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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

especially during the last few years.
the building Of an isthmian canal has
become increasingly important to the
United States; but 1t is Important also
that the canal should be under the sole
control Of the United States. This could
not be while the convention was In
force. 1t has been sometimes suggested
but never formally insisted upon In
diplomatic correspondence, that Great
Britain has violated the convention by
continuing to exercise dominion over
British Honduras. So long as Great
Britain did not take this view of the
matter, awkward questions might arise
after the canal should be constructed.
The recent Hay-Pauncefote pact
abrogating the Clayton-Bulwer treaty
provides for neutral channel. This
instrument leaves the United States
free to build and control canal, which
Is not to be fortified, but to be kept al.
ways open and neutral, under the rules
which govern the management Of the
Suez Canal. Opponents of the measure
claim that 1t admits all the dangerous
features Of the Clayton Bulwer treats
without compensating advantages, ane
that, as usual, England comedies wha
she does not hold to obtain what oh,
wants. but cannot get.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
elACK WALNUT
Discarded American Timber Which
Europeans Appreciate.


Europeans Appreciate.
The great size often reached by the
walnut tree. the richness Z the dark
Drown wood, the unique beauty of tho
grain sometimes found IN bur!s, knots,
feathers and in the curl Of the roots, all
conspire to make this the most chOices
and h. Sh- priced of all our native woods.
Twenty-Five years ago walnut was ex-
tensively used in the manufacture OK
fine furniture and finshings in this
country, but manufacturers adrOitly
drew attention to the beauty of darby
stained Quartered oak, aud the use OF
the rarer wood has greatly declined
But all this time the search for hna
black walnut logs has gone on syste-
| matically, though quietly. the trade at
| tracing little attention, though the vol
ume of lumber handled has been large.
Though found to some extent IN the
Atlantic States from Massa chusetta
southwark, the great source Of supply
has been the central portion Of the Mis-
sissippi Valley. The walnut is at home
In the rich alluvial bottom lands of the
Western streams and in the stony lime
| stone soils of the hills and mountains.
and in such localities the buyers have
left few trees unsurveyed. Throughout
Eastern Kansas, Missouri and Arkan-
sas. as well as the States along the
Ohio and its tributaries, may be seen =
few logs at this little station. car OK
two at that, with carefully hewn sideH
and painted ends, ready for the market
Ii you ask where the market is yov
will find that the great bulk Of this rare
lumber goes to Europe.
While we have been led into an IN
thusiastic admiration for nne oak
stained according to the degree Of an
tiQuity 1t is supposed to represent, our
European cousins have been paying
fancy prices for the rich black walnut
chat we have allowed to 60 "out u
fashion. "-Berea Quarterly.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
him rightly? At last I agreed to mar

him rightly? At last I agreed to mar
~ hirl at once. Ii was becop ling the
fashion to plan a half elopement and
save the expenses and publicity of a
regular wedding at home. l consented
to marry him the next day.
After Robert departed l looked for
the newspaper containing the notice.
but could not find it. He had had sew
eral IN his hand, but the special copy
he had taken with him. do not know
what prompted me to write a note of
congratulation to Gus and dispatch it
by my brother Ned. lad of II. l
mentioned having seen the notice in
the paper, and said l was sorry he had
not confided in me-
1t was after 10 o'clock, and retired
to my room. Half an hour later heard
Ned coming upstairs. He stopped ut
my door.
Did you see Gus?" l asks from
within.
Yes. He's downstairs. He came
back with me-"
what does he want?"
"He wants to see you. guess"
"What for!"
He didn't say. Probably wants to
borrow your Overshoes. Better &c
down and ask him"
l went down. He didn't want to Dor.
row anything. On the contrary, he
wanted me to give him something tC
keep--my hand, my heart. He said the
notice Of his being married was con
| founded fraud-that Robert must have
had it inserted in few copies Of the
paper by special agreement-it could ID
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

done II one was willing to pay for it.
He was in quite an excited frame of
mind, and hardly knew my usual
placid Gus.
"Of course, when you were engaged
to Robert, 1t was not for me to make
any attempt to win you. thought you
knew your own mind. and had decided
that was not the sort Of fellow you
cared to marry. But this trick gives
me right to speak. Am l too late?"
Naturally. told him he was. That
II he had cared for me In that way he
ought to have come forward long be-
fore. Now that my word was plighted
to Robert, and I could not think of
breaking 1t, though he had acted In a
most despicable manner, In q manner
to make me ashamed to think he was
my plighted lover-and SO on.
\ To which Gus replied:
"All right. little girl. II you think 90,
had better 60 and give him the worst
licking he ever had in his life, even
though they do send me to jail for 1t.
But you won't care"
II shall care"
"Then we'd better get married al
once. early tomorrow morning. How
early can you be ready"
ought to have resisted longer, but
didn't. consented to be ready at any
hour that he should name and was
and we were married.
And that Is all there IL to the story.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
NATU E.

As fond mother. when .ee day 10 DER,
Leads by the hand her little child to
bed.
Half willing. half reluctant to be led,
And leave his broken playthings on the
floor,
Still gazing at them through the open
door.
Nor wholly treasured and comforted
by promises of others in their stead.
Which. though more splendid, may not
please him more
So Nature deals with us and tales away
Our playthings, one by one. ard by the
hand
Leads us to rest SO gently that we so
Scarce knowing il we wished to go or
stay,
Being too full Of sleep t. understand
How far the unknown transcends the
what we know.
Henry Ws1sworth Longfellow.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

The answers Of James J. Jeffries to
4 committee Of Missouri physicians
who catechised him as to his habits
and rule of training revealed again the
open secret of health and strength. The
great fighter told the doctors that he
sleeps nine or ten hours and depends
more on that than anything else" to
keep him right. The value Of this great
conservator Of vital force is known to
everybody, and yet how many men and
women cut down the hours given to
sleep in order to crowd a little more
pleasure or work into that day! Jeffries
IL giant, but he says, II never let any
body break my Sleep"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

Scores Of old barns in Ohio have
floors and managers Of black walnut,
put in fifty or seventy-five years ago,
when the chief endeavor Of the pioneer
was to clear the dense forests for
crops. So popular Is black walnut fur
niture abroad that English and French
agents buy even old barn timbers and
fence-rails. One Of the few walnut
groves left in Ohio was sold last month
for export as lumber. The larges,
tree, eight feet In diameter at the
stump, brought twelve hundred dollars.
In view Of this fact Arbor Day sug-
gests more than a sentiment: it hints
also at a financial Investment. Young
people who plant walnut groves OF
avenues may live to reap substantial
profits from the timber thereof.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

1.-THE American soldiers. in physique
and intelligence, are superior to any
other troops in the world" said Lieu
tenant Colonel Lee Of the British army
to an astonished House Of Commons
recently. The speaker was military at
tache Of the British Embassy at Wash
ington during our war with Spain, and
accompanied our troops to Cuba. AS a
close student OF military affairs. he was
familiar with the personnel of the
armies Of the world, and was disposed
to think the British soldier second to no
other. His Cuban experiences led him
to hold and his candor impelled him to
utter the compliment above quoted.
Our soldiers In China, serving side by
side with the best European troops,
have been outclassed by none In dis
cipline. self-control and courageous de-
-"tion to duty.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
Rlind Peonle.

So far as the most recent statistics
60, the known proportion Of blind peo-
pie Is about one In fifteen hundred.
which would give total Of one million
blind in the world. The largest proper
ton Is found In Russia, which has In
Europe 100000 blind IN population
of 96,OOO 900, or one IN $50. Most of
these are found in the northern prov
inces Of Finland. and the principal
cause IL ophthalmia. due to bad ventila-
ton Of the huts Of the peasantry and
the inadequate facilities for treatment.
There IL a great deal Of blindness In
Egypt, due to glowing sand.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
snake Bite in India.

Fully twenty thousand Of the pops
lation of India are annually killed b.
snake bites. The most deadly Of nj
Indian reptiles appears to be the cobr,
di capello, which is greatly dreaded b.
the bare-legged Hindoos. With Z vie,
to reducing the mortality. the govern
ment tried the effect Of Offering . r,
ward for snakes heads; but. instead Of
diminishing the number Of these rep
tiles, It only increased it. 40 1t was dis
covered that the natives were breeding
the snakes in order to secure the re
ward.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
aieh Priced.

The most expensive material worked
into 4 garment was the gold brocads
purchased In 1870 for robe for Kins
Louis XIV. at cost Of about SIS .
yard. Not long ago. however, the Ger
man Empress had coveriet woven In
white SILK upon nat background. on
which flowers. leaves and birds project
"a In relief. The design was not en-
broidersd. but woven In unique way
The Dmpre0s was % pleased with n
that she employed + - tapestry III
heS boudolr. The cest Of tAis ma1seial
was @1l1 . ysrd. q which ths weaveI
NJ onoa1xtA
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

A statistician puts 1t that Alaska has
Only eleven-hundredths of an inhabitant
to the square mile. OF the many pic
lures Of arctic desolation this one of q
lonely fraction loking vainly across the
bleak snow drifts for its other eighty
nine one hundredths Is perhaps the
most affecting.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

cred himself to have Just begun. Young
Mr.. Moody Is said to be man OF mark
ed ability, but not the possessor of tho
powers and faculties that made hio
father famous. In taking up this work
he must assume a wonderful task and
the world will wish him success Il
this noble effort.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

1t 10 asserted in England that King
Edward intends to great extent to
abolish the giving Of peerages and
other honors for purely political and
party services. Pulls on peerages may
sometime depend solely on merit, and
there will probably not be SO many hol-
low titles.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

A Pennsylvania woman who says she
has lived very happily with four hus-
bands has taken a fifth. Marriage
seems to be great success with her,
but the vote Of the husbands has not
been pOlled.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
Food for Brain Work.

It 10 all right for the man who ~
bors all day In the open air to eat free
~, but the man Of sedentary habit4
the brainworker. must adapt his way
Of living to his needs. He must b.
we'll nourished, for the brain 10 incapa.
BILE Of good work unless well supplied
with pure blood, but such man can.
not possibly furnish vital force to a..
gest three large meals daily. II he,
tries 1t nature will protest at every
step. The chemical changes Of diges>
tion win be imperfectly performed
The stomach win neither secrete free
" nor churn the food with cheerful
alacrity; the pyloric orifice contracts
and allows such cllyme to pass with
grudging reluctance; the intestinal lac
teals are ashamed to absorb such mis-.
cradle pabulum. which chokes. irrt
tates and congests them. so the large
p1eal remains in the digestive organs
to ferment, putrefy and steep the In
dividual in foul gases and depraveo
secretions.
Bat the system can furnish enough
vital force to convert a small meal into
pabulum Of high standard. which VIII
be absorbed without dificulty. Three
such small meals are not enough q
keep the individual properly nourish.
ed, however; four to six- win be 70.
Quired. Each should consist Of but
one or at most two articles Of food. the
diet to be varied by changes at meals.
The portion Of food served must b.
small; the patient must stop o. soon
d the appetite 10 satisfied and gaseous
distension r. proof positive that the
meals are still too large Or too cloea
Dgethef.-Sanitary Record.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

The young bride who reads with a
proud thrill "she swept up the aisle on
her fathers arm" never thinks Of the
after days when she will sweep up the
kitchen and dining-room floors and not
get even q mention In the society col
umna
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
w. r. MOODY,

Who Succeeds 70 the Noble Work Of H1k
IllustriOus Father.
1t 10 said to have been the wish OF
the late Evangelist Moody that his son.
". R Moody. should succeed him In
arrying ON the work Of maintaining
he large schools at Northfield and o.
continuing the labors that he considb
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

II there's q strike against the new
billion dollar trust. it's a pretty big
contract to polish of all that steel.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

Several Americans at Manila went
down to Borneo to look at the equator,
but 1t was found that the British had
wound their section Of it up on big
spool and refused to part with it at any
price.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

In Switzerland a telephone in a psi
vate house costs $3.50 year. The
telephone people will retort, of course.
that the expense of wires in Switzer-
land isn't SO great as 1t is over here.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

Compressed air for house cleaning is
spoken Of as the latest. Well, that may
be new-the compressed part of it.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

Whenever New York man gets in
zane he wants to flirt with Helen Gould,
but this may be a mere coincidence.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06
Lareest Geyser In the world.

LAFGeet Goysof In tho WOeJ0.
The largest geyser In the world 10 the
Excelsior geyser in Yellowstone Park.
Its basin II 200 feet across and $50
feet deep. The basin y full Of boiling
water, from which clouds Of steam are
constantly ascending. At long inter-
walls water 10 spouted into the air % Z
height Of from nfty 70 800 feet.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

The Kentucky doctor who killed two
men with gun was perhaps going on
q vacation and did not care to leave
any unfinished business behind him.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

It il a little surprising to learn that
Japan is after such small game as rats,
when everybody thought she was load
ed for bear.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

make complete revolution in the char
acter OF the nation. The old man yi,l
pass away before the harvest. The
young man must ultimately reap the
frult of the seed we are now sowing
Hence of all men the young man b
most intimately concerned with The cul-
ihlhatlon OF the present policy. In the
political arena the young man is SUI
preme. The energy, enthusiasm, per
slstency, buoyancy and numerical SUI
perlority make him determining fac
Tor III the molding of public policy. If
ne will but awake to the realization of
the fact, he has 1t within his power to
direct the destiny of the republic. His
verdict concerning the present prob
lens which agitate the political and in
dustrial world will mean veal or woe
for the rising generation.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

The trend of literary publications in
this country partakes Of the spirit O.
the times and Is almost purely CONNER.
cial III Its purpose, character, and ad-
vertising. The authors are not of the
first rank and some Of them Of no rank
at all, SO far as past success is con-
cerned, yet by skillful advertising and
commercial methods a furore Is started
for their mechanically constructed
books and they reap temporary but
large profits. 1t is another peculiarly
Of the book-making of the day that it
is purely initiative. A book following
a certain special line makes success.
Straightway books of that kind flood
the market. New writer's spring up in
all directions and even the old writer's
catch the contagion and leave their
regular field Of work for the speciality
which Is the fad. Take the historical
romance, for instance. One successful
book of this kind was followed by
scores, among them Richard Carvel,''
When Knighthood Was in Flower"
In the Palace of the King" "The Car
dinal's Snuff Box" Under the Red
Robe," Janice Meredith" and numer-
GUS others, running up into the hun
dreds. They are not only crowding the
book stalls, but flooding the stage In
dramatized form. The historical rom
ance Is now somewhat on the wane.
Readers are growing tired Of story after
story constructed substantially on the
same lines, with the same conventional
hero and heroine, and the same kind OF
adventures, but other fads are prompt
" on hand. Two of these are well un-
der way at present. It was only neces-
sary for Mr.. Westcott's David Harum''
to prove success to set other writer's
at work making Yankee character
sketches. Irving Bachelor gives us
"Eben Holden" Charles Sherlock
Your Uncle Lew" and Edwin A. Dix
"Old Bowen's Legacy These are only
the forerunners, but they are all sue
cessful from the commercial stand
point. The portraits Of the authors
stare at us In posters and magazine
covers contain startling arrays of fig
ures running into the thousands fol
each first edition. Men who were nevel
suspected of a literary turn of mind are
launched by the publishers as success
full novelists. Another fad just begin
ming to rage Is the love letter. Tha,
adroit literary fake, ''The Love Letter,
OF an Englishwoman," set the pace
Victor Hugo's love letters have JUS
been published, also 1.-THE Love letter.
Of Liar" "Bismarck's Love Letters
and Another Englishwoman's Low
Letters are in press. lie Gallienne ha
published 1.-THE Love Letters of tn
King" Though the title Is misleading)
and "Napoleon's Love Letters" an,
.Canova's Love Letters to Nine. Reca
mier'' are announced. To keep up witt
these fads Is exhausting, II not impos
sible. In such an emergency there /
comfort in the words Of the last art
Gle written by Charles Dudley Warner
without special anxiety, then, to kee
pace with all the ephemeral In nters
ture. lest we should miss for the me
ment something that 10 permanent. "
can rest content in the vast accumuls
ton OF the tried ana genuine that tn
ares have given 10. Anything tina
really belongs to literature to-day v
shall certainly hnd awaiting ~ to-mo'
rowE
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-06-06

Country school teachers in Illinois
are to be charged with the rather big
task OF convincing their pupils that it
isn't worth while to run away from the
1arm to become rich or famous in the
cities. A convention of county super-
lntendents has agreed upon this as a
necessity If the country schools in that
state are not to become extinct from
want OF pupils. Whether this educa-
uonal movement will have any effect
upon the Illinois country boys is uncer-
tain. Ii 1t We're possible to secure n
census of the country boys who have
left the farm to swell the poverty and
crime OF the cities instead of improv-
ing their condition, the chance of
checking the migration from country to
town might be improved. Unfortun-
ately, the country boys of Illinois. like
those of other States. read and hear
only OF the small minority who achieve
conspicuous success. The names Of
those who fail don't get in the papers.
reaching agriculture by scientific meth
ods VIII doubtless make farming more
profitable and less irksome to the bows
who remain on the farm, but the sure
way for the Illinois school teachers to
check the migration from farm to city
VIII be to convince the boys, II they
can, that it pays better, on the whole,
10 be OF some account in a country
neighborhood than to become an un-
counted unit Of a city rabble.
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-02-06
The Daily Capital Sold.

The Daily Capital, Boise City's new
Democratic evening paper, has been
sold to stock company with Messrs
Fisher and Sheridan. of Oregon, princi-
pal stockholders.
THE NEWS regrets to say good bye to
George j. Lewis. There are no friends
like old friends. We had learned to
appreciate The Capital, young as it was,
and were always glad ut its coming
The snuffing on. of its young life is an
other proof that the good die young.
I'VE never loved tree or flower
But what twas first TO fade away
But 1t is comforting to know that The
Capital wild live again, under new
management and with a new name
Evening Capital News. Judge Flenner
will remain with The Evening News.
Judge Flenner's reputation IA AN edi-
torial aud literary writer is known be-
yond the boundary lines of Idaho, yea,
in distant homes where The Evening
News may never find its way, and his
Idaho friends will watch for the new
paper Ms they have been accustomed to
watch for his writings in other papers
May Idaho prove to he the field for sue.
cessful journalism as pictured In the
visions of the new corners md ma,
The Evening Capital News flourish a.
the managers hope to make it flourish
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1901-02-06

/, The Democratic party Of Idaho will
be put to a test, this term OF Office, to
hold its own MS il has never been tried
and tested before. There are conditions
which must BIZ met and disposed OF that
will settle the fate Of the party for vic
tory or defeat in the next campaign.
And one who has ever looked through
u political glass can see the conditions.
To succeed the party must be united
and solidly united. The young Democ-
raey. the recruits, must not expect to
side track the old regulars and have
things their own way. There mus. be
respect for the rights Que of the other.
IL is difficult to teach old dogs new
tricks all OF a sudden. The aims OF the
old and the new mus: be for one pur-
pose-perfect union.
THE NEWS il constrained TO make
mention OF these facts because it has
seen few white caps ON the waves
which signify rough waters ahead.
There must be no division. Harmony
and complete union on every PROPOSE
ton must prevail IL we hold our own.
a division in sentiment and AN effort
TO run things with high hand by either
side will put the party in the condition
OF AN old Missouri parsons pack Of fox
hounds. The parson said he had u
pretty pack but it was no good, and
when asked what was the matter, he
replied: 'The young ones muss up the
trail and the old ones won't run" These
conditions must not exist