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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07

For two years | have been using
an old mare. II years old, without
shoes. She had always been shod
before. And for the last ten months
have used a 6-year-old horse of
rather heavy build without shoes.
NV brougham is ten and a half hun
dredweight, and they draw it singly
in turns. | had them shod three
times with. "Charlier" shoes. Each
time the shoe was made shorter, and
| allowed the shoes to be worn until
they were thinner than sixpence.
At the end of that time the middle
of the hoof had grown level with the
wall. Then the animal went with
out shoes altogether.
There was little lameness once or
twice, which passed off with a day
rest each time. use the rasp about
once a month to remove the Jagged
edges of the hoofs and 10 keep the
hoofs in shape. The wall of the
hoofs becomes more than an inch III
thickness and wonderfully hard, and
not brittle as might have been
thought, though | use no means Il
keep them soft.
Ny horses go quite as well as with
shoes, and are much safer when the
sets are greasy and slippery. They
are not as safe on ice as sharpenet
horse, but much safer than an un
sharpened horse. If horse is uset
unshod before the middle of the hoo
is filled up, the wall breaks away II
large pieces up to the nail holes, and
he goes lame and must have rest un
| til what the farrier has cut away
has been replaced by nature. Moth
ing could induce me TO go back L
shoes, and any horse is able TO d'
without shoes if treated as above
DIR. Wharton in London Lancet
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Dumas and His Pedigree.

The stumbling block in pedigree
building is the occasional cropping
up of disreputable ancestor whom
you have special reason for not re-
membering. Sydney Smith used TO
say that several members Of his
family disappeared about the time of
the assizesi" and most people renem-
Der the story of Alexandra Dumas,
the elder, who had considerable
dash of the tar brush in his veins.
and who was pestered about his
pedigree by some antiquarian Smell
fungus
Your father, n. Dumas, said the
bore, was, / take il, mulatto. )"
"Yes, sir" Thus your grandfather
must have been negroi' Precisely
So" And your great grandfather.
cher NJ. Dumasi" "A monkey. sir, "
Numbered the exasperated Alex
andre. My pedigree ends where
yours begins &c. A Sala In London
Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
The Marriage State Not in Danger

Whenever any two persons care so
much for each other that they can
not happily live apart they will be
welded in spite of all opposing in
fiuences, and perhaps those are the
only circumstances under which a
wedding ought ever to take place.
1t would not do to say with Hamlet
that I'VE will have no more mar
riages," and that all who are now
single shall keep as they are. " but
we are justified in thinking that the
ratio of matrimonial happiness is
likely to he increased according to
the measure of marriages that are
brought about by reflective instead
of emotional means.
The system with which the critics
find so much fault is not perfect, but
it is much better than they represent
it to be, or it would not have sur,
vived so long. With all their flaw
picking, they have not been able &c
devise an acceptable substitute for it,
and until they are able TO do so il
will continue to stand as the mos
beneficent of those great agencies
which regulate and control the at
fairs of civilization.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
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Crushed Sand for Mortars.

The effect produced on the charac-
ter of cement for mortars by the size
or form of the sand employed has
been the subject of investigation by
NJ Ferret a French expert, who pre-
pared artificial sands out of crushed
quartzite, with view to determine
its strength as compared with sand
of natural formation. The sand as
received from the crusher was grad
ed into three degrees of fineness
The first consisted of such grains as
would pass through a sieve contain
ing four meshes to the square cent?
meter, and were retained on a sieve
of thirty-six meshes per square cen
timeter; the second consisted of
grains passing through a sieve of
thirty-six meshes to the square cen
timeter and retained in one of a
much finer mesh, while the third con-
sisted of the grains passing through
this last sieve Measured dry each of
these samples had practically the
same specific weight, the second
being slightly the lightest Mixed in
various proportions it was found
that the mixture having the highest
specific weight was one compris-
ing six parts of the first sand and
four of the third. the weight of this
being 80 per cent more than that OF
number two.-New York Sun.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
The Pineapple as a Digestive.

Among the most wonderful dis
coyeries of recent times is the effect
of various vegetable products pos
sessing digestive properties of an ac-
tive character. The digestive prop
erty of the papaw has long been
known and utilized. More recently
it has been ascertained that the juice
of the pineapple contains a very i'm
portant digestive property. which is
capable of digesting albumen and al
lied substances, not only in acid, but
in nutritive alkali media, which
gives to it the combined properties
of the gastric juice and the pancre-
attic juice. This excellent fruit may
be found valuable aid to digestion.
, The coarse pulp is wholly indigest-
BILE. and only the juice should be
swallowed. 1t should be taken only
at mealtime. Good Health.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07

The poet Whittier. strange as such
a defect appears in one who made
such effective use of color in his
poetry. was color blind. He was
able to describe with as much ac-
curacy as beauty the tints of the
evening sky at sunset, the hues of
cloud and forest upon the side of
mountain, or the changing purple.
blue and violet of the twilight sea-
His popularity of vision betrayed
him into an error. although an error
not discoverable by his readers.
The Quaker poet shared in all re
spects the quiet tastes of the sect
into which. he was born, and shared
them no less by temperament than by
breeding, being naturally one of the
simplest, sedatest, most retiring and
least snowy of men
His friends were therefore natu-
rally astonished when he made his
appearance one day with his usually
somber garb enlivened by a flowing
necktie of a flaming scarlet hue
They wondered for time in silence
then a very old friend ventured to
inquire;
'Thee's never worn necktie like
that before, Greenleaf; does thee
think it is becomingfH
a little surprised, Mr. Whittier ap-
pealed to the company for their YER
diet, when. the color of the offending
decoration being mentioned, he ex
pressed both amusement and dis
may and volunteered a promise tc
discard it at once and forever. He
had purchased it, he assured them
under the impression that it was Of
a dull and decorous greeni
AS in many other cases of person,
similarly afflicted. Mr.. Whittier
color blindness was only partial, ant
was limited to an inability to distin
| guish green from its complimentary!
color. red. Youths Companion.
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We owe our earliest knowledge OF
hypnotism TO those wise men OF the
East. the Hindoos, TO whom we owe
our language, our religion, our phi
losophy and our oriental rugs, as well
as cholera and the opium habit. Who
first in that land of dreams and dirt
made use of hypnotic passes to put
his fellow men into involuntary sleep
is as obscure parsonage in history
as the discoverer of the oyster, and
as unimportant, for, while we enjoy
all the material advantages of the
discoveries of these unknown heroes
of invention, we are not obliged TO
consider the claims of envious
contestants every year, as we have
to do in the case of the invention OF
the telephone and the discovery of
America. New York World.
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Name. Of Mount Ararat.

The Turks know Great Ararat, the
resting place of the Biblical ark, as
Aghri- Dagh, or Mountain of the
Ark" The Persians call it Kohl
nuh, "Noah's Mountain" The Amph-
kris call it the Peak of Gods Boat
man. and whenever in sight of it
perform a peculiar religious cere-
mony called Leila Rhineri, or the
Brave Rhinoceps, because of a
legend current among them that
God cursed the beast and command
ed Noah not to take him on the
great craft with the other animals.
To this treatment the rhinoceros OBJ
jected, and when the ark began to
float he hooked his horn over rail
ing at the waters edge and foated
about with the Noahian vessel, an
unwelcome parasite. during the forty
days. st. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
couIdn.t Be . Mistake.

He was a suspicious man and his
grocer knew it. He always glanced
sharply at the scales when his gro
ceries were being weighed and al
ways carried home his own pur
chases and weighed them there again
One Saturday evening he brought
home an arrnful of bundles and pro-
ceeded as usual to put them in turn
upon his kitchen scales. Pretty soon
he said to his wife:
There. l told you we were being
cheated. Systematically cheatedl !
ordered one pound of tea and here is
only three quarters, and bought five
pounds of brown sugar, as you told
me. and here are only four pounds
Are you srre7 Maybe the scales
are wrong, or something
Yes, that's what You always say.
Don't l know a pound when l see Ill
And the scales are all right. They re
the same kind as they use at the
store We're being cheated. that's
ALL
Maybe there was some uninten
tional mistake on the part of some
body gently suggested the mans
wife.
Mistake, Can't be any. If he
saws so III tell hum he lies and have
the law ON him.
just then there was knock at the
door, and the mans wife opened Il
to near neighbor who had two
packages in his hand
Beg pardon, he said, but think
you got some of my bundles tonight
and got some of yours. There wa:
such crowd there that while you
were looking at some goods at th'
end of the counter, after purchasing
your supplies, l gathered up what
supposed were my purchases, and b.
mistake got two of yours. A pound
of tea and more sugar than / bought
All, yes You have them there
haven't your Thanks. oh, M
trouble. All right. Good night
The man with the scales whistle'
thoughtfully to himself as the doc
closed, and his wife smiled and hk'
a wise woman held her peace. :
Youths Companion.
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BRAIN WAVES.


Peculiar Sensations Of = student Far ne
moved from Civilization.
] am living at the headquarters Of
subdivision ON railway construc-
ton, at the very ontskirts Of civiliza~
ton, about twenty miles from the
nearest station. About ten days ago
l went in to the station for few
days. On my way in ! met a young
police officer, whom ] Knew slightly,
on his way out to take up post in
the jungle beyond my headquarters.
We had a short chat. mentioned,
casually, that / should return ION
Monday" This was on Friday.
In the station heard incidentally
that the same officer was i'll ata small
village between where I met him and
my headquarters. and was coming in
again. To this | attached no great
importance When leaving the sta
ton to return about midday ON Mon
day was seized when a short dis.
lance out with a strong feeling that
some one was wanting me and that
something was wrong. So strong
was it Ialmost turned back, for had
left my wife in the station in not tbs
best state of health.
However, l put the apprehension
by, thinking that it was nervousness
and that was little run down
with the hot weather. When / go1
about twelve miles out / fell in witt
a camp Of some fellow engineers re
turning from survey from different
direction and was asked by them IL
remain over night.
Again l had the feeling that ough
not to stay, but as / knew of no rea
son why should not remain / pu
the feeling by and staid the night
Next morning | heard that durin,
the night the police officer had beel
carried through in adhooly. and tina
he died just as he got in.
i Now, the inference may seem t,
some people to be born of a disease
imagination, but / have little doub
that the poor fellow who was lyin,
at his last gasp was thinking lin al
excited and feverish way perhaps
of myself and his last hopes of see
ing European, and that lie had
strong desire for me to come to him
that the thought wave was stron
enough to reach me. and that had m
brain been attuned to receive it prof.
erly and interpret it / should hav
gone ON to him
| The theory is in no way vitiated b
the fact that the feeling was trans
tory, and that the poor fellows pas
ing the camp in the night did NJ
affect me. By that time he We
} probably not in condition to EN-
nate thought waves, nor did he kno
that was there. National Review
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
A Very Gloomy View of Marriage

Marriage is the only game of
chance which it is possible for both
players to lose. said d. C. Goodwin,
confirmed bachelor who scorns
matrimonial joys and cares and takes
his ease at his inn. After much
careful play on both sides after
world of sugar coated deception and
premeditated nlisdeeds, one wins a
blank and the other BOBBY. After
long and skillful angling in the mat
rimonial pool one lands a stingaree
and the other a bulIhead. One ex-
poets to wed demigod, who only
hits the earth in high places, who
bumps his majestic head against the
stars; the other to capture feather
less angel, who will make his Edenic
bower one long drawn sigh of &C.
static bliss.
When the agony of courtship is
over.when the stage play IS ended
and Romeo and his Juliet get down
out of the foolish clouds and strike
the realities of life with a jolt--one
learns that he is tied to sloven,
who slouches around the house with
her hair on tins, dime novel and a
dirty collar, the other that she is
chained to a hoodlum who comes
home from the lodge at2 a. m, howls
for her TO come down and help him
hunt for the keyhole that has fallen
out of the front door, and is snaked
in by a policeman before she can
frame an appropriate curtain lecture
and boil tincupful OF pure spring
water st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07


Arteafan weIls Have Helped AIesria-
Artesian wells have wrought won
ders in Algeria
Since 1856 in the provinces Of Al
gicrs, Gran and Constantine oyer
Is. ZOO wells have been bored, one
tenth of them at government ex-
peDse These wells range from rs
to 400 feet in depth, and the low
pressure common to the majority Of
them forces the water over the
small board casing to q distance Of
only about two feet above the
ground.
The water is collected in small res
ervoirs, from which it is conveyed to
vineyards. date plantations and fields
of durra, millet and wheat, which
comprise the chief cereals of the col
ony. About 1900, 900 acres Of des-
ert land have been reclaimed IN this
way Under this irrigation and ne
clamation scheme Algeria has be-
come great wine growing coul;zy
The total area under colonization OF
settled occupation IN Algeria in 1881
was so, 0O0, 600 acres, and of this area
over II, 600, 600 were under cultiva-
ton by irrigation for wheat, barley,
oats, wine, olives, dates, tobacco,
etc.-Eastern and Western Review
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07

Icannot tell you what love is. l
used to believe it the power that
made the world go round-an ema-
nation from heayen-a portion of
that bright essence increate, infused
into the human heart; but, after
watching its vagaries for half a cea-
fury, | am inclined to believe it q
disease of the blood, the mad work
OF some yet undiscovered microbe,
which therapeutics may yet provide
q panacea for.-Exchange.
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chseses wITH FOREIGN NAMES.

q
Amevieau Manufacturers Imitase Closely
the Well known Brnnds-
Simple folk who pride themselves
upon their gastrononic taste are
sometimes heard to speak scornfu1ly
Of American cheeses, hut perhaps in
nine cases out Of ten they eat and
praise as an excellent example Of the
foreign product cheese that never
sossed the ocean Camembert and
Brie are the only soft cheeses that
are imported in considerable quaint
ty, and even these are manufactured
in the United States. Won may buy
50 called Carnembert cheese with
an elaborate foreign label, but as a
matter Of fact little, If any, Of the
imported article is sold here between
May and October. Camembert usu.
ally reaches the New York market
ten or twelve days from the factory,
and some of it spoils on the way if
the weather be hot for the season
It comes over in the swiftest ships
from Havre, and what is brought in
one ship is pretty wen consumed be
fore another arrives.
It is confessed that the native
Camembert and Brie are not so good
AZ the foreign article, but the cheese
makers Of New York and New Jer-
ssy have come at length to produce
admirable Roquefort and good imi.
tations. If they may be 80 called, Oh
many other famous foreign cheeses
The French cheesemakers, with the
conservatism Characteristic to rural
Europeans, have neglected to adapi
their products to the American mar
ket-
The Brie cheese from abroad, fol
example, comes IN a large disk thai
puts it beyond any but those wht
consume it in large quantities, where
az the native Brie is made in small
cakes that may be purchased fol
family use. The sale of Gorgonzol;
cheese, which is still imported, j
much smaller than it would other
wise be if made In smaller parcels
Only two or three English cheese
are now imported in large quantities
and the so called English dair,
cheese is native product
| Meanwhile enormous quantities o
American cheeses are exported t
Great Britain. Some English cheese
makers have taken to putting u
their products in jars instead of blad
ders-in this way making them NOR
easily preserved
The German and Swiss cheeses ar
initiated here, though less success
fully than some others As to tn
Italian cheeses, they are made witl
, out pretense of concealment wher'
ever there is a considerable Italia
, quarter. though the limitations az
! not liked by the Italians themselve
and cheap Italian cheeses are impor
ed in large quantities. Parmesan
a favorite with the Italians, since
is cheap and in various ways usefu
! Limburger is initiated here, as
Neufchatel. New York Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07

Teddy vanchump-That young fell
low to whom you took off your hat
Just now is engaged to Miss Daisy
Goldberg. Are you acquainted with
himi
Bill Uppercrust-I don't know him
at all.
Then how did you come to bow to
himl"
Because we are in the same line
of business, so to speak. l, too, am
engaged to Miss Daisy Goldberg. y
Texas Siftings.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07

Fox was seldom, if ever, at a loss
for a retort, and a story is told how,
when canvassing Westminster, he
applied to shopkeeper for his vote
and interest. The man produced a
halter with which he said he was
ready to oblige him. THANK you,
replied Fox, for you kind offer, but
should be sorry to deprive you OF
so valuable family piece. London
Standard.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1893-03-07
WORD 10 PHYLLIS.

,oh GEARS In one unbroksn line
pas pass 90 their silent Way
ieuher this, fair uiistsers nina
soye knows no sesfarday
Twas yesterday whsi. iirst We naet'
WI Wien first saw thy smile; ~
r'ras Yesterday u sad regret
ami Out the sun awhile.
ooub, captured capid,s citadel.
IND md held the god at bay;
r, nr" ratae the clouds. thy tears first fell
an thai was yesterday.
Nav clouds and frowiis and rain OF tears
III gave gone their silent way,
On, in the passing OF the years
'i love knows no yesterday.
Tiaysl scuti Mines In ilarper's Bazaar.
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AN OLD DUTCH FARMHOUSE.


'carfous and Interesting Features Of Some
Real Ancient Dwellings.
The old farmhouse usually con-
sistsof kitchen, a large living room,
q cheeseroom. a dairy, two small
bedrooms in the garnet, and 1t the
back forming partof the main build
ing) the big COW stable with its huge
loft. and a wide space in the middle,
where thrashing and winnowing are
still done in primitive fashion. Hay
ricks with movable roofs on four
poles, various barns or sheds. and an
outside kitchen called the baking
house where the rough work Is
done food cooking for the cattle.
etc., surround the main building.
The baking house is often used
as living room in summer, and Is
more cheerful than the solemn apart
ment into which the visitor is in
variably ushered. A wide chimney
lined with tilesstrctches nearly across
one side Of this room, but the open
fire on the hearth has long ago dis
appeared and given place to an ugly
stove. Quaint brass fire irons hang
behind it, and on either side is an
armchair. differing from its humber
brethren only in the possession Of
wooden arms If there is baby in
the family it is likely to be reposing
in a cradle. with green baize curtains,
as near as possible to the fireplace. in
defiance of all laws of health.
! Two or three large cupboards,
sometimes handsomely carved, and
always kept well polished, stand
against the whitewashed walls. One
of them generally has glass doors in
the upper part, and on its shelves the
family china-often of great value
is exposed to view. Unfortunately
these heirlooms in old families have
been largely bought up by enterpris
ing Jews.
, Sometimes. however, sentiment hai
proved stronger than the love o
. money, and the farmer has not part
, ed with his family possessions In /;
corner of the room a chintz curtain
or sometimes a double door, show.
where the big press bed is an in
stitution of prehygenic times. which
; to the peasant mind, has no in
!, conveniences whatever. In the mid
7 die of the room a table stands ON
carpet, and as people take off thei
. shoes at the door and go about ii
their thick wooden stockings, neithe
? it nor the painted floor ever show
7 signs of mud
: Another table stands near one Q
t the windows. of which there are tw
$ or three. The linen blinds so closel
: meet the spotless muslin curtains
V which are drawn stiffly across tn
:. lower panes on two horizontal stick.
that a stray sunbeam can hardl
make its way into the room, even
, it has been able to struggle throug
a the thick branches of the clipped linn
. trees that adorn the front of th
= house. On one of the tables ira
: stands. with a hospitable array c
a cups and saucers, teapot, etc, and
f protected from the dust by a croche
. or muslin cover.
The huge family Bible, with its hi
brass clasps, has an honorable plac'
! often on a stand by itself. Roug
r woodcuts or cheap prints and a grou
of family photographs, which do re
: fiatter the originals, are hung on tn
t walls.--National Review