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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
yrss-her Pleases Ranchers.-

wilson Greek. Wash--"This is
wheat weather. is the wa!
80 anchors size up the situation.
since a year ago. when the
asvs were selling their bumper
II 1907, have they been 50 iub-
..-~- IS this week. From all parts
ne county they have been stream
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
Railroad Into Enterprise

Enterprise, Ore.-This week has
been an eventful enc in the history
Of Enterprise. Wednesday the rail
road was completed to this pace.
Saturday the contract was let to 5.
Re gular train service will be estab-
lIshed November 2. Il is thought
that a daily morning train will be
put on from Joseph 10 La Grande
and from La Grande 20 Joseph. A
$4,000 warehouse will be erected
By the wool men in the vicinity OF
Enterprise. work to begin this ia i
Excavation for the courthouse viii
commence at once.
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Kamiah News Notes

kamiah, Idaho.-H. A. Martin has
rented the Commercial hotel and will
take charge Saturday. r. B. Miller
has been conducting the business
The Kamiah Bridge company has
started work on its right Of way and
is blasting out rock for the bridge
landing. The company has received
the permit from the government for
the modified plans OF the bridge.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
Harvest Oregon Apples.-

Dallas. Ore.-The apple crop Of
'Eois county is being packed and
while not as heavy a yield as las,
Year, the fruit is of excellent quail
l'E. q. o. Grant. prominent
grower OF this city, recently sent a
Shipment TO Portland which sold for
sl.oo box. They We're OF the King
variety.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
Okanogan Teachers in Session

Conconully Wash. The Okano-
san teachers are organizing an ora
torieal and athletic association to
embrace all the schools in the couu-
ty. Prof Marker of the state nor
nal school at Cheney lectured to-
right. The teachers will visit the
government irrigation project in A
body before adiourning.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
Big Fruit at Fakima.-

North Yakima, Wash-Giant fruit
continues to be brought in from the
surrounding valleys. w. l.. Wright
Of Fruitvale announced he had just
picked a Spokane Beauty apple
weighing 35 ounces. Fred l.. Cleve-
land, local real estate dealer, will
also soon exhibit four pears he re-
Gently purchased from Cowiche
rancher They weigh eight and half
pounds, the largest Weighing two
and a half pounds.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
COFFEE

A middling steak and
hrst-rate coffee are better
than middling coffee and
first rate Stca K. Con-
slider the cost.
You, erccer resurns veat wo,sy II you tont
ns Ssh4lans Rest rsy blm
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ClarkStOn-LeWiStOn
BUS LINE
SCHEDULE

OV0COU4G
Daily Except Sunday
Leave Clarkston-6:15 am; 8:1b
am; 1000 am; 1915 pm; 1889
pm; 4:45 pm.
Leave Lewiston-7:3o am; 500
am; 10:45 am; 2:e0 pm; 1906
Pm $40 pm.
Sunday
Leave Clarkston-1:15 pm.
Leave Lewiston-2:0 pm.
Will meet all night trains and
boats on special calls.
Leaves Clark5ton from Charleston
COMMERCIAL Co.
Leaves Lewiston from Raymond
Hotel and Bollinger Hotel.
Rates-15c one way. round trip
36e.
Residence Sth and Sycamore sts
Express packages and baggage
win be attended to promptly.
Leave orders at Charleston Com.
mercial Co.. Sycamore Street OF sall
up phone Main $50.
h. E. BUNDY. Proprietor
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Northwest News In Brief

.As into Wilson Creek and al tell
the same s,ory. Warm weather n
Ter the good rains OF the last Two
weeks assures a good growth before
the cold weather begins.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30
Shin Cattle From Suites

Stltes ldaho-A shipment Of five
cars OF Salmon river cattle went out
e Carsjens Bros of Tacoma. Mr..
Hawley. the buyer. paid u cents
: pound for cows and 3-l-a cents
Tor steers.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30

The Mace for onrgrf-vs N furn'
ture. stoves. dishes and granite
ware IL at Rn~eilt Out6ttin Store
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30

When going 10 hsotin. make the
trip on the Bauphman launch
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30

When going 10 Asotfn. make the
tim on the Baughman launch.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-10-30

Wh.r oo;ro N Asotin. make the
tin on the Baughman launeh.
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inert The Sybil moves by screw. 1t
has "A smoke stack in the center and two
masts before and behind with d lifeboa;
on deck. 1t has about a dozen cabins
with Il dark little dining saloon in the
rear. The cabins are lighted by cleo
tricitr and each has an electric fan. Back
of tn" dining saloon is a ledge up under
the port holes whore the second class
passengers sleep. The top deck has a
double awning of canvas to protect us
from the tropical sun. and at midday we
are advised to keep our hats on while sit
ting under it. The suns rays are
strong i'll this latitude and one must
protect his head even when indoors if the
roof is not thick.
Passengers and Crew
AS to first-class passengers We have
ONLY about a half dozen on the Sybil,
and they and the English officers are the
ONLY E,uroueanS. The sailors are half
naked natives. who get wages of about IL
cents a dav. and the steward and cooks
are Hindoos who are paid a little more.
The passengers are two British officials
on their way To serve in interior Uganda.
German surgeon who is bound tor
Mwanza in the kaiser's territories on the
south of the lake. a konso trader who
has about a carload of beads ana brass
wire with him to buy ivory and rubber.
and Il missionary who is going to KAN
pala. and who viii get off at E.ntebbe. lip
addition to these are myself and son,
who will leave the boat at Entebbe fol-
Uganda.
We have also on board a half dozen
native soldiers and one of these is always
guarding the mail The bags We're car
ried under guard. on to the boat at Port
Florence. and a soldier with gun in his
hand stands beside them day and night
throughout the voyage.
The is that Lake Victoria will
some day be as well known to the globe
trotter as the great lakes of America
The expense of coming here is too high
for the ordinary traveller but the man
who can pay the bills can live on these
boats almost comfortably as at home
mean as far as eating and drinking are
concerned. and as respects the climate
There is much TO be desired in the mat
ter of freedom from cockroaches rats and
other insects. l have never seen so many
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;l4ozGRsf GEaaaA0YAVIt, 5A0HeZFM1ReEJ IMT0av

laced coat. the high boots the rich cape
all suit admirably with the stern face.
and the picture is immensely popular in
the Fatherland. Also he has been shown
IN the makeup of an admiral of his navy
and i'll the kingly robes of his highest Of
tice. ruler of the empire
William has an excellent sense of eff
feet. He knows instantly when he sees
a photograph whether or not it does
justice to his appearance and gives
the effect for which he strives When for
Il time he Wore a full beard many photo
graphs of him were taken. but as soon
as he determined on his present style of
hirsute arrangement. the upturned NOUS
tache that he made famous. he at once
ordered all the full-heard photographs
in the Fatherland.
The kaiser knows that clothes have
lot TO do with making the proper i'm
preston on his SUBJECTS hence there is
no danger that the picture taken in Eng
land will be circulated in Germany. Just
a little hint conveyed to the police au-
thorities that he did not regard it with
this
The picture in question shows Will
liam wearing a sack coat, old pair of
ll-htiinS trousers. cap. CATERS and
carrying in his right hand walking
STICK. His left hand is thrust care
lessly in his trousers pocket. a most I'M
king like position, though the power that
is III the emperor shows in his face.
Williams host at the time, King Ed
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Incl 4N0'5 Ruu5R LWFOzL CoUR7 RE G4LA

ell her in shooting toys or running an auto
mobile a sport Of which he Is very fond.
and a complete transition takes place
Not only in appearance. but in the manner
of the man does "A change occur. He who
was 50 serious. so grave and SO distant
becomes "A jolly good fellow. full of anec-
dote and merriment. 1t is AS though. ike
an actor he had cast aside makeup
and was now appearing free of pose in MS
own real person.
Theodore Roosevelt is not naturally
what one would call an impressive-look.
ing man. His face is not classic, his
teeth are too prominent and he cares too
little about the owl-like pretense of
gravity affected by men of lesser parts 10
pretend weghty appearance of deep
thought But Roosevelt in his Inaugural
ton day attire his fine shoulders encased
in broadcloth. looked every inch the man
of might he is.
But take away the coat. put on the
rough riders rig. the hunting legg1ngs.
the old suit favored in walking. or any
one of the half dozen careless costumes
he has for his fun. and Roosevelt Is the
last man one would take for a President.
whose popularity waXed so great that ne
actually had to dodge third term.
Speaker Cannon is another statesman
who only looks the part when he sits In
his place of power in the House. Score
tarv Taft is another similar case.
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of dark green woods here and there. In
one place there is what seems to be a
series of fields where the wheat corn
has just been harvested, the shocks
standing out among the yellow stubble.
These shocks dot the country as regu-
larry as though they were SO many
shocks of grain. and We passed them
| had discussion with fellow-traveler
as to whether they might be wheat or
corn. | bet upon the wheat and my
friend bet upon corn. We left the ques-
ton TO the captain. who brought out his
glass and showed US that what We
thought were STOCKS of grain We're really
mounds of yellow clay, the homes OF
white ants FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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LANDlNo ON McroR1H LIKE At FlNTEBBR,, UeANDH

tribes OF African natives who in certain
regions are still warning with one an
other. / have described the naked kavl-
rondO and some OF their queer customs.
North of Victoria Nyanza are natives who
are as far different from them as we
Americans are differen from the Japanese
or Chinese. On the south are other tribes
with other strange customs. and the
whole lake Is surrounded by a dozen o..
more different peoples. each differing from
all the others In appearance and in their
various grades Of civilization.
No European boat had ever been seen
on this lake until Stanley came. and he
was told that the lake was so large that
it would take several year. to go around
it. Before that the boats were such as
we now see used by the natives. They
consist of boards sewed together with
fiber of the raphia palm. and can only
be kept from sinking by industrious bail
ing. ] saw many of them at Port Flor
ence. and they are used more or less all
around the lake. The average boat is
twenty-five or more feet long, three feet
wide and two feet deep. 1t is made
without nails or any iron whatsoever and
is seldom fitted with sails. 1t is easily
capSiZed in storm. at which time the
boatmen often jump outside and hold on
to the rim of the boat to keep from sink
ing until the storm is over
Lake Streams.
Stanley made big rowbOat, which he
called the Lady Alice. He started at
Spoke gulf and by using a sail gradually
made his way around, covering many of
the points at which l shall call farther on
i'll these journeys At present there are
four little steamers. belonging TO the
British. on Lake Victoria. One of these
is the Sir William McKinnon. which was
brought up from the ocean in pieces be-
fore the Uganda railway was built and
here put together. 1t is still in commits
sion and is used by the British officials
as a sort of dispatch boat.
The next two steamers are the Sybil
and Winnifred. each of about GOO tons,
and the other is the Sir Clement Hill,
which has 500 tons and which was launch
ed last year. The Sybil and Winnifred
are sister ships. They make regular
trips around the lake. in connection with
the Uganda railway. the voyage from
port to port requiring about ten days. 1t
is upon the Sybil that i am writing this
letter.
I wish I could show you this little Afri-
can steamer. If 1t could be taken up
and transported to one of our American
rivers. or dropped down upon Lake Huron
or Erie. it would not seem much out of
place: for the ship is Just about the same
as some used on our lakes. The differ
ences lie in the people and the manage
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Alfonso of Spain also owes much To his
royal regalia. Like the car, he is very
frail of physique, to the point of ENACT
alton. His nose is long and hooked, his
eyes poor and his complexion bad But
he has a certain dignity of carriage that
enables him TO appear to advantage in
the functions of state when he has donned
the proper one of his many outfits OF
fancy clothes.
Francis Joseph of Austria, the most
pitiable of all the monarchS of Europe
looks like a broken-doWn. miserable old
man in the occasional glimpses of him
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that are caught. when for time he has
laid down the habiiments OF his office.
The loss by violent death OF his son and
his wife. the constant UNI est in his cOun-
try and the er-threatened division of
the two parts that make ii up, the lack OF
an acceptab BILE heir. are all problems that
weigh down the famous Hapsburg, and
make him totter along. a human wreck.
No one to see him the streets OF
Vienna would think that for court func-
tiOns he could present anything but
pitiable picture of decrepitude.
Yet the royal robes seem to have "A
mesmeric effect on the tired old man.
Something of what is due his office
seems to Undue him with extraordinary
power when he mounts the throne. Al!
who have seen him under these conditions
bear witness to the fact that he presents
a fine picture of quiet dignity. Clothes
literally do make king in the case OF
this unfortunate sovereign.
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level of the ocean on the edge OF the
Holy Land. Omittng the Caspian sea.
Victoria NyanZa is the biggest lake of
the world. II is the largest body of
fresh water on earth. outranking Lake
Superior by about 1900 square miles. If
YOU could pick II up and spread 1t over
the United States il would cover the
whole of South Carolina or dropping it
into New England it would drown the
states of Massachusetts. New Hamp-
shire, Vermont. Rhode Island and Con-
necticut. 1t is three-fourths the size of
either Kentucky. Virginia or Ohio and
Is more than half as large all of our
great lakes combined. 1t is three times
as big as Lake Erie. and If one could
put Lake Erie and Lake Huron into one
body they would cover about the same
surface. This lake is twice as big as
Tanganyika, although it is only half
as long and ii has three times the
area of Lake Chad. which lies away off to
III. northwest. above the French kOngo.
on the southern edge Of the Sahara. Lake
Victoria is almost GUadrilateral in shape.
Tansanyika is a long. narrow trough be-
tween high hills. Nyassa is long and
narrow and so ar" Lake Rudolf and
Albert NyanZa at the north.
Victoria Nyanza il more like our own
Lake Superior than any of The other
great bodies of fresh water. 1t lies in
the highlands. and might be said to be
on the roof Of the African continent as
Superior is on die eastern roof of the
toria is. however, more than six times
as high up in the air as Lake Super or
and more than seven times high as
Huron or Michigan. Ii is about 1000
|cet above the sea, and is within 800 feet
OF the altitude Of the Great Salt lake.
In Blacklist Africa.
As 20 the depth OF the lake. its bot
tom has not been carefully surveyed.
but there are places which measure over
GOO feet. This is about three times the
depth of Lake Erie, but not nearly SO
Ceep Lakes Superior. Huron and
Michigan. This lake has a mighty vol
ume of water. and its SUFFICE rises forty
or fifty inches during some years. The
volume is so great that 4 dam might be
placed at the source of the Nile and give
water for irrigation for vast territories
along the course of that river. which
are now undreamed of. AS to this mat
ter however. l will write in the future.
Until within the past few years this re-
gon was one of the biackest parts of the
African continent. Slavery common
everywhere and cannibalism rife. No one
knew there was a lake here at all until
1873 when Spoke discovered the southern
shores; and we had 10 idea of its extent
until our own Henry NJ Stanley went
around the lake in 1870 AS it is now.
about the only inhabitants are these queer
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away the admirars uniform. which he
wears in most of his favorite pictures and
present him as a plain citizen and he
looks little like the man VINO will some
day succeed to the throne of the Han
overs.
The prince is noted for his resemblance
to the Car OF Russia, The ear depends
almost entirely for his kingly appearance
on the rich garb permitted to him by
the treasury of his autocracy.
Divested of his royal robes he is a
most insignificant and pitiable little
creature. His shoulders are shrunken.
his eyes ever shrinking from meeting the
gaze of another, his chest caves in and
shows signs of that prediction toward
consumption which it is predicted will be
the undoing of Nicholas If he long enough
escapes the plots against his life TO die
q natural death.
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MEERSCHAUM IN NEW MEXICO.

For more than a century meerSchaum
has been extensively used in the manu-
facture of pipes and cigar holders. the
principal source Of supply for the ma
terial being deposits in the plains OF
Asia Minor about 120 miles southeast of
Constantinople These deposits are said
to have been worked for other uses for
more than a thousand years.
The German name meerschaum tsea
FOAM is paralleled in French ny 'ecume
de mer" which may be less beautifully
translated scum Of the sea The min
eralogist viii tell you it is Sepiolite. a
hydrouS silicate Of magneSia. hut this
designation will not diminish the smok-
er's enjoyment of his meerSchaum pipe.
The ease with which meerschlum can
be carved its Wilderness and ihe line
polish ii takes with wax render Ii eS-
pecially suitable for elaborate carving
and artistic treatment in the lnanufac-
/ ture of pipes. These pipes are priced for
/ the rich cream brown or brown color
, that the bowls assume after being
smoked awhile. This color Is caused by
the pcrmea tion through the merSchaum
of the mixture Of the nicotine from the
tobacco with the wax used In polishing
the pipe. AS long as there is absorbed
wax in the meerSchaum the color OF tho
pipe will grow darker and with con-
tinued smoking will become nearly
black. Ii is therefore necessary to fix
the color of the pipe when the proper
shade is reached. The method en-
ployed to accomplish this is in part a
trade secret.
Discovery Is Interesting
The manufacture of meerschaum into
pipes is d thriving industry in .,arts of
Germany and Russia. employing more
than 1000 workmen. 1t is said that the
supply of meerschaum for this indus
try is becoming low. and the discovery
of deposits of the mineral in New Mex
leo is therefore interesting
Two deposits of merschaum have been
located in the upper ella river valley.
one about twenty three miles east OF
north of Silver City, the other at mine
about twelve miles northwest of Silver
City.
Mr.. Douglas b. Sterrett of the United
States geological survey visited the
mine in October. 1907, and has prepared
Il report on the deposit there which has
just been published by the survey as a
part of an advance chapter of Bulletin
No $40, Contributions to Economic
Geology 1907 The deposit lies In the
bottom and walls of the canyon df Bear
creek. occurring in veins, lenses, seams
and balls in limestone in both nudular
and massive form. The nOduldr mer-
schaum thus far tested contains iron
stains and particles of grit and is in
ferior to the meerschaum of Asia Minor.
The more compact. massive material
may perhaps be found free from stains
and of better quality.
MIR. Sterretts report sketches briefly
the geological relations of the deposits
describes the mode of occurrence of the
meerschaum and presents the results Of
chemical and physical tests aud analy.
ses of the mineral
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-03-22

One Of the most dignified figures III
English public life is Baifour, Arthur
James Balfour. who has been primate of
England and for two decades has taken
a most prominent part in the leadership
of the conservative party.
His long Prince Albert coat, his inn
maculate silk hat, his faWn-colored gloves
his spotless linen. all comport admirably
With his gravity of face and bearing.
But take the same lawmaker away from
parliament put him on his country estate
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and such wild animals of the roach kind
before. My cabin has some as large as
mice and it seems to me that they come
out in the daytime and look at one while
they sharpen their teeth in order to trou-
Bile him the better at night. The reaches
run through the dining rooms, and when
/ put my foot on one. as L do whenever 1t
is possible. it leaves grease spot as
large as my hand on the floor.
Flies in Floods.
Another Internal insect is the jigger 1
don't know where l got mine, whether on
shore or on ship, but my native boy has
extracted the eggs of three of these pests
from under my toes during the voyage.
The jigger is a little insect which bores a
hole In ones flesh, choosing the foot. and
usually places under the toenails. 1t
lays it's eggs there in the form of d little
sack about as big as a pearl shirt but
ton, and this sack must be cut out at
once. If not and the eggs hatch. they
turn into worms which eat about through
the flesh and often cause the loss of the
toe. The insect Is supposed to have orig
inally come from South America, but 1t
has already travelled over this half OF
Africa and it is especially bad about Lake
Victoria.
AS to mosquitoes, we have none here on
the lake and practically no flies except
the common house fly. The shores are
infested with the tsetse fly. whose bite
causes the sleeping sickness; but TINS
lives only in the swamps and cannot
stand the light of the sun. There are
plenty of mosquitoes of all kinds on land,
and there are SWarms of midgeS in many
parts of the lake. l saw such swarm
this morning. 1t looked like waterspout
rising from the surface. | thought it Was
one, and was surprised when the captain
told me that 1t was composed of myriads
of these midges, which are born in the
water and fly up at one time into
the air. They sweep over the laka in
great numbers, raining down upon the
boats as though they were so much black
pepper. They come in such quantities
that the men sweep them up with brooms
and throw them overheard. They even
get into the cabins and cover the dining
tables. This is so when the ports are
covered with netting and when every
open space is apparently protected. These
flies are perfectly harmless and they do
not live more than a day.
Five Meals a Day.
AS to other matters, as 1 save said, the
accommodations on the boats are good.
We have four or five meals a day. and
the Hindoos cook well. This morning.
for instance. I was awakened by my
black boy at {, who brought me a cup