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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-13
THE SOCIETY BUD.
How She Makes Her Debut and What Us
ally Follows 1t.

How She Makes Her Debut and What Usu-
ally Follows 1t.
A young girl who is about to enter So
:iety is termed a bud because she is
an undeveloped blossom, even more at
.ractive to many than the tull-fedged
society girl who has had experience of
worldly things gained By going through
couple of seasons.
The first duty OF bud is to have tea,
% which all her fathers and mothers
friends as well as her own should be in
yited. and then she is really started on
ner career. Teas are rather tame af-
,airs, not only because the ice cream,
waters and coffee are insufficient to sat
tsfy the hunger of the sterner sex, who
prefer. when they 90 out, to have some
thing substantial if no dancing is in
order. but because the attractive girls
who are not receiving are apt to decline
being present if there is another engage
ment OF more important character
scheduled for the same evening. The
tea, however, Is a highly necessary
event. and it Is q cheap way Of paying
of any number OF social obligations.
At her first tea the bud always looks
,harming in her attractive white garb,
and her cousins or school friends who
assist her in making the affair pass of
pleasantly are particularly anxious 10
all attention to her good looks as they
beam over huge corsage boquets and en-
ieavor to prove even more attractive
themselves.
After the tea, when the young girl
has been battered by the attention she
has received and has been called upon
by young men. and older ones. who have
/ had more experience in addressing com
ailments to the fair sex. she is ready for
balls. germans and dancing classes, and
( If she has any personal charms and
/ knows how 10 sway her form in time to
waltz, polka. yorke, Berlin. Danish
lance or militairc schottische music, she
[ j. sure to have good time. EVENT. she
knows but few people others are sure to
+ solicit an introduction from her cha peron
n other attendant, and her dances will
I soon be engaged.
The first season OF young girl is for
her Z delightful existence. Alas, that
it is 50 quickly gone.-Philadelphia
North American.
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CALINO'S ADVENTURE.


Wan : commence
Monsieur Caliuo is a practical humor-
ist. Not long since he was caught in a
shower without an umbrella He sought
refuge under the doorway of the Opera
House. It vas six o'clock and he had
an appointment with friend al the
Cafe de Paris at that very hour What
will he do? The rain was falling in tor
rents. Just at this crisis 4 gentleman
with a large umbrella passes Calino
has Napoleonic mind.
He rushed over To the stranger, and
taking him conidentially by the arm
walked along with him. under his am
brella, saying:
I'm glad Eve met you. I've been
looking for YOU for three weeks, old
chum, TO tell you about my affair with
Clemantina."
Calino kept on talking TO the man
whom he mad never seen. telling q
trumped-up story about some unknown
Clemantina, not allowing the stranger
70 get in a word. un-l they had reached
the Cafe de Paris
Then Calino said;
i beg ten thousand .qrdous. | mis-
took you for a friend. Don't give me
away. Thanks. and he darted into ,Se
cafe One OF his friends observed that
Calino's cravat was IN disorder, where
upon it was discovered that his diamond
pin, likewise his watch and purse were
missing,
He had been confidential to one Of the
most expert pickpockets in PariS.-Tex'
as SittingS.
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OVER a BAH TOWEL.
fs'~ Three Women prove a Clerk to
L~r.<s ~ Md.

h"~ Three Women prove a Clerk to this
Verge of Madness.
ne soul and body Of the dry goods
siNfS "axeth weary when he sees three
"o,hen headed for his counter. One is
"a" enough; two are worse, but three
women IN counsel over the merits NJ a
oath towel are enough to make ! roor
.oli-o'b clerk wish he might depart
iroln earth by the electricity method.
1T seems like quite a good one for the
money don't it?" says the intending
purchaser.
Wen, don't know" says the other
holding the towel up at full length and
eyeing 1t critically. 81 got one quite az
good for thirty-sey ven and half cents al
Whites" : az
You did,"
g. but 1t was eight or nine weeks
ago and don't s'pose they've any more
like it.
Il may be mistaken. but I've an idea
IL would shrink" says number three
taking the towel from number two and
wrapping a corner Of it over her finger.
See. it's little thin
Well / wouldn't mind If it did shrink
little. because-oh, look at this onet
i'n't it lovely?~
beautiful. How much is it?-'
"A dollar and half
towel
Nor l."
Those colors would fade.'
''Of course they would"
che t.N,, lyun,.. HI -
IS well as any thing for towels
u don't know but-see these towels
tor fifteen cents. / paid twenty-five for
some last week not bit better
Lets see; are they fol length? Yes.
They are cheap. I've notion to-but !
guess ! won't. have so many towels
1ow'
They're bargain If one really needed
hem"
How do you like towels psed as
tidies?"
.'Horrid.''
Il think so. too
$50 do I-oh, let me tell you, saw q
woman on the street one day with an
apron made out OF a red and white
fringed towel"
Mercy. Looked like fury, didn't III
How was it made?''
oh. one end was simply gathered to
band. and-there. the towel was jus,
ike this one; and she'd taken it so and
gathered it in SO, and-really, il didn't
look so bad after all"
DO you suppose the colors would run
in this border?''
.-NYeU hardt,r Lrou- baJ am
very much like it once, AMI the colors in
it ran dreadfully the very first time
washed it.
Then I'll not take this for why il
1t isn't four o'clock and
Who'd ever have thought"
II must GO
so must t.
And mo. I'll not take the towe
to-day. "-Truax Dane, in Detroit Free
Press
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE +.
In times Ike these the doctor sk,,..
His hopes Of curing offers.

In times Ike these the doctor ,kt,,..
ms hopes Of curing offers.
ms pockets are with money nlted
Dfa"n from the pnblic's cougher.
Washington Capital.
This is somewhat OF stwina
trust said the young man as his best
Siri wound her arms about his neck IN
Whisper sweet nothings in his large left
esr'--kearney Enterprise.
--Papa-'If ! have to sneak IN va,
again / u whip you" The Terror-"Say
papa, what did you have a little how r.,
II you can't get along any better with
uin imam you do?"-Philadelphia In
4uirer.
-Newly-Accepted Suitor-''Weu. Bob
Dy' you will have a new uncle soon. an,
your Aunt Mary's choice for a husband ,,
bobbytsurprised well. that's STRANGE
heard her tell mamma, only Yesterday.
mat you were Hobson's choice. Life.
The only man whose nelancholv
Trip to the bottom Of the sea ever stirred
the sympathies of the people as much az
Dan McOlnty was the la1nented Pharaoh.
VINO went down in his best Sunday cha
rot some thousands of years ago.-Cbi.
cago Lyre.
.-Iramp-"Will you give me permits.
sion, lady to go into your barn TO com,
mt suicides" Lady filled with pity)-
toor man! Here's piece of Inince-pie
Tor YOU" Tramp-''Thank you. marin.
but I've got some Rough on Rats that
will do just as well. IN. Y. Sun.
Mrs. Deliver Ito the new girD-
"Noreena, throw this water out Of the
window; but be sure you look out. Ten
seconds later.) What's the natter?"
Noreena-'I looked out, Mum, and I
saw the water go all over as fine a gem
Eleman as you'd care TO meet."-Puck.
First offlcer-''What's wrong wild
him, Jimmy? Can't yer lift him?p Sec
ond offcer-"Not a hair can I move
him" Party who has fallen-srt's no
use, gentlemen; you might just as vel.
leave me- I've been at the West-side
cooking school dinner, and / ate four
amateur doughnuts. Judge.
do You remember Jones who went
out West|' said one travelling man who
was conversing with another in a remi-
aiscent vein. Very we'll" 'sHe was
high strung fellow" HE was when
asst saw him" what do you mean?"
"A vigilance committee had taken
'harge Of him. Merchant Traveller.
Lucy tagged eleven. who is reading
paper)-"It is perfectly dreadful Fa-
;her-"What's dreadful, Lucy?" Lucy
-"Another faithless wife, the mother
ST six children, runs off with a married
man, who leaves large family behind
Dear me, if this doesn't stop pretty soon,
there will not be any parents left. =
Texas Siftings.
Guest at eating house (grumblingly)
bring me some reed birds. Seems to
ne fifty cents is a good price for them.
though" Waiter-"Yes, sab. Reed
birds is expensive. They are hard to
get, sab. and We have to bring 'em g
long distance" behind the screen
ZONE minutes later Lively, now.
furry up them English sparrows."-
Chicago Tribune.
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The game OF football was known in
England prior TO ll15, but it was neye.
regarded with favor by the law, and in
the reign Of Edward III. lS63l an act
was passed forbidding it. During the
reign of Richard IL. (lSSsl Il similar law
was enacted. and again, under the
scotch Kings. James 1. tl424l and H.
t1457l. it was ''decreeted and ordained
chat the foote-ball and collie be utterly
,ryed down and not 10 be used. In
AL James Ill, and IN 1897 james ",
passed similar statutes, James |. Of
England also opposed it in his "Basili-
kon Doron" He writes: From this
court debarre all rough and violent
exercise, as the football meeter for
lameing than making able the users
thereof" And in the reign OF Eliza
beth, his predecessor, true bill was
found against sixteen persons for play
ing the unlawful game. Boston Budget
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evAoING THE QUESTION.
How a Little Girl Upset Emperor Will
Jams EquanImtty.


During a stay of Emperor William 1.
of Germany at the fashionable water
ing place Of Ems that monarch paid .
visit to a large orphan asylum ano
school that was under government pat
ronage. The presence of so distin-
guished parsonage created quite sen
sation in the establishment After
listening with much interest TO the reel
tations of several of the classes. his
Majesty called to him a bright, iaxen.
haired little girl of five or six years o!
age, and, lifting her into his lap. said Il
her:
snow, my little Fraulein, let me see
how we'll you have been taught. To
what kingdom does this belong? And
taking out of his pocket an orange, he
held it up to her.
The little girl hesitated a moment,
and, looking timidly up in the Empe
ror's face, replied:
ITO the vegetable kingdom"
Very good, my little Fraulein; and
now to what kingdom does this belong?'
And he drew out Of his pocket a gold
piece and placed it on the orange.
Again the little girl hesitated, but
soon replied:
"To the mineral kingdom"
Better and better" said the En-
peror Now look at me, and say to mt
to what kingdom belong"
At this question, there was an ominou'
silence among the teachers and visitor:
who were listening with much interes
to the royal catechism. Could she make
any other reply than TO the ANNA
kingdon?" The little girl hesitatet
long, as if perplexed as to what answer
she would give. Was the Emperor AZ
animal? Her eyes sought those OF hel
teacher and her schoolmates. Then sht
looked up into the eyes of the aged En-
peror. and. with half-startled, fright
ened look as if she we're evading The
question. replied:
To the kingdom OF heaven
The unexpected answer completed,
upset the equanimity of the old gentle
mann. Y. Ledger.
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FACTS ABOUT AMsERGRtS.
The Essential characteristics of This Val
liable Marine Phenomenon.


The word ambergris is French, aud
signifies gray amber; but By whom or
when first applied TO this marine phe-
nomenon we have not been able 10 dis
cover.
The scientific explanation Of the nat
IRE of ambergris IS that it Is the prod
uct of some disease in the sperm whale
analogous TO gall stones 1t IS found
sometimes in the intestines Of the Great
ure, but more frequently is found, after
expulsion, floating on the surface Of
tropical seas 1t floats in masses which
have a spreckled-gray appearance, and
mixed with which are generally found
some remnants of the known food Of
whales
The best quality of ambergrts is soft
and waxy, but it is said not to be uni
form ia color. The streaky or marked
specimens are preferred. Is Is Opaque
and intammabl remarkably light as
to specific gravity, as may be under
stood from its always keeping the sur
face. and it is rugged to the touch.
Most Of what comes into the market IS
found near the Bahama islands, but it
is also found al the Moluccas and other
parts Of the Indian ocean, Of portion
Of the coast Of South America, and
sometimes floating on the Atlantic
ocean.
The essential characteristic O. ami er-
girls i its powerful and peculiar odor
1t is so peculiar, that art has never been
able 10 initiate it, although the scarcity
and enormous price Of ambergris has
lent every stimulus to invention. II is
so powerful and diffusiye that the very
minutest quantity IS perceptible in the
most fragrant perfumes.
The chief component of ambergris is
fatty matter called ambrein, which is
obtained 10y boiling in alcohol. This
smbrein-and there IS said 70 be about
eighty-fye per cent Of it in the best
ambergris what gives tits value. for
IL i in this ingredient that the perfume
lies,
There is another popularity ascribed
to ambergris, and that IS the power 70
exalt the flavor and perfume Of other
substances with which It is brought into
combination. Thus, grain or NTo
rubbed down with sugar IS often added
to a hogshaad of wine, giving percep'
tible and. what IS considered BY some,
an improved flavor 10 the whole. And
a small particle Of ambergris added 10
other perfumes is found TO exhalt the
odor Of the blend.
In fact. ambergris is too dear 20 use
alone, and it is sodear that it is ono OF
the most adulterated articles known &c
chemists Ii IS adulterated by those
who export Il aud il the countries in
which it Is used--Cham bers' Journal.
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AN EDUCATED SEAL.
He PERI rms Fests That Woul Make
Trained Dog Ashamed of Himself

The Republique Franchise gives 4
long account of the life and adventures
OF a singularly learned seal that has
lust made his debut in Paris at the Fer
nando circus. This seal, it appears,
came from Russia when he was quite
young, having been sent to fish
monger in Orleans. Instead of killing
him and selling him in pieces to his
customers the ishmonger took compass
sion on the queer little animal and made
a household pet Of him. At the end OF
six years Phopho. as the seal is called,
grew to be big, fat fellow. he always
came when he was called, and cheerful
" gave his paw, or rather, his Upper,
to every body that he was introduced TO.
In addition TO this evidence OF good
breeding he displayed remarkable
talents and skilfully performed teats
that would make an tmperfectly edu-
Gated terrier ashamed OF himself. When
the fsbmonger decided to leave Orleans
for Paris, he. OF course, brought his pet
along with him, placing him in large
water tank and sending him as
freight with the inscription live hsh.
When he arrived in Paris he had to CON
slider the difficulties of finding lodging
for himself and the strange member OF
his family Seals have often been eN-
hibited in large aquariums, but to get
accommodations of that description Tor
Phopho was something altogether be-
vcnd the financial reach of the hSh-
mouger. So he hired apartments IN a
botel in Montmartra, including room
for Phopho, ad Joining the one in when
he lived with his wife. PhophoS bed
/ chamber is furnished with water tank
and that is all. In this way the happy
family are able to continue the pleasant
mode M life which VAS commenced hNe
o- six wears previous in Orleans. ON
nne DAYS the seal tramps along al .
lively fip-fap gait a portion OF the as,
tance between his boarding house ana
tho Fernando Circus, where he Is eNulo'
tied. On wet days, strange enough ne
insists on being taken in carriage. ne
49, horror of rain. He is already
mite a pet with the gamlns Oh tne
neighborhood. who were at first greatlS
surprised to find that he preterreo nsu
IN candy. At the circus he rides morse
"a velocipede, and also performs
mon trapeze made specially LOT nlin
salt Nontmartre is justly proud o.
this wonderful seal, and every uoNS
wishes him a long life and prosperity
Tho woman who never said II told
You 80" is entitled to monuDsN-
y
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AMERICAN HISTORY.
As Yet There Is No satisfactory History OF
the United states


the United states
OF more Importance than is generally
supposed is the American Historical As
ISOLATION. Its membership comprises
many Of the best known literary men IN
This country. and they are carrying on a
.abor Of love with great zeal and re-
narkable success
1t IS a lamentable fact that this coun-
~, which has done more 70 shape mod
arn history than all others combined,
which is q new and successful expert
ueut contrary TO all human experience,
S without satisfactory record Of its
own history. Many admirable books
aave been written on the subject but
none do more than faint justice to it.
Baucroft's history j. rich in colonial
lore, but even that Is incomplete.
History has not received proper atten-
lion in this country until within de-
,ade. Previous to cur centennial year
there were few colleges that maintained
4 chair of history, and the attention
paid 70 this most important branch of
study was very slight one OF two in
different text books were used. with
occasional lectures. but the student who
desired TO learn any thing about history
vas obliged TO rely on such resources As
the college library afforded without any
assistance from his professor.
OF recent years this has been changed.
Every frSt-claSS educational institution
has a chair OF history, and history is
made an important part of the curricu-
lum. The study OF American history
mas received an impetus from many
directions. The Smithsonian Institute
s doing a great work in the prehistoric
period. Antiquarians are delving into
libraries and public records in search Of
facts instead OF taking as truth many
legends Of the colonial period which are
based on very slim foundations.
The association referred 70 is doing ;
great work by interesting our best men
IN the subject. The result is that mate
rial IS accommodating rapidly, 50 that be-
tore many years an American history can
De written which viii adequately deal
with the subject The genius Of Macau-
iay IS needed to handle II. but there is
40 reason to doubt that in due time the
man will arise who can perform the task
sucCeSsfUly-
The study OF history IS, perhaps, the
most important duty Of an American
We can not expect 70 survive as Nation
lnless We know how 10 escape those
evils which have destroyed other PEG
pies The past is the guide Tor the
future, as 70 what We should do as we'll
as what we should not do, and every
movement that stimulates q study Of
our own general history should be en-
soursSed. Philadelphia Inquirer.
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MEN WHO FASClNATE.
Female views on the Fellows Who Have
Winning ways

And would you marry the sort OF
man who fascinates you?'
"Yes. indeed. don't think there are
any Of them good enough, so there's not
much choice, and you are more apt 70 De
happv with the man who fascinates you
to the extent OF making you forget his
faults than with the one who has 50 few
faults and is 50 moral he just isn't any
thing else
I'm tell you the kind OF man l call
fascinating. said right chatty married
lady with well-est8blished opinions. 1t
is the one who always says the courte-
Gus. agreeable thing, whether he means
it or not. The one who helps you out OF
n street car As il You we're princess
ROYAL. The one who continually plques
your curiosity by making yo0 feel that
he is keeping something back, ana that
never really allows YOU to believe that
YOU know all about him. like MN 70
be cultured in the broadcast sense &c
have travelled and read and thought Sc
much that he has something 10 say, ana
with authority, on all subjects, ana yet
VINO paws YOU the most subtle OF ali
commitments by occasionally referring
10 your opinion or asking your indorse'
meut OF his views
The man l call fascinating said a
Girl with a reputation for possessing al
he fascinations belonging to women AS
we'll as understanding those peculiar e
men sis the big, manly, strong, gentle
ONE | don't admire that deteStaole
creature known as the male rlrt' oul
ona Who. when thrown with person OF
the opposite sex, makes her feel f s
tbe lime being at least, that she Is the
onIy woman in the world worth talking
10 IN. y. Evening SQns
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wATER-ssAsonEo rlMnER.



Furniture Made From Walnut That soaixes
~sr four-~enre Years.
some OF The cabinet-Tnakers OF this
and other cities are making furniture
out OF walnut that has been under water
for more than three-4naYfers OF cen
tury- Lnm beFmen will tell you thai
water-seaspned timber makes exceI1en,
lumber, but it would hardly be exacted
even in filling an order for especially
hne furniture that the logs Of which il
Is made shall have soaked in water
seventy-nine years Such an order.
however, could be filed by Indianapolis
lunberTnen.
representative of one of the milfers
and lurnbermen Of this city Is stationed
at Reelfoot Lake, Western Tennessee,
He has lease on several Thousand acres
OF timber land fronting the lake. But
all the millions OF lumber he has
shipped from ReeIfost has not come
from the woods Much of it has coms
from the lake, and there yet lie in that
peculiar body hundreds 81 logs, deer
under the surface, but sound as the best
of cak
Reelfoos has a history almost If NOT
quite, unique. In 1911 where it now Ia
As In the history of ssT.isbontown.- 50
here, 1t saw the earth open and gulr
her down. An earthquake rEaatchauged
the topogr Apply Of that country, and
was severely experienced at the
! present site Of New Madrid,
/ Mo-, made hollow of what
had once been rolling ground.
Many Of the great trees toppIed to the
earth Water gradually accumulated in
the hoilows- and sloughs that had fosrner~
4 ly marked that territory became simply
channels in lake twenty-five miles long
by six or eight wide
When stranger first sees the lake ha
is amazed at the unsightly stuInps and
/ stubs OF long dead trees that thickIy
stud its waters Here and there. rising
out Of deep water. are groves Of growing
7 cypress Occasionally an island lifts a
Shiny. grass-grown head from the waters.
The shores are thick in grasses, and the
( shallower parts Of the lake grow gigantic
+ lilies and other water plants.
As you paddle over the lake, disturbing
( the myriaGs Of ''co0tsr and other water
fowl, or, perhaps dropping line for
bass or perch or buffalo your canoe
frequently strikes snag that has rotsed
off as far down as the waves expose il to
the atmosphere. Below the waterIine
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