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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
How tho World Wings,


FOUR new cases of cholera have oc-
Cured in Berlin.
THE Robinson Pressed Glass Works,
GAINESVILLE, Ohio, resumed, employing
200 men.
MRS. JANE WRIGHT, an employment
agent OF Kansas City, Mo-, was found
murdered in her Office.
EXAMINATION of the personnel of
the new French Chamber does not JUS
tify hope of tranquility.
In a saloon fight at ST. Louis Patrick
Cummings stabbed Charles Bohn to
death and made his escape.
EMMA GOLDMAN, the notorious an
archist now in Jail in New York, is
either insane Or is feigning.
FIRE in a dwelling at Cincinnati re-
suited in the injury OF a number of peo-
pie in their efforts to escape.
OFFICIALS OF the Ward Steamship
Line have violated the law in the land
ing of Cinnamon at New York.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED Spanish cigar
makers in New York struck on account
OF reduction Of 50 per thousand.
The Amalgamated Association at
Pittsburg has agreed to 10 per cent.
reduction in wire rod wage scale.
WILL SULLIVAN, the son of Free
man Sullivan, Of the Woodbridge stove
works, was shot and killed at Memphis
by Dan Doherty, the watchman of the
Memphis Brick Company.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

JoE JEFFERSON has written to a
friend in Cincinnati letter in which
he says: There has been so much
stun in the papers about my illness
that l am afraid the public will
fancy 1 am making bid for its SYM
pathy, like the prima donna who
loses her summer jewels previous to
her fall engagement" Joe Jefferson
will never have to advertise for pub
lie sympathy SO long as the memory
of Rip Van Wrinkle lasts.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

THERE is serious doubt in the
minds OF many whether a great naval
power has the means through its
armed ships to maintain the SUI.
premacy assumed because of such
warlike possessions. There are writ
ers who claim that Great Britair
dare not go to war, for fear that the
respect given her great navy would
disappear because it would prove ut
terly inadequate to the work 70.
which it is ostcnsibly intended. l.
is regarded as a bluff rather than 2
safe dependence in the time OF war,
and there are many anxiously await
ing the result of some test which
will settle this mooted question. But
the Emperor OF Germany wants more
nay as we'll as more army, and will
not hesitlte to impose an additional
4O,00O,Oo marks upon the German
people IL he can carry out his am
bilious purpose. He wants to ranb
with England as naval power.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

MANY intelligent people have
sought information in regard to the
nature Of the trick by which cur
rency is sold in New York at a pre-.
MUM, and as to the medium used in
purchasing silver, notes, coin, bank
paper, and greenbacks at from two
to five Per cent. above their face
value. The transaction which is
called selling currency at u premium
isDnot like selling gold at premium
over paper currency. The New York
banks do not pay out money, except
in limited quantities, on the checks
Of their depositors II man has
money deposited in bank, and
wants more currency than it will let
him have, it certitles his check, and
this certified check he uses in the
purchase of currency. The fact is,
there is no premium on currency, but
the certified bank checks sell at d
discount. 1t is not impossible that
some Of the money locked up passed
out at the back door tt be used in
buying up checks on the bank. There
was no premium on currency, OF
rather discount on checks, In Chica'
go, because the banks paid out cur.
rency across their counters on the
checks Of depositors.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

Schneidemuhl had q town pump
which had supplied them with good
water for many years. During tho
cholera epidemic last summer the
water fell under suspicion, which
analysis seem to confirm. 1t was
therefore determined to go deeper,
and the pipes of an artesian well
were put down. At depth Of fifty
four meters an underground reservoir
was tapped, and the water, pressed
on by the superintendent soil, rushT
up with great force. When tho
artesian pipe was stopped the water
forced its way outside. the pipes,
bringing up with it quantities OF
sand. Since then, all efforts to stop
the flow have been useless, and as the
water rises the earth sinks. The
obvious inference seems to be that so
long as there was no escape for it the
water formed an incompressible
stratum on which the upper earth
rested in safety. Every hydraulic
press illustrates the enormous force
water will bear and will convey when
no outlet is provided for it: but let
there be vent and it yields to a
touch. So with the hidden water
stratum under the Posen town. 1t
bore up the weight. Of fifty
meters of solid earth so long as there
was no outlet, but the artcsian pipe
let it loose, and it rushed out from
its confinement. the soil it had borne
above it necessarily sinking down.
The danger of artcsian wells has
always been theoretically recognized,
but this case is the first in which it
has teen practically illustrated.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

EIGHT attempts at suicide In Chi
cago in one day, six of them success
full, indicate at first sight that tho
epidemic OF self-destruction reported
from Europe has spread to this coun.
try. In London and Paris boys of Is
and Is, happily situated and with
nothing to tempt them to suicide,
have been making way with them
selves, and the papers are filed with
arguments for the moral right and
sometimes duty Of self-destruction
But in Chicago most Of the suicides
are traceable to causes which do away
with the theory OF moral epidemic.
Most Of those who have taken their
own lives have been men or women
respondent from ill-health. lack Of
employment or other depressing cir
cumstances. 1t is noticeable, too,
that majority OF the victims were
of foreign birth. The American
temperament is hopeful and does not
yield to encouragement readily, or If
it does 1t quickly RECEIVERS. There
may be an unusually large percent
age of suicides while the financial
depression continues, but with q re-
turn of confidence and the resump.
ton of business men will look on tue
brighter side of things. There is
nothing in the atmosphere of this
country to encourage the formation
Of suicide clubs and similar grewsome
organizations such as flourish in the
morbid and unhealthy civilization of
Paris and London. The American
faces death as bravely as any man,
but he does not court it, nor does he
invoke it as a cure for evils that can
be overcome by the exercise of cour.
age and perseverance-the two dis
tinctively American qualities.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
A CURE FOR SOMNAMBULlSM.
After All Other Remedies Had Failed the
Lady Was Sewn Up In a Bag.

After All Other Remedies Had Failed the
Lady Was Sewn Up in Bag.
A young lady at school became a
somnambulist She rose from bed
and walked in her sleep. l was taken
into consultation, and suggested va
riOus expedients, such as sedatives,
sleeping draughts, and network to
put around the bed at night. All,
however. had been tried in this in
stance, and all in vain. l then
thought for little, and hit upon the
following plan:
l directed her night-dress to be
sewed up at the foot so that it formed
large bag, and then l had the
sleeves heightened so much that each
sleeve, after going round the body,
reached the front, where it met the
other sleeve. and was securely fas-
tened to it.
The whole dress was loose, but the
long sleeves prevented the hands
from being used to get rid of the
dress, while, from the end being
sewed up, the feet could not be used
in progression. AT the same time
the dress freely permitted the wearer
to roll about from side to side in her
slumber.
Night came, and our charge retired
to bed in her new-fangled night
dress, with which she was amused.
The usual hour for the night walk
came. Her attendants were strictly
enjoined not to stir. She raised her
self up as usual in the sitting DOS
ture, then stood upright and COM
menced to walk. The second step
was trip, for the foot behind held
the bottom of the bag in which she
stood. She stumbled, fell forward,
and awoke, and was put back into
bed, where she soon fell asleep.
And now came curious change in
the phases of the atfliction. She
would still rise from bed each night.
but made no further attempt to walk
as before. She would stand erect.
and keeping the knees perfectly rigid,
spring straight upward from the floor,
and thus dance about the room. This
she would continue until thoroughly
fatigued, and then retired quietly to
bed to sleep. l am glad to add the
case ended ina perfect cure Pear
sons Weekly.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

$4,000 Indians resident in the Indian
Territory.
The price to be paid the Cherokees
by the government is 90, 500, 1856. There
being {, l44 ,6S2 acres of the land, the
net price per acre is S1.O5.
Each settler on the new lands, before
receiving a patent, is required to pay,
beside fees, the sum of $3.50 per acre
between parallels sc and 97a, the sum
of 81 so per acre between CIT and 9St,
and 100, together with four per cent.
from the date Of entry until the final
payment. Some of the lands between
parallels sc and 974 are worth $50 per
acre in the wild state. They are splen-
didly watered and within easy distance
OF several thriving towrs in Kansas
and Arkansas, and every foot of it is
capable of cultivation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

The people were asleep on the floor
on mattresses. old carpets, pallets,
and bundles of straw and rags. In
the basement l found fourteen
double-deckers (bunks ranged one
above another). There are also sew
eral double-deckers upstairs. The
upper floor had twenty more beds.
There are on an average three per-
sons in each room. The rooms are
SXl0 feet in dimensions. I found
children sleeping on the floor on bags,
bundles of rags, and some under the
beds while the parents were sleeping
above them. The basement was
foul and reeking with dampncss.
There found a sick man lying on a
mattress on the floor, which was all
wet and rotted away with dampness
asked him why they did not put
him in bed upstairs. They said he
had no money and that was good
enough for him. The basement is
six feet four inches from the floor to
ceiling. The walls were dirty and
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

glasses and bent over the basket.
With the air Of man who hasn't been
catching and weighing bass all summer
for nothing, he said:
That's nine-and-a-quarter FOUNDER
or there's something wrong with the
scales"
The Doctor then lifted the basket
once more. The indicator stopped
short at the figure 8.
Good heavens!" the President ex-
claimed, in a frightened tone. "Only
four pounds. Why, Doctor!"
"It's all right" the Doctor said.
The basket got caught on my arm"
He freed it and the indicator shot
down to twenty with thud.
well, I'll be -" the President be-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

RUDDY KIPLING, who despises
Americans so thoroughly that he
wouldn't live among them, has never
theless apparently settled down for
good on his wife's farm near Brattle-
boro, VT He has built a singular
looking two-story house seventy feet
long, which he has fitted up in his
own peculiar style His study is the
best room in the house, being stu.
ated in the southeast corner and con-
tanning a fine bay window. Here Mr..
Kipling sits and damns the natives
At so much per column. varying his
labors by playing billiards ON a hand
some table in the attic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
BABY ON THE SCALES.

Interesting Ceremony In tho White House
Grover Makes . Close Guess.
Baby Ruth's sister was weighed the
other day. DR.. Bryant held the scales,
and lifted the precious weight, but he
set it down at a sign from the Presi.
dent. who said:
Wait minute. Let's guess her
weight"
"Ten pounds" said Mrs. Cleveland.
Eleven" Mrs. Perrine said.
DR.. Bryant looked at the youngster
critically, and said: "Nine and half
II should say" Thurher remarked,
with the air of q connoisseur, II should
say, we'll, now"
"Oh, guess, Thurber," the President
interrupted. Its not a matter of life
or DEATH"
Twenty pounds" Thurber said,
somewhat ratified, and he blushed like
a girl who had just been kissed and
caught at it.
Then the President, who had insisted
on having the last guess, put on his
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

gan. just then he saw that Baby Ruth
had hold of the basket. go away
from there, Ruth" he said, gently
pushing her off.
The basket rose as he did so and
settled at thirteen and half.
Gee whillikens." Thurber ex-
claimed, that's bouncer
and half"
Hold your horses, my boy" the
President observed, you must allow
for the basket. Let's see, four from
thirteen and half leaves nine and q
half"
Just my guess, DIR. Bryant OBJ
served.
yes, the President replied. but
you haven't allowed for her breakfast.
That weighs a quarter Of pound, so
you see that take the prize"
And with the proud step of con-
queror. he strobe from the room and
went into his office to resume his
work
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

Of many out Of employment seems to
have been direct consequence of
the locking up OF money which was
resorted to few weeks ago by work.
ers and others who were afraid of tho
banks. 1t is probable that not less
than one-third Of the pecuniary
stringency which has caused the sus.
pension of many industries was due
to the run on the banks by working
men and women.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
Not Enough to Go Round.

During the rebellion regiment of
volunteers was posted along the front
in heavy timber. AS soon as the
firing began in earnest, recruit
limped of to the rear, but soon struck
a gait that would have made Maud
5. tremble for her record. He was
halted in his flight, and when asked
what was the matter, said: Il Just
couldn't stand out there in the open
all by myself" He was then asked
why he did not get behind tree; he
was puzzled a moment, and then
said: There amt only enough for
the officers"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

Mr.. JOHN L. SULLIVAN has not
lost his command of picturesque ex-
preston, and when he uses his nat
ural gift in the avowal of fine feel
ing, his words are like q blow from
his mighty fist. I'm done lighting;
! want to live on Easy street and see
the money come in tho front door,
and I'm doing 1t right along"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

A BANK teller at St Paul placed
Is, 900 in his window within easy
reach Of a thief who quickly i'm
proved the golden opportunity. The
matter is one for the authorities, of
course. but any one has the privilege
OF saying that the thief under
stood his business better than the
teller did his.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

CALAMITY is on the decline. 1t
is of record that San Francisco
lady engaged in flaying with a raw
hide gentleman whose department
had struck her as unseemly was by
him kicked into the street. The del
icate questions Of propriety involved
appear to open an avenue to new
fields OF discussion of woman's sphere.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

A DISPATCH from Pittsburg to
New York says the manager of q
mill in the frst-named city re-
ceived a check from the owners in
Baltimore to pay the hands, but
could not get the check cashed.
THE owners then ordered the mills
closed" Here is a case in which the
closing Of the mill and the throwing
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

A VERMONT invalid while in de-
lirium swallowed a thermometer and
died from the effects. Washington
News. That fellow at least had the
satisfaction of proving that it is pos
sible to make the mercury go down
even in the warmest weather.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

THE Associated Press says that
Mrs. Frank Leslie is coming to the
front again with another husband.
Mrs. Leslie has been imposed upon 80
often by shopworn and moth eaten
goods that she ought to make her
purchases henceforth on approval
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
To Clean Gold.

Powder some whiting, and make it
into moist paste with some sal-vol-
atile. Cover over the gold ornaments
and surface with soft brush; let it
dry, and then brush it of with a
moderately hard brush.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

PRINCE HENRY OF Prussia has
been decorated with cross for dis
tipguished service, not the least in
teresting circumstance being that
the young man seems to have de-
served the distinction.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

black. There was running water in
some part of the building from some
bursted pipe, the water soaking
through the walls"
AS far as possible attempts were
made to clean out these houses and
put them in lit condition to be
lived in.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
woman.

UNLESS old words can be exchanged
for the new ones that are being rap
idly coined, English dictionaries will
soon have to be taken to compress
to be rendered portable.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

TIE Chicago hotel-keeper is now
trying to devise way to coax the
coy and retiring stranger into an
empty room.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

@WELL!" exclaimed the damsel who
got free admission to the Worlds
Fair, things have come to a pretty
pass. "--Washington Star.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

Tom KING, an Indian Territory
horse thief, shot an officer and might
naturally be set down as bad man.
This would be an error. Tom is a
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

THE fact that a New York sport
shot at John L. Sullivan acquires adj
ditonal somberness from the other
fact that he missed him.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

NEITHER the United States nor
Great Britain is wholly satisfied with
the Bchring Sea decision, but the
seals arc not making any complaint.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

THE Dahomey costumes on Mid
way Plaisance are very funny. Brew
ity is the soul of wit.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

NATURAL gas is giving out In Pitts
burg, and the Smoky City is no longer
sooted with it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

BUFFALO BILLS Wild West show
in Chicago has been booming ever
since the lady managers adjourned.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
A New Danger.

A curious fate has overtaken the
little town of Schneidemuhl, in the
duchy OF Posen. The people Of
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
THE STRIP is OPEN.
WILD SCRAMBLE FOR CHEROKEE
LANDS.

Scenes About the Reputation Booths
Before tho Start-Description OF the
Beauties of One Of the Fairost epots
ON American Soil.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
HALEY, IDAHO.

WHEN money gets tight it gener.
ally goes to the lookup.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

1T is hard, job to get ones pocket
book full when money is tight.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
Help 1t Along.

One OF the most touching sights on
the streets of Chicago is the too COM
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13

Prospective settlers in the strip may
now prepare to get acquainted with the
Cherokees. Creeks, Choctaws and other
tribes or nations of Indians in the Ter
ritory, who, with the white homestead
ers Of Oklahoma, will be their nearest
neighbors. They are as tribes exceed
ingly wealthy, and are now rapidly
adopting American manners, customs,
usages and garments. The Cherokees
number about 10000. the Choctaws 49,
600, the Creeks $1,000 and the Chey-
ennes and Arapahoes 1000, and all the
other tribes 22,CO0, making altogether
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
Tho Now Eel Dorado.

Talk about "rushes" for free land!
The scenes just enacted at the opening
of the Cherokee Strip surpassed any
thing of the kind ever known. For a
week constantly growing crowd
surged about the registration booths;
for no one could secure land without
having first registered. Men, women
and children, to the number of 10000
or 25, 900, formed in lines and remained
there day and night; many were over
come by the heat and dust; some died
from exhaustion. Anything eatable
commanded Worlds Fair prices, and
water was 10 cents per cup. Still the
mass of humanity waited and grew, re-
strained from premature encroachment
by United States marshals and cordons
OF soldiers. There were half q dozen
places for registration along the
northern boundary of the Strip, and
the scene at one was but duplicate of
the others.
When the last moment arrived, and
the word go" was given, with yell
that tore q hole in the heavens the
crowd started. Some on horseback,
some afoot, some with wheelbarrows
loaded with goods, some on bicycles,
and thousands in the picturesque
prairie schOOners.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
MAP OF CHEROKEE STRIP.

depth, mineral resources of great val
ue and inexhaustible quantity, natural
scenery that is unrivaled, and q eli
mate Of delicious mildness and salubri-
ty. The temperature there in winter
varies from IS to 48 degrees, and in
summer from II to 80. All the extrav-
agant things that have been written in
rapturOus praise of Oklahoma are said
to be more than true of the Cherokee
Strip, for it is regarded as equal in it's
entirety to the very choicest portions
of Oklahoma, while its best lands are
said to be veritable garden spots.
The strip is POO miles long and Sc
miles wide. 1t lies between the Goth
and Tooth parallels of west longitude,
with the southern border line Of Kan
sas as it's northern boundary and the
Creek country and the Territory of
Oklahoma as its southern. Topograph-
ically it is rolling, broken by hills and
uplands and interspersed with valleys
and Eden-like bottoms. Its many water
courses are skirted with fine timber,
oak, walnut, cedar, ash, beech, and
hickory. The soil of the bottom lands
and prairies is soft and loamy, black as
ink, and of marvellous fertility. Upon
the ridges and divides the land is not
so we'll adapted to agriculture, but as
the forest growth is slight they furnish
splendid grazing pastures for sheep
and cattle, being profusely clothed
with succulent bunch grass" Owing
to this self-cured bunch grass" and to
the mildness of the climate and the
abundance of water, the hilly regions
are claimed by old sheep-growers to
afford the best sheep country in the
world
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-13
Flowing with Milk and Honey.

Comparatively little is known OF the
Cherokee Strip or "Outlet" by the
average American, despite the fact
that it lies almost in the very midst
of the nation, at the thresholds of
five great States of the Union-Missouri
Kansas, Arkansas, Colorado, andsTexas,
And yet it is pronounced by experienced
judges to be the finest body of land of its
size on the whole American continent,
with soil Of surprising richness and