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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

In "The Ethics Of Confncius. -
Seen ia Japan" the author says that
to keep up the house and not lot the
family name be extinguished - tho
supreme wish. This is the imlmOr-
tally of the East The house lives
on, the individuals are but fragments
Of the house.
II there be no natural heir, ad0p-
tion re Adily supplies the deficiency.
The magnificent scale on which adOp-
ton is practiced shows q foreigner at
once that the words father" son.
can hardly have the same depth of
meaning they have In the English
language.
"Why did Washington let his house
die out?" was once asked me by
Japanese gentleman, who couldn't
conceive any reason for such neglect.
He thought our great general might
have adopted some one to keep his
house and name from perishing.
"HOw long has he lived there?"
asked once concerning certain per.
son. AS che" Is one of the pr0n0unS
mental contents Of my pupils brain,
IIC VOOA ~ W IDclu MUSE, duU TC.
piled, "Oh, he has been there two
hundred and tlfty years"
"dOw long have you lived here?"
asked merchant.
three hundred years." was the
prompt reply, with look Of salts
faction at the thought of his house
having passed through ten genera-
tons
We can hardly use the word "par-
emit" without thinking of the duties
he has to his child. But here, the
prevailing thought in this relation,
as in all Others, is that Of duty from
the inferior to the superior.
They had high ideal, and the
noble words are in their books that
"the first duty of the parent is to in.
struct, the child in the way" and @the
most efficient teaching is by example,"
| Yet the burden of the teaching was
that children owed everything to
their parents And this obedience
lasted for life.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
Nanleless Hero.

A writer in the Cosmopolitan re-
cords an act of heroic self-forgctful-
ness performed by an unknown
Union soldier after the second battle
Of Bull Run. The Northern army
left many wounded men behind az
prisoners. A day or two after the
battle Mr.. Tanner, we'll known since
as Corporal Tanner, and five COM
rades were lying in little tent, the
six men having lost among them
seven legs. The victorious Confeder-
ates had next to nothing to eat, and
their wounded prisoners had, II pos
sible, even less.
They were tortured by the intense
heat of the Virginia sun, by hunger,
by plague of flies, and above all by
thirst. The helpless cripples in the
tent were unattended by anyone, and
were moaning for water.
Just outside the door of the tent
lay poor fellow with q dreadful,
and as it proved, mortal wound in
his left side, an unkempt private
soldier, haggard and CHASTITY in his
bloody uniform.
Hearing those in the tent crying
for water, this mOrtally hurt man
outside, to whom every movement
must have been agony, dragged him.
self on his hands and knees toward
some apple trees not far distant. A
few worm-eaten apples lay on the
ground, and these he thrust into the
pockets of his blouse. Then turning
on his unwOunded side he dragged
himself back to the tent.
He passed the apples to Tanner,
who lay next to the entrance. and
the wounded men set their teeth
with ravenous eagerness in the acid
fruit; but when they turned to thank
their nameless benefactor it was too
late, for the effort had opened his
wound, and he was dead.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
Reporting Under Difficulties.

Newspaper reporters at the time of
Queen VictOria's marriage did not al
ways get the attention they expected,
as in the morning Of Feb. Is, 1910, q
curious statement Is made.
The editor states that he applied
to the Lord Chamberlain for a press
ticket, but got no reply; sent down
to the Office and was assured the
Morning Post had not been neglect
ed, and that the ticket was sent.
A vain attempt to see the Lord
Chamberlain or his deputy followed,
with no good result. The Morning
Post was not properly represented.
Notwithstanding this, a full ac-
count appeared in the days issue,
and on the following day a bitter no
tice Of Lord Uxbridge's behavior was
published, winding up in these words,
If we had previously supposed that
a nobleman must be q gentleman the
moment had arrived when that delu-
sion was at an end"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
Oh, the Pity Of 1t!

II anybody has any advice he isn't
using he might send some to this I'M
fortunate young man who writes as
follows to the San Francisco Exam
liner:
II am fairly good-looking young
man, twenty-five years Of age, not
very large or very strong. teach a
mountain school eight months in the
year for $50 month. During the
summer vacation l pick berries for 4
cents box. l am thirty-five miles
from a railroad or postOtfice, and it ~
but seldom l see a paper OF any kind.
II board with the trustee of the
district, grass widow forty years
old, with a family Of ten children.
She is determined to marry me. but
wants me to pay 1926 for the divorce
AS the other trustees are afraid of hel
she has things her own way, and
feel that il l ab:olutely refuse te
comply with her request ] shall lose
my position and suffer physically
also. as she scalded one man who re.
fused her.
''She is a type OF the coming wo.
MANI feet tall, weighs 200 pounds,
plows her own potato-tield. breaks heI
own horses and mules and chops her
own wood. Were 1 once hers all
these duties would fall to my
lot. She says that at the end Of the
year she can sell her potatoes for $500.
and that ii l dig them l can have
$50 (minus $25 for the divorce)
"All the articles in the Examiner
give advice to young ladies. Can't
some one advise an unassuming young
man and solve the weighty problem,
Shall he work or shall he wed and
WOrk2O
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

The suggestions OF an eminent
citizen Of Georgia for the selection
and eating of watermelon are given
in his own words: 1t should be care
fully chosen. In response to an eager
thump there should follow a dead and
meaty sound. The melon should not
weigh less than % pounds. After it
is pulled it should be split from end
to end with a short bladed pocket.
knife, SO that in tearing it open the
glowing and juicy heart, bursting
loose from its confinement, shall find
lodg'uent on one side only. At this
point the knife is to be thrown away.
For moment the vision thus brought
to view: then the heart should be
scooped out with the hand, and the
nectariOus meat thrust upon the hot
and thirsty palate. There ought to
be something savage In the enjoy.
ment of a watermelon; it ought to be
crushed and swallowed with avidity.
New York Sun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
PRACTICAL JOKES.
Usually silly or Malignant and Sometime
Fatal.

Usually silly or Malignant and Sometimes
Fatal.
Innocent and hilarious fun is all
right when it Is not carried beyond
the bounds of respect for the feelings
of others, but when it overstcps this
limit and disregards personal rights,
comfort, and even safety, it Is time
to call a halt. The practical Joker
Is, under almost all circumstances,
an unmitigated nuisance. So long as
he gets his little joke on somebody
nothing more is required. Whether
it's agreeable or taken in good part
matters not in the least II the VIC
tim is merely angry the joker puts on
Il most contemptuously lofty air and
calls upon the members OF the COM
munity to observe the surliness of the
individual who can't take q joke.
That it was only intended as such
appears to cover not only 4 null
ttude of sins. but a multitude of
idiotic performances that nobody but
himself or tn, Sc Of his ilK seems able
and willing to appreciate. II there
are serious or possibly fatal conse.
Quences, there are tears, protestations,
any amount of affected grief and re-
gret-'so sorry, but hadn't the least
idea that anything wrong would come
of it."
The recent drowning of a promising
young girl who was put under water
for a Joke, the disfguring for life of a
young man by the explosion OF a car
fridge, when sOmbody didn't mean
anything, and scores of like instances
conclusively prove that human nature
has some alarmingly weak spots in il
and that there are yet in the world,
in spite Of all the newspapers and
other enlightening influences, very
many extremely foolish persons, and
that there is still great need of rad
zeal reforms in many of the current
ideas of what is meant by having a
good time.
Nothing should DO looked upon as
pleasure that gives pain or anxiety
to other peop,e. Sensational scares,
the idea of gigantic hoax, the no.
ton that to get ahead OF somebody
else it is necessary or proper to do
something to mislead, is one of the
whims that 1t would be an excellent
thing to breed out of humanity by
easy and persuasive measures il pos
sible, if not. by the most vigorous
| and peremptory treatment
There Is plenty Of rational amuse-
ment to be had in the world without
resorting to such very questionable
form OF entertainment as the practi-
! cable Joke.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30
WHEN NY SHIP CONES m.

3 Uncle often tells m stories
OF Q ship he has ct zee,
ana the wonders and the glories,
II we're good, for Tom and me
Ana ofosm that somewhere sailina
Is gallant bark Of mine,
With the soft wind never failing.
Ana the weather always dne.
Onl the bells will all be ringing
with merry tuueful din.
Tho btrda will ali be singing.
When nv ahap comes In
She is bringing gifts for mother.
And tor father and the boys
Ana my little baby brother
shall De smothered deep in toys:
Her Fold 10 full Of treasure
F1om the islands Of the Main,
And ner fairy crew at leisure
Are sailing home again.
Oh the pleasure past all rhyminQ
Ana the Joy that will begin,
When all the bells are chimina
And my ship comes in!
There are storms and sudden dancera
Hiding cruelty around.
Where Just such ocean rangers
A. my furry bark are found
Blow brea' b Of Heaven, behind her,
And guide her safely home,
And some day shall find hsr-
Ny ship from DER the foaml
Obi the birds will all be singing
When her crew the haven win:
The bells will all be ringing
a. When my snip comes in:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

was freely limited, but there were
thOe who knew that something
more than mere money had prompted
Bennett to throw mp the biggest
beat of the year. Little Priest swOre
pompously that he would blacklist
both the men in every newspaper
office In America but despite the
threat Bennett Is now one of the
most valued men in New York, while
little Davis has grown into a hig
strap2ing fellow. He is the sporting
editor Of a Chicago daily and his
wife is a pretty little girl whose
name was once Dolly Taylor and her
residence Omaha. Romance
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

FIRST GIRL-Jack and l had fall
ing out last night Second Girl iwhO
has been there)-You should get q
better hammock.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

Cyclopean Archie cture.
The characteristic Of the Cyclopean
style was Its massiveness. The walls
we're composed Of enormous blocks
without cement.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

CREDIT is as valuable to the para.
Qrapher ~ 1t Is to the business mar.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-30

Bennett was undergoing q struggle
"a terrible struggle. II he wrote
the story he would deserve to be
kicked all the way to the Pacific
coast; il he didn't write it he would
certainly be kicked out of the Office
1t was Davis who got the story. He
knew that well. Yet the paper
would never recognize such an ex-
cuse. The faces Of the twain shown
white in the light of the street lamp.
The younger one was watching his
companion eagerly.
"YOu won't write it, Jack" he
begged almost piteously.
NO. old chap l won't Not il
the whole press of the country turns
it's back on me- Come, yuungster,
we've got to shake this town, It's
too hot to hold us"
At daybreak next morning two I'M
kempt fellows boarded a Chicago
train at way station ten miles from
Kansas City. The morning paper
contained garbled story about a
capture and daring escape, but the
only two men who knew the inside
Of the affair were speeding Eastward
as fast as steam could carry them.
The whole affair was great sensa.
tlon in newspaper circles, and there
were a good many theories evolved
to account for the extraordinary be.
baylor Of certain absentees Bribery
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
VOL. XXXVIII---NO. 10.


The latest thing devised to lessen the
labor of living and the cares of house
keeper is a corporation known as the
Odd Job and Tinkering company,
limited. The parent Office of the con-
Germ is naturally enough in New York
but according to its prospectus 1t has, or
will have, Subsidiary companies in all
the large cities.
It is charming idea-this odd job
company--and the man who originated
the scheme deserves vote of thanks for
his ingenuity. Though limited in its
liabilities, its scope of usefulness is not
curtailed, but is as limitless as human
wants may necessitate.
If Mary takes it into her head to visit
her cousin on wash day and remains alb
sent for week, postal card to the odd
job company at once brings substitute
who will perform all the multitudinous
duties Of the down stairs girl" with-ex-
petition and dispatch. And SO 1t goes
on through every department Of the
household.
"You send postal card. says the ad-
vertisement calling attention to the COM
pany, land we will do the rest" This
remainder, as further specified, includes
housekeeping, painting, mason and lock-
smithing work, clerical work and mis-
cellaneous work, and other things too
numerous to mention, but all Of the
greatest importance in the economy Of
living in well appointed house. New
York Herald.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
Making q French Cook.

The making of a man cook in France
is a lengthy and tedious process. When
young man decides to pursue cult
nary career he selects his nominal in
structor, to whom he pays fee Of $500.
The aspirant is first assigned to the veg
etable cook, who teaches him how to
prepare the raw materials. When he
has mastered this, he is initiated into the
mystery OF cooking them. This thor
oughly learned he studies the way Of
cutting up raw meat, of preparing fish
and how to stuff, dress, truss and lard
game and poultry. When he has thor
oughly learned this, he is placed before
the range, where he receives instruction
in the various processes Of broiling fly
ing, roasting and baking.
When he graduates from this depart
ment, he passes under the control of the
second cock, who reveals to him the
mysteries Of sauces and soups. The in
terest of this functionary in his pupil it
is necessary to accelerate with liberal
and frequent tips. The young man is
now turned back to the pastry cook, to
whom he serves long apprenticeship in
all that pertains to the conooction of
sweets, pastries and ices. This completes
his culinary education, and he is pre-
pared to assume the role of a competent
cook.-Ney York Sun.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
John Miles Brave Deed.

An old comrade of mine, Sergeant John
Nihle, attached to the United States cav
airy, was out with a scouting party, and
they were surprised by party Of In
dams four times their number. They
exchanged shots with them, wheeled
about and made for camp, some miles
distant.
The Indians continued firing, and final
" one of the white men was hit and fell
from his horse. Quick as flash Mile
dismounted, dropped on his knee and
fred at the foremost Indian, bringing
him to the ground. Jumping up he
placed his wounded eomrade across his
horse, jumped up behind him, and by
keeping up continual fire at his pur-
suers carried him into camp. Congress
awarded Mile medal and also q Ger
tifcate setting forth the facts Of his hero
ism. He was the champion shot Of the
army for several years, his left breast
being decorated with medals to the value
of 800, but the one he prizes most is the
simple one of bronze awarded by con-
gress.
John is very modest and as brave as
lion, and as such he is regarded by his
comrades at Willets Point.-Cor. New
York Press
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17

There is one effect of the law requir-
ing towns to provide free textbooks for
schools that will operate little against
the public good, though A'obably not
seriously. This is that scholars go out
from the schools at graduation without
the little stock of schoolbooks as private
property common to former years. In
many households these schoolbooks
comprised in the main the family Ii
braries, and they have doubtless in
thousands of instances been sources of
information and means of study to "chil-
dren of larger growth" in the home
circle. Now the books have almost en-
tirely disappeared from the country
stores, and the citizen who wants one
has to send abroad for it. A Maine man
who tried to purchase textbook the
other day III village containing 40
stores couldn't find one for sale.-Lew-
iston Journal,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17

From the beginning of winter to the
end of spring-that is, while the Nile is
navigable-the north wind blows stes III
ly up strea1l with sufficient force to
drive sailing boats against the current at
fair pace, while, on the other hand, the
current is strong enough to carry boat
without sails down against the wind, ex-
cept wynn it blows gale. That is why
ancient Egypt did not need steam power
nor electric motors for the immense
commerce that covered the Nile, nor for
the barges carrying building material
for hundreds of miles.-Harper's Young
PeOnle
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17

The popular idea that water is puri-
fed by freezing has been again dis
proved by recent careful experiments,
which show that the average amount Of
impurity retained by the ice is 34.3 per
cent of organic matter. AS organic
matter is the more Objectionable of the
two, the case is worse than was for
merly supposed.-New York Press.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
A Kansas Mans Experience.

Mr.. Albert Favorite, of Arkansas City, Kan,
wishes to give our readers the benefit of his ex-
perience with colds He says: II contracted
cold early last spring that settled on my lungs,
and had hard recovered from it when caught
another that hung on all summer and left
me with Il hacking cough which l thought
l never would get rid Of had used Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy some fourteen years ago
with much success, and concluded to try it
again. When had got through with one bot
tie my cough had left me, and have not suf-
fered with cough or cold since. l have re-
commended It to others, and all speak well of
it" so cent bottles for sale by Forwood &
Briscoe, Druggists, Bel Air.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by
Halls Catarrh Cure.
FL. CHENEY & CO.. Props, Toledo, o.
We, the undersigned, have known +. j. Che
ney for the last Is years, and believe him per-
fectly honorable in all business transactions
and financially able to carry out any obliga-
lions made by their firm.
WEST & TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo
WALDING, kINNAN MARVIN, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system. Price 75c. per bottle
Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials free.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

THIS is TO GIVE NOTICE-That the sub
l. scriber has obtained from the Register of
Wills of Hartford county, Md, Letters Testa-
mentary on the estate of
JOHN BEATTIE,
late of Hartford county, deceased. All per-
sons having claims against said deceased are
hereby notified to exhibit the same with the
legal vouchers thereof
On or before the 9Th day of July, 1898,
or they may otherwise by law be excluded
from all benefits of said estate. All persons in
debted to said estate are requested to make i'm
mediate payment.
Given under my hand and seal this 9Th day
January, 1898. -
ANNIE 2. BEATTIE,
Clan Executrix.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
Scientific Calculations,

An electrical writer has calculated
that the firing Of small pistol sets
free about 600 foot pounds of energy,
while watch consumes about 10, 000,-
OCOth of horsepower, the energy of the
bullet being sufficient to keep the time
for two years. An Edison telephone
transmitter requires about 1,000th of the
energy in watch. 1t would therefore
be worked for 1000 years ON the energy
exerted in tile pistol. A lightning flash
of 100000 volts and $4,000 lampheres,
lasting 1-21 ,0OOth of second, would run
a 160-horsepower engine for 10 seconds.
New York Telegram.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
PeelinR an Orange.

If one wants to peel an orange, all that
is necessary to be done is to cut with a
knife very small circle around the stem
end, and thea mark dividing lines from
the stem to the summit-at points on
the surface of the orange. The skin can
then be drawn off just as easily as one
may draw finger from a glove
Fycha0pn
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
How Gluck Composed.

Of Gluck it is said that when he felt
himself in humor to compose he had
his pianoforte carried into beautiful
meadow, where, with bottle of cham
payne on either side of him, he was able
to do justice to his muss.-HarpeYs
Bazaar,
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1893-02-17
Bound to Get Even.

A man went up on the elevated who
chuckled delightedly to himself and
finally confded to his companion the
cause of his Inirth.
You see,'' said he, ''my wife is al
ways giving me things she wants-house
furnishings and the ike-for gift. I'm
going to get even with her.
I'm going to give her years sub
scription to three scientific magazines
have to take"
And the gentlemen chuckled in Unison,
while the women going up town with
drawing room bric-a-brac to present to
their husbands glared frigidly at the
plotter.-New York World.