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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-09
MISERY UNSPEAkABLE.
Sad Picture of Life In the Coal villages
of Pennsylvania.

Sad Picture of Life In the Coal villages
of Pennsylvania.
There is no town-hall, no library. no
news-rooms, no evidence whatever of
the existence of any intellectual ac-
tivlty. There is usually no school,
although sometimes, at distance from
the mines, there is one of the little red
school-houses which are found every
where in agricultural communities.
The children must do something to add
to the familys income 1t is illegal in
Pennsylvania to employ children in the
mines; but the law is constantly broken,
and boys of very tender years open and
shut the heavy doors in the galleries
when the cars pass in and out. The
occupation is dangerous, and many of
the boys lose their lives. The girls are
sent to distant places to work in the
mills. There is no time to devote to
education. There is no human exist
ence more purely animal than that
which moves on from the cradle
to the grave in the coal vii
lagos of Pennsylvania. Early in the
morning the men and boys go to their
WOIh III bIlS mlntS. he women
wait all day anxiously for their return,
prepared to hear at any moment of a
dreadful catastrophe from the explo-
sion of fire-damp or cave-in. Acct
dents are very common, much more
common than they would be if the laws
for the protection of life and prohibit
ing the employment of minors were en-
fOranH Tho A.
work all day, and when they come out
of the earth in the evening they are
black with coal-dust. The dust works
its way everywhere, under their clothes
and into the very pores of the skin,
gradually changing the complexion. 1t
is blackness that settles down upon
every thing. 1t darkens the foliage of
the trees and defiles the waters of the
running brooks. When the miners and
their helpers get home there are house.
hold duties to attend to. The bows
must milk the goats. The cow is a
rare luxury, for a miner must generally
be content with goats milk. The day
is passed between working, sleeping
and eating, but the allowance of food
to the individual is so small that very
little time is devoted to meals. The
only diversion is the beer-shop or the
strike, and strikes in the coal mines
have been growing fewer and less eff
fective for twelve years or more. From
days end to days end, year in and
year out the miners and their families
plod along on their hard, toilsome.
brutalizing, grimy path to the grave.
joyless and hopeless, their wretched
homes in keeping with their still more
wretched lives. Interior.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-09

"A silver crown piece, known as
"the petition crown" of the reign of
Charles IL. fetched $1,775 at a recent
sale in England. At the latest previous
sale similar coin had brought only
SLIPS. A sovereign of Edward VI. g
time brought 1925, 50-shilling piece
OF the Cromwell era $500, and an Ok
ford crown $685.. A penny of Ethelbald
brought $3.50, and other old pennies
$50 and 800 each.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-11-09

Much sickness in farmers families
in winter is due to keeping large guam
titles of potatoes and other vegetables
stored under sleeping rooms.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Vengeance Of the Cobra

Andrew Fischer, an employe OF the
Madras Railway company, was seated in
the veranda of his bungalow and OBJ
served-tw large cobras on the barren
plain Immediately in front Of the house.
Aiming himself with a stout stick. he
proceeded TO the spot and encountered
the snakes. He succeeded in killing one
Of them. while the other, which bad
been slightly wounded, managed to
escape. Mr.. Fischer hunted about for
tho runaway, but could not find it. He
then returned to his bungalow and rested
for some time, as he was off duty. Later
in the day he prepared TO 60 to his work,
and with that object got out his clothes
TO dress. lie sat on his coat, and was
about to put on his shirt when he felt
something bite him on the back. He
turned round, and to his horror found a
snake on the cot behind him. which he
is said TO have recognized as the cobra he
had wounded that morning. He imme-
diately sought relief, and all kinds of
remedies were applied, but to no effect,
and he died in the evening. Ii is com
monty believed among the Hindus that
no animal is more revengeful than the
cobra, and that L an attempt Is made TO
kill it and it escapes it never gives itself
rest until it has wreaked its vengeance
uuon its assaiIant. HOmeward Mail.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Canned rruits and Vegetables.

Many fruits and vegetables, being
Theoretically sealed while they are fresh
from the vines at the point Of supply. are
fresher, more wholesome and palatable
than the so called fresh fruits and vegeta-
bles exposed for sale for considerable
periods of time in city and village
markets. fact not generally understood
or appreciated. Our best packers now
insist that these articles shall be picked
in the morning while the dew is on them,
and brought to the factories in the highest
state Of perfection, and it is safe to say
that in all well ordered factories cleaner
and more tidy methods are employed in
the systematic preparation Of canned
goods than in the average home kitchen.
Francis b. Thurber in Medical Classics.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16


eustingly sober and peaceable. His pag
was dull
At home was his wife, i'll Of the disease O
which she finally died, and 10 cheer her n
| he stayed at home an hour or two at moo
/ and wrote imaginary local event Of an ex
citing nature AMI read them TO her. The,
were grossly improbable and funny. The,
did not have facilitating effect on her, bu
actually made her laugh, and one day sh
said; Robbie, this Ridiculous stun of your
is bad enough 70 print Having seen that
survive it, why don't you try IT on YOU
readerslT
He cautiously did 50. dealing it out in sinai
doses. 1t WIS copied everywhere This haC
been going on FOR fortnight, maybe, wheI
one day Mr.. Emory, editor Of the paper, sent
to Robert requesting him to come 10 bis pr
vatc room. "Ahal said Robert. rubbing
his hands and glowing from stem to stern
Ave fetched him, He's going to raise my
salary
Mr.. Burjet.e," said Mr.. Emory, when the
audacious youth was seated, two luuatics
escaped from the asylum last week, be-
lieycfi
"Yes, sir; yes-two-but one Of them was
captured
Zone was captured said the editor,
thoughtfuly. "ono 49, only one. What be-
came Of the other, Mr., BurdetteT
Gle hasn't been found yet, answered the
jocose youth; they're securing the woods
Tor him"
'is it not possible that he may be secreted
about the building somewherei IN your
room, for instancef
"Why, 10, Mr.. Emory! What put such
an idea into your headf'
"Iiaye you among your friends anybody
who is a driyeling idiot, Mr.. BurdetteN
NO, sir, no, Oh, no.. sir, | think notr
protested the youth, moving uneasily in his
chair.
"Who might get into the Office and insert
articles without your knowledgc-in your
long absence at dinner, for instanceF
'Oh, no, Mr. Emory, no; why do you askF
Il met an intoxicated man the other night
going down the stairs Who was itN
II don't know, indeed said Burdette
ave had just bounced him."
"0id he write anything for the paper clan
ucSlihtll anu eHltpliN'ualt NNilc NC was
hereT persisted the editor
"Why no, of course; see everything that
goes in this page
"Well. then, Mr Burdette, who is it that
makes those sickly attempts 70 be funny that
| see in your columns every dayT
Burdette blushed, rubbed some dirt oil his
left pantaloous leg with bis right boot, and
said: "Realiy, Mr. Emory. l-you SCI
hardly--well-the fact is-there's nothing
avaricious about me, Mr. Emory, but l shall
have 70 claim those myself"
"OhT exclaimed the editor, feigning sur
prise, "You, Well don't do SO any more
They make me melancholy They are dread
ful lugubrious They seemed 70 have ema
mated from q wrecked brain. You can go TO
your room, Mr. Burdette. ! wouldn't have
thought It Of you. Don't do 80 any more.
If there's anything funny 10 be written, III
write IL myself
Burdette went bone all broke up. lie re-
signed next day aud crossed the Mississippi.
Il left says the humorisi, because, sin
cercly, ] couldn't look him in the face after
that had been caught in the act and felt
ike guilty thng'
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Electrical study in Japan.

It is reported from Japan that anelectrical
society has been formed there, and that its
membership sno less than SO 40 the start.
We hardly know how to receive this piece Of
intelligence II it be true II would indicate,
first. that japan had gone much further IN
electrical study and Development than bad
been supposed, and, next, that admission to
the society is based On very liberal rules and
regulation. At the present time the ranks
Of our American engineers are largely and
valuably re-cnforcoi from England and the
continent Of Europe, lat here va have the
iu,imation that. perhaps, beforc long japan
will also be supplying Us with experts for our
parent AID local companies ~ all lines OF
work. We are clad % see that such a society
has been formed in Japan, and we trust that
il Will be erowiDgly useful and prosPerous.-
Electrlca. World
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
How tilc Voting Va Boon.

The accompanying nap shows at a glance
the political battlefield aud those particular
sections where the battle now RACES hottest.
Each globe is coiorod % show tho majority
at each Of the lastfour presidential elections -
Republican. black. Democratic, white. Thus,
if the state was Democratic 10 ISL, the upper
left hand quarter il white; II in 1876, the
upper riglt hand quarter; il IA 1880, the lower
left hand quarter, and the remaining quarter
for 1851 The quarters are ia like manner
white for Republican s,ccess I'D those years.
This shows the curious groupings Of the
states, fifteen northern states being IN solid
black aud lrc southern states IN solid white.
meaning that the former states are the sold
north and the latter the solid south"
New York. New Jersey, Connecticut, In
diana, Colorado, Nevada and California, in
the north. have changed their votes within
these sixteen years; aud 50 have Virginia,
West Virginia, North Carolina, South Caro-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Tho Amnnnt of Water Power.

Tie American Statistical association
publishes some interesting figures on the
amount Of water power employed in the
United States. In 1880 there was total
water power equal TO l,22j,379 horse
power used for manufacturing purposes,
this being 800 per cent. of the total
power thus employed in the states. The
annual value Of the water power thus
utilized is set down at SPA, 900, 600. The
New England states alone use 34.5 per
cent. Of the whole water power Of the
country, and altogether the Atlantic
states use over three-fourths Of the whole.
Public Opinion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Features of American Handicraft.

Rapidly Of execution, not fine
work. is the distinguishing feature
OF all American handicraft. Ameri-
can carpenters and wood workers do
more good work ia a given time than
any Of their brothers Of other lands, but
1t does not have the faultless neatness Of
the product Of Chinese and French
artisans. The Chinese, for instance,
make chairs, cabinets and even houses
without the use Of single nail, and
every piece Of wood is fitted to its place
with hair line exactness. II is not con
sjdered extraordinary in China TO spend
three years !r L3 CONSTRUCTION Of a
single bedstead. Chicago News.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
4 Substitute for Wool.

The Buenos Ayres Herald SAYS the reeds
and rushes of The Parana are destined 10
become Of great value for paper pulp and
as a fiber for textile fabrics BY a recent
invention WOOL and silk are made from
reeds. and the Herald remarks; I'VE have
examined heSvy goods for overcoats,
blankets and gentlemen's wear, lettings
and black silk dress goods, all made out
Of the fiber Of these rushes. which for tex
ture, for finish, for strength and for hold
ing colors we could not distinguish from
similar goods made from wool and silk. -
Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
sIippers for the Children.

In one Of the cantons Of Switzerland
the public educational authorities cele-
braye the approach of the wet season by
providing each Of their young scholars
with pair Of slippers, which the chill
dren bring with them in the morning
and wear indoors during the day, while
their damp boots are being dried at the
fire. Thus the chances Of their catching
cold are reColced to a minimum. and the
result is, Of course. greater comfort for
the youngsters, much relief from anxiety
on the part Of their parents, and it may
be assumed, n corresponding regularity
in school attendance. Some day poor
old England may see its way to taking Il
hint from little Switzerland. London
Globe.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
SONNET.

row know Why the dear gods rave me si:nt-
Oh. not 10 see the river lilies grow;
All. not 20 watch the seasons come and 80,
Nor vet 10 sec the jewels 81 the night.
To see one with the world against one fight.
Through weary years and lonely years. An, mo-
And not to sec an iceberg, drifting. GLOW
Beneath a summer moons celestial plight.
But lust becau-e they knew that would Gaze
Upon a star that shines rs one through pace,
Until my heart grew thick with stranglei sighs
Nv DAYS are turned 10 nights my nights 20 days
For. OH .cc the woes Of some dead race
Deep down III your miraculous sad eyes
John Ernest Mccain In New YORK World.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Tho Book of the Dead"

4 magnificent hieroglyphic papyrus,
containing a careful transcript Of the
'Book Of the Dead" has been secured
by the British museum. II was written
for a royal scribe called Ami, who was a
man Of great importance in the early
part Of the period Of the rule of the
kings OF the nineteenth dynasty over
Egypt, about $500 years ago. The papy-
rus is quite complete, the first and last
vienette having been preserved intact
Chicago Herald.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

There is in the United States dog for
every three inhabitants. The cost Of
keeping 10000, 600 dogs is at least $500
coo, coo per annum. The food given to
an average dog every year if fed to
chickens would yield a return of more
than $40. High toned dogs are very ex-
pensive, their food costing good deal
more than that Of some people. Public
Opinion.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
IN SOME BRIGHTER CLINE.

Life know not wha, thou art,
But know that thou and must part;
And when, or how, or where we met,
! own 90 mes a secret yet
Life, we have been long together
Through pleasant and through cloudy weather
Wis hard 10 pan when friends are dear
Perhaps twill cost a sigh. a tear;
Then steal away, give Little warning,
Choose thine own time;
Say not good night but In some brighter cline
Bid me good morning.
Mrs. 4. I. Barbauld
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

but the 70 lowing
recital Of his be-
ginnings Of a hui
morist may he new
TO many. He was
ut that time local
editor Of The Poo
ria Transcript. lie
had 10 ill two col
nnns IA day. II
was hard work
Dog fights were
scarce and human
heinys vtprq dis
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Under a Fictitious Name. :

After soldier has served his five years
term of enlistment. aud received All hon
orable discharge under fictitious name,
il is of no use TO him IL he returns TO bis
home, and If he re-enhsts within thirty
days under his proper name be gets $l2
less Il year than lie would If he had orig
inally enlisted under his proper name. 1t
is the same in the navy.-Newark Journal.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

Do today's duty, fight today's tempta-
ton; do not weaken and distract your
self by looking forward to things you
cannot see, and could not understand. -
Kingsley.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
ROBERT J. eURDETTE.
Hoy the Humorjst. Now Ordained .
r,--..l.. I,1..-..., IL. u ri.. H.lr-,rr.

lIfAsnsif DEAN y" 49," '<"+-f''
Robert j Burt.ette--Bo5-h just been
Licensed 10 preach by the Lover Merton Ba2-
tis, church, of the Philadelphia Blp;ist 1850
citation. and viii soon leave the lecture Geld.
He says he preached hls first sermon one
sarn,ler Sunday while be was ending his
vacation m some mo3aiain retreat Tire
little church there was without pastor, and
be took the pulpit Ut tie earnest solicitation
Of its members.
The story Of Burdeite's touching devotion
to bis wife, now dead, is familiar 20 every one,
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16
Hint 10 Drivers.

A wet sponge placed on the head Of a
working horse viii save the animal from
oppressive heat. In New York the Use
OF the sponge has become a common
practice.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

VOTING CHART or THE UNITED STATES.
lima, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisi.
ana and Arkansas, in the south. Some Of the
changes in the popular vote have been extra
ordinary. that between 1872 and 1916 amount
Ing to 9si, 900 votes IL Is scarcely necessary
10 add that the most holly contested states
are the same TINS year as in 1850 aud 1854,
viz: New York. New Jersey, Connecticut,
In,liana and CaldQrnia-
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

He who undertakes to live by his wits
will find the best chances already taken.
Uncle Esek.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-10-16

II Is said that the Bavarian royal family
costs the people over 5,6O0, 900 marks, or
about 81, i00,000 year.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-19
In Re Blizzard.
To the Editor of the Globe

To the Editor of the Globe.
In the winter of 1889 | attended
cotillion party at Clinton Corners, now
Clinton Junction, Wis. My partner for
the occasion was Miss Julia Hodges, a
nearby resident living with an old lady
VINO was opposed to dancing.
When | called for Miss Hodges to at
tend the dance, she seemed in a dis
turbed state of mind, and Oh entering
the sleigh l ventured to ask the cause
of it. She replied: ''That old blizzard
(meaning the old LADY, has been all day
blowing at me about this dance" This
was the first time / heard the term, and
being only thirty-nine years ago, | have
no doubt that there are yet at Clinton
junction persons living who are familiar
with it even prior to that date. There
fore, so much for the etymolOgist who
few years since discovered one
Lightning Ellis" who invented the
word and had it first printed in the
Dakota man who recently blew into the
Globe office and produced copy of the
"Lyon County News" crediting Deacon
Seth Knowles, whoever he may be,
with the coinage as early as 1878.
have no desire to detract from jour
nalistic enterprise, but fear that the
Western variety may be a little slow on
the question of blizzard. tits, however,
to be hoped that both journalist and ETY.
mologist may unite in JOINT effort to run
down the genius capable of such an adj
dition to language-that he may be ap-
propriately hOnored.
E. c. TOWNSEND.
New York, March IS.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-19
A BISHOPS CONVERSION.

In an organ whose editorial utterances
are admittedly inspired by Bishop IRE
LAND, we notice a very significant indi-
cation of the bishops apparent CONVEX
sion to Democratic doctrines, as
preached by the present administration.
The very proper appointment OF Rev.
Father DOLPHIN to a chaplaincy in the
army is made the occasion of warm in
dorsement of President CLEvELAND's
administration. Bishop IRELAND, dur
ing the last campaign, was noticeable
supporter of MI. BLAINE's candidacy.
Naturally he attracted good many 9TH
ers, who were content to follow where
the talented bishop led.
But as an intelligent man and good
citizen, with whom the stock arguments
of the partisan have no influence, and
who is guided simply by his personal
views as to what constitutes hon
est government in the interests
of the people, it would be impossible
for Bishop IRELAND to take any other
view than commendatOry one regard
ing the CLEVELAND administration.
His inferential approval of the acts OF
that administration is simply in line
with that which is being extended 1T by
all unbiased, intelligent citizens, who
find that party allegiance is not always
consistent with the advancement of the
peoples good.
1t is undeniable that among the
thoughtful, common-sense people of the
country, who are little in sympathy
with the line of reasoning advanced by
the professional politicians, the senti-
ment is wholly favorable to President
CLEVELAND. AS citizens it is fitting
that clergymen should hold and, in
their Individual capacity, express their
views as to the merit or de-
merit of public servants. This
is their privilege as co-partners in the
government, and in 10 sense involves
the disapprobation with which the PEG
pie justly view the intermeddling Of
clergymen in practical politics.
AS very prominent member of the
clergy,it is natural and right that Bishop
IRELAND should, in this sense, express
his views, and he will find that they
will meet with very ready indorse-
ment, not only from many of his fol-
lowers in the former advocacy of Mr..
BLAINE's candidacy, but, with hardly
an exception, from that very large class
of intelligent citizens who regard an in
terest in good government to be duty
of citizenship and something quite SUI
nprior to nartV affiliations
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-03-19
BOILED IN A BATHTUB.
Remark able Experience of a Man
Who Fell Asleep While Taking a
Hot Bath

Remark able Experience of a Man
Who Fell Asleep While Taking a
Hot Bath.
Chicago News.
Il had been suffering for some time"
said the narrator of the story. ''from a
sort of nervous exhaustion, which, with
out greatly reducing my bodily strength,
left me in state Of paralysis of the will
and extreme and constant WEAKNESS.
One day had got into the bathtub and
had sunk into sort of agreeable stupor,
allowing the hot water to run slowly,
raising the temperature moment
by moment, and all the time
adding to the sense OF dull
physical delight that | was in. had
not slept for more than fOrty-eight
hours, anu, as you may imagine, this
condition of delicious repoSe soon had
its natural effect in putting me to sleep.
And the hot water was slowly and
steadily running all the time. | shall
never know how long | slept; it may
have been no more than two minutes,
but it seemed to me when l finally
woke, with fearful sense that | was
being boiled alive, that | must have
been asleep an hour, and during that
time the temperature OF the
water had risen to at least
the boiling point. L knew perfectly
well that | was being slowly
boiled to death, and perhaps not so very
slowly, either. My first impulse was to
cry for help. IOpened my lips to shrek,
but my voice seemed as if paralyzed in
my throat / could not utter a single
sound! What was | to do? could see
the boiling water slowly, noiselessly
pouring in. My agony was becoming
most intense. My head was on fire, my
senses reeled. my memory set up
frightful dance Of tOrturing reminiS-
cence: felt even certain pleasure
when became aware that | was faint
ing: then it would all be over.
''But suddenly my sinking sinses
seemed to rally. l opened my eyes
again, and all at once this thought came
into my head:
"'Why not get out of the tub?'
81 had not thought of that before. |
snrang up with mighty bound. and
landed on my feet in the middle of the
room. The steam fairly drifted in
clouds from the surface of the water in
the bath-tub. Sick and faint as | was,
l could not restrain myself from laugh
ing one long, maniacal laugh. And as
sure you. my dear boy. you are the first
man to whom | ever related this dread
full incident since the day of its occur
renee"