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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-11-20
Notice to Creditors.
Estate OF SAMUEL coLsoN, DECEASED.

Notice is hereby given by the undersigned, Adj
ministrater of the Estate of Samuel Colnen. de-
deased To the creditors Of and all persons having
claims against the said deceased to exhibit them,
with the necessary vouchers, within four months
alter the first publication Of this notice, to the
said Admipistrstt ut his place of business
HALEY, in the County of Alturas.
Dated at HALEY, September 20, 1885,
MANS. d. COFFIN.
Administrator of the Estate Of Samuel ColnoE
SEQ decexh~
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-11-20
HALEY PostoMce.

MAILS ARRIVE +:
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
GERMAN SOLDIERS.


Retirement of the Veterans OF koniggratz,
Sedan and Paris.
German newspapers are drawing at
tention to the interesting fact that the
present year, 1886, marks the outset of
new era in which the men who fought
in the great wars of 1866 and 1870 will
have entirely retired from service.
Hereafter the conscripts who are an
nually levied to renew the active army
will be men who were not born when
the last of many quarrcls between
Austria and Prussia ripened toward
the final settlement at Sadowa. These
coming recruits were but children four
years old when the leagucrs of Metz
and Paris were begun, and they can
have no recollections of the suspense,
the trials and the triumphs of that
period. Nor, with the exception of
some officers, is there any one now left
in the active army or even in the Land
wehr, or reserve, who can recount as
an eye-witnoss the soul-stirring cam
paigns of Bohemia or France, and per-
petuat. in his young comrades the
passions which formerly intlamed the
Prussian soldier against his Austrian
and Bavarian compatriot as well as
against his traditional French enemy.
Only in the Landsiurm, or home guard,
linger some veterans of the Seven
Weeks war, and the grass has long
been green over the graves of their
brethren who perished in fratricidal
conflict at Koniggratz and Kissingen
Of the soldiers who will henceforth be
called upon to fight for the German
Empire in any probable contingency,
not one can recollect time when
North German and South German
were not brothers in arms, nor would
any of the new generation look with
the old fear and rancor on their neigh
bors across the Rhine If Frcnchmen
upon their part would but cease talk
ing of revenge J. Sun.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
RULES FOR BARRIERS.
How TonsorIa; Artists Can Make Them
selves Agreeable to their Customers.
..Eir..t cntnh NnllI, hAlr -

How TonsorIa; Artists Can Make Them
selves Agreeable to their Customers.
|. First catch your hair."
H. Place him in the chair ana man
| pulate the tillcr wheel until he is
screwed down into a position at once
! uncomfortable and barbarous.
III. Remark about the weather. In
observing this rule it is well likewise
to have observed the meteorological
conditions. If ii is blowing at therato
of one hundred and sixty miles an hour,
call your patients attention to the fact
that it is ''windy to-day" This puts
| the patient at his ease at once, and dis
plays n friendly intent on your part,
which may be eilcacious in extracting
a "for drink, as the Frenchmen have
it, at the close of the seance.
". If the patient wants shave,
lather him.
V. Having lathered the subject, rush
to the hydrant and wash your hands.
VI Lather the patient again.
VII. Seize your razor and sharpen it.
VIII. Rub patients jaw for five min
utes. This sends the soap inside tho
pores and produces Il tranquility OF the
iiesh that even a fine tooth razor can
not disturb.
TX. More lathcr.
X. If the patients pores are not
thoroughly succeed with soap by this
time, read your morning paper until
the required stuccodity is attained.
ri. Seize your razor once more and
flourish it three times on the strop,
and then inquire if the patient is par
ticularly tender in any particular spot.
XII. If he is, scrapc that spot until
the subject shows signs Of dissolution,
then soothe him with lather.
Kill Scrape both jaws with the
razor, and if musically inclined whistle
in the patients ear during the ccre-
| monv.
xiv. After he is entirely flaycd
ask if the razor hurts.
XIV. If he says yes. continue the
process until he swears that it does not
hurt,
XVI. Inform patient that a little
shampoo might not hurt him.
XVII. Soak his face with bay rum,
putting an especially large quantity on
all raw spots.
XVIII. Comb patients hair on
wrong side, scrapc magnesia over his
blacl; tie. let drop of lathcr fall on
his boots, hand him his hat, give him
the address of convenient undertaken,
! and
XIX. Yell "NExT"'-LiJe.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
PERSONAL AND iMPERSONAl.

Senator Mitchell of Vermont
lately became father and grand.
father in the same day.
"A rich New York woman with .
hamorously tender heart is to establish
ian asylum for injured polo players. "
Francis A. Walker, chief of tho
census OF 1880. estimates that the pop
ulation of the United States in 1900
will not fall short of eighty million.
The farm of Valentine Frost, al
Locust Valley, l.. l., has been in pos
session of the family since 1000. Eight
generations have had their birth in this
ancestral home.
Moses Sterns is Philadelphia
philanthropist who is trying to organ
ize the servant girls Of the country so
that they may obtain the right to do
their counting in the parlor. Phtiadel-
phid Press.
The prize of gold-headed cane
for the winner of a fat mans race in
Pittsburgh was carried off by a butcher
who tips the beam at three hundred
and fifty pounds, None were permit
ted to start in the race carrying less
than two hundred and five pounds.
John Allison, of st. Johns Run,
Md, while passenger on Baltimore
IL Ohio train, lost his hat. He ut once
jumped of for it, landed against pile
of iron, and crushed his leg so that II
had TO be amputated. He did not re-
cover his hat. -~ baltimore american.
Tho once famous singer, Adelina
Speech, for whom Adelina Patti was
named, died recently in Rome. Shs
was in her day considered the rival oi
Malibran. but her extraordinary corpu.
lency compelled her to withdraw from
the stage at the age OF twcnty-four.-
Chicago journal.
One of the rich men of Glasgow il
Thomas Lupton, an American, who
went there poor, started a meat mar
ket, made specially of hams, and by
shrewd and thoroughly Yankee meth
ods of advertising has made much
money. One of his advertising dodge
was the driving through the Glasgow
streets hogs clothed in canvas, OF
which was painted, Tom Lupton $ In
/ fantS. ~. !. SHH.
How many musical people, wh'
think themselves well-posted in th'
records of the art, will feel any interes
in hearing that John Templeton "
dcadp Yet Tcmpleton was a grea
man in his daya magnificent singer
with n splendid tenor, the associate oi
Malibran, the rival of Braham, and an
artist of the first rank in every way.
All musical dictionaries refer to him
suitably. He was eighty-threc years
old. ~ \. MdepcRdem.
Mr.. Elbridgc T. Gerry, president
of the Society for the Prevention OF
Cruelty to Children, in New York, is a
philanthropist. capitalist, lawyer and
yaehtsman. He visits the headquarters
of the institution twice daily, staying
two or three hours each time. some
times of winter morning the clerks
are surprised by seeing him enter rs
early as eight o'clock. lie RECEIVED
five hundred thousand dollars from his
uncle. the late PclcreGoelet, and will
inherit perhaps several times that sum
from his mother, who is Peter Goclet $
sister. He serves the society without
salary, both as president and counsel.
N. Y. Mail.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
"a LITTLE NONSENSE" ="

A magazine writer discourscs on
the emusic of the grasshopper. Won
der what he would call filing a saw
NoyriSt0iCn Hetuld.
Lightning recently passed between
mule and n lawyer in Texas, and
killed the lawyer Even lightning
seems to know u thing or two about
the mule.-Nc0 Hdren NcWs.
Guest -"Waiter, did you say this
was genuine turtle soupP" ''Yes, sir;
it was made out of the water of pond
near here in which turtle was kept
last summer. ~ y. Telegram.
What are you doing there, you
rascalP' Merely taking cold, sir. y
at looks to me as if you were stealing
ice" "Wcll, yes perhaps ii will bear
that construction, ~ Pyai,ie Farmer.
The foreman's trouble
The foreman's weary and wr nkled face
Wears a look that s sad and solemn,
when he looks at six ads that he has to place
Square up nj the top OF one column.
Merchant TrdrGter.
--"Aucb! That horrd man stepped
on my big toe" "My dear young
lady, that is impossible. How can a
person having such a beautiful little
foot as you possess big toeP"-Beriin
Times.
-"Whoy arc you when you go to
the theaytcr like a spud full o. eycsP"
"Cos | amt. We fule." "Begorra you
are-you are speckt tater." ''Ye
blatherin' hijiut. You amt spectator
at all, at all-you're order-torium. "
Boston Bulletin.
Judge Jeflreys, taking a dislike to
a man who had long beard, told him
'thst if his conscience was as long as
his beard, he had swinging one. "
"My lord. if you measure conscience
by boards, you will have none at all. y
Albany Journal
The story comes from Boston OF a
dude who, having been asked to say
grace at a formal spread at which he
took a leading part, bowed his head
slightly, languidly lowered his eyelids,
and murmured, "Oh, Lord, thanks
awfullyr-M. y. Sun.
Host Gn agony about his polished
inlaid floor) Hadn't you better come
in on the carpet, old fellow? / m
afraid yon will slip, you know. Guesi
with wooden leg)-Oh. rs al
right, old fellow, thanks. There's
nail in the cnd, you know!
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
a DUCK STORY.

A wyoming Hunter Discovers Huge
Cavern which Contains Three Lakes.
A singular story comes from the
head of Panther creek, Il stream OF
Northeastern Colorado, with its course
not many miles from the Nebraska
line. One of the sources of the creek
is shallow, scdgy pond, from which
the water pours overa miniature prec-
picc some ten feet in height and five or
six in width.
The pond is the resort, in their sea-
son. of a great many wild ducks, who
feed on the sedgy plants growing on.
its margins and its shallow bottom
Last year ncghboung ranchman no.
ticcd that on disturbing these water
fowl, in place Of flying TO a distance.
they circled about few moments and
then dashed through the veil Of water
formed by the falls coming from the
pond,
Though n good deal astonishcd tho
ranchman had then no time for in
vcstigalion of the singular creum-
stansc, and not until a short time ago
did he follow the tracks of the ducks
through the falling waters. Beyond
slight ducking he experienced
no Inconvenience in passing be-
hind the falls, Once there and
the way was clear. Opening before
him was passage three feet in width,
and of sufficient height 10 allow man
topass upright. The walls of the subter-
rancan way were dripping with water,
and undoubtedly passed beneath tho
pond He had not gone many yards
before the sound of great Guacking
fell upon his ears. Hastenng his pace
he soon came upon large cavern, in
the center of which was lake. The
surface of this lake was thick with
ducks. The water fowl were mostly
mallard and teal, though several other
varieties were represented.
On the approach of the intruder the
ducks arose in an immense cloud and
disappeared through an opening be-
yona the lake Our adyonturer fol-
lowed them and found another and
similar lake covered with wild ducks.
Again the fowl arose, and with fright
ened and clamorous quacks thronged
through another passage-way. Here
the pursner found the largest lake Of
all and the end of the subterranean
water chain. The ducks now took the
back track, and he could hear the rush
of their wings and the sound of their
harsh notes growing fainter MS they
sought the safety of the outer air
Cheyenne (IVyo. ~ Lcader.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

"A French musical journal says:
Different people sound different vowels
when laughing, from which fact close
observer has drawn the following con-
illusions: People who laugh in A (pro-
nounce ah) are frank, honest, and fond
of noise and excitement, though they
are often of a versatile and tickle dis
position. Laughter in + pronounce
ay) is peculiar to phlegmatic and mel
aneholy persons. Those who laugh in
I pronounce ee) are children or simple
minded, obliging, anectionate, timid
and undecided people, To laugh in o
indicates generosity and daring. Avoid
all those who laugh in L, as they are
misanthropists.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
OCTOBER.

Octohercomcs across tho hll
Like some ght ghost, she is so st II,
Though her sweet checks are rosy,
And through The floating THISTLE down
Her trailing, brIcr-iangled gown
CLEANS like crimson posy.
The crickcts in the stahhlc chime;
Lanterns fash out at milk ng time;
The daisy lost her ruiiles:
The wasps the honcycd pippns try;
A film is over the blue skF,
y spcil the RIVER mufllcs.
Tho goldcn-rod fades In the sun;
Tho SPIDERS gnnIN We ! is spun
Athwari lhc dropping scdgcs;
Tho nuts drop softly from their burrs;
No b rd.solg the dim silence stirs,
A blight is on tho hedges.
But filled with fair content is she,
AS IL no frost could ever he.
TO dim her brown eyes lustcr:
And much she knows of fairy folk
That dance beneath the spreading oak
With tinkliug mirth and buster.
She listens when the duslxy ewes
step softly on the fallen leaves,
As II for message cheer ny;
And it must he that she can hear,
Beyond November grim and drear,
The feet OF CHRISTMAS nearing.
Susan Hartley, IN 81. Nicholas.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30
A Contemplate Cook.

Proprietor of Hoiel--You call your
self French cook! A fine specimen OF
a French cook you are. Consider your
self discharged.
Cook-But, sare, vot haf ] doneP
Proprietor Where are those chickea
croqucttes were To have for dlnherg
Cook Sare, zere eos nc chickensP
Proprietor Who said any thing about
chickens? Make them of Goldfish. the
same as our last cook did, Chicago
rambler,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

Herr T. Graul, school teacher of
Ostrau, IN Austria, recently read in the
papers an account of the famous Gre
mona violin owned by the artist Will
helmj, for which he is said to have re-
fused eighteen thousand marks. Hav-
ing violin of his own which he valued
highly, Herr Graul examined it care
fully. and was overjoyed to find that it
too bore the inscription, 'Antonius
Stradivarius Cremonensis, l723.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

A little girl of six to one of her
companions How old is your grand
ma that you are always talking about?"
Ninety years" .'Oh! How blg she
must be, "~-French Paper,
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

A writer in Lo1gRGa's Magazine
represents the puma ca South Ameri-
can lion as being alwsys friendly to
man, 50 much so that i never resists
an attack made by human enemy,
though it exhibits the gtcatest ferociiy
towards dogs.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

In the rotunda of the Richmond
(Va.) capitol there is an old stove
made OF iron which Is sald to De one OF
the oldest stoves in existence. 1t was
made a present to the colony of Vir-
ginia in l770, and was 9poken of at that
time as warming-machine. 1t is
seven feet high, and has rs much orna-
ncntation as Queen Aune house.
Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-10-30

The difference between fame and
moury is that one covers a man with
glory and the other with good clothes.
- Washington Critic.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
Terrible Boiler Explosion.

Mckenzie, Tenn, Oct. q Spe>
cial. Full details of the explosion
of the boiler at j. b. Wilder q Co.'S
stave factory yesterday show that Bud
Hogg was killed outright. Tom Fouch,
engineer, received injuries from which
he died in few hours Slaughter,
engineer, badly scalded from head to
waist; Geo. Zircle, foreman, scalded
and was badly hurt about the head /;
Grogan Reynolds, badly hurt and
likely to die. Henderson Blownin
was blown into a well twenty-five feet
deep, but escaped with slight injuries.
Jno. Shackle, had head wound mes
gro boy, slight injuries.
The boiler was blown a hundred
yards and the betting, Skating, engine
and shelter torn into a thousand at
oms. Mr.. Baily Moore. one of the
owners, had been standing near the
boiler, but, fortunately for him, was
called away just u few seconds before
the fatal explosion. He was slightly
hurt by the flying fragments.
A strange fatality has followed this
factory since it was started. James
Dunlap was killed there while haul
lug logs. Mr.. Bragg met with a SIM
liar death. Mr.. Ray was killed while
cutting timber, nv falling tree. An
drew Swim, while working there, was
poisoned by a man named Taylor
and the latter was hanged by mob.
There is a touching incident rela
tive to the young man Fouch's death,
He came here recently from Indiana
Ills mother begged him not to come
as her other boy had short while he
fore been brought home corpse, and
she feared that similar fate might
overtake him. 1t seems that hel
presentiments have been fulfilled IN
the tragic death of her second son.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
REUNION PROF OSED.
Students Of Union University and
Southwestern Baptist University.

For nearly one half century
these schools have been acknowledged
ministers of education for the Baptist
denomination in Tennessee. The
students trained within its walls have
gone out into all the land and maybe
come workers for the veal of its inter.
ests. Within each breast is a love
for the old school and kind feeling
for allof his fellows. Ameetingwas held
at Milan, Tenn, September 18th, to
band these old boys into one grand or
ganizatioD, the special aims of which
shall he to enable each one to keep
mp with his mates of school days and
to enable the university to keep per-
manent record of all those who have
come under her influence.
The opening address at Milan was
delivered by Rev. j. P. Weaver; he
was responded to by Prof. George w.
Jarman. Other speeches full of en-.
thusiasm showed that the old boys
were in downright earnestness about
the proposed work. VIC. Inman,
D. D; of Humboldt, Tenn, was
chosen president Prof. H. e. Irby,
of Jackson, secretary. The meeting
adjourned to meet in Nashville some
time during the state convention,
which convenes with Central church
October the 14th, when the organiza-
ton will be perfected. All students
of the University that can possibly do
so are urged to attend.
1t is now planned that during the
commencement at jackson, June next,
there shall he a reunion Of all the
graduates and other ex.students Of the
Universities There will be orations
by distinguished orators, and each
class will have speaker who will
give the history of its members. 1t
is hoped that at least 1000 students,
coming from all sections Of the coun-
try, will he present. Further arrange
ments will he made and announced in
due time.
Reader, if you have ever been Il
student Of either Murfreesboro or
jackson, send to the secretary yonr
address ana the addresses of as many
other former students as you know. If
you are not a former student and
know of any one who is, will you not
he so kind as to inform him Of this
notice? For any further information
address
H. G. IRBY, Secretary,
Jackson, Tenn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
FrOsts In September.

Killing frosts were reported during
September. as follows: Nevada, 9TH ;
Montana, 5rh and 90; east Dakota,
1st, 10Th, 18th aud 30th; Minnesota,
18th and 18th; western Michigan,
21st; Wyoming, 9th; Colorado,
18th; New Mexico, 10Th; Iowa, 29th.
Light frosts were reported during the
month, as follows. Mi higan, LIST,
18th, 14th and Goth Maine, ID and
Dist; Wyoming, 9TH; Indiana, 18th;
Wisconsin. 14,h; Iowa, 18th; Me-
braska, 18Th 4; east New York, Massa.
chusetts, Maine and Rhode Island,
Dist; Illinois and Kansas, 29th.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09

1t is related that the Illinois Cen
trail Railroad Company bought some
land near the Wisconsin border, on
which all Irishman had a cabin and a
three years lease. The company gave
him $500 for his lease and agreed &c
move his cabin to any place he might
designate. When the workmen APP
peared to haul away his cabin they
asked him where he wanted it placed.
ION the hanks of Lake Killarney, in
Ireland" was the answer. At first he
was thought to be joking, hut he soon
convinced the railroad company that
he was in earnest. He still lives On
the company's land aud keeps the
$500.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1886-10-09
The African Race.

We recently met with well-knOwn
colored porter of Pullman car, who
runs from Atlanta to Kew York. His
name is Augustus l.. Grant, and he
lives at No. $50 Hayne Street, Allan
ia, Ga. He said, II would like to
publish for the benefit of cOnsump-
tives and for the comfort of their
friends, how | have been rescued from
a consumptive's grave. | know that
many people think the Colored people
do not have consumption, but | know
from experience that it is great mis-
take. Seven years ago | became a
subject Of this fOrlOrn disease, and was
so pronounced by my physicians. My
lungs became badly affected, my cough
WAS awful, at times almost shaking me
to Tieces. My general health broke
down and 50 declined that | became
helpless and reduced in flesh almost to
a shadow. Terrible night sweats; no
appetite or digestion more and more
pain in my lungs. | suffered more
and more ; my cough became exceed
ingIy exhaustive, discharging great
quantities of pus and consumptive
matter. | had in the meanwhile the
best treatment; some of the best phys
sicians prescribed for me, and became
interested in my case. But after two
or three years treatment, finding that
| continued to grow worse, they one
by one abandoned the case, until at
last they were all agreed that it was
only a question of time with me, and
the time was thought to be very short.
In this condition, with one foot as it
were in the grave, and making my
preparations to 90 through the dark
waters Of death, one of my physicians
mentioned to me remedy which
might be tried as last resort. His
reasoning was that consumption being
nothing more than ulcers on the lungs
why is it that a remedy which will
cure an ulcer on the Dody will not
cure ulcers on the lungs? At his
suggestion procured a ttleofSwlft's
Specific and began to take it. felt
so much benefited from the first bot,
tie that l persevered in the use of it,
and my improvement was almost as
rapid as it was wonderful. My Nppe.
tite came back to me, my digestion
was good, my strength was rapidly
regained, my lungs healed over nice
ly, my cough left me gradually, and |
went to work with new lease on life.
For the last four or five months |
have not lost days wages nor felt a
symptom of that terrible disease that
had brought me SO near the brink of
the grave. My physician three months
ago pronounced me sound and we'll
not trace If lung trouble. He toN
day. July 16, made another examina
ton, and tells me that my lungs are
as sound as anybody'S. l feel perfect
ly we'll, and l know l am entirely
cured, and that l owe my life to s. s.
S., which was prescribed by the ply
stefan. My advice to every man,
woman and child who has weak lungs
is to take S. S. s. 1t cured me sound
and we'll after all the doctors an all
other medicine had failed, and want
every sufferer to know it."
Treatise on Blood aud Skin Diseas
es mailed free.
The Swift Specific Co., Drawer 3,
! Atlanta, Ga. New York, 1877 W.
23d St.