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No Turkey for Them.

"Give a sailor pie three times day. -
said an old sea captain, land he would
still kick" Pie is the alpha and omega
of sailors ideas on luxury of food. The
sailor is naturally suspicious, and the
sea lawyer nurtures this suspicion, as
may be illustrated by the following
vouched-for incident: Some years ago
the whale ship Ohio was cruising in the
northarn Pacific waters. and the growls
of the men against the food had been
long and deep. The skipper of the ves-
sci was Capt. Thomas Ellis, and his wife
was aboard. Mrs. Ellis heard the MUIR
murs and, womanlike, persuaded the
skipper to let her fix up meal for the
men. He, however, told her that her
efforts would not be appreciated, and
might even cause trouble. Anyhow,
the good woman persisted, and with her
own hands prepared fat turkey and
all the Afixings." The fowl vas sent
forwasd to the torecaatle, and Mrs. Ellis
thought the men would for once have
no complaint to make about the dinner.
AS matter of'fact, the men hove the
turkey overheard, tor" said their sea
lawyer, something's the matter with
it, or It would never have ceme for
ward. IN. 7. Tribune.
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gers, before whom she willFery rarely
talk at all, and il more curious in her
habits, taking great fancies to some
pe4pae and decided dislikes to others.
She has an unpleasant habit of some
times wishing visitors good-by when
she does not approve of them. She
alsc, if she cannot get what she wants.
gives angry whacks and double knocks
upon the tin floor Of her cage. Moth
ing appears to delight her more than
mischief. She positively revels in it,
andsto get hold of anything she ought
not to have IS unm;xed joy. Evidently
the bird has been at some time very
cruelty treated; for many months she
was terrified at the sight 1T a man or
boy, and for years broomstick was an
object of horror to her. Since getting
over this fear she has shown decided
liking for the sweep and the coalman,
and the latter has left the house with
the bird wishing him pleasantly good.
by. and ~affectionately requesting him
to kiss her, which gives rise to the ques-
tion whether she may have had, in her
African past, q kind negro friend. Any
one who has ever had opportunities of
studying the parrot tribe must have
been struck with their extraordinary
gift of memory, so long ago observed
by Plutarch.--Chamher Journal
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70 JOHN w. PLArT, his heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex
pended the sum of five hundred (5O0) dol
lars in labor and Improvements upon the
DEER TRAIL. lode mining claim
situated on the Smoky divide, about TWEEN
tty-two miles from ketchum, in Warm
Springs Creek mining district, Alturas
county, Idaho, as required by section 1874
Revised Statutes of the United States, be
Ing the amount required to hold the same
Tor the years ending December 81, 1887, to
December 81, 1891; that your proportion OF
the same is $3.50, being one-halt; and il
within ninety (9) days from the service OF
tins notice, or within ninety (9) days after
this notice by publication you fail or re
fuse to contribute your proportion OF SUCH
expenditure as cO-owner, your interest IN
sad claim will become the property OF this
Undersigned under the provisions Of said
section 2324. FRANK J. LEMON.
hetchum.. Idaho. July %, 1892.
First publication July 30, 1892.
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ATHLETICS At ATHENS.

The Great lnteenataoanl Contests That
win Take Place In April
The principal part Of the festival
will be at the ancient stadium on the
Athenian plain near the city. Here
were once celebrated the games cf At
tica and her allies. A wild waste for
many centuries, it was excayated q
few years ago by King George OF
Greece. Now it has been restored IN de-
tail for this occasion by the generosity
of Georgius Averoff, q rich Greek Of
Alexandria, Egypt, at an expense OF
100000 francs, 30 it will appear in its
old splendor Of white marble. The
amphitheaterseats from 10000 to Il, 600
spectators and incloses . course go
feet in length by 109 feet in breadth.
giving level area of 8, 100 square yards
Tor the gymnastic and field sports,
with broad foot-race track as well.
One of the most interesting features
Of the games win be the long distance
race Of 20 miles, from Marathon to
Athens, in memory of the brave courier
who died Of exhaustion after he hal
brought tidings Of Ailtiades' great VIC
tory over Darius. To the victor, NJ.
Victor Breal, Of the French institute,
has offered the prize Of a silver anu
phora or wine vessel. The general
prize Of each coufeAt ID . silver olive
wreath, to commemorate the simple
.wf66th 81 wild olive that 81 afe66at
times was the only token Of victory.
A. - H.AS
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The Cooperative Idea Among Farmers.
A striking evidence of the dominance
of the associative idea among the set
tiers Of irrigated lands is seen in the
plan Of . colony which settled in south
ern Idaho as recently as 1894. These
colonists had observed that the min
ing-camps Of TINT region were Uttered
with tin cans, the labels Of which bore
evidence Of the prosperity Of distant
industries. They also learned that
the condensed milk used in that
locality came from New jersey,
the creamery butter from Minneso-
ta, the starch from Maine, and the
hscon principally from Chicago. As
the raw materials Of these products arc
all easily grown In Idaho, the colouists
determined to provide the simple in
dpstxial plants required to menufac-
ture the raw material into marketable
form. They added % the price Of their
lxnd ten dollars per Aere, and thereby
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KHrUHUM, IDAHO, SATURDAY. MAY 2, 1896.

April has been selected, as it is the
18th anniversary of Greek independ-
ence. The middle month of spring.
too. is the most delightful in the Greek
year-much like the American June.
The Athenians have completed exten-
sive preparations for making the mod
ern revival worthy Of the ancient fame
Of the Olympic games and for the en-
tertainment of visitors. 1t is pleasant
to note that the first to send contri-
button to the festival committee was
Mr.. Alexander, the United States min
lister to Greece, who IS known to be
an enthusiast in Helleaic studies.-G.
T. Ferris, in st. Nicholas.
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AN AFRICAN PARROT.


1iehtsen Years Old aads Yet oAows no
eagns - Age.
Our perpot was the present Of =
kind friend in the summer OF 1877, hav-
ing been brought from Africa only a
few months previously. Her plumage
il the same in color as were her prede-
cessors. She was, when she first came,
evidently q young bird. and has grown
since we have had her. In spite Of her
10 years there e no sign Of ago about
her; she sings, dances, climbs and
whistles with all the vigor Of youth,
and though perhaps Smaller than The.
other two birlls. h quite as noisy. In
many ways she \, however. very differ
ent from them, being. TOR instance,
mn1huo36 ADt r lhe4 stfall.
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10 }. ?. FULLY, his heirs and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have ex-
pended the sum of one hundred { [1OO) dol
lars IN labor and improvements upon the
YOUNG AMERICA
aode mining claim, situated in Little Smoky
district. Alturas county, State of Idaho, in
order to hold said premises under the pro.
the United States, being the amount re-
4uired to hold the same for the year end
,ng December 81, 1892; that your proper
Ion OF the same is $40, being one-tenth /;
and snd II within ninety (90( days from the
service OF this notice, or within ninety (0O)
Gays Gays after this notice by publication you
.all or refuse to contribute your proportion
vi such expenditure, including costs of
pup pp.G'45ilcatlon. Your interest in said claim
s;n Ga,a become the property of the under
1924, IOHN G0RMxN
First publication. June II. 1883.
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Not So BenlGhted.

King Menelek, of Abyssinia, whose
troops have recently given the Italians
a trouncing, is much more civilized than
Americans suppose. Several years
ago the king asked Massala, the Italian
envoy. to secure him a SEEMING machine,
Of which he had heard. The machine
arrived in parts, and the envoy had it
carried to the palace with much poml,.
Then an unexpected difficulty was en-
countered. No one could put the parts
together, and after days work Massala
had to give it up. The king smiled
good-naturedly, and ordered the parts
taken to his room. He worked all
night, and the next morning sent for
the queen and the italian envoy, to
show them the machine in complete
running order Golden Days.
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Emperor Williams Ross.

A pretty story is told of the first meet
ing Of the German imperial pair. The
German emperor, then a young man Of
20, was shooting at Prinkemau. One
day he lost his way in the park, and
came upon rustic, rose-covered sum-
mer house, where a pretty girl Of his
own age was sleeping in q hammock.
He did not disturb her, but went on his
way. thinking of the little German
poem known as the "Brier Rose" Later
in the day he met the girl in the castle,
and, saying: Here is my brier rose
again." he introduced himself, and fell
in love oh-hand. They were married
on hia 22d birthday. Since that time
she has ret herself to realize the German
ideal Of devoted hansfran.-Detroit
Free Pre1e
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raised capital of $4,000, which was
somewhat increased by the sale Of busi-
ness property in the village. This
capital provided q creamery, cannery,
fruit-evaporat0r, stsrch-factory, pork
packing establishment anu cold-stor-
age plant. Taken in connection with
their diversified farms, theee little in-
dustries constituted, in an industrial
sense, . symmetrical community. -
William E. Smythe, in Century.
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PEASANTS STILL FLoooEo.

Tolstoi Denounces with vigor Plan Tor
Only Partial Reform.
Count Tolstoi, in a characteristic let
ter to the Bourse Gazette, gives his
views on o question which is causing
considerable agitation of mind at pres
ent in many circles of Russian official
and private life-nanlefy, that of the
abolition, in whole or in part. of the
punishment of fogging in its various
forms.
The provincial zemstyos Of large
number of provinces. as well as several
highly placed officials in As;atic Rus
sia, have formally decided to petition
for the exemption from this degrading
penalty of all peasants who have
learned to read and write. Count Tol
stoi, with the ardor natural to the
artistic temperament, cries "ShameM
upon their niggard asking, and, in an
article headed with that word, very
broadly hints that, while the peasant,
for the last three-quarters OF cen
tury, has been steadily advancing, his
masters have in some respects failed to
keep their place in the van of the march
toward CIVILIZATION.
Count Tolstoi is a foremost authority
on the life of the peasant, and the spec
linens he gives in this article of the
abuse of the power Of fogging by the
small fry of off1cialdom are certainly
striking. These Insignificant members
Of the lower governing ranks have no
uniform, but, when engaged on ofEcipl
duties, wear some kind of outward and
visible sign of authority, generally a
large medal For speaking his mind"
to one of these village 'elders" who
happened to have the sign. of Office on
at the time, a. fellow villager was duly
fogged. although his only fault ap-
pears to have been that he overlooked
the medal which converted an ordinary
reighborly difference of opinion into
an insult to the czar! The poor fellow.
Tolstoi relates, ccnsoled himself with
ne remark that Christ suffered
stripes, and bade us suffer, too" e
There are, however, many in Russia
who think that the moujik is still suf-
ficiently brutal to make the entire
abolition of flogging measure of mis-
taken humanity, and TolstoIs cry of
Shame" upon the moderate reform
proposed by certain zelnstvos will,
doubtless, be met by the not unnatural
reply that Tolstoi is before all lit
erary artist, with all the artists native
scorn for practical measures which fall
short of the ideal aimed at. The par
tial exemption from fogging which
practical men desire would certainly
prove very powerful stimulus toward
popular education, even as compulsory
service in the army keeps the Russian
universities filed to overfowing with
men who, in a large number of cases,
would do the state better service in
other ways than by learning discomfort
in sphere untitled to their natural
capacities or station in life.-London
Standard.
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A SALT WATER WELL

sunk Tor the supply OF Fools ana To2kS
se the Now Yoek Aquarium.
The salt water pools and tanks Of tho
New York aquarium at Battery park
are now supplied from a we'll sunk on
the premises. The aquarium's salt wa
ter supply was originally drawn direct
from the bay through an intake pipe
carried out near the bottom from the
Battery sea wall. The water thus taken
was filtered in the usual manner before
delivering it into the pools. This
source of supply was continued until
the completion of the salt water well.
The Castle Garden structure, IN which
the aquarium ia located, is built on
made ground: the tide was known to
rise and fall under some parts of the
building. There is cellar under that
part of the building which fronts on
Battery park, and there an excavation
was made with view to the sinking
of salt water we'll. This excavation
was carried down to point below tide
level, seven feet below the cellar and
13 feet below the floor of the aquarium,
through made ground found to consist
of a number of feet of stone and gravel,
filled in ON top of two tiers Of logs laid
crosswise and resting upon stone
thrown in on the bottom. In this ex-
cavation, which was about $50 feet in
land from the battery sea wall, the tide
rose and fell about one hour later than
it's rise and fall in the open waters ad-
jacent to the Battery. The tests of this
temporary we'll as to supply and char
acteristics being satisfactory, work
was begun upon the permanent plant
now in use.
The well was carried down to q
depth of II feet, and o perforated iron
tube was sunk in it, with which was
placed the suction pipe of the pump
that is attached to it. The water is
drawn through a wrought-iron gal
vanized pipe seven inches in diameter
and 207 feet in length, which, with o
number of easy bends, follows along in
side the wall of a section of the nearly
circular building from the well to the
pump, which is located near the boiler
room and the aquarium's supply tanks.
The capacity of the pump is GOO gallons
minute; it mas been tested to the 1uu
capacity of the delivery pipe, with the
result of showing ample supply in the
we'll. The requirements of the aquari-
UNI, however, are less than this.
The water from the we'll is of the
same density as that taken from the
open bay. 1t is ten degrees warmer in
winter and about ten degrees cooler
in summer. It is drawn through what
is in effect a great natural filter, and it
is beautifully clear. This supply is de-
sirable for the aquarium stock, and it's
economy is obvious, doing away, as it
does, with the use of artificial filters
and the need for the material required
in operating them.
There is, so far as DR.. Bean of the
aquarium is informed, no other aquari-
um in the world with like source of
salt water suprly.-N. Y. Sun
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SAVED BY A COWBOYS SHOT.
Remarkable Adventure of an American
with an African Gorilla.

with an African Gorilla.
A resident of Cincinnati, recently re-
turned from Delagoa bay, on the east
coast of Africa, relates story of con-
fict with gorilla, that came near cost
ing him his life. "My permanent quar-
ters,' he said, in telling the story, were
at the Central, but dinner was served
the night arrived at the international.
l was thoroughly fatigued. and after
dinner told the manager wished to
go to my room. He walked TO the door
and yelled for servant in voice that
could be heard above q driving wind
and dashing rain. Out OF the black
darkness came negro as black as the
hight itself. He took my bag, and,
with instructions from the manager
10 keep close to my guide, we started.
1.-THE way led through what after
ward learned was a garden. We had
not gone more than 80 or 40 PAGES when
heard fierce cry and at the same mo-
ment. received violent blow on the
mead. The force OF the blow almost
stunned me, but managed to whip out
my revolver and shoot at my assailant.
Instantly I waA grasped in grip that
seemed to crush my very bones. One
hand was free and fred two shots
from my revolver. Then came another
crushing blow on the head and I lost
consciousness. ss 81
ssThree days later came to myself
My head ached and my body was sore,
even to the touch. then learned that
L. n.,~s1f0
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Old eanlag Craft.

The second oldest sailing craft in the
world is the so-callea 0olrstad ship, .
Viking craft which was discovered in
. sepulchral mound on tho rhores OF
Christiania ford, and 10 now exhibited
in . wonderfully perfect state Of pres
erration in Christiania. II Is q craft
of the ninth century, A. D., and IL there
fore nearly a thousand years old CHI
sRgts Inter Ocean.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Some Uses Of Salt.

A little salt rubbed on the cups will
remove tea stains. Salt put into white
wash will make it stick better Use salt
and water to clean willow furniture, ap-
plying it with n brush and rubbing dry.
Ginghams or cambrcs rinsed in salt and
water will hold their color and look
brighter.
Salt and wate- make an excellent rem
edy for inlamed eyes. Hemorrhages Of
the lungs or stomach are often checked
by small doses Of salt. Neuralgia Of the
feet and limbs can be cured by bathing
night and morning with salt and water
as hot as can be borne. After bathing,
rub the feet briskly with coarse towel
A gargle of salt and water strengthens
the throat, and, used hot, will cure q
sore throat. AS tooth powder, salt will
keep the teeth white and the gums hard
and rosy.
Two teaspoonfuls of salt in half pint
Of tepid water is an emetic always on
hand, and is an antidote for poisoning
from nitrate Of silver.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Human Nature During q Panic.

Baltmore's terrible casualty was not
a lesson; il was an exhibit. It showed
how strong is animal instinct in human
nature that has not been trained by
education Of both mind and body. The
details Of the catastrophe indicate that
most of those who participated in the
fatal panic we're people who had never
learned self-control or practiced cool
reasoning. They had an instructive idea
that fire meant death to all in it's way,
and when the cry was raised they started,
as so many timid animals would, to fly
for safety, without waiting to ascertain
whether or not they were in danger. 1t
would be as idle to use this incident as
a lesson to others who may be in theater
when a cry Of fire is raised as it would
have been to try to argue with this panic
stricken crowd in it's wild fight. Any
one who has mind enough at such time
to look about him and see where the
danger is, if there be any, has wit enough
to avoid panic, but the frequent occur
renee Of just such Incidents as this shows
what lies under the superficial stratum
of modern education aud intellectual
development Philadelphia Ledger.
The advocate., 1896-01-15
The Kitchen.

To take the rust out Of steel, rub the
steel with sweet oil; in day or two rub
with finely-powdered unslacked lime
until the rust all disappears, then oil
again, roll in wooden and put in dry
place, especially it it be table cutlery.
MASHED TURNIPs.-Pare the turnips,
cut in thick slices, and let them stand in
cold water half an hour, then put them
on to boil until tender; drain them and
mash through colsnder; add salt, but
ter and cream and pepper; mix thor
oughly and place in a hot dish.
Place an oyster-shell in the tea-kettle
and it will collect the hard matter that
is liable to form on the inside Of the
kettle. The shells should be washed
with brush before using. Remove the
shells every few weeks, and replace with
fresh ones il the water is very hard.
To make use of sweet, insipid and taste
less apples, stew them and mix them
with stewed cranberries in the proportion
Of one part Of oranberries to two parts Of
apples. Not quite as much sugar will
be required as for the cranberries alone.
Strain them through a colander and
serve cold with meats or fowl.
TO CLEAN BRAss-Make mixture Of
one part common nitric acid and one half
pint sulphuric acid in n stone jar, having
also ready pail of fresh water and box
of sawdust. The articles to be treated
are dipped into the acid, thrown into the
water and finally rubbed with sawdust.
This changes them into brilliant color
Immediately. If the brass has become
greasy it is first dipped in strong solu-
tion of potash and soda in warm water;
this cuts the grease so that the acid has
full power to act.
Here is Miss Parloa's recipe for mince-
meat: Two pounds tender, lean beef
Chop it while raw, very fine. Take
cupful of chopped suet, two pint bowlfuls
of chopped apple, one Of stoned raisins,
half bowlful Of currants, half a pound
of citron, a bowlful of sugar, half bowl
full Of molasses, two tablespoonfuls Of
mace, two Of cinnamon, one Of allspice,
one Of cloves, four grated nutmegs, three
tablespoonfuls salt. Mix all these thor
oughly with the hands and then add a
quart of cider. Put the mixture in
large earthen pan and place over kettle
of boiling water and scald. II there are
not sugar and spice enough, season to
taste
The advocate., 1896-01-15

To remove a tight ring from the finger,
take long thread Of silk and put one
end under the ring and draw it through
several inches, holding it with the thumb
in the palm Of the hand. Then wind the
long end of the silk tightly round the
The advocate., 1896-01-15
Texas Land.

Fine fruit and farm land convenient TO
the new deep water port of Galveston,
Texas, s. per acre up and on easy terms.
Corn and unincumbered improved property
taken at highest price on cash payment.
Values advancing rapidly. For maps and
farm facts call on or write TO
CASH & LUKEL,
Houston and Galveston, Texas.