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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
TRACING ONES ANCESTRY.
Something About Descent ON the Ee-
male Side.

Something About Descent ON the Fe-
male Side.
A conversation among group of peo-
pie the other day, all of whom were of
good New England families, brought out
some curious admissions. Only one of
the party could trace his descent, in the
line OF mothers, farther than to his
grandmother, though several could trace
1t very much farther in the paternal line,
and even in what they called the ''matern-
al line," which meant, of course, the
mothers fathers family. All present
could tell the maiden name of their
mothers mother, but only one could tell
the maiden name of her mother. or
course. many in New England among
those genealogically careful people who
can tell You the names of all their six
teen great-great- grandfathers and grand
mothers can do this; but tn 90 are COM
paratively few. And those VINO cannot
carry back the line of mothers more than
three generations include the representa-
tives of some of the most aristocratic
families in New England, whose line of
paternal descent is unbroken to the
settlement and beyond.
Let us think for a moment what this
question involves. Suppose you write
down your own name. Then write down
on one line just above it the names of
your father and mother-the fathers
name first on the left, the mothers
second on the right. You perceive that
these two people had an equal interest in
your being. There is at least chance
that you are like your mother in impor-
tant physical and mental respects. Now,
set down on a line above these two names
the names of your grandfathers and
grandmothers. beginning with your
fathers father and ending with your
mothers mother. These two couples,
again, had as much interest in your
father and your mother as your father
and mother had in you; and there is in
you as much of your mothers mother as
there is of your fathers father. Now
above this line write down the names of
your eight great grandparents- which
you should surely be able to do if you
are Yankee. Each one of these eight
had an equal interest in you. Now you
perceive that you have pyramid stand
ing on its apex. You are the apex. The
hand edge of it is your line of faith
ers, and on the right hand OF it is your
line of mothers. In all likelihood you
derive rather more of the characteristics
from the right-hand edge of the pyramid
than you do from the left: and while, in
all probability, if you are from good
New England family, you can go stretch
ing out the lcft-hand edge of the invert-
ed pyramid, you cannot go on with the
right-hand edge any further, and this
means that your genealogy is a one
sided and partial thing 81 Boston Tran
script,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
Two Carnations and a Potato.

II can tell you how to cross the
Atlantic with a fresh carnatiou In
your buttOnhcle," said an expert
enced traveller the other day. His
recipe was to start the VOYAGE with
two carnations and a raw potato.
The carnations are to be worn on
alternate days, and each. when not
Ornamenting the buttonhole is to be
firmly thrust into hole in1 the
potato AT the end Of a week at
least one of them will be fresh enough
to excite the surprise of fellow pas
sengers.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

OCCUPANTS of a country house near
MorristOwn, n. j., have discovered in
the garnet many interesting letters of
the Revolutionary period. Some of
them were addressed to young man
in the West Indies. The writer begs
the young man to send him some
ttrst-rate rum, in order that he may
have appropriate refreshment for
Ten. Washington and other officers
OF the patriot army, his frequent
visitors. He speaks with much en-
thusiasm Of Washington. The letters
describe drive to New York, and
among other things clear up tragic
mystery of that time.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

THE fisheries OF Lake Erie are said
to he threatened with practical des-
tructlon by the wanton slaughter of
fish by the seincrs in those waters
Hundreds Of tons of young fish have
been annually thrown away or sold
as fertilizers, and. despite all that
the OHIO state wardens have been
able to do. the work OF running the
lake fisheries has gone steadily on.
One great obstacle in the way of pro-
tectjng the fisheries has been the
tact that, while the Ohio statutes
provide for close season between
June 18th and September 10th. the
fishermen have gone over to the Can
adam side Of the lake to do the scin.
ing there, and, returning have con-
tended that since their catches were
made with American appliances
they were entitled to be brought into
American ports duty fee. Now,
however, the United States revenue
cutter Commodore Perry has been
ordered to patrol the lake and every
ton OF fish brought in from Canada
waters, unless Struggled in, will have
to pay the duty of Sl5 ton. This
enforcement of the revenue laws will
doubtless accomplish great deal OF
good, and the object of close season
will no longer be defeated.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
PoLLY's GHOST,

~, mamma, mammal cried Polly.
running into neighbours house with a
white, frightened face, 'there's ghost
over at home, "a ghost, mamma. and
Nancy and are afraid"
"A ghost, Polly, and in the daytime -
said Mrs. Small, smiling but putting her
arms around her little girl and irving to
quiet her.
but. mamma. it must be ghost and
Nancy says SO. The parlor bell rang and
when she opened the door, there wasn't
any one there. She's all frightened to
pieces, mamma"
Then we must 90 back to her at
once said Mrs. Small.
Nancy, though good girl, was an
ignorant one, and was so terrified nv
what had just happened that she wanted
to leave the house forever, as soon as
Mrs. Small returned. A little persua
sion and kindly talk. however, induced
her to stay while longer, for Mrs
Small assured her the trouble could
come from nothing that could not be
explained In some way She herself
thought rats had probably touched the
wire IN the cellar, and told her she must
try to forget it. She had almost for.
gotten 1t and was singing at her work
the next afternoon when the same thine
happened again.
An at the same hour by the clock "
she said excitedly to Mrs. Small, after
which she threw her apron over her head
and groaned as if in pain, saving no
money would tempt her to be in the
house again at that hour.
1t was Polly. however, who gave her
mother most uneasiness, for though she
did not say much, she would start and
shiver at the least sound and would
look round as if she expected to see n
ghost every few moments.
The next day she was sent to spend
the afternoon at a neighbours and Mrs,
Small stationed herself on the front
piazza, where through the stats of a
blind she could see into the parlor
without being seen from inside.
Later in the day she sent for Polly and
told her she had seen the ghost. and
had opened the door for it herself.
such funny ghost, she told her, she
wanted her to see for herself; so the
next afternoon there were two pairs Of
eyes looking through the Stats in the
blind. Mrs. Small had tried to persuade
Nancy to make third, but nothing
would induce her to 60 near the room.
Before long, however, Polly rushed at
her excitedly, crying with wide open
eyes:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

A gossip speaks i'll of all and all of
hcr.-Chinese.
At every word of gossip reputation
dies.
Gossiping and lying go hand in hand
Spanish.
Gossips aud tale bearers set on FIRE ali
the houses they enter.-Arabic.
Lies and gossip have wretched off.
spring. Danish.
Gossips fall out and tell each other
truths. Portuguese.
When the character Of o friend is ~
sailed, If tho hand of charity open no,
thy mouth, let the finger Of silence rest
upon thy iips--Syr'au Philosophy q.
Evil,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

HOW MANY more Senate Hotel
death-traps are there in Chicago> In
how many tinderbox lodging. houses,
tencmentS aud cheap hotels are peO-
pic risking their lives every night?
What proportion of fire-trap build
lngs are supplied with fire escapes?
Five persons dead aud IA score injured
SOME fatally-is the record OF a fire
in one OF the smallest Of the myriad
OF lOdging-houses. What will be the
result when lamp explodes or a
drunken man sets fire to the bed
clothes in one of the big establish.
mcnts in which hundreds of people
lie every night like rabbits in a war
rem? These questions require i,nme-
diate answer. The proper authori-
ties should lose no time in inspecting
every lOdging-house and hotel and
condemniny those that are unsafe.
1t is marvellous that horrors like that
or the Senate have not occurred be-
fore 1t must be looked to that they
snail not occur again. The RESPONSE
bllity for the Cold Storage Ware
house holocaust has been evaded.
There should be no evasion of the re-
sponsibility for the next lodging
house fire. The Chief of the Fire De.
partment and the Building Commits
sloner have had warning. Let them
heed IL.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

RIOTS in Spain have an origin
which do not indicate any particular
distress or want of means among the
people. One Of the outbreaks came
because the bull engaged to furnish
the sport at their national pastime
would not fight, and they raised ned
again because the hand would not
play the music they demanded The
uprising was Of such serious charac.
ter that the militia had to be called
out and even it met with strong re.
sistance until volley was fred into
the ranks OF the rioters. Where the
worst elements of society can have
their way there is always trouble.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS
HIDE AND SEEK.

"There's baby moon tonight
Cries out Floss in tones OF glce.
''1t gives such "A pretty light.
Tim and Tiny. come and see!
sit can see us, l suppose,
Though it lives so far away
Tiny, do you think it knows
We were naughty girls today
Tiny's cheeks grow rosy red
Then she cries triumphantly-
Bending low her golden head
''Baby moon, 'ou tan't find ms"
il Yankee Blade.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

HOLLIS F. MACoMEEH is a Boston
cigar dealer who proposes to make
supply of matches He has invented
a chemical preparation that is rubbed
on the business end OF a cigar When
the pointed end of the cigar is cut
off and the smoker begins to puff the
preparation lgnitcs the cigar lights
itseli.-and there you are
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
.'It's pussy! It's pussy, It's pussyw

'It's pussy! It's pussy. It's pussy!
Sure enough! Pussy had wakened
fr,m nap before the fire, had jumped
into chair and pulled the long tell
rope, aud then stationed herself close tn
the door. ready to run as soon rs it was
opened.
She had learned number Of tricks
from Dot. the little dog, but Polly
thinks this the SIN artest of them all and
that she has the most wonderful cat in
the world i New York Observer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

IGI. smokers of the United States
put safe, geo, 900 worth Of tobacco in
t!.e' D'pcs last year. "An appalling
waste " one will say. what grand
SUN total Of comfort and sOlace that
represents, another will cXclainl.
4 al there you are. The tobacco
question is not settled yet
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

I'nw young khedivc of Egypt is
Showing a disposition to have his own
way He wants a ministry that will
help carry out his idea Of govern
ment but England is the, power be-
hind tire throne, and whenever the
khcdjve crosses her wishes nc will tie
promptly called upon with sugges-
tlOns that he cannot ignore.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

TO skY that Il man died Of heart
failure may mean that he has died OF
any or al the diseases in the c,t"gory.
The lh;ladclphia Board of Health
has refused to accept certificates of
death ;iom ,ysicianS where the
e" use G. death is described as heart
TAI
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

Mia. CHArNCEy NJ. DEPEw, the
railroad president, does not agree
with MI Chaunccy NJ. Depew, the
public-splrted citizen, 10 believing
that lew rates to the Fair would he u
GOOD thing
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
4 FAMOUS ROSE.

Many flowers owe their name. to
famous people. Among the number are
the dahlia, named for Dahl, Swedish
florist; the magnolia, for Magnol. celc.
DRAFTED French bOtanist; and the fuchsia,
for Fuchs. distinguished German
savant. But there is only one instance
known when a man and flower received
title ut the same moment. How it
happened is pleasantly told in the Wide
Awake:
when Mel, brave French general,
was returning from the scene Of his
victories in the war between France and
Austria, he received from peasant,
who wished to honor the hero, basket
OF beautiful pale yellow roses One of
the stems, which happened to have roots
ciinging to it, the general took to a
florist in Paris, in whose care it remained
until it became thriving bush covered
with blossoms. Neil then took the
plant as gift to Empress Eugene. She
expressed great admiration FOR the ex-
quisitc flowers, and on learning that the
rose was nameless, said significantly:
Then will name it. 1t shall be ''The
Mareschal Niel."'"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02

UNDER the statutes of the State of
New York eavesdropping is a INSIDE
meanor and there are instance. in
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
a CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTINC ITEMS.

COmUeHts and Crfticssms Ras~ ~ Cx,u
tho Happenings Of the DsJ --&ssss~ras,A.
sue' News N0taa
T,u:RE arc 360 different mountain
peaks within the limits of the United
States, each OF which exceeds 10, 600
feet ~ height.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-02
WHAT A SPANISH LADY BROUGHT TO
ENGLAND.

WHAT SPANISH LADY BROUGHT TO
ENGLAND.
When the unfortunate kathar,ue oi
Aragon, who was the wife of the brother
of Henry VIII. and was afterwards
married to Henry VIII. himself, first
came to England she brought with hel
from Spain an article which was quite
unfamiliar to English eyes. This small
but necessary article had been manu-
featured in France, and was sent from
that country to Spain as part of the
elegant outfit prepared for the bride of
the King of England. Walking down
Broadway you might pick up thousand,
perhaps, and a goodly number on the
common roadside, but in the DAYS of
Henry VIII. 1t was an expensive luxury.
And what do you suppose it was? Only
a pin.
Previous to that time the fastenings
IN general use consisted of clasps
ribbons strings, loop holes, skewers Of
bone, silver, gold. brass or wood, and
orudely formed hooks and eyes but the
simple pin, with its solid head and
sharp point, was unknown.
Fance claims that all new ideas which
come into the world come through her.
however we'll they may be developed
and perfected by other nations In the
evolution OF the pin France deserves the
credit. She made the best pirs long
before they could be made in other coun-
'ries, and it was "A Frenchman. Fourier
ny name, who went to Nuremberg and
taught the wire drawers and makers of
that city how to improve their machines,
and thus draw the wire finer for the
manufacture of pins with solid heads.
This improvement was a much needed
one, for an ac; had been passed in Eng
and prohibiting the sale of pins unless
they had solid or double heads which
did not come off. For long time.
then, pins in England belonged to the
list of imported articles, but in 1926 a
mandatory was started in Gloucester
shire by man named John Tilsby, who
operated so successfully that he EN-.
ployed as many as fifteen hundred people.
Young People.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18
TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS.

Heavy importations of gold arrived As New York.
 People are fleeing from Bombay in fear of further rioting.
 During military msneuvers of the Ger man army a count died of sunstroke.
 Thomas Ellis was arrested at Pittsburg. charged with beating his wife to death.
 The Oliver Iron and Steel company of Pittsburg went into the hands of a re eeiyer.
 The statement that Dr. Gallagher had been released was denied by the English home secretary.
 John Logan Chipman, member of con gress for the First district of Michigan, died at Detroit.
 Barrett Scott. treasurer of Hall county. Neb., has been missing for two weeks. and his accounts are S9I, ,OOO short.
 Richard Moore of Hancock Bridge, N. J., while hunting cut himself in the thigh with a knife and bled to death.
 The Standard Wagon company of Gin cinnati, the largest concern of the kind in the United States, filed deed of assign
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18
Great Luck.

''I can tell a story of man who was lucky" said business man to a group of story tellers. In the early days of the gold excitement in California there came to San Diego a man who was sick almost to death. He was taken in hand and fed and fixed up. He told a story It was only few days off, he said. and he would take party to the place if they would outfit.
 "Several men who heard the story of the great gold in the mountains that was theirs to go after got up a party of 50. The start was made with that man as leader. After few days travel it be came evident that the man had forgotten the way. They travelled on, trusting to luck, however. Indians were hostile at the time, and they started in to now the gold hunters. They picked of one after another with their bullets. \ score were thus taken of. Then a fever struck the party, and II more went the way of death.
 By this time the 19 survivors were crazy with rage. They had been If days out and were travelling in the most arid country. Food was growing less and less, and death faced everybody. On the afternoon of the fourteenth day the lead CT, who had caused so much misery, was given three days more to find his gold find If he was not successful by that time, he was to hang.
 Well, the three days had almost passed, and still there was no sign of the find. The last hour was almost up. Ii seemed that the man must hang. There were only five minutes more, now two minutes, now one minute, now half a minute came his luck. Just as the time was up for hanging that man drop ped dead"
 T don't see how he was lucky"
 "Why," said the business man, "he wa: lucky because if he hadn't died he would have been hanged. ."-Tacoma News.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18
The Home Building Movement.

The Building and Loan Association league is wise in indorsing the action of the United States labor department in collecting statistics of such organizations in the country. The league ought to go further than indorse; it should assist the labor department by all means in its power in gathering the statistics. The building and loan association is one of the mightiest factors in our present day society and civilization. Through the benefcent agency of the building asso- citation thousands of workingmen's fam flies have their own homes today, where otherwise they would have lived in rent ed quarters always.
 The proportion of women and girls who are depositors in the building asso- citation fund is remarkable. On an aver age probably third of all the mem bership is women and girls. A gentle man at the league congress in Chicago said, My experience is that woman in reality is the moving power behind the | home building movement in the United States" Give woman home and she can face most of the terrors of life with out hinching.
 In six states of the Union the matur- ing value of the shares held by women in these societies amounts to $11 ,525, ,2S9 These admirable institutions, which are making the suburbs of our cities into picturesque home parks, will do well to keep in mind the recommendation of the league to beware of "any form of finance which promises returns very largely in excess of the prevailing commercial l rate"
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18

Lieutenant Peary by this time should be at his northern camp and have his win terQuarters we'll on the road toward com pletion. If all goes well. he will accom- plish more on this trip than any one re- cent arctic explorer has been able to do. Two objects Peary had definitely in his mind. One was to explore the detached masses of land to the north of Greenland and toward the north pole. This has never yet been done. It is not known how much is continent and how much is ice and island in that faroff frozen re- zion. Another object of the explorer is to survey the north Greenland coast where the gap is between Independence bay and Cape Bismarck. If he succeeds h his intentions, then we shall have here after definite map, where we have now only an indistinct blur or guesswork out lines. Peary has a hope in his heart that by passing from one to another of what he calls detached masses of land" to the north of Greenland he will be able to reach the north pole itself. He did not say much about this, but the hope and aim were there. It would be a fit ting crown for the close of the nine teenth century if an American should after all these hundreds of years reach the north pole.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18
Capturing the Aurora.

Probably in no period earlier than the latter half of the nineteenth century would mankind have been irreverent enough to consider the splendid north ern lights as anything more than mani festation of divine providence made in order to fill us with admiration and awe at the wonderful works of the Creator. But the nineteenth century is of opinion that it can honor the Almighty in no other way better than by Investigating his wonderful works and finding out all derful they are the more worthy of in- vestigation. Accordingly the close of our century will see, if not the mystery of the aurora borealis solved, at least great additions to our knowledge of it. This year, by concerted action of as- tronomers, observations of the aurora are taken in all parts of the world at the same time.
 These observations are particularly directed to ascertaining the exact con- nection between the sun spots and the electrical phenomenon in the sky. Dr. NJ. A. Veeder of Lyons, N. Y, has prepared  table of record of the appearances of the aurora for the past two centuries. This much has been ascertained-there is apt to be an aurora borealis at recurring periods when the sun spots are in cer- tain position as viewed from the earth, and that whenever they come around to exactly that position again there will be repetition of the lights in the sky.
 A writer on the subject says, "Auro- ral phenomena seem to be caused by a solar impulse that is conveyed from the sun in one direction exclusively" That is to say, if from any cause there was & storm or eruption of solar light and heat from one particular spot greater than from surrounding portions of the suns surface, there would be corresponding electrical disturbance in the earth's at mosphere when the rays from the sun storm reached the earth.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1893-08-18

A FRENCH scientist has been using his microscope recently on the bank and national notes of the various countries, and finds that they are the home of great numbers of little organisms. These he says may be dangerous to the health, and he counsels the fortunate possessors of the paper money against placing it in the mouth under any cir cumstances. On some of the notes were bacteria and bacilli in consider able numbers. The professor declares that the bills are a dangerous medium for the spread of contagious diseases, and highly praises the system of de- stroying returned bills adopted by the bank of England--although for another purpose. This ought to console people who can't get bills these days.