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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Jen"r""n Davis Private Property.
Confederate ex Postmaster General
John H. Reagan related the following In
his recent lecture in San Antonio, Tex. /:
Il said there were some things illus
trative OF the character Of Mr.. Davis not
generally known to the public. When
Gen. Grant was moving his army down
the Mississippi below vicksburg, Mr..
Davis was notified that his Briarfleld
plantation and large property would
rail- into federal hands and was advised
to have the movable property carried
out OF danger. To this suggestion he
replied that the president OF the con-
rederacy could not afford to employ
men to take care Of his private prop
erty. And when the federal army was
moving on Jackson. Miss, and he was
advised that his hill homo in Kinda
county and his valuable library ana
other property there would fall into
federal hands and that he ought 10 have
1t removed to a place OF safety, he made
the same reply-that the president Of
the confederacy could not AFFORD to use
men for the security. of his private
property. And all movable property
at both places, including his negroes.
was lost to him. l make these stnte.
ments because I was present at each
OF these conversations and have NOT
seen them in print"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
Drilling with I3uilots,

A novel method Of perforating iron
plates is reported from Salt Lake civ
The city ia being supplied with cleo
tricity for lighting and power Rener.
ated fourteen miles away in the big
Cottonwood canon. 1t was found nec-
essary. for the purpose of pipe connec.
lions, to cut four 4s-inch openings in
the scven-foot penstock. the plates OF
which were half an inch thick. The
workmen began to cut with cape CHS
els. but the process made was too
exasperatingly slow for the engineer
o, the works. r. M. Jones. who ia
known throughout the west as the
cowboy engineer" Mr.. Jones took
up his rife. and, using steel bullets
cased with copper, shot line of holes
through the plates from a distance of
about thirty feet. The Intervening
edges were afterwards easily cut out.
and In very short time the Job was
finished.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
OLDEST IM rHE WEST.
Centennial Celsbration Of the Rev Do-
sign. IlI., Bapsise Church.

Centennial CslsbPntion Of the New Ne
Sign. IlL, Bapsise Church.
The oldest Baptist church in Illinois,
or in the West, Is at New Design. III.
1t was built In 1896, and it's centennial
was duly celebrated by the Baptists Il
the state quite recently. In the sum-
mer OF 1887 James Smith. a Baptist
preacher from Lincoln county, KY.
visited New Design and preached to
the people. His labors were successful.
and several Of the pioneers professed
to be converted. Amongst them were
Joseph Ogie. James Lemen, their wives
and other connections. On May 10
Smith was taken prisoner by q party
OF Kickapoo Indians and carried on
captive.
In his absence meetings were held.
conducted by Shadrach Bond. who was
the frst Governor Of Illinois. At ono
OF these meetings . stranger came In.
whose dress indicated that he was in
advance Of the hunting shirts and In
dian moccasins Of the settlers. Tho
stranger was Rev. Joseph Dodge, from
Kentucky. on his way to visit
brother. residing In Ste. Genevieve. He
spent several days preaching In the
settlement. and upon his departure.
baptized James Lemen and wife, John
Gibbons and Isaac Enochs, who were
the first persons baptized in the terri-
tory.
For the next two years they were
without preacher. but continued to
hold regular meetings. In the spring
OF 1896 Elder David Badgley OF vir-
ginia made them a visit. Before he
departed. on May 80. he baptized Is
persons.
Elder Badgley and Joseph Chance OF
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

mining the pest location for an aerial
cable railway to the summit has lust
been completed. 1t has been deter
nined 10 start the line from the ranch
or Tlamacus, and 1t will be connected
WIN the lhteroceanic railroad at the
oase, SO 'hat the business of shipping
sulphur can be cheaply accomplished.
This new railway will be a great at
traction to tourists, who will now be
ape TO make the ascent to the summit.
lo'ooo Ieet above the sea, and also de-
scehd TO the crater. where the process
Oh extracting sulphur Is being carried
out.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
General Jones is the son of John Rice

General Jones Is the son of John Rice
Jones, mentioned in history as the
friend of Benjamin Franklin. The
father was for years chief justice of
the supreme court of Missouri. The
family lived at st. Genevieve, Mo-, in
1914, and when Captain Linn was COM
missioned to raise company Of SOL
diers young Jones was the drummer
boy who marched about the streets in
that service. He graduated from
Pennsylvania University at Lexing-
ton, KY, in 1925. Henry Clay was his
college guardian. In 1923 he was SER
geant of the body guard of Andrew
jackson on his way to Washington to
take his seat as United States senator.
When Lafayette revisited America the
young student was selected by con-
gress as member of reception COM
mittee and escorted the French patriot
through Kentucky.
After graduation young Jones lived
three years at ST. Genevieve. studied
law and was clerk Of the United States
district court for Missouri His health
gave out and his physician ordered
him into the woods to recuperate. Ac-
companied by dozen slaves and
number of hired men, he went to Sin
sinawa Mound, then in Michigan Ter
ritory, but now in Wisconsin, not far
from Dubuque. He engaged in mining,
smelling, farming and merchandising,
living simple. rough life, which re-
stored his health, and he boosted free
dom from sickness for nearly seventy
years thereafter.
When the Black Hawk war broke out
in 1882 he enlisted as aid de-camp to
General Henry Dodge, father of his
colleague as United States senator from
Iowa. After the war the pioneers of
Michigan Territory chose him colonel
OF militia without his knowledge. al
though son of Alexander Hamilton
was candidate. Later he became
major general. While organizing a
company of soldiers at what is now
Mineral Point, Wis. he was chosen
county judge, although he had not
sought the place.
In 1885 he was elected delegate 10
congress from the Territory of Michi-
gan, which then embraced all the coun-
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

oPCStCu. tAluOuSH
he never reached the top Of the
ladder. or blazed forth a star of the
first magnitude In the theatrical firma-
ment, he was for many years, and
down to the time of his death, a popu-
lar actor whose presence always added
vitality to a cast and won favor from
an audience.
Frank Mayo, born in Boston, April
IL. 1889, was In his fifty-seventh year.
Entering tho dramatic profession when
quite young, he was Connected with
the stage for forty years. and owing
to his long service 1t was presumed by
many that he was a much older man
than the figures indicate. His success
with "Pudd'nhead Wilson" had not
only rehabilitated his fortunes, which
at one time had reached very low
ebb, but had apparently given him a
new lease of life.
In 1854 Mr.. Mayo left Boston and
made his way to the Pacific coast,
where his natural bent for the stage
soon became manifest. Two years
after arriving in San Francisco (S5G)
he made his first essay on the stage,
appearing at the American theater,
then under the management of Laura
Keene as the waiter in a farce called
Raising the Wind" Subsequently
he played for several seasons in San
Francisco and among the mining
towns. in the support of Edwin Booth.
Laura keene. Julia Dean Hayne,
James Anderson and the Chapman
family, and in 1863 made so much Of
hit as Mana Sahib In Boucicaul;'s
drama. Jessie Brown" that he became
the favorite leading man of the gold
coast, an enviable position, which he
was able to maintain until 1865, when
his base Of operations was transferred
to the Boston theater. On Aug. "a,
1865, he played Badger in "The Streets
OF New York" at that theater with
great success, and was subsequently
seen there and elsewhere in Hamlet,
Richard ILL.,, Iago, Othello, Jack Cade,
DArtagnon, Don Caesar de Bazan and
other characters.
His work during this period was that
OF leading man in legitimate stock
company, but in 1867 he made de-
tcrmined bid for stellar honors by
pl oducing "Davy Crockett" typical
American play. This important event
In his career occurred at Rochester, N.
y, Sept. "a. 1872. and thereafter for
eight years he played the character of
the American backwOodsman continu-
ously.
But when the vogue of "Davy Crock
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

try from Lake Huron to the Pacific.
the largest district ever represented by
one man in congress. One of his first
acts was to introduce bill for the for
nation of Wisconsin Territory, which
comprised most of the country
west Of Lake Michigan. He took the
name from the Ouisconsin river. so
named by Marquette, and secured the
passage of his bill before the bill ad
hitting Michigan to statehood was
passed, He was elected delegate from
Wisconsin while still holding that DO
sition from Michigan. He introduced
and secured the passage OF the bill
creating the Territory of Iowa.
President Van Buren, appointed him
surveyor general of the Northwest
Territory and he became a resident NJ
Dubuque. President William Henry
Harrison removed him, but he was re-
appointed by President Polk. He was
chosen first United States senator from
Iowa In lS4S. a position to which he
was reelected. In 1859 he was ap-
pointed minister to the country now
known as Colombia. While there he
wrote to Jefferson Davis, who had
oeen lieatcnant with him in the
Black Hawk war. Jones did not know
Of the beginning OF the war, and the
terms Of his letter to his old friend
put him under suspicion when 1t fell
into the hands of Secretary Seward.
General Jones was recalled and i'm
prisoned in Fort Lafayette for sixty
four days. President Lincoln became
convinced Of his innocence and ordered
his release. A year or two later Gem
eral Jones retired from public life.
At one time he and Daniel Webster
were partners in the town site Of Madi-
son. Wis, and Sioux City, Iowa. He
acted as second for Jonathan Cilley in
the fatal duel with William ]. Graves
In 1888. In 1892 congress voted him a
pension for services in the war of 1919
and the Black Hawk war. 1t also re-
imbursed him for services while in
South America.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

- bidck HAWK war.
He was the last delegate in congress
from the territory of Michigan, the first
delegate from Wisconsin and the first
United States Senator from the State
OF Iowa, and he selected the names
wisconsin and Iowa. He has known
every President since Monroe. was in
the escort of Lafayette, was a business
partner Of Daniel Webster, was the
colleague in congress of Thomas H.
Benton. Charles Sumner, Stephen A.
douglas. William H. Seward and James
buchanan. was the intimate friend of
John c. Calhoun, Martin Van Buren,,
Henry Clay. John c. Fremont, Jefrer-
son Davis and Franklin Pierce. was a
minister to South America before the
war. was party to seven affairs of
honor caught the dying victim of the
Cilley-Graves duel in his arms, was
imprisoned by Seward on suspicion of
being In collision with Jefferson Davis
was the Chesterfield Of Washington
society nearly fifty years ago, was once
the richest man in Iowa, but in his
latter years has had little income ex-
cept a pension Of 500 a month, granted
eighty years after his service as a
drummer boy. To these must be added
many minor distinctions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

II could go back with my family
70 the peaceful solitude of one of those
great clearings in the woods, such as
anew SO intimately in my childhood
anu we could there raise enough from
.le SOIL to easily satisfy our daily needs
ano sustain comfortable existence, ]
would never write another line. !
Sould Just do my work, play with my
.n'ldren and think my own thoughts
'or their own sake"
4. ihis declaration was uttered with all
.ne enthusiasm of which Mrs. Peattie
40 capable, and that is not a little.
tha. ms might lead to the impression
.na' MRS. Peattie considers her news
raper and literary work as little better
th "n daily grind, but the truth is
aa' she takes no such pessimisti,
we" OF her routine task. Quite TO the
sou'rary, her whole heart is in what
t'er she does, whether it be as a prac-
"'ai philanthropist. a writer of stories
newspaper woman.
when l started my 'woman's COL
a'n l determined that it should not
H.. Aiaae the vehicle of woman's fol-
rs Ut ioibles, but that it should con-
sn Whatever of good common sense
M nu practical wisdom l could COM
s,',I nu' added Mrs. Peattie. "The re-
b a.t mas been gratifying to me. for it
mS demonstrated the fact that depart
d,a n's OF this kind as ordinarily con-
so ae.eu are not what women want or
t tnp;p'ecla'e, but what bachelor editors
'alnk women like. '0' >
,n i have been deriving no little
han usement from the good critics who
m rase been kind enough to pass iude-
ST. ST. upon my latest collection of short
TIES TIES called A Mountain Woman
! th0 e very stories in that volume which
M nave branded with the stamp of
are little more than
bs ts OF reporting rather than mag
&C. creations. The princinal char
inc;s' as well as the main thread of
Johne.n' in the story of The Three
~ ,- and Up the Gulch' are absolute
ana practically unembellished.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
MACARET L. WOODS.
The Authoress of "A Village Tragedy"
In New Role.

A"o Autnofess OF "A Village Tragedy
In = New Role.
A remarkable dramatic poem "Wild
Justice" has come out in England. its
author being Mrs Margaret l.. Woods.
VINO some seven years ago was quite
prominently before the public on ac-
count OF the somber power Of her first
novel. "A Village Tragedy" Since then
she has written little but what she has
done has been of fine quality.
Mrs. Woods is a daughter Of the dean
OF Westminster and is married to the
Rev. H. G. Woods. president Of Trinity
college, Oxford. Her other writings of
note have been a novel, Esther Van
homrich," which has for its central fig
ure Dean Swift; The Vagabonds" and
volume of poems The present poem
shows the conflict between good and
evil in the human soul; the scene is
laid on lonely, rock bound island
where dwells man who for years has
tortured his helpless wife and children.
One child maniac. one drowned, one
a cripple and another leading a life of
shame to escape parental tyranny pres
age a horror which Mrs. Woods han,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
Greeks Honor q Cyclist.

Americans are fond of lauding their
athletic heroes, but it seems that we
are far behind in this respect when
classed with the Greeks. Spiro Louys,
the young man who won the bicycle
race from Athens to Marathon, during
the Olympic revival. is having honors
thrust upon him that even Rusie or
the pet of Burkeville never dared
dream of. All Greece is heaping upon
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Inc Stavekirche' at Borgund, Nor
way depicted above, Is one Of the most
venerable wooden edifices in the
world. Inc interior of the church
consists OF a large. square auditorium
ana smaller and narrower choir,
which latter ends in a semi circular re.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

"A recent number of the Wheelman
contained bright article by Mrs.
Peattie and was accompanied BY an
excellent portrait Of herself. which
was labeled Mrs. Frederick ]. Titus,
wife OF the American eighth hour cham
pion. She does not ride a bicycle,
and her husband is known to the news
paper fraternity of the United States
as Bob" Peattie.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Words are the sharpest stillettos ever
welded by the hand of friend. There
Is no sledge hammer on earth so power
full as language; no lilies so white: nc
thorns so sharp; no poison so deadly
Rev. Frank Talmage.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
WAS IN WAR OF 1872.
EX-SENATOR GEORGE WALLACE
JONES OF IOWA.
first Delegate in Cong res. from MIchi-
gan, Wisconsin and First Senator from
che Hawkeye State-Has Had u Varied
Career.

GORGE Wallace
Jones, ex = United
States Senator from
Iowa, has had a re-
markable career.
Born at Vincennes.
Ind, April II, 1904,
he was a drummer
boy in the war of,
1872, and won dis
tinctiOn in the
DR. 81
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

went 10 TWO receptions last night
and lost my umbrella at the last" Its
wonder you didn't lose Il at the first
one That's where | got it."-Truth
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Next to the queen and the princess
OF Wales. Miss Florence Nightingale is
by all odds the most prominent wom-
an In England. The fame she gained
In the Crimea forty years ago has pen
etrated into the remotest corners OF
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
MRS. WOODS.

>.
dles IN mastery way. The roar OF
the waves on the rocky shore sings
through the drama and while the
whole verges on the morbid it is not
pessimistic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

what she is and of what she has &C.
,complished would be more than suffi-
cient to satisfy many a woman of far
greater ambition. AS an editorial
writer upon the staff of the Omaha
World Herald, she has made her name
known and respected in the newspaper
offices of the entire country among
men with masculine prejudices against
women in editorial positions. She has
long conducted daily "woman's COL
umn," which is not pink tea or a sew
ing circle reduced to type, and she is
the author of short stories which are
recognized as among the best that the
west is giving to the world through the
medium of the leading eastern maya
zines.
But it is in her work for the women
of Omaha, Nebraska, and the west, that
Mrs. Peattie has the strongest interest
The particular phase of that work
which is just now engaging her ener-
ges is the organization Of circulating
library, in connection with the wom-
ans club of which she is president.
eve are trying to make it possible for
every woman in Nebraska to have &C
cess, without cost, to the wide variety
of books at the command of our organ
ization," said Mrs. Peattie THE pub
lie interest in this movement would
surprise any person who is not in close
touch with it. A two days accumula-
s14ion of the letters which come to me
from women all over the state would
heap high enc of the ordinary letter
baskets which businessmen usually
keep on their desks. AS l never allow
one of these letters to go unanswered,
find that l must make my replies i'm
mediately or become swamped with
the influx Of two Or three days cores
pOndence. 1t would be a revelation.
fancy, to most people if they might
read those letters, full of the pathos OF
the struggle for more knowledge, for
horizon wider than a farmhouse kitch-
en- and for mental elevation higher
than the level of that deathly Moloch,
kitchen stove-the altar upon which
many prairie woman offers herself
a daily sacrificial victim.
"The yearning of such women for
the better higher and nobler things of
life and the patient persistence in at
tempting to satisfy those !ongings have
something heroic in them that touches
me strongly.
My own life in great Michigan
woods. where I spent my girlhood,
taught me many helpful lessons. The
life person leads before 10 years Of
age is what counts. 1t is what comes
during that period that leaves the most
lasting and permanent impressions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Railway to u Volcanoes Crater,
Inc survey or the volcano Popocate-
petl, Mexico for the purpose OF deter
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

Plain red combined with red and
white IN wall papering is considered
very artistic.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

oFIHO LOU S.
him gifts, letters of congratulation and
offers of advancement That the dis
ease which SO commonly afIlicts the
achiever of sporting greatness, aptly
termed big head" has not tainted this
Marathon winner is testified to by the
statement that he has actually declined
many offers. How unfit fer an Amer.
lean career this youth must be,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
LATE FRANK MAYO.
BEST TYPE OF THE AMERICAN
BORDER HERO.
Most Favorably known to Playgoers ~
Davy Crockett" In the Celebrated
Play Of That Name-Rem ,niscences Of
His Early Dsys.

HE recent death
of Frank Mayo has
occasiOned great
sorrow. not only
among his old asso-
cictes Of the thea
ter, but In many
circles where his
genial and manly
characteristics wore
known and re-
Spected. Although
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20

FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE.
the British Isles, and almost as much
as the queens her name is a household
word. Some evidence of her popu-
larity was given on the occasion of her
seventy-sixth birthday, recently, by
the numerous cOngratulatory mes
sages she received. Miss nightingale
shows the advance of age visibly, but
though she is feeble physically she is
serene OF mind. She rarely appears in
public uowai""s
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
THE OLD CHURCH.

THE OLD CHURCH.
cess. within which is the altar. An
open gallery surrounds the church.
Light enters only through the small.
round holes under the main roof 50
'hat the .woI shippers are always
SIN GUIDED in that semi-darkness so ia.
vorable to meditation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-08-20
WOMAN OF THE " EST.
MRS. ELLA w. PEATTIE DEFEN-
DER OF THE SEX.
Makes Books for Nebraska Mothers-
Declares That She Loves Her Work
and That Her Novels Are True to the


RS. Ella w. Peat
tie. the friend of
every woman in
Nebraska, pres l.
dent of the Omaha
'WOman's Club, au-
thor Of many bril-
liant short stories
and practical news
paper writer, is a
dynamo of energy
and the half of
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-02-03
A Republican State Convention
WILL BE HELD IN
City Hall, Portland,
Thursday, April 18th, 1886,
AZ EJayau NsaloeL A. MI
AT Eleven O'Clock A. M.

for the purpose of selecting six candidates for
electors of President and Vice President of the
United States. and four delegates at large and
four alternatps to attend The National Repubi-
can Convention. to be held at st. Louis, Mis-
souri,, on Tuesday June 18th, 1895, and trans
acting any other business that may properly
come before it.
The basis OF representation will be as fol-
lows each CITY, Town and Plantation will be
entitled to one delegate, and for each seventy
five votes cast for TIE Republican candidate FIR
Governor IN 1894, all additional delegate. and
for a fraction OF forty votes in excess of seven
five votes, an additional delegate.
Vacancies in the delegation of any City. Town
or Plantation can only be filled by a resident of
the County in which the vacancy exists.
The State committee will be in session in the
reception room of the hall at nine O'Clock, on
the morning of the convention for the purpose
OF receiving the credentials of delegates. Dele
gates in order to be eligible to participate in
the convention, must be elected subsequent to
the date of the call for this conventions and
delegates under this call, should not be elected
to the State convention to be hereafter called
for the purpose Of nominating candidate for
governor.
All electors of Maine without regard to past
political differences who are in sympathy with
the sentiments expressed in the call of the Re
publican National EOinlnittee for the Repubii.
can National Convention, are cordially invited
to unite with the Republicans of the state in
electing delegates 20 this Convention.
Per torder Republican State Committee
JOSEPH H. MANLEY, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD, Secretary.
Augusta, Maine, Jan. %, 1895.