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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

1t does not require much money, nor
indeed any money. to make a happy
home circle on Christmas. The chief
thing is warm and merry heart. Ii
will devise ways and means for I'LL
ing the home with cheer. JOY and glad
ness. A little invention, little eff
fort and much love will give the day
a halo brighter than tinsel and gold
God did not require extra material to
paint every tree and bush In all this
region a crystal whiteness the othe,
night. He used only little moisture
and a little cold, and in the morning
men exclaimed in wonder. What beau.
ty" So the simple things beautify
and glorify the home, and make holi.
days bright with joys beyond the pur.
chase OF money Michigan Christian
Advocate.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

It was Arthur who planned house
warming for Miss Rhoda on Christmas
eve. The young men and young women
of the church and town filed her wood
shed with wood and coal. and her cup
board-shelves with things needful for
the necessities of the body. The faith
ers and mothers joined in the work of
love. and there was never such a
thorough house warming done in that
locality before. A new light came Into
Miss Rhoda's face that Christmastide.
1t was lovelight-she was not alone
in the world any longer: she belonged
to her good neighbors. and they be-
longcd to her.
When the Christmas bells rang In
the church belfry on Christmas morn
Ing the people heard them with glad
ness, and thanked the Lord that they
had been enabled to help return Miss
Rhoda's measure running over full.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

to move. It's something I never did
before. and it's sort of trying. But
I'm thankful l don't feel so unrecon-
ciled and unhappy about 1t as thought
| should when first made up my mind
that there was nothing else could do.
My eyes are SO poor | can't sew any
more. | say with John Bunyan, Per-
haps my way TO heaven lies through
this very valley. II Is just as near
the town-house, heaven Is, as 1t Is to
M old home here. but then-well.
won't say one word against the Lords
dispensationS. The Lord keepeth the
feet Of his children. II this Is his
way for me to walk. I hope he will
give me strength to follow without fall
tering step"
But, my dear Miss Rhoia, it Is not
going to be the Lords will for you to
leave your old home; you are to stay in
1t as long as you live"
When Miss Martha told her how her
home had been secured to her. she
exclaimed. II never thought before
how Abraham must have felt when he
was ready to sacrifice Isaac and the
Lord stayed his hand!"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

q vision Oh the pearly gates, behind
whose portals those loved ones were
dwelling. Watching the red and gold
light fade away, and the darkness
gather, she, like Christian. fell sick"
at the glimpse Of the glories and
wished she could be among them.
AS she turned and went into the
house, there was look on her face
which, if an artist had caught it at that
moment, might have inspired him to
paint a picture and call 1t Renuncia-
ton. The most notable thing after
one has grown old is the fact of re-
nunciation. But in some lives, like
that of Miss Rhoda, it is a more deep
" felt fact than in others
Il was passing Miss Rhoda's house
lust at sunset tonight, and | saw her
sitting at her west door," said Mr..
Bates. as he sat down at the supper
table. Il know she was trying to work
out the kinks and knots about that
mortgage on her place. But old Tom
Carpenter will foreclose when the time
comes. She can't expect any mercy
from him; he is too close-fisted for
that
Dear met exclaimed Miss Martha
Bates: what will become of her."
"She will have to go to the town
house, suppose. 1t will be very hard
for her; Miss Rhoda was always a
high-strung woman" her brother re-
piled.
And after all that woman has done
to help other folks when they were in
trouble" exclaimed Mrs. Bates. Think
how she too& in those Butler chill
6ren and kept them after their mother
died: and how she kept that young man
Who was too sick to work all winter
In o.yn mother couldn't have done
more for him. l declare If Miss Rhoda
\as to give up her place and go on
he town at her age, it will be a
shame"
Doesn't the Bible say, With what
measure We meet it shall be measured
to you again?'" asked Arthur, the tall
boy at his mothers right. How dc
you reconcile that passage Of scripture
with Miss Rhoda's prospects of going
to the town-house? All my long life
l have looked upon Miss Rhoda as one
" the hreside saints Of the earth; she
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Adyantare OF sleen

IN rerly to the question, is !. wise for
. man to deny himself few hours
sleep day to do more work. Tesla,
the great electrician, said: "That is .
great mistake, am convinced. A man
has just SO many hours to be awake
and the fewer of these he uses up each
day, the more days he will last; that
is, the longer he will live. believe
that man might live 200 years II he
would sleep most OF the time. That is
why negroes often live to advanced old
age. because they sleep SO much. II is
said that Gladstone sleeps seventeen
hours each day; that is why his facul.
ties are still unimpaired in spite of his
great age The proper way to econo-
mizc life is to sleep every moment that
1t is not necessary or desirable that
you should be awake"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
To Change Cotton.

A new method has been devised for
animalizing' cotton-that is for Civ
ing it the character of animal fiber, SO
that it can be dyed by the processes
that are used for wool. Heretofore
this has been accomplished by i'm
ORIGINATING the material with albumin
or casein: but in the new process the
cotton fiber receiver thin coating of
WOOL In preparing the bath for this
purpose small quantity of wool is
first dissolved by boiling with barium
hydrate. The barium is then removed
by carbonic acid gas. and a little form
aldehyde is added. The cotton cloth
is wetted with the solution SO prepared
after which i: is dried. steamed and
washed. 1t can then be dried directly
with any acid or basic dye, although
the colors obtained are not SO fast as
on WOOL
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

has always been in some good work.
and has had kind word for every
body"
Aunt Martha did not like the spirit
of criticism which her nephew had
shown of late about reconciling state
ments Of the Holy Scripture. She spoke
up in a quick way and said, Miss
Rhoda hasn't gone to the town-house
yet"
mo: but the finger on the signboard
points that way" replied Arthur.
1T is dreadful for old people to be
obliged to give up their home and old
associations and go where they would
not" said Mrs. Bates. young folks
can bear changes-many really en-
JOY ther--but it is different with the
aged"
Aunt Martha had not married-her
| acquaintance called her "a maiden
lady" 1t was not because she never
had opportunities to marry. she told
her nephews and nieces, but because
she loved them too we'll to break her
home ties with them. 1t had long ago
been settled that the Bates family
| could not do without Aunt Martha, and
Aunt Martha could not get along with
out them. "How dreadful It must be. "
was her thought that night Ito have
| no lovelight in ones life"
| Then Miss Martha sat down and
wrote a letter to her brother John
who lived in the city. She told him
of Miss Rhoda; what patient. faithful
life hers had been, and now, just as
nearing the end of the journey. she
must be forced to give up her home
and go to the town-house. Then she
added. John, you and l must pay of
| that mortgage, and give Miss Rhoda
the home for her life. We are able
let us be willing to do it. What q
Joyous Christmas we shall have TX We
do this Miss Rhoda must have the
measure meted out to her that she ha,
meted out to Others"
The result was that Brother JONI
who was quite apt to act on sister
Martha's suggestions, joined her in tn,
labor of love for her neighbor Wher
Miss Martha went over to see Mis-
Rhoda, short time before the fore
closure of the mortgage. she found he
looking over her things-she could no
carry many with her; for the room
was small she expected to occupy. Blu
there was this little memento and tina
gift with sweet memories associate,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
C,ood Farm and Fruit Lands.
.., All 70 Investors and Home
less People.

., rou like to buy farm where tho
Nouiu IA Increase in value s. 90 per acre
!anu w.. for the next five yearsi Or. II
oAch .e" ,enting, where the payments would
YOU ai' ,ban the yearly rent that you are
Be 70 ing where you will be onlyjO mica
10" PIii austou, q city with 10 railroads;
IRON ron. crops will net you from $1,000 tc
WIZ W ga nor acre a year; near, where Is acres
ssooO ors have Melted a farmer over 5000
OF nnrm: where you can in December go
per a ,.nrr Garden and get for your diuner
ihlo ,! lettnce. radishes, peas, beans. cab
iles so heets celery. onions. new Irish and
oae oo, notatoes, and on your way into the
s".. Gather crysanthemums, roses and
nous. ,,ar;cties of flowers for your table !;
0tnen ,hc climate is mild and delightful;
VIZ frosts rarely ever come; where your
WIZ si, can maintain itself on the prairie
s SUI the wear around; where you don't
me-. n spend in the winter all that you
ha ,. in the summer; but, instead, can
'nIn something almost every month in the
!essiii this and more can be had at Chez.
.-sy,,le TEXAS, where we have tract
Itiord by lo miles. with two railroads run
" oia .a tbro,irh it and two towns on it. Write
t eve onr pamphlet, Fertile Farm Lands"
All terms etc Also as to cheap excur-
p i0s via the Rock Island to TT. Worth and
ss,,n there over the Santa F'e to Wallis,
Toxas and San Antonio & Arkansas Pass to
baskerville, as well as how to secure
FREE FARE TO TEXAS.
SOUTHERN TEXAS COLONIZATION Co.,
John LINDERToLM, Mgr,
no Rialto Building, Chicago.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

Until within the past few months no
monuments had ever been erected to
the memory of pig. The town OF
Luneberg, Hanover, wished to I'LL ZIP
the blank and ut the Hotel de Vile in
that town, there is to be seen kind
of mausoleum to the memory of the
porcine race, In the interior of the
commemorative structure Is o costly
glass case inclosing ham still in good
preservation. A slab OF black marble
attracts tho eye of the visitor, who
finds thereon the following inscription
in Latin, engraved in letters OF gold
"Passerby, contemplate here the NOR.
tai remains OF the pig which acquired
for itself imperishablc glory by the
discovery of the suit springs Of Lunc
berg.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

MISS RH0DA'S MEASURE,

Miss Rhoda sat in the west doorway.
Her face was turned toward the sweet
sky, radiant with it's rays of red and
golden light; it was natures with
drawing season." At Miss Rhoda's
right was a field of stubble from which
the wheat had been harvested. At her
left the corn still stood. like Indian
wigwams, all over the field, waiting for
the huskng time. At her feet the ma
pie leaves. so gorgeous in their autumn
nal plaids, were falling. Here and
there the note of stray bird which
had tarried later than its fellows fell
upon her ear There was a chill in the
air; the wind was rising, and 1t stirred
the locks Of silvery hair which usually
lay with such calm precision about
Miss Rhoda's face. She folded her black
shawl closer about her shoulders, but
still she fingered.
There was no kindly voice to warn
her of the dangers that might come
from longer exposure No loved form
to come to the door and say. Come in,
now; the air is chill and the fire is
burning brightly. 1t is lonely in the
room without you" Miss Rhoda was
alone in the world: she had outlived
those nearest and dearest to her.
In the afterglow of the lives of those
who had belonged to her in the old
home sweet memories lighted up the
closing day. and as she looked intently
at the western sky she seemed to see
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Hone for the Dull Ones.

Dizziness is not always an evidence
Of a lack of brains Parents should
not be discouraged because their child
rem are not always as bright as those
of their neighbors When Isaac Bar
row was boy he appeared SO stupid
that his father said, if God took away
any Of his children he hoped it would
be Isaac Yet that boy lived to be one
of the greatest divines of the Church of
England. Douglas Jerrould was also
dull boy, and Napoleon's teacher said
he would need gimiet to put learning
into the head of the future conqueror
OF Europe. Sir Walter Scott, Chatter
ton and many others were notably dull
boys.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Color In House Eurnlshluw "a.

Even the iron bedsteads have turned
green. When combined with brass
knobs and rails they look we'll in
rooms of white and green. or pink and
green, but not as we'll as those Of white
and gold or all of brass A pretty bed
room furnished in green has wicker
chairs of light olive, the hcds,ead brass
and green, and green dressing table
with brass trimmings The wall pa
per is chinta pattern showing green
leaves and pink roses on white back.
ground. The chair cushions are COW
cred with cretonne that matches the
wall paper. New York Post.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
r,ristmas Gifts Of Money.

OF after thinking Tor long time,
ron cannot decide what she my poor
ccrl friend) would like best" writes
Ruth Ashmore, in advising girls as to
their Christmas. giving in the Decen-
her Ladies' Home Journal, land you
know well enough to leave to her the
choice of the gift. then send her the
money that she may spend it for her
self. But make this money lock more
like a chosen gift. and less like that
which is so hardly earned by her;
trouble yourself to go to the bank and
nut it in gold. or at leas. in a new bank
note, and inclose it in a tiny little
purse"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Nasal Catarrh for Years.
So CALLED CATARRH CURES
FAILED TO CURE.
The True Way 10 to Take the One True
RlnOd Purifier.

The True Way 10 to Take the One True
blood Purifier.
Catarrh il caused by impure blood. The
best physicians say 80. The only way TO
cure catarrh IL to urify tho blood. Hoods
Sarsaparila cures catarrh when nj other
medicines fail, because Hoods Snrsnpariila
is The One True Blood Purifier. This Ii
logical, and that it Is true II proved by
thousands Of testimonials ike this:
~ was troubled with nasal catarrh for
many years. ldoctored for 1t, and Mt one
time took dozen bottles Of u so-ca!letl
catarrh cure, but without beneficial effect.
/ had read or cases where others
Had Been Cured by Hoods
Sarsnparilla, and determined to try H.
took five tottles last year, and was high.
ly pleased with the relief obtained.
have had no particular trouble from ca
tnrrh since that time except slight in
Hammation when l catch cold. have
Iroved, In my own case that Hoods Snr
saparilla will cure oatarrb, and ! Also de
rived benefit in u general way from III
| use. 1t IL an excellent remedy, and ] All
| CAD to give my experience with 1t for ca
| tarrh for the benefit of those who may b'
| simi nrly afflicted" Mrs. JoHN LEHMAN
| 1903 Wilkinson St, Goshen, Indiana.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

In Every township, three days a week,
during winter, to distribute samples, co..
Iect names Of sick reop and work IN trade
Tor their druggists on the great family
remedies; DIR. Kay's Renovator, DR. Kay s
Lung Balm, and kidneykura. Good pay ia
man or woman. Send for booklet and
terms. DIR. Is. J. Kay Medical Co., Western
Office Omaha, Neh.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

Your wandering boy, that you thought
was lost
Say, wouldn't you open. Claire?
II babe should rap at your old heart
door
On the Christmas morning fair,
To give you a kiss or hug or two.
Say, wouldn't you open, Claire?
II God should rap at your old ha1rt
door
On the Christmas morning fair,
To give you a Son with heavenly
home,
Say, wouldn't you open, Claire?
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
kerChsrts Hotel. Omaha,

COINRR FIFTEENTH AND FAENAM SITS.
Street cars pass the door to and from
both depots; in business center of city.
Headquarters for state and local trade
Rates So and So per day.
PAXTON & DAVENPORT, Props
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

about them which made it hard
matter 10 decide what to take and what
to give up. There was the mothers old
workbasket. once SO full OF the max
ing and mending for the loved ones,
and her copy Of Daily Food" lying in
1t, and fathers well-thumbed Bible
with here and there words of comfort
and explanation written on the mar
gins-those of course must go with
her.
Tear-marks were on Miss Rhoda' 3
face as she offered the mothers rocker
to her visitor.
Yes. Miss Martha. I'm getting ready
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Christmas gifts for thee,

IoI
Fair and free!
Precious thiEgs from the heayenl,
store
Filling thy casket more and more:
Golden love In divinest chain,
That never can be untwined again:
Silvery carols of Joy that swell
Sweetest of all in the hearts lone CELL
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

Piso's cure for COnsumT ton has leen n
family medi, inc with liz sine lsGi.-j. X.
Madison, 2409 AID Ave, Chicago lis.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
He Did Not Obey,

When they told her that the young
man whose snit she had rejected the
previous evening had hanged himself
to the gate post directly he left her.
the beautiful girl shrugged her shout.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

The first year OF Presidents admins
tration IN one OF appointments and disap-
pOintmeutS,
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

neEcman's Cnnaphor Ice with GIyccrlne.
Cures Chapped Hands and Face, Tender Sore Feet,
Chilblans Piles, &c G. &. Clark Co., New Haven, Ct
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

depressed feelings, the pains, the
discouragements, indeed, almost
all the misery has a common
cause-weakness. At such times
a woman always needs a friend
that can Be relied upon, and such
a friend, for more than twenty
years. has been that greatest Of all
remedies.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

at isn't my fault" she said, coldly
II specifically told him he mustn't
think of hanging around here any
| more +"
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

little dears,
Say, wouldn't you open.
Claire?
x a boy should rap at your
old home door
On the Christmas morn
ing fair
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Comfort to
California.

Every Thursday mnrninR.o
tourist sleeping car for ten.
yer. Suit Lake City, san Fran
cisco, u nd Los Angeles leav
Omaha and Lincoln vtu ~
Burlington Route.
ltix carpcted. Mpaolstere6
In rattan, has sprinx AeNtf
and backs and IL provinces
with curtains, beading. tow.
els. soap. etc. An experienced
excursion conductor and q
uniformed ullmnn porter
accompany IL through 10 the
Pacific Coast
While neither as expcn-
siveiy finished nor rs H. q to
look Mt A. q rtilaee sleeper. -
iK lust as GOOD ~ ride III. ec-
0nd class tickets arn hon0ruo
and the price OLA berth, wide
enough aud big enough for
two, IL only ..
For 4 folder giving full
particulars write ~
;en'l rnss'r Agent. ON ahn. Neh
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

ars. Windows Soothing Syrup
Ior children teethng softens the gums reduces nam-
nation a!lays pain wind collie 90 bottle
An average sized coconnut produces .
pint of milk
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

BY its purity and its power it
furnishes a prompt relief Tor
women In their houfs Of need,
and If The grateful expressions
which come up from the homes
Of the land abost what SAFE
CURE has doqe were printed,
they would fill volumes. II you,
reader, are a suffenef, can you
not take hope from this sug-
gestion?
Large bottle. o. ae~ style. smaller one. At your
druggists.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
To Purify the Cistern.

II You suspect that the cistcrn water
n foul. suspend in it by a rope mus
lin bag containing three or four pounds
OF charcoal, and it will become pure in
few days. Bake the charcoal and
you can use it the same way again. To
keep out the charcoal. toss into the els
tern one ounce of permanganate of
potassa- All the refuse will settle to
the bottom and the water become clear
and odorless - Washington Evening
Star.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

The largest kitchen in the world is that
OF the Eon Marche, in Paris
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
Suffering
Women.

Alas! women do
suffer. Why, we
often cannot tell, but
we know there Is
one great Cause, and
that Is weakness.
IT. L~.1a-kn~ Az
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04

Willie (crying)--For goodness sake.
papa. don't 60 In the house. Mamma's
just thrashed me. and you'll be next!
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1897-02-04
CHRISTMAS RAPPINCS.
(By James Rolls Hapgood)

, q friend should
rap at your old
home door
On the Christmas
morning fair.
With a present for
you and your
little dears,
Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1897-09-21

In June a French surgeon named Las
salette was convicted In Paris of mai
practice for leaving pair OF forceps
in the BODY of a patient upon whom he
had operated for the removal of fibroid
growth by laparotomy. The patient died.
and the forgotten instrument was dis
covered at the post-mortem. The de-
PENDANT was sentenced to pay a fine of
800 francs and be imprisoned for three
months. He appealed from this judy
ment. a French court of criminal APP
peal possesses powers unknown 10 our
system of Jurisprudence. One of them
is the power to increase the punish
mont imposed by the trial court. This
power was exercised in the present in
stance, and a month was added to the
appellants term OF Imprisonment. The
New York Sun, from which we quote,
says that II is assured by prominent
medical man that so great is the liability
10 accidents OF this sort that careful
surgeons always insist upon counting
all The instruments and sponges in the
operating-room before the operation. and
then Just before the wound Is sewed up,
80 as to guard against any such misad-
venture as occurred in this French case.