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The morning news., 1891-08-27
BUY IT FOR UNCLE JERRY.
a stone in Mexico That Fortells Raj
and Never Makes q Slip-lu.

a stone In Mexico That Fortells Rain
ana Never Makes a Slip-up.
From the PhiiGdeIphta Times.
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 13. Roy Meniuger
oi New Orleans, who has just returned
from tour through Mexico, during which
ne visited many out-of-the-way places
usually passed over by travellers, gives an
nocount or singular rock to be found near
The little village of Chilpaucingo. in the
sierra Madre del Sur This rock he de-
sOlloeS as being possessed Of the property of
oellig able TO for; ell rain, and is said by the
na'lVes TO be infallible. MIR. Meninger him
niger himself was able to witness several
eAuloltlo1s OF its remarkable power. which
lepeatedly foretold a shower twenty-four
nourS before any other warning of its ap~
ploach was given. The rock stands alone
~ little valley unusually fertile and
green. and seems to protrude from the
ground rather than rest upon It's surface.
/ u Is irregular in shape, about 5 feeU in
nignt and 10 about the base, and in fair
meaUher Is OF dull-grayish tint and as
ulooth as polished marble to the touch, but
:. su.nIuaSurally cold. On the approach of rain
s;es A. IoSes lts neutral color and begins to turn a
It.hK:y IJKy req, deepest about the base, and a
at srsuI PINK about the summit. Its temper
'u.e T. -- increases to about co. Fahrenheit, and
hoptes teSeots S the appearance of being slowly
noaleu a.;a oy an internal fire. This heat and
rbals b,alson color increase rapidly as the atmos-
- 800 9a, grows heavier, until the rain begins
roos @,.; =. Wnen, according to its descent, the
w gIows aud becomes lighter In hue.
~ hen the shower is over the warmth
raS rnu color gradually depart, the gray tint is
ine' iouAl4Iu, Is ana the rock becomes cold. Dur
haSor1elcal 1esrlcal disturbances this mineral
annearoDa. e,er often assumes highly heated
arrafN
ss 80 - 80 strongly charged with electricity
- % unapproachable. Mineraloeists
sai mIo lave examined the stone declare them
selves at aIoss to identity it.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
Alliancemen Come to Blows.

JACKSONVILLE, FLA, Aug. ga special
to the Times Union from Durant, Miss,
states that In personal encounter between
Lecturer McAllister and Editor Macune,
representing the two alliance factions,
McAllister severely punished Macune The
trouble grew out OF alliance matters. .Macune
asserted that McAllister had sold the alli-
ance to Wall street, and that he had lied
about another matter in connection with
Macune's personal conduct.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
MEDICAL.
THE SPRING POETS

Do have the beautiful budding to themselves Meod
they they do not much the tale
symptoms that make their appearance when the blood impure and
system state of disorder The bols and erupons
advantage of the tell their story dumb
quent Their meaning cannot be mistaken Spring by any
beautiful season to those whose systems neglect
ed warning in the shape eruptons
however, that be thoroughly enjoyed by those who
thoughtful enough to take time by the foreok bottle
two of great tonic and blood purifier will ac-
compsh wonders. 1t tdves and de- SAAS# stroys all
humors of the blood James l. Boyle of E2&&&N Atlanta
writes had awful sores z and pimpes my face
after using two bottles of g22sAS& cured"
Treatise on BLOOD and Skin Diseases
SNgFT SPECIFIC CO Atlanta. Co.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
JUMPED INTO RICHES.
A Sheep Herder in Utah Becomes
Wealthy in Day.
FROM the PhilGdelDhtd Reco rd. =.


OGDEN, UTAH, Aug. 1S.-This whole re-
gion of country is ablaze with excitement
over extensive mineral discoveries about
twenty-five miles northeast Of here, at the
head of Paradise canyon. Ore, in one gulch
which is found in enormous quantities, Is
almost pure lead with a paying quantity
of silver. Two miles away are ore bodies
assaying up into the hundreds
A sheep herder was the first dtscoverer,
and Yesterday he was offered $4,000 for
one-fourth interest in his claim by a
wealthy mining corporation in Salt Lake.
An uninterrupted stream of prospectors
and miners from all parts of the territory
passed through here yesterday. The hills
are covered with miners, and the town OF
La Plata is already laid out.
Experts who came down last night re-
port that the camp will be a second Lead
vile.
The morning news., 1891-08-27

MRS. VIRGINIA c. MEREDITH Of Cambridge
City, Ind. e, is a candidate for chief of the de-
partment Of live stock of the worlds fair. She
Is member of the board OF lady managers
and one of the most successful cattle breeders
in her state.
The morning news., 1891-08-27

Miss MARY E. HOLMES of Rockford, Ill
through whose efforts seminary for colored
girls is about to be established IN Mississippi is
a graduate of Ann Arbor University and has all
her life been engaged in Presbyterian mission
arY work.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
Al DryfQS Bios.
OUR TROUSERS SALE

Must be Investigated for in
telligent appreciation.
We are positively closing
out our light weight Suits and
Goats and Vests at COST.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
don't fail to investigate our
staggering cut in Low Quar-
ter Shoes. Ladies Hand
sewed French Kid Opera Toe
or Common Sense reduced
from So to So 25.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
NURSERY. -n
KIESLING'S NURSERY,

WHITE BLUFF ROAD.
DLANTS, Bouquets. Designs, Cut Flowers
i furnished to order. Leave orders at DAVIS
BROS, cor. Bull and York SITS The Belt RAN
way passes through the nursery. Telephone2io
The morning news., 1891-08-27

= CENTS gets the Sunday issue or the Monk
y mo NEWS. Be sure and read it. For sale
OF MULLRYNE'S DRUG STORE, West Broad
and Waldburg streets.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
What is

Castoria Dr. Samuel Pitchers prescription for Infants
and Children 1t contains neither Opium Morphine
other Narcotic substance. 1t is harmless substitute
for Paregoric Drops Soothing Syrups and Castor OIL
1t is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty years by
Millions Mothers. Castora destroys Worms and alays
fevershness. CastOria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures DarrhCea and Wind Collie CastOria relieves
teething troubles, constipation and atulency
Casora assmilates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas-
tOria is the Chidrens Panacea-tle Mothers Friend
The morning news., 1891-08-27
Castoria.

"Castoria is an excellent medicine for chill
lren. Mothers have repeatedly told me Of its
good effect upon their children"
Dr. G. c. OsGooD,
Lowell, Mass.
"Castoria is the best remedy for children of
which am acquainted. / hope the day is not
far distant when mothers will consider the real
interest of their children, and use Castoria in
stead of the various quack nostruns which are
destroying their loved ones, by forcing opium,
morphine, soothing syrup and other hurtful
agents down their throats, thereby sending
them to premature graves"
DR. J. F. KNcHuoE,
Esf Conway, Ark.
The morning news., 1891-08-27

If you would be rid of chills and fever take
Simmons Liver RegulatOr.-Ad.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
CLOTHING.
ISL, I0I H. IS3ConggS, Cor Jefferson Streets

Mothers, here is pointer. We have just
received 25 dozen each Boys Fancy Flan-
mel and Percale Waists, regular made
Waists, ses corner window display, 25c and
SOC,
The morning news., 1891-08-27
CaStoria.

"Castoria is so well adapted to children that
recommend it as superior to any prescription
known to me-
II. A. ARCHER, NJ D.,
III So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Our physicians in the cbildrens depart
ment have spoken highly Of their expert
ence in their outside practice with Castoria,
and although we only have among our
medical supplies what is known as regular
products, yet we are free to confess that the
merits Of Castoria has won US to look with
favor upon it."
UNITED HOSPITAL AND DIsPEEsARY,
Boston, Mass
ALLEN C. SMITH, Pres,
urray Street, New York City.
The morning news., 1891-08-27
At DlyiQS BIOS.

Fellow citizens, see our
display of Fall Neckwear and
Half Hose in our Jumbo
Window. Handsomest goods
in the city for the price.
The morning news., 1891-08-27

The Csntour Company Murray Street New York City.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
Who Are the Canada ms

There is much nonsense written
about the Canadian distinctive nation
al type q am now abiding to the
French Canadians) as different from
the American. AS matter of fact,
says writer in the New England
Magazine, only person gifted with
microscopic powers of observation can
discover any essential difference be-
tween Canadians. in the English
speaking progressive provinces, and
Americans-that is. dissimilarities
which are not equally marked between
the inhabitants of different sections Of
any country. There is not. for iu-
stance the striking contrast that ex-
lists between the people of Massachu-
sets and Virginia. 1t is worthy of
remark also, that that there is more
in common between an average Cam
adian from the East or West, and an
average American hailing from the
same quarter. than there is between a
LOndoner and genuine Yorkshire
man Or COrnishman. as the former do
speak the same tongue. and the latter
do not. A genuine Yorkshire farmer
in London is to all intents and pur-
poses a foreigner.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
Careless New Workers..

In city where there is such scram-
BILE for money it is somewhat remark
able that New Workers run such risks
with great sums. A little man with
$500. 900 in the pocket of his overcoa.
hurried through crowd in Nassau
street one day holding an umbrella
with one hand and cigar between
the fingers of the other. An ordinarily
expert pickpocket could have gotten
away with the money without detec-
ton. Recently lad was sent to Brown
Bros. banking house to deposit GER
titled check for sos. 900. He went
along swinging it in his hand. In
front of the bank he tried to balance
the check on end. He played with
the valuable paper as if it were simply
worthless scrap.-New York Adver-
tiser
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
HORSE POWER.
Established AS . Unit by James Watt
About q Century Ago.

Established AS . Unit by James Watt
About Century Ago.
When men first begin to become
familiar with the methods of measur-
ing mechanical power they often spec
ulate on where the breed of horses is
that can keep at work raising SO, 900
pounds one foot per minute, or the
equivalent which is more familiar to
some mechanics, OF raising $50 pounds
100 feet per minute. Since $4,000
pounds raised one foot per minute is
called one-hOrse power, it is natural
that people should think the engin-
GERS who established that unit of meas.
urement based it on what horses could
really do. But the horse that can do
this work does not exist. The horse
power unit was established by James
Watt about a century ago, and the
figures were fixed in a curious way.
Watt found that the average horse of
his district could raise $4,000 pounds
one foot per minute. This, then. was
an actual horsepower. At that time
Watt was employed in the manufact-
ure OF engines, and customers were so
hard to find that all kinds of artificial
inducements were necessary to induce
power users to buy steam engines.
As a method of encouraging them
Watt offered to sell engines reckoning
33. 900 foot pounds to a horsepower.
And thus he was the means of giving
false unit to one of the most important
measurements in the world
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
RAREBlT OR RABBIT?
Which Il the Proper ETY. mOloGy for Thl
Outlandish Dish.

Outlandish Dish.
1t was probably fancy for con-
jectural etymology that led the New
York Herald to publish an exciting
article yesterday under the heading,
"Welsh Rabbits Digestible." There is
no doubt that a well-prepared dish Of
toasted cheese on toasted bread is not
only ''toothsome to the palate" but
easily digested by healthy stomachs.
but it is open to question whether such
dish is rightly called Welsh rabbit.
troversy over this very problem, some
of the newspapers taking the ground
that "Welsh rabbit" was tho proper
term, and basing their opinion on the
analogy OF Irish apple" which is the
name sometimes given to the potato.
while others insisted that this was
false analogy and that the right phrase
was "Welsh rarebit." Most OF the
cook-books give the latter name to the
dish, while, on the other hand, only
purists actually say ''rarebit."
Still, purists are often led astray by
mistaken zeal and possibly they may
be wrong in this instance. Squeam-
ish purists often speak of "quid of
tobacco" get Webster used to say that
''quid' in this sense Is vulgarism for
"cud." and his editors now say that it
is '.low" to use ''cud." in this sense.
In regard to the word ''rare' itself in
the sense of "underdone, some peo-
pie exist who will have you write
''rare" though they are becoming
rarer and rarer. Whom, then, are we
to follow touching toasted cheese on
toasted bread. asks the New York Re-
corder? Those who must have it
''rarebit," or the others who insist on
rabbit? Professor w. d. Whitney
should hasten to enlighten world be-
wildered on this important question.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
MORE THAN UNIQUE.
A Railroad Party Passes Through
Lake Full of Black Snakes.

L3k0 Full OF BLACK snakes.
On his recent homeward trip from
San Francisco, c. p. Huntington and
party had a unique experience, says
the liar OF the Buffalo Courier. Tho
train bearing them left San Francisco
April 90. and. after passing through
some beautiful sections of country,
stopping at Oroville Los Angeles,
Santa Monica, Deming, Ell Paso. San
Antonio and Houston, approached
New Orleans.
For about twenty miles before reach
ing the last named city the train
passed over soft, yielding track
through what appeared to be lake.
That particular section OF the country
was flooded from the great crevasse
in the Mississippi river about five
miles above New Orleans. This lake
was full of large black snakes, many
of which stretched their repulsive
bodies across the track. Some of them
were five feet long and as thick as a
mans arm. Neither the flood nor the
reptiles stopped the train, which got
safely into New Orleans. and from
there proceeded on its way to New
York
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27

this capacity. 1t has great resi i'a.r;.
~ tho do tructive effects of the elec,ric
spark, and may be used "heFo 0'i
metals are torn to pieces
As soon as aluminium Is che"pei
the price to the manufaeturers n No"
ranging from 81 to Sl.'9 per poun an.;
we may expect to have many new ''a ar'1-
f Iet US hope that the time is not . far y.
d;s,ant Aluminium is yet new but l.
ia not likely that many years snal mai
have nassed before its properties are
understood; before the world is pusheo
On a foot or two by its effect on various
industries, before flying ships Tor war
and peace made Of the shining metal
sail safely through the mid-air'
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
COMANCHE.
Hi, speech Was surely Without 'ar~
lei In History.


He was male Mrs. Malaprop-a
masculine representative OF the nowery
Mrs. Partington, and l shall never.
never forget him. ,
He was called .'Comanche, because
he had once been captured oy trioe
Of Comanche Indians while herdlns
United States cavalry horses in Ari-
iona. Escaping from captivity alter
five wears OF an adventurous career ne
drifted into Dakota by way OF Call
fornia and Puget Sound.
While in California local San
Francisco litterateur picked him up.
absorbed the salient points OF his lie
for wild Western romance ana SET
him adrift with a suit OF clothes, Sloo
in cash and fondness for big words
that had grown to be hopeless and
chronic.
On certain Fourth of July, Co
manchc, dressed in a patched ana
threadbare suit of black, his coat set
off by buttonhole bouquet consisting
of spear of turkeyfoot grass and a
wild rose, mounted the platform and
coughed forebodingly. By special in
vitation he was to address the people.
'Ladies and gents, he began, mo
doubt you are wondering nightly to
see Comanche dcbilitated in this linen
and fine purple; to see him shine
Respondent in all the luminosity OF
civilized testaments. But wonders
will never exterminate We live in a
hegira OF progression. and Comanche
counting himself foremost in this
heterogeneity, is hegiring himself to
the very complex and pinnacle OF
pneumatic umanitarianism | declare,
and ; oak voraciously that there is
no ane 1' for solecistical poison.
$50. Wien | say that the Fourth OF
July is restitution reared to endure
you will all be prepared to coincide
with my diagnosis of the country's
pulse. And | am glad to think, this
day, that when this poor frame is given
over to absolution. l may be inferno.
gated in soil OF such dissertation.
I'm closing my remarks. trust
may be permitted to add that this
. sentiment is sic Semper tyrannls-ir
other words, the voice of the people. -
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
Not at Home.

Johnny, is your sister at home?"
said the young man at the front door.
wait until l light the gas-or hold
on-is your hair sandy"
why, no." replied the abashed
youth.
Have you got mustache that
curls up at the ends?:"
"N-no l don't wear mustache
at ALL"
Hum. Have you got large seal
ring on the fourth finger of your left
hand?"
mo, l haven't"
Then" said Johnny, confidently.
'.she amt at home" And he shut the
door without further to do.-Washing-
ton Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
GREELEY AND LINCOLN.
The Great Editors Visit to Lincoln after
the lnauHuratiOn.


In a most characteristic address by
Horace Greeley, on Lincoln, which
was written about 1868. and is now
published for the first time in the Cen
fury. the great editor says:
Il saw him for short hour about
fortnight after his Inauguration; and
though the tidings of General Twiggs's
treacherous surrender of the larger
portion of our little army. hitherto en-
ployed in guarding our Mexican iron.
tier, had been some days at hand. !
saw and heard nothing that indicated
or threatened belligerency on our part.
On the contrary. the President sat list
ening to the endless whine of office
seekers, and doing out village post
offices to importunate or lucky part'
zans just as though we were sailing BE-
fore land breezes on a smiling, summe.
sea; and to my inquiry, Mr. President
do you know that you will have 70
fight for the place in which you SUI
he answered pleasantly, l will not say
lightly-but in words which intimateo
his disbelief that any fighting would
transpire or be needed; and ! firmly
believe that this logged resolution no!
to believe that our country was apou'
to be drenched in fraternal blood
the solution of his obstinate calmness
throughout the earlier stages OF the
war; and especially. his patient listen
ing to the demand of a deputation from
the Young Christians Of Baltimore "
we'll as of the mayor and of other Guy
dignitaries, that he should stipulase
while blockaded in Washington, ana III
imminent danger of expulsion. that nv
more Northern volunteers should cross
the sacred soil of Maryland in hasten
irg to his relief. We could not COM
prehend this at the North-many OF u
have not yet seen through it; most Ger
tainly If he had required commune,
OF ten thousand to kick the bearers o,
this preposterous, impudent deman.
back to Baltimore. the ranks OF una.
committee would have been filled IN ~
hour from any Northern city or coun' :
containing fifty thousand inhabitants
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
US ANN All,

Alack, alas, and woe is me.
And woe is me, Susannah!
love a maiden fair to see,
A maiden, by some fell decree,
Who cares for no one---no, not she -.
This cruel maid Susannah.
For oh, and ah, and well-a-day,
And well-a-day Susannah
Your golden hair will turn to gray
The rose of youth will fade away
December SHOWS must follow May
Beware; beware, Susannah!
So wooed l then in moral tune,
In moral tune, Susannah,
I craved her hand; she gave the boon
But said, my love, we'll mary soon,
Say on the Mirty.frst Of June"
This cruel maid, Susannah!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
Clearly IneOrriglble.

Discouraged father-''I don't know
what to do with the boy. He gets
worse and worse all the time"
Friend of the family-"Do you try
to develop the moral and religious
side OF his nature?"
Discouraged father-"Do I? I've
whipped that boy thousand times for
not committing to memory his regular
twenty-five verses a day from the
Psalms!"-Chicago Tribune.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27
WHOLESALE SLAUCHTPRep.
The Jordan Boys Vowed Death tn y
serters and KEEP Their Vow.

serters and kept Their Vow.
Near New Holland, Ga. there :.
little swamp near the road. At ~
edge stands Il large white-oak tra.
Years ago this spot was often pointoa
out as the scene of the murdnr y,
twelve men, and the place bore ths
reputation of being haunted. It wso
said the rattling of chains and eroaa'
and prayers for mercy could be dis
tinctly heard by passersby. No ons
ever stopped to investigate, as we can
testify from personal experience saw,
writer in the New York Dispatch
having heard the groans some fopr
teen years ago, and having also dom.
some of the most distinguished travsl
ing in all our eventful career.
But to the story: Howard Thomnsor
was witness to the killing, which a.
Cured in 1868, he being about 10 years
old at the time. The killing was dons
by Bob and Ben Jordan of Pickens
county and the murdered men we-s
deserters who had been arrested ~
Gilmer county.
While the Jordan boys were in tha
confederate army crowd of deserter,
visited the house of their father a..
| saulted their sister and the wife NJ
Bob Jordan, and carried their father
who was about 20 years old THROUGH
the mountains distance OF sixty mile,
and subjected him to many shocking
cruelties. Then the Jordan BOYS "a.
turned home and began their record Of
killing. Every man known to be
deserter or a skuller became victim
of their unerring rifles. Bob kent
list of the names and dates in small
book. He was pursued one day. and
in crossing river lost his book. Il
contained 125 names. After that no
kept no record. This was before the
killing near Gainesville.
Bob and Ben Jordan became recruit,
ing officers and arrested twenty-six
men in Gilmcr county and started with
them to the front. On the way two
escaped and twenty-four were lodged
in Gainesville Jail. Next morning the
Jordans picked out twelve whom they
had the best reason to believe had
been implicated in the outrages upon
their family and chained them to.
gether and marched them to this white.
oak tree on the New Holland road.
They stood them up in row and Bob
Jordan marched slowly along the line
with large army pistol and shot them
with his own hand one at time.
Some fell on their knees and prayed,
while others looked their slayer
straight in the face and died with an
oath on their lips. Among the number
was fragile boy about Is who was
chained to a very large man.
The boy was shot first and the man
supported him in standing posture
until he himself was shot. when they
fell to the ground together.
Those twelve men were hastily
buried in trench dug upon the spot
but after the war they were exhumed
by the federal authorities and removed
to the national cemetery at Chatta-
nooga.
After the war Bob Jordan was shot
to death in Florida by a weak. sickly
young man upon whom ne was impos.
ing. Ben was stabbed to death in a
barroom in Texas.
The spot where the killing occurred
is now in cultivation, but the old tree
still remains. The land is part OF the
tract which Tom Daniels bought about
two years ago for 81, 800 and sold a
few days ago for sc, 900.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-08-27

A number Of technical colleges -
and about London have an electriea
department, where everything possiolo
connected with this branch OF sclea0'
Is taught, and it is noticed that the ~
creased number of students have De0"
in this department Notwithstanalt
the large number OF graduates taKlnx
this course It is reported that so Tar =.
have obtained immediate employmea::
upon the termination OF their perico"
study.