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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
ICELAND IN SUMNER.
A Cool Spot For American m-Weatber
Tourists.


Tourists.
Holiday-makers who are at loss
where to go to insure cool spot, may,
perhaps, be tempted to try Iceland. 1t
is not necessarily cool there, notwith-
standing the refreshing sound of the
name, but it is good deal less likely to
be hot than Swiss or even Scotch val
legs, and there is a good deal more to
see that would be fresh to the visitor.
Nor is the island by any means difficult
to get at. The Danish royal mail steam
ers make monthly voyage from Copen-
hagen to Reykjavik, and five of them
run all round the island, as well as call
ing on each voyage at Leith. There is
also an English line during the summer
from Leith to Reykjavik. Iceland is by
no means the diminutive country which
people who do not look at large maps
are in danger of surprising it to be,
when they read that the popu-
lation does not exceed that of a
third-rate English town. 1t is
possible to travel from east to west in a
direct line for a greater distance than
from London to Carlisle, so that the
island is really of very respectable di-
mansions. Nor are the people, remote
as is their dwelling-place from the CEN
tiers of sweetness and light, by any
means an uncultured race. They have
had parliament of their own-the AL
thing-for now nearly one thousand
years, and they are great deal better
in struoto1 than Europoan pop,,1otion G
generally.
The ordinary cockney tourist would
hardly find himself at home among
them; but an intelligent observer, inter-
ested in the study of nature and in the
ways of isolated communities, might
really do much worse during the sum-
mer months than brace himself up for
the winter by week or two in Iceland.
Fishing and farming are the Icelander' s
principal pursuits, and fishing is more
important, perhaps, than farming.
There are practically no manufactures
in the country, and trade is so little de-
veloped that up to last year the
island did not even possess a
bank, though the Althing was serious
ly occupying itself with the establish
IiCuU vi SuCl du oOInO III
teresting information on Icelandic fish
cries is contained in the last report pre-
sented to Foreign Office by Mr.. Consul
Paterson. The Iceland fisherman
best customers are not his comparative
ly near neighbors-he has no neighbors
at all but the Greenlanders, within six
hundred miles-but the Spaniards. A
good deal of the fish caught goes to
Copenhagen, but more to Spain, and
Spain gets the pick of the catches.
Wheat-growing is no part of the Ice
land farmers industry. For that the
climate is not warm enough. He breeds
flocks and herds, and during his short
summer is much concerned for the re-
suits of his hay harvest. These, last
year, were not satisfactory in the south
ern part of the land, owing to the oc-
currence of wet weather late in the sum
mer. A further reduction of live stock
was the consequence of the scarcity Of
fodder. In the north, however, the hay
crop was good, and the farming inter.
est there is fairly prosperous.-M w
Christian AdUocdte.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
INvALIDs' HOTEL AND SURGICAL INsTI.
TIITE

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Send 10 cents in stamps for the Invalids'
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Medical Association, Buffalo, N. y.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
BISMARCK AT HOME.
How the Man of Blood and Iron Appeared
to a Stranger.

How the Man of Blood and Iron Appeared
to Stranger.
The Chancellor wife, tall. aristo-
cratic-looking woman, with decided but
pleasing features, and in an elegant
though simple toilet, received each
guest as he arrived with gracious affa-
bihty. Standing close beside the open
portieres, past which the eye glanced
into the family living rooms, she was a
true type of the position she holds both
in home and public life. A noble wife
and mother, she has faithfully stood by
her husbands side from the very COM
mencement of his political career.
A Chicago paper declares that Bis
marck's wife is her husbands private
secretary! How far this statement is
true we do not pretend to say, but an
old friend of the family has repeatedly
told us that during the saddest time
that Germany has witnessed for the
last fifty years, when Bismarck, dis
heartened and dispirited, retired to his
small property of Schonhausen, there
to vegetate as a small Prussian land
owner, while brooding modify over
all his grand political schemes, his wife
never for a moment lost heart, but was
able to inspire her husband with ever
fresh courage and hope. A number Of
old friends and acquaintance quickly
surrounded the noble hostess, while the
remainder of the guests streamed on
toward the billiard room to the right,
the windows of which look out on the
street In front of one of the sofas lies
handsome bear skin-the animal was
slain by Bismarck's own hand; and on
bracket stands the magnificent vase,
with the Kings portrait and view Of
his castle, which King William pre-
sented to the Prince after the wars Of
1866. The crowd and the heat increased
every moment. The Prince, we were
told. was in the big saloon. Hurrying
thither, we saw our noble host, standing
just inside the door, in animated con-
verse with some earlier arrivals, yet,
Notwithstanding, quite ready to greet
every newcomer - sometimes even
stretching out both hands to right and
left with hearty welcome. How well
and bright he looked! That was
always the first thing that struck one
on seeing this man. His face, from his
long country sojourn at Varzin, has re-
gained its healthy coloring, the eyes
are NO longer so deeply Swallowed
by the overhanging brows or the fur
rowed forehead of last year, his hair is
of that light Saxon hue which defes
both time and impertinent curiosity,
and the figure is as firm and upright
as the youngest man there present.
On this evening he also wore his ia
vorite and most comfortable dress that
is, uniform, but not in strict accordance
with regulations. Chambers Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
The Vintage of France.

The vintage returns of France have
just been published. They show that
the vintage of 1885 was 20 per cent. be-
low that of 1884 namely 28,536, 900
hectolitres, against 34,780,00O hectoli-
tres, and nearly twice as much below
the average of the 10 years 1875-S4-
namely, AZ, 209, 900 hectolitres. The
quality was generally good. The cider
crop, on the other hand, though not
equal to that of 1884, the most bountiful
since 1880, amounted to 49, $50, 900 hec-
toltres, being 8,04S,00Q hectolitres
higher than that of 1884, and 7,433, 600
hectolitres higher than the last decen-
NAL average. The 1884 crop was 3d.
4S7, 900 hcctolitres.-N y Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
CANAL vlllAG ES.

Indian Settlements in Mexico Where All
Transportation lie by Canoes.
For half mile on either side OF the
grand canal, the country is threaded
with perfect network of smaller canals,
which lead away the water for irriga-
ton purposes. Each little garden plot is
an island, and it is impossible to 60 any
where except in a canoe. A stranger
would lose himself at once in this laby-
rinth of water courses, but the native
glides in and out, and comes and goes,
in his little skiff, happy in his native
element, and filling the canals and
shaded water courses with life and ami
nation. The scene on the grand canal
in the early morning is picturesque and
full of interest. From a hundred side
streams suddenly appear crafts of all
descriptions, loaded down to the water S
edge with vegetables and flowers. An
Indian with a single paddle sits in the
stern of each canoe, and propels it
swiftly and skillfully along through the
myriad Of crafts toward the city. This
person Is often woman, and her black
hair floats out behind her as she bends
over her paddle, and her white teeth
flash as she laughs and answers merrily
to the halls of her companions in the
other boats. Sometimes, if the canoe
is large one, the vegetable man takes
his whole family on board, and while
he stands up in the stern and paddles
his craft along his spouse sits forward
and nurses her dusky little ones or ar
ranges the vegetables or flowers or
market. On feast days and flower fes-
rivals the scene is full Of beauty. Every
Indian twines a wreath about his hat,
and women and children deck them.
selves with flowers, and the fleet of
boats comes down the stream with its
occupants singing, and-on the large
boats-dancing the Jarabe at the
bows. - Overland Monthly.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
ONLY HALF ALIVE.

There are hosts of men and women who, to
coin phrase, are only half alive. That is to
say, they have seldom if ever any appetite are
nervous, weak, fidgetty and troubled by num-
berless small pains and aches. In the presence
of vigorous exuberant vitality they seem mere
pigmies. Such persons are usually fond of
frequently dosing themselves, swallowing in
the course of the year enough drugs to stock
any apothecarys shop of average dimensions.
This, of course. defeats instead of furthering
the end in view. viz, the recovery of health and
vigsr. Were they to seek it from an unfailing
scource of vitality, Hostetter's Stomach Bit
tiers, how different would be their case. Then
vigor would return to their debilitated frames,
the glow of health to their wan cheeks. their
trembling uncertain gait would grow firm and
elastic, appetite. that grandest of all sauces,
ever SO coarse and refreshing sleep would
crown the tasks of the day.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
THE kENTUCklAN.
Description Of the Typical Inhabitants oil
the Blue Grass Region.

|
The typical Kentuckian regards him
self an American of the Americans, and
thinks as little of being like the English
as he would of initiating the Jutes. In
nothing is he more like his transatlantic
ancestry than in strong self-content.
He sits on his farm as though it were the
pole of the heavens manly man with
heart in him. Usually of the blond
type, robust, well formed, with clear,
fair complexion, that grows ruddier with
age and stomachic development, full
| neck, and an open, kind, untroubled
countenance. He is frank, but not IA
miliar; talkative, but not garrulous;
full of the genial humor of local hits and
| illusions, but without subtle nimble-
ness of wit; indulgent toward all purely
masculine vices, but intoerant of petty
crimes; no reader of books nor master
in religious debate, faith coming to him
as naturally as his appetite. and grow
ing with what it is fed upon; loving
roast pig, but not caring particularly for
Lambs eulogy; loving his grass like a
Greek; not because it is beautiful, but
because it is fresh and green; peaceful
man with strong passions, and so to be
heartily loved and respected or heartily
hated and respected, but never despised
or tritled with. An occasional barbecue
in the woods, where the saddles
of SOuth-Down mutton are roasted on
spits over the Goals of the mighty
trench, and the steaming kettles Of
burgoo lend their SAVIOR to the nose of
the hungry political orator, so that he
becomes all the more impetuous in his
invectives; the great agriculture fairs;
the race-courses; the monthly county
court day, when he meets his neighbors
on the public square of the nearest
town; the quiet Sunday mornings, when
he meets them again for rather more
clandestine talks at the front door of the
neighborhood church-these and his
own fireside are his characteristic and
ample pleasures. You will never be
under his roof without being deeply
virtues of his race-simple, unsparing
human kindness and hospitality.
The women of Kentucky have long
had reputation for beauty, An aver
age type is a refinement on the English
blonde-greater delicacy of form,
features, and color. A beautiful Ken
lucky woman is apt to be exceedingly
beautiful. Her voice is almost uniformly
low and soft; her hands and feet deli
cately formed; her skin quite pure and
beautiful in tint and shading; her eyes
blue or brown; to all which is added
a certain unapproachable refinement.
| 1t must not be supposed, however, that
there are not many genuinely ugly
women here, as observation-disclosures
Lane AAen. IN Harpers Magazine
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
THE MINE MULE.
The Sport Created by the Descent OF q
Mule to the Depths Below.

The Sport Created by the Descent OF 3
Mule to the Depths Below.
One of the most amusing and at the
same time most pitiful sights to be
seen about the coal mines. says cor
respondent writing from Nanticoke. is
the descent of mule to the depths be-
low. The shaft is, say, six hundred feet
deep, and yawns at ones feet like spot
of ink on the ground. A car lowered
and raised by perpendicular wire cable
shoots up and down with breathless
velocity. On the car is fastened mar
row stall, with iron bars, which can be
fastened across the entrance. BY va
rious methods the unfortunate mule is
brought as far as the mouth of the shaft,
but when he sees the car he knows what
it means. That mule fully realizes that
if he walks aboard he will never see
daylight again, and will have to work
in the dark, as only mine mule must.
So he kicks. Argument is useless, per-
suasion falls on deaf ears. He kicks
with vigor and precision that means
business. His heels are battery that
would terrify even the fatalstic valor of
a follower of the Mahdi.
But long beam is brought and one
end put against one of the uprights at
the side Of the shaft. At the other end
four men push, bringing the beam like
a lever against the mules TANKS. Now
the beasts backbone curves until his
head is next his tail, and his four feet,
planted firmly together, seem riveted
to the ground. The beam is a decided
failure, though two men are at the same
time Juggling at halter. But there is
another resource. Even mule resist
ance can be overcome by steam power.
A rope is fastened around the mules
neck and looped around those vicious
hind legs. Then a steam windlass is
slowly turned and the unlucky beast is
dragged on the car. The iron bars are
put up, bell rings, and the car drops
downward, while a last melancholy
bray floats up from the black hole.
There is one mule under Wilkesbarre
that has spent twenty-one years Of USE
full life hauling coal in the dark. The
miners are proud of him, and he has
twice been hoisted to the surface to
walk proudly in miners parades. Mules
do not, as has been often said, go blind
in the mines, but when they q & brought
out bandage must be tied over their
eyes for several days.-N Y. Com
nlercidl Advertiser.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
A GOOD STORY.
An Anecdote Illustrating the Courage Of
the Late President Garfield.

the Late President Garfield.
A retired army officer of high rank
told me a new story about Garfield's
canal days. The subject which brought
out the story was the question as TO
whether President Garfield possessed
much moral courage. The officer said:
whether James A. Garfield had moral
courage in high degree or not do
not know. l am sure he possessed a
remarkable amount ofphysical courage,
and heard of an instunce of this while
he was yet in Congress. 1t was on the
Pittsburgh, Fort Wayne & Chicago
road. l was coming from Chicago TO
Washington. AS we neared Fort Wayne
a gentleman came into the sleeper, and,
asking my permission, sat down beside
me. In the course of conversation he
informed me that he was division
superintendent of the line, and upon
learning that was going to Washing
ton he asked: And how is Jimmy Gar
field getting along down therep' 1 told
him was acquainted with Representa-
tive Garfield, and he then went on to say
that he had been the Captain of canal
boat in connection with which Garfield
as boy was driver. He said that Garfield
was very brave at that time-that he
would fight any fellow that dared knock
chip off his shoulder. One Saturday
night, said he, when we tied the boat
up to stop for Sunday. Jimmy came to
me and asked if he might not leave the
boat until starting time the next day, as
he wanted to go to a little town about
twelve miles off. | gave him permits
sion and away he went. The next day
shortly after noon he came back with a
pair Of the blacklist eyes have ever seen
on boy or man. | asked him what was
the matter, and he told me there was
boy in the village where he had been
who boosted to friend of his some
months previous that he could whip
Jim Garfield out of his boots, and that
he had decided that as soon as he got the
chance to go to the town he would give
him the opportunity of doing so. He
had walked all that twelve miles and
back again merely to fight the boy, and
| think he whipped him. After 1 re-
turned to Washington 1 told Garfield
this story. He laughed. but would not
affirm that it was true nor deny it. y
| Carp, in Cleveland Leader.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
RARE OLD WILLS.
PecuIiarities of Human Nature Illustrated
In the Probate Office.

The first will ever admitted to pro-
bate in Philadelphia was executed in
1852 by Thomas Freams. It is in a
perfect state of preservation, and is ac-
companied by bond and inventory of
the effects of the deceased. which showed
that he died worth ESQ.
Stephen Girard's will is another curl
Gus work. 1t is in book form, covers
thlrty-tive pages, with Girard's sigma
ture at the bottom of each page. After
executing it Girard became possessed of
additional property, which necessitated
the adding of three pages of codicils
His estate at his death was valued at
nearly S5,OO0,OO0.
The smallest estate ever admins
tered on was valued at $40, and the
largest $4,000, 900, being that of Asa
Packer.
The will of Matthew Baird, who be-
queathed an estate valued at S1,OOO,-
600, was written on one sheet of legal
cap, while other wills. representing
values in the neighborhood of $500,
cover eight or nine large pages of pa
per. The shortest will on record con-
tains but two lines.
The records for the year 1910 contain
a will written upon a common piece of
straw-paper, such as butchers wrap meat
in. 1t had been torn from a sheet and
has ragged edges, and is written in lead
pencil, the signature and bequest being
unintelligible.
A will recently admitted to probate
set aside sum of money which the de-
ceased requested should be spent for a
barrel of whisky to be drank by his
friends after his burial. Another man,
more temperate in his tastes, ordered
that his friends should drink barrel OF
cider at the expense of his estate.
The will of Sergeant Hampden Sidney
Gardner, who was member of the ia
nous Greedy expedition, appears among
the records of last year. 1t was written
at Camp Clay, Darlington island, nea,
Cape Sabine, Arctic regions, on June II
1884, just before he died. The document
is strip of paper about twelve inches
long by three inches wide, and is writ
ten in lead pencil. By it he left 5000 tc
his wife, to whom he was married but 8
short time previous to the journey which
ended in his death. - philadelphia Rec.
ord
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
A Pump That Cost a Million.

The largest pumping-engine in the
world is that at Friedensville, Pa,
used to pump water out of zinc
mine. 1t was built at Merrick's foun-
dry, Philadelphia, in 1870, at cost OF
nearly $l,0O0,OO0. Its parts were so
heavy that all the bridges along the
line OF the North Pennsylvania rail
road. from Philadelphia to Center Val.
ley, were strengthened to insure against
accident. Its cylinder has diameter of
ITO inches; the piston rod is fourteen
inches in diameter. 1t has stroke
of twelve feet, and in ono minute forces
over 10000 gallons of water, or 3d.
100000 gallons daily, out of the mine
to height of 1870 feet. - Chicago Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
NOT TAKING RISKS.
A Youngster who Proposes to be on the
Safe Side


Safe Side
You say you live with your parents"
said a china dealer who was putting a
lot of youngsters through an examination
for the position of errand boy in his
establishments:
"Yessir."
"And you are quick at fgures?"
"Yessir."
"Now, suppose | had dropped around
the corner to get lunch, and lady
should come along who wished to pur-
chase two dozen cups and saucers at a
dollar and half dozen"
"YeSsir.
"After agreeing to take the goods she
hands you iive-dolar note. How much
change would you return to herP"
1.-TWO dozen cups and saucers?" asked
the boy gazing toward the ceiling.
That's what | said"
"She must be boardin' house keeper
To-
Never mind what she is. How much
change would you hand to her?" asked
the dealer.
"A dollar and half dozenP"
Eyes, yes. Now thenr'
Don't you think that's pretty darn
high for"
Never mind whether it's high OF
low. How much money would you re
| turn to the ladyp"
"But them five dollars might be bad, y
calculated the boy, winking at the store
cat.
I'VE will suppose the bill to be good, .
said the dealer, sharply.
81 don't see what one woman wants
20 buy all them cups and saucers for
any way. When my sistergot married
she didn't setup housekeepin' with neal
| So"
Then you can't give me the an
swer?"
What, bout the changer
Eyes, yes"
"OhI
"Come, what is the answer"
| "Well, murmured the boy, shifting
to his other foot, an keeping an ey.
on the cat. I'D just tell the lady t.
call round when you was in and ge
her change, fur the bill might be bac
un, and don't never take no risks"
You're engaged" calculated the
dealer.-Cdlyo,mia Maverick.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
JUnGE BY RESULTS.

"I believe in only one school of medi-
cine" said prominent merchant. ut is
the school that cures" The speaker was
IAN Oxygenist." Experience with Drs.
STARKEY & PALEN's Compound Oxygen
treatment, as supplied from their labora.
tory, No. 1920 Arch street, Philadelphia,
Pa, makes converts every hour. An in.
teresting pamphlet on this well tried treat
ment is sent free to every applicant.
Orders for the Compound Oxygen Home
Treatment will be filed by Ii. A. Mathews,
615 Powell Street, San Francisco.
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INSTANTLY RELIEVED.

Mrs. Ann Lacour, of New Orleans, La,
writes: 81 have a son who has been sick
for two years; he has been attended by our
Leading physicians, but all to no purpose.
This morning he had his usual spell of
coughing and was so greatly Frustrated
in consequence, that death seemed imnh-
nent. We had in the house bottle of DIR.
WIN. HALLS BALSAM FOR THE
LUNGS, purchased by my husband, who
noticed your advertisement yesterday.
We administered it, and he was instantly
relieved,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-07-09
HOUSE BURNED.

MITCHELL, Crook Co., Oregon.
hereby cer,lfy that the loss of my
house and contents has been adjusted
and settled in a full and satisfactory
manner by the STATE INSURANCE
COMPANY, of Salem, Oregon, in which
it was insured. u. L. KEYS.
April 10. 1886.
Mr.. Keys received $1,520.1O. The
STATE pays all honest losses promptly
and literally.