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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
Attacks Wild Buckwheat,

A few days since bug was discOy-
,red on the Minnesota State Farm
eating wild buckwheat, and appar-
emily disinclined to attack anything
else; il it was compelled to resort to
other plants for food it choose some
other worthless or troublesome weed.
In some wheat plats every wild buck
wheat plant, and they were very
numerous in some places. had been
destroyed by this bug. Prof. Lug
gers attention was called to it, and
he comments on it thus: 1.-THE in
sects pointed out to me at the Expert.
ment Station are really doing good
work, as they seem to direct their at
tention almost entirely to the wild
buckwheat. In normal years this in
sect (Gastroidea polygoni, Linn.) is
fairly common, and feeds almost en-.
tirely upon the knot-weed, so COM
mon near farm houses and stables
Owing to the present dry weather the
insect has actually almost destroyed
that plant here, and is now doing ex-
cellent work by destroying buck
wheat. The insect is of a dark me-
talic green or blue color, with a red
thoraX. 1t was introduced into this
country with its food plants, the var-
Gus kinds of Polygania. 1t is found
all over Europe, Asia, and Northern
United States. or wherever the plant
occurs, and is always engaged in the
good work of destroying tine weeds
belonging to this family of plants
In years with more rains during the
growing season it cannot make much
impression upon these plants, as they
are enabled to outgrow the damages
caused by these insects"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

THE impression in the minds of
many Americans that the title of in
fanta by the Princess Eulalia is some
thing unique is ill-grounded. In
fanta is a title borne by every one of
the daughters of kings of Spain and
Portugal except the eldest The fol-
lowing list gives the names of the
living infantas of Spain: Infanta
Isabel, born December 20, 1851,
widow of Count de Glrgenti; Infanta
Maria de Ia Paz, born June %.
1862, wife Of Prince Ludwig, eldest
son of the late Prince Adalbert of
Bavaria; Infanta Eulalia, born Feb
ruary ~, 1864, wife of Prince An
tome, son Of Prince Antoine dor
leans, duke dc Montpensier; all sis
ters of the late king, Aunt of the late
king-Intanta Luisa, born January
30, 1892 widow Of Prince Antoine
dOrleans, duke de Montpensier, sixth
son of King Louis Philippe of France.
Each OF the sons of the king of Spain
except the eldest bears the title Of
infante. There is one living infante,
Don Carlos Maria de los Dolores, born
March 30, 1S4S, who is the cousin Of
the late king.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
Use for SOlidified Gas.

Since the time when the solidifca.
ton Of carbonic acid was effected in
such a manner as to render it of COM
mercial value, it has been adapted to
multitude of useful purposes. Two
fresh instances are reported by the
French journal, lie Genie Civil, of
the extensive sphere opened up to
the application Of the frozen gas. BY
its aid butter can be preserved, with
out in the least interfering with it's
taste or general properties The pro.
cess OF preservation consists in plac-
ing the butter in an iron vessel or
can provided with pipe and tap, by
means of which the carbonic acid is
injected under pressure of six at.
mOspheres, and drives out the air.
In this condition the butter will re-
main fresh for four or fire weeks.
The second instance is one in which
The carbonic acid is forced into whey
20 the point of saturation, and con-
VertS that liquid into refreshing
and agreeable beverage, which
''tlizzes" like champagne The car
Donated whey can be inclosed in
'yphons like ordinary mineral waters,
md will remain fit for use for the
next six weeks
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

FRANCE has become so thoroughly
alarmed at the constant decrease in
her population that she is thinking
seriously Of putting a tax on bachelors.
and families where only one child is
born, and OF alfording special legal
privileges to fathers and mothers of
numerous offspring. But there are
other causes which she should attempt
to remedy at once. A recent report
shows that the number OF suicides ia
France and Algeria during 1891 was
8, $50 or p per 100, 600 inhabitants
Department Of the Seine q, 465. or 80
per 100, G0O and least frequent in
Corsica Uo, or I per 100. 000.) Ofthe
entire number Of suicides - per cent
were of the male sex.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
The Force of Gravitv

A steel rod one-fourth of an inch
square is known to be able to sustain
a weight of about 800 pounds. The
canadian Engineer takes this as
basis to estimate the force of gravity
IN comprehensive terms and saws:
"Now, simply to hold the moon in
Its orbit, We should have to have a
colossal bar Of steel. stretching from
the earth to the moon, whose section
would be 81, 800 square miles. An
area which would cover tho three
Maritime Provinces and leave 36. 700
square miles over. Or il, instead Of
one single bar, we should stretch a
forest of steel bars, each bar ONE
quarter or an inch SQUARE, from the
earth to the moon, we would have to
cover the entire surface Of the earth
on the side toward the moon with
SUCH bars at intervals of only six
inches. Think Of it. A forest NJ
steel whose stems would be so close
together that cat could scarcelv
squeeze through. This is what the
force Of gravitation' means.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
HISTORIC HOT SPELLS.
New York Had 1855 Cases Of Sunstroke In
One Day Away Back In 1752.

New York Had 1855 Cases of Sunstroke In
One Day Away Back in 175:.
In 1903 the Rhine, Loire, and Seine
ian dry.
1t seemed as if New York was on
flre in 1853. During the week PA
oeople were killed in that city by
;unstrOke.
In France in 17la, many shops had
20 close. The theaters did not open
their doors for three months Not
\ drop of water fell during six months
In 1913 the thermometer rose to llS
degrees
In several of the French provinces
Turing the summer of 1905 meat
Gould be prepared for the table merely
oy exposing i: to the sun. Not soul
dare venture out between noon and
4 p. m.
In 1909. Spain was visited by a
;weltering temperature that is de-
scribed as fearful. Madrid and other
cities we're deserted and the streets
silent. Laborers died in the fields,
and the vines were SchOrched and
blasted as if by simeon.
The year 1872 was fearful one in
New York. One hundred and fifty
five cases of sunstroke occurred on
July 4. of which seventy-two proved
fatal.
In 1878 the heat Of Bologna was SO
great that numbers Of people we're
stifled. In July, 1893, the heat again
became intolerable. Vegetables were
burned up and fruit dried on the
trees. The furniture and woodwork
in dwelling houses cracked and split.
A disastrous hot wave swept
through Europe in June, 1851. The
thermometer in Hyde Park, London,
indicated from 80 to "a in the shade
In the Champs de Mars, Paris, dur.
ing a review, soldiers by the score fell
victims to sunstroke, ana Alder
shot men dropped dead while at
drill.
In 1881 it is said the heat through
out the United States was the great
est on record, the thermometer in
many places registering lO5 in the
shade. In England the mercury
ranged from 80 to 100, and in Asia
J3. In London it was the hottest
season known in % years. The d.
rector of the Paris observatory de-
,lared there was no record of such in
;ense heat.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
Lost in the Repetition.

The difficulty experienced by
foreigners in grasping the point of
an American joke was amazingly
shown few night ago at one of the
seashore resorts One of the gentle
men of a party perpetrated the old
story of the ancieAt knight who sud.
denly experienced pain and then
asked IL any one could tell him what
time of day it was when this fearful
incident betell his knightship The
answer-iD the middle of the night
was immensely enjoyed by a French
girl present. who soon tried to work
OIL the same ,conumdrum to a new
conner She proceeded with the pre-
liminaries OF the story with great
deal of difficulty and required some
outside assistance.
"Now." she said, wat time you
say it vas?"
II really can't imagine" said the
newcomer.
IVY" she said. triumphantly, lit
vas al midnight. "-Philadelphia Rec.
ord.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
A Milking Experiment,

Five cows were MIXED four weeks
by two different persons, each mixer
serving two weeks, both being COM
petent, one OF chem doing his aver
age milking. and not aware that an
experiment was under way; the
other was fully informed as to the
nature Of the experiment and ex-
pected to contribute his best skill for
the purpose in view. In the case of
the one unaware of the experiment
the yield of milk from the five cows
for two weeks was 1874 pounds. The
yield Of milk from the same cows for
a corresponding period while in charge
OF the man aware of the experiment
reached 1,13l pounds. The excess
OF 267 pounds in favor of the man who
MIXED to dryness. The experiment
proved that it pays to get all the COW
has to deliver Also that it is a
matter of importance that the udder
be emptied as rapidly as possible in
matter acceptable to the cow-this
because of the effect on the richness
OF the milk in fat globules. Another
important feature in milking to dry
ness is that first milk drawn is most
aqueous, while the last contains most
butter fat While not strictly re.
suit OF this experiment, it demon.
strates anew the teachings of the cx.
periences that proves that incum.
pletely MIXED cows have a tendency
to diminish their yield. - British
Dairy Farmer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

TORPEDO BOAT No. >, which is
building at Dubuque, will be the first
modern-type war vessel ever launched
on the Father of Waters 1t will be
named the Ericsson, and is $50 feet
long, with mean draught of nearly
tive feet Some formidable ironclade
for their day we're constructed on the
Mississippi during the civil war, and
the revival Of naval construction in
those waters will he watched with
much interest
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

One of New YOrk's most obscure
men has an income Of $500, 900 "a year
and is - years old. He occupies an
entire house on Fifth Avenue not far
from Jack Astor's palatial home, but,
unlike this near neighbor of his, he
is bachelor. This most obscure
Gothamite rarely visits any one, is
an accomplished scholar and linguist,
and spends most Of his time sur.
rounded by collection of books and
objects de virtu that would make
George Washington Vanderbilt and
the Marquand family very envious.
He keeps numerous servants, is quite
handsome, and the daily carriage ride
in Central Park forms the most i'm
portant view of the outside world he
ever gets. This young man pays
taxes on over 800, 900 worth of real
estate in New York, 5000, 900 worth
in Philadelphia, and as much again
In Brooklyn. He owns numerous
blocks of trust company stock: in ad.
dition to interests in various paying
corporations All he has ia the
world was inherited from parents
who died some years ago, leaving no
child but himself His age, his
habits, and his life make him unique
amid New 1ork's human ocean. But
as he is the proprietor of we'll
known patent medicine, his name
will not be mentioned, and the i'm
putation OF quitting" be thus
avoided
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
The Distance of Thunder.StOrms

Inc Instance OF Thunder.StOrms,
Although lightning and thunder
occur always simultaneously an in
terval OF shorter or longer duration
is usually observed between these
two phenomena, which is due to the
fact that sound travels only at the
rate of 100 feet per second while
the passage of light is almost in
Simultaneous. Based upon this fact
it is no easy matter to tell at least
approximately how many miles a
thunderstorm is away.
A normal pulse will beat about one
stroke to the second and by counting
the pulse beats during the intervals
OF the lightning and the thunder the
lapse of seconds is arrived at, and
consequently the number of feet.
which can be reduced to miles. For
examples II thirty seconds elapse
between the flash OF the lightning
and the crash of thunder the storm
center is at distance of 33, 600 feet.
or about six and half miles. An
almost accurate calculation can he
made with using a watch with a min
ute dial Louis Post-Dispatch.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

During the summer season when
The women OF the farmers family
spend many hours of the day in the
hot. eXhausting air of the kitchen, it
IS the farmers duty tn provide a gen.
tie horse for the exclusive use OF his
wife and children. Al know that
many farmers will raise their hands
in horror at this suggestion of extrav-
lgance, but the majority OF sensible
men will understand that such an in
vestment will score many points on
the profit side of the account Any
thing that improves the health and
good nature of the family is a profit.
able investment, and nothing will so
brighten tired. discouraged woman
as a drive through the life-giving
woods on a warm day. The entire
change of scene, the balny air and
the almost heavenly rest of such a
drive cannot fail to quiet the over
taxed nerves and invigorates the
whole system. II horse cannot Re
devoted exclusively to the use of the
wife and children there should be one
that is employed on the farm a part
Of the day and placed at the disposal
OF the family during the afternoon.
l have observed farmers who are
much more careful Of their horses
than of their wives and daughters.
A young girl friend of mine, who
lives on valuable farm, frequently
walks into town, distance of four
miles, after long morning spent in
kitchen work. When demonstrated
with her on one hot day she said that
although there were fourteen horses
on the place, not one of them was at
her disposal. Those she could drive
we're too tired. I wondered il they
were more weary than she looked. l
also wondered how long a young wo-
man Of spirit would content herself
on the farm under such conditions;
also il she would be so unwlse as to
marry farmer who would allow her
to walk or work while his horses were
resting. IA merciful man is merci-
full to his beast" and he ought also
be mercitul to his wife and children.
Lillian Mayne, in Country Gentle
man.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

THE doctors have not discovered
any specifics for the cure of cholera.
but they have done even better: they
have demonstrated that it can be
prevented and barrel out. Cholera
is not in the air. but in the food and
drink, and in the accommodating filth
OF decaying matter. Keep clean in
person. Keep the streets and home
clean. Drink pure water and eat
wholesome food are the directions
and with care are easily observed.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
WHITE CAPS have sacked no

WHITE CAPS have sacked news.
paper in Mississippi for the offense OF
condemning their acts. These fell
lows are not only above law and order
but are shocked at criticism. A GER
tain kind of admiration for the sub
Unity Of the ignorance which makes
them think themselves right is not
impossible; but it is amazing to know
that they are not tracked and killed
like the new orders of bank-robbers
and train-rObbers and the old kinds
Of wild beast.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
A Tattooe0 Man,

Martin Reifferscheid, fugitive
from German justice, has kept tat
iooed on his body record of his varied
career as soldier, cabman, circus
clown. and Lothario The warrant
out for his arrest describes this curl
ous autobiography thus: son the
breast, II cannot change my fate,
1885," one the right forearm, woman's
head, rife, lance, sword, cannon ball.
md ''Whoever loves must suffer.
$780," Oh the right shoulder, cross,
leart, anchor, clasped hands, and
''Everlastingly faithful;" on left
'houlder, clown on a chair, 1887: on
eft forearm; ''Long live the cabby, "
lorse's head. whip, clasped hands,
True love, lS40."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
CURIOUS FACTS

OVER 900 steamships are travers-
ing the four great ocean routes
IN D. lO5 TARTAN built maRni-
fcent stone bridge across the Danube,
4,77O feet long.
WHEN Benjamin Franklin proposed
to start a newspaper his mo.her tried
to dissuade him. because there were
already two papers in America.
SCIENCE says that one cannot be
stung by a bee If the person holds MS
breath. 1t would be more conducive
to a mans moral welfare, perhaps IL
he could hold his breath after getting
stung.
OF the human race 500, 900, 900 are
we'll clothed. that is. wear gar
ments of some kind that will cover
nakedness, $50, 900, 600 habltually 60
naked, and zoo, OO0O, 600 cover only
the middle parts of the body.
In Dutch Guiana the women carry
upon their persons all the family saw
ings in the shape OF heavy bracelets,
anklets, necklaces, and even crowns
of gold and silver. WeighJv earrings.
1uu Iukc IluRS, OLA VI Cikh" AuSSS 80
diameter, dangle from their noses
AT funerals in the city OF Mexico
no hearses are used. The streel'
railway company has monopoly e
the funeral business 1t runs funeral
cars. white for children, black for
adults, and mourners follow to the
cemetery in richly upholstered
special car.
FRENCH ingenuity has contrived an
improved stone-cutting saw of re-
markable ef1iciency-a circular saw
having it's edge set with black dia-
monds in the same way as the straight
blades; but as the strain on the dla-
mond is all in one direction, the set
ting can be made much finer
RAvAGEs of tigers: A man eater
in India was known to have killed
1OS people in three years. and an
other killed an average OF 80 persons
year for the same period. A third
caused thirteen villages to be aban-
doned and 25O square miles of land
to lie thrown out Uf cultivation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

The sugar beets l raised last year
were shipped in freight cars to the
Grand Island factory. One acre of
land was prepared by blowing eight
inches deep and subsoilng so as to
have eleven to thirteen inches of
loose soil. 1t was then narrowed and
smoothed with plank clod crusher.
The seed was sOwn with a Planet
Junior seed drill, twenty pounds to
the acre, though twenty-four pounds
are better, in rows eighteen inches
apart. The field ought to be nearly
square, so the double wheel can be
used both ways, when the thinning
out is done, which is the biggest and
most important part of the work.
The rest Of the cultivation can be
done by one horse cultivation. By
running the dOuble-wheel hoe on both
sides Of the row, with the curved
parts inside, only strip one inch
wide is left for hand thinning and
wedding. With four.inch hoes re-
peat the operation few days later
at right angles to the rows, and only
little squares OF one square inch are
left to be thinned out and weeded,
which reduces the much-feared hand
labor to minimum. The rest of the
cultivation was all done by the wheel
hoe, with the cultiyator teeth in
serted in place Of the hoes. For cul.
tivating the sugar beets l raise for
stock. use two-horse corn cult.
vator, as the rows are planted three
feet apart, and thinned out from ten
to twelve inches in the row. Sugar
beets are the most profitable crop fol
me to raise, for they sell we'll. and
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

mated Is cents a bushel Now when
the farmer calls for a settlement ne
will get the present price for his
wheat less the storage of Is or -
cents per bushel The farmer who
wants to speculate on his wheat
should have good granary on his
farm and keep his grain there
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
The Successful Farmer,

1t is very clear to one who studies
the drift Of things just now that the
most successful farmer will be the
one who changes his system to meet
the changed condition of demands
for his products, and, as far as his
circumstances will permit, to produce
those special crops that sell most
easily and are most easily grown.
Thus the most successful farmers of
the present time are those who rear
market lambs, poultry, or fine dairy
stock; grow potatoes, celery, small
fruits or hay only; make fine butter
or fancy cheese; produce milk or
cream for sale, and who in their
special ways supply demands for
single products that meet with ready
and profitable sale. This system has
become so common and successful
that there are localities where moth
ing but one special product is cult
waited, as onion districts celery farms.
poultry villages. fruit plantations,
diaries congregated around cheese
factory ora creamery, tlocks for lam bs
only near good shipping points, and
this special farming is made all the
more pos sible by excellent facilities
for cheap trans ,ortation. Celery is
sent all over the South from Michi-
gan; hay goes the same way ], 900
miles; onions are sent from New York
and Ohio all over the country and go
to foreign lands; watermelons from
Georgia 60 all over the North; peaches
from Delaware and Maryland, and
the earliest ones from Central
Georgia, find purchasers everywhere;
and so it is all through the list of
most important products. And the
time has come when this method
must be followed by every farmer
who may have the facilities for pro-
duction or transportation. There is
no risk of OVERRIDING it, the consump-
tion is always ahead OF production
and always will be in such cases as
require skilled management New
York Times.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
BOOSTERS VS.. Weasel.

A weasel sneaked out of his lair
near Stroudsburg and gobbled up one
Of Mrs Joseph Frymire's little chick.
ems. Two bantam ROSTERS were near
by, and they set upon the thieving
beast with such vigor that both his
eyes we're picked out, and he died
soon afterward. philadelphia REQ
ord.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14
Apparently Sent by SanctimOnious
Duns,

Duns.
A bundle of puzzling envelopes was
side-tracked in the city postof1ice on
Tuesday. The envelopes were heavily
bordered with black. In the left
hand corner were three texts Of
Scripture as follows, "Let Us Walk
Honestly" Romans xiii, 10; "Owe
No Man Anything" Romans xii, 8;
'.Many Days and Years Shall Ye Be
Troubled" Isaiah xxxiii., 10. There
were fifty of the letters, each bearing
a 2-cent stamp The postotfice au-
thorities decided that the epistles
were being used by some of the many
collection agencies and contained
'uuns" to those to whom they were
addressed. Accordingly the entire
lot was held and will he forwarded
to Washington. The law specifies
that requests for the payments of
debts shall be sent neither on postal
cards nor inclosed in envelops bearing
evidences of the contents The sup
posed object of those sending out the
envelopes in question was to cleverly
evade the law. AT the first sight the
envelopes appear to have emanated
from a tract society. - Cleveland
Leader,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

A MAN in New York State has sold
his wife to neighbor for As cents
and yet New York is sending away
hundreds Of thousands of dollars
yearly to civilize foreign heathens
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

MASSACHUSETTS is paying 200 men
500. 900 to kill moths this summer
That's pretty near as seductive a Job
as our grandfathers Used to tell about
when they talked Of hiring a lazy
man to watch the bees off the buck
wheat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

1T is not the wisest thing a farmer
can do to store his wheat in an ele-
vator, especially on q declining
market says a Northwestern paper.
The farmer who stored wheat a year
ago last fall when it was worth IS
cents might almost As we'll have do.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

A WRITER in the Century says pro-
family is declining That writer
ought to go into the hemlock country
once where profanity is fine art,
and see how it sounds in its decline.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-14

A GOOD cure for the blues is big
piece OF ice cold watermelon. A good
cure for the watermelon can be had
of any practicing physician.