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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Lot those OF our readers who are
fond Of tracing out tho ties and links
Of relationship tell how this is: A
family IN Henry county, Ga, consists
Of three mothers, three sons, two
grandmothors, three graudsons, one
reat-grandmother, one daughter-in-
law, one husband, one grand daugh-
ter-in,law, two brothers, one daughter,
two great. gsandsons, one wife, two
widows, one grsndmother-in.law, and
there are only six in tho family.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

A father, in answer to the inquiry
from bis little son, "What do those
three links mean?'' that he wore,
replied' "The first link, my child,
means protection and education to
you, should | fall by the wayside;
the second means subsistence and
friendship TO your mother should you
become an orphan; the third means
relief in sickness and want should
need it. All who wear this little
mark are called Odd Fellows, and
hope when you are a man you will
consider it an honor to wear one"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

The keepers of the Raymond street
Jail and the Kings county, N. Y.
penitentiary are telling stories Of
phenomenal feats Of strength by one
Mary Martin, now u prisoner at the
latter institution. The young woman
was arrested few days ago for tear
ing down wooden awning by the
use OF her hands only, while intoxi.
Gated. Four officers were required
- make the arrest. In the police
station she bent the iron cell door
bars by her hands, snapped in half
the iron handouts locked to her
wrists, unsarewed tho rusted iron
screws from tho lock by using her
Bonded fingers as monkey wrench
and performed other remarkable
feats. She is four feet nine inches
in height, weighs only ninety pounds,
wears No, 9 she's and No. 5 glove,
She says she can lift 800 pounds three
feet from the ground and can hold a
barrel of -four over her head Yith
pasel
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

DIR. Talmage, in recent Sunday
sermon, referred to the subject of ire
vision" now under discussion by
Presbyterian authorities, as follows:
.Creeds are hindrance; If you want
one glorious church free and unen-
numbered take off the cerements of
the old ecclesiastical vocabulary.
Loose her, and let her got"
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

All County General warrants registered
prior to October II. 1888, will be paid on
presentation at the Treasurer's Office
s. G. SILSDY,
Treasurer
Idaho City, Boise Co, Idaho, ] an. 7. 1899
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

The Blair education bill was de.
faatel 10 the Senate on the goth by
a vote OF ~ 10 81, all Of the Senators
from ths Pacific cost voting in favor
III il. Mr.. Blair changed his vote to
nay, and made motion to recon
slider, which was entered. This and
other bills had retarded business
and Senator Edmunds congratulated
the members and hoped that now
much needed legislation would b,
done.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
"A. q.

a. -.
The Alpha Gamma Society holds its
regular meetings every Wednesday even
ing, All members are requested TO attend.
BY order of the w. I. b.
MARY MAuTz, W w.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Major.tieneral George Crook died
snddcnly Of heart failure, in Chicago,
90 the 2ist inst. He was in his six
ty-secoud year. lie was born at
Dayton, Ohio. Crook was u noted
Indian fighter as early as the tifties.
He served through the rebellion, and
was an officer Of considerable promi-
hence. Since the war OF the rebellion
he has been noted Indian fighter.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
TmE NATION nAs NO CREED.


Rev. DIR. Grove, Jersey City
The argument still made, occasion
ally, is; that this is a Christion coun-
try and as Christian country, whose
Christianity is founded on the Bible,
il is right and proper to read the
Bible in the public schools.
! deny the validity OF that argu-
ment. AS individuals the vast ma
jority Of US may be theologically
Christian, but as a nation we are not
Christian; we are nothing theolog-
ically. The nation has no creed. 1t
distinctly processes that it has none.
1t agrees to protect all creeds. 1t is
just as much bound to protect the
Mohammedan as the Christian, the
atheist as the Methodist. 1t can only
protect all by insisting upon the 81
lence Of all through every depart
meni OF its work.
There are cases in which the ma
jority have no right to rule. Your
State or your City, because the ma
jorisy happens to be Protestant and
Evangelical, has, therefore, no right
to force Bible reading into the public
school, II there be ono single Jew,
one single atheist, one single Cathol-
10 who objects to it.
The Bible is not in the curriculum;
it is not studied as history or htera.
ture; ii is read as religious authority,
and its reading is made u religious
exercise. II the parent of one single
child in all the State objects, then
your Bible reading in the public
school becomes tyranny.
| Theology should be absolutely de-
barred. II Catholic deems the
Bible Protestant book, if any Uni
tartan deems it an orthodox book, il
any materialist deems 1t supersti
tious book, he has the right to de-
mand that his religious or anti-re-
ligious rights shall not be infringed
upon. The Jew, who accepts the
Old Testament as divine writing, but
rejects the New, has right to de.
mand that his children shall not be
compelled to listen to the reading oil
the Now Testament AZ Scripture
Tho atheist has tho same right to dc.
mand that his child shall not be sub.
mitted in tho public schools to q
style OF teaching which at home is de.
MED.
Suppose it came to pass that the
great majority in this City or State
were atheists or materialists; wha'
would we call it II they forced into
the public schools the daily reading
of book which distinctly taught
atheism and materialism? Would
not Baptists, Presbyterians, cry Out
against tho awful tyranny
i 1t is not in tho slightest degree ,
question of who is right and who il
wrong in this matter. Under GU
form OF Government man has tn,
same liberty to believe an error tina
J he has to believe a truth. The Gov
5 ernment dare not become censor o
, pronounce Judgment upon any form
of theological belief or disbelief. |
has no right to allow the public sehoo
E to become the vehicle of any relig
lous or antireligious doctrine.
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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28
Notice for Psblication'
LAND OFFICE at Boise Clty' i sOls
LAM February 10, Ivy; ].

LAND OFFICE at Boise o,,,' i i
~ February ~, i H. Id
Notice is hereby given l J s,o, s,s "a
ing.named settler has nleu ~ Tin IN sup1
intention to make final PROOF .a.a y nj
of his claim, and that sara RE- Reeeiss|
made before the Register ana ! n Isso
Boise City, Idaho, on apr Garden :, y
Edward Nj. Humphrey Oh : WA Ma, SSac|
Idaho, who made Pre-, = = = = rNE4l
the S X Sc a Sec. 10, Z n ~
IS, tn. ) n, T. E B: M. witussss|
He names the FOLLOWING moe upoul
nrove his continuous reslse n;s. Cd
cultivation of, said lan9, ., ~, Tiss]
sittig, Patrick Glennon, ! fa Garden u
Michael Murphy, all OF e'
Boise county, Idaho. made Pre-.
Eliza A. scadden, wh ,ss ll1'f for the
No. 414o, December ., io1s, r r is he1
Ne i Sec. IS, TIP. . n, l X : = cause
notified to appear ana .h s,ie Of above
said final proof to the w 1a sa1llowed.
cribed tract should not DC ,eMan,ssIF,EY,
CHAs. s Regisd1
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Pioneer Lodge No. l, l. 0. 0. F..


Excelsior Lodge, No. 4, l. o. o. +.
Holds Its regular meeting in Odd Eel
lows Hall, at Centerville the first and
third Saturday evenings Of each month
All members in good standing are invited
To attend. BY order of the N, c.
DANIEL JONES,
Secretary.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Another epidemic is raging in some
parts az l,ussia. The victims are
first afflicted with insomnia, then fall
into profound slumber from which
they never waken.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Faith is the parent of superstition.
This, because whether its objective
idea be true or false, it is subjective
truth to its devotees, whom it dea-
fens to reason and the conclusions
of -Bellefountaine Examiner,
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

Holds its regular meeting in Masonic
Hall the Fourth Thursday of each month
All Companions in good standing are in.
vited to attend.
b, order of the H. F,
GKoRoE AINsLIE,
Secretary.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-03-28

A New York minister preached his
own funeral sermon into a phono-
graph and after his death the machine
delivered the address over his coffin.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
HER FIRST GLASS.
How the Farmers Little Daughter Like
Soda-Water.

How the Farmers Little Daughter Liked
SOda-Water.
A lady who was passing the summer
in the country at farm some miles from
town on eday took the little daughter of
farmer in her phaeton when she had
occasion to drive to a village half a
dozen miles away, says the Boston
Courier. The child, who had never be-
fore been there, was at once amazed and
delighted with all the novel sights
which presented themselves to her eyes,
and the lady found not a little anus
ment in the naive comments which the
farmers daughter made.
Before starting for home the lady took
the child into a shop and ordered glass
of soda-water for her. The child, who
had no idea at all what this strange
liquid might be, watched with closest
attention while the attendant made the
strip foam in the glass, and when it was
given to her she bravely set her small
brown nose into the shining froth, al
though she did not seem to find much
satisfaction in the drink until she came
to the sweet strip at the bottom.
swell, Araminta," the lady asked, as
the child set down the glass with a sigh
Of satisfaction, chow did you like your
soda-water?"
sob, thank you, marm," was the an
swer of the novice; 81 liked the soda
water irst-rate after got through the
suSs"
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Climb in an hev q lift!'
How "Assaying' Is Done.

The process of assaying gold and silver
is Identical in each case. The metal is
first put through highly heated furnace
and melted, the samples for "assay"
being dipped out while the metal is in a
liquid state. Next, the sample is thrown
into vessel of cold water, when granu-
lation ensues. Taken from the cold
bath, it is boiled in sulphuric acid, the
silver dissolving while the gold is pre-
cipitated to the bottom, where it is
caught in proper receptacles. The acid
Is now drawn off and the metal placed
In another vessel laid with sheet lead,
the bottom being plates of copper.
Chemical action now sets in, the acid,
copper and lead being in ferment.
While the gold is being precipitated,
the silver, if there be any in the sample
under test, is being deposited in thin
metallic sheets on what before the fer
mentation set in were the copper plates,
but which have now been transformed
into blue vitriol or sulphate of copper
After the metals have all been deposited
they are gathered up, and, with the i'm
PuACl0S BILL IoIudlLlHS, pIeSSeu lHCO
cakes by a hydraulic machine which has
pressure of 200 tons. Again it is
melted (the gold and silver each in sepa-
rate watts, of course), the pure metal be-
ing again deposited and the impurities,
aided by chemical action, left floating
on the top. The next and last process
runs the metals into ingots ready for the
markets of the world.-St. Louis Repub-
lie
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
rHE FINISHING TOUCH
Various Forms Used by Writers in CIosin,
Their Letters.


In regard to closings, there are manv
and varied forms, from the heretofore
chilling ''yours truly" to the manv as.
surances of loving friends. saw s.here.
tofore chilling" because forms of ssvonrs
truly" are now used as formulas denot.
ing great attachment or sincerity.
whereas some years ago this ENDING
found its chief employment in business
letters.
Usage takes on many forms in this
matter of ending. Some would close
with few appropriate words which
have no connection with what has al.
ready preceded; others make a connec-
ton. The words with best wishes
and "with kindest regards" make verv
graceful endings, but are fitting only
when the parties exchange few letters
or are not close friends.
Where no connection is made between
the preceding clause and the CONCLUDING
phrase, such expressions as: "Most af-
fectionately, lever your loving
FRIEND" or ''believe me very much your
FRIEND" make up for any seeming alb
ruptness One of the chief characteris-
tics of letter is the manner in which il
is closed. The formula have changed,
and are changing not so much in form
as in appliance in late years. MANY
which used to indicate only the closest
degrees of friendship are now used on
occasions where there is only a slight
acquaintance, and often in a case where
the writer wishes only to show esteem
for his or her correspondent
Expressions which are used thus in
discriminatory are ''sincerely yours"
very sincerely your FRIEND" etc., etc.
OF packet of twenty-three letters writ
ten mostly by different persons and
within the last four years, l find that
ten use nearly the same forms of s'sin-
cerely yours" l have chosen this packet
because they were not written as
from friends of long standing; where
there are several from one person there
is quite an interval of time between the
several letters. In two of them "af-
fectionately" was used, and one, model
of elegance from a New York City home,
the words lovingly yours" appear.
Such endings used in such connections
indicate not the degree of friendship
existing between the writer and the cor
respondent, but the state of mind or sim
certify of the writer. One of the most
beautiful letters 1 ever received con-
tanned these words, which l had never
seen before that time: 81 am very cor
daily your friend, -"
When s'YerV truly" ssverv sincere1v -
etc., are used, the words 81 am" and 81
remain are a great help in destroying
any abrupt effect, and they give the
letter tone semi-polite, semi-affection-
ate. Now. as to signing the name. In
every case it is best to sign the full
name, by which l mean the Christian
name, initial of middle name and sur
name. Only between relatives and very
intimate friends is any diminutive of
the proper name allowable. and 1 should
be loath to recommend the practice even
then.-Toronto Globe.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
HYPNOTISM in PARIS.
The Same Process as That Employed for
Sharing Larks.

Sharing Larks.
The Paris correspondent of the Lon
don Graphic gives an account of the sys-
tenn of hypnotizing employed by its
foremost professor in France, DR.. Luys,
direct of the Revue de Hypnoogie,
the organ of the science. The process
was suggested to him by one that is
used by bird -catchers. 1t is the revolv-
ing mirror that DR.. Luys employs-the
same as that used in the field for snar-
ing larls-and the effect produced is an
Identical one. THE advantage of my
SYSTEM be says, lis that by means of
it one single operator can fascinate at
one and the same time an unlimited
number of patients without trouble to
himself, and with no loss of force. 1t
has also the advantage of absolute infal-
libility. I have never known it to fail
Certainly some patients are less sus-
ceptible to its effects than others; but
none have ever resisted five or six op-
erations. On the other hand, most sue
cumb the very first time, after a lapse
of from five to thirty minutes"
; The system is as simple as it can be.
In the middle OF group of ''patients,'
which may be as large or as small as the
operator may determine, is set up on
stand and on a level with the eyes
revolving apparatus of bits of colored
glass, such as is used for sharing larks
The patients are instructed to fix their
eyes upon it. THE effect of the revolv-
ing glasses" says D.. Luys, sis exactly
the same on men as it is on the birds.
On men the rotation of brilliant sur
faces produces in predisposed subjects
particular state of the retina, and
subsequently, of the whole nerv-
Gus system, accompanied with
an@sthesia, immobility of the nus
cles, suggestionability-in short the
ensemble of phenomena constituting
fascination 1t usually takes the
full period of half an hour to master an
average crowd; some succumb earlier,
some later, but the average are master
ed in that time. But in the meantime
what pitiful struggles here and there.
This one laughs-he is not going to rs
sign his will to that glittering toy.
That one blinks and blinks, and would
have the rest to believe that it is nat
ural sleep that harnesses him. But lit
tie by little sleep comes on the agitated
crowd. One by one they drop off into
immobility. The sleep is different in
cases. Some appear as if actually
asleep, others have the wide-open, star
ing eyes of somnambulists, but III either
case the fascination of the subject is
complete.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Importance of Water Marks.

Equal Importance exists in the water
mark of the paper on which a postage
stamp is printed. One edition of Qua
temalan stamps on paper with no water
mark; another edition of the same stamp
is on paper with a star for water mark,
while still another is on paper with
crown and the letters &c. c." All three
of these are necessary to proper collec-
ton of Guatemalan stamps. Occasion
ally it happens that the same stamp is
printed at different times from itho>
graphic stone, wooden block and a
steel plate; specimen of each is neces-
sary to the collectors happiness. And
so much difference do these distinctions
make that a stamp with one sort of per-
foration or water mark will be worth,
may be, hundreds of dollars, when pre-
cisely the same stamp perforated or wa
te1marked in another way has selling
value of only few cents. An other
wise worthless blue Cape of Good Hope
stamp, printed by accident in red,
brought 1922 at auction in New York,
while a common one-penny red of the
same country, printed by accident in
blue, fetched $9O.-Washington Star In
tarview
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
Voracity of the Pike.

A female pike weighing twenty-nine
pounds has been found dead in the lake
at Ewhurst Park, Basingtoke, the seat
of Lord Alexander Russell. 1t had APP
parently met its death in the vain at
tempt to swallow one of its own species
weighing nine pounds. The two fish
in the position in which they were
found are being stuffed at Winchester.
AS an undoubted instance of pikeish
voracity there is an unusually well-au-
thenticated record of pike of two
pounds first swallowing trout of one
pound, and shortly afterward, while the
tail of the trout was still in its throat,
seizing an artificial bait three and
half inches in length.-St James Ga
zette.
The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1890-09-05
PRESERVE OLD LANDMARKS.
AN Item Suggestive to Every Community
in the Land.

in the Land.
The news that Mr.. George M. Phil
man has offered to erect a monument tn
commemorate the massacre of 1919 at
the point in Chicago where it has been
definitely ascertained that Fort Dear
born stood, should be suggestive item
10 every community in the land. There
are few sections of the country which
nave not been the scene of stirring. or
at least interesting historical events.
The Central West is full of locations
where Indian fighting, renowned in his
TORY, occurred. These points can now
De readily ascertained and permanently
marked at slight expense. Another
generation will find it difficult to do
this. There were many sites of forts
which figured in the civilization of
the West as prominently as Fort Dear
porn. All Western cities of importance
nave grown up around such Notifications
as this. At the East there are points
that can yet be identified upon the bat
tlehelds of the revolution, and houses
which are still standing and known to
have been the headquarters of notable
hcations, both of 1776 and 1912, which
can be plainly traced at various points
along the Eastern coast But, in adj
dltlon to those which are still visible.
there are countless spots of most inter-
estlng and important history which
can readily be found and thoroughly
identified. The mysteries of the
Indian mounds should incite the pres
ent generation to preserve American
history. Until recently these matters
have not attracted much gen.
eral attention. They richly deserve
National consideration. The exact To-
calltleS of great events in which either
the armies of civilization or the armies
which fought our wars took pa1t are
rapidly becoming lost both to sight and
to memory. A very little public spirit
and small amount of research by local
historical societies would at once rescue
from the teeming past the history and
exact position of thousands of spots
which, in all coming years, would in
terest and instruct our millions. Those
who have driven over the road from
Boston through Lexington to Concord
will appreciate what can easily be done
to preserve the history of important
localities and make it familiar to all
passers. The granite tablets by the
roadside, which tell of all phases
of those days which show on the birth
places of our independence, add an in
terest to the drive which nothing else
could give it. The brief inscriptions
make it possible to repeople these his
toric spots with the actors of those
patriotic days and scenes which sur
rounded them. 1t would be a work
worthy of any community to thus mark
and permanently preserve the points of
its local history. There will never
come time when such monuments will
lose their value. In fact as the years
pass and the Nation grows in extent and
population and power, such monuments
will grow proportionately in interest
and in wortE.-Cincinnati Commercial.