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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
HYMEN IN IDAHO.
The Marrying Up of the Doane Famuv
ut Wagon Wheel Camp.

ut Wagon Wheel Camp.
WAGON WHEEL, l. T., July 3l--A section
If tho recent history of this camp will give
outsiders a faint idea of the demand for
women which exists in parts of the west.
few weeks ago John Doane, a miner here
was taken sick, and, as he seemed likely 10
die, word was sent to his relatives in Mis-
souri,. In ten days his two sisters, both
maiden ladies, reached Wagon Wheel, but
TOO late to see their brother alive. He had
died few days after the telegram had been
sent, and had been buried in the little GENE.
terry under the hill, where several men had
preceded him with their boots on.
The leading men Of the town took the
ladies in charge and saw that they were
properly cared for at the hotel, where nearly
young women was rather tall and angular
probably 80 years of age while the other was
much younger and more progressing in an.
pcarance They were well nigh exhausted
after their long journey, and the mayor of
the town. Cap. Bowen and the sheriff, Syl-
vestcr Ford, insisted on their taking a good
rest before attempting to transact any bust
ness or thinking of going home. Their
brother had some property, and the girls de-
Cidcd to remain ard settle up his affairs
About a week after their arrival Sheriff
Ford informed some of his friends that he was
ENGAGED to Miss Doane, the elder, and certain
actions on the part of Cap. Bowen led tho
boys to believe that he was trying to dazzle
| the eyes of the younger lady. That set the
! town in an uproar, and from that time on
| for several days until the matter was settled
| TO Young woman in America was so iadus
triorsly wooed as was Miss Fanny Doane
| The mayor had q good start of the other
boys, but he needed it, and more, too. He had
been very kind to the young women, how
ever, and it took some finessc to cut him out
but Henry Bowler a strapping young fellow
of 90, had the requisite amount.
In tho course Of fow days it was or
ranged that the weddings should take place
here, and that tho ladies' mother should be
sent for that the thing might go off in good
style.
Mrs. Doane arrived here last Monday even
ing on the warpath, determined that the mar
riages should not take place. She was
comcly, wcll-preserved woman of perhaps 50
years, with brisk way about her. When she
saw her daughters she burst into tears, and
uporaided them for their forgetfulness Of
their dead brother and their immodest haste
generally, and at length, when she saw the
sheriff and Bowler, she gave them a piece of
her mind as well. All hands were in despair
when old Cap Bowen came along, and both
the sheriff and Bowler besought him, as
mayor of the town, to intercede in their be-
half This he did after a while. He called on
Mrs. Doane in the sitting room, and intro
du ed himself in his most dignined manner as
the mayor OF Wagon Wheel, a man neces-
sarily interested in the welfare of all its
citizens.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
HORSE FLESH AS FOOD.
English Speaking People Do Not TAX
Kindly to the Idea.

English Speaking People Do Not Take
Kindly to the Idea.
English speaking people have never
taken kindly to the idea of eating horse
flesh, although some persons in this
country and many more in England
have, from time to time, strenuously adj
vocated its use. The belief, however,
that large quantities of horse meat are
fraudulently sold for more orthodox
meats in the latter country, has recently
provoked the people of Manchester and
Stafford to call a public meeting and pc
tition parliament to pass an act to com
pei butchers, who sell horse flesh, to
label it as SUCH
In Paris, Berlin and Vienna, the popu-
lar consumption of horse flesh seems to
be constantly increasing. In 1877 there
were slaughtered for food, in Paris, TO-
619 horses and mules and in 1878 the
number increased to II, 319. In the win
ter seasons of these two years there
were slaughtered in Berlin about 5000
horses the flesh of which was mainly
Strengthening establishment of Berlin
comprises an acre of land, upon which
are buildings for the inspectors, stables
etc. Every morning the horses to be
slaughtered are mustered for inspection,
and such as appear diseased are con-
demned to the knockers. 1t is stated
that good horses are generally bought
for this purpose, the butchers buying
many young horses from the farmers
and breeders, which, for various reasons,
are not considered desirable to raise.
An enthusiastic French scientist de-
clares that tie flesh of horses is more
digestible than that of other animals,
and 1T never contains the germs of tape
worms or other parasites which atfiict
the human race. If physicians have to
prescribe raw meat, he thinks the flesh
of the horse should be chosen in prefer
ence, because it is more healthy, palat-
able and nutritious than that Of the OK,
sheep or pig"
DR.. Billings observes "that poor men
are often compelled by tyrannical law,
the result of sickly, disgusting senti-
ment. to sacrifice to the knacker, who
pays them nothing, horses that few
weeks suitable feeding and rest would
make worth $40 to $50 for meat. Hun
dreds of so-called "weeds" are yearly
born and raised by farmers and breeders,
to be at maturity, simply objects of tor
ture from their unfitness for work, that
at 4 to 6 months old would pay a reason
able profit to the owner as J Sc veals,
for the expense of rearing and breed
ing"
The use of horse meat was at one time
all almost universal custom among the
pagan people of northern Europe and il
may be that the rapidly increasing popu-
lousness of modern nations, and conse.
quent difficulty of procuring food by the
poorer classes, may in time, swing the
custom round again. But it can never
prevail in this country while food is as
abundant and cheap as at present. Even
if it be wholesome and palatable, it will
take generations to remove the feeling of
repugnance to its use.-New York
Market Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Chance to Make a Fortuna.

A party Of young men who had been
boating on the lake were standing in the
doorway of one of the small stores, where
hey had adjourned for refreshments.
One of the party remarked to the crowd
hat the scene that lay before them was
very pretty. The storekeeper remarked:
Yes, if one of you put washerwoman
over there, a cow over there, and a
whole lot of boats on the lake, and then
ct one of them painter chaps make
,bout 10, 900 copies, he could make heap
If money. "-Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
The Rarest Plant in Mexico.

In the botanical garden at the palace
they have the celebrated flower Tzapalil-
qui-Xochitl, of the Aztecs. The story
runs that there are only three of the
kind in the world, one at the palace, an
other at different point in Mexico and
the mother plant on the mountain. At
one time two tribes had long and
bloody war for the possession of it, so the
story goes, but with great deal more ex-
aggeration. The plant is commonly
called the flower hand" as they claim
that inside is a perfect baby hand.
| went to see it, and was much dis
appointed. The tree grows to a good
height The leaves, heart-shape, are
thick and about the color of the under
part of silver maple leaf, except that
they are very rough, which prevents
them from glistening like the maple.
The thick, wax-like, bell-shaped red
blossom grows mouth upward, and in
side is the so-called hand. 1t has five
fingers and one thumb, but looks ex-
actly like birds claw, and not like a
hand. The story ran that there are but
three in existence. Without doubt the
plant is rare and there may be no more
than dozen, if that many, in the world;
but | have seen in the garden of two
different gentlemen the very same tree.
One of these gentlemen is in Europe,
and the other bought his plant from
him, so there was no way of learning
where the three came from. Mexican
Cor. Pittsburg Dispatch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Webster and the Young Graduate.

A grizzly headed Boston lawyer, who
is graduate of Dartmouth college, tells
story of Daniel Webster, which has
probably never been in print. Webster
was present when this lawyer and the
others of his college class delivered their
orations on commencement day. Know
ing that Webster would be there, the
young man in question prepared what he
considered a graceful compliment to
tickle the ears of the great man. When
the time arrived for him to be heard he
noticed with qualification that Mr.. Web
Ster sat in front seat. By the stateman s
side was Mr.. Woodbury.. also graduate
of Dartmouth. The young orator, in
order to drive home his compliment,
looked straight at Webster and bowed
repeatedly to him.
Among the sons of Dartmouth" said
the graduate, there is one whose fame
has extended throughout the nation of
the world. He combines Attic culture
with Roman eloquence, and with both
the unanswerable logic of the greatest
English orators" There was more of the
same stuff, but Webster sat calmly
through it all. That night Webster was
the guest of the graduates father. He
met the blushing youth cordially and
said, as he grasped his hand: "Iwas de-
lighted with your Grafton, sir. 1t was
fne-fine. I particularly admired that
part of it in which you spoke of the Attic
culture and Roman eloquence of my
friend Mr. Woodbury.. boston Letter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
A Reformer That Has Worked Wonders

The old theory that it needs brute of
a man to handle and train brutal men is
passing away. The men in charge of
our prisons are coming up nobly to their
work. The main trouble now is-and
from the nature of the problem always
must be-to keep up the tone of the sub
ordinate officers and employees. Every
employe about prison, from the head
superintendent to scullion, should carry
about with him the contagious atmos-
phere of sturdy moral integrity in the
pursuit of an ideal better than his act
New Highlander.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Musauito of the Mediterranean.

1t is curious fact that the American
musquito seems to be almost the only
one known to entomologists. What load,
of abuse have been piled on the backs Of
those that sing and sting along the Mis-.
sissippi, Ohio, and Sacramento rivers
Yet these pests are found about the
Mediterranean and Adriatic in number.
that would shame the slender hordes in
American cities.-San Francisco Chron.
icle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
His First Case of Inconsistencies.

A young boy who recently left his
home to attend preparatory school is
not much taken with the change. He is
suffering his first case of homesickness,
and naturally desires to return to his
home. In making known his desire to
his father in recent letter he said:
Dear father: Life is very short; let us
spend it together. Your affectionate
son. Exchange.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
The "Pocket-Piece" and "Nest-Egg."

Inc Iockeb-Iiece anu Nest-EER.'
The superstition in regard to pocket
piece" for luck is older than profane his
tory. The English folk lore explains it
on the assumption that if the purse ever
becomes empty the devil will get in and
it never will be full of money again. 1t
is supposed that the idea of the power of
single piece of money to exclude de-
moniacal possession came from the fact
that large proportion of the earlier
small coin, thus retained, bore cross as
legend on one side of the piece. We
find, however, that the superstition ante
dates the use of the symbol, and we sug-
gest that it had moral natural origin.
The expression "nest-egg" best ex-
plains it. A fowl will continue to de-
post her eggs in a nest that is daily
robbed of its treasure as long as one is
left; but if all are taken she will forsake
the nest and prepare a new one. The
pocket-piece, always kept, was the nest
egg, designed to prevent its desertion by
Fortune, who might be driven away by
its utter emptiness. To him that hath It
shall be given, and a nest-egg is a per-
petual invitation to the tickle jade to ada
yet more to the little deposit.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31

Neither photography nor the micros
crope was known in the days of Cicer
yet he mentions that the whole {
Homer's Iliad had been written on
piece Of parchment so small as to be il
closed in a nut shell.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Clay as q Candy Adulterant.

The adulteration of candy is chiefly by
the use of terra alba, or white clay. This
harmful stuff can be detected by dissolv-
ing the suspected candy it water, when
the clay falls to the bottom undissolved.
An ounce roll of cheap lozenges will
sometimes contain three-quarters of an
ounce of this injurious stuff.-Harper
Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Amateur Photographers Becoming lex

1t is known that amateur photography
has been cultivated with enthusiasm of
late, especially in this country, where il
has been carried in several instances to
the point of perfection. There is doubt,
indeed, whether some of our amateur
photographers are not more expert than
the tradesmen. In England the taste for
this amusement is growing steadily, and
it has the approval of the prince OF
Wales. himself a skilled photographers
Frank Leslie's.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Powers OF the Cuban POW.

The powers of the Cuban pony are said
to be remarkable. He will make from
sixty to eighty miles a day in continu-
Gus jog or half-rack so easy to the rider
that glass of water could be carried in
the hand all that distance and not drop
spilled. Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Her Opinion of the Hippopotamus.

A farmers wife living up among the
New England hills had longing all her
life to see a hippopotamus. A circus
and managerie visited a neighbour =
town, and she harnessed up her oil /
horse and, eagerly logged over the rougl
roads. When she stood in front of the
cage where the huge beast was confine 4
all she said was, MY amt he plain ~
Life
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Rats of the French Capital.

Paris is cleared of rats by her munich
pal council offering a premium for Their
skins. Two years ago the premium was
about twelve francs per thousand, in
order to get the city cleared of these
pests. Twenty thousand skins are said
to have been made into genuine kid
gloves last year. Argonaut.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Government Real Estate in Now York.

Governments Real Estate in Now York.
At the foundation of our government
lot foot of real estate was owned : :, il
IL New York city, and the use of the city
nall for the Inauguration of Washington
Vas only matter of courtesy. Now the
government owns property in the star
,i;y to the value of SIS, 900, 900, most of
"hich was acquired at price way
below what it now would bring. Chi
,ago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Martin Luther'S Home at Mansfield

Luther's boyish more at Mansfield, ii.
Sixony. has just been restored as far II,
nssible to its original condition wis.
Z reformer's parents dwelt there fo;a
lturies ago. The old house had becon,.
oSt dilapidated. Now it will be IL.
,hited by body of deaconesses, wb
i'll nurse and care for the sick and poo
ii the town.-Chicago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Distribution of Salmon in Maine.

The Maine commissioners have dis
tributed 100000 salmon on the Penobscot
from the Enfield hatchery. Ten thou
sand land-locked salmon have been placed
IN Swan. lake, near Searsport. The
commissioners have also sent $4,000
salmon to Harvey lake, near st. JOHN
Chicago Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Map of the Moons Surface.

There 10 no patch of the moons visible
surface half mile square that is not ac-
curately mapped, according to Professor
Young, while the earth contains immense
tracts, in central Africa, which have
never been surveyed
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31
Flendish Barbaritr of Apache women,

TfeHuIsH baFbarlty OF Apache Women.
Apache women ar> SO fiendishly bar
barous as to compel little children 70
share in the mutilation and torture of
prisoners in order to cultivate in them a
taste for bloody acts of cruelty.-Intei
Ocean.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-12-31

Many a man has died and been called
wise, simply because he never gave
tongue to all his thoughts. La
fagan.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

from a city, and had set forth in the morn
ing with too much confidence in himself,
At these words the kind widow brought
ample refreshments, but was not slow to
inform the visitor that there was too much
humanity in their cottage to admit of her
taking money from such polite and edu-
Gated stranger. Martin made his best bow
and expressed the wish that this humanity
he had found could only cover all the
world.
But the hunter could put on only the form
OF hungry man, for there came along the
porch toward him and his dog a being of
wonderful beauty. There Sc emed no ele-
ment of loneliness wanting. The hair was
fine, abundant, light-colored and only loose
~ caught up. The face had both physical
perfection and soul beauty. Martin stood in
the presence of wonderful combination of
thought and features, peach-bloOm and
education, large bright eyes and deep
sentiment, angelic form and faultless dis
position. He saw, as though magnified
thousand times, the child-radiance which
had long ago charmed him With him con-
versation was almost impossible, but as she
placed her hand upon the head of the dog
he said:
"The dumb animals seem to know what
a friend they have in the cultivated
woman
The girl replied that if the dumb animals
could shape the education of both man and
woman they would make it the developing
of good heart-a heart which should carry
the one wish-the happiness of all life.
''Y on must pardon me, lady, it express
surprise at finding such a thoughtful girl liv-
ing here in seeming solitude. What is around
you to create or cheer such womanhood
as Won seem to DOSSeSS2'
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23

move his body so that he could get a better
view The effort brought such sharp, cut
ting pain, that he moaned out:
s'Good heavens! but | must have a doc
tor! Won't you run down to the corner for
me?n
'sNo, sirl A year ago, when Chipps, the
carpenter, fell off scaffold and was laid
up for three months and couldn't pay the
interest on loan to you, you wanted to
take his very bed away, saying that it had
all come from his carelessness. You have
been careless; now take the conse-
quences !"
ssBut shall die ~
'sOf course you will And what if you
do? Let's see; it would be the proper thing
to toll the bell. The sexton, John Cham
bers, is good man, but he has been I'M
fortunate. Two years ago he lost his three
children by scarlet-fever His friends
made up purse to help him out. When
you were asked to contribute you said
blankets were good enough to bury chill
dren in. Think We John Chambers will
ring your years on his church bell?n
Old Scarvins uttered a groan for reply.
'sYour corpse should be dressed for the
grave. Tell me the name of one single
man in this whole county who will volun-
teer for this work?'
ScaryinS was silent.
s'There should be watchers beside the
corpse. Tell me the name of one single hui
man being who would watch beside yours,
even for pay?'
There was no answer.
q can tell you how it will be,n continued
the stranger, carefully seating himself on
a rickety chair g You'll die alone and IN
cared for in this gloomy old house. 1t will
be days and days before you are missed for
no one cares for you. When your body is
found the town will take charge Of it; the
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-12-23
G:M. eHu4.
OUR HOLIDAY HOPPER,

SeasonabIe ScintilIations Scissored from
Several (Known and UNKNOWN Sources.
A FAIR ExCRANGE-The compliments Of
the season.
A New YEARS CALL-Please remit
LoweU Courier
SAD is the heart that can not rejoice at
Christmas time.
No STOCKING IS so small that Santa Claus
will overlook it.
On Christmas Day, though the turkeys
tender, the eaters stuff.
HAPPY New Year, judge "Chestnut,
Major. "-PhjJadeLphia Press
On Christmas eve the right stocking was
never PHILADELPHIA Call
WHAT though your purse is empty, pray,
if hearts are full of joy to-day9
The same good resolutions made last Jan
uary will do for this year.-Eatck.
JUST notice how nice your best girl will
be from now till after the holiday season.
A CHRISTMAS GoosE-The man who thinks
Santa Claus fraud.-F'aU River Advance.
IT is not always the largest stocking
which catches the most valuable Christmas
gift.
Your presence at home on Christmas Day
is preferable to no presents at ALL White.
hall Times
IT'S wise husband who prepares to pay
for the Christmas gifts received from his
dear wife.
SAY not that Christ has been born in your
heart if the poor be not borne upon it-M
Y. Observer.
NEW YEARS calls will never go out of
fashion while there are bill collectors to
make them.
In giving Christmas presents be sure and
keep your presence of mind. Don't be ex-
travagant.-LoWeU Citizen.
Know all men by these presents Christ
mas presents) that the milk of human kind
ness is still -PhiEddeLphiG CGH
FASHION NoTE-This is the season of the
year when every one is looking for some
thing new in stockings. Yonkers Statesman.
BEGIN the new year by buying a new urn-
brella and diary; then just make note Of
the one you keep the longest.-LoaCeI Citizen.
A NICE, easy exercise for Christmas Day
is that of counting the change you have
left 1t can be done generally with one
hand.
TINE is money! This ought to be
cheering news to the man of leisure who
has Christmas presents to buy and no
ready cash.
THE person who shall do the most to
cheer the hearts of the needy poor will
have the merriest Christmas and the hap
pest New Year. Try it, and see
IF the "heft'' Of the pocket-book was, in
every instance, commensurate with the
promptings Of the heart, what glorious
Christmas it would be for the poor
The store clerk who gets seven dollars
week, and spends twenty dollars for
Christmas present for his girl, should be
classed among g Christmas. greens."-NoT.
riStoaon Herald
SWEAR of, though your companions rail;
You may succeed; but if you fall,
IT'S better to resolve and fail
Than never to resolve at all
Boston Courier.
BLoBBs Sc Morning, Dobbs. Hang up
your stocking Christmas eveP' Dobbs =
40 Hung up my watch. Wife wanted
new pair of gold bracelets for present,
and had to, to get ~ Sonservft6 JoHss
nal.