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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

Names 100 per cent in attendance:
Medora Clendenning, Bessie, Shearer
Jason Harrington, Viola Haner, Clare
Morris Hilda Shubert, Jessie Haveinick,
Lula Kroutinger, Ida Phillip, Emma
Edwards, Lloyd. Day, Willie Walker,
Senter Alexander, Elsie Scheipe, Viola
Denny, Albert Crane, Claudio Cox
Martha Scmpert, Minnie Folmer, Guy
Chapman, Fred Folmer, Katie Was.
sem, Leon Huntly, Grace Stevenson,
Beatrice Mounce, Laurie Hastings,
Maggie Lopez, Joe Cox.
Mrs. WICIlE RSu AN, teacher.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

Names 100 per cent in attendance:
Jessie Bill, Grover Coleman, EStclle
Cummings, Daisy Dean, Bertha Doris,
Rose Eichenberger, Maggie Hadlcy,
F.rmith McConviIle, Ray Rogers, Ida
Smith, Grover Sorey, Ralph kneppcr,
Ben Doris, Idlsta Gregg, Marie ket-
tenbaci.
MRS {. Nj. DAY, teacher.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
Notice

Notice i, hereby given that pursuant
to the Act of Congress approved Au-
gust 18th, 1894, the Governor oi the
State of Idaho, has applied to The Hon,
orablc Commissioner of the General
Land Office, for the survey OF IoWi-
shin 80, H.; +. ; e.. tp ~, ~, e.; W.
IN, +. w.;tp Al H., r. e; ana thal
pursuant to the provisions of said Net
the state has the eNclusiv" right OF
selection of lands embraced within the
limits IF said Townships for a period
of SIXTY days after the filing OF the
official platS of survey IN the local Land
Office ut I.cWirtou. Idaho; after the
expiration of which period Of sixty
days amy of the lands embraced ~
said Townships which may remain
unsolicited by the STATE, ami not other
wise appropriated according to law
will be subject to disposal under cen
eral laws as other puhlic lands.
W. j. MCCoN NELL,
Governor and Chairman State Boar
of Land Commissioners, state OF idhh"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02

Myrtle kneppe:, James Glazer, Bertha
Eichenberyer, Nina Eichenberger, An
ma Hadley, Milton Grostein, Andrew
Bur!eigh, Robert Hadley, Asa Clark
Jessie Wills, Emma Sempert, Lizzie
Folmcr, Tommy Neal, Edna Cum
ming-,
IIZzle. HANER, teacher.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1896-04-02
Teachers Monthly Report.
mon SCHOOL.

Month ending March 10th, 1896.
Enrolment ~
Average number belonging ..............2233
Average daily acknowledgements
Per cent of daily attendance. .....,.M
Number of 100 per cen, in attendance
10
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Power by Prayer.

DIR. J. Wilbur Chapman tells how n
Young Irishman received the Holy
Spirit, and what wonderful work he did
for God though uneducated. He says:
with q heart burdened for the men
of tho city, l called together few of
the men OF the church, and laying be-
fore them tho plan l had in mind,
told them first OF all that We could do
nothing without the milling Of the
Holy Ghost"
When this had been explained l no
ticed this man leave the room. He
did not return while the meeting was
in session. When sought him l found
him in one OF the lower rooms OF the
church literally before God. He was
in prayer.
shall never forget his petition: 20
God. plead with thee for this bless
ing" Then, as il God were showing
him what was In the way, he said: MY
Father. will give up every known sin,
only plead with thee for power" and
then. as IL his own individual sins
were passing before him, he said again
and again: II will give them up"
Then, without any emotion, he rose
from his knees, turned his face heaven
ward, and simply said, and now !
claim tho blessing"
For the first time he became sensible
of my presence, and, with n shining
countenance he reached out his hand
TO clasp mine. You could feel the
presence of the Spirit as he said, Il
have received him; I have received
him" And I believe he had; for in the
next few months he led more than
sixty men into the kingdom of God
His whole life had been transformed
He is just now being set apart to
preach the gospel.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Ought to xiii.

thodinitrocresolate is the
name of a new antiseptic discovered in
Germany, but as 1t is intended TO be
used generally it Is also called anti
pounin. One part Of the substance is
from 1,500 to 2,0G0 parts of soapsuds, is
destructive 10 all the common parasites
injurious to plants. Yeast used in
brewing remains fresh for long time
when treated with it: 1t destroys all
bacteria, and yeast can endure a solu-
ton as strong as per cent OF the sub
stance. It is odorless and very cheap.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10

an, published here until its absorp-
ton into the Washington Post.
Hanscom was principSS.y occupied
on the democratic side of the senate
and 1t occurred to Webster one day that
the wings were being Disseminated
against in the matter of page. Ac-
cordingly he made fight for the APP
pointment of Isaac Bassett, then about
II years old. After considerable op-
position the additional page was or
dered. This marked the only stormy
passage in the official career OF Capt.
Bassett. Since the sos his lines have
been cast in pleasant places among
d:gnitaries who have seemed tireless in
their efforts to do him honor. When
he had completed his fiftieth year in
their service a magnificent silver salver
was prepared and presented to him.
This lie priced the most of all his earth
ly possessions. At another time
magnificent gold snuff box was pre-
sented him because OF his efforts in
behalf OF the snuif-takers Of the senate.
This recalls the fact that Capt. Bassett's
principal duty during the latter days
of The nineteenth century came through
his custodianship of the two black snuff
boxes in the recesses at the right and
left Of the presiding officer of the SON
ate. 1t 10 one of the traditions of tho
senate that these boxes were estab-
lished because OF the persistency with
which senator's used to borrow snuff
AF kn aVIt "a 30,
Of the United States. Finally patience
ceased to be virtue, and calling Capt.
Bassett TO his aiu the presiding officer
directed that boxes of snuff be main
tanned at the public expense for the use
of senators who like to take little up
their noses to make them feel easy.
Capt. Bassett was for years the only
snuff-taker left, but about So is annual
ly invested in this tickling article so
that a supply is always on hand in case
1t Ia demanded.
Capt. Bassett was never known to
divulge a secret of the executive ses-
sions, which he always attended. He
was more like a Sphinx than anybody
around the capitol. and when he passed
away many secrets died with him.
Particularly is this true OF the location
In the senate chamber OF chairs and
desks formerly occupied by distin-
guished Americans, among whom may
be included JEFF Davis. Nobody was
ever able to learn from Capt. Bassett
where the head Of the southern con-
fedoracy sat when he was United States
senator from Mississippi although many
attempts have been made by those who
wanted the JEFF Davis chair and desk.
Persons who visited the senate cham
Der as spectators always noticed the
pleasant-visaged old gentleman with
white hair and beard. tho former curled
carefully In roll, who sat usually at
the left Of the presiding officer Of the
senate. Whenever message was re-
ceived from tho President Of the United
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
The Assurance OF Hope.

For in thee. o Lord, do hope; thou
wilt hear, o Lord, my God.-Psalm
3S:15.
The man whose hope Ia In God may
be kept waiting, but he will not be dis
appointed. He may have seasons when
the heavens will seem to have turned
to brass, and his prayers fall back upon
him like so many dead words, but be-
cause his hope Is in God his faith will
cxclaim, Thou wilt hear me, o Lord
my Godw and instead OF giving up in
despair. ne will keep on calling and
hoping until relief comes. II our hope
is in riches, they take to themselves
wings and leave us in poverty. II IL
Is fixed In the favor of the world, the
time may come when It will turn and
frown upon us. If 1t is placed upon our
loved ones, there is no certainty that
they will be spared to us. If our hope
is in a friend, sooner or later he may
betray us and desert US, but to hope In
God Ia to build our house upon a rock
where 10 storm can shake II. To know
that We really do hope in God is to
have peace when tho tempest RACES.
To have quiet in our souls when the
storm Ia roaring all around us, and to
feel assured that no matter how
threatening and forbidding things may
look. He who notes the sparrow's fall
is still caring for us. To have our hope
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10

when he was chosen commanding OF
ficer CT company OF home guards Or
ganized at. the capitol. His first-lieu-
tenant was Arthur Pue German. at
present the senior senator from Mary
land, and who has been connected with
the senate ever since he started as a
page, like Capt. Bassett.
1t was in 1881 that Capt. Bassett first
attracted the attention OF Daniel Web
ster, who took great fancy to the lad,
At that time the elder Bassett was on
Of the doorkeepers OF the senate and
little Isaac used TO come TO the build
ing with his father.
There was only enc page in the
United States senate these days-S. p.
Hanscom, who afterwards became one
Of the editors OF the National Republic
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10

States or from tho house oi repre-
sentatives 1t was the duty OF Capt. Bas-
cett to announce the fact to the senate.
Although in the performance OF this
duty for years, whenever he was COM
PEELED to make the customary an
nouncement Capt. Bassett invariably
made as much fuss over IL as though 1t
| was his first offense. His face would
turn scarlet, and as he ducked his head
at the presiding officer there was a
culver in his voice as he spoke the
stereotyped formula. This was gener-
@lly accompanied by a hesitancy OF
speech, as If uncertain whether his re-
marks would fall upon appreciative and
| listening ears.
| No matter how hot the day might
| be Capt. Bassett never appeared in
| the senate chamber unless he was
| dressed with scrupulous neatness and
care in a suit of black broadcloth.
Even his necktie was Of the same SOM
Der hue, with just glimpse OF white
shirt and collar visible above the
closely buttoned double breasted frock
coat.
Despite the fact that be had been as
ISOLATED with senator's the greater part
of his life Capt. Bassett has never been
accused Of presumption, but was always
| dcferential and unassuming in his de-
meanor. Ever since he has been about
the senate he has born in mind that
speech is silver, but silence is golden,
and was apparently deaf. dumb and
/ blind to all that took pace about him.
Although often importuned to write
volume ombodying his recollections,
it was the invarlable reply OF the good
old man that such a project must await
his convenience. when he could spare
! time away from the capitol.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
conferred in God Is to know that He
will hear lis and come to our help, and
that, too, right early.
Converted by 70 Thrash.ne.


Among tho many stories which are
going the rounds concerning Rev.
Peter Mackenzie, who died the other
day, is one which elbows he was q
thorough believer in muscular Chris
tianity. Many years ago, after deliy-
erlng lecture in a country village In
the north, he was returning TO his
hosts house along lonely road, when
ne was accosted by robber. The lat
ter was believer in the right of might
and requested Mr.. Mackenzie to turn
out all the cash he had got. well,
my dear man." replied Mr.. Mackenzie,
you know l am big enough to thrash
you. If It's money you want I'll give
you half crown" The robher would
not accept this very charitable offer.
Mr.. Mackenzie "doffed' his coat and
gave him what the man Is now pleased
TO call "a dashed good hiding" That
thrashing did the man a great service,
for he afterward left the paths OF vice
and became one OF Mr.. Macken2ie's
numerous converts.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
A Historical Church.

The mother church OF Methodism in
the United States, st. Georges Metho-
dist Episcopal church Of Philadelphia,
commemorated its 126th anniversary
last week. The ancient ediflce stands
on Fourth street, below Vine, and was
we'll filled at We morning service.
when Rev. S. w. Gehrett, presiding
elder Of the North Philadelphia dis
trict, preached eloquently on the I'M
portance Of maintaining the doctrines
OF the old Methodism. Other demon
nations, he said, might worship with
more aestheticism and beauty Of cere-
monial, but the old doctrines Of the
Methodist church were the source OF
| inspiration % an increasing number or
worshipers each year. The service
was characterized by such warmth and
vigor that venerable attendants at the
church declared that it seemed as
though old times had come back.
Among the worshipers were communi-
cants who for nearly sixty years have
sat in the Same pews, and who love the
venerable edifice, which has seen little
or no change of structure since Joseph
Pilmoor first occupied the pulpit, 12e
years ago. Francis Asbury. the first
Methodist Episcopal bishop in ths
United States, was the pastor CT the
church in 1890. The father of ex-Gov.
Pattison was at ono time pastor, and
on the long roll are many eminent men
who have become indissolubly connect
ed with the history Of Methodism in
| this country. During the occupancy OF
Philadelphia by the British the edifice
was used as a cavalry riding school.
and it suffered very materially, but
was speedily placed in repair. In 1880
| the congregation had so increased that
branch church, called Ebenezer, was
established in the southern part Of the
city. Other offshoots of old st. Georges
arc the Union, Mariners Bethel, West
ern, Kensington and Front Street
churches.
The present pastor is Rev. Richard
Turner. and during tho two years OF
his pastorate the church has enjoyed
greater prosperity than at any time
during the past twenty years,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Tho Largest Vessel.

One of the largest vessels ever placed
in the cotton trade between this country
and Europe is the American, recently
capacity is 5S7, 200 feet, making her cas-
lily the biggest ship ever coming to New
Orleans. She is $500 gross tonnage,
AS feet long between perpendiculars,
iiity-fve feet beam and depth Of hole
thirty-nine feet six inches. There are
nine engines On her and she is loaded
through six matches. Her water ballast
Is 1900 tons. She can carry $4,000
bales of cotton.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Chnrchos Oh Wheels.

conspicuous feature of the religious
work Of the American Baptist Publica-
ton society are churches on wheels.
Four railroad cars are in service for
evangelical work, and the good people
of Detroit are about TO make the num-
Der five. The first car was placed in
commission five years ago. It's success
was so manifest, and the amount of
good accomplished so great, that an
other was added the following year,
and one has been added every year
since. The cars so to towns which
have no churches, and when side
tracked services are conducted by two
missionaries. Tue ears have the right
of way on all the railroads OF the coun-
try, and conductors everywhere have
orders to attach them to any and all
trains on the reQuest Of the mission
aries in charge. No charge is made,
and some Of the railways even supply
heating and lighting.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Missionaries In Shrnghai.

Shanghai Is China's chief port, not
excepting Canton. Il contains almost
400 900 inhabitants, who are under ma
tive rule, and the English, American
and French settlements" with go.
600 Chinese and 5000 foreigners. all of
whom are under foreign rule. At that
city tremendous congregations gather
in the mission churches, and there are
to be found the largest Sunday schools
in China. In Shanghai Is also the
largest mission press in the world.
Electrotyping and stereotyplng are
done, and over 35,000,000 printed pages
are issued annually, nearly three times
the issue Of the next largest mission
press at Beirut. The printed page Is q
power in China.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
A Convincing Audience.

The best evidence of the truth of
Christianity is it's wonderful effect
upon the lives Of believers. The Pres
byterian Banner tells Of backwoods
preacher, who knew little Of books or
theology, but who had what was q vast
deal better, practical knowledge OF
salvation through Christ, and who was
before a conference committee once for
examination.
Brother said ono OF his wise eX-
aminers, will you please name some
of the evidences OF the divinity of our
Lord Jesus Christi"
The brothers. face wore an express
sion of puzzled bewilderment, and he
was silent. The examiner repeated his
question: What makes you think
Christ is divine?" With his eyes full
of tears he exclaimed:
How do L know he's divine? Why,
bless you, he saved my soul, and love
him for it,
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
\ Mothers Sacrifice.

John c. Woolley once told the follow
ing:
In 1874 / saw my mother kneeling
in the snow to pray at saloon door,
and crept out by a side way, stepping
softly il the sawdust, ashamed of her.
That days work cost her her life,
but the saloon did not even pause, and
her only child sped downward to the
hell of darkness; but that snow-set
prayer persisted at Gods throne
through thirteen awful years, and for
her importantly he could but always
hear, and when l would he sopke
to me and speaks--and will speak on
and on until on some sweet Christmas
eve. find my mothers arm again, and,
leaning on her great heart, celebrate
the end Of the crusade.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Rams Horn Points.

Bidding sins good-by one at a time
is slow work.
A guilty man cannot he made happy
He must first lose his guilt.
Whether we get to heaven or not. is
to be decided by what we love, not by
what we know.
The man who does right only because
he is compelled to, is not follower OF
Jesus.
To be all the time feeling for feeling
will he pretty sure to kill all religious
feeling.
God will not answer any prayer
for us that we can answer for our
selves.
There is no sin so small that TO Keep
it does not mean to reject Christ
The way we treat the poor is the test
of our loyalty TO Christ.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Remember Gods Goodness.

Bless tho Lord, o, my soul, and for
get not all His benellts.-Psalm 1882.
AS soon as we forget the past good
ness of God, backsliding begins.
Crooked paths will not be made by
those whose hearts are overlooking
with grateful love, and there will al
ways be praise in the heart while the
blessings Of the past are being consid-
cred and remembered. AS soon as we
begin to forget what God has been, we
have no faith for the present moment,
and as soon as faith is gone the devil
will lay his heavy hand upon US. 1t
is only by remembering what God
in what He will be. The rock of the
present Is the recollection Of the past.
The little child comes to the parent
knowing that it will receive, because
it remembers that 1t has received. One
Of the great essentials then OF a sue
cessful. growing, Christian life, is to
keep the heart glowing with grateful
praise, by remembering how good
God has been in the past. There is no
danger of becoming cold and indifTer-
ent, or even lukewarm, where this is
done, for when we remember all we can
give all, and find joy in doing it. The
world has no charm for the soul that
is rejoicing in Christ. The Israelites
fell into idolatry only when they began
TO forget what God had been to their
nation, and whenever their prophets
sought to bring them back again to 10y
atty, they would recount how the Gcd
Of their fathers had cared for them IN
the past.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Soft Evident Facts.

The man that is converted right will
not think that putting on Sunday
clothes and looking solemn in church
is religion.
Flo will not conclude that he has no
obligation to the heather because they
live a long, way off.
He will not pay his preacher in chips
and whetstones, and call it doing his
duty.
He will not try to break up the
church because the trustees did not
buy the lumber to build the new fence
from him.
He will not go to the circus because
he has grandchild who wants 10 see
the animals.
He will not threaten "to take out his
letter" every time his pastor breaches
tho Gospel as John the Baptist did.
He will not put two-cent piece in
the basket, and claim that he gives as
much as he can afford to.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10

Many people are kept guessing what
the next fool thing done by society folk
with apparent intellect will be,
Banker Higginson's wife in Boston
eloped with a man twenty years
younger than herself, leaving four chill
dren and luxurious millions. Then
Charles w. Deering, grandson OF the
man who makes the Deering self. binder
and other instruments, abandoned a
home of wealth and culture and ease to
enter the regular army and curry
horses at Fort Riley. BY what process
of reasoning either Of these persons
could have persuaded themselves to do
such inexcusable and irretrlevably idi-
otto things no human intelligence can
ascertain.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
This Il Anarchy.

1t is sin to open a barber's shop in
Brooklyn on Sunday, but no sin to open
saloon. At least that is the creed OF
the blue coat. So, last Sunday. some of
the BARRIERS moved their chairs and i'm
plements into neighboring saloons and
pursued their avocation without inter-
ference on the part of the police. Is
this case Of the temple sanctifying
the gold? Is the saloon so holy that
any business can be made holy by being
transferred to i:s sacred precincts?-
Witness.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
satisfactory Progress.

The work on the Protestant Episce-
nal cathedral of st. john the Divine,
at New York city, is continuing slowly
but satisfactorily. Notifications have
been made in the dimensions OF the
cathedral, which are now as follows;
Total length, 500 feet; total width OF
transepts, 900 feet; width of front, 49,
feet: height Of front gable. 1874 feet;
height Of front towers, 24S feet; height
OF thanking towers, 1853 feet; height Of
central lantern, 445 feet; height Of
dome Qnterior), 253 feet; width OF
nave, 80 feet: span of lantern, So feet;
length of choir and ambulatory, 158
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10

Though no trained attenda nts wait,
Close beside this Palace gate;
Yet an angel campeth there,
lieedful Of the fairtest prayer.
Though no mounted guards are seen
All Is quiet apd serene;
Fer our Host, unceen, abides,
Round the Palace God provides.
Cheerful, then, I'll stand and wait,
Singing at the Palace gate,
Willing to be anywhere,
II KS love but puts me there.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-01-10
Words of Com fort.

For our light affection, which is but
for moment, worketh for us n far
more exceeding and eternal weight Of
glory.
will both lay me down in peace and
sleep; for thou, Lord, only makest me
dwell in safety.
/ have been young and now am old /;
yet have / not seen the righteous for
salSen. nor his seed begging bread.
Casting all anr care upon him; fer
he caTeih for 70: