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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

She was convaiescent from la grippe
and as she leaned back in the depths OF
her easy chair she played with the roses
in her lap, which had been brought hel
by the first caller she had been able tc
receive, and smiled over some stories he
was telling her of a summer at-well
Well only say at certain fashionable
watering place on Narragansett bay.
Zone of the beauties whom used to see
at the casino" said he, ''was young
married belle about twenty-three OF
four, | should think, and her husband
was about sixty and it was great fun
watching them. There was such good
story, bona ide truth it was, too, about
their engagement. He called at her
home one evening and offered his heart,
hand and fortune in correct style.
Pretty Miss Bud said she must ask
mamma and coyly tripped up stairs to
mamma, who told her that every girl
did not get such chance as that, and OF
course she was to accept him.
Down she went, picturing the ardent
lover awaiting her return with anxious,
throbbing heart and found the old gen
teman comfortably asleep in the big
gest armchair, while an occasional snore
attested to the depth of his slumbers.
Il hope she didn't wake the poor old
thing up" said the convalescent, when
she got her breath again after her laugh.
"Oh, yes she did. Catch her losing that
chance! She woke him up and told him
it was all right and she'd have him.
Boston Saturday Gazette.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
THE oECOLLETE DRESS
Wen Known Woman Condemns It II
Very Pointed language.

! Wen Enot-n Woman Condemns It Ia
Very Pointed language.
1t is a fact. gloss il anyhow as we
may, that decent women have never
dressed 50 indecently in our country and
our century as they do in fashionable
life today.
Would that some enterprising journal
might take the moral census Of this sub
iect as a substitute for prize baby com
petitions, We should like to throw
down the gauntlet to the women Of
America: Defend these immoralities!
Speak up for yourselves if you camp
do not believe that two reputable women
in the land would dare publicly to de-
fend the styles Of undress which now
disgrace our sex. The time has more
than come for such protest against this
abomination as will smite women to the
dust for shame. What is to be said!
Enter any fashionable drawing room
and look for yourselves. What is said?
Think of it, you high born ladies-think
of it!
In the most decorous city in our coun-
try lady representing what may be
deservedly called one of the best"
families in the state, herself middle
aged, queenly, home loving matron, the
wife of an affectionate husband, the
mother of grown sons and daughters,
wears her dress-but my pen shrinks
from writing what this high bred lady
does. This case, which represents scores
of others, is Of Importance. because the
Tffan6ky. hGy.-alf 10, e l..
offense. and so far in other respects
above it. There is no life Of concealed
dishonor, no intrigue, no shoddy birth
right, no fast and loose views of duty.
The woman is otherwise immaculate.
How explain this ethical enigma? Are
our ladies morally insane, or mentally?
Do they know what they are doing? And
if not, why not? How shall we charac-
terize the too low corsage with some
nothing for sleeve? The lower bodice
with no sleeve at all? Nudity covered by
transparency And what is known as the
V-back? They are below excuse, as they
are beyond explanation. What moral
mania blunts the disabilities that ought
to fix the standards Of a nation? What
dementia deters the lever womanly"
from leading us on" at least so far that
the simplest instinct of feminine modesty
that which covers nakedness-
keep stroke with the moral development
of the age? Let it be said that gay
women always have dressed improperly.
What of it, Is that any reason why they
always should?-Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
in Forum
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
NEAR AND FAR.

At the Little End Of Nowhere lived q stne,.
little man: /
He had nobody for company but little black
and tan;
There was not much to do there, as psrhars
you will suppose.
For as he had no neighbors. he had neithse
friends nor foes.
And SO lie fen to wondering, and wondered
night and day:
\ wonder why the people live 50 very Tar
away
They must find 1t ineonveuient, should think
extremely SO!
For when they come here, they will have 81,
very far 10 gol''
AT last be took a high resolve; he said: .ru 90
and see
Wig those misguided people live 50 far AWAY
from me.
Perhaps it Is their Ignorance. and ran al,
them straight
Before they grow 50 very old that IL Will ba
too late,''
So be walked and walked and walked and
walked until he found q city,
And TO the people he expressed his wonder
ment and pity.
He was completely thunderstruck when sonna
enc CHANGED to say,
lis you my worthy little friend. who live 50
far awsyi''
he won't home ponGering deeply; he said: III
cannot bel
That person is inzane-'tis they that live so
far from mel
But I'll be patient with them, and perhaps
they'll learn. some day,
That such a distance from INV home nust
needs be far awayr'
Margaret Vandegrift In st. Nicholas.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Ants Like Human Beings.

1t has been ascertained beyond a
doubt that in Texas and South AuoEr-
lea, as well as in southern Europe,
India and Africa, there are ants
which not only have a military or
ganization and wage systematic war
fare, but also keep slaves and carry
ON agricultural pursuits Nineteen
species of ants with these habits
have been already discovered and
their modes of life more or less fully
described. Indeed, nearly all the in
situations and grada6ons of culture
and civilization which the human
race has passed through, and of
which we find survivals among the
different tribes of men. exist also
among ants.-Atlantic Monthly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

In this country the Long Distance
Telephone company makes a special
feature Of giving concerts and enter
tainments by telephone to large gath
erings in towns where the long dis
lance service is introduced for the
first time. These entertainments are
generally conducted from the head
office in New York, from which office
some of the numbers in the pro-
gramme will be provided. Perhaps
in the New York office there will be a
string band, a quartet, oornet soloist
and an elocutionist The artistic en-
deavors of these performers will be
varied by swi ching on a line to a the
alter where some popular comic opera
is being performed, or to the house of
some favorite singer who has prom
ised to sing song at a certain hour. In
this manner large audience atsome
town 200 or 800 miles from New York
Is treated TO fin de steele variety en-
tertainment that only electricity can
provide. Electricity.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Heart Failure, So Called.

"Heart failure" is interpreted at the
health Office as meaning heart disease.
DR.. McShane, assistant health commits
sioner, who is acting health commission
er in the absence of DR.. Robe, says that
heart failure l. no disease itself, but a
result of disease. and simply means
"died for want of breath" Heart dis
ease itself, the doctor says. is an indeti-
mite term as we'll as heart failure, for
there are many kinds of disease of the
heart. There are no medical works
which give heart failure as the cause Of
death, as the term simply means fail
ure Of the vital powers from whatever
may be the cause. The term heart fail
ure is used Of late years because the doc
tors have nothing else to say, and in
many instances it is assigned as cause
when physician has not made proper
diagnosis of case.-Baltimore Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
She Wore a Liberty Gown.

Among the young girls who gathered
about Celia Thaxter, the authoress, at
the seashore was one who wore the most
extraordinary gowns. They were from
the famous shop in London kept by Lib
erty, and were of the soft India silk, of
subdued, neutral tint, so much affected
by high art damoisels of the lily and the
asphodel type.
The clinging diaphonous drapery was
also connection of Liberty, who not
only imports the silks, but has them
made up into such frocks as the Maid
of Astotal," or, further back, Greek
Hebe might have worn. One of the sea-
shore habitues returned from the Isle Of
Shoals and was catechized regarding the
high art girl.
Il think her dresses are horrid," she
CHANGED to comment.
'How can You think so?" queried the
stay at home. Why, they are Liberty
gowns"
WELL retorted the girl. "if that il
Liberty give me death. "-Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Not the Spelling,

A solid young fellow who had been writ
Ing letter with pencil got up from his
seat in the Erie depot for stroll around,
leaving his unfinished letter on the seat.
A man came in, took the seat TO wait for
his train and in an absent way picked up
the missive. He held it in his hands when
the young man returned and said:
"That's my letter, mister"
well, you can have ii" was the reply.
ibid you read iti"
$40. That is, | glanced over few
lines of it, and noticed that hardly word
was spelled correctly"
1T is letter to my girl"
"Yes"
Girl I'm going to marry"
Yes"
"And don't care cooked hat about the
spelling. What want to impress on that
girl is luv, l-u-v, and lots of it, for there's
sixty acres of land and a sawmill behind
her."-New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

The demand for willow wood for
artificial legs has grown immensely
in recent years. The funny men on
the stage talk glibly of cork legs, but
hight willow limbs are more popular.
English makers claim that the best
willow in the world is to be found
along the banks of the small streams
IN their southern counties, and there
seems some ground for their conten-
ton, although an immense quantity
OF good willow wood is cut every
year in this country. Statisticians
say that over 1 ZOO, 600 English speak
ing men wear or walk on wooden
legs, and this accounts for the enor-
nous trade in limbs of this kind.
The old fashioned stump with an
iron tip on it Is seldom seen now. It
was a great success in its day, and
with reasonable care and luck lasted
close on to lifetime; but it was too
awkward and conspicuous, not to say
noisy, to be popular The modern
wooden leg is more costly, but it is
much more comfortable, and MANY
a man who is compelled to walk by
the aid of one can give pointers in
grace and department to others more
blessed by fortune. st. Louis Globe
Democrat. :
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
A Sort of Digital Depression.

Did you ever notice when a man
smites his thumb with a hammer whils
putting down carpet under wifely
supervision and criticism how quickly
he thrusts the bruised and throbbing
member into his ready MOUTH People
think it is because the application is
soothing. But no: it is an involuntary
movement, same as winking. The man
cannot hels it. Nature knows what the
man would be apt to say under the cir
cumstances, and so she has provided
him with stopper and has ordained
that whenever he hits his thumb hard
enough to hurt-and it doesn't take very
much to nearly kill a man when he Is
doing something he doesn't want to-by
a sort of interlocking system the thumb
flies into his mouth and stops him up, so
that he can't say anything. Some men
whom you and | know should be pro-
vided with an extra thumb which they
might carry about in their hand all the
time 1t wasn't in active use. 1t would
be great thing, wouldn't it?-Robert
j. Burdette in Ladies Home Journal.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Freuch EancieA

They recognize American celebrities
IN Paris after truly French fashion.
They invent something at which moth
ing imaginable could persuade the ce
lebrity to look twice, and then they
call it by his name and are happy
For instance, the Buffalo necklet and
bracelet, named for Hon. William F.
Cody, are narrow bands of gold,
whence depend fringes of crystals
vaguely and sweetly called Mexican
stones" by the Parisians. Then there
is the Edison trunk, fat little box
with a carved cover strapped down
with ribbons. and With big rosettes set
on wheresoever a rosette will cling,
and filled with sugar plums, about as
suggestive OF Edison as palm tree
would bs.-Boston Transcript
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
A Pbilanthropio Dncbes.

Themost conspicuous toilet at the last
state ball at Buckingham palace was
worn by the duchess of Leinster. It was
her night to wear diamonds, and she
fairly glittered in them. She wore dia-
mond epaulets, diamond corselet, coils
of lightly mounted Diamonds among the
laces of her wondrous gown, diamond
tiara, diamond bracelets. a diamond
necklace and more diamond brooches
and buckles than the dazzled beholder
could count. And yet this woman does
not live for dress alone. 1t is related to
her credit that at Maynooth, Ireland,
she has established an industrial school
for women and girls, where the pupils
are taught various industries. The
duchess herself at times teaches q class
in the institution, and the verdict ia
that she ought to cover herself with
diamonds if she wants TO. Exchange
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
No Evidence to the Contrary.

A young Catholic priest, shortly after
beginning his labors in his first parish,
received a visit from one of the older
fathers. Anxious to show the progress
he had made he called up class in cate
chism for questioning.
"Biddy Maloney," he began, stand
up"
A slip Of girl. with blue eyes and
brown freckles, arose in her place.
What, Biddy," said the young father,
''is meant by the howly state of matri-
mony?"
"Shure," began Biddy glibly, :. it's
sayson of tormint upon which the soul
inters to fit it fer the blissid state to
come"
"Och!" cried the questioner, angry and
mortified; ito the foot of the class wild
ye, Biddy Maloney. It's the m aiming of
purgatory ye're afther givin'."
But here the old priest interposed with
quizzical smile. mot too fast, me
young brother" he said restrainingly-
mot too fast. Fer aught you and
know to the contrary the gurrul may
be perfectly right. "-Harper's Magazine.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
The Right Color of a Pipe.

Colonel Wagstaff, of New York
city, has valuable pipe on whose
bowl Is carved the head of an Ara
bian. The colonel has used the ut
most care in coloring the pipe, and
stopped smoking it as soon as it had
acquired the beautiful chestnut
brown SO highly priced by the
smoker. Curiously enough the color
is very natural one so far as an
Arab is concerned. Colonel Wagstaff
is well known collector of pipes, of
which he has about fifty. collector.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Feminine Qualities In Great Men.

Furthermore, believe that in the
highest minds certain intermixture of
this feminine element of intuition with
the masculine element of pure reason is
always present. Great wits jump; that
is to say, they are essentially intuitive
They see at a glance what plodders take
years and years to arrive at. There is in
all genius, however virile, certain un-
dercurrent of the best feminine charac-
teristics. am thinking now not merely
of the Raphaels, the Shelleys and the
Mendelssohns, but also even of the New
tons, the Gladstones and the Edisons.
They have in them something of the
womanly, though not of the womanish.
In one word, the man of genius is COM
prehensively human. AS he always re-
suits from a conveyance of many fine
stocks upon single point, SO also, it
seems to me, he often results from a
union or conveyance of male and female
qualities. -Grant Allen in Forum.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
a TORPEDO SHOOTERS STORY.


Inc inlngs he Thought Of During o
Flight Through the Air.
Not every day does one meet with q
man who has been blown seyenty-fiye
feet through the air and lived to tell of it,
but such man Is John McCleary, who
lives in comfortable home in Green
point with his wife and two children.
ind drives custom house truck down
town for a living. He was at lunch
near by when one Of the steam-h heating
explosions at the corner of Broadway
and Fulton street took place, and SO was
q reporter. The atmosphere was con-
aucive to explosive story telling, and
McCleary told Of his experience to an
interested group, and produced number
OF newspaper clippings to verify the ex-
traordinary occurrence. One Of them
was from the Eldred Penn Eagle, and
it called McCleary the hero Of the nitro
glycerine explosion at Haynaker, Pa,
in 1880, and said that every stitch Of
clothes had been stripped from his body
during his fight Of seventy-ive feet
through the air.
McCleary explained that he was what
is known as torpedo shooter. In de-
scribing his sensations he said: "When
the explosion took place was probably
twenty feet from the stuff. l saw a
binding flash as if the world had sud-
denly taken fire. knew that / made an
attempt to run from the derrick. I felt
that had maybe minute to live, and
l remember resolving to occupy that
minute in running. All at once it seemed
to me as though in the attempt l had
taken fearful leap, and that was going
downtown as one in dream. knew
intuitively that the explosion had taken
place. but had not heard the report,
strange to say. Everything looked blue,
and began to wonder if the explosion
had killed me and if | was dead. cal.
culated how many others were dead. |
could hear their widows crying and
witnessed their funerals. | suppose it
took me ten seconds to be thrown to
where | was found, but it seemed to be
ten years, and had time to think of a
thousand different things.
FINALLY lost consciousness, and that
was when l struck the ground, sup
pose. was badly broken up, and finally
gave up shooting wells for good and
came to New York. No, now that l
realize the great risk, the hazardous life,
the almost daily danger of death, would
not go back to it again for a FARM
New York Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Mrs. Gibbs Annual Charity.

Mrs T. R. Gibbs, resident Of New
port and lover Of little people. gives a
July fete every year to which every
small boy and girl in the city is well
come. AT the last fete the poor little
ones Were entertained in a pink and
white tent big enough to cover a circus,
at which many society ladies assisted
There were music, recitations and games,
and each youngster received a small
flag, big seed cake, box of ice cream
and box Of candies. Newport Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

In 1885 there were throughout the
immense empire of Russia, with total
population of l08, 1877 ,235, only thirty-six
towns containing more than $4,000 in
habitants, and only thirteen with more
than 100000. The latter, in descending
order, Were: st. Petersburg 1851 ,3O3),
Moscow 75S,469), Warsaw (454, 29s),
Odessa (240,00O), Kiza Q76,3S2), Khar-
khov Q71, 426), Kiev Q65, 561), Kazan
J99,015), Saratov Q22,s2 Tashkend
Q21 ,410), Kitchener geo. O74). LODI (11S,-
413) and Wilma zoe, s45). -Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
A Poor Man.

What does your husband do nowg' In
quired the parson.
"Well," answered the heart broken wife,
'he buys half dozen different papers and
tries to make monsy in their guessing con-
tests 'SJud1N
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

A good book and good woman are
excellent things for those who know how
to appreciate their value. There are
men, however, who judge Of both from
The beauty of their c9ysEiRg.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

At the Paris exposition medal was
awarded The Teacher, a journal first is
sued three years ago by Miss Mary r.
Hargrove, teacher in the public schools,
and then % years of age. This young
publisher has not only ceased to teach,
but has transferred the business of her
magazine to other hands. having her
time wholly employed in editorial duties.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
Explained.

II gave McWatty notice to vacate my
premises four months ago, and he hasn't
gone yet" exclaimed an angry landlord
ats no wonder he requires so long to
move" replied Gazlay; hes a chess
player. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

Jack-May ask you to smile upon the
jockey with the red capt
Jessie-Whys
Jack-Because that smile OF yours is the
most winning thing l know of, and I've
big money on that horse.-Pittsburg Bull
letin
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

Bjones-Do you see that man across
the street, I tell you he is public bene
factor.
Bjenks-How sol
Bjones-He keeps still when he hasn't
anything to say.-Somerville Journal,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

Babies don't cry for the sake of
crying, or to make others uncomfort-
able. They know no such thing as
passion, and hence cannot cry from
anger. A baby cannot swear, scold,
pout or vent his displeasure by box
ing some ones ears, kicking the dog
or indulging in any such antics which
70 relieve an adults pent up teelinos.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

How did the wind treat your" asked a
mower of the field as leaf iuttered to the
ground
oh, very WELL Just blew me off, an
swsrsd the leaf.-New York Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16

AS result of experiment and re-
search, Mir William Marriott. of the
English Meteorological society, claims
that thunderstorns are not of an
erratic nature, as generally supposed.
He describes them as consisting of
atmospheric whirls" following laws
similar to those of other cyclonic dis
MISUNDERSTANDING Public Opinion.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-08-16
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The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
Indian Creek

l nave not seen any i;oms from
these parts for some time. l will try
and write a few.
1t is quite frosty weather fT gath.
erlng corn these mornings.
Ed Metcalf finished gathering corn
last week.
Clarence Reed is busy Smelling corn.
He has shelled close to 10000 bush
els tins fall. We have heard he was
going to get married. Some young
lady must have popped the question.
A Mr.. Boyd from Ohio was looking
at land on the creek last week. !
Mrs George Scott is visiting with
her sister in Grand Island. George
had about 600 bushels OF corr SHIELDED
last week.
Geo. b. Lea built a barn this fall.
His son Frank did the work. PAT.
The Red Cloud chief., 1892-12-23
Notice.

Our books and accounts have been
left with II. Il. Pond for settlement
aud all indebted to US will call and
settle with him.
HARRIS & GUsT.