Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-04-15
MISCELLANEOUS.

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"A Newark On. j. iandlady under.
.ook 70 detain the trunk OF one o. bar
ooarders until bill Of four dollars tor
wear and tear Of sofa during a tbraa
lonsns courtship should be paid. but
effort. r. S''ou iler
The hardness OF hairnin in tho
hands OF woman has long been = sacrot
u mystery. From buttoning boot to
lnehdlng an umbrella it is useful in AL
most any emergency, but a New York
woman has capped the climax by utiliz-
ing ehe eyer-present hairpin for stabbinp
a policeman.
attention has lately been called to
'he iact that there are to-day in Massa-
chusetts more than one hundred towns
which nave nopublic libraries In many
VI them there Is no library whatsoever
except in connection with the sunday
schools. An effort is being made to sup
ply this need.
visitor to Editorial Sanctum--.Here
Is an article | have prepared on the
political situation" Editor Really.
my dear sir, we have SO many articles
on hand that" Visitor-sI know II.
nan the jackasses of the country are
writing on the subject, and thought
u was time for me to say something
Boston Commercial Bulletin.
| Several remarkable pictures have
recently been discovered on a rock on
the Rio Grande, in Texas. They were
painted BY the Indians and represent
series OF battles between two tribes.
ne paintings are eight in number, and
the work shows evidence of skilful
hand. The stone was nearly covered
with sand, but the paint, bright red,
was apparently as fresh as when first
put on.
"A Woman's Directory is to be pub
llshed in Chicago giving the names and
addresses OF 900 Chicago women who
belong to various religious, benevolent
and political organizations. The book
was compiled for the purpose of estimat-
ing the number of women in Chicago
who were interested in work not purely
personal, and to encourage them to q
greater unity Of effort.
"A Mexican letter says: If you
chance to be a visitor at a Mexican
"balle," quietly sitting on a bench, do
not be surprised if some bewitching
senorita with raven hair and roguish
eyes, trips lightly up to where you are
sitting and unceremoniously smashes an
egg over your head. This curious action
is merely to show her preference for
you, and means an invitation for you to
get up and dance with her.
"A puddler went to get his child
christened. What name," asked the
parson, ''shall call the child?" "Thoo
can caal the kid owt thoo likes, says the
father. WELL" says the parson, 81
think Benjamin is very nice name. -
"Varry weel," says the father, 'caal
him Benjamin" The puddler came out
of the church with his wife and child,
highly delighted with the name, when
a thought struck him. Rushing back to
the church, and overtaking the parson
walking down the aisle, he exclaimed,
"Hey, Mister, the young squeakers a
lass" The parson was at loss what to
do under the circumstances. However,
he put in an "a" at the end of the name,
and they called the child Beniamina.-
Leeds Mercury.
"A st. Louis police Judge one day
had gambler on trial before him. The
prisoner denied having played for
money, but said chips were used. The
Judge fined him ten dollars, however,
saying that chips were money. After
the docket had been disposed of, the
Judge was approached by the poker
player, who wanted to know if the judge
= still thought that chips were money
, On receiving an answer in the affirma
| tive, he said: "Well, 1 suppose will
1 have to pay my fine" Coolly counting
S out ten chips, he laid them on the mag
, istrate's desk and disappeared. The
| fine wa afterward RENTED by the
Judge, b t the chips are still in his
possession as a reminder of his ruling
that chips" were money.