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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
SIXTY-DOLLAR POSTAGE STAMPS.
They Are Used on Second Glass Matter and
the Public Never Sees Them.

They Are Used on Second Glass Matter and
the Public Never Sees Them.
Boston Herald.J
"How is the postage on second-class mat
ter paid?" is question often asked at the
Boston postofice. The rate of postage is 1
cent a pound; but as observation teaches
that second-class matter is not stamped, the
query is naturally raised as to how the post
age on this class OF matter is treated. The
public never see stamps used for the pay
ment of second-class postage, except as a
curiosity in the collection OF philatelist
Unlike all other kinds of postage stamps
they never reach the public through the
postofice. They are not SO rare, however,
among collectors as to bring very high
premiums. The smaller denomination are
in good demand, and are sold for sums con-
siderably in advance of their face value, but
the higher denominations cannot be dis
posed of at par.
1t is customary for a publisher whose
journal or periodical is entered as second
class matter to keep on deposit at the post
Office sum sufficient to cover the immediate
expense of mailing. If he mails 1000
pounds of matter he is given receipt for
budI duOuub, anu Oh SGuO from WHICH b1e
receipt is torn is placed $40 in postage
stamps. The form of stub and receipt book
used is uniform throughout the country,
and at the end of each quarter all the stubs
are forwarded to Washington. The cancelled
stamps on the stubs represent the revenue
received on second-class matter for the par
ticular quarter which they cover. It is not
required that publisher shall keep de-
posit at the postofice, but experience teaches
that it is the wisest plan to follow. News
paper and periodical postage stamps are the
most numerous and run the highest in de-
nomination of any species of postage stamps
issued by the Government. The lowest de-
nomination is cent and the highest $50.
The full list is as follows: 1, "a, So,
10, IL, "a, Sc, 48, so, 72, 81 and 96 in cents;
in dollars, 81 92 So, Sc, So, $12, S24. $50, $4S
and $50. OF this class of stamps there was
used at the Boston postofice for the last
fiscal year SOL, 401 73 representing 10, ,140,-
173 pounds of second-class matter mailed.
The prevailing colors of these stamps are
shades of red and green-the Postofice De-
partment seems very partial to green
varying according to denomination, and
each bearing in its center the figure of d
beautiful and scantily attired female.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
LITTLE ROWING STONES.
Put In the Eye They Clear 1t of Foreign
Substances.

Put In the Eye Tney Cieaf IL OF Foreign
Substances.
Lewiston Journal
The eye-stone was a boys marvel, reputed
to do wonderful things. It could clean out
flats mud obtained by an unfortunate but
well-directed shot while in swimming better
than a peaked stick, and for shining
around the eyeball the youth of early days
imputed no less than human knowledge
to it.
Here are some," said the druggist Tues
day to Journal man. They are a cal
careous formation. Drop them in vinegar or
a weak solution of acetic acid, and the re-
action thus set in motion makes them lively.
Put them in an eye fat side in and they
move around and clear it of foreign sub
stances"
''Do YOU sell many?''
'Lots of them. Some of them are treas
ured highly. Some are supposed to know
more than Others"
"Are they expensive?"
"Well, it won't break banker to buy
one."
''How much for my choice?"
"Ten cents each"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
TWO GRAY-HAIRED JUMPERS.
An Aged Husband and Wife Engage In an
Amusing Contest.

Amusing SOute8ts
Detroit Free Press.l
There was quite crowd gathered in front
of a house on Fourth avenue last evening
watching a rather novel jumping match
which was in progress in the front yard. A
middle-aged man and his gray-haired wife
were the participants, and the distance was
measured off on the walk that led from the
house to the gate. The family was repre-
sented by a number of sons and daughters,
who ranged themselves alongside to see fair
play and cheer and encourage the jumpers.
"I'll bet on father" cried one of the
girls.
'Mother beat that time, shouted young
man.
"Rurrahi Hurrahl" cried the family in
chorus.
When it was over ''mother" sat down on
the doorstep and famed herself with a
newspaper. "We're gettin' old, father. I
can't begin to jump as used to, she said,
pleasantly. "You couldn't have beat me a
few years ago.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
A Truly Wonderful Plant.
Cuthbert (Ga.l Appeal

Mrs. j. w. Lee has resurrection flower
that is q curiosity. 1t was plucked from q
mountain in Mexico IL years ago and
placed in a bureau drawer and never
planted. 1t looks dry and dead, but when
placed in water, revives, turns green and
has the appearance of arbor vita.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
NOT GHOSTS BUT MoLEs.

How a Kenfucky House Got the Name Of
Being Haunted.
This is rather novel denouement for
ghost story. The Maysville Herald says:
''Some weeks ago the Herald contained an
account Of mysterious noise that was
heard at q house near Leon7ille, Galloway
county. After several weeks Of patienr
investigation, it has been found that the
noise was caused by moles, with which the
earth under the house was literally honey
combed. A Jew hours digging revealed
the mystery and the sensation is exploded"
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

Dentists advertisement in q Reading
daily: Teeth filed and extracted without pain
by the use of vita1ized air, and made fresh
every day and perfectly harmless.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
Save Your Hair

RY timely use of Ayers Hair Vigor.
- This preparation has no equal as
dressing. 1t keeps the scalp clean. cool,
and healthy, and preserves the color,
fullness, and beauty of the hair.
"I was rapidly becoming bald and
gray; but after using two or threo
bottles OF Ayers Hair Vigor my hair
grew thick and glossy and the original
color was restored. melvin Aldrich,
Canaan Centre, N. h.
"Some time ago lost all my hair IN
consequence Of measles. After due
waiting, no new growth appeared. I
then used Ayers Hair Vigor and my
hair grew
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
Thick and Strong.

It has apparently come to stay. Tne
Vigor is evidently great aid to nature"
j. B. Williams, Floresville, Texas.
II have used Ayers Hair vigor for
the past four or five years and find 1t
most satisfactory dressing for the hair
1t Is all l could desire, being harmless,
causing the hair to retain its natural
color, and requiring but small quantity
TO render the hair easy to arrange.
Mrs. M: A. Bailey, 9 Charles street,
Haverhill, Mass.
! have been using Ayers Hair vlgor
for several years, and believe that y na,
caused my hair to retain its nasuis, =,
color. Mrs h. j. King, Deaier Ia
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22

A gentleman who preferred the staircase
70 the lift told me that the first floor is soon
reached by short zigzag flights, and you find
that you are scarcely more fatigued than
after having gone up five step flights in an
apartment house. After a brief rest you
bravely start for the second floor. Here
you wind upa spiral staircase, broken by
an occasional straight fight. The wind
whistles in the iron girders as it whistles in
the rigging of ship. Things begin to grow
small on the ground, and your horizon en-
larges with every step. But you don't get
dizzy. -Four good iron rails run along the
outside OF your stairway, while you have a
big, round iron pillar on your left. Under
foot the steps are made Of substantial iron
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-09-22
WHAT GOOD DO YOU DO?

What truth do you speak which men need
to know? What help do you give of which
men stand in need? What are you doing
with your time and your means and your
strength?
How are you employing opportunity? I
don't believe that God at the last will ask
so very much about the bad things we have
done. It will be upon the good things left
undone that the emphasis will be put in
that day of judgment. We will be meas
ured by our misspent opportunities. And
have never yet found anybody SO good as
to be able to say with any show Of truth
that he had made the very most Of oppor-
tunity.
And, then, content means Ignorance NOT
only with ones self, and OF the significance
of opportunity. but ct this day, with the
advantages which we have, it means ignor-
ance OF the ideal which God has set for
mans following. Read the story in the
Gospels Of the ideal lite. LOOK at your own
life inthe light of that, and then let him who
can trust in himself that he is righteous.
And content, beside meaning ignorance.
means spiritual stagnation. Everybody
will remember the story of Thorwaldsen.
how when at last he had carved 4
statue of surprising beauty, he cast his
chisel down, and tears were in his eyes,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
Idaho and the HALEY Springs.

A copy of the monograph just
issued by Robert Strahorn & Co. has
been laid on our table. 1t is entitled
''ldahc, for Health and Pleasure"
and has "Hailey Hot Springs" for a
subtitle. 1t is an oblong shaped
pamphlet OF 30 pages, profusely il
illustrated. with autographed cover,
and printed in the highest style of
the art. The work is evidently in.
tended for circulation among a class
OF people who could hardly be pre-
vailed upon to look at common print.
AS several thousand copies of the
work have doubtless been circulated,
it will be of great benefit to Idaho in
general and to HALEY in particular.
1t must cost all of IS cents per copy,
hut it is not for sale. as it is intended
for circulation only in the way most
likely to attain its purpose.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

Arthur McEwen, managing
editor OF the San Francisco Examiner,
has resigned for the purpose of going
to New York City to reside. Mr..
McEwen is probably the ablest, most
original humorist on the American
press; but his great ability as an all
around newspaper man has always
rendered his services as q managing
editor too valuable to permit him to
follow any special line of composition.
dn the East he will find more room
to grow in. ampler opportunity to
indulge in that particular hne in which
he excels. and will soon make him
self felt and bitterly hated by the
'shams, snobs and pretentious classes
generally. II he should take hold OF
McAllister's ''Four Hundred" he
would in less than three months make
each and every one of those suobs
feel like crawling into their holes with
their millions, and "pulling the holes
in after them"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
ssSimDly lmlnense.',

"Say, Mr.. TlMEs," exclaimed Rob
ert e. Strahorn this morning, "you,
bsby glacier idea is simply immense.
And for one promise that will try
it above the HALEY Hot Springs next
winter"
Mr.. Strahorn is an old newspaper
man himself, and knows the value of
m original idea. Why, were this
one referred to to be properly clothed
and presented to the reading public,
it might be worth fortune to its
originator.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
Discoveries More yaluyable than Gold

Discoveries More yaluyable than Gold,
Are Santa Able, the California dis.
oovery for Consumption and Diseases
OF the Throat. Chest and Lungs, and
Califorria Cat Il. Cure, the only guar
anteed cure for Cstarrh, Cold in the
Head aud kindred complaints. They
are sold at 81 per package, or three
for $3.50, and are recommended and
used by leading physicians of the
Pacific Coast. Not secret compounds.
Guaranteed by J. A. Rupert.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

we have only just room to say
that for generous hospitality, open
hearted kindness aud consideration
for visitors. the people of HALEY can.
not be excelled. And our visit to
HALEY will ever be remembered with
the most pleasing sensations OF pleas.
ure and gratitude.-Dr, Reynolds, of
the 6. A. R., in his paper, the Salu-
bria Citizen.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
What On Earth

Is the reason people will not, can not, or
do not see any difference in cheap nos
'trums put up by Cheap John houses or
irresponsible PARTIES at enormous profits,
rather than take a medicine of world
wide reputation and one that Is giving
universal satisfaction at equal price !?
No medicine in the world is giving such
unparalleled satisfaction for purifying
the blood as BEGGS' BLOOD PURI-
FER & BLOOD MAKER, and every
bottle that does not do its work will
eostyou nothing.
J. A. RUPERT, Druggist.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

BY the piece, y and Is cents each.
In lots OF 100, one-half of above prices
All of the above are generally pro-
nounced the best on the Pacific slope
and coast. They are well printed, on
extra-thlck paper, and gotten up so as
toiequire the least possible writing.
They are specially adapted to Alturas
county, and cost less to record than
any other blanks of the same nature.
.B Parties ordering by mail should
add t and J cent per blank, for post
age.
All orders should he addressed to
T. E. P1COTTE,
HALEY. Idaho.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

nNNn SEA WONDERS exist i'll thousands of
IIHND forms, but are surpassed by the mar
yy4lIlI wells Of invention. Those who arc In
need of profitable work that can be
done while living at home should at once send
their address to KALLETr l. CO., Portland, Nc.
and receive. Free full information how either sex
OF all ages, can earn from IS to SIS per taysnj
upwards wherever they live. You are start ed free
capital no. required. Some have made over /, So
single day at this work. All succaaI.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
RELIGIOUS BELIEF NO DIsOUALl.

FfCATI0N.
TO faE EDITOR o. ras rrxEs;-
a bets B that q Catholic cannot
hold the Office of President of the
United States. Please decide. and
publish the answer in the TINES.
A SUBSCRIBER.
The Constitution Of the United
States does not take oogn,zance of
any ones religious belief. All native.
born citizens of the United States of
suitable age are eligible to the Pres
idency.-ED1TOR.]
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
DIR ECTORs

u y y y, B BAL President Fourth National Bank
X. CANAAN CoMBES, President EXCHANGE F H. Ne" y or
;naN SID ArD resident Citizens Savings Bank
WA rs - c nn IN Vice Pres. St Nicholas Bank "
VIM - SNOW, Secretary Am. Loan and Tr,., r. "
WE. Err e. ROBINSON, of Porter Bios Co., w.
Nm b FULLER, with H. B. ClaAin & Co w.
HENRY Is PIERCE, of Hutchinson Pierce 6 r.
"A. L. SOULARD Pres Ger. Am. Rcal Eas.. Tai, ,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
Final PY0of-H0mestead,

LAND OFFICE AT HALEY, IDAHO,
April ~, 1850.
Notice is hereby given that the following named
settler has led notice of her Intention to ke us
preof in support Of her claim and that said proof
will be made before the Register and Receiver at
HALEY Idaho. on MAY 9th, Ie89. wiz Della Wat.
kins, for the 4 SW and y Sc Il Sec 9, Tp
2 N l6 L. She palnes the following witnesses
to prove her continuous residence upon. aud cult.
walton OF. said land, viz: Orie Montgomery, r. ].
Scooel. Frank Trullinger. all of Muldoon. Idaho
and A. II. johnson, of Bellevue Idado.
h. o. BILLINGS, Register.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
OFFICERS.

Presidential. CARMAN COMBES,
', vice r,es'dents-'OHN sTRAIToN, IF, MORSE.
Medical Director-E d. WHEELER. MI
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
Blanks! Blanks! Blanks!

The following blank forms are for
sale, for cash only, at the TINES office:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

Aituras County Warrants at Par.
AIturas county warrants, drawn
against the current expense fund,
received atpar at this Office, in pay
ment OF subscript ion or advertising.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

.V- Blank Proofs of Labor for
sale at this office.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
Bed Lounges

Bed Lounges.
A new and elegant line OF improved
Plush Bed Lounges, cheap for cash.
E. A. WHITE,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

Seeds ! Seeds ! ! Seeds ~!
A large stock of GRASS sEEDs-all
k'nds--just received by the
COFFIN HARDWARE COMPANY,
Haley and Bellevue.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

am satisfied that Cancer is hereditary In nv fam
n.y. My father died of it, sister of nay notnSr died
OF 1t, and my own sister died of It, NV feelings
may DO imagined, then, when tho horrible disease
made It's appearance on my side. 1t was malignant
Cancer, eating inwardy In such wy That it Could
noG DC cut out. Numerous remedies were used for
put t.ic Cancer grew steadily worse until Ii seem
family took Swft's Specific, which, from The first
Jay, forced out tho poison, and confirmed It's use
UNI! had taken ecvcral bottles, when found my
sell Wcll. krow that g. 8. $. cured nc
Winston, N. c., Nov 49, '89. llRs. s. NJ. IDOL.
, send FOR Gook on Cancer end Blood Diseases,
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC Co., Drnwcr3. Atlanta. On
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01
ACTUAL COST OF A $4,000 POLICY.

o"g table shows the cost
age IN the Associations named carrying $4,000 insurance tho
past three years:
Number
Mas T1d Ns Endowment Association 80 $292
Nav Enniand p.rc An oocey AZ Eli so
NJ massachusetts, Benefit Association "a 1o1 Q"
Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association 81 ~. oo
American Legion of Honor Ky ,oS o. oo
Roysl Arcsrnn &c 1875 90
gonuritv M,,+,.1 d. o.4c 36 124 20
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1889-05-01

" elements OF safety and permanency which our soc.v
anoros no organization before m.
lie insurance at SO little 10 insured "'"s OF
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
Men a. Dress Critics.

Said a woman the other day: II would
rather have mans opinion about my gowns
any time than a woman's- He does not know
once In hundred times what the material is
or what it is worth. he does know, how
ever, whether or not it is becoming. Now a
woman will sit up in your room and tell you
what beautiful gown it is All the while
she is looking you over from head to foot,
saying TO herself that the gown cost SO much,
the trimming SO much and the buttons so
much. You can see that she thinks she
could have bought the gown for $50 less and
have 1t made up in much prettier way. Ii
the gown pleases a man he shows it in his
looks, and perhaps says something pleasant
about it. Whether he says anything or not,
If he likes it his look Of appreciation is more
than satisfactory, while if the gown Is not
pretty or becoming he simply doesn't notice
1T. That IS the way of man: he never sees
a thing that is not attractive and is quick to
appreciate one that is. Boston Gazette.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
A sad Story.

The saddeSt case that ever came to my no
1ce was ii the Illinois Lunatic asylum. 4
woman was confined there owing to insanity
induced by brutal nlistreatment from and
dnal desertion by her husband. After num-
Der Of years she had so far recovered as to be
allowed entire liberty. Her afternoons were
whiled away in u parlor overlooking the asy-
lums approach. Meantime, her son had be-
come grown, learned of his mothers condition
and determined to see and to recover her from
that institution. Just as the sun was setting
one day she was sitting in her favorite seat,
with her crocheting, when, CHANGING 10 look
up, she saw her son i'll the act Of entering the
house and but few feet distant MY hus-
band! the brute," she cried excitedIy,
dropped her knitting, seized gun and fred
at him The bullet crashed through the glass
and grazed the young man, and the shot from
the second barrel wounded him slightly. The
keepers fastened in, only in time TO rescue
her from a desperate attempt on her own life.
From that day hence the woman that had
almost become sane remained q raving ma
piac, caused from the shock of seeing one
whom she thought was her husband ST.
Louis Globe Democrat.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
Vivid Wrffiup

A little descriptive piece entitled Over
the Guas," from the Detroit Free Press,
OF which we give paragraph, reminds
US that great advertisers. like H. H.
Warner & CO.. proprietors of Warmers
celebrated safe cure, might GET a hint
from it.
Here IS the paragraph:
shoot TO the right or left, oyer the
gdns or under them Strike where YOU
will. but strike TO destroy. Now the he'll
surses down, even TO the windows of the
old farm house-now back under the
apple trees and beyond them Dead men
are under the ponderous wheels of the
guns, mad devils are slashing and shoot.
ing across the barrels. No one seems "a
know friend from foe. Shoot, slash, kill
and
But the hell Is dissolved. The smoke
is lifting, shrieks and screams grow
fainter, and twenty or thirty living men
pull the dead bodies away from the guns.
Three hundred dead and wounded on the
single acre. They tell of war and glory.
Look over this hell's acre and find the
latter" And in just as deadly a strife,
though Doiseless, are men falling at our
right and left to-day. Is 1t war; Yes,
war of the blood. Blood loaded with
poison through imperfect kidney action.
And is there no power TO stop this awful
Slaughter Yes, Warmers Safe Cure, a
tried specific, psnscea that has brought
life and hope to hundreds of thousands
Of dying men and women.
Be enlisted therefore, in the great army
of living men and women who have been
rescued from disease and premature
death, and be eternslly grateful that the
means OF life can so easily be yours.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-03-13
Fingers Relieving Forks.

The list Of things that can be eaten from
the fingers is on thsincrease. 1t includes all
bread, toast, tarA and small cakes, celery
and asparagus, when served whole, as it
should be either hot or cold; lettuce, which,
must be crumpled in the fingers and dipped
in salt or sauce; olives, to which fork
should never be put any more than knife
should be used on raw oyster; Strawberries,
when ssrved with the stems on, as they should
be, are touched to pulverized sugar; cheese
in all forms. except Brie or Roquefort or
Cunbefort, and fruit of all kinds except pre-
serves and melons. The latter should be
eaten with spoon or fork. In the use Of the
fingers greater Indulgence is being shown,
and you cannot, If you are well bred, make
any very bad mistake in this direction, es-
pecially when the finger bowl stands by you
and the napkin is handy sshington Post