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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
TIE FAD FOR WHITE.

All white is fad that commends itself
to the artistic and beauty loving woman,
and never otfends the eye or the taste, as
so many of the brighter tones are apt to
do. At Newport it was really astonish-
ing to see the number of white costumes
worn at every function. In the morning
at the Casino one sees white duck gowns
with white canvas shoes. For more
dressy affairs there are white mus!irs
and silks with white chip hats, trimmed
with noddiDg tips and white rosettes,
while the shoes in this instance are of
white kid. Lace in profusion is en-
ployed on the light fabrics, yet the lace
must be OF the best in order to win favor
from those who set the pace in the matter
OF fashions. 1t is quite fad to trim
dead white costume with coffee colorcd
lace, and the effect is far more pleasing
than the combination sounds in words. -
New York World.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

Or course it was the "sooners," the
law-defying, desperate element, who
got the choicest tracts of land in the
Cherokee stlip That was the
natural result of the idiotic system
which has governed the opening of
all government reservations. The
honest, law-abiding people who re.
spected the rules OF the land office
and awaited the signal for the OPEN
ing OF the strip" found themselves
forestalled by gangs OF professional
"boomers," who had bought registra-
tion certificates from corrupt Of
flcials, and who had entered the res
ervation by the aid of other officials,
equally corrupt, hours before the
legal time. Such result was to
have been expected, but it is never
theless the duty of the commissioner
OF the land office to hunt down and
eject these land sharks and punish
the registration clerks and inspectors
who connived at their rascality.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

almost invariably lace intended to trim
white petticoats or the little flannel shawls
that the women pin over their shoulders
or to edge afghans and the like.
When they are not engaged in lace
making the little girls devote their en-
ergies to making long, slender, snake
like rope, with the aid of spool and =
few pins. This is simple form Of the
lace industry. The ropes are used as
"reins'' by the children of the neighbor.
hood whenever they descend to such
mild game a. "horses"
If one of these ragged little specimens
Of humanity should be asked why she
was knitting her purple and crimson and
green yarn into grace defying patterns
she would answer-if she decided to
answer at all: ~ just keeps it on hand;
it's handy thing to do when you don't
have nothin' particular to do" Which
saying hns the old familiar ring Of fancy
work explanations since the world began.
New York Advertiser.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
Facts About Insects.

| Female spiders are much larger and
more ferocious than the males and gener.
ally devour their husbands.
The gnat is provided with regular
set OF lancets and cupping glass from
which the air can be Withdrawn.
Several species Of moths never eat
after attaining perfect state. They
have no mouths aud live but a few hours.
The greatest destroyer Of the aphis is
the apparently harmless lady bird, which
devours them by thousands.
The trichinn found in infected pork
arc sometimes so numerous that $4,000
have been found to the cubic inch.
Wasps are the most invetcrate enemies
of flies. Reaumur says he has known one
wasp to kill a thousand lies u day.
Two sexton beetles will bury a mole
In an hour, feat equivalent to two men
interring u whale in the same length of
time.
Nests of the tcrmitc ants of South
Africa are often twelve feet high and
grouped together in clusters, the tal!est
in the center.
There are over 10000 varieties of
insects known to the cntolnologist, though
not all described in the works ON the
subject.
The common horsefy has 1G, 900 eyes.
To the fly, therefore, caught by the
small boy, the latter appears like IN
army OF giants.
A female queen ant is always attended
by one or more servants to carry of her
eggs. of which she lays from 5000 to
10, 900 year.
The young of the polype grow from
the body OF the parent like buds, and
when almost grown are separated by
sudden jerk.
The ''tartar" on human teeth is filed
with anima!cul9. which are DESTROYED by
vinegar. Vinegar itself contains eel
like insects.
Civil engineers say that the wings of
the butterfly display the greatest possible
lightness combined with the greatest pos.
siblc strength.
If human dwellings were constructed
on the same proportionate scale as the
anthill Of Africa, private residences
would be mile high.
Leuwenhoeck calculated that 1,OOO,-
100000 of animalculR, such as are found
in drinking water. would not equal in
size grain of sand.
1t is estimated that the farmers of the
United States lose 500, coo, 900 annually
from the depredations of various kinds
of insects.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
THE FOX, THE BADGER AND RABBITS.

THE FOX, THE BADGER AND RABBITS
The fox noses the rabbits out at times
and scratches them out. As to the
badger, what could be more delicate for
his very accommodating appetite than
tender young rabbits? They put flesh
on to his ribs after his fast-oft.n long
and compulsory one in winter. So he
digs Tor them in a most businesslike man.
ner, just like mole. He knows where
they are exactly-his nose tells him that
and in less than two minutes the fore
part Of him is buried; all you will sec
will! be his hind legs working vigorously
and lot of earth moving. But he gets
his rabbits; hungry stomachs are hard
to reason with. The badger is, know.
MS rule, nocturnal in his habits, so is a
fox, but where The places that they fire..
quent are quiet and secluded they will ut
times hunt by day for their food. A
vixen and her mate at times reverse the
order OF things; like Humans, woodland
wild creatures are governed by circum-
stances.
have at different times met with the
fox and badger in spots where certain
~ ana not expect to see them. and when
l have gone where. according to nv
reckoning. they ought to have becn-so
tar rs locality could be relied on-thcy
were not there. Very contradictory ex-
per'enc one has in looking for wild
thlngs.-tB!ackwood's Magazine.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

WHAT are the reasons and arpu-
ments that can be adduced against
the adoption Of short skirts for out
door wear? Certainly not the fear
OF the exposure Of women's ankles,
for in the first place there is no rea-
son why an ankle should not be ex-
posed as freely rs hand or foot, and
in the second place. as everyone
knows, woman wearing long skirts
who picks them up to avoid mud or
dust or water shows more OF her ankle
and the surrounding stocking than a
woman whose skirts are short enough
not to need to be picked up.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

II COME from far away India to tell
you Of the teachings of Christ which
you have read but do not practice, "
said II. Dharmapala, a Buddhist
scholar, in Unity Church, Chicago
1t was cheeky. Was it true? Maybe.
But certainly not truer than if Mr..
Milsted should address a gathering
OF Bu0dhists: Il come from far
away America to tell you of the
teachings Of Buddha, which you have
read but do not practice 1t would
have come with greater appropriate
ness from one of our own preachers
this reprCof of unchristian living.
From Mr.. Dharmapala it was only a
little more sensible than the question
put to the Buddhist after the lee
ture: .Do all Buddhists lead pure
hves:' -All true Buddhists do. said
Mr. Dharmapala. Maybe there were
men and women in Unity Church
who have read, and who practice, &C.
cording to their lights, the teachings
OF Christ. Maybe there are Buddhists
In India who preach purity, who lead
pure lives. who live under shady trees,
in the cool caves, on the banks of
rolling rivers, who do good because it
is good, who are free of passion, who
speak temporarily, who love the truth
and tell it and act 1t. The congress
OF religions was not the best place to
start q corner in goodness
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
Building In Bermuda.

Bermudians have very little trouble in
building an ordinary house. A man
scrapes enough lucre together to buv a
little piece Of land and III IN borrows or
begs cross cut saw. hand saw and nm
Ice chisel. He takes off the thin sur-
lace OF soil and gougcs into the coral
rock with his chisel. Then he com.
mences to saw into the porous limestone
and presently has . collection of white
blocks about two feet long, eighteen
Inches wide and twelve inches thick
"hen he has taken ont enough of them
ne has cellar ready, and he uses the
blocks for walls. Not much timber \.
and the process is very simple.
But only Bermudian or an Enelishman
can do all this, for no foreigner is per-
mitted to own real estate on these isl.
ands. New York Press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
A VETERAN AT THE CASE.

Mrs. N E. Bronston, of Atchison,
Kan, has been setting type for forty
three years. She learned her trade in
her fathers office at Newport, KY, be-
ginning at the age of IL years. She
afterward moved to Kansas, and worked
on the Topeka Record before the war
Mrs. Bronstor had charge of the binding
of the first legislative reports of Kansas,
being an employe of the State printing
house. She was afterward part owner
OF the old Topeka Tribune, and went
from there to Garrett, where she was
connected with the Plaindeaier. Leav-
ing Garnett she went to Leav enworth
and worked on D. r. Anthony's paper
Tor fourteen years. Since then she has
set type in Hutchinson, St. Joseph and
Atchison. Mrs. Bronston is now fiftv.
five years old.-[New York Midland Ex-
press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
Mo.LIH sTARK's PROGENY.

Mollie Stark not only did not die a
widow because of the valorous battle #
Bennington, but she lived on to become
a noble mother in Israel, and at one time
thirty out of forty of the children at !.
tending the district school in what ia
called the STARK district" of New Hamp.
shire were named Stark. They were all
descendants of the four children Molly
bore to the hero Of Bennington. Now.
however. the name is almost extinct in
New Hampshire, and in Manchester.
the center OF the Stark district, only two
or three persons are left who bear the
name OF the brave general of the rcyo,u.
ton. Molly Stark has q namesake now
living in Alameda. Cal, a little girl of
thirteen years, who is in the sixth gene.
ration in lineai descent from the heroine
Of Benningt on.-INew Orleans Picayune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
A PONY's TRICKS.

A ten-months.old pony has been
trained to do many tricks BY his youth
full master. son of farmer of Heudcr-
son. N. G. On being hidden he will
walk up to any designated person and
shake hands and kiss him. Blindfold
him and bury an article and he will find
it and paw it up. He will fe,gn sick
ness, count articles of any specified num-
Der, till, by selection of those displayed.
he indicates what articles he likes best !:
will fire a pistol, and will do many other
wonderful things.-[Chicago Herald.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

THE folly of putting passenger ele-
vators in charge Of boys was demon
strated by the shocking accident
which befell Mr.. Cosgrove at Chicago.
The elevator boy was ~skylarking.
when he should have been attending
to his work, and Mr.. Cosgrove will
suffer the loss of foot in conse-
quence. There is no more excuse for
allowing boy to run an elevator
than there would be for putting him
in charge of a locomotive attached to
an express train. Human life is at
stake in both cases, and men of ex-
perience are required in both posi-
tionA
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
FANCY WORK THE RAGE

The habit of fancy work is by no mea ms
confined to the piazzas of hotels and cot
tages. 1t is widespread evil, and, like
death and few other impartial things.
It visits the humble tenement house as
we'll as tie seaside resort. II any doubts
this let him make tour of the tenement
districts any sunny afternoon.
lie will see small damsels who have
not yet mastered the gentle art of darn.
ing or the necessary rules of mcndinp
crochcting busily. A coarse sort of lace
Is generally the product of their indus.
try. Sometimes it is cotton, sometimes
wooden, sometimes white and sometimes
Of shades that would put Joseph's coat
Of many colOrs to the blush. But il ia
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

Mrs. CoREYTHE, who lives at New
Britain, In the Bismarck archipelago,
is one of the greatest traders in the
South seas She is half American
and half Samoan, her father being a
former American consul and her
mother native woman. Mrs.
Cornythe is widow, her husband
having been an Englishman. She
owns $50, 600 acres of land in the
islands and employs fifty Europeans
and twice as many natives. She
Grades In all the products of the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
A GRAPHIC autObiOyranhical d

A GRAPHIC autobioyraphical de-
scription, such as the following, re-
Gently appea in want" co,Smn:
"Housekeeper, unpaid, forty-two, ex.
perienced, seeks employment with
bachelor or widowcr. Small means
but highest references; musical, re-
fined, obliging, not intrusive. Not
widow" What tribute to genius,
in connection with the opinions of
the elder Mr.. Weller, is contained in
those two last words.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

"HIT with a brick" is an expression
credited to America. But it had it's
origin in Rome. The standard coin
In Rome was the aes, or libra, and it
weighed pound. 1t was the share
OF brick, and when the influence of
q Koman Senator was wanted it was
obtained by giving him libra. and
his constituents alluded to him as be-
Ing "hit with a brick"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

OYSTERS live longer than is gener-
ally supposed. An eating-housc
keeper advertises for "a boy to open
oysters fifteen years old" When an
oyster became such a veteran, it's
age should have been kept secret,
the same as a spring chickens. An
authority on this subject says that
when an oyster gets to be five years
old 1t becomes as elastic as a clam.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

SOME OF the papers in the West
are in the midst of a controversy
about the authorship of MARY Had a
Little Lamb" But as all the evil
aence goes to show that each of the
persons accused of the crime is dead,
1t Is hard to see what real benefit will
accrue from fixing the guilt on any
Of them.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

THE man who leaves footprints in
the sands of time never realizes what
he has done 80 suddenly as the man
who does the same act on Il newly
scrubbed kitchen fiOO..
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

THE influence Of men is not to be
confined to the circle of their ac-
quaintance. 1t spreads on every side
of them, like the undulat:ons of the
smitten water, and will reach those
whom they never saw.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

BISMARCK is accused of kissing all
the pretty girls that come in his way,
which shows that the old chancellor
b still the level-headed man he al
WayS was
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

JOHN L. SULLIvAN's old sparring
partner, Joe Lannon, the pugilist. is
Turning for office in Boston. II the
bf11ce is wise it will keep several laps
Ahead of Joseph.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
FOR THE YOUNG FOLKS


met little Elfman, once,
Down where the lilies blow,
I asked him why he was SO small
And why he didn't grow.
He slightly frowned, aud with his eye
He looked me through and through.
'I'm quite as big for me-" said he,
"As you are big for you."
-[St. Nicholas.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

Two TwELvE-INCH flfty.twO-ton
breachloading rifles, four nine-inch
nineteen-ton guns, and eight six-inch
six-ton brcach-loading rifles consti-
tute the heavy ordnance on the
Russian ironclad battleship Nicolai I.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
HALEY, IDAHO.
THE man who goes up in a balloon
cannot see himself going up. and half
the pleasure is lost
PuBLlsHEf

QUEEN VICTORIA's crown is worth
h, 200, 900. 1t costs in interest $780,
700 year for this head-piece which
The never wears.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

AN Alabama Sheriff went after a
tang of outlaws and potted thirteen.
1t is said not to have been a partic-
Alarly good day for outlaws either.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25
INCREASE OF WHITES.
The Negro Population Of the South
Decreasing.

The New Orleans Picayune has been
gathering interesting statistics in regard
to the negro population in the South
They show that the ratio of increase of
the white population of that section is
about double that of the negro, and that
the increase in the latter is not so large
under state of freedom as it was under
slavery. According to the census records
of 1890, prepared by DR.. J. s. Billings.
OF the United States Army, Superintend.
emit of the Department of Vital Statistics.
the mortality among the negroes in the
cities was startling, and it was greater in
the cities of Washington and Baltimore
than in New Orleans or other Southern
cities. The following table speaks for
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-25

1t will be seen that the mortality
among negro children under 5 years Of
age was nearly twice as great in Wash
ington and Baltimore as in New Orleans
these reports show that despite the evils
OF slavery the negro population increased
more rapidly than during the last decade.
after they had enjoyed freedom for
twenty years.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09

i "
Up. Cunis Il rsmodslisg his build.
ine.. ssisiuS the main house and build'
We understand that The Battsr6y
Minstrels cleared about e35 from theiF
Rev. A. K. Bryant Of Nswry Il TO b
pastor Of our II. K. church for the en-
suing year.
Tho Methodist Sunday School were
Invited to the homo Of Mr.. and Mrs.. II.
K. Andrews Friday evening. About 30
came and enjoyed . very pleasant even
Ing. During the evening Q literary en-
tertainment OF about throe-quarters Of
an hour was given, and ice-cream and
cake served.
K. b. Humphrey e doing some job
painting In this vicinity.
Station Agent Scott has gone to Var
mouth. Il. A. Candy has taken his
place.
b. d. Deunen has purchased the post
Office building Of @. w. Bryant and Will
soon take possession.
A. B. Durham 10 shingllng his house.
j. w. Willis Il on the sick list.
Geo. Burnham and wife Of Gllead are
spending few days In town.
Mr.. Christian Horeyseck has been to
New York on short visit.
Charlie Hammond has been given the
position Of night operator at this sta
ton.
Miss Myrtle Yates has been at home
from Kent's Hill for few days visit.
Mr.. Charles Bacon has Q prize yoke OF
steers one year old last March. They
now girth o II. 10 Inches and weigh lo20
lbs. They are perfectly matched
In color, size and weight. lie feeds
them on buttermilk from the butter fac
tory, poor meadow hay and two quarts
Of meal each per day. II any one has .
better pair We should like to hear about
them.
Our Indians have moved Into q tent.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
THR OXFORD BRARN.
rHe po,Mos OF rhu WEEK m AL
SECTIONS or THE COUNTY.
errhel

Ths ball given Nay Lat Was not very
well attended on account Of the rain and
mud, bat those who vonturcd out report
good time. Excellent muslc Was fur.
nished BY the Norway orchestra.
through mistake Miss Ethel Richard.
sons name WAS omitted from the fan
drill In the report OF the athletic ex-
hlbitiou.
May let another young clerk arrived,
this time at Chas. Benson's, he weighed
twelve pounds.
Mrs.. Nellie Russell and daughter and
Miss Mary Shirley arrived Thursday
from Brooklyn, N. ", and will remain
here at their old home all summer.
Miss L. Il. Burnham, the milllner,
gave . very pretty exhibition OF spring
styles at Odeon Hall, last Tuesday and
Wednesday.
The Lyceum League viii give an en-
tertainment at the Academy next Thurs
day evening, May IL, consisting OF reci-
tations, q debate aud music. Several
other amusements will be awaiting
those who are willing to Invest . small
sum. Ice cream and cake Will be served
during the evening. Admission 10 cents,
Entertainment at Z rs.
A social and sugar party Dwas held
Friday evening at Pattee's Hall. Games
etc. entertained all during the evening.
The Cabinet shop of Sylvester Rob
ertson on Main Sc. will be sold at pub
lie auction May 10. This viii include all
Of the tools and large stock Of furui-
ture.
Il. c. Park has moved, and Il comfort
ably settled In the house on Church st.,
which he and Mr.. Stearus recently pur-
chased Of the Burnhsm heirs.
Huse Bros. are going out Of business
and their whole stock Of dry goods viii
be sold at once regardless Of cost.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
EAST SUMNER,

An occasional case Of measles appears.
A young man by name Of Stewart, liv-
Ing at Elmer A. Frazier's, has been critl-
caIly III with the disease with little pros
pect Of recovery at date Of writing
this Item.
One case Of diphtheria has proved
fatal.
There IL shortage Of hay, and many
are anxious to get the cattle out to
pasture.
Good working oxen are selling quick
ut good prices and there Is quite a call
for them just now.
Work will soon commence on the new
corn canning factory. The plan OF the
buildings shows that neatness and con-
yenience as well as economy will be re-
garded. w. X. Ripley Of Canton Is to
construct the buildings by contract.
Probably beans, squash and tomatoes
may be canned II sufficient encourage
ment Is given.
We learned with much regret on
Wednesday of the death Of the wife OF
Hon. James Irish of Hartford who died
quite suddenly. She was quiet, modest
lady and greatly respected wherever
known.
Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1893-05-09
OBITUARY..
SAMUEL RAwsoN CARTER.

SAMUEL RAwsON CARTER.
samuel Eawson Carter died April ~,
lsd irOm the effects Of the grippe, at
" Al illness Of four weeks, and was
tone to his grave by the hands OF low
kgrhtiVes and friends.
H Nas horn In Paris, June -, ls29,
lai sas the only child Of Hon. Timothy
jari. AMI Nrsbella Rawson Carter. lie
Va graduated from Union College In
|lil. vas admitted to the Oxford Bar In
| ~. and continued a member during
D. lie. never In active practice, yet tax.
|hg the deepest interest In having a good
As library, and In the welfare OF the
Mr.
HsWas a devoted Jefiersoni Democrat
rtIn enthusiastic supporter Of every
nsasre that he thought would benefit
Us native town or the farming commu-
NV At large.
IL devoted his time chiefly to
ssaiiac pursuits, especially to geology
AL mineralogy, and left valuable
|ahinst Of minerals, his Mt. Mica collec-
tOa being complete aud unique. tie
ns made associate member Of the Bos-
|su and Portland Societies OF Natural
History, also corresponding member
nth AcaGemy Of Natural sciences In
hLadelphia.
lie Vas married February 20, 1857, 10
lSlh, daughter Of Hon. Elijah l.. aud
thn Choat lIamlin OF Bangor, and he
sa'es widow, an aged mother, also a
haghter-ln-law, the widow Of his only
did, Jarvis llyermore Carter, who died
August lth, ls9s, and three young
Eabdehildren.