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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Mr.. Sutherland tgravely-The silver il
certainly gone. looked for the plate ths
first thing.
Mr.. Norris twildlyl-rn swear it was on
the table when jumped for him.
Miss Sutherland-Perha the burglar did
take It. should think Lie would, since that
Is what he came FOR.
Barrett da a half aside that everybody
neirsj-By the way, Norris, what were you
down stairs for half an hour asof
Mr. Norris (confusedlU-I Why, what
are you talking about
Barrett tperslstently-Yo were not in
your room. anyhow, for / went in for a
match
Jarrett with an air Of Observation-Disclosures
maps ought not to say anything about it,
but saw Mr. Norris coming out Of the but
lers room with bundle OF something under
his arm don't know
Dir. Sutherland ,gravely1-By all means
/ his must be cleared up
Mr.. Norris tdesperately-M Miss Sutherland
Mr. Sutherland, is it possible
Mr. sutherland-I shouldn't, Mr.. Norris,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Beside the mythical horses there were
real steeds that are renowned in history
Alexander's charger, Bucephalus, is
known to every school boy He re-
ceived after death the honor of a mauso.
leun, and the city of Bucephala was
named after him Celer the horse of
the Emperor Verus, was also honored
with mausoleum in the Vatican after
his death and while living was fed upon
almonds and ralsins, clothed with roval
purple, and stabbed in the palace. The
horse of Caligula, Incitatus, was still
more highly honored while living lie
was made priest and counselor ate from
an ivory manager, and drank wine from
a golden pall. F S, Bassett in Globe
Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

was recently told the following story
of piece Of silyerware now existing IN
the plate room at Marlborough house
One day the Prince of Wales. ON alight
ing from his carriage at the door Of
house where he was about to pay visit,
saw blind man and his dog vainly try.
ing to effect a passage across the thor.
oughfare in the midst of a throng Of
carriages. With characteristic good
nature the prince came to the rescue,
and successfully piloted the pair to the
other side of the street. \ short time
aftelward he received a massive silver
mkstand with the following inscription:
TO the Prince of Wales From ons
who saw him conduct a blind beggar
across the street. In memory of kind
and Christian action"
Neither note nor card accompanied
the Offering, and the name Of the donor
has never been discovered But | think
that this anonymous gift is not the least
priced of the many articles in the princes
treasure chamber. Philadelphia Tele-
graph,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

1t IS with men as with trees: if Won
Top oil their finest branches, into which
they were pouring their young life inice
the wounds will be healed over by some
rough boss, some odd excroscence and
what might have been a grand tree ex-
pandmg into liberal shade is but g wbim-
seal mlsshapen trunk. Many an irritat.
ing la'it, many AN unloyely cdditv has
come OF a hard sorrow, which has
crushed and manned the nature inst
Wheh 1t was expanding into plentSous
beauty and the trivial, erring life which
we visit with our harsh blame, NAV ba
pI' as the unsteady motion Of man
E MOS best limb is withered. George
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Jorge lsaacs, the author Of Maria, Il
of mixed race-the son of an English
jew married to a woman Of Spanish
blood. He was born at Cali, in the peau'
tiful vale of Cauca, where he has laia ln'
scene of his story. Early in life he ~,
his father and mother by DEATH anu
since then has found home in BoSoth
the Colombian capital His first Wola
a small volume of verses, was entliuSi,
astically received by the Bogotans' alu
in 1867, when still a young mSn' ne puy
lished Maria" which has come 10 =.
considered in South America as the nus
original and characteristic work yeV p'O
duced in Spanish-American literature
Harper's Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19
W0rk Among the Lnnhnn Poor

The number of London city mission.
aries IS now 1873, and every missionary
visits once a month about $50 families
or 1900 persons. Their work is 70 nio.
hecr path among the mosr wretcbed
ana debased of our fellow creatures. in
which the pastor may in due time fol.
low Among the special duties of these
missionaries are to attend the deatbbed
o. those who are dying uncared for. TO
uStllbute tracts, to see that the children
attend a school and to see that no family
Is without the Word of God. Thesocie
mas now appointed special missionaries to
WISH soldiers, sailors, bakers. actors
coachmen, grooms, cabmen. omnibus
men and canal boatmen, and TO lool,
AFTER the spiritual needs Of the Germans
French, Italians, Swedes, Spaniards
Jews and Orentals, and. indeed, all for.
elSners resident in London. TWENTY
hVe missionaries have exclusively beep
commissioned to visit coffee sbons and
public houses, From the sllmmarv of
the work of the society for the wear Il
appears that more than 5000. O00 calls
nave been made, 1880 600 tracts dis
tubutei and 1915 drunkards reclaimed
London Zines. -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

A novelty in printing has been intro
/ duced into Germany, by which it is said
that two colors can be done at one inI'
preston. In addition to the usual ap
pliance for printing in black that part
of The form which is intended to be
printed in another color is set up from
type, rules, ornaments or cuts made Of
a porous material. such as pumice, Span
ish reed, or, best of all, walnut root
The type or cut thus made is inclosed N
a holder, in which is a thin, oily INK
which it absorbs by capillary attraction
thus always presenting an linked surface
ready for the impression. The upper
rim Of the holder has rim or metal
border slightly raised above the wood
type, SO that the ink roller passes over
the latter without any union Of INKS
One revolution of the cylinder thus el
tects an impression in two colors.-Ne"
York Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

The orator secures but a poor success
who makes people eXclaim, What fine
speech" but he is entirely successful
who persuades them 10 his thinking
That Is what Fenelon meant in his
Dialogues of the Dead" when he repre-
sents Demosthenes as SAYING to Cicero,
Thou madest people say, How well lie
speaksP but | made them say. Let US
march against Philip" That an orator
viii create no impression who does
not seem to feel his words is a certainty.
Fiyers in Once Week.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

There were once twelve Normans who
Travelled together, not one of whom had
ever seen the sea. One day they came
to a field spread with bleaching linen and
concluded it must he the blue water
brothers, said they, 1--WE must swim
across. Removing their garments and
making bundles of them which they
bore on their heads. they took hold Of
each others hands and commenced wad-
ing through. FIRST obey counted their
party. "Gou and are one. he and the
other two, and so on" said they, but no
one could enumerate more than eleven
this way. Thinking that one of their
party had dropped out and would Join
them later they crossed the sea of linen
and again proceeded to the enumeration.
They were still unable to find more than
eleven, though each one tried, you and
are one, etc. Finally one of them
said, Brothers, l have it. We will take
twelve clods of dirt, and each one stick
his nose in his own clod. If there are
twelve noses each clod will be used. g"
TINS plan succeeded and they found
themselves twelve in numbe. +. S. Bas-
sett in Globe Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

"A doctor in an Ohio town, who lives -, .
street leading to the cemetery. has 80 oa u
slole sign Usually the sign presents ~.
name ana Office hours; but when f,,,,.,' al,
passes he turns it over, and then the faiT I'll
ing legend IS displayed: Not INV noti o,,o" ,
cure all who follow my directions >. Va,
York Tribune N1'olS. view
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

In the National library at Paris there
is Spanish globe $50 years old. ON
"i'lch Tie Congo follows in remarkable
manner the course now given TO that
river on the maps. All the best mans in
the sixteenth century showed the Congo
as rising IN the lake far inland, while in
I UNI. century we first tried to identify the
congo with the Niger, and then for many
Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Mrs. Trollope did not commence he,
career as AN author until she had
Preached the sober season Of married and
middle life, yet she managed to nro.
duce no less than ll5 volumes of fiction
Home Journal. O'4
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

evliLi 4|e' hache figure Of dude was -,
, ap'"iI'oh at recent state fair II ,o oi
siI ',g.'u'e instructor to the farmer yLo "''S
'eu ~ quite as much of airio,it, ,'o ',h
taa '''i,'Ln squash, and some rronacs 90 ,ho
oc t" II Tor new brand of srorecro,,, ,'ia
ms ,ci ul' II was great waste Of ro ouu,
'1eN extravaganza. Norristown u (,.o11iase
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Philip Dieffenwierth was wounded y, y,
a sting ray at Clear Water haroor =. ~
was on the bay after fish, and, catehl .1
this one, pulled it into the boar ,,,, saa
proceeded to cut out the harpoon. WV,
doing so the ray struck him in the ca a,'
and also in the foot, the latter elpi
most painful wound. For some tllhom,
suffering was intense, almost prol,u'in,,,
spasms. until finally the wound w.
smoked with burning wool ana sun S'g
when relief was experienced IN
minutes.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

,,.. me London and Northwestern rail.
, ma{ mas decided, lin Difference to the
b - Juice, OF its American customers -
70 institute the system of checking hoo
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

Politeness costs very little ana II p' -.
in the end. We are always ready 70 , Ma
sist the person who is considerate' IN
the other, who is thoughtful on'
himself. antagonizes us at once
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

[Scene, the dining room in Mr. Sutherlands
country house, Time, midnight Enter MIR,
John Norris, guest at the house. He carries
candle In one hand and basket in the otherl
Mr. Norris placing the basket on the table,
This is such peculiar situation that out
of regard to my own self respect am con
strained to offer an explanation myself
Oil Kate. Katei Adorable creature that
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19

a New York lawyer propounded a
hypothetical question of s72 words.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-12-19
WANTED, A BURGLAR.
Mr.. NORRIS SUCCEEDS IN FINDING
ONE.

But Unfortunately for Him. the Burglar
Was True to His Caliing-An Embarrass-
Ing scene-But ANS Well That Ends
Well.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Bringing Fathers Dinner"

1t was in the c., II. and d. depot in
Cincinnati one day when one of the mel
employed to oil the cars as they came in
accidentally fell under the wheels of a
moving coach and had his right leg and
hip crushed in a horrible manner. Ie
vas picked up and laid on some coats
spread Oh the platform, and a doctor
was o o On hand. He must have suf-
fered intensely. but after the doctor had
examined him he coolly asked:
doctor, how bad is it,"
VERY bad, indeed"
will I live?:"
Not more than ten minutes; you are
bleeding to death"
"What time is it, Jim?" asked the man
of a fellow employee.
eleven fifty-five," was the answer.
''Thc children will bring my dinner at
sharp 10. Some of you go up and stop
them. They mustn't see me die. Poor.
m~otherlcss children-orphans now!"
l went to the door with the others,
and we were just in time to stop a boy
of 8 and a girl of 6 from coming in. Each
had hold of the handle of a basket con-
tanning fathers dinner, and they were
smiling in anticipation of the greeting
they would receive. We sent them away
with IL false story about his having gone
home, and the eyes of both were filled
with tears of disappointment. The echo
of their footsteps could still be heard on
the pavement when the father breathcd
| his last.-New York Sun.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
How Frank Leslie Died.

MIR. Leslie was physically strong and
hearty to the very hour of his death, all
his life being singularly free from aches
or pains. His death was caused by a
small tumor in tho throat; being just
beneath the jugular vein, the tumor
could not be touched by the lance The
day of his death Mr.. Leslie took a long
walk, little thinking that in a few hours
he should be numbered with those who
have gone on ahead of us to the I'M
known country. They sent for Inc in
the heart of the city. Ihastened to his
bedside with all speed. When l arrived
he lay sleeping. Ispoke to him. He
did not know Inc, or appear to take
much interest in my words. Still, 1 felt
hopeful. l could not believe that he
must die. Those about the bed were
wiser.
One said to me: EDO not deceive
yourself; this means DEATH" 1 put my
two arms owe the dying mans Shout
ders and looking into his face asked him
to speak to me. He opened his eyes,
smiled family, then said to me these
words: "You are beautiful and l love
your He had thrown all his life into
his voice. His head dropped back-he
was dead. Yet even in the face of death
this NAL had time to turn aside from
the deep Plutonian shadows Of eternity
and consecrate his expiring breath to
the love and tenderness of wife and
home. All, sir, such a life as this could
not have been entirely in vain.-Inter-
view with Mrs. Leslie in Detroit Free
Press
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Old Fashioned Watch Chains.

Among the presents showered on
blushing brides this seaso figures the
old fashioned watch chain, more than a
yard long. After many years of sus-
pending watches from chatelaines, from
short chains hanging from u brooch and
from ribbons secured by monograms;
after wearing them in breast pockets or
tucked into the bosoms of dresses with
short chain pendants, after carrying
them in lcathern straps OR slipped into
the clasp of n bag OF using them as dec
orations for tho handles of parasols and
umbrellas, card cases and portemon-
naies, as clasps for bracelets or concealed
beneath a miniature i'll q brooch or be-
hind the heart of "a loral pin-fashion
has gone back to tho ancient style of
chain thrown around tho neck that our
mothers and grandmothers affected.
The now chains arc very fine and gen.
orally arc divided ut intervals of three
or four inches by pearls, turquoises or
garnets, strung like beads, or by small
diamonds, rubies, sapphires or moon
stones, set clear.
AS for tho watch it is hidden in the
folds of the dress Of carried in a side
pocket. 1t is small in size, and the back
should be cncirclcd or entirely incrusted
with gems similar to those on the chain.
One very handsome watch and chain
that I saw the other day among the
dainty trifles of q bridal corbeille was
or1lamented with both rubies and dia-
monds. The stones wero set alternately
between short lengths of the chain and
formed a spiral on tho back of the
watch.-Paris Cor. jewelers. Weekly.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Tamasno and the Gar.

The Italian Count Sergardi is an enter
taining conversationalist and has the
national fondness for music. He was
much amused when told of Tamagno's
behavior in this country and that the
great tenor brought his own brother
along as his valet.
"That will be good to tell in Rome"
he said. "Tamagno's traits are so we'll
known there that it will be appreciated.
Italy has often laughed at him. He was
a street car driver in Turin and is with
out education. Verdi had the greatest
difficulty in personally teaching him his
partin 'Otello.' Some time ago an Italian
company to which Tamagno belonged
was engaged at a theatre in st. Peters
burg. The company was one day given
an audience by the car.
"You know how strict is the etiquette
of the Russian court. None may leave
the imperial presence except at the cars
bidding. There came q lull in the con-
%versation and Tamagno remarked that
he thought he would go and abruptly
left the room. The rest of tho company
was horror stricken. But the z a
laughed and nothing came of it."-Chi-
cago Tribune,
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Beaten to u MUMMY,

The phrase "beatcn to q mummy" has
been familiar to mo from my youth up,
and l have always understood it as
equivalent to beaten to jelly. Does it
not refer to tho medicinal substance
formerly known as mummy, which kept
its place in our dispensatories until pretty
late in the last century? 1t wa vari-
ously composed and not always of the
same onsistence, but its general appear
anco would probably resemble that of
soft pitch.
l speak o of the spurious kinds,
which were doubtless most common.
Even the genuine" sorts wcro not, how
ever, necessarily Egyptian. Penicher,
in his "Traite des Embaumemens" par
is, 1G99), gives directions for the compo-
sition of mummy from human flesh cx-
pressly for medicinal purposes. He rec
onlmends certain parts only Of the body
to be used, and these to be dried, macer-
atcd and spiced out of all likeness to
their natural condition. Mummy SO
prepared entered into a great variety Of
"ballns' and other indictments, for
which Penicler in his concluding chap
ter gives recipes from old writers.
Some of these have the co~nsistence of
oil, others that of an ointment. 1t is
clear, from the references in Mares, that
i'll IL own country mummy and its
preparations were well known, and from
the 'makc mummy of my tlesh," which
Mares quotes from al old play, to
"beaten to a mummy" is a natural and
an easy step.-Notes and Queries.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
A Clever Act.

Don't pick it up, Alice; its ruined be-
You'd redemption, said one of two ladies
to the other while about to cross Fulton
street at Broadway, on a recent rainy
day. The younger of the two had
dropped a dainty cambria handkerchief
into the black mud of the gutter.
Nonsense, Amelia" replied the young
lady; do you think I'm going to leave
it there? But before she could reach it
ayoung man pushed through the crowd
and lexterously lifted the handkerchief
from its miry bed. Ho gave it a shake
that made it shed some of the mud, and
while the ladies looked on in gratiied
surprise he took an envelope out of his
pocket and deftly inserting the bit of
cambria handed it to the younger lady.
Then with IL bow he disappeared i'll the
hurrying throng. After the ladies had
crossed the street Alice glanced at the
envelope and exclaimed: "Amelia,
there's an address on it," If Alice is ro-
mantle the young man may regain his
envelope inclosed in a scented note of
thanks, and then-who knows?-New
York Times.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Charitable,

A gentleman has been complaining to
the papers that he has dropped a form
by mistake for a penny into the slot of
an automatic machine and cannot get it
back; no, nor ever the piece of chocolate
he bargained for. boo, hoo, hoo!"
Why, that's nothing to what happened
to me when I was a much smaller boy,
and yet l did not cry about it. l was
taken to "call" upon q most excellent
clergyman who had q missionary box
upon his drawing room table. The po-
lite function hung rather heavy on my
hands, and 1 was amusing myself with
trying whether a five shilling piece-all
the money 1 had in the world, invested
in that gigantic coin for safety-would
go into tho slit in the box. 1t was a
close fit, but unfortunately it did go and
slipped out of my fingers. There was a
terrible metallic splash-a rock of silver
falling into a sea Of coppers-and then
81 knew no more" When 1 came to
myself l found my family and the cler-
gyman i'll raptures over my charitable
act.-Jamcs Payn.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
An Egotlstic Age This.

We live in an age of self Importance,
sustained and promoted by methods I'M
known to the simple minds of our an
cestors. The interviewer and the re-
corder of social gossip have artfully
created a daily want which they them
selves supply. If A., the millionaire,
adds an acre to his estate we ascertain
the price paid for it almost as soon as he
does. We could pass a creditable exami-
nation upon the habits of 2 the essay
list, during working hours; we are thrice
familiar with the arrangement of his
furniture, and have even learned what
pens he uses.
The harm in dwelling upon these
things is not at first apparent, since we
burn to know them. This weakness of
mind induces the belief that our friends
are eager for similar details about our
selves, and Is Il natural consequence
when it is our cue to talk the personal
nominative does not lack advancement.
Egotisn, spoken and written, is the fash
ion as well as the failing of our waning
day.-Scribner's.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
Treatment of Boils.

The treatment of boils should he, in
the first place, constitutional, aiming to
restore the vigor of the system. The
diet should be generous, without excess,
and easily digestible. The patient, while
avoiding exhaustion, should take a proper
amount of exercise, have an abundance
of pure air and wash his body daily with
cool water and soap.
Local treatment also is needed. To
arrest the progress of q boil at its early
stage Sir Erasmus Wilson advises the
application of a solution of sugar of lead
every six OF twelve hours with IL canel's
hair brush. If this fails he would pro-
mote %suppuration by spreading on it a
wash leather plaster of galbanum and
opium, cut in the middle for tho escape
of the pus.
If the pain continues to increase he
would apply soothing applications. When
the boil begins to heal he would keep the
skin around it dry, clean it with tar
soap and smear it with yellow rosin ONT
ment, dressing the broken surface with
lint spread with the same ointment,
keeping tho dressing i'll position with
strips of adhesive plaster or by a light
bandage.-Youth's Companion.
The Dickinson press., 1890-12-20
The Latest Popular Game.

1t need not surprise any one to drop
into an evening gathering or Il quiet
home circle and find people who wear
s%pectacles across their noses and carry
dignity by the ton trying to snap a row
of ivory chips into a little wooden cup.
That is the new game, christened fiddle
dy winks. 1t requires a small wooden
cup called a wink pot and two dozen
bone or ivory chips called winks, also
four larger one about the size of an old
fashioned pants button, known as fiddle
dies. There is a cushion to snap the
chips upon, or You can spread a small
square of Brussels carpeting under the
tablecloth, which answers just as well
if not better. The trick is to snap the
winks into the wink pot by means of the
tiddledies held between the thumb and
finger, the winks lying flat on the cush-
ion or table. This is the game of the
season-the great social snap, so to speak.
There are two or three ways of playing
and keeping tally of the game. Ever
tried it?-Springfeld Mass.) Homestead.