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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-03-22
CONSCIENCE MONEY.
Substance of an Inter esting Talk with
Catholic Prize t.

Substance of an Inter esting Talk with a
Catholic Prize t.
Conscience money is something well
known to priests, for in the confess
sional abselution is not granted to a
repentant thief unless he promises to
return the money and property stolen.
OF course the absolute secresy of con-
fession encourages men, aud especial
ly women, to tell their thefts, which
among certain classes are common.
In many instances it is easy enough
for the perpetrators to return stolen
articles, but frequently it is impossible
or would lead to discovery. 1t is an
easy matter for a priest to act as an
agent in the case, and the owner is
usually so glad to receive the goods
or money that he appreciates
the secresy Of the confessional.
Most of the cases are of small
articles and which have been taken
from the household or a store. So
many people are inclined to klepto-
mania that they take things which
they Immediately afterward want ie
restore. Fear generally restraints
them, Where the sum of money taken
is large it generally requires long
limo for consciences to make the
proper upheaval. Sometimes even this
desire of restitution is only obtained
on the death-bed. A common case Is
where a man finds purse or some
thing of value, and allows his cupldlty
to prevent him from seeking the owner
The church doctrine is SO absolute on
the subject of restoration that more
things are turned over to the con-
science fund than the public is aware.
Cases only come to light where 1t Is
necessary to advertise. The doctrine
of the church in regard to re-
storation is that if the thing re-
main the same it is to be returned as II
is. if not, the value thereof, and dam
apes where these can be measured.
,sad to hear M Irishm ans story oil
| how he outwitted the village father,
| that passed current as a joke on this
| subject. The father laid his watch on
a shelf beside him while he heard RAD
| dv,s confession. The latter stole the
watch and then confessed he had stoIer
something and wanted the priest tt
| take it. The father said he would no
have it. But" said Paddy, Il offeree
IL to the owner and he would not ac
cent tn Then keep It," said the Ia
Their and Paddy kept the watch unti
the father accused him of the theft
8, Louis Globe-Democrat
--Citizen-''Do you know any thlne
about base-ball?" Stranger-"No SIR
lido not. At least so my friends say.
Citizen-"Then you don't take any IN p.
terest in the National gamer
Stranger-.'A little. I'm manager O.
a. club. IN. Y. Sun.
The women of this country nav
M occasion to demand their rights
II has always been their privilege u
sav what the country shall have to ed
three times a day. and that's NOR MOI,
power than the men ever hea OF WI
have. Detroit Free Press.
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AMERICAN FABLES.
Good Stories with Morals That Can Be
Understood by Every Body.
THE OK AND THE ASS

Understood by Every Body.
THE OK AND THE ASS.
An Ok and an ASS dwelt together in
the same Field. and many of the ami
mails went to them to Inquire about the
Weather. When the Ok was asked
whether the winter was to be open or
vigorous he Invariably replied:
81 can not say for Certain just now
Please call Again
The ASS. on the Contrary, was
Prompt to reply:
This is going to be a very. very
open winter, and buds will start in
February" Or,
This is going to be the Coolest win
ter we have had for twenty years. and
we shall get no Spring before June. -
When Winter was over it was always
found that the Ass had missed it, while
the Ok had gained further Reputation
or wi sdom by refusing to express an
opinion. 1t thus came About that the
Ass was spoken of in Ridicule and
Contempt.
MORAL: This also includes Virgins
and the Kentucky Goose-Bone.
THE WOLF AND THE HARE,
A Hare which had been seized by a
wolf uttered loud Lamentations and
Besought him to spare her life.
Give me one good reason replied
| the Wolf.
Because we are both Hunted by
NJ, Ero, ,,o,.v ,,av Ia pt.r-,,ad nv
some Boy Seeking my life.
"Ahl then. it will be Favor to put
you where he can't find you." said tbs
Wolf, as he bit her in two and Bolte6
the pieces.
MORAL: When you are the Wolf it il
safe to Argue. When you are the
Hare, it is wiser to run for it.
AN UNGRATEFUL PUBLIC.
An American City Treasurer having
been absent from home for Three Whole
Days, the Common Council ordered al
investigation of his accounts. 1t Wa
soon Discovered that he was defaulte
and had Absconded to Canada. IL,
was Located and interviewed by com
mittee, whom he Received with grea
Dignity and Courtesy.
Gentlemen, this speaks i'll for you
Manners" he said, as they Referred Il
the little Shortage of $780, 900. Il di
hope you came here to show your Graf
itude, but you insult me. Some DE
faulters would have buried that None
or used it for Personal Expenses.
laid every dollar of it out in buying
Wheat, and encouraging the Agrl
culture of the Country. Go Hence
base Ingrates"
l. MoRAL--Agricultur must be En-
couraged at any cost--Detroit Ere
| Press.
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SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

I'm the single industry of iron and
steel in this country $3.50 men are
employed. who receive every two
weeks $685. in wages, or S25, 49,
800 year.
A little girl of Boston who re-
,ently wrote a composition about DR..
Holmes remarked that The was for
several years professor of monotony at
the college"
A sleeps eye resembles the human
eye. Young opticians often use the
eye of sheep IN learning many OF the
most critical points connected with
their profession Y. Press
Popular science has information
that the hippopotamus viii become ex-
tinct within the next twenty years. So
many have been killed of by natives
and sportsmen that they are now hardly
to be met with
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REAL IRISH FRiEZE.
The Chief Features Which Distin guish I.
from All Other Cloths.

The Chief Features Which Distin guish II
from All Other Cloths.
Among the various textile products
of Irish manufacturing skill most ex-
tensively known is the justly celebrated
Irish frieze. Its manufacture has come
down from time immemorial. The
process since it was first woven on the
primitive hand loom, and the subse-
quent manipulation to prepare it for
the only garment for which it is pre-
eminently suited, the cothd more (big
coat or overcoat), has been handed
down from one generation of the Irish
people to another. until at the present
day the rapidly-increasing steam-power
looms OF the Irish mills are engaged in
manufacturing friezes which are max
ing their way by sheer force of real
merit in the best markets of the world
The chief features which distinguish
frieze from all other cloths, is its alb
solute imperviousness to rain. and its
extraordinary durability. In these it
resembles the famous blankets of the
Navajo Indians. Of course, we are
speaking OF real Irish frieze, not the
counterfeit article, which is quite
plentiful in American markets. These
points of excellence are secured through
the peculiar methods OF manufacturing
the longest and best wool, selected
from the best Irish feeces, without
which there can be no genuine Irish
frieze. The process in itself is quite
simple, but tedious, demanding much
time, care and attention.
Nothing but washed wool of the
longest and strongest fiber is used.
This is first dyed, and afterward, when
spun, is doubled so as to resemble
yarn; in fact, it is softly-spun
WOODEN yarn which has not been
treated by acids in any manner, SO
that the whole natural strength OF
the wool fiber remains unimpaired.
This yarn is then woven, after which
it is put through the thickenlng or
tusking process, as it is termed. This
latter is practically somewhat pro-
longed washing or sousing of the cloth
in carefully-propared solution. slow
ly heated up to the boiling point and
then as slowly cooled again. This
shrinks and consequently thickens the
fabric which comes from the loom to
such an extent that it becomes I'M
possible, after cutting the goods, to
separate one thread OF the cloth from
the other so closely are they allied
and so interdependent on one another.
The final operation is the dressing and
finishing of the goods, From this
brief explanation it will be perceived
in what the chief points of the excel
ence of Irish frieze consist. Dyed in the
wool, the color is permanent-untreat-
ell by acid, the natural vlrllity OF the
wool fiber is preserved.-Clothier ana
| Furnisher.
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WANAMAkER's PICTURE
How the Only Existing Photograph of the
Noted Philadeiphian Was Taken.


John Wanamaker, the millionaire
merchant prince of Philadelphia, has a
deep-seated objection to sitting for
portrait He has repeatedly declined
the overtures of his family and friends
who are anxious to secure counterfeit
presentment, and up to the present
time it Is not known that his features
have been transferred to paper in any
regular manner. A year ago. however,
Mr.. Wanamaker was a passenger on
one OF the North Lloyd steamers from
Europe to New York. During the yoy-
age he was frequently surrounded by a
bevy OF frolicsome girls, who made as
much of him as they would of the most
eligible beau at a fashionable watering
place. They were. in fact, more atten-
tive than the proprieties warranted.
One of them in particular hung around
the Philadelphian's stsamer-chair al
most every time he appeared on deck.
and her marked attention caused a great
many jokes to be cracked at her ex-
pense Among the passengers was a
passenger who had travelled extensively
in Europe for an Eastern newspaper
and who had procured one of those
small detective cameras which is con-
cealed in an apparently innocent button
on the coat itself. Seeing this young
lady around Mr.. Wanamaker, the news
paper man determined to catch pho
tograph, and one bright afternoon he
stepped in front of them just as a lurch
| of the ship threw the young lady into
Mr. Wanamaker's lap. The focus was
| just right, and the telltale machine wa,
snapped on the instant. 1t happened
however, that the Philadelphia mar
moved his head just as the chemical.
were getting in their deadly work, 81
that his features are not well defined II
the negative; but the position is perfect
and the outline of the young lady's face
as well as the figure of the millionaire
are brought out in strong lines. 1t il
the only known photograph of JOIN
Wanamaker extant. ashinton Let
! tors
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- rs aSss:s1 ~ = II 4
II ~ fool< b,,<sI< !. NM ,tt.s 81 .
ury there = Il, c,a,soe ~ IA 81 ,'] III I
sos.f..l s.yfi l,,,st ,,sss lis u tY,ss =, Ss1sS
position II women i, r,,o,,.ls Il "a s,sa i
ton, EMPLOY meat ard srszsIeua x,f =
ton. And fhia pc,aiti I'm II n 4 a.,
ence and self-defsnse Il .aI<an wIf1Idnt
any question fexz -. :. 80, Il. -.
don It was not inst tie tI,inp' ss,r e. m
married girl ID be seen abroad aIx,ne
even ii her mothers carriaoa. She
NAV now IL seen il, Z 1,aps<,Y6. II II {
NOT NfYs aoo chat II vas thought mn
safe for women i. travel withnnf =
male nrotector. i braca II snirftAfl
girls NAV uf,w 90 cIaar rf,,,,,d ~
world tncethe.r L, a,,tfra - fatv ana
without excitiro nv .,,ti,r.x,,,t s,s<,,<.
DANGEROUS ts,,n aas,f,afsx,,, o. -
g the world Is conearupa tfarr
| are entirely safa 4 tbav de.irs
Ia Re. Perhana - rniosf have
more c,,,as frr 81, v;saf,r a. II, J.
being ~ ! ra..no man Il. !. cfu.T,lS. ~
Young men an tha aarne io,,,.evs tn.
world n All Civilized landa vii trsssst
the woman a she wishes Is b. treated
| Il seems i, 81 wel1 settled th.t xrfyiusen
can prptect themselves. u,w ffa2 f,I5av
| are permitted Is a., -. ana f1at fhev
can come a. near Il supporting them
selves de- GOOD MANY mon. Indeed
| among the coIored women of the Sot1tI1.
1 ii IL cutie 4 r,revaIIent question whex7,er
| they can afford to take husbands.
| Ii isa subject 81 constant suec.1ta-
| ton what effect this change Of position
/ will have upon the character of thu
/ sex. The sex has ALWAYS desuised !
man who Ia not independent and self
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.,c,n or WORDS.

a,,a Use Whtch Came III
Nssy N III, FROM this Gyusies.
~ the English words OF the
MANY INJURY come from the Gypsies.
IT, y 0 siduap comes from the mapping
lnn .,ssling Of kid, Gypsy Tor child.
Qr s'oe ms talk, therefore. Of kidnap-
Wnea = - old gentlemss for his money
ping ,i - the etymology Of the word,
W. 's,sss he is in his second childhood,
a a sometimes travels SO far to find
one ~ meaning OF word. No one
oas y, WI ba Is speaking Italian when no
sDhn I. ..aas made q .fasco." Yet it
say y, = italian for flask. Why does II
Wy sa;lure thenp Because the glass;
meau .rs 81 Murano, trying to make a
DIV" n window or mirror glass. and
ple.e sa IN tho attempt, merely blew or
lsiaa a common flask, 'fasco." with
nau "a of glass. SO with fresco, which
VIC IL means fresh. The paint must
sim ri on for adresco when the lime is
ss.sh Fresco painting is fresh paint
Ing a,on yor5 ..nssbn 1.
,.am the beautiful Gypsy word ma
IN ,lso which means Ito charm with the
49, 49, These vagabonds by the way
~ ora responsible for much beauty
- AL az dirt. The word loafer comes
~. the German Gland laufer," q
ns bond and unsettled roamer over
the country.
The word boss comes from the low
n,teb. The word boss means master.
i ..rum chap is simply Gypsy
IA. n has no relation to the product
| Of the still.
The far-famed beverage which in
ebriates more frequently than il
.hears has not to answer to the phase,
abe's rum un to look at" 1t simply
means he is manly man. Certainly il
4 not by literary dignity that we have
n measure language in these days,
and vet it is curious how many slang
tarms are from the most classic o.
sources, To 'nigg at whist means te
rsrigq, that is Saxon for deny. Pal Il
brother, and. ''conk" for nose come,
from the spouting fountain. the conctd
n the Romans. "Powwow" come:
from the Indians. 1t is curious We
Americans have no more OF this he
reditary language OF the red Indiar
| tribes.
A few years ago wit declared tha
| bis antagonist was not worth {
1 tinker execution, which was thought
| very funny until some other wit ex
claimed, What is tinker's damp i
| has nothing to do with swearing. Il
| Is merely the dam or stoppage made o
| -four and water, with which the tinker
! stops the gap he is mending. until the
| tin or the pewter has cooled. Whei
\ bis bread pill is thrown away it is .
| very worthless piece of dough. Henc,
its name and fame. 1t passed into ;
| proverb for worthlessness. 1t is mucl
| harder to trace the origin of a proverb
or to find out quotation, than t.
follow up word. because both ar
/ frequently quoted wrong. For in
stance, the goose hangs high" is en-
! tirely wrong. 1t should be, '.Fo
every thing is lovely and the COOS
uhangs high" meaning if the gees
| flying south utter their peculia
"whang," then the weather is sure T.
be fine. Mrs. Sherwood's Letter.
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Difficulties in Trousers

Speaking of trousers reminds one
that they are the most difficult garment
in mans wardrobe to get on comfort
ably with, in pathological sense There
are large sections of the country where
they are degraded by being called
s.pants.n Even in cities they have
their defamers, persons who never
speak of them by their correct name.
These persons frequently speak Of
themselves as gents" and wherever
there are '.gents" you will hear of
pants" The waisteoat has had its
nomenclatural troubles, too; but never
has any name so inelegant and often
sive been bestowed upon it as is applied
to trousers by those who call them
..pants." Vests is not the name il
prefers. although ''yest" is not a de-
parture from the proper name too terri
Bile to be borne. Even the good old
fashioned word ..overcoat" is being
driven from it's citadel. In circles where
clothes are matters of great moment
.'top-coats" and ''great-coatsn are men
toned, but .'overcoats" are seldom
heard of. Words have their fashion:
as well as garments--DresS
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How ThongbtfuI Lover Outwftted His
ssest Girls Father.

How Thoughtfui Lover Outwftted His
Best Girls Father.
Mr.. Hummer had appeared to be
nervous for some time.
Ever and anonymously he would
lower his paper and look over his
spectacles at the clock, and his face
would take on q more cruel and deter
mined expression.
Mrs. Hummer said nothing. az she
rapidly piled her needle, but OCCASION
ally she also would cast furtive and
anxious glauces at the clock and her
husbands face.
Neither the husband nor the wife
broke the silence, until the old-fash-
Toned clock on the mantle-piece had a
mysterious inward convulsion, and
chfmed out the hour OF eleven. Then,
with sudden gesture. Mr. Hummer
threw down his paper. and turned to
his wife, with suppressed ferceness in
his manner, and asked:
rs that young Beauman In the par
lor yet?r
Mrs. Hummer could only nod in re-
ply, while her face assumed an even
more anxious expression.
A moment Mr.. Hummer besitated.
and then, rising with but poorly con
cealed anger, he drew upon his good
right foot the heavy boot which had
covered it during the day. and, while
dear, tinid little Mrs. Hummer con
cealed her face in her handkerchief.
tipped softly out into the front hall,
| and as silently closed the door.
All was still The silence seemed
almost painful to the tender-hsarted
| little mother waiting in the living
room. and she longed to warn her
daughters lover OF his peril.
| Minutes passed. which seemed as
hours. but there came to her ears no
sounds of violent alteration. The sus-
pense was terrible
Suddenly the door opened softly. and
old Mr.. Hummer tiptoed in again, like
the "Son john of history, with one
boot off and one boot on, and stood be-
fore her.
For full a minute he stood gazing
silently at his wife, with a puzzled ex.
preston upon his face, while family
and indistinctly from the parlor came
the soft sounds OF sweet converse still
unbroken.
| "Well?'' Intercepted Mrs. Hummer
at length.
We'll" answered the old man
what do you b'l'eve that impuden
young shipper snapper has got. blu
a short-nosed. lop-eared, cross-eyed
| bow-legged, white bull pup layin' OF
the mat in front Of the parlor door
that wont let a fond parent come with
in ten feet of him--C. N. Hood, il
| Drakeis MAGAZINE
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A German photographer. Herr
Ottoman Anshultz, has succeeded in
preparing Photographic plates so seu-
sitive that an exposure of 1-5,oooth of
second is sufficient to procure a per-
feet impression. A very small lens must
be used, so that the pictures are gem
orally only 7-16th OF an inch in length
and breadth. Enlarged to an inch
and a half on glass plates, and rotated
in series of twenty-four before Geiss-
Ter tube. ths pictures are used for re-
producing the motions OF an animal ON
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SLAMS DANCING 0fRLs.

4 s.ert..cr .,~.c-.1.~. 80. +. .,....
GraessuI Perfsrsnances.
Poised on tir-toe, bending their limbs
back al far as they will reach and pick
ing up bits Of straw with their evelids.
the dancing girls of BANGKOK are al
ways exercising in The royal eyrnna~
siun. The new volume In the Ziezag
cries, Journeys in the Antipodes, "
gives very graphic description Ok the
wonderful physical training Of these
girls, whose ages vary from Ave to
twenty years. The curious and subtle
feat Of picking up bit Of straw with
the eyelids can be learned only by the
youngest Of them, who are made to
practice it in order to render them
flexible in every part Of the body.
There are two long rows Of benches,
one little higher than the other. On
the lower Is a row Of little girls and on
the upper bench are laid fine polished
bits Of straw. At the sound 0f thu
drum the little girls altogether bend
the head and neck until they touch the
bits Of straw, which with wonderful
dexterity they secure between the cor
ners Of the eyeiids.
The cup dance Is the most graceful
and poetic Of their dances. IA row d
young women with tier OF cups on
their heads take their places IN the cen
ter Of the gymnasium a burst of joy
Gus music follows. On hearing this
they simultaneously, with mill.
tary precision, kneel dowr
and fold their hands, and bow
| their heads until their fofeheads almost
touch the polished marble floor. keep
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MIGHTY sulitupEs.
'"sehhgencs from G Party ExpiorInr ~.
6raaf Canadian Northwest.

=.
ihteiiigence from G Party Rx,,..,
Great Canadian Northwest.
William Ogilvie, who has bean -,
gagged by the Dominion Government
since 1887 10 exploring extreme North.
western Canada, has arrived at Edmor.
ton via Laclabiche and Victoria The
route pursued by the party was from
tne Pacific coast up Chilkat inlet by
steamer, over the Taing pass to Lake
Lyndeman, on the Lewis river. the
main branch OF the Yukon aud down
Inc river In canoes to the international
boundary line.
~ mas always been supposed that the
Lewis was the main stream OF the w.
kon, but the Hootilengus, which Joins
inc Lewis from the east about two
hundred miles from the coast, is the
main stream proper. The party went
INTO camp on the Yukon near the in
ternational boundary In the latter part
Of September. The greatest cold was
" February, when the thermometer
registered 81 degrees below zero.
camp was struck on March 4. when
they descended the Yukon thirty-fiye
a;iles to the head waters OF the Porcu-
psne rivcr-another OF the main
branches OF the Yukon. This pass Is
3.zoo feet above sea level. The
forcupine was descended twenty miles.
when, on April 10, camp was made un-
I'll the ice broke In the spring, which
was on May IS.
The average depth OF the snow dur.
ing the winter was about three feet.
The Porcupine was descended to its
confluence with Bells river, coming II
from the east. This was assembled tc
pass in the Rockies about eight and
hall mites long, with nothing to pre-
vent railroad being built through it,
From the east end Of the pass a small
mountain stream was followed to It'll
junction with Peel river, flowing into
the Mackenzie. On this stream Goa
OF good quality and an abundant cror
OF abestes were seen. The distance
from the foot OF the Rockies to where
they entered the Peel was seventeen
miles in a straight line. The tota
distance travelled from the Yukon a
the boundary to Peel river was 81,
miles, crossing two mountain ranges
| McConnell's geological survey party
was met at the Peel. The ascent o
the Mackenzie was begun June 81, ant
the survey continued until it combined
at Chippewa Yam with the survey o
the Peace and Athabasca rivers, mad
| by Ogilvie in 1886. distance OF 1,41
miles. The only real obstacle to navi
CATION in this distance was the rapids a
Fort Smith.
| Wheat and barley are grown ever,
summer at Fort Providence, in nortl
latitude 81 degrees. A sample OF whea
grown there was brought out, an
makes good -four. Mining is carrie
on on the Yukon and tributaries, an
pays during three months OF the year
Forty-Mile creek, the seat of the gol
excitement of 1887, unites with tn
Yukon about forty-one miles of tn
boundary. Twenty-three miles fror
this creek is in Canada. Cor. Chicag
Mail,
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How He Lost Time.

Pedestrian-B-b- can you t-t-tell
me how f-f-far it is to the po-po-post-
Office?
Newsboy-What dye say, mister'
Pedestrian - l. I-reckon you you :
heard me. How f-f-far is it to the po-
post-office?
Newsboy-Only half a block, mister.
Ii you hadn't a stopped to ask me yos j
a been there a'resdy.-Lsta