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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
SONGS OF THE BATTLEFIELD.
what Peculiar Associations Produce
Those Powerful Auxiiiaries.

Thoso FOwcrful Auxiltafleo.
Association, which has SO large .
share in the operations Of the human
mind, often contributes much to the
effect of music, says Laura A. Smith in
Lippincott's. Some airs possessing no
intrinsic merit owe their influence on
the dcstinics Of nations almost entirely
to this principle. The making of .
national song is one of the things to
be attributed to happy accident; it cam
not be accomplished by taking thought
or by any amount of burning of the
midnight oil. Monarchs have no power
to command it, and often the greatest
poets and musicians are most in
capable of producing truly national
hymn. No, the great popular lyrics Of
the world have been the result of acci-
dent and the vcnt-holc of fiery feeling
long confined. What but accident
caused the song Of my Maryland" to
prove the chant to which thousands Of
the soldiers of the confederacy kept
time during 1906? And could any
thing be more fifty credited to chance
than the extraordinary popularity Of
the "Malbrough's sen va-t-en gucrre,"
which was due to the fact Of q provin-
cial nurse having lullcd to rest the lit
tie dauphin, the son of Louis XVI,
with this air? Had he not written his
one undying lyric, the "Marseillaise, 4"
probably Rouget de Lisle had never
been heard of. And who speak Of Max
Schneckenburgcr when they talk of
'Die Yacht am Rhcin?" Verify, the
making of war song is q deed OF
arms, not u mere effort Of the pen.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
OUR LEGS TO VANISH.


In the Course Of Another One ThousaAA
Years Men May Cease Walking.
DIR. Emil Young, professor Of physi-
ology Mt the University of Geneva, is
in great distress concerning the future
of our legs. lie suggests, in an essay
in the Semaine Litteraire, says the
Westminster Gazette, that in the course
Of one thousand years the human race
may have lost the necessity of the use
Of legs, and retain those members Of
the body solely rs ornamental survivals.
Men refuse more and more to walk,
though walking is the wholesomest Of
physical exercises. Steam, electricity,
the rope railways, tricycles, and
bicycles have changed the whole
aspect Of Swiss touring, as he says, in
his own generation. Everybody
seems anxious to get everywhere any
way except by the use Of his legs" In
another generation, he supposes, our
travelling balloons will bang outside
our windows, or our electrical coaches
stand outside our doors. They will be
produced SO chcaply that every man
will have his own chariot. Hence our
legs will become superfuous, then
they will bc crippled, and shrunk to
hidcously small dimensions, until ut
last they will finally disappear. Our
arms, on the contrary, will correspond.
ingly strengthen and lengthen.
"While our legs remain" says DR..
Young, "let us march all we can"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
NERVOUSNESS
Is the Wall of the
Nerves for Food.
People with Weak, Flabby Nerves are the Ones who
Suffer. They may be Relieved by Building up
their Nerves with NOuriShing Nerve Food.
An Interesting Interview with Prominent Ply
sician and Case in Point Cited.

swbot Il mi. Modern d;seosc called ner.
,.-....,,,
'ous p.os"'"o"'
lfthis question had been asked q physi-
clan in our graadfathers' time, he could not
hive .,.ver..l H. The d;scnse was mot
80 " "e 49, :.
known then. IL Is new, anu sa prouuct Oh
our American hustle and worry. Stated In
brief nervous prossr,tion In a complete col.
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'"i.'' vi VIC "e. 'o"' '!"''"' "'o"s"'
on by overwork, worry or disease, and the
patient can only he cured by rest and
proper feeding Of the nerves.
Notice the dragged-out appearance of the
average mother. She can scarcely drag her.
ueif around her nerves and strength have
been ovcrtaxcl; she has no reserve force.
She keeps up. but il Is at the expense of her
nervous system. Finally she Is overcome !;
she can work no more her nerves are cx-
hausted; the cares and worries Of her life
have gotten the better Of her, and it will re-.
Quire weeks and months to recover.
Thoughtlexs people say: "How foolish TO
work NJ hard and how foolish to VERY. "
That is very we'll, but how many thousands
Of msthrrs there are who have burdens
enough for . score, and whose poor, weak
little bodies endure uncomplainingly all the
burdens until finally they have to stop and
II is u question il they have not waited too
long.
In cases Of this kind there Is a food within
the reach Of all. and II il always effective.
It is to the weakened nerves what bread and
beef are to the muscular system. 1t supplies
them all the properties necessary to build
them up, strengthen them and restore them
10 . vigorous, healthy condition. This new
food il Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. II space permitted, we could fill
pages of this paper with the heartfelt testi.
mouials Of thousands who have fund in
these pills their salvation. We only give
one, but later others will be published that
will he read with much interest by anyone
suffering with weak ened nerves a. result Of
the season or otherwise.
No more dcplorable condition Of the hu
nervous prostrstion, when every nerve in ths
systsm seems to vie with the others to make
You miserable, when even the sunshine irri
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
rOBACCO IN HAVANA.
Smoking IL Done In All Places and .
All Tlmea.

Umoking 10 Done In All Places and IT
All Times.
l have never seen q Havana man
smoking in church, writes q correspon-
dent of the Washington Star. It's
about the only place where he does not
smoke. He smokes in the street cars,
he smokes Mt the public dinin9-table,
he smokes everywhere. The presence
Of women is not considered at all.
When coffee is brought on the table,
the Spaniard or Cuban lights his cigar
or cigarette and begins to send up
clouds of smoke. lie never even thinks
Of saying to the ladies: by your leave"
for tho custom of the country il to
smoke everywhere. On the railway
trains there is no smoking compart-
ment, for n man is privileged, and, in
fact, expected, to smoke everywhere.
II he is not smoking, his neighbor will
offer him q cigarette. The driver Of
your coach will smoke and very iikoly
offer you chcroot. At the opera tho
nan will walk and smoke between the
acts in the spaces behind the boxes and
balconies. You will sec finely dressed,
seemingly well-bred men, with ladies
in full evening toilet, entering the
theater and smoking AS they 60. You
never sec q pipe in Cuba. II is the
country Of the cigar and the cigarette.
Ono Of the odd sights to u stranger is
that afforded by the negro women, who
smoke big, long and black cigars in the
street. 1t was here that the smoking
habit, which has spread around the
world, had its start, and the Cubans are
still more devoted to their cigars than
any other people. The cigar industry
and the tobacco trade give employment
to large portion Of the population Of
Havana. In every quarter one will run
across small establishments where
from two to ten men are employed
making cigars, and some children and
women engaged In strippinQ tobacco.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03

A Frenchman was Boosting that he
mad thoroughly mastered the English
language, when he was asked to write
from dictation the following choice
specimen Of our choice eccentric YER
nacular: "As Hugh Hughes was hew-
ing a yule log from yew tree man
dressed in garments Of dark hue came
up to Hugh and said: Have you secr
my ewes?' To which he replied: II
you will wait until l hew this yew 1
will 60 with you to look for your ewes.'"
After an attempt the Frenchman ad-
mitted his mistake. He used to imagine
he was used to English speaking, but
he would be more careful bow he used
tho language in future, --.-.-...
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03

During the reign of William Rufus,
Henry l. and Stephen all sorts Of ex.
travagsnt shoes were worn. The toes
were sometimes long and pointed and
sometimes made curl like a rams
horn. Occasionally they were twisted
IN different directions, as though the
feet were deformcd. In 1862 English
ladies and gentlemen wore the points
of their shoes a yard long and fastened
to the garter with golden chains orna-
mented with bells. The custom was
prohibited under pain of being cursed
by the clergy, but, rs 1t showed NO
signs Of abating, . fine Of twenty shil-
lings was assessed for every public ap-
pearancc in such shoes: -
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
CANNONS OF STONE.
Dseeoses Of the Fsrtrsss Of Matte Cat Out
Of the Living Rock.

Dsesases Of the Fsrsrsss Of MsltA Cat Out
Of the Living Rock.
The most wonderful cannons ON
record are those which nre described
by Byrdonc, whose travels in Sicily and
Malta won well-deservcd renown
toward the end Of the last century.
Many facts and stories he rccounts that
seem strangely old-world to US,
though the date is little more than one
hundred years ago, SO grandly did the
French revolution transform Europe.
Malta was full of wonders, more or
less droll, while the knights held it,
but nothing cqualed the stone guns.
Everybody knows that the fortifica-
tions were cut out of solid rock, but
Brydone was right in saying that .
kind Of ordnance used to defend them
was unknown to all the world besides.
As we understand his description, the
knights left q great block Of stone
where they followed out an embrasure
In the cliff, which afterward they
shaped and bored in the form Of .
gigantic mortar. These engines con-
tanned . whole barrel of gunpowder.
That shoveled in, they plugged 1t with
. great piece of wood, fitted exactly to
the bore, Is q wadding, and loaded up
with cannon balls, shells and other
deadly materials.
About fifty Of these re charitable guns
commanded the spots which hostile
ship was most likely TO approach.
1.-THE mouths of some are six feet
wide, and they are able to throw ten
thousand pounds weight of balls or
stones" The range is not stated, but
the falling projectilcs covered an area
Of over three hundred square yards.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
MULTIPLICATION IN COSMETICS.
0ev . Yashteaabls WonAn's ECsmelsA
yaee Turned Block ~ . DtnneP Party.

0sv . 1ashseaabls Wouan's ECsmslsA
vses Turned Bissk ~ . Dinner Party.
Women who put themselves unre-
sorvedly into the hands of those who
profess to eradicate wrinkles, to give
4resh and blooming compilations and
TO color the hair any tint desired,
should be careful to do nothing rashly,
FOR the most disastrous results, says the
New York Times, have followed the
use Of certain French compounds,
which, composed of mineral su INSTANCES,
actually tarnish under certain condi-
Gions- A well-known fashionable WON.
IN, who had her face enameled after y
new process, and who was delighted
with the smooth, soft, brilliant effect
after the operation, was seen to grow
strangely livid at a dinner party that
evening. Streaks of lendcn-looking
coloring appeared about her mouth
and nose and forehead, but, as she
seemed to feel quite well and in her
customary good spirits, no one liked to
tell her Of her plight, although it was
not long before everyone at the table
was aware that something was wrong
with Mrs. C.s complexion. It was
efterward explained that the gas,
which may have been manufactured
With different chemicals from that in
Paris, which presumably had not af.
octed the ''cosmetique" over there.
Burned some mineral Ingredient black.
After the ladies left the dining-room
Ene hostess concluded that IL would be
the kindest way to tell her friend a
oer Disagreement. Her modification
may be imagined, but she had the good
sense TO laugh the matter off, and,
etter liberal application Of soap and
ster, she resppesred in the drawing.
& eem her own natural self. "A
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
w EMPLOY OYER 500 GIRLS.
,neH: LEVI STRAUSS & co,
SAN FRANCISCO,
CALIFORNIA.
THIS ATOM MAKES TROUBLE.

Microscopic Thingumbob Driving the In
babieants t. Hard Driak.
A microscopic thingumbob IL tho
reservoir of the Middlctown Conn }
water works is making more trouble
than some persons very many thousand
times its size. Its present occupation
appears to be driving the inhabitants
Of Middletown to drink, and although
.cieutists are after IL hot hooks It goes
right on thriving.
Some of these same scientists, says
the New York World, gave this dimin-
utive beast the name Of uroglena vol.
vox. But this mouthful of dead
language didn't exactly fill the bill, 80
some male person Of Middletown tackled
on the adjective "odorous" Now oil
folks who live in Middlctown call the
intruding organism the ''odorous urog-
glena volvox," and try, rs fnr as posi-
bic, TO keep it out of their midst.
The odorous whadjecallcm's partic-
ulsr forte Is dying along all the water
mains in tho Connecticut borough.
Scientists who have pried into its family
Affairs say that before 1t gets into the
wafer m0lnS " nus no cneCt upon tn6
fluid. But in the hurly-burly Of jostling
through the pipes with unaccountablc
millions OF its kind it gets NIL broken
up. disintcgratcs and gives to the water
the taste Of fish long dead, but un.
buried.
Scientists who have brought II be-
meath the cold, INSCRIPTIONS eye Of .
microscope say that it is minute mass
Of jelly. The Middlctown people say
that it may be jelly, but that it leaves
taste . darn sight larger than q
minute'-some hours long, in fact And
the whole town waits to see whit q
learned biologist can do TO clean the
uroglena volvox out of the reservoir.
He says, just Mt present, that the atom
Il washed down into the reservoir from
the hills above and that it looks rs If it
has come to stay. Meanwhile the Mid
dletownian associates with the thing.
umbob externally, and the price Of hard
cider has gone ND.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
TO PRESERVE BIG GAME.
Western Reserves for the Bre eding Q
nuNnlo, Elk. Etc.

Western Reserves for the breeding Of
Buffalo. Elk, Etc.
Most wild animals arc much more To-
cal in their habits than we imagine,
that is, they become attached to some
espociaa small range of country, TO
which they confine themselves at cer-
tatn seasons OF the year. We sec, says
. writer in Harper's Weekly, the same
range. A bunch Of horses will live for
months in some little set of ravines
feeding over the same ground day in
and day out, until some chan &c in the
weather causes them to move to another
locality. The same is true Of range
cattle, though they wander more than
horses Though ali species Of our
western wild game wholly change their
range in spring and autumn, yet, after
they have settled down on their sum-
mer or winter ranges. the area that
they cover in their daily wandcrings is
not extensive. At certain hours of the
day they go to water; at n particular
time they will be found lying down,
usually in the same place, or feeding in
the same neighborhood. The hunter
established in one locality, who is
fairly observant, who has time to fa-
miliarizc himself with particular
range Of country and its wild inhabit-
ants, and who docs not wantonly
disturb them, will learn after a
time just where to look for small
groups of the various species. On q
horse ranch, where, in the past, have
spent much time, came to know ex-
actly where to go il l wished to find
two or three little companies of mule
deer or of antelope, and at last believed
that could recognize the different in
dividuals Of the various groups. In the
same way i know certain valleys,
platcaus, or ridges where l cun be quite
sure of finding little bunch of noun
tain sheep, known to be the same by
number and ages of its members.
have watched for several successive
days the same family Of white goats
feeding on the mountain-sidcs above
ray camps, and can 60 to certain rough
slopes of slide rock and prccipico where
these animals are always to be found.
That elk and moose have essentially
the same habit l have no doubt. III
though have not been able to verify
my belief by observation in tho case Of
these species. Tho caribou u said to be
more of wandcrcr.
In the National park there arc be-
licvcd to be now about two thousand
buffnlocs, fifteen thousand to twenty
thousand elk, five hundred antelope,
and m unknown number Of moose,
deer, mountain-shcep, and bears. But
thcre is no reason why there should not
be many other such brceding-ccnters,
whore big game should be preserved
and very greatly increase.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
A COMMON.SENsE APPEAL
An Aftsr-Dinnsr Speakers PlsA for AuAss
A~nn0ans

An Aftsr-D Innsr Speakers Pies for Aussr-
icAnisna.
A dinner was arranged in q southern
city in honor of n visitor from n north
ern state, and the host, when the cigars
were lighted, began to rally his guest
by repeating some of the usual section
al jokes, says the Youths Companion.
1--WE now have a northern Yankee ut
our mercy" he remarked, Joe oscly. land
hope that he will not be intiinidatcd by
the presence of SO many southcrncrs.
We can assure him that rcvolvcrs and
bowic-knivcs have been left in the
anteroom, and that he is safe, at least
until we get our hats and ar ms"
Everybody laughed and expected
that the visitor would respond to this
badinage by making full use Of his
privilege of ridiculing southern pecul-
iaritics. lie surprised the company by
speaking in another vein.
Our host" he began, "tr hvcled with
me in Europe, and l observed that
wherever we went he registered him
self rs IN American, and never as q
southcrncr. I thought it was a good
example to follow, and invariably put
myself down, not rs q northerner, but
simply and proudly MS an American.
What scoms to me singular Is the fact
that two men, who were content to
ravel oil over Europe rs Americans,
should fancy that they are anything
else in their own country. l do not
know why l should be anything at
home that I am not when l have
crossed the sea and gone among for
cigners."
by this time the company perceived
that they were TO have something bet
ter than old-timc Yankee talk and Sec
tional quips. They encouraged the Wis
itor to continue by applauding him
heartily.
lie ended by making . cemmon-sen
appeal for more general use Of the
good old word American
Let us not be proud Of our common
country" he said, when we are abroad
among strangers, and ashamed Of it
when we are ut homo. am from the
north and you nrc in the south, but
there is no source of patriotic pride
which is open to you that is not mine
rs we'll by virtue of my birthright as IN
American. Nor can glory in anything
that is not yours Also"
The company rose when tho visitor
sat down and joined in singing Hail
Columbia" and lies jolly good fell
low" They voted it one of the best
AFT. dinner speeches which they had
ever heard, and congratulated him
heartily upon his success in substituting
wholesome md stimulating patriotism
in place Of the light diet Of acrid Sec
! tional Jokes.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
HORSES FOR UNCLE SAM.
Animals for Cavalry Service Obtained
Very Chenuly

Animals for Cavalry Service Obtained
Very Cheaply.
The government has been picking up
horses for the cavalry AMI artillery
service very cheap in Washington and
Oregon this summer. The average
price paid was seventy-five dollars for
each animal, which is uneommonly low
when the style of animal required for
the army Is considered. A government
purchasing agent says: I'VE inspected
recently at The Dalles, Pendleton,
Walla Walla, Ellcnsburgh and North
Yakima, and Mt each place found about
one hundred awaiting examination. I
selected such as met the requirements,
which are that they must be bays and
grays, fifteen hands high and upward,
and from four to eight years old.
These were passed upon by the gov
eminent officials, and, IL found salts
factory, were accepted. They were
purchased Mt a very low price, as the
sellers had but little money, and were
anxious to dispose Of their stock. The
animals bought are of fine class, and
especially suited for cavalry purposes.
hS INV HUBS Va tiiC COSt VI uOTScS tUlS
year may be attributed to the small
demand, which is insignificant when
compared with the supply. Never be-
fore during the fifteen years or SO that
have been inspecting horses for the
government have seen times SO dull
in the stock regions, or the stock deal
ers so anxious to sell their animals at a
small price. The small demand is, OF
course, due to the supplanting of horse
cars by electric and cable railways, the
shutting down of logging camps and
lumber industries on Puget sound, and
the general dullncss of trade. In Port.
land cars which would require thirty
five hundred horses are operated by
cable and electricity. Then the freight
cars operated on these steel railways
have shut out trucks and delivery
wagons on which q large number Of
horses were used"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03

ready said of them. Her only reason for
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-03
W0man's Rssignntlou.

The cool, calm resignation Of women
was illustrated during the recent Sc
we're earthquake which shocked the City
Of Mexico. A correspondent Of the
Boston Herald, writing from that city,
tells the story of how womcn accept
the inevitable: "Some Mexican lady
friends were Mt church, praying for the
rest of us, up in the northern part of the
city, when, rs they relate to me, they
felt faint, and all ut once heard the
roof crack and saw mortar falling oil
around them, while the great chande-
Tiers swung back and forth rs in a
steamer in q storm. asked them why
they did not get up and run, but they
replied simply: We just shut our
eyes, commended our souls TO our
Maker, and went on with our prayers
Tor the citv full of pcople!'"