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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
TOLD sY THE OLD CIRCUS MAN.

Giant Has Little FINN ON HE Own Ac
count with Bootblacks.
"Sometimes," said the old circus man,
1.-THE greatest of all giants would have
little fun on his own account: mebbe
with the bootblacks. don't suppose
that anything ever feazed a bootblack,
probably he'd offer to black the boots
of man tall as church steeple and
with shoes as big as the meeting house
II one came his way; but, anyhow, the
boOtblacks used to offer to black the
giants shoes when the great man took
his walk through the town, just as
they would offer to black any mans.
Sometimes the giant would look
down on the boy and then at his own
shoes, and then back up against the
sidewarl Of some building somewhere,
where there was room and no awnings
in the way, and get his shoes BACKED.
The giant always considered It a sort
Of joke on the boys to accept their Of
fer. but the boys never appeared to be
put out by 1t; on the contrary, they
were always ready, as they would have
been, as l said, IL he had been twice as
big. And 1t was more fun than you
could shake stick at to see the way
they went at 1t, and the giant enjoyed
this as much as anybody.
''Of course, no one box would support
the giants foot, unless he balanced It
on 1t very carefully, and the boy that
got the Job always, invariably, called
IN other boys-all the bootblacks in
that town were sure to be right around
<here, and I've often seen i've boot
blacking boxes under one Of the giants
tsst at eas time. and Ave boys ct work
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

- Wie2d1 constant power by the side
81 which that Of other labor leaders II
nothinS.
The lad did not IKE the shoemaker's
trade. and, his release being secured.
- learned to make cigars, becoming
prodcient BY the time he was 13. Then.
w1(h his fathers family. he came to
Ameraca. Down 30 the time he began
- work In the shoe shops, he attended
day school regularly. After that he
continued his studies ut night school.
where he applied himself % eagerly a.
- excite the especial attention Of hk
teachers.
Upon his arrival In America he Joined
. New York cigarmakers' union, sud
~ Gift Of common sense and his power
70 express his thoughts logically and
dearly quickly made him . prominent
member. Later he was repeatedly sent
- delegate to the international union.
WAen David b. HIN Was Governor,
10 washed to make Mr.. Gompefs q mem.
Der Of the State Board Of Arbitration At
. salary Of 5000. The tender wss
ceurteously declined.
IL should accept q political ap.
pointment," said Mr.. Gompers, my
usefulness In labor organizations would
- entirely and permanently destroyed"
In 1882 Mr.. Gompers was made presi.
dent Of the American Federation Of La.
Dor, and now holds that Office. His sal.
afy IL but $1,000 4, ear, less than be-
could earn at his ide in good times,
and . far smaller Ium than could be
commanded by a man of his unusual
natural abilities and self-won acquire.
ments In the business world.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

IN Canada the man or woman who
wants to sever the bonds Of matrimouy
must go before the dominion parlia.
ment. when the committee on divorce
IN the Senate takes up the case and
goes over the details very thoroughly
and II, In the opinion Of the commit
tee, the testimony warrants the grant.
ing Of q divorce. the report to that
effect is made and both houses concnl
h . bill giving the required RELIEF.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

0E0V0O1280H AO0C k1l9 VOOs
when I was Z boy" said the vet
eran, a. he pufted on his strong cigar
after dinner, II remember there was
an awful scandal In our towns little
country place because q temporary
sravedigger, who had been hired to do
the work when the regular hand was
III, buried q man with his feet to the
west Ours was religious, as well az
. superstitious, town. Among the Older
people there was q well-grounded be-
Lief that person must be inferred with
his feet to the east, so that when Ga
briefs trumpet should sound for the
ANAL awakening the dead should be
able to face the angel on arising. This
new gravedigger couldn't have known
the tradition, or he would not lave
flown In the face Of superstition and
buried his victim with his feet to the
west. The thing made such a scandal
that they actually disinterred the Sody
and turned the coffin around 80 that
the dead man should rest in the right
position. OF course, the new gravedig-
ger lost his job. l don't know that l
have thought Of the incident for long
time, until l had to 60 to Woodlawn
cemetery q short time ago to attend
the burial Of friend. Then. for the
arst time. It dawned on me that there
had been change In the superstition.
and that 1t had probably been WHOLLY
lost to sight. as have SO many of the old
ones. l noticed that the direction In
which bodies are buried now seems to
be settled by the direction Of the path
In front Of the plat you own; that L.
that interments are made with the fee
pointing toward the path. no matter IL
what compass direction they m1
point"-New York Times.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

particularly at church and lodge con
eerts, and she never fails to elicit the
plaudits Of her audience. She reads
the most dinacult music at sight and
will be wonderful player not many
pears hence II she continues to practice
- faithfully a. she does now.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
Archbishop's Apt Retort.

The archbishop of Dublin recently
performed marriage in the family OF
wealthy Irish distiller. After the
breakfast the distlller thanked the
archbishop effusively for his share of
the proceedings and said to him a he
took his leave, 1.-The Lord be with
you" "And with thy spirit" Is report.
ed to have been the rejoinder.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18
The American Bird.

The turkey was hrst discovered In
America, and brought to England in
the early part Of the sixteenth century.
Since then 1t has been acclimatized in
oeasly al parts Of the world.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

A wise old tiller Of the soil speaking
Of the relative value Of grains sayA
grains Of common sense are the most
valuable.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

with Q view to accommodating army
officers and their wives en- route to tho
Philippines. Three huge tanks made
~ copper were placed in her hold, each
capable Of holding $50 miles Of cable.
These tanks are twenty-five feet In
diameter and fifteen feet in depth, with
IN iron core in the center to keep the
cable in position when being paid out
from the ship.
Laying the cable 10 going to be difii-
cult and delicate job. A crew Of moro
than twenty men win have the handling
Of the cable and their duty will be to
gee that 1t 10 paid out properly and that
it runs smoothly from the great tanks
to the deck and thence out into the wa
Ter. II the ocean bed were fairly level
cable laying would be . comparatively
easy operation. But in the Philippine
Islands region the sea bottom Is ex-
tremely rough, full Of high mountains
and deep chasms. Moreover. the charts
are few and what there are are mainly
unreliable. Consequently the cable lay
ers will not know until they and out
for themselves when the slender strand
II stretching up the side Of a submarine
mountain and when 1t IL descending
into the depths. After the Burnside
has done her work there win be some
new information regarding the ocean
bottom between the more important isl
ands that will be valuable to naviga-
ton.
On reaching the point whence the ca
BILE IL to be laid the crew proceed to
land the heavy shore endA this being
done by hauling from the beach with
ropes and supporting the cable with
rubber air balloons until sufficient
length is landed. Connection having
been made with the signal station on
shore, the Burnside will set out for the
shore with which communication villa
he Established, going at rate from four
to eight miles an hour. She must pro-
coed cautiously. as the rate at which
the cable Is paid out depends on the
depth of the water. In 1900 fathoms
Of water, for instance, the length OF
cable from the ship to the point Of con-
tact with the ocean bed Is twenty miles.
A sudden shallow from very deep wa
ter, 40 in the case Of submarine noun.
tain, 10 likely to break the cable by too
sharply shortening the slack. Then the
tedious work Of graphing for the bro
ken e~d must be undertaken.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Why They Wear tho Fes.
From IN Interpretation Of . passage
n the Koran Moslems are forbidden to
have shades to their eyes, hence the
absencs e the peak both from the fes
- IL tnEban.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

When Q woman discloses . seeeot 4 \
always Win ta1llng oDoeG
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Lost wealth may b recovered, bns
1T tine novor.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1901-04-18

Time = but Q uA1ow rune - -
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New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
.NTETREiTY RECIPROCITY.

The resolutions adopted by the National Reel
procify Convention suggest somewhat the ira
dition about being III favor of law but against
its enforcement The convention declared it
self to be- in favor of reciprocity. But at the
sap' ! ne ii practically declared itself 10 be
sspa: the processes through which reciprocity
IS - be effected. In its first resolution it
receni nends reciprocity through tariff nodifi-
cafion only where il can be done without III
Jury 10 any OF our home interests of manu-
sfac1urinC, commerce or farming" That con-
dition literally enforced. Inight well prove pro-
hilitive against any extension OF reciprocity
Nlat,y+r. And in ifs second resolution the
CO. II on recommends the reference Of ali
rec ty treaties 70 n new commission to be
her -ter created 10y Congress That would
seen mean the practical abandonment of all
peua treaties and the nulliication OF all Iat
has 4 done by the present Reciprocity Com
naiss:CI.fr.
The aim of reciprocity Is beyond doubt. TO aid
and rot TO injure our own Industries. Neverthe-
less IN making tariff notifications. as in orig
inaily framing the tariff, regard must be had to
the general welfare as well 10 special inter
ests Let us suppose for example that certain
reciprocal concessions are earnestly desired by
tine industrial and commercial community in
posed hy some one small interest. likely to
insare It. Under the rule adopted by the cen
vention such concessions would be forbidden
+ and the welfare of the many would be sacrificed
10 the profit of the few II has been the glory
OF the protective system that. while it may
have borne hardly upon some II has served the
Interests and promoted the prosperity of the
vas. majority. in manufactures, in commerce
and in agriculture. Certainly il does not seem
unreasonable TO ask that reciprocity, which is
IN outgrowth Of protection. shell proceed upon
tAe same principle. There has probably never
been a tariff and certainly never an absence OF
tariff that coul1 not be criticised as working
some hardship to somebody. We have not YET
reached the millennium in political economy any
more than in anything else. and until we have
done SO insistence upon universal assent seems
much like prohibition. Neither is Ii entirely
clear that there is need of a new reciprocity
commission. We already have one in the per
oon OF Mr.. Kasson, who has been working Upon
BDr4procity treaties diligently for the last -four
New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
UHERE MONEY WON'T TALK.

There is no small amount Of contemporaneous
human interest attaching to the announcement
of King Edwards decision that his coronation
shall not be speculative as well as spectacu-
lar function Having ascertained that not a
few persons entitled to places In Westminster
Abbey on that occasion We're arranging TO sell
their rights his majesty has decreed that' asioe
from those who may be commissioned to attend
in an official capacity, none but his own SUI
iacts shall be present. and that the transfer OF
a seat shall exclude both parties to the trans
action The propriety OF that order would
seem TO be beyond dispute. and yet it is prob
able that considerable number Of more or less
good Americans will be depressed by the news,
and some of them may even permit themselves
to say that the King Is real mean They are ac-
customed to obtain everything they think they
want by paving whatever may be necessary,
and will find difficulty in reconcilng themselves
to the idea of being excluded from any show IN
anv quarter of the globe TO which they are
ready to purchase admission Others, VINO
eagerly accept the doctrine that the King can
do no wrong. will bow to the inevitable without
murnur. but their hearts will still be sore.
.s for Enclishmen. Scotchmen. Irshmen and
citizens of his majesty's dominions beyond the
sea who have been hoping to make neat pront
out of hereditary privileges or to acquire n tenn
norary right for cash, their feelings VIII DOUBT
less be too deep for utterance. Yet we venture
to ask three questions hoping to be corrected II
we are wrong: Why should hr1ush supJect
who IS opposed 10 a form OF government which
involves coronatons wish TO lend his presence
to such n ceremonial? Why should British
subject who loves the institutions under which
he lives complain when they exclude him from
q comDanv to which he does not belong! why
should n British nobleman, whether thrifty or
impecunious be permitted TO forget tha'
"poblesse oblige''? We would in particular re-
snectfulIy invite the attention of those VINO
have been expecting 70 appease their creditors
or increase their balances by means now FOR
hidden to the stringent rules which have been
adopted at the various seats OF learning Ill TINS
crude republic to prevent speculation In footbai
tickets If simple American student IS
estopped by academic law and sentiment from
exchanging n 81 seat in the grandstand for slo
when only the laurels of the gridiron are wait
ing 70 be awarded it would seem perfectly fair
| TO insist that a peer of the realm should not
| pocket a thousand pounds by bargaining to let
| an unsanctified substitute see a British SOW
| ereign crowned.
We advise all who are suffering the pangs oil
| disappointment by reason Of the Kings decree
| Ia console themselves with the reflection that
| kind hearts more than coronets, though tney
| do not invariably answer the same purpose
New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
PERSONAL.

The Georgia Legislature has Just authorized the
Governor to appoint commission to provide for
the erection IN the Capitol at Washington of statues
of two of Georga's notable sons the expense to be
years ago the legislature passed resolution mai mai
Georgia shod m pe m the Of the
State, and Dr. Crawford w Long caInet t, as M uns c
taken.
Edward Entwstle. the man who seventy years
ago took George Stephenson's Rocket engine
which the government prize on Its trial trip Pe
iWHeR iSing, iaVf5p9oM In pes Moines. iowa
General Ell Torrance. the commander-in-
chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Is spend
ing a few days in this city. and he and Mrs Tor
rance are guests of eX-Pay aymaster A Noel Blake-
man of the navy General Torrance is informing
himself as the condition of the organization and
intends to suggest such changes as may be neCes-
sary TO improve the condition OF the veterans or the
Civil War Paymaster Brakeman is an old friend
of General Torrance. and chief of staff of the
Grand Army and officer of the Military Order OF
the Loyal Legion is able TO give much ara 70 the the
eommander-n-Chiei general Ioarance az s'ndav ave
and was later introduced to the pastor, the KEY.
church including comrades OF Farnsworth Post
After nve weeks spent among the Onondaga
Indians OF Central New-York, Professor Frederick
Starr Of the University of Chicago. has returned
home a. Haesat tha-wisest speaker of the council
and a member of the Turtle Clan. He was adj
mitted as a brother into the tribe on October To-
and Is a candidate for the office OF brave and a
member Of the Society OF FAlsefaces." II was
Professor Starr who Is quoted as having said in a
recent lecture class that the Americans were
gradually becoming Indians. MY alliance with
the Onondagas accomplished after relinquish-
ing my title In the sacs and Foxes" said Professor
Starr "A feast was given. for which l. as the
newcomer paid. My first name OF Haiesatha is
merely temporary. shall get two more names, S
Next time / shall receive a name or one OF the
dead braves which they wish TO perpetuate. Next
March shall be Initiated into the Society of False
far
New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
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New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
THE CENTRAL BRIDGE GRAB.

at is a fine Horse Show. Let us discourage
driving That appears to express the mind of
our present city government Otherwise it is
difficult TO explain the conduct of the Board of
Estimate and Apportionment on Wednesday in
voting to surrender to an overhead trolley com
pany the great Central Bridge and viaduct. TO
be occupied henceforth by tracks and sidngs
and switches and maze of wires, to the prac
teal exclusion of driving. We can conceive no
ground upon which such action is to be justified.
Upon the part of the trolley company it is a
barpfaced grab made possible through trickery
and Juggling. But. then. when did the Huckle
berry concern ever do anything else than grab
and juggle? Upon the part of the city govern
ment it is nothing short of betrayal Of public
| interests.
Let us observe the circumstances. New-YOrk.
the greatest city in the world for driving and
for horsemanship in general, has a number of
superb driveways within it's limits. divided into
several groups. One group consists Of Central
Park and Seventh-ave, presenting an unbroken
stretch of unsurpassed roadway from Fifty
ninfh-st. to the Harlem River. Another is the
famous Speedway. constructed by the city at
great cost exclusively for pleasure driving, and
connected directly by way of Dyckman-st. with
Broadway and the peerless Lafayette Boule
ward A third comprises Sedgwick and Jerome
ayes. Van Cortandt Park Mosholu Park way
and all the other drives in The Bronx And
these three are connected and Joined into one
by single link. and that link the city govern
ment now proposes to break. or at least so to
pervert from its proper use that it will no
longer serve 10 give access from set of
driveways TO another. For splendid as Central
Bridge is. its roadway is entirely too narrow TO
admit of use by drivers and also by trolley cars.
entire width and horsemen will have the alter
native of driving directly along trolley tracks.
with death laden wires saggins overhead within
reach of their whiplashes and with Huckle-
berry tenders humping against their hind
wheels, of keeping off the bridge There
can be no doubt that the vast majority will be
practically compelled to choose the latter course.
The thousands who now drive up Seventh-ave
to the Speedway or to The Bronx will be forced
New-York tribune., 1901-11-22

Years The Senate is, Of course, competent 10
reject the treaties negotiated by him, and Will
do so if il deems them deserving of such treat
ment upon their merits. But it would seem Oh
doubtful proprieay and utility to evade the
whole matter by indrection in snmmonlnS an
other commission. 10 pass upon this comihis-
sion's work.
These things TO be said not at ali III dtF"-
cation of the Intelligence. sagacity ana geheIai
importance of the late convention. That was
a body of high merit, and its recommendations
are worthy of respectful consideration not only
by the press ard the public. but by the govern
ment at Washington. There were. however.
Son,e extreme uf1erances in it. which IL Wouiu
ha reorettabIe TO see embodied in official acuoh.
IT is impossible to- agree with the deciiilatoha.
for example that reciprocity never did anu
meyer will benefit this country. ana that ih'ei
ests recurring it, have right TO dehahu H.
ANY interest has d right TO ask for such ihe"
ures as will benefit it, and certainly any Heeu
inr reciprocity is entitled to present It's ci''iiils
.o n reciprocity convection. 1t Will be pheasant
to believe that the late.conTentlon diu ho' i'"i'
intend 10 opnose practical reciprocity IN tlle way
which might be inferred from literal ll'el pe
+ation of IFS resolutions. The way TO reclllo-
cate is to recfprocate. and 1t Is Tor
| convention TO promote and not TO Hoaii"s'
that proceSS.
New-York tribune., 1901-11-22
WHO WANTS AIRSHIPS?

The philanthropic inventor who announces
that ere long he will turn out airshps at the
absurdly low price OF $4,000 n dozen, each
one warranted to be easy of navigation IN the
hands Of the average district messenger boy
takes little account of the perturbation OF spirit
which asSails the great majority or human
beings when the question OF abandoning the
safe footing of the solid globe comes INTO view
II NAV he an unreasonable prejudice, but 1t is
likely to be persistent except among the hardy
and the adventurous, that feeling OF uneaslness
about yovaging under or sailing around IN
the higher atmosphere
II is true the swiftest of elevators in the
tallest of skyscrapers no longer alright the
average mortal. although when the hghtnlhg
expresses shooting with cometlike velocity to
the pnnacles of the topmost floors OF twenty
stored structures were first introduced there
was no small degree of hesitation apparent
among the visitors to the cloud capped palaces
at present so conspicuous among the office
buildings of New-York. Only the exceptionally
nervous and timid now shrink from journeys
in the cars which fash up from basement to
turret The people have been educated to the
loftiest of lofty structures and to the impetu-
Gus speed of the elevators.
Nevertheless it must be considered doubtful
whether there will be an extensive demand
In the early future for arships at $1,000 each
which can soar like eagles. Ocean greyhounds
in these days not slow Express trains get
over the ground without wasting many min
utes Electric cars in Germany and elsewhere
rush swiftly from city to city. Automobiles are
feeter than horses. Bicycles can travel in a
harry. Everybody who wants quick movement
in this era can be gratified readily. Who then
is anxious to purchase airships at $1,000 each,
unless he is Tammany offceholder who fears
the gtterng eye Of Judge Jerome and de-
sres to get out of reach among the clouds?