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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3, 1873
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
United States Land Office. Lewiston.l
Idaho, May ri, 1898.

II ~ -
Idaho, May ri, 1898.
Notice is hereby given thai i'll comrli-.
ance with the provisions of the act OF
Congress Of June ;. 1873, entitled IAN
Act for the sale of timber lands III the
states oil California, Oregon, Nevada,
and Washington Territory Jacob
~Schwalbac1l, of Grangeville, County OF
Idaho. State of Idallo, has this day
filed III this office his sworn statement
Mo-, for the purchase OF the WI
NWI NE4 NW4 and NW4 Mex OF
section No 3, in Township No 20, n
Range No :, i b NJ, and will offer proof
10 show that the aud sought is more
valuable for its timber or stone than tor
agricultural purposes, aud TO establish
his claim to said land before the Regis
ter and Receiver of this office at Lewis
ton. Idaho, OH Saturday, the 10th day OF
August. 1898.
He names as witnesses:
William vouBerge, of G~rangevllle
Idaho county. Idaho; William Haver-
NICK. John b Morris, Benjamin F Morris
OF Lev istor. Idaho,
ANY and all persons claiming adverse
" The aboye-described lands are request
ed to file their claims in this oi'ee OF
or before said goth day OF August, 1890
- /. B. WEST. Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19

-. -. living too fast. Fast a. light
sreresses Il. for we talk by cleo
rky. cook by electricity, travel by
Ictsicty and 50 on.
Il ! hurry, hurry, hurry rom The cradle
~ crowd too much, crowd or work,
pwd 9 eating, esowd or pleasure,
pvd our sleeping.
A q breaking down Of the nervous sys-
~ 4 the way Of expressing the result.
n means a depleting Of the nerves In
Ieed by prolonged strain, oveftaxing OF
nefvous sYstemD . product Of over
nv and bus.le.
n Affects all people IN all walks q lite.
hafges phys. -ians Of all schools.
ia one know W the horrors Of such a
ndition better than Rev. ]. N. Nc
ready. Of Elkton, Mich. For years he
boeed faithfully and well. He was pro-
Psaive and aggreaivet z leader among
"a, . deep thinker and a hard worker.
|In lis zeal, he oveswofked, overtaxed
mental and physical strength.
The outlook was dark, with health shat
he'd and recovery apparently hopeless.
Many means for q cure wefe tried, with
vt receiving benefit.
Finally he took d.. William Pink Pills
h Pale People and was restored to health.
He sayss -,
1In April, 1896, the physicians said !
negt stop preaching or d.:
had overtaxed my,eK and wa sol
dag from . complste breaking down Of
81 nervous system and q persistent ston-
~ trouble.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
WOMEN COMMENTARIES
Every Gang Ever Arrested Has ~
lcnst Ono Female Member.

WLySTy HAAhe
Least ono Female Member.
Women have a weakness for counter
~feiting. The first person ever executed
for that crime was a woman. she was
an English woman named Barbara
Spencer, and was put to death in l72l !
for making false shillings. She was
strangled and burned at the stake. Gu.
riously enough, her accomplices were
acquitted.
Nancy Kidd was one of the most re-
markable female counterfeiters ever
known in this country. She carried on
her nefarious trade for more than 80
years in Chicago, and was arrested there
many times. On one of these occa-
sions a lot of fiber paper was discovered
on her person.
The government officials were COM
pletely at a loss to know how she a
obtained this. Finally she confessed
that a chemical solution had been used
to wash the faces of the notes and make
them perfectly clean. Thus she was
in the habit of taking ~onedollar bills
and changing them into large denoml-
nations.
One of the cleverest tricks ever played
on Uncle Sam was invented by a woman
who lived in Philadelphia. Her plan
was to take $40 and $40 gold pieces
and with a small drill worked by
steam power to bore out the, insides
and then refill them with some bast
metal, being very careful that they
should weigh exactly the right amour
when she had finished.
In this way she made $3.50 on ever,
eagle and about SIC on every double
eagle.
Women teach their husbands how t.
make false money. This is what hap
pened when Ben Boyd. married Mar,
Alderman, OF Indiana. Her father wa
one of the most successful counterfeit
ers OF his day, and his daughter had
thorough acquaintance with the ar
Mrs. Boyd carefully taught her hui
band all the secrets of the trade, an
he became one of the most famousfor
ers of the age.
They carried,on the business with sue
a high degree Of skill that they were M
captured for years, and, when at la
the secret service Hawkshaws did ru
them down, not a single counterfe
Plate, note or coin was found in the
possession. When their house WI
searched $4,000 in good money WI
found.
Afterward sufficient evidence was
cured. to convict them and they we
sen to prison. They both claimedto'
converted while in state prison, al
after their release settled in Chicae
life.
Practically every gang Of counterfe
ers ever arrested, has had women I
soclates. In the Office of the secretsel
ice in Washington there is a lar
frame four feet square, filled with I
photographs of womesAwho have eitf
inade or passed false money. Men
most always employ their wives
daughters for the purpose of "shovin
.nelr Observation-Disclosures Pc
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
ALASKAN INDIAN TRICK.

Thrilling and Realistic Joke Per-
formed In n Religious
Tn one of the Alaskan religious cere-
monies a big wooden wedge is drivens
apparently, through a woman's head.
from one temple to the other. The Ell
feet, says the Spokane Review, is ex-
ceedingly realistic, the woman's eyes
seem to start from the sockets and hang
down ON her cheeks, while blood ows
IN, streams. As a matter of fact, the
wedge shown the audience is secretly
exchanged for one consisting OF W
parts attached to n wooden band, GOV
cred with hair, that is slipped over the
head. Thus it seems as if h butt enc
stuck out on one side, the point having
passed through the skull. At the same
time bladders containing blood, al,
tached to the band, are p~unctured anc
the blood flows down the woman's race
The wedge being removed, b IS al
right again, and thephenomenon passes
for a auasireligious miracle. The out
starting eyes are the eyes of a SEAL %"
.red over the forehead.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19

ports agree that while comparatively I
little agriculture exists there 1T is pos
sible that enough of certain crops ana
animals may be grown to sustain a con-
siderable population, provided proper
methods are pursued. While Director
True, of the division of experiment sta
tons, does not regard as feasible the
establishment of agricultural eNperl-
ment stations there, he believes that
experiments may be carried on IN a
number of lines with great success.
The two commissioners spent three
months investigating the southern coast
region of Alaska. The reports say cul-
tiyated areas in Alaska are confined TO
small kitchen gardens, in which are
grown many of our earlier and harder
vegetables. Stock raising is carried on
to a very limited extent. The possible
extension of the pasturage and gar
dening area is quite considerable. rs
Inmates are made of an expense OF S2oo
per acre in preparing the soil for eul-
tiyation. What agriculture there VIII
be in Alaska will be subsidiary to fsh'
ing and other industries, according &c
Mr.. Killin's separate report. F1shef'
men will locate on Alaska lands ane
make homes. At the present ratio Mr.
KILN says the salmon Will soon be de
, stroyed. They are being fished for IL
i the spawning waters to such an exten
that they have no opportunity to prop
i agate. Halibut, cod and herring WI
$ last forever. Timber will not go into tn
e market until the yellow fir or Dougia
pine of the Pacific coast is eNhauste
t as it is superior to the Alaskan sprnc
or hemlock.
v As fast as the timber is taken o
e small fruits and green vegetables ca
be grown, and grass will be furnisne
q for the domestic animals. Grasses gro
to great perfection. Little was seen
" the cultivation of cereals and sma
- fruits and berries abound, though FRA
!. tically no attention is paid to their ell
a tivation.
As to the country from the southel
9 boundry to Kodiak and Long lslan'
a and from the Pacific to the coast
:. Alaskan mountains, the climate is e
. tremely wet, but not cold; winters a
= very long, and the feeding period w
=. he nj least seven months. The cerea
y. will not ripen and the vegetables W
not mature.-Chicago Tribune.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
TIMBER LAND, ACT JUNE 3. 1875
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOll(E FOK ~ BLlSA lON.
States Land Office. Lewiston,(
Idaho, May al, 1893.
Notice is hereby given that IN compli-
ance with the provisions of the act of
of June 2, 1873, entitled AN
act for the sale of tiiuber lands in the
atates of California. Oregon, Nevada,
and Washington Territory" William
Won Berge, Of ~Grangeville, County OF
Idaho, State of Idaho, has this day filed
in this Office his sworn statement No
......, for the purchas. OF the So SEA
and NW4 SE4, of Section No a, in
Township No 20, N Range Mo- 3, 4 B M,
and will offer proof to show that the
land sought is more valuable for its tim
Der or some than for agricultural pur
poses, and to establish his claim to sale
land before the Register and Receives
of his office OF Lewiston, Idaho, on Sat
nrday, the 2oth day Of August, 1898.
He names as Witnesses:
Jacob Schwalbach, of Graugeville
Idaho county, Idaho; William Haver
nick, John B Morris, Benjamin + Morris
of Lewiston. Idaho.
ANY and all persons claiming adverse
" the above described lands are re
auested 10 file their claims i'll this oi
fee OH or before said aolh day of Angus
1905. II ]. b.. WEST, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
PRE- EMPTION.
Land Office at Lewiston. Idaho,
- Inl,. 40 go

July 20, 1898.
l, Lawrence OFT, of Freedom, Idaho,
who made presumption declaratory
statement No. 45I5, for the sw4 sw4
sec Is, nw4 nw4 sec 22, and nH ne4
sec I'll, tip Fl, n ri, { B III, do hereby
give notice of my intention to make
final proof to establish my claim to the
land above described, and that l expect
to prove my residence and cultivation
before o. 5. Commissioner Jas. DeHaven
at Grangeville. Idaho, on Sept II, 1898.
by two of the following witnesses:
Henry Ray, Frank Rowe, Benjamin
Brown, OF White Bird, Idaho; Grant
Benedict, Of Grangeville, Idaho.
1915 J. B. WEST, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
! FINE FARM FOR SALE.

We offer for sale at $40 per acre, n
overnan place, eight miles yves. o.
Grangeville, consisting OF 100 acres.
The home place comprises $50 acres.
with a new two story tory dwelling 1--we nan, a1ase;
- ,ooms, with water piped throughout
tbe building. and cost $4,000; cellar n
xoodshed2 4x4S feet, horse barn 4oxoo
feet al painted. Windmill, plenty OF
.ee,a water. new granery 28xI6 feet;
smoke house, ) stock barns, orchard OF
aoo fearing trees, etc, and $50 een a : en-
The 5iher place consists OF 4So acres
in three fields, enclosed with wire a nc
aale renee. with spring and reservoir 10,
stocl. All good plow land exsep'
aho,,t Zen acres. A box house oil thres
sta;,s. spring within 40 steps OF mouse
! thousand acres of pasturage adJoinint
.x;,h fine grass, water and sheiter 10
stoct the year round. $40 per acre ouy'
II For further particulars call on A. :
pa,ter Grangeville, or Cyrus overman
on the ranch. -
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
LAND IN ALASKA.

S'ops May he Grown I'm Limited
way and Live stock VIII Thrive.
~. Evans and Benton KILN, COM
customers appointed to investigate the
asr'cuitural possibilities of Alaska,
,ase submitted their reports to Sec
ieeary Of Agriculture Wilson. The re
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19

For SALE.-Some household FUR
n;tnre. a nearly new No. s cook
stoye. and a good sewing macnine.
These are bargains. Apply at Mil
linery store, across the street from
Bargain store.
Nor,ce-I offer for sale one hall III
,erest in a header, header BEDS .hse g.,
horse power and derrick table eh hags o,
ash, or will trade for cattle, nos' q,
wheat. Call on J; W town
nch 4 miles north Of eo~n'
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19

United States Land Office, Lewiston,l
Idaho. NAY 2I 1908. {
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
NOTICE FOR pRE-EMprIoN PROOF.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho,l
Iulv g.. 1868.

L4and Office at lewiston, Idaho,l
July e, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-nauied settler has fled notice Of his
III eut OF TO make final proof in support
of his claim, and that said proof will
be mad befo c Jas. DeHaven,
u. ). Commissioners, At Gtangeville,
Idaho, or August 20, 1895, VIZ: Oloi p.
S~odtrburg, for The 81 ne4 sec d, sw ! 4
NV IA. NV IA sw ID, sec 8, tip 20, n 2,
l. b M.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
! and cultivation of said land, viz:
Mortimer S. Martin, William Hetrick
Israel Cheplnar, Robert NJ. Bib, all OF
Grangeville, Idaho.
7-I2 7. b. WEST, Register.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19

Town lots and acreage property
for sale on easy terms. Apply &c
George Schmadeka or w. "A. nan
Grangeville, Idaho. OIL
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1898-08-19
Minister'S
Trials.

This narrative from a minister IS Of greatest yaAvc
to those sVhose nerves are .nS,ung, health shattered
or oheyuise aamg. II is particularly ahpyobyiate IN
thu, are Of active, meyvoHs, endless labor.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

messed 10 n certain density and moulded INTO the
.hancs which will best enable it to be pacheu
into the torDedo heads These shapes vary ac-
corjing TO the design Of the torpedoes ana Inc
method of packing. Sometimes they are uiShS
and sometimes cylinders. fiat squares OF cu'e9.
II uncompressed and dry. the gun-cot'oh "ou,"
be extremely light, weighing no more thah oiu'-
nary cotton batting, but when maze iii'' 'he
above forms il is compressed To the ue"S''S VI
about one or, in other words, to the density Vi
an equal amount of water. The percentage vi
moisture remaining in the gun-cotion "heh II
is hacked into torpedOes varies between Id anu
80 So safe from explosion. unless de'oha'eu' -
y brick of wet c-un-cotton that it may be placed
unon hot Goals As the moisture dries OH from
m. outside. the cotton hakes off and burns up
quietly. Perfectly dry gun-cotton' "heh coH-
fined in a strong case. will explode Win great
violence if exposed to a temperature OF about
$50 degrees Fahrenheit.
Decoration or the firing of explosives by IN
teuge shock is a modern method. for until thirty
wears ago the application of heat was always
used to bring about explosion. 1t has no"
lccu discovered that defamation produces more
powerful effect than explosion by me ans OF neat
In decorating the wet Sun-cotton IN the torp'uo
heads the primer of dry gun-cotton which is
is placed in contact with the wet mass, when
In a Whitehead torpedo consists usually OF
f., vt 80 pounds. Then, by means OF tuse
And illuminate Of mercury cap "A flame Is sho'
through the disk Of dry gun-cotton. This eN-
ylcdes instantly. and with 1t the entire mass OF
the wet cotton, producing tremendous results
The question of precisely how detonation takes
place-that is, how so SINAI! an initial explosion
can suffice to decomp1se an unlimited quantity
OF high explosives behind it-has caused much
argument and many speculatiOns Bertelot
gives as an explanation that the shock o. the
primary explosion communicates TO the layer or
molecules in the immediate proximity an enor-
mously active force. whereby the molecular
edifce' is shaken TO pieces and the initial force
Is augmented TO a degree corresponding to the
heat evolved by decomposition. a new shock
Is thereby produced in the next layer, and the
action is repeated and so propagated until the
whole molecular system Is completely de-
gtroyed."
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
THE FORWARD TURREr OF THE vrzCAYA.

earnestly pleading his urgency MI. L'hco'A
CHANGED to make his appearance ana "o"''"'
the soldier. inquired what he wanted.
"'Oh, Mr. Lincoln said the boy / Was 'o''
I couldn't see you. but do see you want
furlough Ny father IS dying Mr.. lAncoih
want just a few days-ca.y Few Gays %
may see him once more. Please read 'hese
handing the President the telegram ana hoVV,
THE President read them. and. Kihdly P''0'N'
his hand on the boys shoulder. SAID: vi c0u,''
you want a furlough. | am going 70 the "A
Department. SO come with me ana We" a.
range it,
ION the way the President asked MS as
about his father. mother. family ana o'hef N''.
ly questions Mr.. Lincoln procured al once
War Department furlough for ten days u'"'
cred It to the young man in person ana VIZ
warm goodby handshake, said: Ny boy IVY
you will find your father better. and tha' ne "''.
live TO see you safely home again, after the "A
Is over
"rhe New-Jersey soldier boy was back HO',
the White House In less than Two hours A''
with tears OF gratitude told me the simple s''''
Of his Interview with his great hearted Ooa''
mander- in Chief"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

at the surface or below IL Her position Is made
known to the operator by two small flags car
ried near the water level which at night are
replaced by two lanterns, shaded In frc mt as
not to be seen by the enemy Any Of tlie mod
ern explosives may be employed, and defamation
results from the action Of a mechanical fuse or
a circuit closer and battery.
There are many types Of the offensive torpedo
Similar to the Whitehead and the fish torpedo,
but the complexty OF their construction and
the large percentage Of failures in their at
tempted runs have operated strongly against
their adoption in actual service 1t is the de-
fensive torpedo which has come to be regarded
as the essential auxiliary Of the land gun for the
defence of harbors The modern submarine
mine has reached a stage of perfection which
practically guarantees the safety of the city
which is under its protection. its development
Being largely due to the employment of cleo
tricity an igniting agent
The mines are usually arranged to be fired at
viii. or automatically by the touch Of the YES
sci Two types OF electrical mines are In use
the ground and the buoyant. The former Is en-
ployed In comparatively shallow water, and con-
tainlng a large charge Of dynamite. Floating
near II. but far below the surface as to be
concealed from view. Is a buoy carrying a cir
clt-cloSer To regulate the current through q
fuse imbedded in the former.
The buoyant mine is designed for use In deep
water. and consists Of an anchor holding In posi-
ton torpedo floating Just below the surface
The latter contains the charge OF dynamite the
fuse and the circuit-closer II desired the CIR
cut-cloSer may be carried by a separate buoy
so placed that when touched by outrggers or
other torpedo catchers the mine VIII be directly
under the vessel The channel to be defended Is
thickly studded by lines OF these mines 10 Ar
can pass without coming In contact with ana or
more OF them.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27
LINCOLN GOT HIu TIE PURLOUgH
HOW A SOLDIER BOY MANAGED TO GET HON,
TO HIS SICK FATHER


TO HIS SICK FATHER
Colonel Cunningham. Of Glens Falls, N Y. n
a Lincoln Day talk before the High School ~
that place related among other personal reri.
niscences of the war President the following incl
dent: In the spring Of 1853 was on duty At
the Old Capital Prison Washington One day
quite young soldier 81 the guard Of New-Jersey
troops came to me with telegram inform.n,
him Of his fathers fatal illness and urging hin
to hasten home The young sold .er was much
distressed. and said he must have furlough
so he could leave for home that day. said
would do what / could, but that at best Il would
take from two to four days for his application
70 go the rounds Of the several healIlar,e.S
and that even then success was not certain.
81 must sec my father before he dies b.
said and then. as II graspng al straw Of
hope ne continued: m 20 u President Lin.
coln-that's what III DO. II can only see hin
| know / can get away to-day. Just give me
note saying as good things as you can Of ne
that you believe me honest and all right-some.
thing Of that sort. and please hurry
Il did not discourage him by speaking Of n.
difficulties | was sure he would encounter IN
trying to see the President. but gave him The
note and wished him success Arriving at the
White House ne was decidedly told that be
could not see the President but while he was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-27

first demonstration upon a grand scale OF the
important part which the modern torpedo can
be made to play in maritime warfare was given
by American engineers during the War Of the
Rebellion.
During the last two years OF that war the
torpedo service OF both forces response
bic for tremendous destruction and the exertion
OF worldwide influence upon naval opera
tions. Seven United States ironclads thirteen
wooden Vessels and seven Army trans
ports were destroyed by torpedoes. and eight
more vessels were more less injured The
Confedcrates lost four vessels by their own
mines and a fine ironclad. the Albemarle. by
the counter operations OF the United States
fleet
The Paraguayan war Of 1SG4-'GS furnished
the next occasion for the employment Of the
torpedo in warfare. Immediately after the Bra
lillian feet entered the waters of that State
fine roncad, the Rio de Janeiro, sunk by
two torredoes against which she had struck.
Subsequently a division OF the fleet past
the batteries Of Curupaty. only to find itself
entrapped between two lines Of torpedoes, but
the defective nature of the machines prevented
"A serious disaster.
FIRST BAD DISASTER
In the Russo Turkish War Of 1S17-'7S the
Russians made very decisive use of torpedoes.
Through their agency the armored feet the
Danube was held In check without the aid OF
a single Russian warship and successful inva-
sion was rendered impossible. Eight attacks
were made by the Russians with torpedoes, two
or which were successful. In one a steamer
was sunk at Batoum by Whitehead torpedo.
the hist triumph Of the weapon record.
In the war between Chill and Peru In 1880
II both sides made of torpedoes without
noteworthy results During the Franco Chinese
hostilties in lSS4-'S5 two naval vessels were
sunk 10y the French by the use of spar torpe-
does, and In the Gillian revolution Of 1881 the