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The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28
Beg Pardon NJ adame.

But we would like your attention a
moment. Thursday is Thanksgiving
day. We shall make the finest pies,
cakes aud ice cream on that day.
We expect big rush; please give
your orders soon; we wouldn't like
to see you get left.
All city orders delivered free. The
Elite Ice Cream Parlors, Hart a. Co.,
S5 Hotel street.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

Two lads, Kaimi and Kaonohi,
were committed to the Reformatory
School for one year each by Judge
Robertson this morning for truancy
during two weeks last past. Both
pleaded guilty aud smiled when the
police officer escorted them to the
school
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

Mr.. Moors, manager of the Sa-
moan exhibit at the Worlds Fair,
has chartered the schooner Vine in
San Francisco for the purpose Of
returning his charges to Samoa. The
Vine will touch at this port, and it
is expected several exhibitions will
be given here. After reaching Sa-
moa Mr.. Moors intends cruising
among the South Sea Islands for the
purpose of making collection of
curios for exhibition at the Mid
winter Fair TO be held in San Fran
cisco, in connection with the Ha-
waiian exhibit.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

Mr.. Thomas Lindsay has another
lot of those beautiful Hawaiian flag
badges for sale.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

Jim Carly was busy on Saturday
night distributing rifles among pri-
vate parties.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

A full report of the dedication of
the Masonic Temple, which was an
imposing ceremony, will appear
later.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

1t was said at the judiciary build
ing this afternoon that the judges
of the two higher courts had con-
ference at the noon recess.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28
LOCAL AND GENERAL NEWS.

Court Canoes, A. o. F., will meet
this evening at Pythian hall for ini-
tiation,
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

A great holiday opportunity is
presented in the day and evening
sales at auction of the whole stock
of japanese goods in the store of
MIR. j. NJ. de Sa Silva, to be con-
Quoted by MIR. Levey from Saturday
to Wednesday inclusive. The stock
is exceedingly rich and varied, and
the sale is without reserve. Great
bargains may be anticipated.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

The Japanese cruiser Naniwa is
expected to arrive in Honolulu not
later than Dec. 2.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

A granite sidewalk is being laid at
the Mutual Telephone building,
Merchant and Alakea streets.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

Jack Neill, the hackman who was
caught on Vineyard lane with fifty
tins of opium in his possession on
the night Of Nov. 22d, pleaded guilty
to charge of opium unlawfully in
possession in the District Court to-
day. He was sentenced to pay a
fine of $3.50. The charge formerly
was selling opium, but was changed.
The informer was paid half the fne
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

There is a likelihood of Mr.. Edw.
Hore's resigning the judgeship of
Waialua, as it interferes with his
duties as school teacher at the same
place.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

1t is reported that Frank Pahia
will assume the position of Deputy
Sheriff at Koolaupoko, and Deputy
Sheriff Aikue of the same place will
take the judgeship.
The Daily bulletin., 1893-11-28

The steamship Miowera was haul
ed up to the Fishmarket wharf this
morning. Her stern post aud pro-
peller are being repaired at the Ho-
nolulu Iron Works, and will soon be
ready to be placed in position.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Good Times in Sight.

w. A. Clark, one of the million.
aires of Butte, Mon, te.egraphs Ms
follows from Washington, d. C.:
FACTORIES starting up all around;
banks resuming and all paying cur,
renoy again; every ship brings gold
from Europe, and boarded money
being deposited has staggered GU,
enemies. The panic attributed &c
the Sherman act has vanished aud il
no longer available as . goldbug ar
gum, Mt"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Crops In Idaho.

]. H. Smith, observer Of the weather
bureau, reports favorable harvesting
weather in nearly all sections Of the
State during the past week.
A heavy rain occurred in the south.
east section during the first part Of
the week, which was bene ficial to the
ranges and vegetable crops. Dry
weather continues in the northern
half of the State and crops are suffer.
ing for want OF rain.
In many localities the harvest is
about finished and considerable grain
has been threshed. The yield is said
to be much better than was an,ici.
pSted the early part of the season.
Many fields of grain which were con.
sidered almost worthless a few we. ks
ago are showing upin good shape and
will yield from fifteen to twenty five
bushels per acre.
The potato crop looks promising.
although injured slightly by recent
frosts. An average second crop of
lucern is being cut and saved in good
condition. The prospect for an album
dance Of fruit is good.
Tho ranges are dry and poor. but
stock are in COOL condition. No
frosts reported during the week.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
LETTER LIST.

List Of letters remaining in the HALEY udaho)
Postofice for the week ending September ., 1893
Persons calling for any Of these letters will
please say Advertised
burns, lanes Cameron, John
Berry, Jas. Kullar, Johsu
Connors, Thomas Rsney, Jas
Comstock, Mrs. NJ. A.
CHARLES NORRIS, Postm. ster,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
AZ OTHERS SEE US.
Mrs. Ada Merriu's Impressions OF thu
Wood River Towns.

@e~S
Wood River Towns.
Idaho Recorder.l
The three owns of Bellevue, HALEY
and ketchum are situated on Wood
river, q beautiful, clear stream about
the size of the Lemhi. The two for
mer have always been rival towns;
they are but seven miles apart, and
each is county seat, with two fine
cour:hous.s within sight Of each
other.
Haley outgrew her sister town and
has moro fine business houses and res.
licences, but both are beautiful towns
The residents of Salmon i ity could
learn much about besutifying their
town from these two enterprising
cities. They have fine systems Of
water works, and although it is but
eleven years since these towns were
laid out, they are beautifully shaded
by thousands of trees. and nearly
every residence has it's lawn, gay with
bright and fragrant flowers, and this,
too, 10 climate where snow falls
from four to six feet deep in winter.
The HALEY Hot Springs, two miles
from the town, are the attraction OF
the place. They have hero an hotel
which cost SIS 600, AID is equipped
with all modern appliances, has lovely
grounds and everything to please the
eye. The Alturas Hotel, kept by our
oldtime Nevada friend, Art. Smith,
is the leading hotel. 1t is three sto-
ries, and bascment.-ED. TIMES. I
elegantly furnished throughout, and
is the finest hotel in Idaho to-day.
Phe genial host and his charming
wife are we'll known for their gracious
hospitality, and all travellers look for
ward with pleasure to a visit to the
AIturas and regret when business
calls for their departure.
Ketchum is twelve miles from
HALEY and very much higher and
consequently colder, the summers
being delightful, in the days neve,
very warm. and the nights always oooI
and pleasant. The snow falls deeper
and lies longer than it does fart.e r
down the rive-. Small fruits are
raised in abundance anl of large size
and delicious flavor.
Wood river is alive with mountain
trout, while sm4J game is album liant
This is essentially the fishermsn's PAL.
. ise. TIL Guyer Springs, three
miles from town, is fne resort. The
people of the East are becoming
tired of the seashore and other sum-
mer resorts of that coast aud are
turning their faces west ward during
the warm months for health and
We know OF no pleasanser place
than Wood River in which to spend q
month or six weeks Of dog days.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
81. Louis Is In IL.

Exceedingly cheap rates to s..
Louis are now in effect. The Union
Pacific and Missouri Pacific Rvs
are running daily Pullman Palace
Sleeper from Salt Lake City, Chey
enne and Denver TO St. Louis withou,
change. Pullman Dining Cars Den
yer to Kansas City. See A. E.
Besmer, agent U. P. System, HALEY,
Idaho, for detailed information.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
LOCAL JOTTlNdS.

Try Tracy's Corn Cure.
Smoke Pezoldt's home made Cigars.
Tho Van Ness dwelling house is il :
sured.
Cigars by the box, at Tracy's drug.
store.
Ted. Sullivan left to-day for Poca-
tello, to look for work.
Delicious leo Cream Soda Water
At Traoy's Drug Store.
Mrs. J. German and her four chill
dren left to .day for Montreal, Canada
Go to Tr.oy's drugstore for Paints,
Oils and Window Glass.
Dr.. Bell and his wife loft for lille
nois to-day. He may return la the
spring.
Painting, papering, calcimining
etc. First. GLASS work guaranteed.
What is sending silver up? Its
relative scarcity, Of course. But -
what else?
This mornings train brought FIVE
carloads OF freight and half-a>dozen
passengers.
Shaving Is cents; clipping chill.
dren's hair rs cents-at Collins Barber
Shop. HALEY.
Mrs. w. H. Greenhow left to-day
for Ellensburg, Wash, where she will
spend the fall and winter.
Graves, tho Boise photographer, is
At the HALEY Gallery. for two weeks.
He guarantees satisfaction.
United States Marshal Pinkham
came 10 on this mornings train TO at.
tend to some official business.
Mrs. Grover Cleveland was safely
delivered Of girl baby, 10 tho White
House at Washington, d. C., noon,
last Saturday.
Leave orders at the Alturas Com>
mescial Co. for Purdum's ioe-,he
best and cheapest in the country.
Miss Bessie Burke,t aud Miss May
Pinney left ,o.day-,he former for
seminary ir Rockford, Ill.,, the latter
for Mountain Home.
The down train stopped q few
minutes, this afternoon, when oppo>
site the schoolbouse. TIL. 70 was
something the matter with the loco.
motive.
Lead having fairly started on the
up grade, miners here hope that it
will 90 to IS. At that figure the low
price of silver would no longer be pro-
h'bi'ive, and many of our idle claims
could DO exploited.
Thomas Hodson, the surveyor, has
just returned from a three months
trip to Arizona, and to old and New
Mexico. He went as far as Guaymas
he says that the places in Mexico
which he has Just revisited look JUS,
As they did 20 years ago. No pro.
gress 10 noticeable. He comes back
to stay, If he can.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
THE PUBLIC SCHOOL.

II Reopens with 9 Relatively Small
Attendance.
The HALEY public school opened
for the fall term to day, with q total
attendance Of only 178 pupils. divided
as follows: Principals room, 35; in>
trrmedia.e IN IS Rile,). SO; frs. pri.
mary miss McL.ughIin), AZ; second
primary miss Harrls), 60. S. E.
Stanton is the janitor.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Ice Cream.

BY the pint, quart, or gallon.-at
prices to suit the timee, delivered to
patrons at any hour wanted, by
PURDUM, the Ice Man.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11

rB Send in your orders for job
Work to the TINES. They will receive
prompt attention and be satisfactorily
OK scuted.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Four Cars To-Day.

One carload of bullion, one OF Star
and two of Red Cloud ore were
shipped hence to. day.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Fine Smoking TObaccO.

Oxford Hash, Cornell Mixture
Yale Mixture, English Birds Eye
Perique and Old Rip, At
d EARHART's, HALEY.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-11
Beecham's Pills cure sick headache
A Card.

A Card.
The undersi gned tender their heart.
felt thanks to the ladies and p+rtle.
men OF this city who, by their prompt
action and untiring efforts. saved their
dwelling house from destruction nv
hre, last Saturday afternoon, in Nj.
Add Mrs. Van Ness absence,
Mr. AND MRS VAN NESS.
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

plcted railroa from Bangkok to PAX
nam, fourteen miles, and another one
in construction from Bangkok to Ban
Mai, on the Patricw River, and an.
other one from Bangkok to Korat. 16J
miles through very rich undeveloped
rice growing plateau. Another rail-
road has been surveyed across the
mountains connecting Bangkok with
tine Burmese cities. Telegraph lines
aggregating 1850 miles are in opera
tion. There is postal service i'll
Bangkok. and in 1885 Siam ioipcd tho
international Postal Union.
Along the entire southern and east
ern frontier of Siam is territory either
absolutely annexed to France, acknowl-
edging French protectorate, or in
which French influence predominates.
French intervention in the affairs of
AMMAN began in 1887, and was termin.
ated by treaty in 1884, establishing
n French protectorate. AMMAN main
tains an army of %, 230 soldiers, of
whom about half are natives. Cam
bodia recognized the French protec-
toratc in 1868. France has 800 soldiers
here. In Cochin China France has
1890 French soldiers and requires
contribution Of 5. 900. 900 francs toward
the military expenditures of AMMAN
and Tonquin.
Tonquin. with population of s, 600.
900. of whom 400, 900 are Roman
Catholics. was annexed to France in
1884. In 1889 there were .475
French troops here, besides $500 ma
tive soldiers.
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

them. How they could be built is not
matter of conjecture, as the mate
rials are close at hand. But there is
one ruin, although still in good state
of preservation, that is a mystery, no
matter in what light it is considered.
In is in the Huachucha Mountains,
not ;ar from the military reservation.
in northeasterly direction. Nothing
is known of its origin, and the won
derful part is the material of which it
Is constructed.
II is about two hundred miles from
the ocean. and surrounded on all sides
by hills of sand and rocks covered
with cacti There is no water fo@
miles. except the excuses for rivers
that run during the rainy season.
There is not even the suggestions of
water. and vet the house is built of sea
shells laid in sort of cement.
Where the shells were obtained is
mystery that may never be solved. Ii
does not seem possible that the build
cr of the house would carry the ma
tcrial over hundreds of miles of desert
when there were plenty of rocks near
by that would answer the purpose just
as well even though they were not so
unique.
The house is built i'll the shape OF
the straw huts of the Papago Indians
and is about the same size. There is
room inside for five or six persons, but
ut present nobody occupies it, except,
perhaps, some prospector who uses it
for temporary shelter in cold weather.
There are dozen varieties of shells
to he found in the walls. and one over
the door is of extraordinary size.
The age of the building will never
be known. but there is little doubt
that it is as old Us the oldest in the
Territory. San Francisco Call.
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26
Arc the Oceans Drying Tn?

Sir Isaac Newton surmised al
though he could give 10 reason for
the conclusions he had reached, that
in the course Of time the earth would
become perfectly dry. Others, most
notably De Verne. Hamilton prof.
A. L.). and the younger Ly>ander
all believed that eventually the earth
would become as dry as the proverbial
chip. Even in this day and age the
theory has many adherents. At re-
cent meeting of the French Geologi
cal Society, NJ. Transcho!d, Of Mos
cow. Russia, read paper entitled.
Non 1nyariability of the Level or the
Ocean, 1t terminates with the fol-
lowing curious and interesting con-
clusions:
l. In proportion as certain parts Cf
the earth's crust rise from the bottom
of the sea above its level the latter
must be lowered.
.. The surfaces of nearly all the
continents and islands have at one
time formed portions OF the oceans
floor. They have risen from the wa
ter partly because Of the retreat of
the waters.
3, As continents arc formed, one
part Of the waters Of the seas is
transported to them in the form Of
lakes. rivers, eternal snCws, glaciers,
and organized substances. Owing to
these actions, the waters of the
oceans have been constantly dimin-
ishing and their levels lowered cor.
respondingly.
4. In proportion as the earth cools
down, ice accumulatcs at the ro.es
and on the r.ors of mountains; water
is taken moce deeply into the surface
OF the terrestrial crust, the forma-
tion OF hydratcd minerals being man
ifcsted everywhere.
The result OF these conclusions II
that since all the water that ever ex-
isted may still exist in the form OF
perpetual ice, snow. hydrated min
erals, etc, the waters OF all oceans
have been gradually disappearing,
and that the lowering ~ the oceans
Is going on even at the present day.
and faster, perhaps, than ever be-
fore.
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

her Indo- Chinese possessions to ex-
tend to the east bank of the MekonS.
IT is this territory, then. 100 to $50
miles wide, between the Mekong and
the coast range of hills, which has
been the casus belli
England is interested in the qucs-
ton because the disputed territory
touches her Burmese possessions ON the
north; because of her hereditary
hatred of the French. and because of
her jealousy of territorial acquisition
in the east by any other Nation. Rus
sia, as the ally of France in Europe
and the rival of England in Asia. has
double motive for taking the part of
France.
Siam has figured largely in legend
and poetry. Marco Polo visited it.
Tales in which there is strange blend
ing of the improbable and the true
have been told about it. 1t is only
within comparatively recent times that
accurate information has been OBJ
tanned concerning this far-away coun-
try. Authentic Siamese history be-
gins with 1850, when Ayuthia, now a
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

voice of self-seeking and too often dis
honest ambition"
The King ascended the throne when
he was fifteen years old and is now
forty. He has multitude of wives,
according to the custom of the coun-
try, and upward of thirty children.
Though he has So many wives only
one ranks as Queen.
The population of Siam is very
mixed one. Only about third of it
consists of pure Siamese. There are
about l.0OO,000 Chinese. most of
whom. strange as it may seem. are
subjects of Holland The remainder
of the population is made up of mixed
races Burmese. Indians. Malays. aud
Cambodians.
The Siamese are essentially peaceful
and indolent. They are social. vain,
and fond of bright dresses aud jew
elry, and are inveterate gamblers.
The dress. both for men and women. is
cloth called ''panoong.' about two
feet wide. wrapped around the waist,
with one corner drawn up and caught
in u girlle at thu waist This makes u
sort of flowing trouscr falling u the
knees.
Well-to-do-people wear, III addition,
white jacket, shoes, and stockings
The women are distinguished by a
gaudy scarf thrown across the body
Bangkok, the capital and largest
city. has population variously csti-
mated from 800. 900 to 700. .00C. So
peaceably disposed are the people
TINT Colonel David b. Sickles, for
many years United States Consul there,
SAYS the murders did not average one
year. Bangkok is situated on both
banks of the Menam River. Aside
from the pagodas, temples and Govern
ment buildings nearly all structures
are of bamboo. with thatchcI roofs.
Many of these float ON pontoons or
bundles of bamboo in the river, or in
the canals, which form an intricate
network of waterways about the city.
The religion of the people is
Buddhism. Nearly all men of the
! upper classes enter the priesthood for
short time, and by custom no one
can ascend the throne who has not
been mendicant priest.
The temples are very striking OBJ
jects seen from afar, and some of them
are beautiful, but generally, as is the
case with most things Oriental, dis
tance lends enchantment to the view.
Upon near inspection it is found that
there is great deal OF tinscl about
them, and their CANDY. cheap orna
mentation does not tayorably impress.
the American. They are not neatly
kept, and the visitor picks his way
through rubbish heaps to the tempt,
entrances. Here come the people il
swarms to pray and to listen to tho
monotonous chants of crowds of lazy
priests. The lower part of the editicC
contains the images of Buddha, and
ali around the pagoia are buildings
! devoted to the service of the priest
hood. The most famous temple in al
Siam is the Wat Chcng, opposite the
: royal palace. Ii lifts its sacred spir,
300 feet from the ground, and every
inch of its irregular surface is covered
with glazed and colored ornamental
tion, while little bells hang from every
possible projection, and every zephyl
sets them tinkling.
Another famous temple contains the
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

cluster OF ruins seventy miles north OF
Bangkok. was the capital. The period
from 1869 to 16SS was made illustric,Is
by the career of Constance Falcon. q
Greek of Cephalonia, who attained the
dignity of Prime Minister. He in
duced the King Ia send au embassy to
Louis XIV Ayuthin remained the
capital until l76S, when, after II siege
of two years. it was taken and burned
by the Burmese. These in their turn
were driven out by Phya TAX, the son
of n Chinese by Siamese mother He
made Bangkok the capital and after
ward ascended the throne The pres
ent dynasty was founded in 1882.
The present ruler is King Chulalong-
korn l.. of whom and of the form of
whose Government Carter II. Harrison
in his book; "a Race With the Sun, "
thus speaks:
''The King owns everything and. in
2 certain sense, everybody. He is lord
of all he surveys. and yet is himself
the veriest slave of the groveling su-
perstitions and vile customs Of his
people snperstitions and customs
which must be source of intense dis
gust to SO intelligent man as King
Chulalongkorn evidently is, vet which
he could not escape, except at the risk
of losing his throne.
Absolute monarch, his will a law to
every man in the realm, his proclamn-
tions gainsaid by no one, yet he him
self is absolutely governed by custom
and the opinions of his mobiles, even to
the daily routine of his life. With
tastes and aspirations natural to man
of culture, and ambitions growing out
of his royal position and his evident
desire for his country's prosperity, he
is utterly powerless to do the half he
would for his people, because he is
locked up in his palace aud can see the
peoples needs only through the eyes
of Others and can hear only the voice
of hattery, or, what is yet worse, the
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

MekonS, or n distance of nearly 100
miles. Its greatest breadth is about
750 miles. Ii is bounded on the sonth
by the British Malay States, occupying
the lower end of the Malay peninsula,
the Gulf of Siam, French Cambrodia
and Cochin China. On the west and
north it is bounded by Burmah. ex-
cept that lower Siam touches the Bay
of Bengal, and on the east the
boundary is Tonquin and AMMAN,
French possessions
II is in this quarter that the trouble
arose which threatened All East Indian
war and, perhaps, the peace ofEurope.
AMMAN is narrow strip of territory
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26

between Siam and the Pacific Ocean.
The boundary line between Siam and
AMMAN, according to the maps, and as
it actually existed until the French
put forth their present claims. was n
range of hills running parallel with
the sea coast and forming the water
shed between the sea coast and the
valley of the Mekong River. The ex
tensive tracts of country between the
river and these hills, like much of
Siam, is largely jungle and waste. and
like all OF Stem is without roads or
means of traversing it. Slams hold
on this territory has always been
weak, and France has long desired
Democratic messenger., 1893-08-26
His Advice.

Pat seldom fails to kecpa watchful
eye on his own interests. In a coun-
try town there lived an 1rishman
who spent most Of his time and
money at one Of the many public
houses. In consequence OF this and
the small wages he earned he had run
up a rather long score on the safe.
One day fire occurred at this par
ticular public house, and the fire
brigade was called into requisit:on.
Among the first at the conilagration
was the 1rishman. He was heard
above the noise and din OF the people
assembled, shouting, Don't fail 10
play on the slate.