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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
A Good Bill for Homestead settlers.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.--A bill in
PRODUCED by Senator Booth for the re-.
lief Of homestead settlers provides that
any citizen who has settled, or who may
hereafter settle, on public lands, either
surveyed or unsurveyed, with the in,
tention of claiming the tract under the
homestead laws, shall be allowed the
same time to file his homestead appli.
cation and perfect his original entry in
the land Office as is allowed to settlers
under pre- emption laws, to put their
claims on record, and that such claims
shall relate back to the date of settle.
ment the same as If he had settled
under the presumption laws. The bill
also provides that lands originally en-.
tered under the homestead laws. but
not in good faith, and lands abandoned
before the final entry, shall be subject
TO either homestead or presumption en-
try By the first settler who has settled
or shall thereafter settle, upon them
provided that within six months from
the date Of settlement be shall take the
necessary stops to have the said incom
pleted homestead entry cancelled, and
shall pay the land office fees in the
contest.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20

ence Of real want. lie hears the chill
dren's cry for bread. hc listens to the
weary fathers tale Of hardship, loss o.
work, of heroic struggle, of contempt
tuoas rebuff. He sees the pale faced
wife and mother holding back the tears
while she cares for husband aud chill.
dren aud gives them by her spirit and
courage, strength aud hope for the NOR
row. lie asks what that hope is, and
hnds it means but "daily bread" and to
be delivered from evil
With thoughtful mien he seeks his
home. He does not notice that his
furniture il not the finest. that his
clothes are not the newest, that his
store Of bric brac is but meager, that
the pictures on the walls are not Gil
paintings; bat he observes that the fire
nurns oheerilY, the home is comfortable.
the harder and the cellar are not empty
The wind howls dsmally about the
caves but he is protected. He sits
down IN the old essy chair and, watch
ing the fre>pictures as they weave their
fanciFul shapes in the CRATE, begins to
think that there is another side Of life.
that 10 the absence of sorrow, of abid-
ing pain, of meicless poverty and dis
tress, any reasonable moral might be
happy; and as he continues the rehec-
tons, his eyes dreamily close, aud up
in trout of the dancing figures in the
fire light spirit arises, and taking
fairy fora points to a pearly path
marked Duty" In angel voice she
speaks:
GOOD friend, / give you the key.
Enaoole your sorrow by alternating the
sorrow Of Others. Forget your ciIlic-
tons in minis.ering to the afflicted.
Find content in seeking the bright
things in Lifes mysterious veil and in
doing what you can to make the dark
spots glitter" --Er.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
Oregon and tae N. p. r. X.


The Oregonian gives up all hopes Of
Oregon's obtaining any part of the N
p. railroad. The following is its com
plant:
Already there are coming from Puget
Sound pretty loud expressions Of graf.
iiicatiou over the prospect that Oregon
will lose the Northern Pacific railroad
A few days ago we pointed out the fact
that the new resolve Of the COMPANY
to stana upon their rights under the
original grant aud to ask nothing more
of Congress was not favorable to our
prospect of securing the road as an
Oregon enterprise. A year ago the
company offered to give up the grant
for the branch over the Cascade noun
tains and accept the condition that the
road should be built on the south side
of the Columbia river to Portland.
This would have assured the result
which Oregon desires; aud al the same
time the arrangement would have Sc
cured to both the eastern and western
divisions of WASHINGTON Territory the
service Of the road. The company
were entirely willing to make this cor
cession to Oregon IN order. 10. secure
the hearty co operation of It's delege.
tlon in Congress. Bat this condition
which should have been accepted at
once, was rejected by being coupled
with our propositions which the com.
pany could not possibly admit. The
opportunity passed; the company have
now decided that it would be better to
rely on such franchises MS they have
than TO renew the struggle for lesult,
which they have heretofore sought 10
vain; and in consequence the chance
which was offered to Oregon has slipped
away In response TO this we find the
Seattle Lstell,gencer saying: "There is
good news for us in this intelligence
coupled as it is with the implied prom
ise Of an active renewal of the work
One thing, at least, it means, the aban.
d6nment of the Oregon manmuver Of
shifting the route from the north to tht
south side of the Columbia river"
This result has not been the faul. q
the Ore90aian, for it sounded The
alarm in due time to have ed tht
road for Oregon. As matters are Wash
ington will be much better off.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20
Dealing with Trouble.

In enunerating the woes with which
they are or fancy themselves to be af.
ficted, people are quite naturally dis
posed to give their minds the full bene-
fit Of their ailments. If man or
woman is afflicted in any manner, If
unfortunate in business or If discour
. aged ia life, they begin to het an,'
count up their stock in trade for a com.
planning season.
Let such person get fairly started
10 this method Of meeting trouble and
each succeeding year but fastens the
unhappy habit more securely upon him.
Where life is so liable to be touched
NJ any point with the most despaiing
agony or overwhelming heart. crushing
grief, it is necessary that humanity
should fortify itself by courage, good
cheer and faith, to meet and overcome
the ordinary vicissitudes Of existence.
The many small difficulties which. il
met singly and boldly, succumb and are
trodden under foot, if weakly repulsed,
or timialy tolerated cling to the victim
aud grow with rapid increase until, like
yoke, they strangle and drag him
down to the dust.
One of the best treatments for the
disappointed or responding is pill
grimage to scenes of actual physical
suffering or poyerty's dire distress.
Walk into the operating room of the
hospital or surgical institute, A stout,
rugged man, in his prime, lies crushed
and bleeding, just from under the muir
derous cars. Looking into his pale
haggard face and his agonizing eyes,
the man or woman. SO yielding to minor
ills, suddenly feels that the finger Of
calamity can touch with blighting pow.
er; and thankfulness at being yet free
from such touch drives the lesser
cares from the mind.
Into the sick room goes the pilgrim
after solacs for melancholy thoughts
end gazing on fair youth az it Ian
guishes and fades under fever's devour
iug fame he turns aside, looksat btigh,
life without, at warm sunshine's rays
hears sweet voiced birds in melody, al
nature full Of life, hissheart goes out t.
loved frieuas he thinks of smiles, Of
kindly words, offender glistening eyes,
Of loving helping hands, of noble aims
of deeds of goodness yet TO do, of true
ambitions noble aim. His heart beat.
tast--he drinks in fresh breath-he
stands erect--aud from his heart there
comes the cry, "0h, 20; want to hvep
His little trials sink beneath new Wig.
or's stride.
To poverty's abode, to squalid hut OF
cherries garrett the comfortably clad
complainer takes his way. His heart
has grieyed az tickle fortune when il
failed to give him means to keep pace
with fashion, to dress aud live as deli
cately cultured taste and appetite de-
creed. A guest Of poverty he shud.
ders under the keen and cutting rres
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1878-12-20

There ere religious men who are not
good and good men who are not reli-
gious.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21
folded forward over the back,

frequently folded forward over the back,
with the airy tip daintily upcurled In
cool weather it keeps him warm. Then,
after he has finished his meal, you may
see him couched close on some level
limb with his blanket neatly spread and
reaching forward to his ears, the cleo
trio, outstanding hairs quivering in the
breeze like pine needles. But in wet or
very cold weather he stays in his nest,
and while curled up there his comforter
is long enough to come forward around
his nose. It's seldom so cold, however,
as 10 prevent his going out to his stores
when hungry.
Once while making a winter ascent of
Mount Shasta, | lay storm-bound on
the extreme upper edge of the timber
line for three days, and while the
thermometer stood nearly at zero and
the sky was thick with driving snow,
Douglass came brave.y out
several times from one of the lower
hollows of a dwarf pine, faced the wind
without seeming to feel it much. frisked
lightly about over the mealy snow and
dug his way down 10 some hidden seeds
with wonderful precision, as if to his
eyes the thick snow-covering were glass.
No other of the Sierra animals of my
acquaintance is better fed, not even the
deer, amid abundance of sweet herbs
and shrubs, or the mountain sheep, OF
omnivorous bears His food consistsOr
hszel-nuts, chinquapins, and the nuts
and seeds of all the coniferous trees
without exception-pine, fir, spruce,
libocedorus, torreya, juniper and Sc
quoia-he is fond of them all, and they
all agree with him, green or ripe. No
cone is too large for him to manage,
none so small as to be beneath his no.
tice.-John Mar, IN December Serb
ney's
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21
History Of an Ant Community.

Like Sir John Lubbock, the eminent
French chemist Berthelot devotes much
of his leisure time to studying the ways
of ants He has for years closely OBJ
served an ant-hill, which at first pre-
scented the form of little conical hillOck,
peopled by thousands of inhabitants.
The history of this community, as re-
corded by BerthelOt, has striking re-
semblance to human history-the same
arts of peace and of war, the same dis
tinctions of classes, the same fiuctua-
tons of fortune. The ants excel as
hunters, as marauders; they have
among them skilled architects, thrifty
housewives Division of labor is en-
forced. There are civilized ants and
barbarians. The warriors despise the
toll and drudgery of civil life, ard they
delight in making set raids, taking num-
bers of prisoners, and reducing them to
servitude While their betters are tax
ing their walks abroad, or carrying on
their wars, the slaves care for the young,
and attend to the household affairs and
them while engaged in building. There
are superintendent of work, and there
are simple workers. Sometimes the lat
ter make mistakes; for instance, sup
pose they have to bald an arch, they
make an error in determining the prop
er curve. But when the superintendent
comes he notices the mistake, pulls
down the faulty piece of masonry, and
corrects the error.
When NJ Berthelot first saw this ant
city it had already been in existence for
some years, and was in the high tide of
prosperity. Ten years later il sent out
colony, which settled at the foot of &
young oak. distant a few meters from
the mother-city. This colony, at first
weak and occupying but little ground,
increased year by year. The war of
1870 for a while interrupted the course
of Nj. Berthelot's researches, but on the
return OF peace there was new sur
prise. The mother-city was now in a
state of decline, but the colony was
thriving wonderfully. In the old home
there were but few births and few fruit
full unions; the number of inhabitants
had grown less, and the survivors were
careless of their dwellings,. The colony
has now become the principal city; it
has sent out q sub colony which is in a
flourishing condition. The old city is
compared by 81. Berthelot to Babylon,
with its thriving neighbor cities of
Seleucia and Ctesiphon.-POpular Sci
nee Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21
JoserH. THE NEz PIERCE.

IRON the northern dssolation
Clfnc- cry Of cauitatiou-
.'It g. ended. lie ha- yfeidef. And the stub
born Gght Is wuat'
Lot che nation IN i;s glory
Bow with shame before the story
81 l6c hero Sc has ruined and the evil 1t has
cone.
How he PRAYED white hope remained.
though thc white mans hand was stained
VIII the blood that cried for vengeance of
his murdered kin and clan,
For thr homo the GOOD 900 gave MIN,
Aud the tis'aty sworn - save nun,
for fhr shelter Of his children, Tor the right
90 be a man.
Then thu troops began TO hound him,
And he wrapped his blanket round him,
ATl he called Ms braves 20 follow, and he
-unu:g them hip and thigh.
BIT the host grew vast and vaster.
Aud t.ic wIirlwind Of disaster
Drove him out into the mountains and be
meath an alien sky.
Through the continental ridges,
over lettering torrent bridges,
Ifv tle verge -: black abysses, in the shade
OF mountains boar
Herds aud wives and children bearing.
Months he iourncyed, toiling. daring.
wan an army trailed behind him and an
other croucned before.
Thrice the sudden bios descended,
Roar ana fia-h and clashing blended,
Taice his rear guard faced and checked them
Till the hunted tribe were free.
One. he reeled. bat swiftly rallied
Forth anon the soldiers sailed,
Drove them hcadlong into shelter, captured
all their cannonly.
but the mountains could not shield him
Ard tho -nosN heights revealed him,
And the false friends would not aid him. and
bis goal was far away,
RrrdefI,d by his weak and wounded.
stripped and harmed ana surrounded,
SIN tnC chieftain II the Northlsnd. ike q
lion, stood at bay.
From the freedom that he sought for.
from the dear land that he fought Tor,
10 i fiveu hy q nation that has spurned It's
pllghfed word;
But tine Christians who have given
To the Neutrality-suspicious. Heaven'-
Win the one hand THEFT ami falsehood. with
the other bail and sword.
II N. Bebcock, ia HdTper's for December.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21

THE chief of the voodoo doctors in
Louisiana is tall colored man named
Anderson, half African and half Indian,
with very long hair and whiskers. He
is intelligent, shrewd, and has smat-
tering OF medical knowledge; but he
fourishes by exciting and pandering 10
the superstitions of the negroes, who re-
gard him as veritable devil in human
form. He sells charms for protection
against disease and withcraft, and cred
ulous white persons are among the pur-
chasers. 1t is thought by some that he
has professed supernatural powers I'M
til be really believes in himself.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21
Thu Douglass Squirrel of California.

From the nose TO the root Of the Tail,
he measures about eight inches; and his
tail, which he SO effectively uses in in
terpreting his feelings, is about six
inches in length. He wears dark blush
gray over the back aud half way down
the sides, bright buff on the belly, with
a stripe OF dark gray, nearly black, sep
ara;ing the upper and under colors.
This dividing stripe. however, is not
very sharply defined He has long black
whiskers, which gives nina rather fierce
look when observed closely, strong
laws. sharp as fish-hooks, and the bright
est oi bright eyes, full of telling specu-
laIion.
4 Kings River Indian told me that
they call him pillillooeet," which,
rapidly pronounced with the first sylla-
bic heavily accented, is not unlike the
TASTY exclamation he utiers on his way
M a tree when excited. Most noun
tsineers in California call him the pine
SQUIRREL, and when asked an old trap
per the other day whether he knew our
liz! e forester, he replied with brighten
ing countenanCe:
..Oh YES, of course | know him;
every body knows him. When I'm
hunting in the woods, often find out
where the deer are 10y his barking at
them. ! call 'em lightnin' squirrels.
because they're SO mighty quick and
peey1.
Al the true squirrels are more or less
bTd-lIke IN speech and movements;
bui the Don glass is pre-eminently so,
possessing, rs he does, every attribute
peculiarly squirrelish enthusiastically
concentrated. be is the squirrel of
squirrels. flashing from branch to
branch Oh his favorite evergreens, crisp
and glossy, and undiseased As sun
bearl Give him wings, and be would
outny any bird in the woods His big,
gray cousin is a looser animal, seem
ingly light enough TO iloat on the wind
Nt. when leaping from limb 10 limb, or
oaJ of one tree-top 10 another, he some
ames halJs 10 gather strength,
IS Il making efforts concerning
the upshot OF which he could
mol always feel exactly confident. But
The Douglass, with his denser body,
leaps and gIides in hidden strength,
seemingly as independent Of com
mon muscles As q mountain stream. He
threads .ne tssSeied branches of the
pine-, stirring their needles ike rust
line breeze; now shooting across open
iag. IN arrowy lines: now launching in
curves. Eiinlag deity from side TO side
ia sudden EigZagS, and swiriing in gid
dy loops aBd spirals around the knotty
tr,laks. grt.ii:;g into what seem to be
tae most impossible situations, without
s.... g. --.a.-, now on his launches,
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1878-12-21

THE Eagle and Phenix mills,
OF Columbus, Georgia, have sent TO Mrs.
FELTON, two dress-patterns Of their own
manufacture-one of them, after it is
made up, to be worn on the day DR.. Fell
ton took his seat as member of the
Forty sixth Congress. The patterns are
very handsome.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-03

were handed In to be voted for after
the adjournment. Then, on the In
formal ballot, Mr.. Hughes received
q majority Of votes over any other
candidate. At length, on the
formal ballot, Mr.. Rogers re-
ceived a majority of one over Mand
after Mr.. Hughes's name had been
dropped; that is to say, Mr.. Butler,
the Chairman, ruled 1t In that way
as he did not count the blank vote.
An appeal from the decision of the
Chair was taken, and the house de-
cided against the Chair, when the
bailoting went on under this rule,
and In two or three ballots Mr..
Rogers again obtained majority
over Mand. There being no more
blank votes, he (Rogers) was
declared by the vote of the conven-
ton unanimously nominated for
Supervisor by the WorkIngmen
and Farmers. Thus you will see
that the story of Justice is one tis-
sue of falsehood and misrepresenta-
tions and Mr.. Mand occupies the
position OF seconding candidate,
who runs in opposition to the con-
vention, who in good faith did the
best they could to nominate him
as their pledged candidate to abide
by their decision.
G. J. CUDDY.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-03

The Democracy are centeriDg on
G. E. Huber for Supervisor In the
First District. "Ned" is wheel
horse in the party, and Is, in addi-
ton to being "rustler." man of
integrity and grit. We think the
affairs of the county would be safe
in Ned's" hands. Though a Ken
tuckian born, he is to all interests
and purposes an Angeleiio, having
passed, man and boy, about all his
life in this county. He is a Granger
and an honest man, as we'll as a
coed fellow, and, considering his
faithful service from party stand
point, he ought to be elected.
Charles Zulauf is actively organ
izing a musical entertainment, to
be given at Turn-Verein Hall,
next Monday night, for the benefit
of the fever sufferers of the South.
Messrs. Tanning, Corbett, Carter,
Day, Gard, Lehman and, indeed,
nearly all the amateur and profess
sional musicians of the city have
already signified their willingness
to take part and it is expected,
aside from the object, to be one of
the most meritorious performances
ever given in the city. Mr.. VIM.
Pridham will act as treasurer.
We learn that sanguinary fight
took place at Wilmington on Sun.
day night in which three French
men and two Spaniards were en-
gagged. Knives were freely used
and, although no one was killed,
blood flowed copiously. Two OF
the Frenchmen were badly cut
about their bodies and both the
Spaniards received severe cuts in
the head. No further particulars
have yet reached this city.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-03
The PACING RACE.
Request to tho Directors of the Southern Die
trict Agricultural Society.

Without any desire to find fault
with the speed programme issued
by the society, we submit to the
judgment of any and all horsemen
in the district that there is one
race that cannot be filled, namely:
the pacing race, purse 500, five to
enter. Now, there is one PAGER in
the district with record of 2:36.
How much faster he can pace it
would be an irjustice to the owner
to state, but it is fact we'll known
that this race will not be filed. AT
the request of the owners of many
horses that have never beaten
three minutes, we respectfully ask
the Directors, after the 14th inst,
if the pacing race does not fill as
predicted, to substitute double-
team race to 160 pounds road
wagons, free for all horses that have
never beaten three minutes, bar
ring Inca, Gibraltar, Bullet and
Fieland. This will be n farmers
and gents road-horse race. Let it
be sweepstake, $50 entrance, Sec
ond team saving entrance fee. socie-
ty adding $50. which would be the
same they offer five to enter to the
pacing event, which there is no
possible show to fill.
MANY HoRsEMEN.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-03
WOrkingmen's Meeting.

AT n meeting of Workingmen OF
Los Angeles, held last evening al
Military Hail, tho following reso.
lutions were adopted,
WHEREAS, The so-callea Work.
ingmen's Central Club of this cts
and the so-called Workingmen'.
Central Committee of the county
has been under the control of .
ring, which has been destructive tc
the best interests of the real Work.
ingmen's party; and
WHEREAS, The so. called Work.
ingmen's Central Club Of this city
have the secret ballot, making it a
secret political organization, which
will always be detrimental to free
institutions; and
WHEREAS, The Central Club OF
this city have refused to adopt the
State Constitution OF the Working
meu's party; therefore,
Resolved, That we demand the
abolition of the so-called Central
Club and Central Committee, as a
necessity to the success of the
Workingmen's party.
Resolved, That we demand the
abolition of the secret ballot in the
clubs, so that all desiring to Join
may do so without prejudice.
Resolved, That the Constitution n
of the Wokingmen's party of the
State is the only rule of action,
and that we demand u meeting fol
the organization of clubs that will
adopt the State Constitution and
ignore the secret ballot.
Resolved, That We ask the coop.
Grafton of all the true laboring men
of the city In the formation of clu bs
that will properly represent the
Workingmen's party of the state,
and that we call public meeting,
to be held on Thursday evening,
Sept. 5th, at Military Hall, for the
purpose of properly organizing
Workingmen's Clubs.
Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-09-03
Supposed LibeIer Arrested.

The Grand Jury found three in
dlctments against Thlstleton, pub
Usher of the Jolly Giant, and
against John Doe, for libel, in pub
fishing a series of filthy and scam
dalous letters rejecting on num-
ber of our best known citizens.
For some days it has been suspect.
ed that T. w. Reid, who came here
several weeks ago as agent of the
Pacific Mutual Life Insurance
Company, and who acted as re-
porter on the Daily Star for a short
time, was the author of the scurril-
Gus letters. In this belief he was
shadowed by officer Jerome; and,
on Saturday, was arrested, just as
he was about to take the train for
the steamer Ancon, on which he
had engaged passage for himself
and wife to Santa Barbara. He
was not imprisoned, but re-
manned in the custody of an off,
CUi uheit ycStciuAy hoihihs, WhSh
he appeared before the County
Court on writ of habeas corpus.
The District Attorney stated to the
Court that the John Doe mention
ed in the indictment did not refer
particularly to Reed, and, indeed,
that the Jury had another party in
mind when they drew up the pa
per. On this showing it was i'm
possible to hold the man, of course,
and Judge Stephens ordered him
discharged from custody.
Reid, we understand. was at one
time connected with the Figaro, a
San Francisco theatrical paper,
and he also acted as profooAioa
spiritual medium. accepting an Of
flee il .iiat city.