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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-24

The course of Study Is thorough, embracing all
the branches of solid and refined educ stio.. fit.
ting the pupils to be int~lige useful and accom-.
plshed members of Society.
French. German, Latin, Drawing. Special cul.
ture in Vocal Music and Ornamental Needlework,
being included in the English course, form no tx
ira charge.
The Musical and Art departments are conduese+,
on the basis of the best European conservstories
and art schools.
No interference with the religious belief of non.
Catholic pupils.
~Terms for Board and Tuition moderate.
HISmall boys received in . separate depart.
ment
1883.
For catalogues address q above. j23dkwtslO
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-07-24
For Sale.

Well curb an! windlass. Apply at
the TINES office. lis
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
Our Young Folks.
BEN BRUIN.

Little Ben Bruin ran over the hill;
still,
And the sunshine lay bright on the new-fallen
Said little Ben Bruin: Now, where shall go?
They all think me safe in the stable. no doubt;
Must | Iiye with the horses and donkeysE
The world i is before me-my luck will try"
Ben Bruin trudged on till an hour before
Then he said to himself: II shall starve to
death soon!
Not an acorn nut have found in this wood:
There is plenty OF nothing but snow. If l
For a taste of the dinner at home, I'd run back;
But, somehow or other, I've lost my own
Ho! no! there's sight have not seen be-
fore
Z" I think Ill step in, for I'm weary and lame"
Ben Bruin was little you see. and quite tame;
He feared neither children, nor women, nor
Though he did like free forest-stroll now and
Harry Hunter had petted the young orphan
bear, ,... =
Since his father the old ones had shot in their
And to school he had not been forbidden to go
That he would not be welcome, pray, how
could he know!
Ben Brlin stepped into the entry, and there
Little cloaks, hoods and tippets were hung up
And small luncheon baskets beneath, in a row.
Sometime good in those baskets, smell and
know,
Said little Ben Bruin, and on his hind paws
He balanced himself, while his nose and his
81 jaws rs
Found business enough. Hank! a step! p:t-a-
Little Rose White came in, and saw what he
was at.
Pretty Rose of a school-mate so rough had not
dreamed;
She turned pale, and then red; then she
laughed, then she screamed.
Then the door of the schooiroom she threw
And little Ben Bruin walked in at her side.
Straight up to the school-m.ster's de SIX. What
For the door and the windows! The teacher
called: Hush"
In vain, through that tempest of terrified
And he, with the children. soon took to his
heels.
Ben Bruin looked blank at the stir he had
. made:
AS bcar-baby might. he felt rather afraid
Like the rest of the babies. and after them ran.
Then over again the wild hubbub began.
From the rout he had raised in disgust turned
While he said to himself: eff everset home,
In another direction hereafter I'll roam.
Alas! for Ben Bruins brief morning of fun!
Behind him a click-and the bang of gun!
The snow by the schoolhouse with red drops
was wet:
And pretty Rose White felt so sad that she
cried
To see the boy mourn for the bear that had
died.
And this is the story of lit lie Ben Bruin,
Who found through a hool-house the door
way to ruin.
Lucy LdrcOm, in ST. Nicholas.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
Good Grounds For Divorce.

There is gentleman out West who
has applied for divorce for good and
sufficient reasons. He declares in an
affidavit that while he does not care to
make more definite charge against his
wife he would like an order of the Court
prohibiting the indiscriminate use of the
flat iron. He SAYS that the aforesaid
useful implement has on several coca
sions whirled through the domestic at
mosphere of his house with alarming
force and such close proximity to his
head as to be very suggestive. Such is
the fearful tyranny of woman's viii,
that unless he obeys an order instanter,
if he hesitates a moment to reason about
the matter, this offensive missile begins
its gyrations, and, skilled as he is in
lodging, he can not hope to be always
successful. Unwilling to fill an early
grave he besceches the Court to drop s.
line to his wife that there are husbands
in the world who prefer to die of old
age. He further admits that he knew
before marriage that the lady's temper
was. rather stronger. than. a zephyr; but
when he entered the married state he
had no idea that he would so soon be
struck by cyclone.-N. Y. Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

tor there was once more commotlon
in his stomach.
''My master went to party last
night. and well l knew what it por-
tended when he went, sir! l have now,
as the result, the worst mess, made up
of sandwiches, turkey, lemonade,
pickles, ice-cream, cake, nuts, candies,
oranges, and, what not? But | won't
touch it-no, not /! If let it alone he
will be sick enough before he is rid OF
it,
Jack, in the meantime, was in state
of great embarrassment, for though he
had never heard OF the kitchen-maid be-
fore, he had not been slow to RECOGNIZES
himself in the cruel master. His sick
ness was increasing every minute, but
he finally stammered forth:
''pve been monster, l know l have
yes, I've been pig; but if you will
only go back and relieve me of this
pain and sickness, I'll treat you better
in future. I'm sorry, indeed, ann
Il can't go back. Master Jack, until
that is gone" said she; s.but if you
would put me on Diet of oat- meal, or
bread and milk, for time, after this is
over, might recover my spirits again,
and possibly regain my youth 80
She stood staring at Jack, who grew
sicker and sicker each minute, and he
gave vent to the most heart-rending
groans, which brought mamma, papa
and Uncle Alfred. who were truly
grieved to see their dear boy in such agg
Ony. Uncle Alfred, who was physi
clan, comprehended the case at once,
and, with the aid of suitable remedies,
relieved the sufferer in a short time,
while the maid disappeared N the con-
fusion. Jack soon slept the sleep of ex-
haustiCn.
When Jack arose the next morning,
rather late, mamma inquired about the
parry, but beyond sa ing that it was
very nice. he didn't seem inclined to
talk about it; but he astonished her
very much by asking if Katherine might
prepare him dish of oatmeal. which
he ate heroically, for he was not fond
OF it.
After awhile he gathered confidence
to tell mamma of his singular visitor.
and of his resolution to be glutton no
longer. Mamma commended the re-
solve, but said her dear boy had beeu
dreaming. This he assured her was
impossible. for if his eyes had mt been
wide open he couldn't have seen the
kitchen-maid. IN. Y Tribune.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
The Bank OF England.

In the course of five years the paid
notes amount to 77,745,O 900 in number,
and they fill 13,4O0 boxes, which il
placed side by side would reach two and
one-third miles. If the notes were placed
in pile they would reach to height of
five and two-thirds miles, or if joined
end to end they would form a ribbon
IL, 445 miles long. Their superficial ex-
tent is said to be rather less than that of
Hyde Park. They weigh over ninety
and two thirds tons, and their original
value was over FL, $50, $685. 600. The
greatest of rogues might be inclined to
find some comfort in the extent and in
tricacy of such a store of old paper. OF
course, however, they are most system
matically arranged, and any note of the
77,O0O,0 900 may be bounced upon with
the utmost celebrity and precision. At
the end of five years these old notes ara
thrown into a furnace specially con-
structed for the purpose, and burned
1t is a curious fact, however, that so
firm in texture is the paper of a genuine
Bank of England note that burning
alone can hardly destroy it. The au-
thorities have in a little glazed frame
the remains of a note which was in the
great fire of Chicago. Though COM
pletely charred and black, the paper
still holds together, and the printing of
the note is said to be sufficiently legible
to establish its genuineness and to war
rant its being cashed. ;
There are some other notes here
which were cashed after having gone
down with the Eurydice few years ago,
and reduced to little better than pulp.
Indeed the scraps and fragments which
,sOmetimessgo into the bank to be
cashed have a really ridiculous appear
auce. On the occasion of a recent visit,
for instance, the officials had under ex-
animation a number of fragments of
discolored paper, none much bigger
than a .siNpence, and when put together
presented to the unskilled eye not the
slightest resemblance to a note. And
yet it was pretty confidently asserted
that the paper would be cashed. 1t is
beneath the dignity of the Bank of
England to take, or appear to take adj
vantage of accidents to their notes, and
if there is any possibility of establishing
the Identity of one Of them, it is sure to
be duly honored. Even where a note is
entirely destroyed, prOser evidence of
the fact of destruction will be accepted
and payment made. A lost note will
in some cases be paid, and there is one
occasion recorded upon which the lib
eraI attitude of the directors in case of
this kind involved them in a loss of ESQ.,
900. A bank Director declared that he
had lost note for that amount, and,
upon his, giving an indemnity for the
sum in the event of the note ever turn
ing up, the money was paid to him.
Many years after his death an unknown
person presented the missing note. The
paper was undeniably good, and the
bank had no alternative but to cash it,
as 1t was payable to bearer on demand,
and as the heirs of the bank Director
who had lost it repudiated all liability,
the money could not be recovered
London Globe g..r- a.s.r "a. ..
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Connecticut is rapidly advancing in
the cultivation of oysters. About 10000
acres are now planted, and thirty steam
ers and many sailing vessels are engaged
in the trade.
In Michigan the corn crop this year
was better than any seen in that State
in several years. In many localities the
grain is full, hard and dry, and the ears
are large. The fodder has been cured
in excellent Detroit Post.
An English trade journal asserts
that British paper-makers are compelled
to go to the United States for the best
chilled rolls for glazing calenders, as
both English and Scotch engineers fail
to produce anything equal to the Ameri-
can.
In many parts of Sweden exist
enormous quantities of bleached MOSES
which grew ages ago. A mandatory of
paper from this material has begun
operations near bookkeeping, and is said
to be turning out aproduct of excellent
quality.
A"--A French chemist has analyzed the
juice of the so-called milk tree of Gem
trail America-to the nutritive qualities
of which attention was first drawn by
Humboldt-and has found that the veg
etable product really possesses many
characteristics of cows milk. -
Coal oil has been found near Elhi,
six miles from Puyallup, Washington
Territory Specimens of the oil have
been analysed and the finders are salts
fed with the result, as it flashes at 21O
degrees Fahrenheit and burns readily in
a lamp, giving q clear white light
Chicago Times.
-G. ii. Darwin maintains that while
there is some evidence of yielding of
the body of the earth to the tidal forces
exerted by the attraction of the sun and
moon, that yielding is very small in
deed, and that the rigidity of the earth
may, as whole, be set down as equal
ing that of steel.
The 1882 cut of pine in Michigan,
Wisconsin and Minnesota will amount
to about 10000, 100000 feet against
7,76S,OO0, 900 last year, and everybody
wonders how long it can go On. APP
parently there will soon be more atten-
ton given to the yellow pine of the
South; less valuable than the Northern
variety, but of rapid growth and not
easily killed out.-N. 7. Tribune.
Lumber is now being manufactured
from straw, the standard size being
thirty-two inches in width, twelve feet
in length and the thickness the same as
the average of surfaced boards. One
ton of any kind of straw will yield 1000
feet of boards that may be handled as
ordinary ones. This lumber can. be
produced and sold in competition with
wide walnut at about One-half the price
of the latter.-Cbicago Herald.
N. Jepson, an English vegetarian,
not wishing to use poor and adulterated
animal fats, has sought substitute and
found it in a composition for which the
following is the formula: Take four
ounces of the finest Brazilian nuts,
pounded very fine in mortar; four
ounces of pure olive oil; rub them into
smooth Jelly; add eight ounces of fine
wheat flour and quarter of an ounce of
salt. Rub the whole into a smooth
paste, and use as butter. This would
certainly be preferable to much that
goes by the name of butter.-Chicago
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
PITH AND POINT.

"A great modiste issued the follow.
ing directions for wearing new style
of head-gear: "With this bonnet the
mouth is worn slightly open.'
"A writer on subjects of science says
that as fertilizer an inch of bone Is
worth an inch of roses. One shad ought
to produce mile of bloom.-N. 7.
Herald.
"A seven-year older, with the pun
ster's mark on his brow, at dinner,
asked his mother what was in a jar on
the table. "Pickles, my son." was the
little one out for me,'' came with stun
ming force from the child, and the
mother fell over chair and tainted
Detroit Free Press.
If you want to find logician, 90
to your tailor. The other day one of
these fractions of the human family was
overheard to remark: 81 never ask q
gentleman for money "But suppose
he doesn't pay you then?" Well, if he
doesn't pay me within reasonable
time, l conclude he is not a gentleman
and then l ask him. 1.-THE Judge.
"A man drank some Bowery whisky
in New York last week, and turned in
eight fire alarms before he recovered.
In one fre-box he left note asking the
fire department to put out the comet.
No villain could have successfully
played it on our firemen. Not because
our police are too vigilant to allow it,
but simply because Laramie has no fire
alarm boxes.-Laranate Boomerang.
-s'How can leave you, my darling?"
murmured Toledo lover in tones of
distressing tenderness, as he observed
both hands of the clock approach a per-
pendicular on the dial. s'Well, john"
responded the girl with wicked inno-
cence, 'syou can take your choice If
you go through the hall you will be
liable to wake up father, and if you
leave by way of the back shed you'll be
likely to wake up the dog. "-E1change.
"A Chicago paper says that printer
in that city has been cured by prayer.
1t does not say what the printer was
cured of. If he was cured of extracting
the word in a paragraph on which a
joke hinges, and substituting word of
his own ''to make sense" as he puts it.
we will indorse the prayer cure, and
give it five-inch electro ad. free, one
year, top column, next to reading mat
ter. All omissions and wrong insertions
to be made good at end of contract
Tsras Sytings.
The only way to deal with liar is
TO beat him at his own game. What
started this item was reading about an
American who had been to Europe, and
who was telling friend who knew he was
a liar, about his trip across the Atlantic,
and how, on the 25th of the month,
s'they encountered a swarm of locusts,
and the locusts carried every stitch OF
canvas off the ship The listener
looked thoughtfully moment, and then
he said hesitatingly: eyes: l guess we
met the same swarm of locusts the next
day, the Goth. Every locust had on
pair of canvas pants The first liar
went around the corner and kicked him.
self.-Psck's Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

covered with patchwork of varied COL
ors. 1t is then handed to young wo-
man who blends the background. She
uses several brushes in running the COL
ors into each other, and finally goes
over all with large cancels hair brush.
The result is surprising. The patch
work becomes harmonious combina-
nation. of blonde ints., The muslin
then goes Ito a. man lwho blends the
foreground in the same manner.
Next it is dried and passes to
the finisher, who works from a
model hung on her easel. She outlines
the trees fences, shrubs and other acct
dents of scenery with extraordinary
rapidity. The colors are mixed ready
to her hand, and she has simply to lay
them on. A fourth and more skillful
artist gives the finishing touches of light
and shade. 1t finally goes to the artist,
who may be called the architect. He
puts in the palaces, castles, houses and
boats. The rapidity and skill with
which all work is due to long years of
practice. The paint used is common
house-painfersi paint. In the paint
room are racks containing small pots of
paint of 5000 different tints.
The proprietor says he is obliged to
sell very cheaply, in order to,compete
with artists who paint at their homes.
He has 100 different styles of pictures,
but some sell much better than others.
He has tried figure pieces, but they did
not take well. The paint stands the
test of time very we'll, and is softened
and improved by age. When hand
somely framed, these paintings, he
says, are sometimes hung in private
galleries among expensive paintings.
He knew of a wealthy Western man
who had his private gallery completely
filled with these paintings. in the cities
the paintings are sold by auctioneers
and in the country by dry-goods stores
and peddlers. 1t is fascinating bust
ness, as high price may be obtained
for the pictures sometimes.
The frames are of pine, on which is
glued meiding made of combination
of putty and glue and gilded.-N.Y.Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
Manufactures OF Oil Paintings.

Oil paintings, twenty-four by thirty
six inches, mounted and stretched, are
sold in this city at a profit for fifty dol
lars hundred. Eight artists have been
known, to produce 125 of these paintings
in q day. Large, handsome, flat Dutch
gilt frames for the paintings sell for one
dollar These are wholesale rates. The
pictures retail for from two dollars
apiece up, and one of them has been
sold as high as two dollars and half.
They are sold chiefly by peddlers, who
carry stocks Of them through all the
mining towns of the West. Many show
an amount of labor and skill in execu-
ton which it would seem impossible to
command for ten times the price
asked. They are all landscapes. as
nothing else sells so well. The paint
ings come in many, sizes, but the price
does not vary much. They generally
represent river, mountains in dis
lance, a bit OF country with fences and
trees, and here and there farm house.
The tints are well blended, and at a dis
lance produce pleasing effect. This
is especially true of the pictures intended
for the Eastern trade. Thirteen years
ago, when the industry was begun loud
fiaring colors and broad effects were in
demand, but now such paintings are
only wanted in the far West. There
they want the gayest colors, and above
all they must have a castle. Castles of
the most remarkable design are thrown
in anywhere. They are erected on the
side of steep mountain or on an island
in the wild woods. They must have
plenty of turrets and battlements.
One of the largest of these oil-paint-
ing manufactures is in Greenwich
street, where there are rooms filled with
racks containing hundreds of finished
paintings. On an upper floor reporter
saw eight persons, six of whom Weae
young women. They were -
work, and painting rapidly. =!
The paintings are made g h6E
muslin, which is first wet and Stretdked
tightly on long frames. 1t IS then cut
into the required size, and stretched by
machine on a square pine frame, where
1t is made fast. Next the muslin is
tinted a light blue, and after this has
dried it is ready for the painter. A
coating of oil is first put on it, and then
p stencil plate is laid on the muslin.
This stencil is of thick paper, with all
sorts of odd shapes cut in it. A boy
stands on one side of the table, and a
girl on the other, and near them are
several small pots of paint. They daub
the paint into the holes of the stencil
plate with great rapidity. When the
stencil is removed, the muslin is seen to
be spotted here and there with paint.
Another stencil is then used, whose
holescorrespond to other parts of the
muslin, and more paint is daubed in.
Two more stencils follow, and when the
work is done the muslin is completely
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15
Voluntary Tributes Of Gratitude Tor sene-
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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

1t is such solemn truths as are con.
tanned in these lines which make for
eigners mediate suicide rather than I'M
dertake to master the mysteries of our
mother tongue:
Write, we know. is written right,
When we see 1t written write
But when we see it written wright,
We know it is not written right
For write, to h We It written ght,
Must not be wrtt,,n right, nor rite,
Nor yet must it be written wright.
But write, for SO it's written rsgh.,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

Charles Kee,~ the most intelligent
Chinaman in Chicago-dsnies that his
people ever eat rats.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

lnyalids who are
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an irregular acid
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makes the bowels
act at proper inter-
walls, gives ease to
those who suffcrfrom
rheumatic and kid
ney troubles, and
conquers as well as
prevents fever and
ague. For sale by all
Druggists and Deal
ers generally.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1883-03-15

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