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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

in' It didn't bear much else but
podgum. Now look at it. Think q
the corn an wheat he's raised there;
an this year he cut more'n forty tons
CT good hay from it,"
1--WE was jest talkin' about you, Mr..
Walton" said Sawyer one day, as
John came into his house.
"Ah." returned John, as he took .
seat by the fire. Il hope you found
nothing bad to say Of me-"
mot bit of it. We was talkin'
about the wonderful improvement
you've made on the old place, and of
the money you make?"
':And do you think it wonderful"
''But amt it?"
"Well," replied Walton, II don't
know about that; hut I'll tell you
what do know: l know there is no
class OF people in the world who may
read and study to better advantage
than farmers Farming is a science,
and he must be man Of more than
ordinary capacity who can master it
all. In short, there Is no branch Of
industry in the world which may not
be followed IT, better advantage with
out u good education. But farmers
must not be afraid OF newspapers and
books They won't ii they are wise,
follow every advice which expert
mentalists give, but they may study
and reason and experiment for them
selves. So have done and so mean
to do. New York Ledger.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
About q Beauty.

The late Marchioness of Waterford
was one of the greateat beauties of
her day. When she was to be pre-.
sented, her mother, Lady Stewart de
Rothesay. took her to the Court
painter, Mr. Hayter, who was greatly
struck with her refined girlish beauty,
her divinely tall figure, and her
golden hair rippling on her forehead.
On his expressing his admiration,
Lady Stewart de Rothesay quietly I'M
tied the combining bonnet and let her
daughters magnificent hair stream
over her figure. The sun was shin
ing into the studio, and Mr.. Hayter
used to tell how he was dazzled by
the vision of loveliness before him,
clad, as the artists vision told him.
in a vesuure of gold. The hair
reached far below her knees. Some
years afterwards when the wife of
the handsome Marquis Of Waterford,
she lay at deaths door in fever The
doctor condemned her magnificent
hair to the shears and Lord Water.
word allowed no hand but his own to
execute the sentence. Those locks
were buried with him, twined round
his neck.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
LAKE PUMPED OUT FOR ORE.

Heavy Deposits Of Iron Under seventy
Feet of Water In Michigan.
Few pieces Of engineering work
were ever undertaken that exceeded
the pumping out of Lake Angeline,
near Ishpeming, Mich, where pumps
have been working for sixteen
months The water is all gone now,
but apparently the hardest part Of
the work has still to be accomplished,
says the New York Evening Post.
The lake lies near the southern part
of Ishpeming, covering 100 acres, and
was 10 feet deep in the middle
1t was for long time the source
of that city's water supply, until the
growth Of the town about its shores
contaminated the water Under the
bed of the lake lie the largest IRON
ore deposits ever discovered. The
ore was discovered some ten years
ago. when diamond drill was set on
the frozen surface Of the lake one
winter, and hole drilled 600 feet
down below the bed of the pig iron.
Large ore bodies we're cut by the
drill, and the three mining companies
owning the ground under the lake
began devising means to secure this
valuable ore
The greater part of the lake was
owned by the Cleveland Iron Mining
Company and the Lake Angelina and
Lake Superior Iron companies. The
first and second named companies did
more or less work under the surface
Of the lake, but the ever present dam
ger OF rush Of water from above
rendered it imperative that the water
be taken out Work was begun last
spring before the snow left the
ground, when a rotary pump with a
capacity OF 10000 gallons per minute
was anchored in barge in the cen.
ter of the lake, and began pumping
water into big flume elevated
twenty feet above the surface of the
water. The pump has been going
day and night, allowing for occasional
break downs, and the water has only
recently been drained all out
Now. however, remains serious
question to be settled. There is q
bed of mud from two to forty feet
deep over the bed of the former lake.
This mud is kept moist by under
! ground springs, from which the water
bubbles up. Big tubular stand-pipes
pierced with myriads of small holes
hardly larger than a needles point,
are being forged into the mud, into
these the water filters and is pumped
out. The surface Of the bed of the
lake is more treacherous than quick
sand, for any heavy object thrown on
it is quickly engulfed. Several mar.
row escapes from drowning have
taken place. 1t will take sixteen
months longer to get rid Of the mud.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Drought and Corn.l

Corn Is never injured by drought
early in the season II tina ground has
been properly prepared. But there is
q critical time when it is silking dur.
ing which too much or too little rain
often proves very destructive. II q
rainy spell occurs just then the pol
len from the tassels il washed of and
the silk is not fertili2ed That means
q deficiency OF kernels and late ripen-
ing. 1t is curious fact that corn
ears not ferCilized do not harden, and
the grain on them is usually soft
when ears that have a full set Of
kernals are fully ripened and glazed.
The other extreme of injury BY
drought more often results in the
tips OF the ears being defective. This
shows that dry weather has spoiled
either the latest silk ct the end Of
the ear or the pollen from the tas-
sci. A plentiful supply of suckers
with tassels that blossom later will
often make the corn on the nam
stalk fully rounded to the end with
kernels. Thus the suckers may add
materially to the crop while not
themselves producing any ears
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A STEAM QUADRlCYCLE.

|Ilverymen In Danger Of Being Knocked
Out by Yankee Inventor.
Clarence L. Simonds, a Yankee In
lventor, has Just made steam buggy
which promises to knock out the liv.
erymen. Imagine two safety bicy.
cles, the wheels about the size of Or
!dinaries, Joined catamaran fashion,
with q small boiler and engine and a
complicated rigging Of machinery
hanging between the rear wheels, a
seat for two persons up In front, with
steering wheel for the driver to
|graep instead of rails, and the car.
rage is revealed. Ten miles and
more an hour is the speed expected,
and hill climbing will be as easy as
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
srANFoRo.s SUCCESSOR.

George c. Perkins, Whom Gov. 0arkhAo
Appointed Senator.
George c. Perkins, whom Governor
Markham has appointed to succeed
the late Leland Stanford 40 Senator
from California, is millionaire who
has for years taken lively interest
in the politics Of the Golden State
and was hOnored with the Governor
ship Senator Perkins was born in
Kennebunkport, Me-, in 1889, ran
away from home at the age OF IL,
took to the sea and made several
voyages as cabin boy to all parts Of
the world. In 1855 he sailed for Cal
ifOrnia, and arriving there went into
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

the interior and settled there, engag-
ing in farming and mining. Subse-
Quently he became clerk In store
At Orovllle, was after while admit
ted to partnership and then became
sole owner. In 1873 became a part
ner in the firm Of Goodale, Nelson s
Perkins, which has since become the
Pacific Coast Steamship Company.
In 1870 he was elected to the Cali
fOrnia Senate and served six years.
In 1879 he was elected Governor and
served four years.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

rolling of log. The little boiler
will stand more than q 100 pounds oil
steam generated from a three-jet
Daphtha fame, the fuel being carried
lin q tube bent around the boiler like
. stove with elbow joints. 1t holda
four gallons, enough for a seven
hours run. The throttle valve,
steam whistle, steam cocks and other
controllers are under. the hand of the
man on the seat as he steers the
buggy. All complete, the total
weight of the veh icle is 400 pounds.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
MATRIMONIAL couNsEla

Ny dovs-like young cousin, 90 soft In the sves
ION q: entsrins on lies settled dissimuistiono
Take my counsel. The moro that. in church. Won
Toyawn at the sermon, the more you'n At
tend.
The more . you'd from millin.r's bill. be OK
The more on your wife's little wishes you'll
You'll be sure. every Christina. to send tn the
A dozen Of wine and hamper or two.
1he more your wife plaques YOU the more vouu
She'll be pleasing your friend If she's not
plaRuing you
For women Of course, like ourselves. need emo
To the wife Of, his heart such good cause n1 }or
-,, -, com 1
her lord.
Above ALL you1l be careful that nothing oAends,
Your wife's 81 lady . maid. though she give her.
friends, too
And especially 80 when that friend lives up-
stairs.
Un1er no provocation you'll ever avow yourself
A little put out when you're kept at the door,
ana you never. l scarcely need say, will allow
To call your wife's mother vulgar old bore,
However she dresses you'll never suggest to her.
That her taste as to colors could scarcely be
worse;
OF the rooms in your house you'll give up the
best to her,
And you never will ask for the carriage, Of
course.
II. at times with a doubt on the soul and her
Revelation and reason existence should trou-
BILE you,
You'll be always on guard to keep carefully
mute your
Ideas on the subject and read DIR. W.
Bring a shawl with you home when YOU come
from the club, sir.
Or ring. lest your wife, whom you meet her,
should pout;
And don't fy in rage, and behave like cub,
Ifyou find that the fire. like yourself has gone
out.
In eleven good instances out Of dozen
It's the husbands q cur, when the wife ia a
she is meekness itself. my soft-eyed nttlo
cousin,
But wife has her rights, and ia have you
know that.
Keep my counsel Life's struggles are brief to
be borne, friend.
In Heaven there's no marriage nor giving in
marriage.
When death comes, think how truly your widow
will mourn, friend.
Aud your worth not the best Of your friends
will disparagei.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Starting . Nursery.

Starting Nursery.
There are many opportunities of
making a profitable business in the
growth of fruit and ornamental trees
in all rural localities To be able to
procure trees near by is an object for
every planter, as the trees may be
had the day they are planted, and
the risk of injury and mistakes in the
varieties are escaped. The method
to be followed is first to select a piece
of good land, and SOW seeds of the
trees, or procure cuttings of those
grown that way. The young trees
are then grated, and cultivated as q
crop OF corn is, until they are old
enough for sale, which is when two
or three years old. II the best kinds
for the locality are selected, and the
trees are grown with care, they may
be sold with excellent profit at half
the prices charged by the peddler.
The most profitable kinds of trees are
evergreens, which are so bulky as to
cost too much for transportation to
sell we'll unless they can be procured
close to home A plantation of young
pines, spruces, and other evergreens
has made more than $1,000 an acre
to the nurseryman.-New York
Times
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Poultry Notes.

Poultry Notes.
JUST think of it, chicken costs less
than pork, and is much better.
SORT your eggs as to color, II you
want them to look and sell we'll.
THOROUGHLY whitewash the inside
Of your poultry house.
OYSTER shells crushed will supply
the necessary lime needed for egg
shells.
Do NOT complain that it is too
hard work. but be thankful that you
are able to do it
FURNISH sitting hens with good,
fresh, clean nests in darkened place,
and put them on in the evening.
Ducks lay at night or early in the
morning. Don't let them out until
after 9 or 10 o'clock. They seldom
use nest.
A LITTLE charcoal mixed with soft
feed will aid digestion and prevent
disease It is a good purifier of the
blood and system.
LITTLE chicks will do better in the
garden than any other place ii you
can conflne the hens to prevent their
making trouble.
The indestructible stoneware
drinking fountains are as good az any
kind We have seen, and have the ad-
vantage Of being cheap
COMMON every day dust is the best
extermipator for chicken lice. Give
them plenty and place it where they
can revel in It
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
HOMEMADE wHEKLBARRow.

axle being stapled directly to the
lower front edge of the box. A hood,
made of boards with sheet iron top,
is placed oyer the wheel inside the
box The wheel is two feet high.
The legs are ten inches long below
the box, and form the frame of the
box The handles are two feet long,
and the same boards may be made to
project forward far enough to hold
the axle Of the wheel, If one does not
want the wheel to set into the box.
This barrow is light and strong, and
will carry heavy loads of farm ma
terials when it is not convenient to
use a horse,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Navies Como High.

Some idea of the expense of run.
ming the cruiser Baltimore may be
obtained from the report of her cruise
last year. The total cost was $3O7.-
744'77 or a daily average Of $842. ID
The salaries of her thirty one officers
amounted to s94, 946. so, and of the
crew $lO3, 10000. The latter item
includes the expense Of the marines
salaries and allowances The pro-
visions for the crew and marine guard
cost S33, 423.5 81. The coal used by
the Baltimore cost SAT, IT'S. &c, and
the other incidental expenses
amounted to $14, 22.05.-New York
Sun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A Capacious Nav.

1t was in the summer time. An
Englishman of gentle manners ar.
rived at Swiss hotel. Tired with
his journey, he sat down at the din,
ner table, placing his bag on the
chair next to the one he occupied.
When he had finished his repast, he
called for the bill, when he found
that he was charged double the
amount.
"How is this?" he inquired, and
was told in reply that his bag had
taken up the room of guest at the
table.
Upon receiving this information
he quickly paid the bill and took
his departure.
A couple of days afterward the
same Englisman returned to the
hotel, where, as before, he took his
seat at the dinner table, and as be,
fore placed his bag on the next chair.
The dinner was served. The Eng,
hshman ate hearty meal, and 50
did his travelling bag, which re-
ceived its full allowance Of every dish
that was brought on the table.
General merriment among the guests,
our English tourist all the while
observing q grave and silent deport,
ment. The walters looked In blank
establishment The bag was getting
fuller by degrees. At last the land
lord, in a towering rage, appeared
ON the scene.
"Sir, how dare you! I never saw
anything like it in my life!"
Then the taciturn diner got up
and observed in his blandcst tones:
my travelling bag is in better
sc0nditiOn now than it was three
days ago. 1t is sorry that its ap-
petite was none of the best on the
former OCCASION"
A dark mist overspread the eyes
of the landlord, whereas the light
seemed to dawn upon the rest of the
company. The Epglishman told
them all what had happened. Loud
laughter! Shouts Of applause! Dis.
appearance Of the landlord!
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
THE DouBLE-BoARD COOP.

of wire cloth of about seven -eighths-
inch mesh, to allow warmth, air, and
light to enter, and also to allow of
arranging a center board between the
two broodS The frame of the GOOD
Is fastened to the floor with hinges at
the back part, so as to allow of rails
ing it at the back also, II desired.
No glass should be used in the sash.
If the weather is severe, cover the
sash with boards or tarred paper @
and d show the upper and lower sides
of the coop, and E the two-inch board
in 'front.' The coop protects against
rats, cats. hawks etc.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

tion to a minimum by the use OF Ia
bor.savinR implements aud machinery
In the planting, cultivation, and har-
vesting OF crops Common sense
must be employed. The exercise Of
good judgment usually insures SUI
cess, while the exerc Sc Of bad judg.
ment brings failure.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
serviceable Farm Whecbarrow.

A strong wheelbarrow is shown III
the illustration from the American
Agriculturist. It can be made of
any size. The one sketched has a
large box, four feet long on top two
feet six inches wide and eighteen
inches deep and is made of six-lnch
pine fencing. The wheel is set into
the box, as shown in the sketch, the
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29

quickly rugged by using q plank or
scantling with one end under a stud
reaching to the shed plate and tenn
porarily nailed in place. The barrel
to be headed forms the fulcrum. Be
careful not to press the apples too
hard. A reader Of the journal quoted
says that the best apples Of the season
In Bucks County were brought out of
milk vault Feb I, 1892 They
were Fallawaters, of q rich yellow
color, with Characteristic shading.
They were remarkable for size, but
more remarkable for their perfect
preservation. Compared with apples
kept In the cellar of the same house
they were In far better order. The
inference Is that the deeper milk
vault maintained a more uniform
temperature. The vault had small
ventilator direct to the open air.
The temperature as near as could be
ascertained was about IS degrees
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Profit in Agriculture.

In order to secure profit from the
crops produced upon the farm, there
are several points that must be OBJ
served, and these are in the line of
direction Of reducing the cost of pro-
duction, says the Germantown Tele-
graph. When crop of any kind is
worth no more than the cost of pro-
duction, nothing has been gained.
But the cost of production may be re-
duced in different ways; first, in the
proper blowing Of the land, or rather,
in the preparation of the soil for the
seed. Entire pulverization is an i'm
portant element in successful culture;
without this, there may be a loss in
lack of termination Of seed, and there
certainly will be required more labor
in the subsequent cultivation and
with imperfect seeding the crops will
be reduced. This. then, should be
avoided, as it may be, by the exercise
of proper care and the use of suitable
supplements in preparing the soil.
With a we'll pulverlzed soil seeds
come in contact with it and the
moisture it contains and termination
is complete. But this brings US to
q second consideration, and that, the
quantity Of seed; if soil is capable
of carrying to maturity full crop of
any kind. il the seed is so poor or inn
mature as that only two-thirds or
one-half will terminate, then there is
loss, and for that reason only the
very best seed should be used so that
the chances of full termination may
be of the best A third means of in
creasing crop and hence the profits,
Is by using an abundance of fertility
and of q character to insure success
It cannot pay tc plant crops in a poor
soil for the reason that the yield will
be light while the labor will remain
about the same as for heavy crop
Another consideration is an appliea-
ton of fertilizers in a manner and
at time best adapted to the wants
Of the crop being grown. The re
Quirements Of different crops vary In
this direction and q course that would
be advantageous to ono crop would
avail nothing when applied to some
other. Still another point to be OBJ
! served Is reducing the cost Of produo
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Winter Apples.

Winter Apples.
Winter apples will keep all the
better for being left in an open, airy
place as late as it Is safe to do so.
Where there are but few apples to
barrel press can be made at home
that will serve very we'll. The Phil
adelphia Farm Journal suggests the
one here depicted This press can be
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
JOHN >WALTON'S FARM

Hadn't you better subscribe for
it,"
II tell you, no. haven't got the
money to spare. And, if 1 had, /
haven't got the time to waste over
newspapers, said Eben Sawyer, with
some emphasis.
''But you will gain much informa-
tion from it in the course OF year,
SIR" pursued John Walton.
II tell you, don't want it,"
This was spoken 50 fatty and
bluntly that Walton said no more,
but folded up his prospectus of peri
odical which he had with him, and
then turned away.
Eden Sawyer and Ben Grummet
were two old farmers-that is, old at
the business, though they had only
reached the middle age of life-and
after their young neighbor had gone
they expressed their opinions con-
corning him.
''He'll never make farmer" said
Sawyer, with shake of the head.
HE spends too much time over those
papers and books of his. He's lee
tie mite above farmin,, in my opin-
ion."
''Those are my sentiments" re-
sponded Gummet II tell you, Eben,
the man that thinks to make livin'
on arm in this section has got to
work for it."
At this juncture Sam Bancroft
came along. He was another old ma
tive of the district.
''We was just talkin' about young
Walton" said Sawyer.
Hes rlppin' his barn floor up. said
Bancroft.
''Rippin' the floor up" repeated
Grummet why, the whole floor
was put down new only three years
ago"
1.-THE tie-up floor. I mean! pur-
sued Bancroft. He's got a carpenter
up from the village; and his two hired
men are helpin'."
"Whew! I guess he'll make a
farmer"
Aud so they all guessed-with a
reservation. In short there was
something highly ridiculous in the
thought of mans thinking to be a
farmer and student at the same
time.
John Walton was young man, and
though he bad been born in the
neighborhoOd, yet much of his life
had been spent in other sections of
the country. His parents having both
died, John had married, and now
had turned his thoughts to making a
living out of the old homestead.
Ben Grummet had a curiosity to
see what was going on in Walton's
barn. so he dropped in there He
found that the whole of the floor,
where the cattle stood, had been torn
up, and that they were digging a
wide, deep trench the whole length
of the tie-up
"What on airth is all this for?"
asked Ben.
"Why," returned Walton, who was
busy in experimenting the work, and
also in working himself. II am hav-
ing a place fixed here for making
manure I mean to I'LL this trench
op with good muck, and thus save
the liquids which have heretofore
been lost. I think, by proper man
sgement l can get full double the
quantity of manure which Others
have got on this place"
'Do ye?" said Grummet, sarcastic
ally.
Eyes" resumed the young man.
'.It is q fact that the liquid manures
could they besaved, would fully equal
the solids both in bulk and value,
and when combined with we'll rotted
muck, and some other articles which
shall take up and retain all the mort
volatile parts, I feel sure that they
Will a6nrd mora f0PtilizsnQ p0W0ID anC
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
A DOuble-BOard Coon.

A correspondent of Farm and Fire
side sends plan of a double board
coop, for two broods of chicks The
coop is four feet square, the
back being eighteen inches high. and
the highest point CENTER being
twenty-four inches. 1t slopes in
front from one foot high at the
center to two inches In the illus.
GRAFTON, A is sash, fastened with
hinges to the front of the COOP (B),
the sash being raised or lowered as
desired. This sash may be made
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-29
Water for Hogs.

Hogs are more often sufferers from
lack of good water than any other
stock. The milk they eat curdles in
their stomach, and then It's caseine
does not look so much like drink as
like food. The dishwater mixed
with bran for middlings is more or
less salty, and this makes more in
tense thirst than before it was drank.
1t can do no harm at least to offer
the hogs, especially those in pens, all
the water once day that they will
drink. More will drink than the
owner is apt to suppose.