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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
OIL OF PEPPERMINT.
More Than Half the Worlds Product
Comes from Michigan.

More Than Half the Worlds Product
Comes from Michigan.
More than one half of all the oil of
peppermint, spearmint, and tansy
used in the world is said to be pro-
cured and distilled in Michigan. says
the New York Post. The center of
the industry is St. Joseph County.
Peppermint plants to the weight OF
Is, 900 tons when dried are cultivated
every year in the State. From these
the essential oils are distilled. Early
In spring the roots are planted in fur
rows from two to three feet apart. In
day good workman will plant an
acre with them. A few weeks later
the rows meet and cover the entire
ground. In September the plants
mature. They are covered with
fragrant purple blossoms and the
time has arrived for moving.
After lying in the sun to dry they
are raked into heaps and taken to the
distilleries, of which there are about
$50 in the State. 1t is estimated
that $50 pounds of dried peppermint
plants produce one pound Of oil. The
yield per acre is 10 pounds of OIL
Distilled peppermint brings from
sl.25 to s. per pound in the home
market. The industry was originally
established about $50 years ago
Early in the present century begin
ming was made in this country. in
Wayne County, N. Y, and in st.
Joseph, Mich. To-day nine-tenths
OF the entire product Of the world is
made in the United States The rich
alluvial soil so abundant in Michigan,
together with its desirable climate.
has enabled the State to take prece-
dence over any other State or country
in this industry.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
Scenes at the Zante EARTHQUAKES.

NJ. Ardaillon OF the Ecole Franchise
d'Athenes, who has been investigat;
ing the causes OF the Zante earth
ouakes, says that they are due to the
phenomena Of plication Or folding of
the earth's upper strata. The same
tension and compression which pro-
duced many of the mountain ranges
is here in action. AS the interior OF
the earth cools. it contracts and
tends to leave the outer crust behind.
The weight of this outer crust how
ever, is greater than it can sustain
and it is therefore compelled to
wrinkle. Thus biologists explain the
great ridges ana burrows which con-
stitute continents and river basins,
and they compare this folding OF the
earth'S crust with the wrinkling OF
the skin of dried apple. While this
process of wrinkling or folding is
going on the mighty movement, of
course destroys the equilibrium of tho
rock strata; and in consequence earth
QuakeS occur and continue with
greater or less violence until equilib.
rum is again restored. Unfortu.
nately for Zante, it lies in the line OF
disturbance and must suffer until the
same causes that reared our APP.
palaChian mountains cease to operate
in its neiXhbOrhOOd.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
HPuR. Puff. PuR!"

Grace Greenwood says of John Hall,
the once famous New Hampshire
Senator, in her "Reminiscences OF
Washington" that he was no re-
specter OF persons. Not even the
thunder OF Websters solemn periods
nor the lightning flash CT Clay's sar.
casm could appall him.
One hot afternoon, when had not
been to the Capitol. he dropped in,
and remarked, YEARLY:
''Webster made speech this morn.
ing"
"Ah, what have l lostw ex.
claimed. ''Do tell me something
about it."
swell, the old man was not at his
best exactly 1t was something like
this"
He assumed the attitude of the
great expounder'' when speaking,
and using his characteristic gestures
and even counterfeiting his voice and
infections, he gave really wonder
full imitation. Yet he said absolutely
nothing but "Puff. puff! puff" in
those deep. sonorous tones which
were SO familiar and so impressive.
l laughed, yet l felt that there was
something almost profane in that bit
OF burlesque.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

What does ventilation mean? The
Latin ventus means wind" and the
English definition Of wind is ''rush-
ing air." and it is not until the air
about US ceases to rush and becomes
stagnant, says the New York Inde-
pendent, that we realize The blessing
and comfort OF rushing air. How
people swelter and groan, THE air is
SO close" when warm fog. with no
breath Of air stirring, envelopes us.
A whole city can be so imperfectly
ventilated as to become dangerous.
In the second week of December,
1873, London had one OF the densest
fOgs that ever visited it, The prod
ucts of combustion from thousands Of
smOkestacks and chimney>, and the
emanations from its millions of hui
man lungs and all the deieterious
etfiuvia from all other sources were
caught and held right in the houses
or on the respiratory levels; no merci-
full rushing air swept them away.
The Registrar Generals report showed
78O more deaths than had been known
in any previous week for ten years.
and the details of the record showed
that the physical disturbances were
almost incredibly profound and
curious confirmation of the fact that
atmospheric pollution causing the
morbif1c condition came from a very
unexpected source. The SmithHeld
club cattle show in the midst OF Lon
don was in operation on tho 9th and
10th of that month, and the Times Of
the 1th relates that the show was
interfered with by the sickness and
death of many animals. and that
others were rescued only by being
sent out into the pure air of the
country. The human mortality OF
this unventilated week, with no rush.
ing air, was far greater than in the
panic week of cholera in 1866.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

IF you wan: to get happiness, try
to give 1t.
THE wren has sweetcr song than
the peacock.
ALL churches have some members
who talk too much.
THE smallest sin is big enough to
hide the face of God.
SELF-DECEPTION is one of the most
1eadly of all dangers.
THERE is no easy place anywhere
On earth for lazy man.
THE religion that has no joy in it
does not come from God.
THE man who makes his own god
has one that is merciless.
THERE is as much love in a warn
ing as there is in promise.
GOD is robbed whenever one man
gives another light weight.
TORMENT begins when a sinner
finds ouo that God sees him.
NOTHING is 80 certain as that the
meek shall inherit the earth.
The great question is not how long
we are going to live, but how.
THE yoke of Christ is easy. The
way OF the transgressor is hard.
THERE is no commandment Of God
that does not begin with love
THERE are two ways of telling a
goose; by its gable and its walk.
The man who never prays for any.
body else, never prays for himself.
FIND a man who has no hobby, and
you will find one who is not happy.
NOTHING will do more to improve
the looks than sunshine in the heart
WHEN you look for a window in
Heaven, look through Bible promise.
WHEREVER Christianity goes, the
devil will be found before and behind
it.
WHEN God Furnishes, it is only be-
cause there is nothing else that He
| can do.
UNTIL we are willing to have sin
put out OF our hearts, Christ will not
come in.
The devil agrees with the man who
says he can't see any sense in being
religious.
THE nation has no batter friend
than the mother who teaches her
child to pray.
The right kind of a man always
learns something worth knowing
from mistake.
The devils will is done on earth
as 1t is in hell, when wicked men
have their own way.
THERE are people who claim to be
praying for the salvation of the
whole world, who never 90 to prayer
meeting in rainy weather
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
ARRESTS THE OTHER.

An Old Lady Dlstrusts One and Appeals to
the Other for Protection.
One old lady has gone back to her
country home with thrilling tale of
how she escaped from a robber, and
two policemen Of the W0odlawn Sta
ton look bOwieknives at each other
when they meet. Lieut. Bonfleld tells
the story:
IAN old lady came along here the
other night and said she had lost the
way to her hotel. She told me the
name OF it, and on looking it up
found it to be located ou Oglesby
avenue. She seemed quite nervous
so told Officer Mccain to see her
home. Mccain was in citizens
clothes.
MCCAIN naturally wanted to take
the nearest way but that led them
down dark streets and the woman
absolutely refused to trust her guide.
Mccain showed her his star, but she
said that while she would allow
it was pretty it didn't make
her feel any safer The more the
officer talked to her the more suspi-
cious she got. Just then she saw
Officer Duffy across the street. Duffy
was in uniform and is new man at
this station. The woman rushed
acres the street, threw her arms
around Duffy, and begged to be pro-
tected from Mccain, who, she said,
was surely going to rob her.
Now, Duffy didn't know Mccain
so he went across the street and ar
rested him. That made Mccain mad
and he started in to arrest Duffy.
Mccain showed his star and DuIy
; said he guessed that Mccain was the
man with the bogus star, that he was
looking for. Mccain tried to per-
suade Duffy that they both came from
the same station. but Duffy said he
didn't give a cent where Mccain
came from originally, he was going
to the station that trip. sure. While
the officers were arguing the old wo.
man ran away, and l don't know
where she is Finally each man ar.
rested the other, and they came to
the station together madden than wet
hens 1t took me thirty minutes to
straighten out the tangle. Chicago
Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

lie said, and he crawled out to toll
| him.
| Tom was right His father did
come; eagerly, too; and when he saw
the iron trunk he exclaimed:
"HOot! lad; it's a money chest.
Who knows but yc'ye found a for
tuner"
Together they got the heavy box
outside, for the tide had begun to
come in and they dared not stay any
longer. They carried it up on the
cliff. and then with heavy stone
TOMS father broke the lock ind
opened it.
1t was full of gold, hard, yellow
gold, all in little leather bags, and in
the very bottom OF the trunk was a
letter. They had to unfold it very
carefully, for it was rotten with age.
1t was written in red ink, and this
is what it said:
whatsoever shall find this treasure
sha have it for his own. for l have
neithe, kith nor kin. No friend have
in all the world save my bags of
gold. I have lived for them and with
them, and shall die with them.
IL have not sinned to get this
treasure, unless it be sin to rob the
forgotten dead, for have taken most
OF it from sunken ships.
81 have risked my life often, but it
paid me to be able to sit and count
over the shiny pieces and know that
they we're mine.
"Should ever human eyes seek out
my hiding-place and find my treasure,
perchance they will find my bones be-
side it, and ask that he who is the
lucky finder will dig for me a grave
in the crystal chamber and mark the
place with Cross This Is all have
to ask, and l will not even tell my
name. Let that die with me-"
That was strange will, was it not?
But it stood the test of the law,
and Tom was rich.
But it did not spoil him. He was
the same Tom as before, only he was
able now to help people, and he did
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
Why Women Are Afraid of Mice

In all ages women were supposed to
be more prone to superstition than
men, and who knows but the dread
OF a woman on the appearance OF a
rat or mouse may not be due, in part
at least, to an ancient superstition
which has travelled down the ages
from the time when our remote fore.
fathers believed that rats and mice
were the souls Of the departed?
Numerous are the stories which
made the ancients believe that souls
were rats and mice, and some OF these
stories are very curious
sin Thuringia, at Saafeld,' says
Barring Gould, "a servant-girl fell
asleep while her companions were
Smelling nuta They observed little
red mouse creep from her mouth and
run out Of the window.
zone of the fellows present shook
the sleeper, but could not wake her,
so he moved her to another place.
Presently the mouse ran back to the
former place and dashed about seek
ing the girl. Not finding her. it
vanished. At the same moment the
girl died"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
she INVENTED NAVAL SIGNAL

Mrs.. Coston's Colored Lights Helped In
Finish the War.
One Of Washington's remarkable
women is Mrs. Martha ]. Coston. now
advanced in years. but brilliant in
mind as ever, ana able to look back
upon life full of achievements
Mrs. COstOn is the woman who. al.
most sinQle-handed, and in the face
OF tremendous difficulties, brought
the C0ston signals to their present
perfection, says the Illustrated Amer.
lean. Left widow at the age OF q.
With three children and no resources
she set out bravely to develop an idea
which she found indicated among her
husbands papers.
This idea was to furnish colored
signals at night for ships in the same
way as colored flags were used BY day.
The trouble was to find the chemi.
Gals which would produce the neces-
sary colors, red, white, and green, in
sufficient intensity. Mrs Coston
worked at this problem for many
months and, after series OF failures.
finally succeeded, and the Coston sig.
nails were adopted by the American
navy and used during our lote war
What they did during that war is
known to every naval officer, although
scant justice has been rendered to
the plucky woman who furnished
them. Admiral Porter took Fort
Fisher by the aid of the Coston sig.
nails, starting the battle at night, as
he was able to do by this means
His success broke tho back of the
war.
Half the countries OF Europe have
adopted the Coston signals, and when
ever she arrives in one of these CAPT.
tails Mrs. COston Is treated and re-
ceived as benefactor to humanity.
Mrs. Coston was in Paris when the
French armies set out for the disas.
trous Fir anco- Prussian war, aud she
was shocked by the wild and disor.
derly appearance of the national
guards as they swarmed down the
boulevards behind the emperor,
screaming the "Marseillaise.
Mrs. COston in her travels through
Europe was received by the pope, by
Queen Victoria, by the French EN-
peror and the Empress Eugene, by
the King and Queen Of Sweden, and
by host of lesser celebrities
Mrs. Coston will send a handsome
exhibit OF the Coston signals to Chi
caRo under the direction OF her son.
One of the most striking features of
this exhibit will be the Coston aerial
signals which are shot into the air
from pistols and can be seen at i'm.
mense distances
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
NOTHING NEW.

5he splde. weaves his gauzy web
Quick each false step rotrtevtnQ
Hes wea wing on. and weaving on
Past in anu out his swift thread goes
fnm morn till night, from night tin morn.
And " hy so fast tho whole world knows,
Tina: old, old web hos weaving.
fhe orowsy bee on timber perch
IL all day ronine, swinging.
And up and down, then down and up
lie siEgs AMI huns. and huns and sings
A. slipping from a rose leaf cup,
He owinss and sips. and sips and swin'sr
That old, UId tune hos singing.
Two lovers sit beneath tho tree
On lai by. hnl ny meeting.
y Ant do ,hey say2 On do .r-mv fams
III, noti :ng new, no nothing new.
O. pencil bloom cheek and golden mar
Jus0 Il love you" sweet IL lovO you.
Tue Old. I'D ia o repeating
-Guley's
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
H's.HOnor's Mild Protest.

Hickman County, Kentucky, has a
judge who is 50 exceedingly slow to
anger that he does not appear to
know contempt of court" when he
sees it. During the trial of case
before him recently two lawyers got
mad and went at each other tlst and
skull. Quiet was restored at last,
but soon the belligerents were at
it again. When the second riot had
been Quelled and the frightened spec
tatOrs.:had returned to the courtroom
his honor mildly observed to the
Sheriff that lit seems to me there ia
entirely too much disorder in the
courtroom indianapolis News.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
HE MADE ALLOWANCES.
A Farmer Who Went Easy ON an Anna
tours Attempt 1T Plo1lsx.

A Farmer Who Went Easy on an Anna
tours Attempt ut Plozisg.
A certain eminent clergyman. who
is Greatly loved for his Qentleness and
forbearance with offenders, recently
said, according to the Boston Tran.
script, that an experience Of his own
In years long gone by taught him the
grace Of ready excusing. When he
was boy he was very poor boy, but
he had already strong theological
bent and was studying hard during
the winter and working even harder
during the summer trying tn get a
preparation for college.
He wanted to be a preacher, aud
the fact that he didn't seem to be
good for anything else tended to con.
vince him that he had not mistaken
his calling. One spring he was en-.
tirely out of money and had to get
out Of school and 60 to work. Not
being able tu ind anything to do in
the small college town where he had
teen studying, the youth-call him
Richard Vernon-went out among
the farmers to see If he could get
work from them. He found a man
who was very busy with his springs
work and In hurry to get the fur
rows plowed in a big field for potato
planting.
The weather was favorable for
planting; the farmers boys would be
home from school the next day, which
was Saturday, to do the dropping and
covering. He told Richard that he
might mark out the field with the
plow for the planting, and it he
suited he might be hired for two OF
three months. Meantime the farmer
saw that the boy was very anxious to
stay and that he had evidently good
disposition.
So the young theologian went to
work with tremendous vigor. He
did not stop to take breath until he
had marked of large tract of
ground with deep burrows. Then
came his employer from his work in
another part Of ths farm and looked
at the boys work. and leaned up
against the fence and laughed until
he shook. The potato field had been
scraped and scalloped all over with
the ridiculously irregular and wabbly
little bitches which Richard had
turned.
There was not clean, straight fur
row in the lot; the ground looked as
II an insane elephant had tossed up
the earth: the burrows were of all
depths and at all distances from one
another, for Richard had driven the
horse most of the time at smart
walk. and he had been too much oc.
cupied in keeping up and maintaining
precarious grasp upon the pillow
handles to be able to pay any atten.
tion to the regularity or evenness OF
his work. Richard Vernon laughed
too, as he stood and looked over the
field.
He wiped the sweat from his brow
and looked very anxiouslY at his EN-.
ployer. There was no chance for
regular work there, that was evident
His laughter faded away and there
was certain faint witch in the
corners of his mouth as the boy said:
II guess you don't want any more
of my work, sir"
"Oh, yes-yes, l do" said the
farmer. "Maybe 'tant your fault
that the burrows are crooked. You
see, the suns pretty hot to-day, and
l reckon the heat warped them"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
Mixing the Bill of Fare.

He seemed to be all right when he
sat down at the table, and the waiter
busted around getting him in shape
for his dinner while he studied the
bill Of fare. He was rather unsteady
possibly, but as he had not eaten any
thing for eighteen hours that was not
surprising.
"Well, sir, what will you have??"
asked the waiter.
'Tock murtle soup and coiled bod
fish," he replied, holding up ahe bill.
The waiter was disturbed.
what, sir?" he asked.
"Tock murtle soup and coiled bod
fish," he repeated, and the waiter
snickered and went out.
He came back In a few minutes
with the order, and the guest took
up the bill again.
Bring me-" he said slowly, ''some
meg Of luton with saper GAUGE, some
bibs Of reefs and hoiled BAN, pashed
motatoes, pried farsnips prench feas'
and, waiter, wind her up with some
pince mie, pago sudding, ruts, ana
naisins, and a cot of cuppie"
This time the waiter was almOSt
thrown of his feet, and he stared al
his customer in amaZement.
The guest returned the stare IN
hazy consciousness and shook his heao
slowly.
Don't seem to sound right, does
it?" he asked. "l'm sure something's
wrong with it, but it looks that way
on the bill, and I've got to eat 1t OF
starve," and the waiter turned awas
hesitatinglY and moved oil to the
kitchen.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
StarbOard and LarbOard.

The Italians derived 'starboard"
from que,ta borda. s'this side," aud
cardboard" from quella borda, which
means "that side" Abbreviated,
these two phrases appear as sta borda
and la borda Their close resemb-
lance caused so many mistakes that
the admiralty ordered the "larboard'
to be discontinued and ''port" substi-
tutcd. "Port" for cardboard" Is
said to be first used in Arthur Pitts
"VOyages," in 1880.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

IT Is as hard for man TO dye his
moustache in such way that it can
not be detected as il is for a woman
to powder without showing it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

NOTHING pleases fat man so much
as to put on pair Of pantaloons he
has not worn for years, and find that
they are not too tight around the
waist
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16
TRUMPET CALLS.
Rams Horn Sounds . Warning Note TO
the Unredeemed.

'OLD always has
a market.
! THE devil loves
a m o d e r a t g
drinker.
A FOOL carries
his name In his
mouth.
IT is easy to
be, but hard to
appear to be.
Il II Z g o o d
never lose by
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

EVERY time you COMPLAIN, soms
one thinks less of YOU
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

WHAT becomes of all the smart
children after they grow up.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

A MAN loses his power when he
loses his temper.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-08-16

on, and soon they found an opening
through which they crawled, and
found themselves in great room
with crystal roof. They held up
their candles and every part of the
cave glittered as il it were set with
diamonds
Tom ran back to fetch his father,
but he said he would rather stay out
side. They began to look for another
room, and soon they found it. The
only opening into it was IA hole big
enough for them to squeeze through.
This led tn smaller room, which
they began to explore.
Ben fell over something, which
proved to be the skull OF man. II
frightened him so that he began to
CRY. but Tom was interested and
looked about for more bones, which
he found. 1t was plain that mar
had died there.
Shading his candle with his hand,
Tom CROPPED slowly round the wall
He found rude chair made of bough:
from a tree, a table. one or two rusty
pans and an old knit. This room haC
been the abode of man some time
but when? And who wa; he?
That was what Tom wanted tt
know. He CROPPED on up to the yer!
darkest corner, and there his foo
struck against something hard. HI
stopped and saw that it was a small
iron trunk, fastened with a big lock
Tom tried to lift it, but could not
Evidently it was full of something
heavy.
II guess feyther will come now,