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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
GROWTH OF BABIES.
A Common-Sense Home Talk to Mothers
and Fathers.

- CoAAiihoh-ScHse nome Talk to Mothers
and Fathers.
The maternal physique has some sub
tie, indefinable influence over Young
children, health giving power not at
present well understood. The new baby
is still In sense part of its mother,
though separate unit Its well-being
requires close contact with her during
the greater part of the twenty-four
hours. A bed by itself is an injustice to
helpless infants. 1t is paterfamilias
who should seek another resting place.
not the new life that is vet SO frail and
insecure. Only those who have tried this
natural method can thoroughly appre-
clate its advantages and realize how
admirably it insures the happiness
of three persons. The child can be
cared for during the night without ex-
posure or any sudden chill AL
ways warmed and protected by loving
presence, the little one sleeps long and
well. After the weaving period the
baby has its own bed as a matter of
course. Until then an undisputed half
of the maternal couch is necessity to
the embryonic citizen, if he is to grow
into that relative perfection of health
and strength which nature has intended
for him. The human mother is the onlv
animal that puts away its young at
night, probably because the right kind
of reason has not taken the place of
half eradicated instinct. The hen gath
ers her brood under her wing; the
mother bear forms herself into a sort of
animate woody nest about her cubs, just
as the cats body embraces her kittens.
Our cousins OF the lower orders may not
be such bad examples to follow after all.
At any rate why not give those ''won-
derful weans'' the benefit of the doubt?
The slaughter of the innocents goes
on in different ways. Emotional prodi-
gality is most efficient means of re-
moving the joys of the household.
Died of too much grandfather, grand
mother, uncle and aunt would be a
fitting epitaph for many a bright child
Emotion is the most exhausting of the
mental attributes. What children do,
and how much, is of far less Importance
than the way III which they do it. The
evils of premature mental activity are
without doubt very great; but to prema-
turely and unduly excite emotional
manifestations is tenfold more hurtful.
In this regard there seems to be the
densest ignorance, the fact that young
children's only business in life is to de-
velop slowly-to eat, sleep, and play in
childlike fashions too often forgotten
in the home circle. On the contrary.
they are often supposed to attend to
tI.aiv. g
oping, and afford fun for the family at
the same time. Our tender little ones
are made the playthings of the house
hold-hugged, kissed, talked to and
made to talk for the pleasure and graft
fication of the parents and friends.
Their callow brains are overworked by
exciting and intense emotion. What
wonder they have big heads, little bod
les, and hardly any digestion. -Phreno-
logical Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
WOMEN AT HARVARD,
What They Have Accomplished During
the Past Ten Years.

the Past Ten Years.
The first announcement that courses
of study were to be offered to women by
professors of Harvard College, says Sec
rotary Arthur Gilman in his tenth an
nual report, was made in circular da-
ted February %, 1879, and the first
examinations for admission to the
classes occurred in September of the
same year. The report which is now
presented is, therefore, for the tenth
year of completed work. The first year
began with twenty-five students, who
called for so many courses of instruction
that they formed twenty-nine classes,
and brought into its service immediately
seven professors, four assistant profess
sors and twelve nstructors-twenty-
three teachers. The tenth year finds us
with lis students, distributed into fifty
five classes, and directed by fourteen
professors, eleven assistant professors
and sixteen instructors-fo rty-one teach
ers in all. From the first year to the
close of the tenth there has been con-
tinual growth.
The following table exhibits the grad
ual increase in the number of students
during the first ten years of our opera
tions, and also the income from tuition
fees, and the OUTLAWS for instructions:
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
SEEKING LOST rRsAs,,pr
Ia ~.
ABOUT the Fabalou. Tar.
the Lost Cahl, ns, A"io

'"s Lost Cabin Mine. Va
there is certain element =, So
.S 'nat VIII always become ineanaa
WIN report that lost treasuro e. -
posed to be situated in son,a 100. nup-
sa pocuharity of all these ronorts
.o"e'er' is that they fail to locate tho
treasure in any exact spot. but II ,s 1 40
oe round within a given radius So "
sonie center, which is general,v ostah
isheo oy tradition. The hone ~ roll;ns
IN wealth acquired without wor,s nat s
eihg something for nothing. Won W..
say-is the motive that Arcs w,th nv
S SH asiasm inc seekers after lost treasures
. . 1he ilrst massive fake of this M.
Ouio-,oapta'n Kidd, the pirates bur;od
weaith-was given to the cred,laa.
world thousands Of people have hean
taken in" by these glittering storias
ono OF the most successful stor;es =, 81, !.
kind, the success being gaupea bu tho 40
amount oil excitement it created was
tne iaouious tale Of the Lost Cabin m,no
~ SCI great many people beside them.
serves, and was given publication f.n
anu wloe In the newspapers. bannon
W Ahow just now the story Originated
pach IN 1888, believe, was in Lad
viile, Col, specializing in mines
oriiiiant young newspaper writer
VINO afterwards became notorions
ior8er' was In town, and often came 70
my room TO hear mining men relate
'leir experiences. Floating around in
mining camps are always tales moro or
less 1anciful. One night related one
OF them-the story of the Lost Cabin
NINE The story went that in an early
day In the West, before civilization had
sent stamping mills and smelters into
inc mountains, two miners had styuclx II
rich In mountain gulch, built loo
cabin on the claim and piled nm ono
corner of their tenement with hare ~
golden ore. They suddenly disappeared
however, and also their gold. If was
whispered they were murdered The
log structure was the only one that was
known for hundreds of miles around in
the mountains, and the claim was tbaro-
fore, designated the Lost Cabin mine
lime went on, and the site was lost II
was supposed to be somewhere in a
ravlno in the Rocky Mountains north
OF Wyoming. The young writer took nm
the story and elaborated upon the de-
tails until he ran several highly sensa-
tional fakes in serials, and the publica-
ton caused widespread comment AMONG
the credulous. The story died away
soon, and forgot all about it. But two
years later | was in Montana. and ono
day ran across a man in the mining
region who said he had found the Lost
Cabin mine. He told me he had read
some newspaper articles describing the
mine, and he set out from CHEYENNE
Wyo., going north, and after walking
over one thousand miles. EXPLORING
gulches, lodges and ravines, he found
the place of the lost treasure. learned
that he had accidentally found an old
cabin, deserted, in the mountains In
it he found two gold nuggets, and he
immediately concluded that this was
the Lost Cabin mine. Louis Globe
Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
PuNcENT PARAGRAPHS.

"A carpenter would be handy in .
BARRIERS shop, especially the one who Is
good lather.--Kearney Enterprise.
-Wife--"I believe you only married
me for my money" Husband-''Every-
body else thinks the same thing
Epoch.
Brazil has had successful revolu-
ton. Would that so much could be
said for the Keely motor.-Philadelphi
Press.
Tommy--''Paw, what is the last
word in the dictionary" Mr.. Figg-sI
don't know. Don't bother me. Go ask
your mother. Terry Haute Express.
-Spiritualist-'I have related nv
wonderful experiences; upon what theory
can you explain it?" Skeptic-"Upon
the theory that you are liar."-N. Y.
Sun.
do you remember how ten years
ago in this place you offered yourself to
me?" 80, yes, and you refused me-
II have been reconsidering the matter. "
$50 have 1. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Husband-"Did you ever notice, my
dear, that loud talker is generally an
ignorant person." Wife-s'Well, you
needn't talk so loud; I'm not deaf
Yankee Blade.
-Bashful Lover-"My dear, do you
know there are over eight hundred
terms in the English language to ex-
press the state of being in lover" I'M
patient Maid-"And can't you think OF
one of them Rome Sentinel.
-Irate Housewife-"Say, you tramp,
that dog of yourn has run off with one
of my new-baked pound cakesr Tramp
80, don't trouble on his account.
ma'am. He's good deal tougher in the
constitution than he looks!''-Grip.
Miss Snapper-"Stop the car! ]
won't ride if can't have seat!' The
conductor with an air of gentle re.
proach)-"I have to stand up all day,
ma'am!'' eyes, but you don't have to
pay five cents trip for itv'-Boston
Times.
Visitor from the West)-"I am sur
prised, my dear, to find that you do not
move in society here" Gotham (sadly)
II can't get in. When l was abroad
wasted my time among art galleries
and old ruins instead of staying in Lon
don and picking up English slang"-N.
Y. Weekly.
He was tall, thin and hungry look.
ing" and when he told the editor he was
poet the editor didn say disputatory
word. But he didn't get his poetry in
the paper, just the same. and the man
with the blue pencil and the preoccupied
air made several remarks. "Poets are
born, sir!" he said haughtily, as he
rolled up his manuscript. "And I'm
doggoned sorry for it," said the editor
Merchant Traveller.
AN old bachelor was rather ia
ken aback one day as follows:
Picking up a book, he exclaimed.
upon seeing wood-cut represent
ing man kneeling at the feet OF
woman. Before | would ever kneel
to woman l would encircle my neck
with rope and stretch it, And then
turning to young lady he inquired.
''Do you not think it would be the best
thing | could do?" SIT would undoubt-
edly be the best for the woman" was
the sarcastic reply
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
REMARKABLE TRIALS.
Nice, Worms and Hogs Sentenced to
Death According to Legal Forms.

Nice, Worms and Hogs Sentenced to
Death According to Legal Forms.
The first cases of animal trials OF
whic we have any account was when
the Bishop of Leon issued his injunction
against the caterpillars and field mice.
The mice and worms had been eating
up their crop and the county sued them
and won the suit, hence the injunction
that they should stop. In criminal cases
the mode OF trial was similar to that
prevailing to-day. The animal which had
committed the crime was arrested and
put in prison. The prosecuting attor-
new heard and committed to writing all
the testimony in the case, ana II the
animal was convicted of being guilty OF
some heinous crime-say homicide for
an instance-the Judge pronounced the
sentence, which was that the animal be
hung by the neck or legs, according to
the nature of the animal, until he was
dead.
An example of sentence is found in
the "Annuaire du Department de
TAisno." which was pronounced on
hog. June IA, 1894, for devouring child.
II concludes thus: I'VE, in detestatlon
and horror of this crime, and in order to
make an example and satisfy justice,
have declared, judged, sentenced pro-
nounced and appointed that the SAID
hoo. now detained in the abbey as prls-
oner, shall, by the executioner' be hung
and strangled on gibbet, near the gal-
lows which now stands within the 1urls-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
PANELS IN DRESSES,
How to Obtain Pretty Effects at Ver
Small Expense.

Small Expense.
Side panels of plain wool dress goods
are decorated with design Of leaves and
flowers woven in with color. The same
effects are also obtainable with brush.
and will make the cost of the dress
much less. Harmony must be consid.
cred. For dark green, the leaves
must be lighter in shade, and the flowers
dark crimson.
For a brown wool dress, paint the
flowers and leaves in monochrome, or.
in other words, all in brown, only tend
ing towards lighter or darker shade
according to the color of the goods.
Turpentine must be used to thin the
paint, and the work must resemble the
woven designs in this respect. The
paint must not show: It must be thin
more like tapestry painting. A design
Of leaves, as much brown as green, with
red berries, like the red haw, in clust.
ers, would be very pretty on nearly any
dark shade of all-wool goods. Espec-
tally would trailing vines make beauti-
full finish for the ever-present tea-gown.
~ tdoUtlul "i"p AOi So"hS hoohVl
when convalescent is made of two yards
Of single-width flannel. The prettiest
comes in narrow stripes of delicate pink
and blue. Basic a narrow hem all
around. and then hem-stitch with a silk
10 match. At the back of the neck
take up about half yard and catch
The edges together to simulate hood.
At each end catch the goods together
again. so that the hands may slip
through and the arms be covered. Up
and down the fronts place narrow rib
bons to match goods. These, tied, form
the fastenir Farm am Eireside.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
TIE MUSICAL FROG.
Its Liquid Notes Said to Be Much Like a
Child's Cry.

its Llquiu Notes Said TO lie Much Like n
Child's Cry.
Most people hear in the song of the
frog only dismal croaking Doubtless
frogs differ in various parts of the world
and perhaps much depends on the spirit
of the listener, whether the sound is
agreeable or mournful. A traveller in
South Brazil was once struck by the low
plaintive cry of some creature calling in
the night, He was at first impressed
with the idea that it was the cry of a
child, but the tones soon convinced him
that such could not be the case.
81 never heard" he says, "a more pure
and liquid musical sound than this was
The pleasing effect upon the ear was but
little diminished on learning by what ami
NAL it was produced. The vocalist was
a frog and soon another from a more
distant spot took up the strain and the
two sang together, now in solos, now in
duets. Curious to see this musical frog
| took torch from the fire and went to
look for him. | arrived at the spot
whence the sound was proceeding, but
as l stopped to search the grass the mu-
sic seemed to float away to another place
some yards distant. l followed, and
still the sound moved, and nowhere
could | discover whence it came
searched for nearly quarter of an hour
without being able to fix the spot, and
then | gave it up in despair. The fact
is, the frog is recognized to be ventril-
oquist of no common order. have many
times since heard him crying in broad
daylight, and the power of ventriloquism
is no doubt given him as a protection
against the numerous cranes and other
frog enemies that would otherwise be
guided by the sound. and soon render
the species extinct. N. Y. Voice.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28

"A man wrote 10 Irlend IN Greece
asking him to purchase books. From
negligence or avarice he neglected to
execute the commission; but fearing
that the correspondent might be of
Tended ne exclaimed when next they
met, "Aly dear friend, ! never got the
letter you wrote me about the books"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
TIE UPAS TREE,
1t Is Not Near So Poisonous as Has Been
Described.

Described.
Perhaps more fabulous tales have been
told concerning poisonous qualities of
the death-dealing (?) upas trees of Java
than of any other tree which has an
actual existence. Accounts of this tree
were first given to the public by DR..
Foersch, "A surgeon in the Dutch East
India Companys employ in the latter
part of the eighteenth century. Toersch
published several extraordinary accounts
of this deadly upas," one in particular,
which appeared in book giving the in
| trepld Nj. DIS experience while explor-
ing the islands of Java in 1888. In course
of his narrative he said that criminals
condemned to die were compelled to go
and gather its poisonous leaves, and
| that not more than two out of each
twenty sent out on the journey ever re-
turned to tell the tale of how, overcome
by its deadly carnations, they had laid
themselves down to never again awaken.
The very birds that flew over the valley
in which this deadly vegetable monster
grew, according to this Haggard of the
! eighteenth century, fell futtering into
the branches of the tree, only to die
among the poisonous foliage or upon the
bone 'strewn ground beneath. He also
relates how an army of 900 men camped
one night about IA miles from where the
upas grew, and that only 800 answered
to the morning roll call, 1900 of them
having persisted during the night by the
wind changing and silently waiting the
deadly vapors over the sleeping multi
tude.
The facts in regard to the trees are
these: 1t grows in the forest with other
trees, and attains height of about one
hundred feet. The juice of the bark is
somewhat poisonous to the human skin,
but not more so than that of the poison
sumac, or even the three-leaved ivy. 1t
is evident that Foersch COMPOUNDED the
horrors of deaths valley" another OF
the natural curiositisS of Java, with the
legendary stories told of the upas tree.
The poison gases in the valley above
mentioned escapes from the ground, and
are not the emanations of any tree, fam
ciful stories Notwithstanding. - ST.
Louis Republic.
"A very queer custom in Oconee
County South Carolina. is the manner
of bur;.1 ca oftor rracticed Instead of
elaborate marble headstones or other
such memorials to the dead the Cars
linian will build over the mound shed
or small house TO protect the grave from
tho inclemancv of the weather. At first
one is likely to take these little struct-
ures for baby bouses. In the case of the
better class of mountaineer he will
na;rt +bis wooden mansoleum. The less
Favored will content themselves with
shoa orronromont which is made by
a.;,;.. t,.,a fa,,,od sticlxs in the Ground
+, 800 -; n .l;,b
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28
ENGLISH FOLK RHYMES.

fns That Are Sarcastic and Others
Which Are Complim entary.
On the walls Of the Newington Church,
|endon' in 1893 was written a rhyme
fentthe rebuilding of the church wi tn
r'asteeple and selling the bells:
hous parson, pious people,
Sod the bells to build the steepel:
avery hne trick OF the Newington people,
iOsel the bells to build the steepel.
rhymes on steeples are very common;
F'napS the best known Is the one on
f@On lancashire:
rtoud Preston poor people,
high church and low steeple.
somewhat similar strain is the ono
n0Wness-on-Windermere:
new church and old steeple.
foor town and proud people.
-aVOlhshlre rhymes are very numer-
ana complete collection would al
"all book. Here are three:
salnsbro' proud people
ouil' new church to an old steepla
Onlng to the next:
Huntington poor people
~' orlck church to stone steeple.
S'suon Is put and answered thus:
BOSTON Boston,
u "la' mast thou to boast onf
ign s'eeple, proud people,
'"oals mat souls are lost on.
N.Y., nliase of ugley, Essex, supplies
uical couplet:
T rsisy church Ugley people,
's'eS parson' Ugley people.
SrSyshire rhyme refers to the in.
'a''S of four places as follows:
Ripley ruftians,
Butterfly blocks
swanwick bulldogs
Alfreton shacks.
ssau y severe is the following on
and Yarmouth: '"'oh NOT
S,by sae mares, Reedham rats
Gle asses Mo-, anu Cahtley cats,
H., '''s' ana Freethorpe fools
~Oyshire folks it is said:
hon. s,I II :. born and Derbyshire bred
no,. ' arm but weak in the head
give s two Kentish rhymes:
sutton for mutton,
= herby for beef
na 'n parve for gingerbread.
sis hartford for thief.
Complimentary:
HaQuie GERMAN Count, and French
~ S"s IS worth all three.
4 me Lord Mayor of London,
[plon ~ mayor receives from the citv
t an Tor his year of Office ice SIS; sso o ooG
, ~ average spends s4o 600 f to 0 sso
sovi ss Of allowance. lie has no
i s' gsDsn except the use use p of the fe
as ono @ y, ana It's furniture. Wine
Pure !, VI The chief items of ex-
tn iIou sa t. the basement of tn.
as there mere are quite as many
lssed tho are aldermen who have
b. ala ala cnalr' and it has been the
oug bst" ermen to lay in stock of
|ae to I,U ns their mayorality. This
90. VII uVh greater extent some
p Dur, -. II was more the fashion
Place in ''e' Then an alderman
pipes u The cellar allotted to
tgould port sometimes years
Gbtian h.p, y, put on the tables of
lqsp,IIIa'.l l' The wine not con.
b Lord y Y sold or removed by the
aaubt thu, 'yor' There is no rea-
has COST s s,p, Whitehead's may.
b SloO' Manchester |
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28

The leaves of house plants should
ne kept clean and frequently sprinkled
with water, or washed with a plant
syringe; this not only keeps off the in
Sects, but clears the leaves of dust and
opens up the breathing pores.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-28

Thirty-two of the students were dur
ing the tenth year enrolled in the four
undergraduate classes. Nine were fresh
men, seven were sophomores, eleven be-
longed to the junior class, and five
seniors. To the members of the senior
class certificates were awarded at the
close of the year, certifying that they
had during the previous four years
pursued a course of study equivalent
in amount and quality to that for which
the degree of Bachelor of Arts is con
frrred in Harvard College," and had
passed in satisfactory manner exam
nations in that course corresponding to
the college examinations" At the
same time, on the recommendation of
The committee of classical instructors of
Harvard College, certificates were given
TO one candidate for final honors in
.lassics, and to two candidates for second
rear honors in classics. Herald.
The opoponax tree is not only a very
of Charleston, S. C. The News and
Courier remarks: "There are a score or
more of ladies in Charleston who actual
ly get all their winter dresses from the
opoponaX trees in their gardens A
young lady who has tree in her garden
has already realized twenty-three dollars
from the sale of the flowers, and her
neighbor, who has younger tree, has
bought handsome winter cloak from
the proceeds of her tree The flowers
are made up in tiny bnttonhole bou.
quets and are given to the cooks son to
sell. He sells them at five cents bou.
quet, and has no trouble in disposing OF
them to Northern tourists who pass
through the city"
Names oldest man died lately al
Belgrade in that State. His name was
Elihu Stevens, and he was 1Ol years old.
He was married three times and was
the father of twenty-five children, most
of whom are living. On the day he died
he had 326 descendants.
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Fortunes For Many.

Allen. the blacksmith, is now a millionaire through replying to an advertisement of unclaimed estates. &c., &c.-iimes, London, March lst, 1888.
 If your ancestor came from the old country write to The European Claims Agency, 5n Pearl St. and 24 Stone St. New York City. inelosing 9 cents for reply. and learu If you are an heir to any of the unclaimed estates there, worth more than half billion dollars, that rightly belong, chiefly to American descendants of Europeans who came to America years ago. If your ancestors came over moro than 50 years ago there is a probability that you are heir to a fortune