference "a
the Seven Wonders Of the World. These
very remarkable objects, some Of which
still remain, have been variously enumer.
ated, but the following classification Is the
one most generally received: ~ The
Pyramids Of Egypt, (2) the Pharos Of
Alexandra, (SJ the walls and hanging
gardens Of Babylon, 10 the temple o.
Diana 1t Ephesus, (5) the statue Of thu
Olympian Jupiter, 10y the MausOleum o.
Artemisia, ~ the Colossus ut Rhodes
Geography furnishes Its quota to thi,
compilation, with Rome, the city Of th,
Seven Hills, though several Of the en,in
ences have long disappeared; the Sever
Capes Of Algeria; the Seven Brothers, q
many mountains In the north Of Africa
the Seven Islands constituting the Ioni,
republic; the other Seven Islands small
group in the English channel; the Sever
Lakes, q Temarkable plateau In the de
partment q LTSere, France; the Sever
Seas, the old name for the embouchure o
the River Pc; the Seven MO1nlaius, I
strange basaltic group on the Rhine
which tourists may see between Bonl
and Remagen; whilst at home We haV
; the Seven Fountains Of Virginia, ID
Seven Islands Of Georgia, the sevel
Leagues Of Texas, tho Seven Stars Q
Pennsylvania and the Seven Valleys q
Tennessee. Nor should We forget tn
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-20

Dr.. C. J. Taft has purchased the Hughes
livery stable, and Il will be run hereafter
under the management Of volney Taft as
a boarding and hay stable. HopeS will
receive the best Of attention.
The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-20

) now almost forgotten tradition Of tn
Island Of the Seven Cities, which was tn
subject Of q popular tradition in the tim
, Of Columbus. This mysterious islanI
: lies somewhere In midocean, abounds Il
, gold and Il crowned with seven magnific
. ent cities, founded lang syne by sever
Spanish bishops, driven from their see'
to take the seas by the Paynim. Thu
island has been visited at different time,
by chance navigators, none Of whom
have, however, been permitted. to leave
the shore. for the seven-citied island
came to be part Of that country from
whose bourne no traveller returns. Apro-
pos Of Seven Stan: There is a group
that belongs to less prosalc region than
that Of the Pennsylvania town. When
the Seven Daughters Of Atlas, pursued by
Orion, were, in accordance with the
the maidens' prayer 10 Jupiter, changed
into doves, the transformation did not
end there. On their death they were
changed into stars and fixed in the Gun
oscillation Of Taurus. where thew twinkle
each nivht as the Pleiades. To he sure.
one Of them Ia not visible To human ewes,
but the lost PJeiad. in furnishing n sub
ject Tor artists and poets, has made the
subject all the more poetic and tender.
One Of the best realiratiops Of the mythi-
cal nymph-ervant Is the statue In Mrs.
shillaber's possession, -hiclp was exhIb-
tied n abort time am.
NM PLKtApKs.
There are also two other Pl.iade.-,he
word meaning n roup or reunion Of seven
selebrated persons-the Pleiad Of Alexan-
dria instituted by Ptolemy Philadelphus
and compose,l Of The seven cou,empcrayy
noets-Callimaehus. Anolloniua. AratuS.
Homer the Younger. Lycophron, Nieander
and Theo,ritus: the literary Pleiad Of
Charle.maxne. composed Of Aluuin. Auri-
ber,. Adslsrd. Riculfe. Yarnefrid. Charlie
marne himseH. and one other vho.e
name has hem forgotten, Otber cele-
bruted eroups Of seven ure the seven
EeleStors or seven princes who formerly
elected the emperor Of Germany. and the
seutamyif n suiety Of seven ROs,isb
| priests charged with the ordering Of the
banaueta 70 the gods or At public festivals.
In literature theoumlor seven has leit
its mail There are. for e.ample Tasso,s
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The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1889-06-20

In The pages d fancy seven occupies a.
Important place. There were land may
silll bs) seven heavens through which
Mahomet passed, while other FOmancerI
(inclBding, strange % h may seem, Vic
torien sardou among their numbsrli havl
locniod I seventh heaven In Saturn,
Who, TOO, has not heard d the Ssvel
Champions Of Christiandom-st. GeoEgI
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
TABLE ETIQUETTE.
A Few of the Things Every So'f-Re
spccting Person Should Know.

Few of tho Things Every So'f-Re-
spccting Person Should Know.
Table etiquette is almost a science
nowadays, and it is necessary to con-
form to its laws. A good rule is TO
use the fork almost constantly, and
put only little upon it at time. In
this way the food is conveyed to the
mouth--never with the knife-al-
though in some countries the knife is
still used, even amongst royalty. ii
you have Strawberries and cream.
soup, melons, stewed fruit, preserved
fruit, preserves and jellies, eat them
with spoon. These things. because
OF their juiciness, can not be eaten
with n fork. Fish should be eaten
with u knife and fork, and every we'll
regulated house, when it serves
oysters on the half shell, will place
small, silver fork beside each guest S
plate. When the hostess serves
strawberries with the green stems
then they are invariably to be taken
up in the fingers (by the stem) and
eaten enc at time. Fruit like pears
and apples is first peeled, then quar-
tered, and then taken up in the fingers
and eaten. With salads, the knife
and fork are used, if the salad has not
been cut up before being served. No
hostess who understands table ETH
quette, nor a waiter who has been
vol trained, will ever think of offer
ing you more than ladleful of soup,
and if you are at private or fashion
able dinner (anywhere except a
loteO, and the dinner is too hot, OF
you do not happen to like certain
dish after it has been served, pretend
to eat it, and this consideration on
your part will make you the everlast-
ing friend of the host and hostess.
Don't stop short and sit back in you,
chair. That is the most embarrsss.
ing kind of embarrassment for both
yourself, your host and your associ-
ates. These are few of the things
every body should know.-Farm and
tlreside
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05

Economy with the coru crop means
that the fodder should be stored under
cover and not left standing in the
fields, as is often practiced. Good fod-
der is valuable, and is highly relished
by all classes of stock, but il can be
injured by exposure as easily as hay.
NO matter how much care is taken tre
shocks will fall over in winter. by
which means large share of the fotl-
der is ruined by being on the ground.
If cattle are turned in on it thoy will
.Tample d portion also. The barn is
the proper place for it.
When one has been so unfortunate
as to get machine oil stains ON white
sewing, saturate the piece of sewing in
cold water Immediately, soak for two
hours, dry in the sun, then wash in the
usual way.
The best form of exercise for fat
ness is to ascend slope or hill, more
or less steep, and then descend as rapid
ly as possible. Painting and perspira-
ton is the result, and both help to
lessen obesity.
"A paste suitable to preserve the
gloss of patent leather and prevent
cracking is made of flax, with a little
olive oil, lard and oil of turpentine,
mixed when warm, to be of the con-
sistence of thic'i paste when cold.
Articles made of ivory should not
be exposed to heat or dryness. They
should never be exposed to the direct
rays of a hot sun, or placed in closet
near or under n fire, as they are very
apt to split under such circumstances.
Cider Cake One cupful sour cider,
one cupful molasses, four eupfuls OF
Hour, one OF butter, ono cupful sugar,
one cupful chopped raisins, two eggs,
one teaspoonfll cloves, one teaspoonful
soda, one of cinnamon, one of nutmeg.
Bake one hour.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05

They live long down on the island
OF Nantucket. OF the seventy-six who
died there in 1888. five were infants
the average Of the ages OF the seventy
one is little over So years, forty-two
were 20 or over. twenty-five were sc
or over, twelve had passed the SIS mark,
three saw 90 or more. and one, q
woman. died at the age of 81 years
and % days.
There is in tho United States q
dog for every three inhabitants. The
cost of keeping twenty million dogs is
at least 5000, 900, 900 per annum. The
food given to an average dog every
year, II fed to chickens, would yield q
return OF more than ten dollars. High,
toned dogs are very expensive theil
food costing a good deal more thar
that of some people.
Tho sad fact is noted that wnllt
the cyclone often clears mans lane
of house and barn it has never beer
known to blow of the mortgage.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
aTHE EVIL EYE"
. Remarkable Pair Of Optics once 500"
by au English Trave err

by au English Trave er'
The original source OF most super
s,itions. and of all idolatries In when
the idol is not deliberately manuiacs-
ured by human hands, Is now recos
rized to be the sense OF surprise Vi
sudden fear. or admiration, felt by the
..,ptutored mind" as the Llchheiu
sobool would have called it, for any
thing unusual. 1t may be remark,
ubla tree. or n rock with dehhed
form. or an oddly-shaped stone or
sheiI with its convolutions reversed OF
n curious fruit like the coco-ae-mer;
h,t IL strikes the savage Imagination
and is thenceforward surrounded py
some of the instructive awe felt TOT the
sunernatural A regular worship, as
Sir Alfred Lyall has shown, ofteh
crows No round such a curiosity, or IL
becomes, rs in the case OF the snail
cram. sacred over great tract oil the
world and among entire races OF man
kind Now, nothing is moro re
ouently unusual, or, 80 to speak, sur
prising, than tho human eye when
va les, in occasional cafes, from tfe
normal type to degree that has never
vet been quite satisfactorily ex-
planned. Why is one eye ishy' whi'e
another flashes fireP There are
eyes which do literally "beam' =
and they so common as to nave
eiyeu rise to a separate description
in most languages; there are eyes
which in anger seem to emit llght
from within-Mr Gladstone's do
there are eyes, generally steel gray in
Europe, but often black in Asia, which
never cease to menace, even when the
face is gentle or at ease. and there are
eyes into which look of almost In
tolerable scrutiny can be thrown, eyes,
as Lord Beaconsfeld described them,
(which would daunt galley slave
The writer saw remarkable pair OF
them once. He was waiting with a
crowd of passengers on the French
frontier of Italy, all under order &c
pass through barrier in single lille.
The Emperor Napoleon had been
warned about some projected attempt
by cwbonari, and special agent had
boon dispatched from Paris to examine
every passenger by the train. The
eyes OF this agent were absolutely diff
ferent from those of any human being
the writer ever saw, and the Italians
us they passed under their fire, visibly
Il.
, throwing out his fingers to counterac
the malefic effect of their influence
Even the English, who had nothing
to fear, did not like the eyes, which
this writer will remember at tn,
, Judgment Day; ana one, presumabl,
an actor, said audibly: MY God, tina
: is Mephistorheles alive?'-Spsctator
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
ODD. BOSTON WOMEN.
One Collect ID Watches and the Other iiat
Weakness for Laccs.

weakness for Laces.
The death OF Mrs. Gardner Brewer
reminds me OF an incident | heard OF
her several years ago In Washington
but for which can not vouch. Like
many wealthy ladies she had ond-
ness for gathering curios, and her
beautiful home contained many quaint
and unique articles OF silver, rare OLD
porcelalns and china. collected in
years OF foreign residence. Her late
.fadn was n costly one-watches. In
case OF which she kept the key herself,
was a choice array Of time-pieces, rang
ing from big Dutch affairs, which can
be peeled, layer after layer like an
onion, TO the daintiest OF enameled.
jeweled watches, used by French
beauties OF tho empire. Some OF these
had once belonged to those whose
names are famous in literature or
society. Mrs. Brewer employed an
expert to look up these things, but de-
pended upon her own judgment as to
their value. The agent reported that
an old lady in Washington, indirectly
connected with George Washington's
family, had silver watch once
carried by the first President.
Mrs. Brewer found the old lady in
| destitute circumstances and quite
willing to part with the watch for
a small sum. Aftor verifying the date
given by tho watch, Mrs. Brewer told
her II was worth many times the price
she asked. and after consulting with
posted in the bank sum which in
sured the old lady every comfort, even
II she lived to be a century old. dare
say many collectors, less noble, would
have taken the watch at the old lady
valuation.
Another rich Boston lady has beer
collecting for years specimens OF lace
until she has pieces Of all the pillow
laces, such as Mechlin, Valencienne'
and the costly Honiton, with its del
icate sprigs, OF sufficient variety ant
age to illustrate the manufacture
Some OF her needle-made laces, like
Italian and Venetian point, wer
wrought in the seventeenth and eigh
teenth centuries, and others, beside
their intrinsic worth, are doubly valu
able as having once adorned roya
ladies-the Empress Josephine, Napo
Icons mother, and the unfortunat
Marie Antoinette. This lady also ha
many Cathedral laces that formerl
draped the affairs OF European converts
now suppressed. Most of the fashion
able "fads' by which wealth amuse
herself requiresa special training, lon
experience and the incest discrimir
ating power. A New York lady, VIII
INDUCED her passion for these rar
products of the needle, was suddenl
bereft of husband and fortune. and no
earns good salary by selecting lace
in Europe for large dry goods HOUSE
Boston Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
DYING FOR PRINCIPLE.
Facts showing That Mankind IL BetteI
Now Than 1t Ever Was.

Facts showing That Mankind IL BETTER
Now Than 1t Ever Was.
1t is true that in those earlier ages
men died for faith, principle, IDEAS
but so they die for them in this age.
Every day throughout the world men
are taking flying leaps to death because
OF their fidelity to ideas. The poor
switchman that leaped on the railroad
track in front of the rapidly moving
train and flung two little children
from it, but met his own death under
the murderous wheels of the ponderous
machine, died because of his idea of
duty. 1t was not his duty to fling away
his own life for that of others, but he
thought it was, and he did it. Self
sacrifice, uuselfshness of the highest
and noblest sort, is not Of any particu-
lar age, but OF all ages. The spirit OF
compromise is the spirit of sellishness,
and it is not an exclusive growth
of the present time. Indeed, il
would be difficult, if not impossible,
to find any other period of the
worlds history in which the spirit
OF charity, of good will toward men,
was more sentient or active than
it is to-day. 1t is not only in this
country, but in all countries, that be.
nevolence flows in steady stream from
the rich to the poor. The land is thick
with great charities. We need bu
look about any great city like this tt
recognize how strong, and broad anC
deep the stream of charity flows.
| is epitomized in scores OF institutions
| kept alive at q most enormous cost fol
the helping OF those who need help
there are hospitals, homes, asylums
refugees, schools numberless, which al
represent the world unselhshness, it.
liberality and charity. This age i;
not worse, but better, than those which
went before it, because there is ever
potent spirit abroad in it helping ant
improving it. Religion, education
social usages, are all employed in shap
ing the world to better ends, and the,
are doing it etfectually. If there ar
great riches they are more equally di
vided than ever before, and il Their
is still selishness in the world there i
also charity, and if there is abroad tn
cowardly spirit of compromise there i
similarly the noble one OF heroic en-
deavor and self-sacritice. -Philadelphi
| Telegraph.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
HOW TO FEED CALVES.
resch Them to Eat Early aud supply
variety OF Good Food.

re,eh Them to Eat Early aud supply .
variety OF Good Food.
have often had calf that 1t was
actually impossible to make drink I'M
Til it had gone some twenty-four hours
or more without food. II n calf will
not suck your fingers or attempt to
swallow you can do nothing but wait.
The last ten calves / have raised l
have left with the COWS for three days,
and have not had a particle OF trouble
to teach them to drink. Usually they
put thor noses in the pail and drink
the first time the milk is offered them.
and | have concluded that all my for
mer trouble WAS occasioned by taking
the calves from the mother before
they had been physicked sufficiently by
the ..coldstrum." and developed a
healthy appetite. l think there is
more loss, if not more cruelty, from
the treatment calves get after they are
taught to drink. than from starving
them to teach them to drink
A large per cent. of the calves raised
by hand are long-haired, pot-bellied
and unthrifty. from irregular feeding
giving the food in varying quantities,
now too much and then too little; some
times warm, and again cold; sometimes
rich and again mere Cruel,
and neglecting to furnish coarse
food early enough. A winter calf viii
begin to cat hay regularly at four
weeks old, and will grow and thrive
much better for having it. 1t should
have bran or ground oats regularly
after it is month old, beginning with
a tablespoonful, and increasing grad
ually until it eats quart at feed,
which it can safely do at three months
old. if all changes in diet are made
gradually.
1t is sudden changes in dict and
overlooking that produces scours, and.
unless checked at once. scours will
very soon ruin the calf. You can de-
tect this trouble by the smell as soon
us you enter the stable. The stall
should at once be thoroughly cleaned
and disinfected, and the calf put or
half rations of new milk for day OF
two. ! have never known this to fat
of cure. If you teach the calf TO eat
early, and furnish it variety o.
wholesome food, its milk may be re
duccd to one gallon a day at thret
months old. and the calf kept thrifty
and growing. Cor. Michigan Home
| ,Journnl
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
Where to Draw the l"

.In the case Of my ua sIo,ss|
o,,s mt s gentlemen, said The b ',s ~
attorney for the deiens - the llss1
case. lit is for you to draw sd slpOsas
tween murderous rage
insanity" Ida yeriisi
they thought the safest fest i p,5' shoais
it was between the nea@s 10 |, J
The Maharaiah Of Bar0 % sss'
possessor of jewels valued ,i' ,o y .i.a !
COO sterling. His RECALLS y, cOlsi
casions consists of gorgeous gu 81 VI
500 diamonds, some OF .leT ,oss q
wal ~aln nlt arranged in i've r'' "
rounded by top and bottom .ss 'aspi,,'i
emeralds the same size ne q, s'- ,'ss'
a famous diamond called d, w ~ pAtssii
the .s1 peccan. An aigrett.s , 70 III I'D
VIZ, worn in the turbani then ,a ls.,ss sr,is
of pearls of perfect roana,''to : lss
ed from the size oil D r. uecslsl''
marble; wondrous rln ny ,abiss s. !
clusters OF sapphires anu 4
as grapes.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
CHOOSING A TRADE.
Select What You Can and What You Hav
a Taste For.

Taste For.
First of all make sure of what you
viii, be best fitted for in the long run
Remember that some kind of work
may be in demand now and in few
years the demand may die out. Don't
choose trade of this sort if you car
help it. You may spend years learn
ing to make something by hand, and
as soon as you have learned, a machine
may be invented that will make i
better, and thus throw you out Of EN-.
ployment, unless you have learned a
great deal about the whole business
connected with your work,
Agrin. think of where you want to
begin Don't learn Il trade that il
overrun with workmen in your own
State, unless you are willing to go to
another State to work. In New York
State there is machinist to every SOC
OF population; while in Texas, Georgia
and Alabama there is only one ma
chinist to every 1000 people. Iowa
has $4,000 carpenters and joiners;
viii e Georgia has less than 5000.
Choose what you can and what you
have a taste for. If you are weak
ling, don't try to be blacksmith
don't try to be painter if you are
color blind II you are fond of read
ing that is good reason to become a
prihter, provided there is no othe;
good reason against it. If you have
a natural mechanical turn and invent
i've genius, you may make a good ma
chin!st. Resolve to make yourself, a
thorough master of your trade and all
the machinery used in and about it.
Then don't be afraid of learning toe
much. You will be a better painter
for being able to handle the saw; 9
better joiner for being able to use g
brush; better machinist by acquiring
the use of the pencil.
BE willing to plod and work hard TO,
a time, for the sake of learning youl
busine' thoroughly. If you start as
carpenter have in mind to become
builder; If you start as machini~t
expect TO become a manufacturer; i
you begin us a type-setter aim at be
coming Il printer and publisher Or
If you are willing to be always work
man employed by some one else, max,
up your mind to become so very ex
pert in your line as to command ;
high price.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-05
A PECULIAR STONE.
II Possesses the F1exibility oil hto
India Rubber.

1t Possesses the F1exibility oil Pic
India Rubber.
The Washington Star gives an ln's'I
esting account of stone belonging =
the chief clerk OF the War DepaHna.
It weighed about a pound, and vs n
inches in length, q in width and II
an inch thick. On picking it up 'la|
the desk, when his attention was eau"
to it, a reporter noticed that ] N
slightly at the ends, and had nsAa'
ing of an elastic substance 70 3
moving the wrapper, however WI
seen to be a hard, compact pe@ N
sandstone. of a light yellow colOf' y.
the ends cut to points. The teAlnH I
the stone was fine, and preseu'e' .
evidence of qualification anu i
smooth over the entire surl'N i.
knife-blade made no impression =. /
particles. There was no aou'' s,,
it's being a genuine stone Oa i,,. n'o :, ,
theless possessed the de5 lei, ~,
piece of India rubber. mneu , 'as.
the hand and shaken in the dlrs, ~,
of its fat surface it would :, Osna .,',a
and forth with a dull mull'a lax I,yi,
IN movement was more Of ANY
in the adhesion apparsn';s ,,'t,l,s
elasticity. When held hOria0n' a.; !.
one end the other would drop ~. ~ :, !,
main in that position. WIN ~. ~ r.,s
ends supported on rests the y ,l ss,s W. /.
could be pressed half an lpst ss IA irp,
middle line. With one Gnu =, h.,t /,
ON the desk the other co u, W 'soysusI
ward over an inch. Inc , ms
was not confined to the one ',. us
in the plane of the ha' a stun ~ be u
the entire stone seemau onj,e-s
structed on the principal o. as,sntSsi
Joint, with movement psl''s
all directions under pressure