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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-03-30

UNITED STATES LAND OFFICE.
HALEY, IDAHO, January 10Th, 1891 I
ttce Is hereby given thlt John MscFarl-n,
Mahoney. whose post Office sddr. IS il
ey, Altui as county. Idaho. have made applies
for . United States latent for the
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
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On the s<sk

An exchange rzs@szT printed the
following composszzs2 "a men which
many women of experience will hearth
~ approve: Men are peculiar; they
wear number ten boots and snore.
This Is what makes IL 90 easy to recog-
nize a man when you see one. Men
wear hats they are careful of, and
carry umbrellas they are not careful
of; when not losing them they are al
ways poking them into somebody's
eyes, Men don't gossip. but they talk
over the news ut their clubs Men
don't paint or powder (often). bat
they raise whiskers that make them
look like Scotch terriers. and coax lit
tie hair mOles to grow on their chins-
Men are not vain, but they never like
the young lady who says they are not
handsome.
Men are consistent They like to
see the dress of a lady plain and sim
pie, hate furbelows and tiummery; but
let lady in plain clothes enter a car
where these men are seated. and she
may stand an hour and not one of
them will offer her seat; but when IA
lady enters arrayed in the height of
fashion, every one OF them will spring
to his feet and glory in the honor OF
standing for her sake or rather for
the sake OF her clothes Men never
find fault with themselves. not il they
can help it. Adam showed them how
they could help ii, and they proited
by his instruction. Men take cold and
think they are going to die and when
you carry them a bowl of herb tea.
they turn pale and ask if it is bitter
and II you don't suppose it would do
just as we'll TO take il next week.
Men don't lead around poodle dog
with blue ribbon. hut they chew to-
bacco and perfume their clothes with
pipe. Men are always wanting IA
shirt and when they get one they are
always ready To swear that there is
not button on it. when all the time
the buttons will be there. only they
don't find them. They pull OFT their
boots and forget where they put them.
and pretend they know all about II.
and after they have rummaged around
and turned everything upside down
and looked on all the shelves in the
pantry. in the sewing machine drawer.
and upset your work basket. sit down
and remark that this il a deuce OF n
house, a fellow never knows when he
gets out OF a thing when he is going o
set eyes on 1t again; and when you
bring his boots that you found right
where he left them he hands you his
slippers and asks If you can't 'jab
them in some out OF the way corner
where old scratch would never find
them"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Is sol ExhauatIble?

The American agriculturist practi-
cally snys no. This is how it arrives
at this conclusion: ''One foot in
depth of fairly good agricultural soil
contains 1000 pounds of phosphoric
acid. 5000 pounds OF potash. 5000
pounds of nitrogen and lime, mag
nesia, soda, chlorine. sulphur and
silica to afford food for all the crops
which these three elements can feed
per acre. After farmers, by careful
and skillfnl cultivation. have ex-
,hausted all this great store of plant
feed in the uppermOst foot Of this soil,
which will require several centuries.
will the soil be exhausted7 Not at all
AS the land Is gradually changed into
vegetable growth and the surface is
removed as farm crops, as it gradual
y deepens. the subsoil which con-
ts'ns the very same elements becomes
fitted for plant food. And thus the
imperishable nature OF matter applies
TO the soil. which can never be ex-
hausted during all the ages which are
70 come. All that mankind has to do
is to use its arts, under the instruc-
hon OF science, to develop this latent
fertility of the soil. and to go on feed
ing the human race until the end. If
an end ever shall come. when the
earth will no longer exist rs fit habi-
kation for mankind"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Tbe OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

Kilian Van Renuselaer's house ia
Rensselaer, county opposite Albany.
n. Y, is said to be the oldest inhab-
tied dwelIing-house in the United
States 1t stands near the Hudson
river at the south end OF Greenbrush.
Is Of brick and has ganbrel roof
Two port holes out OF which the early
Van Rensselaers shot at Indians
pierce the front walls. and a little
plate In the rear. set up by the Albany
Commemorative soci'ty. shows the
edi &c to have been erected in 1912.
Behind this venerable mansion is n
we'll on the coping OF which Yankee
Doodle Is said to have been com
posed during the French war proceed
Ing the revolution In the old hall
the Dutch reformed settlers had re-
iiglous serv.cea There were no Bud
densieks then.-Clcago Times
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
SCIENCE AND pROGBEss-
VALUABLE INFORMATION FOR
MANY READERS
Amateur AetronOmers--An Auto
matte Pitcher--ArtIficlaIT Teeth
for n orses--A Paper Hotel
--Cast-lron Railway
Bridges
Amateur Aatronomers.

The number of amateur astrono-
mers is considerable, and it is safe to
say that of all the sciences this is the
one that can boast the most adopts
among private persons. Among 1,16o
astronomers now living. whose works
have gained footing in science, about
han are amateurs with private OBJ
servatories. In England, including
official establishments and those at
tached to the universities, there are
"a ObservatorIes; in America, more
than 80; in France, II; in Austria, "a;
In Italy, 81; in Russia, Is; and in Bel
GUM, 5. We may say that an anna
teur, armed with telescope. is to be
found at every point on our planet,
ready to observe n celestial phe-
nomenon. In Chill, Honduras, Peru,
New Zealand, Tunisia, and Tasmania
we can meet astronomical amateurs
provided with instruments, who de-
vote their night hours to contemplate
ing the beauties of the starry vault and
to collecting observations which shall
be useful for the advancement Of
science.
Most of the discoveries of comets,
small planets, variable stars, and
star-clusters are the fruit ofindividual
researches. Were not all those anna
teur astronomers who, in the first
ages of history, in Chaldea and Egypt,
China and Mexico, drew from Nature
the first explanations of celestial
phenomena? From the beginning Of
historic time down to near our period,
astronomical science has advanced
only by the labors of philosophers,
who pursued it as a matter of taste
and not oficially-The Popular
Science Monthly.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
An Automatic Pitcher.

An automatic machine has been de-
signed in England for the use of crick-
eters, which it is proposed to utilize
with some notifications for practice
in baseball batting. The new autom-
atom is specially intended TO meet the
wants OF small cricket clubs whose
finances will not admit of their en-
ploying a professional coach" In
this invention they find a bowler who
never gets tired, is never of mis- play,
never grows impatient with the young
ideas, who will deliver balls at exactly
the speed and pitch desired, and with
the assistance of one small boy will
bowl from morning until night The
machine Is of simple construction. A
cogGed disk contains what may be
called the prime mover, " in the shape
of a powerful spring, and slender steel
rod carrying the ball Is fixed thereto; a
few turns of handle wind up the spring
in readiness, and a slight pressure on
a shorter handle releases it and de-
hvers the ball. By an ingenious ar
rangement the speed may bel egulated
and maintained with the greatest
nicely, and the pitch of the ball can
be determined beforehand and sus-
tanned with wonderful exacitude. The
pace may be increased or reduced
without altering the pitch, and the
pitch may be adjusted nearer to or
father from the batsman without
changing the pace. The disk is en-
graved with a register and carries a
suitable pointer, to enable the mani
pulator to obtain the delivery desired
and alter it when necessary. The ball
rests upon n rigid steel loop, and Is
heldsin place by a leather cap, the
steel ring on which is retained in place
by an automatic catch, and the prin-
pie of the machine consists III releas-
ing the ball from the delivery arm at
a definite and predetermined point in
its revolution. The direction is regu-
lated by large Cross-handed screw in
the base of the standard on which the
device is fixed, and sights on the de
livery rod enable the operator to lay
the ball dead on any required spot,
the machine remaining so trained un-
til Intentionally altered.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
IN THE DOMAIN OF SCIENCE.

A careful examination OF the aqueous
humor of the eyes OF cattle will determine
whether they are suffering from tubercle
or not. qhe bacilli will be found there in
oil cases where the disease exists
A vast ''banyan' tree covering between
six and seven acres, has been discovered
on the tiny Lord Howe island, 500 miles
from Port Macquaire, in Australia It Is
surpassed in size only by the greatest OF
those In Indin.
The new departure in photography, as
recently applied to telescopes, has extend
ed our information TO a most wonderful
degree already especially in the delinea-
ton OF the moons surface and has opened
a wide field for Astronomers. Many points
are clearly shown on the negative which
can not be seen with the human eye even
when using the powerful Lick telescope
Imitation gold is a new compound which
was recently discovered and which puz-
zles the best jewellers TO detect Its
weight is that OF old gold and the acid
tests are the same, except that the acid
boils tIife when applied TO It, although
when 1t is wiped of no spot Is left. It il
cheap and Is easily worked. Its chief fac
tor is aluminium composite, from Eve to
eight per cent
A new scientific instrument has been
gotten up by Prot Bigelow, which il
called the aurora inclinometer BY ex-
tensive researches he has found tn at the
same law which underlies the working Of
electricity and agnetism is operating on
the sun, and that sunlight Is a magnetic
field in which the magnetixed earth 70
tates as does the armsture of q dynamo.
The instrument viii be sent to Alaska
where It will be used in the study OF the
aurora, IS It Is there seen in the BEST con-
ditiona
The geographical congress recently
held In Switzerland recommended the
universal adoption of the metric system
and also the Greenwich meridian for The
reckoning of longitude and time Il b
doubtful If this win Be done. however. by
ali nations, for, although q standard In
both cases would be beneficial to tks
world at large, France naturally desires
Paris time, and England would never sur
render her prime meridian and Adopt =
revolution In her system of measurements
unless ths new measure was sxaxinaa
and based upon intrinsic merit
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
sheep Pointer.

Many have the mistaken notion that
after shearing wool increases In weight
The opposite occurs. The more grease IL
contains the more it shrinks.
Strike for twins. Ewes which have
good sound udders, are docils and good
mothers, and have produced twins, are
the ewes to retain for breeders
Merinos do not bear so many lambs as
the coarser breeds, but they live and
serve longer to compensate, Pampering
the coarser breeds has probably impaired
their constitutions.
Merino sheep do not contract scab one
time in five as often as the coarse woods;
in fact scab is n very rare thing in other
wise healthy Merino focks. Their grease
is antagonists TO the scab parasites
Usually ''show sheep are not worth
much for anything else, especially those
of the old countries Like some of the
fair sex, they are pampered, Petted,
powdered, painted, spoiled. These ''Ps"
will ruin ANYTHING
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
RuI., for AUTHORIZATIONS.

The Royal Agricultural Society of Eng
land has published some excellent rules
for butter. making. from which we make
an extract, as they are also applicable in
this country:
l. Rinse all dairy utensils in cold water.
9. Scald with hot water and rinse again
with cold
8. Always use q thermometer.
4. Churn the cream at a temperature of
So degrees to 90 degrees in summer and
90 degrees to 81 degrees in winter.
8. Give the churn good ventilation, and
churn at forty to forty five revolutions to
the minute.
8. Stop churning when the butter has
formed in pellets the size of small shot.
Z. Draw of the buttermilk, and pour
pure water into the churn until 1t runs of
clear and uDcolored-
:. Make strong brine and pour into
the churn through fine sieve
9. Remove the butter and work It with
= ladle or upon a butter worker. Never
use the hands To these may be added
the precaudon to allow the butter to stand
eight or ten hours, then work carefully to
sxpel the excess OF water and insure solid
ity, when it Is ready for printing or the
tub II these directions are followed,
streaks In the butter will never appear.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
The PaataurInatItutea-

The Annales de i Institut Pasteur
have just been published, and contain
complete statistics of inoCulations for
1890. In that year $40 patients
were treated at the institute. The
foreign contingent in 1890 was about
one-ftth of the total number. the ma
jority coming from England, Belgium,
Greece, and Portugal. However, the
spread of the system, and the estab-
hshment of similar institutions in
many of the large towns of Europe,
will decrease the foreign element CON
siderably. Varsovia, Odessa, Lisbon,
Milan. Naples, Bucharest, and, in
America, New York-all have Pasteur
Institutes. The institute at Buchar-
est has distinguished itself by as strik-
ing a victory as that which heralded
the Pasteur Institute in Paris. Nine
teen Russians were bitten by a mad
wolf, 1886; and although a fortnight
elapsed between the accident and the
treatment sixteen are alive and well
to this day. The bite of a wolf Is con-
sidered as far more dangerous than
that of q dog, the mortality being so
per cent.
From eleven to twelve of these Rus
slams would therefore have persisted
but for inos ulation. A similar occur
renee has just taken place at Buko-
wilma a Bhe-woh attacked and bit no
less than twenty-nine people. who
were at once despatched to Bucharest.
Three died but the rest returned
cured to their homes. Out of the
1,o46 patients treated IN Paris in
1890, eleven after incubation, giving
q mortality OF II per cent. Out of
these six succumbed within a fortnight
after incubation, and five only after
longer period. Experiment proves,
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Over rated Meat :. Uaprsatab.s.

Over Faitsd Meat T. Unprontab's.
Almost any sort of animal used for
human food can. with greater profit
both to the feeder and butcher. be
made excessively fat than the sheep.
though superabundsnce of fat is not
desirable. or sought after. by the aver
age consumer of meat whether it be
beef, pork veal or mutton; hence such
goods are handled at loss.
There is a medium line to be OBJ
served IN preparing stock for the mar
ket that will insure better satisfaction
TO all parties concerned than the ex-
tremes OF either over or under fatting
and while 1t is true the lean parts of
very fat meat are always sweeter.
more juicy and tender than when lean
ness predominates over the carcass.
yet the proportion OF this fine quality
of meat is so small. compared with
the aggregate weight Of a very fat car
cass that butchers are shy except at
low prices knowing the large amount
of unsaleable bulk it contains Par
ticularly is this true of mutton. and
an excessively fat carcass OF that class
OF meat answers more the purpose OF
showing the possibilities OF the anil
NAL or breed TO lay on fat. than any
ends OF profit reached. or satisfactory
returns, TO either the feeder. the butch
er or consumer. A leading Birming-
ham butcher who supplies meats to
the weekly market, writes TO IN En-
glish paper. touching this matter and
says:
advise your readers TO avoid send
ing heavy fat mutton TO market there
is no sale and it is a waste OF time,
food and labor to grow, and is OF small
value when slaughtered. It cannot
compete with the lean Australian NUT
ION now offered" What more advice
than our correspondent has himself
rendered is needed His suggestion
is we'll worth the consideration OF
breeders There should not be much
difficulty in adopting It Upwards OF
a dozen different breeds of sheep should
afford material enough for the pro
duction of lean mutton. Showyard
attractions are not conducive of this
result Nor Is the craze for early
maturity. These objects are laudable
in their way. but it behooves breed
ers TO keep a close eye upon the de-
mands of the age in as far. at least as
they concern their particular indus.
try.-Coleman's Rural World
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
The value OF Corn STALKS.

At q recent meeting of farmers at
Pikeville. in Maryland. Prof II. AL
word. the director of the Maryland ex-'
pertinent station, read a most instruc-
tive paper on corn stalks In the
course OF his remarks he took occasion
60 condemn the wasteful method of
harvesting the corn crop so prevalent
throughout the country. and which we
have so frequently denounced The
stripping of the blades and cutting of
the tops and then leaving the butts to
rot In the field. practically amounts to
wasting q large portion OF the crap.
besides being otherwise economically
unsound - the cost of this labor is
out OF all proportion 70 the value OF
the product saved By analysis. the
professor showed that two pounds OF
sta'k butts contained IS much nutri-
ment a. one pound OF corn and cob
meal. and that two and one-half
pounds Of stalks were equivalent as
food 20 one pound OF good corn meal.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Hints for tn. Housewife.

Salt viii curdle new milk
To soften old putty, use a hot iron.
Varnish is rough on bugs bed bugs
especially
You can clean mica, that has become
smoked, with vinegar.
Mix baking soda with brick dust for
securing your knives.
Raw beafsteak applied viii remove the
discoloration from bruises
Cistern water may be purified by hang.
ing bag OF charcoal In the water
Laying tough meat in vinegar for few
minutes before cooking Is said to make It
more tender.
Sweet oil viii remove finger marks from
vanished furniture, and kerosene from
oiled furniture. n
Equal parts OF ammonia and surpentine
viii remove paint from clothing, II it l.
often enough applied
A few drops Of ether dropped into .
bottle of oil VIII prevent IL from becoming
rancid for . long time.
To cut on glass bottles for cups, marx
with q hle where the line Il wanted. and
then run around the bottle with the print
Of = red-hOt poker.
In preparing plaster Of Paris for nlins
cracks In plaster, use vinegar instead of
water in mixing it The result win be .
mas Ike putty, and It VIII not harden %
soon. o.
Gnt frames may Be frsshened By dust
ing, and then washing them with. one
ounce OF soda beaten mp vita tbs whttss Of
three egE1- BGAPed plsces nay Be
touched nP With gold paint
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
The Victory of The vanqui.hed.

Granted the odds are against us; granted
we enter the field,
When Fate has fought and conquered,
broken our sword and shield
What thenl Shall we ask for quarter or
say that our work is donei
Say, rather. a greater glory is ours II the
field be won
IT'S war with the wrong of years-wlth
prejudice pride and hate;
Against the worlds decree and frown of
an evil fate.
A crown to the one who wins and the
worst is only grave
And somewhere. somewhere still, a reward
awaits the brave.
A broken shield without, but a hero's
heart within.
And, held with hand OF steel broken
sword may win
-BostOn TranscriDt
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
cast-Iron Railway Bridges.

Sir John Fowler's report to the di-
rectors of the London and Brighton
Railway with reference to their bridS
rs states that the company has III
cast-iron bridges aItOgel her. and that
81 of these ors;ht within three years
to be replaced with wrought-iron or
steel structures. He does not state
that any of them are unsafe, and CON
clndes his report by saying the result
of my investigation does not indicate
any unusual weakness in the Brighton
bridges, which are neither better noi
wor 9 than those of similar lines o.
railways at home and abroad"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
A Paper Hotel.

There seems to be practically no
limitation to the uses to which paper
can be and is applied. To the long
list of articles intended for personal
use, and in the smaller details of con-
struction of rolling stock, such as
wheels, axles, etc, there has been
added a more extensive applica-
tion to the needs of everyday life by
the building of hotel constructed of
this material. This novel residence
which has just been finished, and is
situated in Hamburg, has been made
entirely of paper ho2rds which, it is
said, are of the hardness of wood, but
possess an advantage over the latter
material in that they are fire proof,
this desirable end being affected by
impregnaJiOn with certain chemical
solutions.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Lighting Mixture.

ia small quantity of chlorate OF
potash be powdered and mixed with
an equal quantity Of powdered 81 gar
a candle may be lighted by means oil
the mixture without matches. Place
a little of it in the depression around
the wick of q candle that has been
previously used and then touch the
mixture with a glass rod, the end OF
which has been dipped in oil ofvitriol
viii burst into lame. lighting tbs
candle.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Rain.

Few people can form q definite idea
OF what Is involved In the expression
IAN inch of rain" 1t may aid such
to follow this curious calculation: An
acre is equal TO 6,272, $40 square
inches; an inch deep of water on this
area will be as many cubic inches OF
water which, at 227 TO the gallon is
- OOO gallons. This immense guam
tity OF water will weigh 22O. 600
pounds, or 100 tons One -hundreth
of an inch (O.O1) alone is equal TO one
ton OF water 10 the acre.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1891-11-13
Artificial Teeth for Horses.

The inventive Yankee is now manu-
featuring false teeth for horses. A
New York veterinary surgeon says
that wonderful progress has been
made in the art, and anything that
can be done in human teeth can be
done in horses teeth. al heard of a
case a few days ago when this new in
vention was tried with perfect success.
The horses teeth were pulled out one
by one, and in the cavities new teeth
were inserted. They were literally ce-
mented in; and, although the gums
were sore for a week, they finally har-
dened, and now give the animal no
pain. Filing horses teeth and clean
ing them are common things now, and
in few years the practice will be gen
eral a."