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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-06-03

THE FLEA.-This insect belongs to
the genus PuIex. When he gets on
your arm, you Pulex-citedly at your
sleeve. You are also anxious for the
insects leave. The flea has strong
love for man, but he manages to get
over his attachment. He is a leper.
In olden times they used to drive the
leper out of the synagogue. When
the flea gets on you, he sets sin agog
in your heart. The flea is parasite.
You have not TO cross the ocean, there
fore, to see a Paris sight. Fleas are
very plentiful. They are white. You
remember that Mary had little lamb
whose heas were white as snow. In
ancient times, however. the golden
fieas were very scarce, and conse-
quently much sought after. There
can be no doubt about the habit of
this social insect, for does not the BIZ
BILE speak of the "fea, from the wrath
to Gomez" And, again, it is referred
to as "the wicked fea," which ''no man
pursueth." But we prefer not to dwell
on this subject. Neither do we wish
to have the subject dwell on us. We
might. ere long, take a fe:. in our ear
should we not stop.
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The inhabitants of the rural dis
tricts of Ohio betray their New Eng
land origin in many ways, but in no
way so Enthusiastically as in their ten
dency to exalt the the Importance of
literary culture. The ladies from the
vicinity of Cleveland were recently
discussing literature in the drawing
room of Washington hotel. First
lady-"Above all modern novelists I
admire George Eliot. Do you like
him?" Second Lady-"Do | like him?
| think he's just grand, massive, su
perbw First Lady-"So do /. And
which of his novels is your favorite~
Second Lady (rehecting)-"Well, 1
think l prefer Daniel Veranda. ~
Brooklyn Eagle.
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Remarkable Newspaper Man.
Stockton. Mail.

The most remarkable newspaper
man in the United States lives at An
gels Camp, CaIaveras county. His
name is S. S. Waterman. He ID "a
years old and has been paralyzed ever
since he was born He was born in
Angels, and has never been away from
the town but once, when he went in
search Of medical aid, but failed to
find any. His paralysis is of the up
per and lower limbs, which he cannot
move. His speech is also affected, and
lit is only with difficulty that he can
talk at all. Early in life be manifested
a liking for moveable type, which he
placed in position with his teeth. He
soon began to cut type out of wood,
holding the engraving tools between
his teeth when he used them. He has
made good deal of block type in this
way, with which he at present con-
dncts small job printing business.
He also sets metal type with his teeth
Wat rman was one of the founders OF
the Mountain Echo, weekly paper
now being published in Angels. He
set a good deal of type on this paper
with his teeth, and, having a good ed
ucation, manufactured his editorials
and other articles as he went along.
He is now out of the newspaper bust.
ness, and confines himself entirely to
job printing and engraving. He does
all the programme and invitation work
for the town, frequently engraving
special designs for his jobs. His press
work, of course, he cannot do with his
teeth, and employs boy to do that
part of the work for him-the only
part that he cannot do himself.
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claw me" sighed Mrs. Partington.
here | have been suffering the biga-
mics of death for three mortal weeks.
First l was seized with a bleeding
phrenology in the left hemisphere Of
the brain, which was excended by
stoppage of the left ventilator of the
heart. This gave me an inflammation
in the borax, and now Pm sick with
the chloroform merbus. There is no
blessing like that of health, particu-
larry when you're sick.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-06-03

The government printing Office at
Washington is said to be the largest
establishment Of the kind In the world,
and gives employment to not less than
| 200 men and women. The great
resources Of the office and its capacity
for doing work quickly, were strik-
ingly illustrated in the recent publi-
cation of the proceedings of the Hall
fax Fisheries Commission, work con-
tanning some 4,800 printed octave pa
ges. The manuscript was all set up
in type, the galley proofs read and
corrected, the pages printed, folded,
pressed, tied into bundles of serial
pages, stitched, bound and delivered to
Congress III forty-eight hours from the
time the manuscript came into the
Office.
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posToFFIcEs.

The following is a list Of the postofices
in Idaho Territory:
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"Why, my dear old fello," said
horse jockey, trying to sell a horse to
an Irishman at market the other day,
"that ere hoss has travelled a mile in
two minutes and twenty seconds" Il
beleave ye, sir" answered the inteIh-
gent son of Emerald, "but l'll wager
me ould brogans he was aboard a
railroad train when ye timed him.
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NOTICE.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT
~ |, the undersigned, will apply to the
Hon. Board of County Commissioners of
Boise County, Idaho Territory, at its next
regular session in July, A. D. 1881, for a
license to maintain toll road beginning
at Clawson's toll gate and running IN a
northeast direction to the left of Sam
Johnson's summit and thence in the same
direction to Robes gulch, at or near Ro-
bie's old mill site. SAID road being about
six miles in length, and to collect toll
thereon. Ell. b. WILLIAMS.
May 81, 1SS1.-1st Mond. July
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He'll Gate is to be made free. This
is right. Salvation has always been
free and had an unfair advantage, bnt
the removal of the protective tariff
makes a square deal.
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"Professor"-Yes, procrastination is
lie thief of time; but for the last year
so Maud S. and st. Julien have d :
vided the honors with Procrastination.
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The following is list Of the postoffice
in Idaho Territory:
Ada county.
Boise City, Emmettsville,
Falls = Store, Lower Boise,
Middleton, Et PayAtfe Store
Star, Thurman's Mills.
Alturas county
Atlanta. Mountain Home,
Rocky Bar, Bonaparte.
Ethels Arco,
Ketchum. Bellevue,
Bradford, Bullion
Galena, Saw Tooth.
Bear Lake county.
bennington, Bloomington,
Fish Haven, Georpetown
Iowa Bar, liberty,
Montpelier, Ovid,
Paris, Saint Charles.
Boise county.
Banner, CentervilIa
Horseshoe Bend, idaho citv
Pioueervlle, PlaeerviIia
Quartzburg, Souaw rreak
Garden valley.
Idaho county.
Clear Water, Elk City,
cottonwood, GranpayiIIe
John Days Greek, Mount idaho
Shearsr's Ferry, Washineton
Coeur d'Alene. Freedom.
Glenwood
Lemhi county,
70 ror, T., Lemhl' Gibbonsville,
= IN his. Junction,
9aamon 9aaas City Bonanza City.
Leesburg. Clayton,
Crystal Custer
ParanEo.
Nez Perce County.
Waha, LapTai,
Gehesees Mos cow
Is.sin' LeWisIon' NJ untain Cove
Oneida County.
Oneioa' berry Creek,
Gasie ROCK. franklin
nen.lie er:il,l yailey Malad City,
n minK Creek, Oxford,
ROSS fork, Blackfoot
0uua springs, Swan Lake,
Lava, Market Tate
Soda Springs,
0wyhee County.
nrunean s11e valley, silverzcity.
shoshone County.
Pierce City.
Cassia county.
Albion, G,enn;s E,ar-
Goose Creek, Rock creen
Salmon Falls, Bridge.
OAKLEY. Laneyille.
Washington county.
Breun1ee, Connect valley
Indian Valley, Middle yaIiay
oaiuoria' Weiser Bride.
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LIGHT FOR ATT, IA AonIos; MosTH1s ~
voted to the New RELIGION. 81 per year
Send cent stamp for sample copies.
A. S. WINCHESTER, Manager.
P. 0. Box 1897. San Francisco Gal
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Order of Publication.
NO. zoos EQUITY.

NO. zoos EQUITY.
In the Circuit Court for Carroll COUNTY
sitting in Equity.
Sarah E. Frock VS.. William T. Frock,
HNHE object of this bill is to procure di.
Il vorce q UincltlO mat1imOnii Of the com.
plainant from the defendant.
The bill states in substance that on the 9th
day of October, A. d. 1876, the complainant
and defendant were married, in Carroll coun.
ty, Maryland; that on the same day of said
marriage the said defendant deserted and
abandoned complainant and has ever since
remained away from her; that said defendant
has never contributed any means towards her
support; that said defendant has never as.
signed or stated to complainant any reason
for said abandonment, and that complainant
is wholly ignorant of the cause of said aband.
onment; that said abandonment of com.
plainant by the said defendant has continued
uninterruptedly for at least three years, and
is now deliberate and final, and that the sep.
aration of complainant and defendant is now
beyond any reasonable expectation of recon
Citation, and prays that complainant may be
divorced a Uincul0 matrimonii from said defen
dant; that the said defendant is nonresident
Of Maryland, and resides in the State of Ind
anna, and prays an order Equalization against
him.
1t is thercupon this 10th day of December,
1880, ordered that the complainant cause
copy of this order to be inserted in some
newspaper published in Carroll county for
four successive weeks before the oath day of
January next, giving notice of the substance
and object of the bill of complaint, and warn.
ing the said Vim. L. Frock to appear in this
the 24th day of April next, to answer said
bill of complaint, and show cause why the re.
lief therein prayed should not be granted.
FRANK Z. SHAW, Clerk
True Copy-Test:
dec 1S-4t. FRANK T. SHAW, Clerk
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Our Exchanges.

The Christmas number of the Baltimore
Weekly SIN was frst-rate edition, excelling
all former holiday issues. The Sun, daily
and weekly is an excellent paper.
Among the dailies that come to our office,
none is more priced than the Baltimore Ga
zette, which always serves up the news in an
acceptable and entertaining manner. After
cleaning the news of the day, it is always
pleasant to turn to the editorial page and en-
Joy the dessert.
The .Snolr Hill Shield has entered upon its
37th year. Job Guest King, Esq, has com
pleted the 18th year Of his connection with
the AnnqpoZis gazette. We wish our respect
ed contemporaries uninterrupted success.
We have received JicL'S Floral Guide for
1881. 1t excels anything heretofore issued,
and every lady should have a copy. Since
1869 we have used the seed grown by Mr..
Wick and can recommend them as being just
as represented, and he has proven himself to
be reliable scotsman.
The Christmas number Of the Middiet0rn
transcript came to hand, racy, bright, scln-
tilant as a white heat from a blacksmith S
forge. The Transcript is always sparkling;
lit is Way it has, but on this occasion it
was unusually SO, being decked out in an en-
tire new suit, printed on a cream tinted paper
and filed with the creme de Ia creme Of cur
rent literature, original and selected. We
have never ceased to feel lively interest in
the Transcript from the date Of its first issue,
bearing our own imprimis 1t is worthy of
the highest success in the field ofjournalism.
1t 10 the most spicy and original paper on our
exchange list. It's topographic neatness is
owing to the cunning hand Of Mr.. Edgar
Newson, son Of Joseph NJ Newsoa, Esq, Of
this city.
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RELIGIOUS NOTICES.

METHODIST Protestant CHURCH.
ING Tomorrow Sunday at 103 a. m. ana
D. m. by Rev. T. d. Valiant, President OF
Conference.
OBSERVANCE OF THE WEEK OF PRAYER-ln
observance of the week ofprayer recommend,
ed TO the Christian world by the Evangelcal
Alliance, special services will be held at the
rooms of the Y. NJ. c. A, in this city, every
evening next week from u to 80 O'CLOCK.
The topic suggested for Sunday, January "a,
will be considered at the regular meeting OIL
the Association, from 8. 40 to 4.45 p. m, on
that day. The following are the topics Tor
the week:
Sunday, January Christ the only hope
of the lost World.
Monday, January 3-Thanksgiving for the
blessings, temporal and spiritual, of the past
year, and prayer for their continuance. rs
cxlvii; Ii Cor. tx: IL.
Tuesday, January 4-Humiliation and con,
fession on account of individual, social and
national sins. Dan. tx: 3-19.
Wednesday, January 5-Prayer for the
Church of Christ, its unity and purity, It's
ministry, and for revivals of religion. Eph
iv: 1-16; Ps. lxxxv: 6-8.
Thursday, January 6-Chrstian education;
Prayer for the Family, Sunday Schools and
all educational institutions, for Young Mems
Christian Associations and for the Press.
Prov. iv: lib; II Tim. iii IA II.
Friday, January Prayer for the preva.
lence ofjustice, humanity and peace among all
nations; for the suppression of Intemperance
and Sabbath dissertation. lisa. lviii: 1914;
l Cor. tx rs 81; Pc. Xvii II.
Saturday, January 8-Prayer for Christian
Missions and the conversion of the world to
Christ.
January 9th-Sunday Theme, on the min
istraton of the Holy Spirit.
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Editorial Notes.

We protest against spelling Christmas
Xmas.
The comet of 1912 is about to return,
so the astronomers tell us.
Mondays papers brought us the usual
news of fires and accidents generally &C.
curing on Christmas, and mostly from
carelessness.
The County Commissioners of Calvert
county have been indicted for appropriate
ing fifty dollars to pay counsel employed
to defend them in contested election case.
The case will come up for trial at the next
May term. There appears to be a bad
state of feeling existing between the par
ties in that county.
The census office has ordered the popu-
lation of Kent county to be recounted for
the third time. 1t is Democratic coun
ty and the Republicans are not gratifed
that each of the two previous counts emit
tied Kent to an additional member of the
House of Delegates.
Mr.. Roscoe Conkling, it is said, has con-
cluded to let Mr.. Bayard alone. The Del
aware statesman has had his say, and GER
tainly if Mr.. Conkling can afford to leave
the matter where it now is Mr.. Bayard
can. As the case stands Mr.. Conkling is
in the pillory in full view of a discrimina-
ting public.
If the Choptank and the Black Water
rivers should be united by canal via Cam
bridge creek, then the Miles river should
be united with the lower part Of the Chop
tank, by canal below the Royal Oak,
which would not be over a mile in length.
The waterway between Talbot and Dor
chester counties would thus be shortened
by great saving of distance. 1t is a
wonder that a work Of this kind has not
been constructed long ago. The conve-
nience of it, and the great saving of time
which it would effect must be apparent to
all the residents Of those sections.
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MARRIED..

On December q, 1880, at the residence of
the BRIDES parents, near New London, Fred :
erick county, by the Rev. J. D. Trostle, Jos.
E. Shreeve, of this city, and Miss Laura L.
Burial.
In Westminster, Dec. 18th, 1880, by Rev.
John Gloyd, Leonard Kreitzer and Anna
Maria Cole
At the Lutheran parsonage, in Unioutown,
December %, 1880, by Rev. D. B. Floyd,
Mr.. Joseph B. Slick and Miss Catherine Boil
linger, both of this county.
December IA, 1880, by Rev. NJ. L. Beard,
j. Leander Hesson and Miss Addie Hill, both
of this county.
December 9th, 1880, at the parsonage in
Mechanicsville, by the Rev. C. w. Charlton,
Mr.. Elias Flater and Miss Anna Phillips, both
of this county.
Near Fnksbarg, December %, 1880, at the
residence of MIR, George Armacost, by the
Rev, c. W. Charlton, Mr.. Edward Stimmel,
formerly INTERCHANGEABLE, Fred erick county,
and Miss Jennie c. Biggs, of this county.
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Gold W Gather.

The rigors of Nova Zembla came down
upon us on Wednesday night. On Thurs
day morning, at Z o'clock, the mercury
registered l20 below zero, Pumps were
frozen up, mems boards were frosted over
from their CONCEALED breath, fingers stuck
to iron pump handles, door-fatchea. and
all exposed metallic articles, mental and ply
steal activity were stimulated, and exhilara-
ton rose as the mercury fell. What isl it,
in frosty atmosphere, that produces these
effects upon the animal economy? Cold
makes men move with accelerated motion,
and the spirits are gay and buoyant' But
what is the philosophy of it T.?
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A Frigid Theme.

TO one who has an eye for the beauties
of Nature, in all their varied phases, the
snow clad landscape in winter presents a
scene of surprising beauty and loneliness.
1t has beauty all its own, wild, weird
beauty. suggestive of strange fancics and
stranger heart-ycaruings for the unattained
and unattainable. The yagrant fancy sal
lies forth ia search of striking novelties,
and roams over the wild waste Of snow
drifts till lost 10 revcr;e. We picture to
ourselves the frozen north, the lap and
his reindeer, the Esquimau and his dog
sled. the walrus, the sea-, the polar bear,
the ice foe, the ethereal mitre, pricking
the flesh like needles; the glacier, and the
region of eternal ice and snow, the home
of aQuion and the aurora borealis, beyond
the ken of man, where human foot has
never trod and the boldest explorers have
never ycntured-that terra nc0gnttd, or
rather, that aqua incogaitd, whose hidden
mysteries are sealed up by eternal frost
from the pryng curiosity Of man. One
after another, the adventurous arctic ex-
plorcrs have sought to unveil the hidden
mysteries Of that frigid cline, but the frost
king has invariably driven them back.
The arctic and antarctic circles are not
habitabc by man and must forever re-
main sealed and unsolvabe mystery.
An open polar sea, we fancy, is but q
myth, fantasy of the brain, which will
never be made real by the light of science
and the demonstration Of actual discovery.
Flesh and blood can no more endure the
rigors of the poles than it could contend
with the subterranean fires. In the one
life would be extinguished about as quick
as in the other.
While on this frozen topic, with the
snow at least eighteen inches deep on
level. let us close it with the beautiful
fancy Of Miss Hannah +. Gould, on the
4lolic of the Frost-Sprite
The Frost looked forth, one still clear night,
And he said. Now shall nc out ofsight;
80 through the valley and over the height
In silence I'll take my way;
| will not go like that clustering train
The wind and the snow, the hail and the rain,
Who make so much hustle and noise in vain,
But I'll be as busy as they"
Then he went to the mountain and powdered crest
lie climbed up the trees and their boughs he dressed
With diamonds and pearls, and over the breast
Ofthe qufvering lake he spread
y coat of mail that it need not fear
The downward point fmsny a spear
That he hung on its margin, far and neer,
Where a rock could rear its head.
He went 10 the windows of those who slept
And over each pane like fairy crept,
Wherever he breathed wherever he stepped,
By the light of the moon were seen
Most beautiful things. There were flowers andrecS
There were bevies OF birds and swarms of bees.
There were cities thrones, temples end towers, and
All pictured in silver sheen! these
Then he did one thing thatwas hardly fair,
He peeped in the cupboard, and finding there
That all had forgotten for him to prepare
Now Just to set them II thinking,
I'll bite this basket of fruit said he
This costly pitcher I'll burst in three,
And the glass of water they've left forme
Shall thick. to tell them I'm drinking.
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VICK'S
ILLUSTRATED FLORAL GUIDE

dor 1881 is at elegant Book of 12O pages,
II one Colored Flower Plate, and 600 IL.
Illustrations, with descriptions of the best
Flowers and Vegetables, and directions for
growing. Only 10 cents. In English or Ger
man. lfyou afterwards order seeds deduct
the 10 cents.
VICKS SEEDS are the best in the world.
The FLORAL GUIDE will tell how to get and
grow them.
Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden, 175
pages, Colored Plates, 500 Engravings
For so cents in paper covers; 81. 90 in elegant
cloth. In German or English.
Vick's Illustrated Monthly Magazine-32
pages, IA Colored Plate in every number and
many fine Engravings. Price $125 a year;
Five Copies for $500. Specimen Numbers
sent for 10 cents; 3 trial copies for rs cents
Address, JAMES WICK,
jan LIT Rochester, N. Y.
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SATURDAY, JANUARY l, 1881.
Another Year.

Time, in advance behind him hides his wings,
And seems to creep, decrepit with his age;
But, when passed by, what then is seen
But his broad pinions, swifter than the wind,
Time flies, onward, onward, and the fu-
gitive moment refuses to stay. Seconds,
minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and
years, cycles and centuries succeed each
other, and are numbered with the ages
past. And so it will be, until the angel
of the apocalypse shall take his stand upon
the earth and the sea and swear that time
shall be no longer. Time is measure, a
fragment of eternity, and belongs to the
finite, not to the infinite. With the inf
mite, all time, past, present, and to come,
is one eternal now, because the infinite is
without beginning or end of days, but is
from everlasting to everlasting. The finite
mind can scarcely comprehend this great
truth; nor, indeed, can it fully understand
the law of it's own being and duration.
Having entered upon the course OF time 1t
is borne onward, through an endless exist,
ence coeternal with the infinite, changing
its conditions only, passing from nature to
eternity. These considerations should be
sufficient to stimulate all to improve the
feeting moments as they pass, remember
ing that we hold our destiny in our OWL
keeping as free moral agents, and can elect
to pass to state of ineffable bliss wher
the years of this life are numbered will
the bygone ages. As 1880 closes its re
cord and retires, 1881 assumes its place
and the genius of history prepares tt
chronicle its incidents in tkeir regular or
der, and to stamp its impress upon he
scroll, whether for good or i'll. Let u
trust that it may be for good only.
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AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

We desire to return our thanks, through the
ADVOCATE, to the bretheren, sisters and
friends of Frizellsburg, for handsome dona-
ton received of them on the night of Deem
her q, 1880, consisting of various articles,
provisions, clothing, &c. The principal
movers in getting up this donation were as
follows Mr.. William Frizel's family, Mrs.
AL pha Warner, sister Addie Derr, Miss An
ME L. Fleagle, and Bro. Oliver Hundly and
wife. May the blessings of God rest and
abide upon their kind donors, and give them
pleasant and long life, and at last receive
them to heaven, is our prayer.
ELIZA BETH LOOKINGBILL,
PETER l.. LOOKINGBILL.
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NO, 1871 EQUITY.

In the Circuit Court for Carroll county.
Charles E Brown, Son and Next Friend &C.,
VS.. Mary E. Brown.
ORDERED this 28th day of December A.
~ D. 1880, that the second account of the
Auditor filed in this cause be finally ratified
and confirmed, unless cause to the contrary
thereof be shown on or before the 18th day of
January next; provided copy of this order
be inserted for two successive weeks before
the last named day in some newspaper pub.
lished in Carroll county.
FRANK r. SHAW, Clerk.
True Copy,-Test;
jan 12t FRANK T. SHAW. Clerk.