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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24
CuriOsitips Of Animal Life,

The cuttle-Gsh has three distinct
hearts.
Elephants always disturb the wat r
before they drink.
The woodpecker can thrust his tongue
out fully three inches.
The lobster has been known to at.
tam the age Of ~ years.
The entire feathers Of ali owl weigh
only an ounce and half.
Raven and crows general pair for
life; also doves and pigeons.
The sea anemones swallow pieces of
meat as big as themselves.
Poll says that a single oyster COZ e
tans no less than 100000 eggs.
The elephant is equally distressed by
the extremes Of heat and cold.
When tiger seizes his prey he
would rather die than l,t go his hold.
The music Of the singing musscl de-
lights sailors along the coast OF Ceylon.
The wild pigeon will fly at the rate
Of GO miles an hour.
The albatross, the largest of sea
birds, flies with the velocity Of 100
miles an hour.
The noise made by school of fish
in a deep sea sounds like the rumbling
of thunder.
The little bird called the ''swift'
darts through the air at the rate Of 100
miles an hour.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24

George T. Coulter has sued
Henry Janin in San Francisco for
1886, 742, monies expended by parties
represented by Coulter upon worthless
mines recommended by Janin as a
mining expert. The defendant is the
individual who once declared that
there were no silver mines north of the
railroad in Nevada that would pay for
working.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24
How She AScertained Her Husbands
Death.

Three or four days ago Mrs. J. c.
Chamberlain, Of this place, received
news that her husband had been killed
by an explosion of giant while work
ing in mine on the head of Deer
Creek, 10 or IL days ago. Last Mon
day evening, being unable to secure
a conveyance, she left here at 8
o'clock, on foot for Valley, where she
arrived between II and to ascertain
the authenticity Of the report. She
learned there that it was true, and
that the miners ol that section Il fur
nished Il messenger with horse and
money to come up and notify her, and
that he got drunk and spent the
money in HALEY. She returned to
ketchum on last evenings stage
ketchum Keystone.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24
Dr.. RuSh's Regulator y

Has never failed to give relief. II has 1een rsel
srccesutu.Iy fer years i'll subtuiug the mos stub
horn cases of heart oitlc mites. 4 pcs tive cure
for Enlargement, Islrit~tiop. FIutt ring and
Ittty Dtsoatr ton of the H.Vrt. FIlce, y per
bottle SIX for -. Sold ty druggists, or IT dire,
by bE. III Sii'S MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
SLOWLY Nunda, New York. [ 6 4
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24

Thomas Kingsbury, the weIlknown
Boise-fr"it raiser, is back again from
the Capital. He will have winter APP
pies and other fruit coming on the
cars once week, for the next six
weeks, which he will sell at the same
prices as last year. lie can be seen at
May, kricg & Co.'s. oil
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-11-24
Payday Noi.cc.

WOOD RIVER q. AND g. NJ. CO. or
SALT Ia T. CITY. L. I.-&n nersonS hold
ing claims against this company Lust pre-
sent their bills il duplicate. nj the coIap any',
Office. at Bullion, before tic first day OF each
month, and pawn en- will he made on III.
TO- h. ENt1S A. NALL
SupeiintPI ,trt.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
A DOnkey's Suicide.

1t has always been thought that man
possesses one point of superiority, if i,
can be so called, over the lower animals,
in that he alone is capable of commit
ting suicide. Mans sole claim to thi:
sad privilege is now assailed from 4
quite unexpected quarter of the animal
kingdom. The Paris Pair gives partic-
ulars of the suicide of donkey which
was witnessed recently by dozen per.
sons, who are one and all convinced
that the animals death was premedi-
tated and intentional. The unfortunate
qnadruped, which was reduced to a
condition of skin and bone from eating
too little and working too much. man
aged to escape from his stables in the
Rue du Chardonnerct, and made for the
Seine. into which he entered near the
POnt d 'Austerli:z. A man who hap
pened to be giving a Newfoundland
dog bath close by, perceiving that the
T,akey made no effort to swim and was
on the point of drowning, dispatched
the dog to his assistance. Selling the
drowning animal ear in his mouth, the
Newfoundland managed to bring him to
land. But TO no purpose. The donkey
looked round with his large, sad eye.
and quietly walked back into the water.
The dog was again sent after him: but
this time the donkey kicked out so Wig
orously that his preserver could not APP
proach. The donkey. once beyond his
depth. resigned himself to the action of
the current, made no movement to sus.
tain himself. and was speedily drowned.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. II. B. Stowe is about to begin
a new story. which will be entitled
"Orange Blossoms.
A daughter of General Winfield
Scott is the wife of Virginia gentle
man named Winfield Scott.
The Public Library of Boston con-
tains 422, 116 bound volumes. 1t stands
as No. 10 of the great libraries of the
world.
The Buffalo newspaper man who
married the widow of millionaire
Fargo. the express company magnate,
has started a morning paper.-Butalo
Express.
Henry Clay Thurston. of Noun.
Pleasant, Tex. the tallest man in
America, is seven feet seven and one
half inches high, fifty-three years OF
age, and weighs 2S0 pounds.
-Raceo Nina, an Italian author, who
has dedicated book to Postmaster
General Gresham, now asks that official
to send him enough money to cover the
expense of printing the first edition.
Bronson Howard, the dramatist,
who is living on royalties from his plays.
in England, is the pOsseSsor of double
tricycle. on which he and his wife, and
and whatever supplies they feel like
carrying, make twenty-mile and thirty
mile trips about the country.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe says
that the novels of the day lack romantic
interest. Human passion has come to
be synonymous with mawkish hysteria,
to be photographed without grace, and
by what strikes her as dry process,
which takes the victim in the middle OF
an emotion, rs horse is caught with
all his feet in the air.-N Y. Graphic.
For some time Miss Louisa NJ. AL
colt has been at work upon new story
for boys and girls. 1t is sequel to
Little Men," and is to be called Joe s
Boys. and How They Turned Out. ~
Miss Alcott hoped to have the book fin
ished for the fall, but owing to the ILL
ness of her father she has been obliged
to put off its completion indefinitely
Boston Post.
Will Carleton. the popular verse
writer, is thus described by a reporter
in Indianapolis, where he has been Wis.,
iting: HE is nearly six feet tall, of
slender. build, with bright, rather
youthful face, blue eyes, aquiline nose
and short wl.iskers, which cover only
his chin. His hair, which is slightly
tinged with gray, is combed smoothly
back, and this. combined with the some
what clerical cut of his clothes, gives
him rather the appearance of well-tO-
do young minister on a vacation"
One of the most interesting subjects
discussed by the American Library AS
sociation at Buffalo was the practice of
changing the original title of a book, or
of giving a book more than one title.
Sometimes the change is effected by
fraud, often by thoughtlessness, but in
either case it causes annoyance. As
examples, John Habberton's "Just One
Day." became, with change of pub
fishers, '.Mrs. Mayburn's Twins; with
Her Trials in the Morning, Afternoon
and Evening of Just One Day" Mrs.
Fetherstonhaugh' story. ''Kilcorran."
is enlarged to ''Lil, Fair, Fair, with
Golden Hair; or, KiicOrran.'
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
Swindling the ''Grangers."

The success of the man who goes
among the farmers soliciting theiI
money for his useless wares has long
been scandal and shame. 1t is not
all the farmers fault. He is like other
men in most respects. Human nature
is much the same, the world over. But
his isolation offers fewer opportunities
for consultation and for combination in
sels-defencc. A scheme that would fail
in the town merely because it would at
tract the attention Of others, and be dis
cussed by them while looking on, may
be carried out in the retiracy of the
farmers home. a band of scoundrels
covering house in the village with a
net work of lightning-rods, and then
bulldozing the owner intoa prOmlssory
note for ten times the cost of the work,
would fail merely from the casual pres
to pass while the work was going on.
Yet this transparent fraud may be sue
cessful when attempted on an unsus-
piciouS and busy man who stands alone.
Legal technicalities tend to demoralize
the farmer. He sees some one swindled
by the combined shrewdness of two
swindle-s, one of whom is u lawyer,
and lie learns to distulst the law.
Finding his name signed to a very harm
less contract, he is persuaded that he
has '.got his foot in it, and he will pay
out rather than stand for what he
knows to be his rights, fearing the law.
And. at all this, the self-sufficient man
on the crowded streets will smile, and
say the farmer ought to have more
sense. And this is true. We should
know more than we do. BUT experience
is a slow school, and it is essentially the
school. of those who live in isolation.
But the position of the farmer offers
the swindler letter opportunity to es-
cape detection. The latter may be
cleaning in far-distant pastures before
his little scheme has been discovered,
whereas, if it had been consummated in
the village, the idle loafers, the lawyers,
the officers, all would have been on his
track while it was vet warm.
1t is the duty of the press, as well as
of reading and observant farmers and
others to warn everybody against the
oily tongues of the peddler of cloths.
carpets, linens, etc. that have escaped
duty. or are bankrupt stocks, and sold
for song. The travelling vender of
CRAFTS and fruit trees is dangerous
fellow. for it takes long time to prove
his guilt. But tree-planting is a matter
Of so much Importance to the planter,
and he should he so absolutely certain
Of what he is doing. that it seems
strange that any one should permit him
self to take the risk of relying on the
representations of an irresponsible
stranger.
But it is useless to attempt to enum-
crate the wiles of the wicked. The wis
dom of the serpent will be sufficient to
enable him to hide his trail. An old
swindle will be succeeded by a new one,
and when the old is forgotten it will be
revived. The only safety is in giving a
wide berth to offers of sudden riches at
the hands of strangers all offers of
something for nothing land especially
to every proposition that suggests on
its facesany intrigue. any fraud upon
the Government, or on private persons,
or any gain where others must !ose.-
Wsstef1l Farm Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27

attack ME; bnt he always paused ar
ruptly on the brink, apparently I'M
willing to trust himself farther. If l
had been a swimmer, l might have
crossed to the other side, and thus have
escaped; but never having learned that
useful accomplishment. I dared not
venture beyond my depth. l was get
ting deadly cold, when a bright ideaoc-
Cured: would let my hat float down
the river; perhaps the bull would follow
it! Drawing deep breath, l bent down
till the water reached the rim of my
hat, which was felt one. Keeping it
on with my hands, / moved slowly
down the stream a little, then bending
still lower. let the current float it gently
away. 1 remained under till i felt
acute agony from the want of
breath. Not venturing yet to raise
my head, / bent backwards SO as
to bring my profile on level
with the surface, in order that l
might breathe without being seen.
After what fancied a long time,
/ raised my head cautiously, and looked
to see where my terrible enemy was.
My ruse had succeeded; he was follow
ing the hat at a considerable distance
down stream. Fearful vet to venture
out. waited till he disappeared round
a lend Of lhe river, when, with feelings
of thankfulness L cannot express, !
waded ashore. was deadly cold; my
teeth were clenched, and l shivered
violently. / could scarcely walk, owing
to the benumbed state of my limbs:
but, pulling myself together, l moved
in the direction of the cottage. On the
way, ! met a number of men looking
for the truant bull. They were sur
prised to find me without my hat and
dripping with wet Having acquainted
them shortly with my adventure, they
continued their pursuit. l heard after
wards that considerable difficulty was
experienced in capturing the brute.
My unusual appearance naturally
caused Mrs. Grant some surprise; and
when explained the cause of it, she
was thankful had escaped horrible
death. After having changed my
clothes, felt little the worse for my
long immersion, and was able to. wei
come my cousin home in the afternoon.
As the penalty of his escapade, the
bull was consigned to "durance vile y
for some time, with the view of i'm.
proving his manners in the future; but,
perhaps, my manner of outwitting an
adversary so dangerous as a thorough
ly reused bull may be of service to
others on a similar emergency.-Ch Cham
JerS' Journal.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
Kitchen Progress.

Even in the kitchen inventive genius
has gained a strong fOOthOld, entirely
usurping the primitive methods prac-
ticed by our grandmOthers in the per-
Torrance of their domestic duties. Me-
chanical contrivances of all kinds sup
ply what in former years required deft-
ness. Griddles themselves do the cake
turning. Eggs are beaten by crank;
the coffee bean is not only roasted and
ground by machinery, but the drink
made by clever continuance that con-
| siderately whistles when the beverage
is done. A child, nowadays, may sue
cessfully fry Saratoga potatoes. An
open work basket is set in pan of fat,
with the article to be fried in it. The
pan is furnished with high handle
with hook in the middle The instant
the thing to be cooked has assumed the
delicate golden brown appropriate to
viands cooked in this way, the basket is
lifted and hung upon the hook to drip
and dry. There is no marring of the
symmetry of outline of the fragile
delicacies, no scattering of grease in
the endeavOr to fish them out, and there
are no last ones to burn while waiting
tHClI " OuU. tifC
pew brOiler, which permits the article to
be tightly shut in, Obviating all danger
Of depositing it upon the floor or in the
fire, but catches every drop of juice
that may exude. When the broiler has
tured over the Juices are turned back
upon the meat, which thus bastes itself.
To those unsuccessful ones who have
not yet arrived ut the solution of the
problem of how to cook Il chop over
quick fire, without burning the fat,
these brOilers will bring success and re-
lief from their perplexities. Those fond
of nicely-shaped griddle-cakcs will re-
joice over a griddle m ,de with hinge
in the middle. One side has Il number
of circular depressiOns into which the
batter is dropped. When the cakes are
done on the under side, the griddle is
simply folded over on itself, which de-
posts them on their other side on the
opposite half of the griddle, leaving the
empty places ready for more. Then
there are ironing boards covered and
ready for use, and the various articles,
light and serviceable and unbreakable,
like buckets and basins and fOot-tubs,
made of paper-mache.- Chicago Inter
Oceup
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
His Revenge.

They were riding up from the Wall
street ferry in bus. He lifted his hat
to her in a gingerly manner. and she
bowed with the GOODNESS of an iceberg.
.'Know her?'' asked a man at his ell
bow.
know her. Why l was engaged to
her last fallr'
.And what9''
land she gave me the bounce. She
said she loved me, hut she could not
endure the thought of a struggle with a
French fiat and tapestry Brussels car
pets. went forth crushed man, but
revenge is mine:''
"HOw?''
''Why, her father put one hundred
and fifty Thousand dollars in summer
hotel, and the company hasn't made
enough to pay the wages OF the head
waiter" Street Nstps.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
HUMOROUS.

An earthquake usually causes an
active movement in real estate.-Son,.
err1lle journal.
Some one who believes that 'brevity
is the soul of WITT writes: Don't eat
Q cumbers. They'll w up"
Adele your poem, "He loves
me very dearly" is remarkable pro-
duction; but if you want those pleasant
relations to continue, don't let him see
it. AS for the copy sent hithcr. it will
be carefully placed in Il little basket,
not necessary for publication, but as a
guarantee of good faith.-Erchange.
-" feel so worried about Charles?''
sighed Mrs. Willhusband. Its get
ting late sure enough said sister Kate,
looking at the clock; .but l guess moth
ing unusual has happened That is
what frets me-" replied Mrs. Wild
husband, Il am afraid something usual
has happened to Charles. y Detroit
Post.
Last week the Governor of Rhode
Island packed his State in hand bag
and took it down to Cape May for a
holiday. This was kind of the Cover
nor, and makes the Governor of Texas
hide his diminished head when he con-
trasts the generous action with his own
selfshness. Catch him taking his State
anywhere. Bless you, it's as much as
he can do to keep it at home.--Burling-
ton HGUkeye.
-Ingratiating photographer (after
carefully posing little ViOlO): "And
now you are going to be a very good
little girl. and sit as still as mouse for
few minutes. ViOlO (whO, though
but a.mite. has mighty will of her
own, quickly imposing and assuming a
most determined cvpression): 80, in
deed, Mr. Man! That's all you know
about it. I'm going to be as naughty as
possibler'- Y. Herald.
CAESARS mistake: "Boss, will you
tell me how to make root bcer?' asked
cOlored man Of clerk in drug
store, a day or two ago. ''Yes. | will:
Take hickory stick, three gallons of
water, an old hat, a quart of molasses,
a paper of tacks and a pound of cayenne
pepper, and boil and skim and set in a
cool place" "Say dat again, boss, so
l can disremember. The clerk re-
peated his directions and the customer
brought his fist down on the counter
with the exclamation: II sees where |
spilled my hull batch! l left out de
tacksr'- Boston Gazette.
-Honors were easy: A German citi-
zen. approaching the window, re-
quested that check payable to the or
der of SchweitZercase be cashed. ia,
dots me- he nodded reassuringly, in
answer to the telIer's look of inquiry.
''But / don't know that you are Mr..
Schweitzercasc. You must Get your
self identified" said the teller. '.How
vass dot?" asked the German citizen,
with puzzled look. .'You must get
some one to identify you,' repeated the
bank officer. '.Ah, JAZZ cried John.
much relieved; "dot's all right. !
don'd know you neider. '-Bufalo COM
DerciGl.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1883-09-27
A Central African Village.

One fine large village, a long day s
march beyond the Inkissi, gives a good
idea of Central African life. There is a
general aspect OF prosperity, and the
people are unusually sportive and merry
among themselves. Children, pretty
little black children, were playing to-
gether and making mud pies; one
Africanette. looking on, carried a baby
as big rs herself. A hen and chickens,
with that steadfast obstinacy which is SO
characteristic of fowls, would insist on
retiring for the night in the house
which had been assigned me as my
lodging: so two capable little boys
caught the ten chickens tenderly and
conveyed them to a place of safety, the
old hen, perforce, clucking and protest
ing behind. An immense quantity of
pumpkins, with the ripe fruit and the
great yellow blossom growing on the
same plant, and the waving fields of
manioc which saw in the bright morn
ing light, lent an air of prosperity and
plenty to the tidy groups of houses. In
this village, in front of many of the
habitationS, lay huge logs of wood,
roughly trimmed tree-trunks. At one
end they exhibited but little handling
from the operator, but at the other they
terminated in rudely carved and
painted head, executed with little
finish indeed, yet the few strokes
that wrought the semblance to
humanity had been given with a
certain decision and skill. There was.
in fact, good deal of character and
express on in this sketched-out face,
which. besides, bore much resemblance
to the prevailing type. of man in that
neighbOrhood. Whether these logs, of
which many were lying prone before
the cottage doors, were households in
disgrace, or merely ornamental settles,
l could not ascertain; but, when men.
toned the word for IDOL and point
ed toward them, the men and women
gathered round and laughed con-
temptuously. might mention that the
natives here call themselves "Wam-
buno.' The plural prefix eva" again
replaces the more classical "ba." Be
yond this village all was magnificent,
grandiosc forest. The path goes down,
down, down into its depths, and the
tree-tops shut out the sky. The long,
straight llianas depending from 1.-The
branches appear like plumb lines and
airy scaifolding sketching out a sort OF
fantastic architecture. Large iessa-
mine flowers shine forth like stars in
the. gloomy depths of foliage. and down
at the bottom of the deep ravine a
brown stream catches a few giints OF
green light as it hurries along
We stop at the village of Ngoma'
CNgoma" means drum as you
will have noticed, it is often applied tG
a sounding fall of water) on the even
ing of the. fourth day after leaving
Lutete. Here an old fetish man and
some young disciples were performing
a curious sort of dance, in which they
hoped like frogs, and squatted on
their heels, waving their hands down
ward from the heavens. l was told
they were calling down the rain.
Others, more indolent, were reclining
in different postures, having their hair
combed and dressed by women.-Cor.
London Telegraph. ....