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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15
DEADwooD DIsCovKaarl,.
ChaIlis Messenger.

velopment Of our vast mineral resource
es is demonstrated, day BY day, By
constant and continued new discover
les all over our land, but the largest
field Of such operations that We arc
advised Of is in the Deadwood District,
Boise County, Idaho. There has been
some placer mining in that region for
many years; but this season has estab-
lished the fact. beyond any reasonable
doubt, that this Is good quartz coun-
try as well.
Our old time friends, Sam1 Boorne
and Jack Sheridan, who are very thor
|ough aud skilled in the prospecting
work, have with Eve other parties
been exploring the ranges from ths
Sawtooth mountains to the old Dead
wood placers, and even beyond, to
the west, and, altogether, have made
26 locations, which they are satisfied
will prove rich They organized !
new district which they named Dead
wood. Their main locations are about
40 miles south Of west of the old Cape
Horn House.
The ores are silver and gold with
out any smelling ores associated
silver predominating; and all is mill
ing. the gold, free milling. Messrs.
BORNE and Sheridan made Ii To-
cations, Of which IL are silver and
two are gold. They located FIVE in
the immediate vicinity OF old Dead
wood, two about six miles west and
SIX Others lying six miles east, or to-
ward Cape Horn. The FIVE other
gentlemen in this new field who were
Exploring in the same region, made
ID locations; II silver and l gold
mostly in the vicinity of old Dead
| wood.
There have been made between so
and so assays of the silver ores Of
these locations, resulting in an aver
age OF % ounces, and ranging from
80 to 400 ounces. The silver is in
sulphide and chloride form. One
gold assay, which was not specimen,
ran as high as s2,2s4.00, with IL
ounces of silver.
The must of these veins are em-
bedded either in porphyry or granite.
while a few are contacts, and the
width of vein is from one to four feet.
This country is reached through
very easy route from the east after
leaving the roads into older camps;
but the country is SO high around it
that it is difficrlt of approach until
nearly June on account of SNOW. On
the South, large, old settlements are
within about 40 miles,-but in that
direction the mountain ranges are
very high and broken.
Our prospecting friends did not
look for SO open a winter as we are
having and, therefore, came out on
the last of October. So far, this win
ter, there could be no snow impede
ment to going in up to date.
| Messers. Boorne and Sheridan WIS.,
tied Challis, and Mr.. B. gave us the
items of this new region. His opinion
is that the new field will be rich and
lasting, although it is matter Of
Judgment, as little development work
has been done. But all quartz men
in our country know Mr.. Boornea
good Judgment in this field; and. fur
Their, know his GOODNESS and integrity.
We are glad to welcome such newly
discovered ore bodies into the list Of
our mining properties. and, particu-
larly, glad to know that as faithful,
skilled and true man rs Sam
Boorne has been one of the persons
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

JOHN BARRY went over to Quartz
burg Wednesday on a few days' Wis
it.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

IDAHO county owes SIS. 400, has
four hundred and sixty taxable in
habitants and s630,S71 of taxable
PROPERTY, saws the News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

Z. 2. EAERr bought City deer hides
and four bear skins from Ed. Maloy.
Dr., yesterday.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

2. N. Ferry & Co.'S great seed sup
ply house, at Detroit, Michigan, was
totally destroyed by fire. Loss esti-
mated at about $1,200.OOO.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

Three companies have incorporated
to build ship rail way for the trans
fer of laden or unladen steamboats,
around the Dalles of the Columbia.
Two of them are backed by heavy
capital. 49,,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

=. g. Waite, in the asylum at sa-
lem Oregon, is daily growing mental
y and physically weaker, says the
Keystone.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

TIE coolest in Atlanta this winter
was twenty six degrees below zero,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

ONE hundred and twenty one dol
lars and thirty cents is the total
amount of the delinquent tax of Bing-
ham county, out of over $4,000 col
lected, says the Register.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

ATLANTA News: AT present there
are sixty men in steady employment
in the camp. There is some little
money in circulation, everybody is
we'll supplied with the .necessaries of
life-bread and bacon-and as a rule
our people can boast of good health.
-. Never before in the history of
Atlanta has there been known to be
SO little snow on the ground as at
present. ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

Gov. STEVENSON, in talk to the
people of Lewiston, expressed him.
self as fully convinced that the Ore
gon Short Line will be eventually
built dow. Snake river, and in COM
mon with other citizens OF Southern
Idaho, is making efforts TO offer in
ducements for the early construction
of the enterprise. The Governor dis
claimed any opposition on his part to
the annexation of the Northern coun.
ties of Idaho to Washington.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

Once again, but with rather Ian
guild debut, we stagger to our post of
duty. We had pretty tight tussle
of it, but braced up with the adage,
"you cant kill printer" combined
with the sanitary ability of DR.. Hall
and the kind attendance of friends in
general. We are now able to eat as
hearty meal as the average under
ground working man. Atlanta News
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-01-15

GEORGE STUCK, who knows where
of he speaks, says that the natural
outlet for Silver Mountain district, on
North Boise is by Banner, and that
if wagon road is put through to that
district it will be from Banner. The
distance is about sixteen miles, and
no heavy grading to be done on the
route. From Atlanta the distance, on
direct line, is no less than twenty
miles, and the toughest kind of a
country to put road through.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
THE GREAT WALL.
China a. Seen from One Of tho Towes rof
This Ancient Fertilization.

China a. Seen from One Of tho Towes Fof
This Ancient Fertilization.
OF the ancient Great Wall, only low
rampant remains. with square towers
diminishing towards the top. These
towers are generally placed on the
SUBMITS of the mountain across which
the wall winds. assembled one of
them, the better to contemplate the
view, but had no one with whom to
share all the admiration that felt at
this moment, 1t is quite impossible to
describe all that the eye took in
mountains. valleys, gOrges. grass-cov-
cred slopes, pastures, farms. lakes.
The presence of man is to be felt; not
of the local villages of town life. but the
lite of a great State. To the east q su-
perb valley dotted over with Chinese
villages. surrounded with bushes and
trees; farther of. on several levels,
chains of mountains. the tops of
which were on level with nv
eyes. Tothe west the ground undulates
gradually towards the plain, beyond
which are more mountains. On the
south, magnificent pasture-land, inter-
sected by the Great Wall with its ruined
towers. On our right the Great Wall.
cracked and destroyed by centuries. and
covered with plants: on our left, slope
towards the plain. laid out in artificial
terraces with fields of millet, oats. po-
tatoes and hemp. As to the Chinese.
they are to be seen everywhere, with
long plaits and bare-headed. attired in a
white shirt and blue trousers. The
women are scantily clothed, and the
children, whose heads are decked with
flowers, are naked or nearly so. What
strikes one most is the sudden transition
from the barrenest desert Of yesterday to
the fertile and populous country of to-
day. 1t seems like a never-ending
village of small houses, covered with
verdure, gardens and flowers, the whole
extremely tidy and pleasant 10 the eye.
This. then. is that swarming human
ant-hill, Chicago Interior,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
THE BARN.YARD.
Feed the Soil and 1t, In Turn, Will Feed

Feed the Sell and 1t. In Turn, Will Feed
You.
OF all the leaks on the farm. a leaky,
sloping barn-yard is the worst. The
time-hOnOred fashion of placing the
barn on knoll or the highest spot O:
land near the house. is most repre-
hensible one. More wealth glides away
from such 4 sunny. elevated barn-yard
than can be computed. 1t must reach
far up into the millions annually. The
number of barns that are so placed that
the water that falls from the roof at each
rain. and rushes through and washes
out the most valuable soluble portions.
can be numbered by the hundreds of
thousands.
Every levcl-headed farmer has, or
should have, a level or slightly con-
cave barn-yard, much in the form Of
an inverted watch crystal. If fiat, and
the bottom is of clay, the outer edge
should be raised to 4 height of ut least
one foot. so that no water would escape
that had fallen in the form of rain.
For the purpose of converting the
largest proportion of the wheat straw
into valuable manure, the stack should
be built in the center of such yard,
and sufficient straw be scattered from
time to time to keep the yard in pas
sable condition. =
To make the manure heap of the
greatest value, the manure of the va
rious kinds of farm animals should be
daily or frequently scattered over the
straw in the yard. so that each. possess
ing a distinctive value of its own, would
become thoroughly commingled, and
thus form manure in common, that is
especially well adapted to growing ell
kinds of crops. Such daily or weekly
deposits in the manure bank enables the
thrifty farmer to check out from time to
time a reasonable amount of valuable
manure made without danger of over
drawing his account. The farmer who
has a good bank of we'll decomposed
manure made annually subject to his Or
der, is and can be, the only truely indie
pendent one. for the income derived
from abundant crops will as surely
make him so. as ten times one are ten.
Feed the soil. and it will in turn feed.
clothe and enrich you.-Colman's Rural
World,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
BOGUS BUTTER.
The Various Articles Entering Into Its
Composition.

The Various Articles Entering Into Its
Composition.
The imperative Importance that the
bogus article shall be easily detected
may be CLEANED from the following list
of materials used in the manufacture of
oleomargarine, as stated in the various
patents under which spurious butter isl
made: Sugar of lead, bisulphate of
lime. saltpeter, bOrax, bOracic acid.
salicylic acid, orris root, cotton-seed
oil. vegetable oils. bitaric acid. bicar-
Donate of soda. nitrate of pOtassia,
glycerine, capcylic acid. cuparic acid,
alum. capcic acid, sulphate of soda,
cows udders, commercial sulphuric
acid, pepsin. sal soda, tallOw. lard. sea
salt, farinaceOus flour. butyric ether,
caustic potash. carbonic acid, sulphnric
acid, castor oil, curcumine. chalk, slip
perry elm bark, caul, oil of sesame, oil
of sunhower seeds. olive oil. turnip
seed oil, broma chlorallum, chlorate of
potash. inter. oil of sweet almonds, oil
of peanuts, peroxide of manganese,
stomach of pigs. sheep or calf: nitrate
of soda. bennie oil, gastric juice.
mustard seed oil. nitric acid, dry blood,
albumen. sugar. butyric acid. bicar-
Donate of potash, chloride of sodium,
caustic soda, corn starch, coloring mat
ter"
The dangers to the public health
which result from the use of oleO-
margarine are. according to DIR. r. ID.
Clark, of Albany. much more serious
than are generally supposed. That
gentleman. who has made . study of
the physiological features of the sub
ject arrives at the conclusion that Oleo-
margarine is unwholesOme and danger
Gus CD because it il indigestible; (2)
because it is frequently insoluble; (3)
because it is liable to carry the germs
of disease into the human system and
(D because manufacturers in their
eagerness to produce their spurious
compounds cheaply use ingredients di-
rectly detrimental to health.-Brook-
Inn II,aLon
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
THE ADDING MACHINE.
Contrlvance OF a Book-Keeper After
Twelve Years Work.

contrivance OF a Book-Keeper Ate,
| Twelve Year, Work.
c. G. Spalding, who keeps books fol
Day & johnson. has perfected ma.
chine that is designed to aid brother
book-keepers or accountants in running
up long lines of figures. He has been
at work on the invention since 1873. and
had the thing patented something like
a year ago. The machine is encased
in a wooden box about eight inches
square and three inches deep, and, lift
ing the cover. the interior is seen to
hold an enameled white surface. on
which are two dials. and which shows
the brass keyboard in the lower left
hand corner. The larger dial of the
two is on the left of the machine, and is
divided into one hundred sections. The
rim of the smaller dial is likewise cut
into twenty sections. The hand which
moves the smaller is called the hun
drcds, about the first dial is called the
unit pointer. A little finger play on
the brass keyboard makes the object of
the dials aud the reason of the pointers
names quickly understood.
The nine keys on the board are num-
bercd from l to 9 and are placed
in regular order. but also in two rows,
3. 4. 6 and 8 being above and the odd
numbers below. The key is brass up
right. ana as the finger draws on it, q
spring allows it to slip back toward the
lows' end of the box. The pulling of
each key on the board sends the unit
pointer along on its journey around the
dial as many points as there are units
in the number of the key. Pull the 9
| KEY and the dial set mt 0 goes to 9. Pull
the same key again and the unit pointer
moves to Is. Pull the 1. 2 and keys
now and the pointer goes consecutively
with hop. skip and jump to "a. When
the unit pointer, keeping up its agile
athletics has reached its starting point
again. there is quick little motion on
the right..hand dial. The pointer then
has ''dotted and gone one" The ma.
chimes internal clockwork is more ac.
curatc than human head can hope to
be. 1t isn'ttroubled with malaria. MOI
is it ever larger in the morning
than it was the night before. All
the accountant has to do is to run his
eye up and down the columns. pulling
each respective key as he reaches the
corresponding figure. A day is suf
ficient i'm which to learn the keyboard.
and the motion of the hand quickly be-
comes almost involuntary. The expert
can run the figures in his head and on
the keyboard simultaneously, thus
proving" his work by one trip up OF
down the column. Carrying is per.
formed by setting the pointer at the
number to be carried. To set the unit
pointer all that is necessary is to hold
down key and turn the pointer for
ward to number one less than the one
carried. On releasing key the pointer
is on the desired number. The hun
dred pointer can be moved in either d.
rection. The hand easily operates the
nine keys thus: Nos. 1, : and 3 with
the first finger. and with the second.
6 and with the third. and with the
fourth. The inventor claims for the
machine unerring accuracy and surpris-
ing rapidity. He says an expert can
add 2lO figures minute with it
Springfield (Nass.) Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
A Subject Which Deserves the Considera-
ton Of Dairy Farmers.

A Subject Which Deserves the Considers
ti0n Of Dairy Farmers.
Mr.. David Burrill, of Little Falls, n.
Y, states that by the aid of ensilage he
is now keeping one hundred and forty
cows on the same land where he form
~fiy kept only forty. There is no in
efease Of capital for land, only small
outlay for the silo and the growing Of
louthern sweet corn for ensilage pur-
poses. Hiram Smith has similar ex-
perience. Right here lies the secret of
reducing the cost Of milk and increas-
ing the profit. Two things only are
necessary: LIST. produce more fodder
on the same land at less cost per ton;
I'd, as soon rs possible procure class
of cows that will give an increased
amount of product for the amount of
food consumed. When one COW will
produce as much butter as two ordin-
ary cows and one acre will furnish as
much food as six acres ordinarily do,
the dairy farmer may be certain that he
is on the right track.
We want to see more productive
acres and more productive methods of
tilling them: also fewer cows and bet
ter ones. The great reason the poor
farmer can make nothing at farming is
because what he produces costs twice
as much as it does the good farmer.
There is room right here for good.
long, strong thinking.-Hodrds D0iry-
man.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
A MYSTERY.
The Story Of the Brig Mary Celestc-Whnt
Became of Her Crew.

The Story Of the Brig Mary Celeste-whnt
Became of Her Crew.
A writer reviews mystery of the sea.
which, as he says. furnishes theme
suited to the analytical genius of Poe
and worthy of it. 1t is the story of the
brig Mary Celeste as told in the archives
of the State Department. Thirteen
years ago she sailed from New York
for Genoa with cargo of alcohol in
barrels. Her captain, b. S. Briggs-a
man bearing the highest reputation for
seamanship and correctness, and who
was part owner-had with him his
wife and young child, and crew OF
ten men. some at least of whom were
known as pcaccablc and first-class
sailors. The vessel was picked up at
sea December 4. 1872. with no one on
board. She was sailing with two ap-
propriate sails set, rs if pursuing her
voyage. The weather was calm and
the sea smooth; and not only was the
vessel entirely sound and seaworthy.
but she had not even experienced
rough weather. for a vial of medicine
stood upright on table in the
cabin. The cargo was well stored and
in good condition. There was no cvi.
dcnce of struggle on board. The
briggs papers. chronomcter and boat
were gone. but every thing else was in
shipshape order. even to the sailors
chests. The last record in the log had
been made November %. but the Judi
cial officers who investigated the case
held it almost impossible that the brig
could have sailed from her position No
vcmbcr % to the point at which she
was picked up upon the same tack with
no one at the wheel, and they inferred
that the abandonment must have taken
place some days after the last entry was
made in the log. Admiral Shufeldt,
who investigated the mystery at the re-
quest of the Consul at Gibraltar. reject
ed the idea of mutiny from the alb
sence of any signs of violence, and con-
cluded that the vessel was abandoned
in a moment of panic. But nothing
was ever heard of the ships company,
and no clew to the affair has ever been
found. The failure of the log to bear
any record for the last few days the
crew was probably on board only
hightens the mystery.-N Y. CONNER
cidk,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
JESSIE'S VALENTINE,


The children hailed il with delight,
And to their favored little friends
Sent valentines all gay and bright
On tip oe stood little girl
To reach the letter-box. and there
She dropped 3 tiny bllet-dou1,
while dimples filled her cheeks 80 fair.
''t,uess mes as nice as any boyr'
She thought, "And he'll be s'prised, H
To get valytine from me.
hope it uay soon will CO."
At Station d the postmen filled
Their letterbags and went their ways.
Each more than busy with the work
That came with that great day of days.
But Carrier Brown, with puzzled face,
Upheld a folded note. Said he:
Now where to take a thing like this,
] will confess, sir. puzzles me-"
Thus the address: please letter man
Find Mr. Valytine, if YOU can,
And give him this. please. rite away,
Cos il is ment for him to-day.
I'm jus a little girl. but then.
i like him best of all the men,.
The tiny note unfolded lay
sBencath the SUPPLEMENTARY eyes.
dear little innocent. he said:
'Twcrc better not to make her wise
AnH spoii her baby pleasure" So
With kindly hand these lines he wrote;
Dear little grille:
Valentine
Is most delighted with your note,
And hegs that you will always he
His Valentine so sweet
Then sealed and sent his answer where
Were given Jessie's name and street.
That afternoon 10 Jessie's house
Came valentines for the family
az little folks: but of them all
Wee Jessie laughed in highest glee.
And was il strange. oh II indecdl
For with her blue eyes all a-shine
She proudly hcasted: Mine is best,
1t came from Sir. Idlytine'"
Many ID. RY'ilc. IN Y. \. Independent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19
APPROPRIATE POETRY.
A Chicago Aaiden's Version OF Tennyson
ian RHYMES.


ian Rhymes.
Binks, who has q tendency never to
leave, when he makes a call. was down
on Indiana avenue the other night, and
when every other subject had been
talked out, asked the young woman il
she liked poetry. She said she did and
that Tennyson was her favorite.
'Ah," smiled Binks. land what il
your favorite PASSAGE
why that one reading
At eleven o'clock the young mans fancy.
Slightly turns to thoughts OF home.
..Um-um' hesitated Binks, looking
pale clear down below his knees, anu
taking out his watch. ''rn go RICH,
away and look it up; l don't remember
having seen it."
'.Yes" she said. Its SO appropriate.
you know"
Binks swears he will never return
until he finds that miserable passage
Merchant Irareier.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

The Congo Free State has entered
the postal union. A list of postal rates
ranging from five to fifty centimers has
been adopted. and five different pos
tage stamps issued, all bearing the pro-
file of King Leopold, and the words,
"Etat Independent du Congo" The
business of the new State is transacted
in Brussels by four ministers, who pre-
side over the departments of justice.
finance. foreign affairs and commerce.
and the interior and police. The State
is divided into four adm nistrative dis
tricts, each having governor, and all
being under the charge of Colonel de
Winton. the General
Boston Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

coidly, it must be admitted. Good
afternoon" And instead of be-
coming the intimate friend of the
rich girl she became the intimate friend
of the dress-maker's daughter. And
under the influence of her brighter ma
ture the frown was soon smOothed
away from Rays brow, and out of the
loving generosity of her warm young
heart many little luxury found its
way to Ray s home.-Margarct Eytingc,
in Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

One day as John Van Buren, was
lunching at the Aston House. an enemy
named Wadman came up to him. MIR.
Van Buren," said Wadman. lis there
any case so unjust, mean and dirty that
you will not take it?" ..Well. don't
know" said Van Buren,. picking mp an
oyster on his fork; what have you been
doing now, Wadman IN. Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

-"Half the books in this library art
aot worth reading" said sour-visaged.
hypercritical. nOvel-satiated woman.
..Read the other half. then. gratuit-
ously advised a bystander.-G !. 1sds'
pendent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-02-19

There was organized in Cincinnati
at the beginning of this century a So
ciety for protection against horse
thieves. This is still in existence, and
so flourishing that 1t has declas ed a
dividend of two hundred per cent
Cincinnati Times.