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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
One Way to AmuSe the Baby

Walbridge surprised his baby Sun
day night. He didn't intend to sur
prise it; he intended to amuse. He
had been to church, and on reaching
home drew his revolver from his peck
ct to put it away, The badly reach.
ed for the weapon-a double action
Wesson-and if the baby wanted it
the baby must have it. Realizing
that it was perilous plaything, Wal
bridge drew the cartridges-eyery
one OF them-trom the artillery, and
then to show the baby how to oper
ate the toy he pulled the trigger.
That was where the baby was sur
prisedl 1t wonld surprise any baby
to 500 its papa shoot the cook stove
on quiet Sunday night with an I'M
loaded revolver when the cook stove
was quietly pursuing it's vocation
and digesting hard wood at the rate
OF an armful II minute! The gun that
was empty went off and didn't go off
silently, either Kent (Wash1 Ad-
sertiser.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

Drawing the reins at that instant
he stopped the horses. There, said
he, ''just look off there to tho east
and see the river as it comes tumb-
ling down that rocky gorge and then
widens out and flows down the val
ley; the mill there at the left presents
it's most picturesque view from this
point"
Susy turned her eyes in the direction
indicated and gazed long and earn
estly at what seemed to her to be
the most beautiful scene she had ever
beheld. Words seemed too poor to
express her feelings; at length she
nlurmured "How grand, andturning
to the doctor for sympathy she met
his eyes fastened upon herin such an
earnest manner that she dropped
her own in confusion, while bushes
mantled cheek and brow and the
scenery was forgotten.
'Mrs. Kemp, Susy," said he in his
musical voice, 81 have loved you for
two years but after the rebuke
you gave me once upon time /
dared not confess it to you, but |
want to tell you Susy dear, that
that rebuke administered so brave
ly by you has brought me
only blessing; now that the barrier
is removed may not hope for your
love, "Oh Susy darling he said as
he took her unresisting hand, "do
you not love me, will you not he my
wife"
Eyes" muruIured Susy, and as she
raised her eyes to the face he read
there fuller answer than the little
monosylable would give. A hap
Ply looking couple they were as
they drove home that afternoon
and happy looking couple they
were, as every one remarked, as three
months later they stood before the
gray haired minister in tho church
and were made one in the bonds OF
matrimony.
A happier woman than Susy can
not be found in all the land, and she
lnughingly declares that she has had
a real romance and though be-
gun so sadly it has taken happy
turn and is still going on, growing
more and more lovely day by day.
1t is also evident from the smiling
countenance of DR.. Warner that he
fully agrees with her. as | am sure
you my dear reader will also do.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

The scrub turkey of Australia
teens to differ almost as widely
from the bird of the poultry yard as
do the Cape Cod and sage brush
varieties. Some of it's strange hab-
bits are described by the author of
"My Wife and / in Queensland
Its habitat is in the thickest scruba
where it is hard to get at. In an
pearance it much resembles the En-.
glisl hen-turkey, though consider
ably smaller.
The most extraordinary thing
about these birds is their nest, which
is circular mound of earth from
three to four feet in height, and ten
or fifteen feet in diameter. This
must be the headquarters of whole
colony, for, large us it seems, the
the mound is at certain seasons full
of eggs. These are of an enormous
size compared with that OF the bird.
They are covered carefully with sand.
and Matched, as suppose, by heat; al
though in the dense scrubs of Mort h.
ern Queensland, where | have found
the nests, not one ray of sun could
penetrate to them.
However Matched, it is impossible,
without netting the whole mound, to
catch the young ones, for the mo.
ment they burst the egg they scrape
their way out of the sand and dis
appear in the scrub like a flash OF
lightning.
/ think little is known of their ha
bits, for believe they do not breed
in confinement; but was lucky in
stumbling upon a nest once, whilst
wandering through the scrub in
search of particular butterfly.
Having nothing better TO do, sat
down and watched it, and saw four
or five OF the little things come wrig-
Cling out and dive into the scrub, be-
ing lost to sight in an instant. Al
though remained there ut least
three hours and perfectly motionless,
| saw no sign of the old birds, SO
that | imagine that the little things
must have instinct enough to cater
for themselves.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Long Horns in Germany,

The American cattle recently
shipped to Germany seem to bc re-
senting any undue familiarity on the
part of the good patured Teutons.
An amusing statement comes from
Mr.. Smith, United States commercial
agent at Mayence, Germany: Meat
is high inprice, and German butchers
have been importing live cattle from
America. But the importers have
been greatly asst Nnished by the wild
and ferocious aspect of the American
steers, as compared with that of their
own milder tempered cattle, and it is
feared that the sale of the oxen from
the New World will be injured there
by,'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
His Coffin Made Ahead of
Time

One of the undertakers in thenorth
part of the city has just completed n
remarkable contract he began about
two years ago. A well-known man
who resided few miles out in the
country had Al large oak-tree on his
place cut down and transformed into
timber. An arrangement was then
entered into with the undertaken to
manufacture casket out ofthe lum-
Der and inclose it in an outer case in
readiness for the dissolution OF the
owner. His death did not occuruutil
n few days ago, when the oaken cas-
ket was finished and trimmed. 1t
weighed about 400 pounds. Bur
lington Free Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
CASTLE BUILDING.

What are you binding. darling?"
! nsked OF my grille fair.
As she quietly sat on the hearthrue;
Piling her blocks with care.
And the rudy glow of the freight
Danced on her golden hair
81 am building castle. mother"
My little maid replied;
"And these are the walls around it
And here is the gateway wide
And this is funny stairway
To climb up by the side.
The busy, fitting fingers
Went on with their pretty play,
And the castles walls were rising
In the 70 ding winter day,
When a sudden. luckless motion,
And all in ruin lay
All, merry little builder.
The years with stealthy feet
May bring full many n vision
OF castles rare and sweet.
To end like your baby pnstime.
In ruin sad and fleet
You laugh DER the top walls fallen;
SO sunshine follows rain,
And we may smile, looking backward,
At ruined shrine and fame,
While the heart hath shattered temples
1t may not build again.
Sunshine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Hot Water Remedies.

Almost every family has O list OF
remedies to be used tor certain dis
eases or pains and aches but there
are none more easily obtainable and
used than hot water. Halls Journal
OF Health enumerates some instances
in which it is of great benefit. A strip
OF flannel or napkin folded lengthwise
and dipped in hot water and wrung
out, and then applied around the
neck of a child that has the Group,
will usually bring relief in ten min
utes. A towel folded several times
and dipped in hot water and quickly
wrung and applied over the tooth
ache or neuralgia will generally af-
ford prompt relief This treatment
in collie works like magic. There is
nothing that so promptly cuts short
n congestion of thelungs, sore throat
or rheumatism as hot water when
applied promptly and thoroughly.
Iepid water acts promptly as an
emetic, and hot water taken freely
half an hour before bed time is the
best cathartic possible in the case of
constipation, while it has most
soothing effect upon the bowels. This
treatment, continued n few months.
with proper attention to diet, will
cure any case of durable dyspepsia.
Headache almost always yields to
the simultaneous application of hot
water to the feet and the back of the
neck.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Senator Vests Little Story,

Senator Vest of Missouri has de-
velopec a great reputation as a story
teller among his committee col
leagues. The sessions of the commit
tee on commerce are said frequently to
be made up OF thirty minutes dis
cussion of bridge and lighthouse
bills, and atterward of an hour OF
storytelling by Senator Vest. While
the word STAIR delegation from st.
Louis was in the city Senator Vest.
spent much of his time about St
Louis headquarters. One evening,
speaking ofcampaigning in Missouri,
he said:
"At one place where | was booked
to speak there was man in the crowd
crazy drunk, who made frequent in
terruptions, and who was finally car
ried away. He escaped from his cap
tors lateri in the evening and, hunting
through the crowd till he found me,
drew revolver, which he flourished
about his head. Then pointing the
weapon directly at my stomach he
said:
:" Pm going to blow out your
brains
"And | think" said the senator
quietly in conclusion, that he knew
where he was aiming. New York
Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Romance of Carriers.

Ladies will be interested to hear of
the thirteen pairs of carriers ordered
for the Princess Sophie of Prussia,
the bride OF the Duke of SPARTA, ac-
cording to old Hohenzollern custom.
These were not for wear, but for dis
trlbution as souvenirs of the mar
riage. In ruder times, and even still
in less exalted ranks ollife. the brides
garter was and is n kind ofperquiste
for the bridesmaids, to be cut up and
shared among them to bring each
young lady good fortune. In Ger
many each bride ofthe Hohenzollerns
gives garter to be laid up in the
museum at Berlin. The collection is
beautiful and curious, some fifty or
sixty in number, from the homeliest
in quality to the richest embroidery
on silk and dazzling with jewels. The
thirteenth pair of Princess Sophie's
are of pale blue silk and clasped with
large diamond bucklers. These are
the historical carriers sent back TO
her own country after the ceremony.
OF the remaining twelve it is under
stood that she gave one to the reign
ing sovereign, and the other eleven
to the Greek mobiles of high rank who
attended the bridegroom to the altar.
All the thirteen pairs OF carriers have
gold buckles with the brides initials
in diamonds; but the blue and white,
supposed to bring good fortune,
which went to the museum, are the
most beautiful and costly of the
whole set.-Once Week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
The Slaughter of the Birds,

The japan Weekly Mail is raising
an energetic protest against the bar
barous, but, unhappily, fashionable
custom of wearing feathers and wings
of singing birds as ornaments in hats.
The writer declares bitterly against
the European mode of dress, which
is now superseding the picturesque
and comfortable dress of the Jananese
women, and asks if this latest addi-
ton is to be allowed to continue. An
order has Just reached Japan from
Europe for 100000 wings. Each
wing is bought for the small sum of
five cents. and yet there are to be
found many people who will kill he
native songsters for this petty price,
to the enormous future damage of
the farmers. The Japan Mail ap-
peals to the government to stop this
massacre among the Gathered tribes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

THINGS have come to pretty pass
in Paris when an editor cannot dub a
man donkey without being called in
to the field for it. Tho Paris people
are too touchy. Life looses its relish
when every word is a compliment and
every movement is bow. The reason
Is that such life is lie. To enjoy life
people must be honest and natural and
they can never be so without some.
times calling spade spade and a
donkey donkey.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Our Ancestors Fashions

Tho origin and caprices of fashion
would, if properly written, make one
of the most entertaining books OF the
season. No one but a philosopher,
however, should undertake such an
enterprise, and all those who think
that stories about our ancestors are
necessarily dull reading should not
be invited to the feast. The fashions
of 1890 may challenge all degrees OF
criticism, but we shall find by inves.
tigation that they were surpassed by
oddities in the former centuries, and
that many of our current novelties
are only copied in q tame way of
what has gone before. In the time
OF Charles Ii. French fashions swept
England like cyclone. The puri-
tans were shocked, and affected all
possible simplicity and sanctity.
When courtiers adopted hats with
head plumes they Capped on round
black caps and screwed up their relig-
ious faces" and when shoe buckles
were revived they wore strings. When
wigs and snuff boxes came into FASH
ionable use it is said that Steeles
large black periwig cost him no less
than 40 guineas! Such wig was
the idol of fashion At the same
time there was nothing so monstrous
as the head-dresscs of the ladies.
They formed kind Of edifice on the
head three stories high, and the in
dustry connected with the manufac-
ture of wigs and the dressing of hair
supported nearly half the working
population of the realm.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Long Lived Doctors.

Physicians appear to conform
quite generally to the familiar in
junction to heal themselves, save
when the complaint is old age. The
average age of the decedents of the
Massachusetts Medical society dur
ing the year 1889 reached the high
figure OF sixty-eight years and n half,
which comes very close to the span
OF life allotted to man by the psalm
ist.-Boste'3 Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

LIFE is much safer from house.
burnings in Europe than in America.
There for ordinary dwellings they
build less showily, but more substan-
italy. When they construct palace
they go to the quarry not to the forest
for material. They know the value OF
solid walls and marble stairways and
wainscots. In Paris there is an insig.
ni1cant but a weld-bestowed fire de.
partment But they thought of the
hre department when they built
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Work of the Wits.


Live within your income, because
it is very inconvenient to live with
out it.
When a woman wants the earth it
is with view of giving it to some
man.
1t hurts less to hit the nail on the
head than it does to hit it on the
finger.
The man who is "alone with his
thoughts" often is surrounded by the
deepest solitude.
There is nothing worse for the har-
mony of an orchestra than to have
a trombone player get off his base.
St. Louis Girl-"What did you find
in your stocking, a grand piano?"
Chicago Girl-"No; ten acre lot
with a house on it.
Perhaps the hardest test a man
can give his selfrespect is to sit
down and read his own love letter
when it is five years old.
What is sweeter than to have a
friend that you can trust?" asked
Sawkins. "To have friend that
will trust YOU" replied Lawkins.
1t is very strange that among those
who set themselves up as great guns
the ones of the smallest caliber are
the biggest bores.
Just now the travelling public con-
sists mainly of experienced couples
who have been married ever since
Christmas.-Chicago News.
Ifevery man had to follow his own
advice nine out of ten of us would
stop giving it.-Burlington Free
Press.
docs fortune smile on your" asks
q friendly exchange No, sir; nor the
girl with the fortune either.-Yon-
kers Statesman.
He, pathetically: "All great men
have smoked, my dear" She, with
animation: 30, if you'll only swear
off until you are great, Ishall be quite
content"
There is said to be so much inno-
cent love-making at the University
OF Pennsylvania that one of the pro-
fessors calls the state OF thidgs that
prevails there oo-education.
"What yer got in yer basket Jim?"
asked one little boy of another. "a
pound cake" Give us a piece" in
terrupted the questioner. "a pound
cake of soap" said the boy with the
basket. "Ol"
Georgia has turned out a couple OF
electric girls and now some one has
discovered an electric mule. Wenev-
er saw mule that didn't carry a
fully equipped battery around with
him.
Wife Ito hubby, who has been out
the night before)-"Why, my dear,
what makes you look so sour this
morning." Hubby-'I drank three
glasses of milk last night and got
caught in thunderstorm coming
home. New York Herald.
The women folk aren't so stupid
as some people would make them
out. When they get hold of piece
of wedding cake, they sleep on it.
Were they to eat it, they know very
well that sleep would be out of the
question.
Eyes, it seems hard to hang four
men at once, but the Ohio law is
more severe. l tell you, it is pretty
tough to wake a man up at two
O'Clock in the morning and take him
out and hang him." "Oh, they get
used to it," "Who get used to it?,
"Why, the men that wake 'em up"
Judge.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

A DEAF mute Of Nebraska has all the
letters of the alphabet tattooed on her
left arm. Her father communicates
with her by playing on the arm la
typewriter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
A Contest OF Colors,

Up in the red mans country, in
which representatives of nearly all
races appear to have congregated,
there was fistic contest between
Messrs. Blue and White, and strange
~ enough they were both black. The
black men were arrested by red man
and tried before awhiteman. Itwas
not a war of races or ofcolor.-Cal-
weston News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

EMIN PAsHA is reported to be recov-
ering from the effects of his fall and is
anxious to go back into Africa. Let
his next finder take champagne with
him SO that Emin can drink it on the
ground floor.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

IT is a curious fact, so often an
nounced. that If cider is scalded to
1859 or 1902. it will not make vinegar,
rs this heat destroys the bacteria that
form vinegar This same temper
AZURE destroys the bacteria in the
silo. and is perhaps the explanation
why it remains comparatively sweet.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
One of Sam Jones Lucky Finds

THANK Godl there is one man who
never spoke cross word to his
wife, said Sam Jones at an Omaha
meeting the other night, as n round
faced, good-natured man rose in re-
spouse to Sans question il such n
person was present. The good
natured mau smiled bland smile
and said: II haven't any wife, I'm
a bachelor"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

How much mediocrity is wasted ia
high places! During great contests
less than a dozen names are known,
while there are three hundred OF whom
the people never hear. who can d.
nothing which will entitle them to be
heard. This is true not only OF our
National House of Representatives,
but OF all other legislative bodies. II
has been so always, and we have nc
proof that the rule will ever be brok.
en-. A few must lead, and it is the
place OF others To follow. II they fol.
low wisely, We should not repine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

AN item worthy of note is the re-
tirement OF Brooklyn, N. Y, police
commissioner recently, with a record
OF having spent $4,000 less than had
been placed at his disposal for that de-
pdrtment.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

The development Of Texas has just
begun. yet there are PIG postolilces in
the state. The receipts are more than
a million dollars annually, and the
length OF the mail routes is more than
22, 900 miles.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

SUPERINTENDENT OF CENSUS PORTER
has appointed Miss Phoebe Cousins, the
well known woman lawyer of st. Louis,
to collect the record indebtedness in
that place. Miss Cousins was United
States marshal during Arthurs admin
istration and during a period OF Cleve-
lands term as president. She is tho
only woman who ever held that Office
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

AN informal investigation has dis
closed the most abominable cruelty to
children in the Rhode Island State
Home and School, an institution for
poor school children.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21
Those Terrible Wires.

1t is a certain thing that all cleo
tric wires will have to go nnder
ground, and the quicker the work is
performed the better for the people
of st. Louis. 1t is dangerous piece
OF business to pick up the ear trum-
pet of telephone carelessly, for fin
ger may come in contact with the
brass end, which would be followed
by the death of the careless individu-
al if the phone wires were crossed by
any of the electric wires. Take q
small compass and watch how easily
it can be upset by simply bringing
the ear trumpet of this. phone within
a foot of it. This ought not to be
the case, and it plainly shows that
the wires are highly charged with
electricity, which accounts for the
loud buzzing sound heard when q
person endeavors to use the tele-
phone. Ifan exposed electric wire
should come in contact with piece
OF metal on roof, the result would
be coufiagration which could not
be put out, as it is useless to throw
water on an electric wire with the idea
OF stopping the flames which ensue, as
water would make a non-conductor
n conductor, and the fire would
rapidly spread. The damage to the
various buildings, telephones and
switch-boards inflicted during the
past week was only the work of the
wires of half OF the companies which
have contracts to illuminate the
city, and what the result will be
when all the lights are ready to be
lit nobody can foreshadow. Inter
view in st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

HERE is unique specimen of a med
ical certificate of death. 1t was ten
dered by native apothecary at re-
cent inquest in India: a think she died
or lost her life for want of food or on
account of starvation, and perhaps for
other things of her comfortables, and
most probably she died by drowning
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

A LAND OF seasons like ours, where
contrast of weather breaks the efful-
gent monotony of eternal sunshine.
may not be all one could wish it IT,
however, you sigh for better coun-
try. be it not for India where Sir JOS
eph Fry tells us the mortality from
snake bites alone averages yearly 49,
1888 human souls
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

GEORGE w. CHILDs recently pur-
chased 320 clocks, paying 81, 100 for
one Of them. This will enable him to
write on time.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

AFTER all. there may be philosophy
in the pun OF the old mans hair being
more gray than his whiskers because
the hair was the Oldest.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1890-03-21

PARNELL, not content with his tri
umph, has demanded OF parliament the
appointment of a committee to investi-
gate the Pigott conspiracy.