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Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-11-03
VODKA'S WORK,
A Narrowing story From the Capital
of Poland.


Recent press cablegrams from War
saw, Russia. told the following har
rowing story:
drunkenness and lack Of discipline
among the soldiers sent here to main
tain order have created reign Of ter.
ror In this city.
Hardly day passes without deeds
of violence committed by the half civ
ilized hordes of Cossacks and soldiers,
and citizens are afraid to venture out
into the streets even In broad daylight.
The officers are absolutely unable to
restrain their men, and even the mill
tary governor Is at a loss what to do.
The other day a private. half craxed
with vodka. ran amuck through Novi
SWAT, the main thoroughfare Of the
city. firing his guns into the crowds
on the sidewalks. killing two and se-
verely wounding a number Of peace
able citisens.
The police reserves were called out
to arrest him. but as they too wers
drunk they only made matters worse,
and the soldier kept on firing until he
did not have a cartridge left, when he
was captured and nearly lynched by
unarmed workmen"
Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-11-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

We all think we get the worst Of It.
1t does not take up any more time
% be polite than disagreeable.
1t is not what you say. but how you
~ it. 1t means friends or enemies.
Don't neglect work that Is really i'm
portant for reform work that doesu',
amount to anything.
1t Is the Involuntary impulse OF nine
N ten when picking up n postal car>.
% turn II over to see what is written
% It.
Those women who look "as n n wine!
could blow them away" ca.. usually
sweep and dust all around their hea vier
sisters.
occasionally person Is smart
enough to accept favor and get
things twisted around until he seems
to be the one who Is comforting bene-
0t-Atchison Globe.
Lewiston inter-state news. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1905-1906, 1905-11-03
THE PECULIAR LOON.
1Ais Bird Has . Hide About A. Tou9h
~ That of an OK.

SAls Bird Has . Hide About a. Tough
~ That of an OK.
The loon differs from other birds In a
1umber Of ways. have reason to
think that many people are unaware
e some at least Of these peculiarities
The loon has hide as tough az an OK,
and its feathers cannot be plucked
without first scalding the bird as you
would hog. This incident will give
some Idea Of the toughness of the hide:
About thirty-five years ago, when
wns living In Michigan, a loon was
shot at with shotgun industriously
al summer without apparently doing
him any harm. In the fall killed him
with a rife just to convince the people
that loon could be shot and killed
He had many times been shot at with
. rife by the same people who had
used the shotgun. and they had become
convinced that he dived SO quickly that
h lodged the shot In that way. I had
0oen them shoot at him q number Of
dimes. and l could see the splash Of
bullet or shot in the water before the
eoon Owed. l ridiculed the idea Of the
dodging. and that led to my shooting
him to support my contention. When l
skinned the bird found and counted
ever q hundred No. g shot, all Of them
stuck to the inside Of the hide and %
doing him no permanent harm. It Is |
remarkable that he was never bit In
he eye nor sustained q broken wing
Another thing peculiar to the loon Is
that after the chicks are hatched, II the
another wishes to move far, she will
make Z shallow dive and come up un.
der her babies and swim OF with them
o. her back Tho person that succeeds
n photosraphing her under such condi.
3ons may well claim the pennant. On
y once have seen . loon shoulder her
young, although for over twenty years
] lived in the part Of Michigan where
$hen there was the best chance imagi.
0Able to watch looms. Now the timber
has been cut OF around most of the
lake,. and such favorable conditions
Tor observation no longer exist.
Although l have only once seen q
loon shoulder her babies, l have seen
her swimming with them on her back
many times. Once one swan within
twenty feet Of me and never suspected
my presence.
One OF their calls when sitting on the
water for volume beats that Of any
oeher bird or beast that know of. |
have heard them in the night when
Rhey were more than FIVE miles distant,
Tor they only make that kind of call
trom the water, and there was no lake
IN that direction short of that distance.
10 say that the loon is a very interest
Ing bird Is as mild as can express II.
Forest and Stream.
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Synopsis IF What's Gone
Before.

Thcstory opers in Gascony, France,
date 1854, characters so far are
N. st. Aubert, his wife and daughter
Emily, Emily IS musical and charm
Ing, blue eyes &c. n. QuesneI is II. ST.
Aubert's brother-in law. Madam ST.
Aubert dies-St. Aubert and Emily go
to M. Quesnei's meet two Italians ST.
gnors Cavigni and rlontoni-St. Aube-
t's health fails he Is ordered to go to
Languedoc-Emily and. d.her father start
on the journey get into a very wild
country get lost meet a huntsmau
named Valancourt a young gentleman
ST. Aubert shoots VaIancourt in mis-
take for higliwayman; ne is badly
wounded In the arm VaIancourt agree $
to accompany St. Aubert on his jour-
ney.
Naiaucourt leaves ST. Aubert and
Emily. St. Aubert Is taken very i'll
and stops at the house of a peasant
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CHI AP. vi.

My good friend. said st. Aubert
while his voice trembled, 1 hope you
will long live surrounded by them.
All, Sir! at my age 1 must not ex.
pect that! replied the old man ard he
paused; can scarcely wish it, he re.
sumed, for l trust that whenever ]
Ole L shall 60 to heaven. where my
poor wife is gone before me. / can
sometimes almost fancy / see her Of
a still moonlight night, walking
among these shades she loved so we'll
DO you believe, Monsieur, that we
shall be permitted to revisit the earth
after we have quilted the body?
Rmily could no longer stihe the an
guish Of her heart; ber tears fell upon
her fathers hand, which she yet held.
He made an effort to speak, and at
length said in a low voice, hope we
shall be permitted to look down on
those we have left on the earth, but
can only hope it. Futurity is much
veiled from our eyes, and faith and
hope are our only guides concerning il
We are not enjoined to believe, that
,Nsembodied spirits watch over the
fyiends they have loved. but we nav
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The MYSTERIES OF
UDOLPHO.
A ROMANCE BY ANN RADCLIFFE

ihey usually come about midnight
when that bright planet, which is ris
] g above the turret yonder, Sc is below
Ghe woods on the left,
What turret? asked st. Aubert witt
quicknoSs, fee none.
Your pardon, Monsieur, you do see
one indeed. for the moon shines IN
upon it;-up the avenue yonder, n long
way off; the chateau it belongs 10 i,
hid among the trees.
Yes, my dear sir, said Emily point.
ing, dent YOU see somethig glitter
above the dark woods? 1t is same,
f"ncy, which the rays fall upon;
Dyes, L see what you mean: and
who does the chateau belong to?
The Marquis de Villeroi was its own
er, replied La Voifin, emphatic, lily.
Ah. said ST. AuberI, with a deep
sigh, are we then SO near lie Blanc!
tie appo ared much agitated
1t used TO be the Marquis'S residence
resumed La Voifih, hut he took a dis.
like to the place, and has not been
there for many years. We have heard
lately that he is dead, and that it is
fallen into other hands. st. Aubert
who had sat in deep musing, was rous
ed by the last words. Dead he ex-
claimed, Good God! when did he die?
He is reported to have died about
llve weeks siuce, replied La Voifin
Did you know the Msrqnis Sir?
This is very extraordinary. said ST.
Aubert, without attending to the
question. Why is it so, my dear Sir?
said Emily in a voice of timid curios.
ity. He made no reply, but sunk
again into 4 reverie: and in few
moments, when he seemed to have 1e-
covered himself, asked who had sue
ceeded TO the estates / have forgot
his title Monsieur. said La Voitn; bul
my lord resides at Paris chiefly: |
hear no talk of his coming hithcr.
The chateau is shut up then still?
Why little better Sir; the old hous,
keeper, and her husband the steward.
have the care OF it, but they live gen
orally in 4 cottage hard by.
fhe chateau is spacious | suppose.
said Emily, and must be desolate for
the residence OF only two persons.
Desolate enough, mademoiselle, re-
plied La Voifin, l would not pass one
1ight in thechateau, for the value of |
he whole domain.
What is that? said st. Aubert.
roused again from thoughtfulness.
AS his host r"n-~'f -. =
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settled, that some of her children and
Michael should sleep in the neighbor-
ing cottage.
If am better to morrow, my dear,
said st Aubert, when Emily returned
TO him, / mean to set out at an early
huur, that we may rest, during the
heat of the day, and will travel to
wards home. In the piosent state q
nv health and spirits, cannot look
on a longer journey with pleasure,
! and am also very anxious To reacil
La Vallee. Emily, tho she also dc
sired To return, was grieved at her
fathers sudden wish to do so, which
she thought indicated greater de-
gree of indisposition than he wou q
acknowledge. st. Aubert now retir'd
: to rest and Emily to her little cham
her but not to immediate repoSe.
Her thoughts returned to the la'e
conversation. concerning the state al
departed spirits: subJ' c, o"
particularly affecting To her, when
she had every reason to believe, that
har dear father would be numbered
. with them. She leaned penSlNely on
; fine little ,pcn easement, an0 II
deep thought fixed her eyes ON the
heaven. whose blue unclOuded con
., leave was studded thick with STARS
the w, rlda, perhaps. Of spirits, un
spAered Of mortal mould AS he
X ewes wandered along the bouudic''
a.fher. her thoughts rose, as Dciolc
"a towards the suUl!mity OF the Dclly
and TO the contemplation of luLurlly
20 No busy note of this world interrup
ed the course OF her mind; tho meri
l. dance had ceased and every cottage
mad retired to his home. The stl al
lie seemed scarcely to breathe upon In
woods, and now and then, The dlslah
ed sound Of solitary sheep bell or OF
;h closing easement, was all mat ploN
In ON silence. AT, length, even TINS mn
10 of human being was heard no more
ch Elevated and enrapt, While her eye
of were often wet with tears Of sublm
'ly devotion and solemn awe, she conlll
m ned at the easement, till the gloom
re- mid night hung over the earth, al
lid the planet, which La NOiEn had pOi'
ny ed out. sunk below the woods. -
m then recollectcd what he Lad said CO
nd cerniug this planet, and the rnyst
rious music: and as she fingered
nut the window, half Ecril ara halifei
lat ing that il wonld Ieturr, her mi
it was led to the remembrance Of he {
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it'll and stood looking up at the north
lights. which shot up the heaven To Il
great height, / heard all OF a sudden
such sounds they came so as can.
not describe. 1t was like tie music
of angels, and looked up again
almost expecting to &c them in the
sky. When came home, L told what
L had heard, but they laughed at m
and said it must be some OF the shep
herds playing on their pipes, and ]
could not persuade them to the con
trary. a few nights after, however
my wife herself heard the same sound.
and was as much surprised as l was
and father Denis frightened her sad
! $ by saying, that it was music come
% warn her OF her child's de- TIL. ant
lat music often came to houses
'nere there was dying person
emily ON hearing this, shrunk with
d >uper>iitiouS dread entirely new tc
n, and could scarcely conceal her ap-
IttJion from st. Auhert
Bat the boy lived Monsieur, in spite
i father Dennis.
Father Dennis said ST. Aubert. WHO
mad listened to narrative cid aye
with patient attention. are we near n
'onvent then?
Yes sir, the convent OF st. Clair
stands at no great distance, on the
sea shore yonder,
All. said st. Aubert, as if struck
with some sudden remembrance. the
convent of st. Clair. Emily observed
che clouds of grief, mingled with a
faint expression Of horror, gathering
on his brow: his countenance bpcamc
liked, and, touched as it now was by
the silver whiteneSS Of the moon
light, he resembled one of those mar
BILE statues OF a monument. which
seemed to bend, in hopelasS sorrow.
over the ashes of the dead, shewn
-':by the blunted light
That the dim moon through painted
easements lends,
But my dear sir, said Emily. an
x'ouS to dissipate his thoughts. YOU
forgot that repose is necessary to YOU
II our Kind host will give ne leave. |
Will pre- pne yuur bgd for I know how
YOU like il 10 be made. It Aubert
~ecollectirg lin>clf, and smiling
aHectIonatcly desired she would not
tdd to her fatigue by that attentions:
and La VoiiTn, whose consideration
for his guest had been suspended by
the interests, which his own mar
ratIve had recalled, now started from
his seat, and apologizing for not hav
ing called Agnes from the green, hur
ried out OF the room.
In few moments he returned with |
MS daughter, young woman of a |
countenance, and Emily learn |
ed from her, what she had not before
that for their accomoda
ion. it was necessary part OF La Vol
ms family should leave their beds;
he lamented this circumstance. but
Agnes, by her reply, fully proved that
he inh"rited :.t Iaae+ a share of har
: .-5SA ~ III paI9=naua- ro,Sru G ,
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fence. yrean esca ~ a rloln .,t. .-u.e-
.rt, and then, asif anxious to prevent
it from being noticed, he hastily asked
La Voitin how long he lived in this
neighborhood. Almost from my ci'lio
mood, Sir, replied his host,
You remember the late marchioneSS
then? said st. Aubert In an altered
voice
Ah. Monsieur!-that l do well.
| there are many besides me who rem
| mber her.
Yes-said st. Aubert, and L am one
of those.
| Alas Sir. you remember then, a
most beautiful and excellent lady
| he deserved better fate.
Tears stood in st. Aubert's eyes
Enough, said he, in voice almos
i,tifiea by the violence Of his emotions
it is enough, my friend.
Emily. though extremely SURPRISED
| - ner fathers manner, forboie TO tx
| press her feelings by any question. l.
Voitin began to apologize, but st. Au
.rt interrupted him; Apologize
, | Iuite unnecessary, said he, let u
hange the topic. You were speakin
the music we just now heard.
I was Monsieur,- but hark.-
mes again; listen TO that voic
uey were all silent;
5 "At last soft and solemn BREATHE
lund
,ose, like a stream Of rich distillt
rufumeS,
81 And stole upon the air, that eve
,s ,ience
!, as took ere she was ware, and wis
j, she might
eny her nature and be never mo
till, to be 50 displeased.
In few moments the voice d!
/, lto air, and the Instrument, viii
ad been heard before, sounded
p. ow symphony. st. ALBERT now {
IT .rved, that it produced a tone mu
I n,re fun and melodious than that
{ guitar, and still more melancht
E. Ind soft than the lutte. They CT
nued to listen, but the sounds
,rned no more This is strange. S;
{ t.. Aubert, at length interrupt
is ne silence. Very strange! said f
s. y. 1t is so, rejoined La Voifin a
&, hey were again lilent.
M After a long pause, 1t is now abb
TO Eighteen years since | first heard II
! music, said La VOiin; / remember
no | vas on a fine summers night, mi
ike this but later, that ] was wa
he ing in the woods, and alone. rem
on, Der too, that my spirits were very
ler for one of my boys "as ILL., and we
ed we should lose him. j had b
st. watching at his bedside all the even
to while his mother slept; for she sat
ley with him the night before. /
o is been watching, and went cut 70
fol- little fresh air, the day had been '
IDS, sultry. As walked under The Sha
md and mused, heard music at a
eo- tance, and t. ought it was CIa
ing playing upon his flute, as he often
her of fine evening, at the cottage d.
ard But, when L came to a place, wi
ng. the trees opened q shall never FOL
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inTNtsntly h5rv-ST 1T is nope
which will never resign, continued
n. while he wiped the tears from his
daughters eyes, it will sweeten the
bitter moments of death! Tears 1ei'
slowly on his cheeks; La Voihn wep'
too. and there was pause OF silence
Then. La Voifin, renewed the subJec'
said. but you believe, sir, that we
.bau meet in another world the re-
,ations we have loved in this? must
peIieve this, Then do believe 1t, re-
plIed st Aubert, severe, ipdeeo
would be the pangs Of separation II
we believed it to be eternal Look up
INV dear Emily we shall meet again!
He lifted his eyes towards heaven,
and a CLEAN Of moonlight. which 1el'
upon his countenace, discovered peace
and resignation, stealing on the line
of SORROW.
Ia Voifin felt that he had pursued
the subject too far, and he dropped =
saving. we are in darkness, forge
to bring light.
No, said ST. Aubert, this is ligh'
I love. Sit down my good 1rieno
Emily, my love, / find myself better
than have all day; this air refreshe'
me. can enjoy this tranqnil hour
and that music, which flats so s"ee
]y at a distance. Let me see y''
smile. Who touches that guitar 81
tastefully? are there two instrument
or is it an echo hear?
1t is an echo, Monsieus, l fancy
That guitar is often heard at nigh'
when all Is still. but nobody kno"
~ho touches it, and 1T is sometime
accompanied by voice so sweet, an
no sad, one would almost THINK th
woods were haunted. They certalnI
are haunted, said st. Aubert wlth
snile, but believe it is by mortal'
Ihaye sometimes heard it at midnigl
when / could not sleep, leJoined L
Voitin, not seeming to notice TINS r
mark. almost under my window, al
Ineyer heard any music like 1T
has often made me think OF my pot
wife till / cried. L have sometime
rot no to the window to look II
could see any body, but as soon as
opened the easement all was husht
and nobody to be seen; and have II
tened, and listened till 1 have been
humorous, that even the trembling
Ahe leaves in the breeze has made T
start. They say it often comes
warn people Of their deaths; but
have heard 1t these many days, al
outlived the warning.
Emily, though she smiled at t
uention OF his ridiculous superstitiC
could not, in the present tore OF
spirits, wholly resist ITS contagion.
Well, but, my good friend, said
Aubert, has nobody had courage
follow the sounds? II they had, tn
would probably have discovered who
Abe musician. Yes, Sir, they bave
Iors1 them some way into the WOO
but the music has still retreated, a
seemed as distant as ever, and the p
nile have at last been afraid of be-
led into harm and would go no furtl
It Is very seldom that L have hes
these sounds so carly in the evenn
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,a a"s lo'SrT 9 'et-om an, 10 Safss:,y, n
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
Corset Bargains.

len dozen ladies COrsets made OF
fine batiste bone with the best tenn
pered steel all the popular straight
front styles never before offered for
less than 75C here in this sale rIonday
and Tuesday at per pair ...... 4Sc
We will offer our entire stock OF
the celebrated j. B. corsets at half
price. Every pair offered are the
new shapes. Nothing wrong with
them only we have decided to discon=
tinue the sale of this corset. TIost OF
the stock are the dollar grade. 9th
ers are worth up to $3.50. Come and
take your pick here Monday and
Tuesday at per pair SOC
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
Handkerchief Bargains.

Mems handkerchiefs made of
nnre linen full regul r size and hem
stitched if we were to price these at
aoc YOU would not think them a bit
too high. They will be sold here only
on Monday and Tuesday at'eaCh. 1Oc
Mems handkerChiefs made offine
sheer white lawn full regular size and
hemstitChed. They are the degrade,
'onday and Tuesday at per dOz soc
each. ................. sc
Ladies fine swiss handkerchief no
two alike. They were the 25C grade.
Some are slightly soiled. Take your
pickOf the lot Monday and Tuesday
at each. ................. &c
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17

Fall line of Buist's fresh garder
seeds, just received at Hudson's Drug
store.
Deputy Clerk Heys is kept busy now
REGARDING deeds to lots sold in Fair
view. Already several are selling out
at profit.
Two fire alarms in an afternoon is 6
warm pace even for Americas. Lucki-
~, neither alarm yesterday resulted il
great damage
Already local land syndicate is get
ting ready to put number of lots or
the market and hopes for great results
in auction sales.
Col. LittIeton Is busy farming this
spring, but the rows of his field end
near Muckalee and he knows where
the fish bite best.
More than forty bales wagon cotton
found it's way to the warehouse yester-
day. Remnants of the crop are fast
being marketed now.
Nowadays people have no respect for
the business ability of man who can't
support his son.in-law in better style
than he lives himself.
The man behind the gun may have
won distinction, but In Americus the
man behind the mill, pole IN hand,
commands all attention.
The farmers hereabout are putting
in large corn crop this week, but the
cotton patch will not be neglected
when planting time comes.
The Windsor Hotel case is still in
statu quo. The recent sale of that
property has not yet been confirmed,
and all else hinges thereupon.
An important meeting of the Ladies
Memorial Society will be held at The
Library at O'Clock this afternoon,
Members are urged to attend.
Brick condemned for paving in the
residence portion of the city could be
used to fine advantage on any of the
streets in the business district.
Other names are being added to the
long list of those here matrimonially
inclined, and the preachers will haYe
to work overtime during April.
If Prospect Park were drained and
improved bit it would add to the
value as resort and enhance property
values in that part of the city.
Many tattered rags and bits of bunt-
ing, advertising circuses and shows
Iast fall, still flap drearilY from balco-
coEles and fronts of stores here.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1905-03-17
A BUNCH OF NAMES
OF FOLKS IN TOWN.
Those Who Come and Leave
Daily.
WsIToRss AT AMERIcus. HOMES
Your Own Name or That of a Friend
Nav BE Found Below In the Long
List of Yesterdays Visitors Who
Game Here,

Lacqueret in all the shades, for clean
ing that old furniture and staining
fioore. Anyone can apply it. Holli-
days Bookstore.
Thomas burlington of DubliB, Ga
was business visitor in Americas yes
tarday.
Frank @ Tiguer came with others
from Columbus having business here
yesterday.
F. F. Borne of Rome was in Ameri-
Gus yesterday on business, stopping at
The Windsor.
George Fl. Slappey, of Fort Valley,
came down to Americas yesterday on a
business trip.
Mrs. Geise has returned to her home
in Dawson .~after visit of, week to
relatives here.
Miss Ella Cameron has returned
home after two weeks very pleasantly
Sp6ub III AUlAQta.
Mas .Fanoie Stallings has gone to
Preston to spend several days pleas
antly with relatives.
R. J. Belser was registered at the
Hotel Windsor last night among 9TH
ers from Columbus.
Miss May Smith, of Sumter, is
spending several days with relatives
here, coming yesterday.
z. 81. Clarke of Moultrie was among
others from that hustIing metropolis of
the pines here yesterday.
Mrs, e. M..Overby is the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs J. B. Hudson, arriving
yesterday from Smithville.
Hiram Gardner. formerly of Ameri-
Gus but now of Gulf Port. Miss. IS Wis
liing Mrs. and Mrs. E. L, Murray,
Miss Lou McGehee Patton, after a
visit of several weeks here, left yester-
day for Marshallville to visit relatives.
|. Miss Hammond of Valdosta, is a fair
visitor here for few days, the guest
of Miss Hazel Tower at her home on
Taylor street
Miss Janette Ray returned yester-
day from visit of month in Gulf
Port, Miss. to the delight of her many
Americue friends.
Mrs, r. l.. Nelson has returned
to her home in Macon after visit of
several days in Americus, the guest of
relatives and friends.
Mrs. James L Montgomery is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Arthur Rylander,
on Taylor street, arriving yesterday
from Montgomery, Ala.