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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
OVEREATlNG,
The Habit Is FrauRht with the Gravest
Danger.

The Habit Is Fraught with the Gravest
Danger.
Because OF the peculiar significance
which now attaches to the word
Temperance, we should not forget
that "Every man that striveth for
the mastery is temperate in all
things" and that it is just as bind
ing on us to show moderation in our
use OF the necessities of life as in our
use OF its luxuries. Even the neces-
stiles of life may become superfui-
ties through their quantity and quail
ity being raised to the point of lux
ury. Take, for example, the food
supply Of the body.
1t Is obvious that the body must
have rich, force-supplying food in
order to carry on it's daily tasks. Yet
the fact is often lost sight OF that an
over supply of food to the body, like
overcoaling the steam engine, is pro-
ductive of nothing but waste. More
steam is made than can be used.
Nor is this all. In such a finely
adjusted machine as the human body
no one piece of the complex organism
can be overworked except at the
ultimate expense of the rest.
Not only are we inflicting the
stomach with an unnecessary amount
OF work when we crowd it with food,
but we are to the same extent i'm
posing upon the other organs. AS a
matter of fact it is the liver which
generally gets the brunt of the extra
burden, though the heart and kid.
neys are also affected to a greater OF
less degree.
Among the disorders caused by
this superfluous condition are h;emor,
rhoids or bleeding piles.
TO ascertain the proper proportion
between the demand and supply OF
the body, one must consider not only
the peculiar needs OF each person,
but the season of the year Heat is
the unit of force in the body; but
while force-supplying food may be as
necessary in summer as in winter,
the need for fats, or hydrocarbons,
as they are called, to maintain the
bodily heat is by no means so urgent.
For one who is properly familiar
with the resources Of his own body,
and who is not blinded by appetite,
it Is comparatively easy to discover,
to remarkable degree of nicely. the
amount and kind OF food which his
system requires.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

A STORY concerning Prince Bis
marck has just been brought to light
by the publication OF the memoirs of
the late Duke of Somerset. The duke,
writing of DR.. Busch's book of gossip
about the great German Chancellor,
relates that Busch was employed by
the prince to prepare articles for the
newspapers and to record his sayings
One day Busch sent to the news
papers something Crown Prince
Frederick had said, upon which
Bismarck sent for the doctor and ex-
postulated. Il told you to publish
what l said, not what that fool of a
crown prince says" WELL" replied
Busch. may ! publish this saying of
VourS2"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

AN Imperial boil on Kaiser Will
helms majestic body prevented him
from leading cavalry charges and
conducting brilliant masses of infant
ry at the great Austrian maneuvers.
One shudders as one cOntemplates
the possibilities of a boil which might
hinder the Kaiser from taking the
saddle on the eve of real battle on
which the fate of the empires de-
pended. Would he sacrifice himself
and mount his good steed with
smiling face, although anguish lurked
within? Who can tell?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
WHY He Was Anxious.

While Archbishop French was Dean
of Westminster, he delegated Canon
Cureton to preach at the Abbey on
certain saints day. On such days
the boys of Westminster school at
tended service. and after service had
the rest of the day as holiday.
While Mr.. CuretOn, on the morning
OF the day he was to otficiate, was
looking over his sermon at the break
fast table, his son asked in a tone
vibrating with anxiety: Father, is
yours long sermon today" mo,
Jimmy, not very" But how long?
Please tell me. " well, about twenty
minutes, l should say. But why are
you so anxious to know" Because,
father, the boys say they will thrash
me awfully if you are more than half
an hour"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

ENGLAND has no monopoly Of
grand old men," Good and great
Marshal Canrobert, kneeling in the
Chapel Of the Invalides, when his
fellow veteran MacMahon was brought
home to his last rest under the same
roof with Napoleon, furnished
splendid example of endurance amid
the worlds rough usage Canrobert
is eight-four, and the last of the
French Marshals. He has seen his
fellow campaigners in Algeria and
those by whom he fought side by
side at Magenta and SOlferino depart
one by one; yet he fingers, as if un-
willing to surrender the baton which
represents such historic memories.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
TIE MEvITAvLE
BY ozIAs MIDSUMMER.

ConeG0Nsdly lay she divinely er.oldea
By sleeves In possessioa Of two loving .
while smiled her sweet lips 20 she could mot
Displayed vars the doubt. Of her widest
The cool, gentle shadows Of dusk seemed to
The glorined glow then bedeckiuc her cb...
While reveled the sleeves in an effort tn tiohtC,
And played and then played not her face hidss
His hot. famished soul laid itself on the altar
And si1xled and cndered % "thump" went his
Dismeyed and defeated, his hope seemed to
As struggled he vainly to counter her art
The force Of his nature at last seemed tn sl:ct.,
When just 1T tha. instant cts true thonah
It's strange,) 'Aousn
Wren hope deferred mingled the shadows to
blacken, w
Hen brown curly head brought her lips within
range.
Must wear my pen out to tell you what further
Took place mid the shadows that there thick.
" lie, AeA
And tell yen winch of them was the first to
smother, '' w
Which FIRST had enough Of the sweet bv.and. bv .
No, twas never known, or II known never mem
toned; A0''
For life Is TOO short to encompass the boon.
We die, yes. we die. but the heart thus inten.
toned
Stilllongs for more more, and dies ever too
soon.
CHICAGO, Ill.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
World without Men.

Aunt Samantha is visiting at a
house in Buffalo. She is an old maid
and very devout, always concluding
her prayers with the Gloria. "Why
does she say such funny things in her
prayers?" asked the little daughter
OF the house. why, what does she
say?" replied the fond mamma. Il
don't remember all she says, but she
always ends with world without
men, ah, me. Buffalo Express.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

Little Roger had gone into the
country for the first time, and his
grandfather had taken him out to see
the colt. There, Roger" said the
old gentleman, did you ever see such
a little horse as that?" Roger never
had and his eyes shone, but there
was one drawback. whats the mat
ter with him, grandpa" he said
"He hasn't any rockers?"-Youth's
Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

Mrs. HoBsoN Gust bereaved) Must
you go, Mrs. Hendricks?" Mrs. Hen
dricks-"Yes, it is getting late. Let
assure you again of my heartfelt SYM
pathy in the sudden and unexpected
death of Mr.. Hobson. Good-bv. I
hope you will have a pleasant day for
the funeral"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

Thus the weaver at his loom
Sings away the winters gloom,
While he weaves the coverlet
For the dreamers who forget:
~Slumber, little flowers, and dream
OF the April's golden beam
Which shall come and fill your eyes
With the sunlight Of surprise;
Waking. you shall hear once more
Song birds at the day bre axis door,
Slumber. little fragrant faces.
Dreaming in your quiet places,
Soon the dreams shall pass-and then
You and Spring shall wake again!"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

glittering wake with a plaintive
whistle, swim few yards, and with
preliminary f!utter of wings and
feathers, settle down to enjoy again
the slumber that had so rudely been
disturbed. -St. Nicholas
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

region OF South
ernS Asia. Khe-
lat Is a senli-in-
dependent princf-
pality in tn 9
north OF BelOO-
chistan and had
been since 1877
the seat of q
British ag n t.
Durt n G t h Q
Afghan war the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

"A GREAT deal of my money!"
sighed young Ardup, looking over his
bills for ice cream and cut flowers,
seems to have been Miss-spent -
Chicago Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
QUE BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS Is THEIR DEPARTMENT OF
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute Doings Of the
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered and
Printed Here for All Other Little Ones to
Read.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
A Dog That Could Spell.

A great lover of animals has. said
that dogs can be almost taught to
speak. Captain is the name of a
clever dog which, although he had not
advanced so far as this, could spell
his own name and that of his own
er's. The letters used in the names
were cut out of painted cardboard
and placed upon the ground before
him. and with scarcely ever a mis-
take he would arrange them in the
correct order. l do not know how
long Captain took to learn this won
derful trick, but do know that I'M
limited patience and kindness were
used in the teaching. The years
have robbed the luster from Captains
eye, and his limbs are stiff and his
frame gaunt with age, but he is still
living, and if he regards you as a
special friend you may coax him to
spell his name.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

IT is SO much easier to forgive big
strong man than it is small weak
one.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

The SnOw-Weaver's Song.
Back and forth the shuttles go,
Fashioning the cloth Of snow.
And the weaver you may hear
At the wind loom sinyi ing clear:
~Slumber, little flowers. and dream
OF the silver thrOated stream.
Shining through the April day
As 1t were music ray
Bearing melody along
From the mellow sun of song.
Slumber little fragrant faces.
Dreaming in your quiet places;
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
A DEPosED PRINCE

A Wicked Indian Khan Who No L0oeup
Rules.
The deposition of the Khan Of
Khelat by the Indian Governments
draws attention to this little.knOWn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
The Stormy Petrol,

The stormy petrol, in proportion to
its size, has immense wing power, for
it is the smallest web-footed bird. 1t
belongs to every sea, and, though
seemingly SO frail, breasts the ut
most fury of the gale, skimming with
incredible velocity the trough of the
waves and gliding rapidly over their
crests. 1t does not make a practice
Of alighting on the water, and seldom
rises higher than eight or ten feet
above the surface. l have known
them to perch all night on the ex-
IRENE edge OF the flying jib boom,
keeping up constant low musical
whistle, seemingly in accompaniment
to the noisy waters foaming and ed
dying around the cutwater. Petrels.
in flocks, sleep upon the water at
night. OF the Cape of Good Hope,
on moonlight nights, when the
weather would permit, l have seen
through strong night glass dozens
Of the sleeping petrels pass directly
under the bows of the ship. They
would bob up serenely" astern in the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28
PALACE OF THE KHAN.

wooden cloths and their bodies with
linen coats. Polygamy is generally
praticed.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

Soon the dreams shall pass-and then
You and Spring shall wake again!"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-28

swer, he hastily left the room, and passed
down the stairs out into the street.
His carriage was coming up the block
In a moment he was whirling over the
paving stones, his 'thoroughbreds" al
most running, as his hands drew the
reins tighter and he touched them with
the whip.
1t was as if he desired to fee from an
enemy; instead, he only wanted to drive
by the memory of pair of sad, hopeless
eyes, of a sickened, white face, from
which he had stricken all joy as he gave
IT'S owner her first lesson in the cruelty of
the better class of society,""
He drove through the entrance to Cen
trail Park without speaking to his COM
panion.
Over the smooth road they rolled, by
the statues, and rivulets, and lakes, and
waterfalls, and flowers, and beautiful
trees, and still he was silent, and Olga
did not speak.
A child ran across the boulevard Just
before them.
'Oh, be CAREFUL" shrieked Olga
He drew in his horses in time, and.
sp:inging out, caught the baby up and
handed it to the idling nurse, with .
reprimand.
have ached tonight if you had not
stopped as you did, murmured Olga, as
he seated himself beside her again.
He started the team, then suddenly
said:
-Olga, what do you want that girl to
come and live with you for? Will she not
be very much in your way? Griffith and
you will not have half the time to devote
to each other that you would if she were
not here?"
But I desire her there" she said,
quietly.
why? What good will she be to your"
She will be some one for me to love,
she burst out almost fiercely.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19
Welded The Wrong Sister

A Millville, New Jersey, old maid
recently got husband by a clever
ruse, but subsequently had her hair
pulled out by her younger sister,
whose lover she had stolen, and is
now in danger of loosing her hus-
husband beside. Jennie Clarkson
had answered an advertisement in a
matrimonial paper, aud after years
correspondence became engaged TO
Silas Harper, of Milford, Del, al
though they had never seen each
other. Jennie has an elder sister
Mamie, who had been trying for
many years to get married, but had
not succeeded. Silas wrote on pos
tai card that he would come to Mill
vile to meet his future wife and we'd
her. Mamie got the mail the day
the postal card arrived. From the
hieroglyphics on it she deciphered
Silas plan, so when Si,as arrived on
train Mamie was there to welcome
him. She told Silas she was his own
Jennie and suggested that they stop
at the minister's on their way going
home so they would not have to
make second trip down town
again. Silas thought the plan was a
good one, and the two were accord
ingly married. The family was as
tonished when Mamie introduced
her husband. 1t was not until late
that night that Jennie came across
the postal card, and she immediate
ly saw through her sisters game.
She went to Mamie's room. and n
war of words was followed by Il hair
pulling match in which Mamie got
the worst and yelled murder" ST.
las stood by and watched the fuss
for a while and then put both out.
though, oaid Dfr. Clmkson in tel
ling the story che handled Jennie
more tendcrly than Mamie He left
for home next day, and Mamie is
now consulting Il lawyer about
bringing him back.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19

j. G. Deckard, the new landlord
of tho National Hotel, Selinsgroye,
is keeping the accommodations Of
thht liar hostlery up to its form
er higlh / of perfection.
Mathew dey Quay was yester-
day re-y cted to the U, S, Senate
by tbe/ most unanimous vote of the
Rer ,an members of tn Penn
sy Legislature. His election
W.. foregone conclusion.
President Rutherford B. Hayes
died at his home at Fremont, o.,
yesterday, of neuralgia of the heart,
aged almost 20 years. He was the
last Ex- President living, and his de-
mise weS judden and unexpected.
'Bad luck is simply man with
his han DIS in his pockets and pipe
in his mouth, looking on to see how
it will come out. Good luck is a
man with pluck to meet difficulties,
his sleeves rolled up, working to
make it come out all right"
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19

The coolest winter the world ever
knew, according to several chron
iclers, occurred during the year li3j
The season was not only intensely
cold, but lasted unusually long. In
II large portion of middle and ives
tern Germany the frost was so Sc
we're during the month of May that
skaters braved the ice without tn,
least danger, and on the 18th of MAY
sleighs were generally used. On st
Johns day, the 2ith of June, tn,
windows We're frozen, and not II YES
tige ofyegetation was seen anywhere
Spring was ushered in with the last
day of June.
Perhaps the most valuable result
of all education is the ability to
make yourself do the thing you have
to do when it ought to be done
whether You like it or not. 1t is til,
first lesson that ought to be learned
and, however early n mans training
begins, it is probably the last lesson
that he learns thoroughly. Good
breeds and bad breeds exist among
men as really rs among herds and
horses. Education may do much to
check evil tendencies or to develor
good ones, but it is Il great thing tc
inherit the right proportion of fac.
ulties to start with. The man is
rich who has a good disposition,
who is naturally kind, cheerful,
hopeful, and who has flavor of wit
and fun in his composition, The
hardest thing to get on with in this
life is mans own self. A cross,
selfish fellow, a timid and care bur
dened man, these are all born de-
formed on the inside. They do not
limp, but their thoughts sometime
do.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19
MIDDIEBURGH, SNYDER co. PA JANUARY "a 1909
Who Is Jonas Stroud ?
The First National Bank, of Selin

The First National Bank, of Selins.
grove recently received note for
collection from a Council Bluffs,
Iowa bank for S2,375.O0 given in fa-
vor of Jonas Stroud, dated Dec. "a,
1885, and payable four years after
date, with interest from Jan. 1, 1886.
The principal and interest up TO
Jan. l, 1898 amounts to S3,23O. Ed
ward Hummel, John Hummel and
Aaron Hummel, Gall of this county,
are named as endorsers who dis
claim all knowledge Of the note,
and it is undoubtedly a forgery.
BY the way, Snyder county is get.
ting a reputation, and the people in
Iowa will soon come to the conclu-
sion that it takes a Pennsylvanian
Dutchman to beat Yankee.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19
The Fish Com missioners' Bill

AT a meeting of the Pennsylvania
fish commission held in Scr anton, a
bill was formulated for pres entation
to the Legislature, providing for in
creased penalties again st fish bas-
kets and weirs in the waters of the
State, in accordance with the recon-
mendation of the governor. The
commission also decided TO ask an
appropriation of SO, 900 for the build
ing of iishways at Clark's ferry and
Shamokin dam, in the Susquehanna,
and for $4,000 with which TO con
struct shad hatchery plant on the
Delaware. II was proposed to award
the state executive commission of
the worlds fair managers $4,000, for
state fishery exhibit at Chicago,
and appointed Colonel John Gay to
get up and attend to the exhibit.
THE PosT would also suggest an
appropriation of million or two for
the purpose of hiring several thous-
and Fish Commissioners and arm
them with canteens to carry the
sulphur water and escaped coal oil
from Sunbury down to Havre De
Grass and there dump it into sink.
The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1893-01-19


be substantially the same as that
used at the last general election. ex-
cept where either or both political
parties conclude not to make nom
nations by Certificates of Nomina.
tions but unite on a fusion ticket.
Ii the two recognized p Jitical par.
ties make party nominations and no
nomination papers are fled then the
ticket in that instance will contain 4
three columns, viz Republican par.
ty, Democratic party and Blank
Space. If nomination paper only be
filed with Auditors then the ticket
VIII contain two columns, viz
Nomination paper and Blank Space.
Ii both parties make party nomina-
tions and group of citizens file a
Nomination Paper then the ticket
will contain four columns, viz Re.
publican, Democratic, Nomination
Paper and Blank Space. In Town
ships where the Republican party is
the stronger their candidates will
appear first, and in Townships where
the Democratic party is the stronger
their candidates will appear first on
said ballot.
Question "What number of bal
lots is required ?"
Answer 70 ballots for every 80
voters or fraction of 80 as returned
on your Assessors Registration List.
Also an equal number Of Specimen
Ballots and the requisite Cards Of
instruction. The latter shall be
procured from the Co. Commission
ers.
Question "Who shall attend to
the printing and distribution of said
tickets 2" 49,
Answer: The Auditors shall have
the ballots printed and deliver. the
same with the apes;men PaItets e-
Cards OF instruction. TO the Judge OF
Election on Monday, the Goth day of
February. They shall then certify
the cost of said printing and distri-
button to the Co. Commissioners.
Question "NIust the Auditors
secure fac-similies of their signatures
for the official ballot ''
Answer: We are not qualified to
render an opinion on that point. in
as much rs the law little rally inter
preted only requires the County
Commissioners to procure fac-simile
signatures. We are however in re-
coipt of letter from the Commis.
sioners of an adjoining county in
which they say that if their Town
ship Auditors desire fac-similies
they must procure them ut their
personal expense,
Question "Aro watchers requir-
ed?'
Answer: See. ~ say, that eacL
party or group of citizens that has
made official nominations may have
three clector rs watchers at each
polling place, but only one watcher
in room at one time Township and
borough auditors shall issue GER
titicates to watchers duly appointed
by nominating conventions.
In conclusion | would say that
the purpose of the foregoing inter
view is only to answer the many in
quiries to us directed. for the Coun-
ty Commissioners have nothing to
do in relation To the February cleo
tions than pay the cost of printing
and see that ballots &c. are distrib-
uted.
Any further information desired
will be cheefully given to the ex-
tent of our ability and power.
Respectfully Yours,
f. &. BowERsOX, Clerk.