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The Value of Presence of Mind.

Presence of mind has lately proved
valuable in several interesting cases.
Henry Kuhn, at the bottom of a Du-
buque well, drove his pickax into the
side, and stood under it when he saw
the earth-laden bucket falling, thus saw
ing himself from being crushed. John
Carey, when lightning struck the New
Haven mill of which he was foreman,
knocked down three of the panic strick-
en- operators, who were madly rushing
toward the narrow exit, and so prevent
ed dangerous jam on a stairway. Mrs.
Dunkin of Long Prairie. Mimi, was
threatened with an AK by her crazy son.
She said, swell, if you want to cut off
my head, lets go to the chopping-plock."
He nodded, and they passed out to the
woodpile. 1t was dark, and addressing
him with, &c Now, I'll put my head on
the block she drew the white kerchief
from her neck and threw it down and
slipped away. The lunatic struck the
kerchief heavy but harmless blow.
Julia Clarke. a San Francisco factory
girl, was caught in machine by her
long hair. She seized pair of shears
and cut off her long tresses so quickly
that she was not drawn between the
wheels and killed, as she otherwise
would have been. Ten men started
down>the shaft of Nevada mine in a
small skip. The donkey-engine broke,
and the miners felt their vessel sink
downward with lightning speed. Death
ly fear turned every face white. In the
panic most of them clutched the skip to
wait for the crash. At the first intima-
ton of disaster Patrick Mccarthy, the
engineer at the top of the shaft, seized
a heavy plank and thrust the end be-
tween the pinion-shaft and the reel, from
which the cable was running off. The
drum was revolving with terrific speed,
and the friction produced streams Of fire
and smoke. But the engineers thrust
was exactly at the right point, and the
end of the board soon checked the de-
scent, bringing the skip to standstill a
few feet from the bottom. t...
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
Fight With a Cougar.

A few weeks ago, while two prospect
ors, named E. II. Frost and w, ,. iief
derson, were out in the vicinity o. lle
range between Tin Cup and Vnal,h
Greek, looking for deer, they were "
tracted by sound on ledge Of roeS
some few feet in advance and ape'e
them, and upon looking that way 'nss
saw mountain lion about to spring ",
ON them. They Immediately opeaea
fire on him, Frost being armed WIN :
Winchester rifle, and Henderson WIN u. I
breach-loading shotgun. The ahI'''a'
gave a leap at the same time, but W. N \
badly wounded that he did not reael ''m =.
two men. As he struck the ie''se ~
which they were standing they pou .s
in another volley of buckshot and r ns
balls, and, notwithstanding this tne w
managed to fasten on to He'lae,sosas'
who, in the brute's embrace, rolleu ~ y
teen or twenty feet down the mo.lna s%
side, but received no injury except Nv w.
slight scratches and bruises, and na';ns
his overalls torn off, the animal pe'n -
so well filled with lead that ne sass Y
the ghost without further strussssn
Denrer Republicd11.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
An AUGUST DAY.

Over the fields by winding ways
We wandered on together,
Under the flashing azure skies,
In a hush of August weather.
Hound about Ms, afar and near,
We heard the iOcusts humming,
And the astcrs starring the lonely path
Laughed out to see us coming.
Bird songs out of the sunlit oak
Fell ripping through the shadow:
Like Il spear of flame the cardinal Hover
Burned out along the meadow.
Into our hearts the blithe wind blew,
Its own free gIadness giving,
And all things laughed in the happy earth,
For the pure sweet JOY of living.
Two roamed with their eyes alight,
And their hearts too still for laughter,
Tive i'm Il revel of golden fire,
Looked neither before nor after;
One vent dreaming with downcast face
Through the hush of the wood ana cover,
But one praised God from a trembling hear
That the shadow of pain was over.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
killing Flies with Powder Trains

A restaurant keeper in the Ailesnr,;tl, r.,
Diamond during the past week' .. I'm
many others, has been infesteu VIZ,
flies. Patent gum paper, poison, s ao,s
thing known to fly exterminatlng se' s,,t
has been tried, but still they cone: I'M
day last was good day to expef,n, ',,;r.
The room, with closed doors anu y"
dows, was a perfect buzz OF hle ,.;d n
train of very fine gunpowder was lam he Il
narrow strips over the floor an .as, n,
spaces between the strips were cal 'd;bly
painted with molasses. In an inci' sa'.u,.
Short time all the flies in the room =, se Ink.
ed to be ON the floor, enjoying '' ,.so,e
,irious repast so tempting,y se 81 ~ ID.
them. 1t was but the work oi 10 az the
slant, a flash, cloud OF smoke ,.h s
work was done, and the result !. Three three
carefully weighed, was two pollnl;s s.ar 81
ounces of fly carcass. The propIlessno ly
the hotel is happy, and is about = s PbIys.
for patent on the new process
burg Telegraph.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

walks the streets and fields Of o,...
wasset bowling for the small 81. SSaOse
sold him the fatal blue-fish, and =, . Na
ly promising to intlict upon him t psu0'e
tire list of fortunes known to tha 'ae o.
ish Inquisiticn. ''e sna
This story teaches us that vh.
60 fishing we should either buv n "
from an honest dealer, or Give t ane ~
a girl who does not know the ,l;s si'sal y
between fresh-water and salt-wats, s y
Had Mr.. Smith learned this lssa ~
early life, he would not now h MN y
ing about Quoguewasset, a spee sa,,'st
men and terror to small BOYS and NY Y
Gus women.-Ne,C York Tribnne ''''
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04
MY MARINER.

Oh, he goes away, singing,
Singing over the sea!
oh, he comes again, bringing
Joy and himself to me!
Down through the rosemary hoilo~
And up the wet beach ran,
NV heart in fiutter to follow
The flight of my sailor man.
Fie on husband sitting
Still in the house at home!
Give me mariner, fitting
And flashing over the foam
Give me voice resoundlnS
The songs of the breezy MAN
Give me a free heart bounding
EyermOre hither again.
Coming is better than going;
But never was queen so grand
As /, while | watch him blowing
Away from the lazy land
! have welded an ocean rover,
And with him own the sea;
Yet over the waves come over,
And anchor, my lad, by me.
Hark to his billowy laughter,
Blithe on the homeward tide!
Hank to it, heart! up and after;
OFF to the harbOr- side;
Down through the rosemary hollow
And over the sand hills, light
And swift AS a sea bird, follow;
And no, for sail in sight!
LUCY Ldrcom, in HGrper's for september
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Some Facts About the Pulse.
Iany, erroneous iaprasaaisshA FReyail

Many. erroneous MIpresli Ma Hfevail
about the pulse as indicative of health
or disease, a common notion being that
its beatings are much more REGULAR and
uniform than they really are. FIRE.
queney varies with age. hthe new bern
infant the beatings are from $50 to 14O
to the minute i'm the second year, from
100 to rs; from the seventh to the four
teenth year, from 80 to 3d.; from the
fourteenth to the. twenty year, from
20 to 80; from the gtwanty-frst to ne
sixtietlf year, from 20 to IS. After that
period the pulse is generally thought to
decline, but medical authorities differ
radically ON this point, having expressed
the most contradictory opinions. Young
persons are often found whose pulses are
below 60, and there have been many In
stances of pulses habitnally reaching 100,
or not exceeding 40, without apparent
disease. - Sex, espeeially my aduts, nw
flhences the pulse, which Tx wSAeneiits
from 10 to IA beats to the minute more
rapid than iii men Of the same age.
Muscular exertion, even position, mate
rally affects the pulse. Its average FREE
quency in healthy men ofA27 Y, Wien
stasating, al |; wien sitting, Il; when
lying, &C per minute; inwwomen- of the
same age in the same position, 9l, 81
and 80. In sleep.thepplse is in general
considerably slower than during wake
fshless. In Nscertsinp Aiaeases- saeule
dropsy of the brain for example-there
may be $50, even 200 beats; in other
kinds Of disease, such az lapeplexy and
some organic affection of the heart,
there may, be no, more than 90 to 80 to
the minute. Thus, one Of the common
est diagnostic signs is liable to deceive
the most experienced practitioners,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

CoNEY ISLAND is nine miles from
New York City, yet on week days ladies'
can 60 to the Island and return for 10
cents and children forl0 cents on one
of the numerous railroads leading there.
Trains run every fifteen minutes most
of the time. suThis shows that vixen pe6
pie want to go to Il resort the question
of "inaccessibility" and expensive
ness" soon vanish. ID -zss-sss
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1879-09-04

BAKERS YEAsT.-Two ounces of hops,
with nine quarts of water; boil one
hour; when cool, add seven pounds
mashed potatoes, one pound of sugar,
two ounces carbonate soda, one-Kalf
ounce spirits of wine, one pound flo,r
and one-half pint of brewers yeast.
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basket fun of large and beautiful fish.
Hope, sprang up in the assistant teachers
heart as the adversary Of mankind
whispered to him wicked but tempting
suggestion. !, He stopped the small boy
and asked him if the fish were trout.
The boy said unhesitatinyly that they
were. Mr.. Smith ut once bought six OF
the largest fish, and hired the small boy
to string them. Then, with a proud
step, he sought the house of his beloved
one, and. carelessly handing her the fish,
remarked that he was disappointed i'm
the size of the Quoguewasset trout, and
had thrown away at least 50 because
they weighed less than two pounds each.
The young lady looked at him rather
cAfioasly, = and her two brothers, who
Were present, kept an ominous silence.
She asked Mr. Smith if the fish were
really trout and if he had caught them
all himself The unhappy man, rush
ing ON his fate, not only answered these
questions in the. affirmative, but de-
jscribed the tiny little pool in which, as
he alleged, he had caught the fish.
When he had fully and completely per-
jured himself, the young lady coldly
said that their acquaintance had better
end then and>there, and swept up stairs
to their room, while her two brothers.
bursting into Aruars Of laughter, told the
ruined assistant teacher that his trout
were blue-fish.
It Aassheiehd Of Mr.. Smiths. dream
Of love: Nothing could induce the
Young lady to see him again, and her
brothers having told the story at the To-
cal grocery, Mr.. Smith was greeted at
every turn with inquiries as to the price
OF trout. His brain gave way under his
disappointment and shame, and he now
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
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{. he,ennes Captured,

The NV York Herald has infor.
III 4tion from Miles City, of date March
%. which says:
Little VOLTS bend of Cheyeuu,s,
who have for over wo months been u
terror to the settlers between Camp
Sheridan aud the Yellowstone valley
Dave ut last been cpwpellsd to surren-
der. They have ttaversed the country
from the time of their escape. runniBg
of stock aud killing lonely traveller, on
the plans, till last Tuesday, wh n al
most starving aud naked and hard
pressed by troops seat out from Fort
keogh to Intercept them, they surrcn
dered to Lieutenant w. p. Clarke. OIL
the I'd cavalry, who drove them from
the Little Missouri river to Box Elder
creek, aud took them captlves, securing
their arms and 25D head of ponies.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
City Council.

Monday, April I, 1879.
At a regular meeting to-day, pursua to
adjournment, there were preseut S. G.
Hale, Mayor; S. Windenthaller, G. G. Buzz
nell, Council; J. X. Vincent, Marshal.
The minutes Of the former meeting were
read aud approved.
Also present of the new hoard A. Gil.
man, Mayor elect; E. Baird, &. G.. Kress,
T. s Billings. C. Weisgerber, Council; c.
E. Fauuce, Marshal; J. X. Vincent, Re-
corGer
Motion made tina, new board be installed
iu office. Carried.
| Mayor and Council sworn by the Record
err (Warner) and oath of office admins
! tered ard filed.
| Bonds of j. X. Vincent as Recorder pre-.
scented. filed and approved, aad oath of Of
| fee administered
| Bond of G. E. Fauace as Marshal fled
approved and oath of Office administered.
Rules OF FIRST council read by request.
The following committees were ap
pointed
On Ways aud Means, Baird and Kress.
On Streets aud Public Properly, Weis
gerber and Baird.
On accounts and Current expenses
Kress and Billings.
On motion, that the Recorder and Treas
urer make "a report as to the financial con
dition of city at the present time to repor
at next regular meeting. Carried.
Moved, that the Council meet ever.
Tuesday evening at the Court House til
further notice. Carried.
Moved to adjourn till Tuesday, April 5
1879. Carried.
J. K. VINCENT, Recorder.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
The Dead Body ola Woman Found OH
a Drift.

Yesterday noon intelligence reached
this city that the body of woman had
been found GU drift on small island
above government island in the Colum
bia river, and which is owned by c. b.
Molthrop As the report reached US,
Mr.. Molthrop was Oh cruise about his
island. like Crusoe of old. and was at
tached to the 81 pot by the buzzard's
scream and the repulsive odor waited
on the down stream zephyr. He went
out on the drift until he came upon a
dead body. The sight was most horri-
ble The flesh from the womans face
and hands had been torn away by the
beaks of the screaming birds and the
eyeballs torn from their sockets. leaving
fesh!ess skull staring with never
closing eyes toward the clouds above
The form was wrapped in calico dress
which saved the badly decomposed body
(of what was once woman from d
buzzard's banquet. Mr.. NJ returned
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

To SCHOOL TEACHEas. No person shall
be authorized to teach any public school,
within Idah0 Territory, who shall not have
certificate from II school board of exam
iners within this territory. The school
board for Nez Perez county will meet al
the county auditors Office in the city o,
Lewiston, on the first Monday in May next
All applicants for the position of school
teacher, must be present ON that Monday o
the session of said board.
J. II. EVANS, G. B. Reynolds,
Count, Auditor. County Examiner.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

The EXODUS FROM CALIFORNIA; -
The two steamers from California. the
Republic and Oregon, that left San
Francisco on the 10Th of March,
brought to Oregon over one thousand
passengers. This is almost equal to tho
exodus that has lately commenced by
the colored people Of the Southern
States to Kansas. Let them come
there is plenty of room for them ii
Oregon and Washington and Idaho Ter
! rilories. - Mounfaineer
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
Why do People Gossip.

Mr.. EDIroR:-We take it as fore.
gone conclusion that everybody must
talk about something There was once
poor fellow who was 'tola not to talk,
tor fear people would fnd out that he
was fool, but gained nothing by the
experiment. He was considered a fool |
because he did not talk upon some sub
ject or other. We all must have some |
thing to say or else ALLURE society. OIL
course the topics of our conversation
will naturally pertain to those subjects
upon which the mind dwells or OF
which we have some knowledge. If a
man is interested ia science he will talk
about science; if he is an enthusiast in
art, and his mind is filled with its beau
tlful hallucinatioas, he will talk about
art; if he is familiar with literaiur and
is an intelligent and persistent reader,
he will naturally bring forth literary
topics for his conversation. So it is
with all social aud religious questions.
"Out OF the abundance of the heart
the mouth speakcth. That of which
the mind is full; that with which it is
furnished will come o ut in expression.
Then we readily conclude the simple
reason why the world il so full Of Cos
: sip is that those who indulge in it have
nothing else in them. They know
nothing but what they learn from day
to day 10 intercourse With, and in Oh.
r servation Of, their noighbors. What
. those neighbors do, what they say
what happens to theal in their business
affairs, what they wear, these become
questions of supreme interest. Tn,
personal and social life around them
this is the book under constant perusal
e and out of it comes the pestIferous con
,i versation which VIC call gossip. Tn
re world is full OF it. In million house
all over the country nothing is talke
Of but the persona affairs Of neigh
'e boys.
Now what is the cure for gossip
a. Simply culture. There is a great de;
to of gossip that has no malienity in i
y, Good naturcd people talk about thei
s. neighbors, because, and only becaus,
re they have nothing else to talk abou
A person who habitually deals in 90
he sip confesses thereby that he or she
d either malicious or an imhecile. ri
a. young should not oulv shun it, but |
." The most thorough culture relieve then
selves from all temptation to indul ge
j.. it. 1t is II low irivplous and too oftt
I'D a dirty business. There are parts
IT. our own community wherein it rag
like pest. Suc,e,y is broken up at
~ split ia pieces b. it. neighbors NAL
d, enemies by it for life. In many pc
We sons i, deseneraies into u chronic di
m case, which is practically incurab
'0 '.ct the young be cured OF 1t VIII
:, they may. l..
- -.-zz -. -----.--
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

home, leaving the body where be found
il. Not until three days had passed
perhaps he expected the corpse to rise
on the third one--was information sent
to Capt. Love, of this city, relating the
affair. Coroner Cooke was at one given
the details. as far as known. aud this
morning will depart on the Wide West
for the purpose Of holding an inquisi.
tion..-l', Standard April 4.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

UNtTEu STATES PATENT OffIcE.-- The
commissioner of paten's has provided
that the Lewiston Library Association
may be furnished with the Official Gazette
of the patent Office in case they will re
ceive it and harr It kept in a place acces
srie to the public. Our Library men had
better see to it that this Gazette he fur
riahed as suggested.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

HARVEST QUEEN - This fine steamer made
her first trip to this place on SUNDAY last
with several passengers and alb Ut so tons
of freight. 1t ls the largest aud most ele-
gan,iy fitted boat that has ever come to
this place, has very powerful machinery
and consequently has no teoHb.e in cross
expected here arain Snnd,y next.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

BENCH WARRANT.--We learn that a
bench warrant has been issued for the ar
rest of The Indian who was indicted for
killing of the old man on Pine creek in
1877. This has been done at the instance
of U. S. Attorney Buck. This Indian IS
reported to be somewhere on the north
side of Snake river below this point in
Washington Territory.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
Efforts to throw the Indian Territory
open for Settlements.

New York, April "A Suns
Washington special says: A vigorous
attempt during the present Congress
will be made to procure the passage of a
bill to throw open the Indian Territory
for settlement. The bill will provide
that q. S. courts shall be in the terri
tory, and that condit; nal land grant.
given to railroads in the territory shall
revert to the Cover nment.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

OLcary, the defeated pedestrian, be.
gan life as Bible peddler in Chicago.
1t was such a long walk between Bibles
in that unrig htcous city that he had to
acquire great skill with his legs in order
to make living out of his peculiar
merchandise.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

George" said devoted young
mother of our acquaintance to her very
juvenile son, 'you cannot have another
G okie till you ask for it properly
"please, for Christs sake. Amen" sale
the little innocence, with immediatel,
folded hands, Gin Enc.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

DELAYED.--The secretary of the territory
fnled to send a copy of the late acts of the
legislature to the Judge of this district,
One copy arrived to the auditor of the
county on Wednesday eve. How does be
expect the district court of the fl rs. dis.
lrict TO decide cases according to law when
the laws in force are not accessible.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

FINE PIcruREs.-Mr. Fisk, who has been
here on several occasions gathering pic
lures to have them enlarged showed US
lot which he had just received, and we
would say that they cannot be excelled by
any one, and those who would like such
work done would do well to call on him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

SHooTING.-A Mr.. Oyeracre and John
Mckinney were arrested and brought be-
fore Judge Warn on charge of shoot.
ing at Mr.. Whitmore and Mr.. Spencer with
intent to kill. The former was examined
on Wednesday evening and held to bail in
the sum of $500. The latter waived ex-
animation, and bail ordered for appearance
At the District Court.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

CHIEF JosEpu's SToRY.-Tbe Portland
Standard applauds Chief Josepb's story
of his wrongs AS published in the April
number of the North American Rexier We
have not seen the Reciew and hence canno,
say be far Joseph deserves the praise be,
slowed him as truthful historian.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

FEoM CoLFAx.-Ihe Hon. Mr.. Sullivan is
in attendance upon our district court as
attorney in defense of Mr.. Kent, who is
charged with the murder of McGregory
near the Palouse last Winter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

TEACHERS lNsTITUTE.--At n special meet
OF Nez Perez, held in the city of Lewiston
this week cordial Invitation was extenied
to teachers of public or private schools
to attend the institute commencing 10 Lew
istou on the first Monday in May next. B.
| By order of committee.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11

BACK AGAlS.-A. Benson, Esq, arrived
home last night from Southern Idaho,
whittier he has been to purchase mules.
He did not visit the Snake river mines as
reported in II Boise City paper. Mules to
him are better than mines.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-04-11
Lewiston, Feb, 20.

GUILTy.- George Kline, who was ar
rested some time ago for shooting at Mr..
Refs. was indicted by the grand jury, and,
on arraignment, plead guilty to the in
dictment and asked the mercy of the court
His sentence will be pronounced to-mor'
row.