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Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-20
THE INITIATION.

As near as can be ascertained from Obser-
walton, study and dint of questioning. the
ceremony of initiation takes place about "a
follows, and must, indeed. be both a curious
and impressive ceremony TO witness New
members are always initiated at night, the
oath of secrecy being taken before the big
joss referred to above, and at the time Of
taking the oath sum Of money, said 20 be
3D. Is given 70 support the order Their
comes the portion Of the ceremony called kno
keaou, or passing TIE bridge" which bridge
is formed of swords, either laid between tbs
tables or else set Up on the hits and meeting
az the points in the form OF an arch The
persons mae receive the oath take it unde.
this bridge, and the ''ye-ko," OF chief broth
er, reads the articles Of the oath. to each a
which the new member must give an sfsirmA,
tive response, after which be cuts OF the head
of cock, which is the usual form OF Chinese
oath, and means Thus perish all who divulgs
the secret
Some Of the marks by which they make
themselves known 10 each other consist Of
mystical numbers, of which the chief IL tbs
number g. Certain motions Of the fingers
constitute class Of signs To discover IL one
Of the fraternity Is in any company, broth
oi VII lone up Us bcaCup Ct cover in a par
ticular manner with three fingers. and thn
will be answered by q corresponding sign.
Taken all In all, the Boston society Of high
binders is one Of the most powerful branches
Of that dreaded society in the United States
but while they are very powerful, they have
been as a rule very peaceful, and though IN
the past ten years two OF three Cinnamon
have been murdered, as was supposed, by
hignhinders. nothing 70 prove this could &c
found Boston Globe
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-20
THE ENTERPRISE

will make this week on all Holi-
day 90 Dis Will give all competi-
tors a fright.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-20
LADIES'!

Upon looking around you will
De asked as high as 2OOc to 4OOc
for embroidered linen handkerA
chiefs. The Arcade" has on sale
this week about 200 pure Silk
HandkerchiefS, magntficently
embroidered all by hand. and
speaking by comparison, these
handkel chiefs ara worth twice
as much as the linen handker-
chiefs but the Arcade" offers
these silk handkerchiefS for less
than the price or linen ones. Why
not buy silk instead OF linen?
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-20

With gold and solid silver heads
This lot OF umbrellas was sent to
us from New York to sell and the
prices is SO low that they should
all be old in day or two.
Come early to this sale.
Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1886-1890, 1889-12-20

who is polite, and credulous, and effeminate.
| am none of these-but / love you passion
ately"
He tried to grasp her hands, but she drew
them away, saying e1citedly:
And this is your greatest fault. IF you
loved me tenderly | might trust you; but
you love me. you say, passlonately, and
I. who have looked On at life and reflected
have seen that of all traps and pitfalls this
is the greatest. Talk of the beaute du diable
OF Urls, that fits almost with the fading o.
the bridal flowers; that Is no oelusion COM
pared with the passions OF men, and yet IN
choosing freedom rather than binding ones
self to a delusion you need not tell me that
choose what Is only negative. It is so dis
couraginE. You have such hopeless faults,
and shall never ike any other man better
than you, Jacob. 1 know, and 50 shall never
marry"
YES, but an not like that; know that
/ shall marry he said, watching the girls
face closely 1T seems 20 me now as IL
should not, but am only a man, masculine,
as you say. As long as | a-l very busy
may keep Up. bu. sometimes they say il is
not quite wholesome In those ranches, and
one is exposed 70 wind and weather / might
be III, and then when / am h0nassick and
lonely some good western girl vii! take care
OF me, perhaps like ne, even love me. For
her might not have 50 many faults She
would not De 50 clever as you. CT have got
things down 50 fine, ard she wouldn't know,
poor thing, what a tissue OF faults Is covered
by my unfortunate name, that sounds 50
homely, and sinpia, ami good So being
SICK and lonely. ard wrctched- and grateful
10 her, ! know that I shoGlt be weak enough
10 marry her knew that I should
YES, said Mfllicens, taroEing down be-
side her the bouquet OF sweesb-ier With
passionate gesture. ..taa.s izs- What a mans
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
Generous Hospitality.

As general thing, the lavish ex-
penditure with which some rich people
entertain is more apt to detract from
than to increase the pleasure OF the
occasion. In the exercise of a gener-
Gus hospitality we assemble certain
selected number Of congenial people
fer common enjoyment 1t Is pleas
ant to be credited with good taste, and
to succeed in what we undertake, but
it is not to be supposed that We invite
society in order that they may become
painfully aware that our manner oil
living is grauder than theirs. Rest
assured that if people 60 away from
your house with an uncomfortable
feeling that it is impossible for them
to exercise the same kind OF hospital
ity. some mistake has been made The
finest possible tact is to make every
one feel at home. and both host and
hostess should spare no effort in that
direction. The hostess should bt
quietly attired, so that she shall no
outshine her guests. For the time
being those whom you invite to your
house belong to it. You are bound tc
look after their comfort in every way
aud to protect them, if need be, from
anv Minneapolis Tribune
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
Heavy American Locomotives.

Among the heaviest locomotives ever
built are those recently put on its
mountain division by the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad. Their actual
weight in working order is 153,o40
pounds. and lSs. $40 pounds Is on the
drivers. They have traetive force
of 271 pounds per pound average press
ure in the cylinder Their cylinders
are % inches in diameter by IS inches
stroke: driving wheels. 90 inches oil
ameter: boiler, feet in diameter and
Is feet 6 inches long over tube sheets
The tubes are 270 in number, and =
inches in diameter. The fire box Is
over II feet long inside by AZ inches
wide. and is placed above the frames,
but not above the wheels. The heat
ing surface in the fire box is ls5 square
feet. and the total heating surface
ISIS square feet The engine is de-
signed TO burn anthracite, but not like
the Wootten engines buckw heat or re-
fuse coal. Y. SUI
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
HUMOR IN ELEGY.
Ten Queer Epitaphs on Ten Queer Graves
in Georgia Cemetery.

Ten Queer Epltaphs on Ten queer 1raVes
in a Georgia Cemetery.
A cluster OF ten graves attract the
eve of every one who visits the grave
ward at Griffin.
These graves and the legend above
them awaken an irresistible sense OF
humor At the heads of the five
larger graves stand plain marble slabs,
each being simply horiated and bear
ing the name and age of My Wife. -
The five little graves have small slabs
of the same design, each bearing the
name of a child.
One husband has buried here his nVe
wives. and one father lis five children
Rv the side of each mother sleeps her
child. and one husband father buried
them all.
He said the reason he had the same
kind of tombstone placed over them
was his strict sense of impartiality. lie
had loved each alike, and no one wife
more than the other. No later kache
had supplanted Leah; and he did no
wish to sh~w any Partially IN the na''
ter of their graves.
The slabs are so arranged tha1 tii'
first is over the first wife, theh co'he'
the head-stone of the little child-graVe
then the second wife and the secon'
little child. So that reading them II
proper order you get the following lie
oeud and moral:
MY wife Mary, aged -
Little Simeon.
my wife Jane, aged 81"
Little Georgia,
| "sty wife Anna, aged "a.
| Little Birdie.
My wife Maria aged -
| Little Ruth.
"Jv wife Betsy, agedsa"
Little Hope" -, !,
He had buried the little nope u
had hut he was still a marrying maj
nnd after being "consoled' he oega
inouiring among the neighoors -
t ~ knew of a desirable woman wh
un a9.aa to marry" - Atlanta Qua
journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
JEWELRY NOVELTIES.
Pretty Things for the Happy Owners OF
Piethoric Pocket-Books.

Pretty Things for the Happy Owners Of
Piethoric Pocket-Books.
A turquoise heart surrounded by
diamonds is new brooch.
Frosted and ornamented with yio-
lets. gold bell is unique pendant.
A pretty scarf pin represents
morning glory euameled in natural
colors.
A novelty in shoe-horns is of oxi-
died silver, etched with birds and
foliage.
An odd hair ornament is sapphire
bodied fly with diamond wings and
ruby head.
Bordered with tiny pearls, violet,
enameled in natural colors, is nov
city in scarf pins
SIX small leaves of turquoises with
q setting OF small pearls and diamonds.
alternating, make SNOWY hair orna-
meut.
The etched figure of a female dancer,
within border work of Assyrian pat
tern. IS a pretty design for silver
cake or fewer basket
/ Rather attractive IS a little round
silver candle-stick. with futed bor-
/ der. in the new clouded oxidize finish.
A braeket-work handle adds to its
quaintness
/ \ perfectly round silver hand glass
has heavy embossed back, orna-
mented with scenes of field sports.
The handle IS the figure of female
tennis player.
\ tasty little silver water pitcher Is
e mass OF flower enclosing over d bed
OF twigs. leaves and tropical plants.
The tray matches it and may be used
as q card receiver.
4 new silver candlestiek represents
spread butterfly wings delicately
traced. The thimble into which the
candle is fitted and the handle are
silver feathers ornamented with fine
beadwork.
A frosted god scent bag in imitation
of old gold colored silk. tied with a
string Of pearls and ornamen;ed with
diamonds and rubies. set zigzag, is de-
lightfully quaint as a queen chair
pendant
Worthy of admiration is silver tri p
licate mirror, the frame of which Is
ornamented with fine wave chasing.
The back of the inner glass Is elabo-
rately etched and the outer cover is
inlaid with gold. The top piece repre-
sents a silver cupid holding apart fall
ing curtains Weekly
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
WOMEN NAlI-MAkERS.
A Glance at the Condition of Female La
borers in England.

A Glance at the Condition of Female La
borers in England.
Zone woman at work in a shop be-
hind clean and tidy cottage had been
making nails for thirty years. She
got lad for making 1000 nails, and by
working long hours she could make Sd
day nett One little shop from ten
to twelve feet square was in full swing,
where were four young women hard
at work" and if they could keep it up
for six days at fifteen hours day
their gross earnings would amount to
the surprising sum of 6s Sd each. But
the clear earnings of these young
women-4killful. persistent, unweary-
ing workers; their arms thin, but
hardened by unceasing toll; their
chests fiat, their faces pallid and their
palms and fingers case-hardened by
| bellows, hammer, oliver and rod, Will
| run to IS sd per week, when in full
work"
The ..oliver." it should be explained,
| is a spring-tilt hammer operated by
the foot of the worker and discharglng
the duty of mechanical striker; its
weight varies from ten pounds to thirty
pounds. 1t is very striking sight to
see a clever girl at her work making
.cone" or "countersunk' nails or
..pipe nails" "spoonheads," and
"auttersnipes. Her left hand
holds the rod. which is red
hot at one end. out OF which the
nail is fashioned; with her right hand
she Yields her forming hammer, ana
with her left leg she works the oliver;
while her eager face is all the time
bowed to the anvil, except when
strengthening herself up she turns
from the anvil to the bellows to blow
up the fire.
But when these girls are aged or
about to become mothers the slgh' Is
still more striking. and makes one
wish that one had never seen 1t or
hoard of it. it is so pitiful and sad, MOI
to saw unkind and unnatural. IL "oulo
saam To be next to impossible IN tnt
nr,,sent state of things to do any thing
in the way of regulating the hours O
labor. for the nail-maker's shop Is M
house. and his house is his castle bu
For the fact that the nail-makers san
;tarv surroundings should be so shock
ing thegs is. no excuse.-Lohooh '"'
President Newell, of the Lake Shore ROAD
:. Is ,,lst.,d. was little tardy in providiht
h;,,,salf with 1888 credentials, and, being &C
oos,sd with Tickets, please, by the con
a,ctor fshei out last years pass anu a'
tempted to slide through on that Inc Inc G %r
auctor knew his business, though anu M
Nswell had to pay his fare for the nrss TIM
in many years
visitor who saw Hugh Maxwell Brook
!, bic cell in ST. Louis the other day aske'
hira if it were true that he smoked sesen :
or eighty cigarettes day. "No, indeed n
responded blandly, II am very a m0asrau
ao ~ tba morning until $50 at night
BROOKS .po spends great deal of his time read read
ins Homer, Virgil and Cicero in the orig
hal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
THE FARMERS oARoEM


What well-Knnrn AerIcuItur1l EA11oe
Has TO say About r.
At the recent farmers institute n
Albany, DR. Hexamer, A expert
gardener oflong experience, now editor
of the Agriculturist. gave grand talk
on the Farmers Garden Here ara
some Of his good points; To the mind
Of the average farmers the garden il
nuisance, and on most farms. this ID
true a small plot inclosed by fence
| or wall. too small to do any OF the
| work of cultivation by horsepower.
the only work ever done there is on
rainy days. when it's too wet to work
| in the field The average value of all
the field crops il the country is not
much above fifteen dollars per acre
| But who can begin to estimate the
value of good garden where all
variety of fruits and vegetable are
growns And the home market OF the
family table will take them all at
highest prices. To the old chestnut
of SO many farmers that 1.-THE press Of
more important work on the farm
makes ii impossible for them to have
a good garden, the Doctor replied:
Take an acre Of your best land, and
devote it to garden purposes; plan the
planting so that the horse and Gull
tivator can be made to do most of she
work. and then hire man just to take
care Of the garden. Those OF its pro-
ducts that are used in the family viii
more than pay his wages. any surplus
can be sold and be turned to clear
profit. while fully two-thirds OF the
} mans time can be devoted TO general
farm work. thus giving extra labor
without cost
| am satisfied the doctor Is right,
: for friend OF mine having haif-acre
: city lot bought his fertilizers. hired
t the land plowed. and planted thereon
g twenty-six dollars worth Of plants and
e lseeds- He kept an account of all
9 money paid out for labor, plants, seeds
d manure. etc, for five years, and
e charged his family at market rates fol
all fruits and vegetables consumed
t He told me that this half-acre pait
v him a profit of $160 annually. AND
J. such a haif-acre should be on ever,
:. farm The farnil. xili appreciate it
It and it will help largely to reduce TIL
It butchers and grocerss bills
l. Ask the busy, Woodworking farme
e who has very poor garden or non
y at all. simply because he has so muel
% else to attend to, what he is workinl
e so hard for, and the answer will be
'e ito make living" that is, producinl
crops to sell, that he may have cas-
r to pay his taxes with, keep up ordinar
n repairs, and purchase food for self an
n family (which. of course is right an
o. proper. Yet.fwhen he can be made
of realize that three acres of ordlnar
n farm crops viii have to be grown an
es sold 10 bring money enough to pui
er chase food products equal in value fo
ne his family table to what he can pu
H. chase in one halt-acre garden, the con
o. plete garden will find its place c
he every farm, even if other things mui
~ be neglected What a mistake to gro
and sell crops at wholesale and the
of turn around and take the cash and bu
nd al retail for our family when so rnuC
ed can be produced at home Hartfol
IL Courant
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
GIRLS ON HORSEBACK
How the Knaek Of Riding ID Taught TO
Beginner.

INC nhaek OF Riding IL Taught TO .
Beginner.
The base for all riding lessons for
beginners Is the safety and careful
training OF the horses. Only horse
OF strong will-power, wide intelligence
and disciplined nerves can bear with
equanimity the succession of surprises
sweet girl manages to arrange for
him wnen she mounts for the first
time. The first mounting Is from a
DOCK, and rider has only to sit down
with little spring to be in her place,
but there are something like one hun
dred ways girl manages to take that
little spring and take it exactly wrong
before she is in the saddle. Then it
takes an artist to arrange girls skirt
and two grOoms to hold the horse
while it is done. When she doesn t
forget to unhook the little loop that
holds her dress in the back she sits
down squarely on the fullness that
should go over the pomnel. Or gets so
helpiessly wound up in the skirts that
no one but the fifteen-puzzle man can
ever get her out alive. Her saddle is
never exactly right, her stirrup either
too long or too short. and she fidgets
and fuses and nestles and giggles and
gets pink in her cheeks and lot of
imprecation and profanity in the heart
| of the groom before she is finally sat-
isfied and rides into the ring, only t.
come back again in nine cases out OF
| ten for another horse or saddle or
something.
Mounting from the ground is a yet
more difficult feat, and usually the first
few trials end in disaster. One hand
| On the saddle, the other on the should d.
sr of the master, his arm about hel
waist, her foot in his hand and theI
count one. two, three. and she spring.
only TO land where she least expects
while the horse quivers and shivers in
patient submission and bears it
The favorite mode of riding is aftel
The English style, and the master ride
round and round with the pupil. cor
recting, criticising her position. ant
suggesting such ideas as she may fnt
] OciituCldl- sc1AucIls, 6AtHOul warn
ing, he chirrups to her horse, an,
away they GO, his hand underneath
her elbow to teach how and when to
rise from the saddle a. the horse
bounds. Faster and faster they fly
and whittier and whittier grows the girl
face through the nameless fear tina
will come and must be dispeled b.
heroic treatment.
A naturally graceful woman who
not afraid of horse. and understand
how to manage one, can learn to rid
we'll in very few lessons, but timid
nervous woman requires considerabl
practice to accustom herself to the tel
rifying motion Of the powerful anima
she rides II practiced months an
months said pretty young girl, st
learn TO rise in the saddle accordin
to the masters teachings, but l iu:
couldn't do it at all. and | was lam
all over, until one day papa sale
Why. just sit still and let the hors
throw you. and in ten minutes | ha
it, and have never had any troub
since. Philadelphia Item.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
Polly Talks.

Barber to customerl-Do You want bot
tie of my Paradise Hair Elixiri
Customer-No. ! see you've got parrot
in the window; can it talki
Barber proudly)-oh, yes, sir; I wouldn't
take big money for that bird TO parrot
Polly, brace up and say something.
Polly (bracing up with some dignity
Shoot the Elixir.-New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26

Don't allow any oily waste or rags to be
brown on the floor, but only in metal can
with cover, and have them taken out of the
building every night they are self igniting.
1t is said that the two pet aligators that
were presented to Mrs, Cleveland during her
Florida tour are to be kept in the reception
room at the White House, and trained &c
shake hands with visiting statesmen
Millions of jack rabbits migrated from Ore
gon to Idaho during the recent cold spell in
the far northwest. They crossed the frozen
waters of the Snake river in hordes, and pre-
sented a wonderful spectacle to the peopls
who saw them
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
The Whole World Kin,

If Mr.. Henry Kendall. the author Of
''The kinship of Men" is 10 be believed.
there is no need of the lone touch Of
nature" TO make the whole world kin T"
He traces or relationship TO one another,
not to q common stock, bat in each case
from an actually living individual back
wards Some of the results are most
startling; as, for instance, the calculation
that the normal increase of ancestry up
to the thirty generation shows that
each living man has 294 SOL, $50 ances-
tors. After that, who can doubt the
kinship of the worldf New Orleans
Picayune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26

Don't forget to keep the lamps hiie1 Ia an !,
=. j., GOOD order When the OIL Is 10" ~
m rnnarates gas which is liable to explode
Dor,t forget that neglect and care,'Ss s.ssr
eh, cs,,se of more fires than all o.nei
49, he Wy ana enforce rules 10 guard against
hem. -, nm In,
Don't allow matches to be kept loose ssu 81 IN
,aner boxes, but only in metal or s ex 's ara
.afes Those lighting only ON the o'A nv
safest. - q, ha
non,t allow your stairs or Railways 70 %
p ooeS straw wv etc to accumulate or remain Oh
your premises.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
The EterDal Fitness of Things.

Police Judge-Young man, you are charged
with vagrancy.
"Yes, and its an outrage. I'm merely out
If employment, after having worked on some
of the best papers in the country
"Oh you're a newspaper man, chr
mo, sir; Tn a journalist. NEBRASKA
State Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26

Constant coughing is precisely like
scratching a wound on the outside OF
the body; so long as it is done the
wound will not heal. Let person,
when tempted to cough, draw long
breath and hold il until it warns and
soothes every air cell. and some benefit
will soon be received from the profess
The nitrogen, which is thus refined.
acts as an anodyne TO the irritated mu-
Gus membrane, aHaying the desire to
cough and giving the throat and lungs
a chance to heal. At the same time q
suitable medicine will aid nature in her
effort to recuperate. baltimore News
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26

A New Bedford man has cat with re-
markable fondness for sliding on the ice
When it finds likely bit of ice it runs to get
a good start, and then, throwing itself on its
belly with fore and hind legs extended for
ward and backward, slides daily again and
again until surfeited with the fun
A Louisiana negro, near Bayou Goula, saw
a beer in his turnip patch and tried TO drive
him out. The bear resented the insult, drove
the negro out. and chased him up the railroad
TRACK The darkey stepped aside to let an
express train pass and the bear didn't After
the train passed the negro took lot of bear
meat home fol supper.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26

Old Man ito daughterA-Clara, I diseov-
cred Nero lying dead in the yard this MORN
ing.
Daughser-I am very sorry, papa, but l
cannot help it. You know very well that
young Mr. Harvard was coming TO see me
last night, and you should have tied the dog
out of harms way.-New York Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-26
In . Newspaper once.

Telegraph Editor ito managing EDITOR
Big food Two thousand people drowned.
Managing Editor-Good Give it head
that would frlghten saint. Where's the
fioodi
T. En- China
NJ E. lcrestfallen)-How many did you
say were drownedl
T. E-Two thousand.
VI. E--Amounts to nothing. Throw il
away.-Arkansaw Traveller.