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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Bank Note Microbes.

Two Havanese psychologists, Drs.
Acosta and Gronde-Rossi, conceived the
idea, surely an original one, of studying
the microbes of bank notes. They have
published the result of their researches
on the notes of the Spanish bank of Ha.
vana. They have proved, in the first
place, that the weight of these notes
increases in the course of their circulo-
ton, by reason of the addition of foreign
matter. At the end of certain time the
meteorological analysis demonstrated a
considerable increase in the number of
microbes; In two cases this number rose
to more than 10000. The physicians
discovered specially the presence of a
septic bacillus, which rapidly kills ami
mails innoculated with it; this, to speak
properly. is the specific microbe of the
bank note, and Tallamon thinks that the
name bacillus septicus aureus could he
justly given to it.
Messrs. Acosta and Grande- Rossi have.
besides, recognized distinctly in the bank
notes examined by them eight patho-
genie species, among which are the
bacillus of tuberculosis, that of diph-
iberia, and the streptococcus of erysip-
elias. The two psychologists do not
say what denominations of the notes
they experimental with. 1t NAV be
supposed, however, that they did not
use notes of 1000 or even 100 francs. II
the notes were of that size, it would be
dllf1cult to verify their experiments in
all laboratories, the means of which in
general do not permit Of such prodigal
ity. What use can the Havanese make
OF their bank notes that they become
sucn receptacles of microbesl Messrs.
Acosta and Grande- Rossi declare that
the children of Havana are accustomed
to carry bank notes in their mouths. II
is easy'to believe that the adults carry
them elsewhere. = (Annales d'Hygiene
Publiaue,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Inc Decorative Rubber Plant

The rubber plant that has become 81
common piece of domestic DECORATION
Is not the plant that yields the rubber Of
commerce. That is derived principally
from two varieties of rubber tree that
grow in Brazil and attain a LARGE sire
The rubber plant of our American mr.
Tors and greenhouses, with its lone
glossy leaves, would not pay for tappine
1t is species of fig, and India is its
habitat. A gum can be obtained from
nearly every plant that excludes milky
sap, even from the common milkweed.
ana the number OF rubber yielding plants
Sun AoA
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
A CITY OF DOLLMAKERs.

At Sonneberg, which is in the heart oil
Germany, all the inhabitants are in the
business of doll making-12,O 600 people
are all more or less dollmakers and
among them they produce no fewer than
$4,000, 600 dozen doll babies every year.
1t is hard to realize what an enormous
quantity that IL
After this 1t sounds odd to say that in
Sonneberg it takes eighty persons to
make doll. Yet such is the fact. In
Germany labor is subdivided as much as
possible, or, in other words, a doll
maker does one little thing from years
end to years end. aud thus it comes
about that it takes eighty people to make
q doll.
Little boys, when they enter the Some
berg factories, spend long time in
painting nails on dolls fingers, for which
they are paid about twenty-five cents a
week. Some girls do nothing but fill
bodies with chopped hay or straw. Men
pass their lives in painting Dolly's lashes
and brows, and others in putting rouge
on her cheeks. So it is with other parts
Of doll; each is done by one person.
The dolls wigs are made by girls at
Munich, and their eyes come from little
town only few miles from Sonneberc
and are made by men in their own
homes
Endless are the varieties of dolls.
Every Sonneberg manufacturer has about
one hundred designs. Taste varies, and
besides in exporting dolls many things
have to be taken into consideration. A
wax one cannot be sent to very hot or
very cold country. In the former it
would melt, in the latter crack. Then
If doll has rubber joints she cannot be
sent long sea voyage. for on arrival at
her destination she would be armless and
legless. A sea journey also takes the
curl out of Dolly's hair and the starch
out of her clothes. Fashion, moreover,
is constantly changing. A doll which
everybody buys one season is not looked
at the next.-[New York Mail and Ex-
press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
TIE WINDS OF MEMORY.

Upon tho western shore to night I'm sitting
The shore that slopes TO touch boundl. a
sea,
And watch the white ships inward, outward
feeting,
And wonder when my ship will come fol
me;
And where it lies, and VIII Their it is 90
ing,
I only hear the winds of memory blow
ing.
Across the cliffs of yesterday they're coming.
They fan my forehead with the forest air.
Remembered IN eodies the hills are hum
ming;
scent OF pine trees hovers everywhere.
hear again the b ,nkside brooklet flow
ing,
While all the winds of memory are blow
ing.
Blow on, sweet winds. your singing or your
signing
Gri"gs back tonight a hslf-Grgotten tune:
Beneath the apple Blooms once more I'm
lying.
feel thebreath of girlhood's happy June;
Lies early dawn, again seq it glowing
While all the winds ofmemory are blowing.
summer song, now faint, now fuller growing
tar-oft lullaby from mother lips.
Love. living love, receiving and bestowing;
listen, listen! On. ye white-winged ships
do not heed your coming or your going,
While oil the winds of memory are bl owing,
Up7n the we tern shore to night I'm straying
The shore that slopes to touch bounde,s
sea,
And watch the pillows upward, downward
swaying.
But do not caro- how near the tide may be;
Or, if the waters touch my feet, not
knowing,
While can hear the winds of momory
Blowing.
Il Exchange.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26

toward the man who had been his friend
and neighbor for many years. There
were tears in his eyes aud his voice
broke and tremblcd as he gave their
verdict, Guilty of murder in the first
degree" Not sound broke tho death
like stiffness of the room as he sat down.
and noticed that every face within nv
view was turned away from the
prisoners box and the old man who sat
near it. The tense strain of the moment
was broken by the prisoners counsel,
who arose aud began q motion for new
trial.
| But the click of revolver broke
through his first sentence as Dan Hop
kins jumped to his feet with a sudden.
swift movement of his right arm, A
dozen men leaped forward with out
stretched arms and cried, 'Stop! Stopl"
But even before they could reach him
the report rang through the room, and
just as they seized the fathers arms the
son dropped to the floor, dead. He
waved back the men who were pressing
around him.
''Stop!" he cried. ''Stand back
minute !" And they fell back instinct
lively. He walked calmly to the Judges
desk and laid down his smoking pistol.
Then he folded his arms and faced about.
with head thrown back, flashing eyes
and colorless face. He looked at the
Sheriff. who, with the sense of official duty
strong upon him, had stepped out. from
the .huddled crowd aud was coming
toward him.
''Wait one minute" he cried, land
then arrest me! have lived long and
honorable life in this county an1 Lcovv
that l have the respect and the confidence
Of you all. And l am convinced, too,
bitter as the knowledge is to me, that that
poor boy there deserved death. l did not
believe until this afternoon that he was
guilty. But now I am convinced that
he was bad from the bottom of his heart
and that there was no hope for him. He
deserved death, but could hear that nv
own flesh ana blood should be hanged
No! Better a thousand times that he
should die by my own hand. On me let
the laws justice fall. for deserve death,
not so much for taking the life of that
monster of wickedness that lies there as
for having given him life in the first
place. Mine was the first sin, and it is
just that I, rather than he, should bear
the disgrace. Now, arrest me-"
He held out his hand to the Sheriff,
the shackles clicked upon his wrists and
he was led off between the rows of
staring men, his head as erect and his
manner as proudly dfg emitted as ever
San Francisco Examiner.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
LITTLE TIM.


Freddy lived in fort out on the
prairies. His father was a soldier, who
rode big horse, and wore a sword that
ratified and jingled against his high
boots as he walked.
One day, as Freddy's father was rid
ing. his horse stumbled at little hole
made by one of the prairie dogs, that
live underground. He heard little
squ'ak, and looking down saw a small
animal resembling large rat without a
tail
He was sitting on his hind legs, and
did not seem at all afraid. Freddy's
father took him home to his little son.
who had so longed for pet of this kind.
Freddy did not know where to keen
MN, and he asked one of the soldiers
what to do with him. Sergeant Brown
told him to let the creature dig a hole in
the ground near his quarters, where the
soldiers could watch him, as thew are
fond of pets; and he named him Tim.
Soon Tim felt quite at home. Every
morning when the bucles sounded for
the soldiers to get up, Mr.. Tim would
come out from his hole, and perch up on
his hind legs. and afterwards would
watch the men hurrying to breakfast.
He seemed to know what this meant.
for, soon after, good Sergeant Brown
brought him some bread. and perhaps
an onion to top off with. But after
while, when Master Freddy called him.
Tim would come out and sit up very
straight, expecting something extra, of
course. Freddy always had something
better than an onion, and treated him to
piece of tomato or cake.
Life would have been very pleasant
for little Tim. had there been no horrid
dogs about. But, alas! there were: and
they seemed very envious of the atten-
ton he received. One morning Freddy's
dog Pat, whom he never would have
thought so cruel, jumped at poor little
Tim, and bit him so badly. that he Law
down and died. Freddy cried bitterly:
he whipped Pat and locked him up.
But what good could it do little Tim.
who no longer was up in the morning
early to hear the soldiers blow their
bugles before breakfast
And good Sergeant Brown said. az
would rather have given fifty dollars
than had poor Tim killed. "-[Nursery.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
For THE YOUNG FOLKS
A CHANGE OF OPINION,

A CHANGE OF OPINION,
A week ago, when Artie boy
First went to school, oil hope and Joy,
Oh, how the children did annoy.
BY calling him Ounce Artie I"
To-day he knows scarce more, 1 fear.
Yet dearest Artie !" now hear,
A king he reigns-the reasons clear,
He's going to give a party!
-[Youth's Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Suicides in European Armies.

In view of the epidemic of suicides
which seem to have set in of late it is in
teresting to see how different countries
stand in this respect. The following fig.
ures give the number of suicides in the
the various armies of Europe per 100, 900
men: Austria, 1871; Germany, 81; Italy
40; Frame, 80; Belgium, "a; England,
23; Russia, 20, and Spain, IA Chicago
Times
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Treatment OF Nervousness.

Almost everybody has cure for ner-
vousness, and each one, of course. is
claimed to be the best. The remedy for
nervous depression lies more in the gen
eral treatment than in the course of medi-
cine Simple regular habits; shunnin.
all excess; using moderation in all things
cheerful amusements; plenty of open air
and not necessarily violent exercise.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26
Farm Lands In Different States.

The value of farming lands in the
country is greatest in New Jersey. In
1888 farming lands averaged in New
Jersey sos; Massachusetts,, $50: Ohio.
SAG; New York. $14; Vermont. sac.
Maryland, s3s; Wisconsin, $ss, and in
some western States less than S5 ner
acre.-tCharleston News and Courier.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26

THERE are very few banks on the Pa
cihc coast which could pay Sa5, 900
check in bills. They stick to gold and
silver out there, and ship the paper
East.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-26

The children of dissenters were first admit.
ted TO English parish schools in 1863,
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
PAYONIA YACHT CLUB.

Its twenty fourth Annual Regatta It's
Next Event.
The twenty-fourtn annual regatta OF
the Payonia Yacht Club will be sailed on
Monday, June 20. under the rules Of the
n. Y. Y. R. A. The iron steamboat
Cygnus has been chartered for the occa-
sjou and will follow the yachts over the
entire course, making the following land
ings previous to the start. viii ch will be
made ut about eleven o'clobk A. M. The
boat will leave as folIows;-Twenty-
second street, N. r.. at $50 A. NJ.
Twenty-tnird street, E. R., at ga. M.
Morgan street. Jersey City, at $3.50 a. NJ;
Pier l, N. H., at 10 A. M.
The Regatta Committee has made x
traordinary efforts to insure a very sue
cessful day. Valuable prizes will be
awarded in each class. and yacht owners
are especially urged to enter their yachts,
thus contributing towards the maiuten-
ance of the well established reputation of
the Pavonia Yacht Club of starting the
largest fleet of any yacht club in our
waters.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
BURNED BT8s4iNG ell.
Frightful Incident To A Servant
.SGirl Caused By An Exploded
Lamp.

Iere was a horrible accident at a fire
the tenement house No. 307 Third
leet, owned by Louis SteIger, last night.
hrbara Karle, q handsome young SER
mt girl, was terribly burned by the ak
B~losion Of a lamp.
The house where the fire occurred il a
big tenement in which about a dozen
families lived. Owing to the heat last
night nearly all of them were on the
stoop in front OF the house or on the side
walk. 1t was SO oppressively warm in
the Steiger apartments shortly after nine
o'clock That Mrs. Steiger asked the ser
want girl to TAXI the lamp out of the hall
way.
The young woman FASTENED to obey her
mistress. She caught the lamp which
hung from the ceiling OF the hallway,
and was pulling it down, when the lamp
overturned and exploded. In an instant
the girl was covered with burning oil.
She ran screaming TO the sto0p, creating
the greatest excitement among the other
tenants. The hallway was soon In a
blaze.
Several OF the tenants threw blankets
over the burning girl n managed TO ex-
tinguish the flames. Patrolman Cronin
pulled Box 81, and tue Fire Departments
was soon on the scene. Tine services Of
the department were not required, how
ever, as a couple OF buckets OF water had
extinguisned the fire in the hallway. The
Young woman was removed to st. Fra u
els Hospital in the patrol wagon. Shs
was frightfully burned about the face
and body and her recovery is considered
doubtful.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
TWO FEMALE CROOKS CAUGHT.

Notorious Lizzie MCCARTHY and Mary
Mahoney In the Tolls.
Detective Davis of the Hoboken Police
Department made a clever arrest this
morning, He was pasroling III the neigh
borhood of Park avenue and Seventh
street when he noticed two women going
from house to house carrying baskets.
and evidently peddlers. The features Of
one seemed familiar, so he stopped the
pair. and asked il they had q license.
They said no. In their baskets vera
seemingly a pile OF lpces, ont
when examined it twas found that
the lace lay upon an inverted box, max
lug a nice receptacle for anything the
woman could grab in their preambula-
tions. They were taken to the ~stationhouse
where they were booked as Lizzie Nc
Earthv. of No. n Carmine street and
Mary Manoney of No. 435 Hudson street.
New York.
The women were recognized AZ MOTOR
ions sneak thieves, and have ''done time
The husband of the McCarthy Womaui il
now serving a term of five years at Stgte
Prison for a burglary COM littedsfn H0-
bcken about three years ago. It. ID
thought these women know something OF
the fiat robberies that nave taken place
in the city the last month or sos Thaff
apartments ia New York will be searched
this atEarnoon.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
HAD HER RING IN HER STOCKING.
Caroline HoItoling's Queer Hiding Plac

Caroline HoItoling's Queer Hiding Place
for Her Betrot hal Gift.
The case of Caroline Holtaling VS.. Bsr-
nard Frazer, both of Hoboken. for
for breach of promise. came up this
morning before Judge Paxton in the
Hoboken District Court. The story of
their love and falling out, and Bernard's
refusal to marry the fair Caroline, as also
the story of her arrest for ~assaulting
Bernard. and her attempt at suicide at
the County Jail have been told in The
JERSEY CITY NEWS. Caroline's heart has
not, evidently, been broken, for she only
asked for 5000 damages.
This morning the plaintiffs side Of the
story was told. She weighs about 100
pounds. and testified to their meeting,
their love and their breakup. She was
asked if she had the engagement ring In
her possession. which she claimed Bern
ard gave her. She answered she had.
Where is it?" asked Lawyer Allen.
There was no immediate answer, but
the witness got up from the chair and
before the crowded court room. she ex-
racted the riug from a pocket in her
stocking and before the Court knew what
she was doing, held 1t up ~triumphantly,
ana smiling and unabashed, saiu:-
Yah, here it vas"
This was too much for the Cour and
he postponed further hearing in the case
till next week.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
AFTER THE PEDLERs.

Merchants Protective Society Want Them
Licensed-Aiter Ihoir Pile.
Last night the customary dozen mem
beers OF the Merchants Protective As
ISOLATION who transact the business for
the rest. gathered at the Avenue House.
and took action on several matters of
minimum Importance. The matter of
peddlers, licenses, mentioned in\THE JER-
sEY CITY NEWS at The time ofNthe last
meeiing OF the merchants, wal considered
last evening. A committee comprising
+. w. Bluefn, Chris. Curdes, &C. Graves,
J. 4. Gibbons aud HI. Hersch was APP
pointed to present amendments TO the
peddlers' so rs TO Affect out
side veuders WIN peddie IN Jersey City,
by taxing them $50 for the privileges.
Another amendment In to compel each
peddler on a wagon TO wear Il licensed
badge. in addition TO u license on the
wagon
Ihe amendments received the approval
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06
TELEGRAPH STRIKE OVER.
The Men Go to Work on Promise Of
a Satisfactory Ar
rangement.

The telephone linemen's strike of May,
1893. is an event of the past. Nearly all
of the sLriking linemen are at work to-
day. The settlement was brought about
by the Messrs. Doyle. Mcdonnell and
Robertson, the State Board Of Arbitration.
who investigated the strike and made
persistent and finally successful efforts to
settle it.
The board had conferences In New
York with President Gutter of the New
York and New Jersey Telephone COM
pany on Saturday and yesterday.
THE PRESIDENTS PROMISE.
President Cutter yesterday told the
board that IL the mon returned to work
this morning he would satisfy them. He
said the Superintendent who discharged
the committee VINO presented the
strikers petition acted too. hastily and
that the strike vas premature; the petit
tion would have been considered had the
men been loss hasty.
MR.. DoYLE'S MESSAGE.
Patrick +. Doyle, of the Arbitration
Board. reported President Cutters prom
Use to the linemen last night. The line
men would have been better pleased Ii
the President had told specifically how he
would satisfy them, but with few excep-
lions they took him at his word and went
to work this morning.
AN INDEFINITE UNDERSTANDING.
Superintendent McCully, of the New
jersey Division. said this morning that
the men returned on the same terms as
when they left. but their petition was
under consideration. There was the best
OF feeling ali around. He thought the
strike was the result of a misundersrand-
ng on the part of the men.
TIE STRIKE.
The men struck in This state on Mon
day. May 8, for an advance of fifty cents
aday. The climbers were then receivI
ing So. so a day and less experienced men
are known as inspectors, received 300 a
day.
The petition also.requested that over
time be paid at the rate tof time and a
half. that legal holidays be paid iu full
aud that work done on holidays be paid
at time and II half, that no time should
be lost for rainy weather or any such in
convenience.
Twenty-sight or thirty men struck in
this city and about s~eventy-lve in the
State. The strike Ia jersey followed the
telephone strike in Brooklyn aud on
Long Island. which is also reported set
tied. )
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-06

t*NtIr
OF the members. and the com mittee was
instructed 10 present the same 70 the
Board of Aldermen for consideration az
the boards next meeting.
10 the oatmeal line. the committee re-
ported that samples of labels had been
submitted for action of the association
upon them. The labels were produced
and pleased the members. Tue labels
are gaudy and fantastic, and, the mem
bers think. will facilitate the sale of their
oats.
Several moro letters have been received
from railroad corporations assuring the
merchants of their cooperation In COM
peliing the delinquent railroad employees
to square their accounts with the mem
bers OF the association.
Options have been made upon certain
pieces of property ranging in price from
IS, 200 to $40. 600. according TO location.
The options were made for u suitable site
upon which to build a hall for the asso-
citation, and were sent In response to
nd advertisements placed IN The JERSEY
CITY NEWS.