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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

ONE or the most interesting things
about dime novels and summer liter.
allure is the way they are made.
There is an establishment IN New
York which prints 5000 novels an
hour. They have a machine consist
ing of two cylinders on each of which
144 pages may be screwed, and as the
long strip of paper goes through, first
one side is printed and then the
other, making it possible to print
2SS pages at every revolution. The
strip of paper, after being carried
over rollers which dry the ink, is cut,
folded, and brought together in the
shape Of small volume, with tho
edges all trimmed. Every time the
great cylinder goes around a novel
is printed folded. and trimmed, and
5000 Of these are turned out every
hour while, il it were necessary,
1000 or 5000 might be the quota.
The covering does not take long, fifty
being the average for a minute. The
paper costs nearly five times as much
as the printing, and amounts as high
as 2 cents novel The whole cost
for the mechanical construction OF
these books is not more than cents
apiece. The most laborious part is
In the writing and reading of them.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
just What He Wanted.

When Ethan Allen became a pris.
0ner of war, during the Revolution.
he suffered great hardship from con.
slant change Of place and of keep.
ers, but never lost his answering
loyalty to the American cause.
After an unhappy imprisonment in
America, he was taken to England.
with his companions, and there con.
nned In Portsmouth, where he was
well treated, although he was rem
dered naturally uneasy by the rroba.
bility that he would soon be hanged.
The prospect Of execution led him to
ado"t scheme for attempting to in
fluencc his captors.
He obtained leave to write to Con-
gress. The letter would, of course.
be seen by his jailers, and it. was ex-
pected by them that he would i'm
plore the "rebel" Congress to submit.
and accept pardon. He must, thought
they, be by this time impressed by
the spectacle of England's resources,
and must, as well, be alarmed for his
own safety, should the war continue.
Ihey were disappointed. He gave
an exact and dispassionate account of
the cruel treatment he had received.
in having been apparently regarded
as felon rather than an honorable
prisoner of war, but advised Congress
to refrain from the retaliation she
might justly inflict, until it should
DC known what the issue was to be.
Ii he and his companions should
be executed, she must avenge them;
II they were released, milder meas
ures might be taken. The letter was
addressed to "The Illustrious Cont.
mental Congress.
do you think we are fools, here in
England?" said the officer to whom
Allen 1ntrusted this missiye. "Dc
you think we would send your letter
to Congress with instructions to re.
taliate on our own people? l have
sent 1t to Lord North"
This was exactly what Allen ha0
desired.
1T gave me inward satisfaction.
he said afterward, though l care
fully concealed it with pretended re.
sentiment. l found 1 had come yam
kee' over him, and that the lette,
had gone to the person for whom ]
had designed it. YOUTHS Compan
ion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

who had been upset by a bicyclist q
wheel going at the rate of twenty
miles an hour struck the policeman
and knocked him within q few inches
CT half block. Ten minutes later
the rider who had bowled the blue.
coated guardian over was looking
through the bars, while the fellow
who had collided with the fat man
was cavOrtiDg about the streets at
Nancy Hanks clip. 1t makes a vast
difference in large city whether
you run over common citizen or .
policeman,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
A Mountain of HOrnstOne.

Mount Kinseo, which rises precipi.
tOusly 700 feet out of Moosehead
Lake, In Maine, is wholly composed
OF hornstOne and is the largest mass
OF that mineral in the known world.
There is no true flint in the United
States, but hornstOne so closely re-
sembles it that it takes an expert to
tell the difference. This rock sun.
piled arrow heads to Indians hundreds
and thousands OF miles away. The
discovery of these arrow heads in tho
Mississippi Valley has led to the be-
lief that a system OF commercial ex-
change must have existed among the
red men in former centuries Accord
ing to an Indian tradition the noun
tain is the body of a monster moose
that was slain by a giant New
York Times
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
THE glass dress has come tn alta,

The glass dress has come to STAY
The charming actress, Georgia Cay
van, has even decided to make her
first appearance in new piece robed
in one Of those singular but fascinat-
ing dresses 1t will not break; the
laundry woman cannot spoil it, and
when you are weary of it you can
have it melted up and get a new one
made out of the material of the old.
Surely the glass dress, possessing all
these advantages, is thing of utility
Is we'll as beauty.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
Cannibals Of the Ocean

Such fierce carnivorous fishes AZ
exist in the depths of the ocean are
unknown at the surface. There is a
black swallower," which deyours
other fnny creatures ten times as
Dig as itself, literally climbing over
Its victim, first with one Jaw and
then with the other. Another
species is nearly all mouth, and.
having no power of locomotion. IL
lives buried in the soft ooze at tho
bottom, its head alone protrudinp.
ready to engulf any prey that NAV
wander into its cavernous laws.
There is serocious kind of shark.
resembling a huge eel. All of these
monsters are black as ink. Some of
them are perfectly blind, while Others
nave enormous goggling eyes. No raw
OF sunlight ever pierces the dark. nm.
Iathomed caves in which they dwell.
Each species is gobbled by the species
next bigger, for there is no vegetable
life to feed on.-San Francisco En-.
aminer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
HIS MONEYS WORTH.
No Company Could Make Him Pay for
More than He Sent.

No Company Could Make Him Pay for
More than He Sent.
A man rushed into a telegraph
office, seized a telegraph blank and q
pen, and by propping himself against
the counter managed to write the
following MESSAGE: &
kate: l won't be home till morn
ing. HARRY" I
"Whatll that COST" said the man.
handing the message through the,
portfolio to the manipulation OF cleo.
tricity.
LET me see; eight words, 25
cents"
"Twenty-fl five cents, eh? How much
for ten words?"
"The same price; anything not ex-
ceeding twelve will cost you a quar-
ter" answers the operator, making
spring to muzzle an instrument that
was sputtering as If it had delirium
tremelS.
I'm bound to have the worth OF
my money out them" said the man,
braciny himself against the counter
as he traced on a blank this clear
message:
"Incomprehensibility, manufactu-
rers, transcendentalism, Constanti-
nople, concavoconvex. Massachusetts.
assassination, Pennsylvania, rhinoce-
ros, hippopotamus, imperturbability,
pki!oprogenitiveness.
There. string that on your wire.
and send her." said the man, with q
look Of vengeance in his eye.
The operator counted the words,
but volunteered the information that
there was no sense in the message,
and that the dictionary must have
been ransacked for the longest words.
Il know there's no sense in it, but
kate'll understand it, all the same.
She'll know I'm on spree, anyway,
when l send 4 message at this hour.
whether it's sense or not. / made 'em
long on purpose, to break the back of
your machine. Shovel 'em in and
start the crank. Pm for good time.
Never mind the expense. Here's your
quarter.
And the man ran out and hailed a
passing cah-Tid-B Bits.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
The White Mountains.

Every survey has changed the sup
posed altitude Of Mount Washington.
The latest and presumably the most
authoritative Is that of the United
States coast and geodetic survey.
The latest survey of this region was
made in 1891, and the calculation.
found to correspond so nearly with a
previous survey that the older one
was adopted. The following table
will show what has not only han
pened to Mount Washington, but to
neighbOring SUBMITS as we'll:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

back yard with the remark: ~Thorc
now! you're gal; and none Of thu
boys will play with you!"
About an hour afterward she went
to the back door to see If Houston
was still in the yard when a funny
sight met her eyes. Houston was
seated in an old lawn chair. sur.
rounded by dozen or more children
OF various ages and conditions, ard
was telling their fortunes by looking
into their hands. Immediately he
caught sight of his grandmother. he
cried:
"Oh, grandma! Won't you give me
a nickel to tell your fo,tune?"-St
Louis Republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

The Dog Held Fast to the Baskc,
A little girl and big Newfound-
land dog came through Steuben Park
the other day. The little girl was
carrying papa's dinner and the big
dog was caring for both. The little
girl thought she would teach her
companion to be useful, so as they
entered the park she placed the han
die of the dinner basket in his
mouth. He trotted along quite
proudly, and when he came to the
sparkling fountain and the cookbook
ing pool beneath it the noble animal
resisted the temptation to drop the
basket for the pleasures the waters
offered him. He was too true! He'd
take care of that basket if the pool
iroze over! Well, he would just wade
through. He'd take the basket with
MIN where it would be safe. So he
walked carefully through and cooled
papa's dinner in sparkling cool water.
he ducked his head, but he never LET
go OF that basket committed to his
faithful care. He did not tarry long
either, but came out, shook himself
and the basket dry, and trotted
along feeling better, thank YOU. -
Utica Observer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

A CONVENTION of colOred editors
was recently held in the South, and
among other things they decided
that they would rather be called ne.
RToes than Afro In this
they displayed their good sense. The
latter designation sounds as though
1t had been originated by some dude
who parted his hair in the middle.
wore patent-leather shoes to break
last and posed as q modern states
man in some ward where the quality
OF the true article was a thing I'M
known.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
THE rivalry in athletics betv

THE rivalry in athletics between
Yale and Harvard is giving the
country good many strong, healthy
men who will have physical backing
for their mental work, and who will
leave the next generation q richer
heritage than would a lot of dyspep.
tic bookworms who never enjoyed
the healthful pleasures of the college
athlete. The education which neg
lects the body is a very questionable
possession.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

SAMUEL EDISON lions, and when
would tell him l didn't know, he
would say, Why don't you know"
When he was IL years old he used to
say to his mother: Ma, I'm bushel
OF wheat; weigh just sixty pounds. ,
His mother was splendidly educated
and had great natural ability, and
Tom was like her."
Mr.. Edison has always smoked to-
bacco and drunk alcoholic liquors,
and neither seems to have hurt him
either in body or mind. He is mar
ried to his second wife and has five
children, three being the fruit of his
present marriage and two that of
the preceding. His youngest child
is ! l years of age.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

Houston is little orphan boy who
lives with his grandmother. He is
just years old and is as full Of mis-
chief as only a 7-year-Old boy can be.
His grandmother says she is "clean
tuckered out" trying to keep up with
his FRANKS But what gives her
most trouble is Houston's penchant
for running away. He runs off every
day II he gets the least bit of chance,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

TRAIN robbing will not fall into
disfavor till some of the robbers fall
into eternity. 1t would pay express
companies which are made frequent
victims of these outlaws to supply
heir cars with Winchcsters and a
few nervy men who could be de-
pended upon to use them. AS it is,
train robbing is nothing more than a
skylarking picnic for the robbers
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

A CURIOUS numismatic memento
OF Pete. the Great of Russia has been
discovered at Astrakhan. 1t is Il me-
taliic token. or receipt. granting to
the bearer permission to wear a mus
tache and beard.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

SOME day the ruffian who throws
bricks at Gladstone will hit him.
That day will be notable as the dark
est in the career of the particular
ruIfian In question. The only sign of
wisdom is ia his present bad aim.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

THE germs which produce a phos.
phorescent effect in decaying matter
are able TO multiply at the freezing
temperature which goes with the
fact that meat preserved in ice cham
bers may acquire disagreeable taste
and smell. To preserve it long
time. the air must be dry as we'll as
Of very low temperature.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

WE agree with Mr.. Russell Sage
that $50, 600 is an exorbitant sum to
demand for saving his life from Nor.
cross bomb. Fifty dollars would be
plenty in the opinion of the great
manipulation OF ''puts and calls" and
he Is one OF the best judges of values
in the country.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

A WOMAN In New Hampshire is
street railway magnate a good house
keeper and cook, fine shot with
the revolver, flrSt.class swimmer,
an excellent business woman, and
worker in the church.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

MONTANA has a sheriff who feeds
his prisoners mince pies. OF course
. sheriff must be given some discre.
tionary power in dealing with the
hardened characters placed under his
control. but to inflict the mince pie
torture would seem to be species of
cruelty that calls for prompt legal in
terventiOn.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
Stains from Tableware

A little saleratus rubbed on with
the finger or a bit Of linen, will re-
move stains from cups and other ar
ticles OF tableware. 1t will also re-
move spots from marbleized oilcloths
and many stains from tin ware.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

CHARLES HENRY PEARSON, an
Englishman, has written a hook in
which he claims that the great races
Of the world are losing ground, and
that the Chinese, Hindoos, and South
American half-breeds arc the coming
leaders of civilization.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

Mr.. Edison in a re-
centinterview, "told
us to keep him in
the streets, for he
would never make a
scholar. All he ate
went to support his
brain and not his
! body, and he was
'puny. He was for
ever asking me Ques-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

TIE citizen of Illinois who i'm
agined that he could drink a half gal
lon Of whisky at one sitting made a
fatal mistake. No man who has not
had long residence in Kentucky can
safely undertake that feat.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
EDlSON'S FATHER.

He Is Hale and Hearty Man, Although He
Is Ninety Years Old.
Samuel Edison, of Port Huron,
Mich, the father Of the famous in.
ventor, Thomas Edison, is a vener-
able old man, but hale and hearty
Notwithstanding his many years. He
was born in Nova Scotia in 1903, and
came to this country in 1911. 1t was
at Milan, O., that Thomas Alva, the
distinguished electrician, was born
in 1847. He was considered to be
rather stupid boy. "Teachers. said
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
\ CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTlNC ITEMS,

Comments and Critioisms Raced Gym
the Happenings OF the DAP A.ssYr,c..
and News NotaA
a FLORIST says: Cat tails boiled
for ten minutes will not drop off, I"
How about the cats?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

WHEN the troops began to load
their guns with lead bullets the Paris
mob subsidized. Real bullets have a
soothing effect on mObs.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

PERHAPS the reason the Chinese
won't have their pictures taken is
that knowing their shyncss as to
manly beauty, they haven't the face
tn do IT,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
OUR BOYS AND GIRLS.
THIS IS THEIR DEPARTMENT or
THE PAPER.

Quaint Sayings and Cute Doines Of tho
Little Folks Everywhere, Gathered and
Printed Hero for All Other Little Ones to
Read.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

A HOPEFUL minister holds that
when the millennium arrives there
will be no kicking in church choirs
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

WHILE New York policeman was
laughing uproariously at a fat man
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
! sleep In the house,

And eat chickens not mouse;
No kit can show more velvety paws,
A butterfly couldn't feel the claws;
Well some must work. while others are
thinking;
l can do that when I'm doing and wink
ing
Little HEN and Women
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11

HE Is twice fool who does wronp
and then talks about it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-11
There are plenty OF cats


Who go hunting rats.
with noses keen and well-sharrened n ais
And see just the tips Of their flying tails,
Then sit and watch all day for their din
ners
Or 60 without. which is hard for begin
nerA
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-23
Taxing the Dispensaries.

WASHINGTON, D. c., August 1e.-The
Governor of South Carolina has raised an
interesting question with the United
States in connection with the sale of in-
toxicating liquors by that State. South
Carolina, by legislative enactment, has
assumed the exclusive control of intoxi-
eating liquors. Having entered upon
this work in its sovereign capacity the
Governor claims that the United States
cannot legally impose the license or spe-
cial tax on dealers prescribed by the in
ternal revenue laws. The State, it is urg-
ed, is not dealer in liquors for profit,
but dispenses them under laws and regu-
lations for the common interest of the
people, and, therefore, should not and
cannot be taxed as an individual.
1t is not likely the Government will
agree with the Governor of South Caroli-
ma in this claim for exemption. If the
authorities Of that State can 60 into the
liquor business on account of the State it
would follow that they could go into the
tobacco business in like manner, and fur
nish the people with cigars and tobacco
free from the national taxes which are
imposed upon dealers in those articles in
other States of the Union. The parallel
might be carried further and the claim
set up for the Palmetto State that its
Legislature can build ware houses and
import merchandise for sale to the people
of South Carolina free from the exactions
of the custom house. Governor Tillman
may succeed in maintaining the exclu
sive wholesale and retail whiskey trade
in South Carolina, but his numerous
agencies or places of business will be
obliged to con form to the United States
internal revenue laws, and take out IL
cense or special tax for each of his dispen-
saries of Intoxicating beverages. To allow
the Governor Of South Carolina to escape
this tax would not be just to the Governor
of North Carolina, to say nothing Of the
other forty-two States.-Philadelphta
Ledger.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-23

lpl lied for such period of time as he
continued to engage in the sale of whis-
koy, or he could be expelled. Mr.. Will
liatns again arose and said that he
thought they should sit down on such
violation of the church rule at once, and
he moved that Mr.. Cartlege be expell-
ed, which was agreed to by unanimous
vote.
The action of the church in turning Mr..
Cartlege out for acting as dispenser under
the State barroom law seems to be only
the beginning of the end.
The Baptist church of Aiken has
called upon the dispenser of that county
to show cause, etc., and it is now re-
ported that State Dispenser D. II.
Traxler will be called to account for his
breach OF faith with the church at Tim
monsville.
Mr.. Traxler is himself a leader of the
church work there, but it will be remem-
bered that when he was appointed, in
reply to some query as to his religion and
the whiskey business, he remarked by
way of explanation, that he had given
the subject his most prayerful considera-
ton before he would accept the position
rendered him by Governor Tillman and
had obtained the consent ofhis conscience
to engage in the traffic as the States
agent. The result will be watched with
decided interest.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-08-23
Governor TilIman In Chicago.

CHICAGO, ILL.,, August 19.-Two recep-
tions were held in the rooms Of the ma
tional committee in the administration
building at the Worlds Fair yesterday.
Governor Tillman, of South Carolina,
who accompanied the Augusta Exposi-
ton delegation, was recognized officially
by the Commission. He was introduced
by State Commissioner Roach and pre-
sented by Vice-President Penn, and was
greeted with applause. Governor Tillman
Congratulated the commission and officers
upon the grandeur of the exhibits, and
regretted South Cardinals absence.
"Crossing thousand miles of this
grand country Of ours, from the South
Atlantic to the Northern Lakes, one must
feel that we have grand country, grand
in its size, grand in everything; and it
makes any body, let him come from where
to sa-,, Il am an American ] do not hes
itate to say, without 1attering you in the
least, that God appears to have picked
this spot to be in the future the hub Of
North America, the centre of thought,
wealth, progression, pluck and energy,
and I make the prediction to-day that in
less than two years you will have more
people in Chicago than any city on the
merican continent, if not in the world"
In closing, Governor Tillman expressed
his confidence that great good would grow
out of the fair.
There had gathered in the room, while
Governor Tillman was speaking, very
large delegation from the Augusta Expo
sition. Fully seventy-tive representative
lsdies and gentlemen from Augusta were
there, and it was probably a novel scene
to have 80 many ladies gathered in this
room during sitting of the body. w.
II. Barrett spoke on behalf Of the Angus
ta Exposition. He expressed the Angus
tians' appreciation of the stupendous
success Of the Columb bian Exposition, and
extended their cordial thanks for the kind
consideration shown them by the COM
mission. "Taking this time from you
which your courtesy has extended, makes
US realize that you have not only among
you great brain and great energy which
shows its effect around us, but shows that
your purposes are patriotic, and that your
Intentions are most kindly and generous
to give US this time to encourage our ef-
forts in Augusta, Co."
Mr.. Trously, Of Minnesota, responded
to both addresses on behalf Of the COM
mission. He believes that one of the
leading features that will grow out of this
quadro-centennial anniversary will be
the fact that the American people will be
rebaptized and recreated to higher and
more useful citizenship. Here, to day,
the youngest and Oldest States in the
Union, the States of Washington and
lowe, and the two Dakotas and Wyoming,
clasp hands with Georgia and South Car
olina on this occasion. There is q Free
Masonry of American citisenship into
which We are born, which We never lose
the grip, and which is omnipresent.