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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
LOCAL JOTTINGS.
H.v and Grain, at Coffin & Co.'s.

H.v and Grain, at Coffin & Co.'S.
Light French Flannel shirts, a,
George Kriegs.
Coffin s. Co. have Warnings Oats
and Blacks Hay.
Have YOU tried the "Mascot" brand
Coal Oil at Cofin's?
"Mascot" Coal Oil at Cofin's, water.
white, Non explosive.
New styles of hats-stiff and soft
lust arrived at George Krieg's.
A large assortment of hand sewed
Kangaroo and French kid boots aud
shoes, at George Krieg's.
Warren & Shepherd have reopened
the old Dan. Harrington saloon.
Grand Millinery Opening, Tuesday
and Wednesday, April 10Th and 1lth,
At j. G. Fox's.
Give Warren 4 Shepherd call, at
their Comstock saloon. They have
a cosy place, and their liquors and
cigars are FIRST class.
For good glass of cool beer and a
FIRST class lunch with music every
evening, go to the Music Hall, at
Ruperts old corner.
HAUPT & KIRBY.
Spring and Summer 1888. Our
Mammoth Illustrated Catalogue of
General Merchandise mailed free.
Address G. n. GILMAN,
RED House TRADE UNION,
Sacramento, Cal.
Since the org anization of the
Security Mutual Benefit Society the
expense to member Of middle age
has been LESS THAN TWELVE DOLLARS
YEAR for each thousand dollars Of
insurance. J. A. RUPERT,
Agent for Alturas County.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
To Smokers,

Smokers DESTROYS of fine cigar,
should not fail to try Sam. Levy's
well-known brands, which are for sale
ut J. H. FORDHAM's
"SNUG" SALOON, Bellevue.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
The Number of the Stars.

The total number of stars one can see
will depend very larg, ly upon the clear
ness o. the atmosphere and &C keenness
of he eye. There are in the whole celes-
tial sphere about Il, 600 star visible to an
ordinary good e. OF these. however,
we can never see more than fraction at
any one time, because half of the sphere
is ways below the hori on. If we could
see a star in the hor n as cas- ly as in
the zenith, half OF the whole number, or
3 000, would be visible on any clear night.
But stars near the h,riLOn are seen
through so & eat thickness of atmOs-
phere as greatly 10 obscure their light,
and only the brightest ones can there be
en-. AS a re ult of this observation, it
is not likely that more an . 900 stars
can ever le axe in at single view by
any ordinary eye. Alb ut 1000 other
stars are TO near the south pole that they
never rise in our ATTITUDES. Hence, ont Of
5000 supposed to be visible. only 1000
ever come vii hin the range of our vision,
unless we make a journey towards the
equator.
AS t,leScOpic power is increased we still
find star, II fainter and ia nter Ii mt. But
the number cannot 60 on increasing for
ever in the san r til as with the ri Shter
magnit des because if it did the whole
sky would be bla OF star light.
If telescopes with powers far exceed
in our present ones were made they
would no doubt show new stars of the 3Uth
and 2lst, etc, magnitudes. But it is high
ly probable that the nun er of such sue
cessiye orders of stars would not increase
in the same ratio as is observed in the tn.
9th and 10th magnitudes, for e ample.
TheenormOus labor OF es imat ne the num-
Der of stars of such lasSes will long pre-
vent The accumulation of statistics; {
this much is certain, that in special egi ms
of The sky, which haze been srarchingly
G amined by va iouS teles opes Of success
Sively-increaS NO auertures, the nu Der OF
new stars found is by no means in proper
ton to the Increase instrumental power.
If this is found TO BE- true else here. the
occasion may be that, after a |, the @ lar
system can be experimental ly shown to be
of mini g @ tent and { contain only "a
finite number # star. In the whole sky
an average power will see about G, %
stars. as | have just said. With a tele-
scope this number is greatly increased, and
the most powerful telescope of modern
times will show more than $4,000, 600
stars. tf this number not one out of 100
has ever been catalOgued at all In all,
IA, 90 stars from tie rst to tht nine and
a half magntudes are contained in the
northern sky; or about 90, 900 in 10th
emisph, res. All Of these can be seen
with three-inch object glass. rOf. Hol-
den in the Century.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18

"There, fellow called on me dav or
two ago, said Mr.. Field, "a fellow who's
Gown on his luck now. lie mi hit suit
YOU. ="
- an YOU recommend himS What is his
name?"
a don't know that can recommend
him. but you may give him n trial o
calls himself Cnry NJ rris. Hos down
on his luc s, as l SAIL"
''Write him q line an ask him to call
on me-" sa d Carr theirs, who liked to
h lip men down on their lus6. as he
clever!
e's been idle so long l can't sav.
Look here, Carrut ers, make hi do the
drawing OH approval; and II were you
wouldn t give any money on account"
:" end him to me and II talk to him. I"
Carruthers was just leaving the room
when his friend called h m back.
say, CarrMhers, d better tell you,
then on can I say / didn't This chap
has been in qu'd five ears for forgery.
His names Maurice ervey. | suppose
he's out on ticket of-leave. Fe tell, me
he means 10 run straight for the future.
Now GU know all about him and can
please yourself.
The consequence was that Carruthers,
who he'd the same belief as he with the
''harp of divers tones" resolved to SEQ
this man.
fro DE CONTINUED
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18

Idol out Of her shrine. thinking of her as
the calm, fair, stately girl he had known
and love the ne of all the world against
whom SANDER should raise no voice
Before his almless walk was ended his
mood had grown soft and plying Anger
had 81 ply faded away. All he could
now thini OF was of eatrice and her sOr-
row. All he asked was to able to see
her and tell her there was one who wo Id
ever be as brother TO her. The wild
resolve that be would now acpuies o In
her disappearance as calmly as dit her
uncles, disappeared. lie wolld find her,
he would go to her. take her hand. tell
her the secret was his, and II 1t were pos
sible stand between her and what she had
to lear.
But he knew now, or thought he knew.
the utmost that life had 10 give h m, and
he saw it was a sorry substitute 70 what
1t had seemed to promise only few days
ago.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
How the Balloon was Invented.

Exercise is antagonism; at each step
force is used to lift up our bodies and
push back the earth; as the eminent
Joseph Montgoltier said. that when he
saw a company dancing, he mentally
inverted his view and mag ned the
earth dancing on tho dancers feet,
which it most inquest onably did. In
deed, his great invention of balloons
was guessed at by his Witnessing n
m Id form of antagonism between heat
and gravitation. He, being a dutiful
husband, was airing his wife's dresses.
who was going to a ball. He observed
the hot air from the fire inflated the
light materials which rose up in a
sort of speroidal form (you may have
some Of you noticed this form in dressD
This gave him some idea of the fire
balloon. which being large paper
maker ut Annonay, he forthwith ex-
perimented on, and hence we got aerial
navigation. This ancedote was told
mo by his nephew, M. SeguIn. also an
eminent man. Sir William Il. GrnDe
in the Popular Science Monthly
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
How the Utes Play Poker.

Most of the Utes are gamblers. and
know all the arts that make up the
great popular civilized game known as
draw poker. Pairs, threes. Pushes,
straights and full hands they have
learned better than their a, b. cs and
agriculture. They play with either
Am erican or Mexican cards. A good
poker player down east will find foe
worth his hand in the stoical face of
the Southern Ute. You can't tell from
his face whether the Indian holds
bobtail flush, n pair of deuces or full
hand. They are pass onately fond OF
poker, and In playing this game are
adopts in all the arts and ways of the
more highly civilized pale face. They
arc also fond OF the horse race. and a
contest between two Indian ponies is
always n great event The Indians
are out in great numbers. and put their
money on their favorites. Many I'm
indians annuity islost Mt poker or
Tlors race. -DeRUsr RepH6 icaIL
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
A Noble Organ Grinder.

That distinguished nOblem IN, WIS.,
count Hinton, has turned up again.
He is the oldest son of Earl Poulett
and is described in Debretta's peerage
rs sometimes engaged as clown ut the
Surrey theatre aud elsewhere VS.
count Hinton has gone through many
vcissiudes. His father has never re-
cognized him, particularly since he
married ballet, girl, and now he has
come down TO playing on an organ in
the London suburbs. In front of his
instrument the following words are
printed very conspicuously: al am
Vscount Hinton, eldest son of Earl
Poulett. Vide Burke's Peerage.
Hinton is the son of land pilots
daughter, whom, it is alleged. his fa.
ther was Obliged to marry. but never
lived with. The Viscount was born
five months alter the marriage, but the
latter has never been set aside, and
one day the organ-grindcr wHl be the
seventh Earl Poulett, with many largo
estates and plenty to supply his eigh-
teen-year-old son, Hon. William Henry
George. and his ten-year-old daughter.
Hon. Maude Marie. who ut present
must be in bad way. Earl POulett
has married twice since the death of
his first wife. the pilots daughter, and
has had children by each marriage, to
whom the goings-on of the future head
of the family We great sorrow
London Correspondent Of E0st0n lie
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
Tho Baby's Toilet.

A rich baby's layette now costs $500
10 5000, and includes sou silk warp
flannel, Handsomely embroidered, fine
KIN tied sh rts OF snowy wool. beautiful
hand-wrought dresses. not frilled and
heavy with embroiderS and lace as
formerly, but made of the finest
French nainsook. tucked and hemmed
by hand, with rows of drawn work as
fine as lace. pretty stitching of briar-
work in fino floss. all wrought by
hand. with real lace edges of narrow
Valencennes. and costing, plain and
simple as they are. sometimes $50. $50
and $75. A wrapper, shawl and little
sack of fine silk flannel, Embroidered
with forget me-nots in the delicate
blue of the natural flowers or white
daises with yellow centers little cloak
of heavy VIII to silk, wrought with The
same fine briar stitchings in silk, rows
on rows. little close cap of the same
material, embroidered all over with
tiny silk sprays, and tiny silken socks
of pretty tints are included in the
layette. which is as dainty as n mother 8
loving fancy can design. The baby
basket is mass of lace frills and rib
bons and thin muslin, lined W tn pretty
satin or silesia, and costs all the way
from So TO $50. The bassinet or era
die is another pretty bauble of brass
or willow. white enameled canoped
with satin and lace and with linen
furnishings hemstitched as finely as a
lady's 'kerchief and covered with
soft quilt of down.
One noted bah; born in New York
not long ago had cradle of mother
of.pearl in the shape of sea shell,
with legs and handles of solid gold
lined with amber satin, and with
canopy of satin and rare old lace fall
ing from gold framework and
sweeping the floor. The linen was
hemstltched and edged with real lace
by the fair hands of the happy moth
er. Five sets of diamond buttons, six
gold rattles solid silver toilet set
solid gold safety pins, diamond anu
lets aud rings enough to cover every
little finger and toe were among his
baby presents.
Then there the christening robe
which costs from 500 to $1,000, mass
of rich lace and fine stitching, some
times made or point lace and. like a
wedding dress, worn at the ceremony
and never worn again.-NeU York
sun
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
The Tomb of q Modern Crnsus.

Senator Stanford of California, is hav-
ing constructed for himself what will be
the most costly mo Tern tomb in exis en"e.
{ is to be erected in California, but is be-
ing prepared at the east The entire co /
of this lace of res for q couple Of hands
full of dust and ashes will be $3.50, 600.
The material of ermoat granite and
murble. and the heavier parts of the tomb
are being cut at the quarries and shipped
from there directly to the west. The
heaviest stone used in the structure Is cut
iom a solid lock of granite weighing
70 ty three tons, and has already been
ship ed on a car specially constructed for
the purpose. Two other stones weighing
over tons each, and t and polished,
have TO lowed 1t. A New York nan has
the contract for the work, but the senator
has Forbid him to ( rn sh details In
advance of the erection OF the edi ce, ut
he has given me the price and these par
ticulars, adding that evety conceivable
Ornamentation in the way of sepulchral
art is to be layished upon {. The mil
lionaire OF the gold coast may not sleep
more sOundly with these surroundings
than il he were burie in the rustic
churchyard of his native village but
under forty tons of granite and with all
modern burglar-proof surroundings, he
ough to sleep serenely, in spite of body
snatchers or spirit mediums. -Philadel-
phia Records New York Letter.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
THE ABSENCE OF LITTLEwEsLEY

Sence little Wesley went, the place seems
all so strange and still
wy, niss his yell o. "Granpapn as I'd
miss the whipperwill;
And to think ust to scold him fer his ever
lastin' noise,
When | only rikOllect him as the best o.
little boys
l wisht a hundred times day at he'd
come trompin' in,
And all tho noise he ever made was twic't
as loud ag'ini-
IL I'D seem like some soft music played on
some fne instrument,
'Longside o. this loud lonesomenees sencc
lite Wesley went!
OF course the clock don't tick no louder
than il ust TO do
Vit now they g time it pears like it 'u'd
bust itself in twol
And, let rooster, suddent-like, crow
som'ers clos't around
And seems g eff mighty nigh il, 1t 'u'd lift
me of tho ground
And same with all the cattle when they
bawl around the bars,
In the red o. airly mornin', er the dusk and
dew and stars,
When the neighbors' boys 'at passes never
stop, but jest go on,
A-whistlin' kind o. to thelrse'v's-se
little Wesleys gone!
And then, o. nights when Mother-s sittin'
up uncommon late,
A-bilin' pears er somepin, and l sit and
smoke and wait,
Tel the moon out through the winder don't
look bigger n dime,
And things keep getting stiller-stiller-
stiller all the Time
we ketched myself a-wishin' lke-as l
Clumb on the cheer
To wind the clock, as 1 hev done fer more
IN fifty year.
A-wishin' at the time he'd come for us TO
60 10 bed,
With our last prayers, and our last tears
sence little Wesleys dead
James Whitcomb Riley in The Century.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
A. Jackson Lived Too Late.

Brethren, 4" said Tennessee preacher,
'don put Pontius Plate down as bad
man; he was only weak one. He him
self would much rather have released our
Savior, but he uldn t resist the pres
sure of the Scribes and Pharisees and the
howlings of the rabbe. lie didn't have
any backbone He wasn't lad, but he was
q poor creature fact, there was moth
ing to him. Brethren. If Gen. Andrew
Jackson had been in Pontius Pill te IS
place that trial would have had different
ending. IN. Y. Sun.
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
Not Worthy of Attention.

Minister dining with the family
How did you like the sermon, this morn
ing, Bobby?
Bobby did not pay much attention to
it. sir.
Minister much amused)-Why not,
Robby?
Bobby heard ma whisper to pa
"Same thing over and over again, so l
didn't think it worth while. Texas Stiff
inps
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18

who wished to gainsay fact but dare no.
Lady ClausOn, In spite of her apology,
told her hu band that Beatrice had done
something disgracefui. ''Oh, no my
dear" said Sir Maingay. "1t's only a
freak. on know, l won say for what
rra on. she can come back ere to live
Wei she's grown Il ed OF life down at
Oakbury. / don't wonder at It Horace
and Herbert are two regular old women.
They darn their own stockingS make
antima assars. and all sOr of things.
she was ashamed 10 say she W tired OF
life, SO went off on her own account"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18

claims This affection OF disin terested.
ness in his dues is altogether wrong.
IL is q mistake to suppose that q doctor
who does not dun his debtors, so to-
speak, is wealthy. and is making a big
thing of his profess on. / shonld re-
gard il as an evidence that he was
either afraid of offending his patient
and thus losing him or that he was
not sure of his own worth"
Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1888-10-18
Timely Awakening.
rs. Dnpan--nJameseYpv

Mrs. Dugan--'JameseyV
Mr.. Dugan (drowsily) -"Yis."
Mrs. Dugan-"Ye must git up IL ye
want ter ketch the o'clo k train. Sure,
ye tould me ter wake ye at wan"
Mr.. Dugan-"An' is It wan O'Clock
now?"
Mrs. Dugan--'Tt is that / heard II
sthrike wan tree tonnes jist now. "
Time.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

A FINE reception was rendered Col
w. G. Plummer upon his arrival home by
the citizens of Casselton, OAK, Friday
evening. He was met at the depot by
delegations of citizens headed by brass
bands and military companies, and in
the evening was rendered magnificent
banquet by the Casselton G. A. R., al
which many speeches were made and in
EVERYDAY twas endeavored to rightly ex.
press the appreciation which,his neigh
bors have of Col. Plummer's assistance
in the recent campaign. He spent most
of the time in Indiana and New York,
making speeches with Warner Miller IN
the latter state. The Colonel's services
are not to be lightly considered, and
President Harrison may be depended
upon to care for the gallant Dakota ora.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

If the editor of the ReuieW feels him.
self endorsed" by rehashing what
every man in the county comedies to be
false, what letter in Mr.. Hunts pos
session from the Secretary of the State
Central Committee proves to be false,
what the Blue Earth County Republican
committee knows to be false, what every
candidate on the Republican ticket re-
Gently elected denounces in round terms,
he is welcome to the game. The FREE
PRESS columns will not be further used,
and its readers will not be further bored
by references to these trumpet up charg-
es. Our space can be more proftably
used, and we are sure our readers will
be vastly better pleased. If the readers
of the RerieW will clip from the columns
of that sheet the variety of articles anent
Hunt they will find nothing left save q
few stereotype plates. Their patience
must be about worn out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
A Man of the People.

Window Reporter: Sabln's business in
terests are allied with those of the peo-
pie on the transportation question, and
not hostile to them. Upon the tariff he
represents low rate of protection, and
his entire record, so far as we know, has
been in the line of tariff reduction, keep
ing in view the proper degree of protec-
ton. But on the money. question we
fear comparison with Washburn's
interest, who, stripped of the immense
wealth he possesses, without stopping to
question how so much wealth has been
piled up, would not leave him man of
any greater ability or character than
Sabin or any of the common herd. Sa-
bin may not be an ideal statesman, but
he has interests in common with the
common people and is in a position to
represent them rather than the railroad
kings of America, against whom they
are battling.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
CABINET GOSSIP.
Some Very Doubtful Matters That
Are Very Uncertain.

New YORK, Nov. 30.-A gathering of
Republican politicians took place at the
Fifth Avenue Hotel this morning. Ho-
tel gossips were agreed that the gather
ing had for its purpose the consideration
of very important point connected
with the construction of President-elect
Harrison's cabinet. Just before 10
o'clock, Vice. resident-elect Morton en-
tered side entrance of the hotel arm
in arm with Maj. VIM. Mckinley, who
acts as Senator Sherman's personal rep
resentative in all important meetings of
Republican leaders.
They went to Senator Platt's parlor
and were met by the senator, Gen.
Knapp and other Republicans. The
Vice. President-elect and the Ohio con-
gresham remained in Mr.. Platt's room
about an hour. After the conference
they refused to be interviewed. The
smaller politicians. who, 1t seems, had
been given tips about the conference,
were not so reticent. They talked and
talked. and the conclusion they arrived
at was about as follows:
Gen. Harrison was willing to put Tom
c. Plat and John Sherman in his cabi-
net, if these gentlemen would work In
harmony. Consequently conference
between the two big candidates for cabi-
net positions became necessary to bar
monize their differences, as otherwise
Gen. Harrison could not take them into
his official household. Of course, Sher-
man could not confer with Morton and
Plat personally; so, they say, he sent
on his trusted lieutenant, Maj. McKin-
ley. From the appearance of the coun-
tenances after the conference, it might
be judged that there was happy result.
Morton and Mckinley clasped hands
warmly on parting. A prominent state
politician said after the conference:
"That business means John Sherman
| for secretary of state, and Thomas {.
Plat for secretary of the treasury"
It is certain that Platt has been offer
ed the treasury portfolio, conditionally.
One of the conditions was that he should
resign the presidency of the United
States Express Company or decline re-
election. The other condition, it seems,
was that he and John Sherman should
patch up their differences so as not to
squabble in the official household.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07
Not Of the People.
Iwindom Reporter.l


The interstate law is yet defective,
and needs improvement and perfection
in the direction of bringing the railroads
into subsection to the will of the people,
and great as our confidence is in Gen.
Washburn's wealth, probity of charac-
ter, etc., we do not believe he can be
depended upon to assist in the perfec-
ton OF the Interstate law in the inter-
ests of the people. That must be done
by the friends of the people, and not by
the men who have the many millions OF
their own fortunes as we'll as the mil.
lions of other peoples fortunes at heart.
1t matters little to us who is United
States Senator 80 long as man with in
terests in common with the people is
elected. But such is not Gen. WASH
burn. His interests are not those of the
people, but those of the Vanderbilts the
Goulds and the lesser lights of railroad
fame.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1888-12-07

Mr.. CHAs. SHANDREAU, the present eff
ficient insurance commissioner, will
doubtless desire to continue in that of
fee under Governor Merriam g admins
tration and all those who are acquainted
with his abilities will be glad to see him
do 80. Mr.. Shandreau has had from
twelve to fifteen years experience in
this line of business, having served in
the insurance department under Mr..
McGill when the latter was commits
sioner. His service under the present
Governor has been such as to commend
him to all who desire to see the insur-
ance department in able and experlen-
ced hands. Mr.. j. T. Williams, of this
city, is making an active effort for the
position held by Mr.. Shandreau, but as
between the two men there can be little
doubt but that the Governor will chose
to retain the one that has proved bis
ability to properly conduct an Office OF
such large responsibility, rather than to
take one who has little or no qualifica-
tons for the position.