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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
Many in One.

A comical story is told of a young
man who was shown a photograph
OF young lady which seemed to inn .
press him very much. The impress
sion OF the cOuntenance in the por-
trait denoted a strong will, vet a
gentle disposition. 1t was the face
OF young lady whom one would like
to know.
Who is the original Of this por-
trait" the young man inquired.
THE graduating class of Smith
College, Northampton" was the re-
ply.
II was a composite photograph.
ana the admiring young man awoke
regretfully to the fact that there
was In reality no such iady ma
the one whose face had SO strongly
impressed him--or. rather, that there
were forty-nine OF her!
A young lady who, on seeing a com.
posite photograph of small circle or
friends of which she was a member
exclaimed: ut is so charming to en-.
Joy the portrait of somebody who il
all ones intimate friends at once.o
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
Messages to the Dead.

A beautiful custom of the people of
Siam is one by which they do honor
to their dead. At full moon in Ccto-
Der, and again in November, three
evenings are devoted to setting
lighted candles ahoat on the border
OF the sea, in the belief that they will
be borne away to those who have
passed out of this life
The humblest style, says the Satur-
day Review, in which the ceremony
can be performed is yet pretty enough.
The broad, strong leaf of a plantain
is bent or folded into the shape of a
boat or raft In the middle of this
simple structure tiny taper is fixed
upright The ''katong" or raft, OF
which this is the simplest form, is
then kept ready in the house until
the suspicious moment-predicted by
the family priest-has arrived.
Then at this moment, when the
water is silvered over by the beams
of the broad, rising moon, the taper
is lighted and the tiny raft is launched
upon the waves.
Very slowly at first it makes its way
along the edge ut the ebbing tide;
then. waited gently by the still eve-
ming air into the swifter current, it
drifts further and further away, un-
TIL only bright speck of light dis
tinguishes it from the ripping sur
face all around.
When the night IS fine, thousands
OF these little stars of light may be
seen twinkling on the broad bosom of
the Menam, all vending their silent
way toward the boundless sea. all
bearing silent messages to depar ted
friends who have already gone to the
great unknown land.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
A Wise Horse.

'There is . character up in Sioux
Falls" said New York drummer
who has been of in South Dakota
selling patent BINDERS ''who has for
years been noted as the hardest
drinker in the place. His DRINKS
have been many and noisy. He
doesn't work. Nobody would at
tempt to give employment to man
whom water would throw into n.y.
drophobia 1T How he lives nobody
could say, but he nevertheless has
small spot OF land, family and
horse. This horse was his especial
pride; it has the sagacity Of human
being, and was more to be relied ON.
because it was friend to whom
treacherv was stranger. At least
that is how its owner argued. He
had gone to town 200 times in his
wagon, and 200 times did the faithful
horse tote him back home, stretched
stiff and stark in the wagon bottom,
safe and sound.
Thus it went on. But one day
Williams, so we will call the farmer
topper, got drunken than usual. This
UIuIC UIlC udUlUucS VI IuC OSANOlu u0si
to carry him out DCdi y and dump
him into the wagon. The horse
didn't act the same as usual He
was silent. had the hlues evidently,
and seemed to be meditating on some
deep-laid scheme. The saloon loaf
ers noticed that when he was started
off this time he went straight ahead,
instead of turning around. They
watched him and were surprised to
see him stop short in front Of the po-
lice station, fourth OF a mile up
the road, paw the ground until great
clouds OF dust arose and neigh loudly.
Two or three bluecoats lounged
around in front, but paid no atten-
tion to his horseship. But he kept
up his noise until one OF the cOppers
took it into his head to see what was
up His surprise can we'll be imag-
ined when he saw the dirty, snoring
occupant OF the wagon.
'They carted him into the station.
The moment he was out OF the wagon
the horse, with joyful toss OF his
head, started for home.
1.-THE next day Williams was fined
$40 or sixty days in the Police Court.
He paid his fine. He hasn't spoken
to that horse SINCE"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

IT is false economy on the D: TT
or farmers who try to get too cheap
help on the farm. 1t is hard to get
the best, and fairly good help is
growing scarce, partly because the
requirements Of the farm are greater
than they used to be. Muscular
strength counts for much less than it
formerly did. Skill and the techni.
cal knowledge needed to do things
easily counts for much more than
ever before. A man awkward with
tools may do more damage in an hour
than his wages will come to in a
week. II the help is to be boarded
in the farmers family, its moral
character deserves some care. Tramps,
who roam the country, getting one
or two days work here and there.
when driven by hunger cannot be de-
pended on. Most such will leave
when the need for hard work is
greatest So far as possible, farmers
should have help hired by the year or
season, and depend little. il at all, on
extra help. 1t requires good judg-
ment In making farm rotation, that
will give continuous work through
the season to all the help employed.
1t is just this point that most often
makes the difference between the
successful and the unsuccessful
farmer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

To THE landsman unfamiliar with
the formation of the southeastern
coast OF the United States the awful
loss OF life and property from the re-
cent storm there will seem unac-
countable That a number of peo-
pie variously estimated at between
700 and 1000 should have been de-
stroyed by the sea, they, themselves,
being at the time on the land, does
not seem within the bounds of prob
ability. The fact is that most of the
harm done befell the little group OF
islands which clusters around the
southeastern shore of lower Caroli-
ma. These islands, low, sandy and
OF ragged contour, are in many cases
the merest crumbs of land, cut of
from the continent by lanes and
troughs OF the sea. Along the entire
southeastern coast they are gener-
ously sprinkled. Occasionally one
meets continuous stretch Of them,
severed only by shadows, and forming
thus long river of salt water on the
landward side. In times OF compar-
alive calm the island-dwellers are az
secure as they could be on the MAIN
land. In such storms as that of re-
cent date their beautiful but treach-
erous homes become the scenes of an
elemental violence sublime in its ter
rors. The islands grouped about
Beaufort became little better than
sand-bars in the storm. With a sea
SO high that the short Journeys to
firmer ground were impossible, the
habitants Of some OF them might as
well have been on so many RATS.
The exceptional character OF the
storm may be estimated from the
fact that disaster SO extensive and
tragic has not occurred since 1856,
when a hurricane on the Gulf of
Mexico wiped out every vestige of
life upon shred of island near the
delta OF the Mississippi. i
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
SAVED BY HIS NOSE.
1t Wasn't Much In the beauty Line, but II
Was the Only One He Had.

1t Wasn't Much In the Beauty Line, but II
Was the Only One He Had.
Gentlemen" said the man from
Cheboygan County, as he leaned back
IN his chair, ''nO doubt you have all
remarked my nose. It is remarked
wherever go. / have seen three or
four other noses like it in my travels,
but l think l can truthfully say that
1t is the only one of its kind in the
State Of Michigan. Wine and erysipe-
las did the business for me. l have
had it frost-bitten three or four
times, besides, and it's no use for me
to pretend that it isn't a lulu of a
nose. There are times when ia give
$40, 900 to exchange it for fair-look-
ing nasal organ, and there are other
times when feel the greatest spirit
of friendliness for it. 1t is just about
three years ago now that my nose
saved my life"
We expressed our surprise and in.
terest and asked for the story. and
after tenderly caressing his landmark
the man observed:
ut was down in Tennessee. had
gone to bed for the night at u hotel
In country town, and being tired
out was soon sound asleep. The
first thing ] knew the door of my
room was kicked in and a dozen men
piled onto me. They dragged me
down stairs without giving me time
to dress and without answering any
questions, and l was hustled through
the front door and out upon the
street. There were dozen men there
on horseback, and one OF them pro-
duced a aoosed rope and flung it over
my head. There was crowd ofabout
afty altogether, and they run me
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
Gathered Thoughts.

In order to lay up treasure in
Heaven it is not necessary to prevent
others with whom you have dealings
from laying up few shillings on
earth.
More than talent, more than beauty.
more than wealth, sometimes more
than wisdom, good manners are the
best letters Of introduction and the
frmest cement of friendship
The true air OF criticism is to al
ways seek for something to command.
as errors will present themselves
Frances T. Willard.
II man empties his purse into his
head, no man can take it from him.
An investment in knowledge always
pays the best interest -Franklin.
Blessed be the hand that prepares
pleasure for child. for there is no
saying when and where it may again
bloom forth.
The bread of life is love, the saltof
life Is work. the sweetness of life is
poetry, and the water of life is faith.
The harder our work, the more we
need solitude and prayer, without
which work becomes mechanical and
insincere.
1t Is reproach to be in the bonds
OF sin; but to be in the bonds OF
prison Tor the sake Of Christ is great
glory. of Arundel, 1887.
On sundial which stands uron
the pier at Brighton. is inscribed this
most hopeful line, ''Tis always morn.
ing somewhere in the world"
No great characters are formed in
this world without suffering and self
denial.-Matthew Henry,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

EVERYBODY is SO peculiarly pleased
with the outcome OF the Behring Sea
arbitration that one can't help think.
ing there may be some change of
opinion later on. Great Britain is
tickled; Canada lies down and rolls
over and roars with Joy; and Uncle
Sam goes about grinning just as il
he wouldn't have big bill for DANA.
ges to pay shortly. But the Canadian
poachers are practicing to be able to
use spears instead of guns on the
seals, and the authority of the Tri.
bunal to create protected zone"
beyond the usual marine limit is al
ready called In question. There is
fun ahead.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
RecOncilinQ.

A man going shopping with his
wife is usually a most woe. begone,
looking object; his face always bear.
upon it the marks of despair. But
that to some men shop crowded
with shoppers is a boon there is evi.
dence in the following little story,
which is quoted from foreign peri
odical. AS the story runs, a gentle
man who had promised to meet his
wife in large establishment where
all sorts of things are sold at low
prices was making his way through
the throng of women. Forced to
pause moment near a counter be.
hind which stood a pretty saleswoman,
he blurted out:
''Is there anything on earth that
would reconcile man to such a
crowd as this?"
''Yes, SIR" was the quick reply.
BELONGING to the firm" -Harper's
Bazaar.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
SIZE OF THE SEA.
Stupendous Figures Concerning the Proper.
lions Of the Different Bodies Of Water.

Stupend0ns Figures Concerning the Proper
lions of the Different Bodies Of Water.
One gallon of water weighs ten
pounds. SO the number Of gallons in
the Pacific is over 200 trilli0ns: an
amount which would take more than
a million years to pass over the falls
OF Niagara. Yet, put into a sphere,
the whole Of the Pacific would only
measure 726 miles across.
The Atlantic could be contained
bodily in the Pacific nearly three
times. The number Of cubic feet IL
III followed by II ciphers; a number
that would be licked of by one nil.
lion clocks in $40, 900, 900 years Its
weight is 325, 600 billion tons, and
the number of gallons in it is % trIl-
lions.
A sphere to hold the Atlantic would
have to be 5333 miles in diameter.
II it were made to fill a circular pipe
reaching from the earth to the sun
distance Of $4,000, 900 mi.es-the
diameter of the pipe would be 1887
yards, or rather over mile; while u
pipe of similar length to contain the
Pacific would be over a mile and
three-Quarters across.
Yet the distance to the sun is so
great that, as has been pointed out,
II a child were born with an arm long
enough to reach to the sun it would
not live long enough to know that it
had touched it. for sensation passes
along our nerves al the rate OF 100
feet a second, and to travel from the
sun to the earth at that rate would
take a century and half, and such
an abnormal infant is an unlikely
centenarian.
The rest of the sea includes the In
dian ocean, the Arctic and Antarctic
seas. and various smaller masses of
water; 1t covers an area of AZ. 900, 900
square miles, and would form circle
of 1900 miles in diameter.
The average depth may be nut at
1000 fathoms a. 900 feet,) and the
contents at $4,000, 900 cubic miles.
1t weighs 800, 900 billion tons, and
contains 874 trillion gallons: while it
would form a column reaching to the
sum Of 2, 900 yards in diameter.
II we now combine into one vast
whole these figures, we arrive at
some stupendous results in answer to
the question. "How big is the sea?"
Its area of 40, 600, 900 square miles
could be confined by a circle 13, $40
miles across The relative size of the
areas of the whole surface of the
earth, Of the whole sea, the Pacific
and the Atlantic, are represented by
circles the diameters of which are in
the proportions to one another OF 1853,
l3?, 90, and so respectively; or by
crown for the surface of the earth, a
halt crown for the surface of the
whole sea- shilling for the surface
OF the Pacific. a threepenny piece for
the surface of the Atlantic.
Surprising the sea to be formed into
round column reaching to the sun,
the diameter Of the column would be
nearly two and a half miles. The
Pacific would form SO. 900, 900 miles
of its total length of $4,000, 900 and
the Atlantic Is, 100000.
Ii it were column of ice, and the
entire heat of the sun could be con-
centrated upon it, it would be all
melted in one second and converted
into steam in eight seconds, which
illustrates the heat of the sun rather
than the size OF the sea.-New York
Advertiser.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
NObly Doing Her Part

Your husband is the editor of the
Bugle, l believer" said the neighbor
who had dropped in to make friendly
call.
Yes
land as you have no family and
have considerable leisure on your
hands you assist him now and then in
his editorial work, / dare say"
70, yes" answered the brisk little
wife of the young newspaper man,
hiding her strawberry-stained fingers
under her apron. II edit nearly all
his intfSe matter. Chicago Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
A Clever Pagan Trick.

The Matching of fish by hens is one
OF the industries of China, Says the
Scientific American). The spawn
OF the fish is placed inside of an egg
she'll from which the contents have
been blown. After the spawn has
been forced into the empty shell-a
most delicate operation-the eggs are
placed under the hen. At the proper
time the shells are broken in warmed
water, in which the fish hatch at
once; they are kept in water perfectly
pure until large enough to put in the
ponds with larger fish. The selling
OF the spawn is one of the CONNER
cial enterprises of the Chinese.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

The inevitable consequences of the
aggression Of the women's rights
movement are becoming apparent in
England. Half dozen or more
cases Of men suing women for breach
OF promise OF marriage have come up
in English courts recently. A month
ago an action Of this kind by Mr..
Bourne against Lady Cowan was
called in London; but the lady had,
IN the meantime, compromised the
matter with the injured swain, and
1t was withdrawn,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

IT Is amusing to note the frantic
efforts OF pro- English journals here
to dwarf the Importance Of the action
OF the French in the East by persist
emily talking about "littlc Siam. "
The country thus alluded to is larger
than France-or about the size of
Texas, and is richer than all the Sec
lions Of 1ndO- China combined. But
the belittling critics take their cue
from the English, who are always
representing French colonies and
colonizing efforts as failures.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

WITH France bullying little Siam
and Germany fighting the naked ne.
groes of South Africa for the posses
sion OF their patrimonies the reas
surfing and glowingly hopeful ecstat-
les OF peace-congress cranks fall sort
OF fiat. Arbitration is a great thing,
but unfortunately about the only
time nation is willing to arbitrate
is when its quarrel is with an adver-
sary OF so near its own mettle that
the result Of a struggle would be ex-
tremely problematical.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
Good Demand for Labor.

While men are continually going
around complaining OF inability to
obtain employment orchardists and
vineyardists find great difficulty liz
getting men to work in the fields
ASK man to work in a vineyard and
ne says he is'a cook or a carpenter.
Want him to drive team and he is
a brlcklayer or an engineer. Offer
him job at pillow and he is a saw
mill man or a shoemaker. Seek a
man to do general farm work and
you will find plenty of cigar makers
and horse shoers, but few who will
milk cow or chop weeds with a hoe.
CAL, Exposition.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19
Out OF Proportion.

Detroit has a minister, as have
otner towns for that matter who
doesntalways preach as short sermons
us ne might. yet who has MANY ad-
mlrers. The other Sunday one Of
these took a visitor to church with
MIN. After service he wanted ~
KNOW the visitors opinion.
nat 40 you think OF that SER
pride. ""ie
cry good Sermon" responded the
visitor calmly. '"e
you're right; it was all wool and a
yard wide" ' ""u "
Inc visitor sighed just little 10y
~ wasn't the width 1 noticed SO
,nu ne said slowly 'as the
gth."-Detroit Free Press
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

Latest style OfGOtham HOneymoOns.
A wild-eyed, red-headed man. about
thirty years of age, rushed into the
Charles street police station in New
York and told the sergeant at the
desk that he was DR.. William r
Shepherd, of II Abingdon square.
He said that he was married on Sat-
urday and that he had been drinking
ever since.
II have spent $175 in bottled
beer" he said, 'and my wife and /
have been in an awful condition since
our marriage. She is now home. be.
ing watched by two friends. AS for
me, it Is utterly impossible for me to
get sober and l want you to commit
Inc to the island for a few days"
A policeman escorted the man to
the Jefferson Market police court
Justice Hogan sent tho man into the
prison, indorsing the commitments
paper: "Untll he gets perfectly
SOBER"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

CINCINNATI GAZETTE: Secretary
Morton's joke about "scraping the
bones Of Texas steer and sailing
down the meat in the horns" is a
good one, and belongs to respecta-
BILE family, but it has reached good
old age, and has earned a rest before
1t goes hence. We were introduced
to 1T in San Antonio, Tex, more
than quarter of a century ago. 1t
was then grizzled and bald. Indeed,
1T was supposed to have long been
gathered to its fathers, but it seems
somewhat like Banquo's ghost.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

quarter of mile to a tree and made
ready for hanging. 1t was Only
when they had given me I'VE minutes
In which to pray that I could make
my voice heard. / inquired what it
all meant, and one of the crowa called
out:
"If that's Jim Burbanks he's got
a new voice on him! Let's have q
look at his face.' =
They lighted matches and got a
view Of my phiz, and the fellow
who had called out before now ex-
claimed:
'''Hold on, boys! We've got the
wrong man! He looks like Jim in
everything but that nose Ye gods
what q nose He ought to be will
ing to be hung for carrying around
such q thing, but mebbe he isn't
Here, now-who are you?'
ut turned out that Sim Burbanks
had shot man at country store
dozen miles away. They said we
looked as much alike as twin brothers
all but our noses They had tracked
the murderer ia our direction, and
the landlord had given me away to
the pursuers. They treated me right
royalty when they discovered their
mistake. but l was assured over and
over again that hut for my nose
should have been pulled up to the
limb. detroit Free Press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

The days Of Nero are linked with
our own by the cutting OF the Cor
NTH Canal, the completion of which
was celebrated few days ago. The
old tyrant began the work of cutting
canal across the Corinthian 18th
mus, but soon abandoned it Eleven
years ago, when . French company
began the work, the traces of Nero's
euor0 were apparent; nine years
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

An Incident in Edison's Early Life.
In telegraphy, operators are taught;
receivers must be born. Equipped by
nature and training. Edison gave up
the newsboy life, in which he had
earned in four years 81, 900 the
greater part Of which he gave to his
parents
Now began his migratory career as
telegraph operation Many ups and
downs were his. Often he was cold,
hungry, and shelterless, for the in.
satiable impulse to experiment to the
neglect Of his duties, kept him con-
tinually out OF work. One day he re-
veled In the praises his ingenuity
evoked; the next, he was dubbed
'Luny" aud turned adrift.
Perhaps his most ingenious boy.
hood feat was performed during an
an Ice jam that broke the cable be-
tween Port Huron in Michigan and
Sarnia in Canada The river at this
poiEt is a mile and half wide. The
ice made the river impossible, and
there was no way of repairing the
cable.
Edlson 1mpulsively jumped on To-
connective and seized the valve con-
trolling the whistle. He hau an idea
that the blasts of the whistle might
be broken into long and short sounds,
corresponding to the dots and dashes
OF telegraphy. In a moment the
whistle SO: nded over the river: loot,
foot, toot, toot-toot, toooot-
toooooot-toot, toot-toot,
tOOt.
"Hallo-o, Sarnia! Do you get me?"
''Do you hear what I say?"
No answer.
''Do you hear what I say, Sarnia?"
A third, fourth. and fifth time the
message went across, to receive no
response. Finally, the operator on
the other side understood. Answer
ing "toots" came cheerfully back, and
the connection was established. st
Nicholas
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

later the Trench company went Into
bankruptcy, and now Y Greek COM
pany has finished the work. 1t will
save forty-eight hours to all COM
merce passing between Adriatic parts
and those OF the Aegean and Black
Seas. 1t is only four miles long and
yet Is colossal work, as the cutting
has depth Of 265 feet at its highest
mint
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-19

THE editor of the seditious Cairo
newspaper, Ustaz, has been exiled
from the country; but the Egyptian
Government gave him two thousand
dollars to spend on his way to his
place Of exile, and binds itself to
support him in comparative luxury
SO long as he remains out of Cairo.