Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-18
GREAT EMERGENCIES.
The surest Way of Being Ready for Them
Il to Meet Small Ones G ilmIy,

II w -ueti fifidil Out. y ilnlly.
The knowledge of what to do in case
n sudden calamity does not general.
come on the spur of the moment or bt
inspiration-it is already in store and
waiting summons into action. Those
who keep their eyes and ears open very
readily learn what is best to be done in
;ase of fire, or burning, or sunstroke. or
I broken limb, or fainting fit, or Sc
we're cut, or sudden and severe illness,
until professional assistance can be
brought to their aid. A commonplace
book in which modes of treatment in
various maladies and accidents are noted
lown is very useful in helping Que to
remember what to do.
The surest way of being ready for the
great emergencies of life is to meet all
is small ones not only with calmness.
but with masterful spirit, resolved tc
turn defeat and disaster, however
rifing, to good account, by learning
rom them the secret of victory. ITO
De weak is miserab bic doing or suffering"
md they who cultivate weakness, by
'efusing to use even the smallest means
# overcoming obstacles in their way.
cultivate misery. These unhappy souls,
when called upon to confront sudden
md terrible emergencies, cringe and
'aint and know not which way to turn,
While those who with fearless courage
md indomitable will fight the lesser
battles of life, are strengthened thereby
for those mightier conflicts that call out
Ill their skill and resource, and make
hem saviors and benefactorS to their
associates in trouble.
Young mothers envy the unrutfied
:omrosure observed in elderly women
who have reared large families of chill
lren. and who have learned that broken
bones will heal, that bruises get we'll.
that there are ways of managing and
preventing disease, and that it is al
ways best to keep possession OF ones
wits "All things come alike to all,
and as Milton says of the atfilctlon
which at once darkened and frightened
his life: 1T is not SO wretched to be
blind as it is not to be capable of en-
during blindness. But why should not
endure misfortune which it behooves
every one to be prepared to endure If ii
should happen, which may in the com
mon course of things happen to every
man, and which has been known to hap
pen TO the most distinguished and Writ
uous persons in history. N. \. Chris
tan Advocate
A horticultural jourta advise,
.sPlant an onion beside rosebuSh and
increase its odor." But who wants the
odor of the onion increased? That escu-
lent is fragrant enough for culinary
purposes. N. Y. Ledger
A Hebrew Bible in the Vatican Is
said to be the most valuable book in the
world. 1t weighs more than $50 pounds
and its weight in gold, or sle5'ooo' mas
been refused for it, when gold was worth
three times what it is now. ms was
in the DAYS of Pope Julius. or in l5l2'
The query: Does lightning rou
protect?" is answered from ONO VI
The AIS buildings struck by hghthlhe
md burned last year, SOL were parhS
which had this protection and OF the
whole number only sixty were without
rods.-Detroit Free Press.
Whales will be more plenty IMAM
porpoises in few years, now tha1 .n'
low prices of oil make it less prontaole
Ia destroy them. Professor True, OIL inc
National Museum, who makes whales
speciality, says they are fast mulnply'ns
and that their numbers will increase IN
definitely unless some new ""s for them
should be discovered