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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
FOND OF LETTER n.
Men Use 1t for an Initial in Names Whsz
Any Other Would Do.

Men Use 1t for an Initial In Names When
Any Other Would Do.
"It's a peculiar thing" said the
knowing clerk in hotel which is noted
more for its hospitality than it is for it's
inquisitiveness into the character of its
guests, 'it's peculiar thing the fond
ness that the average man has for the
letter II as an initial. Now, I don't
suppose that there are more middle
names beginning with Fl than with
any other letter-M or r or or B-but
nine men out of ten, if they are in
doubt about a middle initial, decide on
H." quotes the New York Sun. Now,
my middle initial is w, but for every
letter get, except from people know
well, that has my initial right, get
three in which it is put down II. It's
very seldom, too, that you'll find man
with sufficient strength of character TO
leave out the middle initial of the man
he's writing to if he doesn't know it, SO
he claps in an and let's it go. There
seems to be prevailing superstition
that man isn't just what he ought to
be unless he has a middle name, and
that the cN1nces are very strong that
that name begins with the eighth letter
Of the alphabet.
Now, here's another instance: Cast
your eyes over this page of our regis
ter. That is mostly late guests who
drop in here late at night and sign
names other than their own. See the
result: Charles II. JONES' John Fl.
smith, George II. Robinson "A. II.
Brown. IF. w. Brown and so on.
There arc ten names on that one page
the middle initial of which is II. Now,
that letter isn't any easier to write than
any other letter; it certainly isn't any
more ornamental, and l can't see that
in any respect it has an advantage over
the rest of the alphabet. Yet the
human race sticks to it with a fidelity
worthy Of more important cause. ia
like to have some wise man tell ma
whv."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Those Congratulatory Letters.

/ Some one with taste for figures has
calculated that it would take Prince
Bismarck, working eight hours a day
with unfiinching regularity, about
eight months to read all the letters,
post cards and kilograms of birthday
congratulations that have reached
Friedrichsruh. II he tried to answer
them all he would have to spend an
other year and half over the job.
Fortunately, he is an old man Of too
much common sense to attempt either
to read or to answer one-thousandth
part of the messages that have been
sent him. The very great majority Of
the senders have the satisfaction of re-
fecting that their good wishes will
serve to light a fire ut Friedrichsruh
any time during the next twelve
months, but that is about all. II they
think that the prince will ever even see
their letters or kilograms they are
making q great mistake. Thus does
the business Of sentimental busybodies
succeed only in defeating its own OBJ.
jeck
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30

have been i,sued and delivered o
1877 Nez Perez Indians in Idaho.
Under the laws permitting the
leasing of Indian lands, the follow
ing have been approved: Nee
Perce agency-64 farming and
grazing leases and three business
leases. The term is from one to
three years for farming and graz
ing leases and two, three and ten
years for business leases. The
prevailing price for farming and
grazing leases is s1.50 per acre per
annum, though some pieces are
leased as low as 60 and 70 cents
an acre, while a few pieces are
leased as high as 50 per acre. The
prices paid for business leases are
$3.50 per annum, for $50 feet
square, $3.50 per annum for 3OC
feet square and $50 per annum fol
one acre. Two business leases
have been executed upon which nc
action has been taken.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
LONG AND CLOSE RACE.


1Wo sahing Vesssis vaEy u00ay AAy -
Their Speed from HeaO Koae
For two sailing vessels 30 leso . Chi
nese port on the same day, On almost
the same hour, and, after voyaging com
siderably more than half way round tho
world, to reach New York no fArther
apart than when they started from
Hong Kong; is an event which, while
not unprecedented, comes not far from
being miraculous. The Tam O. Shanter
and the Wandering Jew, both of them
American ships, built and owned In tho
state OF Maine, have Just accomplished
this remarkable feat. The Tam o.
Shanter is Of 1,522 tons burden, halls
from Portland, and has twenty years'
service to her credit. The Wandering
Jew Is Camden vessel 1913 tons heavier
than her rival, and has not wandered
ABOUT the seas so long by two yearA
During the long journey of ninety-sight
Gays there seemed to be strange con-
spiracy on the part of winds and waves
and currents to keep the two ships In
company. Even when one Of the racers
carried away some Of her ails, the
other was unable to take advantage Of
the accident and haul ahead, for tho
equail that did tho damage ~ fol-
lowed BY a calm Before TIE hreaD
came again new pinions had bs1n
spread by the temporarily disabled veos
sea- and tho contest Of spsed was ~
sumod on equal terms.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
THE QUEENS DONKEY.
Once the Property of . Poor Basque
Peasant.

Peasant.
Queen Victoria during her recent So
journ at Cinies, on the French Med
iterranean coast. was often seen to
drive, on pleasant afternoons, very
sleek and fortable-looldng donkey.
The aged queen, holding the reins her.
self, seemed greatly TO enjoy her drive,
and the complacency of the donkey
suggested that he almost understood
the honor which was being done him.
This donkey, whose name is Jocko, has
an interesting history.
During a previous sojourn in the
same district, says the Youths Com
panion, the queen was one morning en-
air at Acquisgrana, when she saw q
peasant leading along by the bit dom
key which looked as if he had once been
a fine animal of his kind, but now
seemed to be almost starved. He was
lean, languishing, evidently suffering.
The queen asked the man II his don.
key was for sale.
THAT depends, signora," said the
man. IF were to sell him, now, how
should get my living?"
''How much did you pay for him?"
"a hundred francs"
~ will give you two hundred, and
you can buy another donkey"
The man sold him to the unknown
''signora," and poor Jocko at once be
gan a new life. Abundantly fed an6
carefully groomed, he biossomed out a.
a royal favorite. The story spread, and
the queen conld take no more prom
enades with convenience, for she wa.
certain to encounter every day severa
peasants who tried to sell her decrepit
and half starved donkeys. She bought
none of them.
During her late visit the queen drovs
through Acquisgrana with Jocko, and
his former owner, the peasant, saw tbs
equipage go by. The donkey was fat
glossy and glittering with buckles o.
silver and gold.
"Alas!" exclaimed the peasant
"When sold the donkey, why didn't
throw myself in?"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
A CLEVER. DODGER.s.

4 Weasel That Was Quicker Than IL
Z shot Of sportsmaA's Trusty Gun.
! ''Coming to our camp in the cool %
tober evening after throwing our lines
for bass at sunset In Little Bear pond"
said the Gotham sportsman to the New
York Sun man, I'VE found that visit
or had been there during our absence.
We had taken up our quarters in de-
serted shingle camp, low log struc-
ture with q splint roof. A 'deacon's
seat stood before the open fireplace OF
stone and behind, laid thatchwise on
the ground, were the pine boughs upon
which we were to sleep. We had left
our dunnage there earlier in the day
and had hung up on peg in the
wall two partridges that we had shot.
"After we had lighted up the place
With glowing fire we saw that the
cartridges were gone from the wooden
peg on which they had hung and were
nowhere to be seen. A long search
about the camp revealed them at last
ON the opposite side crowded half under
the bottom log of the wall as If an at
tempt had been made to get them out
Of the camp that way.
1--WE hung them up again upon the
peg and In few minutes discovered q
weasel running about them trying to
get them down again. He appeared to
be regardless Of our presence. He
would run out to the end Of the peg
and work awhile TO try to push the
string that held them over the end and
then would dart TO the ground below
and sit upright looking at them, his
eyes all the while glowing like emer.
aids. At last l picked my gun up,
loaded with heavy charges Of bird shot.
"'It's no use trying to hit him. said
Farris, my companion, IN old woods
man. He'll dodge the fash Of your
gun. The most you can do is to scare
him away
GAS the weasel sat upright and mo
tionless on one Of the bottom logs OF
the camp l took a careful sight and
fred with my right barrel at him. The
smoke cleared away, but no weasel
was to be seen, although the place
where he had sat was peppered with
fine holes where the shot had all struck
within n space as large as the palm Of
my hand. If the weasel had been hit
he would have been found and he had
evidently lodged at the flash of the ex
plosion or perhaps the fall Of the ham
mer. But the shot had the effect O,
frightening him away, for we had nc
more visits from him during our stay.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
CHARITY THAT CURSES.
IL Not Charity, 1t Ii the Civ
) Ing of Oneself.

ing OF oneself.
There 10 many a rich man seated to-
day with easy conscience at a table
shining with cut-glass and silver, who
would be ready to stretch out helping
hand to those who need it, if they were
not "all 80 far away" He is living In
another world. What he does is to
make his annual contributions to our
charitable societies, and that is all.
Some day, writes DIR. Jane Elizabeth
Robbins in the Forum, we will begin
to calculate the evil resulting from
such contributions. Again and again
is it true of the charity of to-day that
ait curses him who gives and him who
takes" On the one hand the poor man,
sinking down into the mire of pauper.
ism, realizes dimly the bitterness of his
degradation, and takes the aims offered
him with curses in his heart; while on
the other hand the rich merchant or
manufacturer, who is daily disregard
ing the health of little children and
delicate girls, quiets his conscience with
q large check in the name Of charity.
And society applauds the generosity of
such a man, and his eyes are blinded.
~ 40 d. eShPeAhe w Vic IiCh W tulnk
that by giving check for the support
Of social scheme poverty may be
abolished, and they be left free to enjoy
their wealth. They always hope that
something, not themselves, might meet
all needs.'
One is often asked the question.
What can the rich man do for the re-
lief OF suffering?" believe there is but
one answer: Let him give not aims but
himself, and the wisdom comes with
the giving. knew a young apprentice
in great machine shop who was
stricken down with consumption. His
parents were old and feeble, and it was
only through the gifts of his employer
that his last days were made comfort
able, but more to them all than the
gifts was the fact that the employer
came himself to the little home in the
East side tenement, and spoke friendly
words. From every such natural
friendship there grow more and more
chances for helpfulness, and for that
truest charity of all charities - the
treating Of others Us il they were Of
our own kind.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Keuteryiile Items.
J. M. Moore, Of ca'mon 1
was q visitor yesterday.

JIM. Moore, Of Sa|mon river,
was a visitor yesterday.
II. w. Tefft's thresher "holed
up" for the winter last Thursday.
Mr.. Simons and E. Lamb pa tron-
lied Tefft's feed mill last Satur-
day.
III. Kuther has been laid up
with toothache several days this
week.
Ed Dresser is here from MON
town buying cattle for the mar
ket.
Quite a a number from here at
tended the speaking at Cotton
wood Saturday night.
Henry Stacker and family and
Mrs. Mary Koelzer, of Genesee
are visiting Kuther's.
A. d. Green and G. F. Brown
of Cottonwood were canvassing
for votes here Monday.
II. w. Tefft intends to start out
with his feed mill next week
Those wishing grinding will dc
well to give him call.
BoRN.-Seven miles southeast
of here October s, 1896, to Mr.. ant
Mrs. F. Shears, twin daughters
Mother and child doing well, bu
father under the doctors care.
Keuterville, Oct. 90, 1896.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30

Idaho is credited with 800 acres
of military bounty warrants, o.
322, ITO acres of unsuryeyed lands
1t is apportioned $4,000 of the
available appropriation of $1S5, 900
tor surveys, aha INC commissioner
recommends more liberal allow
ances to the state in succeeding
years. Surveying apportion
ments for Idaho" the report reads
"should be liberal for all years to
come, as this state is third in ex-
tent Of unsurveyed area; surveys
of this land are in urgent demand
and ought to receive prompt and
favorable attention"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
PHYSlC WITH YOUR PIE.


Rhe "Food Cure" New Wrinkle ADeuo
Doctors IN England.
The flood cure" is comparatively
new idea, introduced into England by
several physicians of advanced ideas,
who boldly advanced the proposition
tA0t they can cure ordinary humAA.llD
- dieting and without the use Of nski-
sines, says the New York Mail and -
press. They claim that certain tssAA
contain all the elements mccoy -
effect cures; that they have made uHs
List which embraces tonics, fsbrifu0es,
diuretics, and, in fact, every medicinal
agent that is defined in the phAxnAco-
pHia. These foods are Of the simplest
character, but the English doctoso do
not disclose them. except to tAsix "a
uents- They say that in the oo~Yao Of
ten years there will not be onD-third
the medicine used that is usad to-day,
and they point out the fAct tAaA ~
sale Of quinine and all sntipyraA has
decreased in the last Ave yea0D . re-
markable degree.
There is a good deal Of comm sense
in the idea," said physician who had
heard of the new departure, and 10
may take il doctors generally will go
Into it, but 1 fear patients will not.
Why? Well, you might convince q
man that he was getting sufficient iron
for his system when he vus, at.
ing beef, or that if he needed sAarch he
could get it from bread instead of Aeom
pills, but you couldn't do that With .
woman. They do not reason that way,
l am speakings especially Of pstientR
slightly hypochondriAcl when I ay
they would reject such treatment Inn
mediately; but, as general thing, you
can apply the rule to all womanhind.
"Advice as to exercise or diet h ZEN,
orally lost. The average woman vents
to take medicine, and il II y wy aisa,
greeable she imagines it IL wy sfacs-
cious. She gradually gets mAnis for
pills and potions, and takes delight IN
dosing everybody who win sabmit.
Now, il doctor ca 1.aAily
help her condition by gtviae her
bread pills with a hypootio sug-
gestion, I think 1t is his duty
to do SO, and collect his fee. Re night
as well whistle down the north wind As
to make woman believe that axsrciss
and diet are better than medicine. u
he is overly conscientious and abandons
the case another fellow comes along
and gets 1t, so the natural temptstiou
= to cater to patients Wilma"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Stuart itcnlS.

r. J. Brown, of TolO was in our
town over night last week.
Sheriff Overman posted election
notices Tuesday of last week
Messrs. Davis and Grayson are
getting Corbett's new house about
completed.
Lee Ames, our blacksmith is
building a larger structure for a
general work shop.
s. M. Mclean was in town this
week and intends locating wagon
shop next spring.
Geo. Brown is having a ware
house built this week; also side
walk in front of the P. S. d.
Arrangements are being made
for constructing a new school
house SO as to haye winter school.
Quite a number of citizens are
anxious that our town company
would hold regular meeting soon
w. NJ. Mohundro and sisters,
Julia and Emily, of Latah, Wash,
were visiting with their cousins,
Lee and Geo. Brown.
w. NJ. Zenyinger has his store
building completed and recently
returned from Uniontown where
he procured stock Of furniture
and undertakers goods.
An officer from Moscow was il
our city Wednesday looking TO
some Indians who failed to appea
in that city before the U. s. cour
as witnesses in the Burnsides cas-
from Grangeville.
Lawyer Raymond and wife pass
ID through our town Thursday el
route to Nezp, rec, and reporte'
hat we wonld be again favore'
With public speaking. The boy
are all iubilant over a prospectiv
cigar.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
,rAo,y DISEASE OF TO-DAY.
The Great Increase In the Nu"'',
Cases of Paresis.

Cases OF
In connection with the coch-sure
statement of Mr.. Howclls that the
nresent race was never SO healthy anu
strong as now it Is interesting 10 reau
the following paragraph, written "
DIR. T. s. Clouston, superintendent VI
the Morningsidc asylum, Scotiano'
savs the Medical Record. lie says:
Zone terrible form of brain disease,
with mental symptoms, is certainly IN
creos;np. That malady may
he described as q breakdown OF the
great center of mind and motion IN INC
brain; it always goes on from paa W
worse till it renders its victim utter,y
helpless in mind and body ana KILLS
him in few years. No cure ana
scarcely any mitigation OF this latter
dav curse has yet been devised. IL Is
disease of cities, of restless lives, OF &C
tive brains in their prime; sometimes
of dissipation and debauchery, OF Ire
at high pressure commonly"
During the past year the asylums OF
Scotland received $50 new cases, those
of England 1, 400 and those OF ireiano
80. The asylum statistics OF this coun-
try show an even greater number.
In a single asylum of this state, Tor
example-that at Ogdensburg-there
were among the $50 admissions 81 cases
Of general paresis. This would make
the proportion Of general parssis over
4 per cent.
Among seven state asylums, to which
1,o42 patients were admitted in 1880,
there were o6 cases of general paresis,
or little over per cent. If per cent
be the general ratio for this disease in
the state Of New York then the total
number of paretics among the 10000 in
sane would be about $40. AS matter
of fact, the number is much greater,
because the proportion Of this disease
is larger in the New York and Kings
county asylums than in those OF the
state at large. But even if there were
but 1000 cases of general paresis
among the 1907 900 insane of this coun'
try it would be an extraordinary evil
dence Of the development OF disease
which in the last century was certainly
not known, even if it did exist.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30

district are running constantly and
giving good returns The yellow
Jacket camp was the liveliest camp
/ have struck in years and II pat
me in mind of the sixties. People
don't buy single drinks, but every
body was treated, the gold SACKS
being shook over the scales as they
used to be in the early days.
Pudden River Smith who owns the
saloon is very popular. He don't
allow any man to 60 hungry and
will drink the blood of a grizzly
bear or live on mountain lion
straight. He owns some fine prop
critics in the camp"
death" came near losing his
life on the way home. He started
down the impossible canyon on
the middle fork of the Salmon on
October 1 and everything went
well until he got to the mouth of
Fiddle creek twenty-five miles
above the White Bird, when the
boat capsized. He lost everything
and if he had not been an expert
swimmer would have lost his life.
1.-TWO men saw the accident, "
said "Death," land when l was
carried through the rapids 1 saw
their startled faces. I was per-
fectly helpless in the raging cur
rent, but protected my head and
face from the rocks with my arms.
l got out some distance below the
whirlpool and started back to see
if could find any of my supplies
l met the men coming down to
search for my body. They were
about two as astonished men as
have ever seen. Couldn't have
beer. funnier if 1 had been a ghost
Death on the Trail says he will
probably go back to Wilson creek
in the spring with party of CAPT
talists. He came out to look after
, some of his properties on the res
ervation, but says good many
people winter on the middle fork
where there is good grazing and
plenty of game. The people dowr
there are as much interested in the
coming political campaign as tn,
people of Spokane and they eager
/ ly watch for the latest news
Z There are 225 votes in Yellow
Jacket camp and the people dow
. there are betting odds that Their,
/ are not three gold men in tn
? camp.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Denver DOings.

Public speaking by silver orators
was held in the school house last
Saturday.
Messrs. Durham, Silverton,
Stone and Comery have struck a
fine vein of gold bearing quartz
about 6 miles north of Denver and
they are going down ON the ledge
and we may look for some rich
strikes being found in this new
field.
Surveyor Seeley and others are
busy this week locating a new and
more practicable route to Kamiah
from the upper prairie towns to
that place. There is no doubt but
Kamiah will be one Of the ship
ping points when the new steam
boat is established.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Big Cave.
Nezperce News.

Nezperce News.
1t is reported that parties while
prospecting in the hills across
from the north of Five mile creek
above Greer's Ferry found the
opening to a large subterranean
vault or cavern. Mr.. Johns who
has place on the Pierce City road
informed the News that the cave
was explored to depth Of three
hundred feet and exploration was
suspended at that point for fear
OF running into bad air. Mr..
Johns could not give q description
of the interior as he was not with
the exploring party. He and a
number of neighbors will make a
trip INTO III. ..,. thu coming W.
to ascertain its extent and the na
ture of its interior. The entran,
is not over four feet in diamcto
and huge boulder lies near tn
front. The many wonderfl
things about this country hav,
not all been found or told.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-10-30
Printing Outfit for Sale,

Having put in new material /
now offer at private sale a second
hand outfit of everything required
TO equip a six or seven column
folio newspaper, with WASHINGTON
hand press if required. This ont
Mt was used in the publication of
tne FREE Press until lately, is in
good condition and COMPLETE in
al, particulars and will be sold at
a big sacrifice for cash.
o. A. F. PARKER.
Grangeville, July 9, 1896.