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The Owyhee nugget. ([Silver City], Idaho) 1905-1984, 1907-09-13

Wanted, about eight cords of good
wood for early delivery, at Philipp's
Hardware Store.
Mr.. G. Van Curtiss two daughte S
will leave here tomorrow to attend
school at Forest Grove, near Portland,
Ore. His little son, Allen, will remain
here with his father and go to our home
school.
Hon. Q. o. Stockschlager, late candi-
date for the governorship on the demo-
cratic ticket and formerly one of the
judges Of the supreme court of the state
and always as genial gentleman as
there is in the state, stopped over last
night in town aud drove over to Meadow
creek today to look over band OF sheep
which is for sale. The Judge will get
back here today or tomorrow.
MIR. and Mrs Paul Nelson returned
home yesterday from a several weeks
visit to Long Beach, Oregon, and report
having had a most enjoyable time, both
at the seaside and at other points visit
ed while away. Mr.. aud Mrs. Andy
Wennerstien, who went with tn m from
here and who returned home several
days ago, did not accompany them fur
ther than Portland, where the lady was
placed under medical treatment by
which her health was materially i'm
proved.
New goods in Hardware, Graniteware,
Building and Roofing paper and Win
dows, just arrived at Philips.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
How a Hero Died.

Victor Hugo tells this story Of hero.
ism in the recently published book Of
his literary remains, Victor Hugo's
Intellectual Autobiography" "Anatole
Leray set out for Brussels, passed
through England and then embarked
for Australia. The day the steamer
arrived in sight of land storm arose.
The vessel capsized. The passengers
and crew nearly all succeeded in
reaching land by means of the life
boats or by swimming. Anatole Leray
was among the saved. Meanwhile in
the tumult of shipwreck, when the
pell-mell of the frightened wretches
rivals the chaos of the waves and
each thinks only of himself, a half
wrecked boat had remained in the
surge and was appearing and disap-
pearing in the waves; three women
clung to it despairingly.
"The sea was at the height of it's
fury; no swimmer, even among the
hardest of the sailors, dared to risk
himself They kept their eyes fixed
on their dripping garments. ,Anatole
Leray flung himselS into the surf. He
struggled hard, and had the satisfac-
tion of bringing one Of the women to
shore. He dashed in second time
and rescued another.
"He was worn out with fatigue, torn,
bloody. They cried out to him,
Enough, enough 'What?' said he.
There is still another And he flung
himself third time into the sea. He
never reappeared." ''
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22

keyed up to their best efforts. The
helmsman at the wheel never lifted
his eyes from the compass.
Down in the engineroom the flying
oil still stung the mems eyes blood
shot; it ran down their arms and
chests and out of the eyelets of their
shoes. The stationary parts of the
engine were inches deep with the
butter-like substances that flew out.
Now, the boiler rooms are alright,
so that the two forced-draught fans in
a wall may suck in air that can escape
only by going under the fire CRATES
and up through the Goals, and in these
prisons were locked the half-naked
stokers. They had shoveled tons of
coal on the white-hot fires, so fierce
that a shovelful of fuel turned red the
instant it touched the Goals and be-
fore the furnace door could be swung
shut.
AS the afternoon wore on and the
sun got down on the horizon, the
CLEAN of Cape Henry lighthouse, at
the mouth Of Chesapeake bay, showed.
clear ahead. The Worden was hull
down and out of sight in the lead. The
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Absent.Minded Composer.

The French composer Meilhac on
the occasion of the first presentation
of one of his operes entered fashion
able restaurant and threw himself
down at a table, thinking earnestly
about the event of the evening. A
waiter brought him menu.
Meilhac abstractedly indicated the
first dish on the bill that his eyes had
struck. 1t CHANGED that this was the
most elaborate and costly dish on the
bill, and when the waiter went to the
kitchen with the order there was great
commotion there. The proprietor was
summoned, and he and the chef de-
voted themselves to the preparation
of the famous dish. Meanwhile, Neil
hac waited, absorbed. At last the dish
was brought with great flourish, and
the proprietor, with a proud smile,
waited to observe the result. Neil
hac regarded the dish with an express
sion of melancholy interest.
did order that?" he asked.
Certain, Monsieur Meilhac."
do you like it?"
"Yes-yes, Monsieur, but"
Then kindly take it away and eat
it yourself" ordered Meilhac. land
bring me two fried eggs" The Bell
man,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
To Balance,

For more than week the teacher
had been giving lessons on the dog,
and so when the inspector came
down and chose that very subject
there seemed every prospect of the
class distinguishing itself on brilliant
essays about our canine friend.
Things were progressing quite salts
factorily, and the master was con-
graduating himself on the trouble he
had taken, when, alas! question was
asked which made him tremble for
the reputation of his scholars.
"Why does dog hang his tongue
out of his mouth?" asked the in
spector.
Eyes, my boy?" he said, to bright
looking lad who held up his hand,
while the light of genius was in his
eye.
"Please, SIR" cried the pupil, cts
to balance his tail"
And the teacher groaned in an
ellish
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
ALCOHOL VS.. COFFEE.
Use of the Former as a Beverage Is
Harmful.

The habitual use of sedatives-such
as alcohol, opium, morphia, choral,
cocaine and their allies-is to be con-
demned without qualification as false
in principle and fatal in result. 1t is
true that these drugs will one and all
relieve worry, Danish care and procure
peace of mind, but it is as true that
the worry, the care and the dispeace
will return, bringing seven devils with
them.
Let us turn now from the sedatives
to the stimulents. Must caffeine, as
represented by tea and coffee, fall un-
der like condemnation?
The sedatives we have condemned
because they do nothing for the life
of the body, but are opposed to it,
says DR.. C. w. Saleeby. The stimu-
liant, caffeine, on the other hand,
favors the life of the body, promotes
the process of combustion on which
life depends, increases vitality and
that power to work which is the ex-
preston of vitality.
Everywhere men find that cup OF
tea or coffee is refreshing; it produces
renewed vigor, it heightens the sense
of organic wellbeing, the conscious
ness of fitness an6 capacity. This is
utterly distinct from the action of alco-
hol or opium in deadening the sense
Of ill-being. +;
Tea and coffee have had many hard
words said of them. The trouble is
that people will not distinguish. Tea,
for instance, as commonly understood
in this country, is more nearly a
decoction than an infusion of the tea
leaf, and contains besides the theme
or caffeine very large proportion of
tannin or tanic acid. ,,,- -
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22

veloped his idea with the greatest
coolness, saying that he was advising
tor others what in like circumstances
he WoGid ask for himself.
He pointed OFT 70 me that he was,
before anyone else, charged With the
conservation of the army and conse.
quently 1t was his duty to prevent our
abandoned sick from falling alive I'M
der the scimiters of the Turks. I do
not seek, he went on, to overcome
your fepugnance, but believe sh Ill
tind some who will better appreciate
my Intentions Desgenettes goes on
to say that opium was, as matter of
fact, given to some 30 patients.
1t happened, however, that a certain
number rejected it by vomiting, were
relieved, got well and told what
happened. The story has been told
in various ways, and the fact of the
poisoning of the sick soldiers has been
accepted by the enemies of Napoleon
and denied by the defenders of his
memory. Desgenettes' narrative bears
the stamp of truth.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
In ITSELF
COMPLETENESS OF RICH MANS
COUNTRY HOME.
All the Necessities and Most of the
Luxuries of Life Are Afforded
Him Within His Own
Domain.

In buying land for city house the
millionaire deals with square feet;
but for a country mansion he pur-
chases a tract of so many square
miles. This extensive scale is car
ried through in all the arrangements.
When the estate is ready for occu-
pancy the owner finds himself lord
of a beautiful acreage, contributing
to his ever luxurious want-an from
its own resources.
To plan a country house is almost
like planning to build village. The
large estate is very complete af-
fair, indeed. Its center is the house,
which must be large enough to not
only properly accommodate the own
er and his family, but it must contain
suites of rooms for the numerous
guests with which 1t will be filled for
the week-ends and for longer periods.
The stable and the carriage-house are,
in their way, quite as necessary as
the dwelling. Many great stable
vies with the residence in size and
elegance of equipment. If the estate
is a large one, covering many acres,
there is a farmhouse for the farmer,
each particular industry of the farm
will have its own headquarters. If
the owner is addicted to polo, there
is a third and complete stable for the
ponies. There is a chicken-house for
the chickens and other fowls, and,
If this feature is sufficiently devel-
oped, a special residence for the per-
son having this matter in charge.
Dogs, If kept in ample variety, will
have well appointed kennels and q
caretaker's house in close proximity.
There Is dairy, with perhaps a
springhouse and cooling room for the
milk, and tiled-lined rooms in which
the butter will be made. The mar
ket garden has its array of hot-beds,
and the conservatories in which rare
plants are raised for the decoration
of the house are as extensive as those
in which plants are propagated for
IhS OuIuOOl e5dl uCho' ANOl ohOulO IAS
automobile house be overlooked, since
this popular vehicle competes with
the horse in meeting the needs Of the
house transportation; and, as likely
as not a repair shop forms a neces.
sary adjunct to it.
Buildings that minister to the phys
ical necessities of the estate are also
numerous. Every seQuestrated es-
tate-and almost all country estates
are sequestrated, since that is an
item of value in living in the country
requires its own water supply. 1t
is needless to say that it is often a
most expensive feature, calling not
only for steam pumps and elaborate
piping, but for special reservoirs
which in their developed form will be
lined with enameled brick.-Broad-
way Magazine.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
STORIES OF TAME FOXES.
One Made Playmate Of BuIIdog-An-
other Refuses to Be Lost.

4 friend Of mine in the Midlands, a
young doctor with natural history pro-
clivities, has two young foxes In
roomy pen in his stable yard, says
a writer in the London Pail Mall Ga
zette They were taken from the
earth in private wood, within reach
of which there is no hunt. One of the
pair managed to get out of bounds
lately, and becoming bewildered by
the traffic in the main street of the
busy little market town 1t ran hith-
er and thither, terror to some and
the butt of others, who tried their
best to kill the poor beast. The
fox, however, got the better of all
its pursuers and ran off into what
is locally termed 'the upper country"
beyond, so that all trace of it was
lost until the groom, who had been
attached to the little beast had the
happy inspiration to take out the bull
terrier in search of its playmate,
I Bully led in the direction, Of a park
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Hen chances color Of Feathers.

Prof William P. Ellis, of Bucking-
ham county, Pennsylvania, is the pos
SCISSOR of game hen which annually
changes her feathers to suit the vary
ing seasons. Early in the spring the
hen begins to show few white feath-
ers, which continue to get more and
more numerous until the first warm
days of May, when she regularly turns
out in suit of pure white.
This white dress she wears proudly
until the first days Of early fall, when
4 few black feathers begin to appear.
The black feathers increase as the
lays follow each other and usually by
Thanksgiving she has resumed her
,hining coat of black. k$
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Survivors of Seminole War

The Seminole war was put down 70
years ago. At Watrous, N. NJ, there
is venerable and worthy patriarch
named Madison Horn, whose neigh
bors boast that he is the sole survivor
of the Florida war. He is 8S and as
spry as a cricket. At West Palm
Beach, Fla, there is certain Judge
Andrew Jackson Lewis-born in
South Carolina, by the way-who
bears honorable scars as the result of
wounds received while he was fight
ing as a private in the ranks of a
South Carolina regiment against the
Seminoles. Judge Lewis is 80, and
although he fought four years in the
confederate army he looks strong and
active enough to shoulder his gun
again and keep step to the drums
tap.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Worden Takes Lead

The Worden, going steadily and
easily, gradually hauled away from
the rest at about noon. Her clean
bottom was in her favor. The cham.
pion Truxtun was beginning to lose
her grip in the wake of the leader,
whereat there were loud words and
much perspiration down in the en-
gineroom.
Four streams of smoke had been
coming from the Truxtun, but sudden
ly the smoke ceased to belch from her
two forward tunnels. She slowed
down to half speed. Something had
gone wrong in the boiler room.
The Whipple, running third, was
still hugging the shore to cut corners.
The Worden was forging steadily
ahead, her four columns of smoke
merging into one as she appeared low
and black on the horizon ahead.
To the rear and off to the left flank
the Hull was riding into the seas
and showering the spray over every
thing forward.
Then came the Stewart, hanging on
to the Hull and then the Hopkins, all
going like race horses, plunging and
mingling steam and smoke, with the
spume flying about them. The Hop
kins was making desperate plunges to
get away from the tail of the process
sion of flyers. She gradually crawled
up to forward the Hull. The Hull was
handicapped by being short-handed,
but she, too, took on a spurt and over
hauled the disabled Truxtun. She set
a pace that kept the Hopkins strain
Ing every nerve to maintain every
inch she had gained.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Worden Reaches Goal

Inside Cape Henry, at Hampton
roads. were ten battleships of Admiral
Evans fleet. This was the goal of the
destroyers. 1t was near nightfall when
a long streak of olive green came in
by Cape Henry, slashing through to-
ward the feet of big fighters. Her
sharp prov cut the waters with the
hiss of a razor cleaving a sheet OF
paper as she swished along like an eX-
press train, still going so fast that the
rush of wind she created whirled the
four streams of smoke into one and
fattened it out on the waters astern.
It was the Worden, the winner, going
easy and strong, rs miles an hour, as
she had from $50 o'clock in the morn
ing until 1880 in the evening.
The Hull, short-handed, came in Sec
ond. No other vessel came in up to
midnight. -.
In the morning hours of the second
day in came the flagship Whipple, with
the story of a disaster to the Hopkins,
the undefeated. The unbeaten had
nearly foundered in an effort to keep
up.
During the night the Truxtun had
fought her way down the coast with
all the speed that was in her and had
passed the Hopkins, the Whipple and
the Stewart The Hopkins had fought
so gamely that the officers had be-
come accuston. ed to the quiver of her
frame. But even steel gives way
sometimes. This time 1t was not in
the engine, but in a totally unexpected
quarter on the outside of the craft.
Projecting out from the underbody
of the stern is a steel sleeve envelop-
ing the propeller shaft. This shaft is
held to the hull by an upright as thick
as mans arm. The vibration caused
this shirt to break, and the steel
bludgeon, swinging around and around
with the shaft, tore a hole in the hull
before the engines could be stopped.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
The Race Begins

Lieutenant Commander Anderson
was holding the starters flag over the
contestants until they got in straight
line abreast. AT S:20 a. m. the signal
Make the best of your way" was run
up and the race was on.
Each prov pitched forward. The
sterns squatted to the suction of the
speed and the waves rolled I'D to
level with the deck aft and swept
astern, as if eager to escape the gath
ering speed. The Whipple took the
lead, hugging the shore. Next came
the Worden, to port, with the Truxtun
hanging on to her. 1t was at least 35
miles an hour from the start, and a.
gap opened between the trio in the
lead, as the Hull, Hopkins and Stewart
dropped back, making a second trio
lighting it out among themselves.
After two hours the Worden had
taken the lead, with the Truxtun sec
ond and the Whipple third. The Sec
ond trio scattered astern. The snnme
flew in showers over bows and bridges
and spluttered against the tunnels.
The sterns, built fiat as a floor to
counteract the powerful downward
suction of the propellers, squatted low,
while seas rolled up aft higher than
the decks. 1t seemed that they would
tumble in over the sterns and flood
the decks, but the swift-moving craft
were always just beyond reach as the
chaldron fiattened out and rushed
away in white foam.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
KILL TO PLEASE SWEETHEART.
One Way for an Abysslnian Youth to
Win q Bride.

"In Abyssinia the natives will kill
white men IN order to please their
sweethearts," declared Frank Mowrer,
formerly consul general to Adeta Abe
ba, and Just appointed consul at Leg
horn.
1T is never dangerous for white
man to travel in Abyssinia provided
he is accompanied by a native es-
cort, because those who compose such
an escort are always Trustworthy, but
a man takes his life in his hands II
he goes abroad alone. Not that the
natives are ferocious, but that he
could not be sure that one of them
had not made a pact with his sweet
heart to kill a man of white skin in
order to win her for his bride. The
native who wins such a distinction
wears a white feather in the back Of
his hair.
Among all the 1000, 900 of popula-
tion and in the entire area equal to
New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and
New England, there are but two
white women in Abyssinia. They are
the wives of two consular officials.
Strange to say, the national game is
hockey, but Caucasians cannot play
it very much because of the climate.
The natives work but little and eat
raw meat They kill an elk, peel on
the skin as you would peel banana,
drain off the blood and proceed with
the feast. Every Abyssinian is a
good butcher.
ITO the lover of nature Abyssinia
is a paradise. In my journey through
the land l saw thousands upon thou
sands of different species of birds that
were beautiful in their plumage and
sweet in their songs Occasionally !
heard the faraway roar of lions, those
mighty beasts that promenade the
forests and seldom molest human be-
ings unless they are attacked. The
Abyssinians never use a light at
night, no matter where they are, and
sit in the dark and converse. There,
fore they have good eyes. And they
have wonderfully white teeth, made
so by cleaning them with the spread
ed ends of a small stick"
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22
Popularity of Hair

A woman leading two children
stepped into a barber shop with her
charges.
Il want their hair trimmed" she
said, "but not all the way round.
only want it trimmed off even. It Is
just the right length on the right
side, but too long on the left side. l
had their hair trimmed only a little
while ago, and here 1t is noticeably
longer on the left side. don't be-
lieve 1t was trimmed evenly in the
first place."
"Oh, yes, it was" the barber as
sured her. 1T grows faster on the
left side, that is ALL Most peoples
hair does grow faster on that side,
but it is on children's heads that we
are most likely to notice it,
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22

patient scream of steam, telling OF the
suppressed eagerness to be off.
The line headed for the starting
point, off the Scotland lightship. The
wind was fresh. 20 miles an hour from
the west-southwest, with lumpy sea
rolling off shore. AS they neared the
post the feet closed in on one another,
jockeying for position. All had records
of about 35 miles They cut across
one another's stems with the swiftness
of an arrow or curved in circles with
the gracefulness of swallow.
The line glided out past Sandy Hook
and headed for the starting point off
the Scotland lightship. The wind was
fresh, 20 miles an hour, from the
west-southwest, with lumpy sea roll
ing off shore. AS they neared the post
the fleet closed in on one another in
confusion in jockeying for position.
They cut across one another's stems
with the swiftness of an arrow or
curved in circles with the gracefulness
of a swallow. Now one would plunge
ahead, to be halted in a swirl Of hiss
ing bubbles, as the twin screws
churned the sea to check too much
self at the head of the line and sui
lenly wait for the others to come up.
Generally it is not good nautical man
ners to GUST the flagship from her
place at the head of the line, but the
craft were hot for the contest and
many, from stoker to shoulder straps,
had wagers on the result. 1t was diff
cult to pick the favorite. All had
made 2S, 30, or 80 knots, which equals
35 miles an hour, or express train
time, on their trial trips. Considering
the Difference due the flagship, many
picked the Whipple as winner, others
thought much of the Worden, because
her bottom had just been scraped and
painted, to the non-resistance of
creased steel, while all the others had
more or less foul bottoms, not having
been in dry dock for some time. The
majority favored the TruXtun, for she
and was supposed to have the best
crew that ever stepped aboard tor
pedO-bOat destroyer. The bluejackets
pinned their faith in the well known
grit and never-give-up of the Hopkins,
while the champions of the Stewart
and Hull argued that these vessels
could keep up as fast clip as their
sisters.
The flagship Whipple happened to
be heading the fleet as the ships bore
down on her Off on her starboard,
running nose and nose with the flag
ship, was the Truxtun, and to port
was the Worden forging ahead. The
Stewart also off to port, was gath
ering headway and pulling into line.
The Hopkins was tumbling the seas
outward from each bow as she came
up toward the line, and the Hull hung
on the left flank.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1907-08-22

not before the wardroom had been
flooded. AS the wide compartments
near the center of the vessels filed,
she sank until her decks were awash,
and preparations were made to aban-
don ship. A distress rocket was sent
up that was seen by the Whipple and
the Stewart. They gave up the race
for honors and went hard about to aid
the Hopkins. 81.
The Hopkins lifeboats had been un-
lashed and swung out on the dayits.
All the steam and hand pumps were
put to work. 1t was a question of
whether the craft would live or
founder. 1t was nip and tuck between
the pumps and the onrushing waters.
The Whippie and Stewart closed in
on the Hopkins. Then the Wnipple's
wireless operator called on Newport
News for help. At daybreak the navy
tugs Washneto and Hercules came out
and lashed themselves alongside the
cripple and towed her into Newport
News, where no time was lost in get
ting the Hopkins into dry dock.
But all that is but bit of the price
of an efficient navy.