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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-11-29
Notice to Creditors.

Estate If \, Huber deceased.
Notice is hereby given b, the under
signed. administrator of the estate at \
Huber, deceased, to the creditors nj AMI
all persons having Gains against thu said
deceased. TO exhibit them with the ncccs
sary vouchers, within len months after
the first publication of this notice to tn,
said administrator, at his office, in post
Office building, the same being the place
for the transaction of the business of said
estate, in said county of Boise.
). c. SILSBY,
Administrators of the estate of n. Huber
deceased
psssd sbia Ssa DAY of MN, tseO
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
A Congrcssman's Ocean Terror.

The Board of Bureau Chiefs, to which
Secretary Whitney referred Representa-
tive Thomas's plans for coast defense
vessel, has agreed to report the plans
back to the Secretary with a recommen-
dation that they be adopted by the De-
partment. The Board believes the de-
sign has great merit.
Mr.. Thomas has had no mole expert.
cnce in naval affairs than he could get
as Chairman of the House Committee.
His business is that of stock raiser, and
his home is in the part of Illinois called
Egypt, where the only water is in wells
and sloughs and not much of that.
Nevertheless, he has designed what ex-
perts say will be the finest, feetest and
most powerful war vessel afoat.
She will be single-turreted monitor,
heavy armored cruiser, and the only
war ship in the world of variable dis
placement. In peace she will stand seven
and half feet out of water, with upper
works of wood which Co.. be removed
on going into action.
When trouble comes she takes in water
and increases her draft three feet, leav-
ing but four feet and the great gun tur-
ret above water. This four feet is tn
segment of a circle rising from the
waters edge and presenting a target at
which the enemy is welcome to fire as
much as he pleases. He can't hit it once
in fifty shots, and if he does hit it no.
body cares. Her steel armor will be five
inches thick. Her guns will be able to
pierce the armor of the best man-of- war
now on the wafer Her two tpn-inch
breech-loading guns, turret-protected,
and having an all-round range, will
throw 30o-pound ojectile ten miles.
The dynamite gun in the bow will throw
nitro gelatine equal to 1000 pounds Of
dynamite two miles. She will have a
speed of seventeen knots an hour, and
her name will be the Illinois. Experts
say she will probably be able to destroy
England's biggest iron clad in fifteen
minutes. -Atlanta Constitution.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
Hot Bed Heated by Hot Water

Those who find it difficult to obtain
manure for their hot bed, can in various
ways obtain the heat by hot water. For
example, they can erect their beds per-
manently with brick sides, aud have
them in allrespects the same as miniature
greenhouses.
The following is the simplest method
we know of, and any ingenious work
man can put it together. 1t is the
method used by Milwaukee amateur
as given by correspondent of the
american Florist:
"The bed Is situated about thirty feet
north of the house, and is forty feet long
by four in width; the basement of this
house is heated by a coal stove. For
this stove he made a small coil of gas
pipe, which he can put in or take out as
easily as he would tea kettle. From
this coil he ran two-1nch pipes under the
ground, well covered, to the hot bed,
and then branched each pipe into two,
running them the whole length of the
bed, and connected them at the upper
end, where he placed an expansion tank,
consisting Of common wooden pail.
1t is simply perfect hot water system
on small scale, consisting of two flows
and two return pipes, all one inch.
These pipes are all sunk one foot deep.
In the fall the sashes were put on. and
then it was left to freeze, the pipes, Of
course, being empty. On the first Of
March he made connections, and started
firing, and though the frost was foul
feet deep, in four days the bed was ready
for the seed. The result was that Mr.
G. had crop of early vegetables thai
could not easily be beaten. York
Independent.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

evy TOR our ricnss MS ssir-abnegation ror
our enthronement and knelt on the sharp
edges of humiliation that we might climb
over His laaerated shoulder into peace and
heaven.
Be 1t ours to admire and adore these doc,
trtnes at which others jeer. Oh the depths
OF the riches both of the wisdom and knowi-
edge OF God How unsearchable is His wis
dom. and His ways are past finding out oh
The height, the depth, the length, the breadth,
the innnity, the immensely, the eternity OF
that lovei Let our earnest prayers go out
in behalf Of all those who scon at these doc
crimes Of craze When sss London plague was
near the chief burial.pace that excited much
comment England was in fright and be-
reavement The dead carts went through
the streets day and night, and the cry:
Bring out your dead!h was answered by
the bringing out of the forms OF the
or thirty In cart, and the wagons went
on to the cemetery; and these dead were
not buried in graves, but In great trenches,
in great pits; in one pit eleven hundred and
fourteen burialsl The carts would come up
with their great burden OF twenty o. thirty
to the mouth Of the pit, and the front o. so
cart was lifted and the dead shot into the p.-,
All tho churches in London were open for
prayer day and night, and England was in
great anguish. At that very time at a
hotel, at wayside inn near the chief
burial places. there was q group Of
hardened men, who sat day after
day and night after night blaspheming God
and initiating the griefstruck who went by
to the burial-place. These men sat there dav
aiv-r uuy ana nignu arrer nignr, ana tpey
scoffed at men, and they scoffei at women,
and they scoffed at God. But after while
one OF them was struck with the plague, and
in two weeks all Of the group were down in
the trench from the margin of which they had
uttered their ribaldry. My friends, a greater
plague is abroad in the world. Millions have
died Of it, Millions are smitten with itnow.
Plague Of sin, plague OF sorrow plague OF
wretchedness, plague Of woe. And conse-
Grated women and men from all Christendom
are going out trying TO stay the plague and
alleviate the anguish, and there is
group Of men in this country base
enough to sit and deride the work.
They s,off ut the Bible and they SCOT
at evangelism, and they scoif at Jesus
Christ and they scoff at God. IL these
words shall reach them, either while they are
sitting here to-day, or through the printing
press, let me tell them to remember the fats
OF that group in the wayside inn while tho
plague spreads its two black wings over the
doomed city Of London. Oh, instead of be-
ing scoffers let us be disciplesl BLESSED is
the man that walketh not IN tho counsel Of
the ungodly, nor stGuieth in toe way oi
sinners, nor sitted in Tho seat OF the scorn
ial.n
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
w. G. L. q. Hullctin.

-, =. ....,,l,, ol "a
stampede the Cnfistlan Woh'aii''oou '"
the nation and the saloon Is safe"
Fifty-four new Loyal Temperance Legions
were organized in Nebraska last year.
A PRAYER Alliance for the extinction OF
the saloon has been organized in Erie Coun-
ty, Penn
~ Tborna savs. Tn regard to surgi.
col onerations every physician breads to
have anything TO do with teer-drinkers. 1t
~ a,s'or
us i.ne Uos,,.;doo Anar;cs, S,c-
MISS Ma Ky A n or,a. w r n viii visit
Tetai VI VIZ : ot.a,,S tba ann,sai
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
A VALENTINE.
On this day a true lover woos;

On this day a true lover woos
And Isaust make bold, with the rest,
asoA all the Valentines to choose
ihe one ] love tho most and best;
Yet would fain the choice refuse;
For three are shrined within my breast
The first lovo is like a child,
SO pure her heart shines in her eyes,
Her voice, her look, her air are mild;
Delightful Is her coy surprise
When l, with Loves fond madness wild.
Kiss her dear lips till passion dies
The second Is smiling girl;
Her dark eyes dance with gaiety;
Like Cupids bow, her red lips curl,
TransiiSing while she speaks TO me;
And, like the brook cts gentle purl,
Her low laugh ripp!es merriyl
The third is delicate, demuro,
Placidly Pleased, serenity sweet
So, oftimes, when try to WOO her,
A pensive Puritan meet;
And am never quite secure
That Love can lead those Pilgrim feet
Who of this trio shall choose
When all the three are truly miuel
My charming child cannot lose,
My glorious girl, my maid dtvias,
Thank Heaven! they in one ,vo.nan fuse.
And thus make my own Valentine.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

at the fiies when they thought the boy
was looking for them, How slow-how
MORALLY slow-that near OF was as you
held up the end of the heavy yoke with
one hand and wildly motioned to him
with the bow in the other to come
under. He oame-for he had learned
discretion-but ne knew he would
not be subject to capital pun
,shment for being constitutionally
slow; and il those long horns
should poke you in the ribs or gouge his
fellow as he passed to his place, you
couldn't be sure that it was not acoi,
dental. How could any cunning or
malice lie back of that placid innocent
countenance. But in spite Of all that
innocence the conviction would force
itself upon the mind of the farmers boy
that those oxen needed regeneration
that they ought to be improved. There
was a mystery about those oxen which
no philosopher ever solved. They could
run of with load of has and dump it
into the slough, but it nearly broke
their necks to draw an empty wagon at
snail-pace. And then what immeasura-
bic quantities -fathomleSs oceans of
expletiyes and maledictions and invoca,
tons of the evil powers did they call
forth-from the hired manly going
gee when he told them to haw, and
otherwise ignoring his polite and
polished directions. Oh, those submis.
sive oxen with their meek eyes, had a
great deal to answer for by way
of an unnecessary expansion Of
the English idiom and vocabulary,
and torturihg of ingenuity
to devise a whp-lash that would bite
them and prod that would goad them,
until they should have realizing sense
of their moral obligation to heed the
drivers voice. Yes, gentlemen, | think
the first problem that a farmers boy
would have suggested for this associa-
ton would have been the improvement
of the OK team. Well, they have been
improved-out of existence. The bump
tous steer no longer bends his head to
pass under the yoke. He now lives a
life of luxury and ease. He has, | un.
derstand, In winter barr heated by
steam to live in, warmed water to drink,
cooked food to eat, and green fodder
from the silo for dessert. His sole occu-
patton is to grow fat and his fate is an
early and tragic death. An untimely
end often ava is those whose early lives
are spent in luxury and ease-but they
are not the farmers boys. Firm, Field
and Stockmdn.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
Making n Dog Friendly,

A milkman who has an extensive route
in large town in New Jersey is re
sponsible for the following method Of
making friends with cross dogs, which
if thought of sufficient interest you may
publish as it was told to me-. His de-
livery begins in winter long before day
light and great many of his customers
keep one or more dogs, and yet he goes
into their yards and to their back doors
at times when all in the house are asleep,
without interference by the dogs or their
making any disturbance. On going to
a new place for the first time where a
dog is kept on the premises. if he comes
toward him in an unfriendly way he
simply throws about pint of milk at
his head, scattering it over him, and
that settles the business. The dog stops
at once and begins to lick the milk off
him, and is always friendly alterward
and never needs a second dose. Of
course it don't affect the conduct of q
dog toward people other than the one
who throws the milk in his face, and he
don't know how it would operate if
tried by others, but in his own case he
has tried it sc often he knows it to be q
sure thing. -NeW Yrs Wor.d
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
The Farmers Garden.

We trust that the number of those
farmers who earnestly strive to produce
for their families those vegetable prod
ucts, including fruits, that do SO much
to add to the pleasures of living in the
country, are increasing every year, and
that farmers regard such provision for
their families as a serious duty not to
be omitted for trifling causes A table
furnished with good, light homemade
wheaton bread, clean, fine favored but.
ter, pure milk and cream, fresh eggs
and dessert of such choice fruits as the
farmers garden can be made to produce
in this latitude, is good enough for an
ep!cure and is qualified to sustain, re-
pair, nourish strong, healthful body,
fitted to sustain a vigorous, active,
sound mind.
A few garden luxuries may be en-
joyed for much longer season by for
warding their plants in hotbed. To-
matoes, for illustration, may be brought
to maturity nearly month earlier
started in hotbed than when started
in the open ground, after it is suitable
to sow them there, yet, if the farmer
garden has a succession Of the better
fruits, strawberries, cherries, raspberries,
blackberries, currants, peaches, plums,
ETC., the family will probably wait very
cheerfully for tomatoes to grow in the
natural way. We value hotbed, started
about the first of April, when it is much
easier matter to take care of it than in
February, to start some of the most de.
slrable flower plants, even more than
q hn 20 ",
want to see the annual flowers come into
bloom as soon as possible after the spring
A0woiing bulb, that-the parteri G
shall be bright and lovely from the time
frost leaves the ground in spring until
it binds it again in its icy chains in late
autumn.
January is favorite season with the
commercial men to take inventory oi
stock, calculate profits and loss of the
past year, and lay plans for the ensuing
year, and it is good time for the farmer
to take view of his situation and Law
his plans for the active campaign of the
year. If he be wise man, as we'll as q
judicious farmer. we are quite certain he
will have garden in which he will
grow such vegetables as he and his
family like and will have fruit garden
in which will be liberal patch of all the
berries that grow SO readily in this
climate. All this will require fore
thought, care, labor: and what BETTE
compensates labor than to see those YOU
love best of all this worli ENJOYING a,
every meal, three times II day, the
wholesome luxurics, fruit and vegetables
Amer, can Rs7at Hone.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
An EIephant Wins n Lion.

A battle between lion and an ele-
plant recently alarmed the people of
frankfort, Tenn, and but for the
speedy victory of the huge beast it is
feared that disastrous consequences
would have resulted.
The fight occurred in Iowande's barn,
where number of wild animals that
travel with O'Brien's circus were being
wintered hy John Gather The lion
broke the bars of his cage, and soon had
his freedom. Having been kept on
short rations, the king of beasts started
in to have a royal feast and meek
eyed camel was selected for the principal
dish. With one bound the lion was on
the camels back, and his claws sank
deep into the flesh. His huge fangs soon
tore hole in the neck OF the camel, and
the lion was sucking at It's blood. Tie
keeper conceived the idea of turning the
vicious elephant Empress on to the lion.
Empress was undismayed at the growls
of the lion. She had witnessed too
many such scenes, besides she had
killed five keepers since she had been in
captivity, and seemed anxious to add to
her laurels. The lion rose as Empress
approached, but he was not quick
enough to get out of the way, for with
one powerful blow from her trunk En-
press hurled the king of beasts against
the stable wall.
The lion made dashat Empress with
wild fury. He leaped upon her hind
quarters, and the elephant trumpeted
with rage and pain as she felt the lions
claws scratching her thick skin, but
odds were against the king of beasts, for
he was quickly routed from his position
at the point of pitchfork by keeper,
and the elephant turned just in time to
catch her antagonist on her trunk. She
held him high in tho air for moment,
and then hurled him clear across the
stable. The lion was evidently severely
hurt. for he kept so still that the men
had little trouble in lassoing and lead
ing him into another cage. The cameli
carcass was skinned and the meat served
to the other animals. - Cincinnati En-
amer
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

Colonel Jack all but wept over the
child as he caught her upand kissed her.
But Birdie, ON landing amid the sand,
had calmly aud unconcernedly begun
playing with it. Her hands were full OF
little shells. ''Dese for mamma, she
remarked, cheerfully.
lie hurried her into his boat, and sailed
back to the wharf, accompanied by the
rest of the fleet. There was a tremen-
deus press of men aud women on the
wharf, Mr.. Middleby, who received
Birdie as she was handed up, started to
rush with her to her mother. But,
strangely enough, in the crush and con-
fusion of the crowd, he missed his way,
and stepping accidently over the side, fell
with plunge into the water, carrying
Birdie along with him. The Colonel and
Ben Piver were overheard in moment,
and soon had her safe ashore; SO that
before they brought her to Mrs. Tredloe
she had been rescued twice. Some one
had run ahead to tell the poor mother
that Birdie was all right With Dr..
Haygood's help she rose up on her couch
to welcome the little maiden back; and
as the Colonel entered with Birdie in his
arms there was a cry Of recognition on
both sides.
"Jack Welsted Proclaimed the widow,
in establishment.
As for Colonel Jack, he stood gazing
from Birdie to her mother, in whom he
beheld his lost love, formerly Evelyn
Carter. Her husband, Mt, Tredloe, had
died not long after Birdie was born; but
Colonel Jack had known nothing about
this, having heard no news of them for
three years or more.
The end of it was that Colonel Jack
Welsted and Mrs. Tredloe were married
before the season at Eeefer's Point was
over, and that was how he came to be
the step-father Of "Baby Balloon"
All this happened some fifteen years
before our conversation with the Colo
mel, that evening on tie piazza. The day
after he had recited the circumstances to
us, Joe Terrill came to him and said I:
"Colonel, l was very much interested in
the story you told us last night, but it
spoiled little plan of mine. I have
been intending to save Miss Brides life
myself as soon as 1 could get a good
chance to do so, preparatory to asking
her to marry me. But as | found you
had already saved her life twice, fifteen
years ago, the wind seemed to have been
taken clean out of my sails 1t occurred
to me that if l were to attempt saving
her again might be OVERRIDING matters.
So have spoken to her to-day, and she
agrees with me. She says it's no use my
waiting around to rescue her, because
the opportunity might not occur in a
long while, and she has consented to
marry me if you'll give your approval.
Will youi3"
Colonel Jack gave it. 'T'm glad l
saved you the trouble, Joe," said he.
''It's hard enough to win woman's
love anyway, and if you've done that
much, you've done enough to suit me"
-HdrD RS B1 ar.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
The Horses Muddy Feet.

When the horse after working is
brought to the stable to feed or rest
with mud on feet and legs, If he is not
hot and the weather be warm, the legs
and feet may be Immediately washed
with moderately cold water, and then
rubbed dry. But if the weather be cold,
warm water ought to be used for the
washing, and after rubbing dry thick
flannel cloth be wound around each
limb, and kept there until it becomes
warm, and no moisture left remaining.
The cloth may then be taken off, and
and there will be no danger of stiffness
or rheumatism following, which is likely
to be the case unless tn s precaution be
used. For want of it, many horse is
made lame and the owner remains igno.
rant of the cause. If there be but little
mud adhering on the outside of the fct.
lock it may be left there to dry without
injury before being rubbed of.-Neao
York Tribune.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
Improved Oven.

At the fteenth annual meeting of the
Iowa Impro ed Breeders Association.
Professor Met lain In his address Of VEL
come, presented picture of the old.
time farm team that NAV he intere- ting
to the farmer boy of to-day. He sa d !:
'1f, when l had the honor of being a
boy on the farm, it had been Suggested
to me that there would be in time in this
State an association such as til S. ! should
have been ready to suggest several lines
in which it might work to good advan-
tage, and especially 10 the advantage of
the farmers boy. For instance there was
the yoke of black e. depended upon
to haul the farm wagon OF draw the
breaking pillow, who would h de in the
brush and cease even to swish their tails
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
A Tragi-Comic Romance.

A tragi-comic romance lately occurred
at Buda'Pesth, Hungary. A STRIPPING
of seventeen years fell in love with q
girl three years his junior, and the
children were in such despair of having
to wait SO long before they could get
married that they decided to commit
suicide. After kissing each other fare
well the couple repaired to the Danube,
and with fortitude worthy of better
cause, the girl jumped in. Fortunately she
could swim, and avail d herself fully OF
her capabilities in that art. She shrieked
for 'shelp" which was soon at hand. just
as she was safely landed her lover aimed
three pistol shots al himself, but none Of
them took effect, and quarter of an
hour later the young folks were handed
over to their respective parents
Clicago Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

The New Yors Ai,siae Jouraa, in a
timely article, "ihe Far at Sea- calls Lublic
attention to the urgent need of temperance
reform on board our hratcass foreign
steamers. 1t says: The receipts of the
bar on fiIst-class foreign steamer out of
this Fort TO Europe vii sinolnt, it S said. to
three or four THOUSAND Dol airs very trip
This will give some lea O. tie amount of
drink ing done in tie week the ship IS at sea
by the passengers. here IS too Faueh of a
disposition to make the voyage spree, II not
drunken debauch.n
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14
FARM AND GARDEN.
mineral Manuros for Potatoes,

The ash Of potatoes constitutes only q
very small proportion of the whole bulk
OF the tuber, but its constituents are
very suggestive to the farmer. Fifty
nine per cent, OF nearly three-flfths, are
potash. A triae less than one,tifth of
the ash Is phosphoric acid, and about
six per cent, or one-sixteenth, is sui
phuric acid. Common wood ashes fur
nish the potash, and are among the best
manures for the potato. Phosphate is
furnished by bone fertilizers and sulphur
by plaster of paris or gypsum. Tho
usefulness of all these for potatoes has
been shown on soils where they or any Of
them are deficient. York Herald.
The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1889-02-14

saxony is said to furnish the largest
percentage of suicides of any civilized
State.