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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-02
DoY's COMPOSITIONS,

Johnny Fizzletop created a ecnsation'
in an Austin school by reading the FOL.
lowing composition:
"Thc disobcdience Of parents is often
the source Of q great deal Of uneasi1ea.
to their offspring. Men who commit
the darkest crimes generally begin by
being disobedient to their children.
"Disobedient parents are often tha
result of indulgent children, who intend
it for the good of their progenitors, but
are aware, too late, that II is not bent.
ficent. Of course, parents have their
privileges and do:not relish having them
interfered with, but it is the duty Of
every conscientious child to see that they
do no tassume too much authority. Par.
ents are naturally prssuming, unless
they are checked up once in a while.
How often do we see home where there
is no peace, no harmony, and no love?
The indulgent kid allows not only his
parents, but his grand parents and rel.
atives who may be in the house to have
their own way, and follow tho dictates Of
their own foolish desires. The child
who fails to keep tight rein on the
reckless parents, Els, sooner or later surs
to have bis gray Eheirs, if he lives long
enough, brought down in sorrow to thb
cemetery. Parents who obey their
children are the FIRST to obsy thsis'
heavenly father. What wise old adise
it is-'bring up parent in the way hs
should 60, and when he is old he viii
depart from it, Obedisnt and good
parents make useful men and women
when they grow up."-ArkaasGU
Traveller.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-02
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Council Bluffs
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AT Council Bluffs the trains of the Un;on
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'eneral MANAGE; General Passenger Agent
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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-02

Probably the largest city on record is
Henderson, N. C. 1t was intended to
extend the limits one thousand yards
in each direction from the depot, but the
printer made the bill read one thousand
miles, and the bill passed the legislature
without the error being noticed,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-02
0HNDRAL NEWS Ifulea

Rev. James G. Beecher, brothr i
Henry W., committed suicide lreDsn.iv
He had been in the insane asylum. brt
had becnldisehargcd as cured.
Squire, the corrupt commissioner u
public works is New York. has been di,-'
charged BY the Governor.
The Australian wheat crop .ve,.c.
seven bushel per acre.
WINDSOR, w., Aug. pa c.rr;ace
containing Evarts, Charles Perkine. 3,
Boston, and Miss Matthews. daurhtesr q
Stanley Mstthcws, was overturned yeSlsr.
day and Perkins was killed ma vs,..
and Miss Matthews were severely
bruised
THE CASCADES MINERAL sPRrsos,
The Oregonidn Of the Goth inst
reports about sixty visitors 4 thesc
springs, showing that they are becominai
quite popular resort for health
INA NUrsHRLL.
New YoRK, Aug. 24.-London .neo.
lals says that English comments On the
revolution in Bulgaria amounts 10 this !:
"Thc car ought to be thrasbed for m.
setting Prince Alexander, and we hone
Germany and Austria will give hin {
tnrash'ng; but # they don't We shan't.,
because We can't"
the total number Of bills that passed
poth houses was ll01. Of this total SOC
became laws with the Presideut's spprov.
al lsl became laws by limitation, ll8
were vetoed, aid one failed By reason Of
adjournment without action By the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1886-09-02
THE GRAPE CURE.
SAL MUSCkTELLE
IN AMERICA
Without the Expense of a Eu.
ropean Journey.

Tho crystallizcd salt as obtained 10 a pure
state from grapes amp choice fruit. in a pcrta-
Die. palatable. simple form, arc now presented
TO the public OF America as the greatest resclv-
ent OF impure blood, corrector Of the liver and
regulator of the bowels-the natural pro.
moter Of
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Culture. of Mushrooms.

Mushrooms may be grown with ease
in the following manner: Clear horse
manure freed from straw is mixed with
an equal part OF rich loan and put up
in rounded beds three feet wide and
two feet high in the middle. The bed
is moistened with warm water as it is
made and is left to- heat, which it will
do actively. When by a test with a
thermometer put into a hole in. the
bed the heat is found to be reduced to
80 degrees, pieces OF mushrooms spawn
procured from the seed stores are
dropped into holes made in the bed 9
inches apart each way and covered 3
inches deep. The fungus soonspreads
through the bed, and in three or four
weeks the young mushrooms push
their way to- the surface and may be
gathered by gently breaking them from
the soil. The bed should be kept
moist by watering it with water at 80
degrees. After two months the bed is
exhausted and a new one should be
made and inoculated with balls otsoil
from the old bed.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Large Crops from Cut Potatoes.

When the Early Rose was first
brought out planted 5 h., which cost
SIS. They were cut to single eyes and
each placed 3 #. apart, making ~
hills, and the produce was S31 Id. or
5 LIZ bushels; at the rate of $50 bush
els per acre in round numbers. The
next year planted a quarter OF an
acre, using about half the previous
crop, cut to single eyes and two sets
in hill. The 1000 hills gave 1875
bushels, not counting a few bushels
dug early in Jaly. One acre Of Hari-
sons the same year planted in the
same menner gave me $50 measured
and counted bushels. The next spring
every Early Rose used in the house
was peeled thickly and the eyes kept
for planting. These thin sets gave
fully as large a yield as those bulky
ones cut from the large tubers. I have
planted similarly cut sets in boxes in
the greenhouse for transplanting later
into the garden, and the yield was as
good as that of the ordinary crop fol
large cuttings.
The largest yields OF potatoes ever
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
How a Detective Got Left

ssD1d I ever consult a clairvoyanti
Tor information?o repeated detect
i've recently, as he flushed up and
looked foolish over the question.
"Come, answer.
"Well, once upon tlmel dld' ana
don't mind telling you that l MADE a
fool OF myself-not by consulting her,
but bvrefasing to heed her Information.
This statement probably astonlshes
YOU. and l will therefore explain. DO
YOU remember when Preston;s bank
was robbed?"
"Yes-a good many years ago:
$50 it was, and l had been detailed
on the detective service about a tort
night. Naturally l wanted to make a.
strike. My wife realized 1t, and she
put me up to see a clalrvoyant.
thought it silly thing to do, and one
night I slipped off like criminal and
lodged into the Office OF a leading te-
male astroiogist and planked down a
dollar. l hadn't the faintest hope
OF securing any information OF value,
and therefore her very first words
were sumner She said:
"'You are looking for criminals, and
will help you to capture three OF
them this very night
"'f you please Imodestly replied.
"sAt IL O'Clock tonight she con-
tinued, men will set out to rob a
bank. They are now consulting IN a
room and they have placed blankets
to the windows to hide their light. Ii
you 60 at once and get help you can
capture them
"'But where is it?'
"Let me see. The building is rath--
err old. It is on, a corner. Astalrway
leads up, from a side street. Street
cars pass the door. It is a mile or
more from this house
Il questioned her for ten minutes,
but she could give:me no closer lnfor--
nation For a time l thought there
might be something in it, but after
getting outdoors 1 kicked myself for
an idiot. [ knew, all the banks in
town, but I could think Of only one
which bore this description. Suppose
started out to prove her words true?
should be obliged to summon help,
and what would any sane man reply
when told him that my information
cameron a clairvoyant? Invent down
to headquarters, found everything
quiet, and went home and called my
wife hoodle-head: and crept off to
bed. Next morning, as | went down
town, the bank was in the possession
of the police. A hole had been cut
through the floor oftheroom over the
vault, the brick OF the vault roof re-
moved, and therobbers had descended
and made their haul, departing some
time before daylight. You can't inn
agine my feelings. no matter how hard
you try. I had been swindled atboth
ends Of the route. "-Detroit Free
Press
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Sitting Hens.

OF course every hen has been set
that would stick to her nest during
the past month, but as hens must lay
out their clutches before the sitting
fever takes possession of them, the
larger number will not be ready for
the nest before this month. Do not
sell any eggs now, but crowd the hens
by sitting all that can be relied upon.
When it comes to finding them all
nests, much discretion is needed, that
confusion does not cause trouble and
loss. OF course, the simplest way to
set them is in rows in the hen-house,
but the hens will not all remember
their own nests, and will crowd two
Or three on one nest, leaving their own
eggs to become cold and perish. 1t is
advisable to set the hens in different
rooms and apart from one another,
but if the nest rows must beused, then
there must be careful watchfulness.
A good rule is to keep the windows
we'll darkened, so that the hens will
not be tempted to leave their
nests until noon. When you
give the other chickens their
MONDAY meal, and while they
are feeding go to the hen-house, take
all the sitting hens off the nests, and
make them 60 out to feed. While they
are out, clear the nests Of broken eggs,
dirt and feathers, loosen up the straw
little, and dust Persian insect pow
der over the eggs. Now comes the
critical time. Do not forget what you
have done, and do not trust the hens,
but within half an hour be sure to re-
turn and see that each is on her own
proper nest, Or you will have trouble
every time they come off. Hens are
creatures of habit, and a little train
ing goes great way with them. II
they can be made to keep the same
nest three or four days, there will be
little danger that they will make amy
mistakes about it for the remainder
OF the time. They will save you the
trouble OF moving them, but not the
responsibility of seeing that they re-
turn promptly to their nests after
feeding. When all is right, darken the
sitting-room again and leave them
until the next day at feeding time.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12

the center OF the light cloth. If the
border is worked, cut out of the dark
cloth a large monogram and fasten it
to the center of the light cloth with
fancy stitches. The border is hemmed
upon the center and then finished
around with fancy stitches.
This is the way to make fancy
footstool.-Take seven round tin cans
that you buy fruit in, all the same
size. Wrap old cloth around them.
Put one in the center and six around
it. Fasten them all together. put a
piece of.old quilt or some cotton on
the top. Take a paper and lay over
it and cut all around it. That will
make it in six scallops. Cut out COW
er for the top by your paper pattern
and cut a piece of the cretonne the
width Of the cans and sew it around
the scallops. Turn and put it over
the cans, then cut out piece for the
bottom the same way and hem 1t on.
Ihave one made, and every one ad-
mires it.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Flowers.
From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.

From the Louisville Courier-J ournal.
"Never touch a flower with your
nose when you inhale it's perfume, :"
said gentlewoman the other day in
my hearing to her little daughter.
This lesson in the properties is one
which all mothers might we'll impress
upon their children. Among the ruling
classes in China, l am told, it is con-
sidered a gross breach Of etiquette to
bury the nose in the buds and bios
SONS of a bouquet. Surely from an
aesthetic point of view, any such
practice is to be reprobated. Who
has not smiled at the appearance of
those ardent lovers of the Fsstars Of
earth" who, for example, thrust their
nasal organs deep down amid the
perfume laden lilies, and after many
long-drawn inhalations raise their face
all golden with the pollen of the desc
Grated bloom. To treat in this way
flowers that are intended for another
seems almost a sacrilege. To say
nothing of the injury done to the
petals by such an invasion, there is
Something distasteful to sensitive
persons in having their bouquets
brought into such close contact with
the "human face" no matter how "di-
vine' it may be. The enjoyment of
the perfume of flowers is keener and
more refined when the fragrance is in
hailed without touching the blossom.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Stable Windows.

Barn windows are easily broken un-
less OF double heavy glass. An ex-
cellent precaution Is to cover the sash
with half-in ch-mesh galvanized wire
netting. This protection pays for it.
self in saving glass and in the neat ap-
pearance of the buildings. Also bars
of wood fastened six inches apart
across the frames make a safeguard
against accident. Sliding windows are
far preferabletoa any others for ables;
are not easily broken, and can be
opened little for air in cold weather
and wide in summer. The bars are
then a protection. By and by cover
ing OF fine wire gauze, or cheaper mos
quito netting dipped into strong de-
coction of oak Or willow bark to make
it more durable, will be most COM
Portable protection to COWS or horses;
and little insect powder busted in
side the stable will clear out the few
intruding flies.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
How a Clerk Won his Way.

The dry-goods chronicle has a story.
the lesson ofwhich stands out SO clear
ly that it cannot escape attention:
One of the wealthiest merchants of
this city graphically relates how he
commenced business: 81 entered
store and asked. if a clerk was not
wanted. MOI in a rough tone, was
the answer, all being too busy to
bother with me, when [ reflected that
If they did not want clerk they might
want laborer; but was dressed too
fine for that. | went tony lodgings,
put on a. rough garb and next day
went into the same store. and de-
manded if they did not want aporter,
and again No, sir, was the response,
when Iexclaimed: in despair almost:
"A laborer? Sir. l will. work at any
wages. Wages is not my object. 1
must have employment, and 1 want
to be useful in business These last
remarks attracted their attention,
and in the end was hireda as a laborer
in the basement and. subrcellar at
very. low pay. scarcely enough to
keep body and soul together: In the
basement and. sub-cellar soon
attracted the attention OF the count
ing house and chief clerk. | saved
enough for my employers, in little
things usually wasted to pay my
wages ten times over, and they soon
found it out. l did not let anybody
commit petty larcenies, without re-
monstrance and threats, OF exposure
if remonstrance would not do. l did
not ask for any eight Or taf-hour law.
Ii was, wanted at 3 O'Clock in the,
morning [ never growlea, but told
everybody to 90 home arsd | would see
everything right. Iloadsed off at day
break packages for the morning boats,
or carried them: myself In short, ]
soon became, as meant to be, indis~
pensable to my employers, and l rose,
until | became head of this house with
money enough for any luxury or any.
position a. mercantile. znan may desiee,
for himself and family in a great city,, ,"
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Discretion of A Highlander.

One day at Blair Athol, the Duke OF
Athol,. having entertained a large par
ty at dinner, producad in the evening
many curious and interesting family
relics for their inspection, among them
a small watch that had belonged to
Charles Stuart, and!had been given by
him to one Of the Dukes ancestors.
When the company were on the point
OF departing the watch Was suddenly
missed, and was, searched for in vain
upon the table and about the apart
ments. The Duke was exceedingly
vexed, and declared that of all the ar
ticles he had exhibited, the lost watch
was the one he most valued. The;
guests naturally became Eancomfort--
able and eyed one another suspicious
ly. Nopersor,wasp present however, who,
could possibly be suspected, and coug-
tesy forbade. any further step than
the marked expression of the ncSle
hosts extreme annoyance and dis
tress. The guests Departed for their
homes in. an unenviabla state ofnind,
and the mysterious Disappearance OF
the royal relic was a sabject of Discus
sion fog several months in society. A
year sfterward, the Duke being again
at Blair Athol, while dressing for din
! ner ielt in the breast pocket Of a coat
which his valet handed to him some
thing which proved to be the missing
watch. "Why,' exclaimed his grace,
Chores the watch we hunted in vain
For everywhere last year!'e eyes, sir, y
replied the valet grayely, 81 saw your
grace put it in your pocket" You
saw me put it in my pocket and never
mentioned it! Why didn't you speak
at once and prevent all that trouble
and unpleasant feelsng?" 81 didna ken
what might ha been your grace's in
tentions," was the reply OF the faith
full and discreet Highlander, who saw
everything, but said nothing unless h,
was directly intersogated>
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
Applying Wood Ashes.

Clay land, usually heavy and tena-
cious, unless deficient in potash is less
benefited by wood ashes, for the
tendency is to make it more compact;
sandy and gravelly soils, usually loose
and friable and at the same time de-
ticient in potash, are directly benefited
by ashes The light soils are usually
too loose for either grass or the small
grains, and the effect OF ashes is to
solidify as we'll as to supply the want
ofmineral plant food. Thegrass crop
is much helped by ashes, especially on
dry land, and in ordinary cases a.
greater profit will be derived from a
given quantity applied to meadow or
pasture than when used for grain grow
ing. Moreover, the ashes isvery last
ing. But l think nowhere else will
they pay better. than for potatoes,
this plant being a rank feeder on
potash. | have been in the practice
OF applying wood ashes, one part,
mixed with plaster, two parts. to the
potato land soon after planting. or
as soon as the germ begins to- break
the ground, putting a large handful on
each hill. [ havealso applied gypsum,
ashes, and salt, mixed in about equal
portions by weight, in the hill, when
covering the seed, which produced the
finest and clearest tubers ever raised,
and in good yield; and l regard this
treatment as sure remedy for-"scab-
by potatoes, so common on many
farms.-F. P. Root, Monroe Co., n Y.
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
'He Called Me Whitaker. 'as

Hero-worshippers have a better time
81 it than the heroes who have to .suh-
init to their worship. The lattaa- eis,-
Guiding all distinguished men}s are
largely at the me4cy of q class of ad-
mlrers WHO. are too obtuse to see anv
violation OF good manners or taste in
their parsuit OH interviews and auto-
graphs.
William Warren tells a, delicious
story about a st. Louis man who
went east last summer an6. hunted M
the poet Whittier. He found the quiet
old Quaker poet trying to- hide from
civilization IN a farmhouse near Ma
liant. He had gone there to escape,
just such bores as the, ST. Louis mass
was
st first he declined 40, see the yisites,
saying that he was NOT feeling stro,sp.
but the Missouri man was so persisi..
ent that at last Whittier yielded, and.
ne was admitted He bounced upen
the poet, and nearly shook his arm
/ from the socket. He declared that he
adored the poets works-in Sact. he
read nothing else
He asked Whittier to writehis name
few hundred times on sheet ofnote
paper, that he might distribute the
autographs among his friends, and it
was all the poet could do to keep the
lmpetuoas visitor from cutting the
buttons from his coat to carry away
as mementoes.
"And all the time said Whittier,
pathetlcaily, as he told his adventure,
: "he called me Whitaker
New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-05-12
. FARM AND FIRESIDE.
Miscellaneous Recipes.

CoNsr1PAT1oN.-A soup plate full of
coarse oatmeal porridge taken night
and morning isgood for those suffering
from this trouble. There should be
taken also every morning on first get
ting up a glass of cold water. At a
certain fixed time, regularly every day,
the patientshould try to obtain relief.
The most eminent physician in this
country once remarked: ''When trav-
cling if must choose between break
fast and this relief. I omit the break
FAST" All the outlets OF the body,
the skin, the lungs, the kidneys, the
bowels, must be kept open and free,
or stagnation with all it's dreary con-
sequences inevitably follows.
CHOCOLATE CARAMELs.- cup OF
boiled milk, l cup ofmolasses or syrup,
2 cups OF brown sugar, LIZ cup Of
chocolate. Cut elatter into fine pieces
and when the other ingredients are
we'll heated put in the chocolate. Boil
all together half an hour, stirring con-
tinually. Pour into buttered pans
and check off into squares before it is
cold.
WAFFLEs.-One scant coffee cup of
butter, one coffee cup of sugar, two
and half cups Of sifted flour, three
eggs, one tablespoonful of water, bit
of saleratus as large as a small pea,
and little nutmeg.
TR1PE.-Take honey comb tripe,
boil it till perfectly tender with saltto
season it, put it in a bowl and cover
it with vinegar for a day or two. Re-
move from the vinegar, dry with a
clean cloth, dip in beaten egg and then
in bread or cracker crumbs, and fry
in butter. Thus prepared, tripe makes
a most delicious dish. The picking
vinegar may be omitted, and the tripe,
when served, have a squeeze OF lemon
on it.