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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27

IA mans life is worth good deal
OF money, isn't it?" asked Joby, twirl.
ing his cap nervously as he spoke.
Not q boy like me, but a grown
man"
Eyes, Of course, my lad" replied
the captain IA mans life is sup
posed to be the most valuable OF his
possessions
well, then" said Joby, twirling
his cap still more nerveously, ''they
say l saved your life last night.
don't say it was much, you see. ANY
fellow who can swim could do the
same; only l happened to do it"
"Yes, you certainly did it, Joby.
And what them"
"YOu see-yOu see" stammered
Joby." Although that would pay
for my passage; then it wouldn't be
stealing. you know"
JOby could not make out why the
captains honest eyes should suddenly
grow moist. nor why the captains
strong right arm almost squeezed. the
breath out OF his small TO ~; nor yet
why the captains voice sho lid be so
husky, as he said:
'JOby, my lad, while old Tom
Esscx's hulk holds together, and a
single timber Of him floats, yon shall
never want for berth, or be without
friend. "-American Agriculturist
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
How He Trapped Her.

DIR. John Erskine, a weil-known
Scottish divine, was remarkable tor
TO: his simplicity Of manner and
gentle temper.
He returned so often from the pull
pit minus his pocket handkerchief
that Mrs. Erskine at last began to
suspect that the handkerchiefs were
stolen by some of the old women who
lined the pulpit stairs. So both to
balk and detect the culprit she sewed
corner of the handkerchief to one
OF the pockets of his coat-tails
Half way up the stairs the good
doctor felt tug, whereupon he
turned round and caught hold OF the
hand OF the guilty old woman. saying.
with great tenderness and simplicity:
mo the day, honest woman, no
the day, Mrs. Erskine has sewed it
in."-Slare Moments.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
Questions of Ammunition.

It is clearly merely a truism to as
sert that guns, unless they have
shells and powder. are OF no more
value to an army than market carts.
To feed the voracious appetite of
great line OF batteries belching forth
shell and shrapnel is almost as ardu-
Gus a task rs to insure their accuracy
of aim or their correctness of move.
ment into position. To find them in
project les is part of the science of
war as necessary and as difficult as to
obtain food for the men or fodder for
the horses
A carfully planned and accurately
working scheme of supply has to be
arranged behind the fighting line,
the closest connection between con-
sumer and producer has to be estab-
llShed, and the caterer of bullets is
every whit as indispensable as the
caterer Of bread. TO keep the stream
Of plenty flowing without check
through the various channels it is
necessary that officers should be ia
miliar with their size, extent, and
construction, that each should have
ocular demonstration OF the accidents
and obstacles that are sure to inter-
vene, and practical experience of the
best means of obviating or overcom-
ing them.
The commander who directs and
encourages the hot fire in frJnt must
keep a watchful eye on the ammuni-
tion columns behind, like the provi-
dent housewife who, while pressing
hospitality on her guest in the din.
ing room, does not leave the state of
the larder out Of her cancellations.
The Saturday Review.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
HAS AN ISLAND OF HIS OWN.
A Pacific Coast Man who Oves No A.
glance Save to HimselS.

Pacific. Coast MAN who Oves No Al1os
glance Save to Himself.
The people of Olympia Wash,
and residents Of neighboripg points
know of lost island that Is actually
.Ost so far as the government records
are concerned. says the San Fran
cisco Chronicle. 1t Is known to
steamboat captains and people In the
neigh borhood as Steam boat island,
because OF ita resemblance to big
steamboat. Instead OF being lost 70
sight this island has really lost it,
identity. According to frank adj
mission on the part Of the land de-
partme4t this:laland is not under the
control OF any known government
This discovery was made by man BY
the name OF T. Brunson, who sQuatted
on the island about three years ago
and then sought to file on the land
as a homestead. He was sent from
one point to another trying to get II
surveyed but met with nothing but
disappointment at each turn. At
length, after wearisome delay, the
department at Washington sent word
that it had no knowledge of any such
piece Of land within the borders Of
the United States Brunson con-
tinues to squat and now dehcs the
powers that be to GUST him. lie is =
bachelor and Is the sole resident Of
the island. which contains atoat six
acres. He has small ranch, where
he raises garden truck, etc, and
lives as independently as any OF the
proud poten tates OF Europe. At low
tide Brunson can reach the mainland
along low spit of sand, but when
the water comes In he is cut of from
all communication with the out. side
world except by boat This miniature
kingdom is about twelve miles from
Olympia, ut the intersection OF Zig
Skookum and Oyster bays Accord
ing to Brunson's first understanding
his kindgdom was Just over the line
in Mason County. 1t seems how
ever that the middle of the channel
is counted as the dividing line in the
bays Of Puget Sound, and by this
Brunson's kingdom is in Thurston
County The question o! taxation Is
now in dispute BrunsOn refused to
pay his poll tax to Mason County on
the ground that his island was not
subject to any government and that
he was literally law unto himself.
This seems to be the generally ac-
cepted view Of the case Some OF his
neighbors joked him about his prin-
cipality, and he remarked that he
had good notion to run up the
British flag and take possession in
the name of Queen Victoria" II
has been suggested that ii he should
sell whisky within the bord ars OF his
kingdom he would soon find out who
owned the island Since he pays Io
taxes his right to vote is called in
question. According to latest ac-
counts Brunson was disposed to favor
Thurston County with his vote. The
case is quite interesting ana has pro-
voked no little discussion among
the inhabitants Of the sound.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27

The Pulse and the Temperature.
II you take thermometer On hot
summer day, and watch it until it
runs up under the influence of the
sunshine to 1914, you will see it when
1t reaches that point, at the exact
temperature Of your body. ii you are
in normal health. Your temperature
may.tluctuate attraction above or below
9S. 4, according to the time OF the day
or night, but it never varies to any
extent until fever or some other kind
OF disease sets in. Then the temper
allure begins to do what the pulse
would not do-tell just how danger
Ously sick t re person is And one of
the strange things about it is that it
does not vary many degrees from this
normal point OF 9s. 4. no matter how
i'll the patient may tecome If there
Is Il high fever, it may run up to lOl
or los, and sometimes to lO6. but it
seldom stays at this last point for any
length or time. II it goes up to los,
the good physician who is watching
at the bedside Of the sick person con-
cludes that death will soon put an
end to the suffering. Sometimes as
in cases Of cholera, it may drop sew
erai degrees below 90. 1, but it seems
to be impossible for it to change
many degrees from the normal point
There are cases recorded where the
temperature ran up to 40 or l12 and
the patient recovered.
The pulse, on the contrary, may
change many BEATS and still the sic.l
person will not be in danger OF death.
But, as rule II the temperature
reaches lO8 or 1909 death soon follows:
A tiny thermometer, called a
clinical thermometer, is used to in
dictate the temperature. 1t is placed
under the tongue, or close to the skin
In the axilla, or arm-pit. and left
there for few minutes BY an in
geniOus arrangement the mercury in
the slender glass tube Is sclf-register-
ing, SO that you may tell how high it
was any time after the temperature
is taken, if the mercury is not dis
turbed st. Nicholas.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
How Insects Make Music,

Everybody Is familiar with the mu-
sic of the katydid. Here again it is
the male that has the voice At the
base OF each wing cover is a thin.
membranous plate. He elevates the
wing covers and rubs the two plates
together If you could rub your
shoulder blades together you could
initiate the operation very nicely.
Certain grasshoppers make a sound
when flying that is like watchman's
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. very rapidly
repeated. There are also some moths
and butterflies which have voices.
The 'Meath's-head" moth makes a
noise when frightened that strikingly
resembles the crying q young baby
How it is produced is not known,
though volumes have been written
on the subject. The 'mourniny
cloak" butterfly-a dark species with
a light border on its wings-makes a
cry OF alarm by rubbing it's wings
together.
The katydids crickets, grasshop-
pers and other musical insects are all
exaggerated in the tropics assuming
giant forms Thus their cries are
proportlonately louder There is an
East Indian cicada which makes a
remarkably loud noise. 1t is called
by the natives dunbub, which means
drum From this name comes that
OF the genus which is known as dun
bubia. This is one of the few scien-
titic terms derived from the Sanscrit.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
Keeping Up Appearances.

1t is really wonderful what a num-
Der OF people in this last decade Of
the nineteenth century are employed
in keeping up appearances, and
nothing else.
This is their sole occupation. their
one all-absorbing thought.
For this they plan and scheme, and
struggle and toll, through anxious
days and wakeful nights, from weeks
end to weeks end.
For this they 20 deeper and deeper
into debt mourning liabilities which
in all human probability they can
never meet, and laying up for them
selves an ever-increasing load Of
trouble for the wears to come which
must ultimately crush them to the
earth.
Strange, indeed, is the charm that
manv CeOple-nOt. so far as we can
Judge from their conversation, lack
ing in the first principles OF honesty
and hOnOr-seem to find in playing
this dangerous game.
What satisfaction can they feel in
it? 1t puzzles US to imagine.
For, after all, their efforts have no
good Or worthy object; there 10
nothing in the end to justify the
means.
For keeping up appearances, look
at it which way we will, is not, and
never can be, good or elevating oc-
cupation to engross all a reasonable
human beings time and attention.
Life was surely given US for better
things than that To keep up the
appearance of something that, if Is
ever existed. has long ceased to do
SO; to strive to reanimate a dead
past, and throw dust in the eyes OF
the world by making their lives one
continual lie-such is the lofty OBJ
ject that MANY very respectable pe0-
pie have at heart; such is the grand
purpose that fills many presumably
intelligent soul.
''Oh, the pity of itr' Ay, and tho
puerility, too! 1t is a difficult mat.
ter indeed to respect human nature
capable Of such things as these.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
She Died with Him.

Doctor Junker, scientific eX.
plorer, travelled through Africa with
out armed escorts. accompanied only
by his native attendants and carriers
He had brought from west OF the
Makua pair of red-tailed gray par
rots Their wings being clipped,
they were allowed 10 go about freely
in the enclosure; but the queen. who
was specially attached to DR.. .lunker,
would perch half the day together by
mis- side. Unfortunately the pair
came to tragic end.
The king bird had somehow fallen
from the perch, and received some
internal injury. Seeing him on the
ground, bleeding at the beak, l
brought him to my couch. and laid
him first on one side, then on the
other, t. give him little ease; but
all to no purpose, and in about an
hour he lay dead, with outstretched
wings.
Meanwhile the queen parrot, who
had probably witnessed the accident
came in, and Logan to behave in a
most extraordinary manner. First
she initiated to the life all the move
ments of her dying consort; then she
crouched at some little distance,
changing her position whenever he
did. signing, laying her head now on
one side, now on the other; in short,
acting exactly as il she were suffering
from the same injury that had be-
fallen her mate.
I kent my ewes rivnted IN tho in
separable pair, and my amazement
soon changed to a feeling OF deep
SYM athy. The paroxysm of i'm
pulsive imitation lasted long enough
to produce marked effect on the Or
glnic functions Of the little creature.
Her grief, or whatever ineXplicablc
influence it may have been, caused
such a profound disturbance in the
system. that the vital action suddenly
ceased while she was yet mourning
the loss of her companion.
Without needing the risk, she had
drawn so near the fire that l was
obliged at last to remove her to a
place OF safety. But the end was al
ready at hand; she refused the most
tempting morsels, and within twenty
minutes of her partners death she
had breathed her last gasp
What are we to make of this far
from solitary case? BY what name
shall we inscribe the puzzle? lmita-
tive impulse, instinct. heart breaking
sorrow for the dear onc-what shall
we say caused the death of our little
gray parrot?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
How Little We Know.

The census of the illiterates in the
various countries places the three
Slavic States of R0umania Russia
and Servia at the head of the list,
with about 80 per cent of the popu-
latiOn unable to read or write. OF
the Latin-speaking races Spain heads
the list with 4S per cent, France and
Belgi: IN having about Is per cent
The illiterates in Hungary number -
per cent, in Austria 80 per cent.
and in Ireland q. In England We
find Is per cent, Holland 10 pea
cent, United States white pOpular
tion), per cent, and Scotland pee
cent unable to read or WRITE Whsa
we come to the purify Teutoaic STATE
we find a marked reduction Ia -
percentage of illiterates. The higheeA
is in Switzerland, 2.5. In the whole
German Empire it is but per ceaHl
In Sweden, Denmark, Bavaria, Badea..
and Wurtemburg there Is nut y sin9lo
person over 10 years OF age unable -
read and writel
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27

UBIQUITOUS AND MANY-EYED.

Vlies and the Mystery of Whence They
Come In the Early Summer.
The questi on of where flies come
from is asked many times during tho
summer. says the Boston Herald. Ii
is always a mystery to the woman
who has her house we'll screened how
even one Of the little pests can get
in. The parents Of good many of
them were probably housed the year
before, when in the autumn vigilance
waSJelaxed, and perhaps door or
window left unCuarled. With the
inst.n~t with which nature has pro.
vided them they crcpt into the warm
house, into cracks not perceptible,
and there they hibernated. There,
too, they lay their eggs. III to each
fly. thus looking out for the propaga-
tiOn OF the race; aud so, when the
first warm days come, they surprise
us by buzzing away on the windows
or around the table. In the mean
time the eggs are Matching. and by
'hy time" they come forth in swarms.
Sometimes in the dead OF winter a fly
will appear, beguiled from his resting
place bv the deceptive warmth of the
furnace heated house. He seems a
harbinger OF spring, and perhaps one
may be inclined tn pet it bit Don't
do it. Kin it and thus put an end to
prospective future generation OF
flies. Tney are natural scavengers
Their purpose in life is to consume
various substances which are thrown
off from the human body, by articles
of food, and by almost every animal
and vegetable production when in
state of change. These substances
are given out in such small quantities
they are imperceptlble to common
observers and not removable by or
binary methods Of cleanliness, even
in the best kept rooms. When a fly
persists in crawling over ones face, it
is merely taking care of the particles
OF dead matter thrown Off through
the pores and which helps to keep the
complexion clean. So it is really do
ing good while it annoys AS COM
mon tly has about four thousand eyes
1t is no wonder it is so hard to catch,
or that it evades the blows aimed
at, it,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
WAGES OF THE CHINESE.
Four D0!lars Month and Feed and Clothe
You sse Considered Good Pay.

Four Do!iars Month and Feed and Clothe
You sse Considered Good Pay.
To estimate the pay OF working
people at 70 cents or 81 per month
and board would doubtless be mis-
leading to many who are not familiar
with economics in China. says Lang
horne Leitch, late missionary to
China. in a letter to the Kansas City
Star, though If a nearly approximate
figure could be arrived at the dis
crepancy would after all appear to US
small matter. The whole of high
estimate would to most Westerners
seem little more than joke, but
small differences are so important TO
Cinnamon there that l hey leave to
make somewhat fuller statement OF
the matter than l could do in SER
manifestations only wish thai
had at hand. The figures here given
are, perhaps, very nearly correct for
the section Of China in which lived,
near Shanghai, where wages are
doubtless higher than in most other
parts of China.
wo lld not attempt to say what
the smallest wages are. l have
known personally OF wage earners
getting about rs cents per month and
very poor food. Apprentices work
long terms. much OF the time doing
skilled work. at total cost to the EN-.
ployer OF less than S1.aO per month
Sixty cents to 81 per month and
board would include uncounted thou.
sands Of bOatmen, clerks, and house
hold servants, and perhaps overs:ate
the facts considerably. Many OF the
hlacksmiths, coolies, or burden bear
ers basket and bamboo workers, and
others would also most likely fall into
the same category. Carpenters work.
ing by the day get about II cents per
day and clOthe and feed themselves,
but take the risk, of course. OF lost
time Other '.journeymen" work, 50
Tar as know, does not vary much
from this tigure-carpenters, mason: !,
bricklayers etc, being about the
same. Almost any OF these. how
ever. would doubtless he glad to get
work at 81 a month gross
But the difference in wages does
not give correct idea of the differ
ence IN cost Of doing work. The
Chinaman goes at a leisurely gait.
Carpenters will come late in the
morning. perhaps o'clock. AID as a
prelude TO work take a long smoke
and chat while sitting on the timbers
or stones Of the unfinished building.
Twelve or O'Clock brings the dinner
hour, followed Ey another smoke, and
at or & O'Clock they bundle up the
tools. Chine contractors submit to
this. 1t seems to be custom, and
custom is law with them. Those
who work by the month, however,
keep longer hours, and many who
work for themselves are steadily at
work from early morning till dark.
The wage-wOrker's condition is
much alleviated by the high purchas
ing power of money. Good rice car
usually be had for u cents Il pound
1t forms the body of the diet in sea
board China. Beans, greens, wheat
mainly used in the shape Of
noOdles--a little vegetable OIL ant
still less meat are lubricators for thu
rice Life is thus possible to thu
average member of the ma scs.
But there are Chinese who say onl
condition is only transitory stage tt
state like their own.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-27
An Interesting African People.

At the Berlin Anthropological So
ciety Mr. Mereusky has given some
curious particulars about the kondeh
people in the German district on
Lake Nyassa. Their country is Dor
dered on the north by the Livingstone
Mountains and on the south by the
lake, and this favorable geographical
position has enabled the people to de-
velop in a peculiar manner and at
tain a relatively high state of civiliza-
ton Their affections are largely
developed. Friendship is especially
valued among them and love be.
tween the sexes strong and firm,
as well rs the domestic affec-
tions. Suicide, caused by grief for
the loss of Il wife, child, or even
favorlte animal is not infrequent
The favorite form of suicide is to en-
ter the water and allow ones self to
be devoured by crocodile. In war
time all unnecessary cruelty is
avoided, and women who have been
made prisoners are set free again
The position of women among the
Kondehs is unusually high. Women
are on a perfect equality with men in
the eyes of the law, and ofrenses
against women are even more severely
punished than offenses against men,"
st. James Gazette.