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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-08-24
IDAHO'S ASSESSMENT. !.
SOME QUEER RkooKING RETURNS
A Recapltulation Of What the State
and Bear Lai1e CountyPays
Taxes on.

A great dea1 of interesting in
formation is contained in the reports
made by the county auditors to the
state auditor, giving abstracts of
the assessment. A compilation
gives the following results.
The amount'of railroad mileakse
by counties foets&up 129l.82 miles,
the telegraph hnss l2oo.74 mileA.
and the telephone lines 1882 miles,
wth $3.50 miles of additional
wires.
Of this Bear Lake has As .4s miles,
dfrailways, 1888 rt1lles of Telegraph
and 80 miles oftelephone lines.
The value of;mines and mining
improvements, as given by the ass
essors, amounts to IL, ,21421l, 90,
but Bear Lake doesn't show up in
the list.
According to- the returns there
are no mules in this county.
In irrtgating dfoches, four count
aees report mileage and five return
-7alues, as'follows: Ada, 433 hiles,
value S7o,915; Bannock, value.
$9952, no mileage3 Bingham, 49.96
vniles, no value given; Canyon, 1913
miles, valued at $50, 900; Elmore,
value, $e95o, mo- mileage. and
Washington. 20 miles, valued at
$4,000.
AdayKootenai and Latah are the
only counties reporting grain on
shand, and the total given is only
$4367. The number of plan1ng,
saw and shingle mills in the state is
4l2, and grist mills, q. Bear Lake
has no grlst or sawmills according
TO the assessment returns.
The number of acres of patented
lands in the state 10 1851, 292.
Bear Lake has 80, ,O07 acres of: this
amount.
This county returns s,l45 cattle,
$50 hogs, 1899 horses and. l6,5Ve
sheep.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-08-24

al 6ne present ClIIRe eggs are large
ly packed in lime,- salt and otl4er-
products, or are put in cold storage
for winter use, but sucfregg are very
far from being perfect when they
come upon the markets, and fre-
qnently more than one-half of them
are unfit for use,if we are to Judge
from the Fargo market. A method
to be generally employed must BE
simple, cheap and the eggs when
wanted for use must be of good
quality.
During the past summer statc-
ment was made in one of the agrt
cultural journals chat water glass
was preservatlve for eggs. From
the nature of this product the meth
cd seemed promising, and 10 was
decided to make some experiments
TO determine whether it had any
real value for this purpose. The
shell of an egg.has a very thin coat
ing of. mucilagenous, albuninoue
matter upon it's surface that seems
to protect the eggs for consider
able time frofn atmospheric sction
or the introduction of the germs of
decomposition. If this coating be
removed Immediately after the egg
is deposited, while still warm, the
keeping quality seems TO be much
reduced, or if eggs that become
soiled in the nest are washedi this
albuminous coating is softened and
the life of'the egg shortenedshereby.
This WOULD suggest that q method
fofpreservlng eggs should be one
based upon experiments that would
tend to more thoroughly protect
this n$eural condition of the egg,
and atIthe same time keep'the air as
far as possible from the eggs. For
this ptfrpose lime has not proved
wholly successful, neither has salt
or brine, for which each of them
aid in protecting against the album
inous'coatlng Of the egg has been
destroyed and the shell much weak
ened These ,adverse conditions
seem to be more largely overcome
by the use of water glass than in
either of the other methods. After
experiments with solutions. of vari~
Gus Strengths. and under varying
conditions, we found that a. 10 per
cent solution Of water glass would
preserve eggs very eeectually, SO
that at the end Of three -and .one-half
months eggs that were preserved
the first part of Augtsst still appcac
to be perfectly fresh. IN most pack
ed eggs. afser a little banae, the yolk
settles to one side, and,the egg: is
then interior in. quality, In boil
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-08-24

my Eggs pEcb6TVGU lot LHfCe ANA
one-half mOnthslh water glass,rpc
yolk retained its normal position TN
she egg, andtin taste they were'hot
to be distinguished from fresha am
packedstore eggs. Again, most pa, K
ed eggs win not beat up we'll for
cake-making or for frostIng, while
eggs from solution in water glaSs,
seemed quite equaE to the average
fresh eggs of the market. II Should
be borne i'll mind that in these cxr-
periments only Fresh eggs were used
for preserving;no egg was, more
than four days,old. Eggs thaShavc
already become stale cannot he sue
cessfully preservedi by this or any
other known methodist, as to come
out freshs
Water glass (Sodium' Silicase) is
very cheap product that can eas
lily be procured at not to'exceetli so
cents per gallon, and one gallon
would make enough solEtion te pre-
serve fifty dozen of eggs. so that
the cost Of material for this method,
would only be about cent per
dozen. Water glass is sodium and
potassium silicate, sodium siHcatc
being usually the cheaper If wood
en- kegs or barrels are to be used III
which tofpack the eggs they should
first be thoroughly scalded with
boiling water to sweeten andpurify
them. For those who may desire.
to try this method l give the follow
ing:
DIRECTIONS.
Use pare water that has been.
thoroughly boiled and then COOLED,
To each ten quarts of water add onc:
quart of water glass PaUk' the eggs'
in the jar end pour. the solutseh
over thera covering we'll.
Keep the eggs in . cool dark
place. Ksdry cool cellar is a good,
place.
If the eggs are kept N too warm
place the silicate is deposited, and
the eggs not properly protected.
Do not wash the eggs before pack
ing for. 10y SO doing, YOU injure
their keeping quality probably by
dissolving the mucilagenous coat.
ing on the outside of the sheM
For packing use only perfectly
/ fresh eggs, for stale eggs uIll not
be saved and may prove harmful to.
the others.
All eggs packed' contain'as little.
gas and iii boiling; such eggs they
will crack. This ney be,preyentea
by making u pin-hole in the blunt
end of the egg. To do this, hold
the egg in the handi place thorpoirt-
of q pin against the shelt.of the egg.
at the blunt end and give the pin a.
quick, shaEptblow, just enough to.
drive the pin thrcGgh'the shsh with
iout further injury to the egg
BuAetin Experlment- Station, SoEsia
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08

IFrom the Chicago News.1
Some peoples eyes are a pair of
stares.
Some literary men do wrong when
they do write
In a happy household there should be
no room for doubt.
Many a tenderfoot has been heeced
in the woolly west.
The amateur poet is very apt to find
the market overstocked.
The automobile driver should be a
person of horseless sense.
Some men use a lot of warm words
in thawing out a frozen hydrant.
Some dogs are so worthless that it
is impossible to give them away.
Every dog has his day. but a man
who fights a duel has only a second.
It takes an authority on WAYS and
miens to compile book of etiquette.
Smiles add much to a woman's at
tractiveness, and they are inexpensive.
A few of mans troubles are due to
love and the rest are due to friendship.
Jersey lightning is about the only kind
that ever strikes in the same place.
It looks like waste Of money to buy
wood carpet when one can have the
bare floor for nothing.
The man who thinks he knows 1t all
is the man who acquires the least wealth
as a result of his knowledge.
An old bachelor says a woman's heart
is like a hotel bed; you may never dis
cover the previous occupant, but you
may be sure there has been one.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
MUST GO AT LAST.
Board of Health Declares Sal
walton Army Hospital q
Nuisance.

The city board of health held a meet
ing this morning and passed resolution
declaring the Salvation Army hospital a
nuisance The resolution carried with it
a recommendation to the city council for
the removal of the hospital.
Before the meeting the board visited
the hospital. After the adoption of the
resolution City Physician Peers said:
1.-The idea of a charity hospital is a
good one, but the Salvation Army in To-
peka is not in shape to carry out such an
idea. Persons who have but small notion
of personal cleanliness can not be expect
ed to know anything about what a hos
pital should be, and for this reason the
hospital here can not help but be a fail
ure If the hospital is maintained it will
have to be removed to some outside loca-
ton. At present it is in a too thickly pop
ulated district" The people in the neigh
borhood are still greatly excited DR..
Peers said today that DIR. Hammond adj
mitted that Zirkle who died at the hospi-
tai had Cuban chickenpox.
City Attorney Bird has been instructed
to proceed against the hospital but there
has always been something in the way"
That was before the place was used for
a pest house. While Mr. Zirkle was suf-
fering with Cuban chicl1enpox' or small
pox people came and went from the hos
pital A little child who carried milk was
fin containing the body of Zirkle was
carried out in day light while people were
passing along the sidewalk. People in
the neighborhood believe that there are
cases of smallpox still being cared for at
the hospital.
Kansas has some health laws. What
are they for? Why Is DR.. Hammond per-
mitted to openly violate the law? Why
enough vacillation and indecision in the
case of the Salvation Army hospital.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
TOPEKA MAN KILLED.
Robert Bradshaw Shot at
Phoenix, Arizona.

Robert Bradshaw, who lived in To-
peka many years, was fatally wounded
at Phoenix, Arizona, last Tuesday ev-
ening. He was employed in the NJ. &
P. shops at that place. His mother,
Mrs. Susan Bradshaw. has a boarding
house at 307 West Fifth street
The following account of his death is
taken from Thursdays Arizona Repub-
lican:
Robert Bradshaw, who was shot by
Walter z. Adams in the bar room of
the Lemon hotel on Tuesday night, died
a little before 1 O'Clock yesterday after
noon at the Sisters hospital An opera
ton had been performed on him by DR..
Wylie about II hours before, by which
one of the bullets was located. The
patient was not in a condition to be
subjected to a search for the other. for
1t was then evident that it could be
found in the course of a painless au-
topSy. There was never an instant OF
hope for Bradshaw. There was, it is
true, that theoretical hope that is while
life lasts. When DR.. WyIie was sum-
moned and when he had examined the
wounds, one above and one below the
navel he told Bra dshaw that he had
not one chance in 10, 600. without an on
Grafton death was certain if the intes-
tines were perforated. Bradshaw want
ed to take the tent ousandth chance
Dut wanted to be removed to his home.
He was, however, taken to the hospital
on account of the superior facilities
there.
The examination disclosed that the
one bullet had made IS perforations in
the intesttnes. The damage inflicted by
1t was almost without a parallel In
one section of three inches of the in
testineS there were six holes, and in
one section Of three-quarters of an inch
there were four Bradshaw was clearly
haxrnT7d l10Ira No at ton
the other bullet, except to ascertain
that its course was not direct
To the time of beginning the opera
ton Bradshaw's voice was strong and
while he evidently believed that he was
going to die he would not make that
formal admission, which must precede
a dying statement.
He made a statement though, which
will be helpful to his slayer. Il have
always been in the habit of telling the
truth" said he. and I'm not going
to break it now. 1 made the first at
tack. When ! saw that scab I thought
he needed a licking and l was the man
to do it. 1 knew he had a gun, but
thought I could give him gun the best
of it and lick him.
Bradshaw's wife was with him
through the night and until he died
She knelt constantly at his cot Most
of the time Bradshaw held his strong
right arm about her, frequently draw
ing her close to him, and printing
kiss on her head and face, murmuring
words of comfort. For a man so ter
ribly wounded he did not suffer great
pain.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
THE ORIGINAL SPEECH.

IFrom the Contemporary
The original speech. the true primeval
tongue of man, was quite unlike any Ian
guage we have ever heard; yet we have
all talked it, and all its elements are
present in the tongues of today The
primeval language was a vowel language
altogether; it had no consonants or con-
facts. as we ought to call them, at all
Its word consisted of vowel sounds fol-
lowing each other, repeated or varied
of words like aeaea, aoao ala, auau.
aeoia, iaua, oioi, ouou, uaua, ueue, all of
which, l may say in passing, are taken
from a language in use today. The sem
fences were intermittent streams of VOW
els, each stream held so long as the
speakers breath allowed or whim die
tated. When all literature was recited,
the same consideration the capacity of
the lungs. determined the length of the
bardic line; so we have our shlokas. our
forth. each a lungful of verse, in the
primeval tongue it was likewise. but the
sentences were vowels only. There are
about ten a dozen pure vowels to go
upon. or vowel words may run up to five
SyllableS, we have a very considerable
fund to draw on for our vowel streams.
And these streams of vowel speech cor
responded to and expressed streams of
emotion or feeling rather than descrip
lions of concrete objects For we hardly
realize how terribly overladen with
terial trifles our life is today and there
fore what great demands we make on
language for concrete words. But our eX-
Carnations, each of which indicates a
single emotion. tend to remain pure vowel
sounds even at the present day.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08

In 1889 President Grover Cleveland
had a good deal to say about the dan
gerous surplus" then in the United
States treasury. Had the Cleveland ad-
ministration taken the same steps that
are now being taken by the present ad-
ministratiOn it is doubtful IL the Repub-
licans would have yet come into power
But the problem was too great for the
Democrats, and instead of distributing
the dangerous surplus" as is now be-
ing done the tariff was pulled down and
the supply Of money pouring into the
treasury shut off. The money on hand
was soon eaten up by government ex-
penses and business throughout the
country paralyzed- It is a simple story.
and ought to be fresh in the mind of
every business man in the country
Peoria Journal.
Perhaps the story is fresher in the
mind of the country than it is in that
of the Peoria Journal. The facts are
that President Cleveland's secretary Of
the treasury did exactly what Secretary
Gage is doing now. He deposited the
funds in pet banks and bought govern
ment bonds at high premium and was
numerically roasted by Republicans
for so doing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08

house? Did you ever find any one who
would acknowledge breaking anything
or losing anything?
We don't see why it is unlucky to
spin the salt: salt is about the only
thing that can be spilled on a table
cloth without making a muss.
In order to be an ancestor that his
descendants may be proud of, an Atchi-
son man has had his portrait painted
with leg tied up as If he had the
govt.
The warmed over meat that used to
appear as hash. now puts on airs with
some sort Of salad dressing poured
over it, but it is old meat left over just
the same.
If a woman has a toothache, or some
other trouble which prevents her from
asking a guest at least ten times not to
go yet" the guest starts story that
the woman froze her
We have noticed that when a young
girl marries an old man, with romantic
notions about being an old mans dar-
ling, she usually spends the honey
If you are very busy about your own
affairs, has an agent a right to inter-
rupt you? Does common polteness
man who sees fit to demand it? If this
is common politeness, then we will
defy the rule: We have living TO
make, and a family to support. In or
der to do this, We have certain duties
to perform. We can not perform these
duties, and give time to every agent
who seeks to rob US.
It is an old saying that broken side
walks are found in front of a carpen-
ter's house, and that a shoemaker's
children may be distinguished by the
holes in their shoes. 1t is, therefore,
not surprising to learn that Kin Com
missioner General of the United States,
Lysander John Appleton, of Atchison,
has three sOns-in-law who are living
off him, who don't work, and who COM
plain of the quality of board the Kin
Commissioner General furnishes them
free. Mr.. Appleton also has brother
who hangs around at his house, and
Mrs. AppletOn's mother and father
spend all their winters there. Can the
people trust a man in such a delicate
matter as a kin question, who can't fix
up his own kin troubles? Why
doesn't Lysander John Appleton make
decisions in his own cases?
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
KNIGHT is SCORED.
Judge Hazen Orders Him to Deliver
Body of ]. F. brennan.

After dinner Mr.. Mayer and Mr..
Morse, two representatives of the Stan
dard Oil company, were placed
on the stand in the district court to
prove the authenticity of kilograms
from the relatives of ]. F. Crennan
authorizing the administrator to take
charge of the body.
The defense produced no testimony.
and neither side argued the case.
In giving his opinion Judge Hazen
said: There is no precedent to follow
in this case, and it is well for humanity's
sake that there is no precedent. This
quarreling over a dead body Isl q sub
ject on which the court can not express
itself strongly enough
mo sooner had life become extinct in
this young man. ne continued, than
a contest began over the possession OF
his body. If there is now no law to
regulate cases of this kind, the sooner
the legislature gets one passed the bet
ter.
THE court has Jurisdiction in mat
ters Of this kind except where it has
been placed in the probate court. The
If there is no precedent, we must make
one.
"The administrator must pay all the
bills. He is the one TO whom people
with claims must look. There seems to
me to be but one conclusion any way
this case is looked at-the admins traitor
is entitled to the body.
What authority has an undertaken
to take charge of the body of a man
who drops dead In the street or who is
killed? What right has he to dictate
what kind of a funeral he shall have,
how much it shall cost, what time it
shall be held, and what kind of caskeI
he shall be buried in?
What right had Mr.. Knight to this
body? Here was a young man who
died away from his relatives. but
among friends. What right had knight
to keep the body from his friends and
administrator, simply because he reach
ed the body first? His authority is only
the worst kind.
1T is simply a disgrace that such a
thing as this should be brought into
court-that the friends of the deceased
should be compelled to go into court
to get possession of his body The
court must act summarily in matters
of this kind. The injunction will be
granted and the defendant is ordered
to turn over the body to the admins
traitor Immediately, and the court will
see that this order is obeyed.''
The court room was crowded and con-
trary to all rules of the court, the
crowd broke out in applause. The bailif
raped for order, while Mr. Schoch
asked that he might be allowed to APP
peal.
Your rights will be preserved" said
the court, but first this body must be
turned over. I will not have any delay
about that"
Again the court room broke into ap-
plause, and it took the judge, Stenog-
rapher Cav and Bailiff Coyne combin-
ed to quiet it.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
THERE ARE OTHERS.
Some Of the Presidents Utah
AppOintees to Be Inves-
tigated.

Washington, Jan. Immediately af-
ter the reading of the journal in the
house today, Mr.. Dalzell, (Penn.) from
the committee on rules, reported back
the resolution introduced last week by
Mr.. Lentz, (Ohio), for the investigation
by the committee appointed to investi-
gate the case OF Representative-elect
Roberts of the charges that John c.
Graham, postmaster OF Provo, Utah,
and Orson Smith, postmaster at Lo-
gan, Utah, were guilty of polygamouS
practices with the recommendation that
1t pass as amended SO as to provide that
the investigation shall be made by the
committee on poStOff1ceS and post ROADS
instead of by the special committee.
Mr.. Wheeler (Ky) remarked that in
his opinion, the resolution for the in
vestigation was a pure piece of political
buncombe.
THE president has full power in the
premises" said Mr.. Wheeler, and
there is no necessity for congressional
investigation.
The resolution was passed without di-
vision.
Mr.. Grosvenor, (Ohio), then reported
back from the committee on rules, an
other resolution introduced by Mr.
Lentz (Ohio) for the investigation of a
special committee of the action of Cen
eral Merriam and the militia in the
Wardner. Ida, mining riots in the
spring of 1899, and their course in pre-
venting the employment of Union min
ers with the recommendation that it be
amended so as to provide that the in
vestigation shall be made by the mill
tary committee of the house instead of
by a special committee. The resolution
as amended, was adopted without divi-
sion.
Thursday next after 1 o'clock was set
apart for eulogies upon the late Repre-
sentative Danford of Ohio; Wednesday
for eulogies upon the late Representa-
tive Green of Nebraska and Friday az
ter 2 o'clock upon the life and public
services of the late Vice President FIo-
bart.
Then at 1890 p. m the house ad-
journed until Wednesday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1900-01-08
STOP HYPNUTISM.
City Board of Health Would Prohibit
It Where Subject Is Under 81

If the city board of health has its
way, there will be no more public hyp-
notism of young people under q years
of age in Topeka
At the meeting today the board
adopted a resolution recommending the
passage of an ordinance by the city
council prohibiting public hypnotic ex-
hibitions with minors as subjects. At
the next meeting of the council the
resolution will be submitted and the
members of the board will be present to
see that favorable action is taken.
''Theer is no question that hypnotism
of young people is injurious said City
Physician Peers today. Up to the
adult stage the mind is particularly
susceptible, and hypnotic influence
tends to weaken it. There are some
cases on record where minds of young
people have been entirely wrecked as
a result of hypnotic exhibitions, and
other cases where concentration of the
mind to any extent has been an impos-
sibility after several hypnotic seances.
Travelling hypnotists are in the habit
of giving public exhibitions here every
winter, and many of their subjects are
under 81 years of age 1t is the inten-
ton of the board to put q stop to such
PRACTICES"