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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-16
At the Haley Sawmills-F. H. Rowe,
Proprietor.

A full assortment Of Chicago lum-
Der, Michigan and Native lumber,
California redwood, sash, doors, blinds,
holdings, finishing lumber, etc, al.
ways on hand. Also the Aston and
Dearborn Paint Companies Paints.
Order by telephone No. 30.
F. H. Rowe. HALEY Sawmills.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1884-09-16
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FoR PRESIDENT:
JAMES &. BLAINE,
FoR VICE PRESIDENT
JOHN A. LOGAN,
For Delegate to Congress:
THEO. F. SINGISER.
For Joint Councilman:
E. c. BREARLEY,
Of Haley.
For Representative:
E. o. WHEELER,
Of ketchum.
For Sheriff,
CHAS. II. FUREY,
of Bellevue.
For Auditor and Recorder:
C. B. FOX,
Of HALEY.
For Assessor and Tax Collector;
ROBERT CAMPBELL,
Of Ketchum,
For District Attorneys
J. H. HARRIS,
of Bellevue.
For Probate Judge;
GEO. NJ. PARSONS,
Of HALEY.
For Treasurer:
JOHN H. VAN SCHAICK,
Of Rocky Bar.
For Coroner:
DIR. N. !. BROWN,
of HALEY.
For County Commissioners:
T. W. GILLETTE,
OF K~tchum;
A. B. BRUNER,
OF Shoshone;
GEORGE FERRIS,
OF Arco.
Coupty Central Committee:
F. c. BREARLEY,
Chairman;
L. P. ANDERSON.
Secretary;
P. P. cANAVAN,
Treasurer.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02
BILL ARp'S LETTER.
The "ShycOon" Disscussed- His Eff.
fort to Console, Etc.

/ reckon the elements are salts
fled now and will let us alone for
a season. We've got nothing to
camplain Of at my house and much
to be grateful for. nevertheless one
Of my props wave been knocked
rom under, for I've been saying
and thinking for seven years that
;hese hills and mountains that
surround us were like Notifications
against storms and tempest and
cyclones and simOons and lorna
does and all those sort Of things.
thought that the high peaks and
''ilges broke them to pieces when
they come and we were in no dan
ger, but the day we could look out
ut our windows and see the raging
balloon on it's winding way tear
ing up things and paying no re
spect to houses or trees or man or
beast. 1t lifted up the roof off Of
Nabor Munford's nice dwelling
like the shingles were feathers, and
then took hold Of his big two-sto-
ry barn and twisted it all to piec-
IS, and then dropped the frag-
mcnts about on nine mules and
two horses and carriage and all
sorts Of machines, and nine Mig
gers to boot that were inside the
building. No, those darkeys were
not in. Tney saw the cyclone
iooling round the dwelling houses
and they run out Of the barn just
as the suburbs Of the monster got
there.
Says.I, "John what did those
darkeys do then?'
Good gracious, boss, I tell you
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

see her in her home content,
The faithful housewife, day by day,
Her duties seem like pleasures sent,
And Joy attends her on her way.
She cares not for the loud acclaim.
That goes with rank and social strife,
Her waysidc home is more than fame;
She is it's queen-the faithful wife.
When summer days are soft and fair,
And bird songs fill the cottage trees,
She reaps a benson as rare,
AS her own gentle ministries.
Peace shrincs itself upon her face,
And happiness in every look;
Her voice is full of charm and grace,
Like music Of the summer brook.
In winter, when the days are cold,
And all the landscape dead and bare,
How we'll she keeps her little fold,
How shines the fire beside her chair!
The children go with pride to school,
The fathers toll half turns to play.
SO faithful is her frugal rule.
So tenderly she molds the day.
Let higher stations va,lnt their claim,
Let others sing Of rank and birth,
The faithful housewives honest fame.
Is linked to the best Joy on earth.
-Wenga.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

There are no timbers over that
But how are we going to get to
the aowcr7pit,' said the girls. The
cyclone comes before anybody
knows it, and while We are run
ming to the tlower-pit it catches us
and carries us Off
Not only that said Mrs. Arp,
but the trees are all about and
they would be pulled up by the
roots and crush down on the flow
cr-pit and even the sash frames and
the glass could kill us, and then
there is always hail with the cy
clone and that would beat us all
to pieces-no I'm not going in the
flower-pit.'
'All right said l. we will
stay right here in the family room
and see it out. | don't think ii
will do anything but take the roof
off,
why, it tore Mr. MunforIs big
strong barn all to pieces and killed
his mules said she. 1T Wouldn't
mind this house rt ALL
'Then where arc YOU going said
I, and there was silence for q sea
son. Finally Mrs. Arp said she
wanted to move somewhere where
there were no storms or cyclones
There is no such place said /,
this side Of ofheavcn.'
Last night my women folks
stayed up at nabor Freeman's to
tea and about ten O clock he came
down alone and said he wanted
somebody to go up after my folks.
why didn't they come down
with you? said /. Afraid said
he. Afraid Of what?' said /. 'Cy-
cloncs,' said he. | was about to
express my Indignation, when he
said they had all been talking
about spirits and ghosts and his
wife didn't want to be left alone
and 50 he left my folks up there
while he came down. 1t does look
like spirits and magnetism and cy-
clones are about to take this cOun-
try and q man don't hardly know
whether it is worth while to plant
a crop or not, but I reckon we will
plant. We have been sowing oats
all the week as hard as we can and
are still living in hope that sun
shine and the seasons Will contin-
ne and the earth give it's increase
and this year be better one than
the last.
SO mote it be. BILL ARR.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

--Lightmindcd young thing in
q bathing suit: "Surcly, Amt
Margaret, you're not going to
wear your spectacles into the
water" ".m
Aunt M--"Jndced I am. Moth
ing shall induce me to take off an
other thing"
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

He who would admonish 9th
ers should above all things, be
careful OF their reputation and
sense Of shame. They who have
cast off blnshing are beyond
amendment.
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

Oilcn &c WnlCe SCnOOl all Qc same.
1e no respeckter Of pussons, bress
God. Tell you boss what 1 tinl1
about dis old shycoon. / tink he
muffin but de old dcbil on sour
cion Yah, yah, YAH and John
cackled athis own ideas.
Well, / was mighty sorry for
Nabor Munford, for it tore him up
awfully, but it left him his wife
and his pretty little children and
good old mother and all, and he is
thankful for that and said to me
that his gratitude would be com
plete if hic ladc trees had been
left, for he lld'nt replace them.
1t was only few days ago and now
you could hrrdly tell that the
storm had been there. In 24 hours
he had Is hands at work repair
ing the damages for he jusl called
for the hands at the mines close bv
and they came and it was lively
times there for a few days and
now everything is as good or bet
ter than before.
/ wish all the sufferers could do
that way but alas, there are hun
drcd families who have lost treas
urcs that money could not replace
treasures Of the heart and home
that will never return. What a
terrible death. Verify these cy-
clones seem like things Of life, or
instruments Of vcngencc in the
hands Of the gods we read about
in old mythology. All that an
cient romance has recorded of Ajax
anil Hercules and Jupiter, or all
that the Arabian knights tell us
Of the gcnii does not surpass the
puwer and grandeur and desola
ton of the modern cyclone. 1t
humbles US more than prayer or
preaching. 1t takes us unaware.
1t is constant dread Of the timfd
defenccless, and now it takes all
my philosophy to keep my house
hold calm and serene. There is
the BASEMENT said I, 'and we
could all run down stairs and be
beneath the tract Of the cyclone,
for it never was known to attack
q basement that was below the
ground, nor q cellar, nor a we'll
Mrs. Arp laid down her knitting
and said, you don't suppose for a
moment that anybody in their
right mind would go down in that
basement during a cyclone and
have all the timbcrs Of the old
house crash in on them?' Why,
my DEAR said 1, the timbers Of
this house are fashioned and
strong. DO you know that these
sills are II inches square and all
framed and draw pinned 4.
so much the worse said she;
the heavier the timber the heavi-
cr it would fall on us. If the house
was light it might blow clean
away and leave us unharmcd, but
these big sills you tell about would.
just be lifted up little and drop
The Easley messenger. (Easley, S.C.) 1883-1891, 1884-05-02

uOiAA LIZ ClS JuSb lIOW OolnSCFcS
down on de groun', and holler oh,
Lordy-good Lord hab mercy on
a poor niger. Nebber be bad
nigger any more, oh Lordy-good
Lordy' and de old shycoon pay
no 'tention at all, but jes' lif 'em
up and twis' 'em ober de fence in
to the red mud and CHM, my soul
| wish you could hab seen Gin,
for as he gwine obcr de fence he
struck a postis dat was sticlxin'
up, and gethered it with both arms
and held on and hollered wus than
eber, 'Oh, Lordy-oh, my good
Lord. Blessed de Lord, hab mer-
cy on a poor nigger,' and about
that time old shycoon twis he tail
roun' and lif Gins feet way up
ober he head and his holt broke
and bounced off on de groun' and
den took anoder bounce into de
mud hole and dar Gle consarn lef
him.
carter de shycoon gone clean
away | run up to Gin, and SAYS I,
'Gim, is you ded or no. CHM w.
in dar in de mud hole wild muffin
but he head out. Gin ncbcr spoke
nary word, and his eyes wuz wal
led like a ded steer, and so SAYS /
agin, 4 say Gim, isyou done gone
clean dcl,' for you see l Thought
if Gin ded no use in my wading
in Gle mud after him, and Gim he
walled one eye after me and whis-
per, 'whar is he 'Whar's who,'
said |. de dbbil.' said he. Done
gone, said I-gone clean away.
Git up from dar-yit up I say
Gim groan and say, 4 cant. I'm
done dead Git up / tell you, said
|, but Gin ncber move. Bymeby
| frow up my hands and look
down dcbig road and say my good
Lord Almighty, eff dat ole shycoon
Amt a comm right back here
Ncbcr seed dcd niggcr come to
life like Gin. He bounced outcn
dat mud hole and start off up de
road runnin' and hoIlcrin' for a
quarter Of a mile. White folks
come along and stop him and look
all obcr him and ncber find a
scratch. When he got back we
was all cuttin' away dc timbers
from often Gle mules, and it was a
half an hour before we conld cit
Gin to strike ary lick. Tell YOU
what boss, we was all mighty bad
skcercd, but I ncber see a niggcr
as onready for judgement as dat
same nigger, Gin. When de Old
dcbbil do git him he raise rump-
us down in dem settlements sartin
and shore
Didn't the cyclone take off the
roof Of your cabin, JohnY
'Of course he did boss. He take
Gle roof oflall along everywhere he
| go. Look like ebery house he
come to he dip down and say take
your hat of, don't you see me
comm, amt you got no manners,
] Il
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19
Henry Clay's Alleged Insolvency.

Henry Clay was pronounced insolvent
by his Kentucky opponents in 1872, and
they paraded some mortgages on his
property rs evidence of his inability to
pay his debts. In Il letter to II friend,
DENYING this calumnv, Mr.. Clay said:
II am not free, absolutely, from debt.
am not rich never coveted riches.
But my estate would, even now, be
estimated ut not much less than one
hundred thousand dollars. Whatever
ii may be worth, it is qualification to
me to know that it is the produce OF my
own honest labor. no part ot it being
hereditary except one slave. who would
! obligc me very much if he would ac-
cept his freedom. 1t is sufficient. after
paving all my debts, to leave my family
above want if should be separated
from them. Ii is a matter also of con
ISOLATION to me to know that this wantol
exposure of my private affairs can &c
me no pccuniary prejudice. My few
creditors will not allow their contidcnc,
in me To be shaken by it. Ii has. in
deed led to one incident. which WAS al
the same time a source of pleasure ana
of pain. A friend lately called on me
at the instance of other friends, and in
formed me that they were apprchonSiV,
that my private affairs were embar
rasScd and tina, | allowed these cmbar
easements to prey upon my mind. lie
came, therefore, with their authority 1,
tell me that they would contribute any
sum that might want 10 relieve me
The emotions which such II propositlo
excited can be conceived by honorable
men. | felt most happy to be able t.
undcccive, them, and to decline theil
benevolent proposition. Mr. Clay
never had any outstanding accounts II
Washington, and rs he did not keel
house il WAS not difficult for him t,
pay as he went, ''-Ecm: ferjey Po0re
IN Boston BH3gH.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


dandy Potatoes Cut medium size
potatoes in quarters and drop in boiling
lard and fry same as doughnuts. a
nice breakfast dish. Exchange.
1t costs no more to raise the best
breeds OF poultry than the common
BARNARD fowl. while the returns are
more than double. Get setting Of
eggs from some reliable breeder. and
convince yourself Of tAis fact.--N. y.
Times
A farmers wife tells the Country
GenHchlaH that she keeps an old tin
pan full of dry. fine earth, and every
time she goes into the garden she Sits
spoonful or more of this dust over the
cabbageS, and the worms never modest
them. Ii is very simple and safe.
60 over the young budded trees
YOU have set this year every two weeks
You can do much OF the pruning with
your hnger-nail. 1t will not do TO per.
unit the fruit tree to have its way until
full grown, and then 20 for it with the
AK and wood saw. - Cincinndti Times.
For hominy fritters, take two tea.
cups of it, and stir small cup OF sweet
milk and little salt with it. and one
egg. four table>poonfuls of flour. with
half II teaspoonful of baking powder.
Have yOnr frying-pau ready with the
fat hot in it; drop this batter in by spoon
tulS. and fry II delicate brown - Detroit
Post
To whitcn linen that has turned
yellow, take pound OF fine white soap.
cut ii up into II gallon of milk. and
hang ii over the fire in a wash kettle,
When the soap has quite melted put
in the linen and boil for half an hour.
Now take ii out, having already II lather
of soap and warm water; wash the linen
in it, and then rinse it through two cold
waters with very little blue in tn,
last Boston Globe.
a free application of soft soap 20 9
fresh burn almost instantly removes tn,
fire from the flesh, according to (;
medical man who had been burned re-
pcatcdly himself If the injury is very
severe, IS soon rs the pain ceases appl,
linseed oil and then dust over with flint
flour. When this last covering drie
hard repeat the oil and flour, dressin;
until Il GOOD coating is obtained WheI
the latter dries allow ii to stand until
cracks and falls of, US il will do i'll
day or two. and new skin will be foun
: to have formed where the skin wa
burned. HocheSicr Express.
The rubber waterproof having he
come an important part of the ware
robe. the following suggestion is worth
of notice. The in>eneiblc pcrspiratic
# which finds its way through ordinal
d clothing is kept in by the waterproof
i and the clothes are saturated with MOI
o turc. A very few minutes will suiii
|, to render the underclothing damp
|: either the wearcr pcrSplrc> freely
I. the weather be what is called ''muggN
:. as we'll as wet. Therefore Il watcrpro
e once put on, should on no account
IL removed until the clothes can
r changed or dried by a fire without redu
% ton of bodily temperature. FUR
V Iicid md Fireside.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19
A Novel Table Luxury.

If, in England, Il man was pushed to
discover new animal food, it would, |
think, be long time before he hitApon
bats rs at all likely to furnish him with
a desirable addition to mis- table even if
their diminutive size did not place an in
Superablc obstacle, in the way of their
being SO utilized. But in many of the
South sea Islands, where the llying-foX,
Il species of bat, fifteen inches or so
across the wings, is common. it is used
as food bv the natives, and its flesh is
bv no means to be despiscd even by
epicures The animal usually confines
itself to iruit-ripe bananas Of the best
quality. and plenty of them. being about
his mark. Ii would seem absurd to n
stranger to the country To be informed
that such an insignificant animal as q
bat could seriously threaten the fruit
harvest IN countries where it was 81
abundant; but he would change hi
opinion when informed that the flying
foxes often settle in hundreds in any
likely plantation; and a, they AWAY
destroy very much more than they con
sumo, the loss and Inconvenience the,
cause to the natives may be properly
estimated.
The bat in question is not 50 strictly
nocturnal in his habits As his Englisl
brother; and although he usually salli "
out at sunset, yet have often not o
them sailing about in broad dayligll
provided the weather was dull and over
east the flight is even and regular Yer,
like that of rock, and not in the leas
resembling the erratic mode of progress
sion affected by our native species. The
natives prepare them for food by frs
cutting oil the wings and then passing
the body through the fire to remove thu
fur, and with it the strong FOXY smell
with which it is imprcgnated. 1t i
then carefully scrapcd. split open, AM
afterward grilled on the Goals >pitch
cock fashion. when ii is ready for con
sumption. and is capital eating, havin!
rich, gamy flavor, something between
hare and woodcock. 49, Chambers
| IOlrDUI
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19
The Destruction Of Weeds.

There are few if any operations on
the farm where SO much time is misspent
as in the destruction of weeds. Many
farmers spend twice as much time try
ing To keep the weeds down as is neces-
sary, and yet do not more than hail
accomplish the work. This is because
they let the weeds get too large before
the work is commenced; once master of
the weeds. the work of keeping them
down is very easy; but if by few days
delay, the weeds are permitted to get
well rooted, the work of DISCRIMINATING
them is not only very difficult, but very
laborious, and even when accomplished
leaves the crop in a crippled condition.
There should be but one rule to adopt
with the weeds: that should be to kill
them rs soon as they appear above
ground. 1t is easier to cultivate the
ground three times when the weeds first
appear, than once after they get severa
inches high, and the crop will grow
twice as fast by so doing.
The idea which some have that the
cultivation of crops is for the sole pur
pose of keeping the weeds down, Lead
| some to make very great mistakes; cul
tivation is often delayed to permit all o
the weed seeds to terminate that once
hocing may keep them down, then it i:
believed that the crop will take care o
! itself; this is a mistake that is fatal t.
the production of a very large crop; ane
yet once hocing will usually require a
much time as it would to 20 over The
ground three or four times, when cult
vaton is commenced as soon as the
weeds appear
As frequent cultivation is very neces
sary to secure a vigorous growth o
almost any crop, if the labor OF cultiva
ton was more, the benefit to the crol
would more than cover it; but witt
proper implements, the labor of fire
uuent cultivation is less. because as lors
as the ground is comparatively clear o
weeds, except those that have just ap
peared above the surface, there is bu
little need of using the hand hoe; but
wheel hoe, or cultiyator may bc uSe'
and run over the land SO rapidly tina
the cost of labor will be but very little
while if the cultivation be delayed unit
the weeds get large, the work cannot b
done with wheel hoe, and hand no
must be resorted to.-MdSSdchuSetl
| IIOu0h4Hdn.
The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-19

scribe the nondescript character of the
lady Of the period in the matter OF
dress, speaking almost uninterruptedly,
Just as though he had been delivering
II lecture before the members of a Dress
Reform Association. Whether he
would have spoken his mind so freely
had some representative of the weaker
sex been present is question not 10
be decided here. VINO creates the
fashions, them" asked who
conceives those wonderful com
binations of form and color and
material? Am right in supposng that
there are artists or designers who de-
vote their time and talent, to the inven-
ton of new STYLES of dress?' We'll. a
great many new fashions have first seen
the light in this establishments. replied
Nj. Castor Worth. M Worth. ST,
created them. We have large staff of
ladies who do II great deal. but Nj.
Worth himself makes our fashions.
There are no artists or designers at all
nothing in the shape of design: be
cause if there were designers it would
be very often impossible to take in cloth
what had been drawn upon paper. how
ever beautiful it might be- How
many people do you employ in youi
workrooms?' | inquired. I'VE have
about seven hundred workwomen. com.
prsng cutters. tiXers, trimmers. EN-
bruidcrs. shrt-makers, slceve-makers
four hundred in the house and three
hundred on side. Then there are trim
ming makers, etc. vino work indirectly
for Us" In conclusion. NJ. Castor
Worth said it would be a great relief IL
the drcssmakers not to have SO manl
STYLES. which heavily handicap some o.
the smaller establishments.
The success of the fashion-makrr'
art depends upon the variety of form,
and the comparatively low price, which
allows the merchant to realize a rea
sonabe profit. Naturally the persons
who buy the cloth. silk. trimmings. anC
lace, must be thoroughly competen
Judges. 1t is of a combination OF al
these articles upon a roughly cut GU
pattern in muslin that are born thos'
wonderful dresses so much sought aftc
by our lady compatriots. When thu
Paris season closes a quantity of cloth
ING always remains, which is sold at
reduced price and shipped to Souti
J America. where it is sold again as
novelty the following year. Pail Nal
Guzete