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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

story writer who catered for the
boys Of fifteen or twenty years aga
built up many thrilling tales about a
mechanical contrivance in the form Of
man. Such machine-"Herculas,
the Iron Man"-was actually on exhi.
bition last summer in an American
Lark, about which he pera Labulated in
the following undesired and inconven.
lent fashion:
He was eight feet high. and when
the oil fire inside him was lighted, and
steam generated. he walked about
pushing sort Of iron-whee1ed carr.
lie wore tall hat and hideous grin.
and pulled exhaust steam through Mis-
uostrils.
Late one night some of the campers
at the park lighted the fire in Here ules
after the resort was closed and the
owner Of the figure had gone away.
The valve had been left open when the
fire was put out, and when steam WAS
generated again the man began to wan,
about the park. For little while ne
surpassed Frankenstein's monster.
No one knew how to stop him. and
ne walked all over the park, through
the lake and the camping ground.
Sleepers In his path had to be awak.
ened to get them out Of the way. for
It was impossible to contl>o. ,,e stes..
mans movements. Inequalities In the
ground. trees. and other Instructions
turned him aside. but did not stop him.
He terrorized the park for an hour.
but. like many human being, came
10 grief at the gate. He marched up
to 1t. bumped against 1t. toppled over
and alighted on his head. Thus he
remained. kicking his feet in the air.
until his steam went down.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

mar, Saxe-Altenburs, Saxe-Meiningen
and Saxe-Coburg and Gotha.
The new King Of Saxony was one of
the successful and brilliant command
ers Of the war Of 1870 and held the
rank Of field marshal general Of the
German army. OF his children, Fred
erick Augustus is the oldest and is
thus heir apparent to the throne. One
Of his daughters, Maria Josepha, is the
wife Of Archduke Otto, of Austria,
who is bound In due course to succeed
to the throne of the dual monarchy.
Another of his children, Macmillan, Is
a priest of the Catholic Church. After
his ordination Father Max. as he Is
called, began his ministry in the most
poverty stricken district Of London,
Whitechapel. He Is now a professor
of canon, law and liturgy at the Uni.
versity of Fribourg in Switzerland.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

next act IL brief but tragic. Il b o.
the following Sunday. The Jealous
lover lays for the preacher and vallops
the ecclesiastic sOrely. Then comes thu
curtain raiser In the police court with
the villain In the dock The pOpulace
rent into opposing factions according
to creed, fill and overflow the right ane
left wings Of the stage. Here the tele
graph instrument stopped. But II -
easy to guess the sequel. Questioned
by the Judge, the prisoner glares at the
minister and the organist and lowering
his voice to the h0O:. huskily exclaims
Not guilty" Pursued by the mex
Orable law he goes to the Gala boos.
rather than pay his fine while the min.
lister and the organist marry and live
happily ever after. The only defauli
OF the entire entertainment Is to b.
found In the failure Of the preacher tc
hail the jealous young son Of Bella
who attacked him.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
The Drug Store At Fault

An individual. who from his clothes
and the dinner pail which he carried
appeared to be laboring man. recently
walked into q drug store on Eleventh
avenue and requested 20 be given a
marriage license.
You'll have to go to the city hall to
get that" said the druggist.
i don't see why. Isn't my money
good here? I'm In hurry. too"
I'VE don't handle that kind OF II.
cense." answered the drug store man.
"Well. was told l could get one
here sure. and that d--n Juice won't
marry me without a license" angrily
snapped the fellow as he walked out,
The druggist said that people often
come In with requests which would
make q stone man smile. land II YOU
DO laugh they get mad" he concluded.
milwaukee Sentinel.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
OLD MIA 70 q PRESERVED.

3entucky L.AA0ark Built b. The
Father Uf Presid eat Lincoln.
A movement y new on foot fos the
preservation Of the old Kirkpatrick
dour mill near H0dge.vlle. KY. built
BY the father Of Abraham Lincoln. The
mill n located q IN. from the place
where Lincoln was born and was erect.
ed in 1916 Abe oft IN trudged across
the fields leading from the humble log
cabin to tie mill with a sack of corn
across his shoulders. During his term
rs President. Lincoln frequently asked
about the old mill. end in an old note
book Of his was found a leaf upan
which he described his birthplace -
being about a mile from the old KirA
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

It II not shade alone that makes Il
cooler under tree In summer. The
coolness Of the tree itself helps. for It's
temperature Is about 45 degrees Fab.
renheit. at all times. a. that Of the hui
man body 10 fraction more than 0S
degrees. SO clump Of trees cools the
air ~ a piece Of Ice cools the water In
. pitcher. That 10 why the Iegisla-
ture has authorised the park authori,
ties Of New York City to plant trees
In the tenement districts. IL the air
can be made cooler and purer by the
trees fewer children win die Of heat
ailments. As 1900 more children die
In New York during June. July. August
and September than In any other sim
ilar period In the year. the Importance
OF adopting every known means to save
life 10 undisputed.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
LtncOln's Hay Crop.

A story of Abraham Lincoln would
have TO be older than the one below to
lose Its characteristic SAVIOR.
In the summer Of 1857 Mr.. Lincoln
was sitting in his office when he was
visited by one of his neighbors, an ex.
ceiient farmer. but one inclined to in.
crease the size of his crops even after
harvesting. He had given, on this par
ticular morning. a skillfully padded ac-
count Of the hay he had put in.
I've been cutting hay, too" re.
marked Mr.. Lincoln.
why, Abe. are you farming?"
YES"
what you raiser"
"Just hay"
Good crop this year?"
Excellent"
"How many tons?"
"Well. l don't know Just how MANY
tons, Simpson. but my men stacked all
they could outdoors. and then stored
the rest in the barn"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Prof. Morse has borne convincing tes.
dmOny to the free and happy relations
existing between the human and the
Brute creation In Japan. where a Soci.
ETY. for the Prevention Of Cruelty to
Animals would find no raison d'etre.
There he says:
Birds build their nests In the city
houses, wild fowl. geese and ducks
alight In the public parks. wild deer
trot about the street. l have actually
been followed by wild deer in thu
streets. nibbling melon rind out Of my
hand. as tame as calves and lambs ON
farms. A dog goes to sleep in the busi-
ct streets: men turn aside 20 as not
% disturb him. One day a beautiful
heron alighted on the limb of a tre..
And the busy jostling throng stopped.
Every mans hand went into his pocket
and out came pencil and sketchinr ma
per.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

The great value of salt IA nm anti,
septic ana the fact that nature appears
10 nave made 1t an essential ingredien,
III the FOOD OF nearly all animals have
made the medical profession very hos
pitabie toward new theories or discov.
cries regarding Its therapeutic Quail.
Ties. The doctors In fact are never nm.
prepared for the announcement OF
some extraordinary cure effected nv
the use OF this widely distributed com.
pound. That pneumonia can he cure,,
oy pumping an per cent sodium
chloride solution at temperatures rang.
ing from 10 to 100 degrees FabranhaI,
INTO the lungs. however. naturally fax.
~ the eredulity OF most physicians.
rms achievement was announced nv
pr' W. Byron Coakley. OF Chicago, in
paper read by him before the Amer.
lean Medical Association at the recon,
convention at Saratoga. That snch a
saline solution would be death to MI
bacteria and would also have an anti.
septic erect upon diseased tissue viii
De readily conceded. 1t Ia n ouest,on
OF getting the solution into the hing,
IN such way that the pa tient could
STAND the treatment. DIR. Cosk,a>
claims to have solved this problem NV
tne use OF an instrument invented nv
himself. which introduces the solution
into the lungs through punctures made
by fine gold needle. After the salt
solution destroys the bacteria and cools
70 the temperature Of the body II IA
claimed that It Is absorbed In the blood
ana does not clog up the lunys In
uolng this 1t protects the red corpuscles
against destruction by the polsons Of
pneumonia. Physicians are naturally
skeptical regarding the effectiveness ~
this treatment. for the reason that IN
the attempts that have been made To
wash out the lungs with salt solutions
the patients have been unable 10 stand
It. The demonstrations before tho "A.
ISOLATION at Saratoga. however. are
claimed to have shown the Cosklev
method to be a success. If future tests
should more firmly establish the effect.
'veness and practlcability Of his treat.
ment DIR. Coakley will have scored a
great advance In medical science and
VIII have conferred a great boon unon
humanity.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
shaw aud shakspeare.

4 distinctly smart stroke was made
1t Bernard Shaw the other night. The
scene was the Playgoers' Club. and thu
occasion was the reading Of paper en-.
titled THE Superiority OF Shaw Ia
Shakespeare" The inferiority Of rho
great William having been satisfactor.
ny demonstrated. Lady Colin Campbell
who presided. read the following teie.
gram which had been handed to her:
wire result Of discussion tonight "a
Stratford-on-Avon. Naturally apxiouA
Shakespeare"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
Easy Enough.

Harry de Windt. in his book, Fin.
ian as It ls," tells Of a mot Of Andree.
the Arctic explorer. Inst heroro IT.,
last voyage he was driven to ais+-."
t'on at a dinner party by a talkative
neighbor.
bet bow Will you know. professor
when .You hare really crossed 49,
Northsko1es' was ono NJ NOV az e
questioas. ''"'
IN. g win be simple enough.
madam eplied Andree, with his
weli-kneSua dry humor "A north It's
will becone i south onew
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

A Wilmington. Del. belle IL 1.-The
most talked about woman OF that city,
because she rode astride at the horse
show. Woman indeed remains In bar
. sensible thing without being render
ed conspicuous. Health. safety anu
good form all demand the abolishmcnr
Of the awkward and antiquated side
saddle. Ii riding 10 to Increase with
the release OF the horse from carriage
service. women everywhere ought to
revolt against the barbaric prejudice
which deprives them Of the best en-
Joyment and best benefits Of this no
olost Of exercises.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
White Wings" or London

The street sweepers Of the borough
Of Westminster. London. have been
dressed In SO gorgeous a uniform that
MAJ. Gen. Trotter of the Grenadier
Guards recently complained that when
suardsmen go out they are frequently
taken for dustmen and their feelings
are consequently hurt. The Mayor OF
Westminster, whose official robes out.
shine even those Of the King. has prom.
ised to add a blue band to the cape Of
the swecpers as distinguishing mark.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Every town occasionally puts on a
play for the ediacation OF the public
which u not announced on the bill
boards. A village In New York renders
the following performance In which
ehe Baptist preacher and q Jealous
young man play leading roles: The play
opens 1t the church picnic. The min
aster. an unmarried man, 10 the vogue
Moreover. he IL susceptible. Captured
and cornered by the church organist,
be discourses all the day long Of loves
young dream. And now the villain ap-
pears The organist's steady company
shows up. He behaves rudely and his
Wra<1 u - the wrath Of Achilles. Ths
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
Coontermanded.

haSsoe IAsters-Gee! Wouldn't Yer
like ter - sttfin' In one n, dou, -,
restaurant, eatin some str..s
shortcake?
Hungry Higgins-I ordered sou. =,
oat dis mornin'. but l changed me mind
a'tefward.
Ragson Tatters-Come off,
Hungry Higgins-Sure: but Tho vou
an saio y l wasn't satisfied wild cold
meat an bread she'd sic de dog on me
Philadelphia Press
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Whenever the courts OF this country
shall administer justice with the same
proinptness. certainty, fearlessness and
with as little regard for persons rs Is
the case In the courts of England, after
which ours were patterned. lynchine
will cease Ia the United States, but
until then 1t Will be a standing re-
proach to the people aud their machin
cry Of justice.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Sir W1lfrid Laurler just prior to hi,
recent departure to Europe spoke O,
the Alaskan boundary question as Sc
rlous danger to British and American
relations and menace Of open con
nict.' 1t need not become a menace
however. unless the British government
seeks to make 1t such. 1t is Great Brit
ain. not the United States. which In this
instance Is seeking to alter boundary
lines. Briefly stated. the British con
teht'on Is that the boundary Of south
eastern Alaska, instead OF following q
line ten marine leagues (thlrty four and
one-half statute niles from the coast
line proper. leaps from headland to
headland at distance of ten leagues
from the outlining capes and promon.
tories Such a line would bring the
British boundary much nearer the Pa.
cine and would give Great Britain con.
troll or important estuaries and flords
ieadlng to the sea. This claim, which
was never advanced until 1898. IL not
supported either by the original trea.
1888 ~ A"t maps anu charts or cQctOg-
raphers or by any argument recogniza.
Ole to reason. The United States DOS.
sessions In this territory are precisely
what the Russian possessions were
prior to their purchase and the mean.
ing OF the original treaty negotiated
between Russia and Great Britain In
1870 Is unmistakable. 1t must be mt
eht to the State department that there
can be no yielding Of American rights
on this point The boundary question,
u Is said, Is about to be brought up
again for final negotiations. Whatever
may be required to secure a common
survey OF the boundary and a friendly
demarcation Of the line with scientific
accuracy should be done; but from tho
essential point at issue there can be no
recession. The evidence In support OF
the American claim Is overwhelming
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

MS Claims to
MARQUIS coRDovA large Spanish es-
tate. Since then in every city he has
visited his life has been one of per.
petual terror. and murderous assaults
have been made on him.
The Spanish estate is valued at So.
100000 and belonged to another branch
Of the marquis family Before setting
out on his quest for the lost papera.
which had been stolen from the Catta-
PAM home in Italy. he employed French
detectives. These, after a time. sum.
moned him to London. believing that
they had located the papers there. The
marquis was then at Monte Carlo. One
night before he set out for London he
was fired on. The incident did not
greatly alarm him. as he was then 10.
norant Of the conspiracy against his
life.
On reaching London he received an
anonymous letter in Spanish, threat
ening him with death Of he perseyered
IN his efforts to secure the estate. He
laid the matter before the Italian am.
bassador, but no clew could be found
to those who threatened his life. A lit
tie later. while in Birmingham, he was
assaulted by three men on one of the
streets of the city. He was found.
later, lying on the pavement uncon-
sclouS. When he recovered he returned
to London and there received word
from one Of his detectives in New York
10 proceed at once to that city. Ap-
parently his enemies learned of his in
tention OF sailing for the new world.
Tor few nights before his departure
he was assaulted in his room. His as.
sailants bound and gagged him and
then tied him securely to the bed. after
which they lighted fire in the CRATE
ana turned on the gas at full pressure.
Meantime they had ransacked his pa-
pers. Fortunately the janitor of the
building smelled the gas and traced
Its escape to its source in time to re-
lease the marquis.
During April, 1901. the marquis sailed
Tor New York and took up his quarters
Wen uptown. Here, one day, he re-
ceived letter asking him to meet the
writer at South Ferry and take his
papers along. The letter went on to
state that II the marquis claims were
We'll founded he could have the missin.
papers then and there.
On reaching South Ferry he saw a
carriage in waiting and was invited by
TWO men to step in and drive with
them to an office where the matter
could be arranged. This was at 10
o'clock on Monday morning and when
again the marquis was conscious OF
1t was Friday night and he
found himself lying in bed In a hut.
near what he subsequently found was
Prospect Park. Brooklyn. When he en-
tered the carriage he was apparently
hit IN the head by some weapon. for |
he carries a scar as a memento of the
occasion. He believes he Nas also
drugged.
When he regained consciousness in
the nut he heard voices In an adjoining
room and heard the question of his xiii.
Ing discussed. This thoroughly aroused
MIN and he made his escape through a
window. Subsequently he tried to find
the hut. but failed. The police were
llso unable to solve the mystery.
The marquis has not yet found the
lost papers and apparently Ia as far
from attaining the Spanish estate as
ever.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

material OF adven.
ture for a dozen
novels. The mar.
quis belongs to one
OF the oldest Of the
titled families Of
Italy. Some two
years ago he start.
ed to secure certain
papers to be used
In substantiating
his claims to q
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

the succession to
the throne of his
brother, George. Is
one Of the most i'm
portant In the old
world. Its men,
bers occ upy no
fewer than ten Of
the thrones Of Eu.
rope-t h o s e of
eat Bril- ain,
Prussia, Portugal.
Belgium, Bulgaria,
EayOuv Cavo.Woi.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

An eastern physician says that mem
bers OF his profession can be bribed
and that ":hey will do lot for money"
Here Is n man who knows he has his
price and does not wish to be selfish
about Ii.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Emperor William says that when
German can look into the eyes Of the
empress he ought to have inspiration
enough to last him lifetime. How
nice 1t must be for her II the emperor
talks like that when company IL not
present
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
New Brand,

say" called the hardware drummer
to the proprietor Of the railway restau-
rant there Ia something wrong with
this sandwich"
On. l guess yes." said the traveller.
why, the blamed thing Is so soft I can
actually bite a piece out Of 1t without
breaking my teeth"
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

The Sultan says Turkey has books
enough. for which reason he will not
permit the publication Of any more IN
that country. Ii will now be neccs-
sary for the Turkish poets to become
captains Of Industry.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Rockefeller's recent Investment OF
large sum Of money in a bicycle fac
tory may be taken as an indication
that he begs leave to differ and Is Will
Ing to back 1t up.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
HONORS FOR WIDOWS.

Monum ents in China to Those Who
DO Not Marry.
The widows arch is a characteristic
or southern China which one sees In
no other part of the world. A widow
who never marries again Is an object
OF special veneration and honor. Ac-
cordingly after her death, at the re-,
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Men are continually going up against
schemes that iouk like more money
and less work
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

An exchange says that persons
chances of being struck by lightning
are very slender. The use Of the prep
osition after In place Of "of" Is sug-
gested az an improvement In that state
ment.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

From the eagerncss with which
Beers and British are falling on each
others necks, 1t Is evident that each il
grateful for the help given to let the
other 20.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

what they are lighting about down In
Venezuela?
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

The man who Isn't being fooled by
zeal OF time deceiving himself.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

quest of her relatives. the Emnoror viii
issue special edict allowing them to
erect stone arch in her memory
These often cost thousands of dollars
ana are inscribed in characters that
tell of her virtues. From tho arch bor
family. down to the remotest pener,.
ton, receives a kind Of post -morten
glory.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Measure man by his every day con
duct rather than by his extra ordinary
eXertiOns.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

A horse will eat In a year nine times
bic own weight. q COW nine dimes an
~ ex uDss and q sheep zig timea
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
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5 TIMELY TOPICS 5
L~~e~~~~A

A woman does not begin to com
Wand until she has promised to obey
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

I guess mine will be real panama.
1t II to cost about $4,000. OOO.-Uncle
Sam.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

Failures for the week numbered 1876
IN the United States, against 173 last
year; IA in Canada, against 81 year
ago.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

The new King Of Saxony Is 20 years
old. There seems to be one place left
where the boys aren't getting all the
good Jobs.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
eAxONY'S NEW KING.
He Gained Renown In the Franco.
Prussian War.

The royal house Of Saxony, which
has recently come to public notice ow.
ing to the death Of King Albert and
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14

No man ever realizes how much tssh
he owns until he moyeS
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-08-14
VICTIM OF = CONSPIRACY.

Wherever He Goes Death SCENE to h
Hot on His Track.
In the adventures Of Carlo Cattapani.
Marquis de COrdOva. now living in New
York there would aDpear IN no amnlo