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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
LIVELY ST ANCE.

Tho Spirits showed Their Strength BY
Demolishing Everything.
A few days ago lady who was alb
sorbed in the mysteries OF occultism
invited a select circle Of friends to
come to her fat on the Rue Breda and
form a mystic circle to invoke the
spirits of the departed. says the Phila-
delphia Telegraph. The mystic circle
assembled and the sesnce seemed to
promise great things. The floors
creaked and groaned, extraordinary
noises were heard on every side and
suddenly sound like the report OF
cannon was heard and before the as
sembly had time to comment on the ex-
traordinary animation OF their spirit
friends the flooring on one side OF the
room sank in with a crash, carrying the
piano and some OF the furniture two
floors down into the cellar. II wac early
in the evening, happily, so no one was
crushed in the bedroom Immediately
underneath, and as the rest of the
flooring held good the spiritualistic in
vestigatCrs got out safely with undig-
nified haste. and the lottery house is
DeIuR SudIueu ny tHF poiISc " piSScHI
people from risking their precious lives
by entering it, Some ardent believers
declare that the spirits showed their
strength by demolishing the premises,
but the municipal authorities. more
prosaically, are going to sue the archi-
tect and landlord for not keeping the
house in proper repair. The person
most to be pitied in the matter is the
lady whose drawing-room furniture
got SO entangled with the contents oil
her wine cellar as 70 render both quite
useless hencefCrward.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
An All.ArOund Man.

The Triton Gazette has discovered
Justice of the peace who takes the
prize" BY arrangement with the or
binary he was authorized to issue mar
rage licenses. In these days the ne
groes were beginning to enjoy the lux
ury of marrying just like white folks
and the J. P. was gathering IN quite
lot of shekels, as he not only pocketed
the license fee, but also charged a sim
price for tying the knot.
One day a dark hued couple present
ed themselves as candidates for matri-
mony, and he soon sent them on their
way rejoicing. In few days the man
returned and stated that he could no'
live vivid dat ar oman"
Every WE'LL" said the J. F., strokins
his long judicial beard. bring me $ll
and I'll give you a divorce"
The negro returned with the money
in a few days and was solemnly d.
yorced ''by due process of law
This is the only instance on record
where one man exercised the power Of
an ordinary. a magistrate, preacher
clerk of the superior court, judge
O. the superior court and twelve jurors
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

An old clergyman who formerly lived
in New Hampshire town was remark
able for his eccentric modes of speech.
His way of asking a blessing was so
peculiar as to sometimes effect the
risibles of his guests. although he ap-
parenty was entirely unconscious OF
this fact. When he seated himself at
the breakfast table, and saw spread
upon it a meal greatly to his liking, he
said: Lord. we thank thee for this
excellent breakfast of which we are to
partake." A more simple meal, but
one which he still regarded as compar-
atively satisfactory, would cause him to
say, Lord, We thank thee for this good
breakfast set before U.S." But when the
minister's eye roamed over the table
and saw nothing which was especially
to his taste, although the
tone in which he uttered HE
petition was not lacking In
feryor. his sentiments were clearly to
be discovered. Lord" he invariably
said on these occasions. I'LL our hearts
with thankfulness, we beseech thee. for
this meal set before us; for with thee
all things are possible. "-Youth's Com
paniOn.
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less thoroughly acquainted with that

less thoroughly acquainted with that
country.
"Carajo" muttered the terrified
Mexican. Hold thy feet. thou beast.
Truly, what is SO obstinate as a bur-
no! Madre dc Dios! but thou must
take to the cliffs. Miguel. else these men
of war. these soldados, will give thee
new collar"
AS the frightened muleteer turned
abruptly from the trail and scrambled
up the cliffs the burro quietly lay
down in the sun, and with his wrinkled
nose moving gently fell into the sleep
SO dear to his race. At the northern
end of the pass. creeping silently ana
with rifle in hand, was an Indian IN
breechclout and legg.ngs. with single
eagle feather in his tangled mat OF
coarse black hair. He moved slowly
and cautiously. for he knew ne was
near the object of his search. he had
advanced almost to the point where
Pinto, the faithless, had established
himself, when he suddenly discovered
the mule.
Ugh he grunted. casting his hawk
like eyes about. Mule heap sui.
| Gr'"go no there. Where?'
The Indian backed around the rocks
until he secured good position LOT
watching everything that might trans
pire. He had escaped from the reser-
walton and with his great speed had
easily oyertaken the Mexican, on
whose trail ne was camping with
blood in his eye and murder IN
his heart. He wanted revenge.
and with the persistency OF his race
he would follow his quarry to
Central America. but he would find OPP
portunities to get It. He carefully
scanned the face Of the cliffs and soon
discovered whittier his enemy had
gone. Rapidly sweeping his eyes
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with a heavy club, chosen because OF
the rough edges as being more satisfy
ing to the burro's hide. 1t was grow
ing hot, and Miguel, the "gringo.'
was many miles from his destination.
1t was a long, weary tramp across
broken and fearfully rough land,
with water the one thing not to be
had much before the ella was reached.
Miguel was q contrabandista, who had
given the authorities on both sides OF
the Rio Grande much trouble. he
would smuggle prohibited articles
across the border on his little mule.
and all efforts to trap him had tailed.
On this morning Miguel was making
haste to reach Mexico and the wilds
of the Sierra Madres. He had been up
to the Moqui village, had transacted
his usual business, and was thus 1ar
on his return. Still 1t was a 1ar cry
to safety, and the gringo was fearlul
Of danger. At the village buck had
had trouble with the smuggler. and he
swore vengeance on him. The gringo,
shrewd and we'll versed in the tongue
spoken by his customers, was foolish
enough to excite the ire OF one OF the
eagle catchers. and his life was In
danger on that reservation.
So there was good need for haste,
but Pinto, unaware of his masters
danger and Indifferent to 1t anyway.
fled sturdy objections to the speed
required of him. He placed his feet
firmly On the ground and then placidly
but doggedly refused to bulge, in
spite of the fearful beating Miguel
bestowed upon him.
Finally master and burro reached an
agreement. the load was readjusted and
| the journey resumed. but not at run.
Now Pinto held 1t undignified to run,
so he ambled gently along the edge of
| the mountain until they reached a
pass which the gringo knew to be
| dangerous for him at any time, and
| especially SO while the sun pierced its
| gloomy, cavernous depths. He un-
slung his rife, loosed his Andalusian
knife, and stole noisej,ssly forward
He was a desperate fellow, and in case
Of attack would make a bad fight.
AS he descended into that pass and
rounded into the first turn, keeping
| his body we'll covered. the faint notes
of a busle were waited to his ears
He started as IL shot and. looking
keenly ahead. saw O detachment OF
cavalrymen camped right across the
tran, but well out OF sight to any oni
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
golden balls. but when he came out he

golden balls, but when he came out he
wore the silver chain.
Week after week this was repeated,
and there never was a Sunday when
James did not have his silver watch to
wear to church.
The sunlight began 20 wonder why
1t was that nowadays Margery sat
SO often idle in the big rocking chair.
indeed. she seldom even rocked now
When her eyes were open they had a
far-away look in them. as though her
thoughts had wandered back to the
days when her little ones were clus-
tered around her. But the soft. gray
eyes were rarely open when the sun
light came.
Later on he grew to look for her on
the little white bed.
Once or twice he saw James going te
church alone, and took good look to
see whether he wore the watch chain.
Yes. there it was, but it didn't seem to
shine quite as much as it used to.
Poor James! When he stood at Mar
gery's bedside. after coming in from
church, he would try to smile, SO that
the dear wife. as she lay with her wan
face on the pillow, might not know
how he was suffering. Then Mrrgery
would ask family what time it was
and James would open the silver
watch. Then the sunlight would MAKE
the dull silver shine so that Margery
would smile up at James and say tina
she was SO glad, SO glad, that he coult
have 1t another Sunday.
Something would rise up in James
throat. but he would try to look glad
Margery didn't see his hand shake as
he put the watch back in his pocket.
But when Monday came it was agar
In the shop with the three golden balls
When Sunday dawned there was NJ
frail figure lying on the little white bed
and James was sitting by the window
with his elbows on his knees, his heat
| buried in his hands. The sunlight lin
gered with him as long as it could
and when at last it had to go ava,
James never missed it.
| AHe next udy IL Cumc dsan oh'
found James still sitting by the win
dow, his head still bowed and burie'
in his hands.
In the old churchyard. close by tn
gray stone wall, are two new-mad
graves. Growing over these, as though
joining them together with its LOVING
embrace. is an ivy green among who's
leaves the sunlight loves to linger.
In the shop with the three golden ball
they wondered for time what had be
come OF the stoop-shouldered old ma
who used to come every Saturday nigh
for that old silver watch and chair
But they soon forgot all about it.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
THE RULING PASSION.

Record is the soul Of speed In bios
som.
No small number Of racers make
their best time on the wrong track.
A man likes to feel that he looks
we'll on a wheel: a woman likes to bo
told SO.
The wheel we ride is a revelation not
only of our tastes, but of our bank
account.
All dogs who dislike wheelmen are.
unfortunately. neither dead nor yet
''in a manger."
The racer who tries to win by unfair
means is doing his duty as he doesn't
understand it.
No man ever has fair knowledge Of
how steep hill is until he attempts
to ride up it on bicycle.
When a man asks you to be candid
about his wheel, he will probably DO
satisfied IL you are complimentary.
II men could have everything just
the way they wanted it on wheel.
the probability is they wouldn't want II.
All wheelwomen are not angels: but.
Judging from the reckless way some OF
them ride, they will be angels pretty
soon.
The pale mauve quality OF the sport
ing instincts of some OF the leading
professionals makes the judicious ad-
mirer of true racing grieve.
knowledge of a wheel is an excellent
thing, but il you want to retain popu-
| iarity with n woman never let her dis
| cover through your knowledge that
what she thinks she knows about hee
| wheel Is not Q fact.-Wheel
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

SometnlNS winch was Hoe
to Pintos nature. He was chiefly re-
markable for a placidity OF counte-
nance, and a lack Of energy. except
ing in thwarting the wishes OF every
body who offered him gentle or focible
inducements to advance or retreat.
One long. shabby ear dropped apollo
getically over his short nose. and the
other habitually reared itself alolt
with a truculent defiance In comicai
contrast to his generally dilapidated
and detected appearance. He looked
as il he had no mind Of his own. Pin
to was a burr0.
The early morning sun was begin
ming to crown the peaks Of the Mogol-
lon mountains in eastern Arizona Oh
the morning when Pinto's master de-
livered the foregoing address. accom-
panying it with furious whacking
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safe Advice.

safe Advice.
"Apropos OF lightning rods" said th0
Oldest man of the company, II remem-
Der long In the eos. when tho lightning
rod fever ragged. that good woman n
our town built nice house. but refused
to have q lightning rod put on bccauee
she thought she would trust In Provt-
dence. She was very much afraid %
the electric fuid, apd her life WAS pes
tered by rod agents. but she held out
against them until the second year.
which was unusually stormy. and then
she laid the whole matter before her
minister He was little weakened up
man. with q squeaky voice, and he
heard her story OF fear Of the danger On
one side and her belief that she should
trust Providence ON the other. and gave
careful estimate Of both. Then he
gave her a very polite bit Of advice.
He told her to 60 home and have >
lightning rod put on her house ana
then trust in Providence. This she
Immediately acted upon, and the good
woman never knew that the rod agent
had forestalled her and offered liberal
commission to the pastor for his assist
ance in settling her mind.
Free Press.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

.,is made it all the harder for the
N GET near it. When he got to 1t at
last he looked through the WINDOW Just
under the roof.
what he saw must have pleased him
verv much, for he came back after that
whenever he could and stayed just as
,ona as he could. He and certain
wonderful ivy which grew In a soap
NV in the window soon became great
friends, and the visits OF the sunlight
were eagerly watched for by the grace
| full ivy.
Indeed the sun seemed to have
,ordness for everything in the little
rom 1t used to wander over to the
bod in the corner and touch its snowy
white coverlet: then it would SHINE
mon the little stove opposite the win
dow I must tell you here that l really
think the stove was Jealous of the sun
light. You see, 1t had such polish
that it shone itself. and when the sun
was not about the fire in the stove
seemed to burn brighter
The old-fashioned bureau showed It's
are more than ever when the sun snonc
unon it, as old things and old people
are ami to do when the sun shines on
them. The well-worn deal table was
always secured SO white and clean that
the sun was very fond of 1t. The two
things that he loved best of all, though,
were the sweet-faced old woman who
sat so much in the big rockingham
and the ivy in the window. His last
lingering glance was always at these.
He couldn't quite understand why 1t
was that the old man he saw there on
Sundays and heard talk in such gen
tle voice to the sweet-faced woman
wae never there at any other time, until
one day he saw him, in the early morn
ing, going into mill at the other end
of the town. The old man was not very
quick in his step. and his shoulders
stopped from bending SO much over the
loom. His hair was white and his
hands we're thin, and the sunlight
touched him very gently as he passed
through the mill yard gate.
But there was much going on in the
little room that the sunlight knew
nothing Of. The dear old woman, whl
was so fond oft the shabby rockingham
was seldom idle. She seemd to have
an endless number of stockings to knit
but these always disappeared as soon
ac finished Her own stockings and
James (Iames was the old man will
the gentle voice. needed careful mend,
ing to leap Them whole. Sometimes
tie mend.ng was done by candle-light
hut James would shake his head, ant
the stocking would be laid aside
There was never any work done or
Saturday night. That was the nigh
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03
They sw,,.o THEIR ARMs.

-
Thse IL the Terrible charge Dreo8bO
Agssass bicycle 0ir1s.
The queer habit men have OF Fe4Ar4
ing women ~ mysterious bein9D' whooo
actions and modes Of thought are quite
incompreheusible, was amazingly Hiss
trated recently by = writer who wen
dered. through column and more.
why women. when walking. seemed
embarrassed about how TO dispose oe
their hands. The custom Of the ssx
Of carrying purse. card case, umbrella
or other something was explained TO -
an effort to solve the question Of what
should be done with her hands. Most
peculiar, 20 II was averred, and very
unlike the habit Of men. Il II indeed
quite true that the sexes ON the street
manage their hands and arms after DIFF
ferent fashions. but unlikeness in this
particular IL arti6cially produced. -
the wondering writer could have easily
ascertained II he had taken the troubhs
to investigate. Men Of high and low
and all intermediate grades swing their
arms as they walk: that beautiful. nAf-
ural and comfortable movement y noe
permitted to q woman or girl with any
pretensions to good breeding. Dont
swing your arms 10 among the earlieee
OF the appalling long calendar -
"Don'ts" prepared exclusively for girlA
In fact. among the very awful sins tAn4
conservative people charge against -
bicycle girl IL that when on her wheel
she strides ''along and swings her
arms" What she should do. according
to these censors. Of course. 10 to gluo
her elbows to her sides and to take lady
like steps. However. athletics 10 likely
more and more to claim the homage -
woman, and 1t 10 more than possible
that ere long convention will psrmie
her arms to swing AZ freely - those -
her brother. and when that time arrives
one more woman mystery" will -
dissipated. --Philadelph Times.
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The tall man with the literary stoop
in his shoulders then broke the silence.
1.-The average native OF Porto Rico
he began. sis so large that he will fill
a good sized hogshead."
A loud protest went up from the
,ouneers in front OF the postoffice. The
tai, man cleared his throat again.
Il ought to add" he said. in a soft
ened tone, that he will NIL the hogs
head with dark brown molasses."
Whereupon the hour for dinner hav-
ing arrived the house adjourned until
n m. without ceremony.-New Yori
World.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

Where does Cleopatra's body rest!
Scarcely a layman who would not an
swer: why, in Egypt" After her ca
joieries, her wiles. her life of intense Il
not very exalted loves. Cleopatra was
laid in one of the loveliest t0mbs that
have ever been fashioned by the hand
OF man. But what q change 1000
years has brought about! Today IN
ugly mummy with an emblematis
bunch Of decayed wheat and . coarse
comb tied to It's headx-mere roll q
tightly swathed dust-lies crumbling In
a hideous glass case at the British mu-
scum. 1t is Cleopatra. the once great
queen. Venus In charm. beauty and
love. ITO what base uses may We
not" etc.-St. Paul's Magazine.
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HIS HEAD BURIED IN HIS HANDS.

HIS HEAD BURIED IN HIS HANDS.
when the old woman would sit with
her hands resting idly In her lap, while
James would placidly smoke his pipe,
and between the whiffs read to his wife
the news of the week.
They We're old, these two, and life
mad gone hard with them. most would
say; but their love only deepencd as
the years went by, and sorrow served
out to bring them closer together.
The days came and went, and gradu-
ally the old mans step grew slower and
slower and Margery's face more wrin-
hied. The fire tried its best to make
things look bright and cheerful about
the little room, but there was not much
coal used these days, and it had hard
work. The ivy WIS the only thing that
did not seem to feel that something was
wrong. 1t grew so high that there was
danger of the sunlight's not being able
TO peep in the window If 1t kept on
On Sundays, no matter what the
weather might be, the old couple went
TO church. They were always neatly
dressed; but their clothes were begin
nins to show signs of constant wear
Zines were hard. people said, and
many mills were working only on halt
time; some We're even shutting down
altogether. Winter was drawing on
anu the outlook was gloomy.
Inc sunlight was surprised to find
the Old man at home one weekday
near the end OF the autumn. but as
.ne winter wore on ne grew accus
eoH'eo to seeing him there.
one Monday he met James on the
street. and saw him enter a shop in
'front.' OF which three golden balls were
hanging. He noticed that James
looked about before going in: he fell,
ashamed OF being seen. When he came
=, uu. he looked very old. and the sun
"sn' wondered what had become of the
oid silver chain he always wore with
ais big silver watch.
strange, that parting with such ;
uihie should make a man look old.
When Saturday night came Jane,
ea' again to the shop with the tire,
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When the queen and Empress Eu-
genie are together they spend all their
spare time in doing needlework for the
poor. Both the queen and the ex-em-
press are fond Of the old-fashioncd
style OF embroidery. The queen be-
slows all her handiwork upon her poor
tenants at Balmoral and at Windsor.
The Empress Eugene sends hers to
poor converts. whence it IL distributed
to the needy.
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around, he saw that the pass was SO
narrow that a good shot would have
no difficulty in hitting his man across
1t. He ran rapidly back and picked
out a point where second trail led
higher into the mountains on the side
opposite to the one taken by Miguel
and soon disappeared from sight.
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Education Sadly Neglected.

An uneducated dog at Louisville al
most frustrated justice by allowing a
burglar to get out of the yard with a
bundle of p!undsr and attaching him
self to the trousers Of the policeman
who essayed to jump the fence In puT-
suit.
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I demand to be recognized"
screamed the memberess from the
umpty-eighth district.
impossible" said the speakeress.
looking freezingly through her lory-
nette. "The lady is not in our set
Cincinnati ENQUIRER.
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FVREE GOLDEN BALLS.
Nv Dorothy Dene.

W - - -
room, and in such a
little house. and up
8 NC h q narrow
court. and hidden
so far back, that
even the sunlight
was a long time In
finding it out. A
great high factory
wall overshadowed
the little house,
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MOQUI AND GRINGO.
THRILLING STORY OF OUT
LAWRY AND REVENGE,
The GmuSSlera Fight for Life-And
Through 1t All Pinto. the Rurro. Lay
Piacidiy snoOsing on the Rocks - A
Story OF Border I.ifo.

ASTE thee. Pinto.
NJ owe ny azy
bones, thou son of
a dog. or they mas
ter will even strike
thee. oh, dweller In
hell"
Pinto did not
haste in spite of
the urging of his
master. Haste or
even motion was
was not agreeable
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-03

Guests my bill all here, landlord?
Summer hotel-keeper-That's every
thing, sir. Guest-Then there's no
charge for asking after my health every
morning Detroit Free Press
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OXYGEN FOR WOUNDS.
SOME FxPERlMEN CARRIED
ON IN A LONDON HOME.
Baroness Burdett- Coutt's lntsrest - Dr..
Gsorgs stoksrs Experience In the
Turk o. Russian aad Zulu wars - Dis
covered BY Accident.

COMMITTEE OF
ladies and GENTLE
men Il n d er the
presidency Of the
Baroness Burdett-
c outts, In the
spring Of the pres
ent year rented a
h Sc at IS st.
George square. 8.
W.. where they es-
tah1t0hnf1 n home