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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07
IBelyoir Castle,

Belvoir castle has come in for fair
share Of newspaper anecdotes Pseudo
Gothic in style, its broad turrets and
hattieInented walls stand on the top of a
mound which was thrown up at the end
of spur of the Worcestershire wolds by
Robert de Todeni, standard bearer Of
the Conqueror. From its "lordly ter
races the eye ranges over a wide ex-
panse OF landscape, on which there rise
conspicuous the ruined keep of Noting
ham and Lincoln's cathedral towers.
The works of art are numerous, but,
with one or two exceptions, Of secondary
Importance. In the cellar is a monster
cask of ale called after the founder of
the castle. Its capacity is | 800 gallons,
and twelve people have dined in it.
There is also silver punch bowl. rest
ing upon four massive eagles claws,
which is used on the occasion of fam
lily christening. AT the foot of the
wooded hill is stabling for 100 horses; a
mile and half distant are the kennels
for the fox hounds, and from the trees
somewhat farther off there energies the
steeple of the village of Wolsthorpe,
where is farm noted for the breeding
of prize cattle. London Star.
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According TO competent military crit
les, one Of the best drilled uniformed
bodies In this city Ii juvenile battalion
called THE Knickerbocker Grays." 1t
Ii composed Of from seventy five to eighty
boys. ranging in age from eight to twelve
years The battalion Is an exclusive one.
being really q private drill class which
was started few years ago by num-
Der Of wealthy women who desired that
their sons should have the benefit of ex-
ercise and instruction in the manual Of
arms. The use Of the Seventy first Regi-
ment armory is enjoyed by the boys,
through the courtesy OF the officers Of
that regiment, and they drill there on
Monday and Thursday afternoons dur
ing the winter season. The uniform Of
the Knickerbocker Grays consists OF
gray coat. trousers and cap OF regula-
ton pattern, and dark stockings. The
gray garments are neatly trimmed with
black braid Each member Of the Grays
carries musket with bayonet
The president Of the association, which
exercises rigid supervision over this
drill class, is Mrs. Edward Curtis, the
vice president is Mrs. Beverly Robinson
the treasurer il Mrs. Bradish johnson,
and the secretary is Mrs. Fl. FL. Chitten-
den.-New York Times.
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There are some bright, beautiful south
ern women in the wards Of the Bellevue
hospital. Miss Force. who is young,
fine looking and well educated, was sent
to New York by the bishop OF Alabama
for special training to fit her for the POI
sition Of manager in II new hospital soon
TO DO opened in her native city. Miss
Force has been head nurse in the medi-
cal ward for the past three years. Miss
Caroline Claghorn, head nurse in the
surgical ward, comes from Savannah
She has an excellent record. is a general
favorite among tho surgeons, all Of
whom depend ON her in delicate opera.
tons, and is very pretty. Miss Clag-
horn will return to Georgia when she
completes the course.
Miss Seymour is II charming nurse In
Bellevue, whose beauty and amiability
brighten the sick wards. She wears the
conventional white null cap. and scarce
ly week passes that ono does not come
in contact with u night candle, This
propensity her pretty head has of get
ting on fire is n source OF much concern
to the Bellevue doctors, who have her
night watches under the most vigilant
care, not anmixed with admiration.
Miss Seymour has n competence of her
own. and follows her chosen profession
because she likesit. New York Letter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07

While CLAIMS, either hard or soft sell,
In their season are good things for the
digestion. oysters do not seem to have
similar medicinal properties. and hero IT
should DO said that soft shell CLANS
should never be bought open or on
strings, the way in which they are gem
orally sold In tho markets--that is. they
should not be bought in the way named
II they are intended for sick persons.
Tho only way TO buy them il In the
shell. and the only proper method to
cook them for invalids is to put them,
after washing. In pot with cover. the
pot having little clean water ia it, and
them To steam them until they are all
open.
Do not cook them too much or they
become tough and leathery. They are
thus easily cieansed from sand by dip
ping them into their juice and eating
them while warm. all but the dark part
OF the heads; and the sand settling BY
its weight TO tho bottom Of the cup or
bowl they are eaten from, the juice,
which ID the most essential and medici-
nal part OF all kinds OF clans, should be
drunk. Exchange.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07

The corps at West Point forms one battal
ion consisting OF four companies Officers
and noncommissioned officers are selected
from the ranks. The daily routine is sim
Pile enough and it becomes perhaps monot-
0nous to many of the boys after some time.
yet they have no reason to bemoan their
fate. AT o O'Clock a. IN. the man falls in
with his company at the reyeille, at $50 he
takes breakfast, at s sharp he marches to
his section room. The fencing lesson be-
gins at $3.50, whence the young soldier re-
turns to barracks at l0.l5. Dinner is taken
at p. m. At o'clock the men march
again to the section room, and afterwarl
they drill from AIS to $40 D. IN,
Daring fall the cadets of the first, second
and fourth class receive riding lessons.
Nearly all OF them become good riders. but
the building in which the lessons are given
Is utterly inadequate for that purpose. and
what is worse it is very damp during the
winter months and consequently nm.
healthy for boih men and horses, Thouvb
the cadets do got receive leave of absence
until after the second year, when they are
allowed to visit relatives, social rerantions
and evening dances are frequent at the
academy From the middle of .Jnne 10
August the cadets camp, and it is dur;ng
that time that especial attention is maid tn
their military or rather tactic training
As a rule the boys look eagerly forward
Tor the camping period, which ia less
monotonous than the harrack life.
After tour years of successful studv tho
young cadet graduates and becomes a cnm.
missioned officer. but his military ednca.
ton Is not finished. II he be am enoinaor
he goes to Willet's Point, If an artillerist
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07

The spirited way in which the ladies
of fashionable Paris gave lesson the
other day to fair stranger from tho far
south would really do credit to the cele-
brated femmes d'esprit of the first EN-
pire. The young stranger, who is ''fort
millionaire" appeared at a dance spark
hing with magnificent diamonds At
the next dance the Partisan ladies, I'M
willing to be outshone, had decked them
selves out in all their jewelry; but a
day after they were again eclipsed by the
unheard of wealth of precious stones
worn by the South American lady. At
the fourth party the latter came in once
again, glittering like starry night; but
to her intense modification none of the
Partisan ladies wore diamonds, but had
as their only ornament the most grace
fnl arrangements of fresh flowers, which
were universally voted to be infinitely
superior to the stones. Pail Mall Ga
Hette
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The Sailor Prince, as Prince George
Ii often called. is reputed to be gay
and sociable young man, good natured
merry and very democratic in his tastes.
When both he and his brother were at
sen in the Bacchante he displayed, in
spite of his being seasick with unsailor-
like frequency, a marked aptitude for the
naval profession He was on friendly
and agreeable terms with the other
young officers on board. and after a
time, finding that each of them was
known by some handy nickname, he al
lowed them to drop his formal title and
answered readily to that bestowed upon
himself, He was known simply as
Sprat, and his brother with equal good
temper accepted the name of Herring -
Manchester (Engiand) Times.
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Deem Sen Soupdings.

Some interesting facts about the depths
of ocean" appear in the recently published
official report of Captain Aldrick, com
mander of the British surveying ship
Egeria. During 18S9-90 the captain while
on cruise which was undertaken for the
purpose of searching for reported banksoa
the south of the Friendly islands, obtained
two remarkable soundings The first gave
depth of 4.295 fathoms, and the second
4,430 fathoms. The first was taken in lall
tude "a degs. 81 min. south, Longitude 10
dogs. 8 min. west, the other twelve miles
farther south. They are something IKE
100 fathoms deeper than any heretofore
taken in the southern hemisphere, and arc
only surpassed, as far as yet known, ?!
three other ocean basins-one OF 1902
fathoms, off the northeast coast OF Japan,
discovered by the Tuscarora, of the United
States navy, and another sink winch
shows depth of 1861 fathoms, this las'
being south of the Ladrone island, ais
covery of her majesty's ship Challenge
The United States steamer Blake also dis
covered a remarkable basin north OF fof'O
Rico two years ago, the line showing
depth of 1861 fathoms.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07

People who embark in commercial en-
terprises often take as great if not greater
risks than the soldier who goes out to
fight the enemies of his country 1t is no
easy task to sail good sized vessel half way
around the world, yet the other day a liz
tie sloop started from England on a voyage
to Sierra Leone, on the west coast of Afri
ca. Her name is the Queen, and she Is un
der the command of Captain Thomas
Jacks, with a crew of two hands. The
vessel, which is only fifty-one feet in
length has an under deck tonnage Of sew
enteen tons and a gross tonnage of twenty
tons. She is intended for trading purposes
on African rivers and along the coast It
has been customary to take such vessels
out on the decks of steamships. For some
reason in this case it became necessary
to sail the Queen to Africa. She Is
strongly built hard wood vessel, and her
captain has no fears that he will not reach
his destination, although he expects that
it will be a rather trying journey He
says she is perfectly seaworthy and capar
BILE of standing the heavy weather she may
meet on her long voyage. The captain and
the crew will sleep in little square house
on the after part of the deck. Her cargo
Is salt.
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Elbowing her way through tho crowd
In tho Palmer house rotunda short,
buxom woman, with few silvery
threads In her dark hair, walked mp to
tho desk and threw down gripsack
with all the assurance Of the veteran
drummer.
~ want room at once," she said.
ssYes'm.s
II don't want the best in the house
nor the worst. For ii d day you should
give me comfortable apartments.
'spieased TO serve yon, madam"
Receiving her room She deposited .
sum Of money In the safo, read few
letters which had been awaiting her ar
rival, sent two or three kilograms, and
found out just when the best train left
for New York, all Ia short order.
This woman, whose business like man
ner astonished the clerks, WINS Mrs. II. j.
Lakel, Of Castle. Mont, and she has .
remarkable history.
She was born in California mining
camp, and was known NIL over the coun-
try az Little Dot" Before learning to
read sho could assort the rock and pick
out thu good ore. Her first study was
mineralogy, and in fact she would study
nothing else. When piece Of now ore
was found the first thing tho ninera did
was 10 get Little Dot's' opinion Of Its
value.
When q young woman ahe went to
Europe for course Of study, but soon
loft the seminary for the practical fields
OF New Castle and other mining places
A few years afterward her father lost
his Inifes and died. and .sfittie Dot"
was left to look out for herself. She
moved To Castle, Mont. and has been
there ever sinea, Until few months
ago she was the only woman in the state
personally engaged In mining. She Ia
an owner ~ well as a partner In three
or four mines. She knows her business
from the beginning. She does her own
assaying aud II the superintendent of
the properties in which she has interests.
She goes down into the mines and gives
all directions about the work. Chicago
Tribune.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-10-07

To make the cherry pie excellent re-
quires a good deal of care. Pie crust
wants to be fine. but not too rich for
cherry pies, and it must not be too thick.
Make about quart Of -four into pie
crust, using about the size of an egg In
fine lard, which is rubbed in, and the
crust beaten up soft with cold water
The pie crust should then be rolled ont
to make the under crust of the pies, the
upper crust being rolled out twice aud
small bits of butter put in it. The cher
ries should be stoned il the pie is to be-
really nice. They require but little wa
ter, as the juice of the cherry comes out
when it is cooked. Cover these well
with sugar and put on the upper crust of
the pie, dotting it around near the edge
with little Sits made with knife, which
will prevent its bubblng up and being
uneven
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The Finger Bible,

Have You a finger Bible? It's the
latest thing to hang with the rest of the
danglers aud janglers on ones ohate-
laine. The theory that the fashionable
girl does not consult the good book out
sde of Lent is thus conclusively dis.
proved. The finger Bible is only an inch
wide and three and one half inches long.
1t is published by the Oxford university
press and printed on very thin India
paper. II doesn't weigh an ounce, One
that ! saw had jeweled clasp and was
bound in perfumed leather Its nearest
neighhors Were tiny crystal bottle
holding some sort of cordial that swung
on one side, and n small box holding
smaller powder puff that swung on the
ether. Good company?-New York
Commercial Advertiser.
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was not a fitting mate for possible Queen
of England, although he is a direct h.
scendant by blood, though in one imuor.
tant case not by marriage, OF George mi
That queer old monarch had a son. IL
Duke of Clarence, who, upon the death q
his brother, George ", became King WI
liam ~ He was succeeded by his niece
Queen Victoria.
William ", while he was only Dnke Il
Clarence, became enamored of Mrs. Jor.
dan, beautiful woman, whose mother was
well known Welsh actress. OF coune
the duke could not marry the commoner.
but he lived happily with her for twenty
years near London. They had ten chill.
dren. One of their daughters, Elizabeth
Fitz- Clarence, became the wife of the Earl
of Enrol. They had a daughter, Lady
Agnes Hay, who married the Earl Of Fife.
and gave birth to the present duke, who
in a not remote contingency will be the
father of race Of monarchs The accom-
panying picture Of Lady Alexandra Duff
is the first ever published of that interest
ing young lady. She is said to bear a re-
markable likeness to her great-grand-
mother, Queen Victoria.
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- gre Monroe. If Of the cavalry or in-
fausrT TO Fort LeavsuToTth, and II ne nA'
choseu light artillery as his arm ne pfo
GODS to Fort RILEY. The only fanlt o.e
an fsrd with this arrangement Hes Ia sns
fzrt that too much time eiapses oet~essi
ths officers sortie from West POINT anu
IA entrance in one or the other postgra
rate classes. as one might call IT, often
men have gray hair before they are de
tailed and are not as well adapted then 70
lssrn As they were when younger
Thare i. no military school in Europe
xh;eh i conducted on the same principles
a. West Point. The Ecole MilitaIre Oh
France at St Cyr Is different aitcse'hei
The Young man who wishes TO enter mus
have passed his examination as osehei,ei
e. iettres or Is scieuees-that 10 70 say, ~
must have a college degree before ne g.
amply for admission TO the military scnooi-
There he receives two years military
training. for which ne has to pay saSo per
year. Individually be Is much freer, anu
ieaya Of absence is frequently given 1or
few DAYS. He also has to pay for MS ciotn
and must sign an engagement that ne u
willing to serve five years in the regular
army wbethe- or not he passes the hnai
examination as officer. Only cavalry ana
infantry are trained at st. Cyr, while the
engineers and artiIlerists graduate from
the Ecole PolitecEniqne.
The real cadet school in France is the
Prvtane MiIitaire, where boys enter at tue
are OF eleven years and not older than SIX.
teen. This institution is chiefly for sons OF
officers and of those noncommissioned ON
GERS who have died on the battlefield. The
life at the Prytane is very secluded and
the discipline unnecessarily severe Inc
military academy of England is at Sand
hurst, and in many respects 1t Is similar 70
St. Cyr, though the preliminary scientific
examination is less severe than in the lat
ter place. The course lasts two years.
With regard to Germany, may say that
its .'Kadettenschule" is an hibernate Tor
boys whose fathers are either officers or Of
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Weiiington's Sense of Dutx.

:. a most interesting anecdote of Wei.
hhgton' Illustrating the high sense of
anty IN all things, is told on the antbor.
'ly OF the dukes housekeeper at Walmer
castle, The huge Blue Book of 500
pages on the studies and discipline If
the University Of Oxford had been sent
to him as chancellor He was engaged
Oh II the night before his death; he was
gong 10 bed as II was late. He left the
bine Book with his pencil in it. and said
to Lord Charles Wellesley Who 49, 49,
WITH hlm' u shall never get through it
Charles, but | must work on."-I ,eisnra
Hour. i'eisure
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she NAY &c 4 o:,rsn
The Feasibility Of = Gsest Fa,.
Little Girl.

The Possibility OF Great Ent. Il
Little Girl. !
The people Of England are cve.,,-
cised over the fact that II Prime -, -
Wales should die without issue NJ n 4
brother. the late Duke or cl.rs. - u 3
right to the throne will revert Il 40 3. ~
Once the succession becomes v~sts.i s 81
individual, it goes down in slirerf M. y y
it runs out, aud then Ii continnss Il Has
collateral relatives Of the Iast beir " z ~
Of the one through whom 1t WAS III s,;. ~
Thus. when Queen victoria,s oFs, ,assa
were children. only twu lives-the , o,,'0
and the Prince OF Wales'-stood tf.sa'ns
the present Duke OF Edinburgh - =
throne. But now, before the dnts ~, sss ~
king. the queen. the Prince Of Wa =
his children and all his children,s IN ~
will have first to die.
The Duchess Of Fife Is very clo.. !. 5.
English throne. Her father. tho Pr . sns
Wales, will in the natural con,ss 80 y 4!
events become king. Should her ~,
Prince George, either die without issrs n
fore his father or else even after - =
ing the throne himself, Princes. III
will succeed him, and the permanent 80, -
cession will then become vested IN ~, NJ y
spring. As she has but one child, : ~ 81
year-old girl, who = officially desicn.sss
as Lady Alexandra Duff. good deal = 4
terest attaches to this infant, for Il I \ v.
at all unlikely that she may some AZ. "
queen OF England. unless, Of cour,e ! = !.
tie brother should make his advent =. g
thus effectually dispose OF her chance, '''a
The English people are, Therefore 81.
anxious that Prince George should mss.s
and it is rumored that he may VA X,
dead brothers affianced, Princess yicto-s.
Mary OF Teck.
The present Duke Of Fife Is not ner.,,
lily popular. At the time Of bis M.
iage it was generally considered that 4.
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ficials. 1t is necessary that aspirants en-
ter at the age of nine years. The training
is hard and entirely done by army officers.
From the very first day German boy en-
tiers the "Kadettenschule" his military
training begins, and it is not until he is
nineteen or twenty years old that he leaves
as full fiedged lieutenant. Apart from
these institutions, all European countries
have staff academies where the science OF
strategy and ordnance construction is thor
oughly taught.
IAFUT F. DE T-CLOTH
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Sugar for Jonathan, Rum for John Bull,

The shipments of sugar to the United
States from British Guiana in 1891 repre-
sented in value no less than 1916, 45O. 40,
as compared with $500, s7961, the extent
of the sugar purchases by Great Britain
which is, however, their principal Gus
toner for rum, the shipments thither ag-
gregating in value 81, lsl ,265.19. The whole
of the gold went to the United Kingdom,
its value appearing as 81, sol $3.50; and of
timber her purchases amounted to $S9,-
l9S.l0, the next largest purchaser having
been Belgium, which took woods to the
value of 81 500
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IDAHO



Mr. lana Mcdowell. . wealthy lady,
Ia lived n Dslton. o., number Of
years. having come from q beautiful
farm 4 few miles east. Her husband
disd several Years ago. leaving her this
farm and large amount Of money. No
s,na imagined she was Of matrimonial
turr. rs she was over 10 years Of age and
p4-uIiar.
a short time ago tramp by the name
Of Moore walked into the town He
was the proud possessor Of thirty seven
eents when he landed, but he managed 70
subsist until he met the widow. They
soon got acquainted and sudden mar
Eags was celebrated
The cid lady was completely infatur
ated. All her life she had been the soul
IL parsim0nionsness She counted and
kept every penny, but when she married
this crooked eyed tramp he was at once
the master and told her how he could
doubls her income By business invest
rnents. In all his life hs had never pos
s1ssed . 1.-THE Of the wealth which was
his by this lucky marriage. He took >
notion that be wanted q grocery, and
walking into enc Oh the village groceries
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The Fruit Crop Outlook.

A close observer declares that the pres
emit prospect for the fruit grower of Cali
fornia is favorable The fruit crop in the
east is expected to be only about one-half
As large as usual. Although the output
IN California will be less than that of last
year, the size and quality of the fruit will
be improved so much that it will command
advanced prices. The value of the fruit
crop this year in California is estimated at
200 600 600 ~
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Where Auctioneers Keen on,.t

japanese auctions are conducted unop a
pan winch gives rise to none of the noise
ana confusion which attend such sales in
America. Each bidder writes his name
ana pld upon slip of paper, which he
places in a tin box. When the bidding is
over the box is opened by the auctioneer
and the goods declared the property of the
highest bidder.
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Economy in Rapid Freight Trains

A German engineer concludes ina. ~
the speed instead of the load OF fre's,"
trains be increased from fourteen
twenty-eight miles per hour the expen "a
per car mile at the higher speed wou, ,s
be one-fourth less for repairs ana y ou.!
one-ffth more for fuel.-New ~"
Times.
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snooy-I know you're fond of waltzinp
Miss oldage. ""''Ains
@iss oidage-Yes, indeed; Just love It
, onoby I'm complimentary way)-So IA
!, particularly with you. 1t awakens man,
S @iss oidage-Of what, pray,
Sno9y-fou dance as my mother used II
"hen was boy-Yenowine,s Na,,,. y