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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-24

James Glenn, for disturbing the
peace last evening, was arrested and
tried before Justice Lennon, found
guilty, and fined $40. The fine was
!cheerfully paid, and another scholar.
ship thus provided for in our public
school.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-24
THE DOLLAR COLUMN N,

Advertisements not exceeding an inch Tor ten
lines Of small type) in length will be inserted in
.h!s column for one dollar per week, fifty cents
tie FRS insertion and twenty five cents each ad-
di::ocal insertion-payable in advanced
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-04-24
NOTICE..

PROPOSALS FOR THE BOARDING, FUR.
nishing. medicine and professional care Of the in.
digent. sick and insane in and for the county Of
Alturas. Territory Of Idaho, will be received and
fled by the Clerk OF the Board OF County Com.
missioners. at HALEY I. T. Of before the lAth
day of May, A. D. 1883.
The Board hereby reserves the right to reject
any and all proposals.
By order:
JK. MORRILL,.
Chairman Board Of County COMMUNIST oaers.
Attest: c. B. Fox. Clerk. .ista
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
Henry Claws Real Estate Sale,

The Washington correspondent of
the Boston AdrertiSer has some inter-
esting gossip about the ownership Of
the Rodgers house, near the White
House. Henry Clay used to own the
lot on which it stands. He was es-
pecially devoted to his Ashland farm
and the livestock upon it. One day
old Commodore John Rodgers came
home from the Mediterranean with his
naval vessel full of live stock which
he had picked up abroad. The cargo
included one fine Andalusian iackass.
Clay wanted it for his farm. All his
offers were rejected, until one day the
commodore said, in joke: "You can
have him for your lot opposite the
White House." "Done;" was Clay's
reply, and the animal was shipped off
to Kentucky. The commodore built
the now historic house, which Secretary
Seward occupied during the war.
Here Payne endeavored to assassinate
him on the night when President Lin
coin was shot. The lot is now valued
at $4,000. 'r
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
Preserving Power of Soil.

1t is well known that in soil where
lime abounds, dead bodies are fossilized
in few years, or even few months
after burial. In soil where there is no
lime, there are sometimes other ele-
ments which often preserve the fea-
lures of buried body unchanged for
many years. The philosophic Hamlet,
musing by an old grave over the fact
that man turns into dust, and dust into
earth, eXclaims:
Imperial Caesar, dead and turned to clay
Might stop hole to keep the wind away
ings if he had stood beside the disin-
tered body of his father and seen brow
and form appearing as natural as when
he gave "the world assurance Of
man ?" Yet this might have been, for
there are numerous cases on record
where bodies disinterred for removal.
after years of intermeAt, have been
found to be as well preserved as if they
had been only few days dead. Cen
eral Washington's features were quite
perfect when his body was taken up to
be put in the sarcophagus. where they
now repose. The same was true of
General Wayne, when his body was re-
moved forty years after death; and Of
Robert Burns, twenty-one years after
burial. But it seems almost incredible
that the body of John Hampden, who
was disinterred 200 years after death,
should have been in a similar state Of
preservation. But Lord Nugent re-
cords the fact. His word is not to be
questioned. Possibly the most remark
able fact Of all these cases is that the
bodies crumbled to a heap of dust soon
after exposure
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
Centennial Fun.

During the Centennial exhibition the
United States building was the scene
of an amusing blunder which, however,
taught one lady the necessity Of
caution. The government lad dressed
q number Of wooden statues, so carved
and painted as to resemble soldiers and
sailors in the various uniforms Of the
army and navy. So life-like were
these dummies that hundreds
paused to admire them, and among
others the ladies. "Just see that one
there" said one of the ladies. "Why,
l should almost think it alivew and
| she poked the nose of the supposed
dummy" Imagine her consterna-
ton when it deliberately turned around
and walked stiflly away. She had mis-
taken an army officer for dummy"
In machinery hall was exhibited a
machine for ventilating mines. 1t
sent powerful current of air through
a pipe six inches in diameter A NOV
able nozzle, funnel-shaped, enabled the
boy-operator to turn the current in
any direction. A flag was hung up at
a distance Of fifteen feet from tho
machine. So strong was the current
of air when directed against the flag,
that it would hang out at right angles
from the pole as if blown by gale.
The mischievous boy, not content to
blow the flag, sometimes sent breeze
among the spectators. A man with 6
broad-brimmed hat and long brown
hair was leaning over the railing ant
peering at the machine. The boz
sent a current against the flag ant
then TUNED the blast, which acci
dentally fell full upon the unfortunate
stranger. The result was an unlock.
ed-for catastrophe; the hat and brown
locks went sailing away and left bare
q head as smooth and round as a
pumpkin. The man ran after his
truant hat and wig; the boy dropped
the nozzle and fled, thinking, doubt
less, that a severe penalty awaited
him for having scalped man with
gust of wind.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
STEPHENS CITY FREDERICK COS EA SATURDAY,

works of Mencius, another Chinese re-
former. Taoism, or the religion
founded by Lao-tze, in the same age
with Confucius, rests upon the books
called Tse-lao. or "Old Teacher" and
the Tav-te-zing, which specially repre-
sents the notions of the illustrious
Lao-tze. 1t is an interesting fact that
the Tae Ping rebels Of 1864, al
though not protesting to be Jews or
Christians, took our Bible for their
book, and claimed that if their insur-
rection succeeded it would be substi-
tuted for the writings Of Confucius
and Lao-tze.
The ancient Egyptians had forty
two sacred books, in Eve classes, con-
tanning hymns in praise Of the gods
instructions in morals, religious rites
the education Of priests and related
matters.
The Greek and Roman mythology
had no sacred books, unless certain po.
etical works may be taken for such.
The two Eddas set forth the mythol
ogy Of the Norsemen, or ancient
Scandinavians. They originated in
Iceland, the poetic or elder Edda COM
prising thirty-seven religious poems OF
religious and heroic history, and the
younger or prose Edda giving full
synopsis of the Morse mythology. The
term "Edda" means "great grand,
mother" Both these collections date
long after Christ.
This is a pretty full list Of the books
of sacred or semi-sacred character
known to the world, except the Bible
of the Jews and that of the Christ
ians
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
Theatrical Tricks.

Curious as it may seem, it is not
generally known by the theater audi
ence that the "perilous leaps" "terrifc
scaling of precipices," and other similar
feats which fall to the lot Of the hero
and heroine of the play, are in almost
every case performed by dummy"
Thus, it is not the prima donna who,
as "Amina" in "La Sonnambula,
walks in her sleep across a trembling
bridge at the back of the stage, nor in
The Romance of Poor Young Man.
is it the leading man who takes a fly
ing leap from tower, but in each case
carefully dressed dummy" whose
bones are not particularly precious.
They tell this story of "Mazeppa'
performance in the old days, which
shows how this theatrical trick some
times results: A celebrated star was
playing the piece and had circus
rider made up to look like him to do
the riding. Of course the audience
supposed the rider to be the star. In
those days the runs up the mountain
were elaborately arranged, and the
fight of the wild horse was startling
incident. One night the horse fell
with the rider, crashing from the flies
to the stage. The curtain was rung
down, and presently the star was led
before it, staggering as though badly
injured, and said that. in spite of the
fall, he would endeavor to finish the
play. And he did so, amid frantic
applause. The poor wretch of rider
lay in the hospital for four weeks.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
rUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Lo tied-An Indian wedding
Pawnbrolzers prefer customers with
out any redeeming qualities.
Some persons are SO artificial that
they even talk of their pinds being
made up.
The demand for napkin rings made
Of wood grown at Walter Scott's home,
Abbotsford, is proving a great drain
upon the forests of Maine.
Talk about your hop producing re-
gions! Your old-fashioned armchair
with the bent-pin attachment holds
over everything Of that quality.
A Pettis county (Missouri) woman
is the mother of fifteen girls, all living.
And the news that military college is
to be established near her home sets
the old lady about crazy.
"lyhy do you carry your pocketbook
in your hand?" asked a Philadelphia
husband Of his young wife. "Oh,"
was the quiet reply, sit is so light I am
afraid it might jump out of my pock-
et."
The latest news from Ecuador is that
the last government lasted just five
minutes. The inhabitants are now
clamoring for fresh one every hour;
but many liberals think this too long
term to be consistent with perfect
freedom, and step toward despotism.
1t is figured that there is twice the
profit on hens that there is on cows,
and it's just as easy to keep patching a
picket fence round hen-yard and
fight your neighbors who own gardens,
as it is to fix up pasture walls and hunt
over the country for stray animals and
settle for the damage they have done.
Won Kalkbrenner, the noted pianist,
used to pride himself on the particle
which preceded his name, and paraded
it on every occasion. "Do you know"
he once said to an acquaintance, "that
the nobility of my family dates from
the crusade? One of my ancestors ac-
companied the Emperor Barbarosso-"
"On the piano?" asked the other.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
VOL. II--NO. Al.
Tie Story of Life.

Say. what is lifei IT'S to be born;
A helpless blbe TO greet the light
With sharp wall, as if the morn
Foi etold cloudy moon and night;
To weep, to sleep, and weep again,
With sunny smiles between--and them
And then apace the infant grows
To be hughing, sprighily boy,
Happy despite his little woes.
Were he but conscious of his joy!
To be, in short, from two to ten,
a morry, moody child-and them
And then in coat and trousers clad,
To learn to say tho Decaloguc,
And break it, an unthinking lad,
With mirth and mischief all agog;
A truant oft by field and fen,
And capture butter hies-and theni
And then, increased in strength and size'
To be, anon, a youth iull groTuS
A hero in his mothers eyes,
A young Apollo in his own:
To initiate the ways OF men
In fashionable sin-and them
And then, at last, to be ma
To fall in love, to WOO and wed!
With seething BRAN TO scheme and plan
To gather gold or toll for bread;
To sue for fame, with tongue and pen,
And gain or lose the prize-and thenf
And then in gray and wrinkled eld
10 mourn the speed OF lies decline;
To praiso the scenes of youth beheld,
And dwell in memory of lang syne;
70 dream awhile with darkened ken,
Then drop into his grave-and then1
John G.. Sdre.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
BY BEN. S. GILMORE.
The Shadow Of the Workingman.
Behold yon swiftly flying boat!

Dch'ia yon sWHuy uying DOht!
In conscious might it steams along;
Wi h graceful lines and powerful frame,
l.roudly bears it's living throng.
To distant lands it plows its way,
And to the many wealth doth bring;
lis tidings from the absent irends
Are welcome as the smiling spring.
= You zee it cleave the r, stless wave,
And know old oceans space twin span;
But, cast Ger all, can you behold
The shadow OF the workingmanl
See, on the locomotive rush
With headlong speed DER iron ROAD
Like living, breathing monster, whom
Some unseen powers onward goad,
Through cities, towns and shady dels,
Ger gurgiing streams and woodland gadcs,
1t speeds you with Chang and roar;
Ay, meath mo.nu,ins' gloomy shades,
With ease it quickly bears along
Pilgrims of every tribe and clan;
But DER each feetng view dost see
The shadow of the workingman?
Come gaze upon this mighty pile,
The spirc of which in cloudland dwells;
Kissed by the sinking sun s last ray,
As gently chime the distant bells;
Come view its grancly massive walls,
Its pillars, halls and arches true,
Which are so neatly, deity wrought,
Without one flaw to meet the view.
Ger all this blended strength and grace
As round it zephyrs gently fan,
Can yon not see, in outline bold, 9- .t
The shadow oil the workingman? 9
Go seek the lofty mountain hight, slaef
And there behold the glowing sccne-,
The forest, field and waving grain, &
The ripping lakes, the meadows green;
Each beauty of the prospect view,
All thronged with busy, useful life,
Where once the gloomy wilds wero seen,
Where savage revels once were rile.
Go, look upon all carth's broad face,
Rcpete with art and natures plan;
And there, in bold relief you'll see
7d The shadow of the workingman.
sk sslR-lEugene C. Fisk.
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
Simple Cure for Dyspepsia.

A gentleman who is in business in
Esis city has cured himself of chron-
ic and ugly form of dyspepsia in a
very simply way. He was given up
to Gle, but he finally abandoned alike
the doctors and the drugs and resorted
TO method of treatment which most
doctors and most persons would laugh
at as "an old womans remedy" 1t
was simply the. swallowing of tea
cupful of hot water before breakfast
every morning. He took the water
from the cook S teakettle. and so hot that
he could only take it by the spoonful.
For about three weeks this morning
dose was repeated. the dyspepsia all
the while decreasing. AT the end OF
that time he could eat, he says, any
breakfast or dinner that any well per-
son could eat--had gained in weight
and has ever since been hearty and
well. His weight now is thirty or for
tyA pounds greater than during the
dyspepsia suffering, and for several
years he has had no trouble with his
stomach-unless it was some tempora-
ry inconvenience due to a late supper
or dining out, and in such case sin.
gle trial of his anti-breakfast remedy
was sure to set all things right. He
obtained this idea from German doc
tor, and in turn recommended it to
others, and in every case according to
this gentleman's account, cure was
effeeted.-HarGord CouTaaat,
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28
My Ride on a Star Route.
A TRUE SKETCH.


l wished to go fourteen miles north
ward. By cars 1 must go three sides
OF square. The trip, and waiting at
depots, would take from II o'clock a.
m. to 4.20 o'clock p. IN. 19 g9
e1 "For the accommodation of two
small post-oflices, a stage, a poor affair,
runs dir G" said mine host.
The freshness of a summer morn
ing, the hilly road, the changing views,
the trees, wild flowers and singing
birds were delight even in thought,
and said at once:
e ''The stage"
While breakfasting, the next morn
ing, the clerk came in and said in a
low voice:
"The stage is here, and your trunk
is on, but finish your breakfast, the
driver will wait"
I went out soon, but no stage was
to be seen, and asked if it had gone
for other passengers.
''This is it," said my more laughing
than smiling host.
Such another nondescript vehicle
may never see. One poor, old, white
horse, an express wagon, the back seat
of which had been taken out to make
room for my trunk, and the packages
of all forms and sizes, for the driver
proved to be an express messenger,
and universal errand boy of the farm
ers along the route. l hesitated. My
trunk was OIL. and the morning air
fragrant. So, with help, climbed on
the wheel, and pitched into the wagon,
and took possession of the one seat, and
planted my feet upon what seemed an
empty bag, but which proved to have
the honor of being the United States
mai and to contain two packages Gone
of which. as got out with the rest
while the mail was changed, / saw
contained exactly two postal cards and
fonr newspapers).
"Where is the driver ?" I asked.
"When he found out he was to have
lady passenger he went in to empty
and rinse his mouth out" was the an
swer.
He came, out at the elbows, patched
at the knees, with vest and liner
spotted with tobacco juice. l turned
my head away, as sitting down besid
me, he took up the reins and said:
"G'lang, glang, g'lang!'
This oft-repeated word alone brok
our silence, until out of the village h
stopped at stone trough, beneath
some trees, to water his horse. On
bough a robin was swaying, an,
warbling his sweetest notes, ending il
long twitter. The driver, who wa
standing at his horses head, took som
crumbs from his pocket and held then
out. The robin flew down and at
them from his hand. With a clear
smooth voice, the driver quoted Words
worth'S
"Thou art the bird that man loves best,
The pious bird with scarlet breast,
The bird, who by some name or other,
All men who know thee call thee brother"
He scattered more crumbs on tn
stone, buckled the check rein, mounte
the seat with:
"Good-by, my little friend, be her
tomorrow, g'lang, g'langp'
The delicate act, the cultured voic
made me look at him. His face wa
clean and clean shaven; his feature
Stephens City star. (Stephens City, Va.) 1881-1883, 1883-04-28

"He Is that. / don't know of any
body that can touch match to him.
lie has been through college and been
to Europe, and has been acquainted
with good many distinguished
men,"
"What has brought him to this?"
Drink" Mrs. Lucy E. Sanford.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-03

or the Conference Committee on the
Tariff Bill.


WASHINGTON, March 2.-The Conference
Committee on the Tax and Tariff bill
reached complete agreement about hal
past twelve this afternoon, and forth
with sent their report to the Government
Printing Office in order to be able 10 pre-
sent 1t to both Houses OF Congress in &
printed form before the adjournment to
day. The report will recommend the
adoption OF the Senate bill with very few
changes OF general importance, except in
the metal schedule, in which the commit.
tee recommend some increase OF rates es-
pecially In regard to steel.
The changed rates agreed upon undel
this heading are as follows: On stee
valued at four cents per pound or less, 40
per cent. ad yalorem; on steel valued
above cents and not above cents per
pound, aspecific duty Of 2 cents per pound
on steel valued at not less than cents and
not more than II cents per pound, spe.
cific duty of3t cents per pound. On steel
rails the Conference Committee recon-.
mend duty OF II dollars per ton on iron
ore rs cents per ton, instead OF so cents,
and on pig iron three.tenths Of a cent
per pound Uhe rate proposed by the
Tariff Commission.) The committee make
no change from the rates proposed by the
Senate bill for cotton ties, wire rods or
for any other important articles which
have been subjects Of controversy in the
metal schedule. The Conference Com.
mittee recommended only one change in
the sugar schedule, namely, an increase 10
q cents per pound on sugars graded above
No. lS, and not above No. 10, Dutch
standard (the Senate fixed this duty at 2.
cents per poundl. Some minor changes
Of classification are made in the cotton
schedule, but none Of the rates. The only
change in the woolen schedule Is to impose
duty OF forty-fve cents per pound
aud 40 per cent ad valorem upon women'f
cloaks. In the glass and earthenware
schedule the committee propose . specific
duty OF one cent per pound on glass bottles
and transfer printed and painted crockery
to the china class, thereby increasing the
duty from so percent al valorem to 20 pei
cent. The committee has agreed upon
iron 81 70; steel rails, Sl7; pig iron, 50 72
Everything raised above Senate rate in
controversy, except steel wire.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-03
sourH AmEaIcAN NEWS.
Storms on the Coast-PoiIee Prevent
DueI-Copper Discoveries.

storms on the Coast-P0iIoe Prevent q
Duei-Copper Discoveries.
NKw York, March 2.-Panama CORE
spondence under date Of February 20 is as
follows: Heavy weather on the Pacific coast
has delayed number Of vessels. Many
have been delayed in delivering their ca,'
goes. The schooner VIM. R. Knighton, oI
New York, was totally wrecked and two
lighters and steam launch driven ashore.
The German frisate Olga with Prince Ke.
mich on board Is to visit Asyinwall.
The United States frigate Tennessee, Ad.
miral G. Il. Cooper, arrived at Aspinwall
on the 18th inst. The Retorma Of Bo.
gotta, says that the police recently pre-
vented q duel between Senior Garcia
Meron, the Argentine Minister, and
Senior Vega, the Secretary Of the
Chilian Minister to Colombia. Confer
ences on the subjectof there.estab blishment
OF the confederation are still being held in
Central America. Press Is undivided on
the subject. Rich copper mines
have been discovered near Tarapaca.
Valparaiso news is to the effect
that great rejoicing has taken place there
and at Santiago at theresumption Of friend
ly relations with Spain. The rumor con-
cerning difficulty with France on account
OF the guano Is unfounded. A change Of
ministry is spoken oil.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-03-03
A BOOM IN TRIpLErs.
Four sets Born In Philadelphia During
the Last Month.

PHILADELPHIA, March 2.-Within the
month Of February just passed there were
born in Philadelphia four sets Of tripleB,
which is certainly record which any city
may be proud Of. The list Is as follows
Thursday, February s, Mrs. Charles Quinn,
the wife OF a laborer at the Midwife Steel
Works, gave birth to two daughters and a
son; on Monday, February Il, Mrs. VIII
liam Pedrick, the wife OF a laborer EN-.
ployed at the machinery works, Race
street, above Fifth, gave birth to three
boys; on Sunday, February %, Mrs. JEFF:
erson Bryan, wife Of shovel polisher at
Rowland's Shovel works, Frankferd, gave
birth to three boys. The fourth and last
case OF this boom in the triplet business
occurred on Monday last, the mother be-
ing Mrs. Kate Welsh, boarder at the
Lehmen House, Thirty.ninth and Market
streets. The lady is about 40 years OF age
and remarkably well-built On
Monday afternoon Mrs. Welsh left
her home to go to hospital to be treated
for a sore limb. On her way there she
called upon friend, Mrs. Margaret Dinan,
who resides on the south side ot Market
street, below Forty-ninth street. While
there Mrs. Welsh grew suddenly Ill. After
a while she rallied somewhat, and attempt
ed to go home. She became so weak upon
reaching the door that she reluctantly
yielded to the invitation Of Mrs. DInan to
ramain with that ladv all nipht. Mrs.
Welsh failed to acquaint her hostess with
the cause Of her sickness, and the latter
thought it was due to the fact that her
guest was suffering from sore leg.
About o'clock in the morning fine,
healthy-looking little boy was born.
Fifteen minutes later another boy was
born, and half an hour subsequent Mrs.
Welsh gave birth to still.born female in.
FAINT.
The mother is still at the house Of Mrs.
Dinan, and isimproving rapidly. Thetwo
are doing well.