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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
OF No Use to Him.

The man with an important air
took the seat next to the amiable
looking man and smiled, says the
New York Herald.
"Vacatlon trip, l s'pose. ventured
the important one. The other
nodded.
Ever hear OF the engagement in
surance company" asked the man of
Importance. "You know in summer
how very impressionable men are.
Well. l represent scheme that is
simply great. A man may become
engaged to beautiful girl during his
vacation and upon his return to town
totally forget the fact, owing to pres,
sure of business, hard work and so
on. But the girl may remember, and
then there is likely to be trouble.
Now, you take out policy in our
company and we insure you against
further worry. Furthermore
But" internosed the amiable
man, Il am not"
THAT may be-" continued the
other, "You do not seem to be that
kind; but there's no telling what may
happen. Now, for 81 a month you
become member of cur company,
and If you should be engaged and
afterward suffer with lack of memory
and breach of promise suit looms
up why then we take take the mat
ter out Of your hands and settle it.
See? Only one paltry dollar month
insures perfect liberty to you. DO
you not think it would be well to
take out policy?"
The amIable man shook his head
sadly.
''No. he answered, sit is too late.
have been married several years."
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
How to Tackle the Farmers Foes.

How to Tackle the Farmers Foes.
Farmers, somewhat isolated and
out OF touch with the activities of
the towns and cities, need to be on
guard against the plans Oh able buncO-
steerers, lightning rod agents. and tel
egraph men, and worst of all the poll
tician who is scheming the livelong
day how he can transfer the contents
OF the taxpayers pockets into his
own. The Jay Gould's who leave
so, 900, 900 behind them and have
been paying taxes on $500, 900, Illus
trates how easily personal property
may evade taxation and leave the
realty TO shoulder the burden, for it
cannot be hidden, though covered
with mortgages Many are the wiles
OF the devil and we cannot be delfv-
cred from them all, but probably the
greatest evil. one always present, is
the man whose sole occupation Is pre-
pairing for caucuses, running town
meetings, and who is seldom without
bill against the town treasury. He
is invaluable when the chair seaters
and standing IOafers have a little
game that will reduce the shekels in
the pockets of the rural citizens
The buncO-steerer is not SO systematic
in his operations aud is a little par
tial in choosing his victims, but they
will both bear close watching.
Give to the young good, thorough
business education. teach them to
sharpen their wits and rub off the
rust by contact with business men
and the methods employed in con-
Quoting the various enterprises of the
day. Meet organization by organiza-
ton; do not endeayor to silence can
non with pop-guns, but give the in
dividual and banded fieecers to UNDER
stand that the wool is on our backs
t. stay.-Farm and Home
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
YALE OF A CANCELLED pAss

Cervantes Burton was patentee
VI lifting gate called the "a. q.
ut is built In such simple vav
1nst a chiid can work 1t, )" he would saw.
MI. burton had shown this wondrous CAT.
AT half the fairs in the Sucker state
10 open 1t all YOU had to DO
was 10 press q button and up it few
"a" IA farmers and breeders are going tnera
III make an exhibit at the fair"
30 said Ceramics aud straightwav
ne wrote Tor space and place to STAY.
They allotted him twenty feet OF more
In K 6s, MA,
In division OF the southeast lot.
A quiet and most secluded spot.
They sold him badge of ornate brass.
And gave him Photographic pass.
Cervantes received his pass one dav.
And 1t was good from the LIST Of Nav.
The photograph showed hairy man
With tousled whiskers q shade of tan.
With hickory, shirt ana a slouchy hat,
paper collar, but no cravat
Each day Cervantes showed his book
ana the man at the gate would take look
Al the hickory shirt and the whole array
linen ne q let him in without delay.
On the first illumination night
ne 1eil In love with beauty bright,
q. peerless fay whose task, forsooth.
was TO sell the checks at a cider booth.
He saw her oft and his love it grew
through June. July, and August too
At critical moment she did confess
That she didn't admire his style of dress,
And she also said she greatly feared
enc would never marry wealth OF beard.
Next day there came in the pass-gate row
man whose suit was Il dazzling show.
It was loudly checked, had a wide lapel
AND the DERBY hat was horribly swell
This man was shaven and chalky of hue:
He wore u scarf Of a delicate blue.
he stepped to the gate and offered his book,
Inc gate-keeper opened and took one look
He looked again and he chuckled with clse.
$50 you're Cerventes Burton?" said he
Cancel number six nought four fifty EIGHT,
ANA chase this dude to the other gate"
s'Hold on" said Ceramics, that's all right.
MY name 10 Burton; shaved last night
But the guard came up and drove him away
Until he was calm anu willing to pay.
The girl cashier she knew twas he.
So she said Its him p in ecstacy
She gazed on his person with much delight
And she whispered "Yes" that Self same
night.
30 they re engaged in the regular wav,
Though it costs him 80 cents q day,
Chicago Times
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
Odds and Ends.

Odds and Ends.
AN oiled floor is excellent for the
kitchen, because the grease never
shows.
MIGoNErrE may be kept as pot
plant for years, provided no seeds are
allowed to develop.
NEVER put patent fasteners on
shoes until they have been worn and
stretched for a couple of weeks
The toughest fowl can be made
eatable it put In cola water, plenty
OF it, and cooked very slowly from
five to six hours.
ALWAYS put through the eye of
the needle first the end of thread
which comes of the spool, and the
thread will be less apt to knot and
snarl
If ONE wishes to cool hot dish in
a hurry it will he found that if the
dish be placed in vessel full of cold,
salty water, it will cool far more rap
idly than if stood in water free from
salt.
HAVE the table at which one sews
at night spread with "a light color, or,
If it must have dark one, a sheet OF
white paper may be used over it. A
needle can be thredaed with much
greater ease If hell over a white sur
face
INSTEAD of putting food into the
oven to keep hot for late corners. try
covering it closely with a tin and set
ting it over basin of hot water.
This plan will keep the food hot, and
at the same time prevent 1T from
drying.
lT is always better to have a special
closet for keeping the Kitchen tins
and other utensils needed in cookery.
Cooked food should always be kept
on shelves by itself. 1t is a great
mistake to mix up matters by devot-
ing shelf in the grocery closet to
cooked food.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
ROOSTTNG-SHED,

IL one portion near the end be
closed, and a window attached, the
house becomes a covered yard, open
to the south. The shed may be Of
any size, and as no boards are re-
quired on the front aud no windows
are necessary, the cost of the shed is
but very little. AS a location for
hens with chicks early in spring, it
Will serve admirably. 1t is not only
q wind-break. but protection against
SHOWS and rains, and where the eli
mate is not too cold it will answer
for hens in winter as we'll as for tur-
keys
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
Winterlng Apples.

In good fruit years when there Is
an abundance oil apples, the market
price runs low because of supply
that exceeds the demand. Apples
are q perishable product and many Of
the earlier varieties soon 20 to decay,
and after a time the supply will be
reduced to a point even below the
demand and then the value viii. adj
vance. This fact shows the import
ance OF fruit growers studying the
nature OF varieties and of making q
selection OF some of the most excel
lent late-keeping varieties. Those
who are so fortunate as to have such
varieties or who can keep other fruit
late, say till May and June, know
that the price is very satisfactory.
APPLES will keep longer than is gen.
orally supposed, and with the price
that can be secured for such there is
somewhat Of disposition to change
from the practice OF selling from the
tree that has prevailed 10 some OK.
tent. For this reason there is q
tendency to drift into the practice of
cold stOrage-a means Of keeping
fruit that will, when fully under
stood, prove successful and profit.
able, as apples under favorable con-
ditiOns will keep a much longer time
than is usually supposed. Light and
heat are two essential conditions
that operate in fastening the matur.
ity and decay OF apples. Apples
picked just before arriving at perfect
maturity and placed in a dark cellar
With the temperature held at or very
near the freezing point will continue
sound for great length Of time and
lose none OF their good qualities
This is the principle that governs
In the construction Of cold storage
houses for the safe keeping of apples.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
AN ACCURSED HOUSE.

The Vicomte de B., an ami.
able and charming young man, was
peacefully enjoying an income of 80, =
600 livres yearly, when unfortunately
for him his uncle, miser of the
the worst species, died, leaving him
all his wealth amounting to So, OOO,-
900.
In running through the documents
OF succession, the Nicomte de B.
learned that he was the proprietor of
a house in the Rue de la Victorie
He learned also that the unfinished
building bought in lS49 for 300, 900
francs, now brought in, clear of taxes,
rentals amounting to 81, 900 francs a
year.
100 much, too much entirely"
thought the generous Vicomte. "My
uncle was too hard. The rent at this
price is usury, one cannot deny
1t. When one bears a great name
like mine one should not lend himself
to such plundering. l will begin to-
morrow to lower. my rents and my
tenants will bless me-"
With this excellent purpose in view
the Vicomte dc B--sent immedi.
ately for the concierge Of the build
ing, who presented himself as
promptly, with back bent like bow
'Bernard, my friend" said the vi
comte, 'go at once and notify all
your tenants that lower their rents
by one-third.
That unheard of word, slower fell
like brick on Bernard's head. But
he quickly recovered himself; he had
heard badly; he had not understood.
'Low-er the rents!" stammered
he. Monsieur le Vicomte deigns to
jest. Lower! Monsieur means to
raise the rents"
II was never more serious in my
life, my FRIEND" the Vicomte re-
turned; II said, and l repeat it,
lower the rents"
This time the concierge was sur
prised to the point of bewilderment
so thrown off his balance that he
forgot himself and lost all restraint.
"Monsieur has not reflected" per-
sisted he. "Monsieur will regret this
evening Lower the tenents' rents
Never such thing known, monsieur.
If the dodgers should learn it, what
would they think of Monsieur? What
would people say in the neighbor-
hood? Truly"
IN. Bernard, my friend" dryly in
terruptcd the Vicomte. 81 prefer
when l give an order to be Obeved
without reply. You hear me-go!"
Staggering like drunken man, M.
Bernard went out from The house of
his proprietor.
All his ideas were upset, over.
thrown, COMPOUNDED. Was he or was
he not the plaything of dream,
ridiculous nightmare? Was he him.
SELF Pierre Bernard, or Bernard some
body else?
"Lower his renJs! lower his rents!"
repeated he. cit is not to be believed.
II. indeed, the dodgers had COM
planned! But they have not COM
planned; on the contrary, all are good
payers All, if his uncle could only
known of this, he would rise from
the tomb! His nephew has gone
mad. tits certain! Lower the rents!
They should have up this young man
before family council; he will finish
badly Who knows-after-this-
what he will do next? He lunched
too well, perhaps this morning.
And the worthy Bernard was so
pale with emotion when he re-en-
tered his lodge, SO pale and spent,
that on seeing him enter his wife and
daughter Amanda exclaimed as with
one voice:
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

their living during their third year,
and that with reasonable care in
working and handling they will make
just as large and powerful horses
Moreover, putting to work at > in
stead OF three or four years of age
greatly reducee the loss from accl-
dents. Horsee on our farms are not
blemished so IN UGH after they Legin
work as before
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
Preventing the on Year.

D. j. Bissell, OF Missouri, gives
some interesting facts in the Rural
World in illustration Of the views we
have often given, in preventing bar
zen and loaded fruit trees in alter
nate years by generous treatment.
An apple tree in Newington, Conn,
over hfty years old, was visited IN
late August, when one-half Of the top
was loaded with fruit Other varie-
ties were borne on the rest of the
tree, ripening at ether times and
thus furnishing a succession for the
family. He kept them bearing alter
nately by feeding them well, and not
allowing the idle side to produce any.
This course was quite uniform, and
re found no difficulty in controlling
the product. Mr.. Bissell's father had
an orchard in Connecticut, which he
nulched regularly in winter after
freezing, removing the mulching in
spring after the trees blossomcd. This
preserved the moisture. There were
40 years of overbearing, nor of fail
ure. The treatment given them
furnished them with handsome.
smooth bark when they were forty
years old. The grass is moved in
July. and lies on the ground for
mulching. at this time overloaded
trees are thinned. rejecting. defect.
I've specimens. Manure is spread
every year. He has fruit every year,
and thus realizes double price fruit
His farm is only sixty acres; his or
:hard gave $50 barrels Of apples, SELL
Ing for $3.50 barrel; he keeps
twenty cows; raises roots, and has
realized So, 200 from his farm-shOw.
Ing the advantage of small farms
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

bench. Within eighteen inches of the
other end insert two pins, or a forked
stick, of the proper shape to hold the
rails in place. The rail is placed on
two blocks Drive a stake in the
ground for the end of the machine to
rest on while taking out and putting
in rails,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
Breakers Ahead.

Auntie (anxiously)-Do you think
you have had the proper training for
a poor mans wife? Sweet Girl
Yes indeed. Papa hasn't given me
any spending money worth mention
ing for years. I always get things
charged. New York Weekly.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
AGRICULTURAL NEWS
A FEW SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR
RURAL READERS.

0ow the "On Year. May BE Prevented
Roasting Shed for Poultry-Remcdy for
Bloat In Cattle-Device for Holding Rails
General Notes.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

WHEN woman grows suspicious
OF her husband, he stops telling her of
the things he does which are abso-
lutely innocent.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
A Cheap Husking Pin.

To make homemade pin for corn
ausking, take piece of common
thin leather and cut into a strip 4
inches long and one-half inch wide
md in each end cut a hole. Take a
piece of hard wood the size of q pen
I'll, and cut groove near the end.
Gut another half way between the
middle and the point end Of the pin.
Put the Leather over the second fin.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
Bone Meal for Hogs.

Prot. Henry of the Wisconsin Ex-
pertinent Station reports that bone
meal fed to fattening hogs made the
corn fed to them produce much more
pork. 1t balanced the ration,
enabling the hogs to make larger
frames and thus put on a greater
amount Of flesh than would be posi-
BILE with corn alone. Part of the in
creased weight is therefore bone.
Wood ashes are nearly as good for
hog as bone meal. There was so per
cent. more ash in the bones of hogs
fed on bone meal or ashes than there
was In bones of hogs fed on corn
alone. But oats and wheat, bran or
middlings also contain the proper
material for making bone, and in
most cases they can be more cheaply
and safely fed than can bone meal.
Unless bones are burned before being
ground they may be the means of
making the hogs diseased in some
way. At least it is not so pleasant
eating pork made by eating animal
food in any form, as it is eating pork
made wholly from well-balanced veg
etable food.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27
A Rail Holder,

A devise for holding rails or Stats
while being shaped to tit post, is to
take piece Of round or square tim:
Der ten feet long With a 1a-inch
auRer bore two holes near one end
for inserting legs, like old-fashioned
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

EVERYBODY has a glorious time at
a church convention. except the Wo-
men who ''fx" for the delegates.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-11-27

great and still hidden crime; remurse
pushed him to philanthrophy
ut was not pleasant idea either,
the thought Of thus living side by
side with rascal-nO, by no means;
he might be repentant and all that,
but suppose he Yielded to temptation
once more?"
'The house, perhaps, was badly
built?" questioned another anxiously.
''Hum-m, $3.50! no one could tell,
but all knew one thing-it was very,
very old"
''True, and it had been necessary
to prop it when they dug the drain
last year in the month of March"
"Maybe it was the roof then, and
the house is top heavy?" suggested a
tenant on the fifth floor.
'Or perhaps, said a ledger in the
garrett, "there is press for coming
counterfeit money in the cellar; 1
have often heard at night a sound
like the dull, muffled thud of a coin
stamper."
The opinion of another was that
Russian, maybe Prussian. spies had
gained Judgment in the house,
while the gentleman of the first story
was inclined to believe that the pro-
prietor proposed to set fire to his
house and furniture with the sole OBJ
ject of drawing great sums from the
insurance companies.
Then began to happen, as they all
declared. extraordinary and even
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-24
ExtortiOn ut Chicago.

Not all these persons are extortionate,
but some of them have given bad name
to all the rest, till it has gone abroad that
no man can eat in Worlds Fair res
taurant unless he suffer the waiter to 60
through his pockets while the meal is In
progress. This evil promptly brings its
own cure, The American people are
pretty good-natured, but they dislike
robbery when they are the robbed. We
find, accordingly, In the first week of the
Fair visitors bringing their own lun-
oheons to the Fair in parcels, boxes and
baskets. Good for the lunch carriers
1t is not pleasant feeding, this basket
picnic business, but it is better than
Stalled OK and robbery Herewith. We
hope to see this practice grow and in
crease. Let no man, or woman either,
hold it disgrace 20 carry lunch basket
to the Fair. On the contrary, let him or
her perch on the steps of the high-priced
restaurateurs and haunt economy, good
sense and independence In the face of
extortion. A little of this treatment will
have wholesome effect. A similar fate
awaits some extortionate hotel-keepers
In various parts Of the city, who have
put their prices up out Of reason and pre-
pared to rob their guests at every turn.
It will dawn upon these worthless sooner
or later that they are QUITTING their own
throats.-Chicago Erening Post.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-24
Flashes From Shiloh.

Mr.. Andrew Adkins and Miss Lida
Bell we're married on the 18th inst. We
wish them much joy and prosperity In
their journey through this rugged life.
Cut worms are damaging the crops very
badly in some places,
The young ladies Debating Society Is in
full blast. They have good subject foI
discussion at the next meeting. 1t is,
"How to cure young man of bashful-
ness" We know it will be ably discussed.
We would give days hoeing to get to
hear it.
Mr.. Boyd preached one of the ablest
sermons last Sunday it has been our privi-
lege to hear. His theme was on the train.
ing of child.
The boys try to see how much they can
cut one another out. One of the Pierce
town boys was In town Sunday looking
Just as happy ss a frost bitten tomato,
Some of the boys beat him out. Try
again.
We think it Is time to see about a school.
We have the material to make good
school. Rrethron, won't some Of you take
hold of this matter and get up school to
start about the middle of July? We
can't afford to let our children grow up
in ignorance. Remember what the
preacher said last Sunday. hope some
of you will take hold right away and get q
school. COUNTRY CRACKER.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-24
A Mule With q Record.

FREpR1cLsRpRa, VA, May 29.-Mr
Philip S. Honey, former, vino lives In
Stafford county, a few miles from this
city, is an ardent Confederate and still
the proud owner of the mule, now thirty
eight years old, he rode all through the
war, as q member of the Ninth Virginia
Cavalry.
He traded horse for this mule soon
after entering the army, when the mule
was seven yeaas old, and from that time
until the close of the war he and his faith.
full beast shared many harships, They
were together at the battles Of Gettys-
burg, Cedar mountain, Brandy Station
Charlottesville, Wilderness, Richmond
Petersburg, Stoney Creek and other On.
gagements of less prominence, and sur
rendered at Appomattox. The mule
shows the marks of time; but notwith-
standing her advanced age, is still strong
and active and eats we'll. She docs lighl
work regularly, but is blind in one eye
and some of her teeth are gone.
There is no question as to the identity
of this mule. That is thoroughly estab.
lished, and the animal and its owner, be-
tween whom there exists a strong at
tachment, have been objects of interest
to the people OF this section for years.
An effort is being made to induce Mr..
Honey to take the mule to Richmond by
rail and ride her in the parade when the
remains of Jefferson Davis, the dead
Preslden. Of the Confederacy, will be in
TERED in beautiful Hollywood cemetery
of that city, May 2lst.
There has also been some talk of TAX
ing the mule to Chicago and exhibiting
her in tent during the Worlds Fair,
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1893-05-24
YitrlOil in her Face.

ToCCoA, GA, May 9.-Fannie Denham,
a white woman, in a fit OF jealousy this
afternoon, threw bottle of vitrioil in the
face of Frank Hughes wife, completely
destroy ing one eye and disfiguring her
face end neck forever.
Mrs. Hughes was at her home on Cur
rahee street when the Denharn woman
rode up on horse and called her out.
She offered her bottle of peach cider
and invited her to take drink. This was
refused,
She then asked Mrs. Hughes to arrange
her riding habit. Mrs. Hughes proceed.
ed to do SO when Mrs. Denham produced
bottle of yitrioil and hurled its cotents
into the face Of her unsuspecting victim,
and putting spur to the horse, she fled
rapidly, but was soon captured by Mar
shals Jackson and Grlbble.
Medical aid was summoned for Mrs.
Hughes. DR.. J. n. West promptly re-
sponded, dressed the wound and ana
lyzed the bottle of cider which had been
dropped on the ground by Mrs. Denham
in her fight. and found it heavily charged
with strychnine.
The prisoner waived trial and was
carried to Jail in default of $3.50 bond.
Frank Hughes, the husband Of the in
jured girl, who is only about seventeen
years old and very pretty, was brick
mason and reports say was on decidedly
intimate terms with the Denham woman
before he married about two months ago.
His marriage 80 infuriated the woman she
determined. to have revenge, Mrs.
Hughes condition at present is favora-
ble.-Atlanta Constitution.