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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
StammerinG.

Many cures have been recommended
for stammering; here is one 30 simple
that even should it fail little is lost by
trying it. If you are a victim of this
annoying malady, so into room where
you will be quiet and alone, get some
book that will interest but not excite
you and sit down and read two hours
aloud to yourself, keeping your teeth to-
gether. Do this every two or three days,
or once week if very tiresome, always
taking care to read slowly and distinctly,
moving the lips but not the teeth. Then,
when conversing with others, try to
speak as slowly and distinctly as pos
sible.
Il tried this remedy" said sufferer,
mot having much faith in it, must
confess, but willing to do almost anything
to cure myself of such an annoying diff
fculty. l read for two hours aloud with
my teeth together. The first result was
to make my tongue and jaws ache-that
is, while l was reading-and the next to
make me feel as if something had
loosened my talking apparatus, for 1
could speak with less difficulty immedi-
ately. The change was so great that
every one who knew me remarked it. l
repeated this remedy every five or six
days for month, and then at longer in
tervals until cured.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A HIGHLY respectable young lady
Of st. Louis has just kissed young
man who was an entire stranger to
her. In justice to the young lady 1t
must be said that there were extern
uating circumstances The kissing
was done under conditions of intense
emotion. For that matter it gener-,
ally Is. In this case the cause of the
intense emotion was unusual. The
young lady was out driving with her
father, who left the vehicle for
moment to enter store. During
his absence the horse ran away and
the strange young man CALAMITY
rushed out into the street and stopped
1t, rescuing the terrified young lady
from various dangerous possibilities
She rewarded him by kissing him at
once on the .spot-the right spot.
Possibly her father had not kissed
her at all during the ride, and a
buggy ride without kissing suggests
kissing on the principle that, like
tact, lit is especially prominent when
1t Is absent" Besides, the young
man, even If previously unknown,
had just proved himself to be wor-
thy young man in at least one re-
spect-his physical courage; and
what woman does not admire physi-
cal courage? 1t is already rumored,
however, that the enterprising young
men of st. Louis are organizing a
stock farm syndicate for the purpose
of breeding and training mild and
intelligent variety OF runaway horses
for the use Of young ladies, and that
the young ladies of the "future great"
are stiffening up the market for driv-
ing gloves.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
NEW FIELD FOR woMEN's CLURs

An experiment is being tried which
will be watched with unusual interest
by those who are conversant with it. A
year and half ago club was organized
among the women living on the east side
of New York City. The genesis of this
club was due to the fact, borne with
tremendous force into the mind of an
observer, of the heavy monotony of the
lives of the women in that region. With
limited means it was impossible for them
to have any diversion that cost money.
Their rooms were so small and crowded
that there was opportunity for no social
life, even in the immediate family.
It is no uncommon thing to find a
woman who for weeks at tine does not
20 down to the street level, her nights
and days being spent within the walls
Of the rooms that she calls home. Others
are found who never own bonnets. be-
cause the extent of their migrations il to
the front door step. Is it any wonder
that some grow dull or stupid or irritable
under these conditions2
Women's clubs, It has been said over
and over again, have been means of edu.
cation aud Development to those who
have every social opportunity, and who
have had educational opportunities IS
we'll. Il was deemed wise to try the
experiment Of a wcmsn's club for such
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
Queer Uses of OIL.

The National Museums collection of
oils is very remarkable. There is oil
from the nose of the pilot whale, which
will not freeze at zero Farenheit, and oil
from the forelegs of the alligator which
will freeze where ice melts. The latter
is particularly fine leather dressing
Oil from the fat that lies beneath the
turtles upper shell is recommended for
rheumatism, while the oils tried out
from the entrails of the eel is said to be
good for deafness.
The natives of Ecuador take an oil
from the fat of bird called the "gua-
chero," which they consider equal to
oil for table use. In Central America
the People obtain golden oil that is I'M
cqualed for water-proofing purposes,
from an insect that is about the size of
rose bug, which yields about two-thirds
of its own weight in this peculiar grease.
The insect feeds on the sap of resinous
plant, to which it clings by its long
beak, giving it the appearance of being
driven full of queer looking tacks.
When the bugs are thickest they are
scraped off and boiled.-[Nsw York
Dispatch.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
THE PAPER WEDDING,

The paper wedding, which may be OBJ
served on the second anniversary Of ones
marriage, can now be made very charm
ing fete. At one not long ago the bride
and guests wore dresses and flowers of
paper, tie house was decorated with
marvellous paper flowers. and the plates
and napkins were of paper. The guests
were requested to come without gifts,
but if one will it otherwise so many
beautiful things can be fashioned out Of
little crepe paper that it is no grevious
tax on ones friends. Lamp shades,
articles for the dressing table and table
spreads are pretty gifts. Choice photo
graphs, etohings, books and subscrip.
ton for . magazine would give more
enduring pleasure at no very great out
lay Philadelphia Times.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

a. had neither, and 20 ono was organ
lied. The dues were placed at ten cents
per week. This paid for the cake and
coffee, that were always part of the en-
tertainment, and left margin besides.
At first no attempt was made beyond
the purely social end for which the club
was established. Quite frankly it was
said: "This club is organized to try to
get you out of your home once week,
because we believe that to break in on
the monotony of your lives, to meet
different people, to have this little diver
sion, will make you better wives and
Mothers" It is not necessary to go
into the history of the last year and
half, but certain it 10 that the results
have justified the belief that woman's
club of social character, established
among the wives of workingmen, would
make happier homes.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
INFLAMMABLE DRESS MATERIAL.

A certain dress material manufactured
in France under the name of pilou, or
American flannel, made of cotton, but
soft and pliable as wool, is said by
several hygienic journals to be of a
highly infiammable nature on account of
the chemicals used in its manufacture.
NJ. ALDER cites the instance of a lady at
whose house he dined. She wore q
gown made Of pilou. In the act of
saturating an omelette with rum, to
which she set fire with a match, a drop
of the burning liquid was spilled on her
dress, which in an instant was ablaze
from top to bottom, as if it had been
made of gun-cotton. The lady had the
presence of mind to throw herself on the
floor, thus putting out the fire with the
aid of those present, who smothered the
flames with covers, etc. An examination
of the dress after the fire had been put
out showed that its aspect had changed
but little, except that the velvety soft
mesa peculiar to the material was gone
from every spot that had been burned.
The welt was intact. It is possible that
under less favorable circumstances, lack
of aid and self possession on the part of
the victim, the dress might have been
burned entirely.-[St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
A Relic Of ZIG.

Captain G. w. Bullene, United States
inspector of boilers, has q pocket piece.
recently presented to him. which he
prizes highly. 1t Is copper token or
souvenir, just the size of silver dollar.
issued by authority of the first Congress-
and bearing tho date "1778."
On one side is tho familiar relief Of
tho Goddess of Liberty, beneath her tho
date, and over her head . group of thir-
teen stars with spreading rays beneath
them. Around these Is the inscription
containing the first of the elf-evident
truths OF the Declaration of Indenen-
dence, viz, ''Thcse united colonies ara
and OF right ought to be FREQ and inde.
pendent States" the inverse side ia 40
worn that all tho lettering cannot DO
read. Around the margin are the words.
by authority Of the Congress of the
United States" Inside OF this IA a
wreath forming full circle. in the lower
part OF which appear the words "Ameri-
can Independence" Above these words
IN. .a soriaoe 10 worn aud only the letters
ION can DO made out, suggesting the
whole inscription, I'm commemoretion
OF American Independence" The miss-
Ing words could doubtless be supnlied
from tho records Of Congress, or by some
expert numismatist.
Tho pocket piece was presented 70
Captain Bullsne BY E. N, Miller. an old.
steamboat engineer, who has run on TIA
Caiifornia and Mexican coast, and Who
had carried 1t In his pocket tor eevcn-
ington).
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

LOUISVILLE has met with a nota-
BILE loss In the death of we'll. known
citizen, who is described as "the best
known sporting man in the South. {"
A recent issue of the Louisville Com
mercial devotes a column and a half
to a glowing eulogy of the deceased.
He died wealthy man, and the bulk
OF his fortune was acquired in gam
bling, yet the Commercial informs us
that words Of praise for actions in
his life were uttered by many" Mr..
Waddill, for that was his name, must
have been a man Of rare goodness Of
heart, for fellow gambler is quoted
as saying of him, "He was very con.
scientious man. and his character in
this respect l can best express when 1
say that he would rather give up $500
or 81 900 than keep it with the least
suspicion that he was not entitled to
it," Again, the Comm ercial says.
although gambler. he never forgot
that he was a gentleman at heart"
and "he gave away thousands of dol
lars to people who went broke at his
games, not because there was any
reason that he should do so, but be-
cause he was begged for the money"
He also was great in transformations,
real charity, relieving many poor
person who was total stranger to
him." In one respect this account of
the dead gamblers life is deficient.
1t fails to mention whether, like
Mark Twain's Buck Fanshaw, che
never shook his mother" But prob
ably lack of space compelled the ed
itor to leave hiatus in the career of
this noted Kentuckian. In closing,
the Commercial says, with an air of
regret that does it honor: "The de-
ceased was a member of no church or
order" We are sorry that such
should have been the fact. His fail
ure to join a church or an order was
the one mistake of his life. Had he
been church member, for instance,
nothing would have been wanting In
the example that he set. But the
best OF men have their shortcomings,
and it was perhaps too much to ex-
pect that even "the best known sport
ing man in the South" should have
rounded out his useful and praise
worthy career by making . profession
Of religion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

labor and turned the tide backward
to the land whence it came, and il
employers shall consult their own in.
terests the exodus Of alien labor will
continue until our American indus
tries are manned throughout legiti-
mate American labor, either native
born or naturalized. The labor that
comes In utter ignorance OF our laws
and institutions, that ever continues
a stranger to our citizenship, and
that never can be taught the liberty
Of law should be excluded from the
workshops and mines and forests of
our free republic.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

street with funeral slowness may not b
on the wrong side Of tho market. He
may be walking that way to keep his COL
lar from willing"
LAST year 2S3, 495 persons visited the
Victoria Niagara Falls Park, ION the Ca
madam side,) which was nearly 40, 1000
less than in 1891. The falling of was
in the carriage travel, the humber of
foot passengers having increased nearly
one quarter. The new electric railway
Is likely to cut down the hackmen's re-
ceipts even more this season.
Ut the 1850 vessels using the Suez
Canal in 1892, 1851 were British. France
fell from second to third place in the
list, with ia. Germany follows Eng
land, and only 300 ships Of that nation
passed through the canal. Two Ameri-
can vessels used it.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
ARTFUL HAIRDRESsERS.

There is in Washington professional
hairdresser who makes comfortable
living while Congress Is in session. 1t
is an easy matter to get the name of the
politician. A note is sent to his wife
asking permission to show her a more
becoming way OF arranging her hair.
Some comprehensive hint is volunteered,
with mild compliment. The letter is
marked personal, a verbal answer is
requested, and in eight out of ten at
tempts the hairdresser gets an answer to
call. Oddly enough, it is the husband
who urges her claim. He wants his wife
to look like other women. At home she
is all right, but in cosmopolitan life she
is something of fright, and, although
he despises himself for the thought, he
is ashamed of her. In an hours time
the hairdresser puts a new face on the
woman. She may not use an inch of
false hair, but she yields a crimping iron
in way that takes years of farm life
from her appearance. The troubled, shy
old face is not made ridiculous; instead
of curls, the iron-gray hair is cleaned,
brushed until it is fluffy, crimped enough
TO ripple and look three times its own
quantity, and then it is dressed. In
stead OF the long iron wire hairpins litole
shell pins are used, and the coils are SO
lightly caught that the wondering wife
reckons it will not be long before they
all drop out. Women who refuse to
have their hair cut into bang are pro-
vided with false front, but in every
instance, the transformation is admira-
BILE. The bill is sent to the Congress.
man and it is cheerfully paid.-[New
York Commercial Advertiser.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
TO RECALL A MAILED LETTER.
An Intricate Process Required to Get
1t Out Of the Post Office Again.

An Intricate Process Required to Get
Out Of the Post ONCE Again.
To recall letter once mailed is almost
as difficult task as to take back
an assertion once uttered. The sende,
must appear ut the post Office and is
handed blank to fill out. In this he
must state when and where he mailed the
letter, how it was addressed, must de-
scribe the envelope, state tho amount of
postage prepaid, and testify ''that the
above mentioned letter was writtea by
me OF by my authority, and desire to
recall it for the following reason'-and
then slate the reason, which is usually
ENABLED by mistake"
He must thea sign his name, so that
the handwriting may be compared with
that on the letter, and sign q receipt. II
the address cannot be shown to be in his
handwriting, or is printed or typewritten,
ne must describe some peculiarities of
the envelope Sufficient to Identify it. If
he is unable to do this the letter is re-
fused, unless the postmaster knows the
applicant, and 10 satisfied concerning his
good intentions. If he is satisfied, he
asks for statement concerning the con-
tents, and the applicant is then obliged
to open the letter and read portions Of it
in the postmaster's presence to prove that
it is the one he desert sed.
But If the letter has been sent away
the process CT recalling it is still more
difficult. A similar blank has to be filled
out, and aminute description autographed
at the sender's expense to the postmaster
at the office of its destination. If dis
covered in time the letter is then inter-
cepted and sent to tie department at
Washington with statement of the case.
Why should anyone want to recall
letter so much as to take this troubled
Well, there was one case at the local
office recently where valuable deed was
mailed and the sender received informa-
ton that satisfied him that the sale
should not be made. In another case an
important contract was sent, and infor-
nation received Immediately after made
it imperative that it should be revoked.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

WE should think the bones of
Christopher Columbus would turn
over in one of their several sepulchers
and that the shin-gearing Of the same
would kick hard. The descendants
OF Christopher who were honored at
Chicago are anxious for charity, and
leading American is passing the hat
Tor them. Bushes for Spain and
Uncle Sam, and tears for the slaugh-
ter OF pride that everybody ought
to have,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
MRS. CLEvEI.AND's BOUDOIR.

Speaking of the recent improvements
and refurnishing which has been going
on in the White House, q correspondent
says:
''One particular improvement upstairs
is the arrangement of Mrs. Cleveland's
boudoir. She has selected the front
corner room and has had it fitted up in
her own charming taste. The walls are
hung in light blue and all the hangings.
carpets and furniture are in this and
other dainty shades. Across the hall, the
room which was occupied by President
Harrison last year, has been fitted up for
q nursery, and here Baby Ruth will hold
forth"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A Boston servant girl asked per-
mission to go down town the other
afternoon, saying she wished to 90 to
the bank. Her mistress offered to
lend her any money she might need,
whereupon she replied that she did
not need money, but was going to de-
post S. as she had heard the banks
were in trouble. Now, there is girl
who deserves medal and three after
moons out every week.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
FOR THE FAIR SEX.
FEMININE HOSIERY.

Shot effects have been introduced in
hosiery a. we'll as into all fabrics Tor
feminine attire, and may be found to
match or contrast harmoniously with the
gowns of many colors now popular.
The prettiest evening stockings have
lace insertion over the top Of the foot
and the instep. Some have pieces OF
colored baby ribbon to match the dress
run in and out of the lace, but the
prettiest, as we'll as the most costly,
have medalIions or insertions of real lace
over the instep.-[New York Advertiser.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
A Clever Feat.

A runaway horse was brought to q
sudden stop in New York in novel
manner. Policeman George Reed, of the
West Thirtieth Street station, threw his
chilly" at it with such accurate aim that
the club struck the horse between the
eyes and tho animal fell down. The
horse was drawing . tool wagon, and
was being driven down Fifth Avenue by
Thomas Ryan and E. T. Quinlan, two
employees of the Department Of Public
Works. A passing vehicle caused tho
horse to run away. Ryan and Quinlan
were thrown out of the wagon, and the
horse dashed through Thirtieth street to
Broadway. where Policeman Reed per-
formed his clever feat.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A DISPATCH from Morganfleld, KY,
says that quiet lynching occurred
there the other night That is the
best kind OF lynching. We have
always condemned brass bands, fire.
works and torchlight procession on
such occasions.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

DIR. STEVENS, of Philadelphia, has
discovered the location of the soul.
He says it is in the corpus callosum,
a little spongy lump at the base OF
the brain. Corpus callosum means a
callous body, and that accounts for
the number Of tough souls one is liza
BILE to encounter in the course of a
days business.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

THE Prison Mirror, the neatly
printed little paper gotten up by the
inmates of the Saltwater penitenti-
airy, was seven years old the other
week, and one Of the brightest pa.
pers that come to our table. 1t is
also a power for good and placed In
the hands Of the rising generation is
Of more practical benefit to them
than all the tracts and Sunday
school papers in existence, contain
ing az it does sensible, sound and
highly proper articles and leaves of
experience from those who have
been through the mill"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

NEW YORK CITY has q man whose
profession is the finding of lost
articles. Chicago ought to hire him
to look up the sense of decency 10 t
some time ago by Gotham's press.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

SEVERAL of our valued exchanges
seem to have believed that the
United States would be deprived of
all rights in Behring Sea, and they
are profoundly thankful because En-
gland will not be permitted to COB
BILE the whole sealing territory.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

MRS FRANK LESLIE says she
wouldn't marry an angel. Up to the
hour of going to press this seems to
be the only variety of natural or SUI
pernatural masculine man whom Mrs.
Frank Leslie wouldn't marry.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

EDISON tells Chicago reporter
that rubies can be manufactured for
Is a pound. Go way, Mr.. Edison;
gold bricks and green goods are good
enough for all such purposes.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

THE American Indians at the
Worlds Fair are quite disappointing
from dime novel standpoint None
OF the squaws, so far as our observa-
ton goes, wears warhOops.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A FARMER near Buchanan, Ga, it
Is reported, has tame rattlesnake,
that has the freedom of the premises,
and beats forty yard dogs keeping of
intruders.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

THE United States has secured
protection for the Behring seals, but
England appears to have secured the
0palc
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

In the Behring Sea matter Uncle
Sam claimed more than he expected
to get, as a way Of getting all he
wanted. Shrewd boy. Uncle Sam.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

CHICAGO DIsPATCH: Several In
diana whitecaps have been completely
cured lately by the bichloride- Of lead
treatment.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A LITTLE knowledgc is sometimes
a dangerous thing to the party about
whom it is known
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

If people will pay their small bills
the big bills will be better able to
take care of themselves.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

HASN'T the field of Gettysburg
seen enough bloOdshcd without the
introduction OF trolley cars?
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

There Il no doubt that people raised
BY . cycloQe are able to move in the
highest circlea-lChioago Intsr- Oeesl.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

WE have fortunately reached . halt
IN this employment Of cheap foreign
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

A GOOD resolution is a better stim-
ulant than nightcap.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27
HALEY, IDAHO.

THE proposed cork trust will have
little weight.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-27

IT costs Is cents an hour to "get
into the push" at the Worlds Fair.