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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
The Lear Story" of Forrest.

ASKED Lawrence Barrett one day if that
familiar Lear story that is told of the late Ed
win Forrest was really true.
"Oh, yes" replied Mr.. Barrett, ~ have YER
flied it and can vouch for its authenticity.
1t occurred in st. Louis. Near the end of his
career Mr.. Forrest was playing in that city.
He was very feeble, and his growing lame
ness caused him painful anxiety. He seemed,
in fact, To be gradually giving away to mel
anchola. One night, after a performance of
Lear he was sitting late at supper with his
friend j. B. Mccullough, of the st. Louis
Globe Democrat, when Mac remarked: Mr..
Forrest, Inever saw you play Lear SO well as
you did to-tight.'
"Rising slowing and laboriously from his
chair, and drawing himself to the full of his
magnificent stature, the veteran Numbered:
"tPlay Lear! What do you mean, sir' l
do not play Lear. l play Hamlet, Richard,
Shvlock, Virginius; but, by God, sir, l am
Learl'
II do not think this was. wholly magma
tive" added Mr.. Barrett. "The veteran had
many experiences in common with the old
royal Briton. Early friends were gone from
him; new friends were but half hearted. His
hearthstone was desolate. The public to
whom he had given his last years, was be-
coming impatient of his infirmties. The
ROYALTY of his powers he saw by degrees torn
from his decaying form. Other kings of the
stage ~ arisen, to whom his old subjects
now showed a reverence once all his own.
The mockery of his diadem alone remained.
4 wreck of the once proud man who had de-
spisel all weakness, and who had ruled his
kingdom with imperial sway, he now stood
deSolate. Broken i'll health and in spirit.
deserted, forgotten, unkinged, he might well
excaim, 4 am Lear. New York Cor. De
troit Free Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13

There is more betting ut the races at Mon
mouth Beach and at Saratoga by ladies this
season than ever before. There are more
women betting and the wagers have been
larger and bolder tina in former years. OF
course few, if any, of these fair gamesters
know anything of the merits of the horses,
so that the disastrous results bring about
many interesting and amusing but not I'M
frequently tragic, complications. A well
dressed woman on the grand stand at the Sar-
atosa race track was overheard to say to her
companion the other day, when short horse
came in first:
"There | have lost SIS today and haven't
another cent My hotel bill is S47 and don't
know what / shall do. He sent me all the
money no could spare, he said, in his last
letter"
an lend it to you, my dear" was the good
humored reply, land you can pay me when
you please"
But there are not many women 50 fortu'
nate Rather than let their husbands know
at once of their folly, some women have gone
to the proprietor of rival hotel to the one
whereat they were stopping and begged to be
taken out of pawn, OH the plea that if they
have time they can get their money from
their husbands without difficulty and proba-
bly, without betraying the situation. And
the rival hotel keeper has accommodated
them.-New York Mail and Express.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Isreyity Is I.loQuent.

Two ladies are talking ~ Woodward
avenue street car.
81 have just received a letter from my
brother in Texas, and lie says they had cy-
clone there OF the lStb."
"iIadr
ayes It blew down fences and unroofed
houses
"Diir
ale SAYS he'll I've home in the fall
"Docsl"
"He's named their new baby altar me-
"IIas."
"Where do you get outi"
"Herein
" ride a block further. When win yos
come and see meT
aSoop. Detroit Free Presa
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
The Sprinkler in Theatres.

A practical demonstration of fire extinction
in theatre was given recently in the new one
which is being built in London for Edward
Terry. In this theatre special precautions are
being introduced in order to guard against the
spread of FIRE should an outbreak occur. Each
part of the house has two exits, and the
whole, including the roof, Is constructed of
concrete and iron, no wood being used in the
auditorium except for the doors and windows
The woodwork before and behind the curtain
will he coated with Sir Seymour Blane's fire
proof paint. The fire extinguishing arrange
ments consist of a complete system of n.y.
dnnts, placed in the best positions both before
and behind the scenes, while the whole of the
stage and flies, both above and below, is COM
manded by system OF overhead sprinklers,
governed by valves at the stage door and ca
pable of immediate use The sprinklers ore
fixed OH pipes which are In direct commune
cation with the water company's mains, the
water being at about ninety pounds pressure.
AT the recent experiments large fire was
made on the middle of the stage, that being
the least likely point at which fire would
occur. The flames rose some twenty-ii feet
high when the signal was given to the fire
man ut the stage door, who instantly opened
the valves and admitted water to the sprink-
lers. The result was that the fire was quickly
extinguished, the sprinklers being set at All
angle which commands the whole of the stage
as well us the flies. There will be forty five
sprinklere in all and thus, while the audito-
rum is fireproof, it was shown that the stage
and flies could be deluged with perfect
cloud of water at a few moments notice
The exhibition was witnessed by various no
table persons and by Capt. Shaw of the
London Fire brigade. 1t will be observed
that the device is simply the application to a
theatre of the automatic sprinklers so well
known in this country. We have often Won
dered why they were not adopted in theatres,
hotels and other places where crowds OF per-
sons assemble. for they would certainly give
confidence 10 all who knew of their presence,
and in an emergency many lives might be
saved at the cost of merely severe drench-
ing. An unexpected shower bath would GER
tainly be preferable to roasting alive in a
burning buiding-Fire and Water
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Breyities.

Inconvenience is the father of invention.
Whitehall Times.
A hit in time saves the nine on many a ball
field.-Newark Call.
Tobacco chewing is so popular In Illinois
that a movement has been inaugurated 10
change the name of the lake city to Chew
cago.-Life.
The superintendent of a county fair i'll Ohio
economical time, space and paint, by putting
up the sign, "Gr& St&n That's good n
sense..-Burdette.
1t is a sight to make angels smoker to see a
fisherman pull out of the water a two-inch
sucker with an outfit that costs him SIS
o. S30.-Boston Transcript.
Garments without buttons" are advertised
Evidently the cast-off clothing of bachelors
who doa't know how to handle thread and
Neutrality-suspicious. Herald
II the genius who informs you now that the
days are growing shorter is not careful he
will stumble over the equally valuable fact
that the nights are growing longer.-New
York Graphic
Boston Girl-What do you think of Elmer.
son, Mr.. Wayoffl Mr.. w. from Cincinnatl
We'll, Billy used to sing pretty well, but he
never was as funny to me as Billy Rice or
Charley Backus.-Chicago Rambler.
Extract from young Newport swell's note
to a friend: ''Sorry Can't bee introduced
two your sister This afternoon, mi Valet left
mi Three o'clock Suit in new York and 1
kouldent Go out in Checked suit Then. Or
fully sorry. Faithfully yours, Algernos
BERTHE Silly. New York Mail
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
The Climate of Curacao.

1t is especially healthful. During winter
months steady, average temperature of 20
dogs Fahrenheit obtains, with strong north
erly breezes that sweep the old Dutch streets
clean, and there are no epidemic diseases
Nights are cool and quiet, and if there were
decent ho. cl in the island there is not winter
resort III tho world where invalids could be
more comfortable OF have better chance to
improve. Equality of temperature dryness
of soil, and absence of dissipation fit Curacao
admirably for consumptivcs. especially those
to whom economy is desideratum-Dr. w.
+. Hutchinson in American Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
A kissing Festival.

Home, in his quaint old Table Book" gives
all account of curious Old kissing festival
held in Ireland: Easter Monday several hun
dred young persons of the town and neighbor-
hood of Potsferry, county Down, resort,
dressed in their best, to pleasant walk near
tho town, called 'rhe Waller The avowed
object of each person is to see the fun, which
consists in the men kissing the females with
out reserve, whether married or single. This
mode of salutation is quite matter of course
it is never taken amiss, nor with much show
Of coyness The female must he ordinary i'll
deed who returns home without having re-
ceiyed at least dozen hearty busses Chi.
caro- Tribune
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Bats in South America.

Bats are often regarded with as much hor-
ror as snakes; the wheeling flight of the little
creatures in the twilight, their dusky forms,
shroud like wings and fiery eyes seem to
league them with the supernatural; but they
are generally not only harmless, but useful
They are a scourge to insects of every kind,
from the mosquito upward, and some of the
American Indians use them as food. The big
fruit bats of the Indian peninsula are consd-
cred as great luxuries by the natives
A bat measuring two feet from tip to tip
must be IA formidable looking thing to en-
counter, and this is the size of the fruit eat
ing bats of the Amazon to which the name
of vampire" is often given; but even these
are harmless. There Is, however, a smaller
species in South America which does suck
the blood of many animals, including human
beings
The mischief does not consist in the quar-
tity of blood distracted by the bat itself, but
in the far greater flow from the triangular
puncture after the withdrawal of the aggres-
sor. 1t has been objected by obstinate unbe-
levers that no one has ever seen the wound
inflicted; but, considering that the bat only
bites in darkness, the proof upon which these
siepics insist is not easily obtainable.
The curious feature in the bats bite, says
recent traveller, is that it is hardly ever felt,
even when the person attacked is awake.
myself had remarkable illustration of
this, and stood with a man who was remark
Ing that he could not understand how people
always got so unaccountably bitten, though
whilst lie was actually making this remark,
In the dusk, bat was sucking one of his toes,
as was evidenced by the bat being seen by
ME and himself to futter away, whilst the
mans toe, to his great surprise, was found to
be bleeding severely. Companion
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
The Wolf and the Peasant-A Fable

A peasant who was on watch while his
flock of goats were feeding discovered wolf
prowling about and fired upon him. The
wolf, who narrowly escaped being hit, ad-
vanced i'll great Indignation and demanded:
"By what right do you fire upon me with
out having seen me commit some overt actsr
"My dear sir" replied the peasant rs he
proceeded to reload his gun, "the best time to
fire az a wolf is before he has killed your
goats"
MORAL.
Arrest your burglar before he burgles -
Detroit Free Press
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Art In Chicago.

Two gaudily attired ladies were observed
recently inspecting the colossal statue Of
Schiller, of which Chicago Is pardonably
proud.
"What a remarkably large man he must
have been," said one, craning her neck and
gazing up at the flowing locks and prominent
nose of the figure.
"Yes," replied the other, with the conde-
scending air Of one imparting knowledge
1.-THE Scotch are always large men. Detroit
Free Press
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Examples of Tenderness.

Fogg-I really beg thousand psrdons. I
fear l stepped on your dog. Little Miss
Marigold-Oh, it doesn't matter the dog
isn't mine; he belongs to thc other little girl.
TOUCHING DEVOTION.
Estelle-And are you going to leave me SO
soon, Augustusi Augustus-My love,
would willingly give ten years of my life If
could stay longer. But if l don't go l shall
be fined for being late at card party.-Chi-
cago Rambler
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
A CHANGE OF FORTUNE.

Why don't speak to herr Afraid? Oh, no;
Crowned queen, with royal diamonds on hey
brow,
Born to the purple. But tits long ago
Since were friends She might not know
me now
For when saw her last her loose, dark hair
Blew in the wind, her cheek was round and
warm
Beside the farm gate bars she waited where
The cows came in, a milk pail ON her arm.
Oh, yes-no doubt she may have heard of me
In print and elsewhere since. Fame travels
fast.
But, then, was her powboy lover-see,
Perhaps it's safest to ignore the past.
Madeline s. Bridges in Frank Leslies.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
Will Stick TO RaiIroad Tics.

"And say, young man." he continued, off
you ever go travelling, like me avoid steam.
ships went as a stowaway one time, and
I'll tell you what happened. After three
days out at sea was discovered. The cap.
tain said to me: Young man, you'll have to
60 to work He set me to scraping Off paint
for nine days. At the end of that time we
reached port, and instead of being allowed to
land was placed in irons and kept there I'M
til we left, when l was liberated and set to
work again all the way TO New York, where
they allowed me to go. / never went to sea
again. Railroads are good enough for me"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
CIergymen as Husbands.

Clergymen do not make good husbands for
rich women. l have watched them pretty
closely, and they all relax in their labors as
soon as they marry women who have enough
to support them. Then they know so little
Of business matters that they are not fit
to take the charge as husbands should OF
their wives interests.-Dr. VIM. A. Ham.
racnds ION the susquehanna.n
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
He Was From Minneapolis.

"Have you heard of that interesting case
down east of woman who was cured of
paralysis by the miraculous power of relic
of st. Paull'
Yes, have; but I'm from Minneapolis,
and l wouldn't touch a relic of St Paul with
ten foot pole. Chicago Rambler
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
A had Habit.

The habit of abbreviating everything one
writes is a bad one. The Woburn Advertiser
tells of seeing communication which spoke
of lady appearing at the theatre in eve. COS
tume.-Lynn Item.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13

The Virginia City (Nev.) Enterprise says
The strong lunged Nevada people are going
at no distant pay to furnish the leading prima
donnas Of ths world.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13

He Bought Aytch Ees. Seei
A country merchant bought H EE;
What did be purchase, II you pleased
--Washingtcn Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-13
ASTONISHING INFORMATION.


Further inquiry among the denizens of
Chinatown elected further astonishing infor
nation A well to do merchant said that
during few years past these societies had
sprung up like mushrooms in a warm cellar.
Fifteen years ago there were but two OF
three now there are between twenty five
and thirty, and almost the entire population
of Chinatown is numbered On their rolls.
Some contain as many as a thousand men,
bers: the "Chinese and American" above
spoken Of enrols over 600. The dues are IN
some cases light, inFothers heavy, according
to the benefits conferred Some of the socie-
ties had even gone SO far as to set up a simple
system of mutual life insurance, the amount
of ths insurance payable to any one whom
the insured should designate. Upon careful
Questioning several Cinnamon were found to
| admit that number of these societies went
further stil-that they guarantee to shield
their members against encroachments of
American Justice Bail is furnished fol
offenders under arrest, and counsel fees are
paid. Tho merchants questioned were care
full to insist that the merchant class as q rule
lid not belong TO the societies; that they were
particularly popular among country laborers
and those subjected to the vicissitudes of for
tune
How perfect an application of the rdage,
In union there is strength " thought the re-
porter Here is semi-barbarous people,
from a land where cooperation and mutual
hclp is totally unknown beyond the narrow
limits Of the family relation, and yet in this
country they place their dependence upon one
another in health as in sickness, in misfor-
tune, in crime, and in death They have
done more than borrow-they have per-
fectedn
little further on the reporter met De
tectives Cox and Glennon, the well known
Ch natown detectives. In conversation with
these gentlemen the fine spun stories Of the
Cinnamon, one after another, collapsed and
disappeared. According to the account Of
{ g detectives, these societies are nothing
more than clubs of highbnders, who make a
living by extorting blackmnil from the law
| abiding portion of Chinatown. They do as n
fact include in their membership the great
majority OF Cinnamon. hut it is only because
| they find it cheaper to pay the fees demanded
Of them than to suffer the continual incur
sion, Of the highlander fraternity. San
Fra'.,'is. = bulletin.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
FALLING INTO LINE.
Portland Raising $4,000 for One
Years Advertising.

The business men of Portland,
Oregon, have at last set to work to
properly advertise their city and ad.
jacent towns after the manner so sue.
cessfully adopted in other localities
They have concluded to raise q fund
Of 100000 for the first year, and if a,
the end of that time the advertising
has had the desired effect they will
subscribe much more. w. S. Ladd
Fl. w. Corbett, Allen & Lewis
Corbitt & Maeleay and a dozen
Others have already subscribed $5C
per month for one year, to help make
up the desired amount, and the re.
mainder Of the $4,000 will evident.
ly be subscribed for in a few days.
Our conservative ncighbor is there
fore setting us Idahoans an example
which we would do we'll to follow.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
SUMMONS.

fFRRITeRY OF IDAHO, 49,
Coanty OF Alturas. Q"
George A. Moore plaintiff VS.. Mrs Annie johns,
def ndant.-In Probate Court.
To MRS. ANNIE JOHNS, defendant:
In the name of the People Of The United
States in the Territory Of Idaho:
You are hereby notified that there ia now en- hls
IL the Office of the Probate Court of tho County Of
Alturas, in the Territory Of Idnho, the complaint
OF George A. Moore, demanding of you One Humid.
red and Forty seven Dollars and interest on same
since November 8, 1887, ct 10 per cent per an.
NUN and for costs of suit. upon the following
cause Of action: That you, defendant, became in.
debted to plaintiff in the sum Of $l47 on account
OF money had and received from plaintiff gu
November 5. 1887, as fully appears by complaint
on ale herein, copy Of which il herewith aerved.
And that unless you appear and answer to said
complaint at my Office in Haley, 1. T., the 2Srd
day Of April, 1882, at the hour of II O'Clock m,
after the service hereof, exclusive of the day Of
service, Judgment will be taken against you for
the sum OF One Hundred and Forty seven Dollars,
l4 together with the cost OF suit and interest -
above stated,
In testimony whereof, l. E. b. Lennon.
Probate Judge, have hereuntO eet my
hand and affixed the seal of said Court,
tsEALl at HALEY. Idaho. this 18th day of March,
marl7 E.B. LENNON,
PROBATE Judge and exc ficio Clerk Cf said Court.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
ALIAS SUMMONS.

In the District Court Of the Second Judic,,, NJ.
trict Of the Territory Of Idaho, in and f.. rs ~
County of Alturas. ''i 'As
Julia Webb, Plaintiff, versus Morris vehh n.
PENDANT.
The people of the United States in the Te-r..o..
Of Idaho send greeting to Morris Webb ~
PENDANT: W.
You are hereby required to appear in an .c.,o,
brought against you by the sbove.named plsin.
TIL, in the District Court OF the Second Jn1jc;.,
District of the Territory of Idaho in and for ~.
County Of Alturas, and to answer the comnl.ns
filed therein, within ten days Exclusive ~ th
day Of service) after the service on you Of tbis
summons, II served within this county. or IL
served out of this county, but in this District.
within twenty days. Othe rwise. within FORTY d.vSs
or judgment by default will be taken sr,,nst
you according to the prayer Of said complaint
The said action is brought to dissolve the bends
of matrimony heretofore and now existing BE-.
tween the above-named plaintiff and defendant
alleging that they were married on Noysm'
Der Z, 1874. at Lawrence. Douglas county, Kansas.
that for more than one yesr last past ssid defend.
ant has willfully neglected to provide for the
plaintiff the common necessSr!es of life by reason
OF his idleness and dissipation, and that the
children, issue of said marriage, be awarded to
said plaintiffs care and custody, ill more
fully appear in plaintiffs complaint u certified
copy of which is herewith served.
And You are hereby notified that if you fail 10
appear ana answer tho said complaint, as above
required the said plaintiff win take default and
apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said
complaint.
Given under my hand and the seal of the Dis
trict Court of the Second Judicia! District OF the
Territory Of Idaho, IN aud for the County of Al
turas. this Ind day OF April, in the year Of Our
eight.
IsEALl sH HAYS. Clerk,
BY F. RICHARDS, Deputy Clerk
n. NJ. RUIcE, Plaintiffs Attorney.
Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1888-04-10
A KOCGH EXPERIENCE.
Two Haiieyites Consume Seven Hours
tu Going One. and Half Miles.

c. J. Johnston and Lyttle,on Price,
who tried to get to Challis via ket-
!. chum, last week, had a rough expert.
ence, They left Ketchum early Sat
urday morning, NJ. NJ. Moore taking
them ont with his best team. After
laundering in mud, sIush and snow
all day they finally reached the Sum-
nit House-about 12 miles out-at 6
o'clock the same evening. The horses
were so badly cut up and exhausted
that it was evident they could 60 no
further, so after resting about one
hour Messrs. Johnston and Price
started out afoot, intending to try to
reach the Blackfoot and Challis stage
road, aud catch II passing team, or
walk to Challis "a distance of 70 or
80 miles. They left the Summit
House at half-past Z, intending to
walk on the crust, but soon realized
that there was no crust, and that the
road WAS all ahoat and so soft that
they sank almost to their knees in Il G
snow and water, at every step. They
kept on nevertheless until past
o'clock, when they regretfully con-
cluded to return to the Summit, hav.
ing only gone three miles and been
seven hours in going one sand a. half
miles. When they reached the Sum.
m the team was gone; they there
fore rested until DAYLIGHT, when they
walked back to Ketchum aud rode to
HALEY on Warren's stage.
Mr. Johnston says that when they
got back to Ketchum their clothes
were soaking wet, and their boots
(which they had had on for As hours)
were only pulled off with great diff.
Guilty. Their feet were as if parboi..
cd. He says that Mr.. Price is the
hest man-ior an "ollice" man-that
he ever saw on IA trip Of this kind. II
he had not insisted ON returning, Mr..
Price would probably have kept right
on, although he could not have gone
much further before falling exhausted
and-that would have been the las,
of him, as no one travels that road al
present, and he could not have bee,
picked up.