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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Fathers and Children.

I'm the earlier years." says Pastor
Charles K. Jefferson in the Woman's
Home Companion, children can be
controlled by their mother, but by and
by there comes a time when they begin
to note the conduct Of the father. No,
eyes are keener than the eyes of a
child. He sees everything the father
does. He reflects on what the father
does not do. His logic is memorable.
He argues his way to conclusions
which cannot be shaken.
IF his father does not pray, prayer
must be unnecessary. Grown men
surely know what is needed. If his
father never reads the Bible then the
big book can be dispensed with. Fa-
theirs know what books are most worth
reading. If he does not go to church
then church attendance is a pastime
and not a duty, for men so old and
wise as father is would not neglect
church if church We're of value 10
them"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Couldn't Leave.

They were late at the special sale
and found a crowd clear out to the
doors.
isn't it dreadful?" asked No. 1.
Perfectly awful" replied No. 2.
think of cultivated, intelligent WON
en- in such a jam as that!"
How can they endure itT
mo woman of dignity would be
caught in such a mob. and | am going
right back home"
$50 am l."
Then come on. Hold on a minute,
though. What's that woman sayingr'
why, that she got three cakes of
regular ten cent soap for Is cents. Oh.
Susan, how can we go homer
I'VE can't. Take hold Of my hand,
turn your shoulder to the crowd. and
we will push our way in there or die
in the attempt. Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
FURNISHING A ROOM.
Try to Convey the Impression Of Re.
pose and Hominess.

Try to Convey the Impression of Re.
pose and Hominess.
The furniture which we select should
be designed for its livable qualities. 1t
Ii not a question of whether the room
is furnished consistently with Louis
XVI. furniture or with empire or with
something else, but whether the furni-
ture combines with the walls and floors
and ceiling to complete a DON with a
single impression-hominess restful-
ness, repose.
Now. repose and restfulness depend
very largely upon color harmonies, and
1t Is therefore well that our furniture
harmonic In this respect. A room
which contains a chair or two In wal
nut. others in mahogany and fumed
oak and a sofa in golden oak cannot
help being bad. Such a room il bound
to affect the nerves of every sensitive
person who comes into the room.
For this reason a room should be
very predominantly mahogany in color.
very predominantly fumed oak or very
predominantly something else, but 1t
should not be a mixture. With q pan
eled interior Of gray, mahogany will go
very beautifully, whether 1t be Chip
pendale. Sheraton or colonial OF all
three mixed. = Lionel Robertson and
T. G. O'Donnell in Good Health.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
The Family Look.

No eloquence of tongue, nothing that
stands written In any book, may sway
the heart as does that elusive quality
the race mark In a face. And this Is
true less of the obvious physical aspect
than of its thousand secret connota-
lions. All the world knows the Haps-
burg lip, the jaw line Of the Bona
parties, the subtler marks of clanship
keep their eloquence for their own.
Consciously or not, each family group
stands before these symbols as the
small company of the learned might
before some Inscription on a desert
ruin. Mere strokes and scratches to,
you and me. To the few who under
stand here is the key that unlocks the
past.
So the family look. In the arch Of
an eye orbit, the curve Of chin, we
read the signature of race. Chance,
imprint maybe. maybe seal Of some
struggle so profound as to have set
our lips at this particular angle, or
through dimming a~ttenuations to per
petuate a gesture born a thousand
years ago in joy or in some stark
agony of body or of soul.
The family look. The first we re-
member; the last we shall forget
Elizabeth Robins In Harper's Maya
zine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Donizetti and Coffee.

Donizetti. composer of Lucia di
Lammermoor," sought inspiration in
the c%offeepot. 1t would be interest
ing to know accurately the total
amount Of coffee this erratic genius
managed to consume during his short
career. 1t was his habit to shut him.
self up in his room with writing ma
terials and three or four %coffeepots
full Of steaming coffee. When these
were emptied he ordered in three or
four more and, these disposed of In
their turn. another three or four. His
biographer says that the mount Of
coffee he drank was fabulous" and
one can well believe it The effect on
his nee fine constitution vas deplor-
able. His face shriveled and turned
yellow, his lips became black, and with
the inevitable breakdown Of his nerv-
GUS system his genius fell rapidly into
premature decay.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
CAPTURING A GIRAFFE.
The Animal is Too Fragile to Snare In
Traps or Pitfalls.

The Animal Is Too Fragile to Snare In
Traps or Pitfalls.
Perhaps you have often wondered
about the scarcity of CRATES in pub
lie ZOOS. The reason that only a very
few menageries car boast Of this ex-
hibit is on account Of the difficulty In
capturing and transporting them.
The long legged and long necked ami
NAL, keen of eye and nose and ear, can
see, smell and hear a hunter miles
away. Hunters cannot employ traps
and pitfalls against him. His fragile
legs would be crushed liz a trap, and
both his legs and neck would be bro
ken in a pitfall.
There is only n way to capture a
giraffe alive. He must be surrounded
and chased until from sheer WEAKNESS
he s~taggers helpless into a bamboo in
closure.
Peril lies in shipping the giraffe for
his voyage on the sea. The giraffe's
legs break very easily. If he slips the
fragile underpinnings double under
him and snap. In transferring the ami
NAL from shore to ship his long, help
less neck may become tangled in the
tackle or strike a spar, mast or shroud,
in which event it's all over with Mr..
Giraffe.-Chicago Herald.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
JaQuery SUGAR,

Though a Tmail poem enumerates
SUO ways in which the Palmya palm
may be used, one of its most interest
ing uses Is the production of a sugar
called jaggery. This is the result of
boiling down the fresh juice and is
n Of the chief sugars of South India.
-Four or five quarts per tree per day
is the yield for four or five months.
Once In every three years the sap
drawing process is omitted. as other
wise the tree would die. The tree be
gins to yield at fifteen years and con.
tinues for about fifty years. The fe
male tree yields about twice as much
sap as the male. Three quarts of this
sap make one pound Of sugar or jag
gerry, which Is the chief sugar used by
the poor classes Of India. -Argonaut
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
The Great Bio Moon.

The full noon is very deceptive to
those who attempt to estimate its APP
parent size in the sky. Most people
would assert that the great big moon"
could entirely blot out the lovely clus.
ter of the Pleiades, which glitters in
the constellation of Taurus, but actual.
~ the full noon could, and occasion.
ally does, pass through the Pleiades
and only succeeds in hiding a few of
the stars comprising 1t. So small in
deed is the moor when in Its full phase
e dominates the night sky that a three
penny piece held at arms length will
completely eclipse it-Pall Mall Ga
Eette.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Interval.

The twenty-year-old daughter of the
president of one bank, director of two
others and a railroad or two stood be-
fore her dressing table in a brown
study. Meanwhile
Three men, Zach one of whom want
ed to make a loan of 100000. paced
the floor.
Her father sat inwardly funaing In
the auto while a hundred BUSINESS let
tiers remained unread.
Twenty clerks paused until the work
of a day could be given out.
Six cylinders. accomplishing nothing,
buZZed on.
-Four servants, leaving their morn
ing's routine, rushed aimlessly about
And the girl called: "Oh, papa, 1t
isn't my fault. | cannot find my
gloves!'-Life.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Ihraa Irua Steela.

Iron and carbon steel. vanadium
steel and tungsten steel are pointed
out by Professor ]. o. Arnold, British
metallurgist, as the three true steels.
The second kind is iron and carbon
steel with 5 per cent Of vanadium.
the iron carbide having ceased to ex-
list, and vanadium carbide being pres
ent. and the third kind is iron and
carbon steel having 11.5 per cent Of
tungsten, the iron carbide having been
expelled by the tungsten. Iron and
carbon steel hardens at $50 degrees G..
vanadium steel just below 1,45O de-
grees. its melting point, and tungsten
steel at $50 degrees to 1000 degrees
San Francisco Chronicle.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Temperature of the Earth.

1t has been generally believed that
the temperature increased at almost a
constant rate from the earth's surface
toward it's center, but this supposition
appears to be incorrect in the light of
recent experiments. In one mine the
average rate Of increase in tempera-
ture, carried down to 5000 feet, was
one degree for each $50 feet of de-
scent. Various results have been OBJ
tanned from measurements in other
places. No temperature variations
were shown between depths of 1,400
feet and 1890 feet in the Kalgoorlie
mines In Australia. These and other
observations are considered as indi.
eating that the increase Of tempera
lures with depth in the earth is not
governed by any general law.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
COALING WARSHlPS AT SEA.
Sixty Tons of Fuel an Hour Whirlsd
From Vessel to Vessel.

Sixty Tons of Fuel an Hour Whirlsd
From Vessel to Vessel.
How the British vessels OF war are
coaled while sailing through heavy
seas at a rate of twelve miles an hour
without hindering their activities In
any way is told in the Manchester
Guardian:
A collier packed to the matches with
coal gets into touch by wireless with
a %battleship whose bunkers need to be
replenished On sighting the vessel
the supply ship maneuve until 1t is
within 400 feet Of the battleship. The
collier then dispatches a small boat
that carries two cables. One end Of
each Is attached to the masthead of
the supply vessel. The lines pay out
as the boat advances. and when 1t
reaches the warship the sailors fasten
the cables to the stern OF the ship on
the port and starboard sides.
The two ships, therefore, travel In a
straight line fastened together. while
from the mast Of the collier to the
deck of the warship stretches a trans
poht SdbiC " IL W. odSc
Sacks Of coal that weigh a ton are
hoisted from the foot Of the Golfers
mast to a platform at its head. below
which there is a net to protect deck
hands from falling pieces of coal. By
means of wheels that run on the cable
automatic winches force the load along
the sloping transport line at u rate of
5000 feet a minute. On reaching the
deck of the b~attleship the load is au
tomatically released, and the rams
porter starts on its return journey.
By means Of this apparatus sixty
tons of coal can be carried every hour
across the gap of water tina separates
the supply ship from the ~battleship
The great advantage is that both
vessels can move at the rate of
twelve knots an hour while the coaling
goes on.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
BACKING Him Out.

Sir Herbert Trees wit Is well known
among his friends. and they tell some
very good stories ABOUT his funny re
marks at rehearsals.
Once during the rehearsal of a Ger.
tain play Sir Herbert asked a very
young and by no NEAR brilliant ac-
tor who faneied himself greatly to
step back a little" The actor did so,
and Tree went on rehearsing. A little
later the famous manager repeated his
request, and the youth obeyed again.
Shortly afterward Tree once more
asked him to "step a little farther
back"
But If | do" complained the youth
full II ruefully. 81 shall be complete
ly off the stage"
YES" answered Tree quietly, that's
rightr'-London Globe.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
CREMATION IN INDIA.
The Brahman's Funeral Pyre and the
Ceremony of Burning.


After the body of a Brahman has
beer anointed with sesamum oil the
big raes are bound together and the
two thumbs. 1t is then dashed to a lit
ter made Of two long parallel poles. to
which are fastened seven transverse
pieces of wood The shroud is very
simple. a large piece of cloth wrapped
round the body and bound with ropes
Of straw. If the dead Brahman leaves
a will his face is not covered; other
wise the shroud is brought up over the
head
The burning ground, or CHAT, Is usu,
ally near a river that those who have
taken part I'm the ceremonies may puri-
fy themselves as quickly and as easily
as possible. Before erecting the flu.
neral pyre a shallow pit is dug and
partially filed with dry wood; the body
Is covered with splinters of dry wood
and sprinkled with panchagaria, an in
flammable liquid, and placed on the
pyre and covered with branches and
roots, like a hut.
The nearest relative or heir then
takes a lighted taper and sets fire to
the four corners of the pile and leaves
at once to perform the ceremony of
publication. The carriers, being of the
lowest caste, remain until the body Is
entirely consumed.-Westminster Ga
yQttn HH
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
CURIOUS PENALTIES.
Some That Were inflicted In the Early
Days In New York.

Jays In New YORK.
When New York, or as 1t was then
called, New Amsterdam, was under
Dutch rule. some peculiar penalties
were enacted. In 1912 a defendant in
an action for Islander was sentenced
ito throw something in the box for
the poor" In 1914 Thomas Cornell, a
soldier. was tried for desertion and
sentenced ito be conveyed to the place
of execution. and there fastened to a
stake and a ball fired over his head. as
an example to other evildoers."
In 1917 Jonas Jonassen, a soldier, for
was ordered Ito ride a wooden horse
three days. from 2 p. m. to the con-
clusion Of the parade, with a fifty
pound weight tied to each foot" In
1913 an Englishman found guilty of a
grave offense was pardoned on con-
dition that he saw 1rewood for one
year for the West India company.
In the time of the commonwealth, In
England, drunkards at Newcastle-on-
Tyne were sentenced to carry about a
tub, with holes I'm the sides for the
arms to pass through. In 1904, in Scot
land. David Leyes, for striking his
father, was compelled 10 appear before
the congregation at church, '.bairheddit
and b%airfuttit." with a paper above his
head inscribed with large letters. BE.
hold the onnaturall son, punished for
putting hand on his father. and dis.
honoring God in him."-Exchange.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
HIS HARD TASK.
n Wearied Him, and Yet We All Face
the Same Problems.

IL We0FI0d niHIp anu -
the Same Problems.
A friend once asked an aged man
what caused hin to complain so often
at eventide Of pain and WEAKNESS
Alas" replied he, Il have every DAY
SO much to do. l have two falcons to
tame. two hares to keep from running
away, two hawks to manage a ser
pent 10 confne, a lion to chain and q
sick man to tend and wait upon
well, WELL" commented his friend,
you are busy indeed! But ! didn't
know that you had anything to DO
with a menagerie. How. then. 90 you
make that out?'
why" continued the old man, lis
ten. Two falcons are my eyes. which
| must guard diligently; the two mares
are my feet, which l must keep from
walking In the ways Of sin; the two
hawks are my hands, which must
train to work that I may provide for
myself and those dependent on me as
we'll as for a needy friend occasionally;
the serpent Is my tongue, which must
keep ever bridled lest it speak un'
seemly; the lion Is my heart, with
which, l have a continual fight lest
evil things come out of 1t. and the sick
man Is my whole body, which Ii al
ways needing my watchfulness and
care. All this daily wears out my
strength"
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
COMPETITION IN SAVING.
A Challenge a Wife Accepted and a
Contest In Economy.

A Challenge a Wife Accepted and a
Contest In Economy.
The following is an account of what
competition did toward encouraging a
bank account:
II am on a newspaper. | have al
ways made Il salary in excess OF sim
pile living requirements, but | was a
Tree spender and did not save.
"a baby came, and | felt an added
responsibility. | was enthusiastically
frightened for the first time in my life.
Then l gave the matter of saving some
thought, but | could not decide upon
any course of action.
"At the office n day a business dis.
cussion made me see that what | need
ed In my home was competition.
''That night on my arrival home |
said to my wife that | would, begin
ming the next Saturday. give her half
OF my salary and | would keep the
other half, and we each take an equal
share of the household expenses.
"At the end of the first month l left
my bank book ON the library table.
wanted to surprise her. That evening
she handed 1t to me and said she
thought | was doing fine. Looking at
her closely, | saw that she realized she
vas challenged. She did not speak,
however, of any intention she might
have had In mind.
"A month later l found her bank
book on the library table identically as
I had left mine. She had beaten me,
for her savings showed $1,000 more
than my own for the corresponding
month and SIS in excess Of my depos-
its for the first month.
"We are now in a race. We both
have the saving habit. We have enough
20 buy a home if we should join funds
American Magazine.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Golf In Scotland.

In ancient times, when Scotland al
ways had work for her soldiers to do,
all young men were required to perfect
themselves In archery. They preferred
to play golf. and so serious a rival did
the game become that 1t was for a
time suppressed and made a capital
~offense. That curious law never has
been repealed and may still be found
on the statute book. There seems to
be NO record. however. of the law ever
having been enforced.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
WORKING The WIRELESS.
The Jump From Long Island Over the
Ocean TO Germany.

The Jump From Long Island Over the
Ocean to Germany.
The wireless station at Sayville, N. Y,
b the most powerful in the world, fash
lng messages direct to Nauen. near Ber-
lin.
Fifty miles out from New York city
D Sayville. a small town whose prin-
cipal industries are roadhouses and
wireless telegraphy. Here the auto
mobile parties stop for the few bites
that always take many dollars before
running on into New York. but IL 1t
were not for the wireless station the
town would never be heard of.
Near the ocean, dropped in a mos
quito infested field. the great Telefunk-
IN station sprawls over 100 acres. A
mile away 1t looks like a huge spider
web. with all its slim poles reaching
into the air. interlaced with slender
wires.
The little low building Is rugged on
every side with towering poles-an-
tennae, as they are called. Five hun
dred feet high they stand-almost as
tall as the Washington monument
6TOu IueSe WHITES Tduidtc tuc CicStiiS
waves that leap to Germany. Great
blocks Of cement. big as corncribs. are
Get in the ground. and to them are an
chored the guy wires.
The message IL flashed across the
Atlantic at the rate of twenty-five
words a minute. but in case of neces-
Uity it can go up to forty. The mes
sages go across in a series of waves.
with which the station on the other
side is In tune.
The messages go to a small town
near Berlin called Nauen, where they
are placed In a land wire and for
warded to the capital. The charge for
sending a message to Germany Is 53
cents a word from anywhere near
New York. The 3 cents is the price
of the land wire to get 1t to Sayville.
AS soon as the key is touched In
America the message is in Germany,
the time occupied in crossing being
only the fraction of a second. In fact,
the message could go around the
world seven times In a second. Homer
Croy In Ieslie's,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Silent Enthusiasm.

Charles Rowley, in his book, Fifty
Years of Work Without Wages" tells
a story against himself. A nature en-
thusiast, he was = climbing Snowdon
and overlook an old gypsy m He
began to dilate upon the sublimity Of
the scenery in somewhat gushing
phrases. The woman paid no atten-
ton to him. Provoked by her irrespon-
~siveness, he said: You don't seem to
care for this magnificent sceneryr
She took the pipe from her mouth
and delivered this settler: II enjies 1t;
l don't jabber."
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
wisdom-

An old Scotchwoman sent her little
boy to the corne grocer's after a quar-
ter's worth Of corn strip. She gave
him the money and two jugs. either of
which would have been ample to carry
the strip.
"Why did you give him two jugsT"
asked a visiting neighbor.
"Weel. ye see, it's this way. II l
gle him twa jugs to carry he kinna dip
his wee fingers In the strip en- route
home."-Pittsburgh Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
No Royalties Called "saby."

One noteworthy feature about royal
ties Is that none has been called
'baby." From their earliest years the
royal children are always called by
their names or possibly by some pet
NAME, but an English prince or prin-
cess Is never called "baby" either by
relatives or by his or her nurses. From
the age of FIVE a prince is styled 'sir"
by his attendants and a princess mad
am."-London Standard.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Weather Effects.

The weather affects man In more
ways, 1t appears, than many suspect.
For example. It Ia believed that pres
sure variation due to fiuctuating winds
have peculiar pathological effects, that
certain electrical conditions of the air
induced by low atmospheric pressure
have a pathological effect on nervous
subjects and that solar radiation has
peculiar effects which vary according
to the season.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
Nobody Knows.

what darn fool fashion will the wo-
men take up nextT" asked the man
who doesn't like the things they are
wearing now.
"If ! were a good enough guesser to
predict that" replied his friend. "I'd be
mult!millionaire inside of six months"
Chicago Herald
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
That's Different.

II know her father does not like me.
He wants me to &c to work In his fac
tory"
"Wen, why don't you prove your
worth by going? Then there will be
wedding bells and a happy ending"
81 don't know about that! It's a
dynamite factory."-Louisville Courier
Journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
His Strong Point.

Employer-What special qualifica-
lions have you for business? Applicant
Every place where ] ever worked l
reduced the firms expenses before !
left. Employer-Ah. an efficiency ex.
pert! Applicant-No; l usually started
In at So a week and when ! quit ] was
getting $5.-Judge.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-12-30
How to Treat a Wife.

An ancient Egyptian moralist, writ
ing to his son said: IF thou takest a
wife try to make her happier than any
of her women friends. She will be
doubly bound to thee If the tie is sweet
to her. Accord her what pleases her.
She will appreciate the effort"