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Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-08
Foreign.

Fifty dead have been accounted for at
St. Mande, the scene OF the French rail-
way accident.
The Grenadier Guards are back In
England from Bermuda where they
were exiled for mutiny about year
ago.
The notorious swindler who for years
has been duping Americans through
letters from Spain, representing him.
self as a priest with knowledge OF bur-
led treasure, has been arrested in
Spain.
The worlds fair foreign committee
gave luncheon to the British commits
sioner and other distinguished persons
at which promises encouraging TO the
fair were made by several Englishmen.
The Car sent friendly message to
President Carnot in connection with the
visit OF the French squadron to Russia
Captain Saunders Of the steamer
Charles W. Wetmore died in Liverpool
from heart disease, resulting from ex-
citement produced by his jumping over
board and saving man from drowning.
Economy" is Italys watchword. The
Vatican as we'll as the government II
reducing expenses.
Forty-three dead and 104 injured Is
the official statement Of the casualties
at the st. Mande railroad collision. The
cause Is not definitely known yet.
Berland and Dore we're guillotined In
the Place de Ia Roquette, Paris, before
thousands Of curious, cursing spectA-
tors, who kept the police and sOldie-s
busy preserving order. Bertrand made
q scene on the scafold.
In speaking Of the recent social scan
aals, in England the president Of the
Wesleyan conference condemned the
doctrine that while cheating ives wrong
was right BE said thous-
Iuds of Christians would be heard from
4 the polls.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-08

The girls to the north seem to be
hustlers and are not made eiieminate
by culture. An educated, accomplish
ed young lady at Petoskey, Mich, has
split twenty cords OF wood with her
own hands and then piled IL neatly to
season for summer use.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1891-08-08

Again, learn from my SUBJECT tnai
events which seem to be most insignif-
cant may be momentous. Can you
imagine anything more unimpOrtant
than the coming OF poor woman from
Moab to Judea? Can you imagine any
thing more trivial than the fact that
this Ruth just happened to alight on
that field Of Boaz? Yet all ages, all
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

Town meetings in Maine are some
times pretty lively affairs, vide this
from the Belfast Age: "A town war
rant was tackled upon the school house
door IN neighboring town recently
ordering town meeting for some is
sue therein stated. Some wag, motto
ing it, added among the articles of the
meeting. And to see how much the
town will appropriate to have jim
Blanks hair cut meaning well.
known character whose hair had never
been cut The article was read by the
moderator in business-like manner
W tn the rest, and he inquired what
action should be taken on it before he
discovered anything wrong. Jim wa:
there himself. and it was all the towr
could do to keep him from cleaning
them all out"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

with the Emperor" she wrote. cat
State balls. do the ladies in attendance
upon your Queen stand or sit behind
herr"
The Empress visit to Windsor at its
outset was marked by an accident at
which her enemies might have sneered.
When the time came to dress for the
State dinner it was discovered that the
trunk containing her gala costumes
was missing. The Emperor, on hear
ing of the misaaventure. shared to the
full the CONSERVATION of his wife. A
plea of overfatlgue was about to be
sent to the Queen as az excuse for the
non-appearance Of the Emp, ess, when
one of the ladies of honor, whose figure
resembled that of her imperial mis-
tress. saved the situation. Shesplaced
one of her own dresses at the En-
press service.
1t was simple blue gown. The loan
was accepted with gratitude. Court
ladies and ladies' maids set to work to
give the finishing touches to the fit of
the dre's and TO garland the bodice
and skirt with flowers. The empress
wore no jewels-a single blossom nes-
tied in her golden halr. When ,e en-
tered the drawing-room where the
queen was awaiting her. her incom-
parable beauty. set off 10y this simple
attire. produced Il sensation.
The splendor of ceremonials at the
English court greatly impressed the
Empress. who on her return from
Windsor drew up code of etiquette
to be observed by herself and her
ladies at state functions. The beauti-
full woman delighted in feeling herself
- &c lnkt
that beyond everything she enjoys
homage.
For this strain of coauetry in her ma
tender wife. ''Once more" see writes
in letter dated Nov. II. II have spent
my fete day apart from the emperor.
1t has saddened me, but soon hope to
be with him again" She was anxious
about him. she was almost too eager
to secure amusements for him: she
gave entertainments which justly
called forth the censure of her sub
| jects, who nichnamed the court a ''gol-
| den Bohemia
The emperor deplored n tendency in
| his charming wife to take incense.
uuent and violent fancieS. followed by
| no less violent and inconsequent anti
| pathies. A letter to one of the minis
| tiers. who complained Of the cold re-
! ception given to him by the empress,
once his warm friend. bears the stamp
Of the writer's anxiety to effect a
! reconciliation and his regret Mt the in
tiuence caprice has over his wife The
! empress often. however. showed her
self full of generous and delicate i'm
pulses toward political enemies who
treated her with ;ngratitude.
| Il saw Nine. de s." she writes. al
luding to the royalist lady for whom
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
A Queer Coincide nee.

Very few more remarkable coinci,
dences can be raked up than that
which occurred at the Russell house.
Detroit, recently. Two strangers tC
the town, and strangers to one an
other. residents of two different
countries, but both bearing identical
names. met instantaneous death in
the same city, under the same ROOT
and ON the same day, A. II. Whitney
of Toronto, Canada. and A. II. Whit
ney of Quincy, ILL.,, died suddenly, the
one of pulmonary consumption and
the other of apoplexy. There was not
anything notable In the death Of
either one of these men. With the
consumptive death was matter o.
days or weeks ut the most. The apo
plectic went the way of many another
victim of this intense generation. The
remarkable feature of these deaths lay
in the coincidence of the victims bear
ing the identical name and dying un
der the same roof on the same day.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
Flexible sandstone.

Flexible sandstone is one of the GU
riosities found in North Carolina. The
uuarries are in the mountains of the
southwestern corner of the State. and
the stone is taken out more as a curl
osity than for any other purpose.
though it is sometimes employed in
building. When cut in thin piece.
saw the size and shape of common
milestone, you can bend it into con-
siderable are without its breaking.
and it will resume its former straight
ness on the pressure being removed.
of course, if you bend it too far, it will
break.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

she had obtained favor. ''and she
seemed pleased. but Nine. de M-has
not hitherto found SO much as one
word of thanks to give me. Should
you see her-especiaily should you see
her husband-remind him that he does
not owe his appointment to personal
merit only. AS for gratitude. do not
expect it. therefore shall not be dis
appointed"
There is note of sadness in some of
the letters that is very touching. In
answer to an appeal 10 influence a
Young girl to accept a brilliant offer of
marriage, the Empress writes: For
myself. | think that we pay too dearly
for greatness to urge her to do
this" A letter dated Nov. /. 1860, is
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
"Good.by, Old Fellow"

A very pathetic story is attached to
the death of seven-year-old Annie
Keefe, of Port Chester, n. y. She was
PLAYING follow the leader" her pet
dog being with her, and in sailing a
picket fence she fell forward on the
pavement, her curly head striking the
curb stone. A playmate ran to pick
the little girl up, when she opened her
eyes. Seeing her pet dog beside her
she raised herself up, and putting her
arms about his neck. said: ''Oh. Dick;
eood-by. Dick; good-by, old fellow"
Then the little arms unclasped and the
child fell back dead. Her skull had
been fractured.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

elected by q handsome majority,
though he had never read newspaper
in his life and was entirely ignorant
of public speaking.
In 1872: he lost I'LL of his property
by fire, and moved again to the Obion
river. where he devoted himself to his
favorite occupation of hunting, living
ON bear meat and venison. He served
again in the Legislature in 1894,
and in the latter year was an unsuc.
cessful candidate for Congress-.
In 1926 he was again candidate, a.
q supporter of jackson, and this time
was elected, serving two terms from
1927 to 1881. In his second term he
opposed Jackson's Indian bill, and this
course caused his defeat in 1880, hut he
served again in 1833-'35. Crockett was
popular at Washington, where he be.
came noted not only for his eccentricity
of manner, but for his strong common
sense and shrewdness. He prided him
self on his independence, and thus set
forth his position: II am at liberty to
vote as my conscience and judgement
dictate to be right, without the yoke
of any party on me or the driver 1t INV
heels with his whip in hand, command.
ing me to gO-wo-haw, just at his
pleasure.
After the increasing influence Of
Jackson in Tennessee, which made il
impossible for Crockett to be reelected
to Congress, he joined the Texans in
their struggle for independence. and
after performing various exploits
ended his adventurous life in the "a
nous defense of the Alamo, where, a
one of the six survivors Of . band
of 40 Texans, he surrendered to Sants
Anna. only to be massacred by thai
officers orders. An unauthorized &c
count Of Crocketts life. entitled
"Sketches and Eccentricities of Col
David Crockett" philadelphia, 1899
drew from him o characteristic auto
biography Ns3D; he also published {
burlesque Life of Van Buren,, Heir
Apparent to the government 1885 AN.
q ''rour to the North and Down East
New York, 1880.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
\ Tranapss Nlista We.

A big tramp made big mistake the
other day at Wiscasset, says Maine
exchange. lie entered school house
there where little miss of the gem
nine Yankee stamp presided. There
was moment of alarm, for the schoo!
house was upon q bleak hillside far
from neighbors. The tramp ap-
preached the teachers desk, evidently
liking the looks of her watch. The
spunky little: school ma'am came at him
like a hornet and buzzed around him
With her whip, dealing viciously sting
ing strokes with her weapon. The
tramp made few vain efforts to ad-
vance or to catch his niInble antago-
mist; then, blinded and maddened by
the flying whip, he turned and streaked
it out Of doors and down the hill. He
stood afar off and shouted ugly cpl
thets at his vanquisher, but kept away
from the whip.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
SARA sERnHARpr.s SECRET
ING wonderful Lotion which u..
AePe Sara Young mud u....-

When Nine. sara as the ore.t .,a
only Bernhardt prefers To- ha ca,iad
came back to America last SEASON ,o,I,
ing fatter and fairer, but ahso,utaiv
younger. than she did ten Years ACC
body wondered how she had msn'
St. ~ aenleVe such an appearance in
'p,e oi the exlgencies of her life.
nan a score of very tranquil years
,',,;V'ua iall 10 inscribe few records in
wrinkles and crowsfeet, when once the
boundaries OF first youth have passed.
ne. mere was woman we'll on in
ln,oale life, mother and grandmother,
Whom most unusual stress of work.
ulssipation and fatiguing travel had
,e1t free from the foot prints of time.
IN 1act, the years had brought gifts in.
stead oflevying taxes.
IN speaking to q young actress OF
her fatigue after long, exacting re-
hearsals. Nine. Bernhardt said that
she found unfailing refreshment from
the use OF an bau sedative, with which
she is bathed from head to foot when
ever excessively tired.
| 1T is SO simple that you will have
no faith in it," she said. but it is ever
the simple remedy or method that is
preIerab Die.
Then she described how small
quantity of the liquid is poured into a
little porcelain bowl. and with soft
sponge her lnald bathes her in the fluid
undiluted. Very slight friction is
necessary. and after drying gently
with smooth towel, she slips on
a warm bath robe and lies down
for while, with all the stiffness and
soreness gone from joints and muscles
and stimulated circulation tinglinp
with health and warmth her entire
cuticle. In this way she is enabled t.
rest and even sleep in very brief in
tervals. and RECEIVERS herself for fresh
efforts marvelously soon after the mos
exhausting ordeals.
This is the prescription as Mime
Bernhard dictated 1t:
Eau Sedative-Two ounces of spirit
ammonia. two ounces spirits camphor
one and ahalf cups sea salt, two cup
alcohol. Put all into a quart bottl
and fill up with boiling water. !
must be shaken up when used.
leaves the skin smooth and soft an
renders the flesh firm. 1t is also d.
fence against wrinkles.
The lady to whom Nine. Bernhard
gave this has tested its efficacy as
restorative and says it has beautifr
effect upon the skin. 1t is used for til
face as well as upon the body.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

s,..uo was submitted to the Pope for
his approval by the sculptor, Giuseppe
Iuchctti. whom Col. LOubat had COM
'nissioned to execute the work. The
statue is of the size known to sculp.
tors as semi-colossal, and represents the
pope seated on the pontifical throne,
Vested in cassock, alb, stole and cape.
On his head is the tiara, or triple crown.
The right hand is raised in the act
of giving the blessing, while the left
hand rests easily on the arm OF the
throne. The face is benign, and the
whole figure and attitude majestic.
The statue, which cost $4,000, 10
thirteen feet high, and, except the
nedestsl and the back of the throne. is
carved from a single block Of white
Carrara marble. weighing in its present
shape more than five tons. So large a
block Of marble without flaws can sell
dom be found. A duplicate of this
statue is to be presented by Count Lou
bat to the town of CarpinetO, the Pope S
birthplace.
Three sides of the pedestal bear in
scriptious On one are the papal arms,
which are the armorial bearings of the
Pecci family, of which the Pope is a
member On the opposite side are the
arms Of Wr. Loubat as Roman count,
which dignity was conferred on him
several years ago by the Pope. On the
front pane! of the pedestal in letters
picked ont with gilt is this inscription,
which TIE Pope himself composed:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
Grain Grows In Flesh.

On May Is little Thomas Stretch. the
5-year-old son of Miller Reeve A.
Stretch of Lower Alloway Creek town.
ship. Tennessee, was seriously injured
by being caught in belt at the mill.
and would have been Killed but for the
promptness of his father in stopping
the machinery. He has now almost
recovered from the effects of the acct
dent. but few days ago dark spot
was noticed over his eye. 1t was
opened with a lance and found to be a
grain of wheat, which sprouted The
grain was probably forced under the
SKIN when his head struck bin while
he was being whirled around the shaft
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
EUGENIE'S PAST LIFE.
BRIGHTER DAYS OF THE BEAU.
TiFUL iLI-FATEO WOMAN.
Not Born to Wear . Crown, She
lsroOked with Dlnculsy she Re
stralWts Of Court She was harm.
;ngly Unconventional.

Everything about Eugene, the ex-
Impress of the French, is interesting.
Since her return from the south to
Paris several very striking books have
been written about her, but none
which compare in brightness and
piquancy with NJ. Lano collection OF
Souvenirs. They give us q COM
plete picture OF the Empress youth.
aud some amusing accounts OF the
difficulties she had to encounter in her
exalted station.
Not born to wear crown. She
brooked with difficulty the restraints
OF court ceremonials. The emperor,
who was aware that his love match
with Mdlle. de Monti;o was coldly re-
garded by the crowned heads Of Europe,
constantly impressed upon his beauti-
full wife the necessity OF more digni-
fed bearing at official pageants. She
would promise and forget.
On one occasion he had wager with
her that at a Forthcoming State ball she
| would omit to ascertain beforehand the
| order in which her ladies should group
themselves round the throne. The
Empress nearly lost her wager. A note
she scrubbed in pencil and sent up al
the last moment to an English Countess
is given by NJ. Lano. at is q wager
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
A MYSTERY EXPLORED
A Man Descends $50 Feet Into tla1
SDeYllss Sink RlOIe,s,

The mysterious hole in the ground in
Edwards county, Texas. known as the
devils Sink Hole" was recently par
TALLY explored. A man was lowered
into it on rope $50 feet. 1t is claimed
that ''here he found a ledge, and a PAS
sageway leading from it seven feet
high, and wide enough for three
men abreast. He followed it 800
feet and came to an immense lake of
water, ice cold. He mad no means
of determining its extent, but a stone
hurled with all its force splashed in the
water many yards away. The bank OF
the lake was covered with pieces OF
rock, which looked as though they had
been blasted. Some were brought to
the surface and assayed about thirty
ounces of silver to the ton. All that
region is rich in silver indications, and
it is supposed the mysterious cavern is
an abandoned Spanish mine. and has
other exits and entrances. 1t is to be
thoroughly explored
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
HypmOslsBn and Crime.

'Can hypnotized person be made
to commit a crime"" was very emphat-
ically answered IN the affirmative by
DIR. Volsin. of Paris, in paper de-
livcred before the British Association.
lie suggested to a subject under his in
6uence to commit acts of incendiarism
while hypnotically asleep, and there
was obedlence in each case. More
than that. woman was recently SEN
fenced in Paris for a succession of acts
of robbery, 1t was ascertained that
she had been habitually hypnotized.
and upon investigation it was dis
covered that she had robbed under the
suggestion Of outside parties.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
Dynamic Pc syer Of Coal.

A curious and interesting calculation
has been made by Prof. Rogers of
Washington, ID. c., on the dynamic
power Of coal. According to the pro-
lessor single pound of good steam
coal has within 1t dynamic power
equivalent to the work OF one man for
one day. Three tons of the same coal
represent q mans labor for period of
twenty years, and one square mile of a
seam OF coal, having depth of four
feet only. represents as much as l.COO,-
no men can perforra in twenty years.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

nesseeafter the war, and about l7VS
opened q small tavern on the road
from Knoxvillest TO Arlington.
When David was about II years old
his father hired him to an old Dutch
man, with whom he went 400 miles on
foot, but after remaining .
few weeks with his master, ran
away and succeeded in reaching home.
Shortly afterwards he was sent to
school. but ON the fourth day gave one
Of the pupils with whom he had quar-.
relied q sound beating, and after play
ing truant for q time to avoid flog-
ing, ran away from home to escape
the vengeance OF his father.
For three years he worked for team
sters in Tennessee, Maryland, and
bound to a halter in the last
named State. Tired of wandering
about he finally returned home
and shortly afterward worked
hard for year to pay two
notes of his father amounting to $40.
| He then went to school for six month";
| and learned his letters, but relinQuishet
study to seek q wife, and after severa
| disappointments in love married ant
settled down in Lincoln county In 1909
| and in 1911 moved to Franklin county
one OF the widest parts Of the State.
Crockett had by this timessacquire'
some fame as a hunter. and at the be
ginning of the Creek war, in 1919. h
enlisted in regiment sixty-day vol
unteers. He served through the wa
and afterward settled on ShOal Creek
in desolate region Of the State wher
temporary government was forme
by the settlers and Crockett was mad
magistrate. He was subsequent
appointed to the same office b
the legislature, and was then electe
colonel of militia. In 1921 he was
candidate for the legis' AZURE, and wiz
ming favor by telling amusing storie
, and by his skill with the rifle W.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
News to Most People.

A German authority says that almost
a third of all hunanity-that is, AGO.
900, OOO-speak the Chinese language
Then the Hindu language is spoken by
more than 1OO,OOO,OOO. In the third
place stands the English. spoken by
almost 100000, 900. Fourth, the Rus
sian, with 1000. 600, while the German
language is spoken by $1,000, 200
tongues and the Spanish by about 49,
OOO,oOO. OF the European languages
the French is fifth in place.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22
CALIFORNIA PEARL FISHING.
An Industry Attended with Fearful
Mortality Among she Divers.


One of the largest pearl fishing
grounds in the world is in the gulf OF
California. "The pearls" says a cor.
respondent, ''are not generally regular
in shape or very pure in color, but
some are of large size, and many OF
the rare black pearls are found. The di.
vers are nearly all Indians and their
equipment is of the simplest kind
consisting only Of basket hung
around the neck, in which to collect
the oysters, u knife to detach them
from the rocks and q stone with q
cord attached. When a diver goes
down he takes the cord between his
tees. the weight Of the stone
carrying him at once to the
bottom. He gathers oysters as
long as his breath holds out. and then
rises to the surface, to descend again
in fifteen minutes. Some Of the divers
are wonderfully expert, and can re
main under water for as much as two
minutes before rising to the surface.
The mortality among them is fearful,
for the gulf of Californ. a is infested
with huge man-eating sharks. who
carry off scores Of men every year."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

druggists that sell postage stamps
are not all the purely benevolent per-
sons that the general public takes
small Inexpensive articles take IN
thousands Of dollars worth of stamps
every year and sell them at a discount
10 druggists and others, perhaps even
to ,niddlemen. As q consequence the
druggist makes neat percentage on
his retail sale of the same stamps.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-10-22

ship Wrecking At Bar Harbor.
Bar Harbor man has q scheme for
amusing the summer visitors at Mount
Desert and making q few dollars for
himself. He proposes to entertain the
tourists with a view of genuine
shipwreck. His plan Is to man yes.
sci with men who are not afraid OF
getting their feet wet, and then, when
IT comes on to blow hard, to run on the
rocks at Otter Creek or Schooner
Head. Spectators will get the tip, as
AT a prize fight. of the location, and
will be charged SO much head for
seeing the fun. The crew will take
their own chances of getting ashore,
Nyi:h the assistance of q life-saving
,csew,waich will he on hand with all the
necessary apparatus for fishing them
ont.