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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
Little Willie and sister Grace

Little Willie and sister Graoa
They cut pas trousers down for me3 4
don't get nothin' new;
have to wear his old coats cut Ais -
suspenders, too!
5is hats and shoes don't at NJ, ~ I
s'pose they win some day,
And then they'll come to mo instead q
bein' thrown away!
lly sister Grace 10 twenty-five
And she can sing and play,
AID what she wears IL always new.
Not stun that's thrown awayI
She puts ON styls, tell you whatl
She dresses out Of sight: &
She's proud and naughty and she's got
A beau most every night.
I never get new things tn wear; I'm juse
boy, you see.
And any old things good enough to de-.
tor up for me!
Most everything that I've got On one day
belonged to pa
When sisters through with her dna
things she hands 'em up to ma!
-Chicago Times Herald.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
Working on His Pride.

WOEAAn8 O0 11AU 1FlUOe
A peddler who was In the habit Of
visiting the various Offices In large
downtown building ut regular inter-
walls with patent shoe-polish was
making his rounds one day az usual,
when an occupant Of one OF the rooma
said to him:
Say. you've been coming here for
about six years. Twice year l buy q
box Of your polish. and never any Of
tener. Six weeks ago you sold me one,
and It will last me nearly ave months
yet; and still you drop in regularly
every week to ask me II l don't want
another box. You know l don't. What
do you do 1t for?''
Il thought maybe you'd GIT sort y
'shamed Of usin' 20 little shoe polish
after while, and d buy a box now an
then as matter O PRIDE" answered
the peddler. taking the precaution to
edge toward the door a. he spoke.
hut he sold that man another box or
polish there and then.-Youth's Com
paniOn.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
The Cradle or Cyclones,

Imagine yourself on q trim ocean,
steamer, gently throbbing along over q
summer sea of indigo blue, rutfied here
and there by little white wavelets. You
are screened by taut-spread awnings
from q tropical sun in a clear sky, and
cooled by constant breeze, which
blows 80 gently that you feel a. II Il
might continue unchanged forever. To
ward the South long stretch Of hori.
xon Is hidden by big island, rising In
tropical green. verdure. covered terraces
Of piled-up, hazy mountain peaks. Mors
fascinating than the island itself are
the clouds piled above 1t, masses upon
masses Of them, rolling and tumbling
and contending among themselves.
Great, dazzling white piles swell high
er and higher above the peaks, growing
first irridescent with beautiful opal
tints, then an OMNIBUS copper color.
and finally seeming to burst asundeR
ana send up fine white streams far into
the blue Of heaven, like volcanic vapo9.
Along the mountain sides white neeces
drift like wisps Of wool blown against
. wayside hedge. while through the val.
legs dark gray streamers trail Nike
damp and newly combed hair.
Night comes on, and lurid lightning
rushes through these clouds, throwing
the moon-lit sea into pale Significance.
while from many other places on the
horizon arise ftful flares and flashes
out Of small mounds of clouds hanging
over other unseen islands. These
lightnings all seem voiceless, and stu
your ship speeds on through stormless
waters.
The big island 10 Cuba, and not fal
away are the Bahamas. You are in
what may be called the cradle Of e..
clones. Here nature II calling into sx-
istencs those dreadful storms which
rush away northward over sea and land
upon their ruthless and terrible courss
Of destruction.-Lt. ]. N. Nllicott q. g.
n, In st. Nicholas.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
THOUGHT HE HAD A FINE ask.

Enterprising Insuranes Aren't Lost
Day Looking for Patron.
II wish that people wouldn't try IL
be 30 funny with mel" snapped the life
insurance agent Life 10 serious
business. That 10 why spend 20
much Of my time trying to impreas
upon people that some Of my unex.
celied life insurance 10 necessary for
their happiness. Here l have lost q
whole day and been put to considerable
expense. when might have used both
to better advantage. and all because
people look upon me as q 1T subject for
their practical joke&
THE other day CHANGED to step into
q hotel to see what was going on, and
while there I struck up an acuuaint.
ance with . man who looked to b.
about 60 years Of ,ags. 1t wasn't long
before discovered that he carried No
insurance, and - he looked like 4
splendid risk lost no time in telling
him all about the celebrated insurance
that handle. He looked . little bored
before was half through. but l didn't
let that bother me. - ] had him In =
corner where he couldn't escape. Final
". through an oversight on my part
he managed to get in word.
See here said he. Z have the heart
disease and couldn't get my life insured
IL wanted to: But have . son who
IL ~ sound a. dollar. Why not talk
to himr
+
"'Where 10 hep said L
"'He II out at my home about thirty
miles from here. It win b worth your
time to see him.
I'll see him at once.' I answered.
well, got the address and took ~
1rst train out there. found the houAe
Ill right and rang the bsll A woman
answered me, and asked Il Mr..
Blanks son was at home.
.'He Ia she answered, locking q
ne rather Queerly.
May see himy ! asked.
! lyon may che answered, ana LED
ne way iuside. She diseppeared for .
moment and then reappeased upuu tho
tcene with q o-months-oa0 baby 8 hae
arms anA eellapssd"-DsGfa1 Trse
Pro-
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
TALKS ON hANDShAKIN0,.
ec'entifc Custom tina. Dates Back te
the Beginning OF Time.


the Beginning OF Time.
Ill Is said by ancient astrologers that
shaking hands is a scientific custom
which dates back to the beginning Of
ZINE. There is all the difference in the
world between the various modes of
thaking the hand of stranger or friend
as to the resulting impression obtained
by and through that operation, con-
tciousiy or unconsciousiy." said a So
ciety woman at a select afternoon tea
yesterday. 81 claim that the results
depend up0c the proper position taken
by the two hands clasped. although q
mere touch viii tell much. We shake
hands in order TO form connection
between us which will result in the eX-
change of planetary vibrations which
notify us whether We have met friend
or foe. Few people 20 into such an ex-
act scientific analysis of the reasons,
but perhaps think that they do it be-
cause other people do it; that 1t is the
custom of the country, or because the
person met offers the hand 1t remains
an indisputable fact. however. that we
form likes and dislikes upon touching
the hands of strangers. and tAat friend
ships or dislikes often start at that
point, whether we realize 1t or not.
The exchange of impression is strong
1t makes us unhappy to touch some
people, and we will not If we can help
1t.
"The most effective handshake Is not
the close clasp in all cases, although ii
may be in many, but varies according
to the sizes and shapes Of the two
hands which clasp each other. How
ever they may meet, there Is one spot
which is the magnetic center Of the en-
tire being-the mount of the sun, speak.
Ing from the standpoint Of palmlstry
which has the most direct nerve con.
tact with the brain and also most d.
rect blood connection with the heart.
and Is, therefore. called the ring fin
ger'-with the magnetic pole At its
base.
1.-THE physical and mental strength
are there united in the strongest mag
netic center of the body. IL the two
hands thus clasped are placed with
their magnetic centers in close contact
NO matter where the rest Of the palm
may be, insist that there IL a strong
magnetic current esta blished between
these two people.
1T may be intensified in effect II the
mounts at the bases Of the other I'm
gers also be brought into as close con-
tact with each other, thus bringing the
minor magnetic poles also together.
Then, II the third, or ring finger curis
around the mount Of venus-astrolog-
ically situated at the base of the little
hnger, above the heart line and trav-
ersed by the marriage line or lines
and the thumb extends across the back
" each friends hand to the knuckls
ut the base Of the ring finger clasp
Ing those chief magnetic poles the more
closely, the law Of magnetics Is carried
out to complete perfection, the effects
are most pronounced. and we enjoy the
pleasurable interchange Of vibrations.
whether we know the why's and
wherefores' or not.
I'm all probability, we do not care
why-we only know that we enjoyed
the handclasp."-New York Tribune.
= - -.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
HER FAITH.

nelds to where, standing on a low fir.
clad hill. she could look down unper.
celVeo on the roads below. There were
TWO roads-the broad, white road from
the distant town that held the prison,
an'. which wound its way onward to
the next large town; and the curved.
narrow lane that met it and struck
downward on the left to the little VII
lage OF Frant, passing the Friends cot
tage on its way.
Ann knew that prisoners were re-
leased from NEWMAN Jail ut 8 o'clock
In the morning. She knew that John
must come to where the roads crossed.
After one look at the disgraced man
she would have time to run home and
start with her box In tie opposite d.
rection before he could reach the cot.
tage, 80 she stood there and waited,
and was angry with herself for wait.
lng-angry because the minutes went
20 slowly, then angry because they had
gone so fast when a solitary figure ap-
peared walking in the center Of the
road, making 1t suddenly seem broad.
white, and cheerless.
The man, for it was a man, walked
slowly, hesitatingly. He felt his way
with stick. as II he was blind.
Yes. it was John; but why did he
walk like that, instead Of swinging
along in his old hearty mannerf Per-
haps he felt ashamed. Serve him right
II he vast
He came nearer and nearer, and, as
she saw that he had green shade over
his eyes, the color left her cheeks, and,
forgetting to hide herself a. hitherto,
she went to the extreme edge of the
little hillock and looked down intently,
When the man came to the cross.
roads he stopped and stood facing
down the narrow lane for full i've
minutes.
It was q poor, pitiful sight upon
which the sunshine shone-the poor,
MANNED face, with lurid smallpox
marks and swollen features. To some
It would have been q repulsive sight;
it brought but hungry, yearning look
into the eyes looking down upon 1t.
And then. slowly. deliberately, the
man turned away from the lane,
stepped again into the center Of the
road, and continued his way.
my God! he is going away--he IL not
coming home!" gasped Ann; and, for
getful alike of her wrongs. her resolu-
lions, she tore down the steep bank,
rushed after the stumbling figure,
caught the man by the arm, and cried:
"John, John, you have taken the
wrong turning! This 10 the way home,
dearv'
"You see. my lass: said John Friend.
leaning on his wife's strong arm, 1.-THE
doctor told me was Z sad sight, and
I thought perhaps you would not
know when l was a-coming out, and
I'd 60 into Gorrick for q spell till my
hair had grown ana my eyes and face
were q bit better; but you was always
Z good wife, lass; and how l should
have got through these two years with
ont knowing a. you believed haven't
done It. don't know. You was a.
ways good wife. lass, and I'm weary
ing for homa"
, .
And the innocence Ann failed to be-
Meve in when John Friend was hale
and hearty she believes in now that he
10 helpless and dishgured.-London
Weekly Telegraph.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
Curing . Cold.
Mr.. Blifkins had a cold.

1t settled in his head.
Always hits the weakest spot"
Funny friends all said.
Mr.. Blifkins conghed and wheeseA
Shivered, sneezed, and shook.
Listened to his friends advice
This is what be took:
Box Of anti-kamnia,
Douched his nose with brinA
Mustard plaster ON his chess
Camphor balls.
Quinine,
Bottle DIR. Killem's CurA
Onion stew,
Some squills.
HOarhound tabletA
:-icorice.
Anti-febrine pills,
Porous plaster ON his back
Spirits frumerti,
Menthol inhalation tube.
Ginger,
Rock and rye,
Bottle Of cough syrup
Whisky-just 4 sip,
Mutton tallow ON his nect.
Box OF aAti-grip,
Vapor bath.
Electric sh0ckA -,,s
Brandy,
Cure fox Group,
Emulsion Of cod liver ~
Ugh!
Some strong beet soup.
Evnrv roFnaAv &hnv nr~n1
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
Aohammedana

The number OF Mohammedans has
been estimated ut 10d 900. OF these
100000 are under the rule Of the
Turkish Government 100000 arU
ruled By other Ausselman soversagna
$4,000 are subject 70 African
Princes, 10000 900 live In China, ana
e0O00,O00 are under other rulers. o.
these last about b8000.O00 belong -
india and Beloochistan.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27

Il must b terrible 10 be . gifl and
have 10 stun towels In . corset and q
hustle this hot weather IN order - ~
out o0oie shapa
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27


human natur'," muttered Ann
- Friend. Always the same! Sum-
chine for others, shadows for mev'
where's the slate. honey2 Where's
he slater piped a quavering voice, as
Ann stepped into the dim kitchen and
began to hustle about energetically.
I'VE mum Cross it off. honey. we nun
cross It OF. IT'S the 21st to-day, and
he boy comes home on the Goth, bless
the Lordr'
"Here tbs, mother-in-law. Bide quiet
q bit while sets the kettle ON the
hob"
"Five days! I'VE daysr' echoed the
ed woman. I'VE mum be busy, honey,
and get the place set clean, and the
sheets aired; and I'm thinking. Ann,
Il you was to put the things ready for
me - might make the ginger cake he
used to Get such store by, chr
Nov, mother-in-law, III not have
you messing round and making your
self i'll" Ann spoke with decision.
whats good enough for 10 10 good
enough for him."
But Ann-'t1s my son John-'tis
your own man, Amir
AIMS face grew harder and harder
% she left the kitchen and went up
stairs 10 her bedroom.
II can't stay, nor won't!' said Ann
Friend, suddenly, as she stood looking
out Of the window. Nobody could ex-
pect me to stay. She won't care 90
long - she's got him, and he won't
care % long a. he's got his liberty and
. roof over his head"
Beading down, she drew a box from
under the bed and began to pack into
e the contents Of the one chest Of
drawers that stood in the rom.
At the bottom Of the last drawer she
came upon q little bundle Of baby's
clothes, and for q moment the hard
ness Of her face softened while she I'M
folded each tiny garment and exam
fned II carefully. Then tile cloud re-
turned, the clothes were once more
tied into bundle and returned to the
now empty drawer.
IT'S well she died." she thought to
herself. "'11s well she can't be
ashamed Of her father. I'll leave them
there; HEN Ike maybe to see how tall
she grew"
-Four years ago Ann Friend would
have told you that she was one Of the
happiGst women in the whole village,
ana the village itself would not have
disputed the fact. Yet in two short
years the happiness fed, the husband
was disgraced man, and Ann. whose
good temper wa proverbial. knew her
self to have changed into soured,
hard woman.
The inhabitants Of the little village
where Ann had been born and bred
Gaid among themselves that Mrs.
Friend WIS . rare good woman. and
had borne the disgrace Of her husbands
imprisonment a. few women would
have borne It.
They never knew the rage that took
possession Of proud Ann Friend when
he shadow Of disgrace fell upon her
home. They never knew the bitter
contempt that filled her heart when she
thought Of the father Of her child work
Ing out his sentence in the neighboring
prison.
.srf Won N. ,nnocen% rrov. y +. -.
~ wifss thoueht: but tho thouoht
Vas never put into words. for Ann was
enc Of those strange characters whose
1houshts A. vnr.e Shan tleir .ction.
M ncThar helieved - her .or..
vord ~ counted ia dav. for NJ. -.
fnrn: the wife aIIowed her a. heliev.
Sh.4 ~ "A nrev,se Soma ~ ths
neirhhors l,el,eved alao IN Iohn,s inno.
cerre. tne ,v1ra helA he- ro.c. ana
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27
Science
1 IS hNo
: :. Invention

LIQUID air uas nee. ! 70 propee
an automobile and for refrigeration
and blasting. Other appiicatlotis have
Also been contemplated. I hus far, how
ever, none of these have yet been do.
veiuncd 10 Il stage that insures a com"
mcrcial demand for the product, and
the problem Of storing it without evap-
Grafton is not yet fully solved.
When soda ash was obtained from
Senwoed Il Partisan soap boiler discov~
cred in ii the element of iodin. In the
hands Of Niepee and Daguerre this
iodin was found to render silver sur
face sensitive to light. The developed
and fixed impression ON the plate gave
the daguerreofype. The French Gov
eminent purchased the secret and
made it free to the word.
One OF the chief governing instincts
among wild birds is the sense of fear.
This feeling of fear is not apparent i'm
birds until ten or twelve days after
birth. All perching birds acquire the
instinct of fear at from eight or ten
days after birth. and this instinct be-
comes the controlling factor in the SUBJ
seQuent experiences of the bird. being
either lessened or increased by circum-
stances.
In Venezuela, the castor-oil plant
growing around houses is believed to-
keep mosquitoes away. In that country
the plant grows to the size Of tree
and is perennial. whereas in more tenn
perate climates 1t attains height Of
only four or Ave feet. But United
States Consul Plumachcr at Maracaibo
thinks the plant would be equally effec.
tive against mosquitoes anywhere. By
keeping the branches and seeds Of the
plant in a room, he says, the pests are
driven away.
At McGin University. Montreal. ex.
periments have recently been made by
Prof. f. D. Adams which show that
Mt temperatures Of 300 degrees to 400
degrees centigrade. and under a pres.
sure of hundred tons to the square
inch. marble flows readily, so that q
solid block can be caused to assume
an entirely new shape without being
cracked or broken. The inference 10
that in the depths Of the earth mar
BILE, hemmed in by surrounding rock,
flows as in the experiments.
The King Of SIAM says our consul at
Bangkok, rides an American bicycle.
and 1T ia no uncommon thing to SEQ
the ministers Of the government COM
ing and going to their duties. and even
to public functions. on their wheels"
Many Of the princes Of the country be-
long to a bicycle club, and a few
months ago there was a grand bicycle
pageant in the presence Of the King
and Queen, In which nearly every
prince OF Siam participated. The
American wheels are far In the lead
of all others In the sales.
The deepest hole In France IL welI
in the coal mines Of Ronchamp, Upper
Seine. which was completed in Decem-
Der, 1900. Its depth Is 3,O69 feet, and
Its utilixable diameter 10 thirteen feet.
The shaft Ia walled from top to bottom
and lined with copper. where 1t trav.
erses water-bearing strata To conn
plete 1t sixty months was required. AZ
thirty feet below the surface the tenn
perature Of the rock ID 80 degrees r.,
at the bottom the temperature II III
degrees f., although the highest tenn
perature of the air in the shaft with
out artificial ventilation) IL 80 degrees.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27

Possibilities In the 0outh.
II our Southern Stairs alone wese o.
1ensely settled ~ Germany they would
have population Of over 100, 600, 900.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27

esge people only have . yasaa1s0
UhAA tAay 1T del.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-27

And the innocence Ann failed to be-
lieve in when John Friend was hale
and hearty she believes in now that he
10 helpless and dis6gured.-London
Weekly Telegraph.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-18
A California Opportunity

September 10 to 81, both dates inclu.
sive, any Burlington Route ticket
agent will sell you a round trip ticket
to San Francisco at less than the regu-
lar one-way rate.
The occasion is the General Conven-
ton of the Episcopal church, and the
rate is open to the general public as
we'll as to delegates to the convention.
No more delightful outing can be
imagined. The trip is made at a time
of year when travelling is a pleasure
and the climate of California at its
best.
The return limit-November 10, 1901,
is an unusually long n for tickets
sold at so low a rate. Stop-overs are
allowed at pleasure, both going and re-
turning, at and west of the first Colo
RADIO, Wyoming or Montana point en-
route. All in all, the opportunity is
one which no man or wonan who con-
templates a visit to California can
afford to overlook.
Folder giving details mailed on re-
quest. Burlington ticket agents are
in a position to give any further in.
formation that may be desired.
j. Francis,
Genl. Pass. Agt., Omaha, Neb.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-18
Captain Carter. secreted Wealth.


Government officials, says the Chica-
go Chronicle. have learned that $780,
600, said to be a part of the money en-
bezzled by Oberlin NJ. Carter, now
serving a five year sentence at the
Fort Leavenworth penitentiary. has
recently been taken from Chicago de-
p~ositories to some eastern city and that
secret service men have gone to the
place to seize the funds.
Recently government authorities To-
Gated 100000 in cash and securities in
a safety deposit vault at Huntington,
w. Va, and during July real estate
worth $4,000 conveyed by Carter to a
brother and uncle was impounded by
appointment Of receivers. The present
location Of the $4,000 600, which consists
Of cash and securities. has not been
made public.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-18
work on New York. subway.

One-fourth Of the work on the rapid
transit tunnel in New York city has
been completed ut Il cost of $500, 600.
Two hundred blocks have been opened,
and the tunnel is practically complete
in %thirty-five blocks. The tunnel has
been driven through seventeen blocks
of solid rock. AT present 5000 men are
ut work. August Belmont. John b.
Mcdonald, the contractor; E. d. Bry-
an, his general manager, and William
Barclay Parsons. his chief engineer.
will go to London and Paris soon to in
spect the underground roads in those
cities.
Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1901-10-18
..~ssEs IN WASHINGTON.
Popularity Increased by Roo.evelr.
Equestrinn Prediction.

Popularity ~Increased by R~ooseveltss
Equestrian Prediction.
President Roosevelt's prediction for
horseback riding, which is shared by
his wife and eldest daughter, Miss Al
ice. says the Washington correspond
ent of the Pittsburg Dispatch. will
bring that delightful form Of exercise
into greater vogue.
Washington has not been a city
where the praises Of the horse needed
to be sung. Equestrian skill never lost
fashion at the capital. In the past two
years there has been a notable revival
of interest in fine horses.
Extensive stables have been built.
and the milli0naires whose homes are
in different parts Of the country have
sent their best steeds to Washington.
Among these may be mentioned Attor-
ney General Knox, who maintains thir-
ty we'll bred horses. Five of these are
saddle animals. Mr.. and Mrs. Knox,
Miss Rebecca and two Of the boys are
skilled riders and at Pittsburg were
frequently seen as a merry %cavalcade.
Colonel Edward Morrell of Philadel-
phia has transferred his fine stable
from Newport to this city.
Senator Clark Of Montana has re-
Gently established a large stable on L
street between Nineteenth and Twen-
t!eth. He owns a number of thorough
breds and has brought some of them
from the western prairies around Butte
to Washington.
Among the bellies of Washington are
some skilled and fearless riders, nota-
bly, the Misses Letter, who follow the
hounds and ride steeds that can take
a double jump easily and clear a fence
or ordinary ditch with a bound.
The Misses Bates. the daughters of
the paymastcr general Of the army, are
skilled riders, and Miss Ruth Hanna is
skilled at all kinds of field sports.
Miss Mabel Merriam. daughter of the
director of the census, and Miss Pansy
Bloomer. daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
George c. Bloomer, are fearless eques-
t%riennes. Miss Alice Roosevelt and Miss
Rebecca Knox will soon be added to
this list,