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, 1890-01-21

"'He made n feeble and impotent
gesture >" read the father of the fam
lily from his newspaper; and then, see
ing that his children were listening, he
added, kitty, what is an 'impotent
gesture'2'
Il guess it's when you snap your
fingers in somebody's face" returned
Kitty, wisely.
Truly, an excellent illustration of an
impudent gesture.
1t is the same Kitty who is constant
ly asked by her younger brothers to
define hard words because she is never
at a loss for an answer, and ri al
ways find reasons, sometimes morei in
genious than true.
What is it to have versatility 2"
asked Teddy one day.
Its to be a poet" returned Kitty,
without hesitation. ITO make verses,
you know."-Youth's Companion.
, 1890-01-21
The Nature of Orchids.

The orchids, conquerors of the light,
may well claim pardon for their triumph
over their humble companions of the
achieved. They astonish us when we
first examine them, then charm us. Ma
ture has been liberal with them, and
they have everything. Their flowers
are full Of that curious charm that cap
tivates. Their colors are tremendously
toned, and always bright and elegant.
Their odor is sweet and penetrating, but
does not cloy. Notwithstanding their
thin texture, which gives them a delicate
and frail air. they last longer than other
ornamental flowers. Nothing, in fact,
seems to be wanting to them but a more
lively and abundant foliage, and that
can be supplied by mingling fern leaves
with them.
1t was long supposed that these Won
derful plants were extremely delicate
and capricious. This was a mistake.
To their other virtues they join the are
one of simplicity.
Nearly all the orchids cultivated in
greenhouses are natives of the inter
tropical II and it was supposed from
TINS TACT thdt they TequlTtu Cohsiuerapit
heat. Put it has gradually beer estab
lished that n high temperature really
binders their best development. A con
siderable number of them in their native
state grow on high mountains, under
exposure 10 a b~racing atmosphere; and
they are now cultivated in moderately
warmed and freely ventilated green
houses. They are, therefore, relatively
hardy plants, well adapted to the deco
ration of our rooms.-J. Dybowski in
Popular Science Monthly.
, 1890-01-21

D
A little ragamufin, who had lost one
of his legs, hoped around on n crutch
ore rainy afternoon last week at the
corner of Broadway and Park place.
His shoe was torn, and it was natural to
suppose that the foot inside Of it was
wet. The boy was determined that there
should be no question about this, for he
hoped from one puddle to another, and
stood in each until the water began to
ooze out of the shoe. Several other
gamins played around with him. At
times they tried to pull him down, but
he was very quick and had n way of
bringing his crytch down on their shout
ders that made them wary about com
ing within his reach. Suddenly he
stopped and said:
81 feel hungry. Guess 1 want some
thin to eat"
He left his companions playing in the
street, hoped up onto the sidewalk and
accosted the first man that came along.
The man looked at his crippled condi-
ton and gave him a dime. The next
man fumbled in his pocket and brought
out a copper. The third and fourth paid
no attention to him. He gave 1t up then
and came back to his companions, toss
ing the money he had received as though
this was no unusual occurrence.
Coin to leave you fellows" he said;
"goin' to get some beef and beans"
AS he hobbled away the other boys
looked at him with envy in their eyes.
Gosh" said N of them, Its great
to be one legged. You don't have to
work and you get more money, too"
The others nodded assent.-New York
Sun.
, 1890-01-21
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Courtesy of Hyo. Archives & HI s+or.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07
A Land of Mystery,

In 1877, | think he said, a party
OF fakirs, possibly t he same ones
had seen, for their description Tailed
closely with that of my acquaintance,
visited the colonel's quarters and
gave anexhibition of their almost
superhuman powers. The old man
threw himself while in a sitting or
rather squatting position into a
trance, and his assistants proceeded
to place his tongue far back in his
mouth. Then they swathed his body
with bandages, as a mummy is pre-
pared for the tomb. They filed his
ears, eyes, mouth and nostrils with
paste and bandaged his face, and
neck, arms and chest, as they had
done the lower part of his body.
w hen this was done he was turned
over to the colonel. Mind you, all
this was done in the presence of the
colonel and his officers. There was
and could be no deceptionin it. The
colonel had had n deep hole dug in
barrack yard and into this he placed
the bandaged fakir. after first put
ting him into box shcathed with
metal and Theoretically sealed. The
earth was spread over this box and
the grave was placed under guard of
n squad of soldiers. Every second
OF the time, day and night for forty
days the grave was under guard.
The box could not have been meddled
with by any human being and have
escaped detection. At the end of
that period tho box. was exhumed
aud opened, the body was unswathed
and woman breathed upon it's face
and passed her hands over his limbs,
and, precisely as have described be-
fore, the man came tolife, apparent
" none the worse for the burial.
How much longer he could have re-
manned under ground, of course |
cannot teH. All | know is that he
certainly was buried and remained
there forty days without air, food
Or drink, There are many stories
current in India apropos of such
phenomena. but these two are all
That l can couch for during the fiji.
cen years of my residence in that
and otmystery .Ihave never seen or
heard OF such experiments icing pro-
iuced by an American or European
performer. What the secret may be
shall leave to Others To decide
Keller, in PHILADELPHIA Times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07
Hot MILK a, a stim.,....

or hot milk as a stimulant the Medical
Record says: Milk heated to much above
one hundred degrees Fahrenheit loses for n
time degree of its sweetness and density.
No one who, fatigued by over-exertion Of
body or mind, has ever experienced the re-
wing influence of q tumbler of this beyer-
age, heated as hot as it can be slipped, will
wlhngiy forcgo resort to it because of its
Dehs rendered somewhat less acceptable to
Inc palate. Tho promptness with which its
cordial influence is felt is indeed surpris-
ing Some portion of it seems to be dipested
and appropriated almost immediately. ana
many who now fancy they need alcoholic
stimulants when exhausted by fatigue will
una IN this simple draught an equivalent
that will be abundantly satisfying and far
more enduring in its cffects.n
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

The executive decree banishinp
Dom Pedro from Brazil will not give
him much uncasiness three thousand
miles away, nor will the order cancel
ling his allowance mako it necessary
for him to practice IL very rigid econ
omy. Even If it did, the deposed en-
peror is too Independent to accopt
charity from treaeherous friends.
Throughout all the excitement of the
past few weeks, the old gentleman has
maintained the dignity which always
characterizos the gentleman.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

Stanley has sailed from Zanzibar to
London, and upon his arrival in the
metropolis will be given reception
such us has rarely been accorded to
any man. He richly deserves all the
honors he is destined to receive. His
achievements arc glorious in the full.
est sense of that misused word. He
has met the most stupcndous obstacles
with fortitude unsurpassed, and over
come them with skill that was never
transcribed. He has been tested by
every extremity of fortune, and yet he
has never murmured and never des-
paired.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

The central committee of the Nj
hilist society in New York has for
some time past been sending threaten
ing letters to Col. d. Arnaud, n
Prussian resident of Washington, who
is well known as intensely hostile to
nihilism. These letters state that tn.
society has resolved to remove him
and are adorned within the usual red
ink signature and skull and cross
bones. Some one should be deputized
to inform this society that this sort OF
thing will hardly do in the United
States
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

joy that she was no lons \, ca..tiv.,.
and she said to the shoemaker wy, wy,
sweetly: s4 ''ry
What do you ask of me now"
II ask some bread, some fish ana
clothing for my wife and ebildre M, y
"You shall have oil that in twen4,.
four hours" said the siren.
81 should like very well. ais, ~
added he, ''if it is in your power f.
have little money to paw NV mas
ter; for | am not at all rich"
The siren did not make any renlr.
but she began to fay the water Wif5
her fins, and each time that she strrcl,
the waves they flashed up in littla
drops, and all that went up in thenir
became gold, which fell down az tha
feet af the shoemaker. The sboro
was soon covered with it. Then sbo
became still, and said to the shoe.
maker and his wife ea&
"All that is for you, good people.
you can pick it up.''
They thanked the siren, who won't
off singing. Then they filed Their
pockets with gold and returned to
their cabin very happy.
When the twenty-four hours had
passed Cleric and her husband re-.
turned to the shore to look for tha
clothing that the siren had promised
them. They heard her singing in the
distance, and soon they saw her
glide over the waves and come near
them, always singing her sweet and
melodious song. She fapped the
water with her fins; q large wava
broke into foam on the strand and
rolled back, leaving at the feet of the
shoemaker a large chest. Then the
siren leaped three times out of the
water and said "You will find in
that chest what l promised YOU
Good-by, till | see you again-vou
who have been so good to me. When
you want some fgi dc. not FORGET
this shore"
They took the chest away with
them to their hut. Il contained good
clothing made to fit them: and every
time that they or their children
wanted fish they went to theseashore
and in few moments they caught
an abundance.
For whole year they did not see
the siren. The purse grew lighter
meanwhile, and the lighter it grew
the more they thought Of the siren.
They often went to to the sea shore.
listening and hoping to hear her
voice. One day they heard her sing
ing in the distance. They ran at once
tC the shore, and were glad to see her
ending over the waves. All along
where she had passed the sea CLEANED
like pathway of fire.
When she came within n little dis
lance the shoemaker said to her:
my siren, am very glad to see
you again. Ifyou will you can do
me a great service, for | have no
longer either bread or money"
Il will give you enough to fill your
purse again, said the siren.
After saying these words she I'M
'olded her fins, beat the water around
her, and sent to the shore a wave of
gold and silver.
with that" she said, "you can
ouy all you require; but, if you wish
20 keep it, use it well You will see
memo more. am going to leave this
country and go to India"
The siren went away after having
said this. Since then no one has ever
een her sing in the Bay of Fresnaye.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07
A Woman Narries a Woman

Oi'oi
An extraordinary story, first pub
lishcd by Vienna newspaper an,
then generally disbeliesed,a has sine,
been confirmed in every kparticular
says n dispatch from Vienna to tn,
London Standards "A youngS MAJ
calling himself Count Sander Vav
who pretended to have fallen on
with his family in Hungary, married
last August a teasl,er at Klagenfurt
aged ~, daughter OF an Inspector O
woods and forests there. AIhes. mar.
rage took plaee eh q lonely farm in
ID ungarX, &c ftain ia tlier Imre OF.
fieie ting II o y welldRg ceremony.
The new narfietl couple lived
together for sometime, and after
wards visited the wefrls parents in
klagenfurt, where the father-in.law
was constantly feeced by the alleged
count. Quarrels arose, and ultimate
ly it turned fout that the young
counts tales of himself were all in,
yentions. The persons be referred to
were Imaginary, and the inspector
was convinced he&was az swirdler
Something still stranger, and indeed
unparalleled, soon~ came TO Hpbt
Ere long twas found TINT the so. call
ed count was inIsalitv,a woman of
So. the Gountess Safclta Vay, dauph-
ter OF the late colonel of Honyeds.
Count Ladislaus Nnysonet of whose
daughters. named Sarolta. had i,as,,
educated as n boy.
''All her life she hadywornsnale at
tire, and recently ,hadappeared in the
uniform pfthe Hpilyed& Sbepublish-
ed'a collection ~ poems under the
name Sander, and associated with
young men, who were notYn the Sc
cret, in manly frmusements. From
Pesth, where eceenfricities oil that
sort are hardly 4 rarity, she disap-
peared abont Il yenr ago, after which
she wasnet'agaiu heard of. till her
arrest, on. demand. of her nominal
att kiagenfurt. Ii *
probable that Father Imre was not
u PRIEST and that the girl, in going
the form Of, ma rriqge,. only
executedanot her eecentsieity in or
der To procure money, of which she
was IA great nee l."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

1t there is one class in tho United
States moro favored than another, ii
is the Indians. Their reservations
give each man, woman and child four
hundred and sixty-six acres of land.
and the number OF acres in Indian res
ervations is one hundred and sixteen
millions, six hundred aud thirty thou
sand five hundred and three. An
effort should be made by those in
charge of this branch of the govern
ments business 10 induce the Indians
to use their acres to better advantage
than they now do.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

President OF the National farmers NJ
lance, is 80 years old, and native OF
North Carolina, where he is engaged
at present in publishing The Progress
i've Farmer He is descendent of tho
Mecklenburg family of Folks, OF
which Coils. Thomas and William Polk
OF revolutionary fame, and President
James X. Polk were illustrious scions.
Reared on farm, his inclinations nat.
urally followed this bont, and he
adopted farming us u profession.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

The Big Horn country in Wyoming
is being rapidly depleted of its elk and
deer. Hunting parties kill large num-
bers OF them for their antlers alone.
and leave the carcasses TO the birds
and wild beasts. 1t is probable that
game laws will be enacted for the
protection of that region-after the
game is all gone.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

One by one the heroes and heroines
fall. A French savant has just pub
lished a'book III which he claims TO
have proved that the saihted virgin,
Joan of Arc, did not save France from
the English. Washingtons hatchet
has been rclegated to the cob-webs
and dust of obscurity, and tho story
that Pocahontas threw her arms about
Capt Smiths neck and thus saved
his life. is regarded as g myth.
Where, oh where! will this icono-
clasm endp
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

Since the appearance of the "inHu-
enza" innumerable home remedies
have been recommended by people
who always have cure for every i'll
to which flesh is heir. None of them
however, are as potent as that oft
quoted prescription; keep your head
cool and your feet warm
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07
The Fugaoious Umbrella.

The umbrella thief is real, he is ear.
nest. And he is shrewd. Only a few
days ago apugilistic individual enter
ed the corridor OLA Philadelphia hotel
and rested his FAIL silk in corner
with this pasteboard fastened to it:
''''.,,.''.-'. :,
The man WIN owns thisumbrel.
Ia can knock downanox and will:
be back in FIVE minutee
.................
In one minute and u hail the treasured ar
ticie was gone, and in its place was this
The gentleman who took this.
umbrella can walk ten miles an
:hour aud won'tlbe imtkzat all
''''''-'ftf
Philadelphia Record.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-02-07

Philadelphia Record.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-15
ALpENA WEEKLY ARGUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
eAYNE AND eoBsrAY.


Little thought when the child In her prattis
Told me "Oid Bolster" lived here AZ the
Bend,
would discover mid corn drops and cattle
SAILOR Jack Bobstay, In childhood my ffiend.
Thirty long years II has been since wc parted;
Now we have grown into gray-bcardod mon.
stouter a little. perhaps sadder-heartet.
Here we have drifted together again.
You may forget It, but must remember
What was sorrowiul parting for mo;
Drifting apart on that day In September,
TO the city and you TO the sea;
Not quite as friends was oompanionship sew.
cred
mol for sweet Margory stood 10 the way;
She, for whose favor we both had endeavored-
Margery, dream Of our earlier day.
Both from our childhood were ever together;
Fished In the river, threshed nuts frop, the
trees,
Comrades whatever the season or weather.
Sporting alike in the sunshine and breeze
Why did our friendship OF manhood grow cold
err
R~aiyi We were scarce older than boys.
Margery, who was dozen years older.
Played with our feelings as though we were
toys.
Yours was a free life. but mine was slavish;
Slowly / rose 10 be head OF the firm.
ish-
Crawling my way TO the top like worm.
Year after year kept increasing my money,
Filling the beeIRive with comb through and
through;
Wax is my share and my wife has the honey
Bachelor stillf All the happier you.
Oversee rover and "lord OF the billow."
Face dried by storm-wlnd and Redeemed by
spray,
Deck plank for bed and rope-coil for pillow
Often contented and happy you lay.
Now, with enough, you leave lee-shore ana
breakers,
salt-horse and dun and the seas foaming
BARN;
ws<chine yon hireling there blowing your
acres
snugly you sit here, the lord OF your Jarm.
Have farmi Yes; q country-seat costly;
Mansion upon II Of pride and pretense;
Chambers we'll. flled-crammed with visitors
mostly;
Fitted all through without sparing expense;
villa at Newport-f well can atord II;
Palace in town, standing proudly alone;
Yacht in the stream, though not often aboard
It.;
Yet with them all, not home OF my own.
Margery say your She married miser
Forty years older and rolling IN gold.
Duped are some women; but Margery, wiser,
Got all the price for which beauty she sold.
Hers was husband who bowed TO her merit,
Left her his wealth. When she parted from
life
There was one daughter the whole TO inherit.
She' What became OF herr She is my wife.
Thomas Dunn English, in N. Y. Independent.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-15
TWO IRISH GIANTS.
Interesting Details Concerning Il
HEIGHT and Habits.

Interesting Details Concerning Their
Height and Habits.
Probably the only giants of past days
concerning whom details of thor
oughly authentic character have been
preserved are Patrick Cotter, alias
Patrick Cotter O'Brien, and Charles
Byrne, both individuals hailing from
the sister island. There is preserved
in the museum of Trinity College,
Dublin, the skeleton Of third Irish
man, named Magrath, whose case at
tanned some notoriety In consequence
OF DR.. Campbell's statement, in his
work entitled "a Philosophical Survey
Of Ireland" that Magrath's growth
was caused by Bishop Berkeley's ex-
pertinent of feeding the lad. There
exists little or no foundation for
this statement, which probably arose
from the fact that Magrath,
having at the age Of sixteen attained a
stature Of over six feet, and being
poorly fed, presented q fit case for the
exercise OF the kindly Bishops chari-
ty. He accordingly caused Magrath
to receive liberal diet for about q
month, this treatment restoring the
overgrown lad to health. Athis death
Magrath measured seven feet eight
inches. In the British Magazine for
1888, the death OF Charles Byrne, one
OF the giants just mentioned, is duly
ohronicled. From this source we learn
that Byrne measured exactly eight
feet In height in August, 1880; whilst
in 1882 his stature lad gained two
inches, and when dead his full length
was eight feet four inches" His death,
sad to relate, is alleged 10 have been
caused by excessive drinking ito
which," says the writer in tho British
Magazine, The was always addicted, {"
but more particularly since his late
loss Of all his property, which
he had simply invested in
a single bank-notc of f700.
In his last moments" continues the
narraor. "he requested that his re-
mains be thrown into the sea, In order
that his bones might be removed far
out of the reach of the chirurgical
fraternity; in consequence OF which"
we are further informed. 1.-The body
was put on board vessel, conveyed to
the Downs, and sunk in 20 fathoms OF
water" Byrne died. II is necessary 10
add, In Cockspur street, Charing Cross,
at the age OF twenty-five. Tho state.
mcnt that the remains OF the giant
were buried at sea Is quite erroneous,
since, after all, the ''chirurgical fra
ternity," represented by the famous
Johu Hunter. contrived after much
trouble and the payment OF $500 ia
secure his body Once Week.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-15
The Grave Gets Tired Yawning

Seemingly, for certain wretched invalids
who toddle feebly along, though always
looking as if they were going to die, but
emitting to do it. They dry up, wither,
dwindle away finally, but in the meantime
never having robust health, know nothing
of the physical enioyments, the zest of that
existence to which they cling with such re-
markable tenacity. They are always to be
found trying to mend by tinkering at them
selves with some trashy remedy. tonic or
"pick me up" to give FLIP to digestion,
or help the liver. If such misguided folks
would resort and adhere to Hostetter's Stom-
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This superb inyigorant supplies the stam-
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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-15

saw was about an oil we'll In which ]
had shares. She was tickle creature,
! admit, and made me anxious. but
since you were bound to be jeal-
GUS"
Carriage, sir" said the driver.
Mr.. Elliot lifted his shoeless wife
into the vehicle. And halfway home
she vowed that she would never for
give him, but the other half she wept
upon his vest"
81 felt so helpless without my
Shoes" she declared, "that my spirit
was fairly broken"
But at all events she was never jeal-
Gus OF Clara again. -Fireside Com
panion.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1890-01-15
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