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The morning call., 1891-01-31
Charged With Areon

SAN JOSE, Jan. 30-A. Schiele. the nro-
prietor of the Central House. which was de-
str0yed by fire on Tuesday morning and In
which two lives were lost was arrested on a
charge of arson, and released on 5000 bonds
pending examination
The morning call., 1891-01-31
Robbed a PostoMce.

RosEBURG (Oregon). Jan. 3o.-Last night
burglars entered the Postoffice and, opening
the safe, took $1,000. They overlooked So
in coin and about $500 in promissory notes.
There is no clew TO the burglars.
The morning call., 1891-01-31
She Stole His Watch

Kate Dorsey was arrested by Officer Ait
ken last evening for stealing watch from
A. Christhamer on Third street. She took
II from his pocket and pawned it for fifty
cents. Ihls woman was recently arrested
Tor stealing $50 from another man
The morning call., 1891-01-31
JOHN PAUL..

John Paul, pioneer citizen, was found
yesterday morning IN dying condition near
his home on Ophir Hill, near Grass Valley,
and he soon expired. His age was 60 years.
He was native Of Missouri. ApUplexy
caused his death.
The morning call., 1891-01-31
Murder and Suicide

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 3o.-Logan McAfee,
a co,ored man, killed his wife and then COM
mitted suicide tonight. Jealousy was the
cause of the tragedy.
The morning call., 1891-01-31
Saturday Popular Conccrts.

The second Of the series of Saturday
popular concerts will take place at Irving
Hall this afternoon, commencing az 3
The morning call., 1891-01-31
MRS. JENNIE REEVES.

Mrs. Jennie Reeves Reed, the wife of S.
j. Reed, died near Newman Thursday
morning. She was buried at Cottonwood
yesterday Mrs. Reed resided in Stanislaus
County from childhood, and was the friend
of all who knew her.
The morning call., 1891-01-31
A Rihad Safe

NEVADA CITY. Jan. 5o.-Last night j. J.
OTIS assayIng establishment was entered by
party having key to the front door and
The morning call., 1891-01-31

always open to the appeals of charity, and
VIII be missed by many old California
pioneers, who. in distress, never appealed
to him in vain
The morning call., 1891-01-31
Heavy Railroad Mortgage Filed.

ELLENsBURG (Wash.), Jan. 80. - The
Great Northern Railroad to-day filed with
the Auditor of Kittitas County mortgage
for &C. 600 000.
The morning call., 1891-01-31
AmicabIy Settled.

The suit of Charlotte Lee against John
Lee, the wool merchant to recover S25 600
q amages for alternating the affections of her
husband Frank, the defendants son, was
dismissed by stipulation yesterday
The morning call., 1891-01-31

Hugh Doyle, a prominent citizen of Marin
County and an eX-Supervisor, diedEat his
residence in Mill Valley, near Sausalito,
yesterday, after a brief illness.
The morning call., 1891-01-31

HELP YOURSELF TO GET RID OF that Cough
or Cole, or any Aslhmalic or Throat Trouble by
using DIR. D. Jayne's Expectorant. -
The morning call., 1891-01-31

If you want to know how to spend enjoy
able long evenings at home read to-mor-
The morning call., 1891-01-31

CHARLES CHOPIN.
A dispatch from London announces the
death of the French painter, Charles Chopin,
as having occurred yesterday.
The morning call., 1891-01-31

o'clock. The executants will be Mrs. C.
Carr, Miss Amy Cell, Sigmund Beel, Mrs.
Louis aeine, Louis Schmidt; vocalist, Mrs.
G. M. Hamilton
The morning call., 1891-01-31
Three Years for Illegal Voting.

SACRAMENTO, Jan. 30.-James Fitzger-
aid, convicted of illegal voting, was to-day
sentenced to three years Imprisonment at
Folsom.
The morning call., 1891-01-31

The cost of Improvements recently made
at the Veterans Home at Yountyile will be
$40 O0O ~ ~
The morning call., 1891-01-31

The letter-carriers Of Astoria, Oregon.
now wear neat uniforms.
The morning call., 1891-01-31

Sailed.
FRIDAY, Jan 80.
'neberg. Humboldt.
The morning call., 1891-01-31

LATEST SHIFTING INTELLIGENCE
The morning call., 1891-01-31

Bruners bill providing for an inspector of
ing fluids can be sold that do not stand a
test OF l500 will be recommended
The House Committee on WAYS and
Means tonight voted to allow the Worlds
FAR commissioners $1,000 each for ex-
The morning call., 1891-01-31

The Speaker has appointed Gould, Stur-
tevant and Murphy to make the investiga-
ton demanded by Gould.
Mayor Glascoek has telegraphed that he
did not make the statements attributed him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
Healing by Electricity.

The doctor. and electricians say
there is no probability of a rheumatic
receiving bendit from riding in the
electric cars, bit, in spite of the doc
tors and electricians, there are dozens
of men who have been materially
helped by gong to and from their
business in the motors, says the st.
Louis Globe Democrat. There is a
downtown cler, who every winter is
laid up. sometimes for weeks at time,
with rheumatism of the lower limbs.
Ii usually begins in October, but this
fall, having an dea that the electric
cars would do hin good, he began rid
ing in them, speeding as much time as
he could spare in the evening, riding
to the end of the line and back. and
thus far he has MT had touch OF the
old trouble, and sthers can testify 70
the good that has been done them in
tho same way,
They all say thy can feel no cur
rent, but in some manner they have
been helped, and that is enough fol
them to know, without bothering to
find out how the Ting was done.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
Fortune Telling by the Finger Nails

Fortune telling by means of the fin
ger nails, onychomancy, as it is called,
was not uncommon in ancient times.
The practice was to rub the nails with
oil and SCOT or wax, and to hold up the
nails, thus prepared, against the sun,
and upon the transparent, horny sub
stance were supposed to appear figures
or characters which gave the answer
required. In more recent times people
have been found predicting by means
of the nails of the hand and telling the
disposition of persons with certain
descriptions of nails. However absurd
it may appear, we shall give examples
of this superstition. A person with
broad nails is of gentle nature, timid
and bashful. Those whose nails grow
into the flesh at the points or sides are
given to luxury. A white mark on the
nails bespeaks of misfortune. Persons
with very pale nails are subject to
much infirmiy of the flesh and perse
cution by neighbors and friends. Peo'
pie with narrow nails are ambitious
am quarrelsome. Lovers of knowl
edge and liberal sentiment have round
nails" Indolent people have general.
fleshy nails. Small nails indicate lit
tleness of mind. obstinacy and conceit
Melancholy persons are distinguishes
by their pale or lead-colored nails; ant
choleric martial men. delighting Il
war, have red and spotted nails.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02

Did YOU ever laugh by telegraph
Probably not. 1t would hardly pay.
When one reflects that it would cost a
cent or two per chuckle to express his
sense of amusement, he refrains from
manifesting it and lets it go.
But laughing is done by telegraph.
It is the telegraph operators who in
dulee in this luxury, and mostly the
night operators, who have more time
than the day people. When an oper-
ator becomes lonely and his saunders
are clicking out messages not intended
for him, he calls up some friend
operator, maybe q hundred squares
away, and OPENS conversation.
A conversation, of course, cannot be
continued long before something ''fun-
N.Y. is said. It then becomes the duty
operator to laugh. This he does by
making four dots, then one dot and 9
dash, thus: -, spelling ha
Thus to all jokes he replies h-a h-a
Sometimes to make 1t easier, he say
hi, that is. four dots and two dots.
The laugh by telegraph Is necessaril!
/. cold and sardonic. 1t does not bubble
irresistibly to the surface. It IL thu
result of deliberate purpose. Whei
one has sufficient self-coutrol TO laugh
in this way. probably his tribute +
your joke l. not what you would desire
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
INDIAN LEGENDS.
New One rs Recently Told by Buffalo
Bill.

The Indian legends and traditions
are without number and as odd rs they
are original, said Buffalo Bill. about
thequeerest and at the same time most
interesting tradition ever heard is that
which some of the Sioux give for the
flood. They all know about the flood
Noah's flood.
Zone day party of scouts and my
self We're crossing the alkali plains of
Dakota. We had with us half-dozen
Indians. At a certain place in the bed
OF Il creek, whose name have now for
gotten, we came across the remains of
what the scientific man in our party
declared was the hipbone of one of an
extinct race of mastodons. Much doubt
was expressed. One held one opinion
and another a different one, until final
ly we laid the matter before Cha-gre-
unsk-a, Flashing Antelope, a Sioux In
dian. Oh, yes, he knew what that
bone was. 1t was the thigh bone of the
/ Umlugug race, and thereupon he told
us this story:
years and years ago, long before
the white man and the Indian had set
tied this country, there lived a race of
giants. They were as tall as the high
est pine trees and SO strong that the
wild beasts of the desert fled in terror
at their approach. The great butfaloes
feared them, for frequently an Umlugue
would pick one up, tear a shoulder
from its socket and eat it for breakfast
in about the same way one eats to-day
quuil's wing Or leg. They were ;
Every powerful race. So powerful tina
they became insolent even toward tn,
great spirit. They would chaff him
and sheer at him and say: You cal
not harm us, we are the strongest o
| the earth so insulting did the I'm
5 iugugs become that the great spiri
} decided to destroy them. And h
7 called up all his clouds from thei
i Businesses among the mountains and h
4 caused them to descend upon tn
a valleys, where the Umlugugs had thei
a huts. And it began to rain. And
S rained until all the valleys filled wit
n water and the giants rushed to tn
It mesas. But it still rained more, unit
q the mesas and all the table lands di
e appeared under water. Still the raj
It fell At last even the tallest mounta1
II peaks disappeared under water and a
% the Umlugugs were drowned, The
:, the great spirit created another race
l. the present one. And the bone "
is now hold is the thigh bone of one
l. the drowned Umlugugs.
l. ..Such - said RuffalO Bill sis II
o Sioux Indians legend of the flood"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
What Aled Him.

.Is he bad huted. Yer HONOR
sobbed the wife as he doctor emerged
from the room.
Madam, EN- ataid his injuries are
fatal. His internalorgans are crushed
together, his ribs fractured and his
whole body compressed into half it,
natural space. Whit terrible weight
fell upon him-or tes he caught be-
tween the carsg''
.Sure, doctor, thxe wasn't nothing
fell upon i'm. He jdht put ON wan O
them unshrinkable Rnnal shirts ane
then got caught in tn rain.-Light
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
TO DE CONTINUED.
Not a Failure.

Doctor Ito patient)-'I will have
to take six stitches in your scalp. MIR.
Blossom, one or two in your nose, and
l think lavish outlay of court plas-
ter will do the rest. But how did 1t
happen?'
Blossom-"My wife and I were de-
batting the question, is marriage .
failure? She enforced her argument
that it is not with the heavily framed
motto God Bless Our Home. When
recover, / intend 10 take the plat
form in defense Of her idea. :"
Doctor-.That is capital. You can
say on the bills, The lecture will be
continuously illustrated will leave
your nose in the proper shape for
that" ~
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
WORK..

&c are not hero FOR holidays; our lives are
not dreaming,
While toilng hands and busy hands are
labDring all around,
Mcn are stirring, wheels are whirring, fires
cleaning vessels st >.amng.
There is work on land and ocean and in
regions underground.
And full often, as ponder DER some lofty
pile upspringiug,
On triumphant deeds accomplished, on
some mighty victory won.
! find that iE my ears a chime OF thought
has been set ringing
'.Al great works are made up OF little
works well done"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
CHAPTER XII,

s.THE STRENGTH OF WEAKNESS"
That he should dare to do me this disgrace!
Is foolor coward writ upon my face.
Dryden.
ttG HAVE done your bidding" said
81 Leopold Won Brandstein, as be
took a seat by Ninettes side. 81
have found out your friend and am
trying to serve him."
It was very late; Leon Monprat had
gone to the door to say farewell to
some OF his guests, and Ninette and
the Colonel were alone. The girl
turned eagerly toward him.
..Are you testing, do you really
mean it?" she asked, hurriedly.
II should never jest with you made
moiselle," was the grave response. II
have said that l have done your bid
ding. But this man is thankless
brute. The very first offer OF my SER
vices met with naught but insolence. I"
Despite his care, the strong hatred
and jealousy he felt for the unfortu-
nate man gave bitternessto his voice,
and flashed for moment in his eyes.
but Ninette was too busted in the en-.
deavor to master her own emotion 10
notice his.
II am very sorry for that" she
said presently. in voice that trem.
bled despite her efforts to control it
..But remember how hard q fate Is hi
IA prisoner In q strange land, M
friends. no liberty. He needs pity.
He Il fortunate in possessing
| yours"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
"Please Stop WY Papers

Now newspaper, in one aspect. is
something like a hotel table. 1t pre-
sents to its readers literary viands and
views from many different writer's on
many different subjects to suit many
different persons of many differeu!
tastes. There is something for the old
and the young; for ministers and lay
men, for parents and children. for the
poetic and the prosaic. Tor the practical
and devotional; and in short, .'for all
sorts and. conditions of men"-and
women too. If now, one Of these
classes of persons objected to articles
sr.yed for any OF the other classes. and
rejects o newspaper on that account,
he Is just Us unreasonable in this, as Il
he refused to take his dinner at hQte
table because he dislikes some article;
Of food which others enjoy.-Luthera1
Observer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
KANSAS AND THE COW.
A Dog Proves that He Has More Heart
Than His Master.

The tune the old cow died on was
set to the jingle of street-car bells and
the rattle of horses hoofs over the
rough cobbles ON Montgomery avenue,
says the Philadelphia Press. The old
cow had been driven since noon yester-
day with herd, from the drove yards
in West Philadelphia and she let her
head droop, leaving the herd butch
err was driving, stumbled over and lay
down on the pavement at the corner OF
Thirteenth street, about 8 o'clock in
the evening.
bring her along, Kansas" called
the driver of the cattle. Kansas was
the collie dog that had been guiding
the herd. He went back to the old
COW, but he did not snap at her legs OF
bark, but stood by her head with his
tail down.
The driver came and kicked her in
the ribs, but she would not get up
| Then he went on with the herd, saying
| he would come back for her.
He whistled for Kansas, but Kansas
did not move. He stood still by thu
old cows head with his tail down
while crowd gathered
| Presently a man who wore heav.
boots and had a shaggy gray bear
came along. He looked as though h
liked green fields and had smelt tn
sweet odor of the young grass in tn
meadow bottoms.
''Sukey, Sukey!" he called, to &c
her up. $50, boss, so!'
| She pulled her forelegs together an
tried to rise, but, with a long, dee
sigh, as though for the sweet grass
the meadow bottoms. her head fell an
rested on the curbstOne.
Then Kansas sat down and waited
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02

man swayed like reed in the grasp
of his powerful antagonist. His teeth
chartered with terror, his limbs sheo.s
and trembled.
$50 she is" he gasped.
.Then why did you utter that Hep"
asked Won Brandstein, releasing
him.
At vas no le," answered the other
doggedly. .'She married miller In
her own village. When she joined
me he took arms in the war; they had
been welded but week"
ellis name questioned the colonel,
sternly.
| ''Pierre Leroux.'
A low harsh laugh burst from the
lips of the Prussian.
$50 il is he. l was not far wrong
when l scented a rival in him. A fine
brute, but resolute and logged as q
mule. Well, he is safely Melted. The
wife of a week may soon be a widow.
Listen, Leon. Ii war and sickness
work their will, and chance ordnins
that this man may never claim his
wife, will you then aid me in my
plans? Win her l will, on that am
resolved"
II will do my utmost for you,' said
the Frenchman humbly, ''but-'
'sNo butts. Swear it, Or
"Hush." he said, looking timidly
II swear.''
"Good. Now you may go. I will
tell you my plans later on. Mean
while, your work must be to soften
her resentment against me, and never
cease to point out the advantages my
love will bestow ON both. She has
suffered for filial affection once, per-
chance she may sacrifice herself at its
shrine again"
And with a hooking laugh he left
the room.
Leon Monprat sat there for long.
In his own selfish tyrannous way he
loved this girl, and her sufferings
touched him with faint remorse. But
he loved himself better. and the cow
ardice and the greed of his nature
made him plant as wax in the hands
of his tempter. He dashed tear
from his eyes as he rose at last and
prepared to seek his couch. He had
IL child's facile emotions of grief and
pleasure, and mixed with his many
!, acts of wanton cruelty, there lay a
repentance and regret that
were at once childlike in their
evanescence and worthlessness. 81
= am sorry for her." he said to himsel
now, Every sorry; but she will have 6
brilliant life if she but listens to hi!
:. love, and Ii shall have safety!''
How much that last thought had to
do with the resolution he had formed
and the tragedy that was to follow, h
l never confessed even to himself. H,
sought rest and slumber, and found
too, while in the chamber above, tn
II girl he was to betray lay in the uncon
scious agony of the hours that passe
= or the schemes that would draw he
u into their meshes ere another day ha
fled.
. Love was with her still-but Low
. now meant only torture that woul
/ never end-regret that would neve
die.
~ TO DE CONTINUED.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
a British Army Officer Who Vistei the
Mythical Place.

A British Army Ohicer who Visite l ths
Mythical Plac,.
II visited The Valley of Death.
when on the Island of Java three
months ago" said Lieut.. Leon Ban
croft. The lieutenant is connected
with her Majesty's service in India.
The place is called the Valley of
DEATH" explained the officer, con ac-
count of the deadly fumes there. But
the natives cannot account for the pois-
onous odors, nor has their presence
ever been explained. The deadly
place is about thirty-five feet below
the surrounding ground, looks like II
! dry bed of a stream. and is about one
mile in circumference. AS Iapproach-
ed the place | noticed II suffocating
smell, and was attacked with nausea
and dizziness. A belt of this fetid at
mosphere surrounds the valley. l
passed through it, and in purer air was
permitted to view the awful spectacle.
for it was awful. Before me | saw
scattered all over the barren floor OF
the valley, skeletons of men, wild
hogs, deer, and all kinds of birds and
small animals. The entire bed of the
valley is one solid rock, and | could
not discover a hole or crevice in any
place from where the poisonous fumes
came. The hills surrounding this
desolate strip are covered with vegeta-
ton, and although the neighboring
mountains are volcanic they do not
emit sulphurous odors or present any
indication of recent eruption.
"There is no apparent cause for the
strip of deadly fumes surrounding this
valley. After l passed through it
became holder and approached the
edge of this deadly place. l was anxious
to reach the bottom of the valley If pos
+ sible, but was afraid to make the at
tempt, as / had been warned to give
the place wide berth. | determined
+ however to see, what the fumes smellet
, like, and started to descend. My pc
Irish terrier was with me, and as sool
, as he saw me step over the side OF thu
e bank he rushed down ahead of me.
endeavored to call him back, but wa
4 too late As soon as the animal reached
q the rocky bed below he fell on his side
>. He continued to breathe for ten min
a utes. don't believe | was ever as nea
a deaths door than l was at that time
"a Four or five times | was tempted t
r rush down and rescue him, but l sui
h sequently learned that such move o
"a my part would have been certain death
II For ten minutes | suffered the agony {
s. seeing my dog die, and then turned an
N fed from the spot. While there | sa
!, a bird fall a victim to the deadly fume
II / evidently intended to fly to the botto
an of the valley, but before it reached tt
ground it fell dead. l don't believe
~, lived half a minute after entering tt
of deadly atmosphere"
mo one has yet been able to expla
be the cause of the fetid carnations fro
the earth, the natives say, and so mai
lives have been sacrificed in attemptil
IL. to explore the valley that they ha
:, determined to keep away from the sp
- forever
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
Faith Like a Little Child.

Children never believe that father
can by any possibility be wrong and
often construct the most ingenius ex-
cuses for him. Freddy is little boy
OF only seven years growth. the son Of
a minister who, with his wife. had arr
rived at new field Of labor. Hearing
his mother say to his father that she
had been deceived by his saying that
the house was a three story building.
when in fact it was only two, he said:
MA"
'.Well, Freddy?n ysf
..Pa is right
elbow is that, Freddypn
1.-The kitchen is one"
Eyes"
This floor is two, and that story
that pa told is three. Yankee Blade.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02

But the operator is often shaken with
laughter before shaking his key with
1t, so to speak.
Telegraph operators have few
o'hcr conversational expressions,
among them him." four dots and two
dashes, indicating surprise.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02

Shorthand impairs the intellect by
superinducing, in some occult way, q
sort of atrophy Of the memory. Con-
sequently shorthand has never been
systematically cultivated by Amasi0au
newspaper reporters.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-02
He Meant it For a Compliment.

I10 UA0d11C 70 = VI q OOI1Q1uU6IkIs
Mrs. Livermore humOrously tells
this about herself: She went to =
town in Maine to deliver lecture. A
young minister, who felt greatly hts
Importance in having to introduce 80
large light, announced her in these
words; Ladies' and gentlemen, You
have all heard of the illustrious man
across the water, so beloved by his
people, and who is known by the so-
briquet of the Grand Old Man. I
have now the pleasure OF introducing
to you lady beloved in Boston. and
there known Us the grand old wom-
AMI" Did ever q committee man cay
anything quite SO malapropose-L Lew
iston Journal.