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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1893-06-08
Recelyer for a Hotel Compnnr.


CHATTANOOGA. TENN, June THE
attorneys representing the Columbia FL
nance and Trust Company OF Louisville.
who are trustees under the bOndholders
and acting in sympathy with the latter.
asked Judge Key this morning 10 name
n receiver for the Cumberland Gap Hotel
Company, the most important part Of
the property being -Four Seasons Hotel
at Hsrrogate. which has been n resort
Of New York fashionable people. The
applicants for a TeceiYership claim that
the appointment vas asked merely for
the purpose Of Reorganization.
The management remains the same
and no change is 10 be made I'm the con
duct Of the hoteli Mr. Lionel Graham.
president Of the hOtel company Is named
as receiver. The liabilities are, with the
exception OF an Insignificant amount, the
bonded indebtedness OF the company
S35O.0O. The assets, conserydtlycly esti-
mated, are $4,000.
Small Business Failures.
KALAMAZOO. MICH, June THE
Wnans-Pratt Carriage Company made an
assignment yesterday. Liabilities and
assets unknown.
BEATRICE, NER June THE State
Bank at Cortland closed yesterday. 1t is
a small institution.
CHICAGO, ILL, June 7.--Joseph Rath-
bone x Co, lumber dealers. made a vol
untary assignment this morning. The
assets are scheduled at $4,000 and the
possession Of the company's property
The firm is composed Of Joseph Rath-
bone and Morton Butler. Inability 10
realize on commercial paper is given as
the cause Of the assignment.
BEDFORD IND, June THE Bedford
Bank suspended yesterday.
Currency for Chicago and the West.
NEW YORK. June 7.-Oyer 100000
I'm currency was shipped to-day by New
York banks 10 Chicago. Demands from
banks I'm Cincinnati. Cleveland and other
parts Of the West brought the total ship
ments up TO S1,5OOO00. Application was
made at the sub-Treasury for a tele-
graphic transfer OF $780, 900 to San Fran
cisco. An order for 100000 was filed. for
which gold certificates were received.
The Chicago Raids Not SO Heavy.
CHICAGO. June with one exception
the Hibernian Savings Bank-the runs
on the various savings de-
posit institutions are not nearly so heavy
to-day the crowds being less than half
as large as yesterday. At the Hibernian
the long line OF depositors was confronted
for the first time this morning by the no.
tice that a thirty-days' notice would be
required on deposits Of 800 or less and
sixty days on amounts above that figure.
PALOUSE. WASH. June THE First
Bank, OF this city, closed its
doors this morning. The suspension Is
due TO the failure Of the Bank OF SpO-
kane. The bank has a capital and sur
plus Of 100000. and deposits OF about
10000
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
He Is Harmless.

Says an old seal fisherman: "Thanks to
the high ATTITUDES which it inhabits the
polar bear is not likely TO be killed of.
The polar bear is an enormous animal,
weighing about as much as a fair-sized
on but it is not at all fierce, and will al.
ways run away, so that it is not hard to
kill. J. once saw an Aleut woman dis
pose of one in d very remarkable man.
Eer She found it as'eep on the ice and
approached it with great caution from
the leeward side, having previously i'm
provised weapon by fastening the knife
sic carried to a stick with lacilfgs of seal
leather, which served TO hold together
her garments. Having got close TO the
unconscious beast, she thrust this spear
deep into its body behind the left forelcg
1t died almost without a struggle. 1t is
curious fact that the liver of the polar
bear is actually poisonous, though the
meat is very wholesome, and toothsome
as well, resembling beef somewhat"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
A Cheap Cistern.

A Pennsylvania farmer tc.as The
National Stockman how he built a
cheap cistern. He struck II circle
seven feet in diameter, then dug
down three feet, then another circle
one foot less in diameter and dug
three feet further and broke down
the sides to slope; then with five
foot circle he went another three feet
and cut away again, making the cis-
tern in the form Of JUG. The sides
and bottom were plastercd with
cement directly on the clay and the
top was arched over with brick packed
up with sand and cement, and tile
was put in to act as an overflow pine
about eighteen inches from the TOP
AS the average diameter would be
little more than six feet, it would re-
Quire nearly seven barrels of water
for each foot in depth below the over
flow pipe, ever fifty barrels when the
water was seven and one half feet
deep His figures for the cost we're:
Two days labor, So; one half day of
mason, 81; two barrels of cement,
$3.50, 400 brick, S.. 40; total, 81. 80.
1t has been in use ten years and is as
good as ever excepting near the top,
where he allowed it to fire., c, and
the cement cracked and pulled off,
which could have been prevented by
covering with straw or other mate
rial.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

"IT is remarkable" says q contrib
ntor to the Boston Post, what ability
has been shown by the descendants of
Timothy Pickering. His grandson
Charles, who died in 1878, was the
distinguished man of science who wrote
the Races of Man and Their Geograph-
ical Distribution and other we'll known
scientific works and was naturalist to
the United States exploring expedition
under Capt. Wilkes. Timothy Picker
ing's great grandson, Edward Charles
Pickering, is the well-known astrono-
mer who is director of the Harvard OBJ
servatory and has gained the highest
scientific honors in Europe as we'll as
In this country, while another grand
son, William Henry Pickering, is also
a noted astronomer connected with this
observatory l may add that Mr..
Henry W. Pickering is on uncle of the
distinguished astl onomer Dr. Benjamin
Apthorp Gould, whose great work in
mapping out the stars of the southern
hemisphere has given him worldwide
reputation.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Individual Rights.

The Brewers Gazette contends, as
against prohibition, for "the right Of
the individual under American social
and political systems to do or abstain
from doing, and to take the moral and
legal consequences of his course
Yes, but what about the right of tho
individual to be protected from the
moral and legal consequences of some
body else's course as, for example.
the consequences of tho saloon as
breeder OF vice and crime, and the con-
sequent public burdens2 Every saloon
is leech upon tho body polite and
the blood of honest industry is sucked
by it to pay the cost of its burdens. II
is not upon the drunken victims Of tho
saloon. but upon sober, productive
citizens, that the economic burden OF
vice and crime falls most heavily
New England Home.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

In India, the native writer for an
English paper accomplishes curious re-
suits with the idioms and metaphors of
which he believes himself to be master.
He proudly makes use of them on every
possible occasion, and now and then he
composes truly remarkable phrase,
according to the author of "Baboo Eng
!lsh as lis Writ" One paper, refer
ing to the death of disting uished
Englishman who had taken great inter
est in Indian affairs, expressed q hone
that the Almighty would "pour
his mantle" on some other member of
Parliament. Another journal comment
ed thus on critical political situation
in Europe:
1--WE cannot from this distance real
lie the intensity of the crisis; but it is
certain that many crowned heads must
be trembling in their Shoes"
Ignorance of the double meaning of
some words causes ludicrous mistakes.
During the Franco Chinese war news
came that the Shanghai Chamber of
Commerce had appealed to the British
Government to prevent the blocking
of the Woosung bar by the Chinese
the bar, of course, being the natural
barrier at the mouth of the Woosung
River.
A native editor concluded that an at
tempt was being made against the lib
critics Of the Cinnamon, and wrote:
"Woosung we suppose, is Chinese
town, and to prevent the overcrowding
OF the local Bar by Chinese lawyers is
q monstrous proposal"
In an animated description of fire,
a reporter wrote, "He ordered his shop
coolies to hasten to the wells, aud in an
instant water was on hands end. Sev-
eral gentlemen, with their lives at fire.
qrent stake, stood Oh the burning huts
amid constant boomings, and loosened
away the blazing roofs with mighty
strength and Herculean labor that as
found the natives to behold from afar
They were also simultaneously busy to
pump water to the tops of houses with
extraordinary agility and bravity that
makes our hair stand on end, and our
senses on their stand still. = Youths
Companion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Keeping App'eJ.

Probably cold storage affords as
convenient and sure method of
keeping apples as could be adopted,
but that Is mode that could hardly
be adopted by the average farmer,
and so he must devise some other
method that comas within his reach.
Where it can be had ai well as not,
a cellar that could be devoted ex-
clusively to apples would be desirable,
so as to regulate the temperature to
as low a point as possible without en-
dangcring the fruit The trouble
with most house cellars. unless they
a,e arranged so as to regulate the
temperature, Is, that they are too
warm; so warm in fact as to hasten
on the fruit beyond maturity aud to
The point Of decay and then there is
no help for the condit on. The chief
trouble in keeping apples is to hold
the fruit as long as possible at the
point Of maturity, and if this can be
accomplished by u temperature at the
freezing point and as steadily held
there as possible, there will be no
trouble about the fruit keeping.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Short Burrows.

You can never win your boys love
with big elm switch.
If you have to bite at every bait
you see you had better have a guard.
ian appointed.
SOME men are poor because there
Is a shady side to hedge row in the
summer time.
The time to pray for good croYs is
when You are vigorously stirring the
soil with good plows.
He who permits his farm machin.
cry to rot in the fence corners makes
first class calamity howlcr."
WHEN you get very angry and feel
like saying or doing something real
rash, just stand on one foot till you
get over it.
The sun shines upon the just and
the unjust alike, but the former sees
beauty in its rays which the latter
can never discern.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Orchard Gras, for sheen,

Herbert w. Mumford OF Michigan,
writes in the American Sheep Breeder
that orchard grass makes letter feed
for sheep than does any other, afford
Ing from third to IA half more feed
en- the same land. 1t needs pretty
close rasturing to keep it from send
ing up its seed stems; but il these
are kept down it does hest where
kept in pasture for nun err OF yc ars,
the first seasons growth being apt to
be in patches For this reason it Is
good plan to seed clover with tho
orchard grass AS the clover dies out
the grass will come in and take it's
place.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Light Shoes for Young Horsey.

The most careful horse breeders are
agreed that the lighter the shoe and
the less it Is worn the better. In a
recent address before an English ag-
ricultu.al society. Prof. Axe dis.
cusscd the subject deprccating the
laundering management of the feet
OF horses. Often fine animals are
ruined by being caused to wear their
shoes too early and too long. Stand
ing in the stable long time is liable
to cause lameness and could be
avoided by taking of the shoes and
substituting soft leather. Red-hot
shoes should not be applied to the
foot of horse at any time. In plow-
ing, cultivating. and many other farm
operations Il horse will walk ten TO
twenty miles day and advances
about four feet at a step At each
step the horse lifts half Il pound extra
on its two feet, 667 pounds in every
mile. In a days work OF fifteen
miles the horse would lift $500
pounds extra, or nearly five tons II
the force required to lift this five
tons OF iron could be expended in the
work the horse is doing much more
could be accomplished In the light
of these facts is it any wonder that
when young horses begin to wear
shoes they soon become leg weary,
have their steps shortened and ac-
cure a slow walking gait
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

cumstances take more than l agreed to
receive. Kindly allow my decision to be
final must insist on it as my right. "
"As you will, then" said Tom, taking
from his pocket check for the sum fixed
by the minister, and indorsing it.
"You have my hearty thanks besides, 4"
said the little man, as Tom arose to de-
Tart at was an abrupt proposition to
make to gentleman with whom my
acquaintance was so slight, and l was
greatly relieved in mind when learned
you had accepted it-grcat relieved
MGyn't / offer you some refrcshmcnt-
no? would like to suggest-but, never
mind; some other time may be more ap-
prOprate for what l would say"
The minister rubbed his hands after
the manner of the stage clergyman, and
the old smiling grin-or grinning smile
-camo into his face, and Tom abruptly
departed, telling himself that he won
dered If that little rascal had captured
Elite RGytham after all and had waived
the excess of conscience money. Tom
ground his teeth and told himself there
was one way of finding out He looked
Mt his watch: it was nearly eight of the
evening. He hurried to tho hotel to
which he had sent his trunks, dressed
carefully, and hurried out to learn his
fate.
"You silly fellow" said Elite, an hour
after: "ha1 you no eyes that you did no.
see l loved you, and could never love
anOther?"
81 suppose l was fool" Tom I'D
mitted; "but that little preacher looked
at me so peculiarly Whenever we mot,
and showed SO plainly that he adored
40 you mean Mr.. Straighten?
never had more devoted admiref, hut
neither did you. He has sung your
praises Iersistently over since he sew
that liked you-and declined the honor
OF his name"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

though he soon became the little minis.
tcrs warmest admirer and friend. A
lew weeks after his marriage he said:
"otralghten, my dear fellow, do tell
me what reason you had for the ridicu
lously low estimate you put upon that
ranch of yours?"
"Reason enough" said the little man
with dignity; "'twas to please a
woman whom / had loved
Then TOMS surprise became great
enough to Outlast his life.
THE END.
Copyright, 1891, by the Authors ALI
ance; all rights reserved
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Dividing Profits with Farm Helm.


The cooperative system is adaptcd
successfully in many kinds OF bust
ness. The modification of it which
gives to the laborer a certain propor-
ton OF the profits without requiring
the workman to share the losses of
the business, is certainly benefit to
the laborer or course under such
conditions the proportion that the
worklngman would get must be
much smaller than when he is made
a full partner. But it is often on
the farm equally en- advantage to
the farmer Perhaps some one with
turn for 4 joke may regard this as
tantalizing the laborer, Turing him
on by profits sure not to be realized.
Suppo it is, this is the condition
under which the farmer himself often
works and if he is fit for his business
1t makes his time and labor worth
more than that Of any man he can
employ at stated wages II by even
an illuSory stimulation farmer can
get his hired man to be as careful of
tfifies and as earnest in preventing
wastes as the farmer himself is. he
can we'll afford at the end OF the sea-
son to pay the hired man something
extra for it. There is altogether
too much eye service on American
farms: good work only while the EN-.
ployer is present or working with his
men. Any plan that will help to Sc
cure good work all the time is to be
commended. - American Cultlyator.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

as the insecticides so extensively used
contain poisons which deter the con.
sumers OF cabbage from trying them.
An old grower has recommended the
use OF tablespoonful Of saltpeter to
three gallons of water sprinkled over
the plants. This will knock the cab.
bage worms and save the crop 1t is
simple, safe, and cheap and will prove
satisfactory IL thoroughly applied,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Value OF Wood Ashes,

DO not underestimate the value of
the wood ashes produced on the farm
and so let them go to waste. They
are valuable in the garden, and for
corn and wheat as well, and the value
OF liberal application of them will
be seen for years. Keep covered I'M
til you are ready TO apply them to
the land, so that they do not leach.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
For Ringing Hogs.

To hold hogs for ringing make a
box without ends, 6 feet long, 30
inches high, IS inches wide INSIDE
measure. Box has strong frame at
front end to which the boards are
nailel. The upper and lower Stats
OF the frame are double and between
them strong lever has free play.
For large or small hogs two pins arc
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
When to Sow Timothy Seed.

1t Is usual to SOW the timothy seed
with the grain in the fall, but not
through the same spouts as the seed.
There is separate sowing apparatus
for the grass seed to avoid burying it
too deeply. 1t is better to SOW the
grass seed by hand after the grain Is
put in, and while the soil il loose and
soft, than to drill it with the grain.
The grass seed may be sown in the
,iiring with the clover, il this is to
be sown, and light, sloping-tooth
harrow may be run over the land
without damage, but with benefit to
the grain. This is doubtless the
safer way.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

The executioaer of France is shortly
to publish book entitled. people
Whose Heads l Have Cut Off" He
will give their names, crimes, trials,
and tell how they behaved in prison
and what they said, and how they
acted when taken to the guillotine.
1t will be fine reading for the family
tiresile, and probably induce pleasant
dreams.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Short Temperance Sermons.

STUPEF1Es and besots. Bismarck.
THE devil in solution. Wilfrid
Lawson.
THE beverage the mother OF SINS
Southey.
The evil is in the drink. David
Lewis, j. p.
LIQUID fire and distilled damnation.
Robert Hall.
l CONSIDER oil spirits bad spirits.
Sir Ashley Cooper.
The dynamite of modern civiliza-
tion.-Hon. John D. Long.
FoRTY-FIvE hundred jails are re-
quired to harvest the saloon crop.
THERE are in the United States &c.
900 more saloons than public schools.
THERE is no safety for any young
man except in total abstention from
liquor.
MEN in foundries who used to
drink great deal of liquor and beer.
now very generally drink oatmeal and
water and and Their work much better.
CAREFULLY drawn statistics of 1000
criminals who have passed through
Elmira Reformatory, New York, show
drunkenness clearly existing in tho
parents OF 1877 per cent. and probably
in H. per cent. more.
A VERY sad phase OF the cruelty
practiced on children, and which d
occupying the attention of the Eng
lish Society for the Prevention Of
Cruelty to Children, is the pledging
of their clothes to pawnbrokers in or.
der that the parents may take the pit
tance for drink. One authority says
he has seen o man strip his child in
the street. and take the clothes to
pawn. The suffering entailed GO.
peeially in winter i indescsibahls.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Can BE Kept Clean.

The question is sometimes raised
whether it is possible to always keep
wooden dairy utensils perfectly clean.
1t is not good policy to let milk stand
for any length OF time in wooden
pals or rcceptacles, but wooden
churns and buttcr-workcrs are all
right, and can be kept perfectly sweet
ana bactcria-proof by the use of lots
Of hot water
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
A Quick RenOyatOr.

II you have some land which has
been made poor by tho growing of
successive grain crops, pillow it and
sow early in the spring crop OF peas
to be turned under. This Is one of
the quickest renovators among all
our green crops that may be used for
that purpose.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Permancnt l'nStures.

Permanent pastures may be made
with one species Of grass only, but
their feeding value is much increased
by having variety The varieties
should be selected with a regard to
their habits of growth, as hardihood
durability. the part of tho season
during which they grow and the teed-
ing value of each.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
Grow More Fruit.

To be sure, there are apple trees on
most farms, but apples are but one
kind of fruit. and there is not one
bushel OF pears, cherries, or plums,
not to mention grapes aud berries
grown where there ought to be 100,
and could be, too, with little effort
American Farmer.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
For the Cabbage Worm.

Farmers and gardeners know how
destructive cabbage worms are to the
growing crop. In fact, year after
year farmers lose thousands OF dollars
from the loss of Cabbage destroyed by
worms. A simple remedy has been
wanting, one that people would adopt
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
"What. WHY did he do thatop

possibly" said Elite, after a mo-
ment. In. which a grave yet sweet ex-
preston filled her face, "there are some
men who love woman for her sake IN.
stead of their own"
"But why dill he always eye me so
curiously?'
Elite laughed archly and answered
ferhaps he wondered Why you could
delay so persistently. I'm sure that
did"
ION surprise grew as time won't on.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

set in the lower sat, against which
the lever can bear The pins do not
20 through the lever. Place the box
at the door of pen, aud tw1 men
are required to tend it'and ring the
hogs. One man catches the hog Just
back of the head as it tries to pass
through; the second man rings it.
The lever is raised and the hog is let
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09

A woMAN's bills, like life, are
made up Of trillea
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-12-09
HOME AND THE FARM.
A DEPARTMENT MADE UP FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.

An Agricultural journal Advocates the Co.
Operative system on the Farm Light
Shoes for Horses-How to Keen Apules-
Grow More Fruit. Etc.