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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1890-10-07
q 1Ele PubIic.

HAFING severed my connection wifi
II Stelhcnson Seminary. / repeatedly an
monaco That VII teach VOCAL AND IN.
sIRU MENTAL MUSIC at my residence on
the corner Of Mildred and liberty strects. In
eocinUnity chcre ] avn 50 well known as au
Instructor % NOT deem il necessary to cum
Ger TINS aufcgue'.fseFt with testim ouials.
hADAME BERTHA RUHL.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
WATER MONOPOLIES.
Great Companies Organized to Contr,
the Irrigation of Arid Lands.

Great Companies Organized to Control
the Irrigation of Arid Lands.
The laws of the Western States and
Territories everywhere recognize and
protect the right of the first or prior
appropriation" of water. II the first set
tier on the banks of stream draws of
in his ditch, one-half or the whole of the
customary flow to irrigate his farm. he
has the right to take this one half or the
whole flow forever. to the entire exclusion
of any subsequent settler. But the same
rule applies to rivers of large size. AS
the quick-witted Westerner stands by
the side CT one of the great rivers and
looks over thousands of acres of deset
land along its banks he sees a fortune
in the situation. Only get capital
enough toge Their, organize great com
pany, dig an immense canal which will
appropriate" all the water in the
river. and You command the whole val
ley. 1t is the position of the Western
railroads repeated Instead of waiting
for settlers to come and dig little
bitches as they need them. an immense
capital digs one huge canal watering
thousands of farms, and then draws set
tiers by advertisement and boom SO
all over the West, throughout Colorado,
in Central and Southern California, in
Montana and Idaho, on the Salt and
ella rivers, in Southern Arizona, there
are great companies, with capitals rum
ming into the millions, putting this idea
into effect. The canals they dig are
twenty, thirty or even fifty miles long.
The largest are a hundred feet wide
and ten feet deep, very rivers in them
selves. They follow the contour of the
country, running back further and fur
Their from the river as the latter falls
away. The main canals give off later
al branches at frequent intervals. and
by an ingenious system of gates, cross
ings and bitches sends water to every
foot of arabic ground between it and
the river. The land belongs to the
Government, and is taken up by individ-
ual settlers at merely nominal prices
under the Desert Land act" But the
water belongs to the Canal Company,
and it is this water that the settler
really pays for.-Walter Gillette Bates,
in Scri bner.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
MIGHTY EXCLUSIVE. &
A Sign Which Caused the Loss of Two
Per Cent. on $4,000.


Per Cent. on $4,000.
About a week ago a Detroit real-estate
dealer became very tired and had the
following sign printed and posted on his
door:
mo tramps neen apply" .G#
"No money to lend"
Haven't postage stamp to spare"
"No matches supplied" 3D." tt-'
1--WE have had the grippe"
"Have seen dozen such winters"
1--WE are not in to bores".
I'VE have no railroad pass"
ave don't want to invest in mines"
mo corns to be pared off,"
"No stationery wanted"
ave don't sign any bonds" 4
Don't want any life insurance"
"1nterviewers will please keep out
The sign had been up day or SO when
an old man opened the door very care
fully and walked in, and after bit OBJ
served: T *-R
I've been reading your sign out
here"
"Then profit by it," was the brusque
reply.
He shut the door and went away, and
half day later that sign came down.
The old man had $40, 900 worth of land
to sell, and he called upon another deal
err and left his memoranda, with the re
mark that man who was so mighty ex
elusive as that could never get neal
enough TO the public to sell any thing, =
Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Nuns vailing Of heavier quality than
that worn last year is wide enough to
serve for the length of the skirt. and has
border on one selvage in self-colored
and black stripes or figures, as beige
with brown border, mauve with black
border, green with black, or Suede with
black. A novelty in vailing is a vandyke
border at the foot finished with fringe.
as green vailing with brown vandyke
points, edged below with green velvet
lines and completed by brown fringe; Or
else broche vandykes on beige vailing
with black velvet stripes along the
straight edge and black fringe at the
foot. Striped vailings are also new. with
plain stripes of mauve gray, Suede, or
violet alternating with broche stripes of
flowers on cream-colored grounds.
Printed vailing for tea Gowns has very
large flowers all over the surface or
merely border of flowers tn a solid
polored fabric llarper's Bazar
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
ECONOMICAL BUYING.
Be Guided More BY the Quality Than BY
the Price of Goods.


the Price of Goods.
There are two golden rules in buying.
The first is familiar: "Do not buy
thing because it is cheap" This is APP
plicable in more ways than one, but
would place beside it another: Do not
buy thing because it is high-priced.
The sum of both rules Isl Be guided by
quality and not by price. Cheap goods
are. as general rule, of poor quality.
Let the shopper remember always, she
can not get something for nothing"
To be sure there are quite often bargains
in goods. and it is part of the art of shop
ping to look out for these, bat one must
be wary and use careful Judgment here
If one be not sure of herself she would
better avoid them altogether
1t is poor policy to buy things that will
soon look habby. Better have one dress
of good quality than two of poor quality.
1t is bad economy also, and worse taste,
to buy cheap limitations of costly goods.
Better buy good wool dress than
cheap silk. Better buy no embroidery
at all than that which is coarse and on
poor material. 1t will add no beauty to
the garment on which it is placed, and
1t certainly will not be durable.
Again, high-priced goods are not al
ways the most serviceable. Dress goods
at dollar and a half per yard are often
no more durable, and sometimes less so,
than those at a dollar. The extra price
is often charged for fineness of finish or
novelty in style. This is especially true,
also. with reference to shoes, hose,
handkerchiefs, etc. If one can afford to
pay the extra price for finish or style,
no doubt she will take pleasure in so do
ing, but we are now considering the
subject of economical buying for fam
ily. If one is in the habit of buying ex-
pensive goods, only such ones will be
shown her by the clerks who know her
taste, but no false pride should prevent
her from asking to see the cheaper
articles.
The habit of rapid calculation is valu-
able in shopping, For example, we are
shown piece of goods at dollar and
another at dollar and quarter per
yard, the difference in quality being
slightly in favor of the latter. If no
calculation in the matter is used, prob
ably the first piece would be taken, the
difference in quality not covering the
difference in price; but when we stop to
consider that the first is only thirty-six
/ inches wide, and that 1t will require
twelve yards while the second piece is
forty-four inches wide and only nine
yards will be required, thus it is really
cheaper to buy the better piece.-Good
Housekeeping.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

A very valuable reflector for the light
of the incandescent lamp is now being
used 1t consists of conical globe OF
fine flint glass, rounded and frosted al
the base. the upper sides being of cleaf
glass. covered by hand with FURNISHED
silver in such a way that it will never
tarnish or oxidize. The convex base is
of frosted glass, which so breaks up the
rays that, although the mass of lighi
proceeding from it is considerably more
than twice as powerful and bright a
that coming from the light ordinarily
it is not only less dazzling, but it is alb
solutely soft and pleasant to the eyes
1t is stated that by hanging the reflector
over office desks, and using eight or ten
eandle-power lamps, far superior light
is obtained than by using a sixteen
candle-power lamp with ordinary fit
tings Chicago Inter Ocean.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
MOTHERS HANDS.


...n,iful. beautiful hands
Such oc a'sre not white nor small
Tney ws' en 10" would scarcely think
lud yoa ,bey were fair at all
Tnfl ,psI on hands whose form ana hue
rwlo,'a,ors dream might be,
Ascap,,tn ese aged, wrinkled hands
is %ore beautiful TO me-
...,tiful, beautiful hands
Such ps ~ hearts were weary ana 80
1tousn, ant hands kept toiling %
gbese p ss,,sren might be gind. x
ny .r .scep. as looking back N y.
lsln0 ss,shood distant day
~ sn s"~ her hands rested mot
lis assa mi mine we're at their play
\, ,evond this shadow-land,
Bul e. A. ali h bright and fair,
wDels III, ~ well those dear old hands
Tseps .1Ds,aI streams stream through endlsss-tins,
HneIe yer golden sands; \. 4 " n
Flow, az the old grow young again X
Ana VIZ "sn NV mothers hands. -, ...u.ss
ne'''f a G.. Carter, In brakes Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

A few years ago a lady residing in
healthy part of st. Petersburg fell i'll of
malaria fever. There was no doubt as
to the nature of the malady. Neyerthe-
less mystery hung over the case, for
the lady had not lately visited any other
malaria district but had been living at
home in locality purely non-malarious.
The mystery was further increased by
the fact that so long as the patient re-
manned in her bedroom the disease
Welded to the usual remedies; but on
removing to the sitting room relapse
invariably followed, and fever with all
the characteristic symptoms set in once
more. For some months these alterna-
tons continued. until the doctors sus-
picions were aroused by observing that
while plants were growing in the sitting
room, they were absent from the bed
room. Inquiring into their history, he
found they had been sent direct from a
district known to be malarious. On get
ting rid of the plants, complete re-
covery followed. and the mystery was
explained. Louisville Courier-Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
Happiness Assured.

First paterfamilias--Beg pardon for
intruding, but the fact is your son has
proposed for the hand of my daughter;
and as the two families are almost
strangers, you knowing nothing of my
daughter and I nothing of your son, |
thought it would be a sensible thing to
come around and compare notes.
Second rfamilias-Excellent ideal
Has your daughter always had every
thing she wanted-dresses, jewels, wait
ing-maids, and so on?
mo. She had to help her mother.
How old was your boy before stopped
thrashing himg'
"Well. thrashed him pretty regu-
larly until he was nearly grown up"
81 am satisfied.
$50 am IN. Y Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
PoLYANDRous WOMEN
Countries Where Men Play second Fiddle IN
Aff.fre Mat II.

w 4shen Ethy second Fiddle In
Afihirs Matrimonial.
In recent letter from q member Of
.he expedition that is surveying the
boundary line between Alaska and Cana
a., the writer says that he has met
tribec on the Upper Yukon river where
1t is not uncommon for the women to
have two or more husbands. He speaks
OF the people as miserably poor, and it
Is an interesting fact that this is the
condition Of the people in all parts OF
the world among whom the practice OF
polyandry prevails Mr.. Rockhil1 found
an opportunity a year ago to observe
this custom, which exists to a consider
able extent along his route in Eastern
Ihibet and among the Mongols of the
Isaidam. His explanation Is that the
soil capable Of culture being very linn
lied, the tribes who live chiefly BY till
age and herding find II impossible to
have one or more wives for each man.
1t is therefore the custom for the
brothers in family to have only one
wife among them, and while one brother
goes on trading journeys and another
looks after the livestock, their wife
manages the household and is the gen.
eral MANAGER and co,,nsaIor r. Ia No.
from choice then. bnt from necassitv
that some savape neonlae ~ ali ,art = :,
the world practice polysndry. Richer
and more comfortable savages have one
or more wives aniaca ~ ever s,nror,
harems. One would exrect thoraforo
that in far northern regions wbera nc
conditions of life ave ~ oat sovora ard
food is most 6ifficu1t 70 ohta;r ro,,.n.
dry would chiefly be found. and l. lot
nowhere ia the cpstom nnoro w;dolr
prevalent than in the tbinlv.naonled
northern mart 81 gxKSs ecor ti;,.p+ ard
among tina tribea ~ Alas,rasS AZ Tor eao,
rs Hudson,s Ravs ~ roIvandrv doeo No,
exist as arsinsti fnt;on tbare il at laas
promiscuitv il the married relation. and
Eskimo there star tiyso onslon, hnntino
expeditions Ara often accor,,sao nied h1
the wivesaof other i, am avs a NJ a +r;he
who are loaned Tor III occasion. Amono
the Alaskan Ealrtn,o avorv - 4 ialort;
tied Il a many .vv,vees a. 'ha 'can raj h,,,
as women Arc nh infrannant1v n ~.
minority the men chaerfullv accommo
date Themselves tn tha e;+ua t;on oni
two or more of them live in a Init with
one woman. In tbe rugged w;ldernes,
Inhabited nv the Koniaoas fnrthe,
south Mr. Rancroft saws two bnshand,
are allowed tn one woman Ono nj ~.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
Il hear" said Clement Sellers,

Harlem. that your daughters marriage
with the Count Gehaben Gehapt Haben
has been postponed" 1T is of" re-
piled Auction Sales. for it was he. Its
off entirely. He wanted six chairs and
a cigar counter. and | knew mighty
well there wasn't corner in Harlem
where such shop would pay. offered
to fit him up four-chair shop with
bathroom. and he could take that or
nothing. So it's of, "-Bprdette,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

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back. biobEAsS ,sis Z ~ ~ 8 g q lar,rs
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treadths Of blacE = = - }l2aH d @fxh the
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colored satin hx1s,s = 81 4. 49, <.var an
inner 'front.' of 1,16f1 - IS II 2i.S,s same
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lace 81 d raped n " " " 213 KE N fsll H.
getfer from they eI6SS yifi. hvac.de Il
laid III Meats an h 8 IN 2Ka.,1 III ther
fitted w xbe tanssvfv;S X sfat Sna falIs
in III half bread fbS n xoc arS,r. whilea
full bfesdth Of the sssfr satin nearly
covered With lace.. fdr,na the middle ~
1.-THE front. the inner collar. ffttin0 the
neck. is Of main satin. while the outer
Harinp Medicis collar shows brocade in
side when viewed from the frent and
black bengaline outside when seen from
the back. Corresnondents who ast
about Frightening black dresses for the
house will find this design full Of sng-
| gestionf A green velvet gown similarly
made has front Of pale yellow China
Grape, and another of plum-colored vel
| vet has pale gray brocade and crepe de
Chine in the front breadths.
French modistes are cordinp the seams
| of bodices in the old-fashioned wav and
adding something new by covering tho
cords with the contrasting fabric with
which the dress is trimmed or that ia
used in combination. or Of the color Of
the figure or stripe. A lamnas gown ~
pale mauve ground with maize tipures
has the seams of the back corded with
maize-colored silk. A fawn-colored cloth
gown, with seal-skin border wrought
with gold, has gold cloth cording in the
back seams. Very long-waisted dresses
are now seen in Marie Stuart style, and
with the long Henri Trois corsage ex-
tending smoothly over the hips, in di-
rect opposition to the very short Empire
bodices, which, after all. are not really
| hort. but are given the appearance OF
shortness by the wide sash draped lipon
them.
Jet as trimming of wool stuffs. of
ladies' cloth. and of corduroy is in great
favor with london drass na.Lars H.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
OLD MEN m po,,r,cs
AN "uiIer Finds Their Presence a
Had Precedent

.
Had Precedent.
1t has often been said that Ln.
wneh TO retire Is the true test Of q oreat
statesman. But If there ia anv ONCE
wnlcn II seems almost impossible to snr.
render 1t Is a political office. Naarlv ~,
ministers nowadays are over fiftv or
'iAty' and they often cling to oft,ce an
.ney are seventy or eighty. 1t is in
enelr case, more than any other tho,
sne necessity of experience and wisdom
y Dreaded as an excuse for their nm.
natural pfetensions. But experience
anu wisdom are not the exclusive prop-
crty OF old age, while too much experi.
enoe may even unfit man for that
i"ioh insight which is constantly re-
1uired Tor political action. That old
men shoui1 be consulted is perfectly
naurai' put that they should have the
uc;sion q the fate Of the next genera
.on eh'ireiy In their hands admits of no
lusoihcation The Germans had an old
siosero "hlch went much further and
acnieu 10 those who could no LONGER
"sns the right OF giving advice:
4 Isl ~ Die nicht mitthaten, t
NJ. ns 'i'' rathcn.
WI can De denied that even in
.ounoii cne presence OF old men is dan
he authority claimed by old
- snu ehe respect naturally paid to it
~ youmser generation must inter-
a.:. .n 'ne easy ana natural trans
s''o ,, VI business. lit is difficult for
+<,
80, iopuke rom younger man, it is
iuaiiS o'ihcult Tor young politician
~" W authoflty or to believe in the
a ',aa ~, OF OLD age. What is the re-
ne oiu statesman gradually finds
..'el' ueserted by his honest and in
uepenueh' iriehos' while opportunists
snu ua''crers surround the old chief and
"elp ~ eAeingulsh IN him the last rem
na"' VI mummy ana OF mistrnst in his
o"n uus"ieh1 Members OF the Cabin
va ~ mas oicen peen said, ought to be
VI Oei nis VI perfect equality, and in dis
o"''i'"' concerning the welfare of the
country argument ought always to be
Stronger thah any amount OF authority.
'eh Vi ABOUT the same age can afford to
give anu Cake' put man of thirty can
nv well give 10 man OF eighty and a
'nah vi eighty can not well take from a
'"aii Vi thirty
anu 5e1' II we look at the history of
,he world polltlcal wisdom has certain
NOV oeen the exclusive property of
oi' age "A mere STRIPPING such as Pitt,
was better man at the helm than even
.ne great Duke OF Wellington when, in
MS Gu age ne acted as steersman to the
vessel OF state. In our days it seems
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
EXECUTIONS IN CHINA.
Culprits Are Decapitated without n Mo-
ment's Warning.

Culprits Are Decapitated without a Mo-
ment's Warning.
The Soo-Chow correspondent of the
North China Herald, reporting recently
the execution of eleven pirates in that
city refers to the manner in which exc
cutions in China are fixed. In other
countries the criminal knows before
hand the day of his DEATH and has time
to prepare for his fate. But in China all
is different, Had the Hebrew prophets
lived in that country they would
certainly have chosen an execution
as the emblem of sudden destruction,
At Pellin the vermilion pencil marks
tn. death warrant, which is immediate
ly handed to a courier, who instantly
mounts horse and rides off to his des-
tinatiou. The posts supply fresh horses,
and he goes onward, sleeping and eat
.ng in his saddle, never hating by day
or night, in sunshine or rain. After
riding seven hundred miles he reaches
Soo-Chow and delivers the warrant to
the Governor. Three messengers are
Immediately dispatched, one to the dis
trict magistrate who presides at the ex-
ecution, and who repairs at once TO the
place, second to the camp for an es-
cort and the third to the Jail. The vic
Tins are bound, dragged before the
image of the lord of hades, which is in
the prison, and pay their respects. They
are then placed in cages, carried on
coolies backs. and at rough trot the
cortege sets out for the execution ground,
The nerve and blade of one executioner
never trusted in Soo-Chow to take of
more than three or four heads. If there
IS greater number of criminals assist
ants are employed, There are generally
from fifty to one hundred executions per
,nnum in SCOT how, where all the Grim
mails of the province of kiang-Soo' with
population of :, 100000, are executed
they are mostly pirates. M
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28


Let the baby have books even before
ne can talll. If he cares for them at first
,nly for the pictures, he will in time
earn to love them for what they can
Oh him. Children should be encour-
lged to keep their books neatly on little
.helves of their own Very neat hang
mo- sets. containing from one TO four
.belves. can he obtained at the shops for
II extremely moderate sum, and Will be
ound source of much pleasure to the
hid. who is certain to glory in the pro-
,rietorship. and to take pleasure in ar
angling his small library. 1t Will also
each him to take good care of his books,
vbicb is a lesson he can not learn too
non.-N y. Ledger.
There is more real charity in get
inr one man Job than in feeding toui
il ness. o Ia
Few consider how much we are IN
iebted to government, because Few can
ro.1ize how wretched mankind would be
without it.-Atterbury.
How hard some men will struggle TO
mild up little reputation, and at once
Five UP the ghost when 1t comes 10
building the kitchen hre'
If your heart is larger than your head
v,, iniure Yourself and if your head is
larger than your hears you lnJure your
oeighbors.-Atchison Globe.
-Truthfulness is cornerstone In
,.bararter. and if it be not firmly laid IN
youth will ever after be weak spot IN
the foundation RuraI New Yorker