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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-12-04
A DOGS LESSON.
He Wss Taught to Re Respectful to
Bears.

He Wss Taught to BE Respectful to
Bears.
Jack Mccall, Of Gray Eagle Bar, was
out at the dog show and took a great
deal of interest in the foxhounds, for
up in the mountains of Placer Jack is
known as q mighty deer hunter, says
the San Francisco Call. Sanderson,
whose dog Paddy took the first prize in
the challenge class. was talking OF his
dop's merits. "Foxhounds," he said,
'sseldom know much more than to fol-
low . scent, but Paddy is an exception.
1 can drop my knife while out hunting,
and, after going ON . mile or more. send
him back for it and he will bring it to
me-" .t ....rt. ISL .l. IL.
"You ought to see my dog Quartz
said Mccall
"Thoroughbred?" asked sanderson.
''Oh, yes, yes, he's a thoroughbred
One of the smartest dogs you ever saw
Fine deer dog, too. He's q hall hounc
and half Scotch terrier"
81 thought you said he was thor
oughbred," said Judge w. P. Lawlor
who is the owner Of prize winner.
"Well, II you saw him after deer yo'
WOuIu say nc WaS ehoA ous"
piled Jack, who has not attended man,
dog shows. Zone day was out pros
pecting and had no gun with me, ant
we, Quartz and I, came upon blaci
bear sitting up on his launches Quart
| had never seen q bear before, but ha'
| often had fun with the wild hogs tina
| YOU may see sometimes in the noun
tains, and he supposed he had hog +
deal with and rushed up to the bea
and made grab for him.
"The bear just reached out with on
paw, and, taking Quartz on the side G
the head, loosened one ear and sen
Mr.. Quartz rolling down hill. 70
should have seen the intelligent look {
inquiry ON that dogs face when l cam
up to him. 1t asked as plainly as coul
be: What kind OF hog was that, an.
| tx,arosO
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-12-04
Notice OF Dissolution.

Notice 4, hereby given that the copartner.
.hin heretofore existing between the under
signed. doing business at Florence, Idaho un.
der the name of Yates Rothwen, mas M, M
Rothweil reti ring. The business will be con.
tinued At the old stand by !. X. Yates. VINO
will collect all bills due the late hrm anu US
WILLIAM G. ROCKWELL.
J.. X. YATEs,
Florence Idaho, October y, 1896.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-12-04

Notice is hereby given that the copartner-
ship heretofore existing between @. d. Wood
and X. Hamlin. has this day been dissolved by
mutual consent Mr.. Wood retiring. All ac-
counts due the late Arm will be collected by
MT. Hamlin who will continue in the business
AT the old stand. aud who assumes the Tiabili-
ties OF the firm Of Wood & Hamlin.
&. II. Woop.
II. HAnLIN.
Florence. ldshs. Sept. d, 1875 :. is-:,
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
IQahO'S Natural Tunnel.

t'The Natural Bridge of Virginia :
has always been regarded as a great
wonder, and justly so," said E. r.
Paine, of Bozeman, Mont, at tie
Howard, ''but there is a for greater
one in Idaho near the Bay Horse
mine, which is known to very few peo-
pie, and they have never paid any at
tention to it, except to make some ex-
clamation OF wonder when they first
saw it. There is q tunnel through q
granite mountain. The tunnel is g.
little over mile long, is wide enough
for double track railroad to pass
through, land IS straight. The walls of
this natural tunnel are nearly as even
as they would have been had it been
blasted through by men. OF course.
it has been formed by erosion, but
how is mystery. Scientific men can
explain it,just as they can explain any
cave that has an entrance at either
end, but it does not satisfy those who
see it. If railroad should evor bo
built through that country the. natural
tunnel will be found exceedingly use
ful."
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Growth Of The Human Heart,

DR.. Renecke, Of Marburg, has made
known his curious observations on the
growth Of the human heart. It ap-
pears from the doctors deductions
that the increase of weight and bulk
is greatest during the first and second
years of life. the size of the organ at
the end of the second year being ex-
actly double what it was at the time
of birth. It is also noted that between
the second and seventh year it again
doubles in weight and bulk. After
the end Of the second year slower
rate of growth sets in until about the
fifteenth year, the augmentation OF
volume during the seven or eight in
tervening years being only about two
thirds. As the period of maturity
approaches the growth of the heart
again makes rapid progress; but even
| after the body has matured the organ
! continues at tho rate of about 81
| l000th Of Oh inch annually between
the twenty-6rst and fiftieth years.
When the full growth is attained the
| average human heart is about siz
inches in length and four inches il
diameter. It beats 100, 800 times pei
| day, or about 3O0,000,000 times in
| lifetime of eighty years.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
A Strange Feast.

A curious feast is observed by tho
Mohammedan inhabitants of India. in
which the origin of the custom known
as painting the town red may possibly
be traced.
1t is called the Holi, and consists
chiefly in the plentiful sprinklipg
upon oil and sundry of certain red
preparation called Holi powder. It
stains the white clothes of the natives
with an ugly dirty-looking red that.
conjures up before timid eyes dread
visions of bloody fights and CHASTITY
mutinies.
The powder is made in two shades
the one vermillion, the other rose'red
and both are used impartially by
the observers of the ceremony, who
delight in bedaubing their faces with
the powders until they look strange
and hideous. Amongst the better
classes this festival is falling into dis.
favor, for it leads to many unpleasant
excuses, and had its origin in some
decidedly dissipated scene in sncient
heather history.-New York Journal
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Order of the Golden Fleece.

The Emperor Francis Joseph has
conferred the order of the Golden
Fleece upon Count Goluchowski,
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. This has
caused the greatest surprise, this high
est of ell orders being seldom lightly
conferred, and even Count Andrassy
received it only after having added,
Bosnia and the Herzegovina to tina,
realm. Count Goluchowski has been
in Office little over a year, and his sue
cesses are not 60 easily recognized ~
those of Andrassy were. The order OF
the Golden Fleece was founded in 1923
by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgun-
dy, and with the Emperor Charles tho
office of Grand Master came to the
Kings of Spain. The Emperor Charles,
after the end OF the Wars OF Success
sion, maintained that the function
must remain his OWE, but the King OF
Spain went on comforting the order
The Emperor Of Austria has no other
imperial mantle than the purple man
tie of the fleece. which forms part Of
bis coronation robes.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
A Frcckle Spring.

A spring whose waters will remove
freckles has been discovered by man
named Cook, near Danville, Ky,
Cook discovered it's mysterious powers
one day by dropping turkey egg
into it. A turkey egg is speckled and
freckled all over. Cook, after drop.
ping the egg and fishing it ont Of the
water. was surprised to find it as " hite
as snow. This astonished him very
much, and in order to see whether or
not he had been deceived, he selected
another egg, examined 1t closely to
see that it was turkey product, and
dropped it in. It, also, was cleared
of all disco]orations. This mystifed
Cook very much. He went home
thinking about it, and determined to
experiment further with the magic
waters. The next day he dropped o
squash-strcaked and striped and
epotted-into the spring, and it, too,
came out with white and marbliZed
surface. Then he washed one of his
hands in it, and found that it re.
move all freckles ana tan the efrom.
Atlanta Constitution.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
What There is in Salt Lake.

Say Silt Lake is 100 miles long;
average width, 81 miles; average
DEPTH. 20 toet. Then 100 times q
equals 2700 square miles, equals 49,
2u, GsO,o00 square feet; times 20
equals 1905. 4S3, 900, 900 cubic feet.
Now, Is % per cent. Of the contents
Of The lake, ''accortling to the analysis
OF eminent chemists" is cali and
snlpbate Of soda, cqualing ESQ, $685.
COO, 900 cubic feet. OF this, one
eighth, or 81, 1863, o0o.o cubic feet,
is sulphate of soda, equaling lat so
pounds to the foot) 1,5GS, 100, 900. 600
pounds, equaling 7SA,QSo,000 tons,
equaling 7S,4oS, 600 car loads Of soda
at ten tons each. Again aeyen-eighths,
or 2l9, $40, 100000 cubic feet. is salt,
eqaaling lat 50 pounds to the foot)
1850, 339,200 1000 pounds, equaling
$3.50, l69, 600 IONS, equaling S7S,0lC. :
$50 cars of salt. Therefore, stalking
thirty feet as the total length of a
freight car and its couplings "a very
moderate fgure), we would have a
train OF soda AS, 500 miles long, and q
train of salt 1888, $50 miles long, cor
long enough to reach 1913 times around
the earth and leave an S000-mile string
OF cars over on a side track" While
our brains are Keeling over thess
figures we are ready to accept without
g nurmur the further demonstration
that The sulphate of soda which we
hove mentally seen produced IL worth
SIS, 681, 600, 900, and that the salt has
% money value of $lO3, 4s5, $50, 0O0.-
81. Louis Globe Democrat.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Trees and Lightning.

Writing in Himmei ind Erde, DR..
Carl Muller makes the interesting
statement that in Germany, during
the period of eleven years included
between 1879 and 1890, some ffty.slx
oaks, twenty frs and three or four
pines were struck by lightning, but no
beeches; and this Notwithstanding the
fact that seventy per cent. OF the for
est trees OF Germany are beeches,
eleven per cent. oaks, thirteen per
cent. pines, and six per cent. frs, or,
in other words, there are nearly seven
times as many beeches as oaks. Null
Ter seems to think, therefore. that the
beech shows immunity from lightning
effects; and remarks, further, that
trees standing in wet ground are more
liable to be struck than those in dry,
that such as have dead limbs are more
liable than those without, and that
trees rich in fatty matter and resin are
more likely to be struck than those
which are not. -.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Death Penalty in America.

It is not generally known that this
country leads the world in the number
of offenses for which death is the pen.
atty. Sixty-two odenses punishable
cspitally is startling number for one
country, yet so it appears from our
statute books. True it is that ma.
jo1ity of them come under the military
or naval codes, about seventeen being
included in the civil code. Among
these are burning ship at sea, rob.
berry on the high seas, robbery on.
shore by the crew of 9 piraticsl vessel,
detention of Africans on board YES
sci. Selling Africans on q foreign
shore, burning dwelling house with
in fort, laying violent hands on the
captain Of ship, treason or any act
of hostility against the United States
or any citizen thereof on the high
seas under the color of commission of
authority from foreign State, or on
pretense Of such authority. Philadel.
'.phis Times
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Electric neaiiighty.

As number of-rai'roals in the Uni.
ted States are contemplating placing
electric headlights on the locomotives
in place OF the present headlights,
Theodore N. lily, chief Of motive
power OF the Pennsylvania Railroad
Company. was asked recently whether
his company contemplated doing the
same thing, and he said that under no
circumstances would the present sys-
TEN Of lighting up the tracks ahead Of
the engine be changed.
In speaking Of the use Of the elec'
trio headlight, he said that the Penn
sy]vania railroad experimental with
this system several years ago and while
1t give an excellent light it would not
answer the requirements, IS on two
track or four track road the rays
from o locomotive coming in an oppo'
site direction were SO strong as to
blind the engineer and it would be
some time before he got over it. Mr.
Ely also said that Of late years they
had been reducing the size OF thu
headlights for the locomotives. They
were formerly thirty inches, but now
are sixteen. Headlight oil, he thought
was more reliable and was cheaper
and he saw 70 reason for placing
dynamo on the engine for generating
electricity for the headlight -ehlla
delphia Press.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Formidable Arctic Mosquitoes.

Some of the men who have gone to
Alaska have returned to complain of
the hard work, Of the cold, the heat,
the frost or the snow, but the real dis.
couragement which makes life in the
far north great burden is the deadly
mosquito, from whose insinuating bill
there is no escape.
"They are there in such swarms that
sometimes you seem to be looking at
the sun through a snowstorm," said
Il. A. Fredericks, of this city, yester.
day. Mr.. Fredericks has just returned
from along trip in the Yukon coun'
try. and it was to that region be had
particular reference.
'rlhey are the worst thing in the
country" he continued, ''and besides
them the other difficulties amount to
nothing. In the settlements they do
not bother people much, but when a
man goes up one of the creeks pros.
pecting he must envelop his head IN o
mosquito frame of cheese cloth (their
bills would go through netting like a
knife through tissue paper and must
wear gloves and tie his trousers and
shirt seleeves close about his ankles
and wrists. Post.Iutelli'
pancer.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Freshness of Feeling.

Freshness of feeling is one Of the
most charming characteristics of q
middle-aged man or woman. We are
all familiar with men and women, not
out of the twenties, who have the air
of having exhausted all the resources
of delight. They appear to have been
through the whole round of human
interests and to have explored them
SO thoroughly that they cannot ba,
surprised or greatly moved. Children
OF wealthy parents, introduced too
early to the lite OF their elders, often
betray this unlovely characteristic
The zest of work they never knew and
the zest of amusement and diversion
has palled upon them. On the other
hand, those vino have worked too:
long or intensely in single line often
exhaust their power of taking interest
in other things, or of being strongly
moved by them. The business man
on vacation, though confronting
him is the lovliest landscape, sees
nothing but stock quotations, or the
clergyman sees nothing but the heads
OF sermons. It is doubtful if anything
but profound upheaval of the inner
life can impart freshness OF feeling to
the man who has drunk so freely of
pleasure that he stirred up muddy
and impure sediment in the very foun-
tains Of happiness. But most of us
have it wholly within our power by
moderate living, by wholesome rccre-
alton, by occasional change of scene,
and by cultivating every day variety
OF interests, to preserve that emotional
responsiveness which enables us to
greet the light Of the morning and the
glories of the heavens with keen de-
light, to enter into the joys and sor-
rows Of others, to welcome the ap-
pearance of a bright book, or to
refresh ourselves with the conversations
of friends.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
The Bureaus Authority.

When General Scott was asked his
authority for spelling wagon with two
g's. he said that the spelling was on the
authority Of Winfield Scott, comman-
der of the armies OF the United States
of America. When the officials of the
Bureau of Engraving and Printing ara
criticised for spelling tranquility with
one !, on the face OF the recently is
sued one dollar silver certificates, they
reply that in quoting from the Con-
stitution they followed the spelling of,
the original document; and in view of
this authority it is not worth while to
hoard for future premiums one.dollar
silver certificates OF the issue OF 1896
San Francisco Chronicle.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Damp Hands.

Many girls suffer great discomfort
from damp hands. This complaint
generally arises from weakly consti.
tuition and highly nervous tempera-
ment. Excessive perspiration is not
only unpleasant for the sufferer, but
renders the hands repu]sive to others;
therefore, anyone who has the mis-.
fortune to suffer from this complaint
should do his utmost to cure it. It is
usually worst in hot weather; but in
most cases the patient suffers both in
winter and summer. If it is not very
bad case, it may be successfully
treated with ablutions of very hot soft
waite II, and the application, after dry.
ing, of fullec's earth, or .medicated
powder prepared as follows: salicylic
acid, three parts; tale, seven parts !;
; stare h, ninety parts. Before going
out INTO society in the evenings, when
the hands are likely to get very hot and
damp, plunge them into water in which
some powdered alum has been dis
solve ed.
In severe cases it will be found nee
essafy to resort to more stringent
rem dies, and the inside of the hand
should be rubbed two or three times
a da y with cloth dipped in the fol-
lowing solution: Eau de Cologne,
four teen parts; tincture OF belladona,
tire E parts.
1t is we'll to assist this local treat
ment with careful diet. Avoid oil
fermented liquors, pickles, tea, coffee
and highly.spiced dishes, and shun Of
much as possible all gas.lighted and
| 0verheatnd rooms.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
WORDS OF WISDOM.

None con know what it means to suf-
ter except those who also know what
it means to love.
The banister OF lifo is full of splin-
tiers, and mankind slides down it with
considerable rapidity.
The multitude is like the sea; it
either bears you up.nr swallows you,
according to the wind.
Never marry a girl who thinks she
may learn to love you. A little learn
ing is dangerous thing.
A woman will often utter daring
opinion, but she recoils in terror if
she is taken at her word.
Great things are not accomplished
by Idle dreams, but by years Of patient
and wisely directed study.
Every little man who becomes sud.
denly great should buy bicycle, in
order to conceal his strut.
Habit is a cable; We weave thread
OF it each day, and it becomes 50
strong We cannot break it.
When woman steps crying over
trouble and begins to think, it is a
sign that she is getting old.
If we would be happy, we should
open our ears when among the good
and shut them when among the bad
DO not all that You can do; speni
not all that you have; believe not al
that you hear and tell not all that you
know.
The man OF huoor sees common life,
even mean lie, under the new light OF
sportfulness and love. Whatever has
existence has charm for him.
Statistics show that out of every
one hundred women who threaten to
report street car conductor for in
civility, none of them ever do it.
Beware of the man who smiles when
he is angry; he is likely to be dan
gerous. And beware of the man VINO
looks glum when he is glad; he is
probably humorist. The South,
West.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
HE phoueuioscoDa.

A newly invented instrument, to b.
used by physicians and surgeons for
detecting the presence of disease by
sound, and called the phonendoscope.
is thus described by the London Ian
Get: The instrument consists of q cir.
cular, fiat metal boz or tympanum,
having on Is one surface two apertures
Tor the attathment Of rubber ear tubes.
| while the o1ler surface is formed By a
thin disc, which is readily thrown into
vibration. The best results are oh.
tanned by simply applying this disc to
the surface TO DO examined. By an
ingenious contrivance a kecond disc
can he superimposed upon this one
and vulcarite rod attached to the
former, SO that the area Of auscu]ta.
ton may be extremely circumscribed.
The conauction OF the sound is only
slightly diminished by the use OF this
rod, which thus combines the princi-
pie of the solid stethoscope with that
Of the tympanum. The rod furnished
with the instrument is about two
inches in length, but It is stated that
there are otherrods Of various lengths,
to enable the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" to
receive sound vibrations from the
natural cavities which communicate
with the exterior OF the body. Alto.
gether we consider the instrument
highly ingenious, carefully and COM
pactly constructed, useful as an aid
to auseultatlon, and yet rot entirely
to supercede tho uye Of the stetho.
scope. It may also he found useful
in class demonstration in the clinic,
since it 1nay be easy, by means of
branch tubes, to enable several persons
to listen at the same time.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
When kentucky Had Buffalo.

The buffalo was not scarce when
Daniel Boone, complaining OF the
crowded condition of the Virginia
settlements, pushed over the noun.
tains to find a quiet home in Ken
lucky. He found immense herds OF
buffalo in the valleys of East 'lennes.
see, between the spurs of the Cumber.
land Mountains, and other men who
shared his ambition to enjoy wider
hunting fields kept their lodges we'll
supplied with robes and buffalo meat
for many years before the settlements
crowded the bison back in search of
pastures not yet visited by the hunter
with gun.
With the extension westward of the
railroads, the buffalo was disturbed,
but not seriously demoralized, until
the construction Of the transcontinen.
tai lines began. Dull as he was, he
knew enough to get out of the way OF
the march of empire. But since the
close of the war tor the Union the
buffalo was still darkeniag the prairies
for miles, as it gazed along the broad,
beaten track, like roadway, made by
the herds of centuries, perhaps, as
they moved north and south with the
seasons. Colonel Dodge, travelling
along the Arkansas River about the
time that the Pacific Railway waf
reaching across the country, saw q
herd of buffalo that stretched fol-
twenty-five miles, and that was in
places twenty-five miles il width. he
calculated that he saw nearly 5000
buffaloes, and that the herd in motion
contained not less than 5000, 900 emf
mails. This was what was then known
Us the southern hera.-New York
Times.
The true Democrat. [volume] (Bayou Sara [La.]) 1892-1928, 1896-11-28
Pulling Teeth by Electricity.

One can have teeth pulled painlessly
without gas nowadays. Electricity
does the job neatly and quickly. The
person in the dentists chair grasps
two handles, which are connected with
a battery by wires. AT the same time
the operator seizes his forceps, which
likewise are on the, end OF Wlre' he
touches the tooth, completing the cir
cult, and instantly local anae8thesia
is produced. The tooth and !, neigh
boring gum are rendered for the mo:
ment insensible to pain, and out comes
the offending molar with % dexterous
twist. It's all over SO quickly that the
patient does not realize what has nap
pened until the dentist smlli9g'y 3 %11:
out his palm for the fee.-New York
Tatter.