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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05

Mrs. VIM, Murphy is home after a
two months visit with relatives in Maine.
Math Jacobs, the Kendrick banker,
was doing business in the city yesterday.
John Carlson returned yesterday from
brief business trip to Cascade City,
British Columbia.
Miss Mary Kroh returned to the city
yesterday from Moscow where she has
been attending the summer school at
that place.
d. Needham, an attorney-at- law, has
returned from a trip to Wise onsin, accom-
panied by his family. He will perma-
nently locate here and practice his pro-
fession.
Jas. H. Reed. well-known prospector
in this vicinity, left the city this morning
with three other miners for the new cop
per district up Snake river i'll the vicinity
of Imnaha.
Roscoe Treadwell, of Boise has been
commissioned first lieutenant in the
provisional army and remains in the
Philippines, where he earned his honors.
He comes from the ranks, and his pro-
motion has elected most favorable COM
ment.
c. o. linn has returned to the city
from Moscow. While absent he took the
course at the Summer School, which term
just closed. He speaks very highly of
the success attained by its management
and says there were I72 students i'll at
tendance.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
Quarterly Report

OF THE COUNTY TREASURER OF Me-
PIERCE COUNTY, IDAHO, FOR THE
QUARTER ENDING JuLy s, 1899.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
For Sale.

Four hundred and eighty acres of land
four miles from Lewiston, with running
water. Adapted to fruit, grain and stock
raising. Price S2,25o. Inquire of J. N.
Stacy, or 7. {. A., Maple ave, Evans
ion, Ill.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
Real Estate and Mines

lots and lands tor sale located the vuend
pine located
gold propositions located the Pierce Museshe Elk Cnv Dixie
andFlo mining districts bondos ~'''1DN
Official and noa business transacted Conveyan made
nd acknowledgements 'eNs~S A'"NN
all kinds
Correspondence solicited.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
A Few
Interesting
Facts.

When people are contemplating a trip,
whether on business OF pleasure, they
naturally want the best service obtain
able SO far as speed, comfort and safety
are concerned. Employees of the WIS
coNSIN CENTRAL. LINES are paid to
serve the public and our trains are
operated SO as to make close connec-
tons with diverging lines at all juno
ton points.
Pullman Palace Sleeping and Chair Cars
on through trains.
Dining Car service nnexcelled Meals
served LA CARTE.
In order to obtain this first class service,
ask the ticket agent to sell you ticket
THE WISCONSIN CENTRAL LINES
and you will make direct connections at
st. Paul for Chicago, Milwaukee and
all points East.
For any further information call on any
ticket agent, or correspond with
JAS. {. POND,
General Pass. Agent,
or JAS. A. CLOCK, Milwaukee, Wis.
General Agent,
246 Stark Street,
Portland, Oregon.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
Houses TOR Sale.

Large modern house. Lot Iooxaoo on
Main street. Also 4 story house east
of Normal, lot 100 feet front. Inquire of
James f. Babb. Lewiston Nation Bank
building
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
Old Iron Wanted.

We pay the highest price for scrap,
cast and wrought iron, brass, copper,
rubber boots and shoes, and all kinds of
metals. DRETERLE & SoPER,
Black smiths.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
DR. c. w. SHAFT.
Surgeon.

Office Rooms, Vollmer Building.
Hours Eye, Ear and Throat, 10 to IL
M, All other cases. to 3 p. M.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
To the Travelling Public.

The Spalding ferry, with new boat
new attachments and experienced ferry
men, is now running day and night.
HOGAN & WANN
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05
J. N. STACY & co.,
Damas Block Lee
Oamas Block :

candies and nuts at Michael's.
-rpto date watch work done at j. II
Bethels.
For fine desert, Hoefiers Ice Cream
is Just the thing.
The Xxi. grocery is the cheapest
,,ace in town for cash.
The Russell Cash Grocery has the
.,ost complete stock i'll the city.
Cream and Swiss cheeses new in
,o;cr this week at Wildenthaler's
Our Sunday Dinner will be all that
one could wish. w. S. Restaurant.
Galbraith & Lewis, dentists. Main
st., opposite RAYMOND House.
--Cudahy's Celebrated Rex brand of
hams and bacon at Wildenthaler's
DrLA. Motif has removed his office
10 the Donzac block, where he can be
found in the future.
We also always have nice Spring
chicken every night at Burk's Lunch
Wagon Stand in front of Virgins cigar
store.
-Wtldenthaler delivers fresh bread
twice day all over the city. Leave
orders with the delivery man for
groceries.
The Maxwell Photograph Co. of
Spokane and Walla Walla have establish
ed branch in this city on Fast Main
street few doors east of G.. A. r. hall.
Look at their work it speaks for itself.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-08-05

Galbraith & Lewis, dentists, Main
st., opposite Raymond House.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

instance, she performed her devotions
in little church down on the levee
whose congregation numbered less
than 300 souls. Noticing that it's floor
covering was threadbare and it's fur
nishings shabby, she unostentatiously
had it handsomely carpeted and prop
erly equipped throughout. She kept
this 50 much of "a secret that even her
manager was not aware of it, and only
learned 1T accidentally through meet
ing the priest of the parish, and from
Norton the narrator became acquaint-
ed with the fact She did thousands Of
such things of which the world knew
nothing, and to this day there are
many men and women in the dramatic
profession who owe their preservation
from serious disaster to the looseness
of Mary Anderson's purse strings. Yet
she put aside fame, high distinction
and honor for the sake of the man she
had learned to love-
Few women like her.
And that's no idle jest.-Philadelp
Times.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
THE TERRAPiN MARKET.
Scarcity of the Diamond Back Brings
Other Varieties.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
With the passing of the diamond back
terrapin from local waters and its general
scarcity. saws a Chestertown, Md. CORE
spondent of the Baltimore Sun. the bui-
ness of developing 'Sliders' and red
belly" terrapins has begun In the waters
of Kent county. These terrapins are now
in winter quarters by the thousands in the
marshes. and are in their best condition.
The "slider'' often attains extremely large
proportions, weighing as much as ~
pounds or over The red belly Is
smaller species. The larger variety some
times sell as high as $3.50 apiece, though
the average price is from 70 cents to $l.50
per dozen.
These terrapins bury in the mud from
three to five feet deep, and are found by
sounding with stick and pulled out by
a hook The female, before she deposits
her eggs, is most sought after. as the nu-
merous eggs add greatly to the richness
of the prepared dish. The female terra
pin deposits her eggs ranging from - to
80 in number. in the sandy fields near by
her bedding grounds. She goes out at
night, makes a hole with her head large
enough to hold the eggs. and then pro-
ceeds to lay. The eggs are then covered
with sand and packed and the terrapn
seeks the water before the sun becomes
too hot
An old trapper states that he has known
terrapins to be killed by the sun while
making their way to the marsh after lay
ing. The crow is the greatest enemy to
the terrapn, hunting up their nests and
destroying the eggs wholesale. The dia-
mond back has been almost entirely su-
perseded by the slider" and red belly"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
At the Minister'S Expense.

A resident in a little town in the
north 0f Scotland was asked to take
the of7icn Of elder of the kirk. he
seemed reluctant to accent the honor
tin a wag VINO knew his weakness,
,yhisnarad "a him that IL he became
elder hp womb get e5 and p pair of
trousars AT The end of the wear. The
year nassod avav and when the nro,n-
ised garments did not annear the elder
vent 10 the minister and said. II
haven't ru+ the hreeks VET What
hreeks ." said tho minister. The elder
exnlained ana the ministrr smiled and
declared that the nromise was only n
sil1v iol,a The aldar o,,rrascpd great
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

the alley between Granite and Quartz
streets, back of the Bernard block, last
evening. The box was turned over to
the police, who. on investigation, learn
ed it had been stolen from the office OF
the Cobban Realty company Thursday
night. 1t is supposed that some per
son interested in getting possession or
one of the papers the box contalneQ
broke into the place and carried the box
off, and after getting the paper he left
the box in the alley.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
500 sets of teeth, $40. DR.. WiN.
Wayward Girls.

Sadie Pierce and Maggie McVeigh,
two hayward girls from Walkerville,
spent last night as guests of the city
jaiI. Their mothers complained to the
police that they had not been home for
several days and asked the police to
find them. They were found in a ques-
ttcuable resort and locked up.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

Pay your subscription to the Ana
conda Standard for one year in advance
and secure the handsome premium,
Paris Of To- Day"
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

Tassell's $1.00 shoe sale is now on.
Come and see what you can get for
s1OO % West Park.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07

Best lots in South Park addition tc
Butte, SIS. Apply q South Main.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-07
Valuable Papers Recovered.

Mrs. Mary Shanahan found tin box
containing a lot Of valuable papers in
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
WLer0 the Pins Go,

What becomes of all the pins? is one
of the most common of household CO.
nundrums. Harper's Bazaar assures US
that an old gentleman in London has
solved it. BY series of experiments
conducted in his back garden he has
discovered that pins go the way of all
flesh and are resolved into dust. HAIR
pins, which he watched for one hun
dred and fiftyfour days, disappeared
at the end Of that time, having been
resolved into a ferrous oxide, brown
ish rust which was blown away by
the wind. Bright pins took nearly
eighteen months to disappear; pol.
ished steel needles nearly two years
and a half; brass pins had but little
endurance; steel pens at the end OF
fifteen months had nearly gone, while
their wooden holders were still in
tact. Pencils, with which he also ex-
perimented, suffered little by expos
ure; the lead was unframed. and the
cedar almost as good as new; but then,
nobody has ever asked the question
about pencils, and he might have
spared his pains.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
Absent-nIlndedness.

French writer engaged upon a
profound scientific work rang for his
valet He then sat down and wrote
this note: kindly send some one to
arrest the cook. She has stolen my
purse" This he directed to the chief
Of police. The valet appeared, and,
while waiting for his master to finish
writing, picked up something lying
under the table. AS he took the note.
he said: Monsieur, here is your
purse; I found it under the table,"
"Ah, just in time; give me the note,
JEAN" He hurriedly added the post
script: II have found my purse; it is
unnecessary to send any one," and
handed the missive to the valet, say
ing: Deliver this at once; it is i'm
portant." He then went back to his
writing.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

altar, immersed in gloomy shadows.
In this it was that the devil spirits
were to manifest themselves to the
awe-stricken worshipers, who, at a
signal from one of the priests. pros
trated themselves on the ground,
chanting and repeatedly slapping their
nearby neighbors on the backs. Mean
while several of the priests left the
group and entered the dark recess in
the rear Of the altar, for the purpose
OF imploring the devils to manifest
themselves. In few moments, with
startling abruptness and accompanied
by the most blood-curdling yells, a
strange figure leaped into the uncer-
tain gloom Of the altar. The worship
ers leaped to their feet in frenzied
fury and dashed themselves with
knives and sticks until the blood
flowed. The devil spirit then retired
to the shades of darkness, while a
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

dies. The child must be measured by
q person who is endowed with the pow
or to controvert the. malign influence
that overshadows it.
A common piece of twine is used
and the child is measured from head to
foot. Then the string is wrapped IN
the hinge of the front door in such
fashion that 1t will wear as the door
opens and shuts. Of course mystical
incarnation goes with the ceremony
When the string is worn out the child
begins growing long or short just as
the nature of the case demands.
Mayor Plessinger says he has been
gifted with the power Of this mystical
measurement since nineteen years OF
age. 1t is an old German custom, and
the nerson who can apply the formula
ia greatly esteemed. The secret was
impaired to the mayor by Mother VAL
entine, an old lady highly respected IN
Bluffton for her nursing ability and
her knowledge of homely remedies.
Feeling that she was unable to pursue
her calling much longer, she summoned
Mr.. Plessinger, who was her favorite
among the young men of the place.
and made him her heir to the secret.
Nv no means must the incarnation be
given to one of sex similar to the
nossessor. 1t came from woman, and
tho mayor has picked out the young
Iadv to whom it will be given when he
feels called upon to lay down his
crown of healing.
There are hundreds Of people IN
p,uffton and over the country general
w who believe in the treatment, and
cases can be cited in Bluffton among
men and women whom no one Wouid
suspect were ever cured by the string
method. One of the city's leading So
ciety ladies was measured, not by the
MAYOR. however, when a small child.
Immediately after the measurement she
set up the first energetic cry of her ex-
istence, was given slice of bread and
butter. which she ate greedily, and
grew rapidly out of her fnfirmity.
An incident worthy OF note was that
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
HE HEALS BY MAGIC.
THIS MAN CURES CHILDREN
WITH A STRINO.
Strange Power Attributed to Mayor
Games Ii. Plessinger. of BIuEton, In
diana - Quaint German FOLKLORE

II the strange power attributed to
Mayor James B. Pessinger of Bluffton,
Ind. could be extended to physicians
everywhere, there would be an end to
apprehension that the human race Is
deteriorating in size.
For Mayor Pessinger claims to be
able to correct improper growth of
children while in infancy, and his as
sertlon is backed by many years Of
successful practice. His method Is
simply to measure them with string.
according to a system handed down in
German folklore, and possessed by
few persons. Notwithstanding the SUI
perstitious nature of this rite of meas
urement," many physicians have wit
messed the working of the treatment,
and, while they offer no solution, ad-
NIT that it possesses some strange eff
cacy. At any rate, the practice bids
fair to spread throughout the United
States, il Mayor Plessinger can be in
duced to part with the secret. Long
or short growth among infants is not
an uncommon complaint. One of the
peculiar diseases that befall small hui
manity is tendency, between the age
OF six weeks and two years, to either
grow too fast or too slow. The more
common of the two is short" growth.
The child seemingly ceases to grow,
and, instead Of waxing strong and
hearty, dwndles into a puny and in
significant creature, for whom there
seems nothing in view but the grave,
and that possibly not far distant. 1t
is at this point that some nurse or some
old lady, who thinks she is versed in
child lore, advises measurement" In
fact, 1t is the only efIlcacious remedy
in such a critical crisis, say the old la
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17
Summer and Winter Clouds.

Many must have noticed that in win.
ter time the sky seems to lack the
roominess and lofty arching Of sum-
mer. 1t appears on cloudy, or par
tally cloudy, days to be nearer the
earth than is the case on similar days
during the summer months. That this
appearance is no figment of the i'm
agination is shown by recent invests
cations made at the Upsala observa-
tory on the elevation of clouds. II is
found that all varieties Of clouds float
at a much greater altitude In summer
than in winter. The months OF great
est elevation, at least in Sweden, are
June and July.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

more uncanny visitor appeared, run
ming round on all tours and covered
with the skin of a wild beast. He was
followed by other "ghostly" visitors,
each one known to the worshipers by
name, whose appearance was the sig
nal for repeated prayers. enunciated
with such frenzied zeal that the din
was deafening.
The last Of the devils having disap-
peared, the sacred animals were
brought in and slaughtered and their
bodies placed on top Of huge funeral
pyre. The flames leaped out, the
smoke filled the dingy cave and with
frightful howls the worshipers reas-
cended from the temple, mingling in
groups gathered before the small cof-
fin-like structures where the devils
would gather after feasting on the an
imals. The functions Of the supernat-
ural inhabitant of these dwellings were
denoted by the fetch signs adjoining
the outside. Accordingly, before one
who was supposed TO be a powerful
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

The fact that advertisements are read
is illustrated in the sad case Of SOL
der who furnished a testimonial for
publication the other day to the effect
that he had been restored to perfect
health by certain brand of pills He
had been drawing a pension of $40 a
month and the pension ceased shortly
after the testimonial appeared. The
Pension Department opined that man
who had been so completely cured was
not entitled to aid from Uncle Sam
Minneapolis Times.
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

bration. AS soon as it is dark,
the priests who have charge of
the sacred animals open the door Of
the pen and allow them to escape into
the forest, at the same time raising
a wild hullaballoo and calling upon the
assembled worshipers to join in the
pursuit. This is the signal for the
commencement of the celebration, and
In an instant torches are lit, and, with
wild tumult, the worshipers join in
the pursuit. 1t is continued for sew
eral days, until the unfortunate beasts
are captured and returned to the sa-
cred pen.
All is now ready for the second and
more important part Of the great func-
ton. The large temple, where this
take place, is really a huge subter-
ranean vault, originally a natural
rave. over which building has been
erected as an entrance. 1t was in
semi-darkness when we entered, and
n was, therefore, not easy to deter
mine its exact proportions, but it APP
peared to be about eighty feet long by
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

of an old man near the Huntington
county line who was bedfast. He was
four and one-half inches longer than
normal, but two weeks after the meas
urement was reduced until he was only
an inch and one-haif over the correct
limit.
The reader must not imagine that
because such BELIEF exists in Button
that the city is li.tIe backwoods viii
lage. 1t is the only city in Indiana
outside OF Indianapolis that has three
miles of asphalt streets. 1t is a hus-
Ting town of 5000 inhabitants, with
out negro in its population.
The only colored man who ever
voted there walked out Of town at a
rapid gait, with crowd Of linen in
pursuit, and none other ever repeated
the operation. 1t Is modern city, but
many of its good citizens believe in
the theory that children can be cured
by the mayors process. because 1t has
been tried in their families and they
know 1t.
Nor must 1t be thought that the
chief executive is an old hoary headed
doctor of the root, bark and herb the
DRY. He is veteran Of the late war,
an Odd Fellow of state standing, and
an energetic gentleman who is unas-
Stunning and makes no professions to
extraordinary powers.
He knows that he can cur children
suffering from long" and short"
growth and he does it for the pleasure
it gives him in doing an act Of hui
mainly Never in over five hundred
cases, has he taken a cent of money
as a fee, but one of his most highly
gifted possessions is a handkerchief
which a grateful mother presented him
in successful case
A. few days ago the incident crept
into the metropolitan press and in a
vague and skeptical manner misrep-
resented the working Of the worthy
mayor. 1t referred to the fact that he
could remedy sufferers from dwarfdom,
which is not the truth, for no consti-
tutional infirmity can be cured. Many
letters have reached him relative to
the matter, and when the inquiry was
a sincere one an answer was return
Kansas agitator. [volume] (Garnett, Kan.) 1890-1905, 1899-03-17

instance. I found that none OF the
smaller children used over 60 different
woEds, while the others ran up in the
neighborhood of 200 or course, one
trial was valueless, because Of indi-
vidual variations in temperament, and
the only way to obtain results Of any
scientific value is to calculate averages
from an immense number of expert
ments. This l propose to do, but it
will take me two or three years at
least. l have been at it now for only
a few months, and the thing that has
impressed me most is the very dexter
GUS use to which young children put
their limited stock Of words. AS a
rule, an intelligent child OF say will
give better and more vivid descrip-
ton Of people and things than one of
s. The additional words which the
older youngster employs usually t.nds
to obscure the point. Some very in
teresting experiments might certainly
be carried out in the same line with
adults, and l am persuaded they would
demonstrate that the average person
of the middle class has a much smaller
vocabulary than is generally supposed.
1t is surprising how few words some
folks manage TO tumble through life
with"