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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

That the bump OF veneration is singu-
larly absent in the average American
was long since discovered and exploded
by Mark Twain in his "Innocents
Abroad" This fact is nowhere more no.
ticeable than in the little happenings
that 60 to make up the ensemble of life
in big city. Coming uptown in a
changing Third avenue cable car, fun
eral cortege interrupted for a moment
the cars passage 1t was the funeral
of a Free Mason and the hearse was fol-
lowed by band of musicians playing
the dead march. Only for a moment,
the car slackened, then with a clang
and start it sped along between the car
riages Of the mourners. A curious crowd
lining the pavement ON either side
gazed at the procession. Not one of the
assembly lifted his hat, a custom of
respect observed in almost every city
.broad.-New York Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
THE BICYCLE L1FE-BUoY WITH WHEELS.

there is no wind the shipwrecked mar
liner on the Barathon life-buoy can pro-
pei himself at considerable speed.
When there is good breeze blowing
he can spread his sails and skim over
the water as we'll as if he were in a
canoe. The propeller has been rugged
both as screw and as a paddle.
The tube which runs through the
balloon is really the backbone of the
machine. To this the hardy mariner
who trusts his life to the buoy lashes
himself to prevent his being swept
away by heavy seas which may break
over him.
The mechanism is concealed in a
water-tight box in front. which is suf-
ficiently large to assist flotation. It is
to this box that the mast is affixed,
and here signal flags are displayed.
A curious thing about this new and
improved life-buoy is that it is fitted
with vertical propeller to assist TO-
tation. This propeller is worked by
the hands, while the vertical propeller
for propulsion is worked by the pedals.
A fair speed has been attained with
this machine. Previous life-b uoys were
only designed to float a man in the
water. but this new type will assist a
man to reach the land in case no ship
may be in his neighborhood.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
ON NIBUS.

Disraeli prophesled in his novels that
the workingmen one day would take a
great revenge upon radicalism.
Venezuela is one Of the important
markets of American petroleum.
though 1t has important oil fields of it's
own.
In the public schools Of Germany tho
bright pupils are separated from the
stupid ones. Medical men do the sort
ing.
1t is estimated that the Kaffirs in tho
diamond mines at Kimberley, South
Africa. steal $1,250,OOO worth of dia-
monds a year.
There are more than seventy halls In
Paris devoted to fencing. each presided
over by fencing master more or less
famous.
Leaves of the talipat palm in Cey,or
sometimes attain the length of twenty
feet. The natives sometimes use them
in making tents.
The amount paid in the form of in
terest to shareholders in public COM
panies in England annually is some
thing like f220,O0o.OoO.
Dijon. France, has a poplar tree
with record that can be traced to 722
A. d. 1t is 122 feet high and forty five
feet in circumference at the base.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
SMILES BETWEEN SERMONS.

Mamma: why did You give the
baby that drum" Papa: because
he makes less noise when he has the
drum. Life.
Tommy: Papa, there is a large
black bug on the ceiling" Professor
very busy: Step on it and leave me
alone. "-Fliegende Batter.
THAT is the most remarkable thing.
am sure that l heard the clock strike
thirteen" Sure. thin. and it's mid
night. and l always keep it an hour
fast."-Judy.
\ Liberal Tip: did We get a tin
from that bloke?" II did thot."
what was it," HE tould me OF
ought to be carryin' the hod inshtead Of
waitin' on the table. Puck.
Muggins: II paid $3.50 to sec your
wife's hat last night" Buggins:
What are you talking about?" Mug
gins: Fact. I sat right behind her at the
theater. philadelphia Record.
Spencer: Didn't Blowitin run for
sheriff last election?" Ferguson: YES
And he spent so much money trying to
get elected that the sheriff is now run
ming for him."-New York Herald.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

Few women realize that the ski
must be fed as we'll as the body; for If
not it will become dry and wrinkled
and look like old cracked leather.
To omit washing the face at night
is great mistake; on retiring this is
really of more Importance than it is in
the morning. 1t should be bathed in
warm water and dried, gently but thor
oughly. Then take some good emolli-
ent, such as English cold cream or fra
grant creme Beatrice. and rub 1t faith
fully with the fingers until all of it
is quite absorbed: the hands, neck and
arms should be treated in the same
manner. II these directions are care
fully followed the skin will retain It's
youthful softness and the face it's
plumpness OF contour long after middle
age is passed.-Godey's Magazine.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Huxley and Gladstone.

Ihere was-perhaps there still is
IN England a metaphysical club, OF
which Huxley and many other eminent
persons were members. They met once
month to discourse of these high
matters. Mr.. Gladstone was one.
There is no known object on which the
great pcrliamentarian is not ready tn
enlarge with copious confidence. He
did on metaphysics at the club and
elsewhere. Mr.. Huxley was once asked
whether Mr.. Gladstone was an expert
metaphysician.
An expert in metaphysics? He does
not know the meaning of the word I"
was the rather startling answer. Be-
tween Mr.. Gladstone and Mr.. Huxley no
love. in truth, was ever lost. Their re-
lations were never intimate and though
in private they met as men do in Eng
land, amicably and civilly, no matter
how much they differ in public. there
was and could be no cordiality.-Scrib.
ner's.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

" CtCSI Will, WulCu
is likewise provided with a light at
night.
This buoy folds up into a very
small space, and the shipwrecked mar
liner could with machine of this kind
maintain himself afloat for days at a
time. He could even carry supply of
water and food, If not some extra cloth
ing.
Francois Barathon of Paris was the
inventor of this machine, which for
compactness surpasses anything in the
same line previously developed. The
Barathon life-b buoy, as the new ma
chine has been called. has been put to
severe tests by the French government,
which will doubtless adopt it on many
OF the French men-of-wa
The new life-buoy really consists of
an elongated rubber balloon. This
serves at once as float and a seat.
There is a hollow tube running
through this rubber bag, and the tube
1ncloses the shaft for a horizontal pro-
peller This propeller is worked with
pedals exactly like a bicycle, and when
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
IN A BEAR COUNTRY.
Five Of the Formidable Animals in Ono
Pile.

Five Of the Formidable Animals in Ono
Pile
II believe I got as big bag of bea:s
in as short time as any man ever dld,
said Doc Stadley, the ex-SheriH ana
bear-hunter of Mendicino to a San
Francisco reporter.
"a bag of bears!' exclaimed the
young man who had just been telilng
about a bag of snipe he had once killed.
what were they-little fellows; what
is it you call them-kittens; no, CUBS;
that's it?''
mo, sir: they were not kittens or
cubs. They were bears declared DOC.
l think l piled up about a ton OF pear
meat in about thirty seconds. l was
out hunting in the southern part OF
Trinity county, about seventeen or
eighteen years ago We had killed
about forty deer and three panthers and
a bear or two in a couple Of weeks, ana
were pretty near ready to break camp
when l thought would go out and Kill
another deer to take home fresh. II
was late in the afternoon and l was
creeping along through the brush when
suddenly l came out into little open
ing. l stopped to see if there was any
sign of deer, and while l stood looking
about big black bear climbed up on
the trunk of big fir tree that had been
uprooted. He wasn't thirty yards away
and plugged him in the ear. He rolled
off the log and down the hill toward me,
but before l had time to see If he was
dead another bear climbed on the same
log to see what the row was about. l
shot it in the head and it rolled down
the same way the other had gone.
Up climbed a big two-year-old to take
its place. and after l had shot it two
big yearlings, one after the other, clam
bered up on the log to be shot.
every one rolled down the hill
toward me and were kicking and
thrashing around not ten steps away.
BY that time | came to the conclusion
that l was in a bear country and l
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
HOU E-HUNTINC.
1t Is Now Profcssion-The Fee 1,
Small.

Small.
! why don't you get IA house hunter to
help you?' The landlady said this, ac-
! cording to the Buffalo Express. a
WHAT" exclaimed M and Mrs. Jami-
son both at once. House hunter.
why, | never heard OF one" said MI
Jamison. what are thcy?" asked Mrs
Jamison. why, house-hunter is one
who hunts houses explained the land
l~dy. You so to one and tell her what
you want and she does the rest. There
is house-huntcr who lives I'D in Pros
Dect avenue. If you go and tell hcr
what you want she or her son will &C
with you and get you just the very kind
OF house you want. All you have to
do is to tell her the location in which
you desire the house, about the kind OF
a house you want. and how much yol,
want to pay. They seem to have the
whole city right at command and no
sooner do you tell what you want than
there 1t is, all fitted out ready to move
into. | always get her to hunt houses
for me when I want to move. You will
pay her 81 and then she gets a commits
sion from the other end as we'll. She
has sort of understanding with all of
the real estate dealers in the city Some
times she gets 81 and sometimes as
high as $40 from the dealer. according
to the drive and kind of a house. She
told me all about it one day. When her
husband died she did not know what
to do. She tried to hunt up a little cot
tase that would fit her means, just as
you die, Then she saw what hard
work it was. She would go to a dealer
just as you did and get long list of
houses and then start and try to get
one that would fit. She said that when
she was riding along she would sec
hundreds of houses such as she wanted
but none of them seemed 20 be on the
list. Then she thought what a nice
thing it would be if one could have
some one to hunt house for one, and
out of it grew tho business which she
has been engaged in ever since. She
finally found house such as suited her
and then she went to 4 real estate
agent. one Of the biggest in the city,
and asked him what nc would give her
if she would find tenants for his houses.
He told her and she went to another,
Finally she got rates from all the deal
ers and also got list of the houses.
Then she began to study the houses,
the streets and the city. After awhile
she got them all so that she knew them.
She knows about every rentable house
in the city and how much it will rent
for. Then she began to study human
nature and, by fitting people to houses
and houses to people, she finally got so
she could find just the house a person
wanted in half day."
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
A PAPER OF TACKS.

When in doubt tell the truth.
Clerk and shirk may rhyme. but the!
don't sound we'll together.
The young man who knows on.y
part of it, leaSns more than he VINO
knows it all.
Try and think as much about bu5r
ness when you are out of the store as
you do Of your pleasures when in tho
store.
There was a cigarette smoking CLERK
who once becameiproprietor. but it Wa
by accident.
II you spend every cent you earn, you
won't wear out ahoe leather in soinS
to the savings bank.
II you must smoke while at business
do 1t under the noSe Of the "boss, anu
not in the basem| ent. You will tho
sooner learn what he THINKS of you.
Constant abuse d those under you
will strengthen youf lungs at the eA'
pense of your mann(rs.
The boy who lies t6kget out of scoia'
Ing must be a good dtdger.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
FREE TRADE IN KISSES.
New Brides In Eoumanta Would Shock
Mrs, Grunay.

New Brides in Eoumania Would Shock
Mrs. Grundy.
have lust heard of quaint foreign
custom which makes me think 1t high
time for Mrs. Grundy to go abroad, for
am sure it is one she would put down
with a high hand, says a writer in
Home Notes. In the old town Of Hell
magen. in Roumania, an annual fair is
held on St. Theodore's day. On this
occasion all the newly-wedded brides
from the surrounding villages throng
the town, but the widows who have re-
married remain at home. The young
women are generally attended by their
mothers in-law, and in their hands they
bear pitchers Of wine wreathed with
flowers. They kiss every one they meet,
and then present their jugs for sip to
be taken. The person so favored makes
the bride small gift. AS it is consid-
cred an insult II the proffered wine be
refused, the brides are careful to be
reserved toward strangers, and only
kiss those whom they think likely to
partake of their wine. This kissing fes
tival is celebrated in the public streets,
in private houses, in the taverns, and,
in fact, everywhere; but the origin of it
is lost in obscurity. Some people sup
pose it to be relic of times past when
The Turks made raids into the country
and carried off all the young women
they could capture. Such of these as
contrived to escape, returning to Hell
magen at the time of the fair, embraced
friends, relatives. and even strangers,
who rejoiced with them and congratu-
lated them on their happiness.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
A Boston Butler.

rs Mrs. Larkins at homer" asked the
caller.
physically. madame" returned the
educated butler, "she is; as an abstract
question the fact cannot be denied. but
In relation to your desire to see her I
cannot say definitely until have ascer-
:ained Mrs. Harkins' wishes in the mat
ter. Pray be seated until I have re-
ceived adviccs from above.
Bazaar.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

The digestibility of cheese has been
tested by German chemist, who placed
the samples in an artificial digestive
fluid containing a considerable portion
OF fresh gastric juice. Cheshire and
Roquefort cheese took four hours to d.
gest, Gorgonzola eight hours and Brie.
Swiss and ten other varieties ten hours.
AS an ordinary meal is digested in four
or five hours. the common belief that
cheese aids digestion appears to be er.
roHeous.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
HOUSEHOLD ITEMS.

Lime water is said to be an eilectual
cure for the sting Of wasps, hornets
and bees.
Excellent paper pillows made be made
of old letters-the sitter the paper the
better. Newspapers will not do. The
paper should be cut into strips ana
rolled around an ivory knitting needle,
it is then almost like spring, ana
makes a much better cushion than
torn paper, being more elastic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Debt of Home Missions.

The Congregational Home Mission
AIRY Society reports a present debt to
the banks of $4,000. OF this sum
100000 is secured by collateral and
$4,000 by the general credit of the So
ciety; and as that limit has been
reached, 1t is impossible to borrow
more, and the treasurer is dependent
upon the daily receipts for the funds
with which to pay the salaries Of the
missionaries.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

didn't lose any time climbing sapling.
When got we'll braced up among the
limbs sat and pumped lead at that pile
OF bears; every time one kicked gave
him bullet. till they all stopped kick
ing. had five bears in one pile, and
think they must have weighed over q
ton altogether"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Grateful Annreciafio

Drummer-Pve done a big days work
to-day; have taken orders for over S.
600 worth Of goods. Bill Collector
Who are the parties? Drummer-All
to Skinner 4 Slowpay. Bill Collector
That means steady employment for me
for ten months. Thanks; don't know
what should do if it weren't for YOU
Boston Transcript.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Queen Marrhnri.a Writes . Boo,,.

Uuoeu MArSnorica writes q Book.
Queen Margharita of Italy has be-
come an authoress. She is an expert
mountain climber and has embodied
her experiences in a book which is
shortly to be published. It is to be
Illustrated with pencil sketches made
by the distinguished writer.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
The Happy bridegroom.

Il have fifteen clocks I'd like to sell
you"
Il don't buy stolen goods, sir"
why, they weren't stolen, my dear
sir. l was married yesterday. It'd.
Bits.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Vain Tears.

II tears could make the graye-svass
green,
How many mounds would verdant be,
How rank would grow each emerald
shoot!
All, me! ah, me!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02

aer intellectual graces, which were few
and far between; nor her amiable char
acter, for she had sharp tongue, and
they left the matter as one beyond their
c0mpre hension. But If any of them had
asked Allan himself he could not have
told them. 1t was enough for him that
love goes where 1t is sent. and that he
did love Luella with his whole true
heart, no one knew better than he.
So they were married and | wish |
could add the dear old storybook form
ula, lived happy forever after" but as
this is true story and not Il romance.
1t must follow out the beaten track of
real life, even to the bitter end.
Allan knew when he married his wife
that she had complaining tongue. He
had heard her talk to her old father
and not even his great love for her could
make her singing words, spoken with
out any apology or passion. seem other
than discourteous and unfilial And
when the meek old man bent his head
to the word that was more cruel than
blow he-Allan-blamed him for sub
hitting SO tamely to a woman's invec-
tive, promising to himself different
state Of affairs. when he should have
the right to object.
For brief time Allan was as happy
as any Of us are permitted to be in this
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
Hls Right.

A person has right to exercise his
own religion provided it does not in
terfere with his general good behavior.
Household Words.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
The Missionary Movement.

Who can bear the thought of one ret
rograde step in the missionary move
ment? Who would not sooner give his
last mite and divide his last loaf
Mary Lyon.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
LIFE BUOY ON WHEELS
CURIOUS MACHINE INVENTED
BY M. BARATHON.
1t Can Put Up u Little Sail-The New
Life Buoy Carries n Compass with a
Little Light at Night and Makes Fair
Speed.

MAN in France
has invented a life
buoy which has
many of the ele-
ments of a yacht.
1t is provided with
sails and a propel-
Ter; it will main
tain a man above
the waves, and it
carries a compass
II
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-01-02
A DECREE OF SILENCE.
Ey Mrs. NJ. i. Rayne.

II Il y A l. IL A N
Davis n arri o q
Lucia Clark. per-
sous who were not
consulted in the
matter as very few
W q 1880 wondered
what he saw in that
girl TO fall in love
with. not her beau
ty, certainly, since
she had none. nor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-05-06
Tie Guards Cancert.

An audience representative of the
culture and refinement of Dawson.
greeted the participants in the concert
on last Thursday evening. The enter
tainment was given by local talent for
the benefit of the Dawson Guards, and
the delightful programme so we'll rend-
cred reflects credit upon the enterpris-
ing young folks. The programme was
varied one, consisting of music, songs
and readings, and each feature was en-
Enthusiastically received and thoroughly
enjoyed by those present. From an
artistic standpoint the affair has not
been surpassed in our city, and we
trust that at an early date a repetition
will be promised us.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-05-06
HAMMOND WILL NOT RUN.
Announces That Professional Engagements
win Occupy His Time.

TH0MAsvILLE, GA, May 3.-During
the past few months Captain W. NJ.
Hammond's name has been frequently
connected with the race for congress in
this district, but up to Saturday it was
not known definitely whether he would
make the race or n t. Saturday morn
ing a number of his friends addressed
him letter asking him to run. His re-
ply to this letter stated that he would
not be able to enter the race, as his time
would be occupied by professional en-
gagements for the next several weeks.
The following is an extract from Cap
tain Hammond's letter: professional er-
gagements will occupy my time until the
firstIof June, and the canvass is already
far advanced; personal solicitation and
other influences not perhaps heretofore
familiar tc the people have doubtless
gone far to direct the choice and confirm
the preferences of many voters. Under
these circumstances, do not think that
the time and effort would now be able
to devote to the canvass would justify
your expectations or materially affect
the result"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-05-06
ANOTHER Big SUIT
FILED Blythe WATER COMPANY
AGAINST THE CITY.
1t Is for Water Rent for 1895 and Attor-
neys' Fees. Nearly $1,000 Is the
Sum Involved:

Readers of THE NEWS are familiar
with the litigation that has been pend
ing for some time between the Daw-
son Waterw orks Company and the city
council in an effort of the latter to
annul the contract made by former
council with the water company for a
period of twenty years. This suit is
expected to be tried at the approach
ing term of court.
The council cOnten dis that contracts
made by one council are not binding
upon its successors, and,a the begin
ming of 1895, believing that Dawson
was paying too much for water, mott =
fed the company that the city would
not continue the contract on the terms
that had previously existed, which was
$4,000 year.
On the first of January last the com
pany rendered a bill for $4,000 for a
years water rent, ands it's payment
was refused. 1t is for this sum and
$500 or 500 attorney fees and costs that
suit has now been begun. This, added
to a suit already pending to recover
from the city nearly $500 deducted
from the water rent in 1894 for
taxes, makes something over $4,000 in
issue.
The outcome of the litigation is
awaited with much interest.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-05-06
SOME STIRRING SERMONS.
A Former Dawson Pastor Is Preachins
Them in Savannah.

The Rev. A. M. Williams, former
pastor of the Methodist church of Daw-
son, has recently been preaching some
stirring sermons in Savannah. We fire.
quently see reference to his sermons in
the newspapers. On last Satu4 day night
he delivered an address before the Unl-
versity Club of Savannah on "The Bad
Boys of TIE State University" The Sa-
vannah Press declares that the addre. {
was complete answer to the arguments
so familiar in Georgia by the support
ers of sectarian colleges that boys are
sent to Athens to be ruined in morals.
Mr.. Williams gave his testimony to show
that in every city where his ministry had
extended, in Columbus, Macon, Dawson,
Americus, Albany and Savannah. he had
found 'the bad boys of the university
sitting in his boards of stewards and
active among the willing workers of hi,
church.