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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-27

AN OLD-TlME LOCOMOTIVE.
Rescued from tho sorapPile, She Is Still
Doing Good Service.

Rescued from tho Scrap-Pi1e, She Is Still
Doing Good Service.
A large, well-made locomotive is an
object of admiration to all who have an
opportunity to closely examine the in
tricate makeup of this wonderful
mechanism; but a great many remember
the days when railway engines were not
SO large, nor nearly so handsome as they
now are.
In the sos engines were much smaller
than they are at present, and were gem
orally more decorated with brass work.
A great many of these old timers are
still in use by railroads, despite the fact
that it is commonly accepted that boil
number of years. Many have been re-
built, and are doing switching service;
while others are used in hauling light
suburban trains; but the greater major
ity of them are lying in the 'scrap-
piles" at the companies shops. One of
these old locomotives, with quite his
tory, although almost wheelless, cylin-
derless, and, in fact, devoid of the essen
tial running gear, can be found in the
SulCdSO, NIL duhOo ~ wv e1uI AoI1-
way yards, giving good service every
day. She is the old Prairie du CHEN,
No. 81, built about 1851; and in her
palmy DAYS she flew over the rails be-
tween Milwaukee and Madison, Wis.
Years of service on the line wore out her
machinery, and with many signs from
old railroad men she was relegated to the
scrap-pile. Here this combination Of
machinery lay until her cab
nearly rotted away. The tender
was attached to another engine, and
all the valves, pumps, gear and
brass-work that could be utilized were
transferred to other engines as repairs
we're made Few suspected that this
old, rust-eaten engine could ever be
again brought into service. But one day
/ last fall an order was received to load
her on fiat car and bring the old engine
to Chicago. Here she was lodged in the
yard, and before many days she had
| sunk several feet in the mud. Ashes,
cinders and yard refuse accumulated
about her, until one would have ex-
perienced difficulty in recognizing her
as a locomotive. Cars heated by steam
from the road-engines were to be formed
into trains and backed into the depot.
They must be warm. 1t would be un-
wise to build fires for that short trip,
and impracticable to attach the road
engines to the trains while switching
was to be done. Now, here is where the
old locomotive, shorn OF all her finery,
came in handy. Her old boilers were
utilized to supply the necessary steam
which was conveyed to the heating ap-
paratus of the cars by flexible pipes.
Wedged in among lot of cars, old, di-
lapidated, and forgotten by the veteran
railroaders, this engine, saved from the
scrap pile, still contributes its part to the
operating of a railroad. Perhaps she
has outlived the engineer who first
pulled the throttle and occupied a seat
in her cab.-Chicago News.
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-27
EXPLOSIVES in DOSES.
The Use of Gun Cotton ana N,..
inc In MahIcnl prn 49, 'yoer

Inc In Medical Praeticen.
Ut. ii. IL. Burchard, a famous phila.
delphia physician, speaking of the
progress of medical science in thesa
iater years, said to reporter the other
day: 1O-
nave you any idea Of how far high
explosives are used in medieinesp Won
can notget your knowledge from books
unless You ransack five hundred vol
unes and pick up the scattered items
nere ana there. 1t may surprise you to
KNOW mat they are in daily use and of
the greatest value in all sorts of dis
eases and injuries.
There is, for example, gun cotton.
or, aswe CALI it, proxylin. It is twice az
powerful as gunpowder, but very much
INFERIOR to dynamite or nitro-glycerine.
D1ssolVed In ether, 1t makes that won.
aertul compound we call collodion. In
this shape 1t is employed to protect raw
or injured surfaces 1t dries rapidlv-
In TACT, almost as fast as it is employed
and leaves behind fine, elastic arti.
ncial skin, which is air and waterproof
against microbes and disease germs.
MIXED with cantharides, collodion makes
tho best blistering plaster known to
science. Mixed with tannin or fannie
ACID, 1T makes a wonderful remedy for
stopping the flow of blood from wonnds
In cases OF scalding and burning col.
iodlon enables the profession to cover
the exposed flesh in a manner never he.
Tore possible. No secretion of the bodv
aHects 1t, nor, on the other hand does
IL exert any unpleasant or Objectionable
influence upon the system.
But of even greater value is nitro.
giycerine. When used in medicine it is
largely diluted, one part being mixed
with one hundred parts of alcohol, and
one drop OF the resultant mixture is
dose. In this form it is an admirable
antldote in cases of neuralgia Of the
heart and many cases of nervous dis.
turbances OF the human body. Thus II
has been used and given wonderful re.
lei IN nervous asthma, hiccoughs, head.
aches and similar disorders 1t has re.
peatedly cut short an attack of the
chills and fever, and SO eminent an au.
thority as DR.. Robert Bartholow recon-.
mends it in certain forms of Bright'a
disease, and also for that most misera.
BILE of earthly ailments, sea-sickness.
''Thus far we have only begun to know
the medical virtues of gun-cotton, nitro.
glycerine and amyl-nitride. Beyond
these there are over six high explosives
of which we know little or nothing as to
their real character, and nothing at all
regarding their action upon the physical
organizations 1t does seem curious,
however, that substances which In
large quantities are dest- ctive Of life
and property should, in small ones, bs
beneficial to the sick and injured. The
gun-cotton which blows man up en-.
ables the physician to destroy the pain
of his aw members and to heal them in
less time than was ever before possible
with other remedies" - Washington
Star
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-27

MEN OF MANY YEARS.
The Frequency of Old People in All Part
of the World

OF tue hOfIu
Michael Soils, who lives in San Sal
Yador in the republic of Bogota, is said
10 be 1856 years of age, and is apparently
in the full vigor of all his powers. He has
never taken any unusual precaution
with his health, is not a vegetarian or
.eetotaler, and has always been a
hard worker. Peter Barlow died in
Damariscotta, three years ago at the
age of 1876. He served under George
Washington in the revolutionary war.
There is a negro living in Lynn, Mass,
who has recently been on public exhi-
bition, who claims to be over 1870 years
Of age.
People over 100 years of age, in the
very general diffusion of news which is
now possible, are frequently heard of in
various portions of the world. Centena-
cians are by no means the curiosities
they were a few generations ago. Seth
Perkins, who recently died in Norwich,
Conn, was president of railroad at 100.
Chevreul, the French scholar, recently
lied over 100 years of age.
Probably every State in the Union
contains its centenarian, and some of
GQem perhaps several. lSOplt Oyer
ninety years of age are by no means
curiosity. The late Emperor William
of Germany was nearly ninety-two at
the time of his death. Simon Cameron
was over ninety, and SO was the late DR..
Dollinger the theologian. Our histo-
rian Bancroft is over ninety, and so is
Cardinal Newman and Marshal Won
Moltke.
If SO many eminent men can be found
who have lived to an advanced age, it is
reasonable to infer that there are a
large number among the more obscure
classes. An English writer on longevity
maintains that genius is inimical to old
age; but this hardly seems borne out by
the facts. Carlyle died at 81; Bryant at
So; Prof. Sir Richard Owen is still alive
at Sc; John G. Whittier at 81; Robert
@. Winthrop at ST. William E. Glad
stone, Oliver Wendell Holmes and
Alfred Tennyson at so. The throes and
frenzy of genius do not it seems always
| prove destructive to longevity.
All classes and conditions of men are
liable to attain old age, though there
| can be no doubt that some occupations
are more destructive of health and
hence of long life, than others. Yankee
| Blade.
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HIS ANNAMEsE WIFE.
a. Frenchman's Fluctuations with a Pretty
Native OF the Orient.

a Frenchnan's Tribulations with a Pretty
Native OF the Orient.
Dr.. Hocquard, who recently returned
to France after residence OF over two
years in Tonlxin, tells about thu An
narnese bride Of French officer sta
toned at Naindinh. The doctor visited
the officer at his home in the big town,
and there met very pretty native girl
about eightesn years old, who wore a
robe OF violet silk and more rings on
her fingers than Western bellies regard
as in good taste.
"You see, / have married an An
namese," said the officer, laughing.
''Tha is, have bought her from her
parents for forty-fiye francs. They
signed contract before the notables Of
their village, in which they relinquish all
their right is over their daughter. can do
with her as ] please, but | must treat
her well. If 1choose, l may return her
to her parents, and they must receive
her again. 1t is very easy sort of di-
vorce. She can not leave me without
my permission, and If she runs away
from me her father is responsible and
must return to me the money paid for
her. That is the Annames law"
That seems to be very practical
and economical arrangement, remarked
the doctor.
mot SO much so as you think" re-
| piled the officer. II give III San--for
that Is her name-ifteen piastres
month for her wardrobe, to say nothing
Of the presents | make her from time
70 time, and the disagreeable surprises
70 which she treats me now and then.
The other day, for instance, III San
blossomed out in beautiful robe of
orocaded silk that 1 had given her.
Then with one of her friends she left
the house for a promenade, and while
strolling around the town she saw
party playing cards in a gambling
house.
Like all her people, III San is pas
sionately fond of gambling. Nothing
could tempt her to pass that house. and
10 in she went, seated herself at the
table, and was soon absorbed in tho
game. There she sat until she had lost
III her money her jewels, and finally,
the clothing she wore, AMI when she re-
turned to me the next morning she was
arrayed in a lot of rags that had been
given her out of charity.
THAT is not all. Tbs contract I made
with her parents provides that / must
| feed her well. That clause seems to in
,lude her entire kindred. She had been
with me only two days, when her fam
lily (aud you know families ere not small
in this country swooped down upon US
and installed themselves in house near
mine. Every time / enter my kitchen
find my cook preparing rice for all
these ravenous persons. l offer them a
thousand insults, but they never vince,
and nothing will induce them to bulge
from my premises until they have had a
good, square meal. You see, marrying
an Annamese girl has its decided disad-
yantages. IN. Y. Sun.
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TIL, Largest Perfect Gems.

The largest perfect diamond in the
world is now the Imperial, that was eX'
hibited at the Paris exposition last year,
and which is valued at $l,000,0 900. This
is the most valuable stone in the world
and is owned by a syndicate. The big
sest and best ruby in existence is owned
In London and is valued at $4,000 1t
has no parallel, even in the crown
Jewels, and it is related that the Duchess
OF Edinburgh carried it all the way to
o. Petersburg for the Gar to have
look at it. The largest and most beautl-
lul cats-eye in the world weighs ITO
carats, is owned in London, and is IN
sured for 80, 900 rupees. The finest pri-
Vate collection of pearls in the world IS
owned by Nine. Dosne, sister-in-law to
M, Theirs. The biggest emerald in the
Tofid weighs 1880 carats, and is in the
imperial Jewel Office in Vienna. The
largest and costliest cats-eye in the
world is owned by Moorman of Ceylon,
VINO dug 1t up himself from the mines.
he mas been offered 800, 900 for it but
aecilnes to part with it at that figure,
saying that, if he liked, he could cut II
up INTO forty small pieces and sell each
p,ece Tor about s., 600, aggregating pretty
AeariY S20O. 000.-InYentOr. - =
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AT FREDERICKSBURG.
The Retired Chancelor's Surroundings In
the Sachsenwald.


Prince Bismarck's home at Friedrichs.
ruhe, where the exChancelor now leads
the simple life of country gentleman,
is most secluded spot, though only an
hour distant from Hamburg by express
train. The estate is surrounded by for
est land-the Sachsenwald-so little fire.
quented that the deer are quite tame
and scarcely pay attention to the train
rushing by. Little of the estate is WISH
BILE from the railway, bu thick under
wood with an occasional glimpse of the
narrow river"Au, covered with reeds,
which turns the Princes saw-mills.
The house lies to the right of the line,
but is hidden from the rain by high,
red brick wall which also borders the
main road, while the river and hedges
close in the two remaining sides.
ORIGINALLY FREDERICKSBURG was hunt
inr lodge. built in 1868 by Count Fred
erick of Lippe-Sternburg, and later ii
became an inn, called Frascati, where
the Hamburgers focked for picnics or
HOLIDAYS. When William l. presented
the estate to his Minister, Prince Bis
marck added to the house, but kept the
main building intact 1t is a two
stored editice, painted light yellow,
the Princes apartment being on the
! ground floor, while the rooms up stairs
are occupied by the Princess and the
| Countess Rantzau, the Prince anc
Princess only daughter, with her three
little bows. Handsome shrubs and fine
pine tree are planted in the front OF the
house, the river Au running at the fool
of the grounds and forming thy water
fall.
Prince Bismarck has no near nelgh
bors except in the little village o
Friedrichsruh, with its inn and lev
scattered houses inhabited by foresters
postal and railway officials, the work
men at the saw-mills with their fami
lies. A tailor blacksmith and a miller
The only important parsonage Is tn'
bead forester of the Sachsenwald, wh'
is MAYOR of the village and the manage
Of rzenbeck-another OF frlnc'
Bismarclls small properties when III
close by, like the farms an pastures
SIN, and Schonhausen. The Prince en-
lows talking local gossip with the lor
e. ester, inquiring anxiously whether tn
cattle thrive in t. meadows or whethe
tho wood-cutting season has been pront
able. Princess Bismarck would ofte'
saw at the Parliamentary receptions
..Mv HUSBAND takes more real lnteres
IN a turnip than in all your polltlcs'
and the Prince has now the opportuhi':;
of proving the truth of this wifely CRU
cism.-London GRAPHIC,
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MEMORY IN INFANCY.


Space of Time.
A curious instance of this took place
in our family. My mother went on a
visit to my grandfather, who lived in
London. She took with her little
brother of mine, who was eleven months
old, and his nurse, who waited on her
as her maid. One day this nurse
brought the baby boy into my mothers
room and put him on the floor, which
was carpeted all over. There he crept
about and amused himself according to
his light. When my mother was
dressed certain ring that she generally
wore was not to be found. Great search
was made, but it was never produced,
and. the visit over, they all went away
and it was almost forgotten.
Exactly year after they again went
to visit the grandfather. This baby was
now a year and eleven months old. The
same nurse took him into the same
room, and my mother saw him, after
looking about him, deliberately walk
up to a certain corner, turn bit of the
carpet back and produce the ring. He
never gave any account of the matter,
nor did he, so far as l know, remember
it afterward. 1t seems most likely
that he found the ring on the floor and
hid it, as in a safe place, under a corner
of the Brussels carpet whore it was
not nailed. He probably forgot all
about it till he saw the place again, and
he was far too infantile at the Tins it
was missed to understand what the talk
that went on was about or to know what
the search, which, perhaps, he did not
notice, was for
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The cost Of holding chapel services
81 Harvard last year was 81, $50.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland has been re-.
erected president of the Wells College
Alumn@ Association.
Mr. w. W. Aston ia TO give bronyo
uoors to Trinity Church. New yorL
"hich Will cost 500, 600, in memory of
his father. AS VI
The Chicago Home Missionary and
Ohurch Extension Society has built five
US" churches during the past year.
"A Norristown clergyman gave his
congregation a surprise on a recent Sun
uay' instead of prosy sermon he read
rhymed discourse in 119 stanzas.
Inc plymouth Church (Brooklyn)
membership has been reduced 72e the
past year by revision of the rolls.
Inc receipts for the year were S44, os2.
Sir Peter Coats, who died the other
Jay full OF years and honor, was an
earnest Presbyterian and built several
churches at his own expense. He also
gave complete public library to his
native town of Paisley. His winter
home was in Algeria, where he had
fine chateau.
The immigration of Jews into Pales.
tine is steadily increasing, and the
moneyed men of Europe begin to take
an interest in the migration by buvinp
up land and building blocks of houses,
founding schools and hospitals. 1t is
said OF the Jewish population of Pales-
tine that they are tolerant toward peo-
pie of other faiths.
"A minister, belonging to one of
those denominations where the Cos
pei malady prevails in comparatively
mild form, confessed to friend: 81
am at my wits end and haven't come in
sight of good text yet. The truth is
chat preached about Holsters last Sum
day, and l shall have to exchange to-
morrow or shut up shop!,'
The number of Christian churches
In Constantinople is very large, namely,
l45. Fourteen of sthese are Protes-
tant, so Greek-Orthod 80 Armenian
Orthodox, 26 Roman, Greek Roman,
II American-Roman, l Bulgarian. -Four
Patriarchs of Oriental churches and a
Soman Archbishop are residing in the
capital of Mohammed's successor.
The Methodist Episcopal church,
South, according to statistics just gath
cred and published, has 4,S62 itinerant
preachers; $500 local preachers; 1,1e1,-
'66 members (white), an increase of
IS, 1853; 500 colored members, a decrease
Of 1875, and 8, 1888 Indian members, de
crease Of LBS. The total of preachers
and members LIT, $50, showing a total
net increase of 37,053. The number of
Infants baptized last year was "a, 733, an
increase of 3, Sol. The value of church
sdifices is reported at nearly SIT, O00 600
Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-06-27
The Eyer-KeadY Policeman.

1t is not only in the funny columns OF
the daily papers or in the journals en-
tirely devoted to humor that we find
food for laughter The following news
item from a prominent New York jour
nal, in spite of its tragic qualities, is as
delicious bit of humor as one would
care to read: Yesterday afternoon a
large and shaggy black dog was seen
running up Greenwich street, swapping
at the different objects it passed When
it reached the corner of Cortlandt and
Greenwich streets it made savage
lunge at workman who was passing,
and bit him in the arm. The man at
once took in the situation, and grasping
the brute by the throat threw it to the
ground and fell upon its body. After
he had secured good grip on the dog s
wind pipe with one hand ne seized its
tongue with the other, and held on I'M
til the animal was dead. At that mo-
ment policeman made his appearance,
and shot the dog in the head three
times. "-Harper's Magazine -
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LAURA BRlDGMAN'S BRAIN,
1t Differs But Little from the Brains of
Ordinary Women.

Ordinary Women.
For months past DIR. Donaldson, of
Clark University, Worcester, has been
engaged in studying the brain of the
late Laura Bridgman, the deaf, dumb
and blind pupil of DR.. Howe, who
learned to read and write and con-
verse intelligently, in spite Of her nat
nal defects.
DR.. Donaldson is now preparing an
exhaustive report upon the results of
his investigations, which he will read
before several learned societies, and
later on publish in the scientific jour
nails. The examination has been
the most thorough ever under
and though the results obtained
have not been conclusive, they will
go far toward substantiating several
theories which medical experts have
advanced about the functions of the
brain as an organ of thought, as we'll as
placing several new nd startling theo-
ries before the world.
Though the facts are not ready to be
made public, yet it is said that the brain
Of Miss Bridgman shows that it is an
lnfallible index of the sensations con-
veyed to it through all the senses; in
short, the brain is nothing but an intri-
cate photograph and photograph COM
bined, which registers all that the sight,
hearing, taste, smell and feeling bring
to it,
Of course the report when made will
be couched in many scientific terms, but
when Invested of these meshes it will
hold much that must be of lasting in
terest to every person who thinks or has
brain capable of thought Boston
Globe