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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
Ill-Gottea Gains Burn the Pocket.

A man who is usually fortunate
enough to carry away from the races
more money than he brought with him
says tba. he hnds winping more dis-
iastrous than losing. When he loses
money it is lost, and that is the end OF
lit. He simply has to shut himself off
lin cigars and other things that he is
better off without. for a week or more.
But the winning is quite another af-
fair. 1t costs him so much to spend
it. perhaps l como off two or three
hundred BETTER" he says: "its never
much more than that, for I only bet
small sums. The first thing do is to
blow in a large share OF it on some
piece of foolishness or other. Then I'll
spend the rest OF it on something else
don't want. But don't stop there.
The very next day do the same thing
over-spend that same money. mean.
Perhaps this time it will be for some-
thing that really need, but will buy
little too much OF it or little finer
quality than l would have done il l
hadn't had that windfnll the day be-
fore, and when prudence urges me to
be careful, l find myself saying: %.
we'll, I'll put this down on the winnings
from the races And the next day
spent some more money foolishly. and
put that down too. And for a clear
week I'm spending the paltry hundred
or two that won-as long. in fact. Us
I've got any money left to spend. And
it's all race winnings salary, and saw
ings, and ALL And SO I've got to quit
going to the races. Not because /
cant afford TO lose. but because can't
afford to win. New York Sun.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
An Aggrieyed Parishionec

That's the last time I'll ever 60 to-
hear that preacher!" exclaimed the!
South Water street merchant. rs he
returned home from church and threw
himself disgustedly on the lounge.
''Why?" asked his wife,
when preacher goes to meddlingl
in the produce markA" the husband
rejoined, kicking off his shoes and
putting on his slippers, The is getting
clear outside Of his business"
"What has he been doiny?"
Were not making any profit or,
fruit" he growled. without paying any
attention to the question. Prices arej
high. OF course" he continued, kicking
the cat across the room, "but we cau's
help that. There wasn't any crop.l
That's what makes them high. Civ.
you my word, Muria, sold out a ca, J
load OF apples and peaches yesterday
that didn't make So on"
''What are you driving at, Hiram?"
II know plenty of other churches L
can help to support, and I'm not going
to give another dollar to that preacher,
not another dollar. He talked as if
there was conspiracy to bull the fruit
market. Preached whole sermon
about it,
"Hiram. what are you talking about?"
''He preached whole Sermon"
roared the hus band, ION tho Necessity
OF Bearing Fruit"'
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
BY Return Mail.

just after Andrew johnson had va
Gated the presidential seat, the
managers OF the Simpson County (Ky.)
Agricultural and mechanical Associ-
alton decided that it would be a great
advertisement to have the old gentle
man attend the fair. 1--WE don't care
for him on Saturday." said the
manager. "ior on that day we shall
have a pretty big crowd anyhow.
Wednesday will be the day. l will
write to the ex.President"
The following letter was sent to Mr..
johnson: "Great sir: The people OF
the wonderful county OF Simpson. feel
ing a great interest in one OF Americas
most gifted sons. have decided to in,
vito you to be present at our fair
grounds on Wednesday the 9th OF
October, whore they wish to shake
your hand. Please let us know by rel
turn NALL
He let them know by return mail.
The old gentleman turned the letter
over and wrote the following:
II am no menagerie."
IA. JOHNSON"
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
A Literary Conversation.

A charming debutante met . dis
tinguished lawyer at reception aud
was much tlattered when he asked
leave to call upon her the next even
ing.
Bent on making herself agreeable
she consulted with her girl friends re-
specting his likes and dislikes. his
hobbies. etc.
"Oh, I'm nearly scared to death. :"
She confessed to one Sympathetic
maiden. They say he's so awfully
smart and I'm certain l won't talk
welt enough to please him. Now.
you've known him long time. Do
tell me what subjects to discuss so l
can run homo and get ready for him."
''Well." suggested the kind-hearted
friend. literature is his fad. SO you
can't 60 wrong il you turn the CONVEX
sation in that channel" Having So
cured this valuable information Miss
Budd hurried home comforted and de-
voted the rest OF the day to reading.
Promptly at 8 o'clock the young
lawyer was ushered in the drawing
room. where he found Miss Budd
Thoroughly posted in literature)
awaiting him.
Wasn't it a delightful reception We
attended last EVENING"" he asked by
way OF opening the conversation.
''Oh, yes" was the enthusiastic re-
Spouse, "but wasn't that sad about
poor Mary Queen OF Scots? They Gu.
her head of, you know"
l regret. to state that neither history
nor the young lawyer has recorded the
rest Of this very literary conversation.
-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
Tho Fed Rooms Of ths Orient,

The bed rooms of the Orient are far
different from those OF Christendom.
Fully half the women OF the world
sleep upon the floor or the ground,
and even the richest OF the ladies of
Asia have never known the luxury OF
hair mattresses and spring beds. Most
OF these Mongolian beauties don't
know what feather pillow means,
and there is IN the museum japanese
pillow consisting of a lump of wood
about the size of a loaf OF bread with a
piece OF soft paper tied on the top of
it. and SO made that it will just fit into
Yum Yum's neck and prop her head
off the floor. The Japanese girl never
needs to shake up her pillow. and it is
her neck rather than her head that
lies upon it The same kind OF pillows
are used in China and Siam. and as
to the average Indian woman OF Hin
dostan, she does not know what pill
low means. You could buy her whole
wardrobe for dollar and half. and
she sleeps on the floor while her
husband cuddles himself up in spoon
fashion on the bed. The Corean pillow
is about eight inches square, and Il foot
long. l have seen some that were two
feet long. They are as hard as though
they were flatirons wrapped in cloth.
and there is nothing comfortable
about them. The Egyptians use larg-
or pillows. and the beauties OF the
hareAs sleep on large divans. and
these are often covered with Turkish
rugs. The richest woman in China.
whose husband diod worth $50. 900. 900.
has bed fully six feet square. 1t is
made OF teak wood. and it is covered
with ropes. Instead OF a mattress.
The old lady lies on canvas sheet
stretched tightly over this. aud she
does not know what springs ara Tue
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
CHURCH ETIQUETTE.


versal Use.
Some one asked bob" Burdette for
"a few points on church etiquette.
He suggests the following, among 9th
ers. us tacitly in vogue in the Church
OF St Indolence, New Chicorkadelphia
Fall or slide into the end OF the pew
nearest the aisle.
Stop there.
DO not sit erect. but lop. Rest ono
elbow on one arm of the pew, and sup
port the side OF the face with the out
spread hand. II the cheek be pushed
up in folds and wrinkles, so as to
wholly or partially close one eye. all
intelligent expression will be de-
stroyed. and the attitude of utter and
disrespectful laziness will be heightened
by the charm OF acquired imbecility or
natural stupidity.
Do not rise during the singing OF
the hymn. The fact that you play
tennis or base ball all Saturday after
noon, or walked four or five miles
around billiard table Saturday night,
entities you TO little rest Sunday
morning. This is DAY OF rest, and
you are no Sabbath breaker.
Take advantage OF the long prayer.
when other people should have their
eyes closed and their heads bowed, to
adjust yourself into a position of limp
and longing listlessness that you can
endure comfortably through the
sermon.
Extend your legs as far under the
Few in front OF you as you can make
them reach without sliding off your
seat.
Gracefully and politely cover your
mouth with your hand while yawning
during the sermon. II the minister is
looking at you, cover the mouth with
both hands, and at the close of the
yawn bring the jaws together with u
cheerful snap.
1t is mark OF the highest culture
and best breeding in refined society to
look ut your watch frequently during
the service. After looking at your
watch always turn your head and
gaze longingly and earnestly toward
the door.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

Japanese sleep on the floor They.
have thick comfortables. which they
spread on the floor ut night and
which they pack away in cupboards'
in the daytime. and these CONSTITUTED
the bed. The Burmese also sleep onI
the floor. but they usually spread;
down mats, instead OF comfortables. /.
and their pillows are Of bamboo. Tho
same discomfort of sleeping arrange,
ments prevails all over the east and
there Is not a washstand in any Asiatic
bedroom.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

''1f you want to 60 to sleep gu ickly."
says physician. drink half pint OF
hot water or hot milk. ont say 1t
will act in every case. but i'll vent
ure my opinion that it will act in eighs
cases out Of ten. Beef tea is also good.
or course you always find people
ready to overdo this When said 70 .
young lady patient sometime ago tna'
feeding the stomach on retiring pro-
duced sleep was called on the io'-
lowing day. She had eaten what 70"
would call square meal?''-Chicago
Tribune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
young Jack" Aston.

''Young jack" as he is called, is
the only one OF the family who has
ever shown any disposition to be fop-
pish or frivolous and brisk. The sturdy
old Dutch blood OF the Astors is pro-
badly becoming more or less diluted
by marriage with more volatile
Americans. and this may result in pro =
ducing an Aston in a generation or
two who will forget the iron clad ira
ditions OF his family and make the
town hum after the fashion OF other
young men Of great millionaire houses.
They are serious and an intensely
respectable family, and their inllu ence
on New York society has always been
beneficial. But at the best it cannot
be said that the Astors are gay.
young Jack" who is about six feet
high and exceedingly nervous in
manner, is bit of the line OF sue
cession. The sons OF William Wal
dorf Astor will inherit the bulk OF the
great estate. Perhaps it is the reallza-
ton OF this that makes young Jack"
feel like fighting occasionally. and en-
courages him to play boyish pranks ut
Newport and Lenox. He will not have
the impressive monetary responsible
ity Of his cousin. as it il not at al
likely that he will have more than a
beggarly hundred million or so to
struggle along with in life ter the
next shake up OF the big estate. New
York World.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
MONSIEUR TONSON AGAIN.
Tho Real Sea Serpent This Time ard No His
take About II.

Tho Real Sea Serpent This Time and No Ms.
take About It.
Capt. Jim Emmons showed his boat
through the surf and started to sea
a few days ago to fish. says Long
Branch letter. At about 6:15 a. M,
while anchored about half mile from
shore between Hoey's Hollywood pier
and "Tackanassee" Lake, no had an
experience which left an impression
on his mind that haunts him yet
Looking toward the shore he saw
something rise out OF the water. At
first he thought It was sturgeon. but
it kept rising taller and taller until he
head and neck OF some monster Of
the deep. The head was decid eddy
snake-like. 1t was black. The neck
just back of the head being about the
thickness Of telegraph pole.
The monster looked around, A. If
getting its bearings. and then disap-
peared beneath the water. As it
went down the body was plainly visi-
BILE. The captain watched for it to
show itself again.
A short distance of the snakes head
and neck appeared above water. This
time the neck was bent backward to-
wards the body, and the head was
curved short, something like a swan 3
when sailing. It was swimming south
broadside to the heavy ground swell.
Capt. Emm0ns had a good view OF the
immense black body as it rose and fell
on the seas. He describes it as look ing
a like sooner bottom-side up.
The captain did not fish any moro
that day alone in q small boat He
wanted to go ashore. nut was afraid if
he moved he would attract the sea
monsters attention. At last. evident
ly finding itself too near shore. it again
disappeared. going to the southwark.
Capt Emmons says the strange ami
NAL looks like the pictures OF the ex-
tinct pleslosaurus.
Capt. Emmons is NOT troubled wi4h
impaired vision, neither is he of an
imaginative mind. He is well-known
gentleman. He was formerly captain
OF Norman l.. Munro's fast steaw
yacht He nrietta-
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
POPULAR SCIENCE,

The latest discovery in the way OF
cures Tor Bright's disease is a diet OF
fresh buttsrmilk.
Utilizing scrap steel rod by welding
it and drawing it into fence wire is one
OF the recent successes of electric weld
ing.
A feature OF the Frankfort-on-the-
Main International exhibition will be
the transmission OF electrical power
over copper wires from a distance OF
l4O miles.
From geological observations on the
Alps. vegetation on the higher portions
seems to be retreating, and the poplars
That at one time adorned the crest OF
the hills are now nearly all dead.
The disagreeable effect produced on
the eyes by the ruby light used in dry
plate photography can be obviated by
placing plano OF ground glass be-
tween the eyes and the ruby light.
The majority OF fatal lightning
strokes occur in the level open 'coun.
try. Trees. villages and thickly built
up towns. by their numerous projec-
tiOns into the air. and their network
OF wires and rails, serve to neutralize
or scatter the electric forces OF the
clouds. thereby protecting the inhab-
itants from direct strokes.
The Russian weather observing sys-
tenn is the most extensive on the globe.
and embraces most remarkable china
tic contrasts. 1t has two principal
Observatories and 255 subordinate sta
,tions. and its latest report gives rain
fall observations for $50 localities.
Many OF the stations have lately been
added. and one OF these, Werchojansk SIX,
in Siberia. is now recorded as the
coolest point known on earth. The
mean temperature for the year 1885 is
29o below zero F.. and for January
and December it was 600 below and
for July 1t rose 10 6o.6o above Zero
Tho lowest temperature in July was
S9.2e above. while In January u fnll
10 $500 below zero was experiene ed.
Werchojansk is in latitude GO "A.
longitude 1850 81.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
rHs RETURN or THE BUFFALO.
Indians still Expect Tleir Reappcarance from
the Center Of the Earth.

Indians all over the west-that Is.
indians OF thu plains-are looking.
longing and making imme,se qranti-
ties of complex ami cheap big medi-
cine" for the return Of the buffalo
They reg .rd this comm, as Imminent
and ner. 1t was never thu Indian
idea that the Duff 10 wintered ia South
ern Texas. l speak OF such northern
tribes as the Sioux. Blackfest, Chey-
ennes and P..wnoss. and 1t was be-
loved by them that every fill ut the
coming of the first snow their shaggy
friends retired to the interior of the
earth via an opening which leads down
into canyon OF the Puyo Duro in the
Texas panhandle and came back by the
same routs in the spring. The OPEN
ing in question is u dark, narrow gorge,
and to see the buffalo for weeks crowd
ing through in solid unbroken process
sion was very impressive to an Indian.
He regarded the buffalo as an especial
Cift from the Great Spirit. He sup
I,osed they were sent each year marke d
FOR good Indians only" and that on
JOINING up out OF the Pa'o Duro they
were directed to those tribes most
favored by the Great Spirit. To-day
.he Indian does not understand why
The buff 10 do not coma back. It does
not enter into his theory that they
have been killed ami oxtinguished by
white men; but rather that they are
withheld by the Manitou because OF
nome dispieasure on his part and as q
punishment. Nothing so interests an
Indian AS the sight of a buffalo. f. S.
l1ewins at his ranch near Cedarvale
has bunch OF four. They are by odds
the handsomest specimens l ever saw.
1 have seen Il band OF Osages or Sacs
stop in the road for hours looking
,lXedly ut these buff 10 and conver5ing
in low hushed tones and with an air OF
revcrential nterest.-Major lnman.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
BEING A BOY.



essaeily Fatal.
used to be boy once. but seem;
to have got over it. says writer in
the N. Y. Times. Boyhood is curl,
GUS disease. but every man has to take.
his dose OF 1t. He does not mind it az,
has been effected. he looks back over
the period Of the attack. and won ders
u he could ever have had anything so
bad as that A boys troubles are
mental. lie has strange notions of
life. and they rattle him SO that he
doesn't seem to get square with mat
'ters and things in the estim alton OF
any disinterested observer. OF course,
the boy thinks he is having james
dandy time; but every one else knows
he is not.
For instance. boy thinks it is real
good fun to go to bed with all his
clothes on. and lie awake for three
hours till the old man has swallowed
his sleep-coaxer and sought his downy
perch. Then the boy gets out of bed,
down a rain spout, barking his shins
and skinning his knuckles on the way,
and walks three miles across plowed
fields to steal watermelon out of "a
patch. And the next day, when they
have watermelon for dinner at home,
do you suppose that makes the boy
feel sore, as it would mauP Not
much. The boy has had his fun, and
the chances are that he'll get up and
do the same old act all over again
day after tomorrow.
Again boy thinks it's fun to put an
empty soap box on top of two logs,
and paddle himself up and down a
brook where there are no lighthouses,
no harbors, and not more than twelve
inches OF water. counting the mud on
the bottom. A boy thinks it's fun to
row boat, too. He will get aboard a
big, heavy skiff, and pair OF seven
foot oars, when the thermometer indi-
Gates 900 in tho summer house, and
hell pull himself around and around
in ring, and cut SIS and figures on
the water, and think he's having more
fun than grand army mau drawing a
pension.
A boy thinks it's fun, too, to get four
old bricks and build himself an oven,
and then to make q wood fire in it.
and roast four peachblow potatoes with
the skins on. and eat them without
salt Two boys who can have unto
themselves a small feast like this, ac-
,companied by edifying conversation
about the determination of tho Sioux,
think they're having more fun than
you or would at public dinner OF
fifteen courses.
When boy gets over being n boy
and looks back over the period Of his
disorder, he often wonders how it hap
pened that he lived through it. But it
appears to be pretty generally admit
ted by medical experts that the boy
hood disease is not necessary fatal. 1t
does away with a few OF it's victims, to
be sure: but they are those who are
affected with the acute form in which
twenty-foot rivers appear three feet
deep, and double-barre shot guns are
mistaken for Pandean pipes.
There is one form OF tho disease
which ought 20 prove fatal but for
some inscrutable reason does not.
That is the form which causes the
patient to imagine that jewsharps.
flies. banjoes and horse.fiddles produce
music. Usually. however, they just
let tho disease wear itself out. 1t
wears great many people out. too;
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
HE 70 at curt.

What did you say when you we're
presented 10 tho queen?"
''Oh, ! put on big bluff l don,
knuckle down to royalty. lbuzzed he r
for n minute and shen asked her VIII
her nauo was. Said l hadn't cauyh,
it"-New York Sun.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

A wom,n will face irowning world
and cling 70 tho man she loves through
the most bitter adversely. but she
wouldn't wear hat that was out OF
style to save the government Rams
Horn.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20
Avoiding q Nj ,unde-ssa1d:uz

McCorkle-Did l tell you about IA fish
swallowing a snake. that saw while
away on my vacation
McCrackle-No; but before you be.
gin l want to ask you one question.
"All right"
lis this IL snake story or fish
stOryY"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

THE an gels in heaven wear rooe''
believe" remarked Bloc bumper oe-
tween the whifIs OF his cigar.
'Yes," snspped MIRA Bloooumper'
land the angels In the other p'acs
wear smoking jaclsetsI /" 2
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

kuses as they tread the suds. and the
French women pound the dirt out with
paddles, often slapping the clothes
upon stones as the Egyptians.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-20

&nre feet. II the weather is warm she
WiH pull her clothes down to her
waist and will feel no shame though
die street be full OF people. No blu.
lsg l. used aud as for boiling out the
sli<4 In q tin boiler this is unknown.
'fhe Chinese girls do their washing in
iInleh the same way save there is not
- much publicity about it. and the
&rsG4y short-haired beauties of Siam
-~ear their gowns on Thorn into the big
,<iser and wash them while taking
1hesrb bath. When they get through
! 9Aag trot.up the steps OF their float.
s1Eg houses and wrapping a clean
,aAese around their bodies they slip of
1laa wet clothes from under it and
wiring them out to dry. Many OF the
Iadiaa girls battle in the same way in
rhs Gauges and the washing in Egypt
= aauaily done by the men. The
Egyptian washerman stands naked on
De banks OF tho Nile and slaps the
.vae clothes with q noise like the shot
A1fa pistol on the smooth stones at the
Oaes Of the running water. and such
llllnh women Is wash pound the di rt
- 81 their clothes in the same way.
1hsSnsteh girls tramp the dirt out OF
- vasAing with their shapely feet.
lns1fng their dresses up above the
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-21

In the District Court of the State OF Ne
vsda, Oemsby County, L. o. Bradley
y laintiff VS. A. V. Bradley defendant.
Action brought In the District aC4urt
ofthe State of Nevada. Ormsby, county,
and the complaint filedin said COZ nty
in the office or the Clerk ofsaid District
Court on the 10Th day of June. A. ID 1896
The State of Nevada sends gre etIng to
A.V. Bradley defendant.
You are hereb required to appear in
an alton brought against you blythe
above ma I'd plaintiff IN the District
Court of thu State Of Nevada. orm sbS
coant~ and answer complaint ii ed
therein within Ten days (exclusive of
the daE CT serpic alter the $ Tvice on
YOU of isis "a InOns if served n said
County or if served out of SAID comfy,
but wi4hiutae D:Strict-Jwe4aJy days, in
all other cases forty. DAYS, or judo ment
by defa1ltwillb be taken against you ac-
coI0ing to the prayer OF said c mp amt.
The said action is brought tO obtain
the decree of this Court forever dissolv-
i4g tn bonds of mat imony ex sting be
tween e,ssi ntiff aud detendAnt. the care,
custisav nd control of their minor chill
drtn, the community prOpeEty aud
genera rptieE h'r tnai paaintiT s AID
Tor .sss- iltsfts = YES Art pss~ his - q
II. : - fss-snsb by ouaiyrs hat "a 10
- &c. De- mt III s,-isin~rs ied so -
ss., II sz.tvti ti-Is.- y. OF, los. an5 Les
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1890-11-21
SlCKHEADACHE::

&fi0us Headache, DE-
ksness, Constipation, In.
a.. esa ton, Billions At.
hicks. and ell dcramx
meats Of the 81 mach
and bowels, are promptly.
relieved and permanently