Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1899-10-11
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"What is coquette3' "A coquettc is
Girl who knows how to encourage a man
nv discouraging him."
The income from the revenue taxes for
the last fiscal year was $Io2 ,6I7,763; over
s,7oooooo was obtained from stamp
taxes.
Miss Braddon, the famous novelist,
who has Just published her sixtieth book
reioices in the fact that the only picture
of her ever printed was from photo
graph made so long ago that no one can
now recognize the original.
A, B. Slawson, who is to have charge
of the Congressional Library's reading
room, where 600 newspapers are kept on
file, is probably the greatest authority on
American newspapers He knows the
history of nearly every one.
The rewards of literature are frequent
ly Disappointing, but many worker in
other branches of activity would be
satisfied TO leave his family the $780,
600 bequeathed by the novelist, William
Black, to his wife and children.
Queen Victoria has completed tie sixty
second year of her reign-the longest in
the history OF England. George III
reigned fifty-nine years, three months
and four days. This is the nearest APP
proach to the length of the queen reign.
In the heart of George Vanderbilt's
estate near Asheville is plot owned by
an old negro, who lives there and re-
fuses to sell. He says he has been both
cred all his life by his neighbors, and
now that he has good one he will not
move.
Only two women are left to draw
pensions on account of the Revolution
airy war. There were three of them until
few days ago, but their number was
decreased by the death of Mrs. Nancy
Jones, of Jonesboro, Tenn. She was
ninety-fve years old.
Capt. Samuel w. Bartlett. of the
steamer Diana, which carries the Peary
relief expedition, is one of large family
OIL wldely-know sea captains who have
figured prominently in Arctic explora-
ton work. One of his brothers, John, is
captain of the Winward, now somewhere
in Greenland
Along with quite number of other
widows living there on slender incomes
Llliuokalani, former queen of Hawaii, is
keeping house i'll Washington. She re-
Gently said to a caller: 81 am thorough
american, | love the history of the
country. 1t is the heir apparent of all
'nat former nations have had to fight and
perish for"
Mother-For mercy's sake, Harriet,
what 10 you and Mr.. Dumleigh find to
'aik ABOUT! 1t was buzz, buzz, the
Nhoie evening. Harriet-We were talk
ing about trusts and combines, ma; but it
was not profitable conversation, after
all Mr.. Dumleigh talked about all the
combinations he could think of except
'he matrimonial combine.
Nooert f. M. Cooper, who was for
n..iV prominent newspaper editor and
Poi'ielan OF St. Louis, Mo-, but who of
'a'e mas been Ill straitened circum-
Stances has received legacy of $500, 900
nom John c. Gregg, a miser hermit who
: e.eh''y died at Cripple Greek, Colo.
,ears ago Cooper saved Gregg from
browning, but had since then lost all
track of him.
n youth of IS was charged in New
'o'h under an old statute of having at
'."ae'i theater alone, it being enacted
.aA' no one under 10 shall go to theat-
-, MAI entertainment without a guardian.
ooS was sentenced to six months
Imprisonment. The sentence was. how
,'e'' suspended, the prosecution having
,u merely undertaken to remind the
p"'''e OF the existence of the statute.
"e interesting statistics in relation
'ie Immigration from Ireland to this
TO- ""''hg the year ending June so,
~ are furnished by the Irish Emiprant
~ 10y through its secretary, Mr.. Fl. J.
:, on' The total immigration amount
49, !" N'o37, of which number Q, 1867 were
20 iH'A7o females. OF this number
were under fourteen years of age,
49,. ',05 were between the ages of fourteen
g., ''r'y-hve, and 726 were over forty
con Years old. These emigrants brought
'''eiy III cash the sum of S34a $50
ounterieit s. note, described by
d. states treasury officials as 'fairly
.ephve reproduction of the genuine
Of Is IN circulation; it is of the series
;s,o H. check letter d. B. x. Bruce reg
- s''' and Ellis n. Roberts treasurer. and
~ 'ne Portrait of Mcpherson. 1t was
sr1 o by the photo-etching process
IL P''n'ed on soft fbrous paper. The
of ~, 'ne back are produced by means
os INK instead of silk, and the blue lines
"a. e original are green in the counter
h.s, These lines appear mostly on the
H.. the note. The seal is dark red
'"s'ead Of pink aud ,,,a 1910,