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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23
THE VALLEY OF SILENCE.
FATHER RYAN.

In the hush of the valley Of Silence
Idream all the songs that sing;
And the music floats down the dim valley.
Till each finds word for wing,
That to hearts, like the dove of the Deluge,
A message Of pence they may bring.
But far on the deep there are pillows
That never shall break on the beach;
And have heard songs in the silence
That never shall float into speech;
And have had dreams IN the valley
Too lofty for language to reach.
And have seen thoughts in the valley
All! how my spirit was stirred!
And they wear holy wells on their faces
Their footsteps can scarcely be heard:
They pass through the valley like virgins,
Too pure for the touch Of q word.
Do you ask me the place of the valley,
Ye hearts that are narrowed by care;
1t lieth afar between mountains,
And God and His angels are there;
And one is the dark mountain of sorrow,
And one the bright mountain Of prayer
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

Elliot can be traced to Elias. Jones Z
the Welsh genitive of John. Jenningt
is derived from the same. while Han.
son and Hancock are at once seen ii
the Latin from Johannes, Jenney comes
from a town near Calais. The name
of the family originally was Gyney.
The study of the evolution of Ian.
guage in any of its branches is ex-
tremely facinating, says Caroline X.
Sherman, in the Chicago Herald. A
world of thoughts as well as of things
is enrolled. Glimpses of human and
inhuman life are seen, and stories are
told that reveal wealth Of history.
While it is true that written records
have a priceless value peculiarly their
own. the testimony Of unwritten history
as found in words. mere words, is
scarcely less valuable.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

STILL it is right to scheme. plot.
plan. strive honestly and honorably-
to fish in season with the appliances
allowed. II there were no schemes or
schemers, no divergent thoughts-only
q plodding along slowly on the we'll
worn, ratty old roadway-life would
indeed be dreary and the world
would not be such pleasant habita-
ton. So don't blame your neighbor If
he has good thing, utilities it, profits
by it and is lifted up out Of the old
groove. He goes higher where there
is lots OF room. and lets the one behind
move up notch, easing the pressure
below, which is great Don't envy nor
fear him. Work your own little bot
torment scheme, and think only o.
how the pressure behind will be easei
Il 1t shoves you upward and onward
and forward.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

WOMEN usually make very good
showing in the civil service examina-
tions at Washington. If the results of
these tests is to be taken as decisive
the average woman is more intelligent
and better educated than the average
man. The percentage of women passed.
was three times larger than the per-
centage of women examined, or, to put
it in another way, nearly four-ffths of
the women examined were successful,
while nearly half the men failed.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

OUR English cousins seem determin-
ed in the matter of marrying their
decessed wives sisters, as the majority
year by year in favor OF it grows
steadily. Its advocates claim they are
only seeking to recover one of the lost
rights Of Englishmen, right they
enjoyed from 1908 to 1885. As a
measure of last resort the Englishman
can remove to any other country of
the civilized world and enjoy this
inestimable privilege, provided his
deceased wife's sister agrees with him
as to the propriety Of thus perpetuating
the memory of the deceased. BY the
Mosaic law it was duty enjoined
upon brothers that they should, in
priority of age. marry the wife of their
deceased brother and raise up children
for him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23
QUEER STREET SIGNS.
How the Merchants of Japan Indicate
Their Stock In Trade.

How the Merchants of Japan Indicate
Their Stock In Trade.
The merchants of Japan are fully as
9evising modes to attract attention to
their shops or wares.
The BARRIERS sign is the spirally
painted pole, in red and white or blue,
red and white. as with us. The pot
terry and porcelain stores use the mer-
chandise they sell as sign.
There are signs and signs. One of
the most common forms is hanging
tablet of wood, sometimes plain, at
other times white or in color, and
very often finely lacquered, with the
lettering incised and gilded. These
tablets hang from the projecting caves
and parallel to the street, except in
the case of the drug shops, which gen.
orally display a great number of tab
let's, very nicely made, with gilded
lettering, and as the number is SO large
these are stood alongside of each other
fiat againt the front of a building, above
the narrow projecting porch roof.
Sometimes they are hung in a row at
right angles to the street, so as you
stand in front you only see the edges,
but as you approach from left or right
you can read the Inscriptions, mostly
relating to native quack nostrums.
In summer weather, Or when the sun
shines directly into the shop, curtains
of blue cloth are hung from the caves,
entirely concealing the interiors. On
these curtains. in white lettering. is
the name of the stOrekeeper or of the
business. Sometimes this sunshade is
of wide rice straw mating, particu-
larry in the poorer side streets.
Every shop and dwelling is required
by municipal law to have tablet on
the side of the entrance, giving the
street, number of the house and the
names of all the occupants.
In addition to tablet-formed signs
which hang signs are displayed at
night on lighted paper or cloth lanterns
hung over the entrances, or square
ones on one side of the entrance or in
front, supported on pyramidal
wooden support.
The shoji or sliding paper panels or
screens which shut in the front OF
houses and shops at night and in
stormy weather. form excellent signs
with the big Japanese letters in black
on white background. and show
equally as well by day as By night.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23
Ruined by a Parrot,

Mr.. Brown had q ''bird dog a
very handsome hunter-and l must
tell you how he was spoiled for
hunting. 1t was SO funny circum.
stance that his master always laughed
when he told the story, although he
was much vexed to lose so good a dog
His househeeper had parrot given
10 her, and the first time the dog
came into the room where the bird
was he stopped and 'pointed." The
parrot slowly crossed the room and
came up in front of the dog, looked
him square in the eye, and then after
moment said: you're rascal
The dog was too much astonished to
hear bird speak that he dropped his
tail between his legs, wheeled about
and ran away, and from that day to
this he has never been known M
''point" at bird.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

IT is very rare that good farmers
will rent their land SO long as they are
able to work it for themselves. Good
farmers put great deal Of their own
work and selves into their farm, and
after a man has worked for year, to
make the old farm easy to manage, it
comes hard to place the fruit of his
labor in the hands of those who will
only in part appreciate it. The good
farmer knows only too well that the
natural tendency of farms is to deterio-
rate IN fertility and available value.
He knows that it is only by the closest
management that this tendency in his
time has been checked. If the man.
agement be in any way relaxed he
knows only too we'll that the farm will
as surely, and even more surely. tend
backward as it has in his time to tend
forward.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

ALTHOUGH newspapers are. in pro-
portion to the amount of capital in
vested, the most. profitable legitimate
enterprise to be found in large cities,
and although as rule, they pay higher
prices than can be obtained in other
businesses for given quantity of men,
tai service, probably not one of them
has as good staff as its work requires.
On the other hand, managing edi-
tors receive more applications for en-
ployment from literary persons of fair
education, general intelligence and
literary taste than any other class OF
employers.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23
Whistling VS.. Snoring.

at is singular fact" said we'll
known merchant to-day 'that tns
worst case OF snoring can be stoppea
by a low whistle. You don't believe
1t? Well, there's my office boy asleep
now on an old box. Hear him snore:
OF course you do. The dead coala
hear him. Now listen" The mot.
chant gave one quick, low whistle ane
the fog horn accompaniment ceased
instantly, although the lad still slum'
bered. ''What are you doingP" then
asked the man OF business. as ~
aroused his satellite with shake.
'.Nothin'," was the instant reply o
the youngster. II was just hearin |.
fellar outside Q whistling like blase&
Albany Journal.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

JOHN WESLEY, while a great reli-
gious teac her and a man of sanguine
temperament, did not dream at the
time of his death that in a single GEN.
fury his followers in the United States
alone would number 5000, 900 COM
municants, saying nothing of the mil
lions of children taught in Methodist
Sunday schools. That they would be
building two churches day and con-
tributing a million a year to foreign
missions would have been deemed i'm
possible to a man of stronger faith than
Wesley, if such man could have been
found.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23
Seasickness and I owe.

A beautiful dsmsel was recently per
suaded by her admirer 10 cope, and
the ardent pair fed in sailboat from
the wrath OF pursuing parents. The
lover grew sick with the washing Of
the waves, and at last succumbed,
much to the disgust of the bride, who
ordered the captain TO turn the boats
head and let hor land.
II more couples would try sea
voyage before marriage instead offs
trip to Europe afterwards. there might
be fewer unhappy marriages; for men
or women look their worst when the
horrible sickness of sea is upon them.
IN. Y. Sunday Mercury.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

IT is announced that under the in
fluence of Mr.. Gladstone and others,
diversified farming is to be greatly
stimulated in England. As it is now,
certain districts confine themselves to
certain lines, creating the necessity for
importations which might otherwise be
prevented
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

", s'you bring your own welcome,
Cousin Hans, for SO we must call you
"Ah, of a certainty thou choose,t
thu name nearestthy heart. Gretchen!'
laughed her mother. ''She is betrothed
to a soldier, one Hans Bohmer, thou
must know. He belongs to the ga.r;.
soma good man and of tender heart
He comes here sometimes. Nay, dc
not tremble so; thou needst not seq
him."
II would wish it," the girl SAID
eagerly. "Oh, that might see him.
hear him speak of those whose fate is
SO hard and cruel"
1.-The prisoners dost thou meai' All,
forgot, they are countrymen If
thine"
"Do you know any OF them by
namep" asked Gretchen eagerly,
..One," was the answer given slowly,
painfully, while the flush OF crimson
that had dyed the girls white face sub
sided, and left her pale as before.
..Perchance you may hear news Of
him then," said Gretchen. Hans
BONNER is very kind, he tells me often
OF those poor men; more especially of
one who has been severely used by the
commandant of the garrison. for what
reason Hans cannot imagine"
ado you know his Nance" asked the
stranger, with wistful entreaty in
her voice that showed how moment
Gus the question was to her.
..No, Hans never told me. but will
ask if you wish. hope though, he is
no friend of yours, for it would greve
you to hear what BONNER reccunts Of
his treatment"
'.Is this the way that Germany
treats her conquered foe?' asked the
girl proudly.
may, be not vcxed,' said the old
woman gently. ut is not Germany
private grudges do not count, dear
child. This case is unusual. We,
who have heard it from BONNER,
grieve also for the poor man; but no
one can aid him."
A deep shadow OF pain crept across
the face of the listening girl.
mo one," she moaned, unconscious
of her hearers wonder. "Ah, dear
Heaven! no one. Since she who loves
him best is his greatest enemy
When she had left them and gone to
the rest she so sorely needed, the two
women sat long by the stove discuss
ing her strange advent.
II feel so sorry for her the old
mother said. "A young, beautiful,
forlorn thing, astray in the great cruel
!. world like that. Ach, mein Gott. how
, hard it seems"
"She is not happy said the soft
eyed Gretchen. with wonder in her
p voice and face.
\ Happy! No, she looks to me like
n a beautiful, gold-plumaged, foreign
bird that once saw in a cage in the
its soft wild eyes looked through the
: bars, and the children called il, but
never a song or sound had it. but
just stood there and looked as If with
: freedom had departed all i s life, so
does She"
~ The pretty German maid sighed
compassionately.
!. ''Will she. stay with me, think
n you?" she said at length.
II hope she will. Here. at least
g. she will have rest and safety
is ''But if they track her? The poic'
10 are SO clever, you know"
''My child, there was never Il deet
1t of mercy yet that the good God coul(
il not shield and protect. We need no
fear. We have done no wrong
J. And they kissed each other ant
It having said their evening prayer lay
q down and slept with humble, grateful
n hearts, racked by no fear of conse
= quences for that charity which think
# eth no evil"
,s TO BE CONTINUED.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

1t was one of Gen. Sherman's daagh-
ters, the eldest, who refused to dance
with the Russian crown prince when
he made his tour of the United States.
Her refusal raised cloud Of social dust
at the time. but she explained it on
the ground that out OF Difference to
her mothers wishes she had decided
not to waltz ut all.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

The person who is too proud to work
on the farm or in the mine. because
he has been employed at something
which in his pride he considers more
elevated and honorable, is not one up
on whom our sympathies should be
wasted, or to whom philanthropic aid
should be extended.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

MAKE the best Of what you have, and
you may find that you live in as good
a part of the world as there is. Inn
agining there is something better some
where else makes thousands unhappy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-23

A medical authority Of the east says:
Tho tomato must CO." 1t Is too late
TO begin now on this noble berry," a.
the Irishman called Il.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11

To THE Ep,ToR or The SuN--Sa: notice
IL THE SrH Of to-day an in .erview with Lieu.
tenant Governor jones'. In which he is quoted
ms referring to Mr. Flowers refusal TO run for
tie Lieutenan!-Governor hip in 1885 as his
cowardly desertion Of the party ticket" Gen.
Jonos doubtless forgrts that the Democrats OF
the State know Mr. flowers answering devo-
lion to his party's principles: bis readiness
and eagernsss to do all in his power to enable
the ticket to win. llo evidently forgets that
the people OF the State know Mr. Flowers open
and fine business record: his charity and pub.
lie spirit. As gentleman. a Christian. and
ardent Democrat 1t would be difficult to find
his peer. He has no superior.
Theimputation OF disloyalty will I'll apply hero
When Samuel ]. Tildcn refused the nomination
for President in 1880 he was not onsidered dis
loyal When Horatio Seymour declined the
Conventions nomination for Governor he was
not called disloyal. But Gen. Jones ontinues:
Anything I eau do TO prevent Mr.. Flowers
nomination or election shall do TO tho bitter
been nominated by Democratic Conventions
office in tho State. II disloyslty be applrate
ms bm her 1bo
look better Tor him to GO there. as Drmocl at
the Democrats, and stand by the ticket. ather
show! Whether he runs Independently or
not hs has done much to In lure his reputation
rs q true Democrat. and It does lot become Is
gallant q sold or as Gen. Jones was to suik
In party service. Mr.. Flower has never beer
honored by election to Congress. and has been
credit to his district and his State Az q ro!.
iicnn Of keen In sight he proved II as Chair
tee In 1852 and 1880. when We carried the House
by unprecedented maj orities.
Jones. or no Jones. tho Democrats seem TO
want H. +. Flowor. He will DO in the hands Of
ms party. W. II. T.
NEW YORK, Sent G,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11
"DOS'T MARRY LITERARY MEN,"
Mr.. Andrew Lang Says that They Max
Terrible Husbands.

from Lbn2WdnS Magazine
The moral f fSs ladies marry liter
been wretehed out OF all proportion TO the
sSnrs lot The r"ason & no. only that
ABSORBED. ike artists. in their u work. T Th
true or chief cause OF married misery among
wr nem Is H9Sb1b1iiy his They DO heir work
barrsters. clerks. and nos, men do tneir work
servants. children. butchers. dressmaIers.
cupiad With their business.
Nor do they; in, turn, bring preoccupa,lon
into their domestic circle. But Mrs" hi.er n%,;
VII aRHa tn the ' faom ;S q
lis meals has his head ia ie ., rhSmss or t si
sdess s' Great 80 ' or S Ms
be lending tho pleased car ~ feminino pratIls.
aEd ia i,i when Il, examined therein, he Is mis-.
attended t. wat WAS snid--a crime of insujt
dare say Mrs. CARLYLE often found Mr.. CsrIylc
m unconesTned and impatient hearcr OF
listen wit" wlon "Msy sn ho n: s
,sar; Of Mrs. Tarlsles; and iLs conidsneeeess
Tho unlucky pair. as Mrs. CARLYLE said. had
fysely rrolane: to begin with; But il Sir.
books and papers In a remote studio. and 10
walk ,hi:her every morning he and his wife
N Wog ~ hSye given less handle to the gossip
young mon engaged to litorary ladies' should
work away from h"me, unless they bsv. ~ m Ipeb
Garly;e. enl"%e1; Home Industries msy lie bs
whSn they ar" mental esieciasy II lie abo nSr
has tho lrIltat.lity OF somo-!uckiy not Of all -
goniuses, ANDREW LANG.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11
ONE HUNDRED MILES AN HOUR
A Locomotive that IL Expected to Pull .
Train TO PhIlAdeIphia IL 90 Minutes.
Prom the PHILADELPHIA Record.


III the new engine am about to have con.
structsd IL not capable q making LOO miles al
hn M, ~ Civ. her to the first person meet.
Jackson Rishar is. the master mschanic Of The
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad. who was
exhibiting to party OF deeply interested per.
successful. is almost sure to reyolutionize the
ee1nstruction Of the high speed LOGON motives.
invention Tor tho last len " Years. and 1 few
the patent was applied for. II the new Eyer Is
Philadelphia and New York Will b male In
n outward appearance the new locomoti
eines now used on the i,hiiad elphia and Head
that n.tead OF the two cylinders as used at
located on eaeS sde Of The
frame as at and the onsr two VIII 30
cylinders are to bs horizontal as at present.
come what is known to engineers as tho dead
centre and tho engine will be perfectly bal
"hH s later ny y ,bs
ing which has proven 50 estructive to modern
elns viii be largely due to the Working Of The
TWO cylinders SO near her centre. and these
VII sD Il S
matter o, speed to q great degree.
A AZ H l 70 The exper,s who have exam
There VIII be lonr ,alvss-one to each cyl!n-
der-and they will be onerated BY two links.
sns Sis 10 s s 5n e: o55
nous 2o6," which mads mi !. ia tho er remsri.
be eiGhty-nve miles an hour. '''
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11
Why the IawaiIans Rejected tho Treaty
Proposed by MIR. Blaine.

In the last number Of tho now Rerier Of
Reuieps there is an article about tho HUI
waiian Islands, the writer u which, speak
ing evidently from lrst-land observa.
lion, sets forth some facts hitherto I'M
known, or Mt all events unheeded, re-
specting the rejection OF the treaty proposed
by Mr.. BLAINE. 1t seems that for the mis-
carriage OF that project wo aro indebted TO
the influence OF the Canadian Dominion
astutely brought 10 bear In the right quar-
tiers by the late Sir JOHN MACDONALD.
1t will be recalled that the supplementary
provisions TO the reciprocity treaty Of 1876.
which were added In 1887 under the CLEvE-
LAND Administration. gave the United
States the exclusive right 10 establish and
iortily 4 naval station in tho Hawaiian
lslands- Pearl Ilnrhor being designated for
the purpose. But the continuance Of this
exclusive right was 10 10 limited ly tho
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-09-11

duration Of the treaty. Mr. BLAINE
desired TO mako tho cession OF
Pearl Har6or permanent; and such privi-
lego, together with an agreement that
Hawaii should enter into no treaty engage
mehts with other powers without the pre-
vious knowledge Of the United States. were
embodied In the new convention recon-
mended to the Hawaiian Government by
Mr.. CARTER It's Minister at Washington
What was known as the Reform party was
then in power at Honolulu. and its Cabinet
earnestly endeavored to secure tho sigma
ture OF KALAKAuA TO the amended treaty.
According to the writer in the Rerie,o Of
Rerie,rs these efforts would undoubtedly
hive been successful but Cor the interposi-
ton OF Canadian influences through tho
agency OF the Hawaiian Attorney. General.
Yankee ascendancy in Hawaii Is obnoxious
TO the Canadians az shutting them out from
the Australian trade. and being In general
detrimental TO the commercial interests OF
British Columbia, aud especially OF tho
Canadian Pacific Railway. 1t happened that
while the negotiation OF the now treaty was
pending the Hawaiian Attorney General.
Mr. ASHFORD. who was . Canadian,
got leave II absence to Wait home.
While IN Canada he was in close
conference with Sir JOHN MACDONALD and
became guest OF President STEPHEN Of the
Canadian Pacific Railway. Upon his return
10 Honolulu he as.orished his colleagues by
throwing his utmost influence against them,
with the result. that the King ultimately re-
fused to sign the proposed treaty. The
reason subsequently given in the I.egisla.
ture by Mr.. ASHFORD for his course was
that to surrender the right TO make treaties
with other powers without supervision by
the Cnitei States was O surrender Of indie.
pendence. Il was also, he added, peculiarly
inexpedlent as precuding some Gdvanta.
geous commercial arrangements with Can.
ada, which he would presently communicate.
What the Canadian propositions we're is
still unknown to the public. 1t Is manifest,
however, that both the United States and
the Hawaiian Islands have been damaged
by Canadian interposition. Tho United
States arc left without any guarantee OF
permanent influence. for the cession OF
Pearl Harbor is tecmlnable with tho treaty
making 1t. The uawaiians. on the other
hand, through the tremendous drop in the
price OF sugar In the American markets,
find themselves thrust down from tho I'm
mense special advantages which, since
1876. had constituted their main source OF
wealth. Had the treaty been concluded.
the Hawaiians would have lost nothing by
the free inflow OF sugar from Cuba and
Brazil into the United States. They would
have occupied precisely the same position
as that held BY the sugar growers OF LOUISE
ana For it will be remembered that, in re-
turn for the desired concessions. the United
States promised 10 give Hawaii full particle
patton in the bountes granted to American
producers OF sugar. Those bounties the
Hawaians have lost. and they have gained
absolutely nothing in exchange for them
from Canndn.