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

A Boston paper calls attention to
the Importance at this season of get
ting rid of all vile smells about
dwellings, and makes this practical
suggestion: The article commonly
used to disinfect foul places is chic.
ride Of lime, but in reality it is not
of much value. 1t may, and gener.
ally does, remove bad smells. but the
cause still remains, as the chloride
simply destroys the gaseous emana-
tiona The much advertised disip-
fectants are usually catch. penny nos
trums and unworthy Of notice. One
of the very best known disinfectants
Is old fashioned "copperas" or sui.
plate of iron, which can be had very
cheap. A barrel Of copperas would
probably weigh 300 pounds, and can
be purchased at wholesale for } cents
per pound. And every family ought,
especially in warm weather, to have
a supply of it on hand A couple OF
handsful of copperas if thrown into
bucket Of water will soon dissolve,
and it can then be used freely, and is
a valuable disinfectant. The best
plan is to I'LL a half barrel or key
with water, and suspend within it a
sized basketful of copreras
In this way it dissolves more rapidly
than when thrown to the bottom of
the wooden vessel, and thus supply
Is always at hand ready for use.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

founce cut in round points nc tho bot
tom and made Of alternate lows of lace
insertion and crepe, and edged with q
lace iriil around the bottom The bod
ice is also made Of lace and silk hands.
and has q round yoke of the same, fin.
1shed with heav-- 'rill of lace forming
epaulettes on tt shoulders. Falling
over the top Of the sleeves is a second
lace ruf1e. The stripes Of the waist
must meet these of the skirt. thus piv-
ing the dress the appearance of being
cut princess.
House gowns, so called. are all in
one: They are made of China silk in
various shades. preferably white and
black. The bodice is on the blouse
pattern, is q wonder Of Insertion and
tucks and is lined throughout with silk
like itself. AT the waist sash runs
drawlnG,string fashion through wide
holt. The opening of the skirt is in
front, and the sash ties in a big soft
bow in front. The skirt is insertion
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

SOME of the Chicago papers are la
menting the alleged fact that they
cannot get American music that sat-
isles their fastidious taste. With
their environments OF believing cat
Tie, squealing pigs shrieking whistles,
rumbling street cars, and rafting
vehicles of all descriptions, it would
be thought that the sounds of an
ordinary boiler yard would be music
to the ears of the people of the breezy
city But they are putting on a good
many high class airs over there since
they entertained a few scattering
representatives of European blue
blood.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
Improving the Kings Speech.

At a certain BANQUET held in Edin.
burgh in 1922, at which George ".
made speech, James Ballantyne, the
well-known printer of the Wayerly
novels, CHANGED to be sitting next
to one of the reporters.
After the feasting was overBallan.
tyne asked the reporter to let him
have look at his notes of the Kings
speech.
On reading the last sentence he ex-
claimed;
SAY ay, his Majesty did say SO; but
it is not good-we will improve It'll"
Hereupon he crossed out the origi-
nal words and substituted d revised
version of his own composition, which
was generally accepted as correct, al.
though differing from that which an.
peared in some Of the other papers
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
Russia's Epidemics.

Ihere are some interesting and suc.
eestlve figures in the Russian medical
census for 1890. some parts of which
nave just been published in England.
Inc report deals apparently WITH
european Russia alone, or a popula.
ZION OF ll6, 652,610 Among these
$4,000 died of smallpox, %, 600 Of
scarlet fever, 10000 of typhus and
49, 600 of diphtheria--which latte,
disease is epidemic in Russia. The
death rate is 1872 per 1000. birth
rate 46.e. There are, in the whole
empire, 1869 public hospitals, 10. 80:
qualified medical practitioners. H..
9o9 male and female feldscbers. and
1916 professional nurses Itapnears
upon calculation that there IL one
medical practitioner to 10, 900 peoplf
IN European Russia one to p. 600 in
the Caucasus one to %, 900 in Siber.s
ana an one to 1885, in Central Asia
Inc death rate tor these parts is moi
given, possibly because it is moi
known or calculable. 1t is evident.
OF course, that medical men must be
much more common in the towns thar
IN the less thickly populated districts,
ana there are said 10 be 500 districts
In whic there is no doctor at all.
Nevertheless, the report declares that
the death rate is only 1872 per 1000.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

THE Waldenses-the descendants
OF the famous sect which was perse.
cuted for centuries on account of
their religious opinions, and who
still inhabit the mountain tract on
the Italian side of the Cottian Alps,
where their ancestors held ont
against their observation-disclosures to
emigrate to America. Their business
OF cloth-making has fallen of, and
even with their frugallty they find it
difficult to pay their way The pas.
tors OF the Waldensian congregations
convened synod to consider the sit
uatton, and resolved to send two del
egates to North Carolina to INQUIRE
regarding the prospects of settling in
that State. The Waldenses arc a
thrifty people, retaining in a re-
degree the virtues of their
heroic ancestors If the reports from
the delegates turn out to be favor.
able, ?, 900 Waldenses will emigrate
during the year to North Carolina.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

THEItE is a passage In the writings
Of Rousseau which is as true to human
nature as it is beautiful in express
sion. "Were l in a DESERT" he
writes, II would find out wherewith
In 1T to call forth my affections II
could do no better: l would fasten
Them on some sweet myrtle, on some
melancholy cypress, which l would
court for their shade and greet kindly
Tor their protection. I would write
my name upon them. and declare that
they were the sweetest trees through
out all the desert. II their leaves
withered. I would teach myself to
mourn; and, when they f1ourished, 1
would rejoice in their increase, -
Such is the absolute necessity which
exists in the human heart of having
to love.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

DETROIT NEws:-Chicago's claim
OF =, 1000, 900 population, backed up
with nearly half million names in
her lately-published directory is
likely to make the great metropolis
OF the Atlantic board prick up its ears.
New York has felt the danger that
has threatened its prominence for a
good many years, and has done what
best it could to avert it. There has
been scarcely session of the Empire
State Legislature during the past de-
cade without the appearance of some
scheme to enlarge the boundaries of
the great city SO as to include the
city OF Brooklyn and the Jersey shore.
There is claimed to be a population
OF 1000, 900 who naturally belong to
New York, and these people would
long ago have been united if 1t had
not been tor the many centers of
interests that now exist in
the many surrounding cities. Local
politics have had much to do with it.
Questions Of the division of tax
burdens have had more to do with it,
1t now looks as il Chicago has the
inside track for metropolitan honors,
and that she will keep it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

up to the knee, and there is an UNDER
skirt OF black, or whatever shade the
house gown is. The sleeves are won
ders OF fullness, drawn into deep cuff.
The secret of the wonderful hang of
the fullness seems to be that the cuff ia
deeper on the inside than on the out
side OF the arm, reaching in a point
somewhat above the bend of the arm.
while at the elbow the cuff is-to be
Observation-Disclosures the elbow. The
cuff is insertion and tucks. This gar
ment carried out in black or white is
charming, while in rose pink with all
the under lining rainbow silk, rose.
yellow and white, was not so pretty af-
ter all.
At the right, in the fourth sketch,
there is costume made OF pale green
bingham and trimmed with black lace.
Its bell skirt is unlined and garnished
at the hem with a seven-inch flounce of
lace, with two bands of insertion. The
waists yoke is alike back and front and
Is ornamented with insertion. The
sleeves have an elastic at the bottom.
enabling the wearer to lengthen or
shorten them at will. The seated fig.
ure in the same picture displays toilet
in mode colored beige. Its skirt is
three and q half yards wide, satin
lined, and is trimmed with double bias
folds OF the same material, attached to
the skirt by the upper edge. The bod.
Ice has vest fronts of white or pink
p1que. hooking in the center and orna.
mented with two rows of tiny gold
buttons. They turn back at the neck
and form narrow revers. The jacket
fronts also form revers that continue
over the shoulders and around the
back in the shape of sailor collar.
Detail OF insertion. tiny tucks and
frills will, with the coming of cold
weather, strike in" All summer il
has constituted the favorite elabora,
ton of gowns, now it will make lingerie
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
MODERN HYGIENE.
Seemingly Wholesome Foods NO" ssl~ ~
Re Dangerous.

seemInrlv wholesome Foods Now Said u
BE Dangerous.
Hardly day passes that we do not
receive some shock. that we are no'
asked to give up some favorite dish
around which clusters host OF ten.
der memories, and after eating OF
which we have, for twenty years on
end, felt ourselves grow fat ana chlid'
like and undyspeptic. But the mod.
ern hygiene says it must 60, ana II we
retain it on our list we do II IN an
anxious and guilty mood sure OF ltsell
to beget internal trouble.
Seemingly simple things like dry
toast. oatmeal, and apes we nave
heard forbidden of late as hard to
take care of, and bananas, or. for ex'
ample the delicious, but as we sup
posed deadly fried bacon cried up g
food for babes and sucklings This
is pulling; it goes against personal
experience, it upsets all our dietary
plans and pleasures and it awakens
the shrewd suspicion that mere fash
ion is at the bottom of the change.
One interested in the subject, hav'
ing an ak to grind, could without
much difficulty prove that every
known edible has at some time OF
other been declared digestible and
healthful; let the experimenter cal
with his Tor her) eyes shut, and he
Tor she) will be backed up in what Ii
chosen by some respectable authority.
This being So the wisest plan is tc
select food according to the private
palate utterly without regard to DIR.
A., B., or G. (since DIR. n, Y,
and z. will infallibly dispute them,
and with the eye of faith fixed on
that good day when all digestion will
be carried on by artificial means, and
the whole world may lie in that
lovely state attributed to George
Meredith's gourmet who is pictured
In after-dinner ease as ''languidly
twinkling stomachic contcntment"
COurant.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

more brave in effect, the shirt waist
may be soft blue and the CLINT of rose
at tie foot of the gown may be like the
flowers that bloom in the spring, and
have nothing to do particularly with
any other color effect.
An elegant example of fashionable
fare, attained both at skirt hem and
shoulders, is that portrayed in the
initial picture. This costume is made
Of green faille and has the skirt in two
parts, lined throughout with silk. The
lining OF the waist is tight, over which
the silk is draped and folded as shown.
The yoke-like top is outlined with ecru
lace insertion, back and front being
alike. The bretelles end in point in
front and are edged with lace that
crosses in front. The standing collar
1s OF ecru lace, and the pulled sleeves
are garnished with lace insertion. A
Jet girdle ornamented with three rows
OF large jet buttons is worn.
Paniers are in the air. The bretelles
and rufaes have overfowed at the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

shoulders and appear on the hips, and
II woman was an impressive object be-
fore, with her great sleeves and shoul.
der tluffs, what will she be when epau-
lettes appear on the hips. Little tabs
are made on several elegant gowns
shown, at the hips, like epauiettes.
These are edged with or even quite
covered with little ruffles. The gown
most bravely carrying out this idea is
black, dull silk. Trust the dress de-
slgners for venturing a new idea first
IN black. The skirt widens toward the
bottom and is short. The sleeves are
very large at the shoulders and close
GUNS extending to above the elbow. A
sort OF tichu of black tulle is worn with
the gown. 1t has elaborate epaulettes
covered with crisp ruffles of the tulle.
Ends folded fiat cross over the breast
and pass to the back, where they are
tied and hang long. At the hips the
nat ends are furnished with another
pair OF epaulettes; these dip over the
hips and are a crisp fluff Of little tulle
ruffles. The edge of the skirt has a
deep ruche of tulle. The gown is pretty
and significant because it suggests a
new departure. Paniers mean fearful
~ small waists, short skirts, and half
sleeves. If paniers come, they will
rapidly attract all the elaboration from
the shoulders, which is one comfort.
AT present we are in the DAYS of
shoulder elaboration, and another mod
81 OF that sort is presented in picture
NO. z. 1t is a princess dress in silver
gray alpaca, trimmed with black.
dark-gray or dark-green silk braid.
Inc skirt must measure three and a
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

dreams for any one who gets look at
them, and Nightmares for the laundress,
Hand sewing is demanded for all this
sort OF thing, and the wages of the
French maid are rising. We begin to
realize how deficient the present gem
GRAFTON is in needle-work expertness.
Those competent to turn out such work
are doing rushing business. Tho
charges are far from small and the
work is done slowly, but what does
M1ladi care for either of those con-
siderations. She says that machine
stitches hurt her now, and she cannot
rest well in any but handmade gown.
Before you express yourself too Wig
orously against the threatened chignon
consider q few of its features. There
are two motives admissible in the dress
lag OF hair; one, and perhaps the most
artistic, Is that which considers the
hair as an adjunct to the face, figure
and head, and which suggests an ar
rangement In harmony with these fea-
lures and calculated to emphasize their
good points. This view Of things re-
quires the sacrifice of the hair In it's
own intrinsic value as thing of beauty.
Masses of hair too great to permit Of
arrangement, whose graces NAV he
subordinated to the beauty of the head
or face, are cut down to more easily
adjusted proportions. The hair about
tho face and ears is cut with reference
to the lines OF the face and neck. All
this is well. The other motive admis-
sible in hair-dressing is display of the
hair itself, OF its generous ouan.
tity, its color and quality. This
the chignon effect accomplish.
es. Proportions Of face and neck
are sacrificed to an exposition of
shining rolls Of sleek tresses, Smooth
braids and puffs attest that the shears
have never interferred with gracious
growth. An entire covering of the
back OF the head, and great depth
through, from the head line to the cir.
cumference of the couture attests luz,
urious quantities of tress.
Copyright, 1879
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
Why Turtles Cannot Rite.

Very few people know that neither
turtle, a tortoise, nor a toad is pro-
vided with teeth. There is a general
superstition that a turtle can bite
on mans finger, but the turtle ca n
90 nothing of the kind. Its Jaws are
very strong, and the horny membrane
that runs round the jaw, where, in
other animals, teeth are found, is so
hard and tough that the turtle can
crush the bon es Of the hand to pulp,
but as for biting of even a finger,
the feat is, to the turtle, an impossi-
bilitY.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

needless expansion. No more roads
are reaching out into regions where
they are not yet needed. The total
new mileage for the half year is
about one-third less than in 1892, and
less than any previous year since 1875.
The financial stringency has doubt
less caused this result The era of
wild speculation has about reached
the end, and the railways give an ad-
mOnition that smaller business inter-
csts might profltably follow.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
WESTERN CITIES IN THE Lean
IA She Metropolitan Spirit Lacking On tn,
Atlantic SeobO0rd.

Che Metropolitan Spirit Lacking On thu
Atlantic seaboard.
The great trouble with American
government, says writer
In the Engineering Magazine, is the
lack of homogeneity in the great
cities. Each city starts out inde-
and on a. better plan than
any other, and YET with very little
lof protiting by the expert.
ences of older ones American poll
ticians are apt to plume themselves
on the advances they have made in
their own departments. and some
even 20 so far as to point with pride
to the growth Of their particular
city. Yet with all their boosted
the fact remains that the
best governed cities, the most ably
developed and thoroughly broadened
are the old cities of
the world, in which the necessity for
new growth and complete change
from the old have been so wholly rec
ognized as to compel the introduction
of new order Of affairs
Nothing Of the sort is to be seen in
even the most active communities in
America New York cannot annex
other districts because local politi-
clans interpose objections which have
no foundation save their own selfish. J
ness. Boston is hemmed in with 30
called rival municipalities that hug
their civil privileges and imagined
independence with absurd preten-
sions of might and power. Philadel-
phia has, in truth, added vastly to
her territory. and stands quite dis
tinct among seaboard cities in this
respect, but she ia wanting in the
spirit and capability OF
developement which alone would
make this increase of territory valu-
able In the West, different feel
ing may be noted, and this. as we'll
Is their more rapid rate of increase,
tends to make our Western cities
more prosperous as we'll as more mod.
,rn than our Eastern.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

A PURE heart, a generous DISPOSE.
tion. and habit Of self-control are
all conducive to clear ideas and true
views Free from the binding clouds
OF passion or prejudice, vanity or am
bition, selfshness or envy, the mind
arises in its dignity and its native
power. 1t is then able to examine
reasons sift motives, foresee results,
and arrive at sound conclusions. Un-
trammelled by the letters of excess
i've hope or fear, il is free to dis
Germ the laws which govern human
nature, and which determine right.
doing.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

NOTHING rankles in the heart like
injustice. Try to understand the
motives of conduct, and never doubt
the word, or refuse to accept the ex-
PLANTATION of erring children. They
may deceive you. but trusting them
will make them true. while continual
doubt will make the noblest sly and
deceitful. Give them the benefit,
ALWAYS, of any doubt as to their con-
duct and they will strive to he what
you think they are.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10
Time Enough to Beller.

One day Billy, that's my brother.
ne and Sammy Doppy was playin' by
q mud-hole. ana Billy he said, Snow,
Sammy, les play we was a BARNARD:
you be the pig and lie down and vol.
Ter, and I'll be the bull and heller
like everything" So they got down
on their hands and knees, and Sammy
he went in the dirt and wollered, while
Billy bellered like distant thunder.
Bimeby Sammy he cum out muddy
you never seen such a muddy little
feller-and he said, "Now, you be the
pig, an let me beller." But Billy he
said, Il amt q very good pig except
for dinner, and title be time 'nuff for
you to hellcr when your mother sees
yer close"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

half yards, and is lined separately with
thin silk and stiffened slightly. Il is
'ornamented with braid as shown. the
same arrangement on q smaller scale
being repeated at the waist. The
fchu collar Is loose and is made of a
bias strip laid in narrow pleats and
hooking along tho side seam under the
arm. The opening at the neck is filed
IN with chiffon or lace. Altogether it
Is stylish and handsome dress for the
promenade or for calls. A very pretty
dinner dress is next shown. It's skirt
Is composed of a gored foundation skirt
trimmed with two deep flounces, each
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

BANDIT STARR, when captured at
Colorado Springs asked the officers,
"Who do you think you've got?" He
thus foully murdered American syn
tax and added another to his many
crimes Had he inquired, "Whom
do you think you have?" plain hang
ing by the neck would, in considera-
tion Of his past conduct, have been
adequate punishment
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

NOTHING will SO quickly indicate
ill-brecding in a person as the talk
ing Of scandal or the listening to it.
OF the two evils, giving attention to
evil-speaking. or idle gossip, or un-
pleasant personalities, is the greater.
1t is low-minded, vulgar person who
will discuss the ill-doings or weak.
nesses Of Others, and good society
does not sanction it. Don't be a
scandal monger.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

Down in Georgia they are levying
a tax on bicycles Even this does
not allow the flying wheelmen to
knock over anyone who happens to
come in their way, but the bleeding
taxpayer thus treated has whatever
satisfaction can be gathered from the
fact that the reckless rider is paying
for his fun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10


Now If the scientists who have dis
covered that cholera is only a form
of poisoning by nitric acid will only
find out some universal antidote and
counteractor the whole world will
throw bouquets at them.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-10

DURING the series of dry seasons
that we had for Sc veral years previous
to 1892, we were told that the cut
ting down of the forests would ulti-
mately make "a desert of the whole
country. Last year and this we have
not heard so much concerning this
danger The causes that control rain
fall are not we'll understood vet