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The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22
For A Arbitration.

Washington. April 2i.-Hon. Edward G.
Whitaker OF New York. president. and
Hon. William ID. Veeder OF Brooklyn and
Hon. w. Martin Jones of Rochester
members OF the State Bar association.
this afternoon presented 10 President
Cleveland on behalf OF and by direction
OF the association the memorial recently
adopted by that body recommending the
creation Of an International court of ar
bitratlon Arrangements are making for
the holding Of an important conference
here beginning tomorrow to urge upon
the government the propriety Of adjust
ing all international disputes save those
affecting national sovereignty by arbi-
tration.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22
IN A CessPooL.
Mrs. sarah McGaughry Has n Narrow Es-
cape From Death.

cape From Death.
Special Dispatch to the Standard.
Helena, April 21.-Mrs. Sarah T.. Nc
Gaughey, who lives at the corner OF
Spruce street and Madison avenue. had
a narrow escape to-day from a fearful
death. While walking in the back yard
she suddenly sank to her arms in a
cess pool that had been concealed with
a thin covering OF boards and sod. She
threw out her arms. thus preventing
her from disappearing In the pool.
which was filled with water. She re-
mained in that position for more than
half an hour. her screams finally arous-
ing one OF the neighbors. She was res
cued with some difficulty. as there was
danger of the brink OF the cistern CIV
ing away. She Is very weak from the
shock and chill OF cold water, but IL is
thought she will recover from the ter
rible experience.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22
J he bOcd err Routed

New Orleans. April 2l.-New Orleans
wiped the boodlers OF the face of the
earth. and despite one OF the strongest
ring organizations in the country. the
citizens league has won the fight with a
majority OF from 10000 TO 1900. The ring
is denying the count. but the league has
armed volunteers guarding the polls and
boxes and no trick will prevail Foster
VIII probably carry the state by 1000.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22

London. April 2l.-Fifteen horses
started in the great metropolitan
stakes. handicap, at 1000 sovereigns
Lorikeet took the lead. closely follow
ed BY Irish Wake and Cornbury 10 the
loop, where Dormeuse drew up and
took command OF the field, but had to
give way 20 Paris III. on entering the
straight. At the distance William Red
ferns Fatherless shot 10 the front and
won by q length
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22

San Francisco. April 2i.-It Is report
ed chat the Bay conference Of Congre-
gational ministers. which is in session
tonight in Oakland. voted 10 adopt
resolutions suspendlng Rev. C o
Brown from the conference until he has
cleared his character.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1896-04-22

At Cincinnati-1O: Cleveland. II.
At Pittsburg-4: Louisville, 3.
At New York.: Philadelphia, 3.
At Washington-12: Brooklyn, 10.
At Baltimore-14: Boston, ..
Al 81. Louis-7: Chicago, 3
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
A GOOD INVESTMENT.
How an English Convict Was Led 10 Make
q Confession.

a Confession.
A wcll-lno yn firm of bankers in
London has just made n profitable in
vestmcnt. Some time ago a man who
had dcfrauded them of large sum of
money was taken into custody. con-
victed and sentenced to long term of
penal servitude.
As may be imagined, says Tit
Bits, the prison fare did not agree
with man who had by means
Of fraud lived on the fat of the
land. The change affected him in
many ways but he complained moro
particularly of the effect the food had
upon his teeth. They were not numer
Gus or in good condition when he was
sentenced and as they rapidly became
worse he applied to the governor Of the
prison for new set.
He was told that the government did
not supply prisoners with artificial
teeth and Mt the first opportunity he
wrote to the banking firm in question,
Offering, if they would send him n new
set, to give them some valuable infor-
nation.
Thereupon the bankers. thinking the
offer might be genuine one, sent the
governor Of the prison a check for five
pounds and asked him to provide the
convict with set of artificial teeth.
In due course the convict kept his
promise and sent the bankers certain
information, by means of which they
were enabled to recover no less than
one thousand five hundred pounds OF
which they had been defrauded. They
naturally regarded this rs the best in
vestment they had ever made, but it
proved even better than anticipated,
for they have just received from the
prison authorities a remittance Of one
pound, the teeth having cost only four
pounds.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
Welcome to the New Men,

1t is mainly the new men who
have gone into mining within the
past few years who are making
successes of the business. Hun
dreds and hundreds of mines that
failed years ago in the hands of
the "old-timers" are being re-
opened and put on paying basis
by another set of people altogether.
They are men with means enough
to properly develop and equip a
mine and put it in the right shape
to make a profit out of it. To be
sure they are also aided by i'm
proved appliances and processes
and the gradual cheapening of
things pertaining to mining. But
some of these new men show a
courage which must astonish the
miners of twenty years ago. They
think nothing of starting to work
a shaft 500 or 1000 feet without
stopping to drift. They count on
doing the work without expecting
the mine to pay during the pro-
gress of the work. They put up
the money at once, and wait until
the developments warrant the ex-
traction of ore in large quantities.
That sort of thing was not COM
mon in the old days by any means.
Men went to work in gingerly
manner and wanted 500 back as
sood as it went in. The new men
are doing wonders for the mining
districts of the state. They are
buying or bonding claims right and
left and opening them at once.
They are taking old abandoned
claims and reoponing them system.
atically. They are purchasing
prospects and making mines out
of them. 1t must be a matter OF
establishment to the old-timer to
see such active work going on in
mines which he has known about
but has not worked for many
years. And rich strikes are being
made in these mines which were
supposed to be worked out or per.
manent failures. And still the
good work goes on and more new
men are coming in. "The more
the merrier."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
RAILWAY CONDUCTORS IN DIXIE
Great Change Noticeable to Travellers
from North Of the Potomac.

a Great Change Noticeable to Tr>veler~
from North Of the Potomac.
II you travel much in this country
you will be struck with the differences
IN the manners of a railway conductor.
AT the north and in the west he is "a
uncommunicativc an official as a police
man. lie never smiles or relaxes for q
moment when on duty. He knows no
one in the discharge Of his duty, which
he goes through with military exact.
ness. On rare occasions, says the WASH
ington Post, he will nod to a commuter,
but the nod is not to be taken as any
evidence of relaxation of official rou-
tine. He is addressed as Conductor, 4"
and seems to have no name beside that
He is human number, in short. The
moment You cross the Potomac every
thing is different. The conductor In
called Captain" he knows everybody,
has something pleasant to say, and is a
railway knight Grant, ever ready to
succor distressed maiden or an old
lady in difficulty. He will stop the
train between stations, if he catches
sight of an old lady driving down the
road, suspected of wishing to board
the train, and will help her out of the
carriage, bundles and all, and say:
"This. way, grandma, to the ladies'
car" find her q comfortable seat, and
inquire about the health Of her entire
family. Then he jerks the bell for the
train to move on. He knows every
inmate of every farm or plantation on
his run. He calls the rcspectable-look.
IN old 1~O
"mammy," and cracks q joke with them
about being . runaway couple. The
generals" Judges" 'colonels," and
"squires'' receive particular attention,
and are for him when there is any pro-
motion in the company to q man. Often
he is an old soldier, and runs up against
an old comrade, and then dire threats
are made about putting him off the
train II he don't 'hand out that ticket
right away" He will pop down along
side the pretticst girl on the train and
commence talking about the next pic.
mic or county fair; always friendly,
pleasant, and provincial, but never vul-
gar, he is a terror to the occasional
tough or drummer who gets noisy or
loud, and is not afraid of anything that
wears clothes. If there is washout
and delay he knows where there is
good fishing and offers to pilot the
passengers to the perch. If there is an
accident he has nerve, sense and fore
thought, and comes out uncommonly
strong as on emergency man. He has
no cast-iron rules about tickets, pro-
viding no fraud is evident, but he is as
smart as whip in detecting the free
rider Take him all in all, he is dandy
as q conductor, and makes more friends
for the road in one trip than the other
kind do in year.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
A MOUSE THAT FLIES.
Discovery of a New Mammal N the Cam
Groom Country.

Discovery of New Mammal N the Cam.
Groom Country.
new mammal, previously unknown
to natural science, has been discovered
by George Zenlscr, German colonist
in the country back of the CAMERON
coast in equatorial Africa. 1t has been
named the Idiurus Zenlseri by the Ber-
lin museum of natural history, in
honor Of the discoverer, and in English
would probably best be described rs
flying mouse. While somewhat re-
sembling bat. it certa inly belongs to
an entirely different species. The
animal is the size Of mouse, its fur
is heavy, gray and soft, and it has q
wing membrane extending from the
neck all around the body. This mem
brane is covered with fine hair, lying
closely against it. Two peculiarly
shaped bones, extending out from be-
hind the forward cxtremities, lend ad-
ditional support to the membrane,
which is strong enough to support the
flying mouse in short downward flut,
tering. The membrane acts more like
a parachute than wing, and the
animal is unable to raise itself from the
ground by means of its flying apparatus.
A curiously developed tail, longer than
the animal itself, gives it peculiar
aspect. This tail is covered by tiny
horny scales, between which long,
wimper-like hairs are growing out, and
it ends in n brush. Little is known
about the mode of life of the idiurus,
but it feeds mostly on vegetable mat
ter.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
CONSCIENCE FUND.
Big Amount Received at Washington from
Smugglers and Others.

Big Amount Received at Washington from
Smugglers and Others.
A unique feature of the treasury de-
partment is the conscience fund. Sur
prising as 1t may seem, the contribu-
tions amount to q con siderable sum
annually in spite of the fact that most
people regard it as perfectly legitimate
to beat the government or a railroad
company. The greater number of these
conscience contributions, says the
Washington Star, came from people
who have been abroad and smuggled
in some dutiable article. Some come
from persons who have cheated Uncle
Sam in paying internal revenue taxes.
Several days ago q dainty little per-
TUNED note was received from Mime
apolis stating that the writer had
brought over from Paris number of
pairs OF gloves for friends upon which
she had paid no duty, and that she had
discovered that the tax would have
been about five dollars, which she in
closed. A letter was received from
Pleasant Lake, N. D., inclosing a ten
dollar bill wrapped in piece Of brown
paper, upon which was written: "For
the conscience fund.-" with no explana-
ton as to how the government had
been defraudcd of that amount.
A few years ago letter was received
from an old farmer in Tennessee stat
ing that he had distilled several barrels
of whisky without paying the tax and
inclosing a check for fifty dollars. OF
course his signature was on the check
and he could easily have been in
Identified, but on account Of his having
made restitution Of the amount due the
internal revenue bureau it was decided
to let the matter drop. The money in
most cases, however, is simply put in q
plain envelope and addressed to the
treasury department. There is no
doubt that much money is lost in this
way through dishonest postal employees,
who readily recognize such letters and
know that they contain money. There
would be no risk in taking it, as in the
case Of registered or even ordinary
letter, as the sender would probably
never know whether it had been re-
ceived at the treasury department or
not.
A good deal of money is sent to the
conscience fund which does not proper
ly belong to the government. Some
times a man swindles his ncighbor, but
does not care to acknowledge the fact,
and eases his conscience by sending the
money to the treasury department
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
Mr.. SLUDGE, THE MEDIUM.
xAo Poet Browning Detected an Imp0si
ton ON His Wife.

EAo Poet Browning Detected an ImpOsl-
ton ON His Wife.
Mr.. Frederick Greenwood. in his per-
Bonal recollections, written for the
"Realm," tells the following story:
Everybody who lives with books has
heard that Robert Browning's 'Sludgc,
the Medium reflected upon Home, and
most people have also heard that the
celebrated creature succeeded in bring
ing Mrs. Browning under his influence
completely. But the trick that unde-
ceived her 1--WE must suppose) is not so
well known. It may have got into
print, but, if so, I, for one, have never
seen it, and tell the story as it was told
by Browning himself. Home had been
about the Brownings o good deal, knew
many people known to them; was, in
his tea-party way, an agreeable sort Of
person; and there were seances here
and seances there; and said the poet,
casting a vague look about the room to
express his bewildcrmcnt, Il don't know
how it was did my best, but little
by little he gained her over to believ.
ing in him; how much to my distress,
imagined After awhile Home found .
yet more excellent way of working on
the poor lady's mind. She had lost q
little child by death, and, her own
wishes running out to embrace the
promise, he began to hint that some day
he would bring the little ones spirit
into her presence. But he was slow in
performing this promise-naturally; for,
otherwise, he would have lost the ad.
vantage OF IN excited expectation.
often stimulated and as often baff1ed.
At last an evening was named when
the mothers yearning should be
satisfied. In the customary way, light
was shut out of the room when the
three sat down, and the usual rap.
pings and questionings and invoca.
tions went on for q time, and then
then the child's spirit was to ap-
pear. And, sure enough, there did
arise above the edge of the table some.
thing that was whittier than the dark,
that seemed to have a motion of its
own and the luminousness of living
thing, and that might veritably be
what poor Mrs. Browning fancied il.
But, conscious of her trembling state of
mind, her husband was in another
guess sort of passion. L suddenly
sprang up, dashed my arm across the
table, and took hold of-what do you
think? The scoundrel's obscene foot
naked' The flaming anger in which
Browning finished the story-after SO
many years, too-left no doubt about
what happened next to the celebrated
medium-Home. He was instantly and
literally kicked out of the house; his
shoe and stocking after him, no doubt. {"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
POLAR BEAR AND wALRus.
Strange Association Existing between the
Two Animals. N

Strange Association Existing between tho
Two Animals. n
Old voyagers in Behring sea tell of q
strange association between the wal
rus and the polar bear. The walrus
furnishes the principal foood of this
great carnivore, which is his deadliest
foe, in fact, yet to see them together,
as they frequently are encountered,
one might think they were boon COM
panions. Lying upon the field ice will
often be seen patches" of walrus con-
tanning from thirty to fifty, and with
each of these groups will be found the
polar bear. They all are apparently
resting together in the happiest sort Of
unity. Occasionally walrus fiops into
the water and sinks leisurely into the
depths, while others will be seen
emerging therefrom and climbing up
on the ice.
The bear becomes hungry and de-
cides he will dine with the walrus that
day. He rises to his launches and sways
himself heavily upon all tours. After
a yawn and a stretch he saunters to the
nearest walrus and swings his power
full paw in n crushing blow on it's
head, instantly killing the animal. He
then proceeds leisurely to make com.
Portable dinner OFF the unfortunate OBJ
ject of his selection. This perform.
ance, apparently, does not startle the
others. They continue to bask un-
disturbed, seemingly Indifferent to the
fate of their comrade and awaiting
their turn like stoics. The female wal
rus with young, however, does not toll
crate the presence of the bear. She
regards him with merited suspicion,
and promptly takes to the water with
her offspring on his appearance.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
An Odd Birds Nest.

The oldest Of all birds nests is the
one built by the tontobane, South
African songster. 1t is built Of cotton,
and always upon the tree producing
the material. In constructing the DOM
icile the female works inside and the
male outside, where he builds a senti-
mel box for his own special use. He
sits in the box and keeps watch or sings
nearly all the time, and when danger
comes in the form of hawk or q snake
he warns the family, but never enters
the main nest,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

A boy was once brought before ''Old
Steady" Baker, the mayor Of Folke.
stone, for stealing, gooseberries. Baker
turned over Burns Justice" but, not
being able to find the article he want
cd in the book, which Il alphabetically
arranged, he lifted up his spectacles
and addressed the culprit thus: my
lad, it's very lucky for you that, in
stead Of stealing gooseberries, you
were not brought here for stealing q
goose; there Is statute against steal
ing geese; but I can't find anything
about gooseberries in oil Burn; so let
the prisoner be discharged, for I sup
pose it is no offense."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

= The death mask Of Napoleon, which
was taken Immediately after the de-
mise OF the conqueror 1t st. Helena
BY DIR. Automarchi, was obtained under
great difficulties. There was not an
ounce Of plaster of paris to be had on
the island, therefore the d ctor secured
the ciiffs in every direction for piece
OF gypsum. This he Mt last found and
calcined until powdering was possible.
On this account the work was very
crude, but this notwithstan ding he had
IN offer Of six thousand pounds sterling
about thirty thousand dollars) for the
cast before it was q month old. Sew
eral OF the replicas are now valued at
twenty thousand dollars each.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

'Look here, now" exclaimed the old
hen to her brood. ''If I catch any Of
you playing with any Of those artificial
brats next door I'll wiring your necks
for you. I've got some pride, have,
and don't ever want to be Inundated
by seeing a child of mine hobnobbing
with the offspring Of q wooden-legged
incubator"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

In China Ts'aichow men are a SUI
perior race. They are the Chinese
Four Hundred and native ANATOMY
distinguishes them in an altogether
unusual way. The surgeons say that
while all other Cinnamon have eight
pieces Of bone from the neck to the ton
OF the head Ts'aichow men are the
proud possessors Of nine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

To FREIGHTFRs.-Parties going
to Lewiston after freight can make
a few dollars by applying to the
Grangeville Roller Mills to haul
flour below. Cash paid for haul
ing. J. SCHwALBACH.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

The business men of this country
the taxpayers, the producers and
workers, in contradistinction to
the spectators and jobbers, are
beginning to understand thorough
ly that the British gold standard
means contraction, bankruptcy
and the indefinite extension OF
hard times.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

Hoods pills are easy to take,
easy to operate. Cure indigestion,
billiousness. 25c.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17

Are you tired all the time?
Then your blood needs to be en-
riched and purified by Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the one true blood
burifyer. 1t gives vigor and vi
tally.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
Lost, Strayed or Stolen

Lost, Strayed or Stolen.
From Mt. Idaho on or about June 4 1896, two
iron gray mares, both broke to work and shod
in front at the time of their disappearance
One branded VIII connected, on left shoulder.
The darkest weighs about 1900. the other 100.
A suitable reward will be given for their re-
turn or informal ion leading to their recovery.
Mt. Idaho, June "a. GEO. FORD.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1896-07-17
1896

Keeps constantly on hand a supply of floor
Ing. Rustic, shiplap. ceiling and all kinds OF
at reasonable prices. Two miles south Of
Grangeville, Idaho.