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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

Col Ingcrsoll does not mean that
his enemies shall say of him, after his
death. that he turned from inhdelity
on his dying bed. His secretary, who
writes shorthand, is instructed to take
down accurately whatever he may
saw on that occasion There will
then be no opportunity" he says, "for
anyone to put into my mouth utter
ances contradictng the expressions OF
my life"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

The question will arise in the minds
of those who propose seriously to fight
the Mormons, why so few of the wives
of the Mormons make complaints.
The answer lies in human nature.
These women do not like to make as
sertions which cast shadows on their
own condition of life and they know
that in dissolution of the peculiar
society by which they are surrounded
they will be regarded as outcasts.
But they are already so regarded with
considerable pity by the Utah Gentle
Still, women as we'll as men, hate to
be pitied.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

Ninety-six bales of Kern county
cotton have been shipped to the Ore
gon Woollen Mills, to mix with wool
in the manufacture of cotton. There
is home demand for a large cotton
product ic California.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

The Los Angeles Herald says: The
losses of sheep already in the three
COMMITTEES Of Los Angeles, San Bernar-
dino and San Diego, are variously es-
timated at from forty to one hundred
thousand head. In portions of San
Bernapdino comfy whole focks have
been annihilated, to the last hoof.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

Articlesof incorporation have been
filed of the first cremation society of
San Francisco. The object of the as
ISOLATION is the erection and mainte
nance of hall to cremate the dead,
and by actual trial to seek to popular.
ize cremation and hasten it's universal
adoption. There is no capital stock.
The promoters are mainly Germans.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

A letter from Archbishop Alcmany
recommending that prayers be said
asking for general rain throughout
California, was read in all the Catho-
lie Churches at the Bay.
One hundred and twenty thousand
American grapevines have been plant
ed on the island of Monte Christie, rem.
dered SO famous by Dumas's novel,
and are growing finely.
During the last four years Oregon
has exported TO the Eastern States not
less than 100000 head of beef cattle.
Most of these cattle were produced in
the counties east of the Cascades.
William Jennings, a noted polyga-
mist, Superintendent of lions Coop
erative Mercantile Institute, has been
elected Mayor Of Salt Lake. There
was only Mormon ticket in the field.
Blair introduced resolution for an
amendment Of the Constitution pro-
hibitng the manufacture, sale, impor-
tation and expectation of alcoholic IL
quor and other poisonous beverages
from and after the year 1900.
Denver Republican: The Denver and
Rio Grande shops in this city employ
nearly one thousand hands, whose wa
ges annually exceed $750,0o0. This
is not Denver capital, Though it be-
comes such by monthly instalments.
A Judge and jury disagreed as to
how much Mr.. Robinson, Of Sidney,
o., ought to pay Miss Alleman for
having kissed her against her will.
The jury gave her verdict of $3.50,
and the Judge reduced the amount to
5000.
Senator Bayard is free trader by
profession and party attachment, but
a Protectionist wheh the interests of
Delaware are threatened. He earnest
ly opposed proposition for free trade
in ships during the last Congress, be-
cause shipbuilding is one of Whining
toms leading industries.
More than 5000 women are employ
ed in the railway Offices in Austria.
This explains why Austrian railroads
are so slow. Frequently, when train
is behind time, there isn't man about
the Office to swear at it Hawkeye.
A report recently submitted in the
Council Branch of the Utah Legisla-
ture contains over fifty pages Of bra,
vado and defiance to the United States
Government. The leading polyga-
mists, taking more sober after
thought, are endeavoring to suppress
it.
A memorial 5000 feet long, and
signed by merchants, mechanics, farm.
ers, taxpayers and others of nearly ev-
cry State in the Union will be present.
ed to the Ways and Means Committee
1t asks that the tax on bank deposits
and the two-cent stamp on checks
and drafts be abolished.
Minnie Madden and Grace Crazy,
Illinois girls of Is and 10, are making
q tour of the West on bicycles. They
started early in the fall, and when cold
weather set in at the North they had
reached Texas. They are not doing it
for show purposes, but for health aud
diversion. A man servant attends
them, and they carry a small quantity
Of baggage, their trunks being sent
ahead by express. They intend to
cross the country to Florida by spring
and then move up along the coast.
Senator Pendleton admits very
frankly tho raal cause of his zeal for
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1882-02-24

slooo per year can be easily made at
nome working for E. G.. Rdeout & c.,
III Barclay Street, New York send
LOT ,helr catalogue and full particularst
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
A Natural Gas Syndicate.

The fact that Bradford, Wellsville,
Richburg, Bolivar, and all the towns and
hamlets on the northern and middle oil
fields are not only lighted, but heated by
gas, the machine shops, boilers and
hotels being supplied with the same fuel,
has attracted the attention of the capt
talists, and n syndicate is forming to
still further utilize the natural gas of the
northern belt, which extends from Lake
Erie east 200 miles, and from Bloomfield,
Ontario County, N. Y, south to near
Pittsburgh; in other words, nearly 200
miles square. AS an evidence that this
gas is practically inexhaustible the fact
IS stated that one we'll at Sheffield, War
rem County, has been flowing steadily
for fifteen years, and another in West
moreland County nearly as long, and
the gas from either would light. and heat
the city of Philadelphia. Capitalists in
terested in the gas syndicate were in
Bradford to-day, and, ~canvassing the
situation, came to the conclusion that
the scheme for furnishing natural gas
through immense pipes to Philadelphia,
New York, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Balti-
more, Washington, st. Louis and other
cities east of the Mississippi River was
entirely practicable. These wells are
only isolated evidence of a failure to oh,
tain oil. As oon as a gas well is struck
that section is abandoned. There is no
doubt any number of wells of a similar
character could be struck in the sections
known as gas-streaks, which are spurned
by the oil operators. The gentlemen
who are interested in the enterprise are
all large capitalists, and are confident of
ultimate success in supplying the great
cities of the Union with gas, for light
and fuel, at much less rates than even
electricity can be furnished.-Bradford
fPa.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Press.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
The Preservation Of Eggs.

Much scientific attention has been de-
voted in France to the preservation OF
eggs. The leading principle of all pro-
cesses is the protection of the interior OF
the egg from the action of the atmos-
phere, and consequently it has long been
settled that only the freshest eggs are
eligible for preservation. To the solu-
ton of the problem of how to prevent
the air from penetrating the shell of the
egg, the experiment of such eminent
saUdnts as Musschenbroek, Reaumur and
Nollet have %valuably contributed. They
all agree that the most practicable
method is to envelop the new-laid egg in
a light coating of some impermeable
substance, such as wax. tallow, oil OF a
mixture of wax and olive oil, or of olive
oil and tallow: Reaumur suggests an
alcoholic solution of resin, or a thick So
luton of gelatine. Nollet experimental
successfully with India rubber, col
lodion and various kinds of boot varnish.
In practice, the most successful method
has been that of CORNER, of Mans. This
consistsi in covering the eggs with a var
nish, the composition of which is kept a
secret. The eggs are packed on end in
sawdust. and, it is said, will preserve
their freshness during quite nine months
in any climate. Cadet de Vaux sug-
gested the plunging of eggs for twenty
seconds in boiling water, in order to
coagulate that portion of the albumen
nearest the shell, and then to pack them
in vessels half filled with sifted cinders.
This process-which, by the by, has been
we'll known in some parts of Scotland
for many y~ears-yields excellent results,
but if neglected but for a second or two,
the eggs are liable to harden. The pro-
cess known as Ginning in England,
and as the Cadet a%ssicourt process in
France, is very popular; on the other
side of the Channel, however, '.limed'
eggs are never eaten a la coque, but only
in the shape of omelettes, etc. Some
preservers claim to obtain better results,
as far as the taste of the egg is con-
cerned, by substituting ordinary salt for
lime. The solution, it is said, penetrates
the shell, and so acts upon the organic
matter as to diminish its susceptibility
to decomposition. The eggs are i'm
mersed during several hours. Appert,
the Columbus of food preservers, gave
some attention to the subject of egg
preservation. His favorite process was
to introduce the eggs into a bottle half
filled with bread crumbs to prevent
breakages. After carefully corking the
bottle, he placed it for several minutes in
a sand bath, the temperature of which
he kept at seventy degrees. For home
consumption, the French peasantry have
for ages preserved their eggs in a very
simple fashion. They take a wooden
case, or a large barrel, and pack them in
thick layers Of sawdust, fine sand, chalk,
bran, cinders, or coal dust, so that they
do not touch each other. In the Mari
time Provinces, the peasants use layers
of ashes moistened with salt water.
Both these processes are successful.
Drying eggs and reducing them to pow
der Gan invention patented by Cham
bard in 1852 is another method of
preservation that is protitably pursued
in France.-London Grocer.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
Contract Work on Farms.

The report comes from England that
a considerable proportion of the work
on farms there is now performed by con-
tract. This is especially true of cutting,
curing, and putting up hay. The hay
season occurs at the time when farmers
and the usual number of men employed
about the place are engaged in harvest
ing grain and c~ultivating turnips, and
the labor of securing the hay-crop is let
out by contract. Some enterprising man
organizes a force of laborers, purchases
a team and some tools, and contracts to
cut, cure, put in stack and to cover with
thatch all the grass that grows on several
farms in the same neighborhood. o.
c~asionally all the men in the force are
interested in the contract, and work on
the cooperative system. The farmer
generally furnishes teams a portion of
the time, and some of the tools required
for haying, and sometimes furnishes
meals and lodging for the men. 1t is
claimed that the men who work on the
contract system perform more labor than
those who are employed by the farmer.
that they acquire much greater skill in
the use of tools and machinery and that
they build and cover stacks better than
common laborers. By having the use
of several teams they economic in the
employment OF moving machines and
make one do the work that is ordinarily
performed by two OF three. The farmer
who lets out the contract for securing
his hay crop is able to devote all his
time as well as that of his ordinary farm
help to doing other kinds of work. This
working of cultivated crops is not neg.
lected, as it is likely to be when al the
men are called off to work at having.
Considerable saving is also effected in
the purchase of machinery fox hayiDg.-
Chicago Times,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

messed thoss death-bed visions before-when
from the shadowv land the loved ones come to
eu,Ss those starting for the Journey. She re-
manned some moments in prayer; then she
rose to perform tse test offices.
The dead man appeared t5 her to be a men,
her of that friendless and belatod tribe the
existence of which is one of the piteous secre.s
hi iden In the heart of a great city. No one
had come to claim kinship with or make in
ouiries concerning him. He seemed well fitted
of a pauper funeral, to a k him to that tryst-
iug-place of The poor, the tosse
Pere Perrault's body was put into a humble
shell, the lid of which was not nailed down, as
a formllity to give q last chance of identif-
cation. It was placed in The mortuary chapel
of the hospital there to wait the time imposed
by law before interment.
THE morning came, and in the wan light,
before the city was astir, the officials in rusty
black entered. They were removing the cof-
fin. in order to close it outside The precincts,
when there came a shuttle and scuffle of feet,
and a number of ragged and excited figures
entered. 1t was Pere Blot followed by some
chiffoniers; when their eyes fell on the cold
cheer burst from their Lips .
Some months later, 1 went one afternoon to
Pere la Chaise. On a former occasion l had
seen the grave of Mere Perrault, and knew
something of its history. My thoughts had
occasionally wandered with a sort of mournful
interest to that solitary headstone, and ]
sometimes wondered when the husband would
| come to lie by the wife's side. With melan-
| choly pleasure l saw the other headstone
| standing there with the name Jean Desire
| Perrault, and the inscription upon it. The
day was full of the serene poetry of autumn,
and the light fell with a large and restful radt-
ance on the two tombstones. The grave, with
its rows of double daisies, geraniums and
pansies, had an air Of fete. An old man was
| picking TIE weeds and trimming the plants
1t was Pierre Bi It. He told me the whole
story. "Ahl madame, l could not tell you
what 1t was to us when we missed Perrault.
| When we made sure that afternoon he had not
come home the night before, we looked fol
him everywhere that day and the next, first
a. the cemetery, then at one hospital, then al
another, then at the Morgue. Madame, he
was nowhere. We had sad hearts. 1t seemed
to us that the good God had said up there in
His sky, THE chiffoniers are a degraded race
let them be forgotten after death as one for
gets the refuse flung into the street, That is
what it seemed to us. That hospital was out
of the way; we did not know it like the others
but, madame, when we came to 1t, when We
chapel, and when lying before us, in that shell
of q coffin, we recognized Perrault-rigid-
cold-dead, but eRffn Perrault-Heaven for
give us, madame-we gave a cheer like; WI
were reproached for it; but, you see, the,
| could not tell what it was to us to have com,
upon our mate in time; we took him away
and the next day W. buried him, and here nov
he lies by the side Of his wife. "-BMgraUia.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
Lightning Rods.

Of late years so many buildings have
been injured by lightning that were sup
posed to be fully protected with light
ming rods that public opinions becoming
somewhat changed in regard to the eff
cacy of lightning rods. We apprehend
that in many, perhaps the most of, cases
where damage has been done, it has
been caused by the rods being imper-
fectly constructed, or put up wrong, OF
perhaps permitted to get out of order
after being put up.
Some men who put up rods do not
understand their business; others, find
ing the owner of a building unwilling to
pay the price that it will cost to fully
protect his building, will put up half rods
enough to protect it and assure the
owner it is fully protected.
If an iron rod is put on a building
| with points to attract the electricity
from the passing clouds It'll of the high
| est importance that it should be so put
up that it will carry off all that it at
tracts, or it ha | better not be on the
building. If the end of the rod does
not reach the ground, the charge of
electricity will leave the rod, and in all
probability enter the building and greatly
injure it. This is a well understood
fact, yet many buildings have rods on
them that have been broken of, and so
do not reach the ground; in many cases
the owners know this but do not take the
trouble to repair the break. 1t is also
well known that to carry off the cleo
tricity safely, the end of the rod must
tdescend to moist earth; but notwith-
ing this weIl-known fact, many rods are
put UP so that the rod descends into the
ground so little depth that the ground at
the end of the rod is dry most of the
summer.
1t is laid down as a rule that a point
of a rod will protect only a circle twice
the diameter of the height of the point
above the building, yet how many en-
deavor to protect a thirty feet building
with one or two points only five feet
above the building, thus protecting less
than two-ninths of the building. Some.
times we see rods running across the
roof in different directions, with little
points every foot or two in length but
with only one, or at most two rods de-
scending to the earth, thus inviting a
large amount of electricity, without
making the proper provision to carry il
off.
Those who lave rods on their houses
should carefully examine them every
year and see that they are in proper
conditions; or if not, to remove then
altogether; Cor it is always dangerous tc
have a ligltning rod On a building thai
is not properly put up, and always KEEP
in good Observation-Disclosures Plough
man.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
FARM AND FIRESIDE.

The best butter from grass is further
improved by feeding the cows a little
corn-meal.
Sheep on Key West Islandlose their
wool the second year and grow q full
crop of hairy. Y. Sun.
Corn Fritters: Mix well together one
quart of grated sweet corn, two cups of
milk, one cup of flour, one ~teaspoonful of
butter and two eggs well beaten. Season
with pepper and salt, and fry like griddle
cakes. Tile Household.
The law of New York provides that
the owner or possessor of any dog that
shall kill or wound any sheep or lamb
shall be liable for the value of such sheep
or lamb to the owner thereof, without
proving notice to the owner or possessor
of such dog, OIL knowledge by him, that
his dog was malicious or disposed to kill
sheep.
"A celebrated English physician says
a pint of milk is equivalent in nutritive
power to an ordinary mutton chop, and
as a pint of milk will yield only an
ounce of cheese, we must have in the
latter a cheap and highly concentrated
food. The English eatacuble the cheese
in proportion to the population that is
consumed by Americans. The Italians
live to a great extent On cheese and In
dian corn.-Detrom Post.
in bad seasons honey is apt to be
poisonous. This arises from the fact
that in such seasons the bees are often
obliged to gather it from poisonous
flowers. Great care should be taken to
remove all poisonous plants from the
neighborhood of hives. In 179Oa great
many people in Philadelphia died from
eating honey gathered from the flowers
| of the Kalmia latifolia. In good seasons
the bees avoid poisonous plants.-Phttd-
delphia Press.
Cream figs tor dessert are prepared
in this way: Beat the white of one OF
two eggs according to the quantity you
wish to serve); when very stiff, SO thai
you can almost turn the platter upside
down without the egg running off; stil
in as much powdered sugar as you car
and yet leave the frosting so that yol
dip the figs in it. If the fig is not en-
tirely covered at the first dipping repea
the process; let them dry in the heate,
br on a shelf over the stove.-N. 7
Post.
Potatoes, eggs and cold hashed meat
sound very poor and thin and not at al
luxurious as they are mentioned in a
unadorned way. But if the hashed mea
is carefully warmed up with a goo
flavor and put on to roast, if the pota
toes are chopped and Drowned and pu
around the meat, if the eggs are boiled
sliced and laid around as a garnish, wit
a few capers sprinkled over and horde
of parsley added on, you have a Delmon
leo ragout, and Brillat-Savarin woul
like to lunch with you.-C Chicago JON
nal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
IT NEVER PAYS.

-
It never pay to fret or growl
when fortune seems our o
The better bred will push ahead
And strike the brave blow.
Fol- luck is work,
And those who shirk
Should not lament their doom:
But yield the play,
And clear the way.
Ina better men have room.
1t never pays to foster pride,
And sQuander wealth in show;
For friends thus o are sure to run
In times of want or woe.
Tit noble worth
OF all the earth
Are gems of heart and BRAIN
A conscience clear,
A household dear.
And hands without a stain.
1t never pays to late a foe
Or cater to a friend,
To fawn n whine, much less repine.
To borrow or to lend.
The faults of men
Are fewer when
Each rows his own canoe,
For friends n debts
And pampered pets
Unbounded mischief brew.
1t never pay to wreck the health
In drudging after gain.
And he is sold who thinks hat gold
Is cheaply bought with pain.
A humble lot,
A cosy cot,
Have tempted even kings,
Fol station high
wealth will buy,
Naught of contentment brings.
It paysi A blunt refrain,
Well worthy of a song;
For age and truth must earn this truth
nothing pays that's wrong
b good and pure
Alone are sure
To bring prolonged successl
While what is right
In Heavens sight
Is always sure to bless.
Boston Transcript.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14
An Assertion Falsifed.

1t has been said that lightning never
strikes twice in the same place, but the
Cobb, of way-down-East, was milking a
cow in the barn one evening recently,
when all of a sudden a thunder-bolt
crashed down close by the barn, tearing
the limbs off a tree and SCATTERING one
side of the barn. The old gentleman lit
out for the house without bothering HIM
self about the milk, but just as he had
gained the kitchen door along came a
second deafening report. A few sec
onds later the barn was in flames, and
the cow which Farmer Cobb had been
milking was roasted alive, along with
seven others and the seasons hay crop.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

FoR dyspepsia, indigestion, depression of
spirits and general debility, in their various
forms; also as a preventative against fever
and ague and other intermittent fevers, the
"Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of C~alisaya,"
made by Caswell, Hazard & Co., New York,
and sold by all Druggists, is the best tonic;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

A simple order from this renowned Roman
to his servants to 'Serye dinner in room SO
and So" was enough to insure o feast une-
qualled in the then known world. An order
to you servant to t'bring me a bottle of Mish-
ler's Herb Bitters from the drug store" will
insure the happfest returns. Fever and Ague,
Sick Headache, Nervous Debility, Dyspepsia,
Liver and Kidney troubles, all and more OF
such diseases are surely cured by Mishler's
Herb Bitters,
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

As stages are quickly abandoned with
the completion of railroads, SO the hugh,
drastic, cathartic pills, composed of crude
and bulky medicines, are quickly aban-
doned with the introduction of DR.. Pierce's
pleasant Purgative Pellets" which are
sugar-coated, and little larger than mus
tard seeds, but composed of highly con-
centrated vegetable extracts. By druggists.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1882-09-14

Who knows that if the beautiful girl
who died so young had been blessed with
DR.. Pierces's "Favorite Prescription" she
might nave reigned on many another
bright May-day. The "Favorite Pre-
scription >" is a certain cure for all those
disorders to which females are liable. By
druggists.