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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-06
SPANS PASSION PLAY.


Spectacle That Mascd tts Hehoiters to
Tears and Lamentations.
Tho Passion play In which Sara
BeFnhardt wishes 10 appear continues
70 be the subject ~ an interesting dis
susSlon ia some of the Frcnch papers
Sara in the role OF the Virgin Mary
seems 10 be toe much, even Tor Paris
tans- But in Spain they take quite q
different Wow Of Is. In bis interesting
book upon tho spanish 1heater NJ.
Charles Haheneek sags:
In 1857 | saw AT Madrid during Holy
Week, Tho Passion II Our Lord.
drama In five acts, and / know not how
many tableaux, The pjeee was by no
means had-far from Z. and ! remarked
some beautiful lines and splendid
scenes. Among the latter was ono in
which Je4ns before his entry into Je-
rusalem, whore he knew that the, would
pat him TO death, asked the permission
IF his mother to saeridee himself for
humanity. The mother refused. and
Mary Magdaien joined her IN Gu
treating him 10 remain. Ia tears he
disobeyed Then the scene changed,
and We saw Christ surrounded by his
apostles, coming into Jerusalem, seated
upon white ass, followed bY her little
one The actor who played the part Of
Christ did 1t with profound faith. He
seemed to be reciting prayer. As for
Judas, he wore an immense blonde wig,
which made him look like Louis XIV
When he appeared upon the scene. the
audience murmured, and, If he had not
committed suicide, | believe they would
have killed him. The several scenes of
the pretorium were represented, inelud-
Ing the aageilauon and the browning
with thorns, which Mere rendered With
fearful realism. Then commenced the
ascent 10 Calvary . never witnessed q
spectacle more moving. more heartreud-
Ing. The actor never spared US a sigh,
tear or cry. Jesus was slowly nailed
TO the cross, and each stroke OF tao ham
mer echoed painfully in the hearts of
the spectators, who seemed terror
stricken. Finally the cross was raised
Jesus tasted the sponge soaked in vine
gar and spoke to the thieves. The sol
diers threw dice for his cloak, while the
holy women wept. Then. when Christ
cried out, 'Etl III lama sa5actha5tn
and let his head drop, all the lights
were almost completely eXtinguished:
strange flicker illuminated the scene;
the dull rumbling OF bass drums sound
ed like thunder; the tombs opened, and
all the spectators fell upon their knees,
striking their breasts and murmuring
Jesus! Jesusr IN. Y. sun.
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KING OF PlckpookErs.


Retirement
A SINGULAR individual has just been
arrested at the race course Of Vincennes'
His name Is Fred Flash, or FREDERICK
Wheeler. He calls himself Count
Valdez He was frequenter OF all the
fashionable restaurants, an inveterate
sportsman and an accomplished gam
bier. lie moved only in good society
that Is to say, that society OF Paris
which has become somewhat mixed by
the invasion Of rich foreigners lie
never compromised himself by keeping
questionable company. lie talked niue
but was great observer. In stature ne
was small and wore short whiskers
which chemistry kept dark, and In ms
general makeup he managed to conceal
five or six Of the years which belonged
to him. and which really amounted to
about forty But for all that he was
nuite polite and extremely obliglng'
He always received with discretion the
little discreet salutes of the people
whom he had obliged.
1t was known to every body that he
was the king of ptckpockets and by no
means lazy or idle king. lie kept I'M
der his orders quite an active corps OF
operators, who humbly bowed to his au-
thority. A past master in his art, gifted
with an incompatible power of taking
in every thing at glance, he watched
the winning players and noted the care
less way in which they put away their
money, generally in accessible pockets.
Then to his subjects he pointed out his
victims and the precise pockets
to be operated upon. By this
method the expedt ons sent out by him
rarely failed. Whenever it happened
that documents or compromising letters
were taken by his men he always had
them returned, for be never permitted
blackmail. He regarded them as some
thing beneath the dignity of his pro-
fession.
One day a party came TO him on the
race course and told him that the valise
Of the ockey Storr was stolen.
"Well, what then?" asked King Fred
His cap is in it, and he can't run"
"Yes, Storr II rum for in half an
hour he will have his valise, sa d Fred;
and he kept his word.
The reason why Fred lived in France
was because England, his native country,
had become too hot for him. Penal
servitude awaited him there: but just
why he was not extrad ted and why the
police were so indulgent with HIM re-
ma ned ALWAYS mystery.
OF late, however, his business became
dull. He was too closely watched, and
his operatives were not sufficiently
skilful to get over their increased fl
culties. lie determined to lend them
hand himself, and, after some bold and
successful ventures, he was at last
caught in the act of stealing bank
notes which an officer had placed in the
outside pocket of is dolmaD.
His Majesty W Il now, doubtless,
spend considerable time in retirement
Courier des Flats Unis.
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THE GRACEFUL MlNuEr.


european society Returning to tho Once
Popular Dance,
The minuet which Strauss Is about te
Introduce 10 tho partial exclusion OF hil
own waltz was the first bali dance which
had really worldwide popularity II
IL slow. digntdcd dauca, an appro-
pirate product of the time ami place OF
its birth. It is very old When Don
Juan d'Austria went incognito from
brussels 70 Pacis nothing he saw
during his famous trip excited his adj
miratlon half SO much as tho grace with
which the beautiful Margaret Of Bur
gundy danced the minuet Other beuus
and titled danaies of the same period
also put IN writing dattertag illusions
TO the beauties of this dance, Never.
theless, II Is exceedingly doubtful that
the minuet of those times was the orig,
inal model OF the minuet Of to-day.
The minuet, which very recently Ia.
appeared in the Partisan salous, was in.
vented by the French ballet aster.
Gartel, or rather was evolved by him
from a much older dance for the cello.
bratlon OF the marriage Of King Louii
NV "Mjnuet Of the Queen" is the
title which the gallant Gardel gave
to his now dance in honor OF
Marie Antoinette. The figures OF
dance OF the time OF Louis XIV. were
utilized by Gurdel as the basis of hi,
new minuet The old dance, with
which every court-han OF Louis NV.
was opened. consisted mostly therein
that the gentleman and the lady faced
each other, moved few steps forward
and backward in time with dignihed
and sonorous music, bowed deeply, and
returned to their places. This dance
was called the "Braule." Ii was sue.
ceeded by the gayotte In which 1.-THE
gentlemen kissed the bouquet of flow.
erS, and with deep bow handed IL tS
his partner" From this gavotte Gardel
derived the minaet The famous dane.
lng-master. Peeourt, introduced an i'm.
portant innovation by changing the
inquire into the q figure, which is still
danced. The minuet is the only dance
which preserves the courtly dignity OF
Tue old regime, and therefore has ever
been regarded as the most aristocratic
oil dances. The most popular of minuet
music Is from the first finale of Mozart's
Don Juan. This music is the model OF
all other music to which the minuet has
been danced of late Years.-Berliu
Boersen- Courier.
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SUBSTITUTE FOR FELT.
A New Material of Which Hatters Hav.
Just Gotten Hold.

New Material of Which Hatters Have
Just Gotten Hold.
Many of the cheap derby hats that
will be worn on the streets Of st. Louis
this spring will be made of new ma.
.erial of which tho hatters have Just got
hold. The stuff Is called linters. 1t is
the short cotton left on the seed after
The cotton has been ginned by the cot
ton-raiser. He sells his cotton to the
merchant, and the seed to a mill that
makes cotton-seed oil. The miller puts
the seed through another gin, specially
made to clean short cotton from the
seed. In an oil mill of small CAPACITY
several bales of cotton are ginned from
the seed in this way The fiber ia
broken and very short, and up to few
months ago the mills sold it to stuff
bedding with. Its price was about half
that of average cotton. The negroes in
tho South were the buyers generally.
out occasionally the mills would get
good, big order from concerns that made
pillows and mattresses. Suddenly
somebody found out that 1t could be
made to initiate felt for cheap hats.
he experiment then of making hats of
Iinters was tried on a large scale this
winter by New York factory, and the
1ats were sold to retailers for introduce
lon very cheaply. The test showed
hat the hats stood wear, and the oil
mills were at once called on by the
manufacturers to make contracts for all
the lintors they could get OFF the cot
ton-seed. Now linters has gone away
up IN price, and is only o few cents
pound cheaper than cotton. The dis
,ogery is likely to hayo lowering Of.
feet upon the kind of derbies which
nave sold for three dollars, and in fact
some merchants are already using tho
linters derbies as LEADERS" for tboir
other goods, selling them at half the
cost of the felt hat-St Louis Globe.
Democrat
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SHEDDING HIS ANTLERS.
How the Great ELK Stag Loses His Beau.
ty In tho Spring.


Come with me and l will show you
something curious" said Dan Neeson.
the keeper of the deer park at Golden
tate fark, to n reporter. "Our great
elk stag, the one we got few months
ago from Menlo Park, has she'd his
horns and you would not recognize him. u
On reaching the fence that surrounded
the PEN the elk was found at the fodde,
trough calmly eating his dinner OF
cracked barley, and apparently obliyi
Gus TO the curious crowd that surround
cd him, lie was hardly recognizable
The magnificent antlers that had rem
dered him tho admira ton of the visit.
ors were missing, and nothing remained
but raw, blood marked hubs The elk
was as doclle as COW, and submitted
without opposition to the caresses of the
crowd, and appeared to thoroughly enjoy
their stockings.
lilo shed his horns on Saturday morn.
ing continued the keeper. ''Of late
he has been more than usually fero-
ciouS, In fact SO much 50 that it was dan.
gerous TO my life to onter the pen to
feed the doer On Friday he would not
allow me to enter the inclosure at all.
On Saturday morning | failed to find
him in his usual place, and on my wav
to the deer-house to hunt him up can't
across one of his antlers in the gullev,
and within a short distance found the
other. | then knew what was the mat.
ter, and entering boldly into the house
| found him standing with the deer
COW, as quiet and doclle as a child.
Why, he then ate some food out of nv
hand, ] took the antlers to the snper,
intendent's Office. where they now are.
A the office the antlers wore seen.
and a magnificent set they are, having
on the beam horn six protuberances.
ono for each year of the stag's aga.
They weighed seventy pounds, and
when set in position measured seven
feet from tip to tip on the spread.
New antlers will begin to grow on tho
stag by tho middle of March, and will
Increase rapidly in length until teey at
tain fun size San Francisco Examiner.
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moMAn.s CHARM.
An Indeiinable Something That Tt IL
Hard to Anaiyge.

/ Hard to Anaiyze.
Beyond beauty, cleverness, wit; at
tainments, beyond any endowment
which can be given to a woman, is the
sfmple and indeinable attribute which
we call charm. 1t is impossible to ana
I'VE its component parts, and equally sc
10 write a prescription In avoirdupois or
apothecary's weight the resultant pre-
cipitate of which shall compose this best
of the Creatoc.s gifts to woman.
Eve had IL, we fancy, and Miriam,
Ruth and the Queen of Sheba; and II
belonged, too, no doubt to Jezebel, the
infamous but splendid and surprisingly
brave Princess, before whom even
Eliiah's courage quailed. Sappho had
charm; so had Cleopatra and Beatrice
and Rosalind. Mary of Scotland be-
witched mems hearts not less by her
conquering charm than by her wonder
full loveliness and dauntless daring
while Elizabeth of England many
sided, strong and resolute, with man's
heart under her woman's corsage-- had
the fatal defect of lacking charm.
There are women in every community,
in every church, who, with no apparent
effort, captivate all hearts and enjoy a
popularity which others vainly envy,
continuing 20 please till their latest
dag, for age can not wither nor custom
stale the infinite variety of a really
charming woman. A rose is rose, and
n cabbage is a cabbage, and each has its
place; but nobody claims charm for a
cabbage, though 1t take tho prize at q
country fair; while the simplest rosebud
on the bush by the wayside challenger
the world of flowers with this royal
distinction.
What is it? a trick of manner, OF
speech, lifting of the eyebrow, .
dropping of the lip, an air of gentle
breeding a tine-grained courtesy2 These
may be part of 1t, but charm is some
thing deeper. The pretty waitress al
your elbow may possess 1t, while it Is
denied TO her mistress, the daughte
perhaps, OF a hundred earls. Whatevel
else 1t is, be assured it is pure woman
Illness, and has belonged to the fair sex
since that far-olf day when tho sons o
God beheld the daughters of men, an
beholding, loved them. Harper's Bazal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-06

IN the year 1853 Franklin organized
'ne postal system of the American COLI
mes making 1T self-supportinq. Tba
, ,s.'9 was preserved of the number of
letters then carried in proportion to the
population but in 1900 the gross reoef nts
tor postage were $500 00j, toward which
ennSy wanna contributed most large Y
the sum of $4,000. From letters tho
government received in gross s29o 0oo
ne lowest rate of letter postage was
eneh oightcents, The smallestcharge ~
letters carried more than a bnndno5
ta 1,,s Ie. was 1873 cents, If on an average
sep ,e'teFs We're carried for dollar the
% 'h number of letters was ., $40 coo
. . one year for every grown inhah.
sant-BossoR Budget
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One would hardly look to Russia for
new ideas in domestic or social prudence,
but an organization reported in one of
the cities has suggestion in 1t. A club
composed of l25 families has employed
4 capable physician by the year, each
family paying fifty cents month. The
ioctor visits each family regularly, at
ENDS all their sick members, and gives
them advice as to health and occasional
lectures on hygiene and physiology.
The doctor wouldn't have much show to
1T rich out of it. The notable point is
that it is for the interest of the doctor
lot to have sickness in his list. He is
l constant sanitary inspector for his
patronS-St Paul Globe.
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THE eoYs OF ooNo.ss
...x. ~ HEES
A ,..,a ~. ~ iaiss o. ~.

selnething Ataat H. -
Tha "'a HOUSE Pages. ne ssialt
pa ny j. p,s9 4. q the senate ana i
representatives are. AZ j 'na House 4,
ana lively boys between ~ 'ale, baqll1
ana fifteen, very lev rer, s's ages Of I n
wee after the age 81 oh, ~ n'hg In III
~ REQUIRES considerable Inena
aiays TO get an appolntlnep ',8aeace non,
'tner the Senate or thu ~ ~ Y page II
pos't on Is desirable opa y, IS I'd
- % n@r day Tor tho sass he par II
lnaaya' aid u addition tbe, lnsladIas
nefe',s r. qafsft *. Nb;cs e'e are mi
'"8cs dou'ie their ra~ ~ "A many
cage IN . 20 ~ stylish b,y All ~ ayeTalel
h3Ff 81 cane twnen on d,,a' ReiieFai !,
knee-breeches, an Englisb and wesnI
a beaver hat. =" 'op-ccat apa|
Pages are the 'legap !.
"hen CONGRESSMAN clans s.. 1ons'ess
Is the duty OF the rage u 80 nands III
receive AMI execute his comn nm y nm,
the document room for a bin ~ :,
orary for book or anywho,. - - 'lis Ii
IN reasonable d stance, ~ 'iss E.ihl
In the House, each n.n
the records Of ten mon bo,s mas TO Hs
end OF the session each memb baa ~ laeI
gives 10 the page who tends & ssua.iJ
from ~ to 80 ana everv na,e 7 us dle)
sonaoiy count On 500 IS ~ esh req
money from these ten men, H.. ''tt'''nsi
The pages used tomaAe reqn,,.,
ness OF selling autograph hoo ! aiaf ouit
morn ng the pages would q 'sse'll
from M mher to member ana a'oaaa
thelr signatures. A book caa.s 'oci'
an the names was worth from s. = ! !. g
hut th,s got to be great ms si0
to members, who were frtouen,ls o, m
upon to sign their names thir,v 4. a"eo
one morn ng. So they refused !, ',nes y
and an autograph book Is now ,, I'm
seen. rarely
another source of revenue for .
boys is from the distribution a. -, 'Ap
lars and pamphlets through tho nv ,,.Vu
Neary every great project thai ''e :.
brought to the attention Of Cone.
from the outs dc is supported and ~.
orally opposed. too, by the cirrmla ~
among the members Of pamnhlots
var GUS documents anu
These are left with the doorteoro. 4.
be placed on the desks of the ma, H.. "
1t Is the duty Of the pages to diet,, h..
these papers, but exper ence has domas
strated tnat they are dlstr butad mn.s
better if liberal fee Is lett for ~
pages. 'u'
OF course the boys must have be.a
and strong one, too as they ara ba,d
to control. In the House, ono.ar,o's
captain, assisted by two chief n.oa,
keeps the squad of thirty in order VIII
CAPITA Bassett, in the Senate lon..
after his detachment, usually of gc,1
small boys.
After gr duatng from pageshlp The
boys usually become Goyernmentclert.
though a great many are never heard
Of afterHard. Some become polite an.
and several have afterwards made
mark in the word. Familiar examine.
OF success are those Of Senator German
cx-Representat We Scott, # Erie. and
the late Representative Townshend, Of
IL nois. who became en- nent in pub
lie life. Golden Days,
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Every one, but especially children.
should wear properly fitting shoes, no
natter how common their material.
They should be neither toe laroe nor
90 small, and should have low. fat
heels that must be promptly "riphted"
rs soon as they begin to wear to one
side II the toes OF the foot show a
'ende 1ey to overlap, they should be
dubbed with the hands once or twice
zach day; and If this care be given when
he curvtng commences it will. as a rule
prove sufficient to correct any irregn.
arities OF this nature. liza nail is war.
ward In its growth, trim it only Ughtiv
1t the aitng corner, but fully at the on
o,osite corner. II both corners grow too
ieepiy into the flesh. clip them care
uily and lightly, and then scrape the
enter of tho nail FROM the tin 10 near
her DOT until it is thin and flexihIa
This process seldom fails to correct "a.
FACTORY provided, of course. thew
re not neglected too long.-N. Y. Jour.
lal.
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Count Otto Wilhelm Won Konigsmarh
was sent TO France in the year 1867 as
Swedish Ambassador of King Louis
NV Through tho pomp of the cere-
monial reception and the presence of the
Kings cavaliers he became confused
suddenly he lost the thread Of his we'll
studied address and was at loss how to
continue. But he quickly recovered
himself and with the most dignified
tone he rccited the Lords prayer in
Swedish. Luckily for him none OF
Louis attendants understood the Swed.
ish language. So he was saved by his
presence Of mind. Only his Swedish at.
PENDANTS had trouble during the strange
Biblical greeting of their chief to sup.
press laughter -Illustrirte Welt
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-06
Courtesy IN The Household.

10 abbroviate and neglect the form.
u pollteness is really to diminish the
sentiments and the needs of the heart
as soon as one ceases to express out.
"ardly even the most essential senti.
ments' these sentiments become weak.
enea TO certain degree in the soul.
lucy lose something of their delicacy
ana OF their energy. The cultivation OF
.ne forms of pollteness must be begun in
FAMILY life between husbands and wives.
parents and children, brothers and sis.
"rs' M courtesy is honored in the
IN. 7. Ledger.
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Tourists-These are beautiful noun.
tains; but how mach more picturesque
they would look If there was an anc,ent
ruin on the summit
neutrality-suspicious.; believe an an
cient ruin would draw more tourists
Next year am going to have one built
Texas Sifting&
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The largest tombstone in the world
monuments erected to distinguished
persons exceptedl is, probably, that of
the late Horny Scarlett, of Epson Coun-
", Ga. Scarlott was very wealthy and
noted for his misanthropic tendencies.
lie led the llfe of a hermit. Why. nc
one knew, but it was limited that he
was victim of disappointed love.
Several years before his death, which
occurred in the spring of 1855 he select.
ed monster bowlder, a miniature
mountain of granite, 1o0x250 feet in
dimensions, for tombstone, and had Il
appropriately lettered by marble cut.
ter. eaYe fitted up as roomy tomb
was excavated under the huge bowlder.
Searlott himself experimenting the
work, After his death. neighbors, rela-
tives and friends carried the remains
and deposited them under the rock ae.
eording TO ante-mortum directions. and
to day the mortal parts of Henry Scar.
lett repose under the most gigantic
tombstone in the world. st. Louis Re-
public.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-11-20

third hest exhibit Il cattle; one plow
for second best sow and pigs.
A. Roscower, editor of Heatilig t,
one years subscription for best coop
turkeys.
l.. Edwards, dealer in gener al
merchandise, for best display OF
canned fruits (bome csoked,l one
Counterpart.
John Slaughter, l-2 cross pom. for
best work on New Home or Wheel
er & Wilson Machine.
III. Wiel & Brothers, triple one
price store, one riding saddle for the
best rider.
>. J. Coiienseus, one best unlaun-
dered shirt for third best pen Of fat
hogs.
w. b. Pate, dealer in liquors and
wines, % for best gallon Of corn
whiskey. made in Sampson county.
! Il. NJ. Privett, wholesale grocers,
one barrel lime for best SOW and pigs.
! BiZzeil Brothers x Co, gr0cer,,
one sack of -four for the second best
light bread. 80 pounds snow fake
h0miny for second best exhibit Of
corn.
II. K. Pipkin, grocer, one sack OF
flour, for best coop Of game chick
ems.
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1890-11-20
That Little Tickling

In Your throat, which makes you cough
once III while and keeps you constant
" clearing your throat, arises from ca
tArrh. ami as tatarih is titutional
disease tie ordinary cough medicines all
fail tn hit the spot. What you need is a
constitutional remedy like Hoods Sar-
saparilla. Many people who have taken
tl,i m 'dicine for scrofula, dyspepsia,
loss OF appetite, and other troubles,
havs b en surprised that it should cure
this troublesome cough. But to know
the actual cause Of the coughs to solve
the mystery. Many CAGES of consump-
ton can be t:aced back to the neglect of
some such slight affection as this. Con-
sumption can be controlled in its early
stages, and the effect of Hoods Sarsa-
parilla in purifying the blood, building
up the general health, and expelling the
scrriulous faint which is the carse oil
catarrh and consumption, has restored
to perfect health many persons on whom
this dreaded disease seemed to have a
| firm hold.