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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-05

These preliminary discussions bear on the
great question of public schools. Emerson
sad of Massachusetts,. We have neither Ter
TIE lands. nor water-pOwer, nor MINES. nor
forests. but We have children. and through
them we can take hold on tho great world If
wee send them forth such as We can make
them in our schools. and through her chill
afen that state has taken her exalted position
4A lalulactures. commerce, invention, poll
YES. science law. literature. wealth. She
c.es more than any other State for education.
AAd Do the late political contest every one
lDAinated on each ticket for state oihces had
O,el educated in the common schools.
Virginia las done nODly. Dut we ueed-l.
.oAsel school sessions. 2. better teachers .,
telier buildings; 4. larger attendance: and
increased local revenues. Within lllng
mem ~, 70 was az article OF the Tory or
bourbon creed that education would only I'M
y. .-e working classes Tor that state into
".en u had pleased God 10 call them. Edu-
eal-n is an inulienable. universal right. and
~' ere entitled 10 the privilege. Our Tree in
H.ialllAs demand equality Of opportunity
sAo gge supremacy over accidents OF birth
" fortune. Christ appealed directly to the
soh mon peop.. IN questions OF highest
~+..n interest and recognized 10 arist0cracy
.ias or caste Of birth or Office. The gospel
" 'Ac magma charter Of the rights Of man.
iA nothing las been made more progress
- ucttol5 OF ~ Inc taxation
.I sc4ools entities the people 10 schools good
,-olgh Tor tie richest. cheap enough for the
s,,iesl and 10 the prompt adoption Of what
may 10 necessary 20 secure the best.
,.sese 20 teach should DO given 10 those
'.y nave passed satisfactory examinations in
fo branches % he Taught. IN the principles Of
n -.'ton in tho best methods Of teaching.
49, g tleyous grong. q crime. 20 place q
i--sl iA The hrst yesgs Of school li.e uuder tho
T-.ohce Of other than a competent teacher.
a. German telcher for private as well US
io puOllc schools must have had three OF
H.. years training in a normal school. and
"'" Tue wonderful success Of their schools,
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1892-02-05
Remnant Clearing Day.

Friday is our regular Remnant Day." The
continued existence Of this Weekly Rem
nant Clearing Day" IS evidence OF ITS popu-
larltv. IL enables us 90 keep the stock Of the
several departments clean and fresh. You
appreciate 1t because Short Lengths" odd
sizes. - Broken Lines" Small Lots. goods
marred. soiled or mussed in any way are OBJ
tanned WAY BELOW REGULAR PRICES.
The benefits. therefore. are mutual,
We only name a few items. Inquire for
what you want and do not see.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
A Doctors Advice.

A popular physician was recently
called on by friend, to whom, in the
course of conversation, he said: There
are ten simple precautions which form
an excellent rule of life, and if people
would but observe them should have
to resort to some other means of max
ing a livelihood" He then enumer-
ated the following: Don't read in street
cars or other jolting vehicles. Don't
pick the teeth with pins or other hard
substances. Don't neglect any oppor-
tunity to insure a variety of food.
Don't eat or drink hot and cold things
Immediately in succession. Don't
pamper the appetite with such variety
of food that may lead to excess. Don't
read, write or do any delicate work un-
less receiving the light from the left
side. Don't direct special mental or
physical energies to more than eight
hours work in each day. Don't keep
the parlor dark if you value your
own and your children's health. Don't
delude yourself into the belief that you
are an exception SO far as sleep is con-
cerned; the nominal average of sleep is
eight hours Don't eudeavor to rest
the mind by absolute inactivity; let it
rest in work in other channels, and
thus rest the tired part of the brain
New York Commercial Advertiser.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

In Berlin every animal slaughtered
at the public abattoir has to be de
scribed, with the name of its owner.
Portions of the animal, as of the Wis
cera and muscles, are taken to an in
spector's office and subjected to micro
scopic observations. Should there be
any indication of a tubercular char
acter, of trichina or cancer, the meat
is declared unfit for food and is de-
stroyed. Careful inspection of the
cows of Dutchess and Westminster
counties kept for their milk shows that
there are very few cows over nine
wears of age that do not show con-
.umptive tendencies. On farms where
milk cows are fed on disiillery swill
md brewers grains, in year and a
alfthey are found to be far gone with
consumption, and are then killed for
the New York market. 1t is horrible
to think that those parts of the ami,
NAL which are evidently unfit for food
as fresh meat are converted into Bo-
logna sausages. Herald of Health.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

There is an author in this town, though
the world perhaps hardly knows it, who
writes worse hand than did Horace Gree
ley. He hugs the delusion that he writes
beautifully-all internally bad writers do.
About a month ago newspaper man
made the author-you will observe the dis
tinction-a bet that If he sent short story
to certain magazine in his own hand
writing it would be returned to him with
or without thanks, and that the same story
type written would be accepted.
The bet was accepted, the trial made, and
the newspaper man won the bet. The story
written with pen came back. With 1t
was polite note stating that Mr.. -
must not suppose that the story was re
iected for lack of merit, ETC., etc. The
tyne written story was accepted, and the
check somewhat recouped the author for
the money lost on the wager,-Pittsours
Dispatch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Valuable TruukA

Somebody who wants to buy a
cheap trunk asks me every day if l
haven't one to sell. They think, you
see, that the hotel must have lot of
trunks left by guests who couldn't pay
their bills, and that the house would
be glad to get rid of them. All that is
true, but then the trunks can't be sold
There's no telling what trouble would
follow when a man came around to
pay his bill and get his trunk and
found it gone. | knew hotel man ia
st. Louis once who sold two trunks be-
longing to man who had left the house
owing a bill. The fellow came around
afterward, demanged his trunks and
then sued the hotel. He claimed that
the trunks were valuable, and he got
1000 from the hotel. That has set
the example in ST. Louis, and trunks
are now kept for years and then sold
only by legal process
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

The fact that consumption can be
cured is daily becoming more and
more impressed on the mind of the
layman. One of the simplest and best
methods of fighting this dread malady
is the warm milk treatment, and while
undergoing it the patient is advised to
go on some farm, where he is sure to
get it fresh, and where, moreover, he
can pass his days in horseback riding
When the entire treatment is under
gone, recovery from consumption
would not only be possible, but would
very likely occur, unless the lungs
had been too seriously diseased. An
outdoor life in pure air, good whole
some food and plenty OF it are the sur
est cures for the malady, and no one
of these features is more Important
than either of the Others. New York
Telegram.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Shaving English Sparrows.

The English sparrows increase so rapid
" that they have become a nuisance. In
Chicago prize of two cents is paid for the
head Of each sparrow killed. Last year
10000 sparrows' heads were paid for. The
s4OO was divided among 2l5 boys. An IN
genious Photographer in Chicago makes this
Computation: Here, then, is the summing
mn of the first season of sparrow law; Two
hundred and fifteen target guns, at an aV-
erage cost OF three dollars each, 500; am
munition for same, s64. 80; doctors bills for
little girls wounded by mistake, $3.50 total
expeuse. S,lS95o From which deduct
sioO-total receipts-and it is seen the spar
row law is worth s7S9.50 to the fathers OF
Chicaso, and not noticeably bad thing
for the sparrows."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

Down ON Fourteenth street, way up
under the skylight of one OF the tail
buildings, is a little studio with plas-
ter casts on one side and very bust
ness like desk Uttered with circulars,
letters, and bits of carved wood on the
other. 1t has the homelike atmos-
phere which girls invariably impart
to any little nook they stow them
selves away in. While the artistic
member of this firm makes you a sip
of tea and serves it in a dainty cup
and saucer, the business member, in a
very serviceable and trim costume
of dark wool, plainly fashioned,
with its shaggy, warm little jacket
and derby hat, will tell you all about
the bit of land in Florida with its or
ange grove, which yielded them no in
come after the fathers death until she
began to attend to it herself; and how
she obtains her private orders before
the orange season opens, goes down to
the pier herself to receive her cargo
when it comes, marks her boxes, hires
her truckman and has no middleman
to bother with or remunerate. But
the orange season is short, and in the
interim she sells the carved wood to
architects and builders, and gathers up
rare old rugs and vases to resell tc
ladies again, and all this in defiance
of the adverse criticism of friends and
relatives. New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

met friend walking down street
of a morning, and | remarked upon
the contented, satisfied look upon her
smiling face.
And why noti" she said Il am
at peace with all mankind today. l
am dressed in the latest style, my un-
derclothes, my gown, my hat, my
gloves, jacket, flowers, everything is
in the latest. have just finished
breakfasting on what | was assured
was the latest things to eat for that
dreadful meal, and am now going to
my fencing lesson, which is, as you
know, the latest exercise for girls. !
have nothing to want for; my clothes,
occupations and looks are the very
latest; why should l not smilel"-New
York Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Origin Of the Tomato.

The English word of direct Indian
origin most frequently in use is to-
mato. A native of tropical or sub
tropical America, it was cultivated
by the subjects of the Incas and Mon
tezumas, as well as by the other
semicivilized natives, long before the
advent of Europeans on this herni-
sphere, under the name of tumatl or
tomatl Though introduced into Eu-
rope almost as early as its congener,
the potato, it is only lately that it
has made its way into popular favor
There it was first known to the Eng
hsh as love apple, to the French as
pomme d'amour and TO the Italians
as pomi d'amore, and these names
are still in use, perpetuating the old,
widespread notion that its use as food
had an influence ON the amatory pas
sions. Rural New Yorker.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

A dog story just related to the Lis
tener by gentleman Of unimpeach-
able, or at least unimpeached. truth
fitness, is certainly new. Meeting
this gentleman the other day, the Lis
tener remarked that he had not seen
his bulldog Buff with him lately, and
asked what had become of him.
We'll, said he, ''it is the sad out
come of that singular McCarty bust.
ness"
THE McCarty businessa What do
you meant" asked the Listener.
Why" said he, ''have you never
heard of that7 Well, l will tell YOU.
Down on the corner below our house
there lived the Widow McCarty, and
she had dog that looked so much
like ours that we never could tell
them apart. They were singularly
alike, even to the left handed twist in
the tail Well, we mixed the dogs up
SO often that they ended by mixing
each other up. Our dog would see
Mrs. McCarty going down the street
and would suppose that he was heI
dog and would take after her. When
she got home her dog, seeing the Other
one following her, would suppose thai
he must have made a mistake, and
that he was our dog, and then ht
would come right over to our house
That would settle them for day Oh
so, and then some accident woulG
switch them off again, and then they
would be all at sea once more"
We'll, how did it come outi'
That's what am going to tell you
At last somebody poisoned Mrs. Nc
Carty's dog. And as by this tim,
neither dog had any guide to go b.
but the conduct Of the other. our poo
dog was at a perfect loss to know
whom he belonged to, and he vibratet
SO constantly from one opinion to tn,
other, and from one house to the other
and lived in such state of continue
vexation, that it preyed on his reason
We were afraid that he was goin.
mad, and we had to shoot himl Poo
old Gripl He deserved a better fate.
Boston Transcript.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Jealous Of HIS Donkey.

Although jealousy is the most I'M
reasonable of passions, few persons
fear the rivalry of creatures far be-
meath them in the scale OF being. 1t
would be possible, one would think,
to be jealous Of a man, but not of q
donkey. Mr.. T. A. Trollope writes:
''We took one morning little excur-
sion to Tuseulum, on which my wife
rode a donkey belonging to a very
competent guide. This man knew
every point where it was desirable to
draw rein in order to enjoy the lovely
and varied views. The donkey, who,
no doubt, knew all these hating
places as we'll as his master, once
turned aside from the path, in very
business like fashion, and planted
himself before gate from which a
specially pleasing outlook was to be
seen. My wife, thinking to please the
man, said: How well your donkey
knows his business. He came of him
self to this lovely view, just as if he
enjoyed it, But the effect of her words
was very startling. The man became
suddenly and furiously angry. No,
not he'll IL know how to make ladies
and gentlemen see the views, and all
that is to be seen. Hel-he is an ass,
and knows nothing. IL am the
guideI' he cried again and again. The
beast is an ass, l tell.youl He knows
nothing In short, he was furiously
jealous of his donkey, and bitterly re-
sented the compliments paid the beasts
sagacity as so much taken from his
own praises. Francisco Argo-
naut
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

Notwithstanding the admitted fact
that bits of meat, insects and other an
imal substances are more quickly de-
composed in the leaves and other trap
like appendages of the pitcher plant,
sundews, venus fly traps and various
insect eating plant, than they are in
open air, there is body OF scientists
who deny that the plants themselves
have any agency in the matter, or ex-
ercise any vital power in capturing the
prey that falls in their nets. DIR. Mo-
stedt is one of these skeptics. He ia
vors the idea that the decomposition
of the imprisoned insect is owing to
chemical &C ion simply, and that the
effect is produced in almost exactly
the same way that person is poisoned
by coming in contact with poisonous
plant. st. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

This little occurrence remarked
Neil Burgess, rs not ut all funny. and
although it was not down on the bills.
nobody laughed at il. You NAV be
sure that ! did not, anyhow. It was
on the second night Of The Widow
Bedott at the Gland Opera house.
Cincinnati, which was then under the
management Of Bob Mills. One Of the
acts ends by my chasing Tim Crane,
q character in the play, and falling
over the well sweep The juvenile
imam is then supposed To pull me in
the air. With the slight purchase
given him, this the ordinary young
actor is not strong enough to do. So
the cue is given TO the men under
meath the stage, and they are the ones
who actually pull ME up. Well, on
the first night tile house was packed
and everything went off very salts
factorily That was, up to the end Of
the act to which / refer. Then ran
and fell over the well sweep, and there
l stayed, the cue being given, but no
one apparently being about to pull me
high up into the air. OF course there
was no point to that climax. Manager
Mills went downstairs in a great pas
sion.
Where are the stage handsr 10
demanded.
He found them sitting down play
ing cards, and Of course he gave them
pretty severe talking to. When Bob
wanted to emphasize whatever he said
he had a big choice of explosives, and
SO he felt sure that the scene would be
all right Well, to explain what hap
pened the next night / must tell you
what these stage hands did. They
tied what must have been very
heavy counterweight to the ceiling Of
the stage underneath and also to the
rope Of the well, SO that all there was
for them to do was to cut the rope.
Then the weight was 10 fall on the
rope and pull me up 1t did it with q
vengeance. What occurred had to
be told to me afterwards, and
it was decidedly not down on
the bills / fell over the well
sweep, caught on it all right, and then
flew up like lightning against the
border lights, which were about forty
feet above the stage, turned about SIX
soEtrsaults in the air and came down
on the back OF my neck on the stage
bounced up once more and then lay
still and unconscious. There were
three physicians in the audience, and
they lost no time in jumping over the
footlights and coming to my assist
ance. lay unconscious for forty five
minutes and then went on and finished
the play, the only Inconvenience sui
fered being stiff neck. It was one o.
the narrowest escapes from death
ever had, and the physicians said they
could not see what had prevented ma
breaking my meek. New Yorl
World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
The Most Wonderful Kittens

A most wonderful toy has been on
private exhibition in Paris. Fancy
seven life sized kittens, covered with
real skin, but with eyes of emerald set
in pearly white enamel and each play
ing on a musical Instruments flute,
a either, a violin, drum, harp, a
cornet and an accordion, all perfectly
harmonized and playing the most diff
ficult operas, then you have the pict-
ure complete. The mechanism is sim
liar to that of music box, and the
whole apparatus, kittens ct al, y
valued at 10000 francs. Louis
Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
A MEMORY.

-. .,vbt On sat In the shadows
40 gathered on woodland and hin,
...srd ringing out In the distancA
vhistle 10 clear and 20 shrili
a., \, startled me from my dreaming
eli knew twas lovers song
-, vas whistIed In time TO heart beats,
And hurried his footsteps along,
rx.s the old time song, 'Mollis Darling, :
Ipd over and over again
rss clear notes rang out In the stiffness
And echoed DER hilltop and glen
,.oodered II she would be waiting
.pd watching for him OF the gate,
.ad thinking how fondly she'd chide him
for being few minutes late.
The notes died away In the distance,
was humming the sweet refrain,
Gas wIplng away the tear dropa
And fighting the old time pain.
lmideJ myself In forgetting.
I,ut the notes Of that dear old tune
md opened the food gates of mem'ry
And brought back that far away JunA
The years had rolled back and waited
To hear his dear whistle again
The signal 70 tell be was coming
TO greet me, my king among men.
roeence A Jones In st. Paul Pioneer Press
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
4 FRIENDS WEDDING "a,


S"ses, impressive Ceremony la = Pain.
Unpretenfious Kdifice.
A short time since had the pleasure
Of witnessing Friends wedding Ia the
old meeting house at the s.orner of
Fifteenth and Race strects philadel-
PIMA To one from New ESvland.
where such affairs are not common Il
was indeed novelty. Upon entering
the meeting house the extreme plain
ness and simplicity Of the surround
,ngs attract the eye Of the stranger.
Directly in front and facing the en-
trance are three rows Of unupholstered
benches. There is gallery extending
around three sides Of the building and
containing several rows Of benches.
each one being much higher than the
preceding one.
The massive pulpit, the customary
church organ. the handsome windows
of cathedral glass, ali these are alb
sent, and their absence tends 10 give
the place tone foreign TO that Of the
majority Of religious edifices Of TODAY.
After taking our seats, and before the
wedding party arrive, we have an OPP
portunity to observe our surround
ings and the guests who have assem-
bled to witness the ceremony. It is
evident that the female portion Of
q Friends congregation do not come
together to exhibit any new style of
headgear, as their sisters in other de-
nominations are often charged with
doing.
Suddenly the low murmur Of voices
ceases, and without any pomp, or be-
ing heralded by the swelling sounds
of some famous wedding march, the
bride and groom, preceded BY the
ushers and followed by the bride
maids and their escorts, come slowly
up the aisle and take their seats in the
center of the front row Of seats facing
the friends who have come to witness
the ceremony. In the second row Of
seats, and directly behind the bride
and groom, are seated the nearest rela-
/ tives of the contracting parties. All
is profound silence for short time,
then the bride and groom rise stimuli
taneously and clasp their right hands
and the groom says: I'm the presence
of the Lord and these our friends,
take thee, - -, to be my wife,
promising, with divine assistance, tt
be unto thee faithful and loving hus
band until death shall separate us.
As soon as he has finished the bride
says, in substance, the same thing
after which they resume their seats.
table is then brought in and PLACED
before them by the ushers, on which
the marriage certificate is signed. Tn,
certificate is then handed back to tn,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26
Remo,inx shine from Cloth

To remove shine from black silks and
diagonals, lay the garment on table and
with flannel wet with cider vinegar rub
the shiny places well until they have dis
appeared. It does not matter how wet the
garment gets. Hang it up in the shade to
dry, and the shiny gloss that made a new
garment look old will have disappeared.
leaving it a fresh and crisp ~ II just from
the store York Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

An exchange suggests remarkable
agent to clean valuable oil painting that
has become begrimed. that is, raw pota-
to. The potato must be peeled. cut into
halves and rubbed over the surface of the
picture, as the potato becomes soiled slice
it off to continue the work with a clean
piece. A silk handkerchief should dry the
picture after the potato rubbing
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-07-26

II is said that Paris electrician mas
succeeded in forcing violets by means OF
electric batteries. The first bunch OF these
flowers was sent to the ex-Empress
Eurenie. as the violet was em0lemate
Of the empire. The first Napoleon, with
other kinds of batteries, forced this flower
not only upon the French people, but upon
the world