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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
THE RESER T-ATlON.
Treufu Ih0us0nd -Acfps W
Wheat sCjU be Sostu
This Year.

Lewiston Tribune.
Under the liberal construction
by the present secretary OF the III
terror Of the act of congress az
proved February 2Sth, 1891, pro,
yiding for the leasing ofthe allotted
lands.by the Indians, quite an I'M
petus- has been given to farming on
the reservation, especially that
norton tributary to Lewiston and
Genesee. The act of congress pro
vides: "That whenever it shall
be made to appear to the secretary
of the interior that by reason OF
age or other disability, any allot-
tee under the provisions of said
act, or any other act or treaty. can
not personally and with benefit 10
himslf occupy or improve his allott-
ment or any part thereof, the same
may be leased upon such terms,
regulations and condition as shall
be prescribed by such secretary, for
a term not exceeding three years
for farming Or grazing, or ten years
for mining purposes"
In order to give full force ana Ell
feet to the above enactment the
department has promulgated most
liberal rules and regulations and
Capt. Robinson, the agent at Lap
wal, Is in full sympathy with the
object and is in every way DESTROYS
of helping the Indians to further
themselves in life.
Capt. Robinson state there are
now over fifty white families
occupying leased land on the reser-
walton and that at least 0,OOO acres
are now being sown in wheat and
10000 more acres are being pre-.
pared to be sown this fall. From
Doc to s1.5O an acre is paid for the
Mental of these lands, and there IL
scarcely day but that some ONT
makes lease. 1t is a great advan
tage for the Indian, as he gets hi
land fenced, broken and a nice in
come, and it is also good oppor
tunity for those whites desirous o
farming. Capt. Robinson antici
pates such yield Of wheat iron
now on that he has gotten authorl
ty from the government to erect
ware house, 40xSO, on the Clear
water near the mouth of Lapwa
creek, the construction OF whic
will be Immediately commenced
This will be a great convenience
as the steamboats, will go up thel
for their grain.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-11

Treasurers sieport to the Hon. Board OF Co
Com. for the quarter ending March 81, 1894:
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
Our Keuterciiie Budget.

John Marble was up from Waha
last week.
J. III. Hunte has commenced the
summer term of school in district
number "a.
j. II. Aram, of Grangeville, was
a visitor the first of the week.
A select party gathered at the
pleasant home of Hubert Hattrup
the 9th and spent pleasant eve
ming.
Everybody is in great rush
putting in crops.
John Roman is helping Henry
Forsman put in the crop.
1t is reported here that Law
renee & Sons take possession of the
Copper sawmill this week.
Charley Gerhard is back from
Lewiston after an absence of about
two years.
The shingle mill is running or
full time and turning out first
class article.
Sprute & Bosse will crop thu
Gibson place this season.
Keuterville, May 7, 1894.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-11

Here is romance within a
romance. Marion Crawford, the
novelist, was working on a new
book last autumn when he received
an application from girl student
of Wellesley college for his auto
graph. The name caught his fancy
Katharine Lauderdale. He sent
the autograph, and with it a re-
quest. Would Miss Lauderdale
object to seeing her name on the
title page of his forthcoming novel ?
Miss Lauderdale not only did not
object, but she liked it; and so the
novel is Katharine Lauderdale.
There is a hint here for mothers
seeking names for their girl babies
Would the novelist have used that
name Lauderdale if Daisy, or Ethel
or Maud, or Mabel had been attched
to it? Never.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-05-11
PODutist lMeetin0

The Idaho County Central Com
mittee will meet at Grangeville on
Saturday, May II, 1894, at 2
O'Clock p. m. Everyone invited.
JACOB VERCLER,
6. w. HINKLE, Chairman.
Sec'y pro tenn.
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Fo-tFfo
PAID OUT DURING QUARTER,
For Redemption of warrants Sc 673 Sc
For State revenue 49,. ..... 1893 81
For costa fordg state revenue 195
7,oes SO
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To PLACER MINERS OF IDAHO Co.:

To PLACER MINERS OF IDAHO Co.:
Parties having dry placers, that
can be worked for only short
time during spring, will kindly
send description, etc, of ground
and amount prospect to yard, to
the undersigned, who can furnish
warranted dry separator at slight
expense. WALTER II. HILL,
45 Grangeville, Idaho
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Respectfully submitted.
JOHN BOWER, County Treasurer,
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Treasurer's Report.

Treasurers Report to the Hon. Board of Co.
Commissioners for Quarter ending Dec. 81, 1898
AMnuNTs In TIN RINns.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Rapid y ork.

Some prodigiously large volumes
have been printed at the Government
printing office in a wonderfully short
time. For instance, the Revised
Statutes, which constitute volume
OF 1,035 closely printed pages, were
set up, proof read three times, printed
and delivered in bound form to the
House of Representatives between )
o'clock p M. on "Wednesday and II
o'clock noon on the following Satur-
day-an interval Of only siXty-seven
hours. Perhaps the greatest work Of
printing ever undertaken anywhere
was the publication Of 10000 copies
of records Of the war Of The rebellion,
in l2O royal octave volumes of 500
pages each, at total cost Of 81, ,260,-
900 for printing and binding. This
single publication will require over
$1,000 printers reams Of white paper
to print it, and the composition will
probably exceed 5000, QUO, 900 ''ems. "
There will be when the work is fin
ished not less than l,200, 900 actual
books of 500 pages each. These fig
ures dwarf those Of the largest ency-
clopudia ever published IN any coun-
try or in any language. This work
will probably be completed next year.
II ali the manuscript had been ready
for the printers at once, no donbt the
G. p. G. could have chewed it up
within a few weeks in its capacious
maw. The largest work undertaken
previously was the Pacific Railroad
survey, which was completed in
eleven volumes in 1860 at cost Of
$500, 5l3. The largest order for type
filed with type founder since the
invention of the art Of printing was
given by Uncle Sans concern to
New York firm, the order being for
IS, 900 pounds OF type in a single lot
Washington Star.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Out-Generallcd.

Scottish shrewdness is occasionally
oyermatched by Irish wit. The hand
full of people who inhabit Tory Island,
a little spot in the Atlantic, eff the
Irish coast, enjoy so much health and
so little wealth that there is no
doctor on the island. In rare cases
Of emergency physician is brought
in boat from the nearest village on
the mainland.
On one occasion, some islanders
who were obliged to summon the
doctor found that he had gone to
Dublin on business. AS the case was
urgent, they invoked the services OF
the only other practitioner within a
score OF miles. This gentleman was
a Scotchman. with the proverbial
"cannincss' of his race, and declined
to undertake the voyage unless he re-
ceived his fee-a golden sovereign
In advance. There was no help for
it. and the money was paid,
The physician went to Tory Island
and attended to the case. But when
he inquired for boat to take him
away, he found that not a boatman
on the island would ferry him back
again for any less consideration than
two pounds, paid in advance. The
doctor had to part with the two
sovereigns and to admit that he had
heen beaten at his own game
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11

a man who lost both hands and one
foot, VINO now walks perfectly we'll
and is able with his artificial hands
to grasp light articles, open doors,
and feed himself. A man with two
artificial legs rides horseback and can
mount and dismount readily, and an
other man has even walked a mile IN
sixteen minutes and fifty seconds to
beat the wooden-leg record. Skating
and bicycle-riding are other accomp-
lishments and enjoyments from which
some OF the men with artificial legs
are rot debarred. 1t is curious to
note that, according to the tables OF
percentages, farmers are the greatest
sufferers, II per cent OF the cases OF
leg amputations being found IN their
number while workers at the bench
number l3 per cent laborers 81 per
cent, and railroad men but ! per
cent
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Celestial Space.

Sir Robert Ball, the English as.
! tronomer, has been giving a popular
series of lectures in London, in
which he has endeayored to bring
within the comprehension Of his
hearers some practical idea of enorm-
Gus space. Referring to the fact
that the stars that we see, apart
from the planets of our solar system,
are sums, he said that the nearest
! star to the earth was Alpha Centauri,
which was only visible in the South
ern heavens. Now, to say that this
was 1000, 900, 900, O00, 900 miles away.
/ gives only a confused idea Of distance,
as half or a quarter Of this sum would
seem quite as great in the aggregate
as this appears, because the unit of
distance is too small to easily popu-
! larlze the broad conception. TO say
I that the star in question is quite
200. 900 times as far away from the
ea1t tn as the sun is equally incompre-
hensible. Some other and larger
yard stick must be used when these
tremendous spaces are measured of.
Sir Robert Ball takes as the unit the
distance that electricity can travel in
a second Of time, that is, $50, 900
miles, or seven times around the
earth. While the electric current
under proper conditions could reach
the moon in little more than sec
ond and could arrive at the sun in
about eight minutes, it would re-
Quire fully three years Of time 10
traverse the distance between the
earth and the nearest Of the stars.
But beyond these are other stars or
suns so far off that the distance be-
tween the earth and Alpha Cen.
tauri seems insignificant in compari- ;
son. Sir Robert Ball saId There
are stars so remote that if the It'd. !
ings of that first Christmas in Beth !
lchcm, nineteen centuries ago. han !
been disseminated through the uni. !
yerS2 by tclcgraphic messages. speed.
ing at the rate Of $50, 600 miles sc : :
ond, the time that has elapsed since
the event would not have been su'li.
cent to enable the message to reach
them. Some idea Of the immensely .
Of the universe can be formed ny re-
allzing that speed that would carry
one from the earth to the moon in 4
second would need to be maintained
for thousands Of years to reach some !
of the stars that we see each clear
night above our heads --DoStol Hcc-
aid
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
THE JONES DICTIONARY.
Maria and Jeptha Indulge in , LIttls
Learning.

Maria and Jeptha Indulge in , Little
Learning.
"Jeptha," asked Mrs. Jones, 'are
we going to the Worlds Fair?"
"Maria," said Mr.. Jones with q
smile that was spoony and idiotic,
1.-THE worlds fair is here and now"
What do you know?" inquired
Mrs. Jones shortly, for she had an
! idea that Jones was poking fun at
her,
"Oh, it's a joke. You see I'm get
ting to be humorist." cackled
Jones.
Yes, an ill-humor-ist, snapped
his wife; ''why don't you answer me
bout the worlds fair?"
Pm not contradicting you. I
think the worlds fair myself Now,
Maria, try something harder. I
really don't care a picayune about
the Worlds or any other fair, except
your own self"
Maria's lips curled and she stopped
sewing and it looked stormy for
Jeptha, but another idea had entered
the good woman's head and crowded
! out all Others. After thinking 4
spell she asked:
"Jeptha, what is picayune?'
"a picayune?" echoed Jones
startled, why, it's a-a-why Maria,
any child can tell you what a plea
yune is
"Yes, l suppose so, but Pm asking
you now, Jeplha-"
"Well, a picayune is a piece Of
money"
But how much is that, and why
are people always saying they don't
care a picayune, the way you did just
now. l like to know something
about what I do know, so that I'm
: sure know it."
Exactly. It's very good plan,
but now if I should tell you what
picayune is. and give you its history,
you'd forget it by tomorrow night
But if you look it mp in the dictionary
you'll never forget it-see:"
"Well, there's one thing" ret0rted
Mrs Jones, II may not get to the
Worlds Fair, but you'll never hear
me using words that l don't know the
sense of-not much"
The next morning at breakfast
Mrs. Jones informed Jeptha that she
didn't care six-and-a-quarter cents
whether she went to the Worlds Fair
or not, and he said she was right, he'd
walk Spanish if he cared a picayune
either. He had been at the dictionary
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Spoken from Experience.

"Whom do you find the most diff.
cult witness to report?" asked the
writer OF an old police-court reporter.
decidedly a woman with griev.
ance," he readily replied. "a Pole
in a passion is bad; an Irishman de-
nouncing an enemy is equally 50; a
German speaking broken English is a
terror; Freuchman rendering mean
inHlnSS lis words by CALCULATIONS is
still more depiorable; but none Of
these can hold 4 candle to a woman
with 8 grievance. If sam Weller had
ever happened to have been Il reporter
iIc would have overlooked the widow
and warned his friends to beware Of a
woman with a grievance. BY the
way. | can always tell the profession
Of MN hy the manner il which he
gives his testimony. The actor, the
commercial traveller, the dpctor-ai!
carry their profession with them into
:he witUcss box"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
SALES OF sTREBcTA>
Giant SpanIards Who Could Easily k4
Bull with Their F1sts-

BUu WITH knSiC Sl9tss
After the Spanish occupation O.
!he Grand Canary certain enormous
stone was for long time pointed out
rs one Of the instruments OF the
Gaunche athletic courses Ihe ma
ti7es had been able to lift 1t, set 1t
on their shoulders and even throw 1t
over their heads. Their degenerate
posteritY and the Spaniards could no.
raise 1t from the ground.
Tradition has immcrtalized one
Adareona Of Grand Canary, who
could wrestle for two consecutive
hours, and, having been thrown un'
dernost IN q certain contest, got his
antagonist between his legs and arms
and SQUEEZED MIN so that bis bones
began to crack. The native was SUBJ
jeouentlY sent as prisoner to Spain,
where be astounded the people by MS
performances One day in Seville ne
vas visited by a brawny youth OF La
Mancha, who was anxious to try
bout with him.
"My good friend" said Adargoma
sas we are going to wrestle together
1t IS only reasonable that we should
begin by drinking something"
"A large bowl Of wine having been
brought, he took this in one hand
md continued to address his chal
enger:
If with both your arms you caa
eyerpower one of mine 50 as to hinder
me from drinking every drop Of this
wine we will try our strength To-
gether. II not, YOU may return TO
your home" =!
The struggle took place, and AdaH
COMA by degrees. drained the bowl 10
the coolest manner, without spilling
a drop Of the wine. His one hanc
was more than a match for tive.
It was reckoned nothing out Of the
common for man to take an un
tethered OK by the horn with ons
hand and slay it with the other. A
certain native born priest Of Grand
Canary, in the seventeenth century,
showed that he inherited some of his
ancestors vigor. for one day, hearing
that an enraged bull had broken loose
aud was in the street, he ran out and,
grasping it by the leg, threw it down.
and so held it until its owner was
able to secure 1T. This doughty son
OF the church before his death CHANGED
to have one Of his legs amputated for
cancer. It was then found that his
thigh bone was solid, with no trace
Of marrow. It must be confessed:
however, that the relics Of the
Canarians now found in their bury.
Ing places do not bear out the infer
ence that this was national charac.
teristfc, though their dimensions are
certainly testimony Of the strength
and size Of their late proprietors--
National Review. >
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
JUST THE POOR MANS LUCK.
Usually the Person Who Can't Afford II
Needs Artificial Limbs.

Usually the Person Who Can't Afford It
Needs Artificial Limbs.
"There are perhaps 800, 900 men in
this country who need artificial legs
or arms, and not more than 100, 900
Of these are supplied" 1t was we'll
known maker Of wooden legs who
said this to a New York Sun man.
He was waruing of an appeal to his
charity in behalf Of locomotive fire.
man who had d::siipped under his en-
CINE and been badly crippled. "The
fact is," he continued, lit is always
the poor man who loses leg or an
arm, now that the war is over. Ex-
I cepting the crippled veterans who are
kept supplied with legs by the gov
ernment, nearly every man who loses
limb has to have help to get a new
one." But while the number Of pen
sioners on account Of the war con-
tinues to increase with each. increase
in years since that time Of carnage,
there is little likelihood that the
number of makers Of artificial legs
will fall off much in number. There
are nearly 200 Of them now, large and
small. many Of whom having worked
in one Of the larger factories, set up
for themselves and whittle out a
timber toes" for unfortunates who
cannot afford to buy one of the I'M.
proved legs.
The science Of making wooden legs
and arms has in recent years almost
supplied the place of natural members
that have been lost. There is almost
no occupation now that is closed TO a
man on account Of his crippled con-
dition. and by the use OF a rubber
heel and toe it is made possible for a
man to walk almost without percepti-
bic impediment or limp in his gait
In fact man with both legs gone can
now preserve his equilibrium and
walk about almost. .;as we'll as any
other man.
The wood employed-wood being
lighter and stronger for this purpose
than any other material discovered
is willow or bass wood, and after 1t
has been seasoned and carved into
the proper form it is covered with
rawhlde and enamel to strengthen
and finish it.
With artificial arms and hands
man may hold a fork. drive d horse,
extend the arm at will, and even
write fair hand. There is case OF
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Fancy Names OF the Fnnsy.

Though there are lovelier and more
magnificent flowers than it, yet the
pansy NAV be regarded as a general
favorite. It is for this reason, per-
haps, that it has so many popular
names. BY some it has been called
'.heart's- ease" but this title right
fully belongs to the wallhower because
of its supposed virtues as a cordial.
There is no doubt, however, that in
various times and places the pansy
has been styled by the following curl.
Gus budget of epithets: Herb
Trinity" ifrom its three colorsi,
"Love-and-Idle,' "kiSs-me-ere-l- l.
rise, Jump uD and kiss me-
Three faces s-uuder-a- -hood.".
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Are There Snakes or Toads In Ireland?

The belief that there are no snakes
and toads IN Ireland is due to au eX-
pansion of the tradition which says
that St. Patrick threw all the yenO-
nous serpents and noxious reptiles in
Ireland into the sea from Croagh Pat
rick. the sacred hill in County Mayo.
There are no venomOus Serpents in
Ireland; neither are there any in
| Great Britain. But out Of the tradi-
ton, and the fact that snakes are not
plentiful in Ireland, has grown the
idea that Ireland is destitute Of
snakes and toads. A certain chapter
of an unnamed history Of Ireland is
often quoted to sustain the sugges-
tion. Chapter MI, says the believer:
s.Of snakes in Ireland. There are no
snakes in Ireland" But this famous
chapter is said now to be from his
tory of Iceland, not Of Ireland. 1t
is said to be chapter XII Of Unno Won
Trolls letters on Iceland; Won Troll,
who was a Swede, went to Iceland
with British naturalist, Sir Joseph
Banks, in I772, and published his
book on his return. 1t is fact that
there are no snakes in Iceland: but
how Won Trolls chapter came to be
transplanted from Iceland to Ireland
is an interesting question, as yet un-
answered
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11

The author Of ''Round the Compass
IN Australia" had put up tor the night
with the manager Of stock farm. It
wasa time Of drought, and the eve
ming passed amid stories OF frlghtrul
suffering and losses The manager
thought it would be hardly possible
to hold out week longer. SHADY
Jacks well is DONE" he said, ''and
the Frenchman's tank is empty" His
wife tried to encourage him.
Hope for the BEST" she said.
s.My oathw answered the manager,
.'but the best things never come of. "
Eyes. Dick" responded his wife,
"but the worst things never come
sf."
Night after night this man hat
Ralked the room, alternating be-
tween prayers and. curses. as each
DAYS record was another thousand
sheep dead. another empty well, until
at last he had come to this grim cour-
lge Of despair,
II shouldn't care so much" he
said TO the traveller, 'OuI lneN Mi
wife, my girls in there"
He drew his sleeve across his eyes
and bowed his head on the table. For
ten minutes he sat there so. Then
the visitor saw him raise his head,
start, spring to his feet, and listen
with strained attention. What was
that9 Something plnged on the cor.
rugated root overhead.
"Rain! rain! rain!" he shouted, as
ne rushed outside, and fell on his
knees with his hands stretched out
toward the clouded sky.
THANK God. Thank God! Wife,
Sirls! Mary! RAIN"
Even so. The flood-gates Of th>
SKY were opened, and before morning
the visitor was helping to put up a
dyke on one side OF the house. The
march of destruction was stayed.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11

Made OF dotted Creton and goes alt
around the skirt. Therefore 1t mus
be at least 2 yards wide and gored like
a skirt. The small waist bodice ~
tucked all around, IS made in the from
in the same manner as at the back a z
closed backwards by buttons. Ed
by a PLAN bias stripe. The bq
can be made separately. Gath
epaulette ruliies.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Summing!

The other day, two Chine,e dam
sells invaded the San Francisco Chroi.
icle building. They rode up and
down the elevator, visiting the diff
ferent floors, opening the doors Of
several offices, apparently for no
other purpose than to see what was
inside, meanwhile all the time jab-
bering and laughing, as if they were
very much amused. When asked
whom they were looking for, one of
them answers: "We no look for any
body-We all the same Summing"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1894-08-11
Air and " eight

In England the rule is to allow fou1
cubc feet Of air space for each 100
pounds weight Of an animal. Al
lowing air according to the weight,
however. is not a correct system, but
| it is rule that is better than none,
as animals are usually more crowded
than should be the case.