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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

ors ~ her head. Then, for my SAKE Big
yielded. ,,. " cha said.
.Be guided BY me in this. In all eiso sou
shall do as you like. ,,s.
"a must be in the court, Basil. mus.
hear the trial. II the worst happen' .heio
must not BE- the delay of moment: 'he"
and there must proclaim the truth.
..You shall be at hand-close at manu-. 4
will be present , and
NO! | must be there. | must near All"
see all. II the man is found guilty, must
before hi, horrible sentence is prono"'ceu'
stand Zip and declare his innocence,
"All that could be done afterwari.
mo: il must be done then. Basil, 1ahcy
-put Yourself in his place! Nothing couia
atone for his anguish at hearing hlmseii
condemned to death for a crime ne KNOWS
nothing of, must be there. Promise me
/ shall be there, and for your sake VIII 10
as you wish. =,
II was the best concession could get. l
promjsed. concealed the fact that II, wheh
sentence was pronounced, woman rose IN
the body of the court. and asserted the pris-
oner's innocence AND her own guilt, the
probabilities were she would be summary
elected. This made no difference. Let
philippa be silent; let the man be found not
guilty. and the next train could bear us back
to Seville.
Yes, even now there was hope!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

JOURNALISM, in this country, it ia
true, - not reached the acme OF per-
iectiohs either in spirit, tone, aim or
the use Of the English language.
Within the ranks OF so-called journal
lists, us in all other professions, there
are some mighty mean men. some
vicious and despicable characters, men
who, on general principles. perhaps
ought to DO summarily removed. and
the influence Of this class Of men on
the community is demoralizing and
bad, still with all these faults and
vices the average newspaper .'feller'
will rank up pretty well with the aver
age citizen. The chances are that
newspapers and their proprietors rep
resent tolerably well the communities
they serve, reflect the sentiments oil
their patrons. and II unworthy. are
not as guilty as tho communities
which have either tolerated or made
them SO.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

THE lyceum platform is no longer a
potent factor in the higher life of this
country. Whether it is under tenn
porary cloud or has passed into per.
maaent desuetude. time only can tell.
Fifty years ago it was the morning
s:ar of our American horizon. and for
about a generation it held on its course
with little sign OF decline. But now
it can hardly be said to exist. The
time has gone by when there is a
popular demand for series OF lect-
ures on miscellaneous topics, and when
it is safe for a lyceum to arrange for
such series. Individual lecturers
may draw, or the people may turn out
to hear a particular subject discussed.
but the lyceum platform as an institu-
ton Is no more. There is no little
chivalry and gallantry in our day. but
Arthur's round table is nowhere to be
found.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

IT'S not 10 be supposed that there
arc many men and women so hardened
that they would not feel an impulse vi
compassion for the miserable beings
who are cramped in the living grave.
in sweater shops, stined. starved and
corrupted. OF those who realize the
enormity Of the thing. there are few
who will personally take up the cause
Of actual reform. and for these few
the means OF working are limited.
Besides their own indignant courage.
the support Of public opinion and vio-
lated sanitary regulations. thcy have
but little to work with. The germ and
bacteria theory offers seemingly
powerful weapon. but how many Of
the purchasers Of garments manufac.
tured In these hotbeds OF disease have
any idea Of the contamination lurking
f. tair folds Or can be induced to be-
lievsin it, Tie deadly fascination Of
buying an article that seems phenom-
enally cheap, Is too great to be resist
cd. The same spirit that actuates the
sweater is here in . greatly diminished
degree 1t constitutes the real heart
Of this evil. which is one OF the crown
ing curses that our carefully nurtured
spirit Of greed has laid upon us.
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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
A Hawk and a Rather Fight to
a Finish.

A party OF Illinois sportsmen wit.
messed u savage combat on the banks
Of Barnett Lake. opposite Elizabeth
town, ILL.,, recently between large
hawk and an immense rattlesna,ie that
had evidently crawled from an adjoin-
ing hillside to the lako after water.
Their attention was first attracted 10
the hawk suddenly darling from his
position in pecan tree to the ground
and then rising again to repeat the
same operation. Seeing the hawk re-
peat this dozen or more times arous-
ed the curiosity OF the sportsmen to as
certain the cause OF its strange act
ions. Creeping through the bushes
they arrived at the edge OF small
opening and were surprised TO find II
la:ge rattlesnake with the blood ooz-
ing from several wounds in its bacs
and sides. With its head erect the en-
ragged reptile was watching the every
movement of it's feathered enemy.
The hawk seemed to instinctivoly rea-
lie that it had the sympathy OF the
hunters, and as they took their
position within n few yards OF tho rat
der it made another dart at It's danger-
Gus foe. To avoid the reptiles deadly
fangs the hawk would swoop down rs
II to attack the snake and suddenly
wheel to one side to avoid tho stroke
and then return and make his attack
before the snake had timo to rctol.
This was repeated time after time ana
the RATHER, evidently realizing that 1t
was getting tho worst OF this strange
engagement, suddenly uncoiled ana
started ON hasty retreat for log
heap near by. Taking in the si'ua'io1
the hawk made II sudden dart ana
catching the reptile just behind the
head with its sharp talons it raised IN"
snake from the ground and scare
away to the northeast, the frantic
movements OF the snakes body beng
visible us far us the eye could discern
The spectators to this peculiar battle
say that the snake was about three
feet long and that its tail was adorned
with dozen or more rattles.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19


THIS is q practical era. and on all
sides is warfare raging against senti-
ment against idealism against poetry.
There is hammering at the doors oil
every tradition. and the violence Of
fered to old sweet faiths and precious
beliefs is in the name OF science
though science itself walks lame and
hating and uncertain where it pre-
tends to guide. What with modern
theories OF divorce. OF selection. OF
cremation. etc, all that unified and
beautif!ed the family and thereby gave
security to the state is being under
mined. and in the ignOrantly shouted
name of science human character is in
danger OF being ground to dust be-
tween the stones OF utility and mater
ialism
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
The Picturesque Eye.

Sir Walter Scott usually saw with
appreciative, searching eyes the scenes
in nature which he described. They
are therefore accurate and picturesque
But sometimes he relied upon his
imagination rather than upon his eyes.
Miss Edgeworth, while a guest at
AbbOttsford. asked him to visit with
her the ruins of MelrOse Abbey by
night at the same time quoting his
famous lines
III thou would'st view fair MelrOse Alright,
Go visit it by the pale moonlight
Yes" answered Scott. .'let us go
by all MEANS for have never seen it. -
But the novelist had an Imagination
which summoned before him any scene
he would describe. He had both the
artists and the poets eye. What he
had seen he handed over to his imagin-
alton to work up. and that made it
natural and picturesque.
Not a few men resemble Wordsworth i
Peter Bell
"A primrose by a rivers brim
A yellow primrose was to him,
And 1t was nothing more"
A well-known artist, famous for his
farm scenes met one of this class who
having eyes see not.
/. The artist in sketching ramble
saw a cottage made picturesque by
leaving Nature to work her own sweet
will. Brambles. wild roses. honey
suckles. lichens and MOSES covered
it.
The artist asked permission OF the
owner. who was lounging ut the door.
to paint it. Receiving his consent he
said he would return early next morn
ing. and begin his task.
He was there, n little after sunrise.
TO be met by the owner with smirk-
ing smile of self congratulation.
I've been up since daybreak get
ting the cottage ready for YOU" he
said.
The painter was disguised rs he
looked upon the cottage, transformed
from its picturesqueness into o neat
and carefully trimmed house. Every
loose branch had been cut away. and
the wild roses and honeysuckles all
ruthlessly Topped.
He did not paint that cottage. Sat
Evening Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
The graveyard has been the defense

The graveyard has been the defense
OF nations no less than walls and fortifi-
cations. since the desire to keep sacred
the resting place OF the beloved or re-
vered dead has steeled hearts to vic
tory where bulwarks have failed to
ward off defeat Whether the idea OF
laying our dead to rest in marked and
sheltered ground be Christian or pagan.
it is one the heart should cherish for
what Of the divine it guards in our
natures
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

HAVANA. Oct ai.-The notorioua
bandit, PaicnAncia. was xilled by
koldies IN the San Juan woods near
Colon. As inc troops were passing
through the woods they came upon the
bandit and Mt once began firing upon
him. kalling him elwQat instantly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19

QUINCY. H., Oct. 23.--The conven.
tion of the Supreme Western Catholic
union in this city opened with good
attendance OF delegates from all over
the State. The business transacted
The following officers were elected:
supreme president. A. II. Hcinc, OF
Quincy; supreme vice president, I. A.
Dieter. Of Napcrville supreme finan.
cial secretary. Henry Schauf: supreme
recording secretary, Henry Ording. Jr. !;
supreme treasurer, II. A. Cening; trus-
tees. Fred volibrncht. George borden.
kirchcr and Anton Binkert.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-11-19
A Tired Skeleton.

Living Skeleton (only one in Amer
lea, at dime museum) These folks
mako me tired"
Sympathetic Visitor-"In what
wayp"
Here am earning $500 week a.
the greatest living skeleton. yet nouf
alter hour. day in an day out. one oiu
woman after another stops an chlhs
ind chins at me about the things
ought to eat to get fat"-New iorA
Weekly.
A Phenomenon.
Scho0l-teacher--''What is pne-
nomenonp'
Little Girl (from Chicago) "a
gen'man out walking with his o"S
wife."-New York Weekly.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
BIG PRIZES FOR LIVE STOCK.

Chief Buchanan of the Worlds Col
umbian Exposition Live Stock De-
paitment has sent out about 5000
copies of the live stock premium list
to the various fair and breeders as
sociations of the country, and is re-
ceiying responses which show that
the live stock exhibit at the EXPOSE
tion will be something tremendous.
Besides the large premiums offered by
the Exposition for live stock exhibit,
all the various breeders associations
are offering large prizes, notably for
ShorthOrns, Herefords and Jerseys.
AS an evidence Of the widespread in
terest taken in the live stock show A.
e. Mansell, of Shropshire, England,
offers prize of $500 for the best AM
erican bred Shropshire ram. The
State of Illinois offers $4,000 in pre-
miums for live stock; the Clydesdale
horse breedrs offer 5000 extra prizes;
the cattle associations offer extra
prizes as follows: Galloway, $4,000;
Shorthorn, $4,000: Hereford, $1,000:
Jersey, $4,000, and Holstein, $4,000.
The swine, sheep and dog breeders
also offer extra money prizes. The
money prizes to be paid for live stock
will amount TO $3.50, 900 or more, which,
of course, includes the sum Of S150,OO0
voted by the Exposition company for
premiums in that department. The
Exposition buildings for the accom-
mediation of live stock will cover thir-
ty acres.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

THE Winona Republican came across
a Lacrosse gentleman the other day
who had just returned from the north
western part of the state, and here is
the way he unbOsomed himself regard
ing the wheat crop and the crying
need for help; "The size of the wheat
crop is something wonderful, and
threshing will not be completed until
some time in January. Twelve and
half cents per bushel is paid for thresh-
ing, and the Great Northern railway
has reduced rates sos as to get ma
chimes TO go out and thresh the grain.
This road now takes the machine and
a full crew from St. Paul to the Red
River country and return for the sum
of seventy dollars, and machines are
making fifty dollars a day. Men are
needed badly and the wages are as
high as three dollars a day and board.
The yield Of wheat was from thirty to
forty bushels per acre, and the crop is
SO enormous that the farmers will
never miss what may be rotted by the
rains during the delay in threshing."
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Public Opinion as Reflected Through
the Press.
(St. Paul Dispatch. }

(St. Paul Dispatch.)
There is not the least doubt that
every resident of Minnesota is desir-
Gus that this state shall be we'll re-
presented at the worlds fair, and that
could the urgent necessity Of more
funds be fully appreciated there would
be a ready response. The date for
holding the fair is, however, so far
distant that it is difficult for many
people to realize the present import
ance of the commission knowing that
the cash at their disposal will be suf-
ficient. The method now adopted by
the commission for securing an adj
ditional 100000 is one which throws
prop0rtiOnate share upon the varl-
Gus counties and making the burden
upon each OF them, outside Of Henne-
pin and Ramsey, comparatively light.
Of the different plans proposed for
Immediately raising the amounts in
the respective counties there can be
but little doubt that the first that
of a few individuals raising it upon
their own responsibility-will be the
most satisfactory and produce the
most immediate results.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
PEOPLE AND EVENTS.

MOODY will spend the winter "a
broad. Great Britain wants him, and
DR.. Pentecost, late of Brooklyn, sends
up the Macedonian cry from India.
BALTIMORE is to try some test cases
under its "blue laws" Last Sunday
176 persons were reported as doing
such violence to the veal of the COM
monwealth as backing boots. rowing
boats, letting cabs, delivering ice
cream, selling fruit, cigars, soda
water, etc.
ALTHOUGH Mr.. Edmunds is no long
er a Senator he expects to spend the
winter in Washington. His wife says
that she has many friends there whom
she will now have chance to get &C
Quainted with. The obligations Of
official society will not now hamper
her.
A FEW years ago young man be-
came clerk in railroad Office for the
late ex-Congressman William L. Scott,
of Erie. He was faithful IN a few
things and has now been made man
ager over much. In his win Mr.. w.
Scott leaves an estate of about $780,
100000, and he appoints this former
humble clerk to take general charge
of the management Of the immense
fortune, with salary of $685.
year.
AS UNLIMITED as were the great
patriots opportunity for appropriate
ing countless lucrative government
offices to the use of his relatives, it
appears that there are now but two
people related to General Grant hold
ing place in Washington. One is
Captain Ross, of the Treasury Depart
ment, full cousin of General Great;
and the other Miss Nellie Grant Ross,
his daughter, employed in the Census
Bureau.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

EX-PRESIDENT CLEVELAND sees
his opportunity for making a ''ten
strike" for the Democratic nomina-
tion for President and he is improving
it. His supplications for party sup
port of the New York Tammany tick
ct is truly affecting, and if anybody
can bring the recalcitrant Dems. back
into the fold Grover can. When he
cries out piteously for help and
strength with which to carry Flower
through the raging storm of popular
disapproval, Mr.. Cleveland's audience
is at once reminded that he is spa" "
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
ROSE HANGED.
The Redwood Murderer Swung
Into Eternity at 5 O'clock
This Morning.
The Rope Gave away on the First
Drop, But a Second Trial
Did It's Work.
Special to the FREE PRESS.

AeA@~1 ~NA-''S-
REDWOOD FALLS, OCT. 18TH.
The execution of William Rose oc-
Cured here this morning at CLOCK.
As he was led upon the scaffold and
before the cap was drawn over his face,
the condemned man made a brief
speech in which he stated that SLAYER
was, in his opinion, the murderer of
Moses Lufkin.
The trap was sprung at 5 o'clock
sharp. One Of those horrible mishaps
occurred which causes the hearts of
strong men to grow faint. The rope
broke and the half strangled victim
fell with sickening thud. He was
Immediately carried upon the platform
and the second attempt proved
successful. He was pronounced
dead in eleven minutes.
Rose showed the most remarkable
nerve, not once faltering or hesitating
and met death without tiinching.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
Winnehago City Press.

The Worlds Fair Board of Commits
siOners for Minnesota. have issued an
appeal asking each county TO contri-
butte, by subscription, according to It's
assessed valuation. Under this ar
rangement the sum Faribault county
would be obliged to raise is set down
in the column as 1910. Every progress
sive citizen believes the young and
growing State of Minnesota ought to
be represented in good shape at the
Worlds Fair in 1893. AS the Commits
sioners say, it will doubtless require
the sum Of S150,000 to make credi-
table showing. In our opinion, if an
effort is made, the sum of 1910 can be
raised for this purpose in Faribault
county.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

BUDD DoBLE is great driver He
has no superior in the world. Will
liams has great horse. Allerton is
the fastest stallion in the world. The
race at Lexington, KY, Thursday be-
tween Delmarck and Allerton, the
former substituted for Nancy Hanks
on account of the illness of the mare,
drew an immense crowd Of people.
But Allerton won easily in three
straight heats, the time being 2:l33,
2:15, 2:15&. Independence still main
tains the proud position of having
produced the king of the turf.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
THE Methodists. Presbyterians and

THE Methodists, Presbyterians and
Baptist have all asked, through their
respective bodies in convention, that
the Worlds Fair be closed on Sunday.
Advocates of Sunday opening have
thus far maintained profound silence.
The management of the Fair will
have delicate task to perform when
it comes to determining this question,
but if it shall conclude to recognize
the Sabbath day according toreligious
teachings, there can be no well found
ed opposition of serious character.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

st. Peter Herdld:-While an admir-
er of Grover Cleveland and more than
an admirer of handsome Mrs. Cleve-
land, we certainly are not in sympathy
with the vastness of gush that has
made its appearance upon the birth OF
a baby in their household. 1t Savors
too much of Goldfish aristocracy.
Tut. tut, Johnson; you're no papa,
or you would not speak with such
''vastness." An old batch like you
has no right to criticise adversely
Baby Ruth gush.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

IT is fact that a very small pro-
portion of the threshing and blowing
is done up to this time While North
Dakota crop lies rotting and bleach
ing in the shock, and the cry has gone
out for more machines and men, to
rescue their great crop, there is need
of greater activity right here in south
ern Minnesota, if we expect to garner
the years crop before winter sets in.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

a London report states that Lord
Salisbury has offered the government
leadership in the house of commons,
made vacant by the dcAth of William
Henry Smith, to Arthl: James Balfour,
secretary for Ireland W. Balfour
succeeded John MOI ICY iii charge Of
Irish affairs, aud Immediately inStitu-
ted system, which " nile very thor
ough in details, did .ot commend him
to the good graces of the Irish people.
He called for coercive measures and
got them, and then carried them out
to their full extent, this caused him
to be known among the people as
"BlOody Balfour," and by
other similar pet" names, but ht
simply regarded such illusions as com
pliments, and moved on regardless o
criticisms. Last winter, however, h
changed his course and made toI
of Ireland, which has resulted in
change of his views upon that ques-
ton. He has since advocated meas
ureS for the relief OF distress, and has
given freely from his own pocket to
funds for that purpose, and has, as a
result, become beIy popular in many
portions of Ireland. He is regarded
as the ablest Tory in parliament, but
whether, if he accepts the leadership,
he can retrieve The crumbling power
Of the Salisbury government, is some-
thing for the future TO reveal.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
minneapolis Journal.)

The commissioners ask for the ac-
tive work of public spirited citizens
in each county. They will probably
be able to get such effective co-opera-
tion if they will proceed at once
through the counties themselves and
strongly stimulate the interest of cit
liens in the fair. The people need to
be Weakened on the subject and then
they will not hesitate to go to work.
The quotas are within the ability Of
every county. 1t is worth while, in
deed, it is absolutely essential for the
honor of the state that the program
should be carried out.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
Col. J. B. WEBER, superintendent

Col. j. B. WEBER, superintendent
of immigration. who has been in
Europe for two or three months back,
studying the social and industrial
condition there, has returned. He
reports that his trip has been fruitful
in its results, but will say nothing
until his report is submitted to the
proper authorities at Washington,
further than that he had much evil
dence of nature SO startling that it
would be deemed incredible had he
not proof of its authenticity.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

THE Democratic newspapers are
not quoting actual prices in compari-
son. They are merely vociferating
their theory and figuring upon the
presumption that this theory is cor
rect. But it isn't correct aud for
that innocent reason the whole De-
mocIatic ''tax" argument falls to the
ground.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23
(St. Paul News.l

No one will blame the commission
for not making satisfactory exhibit,
because every one will understand
that $50, 900 is inadequate. 1t is the
one opportunity Of a lifetime TO dis
play the advantages of Minnesota, and
our legislature was too niggardly to
grasp the situation, and the state
must suffer the consequences.
The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1891-10-23

WITH fourteen millionaireS' sitting
upon the platform in New York to
listen to Grover Cleveland's Cooper
Union speech, it does look very much
as though the democratic party is a
''poor mans party. Sure!