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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Slow Init Sure

A slow but steady gain in business with
su advance in prices, an increase in the
number of hands employed and growth of
new orders. and an increase in the amount
of work done are pointed ont by "Dun's
Review in its last issue a 5 q renewed evil
dence that business is improving. A study
of the newspaper sentiment of the country
RS expressed in the publications of all
sentiments shows n concurrence in the
belief thus expressed that there is a mark
ed and general improvement in the bust
ness situation.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

ity: and IT is helpful 70 confidence TO have
official reinsurance that tariff tinkering
is not to be the last of administrative ex-
pedients, for the removal Of business dis
trust and depression. There are other
grounds for commercial cheerfulness.
Business failures are lessening in number
and importance. Commercial loans are
expanding; bank clearings are increasing.
and the transportation companies are
earning more money. The end Of tariff
uncertainty is drawing near; the impor-
tant crops all over the country give prom
Use Of abundant harvests; productive costs
N the great industries have been crowded
to the apparent minimum; there is less
reason to fear further important price
shrinkages: the storekeepers' shelves, as
a rule, hold no unwieldy accumulations Of
stocks. and labor is becoming more gen
orally employed. These are favorable con-
ditions for a sustained revival Of busl-
ness.-Philadelphia Record (Dem.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Nearly Up to the Standard.

The volume of actual TRANSACTIONS is NOT
in value a tenth smaller than Il was in
the years Of the greatest prosperity ever
attained in the United States, although
the volume Of payments now represents
4 much lower range of prices. This de-
crease. whether a little more or less. IS
greatly TO be regretted. but it is not
paralysis. Whatever else may be with
reason said of the difficulties in the xsv
of industrial recovery, it cannot be said
that business is paralyzed when the earn
ings of all railroads reported for Nav are
only % per cent smaller than in the same
month Of 1S92.-NsE York Tribune
(Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
1s-~e HANDLING of Goods.

Rank clesriugs last week were light, but
rtfra over $500. 100000 in the Chronicles
tshle. in which one day Is estimated But
III increase over the corresponding week
- fbs urevious year was no less than II
~. cent. and in comparison with earlier
snS more prosperous years il must be Ne
-,,sn,bs-ed that there has been such de-
slins in prices that identical figures would
;rdicate a very large gain in quantities
re truth Is that in volume Of merchsn-
5iss handled the amount Of business done
now does not compare unfavorably with
rhs smount done in good years. but ar
fhese lower prices profits are small and
sometimes disappear entirely.-t lnasessl
Chroniele lDsm-l.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

In the opinion Of the lumber men. their
market is gradually and steadily getting
around 10 the point where profits can
once more be expected. Sales are increas-
ing st rate which, though not rapid. IS
nevertheless encouraging Heavy dealers
row see in the situation sufficient 10 Jus
tify them in laying in liberal stocks. and
very large transfers to them have recent
" been made at leading mill points. To
purchase Of S2.001,O00 feet, made in the
latter part Of May, large local yard man
: 5isi srother purchase - 100000
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Good Signs.

That business is getting better is evil
dent from many signs. The financial re-
views and commercial agencies publish
reports from all parts of the country
which indicate this. The reports of rail-
roads show increased earnings over those
of the same period last year. Another
significant and hopeful sign + she fact
that the money now in circul goa in this
country is SIS, 149, 612 more than the cir
culation one year ago. the total amount
in circulation last Saturday being ST.
$50, 733, S95. The absence of speculative
interest is not an unmixed evil. Ii indi-
Gates that what improvement is taking
place in business is ealthful.-Atlanta
Journal (Dem).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Improvement VIII Surely Continue

Some stress is laid on Former Post
master General John Wanamaker's state
ment that ''the country IS not prosperous,
and that ''since the outset Of the last pres
idential campaign the party press and po-
htical leaders generally fixed the Novem-
Der election Of 1896 as the date of the be-
ginning of good times" And the state
ment follows that thus far but one of the
important issues of the campaign is near
ing settlement and hardly any improve
ment Of the wretched times is manifest
Mr.. Nanamaker draws erroneous cOnclu-
sions. No man in the country who was
at all converSant with the trend of bust
ness affairs thought for a moment that
good times could be made TO come instant
aneousIy. But what did take place i'm
mediately on the election Of Mr. McKin-
ley was the immediate restoration of con-
fdence and the return of vast numbers of
workingmen to the avenues Of labor and
trade. Gradually. but surely. business
has been growing better. and the country
only awaits the passage of the tariff bill TO
settle down to a development of the manu-
featuring resources Of the country. which
will stimulate other business.-Buffalo
News lnd.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Business Situation Better.

There is no longer room for question on
the proposition that conditions in the
world of business have improved. While
there may still be found isolated cases
where the return of commercial activity
has not yet broken up the long spell of
stagnation, such cases by their rarity are
but the exception TO prove the rule. Bet
ter, perhaps, than the actual improve
ment, which can be reduced to figures by
comparison with the past, is the general
belief that business has not only imprOv-
ed, but that the Improvement is bound to
continue President Mckinley and Sec
rotary Gage touched the keynote of this
sentiment in their recent notable utter
ances. The far-reaching effect of these
speeches became evident when adyices be-
gan pouring in from abroad to the effect
that American securities were in strong
demand. Foreign capital, keeniy anxious
for the right moment TO arrive, has seized
the opportunity and in a measure led the
way to a practical demonstration of reviv-
ed confidence. The enhanced value of all
securities quoted on the Stock Exchange
is but barometrical indication of this
altered condition. Reports as shown by
railroad earnings still bear witness to the
growing increase of trade. Individual
lines of business. too, almost without ex-
ception, acknowledge the same state of
affairs. Not only is this manifest in the
larger manufacturing industries. such as
hardware and boots and shoes,
but the more limited branches dependent
entirely on the general prosperity of the
world report gratifying in
crease in the volume of business on which
estimates are asked.-Chicago Post Qnd.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

If his friends, through a concerted move
ment, were to make a point of telling him
every time they met him how sick he look
ed. The imagination IS a powerful motor.
When everybody one meets talks OF hard
times, a tinge of melancholy is created
which overspreads the whole community.
This cloud can be dissipated by cheerful
talk and by considering the really favora-
bic factors of the acknowledgements
Tribune (Rep.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
A Good Example for the People.

Among the solid facts on which expec-
tations may be based are the 1sttering
crop prospect President Hill of the Great
Northern is quoted as predicting that the
wheat fields cOntributory to his lines will
furnish 100000 bushels of grain this
season for transportation, and the man
ayers of other lines contribute equally
favorable information. Ike jobbers saw
that the supply of manufactured goods
which may be counted among the neees-
saries of life is generally exhausted
throughout the country, and that the pso-
ME must buy and the mills must resure
oneration to meet the demand. which VIII
hiring into circulation the millions of dos-
lars that have been boarded through tn.
hard times. 1t would be well if all peo-
nle everywhere. would initiate the cheer
ful and optimistic tone of the President
and the members OF his administration.
Let them withdraw their gaze fr9m the
dark and gloomy aspect upon which K has
dwelt for several years past and hahituate
themselves TO looking upon the bright side
of things It is well known that almost
any man in good health might be made %
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

The business sentiment is undoubtedly
stronger. There are many reasons for
hopefuiness. Not the least important re-
cent happening has been the assurance of
Secretary Gage that the Federal admins
tration would not forget the mandate Of
the people, whose voice in behalf of hon.
est money and sound finance rang out
loud snd clear in November last Cur
rency Reform is vital TO business seeur-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
Every Man Feels 1t.

Theirs Is not s progressive business man
in Kansas City who does not feel more
cheerful over present conditions and fu-
ture prospects than he has felt for many
years. The great majority recognize that
the movement towards better times IS well
under way. not by reason Ct Mr.. Mekin-
ley's election OF because ct the promise 81
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

feet within few days. Three other large
transfers, ranging from 10000, 900 to r.
100000 feet each, have also recently been
completed. Prices are low firm, in strange
contrast TO the Decentralization that pre-
vailed q few weeks ago.-Chicaso Times
Herald qud.J.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16

are now being distributed through the
country TO those on whose orders they
were originally enga ged.-New York Com
mereial Bulletin (Dem.).
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1897-07-16
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
LAVA CAVES.
Curious Formations Produced by the Cool
ing OF Molten Masses.

Curious Formations Produced by the Cool
ing OF Molten Masses.
The formation of caves in a lava
stream is curious process, and one
which the explorer in the Azores will
be interested to realize as his investi.
cations proceed, and in these islands il
has some remarkable and perfect Illus
trations. 1t will be understood, saws
Outing. that the stream from volcano
soon begins to cool externally as it
travels, but with great stream, say 30
or 40 feet thick, long time passes be-
fore it becomes finally cooled and solid
to its center. A large body of melted
lava still remains liquid in it's interior.
forming, as it were, a huge conduit or
tube full of the white hot matter. As
this accumulates by the continued sup
ply from above the vast pressure of the
liquid on the lower end of the stream
Increases. The effect may be easily i'm
.gined. The solid crust at the front of
he flow breaks out; the melted interior
'ushes on again and the great tube is
implied of its contents so far as they
emain liquid, leaving behind hollow
cavern which may, and occasionally
1oes, extend for an uninterrupted
ength of several miles. In the course
If centuries subsequent eruptions NAV
deposit new beds of cinder or ash
streams of lava to any extent above IT,
but the cave SC formed may remain in.
tact
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
!. f. Parker, Notary Public.

n. +. Iarkef, NOtdry IuDilC.
Mems mackintoshes SO at the
Bargain Store.
The Seven Devils smelter is al
ready under attachment for wages
and freight bills.
The fine weather broke up Tues
day in a heavy rain which brought
the snow line down to the edge OF
the timber.
A telephone from Cottonwood
announces the death of VIM. Nc
CHM, stockman residing on the
breaks of Salmon river.
On our second page will be found
the report of the grand jury, the
school census of the county, re-
port of the auditor and treasurer,
county correspondence and other
matters of live local news.
Mrs. G. II. Schmadeka's is the
cheapest place to buy your MILL
merry goods. She has just received
the largest and finest assortment
ever brought to Grangeville; also
a fine line of fascinators and ladies
underwear. The latest styles and
lowest prices. Call and get prices
before buying elsewhere.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
cAMEL's EXPERIENCE.


eat Down So Much That His Hind Legs
Became Useless.
A large camel which was landed at
Hoboken few days ago from the
Bremen line steamer Dresden had an
experience which probably never be-
fore fell to the lot of "a ship of the des-
ert."
He made the voyage in large box,
and as there wasn't room enough in
it for any self-respecting animal The
camel sat down in sheer disgust. He
sat that way for days and days while
the ship rolled and made all sorts oil
heavy weather.
When the detected animal was finally
landed and tried to stand up, he couldn't
use his rear props at all. They had be.
come paralyzed from their long stay in
a cramped position. The camel wasn't
any good, it seemed, and as big price
had been paid for him there was gen
eral lamentation. The camel was sin
on the lamentation. Such picture OF
woe was never seen in Hoboken.
At last genius suggested radi
cal cure. The camel, by his advice
was placed in sling and hoisted uI
until only his toes touched the ground
He padded the air for a spell with hi.
forelegs. and finally the rear prop;
came to lfc and joined in the exercise
They lowered him to the floor, AM
after he had tested his rear legs some
what gingerly, he was as good as new
But he doesn't sit down any more. Once
was enough for him,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
All elbows MISTAKE.
Took the Trolley for the steam Railway
Train.

Took the Trolley for the steam Railway
All Chow, Chinaman with limited
knowledge of this country, its ways and
its language, started from Berkeley.
Cal, to ride the few miles into San
Francisco, recently. He had been in
structed where to take the train; but
he made a mistake, and instead of board
ing the regular steam railroad train he
took an electric ear that passed the
same corner. 1t happened to be a car
of the loop line that runs between
berkeley and Oakland, going one
route and returning another. He made
the complete circuit once, but made no
effort to get off the car. The conductor
thought the scenery charmed the
celestial, SO said nothing, but collected
his fare third time as the car went on
its second trip to Oakland. Eight
times All Chow made the circuit of the
line, paying his nickel with cheerful.
ness every time the conductor asked for
fare. Then at the end of the eighth trip
the conductor called n policeman and
All Chow was taken before a police
judge for examination as to his sanity.
The interpreter in the court soon dis.
covered the reason of All Chow's peculiar
doings, and with the courts permission
accompanied him to San Francisco.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
HEADLEss BIRD.
Young Quail Whose Neck Had Bee
Wrun1 Files Away.

Young Quail Whose Neck Had Beeu
WrunG Files Away.
A gentleman living near this place
recently netted dozen quails, says I.
Taylor dispatch to the Philadelphia
Times. When he was killing and dress
ing them the following strange occur
renee transpire6: AS he went to wiring
the neck of one of the birds the head
slipped of in his hand, pulling about
two inches of skin and feathers along
with it.
Turning moment later to pick Nil
the bird from where he had thrown it,
the gentleman found the little fellow
lying and hopping about as though
nothing untoward had happened, his
bare neck sticking up gaunt and head.
less.
Thinking the birds activity resulted
from q rosthumus contraction of the
muscles the gentleman attempted to
pick him up, when the little fellow
mounted in the air and few away. fut.
tering and qui.cring now and then, but
when about 2aa yards from the house
he disappeared into small pine thicket,
flying to the last.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
EPITAPh ON A MATCHMAKER.
Curious inscription Seen on . TOmbstont
In an English Graveyard.

NVHAo0e AusVTiPelou seen On u IOmO8tO00
In an English Graveyard.
The following curious inscription to
the memory OF George Routleigh, o
matchmaker by trade. occurs in the
churchyard at Lydford, Devon: Here
lies. in horizontal position, the outside
case of George Rutleigh, whose abiding
in that line was an honor to his profess
sion. Integrity was his handspring, and
prudence the regulator of all the ac-
tons of his life. Humane, generous
and liberal. his hand never stopped till
he had relieved distress. Sincerely reg
ular were his motions. He never went
wrong except when set agoing by peo-
pie who did not know his key. Even
then he was easily set right again. He
had the art of disposing of his time so
well that his hours glided in one contin-
unl round of pleasure and delight till
an unlucky minute put an end to his
existence. He departed this life, No
vember. 1902, wound up in hope Of be-
ing taken in hand by his Maker and Of
being thoroughly cleaned, repaired and
set agoing in the world to come"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
Baptist Church.

Services at the Baptist church
until further notice will be as fol-
lows:
Sunday school at 10 a. m; the
bell will ring at 9:45 and 10 o'clock
sharp.
Morning services at IL a. M;
bell will ring at o'clock promptly.
Evening services at 1880 o'clock
p. m; bell rings at 7 and 1870.
Prayer meeting and bible study
Wednesday evening at 1880 O'Clock;
bell rings at 7 and 1880.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
WIDOWS TAKE TO PARROTS.
Polly IL . Great Fsvorite with the Lon,
Women.

Polly IL . Great Favorite with the Lone
Women.
Parrots have never been suspected
of having a mission in life but one has
been discovered for them in Brooklyn.
An attendant in a shop where animals
and birds are the stock in trade was
asked ii all the parrots that talked were
trained by sailors, says the New York
World.
mot at ALL" he said. 'If you should
come in here during the week follow
ing the arrival of a cargo of parrots
you would soon find out that there are
lot of women in New York who make
1t almost profession to train parrots.
The best customers we have, however,
are Brooklyn widows. There is one
woman who comes in after almost
every cargo we receive and buys at
least one or two parrots, sometimes
more, which she intends to teach to
talk. The women who do that are
mostly widows. How do l know. Why,
they tell us SO. And why do you sup
pose they want the parrots? It's for
company, they say. They say they are
lonely and the parrots are company,
because after they talk to them enough
the parrot talks back.
THAT is why widows like parrots
better than canaries, they say. One in
brooklyn keeps little notion store
and sells candies. The children see the
parrot there and the parrot is speedily
sold and taken away as soon as it can
say two or three things. Then the
widows loneliness comes over her again
and she comes in search of another
pupil in feathers. She gets three times
as much as she paid for the bird and II
1t learns rapidly and has quite a mum.
Der OF words or sings . song she geta
even more" So after all even Polly has
= mission.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
the Occident group on Deadwood

the Occident group on Deadwood
mountain, which shows up some
very rich ore. A crosscut of 20
feet does not show wall, SO it is
not known how wide the ledge is.
DR.. Cullen, our local physician,
is ailing with the fever.
y The Dixie mill will be in run
ming order in a few days.
Two big loads of freight arrived
Friday for the Cleveland mine.
Oscar Maxwell is able to leave
his room, but is still very weak.
The Badger 1O-stamp mill is
running full blast day and night.
While working at the Crooked
river placers Neil McMeekin was
unfortunate enough to cut his foot
severely with broad-axe.
Elk City, October 81.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1897-11-05
Denver Items.

The rain kas stopped threshing.
Feaster is on deal to sell his
residence. R# A8e
Fet Rhoads is now domiciled ON
his reservation ranch.
u ]. w. Henderson is moving his
family to Grangeville.
Kuther has commenced large
addition to his store here.
4 Ike Zehner informs us that he
has 20 days more threshing on
hand
Joe Zehner writes from Ohio
That he will soon return to Camas
prairie.
Our flour mill cannot keep up
with orders, which speaks well for
our -four.
From present indications the
merry jingle of wedding bells will
soon sound in Denver.
NJ. Perry contemplates a trip
to Old England shortly to visit his
relatives. We are surreptitiously
informed that he will not return
alone.
E. L. Parker, county commits
sioner of Nez Perez county, was on
our streets Monday and went ON to
Grangeville, where he will remain
cov oO,,aksu,o
There will be a Pie-social in the
school. house hall, Denver, this,
Friday, evening. Refreshments
by the ladies of the Sunday school.
All are invited.
The opening by the commission
ers of the road running from Ed.
Listens to Lawyers canyon is
highly appreciated by residents on
the reservation, and will soon be-
come q convenient thorofare We
learn that as soon as the road on
this side is completed down the
canyon a stage line will be run
from Nezperce to Grangeville.
Pink Underwood, who has been
seriously ill for the past 8 weeks
at the home of s. Ingram, took a
turn for the worse Monday and
died at half past four in the morn
ing. Mr.. Underwood was taken
sick at Elk City about 2 weeks
previous to being brought to Mr..
Ingram's. His case developed in
to genuine typhoid fever, but it
was thought his naturally robust
constitution would tide him over.
Everything was done to keep the
grim destroyer from taking him,
but he failed and went to his home
beyond as one asleep. VIM. I'm
derwood, brother, was his only
relative here, and was with him to
the last. Pink had many sterling
qualities which endeared him to a
legion of friends who mourn his
demise. He has father living
near Abo, N. c., and would have
been 80 years old on March IL.
He was preparing to prove up on a
homestead near Westlake when he
intended to visit his old home at
N. c. He was buried at Cotton
wood Tuesday afternoon; Rev.
Perkins delivering the funeral
sermon. Watuga, On. CO. Demo
crat please COPY.