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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
A New Outdoor Game.

Mr. }. D. Horn. of Leicester, has ad-
ded new game to the already long list
that has been placed before the public
during the last few years. In lawn
crooketta there seems to be the elements
OF success, as players will find plenty of
skill necessary; and also there is a GER
tain amount of exercise required. This,
however, is by no means so violent as
one sees in Il game of lawn tennis; so to
many this will prove great attraction
The game can be played on grass or
gravel, or, indeed, on any hard sub
stance, while it is not necessary that the
courts should be always of the same
shape or size. so that in this respect it
will suit grounds that might not always
be available should the same sized court
be sine qua non. The implements re-
qulred for the game are not many, being
four crooks. four standards, a net and
SIX balls. The crooks are feet inches
long, having the appearance Of an
elongated lawn tennis racket very
loosely strung; indeed, the baggy
part of the racket is nearly )
inches deep. The standards. 3 feet
inches, with cupped tops, are placed so
as to form 6 foot square, the net feet
inches high, inclosing this space. The
balls in use for the game are II inches
IN diameter, four, called sentinels, to be
placed in the cups on the standards, and
the remaining two being the play balls.
The service lines are 80 feet long and
are placed 70 feet away from each side
OF the inside square called the fold, and
then the court is made complete by join
Ing the fold corners to the service line
corners.
Two or four players can take part in
lawn crooketta, the greater Lamber ap-
pearlng to us to enhance the interest
shown In the game. The principal part
OF the play consists in placing one of the
pals IN the crook, and then standing
outside the service line serving tn bail
so that 1t shall pass over the foll aad
iali IN your opponents court with, It his
catching it; or you may displace one of
the sentlnels on the standards. but Tux
ing care that your ball shall still drop III
the adversary's court.
The game is scored by points; one
TWO, three or four, called knave, queen
KING and an ace respectively, cSn l.,
made from each service, while so or l0t
points constitute game, according t.
whether long or short game is re
qulred.-London Field.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

VINO does not remember the story of
the man who built woman's college,
without solitary clothes closet from
basement to tower? He was one of those
oplnlonated creatures who knew every
thing about soman's wardrobe and
with more brilliant and practicable theo-
ries than knowledge. So when some one
Yehtured to demonstrate with him upon
the lack of accommodation his edifce
afforded IN this particular he replied
that ne had driven peg in each room.
"a pegg' quoth his amazed auditor.
And pray what good is one peg to a
woman?"
Plenty" was the reply of Sir Oracle.
"a girl should wear one dress and han.
the other on the peg. What more does
she need?' Chicago Mail.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
>tilton Cheese.

1t is part of the religion of every
epicure that dinner without cheese is
like beautiful maiden with only one
eye An Englishnan of national repu-
tation has said: II do verify think that
in 1923 Stilton cheese was a better
fellow than he is in 1889, and the man
ought TO know, for he has eaten them
for almost three-quarters of a century.
Stilton is a quaint old village in the
northwestern part of Huntingdonshire,
in the west central part of England.
1t has never been famous for any
thing but cheese The Stilton that
comes to this country is fairly good. 1t
has been said that in the old days men
put less milk in their cream and less
water in their milk than at present,
but it is only fair TO admit that the
crusty, brown old port that was taken
with it made it seem better to those
who ate it long ago. Stilton is the
most expensive of the cheese brought
to this country, and the sale for it is
found altogether in the eastern states.
New York Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

A young man from the country says
that he had a game rooster that kept
every other fowl off his beat, and Mon
day night he heard huttering in his
chicken house. The next morning he
investigated it and found the rooster
and very large owl ON the floor of his
hen house The rooster had driven one
Of his spurs clear through the owls head
and it hung there, while the owl had a
death grip on the ROSTERS wing. The
owl was dead, but the rooster, as soon as
released from the talon of the owl
stretched his neck and crowed Justify. -
American Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
A Protection Against Flies.

Talk about your flytraps and mus
quito MEETINGS, said a well known flor
ist to me last week. Ibid you know
that the much despised castor oil plant is
the best protector in the world against
flies, mosquitoes and other insects2 Its
a fact, though. The discovery was made
bv a French scientist named Ratford,
who noticed that the rooms i'll his house
where the plants were growing were en-
tirelv free from these disagreeable insects.
He discovered that the plants gave out
an essential oil or some toxic principle
which possessed powerful insecticide
qualities. Experiments have been made
in this country and the same results OBJ
tanned. don't keep the plants, so you
can see am not looking for an 'ad., but
/ give it to you for your own benefit. -
Buffalo News Man About Town."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

These are the days when our girl wants
stunning racing toilet Shall she dress
as her French sisters in masses of lace
and silk? If so let her take changeable
SILK In which old rose predominates. Let
her nave vest or stomacher of white
embroidered in rose hued horseshoe de.
signs. Let her wear white canvas shoes
ana carry sunshade of white lined with
rose. Cream hued silks trellised with
brick, terra Gotta and all shades of red
MAKE gorgeous racing costumes, and
pongee gowns with brown velvet Jackets
are also worn. But if you desire to look
like an English woman you must wear
tailor gown of gray cloth and a gray
tulle bonnet and carry gray parasol.
A dash of violet here and there makes
the costume more effective.
| saw beautiful girl driving spank
ing team the other day. Her gown was
OF violet and gray-gray velvet sleeves
and silver trimmings, and a silver al
grette gllstened next cluster of violets
In her smart gray cloth toque. You
can't be amiss if you wear gray or mauve
this season.
A pretty costume for cycling, hunting
or mountain climbing, did you say?
Well, beg and beseech you, my sis
tiers, as many as are here present, if You
are going to the mountains do not put
on trousers. The dress reform ladies
are making a desperate effort, know,
to lead you to adopt a semi-masculine
attire somewhat like a fencing garb. But
don't do it. Be girls even when you are
roughing it. Have a plain box plated
skirt of light weight check serge, brown
and white, with box plated hunting
jacket. Trim it with bands of soft suede
leather. Wear suede gauntlets and a
tourists cap to match your gown and
you'll look like lady, not like u What
is-it.-Cor. Chicago Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

A lady who had become a member
of small club was Mortified at receiv-
ing the announcement:
april 2, dinner at 6. Toasts. You
will reply for the gentlemen"
''Toastsi'' cried she why, I know
nothing about toasts except what
learned in the kitchen. Make an after
dinner speech could as well com
pose a symphony
She is not alone in her ti1nidity.
Many an accomplished orator has
owned to the stage fright connected
with Saying few words" after din
ner. There are still those who take
comfort in Thackeray's delightful pro
phesy that "a day will arrive when we
shall have the speeches done by a
skilled waiter at a side table, as we
now have the carving
Still, a mans nerve and ability can
never be gagged by the amount of
fright excited in him at the mere act OF
getting upon his feet. With many per
sons that one movement seems to break
the ice of ti1nidity though even Mr.
Lowell once assured an audience that
whenever he finds himself upon his
legs he is tempted to yield to natural
impulse and take to his heels"
There are, however, those who find
no difficulty in getting up, but seem to
be totally unable to sit down again.
The old advice in regard to the length
of such speeches as they are likely to
make is still the best which can be
given them
IF you haven't struck oil in less
than five minutes you'd better stop
boring. Youths Companion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
She Kept Silent Thirty Years.

The death of Mrs. Susan E. Merrifeld
winch occurred at Americas, Ga, re-
wives interest in one of the most peculiar
cases ever known of vow of silence
made AID kept thirty years. In 1860
Mrs Merriield, who, it is said, was
nttle woman of peculiarly bright AMI
cheery disposition, was telling her hus.
oahd OF some occurrence, when he re-
quested her in very surly manner to be
silent, adding that the sound of her voice
was hateful to am.
1t seems that Mr.. Mortified, while Il
good husband in every other way, was
IN the habit of venting his displeasure
when aroused by outside matters by i'll
hulnor with his wife, whose good nature
usually passed his testiness by, but on
.nls occasion she replied that, as it was
naeeiul to him. he should never hear her
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

At q recent meeting of the Paris Acad-
envy of Sciences there was PRESENTED a
series of drawings Of the planet Mars
made by NJ Perrotin, director of the OBJ
servatory at Nice. In the discussion
which followed, NJ Fizeau offered an ex-
PLANTATION of the singular canals observed
on the surface Of Mars, which resemble
slightly canals used for irrigation. The
explanation which he gives is. that ON
the surface of Mars there must be large
glaciers similar to those which exist On
the earth, but of an extent far greater,
and that the movements and crevasses
are much more pronounced. This by
pothesis, Is NJ. Fizeau claims, accords
perfectly with our present knowledge CT
the planet. We know, first, that the
seasons are twice as long as ON the earth;
second, that the force Of gravity is feeble;
third, that the temperature is probably
much lower than that Of the earth; and,
fourth, that the atmosphere is less de-
veloped than that Of the earth, less ex-
tended, and consequently less able to alb
sorb and preserve the solar heat. Sci
ence.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Travellers who have found it hard to
win at trente -et-Quarante will probably
try to reconp themselves by backing their
fancy in the Italian lottery. An infalli-
BILE plan for winning has been communi
Gated to me by learned Florentine, but
forget some of the details After in
carnations, which you can get up for
yourself in Petrus de Abano, you have a
little dinner for two laid on Christmas
eve or the eve of ST. John. One
of the plates must be blackened with
smoke on the bottom. You sit down
and utter AYES and Pater Nosters till the
door flies open and in rushes Saint Pas
quale somebody q forget his highly re-
spectacle family name) He is dressed
all in red and fetches you two swinging
boxes on the ear. for he is angry at being
summoned from paradise. AS he is do
ing this you hand him the plate with
the smoked bottom, on which he writes
a terno of figures with his finger, You
plank your bottom dollar on the terno
and df the government pays up) you are
a made man. This is only rough
sketch of how to win have discovered
no other way English Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
About Keeping Ice.

If at any time the Unborn American
craving for ice water instead of cool
water puts the precious water jug to
rout, there are three or four things that
will help to keep the precious nugget of
ice from melting away if the housekeeper
will only remember them. One is that
to keep the ice warm is the way to keep
it cool. A piece of ice in a pitcher, with
a pail over the pitcher and a rug over
the pail, will keep all night. A piece of
ice in a refrigerator. covered with a snug
white blanket, will cheat the greedy ice
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

A western lady visiting Pittsburg has
brought suit against the city for dam
ages arising from tearing her dress upon
an obstruction in the sidewalk. The
amount claimed is only $25, but if this
claim is allowed what is to prevent
every fair pedestrian whose raiment is
ruined by the mud upon the crossings
and pavements from asking the city to
make good such damage? If every claim
that could thus be justly preferred were
allowed, the city's treasury would be
well Misunderstanding Bulletin.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

A recent report from the United States
consul at San Salvador recommends the
construction of a railway connecting the
capitals of Mexico and Guatemala, and
connecting with the existing narrow
gauge of the Guatemala Central railway,
seventy-five miles in length, and termi-
mating on the Pacific at the open road
stead of San Jose Referring to the eli
mate of Central America at the sea level.
the consul SAYS: The Nicaragua canal.
the ship railway and the De Lesseps
canal, each and all are at the sea level,
and the acclimated alone may cross the
continent in safety at the sea level; but
there is perfect immunity from climatic
disease the instant the traveller reaches
an elevation of 1000 feet above the sea.
Commerce, therefore, will traverse this
transisthmian railway with land locked
harbor at each terminus, and an eleva-
ton at no point, after leaving the coast,
of less than 1900 feet between the two
oceans. -Demorest' Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
HAWKS ANp AypaopaosIA.
The Theory Advnnrra ~ 4 Pvsestr,
0irser4rr-- l. He fss,Y.e,,,S

The TT,e,,rv s,st-.,...t - .,.tx
o,,,er,er, !. -. - 'ses''e"i
/ captured ,r3l r',5s,.sis 49,, ....
hawks one fS.s.s,., s,s.s,.s.4 1913
came tan,a falI,,Si,, ',s,s' ~. ~,
around nv "a r,I,,, le,,r,, ',ss.s -,
..c,,t worms AMI ,ss j, = s,r,, = 80
vice n cu,,se,,,,,,,. 81. ..s,s IN, 49,
from nv strasyl,ar,;s Mi ~. $50
mice and vo,,ns, ~ s,,,,,s,s',i ss'.l
ems. She would nj rs.r,,sis a., 49,
come on nv Grounds ~ 49,.
which she tre,tfsI ,l,xs,,, a,,d ~ ssrS,..
her treatn,ens produced
light ON tbe bindress AL ,sas -
foxes and wolves and rs,=s;l,lv IL
cIew to a cause a ma ,,osa II elgos
Her method Viii, ders ,,,..s e., ,.,,.,,r;u
and m,,st hspe haa, ~,
had had no trairif,1 vyt..n IN, sl,sass-
ed a dog near nor sba sc9a,Id tl,,,st ~
her head. draw m one foer ont ~ s;sr,,t
and drop her wir,os III tba. doo FL.
vanced to attack her she xrss,ld so,;,,e,
into the air bv 4 nftifIx movement - ha7
wings. and catch the doc Nv the and ~
the nose. using the fooi that had baen
hidden under her brpast faathars nj,
this she supported her yVe;obt staa,J,;,,,r
her BODY with her wings and fI,u.afe,,irs5,
either eve that should. omen. i ,vitnasse,d
her encounters with two small Ia,,,J-,e,,s
a large fighting black and tan mil ts.,.'
rier and 4 very large brff Enolisb no.
tiff. Each dog gave I'M on bis third az
perience with her taIons Tba s,,,a1
dogs disappeared from, town M ono
knew where they went to. The terrier
ran to his masters blacksmith sbon
where he retired behind the forge
Soon his master. Mr. James p Hfu
of Wateryille. Ne. came and asked me-
to go and see the dog. He had Wit
messed the fight with me only n few min
utes before. On reaching the shon
found his dog covering behind the force
in a pool of water. and as Wet as tboI,g;,
bucket of water had beer thrown, ,,,,oI,
him. said to his master. II would NOT
throw water on him. he Is FRIGHTENED
enough now" He replied; II have NOT
thrown anv on him: that il sweat tha
/ first / ever saw from a DOG. and that i
what | wanted Won TO come for ),
/ saw the dog A few DAYS after with 4
! thick viscid saliva hanging to Eis month
leaning against some infant school chill.
dren, looking into their faces. receiving,
their car1ses and acting verv restlessly
Knowing his savage nature-tbe mans
own children could not caress him IN to
the fight with the hawk went and
called him into NV garden and ouietIv
ended his troubles with my pistoI.
The mastiff was a noble doc of rare
qualities, very intelligent. tloeila and
obedient, would run errands better than
boy. and never piayed traant. He
was owned bv a gentleman in Winslow.
Me-, who said 800 would be no teinpta-
ton for him to part with the dog.
1 was called upon by this gentleman
for professional services. His dog came
with him. knowing the hawks love
for fight asked the man to bring the
dog in. He wanted to know WHY. [
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Miss Stewart, Scotch girl of Cincin-
natl, was few years ago superintendent
OF the restaurant department of the
Womans Exchange at small weekly
salary. She and two sisters are now run
ming restaurant of their own in the
chamber of commerce building, where
they earn $40, 1000 year. They furnisl.
but one meal day, from 10 m. to 8 D.
IN. 1t is business mans lunch, and
their success shows the weakness of the
average man for home cooking" which
Is their specialty.-New York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
A woman,s Gift to yermont,s Canita1.

Mrs. M. M. Kellogg, a native of Mont
pelier, Vt, who died in New York city
during the winter, willed several thou
sand dollars for the erection of a gate
way to Green Mount cemetery here and
$50 600 for achapel in said cemetery, Civ
ing the remainder of her estate, which
it is said will amount to nearly half a
million of dollars, for the establishment
of public library in her native town,
including the erection of building
therefor.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
The ,rexicnns Not Lazy.

The Mexican people seem to be an in
drltrious race, whether of the Spanish or
Aztec branches. Old people and young
children work. Some one has said, ''they
have to or starve.' This is as true of
them as it is of us. l am inclined TO be-
lieve they work more willingly and cheer
fully for pittance than would our own
people, or than do the colored population
of the south, which, in some respects,
greatly resembles the Deonage of Mexico.
Cor. Kansas City Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

man every day, and snap sancy fingers
at the milk that does not dare get sour
or q, the beefsteak that dares not fail
ihese things are admirable in their wav.
ana should be in every hatband, but the
greatest trick Of all is newspapers. There
is nothing that makes SO good a cave for
block of ice as newspapers. With
plenty OF newspapers above, below and
on every side, the way piece of ice will
Keep is joke.-New York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05
The Trihes of Life.

A French manufacturer of buckles
made them all with one tongue The
women demanded two tongue buckle
or none, and as he would not give in
the merchants imported them in such
quantities that the manufacturer had to
shut up shop and go to the wall.-De-
troit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

The centenary of a flower was cele-
brated by banquet in Paris. The dahlia
ished in that country in 1890. Delegates
from the Society of Horticulture and the
Cercle Floral of Antwerp were present,
and the press was represented by the
editor of The Flora, the oldest botanical
Daper in Germany.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

The district attorney of Saratoga, n.
Y, has secured pane of glass taken
from house III Ballston, near the old
iron spring where Washington Irving
stopped in 1902. Upon the glass written
with diamond is the famous authors
signature: Washington Irving, 1902.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Mrs Amelia E. Barr, the well known
novelist, lives hermit sort of life ON the
summit of the Storm King mountain on
the Hudson. She goes to Europe soon
to gather material for new novel which
will deal with the subject of Calvinism.
Mrs, Barr writes all her novels with a
typewriter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

The wife of Hermann Kaulbach, the
painter, is beautiful, clever and nota-
bly, fine swimmer She has lately re-
ceiyed the gold medal of the Order of
Merit of the Bavarian Crown for having
at the risk of her own life saved young
man from drowning.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

The vast express business of this coun
try may trace its origin to the small car
pet bag which young man named Will
lam F Harden. native Of Reading, in
Massachusetts, began to carry forth and
back on the Long Island Sound boats, be
tween New York and Boston. via Provi-
dence. exactly half a century ago. That
famous travelling bag was kept in Boston
as a memorial for many years, perhaps
is today. The Argonaut.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Lady Anne Blunt, granddaughter of
Lord Byron, lives with her Husband on
the border of the Egyptian desert, where
the family have adopted the Arab dress
and customs. She is the only living child
of Ada, sole daughter of my house and
heart
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

A lapidary at Denver, Colo, has fin
ished novel necklace for New York
lady 1t is composed of the beautiful
stones found in Colorado and New Mexico
known as the peridot, a species of chrys-
olite, ranging in various shades of green
and bearing a resemblance 10 the emerald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

An Australian musician has invented
a trombone that is played by steam. Its
God Save the Queen can be heard at
distance of four miles. He had hard
luck with it, however, for the people Of
his own town drove him out as a nui-
sance, and now he is bound to make
noise in some other part of the world.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Miss Virginia Long, granddaughter Of
Gen. Sumner, the biographer of Gen.
Lee, is one of the distinguished beauties
of Charlottesville, Va Gen. Sumner is
quite blind, and dictates all his matter
to his pretty granddaughter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

For removing varnish spirits of am
monia is used. Scraping and sand pa
pering can be employed, but it must be
done carefully by experienced hands or
the surface of the wood will be injured.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

The Pullman company are the larg
est builders of railroad cars in the
United States. They have two fac
tories-one at Chicago and the other at
Detroit The next largest railroad car
manufacturers are the Missouri Car and
Foundry company, whose works are at
St. Louis
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-05

Olive Schreimer, the gifted author Of
"An African Farm" has cannibalstic
love for raw meat. She takes her beef
steak just warm enough to remove the
effects of the ice box.