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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13
Punishment of Chinese officials.

The director general in China suggested
that the officers in charge of the Yellow
River works who showed remssness in
not taking precautionary measures to
prevent the recent floods be degraded, but
this was deemed too light u punishment
and they were ordered to be exposed in
the cangue along the river banks. The
SUB project and mayor of Shang-an, the
assistant department magistrate of Cheng-
Chou, and the lieutenant and second SER
geant of the station below Cheug-Cho
were thus punished
The canguc, or wooden collar, which
these I'm 'ortuuate officials are condemned
to wear, is large, heavy square of wood,
opening so rs to allow the prisoners neck
to enter From the time it is put ON it is
not removed till the term of the sentence
has eNpired-a time varying from q fort
night to three months During the whole
time the prisoner cannot lie down or rest
with any comfort, and during the day is
placed III conspicuous place, with his
name and oticnse written III large charac-
tiers on the great wooden collar, that ali
passers by may read The compassionate
people occasionally feed the victim, as it
is impossible for him to reach his head
with his hand; but the gamins tickle him
with strays and otherwise annoy him.
New York Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

The fashion Of bruifllng the hair Is not
worry hcneacial for the hair nor the healtL
NJ The child Many little girls have had
chronic headaches which were relieved as
soon Ms The hair was left to now loose,
which is tile natural manner
Those mothers who wish their little
pirls 70 have thick. healthy growth OF
hair. which will not fall when they be-
come women, should follow these few
hints. and they viii find their fondest
wishes gratfed, First, each child should
wet its hair thoroughly with cold water at
the roots every morning, and then COMP
il ont smoothly, after which it should be
brushed until dry OF until the scalp Is
warm.
Fyerv child should have its own brush
and comb, and never under any circum-
stances use those of another. More cases
of scalp disease and daudruif have been
DEVELOPED by the habit of all using the
same comb and brush than can be count
ed If the hair is wet, combed and
brushed regularly it will remain soft and
glossy II needs no washing All over eX-
cent parhnps once Il month in summer.
No soap or alcohol or alkali Of any kind
should ever be used, us they all destroy the
oily secretons which nourijh the hair
Brushing and the use OF good me conn
will Keep the scalp clean and free from
dandrutl.
Some authorities claim that little
girls hair should be kept short until the
age of 10 but have seen more girls with
fine heads Of hair who have never had it
cut, than girls who have worn theirs shin-
gled all their lives, with thick, handsome
hair
In many countries the ends of the hair
are singed with II candle, and there it is
claimed that cutting the hair allows the
pigment and other moisture to escape
through the hollow hairs, and that SINCE
ing only shrives the hair and keeps the
pigment in. | can only say that those
people who use that plan are not so bald
as nations as we are. | think cleanliness,
good brushing and no alkals are the best
means of keeping the hair perfect, and, if
it is desirable the ends could be kept even
by scorchino, and the hair should not be
tightly braided at any time.
Children's eyebrows should always be
brushed backward and their eyelashes let
strictly alone, only keeping the eyes free
from impurities and Inflammation. They
will develop better so, and there is no
danger of putting out their eyes with
sharp scissors, as have seen done. -Oliye
Harper.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Turkish tombstones are narrovest ot
the base, and soon lean and topple. Many
lie PROSTATE, making seats for the livinG
who are free and fearless neighbors of the
dead. Some of the cemeteries are used as
pleasure grounds for the soldierv. tbe
crumbllng stones mend highways, repair
walls and repeatedly have seen hand.
some slab stop hole to keep the wind
away or serve as doorstep to tumble
uo"n hut Children play in the somber
Alleys, washWomen hang clothes and
stretch lines on the headstones, and ladies'
with wells of snow drifts and mist, drawn
close by henna stained fingers, picnic and
sprinkle sweet basil, for remembrance
aooVe the beloved who have passed from
sight. There is II soft air of resignation
III thelr manner-the virtue which Mo
manned taught is the key to all happiness
-ala they wearno mourning. Sinful il is
TO SHOW sorrow for the loss Of friends. II
Is Delleved that children of over MORNING
parents are driven out Of Paradise and
uoon'ea to wander through space in dark
ness andmlscry, weeping as their relatives
do ON earth Susan E. Wallace in Nv
York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Years ago, when euano was first discovered
as fertilizer, an old friend Of mine sent me
bottle full 10 experiment with. | didn't
think much Of il, but ON day while in my
gar en- planting some cucumber seed /
thought OF the gunno, SO | took it along with
me into the garden aud sat down ON the
ground, scratched hale in the earth, put in
my guano aBd placed my cucumber
seed covered d.. .ufemily with the soil,
and while sttHs tnere but few moments
! noticed tae earth over tho seeds
begin 70 move, and at tho same time the
young cucumber plants made their up-
pearance IL was such strange occurrence
thai | sat perfectly dunfouudcd, forgetting
everything else The VINES began t. spriag
nud grow OF like magic and when ! b gan
% raise up found my feet cutmgled with
the wines l. however, forced myself 10 "a
standing position. BY Tins timo was com
pletaiy enveloped withtne vines. made for
my an-te and succeeded ia cutting myself
loose ana maae nay escape But what uston.
ishe ue most was tue fact chat when / got
over tie excitement and went t0 return lny
knife 70 my pocket. found my pockets full
OF Dung cucumbers which had formed Ia nay
pockets, since which time have bad no as
Ion suano. Lagrange Gal Graphic
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Warm weather commences here in May,
and the heat becomes extreme during the
months OF June, July and August; in
September the rains begin a hot wind
occasionally makes its appearance, and
such is the fury of the whitening blast
that It seems to scorch the skin like n
furnace. 1t comes when least expected,
aud continues sometimes for four and
twenty hours, IL lisa remarkable circum-
stance that it does not extend more than
league from the coast seward, and
that while It prevails fresh water depos-
tied In jars continues deliciously cool,
even in summer
Fortunately for the people who live
here, the night air is not injurious, as it
Is in many semi tropical countries, for
when the warm weather is fairly begun
the inhabitants, rich and poor, are obliged
10 abandon the interior of their houses
and pass the nights in the corridors and
coutyards; the poorer class lie on blankets
IN the streets in front of their huts. The
purity of the atmosphere. the dryness of
the soil and the purifying effects Of the
winds which sweep over this country all
tend to make this n very salubrious
climate The enormous death rates are
attributed entirely to epidemics apgra-
waited by unhcnlthtul sanitary conditions;
there is no sewerage and the streets are
filthy. In spite Of this the longevity Of
those living here is remarkuble; several
are more than 100 years of age, and two
have attained, one to IA and the other TO
l30.-Lnura h. Starr in Cleveland
Leader
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13
T. WILLIAMS CIGAR.
n BREEDS TROUBLE AT THE
THOMPSON STREET POKER CLUB.

New Rules Adopted Which WIN Improve
tho Moral and Financial Condition oil
the Members Rcpartee Which Aston
ishes the Meeting.
A brief but lurid meeting Of the Thompson
Street Poker club was held last Saturday
evening the Rev Thankful Smith presiding.
In view OF the facts that the janitor had
thoughtfully garuisheed the chips as guar
antee OF good faith in regard to the last kero-
sene bill that no light furnished the
club other than the flicker of the electric
/ lamp over the way, and that the available
securities aud cash OF the several members
were temporarily tied up in the shape OF
bail in jefferson Market, Professor Brick
moved that the regular exercises be omitted
and that the club so into executive session as
q committee OF the whole
Mr. Cyanide Whifies seconded the motion
In addition to the drawbacks already men
toned by his honorable colleague, he had the
honor TO inform the club that he had just
sorted the only pack of cards found on the
premises and had found three Jacks, two
aces ewo kings and one queen to be missing,
which absentees would seriously main the
chances of opening jackpot.
MIR Tooter Williams moved to amend the
motion He had secured at auction the pre-
vious evening set Of poker dice, and in lieu
OF the regular game it would be pleasant and
perhaps profitable to
The gave fell
"De motion am cyarried wifout de mend
ment,r said the Rev Thankful Smith, g." N
histah loot Willyums am outer ordah"
kin spoke jess minnitF inquired that
gentleman
"fo kin spoke jess To- secons," retorted
the Rev Chairman. an dey won't be no
dicin nor chuckin on de premesses tonight.
OATS settled, n now eff you'll trow dat punk
outen de windah, III
"Dats a twonny cent cigyahi" angrily re-
torted Mr. Williams
buy one Ter twonny cents III yo' gifts de
rester de box for a price, ,,ueried the Rev.
Mr. Smith, sweetly "Yo smokes dat bran
on de hummypath prinsple, Tootp
How how's dat hummypathP scornfully
inquired Mr. Williams, with rapidly rising
wrath
'Smllyer smilly buster," quoted the
learned chairman, on which burst of classic
eruditIou Professor Brick smiled vigorous
approval
"Wha had yo mean by DAFT" demanded
Mr. Williams. holly "Whad yo mean by
"a vim smillyum smillicus ter mel OATS an
lnsulk, u
Dat de cigyah, loot sweetly explained
the Rev Mr. Smith "De cigyah am smillyer
snllybus on de hummypath prinsple dat one
stlnkah kyores annudder, hi
Here the reverend chairman paused, locked
MS thumbs leaned back and regarded Mr.
Williams with sunny smile. Mr. Williams
drew himself up to his full height, slowly
drew on one yellow glove, adjusted the cigar
firmly in the left corner of his mouth blew a
dense cloud of smoke into the peaceful coun-
tenance OF Elder Jubilee Anderson, who sat
beside him and who had taken no part what
ever III the hostilities, illiped the hot ashes
on the kinks of Mr. Gus johnson, bestowed
upon the chairman look of mingled defiance
and ferocty, and, assuming his hat with great
hauteur, Quilted the room.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

The people of Shiraz are celebrated
throughout Persia for their gay and fes
tive dispositions While the average
Persian outside the nobility, is calcu-
lating, metcenary trader and traflicker,
the shirazi is gallant, Il beau, a free
liver. The best soldiers ia Persia are Mt
Shia2, and the LOWEST women; from
Shlraz also issue hundreds of lutis or
buifoons who wander about all over the
empire, singing, tomtoming, and exhibit
ing trained monkeys
Pcrsepolis, believed 20 have been a
mighty city before the birth of Babylon,
and about tjs earliest home Of pomp,
wealth and masnittcenee, is situated near
Shira1 The old pagan kings and nobility
of Per-cpoHs were royal wassnilcrs.
Drunkenness and reyehy were carried to
an extreme in the marble halls of this
ancient lranian capital that we Of to-day
little dream Of, one has but to taste the
famous Choiar wine, note the curious
difference between the Shirazis and other
Persians of today and then look up at
the old ruins of persppolis to come to the
conclusion that the three things have
some mysterious counection.-Th
Stevens In New York sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Cuban villages or p':eblos have always
Interested me deeply They are Of little
Importance as we measure things. There
Is nothing about them in architecture or
human activities to make them worthy of
account. They are seldom populous and
are never busy In them and between
them, enterprise, rivalry, aspiration, are
unknown. But on this great earth are
not other spots so full of simplicity and
eilortless rest.
There are Just enough people in them
to make human presence an agreeable
consciousness. There is never any labor
.dcne in any way that tires Nobody
hurries There Is 40 fretting or tuning
nbout anything No one is supposed to
be in haste. Nor could any such notion
ever come TO surprise and annoy the
mind Every animate or iuanimate OBJ
Ject seems Mt rest II you desire to set
a Cubnu village in an uproar of indignant
wondcrment, YOU have only to hint of do
Ing, or of desiring something done quick
ly. Even the winds that blow move in
soft and soothing breeZes, eloquent of list
less dreamfulness The birds sing in
subdued notes rs I half asleep. Uuiyer-
sal siesta rests upon everything The
very air wings narcotic, and pulses balm,
TO the sense and soul Despite YOUR own
contempt for Cuban Illumination, after n
little, your best efforts are overcome; YOU
yield to the inseusible sirens of scene
and scent and sound; and the enthrall-
meut possesses you wholly. Edgar L.
MAkenun in New York Mail and Express.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

The desperate straits to which travelling
theatrical companies are driven to devise
original advertising lodges, since the
FORMULATING street band has ceased TO
be Il novelty, is evidenced by the fact that
one manager in The west has Organized
ms men into baseball nine. The adj
vance agent manages for a game with n
local nine on the afternoon of the arrival
OF the company, If there is no baseball
club IN the community, a scrub nine is
selected and uniforms are loaned them Inv
the manager who carries two sets for lust
such an emergency. The Thespjaus
always allow the local nine to beat Them
as an inspiration to local pride Thecom-
pany generally only plays one night in
each place, but if there is "A second NIGHT
return game is announced for the next
afternoon. The dodge is found TO Inc n
most effective advertisement, and tbe
company has played TO uniformly good
Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

The manners of women in public con.
vcy anccs vary but they alt get oil Il
str ct car in the same way. Watch any
particular one. She motions To the con.
duo tor and slides 10 the edge of the seat.
on which she sits perfectly still until the
car comes To fun stop Then she walks
calmly to the platform On the lower
step she hesitates, leans forward. peeps
up the street, looks across the street.
gat hers up her skirts. looks down and
back 10 see that thcy are not too hi.h
Tor propricty, glances shyly up to see il
the lmperuncut men are staring. takes
another look around the horizon and de
parts The conductor jerks 1.-The bell
strap with pemicious activity. Glares at
tho woman until she reaches the side.
walk, and then hastily scans the faces Of
the men on the platform. He is looking
FOR sympathy But he gets none. Every
glance Is sharpened at the fair creature
who has just alighted Philadelphia
Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

I do not think children ought TO be
written for or down to. Children are
quite capable. In an intelligent house
hold the little folks are quite capable OF
approaching the ordinary conversation
that goes ON between the members of the
family--so much of it, at least, that is
good, and eliminating that which is bad.
When child goes into great library I
is known that literature that Is good
makes its impress, but literature that IS
bad fails to penetrate the childish mind.
They may read Shakespeare or the Old
Testament and they will never know
anything except what is wholesome and
good in it, | think the whole business Of
children's literature, like Sunday school
treatment and pamphlets, has been over
done, aud it IS in large measure done TO
the artificial stimulation of the publish
ers. The vast portion of it is of a very
dyspeptic character. 1t weakens their
minds.
These builders of nursery fiction write
about children so and so; but children
want something more ideal. Very young
children, almost all the very young chill
dren-and when | use the world child
mean those varying in age from s to 10
are interested in Homer and would like us
to write about him, or the Had story of
the Odyssey. Such subjects are much
more wholesome and would serve better
ends But in the present literature there
is nothing encryating or stimulating to
the mind, nothing but what retards de-
velopment In every way Something
more ideal is wanted. The Imagination
of the child wants to be fed MS much as
his eyes and appetite | don't mean that
the child should read lot Of fiction all
the while. That is not the point. Even
a perfectly commonplace diet is as injuy-
Gus to u child as it is to you. Charles
Dudley Warner in Inter- Ocean Interview.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

81 can do better with bad bills than
anybody else" says the manager, .'be
cause | employ professional collectors,
Collecting is profession just as much as
soliciting is, or the practice of medicine or
law. The collector must be a diplomat,
q courtier, II judge and an eXecutioner.
have men in my employ who command
big salaries because they have developed
wonderful tact in this direction 70 show
you the difference in men, last week
gave Il lot of down town bills to new
collector. After two days work he came
back without dollar. This week my
regular collector returned to work. The
debtors were strangers to him, as they
had been to the other man, but this col.
lector knew his business and tother
one didn t. This man came back with
about 80 cent. of the money. | have the
city divided into districts, and each col
lector attends strictly TO his own terri
tory. That saves unnecessary travelling.
1t also enables him to make frequent calls
where he can get his. money only on the
iustalment plan, which is Il method often
pursued with poor people.
81 can tell you one thing. 1t IS not the
poor people to whom money comes slowly
and by hard knocks that refuse to pay
their bills. They will pay when they can.
1t is the well to do dead beats that give
us most trouble-men who could pay but
won't just as long as they can get out of
it, You would be surprised to hear the
names Of some of the dead beats | could
mention to you-prominent business men
and men high in official station Lawyers
are the worst ! do not mean the poor,
struggling lawyers, for they cannot yet
extensive credit; but successful promi-
nent lawyers, whocould pay if they would.
The city is full of respectable dead beats?
Wen, just you 60 into the collection bust
ness and you'll find out how many there
are h-Chcago Herald.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

do I rom tests made several years ago the
,S,,,.'I was drawn that iron bars
e ','' bear the reiterated application Of
3 ;,,'s. tnlfd the breaking weight without in
jury jury mat is, comparatively light stress
ieilff",eaiy applied wi}l break bar of iron
, MN the same certainty ms the single an
b p Of a heavy stress. Hence nrn.
I Heuee requires that in manufacturinp
i Ieall's they be made capable of bearing mt
,ea5t SIX times the greatest weight tbnt
cnuiu be laid upon them.-Globe-D Demo-
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

"What do you do when you "', big
waiterg' / said to the proprietor o., ., " aoo
hotel in the West End Ie" '.a,nn9se
"Send TO one Of their clubs, , 5"di me
l want a courier to personally co con IA the
through the continent SEM ING out
couriers' club; but couriers are Which
of fashion, killed by education ..rbe Eng
race makes the best waiterf i" 10
lishman; but he drinks and IS ssa ,tl his
prigging; therefore, the German ,'i%nnipsf'
place. "Can you prevent uppP|Pall
Not if we paid twice the wages
Mall Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13
Let Your Work Talk

Mr.. Box says, in his Literary Leaves
published i'll Tho New York Graphic
that an editor Of one of the great mara.
zines said tohim, inreply to his question
Are personal introductions helpful f.
young authors
Don't go toa friend who knows the
editor and get letter of introduction; il
viii bore the friend, the editor and
eventually yourself. If you suggest the
value Of a friend at court remember
that the editor has met this scheme a
thousand times. 1t means that YOU ask
nm to make an exception of your case
against his Judgment. and this annoys
nm to begin with. If you want to sell
a firm a I'LL Of goods you do not feel
that you need q letter of Introduction to
the buyer, and an editor is in exactly His
position OF one who is always buyinr
what he thinks is calable."
There IS good dead of truth in this
advice. Of the magazine editor Tho
authors best friend or his worst enemy
Is his manuscript. That should be Lis
letter Of introduction without any nrn.
h1@in2.y Eouriahes in the shape of actual
R'-eEs OF t-,loduction.-The Epoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Louise Michel, or the "Red Virgin, ~ as
she is called from her austere morality
and her revolutionary opinions, is gradu-
ally recovering from her wound. After
the surgeons had spent two or three DAYS
vain.y probing for the bullet which was
supposed to be lodged in her head ut the
base of the brain. they began to look
grave and talked of pyRmia, assesses
and such like There was a good LAUGH
when the bullet was finally found, bv ac-
cident, sticking in the virgins bonnet.
where no one had thought Of looking for
1t, A good sized bee ia her bonnet Louise
has always had, and still has. Her last
hobby is the defense of the man who fired
at her She says she thinks that the man
was "hypnotizedp by her eloquence, and
that he fired lin a moment of hallucina
ton" She has engaged, at her own eX-
peuse, the famous criminal LAWYER.
laguerrc, to defend him, and meanwhile
she advises his removal to the care of DR.
Charcot, as She thinks the case of n man
"hypnotized 10y the exposition of ideas
above his intelligence" very curious
one and deservtngo OF careful study.-Paris
Cor. New York Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

In about another decade the American
and Canadian legislative bodies will not
hc absorbed with arguments ON the home
aud habits of the festive codliah. lie is
slowly disappearing from our coasts, and
the banks of Newfoundland which knew
him once know him no more, Fishermen
now practice deep sea fishing with very
poor results, as the cod seems 10 fight Shy
Of ali bait While we consider these facts
our attention is directed to the other side
Of The globe, where immense schools Of
Goldfish are reported on the west coast Of
Africa, although they have never been
heard OF in that quarter before. They
must have grown tired of the eternal
squahbling about their feeding grounds
and have en- grated to neutral territory
Queer, isn't il. About he opening of the
next century Goldfish will be rare deli
cacy, aud IN l960or thereabouts the secret
Of that delightful democratic dish known
rs the goldfish bah viii only inger as a
memory in the chronicles of the cuisine
Fish Dealer in GloJe-Dcmocrut
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1891-03-13

Convalescent Ito physiciam-I see your
bill, doctor, calls for ten dollars. How much
do you charge visiti
Fhysician--Two dollars.
Convalescent-Rut you only called three
times.
Physician-Five times my friend, three
times for treatment and twice for my money.
Con&alescent-I guess had better hurry
and pay up.-Epoch.