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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
That made 10000. 600, 900 eggs II

That made 10000. OOO, 900 eggs. The
exact figures for the Department OF
Agriculture in 1900 are 10000, 524. 1884.
This doesn't count. those consumed BE-
fore getting TO market
II everybody In the United States.
under a radical system Of communis'
tic distribution, were to get his fair
share Of chickens. each person would
get three of the birds and a Hons
share Of the fourth. He would get
37o chickens In the whole OF the
year. did you eat 1873 eggs7 That was
the figure for the average American.
The lowest figure for eggs was 18h
cents a dozen in 1900. That was the
minimum market price for exports.
Eggs are light affairs. weighing only
about an ounce and half. Minorca
eggs are the heaviest. being about five
to the pound. While Wyandotte and
Brahma eggs run seven or eight to the
pound. Probably all the eggs laid In the
United States last year weighed about
Uo3. 900 tons. This Is about four times
the total tonnage Of the American navy,
counting III even Otuer enlps.
Could Smash the Navy.
Naval ships are tremendously heavy
for their bulk. while eggs are uncom
monty light. Perhaps battleships weigh
oft, or sixty times a. much per cubic
inch as eggs, So 1t can easily be seer
that II all the eggs of the country were
rolled together into enc It would make
4 fairly stable affair. Say. an ega
about $50 miles long and proportional
like other eggs.
All the hens in the country. II ROLLED
together. would make fine. handsom,
bird weighing just about a million tons
Hens average about eight poundi
apiece. The figure varies both with thu
Individual and the breed. which weigh
As follows:
Pounds. Pounds
Wyandottes 80. .6ia Cochins 30. -. ~
Plymouth Rocks.7t Minorcas -. .6b
Jersey Blues. & Hamburgs .61
Brahmas $3.50. .313
Brahmas and Plymouth Rocks are tn
most profitable and the most plentiful
Full-grown hens are supposed 10 stan,
two feet high. boosters grow . httl
more.
Brahmas. besides having the heavies
eggs and being equally with the Plym
outh Rocks the most profitable. an
therefore the most popular breed. ar
also the biggest. Their standard meal
urement 10 twenty-six inches. and som
Of them get much bigger. A few loo
like turkeys. with their heads three ZEE
from the ground.
The Faithful Hen.
On account Of the falthfulness and II
dustry OF the American hens during tn
liSt decade. the American egg peril
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
surp,us or PIN Mixers.

"why do druggists clerks get such
small salaries and have to work such
long hours?"
This question was recently asked OF
the Star In q communicates which was
published. A day or two later another
letter was published from an unknown
writer suggesting ~ solution Of the
problem that druggists' clerks Join the
body Of union workmen.
1t 10 q fact that druggists clerks gel
less pay and work more hours each day
than any other class Of wage-earners
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

1ersonage W h os G
achievements In pol.
titles a II Il letters
" on him world
vide fame. He was
/ great adminiStra-
tOr and Il diplomat
who had few equals
IN the British realm.
FOR the greater part
If half II century he
vas in the service
Of Britain as an am
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Highland sword dance after two walk
ing sticks were placed upon the floor.
There seems to be nothing that this yer.
satle young woman cannot do well. In
London she Is noted not only for her
athletics. bit for her love Of farming.
her fancy for baby boa constructors as
pets. and her patronage Of kindergar-
teninC
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
THE MAIN ISSUE.
It Obscured All Others IN the Mind -
the Patriotic German.

It Obscurcd All Others In the Mind %
the Patriotic German.
Excellent citizen us the German b.
comes In this country. Ills enthusiasm
never flames higher than when he sees
some son Of the fatherland elevated to
an honorable position by the choice Of
American voters. Matthew r. Brenn,
nm acute student Of politics. gives an
amusing account OF an honest German
innkeepcr. Mr.. Wienheimer, whose In
terest in the general election Of 1854
was conferred In the nomination Of ono
Heidelgraf for alderman OF his ward.
Mr.. Herman. a gentleman interested
In politics. called one day upon MI.
Weinheimer In order to discover the
trend Of the German-Americnn vOte.
"Well. Mr.. Weinhcimer." said be-
shows the election goingy'
"Oh. Heidelgra6 il elected sureg ~
sponded Weinheimer.
Eyes, hut how Ii Cleveland running
up here?"
"Ach, Hlmmel! Mr.. Kiernan. whats
the useg Heidelgran sure Ii elected"
Concluding that national and State
politics were not within the sphere Of
Weinheimer's interest. Mr.. Herman
proceeded to try him on city politics.
"Well, Mr.. Wienheimer," said he. do
you thing our candidate for mayor win
| be electedy"
Now we speaks all day. Mr.. kler-
man," responded the innkeeper. "lt's,
no use at all. Heidelgran ID sure our
next alderman"
! Herman was ut length willing to
come down to the district issues. and
asked: "How will my friend O'Rrien.
who Is running up here for the assem-
bly,. make outT"
Mr.. Herman" replied Weinheincf,
mo man will beat Heidelgraff. You
may take 1t for sure he will be elect
ed"
Herman. now q little nettled. said
slowly and with emphasis: "Mr. Vein
heimer. Heldelgrnff and O'Brien are
running together as candidates OF the
same party, one for alderman and the
other for the state assembly. Both ara
friendly to each other In this election.
you understand. Now you say Heidel-
graff's all right. Win my friend
O'Brien be all right. toof"
"Wel. Mr.. Herman said Weinhei'
: mer. looking pained at his visitors
want Of comprehension. Il tells you aa
though we talks all day, it's no use.
Yust read tomorrow morning early
the papers yourself. and you will see
sure Heidelgraff is elected alderman
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
AN AMAZING YOUNG WOMAN.

S"e Is English TO the core, and has
startled New York society. She rides
astride. fences. dances, talks. sings,
plays. and IL an athlete. She attended
the Paderewski recital given by Will
lam C. Whitney In his New York home.
Upon this occasion Lady Constance
electrified the guests by performing a
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Hereafter only smoOth-faced men
will be allowed to milk cows and de-
liver milk to the milk depOts In this
part Of the State. In a recent report
the milk commission OF New York sug-
gested the innovation on the ground
that a man with whiskers milking a
COW was liable to impregnate the milk
with germs. because whiskers are or
may he microhe collectors. The various
managers Of the milk depOts have de
cided that the suggestion was q good
one, and viii Issue an order that all
milk delivered them must be drawn by
beardlexs men. They say that with or.
binary cleanliness the dust from the
stable 10 liable to infect the beard. and
that the whiskered man must 60. SO fal
a. they are BinghamtOll
N. Y. Correspondence New York Sun.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

The gravestone of an English mis-
sionary, slain by the natives, has been
used as foundation stone for the ca
thedral in Uganda. The saying. "The
blood of the martyrs is the seed Of
the church," Is thus written once more
In enduring characters for him who
has a mind to discern spiritual GER
tainties.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

The College Club of Boston, an as
ISOLATION Of women graduates, recently
gave an arts and crafts exhibition for
members only. 1t included books and
book-bindings. paintings, photographs,
sewing, embroidery. and all kinds of
fancy work. and many things good to
eat, such as jelly. cake and candy.
The design Of 1t all was to disprove
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Students ut college hazed a new
man the other night by gagging and
binding him and then dropping him
twenty feet down coal hole. Yet the
victim failed to see the joke. Some
people are so ObtuSe.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

1t is said that the new British post
age stamps are to be called in and de-
stroyed because the engraver made
the king face the wrong way. But,
dear sakes, the king can do no wrong.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
Realizei.

Lawyer-When l was boy my high
est ambition was to be pirate.
Client-You re In luck. 1t isn't every
man who can realize the dreams of his
youth.--Life.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

China has had to stand Il great deal
of roasting ON account of the foot bind
ing habit. And still China has never
been addicted to the corset habit.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

A Kentucky man has been sent to jail
for having thirteen wives. He should
have remembered that Is is unlucky
and stopped with dozen.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

England's army and navy will try tC
get along next year on $.O,UOO,OOO. The
far tiinging of the battle line is expen
siye.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Nany n woman who knows how to
dress herself knows very little about
dressing u turkey.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

When n dog meets strange animal
of his kind he exa mines him as care
fully as though he had never seen
dog before
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

The man who offered himself for
yiyisection has aroused so much hos
tile comment by his action that he
feels all cut up about it.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Some men have the faculty of seiz-
Ing common occasions and converting
them into extraordinary opportunities.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

How does it happen that women do
not have appendicitis? Is it possible
that men have secured monopoly of
this trouble? Equal suffrage leaders
should look into this.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Job had his patience sorely tried,
but he never lost his collar button III
Ian inopportune moment.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
~~~7
TIMELY TOPICS (
L~~~~

They are now speaking of Marconi-
-,ms received from ships at sea.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

As an effectual wrecker Of banks the
the borrowing bank of1cer remains ii
tlass by himself.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

President Harper wants $26OOO.O 900.
|There is brotherly feeling for Dr.
HARPER everywhere.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
AN ABLE STATESMAN.
Death Of the Marquis of Dufferin and
Ava in Ireland.

The death of the Marquis Of Dufferin
and Ava. which occurred in his castle
in County Down. Ireland, removing a
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

The man who wants to prove every
thing he says advertises the fact that
his word isn't to be credited.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10
The Rest Way.

Parke-l wish knew what kind Of q
suit to get
Lane-Why don't you do as do
take home q lot OF samples to your
wife2
Parke-And what then?
LAne-Go and order something en-.
tirely different from any Of them
Brooklyn Life.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Wilhelminas Prince Henry seems to
be really trying now to live blame
less life. A testimonial of some kind
ought to be forwarded to encourage
him.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

Tho Congressional package Of gar
ben seeds heals many postomce dis-
hppointment.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

The man who wakes up to find him
self rolling IN with sUon rolls '.ut Of IL
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

A. 20 n man is anxious for fame: 1t
h he is willing to accept money as
Substitutc.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

About all you can do with people who
hate you Ii 70 conclude they have bad
taste.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

A widow 10 always trying to make a
man believe she thought he was going
to uiss her.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-10

One hundred thousand letters ars
posted in the wrong pillar boxes in Lon
don every day.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
NNVI Ut VftS''SEOGY,
Mysterious Rock -hewn CHAIR IN .
Mountain in Ecuado

On the upper floor of the S,hson-
ian Institution, surrounded me-
MORALS of vanished races and -u;za-
lions, stands a massive chair hen ont
OF solid stone, and bearing such st,ik-
ing resemblance to the seats us, ~,
the ancient Greeks and Roman A
closer inspection of the carved t.a
of a man. supporting the seat of rs
singular throne, or chair, howe,
would be enough to convince them t i
1t is not of classic workmansh
Nothing in the form of a scienti
paper or report has even been pul
lishcd on this curious object and vel
few people know anything of its hi
tory, yet the facts concerning the di
covery of this chair are far more r
mantle than most fiction.
Several years ago an unusual
heavy rain and snowstorm caused
landslide from the summit or Mon
Cerro de Hojas, the highest peak
the Andes, in the republic of Ecuade
Some time after this occurred hunte
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
Blasts From the RAMS Horn.

Tears pay no taxes.
Stress makes strong.
A recipe is not a cake.
A selfish success is a sad failure.
Cowardly fear finds no favor with God.
Many words do not make much wisdom
The church is weakened by wicked
wealth.
! Gods sympathy is not exhausted in
iighs.
"A racket is revival of nothing but
piSe.
Heaven oft takes in what earth casts
{.
Viking leads to love and love to like
;, De braggart deceives no one but him
u hef. = -
,,,W man must lose his all to find
aH,;7on without joy is sun without
e ;o "a sa religion does not make relig-
plies iii
Actq ,ertv centers in essential low
q atty. 'ei'' ee'S oe'i'-'' '0S
me Alto greatness with God lies
open toIi
The gAhife is made nm of sra,tpess
e in Titles 1r
Sincerity the hest sermon against nv
lpocrisy. '''0 ny
ne peg of truth lie deep in the sea
me u eartyr does not hire out to
It a Man man hipe judged by his judgments
AZ, i. u Is mara be healed when we hide
Success is sa,,.,,;on INF sol,-a4;,.,
h is success.
No man fail ts,,ccoss u,bo oo,o,,are
J? himself. -
Il God vents flCre an hearts moro +ba,
on altar-cloths.
~ Is sun SUI iMorwhile to be right. no
ihd'tei VIM 10 "g.
The foolish baL trntb heo,usa g, .s
a stranger to the - -
~ oiie - neaIseaven by belonging
" .N0 uppei eit'sod society.
l.ha =. .n,iSS .ia. Ja1e us happy are
'io7e y "NiNi W W given Our hearts.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26

Alexandra Santos, had occasion to
climb to the top of this peak. and in
doing so what was his surprise to find
that the landslide had revealed the en-
trance to what was not a cave, but a
secret chamber, cut in the solid rock
of the summit of this, the highest
mountain in Ecuador.
He entered the chamber and found
therein table hewn out of the rock,
around which were ranged a number %
the stone chairs, of which the one 81
the Smithsonian Institution is a speci-
men. The roof of the chamber he
found supported on columns Of stone.
cut out in the form of warriors wear
ing helmets that bore a striking re-
semblance to those worn by the ancient
Greeks.
Santos gave notice of his discovery
to the Museum Nacional, at Quito, the
capital of Ecuador, which institution
named the rock-hewn chamber the
Council Chamber of Incas," and sent
an expedition to explore it more fully.
They were unable to remove the mas
Sive table, but after a great deal of
trouble they managed to get six of the
chairs TO the museum at Quito. Later
Mr.. Perry NJ. de Leon, United States
consul at Guayaquil, Ecuador. OBJ
tanned a chair and one of the carved
columns, both of which are now in the
Smithsonian Institution. Nothing is
known as TO the history of this curious
chamber. Even the Indians, who for
centuries have lived and died in the
shadow of Mount Cerro de Hojas,
have no tradition of the existence of
this rock-hewn hall. The name given
it by the party sent out from Quito has
no archaeological value, and resulted
simply in the remark of one of the
party as he entered the grotto that it
must have been the council chamber
of the IncaS."
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
Blotting Out Niagara.

Lord Kelvin, an eminent English
now visiting this country,
often spoken of as "the father of el.c-,
trical engineering" is much taken
with the possibilities of developing
power from the mighty torrent jof
waters that thunders over Niagara and
makes the startling prediction that
the time is not far distant when the
waters will cease to flow over that
precipice, and will find their way
down countless turbines, spreading
light and power for hundreds of miles
in all directions" There are several
great turbines now which run factories
at Niagara and Tonawanda and the
great traction and lighting plants at
Buffalo and greater power development
is being inaugurated, but all this has
no perceptible effect upon the volume
of water pouring over the falls. Per-
haps countless turbines would make
a very considerable difference, but
there is limit to the distance over
which lectrical power may be trans
mitted with profit and also to the num-
near the falls. 1t will take more than
one postprandial prediction by an emf
nent English scientist to blot out
Niagara.
The extinction of the grandest cata-
ract upon which the eyes of man ever
gazed is more likely to come from the
gradual recession of the falls toward
Lake Erie, wearing their way back
through the solid rock and cutting out
the great gorge as they have done for
so far below. The retrogression is not
a fast process but it is taking place, a
and ages before the gorge will be ex-
tended to Lake Erie and the falls lost
in the lake, and the earth is likely to be
cold and lifeless plant before that
day arrives. but this danger to the falls
is greater than that of their extinction
by the utilization of their power.
Niagara may die of old age but it will
never be worked to death. We suspect
that Lord Kelvin has been paid by the
transportation companies and the
Niagara hackmen to help in promoting
a grand rush to the falls before rapa-
cious and unromantic science gets in
its deadly work of exterminating the
majestic torrent
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
A REPUBLICAN STATE
CONVENTION
will be held in
CITY HALL, PORTLAND.
Wednesday, June II, 1902,
at 1.30 O'Clock, Z. NJ,

for the purpose of nominating candidate
for Governor to be supported at the Sep
TENDER Election, and transacting any 9th
CIR business that may properly come be-
fore 1t.
The basis of representation will be as
follows: Each City, Town and Planta-
tion will be entitled to one delegate; and
for each IS votes cast for the Republican
candidate for Governor in 1900. an addi-
tional delegate; and for a fraction of ~
votes in excess of 20 votes. a further ad-
tiitionaI delegate. Vacancies in the dele
cation of any City. Town or Plantation
can only be filed by residents of the
County in which the vacancies exist.
The State Committee will be in session
In the reception room of the Hall at 12.30
+. NJ. on the day of the Convention. for
the purpose of receiving the credentials
of delegates. Delegates, in order to be
eligible to participate in the Convention.
must be elected subsequent to the date of
call tor this Convention.
All electors of Maine. without regard to
past political affiliations who believe in
Republican principles and endorse the
policy of the Republican party, are cor
daily invited to unite under this CALI in
electing delegates to this Convention.
Per Order, Republican State Comm ittee,
f. NJ. SIMPSON, Chairman.
BYRON BOYD. Secretary.
Bangor. April 10. 1902.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
a Pretty Bit of White and Black.

For those who cannot afford all the
attractive or artistic effects which
they desire for the interior decoration
of their homes, the following hint may
be appreciated:
A small room or q dark hall may be
frightened and made beautiful by a
papering of black and white Get all
the old magazines and illustrated rail-
road and steamer tourists guide books
or pamphlets possible. Carefully cut
out all the illustrations, leaving their
white background, but no print, ex-
cept the name or title of the iliustra-
tons. Having got a sufficient guam
tity, paper or hang" the room with an
artistic plain gray or studio tone or,
II preferred, a dull sage green paper.
About the height of an ordinary dado
hasten three-inch gilt moulding run
ming all around the room; above this
allowa space of four or five feet, if the
height of the room permits. and then
put another gilt moulding an inch wide.
Now begin artistic "papering" with
the illustrations of black and white,
WhicA must fill in the entire space be-
tween the mouldings. The white that
is LETT around the pictures must form
the background, and none of the gray
or green wallpaper be allowed to show
between. Do not arrange the pictures
py the square rule" or the artistic eff
Iect will be lost. First select them in
groups, mixing large and small, and
paste them on with irregular regu-
iarlty. All the landscape views, in
| terror and outdoor illustrations and
| ldeai bits may be arranged in sections.
DO not have too many portraits-and
oniy those of attractive and "compan-
ionabie" faces; these may be grouped
IN a medallion. arrangement, and
placed at intervals between the other
pictures. If properly done, it is not
| only beautiful decoration. but affords
no end OF companionship and restful-
| ness to an invalid or any one who re-
mains much indoors.
X If one has not illustrations enough
4 or an entire room, begin by forming
S. seiected space on the walls into panels
with the gilt moulding, which can be
:. lsd cheap enough, and fill in a panel
time. The panels of a door NAV
!. + so treated.
lne other advantage to be gained
This sort of papering is that the
- - Wte and black effects will harrnonize
any color scheme in upholsterv
= n.+fngs, cushions or even ones own
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26
STATE OF MAIN
NScdlD
BY THE COVERING

| hereby name, designate, do on
point, reserve and denominat 1ast
Thursday in April to be Fresh d,1,
set apart that all citizens of ioo,,.
monwealth may follow their ol ,yeet
Wills "heiesoeNer 'hey ledoetnet us
all join in the observance OF thioae
ion. dedicated topainting the sh,oor
splitting mothers woodpile, PING
the lawn, washing the dog, duStl he
screens, playing golf, playing ba, Il
trying the new colt, visiting the H.
bors, attending the matinee, varnh 6,
the canoe. mailing up the cellar 81
cleaning the furnace. breaking in.
briar Uncle Ned sent for Christn
studying nature and wondering why
carpenters don't make better progI
On our new cottage. #saa
AMEN.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1902-04-26

We speak of the English as the beef
eaters" yet it is now brought out that
in this country the rate per capita of
meat consumption in year is third
larger than in England. In no other
country does there begin to be as much
meat on the table of the laborins man
as in our own. Our per capita con-
sumption of meat is said to be twice as
large as France, two and half times
larger than Germany, Belgium or Dem
mark, three times as large as Russia
and Ireland, and six times as large as
Italy.