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The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17

Lacey, Ind, April l4.--Six men broke
into the Commercial bank here, drilied
a hole in the safe and touched off hetV!
charge Of nitroglycerine. The explosion
awoke citizens, who appeared before the
robbers could gain entrance to the money
vaults. Many shots were exchanged. on.
the robbers got away. The damage caused
by the explosion is $4,000.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17

Tacoma--Dull and steady; blue
stem. SAC: club, CSC.
P0rtland-Walla Walla. 63064c;
bluestem, 64066c.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17
Great Ceusass.

Blobbs-The colonel is utterly fear
less Of public opinion.
slobhs-That's right. ! once heard
him admit before crowd OF people that
no didn't like grand opera.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17
War Revenue Take. Repealed.

Washington. Arr, President
roosevelt TODAY signed TIE hill repsline
'ne war rev"nue ta~ss. The pen with
winch the Hill wa. sioned wa. presented
10 Representative Bartholdt of Missouri
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17
Landin Nom mated.

Washington. April l6.--The president
has nominated John H. lands to be SUI
perintendent Of the mint at Philadelphia
vice II. X. Boyer. resigned.
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17
BRITISH COLUMBIA.

at work on the Summit company
property. on Summit creek, about
seven miles from Ymir.
Indications continue to be received
that the shareholders in the Rossland
Great Western and Kootenay mines
are Tar from satisfied with the con.
duct of affairs in the past.
The Reco mine has made it's regu-
lar spring close down, letting out all
but seven or eight men. They are
working rich carbonate vein now.
and IN 1t there is too much loss of sill
yer in the wet workings to allow oper.
ations. In a few weeks work will be
resumed.
All previous records for one weeks
ore shipments in British Columbia
were broken in Boundary last week.
The great increase was due to larger
shipments from the Granny mines. in
Phoenix camp. which are now ayerag-
ing nearly $500 tons per day. The
total for the week was 1906 tons.
George Johnson was fatally injured
while loading deep hole for blasting
a quarry in the Mother Lode mine
near Greenwood. 1t is supposed he al
lowed the tamping rod TO drop on the
powder, causing a premature explos.
ion. Part of his head was blown of
his right arm and hand badly injured.
He lived about one hour The verdict
was accidental death.
Another SLOGAN mine which Is oper-
ated from London and about which
not much Ia heard is the Monitor and
Ajax Fraction. situated at Three
Forks. The recent news from there
that an important strike OF ore has
been made lends interest to the fav.
orable comments which are being
made at tho homo OFF, Of the com.
pany concerning the operations.
MISCELLANEOUS MINING NBwS.
Tbs Tom Thumb shaft at Republic
Is down 42s feet.
The owners Of the Tyee mine. on
vancouver Is snd. will erect a 1OO-ton
smelter this year.
barney McGill. miner we'll known
IN Boise section. died Saturday OF
heart trouble while on the trail to
Thunder Mountain.
Out Burnt river way, not over 26
miles from Baker City. Ore. phenom.
ena':y rich ledge of free gold ore has
Just been uncovered.
In the Rocky Fork mine in Red
Lodge. Mont. last week the miners
went out on strike. The whole force
IA cut. Over 500 men are involved.
Tho Goals Of Wyomins, lying large. |
ly In the plains region. are of q lower
grade. ON the whole. than the noun
tain Goals Of Colorado and Montana.
1t Is rumorcd that the celebrated e. |
& r. mine. in the Sumpter. Oregon.
gold fields. Is soon to be transferred
to new owners. who will soon resume
work.
Frank d. Howe, superintendent Of
the Waterloo mine in Camp McKin-
ney. B. c.. and formerly q resident Of
spokane, was killed In IN accident Ut
the mine last Friday.
The bursting Of . steampipe In the
Farrell No. shaft Of the Farrell Con-
per Mining company at Butte killed.
Williams and badly scalded
Nell Gillies and Richard Tryhall.
Andrew Anderson. an employee Of the
Northport smelter. was killed in the
Yards OF the Spokane Falls & North
crn railway by being run over by an
engine and 10 empty ore cars last
week.
The coal fields OF Montana form a
nearly continuous belt extending in a
nortkwest-sGuthwest direction entire
" across the state: but most OF the
helds have not been investigated in
detail
The Lewiston teller. (Lewiston, Idaho) 1900-1905, 1902-04-17
6oer Leaders at Pretoria.
Later,

London. April 1.-THE announce
ment OF the presence at Pretoria of
the Orange Free State and the Trans.
vaal leaders and generals who have
been at klerksdorph considering terms
o' peace. has caused decided in.
crease In the hopefulness of the pub.
lie concerning the possibilities of
peace.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
s5FoRLITTLE ~
4IoLKs D<sGH1I
A MAGIC LANTERN.
One That Can BE Made with a Mirror
aud "A Candle.

One That Can BE Made with a Mirror
aud "A Candle.
Those boys and girls who are not the
happy owners OF magic lantern will
be interested 10 know that almost the
same results may be obtained with ma.
terials that may be very easily secured.
They consist OF the white cloth-or pa
per will answer-upOn which the pic
lures are thrown, OF mirror. a can.
die and some paper figures.
Equally simple is the performance.
Having stretched the cloth against
wall In darkened room, set lighted
candle opposite to il on a table, with
book or a similar object intervening 80
that the light will not directly strike
the CLOTH but keep II In comparative
darkness. Then hold the mirror side
WAYS before the candle at such an an
Gle that the reflection Of IL Will be
thrown on the cloth. You have thus
secured the slide itself. square or
round, as the form OF the mirror may
be. Ii yet remains to Introduce the pic
ture This Is easily done. You must
only hold n paper figure between the
candle and the glass, and Its shadow
OH the mirror, reflected on the cloth.
gives In silhouette the form OF the pa.
per.
Moving It forward between the can
die and the glass the figure will APP
pear to walk more or less leisurely, or
Il regular promenade may be arranged,
with two or more figures moving IN
opposite directions. Other motions VIII
readily suggest themselves to the Inn
aglnatlve mind.
Ii is. however, necessary TO remem-
Der that the pictures show In silhou-
cite only. 80 that only the outlines OF
the papers can be depended upon TO
give shape and form.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
southey on Wordsworth.

OF Wordsworth, Southey writes in
1908. says Harold 5. Scott in The At
Iantic: "He has written a mastery
poem called The White Doe Of Rilston
Hall: or. The Fate Of the Nortons.' The
poem is incOmparably fine. 1t would
amuse you to hear how he talks Of his
own production. His entire and intense
selfshness exceeds anything you could
have conceived. am more amused at
it than offended; not being sufficiently
attached to him to feel pain at perceiv-
ing his faults. and yet respecting him
far too much on the average of his
qualities to be Disguised. 1t is so pure
and unmixed a passion in him that Ben
Jonson would have had him in play
had be been his contemporary"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
FRANKS OF CUPID.

Some Celebrated Sen who Married
Their Domestic Servants.
Many celebrated men have married
their domestic servants Sir Henry
Parkes. premier Of New South Wales
is an example. One night when dining
at a friends house he was struck by
the appearance Of servant girl who
waited upon the table and persuaded
his host TO allow her TO enter his en-
ploy. This she did and for a short time
held the position If cook in Sir Henry's
household. Then he made her Lady
Parkes.
But more lllustriouS than this is the
case Of Peter the Great one day he
was dining at the house of Prince Men
shikon. He noticed one of the servant
maids particularly. and, though she
was not handsome. she caught his fan
CIV. Her name. the prince told the car,
was Martha. She had been servant
in the house Of a Lutheran minister OF
Marlenburg. and when that city was
captured by the troops Of Russia she
had been taken prisoner 10y General
Bauer. who had passed Der over 10 the
prince, whose servant she was. The
count politely made Il present of her to
the czar, who eventually married her.
William Goblet. the great writer
when he was only twenty-one years OF
age one morning CHANGED 20 see a bux-
ON servant girl busily engaged in
washing the family linen. The girl
was pretty. so Cobbett spoke to her.
learned her name and the same even
ing called upon her parents and said
he would like to marry their daughter.
The parents Of the girl Informed the
young man that they had no objections
to him as their sOn-in-law. but that he
would have to wait until their daugh-
ter was Of a manageable age. Five
years later Goblet. true to his early
love, married her.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
&C Ez5; -
s c%71Ec1IXe. So le<zzzzCeI y
s%----SsSa
SAT- RDAY.. FEBRUARY y 1902
TALKING 70 ONESELF.
Beliio0,ick Are Rare Because W.
fsaus. They sfeHn Madness.

SeIiio0rics Are Rare Because We
Fear They deHn Madness.
Talking 10 oneself has This obvious
advantage over any other form of ora
tory or gossip: one is assured Of a
sympathetic audience. But it has also
this peculiar drawback: 1t is supposed
to be one OF the early symptoms of in
sanity. Wrongly so perhaps. . mad
doctor might rule the habit oft of his
diagnosis. Nevertheless the popular
belief is firmly rooted, and it is for
fear of this belief doubtless that we
talk TO ourselves even as we dress Ogr
hair with straws so rarely.
1t may be said that re never do adj
dress ourselyg.s any length except in
the 9es...anm OF a fever In moments
81 ordinary excitement Of course we
utter TO the wind some sort OF appro-
pirate ejaculation. Delight wrngs
from us a cry Of "Hurrahr or THANK
heaven even though there be none by
TO echo us. Similarly in any disgust
we emit one Of those sounds whose
rather poor equivalents in print are
UGH" and "Faugh"' and Tut" Much
further than this we do not go. why.
what an ass am t. cries Hamlet In
one Of his soliloqules. Omitting the
first word and transposing the last
two, the ordinary modern man does
often soliloQuize to that extent But
he could no mere soliloQuize to Ham
let's extent than he could speak in
decasyllabics.
Nor Is there any reason to suppose
that that class of the community with
which contcmpuous Of his own fuen-
CIV. Hamlet compared himself is or
ever was more prone TO s0liloquize
than any other. In the matter Of solil-
oquics we cannot accept Hamlet as an
unbiased authority We merely find in
him the possible origin of the belief
that talking 10 oneself is bad sign
Saturday Review.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
Dropping Piumes.

One Of the most melancholy specta
cles is a hat bedecked with gray, droop-
ing and forIorn ostrich feathers that
were once snowy white and now look
quite as though life were not worth
living since their curls had disappear
ed. 1t is always best to send them to a
professional cleaner when they have
been reduced to this sorry plight, but
for those who cannot avail themselves
of his services the following method Of
cleaning is recommended: Cover the
feathers with paste made Of pipeclay
and water, rubbing them only one way.
When dry, shake to free them Of the
powder and then curl them with an
ivory paper cutter or the back OF sill
yer knife.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
HungrY Young wrens.

When cook is baking pancakes she
thinks that boys and girls are about
the hungriest things in the world. or
course after bruin has spent an entire
winter I'm hollow tree sucking his paw
and dreaming of honeycombs under ey-
cry stump it is not surprising that his
appetite has given grounds for the pro
verbal saying, "As hungry as bear
The Philadelphia Times tells story
OF hungry wrens. A city man was
spending his vacation in Virginia and
watched the Woodworking mother bird
and her youngsters. The mother wren
made 10 trips to her nest within four
hours and a half, and this was the bill
Of fare that the three baby birds con-
sumed: Twenty green caterpillars. 10
May flies, 20 unidentified insects, ii
worms. ? bugs, 10 grasshoppers. Z spi-
ders and a chrysals or two. How Is
that for an appetite?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

ton shown I'm the accompanying pic
ture-namely, he must stand on his
right foot. hold his left foot behind his
back with his right hand and grasp his
right ear with his left hand. When all
the players are in this position, news
paper or some other object which Is
about six inches in height is placed on
the ground. and each player Is to hop
toward 1t and do his utmost to catch II
with his teeth and raise IT to his own
height. Those who succeed In doing
this are hailed as winners, and those
who do not succeed have to pay a for
felt.
That it is not easy to do this trick
any one who tries it for the first time
will very quickly discover.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
A Point In Geography.

What boy or girl can. before looking
on a map, tell what four states and
territories come together at one cor
ner? There is but one -four corners
in the United States and. 1t is said. but
one in the world The place ia a very
difficult one to reach, and but few per
sons have ever seen 1t. A few years
ago some Navajo Indians destroyed the
rude monument erected there by the
surveyors, so last summer another
company of surveyors who visited the
place erected another monument
The only way this place, on a spur Of
the Carlo mountains, can be reached
is by a trail leading of from the road
connecting Navajo Springs, in Colorado.
and the San Juan river. Out there In
that desolate place are where Colorado.
Utah, New Mexico and Arizona join.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
POTOMAC RIvERROUTE.

Beginning Tuesday, December 24tl,
Steamer Potomac viii leave Pier ., Light
Street, Baltimore, Tuesday and saturday AZ
r n m icP the Potomac river calling AZ
Miiler's, Brome's BacOns. Grason's. Lewis
eta, Buudick's COwart's, Walnut foint.
COan, Kiusale, Mundy's Point Louge'
Adams, Piney Point, Abeifs. Leonard town,
Coburn's Towards aud stones. On i ues-
day only for Lancaster. Eastwood, river
side. Liverpool Point, GlymOnt, Alexandria
and Washington.
Washington, at 4 D. N. Thursday, calling OF
all the above mentioned wharyes. leaving
IeOnardtown al s "a. IN. Monday ana frl-
day. Kinsale at - IN. Miller's M y. m
S;rason's mt 3 70. M. and BaeOn's at Is p. m,
arriving in Baltimore early Tuesday anu
Saturday mornings. "
Freight received daily at Pier . Light
street.
HENRY WILLIAMS. Manager. Baltimore.
WILLIAM d. SCOTT, Agent, Fredericksburg.
KEY COMPTON, Agent, Norfolk, va
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

filled with poisonous principles. the skin
becomes yellow, digestion il deraDged. a
morbid condition arises. emaciatiOn sets
in. followed By n general feeling Of debIl-
ity. These are Il e main symptoms OF II
diseased liver The liver, stomach and
kidneys are the great nerve centres.
Paine's Celery Compound never fails To
restore them TO healthy and vigorous
action 1t puriies the blood, tones up
the system, eradicates all poisons. nOur-
ishes and inygorates muscle tissues. and
keeps the body healthy and free from foul
impurities. Paines Celery Compound
gives immediate and permanent relief 20
all who suffer from a disordered liver.
The best physicians openly endorse it,
use II. recommend it and authorize the
public use Of their sta tements that Paine's
Celery Compound in case after case, cures
rheumatism and kindred diseases, pnri-
des the blood, regulates the stomach.
liver. bowels and Kidneys. and reiuye-
n ates the tagged out or diseased nervous
system
Thousands Of letters have been re-
ceived By the proprietors OF Pains Celery
Compound and by newspapers and medi-
cal journals from men and women in
every walk OF life, all telling one expert
ence-the immediate relief and perfect
cure effected by Paine's Celery Compound.
What reason can any person have who
is not in perfect health for not at least
giving this greatest OF all remedies a
trial?
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
saved Him From Torture.

There is no more agonizing trouble
than piles. The constant itching and
burning make life intolerable. No posi-
ton is comfortable. The torture is IN
ceasing. De Wits Witch Hazel Salve
cures piles at once For skin diseases,
cuts, burns, bruises. all kinds OF wounds
Il is unequaIled. J.. s. GeraIl, St Paul,
Ark, says: "From 1865 suffered with
the protruding, bleeding liles and could
find nothing 20 help me until / used De
Wits Witch Hazel Salve. few boxes
co mpletely cured me" Beware OF
counferipits. Bowman.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
IT.. crnmnr BACHELOR.

A wealthy gentleman who owns a
country seat On one occasion nearly
lost his wife. who fell into a river
which flows through his estate. BE an
nounced the narrow escape TO his
friends, expecting their congratula-
tons
One of them-an old bachelor wrote
as follows: Il always told you that riv-
er was TOO shallowr-Tit-B Bits.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
Beware of oinfments For Catarrh That
Contain Mercury

as mercury viii surely destroy the sense oil
smell aad completely derange the whole sys.
TEN when entering It through the mucous
surfaces. Such articles should never be used
except on prescriptions from reputable ply.
sicians. az the damage they viii do ia ten
fold to the good you can possibly derive
rom them. Halls CataFrh Cure
by T. j. Cheney x Co., Toledo, o., contains
no mercury, aud II taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
% the system. In buying Halls Catarrh
Cure be sure you get the genuine. II - taken
Internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio, by +.
3 Cheney & Co Testlm0nials free,
Sold by Druggists price 7 &c. per bottle
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

The little girl who was visiting at a
neighbor's house had gone out TO look
at the horses
Heres one Of them" she said, that
has watery eyes and coughs and hangs
his head just the way papa's horse did
last summer"
what did your papa do for bis
horseY asked the owner of the ami
mails
"He sold him." was the innocent an
swer.-PearsoEs Weekly.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
EOg'GWaRsgsGdy
EOE'eaFrEn9GMs

The liability to disease is greatly
leesened when the blood is in good con-
di,ion. and the circulation healthy and
vigorous. For then all refuse matter
is promptly carried out of the system
otherwise it would rapidly accumulate
- fermentation would take place, the
blood become polluted and the consti-
tuition SO weakened that a simple
malady might result seriously.
A healthy, active circulation means
good digestion and strong, healthy
nerves.
AS a blood purifier and tonic S. S. S.
has no equal. tits the safest and best
remedy for old people and children
because it contains no minerals, but is
made exclusively Of roots and herbs.
No 9ener remedy so thoroughly and
effectually cleanses the blood of i'm
~ ~ > purities. At the
"a NR same time it builds
" - - up the weak and de-
kWA &k "a bilitated, and reno
~ ~ ~ Yates the entire sys-
TEN. 1t cures permanently all manner
of blood and skin troubles.
Mr.. E. q. Kelly, of Urbana, o., writes:
"I hnd Eczema on my hands and race ior
Eve years. 1t would break out IN little
white pustules, crusts would form and
drop off, leaving the akin rcd and intlam,,
cd. The doctors did me no good. used
all tho medicated soaps and salves without
benefit. 8. 3. =. cured me, and my skin
is as clear and smooth as any ones.
Mrs. Henry sieEfrisd, Of Cape May, n.
J.. gays that twenty-one bottles OF 3. y. 3.
cured her OF Cancer Of the breast. Doc
tors and friends thought her case nope
less.
Riohsrd T. Gardner, Florence, 9. O.,
suffered for years with Boils. Two oot~
ties of s. r. S. put his blood In good oon-
dition and the Boils disappeared.
Send for our free book, and write
orr physicians about your case
Medical advice free.
The SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ALBANIA, GA
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
solve This Example.

These examples what's In the 'rith-
meties aren't any good" writes a boy
who doesn't like school. What l want
to know is, X ! trade my knife for a
top and six marbles, and then trade the
top for mouth organ and the marbles
for an apple and a jewsharp and then
eat the apple, how much do maker
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

Miss Teresa Cartel. the beautiful Sister
who won so much credit by her untiring
efforts in nursing the wounded after the
Maine explosion, is one Of more than
thousand nurses who have testified to
the wonderful results of Paine's Celery
Compound among their sick debilitated
and exhausted patients.
Sister Cartel herself was cured OF one
of the most serious affections Of the liver
by only two bottles OF this marvellous
restorative.
Paine's Celery Compound has accom-
pIshed more in behalf OF suffering human
ity than any other discovery in the his
tory Of medical science. 1t has rescued
from sick bed thousands Of despairing
victims of disease Alen and women in all
walks OF life have been permanently cured
by its use. Old and young, the feeble and
the infrm praise its curative powers. 1t IL
the one true nerve tonic II taken in time
it never fails TO restore to activity weak
ened kidneys and a sluggish liver The
body has been made foul and unhealthy
with impure blood and bile thai origi-
nate in a diseased liver. Cirrhosis. iaun-
dice, fatty degeneration cancer and
dropsy often result from diseased liver
The appetite is impaired, the blood IS
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
Winter 5chedQaSf
'TeemS Steamboat 10
BALTIMORE, FREDERICKSBURG AND
RAPPAHANNOCK RIVER ROUTE.
kAPPAHANNocK RIVER ROUTE.

AAIIAdANNOlN NV Tn NV -
Beginning Sunday, Dec. 10Th, steamers
viii run as follows:
Leave Pier ,, Light Street Wharf, balti-
more. daily except Saturday and sunday az
4:3O y. m, and on sunday at 2;3O T. M LOT
the Rappahannock "a far as papsahann r.
extending the trip from Baltimore on ri
day TO fredericksburg, calling IT au laho-
ings on the river Ga Tuesday aud saturday
only Steamers win leave Bay Port Tor halti-
more. and will call there from Baltimore ool}
on Tuesday and Saturday. From balt-
more, Steamers VIII call at MillenDeck anu
Merry Point on Tuesday AM saturday TO
Baltimore viii call Monday, Tuesday, / n
DAY aud Saturday. At Weems aud irving
ton, Steamers from Baltimore VIII eau Satuf-
day aud Monday only. For baltimore
Steamers VIII leave Tappahanpoek az a.
m, Tuesday and Saturday, and y a. On.
Monday. Wednesday. Thursday and FRIDAY
calling at all wharves except as above
mentioned VIII leave Tappahann0ek iof
Norfolk at p. N. Tuesday. VIII leave
Norfolk at y. m. Wednesday for Fred
erlcksburg aud oil landings on the river
leaving TappahannOck at q. m THURSDAY F,
Leave fredericksburg for Baltimore at :
y. m, Monday and Friday. going as lar ON
those DAYS as LeedstOwn. Will leave Leeds
town Tuesday and Saturday for Baltimore
at 4.3O a. N.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

There il a good deal Of fun. but more
for the onlookers than for those who
try to do IT, In the following trick:
Several persons can take part In the
game. and each must assume the posi-
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

Kowter- Wen. there's no doubt of IT,
Experience IS a great teacher"
Window Perhaps. but by the time
experience comes to us we're too old TO
learn the things we thought we knew
In our youth. Exchange
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22

Grasse, IN France. contains over a
hundred factories which distill per-
fumes from the flowers of the orange.
jasmine. rose violet cassla, tuberose
and other plants.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1902-02-22
No PROFIT In 1t.

what are you kicking about? She
returned all your presents. didn't sheT'
"Yes, but the expressage amounted to
more than the presents were worthr'-
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.