Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-04-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fix up your farm if you want to
sell it-and if you don't.
In baking apple or peach dump.
lings fill the pan two-thirds full OF
water; they are not so dry and hard.
--Shrunken seed may do fairly well
If the conditions of termination and
subsequent growth are favorable,
but plump seed will do much better.
In forest in Pennsylvania near
the Roumanian frontier gold ingots
with Latin inscriptions were found.
They date from the beginning of the
third century. A. d.. when Flavianus
was inspector of the mines of the
region and Dionysius was Governor.
The ingots are said to have value Of
about $1.700
English custom officers are puz-
zled what to do about goods made in
Germany and France with English
marks put on them, sent to England.
and then reshipped to other countries
as English goods. If they permit the
goods to pass through. discredit is
cast upon English manufactures, and
if they stop them English vessels lose
the job of carrying the goods.
Mr.. William Grant, an English
gardener. has undertaken project for
the cultivation of sunfowers on q
large scale, at Aboukir. in Egypt.
The dimensions of the sunflower
grown there exceeds foot in dame
ter. In Little Russia the sun
flower is an important crop. two kinds
being cultivated, one having an edible
seed. and the other seed yielding oil.
Mr.. Grant will try to raise the latter
sort in Egg N y Ledger.
-Signora Crispi, the wife of the
Italian minister, is much interested in
the education of her countrywomen.
Feeling how useful friendly inter-
course with foreign ladies would be, she
means to establish in Rome an Inter-
national Ladies' Club. where the wom-
en- of all nations can meet A
reading room will be opened and lect-
ures given and discussions held as to
the best means for establishing indus
trial schools of technical instructions
for women.
Several of the French railway
companies and other public bodies
have resolved on having their printing
done on green instead of white paper
The reason for the alteration is that
they believe the combination of white
paper with black characters endangers
the eyesight of their work-people
Black OH green has always been recog-
nized as a good combination, and
many railway tickets are so printed. -
Public Opinion.
From notes of 1924 cases of blind
ness in his locality-501 being in fe-
males-Dr Sergeiff. of the Viatski
province of Russia, finds the cause to
be granular lids in 245 cases. disease
If the cornea in 129. cataract in ITO.
smallpox in 112. Less than five per
cent of the cases resulted from injury.
Among 1176 persons sightess in one
sye. 2l2 gave the cause as injury, ac-
:idents with straw during harvest be-
ing common. -Arkansaw Traveller.
"A Mexican paper gives an account
Of new species of silk. the cultiva-
lion of which has been undertaken in
he State of Yucatan. 1t is the produce
If the wild silk-worm. bonbyr psydia.
which is closely allied to the domestic
silk worm. The silk on the cocoons is
elastic and of excellent quality. though
'ather uncertain in color, varying
rom white to pale brown. but one
difficulty is that it is covered with
gum which it is very difficult to dis
solve. The government of the State of
Yucatan is making experiments with
view of utilizing this wild silk.