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The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1893-06-10

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24

enOulu DC retained. Inc poll showed
plurality of votes for the Methodist
minister, and therefore the other six
were discharged. 1t is proposed that
other towns in Kansas, especially those
suffering from drought, shall adopt the
same plan, and that the money thus
saved shall be given to the needy. This
is practical movement in the direction
of Christian unity that will hardly be
pleasing to the discharged clergymen,
however strong may be their theoretical
belief in Christian unity.
In many ways the United States have
educated the world in politics, and !, for
one, do not hesitate to say that their
scheme OF government is the best that
has ever been established by q nation,
says London Truth. But in nothing do
we owe more to Americans than for their
having afforded US the great object les
son of State pursuing the even current
of its way, without that meddling in the
affairs of other States which have been
the bane of European powers. Here We
have a country, rich, powerful, indus
trial and commercial. yet never troubling
itself with what happens outside it,
frontiers, or annexing foreign lands OF
the plea of philanthropy, or on tn.
ground that in some centuries its are,
will be too small for ito population, or il
order to create markets for its goods
And what is the result? No one dream
of attacking the United States or o
picking . quarrel with them. The les
son to be learnt is that State SHOULD
rest satisfied with promoting the we'll
being of her own citizens and leave it t
other States to promote the we'll bein,
of theirs. Can anyone conceive tn
United States aunexiug jungles in tn
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
The Human Family.

The human family living ON Garth to-
day consists of about 1,45O 900, 900 souls
not fewer, probably more. These are
distributed literally all over the earth's
surface, there being no considerable
spot ON the globe where man has not
found foothold. In Asia, the so-called
''cradle of the human race" there are
now about 800, O00, 900 people, densely
crowded, on an average of about 12O to
every square mile. In Europe there are
800, OOO, 900, averaging 100 to the square
mile, not so crowded as Asia, but every
where dense, and in many places over
populate I. In Africa there are, approxi-
mately, 100000. 900, and in the Americas
North, South and Central-.11O, OOO,-,
900, these latter, of coure, relatively
thinly scattered over broad areas. On
the islands, large and small, there are
probably 100000 more. The ex-
tremes of the blacks and the whites arc
as s to 3, the remaining 700, 100000 in
termediate, brown, yellow, and tawny in
color OF the entire race 100000, 600
are we'll clothed-that is. they wear gar.
ments of some kind that will cover max
edness-25O, 900, 900 habitually go naked,
and 700. 600, 900 only cover part of tho
body; 500, 900, 900 live in houses, 70O,.
O00, 900 in huts and caves. the remaining
$50, 100000 virtually having no place to
Law their heads.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
A Room Full Of Microbes.

In small, dark room, whose temper.
ature is never allowed to vary, which il
never swept nor busted for fear Of
arousing tranquil microbes, and whose
door is never opened except when abso-i
lutely necessary, are arranged rows OF
drying bottles, in which hang bits Of
the marrow. These bottles are marked
with the degree Of violence of the rabies
from which the animal died, and with
the date when the marrow was put in to
dry.
Here, attendants are preparing the
veal broth and the gelatines in which the
infected marrows will be cultivated.
On every hand one sees the interesting
"ways Of doing things" which character.
izc the institute. Here, the cleaning OF
jars, syringes and tubes is going on; not
y simple washing and drying. In the
Pasteur household articles are sterilized
as we'll as cleaned-that is, burned in
the flames OF spirit lamp, or
in an oven. There, man is blowing
bulbs, droll balloon pipettes, all the null
titude of glass contrivances the lab0ra-
tories demand. Here, under a micro
scope, an investigator has the diphtheria
pest, an inoffensive speck; there, another
has in his field a whole colony of lively
little straight and bent sticks; it is COM
pany of DR.. koch's cholera microbes.
Wherever one goes in the building
there is a business intentness, an absorb
ton, an absolute blindness to everything
but the work in hand, be it the contents
of culture tube or the film on micro.
scopic slide. One can easily believe CT
these workers the story told of NJ. Pas.
teur himself, that he had to be hunted
up on his wedding morning and pulled
away from his microscope in order to DO
got into his dresscoat t.:.d gloves in time
for the CEREMONY From "Pasteur at
Home" in McClure's Magazine.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
AROUND THE HOUSE.

After the juice has been squeezed
from lemons the peels may be utilized
for cleaning brass Dip them in
common salt and scour with dry brick
dust.
Old paint and varnish may be removed
by an emulsion formed of two parts of
ammonia shaken up with one part Of
turpentine. It will soften them SO they
may easily be scraped off.
To wash windows and make them clear
and bright, use ammonia and borax, but
no soap. To wash glass tumblers and
make them brilliant and clear use strong
tepid soda water, then rinse in clear,
cold water and dry with u linen cloth
without nap.
Dingy wall paper may be improved,
though not restored, by rubbing gently
with a soft cloth dipped in oatmeal.
The cloth must be changed as often as it
becomes covered with the dirt removed
from the paper; otherwise it will soil in
stead of cleansing.
One of the hardest things to keep neat
about the kitchen is the dishcloth. Some
how it will grow to look dingy and
black, no matter how thoroughly it is
rinsed after each dishwashing. OF course,
after rinsing it should always be thor
oughly washed with plenty of soap and
hot water, and then hung out to dry. Use
one cloth for china and glass and another
for pots and pans, for the latter blackens
the cloth, no matter how we'll washed
they may be. The careful drying of the
dishcloth after each using is very neces-
sary, for damp cloths of any kind lying
about the kitchen, certainly encourage
water bugs and reaches as we'll as black
beetles and other insect denominations.
Keep your kitchen sweet and clean and
you have the first requisite for a whole
some healthy house.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
Rare Black Pearls.

It is on record that the most valuable
collection of black pearls in the world il
owned by the Empress of Austria.
A black pearl necklace worn lately 0y
noble English lady at q grand enter.
tainment was estimated to be worth $685.
900, and there was but single row Of
the gems.
At the present time black pearls COM
mand exorbitant prices. Some very val
liable one are found in Lower California:
such specimens are rare and costly. Next
to these in estimation are deep blue
pearls, and seldom 10 it that such can b
obtained at any price.
The story runs that valuable collec-
ton of pearls was at one time found in
the River Conway, North Wales, and
among them, as is grsvely chronicled.
was stool pearl in form and sise re-
sembling button mold, and weighing
seventeen grains.
It is added that gentleman named
Wynn was the happy owner. To en-
phasize this account It 10 further stated
that Conway pearl il to this day pase
and parcel, so to speak, Of the royal
crown Of England, having been PIE
sented to the Queen Of CHARLES II. by
her chamberlain, . gentleman also a.
swering to the name q wyna.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24

center Of Africa in the wild expectation
that the inhabitants Of the jungles will
be civilized and then cover their naked
cook their food in American pots and
p,nsa
THERE are, according to the recent
official reports, fifty derclict vessels
floating in the Atlantic Ocean that are
regarded as dangerous to navigation.
Tho large number of these abandoned
hulks are in the sailing route Of the
equator, and the record of their move
mcnts shows that they cross and recross
the track. Some of them have made
long journeys since they were deserted
by their crews. who took refuge in some
passing vessel when their own craft
threatened to sink or had become hope
lessly unmana. cable or waterlogged and
uninhabitable. Some of these travel so
near the regular ocean lanes that an al
most unbrokcn record of their wander
ings is reported and sketched on the
Atlantic pilot charts. One of the latest
of these well.known ocean wanderers
heard of is the bark Ocean, which orig,
inally appeared just north of the south.
ern track of the western bound steamers
in September. It has since been re-
ported at periodical invervals and has
gradually driftcd south, almost to the
sailing route from the equator. The
last reports previous to its recent haillng
was in March, since which time it has
taken northwesterly course toward the
Bermudas, and was seen in about longi-
tude 60 and latitude 80 ON May 30.
Some of the abandoned vessels have
valuable cargoes of lumber, and could
they be towed to port would prove rich
booty. One of the most notable of the
derelicts, whose journeyings were well
recorded, was the Maine schooner W. L.
White, which, after being abandoned
off Delaware Bay in March, 1888, after
ten months and ten days, arrived off the
northwest coast of Scotland and went
ashore at Stornoway, having traversed
5000 miles Of ocean and been reported
forty live times by passing ships.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
HOW A LOG BOOK Is KEPT.
1t Is Very Easy to do Through n List OF
Letters and Ciphers.


How many landsmen know how a log
book is written up? says writer in the
Geographical Magazine. 1t seems just a.
complicated as double entry bookkecp-
ing when one does not know, but after
little careful attention and study it's as
easy to keep a log book al to eat hot
gingerbread. There is q list of letters
arranged, and they look like so much
Greek to the uneducated.
The letter b, for instance. stands for
the blue sky, whether there be clear
or hazy atmosphere, c, indicates cloudy
or detached opening clouds, d denotes
drilling rain, small fog, capital F
thick fog, g, gloomy, dark weather; h
hail. ! lightning, and m misty or hazy
80 u to interfere with the view.
The letter represents overcast or
when the whole sky is covered with one
impcnetratablc cloud. Passing showers
IRE noted by tho letter p, and q indi-
Gates the weather to be squally. Con-
tinuous rain is indicated by an r, snow
by an s, and thunder by a t. Any ugly
threatening appearance in the weather
calls for the letter u, and visibility or
distant objects, whether the sky be
cloudy, or not, is represented by the
letter v. A small W is wet dew. A full
point or dot under any letter denotes an
extraordinary degree. As an example OF
how the letters are used take q p d t..
This reads very hard squalls and showers
of drizzle, accompanied by lightning
with heavy thunder. Numerals denote
the force of wind. A cipher indicates
calm, light air, 2 light breeze, 3 gentle
breeze, moderate breeze, fresh breeze,
6 strong breeze, moderate gale, 9 strong
gale, 10 whole gale, II storm, ~ hurri-
cane. This system of abbreviation il
generally adhered to on all merchant
vessels.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
He Wants New Arms,

Theodore Lee, the armless newsdealer,
who went East recently with vague idea
that he could get arms grated on to his
stumps has been heard from. He has
been inquising among specialists regard
ing his case, aud he finds that he may
vet secure arms. First, the arms that are
to be grated on to his stumps must be
taken from healthful man or woman,
ana the hope is held out to Mr.. Lee that
he may find some person, condemned to
be hanged, for instance, who would for
81 ,O0O, say, to be given to relatives or
charity, allow an arm to be amputated
for grating purposes. Mr.. Lee has, in
substance, been informed that the splice
would have to made just above the elbow
joint
When MIR. Lee has found person who
will submit to the operation they will
have to be brought together in such q
position as to permit of the arms of both
which are to be operated upon being
placed in plaster of paris casts, so that
they cannot be moved. Then it is pro-
posed to cut the back part of both the
arms, also cutting through the bone
arm that is to be grated on to Mr.. Lees
f f Va ~ 'A"s 40 wv
away at the first operation, is to be ad-
justed and fastened to the stump and
allowed to remain until it heals and there
is evidence of circulation between the
stump and the part that is grated on.
The second operation will be the cutting
of the remainder of the inside portion Of
the arm, together with the artery and
the nerve. This operation, it is propo-
sed, however, is not to be undertaken
until the surgeons are satisfied that the
circulation through the part of the arm
already grated on is sufficient to nour-
ish and support the new forearm.
| Paul Pioneer Press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
ELEPHANT Training.

New elephants are trained as fol-
lows: They are first tied between
two trees, and are rubbed down by a
number OF men with long BAN boos to
an accompaniment Of the most ex-
travagant eulogies of the animal, sung
ard shouted at it at the top OF their
voices. The animal, of course, lashes
out furiously at first; but in a few
days it ceases to act on the offensive,
or as natives say, "ShurMm luga hdi, "
1t becomes ashamed Of itself, and 1T
then stands with its trunk curled up
shrinking from the men. Ropes are
now tied round It's body, and it is
mounted at its picket for several
days 1t is then taken out for exer-
else, secured between two tame ele-
plants. The ropes still remain round
its bOGy to enable the mahout to
mold on should the elephant
try to shake him off. A man
precedes it with spear to teach
it to halt when ordered to do So
whilst, as the tame elephants wheel
to the right or left. the mahout
presses its neck with his knees, and
taps it on the head with a small stick
to train it to turn in the required d.
rection. To teach an elephant to
keel it is taken into water five feet
deep when the sun is hot, and. upon
being pricKed on the back with a
pointed stick, it soon lies down, partly
to avoid the pain. partly from in.
clinatiOn for a bath. BY taking it
into shallow water daily. it is soon
taught to kneel even on dry land.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
PathOs in q Hospital.

He lay on cot in the surgical ward of
the Pennsylvania Hospital, recovering
slowly from bad attack of delirium
tremens. He was unconscious.
The sharp clang of the ambulance
bell rang, but he did not hear it. A little
patient was brought in and placed in an
adjoining bed. She was very i'll, and
her pitiable means sounded through the
corridor. Suddenly she spied the form
on the cot
Papa; there's my papa" she said.
He did not hear her.
Two days later he could see and hear
everything. but the adjoining bed was
empty.-{Philadslphia Call.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
A Chinese Solomon.

A pawnbroker in China began to
charge his customers l6 per cent in
stead Of the usual "a. Naturally he
did roaring trade, to the dismay of
his colleagues, who carried him be.
fore the mandarin of the province
with bitter complaints of unfair COM
petition. Tbs mandarin, however,
commended the pawnbroker for his
charity and good feeling in only
charging Is per cent, but pointed
out that the charge was quite illegal
He therefore directed that In future
he should charge the customary "a
per cent, of which he was only tn
keep Is per cent for himself, while
the other 8 was distributed in char.
ity.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24
1.-THE Birdie PATH,

ThroyGh the green aislewnys OF tho woods,
Eat streams that foam and leap In light,
Pacing through murm uring solitndes,
We 1oiter ON from morn to night
Above our heads tho oriole swings,
In the dim boughs the robin sings,
~ by the bride path We fare
And taste lies freshness everywhere.
Pale blooms that hide in sheltered spots,
Breath pure sweet od0rs az We pass,
We So the rare forget
The hooded VOL. Is in the grass,
10 there afar stormy world
Where fields are fought and flags arc furlod
Ana dust and Crime obscure the ARR
We wonder - We blithely fare.
Along tho quiet bride path;
Our gentle ponies know full we'll,
No terrors for their feet 1t hath
In shelving steep or dimpling dell
High In the oaks cathedral hush
We bear the vespsr OF the thrush;
Far on an evening church bell rings,
And In the dusk the robin sings
- Harpors Bazaar.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24

A STOCK HOLDER-The gambler
who stocks tho cards.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-24

ings, headed by the silent little
Brigand, hastily dispersed itself along
the outer edge OF the grounds next to
the chaparral abode of the jack
rabbits, and then, while grave pro-
fessOrs leaned from their windows,
and hundred curious white boys
looked on. these little brown fellows
fastened all their long bird nets to-
gether, and stretched two wide wings
out and up the hill.
Very quiet but very quick they
were, and when all the nets had been
unwound and stretched out in a great
letter V far up the hill, it was seen
that each brown boy had long,
heavy manzanitawOod club in his
hand.
Suddenly and silently as they came,
they all disappeared up and over the
hills beyond, and in the dense black
chaparral.
Where had they gone, and what
did all this silent mystery mean?
One, two, three hours What had
become OF this strange little army Of
silent brown boys?
Another hour passed Not q boy,
not sign, not sound What did
| 1t all mean?
Suddenly, down came a rabbit,
jumping high. in the air. his huge
ears tapping forward and back, as il
they had wilted In the hot sun.
Then another rabbit then another!
Then ten. twenty, forty, tifty I've
hundred. q Thousand! All jumping
over each other, and upon each
other; and against the nets, with
their long legs thrust through the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30

with feathery sun shade, are promi-
nent in the exhibits.
A South American forest without
monkeys would not be typical. Some
are hunted for food by the natives.
Others are domesticated as pets. OF
the family of marmosets, p 'culiar 10
tro, ical America, there are many vari-
etes. They are companionablec Great
ures in demonstration. Almost num-
berless varieties of this and other fam
lilies abound in the south American
for, sts.
OF The scenic beauties OF the tropics
travellers have spoken. South Amer
lea. on and about the equator from the
Atlantic to the Andes and thence to
the Pacific. has been SO thorough y
explored that the Worlds Fair exhib.
it's. IL stuoied inielligcntly. furnish
means of estimating the worta of the
{, ntinent from the esthetic as we'll as
the material standpoint OF the ulti-
mate value to humanity Of this great
con Sinent, Henry Walter Bates, the
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30
AUNT MASiE HUo0INS.
A Woman Who Lived In Hut Will
Hundreds OF snakes.

A Woman Who Lived la - Hut with
Hundreds OF snakes.
There has recently died well-
known character OF this ncighborhood
known as AUNT Masie lluggins." or
the 'snake woman" who lived an
isolated life with snakes as her only
friends, says an Okolona. Miss. cor
respondent OF the Philadelphia Times.
She had built herself hovel COM
posed OF branches OF trees. clay. and
other debris. which. though often
washed down by the rains. she would
build up again. This howell residence
is said to have been fairly alive with
snakes OF every local variety. hanging
from overhead. lying under foot, and
creeping from chinks in the wall.
The woman lived on the products OF
a small garden near her cabin, which
she cultivated herself. With the ex-
ception OF the necessary intercourse
with those from whom she purchased
the few things she required. she was
never known for over thirty years to
have held any conversation with any
human being. She could often be
met after dark walking through tho
town with her strange companions
twined about her arms, her neck, and
nesting in her bosom, with their
ugly heads protruding, Kissing at
every one that passed
On these occasions, however. when
hailed or questioned she would make
no reply. Once some boys OF the
neighborhood prowling about the
cabin found several OF tho snakes on
the outside and killed them. and be-
fore they were aware OF 10 Aunt Masio
appeared in the doorway armed with
u shotgun, which she let fly at tho
crowd. None OF the boys were killed.
but one of them was shot through
the rear and the rest scattered in
hurry. That the woman's mind was
affected there seems little doubt. Her
only son while out hunting was Bit
ten by a rattlesnake, and days aftor-
ward his swollen, discolorod body was
found. This appeared to craze his
mother. who left her home. saying
the snakes were calling her TO come
and live with them. and that they
would give her back her boy.
She is said to have come Of good
family, and to have been well edu'
Gated. When discovered she had
been dead for days. and the snakes
wero crawling over her body, but
fed on the appearance of strangers.
and have not been seen near tho
cabin since. BY those who have
seen her surrounded by her queer
adopted family it has been estimated
that there must have been at least
2Ol of them, numbering among them
several yenomous varieties. The
woman did not claim TO have
charmed them. rs the saying goes,
but it is probable that her perfect
fearlessnoss tanned them,
The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-09-30
LUNAR LOVERS.
The Man In the Moon Has q Sweet
heart Sure Enough.

The Man In the Moon Has Sweet
heart Sure Enough.
They have no eyes for the romantic
or beautiful, those musty, fusty old
astronomers from Cambridge to Mt.
Hamilton, or else they would days ago
have informed delightful world
All the world |, vss y lover
that the man in the moon has sweet
heart is, in fact lover. And they
are kissing the. e, too, those lunar
lovers, kissing in full view and are not
even blushing about it,
There is no astronomer at hand to
explain this, nor tell how long the
wholly delightful state of affairs is to
last, so readers should lose no time in
taking view of the moon, for the
phenomenon may fade from sight in a
ew days or nights IL you have
strong. clear vision this interesting
couple may be observed by the un'
aided eye, but the outlines OF the ISL
tor, the beautiful girl who has joined
the man in the moon, can be seen bet
ter, of course if you use pair of
opera glasses In peeping at them. You
will see he man in The moon. re-
juvenated. invigorated and generally
spruced-up and improved, looking
down, not at you, but at the face OF a
pale, fair girly who is to the right as
on look, her profile cutting off part
Of his full face, for her lips are APP