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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-25

-Kings are Ike stars, they rise and
SET" They have headache, cuts, and
hurts like Iineaneri men, sandyare lust as
sure 70 can for Salgatfonsoii.n gib+l9.6tGd
IF Up yo your appetite II gone nothing Win
restore it more quickly than sc: c. c. Ger
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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-25

l,ia.4f you,Nwanto nice perfumerys, OF
toilet waters, try, those elegant odors
atTips & Silverthorne's drug store. If
ffr-HandsQm pattern hats and, bonnets,
the ehoicest creations Of thef besti artists
of the two continents, on sale this week
iatsWelfson's Mamma Millinery Depart
ment. Strictly one-half the price for
ThicA ypu paid for Inferior goods week
ago. IL "a 3t
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-11-25

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neutrality-suspicious. SO early
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srlssb y1ay stdt 10, tud .Dasao edl
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crowded % oSn4fhe az on1eSslasiide, of
goodslto Taadlelinso smallaa
III ma Rbas~f Si9ai #, ohelEss
use they lafe1the slrhost wbdky.
letS'%hich VIII e 81 l5gB an al I'D aiiddsrr
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
Spiders Beat and Eat Their
SpouSeS.

Everybody has heard OF those saw
age tribes locality, South Seas, | be-
lieve) whose members deem it n
bounden duty to brain their aged
parents, and thus save the old folk
from the trouble and bother of living
on; while the economic side of this
barbarous custom may, of course,
also be considered. Something
equally distressing has to be chron-
ieled of the spiders, for it is certain
that Nine. Spider is on the whole a
regular yirago. She beats and mauls
her husband, and if police courts ex-
lsted in spider society the magis-
trates would have n busy time of it
in the way of fines, imprisonments
and judicial separations. Not con-
tent with exercising marital author
ity, in the reverse order to that in
which this species of command is
usually eXerted, Mrs. Spider has
actually been known to make an end
of her mate by Staying and, distress
ing to relate, by devouring him also.
London News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
The FiendiSh Types.

Perhaps no newspaper writer was
ever more disturbed by a trifle than was
the society reporter who, in describ-
ing the belle of recent fashionable
party intended to say ''she looked au
fat" but found that an unfeeling
blacksmith had made it, '.she looked
all feet"
The Cincinnati Enquirer once Gre
ated a genuine sensation by stating, in
display type, that gang of American
counterfeiters had been ''shaving the
queen, when showing the queer" was
what was intended.
One of the worst instances of mis-
prints caused by bad chirography was
where heading "a Honeymoon Cut
Short was printed as "A Hungarian
throat
Another equally disagreeable blum
der, to the parties interested, was
where distinguished traveller was re-
ported as having recently died sin the
richness of sim" The paper, however,
apologized for this candid admission
on the following day by saying that
what the editor intended to say was
''the interior of Asia. New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
The New Tower of Babel.

The thousand feet tower being
erected in Paris is rapidly approach
ing completion. Its hight is now over
700 feet.
One hundere and fifty mon are en-
ployed, but only about 40 in the high
regions, and 20 picked men at tho
greatest hight reached. The cold Is
intense. but the men are obliged to
have with them IA movable forge to
heat the rivets, so they do not suffer-
from it, All the different portions
of the iron scaifolding composing tho
tower are hoisted up ready prepared,
and have only to be fitted and riveted
in their proper places.
On the highest point reached there
is steam engine working day and
night, and two cranes, bearing a
weight of 24,000 pounds, to raise the
enormous shafts of iron which are
pushed to the spot on trucks. To get
each shaft into position maneuvres
lasting 20 minutes are required; the
workers are placed on movable
floor rising with them and rallied
round, so that the actual danger is re-
duced as far as possible. AS q work
of engineering science it is marvellous,
and as such all must wish for its ulti-
mate success.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

"Gonc to Faireviewr" he exclaimed
with sudden energy. Then l will
follow, and take ber by surprise; /
will go now" lie turned to take his
hat from a side-table; but his land
lady laid her hand upon his arm
eagerly.
mo, no. Mr.. Peregrine-noI" she
urged. You must pardon my bold
ness, sir, but you must MOI stir out Of
this house. If you do you'rea doomed
man."
"A doomed man! Do you mean the
woman will murder mop" he returned,
looking down at tho anxious face Of
the buxom little woman with smile
of amusement.
mo, no, no." she said. "But
you're doomed to disappointment If
you let Mrs. Judith know you're horo,
You must keep in the house. Iii
warn our people not to mention that
you're here. If madam is coming
home they're safe 10 send here for q
fly; for the horses are. at livery in
Ashford, and can't be got back In An
hour or two. If | can find out tho
time when Mrs. Judith goes back, you
might follow her in the same train"
Clifford listened at first with some
impatience, but eventually he yielded
to Mrs. Topping's argument, and
promised to follow her advice.
(To BE CONTINUED
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

A schoolboy defined strong drink as
''the stuff that caused the most human
happiness-by lettin' it alone" Here
Patrick seems to give credit TO the
rum-seller by n similar back handed
process OF reasoning:
At temperance meeting where sew
eral related their experiences. hui
morous Irishman was acknowledged to
be the chief speaker. He had on a
pair of fine new boots. Said he "a
week after / signed the pledge | met
an old friend, and he says, 'rhem's q
fine pair of boots you have on. They
are, says l and by the same token
twas the acknowledgment who gave them
to me-
"'That was generous of him. saws
he
1T was but made n bargain with
him. He was to keep his drink, and
was to keep my money. My money
bought me these fine boots. | got the
best OF the bargain, and I'm going TO
stick to it,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
ANiCe Sharp bubble of the law

Milwaukee Sentinel.
In September, 1887, Benjamin
Rollin and Mary, his wife, died of eat
ing toadstools by mistake for mush-
rooms, the husband surviving the
wife but few hours. Mrs. Rollin held
some property and an insurance poll
cy on her life for $2,62O.35 in the
Northwestern Mutual Relief Associa-
ton, of Madison, Wisconsin. She
left will in which her executor was
authorized to pay all debts, and di-
vide the remainder between relatives
and friends, as designated in the will.
Joseph Lavarisway, father of the de-
ceased. brought suit against the COM
pany to collect the insurance and set
aside the will The executor, J. p.
Thomas, demanded the payment I'M
der direction ofthe will in the interest
of the creditors and all concerned.
Meanwhile, Miss Jessie Rollin,
a daughter of the deceased by
a former marriage. commenced an
administration on her fathers estate
and demanded the payment of the
insurance on the ground that as her
father survived her stepmother, he
was the sole and legitimate heir to
the whole estate of his deceased wife.
In this triangular squabble the in
surance company found itself in di-
lemma. 1t therefore applied to the
supreme court asking that the money
might be paid to the court pending
the decision. And then the court
appointed a substitute or receiver,
and the company was relieved of 3d.
524 which 1T had collected of the
policy holders nearly year since, it
being about 500 less and without
interest than when collected by the
company. The company is thus re-
lieved of its singular charge, while
contestants will fight for the funds in
the courts at the November term.
Much interests taken in theca and
the final decision is awaited by many,
on account gifts peculiar complicated
twistings.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
Two Smart Maine Women.

Two spinster sisters up in Maine,
who run siXty-five-acre farm, are
credited with being the smartest wom-
en- in the state, says the Pittsburg
Dispatch. One of Them chops every
winter the yearly supply of frey wood,
going into the woods early in the sea-
son and remaining until the work is
completed. She works in the bayfield,
in summer and digs from seventy to a
hundred bushels OF potatoes yearly and
puts them in the cellar. The other
sister is the carpenter of the family and
has added all manner of improvements
TO the farm.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
A Short Time to Live.

Young Bacon-'.I should like to
make application for position as book
keep in your Office"
Mr.. Yeast-'.But my bookkeeper
gives me perfect satisfaction"
Eyes; but you won't have hi i'm
long
Flows that?n
"He's just been married."
Eyes; / understand that
''He's not long for this world"
"What makes you think aoP"
"Why, his wife is graduate Of a
cooking school. and she does her own
cooking. y orkers Statesman.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

There were four or five sets ofthese
memoranda, running from one to
Id When asked to explain the
meaning OF them, he said they were
some examples in algebra he had
been working out with the boy In
a few minutes we were satisfied that
the paper read: Artillery in first
division twenty-seven pieces" Then
"1' stood for infantry and CO. for
cavalry. We were satisfied, and vet
we were not, for as soon as we made
it out the way | have given it to
you, Swift said:
General, Captain Morton does not
seem to be good hand to remem-
Der faces. Will you please send for
the Orderly Sergeant and my tent
mates? If 1 can't show by them that
have been with company G four
months you can order me hung as
spy"
The cool proposition staggered the
General. Had we discovered the pa
per in the mans pocket instead of
his boots he would have been allow
ed to walk off. That discovery look
ed suspicious, and he was ordered
back to the guard-house and the
persons sent for. Two hours later
ne was confronted by the Orderly
Sergeant.
Sergeant, doyou know this mann"
asked tbs General.
''No, SIR"
Isn't he q member ofyour COM
pany?"
mo, sir"
"You are dead sure of this?"
81 am. sir"
Swift actually grinned as if it uas
good joke, and said:
Perhaps | have changed slinsi
with somebody since came oSc of
camp this morning. Sergeant White,
your given name is Thomas. You
came from Chicago. You have been
twice wounded. Your father was to
see you last week. You got love let
ters from your girl in Galesburg.
You are thirty-two years old. You
have brother Ben Company +.
Hear me call the roll of our company:
Albright, Allison, Andrew, Ark
wright. Bement. Beamer. Bostwick,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
The President Has No Home.

1t has been well said that the presi-
dent of the United States has no
house. He simply sleeps with his
family at his Office, and is no better
provided for than the well-to-t trades
man who lives over his store. As to
privacy he has none. The house is
open nearly all the time to any one
who wishes to enter, and the goths and
vandals are always on hand watching
an opportunity to slip the lace cur
tains or to secure surreptitiously, some
coveted relic. The range is old ana
worn out, the sewerage bad, the APP
pointments wpetched, and altogether
it is no place for the family of the
president
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

John Donnelly, Chicago merchant,
has just acquired q new porter whom
he thinks is wonder. This porter is
as black as stylographic ink when the
pen works all right. lie used to travel
around on the steamer Peerless and
was employed in the culinary depart
ment of tho boat. He was not exactly
cook, but he was a sort of a cooks
understudy, as he peeled the potatoes
and shucked the corn. Wen, he is the
undisputed proprietor OF Il pair of feet
which are literally II burden to, him.
When he gets II job he can do nothing
but save up money to buy shoes. On
the Peerless he used to wear carpet
slippers, and they were constructed of
ingram, as Brussels cost too much. On
one occasion terrible storm arose.
The man was terrified. Rushing up. on
deck he strapped two life-preservers
on his ample feet and appeared on the
bridge, satchel in hand, ready to bat
tie with the cruel waves. The captain
saw him and tore the satchel from him.
Pulling it open he found that it CON
tanned only The black hoy's shoes.
There was no room for anything else.
The life-preservers were stripped from
his feet and he was told to 90 below at
once. which he reluctantly did. Had
he jumped overheard the weight of
the shoes would have conveyed him to
a watery grave. But John says he is
good porter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
A sleep in a ChurCh-Yard,

From Chambers journal.
An old man who sleeps by the road
side yonder, and upon whose tomb
are the familiar lines beginning, IRE
member me as you pass by" spent the
greater portion OF the last ten years
of his life by his wifes grave. He
came in the early morning, and, after
removing any microscopic weed that
might have shown itself since the
previous evening, would light his
pipe and solemnly contemplate the
stones in this vicinity. He went away
regularly to his meals, and as
regularly took his afternoon nap on
the grass by the grave-side.
Shortly before his last visit to the
cherished spothe requested me to de-
cipher for him the dates upon several
of the gravestones, and we conversed
about many whom we had known in
life and who had passed away. re-
marked that the churchyard was a
very pretty place, and his face lighted
up as he rejoined: "Ah, mister, Pve
always thought | should like to be
buried here, for looking around;
''you see there's such a splendid view
from here" This was uttered in
good faith, and the old man seemed
convinced that neither coffin lid nor
church-yard clods would obstruct his
view. Perhaps they don't. In few
brief weeks he came to his favorite
haunts to stay. poor old William"
the flowers upon your grave have run
wild long ago, and no one seems to
remember you as they pass by.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
Carter, Corliss, Costigan, Crawford

And then he ratified forty or fifty
names as fast as he could speak, and
he gave them all correct, too. The
Sergeant looked from his Captain to
the prisoner, and then pinched him
self to s-se if he was awake or asleep.
IL never saw him before" he
finally stammered, "but he must be-
long to the company"
eyes, he certainly must" added
the Captain.
"Well, take him back to camp with
you, Sergeant" said the General.
"Hold on, though, didn't we send for
his tent mates?"
"They are here, SIR"
"Well, we'll see if they rec ognize
him."
The three men were brought in and
inside of five minutes Swift was a
doomed man. He had come into
camp tour or five days previous,
claiming to beloking fora friend, and
had bribed the boys to let him into the
tent Hemade his excursion through
the division from this point. He
must have been a man with wonder
full memory, and had gained oceans
of information with out seeming to
pump anybody. He tried to brave it
out against the three men, but other
members of the company were sent
for, and his nerve at last gave way.
A court martial was convinced, and
four days after his capture Smith
was hung. While he died game and
would admit nothing, it was satisfac-
torily settled that he came from
Johnston's army and that he was
old in the business. | was at the foot
of the gallows as he mounted it, and
when the moose was put over his
head l heard him say:
Gentlemen, it's a id fine morn
ing to start on such a journey as
mine. New York Sun.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
Accurately Expressed.

Merchant Traveller: This is a fear
full existence of mine,n said a barber
to travelling man who was one of his
regular customers.
Don't you like itp"
"Well, | should say not. This
thing of fixing up OH white-bearded
men to look like youth OF 20 or 81 is
getting mlserably monotopous.
Why, you talk like man who was
tired of living"
mo; that doesn't quite express it.;
I'm tired of dye-ing."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

Mr.. FreshweeG Brother See-it. will
you tell me why i. is that from Gene
sis to Revelations all The consultations
of Scripture are for the widow and
fatherless. without word for the
widowerp"
Brother See-it--Ah. Brother Fresh
wood, the Almighty does nothing in
vain. lie gave the widower the
chance to console himself, and know
that he would always do it without any
help from Scripture. brakes Maya
zine
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

SOME OF the great newspapers pay
well for their attractions. The New
York World not long ago offered n
thousand dollar prize for "a single new
idea A lucky New Yorker won it.
Puck pays fifty cents each for para
graphic jokes, and 1t gets lots of them.
The New York Graphic pays a dollar
each for brief witty anecdotes. and is
to give thousand dollar prize for the
best one it receives in the next six
months.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

The Supreme Court of Georgia has
decided that the proprietor OF patent
medicine is liable in damages for in
jury done to any person who takes the
medicine according to the directions.
Observe the proviso, however: you
must take it according TO directions il
you wish to sustain case for damages.
III directed to take a spoonful three
times a day you mustn't take three
spoonfuls once a day, nor swallow a
whole bottle at a sitting
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07
TRIAL.


BY trial Is proven
What metal we are:
Our strength or our weakness
Addiction lays bare;
The grace and the beauty
Deep sorrows unfold
AS fires of the furnace
Bring out the pure gold.
IT'S not in kindness
Our Father of love
Lets us, His dear children,
Life's bitterness prove;
IT'S only to make us
More holy and pure,
And happy are they who
Temptations endure.
The brightest of sunsets,
When evening draws nigh,
Is marked by the presence
OF clouds in the sky;
And so shall our trials
Adorn the bright scene
When dying we triumph
In glory serene
C. w. Crofts, in Inter Ocean
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

No great discoverer in medicine
has ever become rich on his discovery;
there is no monopoly in this work; no
patents are granted to prevent others
making free use of the discoveries.
The man that discovered and worked
out the principles of vaccination made
nothing on it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

1T Is said OF prominent citizen OF
Minneapolis, formerly OF Maine, that
he recently went to his native state to
erect a monument to his reputation as
philanthropist, and that after look
ing around for awhile he endowed n
flourishing school of Goldfish and proud
ly return ed to his home in the west.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

SOCIALISM cannot afford to be funny.
IL attracts attention only as it is Sc
rious and lugubrious. When it stoops
TO joke it reveals characteristic
which no hollow-eyed world-m mover
can afford to possess.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

The governor of Delaware has writ
ten pamphlet on the decline of peach
culture in his state. The peach crop
OF Delaware has been failure every
year in the last quarter century, ac-
cording to early reports annually sent
out; yet when harvest comes round the
little commonwealth always succeeds
in Cutting the eastern market
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

WE often read of brace of young
ninnies who get married "just for
fun" and afterwards find out that they
are really married in good earnest
Somehow or other the foolkiller is al
ways absent on such occasions. Mar
rying for fun is not so much funnier
than marrying for money.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

Smith-"That was very interest
ing lecture of yours on the Catacombs.
Did you write it while you wero in
Rome, or after you returned home"
Spouter--"Oh. no. | wrote it before |
went. Wanted to get it off my mind,
you know, so that when got abroad
I'D have nothing to do but enjoy my
selfn
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

The King of Italy is not little ir-
ritated by the perpetual demands made
upon him in diplomatic way by his
fellow monarchs; but there is no dan
ger that he will show his teeth, how
ever angry he may get A dentist
took them all out long since.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

1T is among the probabilities that
Sir Arthur Sullivan, the writer of
comic operas, will engage Eugene
Field with himself in his future pro-
auctions. Field is a bright wit who
has made fame by his writings in
the Chicago News. 1t is scarcely
likely that he will incorporate in his
new work certain of his early literary
efforts which he used among boon
companions for barroom mirth, though
many printed copies of such are care.
FULLY treasured by his former admirers.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

ONE of the plans proposed to adver-
tise Minnesota at the Worlds fair is to
construct complete representation of
the falls of Minnehaha with a cataract
OF wheat pouring over tho precipice.
Critics are inclined to chaff at the
scheme, but the protector does not
seem to care n straw for that as long
as he knows he has got bran new
idea
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

BRAINS cannot always force way
toward the achievement of our wishes,
however much they may help us.
Neither can merit But the purchas-
ing power OF money makes it lever
by which the world may be raised.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

EVERY one knows that medicine is
not exact science; and whether it can
ever be such is a matter of much doubt.
They that are inclined to grumble be-
cause medicine is not exact should re-
member that the chief factor, man, is
a variable quantity, and should take
their complaint to the creator of mau
and of all other things.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

The members Of the Salvation Army
who have gone to India wear the
costumes OF the natives, live in the
same kind of houses and cat the same
sorts of food. The English mission
aries in Central China now wear the
native dress and find that it is of great
aid to them in gaining friends and
making converts.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-07

The ambition OF the average farmer
is to make his farm more productive,
to increase the area OF cultivation, and
TO build better houses, barns and
fences. Ali this goes to enhance the
safety of loans made upon his prom
ises. He does not borrow money with
the expectation of FORGETTING the prop
erty which he mortgages.