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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

PROFESSIONAL men appear to act
like highway robbers when they are
dealing with dead millionaires. The
lawyers charge fees proportioncd to
the estate rather than to the value of
their service. Physicians, who are
generally supposed to be paid as often
as once a year, will bring in bills for
services several years past due. The
physician who attended Mr. Tilden
during his last years brought suit for
the sum of 100000 for eight years
attendance on the deceased million
aire. or $12, 500 per year. It is to be
presumed that this doctor had other
patients If he charged them all
prOpOrtiOnably his fees would soon
make him richer than any other busl-
ness man coulc hope to become.
The suit has been compromised, the
executors paying $40, 900, or s.. 900 a
year, which, considering that the bill
must be made out 'curing Mr.. Tilden
until he died." would seem to most
people quite enough to pay.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Sudden Death to Flies.

"Come inside a minute" said a
Fourth avenue dealer in pianos yes
terday afternoon, IL have discovered
the greatest fly-trap on earth and /
want to show it to you" He led the
way to an instrument at the rear of
the store on which was a newspaper.
On the paper had been p aced bunch
of sweet peas. At least 1000 dead
flies were lying on the paper in the
immediate vicinity or in the bunch
of flowers ~ threw these here by
chance" he continued. ''and in about
ten minutes / happened to notice
that every fly that alighted on the
flowers died in very short time"
Even as he spoke number of the in
sects which had stopped to suck the
deadly sweet had tOppled over dead.
They alighted with their usual buzz,
tapped their wings weakly several
times, and then gave up the ghost -
Louisville C0uritr-Journal.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

A machine has recently been ex.
hiblted which combines many useful
functions. 1t is guaranteed not only
to break stones to any required size,
but to screen them and to deliver
them automatically into any required
receiver. The machine is portable,
and will break eight tons of stones,
etc, per hour. It saves, it is
claimed, 6 cents ton in manual Ia
Dor, produces % per cent less waste
in dust and clippings than the Or
1inary machine; makes a much more
cubical sample of macadam, and
saves all time and expense In pulling
down and refxing. 1t will deliver
direct into cart or truck, and at
the same time leave behind no stone
larger than the holes in the screens,
thereby making it f-lly reliable when
either breaking "metal" for macadam
or concrete purposes In this way
much trouble and anxiety as to the
size OF the broken stone is avoided.
Yhe same inventor has produced a
special machine for the turning out
OF small granulatOr sizes suitable for
fine concrete and tar paving and for
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

WHAT thin veneer of civilization
hides the natural barbarism of man.
kind! Wherever the world over men,
or women for that matter, are gath
cred together for purposes Of legisla.
tion they are through native barbar-
ism liable to such exhibitions of saw
agery as we're made in the House of
Commons recently. Parliament is
one of the most august legislative
bodies of the world 1t makes laws
for the mighJiest of human kingdoms.
But when some Of its members were
excited by debate they detied the au.
thority of the chair, they pushed
aside the sergeant with the mace
they disregarded the presence of the
venerable premier, and went to punch
ing one another's noses and blacken-
ing one anOther's eyes with the zest
that Hottentots or Zulus or Fiji
islanders or national Columbian COM
missioners might have evinced. For
the time being the veneer of civiliza-
ton disappeared. Resort was had to
mere physical prowess exerted with
out such restraint even as is imposed
upon contestants in the prize ring.
In moment, in the twinkling of an
eye, the persons considered ut by
constituencies to represent at least
one of the most enlightened king
doms in the world went back clean
beyond the stone age when men
made weapons as result Of growing
knowledge and employed their fists
in graphing one another in a contest
that would have disgraced orang-
OutanQS
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
can people believe in furniture, good
furniture and lots of it.

THE death of Rev. Thomas f.
Walsh, President of the University
OF Notre Dame, is grievous loss to
that institution and to the creed of
which he was distinguished member.
Placed in the Presidents chair at the
age Of 25, he speedily elevated the
tone of the group of colleges gubject
to his direction and. by an uncom-
mon sagacity ia dealing with the
least tractable period OF young man.
hood, increased the usefulness Of the
colleges while tightening their dis
cipline. He was an ideal head for a
boys town. Full Of humor, kind
hearted as woman, rich in fancy,
we'll grounded in sciences and arts.
his talents and his character were re-
flected in the progress of Notrc Dame,
whose alumni are to he found all over
the country. Wherever the boy lives
that was subject to the gentle but
firm Jurisdiction of Father Walsh
there will be sincere grief for his too
early death.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
A Niece of Robert Burns.

Returning past the Thorn aboon
the welp' we came by pleasant way
to Bridgeside cottage, the home of
Miss Isabella Burns Begg, niece of
the Bard, and his only surviving near
relative, writes Theodore +. Wolfe
in an interesting sketch of the only
near relative OF the poet in the
Ladies' Home Journal. The cottage
is coy structure OF stone. from
whose matched root a dormer wiz.
dow, brilliant with flowers, peeps out
through the foliage which EMPOWERS
and half conceals the. tiny homelet.
The trimmest OF little maids admit.
ted US at the roadside wicket, and
conducted along path. bordered by
flowers, to the cottage door, where
stood Miss Begg beaming cordial
welcome upon the pilgrims from
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Wash Day.

Recently there has been some talk,
which was probably quite idle, of a
visit of the Emperor of Germany to
the Republic of Switzerland. 1t had
been asserted that no German En-
peror had ever made a tour through
Switzerland; but this is not the case
since the Emperor Joseph II. of Aus
tria, who in his time was entitled to
be called German Emperor, visited
Switzerland in 1777 much as Peter
the Great of Russia visited Holland
to learn wisdom of the people.
The Emperor sJOseph, during his
visit refused to receive official honors
and went about as private person1
An incident among many Of bis eX-
periences is well worth relating
At a village in the Canton of Solo,
thurn the Emperor put up at a coun-
try inn for dinner. A meal was
served him which was lacking in some
Of the elements Of good dinner
He made no complaint but the wo-
man who kept the inn came to him
and said, in EXPLANATIONS:
II hope you'll excuse the dinner.
but you see it's wash-day, and I'm
pretty sure that when your wife is at
the wash-tub sir, you have to get
along with any kind of a meal you
can get"'
The Emperor laughed, and assured
the woman that when his wife did
the family washing he should expect
to fare very badly.-Youth's Com
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

The furniture manufacturing in
dustry is one Of the largest in the
country. 1t is estimated that there
is manufactured in the United States
annually $I25, 900, 900 worth of fur
niture, all but per cent of which is
sold in this country, and there are
engaged in the sale of these goods
So. 900 retail dealers. In the produc-
tion of the goods there are engaged
125, 900 men. In Chicago there are
260 factories, exclusive of parlor goods
manufacturers, with an invested cap
ital OF $4,000, 900, employing 20, 900
men, and annually producing
$25, 900. 900 worth okfurniture. Nearly
every city in the North has one or
more factories ems aged in making
some kind Of furniture. The Ameri-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Nfneveh, the Paris of Its Are.

During the seventh and eighth
centuries before Christ Nineveh was
the greatest and most wicked city of
the world. 1t was situated on the
Tlgrls, and was unequaled for its
wealth, its luxury, its sensuality, and
the violent cruelty of its rulers and
mobiles. Like the Paris of two CEN.
turtles past, 1T was at once the center
where gathered, and the source from
which flowed. the most corrupting
and destructive influences of eyery
KIND. The city was bright, beauti-
ful, gay, the strong capital of the
strong nation of that time. Founded
by Nimrod Genesis XII, it had grown
with every age until it reached the
immense proportions of sixty miles
in circumference.
In the midst of its greatest power
and glory, the prophets of Israel
Isaiah, Jonah, Nahum and Zepha-
niah-began to declare its approach.
ing downfall. So literally were the
prophecies fulfilled before the era Of
careful historical writing, that ont
SIDE OF the Bible, we have hardly any
description of the city that is trust
worthy From about 625 to 600 r.
Z. we date its downfall, and for
nearly 1000 years its great monu-
ments, its vast libraries. it's colossal
sculptures, it's numberless cylinders
ana seals, have been buried under
the sand, waiting to give their testi-
mony and proof to the CORRECTNESS, OF
tne statements OF the Old Tesla.
ment
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Not Ashamed OF His Trade.

'TOm" Poole, the friend Of Cole
ridge and other men of genius, and
one of the most pronounced Liberals
OF his time, was the son of q tanner.
His father had resolved that this lad
should continue the business, and so,
although a younger brother went to
college, poor Tom was apprenticed to
the tanning trade, With the bare
equipment OF reading, writing. and
arithmetic.
But Tom hungered for an educa-
tiOn, and set about getting it. With
the aid Of cousin and that Of a
French refugee he learned Latin,
French, and little Greek. AS time
went on he found that he was ignor-
ant of practical details connected
with his trade, and 50 left home, and
began working under q feigncd name
in large lanyard, where he could
become acquainted with the newest
Improvements that had been intro
duced into the business.
All his life long he sought growth
and Development and that he was
never spoiled by prosperity is indi-
Gated by one significant incident He
was one day walking in Bath with
the Marquis of Lansdowne. and recog-
nized in an old wagner driving by a
man who had been carter in the tan
yard where had worked.
He excused himself to his COM
panion. and hurried across the street
to offer the carter his hand. The
man stared at him for moment, and
then exclaimed, delightfully."-
''Sure, 'tis never our Tummas!
Well, did always think thee summat
above the cOmmon"
Poole could be very vehement at
times in his abuse of the aristocracy.
Even when he was a county magis-
trate and man Of acknowledged i'm
portance in the neighborhood, he
would say, aggressively:
II am plebeian. am a tanner
You know l am a tanner"
Thus it came about that the local
wits used to call him Lord Chancellor
Hyde. Youths Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Recent ENDS of the World"

A dozen times in the present cent
ury has the lend of the world" scare
been revived. and the interest still
felt in the subject may be conjectured
from the excitement caused only a
few months ago by the announcement
that telescope comet was about tc
cross the orbit Of the earth. There
are many persons now living who re.
member ''when the stars fell' in the
early '30s and the excitement caused
by that then unexplained phenome
non. At that time it was believed
to be the beginning of the end. The
Southern negroes were greatly
alarmed and believed that the judg.
ment day had really come. while
their fright was shared in no small
degree by the whites Win. Miller,
founder of the "Millerites." went SO
far as to fix the date for the end of
the world in October, 1912, and when
his prophecy was not fulfilled, cor.
rected his calculation, making 1S47,
1S4s, and 1857 the proper dates
Many persons prepared their ascension
on some one of these dates, and hav-
ing made ready, were disappointed at
the failure. But above all, the fact
that popular expectation is
still entertained in spite of all pre-
vious failures. is proved by the pres
ence in this country of a large and
increasing denomination of Christian
people, whose fundamental article of
belief is that the end of the world is
near at hand and that their special
business is to De ready for that event
Globe Democrat
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

FIGHTING ParsOn Holt lives in
Jericho. Long Island. and the DULLES
Of the neighborhood are all afraid of
him. For he SO thoroughly wiped up
the floor of the sanctuary with the
town bully, who came into the church
singing "Ta-ra-ra- boom" the other
Sunday evening, that all the sons Of
Belial for miles around trembled.
Not only did he thrash him then and
there, out he chased him out OF the
meeting house and tied him in a
bOw-knot Muscular Christianity is
away above par in Jericho
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
NOT UNClVjLlZED
Contrasts That Make . Favorable Showing
for the People of Indiana.

Contrasts That Make Favorable Showing
for the People of Indiana.
Some people who live in the East
feel justified in perpetually underrat.
ing the intelligence and culture OF
the people Of the Western States
The Hoesier State comes in for its
full share of unfair treatment. To
some gentle minds near tho Atlantic
coast, the very name Indiana is the
synonym for ignorance, boorishness
and provincialism. With a certain
amount of this the people of the
West can be patient bearing the
charges Of wOolishness and iliiteracy
with becoming composure, but it is
just as we'll to occasionally submit
facts to candid world. Hence, let
a comparison between Massachusetts
and Indiana be instituted, odious as
such proceeding may be to Massachu-
setts. The two States had in 1880
almost exactly the same population.
Indiana published forty more news
papers and periodicals.. Indiana had
5000 more public schools, with 12O,-
600 more sittings, $4,000, 900 more of
school fund, 200, 900 more O: school
attendance, and 95, 900 greater daily
average OF attendance. Indiana
had 20. 900 persons over ten years of
age who could not read, aud Massa-
chusetts had $4,000. lndiana's per
cent. of the whole number was i. 8,
and that Of Massachusetts SO -rela-
lively as well as numerically more H.
literate than this rowdy Hoostsr
State. Massachusetts had 5, 1927 in
sane people; Indiana, 3,54S. Massa-
chusetts had 5. 423 paupers; Indiana,
1866. Massachusetts had 1863 pris-
oners Indiana, 1885. Thus Massa-
chusetts. with slightly smaller popu.
lation than Indiana, has fewer news.
papers and periodicals. fewer public
schools, fewer school buildings. fewer
sittings and smaller school fund, has
a much smaller school attendance
and greater number of illiterates
has more insane, more paupers and
more criminals, and all these rela-
lively and absolutely. 1t would be
well for some of the Eastern States
to expend some of the strength they
exhaust in disparaging their Western
contemporaries in the better task of
raising up their own people. The
West is very respectable place to
live, and its schools and colleges do
not suffer by comparison with older
institutions further east Indiana
has the center of population within
her borders, and in this general re.
zion some other things are beginning
to center as we'll. Cincinnati Herald
and Presbyter.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

TIE loss of the Victoria Is a fresh
reminder of the wOrthlessness of life
saving devices which are not kept
constantly in order and ready for use.
The Inflated ship was provided with
water-tight compartments and if
these had been closed the hole made
by the Campcrdown, terrible as it
was, would not have resulted so ca
lam;tously But the bulkheads
were open and when the effort was
made to close them it was too late
Eternal vigilance is the price of
safety as we'll as of liberty.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
SELLING A SECONDHAND STOVE

Experience of . Man Who Decided to Give
Up His Flat.
'.Did you ever try to give up your
heating stove when you gave up your
fiat to send your missus out into the
couDtry?" pathetically inquired
married man. "Well, if you're any
way proud or stuck up it will be gocd
for you.
"You go to the stove dealer. to
whom you paid IS for 20 cents worth
Of Russia iron pipe and half an hours
work. You say you guess you'll move
into steam heated fiat in the fall.
and you don't care about storing the
stove.
''He knows it's a good stove, be-
cause he told you so when he and you
got the landlord to put jack on the
chimney.
80, 1 never buy second hand
stOve,' he says.
''You try the other dealers. They
want to know where YOU got the
stove, and look at you as if they
thought you stole it.
'It's been a lesson to me. Ill
never steal stove, hot or cold, no
matter how hard up get Too hard
to get rid of it.
$50 went to secondhand store.
Dusty old place. Things in it nobody
would ever buy. Old man in there
vanishing up child's high chair.
"Told him wanted to sell heating
stove He never said a word for five
minutes.
II went on and described the stove,
SO that total stranger would reco9-
nize it If he met it on Broadway. Old
man said nothing. waited. Finally,
he looked up and asked:
"'Well. What it is? What do
you ask for that stove?"
II told him that I didn't know ex-
actly. I'd sci! it cheap
'Old man said nothing. Igave him
my address 1 waited.
"'Well,' said the old man. Some
day got nothings else to do, l go
me on that place. I got me no time
to tell other peoples their business
'That's all he said to me. can't
begin to tell you how insulting his
manner was Tue more l thought
about it the madden l got
'.Half an hour later l went back
and said to him in as bitterly sweet
tones as I could get up: Although
we may be unable to strike bargain,
want to thank you for your gentle
manly treatment I should like to
meet you socially
''Did it freeze him?"
course not o, that's all right,
he said, and nodded his head patron
izingly, and went on vanishing the
baby's high chair. boston Globe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

The department of Lizzie Borden
at various times while under suspi-
cion had much to do with the trial
of the lady. Now the innocent per-
son in that situation shows more
guilt, according to popular Judgment,
than the guilty one. An adept in
crime acts and looks innocent, while
the innocent is overwhelmed with the
shame involved IN suspicion. This Is
not news to most persons. but it GER
tainly is to number who have their
abiding places in and aboutF all River
and New Bedford. The wonder is
that Miss Borden survived her ordeal
sufficiently to have any department
at all.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
A Kentucky Snake Story.

Judge J. b. Bowman, who lives
near Marlborough. gave Vance burg
Ry.) correspondent of the New York
World, an account of a wonderful
snake fight that he recently wit
messed. He was going through a strip
of woodland on the way to his wheat
field when his attention was af-
tracted by peculiar noise near his
pathway. Looking in the direction
whence the sound proceeded he OBJ
served blacksnake and a rattlesnake
twlned together in deadly combat.
The blacksnake was wound about its
venomOus enemy, endeavoring to
squeeze the life out of him. The
Judge became an eager spectator of
the novel combat. Ever and anon
the rattlesnake would bite the black
snake. Then remarkable thing
would occur.
The blacksnake as soon as bitten
would uncOil himself, dart for a small
bush, and bite of one OF the leaves.
He would mOlsten it in his mouth,
press out the juice, apply it to the
bitten place, and then return to his
enemy again. This was repeated
several times, until the blacksnake
squeezed the life out of the RATHER.
Judge Bowman says he never kills
blacksnakes. He says it is their
mission and one they greatly enjoy
to destroy all the venomous snakes
they can find. The Judge has a
pet blacksnake that stays in his
barn and keeps away all the rats and
mice.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Dyspepsia Due. to the Had

A physician has written an article
70 snow that dyspepsia is due to a
disorder of the head and not to the
stomach. He SAYS: THE nnmhars
OF so-called dyspeptics that are cured
oy the disappearance of business
domestic, or social annoyance are
nearly unlimited. An overdue note
III Inc possession of beetle.eved
creator is more productive of dvs.
pepsia than a meal of second hand
oarpet lacks In fact, it may be a
saie thing to assume that in dvsnen.
oia We hau better look in the garrett,
S S' or cellar OF the dyspeptic's
mouse or among his business or social
relations rather than to his sto,nach
Tor the solution of the difYicu,tv
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05
Anti.Faddisnn.

This barbarous word, philologically
speaking, is used in Chicago to desig-
nate the opposition to teaching in the
primary schools such studies as Ger
man. drawing, music, clay modelling,
sewing and other branches which the
'.anti-faddist" consider ornamental
or "fadS"
They urge that no such branches
should be taught in schools supported
by taxation until 'every child of the
people shall have been provided, free
of expense, with instruction in the
common studies which will be an
equipment for ordinary industrial or
business pursuits in any way of life {"
They also say that young pupils who
have too many studies learn none of
them thoroughly.
On the other hand, the '.faddist,"
urge that the studies objected to are
In fact peculiarly suited to equip for
industrial life, that they take the
mind out of the routine of the 'three
RS stimulate the intellect and are
approved by the best exrOncnts Of
modern educational ideas
The re :ult has been a compromise
AS was just, for there is some reason
in both arguments; the primary
grades now have simpler courses of
study, some branches objected to
have been dropped. Others have been
transferred to the high schools.
1t is wise to drop the study of
foreign languages from primary school
courses In American schools our
own language should be the first
taught, and should always be the
language of teaching.
The children OF foreigners must
look to their parents if from feeling
of sentiment they wish to know their
another tongue" but their native
language, freely taught them by the
State, must be that of the nation
whose citizens they are to become. -
Youths Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-05

America She is the daughter and
namesake of Burns youngest and
fayorite sister, Isabella who married
John Begg. We found her to be g.
singularly active and vivacious old
lady, CHEEKY. and intelligently and
manifestly pleased to have secured
appreciative auditors for. rsminis-
cences of her gifted relative. She Is
of slender habit has bright and
winning face, and soft gray hair, and
when she was seated beneath the
Burns portrait we could see that her
brilliant dark eyes are like those ON
the canvass