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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1877-01-05

Mason and Dixon's lire is the paral-
lei of latitude thirty-nine degrees, for
t..-three minutes, twenty-three and
three-tenth seconds North, which sep
arates Pennsylvania from Maryland.
1t begins at the northeastscorner ct
MARYLAND and runs due west
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Notice.

Notice is hereby given that the delinquent tax
list of Boise county for the year 1876 has been de-
osited with the District Attorney. and II the deiin
auent taxes therein specified are not PAID .ne conn
notice. action will be commenced by said District
Attorney for the collection of said delinquent taxes
and costs. o.,, .,.
4 oath day OF December, 1875.
Ills. JANIS MoRIARrY,
Auditor Boise Co., ]. I.
IDAHO CrrY, December 90. 1876.
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rants.
NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
IN I will, on Saturday. the 23d day OF
December. A. d. 1876, at IL o'clock NJ. of
said day, at my office in Idaho City, Boise
County, I. T. offer at public auction, the
sum of One Thousand and Fifty ($1,050)
Dollars, in sums of Twenty-Five Dollars,
to the lowest bidder therefor in County
Warrants of said Boise County, issued and
registered prior to January, 1869.
john BRoDBEcK, Treasurer.
Idaho City, Dec. IL, 1876.
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e=lLa Idaho Encampmcnt No. 5. I.
r. c., holds its regular meeting in Odd
Fellow Hall. on Saturday evenings, at I
= o'clock All Champions in good standing
n ~ are invited to attend. By order of the z.
<Esz| @. ELLA-H HARVEY, ". s.
-. Jan. 2-'7I-ts.
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.ctESD &c. to G. P. RowELL 1 CO., New York.
s for Pamphlet of 16O pages. containing lists OF
5000 newspapers, and estimates showing costs OF
advertising.
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VALUABLE RANCH
BEAUTIFUL RANCH,

near Horseshoe Bend on the Payette rlver for sale
The place is in high state of cultivation and un-
der good fence with fine dwelling, outhouses, etc
There is also small orchard of trees that will bear
and strawberries in great abundance. The location
Is very desirable one to any ono wishing to per-
manently settle in Idaho. and upon application i'm
nediately great bargain will be given The neigh
borhood ia one of the very best in the Territory,
with a good school and church within sight. Apply
con.
AMANDA ANGLE.
sSept Sth, 1875
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
SULPHUR FOR SCARLET FEVER.

Dr.. Henry Pigeon writes to the
London Lancet as follows: ''The mar
velOuS success which has attended my
treatment of scarlet fever by sulphur
induces me to let my medical breth-
rem know Of my plan, SO that they
may be able to apply the same remedy
without delay. All the cases in which
| used it were very we'll marked, and
the epidermis on the arms in each
case came away like the skin of a
snake. The following was the exact
treatment followed in each case:
Thoroughly anoint the patient twice
daily with sulphur ointment; give five
or ten grains of sulphur in little jam
three times day. Sufficient sulphur
was burned, twice daily OH Ton Goals
on shoveD. to fill the room with the
fumes. and, nf course, was thoroughly
inhaled by the patient. Under this
mode of treatment each case improved
Immediately, and none were over
eight days in making a complete re-
covery, and / firmly believe in each it
was prevented from spreading by the
treatment adopted. One case was in
large school. Having had large
experience in scarlet fever last year
and this. | feel some confidence in my
own judgement, and / am of the Opin
ion that the very mildest cases | ever
saw do not do half SO well as bad case!
do by the sulphur treatment and rs fal
as / can Judge, sulphur is as near ;
specific for scarlet fever rs possible.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
SCIENCE
A TREE THAT RAINS.

The Consul of the United States of
Columbia in the Department Of Lere-
to. Peru, has recently called the atten-
ton Of President Prado to a remarka-
BILE tree which exists in the forests
adjoining the village Of Moyobamba.
This tree, known to the natives as
Tamai-Caspi (rain stree). is about So
feet in height at full growth, and the
diameter of it's trunk is about 80 inch
es. 1t absorbs and condenses the
moisture in the atmosphere with as
tonishing energy, and it is said that
water constantly exudes from it's
trunk and falls like rain from it's
branches. So abundant is the water
supply that the soil near by is turned
into marsh. The tree gives forth
most water when the rivers are dry
during the summer season, and when
water generally is scarce. It's cult
walton is proposed throughout the
arid regions of Peru.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
THE BORAx NAMES or NEVADA

Many Of the wonderful and valuable
and inventions, both an
cient and moerrn. have been accident
al. Notable instances will be readily
called to mind by the intelligent read
er. not only of the discovery Of gold
and other mines of great value, but
also the germs Of such great and use
ful arts and inventions as printing.
steam. electricity. and various kinds
of mechanism. Among the modern
and indeed recent discoveries of great
value to mankind, one in our country
is particularly noteworthy. 1t is that
Of the discovery of mine or vast bed
Of borax, by which most useful and
necessary article, instead of being an
expensive luxury as formerly, is rem
dered SO cheap as to bring it within
the means of all classes.
This remarkable discovery was
made in Esmeraldo county, Nevada,
some four years ago by young man
who was prospecting for gold and sill
yer mines. While thus engaged.
trayersing mountains. canons, and
valleys on horseback, he saw, in val
ley known as Techs marsh, what APP
peared to be vast bed of white sand,
resembling dry sea foam. The ap-
pearance was so novel and singular
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15

cavities. No ton has been petrified,
and here and there a root. Many
have been charred by fire. Some are
broken after petrification had taken
place, as there is no mark of splinter
ing or bruising. What must have
been the giant force that followed
their first destruction to have dealt
this further blow? The majority OF
the trees are redwood, some the man.
drone, and the limb of an oak has also
been found. One Of the first named
is eleven feet in diameter, and the
part Of the trunk still preserved is
sixty-eight feet in length. Another
shows marks Of having been hacked
with an AK probably made Of obsidian,
as all the prehistoric implements from
this locality were made Of this same
substance a volcanic rock. which APP
pears in abundance all about. There
is no mistaking the fact that the cut
ting was done before petrification be-
gan, as the cuts occur at different an
giles to the grain Of the wood.-San
Francisco Post.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
LITERARY
HIDDEN CONTINENTAL.

The eventful wear OF IT'S was draw
mo 10 \ close when Col. Campbell, OF
the British army, landed near Savan-
nah and fell furiously on the Ameri-
cans under Gen. Howe. Howe's
troons were in no condition to lace
the enemy. an unsuccessful campaign
in the Floridas had enfeebled his men
by disease. and deeming "dlscretion
the better part of valor, he retrea'eo
up the river. sc
OF course. the then capital OF Geor'
ola fell into the hands of the enemy
who abused his triumph and con-
SIGNED his name to an unenvlable tame.
There was a strong tory element III
Savannah which had been keptln check
bv the presence of the contlnentais'
but when the British marched into the
city it arose and asserted its strength.
Houses were plundered, and a number
of patriots were havoneted In the
streets. Neighbor rose against neigh
Dor. and tories led plundering sol
dierv to the homes of the patriots.
The Holly family that dwelt in Sa
vannah at the time of its capture and
sack. consisted of three persons-the
mother and two children. The father
= man of wealth and influence in
Georgia. had died the year that prece
ded the outbreaking of the war, ant
the home of his family was one of the
finest residences in the city.
Miriam Holly, the Oldest child, wa
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
B BARRIERS.

Between thy life and mine
Rugged and stormy, resistless barriers rise;
Day after day they show sterner front
Uplifted to the skies,
Shutting me from thee.
Oft times there comes a binding mis-: and rain,
But Through the darkest ,thickest cloud know
The sun will shine again!
Between thy life and mine
Sullen and cold turbid waters roll;
Beneath their angry waves hopes bark was
wrecked
Long ere it reachedits goal
Yet IN the quiet deep
Faiths anchor holds fast with it's golden chain
Binding two hearts that else would drift away
Upon sea of pain
Between thy life and mine
Stretches affair a wide and dreary plain,
Across the waste we gaze with longing eyes,
Heart cries to heart-in vain;
The echoes answer lack
In vain, in vain; and SO we turn away,
With one long, shivering sigh of agony,
In loneliness to stray
Between thy life and mine
The hand of fate has woven some bright
threads,
With one entering radiance thro' theseshad-
owed days
A steadfast lustrc sheds
Parted though we must be,
These goluen fibres shall our hearts entwine,
The sweetness of unspoken sympathy
Blending thy life and mine.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
SCIENCE At THE BRITISH tSSOCiA-
TICN

Mr.. Francis Gallon discussed the
ideal criminal, in whom he detects
three peculiarities of character; his
conscience is almost deficient, his in
stincts are vicious, and his power Of
self control is very weak. By the ex-
animation Of many thousand photo
graphs of criminals, he was enabled,
by their physiognomic characteristics,
to divide them into three Well-marked
groups, respectively, of perpetrators
Of murder, an-slaughter, and burgla-
ries, perpetrators Of felonies and for
geries, and perpetrators Of sexual
crimes; and in this way he was enabled
to examine how far the peculiarities
first mentioned above may be correla-
ted with physical features. The his
tory of the famous Jukes family of
criminals was brought forward, to
show what extremely important topics
may be open to inquiry in single
branch Of anthropological research;
and the general amount pointed to the
necessity Of more accurately obtain
ing explanation Of the conditions un-
der which the quality of the stock of
the human race deteriorates or i'm
proves.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15

that he dismounted and descended to
prospect the object. Upon arriving
at the place, he found it to be the bed
OF a dry lagoon with the appearance
of having been dry for centuries.
Walking cautiously over the place. he
found the suface to be soft and clayev.
and often sunk ankle deep. After an
examination of the curious clayey de-
post he put several handfuls into his
pockets, mounted his horse, and re-
turned across the mountains to his
home in Columbus. There he handed
the contents of his pockets to an as
sayer. who, after analysis, pronounced
it the richest sample of bOraX he had
ever seen. This fact at once created
great excitement, and no little ex-
pense attended the necessary claiming
ETC., on the part of the for
tunate discoverer. It soon proved to
be an enormous lagoon or deposit OF
crude borax, two and half miles
wide, and five or six in length. It
was more than one man could properly
manage, so brother was sent for, and
the two (now widely known as the
Smith brothers. of Nevada and New
York; worked with a will. sparing
neither time nor money until the
whole deposit was their property. and
it's wealth being developed. They at
once obtained boilers, tanks, crystali-
zers, etc., from Chicago, and COM
menced operations. The result is
that, in the course Of three Or four
years, the brothers have perfected an
immense establishment and are pro-
ducing an enormous quantity OF a
chemically pure article OF boraX,
which stands first. and is in demand
in every household, to whom it is
supplied by grocers and druggists
throughout the country. So import
ant has this new industry become that
the eminent house of w. L. Coleman
& Co., New York and San Francisco,
some time ago became the sole agent.
for the article, and they are now
pushing it's sale in all parts Of the
world. We are indebted to them for
the foregoing particulars.
The most wonderful part of our StO-
| ry is that the vast deposit of bOrax in
| Techs Marsh reprOduces itself every
| two or three years, so that the supply
will continue ineXhaustible. This
fact land the additional one that the
article has been put at the lowest
fgures) must prove great benefit and
blessing to the people, for borax has
! become Indispensable for many pur'
poses, being much used in the arts,
the household, and as hygienic rem
edy. Indeed the uses Of boraX are Sc
varied, and it's properties SO valuable,
that those who have thus cheapened
it's probationary discovery and i'm
proved preparation-are entitled to
rank among the few who have bestow.
ed lasting benefits upon mankind and
the world.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
THE PETRlFiED FOREST IN GALlFOR.
MIA

The site of the petrifed forest is
about | 900 feet above the sea-level,
and lies in the same trend with the
Geysers. Mount st. Helena, and the
thermal springs of Calistoga. Geolog-
ically it is one vast tufa bed, in which
the trees lie as they were thrown.
probably thousands of years ago, by
some vast CONFUSION of nature. This
tufa. I will say for the benefit of the
uninitiated in scientific lore. lisa volcan-
ic ash or cinder; it is lava thrown up
ward in a fiery mass and descending
with rain. 1t is gray in color and
granular in structure. Sometimes it
IS found imbeded in the form Of little
globes or bombs. Ammonites, found
in the strata, fix the event in the ere
taceous period: the professor inclines
to the opinion that it was pe-clacial.
The trees lie at five or six different lev
els-on the lower almost north and
south: at the highest. northeast and
southwest. At the latter level the
trees must have buried under eighty
or 100 feet of lava: at the lowest. 500
feet. their dip conforms to the dip of
the tufa. and it is at an angle of from
thirty to forty-five degrees. They are
fragments; many of which have been
converted into charcoal, others into
Ignite. and others into beautiful
specimens of jet. Where the heart Of
tree had decayed the cavity is filled
with opal, form Of lnstrOus, uncTys-
talized SILICA, containing water.
! Chalcedony, another form of SILICA,
but clear and limpid, is found in other
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
WtT AND HuM0R+

Ducks lay eggs; geese lay wagers.
Why do old maids wear mittens!
To keep off the chaps!
Hope isa pleasant acquaintance, but
an unsafe friend.
If necessity is the mother of inven-
ton, who is the father!
An author-A dealer in words who
often gets paid in his own coin.
A spoon-An article that meets a
lady's lips without kissing them.
The young lady who "burst into
tears has been put together again.
Why are conundrnms like monkeys?
Because they are far-fetched and full
of nonsense.
"Scatter the germs Of the beauti-
full as the poet said when he kicked
his wife and children out Of doors.
sDon't you think, husband, that you
| are apt to believe everything you
hear1'' mo, madam, not when you
talk
A gentleman, having musical Sis
/
celled in, declared that the piano was
her fort (e).
A Scotch lady hearing that it was
desirable to have presence OF mind,
replied, 81 had rather have absence OF
body"
If PAIR Of stockings are hose, is a
single stocking hoel If a pair of
glasses are spectacles, is one specta-
Gle! And if not, why not!
Oh, / am so glad you like birds;
what kind DO you admire most! Well
/ think a goose, with plenty Of stuffing
is about as nice as any.
Il am astonished, my dear young
lady, at your sentiments. You make
me start "Well, sir, | have been
wanting you to start for the last
hour.
il Our friend Will HAS invented
something that beats the telephone:
He proposes to put in line OF
women, fifty steps apart, and commit
, the news to the first as secret.
When a gentleman, to her great an
noyance. was standing with his back
close to the chimney-piece, she would
call out. ssHaye the goodness, sir, to
stir the fire!'
, 4 Mr.. Smart was recently prosecu-
ted by young widow for breach Of
! promise. He settled the difficulty by
marrying her. He made her Smart
lest she shonld make him.
.sJim.'' said bankrupt gentleman
to his son, eff you marry that girl on
Indiana avenue, I'll cut you off with a
dollar" Where will you get the
dollar" was the reply.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
OCTOBER.

Rendiue beneath his load October comes,
With dreamy depths of gray-blue sky,
And smoke wreathe floating over quiet homes
That in the valley lie.
Among the few lone flowers the honey bees
Roam listlessly, and fail to find
The summer morning dew rich fragrant lees
lime roses held enshrined.
The purple grapes hang ready for the kiss
OF red lips sweeter than their wine,
And mid the turning leaves they soon will
miss
The crimson apple shine.
Lazly through the soft and sunny air
The great hawks fly and give no heed
To the sweet songsters that toward the fair
Far lands summer speed.
Along the hills wind asters bend to greet.
The roadsides wealth of golden rod,
And by the fences the bright sumacks meet
The morning light of God.
Slowly the shadows of the clouds DRIFT DER
The hillsides, clad in opal haze,
Where gorgeous butterflies seek the rich store
Oftlower- spent summer days.
All clad in busted gold the tall elms stand,
Inst in the edges OF the wood,
And near the chestnut sentlnels the land
And shows its russell hood.
The maple iaunts its scarlet banners where
The marsh lies clad in shining mist;
The mountain oak shows, IN the clear, brigh'
air,
It's crown of amethyst.
Where like silver line the sparkling stream
Flows murmuring through the meadow
Amid the radiance, seeming a sad dream,
A sailless boat floats down.
All day and night glory seems to told
The wide land where October stands,
With leaves o. green and scarlet, brown am
gold,
Fast falling from his hands.
His is the presence that gladness crowns
The long. long days OF toll and care
His bright smile shining where Novembe
frownS,
With snow rimein his hair.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
COMPOSITION AND PUTR.FlcATiON OF
THE PARIS SEWAGE.

Oh. Lauth has been studying the
sewage water Of Paris taken from the
pump at the Alma bridge and from
the collecting basin at Pepiniere. He
found that this liquid varies in COM
position from hour to hour as well as
day to day. In February, 1877, it
contained on an average l.242
grammes of suspended matter and 6S2
grammes of dissolved matter ilf a GU
bic meter. It contained IS grammes
of nitrogen and $50 grammes Of organ
ic substance; of the nitrogen only 6-8S
granmes were in the form Of ammonia
and 10 grammes as nitric acid. The
water when fresh from the sewer was
turbid and slightly colored, but per-
fectly oderless. When corked up in
a bottle without being filtered. it be-
gan to change in few days, and, after
10 to 20 days, was in complete putrifi-
cation. 1.-THE water was filtered first,
it would keep two months without
developing any odor.
If air was caused to bubble through
this liquid it's properties and compo-
sition were quickly changed; the wa
ter after saturation with air is no
longer capable of becoming putrid.
This was proved by filling two bot.
ties, one with ordinary sewar water
the other with water that had been
aired; in 10 to 90 days the first was
black and purifying, the second was
clear and Oderless for two months
The chemical examination and com
parison of the two samples showed
that in consequence of the air being
| blown through, the nitrogen of the
insoluble part had decreased, while
the soluble portion had increased tC
the same extent: no nitrates had beer
formed, but the quantity OF ammonia
had increased considerably. The
quantity of insoluble nitrogen was al
SO reduced by treatment with lime
the ammonia increased from 5-28:
grammes to 1850 grammes, and thu
Wathr remained oderleSs and colorles.
at the end of two months.
\ microscopic examination Of The
fresh sewar water discovered movable
and immovable bacteriri, vibrones
and some monads upon the surface Q
the liquid; on the bottom of the vesse
were fragments'and refuse of all kinds
without any trace of living beings
After two days there is on the surfac
a skin of bacteria with knots below
the monads had increased very mucl
and kolopods began to make their az
pearance.
On the forth day vorticelli appear
together with large fringes infusoria
at the same time alR of various form
are seen. On the seventh day the VIZ
ter, whidh was previously oderless
began to smell badly and turn black
it was covered with a thick skin
, which seemed to contain unicapSula
infnsaria; numerous remains and .frae
ments of dead, black alga were seer
At the end Of or weeks the oder
! sinking; almost every trace Of lii
has disappeared.
+ Water treated with lime was fire.
5 from all vegetable and animal life.
r sewage water that has had air blow
: into it life is very active; the alg& al
infusoria develope in large number
then disappear slowly in the course {
a few weeks, but do bad oder is ev'
perceptable. and the water remain
8 clear.
These facts prove that the sulphn
. cite hydrogen putrifaction of sewat
g can be prevented by the addition
!, lime
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-11-15
POETRY
THE SUN-DIA.L.

THE UN-DIA.L.
Only the sunny hours
Are numbered here,--
No winter time that lowers,
No twilight drear.
But from golden sky
When sunbeams fall,
Though the bright moments fly
They're counted all.
My heart it's transient woe
Remembers not!
The ills of long ago
Are half forgot;
But Childhood's round of bliss,
Youths tender thrill,
Hopes whisper, Loves first kiss
They haunt Inc still.
" Sorrows are everywhere,
Joys--all too few
Have we not had our share
OF pleasure too
No Past the glad heart covers,
No memories dark;
Only the sunny hours
The dial mark. !"
The interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1872-1881, 1877-08-24

beautiful refihins 10 the earth lie
could not delegate this last holy office
to a stranger. lie looked indeed as II
he might soon follow her to that land
where she had said they should one
day meet, and to which she looked
forward with JOY inexpressible.
We proceeded to Fort Semple two
days after the sad event, and deposit
ed our precious burden with all its
wealth Of flowers and aflectionate me.
mentocs beside her gallant father, ard
returned almost Immediately to Noun.
tain Hall. There a letter awaited us
from Guy, who wrote from fashiona.
bic Southern city where she said she
was fairly swimming in luxury, and
that Major Dupont was there perfect
ly devoted to her. What sho ok
the crushed hearts Of Myra's sad sur
vivors!