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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
Uphold the Law.

Public attention has been strongly
directed of late to the evil result of
attempting to meet crime with law
lessness. OF furnishing cruelty and
brutality in cruel and brutal way.
In several States there have been pc.
culiarly atrociOus instances of lynch
ing. and the horror has been empha-
sized in at least two cases by the dis
covery that the victims of the mobs
were wrongly accused.
These shameful actions have
aroused general discussion, and have
produced revulsion Of feeling in
those sections OF the country where
lynching has been most common.
The respectable citizens have hast
ened to disavow the actions of the
mob-some OF which have been in-
describably cruel and fiendish.
1t is encouraging to read in many
Of the local papers eager disavowal
OF these acts on behalf of the com.
munities; and even to see something
like a serious attempt to punish the
leaders of the mob.
If this sentiment increases as it
should, such barbarities will. in a few
years, be as impossible in all of our
country as they are now in most of it
and in civilized foreign lands.
Lynching is never to be justified,
unless it be 10 the rare cases where
community is so isolated that there
is no legal machinery for the detec.
ton and punishment of crime.
There is now no such community
in this country, and every lynching
merely makes the regular operation
of the law more difficult Youths
Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

and that in the end I would tramnia hor
in my fury.
flnaiiy. l resolved to make formal
1emand Tor Marie's hand, and to ask
rather Ronbieu to set the day for our
marriage The old patriarch-for he
was seventy paSt-received ME with the
utmost friendliness, and after little
eood.h9mored raillery my request was
granted and Marie's soft, white hand
was iaid in mine. l was beside myself
WIN Joy l tossed her up as father
would his child. l caught her thick
cluster OF hair in my hands and hid my
didn't care. However, at last the teas
ing became too troublesome l took NV
beautiful sweetheart by the hand and
we walked away in the direction of the
river 1t had rained great deal of late
and the GarOnne was swollen and angry.
Inc villagers OF Saint Jory had been
warned that the river might make a
sudden rise. but Father Roubieu had
laughed at the warning.
Marie and had reached the slope of
the bank and were strolling along hand
In hand when suddenly terrible cry of
mingled fear and horror burst upon orr
ears
The river! The river!" it shrieked.
halted and caught Marie up in my
arms as If to save her from some savage
Deast The water was at our very feet.
sprang lightly up the bank but it fol-
lowed me with swift and relentless fury,
Duboilng, gurgling, rushing, foaming
with my beloved clasped tightly to my
breast. l broke into a run. 1t was
needed. for. as l glanced behind, l was
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

She knew what was doing, for her face
lightened, and throwing her arms around
my neck she drew me down to her, and
pressed her lips upon mine in a long,
! silent kiss
! As we walked slowly down into the
/ water l turned and cried out to Father
| Roubieu
! courage, father, courage. The flood
has spent its force. The moment reach
the church, I'll organize relief party
aad return for you and Veronica
But the old man shook his head and
/ replied:
mo, no my son: don't think of it. After
| your battle with the flood it would 10
your death. II you reach the church
with Marie, live for her l know you
will be tood husband to her. Cod
bless you both, my children. and fare
we'll"
| AS we moved slowly down the slope of
the roof burst of childish laughter
reached our ears. 1t was Veronica Her
reason had fled. At last my feet no
longer felt the tiles beneath them. l
was swimming slowly away. had given
Marie instructions how to support her
self in the,water without dragging too
much on me. The rope y,as fastened
| around my neck and in this way |
scarcely felt the weight of Marie's body
as drew her over the boiling and sceth-
ing surface of the flood
Now, again peals of laughter reached
us from the roof, the soft, shriIl tones of
veronica, mingled with the deep and
awful roar of Father Roubieu's stentorian
volce-a terrible harmony attuned to the
! widest, maddest mirth 1t still rings in
my ears, after the flight of long years
1t froze my very soul, this dreadful
music OF madness, this awful hlarity of
despair.
For few moments all went we'll |
mad about quarter of mile to swim in
order to reach the church, and it seemed
mere child's play for me to make head
way against the torrent l was begin
ming to be myself again, and the pride in
my glorious strength was coming back to
me. A strange and utterly indescriba-
BILE happiness thrilled my frame In a
few moments should reach the church
and be able to place my beloved in per-
feet safety.
But suddenly dark object came drift
ing down upon us l made terrific efforts
to lurch ahead and drag Marie out of its
way, but too late. 1t came between us,
and one end of the object, which seemed
to be fragment Of roof, struck me
1alr and full on the temple l made SUI
perhuman efforts to hold on to my con-
seriousness, but a terrible roaring sounded
in my ears and l swooned MY last
recollection was a sensation of strangling
as went under the water and prickling
against the balls of my eyes as strug-
gled to keep them open and look for
Marie, Then life went out.
TO DE CoNTINCED
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
A Bad Kind of Interviewer.

II had wellknown citizen ask
me the other day If did not think
Jones, a friend, was an odd man."
said man-about-town. II simply
replied, oh, don't know What
do you think he did? He went away
and told another friend that l had
slandered Jones and had asked
him. Don't you know that he is an
odd and mean MANI l said nothing
of the kind, but he had made use of
the thought which was in his own
mind and for which he did not clre
to assume the responsibility as long
As he could place it upon somebody
else Well, there are lots of such
men in the world, and they make
trouble for innocent people. The
only wav you can get even with them
when they ask you questions about
Others in an insinuating way is to
make fiat denial. That breaks
them all up, for then they cannot
palm off their own thoughts as yours
unless they are ready to become fiat
footed liars. The question of the
treatment of such persons is an in
teresGing one, for you do not know
them at first, and only learn their
faults, their eccentricities, and per-
haps, their malice and worse atfec-
tions by familiarity with them. The
best thing to do is to let such persons
severely alone. They are like pitch
you are not defiled if you do not
come in contact with them. l speak
as philosopher and as one having
experience. "-Cincinnatl Times.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
A Hint to the Wise,

The lady of the house was in bad
humOr when the tramp knocked at
the kitchen door, and she was in nc
disposition to be kind. However, he
didn't know it,
'Will YOU please and give me bit
of breakfast, ma'am:" he said in
great anxiety.
mo" she replied, with snap;
''there's nothing In the house fit to
eat"
That's what the lady next door
told me-" more humbly than before,
''but told her COULDN'T believe it
unless l heard it myself, ma'am."
and he started away expecting to be
called back in the regulation manner,
but 1t wouldn't work
..Humph," she exclaimed. as she
slammed the door; II wonder if thai
tramp thinks l never read the
humorous department of the news
papers Free Press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
a BIRDS BOARDING HOUSE.
The Busy Season Nearly Over Now, bue
Has Been q Good One.

The Busy season Nearly Over Row, bus
Has Been a Good One.
birds Taken to Board" is the sign
in the window of a little store on
Fourth avenue, and as it attracted
the attention Of a New York Mail
and Express man he went inside to
make few inquiries
A small boy with bright eyes and y
nimble wit was looking after the
business, and was ready with all the
desired information.
1--WE have lots of bird bOarders
every summer" he said, land about
three-Quarters of 'em are canaries.
The other quarter is parrots and some
times some other kinds OF birds like
a parokuet, or q pair OF love birds, or
Il jackdaw. Not often any of that
kind though, and not any OF 'em this
summer People begin to bring 'cm
here about June l, but the rush don't
come till July and August Then
we're crowded. and it stays crowded
Till Sept. !. The boarders seem to
like it first rate. It's a pleasant
change for 'em I guess, and IL they
don't get petted SO much as they do
at home they see the other birds and
that's nice for 'em. They sing
together, or talk, il they're parrots, :
and seem to be real sOciable, like folk
in IA real boarding house. The bo.s
says he sets good table for 'enl, too.
OF course that's a joke: but it's a true
joke, all the same, and they get all
the things birds like il they don't
disagree with 'em. Some of the par
rots gets luxuries two or three times
a week. Luxuries cost extra, of
course. Plain board for parrots is
40 cents a week with medicine ii they
get sick, but parrots is pretty tough.
Canaries only pay 20 cents a week.
That amt quite fair to the canaries,
perhaps. for parrot'll eat ten times
as much as a canary. But then we
have to take just as much care of
canary. so l guess 20 cents Is fair.
Do you see that old gray and pink
parrot? Well, he's boarded here
every summer for thirty years. OF
course didn't see him every summer,
for l ant but II years old. but the
boss says So and what he says goes.
He's one Of the luxury parrots He's
pretty fly bird, the boss says
That's q joke, too, and true one
like the other, cause he is pretty fly.
He can talk like anything when he
wants to, and he knows more things
to say than all the other parrots put
together He's 35 years old, and he's
going home next Thursday. The
lady that owns him was in this morn
ing, and he said: "Hello. Mrs.
Smith, you're quite stranger and
kissed her through the bars"
''Do you board other pets?" asked
the Maikand Express man.
Mix" replied the small boy. 'or
not unless they are little things like
Guinea pigs or squirrels. We had q
pair Of Guinea pigs this summer.
Fifty cents week for the pair and a
squirrel for quarter The squirrel
got out one day and gave me and the
boss over dollars worth of bother.
He only stayed two weeks, so it
didn't paw One man wanted the
boss to board goldfish for two
months for 81. so and said he'd sup
ply the fish food, but the boss said
Nix not for 81. so week"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
Drilling for Oil or Gas,

When a gas or oil we'll is located the
first step is to build over it derrick
which is frame from 60 to 80 feet
high, built of ks timber in the form
of square pyramid. In this is erected
walking beam" or horizontal rock
ing shaft, pivoted in the middle, TWEEN
ty-six feet long, one end of which is
connected to the crank shaft of the en-
CINE; to the other is suspended the
drill" or boring tool. The drill "bit"
consists of a steel chisel blade.
obtuse but sharp, about eight inches
wide, with shaft, about six in rhes in
diameter, about six feet long, weighing
about $50 pounds. The lower or cut
ting part is of steel, the shaft is of
iron. The "stem" is of iron rod of the
same size as the shaft of the bit, into
which it is screwed. and is 33 feet long
and weighs over 1900 pounds
In the upper end of the stem is q
ring by which the whole is suspended
by 244-inch manila rope The drill
is raised about three feet for stroke,
the weight being about 1890 pounds,
and let fall on the rocks beneath. The
number of strikes average about forty
five per minute.-Indiaad Farmer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

UCIuS. vas Very
proud OF it, however, and nothing
founded sweeter in my ears than the
cheers which greeted me after perform
ng some startling feat, or overcoming
n wrestling bout some rival who was
Ilder and heavier than l. Nor was this
The only praise bestowed upon me.
vas courted and admired by the women
1t every country fcte, and the mothers
look great pains to bring their beautiful
daughters to my notice. All in vain
however, for Of all things marriage
'eemed to be most distant from my
thoughts. People said it was vanity
that kept me from liking anybody but
myself They wronged me. | tried to
'all in love. but no face looked upon
lad the power to fascinate me in the
east. Then it was whispered about
.hat / was to be sent to Paris to serve as
! sculptOrs model, and malicious people
predicted that that would be the last of
Gaspard Rabuteau.
When l had just completed my nine
ieenth year l was invited one. day to a
country feast at the village of Saint
Tory, on the Garonne, and here l met
Marie Roubeu, the granddaughter of o
rich old farmer by that name. Never
had | gazed upon such beautiful girl
She seemed out Of place among the
ethers-sO gentle was she in manner,
and such celestial sweetness looked
out of her big brown eyes. Even when
She smiled there was tinge of sadness
about her delicate Madonna-like face.
about which clustered thick curls Of
golden brown hair.
l heard her ask who l was, and saw
her dark eyes grow darker when SOme-
Dne answered:
"Take care; that's Gaspard Rabu-
teau. Don't fall in love with him He
Tears neither God nor mani"
Evidently the words had panied her,
but she met me with smile when l was
presented to her, and felt certain that
her soft brown eyes were searching my
lace carefully to see whether there was
any truth in the warning she had re-
eeived. Again and again did l surprise
her with her gaze riveted upon my face.
She was communing with her soul. What
would her decision be?
About this time came the WORD that
Martial the Lion of the South. re-
nowned wrestler, would attend the fete
at Toulouse, and the walls were filled
with posters summoning every country
Hercules from far and near to match his
strength against the champion.
When my mother learned of my in
tention to face the terrible Martial, she
broke out into loud lamentation. He
might snap one of my limbs-injure me
for life, nay, possibly leave me dead in
the arena But l laughed at all such
fears, and when the day came / walked
calmly into the ring amid the encourag-
Ing vivas OF tens OF thousands of ad-
mirers The struggle must have been a
magnificent one to contemplate, for we
were very evenly matched in strength,
but l had the greater agility and staying
powers. | could hear his breathing
grow more and more labored. Then l
felt that victory was mine, and with
fond hope that the beautiful Marie was
watching me, | lifted my colossal an
tagonist high in the air and landed him
upon his back with his shoulders pressed
firmly against the ground. A mighty
outburst of applause greeted me, and
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

eyes, in which could see the tears glist-
ening as the moonlight fell upon her
face, She said with an almost imper-
ceptible warmth:
"Nay, nay, not so, my beloved; we must
not part that way, my lover. my husband;
on thy breast, on thy breast"
Oh, the bliss of that embraced For
the first time in many year l discover
ed that my lips were repeating one OF
the prayers which my mother had taught
me. Marie fixed her eyes upon my face.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
Twenty-Five Pounds of Sure Death

1Wenty.nVe ROUNDS Oh sure DEATH
A small pine box Of about 12xls
inches in size was unloaded at the
station OF the New York Central in
Rochester few days ago and in a
few minutes was thrown ON truck
by young man named Patrick Shea,
employed by the railroad In wheel.
ing the truck to the northwestern
side Of the station Shea ran the truck
against door and the box was thrown
violently to the floor. Shea then
again threw the box on the truck,
pushed the vehicle to the storeroom
and dumped the box on the floor.
Then he thought he would learn
what was in the box and opened it
with an ak. When he lifted the
corner of the box he saw within it
several innocent looking little fuses,
with ornamental copper caps at.
tached, all ready to be used in eX.
plOding at the proper time the twenty
five pounds of dynamite contained in
the box. Since this discovery Mr..
Shea has had pa lpitation of the heart
whenever he has thought about the
affair New York Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04
Gapad Rablteal's Conversion.
BY EMILE lola.
English adaptation bv PHILIPPE Provost
CHAPTER T..

Y name is Gas
pard r a b Il
|teau, and | was
raised on my
fathers farm.
Even as a boy
my S rem g t h
was so great
as to attract
he attention
of those who
saw me at work
- Al -,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

"Can you COOKE" he asked.
"1es," she replied
"Can you sew"
Yes"
Can YOU wash and iron?"
yes"
will you be my wife,"
NO. What you evidently want is q
hired girl. "-SOmerpille Journal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

during harvest time; but |
was good-natured, and
neither at school nor after l
had grown up could any one
say l had ever used my
wonderful strength to injure
a human heinp 7 was vorv
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

A COMPOSING stick-A scl00lM asa
ter's rattan.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-04

ONE of Dug church deacons de6nea
dancing as "hugging to music"
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
Origin Of the Word "QnIz."

The word "quiz," which some OF
the dictionaries variously define as
ITO make fun OF, "a riddle or puzzle, !"
"to play tricks upon, etc, was coined
BY the elder Sheridan when he was
lessee of the Grow Theater, Dublin.
While at drinking party with a
number Of his friends after the close
Of the theater one Saturday night,
the subject turned upon the intro
duction of new words into the Ian-
guage. Finally Sheridan offered to
wager a dozen bottles of wine that he
could coin word which would be in
everybody's mouth the next day. The
bet was taken, and when the party
dispersed Sheridan rang up the call
boys and gave each dozen pieces of
chalk. He next ordered them to spend
the night writing the word "quiz" on
every door, doorstep, fence and shut.
ter they came to, promising to each
boy three shillings if the work was
found to be well executed before
morning. These directions were car
RED out TO the letter; and. as a mat
ter of course, the new word was
heard on every side next day. There
was much speculation as to the prob
able meaning of the four letters SO
oddly put together. the more timid OF
the population interpreting them as
some revolutionary sign. The true
motive and the circumstances under
which the word was coined finally
leaked OUT. since which time it has
had the meaning given in the open
ing.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
HICKS ON THE WEATHER.

Prof. Hicks predicts all sorts of
weather for January, 1893. He says
from the lst to the 9th there will be
storms of rain, sleet and snow. We
nus from December 2sth, and Mercury
on January 4th, will combine for the
period. Prepare for billiards north;
heavy sleet and rain south. A bitter
cold wave will appear behind the
storms up TO about the 9Th or 9th.
On aud near these dates, temperature
will rise aud storms return, followed
By great cold Warmer 10 west about
18th, eliminating in hard winter
storms from l4th TO 18th. Be pre-.
pared. A cold wave, wide and ex.
IRENE, will spread south and east,
lasting TO next period, except. poss-
IDLY, rise in temperature, with
storms ON and next TO the goth.
Fom Gath TO 9Th, look for return OF
rain and snow, aud after a few days
OF warmer weather, for very hard
fr ezing up % about the 3lst. Upon
the Whole January will be very cold
and irving BE ready for it Re
member your stick.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
Important LocGt NetOs.

Two Hammock Carts for sale cheap.
Apply at Pioneer Drug Store
Go to Dippel's for confectioneries,
10c to Acc per pound
Choice Eastern apples by the bar
rel or box at Dippels
Old papers for sale at this Office at
so cents per hundred. Call and get
your winters supply.
An elegant line Of Ladies and Chill
dren's shoes at Mrs. Holbrook's which
are being sold at a bargain. Call and
get pair before they are all gone.
NEW MILLINERY just arrived on in
voice. Winter Hats, Feathers, Rib
bons, etc Call and get what you
want in this line at Mrs. Holbrooks.
CLoAKs CLoAKs ! CLoAKs
Why will you go cold when you car
get cloaks of any description at Mrs
Holbrooks7
Grow Bar and Royal baking pow
ders 35c Id. at Dippels.
D. Fl. Biethan has just received I
car of furniture.
Choice Japan tea zoe ID. at Dippel'i
| SMALL HOUSE for rent, two rooms
newly repaired. Also new Whit
Sewing Machine for sale. Cheap.
Apply PIONEER DRUe STORE.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
NOTICE FOR BIDS.

Notice is hereby given that sealed
bids will be received by the Clerk Of
the Board of County Commissioners
at Blackfoot, Idaho, for the care and
nursing in case of sickness, boarding
and lodging of the paupers of Bing-
ham County. At the same time will
be received bids for the burial of the
bodies Of paupers in case of death
Also separate bids for medical attend
ance and medicines for said paupers.
No bids will be received after Jan
uary G. 1893.
The Board reserves the right 10 re-
ject any and all bids.
NJ. PATRIE,
Clerk.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
A NICE LAW POINT.

Dick Hamhlett died a few days ago
at Hot Springs, Arkansas. His re-
mains we're shipped to his home G..
o D., charges 1882. His family
could not raise the amodnt when the
remains reached the home station but
paid sl5U down. The next day
friends returned to the express agent
with the balance, 1892, aud demand
ed the corpse. Somebody had stolen
it during the night and replevined the
$3.50 before paid Four days after
wards the agent found that the corpse
b I'd been boried in the grave origin
ally dug for it. The express com
pany cannot find the thieves and
wants to know who is to pay the 1882
charges.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
EsTRAY.

Came to my ranch about LIST, Of
September, 1892, one spotted COW,
red and white, branded 3 on left
hip. Owner will pay expenses and
take her away or she will be sold as
the law directs.
Blackfoot, Idaho, G. w. BENJANN
Dec. "a, 1892.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
A TALE wlTH 4 MORAL.

A Bear who bal been invited 10
visit the Wolf had no sooner entered
th, house than be burst Into tears aud
40 once withdrew.
.'why, my friend said the Wolf,
~ he overlook hun. what means this
STANCE conduct 7 Have ! said or
d me anything to uifend2'
"0h, no, but tue first thing | saw
on entering Your house was a bear.
skin rug, aud am not Bruin whS
c,u look upon the hide OF deceased
brother or sister aud conceal my emo.
lions. Excuse me, but that pelt
might have even belonged to my
mutiler.in.law, aud YOU may have been
her murderer"
"My dear sir" observed the Wolf.
"your emotion does you credit, but !
ain Obliged 10 inform you that il has
been wasted. "
eWhdl nni M eyes deceive mc2"
"rhr, did. Yankee ingenuity now
t,ke, caifskin, IA supple of glass
eycs aud a handful uf wooden claws
aud produces a beautiful bearskin Ia
sell III S4.5U On tie installmcnt plan.
For your further Information let me
say that your respected mother-in.law
has long been doing duty as a masto.
don l6'fcet high and 1000 years old
in museum
MORAL:
Be sure you are right, then weep
also, keep track Of your mother-in.
law.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-01-07
1T SHOULD BE IN EVERY HOUSE.

J. B. Wilson, 81 Clay St. Sharps.
burg. Pa, says he will not be without
nr. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption, Coughs and Colds, that it
cured his wife who was threatened
with Pneumonia after an attack of
4La Grippe" when various other
remedies aud several physicians had
done her no good. Robert Barber. OF
cooksport, Pa. claims DR.. Kings
New Discovery has done him more
good than anything he ever used fol
Lung Trouble. Nothing like it. Try
it. Free Trial Bottles at Belle &
Sons Drug Store. Large bottles soc
and $l.0O.