Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
MISCELLANEOUS.


One person is drowned for every
329 killed on land, according to statis-
ties.
The 175 grandchildren of noted
Utah apostle of polygamy are all under
twenty-nine years of age, says the
Phoebe (Nev.) Record.
THAT tree yonder has been stand
ing over two hundred years. said the
guide, pointing at one of the kings of
the forest. Il should think it would
be awful tired" replied Boston girl.
Puck.
But for the house fly, says Prof.
Proctor, epidemics would carry off a
million people per year. Think of this,
gentle reader, when you feel like anathe-
matizing the winged household pet
that sticks to you so affectionately!
In constructing locomotive for the
Ratofogasta railroad of Chill, the Bald
win Locomotive Works has placed the
frames outside the driving wheels and
so gained firebox width of thirty-two
inches in a thirty-inch gauge.
Yes" said the High Street woman
to her neighbor, 1--WE have had depress-
ing times in our family. Johnny was
taken with ulsteration of the diagram,
then information set in and went to his
brain. 1t nearly killed him, but he man.
aged to pull through
Guest Cat summer hoteD-"Who
is that distinguished looking young
man wiping disheop" Proprietor
THAT is Mr. Emerson Tracy Bancroft
who delivered the magnificent Grafton
on The Ideality of Life at Yalemouth
commencement. p" - Burlington Free
Press.
The real estate fever in Southern
California is no respecter of persons.
1t attacks physicians as virulently as
other mortals. A few days since, &C
cording to the Press, Riverside physi-
clan wrote prescription, and under
the head of CORRECTIONS" said: Take
one-thrd down, and the remainder in
one and two years, secured by q mort
gage"
The man who wears glasses can
sympathize with the wearer of newly
polished pair of boots. The former
can not pass the vender of cheap lenses
without being assailed with the refrain,
"GlassesP spectaclesp' and it is also a
well-known, though unexplainable fact
that the bootblack can never see a pair
of shiny boots without crying out,
''Have a shinep"
Mr.. Gorham Gray writes of the
project of telephone communication
between this country and Europe:
"Telephoning through wire being
only and simply wave of reproduction
similar to an air wave or sound, or |
might say wave of the ocean, is per-
fectly practical for 5000 miles, and
in fact more so under water than aerial
for disturbances atmospheric do not
occur under water, nor do disturbances
occur at depth below a given sounding
distance below the surface of the water
as the water at that depth is at rest.
The Epoch has the following from
woman who is n reputed winner at
the races: II choose the horse whose
number in the entries corresponds with
the day of the month; or, if | can't do
that, | select a combination of two
horses whose numbers when placed to-
gether represent the date of the event,
and back one of them to win and the
other for place. For instance, if it is
the twenty-fifth day of the month l
play No. to win and No. 5 for place.
! knew nothing about Eurus, but his
number was Is. The Suburban was
run on the 18th of June. | backed
Eurus. He Won"