Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1882-10-21
HERE AND THERE.

the salmon season IN California, Sept.
\, 10000 fish were taken from the
Sacramento River.
The School Board of Liverpool, af-
ter full discussion, have decided to
use novels occasionally instead of or
dinary reading books in the public
schools. A beginning will be made
with some of SCOTS works.
The anniversary of the battle of
Sedan is still triumphlantycelebrated in
Germany. This year there were Joy.
full exercises in all the public schools,
there was appropriate music in the
town halls, buildings were decorated
with flags, and windows with busts of
the Emperor and Crown Prince, soci-
eties and corporations had banquets
and commemorative meetings, and
the performances in the theaters and
other places of public resort were all
arranged and presented with refer
ence to the character Of the day. Ber-
lin, Dresden, Leipsic, Breslau, Wei
mar, and Posen joined with particu-
lar zest in these festivities.
The fact is familiar to all, that an
ordinary envelope may readily be
opened by moistening the paper over
the gum, after,,which operation, if done
neatly, the contents may be noted,
and the missive again sealed and sent
to its destination. A perfect safety
envelope, however-not one admitting
of any such manipulation-may, it is
said, be secured by treating that part
of the paper covered by the flap with
a solution of chronic acid, ammonia,
sulphuric acid, sulphate Of copper,
and fine white paper. The flap itself
is coated with a solution of isinglass in
acetic acid, and when this is moistened
and pressed down on the under side
Of the envelope, solid cement is
formed, insoluble in acids, steam,
water, &c.
Mrs. Gen. Lew Wallace has been
permitted to see the greatest beauty
of Prince Feramorz's harem in Tur-
key. Two wonderfully ugly black
eunuchs met the visitor at the iron
gate of a beautiful garden and con-
Quoted her to large room rather bar
rem of furniture, but hung with fine
Eastern draperies. Here she found
the Princes latest acquisition, whom
she thus describes in the Independent:
"Among the billowy cushions and va
porous veilings rose the young face.
Oh! what revelation Of beauty! up
lifted in curious, questioning way to
see what manner of women these are
who come from the end of the earth
with unveiled faces, and 60 about the
world alone, and have to think for
themselvcs-poor things! The ex-
preston was that of lovely child
waking from summer slumber in the
happiest humor, ready for play. A
sensitive, exquisite face, fair as the
first of women while the angel was yet
unfallen. A perfect oval, the lips q
scarlet thread, and oh! those wonder
full Asiatic eyes!-lustrous, coal black,
long rather than round, beaming un-
der joined eyebrows.
The fogging Of offenders is some-
thing that Britons give up unwillingly.
1t is still common form of punish
ment inflicted by the magistrates in
England. The whipping of three
boys at Rowly for attempting to wreck
= railroad train, for instance, gets only
eight lines in the London Times, the
event seeming to excite no interest.
AS to Aogging in India where it is in
flicted for petty thieving, the Pail
Mall Gazette says: Gail the authori-
ties are agreed that whipping is pro-
per and necessary form of punishment
and in this view the supreme Govern
ment concurs. Only the most igno-
rant class of sentimentalists could
Judge otherwise. It is the only pun
ishment which the hsbitual jailbird
fears. The culprit who is whipped is
not taken from his work, and as a re-
suit his family are not left to starve.
Again, whipping is public punish
ment which impresses the very classes
it is desirable to deter. Lastly, it is
cheap punishment for it does not COM
pei the State to support the criminal"
A contrary view is taken by the St.
James's Gazette, which says, after
quoting statement that abolition of
Aogging in the army had greatly dis
gusted the officers in Egypt: "The
correspondent may be a faithful
chronicler; but if so, the feeling of
disgust among the civilians that off.
GERS in the army are unable to keep
order without brutal measures of
violence will be still more extreme.
Every other civilized army is able to
get on without the cat; why should
the English army be the solitary and
the discreditable exception?" Truth
tells pertinent story, illustrating the
freedom with which the lash was used
in the Crimean days: "a long-suf-