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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
RARE AZTEC MUMMlES.
Dried for Centuries in the Wonderful Air
of Lofty Mexican Caves.


Sig. S. Marghieri, the well-known
arch9ologist, discovered and explored
Theoretically sealed cave, at an eleva-
ton of nearly 1000 feet on the eastern
side of the Sierra Madre mountains in
Mexico, about POO miles south of Dem
ing, between Coralitos and Casa
Grande, about two years ago. The
floor was nearly smooth, the sides
rough and rugged, and the vault COW
cred with stalactites. In the far end
of the cavern were found four dessi-
Gated human bodies.
The bodies were in sitting posture.
with the hands crossed on the breast,
and the knees approaching the chin,
with the head inclined forward They
were carefully shrouded in their burial
garments, and placed facing the rising
sun. The male and female were seated
side by side. The elder child, a boy,
was at the right of the father, and the
younger child, a girl at the left of the
mother, In addition to the funeral
shrouds, the little girl was enveloped
method used in the island of Fuerte
Ventura, the better to preserve its
tender frame.
The floor of the cavern and the re-
mains were covered with a fine dust.
but no footprints of man or beast could
be found. The bodies were carried to
San Francisco by Sig. Marghieri,
and were purchased by j. u. Davis,
president of the Board of Trustees of
the State Mining Bureau, and by him
presented to the bureau.
No embalming process was used in
the preservation of these bodies. They
were dried by the air alone. The
bodies are not like those of the Indians
of the present day, because the fingers
and hands and feet are smaller than
the average, and the woman's hair is
brown and silken and of the Caucasian
type. The body of the man must have
weighed in life from 100 No 200 pounds,
but it now weighs only ii pounds,
while the body of the woman Weighs
only Il pounds. In the lobe of each of
the small and well-proportioned ears is
piece of hollow bamboo reed as. an
ornament. The woman had large
forehead and well-developed reasoning
powers.
The little boy weighs but three
pounds and the girl only four and half
pounds.
The burial shrouds on the bodies are
composed chiefly of cotton, hair, hide,
grasses and the bark of willows. San
Francisco Examiner.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
Causes of Sea-Sickness.

The French psychologist, DR.. Dastre,
has been making curious experiments
with animals with the object of deter
mining the causes of seasickness. The
creatures have been subjected to vari-
Gus kinds of motion, corresponding
to the rolling and pitching of vessels
DIR. Dastre found, on examination that
the intestines were thereby strangely
displaced and violently thrown against
the diaphragm, and he presumes that
similar disturbance produces sea-
sickness on board of ship. To coun-
teract this irritation, Dir. Regnault is
stated to have administered cocaine
with excellent results. Another
French physician, who attributes sea-
sickness to the same causes as DR..
Desire, reports that he has discovered
two infallible preventives, one MKT
ure of atropine and strychnine, and the
other caffeine.-N Y. Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
GENUINE BOSTON THRIFT.
Experience of n Woman Who Wasn't Use,
to Paying Full Price for Remnants.

Experience of n Woman Who Wasn't Used
to Paying Full Price for Remnants.
One of these women went into big
dry-goods house the other day to buy
material for a gown. She selected,
after a good deal of fussing, ging-
ham costing twelve cents yard.
How many yards are there in the
piecep" she asked.
There are eleven" the clerk an
swered, after counting.
| will take ten," she said.
lie suggested that she take the whole
piece, but she insisted that he should
cut off ten yards, and this was accord
ingly done.
That's remnant, supposeP" she
said interrogatively, taking up the odd
yard as he folded the goods.
Yes, mas am"
You sell remnants cheaper, don't
your"
Sometimes, the clerk said, lacon-
ically.
What will you take for thisp'
Twelve cents.
But that was just what paid for
the piece
Yes, but haven't any authority tc
mark goods down"
Couldn't you send the cash boy to
find the man that does mark them
down, so as to see what he would
take?' the customer asked, anxiously.
just now," the clerk replied, with a
wicked wink to brother clerk, "he is
at his dinner, and l don't think he'll
be in to-day"
And you couldn't mark it down
yourself and tell him about itp'
mo, the clerk said, smiling aggra-
vatingly. Il couldn't, really"
WELL" the woman said, with a
sigh, ''then I'm dreadful sorry | had it
cut, for I'll have to have that yard any
way, even if | do have to pay twelve
cents for it. Ten yards wouldn't posi-
bly, do. But amt used to paying full
price for remnants"
The clerk put the odd yard in and
what the woman told her dressmaker
is unfortunately not on record. Boston
Cor. Providence Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
AN ARMY HORSES FATE.
tho Common Fate of Chargers Who Have
Grown Old In the Service.

th0 Common Fate of Chargers Who Have
Grown Old In the Service.
Tho fate of the army horse is gen.
orally a sad one. Having taken to a
military career he gives up all hopes
of enjoying any of the benefits which
some of his kindred enjoy who wear
away their prime in dragging truck
or dray. These latter often are cared
for by considerable masters in return
for years of good, reliable service.
Not so with the army equine. He can
look forward to few years of luxuri-
GUS living and fare. But let him be-
come sick or disabled and he is cast
adrift in a cruel world, and he ends
his days in misery. The gallant,
prancing steed that bears the Colonel
manly form around the parade
ground may in a month be crawling
along some by-way in Tar Flat, drag
ging at his heels decrepit old soap
fat wagon.
As soon as it is discovered that a
horse is unfit for duty, a request is sent
to the quartermaster to have the ami
NAL condemned. A horse does not
have to be disabled to be condemned
and branded /. c. inspected and con-
demned). If he will not stay in the
ranks, if he is nervous at the sound OF
music or the whistling of shot, he is
condemned Horses get soured in dis
position, too, as If they repented of en-.
tering the service and wanted to get
out of it.
There are instances, preserved as
legends in the army, where horses
have been rewarded for long and faith
full services by being cared for in their
old age. A notable case is that of the
equine survivor of Clusters fatal battle
with the Sioux on the Little Big Horn
The clouds of smoke had passed up the
ravine, the last savage whoop had long
ceased to re-echo among the hills, and
Miles Keogh's horse at evening
Was the only living thing
that moved along the battlefield where
the corpses of poor Clusters boys in
blue were strewn. Here was the ami
NAL discovered lingering over the body
of his dead master. Miles Keogh' s
horse, by special department order,
was sent to West Point, where he was
to pass the rest of his days in comfort,
and with no harder work to perform
than to discover in what part of the
lawn the greenest and dewiest grass
grew. But such an elysian existence
is not the common fate of the horse
that expends his energies in Uncle
Sans service.-N Y. Letter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
WONDERFUL THINGS.
A Russian Peasants RidicuIously- Prfmi-
tive Idea of Railroads.

| A Russian Peasants RidicuIousIy PRINT
tive Idea of Railroads.
When the railway was first operated
| between Moscow and St. Petersburg
it was an object of great terror to the
superstitious peasantry of Northern
Russia, who thought there must GER
tainly be some witchcraft or magic
in an invention which could make a
train of heavy cars run along without
horses at the rate of twenty miles an
hour, when the best speed of wagons to
which they were accustomed was
only three miles an hour, or four at
the very outside.
Some of them would not even go
within sight of train. and made the
sign of the cross whenever they heard
one rattle past. Others peeped timidly
over the palisade of the railway sta
ton to catch glimpse of the fearful
smoke-breathing creature, which they
believed to be a living monster, and
when the steam-whistle sounded they
cried out: " Hear him screaming! He's
hungry and wants to eat somebody!'
and took to their heels at once.
But little by little this terror began to
wear away. The village priests were
seen TO go to and fro by train, and the
simple country folks thought that what
they did could not be wrong. By de-
grees the peasants themselves began
to try the "smoke wagons" too, and
one day an old man named Ivan Petro-
witch Masloff, who had never been out
of his own village till then, made up
his mind to go and have look at
mother Moscow" which all Russian
peasants reverence as the finest city in
the world and the real capital of Rus
STA.
Now it happened that the down ex-
press and the up express met each
other at the station of Bologoe (mid-
way between Moscow and St. Peters,
burg), where the passengers of both
trains stopped for half an hour to have
supper. Among the crowd of people
that go out of the other train Ivan sud
denly recognized an old friend. The
two went into the refresh ment-room
together, had chat over their steam
ing tumblers of tea and lemon Juice,
and then Ivan, without thinking of
what he was doing, got into his friend s
train instead of his own, and was soon
travelling back toward the spot whence
he had started.
Their talk went on merrily for
awhile, for Ivan friend never thought
of asking the old man which way he
was going. But presently Ivan began
to grow silent and grave, as if ponder
ing something which puzzled him very
much; and at length, after sitting for
nearly five minutes without uttering a
word, he suddenly broke out:
"Ah, Pavel Yurievitch" paul. son
of George, "what wonderful thing
these railroads are, to be sure, Here
am | going to Moscow, and here are
you going to st. Petersburg, and vet
we're both travelling in the same carl"
-Dacid Her, IN Harper's Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
THE FREE PRESS.
GRANGEvILLE, IDAHO.
EFFECTS OF COCAINE.
How the Drug Is Gathered in Peru and
Prepared for Market.

How the Drug Is Gathered in Peru and
Prepared for Market.
This new drug is obtained from the
leaves of the coca plant by treating
them with wine or spirits in which
this principle is dissolved like camphor
gum. Although recently brought to
the notice OF the medical profession,
the plant was used by the ancient in
habitants of Peru long before the time
of the conquest of that country, as
freely as tobacco is used any where
now The result of its habitual use is
said to be worse than that of absinthe,
or opium, or the ordinary intoxicants.
The plant belongs to the same botan-
ical family as the common flax from
which linen is made. 1t is described as
a shrub six or eight feet high, resem-
bling the hazel bush of New England,
and has little white flower. The
leaves are gathered by the women and
children, the tender twigs being broken
off and dried in the sun, after which
they are ready for use.
The people carry their supply of
only they generally have pouch hung
round the neck, and have little I'M
Stacked lime, or potash made of potato
skins, in little buckskin bag, hanging
with it. Although the Spanish priests
denounced the coca-chewers, and pro-
hibited the use of the leaf the order
had no more effect than Urban's edict
against tobacco. The Inca was faith
full to the traditions of Ills fathers.
Coca chewing in its effects upon the
senses somewhat resembles opium
smoking. A habitual chewer, known
to the Peruvians as u ''coquero, is as
degraded and useless as a confirmed
opium eater or habitual drunkard.
His unsteady gait, his yellow skin, his
sunken and bleared eyes, his purple
lips and general debility" appearance
all bear evidence to his using the leaf
to excess.
The leaves used in moderation, how
ever, are stimulating to the nerves,
and are good tonic But the remark
able effect of the use of coca is to en-
able the chewer to abstain for a long
time from food and drink. Another
especial and singular effect is produced
upon the lungs in breathing in high
attitudes.
The natives, under the influence of
this drug, can run long distances over
mountain passes of the Andes, without
stopping for food or sleep, or being
troubled with breathlessness. Euro
peans and people from North America
have felt the same effect. - Youth's
Co7npdni0R.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
An Old Fashion Revived.

The old-fashioned bell-shaped sleeve
Is revived with the short French en-
broidered under sleeve which was
feature OF dress many years ago. The
bell-shaped sleeves when they became
exaggerated, as pictures show, necessi-
tated the very large puff sleeve with a
band as finish. A tendency to revive
a small puff sleeve at the edge of the
rather short coat sleeve is now appar-
emit There are also half-open elbow
sleeves with dainty little sleeve of
silk, embroidered French muslin, or
silk net. made in bishop style and gath
cred into a narrow band of the Same
delicate material. There are also
slightly open coat sleeves cut up at
the back or front seam, or both, to ad-
init pleated frill of rich lace This
style is said to make the hand look
smaller than any other of the new
models, which are legion. Another
sleeve, on an imported gown designed
for cool-weather wear, is made of
striped camel's hair. in damask, rose,
and dove color. The striped sleeve
opens to admit a finely shirred puff
sleeve of plain damask camel's hair.
and upon another gown of olive and
cardinal stripe there is puff sleeve of
plain cardinal surah.-N. Y Post.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
TOOTH-PICk CHEWING.
A Feminine Habit Almost as Disgusting
as the Mastication of Gum.

~"---S~-Ne-N---
Do you ever chew a toothpick2
Really, my dear, if you are addicted to
that ungraceful habit let me plead with
you to stop it at once. There are lots
of ladies to be seen, especially on Dear
born street, every noon time. pursuing
this highly indigestible and unbecom-
ing course of diet, but l think if the
greater part of them actually stopped
to consider how course and unfeminine
an appearance it gave them they would
abandon the practice. Smiles that you
fash at friend from behind tooth
pick are apt to lose their glamour on
the way. 1t is all very well for you
and for me to fall back when we are
criticised upon the childish and defiant
II don't carer' We know we do care.
There is not an Ewes descendant
among us, from little Miss katurah,
yonder, in the glory of her sixteen
years, down to the most faint
and withered rose-leaf of a blessed
grandma, who is Indifferent to a
decent mans or woman's good opinion.
1t was born in us, my dear, like the
taste for sugar and the love of having
our own way. and until you find bird
forgetting how to build its nest, or
honey bee how to sip a rose, you Will
never find q true woman who, deep
down in her heart of hearts, cares moth
ing for the appreciation of mankind
There are nickel-plated creatures VINO
do not, made with steel springs like
my old Waterbury blunderbuss yonder
and labeled as women, but they dons
count in this estimate. | refer to fem
mime women, contradictions, caprices'
bewilderments and all while you
are about it,n suggests some one over
my shoulder, ''say some thing aDouS
gum-chewers. My dear, haven't /!
For two mortal years haven't wrestleo
with the queens who make fair the
garden of girls to abandon that idlotlc,
purposeless, unbecoming practice, ana
what avails it alp Every day | sit IN
the company of charming young women
meant by Heaven to be lovable and KISS
able and sweet, but who, half OF then'
by reason of contortions, self-imposeo'
transform themselves into mounting
lunatics. If | had girl who cheWeo
gum, would put her in convent
But if had mother who chewed gum
I would sell myself for the price OF
pint of buttermilk. IN ChfcdyO
journal
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
Nothing Extraordinary.

This, ladies an gents" vocifer-
ated menagerie orator in "a small
town in Kentucky, is the great Arab
ian dromedary, with two humps upon
his back instead of one, but the extra
hump will cost you nothing He is
the Arabs beast of burden. He fetches
and carries, while the Arab sits idly in
the sand, and Gmpressively). he can
go eight days without waterr'
Only eight days!'' was the general
exclamation, and then the crowd moved
on in search of something interesting.
~ \. Hor1L
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08
She Viii Make 1t Thinner.

Guest at charming country summer
resort don't like to complain, Mrs.
Millsap, but when it comes to vege-
table soup every day for three weeks
think you are putting it on rather
thick.
Mrs. Millsap tsweetly)-I sometimes
think SO myself, Mr.. Chunkerson. I'll
have II made thinner hereafter Chi
cQao Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08

Husband" I've some bad news.
my dear; that old bachelor brother OF
mine has failed; lost his entire fort
une." Wife-"Oh, John, how dread
ful! and just as we had named the baby
after him. Poor little fellowr'-Har.
per'S Bdzar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1889-02-08

-Blugs says the "honest farmer y
displays chicanery when he feeds his
usmmer boarders on tough chickens
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13
The First Meerschaum Pipe.

In 1928 there lived in Pesth, the capital of Hungary. Karol Kowatee, shoemaker, whose ingenuity in cut ting and carving on wood brought him into contact with Count Andras- sy, with whom he became a great fa- vorite. The Count, on his return from mission to Turkey, brought with him piece of whitish clay, which had been presented to him as curiosity on account of it's extraor- dinary light specific gravity. It struck the shoemaker that, being porous, it would be we'll adapted for pipes, as it would absorb the nicotine. The ex- pertinent was tried and Karol cut a pipe for the Count and one for him. self. He would work on them at odd moments during working hours with out wiping the wax from his hands. He noticed that the wax gave the pipes pretty brown polish and also that they smoked more sweetly. 9th CT noblemen, hearing of the wonder ful species of clay, imported it in con siderable quantities for the manufac- ture of pipes. The natural scarcity of this clay, known as meerschaum, and the great cost of importation in those days of limited facilities for transportation, rendered its use ex- clusively confined to the richest mo- blemen of Europe up to 1880, when it became q more general article of trade. The first meerschaum pipe made by Karol Kowatee has been preserved and is now in the museum at Pesth.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13

To regulate the stomach, liver and bowels, Dr. Pierce's Pellets excel. One a dose.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13
"The world grows weary praising men,

"The world grows weary praising men,
 And wearied grows of being praised" Bnt never wearied grows the pen
 Which writes the truths that have amazed the thousands who have given up their physicians and who have been restored to complete health by using that safest of all remedies for func- tional irregularities and weaknesses, which are the bane of womankind. We refer, of course, to Dr. Pierce s Fayorite Prescription, the only guar anteed cure for all those chronic ail- ments peculiar to women. Read the guarantee on the bottle wrapper.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13
''Open it." said the old lady.


 l opened it. There was only the faded lining with it's worn compart- ments. Not trinkct remained. I gave great start.
 "Oh!" 1 cried, "where are the jewels!"
 "I suppose you haven't stolen emp sad Mrs. Cadgett.
 IF"
 Nor old Owen?" "Of course not
 No one else has been in the house?'
 looked at Mrs. Cadgett. She looked at me with eyes that glittered like piercing dagger points. fell, sobbing, on my knees, and buried my head in the bcdclothes.
 "Jack has been here," said I. "Ie slept in the kitchen that rainy night. He saw the jewels. 1 was trying them on. Oh! Aunt Cadgett, it was very wrong and wicked of me, but l meant no harm! Oh! Pm quite, quite sure of that. And if any one has stolen your jewels -"
 "No one has stolen them, child," said Mrs. Cadgett, with sort of low, chuckling laugh. "They're safe here, under my pillow, where l put them last night, after you brought them up here. l managed somehow to take the key out of your dress pocket and hobble to the chiffonier after you were asleep. knew there was man downstairs, l had heard hls voice, and l thought my treas ures would be safest under my own hand. Besides, l couldn't bear the idea of having sly traitor in the house. You haven't been sly, Dora; you have been confessing it all. Don't cry, little girl; l forgive you
 But l don't deserve to be for given!" 1 sobbed ont. II have been sly. Give your jewels to Jemima Cadgett, pleasc-give her everything!''
 Mrs. Cadgett smiled and shook her head.
 "Now," said she, tell me all about this Jack"
 And l told her, and she comforted me with words of sympathy and kindly caresses, such as l never had expected to receive from her.
 That was last year. Jack and l was married month ago, and Aunt Cadgett's wedding gift to me was the leathern case of jewels. Jack is to be overseer of the great Cadgett orange orchards down in Florida, and Miss Jemima says she don't care a straw who wears the jewelled dagger and the amethyst necklace, so long as Aunt Cadgett is suited. She is 50 good about it. And as soon as Aun, Cadgcit can be moved we are all going to Florida together.
 And am so happy! But Jack and Aunt Cadgeet both say l deserve it. -- -[Shirley Browne.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13

The little boy was on his knees in his little night-dress saying his pray CTS, and his little sister could not re- sist the temptation to tickle the soles of his little feet. He stood it as long as he could, and he said: "Please God, excuse me while l knock the stuffing out of Nellie"
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13

Little spells of fever, little chills so bland, Makes the mighty graveyard and the angel
 band. A little of Chearham's Chill Tonic taken
 now and then, Makes the handsome women and the
 healthy men.
 For sale by J. 0. Howell.
Nevada County picayune., 1889-11-13

Has attained a standard of excellence which admits of no superior.
 It contains every improvement that invcn- tive genius, skill and money can produce.