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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

ln.the summer of 1863 eight En-.
Rlish merchantmen anchored in the
roads at Gibraltar. England and
France were then at war. A French
brig came in after them, and brought
up near. At sea, IL they could take
her, she would have been q lawful
prize. Spaniards under similar cir
cumstances had not respected the
neutrality of English harbors The
Englishmen were perhaps in doubt
what to do when the officers of the
Holy Office came off to the French
ship The sightof the black familiars
drove the English wild. Three OF
them made dash at the French
ship intending to sink her. The In.
quisitors sprang into their boat aud
rowed for their lives The castle gun
opened and the harbor police put out
to interfere. The French ship, how
ever, would have been taken, when,
unluckilX Alvarez de Bacan, with a
Spanish squadron, came round into
the straits. Resistance was impOs-
sible.
The eight English ships were cap
tured and carried off to Cadiz The
English flag was trailed under de Ba-
cans stern. The crews, 24O men in
all, were promptly condemned to the
galleys In defense they could but
say that the Frenchman was an
enemy, and moderate punishment
would have sufficed for a violation of
the harbor rules which the Spaniards
themselves SO little regarded. But
the InQuisitlOn was memorable, and
the men were treated with such De-
culiar brutality that after nine
months 80 only of the 24O were alive.
Ferocity was answered by ferocity.
Listen to this! The CObhams of Cow.
ling Castle were Protestants by de.
scent. Lord Gotham was famous in
the Lollard martyrology. Thomas
Gotham. one Of the family, had taken
TO the sea. like many of his friends.
While cruising in the Channel he
caught sight of Spaniard ON the
way from Antwerp to Cadiz with
forty prisoners on board consigned. it
might be supposed. to the lnquisi-
tiOn.
They were. of course, Inquisition
prisoners; for other offenders would
have been dealt with on the spot.
Gotham chased her down into the
Bay Of Biscay, took her. scuttled her,
and rescued the captives But that
was not enough. The captain and
crew he sewed up in their own main
sail and flung them overheard. They
were washed ashore dead, wrapped in
their extraordinary winding sheet.
Gotham was called to account for
this exploit, but he does not seem to
have been actually punished. In q
very short time he was out and away
again at the old work. There were
plenty with him.-Longman's Maya
yino
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
What Is Electricity?

AS far as the writer is able to I'M
derstand the matter now, electricity
is simply motion of the molecules Of
the different substances which are
the subjects of electrical action, just
as heat, light. and sound are, and the
only difference between these forces
is the rate of the motion. The mo-
tion of sound, as we all know, is COM
paratively slow; that of heaU and
light are very rapid. That of cleo
tricity would appear to be somewhat
between the slow motion of sound
and the rapid motion of those heat
waves whose motion is slowest. And
it would appear that the wonderful
adaptabilitY which electricity shows
for every kind of work is due entirely
to the position which its rate of mo-
tion occupies in the scale of the ener-
gies. 1t would also appear that the
reason this wonderful agent laid dor
manG for so many ages and is even
now only partially developed is, very
largely at any rate because we have
no sense which responds to the par
ticular periods of vibration comprised
within the electrical range.
Heat currents would be far more
Efficient than electric currents if we
could make use of them as we do of
the latter; and, as before remarked,
the reason electricity is such useful
agent appears to be because it's rate
of vibration is sufficiently high to ad-
nit of rapid transmission, yet not
sufficiently so to be destructive. 1t
only becomes destructive when it is
transformed into heat Electrical
Review.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
hammered through the arteries OF his

hammered through the arteries OF his
heart.
And at last the moment came-the
moment that was to reveal to him
all or nothing He rose--that poor,
trembling photographer rose, say,
took it carefully by it's dripping
edges, that plate upon which his fate
was hanging, half closed his eyes,
held it to the single ray of light that
filtered through the yellowcd pane,
to stagKer back with a gr1an of an-
gush, to let it crash into thousand
pieces. His son! Good heavens! The
face OF the murderer. the face of the
son!
Five minutes later, when Frederick
BOuscal. the photographer, came from
his nook. and the chef de surete,
awaiting him with impatience, hur-
ried to meet him, he saw Immediately
by the pallor OF his face, by his SOM
bre eyes, that he had nothing good
to announce to him.
WELL" said he, ''nothing?"
No." responded Bouscal, moth
ing"
Gallons! no matter: try it second
time; do it again.
'ImpOssible! the transparency Of
the cornea Is destroyed. l wished to
wash it, and l burned it through
mistake in the Walls l salute you,
NJ. lie Chef" And Frederick Bouscal
turned away.
The next morning the commissaire
of the quarter of Ternes, forwarding
to the prefecture his regular report,
headed it with the following item:
To-day at 10 o'clock q summons
to 100. Rue Laugiere. A call from
the concierge, suspicious of charcoal
fumes from the room of the Bous-
Gals, man and wife, his locataires.
The door, by my order, was forced.
Too late-they were dead, both
of them, side by side upon the bed. u
brazier of lighted charcoal plainly in
dicating the manner of the death. A
double suicide; poverty the cause.
"From - Commissaire - of
TerneS, third, 10th d"
"Bah, these inventors" murmured
M. Theodore. as his secretary con.
cluded the reading, "they are all
alike stupid and rash; though I,
too, on this occasion, have naught to
boast Of But how the deuce" he
added, as the memory of that pale,
sad face rose up before him, chow
the deuce could think of suicide for
a cause so trifling as this?"
IA cause as trifling as this?"
All, my worthy chef de surete, it is
not everything that is known in that
prefecture of thine French.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
THE TONGUE AND SPEECH.


Difficulties Which Foreigners Have with
Certain Combinations.
For making the and the tongue
has to be partially applied to 9 por-
ton of the palate near the teeth.
Not only, however, must the contact
be incomplete, but its place is in
detnite-may be half an inch further
back.
To make sh and zh the contact has
to be made not with the tip but
with the upper surface OF the tongue,
and must be an incomplete contact.
Though for making the liquids the
tips of the tongue and the sides Of
the tongue are used, yet the requis-
lite Is not any exact adjustment of the
tip, but an imperfect contact with
the palate.
For the tn the tip is used along
with the edges Of the tongue, but no
perfect adjustment is required, either
to the edges of the teeth or. to the
junction Of the teeth with the palate,
where the sound may equally we'll be
made.
Though for the t and d complete
contact OF the tip and edges of the
tongue with tho palate is required,
yet the place of contact Is not det1n-
lite. and the tip takes no more I'M
portant share In the action than the
sides.
ANY one who observes the move
ments of his tongue in speaking will
IND that there occur no cases in
which the adjustment must have an
exactness corresponding to the ex-
IRENE power of discrimination which
the tip possesses; for speech this en-
dowment is useless.
Even were it useful it could not be
shown that it has been develOpcd by
survival of the fittest; for though
perfect articulation is useful, vet i'm
perfect articulation has rarely such
I'M effect rs To impede man in the
maintenance OF his life. If he is
good workman, a Germans inter-
changes OF bs and ps do not disadvan-
tage him.
A Frenchman who. in place of the
sound Of til always makes the sound
OF z, succeeds as q teacher of music or
dancing, no less than If he achieved
the English pronunciation. Nay even
such an imperfection OF speech as
that which arises from cleft palate
does not prevent a man from getting
on IL he is capable.
True, it may 20 against him as a
candidate for Parliament or as an
'nrator" of the unemployed (mostly
not worth cmploying). But in the
struggle for life he is not hindered
| by the effect to the extent of being
less able than others to maintain
himself and his offspring.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
May Save Your Life.

More accidents are attributable to
the ignorance OF people in not know
ing how to get on and off a street car
than to any other cause A motor
man says that to do this with perfect
safety and case is not difficult to
learn if only a little attention is be-
slowed upon ii. The ladies are par
ticularly careless in getting on and
Off street cars, and 1T is to them more
than the gentlemen that he COM
mends the following suggestions.
The perfect ease and grace with which
some people board electric and cable
cars while in motion can be seen
every day. They simply carry out
the rules appended.
When you wish to take a car stand
on the right-hand side of the street,
on the far crossing, in the direction
the car you wish to take is going.
Look toward the mOtOrman or grip.
man OF the approaching car; raise
your hand with slight inclination:
the signal will be understood and the
car stopped. Before attempting to
get on, transfer anything you may be
carrying to the left hand or arm:
stand close to the car; grasp the hand
rail with the right hand, step on the
lower step with the left foot. give a
light spring with the right foot and
you will find yourself safely and
speedily on board. AS you approach
the corner where you wish to alight,
signal tho conductor, move toward
the rear Of the car, holding tight to
the platform or side of the door So
that you will not feel the sudden jerk
made in stopping; step on the lower
step; face the way the car is going;
hold on to the rail with the left
hand; stepping Oh, alieht with The
right foot bending the knee slightly;
bring the left foot in front of thu
right, and you will nnd that you hav,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
Benvcnu,o Ccilini's Dog.

Facts like the following, taken
from the memoirs Of BenvenutO Gel
lini, attest the marvellous instinct of
the canine race, and are not very
rare
A robber one night made his way
into Cellini's studio, and the artists
dog at first tried to attack the thief,
who was armed with sword; then,
running to the room occupied by the
workmen, ne wakened them, pulling
the covers from their beds and shak-
ing them by the arms. Not under
standing the cause OF these importun-
tiles, the workmen drove the animal
from the room and locked the door,
The dog then started in pursuit of
the rObber, who had gained the
street, and seized him by the mantle;
but the thief had the presence of
mind TO call "mad dog!" which
brought a number Of people to his
assistance, and for the time he es-
capped punishment.
A long time after, as Cellini was
walking one day in q public square
at Rome, his dog suddenly Sprang
upon a young man and fercely chung
to him, Notwithstanding the swords
and clubs of the bystanders He was
finally made to release the young
man, who retired so hastily that he
let several small objects fall from un-
der his cloak, and among them Gel
lini recognized a ring belonging to
himself
'Oh," cried he, ut ia the miscreant
VINO entered my studio at night, and
my dog has recognized him" and as
he spoke he set the animal free,
when the robber fastened to ask par
don and confess his crime.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
Morphine Fiend an Never Tasted 1t

There goes woman who is q
confirmed morphine tiend, and yet
she never took drop of the durg in
her life." remarked well-known
chemist, pointing to woman walk
ing down Chestnut street mo, she
doesn't inject it, either, and yet her
system is thoroughly saturated with
it. Strange? No, not so very. if you
know the circumstances. You see n
is this way: She is employed in a
large labratory, and her special work
is weighing morphine. She has been
doing this for years, and has absorbed
the drug through the pores of the
skin. The more she perspires the
more freely she abSorbS the morphine.
During the week she is perfectly well.
but on Sunday the reaction sets in,
and she says she never sleeps over
two hours on Sunday nights and is
perfectly wretched. In time her sys-
TEN will break down, and she will 20
to pieces just the same as in the cases
Of confirmed opium or morphine
flends "-Philadelphia Record.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
Working Dogs IN Belgium.

Consul Smith, at Liege Belgium.
reports as follows to the Government
at Washington: "Liege is city Of
large wealth and great industrial &C.
tivity, possessing the largest manu-
factory OF machines and machinery
in the world and employing as many
horses as any other town of its size in
Europe, and yet for every horse, at
least two dogs are to be seen in har-
ness on the streets They are to be
met at all hours of the day. but in
the early morning the boulevards are
literally alive with them. Six hun.
dred pounds Is the usual draft of an
ordinary dog, though a mastiff Is
often taxed with twice that amount
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
TO MY WATCH.

Little watch, fast ticking out
All the hours of pain and doubt.
All the tumult, toll, and strife
Making mp our span Of life:
All the heart-wrung signs and tears
Railing faster with the years,
AZ the petals drop and fade
From the bloom lies summer made.
All: what thoughts each other chase
As l look upon your face.
Every tick your motions give,
One tick less have to live.
DID l realize this thought,
WITH such solemn meaning fraught,
When some new born joy drew nigh
In the happy days gone BY,
And your slight hands all too slow
Hound about your face did 60?
An those tardy hours have passed,
Would they were not now 80 fast
Never stopping in your flight.
Never pausing day or night;
Not a moments rest you crave
From the cradle to the grave.
With never-ccaAing motion,
steHdfast AS the tides Of ocean:
Seeming cvernlOre 10 hurry
Iot without q moments furry:
Till our worn hearts almost pray
That you would a moment stay.
Al things rest-the clouds at noon.
And the leaves in nights of June:
Ana the grief-bewildered brain
hen sleep falls like softest rain:
And the stars when day awake,
And the d. y when hesler shakes
CLEANS Of gold from out the skiec
into wandering lovers eyes.
You alone speed on your way,
Never resting night or day.
Yet what joy those hands have brought
Golden days with rapture fraught;
Golden days by sunlit fountain;
Golden days on breezy mountain;
Days made more divine by love
Than by radiance from above,
All those hands that to the sense
bring such joys and bear them hence;
Could we know what time conceals
Meath those little ticking wheels!
Yet when thoee slight hands shall mark
That last hour when all grows dnrk,
And shall still keep ticking on
When earth's light from Inc il gone.
= Little watch, your face shall be
Still memory sweet to me,
Though llviner light may shine
On these opened eyes OF mine,
For your hands that never cease
Bring at last the perfect peace.
nipple Bar.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

VAN, PELT-When my wife gets
Mysteries and begins to cry, how can
l stop her? Invalid's Wife-Tell her
IL Is making her nose red
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

II ind no trouble in MASKING you,"
remarked the dude to the mosquito
on the back of his neck" .sYeS"
gasped the skeet, with its last breath,
'.I'm dead stuck ON you"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
Felt Sorry for Him.

Train Robber-Hold up your hands.
Victim - I'm just from Chicago
Train R0bber Ito his pals)-Say, boys,
let's chip in for this poor devil He
must be worse on than We arr.
Texas Siftings.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

WHEN YOU lind bureau drawer
locked, you can always flnd the key
within i've feet Of It
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

If you want to know . mana char.
acter, 6nd out how he acts at home.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

acquired an accomplishment that will
be useful to you. Never get off back.
ward or straight out from the car
St. Louis Globe Democrat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

lcciually mo equal Of amy of them, aud
his courage neing unsurpassed, tiry wont
down hint How do tie people u New
Naril as Whole, stand on the hnancial
lupauonf Wen ynu know nearly Nv
eryone lhprc has grown frum childhood
~ the belief of m0nOneinlllEm, md they
have mover heard the other aide ~ lhr
casc stated. Al the PAPERS ION, which
New Npri,ors rad, ttgiCh munpmrlallisn
solely, But ohuuEu " coming over
The miuds Of the peoplc. The innnclal
ppitniiOn uow in progress and The courAr
ui ilr Recorder have sut the people 10
thinking Tho rr-ulti ThMi thar by tho
end Of nqx year 80 por cent Of lhe pcg-
ple Of Saw Norl, state VIII he hmolnl'
iIz lfF sure fl COME
NY political viewer We'll I'm llc-
publican. However J yotc for Grover
Cleveland when he ran for governor;
] voted for him whom he hni rnn for
PRECEDENT and sinm then ! haya opposed
him with cypry power | Possessed lld
ihls because / nu d HrOnH nf0ieetuulft
/ alsn believe he mudo wicked blum
der when be- ran The catiieuirn out OF
ihe territory, and further. ! oppose him
heniusp liz has imhibrd WAL HirnAl'a
nuanriai policies What Do ! think Of
Tnxaaf VOL tie greatest Of tle many
wonders Of Texas ~ me u that 10
much Of The farming emigration 10 iliia
country goes 10 the Northwestern states
instead 81 coming 10 Texas, where thrn
aru aO many millions Of acres Of iina
land. No. ! do not think lgck " nil-
yoiiiang has caused ibis, l tiihl rather
Thar ihe cansu II lbelons advertising,
You know uot no many ytnrs ago Texas
WAS known ~ the place whore strangers
wore sealped as q paatilmr You people
down here, Of ouurac, hugh nt this
and drink it impossible That such uiis-
taken ldens should atill prevail, bat ! aa
gun you i,iey do ia great measure.
Yon know Il l. M oxif'mely difficult
matter in knock an enormous Impression
out Of mans head. ! was inrfefnlly
Impressed Of this fact once hY iltfle
transaction r,satpd 70 mr by My friend
lfrrl w. Barry Who was The man WHO
Introduced Mnmm'a chnmaagne Into this
country. Erred went 20 ono ~ biz cuis
inmars ono time % sell him a0ris
Mnum's His customer wnq 0lNlufuir
aaying nothing but Piper iiei1scs eylid
be s6ld Finally FIRED prevailed on hlm
20 take i've cnscs Will ile prylloHF
q retupiing Il " be could ngi arl ~
Wei. me man fnld b.. aud those who
bought praised n very londlY ihon
i1fed's customer ordered enne more. shy.
lua Send nae twenty-five cases 81
Mumms iiailack.'. Nou $50 ho cDnlda'i
,lssorinte the good unaiity from the
maine Heidirk. 10 II N With TckaHaA
people can't dissociaff the hlooi-cnfis
linz stories from Die great state Ny
grocery hnuse3 Oh yea; y vas onr "
Tho Dig ones 81 the country NJ part
urr and ! pprnci II The 1ai dny Of
August 1857. We had . capiisl " 3d..
600. Of which We used $1,000 N croef.
ing BUILDING on o Leased lot We grew
RAPIDLY and algu had established 80
onDriaone trade"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
TELEGRAPH BREvlTlES.

A tvnhola fever endemic Is threatened
in the penltenuary at Riverside, Pa.
,,.o,na, mas ,nn,,,., for and viii obtain
auui,ss'Vn tue uunNNs'| VI
~ ,,,.,.,.
A wedding was postponed ny llVsnntE,
Pa, ON account ot ihe hrluegfooh's nc"
wooden leg not htuns'
The three irnmps who murdered Nonuue-
tor Wallace near MOrchcnd, MINI, nave
been arrested
An electric car iumped the track IN East
n,,,s,,,,s t,v6 ~ ihein errio0sly,
I, $3.50. - NJ stoytr,rr az
~ ~; pr! inYh nnu T. It,i,i,,r,,,.a
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

Warden Chase Of the Kansas penlien-
tiary saws that the numher Of prisoners
Il rapidly decreasing The number 4
100 less than II was last spuus and p
falling on al the rate Of forty monih.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
NoIIOE

Owing 20 The death Of John A. Bernn
Or DO firm Of John a. Bergln a Son u
4 necessary that ihe dehta due ihg lifia
shall be collected pni ~ ptls3nA li''' 49,
'l'ha buaiatss ~ tho fIm viii be- coniluuesi
o1ier fbe oli name mud HE patronage
III fbe unhlir II respectfully rpliclied..
JOHN A. BERgIN ~ son,
fort Worth Marble ard Hf1nite WORKS
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

charles n. O'f'crrniI, whom Tho Deine..
cr4fs haze Nominated for governor of
Virrinia. X 4 native u Frederick county
ADJ IA ~ wears ~ nfr lie enlisted he
fnre "a WIS " ID the Confederate cav.
ri,v and al the surrender u fifurrnl
~ was ~ command " hls cavalry %
iaciiments beihg at that time colonel
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
DOG MEDICINE

INT received. fresh supply q
STRAITS celebrated dog me lifiaes Of all
linds 81 Andcrson'sGn House.
Bay Earle. the s0-ycar-oll pedestrian
who left London. Conn. 20 tramp % Chi
caro- some time ngO, arrived NJ his des-
tination n few days ago, having com
pleted the task Ia forty-one days.
Railot.box suffers at Parkville, Long
Island. goi their work 10 A. refr d,
mnnicipai election. There were but JOB
voss-s cast and the box contained 10
ballots.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
DECEPTION NOT OUR PRACTICE
Advertise only tho Truth OR
Motto.

The marked superiority ~ the ~, X.
a r. railway a. b Mprid's Fair iionte,
admits Of no dispute. The unIinpaachhbls
superiority u used On merit Of equip
inent aDd on funnilg tlme, aud not On
misleading advertisements. Tho KATY
Flyer " Z hours and 80 minutes quicker
~ Chicago llnn any other train running
out % Fort Worth. and n i Tho huett
trim ever run IN The state, ~ The
KATY only ~ hours 10 Chicago l,y
fhe KATY only % bonrl aud ~ minutes
10 st. Louis Better hour foF departure
Better lour fyr arrival Az other trains
Of the KATY equal % excel IN Tine
lines II Is not right f0f anyone 10 pro
mulratc ~ hours saredf "ifcauae not
trle" For CORRECT information. slefiA
Ing esr rascfgahons call ID giig, uekqi
odife 81, X. e. T-ftATi. 4ib Ho1slop
sirfet. corner Fourth. or write %
~. IL. WINFIELD.
l.t...A. G2iy Ticket Aesat
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26

During period financial disturbance tho present you hnl
energies the management
your affairs.
You safely delegate the work to another
ability would be unable
safely conduct your protect Investments well
be forced thus to turn
anohname in the event OF your
death.
Remember think about avoiding risks and
ecg the spirit of the tesaors views They
generally business they trying TO wind
This inexperence possible 10 or 10
per cento he your estate,
the truth Of this statement nevertheless you
life for the amount which In your ladg
ment your winding estate
ecouomizg living expenses pay from your IN
come the premium policy issued by the strongest
wodThe Equitable Life Assurance
Society OF the Broadway New York
you your will be instantly in the possession
will have Jod ra
comes IN times Ike these
live and take Tor eanp on inc
plan will yourself rich reward on the
maturity the policy.
following many such policies maturing
In 1898:
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1893-09-26
PROVE HOW GOOD THEY ARE

nv TRYING them -Old Dominion olga
rrites. Photoeraph ln each paekhee.