Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-27
BABY OWNED THE CAR.
niue Eyed Tot Who Charmed All the
Passengers aud Employees.

Passengers hhA htAHI'"IN
There WAS a baby in the railway car
HE other day. 1t was not an unusual
child. but it had decidedly bright face
and pretty ways. For the first few miles
she was very quiet, and her blue eyes
looked around in wonderment, for cyl
IDENTIFY it was the little ones first ride on
the cars.
Then as she became used to the roar
and rumble the baby procliyities asserted
themselves, and she began to play WIN
her fathers mustache. At first the father
and mother were the only parties inter-
ested, but soon young lady in an adJa-
cent seat nudged her escort and directed
his attention to the laughing child.
He looked up, remarked that 1t was
pretty baby and tried to look uncon-
cerned, but it was noticed that his eyes
wandered back to the spot occupied by
the happy family, and he commenced to
smile.
The baby pulled the hair of an old lady
in front, who turned around savagely and
glared at the father with look that
plainly said, "Nuisance5 should be left
ut home"
But she caught sight of the laughing
eyes of the baby, and when she turned
back she seemed pleased about some
thing. Several Others had become inter
ested in the child by this time-business
men and young clerks, old ladies and
girls and when the baby hands grasped
the large silk hat of her father and placed
it on her own head it made such a conf
cal picture that the old gentleman across
the way, unable torestrain himself, burst
out into Il loud guffaw, and then looked
sheepishly out of the window, as if
ashamed to be caught doing such an I'M
manly thing.
Before another five minutes he was
playing peek-a-boo across the aisle with
the baby, and everyone was envying him.
The ubiquitous young man, ever on
the move, passed through, and was at a
loss to account for the frowns of every
body. He had failed to notice the baby.
The brakeman looked in from his post
on the platform and smiled. The paper
boy found no custom till he had spoken
to the baby and jingled his pocket of
change for her edihcation.
The conductor caught the fever and
chucked the little one under the chin,
while the old gentleman across the aisle
forgot to pass up his ticket, so interested
WAS he laying peek-a-boo
Tie old lazy in front relaxed, and div
ing into her rcticule unearthed brilliant
red pippiu and presented it bashfully to
the little one who, in response, put her
chubby arms around the donors neck
and pressed her rosy little mouth to the
old ladys check.
1t brought back food of remem-
brances to that withered heart, and a
Yves seen to brush first this
way and then That. as if to catch fall
ing tear.
The train sped on and pulled into the
station where the baby, with her parents,
were to leave the car A look of regret
came over every face. The old gentle /
man asked if he couldn't kiss it lust
once; the old lady returned the caress
She hal received and the baby moved /
toward the door shaking a by-by over
the shoulder of her papa, to which every
one responded, including the newsbov, /
v no emphasized his farewell with wave
Of his hat
The passengers rushed to the side
where The baby got off and watched till
she turned out Of sight at the other end
ot the station, shaking by-byes all the
time. Thea they lapsed into silence.
They missed that baby and not one of
them would be unwilling to acknowledge
It. The little ones presence had let a
nit OF sunshine into every heart, warm
or cold in atcar,-Orphans' Friend.
The Plumage of the AIbatross.
The most valuable part of the alba.
tross IS its plumage The neck. breast
and belly are snowy white, shading deli.
lately into gray and duskv brown at tba
SIDES and back, and the feathers are so
'Wled and elastic that the skin with tbe
on 1t Is an inch or an inch and
lalf thick. No finer material can he oof
or mutfs, cuffs, collarets. canes or fbe
or lining Of cloaks and robes
I Is very light, yet exceedingly warm
While for appearance its dove like
moothness and purity cannot be ex.
'elled' 1t has the advantage too Of
'elng very durable, thenatural oil of the
'lrd preserving the skin and feathers for
many years, while the characteristics {
husky odor is easily overcome by cam.
hor. e"iii-
1t Is wonder that some enternrisin,, c
llrner ormodiste does not set the fashion 7
wearing albatross pIumage and send a
Antpodes OF the Crosets for a seasons @
lpply. There would be money in i {
OF only by its novelty bat by its nsafn1 i
eSS; AT the same time | hope it will d
OF be done, because if once the skin a i,
ne aIbatross acquired a com,nnrciol o
alue, and the ruthless hand of fashion a
ere lald on its smooth, white necl, tbo Il
cor bird would soon be driven from g ;+s d
'cluded haunts and might even bn j., Il
anger OF determinations May the day o
iar distant when the trader shall IN o
'de the home of the albatross or flo Il
,t hunter disturb its ancient solita,, Il
lSn,-EXchange. n
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