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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1879-04-11

lhr suggestion. says Inc cheyenne
Lender that the ranchmen Of the
plains take kindly 10 the scheme Of
DEMONSTRATING bufaIocs, and raising
large herds of them, not 80 much from
the landabie desire to preserve
breed Of the noble animal, as from the
more soul-stirring motive Of profit is
not a new one. In bat one or two in
STAGES was the undertaking ever
made, and we regret the absence Of
authentic data to detail The result Of
the experiments. Bnt the practicabil-
ity Of crossing buffalocs with Americ-
an cattle has been demonstrated by
several farmers in the cast, notably
by Col Ezra Miller. Of Mahwah, M j.
It can be done with profit. and the
principal difficulty now in the way of
extending the business is the lack of
buffaloes. Col. Miller obtained sever
al for experiment. and he contends
that he has satisfactorily proved.
First, that Bufaloes can be tanned;
second, that it does not cost half as
much TO keep buffalo as ii does to
keep al ordinary cow; third, they can
lie fattened as quickly as ordinary
beeves, and on half the food, and their
meat is just as good; fourth, they are.
as good mixers as our Attorneys; and
fifth, they are as good bntter-makers.
The milk Of the buffalo has little
more color than that Of the Attorney,
but is very sweet and rich, and there
is more cream than in the Attorney
mix As TO the quantity Of milk Civ
en- by buffalo cows, they win average
with the best American or imported
cows COL Miller is therefore conf
dent that It would pay to breed them,
and he suggests the establishment Of
ranches oil the plains, where the
calves could be collected and domesti-
Gated, aud where they could be shipped
east. In many of the agricultural
journals Of the east Col. M;ller's con-
illusions are warmly indorsed. and the
interest in the subject is spreading.
Here is hint for our stackmen. They
can find a steady market for young
bugaloes- The profit of the business
they can easily discover beforehand,
by learning the prices obtained in the
east, from q correspondence with Col.
Miller, who will most willingly give
all Information IN his possession.
We are aware that HE wild, roam
! ing nature Of the buHalo presents a
difficulty III raising then on ranches.
But the business could be started with
a small number Of wild animals well
inclosed on a pasture ground of prop
er size The offspring Of these would
he more doclle. and easily confined on
a range. and the second generation
wcald he still more easily domesticat-
/ ed; so that in few years large
herd could be obtained that would be
perfectly manageable. What is want
ed is start. There seems to he mou-
ey in the enterprise, and we would
take pleasure in chronicling the lact
Of Wyoming answering this demand
of the east It would be a waste Of
space to argue as to the fitness of our
grazing lands for buffalo raising.
Wyoming's plains and hillsides lave
always been the buffaloe's paradise.
The requisite number of animals TO
start with can easily be procured.
Whist is needed is the men to make a
start-others would soon follow.
l -------------------
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,loNEY oRpER BusINEss.

woxnrRpuL cures have been, and are
!, .;ag effected by Piles Certain Cure for
a .Ifa,~n5orrhoids or PILES. For sale at the
I,rag Store in this city
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pos,ofice Hours.

n.;nr week oays, until further notice,
p l1sa.oofice viii he kept open from seven
y until nine p. NJ.
3 ., - d,,s from half-past twelve to one,
Iron rom four until six z M.
MONEY ORDER BUSINESS.
M. Money Order Office will not be
l ne5 If ali ON Sundays; and no Money
ape lav business will be transacted on sat
frua5' go s. 9. SILSBY,
idaho City, Dec.3 1915. Postmaster
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Sofia has been made the capital Of
Bulgaria
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No. i Coal Oil at retail at Coffin &
Kennaly's
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He put his arm around her waist,
And swore an awful swore;
And as he jarked il off again, he said
I've felt tha, Pla-al2re,N
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SOUTHERN UrAH is lighting grass
hoppers.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Life'S Treadmill

MOOdiness in woman NAV almost al
ways be traced to an Over-taxed condi-
ton of the system, to too much care.
and too long continued monotonv in
daily pursuits. A wife and mother sur-
rounded by family cares is acted and
reacted upon by the same sights.
sounds and labors until the freshness
and vivacity of the spirit become worn
out. We are so constituted that orr
natures demand for their endowment of
lie, and for the vigorous exercise of
our powers, change, variety and relaxa-
tlon. For lack of these the interest in
lie dlmlnishes; the mental horizon
narrows, life becomes contracted and
seems not worth the living. Then come
various unhappy moods and take nos
session OF the mind. To learn to con
troll and Danish unhealthy moods is one
OF the tasks that must be undertaken
oy every woman who would lead a
happy and useful life. The first sten
Is TO recognize their existence and i'm
nuehce. Reason must be called to the
ald to declare that feelings of de-
spondency, hopelessness, complaint and
encouragement are but the result of a
MOOD, and therefore can be resolutelv
neid ID check. If one can only brine
ones self to make the frank acknowi.
edgement mentally, 81 feel mean. cross
anu ugly to-day" and then to restrain
speech and action accordingly, the bat
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Independent Journalism.

The New York Tribune thus talks
good sense to II fault finding correspond
ent:
HE liked the Tribune a few years
ago, when it exposed the frauds and
robberies of the corrupt carpet-bag adj
ministratiOns, and demanded fair treat
ment for the southern whites as well as
the entranchised negroes; and he hoped
that the paper would continue to pur-
sue the same ''independent course
Greatly to his disappointment, how
ever, he finds that ''its columns now
TEEN with abuse of the democrats for
frauds alleged to have been practiced in
the recent election ;" and this he does
not regard as independence" but as
partisan malignity. A fearless and in
deoendent newspaper" according to
them, is newspaper that says what
they like, and a RECKLESS and abusive
partisan organ" is a newspaper that says
what they do not like. They not only
assume to be infalible in matters of fact
and opinion, but they refuse to admit
the possibility of conscientious dissent
There are people elsewhere who are
just such unreasonable persOnsn as the
Tribune describes and probably there
always will be.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
The Drop in Prices.

The New York Journal of Commerce
prints table of the prices of long list
of staple articles in that city on the first
OF January of each year since 1867.
The fall of nearly all of them is an
amazing evidence of the cheapness of
things to-day. Flour, which in 1868
brought $3.50, 1925 and 1915 barrel,
brings now $3.50 and $3.IO-a decline
of almost two-thirds. Oats in 1868
were "a cents bushel; to-day they
are "a cents. Corn vas $1.4O; to-day
it is AZ cents. Cotton has gone from
Is cents to 81 cents. Hay was 1924 a
ton, and is SO. Mess pork brought S2I
a barrel in 1868, and $29.75 in 1870
in 1879 it is sos. Mess beef has gone
from $32 to $14.50. Liverpool salt in
1879 brought $2.10 sack, and TODAY
brings ~ cents. Butter goes from As
cents in 1868 to 10 cents in 1879. and
cheese from 1873 cents in 1869 to 81 cents
IN 1879. MOlasses was IS cents a GAL
Ion to-day it is 81 cents. Sugar has
gone from l64 cents for refined in 1863
to 81 cents in 1879. Petroleum, crude,
brought IL cents gallon in 1869, and
brings now 81 cents, but it's price is
less an Indicative figure since a COM
olnatlon rules the natural oil market
"men we see sperm oil go from $2.15 a
gallon In 1868 to 81 cents in 1879, we
see why the whaling industry does not
pay.
In articles of smaller bulk we find
tor instance. that layer raisins brought
?o:oU box IN 1868, and 1920 in 1870
IN 1919 their price is $1.573. Currents
ia nave gone from l21 cents pound to
o5 cents hops from 60 cents to Is
turpehtlhe from 66 cents in 1872 to 27j
Genus gallon, and rosin from So a bar
rel In 1868 and $3.50 in 1872 to SI.35
Inc only two articles quoted which
nave not fallen since 1868 are sail
mackerel which depend upon the sup.
ply, that is regulated by the caprice Of
the fish, and not by the industry Of
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Worse than Diphtheria.

MOI long ago we ca"'io"eu people
against using the fumes OF sulphur or
birthstone for diptheria upon helpless
,,a,io,ts ooo;,lIu ob;Id,an If will
t'''' ',''''' -,
heea no argument with any one VINO
will first simply light common match
and inhale the odor of it at short range.
put =, u,itar in rba Russian .Iou,.ooI nuts
- ~
'ile case plainly an" 'orclo'S DIS iol'"" :
In your journal of the 10th inst.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Questions and eInsmsrs.
Answers to Questions in United States
History.
No. IL.

No. IL.
|. Benjamin franklin.
2. They took neutral position which
gave the French great offence.
3. The prospect of Il war with France.
Defensive measures were taken, and
Washington was appointed commander
in chief.
4. The death of Washington at Mt.
Vernon.
5. A treaty of peace with Napoleon
Bonaparte, First Consul of France.
E. He was Governor of Virginia was
secretary of state under Washington,
and Vice President under Adams.
Z. Fifteen million dollars. 1t extend
ed from the Mississippi River to the
America to Mexico, and comprised
about nine hundred thousand square
miles.
8. The Americans paid tribute to
the pirates of the Barbary States, who
agreed that they would not disturb
them on the seas. The agreement not
being kept, the United States COM
planned, and the bashaw of TIipoli de-
clared war. Finally the Tripolitans
were obliged to surrender.
9. A claim set up by England that
American vessels might be searched,
and all English sailors found in them
were impressed into the British service.
10. On account of the policy of France
and England, Congress forbade Ameri
can vessels to leave the ports of the
United States. This Act was so I'M
popular that it was repealed, and a law
prohibiting intercourse with those coun-
tries was substituted.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
He Gave Himself.

Among the sweetest and most pathet-
ic declarations concerning our Saviour
is this we have quoted. "He gave HIM
self for u.s." We repeat it over and
oyer-the familiar words that are so
full of mighty meaning-till they fall OH
dulled ears, and make but little i'm
preston on unheeding hearts.
1t was so much more than all His
other gifts combined. 1t involved en-
tire sacrifice, and complete identified
ton with us. All our sins, temptations,
sorrows, weaknesses became His; all
our burden to be forever laid on His
patient heart. To suffer and die for US,
to rise and plead for us, even in the in
etfable glory of Heaven to bear upon
His hands the weight of our needs and
ever to ''make intercession for usn-all
that because He gave Himself.
The world is full of philanthropic and
Christian work. The murmur of its
ceaseless charities, the story of its ever
growing missions, comes always to our
ears, and tidings of great things accom-
plished. Yet not always in the meas
ure we would anticipate. An unpre
tending effort often wins wondrous suc.
cess, while elaborate schemes and lavish
expenditure seem strangely to fail. We
have thought that just here might be-
found the solution of many puzzles
The work that succeeds, is that whose
cost includes the laborer himself-witb
out that, gold and toll and thought anf
sacrifice are vain.
A young girl received on her birth
day two gifts-one rare, costly apt
beautiful, such as wakens the entbusi
astic delight of girlish hearts, but cold
ly given for forms sake; the other a,
simple bunch of flowers, but accompap
led by loving words and tender bless
ings. One she admired and laid care
fully away, but not one heart beat wa
4uiekened by the gift; the other sh,
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Writing Poetry a la Poe.
from the San Francisco News Letter.


Mr.. Gustavus Guffey is one of the
amateur poets that afflict journalism in
this vicinity, and the other day he was
complaining to his friend DifendeIfer
that the headed editors he had
favored never by any chance could be
induced to insert his illusions. He
didn't understand such want of literary
appreciation, for his part.
care you heavy drinker 7" inquired
Diffenderfer, solemnly. -.
"Of course not-what do you mean "
"Why, don't you know man can't
write anything good when he's sober Y
All the great poets have to get tight
when they want to put in their fine
work. Look at Poe, for instance.
Whenever his publishers desired some
thing extra fine they'd hunt him up from
among the taverns where he was kept
in soak g.; they would then lock him in
room, with a wet bandage round his
head, and the next morning he'd have
written THE Raven,' or something like
that"
The amateur concluded that he'd try
the Poe system right away. So that
night Gutfey went on "a terrific bat"
About 3 Il. M. he stumbled up to his
room, got out quart bottle of ink and
gross of pens, tied wet towel round
his massive brow, and waited for tbs
inspiration that was to hand the name
of Gutfey down to astonished posterity.
The next morning he found himself
with the table tilted over on his stOm
ach, his right boot half full of ink, and
so hoarSe from the effects of Il wet
towel twisted round his throat that he
couldn't speak for week. As soon as
the doctor cures his pneumonia, Gutfey
says he intends to borrow Il bung-starter
or aX-handle, or something, and go
round and teach Diffenderfer not to
put up any more jobs on him for some
time to come, or he'll know the reason
WHY.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

tie is half won. But vigorous actlon
must be resorted to in order to dlspei
the mood, and for this nothing is so
effective for woman as to leave home,
even if but for an hour. Get away
where other influences will act upon
the mind and body. If dependency
and a complaining mood are dominant,
90 to see some fellow creature who is
in real distress the remedy is aimoSG
a specific for such mood. Above an
things, moods need to be dealt with
effectively, not subjectively.. Don't go
to introspection don't think about
yourself; don't set it down to sinful
heart, or to any religious or irreligious
cause. The cause of moods is a purely
physical one, and must be reached
through the physical nature. Change
of occupation, of surroundings, OF ar
and exercise are the remedies for
moods. St Louis Euening Post.
WoMAN's INDUSTRY AND ECoNoMY.-
When men have learned to appreciate
woman's industry and ecenOmy-when
thew have learned to enumerate the
amount of money saved by their wives
and sisters, they Will cease to talk
about their expensive tastes and habits.
The wife of the laboring man in this
country. makes it possible for him to
get a home of his own. The wife OF
the mechanic who, by her frugal habits
and strict economy, enables her hus-
band to keep his family of five or six
on that which would not board and
clothe two, if she did nothing else, de-
Hn+ a
she earns nothing and is supported by
her husband. The woman who cooks,
inends, makes clothing, washes, irons,
sweeps and dusts, who does an untold
amount of labor that would cost the
husband hundreds of dollars annually,
if others performed the work, should
not be insuted by being told that she
is wasting her husbands hard earnings,
if she buys a good dress occasionally.
The farmers wife who milks, churns
and keeps the family in groceries, and,
as is frequently the case, clothes herself
and daughters with her butter money,
should at least be permitted to call one
dime her own, and not to be told she
belongs to the class of nOn-Pl Oducers.
The educated woman, who says to her
husband, 81 can earn at painting, teach
ing music, or writing, more than Will
pay girl for doing all our work, and
wish to do it," should not be compelled
to cook, bake and wash, because the
law, which she had no voice in making,
says she owes her husband service !;
neither should she, if she adOrns hel
house with flowers, paintings and statu-
AIRY, be told she is baukrupting the ma
tom WOmdn'S Journal.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
Rehginns Reading.
The Christians Delight in Prayer.

When thou saidst, Seek We my face,
nv heart said unto thee, Thy face,
LORD. will | seek. Ps. 81: 8.
Because he hath inclined his ear unto
me. therefore will / call upon him as
long as live. Ps. 1872.
Unto thee will l pray. My voice
shalt thou hearin the morning, y LORD
in the morning will direct my prayer
unto thee and will look up. rs. D: L, Z
As for me, l will call upon God and
the Lord shall save me. Evening and
morning, and at noon, will pray, and
cry aloud and he shall hear my voice.
Ps. 55: l6, IL.
1t is good for me to draw near to God.
Ps. 20: %.
l give myself unto prayer. Ps. lO9; T.
Ny prayer is unto thee, o Lord, I'D an
acceptable time. Ps. SO: IL.
In the day of nv trouble l will call
upon thee, for thou wilt answer me-
Ps. S6:7.
Blessed he God, who hath not turned
away my prayer. Ps. &c: 20.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

wore upon her bosom all the day, and
years later still, with fond memories,
breathed the fragrance of its faded pc
tails, for with it the giver had given
kerselt-the one thing that makes gifts
precious.
In no work is this giving of self more
essential than in that of the family. 1t
is vain to bestow on our children adj
vantages, luxuries, pleasures, counsel,
unless with all we give them the hearts
of their parents. We wonder sometimes
at the sad failure made by sons and
daughters, apparently blessed with ev-
cry advantage; but it may be, that III
the GOODNESS, the self-absOrptiOn, the
negligence of fathers and mothers, the
key may be found. An early-widowed
mother was once asked, as she neared
old age, how she had managed her chill
dren that all were such glory to her
sons strong, manly, steadfast; daugh-
tiers pure, noble. useful-all devOutly
Christian. 81 found" she replied,
''when l was left alone with my little
ones about me, that must give them
myself. l played with them, studied
and worked with them, shared in their
pleasures and pursuits, identified my
self with all their interests. So | was
always their confident, companion and
friend, and now each one of them is
mine"
So in all the work we have to do
among souls. No principle can be more
Important to our Association workers.
Among all our givings, while we labori-
ously spend time aud money and
thought, let us not forget the chiefest
Gift of all-that which ennObles and en-
phaszes all others-ourselves. Warm
words, gentle glances, the quick grasp
of friendly hands, all the little things
that show the heart is given in kindly
fellowship, are the effective instruments
by which lives are cheered and souls
saved. Earnest Worker.
Es Said DR.. Talmage in recent
sermon: "The most CHASTITY object that
L.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

their pursuit, and whisky. Whisky,
indeed, is all alone rising: 1t brings
$1.13 against SO cents in 1869. In great ad
staples like wool we find fall from ~
cents in 1928 to 35 cents. Pig iron
has gone from $50 ton in 1873 to SII
a ton in 1879. 1t suggests the cheap
ness of building material that laths,
$3.50 a thousand in 1872, can be bought
for S.45, and Rockland lime, Sl.6O a
barrel in 1879, can be got for gu cents.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

The failure of Gen. Hawley to Sc
cure the nomination for U. S. Senator
in the Connecticut republican legisla-
tive caucus, is great disappointment
TO the republicans of the country. O.
II. Platt, of Meriden, who was nomina-
ted on the 37th ballot, is prominent
lawyer, and is said to be able and pop
ular, but is inferior to Gen. Hawley in
many important respects. However,
the country will have the benefit of
Gen. Hawley's services in the house of
representatives.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31

An Orleans county IN. W boy, IA
years old, is "moon-blind,n his sight
failing him with the going down of the
sun though it is as good as anybody's
during the day. The boys parents first
noticed his defective vision when he
began to creep, as he would knock
against anything in his way after dusk
as though he could not avoid it, and
they find that the infirmity does not
decrease with increasing years.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-01-31
A Naples Experience of Dumas.

One night at the theatre of San Car
los, Naples, Dumas the elder found him
self chatting familiarly with stranger,
who, when the play was over, said to
him patrOnizingly:-
81 have greatly enjoyed your CONVEX
satiOn. sir, and hope to see more of you.
If you ever visit Paris call on me.
am Alexandra Dumas"
1.-The devil You are So am u re-
piled the novelist with IA roaI of laugh
ter.
By the way, Dumas left Naples under
peculiar circumstances.
One fine morning he printed an arti-
Gle in which he handled the Italian peo-
pie i'll IL manner more vigorous than
courteous
AT 3 o'clock the paper came out by
10 Dumas had received 30 challenges
10y noon, 60. At | p. NJ. he called meet
ing of the l20 friends of his chalIeugers,
and said unto them
''Gentleman, leave Naples tonight,
and therefore have not lime to fight all
your principals singlv. Nevertheless. |
am anxious to give them all the salts
faction that is in my power, so as have
the choice of weapons, | propose fight
ing with pistols; your 60 principals will
he collected into group, and on re-
ceiving the word fire IA volev ut me,
and I'll blaze away into the crowd
The proposition was not accepted.