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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
BLASTS FROM THE RAMS HORN

1t is doubtful If the church ]oafer
weighs any more for good than a loafer
anywhere else.
The man who would be strong in the
Lord always. must not feed his sorl
on mouldy bread.
The Bible says that Job sinned MT
with his tongue, but it fails to say the
same about his wife.
II some men would ge. nearer to rho
Lord they wouldn't have to talk 50
loud when they pray.
Isn't it strange that SO MANY ma,
think they can. do most for the Lord
where the pay is best?
The woman who marries a man ~
reform him, has no time to take proner
care OF her complexion.
II is better 10 believe that there is
some good in everybody. than that
there is no good in anybody.
The real Christian will nor shin, nm
his Bible and quit. because thin,s fa;,
TO go as he wants them to go.
Find man who loves God with al
his heart, and he will be found wor,,
ing for him with all his might
Look az it this way: The world
everything in it is yours to he'll, yon
make true man of yourself.
Call the devil by any nama ~,
sounds well, and how quick h. VII,
Pull in his claws and shake hands r.;.n
you. N
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
I.incoln's Love Letter.

One of the most remarkable love
letters on record is probably that OF
Mr.. Lincoln TO Mary Todd. who be-
came his wife, says the New York Adj
vertiser. 1t Is love letter without
speaking OF love and proposal with
out proposing 1t Is an ingenious COM
position and does credit to the profess
sion to which Mr. Lincoln belonged
and might serve as Il guide to some
ambitious youth who is not quite sure
that the girl he loves loves him.
my Dear Mary: You must know
that l cannot see or think OF you with
entire indifference, and yet 1t may be
that you are mistaken in regard to
what my true feelings toward you are.
trouble you with this letter. Perhaps
any other man would know enough
without further information. but con-
slider II my peculiar right to plead
ignorance and your bounden duty to
allow the plea. want in all cases to
do right and more particularly so in
all cases with women. | want at this
else to do right by you. and II knew
It would be doing right as I rather
suspect Ii would he, to let you alone |
would do 1t. And for the purpose of
making the the matter as plain as pos
sible now say you can drop the sub
ject, dismiss your thoughts. il you
ever had any, from me forever, and
leave this letter unanswered without
calling forth one accusing murmur
from me. And will even go further
and say that If 1t will add anything to
your comfort and peace OF mind to do
so 1t Is my sincere wish that you
should. Do not understand by this that
l wish to cut your acquaintance. !
mean no such thing. What do wish
is that our further acquaintance shall
depend upon yourself. II such further
acquaintance should contribute nothing
to your happiness am sure it would
not 10 mine. If you feel yourself In
any degree bound TO me am now will
Ing to releaee you. provided you wish
1t, while on the other hand am will
Ing and even anxious to bind you
faster II can be convinced that II Will
in any degree add to your happiness
This. indeed, is the whole question
with me. Nothing would make me
more miserable than to believe you
miserable. nothing more happy than
to know you were so. In what | have
said think cannot be misunderstood
and TO make myself understood is The
only object of this letter. II it suits
you best not to answer this, farewell.
A long life and merry one attend
You. But If you conclude to write
back, speak as plainly as | do, There
can be neither harm nor danger in
saying 10 me anything you think. jus.
in the manner You think it. Your
friend. LINCOLN"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
The Duke Of WELLINGTON.

During his campaigns the duke had
acquired peculiar habit in regard to
sleep. says Gen. Maurice in the Corn
hill Magazine. No noise, not the dis.
charge Of the loudest cannonade or an
explosion, would wake him; but the
most delicate touch. even on his
clothes, reused him instantly. When
reused. there was no moment OF semi
somnolence, of eyerubbing or blurred
consciousness as to where he was or
what had happened. Out Of the deep
est sleep he was instantly in posses
sion of all his faculties. Now, whether
1t was a determination not to yield to
advancing years, or merely the habit
of lifetime it would be difficult to
say; but during all the time when he
was living as a country gentleman at
Strathtieldsaye there was nothing he
resented SO much as the attempt Of any
one in his household or out Of it to
do him any personal service. Num-
bers OF the anecdotes turn ON this Pc
culiarity.
He had had made for him specially
constructed tandem. 1t had two seats
at the back and was completely covered
In. the whole front being of glass. The
reins passed under the glass casing in
front. In this way the duke himself
drove two very fine horses. One day
his second son. Lord Charles Welles-
ley. was sitting with him in this car
riage. The duke, as in later life he
often on various occasions did, fell
fast asleep, still holding the reins. The
spirited horses soon felt the loss of
control. Before long Lord Charles,
anxiously watching the situation, saw
that In another moment the leader
would dash up steep bank and that
his fathers life and his own would be
in imminent danger. The risk was too
great to run, though he knew his faith
err too we'll not to be aware that any
interference with him as the driver of
the horses would be bitterly resented.
AS quietly as he could do so, he slipped
his hand over the rein, drew down the
leader from the bank and saved them
both from catastrophe. anxiously en-
deavcring not to wake his father In do
ing SO. 1t was useless, however. Light |
as his touch had been, the great duke
was instantly awake and fully alive
to all that had happened. What are |
you doing. Charles?" II only turned
on the leader. sir from the bank. He
was just running up it and we should
have been upset" Mind your own
business, Charles; mind your own BUSH |
ness was all the thanks he ever re. |
ceived.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

The cannon which Aired the last shot
In the last battle that took place dur
ing the civil war may be worth your
while knowing something about.
says the New Orleans Picayune.
Hence. the sale of thu eight-inch
eolumhiad. Lady Slocoma." which is
advertised TO take place In Mobile this
month. arouses the irteres; of the old
soldiers and old soldiers sons. for the
reason that il is generally supposed TO
be the gun which fred the last shots
% the war. or that ared so many dead
ly yolleys in the last battle that took
place place during the civil war.
The last engagement. said an old
soldier yesterday. took place at Span
!sh Fort This engagement, of course
was not regular battle, and is no, per
haps recorded in history as such, bur
Il was nevertheless a conflict fierce. ans
FIRE few that day as never before
General Forreet had sent TO Spanish
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

1t was recently reported that the post
OF military attache to the American
embassy to London was vacant. and
mad been offered to three officers. all OF
whom had declined 1t on the ground
that their salaries could not support
the dignity OF the job. 1t is a very
pretty place. and one that has not been
used to so begging. 1t calls for an Of
flcer OF the rank of major, and gives
him little to do except to look hand
some and to aiorn London society with
his presence. He is entitled to wear the
most decorative clothes of anyone CON.
nected with the embassy. When he
rides out with the ambassador no Roes
on the front seat inside. and not on the
box-seat with the coachman. as ill.,.
informed persons have enormously
supposed. Opportunities 10 meet folks
that really are folks come to him daily
He dimes out nearly every night. and il
seldom at 4 loss for hearty meal Of
nourishing food. His chief expenses
are for lodgings and cab hire. but the
hesitation OF worthy officers TO accep.
the place indicates that even these ex-
penses may be too considerable. The
real trouble must be that the majors in
Uncle Sans army are middle-ased
men with families. and a salary that
might maintain the attache himself
well enough in London will not also
maintain his family either at home in
his absence or with him abroad. II
lieatcnants had rank enough far the
place 1, would probably be easy to keen
it filled with young unmarried officers
Of the requisite stature and eomeliness.
-Harper's Weekly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

| physician. and, like the exChancellor,
| is extremely blunt and outspoken. He
| has strong convictions, and never takes
| the trouble to conceal them. When he
| prescribes his favorite course OF treat
nient, in which the use of water plays
| leading part. he sees that his instruc-
lions are obeyed, and not even Prince
bismarck ventures to disregard them.
In word. the Doctor is man OF
striking individuality, and hence his
opinion on any subject is interesting.
Especially worthy OF notice are his
views on medicine, as this is the sub
]ect to which he has devoted the best
years of his life.
IN his lecture, the Doctor spoke of
medicine and doctors of medicine in a
manner that will astonish all conserva-
tive physicians. We have no more
physicians, he said. but in their place
We nave host of specialists. Medical
men OF the old school have passed
away. making room for men Of a
younger generation. each of whom, in
stead OF laboring to acquire thorough
knowledge of medicine in all its
branches, is satisfied If he can acquire
sufficient knowledge of one branch to
enable him to style himself special
list.
Equally radical are his views in re-
gard to the new therapeutical methods
OF treating various diseases. Serothe-
rapy. in his opinion, will have outlived
Its usefulness within the next half CEN
Jury, and the practice of vaccination
should only be tolerated and should
Cnder no circumstances be made COM
puisory. To many modern "fads' the
Doctor is decidedly opposed, and he
says, without fear of consequences,
mat cycling is the cause of many ills.
lie goes even further Our modern
dress is not pleasing to his ewes and
ne insists that men and women cannot
enjoy perfect health as long as the lat
ter wear corsets and the former hats.
away with hats and corsets," is his
persistent cry. And he tells us WHY he
Is convinced that these articles of an
parel are Injurious to human health.
The popular opinion is that corsets are
likely to prove injurious on account of
the pressure which they bring to bear
upon delicate portion OF the body. but
DR.. Schweninger. on the contrary,
maintains that they are injurious not
because they fit too tightly round the
BODY, but because they are too heavy.
He objects to mems hats for much
the same reason. They press too heavi-
ly on the head. he says, and also nre-
vent the air from circulating as it
should. the result being a general ten
dency to badness. The modern fashion
OF wearing the hair short is also dis
tasteful to him, and he warns us that
our health Is not improved thereby. He
would much rather see us wear our
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

hair long. after the fashion of the old
Merovinsians and the modern athletes.
1t will be seen that on all these points
the Doctor is reactionary. a pro-
nounced laudatur temporis acti.
As regards the benefits of medicine
he is decidedly sceptical. Know tby-
self is his advice, and then, If you take
proper care of yourself, you will M,
need any medicine. Should some dis.
ease Unexpectedly attack you the he's,
thing you can do is TO wal, pa,ien,Iv
until it leaves you. As rule he
claims that drugs and doctors prove of
little service.
The Doctor, as will be seen is l.,
many respects a true disciple OF Hmm.
crates. The latter believed firmly in
the healing power OF nature - tha
words natura medieatrix were ever on
his lips-and the former Chance,lor,s
physician is also firm believer in the
Same power. He reminds lis somewhat
too. of Galen and ParaceIsus. and there
Is no doubt that he has learned much
from these ancient WORTHLESS.
His views on medicine and other
matters are certainly novel. but II
would be rather rash to assume from
them that the Doctor is utterly opposed
to all modern methods OF treating the
sick. He rather seems to urge us no;
TO have recourse to drugs on every
tFihing occasion. but to accept nature
as our healer. He says no harsh words
about physicians. and it is evident
that he would give his best support TO
those brethren of his own profession
who would be willing to take Hippo
crates and nature as their guides. and
to abandon many OF our Wanted mod
ern drugs and so-called panaceas.
In conclusion. 1t may be said tina.
Or. ScsTcn.nger's reputation as a ply
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
Beware of ginger cordial. An emf

Beware Of ginger cordial. An emf
aently respectable New York woman,
- years old and mother of numerous
Erown-up children. was obliged to face
= police Justice the other day on a
charge Of intoxication. and inves,iga-
ton showed that a drink of ginger cor
dial taken at u druggists for a pass
ting tndisposition was the cause of the
whole trouble. Incidentally this story
10 recommended to married men who
sometimes come home in more or less
shattered condition.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

George du Maurler's last portrait of
hlmself pictured a man family resem-
bling the author of Trilby and provid-
ID with the wings of an angel and the
tail and hoOfs of--something else. says
the New York Times. Over it he wrote:
Some seem to think he's got wings
like an angel: some that's he's got a
clOyen foot and forked tail, He is
quite an ordinary little man. assure
you" and in French. AN old little
commonplace chap. neither good nor
bad. and very much annoyed because
% much fuss Is made about him"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

Constable Qnigley of Paterson, N. j.,
has a contract on his hands of which
~ would like to he rid. Washburn's
cirrns stranded In that city, and some
Of the people who had money coming
60 them from the show attached Lady
Dienheim. hippopctamus belonging
to the menagerie department Quig-
Icy served the attachment and took
charge OF the coy Young lady. but since
he has discovered that she eats eight
bales Of hay daily, and also has to be
milked Moreover. che disiikes strang-
err and has nearly done up the good
Quigiey several times. The bold con-
stable is now endeavoring to get rid of
the heavyweight dame. thus display
ing a lack OF ga!lan,ry truly deplor-
able.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

stefan was made many years ago, anu
his views. therefore, on this vital sup
jcct are entitled to every consideration
Even those who disapprove OF them
must admit that they are exceedingly
original and interesting.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

new scheme for forwarding letters
from Cuba to this country has been
devised by New York postage stamp
dealer. He has stamps sent him from
Cuba and letters are concealed In the
Wrappings which protect the stamps.
Several important letters have recent
~ been received in New York by this
means which otherwise would never
have escaped the strict censorship re-
gnrdlng outgoing mails.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

A statement issued by the agricul-
tural department shows that the total
commerce Of the United States. inc,ud-
ting imports and exports, for the ten
years ended June so last was $i6.els.-
e06, 3Ss. or a yearly average Of more
shan 81. 600. 000. GOO. Compared with the
annual average of this ten-year period
lhe statement says the figures for 1896
sho4 an upward tendency. not quite SO
marked as the gain of 1895. but suf-
aciens to warrant the hope that unless
come new distributing factor arises the
depression Of lssf,ss is q
hing Of the past.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

Here il a curious item A man liv.
Ing Just outside Atlanta has grown
three acres 0f 'leafless' cotton, the
plants averaging from seven 10 four
teen feet high and producing to the
plant without greater exhaustion to
the soil, 1t is claimeD more than five
times as much cotton as the ordinary
plant Yesterday he was visited by a
committee from the southern part Of
Georgia offering him $4,000 for all his
plants and seed. for the purpose OF de-
stroying them. Naturally he did not
accept the offer. which sayors of the
sniddle ages. He has sent an offer OF
forty bushels Of the seed TO the New
Orleans exchange for $4,000. which
Wf1i be accepted.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

Emma Goldman Is out with petit
ton signed by some Pennsylvania So
cialists and anarchists for the purpose
OF securing a pardon for Alexander
Berkman, the young New York an
archist who tried to kill II. c. Frick
some years ago He was sentenced to
states prison for twenty-seven years.
The press reports intimate that Mr.
Frick himself will sign the petition
Can this be really true?
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

George Roatch of Kalamazoo
couldn't wait for the election so he cut
MS throat. The only explanation
found in the telegraWis that he BROOD
Cd over politics." Don't brood over
anything. least OF all politics. Some
people make us very tired.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

When his eighth daughter arrived
last week an Iowa editor. chronicling
the event. remarked: Everything ap-
pears to be coming our way"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

The balloon sleeve is to go, but the
chances are that the eight or ten yards
OF cloth will be used in some other part
OF the fashionable costume.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

AS an abstract proposition each man
thinks he Is the only individual on
earth that knows how to treat q wom-
an properly.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

No man with music in his sou, can
hear the advertising band wagon 20
ing by without wishing tina, it had
some FASTER Boston Globe
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

A little French woman, Mile. Cones,
don, who recently won fame for her.
self by her predictions regarding cy..
clones, has had named after her tinv
thing which women call bonnet and
men dub folly. 1t is bit of tulle
gold ribbon and a cluster of diamond
butterflies, and would seem to be about
the size for theatre wear. Indeed.
these gold lace and spangled effects
look we'll only for such occasions
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

The evidence seems to show that
Mrs. Castle is another victim of un-
conscious assimilation.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
BOMB FOR MEDICINE.
REMARKABLE VIEWS EXPRESS.
ED CY DR.. SCHWENiNOER.
Down on Hate and COrsets-Nature, He
Says. IL the Fest Healer and Drugs
Are OF Little Use-How to Preserve
Health.
N1 HERE Is a good

HERE Is a good
deal of commotion
in medical circles
at present in conse-
Quence of a lecture
which was recently
delivered by DR..
Schweninger In
b erl in. Dr..
Schweninger has
been for years
Prince BiSmarckS
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

Laws that are not needed drag thoss
W6ich are into disrepute.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

II men and women were not imita-
0t1ve animals there would be no fash
ions.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

When bank robbers try to escape on
bicycles they generally ge. tired.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY,
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
Druggists refund the money II it fails 10 cure IS
No college graduate ever became old
enough to forget all his college fooiishness,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

1t Is not 50 much the size of his place
as the way he fills it that reflects credit
on man.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24
VETERANS CORNER.
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES FOR OUR
OLD SOLDIER READERS.

LincOln's Love Letter-A Remarks BILE
Epfstls to Mary Todd-An Historic
Cannon Fired the Last Shot in the
Last Battle of the Late War.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-12-24

=. i22' il3 and ~ hats Building. Caicagc, H.
members Of the Chicago Board Of Trade in eoe1
Stano,ng. who will furnish you with their Latest
earalng the markets. Write Tor II and their Daily
Sarket Letter both FREE References: AN. Ell.
NATIONAL BANK, CHICAGO
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
FIAT MONEY SUPERSTITIONS.s
Old Decisions in New Forms.

o4u DC1uSAOAS LIZ w" II VA
The basis for all the schemes for
cheap silver or fat paper currency is
the superstition that the business of
issuing money is one which properly
belongs to the Government. This
idea is inherited from the times when
kings, emperors, and other autocrats
claimed 20 rule by divine authority,
and assumed the sole right to coin and
issue money. In these enlightened
days no one believes in the right Of
monarchs to govern the people, yet
many of the old beliefs associated with
kingcraft are held by men who have
ortgrown the superstitions in which
they originated. Thus it happens that
in free America, which repudiated
more than o century ago the doctrine
that king had right to rule over
the colonists, we find a large number
of persons who cling to the idea that
the prerogative of kings has descended
to the Federal Government, and that
the latter has the sole authority to issue
currency.
It is true that it is claimed that the
Government Of the United States acts
for the people, and is therefore justi-
fed in establishing q monopoly of q
business 80 important as that of fur
aishing the medium by which pro-
ducts are exchanged. But this is
merely changing the right of kings
to interfere with the private affairs of
the people, to the right Of Governments
to act in similar way. The assump-
ton by old time rulers of the currency
issuing power had no foundation but
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1896-01-17
Money q Product OF Evolution.

Money is the product of evolution,
q result of the ages. The better has
gradually crowded the worst out of
existence. Our own history forms no
exception to this rule, for although
our colonial ancestors for time went
back to system almost as rude as
that of the Homeric period, they
eventually abandoned it and resumed
metallic money, which always served
as mental standard, even when it
was not a legal one. It is difficult
now to understand why they endured
the burden of bad money SO long.
There is evidence showing that the
taxpayers and the ''debtor Glass;
wanted to have variety of money as
we'll as great quantity of it. Moth
ing could be more abundant than the
crops of wheat, corn, tobacco and
rice, yet it does not appear from the
colonial records that either taxpayers
or debtors as a whole gained any sd.
vantage from this abundance nor that
they were at all satisfied with it. In
fact, laws were frequently passed in
Virginia to save them from the op-.
preston OF being obliged to pay to-
bacco, and not infrequently relief was
granted by enabling them to pay
silver instead.-Horace White, in
'sMoney and Banking"