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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25
Faithful Engineer Pritchard. .

The heroic part taken by the engin
eer, i F. Pritchard. in The accident
on the Pi'tshnrg division Of the Balti
more and Ohio railroad. between Con.
flnence and Cumberland. recently do
serves to be immortslized. He saw
ahead large price Of rock that had
rolled down the mountain on TO the
track. Quick as thought he sprnng
from his seat. without relaxing his hold
on the throttle, iammed it shut and pu,
.on the air brakes. The next instan,
the eacin, went grinding and crashing
over the rock, was thrown from the
track and was turned over and owe ,
When the train men and PASSENGER.
reached the battered wreck which Z
few moments heinrc had been splen
did piece Of machinery the form 9th,
brAve engineer was found s'andin.
erect. ns if his engine was running
smoothly over tho rails. One hand wa
holding the throttle and the other tn,
air brake valve, with clutch tina
VfNllu UDI Dp IiCHPu. uJIS UpS WPVt
pressed closely together and his fac,
wore determined bn anxious look
nd penetrating his side was the pol
ished iron handle OF the reverse bar
The engine. in turning over, ha,
pressed him against the bar. an h,
had died at the post Of duty. Tha
the engineers action was successful i,
nntting on the air brakes is known. {,
it saved the train from wreck. and il
sleening h~man freight from death
Whether he succeeded in throwio,
hack the reverse bar is not known. fn
though it was not reversed when tn
crash was over it might have been he
fore It ia probable hat he saw tha
all he conlA do between the brief mr
ment Of the discovery and the col'isio
was To close the throttle and hold tn
ar valve cn'n long enongh to insnr
tho patent brake fnll SUNNY Of con
densed air. Cumberland MI. News
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25
Selling Whi-ky to Indians.

On last Tuesday three men. Geo. r..
Phillips. Frank Thompson and A. 3. Cow.
an we're arrested AZ Spokane Falls for sell.
ing hsky to Indians. tiled before jus
lice and convicted. Phillips and tt omp.
son were each 6urh Sl00 and costs, and
Gnwan S25 and costs. in default of pay.
ment of which hey were taken TO Colvills
and lndged in Jail. The practice Of selling
whisky to Indians has bern kept ~ foI
some time at the Falls. and carried on sn
openly that the ci'ize . took the matter IL
hand and propose 10 pnt a stop to the fraf
6c. On Wednesday two gamblers we're ar
rested on the same charge. one Of whom
escaped from the officer 10 charge. III,
other will be tried as soon de pvssihle. -
p Gazette
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25
Slim Evidence.

A family grocer in the northern part of
the CITY has hren nroovrd great deal by
hoys stealing boxes and other articles from
the yard in the rear of the store. md the
other dav he made ready for n visit deter
mined to catch hoy md make an example
Of him. Bv and hv fonr or five young lads
dropped off the 'rnce into the yard. and
they were monsing around in search o
nlnndAr when the grocer rushed at Them
Somehnw or other all got over the fence.
~ one hoy left behind him on rail
ahont half vard Of cloth from The
bulge" Of his brooches. With this proof
in his hand The grocer rushed around NJ d
ont nnon the street. and "a lnrt would
hare i, he collared the boy who had lost
,tr match.
"Now I've got you--row I've GO,
rroof?" exclaimed the grocer as he waved
the cloth on high.
II don, see It," coolly rrnlied the hoy
"Yon don't? WHY. this cloth was from
vou- hrserhes- here's 'he v'rv srot?'
lyon hain't got no case aein me. mia
ter" said the lad az he eyed the cloth
for I kin prove that these hreeches belong
to mv brother Sam If yon want 10 ar
rest him GO ahead"
| The occasion was too biz for the eroce
10 grasp. and while he was irving 10 mas
ter the connrdrn,n the hny and the h'i
rent walked off 10 close company -De'roi
Free Press
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25
News from Alaska.

Some few weeks ago the Alaska Indians
were seized with the superstition that one
Of their rfibe-n young and beautiful squaw
was possessed Of witches and n grand
council Of the chiefs and medicine men
was held. and it was decided that a. e
shout he burned at the stake, and accord.
irylv great preparations we're made. The
Young sqnaw hearing Of her fate appealed
to Capt Beardslev, Of the U s. war ship
jamestown. for pro'cciion. Capt, 3 sent
for the chiefs and medicine men and ex.
rl'ined to them that there were no such
things as witches. and that it was n fool.
,sh superstition tha' they were lnhoring
under. The 'srnhle" savaoes were unah,c
10 see II in that light and insisted that she
must hnrn. Capt Beardsly. says the Port
Townsend Press. found that there was hn'
| little use trying to reason with them. So
he resorted 10 \ more effective course. .nd
told them to take the woman. and Il they
burned her he would harg every one ol
'"e" '" 'ue y"fn "FH o' NV JhWfS"""
II is useless to add that their superstition
Immediately vanished. When these sava
ges hurn one WHO is ssu'n'c'ed of witch
craft they indulge quite freely in hover
| idge Of their own manufacture which
makes them crazy drunk. and it was feared
if ;hpv were permitted to hurn the woman
thst in their drunken frenzy they nigh
commit some s"r'nns de-rcda,ions upo,
the whites Patty Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1879-07-25
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
The Mule and the Indian,
ones

I see the beautiful Indian leaning up
against the fence, calmly surveying his ter
ritory. And am free to admit that the
territory is powerful sight more beautiful
than the Indian. The Indian is chewing
tobacco, and swearing at the mule. He is
six feet high, the Indian is and his tail is
full of burs, the mules is. He wears but
ternut jeans and fur cap, the Indian docs
and you can hear him bray clear into the
car, the mule that is: He has a bushy head
of hair and shocky whiskcrs, tanned out by
the sun, has the Indian; and he wears more
flat leather harness than he has hair the
mule does. He carries q black snake whip,
the Indian does, and as lie swears, he lar
raps it over his hunkcrs, the mule hunkers
And every time he, the Indian, fctches him,
the mule, one, he, the mule, kicks down a
whole panel of fence trust have made
this clear enough. q
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01

and have 10000 crowns a year. But re-.
member" and the old gentleman put an
exclamation point, in the shape of an en-
phalic forctingcr, on tie nose of Anthony,
'my success came through honesty. All
can add is go thou and do likcwisc.' Here
is Il crown to begin with, it is more than
had; but if you prcfcfS our present life, and
rd ,na a. yG" ,ha neIe moicn next shall report
With this threat tlN stranger departed,
'envi,ih the youth and Ahe bcggar in Il state
Of anuZemcnt lndcM tho latter was so
bcwildcrcd that he stood with the crown in
his hand, his eyes andl mouth wide open,
gazing intently at nothing. Suddenly lie
dartcd away and was pever again seen in
the g,lsc of a bcggar. ! .H
Many years after thb the young man had
business in town, and 8trolling through the
city, he entered Il book sellers shop to pur-
chase book that had called forth consider
able criticism. Three or four Young men
were busily engaged, While Il stout, wcll-ap-
penring young man, was giving orders, with
the air of proprictorsh$.
His face was very familiar to the new
conner, but it was not &ntfl he spoke that
Anthony and the book-a atllcrwcre discovered
to be identical. THe recognition was
mutual Anthony grasped the young mans
hand and led him back into Il well furnished
parlor and then gave him his history, from
the time they parted at the barrier.
He said he had followed the strangers
advice, bought RACES, with the crown, and
was prosperous. 1td' finally became the
partner Of paper mahufacturer and mar
ricd his daughter, and'could now couut his
ten thousand year
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
How to Throw u Fly,

Seth Green, who has wide fame as a ny
fisher as well as a tishculturst, gives the
following hints to anglers, which arc timely,
as the trout season is now open: 81 am
asked great many times, What is the Sc
crct of fly casting, or how is it that | take
the prize when | throw2 There are three
principles: First, quick out of water; sec
ond, give the line time to straightcn behind
you; third, throw. | will explain these
principles more definitely. Raise your rod
to an angle of about forty-five degrees back
OF you; then make quick stroke forward;
make the stroke without carrying your rod
forward. When you take the line from the
water it should be done with Il quick Jerk ;
then give your line time to straightcn be-
hind; then give it the same stroke forward
that you did to get IL out Of the water. Why
so many fail in tlycasting u.s. they throw
the rod backward too near the ground be-
hind them, and when they make the for
ward stroke, when the line gets straig ghtcnctl
out, it is some distance above the water and
kinks back, and when it falls upon the water
it lies crooked and is some distance short of
what il would have been if il had struck the
water as soon as it was straightcncd out. Ii
fish should strike ut your flies at this time,
you are pretty sure to miss him. BY never
throwing your rod back more than on an
angle OF fortytivc degrees, and making the
stroke forward, your line goes straight out
and the flies go to the point you desire.
Great care should be taken when you have
thrown the line behind you that the line is
given time to straighten before making the
stroke forward. l have thrown seventy
feet OF line against strong wind, first by
giving my rod quick, strong back stroke,
carrying my rod not farther back than Al,
angle of forty-tive degrees, and giving the
line time to straightcn behind me, and
making the same stroke forward that did
to get il back of me. l nearly forgot &c
mention that it is more important to have
your line fit your rod than than it is to have
your coat fit your back, unless you arc 4
Top, and if you are, my advice is to not &C
a-iishing. You may thin, it strange that
should tell you three or four times over in
the same article that in order to do good fly
casting yoa must not throw your rod back
only just so far, and then wait for your line
to straghten behind you, and when your
rod is up to make quick stroke forward,
without carrying your rod forward even a
little, before you deliver the line"
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
Pay AS You Go.

The best of all rules for successful house,
keeping and making both ends meet is to
"pay as you CO." Beyond all countries in
the world, ours is the one in which credit is
the most used and abused. Passbooks arc
the bane and pest of domestic economy, a
perpetual plague, vexation and swindle.
Abuse by servants at the store and the house
disputed constantly by hor,skccpcrs and
dealers, they are temptations to both parties
to do wrong. ..
81 never had that" ... ,. T.
owe neglected to enter this"
81 forgot to bring tho book" ...
"Ncvcr mind, well make note of it,
and so it goes. ill.,. ... ......
But the worst of it is that houscl1ccpcrs
arc tempted to order what they have not
the means to pay for, and when the month
or quarter comes for settlement they are
straightened. .iu Iu@Hna D~
Aifamily can live respectfully on a very
moderate income if they always take the
cash in hand, and buy where they can buy
to the best advantage. Then they will be
careful first to get what Is necessary. Extra
comforts will be had as they can afford
them. But it is bad policy to buy on credit.
No wise dealer sells so chcaply on credit as
for cash. -,l IA .I ,J
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
Gold Lace.

One of the most singular mechanical
operations imaginable is the making of gold
wire for what is known as gold lace. The
refiner first prepares solid rod of silver
about an inch in thickness; he heats this
rod, applies upon the surface sheet of
gold leaf, Furnishes this down-and 50 on,
until the gold is about onc-hundrcdth part
tho thickness of the silver. The rod Is then
subjected to a train of processes which
brings 1t down to the state of fino wire,
when 1t Is passed through holes in steel
plate lcssening step by step in diameter
The gold never deserts the silver, but adj
heres closely to it, and shares all Its lntlta-
tions; 1t. is onc-hundredth part the thick
ness of the silver at the beginning, and it
maintains the same ratio to the end. Ast
the thinness to which tile gold-coatcd rod of
silver can be brought, the limit depends on
the delicacy of human skill 1t has been
calculated, however,, that the gold actually
placed on the very finest silver wire for gold
lace is not more than onc-third of onc-mil-
lionth Of an inch in thickness; that is not
above one-tenth the thickness Of ordinary
gold leaf, .5t a4 ;
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01

Two hours ride on Lake Lucerne, south
cast from the city; brings lis to the
Rigi, All isolated peak, and one OF the most
remarkable of the whole Swiss Alps; not
on account of its altitude SO much rs its
position and character, commanding as it
docs the view of more than twenty lakes,
nearly dozen cities, and villages and
mountain peaks innumcrable on every side
Its northern escarpment looks sheer down
six thousand feet on Lake Iug, into which
person standing upon the brink seems al
most able to hurl stone. The summit is
reached by railway, which is Il mastery
piece of civil eng ginccr ing. Judging by the
eye, the incline ranges from thirty to fifty
degrees from horizontal; and the car,
holding sixty passengers, is propelled by the
engine which putfs and abors in the rear
and mast tcrs the incline, not by bite of its
wheels, but by Il third and coggcd rail in
the centre between the other two; the mo-
ton of the piston axle is gcarcd down to a
slow movement Of the driving pinion, 80 us
to give the engine increased power and
the car moves about as fast as good brisk
walker would travel on level road Every
thing connected with the road is constructed
upon tho most scientific principles, and with
view to absolute safety. a few of the
arrangements will readily illustrate this fact
and they are as follows: The car, being pro-
PEELED, cannot run away if the coupling
should break, as the engine is behind it 60
ing up, and before it in coming down; the
car moves at so slow Il rate that it can be
brought tn u doad !.,!t j., SECOND nf time:
powerful brakes are attached both to the
engine and the car, and bind upon the cog
ged wheel shaft, and not upon the smooth
track wheels; but above all is the fact that
the brakes arc not used at ALL except for
auxiliary restraints, as the steam in the de-
scent is let into the cylinders on the reverse
side of the piston head, and thus becomes a
resisting, instead of a propcllng power. OF
course, any unscicntitic mind can readily
comprehend the fact that if the steam has
power to push the Car up, the same steam
in the reverse order can prevent its coming
down. Even the old lady who dreaded to
embark upon the canalboat, fearing accident
need not hesitate to. scale the Rigi, and en-
joy the magnificent panorama, not presented
to many in II lifetime. The day was cloudy
as ii often is, when we were there; but
when about to return in the last car down
the fog lifted for half an hour, and presented
landscape lit up by the rays of setting
| sun, never to be forgotten by those who
were witnesses to it's glOries.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
a Heroic Light-llouse Kccper.

The Acadians have a tradition that God
cnjoncd perpetual silence and dcsolation on
Labrador and Antic0sii when lie gave them
to Cain for Il heritage. However that may
be, it is certain that, while other wilds Of
the earth yield 10 mans conquest, these
vast wastes remain ever void anu empty.
The Indians called the Island Natiscottc-
the country Of wailing-and under the
modern corruption of Anticosti it has added
to its terrible renown It's whole history,
from the day 1t was discovered by jacques
Cartier, in 1874, to the present, is record
of human suffering Here and there, how
ever, there is tale of hcroism worthy of
noblcr scene. In August, 1869, the family
of Edward Pope, keeper of the Ellis Bay
Lighthouse, was stricken down by typhoid
fever, and, to add to his misfortuncs, the
revolving apparatus of his light broke. The
government steamer had gone; and Pope
had no meaiis Of communicating with the
marine department at Quebec or elsewhere.
The light rcvolvcd or flashed, as the tech
nical phrase is, every minute and half ;
and if it flashed no more it would probably
be mistaken by passing vessels in that region
Of fog for the stationary light at the west
point of the island, and THUS lead to dire
loss of life. Pope found that with little
cXcrtion he could turn it and make it flash,
and at once determined to fill the place Of
the automatic gear. Accordingly, this
humble hero sat in the turTct, with his watch
by his side, turning the light regularly Mt
the allotted time every night, from p. M.
until A. NJ, from the middle of August
until the first Of December, and from the
iirei Of April until the end of June, when
the Government steamer came to his relief
with new apparatus. All through the
first season Popc's daughter and grandchil-
drcn were i'll unto death, with nobody save
him to nurse them. He waited on them
tcnderly through the day, but as night fell
on the iron-bound coast he fastened TO his
vigil in the, .turrct, doing his duty to the
Canadian Government and to humanity with
untlinching devotion. In the second season
his daughter; who had lived through the
fever, took turns with him in the light-room
|. This may have saved a thousand lives He
! died in 1872, and his deed has never until
this day been chronicled, for of tho heroes
| of Anticosti, of the long roll of her vic
tins, the world knows nothing
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
The Boy Shepherds Of NeDrnsku.

One pleasant day we rode 20 miles over
the Laramie plains, from Laramie City TO
the Little Laramie river, where we found a
prosperous shccp-raiscr from Nebraska,
named Edward Farrell. We babe them
gOod-' e late in the afternoon, turned Off
to the right of Sheep mountain, and, enter
ing narrow plain between high ranges Of
hills, spuTcd forward our jaded animals
until the gathering shadows warned us that
we could proceed no further with safety.
AT daybrcak we spicd Il large flock of sheep
in corral close by rude cabin or dug out
in which were two boys, sons of Mr.. Far
rcll. Here, ten miles or more from home,
they had been tending flock Of 2, $40 sheep
during the entire season. They shot their
game with an old rifle, did their own cook
ing and lived entirely alone with their dogs
and two ponies employed in hcrding the
sheep. They altcrnated in watching the
sheep, which were driven into the corral
every night, as II protection against bears,
wolves and other wild animals. An ante
lopc which one Of them had shot the day
previous was suspended near the door OF
the cabin. There was a good range here,
and the father had in the springtime sent
the sheep and the boys to possess it. You
will be surprised when l tell you that these
lads, entrusted with the care of over 800
sheep, and living here in this remote, Sc
cludcd spot, were only 4 and 13 years of
age. 1t is astonishing, the early self-rci-
ancc which these frontier children display,
and the skill which, as mere urchins, they
attain in hcrding sheep.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1879-05-01
VOL. III.-NO. 80.
What Is In tho Bedroom.

IL two person are to occupy 4 bedroom
during night, let them step upon weigh.
ing scales Us they retire and then again in
the morning, and they will find their actual
weight is at least pound less in the morn
ing. Frequently there will be Il loss Of two
or more pounds, and the average loss
throughout the year will be more than one
pound-that is, during the night there is
loss OF pound of matter which has gone OFF
from their bodies, partly from the lungs
and partly through the pores of the skin.
The escaped material is carbonic acid, and
dccaycd animal matter or poisonous exhala-
tions, This is dilfuscd through the air in
part and in part absorbed by the he'd clothes.
If sing glc ounce of wool or cotton he burned
in room, it will so completely satura;c the
air with smoke that one can hardly breathe
though there can only be an ounce of for
cign matter in the mir. If an ounce of cot
ton be burned every half hour during the
night, the air will be kept continually sa,ur.
a;r' with the smoke unless there be an open
door or window for it to escape. Now the
sixteen ounces Of smoke thus formed is far
less poisonous than the sixteen ounces OF
eXhalatons from the lungs and bodies of The
two persons who have lost Il pound in weight
during the eight hours of sleeping, for while
the dry smoke is mainly taken into the lungs
the damp odors from The body are absorbed
into the lungs and into the pores of the whole
body. Need more be said to show the im-
portancc Of having bedrooms well ventilated
and thoroughly airing the Sheets covcrlcls
and mattresses in the morning, before pack.
ing them up in the form of Il neatly made
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