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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06

ELLIOTT, the special agent sent tc
Alaska, has submitted his report
From the report it appears the land is
worthless for agriculture; that the
fisheries are not extensive and scarcely
profitable; that thare is no evidence
of mineral deposits Of commercial val
ne, and that the only considerable in
d,tstry is thai, Of the annual catch Of
seals and a few less-ihportant fur
bearing animals, profits Of which go to
the Alaska Commercial Company.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06

RULES FOR oPEIAING.-The following
rules should be carefully committed tc
memory, as the knowledge of them
will prevent that hesitation about the
spelling Of common words which Is
frequently experienced even by the
we'll educated:
!. All monosyllables ending in J.
with single vowel before it, have
double at the close-mill, sell.
2. All monosyllables ending in l.
with a double vowel before it, have
one at the closc-wail, sail.
3. MonosylIables ending in !, when
compounded. retain but one | each;
as, fulfill, skillful.
1. All words of more than one syl
liable ending in | have one / only in
the close, as faithful, delightful; ex.
cept recall, befall, unwcll, etc.
.. All derivations of words ending
in have one ! only; as equality from
equal, except they end in err, or IL
as mill, miller, full, fuller.
6. All participles in ing from verbs
ending in lose the G final; as have,
having; amuse, amusing; except they
come from verbs ending in double e,
and then they retain both; as see, see-
ing; agree, agreeing.
I. All verbs ending in ly, and nouns
in ment, retain the final of their primi-
tives; as brave, bravely; refinement;
except judgment, acknowledgment.
8. All derivatives from words end
ing in err retain the c before the r; as
reference; except hindrance from him
der; remembrance from remember;
disastrous from disaster; monstrous
from monster; wondrous from wonder;
cumbrous from cumbcr, etc.
9. All compound words, if both end
not in !, retain their primitive parts
entire; as milestone, chargeable.
graceless, except always; also. deplor-
able, although, almost, admirable, etc.
10. All monosyl|ables ending in
consonant, with single vowel before
it, double that consonant in deriva-
tives; as sin, sinner; ship, shipping;
big, bigger; glad. gladder.
IL. Monosyllables ending in con-
with double vowel before it
do not double the consonant in deriva-
tives; as sleep, sleeping; troop, troop
er.
l2. All words of more than one syl-
liable ending in a single consonant,
proceeded by single vowel and ac-
cented on the last syllable, double that
in derivatives; as commit,
compel, compelled; appal,
distil, distiller.
l3. Nouns of one syllable ending in
Y, change y into les in the plural
and verbs ending in y, preceded by a
change y into les in the
bird person singular Of the present
ense, and les in the past tense and
,ast participle; as fly, flies; l apply,
,e applies; reply, or have replied, or
,e replied. If they be preceded by a
,owel this rule is not applicable; as
icy, keys; play. he plays; we have
njoyed ourselves.
IA. Compound words whose primi-
ives end in y change y into i; as
,eauty, beautiful; lovely, loveliness.
II
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06


A LITERARY gentleman at Grundy
Centre, Iowa, is writing new Bible.
In Nebraska more than $4,000, 900
forest trees were planted last year.
In 1869, in Central Illinois, corn
was planted as late as the Sd Of July.
A Mennonite colony has settled in
Cottonwood county, Minnesota.
A Minnesota woman killed forty
eight bushels Of grasshoppers and got
81 per bushel.
The liquor sellers throughout Mich
igan are crying loudly for injunctions
to restrain the collection of the new
liquor tax.
A "true friend" Of Joaquin Miller in
forms him, through the columns Of the
Milwaukee Ne,os, that he cannot ma
terialize as Lord Byron.
A jaw, three feet long, has been unr
earthed at Goshen, Indiana. tbs sup
posed to be relic Of some woman's-
Fighter of the Silurian age.
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FAMINE IN IcE1ASr.- Mr.. Eirikr Mag

FAMINE IN IcELANt.- Mr.. Eirikr Mag
nusson, sub.librarian Of the University
library, writes to US frSn Cambridge:
Iceland has this year Ibeen visited by
a calamity in the shape Of volcanic
eruption Tin charactenand extent al
most identical with, that of 1883,
which proved the death of $4,000 hu-
man being), the inevitable consequen'
ces Of which will be famine and de-
struction Of life on large scale un-
less timely aid should be forthcoming:
A large number of the most prosper
GUS country districtao in the island
were laid waste in tho course of four
hours last Easter Monday, by being
coverered with scomiaceous sand,
pumice and volcanic ashes. The in
habitauts have had toidy for life, with
their stock, into districts not yet af
fected, the pastures of which have
been charitably placed at their dispo-
sal by the respective owners; but be-
ing many times overstocked, they are
beginning already to yield only fam
ishing sustenance. In private letters
which l have just received from the
distressed parts, it is calculated that
pastures to the extent of from $500
to 5000 square miles have been de-,
stroycd; which supplied the necessar
ry food for 10000 sheep, 1000 cattle
and 5000 horses. The spread Of the
distress into those very districts
whose charity is supporting the first
sufferers is itself increasing the evil to-
an alarming extent, so that any aid,
to be effectual, must make provisions
not only for the instant wants Of the
people, but also for the ensuing winter,
as all prospects Of hay harvest (the
only harvest known in lceland) is
gone for this year in the Immediately
affected districts, and is largely inn
paired in the invaded ones. Food and
fodder being Immediately required for
the starving herds, it is proposed,
should this appeal be literally res
ponded to, as sincerely hope it will
be, to charter special steamer at the
earliest possible date, to convey d.
rect to the country as first install
ment of English charity, such stores
rs are absolutely necessary at this mo-
ment."
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06

The Middle States have suffered So
verely from heavy winds and rain
storms during the past months. As
the grasshoppers disappeared from
Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa and
Minnesota, another scourge appeared
not less destructive. Towns were
torn to atoms BY tornadoes and what
remained Of crops in many localities
were literally drowned out. 49,.
.a*9a 60 .------,. .l---~xi9gf
The thermometer marked SO at four
o'clock yesterday evening. a n'
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06

LAND PArENrs.-There are over
three hundred thousand patents to
land laid away in the General Land
Office at Washington during the
years that have elapsed since the or
ranization Of the Land Office. The
first issue Of patents for land was in
Ohio. These patents are valuable as
evidence Of conveyance Of the land by
the Government to the original owner,
and the title on which the validity Of
subsequent transfers depend. 1t is
true 4 record Of issue is kept at the
General Land Office, but Che procure
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1875-08-06
nHr - n0oassoludon Notice.
" COPARTNE,,Curp urrrrn

-. y the MSr~~, y0U SU0u kODG06 ma " ~
- Nde ~ nen' aan Home Hotel. and doing bu 4.
Esearp. H.n name Of Fose1r 8 Poepfson. q
Ssssaa cono Sos.s county. L r, M Sesn dissclved
y y q ~ u. Foster having purchased the
II eneea !. = non, WIN couetnue % conduct
49, and pay al The Liabilities
WAas11na : John R0oT1A
l. !. January is7Svkl
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pL AIN. OR IN C0L0RS,
And at prices 90 per oeet. below
our former rates.

.C.ll and examine specimens and prices
-. - prLLHEADs FURnIsnIEID Z =
Il AT 90 PER TlAODsA" -
N cehar nrtntius 6 prices prsporaohsssy low.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
Aunt sarah's Baby's Copper.

Boys, aud boys, aud boys Every time
there was baby came to the Raymond fun.
lily, it was boy. Uncle John. Uncle Paul,
and Aunt Sarah, all had boys, and a great
many boys.
AT last one day something cried in Aunt
Sarahs bedroom aud that was a girl. Such
pretty baby, too, with such soft hair, and
such charming complexion!
1.-The sweetest baby | ever had ~ said the
mother
Uncle Tom was rich and odd, and lived
on great farm on high hill, aud all his
brothers and sisters and nephews thought he
was made Of money. Nd
So when Uncle Tom came to see his first
niece, it was expected that tie would do some.
thing handsome. Give her a hundred acres
Of land, likely enough, or a gold watch, or
bag Of silver. But not he Uncle Tom was
so odd one could never tell where TO find
him and, as true as you are born, when he
had looked at his lovely little niece, aud
said she was about as pretty as a young
puppy, and laughed his loud, jolly laugh, he
just tossed her a copper; and that was all.
Not even so much as cent, which was q
new coin so long ago as then, aud might be
worth having as curiosity.
Mamma Sarah was so indignant she Just
threw it back without saying word. But
UnclO Tom was too gOOd-natuTed to DO ever
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
ERMONT FARMER; AGRICULTURAL NEWSPAPER

like one have not heard for eighteen years.
There's stately form approaching like his.
Can the sea have given up Its deadp A great
fellow stands before mo with sun-bronzed
face and brown beard tinged with gray. And
as feel the clasp of the firm hands and
look into the clear eyes, know II Is no
spook, but my lost Will come back to mo.
He has been home two weeks. 1t is a
long story how he was picked up by a China
boundvessel how be has wandered all round
the world trying in vain to forget. At last,
world-worn and weary, he turned his steps
towards home, hoping the kind mother still
lived to welcome him. Somewhere on his
homcward bound voyage he met Arthur
For'iyce, his amiable wife and two fair
daughters. He told HIM of his bereavement
also another piece Of intelligence that made
him speed his way MS fast rs possible.
We were married this morning in tho
same old church where our parents we're.
The wedding ring has left lis place next my
heart and CLEANS upon my finger. Will says
| am very lovely in my soft, gray silk with
its shining folds and filmy laces, and tho
dusk curls ia ling over my shoulder in the
old way. There's no accounting for tastes,
but this know, we are supremely happy.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
Scowling.

Don't seowl; il spoils faces Before you
know it your forehead will resemble small
railroad map. There is grand trunk line
now from your cowlick to the bridge of your
nose, iutcrsected by parallel lines running
east and west, with curves archng your eye
brows; and oh ! how much older you look
for it ScowliOg is a habit that steals upon
us unawares. We frown when the light is
too strong and when it is too weak. We
tie our brows into knot when we are think.
ing, and knit them even moro closely when
we cannot think. There is no denying there
are plenty of things to scowl about. The
baby in the cradle frowns when something
fails to suit. constitutional scowl," we
say. The little fodder who likes sugar on
his bread aud butter tells his troubles in tho
same way when you leave the sugar Off
Gross" VIC say about the children, and
"worried to death" about the grown folks,
and as for ourselves, We can't help it, But
VIC must. Its reflex influence makes others
unhappy for face answtreth unto face in
life as we'll as 10 water. IL bellies our relig-
ion. We should possess our souls in such
peace that it will reflect itself in placid
oountenapces. If your forehead is ridged
with wrinkles before forty what will it be
at seventy There is one consoling thought
about these marks of time and trouble-the
death angel almost always grasses them
Even the extremely aged in death often
wear a smooth aud peaceful brow. thus leav-
ing our last memories Of them calm and tran.
gull But our business is with life.
ScoWling is kind Of silent scoldiug. 1t
shows that our souls need sweetening. For
PHYS sake let us take a sad-iron or a glad.
iron, or smoothipg.tool Of some sort, and
straighteu these creases out of our faces
before they become indelibly engraved upon
our yisage.--CkriStian at Work.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03

the appetite is gone. The smell or taste
has no effect upon me at all, and l owe il
all to my mother. All that am, or hope
to be, ! owe, under heaven, to my mother.
Mothers, do not falter in your labors of
love Fathers, pause ere you tempt your
children TO drink by holding tho poison 70
their lips when at the last Il "biteth like
serpent and stingeth like an adder !" Bows.
remember to refuse the first glass. You will
rejoice 10 after years that you have had the
courage to say no. You may End il hard
at first to refuse just glass with friend
or with some one to whom you feel little
beholden, or some one you are anxious to
please. But as many times as you refuse
you are so much further advanced on the
high road to temperance, and my word for
it, you will never regret il.
Aud moderate drinkers one word to you.
Think Of the influence on the community at
large. 1t is not the few. Thousands are
watching your every step, ami how many
will follow in your footprints aud how many
will attempt to do so aud come far short,
you will never know. You are account
able for your influence. You are account
able TO your God who gave you your power
OF influence. You are accountable to your
fellow-meu who 50 much need your influence
TO aid them toward the right.
God aid your decision to be for temper.
ance and for right, trusting in Him to sus.
tain you. J. G., HAMlLIN.
Jackson, Maine.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
Charles Lamb on IntempsranOe.

This eminent man, though scholar aud
an able writer, was victim to the vice
which has ruined so many of our great men.
He knew his condition, but his enervated
will had no power to rescue him from a
drunksrd's grave, as the following lines from
his pen clearly show;
"The waters have gone over me, but out
of the black depths, could be heard, |
would cry out to all those who have set a
foot in the porilous food. Could the youth
to whom the flavor OF the first wine is deli.
cious as the opening scenes Of life or the
entering upon come newly.dscovered para
disc, look into my desolatiOn, and be made
10 understand what dreary thing it is when
he shall feel himself going down precipice
with open eyes and passive will; could he
but feel the body Of death out of which l
cry hourly with feeble cutlery TO be delivered
il were enough to make him dash the spark
ling beverage to the earth 10 all the pride
Of It's mantling temptations"
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
A Cure for Hydrophobia.


Mrs Jane G.. Swisshclm writes TO the
Pittsburg Commercial
A lady met me this morning saning, ibid
you sec that receipt for curing hydrophobia
in yesterdays paper2" | had not seen il.
"Well," she continued, ait is just the cure
wanted you TO write about two or three
years ago-the old Chester Valley cure 1t
never was known to fail aud was used in
hundreds Of cases in the eastern part of the
state remember hearing Of it as long
as can remember anything l have told
people, and told and talked, and no one
would mind me. | tried to get you to write a
letter about it, and now you must write for
people will not believe They will read and
forget all about it,"
remember perfectly her anxiety that |
should write to the public aud proclaim that
elocampane aud fresh milk are the specific
for hydrophobia, and my purpose to repeat
the account she gave me Of it, but do not
remember why | did not do SO. That
may atone for my negligence, now repeat
what she so long ago told me and what she
now urges me to make as public as possible.
In her old home in Chester county, Pa,
lived German named Joseph Emery, who
used to be sent for, far and wide, when any
one had been bitten by rabid animal.
He went to his patient carrying something
understood to be root. which he himself
dug in the woods. He MIXED pint Of
milk fresh from the COW, put the root into
1t, boiled it, gave it to the patient, fasting
made him fast after taking il /; gave Sec
ond aud third dose on alternate days, aud
never failed 10 effecting cure. In some
way, which she has forgotten, his secret
transpired, and the root was known 10 be
elecampane.
The intelligence and integrity of my In.
formant are beyond question, and rcgre,
that her love Of privacy should prevent her
giving the weight Of her name to her con-
victon that you have published an unfail.
ing SPECIFIC for hydrophobia The people
Of Chester Valley are not of class likely
TO be misled by superstition. and she is
confident it was general or universal be-
lief that Jacob Emery never faived to cure
or prevent hydrophodia. In one case the
spasms had begun before the first dose wa,
given and the patient recovered She il
anxious you should publish the receipt
again aud again, keep it standing, and call
attention to 1t until every one cuts out aud
preserves copy, aud is impressed with the
importance of using the remedy at once, in
case Of danger. The medical properties oil
elecampane are very powerful. Milk itsel
is a specific for many poisous, and Will,
the medical faculty know no cure for THU
terrible disease, we should open every ave
nue. of light into the dark subject. If the
disease is one of the imagination, we want
specific to give confidence aud cure by the
Imagination but this looks like real cur,
Of a veritrble disease.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
For the VERMONT FARMER.
A LEAF FROM AUNT KATE's
JOURNAL.
BY SARAH BRIGHAM MANSFIELD.


Yes, am an old maid; yet it was not
quite polite for that boarding school miss to
call me so. Probably seem very ancient
in her young eyes. Well l am thirty-six
to-day, and if my mirror tells me true there
are perceptible lines at the corners Of my
mouth, the gypsy face has lost much of its
youthful bloom, silver threads mingle with
the dusk tresses, and the great black eyes he
admired so much, no longer beam with
mirth but have sad far away look in them.
How old memories come back to me to-day.
l have been living over again the olden
time-all its joys and sorrows, and had not
my Will slept the dreamless sleep so many,
many years, / should know he was near me,
some weird influence, some subtle magnet
ism warns me he is near. Perhaps my
prayers are about to be answered and am
going 10 him.
Eighteen years that is a long time to most
people; to me it is an age, and every passing
year the wheels of time move slower, il
seems, 80 impatient am to join my "loved
and lost"
was just eighteen, and gayer, happier
creature the sun never shone upon. We
were to be married. win and / TO be sure l
was Young but my father had taken new
wife and somehow we didn't get on we'll, my
step-mother and /. My mother died when
was so young could but just remember
the sweet, Madonna face and soft, dark eyes.
had been my fathers pet 80 long, his
spoiled child my step-mother called me-
she disliked me from the first, she seemed
jealous of the affection my father laylshed
upon me. his motherless child.
And so when Will Grayson asked for my
hand, he gave willing consent, feeling safe
to trust me in his care. strong. brave and
manly as he was. And we had known each
other always he and his widowed mother.
a lovely old lady. lived in pretty cottage
its gable roofs and cornice and cunning porch
with its quaint pillars around which the
roses, honeysuckle and woodbine loved ia
Irvine.
He was not rich but he had a good prac-
tice, although but little more than a year
since the modest sign, "Will Grayson,
M. d." appeared upon the door-plate. His
father had been an eminent physician and
if his mantle did not fall upon the shoulders
of his son, the presage Of his name combined
with his own skill and worth earned his
success.
had boon very busy with my prepare
tionsi they were now completes even the
bridal dress, "thing of beauty" in all il
billowy whiteness, lay in Its dainty oasket
The cottage over the wayl was being re.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03
For the VERMONT FARMER.
MY FRIEND, MRS. M. w.
BY ANNIE,

BY ANNIE.
Far from the noise Of busy, hurryinE feet,
In calm, sweet silence, she hath found rset
6od.given, a. to one in need. Twas meet
To reap the golden grain. lie knoweth best.
o, blessed sleep! for one like her, 50 pure,
30 trustful in all Gods rich PROMISES
And in her fathfnnees will aud them sure
Her darkest hours were lit by thoughts Ike these,
"Altho my foet the shadowy valley tread,
Ill fear not, since by his dear hand I'm led"
Nor did she walk alone the darkened way;
Methinks some angel. plying, took her hand,
And smiling, led her thrO the gates Of day,
To meet her lost ones on the shining strand.
For on the face we loved so we'll was seen
No trace of pain care, but peace and JOYS
As If, perchance. amid the glorious sheen
0fchsrubim, she saw her angel boy.
The weary waiting ended fair aud bright
Her sun is set in lustrous golden light.
What better eulogy than this Of mine,
For one that's entered into sabbath resti
Whose life was typical Of Christs dvinsi
Humility had place within her bre asst;
And faith, and hope, and every Christian grace
Charity for Gods legacy, the poor
Not mere hearsr Of the word-her place
Was ever found beside the earnest doer.
Whatever word that from her lips Ger fell,
Twas spoken truly, kindly, wisely, well.
ProetorsuiHe. November, 1875.
Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1875-12-03

offended, aud he only laughed again and,
putting the copper IN bis pocket, went
whistliug of, TO look at some cows some
where.
He bought the COWS, and paid for them I;
and while he was putting up his money, a
hen few out of 4 barn window close by
cackling--a very odd hen, with high crest
like peacock's, and white feathers down
her legs, as though she had been bloomer.
81 hat is a singular.lookiug bird" said
Uncle Tom.
"Got one of her eggs you will sell me 4"
asked Uncle Tom, taking out Aunt Sarah's
baby's copper. .
ii guess 80. Here, Rad, you run up to
the nest in the horse-barn chamber, behind
the stalks That is Pantalets nest. and
guess by the sound you will iiud a uew-laid
egg there" ~,
Sure enough, 10 a minute Rad ran back
with the EGG, warm and white Uncle Tom
paid the copper, and taking it homo, put
II under sitting hen, and in due time
out popped chicken. The chicken grew
to be a hen, and the hen proved as great a
layer as her mother. So many eggs in so
many, Unclo Tom saved to pay him for his
trouble and his corn, and sold the rest, or
turned them into chickens for ,e benefit Of
Aunt sarah's baby, who kept growing along
first to girl, and then to womanhood, aud
was still as pretty as ever.
At las. Uncle Tom sold some OF the hens
for lamb. The lamb became sheep, aud
the mother of many sheep, until the sheep
we're sold lor COW. So, year by year,
while Aunt Sarahs baby grew older aud
prestier, her property grew larger and more
valuable, until, on her wedding day, Uncle
Tom took home to her, iu line, like the
procession going into the ark, first flock OF
hens, then drove of sheep, and following
| after, herd Of cows--a handsome dowry
and only the rightful income from her first
copper.