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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-04
A SUCCESSFUL BENEFIT
A Large Crowd Enjoys the
''Fools Paradise"

The benefit performance, of the
"Fools Paradise" given last Fri
day for the Y. NJ. G. A. associa-
ton was a success in everyway.
The play is four act society COM
edy with most natural circumstance
in life presented in an easy, graceful
and intelligent manner. This is
the first time our talented local
company has ever appeared in this
class Of play and although much
more complicated than previous
productions, several parts were ad-
mirably performed. Miss Mona
Jean Nickel was "the widow"
Mrs. Merryweather, Of the play
and as were her other portrayals of
difficult characters, SO was this one,
easy, intelligent, and placing her.
self easily ahead of any artist who
has visited our city. Miss Lula
Nickel was an ideal Mrs. Fame and
played herself into the heart of the
audiance as was demonstrated by
the frequent applause that greeted
her. Messrs. G. w. Hersinger. N.
Meyrs and A. @. Mclean were hap
ply cast and developed exceptional
talent. Little Miriam Reed was pret.
ty and played most important
part in her own perfect manner.
Mr.. L. Mitchell deserves much
credit for his stirling productions
and everyone knows he played his
role as only stirling actor can
play.
The Y. M. G. A. association
netted over $50. which goes to
make up and help support a most
worthy institution.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-04
Comrads Meet.

Capt. w. ID. Stephenson and
wife who arrived in the city last
Monday from the southern part Of
the state, were entertained Tues
day evening by the veterns of the
Spanish American war, At the Jer-
sey hotel, where a sumptious ban
quet had been prepared. Capt.
Stephenson was the regimental
chaplin from this state and during
the progress of the repast, many
toasts were offered of daring
deeds and brilliant exploits
Of bravery during the Philippine
campaigns. A most enjoyable
evening was spent and each com.
rade present wished the Captain
God speed on his journey to Alta.
basca, B. G. where he goes to look
for lands that he may use in con.
tinuing stock raising in that terri.
tory.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-04
COMMITS SUICIDE.
John A. Muhr.s Body Found
At Nez PerCe.

At Nez PerCe.
The body OF John A Muir was
found hanging flom rafter in bis
room, his flesh had dried up to
such an extent that when cut down
he weighed but 40 pounds, while
in life his usual weight was 1SO.
The young man had decided to
leave the city some four months
ago SO sold his property and de-
parted as everone supposed for
Wallace. Lest Monday someone
received letter from his father,
inquireing about him. His letter
aroused the authorities to the fact
thst perhaps he had committed sui
eide and on going to his room hop
ing to find some clue, they found
the door locked and the windows
nailed fast, when the door was
broken in the lifeless body was
found hanging from a rafter.
No cause for the rash act can be
learned he seemed in good health
and had some money in his pocket.
The suposition is that he was
slightly demented.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-04

Wedding rings made to order on
short notice. Dunlap, the jeweler.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-05-04

For Sale-A few full blood Po-
land China shoats. Registration
papers furnished. G. A. Cowgirl,
4 miles west of Grangeville on Tolo
road.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Praise for American Militia.

The strength of the American land
forces lies in its national guard or vol
unteers, both for home defense and
also for expanding the regular army
in time of war. A rifle team of the
Seventh regiment of these volunteers
came over from New York last year
to shoot against team of our queens
Westminster volunteers. No country
in the world, under any condition OF
service, could have produced finer and
more intelligent men than these Amer
lean citizen soldiers, and if they are
a specimen of the volunteers of the
United States-as doubtless they are
that power has no more to fear as
to her land forces than she has as to
her navy.-London Speaker.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
uestuckjnns Beware,

Woman after woman lined up at the
glove counter and got waited on. but
the call Of the woman with the book
under her arm was still rnhccdcd.
why is it," she walled 10 passing
7cquaintance, that | can't get any
uody TO sell me pair of glovcs:'
1t is that book that does all the
Mischief" said the acquaintance. You
will never get waited on properly so
lon. as you go shopping with Il book
tucked under your arm. 1t gives you
a studious look. and shop girls abhOr n
blueStocking of any description. They
claim women with literary tcnden-
les buys in small quantities, at low
priccs; therefore it doesn't pay TO give
,Leir time to her until all the smart
DuStomers have been waited on. -
New York Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
The oreqon a Back Number.

When, in 1898. the Oregon took Cap
tain Clark's bit in her teeth and gal.
loped, in her somewhat numbering bat.
tleship way, from San Francisco to
Santiago, $4,000 miles, in less than six
weeks, she was reckoned one of the
best and most up-to-date warships
afloat. She had been commissioned
less than two years before. That was
seven years ago. How quickly do the
mighty fall in naval warfare at this
day! The Oregon is ordered home
from the China station now to be com.
pletely overhauled. Everything she
has is to go by the board. Modern"
guns and modern" appliances and
machinery will be substituted for what
has grown ancient since your baby
was born. The Oregon is practically
obsolete to-day.-New York Mail.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Tax Revolt in Hungary.

The Budapest correspondent of the
London Express says that Count Lichy
declares that the Hungarian rcvolu'
ton to break the imperial ties with
Austria has begun.
As the Premier, Baron Fcjervary, has
threatened to stop the salaries of mu'
nicipal officials obeying the command
Of the Opposition not to pay the taxes
they receive into the Treasury, Count
Zichy has promised 100000 to recoup
the officials for the losses they may
sustain. Baron Wesselenyi has prom.
iscd 5000 for n similar purpose.
The Opposition are at present con.
sdcring remarkable proposal to cs-
tablish kind of opposition Ministry
of Finance. to which taxes received
by the municipal athorities will be
paid. The money thus received will be
used for the payment of officials sal
aries, interest on the National debt,
and, if the Governments funds run
out, TO maintain Hungarian credit.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
HONEST PHYSICIAN.
Works with Himself yirst.

1t is a mistake to assume that ply
sicians are always skeptical as to the
curative properties of anything else
than drugs.
Indeed, the best doctors are those
who seek to heal with as little use
Of drugs as possible and by the use
of correct food and drink. A physi-
clan writes from Calf. to tell how he
made a well man Of himself with
Natures remedy:
Before ! came from Europe, where
! was born" he says, lit was my Gus
tom to take coffee with milk (cafe au
laiD with my morning meal a small
cup (cafe noir) after my dinner and
two or three additional small cups at
my club during the evening.
In time nervous symptoms deyol-
oped, with pains in the cardiac region,
and accompanied by great depression
of spirits, espondency-in brief, the
blues." at first tried medicines,
but got no relief and at last realized
that all my troubles were caused by
coffee. | thereupon quit its use forth
with substituting English Breakfast
Tea.
The tea seemed to help me at first,
but in time the Old distressing symp-
toms returned and | quit it also, and
tried to use milk for my table bev-
erase. This was compelled however
to abandon speedily, for. while it re-
lieved the nervousness somewhat, it
brought on constipation. Then by a
happy inspiration | was led TO try u!
Postum Food Coffee This was some
months ago and still use it. | am
no longer nervous. nor do suffer
from the pains about the heart, while
my blues have left me and life Is
bright to me once more. | know that
leaving off coffee and using Postum
healed me- and | make It a rule 10
advise my patients to use it, Name
given by Postum Co, Battle Creek.
Mich.
.beTe's q reason.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
HARDWOOD DISAPPEARS.
Problem Of the Supply Twenty Years
Hence Serious One.

Where the American people will
draw their supply of hardwood from in
1925 or 1850 is perplexing question"
said William ]. Tisdale of Bay City, to
the Milwaukee Free Press. walnut
has practically disappeared from the
face of the earth, commercially speak
ing, and oak, ash and cherry will 80
the same way in another quarter or
half century. They are fast being
cut down and nothing is done to renew
the supply. The day is not far distant
when the world will look to the vast
forests of Siberia, South America and
Africa for hardwood and even this ap-
parently limitless supply must some
day be exhausted. There is biz
quantity there yet, as the manufactur-
ing in those regions is quite limited,
but when the sawmills of America get
to work on them they cant survive
long. There are many mills in Michi-
gan and in other states that use up fifty
acres of lumber in one day and get
away with twenty-five square miles of
it in a year. That is fast work and the
forests of this planet are limited. 1t is
estimated that in few years, say four
or five the supply of oak, ash, cherry
and mahogany will be as completely
exhausted as is that of walnut at the
present time. Unsettled countries
must then contribute their hardwood
freely TO the furniture factories of
America. and oak or ash kitchen cabi-
nets will be unknown in the homes of
people of moderate means"
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
LAST OF THE AFRICAN RULERS
Lerothodi, Great Chief Of the Basutos,
Is Dead,

Lerothodi, Basuto chief and last OF
the great native rulers, is dead. Des'
perate fighter, keen diplomat and able
ruler, Lerothodi made his mark in the
history Of South Africa from the time
he became chief. He was the leader
Of a nation of 100000 people jealous
of their freedom, born fighters keen
for battle, and in the troublous times
when the government of Basutoland
was shifting between Cape Colony and
the Imperial government Lerothodi
proved his leadership. He was a big,
stout man, who in his later days wore
European clothes even in the kraal
He was described as the Paramount
Chief of the Basutos, a position
largely due to the fact that he was
descended from the chief who found.
ed the tribe in the early part of the
century.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
GOOD BLOOD FOR BAD
rheumatism and O;her Blood Dis
eases are Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills

"Tn the lead mines was at work on my
knees with my elbows pressed against
rock walls. in dampncss and extremes of
cold" said Mr. J. G Meukel. of 2915
jackson avenue, Dubuque, Iowa, III de-
scriblng his experience To reporter,
land it is not surprising that | con-
tracted rheumatism. For three years l
had attacks affecting the joints of my
ankles, knees and elbows. My ankles
and knees became 50 swollen / could
scarcely walk on uneven ground and u
little pressure from Il stone under my
feet would cause me so much pam that
would nearly sink down. | WAS often
Obliged to lie i'll bed for several days II; u
time. My friends who Were similarly
troubled We're getting 10 relief from
doctors and did not feel encouraged to
throw money away for nothing. by
chance | read the story Of Robert Yates.
of the klauer Manufacturing Co, of
Dubuque, who had IA very bad case of
rheumatism | decided to try DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. tho
remedy he had used. In three or four
weeks after beginning to use the pills, |
was much better and in three months l
was well The swelling of the joints
and the tenderness disappeared, | could
work steadily and for eight years have
had no return of the trouble. My whole
family believe in DIR. Williams Pink
Pills. Both my sons use them. We
consider them Il household remedy that
we are sure about
What DR.. Williams Pink Pills did for
Mr.. Meukcl they are doing for hundreds
of others. Every dose sends gall"pInE
through the veins. pure, strong, rich, red
blood that strikes straight at the cause of
NIL i'll heolth The new blood restores
regularity, and braces all the organs for
their special tasks. Get the genuine DIR.
Williams Pink Pills at your druggists
or direct from the DR.. Williams Mcdi-
cine Co.. Schenectady, N
Lodger (who has just had a plate Of
empty oyster shells laid before him
What on earth have YOU brought these
for Servant-Please, sir, they was
all wot was left after | cleaned the in
sides out.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
INDIAN luCClERS.
The Marvellous Tricks of These Eastern
Fakirs.

yesterday" says the writer. eve
when we passed a village. and on the
roadside a juggler was resting.
I'VE said to him. 'Juggle" We stood
within six feet of him, all the time,
and he WAS half naked.
He took Il rudcly carved little boat,
empty and nnGackcd, about eight inches
by four inches, with one thwart across
it with hole for a mast. We all eX-
amincd this boat and handed it round.
1t was empty. He then stuck BAN.
boo stick about two feet long in the
hole and then took cOcOanut and
handed it round. This cOcOanut was
empty. with three holes in it. 1t was
a small one, and we all saw and felt it
was empty.
HE then stuck the nut on the bam-
boo and stuck little bamboo spout in
one hole Of the nut and stood five yards
off ana said, Spout" And it spoutcd
water like l O'Clock for long time.
He said. stop" and it stopped; Spout"
and it spouted. 1t spouted much more
water than could ever have been in tic
nut Or boat.
"All the time the man. who had a
monkeys skull with him, kept on say.
ing. 'Bandar ka copra' cmonkeys 5
skull) over and over again.
From Mr.. Hugh Clifford Mr.. Lang has
Il similar story. The juggler was a
Malay, who stroked with his fingers
the blade Of long knife or kris. Mr..
Clifford saw water fall, drop by drop,
from the blade, which became flaccid,
like a strip of India rubber. Thrown
Oh the ground, it bounced about. but
was knife blade again when lifted
by the jugglcr. This looks like n
clever case of ''palming' a thin bag full
of water for the knife blade. But
there was no water on the mat on
which Mr.. Clifford saw the drops fall
ing.-St. James Gazette. ,,.,.,>
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
GALY STONES

I have a request for a lecture upon
the subject of Gall Stones. 1t is an
Interesting subject and l will comply
with the request giving a full descrip-
lion of q safe and practical method OF
home treatment in the near future.
All readers of this publication are
ut liberty to write for any Informal
ton pertaining. TO the subject OF health.
Address all communications TO the
Home Health Club, or to DR.. David IL.
Reeder, Laporte, Ind, with name and
address in full and with at least four
cents in postage
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Keen Observation Made Him Rich

Prof. Blake, the head of the elec
trical department at the University
of Kansas. has been taken into a rich
company that will make submarine
signals. Prof. Blake made the discov
cry years ago and patented 1t. When
boy he noticed that if he dived and
another kid knocked two rocks togeth
err under water he could hear =, as
all boys know. He applied electric
wires to this theory and it Is expected
will get rich
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Compliment Pleased Crown Prince.

Germany attended some military ma
neuvers at Doeberitz the other day
dressed as lieutenant of hussars. A
poorly dressed lad selling picture post
cards approached and begged him tc
buy, saying: Herr Lieutenant, here
is the very latest picture of the crown
prince and his young wife. Are they
not a handsome pair?" The prince
bought couple, paying ten prices fol
them, much to the boys astonishment
and on his return home next day told
the princess of the compliment the lad
had paid her.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

miral Togo shortly after the battle
admitted that his flagship suffered Sc.
verely-more so than aay vessel in
his main squadron"
1t is not believed the loss Of the
battleship will cripple Japan's navy
seriously, since she has two new bat
tleships, the Kashima and Katori, now
on the ways and to be completed by
1906. and two others for which the
designs have been made, but which
cannot be delivered for effective serv'
ice much before 1908.
The disasters in the Japanese navy
previously reported were the battle
ships Hatsuse and Yashima, sunk by
mines; the cruiser Yoshino, sunk by
being rammed by the Kasuga, and the
cruisers Idzuma and Miyaka, sunk by
mines. The small unprotected cruiser
Kaimon also was lost.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
A Humorous Hint.

Truth notes specimen of American
msmor, received the other day by Il
London firm. 1t ran:
Our cashier fell unconscious at his
lesk this morning. Up 10 this time.
4 p. m. we have been unable to get a
word out of him. except your names.
May we say to him. with view to
bis immediate recovery, that we have
Fulr check, rs we think that is what :s
"A his :"-New York Press.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
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| (lH NM8HINGy,
klN20ZEbg5D.Q!!Hl2ZDg

The Kaiser has sent Il medal to
Brandcnburg woman. who has had
twins three times. She herself is
twin, and her mother gave birth 10
four sets of twins.
The Duke of Wellington pcfd bis
rent of the Strathfeldsage estates to
King Edward on June Is. the annvar-
sary of the Battle of Waterloo. The
rent consists of Il small French flag.
The British Deaa aand Dumb ASsocia-
ton met at Bowness, England, recent
ly and tie district was placardcd:
Motor Cars and Cyclists Beware-a
deaf and dumb congress is being held
this week.
The Empress of Russia is so catholic
in her taste for perfumes that she va
porizcs the royal apartments daily
with the concentrated essences of lilac,
jasmine. narcissus, jonquil, tubcrose
and white violets.
The body of Il Tyrolcse guide, who
fell into Il crevasSe on the glacier Of
Grossvenediger in the Austrian Alps
thirty years ago, has been found in
remarkable state of preservation at the
foot of the glacier
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The South American negroes have n
queer way of decorating the graves of
their dead friends. 1t is the custom
down there to make Il border around
the grave Of the medicine bottles used
during the dead ones last illness.
At a recent parliamentary election in
Carlisle, England, one of the candidates
was named Chance. His placards read:
Give Carlisle Il Chance" Those OF
his opponents read: Take no Chances
Vote for Sanderson." But the cleo
tors took a Chance.
Two stamps were once put into an
offcrtOry box by lady in Georgetown,
according to the Philadelphia Ledger.
They were two-cent stamps, issued in
British Guiana, in 1850. The lady had
come across an enTcope among her
papers bearing two of these stamps.
The incumbent, Canon Josa, sold the
envelope. with the two stamps on it,
| at auction, and it realized $1,000. ,....
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
Newspaper English.

None need be afraid Of spelling their
taste for good English by reading
newspapers. The articles are almost
always delightfully."- free from stilted-
ness and trite couyentionality. Which
is more than can be said of the average
cOlle-ian's usions.-pveAdent W..
So. of Princeton
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
CLUB NOTES. iaygg2i,
SlcenlnSSneSS.

{, One of our exchanges gives the fol
lowing cure for insomnia:
"I suppose all of us are suffering
from the invasion of electricity. My
old friend Bounce. who was a victim
of insomnia for forty years, thinks
he sleeps now better than any other
man on earth. He lost his way in the
Adirondacks and stayed over night in
the cabin of forester. His sleep was
the deep sleep Of a just man made per
feet, and in the morning he found that
he had not moved half an inch all
night"
Its the insulation the forester in
sisted. You city folks are killing
yourselves with contact. If you'll
break the contact you'll be able TO
slepe and get your nerves back.''
This matter of Contact was finally
explained to mean that our bedposts
are in contact with the floors, the
floors with the walls and the walls
with mother earth, so that whatever
personal magnetism man has in him
goes away in the night time, leaving
him like log on his mattress. The
forester had obtained four glass insu-
lators from telegraph poles somewhere
and screwed them on the posts of his
guest bed. SO that the electricity could
not run away. Bounce, the very day
he got home insulated his bed. and
from that moment to the present his
insomnia has been banished.
l have frequently recommended the
insulation of the bed for insomnia as
we'll as for others forms of nervous
ness. Try it.
Sumner.
DR.. David II. Rccder Laportc, Ind:
Dear Sir-I am an old Home Health
Club member. My record number is
216l. Have loaned my Club Books TO
friends in California. Would like some
information regarding my present con
dition. | am scvcnty-siX years old,
anc physicians say l have a bad case
ef aaemia, also itching Files. l aare
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
TEA

You can have good tea if
you want it, wherever you
are.
Your grocer returns your money II you don't Ike
Schiliing's I!eht.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

The Kaiser has sent Il medal to Il
Brandcnburg woman. who has had
twins three times. She herself is n
twin, and her mother gave birth 10
four sets of twins.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

The Duke of Wellington pcld bis
rent of the Strathiieldsage estates &c
King Edward on June Is. the annivar
sary of the Battle of Waterloo. The
rent consists Of Il small French flag.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22
DR.. David II. Rceder. Laportc Ind:

which you take two or three times per
week is an acute catarrhal difficulty,
or what some would call hay fever.
1t can be cured in nearly all cases by
the use of the tissue elements advo-
rated by DR.. Schucssler, of which !
lave so often spoken of in Club Notes.
The tissue elements will also relieve
the headaches and sick spells.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

The British Deaaand Dumb ASsocia-
ton met at Bowness, England. recent
ly and tile district was placardcd:
"MOtor Cars and Cyclists Beware-a
deaf and dumb congress is being held
this week.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-09-22

I must confess that the destruction
OF neas is not in my line. do not re-
member ever having been bitten by n
flea. and for that reason. perhaps, have
held no particular enmitJ toward the
e1Iive little pests. Perhaps some of
our readers who live where the fiens
IRE plentiful can give the desired in
formation. 1t will be thankfully re-
ceived by many.