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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

Good evenin, says l. not oHerln
to stop.
Good evenin'.' says she. Pears to
me you're in powerful hurry
Kinder says l. slackin' up some.
Il promised to be down to Mary's bout
this time
She kinder looked down at the
ground when told her that, and kicked
a little rock out of the path that wuz
layin' thar. and l felt like a sheep
stealth dog fer sayin' what had.
~ reckon you'd better by hurryin'
along then, for Mary amt the kind that
likes to be KEEP waltin'.' says she.
81 s'pose,' says l. that you don't
keer ef stop and talk to YOU fer g
minute, do your
81 amt keerin' what you do says
she. kinder sullen.
"'You look like you WIZ cXpectin'
somebody yerself.' says l, fceiin' ez eff
I'd like 10 choke whoever the Teller
WIZ.
"'That's what says she, md l felt
more'n ever like chokin' somebody.
WHO is it?' says |, watch!n' the
streaks NV laugh round her mouth
and eyes.
THAT'S fer me to know and you to
siud out says she, laughin' right out.
81 reckon I'll be ccin' on down to
Mary's,' says I, thinkin that l Wuzn't
maxim nothin' hangn' round Susan.
"'Mebbe you wouldn't cf you knowd
who wuz comm, says she. kinder
reachin' over the gate.
well, tell me- says /. and see eff
TIL stay
- reckon not says she. still a-nag-
gin me- 'mebbe they wouldn't like it,
".Who's they saysI.
"She give a little chucklc. and come
ny, to the gate and rested my hands on
IL to one side NV her'n.
"'Pap and mother says she They've
gone down to the schoolhouse to
spreachin' and won't be back tell s
% clock
"'Ain't you kinder Lonesome waitin'
hyer by yerself. Susan?' says l, half
she held it shet.
~ reckon l wuZ,' says she. That's
why l came out and hung OF the gate.
It's mighty still like in the house
"'You reckon you wuz?' says |. Amt
you pow?' and l chuckled to myself for
ketchin' her.
"'P'r'aps l am pr'aps l amt she
staggered. and tossed her head
81 tried to open the gate. but she
held it shet.
"'Ef you want me to stay, why don't
you say so!' says I. gettin' ugly.
ct reckon you kin eff you want to.
says she. mighty pesky.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
" SUSAN says l, what's the use Nv

SUSAN says l. what's the use Nv
foolin'?'
"'Foolin' about what?' says she.
"'About me and you says |.
g Il amt fooin',' says she.
You air. says |, and YOU know t.
Eff you don't like me. Lem Skaggs,'
says she, bridlin' up all over. You kin
go long. l didn't ask you to stop,
did r.?
But | do like you. Susan says I.
Fittin' skcert, and tryin' to pull the
gate open SOS | could git clos't enough
to her to coax her.
1 reckon you like Mary Finnel
sight better says she, holdin' the gate
ag in me.
I reckon | don't says I. and l
could fee. the gate give a little.
"'You wouldn't talk that away ef
she WIZ in hearin' distance says she.
Wouldn't IL says I. and | heaved
and sot on the gate, but it didn't move
a peg, You jist fetch her up here ond
see eff wouldn't
No, You jist 80 down thar says she.
'Thar's whar you started fer
~ didn't do nothin' Nv the sort
says I gittin' dcsprter every minute.
You told me you did says she, and
| could feel the gate give some and then
shet up ag'n.
"''YOu oughter know. Susan says /,
serious. that was j.Gt a-fooiin',' and
could feel the gate a-sivin' way and
shettin ard then givin' way agin.
An you an't lynn now, Lem" says
she. heap sight softer than any time
in her life.
Course l amt, Susan says /, and
the gate come open about six inches.
'Ef only thought you wuzn't. Lem
says she, lettin' the gate slip my way a
leet!e more every minute.
"'You know l amt, Susan says /.
givin the gate the strongest pull yit
You know it, and you know | never
give a snap Nv my finger fer any other
gal in these parts, and that all the time
Eve been a-hankern' after you and
wantin' you for my wife, but you KEEP
foolin' with me all along and Dustin
my heart mighty nigh, and maxim me
want to go off and chop tree down on
myself. lou KNOW IL. 0uSaH SOI hHoW
| It, and she h'isted her hands and the
gate swung wide open.
what about Mary?' says she.
standin' thar before me lookin' sweet.
erin peaches and roses.
Hang Mary says /. clean forgittin'
my manners. and reich out both hands
fer Susan.
"'Oh. Lem says she. and-well,
Colonel" he laughed, as his honest face
Redeemed beneath its saffron hue, Il
reckon you're old enough to know the
balance"
II wouldn't be surprised, Lem" I re-
piled, blushing just shade myself as
a memory or two came slowly back
from the rosy past.
He looked up smiling.
And say, Colonel" he said, II wuzn's
any purifier that night than l wuz be-
| fore"
Come off, Lemuel.' said I. slapping
| him on the back, at was SO dark Susan
couldn't see you"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
Deiu ,iel or Di,l.onCst.

It is common observation that men
may have much ability and much
knowledge of certain kinds, with the
faculty of ready expression which is so
useful to politicians and public men,
without having the power of clear and
logical reasoning. They may have per-
versities of intellect and defects of
moral sense. which make them less
capable of reaching sound conclusions
than the plain people" who need only
to understand a subject to be about
right in their judgment of it. Fanatics
like Bland. of Missouri. are generally
sincere. but irrational. In brains that
are strong but not wholly sound delu-
sion takes deeper hold than in those
that are weaker bat more nearly nor
NAL. Are these able and experienced
men, who formed the nucleus of the
Washington silver convention and were
responsible for the fiasco in which it
resulted, still deluded on the subject of
free coinage and its effects? The only
alternative supposition is that they are
not honest, and are seeking to derive
some advantage for themselves from a
policy that would surely be disastrous
to the country.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
Curious Facts OF Science.

A new lead for deep sea sounding car
ries cartridge which .explodes on
touching the bottom < submerged
microphone receives the sound and the
depth is estimated from the time occu-
pied by the lead in sinking to the bot
tom.
When leeches were kept in every
chemists shop and often in private
houses their behavior was subject to
constant observation, and it was gener-
ally noticed that in still weather. dry
or wet. they remained at the bottom, but
rose, often as much as twenty-four
hours in advance. before a change, and
in case Of a thunderstorm rose very
quickly to the surface. descending when
it was past.
Spiders are met with in the forests Of
Java whose webs are SO strong that 1t
requires knife to cut through them. A
spider weighing four pounds, which has
taken up his residence in cathedral at
Munich. regales herself with a large
supply of lamp oil. A Texas spider
weaves a balloon four feet long and two
| by single thread. then marches on
board with her half dozen little ones,
cuts the thread and away goes the air.
ship to some far distant point on the
prairie.
We have it on the authority of the
Brooklyn Eagle that smoke never does
issue from volcano Nor does fire.
The red light seen above the crater is no
fame. 1t is the glow of molten lava re-
Elected on the under side of the clouds
of dust. And the clouds CT dust are
never mixed with smoke. There are
bursts of steam sometimes, but rocks 90
not burn as wood does, and give of the
finelydivided carbon dust that we know
as smoke. The pictures OF eruptlons
in the Biographies of our youth arees
wrong, and SO are reports from PY
colt, Ariz.. that smoke is issuing IN,
one of the peaks of the HarQue Hala
range, thus indicating that an active
volcano is developing"
. A very curious phenomenon has been
much commented upon in the German
press, says the Philadelphia Recora'
Prof. X. G. Fielder, who has been IN.
vestigating the appearance of so-callea
fulgurites for many years, has recent
, ly received two specimens, which arr
, the largest he has ever seen. Ihen
origin is due to lightning strlkihs
| bank of sand. This action Of llghtllhs
: is explained in the following way: Inc
heat of the electric discharge meits 'h'
$ quartz to fluid mass, which becomes
S solid after cooling off. The shape
, very odd, branching and forkins o"|
t tapering toward the ends. These lu.'
5 gurites are hollow their entire Iehs'u,
Y the forked ends pointing doWn"a.a
I where found. They ere from seven y
: nine feet long, and their ends reacHer
O into very wet sand. where all traces "
= the lightning ceased.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

everybody, even the slaves, with conf
mon courtesy. l knew the General well
and he always spoke to me. One day as
was going along the road in Tennes-
see l met General Jackson, who was
riding out with another white gentle
man. AS was customary for slaves,
took off my hat as the carriage passed
General Jackson returned the compli-
mont and spoke to me very pleasantly.
What, General cried his companion,
do you speak and take off your hat to
nigger?' Why, of course replied
Jackson. I can't allow a colored man
to have more manners than L. Poor
old General Jackson" continued the
old man, II remember when they bur
led him down yonder in old Tennessee,
and this here hickory cane of mine was
cut from tree above his grave
For many years James X. Polk lived
just across the road from Haddex's
masters in Columbia, Tenn. Haddexs
elder brother, who is still living in Co
lumbia, was Folks body servant. and
served his master in the White House
during Folks presidency. Later on Asa
himself became a servant in the Polk
family. Among the Presidents whom
HaddeX has known intimately are:
Jackson. Van Buren,, William Henry
Harrison, Polk, Tyler and Fillmore. He
has had conversations with Lincoln,
! Grant. Pierce. buchanan and Andrew
| Johnson, and has shaken hands with
! Hayes, Garfield, Cleveland and Harci-
son, and also with the late Secretary
James G. Blaine and other presidential
candidates. HaddeX has been a man of
herculean strength and build. In his
! prime lie conld carry bale Of cotton on
his back. How his ancestors were cap
tured he does not know, but he always
knew that he came from different
tr:"e than other slaves. SIis father, he
says, was a peculiar man, and, even
though slave, managed to secure a
large sum of silver money, with which
he intended to purchase his family's
freedom. but this privilege was refused
him. HadGeX lives all alone with his
third wife. comely old lady. who is
several years his junior. His mind is
perfectly clear. and he bears up remark.
ably we'll under his burden of years.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
depth of the Sea.

Small boys often ask their parents,
How deep is the sea-" The answer de-
ponds entirely upon the sea. The fol-
lowing table, compiled by one who has
investigated. may help one to the solu-
ton of one of the small boys problems
Average depth in yards: Pacific. 4,252
Atlantic. 4.O26: Indian. 1858; Antarctic
5000: Arctic, 1880: Mediterranean
l.i76: Irish, 24O; English channel, Ito;
Adriatic. As; Baltic, 4S.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

A remarkable case of long service by
employees appears in description of a
brass factory in Haydenville. Mass. Out
of 265 men in the employ of the COM
pany 1855 have been in it's service for
ten years or longer Among these are
twenty-seven men whose terms of en-
ployment range from twenty to thirty
years: ten have been in the same works
for thirty or forty years. and six have
been there for forty years or longer.
The longest continuous service was
forty-three years. with hardly day OF
interruption. Such facts are creditable
to both sides.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
CHILDREN BY THE DOZEN.
Three Families in Succession Have Each
Twelve Descendants.

Three Families in Succession Have Each
Twelve Descendants.
Mrs. Matilda Craig, who lives near
Sand HILL Lewis county, Ky, is the
oldest child of family of twelve chill
dren. Her mother was the youngest
child of dozen children. Mrs. Craig is
the mother of a dozen children, and all
three of these families had pair Of
twins. Mrs. Craig was born May s.
1928, in Bath county, and il she lives to
see May next she will have been mar
ried so years. Her children and grand
children and one great-grandchild have
made arrangements to hold a reunion
at the old homestead on this flftieth an
niversary day golden wedding of their
parents, and the event is looked for
ward to with pleasure and delight. A
number of ministers who have OFF,
ciated at the marriage OF the children
have accepted invitations to be present,
and prayers, and songs. and reminis-
cences and tears of JOY will be mingled
together.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

Island on the right and proceeds up the
stream.
Sharp Peak is a conical hill, about 900
feet high. on which are built the mis-
sionary sanitariulls and the cable sta
ton. The slopes of the hill are beaut-
fully tcrraced from the summit to the
waters edge, as indeed are most Of the
hills in the immediate vicinity OF Foo
chow. This is done to enable the
farmers to grow on them rice, which
must be planted under water.
Between Sharp Peak and Pagoda an
chorage. seventeen miles up the river.
the mountains twice again close in and
threaten to bar approach. thus forming
the kim-Pai and the Min-Ngan passes.
These passes are hardly half mile
wide, and formidable forts frown down
on passers through. These forts, if
properly manned and equipped, would
be impregnable.
In going up the river from Pagoda
anchorage to Foochow one passes ku-
shan Drum Mountain), 1900 feet high.
On which is situated famous Buddhist
monastery.
Foochow is thirty miles from the
rivers mouth. ard is the head of navi-
CATION, even for Chinese junks, and all
European steamers and sailing vessels
stop at Pagoda anchorage, thirteen
miles below.
Above Foochow the traveller must
proceed by small boat and can follow
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
,.NrEAcTURE OF MATCHES.
phos phorus seems to BE the only material
..;,.,,,,. to the Trade.

,,.os,,,,orus Seems TO Be the Oh'y Mate1sai
Available to the Trade
commission appointed by the
Euoncb Government has been investi-
eating the manufacture OF matches,
,,,;th tho object of ascertaining ii there
was not some substance whose supsn-
tuition for phosphorus would fender mat
industry one in which men ana women
could engage without becoming the We
Tins of horrible and fatal forms OF
,,oisopine The commission has just
,,,.da its report and the conclusions
,,o,ohod nv il are of great interest.
There is, the commission says nothing
that can replace phosphorus as quick
and convenient means 10 start COM
huston. Other chemicals would IN
deed. be safer for the employees nut
none of them is even approximately
s,fe mr. useful from the standpoint Of
tbc nuhlic It is evident, therefore.
that the use of phosphorus must con-
TIME: but. though that is the case, 1t by
no means follows that the manufacture
Of matches must be at the cost o. nun
drcds of lives every year. by using
proper precautions. the commissioners
declaro in the ventilation CT factories,
in tho structure of machines and IN the
nersonal habits of the workpeople. prac-
ticaItv all the danger can be removed.
In the best regulated establishments
measures have already been taken that
mt an end to the diseases that a care
less and unscientific use OF phosphorus
nrod,1ces in those that handle it. AIDE
ouate safeguards against necrosis and
blood poisoning are known and in use
by some manufacturers. Others persist
in the old ways, and their employees con-
tinue to die, also in the old way. A
startling feature of the report is It's as
sertion that the match factories owned
and conducted by the French Govern
meut itself are precisely those in which
the conditions are the worst, while
many private companies have already
made their premises models OF arrange
ment and method, as healthful to work
in as could be desired. 1t has long been
known that the "aliumettes de la reggie
were the worst in the world, but per-
haps the labors of this bolG and out
suoken commission will result in i'm
proving the official matches as well as
the places where they are made.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

marry Lem Skaggs was a wonder to me.
for Lem was by all odds the homelest
man on the Lick. and LONELINESS is
characteristic of mountain mon. knew
Lem quite well, and when asked iay
question he blushed and grinncd.
She was tuck by my good looks" he
laughed
Didn't you court her pretty hard?'
Did II" and he drew q long breath
as OF relief at the thought of its being
over, Well l should say did. why,
come mighty nigh mor;gigin' the
farm to git her things she didn't seem
TO want when give 'em to her"
What did you give her."
everything, Colonel. 1t got 50 bad
TO raa the last the folks at the store
to'd ne eft I'd lump my de2iin's they
rfckoned they could l.. me have EN- at
wholesale prices"
she couldn't stand your libcrality.
Lem. That's what got her
Not a bit NV it," he continued. "All
the time 1 was takin' her all sorts NV
things, she wuz maxim eyes at every
Teller that come along. and sorter ex-
pecttn me to keep Up my end NV the
'swtnEle tree. jst case / kinder seemed
TO hanker after doin II that away"
But you kept at it,
reckon not" Re laughed. ''All NV
n sudden l sot in fer Mary Finnei, and
give the store folks rest on buyin',"
Then what happened" | Inquired
with hope that would ROW get some
information.
tie laughed q low. Gurgl;ng laugh
such AS boy would give vent TO when
caught in some OF his natural depreda-
lions.
Well" he said. "she kinder snapped
.eends on t'other fellers. and swung
round my way. but | wuzn't Givin q
inch. ard didn't have no talk with hel
for mighty nigh two weeks. and then
one eyenin' as l WIZ passin her house
on my way to Mary's, and she knowet
it. seen her hangin on the gate lookin
out into the future, er somethin Il,
that sort that l seen pictcr NV onc'1
al agent wuz sellin'.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
THE CHINESE STREAM THAT
FLOWS THROUGH FOO-CHOW,
THE SCENE OF THE ANTI-CHRIS.
TIAN RIOTS

FLOWS THROUGH FOO-CHOW,
THE SCENE OF THE ANTI-CHRIS.
TIAN RIOTS.
the. river for something like 300 miles,
the scenery growing grander and
grander. Sheer cliffs, hundreds of feet
high, rise in places from the waters
edge. Rocks Of unique formation stand
out from so to 60 feet high, while on
the other bank will be seen a gentle
slope, covered with feathery bamboos,
which wave gracefully in the breeze,
and look like giant green ostrich
plumes.
Still further up the river the noun
tains are covered with dense forests,
where game of all kinds abound. rang
ing in size from the royal Bengal tiger
and wild boar to timid little deer and
monkeys, the latter being found II
great numbers.
In fact, the attractions offered by this
beautiful country are equal for the
sportsman and lover Of nature in hel
grander moods. and. having seen It
one has something to remember for the
rest of his life.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
Has HIS jaw Eroken In u Joking Way

Has HIS jaw Eroken In n Joking Way
r. f. Pratt, a prominent grain dealer
of Chicago. is known as practical jols-
CT. Ascending in an elevator with MI
Parker the other day Mr.. Pratt gave his
friend little tap on the shoulder and
turned aside with an innocent look to-
ward the top Of the elevator shaft. Mi
Parker, who is q tall and heavily built
man, was standing close to Mr.. Pratt
when the little joke was perpetratea
and turning suddenly to sec who
touched, brought his elbow around with
a powerful swing. 1t caught Mr.. Pratt
directly under the chin and broke his
Jaw In two places.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
A STRANGE NEE.
II .erc,:ing History of II Grandson CT
BedOuin Chief.

IIetoTN VI "
Bedouin Chief.
In cottage at 1887 Ellis avenue Asa
Haddex. over eighty years old, grand
son of a Bedouin chief whose descerd-
ants were probably the only family OF
Bedouins ever held as American saves.
whites away the hours of his declining
years by thinking of the Presidents
whose personal friendship he has en-
joyed, for he has known all the Presi-
dents since Andrew Jackson, and was
once a servant in the family OF James
X. Polk. The old man is a genuine
Bedouin in appearance. He is almost
black. but his white hair and heavy
beard are perfectly straight His eyes
are small and keen. his nose is clear cut
and he has all the peculiarities com
mon to the sons of the desert, except
that he has always led 4 quiet, indus
trious life. Three times he has mar
ried and three times he was sold when
slave. He il the father of four chill
dren, but supposcs them to be all dead
except a son. from whom he never
hears. Fer the last thirteen years the
old man has been a laborer at Pullman.
but was hurt by falling from car last
May. and has not since worked, says
San Francisco Post.
Haddex was born in Tennessee. He
does not know his exact age. but says
that he was young man when Andrew
Jackson was first elected to the presl-
dency. sixty-seven years, ago. Jack
sons plantation was not far from Had
dex's masters, and HaddeX, who knew
Jackson we'll. tells an amusing anecdote
about "Old Hickory"
General Jackson" said Haddex,
was a mighty fine man, and treated
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
Something He Needed.

Have you got an thing that's gov
for man with a darn bad case y.
chronic rheumatism" inquired wv
sour looking customer at the couh"'
drug store.
Yes, SIR" replied the conscieh'ioI,,
druggist, handing him a tract en'l'1 =,
20 Sin Sick, Soul, Repent ana y
Healed"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
The Old. Old.

Just as circulation was about to cease,
she impulsive!y nestled upon the other
knee.
Edward"
Darling"
Tell me the old, old story, Edward"
For a moment he was silent.
He was rapidly reviewing the situa-
ton, and trying to decide which was the
older, the small-boy -anG-the- gre. n
apple story, or the story Of the tramp
and the home made pie.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
The Joker JOked.

A practical joker has just received
his deserts at Babylon, N. Y. He
thought it dro1l idea to induce a
friend to drink hartshorn on the rep
resentation that it was gin. The vic
tim had different views on the subject.
He also had horsewhip and he dashed
the joker vigorously.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
DON'T LIKE WOMEN.
FEMALE MISSIONARIES OFFEND
SOCIAL IDEAS.
MOn-Olians Consider Women Ih'ei
and Quickly Take imbrage VINE" i@'
Attack Their Rclision-Conversioh %
Chinese Women trocious.

HE d | s tresslng
massacre of women
missionar j e S IN
China has called
forth many express
sions of opinion
that women should
not be encouraged
by the societies that
organize mission
airy effort to go to
posts, and happily
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
FAMOUS RIVER MIN.
ATTRACTIVE TO SPORTSMAN
AND LOVER OF NATURE.
Only Small Boats Pass FOOchow, but tie
Three Hundred Miles Beyond the
Scenery Is More and More .ittrao-
tive.

EARRING the mouth
of the River Min.
from the sea. there
appears to be no
entrance through
the wall of noun
tains which guard
the coast. The
gateway is there
however. and pass
ing through it one
leaves Sharp Peal;
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07
! MOUNTAIN lDYI.

USAN STEPBINS
was by all odds the
best looking girl on
Grassy Lick, with
out being remark
ably beautiful. Tor
beauty is not a no.
ticeable character
isJic Of mountain
women. Old or
young. and how she
had ever come 10
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1895-11-07

Bicycles have seriously affected 'i
piano trade. When a girl Is ''
which she prefers for prese"",
piano or a bicycle. in most cases s.
chooses the bicycle