Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1881-12-30


as follows in a murder trial: eff
Hatch gave Reilly reas ,nable cause to
believe that he was going to kill him,
Reilly in law. was justified in hunting
him up and killing him. because the
law does not require that man shall
wait, for his opponent might meet him
ON the street with a double barreled
sho,-gnn' 1t was first th,nsht the
Judge had not said exactly what he
intended to, or that he had been incor-
rectly reported; but in an interview
he repeated the langmge. "Tnis doc-
,rinc is simply unassai!able." he said;
"the opposite would subject any man
to constant danger Of the assassin's
deadly bullet or dagger, and in every
case gives to the latter the command
ing advantage" The Globe Democrat
gives the contrary views of number
Of Judges and lawyers; but, in the
mean tine, the prisoner in the case
has protittd by gaining an acquital.
DR.. Hammond, Of New York, while
condemning the use Of cigarettes. SAY $
Of cigar smoking: "Men should never
smoke except after eating, preferably.
after the labors Of the day are over
Now, a cigar taken after eating has
not only beneficial, soothing effect
upon the MUD, but facilitates dges-
ton, increasing the amount Of gastric
juice, az | have frequently shown to
my classes by experiment. Take a
dog and make gastric tistule in him
s, as to collect his gastric juice by "a
tube, and put little tobacco in his
mouth. Almost instantly the gastric
juice begins to flow. Whatever ex-
cites the sscretions of saliva exctcs
the secretiuns Of gastric juice SO that
a man actually assists digestion Ivy an
after-duner cigar, provided he is not
one Of those unfortunate persons to
whom tobacco is poisonous"
Herr Hansen. an authority in sach
matters, explains in foreign scien-
tific Journal Of recent date, the cause
of the blue color in milk. He has dis
covered in milk which has become
blue, peculiar microscopical organ
ism, known az bacteria, which multi
plies with very great rapidity. and in
So doing produces peculiar blue mat
ter similar to anilinc. Milk which is
kept in such manner as to prevent
the access Of these organisms does not
become blue. In view Of these facts,
it is evident that blue milk is unfit for
food; and, although it may he eaten
with apparent impuuity by adults
with vigorous digestive powers, it
should never be ri ven to children,
whose weaker stomachs would he un-
able to resist the tendency to decom.
position which such milk possesses.
Rev. Octavius Brooks rockingham.
long famous as the prince of free.
thinkers in the United States, has de-
cided, for various reasons, to stop de-
nying the truth Of Christianity, but
will wait for more light before making
full recantation Of his he,erodox
views. Mr.. rockingham in his state.
ment speaks first of the fact that he
had to fight alone. No yonng men
grew up into his way Of thinking.
Then people thought that because he
was radical preacher he must be
radical in everything else. He was
expected to give moral and material
assistance to any enc whose ideas of
right and wrong dif1el ed from those of
other people. and his independent
church became a sort Of magnet for
queer and not altogether pleasant per-