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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
An Air Ship.

The New York Sun says Charles H
Lamson, of Portland, Me, performed {
feat practically demonstrating that q
large airship or kite capable of carry
ing a man, can be hoated successfully
and Ste Oily. He raised his ship with {
dummy man on it 600 feet. The retain
ing rope broke when the ship was a.
that altitude. Had it not been for this
break, Mr. Lamson would have sent UP
a man to navigate his ship. AS it was
W. H. Eddy of Bayonne, \. J., an
authority on aerial experiments, declared
that Lamson's achievement was the
greatest step toward solving the problem
of aerial navigation.
Mr.. Lamson built his airship after
Hargrave's general plan, but added i'm
provements of his own TO make it more
manageable in the enlarged form. The
passenger, by manipulating lever, can
keep the airship on an even keel, make
it rise or fall, and direct its course in
coming down Lateral steering can be
accomplished by changing the weight
to either side of the center, the aerial
vessel then turning toward the side
where the weight is greatest.
Each pair of wings is like that of a
bird. There are also ribbed fore and
aft, and covered so that the stream Of
air can have its full lifting affect, follow
ing the curve from front to rear and
preventing all shaking or tapping of
the fasric.
A heavy windlass loaded with sand
bags held the two thousand feet of cord
when being operated. All that was
necessary to launch the airship was to
raise its forward end little and take
short run, which causes the kite to
mount up in the air like a balloon.
Mr.. ,Lamson was disappointed at the
collapse of the rope, but was pleased at
the success OF the experiment. He sad:
1.-THE performance of my airshiP sat
isles me beyond all question that the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28

John Lothrop Motley, after he had
spent several years in collecting mate
rails and sketching the outline of his
history, 1.-THE Rise of the Dutch Repub-
lie" heard that Prescott was anticipating
him with "Life of Phillip the Second"
In one of his letters he tells what a
sad blow this intelligence was to him.
ut seemed to me-" he says, "hat l
had nothing to do but to abandon atonce
cherished dream, and probably to re
nounce authorship, for l had not made
up my mind to write history and then
cast about to take up subject. Ny sub
ject had taken me up and drawn me on
and absorbed me into itself"
Not wishing to be disloyal to Prescott
he went to him at once and explained
his position. Prescott generously gave
him every encouragement. "Had the
result of the interview been differently"
writes Motley, 81 should have gone from
him with a chill upon my mind and no
doubt have laid down the pen at once,
for It was not that cared about writing
history, but that l felt an inevitable
impulse to write one history"
Coming to more recent instances as il
lustrating the subject, we give these sin
gular literary condolences: On the pub
LEGATION of the "Prince of india" two
years ago, the cry of plagiarism was
started, chiefly because the scene chosen
was similar to that of Ludlow's interest
ing historical novel, "The Captain of the
Janizaries; a Tale of the Fall of Con-
stantinople," a book which General Lew
Wallace said he had never read.
A short time ago it was noted that the
name of Raeburn-not common name
had been given to character in three
novels-Edna Lyall's "Wee Too" "a
Serial Story" by Adeline Sargent and
Mrs Wards "Marcella."
The Century Magazine for April, 1895,
contained short story, with the title of
"a Faithful Failure" and in the May
Atlantic appeared short story with the
same ti,le--New York Press.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
The Lucky Horseshoe Didn', Work.

He had signaled the conductor of the
car with both hands TO stop, and as he
lunged off he knocked his travelling bag
against the step. The blow was so VIC
lent that the bag came open and scat
tered a comb, hair-brush, paper back
ed novel and some newly -laundried COL
lars and cuffs promisculously around the
street. His hat fell into a small puddle
and a wagon rolled over his walking
stick and broke it. Hastily gathering
himself and his possessions together, he
made his way to the curb, and address,
iEg a man who was standing there
watching him, said aPprehensively:
"Is it gone? Did anybody see it and
pick it upi"
Without waiting for a reply he dived
out into the street again and returned in
triumph, bearing horseshoe.
That's what I call luck" he remark
ed gleefully. There were lot OF peo-
pie in that car who might have gotten
this horseshoe, but managed to grab it
before anyone else did"
whats up'" inquired the man on the
curbstone' Is the government paying a
bounty for horseshoes|
"Why, man, its the luckiest thing in
the world to pick up horseshoe. I
wouldn't have missed it for anything
io1't see that you have been so
very fortunate. Yous poiied your hat
getting that preci Gus piece of old IRON
"Oh, well, it wasn't very new hat"
And your stick is broken and your
colors and cuffs are shockingiy soiled."
:" know it; but I was bound to get
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
The Earth,s Crust Rising.

In our lsst installment of notes for
the curious" we gave an account of the
won derful Sunken City, under the head
of "a City Beneath the Waves" In that
article we noted the fact that the earths
is very unstable, continually changing
its level like water surfaces, though not
to such marked degree. This is as
plainly illustrated by points that are
raising above their usual elevations as
it is by those that are falling below In
France there are eleven cities that are
known to be from S to 20 feet higher
than they were in IS47.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
The FIRST Atlantic Cable.

It is difficult to realize that America
and Europe have been connected by
cable for but thirty eight years. So
dependent have people in both countries
become upon this familiar means OF
practically instantaneous communica-
ton, so intimately connected by its
facilities are the business, social and
political circumstances of the civilized
world tina. it seems hardly possible that
it has been in operation only since
August, 1855 Such is the case, how
ever, the final connections between
Trinity Bay, Newfoundland, and Valen-
cha, Bay, Ireland, having been made on
August 9Th of that year, and the cable
opened to general business less than a
fortnight later.
The exuberance Of popular JOY in the
United States over the achievement
was forecast of the immense benefits
the cable was destined to bessow. Cyrus
w. Field, its protector and executor,
was the lion of the day, and enthusiasm
over the scheme was unbounded. One
journal declared that "it is not possible
to grasp the wondrous beauty and mag
nitude of this triumph. The ocean
has defied man; now man deies the
ocean. = 4 Il belittles the magma
ton and exceeds the capacity of Ian
guage. The greatest undertaking
ever attempted by man" This is = fair
sample Of the language which, although
deemed extravagant al the time, demon
strated the appreciation Of the affair by
man.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
vi En- !! o oUE
DOLLAR NEED BE
PAID UNTIL YOU
: CURED

DR.. q. w. Shores, The Peoples Doctor" al
ways seeking TO help suffering mankind. always NY
ing TO convince people that he gives value received
for every dollar paid him has decided to give quaek-
ery fraud and imposition Its death blow and protect
the suffering classes from the despcsbs methods OF
ouacks and chzYisfans. Every sufferer from
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
Fruit Printing.

In all the great European cities the
fruit dealers sell peaches, pears and aP-
pies ornamented with armorial bearings,
initials, names and designs of various
kinds. This work is effected in very
simple way. Fine fruit is taken just be-
fore ripening and paper designs neatly
cut pasted upon it. After while these
are removed and the part of the fruit
that has been covered is found to be Of
a beautiful clear
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
LITERARY CONDOLENCES.
Curious Happenings Among Book
makers Briefly Told.

Mr.. Gladstone, it is said, has devoted
his leisure for the past ten years to the
preparation of a new edition of Bishop
Buffers "AnaIogy," with annotations.
He does not consider this a task, but
says the time given to the study of "the
noblest and wisest of writers" has
frightened his few holidays.
The book is to be in two volumes, the
text in one, the anIotation in another,
and the modest reason Mr.. Gladstone
slider his own remarks worthy to appear
side by side with those of his author.
Recently, as his work was drawing to
a close, he heard that another book on
Bishop Butler was about to be published.
This, which to many men would be
severe disappointment, has not discour-
aged Mr.. Gladstone, but he continues as
busy as ever, and hopes soon to finish it.
1t has repeatedly happened in litera-
ture that the same plan, subject and
even ideas have been suggested in two
persons each of whom has an equal
claim to originality.
Mary Russell Mitford's, "The Eos
carl" (IS2I), had been sent to London
on the very day the same suject was
announced by Lord Byron. She wrote
to her friend Hayden, the artist, dePor-
ing her shocking ill-luck" in having
written on the same subject with Lord
Byron, and added: 81 am so distressed
in the idea of a competition, not merely
with lis lordship's talents, but with his
great name, and the strange awe in
which he holds people, and the terrible
SCOTS and sneers in which he INDUCES
himself, that l nave written to friend
on the propriety of suPpressing my
play"
1t was too late, however, and few
months later she writes of her pleasure,
on reading Lord Byron's 1.-TWO Foscari"
in finding that he took up the story just
where she left it off, so that his play did
not clash with hers.
When Mary Cowden Clark had about
half finished that work so valuable to
Shakespeare students, her Concord
ance," she heard that another person
was engaged with the same task. Scr
rowfully she abandoned her loved labor
and packed all her portfolios and other
materials, modestly thinking that her
unknown rival would excel her
She has described her feelings while
kneeling on the floor, pushing the large
packet under her bed for safekeePing.
They lived in small quarters and space
had to be economically Joyful was she |
when she learned that the rumor was
false, and that she could resume her
work and complete it.
The "Concordance" was published in |
1s4s after the unremitting labor of six
teen wears, twelve in the preparation OF !
the manuscript and four more in seeing |
it safely through the press
What NAV be termed the accidents OF |
authorship are many.
Iohnson's "Rasselas" resembles Vol +
taire's "Candide," book composed with
very different purpose. Boswell writes
81 have heard Johnson say. if they had
not been published so closely one after
the other that there was not time for
imitation it would have been in vain to !
deny that the scheme of that which
came latest was not taken from the
other"
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
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You will never know how
good tea is until you stop
boiling it.
Just as the water begins to
boil, take it off the stove and
put in the tea; let it stand
six or eight minutes - no
longer. Then pour it.
II .SchiLling G. COMPANY San Francisco
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
:. OS E n sH5

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small or shrunksz organs. premature Old age
and ali other prfvsts diseases, whether caused
by Ignorance ex cess o conisRton, no natter how
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Iisease and be examined, advised, TREATED AND
CURED WITHOUT PAYING Mn oNB DOLLAR
UNTIL ThB CURE Is EFFECTED, then pay
only a small fss Tho doctor reserves the right
however 10 refuse any ncurabs exss-if he can't
cure you he DON want your money Such an onef
was never made before by any responsible physician
and Dr. G. W. Shores ID esy abs 70 make because
he is sure of success and kford 10 walt for his
money until bis work Is done. Don't waste another
cent on questionable DOCTOR. bat Try tbs Od Doctor
free OF charge and pay only when cured. Bust
NESS SACREbLY CONFIDENTIAL
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28

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LING's BEST.
How?
Pure-no coloring, no adulteration.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-08-28
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The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-28
Crimson or Scarlet clover

The Ohio experiment. station has
made several experiments with GRIM,
son or scarlet clover during the past
four seasons, all of which have thus
far resulted in failure The chief diff.
Guilty has apparently been that the dry
weather, which is so common in Ohio
during August, the time when this
clover is ordinarily sown, has killed
the young plants after germina ton.
OF Late years this summer drouth has
regularly extended into the fall
Whether this clover will endure our
winter is also a doubtful point.
Farm Notes 8E.
The spring cleaning should be made
to include the stables, sheds, rubbish
piles, etc, etc.
The Vermont staticn kills potato bugs
With a mixture of ole pound Of Paris
green to 100 pounda land plaster, all
costing 10 cents, While 100 pounds pat.
ent bug remedies cost IS and upwards.
! Divide the dayup so as to have plen.
ty OF time to rest and recreate There
is no sense in working twelve hours q
day on the farm. It is the best way in
the world to disgust the boys with.
farm work. ~ s5f
Prof. Shaw of the Minnesota Exper-
ilnent station, cautior,s farmers to
grow peas on land that has q clay sub
soil, and states that they will not
thrive on sandy soil. What is the ex-
perience Of our renders?
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-28
1'..'.--- 49,
AGED 121.
Woman I'm Massnchnsetts Who
Speaks Only the Irish Language.

Z AWOman I'm Massachusetts Who
Speaks Only the Irish Language.
Lying at the point of death in a lit
Ne weather eaten cottage, pictur-
ssquely situated on hillside between
Chicopee Falls and Holyoke, is Mrs.
Margaret Bowen, who, at the age Of
III, can claim the distinction of being
one of the Oldest if not the Oldest
woman in the world. "A month ago
she was in possession Of all her mental
faculties, but physically unable to care
for herself. Within the last week she
has failed rapidly. She is almost
blind, and but little Of her reason re-
mains. Her face is saffron hued and
Wrinkled.
Her husband, Bartholomew Bowen,
rs years old, cares for her as tenderly
as afectionately, as he did when he
chose her as his life partner.
Mrs. BoWen's maiden name was
Margaret Sweeney, and she was born
In the Parish of Evelane, Cork County,
ireland.
She does not recall the exact year
of her birth, but places it, according
to the Irish custom, by the 'year Of
the great blow or blizzard. She was
for years, a nurse in the parish, and
known throughout the county.
Her marriage to Mr.. Bowen was not
a case Of love at first sight, but it was
an affection that gained in years that
followed. gEss
Mr.. Bowen's first wife left him with
two children at her death. He wanted
some one to love and care for them,
and, having had a warm friendship
f,,o1 1rr
! married, Miss Sweeney at the time
| being So years old.
| They lived in Ireland until they
thought they could better their circum-.
stances by coming to America. They
arrived in this country on the night Of
President Lincoln's assassination, and
came to ChicOpee Falls, where they
4 have lived ever since.
They occupy a humble cottage on
| the Holyolle road and Bowen provides
support for himself and wife by tilling
| the soil.
The. cottage is neat and fairly com
Portable, but is not large enough to
contain all the household effects, so
MI. Bowen made an excavation near
by to hold the wood, coal and other
necessities, covering the pit over with
| boughs and brush.
Mrs. Bowen is one of a family Of
nine children, none Of whom lived to
be 100 years old, but all reached the
age Of 70. She has never employed
a physician, and has hardly been i'll
a day. ..-
She attributes her longevity to care
| full habits of living. She has never
eaten between meals, never drank any
thing at meals and never tasted liquor
in any form.
Friends Of the family ascertained
Mrs. Bowen's remarkab BILE age by writ
4 1ng to the priest of the parish, who
vouches for it that she was SO years
old at the time of her marriage, nearly
thirty-four years ago.
Mrs. Bowen speaks very little Eng
fish, conversing with her husband and
| friends in the native Irish tongue
The history of her life was gained
from her husband and from friends,
who had often heard her repeat it
Boston Journal. . -,
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-28
AN OLD GEOGRAPHY, 171c

1t Shows Above All the Advance of
the Anglo-Saxon Race.
The book says: ''In the English col
onles no tax can be imposed without
the consent Of their assemblies q
fact which it would have been better
| had George III. remembered fiftv
years later. Enthusiasm chiefiy~ pre-
vailed in Pennsylvania, that country
being stocked with Quakers.'' Our au-
thor attributes such fierceness to the
condor that he says: Chill would
not be habitable We're that destructive
Dlrd less rare" AS for Jamaica, which
was then, perhaps, our wealthiest col
ony, the recent terrible earthquake of
1872 is ascribed rather to moral than
natural causes, on account Of the
denominations of the inhabitants call
ing for Judgment from heaven The
planters are solemnly warned to care
for the despised souls of their negro
slaves, and not to believe and be
frightened by the vulgar error that
baptism of slaves means giving them
freedom. We are assured, on the au-
thorlty OF eye witnesses, 'sthat the
eAoNouAc " hdy u, DSlOce lying In wait
to catch prey, swallows several hun
dredweight Of pebbles, by which addi-
tional weight he can the sooner dive
with his victim
Our geographer appends a. very clear
table of the five great colonial empires
Of 1716, namely, the Spanish English.
French, Dutch and Portuguese. 1t is
impossible to glance at this old book
without being struck by the magnitude
of the revolutions which have taken
place in the last two centuries through
scientific progress, geographical dis.
covery and political changes. In 1710
Sweden, Holland and Turkey were still
regarded as mighty factors in Euro
pean wars, and complications: the
Great Mogul was still considered one
of the most powerful monarchs Of the
world; and the empire Of the king Of
Spain might still be described as one
on which the sun never set. Australia
New Zealand and almost the whole
interior Of Africa were blanks. and tho
gigantic republic Of America undream-
ed OF by the ardent ina gination. Rnt
the most striking fact Of all is, whath.
er under the union jack or the stars
and stripes, the stupendous march "of
the Anglo-SaAon race Chambers
journal! jSs g s.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-05-28
Good Potatoes.


My title refers to the Early Ohio and
the Rural New Yorker No. 3. Every
season for the past ten years I nave
experimental with from six to fifteen
new or popular varieties, in search or
the best. The result of this experience
leads me to select the foregoing kinds
for my main planting the present year.
During the past two or three years
few promising new varieties have
appeared, some Of which may, or may
not, be superior to those mentioned.
test Of one or two years on the linn
tied scale of Introductory trials rarely
gives sufficient evidence to be of great
value. II never speak confidently of
any variety until | have given it at
least three years of trial.
Among early varieties the Early Ohio
has had the place of honor in our field
for six or seven years 1t has been
The standard by which I have measur-
ed the value Of other kinds In earli-
aess, in quality and productiveness it
has stood in the front ranks Occa-
sionally some extra early kind has
peen found ready for the table day
d. two ahead Of the Ohio-rarely
enough to be of much value-and such
kinds have invariably proved inferior
IN other points.
The Early Ohio grows to good size
and is a good keeper. It comes out in
the spring in better shape than most
early varieties. 1t is less apt to sprout
in the cellar. With bins Of several
varieties in the cellar our family uses
the Ohio nine times out of ten. I soon
hear complaints if that bin gets low.
The Rural New Yorker No. 9 boasts
Of great productiyeness as it's strong
est point. 1t does not claim to be Of
extra quality; but grown on my soil of
sandy loan, find it to be of as good
quality as most late varieties. The
Burbank, which is the great shipping
potato Of this region, is certainly in
ferior to it in quality. The Rural
grows to a good size, and there are
very small tubers among them Ny
patch yielded 25O bushels per acre last
year on soil that had had no manure
for years. Tubers are found far away
from the hill. This increases the work
of digging, and when potato diggers
are used many good tubers are apt to
be left in the ground.
G The tops of this variety have a pecu-
liar shape and appearance that distin-
guish it from all others On ricn soil
the stalks grow so tall that they fall
over on the earth and cover the ground
with a mass Of foliage. remaining
green until late in the fall. This
smothers the small weeds that attempt
: to grow. On the other hand it fur
nishes an excellent feeding and hiding
ground for the late cron of potato
beetles. The tuber has but few eyes
the ideal seed potato s5s A ~ Z, with
fewfeyes has strong eyes, and throws