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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
The PrOblems Of Life.

From the days of Homer, love and
hope, jov and sorrow have inspired
the sweet singers of each successive
generation of men, and they will con-
tinue to be the main theme of the
poets of the future. AS for the outer
world in which we live, the more we
learn of it the more marvellous does
it appear, and the more powerfully
does it make its mute appeal to all
that is highest and best within us.
And, after all, how little have we yet
learned! How small is the sum of all
our knowledge. 1t is still. and ever
must be, true that in the presence Of
the Infinite 1.-THE greater our circle of
light the wider the circumference of
darkness that surrounds it," When
the man of letters complains that we
have dethroned the old gods, discarded
the giants and witches and erected in
their place system OF cold and
formal laws that can evoke no en-
thusiasm and must repress all poetry,
has he never perceived how a true
poet can pierce, as our late laureate
could, through the mere superficial
technicalities into the deeper mean
ing of things, and can realize and ex-
press, in language that appeals to the
soul as we'll as to the ear, the divine
harmony auds progressive evolution
which it is the aim of science to re-
veal?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE Chicago Directory man now
claims that the city has population
of 2, 100, 900, and that it is by 400, 900
larger than New York City. thereby
making it the largest city in Amer
lea. The notion that Chicago extends
from Lake Michigan to Cairo is err
roneous. The city limits do not come
quite as tar south as Mem
phis Appeal Avalanche.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE late Anthony j. Drexel of
Philadelphia was one OF the wealth
lest men of the United States. AL.
though no authorized figures have
been announced, it is regarded by
those in position to make their
views valuable, that his estate is
probably worth as much as S25, OOO,-
900 or $50, 600, 900. He gave away
ever $4,000, 900 during his lifetime,
his browning gift being the Drexel
Institute, of Philadelphia, where in.
struction is given in the arts and
sciences.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THERE is deal of gossip running
through the papers about the Duke
OF York and Princess May, whose
marriage was celebrated recently. 1t
is SAID that the bridegroom is a
physical wreck, and that the happi-
ness Of the Princess is entirely as
sumed. Some add that there are
times when she cannot conceal her
melancholy.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
PASSING OF THE BUFFALO.


WontOn destruction OF AmerlCoD Oncc-
Famous and Noble Herds.
Up to about 1869 the indians ac-
tually killed the buffalo by thousands.
During many generations they
slaughtered them only for the meat
and skins which they themselves
could use. Then there came time
when there was market for the
hides and tones, and countless thou
sands were slaughtered for this pur-
pose. As late as 1874 one could buy
a beautiful fur robe oyercoat, we'll
made and lined with flannel, at the
retail clothing stores in St Paul,
Minnesota, for $40. There was a
market, too. for the choicer portion
OF the flesh, but this only cut small
figure in the dreadful total, so that
finally the trade in robes constituted
the only incentive for slaughter.
The Union Pacific Railroad was
completed in 1859, other railroads
began to reach out their iron arms
across the Kansas and Nebraska
plains, and from that hour the fate
OF the buffalo was sealed. For sew
eral years to come he could be hunted,
shot from horseback, driven into in
closures and slaughtered or perhaps
forced over precipices after the man
ner described in old Biographies and
school books. The animals seem to
have divided into two great herds to-
wards the close of their career, tor
we hear of 1.-THE great Southern herd"
and THE great Northern herd"
The Southern herd was the first to
60 Buffalo Bill and his kind, the
English 'Sportsmen" and American
army officers. We'd with each other in
the wanton slaughter During three
short years 1S72-3-4-the number so
killed has been estimated in millions.
1t matters not how accurate this
estimate is, or whether the number
so slain was 1000, 600 or 10, 900. 900,
the fact remains that at the close of
1872 the great Southern herd was
extinct.
In the North the conditions were
more favorable, but the relentless
hunter was hot upon the trail of the
diminishing herds In 1876 Fort
Benton alone sent $4,000 hides to
AudlhCU. Ill 1000, UWO CdFlOdUS Ol
hides were shipped from Dickinson,
North Dakota. In 1884 Fort Benton
sent none at all. In 1879 a little
band of the animals were known to
be grazing near Fort Totten, on Devil
Lake, North Dakota, and it is be-
lieved that these animals furnished
the two carloads of robes which came
eastward to st. Paul from Dickinson,
in 1883. This was the lest year of
the buffalo-l8S3
A herd, numbering perhaps $1,000,
crossed the Yellowstone River in that
year, and went north towards the
British line.
''They never came back" is the
pitiful refrain which one hears from
the Indians along the border from
Winnipeg in Manitoba to St. Mary's
Lakes in Alberta. No, they never
came back, and last summer and fall,
while riding with the officers of the
Canadian mounted police through AL
berta, they told me the story of this
last year of the buffalo but it was
never told twice alike by any two
men, for a strange mystery seems to
hang over the closing scene of the
great crime which annihilated the
mighty herds -Harpel's Magazine.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE supervising architect OF the
Treasury, who has charge of all
public buildings. has directed that
hereafter all advertisements for con-
tracts on government buildings shall
contain the words ''no convict labor
or the product of convict labor shall
be used" This is practical victory
for organized labor, which has been
trying for sometime past to have such
an order issued.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

The two north-poI excursionists
are on their way. In less than two
years the United States will send
ships at the expense Of the country
to find them and bring them back.
The north-pole excursions should be
prohibited by law.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

and Of the Tennessee State Univer.
sity in Knoxville, in voting to,throw
open their doors to the daughters as
we'll as the sons of the two States.
In the former they must be at least
IS years old; in Tennessee it will be
sufficient for them to have reached
the age of II. The women of Knox
vile are raising fund to build dor
mitory for the girls
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE people of Bridgeport, Conn
have recently dedicated a statue of
the late p. T. Barnum which is SAID
to be fine work of art Mr.. Bar
mum gave the commission for the
statue during his life, and with his
usual shrewdness he gave it to one OF
the foremost of American sculptors,
Thomas Ball, thus insuring what the
great Snowman always liked, a good
lob
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

In paper recently read before the
English Society of Engineers. it was
said thai the fractional resistance
between clean and dirty rails varied
as much as thirty pounds. Cleaning
by hand once day costs % cents per
mile OF single line, in fine seasons,
and twice as much in bad weather.
Watering by cart twice a day costs
60 cents per mile
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE statistics of the United States
mint show that the world has SO. 632, :
935, 600 in gold money and 81, 96S.
700, 600 in silver, OF which India and
China have 81. 900, 900. 900. France
has the largest amount of both, $780,
600, 900 in gold and 500, 900, 900 in
silver. The United States follows
with 1854, 900, 900 in gold and 1916,
900, 900 in silver.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

AN assay OF the coyote scalps pre-
sented In Fresno County, Cal, shows
about one-third to have been snatched
from felines, one-third from CANNES,
ard an occasional trace OF rabbit
The commercial instinct has seldom
reached a point where it would in
spire the adultcration of coyote
scalnS
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
by Learning.

1t we cannot really do honor to
men without catching something of
their power-and surely this is self
evident, for how are we to know
what they were without appreciat-
ing the difficulties they have so over
come and the triumphs they have
achieved?-It is infinitely more true
that we can only ascribe glory to
God in any true sense. as we slowly
and humbly learn to understand the
intinitude Of His life and the infini-
tude of His gifts of life to Others.
Divine life, whatever else it is, is
one Unreasonable gift; and even to
strive to enter into the secret Of one
Unreasonable gift without at least
measurable giving, is simply impos-
sible. The ''beatic vision" is a
vision of giving; but a vision of Civ
ing can only grow into truth as the
life of giving grows into reality. 1t
Is not more certain, we take it, that
we cannot spring at one bound into
purity without publication, than
that we cannot spring at one bound
into beatitude without slowly learn
ing that which is of the essence
of oeatitude-the infinite muniti-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
cence and passion Of the divtn gen.


Much depends upon cheerful start
for the day. The man who leaves
his home with scOwl on his brow
and snap at his children. and a tart
speech to his wife instead OF kiss,
Is not likely to be pleasant company
for anybody during the day He will
probably come home with the temper
of a porcupine. Wise plans should be
laid for every day, SO that it be not
an idle saunter or an aimlcss bust
ling to and fro. Yet to make good
speed on the right track, we must
not start overloaded; not too many
things to be undertaken, lest they
prove hasty patchwork. The journey
Is not made in cushioned car, but
on foot and the most CALLING load is
vexatious care. One step at a time
is all that the most busy Christian
can take, and steady walking ought
not to tire any healthy body or soul.
1t Is the overstrained rush, whether
in business or study, that breaks peo-
pie down, especially the insane greed
for wealth or mad ambition, goading
brains aud nerves to fury. The
shattered nerves ana sudden deaths
In ali our great business centers tell
sad story. A good rule is to take
short views. Sufficient to the day is
the toll thereof; no man is strong to
bear to-day's load with the morrow's
piled on top OF it. The only long
look far ahead that you and l should
take should be the look toward the
Judgment seat and the offered crown
at the end of the race. That is the
way to get a taste of Heaven in adj
vance.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
The Horse.

The Arabian legend of the creasio n
of the horse has been discovered by
someone. He is supposed to be a con-
densation OF the south wind, orig
inally Of dark bay color, with the
white star Of good fortune in the mid
die of his forehead.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

AT this supreme moment of trial
and travail the Irish National men,
hers of Parliament, whether Par
nellite or anti Parnellite, must all be
Gladstonian. Personal, private, or
even factional grievances must be
buried even if they be not killed.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE letter Of Pope Leo MI. to
Cardinal Gibbons on the school ques-
tiOn points to a compromise on all
nOn.essentials; and it is very probable
that, as a result, there will be less
acrlmony in discussing the school
question, both inside aud outside OF
the church.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

So says Hebron Land records, vol.
tx, page 1854 The present occupants
would be somewhat surprised at q
demand for the grain of pure silver,
but the old contract still remains on
the record,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

DE man dat believes that dere's
only one road to Hcbben, deah bred
dren. an dat dat one is de one he's
waKin' on, is de kind oh Christian
dat makes de dehble jump for JOY
Rev. Pink PUNK.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

THE more the Victoria accident is
studied, the more it seems that the
trouble was not so much with the
bnlkheads on the war ships as with
the block heads on the decks.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
An Incomplete Cleansing,

"ies SIR" said 'Jaysmith, 81
washed my hands OF the entire trans
action" "Why didn't you use some
soap" asked Cumso with = glance
ct the hands alluded to. Judge.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

The cause OF woman's education
receives new stimulus in the South
by the action of the trustees of the
University Of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

ONE reason why women grow to
look old earlier than men is because
they have not only their own troubles
TO bear, but all the troubles Of the
men besides.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19

MAKE any very active war against
each other Jealou., enyious, ran
Corous, they often are, but to wage
positive hostilities, they are for the
most part too different. This prone
ness to attribute our mischances to
enemies is merely one of the refugees
OF our self-lovc. Admitting possible
exception. 1t may be said emphat-
ically that we are none of us any.
bodys enemy but our own. We are
all, however, our own enemies. The
tongue that truly detracts from our
credit and glory is our own tongue;
the hand that most mcrcilessly de-
spells us of our property is our own
hand. All the real murders in this
world-that is, apart from the more
commonplace killings of men and
womcn--are self-murderS Conceit
tells us different tale, and we are
ready to lay on the flattering JUNCTION.
But all great successes, all the
grander triumphs, will be in proper
tion to our seeing the truth as it
really stands; namely, that the hard
est obstacles, the most real dangers,
lie in the perverse impulses of our
own nature"
Children Make Fathers Better Citizens.
Every child, said the late Mr.
Beecher, walks into existence through
the golden gate OF love, else it would
seem wonderful that the helpless
thing should be born. Yet children
are not playthings, as one too often
seems to think they are-were gifts
Of God to I'LL up the hours with
cheer. They were surely meant to be
pleasure to us, but that is not the
final end. Nor were they given to
be cares and burdens alone To
speak of them as il they were letters
upon our freedom is a shame and a
sin. They are regarded as part OF
our education. Men cannot be prOp-
erly developed who have not been
compelled to bring children up to
manhood. You might as we'll say
that tree is a perfect tree without
leaf or bud as to say that man is
q man who has gone through life
without experiencing the influences
that come from bending down and
giving oneself up to those who are
helpless and little. Children make
their fathers better citizens. When
your own child comes in from the
street, and has learned to swear
from the boys congregated there, it
is very different thing to you from
what it was when you heard the pro-
family of those boys as you passed
them. Now it makes you feel that
you are stakeholder in the public
morality.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
\ CHOICE SELECTION OF IN
TERESTINC ITEMS.

Csaments and Criticisms Based Upon
The Happenings Of the Day-AistoxIses
sd News NotoA
SOME Americans esplse the Chinese
50 deeply that they make their wives
do up all their shirts.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-19
OUR SUNDAY SERMONS
A FEW SUBJECTS FOR ALL TO
PONDER OVER
Enemies to None But Oursclves-WOrship
of God Is the Truest Acknowledgement
of His Glory-Childrcn Are tho Guides
Of Many.
Don't Cultivate Enmities.

HEN l near men
or women attribut-
ing a lack of sue
cess in any direc-
|tiOn to the machi-
nations of their
enemies" said a
Christian lady, II
involuntarilys smile
at the egOtistical
assertion. People
are in general too
much engrossed.
each by his or her
own affairs, to
The World. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1891-1896, 1893-08-12
why soalherner. Mave Good volee..

Life In the country, especially in our
southern country, where people lived
far apart and were employed oftentiInes
at a considerable distance from one an
other, and from the houses or homes in
which they ate and slept. tended, by ex-
ercise in communicating with one an
other, to strengthen and improve the
voices for high and prolonged notes. A
wider range to the vocal sounds was
constantly afforded and frequently re-
quired.
Hallooing, screaming yelling for one
person or another, TO their dogs, OF Mt
some Of their cattle on the plantation,
with the accompanying reverberations
from hilltops, over valleys and plains
were familiar sounds throughout the
farming districts Of the south in the
days gone by. 1t used TO be said Of my
fathers old negro foreman that he could
be distinctly understood mile or more
away.
Hunting, which was enjoyed and i'm
dulged in more or less by nearly every
citizen Of the south, was also conducive
to this characteristic development. DR.
J. Harvie Dew in Century
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The odd. were Against Him.

Mr.. Jonathan Staybolt had no per
sonal objections to young Rudolph
Gigsby, who was counting his daugh-
ter Clara, but he did wish that Mr..
Gigsby would go home little ear
her. Winding the clock, that time
honored hint to lovers, had no effect
upon him, but Mr.. Staybolt thought
that a sudden great uproar in the
house might prove sufficiently dis
turbing to make him think that it
was about time to go His plan was
to roll the washboiler down the
back stairs. Mrs. Staybolt did not
enter very heartily into that plot,
but she let him have the boiler.
He carried it up stairs early in the
evening, and at II o'clock he started
it. 1t made as much noise as though
it he'd been railroad through the
house. Mr.. Staybolt expected in the
intense stiffness that followed to
hear Mr.. Gigsby step out into the
hall for his hat and ovcrcoat, but in
stead of that he heard him say to
Clara: ''Goodnessl How careless it
was to leave that boiler where it
would fall like that. It's almost
sure to get denied
Then Mr. Staybolt gave it up, and
he never knew until after the young
people we're married that Mrs Stay
bolt hda told Clara about the boiler
hours before he started it rolling.
New York Sun.
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4 METAMoRpHosIs


A roaring, clustering beast Of March
Set free from out a cloud hung arch
In pAliid skies; rs dim 81 dye
And cold as frosted vioiet's eye.
a lion March that ahakos his maine
To fright those Gteeds of golden rein.
Whose charioteer drives on apacc,
with steady splendor, godllke grace.
For sand BY sand, and hour BY honr,
And day By day, Apoilo's power
Repels the dark. encroaching night
With long and longer shafts Of light.
The lion haIts. His rolling eyes
Arc fixed ~ with SPELLS surprise,
For emerald grasses rock and rise
Beneath bis feet like iullabica.
Tho soothing zcphyrs charm his ear.
The Psyche butterflies appear
On restless wings efiame, and fnin
7 To search for missing Love again;
The blossom bells are swaying fine
To rhythns Of sonn Thought divine.
The lion In the path Of Spring
Has concheds and low Is listening
To melodies. like waterfalls.
or choiring birds, whose crystal calls
Make herald's way before her feet
Who comes like Una, pure and sweet,
In blush haze her lucent veil
And trailing garments virginia.
OF green ard white. all blossom wrcathcu-
Tho fairest fancy heaven hath brenthed
or earth has crowned. The lion dumb.
With desert vision, sets her come.
Beside him sweeps her fragrant gown
Her hand Is laid like ihistledown
Upon his head. Oh, wondrous sight
His sulphurous name TO fecccs white
As those impaired In yonder blue,
New dipt IN Flora's mountain dew.
Has changed: his eyes are mild and calm;
Tho lion stands confessed a lamb.
Elizabeth Backus Mason In Atlantic.
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why Dennis EseRped.

A recruit in the medical ranks Ind
been sent forth with instructions to
initiate the occupants of a couple of
double deckers IN the delights of
properly applied vaccine virus.
Things ran smoothly until he en-
countered a suspicious Irishwoman,
who dwelt with her shockheaded
children in the lordly heights of the
seventh floor
The doctor pounced upon the eldest
boy and was preparing TO make the
initial scratch, when his mother
stopped him.
rs it vaccinatin thot iss' she
queried
Yes, madam, answered the doc
tor.
well, it's divil a bit nv it yen do
to my bye Dennis
Why it preserves life and
health
Go long wild ye. That's what
they told Dooney Mccain when his
bye Willie had it two weeks ago
'sWellan
"They desaved him Eaccinatin
and all, Willie is dead, Lord rist his
sowll"
What killed him9"
He fell down the back sthairs av
Brogans finimint an broke his neck,
an be til shamroeks Of Bally Mul
ligan, if vaceinatin can't stop things
loike that phwat sort av a loife pre-,
sarver is it New York CONNER.
cial Adyertis
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Additional trains win leave Harrisburg daily
except sunday at SCI and I035 al M, and 80
p m. arriving at Carlisle at g.l0a M, H. 20 a. m
and sos p. m, stopping, at all intermediate sta,
tons; leave Harrisburg at 20 p m. arriving at
Merchandising GAS p. M, stopping at all inter
mediate stations.
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars between IIag.
erstowp and New York on Nos. 4 and 10 east
and on Nos 3 and west.
Daily.
I Daily except Sunday,
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Canned Lichaa.

Dried lichee have long been familiar
to us as table delicacy. The Chinese
are 49, qning the fresh fruit ct Ma
COW port, and the tin cans, with
Chinese and English labels, are to be seen
IN their shops. PhilGd lph3g EedgG.
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z Nonsense.

P. I. Barnum once said that ''the
American people were never better
satisfied than when being humbugged. !"
Doubtless this is true with circus
and menagerie advertising, but il
wouldn't work SO successfully with the
man, who has great deal of competi,
ton, and sells on close profits, Bar
mum virtually had no competition.
The merchant Of to- day has the sharpest
kind. He must deal square and hon
estly he must keep his patronage and
increase it. How can lie do it'll
LIST Advertise judieiously.
2nd Sell 100 cents worth Of Goods
for every dollar.
3rd BE courteous and accomodat-
ing,
Use the columns of THE DAILY AND
WEEKLY WORLD literally, and make
known to the public that you do bust
ness on this plan, and large results are
sure to follow.
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.Filst-CIass Risks at Lower Rates

Than any equally sound institution that
places all its risks al one rate. wholly
ignoring the Importance of charging
each policy holder premRInfe quitahly
proportioned TO the risk assumed This
II the
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A Mater Of Mnres.

Il observe, James," said the Boston
employer, that You say 'eether' and
neither Are you not aware that such
is not our pronunciation of those wordsy''
1T doesn't seem to me, replied the
boy from New York despondently,
''that You ought to expect me to say
'eyether' and 'nyther' on salary of six
teen dollars month - Chicago Trib-
nna %4
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Most Equitable System Of
Life Insurance.

Ever offered to the public as the rate
charged Is directly IN proportion to the
risk assumed rather than an equal rate
for all. While none hui those safely III
surable are accepted, the