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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
SOME FIGURES.
Showing to What Extent Some Men Live
Upon the Masses.

Upon the Masses.
The following figures are furnished by
the Louisville Courier-J ournal and The
National Economist:
The Earl OF Derby draws from his ten.
ant farmers upward OF $S50,000 y year.
This is supplemented by his Liverpool
property. This fortunate family owns
nearly all OF the town OF Bury. The to-
tai income OF the Earl OF Derby is close
on to 81 $50, 900.
The earl Of Sefton's is another family
which has done well out Of Liverpool, for
in addition to estates producing $215 900
a year and ground rents $3.50, 900 more,
they received 81 ,255 900 for $40 acres Of
land required by the corporation for q
public park.
Mr.. Gladstone, in addition to $500, 900
left him by his father, has the rent roll
of the Hawardeen estate, which came
into the possession OF his wife on the
death Of the last male Glynne. Add to
the estate, which is worth 500 900 a year,
another $40 900 for royalties.
Earl Vane has 100000 a year, in ad-
dition to his coal royalties, which extend
over 1000 acres.
Coal is worth to the Earl of Fitzwilliam
$50O, 900 a year, in addition to another
$3.50 900, the value Of his estates in York
shire and Ireland.
The marquis Of Londonderry, who sells
his coal Wholesale and retail, has with
land rent roll Of $9l5, 900 a year.
| The marquis of Salisbury's London
property in the neigh borhood of St. Mar
tins Lane and the Strand is said to bring
him 1850 900 year. The marquis 9TH
er estates produce $685. per annum.
AS the Duke of Devonshire owns 1885,
3l5 acres of land. producing a revenue
Of 1866 900 year, he is not likely to &C.
cept the 81 900, 900 which has been OF.
fered for Devonshite house and grounds
in Piccadilly.
The Duke Of Hamiiton's mining royal
ties amount to no less than $4,000 9
year. His other estates bring in 1856,
600 per annum.
Lord Burton, OF Bass fame, is worth
over 100000 a year, and the family o
the late MIR. Crawshsy, the Welsh iron
master, has the handling of $4,000, 900
When the iron trade was brisk the ear
Of Dudley Melted yearly 100000. TIT
Dudley diamonds are worth $500, 600
The Duke of Norfolk has an income o
81, S45 900 year, the Duke Of Northum
berlsnd $3.50, 900, and Earl Roseber,
$4,000, to say nothing Of $40, 900 ,0O
, his late wife brought him.
. And this is the came way by whicl
the huge fortunes created by monopol
) are going to be perpetuated by lsrg
numbers of people in this country, un
t less the echoes OF the Declaration OF In
/ dependence arouse the voter to make
I impossible.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
A CURE FOR HARD rYMps.
Louis =. Post Argues In Favor Of Hem
Georges Single Tax.

Louis +. Post Argues In Favor Of Hsnry
Georges single Tax.
Suppose . man be shipwrecked upon
an island where there 10 no other person.
He will apply bis labor to the land and
he will soon be well-ied and living in
comparative case. He gets all the fruits
Of his labor.
Then suppose another man 10 ship
wrecked. and as he approaches the shore
the first man says, No, you cannot land
unless you become my slave
The other man says no. and starts
to swim away. The man on the island
don't like that and negotiates. He says
the shipwrecked man may land II he will
acknowledge him the owner by rights of
discovery. The second man considers
that good law and admits the point.
But pretty soon the first man begins
to order the second man to work for him,
while he, the discoverer, idles, and inn
mediately there are hard times on that
island"
That is the figure used by Louis F. Post
to illustrate the first part OF his theme,
Industrial depressions- Their Cause
and Cure
As cure he argued in favor of the
single tax-the abolition OF all taxes ex.
cept that upon land. The high rent ex-
tracted by individual landowners no
cited as the cause Of hard times, and they
will continue until land values fall,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

The given name Of President Carnot Of
the French republic was Ssdi. pro-
uounced like our feminine Sadie. This
gave rise to an amusing incident
at the time OF his election to
the presidency in 1887. A New
York newspaper ordered it's Washington
correspondent to interview President
Cleveland and members Of the cabinet on
that occasion and get their opinions OF
Carnot and his election. The correspon-
dent had much difficulty in finding one of
the leading mem bers Of the cabinet, and
finally met him late at night just as he
was entering his residence. There was
no time for superfuous preliminaries, 80
the question was promptly put to him,
"What do you think OF Sadi-Carnot ?''
Although the cabinet official Yves not
compelled by law TO express an opinion
except when requested by the president
or the heads of other departments, and
was plainly stumped by the question
nevertheless he made heroic effort te
rise to the situation. With a solemn
mien he replied ~ have heard thai
she is very good dancer, and believe
she will do well in this country"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
CHiCAaO's PENNY LUNCHES.
The Youngsters OF the City are Chesply
Fed and Taught to Keep Clean.
EIoI,a m

The Youngsters of the City are Chesply
Fed and Taught TO Keep Clean.
From the Chicago Times.
Philanthropic young ladies all over
Chicago are deeply interested in the good
work done for the poor at Hull House,
and many OF them take an active part in
the work. number OF young ladies' of
kenwood have taken small store near
the institution and there they take turns
at noon every day In dealing out one
cent lunches to the ragged children of
the neighborhood" The soup ia bought
from the Hull House and served to the
hungry youngsters, after they have been
made to wash their faces and hands.
The venture has been very successful,
and scores of famished children patronize
the place every day with their pennies,
in spite Of the washing regulations.
They are 80 hungry for the steaming
coup and coffee that they willingly use
the soap and water first. Occasionally
the young lady IN charge superintends
these additions, but oftener the big sis-
tiers OF the little tots do the work them
selves.
The other day small boy came in
with two pennies in one Rrimy hand and
the pudgy fist of baby brother in the
other. Both were hungry.
"You must wash your faces and hands
before you eat" said the young lady in
charge, kindly.
Eyes, 'um," said the larger boy, II
kin wash meself an Jimmy here, too. +"
The fashionable young lady thinking
to maze her charge cleaner than those
of 1.-The other girls" had brought with
her very stiff nail brush, and
when she led the two youngsters to the
Mushroom she asked the larger boy II he
knew it's uses.
"Yes, 'um," he said, and she left
them, returning to the hungry ones at
the table outside.
After while she thought of the two
boys in the Mushroom and wondered why
they hsd not come out. She tiptoed in
to investigate, and found jimmy
struggling in his brothers. grasp. The
latter had soaped the stiff nail brush
thoroughly and was gradually remov.
ing the cuticle from "Jimmy's" face
with it, despite bis struggles. The young
lady went to the rescue, explaining the
use Of the brush, and led the two out tc
dinner, to which Jimmy" did full jus.
tice in spite OF his new face. When they
left the young lady said:
Tell your mamma to put cold cream
or camphorated vaseline on your face
Jimmy"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

ing deafening report, and young Went.
worth fell 10 the floor fatally wounded.
At Rockford, H., MondA ~ morning.
Alice Young, 15-year-old girl, and her
sister, Z years old, we're caught on long
tfestle by . passenger train. Alice
pulled her sister to one side In time to
save her life, but was herself struck by
the engine, hurled twenty feet below to
. barbsd wire fsncs, and fatally injured.
When Mrs. George Brow n, who lives
ct Hasel Green, Wis, returned home
from . short visit to . neishbor she
found her two children, aged 4 and 8
years respectively. unconscious upon the
floor. Upon further examination 1t was
found they had been poisoned. Where
they obtained it 10 mystery.
A new counterfeit 500 national bank
note has been discovered by the secret
service officials OF the treasury depart
ment. The note is on the national bank
Of Barre, VT, check letter A, charter
number 2, 100, band number $50, treas
ury number d 56 ,255, John Allison, reg
lister f. K. Spinner, treasurer.
For month the whereabouts of John
Witt, OF Bristol, Tennessee, have been
mystery which has been expected
to be solved by the discovery Of
q murder. This theory has proved true,
the body of Witt having been found in
cave near Chilhowie, Tenn. The alb
domen had been cut open and the cav
ity filed with stones.
Rev. s. s. Palmer, on trial before the
Pittsburg presbytery. was found guilty
on three charges: Obtaining a divorce by
| false representations, obtaining q divorce
without the knowledge OF his wife, and
engaging to marry second woman be-
fore securing divorce from his wife.
He is suspended from the pulpit until he
gives evidence Of repentance.
The passenger steamer Vladimir, from
Sebastopol to Odessa, came into collision
with an Indian steamer Sunday night al
Eupatosia, q town OF Russia on the west
ern coast of the Crimes. The Vladimir
was 90 badly injured that she sank
Some OF the passengers were saved, but
it is believed that fully sixty persons
were drowned and a large number in.
jured.
An elecric storm visited Colorado Tues
day. James Burrell, boy, fishing in
Lake Argo, near Denver, was instantly
killed by fash of lightning, and hit
body forced through the water to the bot
tom of the lake, where it stuck in the
mud. A 8-yesr-old son of James Brophy
of Colorado City, who was walking unds,
q metallic clothesline. was struck and
when picked up, was found to be badly
burned, totally blind and unconscious.
Several bill tribes OF Vanua-Levu is
land, of the Fiji group, refused to pa,
communal duties, and, armed with clubs
attacked the native police who tried t,
enforce their collection. Sir John B
Thursbyton. British governor of Fiji
took steps to quell the uprising, and ate
severe encounter was successful. Sever
rebels were killed and large numbe
wounded. Some OF the troops were ais
: wounded.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
YESTERDAY AND TODAY.
What Government Cost One Hundred
Years Ago and To-day.

foers ago anu To-Day
According to Thomas H. Renton's
"Thirty Years. View" the current ex-
penses Of the government during Jeffer-
sons administration was about 80, $780,
900. The population was then about
6,O0O, 900. Tho cost of the government
was therefore, slightly less than sixty
cents each.
"At the end OF Monroe's administra.
tion," says Benton, "the expenses had
risen TO 100000. This was in 1925.
The population was then about IL 200, !.
0o0. The cost Of government to the PEG
pie was, therefore, less than seventy
cents EACH"
Sir. Benton says that in the last year
Of Van Buren's administration the ex-
penses had arisen to about $l3 ,000, 900,
This WAS in lS4l. The population was
about 7,500,O0 The government was
therefore, about rs cents per head.
Today the regular annual expenses o.
carrying on the governmental machinery
are $500 ,000, 600. The population beiDl
65, 900 900, the cost OF the government il
now nearly 81 apiece. more than ter
times in excess OF the Jeffersonian stand
ard, fixed by Jefferson himselfl
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
A PHASE OF THE STRIKE.
A Paragraph From the Declaration Of
the Federation Of Labor.

A Paragraph From the Declaration of
the Federation Of Labor.
"By this strike the people are once
more reminded of the immense forces
held at the call of corporate capital for
the subjugation of labor. For years
the railway magnates have shown
the lawness example of defiance
to injunctions and have set aside
the laws to control them. They
have displayed the utmost contempt
for the interstate commerce law; have
evaded the penalties and sneered at its
impotency to prevent pooling, discrimina-
ton, and other impositions on the public.
In this disregard Of the law these corpor
ations have given the greatest impetus to
anarchy and lawlessness. Still they did
not hesitate, when confronted by out
ragged labor, to invoke he power of the
state and the federal government, and
United States marshals, ;njunctions Of
courts, proclamstions OF the president,
sustained by bayonets of the soldiers and
all the military machinery of the law,
have rallied at summons Of corporations.
Against this array of armed force and
brutal moneyed autocr acy would it not
be worse than folly to call the men out
on general or local strike, in these days
OF stagnant trade and commercial depres'
sion?
mo, better let us organize more gen.
orally, combine more closely, unite our
forces, educate and prepare ourselves to
protect our interests so that we may &c
to the polls and vote az freemen, deter
mined to redeem this country from itt
present political and industrial misrule
to take it from the hands OF the pluto
cratic wreckers and place it in the hands
of the common people,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

Among the many reforms dem banding
our attention and soliciting our support
there 70 mono more ably and psrsistsntly
pushed than the single-tax. Ia cham.
pions claim that It will solve the land
question by abolishing land monopoly,
thus making any kind Of monopoly i'm.
possible. This would made all farmers
and wage. earners independent and pros.
porous.
The Single Tax Courier, Of st. Louis,
Mo-, is the national newspaper OF this
movement. 1t gives weekly the news Of
ths world on this subject, having letters
from Australia, England, Japan, France,
Austria, Germany, Canada and else
whore, in addition to items from all parts
of the United States.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
A Prophe cy.

Fifteen years ago this was said
1.-THE time will come when there will be
thousands and thousands of people who
will have no place to 60, nothing to eat,
nothing to wear and nothing to do.
Every civilized country will see this
same condition for the land and all it con-
tains can be bought and sold-it will
become the property Of few
men. A piece Of parchment
gives them 1.-The right to drive
all other human beings from it. These
beings have .nothing / but the labor of
their hands to offer in exchange,for their
needs, and will. compete.with each other
until they will work for almost nothing
The time will come when no one will
need or demand the labor Of more
than small number OF them.
They will possess no raw materi-
ais; they will not be allowed to
make their own medium Of exchange
SO that they cannot work for one another.
What will be left for them? The sea
The air? Will death quickly and pitifslly
remove them? Or will they cling to ex-
istence, painfully, lowly sinking and
dying, their misery prolonged by suffer.
ing and aims or the risks and degrade.
tons of crime? The ruin and destruction
Of civilization will con- unless the course
OF civilization shall change"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

From the Chicago Tribune.
Busineeslike Yankee lin the near fu-
ture)-Beg pardon for iniruding, sir, but
YOU are the governor Of these islands, are
you not?
Territorial governor Of Hawaii am,
sir. What can do for you?
Busineeslike Ysnkee-l no'ice one OF
your volcanoes is smoking. Like 10 sell
you Q dowp-draft furnace foI It, sir
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
ADVERTISING IN THE PULPIT.
A massachusetts Minister Gives = Boos
TO . Certain Make Of bicycles.

A massachusetts Minister Gives . Boost
TO = Certain Make OF Bicycles.
A Springfield, Mass, pastor sprang a
sensational advertisement on bis congre-
CATION last week. He flooded the city
Sunday morning service, which would
est to these riding a wheel. At the
"As representing the highest degree Of
excellence in the manufacture OF bicy-
cles. two wheels will be used in the
in his sermon. One, our Ladies' Model
New England says, 1T is the hsndsomest
mans Road Wheel, model q not only the
and safety, but the lightest, easiest run
ming and heetest, as the records OF recent
meets will show" A reporter who
was present says: 1.-THE pastor chose
his text from Job XXX, %: Thou
csneest me to ride upon the wind The
entire service was little less than an i'm
mense advertisement for the company
and is the first case on record where the
pulpit has been engaged as the advertis
ing medium of any particular kind o.
wheel" Approaching the position in
which he was placed with the wheels O
certain firm 30 prominently exhibited
on the platform, the pastor rofrained fol
the greater part OF the time from refer
ring to tile name of the manufacturer
but in bis description brought out moe
OF the su perior points which are claimed
for his es pecial make. This opens up
new field for advertisers, but it 10 doubt
full il any one will attempt to follow thi
example,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
The wheat Market.

In Response to the query Of Walla
walla Union reporter, Wednesday, a
dealer there said regarding the price OF
wheat, present and prospective: "Ta.
coma buyers quote club wheat at AZ to
AZ cents per bushel, and blue stem at 46
cents, which would make the value here
about 2S1S cents sacked on cars for club
and BIZ cents for blue stem.
1.-THE future Of the wheat market does
not look very encouraging. 1t 10 disap.
pointing to the farmers, know, but facts
are stubborn things, and it is best that
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

the Jewish vote" and the Protestant
vote"
We have even heard ION one occasion
only OF suggestion by practical poll
tician that IL might b expsdient some.
times 70 "pander 10 the better element \"
but up to this time no candidate has tclt
obliged to pander to the prostitute vote"
Would bringing this element Into poll.
tics tend to purify the suffrage or 70 i'm.
prove the condition Of the state!
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

The Portland Oregonian in speaking Of
what should be done with the Oregon
Railway & Navigation Co., says: The
o. R. & N. ought to be taken out OF the
hands of the Union Pacific, but it ought
not to be turned over exclusively to the
Great Northern or to any other trans
continental line. 1t ought to be main
tanned as an independent connection
with Portland, all three transrontinental
roads that meet it east OF the Cascade
mountains being given use OF it on equal
terms. That would make the road most
profitable to it's owners, and would give
the three rivals all reasonable facility Of
access to this point with its Southern
Pacific and water connections. Each
line now has independent access to the
coast, at San Francisco. Tacoma or
Seattle. They might we'll be content to
make common use Of the natural channel
marked out by the Columbia gorge be-
tween the mouth of the Willamette and
the interior country.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

Mrs. Keene. my servant girl was tell
ing me this morning that your servant
girl is the stupidest she ever met In her
life."
MRS. Easy. "How does she make
that out2"
Mrs. X. "she finds that your girl has
been with you three months and doesn't
yet know any OF your family secrets.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
Sympathetic.

what are you reading, Johnny" in
quired the boys father.
"a sea story, about a man who was
wrecked on a cape"
Read 1t aloud, Johnny, can symps-
thize with him. Ihave just been wrecked
on q sealskin cape myself
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
suspici0 ns Wealth.

Kitty. "Did you see Mr.. Ferris when
you called on him."
Tom. "No; but I gathered from Q
hasty inspection Of his room that he 10 .
sharp but unprincipled man."
Kitty. why, what did you discover? ?"
Tom. Three silk umbrellas in the
corner"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

Young Mr.. Hilow ito Mr.. Scadds)-
Did you know that am to be son OF
yours, sirP
Scadds with snort OF dissatisfaction
Maud hasn't accepted you, has she?
Hilow--No she has promis cd to be
sister to me, though.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

He-What make the pupils Of your
eyes 30 large?
She-The oculist put strophine or
belladonna in them; and now, do you
know, when sit down to eat can see
nothing ON the table at all.
He-That's the way it ia with me at
my beading house, but atrophine has
nothing to do with it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

they should know the truth. The best
advised dealers in Portland say that the
market will not be much II any higher
than at present, and 1t is likely to be
lower"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
The Divinsst Thing in Childhood.

The Divinsst Thing in Childhood.
President q. Stanley Hail in the July
Forum.
The very finest expression on the face
Of a child or infant seems to me to be
that Ct open eyed and often open. mouthed
curiosity and wonder. The objects OF
nature charm and entrance the soul,
which for the moment becomes almost
one with the face. This divinest thing in
childhood, which only bad school meth
DDS can kill, which prompts the
primeval experiments Of infants in learn
ing to use their senses, limbs and minds
upon nature, is the root Of the spirit Of
research, which explores, prizes, inquiries
80 persistently, and often 90 destructively
in older children, and comes to full ma
turity ia the investigator behind the
telescope and microscope, in the labora-
tory, seminary, library or on exploring
expeditions. At its best, this spirit Of
research has awe and reverence enough
in it 10 give it high and positive re.
ligious character, and the best and most
characteristic feature about the new
movement in higher education am try.
ing TO describe 10 that its upward ten.
denotes can best be characterized by the
word research" word, alas, now more
often praised than understood.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
One Danger From Woman Suffrage.

One Danger From woman Suffrage.
From the Forum,
Republican institutions are threatened
by the prevalence Of bribery and corrup-
ton more than by any other cause. ID
there any reason to believe that any less
proportion of women than Of men will be
subject to such influences? In answer.
ing this question, an unsavory fact must
be plainly stated and squarely looked in
the face. The number Of prostitutes In
the city OF New York alone has been es.
tim ated ut from $4,000 to $4,000. They
would be enough to turn the scale in 1
close state election. We frequently nov
have the spectacle Of politicians appeal
ipg to the "liquor vote, the Irish VOTE
the German vote, the Catholic vote,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03
Attempt to Marder.

From The Dalles Times Mountaineer.
A few days ago DR.. ]. O. Justus, OF
Leland in the Potlatch country, at
tempted TO take the life Of f. 4. Sperry,
but was prevented by the interference
Of members OF Mr.. Sperry's family. He
shot at Sperry, and then attempted to
kill him vita knife. but failed to &C.
complain his purpose by sperry's son
and daughter rushing to the relief OF
their father. Justus is now in Jail await.
ing his examination for the crime.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-08-03

W. A. HALL. J. r. AILSHlE
AILSHIE & HALL,
Attorneys at Law,
And Notary Public. VIII practice in the
State and Federal Courts Of idaho. All bust
ness entrusted to our care will receive our
most careful and prompt attention.
6rangeville and Mount Idaho.