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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
The Armor Within.

One of the strongest Influences in
the formation of our characters is our
relation to other people; no outside
influence can SO make or mar our hap
piness AS our mental attitude to the
world about us. Our worst enemy
cannot harm us until he is allowed to
enter the holy of holes, the inner
most sanctuary Of Our lives, changing
our feeling toward the world, lessen
ing faith, changing trust to doubt, in
tercst to Indifference, love of mankind
to selfish distrust which narrows our
opportunities to give or to receive that
measure OF inspiration that comes from
free intercourse, free companionship,
The eye VI the master saw the anTe,
in the block of marble; the maker OF
plaster images would seq only the
hardness of the material, the labor
necessary to reveal the angel, even II
he could comprehend the ideal OF the
master when revealed, says the
Christian Union. We get from life
what we put into it. in all our re,a-
tiOns to man. The man who thrusts
us out from our well-earned position
does not defraud us beyond our purse
until we permit him to throw his evil
shadow over our spiritual vision, and
cease to see men clearly because OF
this shadow. The man who for selfish
ends defeats our bcst-laid plans is not
victorious until we let his acts place
all men on his level, until we permit
his act to color our thought of other
men.
We are sometimes to blame for the
| defeats that limit our ambitions. be-
cause we have not made true estimates
of character. We have called gilt.
gold, and by our mistaken estimate
have put in circulation counterfeit
coin. When we learn its nature,
should we be surprised, having ac-
cepted our first estimate, to find our
world acting upon it, and slow to I'M
derstand our changed relationship!
And people are SO many-sided that it
is quite possible for truth and false
hood to be revealed in the same char
acter.
How often, when travelling where
high mountain is in sight. we are
struck with the changes, not o. atmos
pheric effects, but in the mountain IT.
self-grand when seen from one poin'
of view, graceful with rolling outline:
when seen from another, tame as {
hillock when seen from another. The
mountain has not CHANGED, but W.
have seen it from different levels. from
different angles. and our estimate as
to its height and beauty have changed
with each view, unless we have see'
mountains before from the decks .
steamers or the windows OF railwa.
trains; If so. we are prepared for tn
phenomenon. SO with people. II W
let new view Of character limit GU
faith and trust, even though through
this revelation our dearest hopes ma,
be checked, our ambitions defeated
disaster comes from 1t only when
changes our relations OF peace an
trust with all mankind, when it be
comes an influence on our own char
acters.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

WITHIN the past year or two it has
been discovered that Mercury and
Venus. the only planets OF our system
which are nearer to the sun than the
earth is behave in manner analo-
gous to that of the moon, so far as
their rotation is concerned. They al
ways keep the same side toward the
sun, just as the moon always keeps
one face toward the earth. 1t is not
improbable that these planets may
have been brought into their peculiar
condition by the effects OF tidal fric
ton, although the problem presents
great difficulties.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

THE farmer who has the good judg-
ment to know what most needs to be
done each day and the capacity to SO
arrange and order his work that he
can do everything at just the right
time, has qualities which will go far
towards helping him achieve success.
There can be no doubt that many
farmers fail not only to profit, but also
Of finding pleasure and comfort in their
work, because they have not cultivated
their judgment, and are most OF the
time working at disadvantage.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
MADAME BLAvATsKY, the advanc,

MADAME BLAvATsKY, the advanced
theosophist, appears to have been cut
of by the fatal habit Of smoking cigar
cites. According to her followers she
was possessed of supernatural powers
Her soul could leave the body for a
trip to the stars and planets and re-
enter it at its pleasure. If theosophists
are correct she might have lived for
ever. But in spite OF these marvellous
gifts cigarettes were too much for her
and she died at the early age OF sixty.
Her death should be a warning.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
WRESTLING FOR WIND.
The Monotonous Notes of the Sailors
Superstitious Call.


There is nothing so tedious, so ag-
gravating to the sailor as a dead calm.
Drift, drift, drift, day after day the
great burning sun overhead reflected
by the waters until the eye becomes
wearied with the eternal brightness.
The sailor goes about his work list
lessly. Not so the officer on deck. He
PAGES the poop with quiet nervous
tread, ''whistling for wind"
He is scanning the horizon north,
south, east and west, carefully noting
every little patch of clouds and whist
ling with all of his soul for a wind.
This is one of the old, old superstitions
of the sailor, one of the beliefs which
has been traced hither and thither,
but never to the Precipitation of the
gods. 1t probably had its origin in
the impotence of the mariner, who,
| while his vessel lay drifting idly in the
| Zone of Gains" remembered with re-
greet the hoarse moaning, shrieking Ant
| whistling of the winds in the more
favored spots on the deep and invosun
thrily tried to initiate it. And khi'
supposition is strengthened by thu
character of the whistling, for it mus
be remembered that the becalmet
sailor does not whistle Annie Laurie
or any of the popular songs of tn
day. The lonesome thrill of hi
monotonous whistle" is a series G
polyglot sounds that would set mag
pie wild with envy. He does not ain
at rhythm, but elects his putfs of al
In long and short notes, now high
ROW low, like the sounds produced b
the wind blowing through the ropes {
the rigging.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
u,cposcoPlc SCIENCE.
Advantage of the Microscope o'
camera in Investigations

.-a.,o,e has one great advan-
nrer photographic outfit; name
" that after you have p uron"oa
GOOD instrument the outlay oeilian .1h,.
e almost nothing. In photography
.h.re is a continual need for plates anu
ahoro;c,ls OF course there are plenty
Of onnortunities to spend money ioL
,-ar;nus microscope accessories thousn
law, few If them can be classeo unoei
the head of necessities. III you ioo 80
through catalogue OF mlcroscoPis. i.
s,,nnI;es this will be hard to oeileVei
h,t remember. the manufacturers
u W. :, not ian az" certainly a lens
Ito grind" o,nher
prominent microscopic, a memoe''
| Of the Royal Microscopical society,
told me that amateurs who loao 'hel'
cases with every possible and impos-
chile ambulance, and who care more
for their instruments than Tor VIVA,
they may see through them, are galley 1,
.brass and glass men. But 10 tei'
Won secret. the real workers nave
sven a worse name. They're called
..slug and bug men! . :.
An elaborate and expensive outnt Il
not necessary. The men VINO nave
made the most wonderful discoveries
in this branch of science use lnstru
ments that would fill the soul OF tne
average amateur with scorn. -.
| A good, firm microscope stano WI
cost, perhaps, twenty-five or fhlrt.
dollars: and this, with an eyepiece an'
two good magnifying glasses zone o
them a ..one-h half inch objective, TN
other a lone and a half lnch ooJec
tive'), ought to satisfy any out IN
most advanced student Often
is possible to buy microscope a
secondhand for much smaller sur
than it would cost if new. DO not
however buy rickety or imperfec
instrument because it is cheap. AS
the advice of some professional micro
scopist. There are more people IN
,, terested in this science than Is CON
+ monty supposed; and, take my "or
: for it, they are the most obllglng pei
sons in the world
Books on the subject are countless
Arm yourself, if possible. with tn
; very latest edition of William b. Ca
renters famous and rather bulky boo
on the Microscope. When you hay
e exhausted its contents, then 100
around for some other works wit
which to enlarge your knowledge al
y library.
- With no more of an outfit than
n have suggested, you will have at han
Q the means for enjoying many qule
e happy hours. Nicholas.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Musical sands.

The phenomenon OF musical sands
which has only attracted scientific at.
teution during the last few years, i,
found to be very common. Drs. H. c.
Bolton and A. A. Julien, WHO have
piyen especial attention to the subiee.
have now collected 6l0 samples OF such
sands from different parts OF tie word,
while reports from eighty-iige beache.
in the United States have shown them
that sixty-fve are famous for musical
sands. Toths eye a patch Of this SAND
is like any other, yet Il blind man who
is deaf and dumb can easily distinguish
it bv a distinct vibration, or ticklin:
sensation, communicated to hands o,
feet. From about 500 samples exam.
ined, it appears that the sounds
which are produced by friction and
vary in pitch with the amount OF sand
acted upon-do not depend upon a par
ticular variety OF sand, but upon
condition into which the sand gets
Rolled in bag, one specimen Of mus
cal sand gave a whoop-like sound audi
bic for about 42O feet. Yet this SAM
unless bottled--lost its power in
few hours after being taken from tn
beach, and also became soundless o.
the slightest admixture OF fine powde
or of moisture.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

WHAT we call retribution is the uni
versal necessity by which the whole
appears whenever part appears. II
YOU see smoke, there must be fire. II
you see hand or limb, you know
that the trunk to which it belongs is
there behind. Every act rewards itself,
or, in other words, integrates itself.
Crime and punishment grow out o.
one stem,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
The farmer actually pays a premium

The farmer actually pays a premium
for bad roads. He pays it in time ex-
pended in getting to market, in value
OF drafting animals and the food they
eat, and the extra hands for their
care and handling; in the increased
number of vehicles and wear and tear
on them, and in the decreased product
OF the land that has less attention and
care. If the country had u system OF
smooth and hard highways it would
blossom like rose and prosperity
would follow in the wake.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
The Advice Did Not Apply.

so, Patrick, We have taken the
teetotal pledge, have YEP said one
Irishman to another. ''lndade and
have" replied Patrick, land glad in
dade am that I've taken it." But, "
said the other, didn't Paul tell limo
thy to take little wine for his stom-
ach's sake, and his often infirmities?"
asked the dram drinker. Faith. and
if he did, what's that to do with me?
My name isn't Timothy; and l haven't
got any stomach ache; and since left
of whisky l haven't got any infirmi-
ties; what do want wine ?:n-Hart.
ford Religious Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

THERE is another machine the world
would like to see at the fair. Curiosity
about it is old. Yet it has never
waned. Capital has been invested in
it. 1t has never waXed. Whatever
novelty Mr.. Edison may have for the
fair, there is one that would exceed ii
-Keely's motor. 1t would make no
difference whether it notes or not.
The world wants to see what 1t is thai
converts the skepticaL lures money
from skinhints and promises perenni
ally to make motion perpetual We
never makes a motion. A compan,
ought to be formed to put Keely an'
his whateveritmaybe into a fair tent
He and it would be one Of thu wat
Get attractions on tie gsouadA
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
:, ABE LINCOLN'S FRIEND.
RETURN J. MEIGs REACHES THF
AGE OF 8"
One of the Oldest Lawyers OF s,As
Ttme-HighIy HOnOred In Wash'
fngton-His Long Line Of Dlsuh'
guished Ancestry.

Return ]. Me,gs, Clerk of the SUI
nreme Court of the District Of Column
bia. has lust reached the age Of 80. he
is we'll preserved, hale and hearty old
man, we'll beloved by the people OF
Washington, and we'll known to the
bar OF the whole country.
On the anniversary OF his birth, the
14th of Aprll, the Judges Of the gu
preme Court Of the District Of Column
bia assembled in their consulting room,
and, sending for Mr.. Meigs, justices
Hogner and James, for the court, pre-
sented him beautiful ebony cane.
surmounted by a heavy carved gold
head, inscribed "Return j. Melgs, on
his Goth anniversary. from lie Justices
OF the Supreme Court of the District
of Columbian with the monogram n.
j. NJ. and the date, April IA. 1891.
The venerable gentleman, taken by
surprise said: "A plain old hickory
stick would better suit me, but. as
have never walked with stick in my
life, will put this one away until
shall be old enough to need 1t.
Mr.. Meigs has been the clerk OF the
court since its organization by Mr.. LIN
coin, 90 years ago. Before the days OF
the rebellion. while practicing law al
Nashville, Tenn, he wrote Meigs
Digest" This book, by the way, being
out of print. has sold for its weight IN
gold. $500 having been paid by lawyer
in Tennessee for single copies.
Mr. Lincoln mad used the work IN hl'
practice, aud its usefulness so I'M
pressed him that when he desired t.
| reorganze the district courts. havin;
! heard that Mr.. Meigs had fled with hi
family from Tennessee to New Yer
| CITY in the face Of the ebelliOn. h
sent for him. Then, with his intlmat
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
OAHllansa Lob.

Osman Pasha, the hero of Plevna
has been located as sealer in the kitcb-
en- OF the sultan of Turkey. His pa
culiar business is to seal ali the dishes
for the sultan's table as soon as thew
are prepared, and, thus secure against
poison, they are carried into the royal
dining-room and the seals broken only
in the sultan's presence.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

SOME wise head tells us, Never
write q letter, and never burn one. "
We have, continually, more or less
conclusive evidence of the wisdom OF
the first part OF that admonition, but
the second part-well, it is good
deal better to make your own bonfres
than it is to have them built by others.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
A NawAty Joke.

Chappie-'I knelt befoah her and
awsked her to be my wife" Chollie-
And she wejected you?" Chappie-
..iaas. Chollie-'.That was wough. :"
Chappie-''iaas. l got my twousahs
bagged at the knees for nothing, bah
Jove. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Can Such TlstngA Re.

II bought this broad brimmed hat to
keep the light out Of my eyes" she
said contidi, gly.
Nothing can do that" he answered
calamity. and the world revolved on
its regular twen'yfour hour-a-du
system just as usual.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
"a Growing King pom.


Nature does not create anything.
She simply transmutes. The plant
runs its discriminating tendrils down
into the soil and selects particle here
and particle there, a drop here and Il
drop there, individualizes these differ.
ent substances. and they subserve the
life the growth of that plant, and
presently iron, granite, and water are
held forth for your delectation in the
strong gaunt forest oak. The wood is
created, but sap and fibre are mole.
cules OF old mother earth. The col
ors of the flowers are not the creation
OF the plant. but form the spectrum OF
the sunlight each plant draws its flow
err color, and one is green and one il
red, and one is yellow and one unites
many cOlors.
Further. If you plant a seed apart
from the sunlight and rain, 1t will no
be quickcned unto life: it will not OF
| itself have power to draw nourish ment
from its surroundings; it will die
The kingdom ofheaven," says Christ
is like unto II grain of mustard seet
which man planted in a field. y
With the life OF Christ within il, witt
the power of God above it, by natura
growth, selecting men from the worlt
here and there, absorbing them int
its life, transforming them, it shall a
last from tho smallest beginnings as
sumo great and magnificent proper
tons, and all lands and nations shall
| be tributary to its growing perfect
ness. Christian at Work.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
The Numbering Angels.

Sometimes I found myself rcce ling slowly
Toward selfish aims. and coarse ignoble
strife:
And then l cried: "Oh. Spirit pure and
Send me the strength 10 leal better
liie"'
Then ministerinH angels came and found
me;
I could not sec them for tue binding
tears:
l felt their strong and loving arms around
ne.
AID their celestial music charmed Mv
ears.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Result OF Trainin3.

This, ladies and gentlemen, is the
celebrated trick mule. Dot" said the
clown as the beast was being led in
the ring. After many years Of effort
! am able to say can make him do
anything that he wants to."-Phila.
delphia Times
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

clay or hard, unyielding marble, SC
upon each nature does the divine
artifcer, the great moulder ano
former OF character, leave his mark
and signature the likeness OF himself.
Sunday at Home.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

trie n d, ID. X.
Cartier. whom
he afte + W ar q
appointed chef
Justice, they re :
modelled t h e
court. Mr.. Meigs
drawing up its
code Of rules,
form, etc.
This done, Mr..
Ii nc In ten
dereu MIA one
of the Justice
ships which Mr..
MelGs firmly de-
clined. He Their
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
BRAZIL seems, for the time, to have

BRAZIL seems, for the time, to have
iisappointed its enemies and settled
down to a respectable and quiet exist
ence. 1t now has a regular constitu-
ton and president and is praisewor-
thy example of good behavior. How
long this will last is a question, but il
is good thing while it does last.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Self Denial.


The native Christians OF the SOath
Pacific Islands manifest a spirit of de-
votion to Christ and self-denial for
His sake which are in striking con-
trast with the wordliness and love OF
ease too often found among professed
followers of Christ in more favored
lands. The native congregation on
the island Of Aneityum had their
CHI lrch destroyed some months ago
by hurricane. They have
built another hurricane proof.
A missionary writes that to do this
they denied themselves all the little
luxuries for six months. II Christian
people in Christian lands would deny
themselves the little luxuries, to say
nothing of the larger ones, for six
months and give the money to mis-
slons, thousands of missionaries could
be sent to many dark places OF the
earth where as blessed and great a
work would be accomplished by the
gospel Of Christ as has been wrough,
in the South Sea Islands.
Mems Era.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
Grown in Grace.

We are eNhOted to grow in grace
and in the knowledge of Jesus Christ.
Some tell us that we find the true
philosophy OF Christian growth by re-
versing this order, and putting the
knowledge to Christ first, as the
means of increasing in grace. But
the order of the Apostle-grace first
and knowledge seconds the most
philosophical. We grow in the
knowledge Of Christ through the
heart, and not through the head. We
do not know Jesus till we love him,
and the more we love the more init.
mate our knowledge OF him. The
more we famiiarize ourselves with
the perfect character of Jesus the
more we shall admire him, just as by
studying the works af Angelo, we
come to admire him the more.
But admiration is not love. 1t kindies
no furnace glow in the affections: it i'm
pels the soul onward through no loss
es and labors, selfdenials and perse
cutions. to the martyrs stake. AS
the character of Christ folds its
splendors beneath the long and
earnest gaze of the student, he may
be growing esthetically by familiar
ity with SO many moral beauties,
and he may become more perfectly
grounded in his theological beliefs
respecting the divinity of the man OF
Nazareth, and yet he may, in his
own heart, be refusing TO receive anG
enthrone him as his rightful king
Farmers Friend.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

FL. CHENEY & Co, Toledo 0, PropA
of Halls Catarrh Cure, offer 500 reward fa
any case of catarrh that can not be cured B!
taking Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for test
monials, free. Sold by Druggists, t5c.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09
LOcusts in Africa.

Though mankind may avoid repe.
tltion of the great locust plaques d|
history. such, for instance as that
near the close OF the last century IN
which the locusts drowned on one part
of the African coast were washed up
in bank fifty miles long ana four Or
five feet high, or that early in the
Christian era, which resulted in the
death of 800, 900 persons--such plaques
have not yet entirely lost their terrors
Recent alarm has therefore been caused
in Egypt by the most serious vista
ton recorded for forty years, and mas
been increased by the fact that swarns
OF locusts, instead of being migratory,
seem to have developed from eggs lM
in the country last year. Every eao''
will be made to eNtcrminate the cres'
lures betor great damage is done
While investigating the locust plague
in Algeria, member of the Ffencl
academy, Nj. Kunckel Herculais, isFe
ported to have fallen asleep from es'
haustion, when he was attacked oy'
swarm of locusts from which he wa
unable to escape. When his corps
was found the insects had complete!
devoured his hair, beard ana neckas
|
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

There a more Catarrh IN this section Of N.
conntfy than all other diseases put ,opethss '
and until the last few years was SUPPOSED +.
he in durable. For great many ears dos
tors prom ounced it local disease, and M.
scribed local remedies, and " G, nstar,,
failing to cure with local treatment NM
nounced it incuralle. Scien la, proves r,~
CAfarrh to be a constitutional disease and
therefore requires constitutions! ea,nep.
Halls Catarrh Cure. mar u1acturc4 ny F. j
Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only con
stitution al cure on the market /, is Ink,
in terri ally in doses from 10 drops to a te,.
spoonful. 1t acts directly upon the bloo,
snd mucous surfaces OF the system. Thu,
Offer one hundred dollars for any case itta,,
to cure. Send for circulars and ties ilnoui,,
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
- Sold by Druggists, '5c.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-07-09

Pretty strong
reasons for trying DR.. Sags1
Catarrh Remedy. In the hfs
place, it cures your catarrh1
no matter how bad your caS $,
or of how long standing.
doesn't simply palliate i
cures. If you believe it.
much the better. Thers1
nothing more to be say
You get it for so cents fr0'
all druggists. i
But perhaps you won't y
lieve it. Then there's anotn9
reason for trying it. Sho]
that you can't be cured D
you'll get $500. It's a Pl1
business offer. The maKs,1
of DR.. Sage's Remedy W.
pay you that amount II 1@]
can't cure you. They kno y
that they can-you tnp
that they can't. If theys
wrong, you get the cash. !
you're wrong, you're no !
catarrh.