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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
PECULIAR PEOPLE.

Vim. Barensticker, of Trenton, N. j.,
has been arrested ON tho charge Of having
six wiveA
Ono pound and half was the weight of
an infant who died recently near Good
water, Ala
A Green Creek IN. j. minister, besides
preaching three times ON Sunday and
holding frequent song services during tho
week. cuts his own wood, raises his own
farm produce and is engaged in the poul-
try business.
All the members of the Pier family, in
Milwaukee, comprising father, mother and
three daughters, are attorneys at-law.
Each member Of the family is a specialist
in some branch of legal learning and the
mother Is United States court commits.
siOner.
Mrs Frank Fogel of Brookville, Ind :,
totally blind for ten years, does her own
shousework, even to making her clothes
and tending to flowers, of which she has .
choice collection. 1t il claimed there Is
no neater home in Brookville than the one
over which she presides.
1.-THE smallest man in the world" q
midget from Holland, twenty -four years
Of age, who calls himself prince Mig
hon" has been exhibiting in Berlin. This
little chap, who is exactly two feet high.
IL perfectly formed human being, and
his performances as an acrobat arc really
wonderful.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Palace of Echoes.

The most remarka BILE place of echoes
in the world is perhaps in the old
palace of Simonetta, near Milan, which
forms three sides of quadrangle. The
report of pistol is said to be repeated
by this echo sixty times. Addison,
who visited this place. counted tifty-six
repetitions. At first they were quick,
but the intervals were greater in pro-
portion as the sound diminished. The
echo at the Eagles Nest, on the banks
of Killarney. is renowned for its repeti-
ton of bugle call, which seems to be
repeated by hundred Instruments,
until it gradually dies away in the air.
At the report of a cannon the loudest
thunders reverberate from the rock
and die in seemingly endless peals
along the distant mountains. There is
also q famous echo on the Rhine, be-
tween Coblentz and Bingen, which re-
peats word seventeen times, while in
the sepulcher of Metella, the wife of
Sulla, in the Roman campagna, there
is an echo which repeats five times.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
CHILE THE MIDGET.
HOW THE LITTLE NATION 10
GOVERNED.
It's Present Popular Army Numbers About
$4,000 Men, with Militia Force of
About 61,OOO-vessels In the Navy
Santiago, valpsraiso.

Before the recent revolution the reg
ular army had been reduced by law
passed in December, 1889. The total
number Of men under the colors could
not exceed 5,ss5. distributed in two
regiments of artillery, one battalion of
sappers and miners, eight battalions of
infantry, and three regiments of cavul-
ry, plus one battalion of coast artillery
of 500 men. The number of officers in
active service was 943. Besides the
regular army there is the guardia
naciOnal sedentaria, consisting of arti,
lery, s,97O men, and infantry, 42.1oO
men-making total of 81, 200 organ
lied for mobilization when needed.
The Chilean navy has always been a
matter of even more dissatisfaction
than the army. 1t consists of two IRON
clads, each of 2,O33 tons, monitor of
1,l3O tons, two corvettes of 1,1O1 tons,
two gunboats of ego and 755 tons, n
cruiser of 5000 tons, another of
4s5 tons, ten torpedo-boats of from 40
to 400 horse power. An ironclad of
6, 9O2 tons and two cruisers of $50 tons
each were built in France, and two
torpedo boats in England last winter
Thd naval forces consisted in 1889 of
1913 officers, $50 engineers, pursers, in
spectors, and 1,2S5 sailors and men of
the crews. There is an excellent naval
college. All this NAV seem Insignificant
in comparison with the great armed
forces of Europe, but the Chileans arc
the Prussians of South America. and to
them their navy seems to be the COM
mencement of a mighty future.
The recent revolution in Chile is not
the first. In 1910 Chile revolted from
Spain, and a junta was formed with
secret design to overthrow the northern
country, and after Il struggle of ten
years a constitution was adopted. In
1888 the present constitution was pro.
mulgated. In 1864 Chile sympathized
with Peru in her struggle with Spain.
In 1871 treaty was effected, and since
that time Chile has made great material
and intellectual progress.
Santiago, the Chilean capital, is stu
ated in the interior of the country at
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Marriage Among the era cker..

Mr.. Marsh says he often finds fau
ly of six or eight Tennessee ''cracke1
living in one or two rooms. He sav
as a rule, they are shiftless and la1
and that ''to be content is their natu1
desire. They ask no angels wings
seraph's fire." He is amazed al h
number of mere children who man
there--boys of seventeen marryi]
girls of fourteen! The neighbors
them up house of one room and ri
them an acre, of corn. Possibly h
father of one can give a pig to be R
tened for next years meat, and d
haps the father of the other can sd
a heifer calf to share the "scrapsr n
swill with the grunting pig. Somehc|
we know, the bridegroom's moth
must spare chicken or two to provi
her sons wife with fresh eggs now d
then for batter bread for breakfast; a
the brides mother. if possible, "
provide a feather bed. made Of carei
savings of chicken feathers, and a fan
patchwork quilt or two. Mr.. Mar
says these children brides and groo
begin life with all it's stern realities
this miserably provided for sort ofw'
and that the children born unto tn,
seldom laugh and romp joyously i
other children, but look as if they VI
born tired and were in hard wor
and married women of twenty look
old as their more fortunate Ameril
sisters or Englishwomen at thirty-f
or forty.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
CLAUDIO VIC UNA.

the foot of the great Cordilleras, and at
a distance of four hours by express
train from it's port, Valparaiso. 1t is a
pleasant and rich city, highly favored
in point of climate. Rain falls only
during four winter months The mean
temperature in summer is 20 degrees
and in winter "a degrees, 1t has pop
Fulation of 10000. Since the war
against Peru women have been en-
ployed as conductors of the horse-cars,
and it is the only country in the world
where women are engaged in such
work. The genuine Chilean house is
the old Spanish house, built around one
or more court-yards, and shut from the
street by an open wrought-iron gate
and by heavy wooden doors that close
at night. Otherwise the architecture
of other countries prevails.
In the late war against Peru the
Chilean soldiery showed that they
plumber with a savage ferocity. This
Antofagasta, have made Chile wealthy.
Education was the great hobby of
Balmaceda, and 7,OOO, GOO Chilean dol
lars were expended last year in the de-
partment of public instruction. Santi-
aeo has eight daily four-page papers,
which publish more than 10000 copies
daily. In Valparaiso four dailies are
published. The demand for news is
great, and never cause the editors to
sacrifice cOntemplative cigarette.
Politics is the absorbing subject in
Chile. The President is elected every
Ave years by electors appointed directly
by the provinces. He administers
through six ministers chosen by him
self, and a council Of state composed Of
eleven membership elected by Con-
gress and five appointed by the Presi-
dent. The council is not remunerated
The President appoints and removes at
| will the intendentes or governors of
provinces. These latter appoint sub
delegates, and SO on down to the in
spectors of districts. The municipal
| authority is vested in city councils
elected every three years. but their
activity is limited. The judicial power
is vested in magistrates appointed under
| certain rules by the President. but they
can not be revoked without legal
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
California Wine.

California wine seems to have a more
delicious flavor to some connoissenrs
when it is sent to France. and comes
back in French casks, stamped as a
French product. Cne train which re-
Gently passed over the Southern Pacific
railroad had ten cars loaded with Cali
fornia wine. en- route to the Atlantic
seaboard, for shipment to France,
whence it will be transhipped to the
United States, sold here at greatly adj
vanced prices, and no doubt relished by
deluded wine-drinkers as something far
superior to anything of the kind pro-
duced in this country.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21

live and teach in district No. o the
American flag shall wave over the
school-house, and the first man who
tries to haul it down shall perish ON
the spot"
Gen. Travis presented the letter at the
Grand Army post, to the Sons of
Veterans camp and to Washington camp,
No. 6, Patriotic Order Sons of America.
All these orders met, passed resolutions
condemning the insult to the flag and
voted to stand by the spunlsy little wom-
an to the bitter end. Gen. Travis drove
down into the swamp of Clark township
and called at school-house No. 8. Sure
enough new flag fioatad over the build
ing and inside the schoolhouse sat Miss
O'Connor instructing classes and keep
ing guard over ''Old Glory" with first
class repeating rifle, which stood in a
little niche just back of her desk. She
rooms just across the road and within
easy rifle range of the fiag-pole, SO a
night attack is as likely to be attended
with disastrous resultsas one made under
the light of the MONDAY sun. Miss
O'COnnor stated to Gen. Travis that
she meant just what she said in
her letter. She would protect the flag
herself and merely wished the Grand
Army to see that the miscreants were
punished to the full extent of the law.
AS she appeared amply able to take
care of No. l, Gen. Travis returned to
Craw louisville and reported the status
of affairs at the seat of war. Suisse
quently paper was put in circulation
among the citizens of Charlottesville
and over 800 raised with which to pur-
chase q silken flag of large proportions.
The church societies will take similar
collections. The affair has caused great
excitement and all good citizens unite
in praising and upholding plucky Miss
O'Connor, the Hoosier school-mistress.
The offenders are still loud and inso-
lent. boasting as to how the flag will
soon be down again, but it is thought
that they will hardly venture near the
staff SO long as they know that Miss
O'Connor carries a gun loaded with
death-dealing lead, for they know that
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21

every three deputies, each Senator re-
naming in service six years.
During the last six administrations
Chile has been an oligarchy. The ont.
going President has invariably named
his Successor. The great point at issue
in Chile has been whether the Presidn.
shall continue to WELD the enormous
power granted him or whether it shall
be vested in the Congress. -.
Among South American republics
Chile has the rare privilege of being
not only solvent, but of having an eX-
cellent credit, Her credit stands on II
level with France. :.
VALPARAISO is a business town; its
streets arc well filled with shops and
the shops are in minority compared,
with Offices, banks, warehouses. ana
mercantile establishments. The pusi-
ness enterprise is carried on principally
by foreigners. English capital is the
chief agent in opening up and utilizing
the riches of Chile.
The lower classes of Chile have lived
in an unhygienic condition, and large
majority of the children die in infancy
The Chilean peon is the lowest class.
He is an indefatigable worker and by
no means wanting in intelligence. and
is wonderful for strength and endur'
ance. They work by fits and starts,
spend their money as fast as they get
il, and never think of the future.
Chileans are pleasant and agreeable
people to deal with. Their land is full
of natural beauties and mineral wealth
They are hospitable people, having
an outward semblance of refinement
but it is prefera BILE not to probe the
surface too deeply.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Tho Old Guard.

A dispatch from Providence, r. L.,
says: A new organization is to be
formed here at once, the primary OBJ
iect OF which is to put a stop to fraudu-
lent and questionable pensions, and to
expose those that have already been
granted. The promoters of the new
organization will style themselves the
Old Guard. Eligibility to membership
in the Old Guard will consist, first, of
membership in good standing in the
Grand Army of the Republic, and,
secondly, of not less than thirty months
actual service either in the army or
navy.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21

in the color OF Lydia and some OF che
observers thought that it must have
been suddenly overlooked by water,
since it had assumed the color charac-
teristic of the other regions of Mars
that are supposed to be water-covered
Other similar changes have been seen
by telescopists on Mars Now that a
now lake has been formed on the earth.
why may not a similar phenomenon
have taken place in Marse
A recent eruption on the suns face
photographed. and lasted for fully If
teen minutes. Its angular height
showed 1t to be a disturbance causing
the vapors to ascend fully 80. 900
miles -Phila. Record.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Old friend Of tho family-ssAnd this is
title Augustaf'' Little Augusta (of by
gone years)-''No,s sir; I've grown up now
Pm Gussie. Puck.
Theodore Cumpny-"You take the arm
chair, Sylvia" Sylvia Threads tho; you
take 1t, Teddy" Suppose
we-both take itr'-Puck.
Miss Lowell of Boston--"Are you fond
of Bacon, Miss FargoP' Miss Fargo of
Chicago--''So, SO, Miss Lowell, but spare
ribs Is about my ordinary gait. Truth.
Judge Ito q very homely old maid) -
"Miss, in what year were you bornr
Witness-'I the year 1885," Judge
Before or after Christf'-Texas Slit.
ings.
He--"You don't think l stay too late,
do you." She-"No. My complaint is
the other way" He" You mean leave
too early," She" No. You come to
early. "-Epoch.
Here's mother writes for informa-
ton how to keep her sixteen year-old son
in at nights, said the answers to cores
pondence man to the managing editor
"Tell her to cut his hair herself, instead
Of sending him to barber" replied the
Enthusiastically Life.
Under the main entrance to one of our
churches a poor woman, shivcring with
cold aud holding baby in her arms, ap.
pealed to the charity of the passers by.
why, your infant Is OF pasteboard! ~
| said a gentleman, as he tapped its nose
which sounded hard and resonant. '.Oh
l beg your pardon. Monsieur. It is sc
cold l left the real one at home PRO
gress dc Chillac.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
A Danish College for Women Teachers

The Danish government has intro
duced bill in the Folkething about
the erection of state college for
women teachers. It is calculated to
accommodate sixty-four women. The
term extends over three years, and no
girl can be received who has not COM
pleted her 18th year. In connection with
the college it is proposed to have a
state school for some thirty or forty
children of ages between and 10, so as
to afford the intending teachers an OPP
portunity of useful and practical teach
ing. 1t is proposed to place the college
in Jutland,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Lots OF FINN for 03O.

A young woman in Minneapolis so
willingly received the attentions of an
eligible bachelor that she frequently
entertained him with delicious suppers.
Time passed, the fever of courtship
cooled on his part. and one evening he
staggered her with the information
that he could never be more than a
brother to her. She sued him for the
meals she had furnished him, and the
tickle fellow had to pay her $40. ~
never had SO much fun for so little
money" the mean fellow remarked as
he handed ont the cash.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
JULES VERNE'S VISION.
Things He Predicts For this World 1.O0%
Years Hence.

Things He Predicts For this World Loon
Years Hence.
M. Jules Verne has been speculat-
ing as to what will be the daily life of
people l, 900 years hence. AS science
extends her dominion it is noticeable
how increasingly ambitious such fore.
casts become.
Nothing will satisfy M. Verne but
aerial trains travelling at the rate Of
625 miles an hour; q transatlantic tub
ular service. conveying the traveller
from London to New York in 295 min
utes; q ''teleph0te" which enables peo-
pie in different hemispheres to dine
with each other or at least to see and
converse with each other while eating.
and accumulators for condensing and
radiating at will the suns rays. Such
are the advantages to be enjoyed by
the inhabitants OF q certain city called
Universal City," the capital Of the
United States In the year OF grace 1891.
England by that time will. accord
ing to NJ Verne have become prov
ince OF the United States.
The public will be kept informed Of
the latest political Developments not
only upon the terrestrial globe. but
upon Jupiter. Mars and Venus. Not
that they will read newspapers
Tbs newspapers of the day will be
spoken. Brilliant descriptive writer's
will be retained to speak through the
telephone to millions of subscribers,
and daily installments OF novels to be
continued tomorrow morning will be
given by popular authors.
Man is to be fed on the choicest
viands laid on as New river water is
at present and it will be sufficient to
step into toilet cabinet to be tubbed.
shaved. dressed and brushed in the
space OF two minutes.
Even new digestive apparatus.
warranted for two years" will be
obtainable. But one thing we. OF
rather our posterity. are told not tc
expect. They must not expect to live
forever.
A certain DR.. Faithburn's expert.
ment in freezing his own body and
causing himself to be kept for lO(
years turns out complete failure, &c
obstinately does he refuse to be resus
citated. Pail Mall Budget.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
An AMERICAN WOMAN.
INDIANA HAS A SAMPLE OF
woMAN,s TRUE NOBILITY.
Tier Name Is Emma O'Connor' """ S"o
Will Shoot Down Like Dog the
Frat Insulter of the American Flag
A Worthy School-Teacher.

The example set by good old Barbara
Erietchie MANY wears ago has found
oornterpart in the action OF brave
Hoosier school-mistress, who. defiantly
rlutchinp a rifle, stands daring any man
mr. set of men to again haul down the
American flag from the school-house OF
which she has control. Miss Emma
OConnor of Charlottesville that
state. is greatly Inundated to think
that the little cotton flag upon which
She set such store was torn down and
DESTROYED, recently, by lawless band
~ IGNORANT miscreants, who have SEEM
ingly forgotten that the great war
enoch ended quarter of century ago.
That the wanton insult to the flag may
not occur again she has made fort
and arsenal of her school-house, and
declares that she is now prepared 10 de
fend sOld Glory with her life's blood.
That she will do just what she says no
one doubts, for Miss O'Connor comes
Of fighting stock. An ancestor fell IN
the war Of the revolution, her grand.
fathers bones bleach on the plains OF
Mexico, while her own father sleeps on
a Southern battlefield.
After the assault on the flag, Miss
OConnor wrote stirring letter to Gen
c. NJ. Travis, past department com
mander, who resides in Charlottesville
She narrated the circumstances sur
rounding the insult, requested that hi
renort the affair to the Grand Army o.
the Republic and closed with the fol
lowing stirring words: Il shall pro
cure another flagstaff and raise an
other flag next Monday. if l have to d.
it myself, and it shall stay there, too
NV father died in defense of the star
and will too, if need be, for while
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
To UpIift the Unfortunate
WILLIAM s. HOLMAN.
dent.

. Some months ago Mrs. Gilbert ',
gate and other thoughtful .omes
Orange, N. Y, organized q ciuc d
girls in the hat and box factorles,
small cottage was rented as ~
house, but it soon became apparenia
insure success a resident interests
the work was needed in the CO..
And in answer to the need Mlss vi u;
Hall, sister of Mrs. Colgate anu -,
Marion Pease of Buffalo have ua I'm
their residence in the little houss Z. wi j,
they have furnished with exquls'h,S v Il
plicity. The work undertakel ~ :" :,
two girls is similar to that OF W. '. 4
tage settlement in New YORK, oa' Il
club which holds its meetings ..r !,
house is entirely self-suppor:,nsd AR.
has formed the usual classes ~ sou
making, cooking, etc. when a. De-,
in all working girls clubs m ths wol
brings rare musical talent tosn rs
and has organized large cno and
which she will be accOmpan'''
StructOr. ..
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21

McMillin of Tennessee. He is as much
devoted to the principles of free trade
as is Mr.. Mills. He was Mr.. Mills
lieutenant in the tariff fight of 1890, as
he was in that which was waged in the
Fiftieth Congress. He was born in
Kentucky, and, unlike Mills and Crisp,
he did not serve in the Confederate
army. He is a good debater; his ten-
per is not so hot as that of Mr.. Mills,
nor is he SO cool and dispassionate as
MIR. Crisp. He is a very pleasant fellow
to meet, and is popular among women.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
or Course 1t Will.

Experts are predicting that n. .ser III i
of to-day will fall to pieces E g,,e uspl
middle OF the next century. "a Two
in the books that have s1rv1veIh hand
three centuries was made y ~ ms uss
honest rags and without The ink 4,
strong chemicals, while . ',,uch Of
made of nutgalls. To-day m At lesst
part, OF wood pulp treated d with eam Rss|
full acids, while the ink IS . i At VI
of various substances natuia .h;ch il
with the fiimsy paper upon nccnturil
laid. The printing OF TWO that Of \
ago has improved with aG s;n tifty yes1
day, it is feared, will wl1i h the pss1
have eaten its way through A lesd
added the sardonic commen. :, ,tt 70 y
question was highly unimpof
great ma iority of authors
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Mother SMtlsli ed.

Mother-Td just like to know. who
this young man is that you have en-
gagged yourself to.
Daughter-Oh. he comes Of splen-
did family.
docs his family object to the
match"'
Yes"
Then guess he's all right -
New York Weekly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
A Patriot.

Benjamin Parnell, an Arkansas man,
recently won a handsome money prize
offered by the Bradley County Fair as
ISOLATION to the man having the largest
family. He won it by appearing on the
fair grounds with his wife and ninety
eight descendants. OF these descend
ants twenty-one were his own offspring,
fifty were grandchildren and twenty
seven were great-grandchildren
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
Arizona and Sugar Beets.

The Arizona territorial legislature at
its last session passed an act exempt
ing all land used in the cultivation of
sugar beets, as well as the plant and
machinery employed in the manufac-
ture of domestic sugar, from taxation
for ten wears.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
COnxressman Holman.

Congressman Holman of indiana
one of the oldest members OF the I
tional Congress. At only brief int
walls since the war has he been abse
from the halls of Congress at Washin
ton. This is not the only time
name has been prominently mention
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1892-01-21
News or the skies.

The new lake in California may
throw light upon some Of the mystic
rious changes that have occurred upon
the planet Mars. Near the equator Of
Mars there is a region which has been
believed to be part Of the dry land Of
that planet and which has been named
Lydia by the Italian astronomer Schi-
aparelli.
a few days ago change occurred