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The San Francisco call., 1901-12-24
EMPEROR OF GERMANY
TO VISIT KING EDWARD
Will Attend the Memorial Service
for the Late Queen Victoria
at ErOgnnOre

LONDON, Dec. 24.-The World an
nounces the probability Of visit from
Emperor William to London January 20.
He will remain as the guest of King Ed
ward until January "a. The purpose Of
this visit is to attend the memorial SER
vice for the late Queen Victoria at Frog
more.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-24

WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec 23-At the
United States Naval Hospital it was stated
to-day that Captain Francis A. Cooks condI-
tion was a little better, although he is con-
fined 10 his bed and kept very quiet. His sons
are now with him.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-24

German sharpshooters and turner's in Christ
mas Wasp. Cosmopolitan California illus
trated profusely.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-24
Lefever Gums

Have worked their way to the top on
merit. All grades for sale at Skinner's,
416 Market street.
The San Francisco call., 1901-12-24

A DUKE mingled with the COM !
N muters who crossed the bay to
~ Oakland on the 4:30 boat last |
4 N evening. He was the only one |
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Harvested While You Wait.

The department Of agriculture at
Washington has issued report OF
the general agricultural conditions in
the Pacific coast region. 1t says
that although the tendency for the
last twenty-five years has been to-.
ward gradual reduction of tho
area Of individual farms and ranches,
they are still of a size much larger
than the average farm of the East,
or even of the Middle West. This Is
particularly true in California.
Transportation of the enormous
quantity of Pacific coast wheat has
been reduced to science. A large
saving Is made by loading ships d.
rectly from the cars, trains being run
from the wheat fields to tidewater at
very few hours notice. In Wash
ington and Oregon. however. the
wheat Is run through an elevator,
where 1t is re-cleaned and mixed with
other grades of wheat to bring 1t
to the required standard grade. after
which 1t is re-sacked and loaded on
the vessels. or cars, for final ship,
ment,
About 27.450,0OO bushels Of wheat
are exported annually on the Pacific
coast, with total value of about
| $4,000, 900.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
ACTIVITY IN THE COAST STATES
Industrial DEVELOPMENT That Indicates Steady Forward
Progress in Oregon Idaho, Washington
and California.
Pacific Cable Assured.

The Pacific coast was agreeably
clarified last month by the announce
ment from Albany. N. Y, that COM
many had been Incorporated there for
iaying = cable across the Pacific
ocean.
The route viii be from San Fran
c,sco to Honolulu, thence to the Mid
vay islands, to Guam and to the
east coast Of Luzon. The cable will
be 6.912 miles long, completing the
telesraphic system of the entire
rlobe. and making a total Of 164,5S6
miles. all Of which, excepting 1911
miles, Is controlled by private indi'
viduals.
AT the coming session of congress
a bill will be introduced to push
through the construction work Of the
cable.
The estimate of cost by Rear-Ad'
miral Bradford, Of the Naval Bureau
of equipment. IL $10,000,000.
The special demands by the gov
eminent on this cable will be re
duced rates and absolute control over
the line In time Of war.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

the Tonkawas, who lived about San
Antonio, just back from the coast To
all the other tribes, even to the present
day, they are known simply as 'the
man-eaters." They were strong, ath-
letic men, brave fighters, good hunters.
and inveterate rOvers. Unlike other
tribes of that region. they planted moth
ing. having a tradition that their first
ancestor was wolf, and that they
must always be like him, shifting about
from place to place, and getting their
living by hunting They had a pantO-
mime dance in which the performers,
disguised as wolves, scratched man
| out from the ground. where he had pre-
viously been concealed in the loose
earth, gave him bow and arrows, and
then recited to him the tradition, end
ing with the injunction to be wolf al
ways. Other Indians would make no
terms with them. and the Tonkawas
We're an outlawed tribe among all their
| red brethren, with every mans hand
| against them. They retaliated by act
| ing as scouts and guides to the whites
in their expeditions against the hostile
| tribes.
When the Texan missions were es-
tablished, In the early part of the eigh-
teenth century, and the good Francis
cans began the heavy task of trans
forming wandering savages into indus
triOus Christian subjects of the king,
we find some bands Of Tonkawas
among the score of tribes gathered into
San Antonio, San Jose and the old his
toric Alamo. 1t Is probable that only q
few We're thus brought under restraint,
for the love of the old free life was
strong in their hearts, and long before
the missions were abolished, In 1912,
we find the Tonkawas again rowing
over half Of Texas.-Harper's Maya
| zine.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
California Fruit. In Europe

The latest American invasion of
Europe ID the carrying OF fresh Cali
fornia fruits to London and Paris in
the face Of the competition of the
Spanish and italian fruit growers. A
Valencia, Spain, paper says: Cali
fornia oranges, peaches and pears
reach Paris, after traversing six thou.
sand miles, in more appetizing con.
dition than ours" and adds that her
fruit growers can only compete with
America by employing Americas i'm.
proved methods Of cultivation.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Useful, Beautiful and Valuable,

The chief attraction at the inter-
state fair held at Spokane last month
was the magnificent display Of pol
ished marble and onyx from the
ouarries in Stevens county. Wash.
There were five different districts
represented. These exhibits speek
volumes for the possibilities OF Wash
ington as a producer of the finest
marble and onyx known. The extent
Of the deposits is very large, and
sufficient in themselves to supply q
considerable portion Of the large de-
mand for material of this kind.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Humor In the Century.

The November Century-in many re-
spects an unusually striking number
will begin the magazines thirty second
year. which Is to be a Year Of Ameri-
can HumOr. A group Of humorous
stories, poems, ETC.. including 1.-TWO
Little Tales" by Mark Twain, More
Animals" by Oliver Herford, and prose
and verse by Carolyn Wells, Paul Dun
bar and other well known humorists,
will be preceded by "A Retrospect of
American Humor," by Prof. w. p.
Trent. with more than thirty portraits
Of famous humorists of the past and
present, from Benjamin Franklin 70
"Mr. Dooley."
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Ono ON the Moon.

The vagaries Of the moon have been
so often described In verse and love
story that it seems shame to make
that poor, overw0rked bright regent
Of the heavens" stand for an ordinary
prosaic tale. But the Detroiter who
went hunting In the north woods
thought It pretty fair joke, even
though It was at the expense of thu
l0ng-suffering moon.
The party was In the hands Of one a.
those rare old guides who make : 1ly-
ing finding and losing people and Ateer-
ing hunters out Of the way Of game.
They had got mixed up In the tail Tim
Der one night and were vainly trying
to And their way out to the clearing.
The guide was A. much at sea a. any
body.
.Where ID the moon2' said one Of tho
party. where does It rise In this 10
cality?"
"Well ye can't tell anythin' bout II, &
drayled the guide; 'half the time IL
doesn't come up at all Detroit Free
Press.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
where They Do ThInss.

During 1900 several young men
from Eastern states and some from
the fatherland. settled upon land In
Lincoln and Adams counties, Wash.
Some had only . few cents left after
paying the government fling fee.
$22, but by exchanging work with
neighbors, and by working for others,
managed to get their land all broke
and sown to wheat last fall, and on
these same claims the threshers are
turning out thirty to forty-five bush
els per acre.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
VashlnStoM Coal At Honolulu.

The purchase Of the Sandwich
Islands has opened up the coal trade
in Honolulu. Large shipments are
made there each week from Puget
Sound ports. The trade is increasing
and the present demand may be
doubled the next. twelve months. New
interest IL being infused iAto coal
mining and many new locations arc
being made. Several hundred acres
have recently been covered by coal
land applications In Stevens county
Washington, and the Washington
owners Of flne deposits in British
Columbia near the boundary line are
getting In readiness for the extensive
development Of their large holdings
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
SPOKANE QUOTATIONS.

Observation-Disclosures, 81 per cwt; on.
ions. 81 IS per cwt.
Poultry and eggs-Chickens. old, 80
10c per lb. live weight: spring chickens.
1904 dozen; duck, 81 per dozen; geese.
dressed, 12c per lb; turkeys. live. 100
12c: eggs, fresh. 81 per case.
Live stook-Beef, live steers, 413c;
dressed, &c; live cows. 3hc: dressed.
INC: veal calves. dressed. 1000; NUT
ton. ewes. Sc: wethers. SIC: hogs. live.
$4.75@5 per cwt: dressed, 81 per cwt.
Sheepskins-SharNngs. 10c each |:
short wool pelts, 30@50c; medium wool.
'50075c; long wool, 75c@$1.
Hides-Green hides and calf skins,
5@6c per Id: dry hides, butcher, 100
12o per lb.
The Spokane mills pay the following
prices for grain, delivered: Club wheat,
4416c bulk, Acc sacked; bluestem. 47c
bulk. 49c sacked; red. 43c bulk. 44c
sacked.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
SMALLEST ESTATE ON RECORD
Measures but Few Inches In Busiest
Section of bronx Borough.

Measures but Few Inches In Busiest
Section of Bronx Borough.
1t has remained for New York, the
city Of great estates, to produce what
would seem beyond all question to be
the smallest single piece Of real estate
on record. To call it parcel Of land APP
pears absurd, since this tiny bit Of land
ON the southeast corner Of 140th street
and Third avenue has the triangular
dimensions Of only II. IA aud 18 inches
mot feet, but inches.
A great hubbub It has given rise to.
too. The borough Of the Bronx fairly
pulsates with interest over the ques-
ton. "What will become Of it?" Com
pared with this the Chinese question
becomes but thread in the cloth Of
discussion with which the jewellers in
the Bronx are concerned. And the
Bronx may well talk about this matter.
This triangular-shaped property
12x14x16-is known as the Uhl estate.
Not jestingly. not with sarcasm 10 the
name to be used. As such It must APP
pear In all seriousness to the unknown
Ing ones who might SCOT at this tiny
bit OF land. When, however, It ID re-
membered that this location IL directly
at the corner Of busy thoroughfare.
in one of the liveliest parts Of the Dor
ough Of the Bronx. this portion Of land
Ia not to be sneexed at.
Some weeks ago the executor Of the
Uhl estate placed its valuation at
$1,000. There were no takers at that
figure, but Offers in the hundreds have
not been lacking. One Of the biggest de-
partment stores In Manhattan wants to
buy it-f0r advertising purposes. a
prominent advertising arm has made
an offer to lease the ground for term
OF years. But no figure has vet been
accepted. Negotiations are pending.
however. which promise an early CON-
summation.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
|,IsMn%cience7
EssseTl1vention

Illustrating the delicacy of scientific
Instruments 1t is interesting to note
that the navy department has bought a
large tract of land surrounding the
naval observatory at Washington in or
der to protect from jar the delicate ma
chinery which records the time Of the
country.
A celebrated English physician as
serts that the increased height and
weight of English and Americans in the
last half century are chiefly due to the
increased consumption of sugar. He
the fine health Of the date-eating Arabs
and the sugar-caneeating negroes.
Professor Thurston, of Cornell Uni
versity. says that the twentieth century
opens with the gas engine for the first
time in It's century of evolution serious
ly competing with the steam engine in
important commercial work on large
scale. Summing up the results Of re-
cent tests, 1t appears that 1.-THE best
work Of the large gas engine gives a
thermal efficiency substantially the
same as that Of the very best steam en-
CINE. while 1t employs a fuel which Is
considerably cheaper"
In order to compensate the effects Of
temperature, which tend to alter the
rate Of thermometer. the balance Is
made of two kinds Of metal When steel
and sheet brass are combined for this
purpose. the compensation Is complete
only for two fixed temperatures. such,
for instance. as 0 deg. and 60 deg. Be-
tween these temperatures there is an
uncOrrected error. called the secondary
error Of the chronOmeter. The correc-
! ton Of the secondary error has always
been subject Of great interest to
watchmakers. BY combining various
metals. the error has been nearly elm
mated In the best instruments, and re-
Gently Charles Edward Guillaume pre-
scented to the Paris Academy of Sci
ences q note explaining a new method
of entirely correcting the secondary err
ror by the use of balances composed OF
a nickel-steel alloy devised by him.
self.
One of the reasons formerly urged
agains the existence Of living creatures
In the abysses of the ocean was the
supposed absence Of oxygen there. II
was deemed impossible that any con.
siderable quantity Of oxygen could ex
list at great depths. But recent dis
coveries have shown that there is nc
| lack of oxygen even at the greatest
depths. The explanation is that the
cold water Of the polar regions, charged
with oxygen from the atmosphere
creeps along the bottom toward the
equator. from both poles, and thus car
ries supply of oxygen over the whole
vast floor of the oceans. The surface
water moves toward the poles. and &C
great system of circulation exists
Were 1t not for this world circula
tion." says Prof. G. G. Nutting. 1T Il
altogether probable that the ocear
would In time become too foul to sus
tain animal life, at least in Its higher
manifestations. and the sea. the mother
of life. would itself be dead"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

Music Hath Strange Charms.
ut requires tact and diplomacy to
collect little outstanding accounts these
days. especially when dealing with city
employees" said q Manayunk business
man the other day. according to the
Philadelphia Record. Its no use maxi
ing q bluff or pleading poverty when
dealing with policemen. Their hearts
are like adamant. You must 60 gently
kind Of size them up. as It were.
Strike them about pay day before their
wives get at the wallet; for, Of course.
II their better halves get It first You
are left. and the poor copper has hardly
enough let to buy his tobacco until the
next month.
"You see. have an advantage be-
cause am q sort Of musician. When
the oficer gets his money he win re-
turn to tho sitting room Of tie station.
take an account Of stock and confer
with the other fellows about how to
make the pile reach out until the next
pay day.
II enter the room with . CHEEKY
.Good-morning. gentlemen. inquire
into their various healths. talk quietly
Of the weather. and then sit down II
the organ and sing that beautiful song.
Then You'll Remember Me- By-and-
By they pony mp and I hurry Of 10 thu
next station and play the same ed
tuna"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
REPORT on TRADE.

r. G.. Dunn & Co.'S Weekly Review
of Trade last week says:
Unfavorable signs were not evident
in the business outlook. Manufacture
ing industries enjoy exceptional activ-
ity, and most jobbers and retailers find
no occasion for complaint Mild wealth
err is the one influence that may be
charged with retarding retail merchant
disc distribution. yet it is the general
opinion that sales thus postponed will
be made up later. The same influence
is invaluable in facilitating the hand
ling OF crops, erecting buildings and
other outdoor work. Although fifth
of the year is still to be heard from,
including the usual interruption and
possible disturbance Of legislation,
there is good evidence that the volume
Of legitimate business will largely ex-
coed all previous records. Speculation
is comparatively quiet, both In securi-
ties and options, on leading products,
which emphasizes the activity in trade
channels, as shown by bank exchanges
tor the week at New York, 33 per cent
A"A oSi IMAM AdoI yCdA anu OF dUONC
1899, while at other leading cities the
gains were 1853 and 81 per cent respect
lively. Strength without imitation still
characterizes the iron and steel situa-
tion. Despite two months Of Interrupt.
zion by the strike, evidence accumu.
lates that the year will surpass all rec
ords in production Of finished material,
and consequently in consumption OF
pig iron. Orders already booked for
delivery far into 1902 promise that
next year will bring higher records
and the steadiness Of prices make the
outlook especially favorable. Mills as
a rule have practically closed contracts
for all the orders that can be filed this
year, and future developments can only
affect conditions in 1902 as to finished
steel. Heavy orders are recorded for
rails with a free movement Of struc
tural material, while wire and wire
nails go abroad in large quantities.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

loss until an act of congress frees him
from 1t. For amounts up to $1,000 the
postmaster general has authority to re-
hive po>tmasters.
OF the stamps stolen l,116000 were |
cent and | .6G2 300 cent stamps They
got 100 81. 3O1 81 and los So stamps, but
Inspector Stuart said they would have
difficulty i'll disposing of the larger denom-
inAtinns
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Unlvesslty q Southern California

The University OF Southern Califor.
mia has been opened under favorable
auspices. The 100000 endowment
fund. TO which Mrs. Anna Hough. q
sister Of the late Jay Gould, sub
scribed 926. 900. subject to the condi.
ton that the university raise the re.
mainder by November I, IL now com.
plete. Mrs. Hough has now an
nounced that she viii give $4,000
toward . second 100000, subject to
the same condition az the drst.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Connects NORTH and South Idaho.

The commissioners representing
the state in the construction Of the
Little Salmon wagon road, in Idaho.
have accepted It from the contract
ors. The legislature last winter APP
p!opriated $4,000 for the construc-
ton of this road and this appropria-
ton was supplemented by donations
Of $4,000 by the Oregon Short Line
and an equal amount BY the Pacific
q Idaho Northern railroads. The
total amount of $4,000 was expended
upon the ~ miles Of road between
Golf and Round valley.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Taps 4 Good Country.

Articles of incorporation Of tbs
Tacoma Southern Railway & Navign-
ton Company were filed last week,
with a capital stock Of $4,000. 900.
The new company announces as It's
object the construction of lines OF
railway from Tacoma to The Dalles,
Oregon, on the Columbia river.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

John d. Rockefeller occasionally
uses the long distance telephone when
away from his New York office. but not
for important business. For such pur-
poses ne never uses the mails. There
is private wire from the once to his
mansion at Forest Hill. Ohio, and the
Standard OIL millionaire, when at the
latter point, transacts business Just az
though he were in New York. He
never wires message. but talks to a
trusted and reliable operator.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
cANNleALs IN AMERICA.

Savage Tribes that Eat Their Own
Kind Exist Along Amaxon.
1t may not be generally known that
cannibalisin was once prevalent over
large areas of the American continent.
Such was the case. however; In fact,
the word cannibal Is but another form
Of Gambia or Cariba, the proper name
of the Carib Indians, the dreaded
scourge Of the Antilles three centuries
ago, among whom the Spaniards on
first landing. found human limbs hung
up to dry In the sun for food. Many OF
the tribes OF South America were can
nibals, and some of the unconQuered
savages in the dark forests Of the up
per Amazon still feast npon human
flesh. The practice existed In Central
America and Mexico. as readers Of
Prescott are well aware, but rather as
a sacrifice to the god Of war than from
any depraved taste FOR such food. Az
a war ceremony it was found also
among nearly all the tribes OF the east
ern United States and Canada.
The Miamis had q cannibal society.
whose members were under obligation
to eat any captives delivered to them
for that purpose; and the Kiowas. with
whom lived for some time, had only
few years ago secret brotherhood,
each member OF which was pledged to
eat the heart Of the first enemy killed
by him In battle. The old war chief In
whose family stayed was one OF this
society.
All the tribes Of the Texas coast and
back country were reputed cannibals,
and with good reason. One Of these was
the Attakapa. from whom the Louisi.
ana parish get its name, which signifies
"man-eaters." Another was the Karan.
kawa tribe, on Matagorda bay, with
whom the French captives from Il
Sales expedition witnessed many /
barbarous feast. In 1700 the priests Of
the old San Antonio mission drew up /
catechism for the use Of their Indiar
converts. and among the questions L
be asked In confession the flrst ons
I, was, Have ron eaten human neshr
! But the worst cannibals Of an werl
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
BID sawsnill Starts.

The Simpson Lumber Company'a
new mill ~ South Bend, WASH,
which has been for several months
In course Of construction, began OPP
Grafton Sept. IS. This IL flrst-class
modern mill and one of the best ON
the Pacific coast, having capacity
Of $4,000 feet per day.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24
Harvey Coming to the Front.

Harvey county, Oregon, is steadily
gaining In wealth and population.
The cattle sales from that county
will amount to $1.000.000. this year.
as against 100000 last year. and the
agricultural products are about
double what they were last season.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

Forty new houses are In course OF
construction in Pendleton. Or. 4
town Of 5000 population. One hun
dred and twenty-five have been built
within the last year. and these are
all occupied, meaning an increase In
population of 500. This Is not boom,
but merely q natural growth that IL
general throughout the West.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

A Juvenile Buuko Man.
Tommy had been quiet for fully nve
minutes. He seemed to be engaged
with some deep problem.
Papa" hs said.
"WeuYs
"'Do unto others 40 you would have
others do unto you'-that's the golden
rule, isn't II, papaf"
yes, my son."
"And It's pufiickly right to follow the
golden rule. isn't It. DapaT'
Yes, indeed"
Tommy rose, went to the cupboard
and returned with knife and large
apple pie. The latter he placed before
his astonished sire with great solemni-
ty.
Eat Il papar' he said.-san Fran
cisco Bulletin.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

AT the close Of the fiscal year 1900
there were 1858 postolhces In the
United States. or one 10 every 1000 in
habitants.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

The Gear. before quitting France. left
gift Of 100000 francs for the poor
Of Paris. $1,000 francs for Dunkirk.
$1,000 francs for Rheims, and $4,000
francs for Compiegne, and also sum
Of 5000 francs for the families Of SUI
fers In the recent torpedo explosion.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-10-24

DIR. w. d. Shelby. captain and as
sistant surgeon in the United Sta-es
army. has given Hanover college. IN
diana. fund, from the proceeds Of
which q medal will b given each year
for the student who ranks highest In
scientific studies.