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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
(From the Enterprise

(F'rom the Enterprise.)
Tom Seay, of Winona, was transact
ing business in town Monday.
Deputy Sheriff Bill Eller was trans
acting business in Sites Monday.
John Skedgell and Tom Benoy made a
business trip to Grangeville Tuesday.
G. M. Butler went to Lewiston Mon
day morning returning the same even
ing.
J. B. Leeper and 0. w. James made a
flying trip to Kamiah Satur lay after
noon.
P. p. Puyear and Ed Reborn were in
Lapwai Monday attending to some
lease matters.
Mrs. E. A. Clark, of Lewiston, is
visiting her brother, G. E. Kelly, this
week.
Mrs. Nina, of Lewiston, came up
Tuesday to visit her sister, Mrs. G. M.
Butler.
Mrs. HI. M. Williams has been very
sick the past two weeks but is better at
the present WTlIlnR.
Jorn Nassau, the Elk City mining
man was registered at the Commercial
Wednesday. Mr.. Nassau departed
Thursday morning for Spokane.
Miss Vernon Gaddis, of Pullman is
visiting her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. G.
N. Gaddis this week. Miss Gaddis is
assistant registrar of the Pullman
college.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chester Arnold, of
Grangevillc are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
Ellis. Mr.. Arnold has the plumbing
house near Kamiah.
DIR. IL. w. Wentworth reports the
birth of fine baby girl at the home
of Harry Henderson on July 18th.
Mother and child are doing nicely.
J. w. Yarbrough came in from visit
to outside points and left for his home
at Newsome yesterday morning.
l.. +. Zimmerman, of Kooskia was
visiting in Sites the first of the week.
He was stopping at the Commercial
Hotel.
Mrs. Earl Steen, Ray Prettyman,
Lottie Steen and Orvil Rooney spent
Monday and Tuesday in the hills on an
outing.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. w. Mattox, of White
bird were visiting in Sites the first of
the week. He has ranch near White
bird.
Robert Farris and Dan Cameron, two
of the most substantial farmers of the
Clearwater section, were in town ON
business Monday.
7. J. Sullivan, an old friend of the
Scheel family, from Ritzville, Washing
ton, was visiting with them the last of
the week, leaving Tuesday morning for
his home.
Miss Wanda York who has been at.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-07-29
BENEFI TIED BY cHAMBERLAIN's
L.INTMENT.

"Last winter I used Chamberlain g
Liniment for rheumatic pains, stiffness
and soreness of the knees, and can con-
scientionsly say that I never used any
thing that did me so much good. -
Edward Craft, Elba, N. Y. Obtainable
everywhere.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
WAS A PERTINENT QUESTION
And Is One Still Unanswered BY
Those to Whom 1t Is FIRE.
quently Put.

Until recent years the RounIanian
was suspicious of his wealthy and
powerful countrymen. There is a
story of how the boyars or mobiles
started a movement in 1857 to gain
the confidence Of the peasants by
summoning representative from all
parts Of the country.
One of the mobiles was selected to
explain to the peasants the value Of
united effort, but he had difficulty in
making them understand.
Finally he said to an old man who
was acting as spokesman for the peas
ants:
You see that stone? Bring it to
me-"
The man tried to lift it, but failed.
The noble directed another man to
go to the assistance of the first. The
two tugged at the stone, but were
unable to move it. A third peasant
then a fourth, and finally a fifth was
sent to their aid and by combined
effort the stone was lifted. Said the
noble
I'm union there is strengthen
words to that effect.
The cid peasant, however, was not
satisfied. After a moment he asked
the noble:
why didn't you help with the
stone"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
NO SHELTER FOR MURDERERS
Protection Afforded by House Of
an Ambassador.

1t was the grim old Oliver Crom-
well who first showed that the house
of an ambassador was not an inviola-
BILE sanctuary for all classes of Of
tenders and that at least the line of
protection could not hold against a.
murderer In November, 1852. Don
Pantaleon Sa, brother of an ambassa-
dor from Portugal to England, walk
ing in the New Exchange, London, en-
gagged in quarrel with a young Eng
lish gentleman named Gerard. They
were separated, leaving Gerard
slightly wounded in the shoulder The
next day Don Pantaleon came to the
exchange with fifty well-armed fol.
lowers, for revenge. Four English
men were slightly wounded and a Mr.
Greenway, while walking with his sis.
ter and a lady to whom he was en-
gagged, being mistaken for Gerard,
was killed by a pistol shot through
the head. A great and enraged crowd
collected. The Portuguese took ref
uge in their house of embassy. Crom-
well, the lord protector, sent a mes
senger to the embassy, stating that IL
the criminals were not given up to the
civil authorities the soldiers guarding
the embassy would be withdrawn and
the mob left to do as it pleased. Don.
Pantaleon, three Portuguese and IAN
English boy" were given up and COM
mitted to Newgate Their trial was
delayed. A mixed jury of Englishmen
and foreigners brought in a verdict
of guilty and the five were sentenced
to be hanged The three Portuguese
were pardoned, the English boy"
was hanged and Don Pantaleon, at the
request of his brother, the ambassa-
dor, was spared from hanging and.
was beheaded on July 10, 1858 This
/ case impressed foreign nations with
a sense of Cromwell's power. and
has ever since been considered
as a precedent in questions respecting
the privilege of ambassadors and the
persons of their household
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Dickere Not a Eisherman

How surely one can deduce from
Dickens stories that piscatorial pur,
suits were utterly outside his world!
Mr.. SnodgraSs. Mr. Wrinkle and Tracy
Tupman might toy with shotguns-to
the trepidatiOn of the keeper and his
boy-but they never touched rod or
line. and Mr. Pickwick himself, al
though represented on the first page of
the original parts of the immortal his
tory which bears his name as sitting
asleep in punt, while hooked fish
pulls down the end Of his rod, was not,
| believe, once betrayed in the varied
course Of his adventures into a trial OF
Walton's genial art "-Willis B. AL
len in Scribner's Magazine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

those of love, he was cheered at see
ing more of Nella than ever. The lit
tie ones chung to her constantly. The
bronze bug became a positive institu-
ton with the family group 1t seemed
as though it had a mind to appreciate
kindness and recognize it's friends. AS
it was nursed back to normal strength
it refused to leave the house, even the
room. It became domesticated in
sort of playhouse that Edison con-
structed for it, more for the gratifica-
ton of the children than anything
else.
There was a tiny trough for bath
ing, swing, a diminutive step ladder.
To all these novelties the strange in
sect accommodated itself For hours
Nella and her two child proteges
would watch the glossy bug.
One day an old messmate of the
dead sailor called upon Edison. lust
to talk over the best friend he ever
had" was the way he put it. He
brought some gifts for the two little
orphans. He CHANGED to see the bug.
''Shiver mel" he exclaimed noisily
where on earth did you get Ma
lacca finder?"
You know what it is?" interrupted
Edison eagerly.
Why surely" replied the old salt,
for they're thick as bees in Malacca.
FThoy fhniy uSiru Oft p
other insects bold and pushing, ferret
ing them out of all kinds Of queer
cracks and crannies. They are credit
ed with a very acute sense Of smell.
Why, say, this specimen must have
been imported here in some of your
uncles old truck
Apparently this was true, for when
the beetle was first discovered it had
probably crawled on to the window to
the attic where the chest and other
belongings of the dead sailor were
stored.
The visitor departed two days later
A week after that the bronze bug was
missing. Little Ralph came rushing
down the stairs one morning all ex-
element.
In the attic!" he announced breath
lessly. Il saw him-the bug, crawl
ing out of one of those big idols"
All hands hurried to the attic. There
were a number of grotesque wood,
glass and plaster idols among the
curiosities taken from the uncle's
chest. Ralph pointed to one on a
shelf.
There! there" he insisted.
Edison lifted down the idol. Sure
enough, out crawled the lost bronze
bug. Edison placed the idol on a
stand, In his excitement little Ralph
ran up against it, tipped the idol and
it was broken into bits upon the
floor.
But among the fragments was a
small silk purse. Within it was the
fortune the dead uncle had boasted
of-diamonds!
And now the future was provided
for, and through the kindly offices of
the bronze bug Vance found speedy
way to the heart of the girl he loved.
Copyright, 1915, by w. G. Chapman)
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

future. He found that the added ex-
pense of the two children would take
all the surplus he could earn, unless
his college salary was increased.
This particular afternoon, as he
watched his lovely neighbor with the
two little ones his spirits sank low,
indeed. He loved her with fervor he
dared rarely contemplate. Before his
uncle had come he had more than
once decided to tell Nella of his affec-
ton. He knew that she respected
him, looked up to him. He hoped she
returned his love.
But now!- Before, he could have
offered her fairly comfortable home.
With the additional burden of the
children, however, how could he ask
this lovely girl to help him share
their care, and economic himself
down to a humdrum life and the bare
necessities of existence? No!
"Good-by to my dream of dreams!"
he repeated mournfully, and fell into
a reverie wondering if some new field
of professional activity might not Of
fer better recompense.
"Shoo-shoo!" Suddenly aroused
him.
Nella uttered the somewhat star
Ting cries. She had sprang from the
side Of the children, nearly upsetting
them. Edison saw her run up to the
vines that half covered the side of the
house. She was welding fan as a
weapon There was the flutter of a
bright winged bird driven into sudden
fight.
Then Nella was down on her knees;
Edison saw her lift small squirming
object from the ground.
Poor thing" Nella cooed in her
sweet sympathetic tones. THE
naughty bird nearly caught you. Oh,
what a rare little beauty"
His curiosity and interest aroused,
Edison hurried to the front door, and
thence into the garden.
What is it?" he asked, and Nella
O"Cu q Jug lylDB III
the palm of her hand. 1t was an I'M
familiar specimen to Edison, profound
entomologist as ne was. The bird had
slightly pecked 1t, and the little crea-
ture was partly disabled.
Il can't imagine where it came
FROM observed Edison.
DO you notice that 1t Is of bright
bronze" suggested Nella Cant you
mend 1t up? Perhaps it Is suffer
ing"
I'VE will try" smiled Edison read
ily." 1T is a rarity. should like to
study and classify 1t. Certainly 1t is
stranger to this country and he
took 1t into his library poured some
healing oil upon its shattered wing,
and made soft cotton nest for 1t.
which he placed under an open globe.
Sorrowfnl as Vance Edison was over
his money prospects and consequently
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
THAT MhLACCA BUG
BY JUSTINE NELTNoR.

"Good-by to my dream Of dreams!"
sighed Vance Edison, sadly,
He stood at the window of the plain
house he called home. It's bewildering
attachment was the radiant garden.
There the captivating scene fascinated
his vision.
A lovely girl of nineteen sat on a
rustic bench between gClden-haired
little maid Of four and rosy-cheeked
lad two years her senior. The little
ones were adjusting w,-ath made
up of pansies and forgetmcnots
across her rare flaxen hair-a happy.
laughing trio, and yet it made Vance
Edison's heart ache, for in the com
bination lay his distraction.
The young lady was Nella Burt, the
daughter of widow, his next-door
neighbor. Both she and her invalid
mother had found true friend in the
young college professor. His life was
very simple and humble, yet bright
and merry were the hours they spent
in the garden that was the pride and
glory of the place.
Then the father Of the two chill
dren came along. He was an uncle of
Edison, a sea-faring man. He had
been compelled to give up his ship on
account of failing health. He had
taken his motherless children from an
asylum where they had been placed.
He had come to Ed,son's home, car
ried on a litter.
Dear boy" he said bluff and hearty,
but his voice wocfully piping and thin,
1--WE brought my chests, the children
and myself to the only relative | can
claim in the world. I'm q dying man
three months more the doctor gives
me. I've a little saved. Tomorrow |
shall give it to you. / want you to
adopt the little ones, educate them, be
a father to them when | am gone, and
take it little more easy yourself"
Alas! before another sunrise a seiz-
ure attacked the old salt. The little
ones were left orphaned Vance Edi-
son cared for them tenderly.
He said nothing to anybody concern
ing disappointment he sustained dur
ing the week after the funeral Anxi-
ETY. for the children caused it. AS for
himself Vance Edison was too soul
fully unselfish to covet riches. Aside
from a few curiosisties that he had
gathered up in his travels, the chest
his uncle had brought with him con-
|. tanned nothing of interest or value.
The old salts wealth must have been
phantasy, Edison decided. Then he
set himself to work to block out the
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Curiosities of Flat Fish.

Flat fish are very peculiar creatures
in many ways Really they are not
fiat; they are narrow, and that part
usually termed the back of a sole is
really its side When young these
fishes are quite symmetrical, but as
they grow older one of the eyes per
forms a most remarkable feat; 1t be-
gins to travel from one side of the
bead to the other until it joins its fell
low eye. Then it is possible for the
fish to lie down on one side at the bot
tom of the sea for the rest of its life
On a fat fish which is not too old it
Is easy to trace the channel along
which the eye has passed. Among
these curious fishes are the founder
plaice, sole, turbot and dab
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Black Langshan Cock.

are made from this breed, and many
good sales have been made in the last
year by the breeders for this purpose.
They are very hardy, grow quickly
and mature earlier than American
breeds. With their erect red combs,
understanding, cordy legs; short, beau
tifully curved backs; broad, full
breasts and wide, full-fowing tails that
rise as high or tower over the head,
the Lanshans present a most imposing
ton, whether on the farm or in the
show.
Two colors are bred in the Lang
shans, the older and more common
blacks and the whites, which are more
more modern but fully as useful. They
are just as good layers and perhaps
more beautiful than the blacks. The
whites as yet do not come so true to
the old type as do the blacks, nor are
they quite SO large. There is in the
process Of evolution a blue variety
that will, when perfected, be, in the
opinion of some, handsomer than
either its black or white cousins.
The Langshans are decidedly on the
gain in popularity, and this with no
concerted action on the part Of the
breeders to boom them. Breeders are
unable to fill orders for eggs this
spring, and anyone starting in this
breed now with the idea of selling sur
plus stock or eggs for Matching at good
prices will have the advantage of this
rising tide of popularity that has set
in for the Langshan.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
]R1(D[1lBjI
LANGSHAN VERY HARDY FOWL
Uniformity in Size Make Them Desir.
able for Home FIock-Also
Wonderful Layer.
Bv PAIL V. IVES.N


The Langshan is probably the oldest
variety of standard fowl. 1t has been
bred for many hundreds of years in
the Langshan hill district of China
from which place the breed derives its
name.
The Langshan has been bred for so
long time that the type is fixed and
practically all birds bred from a mat
ing come very true to the ancient type
They are so uniform that the casual
observer will have difficulty in seeing
any difference in them, and this fea-
ture makes them very desirable for a
home flock on a gentleman's estate.
They give tone and distinction to a
place that no other breed will.
The Langshan is wonderful winter
layer of the largest of winter eggs, and
as table fowl, too, is unsurpassed. The
carcass is fine boned and white
skinned, with an abundance of breast
meat and very little offal for the size
of the carcass. The finest of capons
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
Released on Plea That She Is Aeal'
to Become a Mother

Mrs. Ida Walters, who poisoned
her two hames and has been in jail
at New York on the charge of MUIR
der, was released under bail of $500
granted on the plea that she was
again to become a mother.
PENDING her trial, which is set for
next October, she was warned by
Justice Weeks that she must not
leave the state, a prohibition which
foyestalls the possibility of her mar
riage to Lorlys e. Rogers, the faith
er of her children, who was recently
divorced from his wife with decree
that he could not remarry in this
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
OWED SUCCESS TO CHANCE
Build Machine That Simpified
Diamond Separation.

A young man in the Kimberley dia-
mond mines had been experimenting
for months in an effort to find
way to separate diamonds from other
stones so as to eliminate the tiresome,
tedious, Manipulating process. His eff
forts and labors had all been in vain,
but he refused to be discouraged and
adhered to his purpose.
One day ne was working at his
bench when a small diamond and
garnet happened to be lying on q
board before him. In some way he
tipped the board at such an angle
that the two stones rolled together to-
ward the edge. 1t happened that there
was a small grease spot on the board,
and when the diamond reached it, it
was stopped and held. while the gar
net passed on and fell over the edge.
Wondering whether this had been
mere accident or whether the grease
possessed the peculiar property Of at
tracing diamonds and allowing other
stones to pass over it, he tried again
and again with the first diamond and
with various others and found that II
a board were coated with grease and
vibrated slightly while held in an in
clined position the diamonds placed
on it would be caught and held by the
grease, while all of the ether stones
would roll off. He at once set to work
and as a result of his accidental dis
covery soon built a machine which
was a success from the very begin
ming. In a short time it was doing all
of the work that had formerly been
Gone by hand, saving considerable
time and expense in the operation
Pathfinder.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
The Old Chinese Way,

In its wars with England and France
in $4,000 China was easily conquered
and forced to humiliating peace. The
Picking Gazette, the official organ of
the government, however, reported the
following concerning that treaty of
peace:
"As the western barbarians have adj
mitted their wrongs and humbly So
licited for peace, the emperor in his In
finite goodness has granted their pray
er and, moreover has made them a
present of large sum Of money lin
demnity Of war; to enable them to be-
gin an honest life. so that they may
not again be driven to murder aid ra-
pine"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

Experience has shown that the end
of a bar Of steel that has been bro
ken off should never be used for the
working or cutting end of a die or
punch The fibers in the end of such a
bar have been so severely strained in
breaking that the steel is unsuitable
for performing the work done by a
punch or die The broken end should
be made the shank of the punch, while
the end of the bar that was cut off
should be used for the cutting end Of
the tool.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
A lest of Nerve.

To crouch in trench or covered
bombproof from dawn until dusk. to
hear the incessant whistle of thou
sands Of projectiles. to mark the little
clouds of dust kicked up by bullets as
they strike the ground near trench
or shelter, to start at the bursting of
shrapnell shells, each containing 200
or 300 bullets which are scattered over
many yards. is test Of human nerve
which Napoleons Old Guard was new
er called upon to withstand.-W Waldo
mar KaemNfsrt In 'v>st'an Review
of RaviawA
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20

modern engine is dependent to a
large extent upon automatically work
ing valves for its efficiency, but the
perfected valve was. invented by ma
ture and applied to the human body
long before mankind began to dream
Of steam or gas engines. We dignity
this valve by the name of epiglottis.
and most of us know something about
it. 1t is situated at the back of the
mouth just where the air passage and
food passage cross. 1t is the function
of the epiglottis to close the windpipe
automatically every time we swallow
food rs it did not every particle Of
food would choke us. This valve works
with more automatic precision than
any ever placed on an engine.
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
.pad,D Welsh Term Of Affection.

A correspondent of the Christian Her
aid, the Rev. John X. Nutting, writes:
II am convinced that the custom of
using dad or daddy as a substitute
for papa or father has not arisen from
any other motive than sincere affec.
ton. Dad sometimes tad or 'thad)
is a word for father in Welsh, and is
used as such in the Lords Prayer in
the Welsh New Testament. Doubtless
dad or daddy has come to us through
the intermarriage of Welsh and Eng
fish. So considered 1t is really an affec-
tionate enrichment of our language"
Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1915-08-20
-e55iui Mcn.

The successful nan-the financially
successful m..n, tlat is-not only works
himself to Skin AMI bone. but he puts
such enthusiasm into his employees
that they, too, work themselves to skin
and bo..e for his sake.
The manager of one of Andrew Car
negie's mills once te.egrarheI him:
Have broken this week all records
in steel making"
Thanks and congratulations" Mr.
Carnegie teiegraphed back. why not
do so every week?-Philadelphia Bull
letin.