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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
4 he Wool Market,

A Philadelphia wool dealer thus ad.
dresses correspondent, under date May
81:
The week has been noted for increased
receipts of new wool and fairly active
looking over same by buyers; long
stapled fine and fine medium moves
promptly at full quotations. 1t is now
apparent that the '94 clip is lighter
shrinking than last year, and, in compar-
ison with old woods, is more than attrac-
tive to manufacturers. Medium grades
continue to drag, though values are ne
lower on the secured pound; yet owing
to better condition, the quotations on
grease pound are little higher. With
one of the best clips this country has
ever produced ready for market, and the
stock of manufactured goods at the low
est point ever known, nothing is wanted
to give one and all the most prosperous
season ever known, except postpone
ment or defeat of all tariff agitation.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
ALL OF A KIND.

From the Indianapolis Journal.
There was me and pap, and some more of tn,
crowd,
Was settin' around in Jimmerson's store,
When Bill Hawkins told a tale he lowed
Would set the fellers all in a roar.
Says he: "When l was Twin in the West
Along on the edge OF Ioway,
/ knowed Teller there that made
A hundred dollars in half a day.
1.-THE old Missoo' got on a raise
A regular old Missouri flood
An this Teller thinks he sees chance
In eatchin' fioatin' fire wood.
$50 he advertised fer fifty men
In the Roarin' city Weekly News
TO meet him on the river bank
With skiffs an boats, or with canoes.
IAN he hired them fellers to ketch that wood,
An all that mornin the wood they fetched;
An the pay he give s'where the joke come i'll
He gives lem half of what they ketched."
And the fellers laughed at old Blly's yarn,
Laughed an said they thought it grand
Yet all of them fellers that cackied so
Was worliu' on sheers on rented land.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

ONE forcth one day to hearten that same
listener along the cruel way when it shall
be his turn to tread it.
For 50 are accounts carried forward and
not always to the wrong side of the page
and ii 1t is true that the sins of the pa
rents are visited on the children, it is
equally true that the lustre of their vir
lures shine on long after the darkness
has covered them. Ia he of those who
desire pity for their failing power? The
surest way OF getting it is to keep silence
Almost as important and almost as
much neglected is the care for personal
appearance. After sixty, vanity of the
person should he carefully cultivated.
After sixty, coxcombry in man and
coquetry in woman become cardinal
virtues. Can it be said that the old as
rule 80 consider them?
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
A Boon to Railroad Travellers.


A new invention embodies principl
which will commend itself to all railway
travellers. 1t is sought to Lessen the dis
comfort and annoyance of travel OF
many lines on which there is excessive
vibration, by the construction of pneu
matte car (which embraces the applica
ton of an elastic fluid as an absorbent
for vibration and oscillation" An al,
cushion is arranged on the cellular prin.
ciple between the car body and the truck
frame, and as there is an equal distribu
ton of air under varying pressures, all
oscillation is prevented. This elastic
medium is said to completely absorb all
vibrations resulting from rough tracks,
joining of rails, excessive speed or any
other cause, and the Car is carried
smoothly and steadily along. This pneu
matte system can be equally well applied
to street vehicles, and instances are moi
hard to find in which it PROFESSIONALLY
should be.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

From the st. Louis Globe. DE mocrat.
In China no feature OF society Is mora
curious than the relation between mas
ter and servant" said Alex Davidson. Of
New Bedford, Mass, an old sea captain.
as he sat in the rotunda of the Southern
last evening.
III the servant be Of the military class
ne ID admitted to the intimate society Of
his master, but never assumes q liberty.
Az dinner, having taken his place with
the utmost humility, he takes part in the
conversation, addressing freely not only
his master, but also guests of the highest
rank. 10 one unacquainted with the
customs OF Chinese society, the master
and servant would appear to be upon
perfectly equal terms. As soon az the
meal Is over, however, the servant re-
tires with most profound obeieance and
Difference, and in no way will he venture
to use his peculiar privilege until the
proper occasion permits"
New Definition for Clear Consciencs,
Moses f. Handy in the Inter Ocean.
Mr.. Kohlsant told a good story at his
own expense at the little diuuer given
Justice Brewer on the day after the
Washington birthday exercises Visit
ing his father'in-law, Mr.. E. Nelson
Blake. at Somerville, Mass. he saw a
venerable colored man of the veritable
Uncle Tom style at work on the
premises.
How dye, do. uncle?"
I'm so as to be about, sab and how
may you be?"
".Oh, | am az we'll as good appetite
and clear conscience can make mo
BY the way, Uncle DanI. do you know
what clear conscience ISL"
We'll, not exactly, but l reckon il
means that you are pretty we'll satisfied
with yourself"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

PrOf. smaller In June Scribner.
So long as our dogs we're employed in
the labor or the organized recreations of
man, the tendency of the association
with the superior being was in high
measure educative. They were con-
stantly submitted to more or less criti-
cal but always effective selection which
tended ever to develop higher grade of
intelligence. With the advance in the
organization of society the dog is ever
losing something of his utility, even in
the way Of sport. He is fast becoming a
mere idle favorite, priced for unimport-
ant peculiarities Of form. The effort in
the main is not now to make creatures
which can help in the employments of
man, but to breed for show alone, de-
handing no more intelligence than is
necessary to make the creature a we'll
behaved denizen of house. The re-
suit is the institution of a wonderful
variety in the size. shape and special
peculiarities of different breeds with
what appears to me to be concomitant
loss in their intelligence. 1t appears to
me, in a word, that our treatment of tn {
noble animal, where be is bred for orna
ment, is in effect, degrading.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

Van Horne Denies he Made the State.

Van horne Denies ne Made the State
ment.
statement attributed to President
Van Horne of the Canadian Pacific rail
road, that wheat would reach the 81
max this summer has been going the
rounds of the press and excited much
comment, complimentary and otherwise
Good judges declined to accept the pre-
diction for the reason that nothing points
to such figures being realized for wheat.
Mr.. Van Horne has given Canadian pa
per a statement OF his views and it will
be seen that while he does not look for
81 wheat this year he thinks the condi-
tons are favorable To an advance. nut he
is careful not to say when it will come or
to what point it will reach. We quote
his words:
AS to my reported prophecy that
wheat would sell at So a bushel within a
year or eighteen months, | do not like to
spoil such a fruitful item as this has
been; but as has been he case once or
twice before within my experience, was
not correctly reported. | gave my rea-
sons for my belief that the price of wheat
must largely advance within the year or
eighteen months. that tie reports from
most OF the principal wheat-pro-
ducing regions of the world in
Dictated very large decrease in
the acreage planted because of the
past low prices and that decrease of 10
per cent in the acreage planted would re-
suit with an average crop, in decrease
of about 260 900, 600 bushels in the
worlds supply; and any Intelligent man
should be able to see what the conse-
quences of this would be, fer surplus of
100 000,0 600 bushels is, l think, the
| largest that has ever been known. All
that said about ~ wheat was that ex-
pected to see it selling at that price again
While comparatively local causes may re
suit in sharp ups and downs in our nearer
markets, the worlds markets fiuctuate
IN long successive waves, and the wheat
market, like every other, has had it's
slumps many times in the past and it
is absurd to suppose that the present
slump IL the final one, and that the price
will never rise again. We will have
high prices again, and we will have low
prices again; but nobody can say Just in
" hat month they will come, or even in
what year. The periods of the waves de-
pend upon numberless conditions, so
many that the human mind is not capa-
BILE of determining their effect with any
thing like exactness. Experience teaches
that certain causes will lead to certain
results-that short supply will result
in increasing prices, but just how soon
the effect will follow the cause, or how
marked the effect will be, nobody can
| say,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

Came two young child en- to their mothers shelf
Zone was quite little and the other big
And each In freedom calmly helped hims self.
Zone was Pig.
The food was free and plenty for them both,
But one was rather duh and very small
So the big. smarter brother, nothing 10th,
He took it all.
At which the little fellow raised yell
Which tired the others more aesthetic ears;
He gave him here a crust and there a shell
To stop his tears.
He gave with pride. in manner calm and bland,
Finding the others hunger delight;
He gave with piety-his fun left hand
Hid from his right.
He gave ard gave--O blessed Charity,
How sweet and beautiful thing ii isl
How fine to see that hig boy giving free
What was not his.
CHARLOTTE PERKINS STErsoN.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
A Young Man Crush cd to Death.

William j. McKerron, young man
Is years of age, whose parents live at
Pleasant Home, was fatally injured near
Brewer & Thompson Lumber Company's
mill at Brewer, Oregon, Thursday. A
long train of logs was being hauled down
a steep hill, with the team ON the run,
when young McKerron, who was beside
the train, slipped and, in some manner
unknown to the teamster, fell under the
logs and was dragged some distance
When taken out he was SO badly crushed
and injured that he lived only about two
hours.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
MARKED HIS OWN GRAvEsTONE.
Peculiar Incident Come cted With John
Boyle O'Reiily' Grave.

Peculiar Incident Come cted With John
Boyle O'keiily' Grave.
There is an interesting history con-
nected with the stone which has been
brough. from Ireland to mark the grave
of John Boyle 0'Reilly, writes a Boston
correspondent of tie The Critic. More
than thirty years ago O'Reilly was in the
old churchyard at Dowth, and was re-
calling the adventures of his younger
days, and while in that mood carved his
initials -. B. Or" on stone OF the
wall of the church nearest the Boyne.
Afterwards he spoke of the incident to an
old friend in Ireland, saying: 81 should
like to be buried just under that spot,
and, please God, perhaps | may be-"
His desire has not been carried
out, but the rough stone on which he
scratched his initials will be placed over
his grave at Holyrood, Mass, the guar
dams OF the Drogheda Union, who are
the custodians of the Dowth graveyard
and its contents, gladly sending it as an
EXPRESSION of their regard for the brilliant
Iriehman.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
A Genius for Finance.
From the Pail Mall Budget.

From Glasgow comes story which
shows that business capacity develops
early in the North. A certain merchant,
wishing to inculcate thrift and punctu
atty in HE son, promised him that If
he would take care that the gas bill
was paid up to date each quarter,
he should have the discount for himself.
The youngster closed the bargain. But
the gas bill began to increase by leaps
and bounds, and on examination the
father found that the infant financier
burned the gas in the upper part Of the
house all night, having discovered that q
big bill carries big discount.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

From the New York Sun.
The fancy for wearing jewelry is grow
ing apace, and long watch chains are
becoming popular again. II the lovely
jeweled ones are beyond the limit Of
price, then the old-fashioned gold ones
which have been in oblivion for years
may be brought out for duty. tits not at
all necessary that there should be q
watch at the end Of the chain, for the
utility element is minor consideration
A brooch fastens it at the neck, and It
may be festooned lower down and lose
itself in the trimming of the dress, eug
costing a dainty little watch tucked
away in the folds.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Older 7 han He Was.

FrOm Vne NEW Y rk Herald.
II say, boy" remarked a summer
tourist, to a youngster, whats the name
of that hill yonder?"
Dunno" replied the lad briefly.
Don't know Lived here all your
life, III warrant, and don't know the
name Of that little hill. Well, am sur
prised," continued the summer pilgrim.
"No. | dunno its name," replied the
lad, stung by the criticism. anyhow"
he continued, "the hill was here before
l com'd."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Monte CristO's villa.
From the London Telegram.

Monte Cristo's villa, once the residence
OF the elder Dumas, has again passed into
the hands of a new owner. 1t stands on
a slight ACTIVITY above the road at Port
Marty, near Saint German, and is we'll
shaded from the summer heats by trees.
Dumas built it with money accruing to
him as authors rights from the sale of
the famous novel which has Edmound
Dantes as hero. The new owner only
gave $50 900 for the property. The low.
ness of the price is attributable to the
fact that summeripg in the rural outskirts
OF Paris is out of fashion, most people
now preferring the seaside, the springs,
the Tryol, Switzerland and the Pyrenees
to places nearer home.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15

The opera is just 800 years old. Italy
is its home. The first opera was "Daph-
me-" text by Rinuccini, music by Peri.
1t was first produced In 1919 at Florence,
under the title, Opera in Music in Style
Representative. Thence the opera was
carried to France and thence to Ger
many, where, in 1880 Daphne" was
given before the Saxon king in Dresden.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Fly Fishing.

From the June Scribner.
Doubtless it is the element of delicacy
which has given fy-fsning its pre-emi-
nence in the estimation of anglers, No
greater skill is demanded to excel with
the fly than in minnow casting or in cast
ing the worm in "North Country" style !;
but with the delicate rod and tackle called
for by fly.casting the angler derives more
pleasure, or at least more kinds OF pleai .
ure, than in any other way.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Disiliusioned.


T fOf1l JuuBbs
Countryman-Whar did yeau STAN
when yeau jumped that bridge?
Steve Brodie-I hung by me hans
and dropped. see from de middle.
Countryman-Why, any blamed fool
could do that. | always thought yeau
stood under and jumped over it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
HOW TO GROW OLD.

Do 1t Pleasantly aud Cultivate the
Graces of Courtesy.
Take, again, bodily ailments, says the
Contemporry Review. To the bansl and
eternal question "How are your" the
aise old man allows himself but one ans
wer, II am very well +" He knows per
fectly we'll that his innocent deception, II
deception it be, deceives no one. Per-
haps it is we'll he does not realize, for oil
self-consciousness we have enough and
to spare, that the remembrance of his
fortitude, pigeon-hol and forgotten per-
haps in the minds of the listener, may
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Taken Literally.

From the Chicago Tribune.
New girl-Young man has called to see
you, mem.
Miss Lillian Languid (glancing at the
card)-Fitz-J ames McStabl Gracious!
Pm not fit to be seen! Tell him, Betty,
that I'm-Oh. she's gone!
New girl "a moment later to young
man)-Yes, sir, she's in; but, gracious,
she's not fit to be seen
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Timely Warning.


+ IUlIl Ll16.
Cooney Dreistein. "Don'd you own a
lot of stock in dot North Greenwich Com
pany ?"
. Mr.. schlectenheimer. "Yes, vhyP"
Cooney Dreistein. "Den you peter
sells oud. I'm insured in dot company
for dwendy dousand tollars, unit I've had
tream dot mine store purns down nexd
week.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1894-06-15
Sleeping Customs of the East.

From Exchange.
The East Indian unrolls his portable
mattress and in the morning literally
takes up his bed and walks off with it.
The Chinese use low pedsteads, often
we'll carved, while the Jap, with an un-
comfortable wooden rest for his neck,
stretches himself on a mating and has
lighted paper lantern for company.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-12
The COrmOrant at Work.

Those who watch the cormornnt's
diving feats are usually 30 Interested
in the fortunes of the chase, as the
handsome bird 1nshes after tho fish,
that not one visitor in twenty observes
that, from the mode OF its entering
the water to its exit, its methods of
movement are absolutely different to
those of the penguins. The cormo-
rant does not plunge headlong. 1t
launches itself on the surface, and
then "Jucks" like grede.
Its wings are not used rs propellers,
but trail unresistingly level with its
body, and the speed at which it
courses through the water is wholly
due to the swimming powers of its
large and ugly webbed feet. These
are ret on quite at the end of the body,
and work necessarily like n treadle, or
the floats of stern wheel steamer.
Yet the conditions of submarine mo-
ton aro so favorable that the speed of
the bird below the surface is three or
four times greater than that gained by
equal rapid movements of the feet
when it has risen and is swimming on
the top.
The lustcr of the feathers in the
Il 4 1
bubbles which pour from the plumage,
like the nebulous train of comet, as
the bird rushes through the water,
and the sapphire light of the large
blue eye make the cormorants fishing
one of the prettiest aquatic exercises
in the world. Spectator.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-12
STEEL Is TIE CRY now.

Itdoesn't take Madame Fashion, Jr.,
very long to predict that the reign OF
steel has begun. There is nothing more
elegant or effective in the realm OF trim.
ming materials than cut steel. Black
cloth and silk trimmed with steel is
extremely elegant, and such strides
have been made in methods of polish.
ing and treating steel that tho trim.
mings now will he far more effective
and durable than ever has been pro.
duced before. Already few rare
models are shown in which velvet
coats are made perfectly barbaric and
brillante with square fiat collet, OF
steel spangles laid on like steel plates
in old-time armor. The fashionable
queen of brilliants this season will
wear bonnet ali a.glitter with steel.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-12

tucks--two in each-and rather deep
hem. Should more elaborate effect
be desired, insertion may bo very Of
fectively placed between the tucks, or
more and finer tucks be made.
For q girl of five dear little gown
is shown in the second cut. India
linen is the material employed, and
the design is most simple. Merely n
round yoke of alternating bands OF
narrow tucks and lace insertion,
bordered with full rufile of null EN-.
broidery. The other rufiles are only
sleeve caps, and should be sewed in
with the sleeve. Tho skirt is straight
and full, with bands of lace insertion
placed between the clusters of tucks.
This is one Of the pretticst and
daintiest dresses 1 have seen, and
would make mp especially pretty in
China silk, with ruilles of lace.
The third gown is extremely pretty
and the design is altogether new and
odd. The dress is made with per.
fectly plain round yoke, which is con.
cealed by the deep collar which falls
over it, and is the distinctive feature.
II is almost impossible TO tell exactly
in what manner it is made, so l shall
merely say that the sections of linen
are slightly puffed aud joined by laco
insertion, which edges them com
pletely around, and which is in turn
bordered by frll OF lace. The
straight skirt has n band OF insertion
just above the hem, and above this
four dainty tucks.
The last drawing shows what my
lady wears when she goes out for n
walk. The model-an imported coat
was of white bengaline, with trim.
mings of ermine, and Innings of white
China silks. In front il is shirred
across the "double breast" in order
to give the requisite fullness. The
arrangement over the shoulders acted
mt once as collar, cape and epaulettes,
the back falling in stiff pleats. Under
this and coming from the neck was q
large Vatican pleat, which gave the
requisite fullness to the back. The
cap was, however, the cutest thing
of white bengaline to match the wrap
and trimmed with stiff upright bows
of white satin ribbon and funny little
ermine tails. A band of this beauti.
full fur bordered the cap, and just q
triflle to one side was an ermine head.
The whole outfit was tho prettiest
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1894-12-12

The design shown in the first illus.
tration is very, very large-when the
tiny head inside is taken into consid-
Grafton. The material is palest blue
and white corded bengaline, with the
upper part of the crown all puffed and
pleated and gathered until it is per-
feet marvel. just in front is per-
feet wilderness of pale blue ribbon
bows. while all around the edge is q
band of dainty amarabout fur. The
full cape keeps every breath of air
away from the delicate little throat
and gives besides very picturesque
effect.
The small gentleman OF one year
old wears for every day such a dear
little gown of white null, or, rather,
India linen. OF course, he must have
a manish little "turn-down collar" !"
but all gentlemanly severity is taken
away by the dainty frill of lace which
runs along the edge. The yoke is
square, with alternating bands of lace
insertion and very small tucks. The
skirt hangs from this straight and full
to the instep, where the only decora-
ton is made by the wide hem, dain-
tily stitched by hand. Another wears
a gown which is especially pretty"
for dressy occasions. On this collar,
besides the frill OF lace, is band of
fine lace insertion, to the edge of
which the lace rufile is carefully