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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
"A LITTLE NONSENSE"

If The fuzzy caterpiller would only
know its place and keep it. society
would be much happier Merchant
Traveller.
1t was Boston boy who started
the fashion of calling his father by his
given name. and the fashion lasted
about thirty seconds.
"A man recently astonishcd his wife
by coming home with two black eyes
"What have You been doingP" said
she. Getting pair of socks" he re-
piled. life.
-Dumly, .Ir.-"Say. pa, | just put
the thermometer out in the sun, aud it
run up to one hundred and twenty in a
little while Dumly-"W YOU Just
bring that thermometer back in the
shade. ! Thought it was getting terri
bly, warm all of sudden. III Detroit
Free Press.
Zach in His Season.
The iceman smiles AS he counts the gains
Derived from the trade OF summer,
And as he walks the streets disdains
The greeting of the plumber.
But the plumber will pass the iceman by
And be himself the hero,
When the storm cloud floats in the winter sky,
And the mercurys down to zero.
Boston Courier.
-"Young man," he said, solemnly.
"are you prepared to go?" Prepared
to goP' repeated the Young man,
blithely, Il should say so: [ shipped
my family to the country last week for
the summer, have given up my fiat and
stored the furniture. and taken i room
down town. I'm prepared to 20 any
where. "--LUe.
Minister Cat watering place.
There will probably be large num-
Der of strangers present at our services
next Sunday, deacon. Have you any
suggestions to offer ms to what kind of
sermon | had better give themr'
Deacon (contemplatively)-"Let me
see (struck with happy thoughD
why not give them short sermon?"
She (thoughtfully) = George,
dear. are there not times in your life
when the pathos and truth of that most
beautiful of all songs, Home, sweet
home, there is no place like home. APP
pear to you with startling vividness,
and fill your soul with longingp" He
Ga base ball player)-"Yes, indeed;
particularly when I'm on third base
with two men out. ~ T. Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20

The largest hanging bell in the
world is in Buddhist monastery. New
c nton, China 1t is eighteen feet
high and forty-fve feet in circumfer-
cnce. and is IF solid bronze. II is one
of the great bells which were cast by
command of the Emperor Yurgto
about A. ID. 400. The whole bell
both inside and out, is covered with an
inscription in embossed Chinese char
acters about half an inch long, cover
ing even the handle. the total number
of characters being 81 600 The char
ac,ers tell single story-one of the
Chinese classics. -Springfeid Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
KNEW HIS HABITS.
Questions Asked by Dakota Wife In
Search of Her Husband.

Search of Her Husband.
Seen any thing of my husband?'
demanded Sioux Falls woman one
day this week of an officer in front of
the pcs office.
No. ma am; has he disappeared
mysteriouslyp"
Nav! he came down town the same
as usual this morning, but dinner has
been ready h our, and it's all getting
cold and he isn't back yet"
you haven't been to the Office,
SUPPOSE"
mo, sir; haven't. I've no time to
fool away looking for him there. Say,
is there sick horse in any of the
livery stablesp"
Not that | know of"
Been any dog-fghts around late
| Typ
Haven't heard of any,"
ANY ten-cent show or target gun in
town?'
'All gone. madam"
ANY man in wagon selling brass
jewelryP'
Gu IS not"
mo fire anywhere in town."
| "No."
mo pools being sold anywhere on
some horse-race. or trial going on in
Justice court?"
Not any,"
mo man selling medicine on the
street; no circus bills just posted up
anywhere; no woman walking tight
rope?"
Not n one"
"Well. that's peculiar-I can't see
where John can be.
There's couple of Frenchmen
with tame cinnamon bear down on
Phillips avenue. madam"
That's it, that's i'll didn't think
to ask about tame bears! While the
potatoes are getting cold as stone he
is down there making up purse OF
seventy-fve cents to see the bear climb
n telegraph pole! I'll go right down
you watch and see if he isn't up tc
the house inside of ten minutes! '-Da-
kOtd BeI
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
THE RUSSIAN ARMY.
The Number Of Soldiers which tho Gar
Could Bring Into the Field.

The Number Of Soldiers which tho Gar
Could Bring Into the Field.
The official report on the Russian
army lately published contains the fol-
lowing particulars: On the 1st of JAN
uary, 1886. here were 824. 1872 men, in
Guiding 5000 volunteers. in the active
army The reserve amounted to O.
600. S15 in addition, thus making a TO.
tai of ). i25 577 soldiers whom Russia
could bring into the field at need. In
Germany the maximum OF the regular
and the Landwehr combined is COM
puted ut 1910, 900 men. Moreover
Russia has at its disposal 2. 100, 900
militia liable TO be called upon
in time of war 10 recruit the ranks
Of tho regular army. The number of
young men annually liable 10 the con-
scription is S52 900. of whom about
one-half are exempted by lot. If the
term of service were reduced from five
to three years, the Safe would in a
short time be able to have 4. 600. 900
regular troops without having re-
course to The military reserves. The
Russian journals refer with jubilation
to these practically inexhaustible re-
sources rs compared with other cuun-
tries. At present there is 10 such
thing as a force of irrcgulars. but it is
pointed out that nuclei of troops of
that description existin ample measure
among he tribes of Central Asia, the
Caucasus and the Transcaspian prov
inces. N y Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
A BAD HAlL.STORM.
The Most Gigantic Jumps of ice That Ever
Came From Above.


Came From Above.
Up at Valley City, this Territory,
the other afternoon. while party OF
Eastern tourists were standing under
the covered porch of the leading hotel
a thunder-st, rm mixed with consider
able hail came up. Pretty soon hail
stones as large as hazel-nuts began to
come down.
Great Scott!' said one of the East
ern men. Just see the size of those
hail-stones!"
Yes" said another, land they're
getting larger--there' some half an
inch in diameter"
Worse than that" howled another
rs he began to grow excited, "there's
one in the middle of the street half as
large as an egg!"
Remarks of this nature were kept
up for two or three minutes, when the
night clerk of the hotel, who had Just
got up and was sitting on the porch,
and two or three of the boarders who
were natives, winked at one another
and retired. 1t seems that they
couldn't stand to hear such remarks;
for the truth is it was nothing but an
ordinary hail-storm and hail-stones
much larger frequently fell.
The hail continued and the Eastern
men grew still more excited.
"Look at 'em now, big as hens eggs
or I'm II larr' cried one.
Hens eggs nothing!' shouted an
other, "there's one as big as u goose
pggr'
They're getting thicker, toor'
Thunder and blazcs! See the ono
on the crossing as big as coffee cup!"
"That isn't any thing there's one
the other side of it six inches in diam
eter!''
"Great Heavens. boys, see that! It's
as big as a water pail!''
Bigger Bigger! Bet five dollars
it's biggerH'
See how sharp-cornered and ugly
looking they are!'
"One of them would kill a horsew
| al don't care if they would kill an
elephant" howled the most enthusias-
tic man. I'm going to have that big
gest one and weigh it before it melts!
Bet ten dollars it'll weigh forty
pounds.' and he shot out into the
street and leaned over and got his
arms around the largest Maidstone that
ever fell in Dakota. He was just get
ting it up when another about the
size. of II toy balloon took him
between the shoulders and knocked
him over His friends rushed
out to the rescue. The storm was evil
IDENTIFY about over, but stones were still
coming down the size of billiard balls
and plenty of them. 1t was hard work
and they We're considerably bruised,
but they at last got their stunned COM
panion under cover, together with the
big Maidstone. The most terrific
storm of hail ever known in the world
was over. The scene in front of the
hotel rescmhled a winter landscape on
the northern shore of Greenland.
"Stupcndi-ous! Ter-r-ritcr' faltered
the enthusiastic man, as he recovered
breath. II shall send a two-column
dispatch about it to the signal service
department at Washington!'
And just then the proprietor of the
hotel crawltd through II window onto
the roof over the porch and shouted
some bad language at the two boarder:
who were there and slipped up and fell
on his back rs he kicked at the night
clerk.
They had chopped up two hundred
pounds of ice and thrown it into the
street-all there had been in the kitchen
refrigerator. Bell.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL

Secretary Endicott has sent one
hundred and forty more condemned
cannon to Gettysburg.
Mrs. r. l.. Hughes. of Lexington.
Ga, owns butter dish which her
English ancestors ate out of in 1860.
Governor Hill. of New York. plays
with all the little children near the
executive mansion in Albany every
day.
Charles H. Woodruff. who has
made fortune in printing inks in
Philadelphia. was once compostor
earning three dollars week.
The manuscript of Home, Sweet
Home" has been buried in the coffin
with Miss Harden, of Georgia. who
half "A century ago rejected the hand OF
the author.
1t is said there is a town in Scot
land where twenty-five men have re-
fused to speak to on recognize each
other for years because they have diff
ferent theories about the creation of
the world. and none of them will give
up to the other.
"A very large number of Irish
names end with "agh." Agh generally
means field in Irish. Thus: Cavanagh
means hollow field; Currah, race field.
1t is not improbable that these names
were originally given to people who
dwelt in or near localities which were
indicated by the name.-Philadciphia
Press.
"A jubilee cup has been added to
the plate at tho London Mansion
House. A lion. a leopard, kangaroo
aed Il beaver support the base; the cover
bears the statuette of the Queen instead
of the inevitable griffins; dolphins form
the handles, and scenes from the colo
MES are embossed on the sides BoS-
ton Transcript.
Jules Verne lives az Amiens. 1t
month for II day or two, until year
ago when he was wounded by pistol
shot in the left leg. He still limps, can
not bend his leg and is deprived of all
exercise. He drives a good deal
Verne does not speak English. He is
a great reader of English literature.
but he has to make use of TRANSACTIONS
--DctroH Free Press.
Christine Terhune Herrick finds
that in "spite of the many instances of
parsimonous and fault-fnding hus-
bands, there is goodly number who
feel thorough confidence in their
wives ability rs domestic fnauciers,
and do not hesitate to say that under
such judcious supervision their incomes
60 twice rs far as they did in theii
bachelor days, and far more satsfac
torily." These men are growing rar,
and of doubtful veracity.
Mrs. Mary Morris johnson. of Phil
adelphia, whose will has just been adj
mitted to probate. left $400, 600 divided
after Il fashion which fairly illustrates
the wide interest taken in charity by
most Philadelphia women Of independ
entmeans. Nearly thirty separate char
tiles are mentioned in the will. to eacl
of which requests are left, nearly al
being for those small and strugglin;
institutions which endeavor to suppl,
some missing link in the chain of char
ity by caring for some special ,lass. -
Haiper's Boar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20
Some Other Disease.

'1hey say she died of broken
heart" said the. first women, rs they
came up the car steps.
Il don't believe it." sharply replied
No. 2.
But whyP"
"WhyP Because she had as many
as six new bonnets year. and not
one of them cost less than fifteen dol
lars. "-Detrou Fire Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20

American Dude (vehemently).-
How awfully vulgar Ruskin is be-
coming! He has Just said that he owes
more to cab-driyers than to any other
person in the world.' English Dude
lcompromisingly)-''Aw, my chappie,
you misunderstood him you, know. /,
myself owe more 10 the cabbieS than |
will ever be able to pay."-The Epoch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20

Mr. E. Gatcheil, who owns tract
of mountain land in Cambria County.
Pa. was looking over it the other
day and came upon cavern in which
he found bed OF snow and ice three
feet thick.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20

"A lady who never failed to have
her little jest with the doctor all
through a painful illness, exclaimed
one day when he was announced:
Tell him I'm sorry, but don't feel
able to see him to-day. "-EpocA.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-01-20

When pretty young girl tells a
young man that he is every saucy," he
had better begin to save money. He's
got her. sure.-Puck.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17
SCIENTIFIC AND DINDUSTRIAL.

The use of oil on water to. prevent or
remove fogs is suggested.
4 physician says that breathing
through the nose is the only way to sleep.
10 prevent the condensation Of vapor
in lenses of instruments for examining
the throat coat them thinly with
glycerine.
The pollen of the German plaine tree
produces III uenZa, exactly like what in
TINS country is called rose cold and
hay fever.
1t requires Just double the power to
propel a steamship twenty miles an
hour that it does TO drive the same vessel
sixty miles an hour.
1t is stated that two thirds of the wood
used in paper making is waste, though
! experiments indicate that this can be
! protitablv converted into fertilizers
A new utilization Of waste product
is the manufacture of paper from the
cedar ships of pencil makers The paper
i is said to keep mo: hs from carpets, wool
ana furs.
A curious monstrosity has been ac-
quired 10y the Paris Museum of Natural
| History 1t is an apparently healthy
| SOW, having one head, one thorax and
two torelc.s, with two trunks, two tails,
and four hind legs.
Means for the accurate comparison of
electrical standards and apparatus are to
be supplied at John Hopkinss Uni
versity, no provision for such measure
ments having been made elsewhere in
the Unltcd States.
Borax, as has recently been discovered,
is the sovereign remedy for hoarseness
OF any kind Dissolve a piece the size Of
pea slowly in the mouth and swallow
the saliva. The etfcct4s magical: it is
within the reach of every one, and for It's
simplicity is worthy Of trial.
c. A. Paillard, of Geneva, Switzer
land after fourteen years Of experiment,
has determined that the alloy of pal
watches, and is satisfactory substitute
for the metals commonly used. Only
the hair spring and compensation balance
are made Of tins metal! and the cost Of
the watch is not increased.
\ Swiss inventor has perfected 2
method Of making artificial boards and
is advocating their use III buiidlng
They are made Of a mixture OF plaster o.
paris and reeds pressed into shape by
hydraulic presses Tho material has tht
advantage Of incombu>tihillty and light
ness, and viii resist the warplny action
81 ofatmospheric changes.
Il will Lot he long lefore the Shoe
maker can add 10 h stock Of raw ma
terials waterproof leather. The pro
cess. which has recently been perfected
is not only of service on the uncu
leather, but can be used in rendering
worthless leather valuable by piumpln
stiffenlng and waterprootlng 1t for IN
sole~. counters. box toes, e'c. Every
part of a boo or shoe can be water
proofed" either before or after it i
t. shen
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17

The d.Scsyc-v ot rev gas has been
,cuortcl ty ,ao In-i.-A hemis's. Pro
fee>or Thorpe ard Mr J. W Tod ger
Il i> sui .io, uor...c II phosphorus. best
repared b hratln- Ienta-uphiie u
hos horus With cad tiuorlde ia lealen
,..l.e, an,l has been named -ri4ios.ho-
;ohh,rsl aour.de. It lniamez spo.s.
acousiy ou co.. act with ar.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17

Amissionary \ writes from the Fec ee
Islands as follows
ar small force Of brethren seems to
be absolutely unable 70 cope with tie
distress which preta Is in this dark and
henighted and Many Of the natives
are etatvtu- for food. Please send a.
once few more missionaries. '-.Ner
},trt. sst
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17
Mjnerya'S Little Joke.

"Wha. planet is that, Minerva aske1
Venus one night. pointing + one Of her
neighborS IN the armament
That j, Mars, replied Minerva.
And that otheri" inquired Venus,
nod0ino toward Jupiter
.Oh, that. observed the goddess,
with q mirthful smile, that is Pc :
Ba-'r.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17

alone Il matters little TO me where l
90, so will see the Old World
Very fair and sweet and serene she
looked, waving her farewell from the
eieamer's railing to her many friends
upon the pier and as the great ship
swung &way from its moorings, the
group watched her fade into the distance
with sad hearts, for they had loved her
mos tende-!y, aud many sigh was
different homes.
And upon the p er the surCilg crowd
is arrested for moment by cry, so de
,palfing, so terribly fun of agony, as of
human heart torn in twain \ little
stopping, then scurryinS of hastv feet
\ few loud voiced words of command.
and the crowd moves on.
Nv hat is it." asked Blanche Sewell.
a. her husband climbed into the waitln.
carr age
! "A man has Just stabbed himself. and
| is aireadv dead /" shouted . voice in the
crowd to some que>tioner. And Howard
sewell paused to catch the rest Of his ex-
planatlon.
NO one knew. | suppose said
Blanche sSewell, indilTerently, setting
herself back among the cushions. How
ard > She continued, do you know,
cannot cease to wonder why Carl Lester
| did not win IIelea for his wife They
we e perfectly suited TO each other"
After moments silence, NJ. Sewell
! sad II think you did not know who
+. the little girl was whom Carl Lester de
serted SO cruelty. Helen d d, and-Car
| Lester lies back there in the crowd, dead
/ by his own hand, because Of little Alice
Burkes death 30 YOU understand now
| Carl has learned his lesson. And this i
the end. '"-FruHk Ltsile'<.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1888-11-17

The summer was ended, and fashion 5
devotees once NOR locked o her shrine
Blanche >eHeIl .woulsi tsita have held
her friend Helen with her tut Helen
had geowu strangely weary ani still. and
longed for ! change. >he looked away
across the ocean, saving 4 am al
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-01
Personal

bismarck Is accused Of growing amiablc ~
the ycau ~ by.
Tho Queen of Portugal has sent To Amcri-
ca for cabinet organ.
Jean Ingclows delight TO give dinners To
the sick poor who get TO the hospitals within
her reach.
Even In Spain blood tells Two Of the
most important members Of the Spanish
cabinet are Irish.
Mr., In Mclanc has been awarded the
government contract Tor running twenty.
thrcc mail h,u,ci In Dakota for the neat four
years
"pt. Jckyll aud Mr. Hyde" has become
/ popular pulpit subject In England since
Richard Mansfield scored his theatrical hit
| In London.
The Empress u Austria l. said 10 own
twenty ret horses aud twice as many dogs
after Whose proper entertainment she per.
s1nally secs every LAY.
The oldest voter In the United States this
year IL a Tclas man. Richard Kidd. who was
born ii5 ycan ago, and has been Demo.
oai ever since there was Democrats party
The Hon Thomas l. James Is enjoying
himself w Europe. lie opened a lecture
course n Carlin, In Wales, last week. telling
the wclshmcn what glorious land America
h.
VII Wright, Youngstown. a., has obtained
frum the records at Washington a transcript
showing that be- was the youngest Union sol.
dicf In the war. lie enlisted when twelve
y,ar and one month old
A museum has been crccicd TO the mem.
DRY " lady linssey In her husbands palace
In London. Curiositics irom all parts Of tho
world arr gathered there anl form, II "
said. a remarkable collection
Not the southern man only, but the wo.
man VI Dixie, has caught the money making
spirit 81 the aEr. Tho head of one of the
most fashionable drcss making establish.
mcni In New York isa Virginia woman.
The uniidd States 10 not the only land
where the opportunity to sctyc ones coun.
uy IL luxury that politicians are willing 10
pay Tor Tho Comie De Paris announces that
he will spend N,Onooo francs at the nctt
general election In France
Though working newspaper men have
been comminglinr At almost every hour II
the day aud night among the stricken vel.
low fever victims At Jacksonville only four
have been, 80 Tar, attacked by the scourgc,
and three Of the four arc sur Of recovery.
Dushfod u. Washington, u Chicago, Is
The po.scusor Of q valuable historical r,llc.
tho seal which Gen Washington wore on
his watch chain, aud the one with which
the death warrant Of Maj Andre was i'm.
pfeuod Although hs has received a mum.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-01

Two moro women murdered in White
chapel, London, aud In the same ruthless
way ~ the lint victims Of tho still un-
known criminal. This makes eight Tho
cablcgram which Fiys tho details Of this
bulohcry states that tho people OF the
shady ucighbothood Of tho crimes
have revived the vigilance commit
tees for slrvct patrol which they
Organized when the second murder wa,
committed, but It Is doubtful II this will
result In anything mon than temporary
cessation Of tho murlcfous work. Who
ever he Ia he seems TO 30 abou, II very
systematically aud la know his opportu.
mites, aud knowing 10 take advantage OF
them. To have NJ successfully cludcd the
vigilance Of the London police aud many
skilliul detectives, proves him 10 BE- a man
Il steady nerve and many rcsouUcs When
discovery comes. ~ comc II must, Il will
DO a revelation the mos, startling Of the
day. Nothing like this .crics II murlcr.
Il known 10 the criminal annals Of the
English speaking mcc. Tho only parallel
W II that We eau neal u tho murders OF
the Ncmgcricht. AN organization that all.
a bloody pagc In German history.
The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-10-01

Der of liberal offers, mir Washington refuses
to part with it. The gentleman Is referred
to by Chicago paper q, Zone OF the ances-
try Of Gen. George Wasl.ug,on.'
Mr. William Walter Phelps is said to have
made some very graGfyus investments IN
Washington real estate senator Sherman Is
reported to have realized handsome fortune
in the same way aud moss the story comes
that syndicate of capitalists have bought
800, 600 worth of land at the capital, when
they ~ laying out in 'cc,s and circles
at their own expense, and out Of which they
expect to realize fortune. Let it be hoped
that they will find J6ma more characteristic
names than the letters Of the alphabet ioI
these new streets.