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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
THE GIRLS PIN MONEY.
The Allowances MirionEires Make The'i
Daaghters-The Expenses.


paagbters--Then Expenses.
II have only an allowance of $l0a weef
foi pocket money said the daughter of q
millionaire in a confidential moment the
other day Papa has such an idea OF
money vou know and he thinks ! am
wildly extravaganza to spend that SINAI.
amount on candies towers novels and
theatre tickets Mamma orders all my
clothing you know and so. OF course.
do not have to bay anything that really
need
To many young girl $40 week would
seem sufficient for pocket money ana III
deed how many hundreds OF pretty and
clever girls are there who cannot earn
more titan that amount even by working
hard each day OF the week1 But the
average fashionable society girl has Sc
many demands on her purse that SO does
not go far
1t is said that Jay Gould very gener
ously allows his pretty daughter $'25 and
with this she not only supplies her own
little wants but gives to most OF her
small charities
Cornelius Vanderbilt and Elliott f
Shepard allow each OF their six children a
certain amount OF pocket money eacL
month and they are required To keep cash
accounts and present them to their papas
the FIRST OF the month The amounts are
not large. and are given more TO make the
little milionaires understand the value OF
money than aught else
Willie K Vnnderbilts three children
are allowed plenty OF pocket money but
are fined heavily fot all msdemeanors
They dine IN a pretty little room adjacent
to the great dining SALON and If tiny
drop of any coffee, milk OF wine Is spilled
on the snowy cloth the offender Is lined
twenty Two cents fot each oflense A
glass OF water knocked over or dish let
fall on the door brings a tine OF fifty
cents to the culprit and all the lines go
to the foreign and home mission
"What do ! do with my $50 week.
said an only daughter Of a Fifth avenue
millionaire when asked tue question
"Well, not always the same thing Last
week | spent every cent OF it on lovely
new parasol to carry al the coaching
parade and Their after eli my trouble it
poured rain ! generally purchase my
fowers-~you know must have fresh
corsage cluster Of violets every day and
they cost 81 cluster
"Ther bouhous soda chocolate and
those little tribes come to about s. and
coupe OF uutlutt ll'hel9, wa '"t ~
old women at the Home for the Aged.
new mnsic and papers use uf the rest !
am feurftllly short sometimes and draw
in advance ana then forget to pay back
don't you kuowl Papa used tc allow me
SO much each quarter for my wardrobe
and maid, but was always in deep
water Now order what | want and
have the bills sent to him
II do moi think that the wealthlest
New Workers are more than liberal in eli
| lowing pocket money ior then daugh
tiers said the principal Of a very fashion
able uptown school My pupils arc
most of them daughters OF miIiionaires
and yet they have seldom enough fot
their many little wants It is wisdom
not meanness, on the purt OF the pAleL is
think New York Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
THE ,ntercs. In Athletics.

The universal interest In all these trial'
.no.r.h and dexterity and 9ulckness
~ taetnre of the time The derlded
hasahau crank finds himself numbered oy
thousands In spite OF all the mocAei)
iaveled at him, in spite OF hippodrohiils
and possible unfairness IN results -
spite of the fact that players are ou'
somebody's hired men. ana Ioctli ei'
thusiasn a farce. the grand stahu uiiu
the bleaching boards scarcely contain 'u'
multitudes who gather to see the l"l
Lawn tennis, an importation OF CON pa"
lively few years ago, is now III haI'oii'i
rar,,fe Lacrosse holds its own ana
cricket is overcoming the objection 70 II
as a strictly English pastime "h'ch re
fuses to be naturali2ed elsewhere Cu'
1rreat races are few, and our prize WIN
ners have no grand prix to hght io'
But our breeds of running ana lrott
horses are improving steadily, ana
Iorrer constituency looks, day after Gay
with keen interest for the record oil 'ue
iudpes Every form of outdoor spor'
has come into distinctly greater favor
and although some of this enthusiasm
will undoubtedly eliervesce, II Will leave
nermanent traces upon our life and moues
of thought and habit of enjoyment
The result of the progress OF what toi
want of better term. we designate inter
est in athletics, will prove, we doubt not.
highly beneficial All these things nave
their food tide and their ebb The ans
tory of intercollegiate contests epitomizes
theirs The FIRST college contests at oa'
and oar were simple and friendly rlVai
ries With the awakening OF yout THU
ambition aud determination to WIN lhes
were carried beyond the point OF wisdom
or safety Too much of value was s16or
dinated to their requirements and college
authorities felt themselves obliged to IN
terfere with the single devotion to attn
lotics that threatened physical as well as
mental injury Restrained within rea
sonable limits, the Intercollegiate games
and races will continue to play a par'
scarcely inferior, in their way to the DIS
cipline of ordinary college work SO the
furore over general sports and amuse
ments which now possesses the pubhc
will pass away, as it ought st Pau
/ Pioneer Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

Howard Seely. the Texan writer who
has been attracting attention for seve'ai
years past by his clever sketches and
stories of frontier life, ard whose recent
novel, "A Nymph Of the West, received
favorable comment. has some curious
superstitions about literary composition
and is unique in his methods OF WORE
The most unique feature of his study IS q
human skull and femora surrounding a
bookcase. The thigh bones are those OF
man. but the skull is a woman S, said to
have formerly appertained to Mexican
senorita of great beauty There is some
mystery about this relic, foI the author Is
reticent about talking Of it.
The brain cavity is lined with black
velvet and the top OF the skull opens
with hinge for this CHASTITY box is a
receptacle for pens and the names OF his
heroines Inscribed upon bits of ivory It
is his custom when the name of heroine
has been selected, and her character and
physical attractions are in process OF de
veiopmcnt to put this title in the head OF
the skull and let it remain there until tht
story is finished The eyes Of the skull
are provided with silver fonts to contain
ink-the left red and the right black
When in the throes of composition this
skull is used, and his fiction may there
fore, be said to emanate from the left
eye and consequently from She right
hemisphere of the skull OF the Mexican
senorita New York Graphic
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

Some days ogo the manager Of a panor
anna III this city sent some scholars
tickets TO the principals OF the grammar
schools, on presentation of which the
pupils would be admitted for twenty five
cents each. instead Of fifty cents, the
usual price:
ii explained the nature of this offer to
the boys says IA principal, and one OF
them 4 regret to say he was a pupil of an
upper gradel having grasped the idea
that the possession of ticket reduced
the price of admission one half. pro
pounded the following astonishing query
Please sir II had two of tlese tickets
could get In tor uothingT
THAT The pupil did not intend to make
joke was proved 10y his anger at the
general laughter which his stupid ques
ton provoked New York Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

You want my opinion OF what is the
meanest thing in the worldy' said vet
eran sport well. I'll tell you and ii
don't take long to decide it The mean
est thing Is gambler professioun.
gambler Not one OF them has the hun
dredth part OF honor OF a rattlesnake.
and they know II and show II by skulk
ing ana avoiding the company of decent
people Are there no exceptionsy'
Just enough u provo the rule as with
out and out thieves there Is what they
call honor among themselves which
after al, said and done ia often dlsre
gardcd Self punished and outlawcd
with no hope OF ever regaintng good
name. the professional preys without
mercy OF remorse on the innocent public
whom he diEufes with the name OF
suckers lohmaelites, whose hands are
against all honest people and little re
spect have gamblers for gent ieman who
forgets himself aud treats them civiliy
W hat legacy OF shame ana misery does
a proteoh leave to his children A
gambler should not be allowed to marry
New York Mail and Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

There IS no line of statistical figures
more amazing and vet uuquestiona6la in
their bearing. than those which give us
the immigration of foreigners into our
states In 1870 there were jiltla oyar
5000 In 1898 a little more than I000o
IN 1851. $4,000, and in lS35, 5000 1910
does not quite reach 100000, but lSi5
goes over that figure up TO 600 From
constantly higher. with only ocrasional
eebbbinE In 1870 there were over g69
o00 In 1879 over 100000 In 1872 oye,
100000 In 1852, rs, 0G2 This was t6c
maximum figure touched The to,a.
Immigration during these years. from lSa0
TO 1881 amounts to 1862 III NJ
elect OF pouring such a vast bulk of ia.
eis9 people, with foreign ideas. into ou7
land has been nearly as great on orr
serves as on them Our institutions have
been largely modified. and are in dane,
OF still greater notifications. -CiIaIo'
Democrat. >''ooe
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

"Uere's a box addressed to YOU said tht
wife of a prominent man. Il don't thinA
you'd better open it, though
"What shall wc do with itr
"Ill tell yoa; Wen take it out and get the
hired girl TO open it, She has lit the firs
with kerosene three times this week, and
don't think that dynamite VIII hurt her =
Washington Critic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

ANY canary that allows itself To be born
yeliow is sadly unfashiouable and oven
vulgar The correct color for cannries In
De born Is either red OF from red down n
ilght cinnamon color LongJreed .~r,
hamon fetch the highest prices 1t IS MI
matter OF cultivation and not an easv
matter either for The reddesi parentage
Is disturbed by the constant hatcbing ~
yellow progeny The dark green birds
that were fashions last favorites ara ~
no more account than yellow ones now = :.
New York Sun. ~" -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

A prominent physician Is quo.au an,
saying Were | to give the true S, ,sa
At the root of the growing lnlef' %btb
nervous rritability and insanity ~ ' tbrr
are sapping the vigor OF the ' ~ nrolei
would be two things-the wan =, trsIn
food by all classes and the sedenIal' sopng
ing or n want Of training among y s0 .a5
people There is a good deal 70 81 pru.
sia for our own boys here get S I' T.,
old o,i style Which is yet the very e' rolos
STYLE. of education involves w. Wo are
people in sedentury haDi'S liars and
nation of silters. and not OF wa .ho gsyo q
are taking the consequences III t tIS ais
ease Sc and brain disease and lang asso a,s,
and kidney disease and Other o oOI6 sal
diseases follow 100 luxurious '"
lnaniLiou Herald OF Heal'h
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
II Cnsts ono Horse Power

According to the best scien'.u ~ keep ID
itv, it costs one horse power - 9t NJ In;
motion one ton of metal OF 5yeirhtca
every unnecessary 9,Oo0 pouhbG or sel pSoVet.
your line shaft costs yon one ho'1 Jrdu So
To maintain horse power costs tS, ,, VIC
to @Ie5 per year Any manuiIa ,ots the VI
will take the pains to inves' Ign pulIeys
necessary weight, by heavy iron rrprise i9
Gnd the enormous waste Of power s5a NTH ti
in this manner. to say hothltnS ened lie
loss resulting from the , snV' Budget
of the entire cquipment'-Dos''A
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

In some ST. Louis restaurants the watt ~
no longer baw the orders down to the
kitchen; they touch certain electric bells in
stead When st. Louis man orders lm.cl
of coffee aud ham and eggs, tho eggs cooked
on both sllea. he viii no longer DO Obliged to
listen to this mysterious speech: zone in the
dark, white wings, hog to come along, Ship
wreck them white wings. New y ork rri
buue.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

American IN Emopel-I understand you
are willing 70 sell your Wild West show
Buffalo BILL am willing enough, but the
Indians object.
'sWhy soF7
i'Idont know; superstition, suppose. They
gay they viii never he bought"
Say, Bill, take those Indians back % New
York and wen elect them aldermen p
Omaha World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

1--WE cents fare fot that child madam 50
SAID a street car conductor us he opened
the door and put his head into the car
Very well she replied feeling In he,
pocket this is an orphan child and an,
us guardian must have a receipt for
all moneys paid out. and as soon as ron
write one III drop a nickel in the box " he ne
shut the door and leaned over the braL .
ike man in deep thought. -Emnoris
Democrat. pr ID
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

Editor 90 young aspirart for journalist,
honorsl-"Yoa arc s9at.- .n5 Of writer
you sayF
Young Man: "Oh, yes, sir, I took second
prize al school for penrnauship. Epoch
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16
The Case viewed phllosopbtcouv

peal me said the little Boston bow
zen Inen, after Intellectual suasion had failed
ne. .iey, I , spanked him for the first time
tb III mad uaq had the slightest suspicion thai
i' sba resultant sensation was so poignant
hnouid never have invited the exneri
ment, "-Kennebec journal Ap'i'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

A music dealer says that violin has not
improved any since 1790. The same may be
said OF the violin player who lives next door
--Norristown Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

John w what is thisf
Butter. sir
"Butter' W b wi Why did Won MI,
chlorotorm II before you brought i in,a" -
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-01-16

WANDERING THROUGH PASSAGES
UNDERGROUND.

The entrance To Hcli ~ ~aA ''''
noints preconceised notions. One cannot
saw exactly what he expected, but he Ger
tajnly expected something different IRON
tbo reality Here. for instance. there was
NJ Indication of the existence OF the mine
eovo in the presence of the breakers ana
IN. bura pile Of cplm At a short ans
tonce from the breaker was a little sned
about ten feet square, and yawnlng IN TINS
was the mouth Of the passenger smart
Tbn nj her shaft. up which are hoisted tIe
tbn cers loaded with coal, opens directly
into the breaker.
As we gathered about the passenger
shaft the car was hoisted several times,
bringing up a number OF mtnerS ana
Ioborers and all looked like imps from
H.. Informal regions Their bodies and
cIotbine were black as jet from smoke
and co3l dust, and the only white one
conld see about them was the whites OF
their ewes In their caps were eXtin'
rnisbei torches, which still gave ont a
RIacl and sulen smoke Mon VIC found
them. talking freely Of their lives and
rather enjoying TIE curiosity they IN
spired. Their appearance, ara the EouI II
Of that black shaft lcading down sheer
200 feet into the bowels Of the earth, led
some Of the party TO conclude that they
would enjoy a birds eye view Of FroNi
dence on The surface rather than tempt
Providence under ground 80 less Imam
forty made the descent
Each of us was given a little torch, and
then we gathered about TIE shaft, The
elevator is simply platform like a
FREIGHT elevator, with no railing at either
side Above it is hood to keep of the
water constantly dripping down the
shaft from the seams in the rock. Ten
at a time we crowded upon the elevator,
tie torches Garing up around US and fill.
ing our lungs with smoke. The signal
was given, and every heart sank little
as the car rushed swiftly down.
Perhaps | reveal wocful ignorance
when say that | expected 10 see as soon
as stepped from the ear vast rugged
chamber, glitternE with distant lights
and alive with eager workers had read
/ descriptions Of mines and seen pictures of
/ them, and vet this dcueinn cliugs to me
| But in one instant vanished all these
/ chimeras. and | beleld a narrow tunnel
SO low that | involuE,arily stopped my
| head, whether such ! proceeding We're
necessary or not, and darker than MD
! nipht On c:thor side were walls Of coal
/ rlittorlng strangely as the rays If light
/ fell upoa them, and hewu into all sorts Of
4 irregular shapes and narrow reccsses.
But the root or ceiling seemed as smooth
and polished as marble The vein OF coal
runs of almost uniform thickness, and
| the slate above and below forms com
pafatvely level floor and roof
Along this narrow passage we wand
cred. the lirht from our pickering lamps
u-ahIiS tue o.f'iiss' a'o 'L,9 NJ ~,
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

feeling and economic progress. The
demon Of sectionalism, in philanthropic
guise, had not yet infaIned the pas
siOns of any considerable number of
people. Peace, plenty, low taxes,
equitably levied on the rich and poor
alike, prosperity and general happiness
these were the features that attracted
the attention of foreigners visiting this
country at that time. 1t was Mrs.
Folks good fortune to be mistress eff
the White House during these halcyOn
days. She outlived them. Her huss
band died in 1849, at Nashville, soon
after the close of his presidential term,
but she lived on, to be a connecting
link between that far time and this.
Residing quietly at Nashville, where
she was held in profound respect by
the people, she must yet have been
amazed, as many others have been, at
the revolution forty years have
wrought in society, politics, industry
and science.-BUltimOre Sun.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
THE OCALA

. ~. ~ { tSilldIltl jllt tDOLlLlOll OL HI
tiOnal banks.
b.. We demand that the government
shall establish Sub-TreasurieS or de
pOsitOries in the several States, which
shall loan money direct to the people
at a low rate of interest, not to exceed
two per cent. per annum, on non
perishable farm products, and also
upon real estate, with proper limita-
tiOnS upon the quantity of land and
amount Of money.
c. We demand that the amount of
the circulating medium be speedm,
increased to not less than $50 per
capita.
2. That We demand that Congress
shall pass such laws as will effectually
prevent the dealing in futures of all
agricultural and mechanical prOduc-
tiOns; providing a stringent system of
procedure i'll trials that will secure the
prompt conviction, and imposing such
penalties as shall secure the most per
feet compliance with the law.
>. WecOndemn the silver bill gently
passed by Congress, and demand in
lieu thereof the free and unlimited
coinage of silver.
/. We demand the passage of laws
prohibiting alien ownership of land,
and that Congress take prompt action
to devise some plan to obtain all lands
now owned by aliens and foreign syndi-
Gates; and that all lands now held by
railroads and other corporations in
excess of such as is actually used and
needed by them be reclaimed by the
government, and held for actual set
tiers only.
5. Believing in the doctrine of equal
rights to all and special privileges to
none. we demand
O.. That u natiOnallegislation shall
be so framed in the future as not to
build up II industry at the expense
of another.
b. We further demand a removal Of
the existing heavy tariff tax from the
necessities of life, that the poor of
land must have.
c. We further demand a Just and
equitable system of graduated tax on
incomes.
d. We believe that the money Of the
country should be kept as much as
possible in the hands Of the people,
and hence we demand that all national
and State revenues shall be limited to
the necessary expenses OF the govern
ment economically and honestly ad-
miniStered.
6. We demand themost rigid, honest,
and just State and National govern
mental control and supervision of the
means Of public communication and
transportation, and if this control and
supervision does not remove the abuse
now existing, we demand the govern
ment ownership of such means of com
m~unicatiOn and transportation.
I. We demand that the Congress of
the United States submit an amend
ment to the Constitution providing for
the election Of United States Senators
by direct vote Of the people of each
STATE.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
A RELIC FROM GLORIOUS PAST

The death Of Mrs. James X. Polk.
widow of the seventh President Of the
United States, recalls to mind the bril-
liant period of our national history
during which she was an ornament Of
Washington society. From 1926 to
1889 she resided at the capital, her bus
band being q member of Congress from
Tennessee, and again when he became
President. Her beauty and intelligence
gave her distinction among the wives
and daughters of the sta esmen Of that
day-fOr the statesman had not then
~degenerated into the petty politician.
Ability, character and personal stand
ing were then still the factors of a pub
lie career. 1t was naturally a period
of great achievements that were to
affect favOrably the destinics Of the
country. In 1914, when Mrs. Folks
husband became President, Texas was
not yet a State of the Union; California
and New Mexico were Mexican terri
tory and Oregon was in doubt. PreSi-
dent Folks administration was marked
by the annexation Of Texas, an emDirn
in itself, to be followed by the Mexican
war-a series Of victories for American
arms, and the cession to us Of Califor-
MIA and New Mexico. The question of
the title of the United States to Oregon
was settled by fixing the boundary at
the 10th parallel of latitude. Not alone
in military operations and territorial
acquisitions did the statesmen of this
period show their vigor and discern
ment, but in their economic and fiscal
poIicv they exhibited equal merit.
tt was in 1916, during President Folks
administration, that a low tariff was
adOnted-a reform which, once tried.
was so popular with all interests that
"Drotecti0n as a policy did not again
L. e its head till after the civil war.
Other reforms of this period were the
Adoption of a method of collecting
Government revenues by specie with.
( out the aid of banks, and the organiza-
tion Of the Department of the Interior.
It was a period of patriotism, good
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
POMONA ~TERRA,COTTA CO
POMONA, N. c..
IRQuNp.N.7

Terra-COtta Chimney FIues or Stove Pine.
Farm Drain Tile, Fire Brick, etc. Catalogue
free. COG
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

Latest improved farm implements. engines
boilers, saw mills, etc, for sale. also Pratt Cot
ton Gin, and Nance power Cotton Press.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08
MiIl-StOnes

Having bought the Milestone Quarries Of +.
Phillips estate, | will continue to manufaC-
tUre Mif-StOnes, MiI-Spindles and Portable
mills for grinding corn and wheat. Address
J. Il. WYATT,
C36) Faith, Rowan Co., \. c.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1891-09-08

. When grandma starts after her basket
Of stockings that's what theSdebating
societies might call a move to mend.