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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10

devilish.' We'll, mother T said, for
| know God heard our prayers. He don't
lie, and we laid hands on you in His
name. will go upstairs and pray. and
you do so here. and We will ask God to
reveal the reason you are not deliv-
ered'
II had scarcely dropped upon my
knees in the chamber above before
God said to me plainly: 1T is the devil
Within one minute from the time
left her I said: Mother, God tells me
that it is the devil Well, Frank she
said, I feel the same 1 believe it is
the devil rather than disease thank
God for anonted eyes with which to
perceive, as we'll as anointed ears with
which to hear.
Though | have never been taught
this by man, yet the Great Teacher, the
holy Ghost had shown me that, while
the prayer of faith would save the sick,
the command of faith must cast out
devils Mark, xvi, 1G). Accordingly, in
His name, l commanded the devil to
leave my mothers limb. Some may
smile at this, but two weeks of fearful
and almost uncomfortable agony ended
when that command was given. My
mother slept like an infant that night,
and the agony has never returned"
According to the believers in the new
doctrine established by Sandford there
is considerable agitation on the part of
the devil owing to their power to sub
due him. In the country about Dur
ham, where the evangelist holds ser
vices at regular intervals, there are
some remarkable manifestations Which
the faithful attribute to the workings
Of the evil spirit.
Sanford holds camp-meeting and a
series of tent-meetings all about the
country. and at these the power fer
both good and evil develops many le-
culiarities.
1t has got so that the faithful be-
lieve absolutely that they are proof
against all Vaccinations of his Satanic
Majesty. and, as they tell one, they get
the devil in a tight corner every now
and again, because they can actually
hear him yelp. The cries uttered by
those who are wrestling with the evil
spirit are referred to by the saints
as the ''yelping of the devil"
For all are saints who embrace the
new faith as taught by the Schlatter
of the East. There is no distinction as
to creed. and any one who sincerely
believes may Join the hand of the faith
full.
Sanford has not always been in
spired. He is graduate of Bates Col
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finger. Then, extending his arm and
bending back his hand until the spear
lies horizontal, he aims at the mark
and propels the weapon by quick for
ward jerk of the stick. In this way
have seen the Eskimo boys casting
their forked jayelins at wounded water
fowl. There is a very large number of
Eskimos' throwing sticks in the Ma
tional museum at Washington, COL
lected from all the different branches
OF the race. These have been carefully
studied by Prof. Otis T. Mason. one of
the curators of the museum, and he has
found that these implements differ
greatly from each other in their details
while all are made on the same general
plan. For instance. one kind will have
plain handle, while another will have
projecting pegs. or holes or sockets. tn
give a f1rmer hold for the fingers and
so on.-Pcpular Science Monthly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10

The coffin torpedo is the latest device
to foil the grave robber.
CT late years the practice of despoil
ing graves has become so widespread
that every effort has been put forth to
find some means to end it. 1t is be-
lleved the present invention will
achieve that purpose.
This new contrivance is regulation
bomb, as deadly as any ever invented
by anarchistic genius. 1t is placed in
the casket just previous to interment,
and after it is placed in position the
lid OF the casket screwed down, it will
be an exceedingly dangerous undertaA-
ing to attempt to force the casket
open. The lid of the closed coffin
presses down spring. Raising this iii.
even in slight degree. releases the
spring. causing it to strike percussion
cap. The resulting explosion of the cap
also explodes the bomb and, while the
conclusion would wrench the casket.
1t is almost impossible for the person
who is trying to open the casket to es-
cape instant death.-New York Journal
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To Explore SpitzberE en-.

Sir Martin Conway, head Of the ex-
petition to Spitzbergen, which left
England on June l, said to an inter-
viewer just before he started:
Our idea is to explore Spitzbergen,
to cross the island in two or three di-
re ;tions If possible. to make collec-
tons and map, and. generally speak
ing, to bring back an account of 4
country the nature of which is entirely
unknown. Spitzbergen is the only
piece of polar land, thanks to the gulf
stream. easily accessible to explorers
The wonder is that it has not been ex-
plored before. The only explanation Of
this is that the land has been visited
by sailors, fishermen and yachtsmen
who had no object in penetrating into
the interior. The Typographical re-
suits will, of course. be Of prime i'm
portance. coupled with the geographical
and geological data. The point of in
terest to biologists is the existence Of
a bed of fossil plants which are I'M
represented in the British national COL
lections. DR.. Gregory's main business
will be to supply that lack. Mr.. Ire
vor-Battye will look after the geologic
al and botanical part of the expedition.
The botanical point of interest is in
the plants that grow on the hills or
nunataks, rising above the glacial
covering Of the high region. l shall
look after the map work. The expedi-
ton. part OF the expenses of which are
contributed by the Royal Geographical
society, is due to return to England
about the end of September. London
Times.
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In the first place throwing stick"
throwing board or spear thrower,'
as it is sometimes called, is a contriv-
ance for casting a iayeiin or harpoon
which is employed by various savage
races, such as the Australians, some
South American tribes and especially
by the Eskimos, among whom it's use
is almost universal. Roughly speaking
it is narrow grooved board foot or
so long, with one end cut into a handle
and the other provided with a stud or
spur for the butt of the spear to rest
against. 1t is used thus: Grasping the
handle as he would a sword the man
fits the shaft of the spear into the
groove, with the butt resting against
the stud, steadying the spear with the
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10
What He Knew About n.

Have you seen Mathilde's new
dress?" asked Mrs. Cumrox.
No, I haven't seen Matilda's new
dress was the not very genial re-
ply, "and. what is more, don't want to
see it,
L should think you would have
enough of the sentiments of a father
about you to take an interest in WHAT
Mathilde wears"
Il can find out all l want to know
about Matilda's dresses" he rejoined
persisting in his own pronunciation
without seeing them.'
"oh, indeed! Then perhaps you can
describe the material of this one"
i can; not infinitely, but none the
less accurately. The most conspicuous
thing about the material is a large
check. l feel sure about that, because
wrote the check myself WASHING.
ton Star.
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RAILWAYS Queer Defect.

A curious defect has been discover
ed In Buda Pesth's underground rail-
way. There are not enough ventilat-
ing apertures in the tunnel and the
trains rushing through it compress the
air in 1t like that in the tube of Ia
linski pneumatic gun. On some occa-
sions the cars have beeen lifted from
the track and the passengers have been
almost suffocated. One stretch OF tun-
mel two miles long has only a single
ventilating aperture, making it almost
an alright compartment. Any con-
structing engineer ought to have
known what would be the result Of
such pneumatic conditions.
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in new form. They believe in and
he breaches divine healing. Sand
ford has already made many
cur es in and about the town of Durham
some of which he is not avorse to
talking about. There is one case in
particular to Which he refers, that
OF woman who was thrown from a
carriage and had four ribs broken.
she suffered intensely, and until Sand
ford prayed for her, when she declared
her pains all gone and said she was
healed completely. In Durham they say
that many cases of the kind have Oc-
Cured
More titan that, they cast out devils
in Durham. Sanford cast devil out
OF his mothers limb. He says so him
self, and he described the singular pro-
ceeding in way that is vivid.
His mother, he said, in an interview
with Lewiston (Me) Journal reporter,
was suffering with sciatica. She was
the object of much solicitude on the
part of her neighbors, and they com
bined to free her of her alment. They
offered special prayers and anointed
her, and there was a laying-on OF hands,
but she was not delivered from lain
sanford was then appealed to to use
his power TO cast out devils.
AS he tells it, his mother told him
when he arrived at her home that she
leit she was healed on the day when
she was anointed. Yet the pains had
returned each night, and during the
two or three nights preceding his ar
rival she had endured fearful agony.
Mother told me- said he, that she
could bear it no longer Why she
said, 1t seems as If the very fangs of
the devil are fastened into my limbs
nights! l can't express it in any other
way she said. 1T seems something
more than sickness. The pain seems
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10
STUBBORN FIGHTERS OF NILE
Trouble. Ahead for tho Expedition l.,
tho River.

tho River.
There is trouble ahead for the ex.
| petition up the Nile if the deryishes
have become good rifiemen, as a cable
dispatch from London reports on the
authority of correspondent of the
Army and Navy Gazette. According tn
this correspondent the dervishes can
now deliver deadly rifle fire which
will enable them to combine European
tactics with formidable onsets of cav
airy and spearsmen in the old STYLE
says the Boston Herald. He adds that
the British tactics of forming squares
and awaiting the shock of battle will
| not longer answer against the NAH
dists and, if persisted in, will result in
rout and ruin.
In the stubborn fighting between the
British and Mahdists during the ex-
petitions of 1854 and 1885 the square
was a favorite formation with the
British, who met in this way the fiery
charges of the dervishes at Tamai and
Abou Klea. Such tactics were sound
enough under the military conditions
then existing, as the tribes had few
rifles and little skill with this weapon.
Thus solid formations; which would
have crumbled to pieces under fire. Of
fered the best means of meeting the
desperate rushes of the Soudanese
spearsmen. How formidable these
charges were was shown at the battle
of Tamai, where the Hadendowas
crushed in the face of British square
captured several gatling guns and
forced the Black Watch" one of the
toughest fighting regiments in the Brit
ISL service, to give ground.
We said at the time that if the Arabs
ever attained skill as marksmen, so
that their rifle fire would match the ex-
cellence of their spear work, the Brit
ish would have to give up the idea of
lighting in squares and face the
charges of the tribesmen in open Or
der. If, as the correspondent of the
Army and Navy Gazette asserts, the
dervishcs arc now able to combine fire.
arms effectively with the cold steel,
the AnglO-Egyptian troops have a far
more formidable task before them in
their present invasion of the Soudan
than Sir Gerald Graham and Sir Her.
bert Stewart had to deal with in the
expeditions Of 1884 and 1885.
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ATMOSPHERE OF MARS.
The Far. Away Planet Blessed with Per
ennially Fine Weather.

eNniaIly FIne W Gather.
Let us now remark that the Marian
meteorology is less complicated and
more pleasant than that of the earth,
says the North American Review.
There the weather is almost always
fine, especially during summer. Very
seldom are there clouds, even in winter.
Generally when we are unable to dis
tinguish through the telescope the de-
tails of the geographical configuration
upon the planet, the fault is in our own
atmosphere and not in that of Mars
II is very rarely the case that when
our atmospheric conditions are good,
we are unable to see these details Dur
ing the last period of observance of
Mars in 1894, l, to speak for myself
encountered only fifteen days from
Oct. 10 to 25) when the surface of the
planet was yelled by it's own at
mosphere. Clouds are excessively rare
on the surface of Mars, and perhaps ex-
list at all only as fogs or light cirrus;
they are not clouds of rain or storm.
THESE wells are very infrequent there,
While they are perpetual upon the
earth. Probably there is not a single
day in the year when the entire sur
face of the earth is uncovered so that
1t could be satisfactorily observed from
space. The planets have two meteoro-
logical systems that are absolutely an
tithetical. Furthermore in the rare
fed atmosphere of Mars there can be
no powerful winds, like the trade winds
and the predominant atmospherical
currents which rule terrestrial eli
mates. Occasionally, however, Oh
servers have noted long strAks Of
snow which appear to have beeen pro-
duced by currents in tranquil at
mosphere. Shiaptrelli, for instance,
observed such streaks C'trainees') in
November and December, 1881, around
the northern pole and extending a con-
siderable distance from it. But such
things are exceptions. The normal
condition of Mars is fine weather.
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and was almost falling when suddenly
one OF the highwaymen pushed the
other out Of the way, exclaiming: a
Hebe. by Jove! and with such bow
as few had ever given me took my
hand and helped me down.
ITO tell the truth, knew very little
OF what took place around me after
that. l saw my h!ghwayman give
orders to his men: then he turned to
me and In the most gentlemanly man
ner begged me to walk with him. l
dere not refuse, and we paced back and
forth TIL l felt as II should faint He
talked Of the scenery, the mountain
air, and other matters. but OF his pur-
pose there and Of the operations OF
his companions-he kept himself care
fully between me and them-he said
not word.
1T was at a moment when l felt
could endure no more that l caught
sight Of Pauls face. All the men had
their hands tied behind them and were
standing in row, looking into the re-
,volvers Of their captors, who relieved
them of everything of value. There
stood your grandfather with such a
glare Of helpless indignation at poor
me that 1t was more than l could
stand. and with sense Of the ridicu-
lous that was more than half hysteric-
al broke into such peals Of laughter
that the mountains echoed. l could
not help 1t. laughed and laughed till
the tears ran down my cheeks and my
escort at last Joined me, while he
whispered something SO flattering that
poor Paul would have died outright II
he could have heard.
! FINALLY my highwayman placed me
DIN the coach again, with q whispered
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10
hOCAN'S FIRE M AN.
His Remarkable Experience because Tim
objected to His Color.

o"Jected 10 his Sbior.
yes, stree" declared the railroad
man to the Memphis Sclmitar reporter
those days that are past are the palmy
days. | remember when | fired en-
sines that burned nothing but wood
| worked with an engineer-Tim Ho-
gan was his name-who was one OF the
best on the line | amt going to give
the name Of the road nor anything like
that in telling you this tale. cause
Hogan might get in trouble al this late
day.
in them days the engines had a
draft through the smokestack which
beat the world. and the engine Hogan
ran had the strongest draft of any en-
CINE on the road. Many's the time
Hogan has had to stop his engine when
she was putting hard going uphill until
| got out and put piece of sheet-ron
over the stack. What for? Why, to
keep the fire under the boiler. The
draft would draw it all out.
We'll, about the time | speak of the
road wanted to introduce niggers as
firemen. OF course we kicked, but it
didn't do much good. Hogan kicked
harder than anybody and swore he
would kill any niger the road put in
his cab and, not only that, he would
throw his lifeless body in the firebox.
'Cne day Hogan comes to me just
before we was going out on our run
and said: Jim. they've put niger
in with me for this run. but want you
to go out with me, anyway.
What's the use?' says |.
Well. you come on and don't ask
no questions says Hogan.
Hogan was powerful and deter
mined sort of man and 1 didn't want
no trouble with him, so l climbed into
the cab longside OF the Niger when
the train pulled out
well. sir. | never forgot that run.
Hogan was mad and sulky and he run
that old engine with all the cars be
hind her Just like he was way behind
time. The niger heaved wood into
the tirebOX and Hogan kept cussin' him
and tellin' him to keep 'er hot. First
thing | knOwed we'd struck the bottom
of the longest and heaviest grade on
the line. Hogan's engine was drawing
Grc2t chunks of wood from the firebox
and the stack looked like Volcano
Finally, when the niger was lean
ing over to lift a piece Of wood. Hogan
hit him on the head with monkey
wrench and he fell over just like he
was dead. | was SO scared I couldn't
move. but Hogan got off his seat and
chucked the niger feet first into the
tirebOX.
Il looked out of the window. didn't
want to see such shocking sight. |
happened to look at the smokestack,
and see the nigger's boots come out
of it, then his socks, then his pants and
then he come feet first. When he rose
from the stack he yells: 'Good-by, Mr..
Hogan
I'VE saw him light on the ground
and jump up and run. | have never
seen him since, nor neither has Hogan,
but you can't get a niger into Hogan's
cab and that's fact"
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1t was not "a very pretty home we'd
dins'-the one that didn't come off at
Old Orchard the other night 1t would
have been a wedding, though, if the
clergyman hadn't asked the man if he
drank, and on being answered in the
Affirmative. refused to perform the cere-
mony. While the couple were pleading
with the good man to reverse that
righteous decision, an officer of the Law
appeared and stopped all further pro-
ceedings. for the time at least, the
would-be bride being pauper,-Lewis-
ton Journal.
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A New Scheme.

A Paris journal says that a French
scientist is trying to make bees manu-
facture medicated honey in variety
OF flavors for the cure of various dis
eases. He keep the bees under glass
so that they can get honey only from
flowers especially chosen. BY the diff
ferent kinds of honey thus produced
influenza, coughs and colds. indiges.
ton. asthma and many other ills are
said to be readily If indirectly reach
ed and while the palate of the weaken
ed invalid and the stubborn child is
tickled he is being surrep,itiousiy
cured
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A Good YAfletY.

Mrs. Keedick-It is quite the style at
wedding celebrations to have subdued
organ music. Mr.. Keedick-That is a
step in the right direction. l wonder IL
plano music cannot be subdued in some
way.-New York World.
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Bank-NOte Panor

The paper for printing Bank of Eng
land notes is dampened with water IN
the exhausted receiver of an air nm,
The ink used in the plate printing is
made OF black which is composed of the
charcoal of the tendrills and husks of
the German grape ground with linsead
Oil. The ink has a peculiar and deem
shade of black. common black inks he
Ing tinted either with blue or brown
Economist
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A FAKIR OF MAINE.
SANFORD MAKES A NEW DE-
PARTURE IN HEALING METHODS.
Claims to Have Complete Control Over
Evil Spirits-Casting Out a De.il-IIas
Hewildered the Quiet Country Folk In
and About Durham.

n MAINE has ap-
peared a new heal
er, who cures by
faith and ffai t h
alone. He has APP
peared in Durham,
and his name IS
Sandford-the Rev.
F. w. Sanford.
Sanford and his
wife are the "pos-
ties of the old faith
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10
llaCOn Was a Mason.

That indefatigable Detroit solver o:
things BacOnian has discovered that
the author of Mr.. Shakespeare's we'll
known plays was Mason, and that he
who reads between the lines-not to
speak OF the words and letters-of
Hamlet. Othello and all the rest may
find the ritual of that order in all its
fullness.-Boston Transcript.
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lege. and was a Free Baptist clergyman
until within three years ago. At that
time he became convinced that he was
not preaching religion as Christ taught
it. He gave up his charge and salary
and went back to the primitive meth
DDS of Apostolic times.
For three years he has been repair
ing himself for the work, and his VIE
has stuck by him all through 1t. Her
faith is as great as his own. she Is
a young woman of good family and
highly educated and has done much
to aid her husband IN establishing
the new faith, which he calls The
Worlds Eyangelization Crusade on
Apostolic Principles
Sanford appeared in Durham only
recently, and SO earnest and convincing
was he in his arguments that he not
only converted the members OF the
local churches to his faith, but one OF
their pastors as we'll. He has baptized
them all, and he says his power comes
from preaching the simple word OF
God as God has eXpounded it to him.
His is a universal church, and every
one is welcome who believes.
Sanford makes his home in Durham.
where he is teaching his disciples. They
are young men full of zeal for the cause.
Sandford is himself young man. He
has among his disciples actors, young
mechanic and two others, one laborer,
and one who is called the ''Hallelujah
Fiddler"
HOLY GHOST AND US.
On the door Of the house in which
Sanford lives. and in which he has
established The Holy Ghost and Us"
Bible School, is the invitation:
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-09-10

The most enviable OF all titles-.he
character OF an honest man.-WasI.
ington.
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To know what one man has done Is
TO know what all men may do.