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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17
THE MAD STONE.
Effects OF Its Application to the Wounds
Of u HydrOphObic Patient.

William Pyle, the student stricken
on Saturday, with hydrophobia, is ".
ing at his residence in scml-uncon.
sclous condition. He grew rapidly
worse on Saturday afternoon, and was
kept under control only by the admin
lstratlon of strong opiates. AS der
n'er resort it was determined on Sun.
day to apply what is denominated a
mad stone. There is a stone of this
kind in the country, in the possession
OF family by the name Of Depp, who
brought it with them from Virginia
seventy years ago. AS the patient
seemingly revived upon application
OF the stone,and has been much better
since. it may be of interesr to describe
1T and the operation, however dubious
the public may be regarding its eff
cacy. The stone is of leaden color.
about one inch thick, with surface of
abont four inches. 1t has the appear
ance OF petriied piece of honey
comb: In applying it the stone was first
boiled IN milk until it became very hot
and all impurities dissipated. The
ugly wound made by the dog was
then washed until the surface began
to bleed. The stone was then placed
upon the wound. 1t gathered the
surface up as IN the operation known
as "cupping." The patient began to
tremble violently, and it was thought
that another paroxysm was coming
on. Blood and other impurities be
gan to ooze out of the top of the
stone: The trembling and nervous
twitchlng ceased, and the patient be-
came calm.
he stone remained on the wound
for about three-quarters of an hour I
and extracted about three ounces of
blood. 1t then dropped off suddenly. /
ike leech. y"
The patient was very much ca ,ier
asst night, and there has been no re-
urn OF those violent commissions that
haracte,ize the earlier stages Of the
's"ase. The attending physicians.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17

- There is but one nickel mine in
the United States now in operation.
At is situated in Lancaster county.
Pennsylvania. 1t is 200 feet deep
and has been worked II years. The
demand for this metal is rapidly in
.creasing.-Ex.
Possibly. If the Chicago city di.
rectory Is not wholly fictitious, there
ARE many nichol mines in active Oh.
Ieration in that burg.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17
Business Change.

James Moore, formerly owner OF
several freigh,ing teams, has bought
out !: l. Lewis & Sons drug bus,-
ness and store, at ketchum, and will
add to the stock and extend the trade.
Mr.. Willett Young, for many months
with Joseph Rupert, will remove his
family to Ketchum and assist Mr..
Moore in managing the establishment.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17

- A train Of ten cars loaded
With canned goods at Portland, Me-,
and started for Portland, Or, as soon
As the Northern Pacific Railroad is
opened. The cars are to be conspicu.
ously marked; so as to attract atten:
ton all along the route:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17

The latest dispatches report
the President and party at the forks
OF the Wind River. They were hav-
ing grand time fishing and hunting.
From thence the supplies for the party
will be transported by pack.mule train
to the Yellowstone Park.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17
FRIDAY, AUGUST II. 1883.

"A dispatch from Tombstone,
Arizona. says: The Mexicans and
Apaches had fight near Opossura,
Sonora, on the 18th inst. Several
killed and wounded on both sides.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17

Tile Western Union Telegraph
Company has notified the Mayor of
New York that the city will be held
responsible for any further interfer,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1883-08-17
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
Choice Extracts.


Christianity gave mankind the idcs
and word humanity.
There is no refuge from God except
in God.-Persidn Pr0Uer6.
Consolation is the dropping of %
gentle dew from Heaven on desert.
hearts beneath; it is one of the choicest
gifts of Divine mercy. Spurgeon.
If on our daily course our mind
BE set to hallow ali we find,
New treasures still of countless price
COD VIII provide Tor sacrifice;
Old friends old scenes will holier be,
As more of Heaven In eachwe see;
[ Some Softentng CLEAN of love and prayer.
Shall dawn on every cross and care.
John Kc5le.
st. Paul declared that in the per.
Torrance of his duty he would 90 up Il
Jerusalem though Imprisonment and
death awaited him. He stands for al
time the type of the Christian hero. Lei
rs, by faithful performance of our duty,
bear w tness to the same spirit, and -
determination not less heroic. We al.
mire this spirit in the Patriot. but it i.
not less noble in the Christian soldier
Golden Rule.
There is more honor to Christ and
Christianity in breaking down than
there is in making money. One of tn,
best and noblest things we heard while
in Virginia was that Baptist brother
of high standing, who had been worth
about a million dollars, had failed by
the political changes and depreciation:
of property; but had paid every cent he
owed. Not widow or orphan in TIE
land had lost anything by him. A ser.
mon of this sort is worth million dol.
lars to the cause of Christ. Biblical Re.
cOr61er
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Killed by a Tombstone.

The story of the sculptor at Ayr (Mr.
Smith,, who is reported to have been
crushed to death by heavy monument
on which he was at work, and which he
somehow brought down upon himself
from the platform on which it had been
raised, recalls several similar stories OF
antiquity and of the Middle Ages, in
which the sculptor is represented as
struck to the ground and killed by his
own creation. Sometimes, too, a statue
will fall in an independent manner on @
person who had taken no part in Great
ing it, but who had been guilty of some
offense generally toward the statue it.
self. A statue. for example, having
been erected during his lifetime to the
wrestler Theagenes, a jealous rival APP
preached it one night, and, after insult
ing it by word of mouth, seized 1t by
the beard and pulled it down upon him.
self with crushing effect An endeavor,
too, has been made TO explain, by like
affront, followed by like consequences,
the legend of Don Juan and the statue
of the commander. Unhappily, in the
case Of Mr.. Smith, the story is true.
The monument that crushed him was a
tombstone weighing upward of half q
ton.-St. james Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
Religious Reading.
"7HY ROD AND THY STAFF"

LII AO0 AMI I'M SIAFE."
Erstwhile I looked across tho Valleys border
drear, nm
And held strange parley with its ghost,y
warder. ''
While one loved to his domain drew near.
Ttrembled, in Life's twilight, as pleaded
mat ne would spare the idol of my heart:
That as my stay and staff my boy was needed
ana my half-wearied feet should first de.
part
The warder of the vale in voice grew tender
AS my wild prayer he answered with a
:. Twas his-obedience to his Lord to rendor
And the beloved lad's-not mine-to die.'
On the drear margin of that valleys dark.
ness, $3.50
I felt amazed. my terror fainter grew:
And soft veil fell Ger the warder's star,r.
ness, 1851 AN
As, in his arms. I saw my darling go.
For the dread shape, less droar, had softly
Or, somehow. to my tranccd sense had
come, ~
Across the shadowy edge. a blessed token
Ihat he I'd loved and lost was taken home.
Thy stay and star of which Death has bo.
reft thee, "
Were but ill-chosen for thy coming stress.
And in their stead my rod and staff I've left
For comfort when thy feet the dark paths
press. 80"
And now, humbly say. or sing. with David.
In0ugh walk through the Valley OF
Deaths shade, "
Prom all its evils and Its pcrils saved
Since God is with mel am unafraidi,
~ ntdia Z. IL chdius, ~ Ou.fs Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
What He Left.

They told Lord Erskine that certain
man was dead, and that he had left
f200,000.' His lordship replied:
That's poor capital to begin the
next world with" What failure was
that mans life! He got no good of his
100000 in this world and did not get
himself ready for the next. What did
he doP What is the grand result of his
life, of his toll, of his anxious days and
sleepless nights? He raked together
100000. What did he do with it?
Kept it as long as he could. Why did
he not keep it for ever? He died. What
became of it? He left it! To whom:
To those who came after and to the
squabbles of courts. If any good to the
world ever came out of this f200, 600 no
thanks are due to him. He kept it a.
long as he could, and left it only be-
cause he could not bring it with him.
There was not room enough i'm oil
Charon's boat for him and his f200,0 0c.
If he had only converted it, as tn.
bankers say! And it was conyertibl
into the blessings of the poor, into the
sweet consciousness of having done som
good while he lived, into the good hope
of perpetuating his influence when h.
was dead and gone. But he did nons
of these things. He raked it together,
kept it, died, left it, and made his last
bed no softcr.-Dr j. b. Thomas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
An Old Mans Adventure on q Railway
Bridge.

An old man living in Marshall Coun-
~ recently met with an experience
which he will not soon forget. He was
walking down the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad, about mile beyond Mounds
vile and near Huggin's mill, late in the
evening, when he heard train coming
in the distance. A few yards below was
bridge, which the old man thought he
could cross before the approaching train
reached it. He started rapidly. but as
he stepped upon the ties the train APP
peared in sight. 1t was still some dis
lance away, and he increased his speed
in hopes that he would cfear the bridge.
Suddenly his foot slipped on one of the
oily ties, and he was thrown to his knees
between the rails. AS he rose he glanced
toward the train, and his blood must
have turned cold when ne saw it Just
coming into the covered bridge at a
speed which quick as thought annihi-
lated the short distance between it and
the trembling man. At tie same time
the engineer, Chap" Fleming, saw a
dark form in the headlights glare, real
lied the perilous situation, and four
sharp, shrill screams from the whistle
and the wheeling of the air-brakes
showed at once that he was doing his
best to stop the train.
In the moment of time which this oc-
cupied, the old man had seized his only
hope of safety. A position where he
had one chance in million for his life
suggested itself, and without hesitation
he lay down on the ends of the ties. His
action was watched by the engineer and
fireman, and it's almost utter hopeless
ness was seen. They turned away with
an involuntary exclamation of horror,
expecting the next instant 10 feel the
jar of the wheels as they mangled his
body to shreds. The man had scarcely
laid down when the train was on him,
and the cow-catcher plowed him from
his narrow shelf. If before he had but
one chance in a million for his life. it
would now seem that even that chance
was gone. But not so. In his fall the
man struck upon one of the cross
beams which pass several feet below
the track from side to side of the
bridge. He clasped this with the strength
OF desperation, and clung to it until
the train had reached the other side.
Then, with weak and trembling clutch,
he drew himself up 10 the track and
crawled rather than walked back to
shore. There he sat down, scarcely
bruised by his rough contact with the
engine or his fall, but sick with fright.
As soon as the train could be brought
to a stand-still, Conductor Manning sent
his brakeman, man named Hillard,
back to see if the man was dead. What
was their surprise to find him sitting by
the track unhurt, and, except for his
scare, no worse for his fearful expert.
ence-an experience probably without
precedent. Wheeling nv Va. Intel
H5encer.
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him. Such explanations as are 10 be
made, Twill make. Believe me, it is
not TO spare myself / ask this, but to
spare my husband"
There was unutterable mournfulness
In her voice rs she pronounced those
last words. and suspicion awnxe in
Launt's mind. What If she were de-
ceiving him after all? What il, to shield
some sin of her own youth, she were
ruthlessly sacrificing Dana and himself?
Mrs. Oliphantr' he spoke abruptly.
You are enough ike Dana to be her
own mother. Miss Powers says you
are her mother. / am cot good at read
ing mysteries, yet l can not fail to see
that there is something in all this which
you have concealed from your husband.
What is it? Ihave the right to ask, for
nothing short of Dana being that wom-
ans daughtcr-nothing short of the
blood she caused to fow-shall stand
between us"
She flung back her veil and faced
him; for the first time he saw the snowy
hair which the thick veil had concealed.
"YOu are right. There is something
which / have concealed from my hus-
band, but il is not what YOU think. He
would tell you what do if you were to
60 to him. that l am Dana's mother.
Yes, Mr.. Harrington, | AMI was, not
Rose Sangerford, but Mignon France,
Dana's mother"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

! The right name of Henry Irving,
the English actor, is Broadrib.
MIR. A. A. Abel. proprietor of the
Baltimore Sun, is estimated to be worth
Sl5,0O0,0O0.
General Bradley T. johnson has
finished writing book on the early his
tory of Maryland
Clara Louise kellogg has leased a
house at New Hartford, Conn. near her
birthplace, and will spend the summer
there.
The two candidates for Governor OF
Ohio. Judges Foraker and Hoadly,
vote in the same precinct in Cincinnati.
Gcre'dHd Leader
Mrs. Alma Tadema, wife of the
English painter, is one of the three sis
GERS who are called Nutritious,
Grateful and Comforting.
Rev. Stephen H.. Tyng. Jr., has
given up the pulpit, become perma-
nent Partisan, and is to be the general
European agent of the Equitable Life
Insurance Company, of New Yerk.-
n. y. Sun.
The breach of promise case of
Mary Alice Livingston against Henry
Fleming, a New York millionaire. in
which the lady got n Judgment for $751;
600, has been compromised by the pay
ment of S35. coo.
Tho following ex-Governors of Yer
mont are octogenarians: Hiland Hall,
Bennington; Ryland Fletcher, Caven-
dish; Julius Converse, Woodstock; Paul
Dillingham;, Waterbury; Frederick Hol-
brook, Brattleboro.
In Burke County, Ga, n few DAYS
ago Daniel Dowse, aged ninety. married
Rachel Jones, aged seventy-five. The
tlmld bride nervoUsly clutched the arm
of her groom, who bore himself with
manly Pride.-M T. Graphic.
Mayor Buckley, of Hartford,
spends much more for the city every
year than his salary covers. His enter
tainment of the Charleston (S. c.
mlitiamen cost him Several thousand
dollars, the expense of the little feast
at his own house being about 81, 100
Hartford Comm Post -tt 81
United States Minister Hunt and
Admiral Baldwin have received the
large gold medal commemorative of the
NHiOhtANAOns DdllWl0
has received a gold snuff-box, with a
portrait of the Car set in brilliants, to
mark the Cars personal appreciation
OF the courtesy of the United States in
sending special naval mission. to Mos
cow. -
Mrs. Margaret Haughery is to have
life-sized statue in New Orleans. For
forty years she was the most self-sacri.
icing philanthropist in that city. Many
instances of her heroism are borne in
mind by her admirers. On one occa
sion, when she applied at large
grocery for provisions, she was laugh
ingly told by member of the firm:
" Wen give you all you can pile on a
wheelbarrow, if you will take it to the
asylum yourself" She accepted the
offer and rolled the barrow in triumph
through the Streets Chicago Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
an ETENLNG DREAM


Hy saintcd fair one. dreaming hero tonight
a., seem Co sec your sober. sanity face
Shine IN my ruOm here, allied with shade and
light.
500 your rosy lips: and oil the grace
~ dark-hrown hair and earnest eyes. half
bright
Aad half domurc. shines for q little
space.
AZ one who lies a-drcauhiF Ia n space
OF soft green voodA nlied with tho wind
and night
And hath no wonder when the moons fair
grace
Shines In upon his dreams and makes them
bright
! DO not think a strange 20 scc your face
shine uut amidst the shadows dark and
lght
For love flies farther than the lonely Ilght
That fiics through all the winslcss ways OF
space.
And love dies far beyond tho wind and night
And far beyond the dark soas, wherein
grace
IL not: nor doth day make them bright;
Love soos beyond them Gll-thc loving face
Sweet angel mine. l. all tho fair days grace
That makcth all things fun 81 golden light
worth the still time. that Cufnsth for n space
when all the earnest stars arc soft aud
bright
And love looks M. and socs the loving facc.
And knowcth not u Il be- day or nightp
-Iuferfor
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

The preacher. can hardly give too
much pains to The PREPARATION Of his
sermons. Let him dismiss from his
mind the canting temptation to imagine
that he renders himself liable 10 the
charge of egotism if he makes much of
the business in which he is the sole
actor, or that sacred influence, timed to
tit his presence in the pulpit, will. if he
Is earnest in the main, save him the ne
cessity of previous human trouble. Let
HIM rather encourage the thought that
when he breaches the interest and infiu-
ence of his sermon depend upon the
serious and honest pains he has taken
In its preparation. A gardener who
wants good crop is not content with
reliance on the beneficent aid of nature.
He chooses the best seed he can get. He
takes the utmost care to see that it is
sown under the most promising condi-
tons. He feels that his personal credit
is at stake in the matter, and that the
blame for failure can not be altogether
thrown upon the weather and the soil,
And. IL like manner, the preacher who
desires his seed to bring forth well will
neglect nothing which is likely to make
it wholesomely acceptable. And he
can not do this in a hurry. He can not
do it when he has allowed his power Of
application to be frittered away by a
multitude of petty Interruptions. He
must sit down to his work, whether
he breaches what is called "extempore"
or not, with reserve of force. lie
must have a good head of steam in has
boiler, which is hardly possible if he has
been whistling and shunting himself
about in sid ngs all day. Look at an
engine waiting to drag train. Sec
how it glows and bubbles with sup
pressed energy as it stands ready i'm the
she'd. We may be sure that the
preacher will acquit himself best, and
people, who deliberately assists the ac-
cumulation of his power before lie set
ties himself down to the preparation of
his sermon. and who dares to resent the
pressure of other less important bust
ness that he may seat himself at his
desk with n clear head and warm in
terest in the work to be done He never
approaches that work without secret
prayer; but he locks his door, and does
his utmost to put his message into
shape most likely to invite healthy at
tention and leave a wholesome result.
Whether he breaches with or without a
book, he uses his pen. He arranges
his subject, he chooses his words with
care, and patiently reconstructs clumsy
or dull sentences, until he feels that,
according to his abilities, he has created
a fresh and original fabric. He will
then 60 into his pulpit with the encour-
aging retie ton that he has something
to say, and that he is prepared to say il
in the best way within his power. And
| would ask whether a higher influence
is not then most likely to accompany
his wnrk.-Cor1,hiH Magazine.
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Knew Her Failing.

$50, Mary, you are going to leave me
TO take service with Mrs. De Vere?''
Yes, ma'am. but you see she PAYS
me more wages"
II suppose so, and suppose your
mind is made up to go. Mary, l want
to make you present before YOU 90. -
please don't ma am"
why. what do you mean?''
al mean, ma am, that Mrs. De We're
will want to know the cost of YOUR mar
lor curtains, the number of your serv-
ants, and the name of your dressmak-
err"
"And suppose she does?''
"Why, IN have to tell her. and as
much more as can think of. It's INV
failing, and if You give me your old
black silk not to tell, and she gives me a
new seven dollar hat to pump out ali I
know. / feel that shall lean toward
the hat"
Mary is allowed to go, and Mrs. Eras-
tus thanks her stars that the girl never
knew that her diamonds were paste or
the furniture mortgaged.-- Wdu Sired
Daily Nercs.
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A Rich Man Starved.

$50 Jones is dead" said one Somer.
vile man to another.
Yes, poor fellow" was the reply
shes gone"
"What did he die OFF" inquired the
first speaker.
Starvation" was the answer.
Starvation! Good gracious, the
man was worth $4,000"
know that; nevertheless, he died
of starvation. I'll tell you how it was:
Jones was always fancying that there
was something the matter with him; SC
he went to doctor one day and hac
himself examined, and the doctor in
formed him that he had kidney disease,
and that, besides taking medicine, he
must diet himself Said the doctor
You must avoid all kinds of salt
meats, salt fish, potatoes, cabbage anc
vegetables of every kind Jones fol
lowed the advice, but found himself nc
better. He went to another doctor.
and, after being examined, was in.
formed that he must avoid all kinds OF
fresh meats also. This did not do him
any good, as he thought, and he went
to another doctor, who highly approve
of the advice which had previousl,
been given, and further warned hin
against all kinds of pastry, likewi
shell-fsh, including oysters and clam
The best thing for you is milk diet,
said this doctor; so Jones lived wholly
upon milk. Not feeling himself any
better, he went to another doctor, who
cautioned him to avoid milk, above I'll
things, if he wanted to get well. This
reduced Jones to a diet of cold wat u
and fresh air, and, finding himself nc
better under this regime, he went tt
another doctor, who advised him to b..
ware of drinking too much water arc
being too much in the air. This last
advice cut of the last of Jones' article
of diet. and he died of starvation, as
have told you, "-Son'srrtle Journal