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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
HARVEST MONTHS.
Fair Luna Constantly Shining Upon Ripe
Fields of Golden Wheat.

Fair Luna Constantly Shining Upon Ripe
Fields of Golden Wheat.
1t is an interesting fact that wheat
growing has now become so widely ex-
tended over the surface of the earth that
the moon never fails to find ripe field
to shine upon. When the growth of
tn grain was largely confined to one
latitude, the regular occurrence of tho
"harvest moon" was considered by
some a special arrangement to lengthen
the day for the hurried reapers. As now
grain is falling somewhere every month
of the year, many must have to get
along without this helpful phenomenon.
No doubt a statement of the continual
harvesting, and the time when different
countr es accomplish their in gathering,
will be of general interest. We find the
following i'll an exchange:
1t is harvest in January for Australia,
New Zealand, Chill and Argentine
February and March for East India and
Upper Egypt; April for Lower
Egypt, Syria. Cyprus, Persia.
Asia Minor, India, Mexico and
Cuba; May for Algeria, Central
Asia, China, Japan, Morocco, Texas and
Florida; June for Turkey, Greece, Italy,
Spain. Portugal, South of France. Cali
fornia, Oregon, Louisiana, Mississippi,
Alabama, Georgia. Carolina, Tennessee,
Virginia, Kentucky, Kansas, Utah, Col
orado and Missouri; July for Roumania,
Bulgaria, Austro-Hungary, South of
Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France,
South of England, Nebraska, Mime
sofa Wisconsin, Iowa, Illinois, Indiana,
Michigan, Ohio, New York. New En-
gland and Upper Canada: August, Bel
GUM, Holland, Great Britain. Den
mark, Poland, Lower Canada. Columbia
and Manitoba; September and October,
Scotland, Sweden, Norway and North
of Russia November, Peru and South
Africa; December, Burmah. -lRurai
Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
Uses of the Gard.

The card is the epitome of civiliza-
ion. A lady's visiting-card is repre-
sentative. and implies far more than
She mere data of name and residence.
Giving you her card, lady gives with
it her social recognition, her good will,
her remembrance, the entree to her
house. The card being thus repre-
sentative should stand for more than
it often does. A call is a call, and save
among special friends it is the most
desirable form of call. It, implies
that you are held in kindly regard, and
that future meetings will be agreeable.
Ii does away with any possibility of
mistakes, or with any awkwardness of
chance meetings. In fact, the card is
the sign and symbol of social enlight-
eminent, and deserves to be canonized.
-CAicdgo Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
Ancient Methods of Measuring TINA


No wonder the ancients didn't get along In
the world as well as the people of to-day
they lost too much time. And the reason
they lost time was because of their imperfect
ways of measuring it. They had to depend
on the sun dial for the most part. A sun
dial might be very useful when there was any
sun, but it was entirely useless on cloudy DAYS
and during the night. In the latter case the
truant husband inclined to hang out late
profited much. 1t might be two o'clock in
the morning when he crept in, but he could
swear it was only 10, and his poor wife had
no way of proving that he was lying. 1t re-
moves much Of the bitterness Of lie when
you can't prove it on fellow.
The Greeks and Romans, of whom we have
occasion to speak occasionally, although this
is not strictly classical journal, had an I'm
provcment on The sun dial, which they could
resort to when the sun dial was on a strike
for eight hours as days work. 1t was q
large jar filled with water and hole was
made in the bottom through which the water
could escape. The flow of the water told off
the hours 1t was called the clepsydra which
means The water steals away"
Sometimes an old Roman who had been
drinking good many Roman punches before
going to bed would wake up i'll the silent
watches-we mean sun dials-of the night,
parched with thirst. No other liquid being
handy he would drink the contents of his
clepsydra. That stopped the clock, of course,
and he would everlastingly lie abed waiting
for morning to come. He would never miss
the water till the clepsydra was dry.
King Alfred burned candles to tell the
| time by, each candle lasting two hours A
dozen candles would make one day, though
he got little confused when the grocer in
| order to hold tho royal patronage and adver-
tise himself as the special candle maker for
the king, gave him thirteen for dozen.
There are few kings since Alfreds time
| who could make note of time III that manner,
because SO many of them were In the habit of
burning their candles at both ends.-Texas
| Siftings.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
RElIC-HUNTERS.
How They Are victimized by Professional
Re ic-Fakirs.

HOW Ihey Are "
Re ic-Fakirs.
"WhV is it that the East Room of the
White House is kept so bare of furni-
tureP" asked a visitor to this city of a
VIII 'te-House official.
because if it was filled with small
pieces of furniture, brc-a-brac or knick-
knacks, it would present most dilapi-
dated condition." was the answer. "As
it is. the relic-hunters cut off tassels
from the fringe of the furniture, or tear
of p'eces of the curtains. If there was
any thing portable handy, off it would
90 us memento of the Wis t.
Washington is perhaps the greatest
place for relic-hunters in this country.
Here they have iull swing at all sorts of
h storical places, and each Wis tor tn nks
that he or she must carry somt thing
home to the old folks just at present
pieces of the Washington Monument
are the most salab e. Everywhere you
90 YOU see piece of white marble
some with rude sketches of the monu-
ment on them, others plain; but there is
enough still on sale 10 raise the monu-
ment fifty feet h CHER, and the greatest
part of the Joke is that all of the stone
for sale is said to have been Clipped
from the caps tonei
One would hardly believe that relics
of Gu teau still exist, but they do, or, at
least, some people are made to suppose
they do. and they find ready market.
Talking to well-known ''relic fakir
he spoke of some interesting things in
regard to his trade. He managed soon
after Guitcau tried to suicide to have
IN ntioned in paper that the impro-
vised knife with which Guiteau tr ed to
commit the deed was in his possession.
He was soon overrun wi h requests from
relic hunters for the knife, but he had
an eve to business. He remembered a
friend who was hard up in New York
and wrote to him: IL send you the
knife which Guiteau used in his attempt.
ed suicide. Use it to your best adv an
tage, and return it to me w thin Il
month. y Inc friend sought we'll.
known dime museum manager, made q
bargain to exhibit it for a few weeks
c'earcd a lot of money, and got 20. Of
advertisement for the relic dealer here
Soon after, a man came from England
especially to see the dealer in thi
C y He was delegated by one of tn,
Government museums to purchase rel
les. Among other things he wanted tn,
Guiteau knife. The dealer told him h
could have it, and thereupon went int
his workshop, took piece of steel
sharpened it, bound one end with cord
and had duplicate made exactly as HI
had made the so-called original KIN fl
eNh bited in New York. That's moth
ing said the dealer. when Gu;tea,
was hung | bought a lot of common
rope, cut it up in small pieces, and sol'
it all over the country. i came yer,
near max ne fortune in it, only on
tn NC happened my rope gave out
and. besides, had worked all the suck
ers" This same man has done thriv
ing trade in Cleveland wedding cake
He has some relics in shape of muse,
boxes and plate pieces of cake yet at hi
house. = WASHINGTON Letter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
DOES GOLD GROW?
The Somewhat Novel Assertion of Poetical
joaquin Miller.

The Some what Novel Assertion of Poetical
joaquin Miller.
Years ago l wrote and published in
q London magazine an article in which
l undertook to prove that gold grows
grows the same as grain or potatoes or
any thing else. l reckon l did my
work crudely, not knowing any thing
about chemistry or even the ordinary
terms of expression about such mat
tiers, and so my earnest and entirely
correct sketch was torn all to pieces
and laughed to scorn. Well, have at
last found positive proof of my general
statement right here in the mountains
by the Pacific Sea. Briefly and simL ~,
| have found a piece of petrified wood
with little vein or thread of gold in
it. How did that gold get into this
piece of wood? Was it placed there by
the finger of God on the morning of
creation, as men have claimed was the
case of the gold found in the veins of
the mountainsP Nonsense Gold
grows! Certain conditions of the air,
or certain combinations of earth and
air and water, and whatever chemicals
may be required, and then a rock, a
piece of quartz, or petrified tree. for
the gold to grow in, and there is your
gold crop! Of course, gold grows
slowly. Centuries upon centuries, it
may be, are required to make the least
sign of growth. But it grows just as
asserted years ago; and here at last
l hold in my hand such testimony as
no sane man in this world will be rash
enough to question: portion of a
petriticd tree with thread of gold in
.it-Joaqttin Miller, IN Chicago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
How Pat Converted His FelIow-Convicts.
Siftings.


Yesterday it was the good fortune of re-
porter of this paper to meet priest who is
frequently called to the Charity hospital, and
who has accomplished much good in reform
ing the unfortunate people so often found in
that institution. During the conversation
the reverend father told numerous amusing
anecdotes of his personal experiences, and
wound up very pleasing evening by telling
a funny story about priest in Ireland who
was laboring to get number of convicts to
join the Catholic church. 1t seems that seven
men were sentenced to be transported and
among them was an Irishman convicted of
counterfeiting According to the custom of
the country the convicts were allowed to
choose any religion they desired to adopt, and
the Irishman made up his mind that they
should all become Catholics. Accordingly,
when they assembled in the prison yard the
subject of religion was brought up by the
freshman, who said "Boys, we have all been
bad together, we have made lots of money
and spent it, and now since we all have to
join the church there is no reason why we
should be separated. now propose that we
toss a hapenny and shape our course on the
result. If harp comes up we will be Catho-
lies, and if a queen shows on top we viii be
Protestants"
"Agrccd," said the convicts, and Pat tossed
the ha'penny and the harp won.
Accordingly, they all became Catholics. and
just before their departure the parish priest
approached Pat and asked him how he man
aged to convert his fellow convicts ooh,
easy enough" replied Pat, and then he told
the story Of the ha'penny.
"Did you risk your immortal soul on the
turning of a penny" exclaimed the priest in
holy horror.
"Indec1 | did not" replied Pat: "that
ha'penny had harp on both Sides made it
myself. New Orleans Times Democrat
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
The woods Were Full of Them.

In the - regiment, Indiana volunteers.
during the late war, was an unusually eccen-
trio native of Erin Go Bragh," who had the
fortune while on picket duty to capture a
Confederate soldier and take him to camp.
In the same company was q law and far
from courageous cCmrade, who, seeing Dan
with prisoner to be turned over to the colo
mel of the regiment said:
Dan, you are obliged to 60 back on duty;
let me take the prisoner up to headuuartcrs I"
"Bcdad, an not u bit of it If you want
rebel go out and catch one for yourself The
bush is full of 'em,n was Dams reply.-De-
troit Free Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12

''The top surface is called the top, and
he line through the center is the girdle.
The top is one-half the size of the girdle,
at least the diameter is half the length,
and the distance between the two is two
Gftlls OF the whole distance from top to
bottom. The diameter of the bottom is
one-tenth the diameter of the girdle. l
always make it one-twentieth that size,
for when it is larger it appears rs a
white spot in the stone. The rose dia-
mond has only twenty-four facets, and
IL generally made of pieces cut from a
larger diamond. In polishing the ordi-
nary brilliant the first eighteen facets are
generally easy to cut, but after that
trouble - often encountered. - Chicago
Ncses,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
Blamelcss Angels.

The new baby had proved itself the DOS
SCISSOR of extraordinary vocal powers, and
had exercised them much to Johmiy's annoy
ance.
One day he sail to his mother:
"Ma, little brother came from heaven didn't
he!"
eyes, dear"
Johnny was silent for some time, and then
he went on.
"Say, ma"
"What is it, johnny"
II don't blame the angels for bouncing
him, 90 yonP-Merchant Traveller.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
He wasn't I'm the No-Fade Business.

"Didn't you warrant this suit of clothes not
to fadclp Indignantly demanded working
man of old Moses on Chatham street.
"No, my frendt"
ayes, You did. bought 'em on your war
rant not to fade"
any frendt, keep cool You vhas in der
wrong shto're. vhas der man who warrants
my clothes not to shrink 1t vhas my brud-
der, two doors AWAY, who goes ON der no
fade peesnesS und fails regularly twice a
year. He shust failed again last night Wall
Street News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12
Had q Right to Laugh.

"Hello, Charley What's upl Never saw
you looking so jolly and happy"
My best girl just got married"
Got married! Why, man, is that any
thing to be gay and festive overt You ought
to be in the last stages of melancholy"
that's all right. You see, Pm the fellow
she married. Merchant Traveller.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12

time are still in existence. He sighed
for a year before he preached the SUBJ
ject of marriage in stammering way
at ball. Miss Burwell did not give
him an explicit reply, and short time
afterwards he found she was engaged
to another.-Frank g. Carpenter, an
Lipptncott's Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12

LII appears that there are now in,
habited cave dwellings in Saxony.
They are dug'in a sandstone hill, have
different rooms, light and dark, as well
as chimneys, windows and doors, and
are said to be very dry and habitable.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12

Gard nal G bbons' red hat is said to
have cost him no less than twenty
five thousand dollars.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12

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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1886-11-12


the revolution had become success
and his love had married his rival.
John Adams love affairs were nu-
merous. In 1894, the year in which he
was married, he writes in his diary:
II was of an amorous disposition,
and very early, from ten to eleven
years of age, was very fond of the So
ciety of females. | shall draw no
characters nor give any enumeration of
my youthful flames. 1t would be con-
sidered no compliment to the dead or
the living. This l will say: they were
all modest and virtuous girls, and
always maintained their character
through life. No virgin or matron
ever had cause to blush at the sight al
or regret her acquaintance with me.
These reflections, to me consolatory
beyond expression, am able to make
with truth and sincerity, and l pre-.
sumo | am indebted for this blessing to
my education "
Jeiferson's first love occurred when
he, a youth of nineteen years, was
going to college at Williamsburg. Hi.
inamorata was Rebecca Burwell, and
his letters of this date are full of heI
and his love. He devotes many page,
to his grief over losing watch-papel
which she had cut for him, and Christ
mas-Day. 1862, he wrote a letter about
his sweetheart to his friend John Page
which would have filled. says Parton
twelve modern sheets of letter paper
He was continually comparing her t.
the loves of the poets. and copies O.
love songs written by Jefferson at thi.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-17
JOwLER AND THE MOON.

The bowling OF the Tribune against
the Mormon Church and its efforts to
destroy it, remind us of the anecdote
once related by friend about how
owler bayed al the moon.
Long years ago a man down in North
Alabama accepted the Mormon faith
and was baptized by one of the first
elders OF the Church who visited that
section of the country. The old man
never left the home of his boyhood to
join the people OF his religious faith; so
that he took no part in their trials and
suferings which they endured in being
driven from one location to another bv
the bigOted intolerance Of small souIed.
modem Christian fanatics. Still. the
spiritual fire lighted in his breast by
the strange faith kept burning upon
the altar of his heart, with undimmed
brightness; and through all the vicissi-
tudes Of life, he maintained his faita in
Aormonismi and boldly defended It
against all who assailed it.
Being well to in this worlds goods
ne built church-house On his planta-
ton, and granted all sects the privilege
OF preaching in it. As it was known
over an extended circle that the rener-
Gus old man was Mormon, ministers
of all denominations came from LONG
distances to preach against the Nor
mons and their peculiar religion. They
dealt in all the wild, ungodly ISLANDERS.
all the filth and nastialess which ! the
native element of our unesteemed
morning contemporary. in Which it
lives and moves and has its being: al
the blood and thunder tales that smel,
OF mIrky hell, and which are invented
by the prince thereof-were told in the
best tloquence at the command OF the
respective preachers. To these wild
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-17
THE TIMBER SUITS.

We wish the government officials at
Washington could be made fully &C
quainted with the facts in regard to the
cutting of timber from the public do
main in this Territory; that is to say
we wish the officials would permit
themselves to become acquainted with
the facts. and not shut their eyes, ears
and understanding to the truth.
Whatever the law may require, techni-
eeally, it certainly was never contemp-
lated that the people in this sparsely
timbered country should be deprived of
the use of such scrubby trees as grow
among the rocks and on the mountains
Of this arid region; and nobody except
a cranky official would construe the stat
ute in such a way as to prevent the fell
ing of these trees. Recently some suits
have been instituted by the government
against parties who have been cutting
wood on the public domain, and we will
undertake to say that the wood, if
offered in the public market, would not
fetch the price per cord for which gcv-
eminent is SUING, while the cost to those
who brought the wood out Of the
mountains, including the labor, wear
and tear of wagons, animals and
tools, was more than the wood brought
when sold. Thus government is suing
its citizens for something the latter
have actually paid more for than it was
worth. Commissioner Sparks must be
either fool or so controlled by his vim
dictive spirit as to make him insane.
He would starve to death getting out
wood or timber from the mountains Of
Utah, being physically unable to cut
enough to pay for his bres1 and meat,
and yet be insists upon depriYing poor
men of this desperate opportun. ty IN
earn precarions living. If this were a
timber country, the case would he
different, but as tine trees are SO few in
number and OF such inferior QUALITY
that for every dollars worth Of them
brought out full dollars worth of toll
and wear must be expended, it is down
night meanness which prompts the
prosecution of the mill men, the char
coal burners, the mine owners and IN
wood haulers. 1t cannot be possible
that Secretary Lamar understands aov- |
thing OF the facts, or he would not pe--
NIT his iackanape Commissioner to ne
the government to annoy and Cypress
helpless citizens.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-07-17

Hnransues against IA, faith the OF Nor
IN "a would pa iently lis en- and did
- fpr years. At Last, after an
Extraordinary fort on the part ol a
p.earh-r Of some r-p-iarun at yiilify =
iis AoImOnlSm. the old man rose ON
ms seat. aud told the people that ths
house belonged IO him. aud there wa
a. Oolsctlon he wodld like 10 make L
lev renArks. There oeing no objection
Nc said The situation In relation To Nor
II lnism reminded MIN Of All event that
scurrsd ON his fathers plantation
Fnen he Was boy. They hSd favor
,te fox hound by the nAme -uf JowlsI
tat na been n good nos IN his day, bui
Tnen he became old he developed q
. Imb@r of foolish traits. Perhaps hi
ais case as in the Gaze o. sOm1 men'
time bad stolen lire and sense iIom ih"
mind as NigUr frum the limb; snd raay
Oe a. with men ~ with dogs, lies en-
;hantrd cup but Il arkIes at the bIim'
Among the foolish hi IS lie ala
when lac was old Wss habit of bsying
Ibe moon when it was aoJut ~ us l"1.
Every night hen pale T.. nthIa's round
full face 10 kvd through the driiung
CLOUDS upon the earth and Its sleeping
Inhabitants ,Jowler woulo bark and howl
at her all through the night. he kept
up this habit q year or Two, but al last
about midnight on one Of those calm,
beautiful full moon-ht night, after
barking ana bowling until midnight,
all of a sudden Jowler ceased; and the
surprised household wondered what
was the matter. An old darkry arose
and went out into the yard, and there
lay old Jowler stiff and cold and dead
but the moon was moving on through
the msjestic heavens, her light I'M
diminished, her glory TO less, her
course unchecked. JoEler's baying at
her had no effect. SO with the TribNne's
bowling at Utah and her people and
her institutions.