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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Story About Phil. Armour.

II heard new story about Phil.
Armour the other day." said a gen.
tleman, who also remarked, in "The
Chicago Tribune" that the story SIS
absolutely true" "a minister called
to see the great packer, and briefly
stated his case. A woman in his
church was in destitute circum-
stances. She had been deserted by
her husband, and was worthy of
charitable attention. The minister's
flock being too poor to do anything,
the minister appealed to Mr.. Armour
and received $50 in cash. The minis
ter called again, and returned the
money with the inform alton that he
had learned the woman was not in
good repute and that her husband
had left her for cause. Therefore the
minister was of the opinion that the
woman was not worthy of anything.
Mr.. Armour made some inquiries
about the woman, took her address,
and, after the preacher had gone, he
called n messenger and sent the wom-
an a check for 800. He Ind salts
fed himself that the woman was the
subject OF malicious gossip"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
The Gentle Bloodhound.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
writers for the press, said a gem
tle-mnn who has extensive private
kennels, SHOULD do everything in
their power to take away the stigma
which at present rests upon the blood.
hound. l have nice distinct breeds
ofdogs at my place, have won prizes,
and made more or less of a study of
all kinds OF dogs. Iadmit that for
long while my personal likings ran
to n collie tor beauty and n bulldog
for fidelity and honesty. Some time
in England l bought brace of blood
hounds, and in the course of three
years they have weaned me in meas
ure from every other dog own.
They are as gentle, faithful and intel
ligent as any dog to be found in the
world, and tits outrageous that their
keenness in following a blood scent
should have brought upon them such
reputation for tierceness. TO speak
of bloodhounds is to make the aver
age man shudder, and yet these deli
cately organized, highly sensitive and
faithful animals deserve to rank as
the best friend of man. Their eyes
have the expressiveness of q woman
and their tempers are as equable
and even as thoroughbred mastiff's.
The question of beauty in dog is
rather hard to define. Bloodhound
pups are unquestionably remarkably
attractive looking creatures. Theil
long ears. velvety paws and wonder
full eyes are all valuable. AS they
grow old they undoubtedly lose much
of their beauty of outline. but they
are the most winning and affection.
ate dogs in the world. hope some
time that they will recover from the
handicup which uncle Toms Cabin
has suddled them with"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
The Fish was a Fighter.

Some days, while wading and cast.
ing for bass in Lone Stone Lake,
Wisconsin,, l inadvertently stepped
on the spawning bed of n rock bass
or "goggle-eye," as they are some
times called in the West, says q
writer in Forest and Stream. The
fish ran out, and moment later
came back at me and struck quite a
severe blow on MY leg rs stood in
the water. l stood quiet, and the
little creature-it was only about Il
half or three quarters OF n pound in
weight-rnn Mt my leg again and
again, bunting quite forcibly with
it's head. The whole demeanor OF the
fish was one of grent anger. AS the
water cleared ! could see it very plain
ly, and it could see me az well. Uut
it showed no signs of moving off,
and evidently meant fight. stepped
away from it's nest had unfortuna-
tely trodden upon. and it's possessor
then abandoned the fight.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
An Emblem Of War,

Jenks-Singular that the peacefu,,
mild eyed seal should cause so much
trouble between Uncle Sam and John
Bull.
Jinks-Pea ceful nothing! Mild eyed,
fiddlesticks! Mars was nowhere
compared to a seal as an element of
war. First, civil war in my family
about seal skin sacques; now, a
threatened war between two nations.
Glad when the last seal is dead
Pittsburg Bulletin.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Rossenkransa and Culdenstern

From the New York Times
A very curious addition to Shak.
spcareana comes from Germany.
The royal library ut Stuttgart
contains a handsome old auto
graph book supposed to have been
the property of Duke Frederick l. OF
Wurtemberg, Ithas the signatures OF
a lot of contemporary notables, each
with a date and motto, and a consid-
cradle number of these are Danish.
On one page together, under date
Of 1877, are the signatures OF JOrgen
Rossenkrans and ?. Guldenstern. 1t
is possible not to believe that Shak-
spear knew Of the existence OF these
two Danish courtiers when he wrote
Hamlet" but how he heard of them
or where he could have seen this bo''k
which puts them together much vex'
, .s the exact Teutonic mind.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
freed by Wild Geese.

Irwin w. Bossler, of Blandon, while
fishing in the Maiden creek, was ut
tackled by two wild geese He WINS
standing in the middle Of the stream,
when one of the geese Suddenly flo
ped upon him, knocked off his hat
and sent his rod and line flying into
the water. As Bossler grabbed for
his hat he received blow which al
most broke his arm and sent him
sprawling upon his back. He waded
out. but had no sooner reached the
bank when another goose attacked
him and dealt him such severe blows
that he wns compelled to retreat
He FINALLY crawled up tree. where
he was rescued completely exhausted
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
He Fiddled His Way.
From the Washington Star.

From the Washington Star.
The following is an extract from a
letter received from n special agent
of the United States Census, detailed
to get data for the fish and fisheries
of South Carolina:
81 must tell you how worked B.
I got there late one evening, and
found everybody mum as an oys.
ter. I was in dispnir until at last
heard a man playing n fiddle in one
of the stores. ! went in at once, and
after loafing al ound awhile asked to
see the fiddle. When / got it drew
the bow over the strings, said it was
good one, and handed it back; but
they saw could play and insisted
should try SO took off my coat and
sailed in. From that moment nv
stock went up. In IN hour had
half the folks in town in the store
the proprietor was doing rushing
business, and so was l. finally nut
down the fiddle and addressed the
crowd, told them my business, and
said that though l was willing to
play for them must attend to my
work first, and invited all who were
engaged in fishing to walk up and
sign the pledge. Nothing was too
good for me. They wanted to fill me
up on beer, and had more cigars
than could smoke. They refused to
let me set 'em up single time, and
when I wanted to leave town they
begged me to stay, or, it would go,
to come back and locate. They hunt
ed up all the men ] wanted, and
brought them to me or took me to
them in n buggy. was treated like
prince. One poor devil (colored) re-
fused to answer my questions. and
one of my enthusiastic assistants
cracked him on the head with a beer
bottle so that he had to he carried
from the field in disabled condition.
"Well. had time, but got every
body there was to get"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Sleeping Passengers Saved by
a Dream.

]. J. Tilford, an employe OF the
Louisville, st. Louis and Texan rail.
road at Hawesville, dreamed one
night that the west end OF the switch
Mt that place had been left open for
the side track, and that the fast
freight train was nearly due. At
this point he woke up, and was so
impressed by his dream that he got
up and went to investigate. To his
surprise he found the switch set for
the side track. He set it right, thus
saving many lives. There were sixty
men sleeping in the cars that were
then lying on the side tracks. He
also saved the company thousands
of dollars north ofproperty.-Louis-
vile Courier Journal.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Turned up Trousers.

It seems to be raining in London a
great deal nowadays. All the young
swells. and some who are old enough
to know better, go about in Cam.
bridge and Brookline, and even in
Boston, with tennis trousers turned
away up around the bottom; and
this whether the weather is wet or
dry, or whether they are walking up
on the grass or upon the driest side
walks. The trousers are simply to
be tIrl.ed Up at the bottom, and
that is all there is Of it, Even the
tailors and the turnishers, when
they expose the goods for sale, ex
hibit them with the bottoms turned
up.
The turning up is done in an art
fully careless way, and one begins to
suspect that there is a secret about
it that only the born swell knows,
SO that the improperly turned up
trousers betray the spurious article
OF swell. The trousers are actually
made long enough to lie upon the
ground. SO that when they are turn
ed up the edge will descend to the
ankle. This merely moderately anus
ing fashion has no particular inter
est, but it has occurred to me that
it will be an interesting item in the
twenty-tOurth or fifth century to the
sociological student OF the curious
customs OF the present period.-Bos
ton Transcript.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
lrrepressible Boys.

An attempt was made at Belfast
the night before the Fourth to pre-
vent the small boys from making
the night hideous with the ringing of
bells. Notwithstanding the vigil
lance of five policemen, one of whom
was stationed at euch church, the
boys succeeded in entering one bel
fry by the lightning rod. The pc.
lice force might just as well have at
tempted to stop the sun from rising.
Maine Letter.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Making A Man crawfish.

When Ave or six men get together
and begin to tell stories there is
always more or less lying done, es-
pecially il they are only casual ac-
quaintances. Going down on the
boat from Natchez there were three
or four "rings" which hung together,
and each OF US told some pretty tall
stories. There was man from Syr-
acuse who laid himself out for q
whooper, and when the rest of us
were through he settled back and
said:
Gentlemen, the ship which was
carrying me to India was burned off
the island of Borneo, and l got away
in a boat with a single sailor"
"When was this?" asked native
Mississippian, who was taking lot
OF mules down the river.
I'm 1858"
"Exactly-go ahead"
we Iiiu IlclVIcT WuCcE uOT pIO~
visions in the boat" said the man,
land after Waiting for three days l
wantel to draw lots to see who
should die. The sailor refused
ellis name?" asked the Mississip-
plan.
"Foster, l believe"
"You are right; 60 ahead"
81 suffered one day more, and then,
as he slept, l killed him with my
knife and drank his blood 1t saved
my life. Next day was picked up
by ship"
"And you killed the man, did your
IL did"
"And drank his blood?'
eyes"
"Well, you are tho man I've been
looking for these many years. That
sailor was my brother-my big broth
er-the only brother ever had!'
"No!"
eyes, he was. Some of those who
got away in another boat saw him
go off with you and told me of it.
Stranger, the man who drinks my
CTOtIltE UIOOu HIS XIV W VIC!
"But you must be mistaken. II
hardly think his name was Foster"
"Oh, yes, it was. Name was Eos.
ter-ship got afire-off the island Of
Borneo-driited about in a boat
It's all straight. and now l want sat.
isfaction. Have you got a bowie
knife about you?"
"Look here, boys" said the SYRIA
cuse man, as he caught his breath
Il am in a box and have got to make
a confession. l was lying about
that adventure from start to finish.
"Sure of it," demanded the Missis
issippian, while everybody lselaugh
ed.
II know was"
"Didn't kill my brother and drinl
mis- blood?'
Certainly not"
"Well, then, that's nll right righ
and Pm glad to hearit. I'm as hum
Die as a lamb on ordinary matters
but when it comes to killing IN,
brother-the only brother ever hat
why, who wouldn't tight?"
We asked the Syracuse man to Civ
Us something else, but he wouldn't de
it. He went off to his sta teroom ant
tied his head up with II towel.-N. Y
Sun.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
The Lovers Return.


"l-I-thnt is, you will excuse me-"
he s5ammered as he entered a stor.
ON upper Broadway and was accord
ed IN interview with the proprietore
what did you wish, sir?" was the
cold but polite rejoinder.
"Well you may think me foolish,
but J must run the risk. About a
year ago you had a girl over there
behind the railing-a typewriter and
private secretary, l presume.
"Yes sir"
"She was a handsome girl-very
handsome, and her speech and de-
meanor showed good blood"
"Yes."
"Welf, IL fell in love with her."
"Did you? Well"
"She was very coy and shy, but
after u time l thought could detect
signs that my feelings were recipro'
Gated"
"Ah! Indeed! Look at you in q
tender way"'
II thought so. For weeks l made
it q practice to pass your store at 2
O'Clock daily, so as to get sight of
her. She got so she looked for me ut
that hour.
"Indeed!"
"That is. l thought she did. l
thought her eyes lighted up as she
caught sight of me. l suppose the
proper way would have been to come
inand ask you to introduce me, but
but one hesitates over hose things,
You know"
Eyes l know"
About year ago was suddenly
called to Chicago. While there I
met with n bad accident, and only
recently returned to New York. /
wanted to write her, but under the
circumstances l could not"
II follow"
"Bnt thought of her daily, aye! a
hundred Tins a day"
THAT was correct"
Sand now have returned l called
to catch sight of her dear, sweet face
once more, but don't see it. Is she
with you yet?'
ION, YES.
sis she ill?"
"Oh, no."
"Absent temporarily"
eyes; over at the house,
"Your house,"
"Yes; Perhaps you'd like to walk
over. l married her about II year
ago, and this is the hour when the
baby is asleep and she is at liberty
The ak fell. With a moan of an
guish on his pale lips the returned
lover walked out of the store in q
blind, staggering way, reeled down
the street as if drunk, and uttered
no word until he reached the drug
store at the corner. Then he made
u great effort, pulled himself together
entered, sat down on stool before
the soda fountain and horsely whis
pered:
Give me lemon and vanilla, will
plenty of froth on it, for l cal
culated she'd earn enough to support
us both.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
Its Average Value.

1--WE, the jury" thus ran the yer
dict, Sind for the plaintiff, and as
sess the damages ut four and three
swelfths cents"
SIS that all broken heart IS
WORTH" bitterly exclaimed the ma.
ture complainant in the breach OF
promise case.
'That's what We ayaveraged It ut,
mum" explained the foreman of tho
Jury. "Some on Us held out fur ten
,ents, but we he'd to come down.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
. A Warning To Bad Boys.

The "WaycrOss Headlight" If
draped in mourning Its rules
are turned in memory OF littl
boy who died while breaking the Sab
bath-the fourteen year-old son OF
the editor. In a column and hall
the father tells bis readers all about
it, moralizes and warns. Savan-
nah's bad youths may well ponder
thereon. Here is part of the story,
over which is the head:
"OUR POOR BOY BREAKS THE SABBATH
WITH HIS LIFE"
"Simeon S. Freeman, our only boy,
all the help we had on earth, was
drowned in Satilla River. The hand
that put your paper in thepostof-
fee ia folded on still bosom. Had
he lived until the 14th of September
he would have been fourteen years
of age.
"All who knew him can testify that
ne was q manly boy, far beyond one
of his years; he never heard cry of
distress or sigh of sorrow when his
young heart was not ready to re-
spond, caring not what the cost
would be. He wronged none but his
father and family. A four-year. cd
child could lead him, and some about
his own age and under did lead him
to death.
Hardly had we gone before some
little boys were at our home persuad-
ing him to accompany them to the
funeral OF the lady mentioned. and
they succeeded in pursuading him to
go to-his own funeral, where he ar
rived about eleven o'clock, at three
his lifeless body was found, having
been in the water for six hours.
''He went to his doom with his
mothers warning ringing in his ears,
for she had presentiment that a
watery grave awaited him and had
told him that should such a fate
overtake him to cross his hands on
his breast, close his eyes and mouth
and straighten himself out, with his
feet drawn together, so that he could
be buried when brought home to
her, not failing to remember tile
thief on the cross
"When found his hands, mouth,
eyes and feet were as she had directed
and we try to console ourselves with
the thought that he remembered the
rest of the warming Oh! tits SC hard
to think his fingers put in the case
the type that form the letters that
you are reading this morning and
that his fathers hand should have
to make them tell of the death Of
a disobedient, hayward boy. God
pity us!
'Three hours before his death he
picked up his own little B fiat cornet
and blew softly and tenderly:
"Jesus. lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly,
While the nearer waters roll.
And the tempest still is high
"He laid his cornet away in its
case. never finishing the verse.
"Oh! poor boy, why did you leave
your horne when you could hear the
nearer waters roll?'"
Boys in Savannah should bear in
mind that, as the Headlight says
"Their sins will find them out" anG
it may be SO suddenly that they viii
not have time to cross their hands
on their breasts, close their eyes anG
mouths and straighten themselve:
out with feet drawn together. That
is privilege vouchsated to few who
are drowned and it may be many
years before another one will b,
granted it.-Savannah Republican.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-09-04
BIG TALES OF BIG WHALES.
SUPPOSE the

SUPPOSE the
whales give you
a h ar d fight
sometimes" said
the artist teas
ingly.
"Yes," replied
theCaptain, "the
s p erm whale
fights with his
mouth, and the
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-06
THE FARM AND GARDEN.
CUTTING FODDER by HAND.

n the farmer continues to chop up
cornstalks and other coarse feed by hand,
he need not wonder If his sons take dis
like to farming, and quit it at the earliest
chance they find for some pleasanter en-
ployment. Many young man leaves
the farm because he has a liking for ma
chinery, and desires to engage in work
where he will direct the forces of steam
or horse power, rather than do everything
with his own muscles. Such a young
man is just now especially needed on the
farm. In few years we believe that a
majority of farmers will find it profitable
to keep steam engine to saw wood, cut
fodder and furnish power for many oper-
atoms now performed by hand. More
than one boy has acquired a permanent
distaste for farming from being required
hour after hour to turn grindstones or
swing the revolving churn. -American
Culticat0r.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-06
INCREASING THE MANURE HEAP.

While it is not economy to increase the
quantity of manure at the expense of
quality, at the same time it is quite i'm
portant to see that nothing that will
make good fert ger is allowed to waste
IT the plan of cleaning out the stables
and sheds is followed and the manure is
piled up either under shelter or without,
it Will be found advantageous to save all
the more easily soluble portions as it is
this that is the more liable to be lost.
BY supplying plenty of bedding in the
stables or sheds all the liquid portions
may be absorbed and held, and then if
care is taken in the piling the losses by
teaching may be greatly lessened. A good
layer of straw, leaves or other litter
should be put on the ground first, this
will hold good per cent. of the soluble
portions, and then if there is consider
able quantity piled up layer of straw
or litter can after be put in to good ad-
vantage.
This is especially the case when there
is considerable quantity of straw,
more than can be used for feeding to good
"A'dhoSCs ~ Is lCSS WOIk 10 lluuI QlrecC
from the stables to the fields, but this
cannot always be done to the best advan-
tage, and to avoid allowing too large a
quantity to accumulate in the stables it
will be necessary to pile outside.
A shed will protect considerably and
especially will avoid teaching.
When this cannot be done, piling In a
circular heap putting good layer of
straw underneath and covering with a
layer of straw Or litter will protect con-
siderably.
To throw manure out of the stable
without cover, or piling so as to shed
water, is to lose considerable part of the
most valuable properties, and as the ex-
pense of handling and applying is the
same it should be the aim to save all the
soluble portions as fully as possible.
Manure should be considered a product
of the farm and should be handled so as
to realize the best possible results, avoid
ing waste and securing as far as possible
all the benefits in order to increase the
profits. Farm, Field and Stockman.
Iuka reporter. (Iuka, Miss.) 1888-1894, 1890-02-06
Relics OF a Past Age.

Captain A. O. Paine, of Cocoa, Fla,
has shells and pottery taken from the
mound on the east bank Of Indian River
at the foot Of Merritt Island. These
shells and fragments were taken from the
mound about thirty feet below the sur
face, the action Of the water having
washed away large portion of the
mound and leaving the strata exposed to
view. From that portion of the mound
used as burial ground only conch
shells were taken from among the skele-
tons, and the curious feature of the case
Is that in every conch shell hole is
broken in the same relative position. 1t
Is supposed that the conchcs were buried
with the dead to be used as food in the
happy hunting grounds, aud to facili-
tate the eating process each she'll was
broken 50 that the fish could be eaten
without trouble.