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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
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The fury of the chemical world. ~,
Mr.. Mattieu Williams, is the element
fuorine; it exists peacefully in COMPANY
with calcium in fluor-spar and also II !
few other compounds. but when ISOLATED
as it recently hes been by NJ. Henri Mois
san, is rabid gas that nothing can resist
1t combines with all the metals, explo.
sively with some, or if they are ALREADY
combined with some other non metallic
element, it tears them from it and takes
them to itself. In uniting with sodium
potassium, calcium, magnesium and
aluminium. the metals become heated
even to redness by the fervor OF its en-.
brace. Iron filings, slightly warmed
burst into brilliant scintillations when
exposed to it; manganese does the same
Even the noble metals, which at melt.
ing heat proudly resist the Vaccinations Of
oxygen, succumb to this chemical siren
at moderate temperatures. Glass is de-
voured at once and water ceases to Be
water by contact with this gas, which
combining with its hydrogen, at the
same moment forms tile acrid, glass dis
solving hydrohuoric acid and liberates
ozone Iron.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
PRINCIPLE of Inoonlntlnn.

Professor E. Ray Lancaster, lecturing
on the Struggle for Life at the London
institution said that considerable num-
Der of the most fatal diseases in man,
oxen and sheep We're due to poisonous
matter produced in the blood which was
known as bacteria. When this poison
got into the system, the duty of tho
corpuscles was to go for it, and they pro-
ceeded to eat as much as they could; but
sometimes they could not attack it at all.
The bacteria was too much for them,
with the result that the bacteria grew.
and very soon proved fatal to the body
in which it existed.
The corpuscles could, however, be edu-
Gated to deal with the bacteria, and the
future OF preventive medicines would be
the education of the white blood cor
puscles. The fact that one man, by con-
slant use, could without injury take a
dose OF arsenic that would kill six or
binary men was due to the fact that he
had by weakened doses been educating
and training the white corpuscles. They
could be taught to eat and flourish under
conditions which, if not commenced
gradually, would be destructive to them.
and that was the principle at the base of
protective incubation. As a preventive
OF many fatal diseases in sheep and oxen.
incubation had been remarkably success
full. The corpuscles first received weak
ened breed or disease by incubation, and
thus when violent attack came they
We're ready to receive and dispose of it.
This education of the corpuscles, it seemed
"a I. n. .
cess OF vaccination. They received a
weak dose of the poison from the vac
cine, and were in that way prepared for
stronger dose in the way of smallpox.
de believed the white corpuscles could
be trained to receive the most virulent
polsons, and he hoped this training would
be carried on so as to deal with a great
number of diseases.-New York Post.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

"PaIpi.l-.ion Of the heart IN liz q.
majority Of cases, DR.. SAWYER saw III
not symptom Of heart disease - ~.
term is used BY medical men: 4 i. -.
in itself, dangerout to life, and news, q .
suits in or causes sudden death 80
met men and women suffering fror. ~ IA.
symptom who firmly believed themsei..-
10 be the victims Of heart disease ~
over whose heads the fear Of sudden dss.S
had hung for months or years. ~.
had obtained this idea from the renr:
sensations Of some patent medicine "a
vertisement or from the staten,ent .
some ignorant or unscrupulous physic;.r
1t is sad fact that there are men 49,
in order to extort petty sum, will AZ
ject fellow human being to mental
misery. which may endure as long y n. !
itself. There is no more terrible ne,,.
to hear. and no heavier burden Ia 4.
sick to bear, than the conviction thst
they have incurable disease of the hear
Palpitation Of the heart is cured by prad.
ually building up the nervous systs.n
and by the use Of medicines having !
direct tonic influence upon the heart y
which medical science has several y
great value. Cincinnati Cornmercjal
Gazette N Z
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

When | began steamboating, along
back IN 1915, the wood boat business was
a big feature of river traffic. AT that
time there We're no less thas seventy-five
boats running that carried nothing but
cordwood, and their owners. with few
exceptions, became opulent. All of the
cordwood then came from along the
banks of the Illinois, upper and lower
Mississippi river and it required small
army OF men to handle the business.
For many years the receipts did not fall
below $4,000 to 10000 cords annually.
When coal came into general use it cur
tailed the traffic. and the fact that the
river country was denuded of wood far
back from the river wound up the wood
business, so that now there are not more
than three or four boats engaged in the
traffic.-Globe Democrat Interview.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

Few, even among the most thought
full of the gents homo, ever stop to
consider the immense size of the great
Greenland or Bright whale (Balena
mysticetus, Id Nillson says that il
will weigh over 100 tons. Just think
OF il, 900, 900 poundsl At that rate the
gigantic creature would outweigh IS
of the largest elephants or half a
thousand grizzly bears. Sliced in
chunks OF 1000 pounds each, his car
cass would load a freight train OF IL
cars to its fullest capacity. The whale
bone in such a whale would weigh as
much as three of the largest Norman
horses, and his oil would fill $50 kero-
sene barrels. st. Louis Republic.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

The rajahs tax their subjects. live In
splendid palaces, have their zenanas filed
with many wives, keep elephants and
stables hiled with hundreds of horses Of
noble herds, protect the game of their
COMMONS for their own sports, let tigers
live IN their jungIes within a few miles
OF their capitals to eat the unwarv ne.s.
ants because these poor peasants are not
allowed to keep firearms or to shoot pame
which depredate upon their little fields ~
wheat this these native princes will ba
permitted to do until England wishes an
annexation, and then an excuse will ba
found for such annexation. and The
aforesaid rajahs will be pensioned off
and their dominions will become anotha,
province of her imperial maiesty's en-.
pre- OF India. The country of Rainutano
Is considered rather desolate. brt from
what | saw the soil is rich, but can neve-
DO Its full duty to man until better and
general system of irrigation be intro
d'iced and trees can be cultivated m on.
perlnduce a more regular and reneraII,
olhused rainfall = Chicago Times
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

Then theirs ass street itapssI,i,-. j, 8
a. everywhere. One OF tie shss neys
and most revolving b that AZ ,s, .H
sellers, who stand on the curb is.s.7 20
the passerby 10 purchase s,na 800. !,
feathered liftie creatures thai -. ~
the outstretched finger Of tbe;r .cs q
without ever an effort to WING o1te
blue skies and clear fields. os,t y
dirty. crowded, pestiIent street
roar and reek must be something n No. -
cal to the once free creatures ~ ssa ~
est and meadows. Il Is not ths, -. -. ~
tie brilliant hued morsels do M ssss !.
for the bestdy bright bInck 1870
strained and starting. their tinv, e s.;,l
a-quiver with agony. Their VIM go
not clipped. they are not dr,vss.ss ~
there is na.lght Of the stupidity shs. ~ y
tokens DOING Yet 1T will -. g
away from you, your worship. ~ /.
tame my little pet j.. Buy .it--wiinI . .
buy it2 Two hard dnllarsl, ssss -
vender, and the little pet, il NOT a.. = :.
certainly quiescent. What smell l.s III
put upon it? The coarse and crusl ~ - !.
which has been told under 20 humes's
a cloaking in THE Jumping Frns I.
Calaveras. The bird does not 80. =
to fly, knowing the endeavor horeisq
lts tender little body has been bess:,'
poured full Of leaden shot to achieve \ I!
very result. City Of Mexico O. ~ ~
Francisco Chronicle.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
ThievInr Amoas Hote, Guests.

1t is not an uncommon thing fos
guests of big hotels in the city to com.
plain at the Office because there is not
comb and brush in the guests room. /
had one the other day, the first, think,
on my watch" for several months. He
was well to do merchant from prom
inent central Illinois town, and the last
person in the world that would be sus-
pected to be SO foolish as to think about
asking for such thing. Why, if hotel
proprietor would attempt to supply every
room in his house with comb and brush
| wouldn't give much for his profit at
the end of the year. The guests would
carry them off as fast as he could buy
them. A good share of the hotel mans
profits is wiped out now by the loss Of
soap and towels carried away by guests.
People who have never been in the hotel
business have no idea to what extent
this practice is INDUCED in by the travel
ing public. 1t is simply enormous.
Hotel Clerk in Globe Democrat.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

''What do you mean by splendid
physique, Miss Abbott?'
II mean good health--a good, strong
body and plenty of rich blood. There u
no class of persons in all this world who
make health more study than the sue
cessful singers. 1t amuses me 10 hear Or
to read, as | do now and then, II the
champagne suppers and midnight fease
Of great singers. OF course these stories
are generally untrue. Once in while
perhaps, great singer may indulge in .
wine supper, but it is only once IN >
while, and once in long while, too, thaI
he or she can afford to do so. From
Christine Nilsson down all singers are
very particular about their diet. Meal
and milk are their staples, and as iof
midnight suppers they consist senerally
of crackers and milk. Patti almost al
ways takes little mutton broth after na
performances, but nearly all the otnefs
have crackers and milk. '-CmcaSV
Times.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
Russla.. Political onenasr-.

When burglar, murderer or other
common Russian felon has been tried,
found guilty and sentenced to penal
seryitude, he is. as rule, released from
the solitary confinement in which he has
been held pending trial. is allowed TO
mingle with other prisoners of the
same penal grade, and is forwarded
without unnecessary delay to Siberia.
When, however, a political offender
has been tried, found guilty and
sentenced TO penal servitude under
the same code of laws, he is not released
from solitary confinement, nor sent with
reasonable promptness to Siberia, as he
would be II he had merely killed his
mother with an ak, but is thrown into a
bomb proof casemate in what Is known
as the 'penal servitude section of the
Petropavlovsk fortress, or into one of the
smaller cells of central convict
prison." aud there lies in solitude and
wretchedness for one, two, three, or
even five years, before he finally goes in
sane or is sent to the convict mines of
Kara. George KEENAN, in The Century.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
Fiction In Beupal

From the last report of the director
OF public instruction in Bengal on the
v,ernacular of the Presidency DURING
the past year it appears that fiction
and poetry both flourish, and that
works N both are increasing largely +.
but 1t is doubtful whether the snb'
stance or form of Indian fiction has
oeen improved by our occupation Of
the country. For instance a great
change is said to have come over the
writer's IN Bengal. The Younger pen.
eratlon OF writers of works Of ficfion
Is permeated with the melancholy idea
'nat happy state of things is nassin q,
away, under the influence OF western
c:iVlilzatlon, never to return. The lead.
ing work of the year is based on th;s
iaea; 1t describes the fate of a fanoilv
the young men of which begin r.,
uou9t the wisdom of the head and to
tnlne for themselves; disputes and
DIVISIONS follow; they lose their good
nan, name, and finally, by an awful fate
the Ia family dies out altogether the, .ast'
James Gazette. 9'- o.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

A Jackal met Hunter in the Forest
and at once began to pour out such Walls
of Wrath against the Lion that the
Hunter ives Amazed.
''Whyr' exclaimed the Jackal, '.the
Lion is Liar, Thief, Robber, Ghoul and
Murderer, and is not Worthy of the
Friendship of the Polecatt'
did he ever Abuse you or Injurs
your
No"
Then Whence this Maignityf''
"Well- ah-weli. l can't get over it
that he was born Lordly Lion and / 9
Miserable Jackal."
Moral-That's the key note to nine
tenths Of the ISLANDERS. - Detroit Free
Press.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

c,d Inc sort OF windows that ehould be
v vro S's most OF all are found to be al.
W Ways open. They are the glass fronts
% paroer shops and boarding house
e eo1s rooms. Ii any man THINKS b;m
Sen an object of general Interest or
r. in s q I admiration when swathed
Ia ha a long bib and soapsuds he shonId
f ee informed of his mistake W Vnuu,u
The s;, run by barber shop windows
over n OF their noble lords laid
tbraats ei - with knives at their
press press Is 100 appalling. Buffalo Ex.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

The women inventors of Pennsyl.
vania are many, and there is one
bright woman who has barrel hoop
ing machine which brings her in 500
600 a year This is Mary E. Beaseley,
the original Inventor of the machine
and the patentee of numerous i'm
provements upon it. One of the ma
chimes. it is said, can put iron hoops
on |, 200 barrels in single day. 1t is
valuable patent and is largely used by
the trade. Cor. New York World.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
An Impractical Military Fashion,

Among the curious and impractical
fashions in equipmentof the soldier is this:
In the cavalry generally it may be said
that the man is possessed Of two weapons
"a sword which Is most useful when he is
mounted and a carbine which is valuable
when he is on foot. Fashion has SO
ordered it that the sword is attached TO
his person and remains with him when
he is dismounted at the great risk of
tripping him up, whereas the iirearm is
attached to his horse, SO that if parted
from that animal, for however short a
time, he is incapable of defending him
self, because the sword is of little use to
him when off his steed In an ideal
army such anomalies as this would GER
tainly be relnedied. The Fortnightly Re
view.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

The great body of reporters in every
considerable city are men of native lniel.
ligence, varying education. indomltaos
energy. wonderful industry and as ioyM
to their employers as any soldier 70 Nv
chief
! have been in, among and OF them ~
many years. Never in my experience y
reporter or editor have known Q nan
employed by any paper, whether ricn "
poor. high or low, mean enough or los
enough to cheat his employer by gslly
away news which he has for his jouIiS
alone. and have rarely met one wne me-
interest in the pecuniary and Journalists.
prosperity of his employer was no' :
absolute, and us great in the hlgns
sense, as that Of the man who PAID h' ~;
II were asked to catalogue the Pecura
arities of American reporters, ! w1as.
put them in this way: First, iosa'v'
second, intelligence; third, industry
Joe Howard in New York Graphic. \
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
ANTIQUITY or TIE TELEPHONE.
The Priests OF India Have Used 1t for
1000 Years.

The Priests OF India Have Used 1t for
1000 Years.
"Ihe principle of the telephone has
been knosfh for 1900 years in India,
was the father Incredible statement made
the other night by Fred Amesbury, who
has Just returned to New York after q
two years sojourn in the land of striped
tigers and wonderful fakirs. Il do not
assert. mark you,n continued MFR. Ames-
bury, ..tiat they use the telephone as we
use it, or that they have any system Of
general communication. What do say
Is that the high caste people have a
method of communicating with each
other by vibratory action on a diaphragm,
just as we do, but it is confined entirely
to their temples and its existence has re-
manned secret until within a very few
years.
II was In town called PAM, about
200 miles from Madras, and while there
became acquainted with an English Off
Ger named Harrington, who was a prime
favorite with the natives because on one
occasion he had saved priest from
drowning. He was very genial, pleas
ant fellow, and had that peculiar mag
nGLfrtB AtH(ub tfinA titut A1ldaC anu AtQt
friends everywhere.
eft was through Harrington that was
enabled to learn the existence Of tele-
phone communication and to satisfy N.Y.
self OF its antiquity.
There are two temples in the village
about mile apart. In the interior and
on the ground floor of each il a small
circular structure which Is guarded day
and night from the natives MS well as
from strangers, and il supposed to be the
abiding place OF the governing spirit,
but in reality is the terminus of the tele-
phone line, which Is laid underground
from one building to the other.
s'The superstitious natives regarded
this little structure with the greatest awe
and reverence, because they had seen
demonstrated before their eyes-or rather
ears the power Of this spirit to com
municate with the other temple. They
were required to make their offering in
one building and make known their
wishes and desires. Then Immediately
repairing TO the second temple they
would be informed Of all they had said
and done, although neither priest had
left his post. This was regarded as a
demonstration Of the power of the spirit.
1--WE were unable to determine the COM
position Of the wire that connected the
two buildings. Il was some kind OF
metal, but neither steel, copper nor brass,
although it closely resembled the latter.
The transmitter was OF wood and about
the size of the head Of -four barrel, and
to establish connection, instead Of ring
~ ~
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

The number of books published in this
country last year was 4,437. This is
something more than 1000 less than
were published in 1886. the difference
resulting from the falling off in copy
right books, and the increase in story
newspapers and magazines. The cheap
publication system is accountable for a
good deal of this, but one is Mt loss to
know whore the nearly 1900 new publ
cations OF last year are all to be found
BOSTON Herald
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14

"Papa'" said little Willie Wilkins 70
ms Installer father who was reading the paper
'fapa' won't you listen to mel pa.
Don t bother your father, dear, y said
known ~" ""'i' 10
why do sailors trim their sails?p
., IN on, why, to make them look pretty.
OF course. Whenever you want to know
anything just ask your mamma. ". Mer.
chant Traveller. -"e''
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
A New LubrIcat,nx OIL.

A new lubricant, the use of which is
advocated in The Austrian Railroad Jour
nal, is mustard oil. 1t remains perfectly
fluid at the low temperature of IA dogs.
Fahrenheit, and will keep unchanged for
years.-Public.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
TIE -HAaMoNlTe. COMMUNITY.



Chat With an Aged "Econ mtts''--tsrave
yard of George Rapp's Followers
An aged Ecoaomite approaches US
coming slowly down the shaded path
way. He is feeble, but his dark eyes are
very bright. His portly frame is clad in
the usual suit OF blue and he wears the
broad brimmed hat. There are pigs in
the field beside him; he losses them an
apple over the fence. They quarrel for
its possession, squeaIing in rage. He
laughs till his fat sides shake. He losses
them more apples, fairly exploding with
nlirth as he watches them crowding and
jostling each other So on he goes
out Of sight, entirely oblivious Of our
presence. The pigs follow him as far
as the boundary Of the field will let
them, drowning his merrirnent with their
squealing.
This man may be said to be typical
Economic. Innocent, honest, simple
minded, with little knowledge OF tbs
great outside world and its complexities,
he Is easily amused. ! recall another
like him, the former keeper of the
orchard that ineioses the old burying
ground, to which our ramble will soon
take us. He was an elderly parsonage,
little, spare and strangely deformed, but
of singuIarly interesting mind. He was
quite comical and original without know
ing ii. The chiIdlike innocence Of some
Of his remarks was delightful. visited
his little vine covered watch house very
often.
Closing an eye and regarding me with
great gravity, he once said:
death Is a funny fellow"
ssWsby so7''
.sHe has been PLAYING with me thsse
ten wears. =
II do not understand.
Look AZ me and see how bent am.
II for nae IA very hard to walk. People saw
/ should long AGO have died. But an,
here. Death takes Younger people. and
laughs when he brings them here. -
pointing I'd the orchard.
THAT is joke you can enjoy
$50 I do. / smile hack ~ him What
ia there In death TO make mo afraidg,
A few weeks later / called 10 see the
little German at his post. His coy
watch house was there. covered with
luscious grapes that perfumed all the
air. Nv friend was not there. but fol-
Lowing the direction OF German Ia
borer / found him. A mound was over
him, upon which some tiny morning
kglorv viaea bad already taken root
Death, the Joker. had grown more
earnest. could not but wonder II death
was sti.I ! Joke n tbe honest ny,d kindly
little German
nnarina ,,h;,a cot. Arr,,s4 loods
Z, - 49," ''''s'. s".e, lAu5 , ~ loal s
which rms ,ona s s, u ,o ."dus"
~ ar MN. a ,a s, $500 = ,i,.Ia ~,
va,S ~ t,;,,s a,'a ,,soa,,. 'i Ia.1, TIT .,..
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-11-14
A nIo.i.rn divinity.

Who was that man you spoke 'o'
He's divinity"
"A divinitysr -.
Yes. You know Shakespeare spes''
about divinity shaping our ends
Yes"
We'll, that's what that man does
he's a manicure and a chiropodisk
New York Sun.
Eureka weekly sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1887-1902, 1890-02-01
"couRsE OF U D
FIRST YEAR-FOURTH PRIMARY

LANGUAGE.
Conversations-Talks about familiar OBJ.
jects; qualities of objects discovered and
statements made.
Reading Sentences from blackboard
and chart. First Reader, simple stories
read by pupils and teacher as supplement-
airy exercises.
Spelling-Words selected from reading
lessons and other exercises; also spelling
by sound.
Written Work = Statements copied
from blackboard. Description Of objects
in short sentences. Use Of capitals and
punctuation marks.
MATHEMATICS.
Number Work-Development Of mum.
bers from l to 30 with objects. Addition,
subtraction, multiplication and division Of
numbers, making combination up to 80,
Exercises in making and solving practical
problems.
Form-Sphere, cylinder, cube, prism,
cone and pyramid; lines and angles.
Size-Inch, foot, yard; pint, quart, gal.
Ion developed.
PRIMARY SCIENCE.
Lessons in Place-Directions and cardi.
nal points developed. Map of schoolroom
drawn.
Animals and Plants-Parts Of the body;
ak about roots, stems, leaves and flow.
ers.
Color-Red. yellow, blue, orange, green
and purple; also tints and shades.