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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
VICTORIES FOR PASTEUR
The Famous French Ihysician's Well.
Founded Claims to Fame.

The Famous French Thysician's Well
Founded Claims to Fame.
1t is not generally known in this
country that Pasteur's claim 10 fame
rests upon more substantial founda.
ton than the discovery of the method
of preventing hydrophobia by innocu-
lation. IF it had not been for Pas
teur," said well-known physician
who recently met Pasteur in his labo'a-
tory, 1--WE would not be drinking the
sparkling wines of France, and the
wine-making industry would have been
ruined. A blight had come upon the
wine. Some insidious agent that could
not be detected was at work in the vine
and affected it so that it would not
keep. The exported wine became ACID
and bitter. and the domestic lost It's
flavor and value. The large VINE
makers were in despair and knew 'ha'
if something was not done their ousi-
ness would come to an end, ana 'nis
meant restitution to thousands OF nap
py French homes that depended upon
this industry for support Pasteur a.
tackled the evil. He found that theae.
teriorations in the wines were causeu
by organic germs, which could 90 uo,
stroyed by a degree OF heat WilnCus
affecting the quality of the wlne' lh0
remedy was applied Immediately on
large scale to all the wines when hau
undergone acid fermentation, ana Inet
were made sweet and pure. Ano'net
industry was also paralyzed' l. sa'
silk culture. A plague called peprin0
attacked the silk-worms, inhiclihs
loss of twenty million dollars ID oh0
year. Myriads of worms were 10
stroyed, and those that were lelt on,'
turned out a small quantity OF siia.
Pasteur traced the disease to us olisin
and found it to be the work OF i'ins
organism or parasite. The germ sas
picked up by the worm from the iea,
on which it fed and speedily gov N
the sack which contained the ma'eiA
from which the worm spun Its coooOn
and increased so rapidly that the Wolm
was killed, or its silk-producing pow .sa
was destroyed Pasteur discovers IA
time when the poisonous germ Oola1
be killed and the method oil aoins
and again saved the commerciai pa s.
perity of the French. This inVess sish
ton took many years, during wns su
Pasteur was profoundly abused uy u osd
of science. but they all were sl.n
when he finally killed the bugs
y. Tribune
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

1t costs the Prince of Wales $780,.
600 year to keep up his hunting
stables.
Hundreds of English girls are nov
adopting shorthand for livelihood.
In Berlin heavy wagons are not
allowed on certain streets. In Paris
any carload of rafting material mus
be fastened till it can't rattle.
The telegraph lines entering the
central station at London are all un.
foreground. 1t appears all the more
wonderful when it is said there are
LOO different lines.
Princess Eugene of Sweden has
sacrificed her family jewels to build
hospital for cripples upon an island of
the coast.
The Queen incurred expenses in
her jubilee as well as other people,
the cost to her having been ECO. 900,
and the largest payment being in the
department of the master of the
horse.
Paris receives 1000 francs by
the will of citizen who was run owe,
and killed in that city. He bequeathed
the money to erect bridges over the
streets at the most dangerous points.
The old Town Hall at Leicester,
curious wooden building, in which
Shakespeare is said to have acted, is
now occupied as a school of cookery.
A pulley still shows where the drop.
curtain was.
Emperor William of Germany is
still carrying on his crusade against all
things not Teutonic. He has ordered
the officers of his army to discard
pointed English boots and wide creased
trousers. He has also made a change
In the royal crown, which he consid.
cred too high for his style of beauty.
"A man was fined one dollar in a
Mew FORK court for calling a lawyer
mar and yet the offender had sworn to
tell the truth.-Teras Sittings.
The largest carpet in the world
mas been on exhibition at the Cincin.
hati Exposition. 1t contains 2.7OO
square yards. ''
EDITOR SCANNING cardy-"Ah,
yes Mr.. Vancouver. Sit down. Mr.
vancouver | have heard of YOU
often, sir, and am glad to Dr.. ct vow
Mr. Vancouver Ga very young man.
'oh, yaas, but think it's me father
oi whom you have heard; he is worth
several millions of dollars, sir, and
stands very high as an artistic qouynek
was about to ask If you could find
me pleasantp place on the staff of vour
paper" Editor-"Well - err I'm
afraid not at present, sir. | wouldp,,
MIND dining occasionally at your house
Dut our staff is quite ull.n-Epoeh.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
ELECTRICAL LIGHT.
How It Affects Flowers, Vegetables and
Other Plants.

How It Affects Flowers, Vegetables and
Other Plants.
From time to time, of late years, ex.
periments have been made OF the effect
Of the electrical light on flowers and
plants, with results seemingly the
same, to wit, feeble efforts OF some
plants to prolong their periods OF
bloom into the night and then pre-.
mature decay. One has only to study
their actions, as observed, to conclude
that even plants need rest, or, to be
more precise, they seem to thrive best
under the conditions which nature has
imposed-the period of darkness and
the period OF the light, which is
heat as well; or else that the
family of plants, as now they are,
sprung from these exact con-
ditions, and will not thrive without
them. 1t is the nature of some flowers,
as every one knows, to open at one
period Of light and close at another; OF
others to open only at night and close
before or at the moment when the orb
of day tops the horizon. So strictly
do some of these follow their unwritten
laws that floral clocks have been con-
structed, so that one may step out into
his garden, of bright day or clear
night, and learn the time by the con-
dition of bloom on the floral dial.
Prot. Wollney, of Munich, satisfied
by experiment that electrical light will
not advance or improve plant growth,
recently tried the effect upon them of
the current itself. We quote the fol-
lowing, being the means employed and
its result:
He ''took patches of ground twelve
or thirteen feet square, separated BY
boards penetrating the earth to the
depth of foot In one case he ap-
piled two earth plates and interposed
five earth cells; in another he inserted
an induction apparatus; and in third,
plate of copper at one side and
plate OF zinc at the other side to form
natural battery. Peas. potatoes, car.
rots, etc, were planted on these and
other patches, but the electricity,
whether of high or low potential,
seemed to have either no influence or
a bad one upon their growth"
Plants being full of sap, and sap
fairly good conductor, every fiber must
have been cached, and, so far as the
Professor was enabled to perceive, the
only effect of the current was to pro
woke perturbation on the protoplasu
Scientific American
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
lNSECT-EATlNG BIRDS.
How They Have Been Swept Away by
the Destroying Hand OF Man.

How They Have Been Swept Away by
the Destroying Hand OF Man.
Fifty years ago every farm in the
Eastern, Middle and Southern States
had from five to twenty acres OF wood
land. These lands not only served
many other good purposes, but were
natural resting places for birds, and
served them as safe shelter during the
heat OF the day. These primitive for
ests were the home of many species OF
birds The writer well remembers the
delight experienced in going to the
woods in the spring of the year and
listening to the songs OF the native
warblers as they returned from their
winter quarters at the South. The
shrill whistle OF tho quail was as fa-
miliar TO the ears OF the farmer MS
household words. The scream OF the
blue Jay rang through the forest clear
and loud.
The many species OF woodpecker
were watched with intense interest as
they glided up aud down the trunks OF
the trees, ever and anon rapping with
lbASS NAbA puNtElul
beaks, and frequently drawing forth
some huge grub that had been sapping
the life OF some monarch of the forest.
While watching these ever industrious
and useful birds. scarlet tanager, like
fash OF fire, or some other bright
bird, would fit by, happy and beautiful.
How Is it nowP The Woodlands axe
and the pot-hunter's gun can tell the
sad story. The birds have gone-no
home, no resting place, no safety any
where. Looking at this sad picture,
one feels ready to exclaim with the
poet Burns
And blasted be thy murder aiming eye;
May never pity soothe thee with a sigh,
Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart.
The birds that were so common fifty
years ago were mostly insect-eating
birds, and destroyed millions OF nox-
ious insects, and were OF inestimable
value to the farmer and tiller of the
soil. Even the grain-eating birds con-
sumed large number of larvae. The
humming birds, supposed by many to
subsist wholly upon honey. consume
many small beetles and thrips, and
thereby confer benefit to the florist.
Magazine,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

I'm travelling man, and away
from home a good deal of the time,
and tell you l appreciate the COM
forts of home when l strike them on
the road" he said to the hotel pro-
prietor. "If you will step back with
me I'll take great pleasure in intro
ducing you to my wife and her mother.
My wife wants a seal-skin sacque, the
her mother and pug dog" was the
response. "Ah, this is a country o:
happy homes" he replied, as he fol.
lowed the hotel man.-Jud9e
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

When the snail boy stands in
front OF store, meditatively gazing
on sign which reads, "Slippers
Cheap" his puerile mind instinctively
grasps the scope and purport of boy
cott Pick.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. to me you are
pouring out pretty big drink for that
dime" Tramp-"I drink, sir. be-
get warm, and you know 1t is we'll
ascertained scientific fact that one
swallow does not make . summer. ~
~ Y Weekly.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26
SCHOOL AND cHuss,,

" sren In .a, Philadelphia i 's os',asA l
wear glasses. and the p,O OOllgsd .
rapidly increasing. proportion i
William and Mary co,,.
ma mater Of Presidents Jss ss' The d.
Monroe and Chief Justice Emerson and
s 70 Dc reopened after long ,srm Y
activity. 1t is the Oldest co,' .srn 9th.
g'nia' and one of the Oldest Il y n n Vi.
:, The following are the sn A. Union
OF some of the principal educ oauSnsns
situations of the United sSS.uc.aslonalin-
CO. esS slo,ooo.ooo; Columbia ' :,
Harvard. $4,000, 900; osss,,u0ooG
81, 400, 600. '0''oooi Cornell
The Presbyterian m,ss,o.,
the City Of Mexico have roa b
Gated seven preaching station .A,'y 10
outlying wards and districts' + = ~ ,as
way they touch the people = y tai
not nc De o brought into any thing i t0 0o.'d
as a church edifice. Law t. snosn
utilized one-half of these ssrv si'sa, !, y
Ing sustained by native elders '''sS D.
, mone OF the finest organization. !,
women in the country Is tha"S Of
York League OF Unitarian W. new
which was formed to promote 'c e'sa.'
Fellowship among its membar. D'' sF'
for awakening and SUSTAINING ana
interest in religious worship. stsi..
and philanthropy. and Of secp,i0 0'u =
operation in the advancement ~ ~ "
tartan Christianity. : 0al'
Rev. Bradford P. RAYMOND =.
has just been elected president o,w INV
ieyan University, has been nras, "a.
OF Lawrence University, Wiscon usa'
for some years. He studied theoIo o,u'
at Leipsic and Gottingen, Germ 0v,
He is man Of broad mind preo. ~,
ure and much personal maenetism
AS an orator he is impressive and h..
been considered the most effect; ias
preacher in Wisconsin.
The young women who attend y.
new college in Baltimore ought 10 ~
come robust and well developed Il,
the facilities offered for physical train
Ing are said to be superior to apv oths.
woman's college in the world N.
gymnasium is a three story structure
covering 1000 square feet. It has ,
large swimming pool, bowling allev
walking track, bath rooms and consia'
cradle apparatus designed especially
for women.
The overseers OF Harvard Collaos
have decided that committee for tbs
regulation OF athletic sports shall here
after be annually appointed and chosen
as follows: Three members Of tbe
college faculty, and three graduates Of
the college, these six to be appointed
by the corporation with the consent Of
the overseers, and also three under.
graduates to be chosen during the first
week OF the college year by the ma.
lority vote of the students represent
Ing the various sporting associations
An Illinois notion for making
sociables pleasant is to give
each person card on which dozen
are written, and the REGIMENT
Of the card must talk five minutes to
zach one whose name is on the card.
At the end of each five minutes bell
bounds and conversation must cease
and new partners be found. This
scheme is said to be death to wall
flowers and cliques. and Of great ad.
to the social success Of the en-
(art q | N mapt
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

"A coquette is one that Is new, N
persuaded out of the passion she nas ~ y
please, nor out of good opinion u :. -.
own beauty; time and years s ,,o and
CARDS as things that only wrihhi' ,hat
decay other women; she forges' ' aha
age is written in the face, ana ,'''' .bs
same dress which became her wheI ,oor
was young, now only makes hel hsr
the older. Alteration cleaves " y. n
even in sickness and pain; she w IA
a high Lead and colored ribbons
Brnyere.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

President debating club) = Well,
we have had some stirring speeches
on the negative side OF the question of
the evening: lis Marriage a Fail
ureF but none of the gentlemen ap-
pointed to speak on the Affirmative
side have responded.
Secretary (whispering) - Their
wives are here
The president Qoudly)-Owing to
the lateness OF the hour further de-
bate is postponed. Adjourned Phila.
delphia Record.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

-Aunt-"lt seems you visit me
only when you want money" Nephew
-" But my dear aunt, l surely
couldn't call more frequently"
Our rudder is broken, sir" said
the nrst mate to the captain. Non
sense! That's only Imagination"
" beg your pardon, sir, but it's stern
reality" ''
-oieveland's private secretary is
named Daniel and Harrison's wa.
christened Elijah. There appears TO
Dc more or less prophet in the private
secretary business. -Norristowa Her.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

Mock Fruit Cake-One cup sou,
milk, one cup brown sugar. one-half
cup molasses. one-half cup of butter,
one egg, one teaspoon soda.-,A!bany
Journal
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

"A lawsuit in New York has de-
veloped the fact that after the owner
of lot in Cypress Hills cemetery has
buried a deceased member OF his own
family in it he is absolutely forbidden.
by law under which the cemetery is
incorporated, to ever transfer or sell
the lot outside OF his family"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-02-26

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Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
HOME AND VICINITY.
G. L. Brown,
Editor.

Mt. Pleasant fair next week.
Wednesday started the stove trade.
DR.. J. II. Lancashire was in Detroit
the first of the week.
Geo. Harrington was in Mt, Pleasant
Monday buying lumber.
Ronk & Baughman have in a mann
moth stock of fall goods.
u. Booth visited Saginaw and 9th
er Michigan towns the first of the week
A BARGAIN.-Parties wishing to
exchange wood for good cheap bug
gy, call at this office.
II. II. 4. Lover, of New Haven
township. was a welcome caller at the
RECORD Office last Monday.
Mrs. Ferd Montigel left Tuesday
morning for visit to Detroit, where
she will remain during the Exposition
J. W. Vickers, is the new NJ. f
Minister for this place, we are inform
ed that be is a young man Of extra
ordinary ability.
Remember the X. of P and +. & n
NJ. excursion to Detroit Sep. 81. mex
Tuesday, fare from Alma $3.50, Leaving
the L. A. &. "A. station at 73O.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
BLUE PENCIL CROSS
For the attention of those indebted
to the RECORD.

This marked notice is to remind
you that your subscription has ex.
pired and as we need our money by
Oct lst we take this method of re-
minding you that the time has rol-
led around, thinking this the best
way to reach all, one subscription is
a small matter but the hundreds are
what counts. We are in hopes all
will make us avisit before that date,
and that none will be foolish enough
to taSe offence as it takes money
to run a good newspaper. Thank
ing you for past favors and patro
mage | remain,
G. +. Brown,
Editor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
8 ? Z Cl AIS,

The RECORD will
be sent on trial until
January 1st for 25cts.
Old subscribers in
arrears are entitled to
the RECORD until
January lst for 25cts.
by paying up to date.
We will send the
RECORD to any per-
son one y ar for $1.25
and give them the De-
troit Tribune or Free
Press four months free.
For the next 80 days
we give every person
25cents for every sub
scriber brought us for
ST. 25. Let every pat
ron bring the name Of
his neighbor.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
There are 1870 students at the College.

JAS 4 Stuttz is among the Detroit
visitors.
Now is the time to SOW yom fall ad-
yertis.ng.
Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1889-09-20
Look for the Blue GROSS.

Fred IIamla left for Detroit Thurs
day.
Or. Geo. f. Hunting, prelched in
Detroit 'st Tuesday.
, 1889-04-18

An improvement has been intro
duced in the manufacture of battery
jars from wood pulp which consider
ably increases their power of resisting
the battery solutions while removing
all danger from the leakage which has
heretofore sometimes been the result
of imperfect treatment. These jars are
made from ground wood in the same
name as the well known pals and
similar untesils, but after having been
formed and dried are treated by i'm
mersions in a composition which pene-
trates the pulp, making the jar acid
proof. 1t has been found difficult in
the past to insure in the case of every
jar q thorough penetration of each
fiber by the protecting compound, ow-
ing to the considerable amount of air
which the fbers themselves and the
space between them contain. This
difficulty has been happily surmount-
ed by tho ingenious device of treating
the jars in a vacuum, whereby the
air is removed, and then, while the
jars are still submerged, admitting the
air On top of the fluid used for treat
ing. The air pressure thus forces the
compound into every portion of the
material forming the jar, and renders
certain the protection of every FIBER
New York Telegram.
, 1889-04-18
A West Yirrinia Wonder.

OF all the specimenso of liliputian hu-
mainly that have ever found a well
come in this world of comparative
giants, the little daughter OF John E.
Miller, of Hampshire county, w. Va,
is the most wonderful. She is 90 years
of age, cannot walk or talk and is but
twenty-six inches tall. Always lying
in n little cradle, she is enabled to keep
n sharp lookout on what is going on;
no one has ever yet been sharp enough
to call for al article in the house that
the little one could not point out. Her
memory is most remarkable. A new
song or poem repeated in her presence
is never forgotten. If the same song
Or poem is again repeated or sung
with the variation of but a single
word the little prodigy will show her
d%isapproval by yelling Justify and
frowning q frown that cannot be mis-
taken. How such n remarkable mem
Dry can find resting place in q head
no larger than n teacup has long been
the wonder of physicians and savants
who have journeyed from far and
near to test the remarkable gifts of the
little wonder.-J. w. Wright in st.
Louis Republic.
, 1889-04-18

Old Parson Ripley was settled for life
over a poor Maine parish. and made a
scanty living out of a small, rough farm.
Ono day n neighbor came { help the
parson pillow, and they started to break
up a new piece of land, full of stumps
and stones. The neighbor held the pillow
and the parson drove Soon tho brother
began to swear at the numerous inter
ruptions. The parson told him hat such
language was wicked and unnecessary,
and, said he, "If you will drive the team
l will convince you that your work a
be done without swearing" So the par
son took the pillow and they started on.
Very o some expressions were heard
coming from the parson, such as "That
beats all natur," 81 never saw the like
before" When the parson thought the
driver had become convinced, he said:
There, you sec / have held the pillow
several bouts and have not sworn at all. "
"Wen, 1 own you have not sworn, but
you have lied, and 1 think lying is worse
than swearing any time, don't you, par
sonr' The Norway Advertiser, which
tells this story, does not give the par
sons answer.-Lewiston Journal.
, 1889-04-18
Raising Huge ma..e. of Masonry.

At one of the meetings Of the British
association a paper was read on a plan
OF raising large stones for the purpose of
building huge masses of masonry, and
which was supposed to be the means
employed In building the Pyramids, al
though the precise method adopted by
the mighty builders of the valley of the
Nile was admitted to be a vexed ques-
ton The superstition Is that the lifting
power was applied from below, the stone
being raised by a fitting process. Ono
end of the stone would first of all be
raised from the ground by means Of
powerful levers. which might be Of con-
siderable length and worked by a large
number OF men.
After getting the stone to tho proper
height n slab Of stone or metal could be
Inserted and n similar process adopted
with tho other end of the stone. So, by
alternately working at either end, n GER
tain height might be attained. Then,
by the use Of wedges and rollers, the
stone might be got into position. An
other method suggested was by means Of
slightly inclined planes formed of strong
timber work or even masonry, working
the stones up on rollers by leverage APP
piled behind. There does not seem to be
any suggestion of any direct lifting power
applied from the above. The question Is
certainly one involved In considerable
obscurity.--Brooklyn Eagle.
, 1889-04-18
The Genesis of Grace.

"Notice anything peculiar in the
posture of the girls on tho stage9" said
a physician to a reporter one evening
at the Crystal Slipper" pointing to
the limo of pretty girls in pink tights
standing beside the throne of the
prince.
NO" was the reply, nothing, I'M
less it is they're uncommonly pretty"
WELL" said the doctor, 'if you
will observe how they stand you will
notice that their pose is unconscious,
but that every girl of them save one
has her right hand behind her back,
and the exception is q girl wearing a
d~irectoire dress"
"Wel19" was asked.
'"The arm behind the waist means
that every one of those girls are laced
too tight. They're SO CONSTRUCTED that
they cannot let their arms hang by
their side, and so unconsciously they
put one behind their back. The girl
with the directoire dress isn't laced
tightly, and you will notice that her
arms fall naturally by her side.|Cin-
cinnati Enquirer.