Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-09-08
HERE AND THERE.

possess the largest refracting teles-
cope in the world, that lately COM
pleted at Vienna. The length of this
instrument is thirty three feet and six
inches.
The King of Holland sometimes
walks all night in the populous parts
of the Hague. When he reaches home
he personally supervises the irving of
his potatoes, which he takes with sew
eral glasses of beer.
1t is said in San Francisco that
Lord Beaumont has been refused by
an heiress of that city He made the
mistake of asking her father in ad-
vance just how much she was going
to have, business being business.
A severe law respecting unauthor-
lied performances Of copyrighted mu-
sical compositions is about to come
into force in Italy. Offenders will be
subjected to heavy fines, in addition
to the fees payable to the holders of
the performing rights of musical and
operate works.
An immense planer has been con-
structed at Pittsburgh capable of plan
ing piece of iron or other metal ten
feet wide, ten feet high, twenty-four
feet long, and 50 arranged that four
cutting tools may operate on the work
at one time, two being on the cross
head and one on each upright.
| 1t is the opinion Of the most expe-
rlcnced health authorities in London
that the poorer classes of Jews are
naturally long lived, and that the diet
airy and other sanitary regulations
prescribed by their religion enable
them to battle for a considerable time
against unhealthy surroundings.
The use Of face masks of mica, for
the protection Of metal and glass melt
ers, stone masons and others exposed
to heat, dust and noxious vapors, is
found to be quite serviceable. These
masks allow the eyes to be turned in
any direction, and admit of the wear
ing of glasses.
A Medford rum manufacturer
meant to leave will under which his
distillery would be torn down and the
business discontinued; but as he
wrote 'after the expiration of three
years. without specifying how soon
after, the heirs will continue at the
old stand SO long as it is profitable.
Unprecedented imprc;-- ;--ements have
taken place N Vienna during the
past twenty years. Nearly $4O,oO0,-
600 have been spent on the new city
water works, school buildings, new
Town Hall, main drainage, widening
and paving Of streets and other useful
and ornamental works, including the
Danube embankment.
The facts are said to have been
with the speaker who said at the pic
mic for the benefit Of John Browns S
widow: 81 am rejoiced to say that l
have seen to-day colored men and
white girls, and white men and color.
ed girls, dancing on the foor.''
Louis Rubio, an Italian painter,
who has just died at the age of IS,
was distinguished at 25, and gained a
European reputation by mary consid-
cradle pictures of historical and sym
bolical subjects. To America he was
unknown, and for rs years past he
had not added to his record.
James Field obtained a promise
from Jenny McHenry and her parents
in Philadelphia, that she would be-
come his wife at the age of 16, her
age at that time being II; bat at the
sixteenth birthday Field committed
suicide instead of marrying, for the
girl refused to keep the agreement.
1t is asserted that prohibition was
carried in Iowa through the efforts OF
the women. They organized associa-
tons in nearl every county, and, by
diligent and importunate appeals to
individual voters, induced a large pro-
portion of those who were languidly
opposed to the proposition to sup
port it at the polls.
An equestrian statue of Paul Revere
is to be the latest addition to Boston S
already large and miscellaneous col
lection, making three portrait monu-
ments which are in immediate pros
pect-the other two being high re-
lief Of Col. Shaw by St. Gaudens and
statue Of Theodore Parker, whose
artist is not yet decided upon.
The medical officers in charge Of
the British troops in Egypt have re
eeiyed printed instructions from the
Army Medical Department for pre-
serving the health of the troops. The
!, feyers, various forms of cholera
dysentery, poisoning from bad water
and other diseases which may be ex-
. pcetea, are all carefully indicated, and
: the best treatment suggested.
Recent geological investigations
are thought to establish the fact that
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