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The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1893-08-23
Notice Of Appointment.

Notice OF Appointment
Notice is hereby given that the subscriber
has been appointed and qualified as admins
tratrix (or executrixl Of the estate Of George
r. Brooker,. late OF wellington. Lorain Co..
dated az Wellington this 7th day Of August
1898. MARY BRoOKBR,
R Executrix.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
PhHbe Cary.

Some one has called Phoebe Cary
the wittiest woman in America, and
as one OF her friends declared, the
Phnbe Cary who flashed and sparkled
at an evening dinner was no more
brilliant than the same Phoebe as she
came IN to the breakfast table from
her marketing.
One evening at little party the
fun was fast and furious, and one
lady suddenly turned to another, who
was very quiet, saying:
why don't you laugh? You sit
there like post"
There" exclaimed Phoebe, 'she
called you post. Why don't you
rail at herr"
Mr.. P. T. Barnum told her that the
skeleton man and fat woman in his
museum were married, and she re-
piled:
81 suppose they loved through
thick and thin.'
Looking at the curiosities in the
museum, she became so absorbed in
watching large anaconda that she
walked off the top stairs of flight.
and fell. Mr.. Barnum was just in
time to catch her and save her from
a severe bruising.
Il am more lucky than the first
woman who fell through the influence
uf the serpent" said Phoebe. -
Youths Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
The Crawl of the Centipede.

Ihave not known of any person dy-
ing from the crawl of centipede,
says writer in the San Francisco,
though these creatures have sad
reputation in many parts of Mexico
The crawl" l say, for the cent?
pede's venomous principles is con-
tanned in the glands of the feet, and
is distributed as he runs. The claim
is that he MAKES series Of footholes
as he runs, into which he injects his
venom; but think this is inaccu-
rate. never succeeded in finding
any appearance OF puncture in flesh
tracked by centipede; and instead
of double red line, such as his two
lines of feet might be expected ia
produce. only one red trail. There.
fOSe l think that he simply exudes oil
deposits an acrid fluid. which irri
tates and infames the flesh. Ii
those cases where persons have dice
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
The Girls and the Men,

'Men are peculiar creatures" said
the girl in white as she nestled closer
to the big pile of sofa cushions. Il
have noticed that the shy, bashful.
Self-conscious man can be captured
twice as easy as the chatty man who
thinks girls are the dearest things on
earth and usually tells them so. l
have known men that couldn't but
ton girls glove or help her on with
wrap without an embarrassed man.
ner that was absolutely painful march
up to girl and propose without bit
of hesitation. Yet the man who
is called "a confirmed old maid will
make love to every girl he meets. and
unless an exceptionally smart little
woman angles for him he spends his
days in bachelordom. 1t is those
men Of whom every one says: oh,
he'll never marry: he hasn't enough
courage to ask girl to be his wife,
that sends whole community into
universal heart disease by calmly tell
ing them of his engagement Now,
l can't understand it at all unless it
is that the bashful man takes it for
granted that women are angels and
the other man knows what artful
creatures they are "
II remember man who always
took two or even three girls to parties
and simply wouldn't become the prop
erty of any one of them" said the
girl in pink. III he gave one a box
of bonbons every other girl in the
set had box, too He certainly was
the most unimpressionable person
ever saw in my life. All the girls
were head in love with him and he
was finally carried off by domineer-
ing little person who kept him busy
obeying her orders. And how that
girl did crow about it. The very day
after he proposed to her she visited
every one of those other girls and
asked them to be bridesmaids -
Record
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

imported European-Americans,w with
legislative, executive, and judicial
departments, trial by jury and right
OF appeal to the Supreme Court The
men, as a rule, are handsome. and
the women comely, frequently even
beautiful. Altogether the five tribes
have in bank and in the United
States treasury the aggregate sum of
Sl9, 900, 900; they own 10000. 900
acres of land, some of it literally I'm.
derlaid with deposits of coal, iron,
and other rich mineral resources, the
whole valued at 800. 900, 900 ana
easily salable at that figure o-day:
they produce between SIS, 600. 900 and
So, OO0, 900 worth of farm crops every
year, and their live stock is estimated
at 156, 900 head. Besides all this
they have prOsp rous cities and towns,
with schools. newspapers, factories,
mills, and workshops in large num-
bers and sl77, 066 worth OF church
property. Not counting their stock,
houses, mills or factories. but simply
their land, trust funds and farm
products, the per capita wealth of the
five tribes, men, women and children,
is sl,Sl2.
The Shattered Tribes.
Near by, in the territory of Okla
hOma, are numerous tribes of very
wealthy Indians. Among these are
the Cheyennes and Arapahoes, who
number only 3,2l0, but have
81. OCo. 900 held in the treasury in
trust, and 81, 500, 600 more as the pro-
ceeds from the sale of some land three
years ago, making 81, 500, 900 in all, or
S77S per capita. They also own a vast
body of land. The Otoes and Mis-
souris, small band of 362, also re-
siding in Oklahoma, west of the Paw
nees, have s6Ol ,OS5 in the treasury, a
per capita OF s1,663. Their lands,
likewise, are exceedingly rich. The
Iowas in Oklahoma, numbering 26O,
have in the treasury Sill, 543, or
1859 per capita, and the Sacs and
Foxes, just east of the Iowas, have
$500. 900 in the treasury. Number
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

Indians on the continent, and are able
to put from 5000 to 1000 fighting
men in the field on the shortest no
tice. The Moouis, of Arizona. and
the PueblOs, of New Mexico. neigh
bors of the Navajos, are also quite
rich and live under an ancient form
OF government, holding their lands
by patents issued by the Spanish
Government 400 years ago and since
confirmed by the United States Gov
ernment. The Pueblos alone own
300, 900 acres of land, which is worth,
exclusive of towns. $4,000, 900.
Our Eastern Tribes.
East of the Allegheny mountains,
the Eastern Cherokees. forming
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

to the American aborigine, so, the
poor Indian" has come to be regard
ed as proper pane, and the impress
sion prevails that 40" is poverty
stricken wretch, sitting disconsolately
som ewhere on desert waste. clothed
only in a tattercd blanket and be-
coming more destitute each year.
Exactly the reverse is true. however,
as is demonstrated by recently
taken Indian census. The fact is
that certain of our Indian tribes are
the richest people on the face of the
globe. Furthermore, they are be-
coming rapidly still weather., for, as
their numbers decrease, their wealth
per capita undergoes corresponding
increase.
Our Indian Population.
There are to-day 243, 534 Indians
men, women and children-in the
United States, and Of this number IS
per cent, or 1861 are self-sup-
porting and receive no subsistence
supplies from the Government. OF
the total number, 1913, All are known
as reservation Indians, residing as
wards Of the nation on 129 different
reservations in twenty States and
Territories, the reservations being
made either by law, by executive Or
der or by treaty and subject to in
crease or diminution by the Govern
ment at pleasure. These reservation
Indians own $13,6S4,5ls worth Of
horses, mules, swine, sheep and do
nestle fowls, which, with their other
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

He was only q barefootcd urchin
with tin pail, and as he trudged
along down Riverside drive he was
iaboriously whistling 1.-THE Man that
Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo"
but he stopped short to look at BIZ
cycle rider in a gay suit who went
'whizzing past.
Suddenly a horse and surry went
dashing by and the small boy made q
lquick Jump to get out of he way
The next moment he saw the bicycle
rider pick up the driver, a young
lady, who had been thrown to the
ground, and carry her to one of the
nearby benches. The young mar
looked around as if for help and
hailed the baretootcd boy.
Let me have your pail, bub,
quick" he exclaimed, II must have
some water. The young lady is
hurt"
But the barfooted hub" thrust his
pail obstinately behind him.
LET me have that pail. l say.
Can't you see, you little idiot, that
the young lady has been hurt?" and
he made a grab for the pail. But the
boy lodged.
"Y'e amt goin' to take my pail;
not much" exclaimed ''bub" eyeing
him closely. ''It's got something
in it,"
''Well empty it, you young block
bead. you Internal rat. I'll empty it
for yOu." and again he tried tosnatch
the pail
''Oh. no, yer don't" cried the UT.
chin as he started to run. .'Them's
crawfish. New York Herald.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

body polite incorporated under the
laws of North Carolina, are another
favored race. There are 1855 of
them and they hold 65,O acres of
land, of which 20, 900 acres are ara.
BILE, 30, 900 we'll suited for grazing
and 10000 covered with valuable
timber The Six Nations of New
York, progeny Of the original Iro-
quois made famous by Cooper's nov
els, are made up of the Onondaga,
Oneida, Tonawanda, Allegheny, Cat
taraugus, TuScarora and St. Regis
tribes and live on reservations of
their own, being sovereignties within
themselves, governed by a constitu-
tion ratified by the Legislature of
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

property and the trust funds owned
by many of the tribes, place them far
above the reach of want. The nom
reservation Indians, of whom there
are 1lO,117, are in an even more en-
viable condition. All are immensely
rich as tribes, and the degree Of en-
lightenment and civilization they
have attained is startling revela-
tion to the uninitiated.
The Richest Tribe.
The richest tribe and. probably,
the richest nation in the world is
the Delaware. Once this was a
powerful tribe in the Middle States,
but there are only 95 souls left of it,
and they are out in Oklahoma. They
have to their credit in the United
States treasury 1914, 16s, which is
$4,000 in cold cash to every man,
woman and papoose, besides their
per capita wealth to 81, 2O2. Next
to the Delawares are the Osages,
numbering 1,5O9, and living in Okla.
hOma, with a tribal government OF
their own. They have the sum Of
So, 295, O79 in the United States Treas
ury, a per capita fund of So, 496, bear
ing 1855 interest annually. In adj
dltion they own per capita -, 900
worth OF splendid land, making their
wealth 30, 800 per head.
The five civilized tribes inhabiting
the Indian Territory-the Choctaws.
Chickasaws. Cherokees, Creeks, and
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
Printer Lynch.

The printers stories that were told
last week brought out a new one
about a man named Lynch, which
illustrates the crankiness of the
printers nature. He had cases on
the Tribune, but he objected to work
ing Saturday night. Saturday night
is the heavy night on all morning
newspapers. and Mr.. Lynch might as
we'll have asked for marmalade with
which to paste his string" as ask to
get off that night. But he was a de-
termined man, and he had been a
printer long enough to be mean. and
there is nothing more ornery than
mean printer. except mean proof
reader, who does not belong to any
supernatural comparisons. So when
Mr.. Lynch had asked to be relieved
of Saturday night duty and had been
refused he just lay down and refused
to set more than 5000 ems for any
man.
The foreman did not want to cut
the elevator rope on Mr.. Lynch, so
he told him he need not work on Sat
urday night at all, and Mr.. Lynch
was glad. He went down to John
Jacky O'Brien's tunnel and over a
large glass of pilsener con1ded to
number of gentlemen who had arisen
from sleep as if awakened by an
alarm clock upon his entrance that
the man who would toll Saturday
night was little less than a serf
Thereafter Saturday night idleness
began to irk Mr.. Lynch, and in less
than a month he came down one Sat-
urday afternoon, took a chew of to-
baccO and started for his case.
Held on there. Lynch. Where are
you going?" demanded the foreman.
Going to work." said Mr.. Lynch.
~Oh, no; this is Saturday night"
"Mean to say l can't go to work?'
Certainly"
Going to make me stand a bobtail
week?"
cot course"
"Then as a member of Chicago Ty.
biographical Union 16, with my dues
paid up and working card in my
pocket, want to say that before I'll
let any slave driver of foreman pre-
vent me from working seven days a
week I'll resign"
And so he did, and went to work
in the Office Of the Plumbers Gazette.
where the type was as big as dough-
nuts and the proofreader marked
commas in the middle of words
Chicago Post.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
A Strange BIunder.

French law governing marriages
requires straight record of each IN
dividual's identity from birth to mar
riage, to make sure that it is marry
ing the righU persons. The other day
a man and woman presented them.
selves at the Marie. Everything
was according to rule, all the official
documents were in readiness When
these came to be examined, the brides
record Of baptism had set her down
as zone male child" There could be
TO going behind the returns The
Mayor refused to perform the cere-
mony, and the despairing couple went
off to consult a lawyer as to how the
bride could substantiate her sex in
the eyes of the French law with this
record against her.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
W no Did 1t?

Jack and Frank are brothers, aged
respectivel y5 and 4. The other day,
Jack was playing with box 0
matches in the nursery, when he set
fire to the room.
The next dag the father took the
lad into the charred room TO have a
talk with him, when the following
took place:
Nov, Jack, there seems to have
been fire in this room"
Eyes, so there has"
30, somebody playing with
matches, l suppose"
Eyes, farver"
And who was it,"
"Well, farver, if tell you. will
you be nswy?"
ANGRY. Why, what does that
matter? Who set fire to this room?"
''Well, farver, if yon won't be
angwy I'll tell you the twoof."
.'And what if l say l will be
angry?"
Then l shall say Fwank did it {"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

and the Ceur d'Alenes The latter,
numbering but 457, own sos, 500 acres
of land. Last year they received
half a million dollars from the Gov
eminent for a portion of their reser-
walton. Many of them, besides pos
sessing good farms. we'll stocked and
improved with permanent buildings,
have each from $1,000 to S., OO0 de-
posted in the local savings banks or
loaned out TO merchants over in Spo-
kane. Wash. Last year they had
4, 500 acres under prime cultivation
and sold S4S, 600 worth Of stock and
produce. This season they have 49,
900 acres in crop, or nearly 100 acres
for every family on the whole reser-
walton. They also have about 1922
900 acres under fence. They hold
5000 head of horses and 800 head
of cattle. The Nez Perces are larg-
er tribe, numbering l,S2S persons.
They possess 746, 65l acres of excel
lent land, or 400 acres per capita, a
large proportion Of which is under
thorough cultivation and bringing in
most remunerative returns.
The Southwestern Indian.
Down in Arizona is a large and
wonderfully rich tribe of a pastoral
Characteristic Navajos, numbering
II, 2O4 and owning 8, POS, 44O acres OF
land admirably suited to grazing.
They pursue stock.raising as nat
ural avocation and have 1853, 754
head of sheep. lis, 1913 head Of horses
and 9,lss head of cattle. They are
probably the best armed and equipped
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
Question OF Legal Interpretation
ONLY.

question Oh LeXal Interpretation
Only.
1t has not been so very long since
the old English court rules passed
out OF observance, and. when they
were in vogue, nowhere we're they OBJ
served more strictly than in South
Carolina The rules provided that
a lawyer when he spoke in court must
wear black gown and coat. and that
the Sheriff must wear a cooked hat
and sword. On one occasion law
yer named Pettigrue arose to speak
in case on trial
''Mr. Pettigrue,' said the Judge.
you have on light coat You can
not speak, sir"
20, your Honor" Pettigrue re-
piled. 'may it please the court, l
conform to the law"
"No, Mr.. Pettigrue, declared the
Judge, 'you have On a light coat
You cannot speak,"
but, your Honor" insisted the
lawyer, 'you misinterp ct Allow
me to interpret: The law says that
the barrister must wear black gown
and coat. does it not?"
"IeS" replied the Judge"
"And does your Honor hold that
it means that both gown and coat
must be black"
''Certainly, Mr.. PeLtigrue: certainly
SIR" answered his Honor"
"And the law further says" con-
tinued Mr.. Pettigrue, shat the
Sheriff must wear cooked hat and
sword. does it not?"
''Yes, yes, Mr.. Pettigrue." the
court answered somewhat impa:i-
emily.
"And do you mean to say your
Honor" Queried Pettigrue,H 4 that
the sword must be cooked as we'll as
the hat?"
"Eh?-er--h'm," mused his Honor.
"YOu-er-continu your speech,
Mr.. Pettigrue. ''--Louisville Courier
Journal
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
In the Tolls.

The burglar stepped lightly into
the room.
He moved forward in the dark,
with pistol in one hand and bottle
of chlorOform in the other. He was
desperate and ready for anything.
Suddenly his foot struck some-
thing, and the next second an indie.
Unable body hurled itself upon him.
With a muffied shrek of fear he
dropped his weapons and grappled
with the monster. He fought and
tore; he struck savagely at it in the
darkness; but all to no purpose. /
He was as child in the awful grasp
OF a giant Only for moment the
unequal battle ragged; then he sank
upon the floor, conquered. !;
They found him the next morning
cold and stiff; hut they were too late.s
And as the head of the house dissent
tangled the wires of his wife's hoon
skirt from about the unfortunate
burglars neck, he said softly: Poor
fellow! Set it again, Maria!'-Lon-
don Truth.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28

from the centipedc's attentions this
was probably due to some inflamma-
tory condition of the blood in the in
dividual, or possibly to the transfer
renee of sept!caemic matter over
which the insect might recently have
crawled Most people touched by a
centipede experience a resultant fever
and nausea, which is greatly miti-
gated by treatment, internal and To-
cal. with ammonia or even by the
process employed by the muletecr
class namely, rubbing the affected
part with garlic. The centipele is
easily detected in the dark, as it
makes a phosphorescent trail.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-28
HIS LAST Acr
Lost urs life While Trying to Serve . Com.
rade.

Lost IT'S life While Trying to Serve Com.
rade.
: In his personal Recoliections Of
Two Visits to Gettysburg" Mr. A.
H. Nickerson gives his experience in
the terrible battle where he was
shot through one arm and through
the lungs. BY strange piece Of luck,
he says one of the hospital atten-
dants picked up and brought to him
his young servant, Jerry, IA mite Of
n fellow. whom it would be SANDER
To mention as colored' boy" He
was the blacklist OF negroes, and about
rs broad as he was long,
His duties had heretofore been con-
fined tn backing my shoes when in
camp and carrying my haversack
and rubber coat when on the march.
TO these last mentioned art Giles he
still chung. so that when it began to
rain the little rubber coat was used
to cover me. 1t covered only small
part Of my person, but Inadequate as
it was, it was more than many of my
comrades had.
The rain poured in torrents satu.
rating the exposed portions Of my
clothing until, with the aid of a shall
low pool that formed where l lay. it
permeated the whole. and l was
thoroughly drenched. At times be-
came unconscious, but l recovered
sufficiently1tO miss the little cover
which the rubber coat had afforded.
felt around for it in the dark
ness, and could not imagine where it
had gone. The next day the mystery
was explained. Little Jerry had
visited me during one of my uncon-
scious spells and, believing that was
dead, had constituted himself my ex-
.ecutor and sole administrator, and
taken charge of my effects, consisting
of the haversack and the aforesaid
rubber coat
To add to my distress l was seized
ltoward morning with an awful thirst.
Though the rain was pouring down
my face and over my now totally un-
protected body, wanted water as I
had never wanted it before. called
again and again. but no one came.
Those who were not disabled were
sleeping too soundly for one feeble
voice to awaken them.
Finally sergeant of my regiment,
who was lying near, answered and
eaid he would try and get some water
for me. | heard the rattling OF his
| canteen as he started toward the
| creek, but he did not return.
He had been badly wounded him.
self, and daylight showed that in his
| effort to succor his fellow soldier ne
had fallen near the banks of the
stream and there bled to DEATH
''9reater love hath no man" than
was here shown by Sergt. Tracy.