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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30
A Wooden Caterpillar.

One Of the queereSt things Of Tasu.2niS,
New Zealand and other parts of Austral-
asia Is the bulrush or vegetable caterpillar
This wonderful plant l. 4 fungus, spha-
eria, which grows seven or eight inches
above the ground. generally in s. single
stem. round snd thiekly covered with
brown seed for soRle five or six inches, eut
ing in a curved wornlike point Ii il usn-
ally found growing at the roots Of a par,
ticalar Irse, the rata" OF the natives.
When this plant Is palled up its single
root Is found 70 be the exacS counterpart
of a large caterpillar, say one three OF
four inches long, which, although il pre-
serves every detail of saeh grubs. dissse-
tioR proves il 70 be solid wood. Intelligent
perSons of the countries named above say
that this curiosity Is formed in the follow
ing manner,
\ large species Of moth feeds on tbs
rata tree the grub OF this moth bur
rows in she groands the seed Of the sphze
ria gets lodged between the scales on the
grub's neck. strikes root aud completely
turns the interior az the creature into 9
woody substance Ii every case she shell
OF the grub + left intact, no small rootlet.
punctariRg IL at any point Scientists say
that the above explanation Is all ''tsosh.
and thar the plant develops the form of s
caterpillar because it Is its nature TO do so
If this De true why should we laugh 81
the stories OF the Mandrake Man and the
ScSthian Lamb. specimens OF which arr
preserved in the surgeons museum. Lon
don--St. Louis Republic.
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rwo LOVERS.

snFo lovers BY 4 moss grown spring;
rbey teamed soft cheeks fotethsr tbesn
Mingled the dark and sunny hair,
Ard heard the uooing thrsszhe~ ainx.
@ irsniding timcf
o loves best prinse
Two welded from the portal step<l
The bell made happy '.aroiings,
The air WAS soft A. tanning wingA
white petals on the pathway sIeu
pure eyed bride
o tender pridci
Two faces DER cradie bent;
Two hands above the head were locked:
These pressed each other While thsy
rocked.
Those watched life that love had sent
o solemn hour
% hidden power
Two PARENTS % the evening fre.
The red light fell above their kneeu
On heads that rose BY slow degrees
LIE btieis upon the lily spirs
o patient life
0 tender sti.if-
The two SUI sat together there.
The red light sIoDe above their kueek
But nli the heads by slow degrees
Had gone and left that lonely pair
o voyage fast,
o vanished past
The red light siioDe upon the floor
And made the SPACE between them wide:
They drew their chairs up side by side.
Their pale cheeks ioined. and said. ..oncs
more
o memories.
L..
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30

The daisy Is everywhere have t-zv-
eied somewhat extensively In the Old
Nc-l5, hat have NOT h.=n l1ckzv enough
to see it anywhere as proliIically happy
as II IS with Us Il is not the daisy Of
the poets-the daisy Of Burns. which
Is not taking 70 vildhood in our eastern
states. though finding ITSELF at home In
British Column bia, b1E species Of chry-
sanIhemum and Is diS.iRcuvely known
IN the Old World as the oxeve daisy.
Like the buttsrcup. II is offensive to
cattle. and indeed to almost all things.
In dry and pulverized condition il Is
fly powder. SO destructive TO al insects
In thCSe portionsof our country where
milan corn Is 4 staple crop. neither the
burtercup E1r the C1eye daisy are
dreaded BY the farmer. The noe har-
rowing destroys it utterly, but IN the
New England states. where pasture Is
OF more coDseq than grain. they
rob the farmer u half his profits while
giving plezsyse to the eye Of the rav-
eler.-Thoulas Mseh2n in Philadelphia
Ledger
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30

The war alluded 70 Is the war Of thu
Spanish succession. caused bF : contest
between Austria and Franee as 10 whether
an Austrian or French prince should sit
on the throne OF SpSia- TIE =zr had 5eea
determined on for several years before tha
death Of the cid King Charles II 5ae
about the time of his death an English lady
in Paris was raising glass Of wSssr 10
her lips st 3 crowded reception \ Frenck
gentleman losStsd against her and split the
water on her dress. Her escort took up
the matter and a duel resulted. followed
By 50 general quarrel between the French
snd English residents that is was face
tiously said the war was brought on by
ups<tting glass Of wster-Sc Louis
Glohs- Democrat
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30

About fifteen men handle the whole
Christmas tree trade in this town Most
of the trees come from the Adirondaeks,
Catskills, the banks of the Hudson and
from Maine. You may imagine how the
air is laden with their pungent fragrance
along the line of piers where they are kept
for sale. The balsam fir is the favorite. Ii
is the most trinity shaped aud most arc
matte The trees look like closed umbrel-
las, with their bougbs tightly strapped to
their trunks to secure them from break
age. The wholesale price is about ninety
cents bundle-New York Cor Pittsbcrg
Press
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lie sat IN the lobby Of one Of our prom
inent hotels, His hair was as white as
snow and matted 10 thin and scrzgxy
locks over high and creased forehead
Lines Of sorrow marked his face and ran
through bis features as numerous ~ tin.
rivers In Central Africa In his eyes shers
was sadness, which bespoke q weight 81
sorrow on the mind, and seemed to suggest
that grief had greatly assisted time in
turning the hair white aud furrowing the
face A number Of men were sitting
around him. and they had been TELLING
stories OF the pistol which Is not loaded Z
and its fatality The white haired man
said in plaintiye voice.
Il have story TO tell returned hons
one day from my place Of business. Every
thing had gone my way that day, amons
the things good many dollars, and fell
unusually gay and skirtisi1- told my wife
Of NY good fortune and asked her to gel
me a match We were standing by q dress
ing case, and when she refused opened 3
drawer and drew forth pistol. which
knew was not loaded. as had examined il
the night before LeveIing the pIsso
straight at ner h-arr-poor woman, She
dead now.-I playfaiiy threatened 10 shoe,
her There was a look of trusting. con
fdenI love in her eyes-saaii ever forge
thats--as she dared me. I placed my hand
on the trigger aud pulled it, I closed MI
eyes, afraid to open them Oh, it wa
awful,
After time. it seemed hours, opened
my eyes and put the pistol back"
"But your wife was she killed in
stantlgs" eagerly asked three Iisteners
sNo-o-o-r
"a lingering. painful deaths'7 sympa
thetieally they asked
No; as said, the pistol was not loaded
Ny wife was unhurt- of course-''
But you said she was Ceady-
YES. she died two years ago, of old age
And wig did you hell this story
TO show you there are times when thu
pistol Is really not loaded There are ex
ceptions to all rules, you know This i:
the one exception 70 the seven instances
You gentlemen have recited. r-I1ouiSviEl.
Post
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Handieappin< rro,.ing Horses.

Handicapping trottiEs horses by dis
lance starts" has become q regular
feature of the English turf, and to judge
from their prevalence seem TO be regard
ed as 4 success. The ides is not a new
one abroad. In point Of fact 1t has
been practiced ever since British trot-
ting has amounted TO anything.-Bos-
ton Herald
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The ship of an admiral, who was the
Duke OF Wellington's near connection
was wrecked He was placed in CON
mand Of second ship, which was alsC
lost and he himself WAS drowned Lori
Charles communicated the disaster u
his father, who merely exclaimed. witt
Spartan coldness and breyity. That
che second ship he has lost. Fort
nightly Review
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1892-12-30

Aunt -Whafoah you wears
brack. Dcakun Ebony: You am not 3
widower.
Deacon Ebony-I is economical, honey.
One brush do me foah a hat brush, IA T
brush. clothes brush, shoe brush and
flesh brush.-New York Weekly.
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SsSrching WAS first introduced into Eng
land in 1854 by Mistress bingham van den
Plssss. who came from Flanders She
taught ssSrehing publicly, and charged
four or i've pounds for teaching her pro
fession. and sn additional pound for teach
ing how TO make the starch--Cloak and
Suit Review
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A%EMEO[
fsssn NJ Advertisements.
o5ie e kesd. the ezi:fsr u The Arkan<at q
fraseler. = very big man with a rren,etsd-
o,s-iy I~sss bead ~ hwy. blnek. unkemp,
aair Ds,c das he wa passing the oflisse Of 4
wrii kHamn hair restorative establishment M
STATE street rbt-sxn dis partner. sir. Ben
Sars- was wifb i,ins and said:
We onght to get an advertisement out q.
This establishment
Opir tokssi In and sa~ family OF roupsr,
people inside
10 ge- y Tor you right now. said be. and
hi be walked
The eountrymsn had just taken on his hal
end was sssnrsng the manager bow laid b.
was and asked II he thought the hair woall
ever grow oa MS bad Opie walked no Il
the manager and putting out his hand warm
Is said
z Ny dear sir, have eossae long way Il
THINK you In person and 70 show you wf.ai
your restorative has dome for me.
Here be took on his I'D. black siooch IL.
snd shook out his long and wonderfully fhis-k
6rie hair
There. sir.r ssid he gratefully. .iook i
that Four months ago, you remember.
was a. f'aid ~ that electric lamp up there.
The manager was q little dazed- This ~
rather Hcve than even he could swaIIow
What did you do for its- put In The inter
ested eounfrynan
used this rest0rer -four dozeu tgsssss a
ft-accordinz 70 directioasr
The upshof q II was the counsrymas tool
two dozen hotties q il and vent his way.
There said Opie 70 his partner. ..nov
you talk busines with this man. and / Rues
you1i get pretty gopd seivertisemenr oct o
him =
When the manager learned who Opie "a
be saids
b your paper ard send in your bllI when vos
please - W ashic1ton Post
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The ''pstres eouscripts' was the dssignA
ton given 10 the Roman senators in the
eras of the Roman republic and of the
C.ssars- They were so called because theis
names were written in the registers of the
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old Samuel OsgOOd hundred and odd years
ago it is enough to say that in 1889 1900 let
tiers were posted in a day, whereas now
5000 are posted every minute Of the twenty
four hours. Nevertheless, the greater part
Of this growth has taken place since 1860,
and since the present Administration has
assumed power some Of the most useful
Improvements and striking reforms have
been made, Still greater ones are in pros
pect But before entering upon their con-
sheraton let Us take look at the POstmas-
ter-GeneTal himself, and see how he looks
and how he occupies himself.
The mansion In l street is quiet but rich.
Nothing is expended in fancy but every
thing is solid and valuable and appears bet
ter at the second glance than at the first.
Mrs. Whltney's famous ballroom Is now a
picture gallery with several hundred thou
sand dollars worth Of the best pictures in it.
Tie diBing-r0Om IS s0berly magu dCent-
ebony woodwork, gildcd ceiling. dark red
silk walls, silver ana crystal. Gobelin tapes
try, hammered brass. The library is more
sober STILL but in excellent taste. Here Mr..
clad in a light gray Longing sack and dark
trousers. He is man above middle
height, rather lightly built. His face
is fresh colUred. smooth shaven aud
young looking. His eyes are dark gray,
very bright and Observant; forehead large
lower face slender in proportion; a good
sized, buSinesS-liEe nose. There is a certain
quiet energy and enthusiasm in the ex-
preston Of his cOuntenanCe; you see that
the man is man Of genius, Of Judgment. Of
resources. His conversation is thoughtful,
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A DARK FUTURE.

This Little Fellows Love for Reading
VIII Cost Him His Eyesight.
/ was standing in a bookstore last Satur-
day afternoon with a friend. when | noticed
a man, evidently an artisan Of the better
class, and with him a boy, perhaps II years
old, says a writer in the Boston Journal.
The latter was bending over the counter
busily examining the books He had two
open before him, looking from one to the
other critically, as if to decide which would
afford the most entertainment. His father
called his attention to the gaudy pictures
in one volume. Il don't want pictures"
the little fellow answered, Il want words"
The man saw us looking at the boy and
moved little toward us. Paul is a great
reader" he said. =" He has got ifty-seven
books altogether. and he has read every one
at least FIVE times" he added, in tone of
deep pride.
"He is prodigy" I said. looking at the
infant sage. "What will he be when he gets
olderP"
My friend, who Is An oculist, looked at
the subject less from a speculative point Of
view. Noticing that the boy held his book
a few inches from his face he remarked:
The little lad is ear-sghted, is he not?"
No" said his father quickly. "He holds
his book close 10 read faster. Come, Paul,
we must he of"
AS the boy dropped one Of the books re-
lnetantly, my friend stepped forward.
Look at me, he said, sharply
The boy turned up bis wondering brown
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day are spent in considering projects and
improvements, and are often the more pro-
life of the whole nine.
Among the good things that Mr.. Wanna
maker has accomplished are the establish
ment Of a regular system of promotion for
good work throughout the service; greater
Qulckness in the transmission Of mails by
land and sea, by the development Of the
railway and steamboat pOStOffices; abolition
of lottery business and OF the dispersion OF
indecent literature; more accurate methods
Of accounting and great saving of expen-
dltuTe in several directions Among the
good things lie intends TO accomplish are
efficient aud constant inspection OF pOstoi-
fees, foreign postal caFd with stamped cOu-
pom attached for prepaid reply; duplex
house letter-bOXes, In one side of which the
postman can deliver his mail, while the
householder can put his letters in the
other: an extended aud ultimately uni
yeTSal free delivery; a reform IN the pres
ent abuse of the penalty frank, whereby
more than $4,000, 900 worth of the most
lab0rlOuS mail carrying is done for nothing;
an alteration in the law which now permits
papeT-cOvered serial" novels TO be sent at
one eighth the legitimate rates; based
upon these two reforms, a reduction Of
letter postage 10 ! cent IN ounce, and a re-
sultiug change in a few years, Of the pres
ent annual deficit OF S5.0O0,000 into a sur
plus Of S140O000O; the creation Of a postal
banking system, the deposits, estimated at
$500 1000 900, to be redepOsited in national
local banks as preferred liabilities, and TO
be employed Ia Government real estate and
similar solid investments; and the postal
telegraph system. This which is perhaps
the favOrite project of the PostmasteT-Gen-
erai. is opposed by influence aud power.
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terse and lOw-v0iced Activity and alert
ness are in him combined with cOmDosure.
l am bound to say that Mr.. Wanamaker
did not take very ariently TO the idea Oh
being exploited III the newSnaperS. lie Is
man of deeds, not words. ." just try TO 90
the work; that's about all there is OF IL,
was his remark He listens attentively ana
keeps his own counsel.
However, l made an appointment Tor
next morning at the department., ana SO
took my leave.
The Office is a large, light, pleasant room,
which any one apparently may enter ana
tell his business to the POstma General.
who hears it all and gives his answer briefly
and frankly, though cautiously. Every
body thinks he can run the POStOfiice, says
Mr.. Wanamaker. 81 have plenty Of sug-
gestiOns; many of them are unavailable
but now and then l get good one, and such
are worth waiting for" He Is in his once
by o'clock, an hour before the clerks APP
pear. That hour lie is at liberty TO spend
over his private correspondence. linen
come the subordinate officers to consult WIN
him. He gives to every one the response
bility of his position, his theory being that
the more you trust man the more trust
worthy he becomes. But he first selects
the man in question with great care and his
instinct in this important matter is very sell
dom at fault.
At 10 o'clock the procession of Congress
men and people in general begins to stream
in and Lasts till lunch time--at l. Only on
Tuesdays and Thursdays at IL 30 the Post
maSter-General gets into the department
hack and Is driven 10 Cabinet meeting. by
3, in any case, he is back In his office ana
always there till past 7. Sometimes he
drives out with the President or some other
leading man, ana they ENJOY the air ID the
enVTOns, and ] suppose discuss the situation
quietly. The last two hours OF his once
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The Growtb of ChristiopItv.

If we sum up the encouragement to hope.
founded on the success of Christian work,
the figures are as follows:
Three centuries after Christ there were
100000 Christians
Eight centuries after Christ there were
30,000,000.
Ten centuries after Christ there were
100000.
Fifteen centuries after Christ there were
COCO, 900.
Eighteen centuries after Christ there were
174,000,000
Now there are 100000, 900 Christians.
The followers of three religions, Con-
fucianism, Buddhism and TaOism, all COM
bined, are less in number than the Chris
tians alone.
Including the latest division of Africa
among the European powers, about four
fifth of the land of the world is under Chris
tian control.-FrOm the United States Army
Chaplain.
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THE EX-EMPRBSS
OF FRANCE.
A Claim for ElgGIiG'S RigDtfl Place in
French History.
Sensation That Has Been Created by an
Anonymous Communication That Has
Appeared in the Figaro Of Paris.

In a recent Issue Of the Figaro, published
in Paris, there appeared an anonymous
communication relative to Eugene. eX-
Empress Of the French, which created quite
q sensation in view of the fact that it places
the once powerful sovereign in a new light
before the world. Preltminarily the writer
says:
1T is not a defense that am undertake
ing-the Empress would forgive no friend
for that; it is not biography, for a whole
book would hardly suffice to tell the story
of a life so full Of bewidering contrasts
I wish simply by facts to destroy an iniQui-
tous legend which tends to distort our his
tory. and rests solely Vpon ialsehood and
dishonesty, During the past few years
there has been published almost every
where a series Of books, pamphlets and
articles calculated to misead public
opinion. People have discussed even the
most trivial acts Of sovereign whose
mlsfortuues should be a barrier against
injustice. They have scrutinized her
life. her projects, her thoughts ana
even Ter inconsoable griefs. Aud they
have invented and linked with her name
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frame. His arms and legs are very long
and he wears a No. - shoe, which is nearly
five inches across the sole.
At the examination it was shown that
the half-breed had threatened an old negro
to tell the story that the day after the muir
der he had seen three strange white men IN
the vicinity. Furthermore it was shown
that Irving knew that Mr.. Packwood was
not at home at the time Of the murder.
lTying's whereabouts on the night of the
murder, December 18th, is not satisfactorily
established. Irving when giving an oppOr-
tuniy to make a statement, simply entered
a general denial
jenkins reported discovering the murder
on the Doth Of December. He claimed that
he did not see the bodies, but that when, on
pulling his boat UP on the bank, he could
see no one he summoned assistance without
entering the house ST. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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FLoRIDA's MURDER MYSTERY.
Irving jenkins Suspected or Being the
Nov sInHrna Eufcher.

Irving jenkins Suspected or Being the
New Smyrna Butcher.
The negro-Indian half-breed Irving Jen-
kins, who first reported the fact that Mrs.
Packard and her two children and Miss
Helen Bruce had been brutally murdered in
tteir home, is a prisoner In Deland Jail.
Suspicion finally turned to him chiefly
through & remark, traced to him, concern
Ing his intentions toward the young woman.
H. denies that he ever made the remark.
BE was arrested at his 'camp." IrYing's
camp" is built on shell mound Oh the
edge Of the swamp. Irving is not the
owner, cut lives there with a man named
McRae, who employs him In orange groves
and oystering. The camp consists Of
Tudely constructed log hut about fifteen
feet square, the root matched with palm
leaves and the chinks between the logs
filed in with mud. There are two hunks
ard a stove within and tie usual household
paraDhernalia Of bachelors shanty ia the
weeds.
Tie place vas empty when the posse ar
rived, and they carefully concealed them
selves within. Il was not very long before
Che splash OF oars was heard and then the
grating sound Of IrYing's boat as tie bow
ran up on the slOpJBg beach. The man is
two or three inches over feet hiZh. with
small head, broad shoulders and well-knlt
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POSTMASTER
WANAMAKER.
A Correspondent Spends a Short Time in
His Office.
How the Postofice Business Has Increased
Since the Days Of Samuel 0sgOOd - In
prOvements Made and Contemplated.
Special to The SUNDAY CALL

John Wanamaker, the POstmaster-Gen
eral, has his Washington home in what was
once the Frelinghausen mansion, and
then occupied by the Whitneys of magnifi-
cent memories. 1t has cost him for change
and Improvement more than his salary dur
ing his whole term will amount to.
1t is very likely that, when his term is up,
he will retire with much content into pTi-
yate life, even giving up his shop, perhaps,
and show the world. in common with
George Peabody and G. w. Childs, how
much good money can do.
To give an idea of what the Postoffiee
growth has been since it was started under
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Ely NEIGUBORS.

! count them ny neIzabo-s the white-wi1ged snip
see from nay window upon the bay,
And follow them often " th loving eyes,
As cut TO tie sunset they sail away.
count them my nelghbors three stately palms,
Aud hedge OF lilies across Jhe waY;
a huge st. Bernard IS my neigab0r. TOO.
Who sleeps or The lawn 10 the sun each day.
On love my neiChbors-the white-wingei ships,
The three stately palms. aud The lilies white
The noble dog Aye. my ue.ghJ0rs 1 love.
And adore the One who made earth bright.
GRACE HIBBARD
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ABoon to Elderly women.

4 curious application has been made Of
the absorbable properties of lanOlihe in the
treatment of wrinkles. When well rubbed
in lanolne passes directly into the skin and
acts as nutriment to the tissues, with the
effect Of smoothing out the folds produced
by the alternating of these structures Incl
dental to age Several elderly ladies, who
were inducrd TO give this method Of treat
ment a trial, are said to have been delighted
with tie rcsult.-Detr0it News,