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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21
The KING OF AMIN.
life of the Semi-savage Monarch in His
Palace at Hue.

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Palace at Hue.
Despite the civilizing attem pts of
the French, life in the royal palace Of
Hue continues unchanged. The Kings
harem is composed of hundred
women, who are recruited chiefly from
among the daughters of functionaries.
Once within the palace they cease all
communication with their families,
and become, SO to speak, pris pners.
They are divided into nine classes or
ranks, and are fed and clothed ut the
expense of the state. Those belong
ing to the first class receive yeaf,y 500
Iigatures e ligatures are equal to rs
,ents), $50 bushels of rice, a nd As
pieces of silk; they have each ten
servants. The Queen receives 1000
ligatures, 800 bushels of rice, and 60
pieces of silk. The Kings M ther,
strange to say, Is allowed more than
the Queen. She receives 10000 liga-
lures, 1000 bushels of rice, and pres
ents Of all kinds in the shape of cloth
ing and jewelry. The King is attend
ed daily by number of women, chosen
from all the ranks of the harem.
Thirty Of them mount guard at the
doors OF his Majesty's private apart
ulents Five are attached constantly to
his person; it is these who have charge
OF his toilette; they dress him, perfume
him, pare his long nails, and arrange
his turban. They also attend on him
at table. The King takes three meals
day Each comprises fifty dishes.
prepared by fifty cooks. The dishes
are borne to the door of the dining
room by the cooks, who hand them over
to the women on duty, for no males
are permitted to enter the royal apart
ments. His Majesty drinks, as a rule,
a peculiar kind of scented spirit es-
fpecially distilled for him, but occa-
sionally, on the advice of the doctors,
he takes little Bordeaux wine The
quantity of rice eaten by his Majesty
is always the same; it is measured and
weighed; but should his appetite fall
OFT, and he be unable to consume the
prescribed amount, then the doctors
are called in to provide remedies, of
which they have to partake them
selves before the King will touch
them. His Majesty, it appears, is a
hard worker, Notwithstanding his eff
feminacy. He rises at five and goes
to bed at eight All the affairs of the
country pass through his hands. At
regular periods he makes tour of his
domains to see how his subjects are
getting on, and to redress their griev-
ances, should they have any. In short,
he appears to be the paragon of mon
arch. Philadelphia Telegraph.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21
GYPSY QUARTERS.
life of the Russian Officers Who Are Build
Ing the Transcas plan Railway.


A charming sketch OF the gu arters
of the chief architect of the Trans
caspian railway, General Annenkoff,
is given in the Petersdurger Zditung
Nearly midway between Samarcand
and Amu-Daria, says o correspondent
At the gypsy encampment, on soil of
clay and gravel, stands the railway
train in which we live. 1t consists OF
from forty to fifty carriages. The first
carriage is the residence of General
Annenkoff; on the lower floor are hi
work-room, his sleeping apartment
and the rooms of his secretary; on the
upper floor are the quarters Of tb
servants and Interpreters. The secon,
carriage is the general dining hall, in
which from twelve to twenty persons
breakfast and have dinner-namely.
Tie officers of the railway battalion,
Il : officials, the secretary and invited
AID casual visitors. The casual Wis
TORS are persons who have come by
| the new railway, which has not vet
been publicly opened, and who are on
pi~Oii way ehCi lhtO tuC COuulTN.
The next carriages are made into a
kitchen and pantry, which Is replen-
ished by purchases at the two nearest
towns and at the surrounding villages
One of the Generals servants drives
twice a week to Tchardshul 10 buy
white bread, vegetables and now and
then excellent fish and fresh caviar.
The Buchara beef and mutton are very
good and cheap; the natives have
plenty Of poultry for sale and enor-
nous quantities of wild ducks, thou
sands of which have their homes on
the inland lakes. Dried fruit, rice and
oatmeal are bought of the Persian
traders who follow the new railway
line, and Buchara melons, the excel
lence of which Sultan Ibn Batnia
recognized as long ago as 1885, and
pomegranates are every day brought
fresh to our doors. The officers car
riages are charlningly decorated with
carpets and rugs which the Emir has
sent them. On the upper floors OF their
carriages their servants and grooms
nave theif ROOMS, ana the saddle
horses live in the front OF their train,
where they are tied to posts. A post
and telegraph office. hospital with a
doctors residence, and chemists
shop complete the staff quarters, be-
sides which their are number Of car
riages for workmen. AT kisi -Tepo
the station Is finished, and at many
other stations across the lines the
work is briskly going on, and thou
sands of newly-planted trees round
them are just beginning to shoot.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21
Two of a Kind.

~ saw such beautiful sky this at
ternoon," he said, dreamily, as they
sat and made love together
WAS 1T blueP" she inquired, eagerly.
"Yes, love, with u delicate white
fleece"
And, oh, Harry, did it have lovely,
soulful eyes and a dear little cunning
black nosepn
Il am talking of a heavenly blue
sky" he said, gravely.
That's the kind, dear! Oh, won't
you try to get it for me? I'm just
dying to have blue skye! They are
such sweet pets. "-Detron Free Pres. $
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

AT Lone Pine, Inyo County, Cal. i,
is rock that might easily be passed
of for petrified elephant. A photo
graph OF the rock shows as like as pos
sible to the photograph of an elephant.
The trunk, the eyes, the head and
body are all as well formed in the pho
tograph as If the camera had been
turned toward living animal. The
wrinkles and folds in the skin of an
elephant and the color are all repeated
in the rock. The symmetry and pro-
portions of the living animal are re-
produced in this remarkable freak of
nature.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21
SHOElNG HORSES.
Historical Points Garnished with Practical
Notes for Farmers,

hAistoNAcAA odrnlsneO with PRACTICAL
Notes for Farmers.
The shoeing of horses is as old prob
ably as the history of the general use
of this animal in war. At least some
covering provided to save the hoofs
in journeys over rocky and broken
ground. The Chinese have used tenn
porary foot coverings; SO have other
nations. In fact the period when shoes
were nailed to the feet of horses is lost
in the obscurity OF antiquity, but it is
supposed to have had It's origin in the
East.
The Romans in the palmy days OF
the Empire, or rather certain persons
OF great wealth and high position,
shod their favorite horses with gold.
The nailed shoe of metal came into
England with William the Conqueror,
and it came not only to stay, but to be
generally adopted wherever civiliza-
ton has extended.
The shoeing OF horses has not only
become general, but it has been
abused. That is, there has been too
much constant shoeing of farm horses
winter and summer. 1t has even re-
suited In modifying the foot of the
horse, destroying the extreme tough
ness OF the shell of the hoof, and rend.
ering the hoof tender.
II the farm horse is shod only when
working on hard roads continuously,
the hoofs seldom wear too thin for the
ordinary work OF the farm. When
shod. except for icy roads, the shoes
are better without calkins, and for
pretty much all work on the road,
summer and winter, toe pieces, or
rather what is known as three-quarter
pieces, are better for the horse than
full shoes. Field and Stock.
man.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

Virginia Pudding.-Boil one quart
OF milk. Wet five tablespoonfuls OF
hour In milk or water and stir in Add
the yelks of four eggs and the whites
OF two, bake an hour like custard. You
may add half cupful of raisins II you
like. Beat the whites of two eggs
which you reserved, and add sugar and
lemon. spread over the top and brown
in the oven. II the meringue is made
very sweet it may be served without
sauce, but to make it delicious, fur
nish sauce with it.-Good Housekeep-
ing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

An army Of sparrows and other
birds met a sudden and not to say Pc
culiar death In Cincinnati. An
ammonia tank exploded. filing the
air with The fumes of the drug, there-
by asphyxiating nearly all the small
animals in the neighborhood. together
with a horse which responded to the
alarm of fire sent out.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

Bismarck, like all really great
men, seems at times to be inconsistent
For instance, he is said to refer to
the work OF the press as nothing but
printers ink spread on paper" But
no man reads the papers more dill
gently than he. Besides pers pnally
reading every day dozen or more of
the leading journals from varion Us Eu-
ropean capitals, he keeps a staff of
from Tour to SIX clerks constantly at
work. scanning the columns of hun
dreds OF papers from all parts Of the
forld. and clipping out every item
nat can possibly be Of interest to him.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

The predominating color of Mars
is red, while of our planet it is green.
When the sons of Belial, overfown
with insolence and wine, wander forth
we call 1t painting the town red
Wonder what the people of Mars call
itp-P Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21
PERSONAL AND IMPERsoNAt

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The late Vice-President Wheeler
gave away between forty and fifty
thousand dollars during the CLOSING
years OF his life.
In the Stewart will case at New
York, Mr.. Ansley testified that Mrs.
Stewart distributed nearly 81 500, 900
among her relatives before she died.
Fred Douglass has fortune of
$500, 600. and there are said to be more
than one hundred colored men ia
Washington who are worth $25, 600 or
more. -.......s
General Patrick Collins, who pre-
sided over the St. Louis convention,
got his schooling in Ohio while work
ing hard in a coal mine and ON farm.
At sixteen he became an apprentice in
Boston. and on the expiration of his
! apprenticeship had 81, 100 to his credit
--Munemitsu Mutsu, the new jap
anese Minister to this country, is about
| forty-five years of age. He is extremely
| learned and possesses great executive
| ability. In 1877 he was imprisoned
| near Toxic for his connection with the
| Sligo rebellion. His sentence WAS for
twelve years. but at the end of five
years the Government released him.
having discovered that his offense was
less fragrant than at first supposed.
| DR.. Lyman Abbott, who has ac-
cepted the call to Plymouth pulpit. Is
a man with remarkable capacity for
work. In his personal appearance he
is just the opposite OF his famous pre-
decessor. He is tall and thin, with
delicately-c features and flowing
beard. One thing in common with
Mr.. Beecher is the big SLOUGH hat Or
wide-awake that adorns his head.
| Brother Simpson examining
neighbours horse behind the church
sheds)--''l amt a-tryin' to work up no
boss trade on the holy Sab'th. 'Tain't
my style O. dom business. Sundays
for religious dooties. But I say, if
you'll bring that thar mare O. yourn
round to-morrer mornin I'll SWAP
even, and throw in that old ram O.
mine. l will. l swan | willr'-Har-
per's Bazaar.
| Eli Perkins, the alleged humorist.
was lately paid in his own coin. accord
ing to the>Albany Journal. He wrote
to Mr.. Caldwell, the general manager
of the Michigan Central railroad. for
pass over the Nickel Plate road.
Caldwell is a dignitied gentleman, who
seldom condescends to joke. Perkins
| wrote what was intended to be funny
letter, closing with: Enclosed find
five dollars If you CAM Mr. Cald-
wells reply acknowledged the receipt
OF the letter briefly, and closed by say
ing: Enclosed find pass as requested
ii you can!' Mr.. Perkins paid his
| fare.
| Alexander Graham Bell, the tele-
phone millionaire has only just turned
his fortieth year, and yet his hair and
beard are streaked with gray. Mr.
Bell is Scotchman, and has only been
in this country since 1872. He was
very poor when he landed, but he is
very rich now, and his poor relations
in Scotland have profited by his gen
crosby. Mrs. Bell is deaf-mute. but
she understands lip-reading so well
that her husband converses with her
the same as he would if she were not
so afflicted, and no one who hears
them suspects that she can not speak
and hear rs other people.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

Whatever temper of mind we
choose will surely become chronic In
line, and will be known to those
among whom We live as our temper.
our own particular temper. rs dis
inguished from the tempers Of other
,sopls
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

Bishop Matthew Simpson, it Is
said, never refused to see caller, no
matter how trivial his business might
be. He made the study of men his
specially, and so profound was his
knowledge Of the subject that he was
constantly consulted by people outside
as well as inside the Church, and no
one sought his advice more eagerly
than Abraham Lincoln.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

WHATS that awful racket in the
back roomP" inquired a customer of
one of the clerks. Somebody trying
to yell the roof offp" ..It's the silent
partner, sir; the firm Is after him for
lnore money.'-M. 7. Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1888-09-21

"A young woman who married one
legged man says it doesn't take much
TO make her husband hopping mad. y
---Nor7istoapn Herald.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
ON THE WANE.
Cold Weather DiminIsheS the Number ot
Yellow Fever Victims.

DECATUR, Ala, Nov. l3.-The heavy
lrosts OF the past lew mornings have
dispelled all fears OF yellow fever, and
re e.ugees are returning in large numbers.
Trains on the Louisville Il Nashville
Railroad stop here again and those on
ne Memphis < Charleston viii doubt
less do SO soon. No cases of fever are
reported to-day and no deaths.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla, Nov. Il. - The
Board of Healrh to-day reported seven
new cases Of yellow fever, only one
white There were two deaths. Total
eases TO date. 1918: total deaths, $50
The steamer of the Clyde line from New
York. due at Mavporl to- day. has a full
passenger list and many returning Jack
sonyille refugees. There is a rumor that
these will att mpt 10 come up to the
city. Every pr caution has been taken
10 exclude them.
MONTGOMERY, Ala, Nov. 15.-Nont-
gomerv has raised her quarantine
against both Decatur and Jacksonville,
and passengers and baggage can now
come IN.
GAINESVILLE, Fla, Nov. l3.-Surgeon
Martin reports three new cases OF yell
low fever and one death.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
THE NATIONAL GUARD.
Adjt.- Gen. Drums Report on the Militia
of the United


In his annual report to the secretary
of war, Adjt.-Gen. Drum says that dur
ing the past summer and fall army Off
GERS inspected militia encampments in
Alabama, Delaware, Georgia, Illinois,
Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, New
York, North Carolina, Ohio, Penn
sylvania and Vermont. The regu-
larly organized and uniformed
active militia of the several states. which
in 1885 aggregatedsS4, 739, reached 80, 734
in 1856, increased to lO0, ,637 in the fol-
lowing year, and July ,, 1883, represent
ed an available force of l06,Sl9 men.
Gen. Drum says: The personnel of
the inspected organizations is excellent
and no better material could be found
anywhere to make good soldiers. The
officers are generally intelligent and
fairly up in tactical knowledge, while q
general desire is shown to learn"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
INSULT TO THE FLAG,
A United States Consul Assaulted and
Thrown Into the Street


PANAMA, Nov. ia serious inter-
national trouble is on between Peru and
the government of the United States.
The circumstances are these On the
assumption that house at Mollendo
belonged to the Arequipa Railway, and
was therefore the property of the state,
orders were given to occupy it by force,
although the building was declared
TO belong to a citizen of the
United States. 1t was accordingly
seized by a squad of soldiers. The
United States consulate was situated in
the building, and this was forcibly
closed, padlocked, the coat of arms re-
moved, the agent prevented from en-
tenng his office for nearly aweek.
The American minister at Lima who
protested against the seizure of the
house, on receipt of intelligence of this
aggression, cabled to his government
and was instantly instructed to demand
an apology. The house was vacated
after SIX days occupation, but the gov
eminent peremptorly refused to make
an apology, and rather upheld their
proceeding. On this, the minister tele-
graphed the intelligence of the refusal,
and the Department Of State at Wash
ington has ordered him to forward full
particulars of the affair before taking
further ste ps.
The recently effected treaty between
the United States and Peru, as we'll as
international law, secured from outrage
and any sort of interference all consul
ar archives and property, and unless
Peru can show some more plausible
reason than mistaken assumption for
violating the consular privileges, and
that too in the face of a warning protest
from the minister, it is difficult to see
how the government can avoid a Sc
rious misunderstanding with the United
States
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
TROUBLE FOR HARRISON.
Not the President-E but Chicago's Ex
MayOr.

Carter Harrison, eX-mayor and gem
tleman plenipOtentiary representing
Chicago in heathen lands and the old
world, will find damage suit OF S2f 900
waiting to welcome him home. Judge
Hawes entered the case on the 18th
on his docket. LAWYER Weinschenk,
who will conduct the prosecution,
says that his client, Soloman WaiXel,
was standing on the sidewalk in front
of Carter Harrison's residence on July
/, 1886. In the yard was young man,
thought to have been a son of the eN-
mayor, shooting Roman candles, crack
ers, rockets, devIl-chasers and other fire
works. The young man in the yard
lighted a candle, made it describe the
outlines of funnel above bis
head, while myriads of sparks
rained upon him and balls of
fire shot up into the air. 1t IS
further alleged that the young man at
the lower end of the candle, in some
manner turned it toward Waixel so that
one OF the shots struck the latter in the
eve, destroying his sight forever. Walk
els idea is TO hold Carter Harrison
himself responsible for that unlucky
shot. He is willing - take $50, 600 from
the eX-mayor and let the matter drop.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
The HARPER CASE AGAIN.
The American Exchange National OF Chi
cago Gets Back Its Money.

The American Exchange National OF Chi
cago Gets Back Its Money.
A dispatch of the 10th from Cincin-
natl, O., says: When the notorious
wheat deal OF E. / Harper, of the FL
deity National, was in the throes of
death Harper sent Wiltshire to Chicago
with S600.OtO in drafts to be cashed at
the American Exchange Nattonai
Bank Of Chicago. That bank
cashed 100000 OF them, but
when presented to the banks
upon which they were drawn payment
was refused. The American Exchange
National Bank of Chicago, presente.i its
claim to Receiver Armstrong, but he
refused To pay it on the ground that
Harper had no funds TO warrant the
drafts he tad made. suit was then
brought by the American Exchange
Bank, and when Receiver Armstrong, IN
October, 1887, declared a dividend OF %
per cent. he set aside the money 20 pay
this claim, but Of course refused to pay
it until the question was decided IN
court The case has now been on
hearing for three days before judges
Jackson and Sage Of the United
States court, and tins afternoon at the
close of the argumants they decided IN
favor of the claimant The point of their
decision was that the American EN-
change National Bank did not in this
case exceed the scope Of It's powers and
became an innocent purcha-er o paper
that was intrinsIctlly worthless. The
immediste result this decision is that
the receiver of the Fidelity Bank must
pay to the American Exchange National
Bank, Of Chicago, 100000 with interest
from October, 1851; and tie future re-
suit is that SO far as the assets of the FL
iclity Bank and the liability Of its
stockholders Will suffice the entire
eIaILn viii be mid IN LnL-.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
UNABLE TO COUNT 1T.

curious Complication in Regard To the
ofticIal Vote in u Maryland District.
\ curious complication has arisen in
regard to the official returns from one
district of Prince Georges County,
Maryland. After the votes were count
~, cne of the judges, through
-haranCe, put the tally-sheet
MO The ballot box and locked
up. The law torbids the box
g he re-opened unless there is con-
t.-t, and how legally to secure the Off
.1a. returns the Judges of the district
are puzzled to know. Judge Stone has
heen appealed to. but it is feared he
may declare he has no jurisdiction and
cannot order the ballot-box to be re-
opened. In this event there is only
one course TO be puIsued. Fortunately
he new boxes are transparent. The
udses will probably meet and while
me Of them shakes the boxes up the
other viii watch until the tally sheet
igdls on top OF Its other contents with
Inc figured side up They Will then
carefully read the returns, make a cor
'eet copy ana send it to the secretary of
state
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1888-11-17
PLENTY TO EAT.
Some Figures on the Crops OF Corn and


Some Figures on the Crops OF Corn and
Potatoes.
The returns Of Weld of corn, made to
the department of agriculture, Indicate
a weld per acre quite as large rs that Of
1885, and larger than any other crop
since that Of 1850. The aggregate,
grown on larger area, will exceed
that of any previous American product,
being very close to 2,O0a ,OOO, 900 600
bushels, or about % bushels per capita.
The corn surplus states average yield as
follows: Ohio, $50 bushels; Indiana,
81; Illinois, 36.2; Iowa, 81; Missouri,
81; Kansas, p; Nebraska, 36. These
seven states ploduce "a per cent. of the
crop aggregate There is a good supply
of maize IN nearly all parts OF the
South, SO that comparatively little will
be required from The West.
Alter three years of low yields, pota~
toes give an average Of about 50 bush
els per acre, or nearly the rate of yield
OF 1879. The averages of prominent
pOtatO-groWing states are as follows:
Maine, 40 bushels; New York, 81;
Pennsylvania. 50; Ohio, so; Michigan,
70; Indiana, IS; Illinois, so; Iowa, 80;
Minnesota, %; Dakota, so; Nebraska,
50. The yield has been increased in the
South. 1t is high in the Northern belt
teIIltOIlSS- Inc lptdi pIbuuCl bil INC
basis OF these averages is about l95, ,OUO,-
600 bushels. or I'll 600, 900 more than the
estimated product of 1887.
The average yield of buckWheat is APP
proNimatelv - bushels per acre. and
the crop nearly II ,00O,0O0 bushels. The
average for New York is II bushels;
Pennsylvania, Il; Michigan, 1913; Indi-
ana, 1l.4; Illinois, 1876; Wisconsin, %;
Minnesota, II; Iowa, JOS; Missouri,
1O7; Kansas, 95; Nebraska, l1.3.
Hay is crop slightly above the av-
erage in yield or % tons per acre. It
has been nowhere seriously injured by
drought. There is a strong tendency 10
increase of area in the South and the
yields upon cultivated areas rather than
natural meadows. are relatively large.