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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
A Jumbo Spider.

E. NJ. Tutwiler, superintendent OF
the Sloss Iron and Steel Company's.
mines at Coalburg, has, preserved in
alcohol the largest black spider ever
seen in this section.
A few days ago Tutwiler heard
great commotion among the chickens
in his yard. He went out to inves-
tigate, and saw a small chicken be-
ing slowly drawn into IL hole in the
ground. Some invisible reptile had
caught the chicken by one leg and
was drawing it into the hole in spite
OF it's desperate struggles.
Tutwiler approached, and looking
down in the hole, discovered an i'm
mense black spider. He punched it
with a stick and compelled it to re.
lease the chicken. He then dug the
spider out of it's den and pln ced it in
a jar of alcohol. 1t lived an hour
after being put in the jar. When
dead the spider was taken out,
weighed and measured. 1t meas ~
inches across the back and weighed
nine ounces. 1ts longest legs were
~ inches in length and it's eyes were
as large as a hotel clerk s dia mond's.
Birmingham, (Ala..) Corr. st.
Louis Globe. Democrat.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
Jokes Of Business Men,

A we'll known lawyer and his brok.
eDiriend dropped their tickets into
the glass aquarium on the city hall
elevated station, and as the lawyer
stopped to buy the evening papers
he jerked down and pinned to his
friends back the large yellow placard
placed under the latest editions and
reading, "Out To-day"
Hello, here, how long have you
been out ofSing Sing?" said friend,
slapping the broker Familiarity on the
back.
The broker laughed when shown
the card, but insisted on keeping it.
The incident had been forgotten when
one day the broker stuck his lead
into his friends office and said:
"Better come down the Sound fish
ing to-day"
Can't possibly do it, answered
the lawyer "Have made an engage.
ment to meet some clients here on
important business "All right"
said his friend. The lawyer waited
in vain for his clients. He heard
several people approach the Office,
but no one entered, and when he left
the Office he saw a. huge yellow pla-
card on his door reading "Out To-
day" The smile he tried to give
was failure.-New York Times.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
A True Ghost Story.
A certain vounr lady while nj

A certain young lady, while alone
one night in her room, whiled away
the hours by reading a thrilling
ghost story. Page by page she be-
came interested, and the weird hour
OF midnight was passing. Needless
to say she was nervous. What young
woman is there that, sitting en-
thralled by an exciting ghost story
at midnight and alone, wouldn' tcon-
descend to become agitated at the
proper moment? Strange coinci-
dence, but at this proper moment an
eminently respectable banjo that
had long been in the room had one
string that couldn't stand the strain
longer, 80 just as the hour hand was
midway between - and l it broke
with a sharp report. People living
four blocks away who were awak-
ened by female shrek that
night are sendingin their condole noes
to the fair young reader of the
ghost story.-Kennebec Journal.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

Jake turned livid, he looked nor
fectly awful in that morning light
The shock nerved me up, l halloau
out know not what-but halt a
dozen of the officers and men were
with us in jify. l could only point
overheard, SPECIFICS. There now
was IN arm, stiff as a mast. with
that evil finger, which had mistaken
for a splinter, pointing, now heree
now there, but in each still moment
it pointed dead at our group.
A boat was over in q twinklinr
Jake soon came round, but more
fearfully scared than before. lie
joined US in peering over the rail, the
.hideous corpse lay in the boat lust
beneath, it's arm and finger pointing
right up to where we stood. l turned
away in loathing and horrrr. Ino.
ticed Jake stood transfixed, his ewes
glared immovable upon the ghastly
treasure trove of the sepulchral sea.
The body was laid on the deck
We gathered around; took Jake's
arm in mine and half dragged him
to the spot. When they moved for
us to view the body, felt shudder
run right through my frame, as
Jake uttered a thrilling cry and fell
prone upon the deck.
1t was Ben's dead body. At the
trial, for the ship put into Queens.
town, when Jake's delirious talk lett
no doubt thata tratricidal crime had
been committed, it came out that
Jake, the elder, had been consider.
ably indebted to his brother Ben.
and had hoped the new legacy would
induce the latter to forgive the debt
1t was further proved that BENJAMIN
had had drawn up, in proper legal
form, a deed of gift of $3.50, 900 to
establish an orphan asylum and
training school, and the tarnsfer
would have been completed on his
receiving the loaned money, togeth.
er with his share ofthe legacy. There
was no doubt that Jake, in his bitter
disappointment, had pushed his
brother overheard that first night,
and he was duly hanged without one
breeze of sympathy from either side
the ocean.
The effect of that nights strange
unrest and my appalling illusion
turning into reality can never be
described nor ever be forgotten.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
Something of an Old FoRy.

cit is an invariable custom O,
Bishop Loughlin, the venerable
Catholic prelate of Brooklyn" re.
marks a Photographer of the New
York Sun, 'to 60 personally to the
Brooklyn post-ottice each morning,
when he was in good health, for his
mail. The Bishop always walks on
these trips. He goes partly for ex.
ercise and partly because lie likes to
see and greet his many friends on the
way. The Bishops custom in his
respect is similar to that OF the late
Horatio Seymour. The great Demo-
crat always used to walk down from
his residence to the Utica post-ottce
each morning, and take a good deal
OF time in the operation. Such was
Mr.. Seymour's fondness for this
morning walk that when Utica came
to be a big city, and the letter car
rier system was about to be intro
duced, Mr.. Seymour opposed the in.
novation strenuously. He declared
that it was one of the most benef-
cial customs that could be imagined
for the citizens of town or city to
meet each other daily in some such
place as the post office, and there dis
cuss and debate questions of a public
and social nature. OF course Mr..
Seymour was defeated in his efforts
to keep the letter carrier system out
OF Utica. But he regretted his defeat
bitterly, and declared that Demo-
cratic institutions suffered a severe
blow thereby. Mr.. Seymour's neigh
bors laughed at him, but it was just
such ideas and speeches on his part
that gave him greater and more
idolatrous personal following, per-
haps, than any other resident OF this
state ever enjoyed"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
They Had Met Before.

Now, sir" began the attorney for
the defense, knitting his brows and
preparing to annihilate the witness
whom he was about to cross-exa M
inc, ''you say your nameis Williams.
Can you prove that to be your real
name? Is there anybody in the
courtroom who can swear that you
haven't assumed it for the purpose
of fraud and deceit?"
II think you can identify me your
self" answered the witness.
II? Where did l ever see you be,
fore, my friend?'
IL put that scar over your right
eve twenty-five years ago when you
were stealing peaches out of my
fathers orchard. I'm the same
Williams.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

n 81
tas o, to be alonei 5y .si.q. ~
10 escape from the work, the play, +; .
The talking every day; ....,.a .,...-,
To escape from all have done.
And all that remains to do.
To escape. yes. even from YOU
MY only love, and be
Alone and free.
Could only stand
Between the gray moor and gray sky,
Where the winds and the ptovsru crys =
Ard no man ID at hnnd;
And ieel the free wind blow
On my rain wet face. and know
l am rec, not yours, but my own.
Free and alone
80 3 For the soft freight V'
And the home OF your heart, my dear,
They hurt being always here
want to stand up upright,
And to cool my eyes in the air. $500.
And to see how my bnck can bear - Z
Burdens. to try, to know.
To learn, to grow!
-'eh lam only youi
lam yours, part Of you, your wifN st
And have no other life. E
cannot think, cannot do: h.u
{cannot breathe. cannot ace. -.
There is Gus" but thpre is not me
And worst, at your kiss, grow
Contented so. fH
.. London Hawk.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
THE PUIA.,

Z WAS the noon
of a still and sun
ny day of sum.
lner when a par
ty of settlers, OF
w HON | W rite
t h is narrative
as one, were
m a X i ng heir
way along the
b a n k s Of the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
Art of DamaskeeninR.

Damaskeening is producing upon
steel a blue tinge and ornamental
figures, sometimes inlaid with gold
and silver, as in Damascus blades.
1t is SO called from Damascus, which
was celebrated in the Middle Ages for
this class of ornamental art.-Dfy
Goods Chronicle.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21
She Didn't Walk with the Lord

There is an old lady residing in
Roxbury, q native OF "The Land o
Cakes, amiable in character, a sim
cere Christian, but a little deaf, q
circumstance which sometimes leads
her to give queer answers to ques-
tions asked her. While visiting tho
house Of atriend few evenings ago
it was decided to hold q prayer meet
ing.s glf1srs the exercises one Of the
company approached the old lady
and dskek :.
Z Dye MILK VII the Lord?'
1 'sOn, No. she replied, not distinct-
~ hearin9 tho question. II iist come
back and 1orrit to zee Mrs. Geigie."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

in thickness and 80 feet in height,
tossing about in place CT the cork
ball, a living man! Such was now my
situation. There was the Brobdig-
nagian fountain dancing in the sun
light, and there was /, the veriest
pigmy, tossed like q puppet on it's
colossal crest. What mortal ever
found himself in sa position so gro
tesque and yet so terrible?
The motion of a body suspended
on q jet of water depends Tor the
most part, on its shape and weight.
II to heavy, it falls instantly; if too
light, tho fountain casts it off like
spray. nform, a sphere is the most
easily supported, but the cnpricious
stream occasionally seems to take a
fancy Tor another figure. SO that the
most irregular of bodies may some
times be seen dancing long and wildly:
and thus it must have been with me.
My weight must have exactly suited
the gigantic jet; it neither threw me of
nor let me tall. At first, for several
seconds, 1T kept me spinning 'lizzily
upon it's very summit; then, as |
CHANGED to come erect. u position
which afforded less resistau e. sank
suddenly dozen feet Within tie bo ly
OF the iet-only. the next instant To
be east alo.t again TOSSED. WIRED
and shaken at the will al the capri
cious waters. Oiny sens. tions. while
this lasted. it wOu!,l IL. in vain tn
speak, for eltnothiny with distinct
ness. The dizzy height-tl,e strange
resistance of the liquid coiumn-tne
fiery sting oil the heated water-the
deafening roar vi the cascade in tall.
tng-the dazzling iridescence OF the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

instant death, and the abyss would
have become u bubbling cauldron.
/ should be boiled alive!
As the horror of this thought
broke on me, my veins ran chill with
in me, and ] shook from head to foot
as if with aguc. Sick and dizzy, for
many minutes l remained, like q man
paralyzed, incapable of thought or
motion, yet conscious-couscious
even to the keenest torture-of the
fight of every moment. An expec-
tation-a suspense unutterable-
strained every nerve to agony. The
instants numbered by my fevered
pulses seemed to fall upon my heart
like drops of melted lead. My ears
were strained to catch the far, faint
sound OF the abysmal waters-a
sound which might be changed Mt
any instant to the roar which would
anticipate my doom.
At last, with the spasmodic effort
OF q dreamer starting from the
clutches of nightmare, Iroused my
mind into exertion. Was I doomed
inevitably doomed-was there no
possibly escape before me? l turn.
ed my eyes again upon the shaft.
1t was, as have said, about FIVE
feet in width. A little narrower and
l might have hada chance offreedom
by setting my back against one wall
Of the ascent and my hands and
knees against the opposite, I might
gradually have worked my body up.
ward, as a chimney sweeper's boy
goes up a stack. As it was, how
ever, the attempt was idle. Unable
to employ my knees in climbing, l
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-08-21

'On, DleSS the fortune! It's that
that bothers me, but what's the use
of talking about it? It's just what
want to forget" and we set off on a
smart tramp from end to end OF the
deck. 1t was just what l needed.
I'll be bound your brother takes
good fortune easier than you seem
to, gathered from what he was
saying when We met or the tender
that he has some benevolent scheme
on hand or in mind"
"He always was bit of q crank;
what do you think? The fool refused
to come on the boat ut oil; the min
ute the plank was going to be taken
in I'm hanged if he didn't rush right
back and jump into the tender?"
What queer trick to he sure!
Well, | guess he thought there was
something left Or"
mot a bit of it he never would
agree to fair and square sharings-
never-1 wish to God I'd"
Look at that thing down there"
had been standing. l caught sight
of the bit of wood unexpectedly, and
felt glad to change the current OF q
rather unpleasant conversation.
II don't sea anything-"
"There, there, don't you see that
white thing-there-look at it now
it's behind that wave now-it'll come
upina second-now, then-can't you
see it right there!"
eWhy-why-it looks something
like a."
eyes, that's it-like hand-whatl
/ Good G0d-it is q handr'
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07

noses to prospect and develop the Ala
hama silver mines which are within only
three and a half miles of White Sulphur
springs.
Work on the Spotted Horse mine and
mill has been suspended for the present.
A craze for mineral palaces appears to
have set in. Good mines are the best
advertisements a mineral district could
have.
The Butte miners union has $4,000
on hand and expended 100000 last year,
mostly for sick benefits.
Butte has now five banks, the last two
being the Silver Bow National and Muir
rays bank.
The General Office Mining and Reduc-
ton company has been incorporated at
Helena. The capital is 81, 900. St.
Paul parties are among the incorporators.
A public mining exchange for dealing
in mining stocks and bonds will no doubt
be started in Great Falls in due course.
The Engineering and Mining Journal,
April rs, says: sour market has been
firm with a continue steady demand, 1t
is understood tat the bankers have late.
ly had submitted to them bids for their
entire holding of Lake copper in the
neighborhOod of IA cents per pound,
which bids were declined and, subsequent
bids of 14.74 cents met with the same re-
Spouse. This is strong evidence that the
holders of this copper are not at all anxi-
GUS to sell and are determined to stick to
1t until they get their price.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
THE PACIFIC EXTENSION.
Great Northern Routes to the Pacific
Coast.

Tive Great Northern Routes to the Pacific
Coast.
One of the latest railroad rumors is to
the effect that the Great Northern will
build one line west of Great Falls
through the Flathead lake country, and
another line west from the end of its
branch at Butte through Anaconda and
Nissoula and on over the st. Regis divide
to Portland, says the Missoulian. The
road through the Flathead lake country
would be a short line. But the Great
Northern must also have a road not
only reaching Butte, Helena, Anaconda
and Missoula, but continuing on to the
Pacific. For instance, how IAN the
Great Northern successfully compete
for the business of the cities mentioned
without extending its branch (the Mon
tana CentraD to the coast? In order. to
a fair share of the traffic of the
leading cities of Montana it must give
them a western outlet as we'll as eastern
The signs of the times all
point to the westward extension of the
Central to Anaconda and Mis-
soula and on to the coast. If a second
line is constructed through the take
country, so much the better.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
THE MONARCH TOWNSHIP,

Some Details of the New Town and Neigh
boring Country.
We call attention to the new ad, of
Thomas Gahagan, advertising lots in
Monarch, the terminus of the Belt noun
tains railroad.
The property is situated in the heart of
the finest agricultural district of Montana
and all who desire information of the ad-
vantages that Monarch presents for bust
ness and investment should call on Mr..
Gahagan at his office, where he has maps
of the property and surrounding country.
The mining camps of Neihart, Barker,
Tillinghast and Carbonate are distant
from B to IS miles of Monarch, which is
the distributing point to these camps and
from where the ore will be shipped to, as
the roads are all down grade to Monarch,
with low hauling charges.
Monarch starts out with a bright future
before it and the Townsite company are
about putting in large Improvements of
various kinds to insure a big town at this
point.
The Townsite company are fortunate
in securing the aid of Mr.. Gahagan, as
anything he takes hold of is sure to prove
a success and a profit to owners and pur-
chasers,
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
AN IMMIGRATION BUREAU.
Great Falls Is Fully In Accord with the
Spirit and Letter of the PROPOSAL.

Great Falls Is Fully In Accord with the
Spirit and Letter of the Proposal.
The Independent says: "There is one
respect in which Montana is far behind
her sister states of the inter-mountaln
region. Her people have no organiza-
tons for adequately making known to
the world our great resources as an agri-
cultural and mineral state. Two or three
OF our large towns have boards of trade
that are doing good work for their re-
spective communities, but for Montana,
as a whole, no systematic work is done.
One OF these days, when we get a legis-
lature, we shall undoubtedly have a
bureau OF immigration like Colorado"
"But that state does not by any means
depend upon the immigration commits
sloner to draw capital and population.
The commercial bodies in all Of the towns
OF the state have combined, and BY unit
60 action are advertising the advantages
that the state affords, on a thorough sys-
tenn. we should do a similar work In
Montana. There should be no favoring
OF particular localities or booming of Ger
tain towns. We should get people to
come to the state first, and select their flu |
ture homes afterwards. There is no good
reason why Helena, Butte, Bozeman.
Livingston, Great Falls and Missoula'
and other enterprising towns, should not
move with a common purpose in this
matter, and move at once"
Great Falls will cordially second the
above proposal of the Independent. Hon.
I. E. Collins sought in the 1887 leglsla-
ture to have such a bureau established.
but conservatism, old fossilism and
county jealousies were all against the
scheme and it was killed. The result
was that the Dakotas and Washington
profted by the enormous migration that
set in. Great Falls has always acted in
accord with the spirit of the Independ
ent's proposal. In all the documents
sent out by the Board of Trade and
Townsite company prominence has been
given to the inducements which Mon.
tana as a whole, offers to the settler.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
MINING PROGRESS

New OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES for Patents
Mineral Palaces,
Senator Armington has applied for a
patent for the Edna, Annie Nav and
Smelter lodes at Barker.
James Chamberlain, of Neihart, James
E. Sites, Wickes, and James C. Wells.
Belt, have applied for patents for the
Red Bird mine in the Montana minipp
district.
The Messenger Mining s. Milling
company are short Of water and may use
steam power to run their stamps.
Stock of the American Mining COM
pany OF Castle has been placed on the
market.
Livingston has pledged $4,000 in aid
of a railroad to Castle.
DIR. Parberry, j. l.. Fraser and others
have formed the Grand Central Mining
company to work a mine which is 600
feet from the Cumberland, Castle dis
triet.
The Alabama Mining company pro
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
SCHOOL IN THE DUNN HALL.

An Enjoyable Evening-Mr. Doying Has
Some Good Scholars.
Agreeably entertained were the many
people who attended "Deestrict School"
in the Dunn block Friday evening. Mr..
Hawkins sang "Twenty Years Ago" with
genuine heartiness and expression. Then
the school boys and girls came trooping
along with their books and satchels. The
classes were formed and the familiar
scenes of school life in the Iolden time
were reproduced under the able guild
ance of the teacher, Mr. Doyipg. After
the classes had caused much fun by their
rivalry, and blunders, school was dismiss
ed and Miss Trigg and Miss Gremm sang
plleasingly a duet. Mr.. Coleman sang
also and ELECTED hearty applause.
The exercises of the afternoon session
which we're conducted in presence Of
Messrs. Hawkins, Benton and Race the
school committee were very entertaining.
Dorcas Pennyroyal, (Mrs. Pinney) spoke
gracefully the "Welcome Address,,
Glasy Ann Teogood, (Mrs. J. K. Clark
gave an excellent recitation. Joshua
Whitcomb, the irrepressible, (Mr. White)
detained amusingly "The Boy Stood on
the Burning Deck" and caused hearty
laughter by the energy with which he
spoke and the brave efforts he made to
tell what had become of The
boys father. Mehitable Duenberry, miss
O%wen)and HezekiahBuzze mr. omeroy)
engaged in a sprightly dialogue after
which the school sang in chorus with
much energy. Ann Bumper Mrs. Dodd) |
gave a spirited p~oetical address and Dea-
con Tegg (Mr. Sneln made some remarks. |
Squire Kicker (Judge Race very g~ravely
told the teacher how to conduct a school
and then informed him he would be re-
moved. Mr.. Dodson made an affecting
address which moved some of the "girls"
to tears. Then all sang in chorus "Auld
Lang Lyme" doing the fine Scotch mel
ample justice.
Among the scholars not already named
we're noted boys and girls who resemble
very much Rev. W. B. Coomhe, Messrs.
T. W. Thompson, King, Will
.ox, Mrs. Reid, Mrs. Sorrick, Mrs. Hook,
Mrs. Woodbury., Mrs. Hawkins, Mrs. Cur
lis. All these did well and proved to be
apt scholars.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
THE GREAT NORTHERN CUT.
1t is Causing Commotion Among
the Chicago Trunk
Lines.
Their Hold Oh the st. Paul, Dakota
and Montana Trade ia
LOOsened.
1t is Probable That the Proposed Duty
on Lead Ores Will Meet with
Opposition.

ST. PAUL, May3.-The GreatN orthern's
slashing cut in lake and rail rates from
New York makes the rate from New
York to st. Paul but one cent higher
than from Chicago to st. Paul. This
means a cut of II cents on business be-
tween New York and Omaha in favor of
the st. Paul route. The announcement
created a stir among the Chicago west
bound roads.
The semi-weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1890-1891, 1890-05-07
HOTEL ARRIVALS.


BA Robertson, J T Athey, Sun River;
L Van deCar, Corsock; Thos Cum
m,ings and wife, Jno Lepley: J J Donnel'
Raban, G W Odell, T s Odell, Nat NC
Gif1n, Sand Coulee; GIN Glasgow, Seat
tie; Jas Breen, Butte; IF Wegner, Craig;
9 H Austin, s P Butler, 81. Clair; J a
Coran, Boston; R s Hamilton, T Hanlon,
Helena; 0 W Tarr, Chicsgo; s Colce-
ham, Cleveland; Miss L M Buckley, CHI
cago; w H Morrell, New York; H H
Davis, ST Jenison, Claude Glenn, J L
Dunn, Belt: H L K~irkendall, Track; W
c Dallas, FV Hurley, St Paul; Jos Les
sard, Klbby; j E Williams, Neihart; ] P
Gannek, Bear Paws; J F Huston, Fl
Assiniboine; J L Kinney, Dayton, la; O
Hansen, Kansas City; o. Cutler, = Mel
vile. Butte.