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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

shot! Grown up with the country. Its
customs are his laws. He will have
your blood, Greene, if he has to travel
thousand miles to get it! And there
is no jury out here that will convict
him if he kills you"
don't know which was more terri
BILE to witness, the deep wrath of the
mountaineer or the covering fright of
the young man. He clung to us and
implored us to go down and get terms
of capitulation; and as a last argument
bade us tell the old fellow that he had
a mother and sister.
We thought him of no use to either
| relative, but his craven cowardice
awakened sort of contemptuous pity
that urged us on our errand of mercy.
We collected few of the night clerks,
| explained matters to them, and went
down to the old man in body.
Now" said the night manager, put
ting on bold front, II know you, and
know what you are here for. But
am boss, and will not allow a fight in
the operating-room."
"All right" said the man, quietly;
"Pil wait here for him, If he stays
ABOVE tlll he's ninety"
"Have 20 at him, Luke" whispered
Will Kerner, aside. "If you can't get
Greene off none Of us can."
Above, the fresh young man from the
east was trying to give flavor to his
case by rolling on the floor in misery
and uttering frequent groans indicative
of his last hour. The mountain man
listened and his eyes blazed with scorn
when went up to him.
"Come, now, stranger" began,
family enough, 1--WE know the young
man gave you great deal of talk, but
| 1t was only in fun, and he has not lived
as long as you. Besides. he sinned in
complete ignorance of the customs of
this country, and has never handled a
frearm in his life. II you kill him it
will be nothing short of willful murder.
| Then, too, he has mother and sister
in the east 1t is not such as you who
war against women. Let 1t pass He
regrets his part in the affair.""
said much more, and then several
OF the night operators Joined me and
put in u plea. Well, sir, we did all
but go on our knees for that green
horns life. In the meantime the
tuniblings and despairing groans from
above made us blush to voice his cause,
At last the man from the mountains
turned round and spat on the floor.
That was our answer It said as plain
as words could: THAT for such! He is
not worth killing"
He made over to us the young
mans life on certain conditions. The
next morning the terms of the treaty
were complied with. At nine o'clock
Greene sent over by wire the most abb
ject apology man ever framed, and
every station on the line was rung up
to get the message
am east again. II seems to me that
towards short memory must be a
peculiar dispensation OF providence to
help him tread the earth again with
some degree Of confidence. For l saw
young Greene in Boston, and while the
sight Of him recalled to mo the awful
threat of that old mountain man, he
was talking to a friend on Washington
street thus:
''The west? All, yesl l did try it
for awhile. Couldn't stand 1t though.
you know. The earthquakes bothered
me too much"
"A Paisley gentleman hearing that
two OF his female relations had quar-
relied, asked '.lia'e they cn'ed. Each
tther nglyY Ma. ma. '.Ab< -Seel then,
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
SOARING A FORTY-NINER.
BY LILLIAN NORTH.
Copyright, 1893, by the Author

L was some time
in 80 TIL n t I
went to Girls
co." and h a d
been among the
operators long
enough to know
t h an w Q / l ,
when u young
greenhorn from
the as t was
placed in charge
of a line up into
the Sierra Me-
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02

"A Paisley gentleman hearing that
two OF his female relations had quar-,
relied, askedi ''Ha'e they cn'ed Each
tther ugly?" Ma. ma '.Ab< -Seel tllep,
Y !csn |. ls,.u max y w Atyssa them yst".-r
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1893-12-02
Proud Father.

Parental affection does not always
see things as they are, but rather as
they ought to be. The following is q
bit OF conversation between two mcr
who had formerly been close neighbors
''All your boys turned out we'll. die
tbey?"
'Yes, reckon they did"
Whats John doing?"
Hes curin' of fever in Texas"
''And Dick?"
Hes enlargin' Of country newspa
per an a-collectin' of subscriptions"
And William-what's he doing?"
He's a-preachin' of the Gospel AN
splittin' rails fer livin."
: "And what are you doing?"
"Well, Pm a-supportin' Of John an
Dick an William. Atlanta Constitu
tion.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
He Wanted No Thanks.

There is story of mate of a
whaling vessel who announced to the
captain that he saw a whale breach
ing and blowing, and gave the loca-
tioh. The captain looked and said
he could not see it, The mate again
announced the fact. The captain
said that he couldn't see no whale. "
The mate announced it third time,
Whcreat the captain said:
'Mate, II you thinks YOU sees a
whale you can take a boat and 20
after him."
This the mate accordingly did. 1t
turned out his vision was correct, and
proving himself master of the situa-
tion he soon had alongside a great
whale. At this, OF course, the cap.
tain was much gratifled. He said:
Mate, you have done we'll. I
shall mention you to the owners
They will return you thanks and
maybe a reward" The mate replied:
Captain Jones, l don't want no
mention, don't want no thanks and
don't want no reward All I wants
is common civility, and that of the
kind"
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
A Bankers Mistake.

II recently heard" said Mr.. Gage,
''of Banker in Wisconsin, q man of
iron flrmness, who. hearing Of bank
troubles in many localities, deter
mined that he would not lend a dol
lar, but would collect every claim
due him. He enjoyed the entire con.
fidence OF the community, being a
man Of undOubted responsibility.
Soon after the banker had determined
upon this policy man Of substance
applied to him for a loan of 800.
The banker refused roughly on the
ground that he could not spare the
money. The would-be borrower.
from whose mind the illusion had not
yet been dissipated that a bank was a
fountain from which wealth flowed,
was shocked and panied. He went
about among other members of the
community expressing his grief that
his banker was in sucA q Distressing
situation. Certain depositors put
their own construction upon the
meaning OF OIL, this Within . week
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

IL have often heard my father tell
an anecdote of Chief Justice Marshall
OF Virginia (though to my thinking
the joke was on the other fellow,) in
the vain hope, doubtless, that
the moral might sink deep into our
modern breasts" says an Indianapolis
lady ''Mr. Marshall, it will be re-
membered, was a living exponent Of
the Jelfersonian simplicity of that
day and time; but his tall and sturdy
form, clad in its gray homespun, was
the object of admiration and imita-
tion Of both young and old. One
morning shortly before Thanksgiving.
when everybody seemed on turkeys
intent. into the Richmond market
strutted a man Of evidently newly
acquired wealth, whose pompous and
patronizing manner to all around soon
made him the observed of all observ-
ers. Doubtless he had earned his
shekels by the sweat OF his brow, and
ne was not going to part with any OF
them easily, If one might Judge from
the way he hacked over the price of
the fowl he had selected. At length,
when no amount OF bullying could
knock off another penny he threw
down the price agreed upon and or.
dered the turkey to be sent imme.
diately to his home The market man
explained thatit would he impossible
to send 1t just When, but at the earli-
est possible moment 1t should go
Whcreupon Mr.. Moneybags refused to
take the fowl, loudly demanding his
money back. A murmur Of disap-
proval arose from the bystanders,
when up stepped countryman in
homespun and spurs who had been
quiet observer of the whole proceed
ings and offered to carry the fowl. So
the pompous gentleman sailed forth,
the man in homespun with the turkey
walking respectfully behind. When
they reached their destination the
fine gentleman rendered a ninepence
to the man who had served in the
capacity OF servant 1t was politely
but firmly declined.
g Then tel me your name, my
good man.
I" John Marshall" --Indianapolis
Sentinel.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
GENTLEMEN who do business on the

GENTLEMEN who do business on the
BOARD of Trade will read with inter-
est of the experience of Mr.. Ander.
son, who had 4 brief but lively inter-
view with prize bull at the Worlds
Fair stock pavilion the other day.
The bull, probably goaded to fury by
the prevailing low prices of bread
stutfs and provisions, rushed upon
Mr.. Anderson and elevated him with
great vigor to the roof of the she'd.
Again and again the performance was
repeated, but Mr. Anderson escapcd
unscathed, because he had on two
pairs OF trousers. The BULBS horns
could not pierce them. and beyond a
few bruises Mr. Anderson emerged
from the conflict sound in wind and
limb Let the Board of Trade bears
make note OF this circumstance.
Most OF them have two pairs of
trousers. The younger and more
fashionable brokers have pair for
every hour of the day. The bulls are
beginning to below. Brighter times
are ahead Prices are on the upturn.
One of these days the whole taurine
herd will make an onslaught upon the
bear pit and big bears and little bears
will go sailing skyward propelled by
the polished horns Of bulls Then
will the reserve or the visible supply
OF trousers come into play. Snugly
incased in two or three or half a
dozen pairs of fashionable bifurca-
tions, the members of the ursine tribe
can await the shock of the conflict
with calmness and confidence. The
bulls may toss. but they cannot gore.
and when the bears again reach terra
frma they can inaugurate hostiIities,
tooth and claw. with impunity 1t
is a great scheme, not only for the
brokers but for the tailorS and the
trouser trade ought to boom from
this on
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
England in South Africa.

England has come forward in South
Africa with Roland for Frances
Siamese Oliver Cecil j. Rhodes, the
Prime Minister of Cape Colony, is
we'll known to be one of the ablest
and most successful OF those who are
seeking to extend the dominions of
the Queen, and much weight must
he attached to his utterances on i'm
perial affairs. He has just been max
ing speech on British policy in
Africa, in which he explicitly declares
his intention to make the Zambesi in
stead OF the Orange River the north
ern boundary of Cape Colony This
means the absorption of the Orange
Free State and the Transvaal repub-
lie, which are now independent, be-
sides Mashonaland and Matabeleland.
which are already under British pro-
lection, and threatens Gazaland,
which makes half of Portuguese East
Africa No doubt Mr.. Rhodes means
what he says and will presently set
out to do it. The Orange State aud
the Transvaal will have to he secured
by treaty. and that should not be
difficult task, since these States owe
about all the progress and enterprise
they have to England. Matabele!and
may have to be won by hard fighting,
but IL is doubtless worth it, for it il
one OF the choicest regions in all the
continent Mashonaland is already
famous for the wealth Of its gold
mines. In these advances England
Will have practically free hand. for
she will come into conflict with tho
interests or desires Of no other Eu-
ropean power save Portugal, and
PORTUGAL scarcely counts. New York
Tribune.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
DEVILS Lake Traditions.

Tangago, the Tippewas, came rom
the north and pitched their tepees on
the north shore Of the lake. They
had reason to believe that the Sioux
were encamped on the southern shore,
and they planned to cross to the
south before daylight and surprise
their traditional enemies. The Sioux
had similar thought and design,
and each tribe proceeded to exter-
inmate the other.
They met in about the middle of
the lake and fought, and all were
lost The time is not fixed except
that the incident marks an epoch in
the history of both tribes. Another
battle was fought afterward on the
south shore between other contin-
gents OF those respective tribes
The Chippewas came in canoes
from the north as before. This was
IN 1857. The Chippewa warriors
were all slain but one man, who re-
turned badly wounded and riddled.
The fatalities connected with the
lake and the apparltions gave rise to
the name Minnewaukan, or spirit
water, mysterious water. fated water,
and finally DEVILS Lake, as the only
English equivalent for the Indians
idea as expressed in Minnewaukan.
The Chippewas came here in canoes
The Sioux also used canoes With
but few portages the former could
easily at that time, while the lake
was so far above its present level,
come from Lake Superior to DEVILS
Lake. Since the fatalities related,
those Indians have superstitious
dread of canoes. Young people are
getting over the dread, but old In
dams will wade to their waist fishing
while boats are within reach, but
won't dare enter Minneapolis Tri-
hune
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
WHEAT CROPS DECREASING.
Increase of Population Lessenlng the Area
Devoted to That Grain.

Increase of Population LessenlnG the Area
Devoted to That Grain.
Urban population has increased sc
rapidly 10 the West and Northwest
that the wheat-b bearing area has
largely decreased during the past de.
cade. TweDty-seven per cent of the
wheat fields Of Ohio, Michigan, In
diana, Illinois, and Wisconsin have
been diverted. during the past IL
years to the production OF such crops
as are essential to the subsistence of
the millions added to the towns and
| villages OF the lake basin.
In the Southern States the large
amount OF land taken from the wheat
area and devoted to cotton growing
has sensibly affected our wheat crops
The ten States south of the Potomac
and Ohio and cast OF the Mississippi
included q per cent of the wheat
area in 1859, and contributed q per
cent of the grain. This region now
embraces less than II per cent of the
nations wheat area, and produces
only ger cent of the grain.
North of Arkansas and the Indian
Territory. In the States OF the Mis-
souri, Valley, is now found the granary
of the nation. The wheat fields OF
this group amount to AZ per cent. of
the nations area, and with the
Pacific States, furnish the surplus
that enters into foreign commerce
and places us in the first place as an
exporter of bread-stuffs. But this
large wheat area has been steadily
declining since 1884. especially in
Iowa, where the production of both
wheat and corn has been giving place
to meadows, oat, fields, and dairy
farms
California wheat farms are slowly
being converted into orchards and
vineyards, but the increase in Wash
ington will probably make good such
losses for decade
During the ten years ending with
1889, the wheat.bearing area OF the
north Atlantic States. Maine to Mary
land, declined Is per cent, every acre
of the diverted wheattields being
employed IN growing crops that are
more profitable, and are required for
local use
-" o1AO A"NO e'VuPS ouIO, MlCtlIbdu,
Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin,
which held the first place in wheat
growing from 1855 to 1882, the de-
cline has been even greater, equaling
23 per cent. All of these acres have
been converted into meadows, oat.
fiells, and new pastures demanded by
the phenomenal growth of the town
population, whose requirements for
beef. mutton, and dairy products
could be met in no other way.
That 1t should be necessary to de.
vote all OF the new acreage OF these
States to forage crops, and then d.
vert to such products part of the corn
area and 23 per cent. of the wheat
field, within ten years, shows how
rapidly we are trenching upon the
acreage devoted to the growth of
grain.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

EMPEROR WILLIAM can court mar
tial his grandmother II he feels like
it. because Queen Victoria is a Col
onel in the German army. She is not
the only female colonel. either. The
kaiser's wife is also the nominal COM
mander OF regiment; SO are the
dowager empress. wife of the late
Frederick III; the Princess Freder-
lex Charles Of Prussia the Queen
Regent Sophia, and the little Queen
Of Holland, the Duchess Of Connaught
and the Duchess Of Edinburgh. The
colonies are all reported to draw their
pay with military promptness, al.
though they do not take the field in
person.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

In the matter Of rotation of crops,
clover, corn, and wheat has been the
usual rule. This makes three years,
or, once in three years a cash crop is
produced. We are not Informed as to
the estimated material value of rye,
but know it to be very considerable
Assuming the Louisiana experiment
to be correct. peas followed by rye
would do for the soil in one season
what wheat and clover do in two
prepare the soil for a cash crop-thus
saving a year to the farmer. It il
we'll to testsit on small scale and
prove or disprove its practicability.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
A Cold Climate and Lonx Life.


Cold climates are always productive
OF vigorous animal existence.
know this to be fact from recent
studies that I have made OF various
climatic conditions and their effect.
Now l have found that the life of a
people living in tropical climate is
comparatively short Not only their
physical life, but their life as a ma
ton Is affected by this curious law.
In evidence Of this latter assertion I
can point to all the short-lived gov
crnments that have arisen and fallen
In the heated zones of this new coDti-
nent. Everybody Is aware of the
constant revolutions and uprisingS
In Mexico, Central America, and the
South American republics Whereas
North America throughout the tenn
perate regions, has remained for a
hundred years but little disturbed.
Africa is constant battle-ground
for the blacks and Southern Asia and
Southern Europe have ever been the
scene of internecine conflicts On the
other hand, Russia has remained uu-
disturbed for centuries. the people
being apparently Gained by the cool
climatic conditions -
So, too, with Sweden and Norway,
Denmark, and the North German
provinces. There nations as indi-
viduals are phlegmatic. They are
not easily moved to resentment ex-
cept where the burdens imposed are
OF the most tyrannical nature. So it
happens that the governments have
lived on fer centuries, their kings
tracing their ancestry back through
the ages until their record in the
barbaric period OF the Roman domi-
nation. The Scandinavians (Which
term comprises as type-name most
of the inhabitants of North Europe)
are iong-lived, many of them reach
Ing the extreme old age of IFS years.
The Scandinavian records are full
of the names Of men who lived to
exceeding old age, while the remark
able names of the southern nations
are always coupled with the state
ment OF an early death.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
What Some Musicians Far,

Frank kneisel, who is one of thu
greatest concert. meisters, or leaders
OF violins, in the world, has had wears
OF experience, which is the first con.
sideration. He is not alone great
solo performer. but is great leader
and orchestra player as well. What
MI kneisel earns in one year would
have kept poor, deaf old Beethoven
In luxury for his life. Aside from
the actual concert-meister, the or.
chestra must he equipped with at
least two equally as great soloists.
The men who play these in the Bos.
ton symphony Orchestra are said IN
earn $1,000 per annunl The others
come next In order, and their earn.
ings range from IS. 900 to SO. 500 No,
year. After the first violin comes
the first cello. who is also a great
soloist His earnings net him $40. OO0
year. The five other 'cellists IN
this orchestra are also first class and
their earnings range from 81. OOO IN
81. 900 per annum. The leader n,
the second violins gets as much nc thu
third solo player. and his Mace ia ;nst
as important The other second
violins earn from $40 to $50 per week.
The players of the difficult instrn.
ments are even rarer and harder ~
get than the strings and are .,so
we'll paid. First in line comes Tho
oboe, then the bass0On, the finite ana
the clar,ne. The leaders of these
Instruments earn from ", 900 to a.
900 per AMI um. ''''
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

apples and pears> the DRAWINGS of
COW -houscs into fashionable perfuni-
cry, beggars' rags into new pilot
coats, cesspool filth into ammonia,
and tar-waste into anil'ne dyes and
saccharine. In Paris they first util-
ize rats to clear the flesh from the
bones of carcasses, then kill the rats.
use up their fur for trimmings, their
skin for gloves, their thigh bones for
tooth-picks, and their tendons and
bones for gelatine wrappers These
are few of the things Iron Indust-
rial Gazette names among the pro-
ducts converted into use by the chem.
ist and inventor.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21

AS IF in Difference to our vehement
protests against the ignorance and
intellectual deficiencies of the average
emigrant from the old world, the lat
ter is now threatening our shores
with an invasion OF Teuton school,
masters, doctors, apOthecaries, chem
lists, engineers and, alas, OF lawyers.
A committee consisting chiefly Of
university professors was formed
some time ago in Germany with the
object Of finding an opening in for
eign countries tor the surplus supply
of the intellectual progeny of the
Fatherland. Circulars were dis
patched to prominent Germans resi-
dent abroad. and it seems that the
only satisfactory replies received were
those from this country. While on
the one hand it is impos sible to an
ticlpate without a certain degree of
apprehension an increase of compe-
tition in the already overcrowded
walks of life suited to those who have
received a higher form of education,
yet on the other the German element
of our population has proved a source
OF much benefit and prosperity to the
United States. Under the circum-
stances we must accustOm ourselves
to consider this threatened invasion
In the light of not a curse. but as
blessing-if perhaps in disguise.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1893-10-21
GREAT excitement DreyaiI

GREAT excitement prevails in
France owing to the discovery that,
of the twenty eight companies which
own the various submarine cables
which encircle the globe as with an
iron net, no less than nineteen are
English, and that during the recent
troubles in connection with Siam the
dispatches addressed to the French
Government from the far east we're
read and known at The English For.
eigh Office several hours before their
delivery in Paris. France is, in fact,
entirely dependant upon English
companies for cable communication
with ner various colonial depend
encies, including even Tunis, and
actually goes so far as to grants State
subsidy OF $50, 900 per annum to the
English "African Direct telegraph
Company" whose lines she is obliged
to use in order to reach her possess
sions on the west coast of Africa or
the twenty-eight cable companies
only two are French, one Danish,
three North American, and three
South American. Indeed. of the
125, 900 miles OF submarine cable
which constitute the submarine tele-
graph system of the world, more
than three quarters are in the hands
the English, who are placed there
by in a singularly advantageous posi-
ton with respect to other nationali-
ties