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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11

played for years, have had 50 much to do
really haven't had time to practice" This is
too bad for a woman who actually squanders
time in unnecessary work, to admit not hav-
ing time to practice an accomplishment that
would be delight to her family and friends.
Then, women, don't get completely envel-
oped in your housework. Remember, you
owe more to your family and friends than
merely clean house. Find out what is 60
ing on about you outside Of your own neigh
borhood. Take an interest in whatever in
terests your families. 1t may be only a
baseball game or yacht race that both
father and little ones Are enthusiastic over
Then learn all you can about it; find out the
names of the rival clubs or yachts and take
lively part in the family conversation. To
do this will require but few minutes each
day, and you will be well repaid by having
pleasant, enjoyable home, home that hus-
band and children will prize far above
"spick and span" one.-Boston Budget.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
Chiltlren's Eriendships..

Children are apt to seek the society of
other children at about the sixth year of
their ages. This should he a watchful period
for the parents, as friendships contracted at
this time have a, very decided influence on the
mind, morals and manners of their child
Nearly every child is Influenced for good or
evil through early associations If allowed
to be constantly with the nurse their LAM
guage and manners will. in nearly every case,
be identical with those. of the nurse A
mother should spend the greater portion Of
every day in the society of her children. Ii
to rid herself of their noise she permits them
to seek companions outside, she has no one to
blame but herself if their manners and morals
are corrupted. All children require compan-
ionship of those of their own age but il is
very essential that the parents should choose
these companions.
Children can be readily taught to be r9eat
cipally, for they initiate closely the actions of
their elders. A closet OF other convenient
place should be given their exclusively for
their toys, provided there is no play room
then let it be understood that when play is
ended all toys are to be returned to their
proper place. IL this rule is disregarded, the
withdrawal of a favorite toy for q time. as
causing them to be more careful in the
future, This device may have to be resorted
to more than once, but it usually is success
full in the end.-Mrs. Fills L. Mumma in
Good Housekeeping.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
S.Weetmeats and Pastry.

1t was recreation hour at both the Poly
technic and Central grammar school. Streams
Of boys emerged from both institutions and
at once made for neighboring bakery.
There they gorged themselves with sweet
meats and pastry of every description.
Wien faced little chaps of 12 and IA tackle
pies nearly as large their heads, while
their older classmates gave attention to the
festive cranberry tart, the latter being COM
posed of heavily sweetened cranberries and
partly done dough- Occasionally one of tho
moro adventurous boys sneaked out of the
bakery and i'll some secluded spot lighted
cigarette, Which he smok ed till the $50 bell
called him back to school,
Pastry, insufficiently cooked, and cigarettes
make n poor combination. Fond mothers
wonder why their boys have no appetite for
dinner at night and vainly try to guess the
reason. Did they provide their sons in the
morning with an amply stocked lunch box
containing delicacies which would charm tho
palate of the urchin, they would find that the
latter would have better appetites for the
evening meal. Instead, however, many boys
are given so much money each morning to
ply their expenses for the day. This includes
tho price of luncheon and car fare. Business
men sometimes become dyspeptics by eating
too fast, but it is unfortunate that youths
and young men just leaving school should
ruin their digestions before entering COM
mercial life.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11

with love as inexhaustible and inextinguish-
ablc as that which our dog gives to usl The
child especially finds in the faithful creature
much of its own impulsive and ardent lie;
the delightin little things, the ready curiosity.
the ceaseless activity. the quick changes of
occupation the undated interest in existence.
Kittens, again, seem sent to give to child
just what the dog leaves out; the more re-
fined ways, the soft playfulness, the entlo
domesticity, the willingness to be tended and
petted. Kittens about the house supply the
smaller punctuation in the book of life; their
little frisks and leaps and pats are the com.
mas and semicolons and dashes, while the big
dog puts in the colons and periods
Animals, again, give to us, even by what
they receive and evoke from us, the habit of
care and tenderness. Those petted dogs we
see carried i'll the arms of young girls i'll
fashionable equipages are rarely substitute
for the natural object of such emotion, they
are rather preparation or intermediate pos
session that precedes it; something that is
more than doll and less than human child
Mr.. Carnegie tells us that he saw at large
New York stable n card nailed up giving for
the coachman the address of the proper ply
stefan to be called upon if the favor-te dog
should be ill. He also tells us of young
leave her favorite collie to some ones special
attention, and Mr.. Carnegie suggested that
as he had given her the dog, it might be per-
fectly safe to leave her with him, Tor rather
with Jack and the horse" With a grave
snake of the head, she answered, II have
thought of that; but it won't do; he requires
a woman's carer Here the woman and the
favorite met on equal terms; neither could
do without the other. The care given by the
young girl was simply the anticipated ten
derness of a mother Tor child.
The self control that must be learned in
dealing with animals is III itself an education.
One of the child's first lessons in governing
its impulses is when it finds that the kitten
cannot be caught by running and shouting,
but by quiet and measured approaches. The
control of animals, fro.l the lamb to the
lion is not matter of force, but of gentle
ness and steady eye Impulses that seem
the very strongest i'll animals, as the DISPOSE
ton of dogs to chase cats or bite, can be bet
Ter overcome by accustoming them very early
to the sight and touch of the weaker crea-
lures than by any blows. All this is a lesson
to the child, and it unconseiously learns tine
application to itself. In days when oxen
were employed largely on our farms it used
to be common thing at a cattle show" to
see some sunburnt farmers boy drive in
yoke of half grown steers, and win the adj
miration of all the men by the gentle skill
with which he handled them. On a farm
near my summer home there is q fine bull,
which is better controlled and led by a boy of
10 than by anybody else. Their surely is, as
Heinc says, an occult sympathy between
children and animals, as between two races
not sundered very long ago.-T. w. Higgin-
son in Harper's Bazaar
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
. Training tho Children of Criminals.

In letter on the employment of criminal
children, published few years ago, from
the pen of Mr. Isaac Ashe, president of the
Central Criminal asylum of Dundrum, Dub
lin, he expresses that if the child of the
clever forger be taught draughtsmanship the
hereditary proclivity to criminal use of an
instructive faculty, so called, is directed into
an analogous yet healthy channel, with the
hopeful results of curing a tendency for
crime and of making skillful artisan. If
the children of generations of pickpockets
be taught to use their criminally deft fingers
and delicate touch in some handicraft requir-
ing a special capacity of finger, such as
Matchmaking, the healthy function is found
for nervous proclivity and muscular APP
titude which would otherwise fairly work
itself out in the criminal acts to which its
very existence forms an almost irresistible
temptation. But to attempt to abrogate ut
terly or eradicate a criminal tendency with
out such utilization Of it in a healthy direc-
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The Reproducing yIirror.

l was informed the other day BY menu
Der of tho Academy of Sciences that ex-
periments which M Pictct and DIR. Raoul
Duvernay have been making during the
last five years have at last been crowned
with success, and that these two distin-
gJished men of science are now able to con-
struct mirrors in which old impressions can
at any time be reproduced at will, and thu
mirrors be forced to yield up the history of
all that has taken place within room
since one of them has hung there in such a
position as to command O fair view Of the
apartment, Tho full secret of the process
through which these tell-tale contrivances
are constructed has not fully been, made
public, though it is pretty generally under
stood that the mirrors depend for their
effect upon the peculiar action of light
upon selenium, the metal by means of
which, when fortified by aid of electricity,
it is now possible to reproduce in light and
shade, at one end of long wire, photo
graph exposed at the other extremity The
latter continuance has been perfecting for
the last ten years at least, but now, as
I recently read in La Nature, it has beer
brought so near to the end desired that il
will como to- work satisfactorily and
cheaply when a little more ingenuity shall
have been expended upon. it.
Tho uses to which this contrivance may
be put must readily suggest themselves to
the reader. The instrument may be SC
constructed that no one can at sight dis
tinguish it from an ordinary mirror, and
in due time it can be made to- yield UP its
story, incident after incident, of all that
has taken place before it-crime, love,
vilainy, intrigue-all shall be read in the
open light of day.-Paris Cor New York
Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
POTTER pALMeR's OLD PROMISE.
An Old Granger Brings the Chicago
Hotel Man = Queer Old Note.

An Old Granger Brings the Chicago
Hotel Man . Queer Old Note.
An old man with fringe of white beard
all around his face, big bald spot on the
top of his head, and q heavy oaken stick in
his hand walked into the Palmer house
early one morning, eyed the handsome
clerks suspiciously for a few moments and
then blurted out:
'Say, young man, is this Potter Palm
er's tavern"
Being assured that it was he put his oak
stick upon the Office counter in q familiar
way, and continued:
II want to see Mr. Palmer"
He was told that Mr.. Palmer had not yet
reached the house, this intelligence causing
the old man to wonder that landlord with
such q splendid hotel should want any
other house to live in For half an hour
he patiently awaited the arrival of the land
lord, but, after fidgeting about in his chair
for awhile, again broke out with:
essay, young man, mebbe you can attend
to the little business for Mr.. Palmer. I've
got note of his'n I want him to pay, an
I'm in hurry to catch a train. Fact is,
stopped over in Chicago on pu' pose to collect
this note. Here it isl
And from the depths of an ancient and
time honored pocket book the old man
drew forth a piece Of thin, cheap paper, a
good deal worn, and bearing upon its face
in cheap printing, with bit of inartistic
coloring in the ornamental designs one of
Potter Palner's promises to pay
''Is that good for twenty-five cents?"
inquired the old man.
II don't know anything about it, i" was
the astonished clerks reply. II never saw
anything like that before. Mr. Palmer
never gave me authority to pay his notes.
But still | think that he is able to pay it,
and probably will if you will wait till he
comes"
The old man waited as patiently as he
could until the landlord of the Palmer
came in from his castle on the shore
"Why, bless my eyes" said Potter p,
as the queer old noto was handed to him,
81 thought all OF these We're in and paid up
long ago. The terms of the ISSUE sir were
that tho Bills would be redeemed when pre-
sented in sums of 81 or over, but 1 guess III
waive that and redeem the note. Here,
Townsend, give the man a quarter and
charge it to- my account Stay, figure up
tho interest ct per cent. for twcntyfour
years and let him have tho whole sum.
guess that is the last Of my old dry goods
notes. You remember, boys, that at the
beginning of tho war rfc had no fractional
currency. Tho silver coin w all boarded,
and the government paper scrip had not
como out. Every firm printed its own
was in the dry goods business on Lake
street then, and | had to issue thousands of
pieces of scrip in order to carry on business
at all Other merchants did tho same. ~
Chicago Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
A Farmers Mistake.

l know we'll to do farmer, having eight
children, who, as soon as they are old enough
to support themselves, leave their home OF
the five boys, not one remains on the farm.
They have gone 70 clerkship and other posi-
tions in preference to staying on the much
despised farm. A glance in the home may
account somewhat for this. There never has
been any effort to make it attractive for the
children. The parents aim has been to work
snd save, with scarcely thought that their
children had any other needs than food and
clothing. They are active, bright minded
boys and girls. 1t is no wonder that the dull
ness and monotony become uncomfortable.
This farmer does not hesitate to spend
money in farm improvements, in fine stock
or in anything that will advance his financial
interest; but any outlay for the chidren's
pleasure is regarded as unnecessary and ex-
travagant
Children cannot feel that sense of proprie-
torship in the farm and its profits that is a
stimulant to the heads of the household, and
something is needed to take It's place Some
personal property, even if a chicken or pig,
is a strong incentive. Children are sportive
by nature-all young animals ale--and some
diversion is essential for leisure hours; other
wise their minds will wander off and dwell OH
the attractions supposed to pertain to village
and city life.
Ii children love music and an organ or
piano cannot be afforded, let them have
smaller and less expensive Instruments. Many
an hour might be spent in the happest way
by boy in his efforts to perform on the
violin or accordion, that would otherwise
pass discontentedly OF in hurtful compan-
lonship
A lew dollars each year invested in reading
natter will not only supply pleasant employ
nent for leisure hours, but the means of
mental improvement as well. There are so
many excellent entertaining publications for
the young, and at such low prices, that 10
family in which there are children should be
without ono or more.-Americaal Agpicul-
turist.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11

A wife and mother needs to be more than a
good housekeeper; she must DO in all things
the mistress of the house, tho companion of
her husband and children. Now, what kind
of companion to anybody is q woman who
is all wrapped up in her housewo rkl Tho
children ask her questions about something
that has taken place, probably in her own
vicinity, that any one would be supposed to
know, and are sent to the father for informa-
ton. They very soon come to the conclusion
that mother isn't supposed to know anything
outside of housekeeping, and do not trouble
her by many questions. The father comes
homo with "a glowing account of an event
that. is taking place in which he is very much
interested, and is all enthusiasm over it. He
wants somebody to talk to about it, but he
has learned long ago that his wife has no in
terest in anything outside of her housekeep-
ing, and he soon learns to find his entertain
ment elsewhere.
Visitors come to the house, very often
events, and she wonder why her husband and
children are so much brighter and interesting
with company than when alone. These
women very often are not what she would
call model housewives, yet their families are,
as a general thing, more contented with their
homes than all her housekeeping ability can
ever make hers. People who have known
her for long time, remembering how enter
tanning she was as girl, wonder why 1t is she
is SO much different. They ask her to sing or
play, but she excuses herself with. II haven't
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
Use of Toilet Soap.

The opinion that of such a necessary article
as soap for the toilet one can't use too much,
is oh opinion which late researches In science
disprove The attraction of the alkali in it
for the oil Of the skin rs well as for its I'M
clean accumulations, constitutes its cleansing
property. Out of the z, 900, 900 pores through
which nearly two pounds of poisonous ex-
halation daily pass from the adult, come
enough materials in short time to produce
fatal and filthy diseases. An eminent physi-
clan has declared that "if the skin be moder
ately active, three or four days suffice to
form layer which may be compared to
thin coating of varnish or sizing" AS this
accumulation increases and decomposition
follows it is not necessary to describe the
suit. What agency but soap can remove its
Many good authorities declare that water
alone is sufficient, except at rare Intervals
There arc oil glands as we'll as excretory
ducts, and for no idle purpose has nature pro-
duced these tiny human oil wells. Injunction,
or the external use of oil, has a recognized
place among the prescriptions of some famous
modern physicians who in this way seek to
restore that necessary property of which tho
body has been deprived by the excessive use
of soap or by disease. They claim thnt it
enables the patient to resist cold, that its
nutritive qualities convey heat to those or
cans which require II, tnaC III gives sense OF
exhiarating freshness, and that Il is not only
soothing in cases of nervous depression,
but it is capable of strengthening weak lungs.
For this purpose almond oil, cocoanut, olive
oil or vaseline are daily applied by the aid of
vigorous rubbing. To all such treatment and
in most cases where Injunction is not required,
the daily application of soaps is injurious
What uncleanly habitsp some one ex-
claims. Not so. Plenty of soft water, a
coarse wash rag, hand friction and Turkish
towel, with soap applied at rare intervals,
and the skin should retain the delicate smooth
ness of an infant. Those milk baths INDUCED
| in by the ancient Roman emperors and en-
presses owed their emollient properties to
The OF! contained in the milk. Every old
nurse knows, too, that weakly children are
sometimes injured by too frequent ablutions.
! Dry rubbing is often the safest opiate for a
pervous little one answering many of the
purposes Of soap.
An eminent physician and scientist lately
told me that he seldom used soap in his daily
bath at makes the skin dry, hard and
harsh and renders me much more liable to
take cold through any changes of the
weather." said he "At the same time, no
rule can be given for the soap. Some per-
sons secrete oil much moro readily than
others, and to such soap is moro of a neces
sity," and he spoke much upon tho desirable
ity of using pure soap or none at all.-Hes-
ter NJ. Poole in Good Housekeeping.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
Objections to the Corset.

1t is rather funny that there are no women
in this world so healthy as the English
women, and no women who lace SO much
The French women and the American have
naturally broader hips and smaller waists, so
that much lacing is not required for them to
gain the fashionable figure. But the English
woman, with her narrow hips and broad
shoulders, needs TO make her waist smaller
to achieve that which she desires, and yet
where are there women who bring into the
world a finer set of men than the English
womena l think that is one of the very an
swers to the objections to the corset The
finest specimens, physically, of Englshmen
are not what a clever girl called "tailor made, /"
but to coin an expression. mother made. ~
"Bab" In New York Star
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
Children and Pet Animals.

A child brought up without the knowledge
of pet animals is solitary being, no matter
If there be brothers and sisters, while child
who has animals to tend is never quite alone.
A dog is of itself a liberal education, with its
example of fidelity, unweared activity, cheer
full sympathy, and love stranger than death,
nay, love that is triumphant over shame and
and ignominy and sin-in6uences that so
often wear out human love or make it change
to hate. How many of US hold to our friends
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
A Correction.

Office Boy-I couldn't get in through
the door so clum in the window.
Employer with a significant emphasis on
the "clum' 1-You clum in the window, did
your
swell, clim, then. It'd Bits
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11

Keep all the apparatus for cleansing lamps
on an old tray, and never use rags, brushes,
scissors, or any of the articles for any other
purpose than trimming lamps.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11

Never scrub oilcloth with brush. but
after being swept it may be cleaned by wash
ing with a soft flannel cloth and lukewarm
water or cold tea
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-05-11
THE CLOTHING.

an my experience the first wrong thing
notice is the clothing of the child. Until a
child is we'll past the critical period of teeth
ing flannel should always be worn over the
bowels, and merino stockings should be kept
on tho year around, summer and winter.
Wool or silk next the skin prevents sudden
arrest of perspiration, and mothers should
remember always one TRUTH The freer the
perspilatiou the greater the danger of even a
slight chilling of the surface. The babies
from whom the sweat just rolls off are
always the ones more liable to the dreaded
summer complaint. Kate L. Graves.