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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24
Decline Of the Shellbark,

Not many eastern people, unless
they are acquainted with the forests
OF the Mississippi valley, and moro
especially those found on the higher
Allegheny mountains, know what a
really large hickory tree is. The
shellbarks of Southern Indiana are
sometimes $50 feet tall, with trunks
four or Ave feet in diameter, and bare
of limbs for seventy or eighty feet,
and even larger trees can be found in
the still almsst untouched forests of
eastern Tennessee and western North
Nlrolina. But those large trees are
doomed, and before many years have
passed every hickory tree Insufficient
size and proper quality will have
been sacrificed to supply the ever in
creasing demand for this wood.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

SOME people seem TO think news.
papers are published just for fun. and
that the publisher can stand off the pa
per maker. the ink man, the memorable
postoffice department. the '.jour"
printer and the devil just the same as
the non-paying subscriber indefinitely
postpones the payment OF subscription.
But newspaper cannot be run without
ready money. f&
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

: THERE has not been large fortune
built up in legitimate trade in all the
length and breadth of the land that
was not won through the merits OF lib
eral advertising. Intelligent adver-
Using will surely pay.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

IT Is pleasant to know that one. fourth
OF the railroad passenger cars OF the
United States are now equipped with
steam heating apparatus. The chance
OF making an unbasted roast Of the
unhappy tourist is thus red uced by
twenty five per cent
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

THE time has come when the east
must bow to the west in commerce and
politics. both. 1t it no longer ques-
ton OF North against South and vice
versa The Mason and Dixon's line
OF to-day runs north and south, through
the state OF Pennsylvania close 10 its
weste IN border.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24
A Wouan's Tears.

A recent novel contains the iollow'
ing paragraph:
"A woman's tears water the Eowe.
OF her femininity. They are the dew
of purity. They are the stlvery waves
that wash out traces upon the SANDS q
her lie. They are the brine that pre-
serves memory. They are 70 nes
what q shower Is 10 summer. But ~
man they are drops OF blood fort 90
upward iycm hif heart by the Jacs-
screw ~ ltaM t3r.ure.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

TIE Indian policy OF the United
States government proceeds on the
theory that it is cheaper to feed than
30 fight the savages. Money enough
Is appropriated annually to feed all Of
the red men, and if they starve it is
because the governments agents are
careless or corrupt.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

A FREN Gilman has written pam.
phlet on: '.How to Reach the Moon"
That's all very we'll in its way, but
the real thing is how to behave after q
Teller gets there. Let's hear from
some old traveller.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24
Couldn't Stand Such a Racket.
From the Binghamton Leader.

From the BlnghamtOn Leader
The clerks in a local dry goods
store tell an amusing story OF a
young fellow from the country who
was employed by the firm not long
since, and who was .ieputed to assist
Mt the flannel counter. A young lady
dropped liz and approached him with
a beaming smile, remarking: II
should like to look ut your under
wear" but the smile froze on her lips
rs she remarked the look OF horror
that overspread the features of the
new clerk. Hurriedly excusing him.
self, he disappeared, and the next
thing that was heard oil him in that
adjustment was that he had ap-
prcnticed himself to q barber shop.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

THE salt trust is said to be dead for
tn g present. All OF the arrangements
making the people pay dear for their
ealt failed. So a big pile OF salt will
continue to be exchanged for mite
of money!"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24


tie one, you bowed perhap, in awe. In
the other case you felt as il you would like
to go along with her. How did they feel in
that last hour. How did they seem to act,
Wers they very much frightenedi Did
they take hold Of this word with both
hands ~ though they did not want to give
iQupl "Oh, no." you say: mo, remember
IS though 1t were yesterday; she had a
kind word for US all, and there were few
mementoes distributed among the children.
and then she told us how kind we must be
to our father In his loneliness. and then
she kissed US good by and went asleep 40
calmly as child in cradle"
What made her 40 composed! Natural
courage! "No," you say, another was very
nervous; when the carriage inc ined 10
the side Of the road, she would cry out; She
was always rather weekly" hat, then,
gave her c0mposurei Was 1t because she
did not care much for you, and the pang
Of parting was not great! "Oh," you sly,
"she showerel upon US a wealth OF afec.
ton; no mother ever loved her children
more than mother loved US; she showed
1t by the way she nurasd us when we
were sick, and she toiled for US until her
strength gave out" Whit then, was it
that gave her lomposure In the last hourl
Do not hide il BE frank and let me know
"Oh," you say, ''it was bee Fuse she was
30 good; she made the Lord her portion,
and she had faith TINT she would 90
straight TO glory, AMI that we should all
meet her NJ last ut the foot OF the thron3 ("
Here gre people vino say, II saw q
Christian brother die, and no triumpned. {"
And some one e,se ~ saw u Christian SIS
ter die, and she triumphed Some one
else will say. II saw u Christian daugh
die. AMI she triunphed." Come. all ye
who have seen the last moments OF =
Christ IN, and rive testimony II this Gauss
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-07-24

0OopVA . pOWoG W Save u SOuie 1--WE are
Witnesses" We were so proud that no
man could have BUNDLED us; we were SO
hard that no earthly power could have
melted US; angels of God were all around
about us, they could not overcome us: bur
one day, perhaps at Methodist anxious
seat, or at = Pres byterian catechetical
lecture, or at o burial. or on horse ba ok.
power seized us, and made US get down.
and made US tremble. and made US kneel.
and made US cry for mercy, and We
tried to wrench ourselves away from the
grasn but we could not It flung
Is fiat, and when we arose we were as
much changed as Gourgis, the heather.
who went into pray er meeting with a
dagger and gun, 10 dis,u b the meetio q
and destroy it, but the next day was found
crying, "Oh, my great sins! Oh, my great
Savior" and for eleven years preached the
Gospel Of Christ 10 his fellow mountain.
eers, the last words on his dying lips bein
"Cree grace" Oh It was free gracel
There 10 man who was for ten YER, n
hard drinker. The dreadful appetite had
sent down its roots around the palate and
tongue, aud on down until they were inter
linksi with the vita.s Of body. min and
soul; but he has not taken any stimulants
for ten We ,rs What did that. Not TEN
per-nce societies Not prohibition laws.
Not moral sussion. Conversion did it.
"Why." said one upon whom tho great
change had como. ''sir, / feel just ~ though
/ were somebody else!' There is o sea.
captain who swore all the way from New
York 70 Aavans, aud from Havana to
San Francisco, and when he was In port he
was worse than when he was ON the sea.
What power was 1t that washed his
tongue clean Of profanities, and made him
. psalm. slngerl Conversion by the Holy
Spirit. There ars thousands Of people in
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
THE COMING CENSUS.
A Foretasts of the Ordeal all Men aud
Women VIII Have to Pass Through.

In a short time the Census Bureau
will have thrown into the field an army
Of $1,000 men. who will sweep the
United States clean Of information on
pretty nearly every imaginable sub
ject that has statistical bearing. The
story told by the reports of the agents
of the bureau will follow the least i'm
portant individual in this vast land
from the cradle to the grave nay.
more;from them you can estimate your
chances In 100 before you were born Of
being twins or triplets, and can calcu-
late the probabilities that were In favor
Of your turning out boy or girl. They
will show that you had only two chances
In three of surviving your first year of
life. and from that time on they will
figure upon your lease of this subluuary
existence, until at length the ghoulish
compiler of the gathered figures, with
out bowels of remorse, ioyfully tabulates
you In his exhibit of causes of death. "
Not content with discovering the day
aud place Of your birth, SAYS the Wash
ington correspondent of the Hartford
TImes,th census will insist upon know
ing from what race you sprung, what
your sex is, if any, and where your
father and mother were born. Also it
will require information as to whether
your are married, single or divorced;
how high above the sea level you live.
in what great drainage-basiu YOU dwell,
what the lowest degree of cold may BIZ
from which you suffer in the winter,
how hot you find it in the summer when
the thermometer touches its top notch,
and how many other people live with
you in your house. As for the house.
you will be compelled, under penalty of
fine of 800. to say whether you own
it or motif you do own it, whether or
not there is mortgage on it, and, sup
posing that there is one. the reason
why you borrowed the money on tho
property. The census is much inter
ested in your private affairs, you see,
and If you have a farm around the
house you will have to tell similar facts
about that. even to the value of the
cows and the tools In the barn. All
this is merely the beginning. however,
and all this mass of information will
eventually be condensed into about
twenty five volume, which will be en-.
titled tho Eleventh Census of the
United States
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
One Spot His Own.

A man wants some one place in home
that he can call his very own, some
portion OF the house where his will is
law. where no conflict of authority can
arise. says the Ladies Home Journal.
This is not altogether for the purpose
of securing solitude, for his family is
usually most welcome there, but the
need for 1t springs from the desire for
that sense of proprietOrship which is
his habit abroad, and from the wish to
be able to do precisely as he pleases
10 at least a corner of his own house.
Here should be the comforts that the
man devises for himself the lounging
chairs. the desk and library. his smok-
ing materials with license to use them.
Here he should be able to feel abso-
lutely at his ease, troubled by no fear
of ''mussing things" no need to thread
his way anxiously through q maze Of
furniture aud various decorative OBJ
structions, trembling lest something
should be overturned and broken. aud
there should be the seat OF that adj
admired disorder to which he only has
the clue. His books and papers should
be left as he leaves them, though to
the orderly female eye they may seem
to lie in hopeless confusion. His desk
may be Uttered with piles of books,
magazines. letters, manuscripts, every
thing that can possibly find a place
there. but il woman wishes 10 Sc
cure to a man one of his most cherished
home comforts she will let things re-
main as he places them.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
HIGHLAND PARK.
The Seat OF Highland Park Normal Col.
lege, Des Moines, Iowa.
Splendid Place to Mako Invest
ments, Build a Home and Edu.
cate Your Children.

This Queen Suburb Of Des Moines has un-
surpassed advantages, both Of location and ac-
feasibility. 1t lies on the east side Of North
Sixth avenue, at the terminus of the paving,
having paved drive all the way to and from
the city. The popular Belt road also traverses
the Park, terminating at present near the Col
lcge grounds, and giving sure and rapid transit,
winter and summer.
Highland Park has the finest and best equip
ped College building In the State, which
win be opened Sept. /, 1890, by President o.
ii. Longwell and a fully Organized faculty,
chosen from the very best educators In the
country. In addition to the usual normal
OF study will embrace every branch taught in
colleges, but normal methods will be applied
to all.
Especial attention win be given to practical
education and In thoroughly preparing young
men and women for success In their chosen
ayocations.
In order to insure necessary accommodations
for students before the opening Of the college
September /, 1890, the Highland Park Land
Co., win give one years tuition in the college
free to every person who buys lot In Highland
Park after this date and builds house thereon,
costing not less than 5000. The certificate for
the same will be duly acknowledged by the col
lege authorities and will be transferable TO
any other person at the pleasure of the holder
This offer Is only made for limited time, and
those wishing to avail themselves Of its benefits
should make their applications and arrange
preliminaries soon.
Our advantages are: Splendid location, pure
air, light taxes, paved streets, rapid transit,
fine churches, good society and college educa-
inducements. Forfurther particulars apply to
w. w. FINK, Sec. Highland Park
Land Company, 214 Fifth Street ,Des
MOines, iowa
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
Wondari of thu Kalaidn,nnna.

The following calculation has been
made of the number OF changes which
that wonderful instrument, the kalei-
doscope, will admit: Supposing the
instrument to contain twenty small
pieces OF glass, and that you make ten
changes In each minute, 1t, at that
rate OF speed. would take the incon-
ceivable space Of 462, $50, 800, 676 years
and $50 days to go through the i'm
mense variety OF changes that such an
instrument is capable OF producing.
The human mind shrinks before such
immensity, and has no more ide, OF
what such q length OF time really
mems than it has Of the meaning OF
tho word eternity" According to
an eminent mathematician, if you put
only twelve pieces OF glass In the
Scope" 1t will take SO. 264 days, or
something over ninety-one years,
making ten changes each minute, to
exhaust its variations.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
How to Sow Flower Seeds.

This is one way to SOW seeds success.
fully: Boxes two or three inches deer
are filled with garden loan. little sand
passed through a coarse sieve Ga bit OF
wire netting will answer) to take out
stones and all coarse pieces of soil. II
should be fiue and soft. Fill the boxes
within half an inch. take smooth
piece of board and press the soil down
hard and smooth. If dry, water and
allow it to soak away before sowing.
Sprinkle the seeds on evenly. Seeds
the size of aster verbena, stocks, cover
by sprinkling on the fine soil. just to
cover them out of sight. Seeds like
petunia do not cover, but lay pane OF
glass over to keep in the moisture.
Place the boxes Ia the kitchen window,
or where they will be kept warm. II
the soil gets dry it should be watered
with fine sprinkler. After the seeds
are up they need watching. If they dry
up once they are gone. If the sun
shines on them too hot they wither
away. After they put ont three pairs
of leaves they should be separated and
put into other boxes about an inch
apart. After trausplanting they must
be shaded from the hot sun until they
take hold OF the soil.-Good Housekeep-
tng
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
ON A RACING STEAMER.
The Unpleasant Experience OF Those VINE
Have to Keep Up Steam.

1t is a hot, calm day in the middle
of summer. the sea rolling in long,
smooth, oily swells, says writer in
the Contemporary. There is a light
breeze right astern, but the ship is
steaming as fast rs the wind, and the
sails hang listlessly from the yards aud
Gap against the masts and ropes. As
one descends the engine-room ladder
the air feels close and deadly heavy,
and brings on n dull headache. The
engineer on watch is dragging himself
round as if his limbs were Of lead, and
even the engines do not seem to be go
Ing ahead with their usual energy. AS
we pass through the tunnel which con-
meets the engine-room with the stoke
hole the sitting atmosphere nearly
drives us back. There Is not breath
of air coming down the ventilators,
and the heat Is so great that one has
sensation as of a lump of lead in the
cars, and ones voice sounds thick and
far away.
The fremen are stripped to the waist
and tho engineer has very little more
on, being only distiuguishable by the
gilt band and badge on his cap as he
moves about from one furnace to an
other. directing the tremen or regulat-
ing the water In tho boilers.
In spite of the heat the fires burn
dull, for they can get no air, and the
iremen, urged on-one might almost
say driven-by the engineer. "aro do
ing all they know" with rake aud SHOW
ell 10 keep up steam, the perspiration
running in streams down their coal-be-
grimcd bodies and leaving them striped
like zebras. ..
Each man in turn falls back exhaust
ed, and is succeeded by another, who
lays hold of the heavy slice" and
works the fire through and through;
but all to no purpose, for in spite of
all they can do the steam will not rise.
In technical language. "she Is steam
ing stiff" and, unless the wind changes
or gets stronger. will continue to do so.
To keep on at this work without
drinking is impossible, and the tiremen
consume an incredible quantity of wa
ter; but. in spite of all the praise be-
slowed upon this beverage by teetotal-
ers, it has its dangers when drank to
excess, especially in a high tempera-
ture. and presently one OF the men,
who has been indulging too freely, is
seized with cramps in the stomach
and has to be carried on deck, leaving
the rest tearing away at the obstinate
fires.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
SHARP POINTS.

Yonkers Gazette, A genius may
distance dolt and yet only win by a
head.
Atchison Globe: The prettier q
thing is the worse it looks after being
dragged In the mud.
Troy Telegram: An Albany paper
advertises rafEe for COW. 1t will
be a milk shake.
Binghamton Leaders II the boys
don't kiss the misses, then the girls
viii miss the kisses.
New Orleans Picayune: Statesma an.
ship was on tap when the augurs OF
Rome bored the senators.
Terre Haute Express: 1t is pos sible
for the saleswoman to have shop maid
teeth that are perfectly natural.
Puck: The heroine OF popular
story is described as having teeth like
pearls. They were In fact her chewels.
Harpers Bazaar: Shopper How
does your new son-in-law strike you,
Fangle?" Fangle-''For 500, usu-
ally"
Texas Siftings; A Californian won
bride by giving young lady his
lower berth In the slceping-car. 1t is
not the first time that love has stopped
TO one OF lower birth.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
Blind at Birth.

1t is distressing to learn that out OF
the 1000 persons blind from their birth
In this country, who owe their loss Of
sight to Inflammation OF the eyes. al
least two-thirds might now have been
in the enjoyment of their sight but fol
the ignorance or neglect of their earl.
lest guardians. 1t seems that the rem
edies for the infantile Inflammation
which causes blindness are both many
and simple. Thus, says the London
Figaro. II cannot be too widely made
known that the eyes of the newly born
child, If iuHaned, should be washed
with pure warm water and that then
a single drop OF a PIPER cent solution
Of nitrate of silver should be instilled
into eac!, with drop tube. In Ger
many midwives are enjoined to adopt
the above remedial treatment. unGsr
oath. and since this has been done the
decrease In the number of blind chill
dren has been most appreciable.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
Nav Cemsnting Procs,s:

By new method Of cementing iron
the parts cemeuted are so effecLually
Joined as to resist the blows even OF o
sledge hammer. The cement is COM
posed OF equal parts of sulphur and
white lead, with proportion OF about
one-six.h of borax. When the COM
position is to be apple it is wet with
strong sulphurlc acid. and a thin layer
of 1t Is placed between the two pieces
OF iron, which are at once pressed
together. In five days it will be
perfectly dry, I'll traces OF the cement
having vanished, and the work having
every appearance OF welding.
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
An oid.Tin,c Romance.

Right here In this venerable oak trees SHADE
Ny grandmothcr's mother sat one day
In solemn state and in stlf hroca9c,
Awaiting her lover. a kniTht they say,
Down wonder hillside with flashing spur
He came like vi,iOu o 7 field and ZEN,
In his satin breechos and goId-lactd coat
And aqueer old dresser lie must have been.
In his wedding puucs and his bonnet gay
And Mistress Lucy. II he could know,
Would smile in disdain at ms choice to-day
BY his side, o er the stairway her picture hangs
A dainty lady. so proud and nim.
That more than hnlf my waywaTd blood
IL is very puin must have come from him.
Here is q letter century old
For true knightly sentiment very WELL
And a dashing hand, but il must be told
That my charming great grandpspa could not
spell:
"Honorcd madam and deer. though mine eyes
May not dwell on thy form and face so fair.
Still the promise OF hope TO my poor heart Is
"And al. dawning Of eve IGsp!rc 10 be there. 4"
i should like to know IL Mt eve he came
Why, of course he did. for am not here?
Proudly bearing Ills ancient name
With wicked laugh st his spell OF dear"
And IL on that sofa they sat aSunaer
Fully two feet, Us was proper ard right,
Could he ever manage to give her, wonder,
Half such kiss US had last nightg
All. Lucy, though mirnct and spInct,
And courtly manners in grand array.
Tell on, old story, there's something In it
That reaches the heart just the same to-day.
And wonder when my little day Is over,
And my grandchildren Git meath this old
trees shade.
If they'll say; She had Just such noble
And us true and tender wife She made"
indianapolis Journal
Audubon County Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Audubon Co., Iowa) 1885-1894, 1890-06-26
Ben Buffers Joke on Sam Randall.


The question of adjournment was
under consideration, and Gen. Butler
had stepped over to Mr.. Randal's desk
for private consultation. Butler
favored a Sunday session. Randall
opposed it.
bad as I am" said Randall, Il have
some respect for Gods day, and don't
think it proper TO hold session of Con-
gress that day."
20, pshaw." responded Butler.
doesn't the Bible say that it is lawful
to pull your OK or ass out of a pit on
the Sabbath dayP You have seventy
three asses on your side of this House
that want to get ont of the ditch to-
morrow, and think am engaged in
a holy work"
Don't do it, Butler pleaded Ran
dali. II have some respect for YOU
that don't want to lose. / expect
some day to meet you in a better
world"
You'll be there, as you are here"
retorted Butler quick, as thought
member of the Lower House. ~. Y.
Tribune