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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16
TOO HARD A BARGAIN.

While Adah Rehan, the we'll known
actress, was at Louisville short time
ago, a southern gentleman, q planter
of considerable years and fortune, al.
lowed her charms to overcome his
long sustained aversion to matrimony,
and approached the fair lady with pro.
posals of marriage. The following
conversation is then reported by We.
racious Louisville scribe to have en-
sued:
"If consented to become your
wife, sir, I should FIRST desire time ,e
understand your disposition; second, ]
shall desire your consent to two pro
positions"
"Name 'um," said he.
"You must consent to my remain
ing on the stage ten years longer a.
least"
"Umphl Well, I don't think !
would"
"And you must at once cease th'
use Of tabacco--except in the form O.
cigars"
"W-h-a,t!" The planter started
back in his chair, looking around thu
hotel parlor, and stared at her, ant
from his lips followed a prolonged
whistle.
"Great gad, miss! surely--wh'
we'll" and then he again stared.
II mean what | say"
"Come. now" he found voice t.
speak-''come, now, miss, let's com
promise. III agree to your acting
year or two but don't cut off my to
bacco-don't. Id-it would--dont.
"You have heard the alternative"
"Then by Jacks-n, there is no NOR
to be said. l like you, you'd snit me
but when il comes down to chosii'
between chewin' and marryin' give IN
the natural leaf--tirst, last and alway
Good day miss"
And as red in the face as q south
ern sunset, he took his hat ard his d.
parture. She never saw him agar
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16

THE OLD COUPLE.

They sat in the sun together,
Till the day was almost gone,
Ard then at its close an angel
Stepped over the threshold stone.
He folded their hands together,
He touched their eyelids with balm.
And tn cir last breath floated upward
Like the close Of solemn psalm.
Like bridal pair they traversed
The unseen mystical road,
That leads to the Beautiful City
Whose builder and maker God.
Perhaps in that miracle country
They will give her lost youth back,
And flowers Of a vanished spring time
Shall bloom in the spirits track.
One draught Of the living waters
Shall restore his manhoods prime,
And eternal years shall measure
The love that outliveth time.
Bat the shapes they left behind them
The wrinkles and silver hair
Made sacred to us by the kisses
The angels imprinted there
Wen hide away in the meadow,
When the sun is low in the west,
Where the moonbeams cannot find then
Nor the wind disturb their rest.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16

THE "God Almighty" case is over,
and tbs Heavenly Kingdom business,
over which M. Davis presided for
many years. has "busted" wide open,
the court having decided against it.
The judge, in rendering his decision,
seems to be very riley, for said he, amy
man that sets himself up as a God or
Holy Ghost in the present enlightened
age, is fraud on per 81 There is
milk in that coca-nu., but some people
are never well, unless they are hum
bugged. W. Statesmen
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16


ARE WE so Soon FoRGoTTEN?-Mr.
Wilson removed the remains Of man
from grave on the outside of the fence
surrounding the graveyard that at
tracted considerable attention. On q
stone at the head of the grave was
cniseled a square ana compass and tho
letters, 81. w." died July le, 1920,
showing that the body was buried six.
ty years ago. There had been neat
stone vault built in which the body
was placed, in good state of preserva-
tion. Major Gaines stated that 'hs
grave was there when he irst came )
the springs, many years, and that nor )
knew who the man was or who b. |
buried him. Major Gaines had IT,.
body removed at his own expense, :.
well as purchasing lot for 1t in Hol-
lywood Cemetery. The surroundings
show that the man who when living.
had been of some prominence.-[H Hot
Springs, Ark, Sentinel.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16
TWO OLD MEN UPON THE
WEATHER.

"Some folks seem to think that this
is warm weather." observed old Daddy
Wotherspoon to old Uncle Linkinbot-
ham, as the two old men stood lsst
Thursday, before thermometer that
stood ninety in the shade. Pears to
me twas worse than this in tho May
of twenty eight, wasn't it2'
"a heap worse" assented old I'm.
Gle Linkinbotham, "but that wasn't as
bad as the May of twenty-five. You
remember when the tin roofs melted
and run off the houses, and we had to
carry wrought umbrellas through the
street,
"Deed l do" rejoined Daddy Woth-
erspoon, mopping his visage with some
anxiety. 81 was out hunting that
Spring. and We had to carry our pow
der in buckets of water to keepit from
going off prematurely. Wasn't that
the Spring the hams fried on the live
hogs and the bills melted Off the snow
birds2"
''The same Spring said Uncle Lin
kinhotham, 81 know l was off fishing
on Long Island Sound, and the heat
generated the water into steam so as
to blow our boat clear over into the
woods. That month was pretty warm
for | recollect how the forest out back
of East New York melted down, and
stream of liquid kindlings running
right through my farm. One of my
boys took swig of it one day by mis-
take, and when he died in the Fall we
found him chuck sull of splinters.
Killed him."
"Yes, ycs," murmured old Daddy
Wotherspoon streaming at every pore
1--WE used to hang meat and vegcata
bles down my well, and they wa
cooked in ten minutes by the watch,
and the ancient gentleman regarded
his antagonist with some triumph.
ave tried that" said old Uncl'
Linkinbotham, "but the heat meltet
the wires the grub was hung on ant
the works Of the clock run all over th'
floor, so we couldn't tell how long i
did take to cook, and used ice watel
to do our billing wi h."
"Where did you get your iceT de
manded Daddy Wotherspoon, tying ,
handkerchief around his neck to keel
his ears warm.
1--WE just poured water on the fir
and the fire was so much cooler thar
the atmosphere that the water froze il
a minute. That's how we got our ice
Don't you want to go ana drink some
thing to warm you upl"
wf we can get little good oil
brandy, I'd like it" replied old Dadd
Wotherspoon, with pale lips an
clenched fist. "I'll take some proc
brandy"
"Come along, them" retorted oil
Uncle Linkinbotham, contemptuously
"You may be able to stir your bloo
with that tipple, but this weather an
he recollections Of May, twenty-five
makes me want some hot spiced rur
and fur overcoat. Tomorrow L,
going to put on extra hannels."
And the two old liars almost kille
themselves that afternoon with he
drinks rather than admit that TIL
Almighty could do things as well no.
as he did when they were boys.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16
HAIL ATOR Ms.

DEADwooD, June Ga terrific hail
and wind storm passed over this city
this afternoon, doing great damage.
Hail stones the size Of hens eggs fell
for over two hours. One stone meas
ured twenty-t inches in circumfer-
ence. A whirlwind struck in Dead
wood gulch near the confluence of
Whtewood and Deadwood gulchcs,
completely destroyed four houses. kill
ing one woman, wife Of John a. Will
colt of st. Louis, and seriously injur-
ing Mrs. Thomas and her two young
children. Hundreds of trees on the
hillside were uprooted and hurled in
some instances a distance Of over 500
feet.
An occasional correspondent writing
to the Oregonian from Baker City un-
der date of June I'd sends thu follow.
ing:
This afternoon this place was visited
by the most terrific hail storm ever
witnessed in this section. The stern
was about fifteen minutes duration
After the cessati IN Of the storm, fully
ten minutes after the hail fell, youl
correspondent and others gathered
pieces Of hail which by actual meas
ure men, ranged all the way from al
inch to an inch and half in diane er
and from the size of walnut to twice
the size of birds egg. The damage
which at the present comparativel,
early time of writing is as yet un
known, must be very great. Som'
parties had every pane Of glass il
their windows broken. Fruit tres'
are damaged, to what extent canno
be told.
A fearful hail storm visited Soutl
McLennan and the northern part o
Belle county, Texas, Saturday night
May 80. Several farm houses were
blown down, and much injury done Il
the growing crops.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16

Sir William Blackstone, author of
commentaries on the laws Of England,
the universally recognized standard on
elementary law, was printer, having
mastered the mechanical details Of the
art in 1853, while one Of the dele
sates Of the Clarendon Press"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1881-06-16
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"How is a married woman best ad-
dressedP We don't know much about
such matters, but it would seem safest
to address, her when her husband is
a~ay from home.
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15
One Source of Crime.
[Christian Mirror.l

We are informed, by what we suppose to be
good authority, that within few days past a
travelling agent has sold in single rural town
in this county no less than one hundred and
sirty-three copies of Tom Paine's infidel writ.
ings.
Now we do not propose to enter into the
vexed question whether crime in Maine is in
creasing or not, question, we suspect, in re-
gard to which something can be said on both
sides. But it is not difficult to decide, in view
OF facts like the above, what are some of the
most prolific sources of crime, as it actually
exists We might not be able to guage ex-
actly the relative dimensions of a deadly epi-
demic, but if we knew that there was an open
sewer running right through the infected COM
munity. filed with foul and fostering ditch
water we should be sure that we knew at
least one of the causes of the pestilence. But
if the town referred to were traversed through
and through by such slums, it would not suffer
so much physically as it will be likely to do
morally by the labors of the DEVILS agent
above mentioned.
We believe that one of the chief causes of
the increase of crime in this day is bad reading
Its forms are protean and multifold. Every
daily newspaper which serves up to its readers
the foul details of murder, robbery, rape, and
deeds of shame of every sort, is helping to ed
ucate them to the same things. Everybody
knows that familiarity with crime is one of the
most fruitful antecedents OF crime. 1t sug-
gests things which would never otherwise be
thought of. By describing how they were
done, it teaches how to do them. BY portray
ing the ingenious modes by which rogues have
sought to escape, it instructs in the modes of
escape. 1t kindles vile passions; it promises
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15

SPRINGFIELD Republican,: New Eng
land is becoming great criminal curiosity
shop. The latest addition to the list of
unique crimes is the burglary near North
Andover by two esteemed students of Phil
lips academy, who were industrious and
frugal, saving their earnings in order to Sc
cure an education" and who were in the
act of adding to their assets from another
PERSONS property when they were surprised,
and one was shot dead. Here is a good
study for experts in sociology. These fel-
lows were 21 years old (twins-did that
have anything to do with the affair.", reared
in respected family, under the very shad-
ow of the Andover Theological Seminary,
and were pursuing the higher education in
Christian school famed for it's thorough
ness. They could no doubt have got help
from some of the many funds devoted to
such objects, and yet they stole. What does
it all mean? The solution of a few prob
lens like this would be worth more to the
world than all its divinity schools and theo-
logical libraries.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15

THE New York Public of this week has
the following interesting paragraph upon
the general business of the country: In
March, 1880, an extraordinary fever of
speculation in products as we'll as in securi-
ties-the widest which the country has
seen since 1S72-reached it's elimination.
In March, 1881, business was retarded
throughout the country by a series of storms
or floods, and the Instructions of travel or
transportation in some of the northwestern
States were beyond all precedent. Yet the
volume of business transacted was greater
in March, 1881, than in March, 1880, by 1872
per cent. A part of this increase was due
to speculative activity here early in the
month. But the exchanges at % cities out
side OF New York were greater in March,
1880, by about 3.S per cent. This, notwth-
standing decline of Is per cent. in the
average price of cotton for the month since
March, 1880; of 20 per cent. in the average
price of flour, and II per cent. in the aver
age price of wheat; of per cent. in petrole-
um, and of much larger proportion In
many manufactured products, among which
iron may be especially mentioned. The de-
cline has been about 81 per cent. in pig iron,
about 25 per cent. in manufactured iron, and
about II per cent. in Steel rails. Pork prod
ucts have been about 80 per cent. higher in
March, 1881, than in March, 1880, but
scarcely any other important class of arti-
cles shows an advance. The severe storms
have cut down business at Chicago and Mil
waukee, and affected other cities in a less
degree, but only five report smaller ex-
changes than those of March, 1880, when
the "boom' of business was at its height.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15
Boston "Culchaw."

lChicago Inter -Ocean.]
1T is great thing to see the spiritual truth
that all nature symbolizes," said she.
$50 it is" said he.
"And yet enjoyment is darkened by a terri
BILE shadow" said she.
"Hay?" he inquired.
"a terrible shadow" she repeated, "that
casts depressing reflection upon the most ex-
uberant SOUL"
eyes," replied he, "Ive felt it when I've
been short on spare ribs.
"On what?" she anxiously inquired.
"On spare ribs
But you should be philosophical, you should
initiate Pythagoras."
"Who was he?''
"He was a philosopher and an epicurean
but ne did not go as far as the stoics''
"Where did they go?" asked the Board of
Trade man, and gazing at him in amazement
his wild Western way began to dawn upon the
cuichawed mind of the Boston girl, and she
said:
"Take me to mama"
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15
Memories of Yorktown.
HOudou Telaoranh

lLOnuOu IeleSrapn.l
There is, however in the memories of York-
town even now much to draw living English
men and Americans nearer together and un-
questionably the bearing of General Washing
ton at the supreme moment toward his van
quished and humiliated. enemy was of that
character which it is meet and right that histo-
rians should ''not willingly let die." When, on
the fifteenth of October, 1884, Lord CORVALLIS
had lost his two advanced redoubts by storm,
he made an attempt to escape with his rank
and file who were still fit for duty-rather
more than 1000 in number-across tho river to
Gloucester. The attempt was frustrated, as
might have been expected when it is remem-
bered that the opposing forces, French and
American, vastly outnumbered the English,
and that a French feet of more than 80 sail,
under Comte de Grasse, lay in the adjoining
river and fords. On the morning of the 18th
of October Lord CORVALLIS accepted the inevi-
table, and the terms of capitulation were set
tied between him, as representing the British
side, and Gen. Washington and the Comte de
Rochambeau, as severally representing the tri-
umphant forces of America and France. But it
is not generally known that, at the moment
when Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General
w ooAlAsVOuB ouO EuSllSumdQ SlmulCd-
neousy uncovered his head. With characters
tic thoughtfulness General Washington prayed
him to put on his hat, as-the weather being
chilly and wet--there was danger of his catch
ing cold. 'It does not much matter what now
becomes of me-" exclaimed the detected Eng
lishman; to which in a firm voice General
Washington at once replied: "On the contra
ry, my lord, anticipate for you long career
of distinction and honor in the service of your
King and country" How truly these gener-
GUS and prophetic words were borne out may
be seen by those who care to read the epitaph
upon the monument erected by a grateful
country to Charles, first Marquis CORVALLIS,
in st. Pauls Cathedral. Yet memories of this
kind serve only to remind us that, in Keble's
beautiful words, Brothers are brothers forev-
ermore. No odistance''-and it may be aiaed,
no bickerings-"breaks their tie of bisod."
England is, happily, on terms of the closest
amity both with France and the United States,
and no celebrations" of events which hap
pened century since are likely to diminish
the cordality of their friendship.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15
THE ecclesiastical regulation of its recent

The ecclesiastical regulation of its recent
ly acquired provinces of Bosnia and Herze-
govina has for some time occupied the at
tention of the Austro-Hungarian Govern
ment. So far as the Catholics are concerned,
there has been little difficulty. There are
to be three dioceses, with an archiepiscopal
see at Serajevo. With the Greeks there is
more trouble, and no definite arrangement
has yet been attained. The Austrian Gov
ernment demands that the, shall be an in
dependent patriarchate, and that the Patri-
arch OF Constantinople shall renounce his
rights of jurisdiction over Bosnia and Herze-
govina The Porte objects, preferring that
one OF its subjects shall be the ecclesiastical
head of the Greeks residing in it's former
provinces. The matter is merely and solely
political.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-04-15
Thursday, the Twenty. first Day Of April,
next.
Il o. SMITH, Secretary of State.
A Mirror of Hasty Reflections.

"A MlrrOr or HaSty Reflections.
The article in the Christian Mirror, cop
led into another column of the PRESS, is a
bomb from the magazine of militant
churchman, and will, we hope, do some
execution. The writers and publishers and
venders of impure literature, foreign or
domestic, ought to be blown up. Shop
keepers who put in their windows the
coarse and obscene engravings of s'fash"
papers should be held up to public contempt
and reprobation, and their counters should
be forsaken. We cordially agree with the
Mirror in its opinion that one of the chief
causes of the increase of crime in this day is
bad reading. Like most other liberties, the
liberty of the press has been abused.
But we have little fear that Paine's coarse
and aippant and unintelligent infidelity will
do much harm. Those Influenced by it to
crime are already spoiled beyond repair.
And we do emphatically protest against a
judgment that puts Herbert Spencer in the
same category with reporter of the Police
Gazette, that makes out Darwin to be as
bad as an adulterer, and classes Tyndall
with thief. A judge that Iputs free
thought on level with murder, that reck-
ons doubt of dogmatic theology as great a
sin as dissemination of immoral literature,
cannot command the confidence or influence
the conduct of men. The Mirror is right in
its opinion of bad reading and wise in pro-
testing against the circulation of that vile
literature. But it cannot advance practical
morality by CHASING Holbach's System of
Nature and Huxley's Crayfish under the
same head, or by coupling the Liasons Dan
gereuses of LIE Clos with the Development
of Species of Darwin. Intolerance like that
will defeat the good object the Mirror has SO
much at heart. 1t will come nearer the
mark by not scattering it's shot.