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Romance of the Humble Cotton Seed.

The " Cotton Seed Romance" is thus
told by the Atlanta Constitution: Was
there ever a history, this side of Cinder-
ella, of the uprising of humanity like
that of the cotton-seed 2" For seventy
years despised as nuisance, and burned
or dumped as garbage; then discovered
to be the very food for which the soil
was hungering, and reluctantly admitted
to the rank of ugly utilities. Shortly
afterward found to be nutritious food for
beast as well as soil, and thereupon treat
cd with something like respect. Once
admitted to the circle of farm husband!
res, found to hold thirty-fve gallons of
pure oil to the ton, worth, in its crude
State, fourteen dollars to the ton, or
forty million dollars for the whole crop
of seed. But then system was devised
for refining this oil up to value of one
dollar gallon, and the frugal Italians
placed cask of it at the root of every
olive tree, and then deied the Borean
breath of the Alps. And then experience
showed that the ton of cotton-seed was
q better fertilizer and better stock when
robbed of its thirty five gallons of oil
IMAM DeIOTc. Anu tudG tue uullS VI Jig
seed made the best of fuel for feeding
the oil-mill engine. And that the ashes
of the hulls scooped from the engine's
drift had the highest commercial value
as potash. And that the 'refuse" of the
whole made the best and purest soap
stock to carry to the toilet the perfumes
of Lubin or Colgate. About this time
we began to spell cotton-seed with CAPT
tai letters. And how it Travelled abroad
in its various dressesl As meal-cakes it
whitened the meadows of England with
woolly feeces, and fattened the British
cattle under the oaks; it sputtered on
the stoves of the Dutch in lieu of lard !;
it glistened in the cafes of Paris as olive
oils, under seals and signatures it could
not even pronounce to save its life, and
from under the dlkes in Holland it went
forth to parade in all the bravery of but!
ter and butterine. In our own country
it renewed the wasting strength of the
Southern fields, and clad them with
whiteness that would shame the feeces
of England, or yellow that would pale
the feeces of Argonauts. 1t knocked
the Western hog into spots, and poured
the Western lard out of the frying-pan
into the fire. And about this time Con-
gress Jumped on to cotton-seed with both
feet, and proposed to check its further
career by prohibitory tax.
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The Only Proper Attitude.

The auadrennial address Of the Bishops de-
livered at the NJ. E. Conference in New ork,
dealt with the liquor traffic as follows: The
LIQUOR traffic is SO pernicious in its bearings,
SO inimical to the interests Of honest trade, so
repugnant to the moral sense, so injurious to
the peace and order Of society, so hurtful 70
the home, to the church, and to the body
polite, and so utterly antagonistic to all tna1
Is precious in life, that the only proper atti-
tude toward it for Christians is that OF re,
lentless hostility. 1t can never be iegallzea
without sin. No temporary device for regu-
lating it can become substitute for prohl-
bition. License, high or low, is vicious In
principle, and powerless as q remedy
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GVERRUN BY CRICKETS,
They Invade Algeria In Compact1
Mass Twelve Mile. Long.

Latsreports from Algeria say that crickets
are advancing in compact mass over
twelve miles long by six in breadth. A
panic prevailed in the province Of Constan-
tine The Valley Of Guelma has been de-
vastated by the crickets. The insects re-
semble but are not identical with either
locusts, Or grasshoppera Last year swaTms
year the crickets have taken their place.
They spring like gresshoppers, but have q
more rapid and sustained flight. They form
clouds, which shut out the light Of the sun.
When they a1ight on the ground they destroy
every trace of vegetation. Tney sometimes.
fall exhausted on the ground in such num-
bers - to cover it with layer Of dead bodies,
from which, pestilential e1halations arise.
The railway trs::,ss- have been stopped by the
insects between Constantine and Batna m,
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THELABOR WORLD.

EIaHTxEN rolling miles have shut down
within week. n -
A UNION Of photographer workmen has
been organized. -'-..s Sc
THE bill to establish Department OF La
bor has passed both Houses OF Congress.
PAwTucKET R II mill operatives have
cooperative store paying large divldend.
THE Montreal, Canada, building trades
have demanded an increase OF twenty per
cent. in wages. r.E
TIE Carpenters Union claims gain OF
g., Loco, 900 year from the advance IN wages
In eighty cities.
THE Adelaide silk Mil at Allentown,
Penn, employs 916 hands and pays out every
month $4,000 in wages.
WHEN the new Industrial establishments
building in Admission, Ala, are completed,
10000 more men will be at work.
ONE ton of pig iron is made for every nina
persons in the United States ana one oou VI
rolled iron for every twenty-five.
A HORSESHOE manufacturing company
willerect machinery at Admission, Ala, that
will turn out thirty horse-shoes every minute.
THERE are twenty mica quaries in Graf
ton. Canaan, Orange and Groton, N. a.,
that in the last-named town giving employ
ment to seventy men. . 80. -.r
THE iron and steel production during the
past Ave months is reported at Pittsburg an
410, 900 tons, against SOC, 600 tons during the
same period last year. o.,
THERE are more than forty distinctive
trades represented in the Building Trades
section of the Central Labor Union, with, q
constituency Of over O., ,O0O.
PITTsBURG iron manufacturers have been
asked to bid on 400 iron mail catchers TO DO
supplied to the Post Office Department for the
year commencing July l.
THERE are 2493 more members Of Typo
graphical Union In London, England, than
there are in the New York Union. The for
mer claim 6493 and the latter 1000.
OUR Consul at Malaga, Spain, ordered e
stove from America, which at first was not
looked on with favor by the natives but
now they Like it, and there is a great ory Tor
stoves. A,
ALEXANDER RosroFF is the name OF Ia
boring in Bridgeport, Conn.,, who can speak
Russian, his native tongue, and German,
Hungarian, Hebrew, Latin, Englisn anu
Italian.
A WONDERFUL step in advance is about be-
ing made by which Bessemer steel can %
made in a blast furnace. The company sosaa mas
q capital Of $1,000, ,000 1t will make besSe-
mer pig as cheap as ordinary pig-iron.
TIE Dutch workman works twelve, thir-
teen and fourteen hours a day, and he does
not turn out half of what an English work.
man does In that time A poor diet and
little sleep lead to a state of low nervous
energy.
TIE workmen on the great Eiffei tower in
Paris have struck, on the ground that the
higher they 60, the greater the danger il
There are 900 Of them, earning on an aver
age 80 cents day. II their wages are td
rise with the tower, it will not go very much
further.
APPLYING the torch, as the expression Il
generally used, is an act not conducive to IN
dustrial or any other honest interest, but the
usual result was reversed recently at Bel
videre, N. j., when Minnie McCracker
piled the torch which pet in operatio2
rem furnace, which had been idle
YaarA
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4 V0MAN'S CRIME.
She Confesses to Numbering Her
Husband and Children.
The Deed Committed to Obtain a.
Small Sum of Insurance Money.

Mrs. Sarah J. Whiteling, forty years old,
was committed to prison by Coroner Ash
bridge, at Philadelphia, after she had cof-
fessed to deliberately numbering her husband
and two children forless than $400, for which
their lives were insured. The Whiteling
family consisted besides the wife, Of John
Whiteling, the husband, aged thirty-eight
years; Bertha, aged nine years and Willie,
aged two years and nine months
The husband died March 90, and Dr. g. w.
Smith, who attended him, gave certificate
Of death due to Inflammation Of the bowels.
On April "a Bertha died, and DR.. Smith eer-
titled that her death was due to gastric fever.
May 26 Willie died, and DR.. Dietrich, who
was called In after DR.. Smith had abandoned
the case, said death was caused by eenges-
ton Of the bowels &
John Whiteling's Life was insured Tor $145
also O member Of Herd No. Q Benevolent
Order OF Buffalos, which pays death benefit
Of $S5 to the widow. This money was coll
lected by Mrs. Whiteling Immediately after
her husbands death. She insured Bertha In
the Hancock Company for $l22, and Willie
was insured in the Prudential Insurance
Insurance Company for ga, and in the Han.
money received on the death OF husband and
children was 1899. -, *
The fact Of the three deaths at interyalsof
only one month was brought to the notice OF
Coroner Ashbridge, and after examining the
records in the Health Office he was satisfied
He communicated with Chief Of Detectives
Wood. and Detective oyer was detailed to-
assist the Coroner. The bodies had all been
buried in one grave in Mechanics Cemetery.
The Coroner ordered them to be exhumed
for examination. Professor Lehman made
an analysis Of the parts given to him BY the
Coroner and reported to Coroner Ashbridge
that he found arsenic enough In the bodies
to cause death. Mrs. Whiteling was taken
in custody and locked up In the Central
station She was closely watched to pre-
vent her from committing suicide She
spent most OF the day In praying and shf-
fered SO from nervous prostration that D.
physician had to be called In. Tho Coroner
charged her with killing her husband and
she was ready TO make confession.
Finally she made full clear confession to
the Coroner and was committed to Moya.
mensing prison. In her confession Mra.
Whiteling says: "My only reason for pol
soning the children was that Bertha.
might not grow up to be q sinful
and wicked girl, as she had at yari-i
GUS times stolen pennies and oncez
apockstbook from her teacher at school at
acknowledged taking the pocketbook She
told many bad stories She was very sinful
for one so young, and did not want her to
grow up. and become great sinner. My
little boy was sinless, and / poisoned,
him because he was in the way.
could not 60 out to work, for there was no
one to- take care Of him, and he was burden
tome. Without him could get along. NowI
know my children are angels in heaven and
want to meet them there when die. 1;fs
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RELIGIOUS READING.
His Care.

His Care.
God holds tie key Of all unknown,
And am glad;
II other hands should hold the key,
Or II he trusted it to me,
might be sad.
What If tomorrow's cares were here
Without its restl
I had rather he unlock the day,
And as the doors swing open say,
'My will is best"
The very dimness Of my sight
Makes me secure,
For cropping In my misty way,
I feel his hand-I hear him say,
my help is sure"
Icannot read his future plan,
But this I know,
have the smiling Of his face,
And all the refuge Of his grace,
While here below.
Enough; this covers all my want,
And 80 rest:
For what I cannot he can see,
And in his care I soon shall be,
Forever blest.
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new building of brick and granite, az
yet rather bare looking. The territorial
legislature is composed principally of
men whose parents are Mexican, and the
almost universal language is Spanish, all
of which tends to make one forget he is
still in the United States.
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An Indian, who is "in love with American
frewater," has been arrested forty times az
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Mr.. JAMES BELL, bua1
cago, quietly stepped upt
sliced his ear off with g
severed member in
walked away.
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Well, you defeat me In my three expert.
ments. have only one more to make, and
if you defeat me in that am exhausted. A
mighty One on knoll back Of Jerusalem one
day-the skies filled with forked hghtnings
and the earth filed with volcanic disturb
ances-turned His pale and agouized face
toward the heavens and said: II take the
sins and sorrows OF the ages into my own
heart I am the expiation. Witness earth
and heaven AMI hell, am the expation."
And the hammer struck him, and the spears
punctured him, AMI heaven thundered: 1.-THE
wages of sin is DEATH" The soul that sin
meth it shall die!''. 81 will by no means
lence for half an hour, and the light
nings were drawn back into the scab.
bard Of the sky, and the earth ceased
to quiver and all the colors Of the sky
began to shift themselves into a rainbow
woven out OF the fallen tears Of Jesus, and
there was red as of the b,ood shedding, and
there was blue as of the bruising, and there
was green as Of tho heavenly foliage, and
there was orange as Of the day dawn. And
along the line OF the blue saw the words:
II was bruised for Their iniquities" And
alon, the lns of the red l saw the words:
"The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from
all SIM" And along the line Of the green I
saw the words: "The leaves Of the tree Of
life for the healing Of all nations And
along the line of the orange I saw the words:
The day spring from on high hath visited
u.s."
And then I saw the storm was over, and
she rainbow rose higher and higher, until it
seemed retreating to another heaven, and
planting one column of its colors on one side
the eternal hill and planting the other column
Of its colors on the other side Of the eternal
hill, it rose upward and upward. land behold
there was a rainbow about the throne"
Accept that sacrifice and quit worrying.
Take the tonic, the inspiration, the longevity
of this truth. Religion is sunshine, that is
health. Religion is fresh air and pure
water, they are healthy. Religion is warmth:
they will tell you that quiet conscience and
pleasant anticipations are hygienic. I offer
you perfect peace now and hereafter.
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trail is one of the most remarkable pieces
of engineering of primeval origin. 1t
runs in the most direct possible line to
Trinidad and thence to Pueblo, near Den
yer. Through the mountains the grades
have been chosen with such skill that,
notwithstanding the fact that more than
two hundred surveys have been made by
competent engineers to find a better route,
no one has yet been able to find an easier
grade through the Rocky Mountains than
was located by these nomads hundreds
and hundreds of years ago. The line is
so direct that sthe old Santa Fe trail'
has been followed closely in the build.
ing of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa
Fe railroad, from Kansas City to the far
West.
Colonel A. B. Steele, an archrologist
of repute, says of the Santa Fe trail !:
"When you see the old road from the
car windows you may reflect that you are
looking upon the unused paths of pre-
historic wanderers. The roads that lead
to Mecca, the sand-drifted highways Of
the Sahara, the very footsteps of Christ,
are not more ancient" The old trail is
plainly visible, since it was the only
route for years to the Pacific coast and
soon became q broad well-worn road,
with stage houses at intervals and civili-
zation wherever such thing was pos
sible.
The Governors palace, long adobe
structure, couple of hundred or more
years old, contains the territorial offices
and many choice relics, and, in addition
to this, there are two free museums and
curiosity shops by the score. The city
surrounds piazza pronounced plat-za)
large square fenced in and covered with
GRASS and trees. There is no architect
tlral beauty except in the capitol, g
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-05-24

General Order No. Ii
Headquarters e. D. Baker Post, No. 6,)
Department of Idaho,
HALEY, May 10. 1888.
To All Comrades of the Grand Army of thr
hepublic:
May 30, 1888, will be the twentieth
annual recurrence of MEMORIAL
DAI-.a day set apart by tho people
OF renewed aud perpetual Union in
remembrance of those who in life
offered all in defense of national in.
tegrity and honor.
The spirit and customs of our Or
ganization impose upon all comrades
the duty of participating in the pub
lie recognition of that day.
Therefore, ] hereby order all com.
rades who arc under the jurisdiction
OF this Post to assemble at Headuuar
tiers on the 3Oth day OF May, 1888, at
10 o'clock a. m, for the purpose of
paying a tIibute of respect to the
memory of those earnest, manly men
who voluntarily faced death for a
cause worthy of the sacrifice.
| also, in behalf Of E. d. Baker
Post, No. 6, cordially invite all old
in arms of the Blue and
the Gray; also, the citizens OF this
section, to participate with US in the
ceremonies of the day.
BY command Of:
T. u. BELLINGER,
g Commander E. d. Baker Post. No. 6.
Department of Idaho, G. A. II.
f. f. RlcuARps, Adjntant.
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ALIAS SUMMONS

In the District Court Of the seco,.
tric. OF the Territory OF Idaho IL, JuH,si.l Dir
Julia Webb, Plaintiff yersns MOI.
PENDANT. "eob D..
Inc people OF the United States in ~.
81 1oano send greeting to Morris w..sstnnfory
you are hereby required to anne,,
t;@ 4usht aeainst you by the above.nsmsaa sstisa
District of the Territory of Idaho 'e =, Judicial
County OF Alturas, and to answer ~ snu iot The
hled therein, within ten dsys tne complaint
gay servi.e) after the service on Son Of The
serxe1 H.. served within this county y, q, 'a !,
seIveo OUT OF this county, but in tbis ~ ", II
WITHIN twenty days: 9th rwise within s Dstict
w Judgment by default will he taL ~! oaya
You according to the prayer of said as'ins
ne sa,a sction is brought to dissolve tho No.,
OF matrimony heretofore and nov, .ne Dsnd'
tween the above named plsintjh and aaHe b.
aiIes1ng that they We're married NV Hnasnt
per 1874, at Lawrence, Douglas cou,tu Tovsm'
sn' tor more than one year last past said dst..
ant mas willfully neglected to nror;ao Eau aeiend.
plaintiff the common necesssries 81 1ita lor the
OF MS 1dleness and dissipation. and X Ieason
children, issues Of said marri;ps ha NV .nat The
sald pianlfs care and custody, So vii, 'a, 70
cony 81 aPpe n.h IN plalntits complaint certified
And you are hereby notified tbst ~ vo, ..,.
appear ana answer tho said complaint ~ NV N
required, the said plaintiff will take dct.,. 'ovs
complaint w i'iAnoeo IN SAP
Given under my hand and the sea, Of ~. NJ.
trlct Court of the Second Judica Distrio. IN, ~
Ierr'ory OK ldpho, IN and for the Couptr NJ AZ
tnras this End day Of April in the ycsr NJ n AL,
eight. {" anu eighty'
lsEALl sH. HAYS. CLERK,
ny Il. e. RICHARDS, Deputy Clert.
n. NJ RUIcK, Plaintiffs Attorney.
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PRICES IN NEW YORK AND LONDON.

Those of our readers who believe
that clothing and other necessaries
are cheaper in countries where free
trade prevails should read the COM
parative table of London and New
York prices which follows. Leone
Levi, the well.known English Stats
;tician, is authority for the statement
that the weekly earnings OF 100000
families in England (this includes
earnings of all members of the re-
spective families able to work. are
s7.6S. This total of $7GS includes
the average aggregate weekly earn
ings of all the families in England
who work for living. The average
earnings of the head of the family
Is probably from s. to sc per week.
Miss Hall, in the Nineteenth Century,
says: II thank God that England
counts among her children so many
families who know how 70 live simply
and yet nobly on thirty shillings
(s7.50) per week !"
Now the difference between Eng
land and America is that while the
English working family lives on $3.50
week because it is forced to, the
American working family could live
on this sum, but does not live on it
because it is not obliged to. The
New York Press quotes the follow
ing figures to show that the prices Of
the common necessares of life, in
Guiding clothing, are substantially the
same in London and New York:
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New Yerl,
THE COPPER DEAL.
N. Y. Engineering and Mining journal. !

N. Y. Engineering and Mining Journal
We do not pretend to report the
inner secrets or intentions of the syn
dictate, but it is very evident that the
copper deal is of very different
character from the recent tin corner.
The copper production of the world
is controlled for this year at least,
and that from nearly every mine now
producing is controlled for three We lrs.
The mining companies have sold their
output for that time to the French
syndicate, and the sales have been
guaranteed by such responsible bank.
ing houses as Se'igman's, the Comp
toir d'Escomptc, etc. 81 far as the
mines are concerned, they will, no
doubt, get at least the minimum price
stipulated generally ID cents for
Lake c0pper) during the next two or
three years.
If the price of copper be maintain
ed at l6!0l7 cents, as at present,
the quantity that will be produced in
the next three years will be enormous,
and probably far exceed the an,icipa-
tons Of the syndicate, while consump-
ton will certainly be much less than
II the price were, say, II cents for
Lake, at which figure the worlds re.
qn'rements couli be supplied a,
profit. 1t is certain, therefore, that
before the expiration of the three
years, the syndicate will have an
enormous load of copper to carry, a
load which will continually increase
until it would eventually swamp even
the strongest syndicate.
There is little use in specializing on
the Gnal outcome, which can not oc.
cur for two years yet, and which NAV
he affected by mo !ificat,ons in the
present agreements should mutual
interest dictate this necessity. For
some time to come everything favors
the stability of the syndicate and of
prices above the minimum basis.
This. of course, does not necessarily
keep them where they are; in fast, we
believe the syndicate would serve its
own interests best by keeping prices
but little above the hasis-which was
too high any wav-anl thus encour.
age con umption while d>conraying
any rapid increase in produe;i in.
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SUMMONS.

IN the District Court of tho Co.
county of Alturas. VI Idaho. in snd ~ niA
Anna 3. Becker. Plainii~, 70 A.. A'
Defendsnt. vs.. Anton ]. A.,
The people Of the United State.
Defendant tena greeting to Anton me ! rs,rto,,
You are hereby required N
orouens against you by the sh6p,pSesr In an a.%,.
-. me DiStr1ct Court Of the Secoraa smed plsinNs
cn ,c. OF me Territory Of Idaho a. judicial D,.
flsd thers,n 'uras and to answer tn na for th,
DAY OF service). after the exclusive q .s
auunenSclf served In this conn,, on you Of ~
1us 2. 1nis county. bu. in this Or II serv.s
Judgment bv ds osnsrwlse within forts within
coTang to the prayer Of said AGAINST you !,
Inc said action is brought Ia d,rint.
OF matfimony heretofore and ' nn the bona.
and counsel fees ana defendant and cost. aog h.
IN Hsiley: Alturas county. Id.hy were ma,r.ss
%. 1856; that thereafter and on about Ausrses
nay lsS. said defendant willfu, ine Eth d,s .;
still contnse. snd abandoned ths nG without
this plaintiff and to live sepsrst ert and aband0s
ner, me Facts more fully apperrinn quo spart from
). on hle herein. certified con IN plaintiff,
And you are hereby notified th.. -.
appear and answer the said com,, !! you fsil 4.
.equlfeo' me said plaintiff will t,ha - aboys
sppIy 70 me Court for the relies aefaut md
s@i" com plaint. demanded II
Distr acde ro my hand and tn. SEA, .,
District Court of the Terr;toonnod Judicial
,.r, y, ,a. and for the county Of ai!yof Idaho,
t to.n e aay OF May, in the xss. this
eighty-eis h thousand eight HUNDRED ~: ~,
Ax,r, . By E. E: R1cnAsnss ' SRI
" SULLIVAN Plaintiffs Altorn.ysp
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Totals. ....., 81 81 81 81 s. n
Left from $3.50. "A 7s
Difference in favor Of New York, 64c.
1t is equally true that working
man can clothe himself as cheapiy in
New York as in London. Weuuote: