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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
THE POLECAT.
The Elite of One species of 1t Produces
I.ydroplOE.a.


IIy9rophOb.a.
Us the skunk a dangerous animal!
/ should say So" remarked Mr.. e. p.
Glaze of st. Louis at the Hotel Page.
Il know very many people Will be sur
prised at the assertion, but there is
one species of this unpopular tribe that
is as much to be dreaded as rattle
snake, as learned one year while So
iournng in western Texas. One night
in midsummer party OF US were camp
ing out on the prairie OF Llano county
when we were awakened by the screams
of colored boy who had been taken
along to cook for the outfit. He said
that something had bitten him, and eX-
animation showed that his head was
pretty badly torn. There were unmls-
taxable evidences of a skunk in the
vicinity, and there was no doubt that
it had done the deed.
THE sequel is that a few days later
the boy died a most horrible death OF
hydrophobia. l learned that it was not
a rare thing for the bite of these miser-
able little cats tor produce that dread
ailment, and several well-authenticated
cases of it occurred before l left the
state. Some people think that hydro
phobia finds it's origin in these ami
, mails"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
PRINTERS INK.

The best ad you can get is none too
good.
An advertisement does not improve
with age.
Advertising will not injure the finest
fabric.
Ads, like bread, are easily spoiled in
the making.
An ad must have some push in order
to have any pull.
An ad should be the concentrated
essence of sense.
1t is more important to watch your
lads" than your clerk.
United they stand, divided they fall
business and advertising.
When business begins to slacken, let
your ads begin to lengthen.
If you have anything to tell the pub
lie, do it in telling manner.
Make your ad so pointed that 1t will
pierce through the eye into the mind.
You must have interest in your ad-
vertising II you want to make capital
out of it.
Advertising is like medicine. Very
often the belief that 1t will cure you
does half the work.
It Is easier to fill space than to pay
for it. Waste NO words. but weight
them all with meaning.
Silence is not golden In business
Talk, and talk loudly and often. II you
want to make trade.
Business may be done without adver.
Using, so will grain grow without fer
! tilixers. But what will the harvest be-
| Printers Ink.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
They told him they were not fools

They told him they were not fools.
Bloodgood was a killer" and there
was no one who cared to follow him up.
When he found they would not 60,
the boy literally screamed:
"You are all cowards-cowards-
towards! Give me gun! l will fol-
low and capture him"
They laughed at the boy, but he re-
peated over and over that he would
follow the assassin II he had a weapon.
At length somebody showed revol-
yer into his hand, saying:
Here, We hev 1t. kid: now see what
We kin do. II you bring Hank Blood
good here with his hands tied behind
him, Well agree to lynch him. Eh.
pards?"
you bet" cried the crowd. go fer
him. Bold Billy. an make yerself IA
NOUS"
Not another word did the boy say.
With the loaded revolver clutched in
his hand. he hurried out Of the camp
on the trail of Hank Bloodgood.
"Thet's the last Wen ever see o Bold
Billy" some one declared. He'd be
skeered ter death ter see BloodgOod.
You've lost your gun. Bolly."
"Mebbe," returned the man who had
loaned the boy the revolver.
At sunset a crowd of loafers were
gathered in front Of Saints Rest. the
only hotel in Satan's Camp.
Suddenly one of them exclaimed:
Look thar. pards! Who's them COM
| in down Their trail?"
1.-TWO critters. one head O. tother,'
said a red-whiskered ruffian. Hands
hitched behind him, by thunder! Ga
loot in front is tied! See Their string
that runs ter t'other one? Holy Smoke!
It's-it's-why. 1t is"
| Hank Bloodgood!'
| shores yer born!
| who's t'other critter?'
II kinder reckon it's Bold Billy bring
In back my revolver" said Dolly
Briggs, with grim satisfaction. "Whe
said I wouldn't ever see tibet var CUR
ag'in?"
Bold Billy 1t was.
He had taken the KILLER" captive.
Straight into town marched the boy
and his prisoner.
Billy's face was deathly pale.
Bloodgood's right hand had beer
shattered by bullet.
Here ia the man who killed Ole
Grim, the only friend I had" said thu
boy. his voice weak. as II from grea
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
Reminded of His Youthful Days.

If you want to live to good old age,
do not buy or try to drive horse that
has ever belonged to the fire depart
ment. A friend who comes into mar
ket three times week some time ago
got such horse, and the animal did
we'll enough until one night about 1
o'clock as he was coming in with a
load the fire bells rang as he was pass
ing an engine house. The old horse
pricked up his ears and threw up his
tail, and when the engine came out he
took after it at gallop. All efforts to
hold him were in vain. He was going
to the fire, and he got there. too, as
soon as the engine did, though he left
some Of his load on every block on the
road.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17

II ever boy was frightened it was
the one In the clutch of Red Hutch.
'Wot's yer name, kid?" demanded
the rufi1an. as he gave the lad a savage
shake. Speak up lively"
"Bub-bub-billy Bub-bub-bolden,
was the reply that came through the
chattering teeth OF the unfortunate
waif.
Billy Bolden. Ell? Wall. that's nice
name for a kid like you to wear around!
Billy Bold Billy. How Is that
for handle, pards?"
tits great!' shouted Red Hutch's
sycophants. "Hooray fer Bold Billy"
From that hour the boy was Known
In Satan's Camp as Bold Billy.
Before he escaped from Murphy's ne
was nearly frightened out OF his wits
for he was made to dance to the tune
Of pistol-shots. while the humans
reared with laughter.
Shaking like a leaf he finally sue
ceeded In getting out of the saloon. and
1 then ran as fast and as far as ne
could.
Finally. overcome with terror and
exhaustion, he fell in a fainting, quiv-
erfn9 heap beyond the limits OF the
town. and there Old Grim found him.
Old Grim was grouty hermit who
/ lived beyond the limits OF Satan's
Camp.
He was something of mystery.
He had been there when the first
nrospector struck yaller" at the spot
where the camp stood, but the dis
covery Of gold had not seemed to az
feet the queer old man in any way.
He lived on In his secluded fashion.
ana the people that came to the mush-
room camp grew to know him by sight.
but no other way.
He would have nothing to do with
them.
Ola Crim's clothes were In rags. and
he appeared like q wreck of better
times.
He spoke kindly to the boy.
A. arst Billy was too frightened to
4eIl his story. but he finally succeeded.
Old Grim listened to the end. and
1T i like those human beasts down
there. Come with me; will care for
you.
from that day, Bold Billy was Old
orim.s shadow-where one went the
ether might Be found.
while Old Grim lived. the boy never
asain Visited Old Satan's camp alone
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17

three on each fore foot, CT fourteen in
all In his description OF it Bishon
says: Each leg terminates in sort OF
fan. and with these the little reptile
paddles the air like locust. or like
a partially fedged bird testing its PIN
ions for the first time
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
A Four. winged Frog.

The curiosity of tropical Africa is
the wonderful flying frog, first de-
scribed by BISHOP, of the Equatorial
African Expedition. which returned to
Europe in the fall of 1894. This oddly
Of the reptile family is about the size
Of a common bullfrog and resembles
other members of the order of batra-
chians in everything but its feet, each
of which is webbed and enormously en-
larged. so much so as to form splendid
substitutes for true wings. The crea-
ture has five toes on each of the other
two, which make four separate men,
branes on each of its hind feet and
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17

it cost us to move out and in again."
said she, and here's so cents to balance
the account for back rent" and she
produced receipt all filled in and
ready for his signature. The old man
signed it, and then, swallowing a lump
in his throat, said: Verify, thee is
diligent helpmate." The clever little
woman bowed him out, closed the door
and sat down to have a good cry.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
THE BIG SEA COW.
WILL SOON BE ON EXHIBITION
IN NEW YORK.
IN Aquatic Mammal That VIII No
Doubt Startle American Scientists
Feed on Sea Plants Human Pc
culia rites.

NE OF THE PRIN-
cipal attractions at
the New York
aquarium, in Bat
terry park, which is
to be opened next
November, will be
a manatee, or sea
COW. The mana
tee. which is an
aquatic mammal
and not strictly a
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17

At last a place has been found where
the poor bicyclist is protected. 1t is in
the town of Chicopee. Mass. and any
person found throwing into the street
ashes, glass, crockery. scrap-iron, tacks,
nails or anything that might injure the
tires Of bicycles will be prosecuted.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17

suddenly in loud tone Of voice.
In fact, to confess the whole truth,
He was none too well supplied with
gray matter" although he was not an
outright fool.
Satan's Camp was the wiciedest town
of it's size in the territory. 1t was the
boast Of it's inhabitants that more men
had been killed in Satan's Camp than
In any other town OF its age west OF
the Rockies.
Not a very healthy" place for a
timid, half-witted lad to stray into.
And it happened that the first build
Ing he entered after striking the town
was "Murphy's Hole" the most dis
reputable gambling den and g!n-mill
in Satan's Camp.
A tough gang always loafed around
Murphy's, and it was on hand when the
boy appeared.
"Whoop" cried Red Hutch, as his
eyes rested on the lad, who was hesi-
tating near the door. whats this
see? Is it kid? Wall, I'm derned
Of kid hain't come in hyer!'
Then he pounced on the unoffendine
boy and dragged him forward into the
middle Of the room.
There the boy was quickly surround
ed by the ruffianly crew, who began
to make sport of him.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
MONSTER SNAKE.

with u Body as big Around as a Water
Pail.
The people of this neighborhood are
very much alarmed over the fact that a
monster snake has been seen at large
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-10-17
STORY OF BOLD BILLY.

HERE HE CAME
from and how he
happened to wan
der into Satan's
Camp no one could
tell.
He was a boy Of
about fourteen,
freckle faced, wild
eyed, and so very
timid that he would
jump if spoken to
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
A NEW BISMARCK STORY.


How He Played the Part of a Pretty
Girls Cousin Long Ago.
In Gothenburg, Sweden, lives an old
woman who, when young and comely,
passed much of her time with titled
relatives in Rome and Vienna Fifty
six years ago she visited Rome. In No
yembe - ,;.et',rned to Gothenburg by
capital in those days. passed as one OF
the lions of central Europe. She knew
nobody in Berlin, but the relatives she
had been with in Rome had cousin in
the university who was informed by
letter that the young woman was COM
ing and he must meet her and show
her the sights.
Il arrived with my chaperone and
maids" wrote the old woman to a
Gothenburg newspaper three weeks
ago, land was welcomed by my Ger
man cousin, as had come to call him.
He was very hearty in his manner.
He was a tall muscular young fellow,
with big mustache and peculiar, pene-
tratiug eyes. He seemed almost I'M
canny to me, yet was delightful COM
panion.
For three days the young man was
my constant companion. To be sure
he could speak no Swedish; but his
French was perfect. | never had such
a devoted cavalier. l was proud
enough of my German cousin. Only
too soon came the day when | must say
good-by to him in Berlin.
my cousin, he said, as he shook my
hand in parting, L have word to say
to you. 1t is merely-weli, cousin,
am not your cousin at all, My friend,
who is the real cousin you sought, was
so busy preparing for his examination
that he begged me to act in his stead
during your visit. My name is Otto
Won Bismarck.
Il looked at him in dumb astonish-
ment as the carriage was driven away.
My adventure was over.
Nearly forty years passed. The OBJ
scure Bismarck had become a prince
and had laid his hands on the crowns
and nations of Europe. l came to Ber-
lin again, and sent my card with few
written words to the prince. An hour
later l received an invitation and went
to the chancellor's palace. The prince
remembered me perfectly, and we soon
were deep in conversation.
~ have you to thank he said, for
my only views of Berlin's art galleries
and museums. Since we parted / never
found time to visit them again. On,
Y. Times.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
PERIOD OF INCUBATION.
Valuable Facts Furnished by the Clinical
Society of London.

Valuable Facts Furnished by the Clinical
Society of London.
The intervals between exposure to a
disease and its first appearance is called
the period of incubation, and this va
ries widely in different diseases, and
often, too, the same disease in different
persons, according to circumstances.
The Clinical society of London, wishing
to establish period of incubation for
various diseases, instituted series of
Investigations, with the following re-
results:
Diphtheria-In this disease the incu-
baton period does not as a rule exceed
four days, and is more often two DAYS.
1t may also extend to five, six and sew
en- days. The infection may take place
at any time in the course of the disease.
Mild cases may spread it.
Typhoid fever-This may vary with
in wide limits twelve to fourteen DAYS,
but not infrequently it is less. As the
disease is usually introduced into the
system by food and drink, it is not car
ried from one person to another, but
several may get from the same source.
Contaminated water and milk is the
usual cause.
Epidemic influenza or ''grip"-The
shortest incubation period in this dis
ease is from a few hours to three or
four days. 1t generally strikes sud
denly and without warning A patient
may carry infection throughout the
whole course of the disease.
Measles-The incubation period of
measles is usually short. 1t is counted
from the date of the eruption, which
decides the disease.
Mumps-The incubation period of
mumps is rather long, from one to two
weeks, and the chances of infection
diminish daily.
Rubeola, rothelin, or German measles
This has a long incubation period,
like ordinary measles, and its infectivity
dlminishes in day or two after the
rash disappears
Variola, or smallpox-The incubation
period of this disease is from one to
three days.
Varicella, or chicken pox, has a
period of incubation slightly longer
than variola.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
THE VISION OF BIRDS.
ONLY One of the Species Has EyesiEhs
Better Than Mans.

Better Than Mans.
Rirds are commonly credited with an
extraordinary range of vision. Clrcum-
stances lend aid to the development or
the mental factors in their case. Inc
usual distance at which terrestrial
snecies use their eyes is limited by the
ground horizon. But in the case of the
soaring birds. such as vultures and
earles. the horizon, the natural limit
of sipht. is enormously extended. Mac
gillivray early noted that, though birds
of prey have orbits of great size-the
eveball of the common buzzard being
one and one-eighth inches in diameter
they do not, as a rule, soar when
seeking their prey. The eagle, when
hunting, flies low, just like the spar
rowhawk and the hen-harrier.
Yet the vultures and cOndors, birds
which admittedly do soar when seek
ing food, have been proved to find car
rion by sight. A carcass was covered
with canvas and some offal placed upon
| IT. The vultures saw this, descended
| and ate it, and then sat on the covered
| portion within a few inches of putrid
| carcass. When a hole was made in the
| COY ering they saw and attacked the
| food below. But the rapid congrega-
| ton of vultures from a distance to
carcass is probably due to their watch
| ING their neighbors, each of which IS
surveying limited area.
Charles Darwin pointed out that in
level country the height of sky com
monty noticed by mounted man IS
not more than Is degrees above the
horizon; and a vulture on the wing at
the height of between 5000 and 1000
feet would probably be two miles dis
tant, and invisible. Those which de-
scend rapidly and appear to have come
from beyond the range of human sight
were perhaps lowering vertically over
the hunter when he killed his game.
There remains one undoubted in
stance in which bird vision is much
keener than that of man. The great
gray slzrike, Lanius excubitor, is habit
uallv used by the men who catch fall
cons at Valliensward to give notice Of
the approach of hawk. The bird sees
it far sooner than the men, and at once
gives notice of its approach. This is a
single instance in which the specialized
acuteness of sight may be due to the
fact that the bird in question much re-
sembles in color the pigeons, which are
the falcons favorite food. But long
sight does not seem common property
of bird vision. The gannets, which
catch fish at sea, descend from con-
siderable height, but they kill their
prey on the surface of the water or
near it. Nocturnal birds and animals,
though able to see with little light,
have no enhanced powers when the
light is more rful.-London Spec
tatOr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
a CALIFORNIA FRUIT VALLEY.



dead sea fruit That's what l
call itr' exclaimed a gentleman, who,
after attempting to eat one OF the
largest and most beautiful specimens
of California peaches ever seen in Full
ton market, threw IL away in disgust
And he was right; for, while it was an
object to delight the eye, with its great
size, perfect shape, delicate bloom and
superb coloring, it's flavor was decid-
edly vegetable. So New Workers of
experience in such things buy Cali
fornia peaches to look at, and to serve
with the dessert as the browning orna-
ments of perfect dinner, but lay in a
supply of Delawares to eat, while in
Chicago they say: sob, yes, California
peaches are pretty, but the ST. Joe
product is good enough for us.
The largest prune orchard in this
country, if not in the world, is located
at Los Gatos (the CATS, on the western
edge of the Santa Clara valley. 1t
contains three hundred and eighty
acres of trees, two hundred of which
are planted to the acre. Over one hum
dred men and a score of teams are con-
stantly employed in this great orchard,
which has its own waterworl1s and
electric light plant. Its drying ground
! is twenty acres in extent, and it yields
4 net income of something like fifty
thousand dollars year.
Near this Los Gatos orchard Is a
curious factory, said to be the only one
of its kind in the world. 1t is fac
tory for the making of grape food, and
it is devoted to the extracting and
concentrating, but not fermentlng, OF
grape Juice. During the season it con-
sumes fifty tons of grapes every day,
and produces one hundred thousand
gallons of juice, concentr ted to one
fourth of its original bulk.
The grapes used in such enormous
quantities in this interesting factory
both red and white, are wine grapes
which, as the tourist observer SCOT
discovers, are very different from
, raisin grapes, the former containing
the more juice, and the latter the more
saccharine matter. One of the sur
prising things about a raisin vineyard
: is the small size of its vines, which, be
ing cut every year, are rarely more
than two or three feet high, and the
great size of the punches. These
when fully ripe, are cut and laid in shall
low trays between the rows OF vines
where, without the addition Of an,
sugar, they are allowed to dry in thu
= sun until they become raislns, whlcl
is all there is to the process.
:. The most surprising thing of all
the discovery that all raisin grapes ar
: white grapes, until they are turne
purple in drying, which is hard to re
alize, but is nevertheless fact.
4 per's Weekly.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10

man. bowling his head until the wisyz
of soft gray hair fell over his troubled
The pitiful note OF supplication in
her voice did not fall unheeded on his
ear.
why, Rachel, 1 most forgot-good
night, mother"
HE called me mother" said Rachel
to herself, when she had reached her
room, and, setting the candle on the
little stand she sank on her knees by
the bed.
God have mercy" she prayed, land
lay not this sin at our doors!'
Then she lay down, removing only
her shoes, as if to be ready for any
emergency, but she did not, could not
sleep. The pillow next to her was
empty-for the first time
She closed her eyes and listened to
an occasional movement below - a
groan-words OF upplication-cries for
deliverance from the awful thralldom
of this grief. She could not see the
tender, plaintive lines of that dear old
face softening into tears or hardening
into the rigid lines of duty. She slipped
from the bed and felt her way down
the familiar stairs.
Husband she called; ARE you
sleeping?"
mo, mother"
Again the most beautiful word in the
English language smote her ear like
blow.
David, haven't all the blessed years
that are gone meant something? Isn't
our love worth more than a bit of
white paper?"
Hush, womanl Tempt me not to
break the laws of God and man know
ingly; it is enough to know that we
have sinned through ignorance. Oh,
GodH' he lifted his voice in inspired
suppllcation like the prophets of old
If Thou canst forgive, it is not for
man to blame"
Rachel took advantage of this mo-
ment of apparent softening and kneel-
ing by him laid her head on his shout
der.
David, let me stay with you?"
go back to your room, Rachel; we
must each bear this cross alone"
May kiss you, dear?"
mo, no, woman! Who knows that
it might not be a sin? Until we can
see our way clear out of this dark
shadow, we must live apart as stran-
gers"
There is a way, David, to set it
right"
And to confess our sin to the world"
That is your pride, David"
Just so, woman. My pride is a life
of integrity, and it's had sore fall l
had much to lose"
while have only you. God help
me! l have forgot the Creator more
than the creature. Ny punishment
has Gomez
He heard the crying as she went
away in the darkness, but said no word
to comfort or recall her. She could
not know that his grief was equal to
hers.
But it had that granite fiber which
gives man courage to die at the stake
for his principles, and inspires
dogged resolution to suffer found often
In weak natures, and sometimes
called obstinacy in the minor events of
Life, 1t was the first call to martyr
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1895-10-10
Brain Matter In Finger Ends.

1t may not be so generally known
that recent post-mortem examinations
of the bodies of the blind reveal the
fact that in the nerves at the ends of
the fingers well-defined cells of gray
matter had formed, identical in sub
stance and in cell formation with the
gray matter of the brain. What does this
show? 1t proves that man can think
not alone in his head, but all over his
body, and especially in the great nerve
centers like the solar plexus and the
nerve ends on the palms of the
hand and in the soles of the feet. The
coming man will assuredly perceive
and think in every part from his head
down to his feet.