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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
To see what Johnny catches there.
Up comes q fish so very small
That Kitty eats 1t tail and all.
Kitefylng and Kitemak,nu.

Kitehying and Kitemaking.
There never was a boy or girl who
did not like to fly a kite. A little
girl will drop her dolls at any time
for the honor Of running alongside
Of her brother when he holds the
kite strings in his hands, and the
boy will forget his marbles and his
top II there is a chance for kitehyiug.
An easy way to make kite is to
take four strips of wood and tie them
together so that the ends stick out
In every direction. Let one Of the
sticks be a great deal longer than the
Others, and this makes the points
end Of the kite, or the tail, to which
the cOlored papers are to be tied to
make the kite look gayer Tie a
string around the ends of the sticks
80 as to. make the frame for the kite,
and then cover with paper. News
papers will do, although colored paper
is prettier. A large kite takes a
great deal OF strength to fly it. Once
upon time a man whose dogs were
disabled in the arctic regions made a
kite strong enough and big enough
to draw his sled. And 50 his kite
helped him over great many miles
OF ice and snow where he would have
had to walk had he not learned to
make kite when a boy.-New York
Ledger
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

The Bishop was no sailor. He
thought the capful of wind was an
Atlantic storm, and worried the cap
tain by asking him constantly il
there was any danger. The captain
led his lOrdship to the hatch over the
fo'cs'le. "You hear the crew bias
pheming," he said; do you think
those men would use such oaths il
there was any danger of their meet
ing death?"
The sun set in an angry storm torn
sky, the wind rose higher yet and the
good steamer pitched and rolled and
grOaned and creaked.
1t was midnight, and a portly fig
ure crept forward to the fo'cs'le
hatch, the dim light glimmered upon
pair Of skin-clad calves and an
apron.
THANK heaven!" murmured the
bishop, they are sthl swearing"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
The Story of Bresca.

The little town of Bordighera in
Italy has furnished the Eastern
palms at Rome ever since the year
1886. How the grant was obtained
by Bresca, the brave old sea captain,
is a curious story. Standing with
the crowd in the open plaza, before
the Cathedral of St. Peters, he was
gazing with breathless interest at the
workmen engaged in erecting the
Egyptian Obelisk. So momentous and
difficult task was this regarded that
Pope Sixtus V. forbade any one to
utter loud word during the opera
tion, on pain of death.
All went we'll until the massive
stone column reached a certain angle,
when to the horror of the multitude
and the despair Of the engineer, it
ceased to move. Various expedients
were resorted to without avail, and
all seemed lost, when suddenly
voice broke the silence, crying:
"Aiga, dai de l'aiga ae corde!"
("Water, give water to the ropes.o
This suggestion, which came from
the old sailor, was quickly acted up
on; the obelisk slowly righted itself
and was successfully raised to the
position it now occupies.
When the trembling Bresca was
brought a prisoner before the Pope
for punishment, the latter not only
pardoned the offense, but offered to
grant him any reasonable request.
The unseltish soul of the man showed
itself when, instead of petitioning
for some personal preferment, he
begged that the right of furnishing
the palms for Easter should be be
slowed upon his family and the vii.
layers of Bordighera, his birthplace.
The request was granted, and is re-
spected to this day.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

JAMES ". MARSHALL
IWho first discovered rocks mingled
gold at Suffers Mill, with quartz and
california; other minerals.
These are the gold veins and drifts
so frequently described in the mining
nomenclature of to-day. And it is
from this source that the bulk of the
worlds gold is mined at present.
Where these veins have been acted
upon by the evading and disintegrat-
ing forces of nature the rocky crust
has been broken down and the golden
atoms again concentrated in beds of
clay or gravel. These are what miners
term "placers.
1t was in the days of the famous
placer mining that the romance and
story OF American aad gold mining
lay. 1t was the mining of the "forty-
miners" as pictured by the graphic
pens of Bret Hart and Joaquin Miller.
In placer mining it was every man
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Conditional.

Judge B. f. Dennison was once
arguing case before Judge Roger S.
Greene, and in the course of his re-
marks kept constantly referring to
Browne on Statute Of Frauds" al
ways making two syllables of the
word Browne, and pronouncing it as
if it were Brown-ee.
Judge Greene fldgeted around in his
chair, stood the INSTRUMENTATION as
long as he could, and then blurted
out;
Judge, why do you say .Brown-ee?'
You wouldn't call me sGreen-ee.
would your"
Judge Dennison slowly replied, in
rather dry tone of voice:
That depends on how your Honor
decides this case. "-Germantown
Telegraph.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Tea I'm Thib0t,

All Of the tea used In Mongolia and
Thibet comes in the shape of bricks,
which have uniform weight of five
pounds, measuring nine inches in
length by six inches in width and
three inches in thickness. The tea of
which they are composed is not the
plant to which we are accustomed.
1t is obtained from large and woody
shrub. The small twigs and leaves
are steamed, the sticks being dried
and ground to powder. The stuff
thus prepared is mixed with q little
rice-water to make it sticky, and is
then rammed into mold by means
of a wooden stick shOd with iron.
Such tea would be considered too
poor for use in China proper, where
all Of it is manufactured and whence
it is exported for consumption by the
ignorant jewellers on the frontier.
The Thibetans cannot get along
without tea. 1t is said that they
even sell their children for it to their
grasping priests, who control the
trade and hoard the bricks like gold
in the monasteriea These tea bricks
have circulated as currency at fixed
value in Mongolia and Thibet, but in
the latter country they have recently
become demonetized, owing to the
Introduction OF rupees from India.
Until lately brick of tea was worth
one rupee. The monks of the Batang
monastery in Ihibet, having boarded
great treasures in the shape of tea
bricks, have found it impossible to
dispose of them at par. or course
you know that Thibet is a province
of China and part Of the empire.
Chinese diplomatic officials make q
practice of smuggling tea into Thiber
in the guise Of baggage, thus enrich.
ing themselves greatly. The Thib.
etans say:
"They come into our country with
out trousers and they depart with a
thousand loaded yaks." (
The Thibetan teapot is a churn,
like an ordinary butter-churn. They
take small portion from a brick.
pound it in a mortar, make an in
fusion, strain it, and pour it into the
churn, adding little salt. A lump
of butter is thrown in, and the
mixture is churned for a while. Then
1t is ready to drink. The result is
described as resembling weak tea,
with the sugar and tea left out
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

scale. The mines now, worked are
mostly those in which the gold is
held intact in quartz dug from veins
and drifts. The quartz must be
broken, crushed and ground fine as
powder. This is the work of the
stamp mill-huge mortars and pestles
operated by machinery. The real
difficulty in quartz mining lies rather
In separating the gold from the baser
minerals than in the crushing. The
finely powdered mass is carried from
the stamps by running water first
over shallow bath of mercury,
Quicksilver is heavy, but gold is
heavier, and into the mercury the
larger particles of gold sink. Next
the water spreads itself over plates
Of copper, coated with cyanide Of
potassium. This coating catches
still more of the floating particles.
The stream pursues its course over
stretch OF blankets, the rough and
hairy surface Of which retains many
more Of the yellow atoms. Finally
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
The Oyster Garden of Arcachon,

The great oyster garden at Area
ch0n. France. is basin on the Bay
OF Biscay, connected with the At
lantic only by very narrow opening.
and is sixty-eight miles in circumfer-
ence and protected from winds by the
pine-clad heights that surround it,
The waters are salt enough, and yet
not too strong, the bottom is of the
gravelly sand favorable to oyster
breeding, and the rise and fall of the
tides are such that the basin is com
pletely covered at high tide and the
beds are largely uncovered at low
water. The oyster has always been
an inhabitant Of this spot. The stock
had become nearly exhausted forty
years ago, but has been recruited by
individual enterprise under the en-
enlargement of the government.
There are now twelve thousand five
hundred acres of oyster beds in the
basin. Several thousand men and
women are employed to attend them.
and the average annual sale of oysters
by the principal firm is over two
hundred millions. AS the majority
are not sold under two years old, and
these only for relaying, it is computed
that there are usually five hundred
million oysters of various ages upon
these beds. The beds having been
artificially made, the whole process of
oyster-breeding can be witnessed
there. They are laid out in parks.
each park embracing twenty or more
beds, and between the parks, as be.
tween the sections of the beds, are
waterways for the passage of boats
The beds are made of sand and gray.
ell. upon foundations of wooden piles.
and raised above the level Of the
basin bottom, but not to such an ex-
tent as to expose them at other than
low tides. A barrier of @switches"or
nets protects the beds from fishes
Sets OF earthenware tiles are arranged
for the reception Of the young oysters
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Suffers MILL. CALIFORNIA.

for himself. The miner prospected
until he found what he thought
was pay dirt. Then he staked
his claim and set up his
CRADLE" a rough wooden box into
which he shOveled the gold flecked
gravel. Upon this he poured water
and rocked his cradle until the water
had run out at the little sideways
at the ends, carrying with it the en-
numbering soil, and leaving the CLINT
ing yellow dust and tiny nuggets be-
hind. These were gathered by hand
and deposited in the buckskin pouch
that formed the sole safe deposit
company Of the "forty-niner" and his
kind. 1t was hard life, but full of
the fascination OF danger and the
greater fascination of chance.
The Modern Method.
The days of individual alluvial dig.
ging are practically at an end. The
miner does not now prospect for him-
self, but works for a syndicate or
y company Of capitalists, which car
ries on business on gigantic
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A Color Thermometer.

A decided novelty in thermomc-
ters has been invented by a clever
chemist. 1t is in the form of a sen.
sitive paint, which, at the ordinary
temperature, is bright yellow; but,
II submitted to heat, gradually
changes color until at two hundred
and twenty degrees Fahrenheit it
shows a brilliant red. On being
cooled 1t returns to its pristine hue.
but remains as sensitive as ever. If
this be 30, the paint would he in
valuable In hospitals, for example,
where the slightest variation in tenn.
perature would be indicated In such
way as to strike the most careless
ndrse. In ordinary dwelling houses,
atso. 1t would have its ADVANTAGES.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A Wonderful Planer.

A masterpiece in mechanical con.
structiOh has been built in Glasgow,
a vertical and horizontal planning
machine, for the use Of marine engi-
neers and Others, when ordinary
planning machines are insufficient.
This machine consists of a heavy bed
plate of box section, forming the
work table, and carrying, when de-
sired, a set of compound sli( IS, and
circular table, the motions of which
can be made self-acting. For hori-
zontal planning, the vertical column,
which carries the tool, is driven by
two horizontal screws connected by
bevel gears; and, in vertical planning,
the tool is traversed up and down
this column by vertical screw,
driven by a bevel gearing below; the
driving nuts which run on these
screws are very long and completely
envelOp the screws, thus having
ample wearing surfaces; the tool sad
die Is balanced by weight inside
the column. supported by vertical
chains, and automatic and hand feed
are provided both in the case Of the
saddle and column. The driving is
effected through two sets of pulleys.
the smaller giving the quick return
motion after the cut, aud the belts
are so arranged that one belt leaves
the first pulley before the other be-
gins to drive, thus reducing the wear
of the belts. The change of driving
from vertical to horizontal can be
effected instantaneoulsy.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

The question as to the, employment
of silver for currency makes interest
ing some facts in relation to gold, the
other metal used for he same pur-
pose. There is an enormous amount
Of gold produced annually, the out
put last year being S13S, s16,627
Australia furnishes more of this than
any country. and we come next with
S33, 900, 900 worth, which is $3.50, 500
less than the production of Austral-
asia. The most acceptable theory as
to its hiding places is that gold in
the days when earth was young ex-
listed In certain rocks in q finely di.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Farewell to Earth.

The crier, or tambourineur, as he
is generally called, because he carries
a drum, is one of the institutions of
rural France. A traveller in the
valley Of the Cele says, in wander
ings by Southern Waters" that he
found the tambourineus making the
rounds of town, Justify beating his
drum to awaken the curiosity of the
inhabitants, and accompanied by an
OK, which he introduced to the pub
lie as "le boeuf lei present"
The crier's business Is to announce
to all to whom it may concern that
the animal is to be killed this very
evening, ana that tomorrow morn
ing its flesh will be sold at one franc
twenty-five centimes the kilo. 1t
will all go at a uniform price, for
this is the custom. Those who want
the alayOu, or sirloin, will only have
to be In haste.
The OK, Notwithstanding the fact
that he has rope tied around his
nose and horns, and is led by the
butcher, evidently thinks it is q great
distinction to be tambourine; his ex-
preston indicates that this is the
prOudest day of his life
Every time the drum begins to-
rattle he flOurishes his tail, and when
each little ceremony is over he moves
to fresh place, with jaunty air,
as IL he were aware that all this
drumming and fuss were especially
intended for his entertainment. No
cOndemne0 wratch evar no6o hts on
pearance in public with better grace.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

or @spat," coated with mortar, 80 that
anything fixing itself to them may be
scraped OF easily. Sometimes each
of these tiles will be covered by five
or six hundred young oysters. They
develop rapidly, and in about
month take the form of real minia-
ture oysters. Then they need more
room, and are thinned by scraping,
to be placed wider apart on other
tiles, or to be transferred to their
final beds, or to ire-bottomed trays.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

planum, or smoothing-iron, bending
the back and swaying the body lightly
to and fro, in unison with the mo-
tion Of the implement in the hand.
AS the majority of young women are
probably unacquainted with the i'm
plements used in these exercises any
OF the ladies whose names are men
TONED above will cheerfully supply
all necessary information.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

scope slightly and move one foot be-
fore the other. Repeat these move
ments until the scop8 has been
brought in contact with every por-
tion of the floor.
2. Holding vertically in the hands
long pole to which a bundle of
feathers has been attached, bend the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

b ody backward
from the W a / s t,
t nr Ow the head
well back and ele-
vate the arms un.
til t h g feathers
rest lightly against
the ceiling or walls.
Move t he arm s
b ack a n d forth.
carefully holding
the pole in posi-
tion. In a similar
exercise, more fire.
Quently practiced.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

place Obliquely In It,
so that the lower
edge shall rest in the
bottom of the basin
and the upper one
lean against the op-
pOsite side, a CORFU
gatedpiece of wood
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

grasp, all O wi q g
the bushy portion
OF the scope to rest
upon the floor aud
holding firmly to
the upper end of
the handle. Bend
the body slightly
forward, give the
arms a horizontal
movement. lift tho
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

vided and pow
dered condition.
The rock cover
ed vast areas.
BY the slOw
processes of ma
lures great lab
OratOry the au-
riferOus atoms
conc n ira t e d
along planes of
rae ure, the
cracks and fs-
sures in the bed
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A Flattery.

A famous French glutton, who was
conspicuously overeating at dinner
some years ago, excused himself from
time to time by quoting the poet
Boileau's well-known line:
"In eating well, I praise the food. "
"Ah, sir" said one of the guests,
significantly, ~you carry praise to the
point of flattery."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

dip into a paste COM
posed of amylon and
aqua pura, that is to
say, pure water, and
allow it to become al.
most dry. Spread on
a smooth surface and
pass quickly over it a
vDo11 LAl
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

"WBAr city has the largest float
ing populations" inquired the teacher.
sCOrk!' answered the bright little
boy at the foot Of the class. Chicago
Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
h water and

covered with zinc. Then take some
sort of cloth, souse in the water and
rub briskly on the board. A little soap
will lessen the friction and render the
exercise somewhat more gentle.
3. Take a cloth. treated az ahova
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
THE YELLOW METAL.
FACTS ABOUT BRIGHT AND SHIN.
ING GOLD.

Where 1t Il Found and How 1t IL Gotten
Out of the Ground-Dinerent Methods of
Mining Employ ed-Historic Suffers MIL,
California.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

EVERY woman admires q man who
can swim and looks with horror at .
boy who wants to learn how.-Atchi.
son Globe.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

Or keeping quiet one never repents.
Of talking he always does.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

down firmly, throw the weight upon
the arms, bending them at the ell
bows as the motion Of the hands re.
quires, and pass the cloth briskly
over the surface of the floor.
T. Fill a large basin with water and
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
The Raccoon and tho Rabbit.

A raccOOn and a rabbit were cross
ing river together in an old tub.
When about midway between the
two shores they discovered that their
boat was leaking badly. They had
nothing with them with which to
bail cut the water, and neither of
them could swim, 90 you may be sure
they were badly frightened. At
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

boat, and perhaps In this way we may
so reduce it that we shall be able to
reach the other shore in safety"
The racccon readily agreed to this
plan, and both animals set to drink
ing with will. But though they
were able to reduce the quantity of
water in the tub it continued to set
tie and presently went down with the
two travellers. From this sad tale we
may learn the wholesome lesson that
shifting responsibility is not rid.
ding ones self Of it.-St. Nicholas.
Johnny Goes Fishing.
Johnny sat down by the brook
With line and pin for fishing hook
Kitty waits with anxious air,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

2. Kneeling upon
the floor and grasp
Ing a wet cloth in
the hands, bend the
back till the cloth
touches the floor.
Press tho hands
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

shorter pole IS used and. the feath-
ers are allowed to pass over the diff
ferent objects in the room. But this,
while excellent for the arms and
shoulders, does not call into play the
muscles of the spine, neck and chest.
Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1893-08-05
MEDICAL SCIENCE.
Some Wonderful Inventions for
the Use Of Doctors
Electric Search Lights That Are Employed
in Exploring the Interior of the
Human System for Various
Diseases.

BY the latest application of electric
ity to the medical science it has be-
come possible to utilize the human
head as lantern. This was proved
by DIR. Wendell c. Phillips the
other night before a meeting of the
chronological section of the New
York academy of medicine. The cleo
trical apparatus used is called head
illumination" 1t consists of small in
candescent globe and an electric light
of three candle power and about as
big as grape. 1t is adjusted to the
end of a rubber tube, which in appear
ance resembles lead pencil and
through which the wires reach the
globe. In demonstrating the proper
ties of this light before the academy
of medicine DIR. Phillips called small
boy to the platform and placed the in
strument in his mouth. The boy
closed his lips, all the lights were
turned out and then the light in the
instrument was turned on. Immedi-
ately the boys cheeks became translu-
cent and every vein and imperfection
of the skin stood out with distinctness.
The light also shone through the upper
part of the face.
The beauty of this illumination"
said DR.. Phillips to Herald man,
''lies in the fact that it enables us to
read certain conditions of the head
which could only be learned hereto
fore by operations or probings If the
light shines through one side of the
face and not the other we know the
dark side is affected. 1t also throws
light through the bones of the face
and discloses formations Of the bone
which, under other circumstances,
could only be ascertained by drilling
to the bones Placed in the corner of
the eye, the light shines up through
the cavity in the frontal bone just over
the eyebrow. Catarrhal diseases are
thus located"
Here the doctor placed small sec
ton of rubber hose over the light
which he held in his hand at the time
Now notice how this shines through
my thumb" he continued. "Well. if