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Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
How Bank Run Was STONED.

Horace McPhee, who is here as
Riverside County Commiss .oner, says
there was no furry whatever about
the bank of Elsimore. The people
knew the bank was safe and were
willing to let it remain so.
And then McPhee told a story
which is particularly pat at these
times He said there was run on a
bank in an iron mill town and the
ieposltors were being paid in silver
dollars. The excitement increased
and the run became a fast one.
The cashier was young Irishman
and the work put upon him was more
than he liked. He resolved to stop
it. He sent the janitor with bushel
of silver dollars into a rear room
where there was a stove, with in
structiOns to cheat them silver dol
lars redhot" They were heated. and
in that condition handed out with a
q ladle The depositors first grabbed
the coin, then kicked "But you'll
nave to take them that way" said the
cashier. 1--WE are turning them out
as fast as we can melt and mold
them, and if you won't wait till they
cool you'll have to take them hot"
That settled it The run was
stopped. McPhee says the story is
true. but denies that he was the
Irish cashier.-San Diego Sun.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
Grandson of Uncle Sam.

The following pretty little Incl
dent was told to New York Re-
corder writer not long ago by naval
officer:
The 6-year-old grandson of one of
our admirals, whose daughter had
married a general in the Russian
army, was attending one of the mil
itary schools near St. Petersburg.
The Gar on his annual visit of in
spection OF the school was taken into
the hospital. where the boy lay suffer-
ing from severe sore throat. Motto
ing the bright, attentive face his
majesty approached the bedside, and
placing his hand in a kindly way on
the boys feeveriSh forehead, turned
and inquired of his escort who he
was:
1.-The son of Gen. R., your mai
esty."
The boy raised himself on his ell
DOW with some effort, and said eagerly
in the Russian tongue:
Yes your majesty but my grand
father is an officer in the United
States navy"
So pleased was the Car with the
boys reply he gave orders to have the
lad transferred as soon as he could be
moved to the royal military school,
where he is now receiving the best
education possible at his maiesty's
personal expense.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
Still a Gentleman.

"Isn't it singular how the word
gentleman is misapplied?" said a.
young club man of New York, re-
Gently
GLOW so?" asked.
'Only the other night, as 1 was
walking down Fifth avenue a very
decently dressed fellow, whose face
was quite familiar to me, touched me
on the arm and, calling me by name,
addressed simple question to me.
After talking for a moment or so, he
said
"'Guess you don't remember me,
10 you, Mr.. Blank?'
II replied that his face was GER
taiqly familiar, but that l could not
recall his name nor recollect where I
had met him.
"'MY name is JONES' he said.
Don't you remember me now? Inn
the gentleman who you had sent up
to the Island for one year. They let.
ne out yesterday. Won't you give
ne dollar?'
''Then recollected him distinctly
Is waiter in a boarding house who
stole my clothes about a year before
md who Was arrested and sent to.
8lackwelPs Island on my COMPLAINT.
His unmitigated cheek in referring to
himself as gentleman actually led
ne to give him the dollar he asked
'Or -
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
His RetOrt.

In Mr.. P. T. Barnum's "Struggles
and Triumphs; or Forty Years Re-
collections, he mentions having been
in Washington in 1862, with Com
modore Mutt. President Lincoln
sent Mr.. Barnum an invitation to
visit the White House, and bring his
short friend.
The Cab net happened to be there.
and the President introduced the
little mariner to them.
After little joking Mr.. Lincoln
bent down his long, lank body, and
taking Mutt by the hand, said
'Commodore, permit me to give
you parting word OF advice. When
you are in command OF your fleet, if
you find yourself in danger of being
taken prisoner, l advise you to wade
ashore"
The Commodore let his gaze travel
up the whole length of Mr.. Lincoln's
extremely long legs. and replied,
quietly:
II guess. Mr.. President, yor could
do that better than l COULD"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
lce-Breaking with Dynamite.

There have been divided opinions
about the expediency of using dyna-
mite for ice-breaking, and it has
never been used for this purpose TO
any extent. Practical experiments
last winter at the Hango Harbor, in
Finland, seem, however, to have
given very satisfactory results The
powerful ice-breaker of the port was
helpless IN the face of a belt Vt some
l, 200 feet of very thick ice. the thick
ness Of which was measured to no as
much as is feet 1t would seem es-
sential for successful ice breaking
with dynamite that there should
be sufficient room to dispose of the
broken ice. for if this is allowed to
remain broken in the channel it will
still interfere with the progress of
steamers. The cost of the dynamite
ice eaking at Hango amounted to
about g5O.-LondOn Engineering.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
They Didn't.

The following incident is true
sketch which well illustrates the
combination OF Quaker simplicity and
Yankee shrewdnesS:
Situated on one of the small, swift
rivers which abound in New England.
there is thriving village which we
will call N. The business inter-
est consisted of several sawmills and
minor woodworking establishments.
beside wooden mill Of considerable
Importance. This last mentioned in
dustry was owned and operated by
two men who lived ina distant city.
Che direc: management of the con-
cern was in the hands of a confiden-
tial clerk, a dignitied and capable
young Quaker, named William.
The credit of the firm was good,
and the owners, thinking they saw a.
chance to enlarge their capital, pur-
chased large quantities of material on
credit, and made immediate prepara-
tion to go through insolvency.
The property was all put in the
name of the confidential clerk, Will
lam, with the understanding that at
the expiration Of certain time it.
should be returned. The process Of
insolvency was successfully carried
out, both men swearing they didn't.
own a dollar.
The time arrived when William
was to surrender the property to its
original owners, and the two part
ners came around smiling and con-
fldent.
"Well, William, it is a success"
said one, rubbing his hands compla-
Gently, land everything is ready for
the final step"
''Didst thee not swear that thee
didst not own dollar in the world?"
said the composed William.
"Yes," they answered, ''but--''
"Well." interrupted William. Sob
erly, IL guess thee don't.
They didn't.
William is long snice dead, but his
heirs still run the mill.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
GERMAN ARMY DISCIPLINE.
Soldiers Must Above All Have Emcsens
RiCes and Avoid Chafed Feet.

Soldiers Must Above All Have Emcsens
Rices and Avoid Chafed Feet.
There are two things which the
German officer does not and cannot
condone-one is the non-proficiency
of the soldiers rife, the other chafed
feet. II either Of these two takes
place on the march or during the ma
neuvers the soldier is Immediately
punished with arrest. and Is not al
lowed to offer any excuse. says a
writer in Harper's Bazar
During the different maneuvers OF
German army corps that have at
tended, l cannot recall handful Of
footsore men in the course of days
work, and yet at all these field oper-
ations forced marches are a feature
in order to test the endurance Of Off
GERS and men The secret OF this
uniform excellence, as regards march,
ing powers, lies in the training which
the men receive When they enter
their company as recruits In October
the first thing that is impressediupon
their minds is the Importance OF the
shoe and the musket. No pains are
spared in giving the men ut the
start comfortable foot.gear, and they
are expected to look after this with as
much interest as il it were chrono-
meter. in the spring following, when
the snow is off the ground, marches
are undertaken, and these are regu-
lated as carefully as are the strokes
and the courses of the college crew
under the hands of the trainer. Each
day the men march half mile or so
farther than the day before; each day
the speed they are able to maintain
is carefully noted; in fact. the record
of a company's marching from day to
day. until late in the summer, when
they move into the open country, is
kept as infinitely as il it were
single picked company training for a
match or competitive drill. The Ger
man soldier is educated and trained
for the purpose of fighting, and to-
have to fall out before he reaches
the fire line if looked uIon as quite AS
much disaster as il he had been shot
and wounded by the.enemy. The art
of war, as practiced in Germany. is
very much the art OF getting there"
and it is the General who posts HIM
self most simultaneously at the criti.
cal moment that may be assumed TO-
have won the battle.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

preston that the tomato is a fruit,
while the Custom House held that it
was not. The importer went to the
courts. where Judge Gray declared
that it is a vegetable, because 1t is
served with those courses in dinners
in which vegetables are served, and
not as dessert in which fruits are
served. This shows that the great
Jurist goes outside of statutes and
pIecedents for his law.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

UNDER new law in Michigan,
habitual drunkards are to be given a
term Of imprisonment, during which
time the Kelley, or some other "jag"
cure is to be administered. 1t tis a
very different sort OF temperance
scheme from that Of South Carolina.
and IL given a fair trial will be looked
upon with equal interest by the peo-
pie Of other States.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

THE Christian Endeavor conven-
ton at Montreal developed good
deal Of unchristian feeling among
some Of the delegates and still a
larger amount among the rowdy class
of French Canadians. 1t is surpris-
ing that in the last decade of thu
nineteenth century a convention 10.
the express purpose OF promoting the
cause Of Christianity should result in
blackguardism and rioting. Ac-
counts indicated that both sides were
more or less in fault, though as usual
in such cases the trouble was brought
on by few hOt-headed ones.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

AMONG the countless collections
which were carried on in England
for wedding presents to the Princess
May were those OF a shilling each
from all men with the surname
George, three pence from all women
married in July, sixpence from all
women born in May, sixpence from
women between twenty-five and
thirty years old. and Others equally
lmuSinp
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

Some Famous "ROcking Stones"
During the years 1Ss9-9O, Prof.
Henry Beals, of the British Royal
Society, was in the United States
making special search for rocking
stones or balanced powders. But
few Of these geological wonders are
known to exist, their scarcity, as
we'll as the curious manner in which
they have been LETT poised upon
mountain tops and other eminences,
makes them objects OF uncommon in.
terest. The professors visit to this
country was made mainly to prove
that these curiously balanced stones,
In man instances weighing hundreds
OF tons, were carried on floating ice
bergs during the eroch known as the
''glacial PERIOD" and that the subse-
Quent melting of these immense ice
fields left the stones In the positions
in which they are now found:
There are two fine examples of
''rocking stones" in New England.
one at Noank, Conn, on the farm of
Caleb Haley, and the other at Lanes
bOro. Mass The former is estimated
to weigh twenty-five tons, and os-
cillates to the extent OF about six
inches, and is 80 evenly balanced az
to be easily moved from side to side
by the muscular exertions OF one arm
and hand.
The one at LanesborO is described
as being the largest specimen OF the
cratic bowlder in existence in this or
any other country 1t is forty-tive
feet high and seventy feet long and
Is estimated to weigh not less than
10, 900 OnS.-PhiladelDhia Press
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

A MAN named Schultz has con-
fessed to a murder near Stockton,
Cal He recites every detail of the
crime and gives reasons for having
committed it. However, as no court
has yet passed upon the question OF
his guilt, and the technicalities avail
able have not put in an appearance,
there is no way of telling whether or
not an intelligent jury will believe
him
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
INTERESTING experiments with rat

INTERESTING experiments with rat
tlesnake venom are in progress at the
pathological laboratory OF John Hop
kins University. The captured rat
tier is excited to strike at glass
saucer, into which the poison from
the fangs falls This is then injected
in minute quantities beneath the
skin Of rabbits, AMI as soon as the
animals are dead they are dissected
to show the action of the venom.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

A RECENT issue of the Chicago
Evening Post consisted OF 1874 pages.
Eight pages were devoted to the news
of the day, and the rest OF the roll
contained the names of Chicago prop
erty owners who are back on their
taxes. Evidence accumulates that
Chicago property owners are too busy
at present to pay out anything.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
A Needle and Thread Tree.

The Mexican maguey tree furnishes
needle and thread already for use.
Al the tip OF each dark green leaf is
slender thorn needle that must be
carefully drawn from its sheath. at
Inc same time it slowly unwinds the
thread. strong, smooth fibre at
tached to the needle and capable Of
Deing drawn out to great length
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

SEVERAL exchanges are gravely dis
cussing the question OF whether or
not lawyer can be gentleman.
Doubtless to be gentleman is among
the possibilities open to a member of
the legal profession, but once having
started on his career, he seems gen.
orally to prefer to keep right on being
a LAWYER.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

A SAN FRANCISCO embeZzlcr is to
be arrested as he lands In France. OF
course, this is an illustration OF The
principle OF justice. but 1t Is likely to
be useless. The formalitv of arrest
ing even such embezzlers as chance to
be caught at home. their pockets
bullying with booty, seems to be futile
and extensive.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

thud as though shot, ,. aligttine
with sticky feet, reluctant of dis
Judgment, on ones face; all night
long there was rustling and crack
ling and creeping. suggestive OF un-
seen horrors all around; walls. floor,
and roof crawled and were horrent
with hideous animation. l am a
naturalist by instinct and can love
and cherish the meanest reptile, but
l would not voluntarily of FORE
thought and design, choose a hut in a
COstO Rican swamp as a shelter for
my sick bed during the delirium Of
intermittent fever.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
Sunshine.

An ingenious continuance for re-
co,ding sunshine is a recent invention
Of Prof. Marvin. the Professor de.
scribes the instrument as consisting
in principle of Leslie's differential air
thermometer-merc however, be.
ing used to separate the air in the
two bullets and the whole Their
mometer is designed in the form of
straight tube, having a bulb at each
end,
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18
TOPICS OF THE TIMES.
a CHOICE SELECTION OF IN.
TERESTINC ITEMS.

Comnsnts and Criticisms BASED Upon
We Happenings Of the, Dsy--AistoricsI
and News Notes.
WHEN a youngsters mustache Is
smaller than his eyebrows he is bet
ter satisfied with himself and knows
more than he ever will again
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

WISE housekeepers always save the
bread crumbs. Lazarus certainly
would not starve with, for his pOr-
tion, the crumbs that are left from
the bread cutting of large families,
where especially with people Of mod
crate means, the members lean
heavily on the "staff of life. ="
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

THERE is a deeplaid and vide
spread Anarchist conspiracy in Spain,
of which the recent dynamite ex-
plosion in Madrid were the surface
Indications
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

ONCE again cure for cancer has
been announced. The alleged dis
coverer, DR.. Patscheff OF Moscow, is
about to visit Paris and describe his
mode of treatment, the chief feature
OF which is course OF sulphur baths
for two hours each day.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

A SOLDIER at Benicia robbed a
Jewelry store. his motive being to get
out of five years term OF service
for Uncle Sam. He was quite sue
cessful, but has enUered upon an eight
years term OF service for the State.
and wherein he has bcttered himself
is a problem for the discontented.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

TALK about fine women in Boston!
There are morphine women in New
York than Boston ever dared to
have
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

THE tomato is a vegetable and not
q fruit, because the Supreme Court Of
the United States has so declared.
An importer labored under the im-
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-09-18

THE way of the transgressor ia
hard-until he reaches the Canada
line.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-18


A new use for the bisulphide of carbon
has been pointed out by DR.. Schneider
in the Journal de rAgriculture. Dr.
Schneider recommends tying few
small bottles of bisulphide of carbon to
the perches in the henhouse, the bottles
being unsupported and thefiquid allowed
to evaporate. The hens roost over the
bottles, and the vapor of the bisulphide
kills the lice. The recommendation is
founded upon careful experiment, as the
following extract will show:
1.-THE very next day after using it
was agreeably surprised to find that the
enemy had left, leaving none but dead
and dying behind, and on the following
day not "a single living insect was to be
found, while my birds were sitting
quietly on the roosts enjoying an I'M
wontedly peaceful repose. This lasted
for IL days, till the sulphide had evap,
grated. Twenty-four hours later fresh
invasion of lice had put in an appearance
under the wings of the birds in the warm.
est portions of the house, where there
were no currents of air. replenished
the supply of sulphide and the next morn
ing only few of these were remaining,
THE next morning every trace of YER
min had disappeared. Since that time
l have personally made great number
of further trials with the sulphide with
immediate and absolute success. should
recommend the sulphide of carbon to be
put in small medicine walls hung about
the pigeon house or poultry roost, When
it has about three parts evaporated. the
remainder will have acquired yellow.
ish tinge and no longer acts so complete
ly rs before, buff it be shaken mp afresl
it will suffice to keep the enemy at i
| distance"
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-18

DIR. Caleb Harlan delivered u very in.
t9resting lecture on chronology before
the boys III the Fofrls Reform school,
on Tuesday afternoon, which was Lis
tened to atteutively. Hs had the Gust
OF head prepared by Fowler & Wells,
who rank among tho leading phrenoto
gists OF the world. Tho doctor ds.
81 ribed the different orEans and
a welt on their character at consl lera.
Die length. The organ Of wei ght, il
well developed. enabled persons to 10
to sea without becoming seaslck.
lio volt at some lenglh on the ad.
vantage OF having the organ of order
well developed. as IL enables ladies to
dress inexpensively, and yet look we'll.
II Eaay lie carried to excess, however.
and he cited the case OF Il lady
who never allowed her husband
to enter the parlor without removing
his boots und placing on his feet an
elegant pair OF slippers. lie amused
the Joys by referring to a woman who
scrubbed the floor away and fell into
tile cellar.
He referred to the lessons Taught
lin regard to the earth revolving on its
'u%is, and ridculed the man who knew
nothing1 about the laws OF gravlta.
llun.
He referred to Webster. who said In
Illustration OF the character of General
Harrison IN 1870, the sun has its spots,
therefore few things are perfect.
lilo dwbltat lsnstlI upon beneyolcnce
and tho Importance of loving Your
ncighbOr as yourself. Persons in Civ.
ing should act with discretion or thoy
may contribute to enable tho recipient
20 debnse himself still further.
He illustrated his subject hy anee-
'doLes aud IL reference to pr Parish,
who mad quito romance III his carly
life. and becaue an illustriOus leGLur-
OF and physician. as well as II happy
husband aud father.
He illustrated tho futillty of depend
ing on riches for happiness by re.
teifing TO the man who stole three
millions OF dollars and iled TO GanIda,
where lie lived the life of a fugitive be.
Ing pointed out as thief and deSpised
by all.
He related an Incident OF little
James, who was entitled to become the
Earl OF hnElessy. who was kidnapped
lin Ireland, and was appranficed Il
Duncan nrulnfnond. OF Mill Creel
hundred. On coming OF nga. he re
turned to Ireland. and finally secured
lis estate, and became Lord Charlie
mont. Tie Gncle who had sought t.
life. showing that evil actions are liz
dead sea fruit. turning to ushes on tn
lips
10 referred to Eugene Arnm, who
was never happy because he murderei
Daniel Clark. Aftor Il years he tol,
. his wife. she told Il nelEhbur, and s1oi
1t was spread throughout the neigh
,. borhuod, when he was arrested an
hung,
He next referred to the murder o
Parkman by Prof. Webster IN Boston
:. some thirty or forty years ago, am
Tor which he WAS arrested and hung
Tho object WHs to show that evil nj
tions produce unhappiness and suiieI
Ing. and II the boys wlshed to pros
per they must do what is right an
conform to the laws OF God as we'll Il
to the laws Of the land.
When the Doctor concluded I'll
boys sang an appropriate song, az
.compunied by Mrs. ilaines on tn
organ. after which the meeting az
iOurHel.
The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1893-10-18

A Wisconsin correspondent of Ohio
Farmer describes plan of wintering
onions which he considers perfect. He
says:
We select piece of dry ground and
dig Il trench from four to six feet wide
and long enough to hold all that we have
to put in it. We put them about six
inches deep in the pit. They are put
upon the ground, but about two inches
of straw over them and then few inches
e earth on the straw. We wish them
to get frozen as soon as possible after
they are put in the pit. After we are
certain that they are all forozen we haul
some manure ard cover them, perhaps
a foot deeper than at first. There are
| two reasons for this. One is that if they
are allowed to thaw during the winter
| they will rot and the entire lot be lost
Upon the other hand, if they get frozen
too hard. they will either rot when they
thaw out or else be dead and worthless
for sets.
In the spring, after the frost is all out
of them, we take them ont of the pit and
put them back upon the shelves again as
they We're during the fall before. There
they remain until they are needed to SET
out l have tried various plans OF pre-
serving onion sets through the winter
but none of them has proved as salts
4 factory as the above. In fact, we con
slider it just about perfect,