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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27
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PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Tin Horn Hello, Drum, hear
that you've been beaten?" Drum
~, you be blowedm-Life
There is more difference between
cheap talk and free speech than some
people seem to suppose. It'd BITS.
You can't insult man when your
feet are under his mahogany. He has
the dead wood of hospitality on you -
Puck.
AT the employment bureau: "And
now, what is your position in society.
sirp' "Ahem! am one of those who
only stand and watt
In Paris there are said to be people
who make living by waking people
up in the morning. They must do u
q rousing business. Boston Bulletin.
A writer insists that American
girls are ''too giddy." He must have
met some of our girls who have been
going round good deal. - Norristown
Herald.
Marion Harland says the coming
woman will have her own bank ac-
count. She needs to have it if she ex-
poets to support the coming man who
will be her husband. O. Picayune.
There is no use in a man trying to
be more stubborn than joint of stove
pipe. or gate that won't latch. He
can not compete successfully in that
line.-Philadelphia Inquirer
-Shakespeare's immortal sentence.
He who steals my purse steals trash"
would indicate that in his day. as in
modern times. the poetry business
didn't pay Washington Critic.
~ see a buttonless shirt advertised
here, john" said a wife, looking up
from paper. What kind of shirt
is thatp' Just like mine." was the
reply. And the wife resumed her read
ing.-M y Graphic.
There is great deal OF talk lust
now about the declining power of the
pulpit The fact is, it isn't the pulpit
which is declining; but great many
people are declining to listen to it. The
pulpit, probably. was never stronger
than it is to-day.-M Y Tribune.
Collector for the heathen--.Is Mr..
Jones at homeP' Mrs. Jones-"He is
down in the cellar trying to fix the fur
mace. 1t won't draw. Shall 1 call him
up" Collector (hurriedly)-"O, no,
I'll call some other time. "-Boston
Courier.
-ho was teverishly awaiting her
answer. II have spoken to your
father, Miss Clara" he added, by way
OF clincher, land he will gladly well
come me as son-in-law." In low.
sweet tone the answer came: If you
had spoken to me first. Mr.. Sampson,
she said, lit would have saved you the
trouble of speaking to my father"
And then she said something about the
weather. which MIR. Sampson found
cold and bleak few moments later.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27
PUTTING ON STYLE.
HOW Many YOun. People JeopardIE
Their Chances In Life.

HOW Many YOun. People JeopardIEs
Thor Chances In Life.
In many people. and in the working
classes in general, there is serious
failing to live beyond their means
And the consequences are that many
find themselves spending all they earn,
and trying hard to dress as well as
their neighbor who may be in better
circumstances.
But In, chances are that the one
whom you take as mode is trying
just as hard to overtake the one who
is better dressed than himself Some
take sensible view. and as long as
they are neatly dressed are satisfied.
and consequently get along all right.
without any trouble, and enjoy them.
selves. o hers make the attempt to
dress and fail.
1t is only after dismal failure that
he realizes his folly. for it Ger, ainly is
folly. to attempt to live and dress be-
yond the ability to pay.
You not only spend more than You
ought. but you lose your self-re spect
us we'll as that of your neighbors and
employer. and with the certainty OF
defeat in the end. for the end is only
question of time.
And where is the gainp Your friends
know You can not afford 1t, and
strangers do not care. on may make
a favorable impression at first. where
you are not known, but the fact will
soon leak out, and you will have lost
more han you might have gained
A few may treat you rather more
respectfully because you are better
dressed. but they are the ones that
will benefit you the least The ma
jority of people guage you by what
You are rather than by what you wear
You can be clean and neat. polite
and kind. and so earn the respect Of
those you work for and whom you
come In contact with great deal bet
ter than by overdressing Yourself aud
putting on more style than your wages
will admit. Boston Budget
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27
new TORPEDO BOAT.
A Small Craft Which Could Have Sunh
the Whole Of Nelson's Fleet.


the Whole Of Nelson's Fleet.
The very unsatisfactory performances
of the torpedo boats which took part
in the naval evolutions at Bearhaven
year or two ago induced naval
architects and engineers to attempt
the construction of a new and inn
proved class of vessel Hence the
origin of the Buonaventura. The ne W
torpedo ship has two sets of triple ex-
pansion engines of combined horse
power of 2 700. The vessel built en-
tirely of steel, is 1872 feet in extreme
length, 20 feet in breadth, and slightly
over IL feet from the base line to the
main deck. She is not a beauty; she is
what ladies would call plain. If her
steel ram were off she would resemble,
roughly speaking. a cylinder tapering
to point at either end-say like the
point of lead pencil. Imagine the
upper surface of this cylinder sloping
upward very gradually for some dis
lance from stem and stern. and the
funnel placed midway. and you have
rough outline of the vessels appear
ance.
The first and most obvious difference
between this torpedo boat and yes sells
OF her class consists in her SUPER
structure. Her main deck is covered
from stem to stern by what may be de-
scribed as an archway somewhat fiat
tened at top. the archway, being. like
all other parts of the boat of steel
On the main deck will be placed the
vessels armament consisting of SIX
three-pounder quick firing guns. four
machine guns and four torpedo tubes.
The men working these guns and
tubes will be completely sheltered by
the steel superstructure from all
enemy's sharpshooters That is the
first advantage resulting from the plan
of completely covering the deck. from
one end to the other. by what we have
called the steel archway. 1t will be
understood in moment tn at the very
conformation of this superstructure
must contribute enormously to the
safety of the craft. even if she were
peppered furiouslv by an enemy's fire;
the shot that would pierce fat
surface would glance off this round
ed surface. Let it be observed.
too. that the vessel. when fully
equipped and in action. would show
no more than twelve inches of hull
above the water. The only portion
visible above this elN-inch level
would be the steel superstructure al
ready described. Another immense
advantage of this form of construction
is this, that the torpedo boat will not
only 'Iive' in the toughest seas. but
defy them In her voyage from the
Tyne to the Thames she encountered
very rough weather. and she behav ID.
as Captain Barclay says. >splendidly.
This new boat is not a ..mere tor
pedo with men upon ia mere ma
chine for launching torpedoes. She
is a fighting boat "a we'll. AS a scout,
and as a fast cruiser after merchant
ships. she ought say the experts, to
do splendid service, and with her very
considerable coal capacity she can
keep the high seas for comparatively
long periods. 1t is striking illus.
tration of the progress of naval con-
that this small craft could
have sunk the whole of Nelson's feet
and escaped unh urt. London Stand
ard
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27
Didn't Work tor Once.

"Will you be kind enough. pa"
said Bobby. in low well-modulat4 d
tone OF voice. Ito give me another
piece of piep"
mo, SIR" replied the old man,
you've had enough"
MA" said Bobby. with dubious
air, ''you told me that polite nsss al
ways pays" IN y Sun
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27

The appearance of the sea serpent
OF Nanant in 1928 is made matter of
record in the new history of that penin-
sula. The snake was seen by a John
son (of course) whose sobriety and
veracity is subscribed to by six promi-
rent gentlemen who had summer resi-.
dences on Nahant in tina. year.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27

In putting up trellises for grape
vines, wire is much better for stringers
than boards or Stats often used. Wire
costs less, is stronger. and besides can
be easily grasped by tendrils of the
young shoots. The trellis also in WIN
ter is less likely to be racked by winds,
as the wire offers little obstruction.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27

"A WORKOUT society belle is like old
maple sugar. 1t has a certain kind of
sweetness, but has to be laid on the
shelf when the new crop comes out
~ o. Picayune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27

In the summer when other people
are INDUCING in outings, the baseball
man is compelled to devote his time
and attention to inninga
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-07-27

The people of Pittsburgh wear the
same SCOT all the year round. Boston
Post
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23

Tho wall was giving away, stone by stone,
and the engineer had a rope fastened around
his body, and some of the workmen had
ropes fastened around their bodies and were
let down amid the wild surges that
beat the wall. Everything was giving
way. "More stonesl" cried the men.
more mortarm But the anwer came:
"There is no morew "Then," cried the
engineer, take off your clothes and with
them stop the holes in the wall" And so, in
the chill and darkness and surf it was done,
and with the workmen's apparel the open
ings in the wall were partially filled. but
still the tide rose and still the ocean reared
itself for more awful stroke and for the
overwhelming of thousands of lives in the
villages. "Now we have done all we can,
said the engineer, down on your knees
my men, and pray to God for help" And
on the trembling and parting dykes they
prayed till the wind changed and the sea
subsidized, and the villages below, which
knowing nothing of the peril, were full of
romp and dance and hilarity, were gloriously
saved.
Now, what we want in this work of walling
back the oceans of poverty and drunken
ness and impurity and sin is the help OF
more womanly and manly hands Oh how
the tides come in! Atlantic surge of sor-
row after Atlantic surge of sorrow, and the
tempests of human hate and Satanic fury
are in full cry. q, woman OF many trou-
bles, what are all the feasts of worldly de-
light, if they were offered you, compared
with the opportunity of helping build and
support barriers which sometimes seem Civ
ing way through mans treachery and the
worlds assaulta o woman, to the dykes!
Bring prayer, bring tears, bring cheering
wordsI Help! Help, And having done all,
kneel with us on the quaking wall until the
God of the wind and the sea shall hush the
the one and silence the other. To the
dykesl Sisters, mothers, wives, daughters
of America, to the dykesl The mightiest
catholcon for all the wounds and wrongspf
woman or man is complete absorption in
the work to rescue others. Save some man,
some woman, some chihl
In that effort you viii forget or be helped
to bear your own trials, and in little
while God will take you up out of your dis
turbed and narrowing conjugal relation of
earth into a heaven all the happier because
of preceding distress. When Queen Eliza
beth of England was expiring it was
arranged that the exact moment Of her
death should be signaled to the people by
the dropping of a sapphire ring from a
window into the hands of an officer, who
carried it at the top of his speed to King
James of Scotland. But your departure
from the scene of your earthly woes, if you
are ready to go, will not be the dropping of
a sapphire to the ground, but the setting of
jewel in "A kings coronet Blessed be his
glorious name foreverl
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
BAYARD's CHIEF SECRETARY.
James Fenner Lee to Succeed tn
Present Incumbent.

James Fenner Lee to Succeed the
Present Incumbent.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22-James Fenner
Lee, Of Maryland, late Secretary of Lega-
tion at Vienna, will succeed Swelton A.
Brown as chief clerk of the Department of
State. Mr.. Lee is of an old Maryland
family, closely related to the Lees of Vir-
ginia. He was appointed Secretary of the
Legation at Vienna July 2, 1885, and be-
came Charge d Atfaires ad interim on ac-
count of the rejection of Minister Kelly.
As such he made an excellent record. His
salary as Secretary of the Legation was
81 800. His salary as chief clerk of the
Department of State will be 81, $50. The
chief clerk of the Department of State
has the general supervision of all the bust
ness and OF all the correspondence of the
department. 1t is a confidential and re-
sponsible post and the Secretary of State
desired that it should be filled by man in
political sympathy at least with him. This
is the reason that he asked for Mr.. Browns
resignation. Mr. Brown was appointed
from New York by Secretary Seward and
has been i'll the Department of State ever
since, climbing up gradually through diff
ferent cerllships to the chief clerkship,
which he attained III 1875 and has held ever
since He is prominent society club man.
He married daughter of the late Seth l..
Phelps. Minister to Peru She inherited a
small fortune from her father.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
BLAIR'S BILL.
Ex-Justice Strong Says the Measure
Is Unconstitutional.

WASHINGTON, Jan. % -Ex- Justice Will
liam Strong, of the United States Supreme
Court, retired is delivering his usual winter
course of lectures on the constitution before
the Columbia Law School The lecture for
Tuesday night last was on the first clause
OF the eighth section, article l.: THE Con-
greSs shall have power to lay and collect
taxes, duties, imports and eXciSeS to pay
the debts and provide for the common de-
Tense and general welfare of the United
StateSn
In the course of his remarks he was asked
by student if, in his opinion, the Blair ed
ucational bill was constitutional.
DECLARED ILLEGAL.
81 do not seen replied the venerable
jurist, how it can be constitutional. 1t is
my opinion that it is unconstitutional, and
this believe to be the opinion also of the
present bench"
A Post reporter called upon Justice
Strong last evening.
''Is it true" asked the reporter, ''that
you gave an opinion before the Columbian
Law School against the constitutonality of
the Blair billF
Il did not say that it was my opinion
that that measure was unconstitutional, but
1t was In reply to a question, and not as a
part of my lecture" replied Judge Strong
Il had no intention or thought that my re-
marks would become public property, or
would not have given an opinion. Ever
since / retired from the bench it has been
my fixed opinion never to give publicity to
an opinion on any matter before the Su-
preme Court, and shall not depart from it.
| am constantly in consultation and inter
course with members Of the bench
and my opinion on questions before the
court is frequently asked by the judges,
but l never vary from the determination
taken when I left the bench If / were a
Congressman l might feel more at liberty
to discuss the Blair bill and kindred
measures, but l am not. l believe in a
strict construction of the constitution, more
so than my Republican friends"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
RuRNING OF A MILL.
DESPERATE TRAIN ROBBERS.
One Arrested and One Escapes Aftel
Shooting a Printer.

One Arrested and One Escapes After
Shooting a Printer.
MONTGOMERY, ALA, Jan. 22-The police
tonight attempted to arrest two mon sup
posed to be James and Reuben Barrow.
One of them was captured, but the other
made his escape after shooting and fatally
wounding Neil Bray, one of the compositors
of the Advertiser. Bray was
passing along the street on
his way to work, when Police Captain
Martin called him to help catch the man,
who was running away. Bray started to
obey and was heading Barrow Of when shot.
The Barrows live in Lamar cornty, Ala
bama, and are accused Of the train robbery
near Texarkana, Tex, on Jan. Is. Five
detectives went TO arrest them, but one of
them was not at home, and the other made
his escape, although the detectives fired
fifty shots at him. The brotfNrs
then made their way to this city, where they
arrived tonight Conductor J. S. Callahan
of the south-bound train, had telegraphed
ahead that these men were suspicious char
acters. and an attempt was therefore made
to arrest them on their arrival The one
who is now in custody had an envelope in
his pocket addressed TO James Barrow,
which places his identity beyond doubt.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
BoARpERs ROASTED ALIVE.
Fourteen Perished in the Fire at Tow.
er, MINI.

CHICAGO Jan. GA special to the Times
from Tower, Mimi, says: Fourteen men
pershed in the boarding house fire of Satur-
day morning. Seven bodies have been
taken from the ruins and seven persons in
addition are missing. No names additional
to those of the previous dispatches are given.
The extreme cold at the time, the ther-
mometer indicating 40 below zero, made
the sufferings of those who escaped very
great, and also made it almost impossible to
do effective work in suppressing the flames.
The bodies of all the men taken out are
burned TO an unrecognizable mass"
NARROW ESCAPES AT CHICAGO.
About forty people barely escaped being
burned TO death this morning in fire that
destroyed the greater part of big apart
ment and store building at the southwest
corner of Oakwood Boulevard and Cottage
Grove Avenue. Not one of the forty had
time to give the slightest attention to dress,
and many, including several ladies, were
dragged out by the firemen into the frosty
air unconscious. Miss Abbie Birdsall. a
teacher was found lying in a foot of water
in the cellar, two hours after the fire started.
She had become suffocated and lost her
way in the smoke. Her recovery is
not expected. r. d. McKillip, a gentleman
rooming in the building, is also
in precarlous condition, the result or
injuries received, while making his escape.
A few of the people had to be taken out of
upper windows by ladders. Wallace j..
DeWolf, lawyer, owned the building. His
loss is $50, 900 IL was fully insured About
$40 900 worth of furniture and clothing,
half insured, belonging to nine families was
destroyed and so, 900 additional damage,
also partly insured, was inflicted on the
stock of several storekeepers occupying the
ground floor.
BURNING OF A MILL.
SPRINGFIELD MASS, Jan. 22.-The entire
east wing of the Holyoke Water Power
Company's mill in Holyoke, 220 feet long
and seventy-two feet wide, which was oc-
cupied by the Holyoke Envelope Company
and B. f. Perkins machine works, was
burned this afternoon, entaiing a loss of
about 1926. 900
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
EUROPB'S RIVALS.
Montenegrin Insurgents Enlisting
Bulgarians.

Montenegrin Insurgents Enlisting
Bulgarians.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 22.-The War
Minister, fearing disaffection, opposes the
advice of Count Tolstoi to enforce a new
and stringent police system In the Don Cos.
sack country.
The SUet asserUs that a band OF Montene-
grin insurgents is meeting with success in
Bulgaria in enlisting Bulgarians.
JEALOUS OF THE GERMANS.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Jan. 22.-The French
and Russian ambassadors here resent the
decision Of the Porte TO employ Germans TO
assist the Governors of the provinces in devel-
oping agriculture and mining. 1t is expect
ed that they will make a formal complaint.
SNOW IMPEDING MOBILIZATION.
VIENNA, Jan. 22.-The movements of
Russian troops in Galicia have been sus-
pended, owing to snow impeding railway
traffic.
EEAR or SPIES.
MARsEILLEs, Jan. 22.-The Campagnis
Generate Transatlantique has dismissed all
its foreign workmen. The order is directed
mainly against Italians and Germans, and
is due to fear Of the presence of spies.
Other companies will follow suit.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-23
SAMOA'S TAXES,
The Natives Borrow from the Ger
mans to Pay Them With.

SAN Francisco, Jan. 22.-Samoan ad-
vices received by the steamship Zealandia
state that the natives have been forced to
borrow money from Germans to pay the
taxes imposed by the new government.
The Germans have arrested and imprisoned
natives for visiting friends and relatives in
neighboring islands King. Tamasseeses
maintains his authority solely by the sup
port of a German man-of-war, and 1T is
Stated that if this support were withdrawn he
would be deposed in day. Three German
men-of-war left Apia for Hong Kong in
November, leaving two to guard the islands.
A correspondent writing under date of Nov.
% states that meeting of chiefs was held
in defiance of the Kings order to consider
what course TO take concerning the payment
of taxes, and that it was decided to pay the
tax with the understanding that 1t should
not be delivered over to the Germans until
a satisfactory settlement was reached. One
chief sent word to King Tamasseese that he
and his twenti relatives all mad tileir re-
heating rifles, and that that was all they
had to nav taxes with.