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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

"Yes, father" he said to old Mr.. Hayseed,
"rve graduated, and my education is COM
piete. l spose know about everything.
Now must choose field where my abilities
can be used to the best advantage / want a
large field where will have plenty of room"
Son. replied the old man, there is the
ten acre corn field, and you kin have it all to
yourself "-Harper's Bazaar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

The very best way to prevent scales in a
steam boiler, says one who has tried it, is to
use feed water heater that viii deposit the
scale by raising the temperature of the water
in the heater high enough to liberate the
soluble matter before the water gets into the
boiler Nobody ever heard of Dragged
sheets" on "a heater. We see one every day
on boilers. Don't let the scale in and it won't
trouhla you
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

1.-THE bulk Of my fortune | wish to be-
queath TO my scapegrace nephew, George
said the dying man
why, it was only yesterday he called you
an old skinfiint, said the lawyer I'D cut
the boy off"
That's all right replied the testator.
You make the will out the way tell you.
know enough about wills to know that if
leave him all the money he won't get cens
Of it. "-Harper's Bazar.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

"Bridget," inquired the lady of the house
of her adjutant general cant we have hash
for breakiastF
If &c chews, num-" was the frightfully
suggestive answer.-Detroit Free Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
worsl,iped by a certai. Set.

Boston Maiden Ito young ma2 from New
Jerseyl-n New Jersey, Mr.. Rejmud. blood.
understand, is not considered of the first
importancel
Mr. Redmud-It is among tho skeeters,
Miss Waldo-New York Sun
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
In His own Coin.

swell, JANET asked facetious husband
whose wife had just discharged the hired
girl, are you goi.s to bravely breast tho
waves of the domestic sea Of troubIesr
NO." she answered demurely; II am only
going to stem the eurrsntSs-Ipdse :
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

Old Lad, who has bought some groceries,
You arc, :. .~y slow, boy; can't you hurry up'
Boy trep- sachfully)-Y oughn't TO ASK u
three-dollar s-week boy to hurry up, ma AMI
New York Sun -"E
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

Subscriber Ito editor the matter
with the gentleman at the desk near the VIII
dowi He certainly has tit.
Editor-He's all right; he is wrltinS some
campaign poetry.-The Epoch.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
He Could Draw All Ms nit.

"Do you draw at all, Mr.. FanssleyF'
"My patrons say draw very we'll"
$50 you're an artistp
"No You misunderstood me. I'm den
s;st.n-Lincoln Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
SCIENCE AND PROGRESS.
REMARKABLE SALT BED IN SOUTH
WESTERN LOUISIANA.

= Snow Melting Machine That Dfsposes
Of the Snow in the Roads Where
u Fails-Dimensions Of AnimaIcuIes
Found In stsgnant watsrs.
A method is described in The Scientific
American which has proven useful in giving
students Of the microscope some adeouate
idea Of the dimensions Of animalcules found
In stagnant water.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
The Kind of Hird sh. Meant.

The charming danlsel had no appetite;
Her health was delicate her mother said;
But at the table she put ont of sight
As much as would have two iongshoreuep fed.
Il eat no more than would bird. !" laughed she:
But when she rose and from the table went
The landlord trowned and bit his lips. said he,
i guess an ostrich was the bird she meant
Boston Courier
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
On Some Occasions.

Miss Beaconhill-What are the most
disagreeable features about your school,
Johnniei
Johnnie-The teacher's~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28
Seed for Next Year.

Seed to be used next season should
be saved early. To be any advantage
to the saver it should be saved care
fully. In the first place, attention
should be paid to the growth of sew
eral plants, that the best may be in
variably selected for perpetuation. As
soon as the seeds are gathered, no mat
ter how pressing the needs of the hour
may be, they should be put into pack
ages that shall contain the names of
the seeds and any memoranda that it
may be essential or desirable to know
when the sowing time comes. To fill
the pockets promiscuously with rip
ened seeds intending later to separate
is worthless work; and to save seed
promiscuously, mixing kinds or color
that should be used separately, is
worse than neglecting to save seed en-
tirely, for in the latter case the re-
liable scotsman must be resorted to
and the result be satisfactory almost
invariably, and in the former instance
the temptation will be to put in the
ground a mixture of seed that had bet
ter have been thrown into the fire. BY
all means save seed, but take time to
do the work properly, remembering
that time and patience now will atone
for vexation and more time, otherwise
necessary to be spent at an equally
busy time. -INassdchuSetts Ptoaghnlan.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1888-12-28

The grape rot is now believed to
be under control, the remedies sug-
gested by the Government reports
having been tried with success at
several points. The spraying of the
vines as soon as the blossoms appear,
and repeating the operation after each
rain with a solu ton of sulphate OF
copper and lime water is the plan
:c.a0ptsd.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
The..Law of Liberty.

The relation between liberty and law is
not understood by all. Some thiEk there
is antagonism between them; that law
has tendency to restrain liberty; that
the less men are governed the more
liberty they have.
Let Us look at the matter. What
liberty can a man rightfully claim
He can claim the right to act in
accordance with his nature. The
bird cannot claim a right to in
habit the sea, nor the fish to inhabit the
forest. The bird was made to live in the
air, the fish in the water. Man was made
to do right. It is contrary to his true
nature, contrary to the end for which he
was created, to do wrong. His liberty
is not restrained when he is prevented
from doing wrong. He has no right to
do wrong, and hence cannot demand lib
erty to do wrong.
The object OF law is to secure to every
man the enjoyment of his rights-to Sc
cure him against wrong. Sir James
Macintosh defines liberty, to be security
against wrong"
Now suppose a system of laws to be en-
is just and right, and forbid everything
that isunjust and wrong, and suppose
such system of laws to DO faithfully
executed. What would be the
result? Every one would be
free to do what was just, and would be
protected from alisinj Justice. What more
can man SIX than perfect freedom to
do right, and perfect security against
wrorS?
Such system would be the perfection
Of law, and the result would be the per-
lection of liberty. Hence liberty, instead
of being restrained by law, is the result
of law. The perfection of law would
produce the perfection of liberty.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
OVER READING.
Argued That Twice as Many Have Been Injur-
ed Than Have Been Benefited.
I11iia Ha

Argued Inat Twice as Many Have Been InJur-
ed Than Have Been Benefited.
Julian Hawthorne
We are partly bamboozled by tradition
From our youth up we are deafened by
advice to "read and i'm prove your min -
The inference is, that the mind is i'm
proved by reading. But that inference is
open TO serious question. For my part
l am willing TO hazard the statement that
twice as many minds have been injured
than have been benefited by it, and not &
small proportion have been made entirely
worthless by the practice. It is just like
dram drinking, it is intellectual dram
drinking-and intellectual is scarcely the
word to use in that connection. One
reason is, no doubt that the drains in
question ere, fo- the most part, of very
inferior stuff. But even if it we're of the
best stuff imaginable, che detrimental
effect would be the same. The finest
Madeira, if swallowed in sufficiently copi-
ous doses will produce delerium tremens;
and the most unexceptionable books, if
they are too numerous, will bring on men
tai dyspepsia. The mind becomes
mere sack to hold other peoples ideas,
instead of machine to generate ideas of
its own. And the ideas thus acquired are
of no use to it. The mind has lost the
power TO work them into the flesh and
blood ideas of wisdom. They remain
heterogeneous and incongruous mass.
Foreign material whether physical or in
tellectual, should be taken with discrimi-
nation and moderation, and thoroughly
assimilated. Unless you need and like it,
you cannot make it yours, whether yoG
swallow it o. not, it really stays outside
of you.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
The Worlds Oldest Rose Bush.

The Oldest rose bush in the world is a.
Hiidersheim. It was planted more than
1000 years ago by Charlemagne in COM
memoration of visit made him by She
ambassador of the Caliph Haroun al
Raschid of arabian Nights" fame. A
few years afterward when Louis the Pious,
the son of CharIemagne, was hunting IN
the neighborhood, mass was said in the
open air. On returning TO his home. the
officiating priest found thai the holy i'm
ags YVES missing. Returning 10 the spot
where mass had been said, Ike discovered
the missing image il the branches of a
wild rose tree. As 1t miracu orsIy evaeied
lis grasp he went back TO Louis and his
sults and told them OF tbs aOnder. They
all rushed 20 the spot and 81. or .hEir
knees before the miraculous bush. A
cathedral was built above il, its roots
being enclosed il sort Of coffin ehaued
vault, under the middle altar of the crypt
This crypt was built IN the year SIS, and
with the rose tree it survived fire which
destroyed all the rest of the cathedral IN
1146. The roots are over a 900 years
old. The rose plant was, when described
a few years ago, still living and blooming
profusely, and was twenty-six feet high.
covering thirty-two feet of wall though
the stem was only two inches in diam eter
Sophie B. Herrick in The Cosmo politan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
Prosperous Northern Settlements in Tennes-
see, Mississippi, and Louisiana

The Passenger Department Of the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad will issue new pamphlet about
November describing the following prosperous
Northern settlements in Tennessee, Mississippi
and louisiana, viz: Jackson, Tennessee; Holly
Springs, West Point, jackson, Yazoo City, Terry
and Brookhaven, Mississippi; Kentwood Rose
land Colony, Hammond, Crowley, Jennings,
Lake Arthur, WEIGH, Iowa, Lake Charles, and
Vinton, Louisiana. Hundreds of Northern fam
lilies now happily located at the above points,
and in this new pamphlet will appear interesting
letters from Northern men. 1t will also give the
dates of two special land excursions South, each
month, from the principal points on the line of
the Illinois Central in Illinois, Wisconsin Iowa
and Dakota. This pamphlet, and also ''South-
ern Home-Seekers' Guide" should be read by
every person contemplating Southern trip,
either for pleasure, health, or permanent home
Copies of each will be mailed free on application
to the undersigned, at Manchester, Iowa J. F.
MERRY, General Western Passenger Agent.
First Summer Resort Fireman-"Did that rich
Philadelphia Teller send any check for our heroic
efforts to save his villa?'' Second Fireman
Nav, not cent" "Well, durn him. I'm glad
we didn't save it,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
Protecting himself.
Arkansaw Traveller.

A school commissioner called at the
house of Georgia farmer and asked him
if he intended to send his children to
school.
81 mout send the gals" the farmer re-
piled, Z" but thatll be about ALL"
"Are you so busy shat you cannot send
the boysf"
mo, amt so mighty busy"
"rhen why don't you send the boys?"
wall, I've got my reasons"
''Don't you think that education would
do them goods"
"Yas 1t mout."
SIS ii, then, because yod can't ciothe
them properlys"
mo, fur I reckon they've got about ez
good WARM duds ez any children in the
community"
"rhen why don't you send thems"
"Wall, l tell you. Some time ago
sent my son Jim ter school. He went
away with the biggest sort av respect for
his daddy; fur I could outknock him and
| fling him down ez' fast ez he could get up.
Wall. sun, he stayed at school, awhile,
learned a new lot Nv tricks, come home,
outknocked me an flung me agin' the
ground so hard that he knocked my hip
outen j'int. After this he driv me around
pretty much as he pleased, without no re-
spek fur me ct all. Eff he hadenter went
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
AM OLD.
z. NJ. sHELDRAKE.

Unfold the Young rose and the lily,
ON the soft air the fragrant mist floats,
The zenhvrs breathe as they go by me,
of the love in the wee robins notes.
What care /? The face of all Nature
But gives unto mine again
Its imprint of years, its storm-riven
Scars, its travail and pain.
To live with the year in its fullnessl
TO live when its story is told
With spring comes the rose and the lily.
But alas | am old am old!
The white snow Of winter lies away
On the hair that was once like gold
The cheek that was smooth and rounded
1t scared like the forests world.
This eye that is dim and shrunken
Was once like a bit of sky.
And the children laugh loudly to see me
With tottering steps go by.
0, to live with the year in its fuliness!
To live when its story is told.
With spring comes the rose and the lily,
But alas l am old l am old!
Like a lutte with tense strings riven,
Save one quivering note,
Like the flare at night of a candle,
Like the wing of crushed mote,
Like dead gray ashes buried
Over drying coal,
Is this poor puny body
That canst not reach its goal
To live with the year in its fullnessI
To live when its story is toId
With spring comes the rose and the lily,
But alas! l am old! l am DID,
In the world but not of it-a stranger,
/ gaze with a fast dimming eye,
On the antics of vain-glorious mimics
OF tricks that are long gone by.
And ] feel for the din of the battle,
/ long for its smoke and IT'S fray.
o God Give me youth with all nature
Or else give me death, Ipray.
o, to live with the year in its fullnesS,
To live when it's story is toldl
With spring comes the rose and tn lily,
But alas am old am old.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
Living on the Reputation of Others.

"Take everything that have but nv
good name; leave me that and I am CON
tent" So said the philosopher. So say
ell manufacturers of genuine articles 10
that horde of imitators which thrives up
on the reputation of others. The good
name of ALLCooK's PoRoUs PLAsrERs has
induced many sdventurers TO put in the
market limitations that are not only lack
ing In the best elements of the genaine
article, but are often harmful in their eff
fects.
The public should be on their guard
against these frauds, and, when an ex-
sernal remedy is needed, be sure to in
siss upon having ALLoook's Porous PIAs-
TER.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
Movement of the Washington Monument
Washington Star


Great care is taken to note the move
The law of contraction and expansion of
material by heat OR cold operates here as
we'll as elsewhere. When the sun shines
full on the eastern face in the morning
the stones on that side expand and throw
the shaft slightly to the west. Then the
sun goes around to the south and the apex
of the monument makes a CORES ponding
swing to the north. AS the orb creeps
about the sky to it's final setting in the
evening the glittering point on top of the
monument makes a contra movement
around half a circle, gradually setting
back to its normal position after the rays
of the sun have lost their power.
This movements has never been calcu-
lated, but is undoubtedly slight. The
wind, too, has an effect upon the
structure. From the center Of gravity of
the shaft, located TIA feet and 10 inches
from the floor, is cross beam from
which is suspended final steel wire, pro-
tected by galvanized iron tube about
four inches in diameter. This hangs to
the floor at the northwest corner of the
elevator we'll. At the bottom is plumb
bob weiga hing twenty five pounds, sus-
pended by means of the wire and hang
ing in water. An iron cylinder protects
tae instrument from injury, and little
iron house about four feet high keeps off
the draught. Through the cylinder is 8
telescope eyepiece, in one end of which
are two verticle wires about one-quarter of
an iEch apart. When candle is held at
an opening in the side of the box and the
eye is applied to the outside end of the
tube, the plumb line Can be seen-a fine
line between the vertical marks.
Any movement in the shaft is recorded
by corresponding movement in the line.
When the structure is at rest, and in its
normal position, the line hangs still, mid
way between the others, but when the
shaft is disturbed by the action OF the
wind it sways back and forth like the
pendulum of a clock, always coming to
rest in the center. This is observed every
day, and if the custodian should ever
notice the line hanging still at any point
outside the two cross lines he will then
know that the monument has been per
manently moved from its level position.
Until then, however, no one need be
alarmed by the oscillations of the shaft
from the action of the wind Or the in
fueEce of the sun.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Il have suffered with catarrh fl r5head for years
and paid out hundreds OF dollars for medicines
was weak. and my eyes so sore that could not
read much. began to take Hoods sarsapa-
rila, and my catarrh is nearly cured, the weak
ness Of my body is all gone my appetite is good
fact feel like another person. Hoods Sarsaparla
is the only medicine that has done me permanent
good" MRS. A. CUNNINGHAM. Providence, r. l.
II have been troubled with catarrh about year.
causing great Of the bronchial tubes, and
terrible headache. I used Hoods Sarsaparia, and
now my cstarrh is cured. my throat is entirely WELL
and my headache has sill disappeared RICHARD
GIBBONS Hamilton O.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

to that school he would have been kind
and 'fec.ionate, bat he vent thar, ez tell
you, an that settled it, an let me tell you
when a boy in this here neighborhood
gifts SO he can whip his daddy, wy that
household has dun lost its holt. Pc, mis-
ter, you may take my gals an learn en-
ell you please, but I'd little ruther my
boys would stay away. Bill addressing
one Of his sons) come out here and I'll
fling you down fur quarter
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
b yes Ears Nose

are all more or less affected by cstarrh The ewes
become infsmed. red and watery. with dull heavy
pain between them; there roaring huzzng noises
Ii the ears, and sometimes the hearing is affected.
the nose is severe sufferer, with its constant uncom
Portable discharge, bad breath and loss of the sense
of SMELL All these disagreeable symptoms disappear
wnen the disease is cured By Hoods Ssrsaparilla.
which expels from the blood the mpurity from which
the cstsrrh arises tones and restores the diseased
ssns to health, and bnilds up the whole system EP
4 have taken Hoods sa1saparilla for catarrh and
1t has done great deal of good. I recommend II
to sll within my reach" LUTHER D. ROBBINS.
East Thompson, Ct
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Is about 600 900, and we would say at least one
half are troubled with some affection of the
Throat and Lungs, as those complaints are, ac-
cording to statistics, more numerous than others.
We would advise all our readers not to neglect
the opportunity to call on their druggist and get
a bottle Of Kemp's Balsam for the Throat and
Lungs. Trial size free. Large bottles SOC and
81. Sold by all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08
Pull Toe ether.

I have somewheres read, says Rev. Dr.
Wise in his "Bridal Greetings" of bride
groom who gloried in his eccentrioities.
He requests his bride to accompany him
into the garden a few days after the wed
ding. He then threw a line over the roof
of their cottage. Giving his wife one
end of it he retreated to the other side
and exclaimed: Pull the linev' She
pulled it at his request, ss far as she
could. He cried, "Pun it over!' 81
can't" she replied. "Pull with all your
might" shouted TIE whimsical husband.
But IN vain were all the efforts of the
bride 30 pull over the line so long as the
husband held out on the opposite end.
But when he came around, and both phil
ed at one end it came over with great
ease. ''There" said he as the line fell from
the roof, "you see how hard and ineffect-
ual was our labor when We pulled in OPP
position TO each other, but how easy and
pleasant it is when we both pull together.
If we oppose each other it will be hard
work, if we act together il will be pleasant
to live. Let as, therefore, always pull
| together
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

ONE Of the reasons why SCOTS Emulsion, has
such large sale is because it is the best. Dr.
w. 81. Cameron Halifax. n S. saws: L have
prescribed SCOTS Emulsion Of Cod Liver OIL
10Th HypophOsphites. for the past two years. and
found it more agreeable to the stomach and have
better results from its use than any other prepar-
alton Of the kind l have ever used" Sold by all
Druggists
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Moxie has created the greatest excitement as
beverage, in two years. ever witnessed. from
the fact that il brings nervous, exhausted, over
worked women to good powers of endurance in
a few days; cures the appetite for liquors and
tobacco at once, and has recovered large num-
her Of cases of old. helpless paralysis a food
only
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Hot and thirsty gentleman ordered
glass of beer. Waiter brings him one con-
tanning one inch of beer and six inches of
foam. Customer ordered lager, waiter
NOT lather. I don't want shave-I
want drink of bser."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Gen. Asa S. Bushnell, Of Springfield, O.,
and prominent republican vas assaulted
and badly injured by gang of toughs
while returning home from q political
demonstration at 1890 Friday morning.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Two men named Longman and Wallops are
running a scnool on the Pacific coast. Long
man probably teaches the girls and Wallops the
bows.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

Sufferers from Coughs, Sore Throat, etc
should try Br0tUn's Bronchial Troches', a
simple but sure remedy. Sold only in bores
Price 25 cents
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-11-08

a wild girl is running at large in the forests
OF Louisiana" Perhaps if her pursuers were to
set hustle, properly baited, they might capture
her without further trouble