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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
Exercise During Hot Weather.

A wheelman remarked recently that he did
not believe the people who abstained alto
gether from active exertion got along as well
during the intense beat as those who kept up
their regular habits of exercise. "My lelsure,'
said he, "comes in almost the hottest part of
the day, but l take a spin Of eight miles or
so almost every day and get up a glorious
perspiration. When one is dressed for it, a
few degrees of additional heat don't make
much difference, and on a wheel one nearly
always gets breeze. After a bath in water
just from the hydrant, rub down and the
assumption of dry clothing, l come down
stairs feeling like one of the neighbors, SO
per cent. better than if had been sitting in
the shade tanning myself all of that, time
1t seems to me my plan is better than that Of
the fellows who choose the cool of the evening
for their exercises, and then, without a
change of clothing, sit upon piazza until
they get chilled. Moreover, the plunge into
cold water is as much fun as the spin. 1t is
never too hot to take Aes daily exercise, in
this climate, at any rate."-Buffalo Courier.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06

Farming in Chill is conducted on the old
feudal system. The country is divided into
great estates, owned by people who live in the
cities and seldom visit their haciendas, as
they are called. The tenants are permanent,
and have retainers in the form of little cot
tages and gardens, for which they pay no
rent. If the landlord requires their services
they are always subject to his call, and are
paid by the day or month for whatever labor
they perform, generally i'll orders upon the
supply store or commissary of the estate,
where they can obtain food, clothing and
other articles, and rum-especially rum. They
are given small credits at these stores, and as
the law prohibits tenant from leaving a
landlord to whom he is in debt, the former is
never permitted to settle his account. The
poems never get ahead. They live and die on
the same estates and in the same cabins where
their fathers and grandfathers lived and died,
and know nothing of the world or the condi-
tions of men around them. Although they
are badly treated in most cases, they are al
ways loyal to their masters and take their
peonage as matter of course.
The war with Peru had a demoralizing eff
feet upon the agricultural population, from
which the army of Chill was recruited, and it
will require many years to recover from it.
When they returned from the war it was
found almost impossible to get the men back
to the estancias. They were enamored of mil
itary life, and had got a taste Of city dissipa-
ton, and large proportion of the army, when
it was mustered out, became thieves beggars
and highwaynen. There is not enough labor
in the country to work the farms, and the
lack has not only caused higher wages to be
paid, but has done much to break up the old
system immigration is encouraged, labor
saving machinery is being introduced from
the United States, and new conditions are
promised. But the estancieros who adopt Ia
Dor saving machinery have to get some i'm
migrant to operate it, as the native can sell
dom be induced to do SO, and when he does,
usually smashes the implement at the first
trial.-uarper's Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
One Woman's Makeup.

l met the wife of western congressman I'm
the Corcoran gallery hero the other day.
While she does not by any means represent
type of Washington women, she yet combines
SO many traits that are found among them
that she is in certain sense representative
She seems to be in a sort of transition state in
every particular, not only as to mental char
acteristics, but even in her attire and man.
ner. She had bonnet that reached the
furthest extreme of fashion, a pair of thick
soled and awkward boots that could only
have been made by back country cobbler,
and her attire was an indescribably odd col
lection of various styles ana fashions. I'M
mediately beneath the new fashioned bonnet
she had an old fashioned bang Her eyes
were bright, her color perfect, and she talked
with an enjoyment of one under perpetual
spell of excitement.
In summing up her attire should place it
somewhat as follows: Shoes, Keokuk; bon
net, Paris; cloth jacket, London; gown,
Washington; massive gold chain, Chicago;
parasol, New York; girdle, Vienna; accent,
London, Iowa, Paris, Illinois, New York,
New England, Germany, South Carolina and
Ireland. That these warning elements will
shortly involve dashing and representative
American is the result to be looked for
Washington Letter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06

Again, Coney Island offers superior ad
vantages for the study of the pseudo charac
ter which for some inscrutable reason 1t
pleases "Coney's" visitors to assume there
People have no sooner settled at the Oriental
or the Manhattan to confne our attention 10
those obstetrics, than they exhibit characters
which amaze and amuse. You say to your
self: "These people are all right in New York,
courteous amiable, self reliant, with decent
reserve about their own affairs and kindly
consideration for the feelings of others. AT
homo they are the prosperous, best behaved
people in the world. But Coney Island is on
the Threshold of New York, and why should
they appear different herea" What are they
in the habit of doing9 Nothing very dread
full, but many things which are ridiculous
They stare and remark upon passers by; they
crticise manners and dress in the loudest
tones; they eat and drink in public in a way
that would make Frenchman vince; they
dance in the hotel office, flirt on an inch of
green grass removed by another inch from
the public promenade; they sing and whistle,
and in a word, the people who are pillars of
propriety at Narragansett Pier and Bar
Harbor, as well as in New York, behave at
Coney Island as il it were the deck of a
Cunarder with the flag of ship bohemianism
floating aloft.
The result is to divide the aristocratic sec
ton of Coney Island into two parts. The
quiet, solicitude loving sojourners uncon-
sciously order their affairs SO that, day by
day, they are in the habit of seeing less and
less of their fellow boarders; they frequent the
wild sand dunes, the unimproved corner of
the island or cross the marshes and take to
tho inland roads. 1t must be remembered of
Coney Island that it has come up from a dis
reputable resort to be reputable and almost
swell" Indeed, it is swell" in patches, and
although the old, bad atmosphere is still
family perceptible about it, demoralizing
tboughtless people little, yet is the island
far forward on the way to responsibility.
Last summer two of our artists, Smillie and
Chase, painted on the beach, and since paint
ers have recognized it much time will not
elapse before poets sing it.-New York Cor
Chicago Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
The Eutura of Burn a Ii.

There can be no reasonable doubt that
there is a prosperous future awaiting that
rich and beautiful country. The marvellous
change that has come over Mandalay, even
In the few months since annexation, indicates
what may be looked for over tho whole land.
Pegu, with a surface of about $1,000 square
miles, had in 1858, or five years after its an
nexation, population of only about $50. 900;
in 1881 this had increased to $3.50, 600. About
100000 acres are reclaimed every year from
the jungle and brought under cultivation,
and this province is now the greatest rice
producing country in the east. and the most
progressive and prosperous portion Of the
Indian empire. Upper Burnnh and the
subordinate states, with an aree OF nearly
100000 square miles that is, Il country as
large as France-have II population estimated
at only 100000. Upper Burmah is not, like
Lower Burmah, great rice field; but there
are large tracts under rice cultivation, and
there is hardly product of tropical or ever
a temperate climate for which some part of
the country or other may not be suitable. -
London Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
STUDENT LIFE IN PARIS.
Some of the Manners and Customs of
the Latin Quarter.

Here is the receipt for a Paris student: A
high hat which costs about So and is shabby
in proportion. A beard, but not like the
boards we have at home. 1t must be cut
very short at the sides, generally with ma
chine, and pointed at the chin. The hair is
done in one of three ways, but rarely with
any part. /, cut very short and brushed
straight forward a la dynamiter; 2, brushed
up on end la porcupine; 3, allowed to grow
very long and thrown back a la Beethoven
These long haired fellows are simply disgust
ing. They assume the halo of an intellect
which they have not got. You can generally
tell a student, too, by the black leather case
which he invariably carries for paper, books,
etc. For writing they all have little square
inkstands which possess most marvellous pow
ers of upsetting, and ordinary pen. A
stylograph, price twelve or fifteen francs,
would be considered an indication of fabulous
wealth. The most striking characteristic,
however, of a genuine Paris student, particu-
larly one of the medical persuasion, is his free
and easy manners. He frequently finds,
toward 2 or o'clock in the morning, that his
brain will not work any longer unless he
goes out in the street and howls vigorously, to
the immense edification of the neighboring
seepers. Then you will often observe him
singing down the Boulevard Saint Michel
in the evening, with a female compan-
ion on either arm, and INDUCING in
what might be called, by a slight
disregard of the truth, species
of singing Again you may see the young
gentleman of studious propensities OH top Of a
billiard table in one of the brasseries, with q
cue in one hand and plate of what they call
choucroute in the other, haranguing crowd
Of miscellaneous friends upon some important
question of the moment. Yes, on the whole
you are apt to recognize the student by the
delightful sans gene which he displays when.
ever he appears in public. You think t.
yourself: swell, these joking, drinking,
jovial, fooling young Frenchmen cant
amount to much at their books. They are not
serious enough, they waste too much time al
cafes and brasseries they keep too late hours,
ETC." Wait a moment, my friend Paris
students are not to be judged too hastily &c
into the lecture rooms and the laboratories.
Watch these same harum scarum fellows at
the dissecting table, or in the great libraries.
Talk to them. Find out who they are, etc.
and the first thing you know you will dis
cover that these 'young FOOLS" as you
thought them the other night when you
watched them gambling in the Cafe de Ia
Source at l o'clock in the morning, know
enough about medicine, or chemistry, or
something else, to make your head swim.
You see they play very hard when they play,
and perhaps it's the same when they work.
They laugh at the English students here as
being "always serious" for the excellent rea-
son that they have not enough esprit to be
anything else.-Paris Cor. New York Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
USED TO POINT A MORAL.
Taking Advantage of n Passing Lady to
Shame Wife Beating Rufian.

Taking Advantage of n Passing Lady to
Shame Wife Beating Rufian.
l got off Jamaica Plain car at Cedar
street. in Roxbury, the other day on my
way to pay IA visit The street goes up a hill
rather abruptly from the corner, and it is
not just here very pleasant part / was
about half way up the hill and Opposite
some sort of a brewery place when l was ac-
costed respectfully by pleasant faced HI
bernian, who had been talking to some men
who were rolling out beer barrels from the
doorway of the place across the street. 1
knew that the man who spoke to me had been
calling across, but 1 was busy with my own
thoughts and had not noticed his words His
speaking to me was evidently a sudden inspi-
ration.
"Ladyl" he said in a loud, clear tone;
"lady!"
stopped and looked at him. Ishould have
supposed would be startled at being spoken
to so imperatively and suddenly, but the
mans voice and manner were quite above
any personality. l had simply appeared at
an opportune moment to point moral for
him. He was lectuling a low looking man
over the way, one of the workmen employed
in rolling out the beer barrels.
"Look at that baldheaded scoundrel over
THAR, lady; look at him! He bates his
utotnei TlSiiar. 10 We see Unat, zee booming
rascal, yea The lady can't bear to look sec
ond time ut the likes of we. To disgrace the
neighborhood by batting yer own motherl"
l went on up the hill, and as l passed tine
indignant man he stepped politely Off the
sidewalk to make room for me, saying, "Och,
maam, it would shame him well if ye'd
| looked longer"
bowed, but as it seemed to me that had
| done service enough vicariously as n mis-
sionary, excused myself from casting con-
demning glances upon the sinner under ar
| raignment.
| When | retured to my horse car after a
| walk through pieasanter streets, the man who
had employed the novel method of trying to
shame his sinful friend had disappeared. But
| the barrel roller was still busy about the
| door of the beer place. l glanced toward
him with some wonder as to his possible be-
| havicr. He had not seemed to hear his accuser
before nor to see me- but at sight of me now,
he ducked his head behind barrel and re-
manned III an extraordinary doubled over po-
sition of shamed semi-conceament as I
walked down the street. When l was fairly
down 10 the corner curiosity impelled me to
turn and look again in his direction. He was
just strengthening up again to 20 with his
work. l have wondered since if he feared
that might add postscript to his friends
know what one could possibly say to touch
the conscience of man "who bates his
mother regular. boston Transcript.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
Life Saving Apparatus of Reindeer Hair.

A Norwegian engineer, Herr w. c. Moller,
of Drammen, Norway, having had his atten-
ton drawn to the extreme buoyancy of rein
deer hair, has succeeded in constructing
various articles of this material for life saw
ing at sea, with which some interesting ex-
perments were recently made. The first life
saving object tried was one which can be
used on board ship as a chair bedstead or
couch, but which in case Of need may be con-
verted into a small boat. This apparatus
was found capable of supporting three full
grown men in the water, although only in
tended to bear two. Another object tried
was suit made entirely of reindeer hair,
and covering the entire body except the face,
and in which man foated on the water
without having to make the slightest move
ment 1t was found perfectly impossible to
dive in the dress I he third object tried was
doormat made of reindeer hair, and this
supported man easily, although he was
dressed i'll full outdoor clothing On COM
pairing life belts made OF reindeer hair with
former were much lighter than the latter, a
very important advantage to ON exhausted
drowning person when he has to put it on in
the water. Herr Moller's assertion that rein
deer hair is capable of supporting a weight
ten times its own was fully borne out by
these experiments. 1t should be pointed out
that jackets, belts, ETC., made of reindeer hair
are soft and pliabls, and that they impart .
good deal OF warmth. London Iron.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
Yankee Ingenuity.

Miss De Fashion-Horrorsi It's Sunday
and my writing paper is all gone.
Little Brother-That new kind2
eyes"
"pll make you some. Jane got bar of
soap yesterday, and the paper around it is
just like what you had, rough and sort o.
brown"
"Nonsense. My paper had red eyes"
eyes, l know. I'll get Jane to cut 1t the
right size and dip the edges In raspberry
jam. Omaha World.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06
The Night Clerks Responsibility.

Manager Shepherd, Of Minneapolis, Is
quoted as saying:
"One of the most responsible positions in a
hotel is that of night clerk, and yet that is
where beginners serve their apprenticeship.
For at least eight hours the night clerk has
exclusive control of the hotel. He has no one
to turn to i'll case of an emergency. If any
thing happens he must rely solely upon his
own judgment, for he has no time to call
upon any one The most serious thing that
can happen, of course, is fire. The safety of
all the patrons i'll the house is dependent upon
the GOODNESS and Judgment of the night clerk.
A level headed man who doesn't lose bis wits
Ia invaluable as night clerk"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-06

The English cavalry have ne, err been armed
with revolvers. although it is CO needed that .
saber has no chance sgainst.a revolver.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28
II Used 70 Tick ter Gen. Pu;n,m.

Norwich Letter: In the Office Of the
Henry Bill Publishing company OF this
city, in "a dusty nook, is the big clock
which used to tick for Gen. Israel Put
nam. and that the bluif Revolutionary
soldier had to wind nightly with ~
crooked iron key nearly as big and
heavy as II wagon wrench. 1t is seven
feet five inches tail, the case is OF pol
ished cherry, and the dim, decorated
face is bigger than the full moon looks
to be. About the dial the wOodwork
projects in the shape OF miniature
square house, witbclirved ornamental
pieces at the top aud with pilasters on
each side. The clock records The days
of the month, rs well rs the daily
time. Inside the ease "a four-foot pen
dulum swings leisurely to a loud sing
song tune, and five pound leadei
weights on double cords make tho
massive machinery revolve. With til,
clock goes u written attestatiOn, past
ed on it's back, from the seller to thu
owner, OF its genuineness.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28

The Kansas City Times says: There
il not one person in one hundred oi
the millions who travel on railroads
in the course OF II year who has any
idea of the speed of IA train. \ large
per cent OF even the regular train men
OF the country cannot tell with any
degree OF accuracy how fast II train is
running. Frequently engineers aredis-
patched on n trip over n line OF rail
road. with ms! ructions to run ut IA
speed OF a certain number OF miles an
hour. The engineers do not carry II
speed indicator but have learned by
various methods to gauge their engines
so as to make only the slightest varla-
tions from their orders. The majority
of engineers use their driving wheel as
"A gauge. They know its circumference,
and by counting its revolutions within
n certain time they can tell very arcu-
rately the speed at which they are
running. Another method is to time
the run between mile posts, and still
another is to make calculations from
the Huiiibti VI ,'''S'"P' l''N' ~.
| in u certain time. These poles, in n
level country and where four or five
wires are used, are spaced so that
there are thirty to the mile. u only a
single wire il used they are spaced
from twenty-five to twenty-eight to
the mile. The most accurate method
and the one most in useby experienced
railroad men, il to count the number
of rail joints the train passes over II
twenty seconds. The rails, in nearly
all cases. are thirty feet in length, an'
the number passed over in twenty se,
onds is the speed per hour the train l.
running. For instance. ii II passenae
sitting in IA sleeper can CONT thirt
clicks of the wheels on Il rail Joint IL
twenty seconds. the train is running
at the rate OF thirty miles an hour.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28
RICH PiacERs.
A A Helena Company strikes an Immense
Tract Of Mineral Lands. which VIII
Yield Immensely.

President T.. ID. Edgerton, of the
Second National bank. has made some
lucky mining deals lately. !ieand Dr.
&. X. Cute sold controlling interest
in the Central Montana placer mime,
Basin creek. Jefferson county, for
100000. The Pennsylvania Placer
company. who owned mines adjoin-
ing, wished to add the Central Mon
tana placers, and were allowed to
do so.
Messrs EdcertOn & Co. have also
incorporated the Montana liyjraul-
ing company, with II capital stock OF
81. 900 900. The officers are +. u.
Edgert on, president; J. B. Sanford.
vice president; &. X. Cole, secretary;
George Child, treasurer. The officers,
in connection with Charles Shanett.
are the only stockholders in the new
company. They have purchased the
Washington bar, between Red Bluff
and Virginia City, in Madison county.
II consists OF 800 acres patented
and about 1000 acres of unpatente'i
land. There are nine ditches and TO-
900 inches OF water. 1t is approxi
mated that there are 40, 600, 900 cubic
yards OF gravel, which. Judging from
the thorough tests made, will averag,
80 a yard. This would make in round
numbers $50, O,OOO,OOO. There is nc
reason why that amount or more
should not he taken out OF the vasi
fields of auriferous sands owned 10y thu
| company.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28
TO THE MINERAL AGRICULTURAL STOCK AND WOOL |


The Injuns never tcchel him,
Nor the bars.
An the rattlcrs never bit him.
An the train robbers couldnt git him.
On the cars.
Twas "A frisid day an drizzly
When the Rocky Mountain grizzly
Ever crep' within IL rod of Jim, the scout;
An the catamouut an bison
Never teched him more than pzen,
Which they allus more prefer to do without.
But he moved into the city
just for fun.
An he sold his big six shooter
An lac thought IT would not do ter
Keep his gun.
But IL muscular garroter,
Who was not legal voter.
Robbed him of his watch and wallet like a
child.
Then n gas-pipc overloaded
Bust and Jim he got exploded
An came down considerable permiscuous
an riled.
An the bunco steerers neeced him
Left and right;
Au' the gamins used To boot hi.a
An "a slugger tried to shoot him
T'o:her night.
An a hoodlum tried to skin him
An an injine ran agin him,
An u her,lic, an "A hoss ear, an dray;
An agin, n little later.
In u rotten elevator,
| lie fell down thirteen stories in one day.
An his house it caught afire
T'other night.
! An his gas meter exploded
(Jim didn't know that il was loadedD
Awful sight,
An his house was widely scattered.
Der the country it was spattcred.
| IN :, shower Of chunks and cindcrs, so they
said.
Jim WAS so completely shivere,i.
| lie amt never been diskiyered,
But the coroner concluded he was dead.
Yankee Blade.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28

Washington Special: There is one
thing in Gen. Sheridan's favor, and
that is he is u most terrific growlcr.
lie growls about everything, much to
the satisfaction of his family and
friends, who dreaded very much to see
i'm him the strange and ominous pa
thence that in most men indicates u
mortal mal,dy. Gen. Sheridan has
never stopped stewing and fussing for
a moment, except when he was tenn
porarily overcome by weakness. He
calls his peptonized milk Internal stuff,
and his chicken broth chicken Stop.
Nothing suits him. Everything has to
he changed, and that righ- away. He
wants beef, claret, everything that he
ought not to have, and pitches into
the doctors right and left the instant
he can hold his head up from the pill
low. This encourages his family hugely,
particularly Col. Mike Sheridan.
Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1888-06-28

The electric liIht is getting to play
an important part in medical inv's l.
CATIONS. With little ''pea light" at
tached to the end Of n slender rod Sir
Morell NJ sckenzic cexamined the throat
of the German emperor. The httle
battery that supplies the electricity
hangs around the surgeons neck.
These little electric lights are becom-
ing daily OF more practical use. By
their aid the surgeon pokes and pceks
into place he l,rrwlse would haveto
manipulate in "ly the feel, and
achieve, results hcrrt toioreinipossible.
I-Scieniili' American.