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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1891-04-08

Every young mans education 10
neglected and faulty II he has not
read the great medical work entitled
tho ''Scienoe Of Life" advertised IN
another column.
, 1891-01-07
Argosy Dec. 18th.

AS there are amongst our readers a num-
Der who take an intelligent interest in the
progress of the Nicaragua Canal, which is
intended to cOnnect the Pacific and Allan
tie oceans, We extract the following InfOr.
nation, dated November 10th, from a late
American paper =
The company has expended upon the
work in the last year more than 43,OOO, QUO,
and has now, by the terms OF the Conces-
sion, ten years during which to construct
the canal. The present condition of the
work lie as follows: The pier at San Jnan
del EOrts is now extended about 700 feet,
aud where III May there WAS dry land there
Is. now reported a depth OF ten feet of
water in the channel. Two dredgeS ere
engaged deepening the channel, and with
in thirty days will give a sufficient depth
of water to ALLOW the entrance 10 the har.
bour Of the regular eamaT plying be-
tween New York and San Juan del NOrtu,
wheVc they can discharge their carGoeS in
q0iet waters. r twenty-five gears all
vessels have been obliged to lie outside
and diScharg cargoeS by lighters.
The route of the canal has been cleared
from the harbour to the divide cut. the
railroad to the divide cut is cOMpl4 lied fOr
ten miles, and is used for transportation
IF stores. and mattresses for filling the
pier. A tTestie bridge across the haI bOnr
Ii near completion. The machine shop is
also nearly completed. The force of canal
employees numbers at present 1900 men.
, 1891-01-07
MIS- LOneOuS
From the Spectator, 9Th December

The German Emperor has decided to re.
vOluti Mise German education in favour Of
modern ideas. On Thursl lay, in Il remark
able speech to an Educational Conference
over which he pre- sided, he told the assem-
bled educational managers of Prussia
that the Universities produced "crammcd
lads but not men, that Latin aud the
elias lies must give place to German and
history, and that the Professors mast no
longer sit in their chairs, diffuSing book
learning instead of making character.
They must break with the m0nkiSh habit of
mumblin much Latin AMI little Greek, and
make German their basis. TIe Emperor
himself had gone through tn G rriculum,
and knew it's futiIity. He bad come out of
school with the Great EiectOr still. "a nebu-
lous Parsonage to his mind. Tae Gylnuasia
must reform their studies, and reduce the
cruel 't~ime.burden," so that bays could
grow strong. H. did not want u "~.lrOlata-
riAt" of paSSinen" and would not give his
consent 10 a single new gym IaSiurn. Mi
th"r people no: State could be.tr 40 mIny
"hIns-r-candidateS," educated men With
nothing to do. There is never any mistake
rs to VIII IT this Emperor means, which in
an age of hazy talk is a consolation; but
his Majesty seems to forget that the sys.
tenn be so roughly condemns produced.
amosg other things, che thirty tboSSaui
, 1891-01-07
officers who defeated Austria and conquer
ed France.

ell France.
The doubts a. to Professor KOch'S Care
for consumption continue, NJ. PaSteur, in
PARTICULAR, pointing ont that no cure has
yet been effected, and that the lymph in
really II ''tOxic" or poison, of terrible euel-
gy and unknown effects. 1t will do some
thing; but what, il still unascertailiri,
Sir j. Lister, who has been studying it in
Bon lin, has been tar more attracted by tNO
other discoveries with which Professor.
Koch Is still making experiments. Tie
great English surgeon, the author of the
antiSeptic method, is, indeed, reported to
have said publicly that he thought DIR.
Koch had really discovered two simple pre-
paraflonS, quite easy to procure, which
would not only cure but prevent two AZ.
we're and common forms Of infectious ai-
Sease. DR.. Koch, who has been rather
badly treated about his lymph, an he him.
sell desired to delay any public mention
OF 1t, Will say nothing about his LATER dis
covertcs for a few weeks; but he has re-
VeaIed them to Sir J. Lister unler pledges
OF secrecy for the present.
No intelligjbo details of The Red Indian
rising have yet arrived, but the Govern.
mant OF Washington has evil 'ntly no
doubt tn it a formidable movement il at
hand, and is rapidly forwarding all dis
possible cavalry ani much artillery to the
threatened districts. The central point Of
the movement will be a district in South
DacOta, about u hundred ANA ten miles BY
nifty, known as BAdlandS, Il wild region
traversed by precipitOus ~ravines. Much
life will be lost here, but any policy of con.
centration is fatal to the Indians. The new
Messiah" is said to he nm Iuditn. probA.
bly, bred in Utah, who processes to be
Christ returned, and bears the ~stignata.
he breaches, according TO one of hs dis.
cip!es, nothing bat unity, peace, and a
good life but as the seventeen tribes
who have vi ied him have NIL returned to
prep re for war, that story does not
seem accurate. The Indians Of Ujah ara
all joining il the movement, and there is u
suspicion in Am 4rica that there is solnc.
thing Mormon about the Whole business,
secret relations between the MOrtnonS aud
indians having long existed. One does
not see. however, how an Indian rising
could benefit the MOrmons.
, 1891-01-07

continued for two days, preventing the steam
ers which arrived about that time, trom
coming alon- side the piers, and causing
much detention III the landing of cargo. The
accumulation Of freight on both sides of the
1sthmGs was such, that it took some days for
the Panama Railroad Company to convey
same to our two shipping ports. Several
spots on the line of the railroad were COM
pletely inundated and the trains were pre-
vented FROM working. At Mindi, the line
was submerged for a. considerable distance,
also at Friioles, where the water was three to
four feet above the track for d distance OF 4
miles and st the sections Of Mamei and
Matachin, the lines were also covered with
water.
The Caual.-As is to be expected, the chief
topic of conversation on the Isthmus is, as to
whether or not the Colombian Government
will grant an extension of time for completing
the canal, and we are glad to be in - position
to state that according to the kilograms re-
celved u to yesterday, and which we publish
elsewhere, the matter appears to be on the
point of settlement. Lieut.. Wyse has been
granted two years delay for the purpose OF
forming d new company and we have il on
the best authority that the Liquida: or intends
very shortly to resume work at Culebra on q
limited scale, doubtless for the purpose of
inducing a revival % interest in the enterprise
and as an incentive 10 CAPT alsts to invest
once more in this work. The arrangement
now being ABOUT concluded does not interfere
with the nigh Of the Colombian Government
under the conces siou by which the work was
commenced, and in default OF q new company
being formed the government will enter into
possession of the plant, etc. III '93.
Since the above was in type, we have re-
celved a Cablegram stating that the contract
has been signed.
The steamer "Nyassa' left here on Mon
day for GreytOwn having in tow two lArgs
lighters sold to the Nicaragua Canal Com
pany.
a Panama newspaper, edited by ST.. Ramos
and entitled "La Revista", was suspended
for six months by the government for having
p4slstenl y attacked the authorities. There
appeared Immediately from the samo printing
establishment, another paper entitled La
Gayana" The Scythe) which was as prompt
ly suppressed and the proprietor fined oae
hundred dollars.
b. the last arrival from port Limp vs.
learn that h9avy weather has lately bean
experienced there impeding the traffic by
R4llroal between Limbn and San Jose. A
portion of the bridge at Matina has been
carried away and three, men drowned. Mr..
Keith and MS assis tant Mr.. Richmond, who
were p esent at the time Of the accident.
very nearly exp. rienced the same fate.
Among the many distinguished persons
who have lately arrived on the Isthnus, we
note the Right Reverend Bishop Romig Of
thu Moravlan Church, on his way from Blue.
fields to Janaica. He has held several
services here, az which large congregations
attended.
, 1891-01-07
MILLING VS.. DIFFUSION IN DEMERARA,

Our readers will recall the excellent
article written on the above topic 10y MIR.
Neville Lubbock, after hi1 recent visit to
the West Indies in the interest Of the
Colonial Company, aud which we rehub-
lIShed from the De merara TImerhi.
MIR. LubbOck seemed to think we'll Of
diffusion, but Thought the time had hardly
come for it's general adoption in the tropics.
presumably from the present lack OF expo
'rience aud expert labor. He seems now
to be carrying his views into effect by htv-
ing made on beh alf of his company a con.
tract for a new came crushing plant for the
Albion plantatiOn in Bcrbice, near Dcne.
rars..
The new cane mill has been built hy
MeSsrs. mcOnie, Harvey & Co., of G aNgpw,
Scotland, who have kindly seat lis a dYs-
CriptiOl. Of Ch~ new mill, taken from TN,
Glasgow Herald, and which We publish ia
another colnm
This new mill has some novel features
and especially from tn English or Dutch
point Of view. The mill is gearel IS 70
l, and driven by - 26 by 49-incL seam
cylinder, 40 that if there be any ordinary
pressure of steam used IhA dpVeloumuI mt If
power will be en- DrlnonS. I'll. G-fDOt g.
roller mill has ole solid strel roller smaller
than the others and NJ trash returaer or
tu"nplate in used. From the data given
We should judge this small roller to be
simply q guide Or feed roller, aud tII,t
hence the first mill is practically but a p
roller mill so far rs pressure is concerned.
The second mill ia q 2-roller mill SO by 70
inches AMI with hydraulic pressure aiins.
ted tn :he top roller. and not to the side
rollers, rs the Dutch have b.en doing.
AIR. Alexander YOung's feeding device
has been adOp ell for the second mill.
Diffusion seems to hold it's ow@ In
Louisiana, aud good reports come from alr'
the houses Us Ig it ; there are still some
incidental dificul ties, but so there are vain
mill work, aud the results of all the diff
sion houses are far better than were for
merry obtained IN the same houses with.
SANS uiIlS,-Loxisidna Planter.
, 1891-01-07
ISTHMUS NEWS

from tAe COlea Telegram Dec. l2th.)
Since our last tortnlghsly summary OF news.
the Isthqus haa been visited by unusually
bad weather. In che port Of Colon, q norther
commenced on Sunday the 3:oh ultimo and
, 1891-01-07

&ACOHdNOuS p'OpbSlHS |I"SN' CS-OUOAO'ANu,
with the European Lodges.
An explosion of fire damp has occurred
III % coal mine at Ostrau, Poland. Ivy which
DO persons lost their lives.
New 7 Ork, Janry. 6th.-The Freeman's
journal, in Il leading article, attacks SIR.
Balfours plan for IriSh relief and thinks
that it ought to come from the government
and not through III appeal to The Viceroy,
who is Secretary to the Public.
London news states that the Foreign
Office has notified the Press thai the rec
cent statements respecting the Bthring
Sea negotiations between the British and
American Governments are without fOunda.
tiOn.
The Scotch Railway Strikers came into
collision with the Police and Military at
Mother elf@Gesterday.
The PariS Tribunal Of Commerce has con-
irmed the order of the LiquidaIOr to sell
the assets Of the SOOiet6 des MetauX for
l8, 0OO,Oo0 francs.
New York, January 9th
FlOnr. st. Lawrence, per brl. 1918
ideal, best brandy wine, per brl. 1926
Heavy Mess Pork, per brI. 10. Oil, Q.
New Seasons Pork, per btl. IL. 123.
suoar Crystals per 10 ST
sugar f. to q. X. per 10 4 9-16
English Islands MolasseS not quoted
Exchange New York and London Ash
London, January 9Th
DemeENra Crystals pr cwt go los 80
MuscOvadO pr cwt 12S to LIS 3D..
~"H' German Beet SO u. ct t. .. b.
EU rs 44d
'DemeraTa Rum pr gal. * lid
Trinidad Cocoa pr cwt &3 6s. Cd.
Consols, ex-inteTest &c
Bank OF Bingham rate Of discount 5 pr c..
Liverpool Cotton, MiddlinX upland pr. tL53.
Tnrec pr ct. ReuteA PaIiS 95.45.
Regarding the West Indian fruit, the
following extract from . Jamaica CORES.
pondent's letter will show 1t is progressing
III that quarter =
"a line Of steamers will RIM soon he.
tween Key West and Kingston the pho,
neer ateamer OIivrtte has already visited
us with u lot Of rich men on board, plant,
railway men, SC. She came down in 40
hours from TumpH. 1t will be ~ grand
thing for us; it will put our fruit SO quick
ly in the American market. Our export
of bananas last year was over $500, 000,
and it is on the increase. A new Co npa-
ny, "The Jamaica Fruit aud Vegetable
Association, Limited, is being started,
capital &50,O0O. There are besides ''The
Boston Fruit Company The POIt Antonio
Company" aud other large shippers Oh tue
north 81 3e. "-Argosy, Dec. 9th.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1891-02-11
"srHENGTHEN THY BRETHREN"

We are living either to awaken or depress
our fellow-bellevers, or to hold up their
hands, deepen their faith, and inspire them
with new courage. We may prove hin.
drance TO some by a mournful and fretful
appearance which in no wise recommends
the service Of the Master whom we love;
we may also te the means Of weakening the
Christian life of others by thoughtless jest
on Scriptural matters-a careless play upon
words that 10 the listener convey such sa-
cred associations. We have heard Of wit
who, when dying, found no comfort in the
texts repeated to him, because he had at
some time or other turned all such into jokes,
and Christian people must set their faces
agains. this thoughtlcss habit of bringing
into amusing conversation the Bible words
with which we should indeed be familiar, but
with spirit Of the most loving reverence.
And those who have the courage to
speak out and stop such joking, though ell
cOuraged by laughter, cannot fail to impress
for good, and will ensure the witness of their
own conscience that they have acted Alright.
And let us beware lest We sometimes spoil
the effect of n sermon on the minds Of others
by our own critical sririt. Two gentlemen
were once leaving place Of worship, show
ing all the weak points in the discourse,
when one less gifted, but in more earnest
frame OF mind, quietly told how he had been
affected by certain portion Of the sermon:
THE one part worth hearing" said one of
the gentlemen. ''but his naming that part
taught me lesson, and made me repent my
criticism" Let lis be on our guard against
quenching the spiritual yearnings and en-
1eeb.iny the strength Of those around US.
The Master bids Comfort ye My people,"
and each one ofIIis followers should pray
aid strive for more Of His spirit of under
standing and sympathy.-[Quiver.
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LOVE FOR CHRIST.

The disciple must love as well as believe.
Christ and his kingdom are real to Satan
and his demons 50 real as to occupy their
thoughts and make them fools with confus-
ion and madness. Men sometimes discover
toward the end Of life that there is no good
for them but God, and yet through the habit
OF lifelong selfshncss, they continue to
hate the god and call it evil. 1t is possible
for man who is enrolled among the dis
cipies Of Christ to be very much tortured in
spirit by keen sense of reality of the things
Of the Kingdom Of Christ, and yet be held
fa by the habit Of avarice or tlCshy lust.
1t is only when love brings man into
hearty, happy submission to the will Of God
that faith becomes IN inspiration.
The newborn child Of God will naturally
and properly be filled, for time, with the
JOY Of his own salvation. He needs to meas
ire as well as he can how great 4 thing it is
ton from eternal death, and glorious life
through his own abiding presence. That
fact is to be to him forever fountain Of
evcr-low;ng gratitude and zeal. But as
fact it has two sides, bis side and Cbrist's
side. 1t is be that is saved. Yes! Let him
shout for jov that he has escaped from sin
and hell. But it is Christ that has saved
him, died for him, regencrated him, come to
he his new self rs we'll as his captain and his
King. Anu II lie IS 10 DC lOlIOWcT VI lulS
captain, a servant of this king, fruit-bearar
whose fruit shall abide, he must very soon
lose sight almost wholly of the sclf-Side of
this fact of his redemption in the adoriny
contemplation Of the Christ-side of it. A
church needs to be composed of disciples
who have well-nigh ce9sed from the con-
temptation Of the advantages to themselves
of their relationship to Christ. so completely
is their gratitude for personal saliva
ton swallowed up in their admira-
ton and passionate love for the Being whose
holiness reaches its supreme perfection in
bearing the sins of the guilty world, and
whose wisdom attains its crowning glory in
the transformation OF lost soul into holy
child Of God. Gratitude can never bc want
ing in the believers love. 1t will grow
stronger rather than weaker. But his love,
like his Masters for lost world, must rise
far above the thought of self, and burn pure
aud strong for his incffaby glorious Lord.
the King eternal-the God who is man. and
who in his perfect manhood shows the
world what its Creator and Redecmer Is.
Such love is sweet and blessed passion
that sanctilies and S,Orities, an energy that
taxes all the power Of the soul to endure its
activity. creative. life-giving energy. cross
bearing, sacriticial, converting the soul into
the likeness OF the divine nature. 1t Is such
transforming love as this that qualities q
disciple or 4 church to bear abiding fruit. A
little Of it will doubtless bear little frult,
but the fruit-bcaring church whose fruit Is
to be both abundant and abiding must
abound in it.
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CONFESSION OF SIN.

Confession of sin is not q mcle abandon
ment Of sin as a losing game. That was
shrewd but not a very f1attering estimate
found on record in the private thoughts of
an old divine. 81 believe" he says, "that
it will be shown that the repentance of most
men is not 50 much sorrow for sin as sin, or
real hatred of it, as sullen sorrow that they
are not allowed to SIM" When any indi-
vidual surrenders an iniqutous occupation
because he perceives public opinion is setting
against it, and that eventually be will he in-
jured BY its continuance, it Is simple mockery
for him to try to make moral capital out of
the REIMBURSEMENT. When q young man
forsakes dissipation because it end1ngers his
place with his employer; when a merchant
gives up dishonest trademarks because his
tricks are becoming transparent and honesty
seems the best policy-this is not penitence
for sin; it is only the hypocrisy of worldly
wisdom. "Godiness is profitable unto all
things, having promise of the life that now
is and of that which is to come" But he
will fail who simply seeks it for the profit.
-[Dr. c. S. Robinson.
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An Educated Tarantula.

A half-breed boy of Mexican and In.
dian blood recently attracted much at
tention at Winslow, Arizona, by the per-
formances of an educated tarantula he
owns. He carries the big, formidable
looking insect in large wooden box
slung about his neck, which, when ex-
hibiting his pet, he places on the ground
as sort of stage.
At the command of its master the tar
antula mounted a small ladder, rung a
bell and performed on miniature tra-
peze. Then, to the humping of tam
BOURNE in the hands, of the boy, it pro-
cecded to rcvolve slowly about as if
waltzing, and when it had finished SAL
utcd the crowd by lifting one leg three
times.
After its performance was over it
crawled to its masters shoulder, where it
sat, occasionally running around his neck
or down into his bosom. The boy says
he tanned the spider when it WAS young,
first by feeding it every day until it grew
accustomed to him, then taught it the
tricks it knows.
He declares that it is much more in
telligent than any dog, and very tract
able, though uncompromising in its en-
nifty to any one but himself. 1t is as
In. &C as q silver dollar, when curlcl up,
though its legs are two Or three inches
long.
The body is an ugly dull brown, COW
cred with short, coarse black hair, which
also covers the limbs, but it is very sparse
and bristly. The eyes arc small and
CLEAN like diamond points, while the
mouth is furnished with slender, over
tapping fangs.
The power Of spring in these creatures
is said to be something incredible, a leap
of ter feet being no tremendous cxertion.
The boy, who owns the only one who has
ever made friends with any other living
creature, is from the Mongollon Mount
aims, lying south of here six miles.-Dss'
ert (Aa-isona} NeuS.
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village and reported it was hoped that I
would go away. and therefore no one
came near me. As night fell I started
off to the west, expecting every moment
to be overhauled, putting in q good
twenty miles before daylight. waa
picked up by scouting party of cavalry
just before noon.
It was about three months after my es.
cape before the Indians learned that l
was a Government scout, and that they
had been duped. Red Trail and Pawnee
Killer then offered five ponies each to the
warrior who should bring in my scalp,
and for the next year [ was perhaps
"wanted" more than any other man on
the plains. 1t was a curious turn of af-
fairs, that, while Red Trail had no less
than five of mis- best warriors out on eX-
pedition after me, clept into his camp
one night and secured his own scalp
lock, rifle and pony, and got away.-Me~
York Sun.
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Burial OF q japanese Girl.

Recently q sixteen-year-old Japanese
girl, named saski Nitsu, died on the
train en- route to Columbus, Ohio, from
Louisville. She was member of
wire walking troupe, and she had Gre
dentials from the chamberlain of the
Emperor certifying to her wonderful
ability. With the troupe were Saski
Nitsu, a sister, brother and her father,
besides five other japanese. Next morn
ing there was a japanese funeral cere-
mony at the Office of the coroner, which
was witnessed by quite number of
citizens. As soon as the girl died in.
cense of some kind was burned and
sword placed y oss her breast to keep
evil spirits away.
The troupe were taken to the coroner's
Office wearing their best garments, the
feet being covered with kind of white
cloth stockings, having place for the
big toe and wearing wooden shoes about
two inches high, held in place by
white cord passing obliquely from about
the center of the foot to point between
the big toe and thence to the opposite
side, where it is again fastened to the
wood. These shoes are only worn dur
ing muddy weather, but they were all
new and indicated that an ample supply
had been brought for an emergency.
As the party filed into the room they
gathered around the casket, and OF
sign each reverently put his hands to-
gether, placing the ends of the fingers on
the lips and offering silent prayer,
which was continued about one minute.
After this simple ceremony the sister cut
lock of hair from the head of the de-
ceased, the four men carried the casket
to the hearse and the procession pro-
cession proceeded to Green Lawn ceme-
terry, where the interment was made
Washington Star.