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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15

A Theory That There May Be Some
Relation Between Them.

Relation Between Them.
Did 1t ever occur to you that there
was any relation between fine, bushy
head Of white hair and the long life Of
the owner?
believe that | can claim without
fear of successful refutation that a
very large majority of men who have
passed the age Of eighty years have or
had a goodly show of hair on the crown
or top of their heads. ! by no means
claim that this is universal, for 1t is
easy to recall men who lived to even
greater age than eighty who were
quite bald.
Without any attempt at a chronology
ical list, jot down few names that
come to mind as | write: John |. Blair,
known at his time as New Jerseys
richest man. ninety-four; Daniel Drew,
New York capitalist and college foun-
der, ninety-one; Hon. William e. Glad
stone. English statesman. eighty nine;
Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt. New
York, founder of the New York Central
railroad. eighty three: Rev. Edward
Beecher (brother of Henry Ward. nine
ty-two; Hon. Peter Cooper, New York
philanthropist, ninety-three.
1t would be easy also to name quite
a number Of men who possessed fine
heads Of hair who reached only middle
age. but my purpose is. not to be sta.
tistical but rather to possibly start in
terest in an unusual subject and see
what can be deduced therefrom.-Pitts-
burgh Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
TOLD THAT THERE WAS NO CURE
FOR HIM.

"After suffering for over twenty
years with indigestion and having some
of the best doctors here tell me there
was no cure for me, 1 think it only
right to tell you for the sake of other
sufferers as well as your own satisfac-
ton that % cent bottle of Chamber
lain Is Tablets not only relieved me but
cured me within two months although I
am man of IS years." writes Jul
Grobien, Houston, Texas. Obtainable
everywhere.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Very AMUSING.

The late DR.. A. X. II. Boyd of Scot
land once visited a woman who had
lost her husband. By way of comfort.
ing her he proceeded to set forth with
great earnestness and beauty of lam
guage the joys of the state to which
the departed one had attained. The
bereaved woman, with vivid recol-
lection Of her husbands defects, found
it hard to share In the minister's hopes,
although she wished to show her sense
Of his kindness. She unburdened her
self thus: "Weel, DR.. Boyd, you're
maybe no vera instructive. but you're
aye amusing" "A
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Origin of Zip. Hip. Hurrahl"

Hip. hip. hurrahr' our modern yeIl
Of delight. is said to have an ancient
origin. The word hip" is supposed to
be composed of the initial letters Of
the Latin phrase. 'Hierosolyma est
perdita." meaning Jerusalem ia de
stroyed." the "f'' In hip" being sub
stituted for the re" In lest" When
the German knights were prosecuting
Jews in the middle ages they are said
to have run, shouting, Hip, hipr" as
much as to say Jerusalem is destroyed.
"Hurrah" is said to be from the Sla-
vonic "hu-raj." meaning Ito PARADISE"
hence hip. hip. hurrahI' would mean
Jerusalem is lost; we are on our way
to paradise. "-Indianapolis News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
FEDERATED CHURCH SERVICES.

The regular services will be held as
usual. Sunday school at GAS a. m.
followed by the preaching service at ii
a. m. Young Peoples Society at $50
p. m. Preaching at 1880 p. m. We
give an unreserved invitation to all.
We shall be pleased to see you. R. E.
Gornall, pastor.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
VANQUISHED THE VIRAGO.
With Euclid as His Ally, o'conneIl Won
Brilliant Victory.

With Euclid as His Ally, O'connsIi Won
Brilliant Victory.
In an article on "Old Dublin Streets
Mr.. ]. II. Halloran draws an amusing
picture Of a notorious virago named
Moriarty, keeper of small shop op-
posite the Fourt Courts. Her spirit,
originally high and frequently re-en-
forced by the other variety termed
ardent, and her extraordinary range
Of picturesquely vituperative language
made her the terror of whomsoever
she denounced and the delight of the
audience that always rapidly assem-
bled. She never met her match but
once. There have been many versions
of that meeting, for the victor was no
less person than Daniel O'Connell,
whose friends laid a wager that he
could reduce her to silence, but they
all appear to be based on the same mar
rative, published about the middle Of
the last century by Daniel Owen Mad
den.
The encounter opened briskly, with a
taste of the virago's tongue, promptly
upoh ~ SohhCh
to object to the price she asked for a
walking stick.
"You old diagonalW rejoined O'Con-
nell amiably. Keep a civil tongue
in your head!'
Such an epithet, incomprehensible
but doubtless derogatory, did not tend
to increase the termagant's civility,
and, although further advised-first as
radius" and then as 'parallelo-
gram"-not to fly into passion, her
anger steadily increased, rising to a
climax of Infatuated billingsgate, when
O'Connell, refusing to retract what he
had said already, accused her instead
Of keeping hypotenuse in the house"
You can't deny the charge" he at
firmed with apparent indignation.
You can't-you miserable submultiple
of duplicate ratio! While l have q
tongue I'll abuse you, you most mimi
table periphery! Look at her, boys;
there she stands, a convicted perpen-
dicular in petticoats! There she trem-
bles with guilt down to the extremi-
ties of her corollaries. All, you're
found out, you rectilineal antecedent
and equiangular old hag-you porter
swiping similitude of the dissection Of
q vortex"
1t was too much. Abandoning words,
the enraged virago snatched up q
saucepan to hurl at the head of the
perpetrator of such an overwhelming
onslaught Of geometrical verbosity. A
bystander detected its course, and
O'Connell prudently retreated, but he
had won the wager. With Euclid for
his ally, he had vanquished the virago.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Canal Locks.

Although the ancients knew the val
ne Of canals, they failed to hit on the
simple device of the lock, which was
not discovered till the fourteenth Gen.
fury. To this day the dispute has new
er been settled as to which country.
Italy or Holland. is entitled to the
credit Of the invention.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Another Topsy.

Little Mary had heard 1t said that
sister Kate belonged to her mothers
people," that baby brother was Ibis
father over again" and that albert
was Brown"
little Mary" the relatives all said.
doesn't look like anybody"
She followed her mother about the
house one day with an anxious look.
Mamma" she finally burst forth.
"aint me people T"-Indianapolis News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Concealed Weapons.

Once In college town the rumor
that students were carrying concealed
weapons reached the ears of the local
police. The chief at once issued strin-
gent orders that the heinous practice
should be stopped. One day group
Of them passed policeman, and one
of the students in so doing put his
hand to his hip pocket. Then, as If
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Another Job In Siuht.

Another good job is going to be
made in the Office for somebody"
"How do you know?"
"The boss daughter is going to be
married and he'll have a son-in-law to
place. detroit Free Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
A Polite Threat.

why do you always ask that regular
customer If the razor hurts hin"
asked one barber
Just as a gentle reminder" replied
the other. that if he forgets the tip
It's liable to hurt him next time."-St.
Louis Post-Dispatch.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Coward.

Coward.
Before we were married you said
you would gladly dare anything for
me-"
"Well?"
"And now you stand there and ad-
NIT that you're afraid to ask your boss
for raise"-Detroit Free Press
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15

recollecting himself In TIME, he hastily
withdrew 1t and looked sheepishly at
the policeman.
What have you In that pocketT the
latter asked sternly.
Instead Of answering the student and
all his companions. as IL panic strick-
en-, started to run. After a chase all
the students We're cornered and order
ed to deliver up whatever they had
In their hip pockets.
Meekly they obeyed. Each one car
rted a corncob. The remarks of the
policeman cannot possibly be recorded.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
A Mystery.

cts always been a puzzle to me-"
what has?'
two could live as cheap as one got his
"-Exchange.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15
Difficulties.

What is difficulty? Only word In
dicating the degree of strength requi-
site for accomplishing particular OBJ
jects; mere notice of the necessity for
exertion; bugbear to children and
fools; only a mere stimulus to men,
Samuel Warren.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1915-04-15

One ungrateful man does an injury to
all who are suffering Syrus.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

This be cassed land of continual sunshine if the month of May criterion Thus far have had twenty clear bright and days todays sprinkle was not unwecome
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

We hope that President Wilson will be able to make an extended visit in the west and to Alaska before Congress meets.
 lie would have been wiser president had he spent in the far west thirty for the most essential quaf cation of chief magistrate of nation like to know the people.
 All the nation west of Kansas City practically closed book to President Cleveland and he lived died under the that the nation would be greater stronger could 1t be rid of the western half of its area, and wrapping that provnciasm around him he held the in thought very much though it reservation peoped by crafty half savages.
 President Wilson will to Alaska he will be by hospitality such he in New Jersey and will be made to take and enlarged ideas the great republic
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29
FALSE WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

scabby story comes from San Francisco With funer al ceremonies hirtwo truck loads of dishonest scales seals etc., hauled the Market street wharf loaded erge foaed out into deep water and thrown overheard. The whole number 20OO and represented the collection of fifteen months by the inspectors of weights and The funeral procession carried automobile loads ials escorted by mounted police.
 The articles included all kinds of false scales and measures false milk cans boes scoops baskets etc. And all picked up fifteen months in that careless San Francisco must have been robbed in these last foryve years the thieves began to in the overland
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29
LEST WE FORGET

The Fathers of this Nation gave it wonderful heritage. They made our land place of refuge for all who sought pot ical and religious freedom.
 Providence blessed this people blessed other in his tory The struggling Colonies expanding by leaps and bounds finally became one of the greatest nations the globe Pros perity was unbOunded and luxury every hand
 Then spirit of discomfort, dstrust and envy demand for the upheava of established institutions attacks vested rights, development of the strangest notions of fantastic Socialism, and finally the backhand the bomb the dynamer and the assassin
 All these while thoughtess people continued to eat, drink and be merry The captains of industry enjoyed their eigure the golf nks travel in gathering works of art i'll distributing their wealth among deserving phan thropes While the nation slept the was sowing tares
 Do need rude awakening remind us of our weakness thoughessness ngratitude and foy9 Is sary that many innocent shall suffer- that many guilty reminded of duty neglected religion forsaken and the Omnp otent Hand forgotten?
 Lest forget
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29
CORDOvA, ALASKA, SATURDAY, MAY 29, 1915
THE NATIONS DEAD

Beside the army of her dead
 Once more the nation stands, With banners waving at her back, And blossoms in her hands. With equal love and grief and pride, Impartially today She drops her roses and her tears Upon the Blue and Gray. Forgotten are the years of strife, The cause they lost or won, Each sleeper in the silent tents
 Is her beloved son. The uniforms are ashes now,
 The swords and guns are rust, But memory's eternal green
 Is rooted in their dust.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

The many friends throughout Alaska of C. H. Buschman manager of the Northwest Fisheries Company shocked yesterday to learn that he had taken his life in Seattle health is the assigned for the rash act certainly must have been deranged to end such bright and promising his by sending bullet crashing through his brain
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

Tomorrow IS Memorial Day, when the thoughts of many Alaskans will drift back to the old home in the where
 beloved parent sister brother r child has passed the great beyond and whose memory will ever be held sacred But few of departed arsbured in this Northand but the the of those who should not be neglected
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

Three hundred and fifty the payroll at the bonanza mne If all of the other interior copper beng operated and most of them will they have transportation facilities would that Cordova would establish new worlds record in the value of shipped from here.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

Unless movement is started for celebration here the Fourth of July Dr. Dagge the Seward Booster who visiting Cordova tempt ball team to journey to the westward town on Independence Day
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

With three canneres in operation and the promise of unusually large of salmon the Cordova pack will add teray to the fish output from Alaska and incidentally prove of considerable financial benefit to the local fishermen.
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

The Daily Times has two special correspondents on tn, ground where the government railroad work started and hopes be able to keep its readers fully advised happen ings and conditions at Anchorage
The Cordova daily times., 1915-05-29

Reports from the Nzna to the effect that sucng has already commenced the placer claims of that district and the indications that the ceanups will very satisfactory to the mine owners.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13
GIRL @BELLHOPS' IN LONDON
Boys Conc to War, sisters Are Giving
Good Service In Their
Places. 4

London.--The girl "bellhop' is the
latest innovation In the large West
end hotels, and she Is carrying on her
many and varied duties In o way that
pleasos everyone.
Smhrtly dressed, with white gloves.
and gold braid on her uniform. page
girls are seen at the front entrances
Of many West end hotels. sour real
'bellhop' has gone into war factory
explained the manager Of one hotel,
recently. Ills successor has been
here but a few days, and must say
she Is proving highly satisfactory.
She 10 intelligent, and she is quick
and polite. She is making herself ex-
tremely popular with our regular GUS
toners. and is doing quite well with
tips"
The Same story was told at other
hotels where the girl "bellhop" has
been introduced. The army Of girl
ticket collectors. lift girls and giri
messengers grows daily. II should
not be surprised II we have to have
girl telegraph boys said o postmas-
ter in the city. I'VE cannot get boys,
and we are short-staffed now, because
they are either enlisting or going into
munition factories"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13
BALKs AT PIGEON INVASION
Bird Roosts on Minute Hand Of Town
Clock and GAUGES Mayor to
Miss Train.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y.-The town
clock having been put out Of commits
sion by pigeons which have chosen
the belfry Of the First Reformed
church as their home. residents Of
Poughkeepsie. who for half century
have depended upon the big timepiece
in the steeple, will either have to buy
watches or guess at the time. The
birds have built their nests In the
works Of the old clock and clogged up
the machinery.
The other morning at twenty min
utes to nine a big fat pigeon flew upon
the 'minute' hand and sat there for
more than half an hour, causing Mayor
Wilbur to miss his train to Rhinebeck.
The helpless caretaker appealed to
the chief Of police and he referred the
complaint to the city chamberlain. He
In turn passed It on to the board Of
aldermen and that body has referred
1t to the public property committee
Of the board.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13
-Four Milli0ns Could BE
Saved Annually By Egg
Buyers.

Theitrouble with the egg hand
ling business in Missouri is the
method employed in buying eggs.
With few exceptions eggs are
purchased from the farmer just
as they come-good, bad and in
different, all at the same price.
Such q method is unjust. 1t re-
turns to the producer Of good
eggs less than his eggs are worth
and n the producer Of poor eggs
'mors than his eggs are worth.
Such q system offers no encour.
sgement to the one and subsidi-
yes The other. Estimates place
the losses on bad eggs at from
three 10 four millions annually in
this state alone. This means the
Missouri farmer is loosing each
year This amount. He is loosing
II because Of the average low
price paid for his eggs due to the
average low quality.
Before any improvement oil
these conditions can te made q
change must be brought about in
hssgstem Of buying eggs. This
has been done in some localities
in ths following manner and is
recommended by H. l.. Kempster
the Missouri Agricultural Exper-
imsnt Station.
The local buyer candles the
eggs, sorts out the bad ones and
pays for the good at a higher
price. The egg buyer can afford
to pay higher price II he knows
thatsn the eggs are good. Where
this has been practiced 1t has re.
suited in an incresse Of from
three TO five cents q dozen over
what Is being paid in other COM
munities. Bad eggs cease to be
produced when there ,is no sale
for them. This means monsy in
the farmers pocket. He ought
to insist that the local egg deal
ers cooperate and candle the eggs
they buy.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13

Friends OF Squire Gracey know
from bitter experience not to
wager with him when he says he
can recollect things way back in
years, but when he told Deputy
Constable Briggs that he could
call off the names Of ia counties,
their county seats, about 200
congressman since 1920 and lote
of other state officers, Mr.. Briggs
thought it impossible. So the
squire taxed his memory, named
the above numoer Of counties,
the county seats OF each, 192
congressman, "a United States
senators, 33 governors. "a lieuts-
nant governors, 81 attorney gem
erals, go supreme judges, Al
speakers Of Missouri Legislature
and II secretaries Of stats.--
Henry County Democrat.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13

DR.. Burgess, the Caruthert.
vile physician who swindled sew
eral Curuthersviile citizens by in-
ducing them to turn money over
to him to be invested in what he
called the "Tri- Mutual Com.
pany," was sentenced to three
years In the penitentiary, in one
of.the three cases against him.
Lon Nall, one Of our dealers in
fine horses, bought a horse last
September for s400. He sold him
last Saturday to Tilman W. An
derson for s1, 800, being s1, 100
profit in less than ten months
time. In addition he was award.
ed premiums in races amounting
to S700, He has about two more
good prospects that are even bet
ter than this one.--Sikeston Her.
aid.
Prosecuting Attorney Henry
Davis was called to Flat River
yesterday morning to investigate
some brass stealing, and as a re-
suit Of his investigation eighteen
boys, ranging in age from II to
IS years, are being rounded up
and will face charges in Squire
Martins court at Flat River next
Tuesday. According to the au-
thorities, the stealing has been
going on some time. Farming
ton News.
Hugh Mills. % years old, q
member Of the Iron Mountain
bridge gang that 10 repairing the
ra;lroad bridge at. Fisk lost his
! balance this morning and fel
from the top Of the bridge to ths
ground below, . distance of fif,
teen feet. His injuries while no
serious, are quite painful. HI
J sustained q severe sprain Of hi
left wrist, his left ankle also wa
seyerly sprained, besides his bacl
! was injured from the twirlinl
: motion IN falling. -sikssson Her
ald,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13

James Payn, the novelist, remarked
Of one woman who used to say the
most brilliant things in conversation
that II she had only devoted half the
time she spent in thinking Of them to
considering whether the brilliant
things would be in good taste and not
arouse III feeling. she would have
been ten times more popular. Al it
was she was not voted . delightful
person by any means.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1915-08-13
How To Profitably Fertilize
For Wheat In South
Missouri.
BY M. F. MILLER.

- AVS
The man who grows wheat in
South Missouri can scarcely af-
ford to neglect the use Of fertili-
zer with 1t. There are soils, par
ticularly the black lands in the
two tiers Of counties south OF the
river and west Of the centor Of
the state where fertilizers will
bring little return, unless under
very intensive systems OF farm
ing. There are also individual
farmers who through the dairy
cow rotherwise can supply large
quantities Of barnyard manure,
where fertilizers are rarely used.
On the bulk of the rolling lime
stone lands and on the prairies
Of south Missouri fertilizers pro-
perly used on wheat are very re-
munerative.
The Missouri Agricultural Ex.
pertinent Station has been con-
Quoting experiments on q series
OF experiment fields in South
Missouri for a number OF years
and the results OF these experi-
ments with fertilizer, lime, ma
nures. etc. are striking.
The results secured with wheat
warrant very definite recommen.
dations regarding the fertiliza.
ton of this urop. 1t has been
found that phosphates bring the
highest return, but that in prao-
tically all cases potash also pays
well. On the less fertile prairies
particularly, as we'll as for the
red and grey limestone uplsnds
The use Of 150 pounds Of fertilizer
containing 10 to IA per cena
available phosphorio acid and 3
to 8 per cent potash. will usually
give the largest net return. The
scarcity of potash this season, on
account Of the war, will make it
impossible to secure a fertilizer
containing 80 much potash, 30
that in most cases one contain
ing 2 per cent will be the max
ium that can be secured. Since
phosphates are most important,
and considering the high cost of
potash this season the use OF 100
pounds OF steamed bonemeai or
100 to 175 pounds Of acid phos-
phate without potash will give
satisfactory net returns. A Mix
cd fertilizer containing 10 to IA
per cent available phosphoric
acid and / to 2 per cent Of nitro
gen and l TO Q per cent potssh
may also be satisfactorily used,
particularly on the poorer lands.
1t must always be understood
in using fertilizer on any crop
that one cannot depend on fertil-
izer alone. 1t must be used in
connection with crop rotation,
manuring or gresn manuring
which will maintain the supply
of organic matter in the soil, If
the best continued results are to
be secured. The bulletins deal
ing with these experiments are
Nos. 110, 129 and 1870, They are
free and sent on request.
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