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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

The call ''Biddy, biddy,r to hens
and chickens is not explained The
dictionaries say ''biddy" is childish
name for a hen; but where did the
child get the namel The other farm
yard calls, such as Chick, chick, )" to
the hens, Turk, turk" to the turkeys,
and Duck, duck, to the ducks, seem
to need no explanation.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06
ROYAL
IS THE
Best Baking Powder
The Official Government Reports

The Official Government Reports:
The United States Government after elaborate
tests, reports the ROYAL BAKING POWDER to be Of
greater eavening strength than any other. (Bnk-
ltin 10, Ag. Deb., +. 5oo.)
The Canadian Official Tests, recently made, show
the ROYAL BAKING POWDER highest of all in leaven-
ing strength. (Ballefim 10, r. 49, Inland Rev. Dep
In practical use, therefore, the ROYAL BAKING
POWDER goes further, makes purer and more perfect
food, than any other.
Government Chemists Certify:
"The Royal Baking Powder is composed Of nure and
wholesome ingredients 1t does either alum or pho
phaes or other injurious substances.
EDWARD G. LOVE- PHD"
"The Royal Baking Powder is undoubtedly the pures.
and reliable baking powder offered to the public
"HENRY A. Mort, M. d. PHDn
"The Royal Baking Powder pure in quality and high
Is. strength Of any baking powder of which have knowledge
"WM McMURTRIE, PHI. D."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06
German
Syrup

William McKeekan, Druggist at
Bloomingdale, Mich. Ihave had
the Asthma badly ever since l came
out of the army and though I have
been in the drug business for fifteen
years, and have tried nearly every
thing on the market, nothing has
given me the slightest relief until a
few months ago, when | used b.
schee's German Syrup. / am now
glad to acknowledge the great good
it has done me. lam greatly reliev-
ed during the day and at night go to
sleep without the least trouble" o
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

Delsarte with all bis study in the art of ges-
ticulation, never succeeded in equaling the ex-
preston Of dogs tail when his master puts on
his coat for walk.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06
SPECIAL INTEREST TO FARMERS

Fashion note for young men.-This leap year
is remarkable for new designs.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

aR,apn's Bronchial Troches" are simple
and conyenient for bronchial affections and
a.uohe
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

v.xe your mistakes teach you something.
v' nss never los. his temper in the wilderness
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

preacher with the dyspepsia sian 'ers Go
every time he breaches.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

Stick to it.!
Sometimes you may have to wait.
The troubles that have been years
in gathering can't always be cleared
away in day. For all the diseases
and disorders peculiar to woman
hood, DIR. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription is the surest and speediest
remedy. You can depend upon that
but if your case is obstinate, give
it reasonable time.
It's an invigorating, restorative
tonic, a soothing and strengthen
ing nervine, and a positive specific
for female weaknesses and ailments.
All functional disturbances, painful
Irregularities and arrangements are
corrected and cured by it. All unnat-
ural discharges, bearing-down sensa-
tons, weak back, accompanied with
faint spells and kindred symptoms,
are corrected. In every case for
which it's recommended, "Favorite
Prescription" is guaranteed to give
satisfaction, or the money is re-
funded. No other medicine for
women is sold on such terms. That
proves that nothing else offered BY
the dealer can be "just - good"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

Tho Keeley cure is no good for the "intoxlca-
ton Of love-"
pouse cleaning is necessary In spring; so Is
o,ssnn Blood Purifier for system cleaning.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

Js EnAmelne Stove Polish; no dust. no smell.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-05-06

70 Sold by druggists; 75c.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
cowLEss AND woMANLEss
"Where There Is a Woman There VIII
He Mischief"


st. COLUMBIA left Ireland in the year
563 with a dozen companions, and on
the evening of Whit-Monday, 1871 years
ago exactly, landed On the Island of
Iona, one of the Hebridcs, which is re-
marlable for two reasons, |. e.: From
the fact that st. COLUMBIA banished
cows and women from it's sacred con-
fines, also because of the different ways
the name of the island has been spelled.
During the thousand years following
the close of the sixth century, says the
Detroit Sun, the name was variously
rendered as j, Ii, la, 10, Hy, Iii, Hi,
HE, Hio, HUI, Heu, Huy, Hin, Y and vi.
1t is also known as Icolmkill, I-columb-
kille and Hii-colum-kille, besides Iona,
which is believed to be a misnomer1i it
being thought that the ''n" should/be
'u.''
When COLUMBIA landed on this par
ticular Hebride he gave orders that no
cow or woman should be admitted.
Because" he argued, wherever there
is COW there will be woman. and
where there is a woman there will be
mischief"
To this day the chief reasons why the
tourists visit Iona in such numbers is
because it is known to tradition as
''The Cowless and Womanless Isle.'
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

How the Maiden Saved Her Fathers
Life BY the Forfeit Of Her Own

How the Maiden Saved Her Fathers
| Life BY the Forfeit OF Her Own,
When the bell tower OF Pekin was
built the Emper Yung-lo OF the Ming,
dynasty ordered great mandarin:
named Kuanyu to cast a bell big
enough for such a noble edifice. Time
after time Kuan-yu and the expert
workmen in the country tried to cast
bell and failed; the casting was al
ways honey-combed, and the emperor
said II there was one more failure
Kuan-yu's head should pay the for
lett for it.
Now Kuan-yu had a daughter, a
beautiful girl OF 10, named Ko-ai; she
went to certain astrologer and asked
the cause OF her fathers failure. Some
demon, she was informed, required the
blood OF O maiden to be mixed with
the metal, and unless this was done
the next casting would fail, like the
previous ones. (
Ko-ai got permission from her IA.
Their to be present at the next casting,
and amid the dead silence which pre-
vailed when the taps were drawn, and
the molten stream poured down into
the mold, shrek WAS heard, and,
crying "For my father" Ko-ai threw
herself into the seething metal. One
OF the workmen tried to seize her, but
succeeded in getting hold only ota
shoe.
The father was taken home a raving
mailman, but the bell was perfect in
make and tone, and when struck its
sonorous boom is, to this day, fol-
lowed by a low, waiing sound, like the
cry OF woman in agony, and when
people hear it they say; There's Ko-
nj, calling for her shoe"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

struggled here have consecrated II, ar
above our poor power to add or detract.
The world will little note nor long re.
member what we say here, but it can
never forget what they did here. 1t is
for us. the living, rather, to be dedi.
Gated here to the unfinished work
which they who fought here have
thus far so nobly advanced. 1t Is
rather for US to be here dedicated tc
the great task remaining before us
that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause foi
which they gave the last full measure
of devotion-that we here highly re-
solve that these dead shall not have
died in vain-that this nation, under
God, shall have new birth of free.
dom-and that government Of the PEG.
pie, by the people, for the people, shall
not perish from the earth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Platinum as a Purifier.

The smallest ring OF platinum kept
at white heat will act as a smoke and
iume destroyer, even in a compara-
tivoly small room. Why this is 80 I
have never seen explained, and GER
tain it is that an ordinary metal
heated to a great extent increases, in.
stead OF destroys smoke. In some OF
the best European hotels the pecu-
liar purifying virtue OF heated platin-
um as taken advantage OF to secure
ladies from annoyance while smoking
is going on. In some clubs, whore
smoking is incessart almost day and
night, small platinum lamps burning
spirits OF wine are kept to clear the
mir OF the excess OF tobacco smoke.
But o ring of the metal suspended
above O gas JET or coal oil lamp
chimney answers exactly the Same
purpose, and is not nearly the same
trouble. II the smoke-destroying
powers OF platinum can be reduced to
n more practical business basis it may
be possible in time to do away alto,
gether with tho distinctions between
smoking and non-smoking cars and
rooms.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Can Man change the cllmate7

The fact that man has been able to
produce many great changes OF
the earth is tribute to his in
dustry and ingenuity. But it is
possible that he is bringing about
effects OF equal Importance without
intending them. This reflection is
suggested by recent article OF Doctor
]. f. Taylor on the question whether
the British climate is changing.
1t is only within the last ten
years that the great part that
dust plays in weather-making has
come to be properly understood. The
colors OF sunrise and sunset are
largely, perhaps mainly, due to the
presence OF invisible dust in the
atmosphere. The wind and the
temperature OF the air are also
affected by dust. The existence OF
clouds may be entirely dependent
upon the presence OF dust particles.
Doctor lay or suggests that the i'm.
mense quantity OF dust discharged in
to the air by the innumerable fuel
consuming engines OF this age OF me.
chanical progress may increase the
cloudiness of country like England,
and thereby lead to colder and gloom
Ter seasons.
When we recall the minuteness OF
man in comparison with the great
globe that he inhabits and the vast
ocean OF air that surrounds him, 1T
appears very surprising that he
should be able to bring about such ef-
fects.
But it must be remembered that he
is dealing continually with giant pow
ers OF nature which are 80 delicately
balanced that q mere touch, as 1T
were, suflices sometimes to set them
operating in q new way.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
MISS RUTH KIMBALI..


the BLACKLIST forest of Africa Of whose
horrors Stanley has so graphically told.
But before Miss Kimball, none had en-
tered the correspondents gallery of
the national capital. Naturally there
was great deal of curiosity to see the
avant courier of her sex, and speculation
was rife. Was she like the typical
champion of woman's rights? 1t was
feared so, and as they thought of such
possibility the thinkers groaned.
And the more they thought the more
convinced they became that it could be
no other. But when on one afternoon
of last winter there. came into the sa-
cred precincts of the gallery a young
woman scarce past the borderland of
girlhood, tall, graceful to degree,
with a clear, frank face and refine
ment of manner that stamped her well
bred, and whose engraved card bore the
inscription: Ruth Kimball, st. Paul
Globe" there was sudden destruc-
ton of preconccived ideas and general
ratification sprang up in their stead
Speculation then turned to the quail
ity of her work, and the investigation
was equally surprising. There was
some trouble over her formal admission
to the gallery, owing to the want of
precedent, but that was passed and
thereafter all was well. There were
many special articles written about
her of very complimentary character.
They would have turned the head of
many, but it didn't disturb the equili-
brium of her head a hairs breadth.
She was successful but that did not
surprise her. She had felt she would
be, and her former successes on the
local staff of the paper and prior work
on other newspapers had given her rea-
son for confidence. She rapidly ac-
quired valuable acquaintance and
her Geographic news as well as her let
| ter correspondence was accurate, fresh
and exceedingly well prepared.
She yields n graceful pen and the
critical editors of many publications
willingly testify to the cleverness of her
verses, many of which they have pub
lished. Before going to Washington
she did regular reportorial work and
dramatic criticism. In the discharge
of her duties she has brushed a great
deal with the world, but through 1t all
she has preserved intact the intrinsic
charm of true womanhood, and therein
proved false the belief of many that to
enter the vocations thus far occupied
by man almost alone necessitates di.
vorce from all, or at least from some.
thing that is good and beautiful in he,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
sparks from tho Camp Fire.

Officers and soldiers of the French
army will henceforward have mum.
bered metallic plate fastened on theii
collars for purposes of Identification.
A similar scheme is being considered
for the benefit of miners.
Private Dalzell of Ohio says that he
will no longer consent to be called
Private Dalzell. Let's see. Who was
it that first started calling Mr.. Dalzell
"Private?" AS near as can be remem.
bered it was man named Dalzell who
lived in Ohio.-Buffalo Express.
The twelfth annual rifle and fourth
annual cavalry competition for the
Department of Missouri took place in
the Fort Leavenworth rifle range last
week. The teams were composed OF
forty-two infantrymen and twenty-sis
cavalrymen. Among these are some Of
the finest sharpshooters in tine United
States army. The firing was at known
distances of 200, 800, 500 and 600 yards
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

ance, the most unexpected episode
almost ceases to be an object of comment
after the lapse of q couple of days.
The arrival therefore of Miss Ruth
Kimball in their midst as the duly ac-
credited Washington correspondent
of a st. Paul paper must
have been a strange experience.
From the time the news that she was
coming was first heard and for some
time after her arrival, the incident was
the theme of frequent discussion. 1t
was not due to the fact that 1t was
Miss Kimball who came, but to the
altogether unprecedented act of big
daily newspaper sending to the ma
tional capital woman for its regular
telegraphic correspondent.
Women have followed man into
nearly all pursuits. They have gone
upon the battlefield and penetrated
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
A coLoRsp INDIVIDUAL.
A New Sort OF 0host Troubling ~
Iowa Town.

A New Sort OF Ohost Troubling An
lows Town.
A black ghost has been frightening
the women and many Of the men in
the town of Abba, Iowa. 1t Is decid-
eddy funereal in its appearance. Instead
of being white and airy II Is black as
night, and only disports itself while
the moon is at its height. In the south
part of the city is house supposed to
be haunted. Years ago a woman who
lived there mysteriously disappeared,
and II Is from this house that the ebon-
lied spectre seems to base its opera
tions. 1t Is In form q woman,
dressed in the deepest black,
and heavily yelled. 1t seems to have
a schedule of hours, and never
appears earlier than IL o'clock and has
bern seen as late as o'clock in the
morning. Lovers taking n stroll are
confronted by it and put to fight by
the shade solemnly pointing long
black finger Mt them. Her favorite
pastime seems to be to follow unac-
companied women, and when they
gather up their raiment and flee she
simply stands and gazes wistfully after
them. She has been traced to the old
building, but no one has been found
brave enough to venture in after night
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
The Painting OIrf,

1t seems that after all modern pro
gress and physical culture have not
quite obliterated the fainting girl
There still remains few who, making
close study OF all possibilities, uni
derstand that sometimes the sudden
loss OF consciousness may be used "a
good effect. At hop last week opi
OF the young girls tainted and had "a
be carried out. Next day she wal
overheard telling her friends Of he'd
mishap and amused the listener grcati
ily by lamenting sorrowfully as she
ended her narration that she went
over SO Unexpectedly she didn't even
have time to choose her man.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Abraham LincoIns Address.

Four score and seven years ago our
fathers brought forth on this conti-
nent new nation, conceived in liberty,
and dedicated to the proposition that
oil men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in civil war,
testing whether that nation, or any
nation so conceived and so dedicated,
can long endure. We are met on a
great battlefield of that war. We
have come to dedicate aportion Of that
field as final resting-place for those
who here gave their lives that that
nation might live. 1t is altogether
fitting and proper that we should do
this.
But, in larger sense, we cannot
delicate--we cannot consecrate = we
cannot hallow-this ground. The
brave men, living and dead, who
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

A sound OF charging legions. yell on yell.
From bordering woods that fringe the dell;
Borne in the breeze DER the fiowery lea,
IT'S heard on tho banks OF the winding Peach
Tree
Through the rugged pines they come In sight,
Long lines Of gray in the MONDAY light:
On on they come, with their rifles on trail
On on, down, down to the verge Of the dale.
Then fame the crashing volleys and roar,
And rifle and cannon their deluge pour,
Sweeping the field with iron and lead,
And the sun looked down on the CORY dead.
With Geary in that torrent rolling wide,
Knap's battery volleys in the awful tide:
Rank on rank tho advancing columns surge,
And line on line in deadly conflict merge.
Wars flaming pillows thunder in front,
On the left the right. we bore the brunt,
Fighting an army on that field of death.
Charging 10 our lines with sulphurous breath.
The battle tide here and there in motion
Like the waves OF old and surging ocean,
Hand TO hand for our colors we fight,
And, then, the order Charge" on the right.
Not break in our lines; the contest raged,
To the mu2Zle OF our guns the combat waged;
Charge after charge; they fall back and rally;
Again and again they form in the valley.
The day is ours glorious White Star Corps!
They are driven TO their branches once more,
Broken and battered their columns OF gray,
AS they sullenly fled the field of the fray.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Tho postal Card Holder.

The catalogue comprising articles
made Of triple.plated silver had grad
ually been enlarged until almost every.
thing which man needs is to be found
therein. But until lately one articIo
had been missing; that's the postal
card holder. The want has been
supplied, and they can now be pt1t.
chased in two sizes-large and medium.
They are ornamented with pretty
fligree work, bow knots and fleur-do-
lis in silver, while others have bow
knots OF Fren'h enamel. "
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Tho Russian Generals Night-Dress.

Suwaroff, Russia's great military
commander, was little man, insight
ticant in everything but that intangi
which physical strength is never to be
compared.
He had been sickly in his youth, but
became hardy under the stimulus o.
cold bathing and the benefits of a plair
diet. Buckets of cold water were
thrown over him in the morning, anG
his table was served with fare which
guests would fain have refused, but
dared not, lest he should think them
effeminate.
He despised dress and delighted il
drilling his men in his shirt sleeves
sometimes with his stockings literally
down at the heel.
But his hardihood of life and actor
had its effect on the men he com
manded. He was often up by mid
night, and would salute the first soldier
whom he saw moving with a piercing
cock-crow in commentator of his
early rising.
During the first Polish war he haG
given orders for an attack at cock
crow, and spy in the camp carried
the news to the enemy. The attack
however, really took place at O'Clock
in the evening when the arrangement
had been made, for Suwarotf, sus
pecting treachery, had then turned Out
the troops by his well-known growing.
The enemy, expecting the event in
the morning, were entirely unpre
pared and fell easy victims to hi.
forethought.
Tomorrow morning" said he to hi.
troops on the evening before the storm
ing of Ismail, IAN hour before day
break, l mean to get up. shall wash
and dress myself, say my prayers, give
one good cock-crow, and then capture
Ismail."
1t was hardly possible to find him of
the alert.
"Do you never take off your clothe.
at night?" he was asked.
mo-" said he, "but when get lazy
and want to have comfortable sleep
generally take off one spur"
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Women in tho Synagogue.

A correspondent of the Jewish Chron.
icle writes: 81 rejoice to read that the
chief rabbi, Rev. DIR. Adler, and his
conductors praise the introduction OF
female voices into the services Of the
Hammersmith synagogue. Thus the
dictum of the so-called infallible
Shulchan Aruch is justly disregarded.
For, according to this MEDIEVAL deci.
sion, the voice of a woman must not be
heard in the svnapo0ue.,o
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10
Medical Item.

Uncle Nose met Mrs. Lindley Muir
ray.
"How am your son coming on?"
asked the African.
"He is doing very well. He is a
student in the medical department OF
the University of Texas"
"You don't tolc me SOP"
"Yes, and he will graduate next
year"
Sand den he will be doctor?"
"Yes, Uncle Nose"
"Why, de Lor', your son am too
young to be sure enough doctor.
reckon he is only doctor for chill.
drums. Texas Siftings.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

The highest velocity ever given to a
cannon ball Is estimated at 1926 feet
per second, being equal to a mile in 80
seconds. The velocity of the earth at
the equator, due to its rotation on its
axis, is 1000 miles per hour, or mile
In $50 seconds. Therefore, II cannon
ball were fred due west and could
maintain its initial velocity 1t would
beat the sun in his apparent journey
around the earth.
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-09-10

Last week, during severe thunder.
storm ut Payne, Ind, fences and trees
were blown down and q number OF
houses were unroofed. The next
morning while two men were walking
along the railroad track they noticed
several large trees hhat had been blown
down. While examining the hole made
in the ground by the uprooting of one
of them they claimed to have found Q
box which contained nearly $4,000.