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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
An Old Truth.
n--~AI- NAL

Some one has said that one.hsh the
misery Of life, at least, ifnot more, comes
to people from not being able to make
both ends meet. yet how unnecessary ID
the nervous strain and worry of mind
which arises from the foolish attempt to
keep in the midst Of fashionable people
to keep up appearances which are be-
yond ones income! II II does happen,
as it sometimes will, with qualification to
both sides, that bright people with small
means are thrown in the way Of wealthy
acquaintances, always let it be with
trankness and with open asception Of the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

Moro Observer Assessor Henrichs
dropped In to find out what property We
ns rda Hs s sis "a ::
per quarter section. Grazing land, not
good for any other purpose, he assesses
at SIS to $40 q head, work horses at $40
to $50 q head, cattle $40 per head, and
he is assessing credits at fifty per cent
of their face.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

Levassor. the well-known comic singer
in Paris, once took part in charity con-
cert, and after the performance was in.
vited by the promoters to supper along
with the rest Of the performers. When
all were seated at table Lavaseor found
under his napkin an Easter egg, out OF
which five pieces Of gold dropped on its
being broken.
"Ah l perceive you have got to know
that l am fond Of boiled eggs" the
comedian gayly remarked to his enter
tainer, "but you are probably not aware
that only eat the white and must there
fore ask you to give the yolk to the poor. u
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

fact. Putting on airs 10 detrimental TO
self-respect. Much better to say 4 once |:
I'VE cannot afford IT," never apoloeixing
for the smallnees Of the house or the lack
OF domestics, never pretending to BE-
other than You are. In this way and
this only can housewives, who do n
much Of their own work in unprstentioue
homes, find intercourse with their
wealthy neighbors agreeable.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
BUREAU OF vITICULTURE.

The Chief Of the Agricultural and Wine
lndustries at the Fair.
Hugh M. LaRue, superintendent Of the
hureau of yiticulture Of the Columbian
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
hesitation on the part Of those in power
in our country 10 enforce this law.
MINES AND MINING.

The Energetic Superintendent of This
Important Department.
Frederick J. V. Skiff, chief of the mines
and mining department of the Colum-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
THE GEARY LAW.

Astorian: Tie Chinese who are now
here have no reason to be dissatisfied
with the Geary law which has just been
declared constitutional. BY excluding
coolies, the law enables the Chinese who
reside here to obtain better wages.
Walla Walla Union 1t is a strange
course that is being followed to attract 10
our ports the bales and mats OF Oriental
traffic. 1t does not seem as though the
far reaching effects OF the drastic meas
ures Of the Geary law have been fully
considered on the Pacific Coast, which
would be most disastrously affected by
the severance Of our commercial inter.
course with China. The report that
China will retalis'e by the exclusion Of
American merchants, travellers, and
missionaries, and the discontinusnce o.
diplomatic and commercial intercourse
will very likely prove to have been vel
founded. 1t will certainly be so if the
Celestial Kingdom possesses the spiri
and dignity of first-class civilized
power Such measure directed agains
such powers as England or Germany
would be regarded as little short of al
open declaration Of war.
Salem Journal: Workiusmen of al
classes should demand at once the mos
rigid enforcement Of the Gesry law
Chinese now here must comply with th,
law. They must register or leave. NJ
more should be allowed to come. II tn,
law Ia not strictly enforced now and with
out delay not only will the Chinese nov
| here not register, but the incoming It'd,
Of Chinese immigration will not b.
stopped. Workingmen should meet an,
enter the most vigorous protests agsins
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
A LABOR LEADER.

A Scotchman who Has Done Much for
the Cause in England.
JOHN Burns, the Scotch labor leader,
IA a member of the London county coun-
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02
A BOULANGER REVIVAL.

A Possible Successor to the Great French
Statesman.
France lie somewhat agitated by the
auo0estion that General DOddG COM
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

F.AILsHIE,
Attorney at Lao.
win practice In all the courts OF Idaho and
Oregon. Mining interests looked after.
Legal papers of every nature cor
rectly drawn. Loans negoti
ated and collections
promptly made.
oRAN0EyILLE IDAHO, IDAHO.
Busipess of j. H. Forney left in my hands
and will receive prompt attention.
No Delay. Business Attended to at Once.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1893-06-02

ID +. FULTON,
Attorney at LaaU,
Legal PAPERS carefully and accurately
drawn. Collections given prompt
attention. VIII practice In
ali the courts OF the I'd
Judicial District
OF idaho.
opANaEvItJ,E IDAHO
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
When He Stopped Payment.

The bullying manner sometimes as
sumed by certain barristers in cross
examination, in order to confuse wit
ness and make his replies to important
questions hesitating and contradictory,
is notorious, and many are the tales told
Of cute" witnesses who have turned the
tables on their prosecutors. The fol-
lowing relates to case of this kind:
In civil action on money matters
the plaintiff had stated that his finan-
cial position was always satisfactory.
In cross examination he was asked If he
had ever been bankrupt.
No." was the answer.
Next question was, "Now, be care
full; did you ever stop paymenti"
"Yes, was the reply.
"Ah," exclaimed the counsel, IT
thought we should get at it at last.
When did that happen?"
After I paid all I owed," was the
answer.-London Tit-Bits.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
The Head Walters Cocktail.

In q swell hotel on Broadway the
head waiter is not allowed to indulge in
bibulous refreshments during the hours
he is on duty. The other evening he
was filled with an irrepressible long
ing for a cocktail. He managed to get
it with such ease that it was evidently
a we'll tried and efficacious trick.
His method can be best understood
by quoting the waiter:
Sure, we're not charging yes for a
cocktail" whispered a waiter to a
young gentleman to whom he had just
brought check, "but the head waiter
wanted cocktail and thought yes
would be the wan who would moind
Taste having it put it on to yes bill.
You see," whispered the waiter, conf
dentially, "he couldn't put it onto the
bill Of the gists in the house, they might
remark it, SO he had to put it onto the
bill Of somebody who came in from the
strate. I'll bring yes the twinty cents
back and thank yes fur the accommo-
dation."
1.-THE head waiter has either discerned
that you are a man with a liberal and
sympathetic disposition or one who
knows how good a cocktail tastes and
how bad man wants it when he can
not get it. " remarked the young lady
who was dining with the gentleman
whom the head waiter rightly singled
out as possible friend to fellow man
in need of spirituous consolation.
York Herald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
A WONDERFUL HAND.
An Artificial Substitute Nearly ms Perfect
as the Natural Member.


Willard A. Lucas, the son of a great
wooden manufacturer ut Poquetannuck,
Conn, wears an artificial hand made
of aluminium which is really one of the
automatical wonders of the century.
Young Lucas lost his hand in his IA
ther's mills, and Lucas, Sr., who grieved
exceedingly over the results of the ac-
cident, wrote on went in person TO every
known manufacturer of artificial limbs
in this country and Europe, vainly
seeking false hand for his son. Arti-
fetal hands could have been procured
from any of them. but what was want
ed was not to be found-viz. hand that
would perform all the functions of a
real flesh and blood member.
Finally the elder Lucas, who Is
known as rare mechanical genius,
took IL upon himself to make his son a
hand-not mere dummy" but one
that would be useful for the manifold
purposes to which such members are
put The result is surprise to every
maker Of artificial limbs in the world
The automaton Is Of aluminium and
much resembles the steel gauntlets
worn by the knights Of the middle ages.
The fingers are all perfect and lifelilSe,
the joints in each bending MS readily as
those in natural hand, making Il pos
sible for the young man to perform ev-
cry kind Of labor. An expert report on
this wonderful piece of mechanism reads
as follows:
with 1t he can grasp and handily
use all kinds Of tools, pick up things
from the ground, drive, handle gun
in fact, use IL quickly and slsillfully at
any kind of work. Like a natural hand,
the artificial one consists of palm that
is provided with fastening by which
it is attached to cork stump, the
joints working by n ratchet, so that the
fingers may be bent forward at any
angle and held there. The hand may
be only partly closed or tightly shut.
and only one finger or ALL as the wear
er desires, may be closed at once and
instantly by striking them against the
body or other object. To release the
grasp 1t is only necessary to touch
spring at the back of the hand. The
invention is as nearly perfect substi-
tute for natural hand as could be de-
vised and is the only thing of the kind
known in the world st. Louis Re-
public.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Love For the Zigxa0.

The straight line is an abomination
to the Chinese. They endeavor to
avoid it In their streets and buildings
and have banished it completely where
country field paths are concerned.
They will always substitute a curve
whenever possible, or they will torture
1t into zigzag.
In districts not devastated by the Tai
Pings nor subject to tho influence Of
the foreigner, the houses and temples
are characterized by curved, often
peaked, roofs, ornamented with fantas-
tie notifications of the myriad stroke
pattern" The inhabitants of such re-
gions are soon found to have a mental
world to correspond. The straight line
is secuted. They think in curves and
zigzags. To the Chinese mind the
straight line is suggestive of death and
demons. It belongs not to the heaven
above nor to the earth beneath. In a
true horizon line are seen the "undula-
tions Of the dragon" Therefore, argue
the Chinese, the straight line pertains
to hades. es.-Contemporary Review.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Where They Eat Tobacco.

Perhaps there is nothing more pecul-
lar about the Eslximoes of Point Bar
row than their methods of using tobac-
co, which, of course, they procure from
the whites. They know good from bad
tobacco. When they get hold of few
plugs Of commissary tobacco from a
vessel Of the United States navy, they
show marked appreciation of it. The
habit of chewing the weed seems to be
universal. Men, women and even un-
weaned children keep a quid, often of
enormous size, constantly in the mouth.
The juice is not spit out, but swallow
ed with the saliva, without producing
any symptoms of nausea. Washington
Star.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Colonel Burr's Career.

Colonel Frank Burr, the we'll known
newspaper correspondent, has had re-
markable career. When but child, he
was stolen by tribe of Indians and re-
mained with them for several years.
When the war broke out, he was loco
motive engineer. He enlisted as a pri-
yate and came out Of the service wearing
shoulder straps. He then studied civil
engineering and laid out Deer Park, the
famous summer resort ON the ALLIE
ghanies. Becoming a newspaper CORE
spondent. he soon became one Of the
most famous Of the guild.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
An Economical wife.

He-I can't send my clothes to the
tailors every time they need button.
We must economize. Can't you sew
ON these suspender buttons yourself?
She-Here, my dear; fasten them
mp with Q hairpin. That will, save
thread, you know. New York Weekly.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1893-12-06
Hope without Faith.

"Oh, doctor, have sent for you,
certainly; still must confess have
not the slightest faith in modern medi.
cal science
"Oh, that doesn' t matter in the least.
You see, mule has no faith in the
veterinary surgeon, and yet he cures
him all the same. "-Tagliche Rund-
schau.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22

afraid you would never guess, so will
tell you. She thought: "Why, there
is my old broom! just the very thing!"
Then she got up from her seat and
went back of the calico curtain that
divided the bedroom from the kitchen
and soon came back, first with a chair
that had a very holey cane seat, and
next with broom. if such stump of
thing can still use the name.
She put the broom handle through
one of the smallest holes in the chair
and made it firm by tying strings, first
round the handle and then about each
of the chairs four legs, and when it
ibid not wobble a bit and stood up
straight, like the cigar mans wooden
Indian round the corner" Dollie
clapped her hands for joy and thought
her tree something really worth hav-
ing.
She had only one thing to tie on it,
and that was Ruth, her dear doll To
be sure Ruth was not much to look at;
her nose was broken; she had no hair
only one eye, and her arms and leg
we, Were s, made (Oy DOl,ie' out OF white cot
If Ruth could have spoken she would
have told you that when she was new
she had really considered herself love-
" doll, and it couid not have been sim
ply her opinion, since the shop man who
owned her sold her to a gentleman for
five dollars.
Ruths first little mother was not very
fond of her dollie children after she had
owned them little while, and poor
Ruth was tossed about in all sorts of
unpleasant ways, until one day the
nurse swept her up with the play room
dust and carried her down in coal
scuttle to the ash barrel and threw
her in.
The barrel was quite full, so Ruth
lay on the very top of it, and who
should happen to come along but very
little girl with pair of heavy crooked
shoulders.
She stood on tiptoe and looked so
longingly at Ruth that big policeman
who was passing by stopped and asked
her if she was looking for anything?
Il was wishing so much, sir" said the
little girl, that | might have that doll,
but | suppose it belongs to the ash
man."
The big policeman just lifted the lit
tie girl up and told her to take the doll
and welcome, and he would like to see
the ash man or any other man that
would take it from her. And SO Ruth
found second mother in Dollie Jones.
Such a beautiful life as she and Dollie
had lived for the last five years. Ruth
probably knew more about Dollie than
anybody else in the world, for she was
Dollie's only companion through all the
six days of every week. And now Dol
lie proposed TO honor her broom tree by
hanging Ruth en- it
She had just gotten Ruth comfortably
suspended by the waist when she re-
membered that there was bread and
cheese to get for supper, and tying a
thin wooden shawl over her head and
shoulders (DoIlie had no hat she went
down the stairs and out into the street.
The grocery was kept by a German
known in the neighborhood as Hans.
There were a great many people in
Hans shop, so Dollie had to wait long
time, but she was used to waiting and
it was very pleasant to look at all the
nice things Hans kept for the people
who had money to buy them.
At last she did get her rye loaf and
cheese, and Hans went to barrel,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22

full in all the great city of New York. a
group of boys and girls (all belonging to
one father and mother) have this custom:
Just as the twilight comes. they put
away books and toys, and quietly. hand
in hand, with peace and goodwill in
their hearts, they enter room 1.-THE
best and prettiest in all the house,
where grandma lives. They always
find her seated before her open fire,
looking so placidly beautiful; as one of
the children said once, ''as if she saw
Heaven" She always has on her lap
two bundles done up in pure white
cloth, and the children gather all about
her and are very still as she tells them
the story have just told to yoa: then
she unrolls the bundle and the children
touch most lovingly Papa Toms kit
and Aunt Dollies doll Ruth.
Papa Tom they know and love. and
Aunt Dollie they shall love and know
by and by.-Laura {. S. Fessenden, in
Texas Siftings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22

until he had consulted you, but he
never dreamed that there would be a
review to-day, and so he invited the
Allertons to breakfast with him at
Moreau's and go to the matinee"
"Why, that rascal Ananias said it
was to breakfast at the generals" in
terrupted the battery commander.
"Well, perhaps he was invited there
too. | believe did hear something of
that. But he had made this arrange
ment with the Allertons. Now, of
course, if review were over at ten he
could Just about have time to dress and
catch the eleven-o'clock car, but that
would make it very late, and when
Bay Billy broke away from Ananias
nobody could catch him for over half
an hour. Mr.. Ferry had taken the sec
ton, Air. Waring wasn't needed, and
Why, Ned, when drove in, fearing to
find him injured, and saw him standing
there the picture of CONSERVATION and
despair, and he told me about his en-
gagement, said myself: why don't
you go now? / told him it was what
you surely would say if you were here.
Neither of us thought the colonel
would object, SO long as you approved,
and he wrote such nice note. Why,
Ned, he only just had time to change
his dress and drive up with Jeffers-"
with letters? With my-er-our
team and wagon? Well, like"
"Of course you like it, you old dar-
ling. She's such a dear girl, though
just a little bit gushing, you know.
Why, 1 said, certainly the team should
go. But, Ned, here's what I'm afraid
Of Mrs. Braxton saw it drive in at
nine-thirty, just after Billy ran away,
and she asked LETTERS who was going,
and he told her Mr.. Waring, and she
has told the colonel, I'll wager. Now,
what you have got to do is to explain
that to him, so that he won't blame
Mr.. Warning"
1.-THE dickens / have! The most bare
faced piece of impudence even Sam
Warning was ever guilty OTTO me, at
least, though I've no doubt he's done
worse dozen times. Why, bless your
heart, Nell, how can / explain? You
might, but"
''But wonld you have me suppose my
big soldier couldn't handle that matter
as well as /? No, sir! Go and do it,
sir. And, mind you, I'm going to in
vite them all up here to the gallery to
hear the band play and have a cup of
tea and a nibble when they come down
this evening. He's going to drive the
Allertons here"
Worse and more of it! Why, you
conspiracy in petticoats, you'll be the
ruin of me! Old Brax is boiling over
now. If he dreams that Warning has
been taking liberties with him he'll
fetch him up so short"
Exactly! You mustn't let him. You
must tell him / sent him up with your
team-yours. mind you-to keep his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22
IN MRS. LOGAN'S CHILDHOOD.
How Christmas Was Celebrated in Her
Fathers House Long Years Ago.

How Christmas Was Celebrated in Her
Fathers House Long Years Ago.
With me the memory of the Christ
mas holidays of my child and girlhood
will ever be one of the most sacred and
sweet of my life, from the larks of the
school-children, when l was one of
them, in barring in or out the teacher
till he or she gave us a holiday and
treat, to the blessed Christmas morning
when we all flew into fathers or moth
ers room screaming: Merry Christ
mas!" to find the thirteen pairs of we'll
filed stockings hanging round the
broad old fireplace and to receive the
warm embraces of those revered and
indulgent parents.
can never forget the happy hours
that followed in displaying our treas
ures, nor coming to the table to see IA
Their and mother open the numberless
packages that we used to prepare for
them!
The hours that we brothers and sis
tiers spent in planning and executing
our surprises for mother, father and
each other, with the merry episodes,
mishaps and successes and pleasures,
will cling to us evermore
The madcap fun we used to have
sleighriding and the merry dancing
and candy-pulling with the troops of
boys and girls that were our friends!
How well we remember the sparkling
wood fire in the ample old fireplace,
with rows of apples toasting before it;
the great dishes of popcorn, popped in
a covered kettle, so white, and fresh,
and tender; the sweet, rich nuts and
crystal cider for the evenings when we
assembled in each others homes for
good time and to play games of forfeit
and chance.
For genuine pleasure those times
have never been surpassed by the state
ly occasions of maturer years, and
more than once our heart has longed
for those happy days.
The custom of ceremonious calls on
New Years day did net obtain with us
till later years, but the day was not al
lowed to pass without celebration,
usually with a dinner party and dane
ing in the evening, and always with
closing up of the accounts of the old
year and beginning the new with many
resolves that were broken and forgot
ten before the ides of many months had
passed over our heads.-Mrs. John A
Logan, in Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-22

took great red apple out of it, and
handed it to Dollie with an II wish you
a merry Christmas, Tollie"
You should have seen Dollie's face as
she said: ''Why Hans! how did you
know ] had a Christmas tree?" and
then she told him what her tree was
made out Of
Hans stood and looked at Dollie a
minute and then he went back of his
counter, opened a drawer, and took
out FIVE little wax can6les-a blue one,
red one. ( white one, pink one, and
one just as yellow as gold These he
put into paper bag with 4 stick of
peppermint candy and ball of scarlet
popcorn to keep them company, and he
gave all these to Dollie for her very
own.
There was only one thing for Dollie
to do; she could not receive without
giving in return. Hans was not an at
tractive person; indeed, most people
thought him cross sort of man, but
Doilie said:
please, Hans, ( should like to kiss
you," and looked up into his face with
such a joyous smile that tears came
into the big Dutchman's eyes as he
bent down and touched Dollie's fore
head with his lips as tenierly and
reverently ''as if las he told somebody
Tollie had been SAND in a church"
But he told Dollie Ito run home gwick
outen de gold und vix her dree, al
ready"
Really, yS,. would be surprised to
see how it improves broom stump to
be dressed up with colored candles,
popcorn bail, stick of peppermint
candy, an apple, and an old doll
Dollie decided that when it was lit up
she would have to ask in the neigh
bors, as it would be too selfish to en-
JOY such q pretty sight all to them
selves And just as she was thinking
this she heard Toms whistle
Tom always whistled Yankee Doodle
when he came home at night, but it
seemed to Dollie that he was rather
blowing the tune than whistling it this
evening. 1t sounded something like this:
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. w-whew--whew-
whew-
Whew-whew-whew-wh hooo Gu
WOO"