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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13

most extensive views Of one Of the most
beautiful rural sections OF England and
the Chester authorities appreciate their
attractions, and liberal appropriations
are voted yearly to keep them in repair
All within these walls is ancient. but
it is restored and refurbished antiquity.
Every stone is replaced at the first sign
Of crumbling with successor 80 like Is
that the difference can not be detected
Thus the castle, one of the finest
ancient Notifications in the world, built
during tho reign Of William the
Conaueror. and Inhabited by q long
line Of illustrious earls. is to-day as
perfect as if built last year, and is used
as q shire hall and armory. as we'll as
barracks. Chester loves its age, but is
like an old beau who is anxious to keep
up the appearance OF youth and vigor-
not tho youth OF the present. but OF his
own early days. Outside the circuit Of
red sandstone walls there may be modern
progress. rows Of new houses, and a
great railway station, but within an
tiquity and tradition have their home.
but wear well preserved air that
takes one back to the fifteenth century
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truly ancient the town Is. lnomas
Fuller discourseth thus: Chester is
fine city, on the northeast side Of the
river Dee, so ancient that the first foun-
der thereof is forgotten. " 1t may have
been a British town before the Romans
came; it was certainly an important no
man station, as the plan Of the city bears.
witness. Caesars famous Tenth Legion
was stationed at Chester. Later, the
Saxon monarch Edgar held his court
there.
Yes. the town of Chester is old, and it
il one of the few towns in Europe that
carefully preserves the evidences OF its
antiquity. 1t is walled town, and its
walls are in as good state OF preserva'
ton as if prepared now for siege.
Solid walls they are, from 8 to feet
thick, and their foundations are said to
have been laid by the Romans. They
arc about two miles in circumference.
and the guide books tell us that they are
the most perfect example OF ancient
walls to be found in England.
Just here is the charm of Chester. IL
is ancient. but not moldy. Its an
tiquity is bright and we'll preserved,
and polished up for modern inspection.
Its walls are not moss grown ruins. but,
ancient Us they are, look bright and
stanch, and are as complete as they
we're in the days of Hugh Lupus and
William the Conqueror. And they al
ways will be complete, for their sum
NIT is beautiful promenade from the
parapets Of which can be obtained the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
takes another step forward in the great
,rorlr Il in aooared in

takes another step forward in the great
work il 10 engaged in.
Another Interesting place is Columbia
Institute for the deaf aud dumb.
The place is more generally known as
Kendall Green. The institute was es-
tablished in 1927 as private enterprise.
but BY the influence OF Mr.. Kendall and
other gentlemen. il has for number OF
years been conducted under Government
auspices. This step was necessary to
supply the deaf muto children Of the
District, as we'll as those whose parents
are connected with the Army and Navy,
with free education. Besides the in.
stitute there is a collegiate branch
known as the National Deaf Mute Col
lege, to which students from all parts OF
the country are admitted 1t is supplied
with every necessary appliance for the
thorough education in the highest
branches of the unfortunate class for
which it was designed, and was the first
institution of the kind ever established.
The grounds surrounding the numer.
Gus buildings contain nearly 100 acres.
and are beautifully laid out. The
central or main building is OF Gothic
architecture, and all the buildings are
spacious and conveniently arranged.
On tho high ground bordering the
south side of the Anacostia River. aear
the point where it mingles its waters
with those of the Potomac, is the Govern-
ment Hospital for the Insane. better
known as St. Elizabeth's. The original
buildings were commenced in 1855, and
have from time to time been enlarged
and added to until to-day it ranks
among the prominent institutions for the
insane in the world. The grounds sur
rounding the buildings. which with their
buttresses and parapets have much the
appearance of great feudal castle. are,
perhaps, the most beautiful in the en-
virons OF Washington. They are over
400 acres in extent. and are triumph OF
landscape gardening. Here nature can
be seen in all her loveliest moods, and
the peace and quiet of the surroundings
seem perfectly fitted to soothe the minds
of those whose reason is unhinged.
Extending from the central building,
which is surmountcd with a high tower
Ore SerloS VI Wtubo' AHCSO oAo 0O q
ranged that each window in the build
ing has light and air directly from the
outside. This makes the building con
stantly receding one, and gives it from
of $50 feet, making it very difficult t.
get q good view for illustration. It il
200 .eet in width and has in all over 60|
apartments. These may be divided int
a number of classes. The primary caus'
| of the founding of ST. Elizaboth's was t.
provide retreat for officers and soldier
| Of the Army and Navy who might DO
come affected, and not all ranks Of thu
Government service, as is general!
! supposed. The credit of taking TIN
first steps toward its organization
is due to the well known philan
thropist. Miss Dorothia Dix. of New
York, sister OF General John A. Dix
She petitioned Congress in 1855 to max
an appropriation. and an act wa
passed incorporating the institution
Tie money appropriated was not. how
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
Important to Watermelon Thieves.

A watermelon stealer down in South'
east Missouri has been comforting the
souls Of night providers by quoting
Scripture in the Iron County Register
to justify his own palpable infraction
OF the eighth commandment he at
tempts to prove by the Bible that 1t Is
no theft If a man goes unlimited INTO
his neighbours watermelon patcn anu
simply fills his belly with the aqueous
fruit there growing. He main tam.
that if the melon or melons have Oso"
absorbed into and assimilated witn wv
man, there is no offence 10 taA'.s
them. But 1t is absolutely essen''" 49,
the validity Of his argument snas -,
fruit be subjectively appropriate. ,;a.
effectively. The man must % ou'' =,
of the melon and the melon insioe ~
the man before it is taken from WV
field,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13

instead of presenting a shattered RUIN
of that era to our gaze.
There is little new in travel nowadays.
One has read SO often OF the scenes he
witnesses, or perchance has seen them
pictured SO perfectly. that he greets
them rather as an acquaintance than rs
a stranger. But, while one may have
read of the @rows, it would be hard to
imagine anything like them The two
main streets in the old town cross each
other as right angles in the center OF the
town, and they are sunk far below the
lowest inhabited portions Of the houses.
Along the fronts of the houses, at what
10 would call the second story, are BULL
the ~rows broad paved walks. will
chops aankinG them. These rows an
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
CREENLAND'S ICE CAP.
The Country's Interior Is Made Level by Ice
and Snow.

The COuntry's Interior Is maze Level ny Ice
and Snow.
The aspect of these boundless wastes
rolling away in scarcely perceptibio
undulations, and in the distance ming
ling the gray OF their SHOWS with tho
pray of the skies, at first gave the i'm
preston that Greenland was uniform
plateau, a sort OF horizontal table.
The belief now prevails that the rocky
surface OF the sea is, on the contrary,
carved into mountains and hills. valleys
and gorges, but that the plastic SHOWS
and ice have gradually filled up all the
cavities, which now show only in slight
sinuosities on the SUFFICE. Allowing
to the whole mass of the ice cap an
average thickness of 500 feet it would
represent total volume of about
100, 900 cubic miles. This scrmer suak,
or great ice" OF the Greenlanders,
flows like asphalt or tar with extreme
slowness seward, while the surface is
gradually leveled by the snow falling
during the course of ages and distri-
the country the surface OF the ice and
snow is as smooth as If it were polish
ed, looking like 1.-THE undisturbed sur
face OF frozen ocean. the long but
not high pillows of which. rolling from
east to west, are not easily distinguish
able to the eye" Nevertheless. says
a writer in Popular Science Monthly.
the exterior form OF the ice cap has
been greatly diversified at least on its
outer edge, where in many places it is
difficult to cross, or even quite impass-
able. The action of lateral pressure.
of heat produced by the tremendous
friction, OF evaporation and filtration,
has often broken the surface into in.
Vulnerable cones a few yards high, in
form and color resembling the tents OF
an encampment.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
A Long Writ.

A Blddeford lawyer has made one OF
the longest writs on record in Maine. 1t
proceeded from a suit brought by one
Varney, Kennebunk Quaker. against
Mr.. Ferguson, a Biddeford sash and blind
manufacturer. and contained an "ac.
count annexed" covering 42 sheets OF
long bill paper. The reason for the ex-
traordinary length Of the bill was that
the two men have traded together since
1855 and have never had q settlement, rs
they kept their accounts very nearly
even all the time. Mr.. varney, short
time ago, thought there was balance
due him, and this Ferguson disputed,
hence the suit IL took week to tram
scribe the long account
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13

punt on the >Up vi otner snops Ironrn4
the street below, and access 10 gained to
them by flights OF steps placed at fro.
quent intervals. You can walk on these
elevated passage ways or streets for long
distances
It is needless to say much OF Chester
Cathedral. 1t has been SO often de-
scribed and pictured that ] presume
every schoolboy is familiar with its out.
lines and history. We know that it was
originally the abbey Of St Werburgh,
built for the Benedictive monks in 1919
by Hugh Lupus, with St Auselm as
its patron, and that it has been added to
at intervals, forming one of the most
interesting of medieval architectural
conglomerates 1t is well preserved.
having been restored, like everything
else around Chester, but not in manner
to change its original design or appear
ance. One can not stand in the presence
of the old building without being inn
pressed by its vastness and massiveness,
and with the strength of the religious
sentiment that reared such mighty me-
MORALS of faith. Equally impressive are
the tombs and memorials with which
the old Gothic structure is filled.
One of the most interesting features
Of Chester is the many curious and an
Gent buildings that line its streets. Very
' proud of those structures the people are.
Nc change or alteration is made in them
even the hand of Time is forbidden as
far as possible to touch them with decay.
Their quaint chimneys and gables and
curiously carved oak cornices and orna'
ments attest their dignity and pride IN
their early days, and they still bear tcsti.
mony to the luxury of their owners and
the skill OF their designers To wander
along one of these ancient streets Of
moonlit night when all hustle OF bust
ness has vanished, or at early morn, be
fore the market wagons have begun t.
crowd the narrow ways, is to be trans
ported into ghostly past-the past O.
medieval Engand-and one almost ex
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
sHIPGATE STREET.

back and say that English might be
used. The plays were stopped in 1877
and went on again in 1000
The plays were performed under the
patronage of the tradesmen's guilds, and
the PLAYERS trundled about their theaters
on wheels and delighted the gaping
crowds with the representations of
pretty nearly verything contained in
Bible history. These carts ("pagents, !"
they used to call them, and we might
almost call them stage coaches had
two stories. the lower one screened from
view and used for dressing room, and
the upper ono for the acting. Each band
Of tradesmen had its own part Of the
scripture story assigned to it to play, and
all performed at once in different parts
of the town. They began in the morn
ing, and, when each little theatrical
company had given its bit of the play
once, the carts were moved about and
the same representations were repeated.
Then there was another movement, and
so the people who had the patience te
stay in one place eventually saw all that
was to be seen. 1t is probable that they
did stay. for an old writer tells US thai
everything was exceedingly orderly.
My trip across the water was com
paratively short one, and I did not make
the mistake Of trying to sec too much
1t is far better to give leisurely time t.
a restricted field in spots hallowed b,
historical and romantic association
than to try to cover Europe on the jump
bringing back, rs friend Of mine VIII
tried it says, "a confused tumble o
scenes as indefinite as a child's recollsc
ton Of panorama.
WV E HUME
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
Ha Knew Himself.

It takes more than q knowledge OF
arithmetic, sometimes, to do sum in
subtraction.
"Dc you know anything about figures,
Uncle 'Rastus?" said q merchant to an
applicant for work.
~Yes. sab.
@Well, if were to lend you S., and
YOU promised to pay me 81 month, how
much would you owe me ut the expira-
ton of three months:"
"Fivo dollars, sab.
sim afraid you don't know much
about figures.
mo, sab; but specs knows all about
Uncle 'Rastus
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
ANCIENT CHESTER.
LN OLD TIME TOWN WITH MODERN
EESTORlTIONA

lts We'll Preserved Walls The Castle
and Cathedral-Ths Curious "Nows"-
Quaint Buildings - Theatricals In the
old Days Of England.
Especial Boston Letter.l
The season for European pilgrimag-
ing is over for this year. and perhaps
advice on the subject Of European travel
Just now is superauous. lwould advise
everybody, however, when they visit
England, not to fail to see Chester.
What does one travel for? Truly, not
to see what can be seen at home. In
my rambles about England this summer
/ saw no town that charmed me more
than ancient Chester.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
Americas Remarkable Mon.

A live cockney who has spent few
weeks in New York city says: IL have
heard OF more extraordinary men in
New York since I came here than ever
heard OF in any other city Of the world.
You have extraordinary fnanciers and
lawyers, extraordinary politicians and
preachers. extraordinary nabobs and
play actors. extraordinary orators and
pugilists, extraordinary poets and
aldermen, extraordinary sportsmen
and humorists. extraordinary cranks
and bicyclists. extraordinary scientists
and musicians, extraordinary swash-
bucklers and authors, extraordinary
inventors, doctors, mechanics, and
what rot Ihave heard OF extraordi'
nary people, including women, every
day since l came to New York. l
would like to get up a directory OF
them all. with description OF each OF
them. but that would be nearly as hard
work as the taking Of the census. |
have not yet been out to Chicago, but
am told that can fi:.d even bigger
host OF extraordinary people there than
have heard OF in New York. Then
there is place called Boston. where
am told I can see swarm Of extraor-
binary Bostonians. Truly, truly"
said the live cockney, as he heaved
deep sigh. "this must be an extraordl
nary country. including the District o
Columbia. which, / believe. is in Wash
ington."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13

One lives and learns. II did not
know until the other day." writes the
New York correspondent OF the Boston
Transcript, "that 1t was against the
law to kill q chicken in the city OF
New York! 1t Is q new law. Ibelieve,
or else 1t is only an old one being en-
forced. used to buy chickens of an
old Frenchman on Wooster street who
kept them alive and fatten ed them on
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13

General o. o. Howard, after whom
the college was named. was the leading
spirit in its organization, and its first
president Such an institution was, he
thought, demanded by tho necessities OF
the great educational movement which
was inaugurated for the benefit Of the
freedmen. At the close OF the late war,
and q the head OF the Freedman's
Bureau, he went into the movement
with all his accustomed vigor. Since
1859, the year Of its organization. its
progress has been commensurate with
the importance Of its objects. and year
b rear II improves its standing and
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-11-13
A Managing Husband.

Old Friend-.Your plan Is an %.
cellent one; but do you think your
wife win agree toitP" 80, An
Married Man-''Oht yes III Vo
her some one else suggested II. NY
I'll call 1t an idiotio idfa."-Ne"
York Weekly.
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CT NOTE THE RESULT: "a

THE STAR HAS MORE THAN
THREE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
SUBSCRIBERS and MORE THAN
FIVE TIMES AS MANY REGULAR
READERS AS ANY OTHER DAILY
PAPER In WASHINGTON. II is de.
hvered regularly by careful carriers At
the HOMES OF THE PEOPLE, AFTER
THE BUSTLE AND WORRY OF THE
CAY ARE OVER, and IL is thus read
leisurely and thoroughly by EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
They know that it prints all the news,
and has only the interests OF the people
Of the District in view, with no partisan
measures to advocate, and no private
schemes to forward. They know IL, I'm
short, to be THE PEOPLES PAPER,
and nothing else. As an ADVERTISING
MEDIUM IL is, therefore, ABSO-
LUTELY WITHOUT A RIVAL. IL 10
In fact worth more as a means OF reach
ing the public THAN ALL THE
OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN THE
CITY TOGETHER.
Furthermore, in proportion to the re-
turns IL gives its patrons, ITS ADVER-
Using RATES ARE THE CHEAPEST
IN THE CITY.
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RAILROADS.

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Trains on Washington and Ohio division leave Wash
daily arrive Round Hill 80 am and 30 Pin !;
returning leave Round Hill 90 M. daily and II 20
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Through trains from the south via Charlotte, Dan
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MARSH AND COPE.
The Scientists Still Engaged In An Epis-
tolary Warfare.

Prof o. @. Marsh OF Yale, the vertebrate
paleontologist of the United States geological
survey, has answered, through the New York
Herald, the charges preferred through
that paper by Prof. E. D. Cope against the
management Of the geological survey and per-
sonally against Prot. Marsh. Prof. Marsh de-
MES the charge that as president of the National
academy of sciences he had appointed commit
tees in the interest Of the geological survey.
He had not, he said, appointed Prot. Cope on
the committee to consider the subject Of the
consolidation of the surveys.
"Can this alone" Prof. Marsh writes, ''be the
cause Of Prof. Cope's hostility to the National
academy of sciences, or is it possibly due to the
fact that few years since an attempt was
made by one OF its most eminent members to
expel him from the academy? saved Prof.
Cope from this disgrace, but he has shown no
gratitude, only renewed hostility. have the
documents still in my possession"
Prof. Marsh denies the charges made by Prof
Cope respecting the government collections at
Yale. except that be admits that the allegation
that visiting scientists are not allowed access to
the collections is in part true.
Visiting scientists of good moral character"
he writes, ''are always welcome, but l have
learned caution by experience. few years
since weii-known scientific swindier, whose
many depredations in the museums east and
west have at last brought HIM to the peniten-
tary, visited New Haven. With characteristic
frankness he came directly to me and asked
permission to see some of the rarer specimens
of the Yale museum. This granted, but have
since regretted it."
He claims that Prof. Cope obtained admission
to his private museum surreptitiousIy and has
made use of the materials he examined there in
a dishonorable way
Prof. Marsh also denies in detail the various
charges made by Prof Cope respecting his re-
lations with his assistants and employees and at
considerable length refutes the charges OF
plagiarism which he describes as a false and
malicious SANDER. Prof. Cope returns to the
fray with long rejoinder to Prof. Marsh, in
which he reiterates his old charges.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-01-21
THE TRICK OF THE sIGNATU RES.
Testimony Throwing Light on Woods
Strange Proceedings.

LOWS N. Hadden, the man who first told
Gov. Foraker that he understood ballot box
contract was in existence, was before the
House investigating committee after The
Stars report closed yesterday. He explained
how he came to make the statement to the
governor. He said that r. C. Campbell. in
1888, showed him list of names-he did not
know whether or not they were signatures-of
men who Campbell said would vote for the bal
lot-box bill in Congress. Campbell did not say
that these men had signed any contract or were
Interested in the box. Witness afterward asked
Wood about this list. and Wood replied: "Oh +,
that is a contract" Upon this information y .
made the statement to Foraker that he believed
there was a contract in existence.
Frank L. Millward, the mechanical draughts-
man who traced the names on the paper for
Wood, testified to the fact of his having done
the work and told of the manner of doing it
and how he was deceived as to the purpose
A somewhat important statement made by
this witness was that, when he remarked to
Wood that Gov. Foraker would know that the
signatures were not genuine, Wood replied:
'Oh, the governor is not familiar with these
signatures; he will think they are all right"
The committee adjourned over until Febru-
ary3.