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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18

DR.. Hamilton has discovered, saws
the Topeka Journal, the greatest living
curiosity of the age. Those who have
examined it testify that it beats any
thing they ever saw. The curiosity is
in the shape Of a natural human be.
ing, colored boy, eighteen years of
age, who was born of slave parents
near Grenada, on the Mississippi river
in the State of Mississippi. From his
shoulders down, his skin is just like
that of an alligator, is thickly covered
with black scales, and the whole is as
pliabie, though thick and tough, as
the hide on one of these animals. In
summer time these scales drop off.
leaving an indenture in the skin.
where new ones form and grow on
again.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18
IN A DISGRACEFUL CONDITION.

The toll-road up Wood river, above
Ketchum, is in a disgraceful condi.
ton. Scarcely one Of the bridges is
secure, and the eight or ten miles jus,
before Galena is reached are actually
in a dangerous condition. 1t is al.
most next to impossible to pass over
this portion Of the road without dam.
age to the vehicle. The road should
be put in good condition, or the team
sters not be compelled to pay toll.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18

a minimum rate is moot question.
T. L. Kimball has more progressive
ideas about railroad transportation
than the whole of the Union Pacific
Freight Department. The mine.own-
ers may, therefore, reasonably expect
rates by which the ores can be moved.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18
NEW TODAY.
NOTICE.
U. s. LAND OFFICE, HALEY, 1. T.,(

U. s. LAND OrrIcE HALEY, I. TIL
August II, 1858.
Complaint having been entered at this Office BY
John Eyer against William H. Libbey for abandon
ing his homestead entry, No. 25s. dated August 9
1883, upon the 8. W. \ Of N. W. n and N. y Of s
". 4. and s. W. a Of N. E. Il, Section II, Town
ship S.. Range 10 E.. in Alturas county Idaho
with a view to the cancellation Of said entry, the
said parties are hereby summoned to appear al
this office on the 22d day Of September. 1883 ut 8
o'clock a. M. to respond and furnish testimony
concerning said alleged abandonment.
HOMER L. POUND, Register,
al8m1 J. 8. WATERS, Receiver.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18

- The Royal Hawaiian band
will participate in the Conclave fes-
tivities in San Francisco. 1t is pre-
dicted by the knowing ones that the
Sandwich Islanders will carry off the
honors.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18
Terms Of Subscription:
The Weekly Times

Is carefully compiled from the DAILY TINES and
ns all the articles relating Mines Mills Smees weather and
general progress of this which appear DAILY It's
sheet 24x36 and the price of subscription only THREE DOLLARS
PER YEAR, ONE DOLLAR AND HALF per halfyear Sent
by mail, postpaid receipt price
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18
AS AN ADVERTISING MED1rM
The Wood River Times,

no claim whatever and leaves that les.
publications. But in claim to be the
paper OF this region proudly record Founded m tho
''n OF June 1884, as weekly in LESS THAN ELEVEN MONTHS
had grown into DAILY and WEEKLY with telegrapbic
brought l6o miles stage and published da;v months
Of ove $500! ~
The WOOD RIVER TIMES is published at HALEY. thu
OF Inc vast and rich Aturas county, chosen terminus
e wooa RIVER Branch of the Oregon Short Railway
'ne Political and Social Metropolis of the
River and Sawtooth Region. WV
For rates. apply the Office any OF GU: regular atron.
T. e. PICOTTE. Publishar
HALEY, IDAHO
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-18
THE DOLLAR COLuxI

fAdvestisensots not exceeding a inch ~.
In: Inc, Of mall syps! n length win Be inse,sd
the 6fst insertion and twenty. Ave cent, ~: eeae
ditioaal insertion-paysbls In advance.l u
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
Didn't Want the Office.

He was high up for Reform, didn't want
any Office, and so he was nominated for n
Manager of the Poor. In the hope of making
his calling and election sure, it occurred to
him that little electionecring on the sly was
necessary.
While returning from the post office last
Monday evening he met Mr.. Van Hoofllinger,
and accosted him with: "IIelo, Hans How
are YOU and how's the folks?'
"Vell | vas veil, and frau vas veil, und
leetle Hans und Yawcob und Katrin und der
baby vas vell-we vas breddy veil, | tanks
you"
"Ah! glad to hear t-glad to hear it," said
the Reformer rubbing his hands delghtedly.
.Ahem / suppose you know that | am
candidate for the office of Manager of the
Poor at the ensuing election?"
"Ish dot so ?"
Eyes, they would insist upon my accepting
the nomination did all | could to induce
them to nominate somebody else but it was
no use; seems as though was the only man
they wanted, and they were bound to have
me-"
"And SO you did not want der office und
dey will makes you took it2 Dot vas too
pad"
"Well, you know n good citizen is always
willing to sacrifice his own interest to some
extent, where he feels that public good re-
quires him to do so. And now, since am
in for it, suppose may depend upon your
support ,,,, v r.,, ,,,,, =,
want Something's it vas not right TO make him
take it, does vat can for you'll votes
for der oder Teller all der dimes, und talks
mid de poys und tells dem vot you said, und
| drinks mebbe gets you peat
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
Comparative Value Off Corn and Oats for
Horses.

The comparative value of corn and oats
for horses may be briefly stated as follows:
The former is deficient in many of the ele.
ments of nutrition so necessary for recuperat-
ing the constant wear and tear which neces-
sarily takes place in the body of a living ami
nal. On this account horses which are ex-
clusively fed on corn and hay do not receive
that kind of nourishment which appears ne
cessary for The due support and maintenance
of the animal fabric; hence, we must not be
surprised that corn.fed horses show evidence
of being languid, by sweating profusey lille
being worked, lack of vitality, etc. Oats, on
the contrary, contain more of the essential
elements of nutrition than any other article
of food which can be fed with impunity to
horses. Oats are not only the most natural
food for horses, but are decidedly the most
nutritious. They are the cheapest, because
there is less risk in feeding them, and expert
ence has proved that horses properly fed on
oats and timothy hay can, with regular excr-
else, good grooming and proper sanitary Iegu-
lations, be brought to the highest state of
physical culture, and can perform more work
with less evidence of fatigue than when fed
on any other article of food.-Ndtionm lire
Stack JOuTnaL.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
Farmers' Column.
s'Speed the PIOsU.o
Multiplication of Weeds.

A distinguished characteristic of weeds is
the ability to take care of themselves and to
multiply rapidly under apparently adverse
circumstances. Many cultivators insist that
they cannot be wholly extirpated from their
grounds. Yet they have no difficulty in clear
ing out nine-tenths. Why not the remain
ing tenth? We inquired once of neat and
skillful cultivator, who had no weeds on his
thirty-flve acres, how he killed them. He
answered: do not kill them. | allow
them no entrance" They will not grow with
out seed, but the seed may remain and infast
the soil for years. To show how easily they
multiply and hold the ground if allowed any
foothold, DR.. Sturtevant had the seeds of a
number counted at the New York expert
ment station. A vigorous purslane plant had
branches, each with Is branchlets, and each
branchlet had an average of 212 seed vessels,
each with IS seeds. The total number of
seeds was over two millions. 1t is easy to
see what one plant can do by way of seeding
the ground. A plant of shepherds purse had
from 10000 to $4,000 ox.eye daisy had from
SO, 900 to 10000; chess, over $1,000 A single
square foot of ground in pear orchard was
found to have 1856 growing plants of seven
different species, not counting grasses and
clovers. A popularity of many weeds is that
they will grow and ripen seed when crowd
ed and dwarfed, but when allowed plenty
of room will increase vastly in size, and pro-
duce ten times, hundred times or even
thousand times as many seeds as when dwarf
ed by crowding. We have seen single
chess plant crowded down in dense wheat
field, this plant being only two inches high
and bearing but one seed; and again, when
the wheat was winter-klled and room given
to the chess, we have counted over three
thousand seeds on single plant. country
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
A widows Damages.
How u Poor woman ExpeCtimg $50
POcketed Sixty Times Tint Much.

Not long ago man crossing a railroad
track on mule was struck by n locomotive
and killed. The mule was also hurried into
eternity. The man while sober was a gentle
man, but when drunk was n perfect tyrant of
the deepest dye. Without any provocaton
whatever he used to beat his wife and lock
her up in the wardrobe, hence when she
heard of his death 1t was not so much case
OF heavy bereavement rs it was of mitgated
affection. AS the engineer of the locomotive
was clearly to blame for the accident il was
suggested to the widow that she bring suit
for damages. She resolved to do so and
called at the office of the railway company
The proper official happened to be in The
widow had such q clear case against the com
pany that it was deemed ad yisable to com
promise the matter
Now, madam" said the official, after the
widow had thrown back her veil and stated
her business, 1--WE are willing to do what is
fair in this matter. There is really no occa.
sion to go to the law. 1t is II delicate ques-
ton to discuss, so | think Without going
into the merits of it, will tender you check
for $4,000 and you will sign a paper releas-
ing the company from any further demands
The widow stared and asked, Glow
much? ?"
81 am authorized 10 pay you SO, 000"
81 accept it, she said, very much agilated
The check was handed over, the papers
signed and the widow walked out into the
street in bewldered frame of mind. As
she caslled the check she said TO herself con-
tidentially: Il didn't expect to get more
than $50, | reckon that railroad fellow
didn't know how old that mule was
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

PoLLED CATTLE.-The term "polled cat
Tie" is applied to those breeds of cattle which
are hornless. 1t is, however, among the cattle
breeders of to day more particularly applied
to the Galloway and the Angus or Aberdeen
breeds. The Galloways, which take their
name from locality in Scotland where they
have been raised for centuries, were not as
signed to separate classes until 1867. They
were first brought into the United States by
the Michigan State Agricultural Society in
1865, and several herds are now held in that
State, raised from this stock In 1870 they
were introduced into Wisconsin, and year
latter Robert Culver of Boulder county, Col,
brought pair into that State from Canada,
full, looded descendants of imported cattle of
the purest blood There has been n constant
advance in the price ofpollcd cattle since their
introduction, until at the breeders sales in
1882 they eXcelled all others, the ITerelords
and Short Horns not excepted.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

WHAT IT CosTs TO RAISE ToBACCo "A
New York State Tobacco Club, by a long and
careful comparison ofthe statements of all the
best and largest producers in Chemung Val
ley, have estimated that the total cost of rails
ing an acre of tobacco in that district is
$l3375. Figuring on the basis of an average
yield of 500 pounds per acre, the tobacco
costs eight and nnetenths cents pound
The fact is thus shown that in that part of
the State of New York tobacco cannot he
grown for less than nine cents a pound and
sold at profit This estimate is for the cost
of growing the large seed leaf varieties, and
not of the hybrid tobacco or of the domesti-
Gated Havana seed
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

IRRIGATION Irrigation has been tried in
western Kansas with marvellous results
Formerly it was thought that the dry plains
stretching towards the Arkansas river were
useless for agricultural purposes. The light
and tickle rainfall, the dry air, the hot winds
and the long summers were supposed to con-
stitute a combination of unfavorable elements
that it would be impossible TO overcome
But broad bitches were dug that distributed
the waters of the Arkansas over these tracts,
and now they bloom like garden. The
crops yielded the past year were astonishing.
Onions were raised at the rate Of 500 bushels
to the acre, oats 100 bushels, and other pro-
ducts in similar proportion.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

FEEDING PoUITRY.-In winter and early
spring, when fowls cannot procure insect
food, they should have meat n few times
week to stimulate and keep up egg produc-
ton. Grain and green food in variety will
do n large amount of work towards giving us
a good share of eggs, but with the addition of
animal food the number will be largely in
creased The best way TO supply fowls, il
there is not enough of waste meat scraps
from the table, is to get some waste and
bloody pieces from the slaughter house or
butchers shop, which are unsuitable and can
be bought for few cents n pound.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

SLuRs ON WoMEN.-At a recent dinner in
New York city, at which no ladies were pres
ent n man, in response to the toast, woman
dwelt almost wholly on the lraity of the sex,
claiming that the best among them were but
little better than the worst, the chief differ
ences being in their surroundings.
AT the conclusion of this speech gentle,
man present rose to his feet and said:
"l trust the gentleman, in the application
of his remarks, refers to his own mother and
sisters, not to ours" %
The effect of this most just and timely re-
buke was overwhelming; the maligner OF
women was covered with confusion and
shame"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
JEWELLERS In TENTS.

A while on earth we roam
In these frail houses which are not our home,
Journeying toward refuge that is sure
A rest secure.
Only little while
We dread the frown of life, and court its smile
dwelling then we have, not made with hands,
In other lands.
Therefore, we need not mourn,
That sudden clouds across our skies are borne,
That winter chils us, and the storm makes rents
In our fral tents.
Therefore, we need not fear
Though moth and rust corrupt our treasure here
Though midnight thieves creep in with silent
stealth
To seize our wealth.
For, in our Fathers house.
A mansion fair He has prepared for us;
And only till His voice shall call us hence,
We dwell in tents
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

There are said to be fifty injurious insects
in our vegetable gardens; fifty in our vine
yards, while seventy,tive attack our apple
trees and more than fifty our grain fields
Seventy. five million dollars is estimated as
the damage done to the wheat in Illinois in
one season, and nearly ten years ago the an,
nual loss in the United States from insect
dopredatons alone was estimated at nearly
$400 100000.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
Pnetiral.
NOTHING.

WV
BLESSED be nothing - an old woman said
AS she scrubbed away for her daily bread,
I'm better Off than my neighbor. the squire,
He's afraid of robbers, he's afraid OF fire,
Afraid of flood to wreck his mill,
Afraid of something to cross his will
I've nothing to burn and nothing to steal,
But bit of pork and a barrel of meal.
house that only keeps off the rain
Is easily burnt and built up again.
Blessed be nothing My heart is light;
sing at my washing. and sleep all night.
blessed be nothing !" the young man cried,
As he turned with smile to his smiling bride,
blanks are breaking and stocks are down,
There's dread and bitterness all over town;
There are brokers grooming and bankers sad,
AT And men ny, whose losses have made them mad;
And many woman would fain be dead
Whose little children sob and cling
For the daily joy she cannot bring.
Blessed be nothing for you and me!
We have no riches on wings to tlee.'
Blessed be nothing IL man might choose,
For he who hath 1t hath naught to lose;
Nothing to fear from food or fire,
All things to hope for and desire;
The dream that is better than waking days,
The future that feeds the longing gaze;
Better, far better, than aught we hold,
As far as mining exceeded gold,
Or hope fruition in earth below,
Or peace that is in us no outward show.
Almost, when worn by weary years,
Tired with pathway of thorns and tears,
When kindred fail us, and love has fed
And VIC know the living less than the dead,
We think that the host of mortal good
Is painless, friendess solitude.
For the pangs are more than the peace they give,
Who make our lives so sad to live.
Blessed be nothing it knows no loss.
Nor the sharpest nails of the Masters cross;
No friend to deny us, of none bcreft,
And though we have no one, yet God is left.
Yet having nothing, the whole is ours,
No thorns can pierce us who have no flowers,
And sure is the promise of His word,
Thy poor are blessed in spirit, Lord
Whatever we lose of wealth or care
Still there is left us the breath of prayer
That heavenly breath of a world so high,
Sorrow and SHINING come not so nigh;
The sure and certain mercy of Him
Who stitch between the cherubim,
Yet cares for the lonely sparrow's fall
And is ready and eager to help us all,
Rich is His bounty to all beneath
To the poorest and saddest He giveth DEATH
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
Can't Get II.

Diabetes, Bright's Disease, Kidney, Urinary
or Liver Complaints cannot be contracted 10y
you or your family If Hop Bitters are used,
and if you already have any of these diseases
Hop Bitters is the only medicine that will
positively cure you Don't forget this, and
don't get some pulled up stuff that will only
harm you.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

An absent. minded man: Lend me five
dollars; left my pocket book at home," said
F, NJ. Sawyer to T. ] Meyers, the latter be-
ing man of means, "But you are always
forgetting your pocket book, Sawyer" replied
Meyers. "Well, l might just as well forget
it there is never anything in it," retorled
Sawyer, candidly
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

Dakota farmers use hay for fuel Five
tons are sufficient to last one stove through
the winter. The hay is made into twists
about foot long, Weighing from one half 10
three quarters of pound.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

Save your ashes and apply them to your
fields, gardens and orchards. They are rich
in potash, phosphoric acid and other salts,
which are powerful fertilizers. Ashes also
serve to amelorate heavy clay soils.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

Horses and cattle should he snarinely
watered at evening in cold weather The
water should always be from the well if
in the winter, and from the brook
In summer.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

Mrs. M. Pifer Baltimore, says; II have
given Browns Iron Bitters TO my child for
purity of the blood and it has done her good"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02
The Egis and Intelligencel
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Terms-si.so a Year, in Advance.

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The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

Geo. W. Peregoy, Ellicott City, Md,
says; Browns Iron Bitters cured my wife
of nervousness and general debility"
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1883-03-02

The man who was largely instrumental
was probably Of mechanical turn of mind
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-04

Ahai 1 week With nTha Wofidn 10
Have ID tie way Of smusements three
nights Of the Wyndham Comedy
Company, followed By three nights Of
Lawrence Barrett and then two nights
of Mrs. Langtry, during which she
will appear as Juliana in Tobin's
comedy Of THE Honey moon" and as
Hester Grazebrook in the Unequal
Match" The lady is in Chicago at
present, and her travelling companion
is Miss Langtry, her husbands sister.
A cousin OF her husband is a resident
Of Brooklyn, New York.
The city debt is to be settled il
accordance with the Flippin compro
mise plan, the citizens being willing.
This plan, it is generally known, pro
posed to pay fifty cents on the dollar
and six per cent interest, and wher
Mr.. John R. Ftippin retired from th,
position Of Mayor, something Ovei
81 600 had been funded. A mas
meeting, it is said, will be called t
give expression as to the adyisabiIit!
of reviviDg the Flippin plan. Of
whether or not the people will let tn,
suspended debt of five millions or NOR,
swing along in its present forbid atti
tude.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1883-01-04
An OLD MANS N
A Strange story from OVertOn
County.
Cor. Nn,hri.le Banner.

1NAa AHAN 0AaaNA
LIVINGSTON, TENN, December 80.
On the first day Of January, 1882,
William Hardy, an old citizen Of this
county, died at his home, eight miles
south Of this place. A widowed
daughter with two small children
we're living with him at his death,
and after his death continued alone
to live at the residence. Hardy vas
called a rich man for his county.
He was the owner of valuable
real estate here and also in Missouri,
and it was generally supposed
that he left considerable cash on hand.
Il had been arranged with his chill
dren that on the FIRST Monday in Feb
ruary an administrator wound be
appointed. and that until the admin
istrator was appointed his widowed
daughter MRS. Cleak) should continue
to live at the old place and take ARE
Of the effects.
At 9 o'clock on the night of the last
day Of January last, the front door
Of the dwelling was broken down
with On Ak aud the chest in which
the cash was locked up was burstod
open and all the cash taken. Mrs.
Oleak was sleeping in another
room-the chest containing the
money was in the front room. Mrs.
Cleak looked out just as the robbers
we're leaving and saw four men. Six
hundred dollars in gold, 5000 in silver
aud $500 in paper money we're taken,
together with many valuable papers.
At our Circuit Court two months ago
ID. M. Morgan, Job Morgan, Perry
Bartlett and -Wes we're indictedand
charged with being the robbers. DIM.
Morgan has left the country and has
not been arrested.
Last week AZ our Circuit Court
Judge ID. X. Young presiding, the case
as TO the other three defendants came
on for trial; more than one hundred
witnesses were summoned and OK
AHMED. The case was on hand four
days, and resulted in a mistrial. six Of
the Jurors being for conviction and six
for acquital. The evidence is mostly
circumstantial. The defendants were
defended By Colonel John p. hurry
aud Bancroft hurry, of Gainsboro;
Smith and Allgood, Of Cookville, and
Jim Wright Of this place; on the part
Of the State was our Attorney General
Mitchell. w. w. Goodpasture and j.
A. Barnes, Of this place. Public
opinion is divided as to the guilt Of
the defendants.
William Hardy, the deceased, has a
allowed daughter living in Missouri,