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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
TOOK HALF IN RATS.


n~v Ch,na,s Dowager Empress Hfitigssso
- the Force of the Pestilence. "a
Z A recent mum Der Of the North China
Herald. lust received in this city, tells
this story of the Empress Dowager OF
China:
"a rather good story is told among
the Chinese about the empress dowa-
GER and the plague. The empress
Keeps constantly burning, day and
night. in her palace, eighteen lamps,
which represent the eighteen prov
inces of China. Not long ago one OF the
lamps, although received precisely
the same attention as all the. others,
was burning very badly, and the en-
press sent for the chief imperial as
tronomer to learn the reason. The
chief astronomer having carefully con-
sidered the matter and consulted the
archives, told the empress that the
lamp which was burning so badly rep
resented the province of Canton, which
was about to be affiicted with serious
epidemic, in which the god OF pestl-
Ience had determined to take of eight
tenths of the people esa3
Inc empress WIS very "uSh SOA
cerned at being told this, and asked the
chief astronomer how such a dreadful
doom might be averted from eight
tenths Of her people in the province.
The chief astronomer, said thst me god
might perhaps BE riovsd Ivy prayer and
Offering, and everything was done to
placate him by the empress oowagerss
orders. After this the chief astrono-
mer was asked what success had been
achieved, and,A after much .eonsidera-
ton and consultlt ION, ne replied that
the god of pestilence had consented to
compromise-but this was absolutely
the best he could do--for four-tenths
human beings and four-tenths rats.
Thus the frightful mortality of rats and
human beings at Canton this spring is
aypIaipel -
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
THE FREE PRESS.
aRANGEvlLLE. IDAHO. 4
A Pioneer Gone.

The unwelcOme message came
over the wire today that Mrs.
Martha Crooks, of Grangevill, had
passed into that unknown realm
from whence no traveller returns.
Thus passes away one of the Oldest
pioneers of Idaho. With her hus-
band, John M. Crooks, they were
among the first settlers on Camas
prairie, and braved the hardships
of frontier life. The tired, hungry
traveller always found good cheer
and food at this hospitable home,
and many of those who have found
food and shelter there will shed a
tear or heave sigh when they
read the notice that this good
mother has gone from earth. Of
ten does my mind revert back to
the Nez Perez war, when Chief
.Joseph's cruel band were raiding
the country. Returning to the
little fort where the few settlers
were gathered together, Mrs.
Crooks, this good old mother,
would always have some palatable
morsel for a hungry scout. There
were about a score of those dear
good women who divided the dain-
ties of their sideboard with the
over-workcd scouts. Those dark
days, pcnned up in that isolated
nook, far from military aid, was
the time to test the sterling quail
ties of mankind. God has only
loaned us these good women for a
time to adorn this earth, and then
will call them home to that better
world where wars and troubles are
not known. She has gone to meet
those loved ones who have gone
before "to land that is fairer
than day."
b. F. M.
Lewiston, Idaho, Oct. %, 1896.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
Some Idaho County Mines,

Western Mining World.
A prominent Montana mining
man who has Just returned from
the examination ofimportant prop
critics in the Seven Devils mining
district in western Idaho, reports
the recent discovery near Rapid
river, in idaho county, of an en-
Ormous body of free milling gold
ore of such width as to require the
location of two claims side by side
in order to include the whole of
the deposit within the side lines
and whose outcroIpings extend for
IL length Of nearly three thousand
feet on the surface. That this en-
ormous body Of quartz is very low
grade goes without saying, but OK
aminations of the vein are now in
progress to determine its value
and if as is expected the ore should
be of sufficient value, operations
will be at once commenced on the
erection of large plant for it's
treatment, The gentleman in
question verifies the account of
large copper deposits of great rich
ness in this country, but states
that tho almost inaccessibility of
the surrounding county will for
some time preclude proper means of
transportation or the enlistment of
any large amount of capital for its
development unless they are fore
cd by the rapid development of
paying properties and Legislative
means be taken for the proper
opening of the country to the out
side world. In the central part of
Idaho adjacent to Elk City and fol-
lowing to the mouth of Salmon
river are also to be found some
good properties that present ex-
eeptional concentrating PROPOSE
tions, which with proper capital
and management will develop into
good paying mines.
The gold quartz proposition re-
ferred to above is the one which
we reported as having been sold by
Isaac Irwin, of Rapid river for
100000. Owing to its inaccessi-
bility the mineral resources OF that
part Of Idaho county lying on the
south side of Salmon river have
never received the attention its
merits deserve. The Rapid river
and Crooks corral regions contain
mineral belts of gold-bearing ore
which in any other section would
have been exploited long ago.
The general mining development
now going on in all sections of this
great COUNT of ours by outside
ploring of those sections which by
reason of their remoteness have
hitherto been overlooked EpIToE
FREE Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

One of the strangcst collins ever told
of is that for which the British war de-
partment is said to be responsible. The
story is that q workman engaged in
casting metal for the manufacture of
ordnance in the Woolwich arsenal lost
his balance and fell into a caldron con-
tanning twelve tons Of molten steel.
The metal was at white heat and the
man was utterly consumed in less time
than it takes to tell it. The war de.
partment authorities held conference
and decided not to profane the dead by
using the metal in the manufacture of
ordnance, and the mass of metal was
actually buried and a Church of Eng
land clergyman read the services for
the dead over it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
REVERSED BY A COLLISION.
An Ola brakeman Tells of . Queer han-
road Accident Ia the West.

road Accident la the West.
eThe most remarkable wreck / was
ever in" said an old brakeman to .
Louisville Courier-J ournal man, hap
pencd on the Short line between Pewee
and Boards some years ago. 1t was n
freight wreck. / had charge of the La
Grange accommodation and was bound
in to Louisville. We were following
hard upon the trail of train No, 80,
also bound for Louisville. Train No.
IA was coming in our direction. 1t had
been delayed some minutes at Pewee,
but expected to make up the time ana
sidetrack between Pewee and Boards
on schedule time, so that train No. 30
would have the right of way.
1.-THE delay was what caused the
trouble. The sidetraclS l am telling
you about was just behind and under a
hill. Train No. IA had just backed on
to the sidetrack, and before the switch
man could shift the switch train No.
80 came dashing around the hill. The
engineer saw the danger. He turned
down the throttle with a hard shove
and whistled down brakes His eff
forts were of no use, however. Train
No. SO turned in on the sidetracS and
went crashing into No. IA. All the
cars of the train, fourteen, were
stripped OFF the track as clean as II
they had been peas in pod. The
shock of the two trains meeting was,
of course, terrific. The whole of train
No. SO, including the locomotive, top
pied off the track. Remarkable as it
may seem, only the cars OF No. were
thrown off the track. @fs s e
"When the two trains struck the en-
ginccr of No. IA had his hand on the
throttle, about to stop his train. The
shock threw him out of the cab and the
wrench threw open the throttle again
and reversed the engine. When the
cars had been stripped OFF the track the
locomotive went wild down the track
toward La Grange. We of the La
Grange accommodation had by this
time neared the curve / was at tho
head of the train rs lookout l heard
the sound of locomotive approaching
and signaled the engineer OF our train
to reverse his engine. He had hardly
time to jump to the throttle when the
wild locomotive crashed into us. l was
thrown, reckon, fifty feet, and came
out of it with two broken legs. No one
else was hurt, but the La Grange &C
commodation was day late. No,
don't railroad any more
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
AN uNsoLvEp PROBLEM.


Two NO0ttn "av ouhsys
An old resident of Rochester recently
related an experience which illustrates
in rather striking fashion the mean
ness and dishonesty which persons es-
teemed by the community viii descend
to when they consider themselves Sc
cure from discovery, says the Roches-
ter Union.
'"Some years ago." he said, ST re-
ceived n note from a young woman, the
daughter of friend of mine, which
puzzled me greatly. She stated that
she had run in debt to a considerable
amount above her allowance and that
several shoplseepcrs had threatened to
send their bills to her father unless
settlement should be made within
certain time. She said she had been in
similar difficulties several times before
and that her father had satisfied the
creditors on her promising to incur no
debts in the future. His anger on the
late occasion had been SO great that
she feared to confess her straits and
turned to me as family friend for
temporary assistance. The amount she
asked for was one hundred dollars.
She begged me to put the money in an
envelope and place it in q book that
used to stand ON table in the ladies'
waiting-room8 of Powers hotel at
eleven o'clock on the following morn
ing. q
"The request annoyed me exceeding
1y and l was in doubt whether it was
not my duty to inform my friend, who
was a wealthy merchant, of his daugh-
ter's indiscretion. However, I decided
to comply with her request and give
her little good advice at the first OPP
portunity.
1.-The following morning l drew the
money in ten-dollar bills and was on
my way to the hotel, when met Miss
X on the street. 'I'reccived your
note said. My note, she exclaimed
in establishment. 4 have written you
no note. But that reminds me that
was going to write you. My mother
wishes you to dine with us next Mon
day l turned the matter off, and to
this day Miss x is ignorant of the
cause of my strange remark
81 saw at once that some one had
been forging her name, and stepping
into a private detective agency stated
the facts to a detective. lie advised
me to put some slips of paper in the en-
NelOpc anu place IL III inc DOCK as o.
rectcd This / did, and the officer took
position where he could note every
one who entered or left the room.
During the next hour two women
entered the room at different times,
both of whom were known to me. One
was the wife of an intimate friend, who
held high position in the social life of
the town, and was generally noted for
her liberality and generous disposition.
The other was an unmarried woman
bordering on the thirties, who was con-
spicuous for her zeal in charitable
works and her energy in educational
reforms. Each of these women was
alone in the room for some minutes,
and when they both had departed the
envelope had been taken from the book.
One of them was guilty of as mean and
dishonorable an act as can readily be
conceived of, an act which but for q
lucky chance would have put an limo
cent girl in a most trying position.
often meet these women, but which il
was who wrote the letter have never
been able to determine nor even suspect
IN my own mind"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
Origin OF the Walking Stick.

Probably the ratsiarch's staff was
the FIRST adaptation of the walking
stick and from its first inception to the
present day it has undergone almost
endless changes. III 1901 footrnen at
tending gentlemen were forbidden to
carry swords. thesc being replaced by
4 pcrter,s stat. Thirty years later
gentlemen were forbidden to carry
swords, but allowed to carry large oak
sticks. Before many years vanished
and polished woods with ornamental
heads came into ne and in one form or
another have held their own in public
popularity.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
THE GEgi5A;pS JOKE.
The Cute Smoker Plays HIS Game and
Has IT Ictr-aci.

The following "fraud Upon an In
surance Company III the Dcutsehc Ia
bal-Zcitung, i certainly just little
too good 10 be trle; Acunning fellow,
who wanted = s.aoAe. the lost cigars
at the cheapest possible cost, bought
one thousand cigars Ok the highest
quality and corresponding price, and
Immediately Insured the whole stock.
When he had smoked the last Of them
he demanded seven hundred ard fifty
marks from the Insurance company on
the ground that the whole of his in
s2rcd stock, ten boxes of cigars, had
been consumed BY fret Tho Solomonic
court decided in favor Of the Plaintiff.
The company then brought an action
Of conspiracy against tho smoker, ac-
cusing him Of having Intentionally put
fire to his own cigars and deliberately
destroyed his property. lIcreupon the
same wise court condemned the in
srrcd smoker to three months impris-
Onmcnt
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

A Bengalese magistrate, having been
informed of the whereabouts of mad
dog, armed himself and went to the
place where the rabid animal lay by a
house door. He learned upon inquiry
that two women were in the house and
sent word to them that he was about to
shoot the dog. and. therefore, they
should not be alarmed by the report,
and that as he might not inflict fatal
wound at the first fire, and, in fact,
might miss, they should remain within
until notified. Such a supreme cour-
tesy is in marked contrast with that of
E....: Civilization.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
cRosS.ExAMlNInG A WOMAN.
Not an Easy Job When the Lawyer Tries
to Trip Ills Witness.

A dialogue about Heaven took place
between member of the Baltimore
county bar and lady cighty-two years
old, who was under examination in an
equity case, says the Baltimore Sun.
The lawyer. to test the lady's faith in
the hereafter, asked her if she thought
they would know each other in Heaven
She replied by asking him another
question as to where Heaven was. His
reply was not satisfactory to the old
lady, and she told the lawyer that if he
wanted to question her about any
place he must locate it. Then she
added: "Of course we will know each
other in Heaven, for our bodies will be
the same there, except that we will not
have any blood in u.s." The lawyer
next asked her if she thought people
would have teeth in Heaven. She said
she could not answer that definitely,
but she thought they would. Zone
thing was certain" she added, people
would have teeth in the place allotted
to the wicked, and she could prove it
by Scripture" ''lIow can you prove
it?' said the lawyer. "Why," she re-
piled, the Scripture says the wicked
shall be turned into utter darkness.
whore there shall be weeping, wailinr
and gnashing of teeth, and how could
they gnash their teeth il they did not
have any?" The attorney did not pro
coed any further ON that line of exam.
nation.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
TIME AT TIE North POLE.
The Nan who First Beaches That Point
WIN Meet with Surprises.


WIZ Meet with Surprises.
If ever the north pole is reached the
adventurous spirits who get there will
find that they have actually out
stripped Father Tine altogether; in
fact, he viii have given up the rate en-
tirely, for ut the northern and south
ern cxtrcmitics Of the earth's axis
there is no fixed time at all, says the
London Glcbc. At any moment it can
be noon or midnight, breakfast ti,nc or
supper time, work time or play time,
whichever one likes. Clocks will be O.
fraud and delusion, for ut the pole all
degrees OF longitude converge into
one, and therefore all times. The Dos
sibilities OF such n position are endless.
Not Only, toe, viii The clocks be out,
bat the Calendar as well. 1t can be, ct
will, either yesterday or to-day, or to-
morrow. We have heard lot OF fool
ish people ask what the use and pleas
ure can be OF getting to the north pole,
but little reelection will show us adj
vantages can DC gained there which
cannot be found in spy other part Of
the globe. There, al any rate, instead
Of being Ike the poor inhabitants Of
lower attitudes, the slaves Of time, we
can turn the tables and lie its masters.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
rot Proud OF His Work.

Napoleon was a great soldier, but he
could not spell. His handwriting was
also so bad as to give rise to the rumor
that he used undecipherable characters
to conceal the fact that he, the master
OF Europe, could not matter French
photography.
In the early days of the empire a man
OF modest aspect presented himself be-
fore the emperor.
WHO are you?' asked the emperor.
Sire, had the honor at Bricnne TO,
fifteen months to give writing lessons
TO your majesty"
You turned out nice pupil!" said
the emperor, with vivacity. II con-
graduate you on your success Never.
theless, he conferred a pension upop
his old master
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

An echo of the war between Japan
and China is the statement that a Jap
anesa scout fell into the hands of the
Chinese. Ills captors went to the Chi
nese commander and said:
General, we have captured Japan
csc spy"
what luclS!" exclaimed the gen
eral; perhaps he can tell me where In.
army is.'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
An Ingenious widower.

A practical man lately became wild
over. He was devoted, in his own self
ish way, to his wife, SO that her friends
were surprised when they heard that
he had sold all her wedding gifts--prin
cipally silver-without delay His in
genious excuse was this: Il needed n
good watch, rs she well knew. The
presents were of no use to me, and l
thought that, if / sold them and used
the proceeds to get n watch, it would
be like having it come from her" Cor
tainly curious way of getting around
the facts.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
Printing Outfit for Sale.

Having put in new material I
now offer at private sale a second
hand outfit of everything required
to equip six or seven column
folio newspaper, with Washington
hand press if required. This out
fit was used in the publication of
the FREE Press until lately, is in
good condition and complete in
all particulars and will be sold at
a big sacrifice for cash. :
A. F. PARKER.
Grangeville, July 8, 1896.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
Brittany's Big Electric Light.

An electric light of forty million
candle power almost surpasses COM
prehension. Yet this great mass of
light is to issue from lighthouse
tower on Penmarch point on the coast
of Brittany. The beam will be seen
twenty miles before it strikes the
horizon, and after that 1T will be re-
fected on the sky for distance of
thirty-eight miles further. The largest
light on the coast of the United States
oan only be seen twenty-eight miles in
plear weather.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
GIRLS COLLEGES.
Wherein the English installations Excel
Those of America.

wherein the ENGLISH installations Excel
Those of America.
A defect in the college life of Amer
lean girls that must be noted, says a
writer in the English National Observer,
isthis:"The arrangements are too much
after TIE fashion of boarding school,
and do not allow sufficient scope for the
development of individual character.
The girlseare expected to retire 20 bed
at certain fixed hour. and to take a
definite amount OF exercise each day;
and-a more serious fGct-thcy do not
each have a separate study. Where the
students board out, which is the case
in most of the mixed universities and
some of the wolncn's colleges, they
share the life of the family they join;
but where, as at Vassar, halls of resi-
dence are provided two or three bed
rooms to one study are the n5lal rule.
At Oxford or CaInb.'iag2 every woman
student has at least one raoia to her
self, arranged with much iag@ nuity rs
bedroom study; hero she works, med
itates or idles as she likes, receives her
friends, and mistress of her time, en-
joys the Independence and solitude
which are too often entirely absent
from the everyday life of tha average
middle-class girl. Under these influ'
cnces she quickly develops aobriety and
self-cominand, which arc the best cor
receive of giddiness or OF what past
| generation entitled eoinprehcnsively
'vapors;' while the social life OF the
college, with It's clubs, entertainments
and debates, suidces to check any
tendency that may exist to turn the
student into q hcrlait."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
Notice to Taxpayers,

Notice is hereby given to the
Taxpayers of Idaho county; State
of Idaho, that taxes are now dne
and payable. Taxes will become
delinquent on the 1st Monday of
January A. d., 1896, to-wit:
MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1897.
Unless paid prior thereto 8 per
cent will be added thereon and &
per cent will be added if not paid
after the LIST Monday in March and
prior to sale; with such other costs
as may be provided by law, besides
interest at the rate of ~ per cent.
per annum from said LIST Monday
in January.
M. s. MARTIN,
Assessor and Tax Collector.
Idaho county, State of Idaho.
Mt. Idaho, Sept. "a, 1896.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06
NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF

William Hohaus, II. T. No 2a39
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON IpAHol
October 3, 1896
Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler las filed notice Of his intention
20 make final proof in support of his claim and
that said proof viii be made before Probate
ridge at M. Idaho, Idaho county. Idaho, on
Nov. 81, 1896, viz:
WILLIAM HOHAUS,
MRS, Il BIN - -
lie names the following witnesses to prove
Of std land. viz
william II. Zumwalt, William II. Sebastian.
Louis G. Arnold. Manuel V. Sebastian, all Of
Grsngeyille, Idaho county, Idaho.
it21 b. +. NORRIS, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

Don't worry about your health.
Keep your blood pure by taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla and you need
not fear the grip, colds, bronchitis,
pneumonia or typhoid fever.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

Hoods Pills are the favorite
family cathartic, easy to take, easy
to operate.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-11-06

Rock bottom prices at George
Browns, Stuart, Idaho.