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CHILDRFpS COLUMN.
LIZZIE the Elephant.

Wombwell collection Of wildboosts
was once the most famou, in rnrone or'-
Among the animals was a beautiful
female elephant named Lizzie. While
visiting a town in England Lizzie was
taken very i'll with an attack of collie
A doctor N The place brought some
medicine which saved Lizzie's life.
Some days afterwards the animals
were marching through the Street
Lizzie caught sight Of the doctor
standing in his shop and stopped at
the door. Thedoctor came out to see
what was the matter, when Lizzie
thrust her trunk gently toward the
doctors hand The doctor took hold
of the trunk and patteditin a friendl,
way, to Lizzies great delight. After
a little Of this cressing Lizzie marched
forward againvth evident pleasure.
All animals ARE grateful for kind
n cs, and none more so than elephants
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Proud CObbIers.

Years age, there was in New York
city an old shoemaker who had become
wealthy through his trade and invest
ments in real estate. His daughters,
ambitious to move in fashionable life
persuaded him, after much teasing and
coaxing, to set up carriage They
then asked that coat -of-arms should
be painted upon the carriagedoor
~ es," said the old man, with that
grim humor characteristic of the craft
you may have coat-of-arms, but it
must be one of my own designing.
You may paint a lapstone supported
by an awl and hammer"
The shoemaker's daughters continued
to ride in carriage not decorated with
coat-of-arms. But what they would
not allow their father to do--to tell the
story of his business upon his carriage
Ia london shoemaker did do. His
name was James LackingCon. and he
added to the profits of his cobbler's
stall by selling few secondhand
books. Abandoning shoe-making for
bookselling, his success was such that
in few years he was owner of what
he called ''the cheapest book-shop in
the world, in which half a million of
volumes We're offered for sale. His
method of doing business was peculiar
to himself. 81 found the whole of
what | am possessed Of" he said,
speaking Of his fortune, ain small
profits, bound by industry, and clasped
by economy When he set up a
"chariot," as the phrase went in.those
days, he put this motto on its doors:
"Small profits do great things" To
the remonstrances of his friends. he
said:
"The first king of Bohemia kept his
country shoes by him to remind him
whence he was taken. l have put
motto on my carriage-doors to remind
me to what l am indebted for my
prosperity"
When a man who has risen into
fame or wealth feels ashamed of hav-
ing risen from lower strata in so
ciety, and is anxious to kick into
oblivion the ladder on which he has
mounted, he shows weakness that de-
tracts from the respect which his sue
cess and talents would other wise COM
mand
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The Origin Of MOs0uiiOes.

The Indians have very satisfactory
account of the origin Of the Montezu-
ma mosquitoes The legend runs
thus: There were in times of old,
many moons ago, two huge feathered
monsters permitted by the Manitou to
descend from the sky and aligh3 on the
banks of the Seneca river. Their
form was exactly that of the mosquito,
They were so large that they darken-
ed the sun like a cloud as they flew to-
ward the earth. Standing one on eth
er bank they guarded the river. and
stretching their long necks into tho
canoes of the Indians, as they attempt
ed to paddle along the stream, gobbled
them up. as the stork king in the fable
gobbled up the frogs. The destruction
of life was so great that not an Indian
could pass without being deyoured in
the attempt It was long before the
monsters could be exterminated, and
then only by the combined efforts of
all the warriors of the Cayuga and
onondaga nations. The battle was
terrible, but the warriors finally tri-
umphed, and the mammoth mosqui-
toes were slain and left unburied. For
this neglect the Indians had to pay
dearly. The carcasses deeomposed,
and the particles, viyiled by the sun,
few off in clouds of mosquitoes, which
have filed the country ever since.
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"And you remember how, when l
said l should like to send message
with my own hands, you made me take
hold of the handle and then you guided
it, while l sent a message to your
brother who was in the office at Low
estoft then? And the end of 1t was,
come home-come homer which l re-
peated over and over, until could do
it without your help"
turned quickly round, but she did
not perceive my startled look.
"Well." she continued, "the night
before last, when you were away, L
couldn't sleep for long time after |
went to bed; then dreamed such a
horrible dreaml ] thought | was in
your oaice again; and l had fled there
because was chased by some terrible
thing. did not know what it was,
but it was close behind me. and nobody
could save me butyou. But you were
not there, so ! seized the handle and
signed the words, Come homer as you
had taught me, thinking that would be
sure to bring you. Then, when you
did not come, felt its hot breath on
my neck, as if it were Just going to
clutch me in its dreadful arms, and
screamed so loud that ! awoke. The
room was all dark, and filed with
smoke so thick that when l jumped up
tainted for want of air. And, oh,
Willie, if you had not come just when
you did might"
There, Maggie, don't let us think
Of IL
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Myths About Stones.

According to one theory it was a
precious stone in Paradise that fell to
the earth at Adams fall, and was then
lost in the slime of the deluge till it
was recovered by the angel Gabriel
1t was originally a jacinth of such ex-
treme whiteness that it dazzled peoples
eyes at the distance even of four days
journey, and only gradually became
black as it now is from shame and sor
row for the sins of the world. But ac-
cording to the better opinion it was
not merely jacinth of Paradise, but
the actual guardian angel, who, having
been sent to watch over Adam therein,
was at his fall, and as a punishment
for not having more vigilantly execut-
ed his trust, changed into stone, and
driven from Paradise, but destined to
resume his angelic form when the days
of the world are all numbered AID tin
AoHNts DOtti ttlAu L ANAASN
still bear vestiges of the same capability
Of thought. In the former you may
still be shown upon certain heath
large stone, embodying a bridal pair
and their followers. who were thus
transformed because the musicians
who attended them continued to play
festive airs, though thunderstorm
broke over them as they were driving
over the heath. You may still learn
lesson, too, from the petrided form OF
a girl who, when once gathering flax
ON Sunday, swore she would be turnef
into stone sooner than go home; or
from two great stones, which are
really boys, so transfxed for quarreling
over so sacred thing as piece OF
bread, the gift of God to man.
The man who takes medicine goes IN
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The Dreaded Boon.
ft should be

Ifit should be
That this most precious gift were meant for mo
This gift which, for its own sweet sske,
fear-I fear to stretch my hand and take
How should fire
Some day TO find Ooh, namclcss pang TO bear
Its sweetness vanished, never to return;
The bitter truth to learn
That had grown 20 prize
II overmuch, aud must be made more WISE
Through binding grief-through burning
Confirming these sad lears'
For though in your dear eyes,
A promise all their pleading underlies
Thnt Truth shall be Loves servitor,
Faith his chief minister;
Still all my soul is shaken into doubt
could not learn to do without
This gift once granted. Urge me then no
more
Let all be as before.
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The man who takes medicine goes in
for internal improvement.
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What the North wind Dld once

One daya little child went out to
to have run on the lawn, but forgot
to put on warm coat and hat, The
Wind wa; blowing keen and cross, and
it said to the child:
you've got pretty roses
On each little check,
But Il steal them from YOU
lnless than week"
The child was very angry when it
heard the Wind say that, for it was
very proud of its rosy cheeks. 1t had
two very red roses, one on each cheek,
and whole bunch of cherries on its
mouth, and it did not like the thought
of losingthem; but instead of running
into tie nice warm house, where the
cold North Wind could not catch it,
the child 5tad out of doors to quarrel,
and it Said
aNonh Wind, naughty, angry North Wind,
Cone to steal my p city flowers
Goand take the glittcrins snowllakes
Falling from the sky in ehowe:s.
Goani eat the frost and millrops,
They are good enough f,r. you;
Ish lkeep my pretty cherries,
Andmy pretty roses too"
And the child stamped its tiny foot,
and scdled the North Wind, who
only laughed. and whistled a wild tune
as it danced round the clild and kissed
its cheeks and lips. and then went
away, singing;
uOhl such pretty flowers and berries,
Roses red and bright ripe cherries
Stolen from a little dearic,
Who will soon grow pale ond weary
Now IFS pretty flowers have vanished,
With the Wind to Northland banished"
Then the child became rather fright
ened. and shivered all through, as it
ran into the house and looked in the
class, and found that sure enough all
the rel roses had gone.
And after that it became very pale
and thin and i'll, and mamma said it
was all through going out and quarrel
ing with the North Wind; but she was
sorrv for the child, SO she asked the
South Wind to go and find the roses
and cherries, and the South Wind
came to where the Babywinds had a
playroom and there were the child's
lost treasures.
So the south Wind brought them to
mamma and she put them in a spoon
with some sugar, and the child at
them all up and very soon they came
back to its cheeks and lips, and next
time it went out it found the Young
leaves laughing at the stories of its
roses, while the North Wind stole out
Of the garden, crying:
"AIl that came Of being naughty
All that came Of being rude.
Though the Winds are rougb o,,d ro.,1ou,
Children should be always good"
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A Concert Note.

q preserve my equilibrium under all
circumstances" she was heard to say
in pause Of the music to the tow
headed youth who was her escort.
"DO yOuT he answered softly.
"Nother cans hers"
Then the music resumed.
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One day little child went out to
to have al run on the lawn, but forgot
to put on warm coat and hat, The
Wind wa; blowing keen and cross, and
it said to the child:
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We also call special attention to
our large stock of
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Marcus Annius yerus, afterward to
be known as thegeat Emperor Marcus
Aurelius Ant@inus, was in all re-
speets a model boy. Not the namby-
pamby model that all human boys de-
test, but a right-minded, right-man-
nered, healthy wealthy, and wise young
Roman Of the second century of the
Christian era. At that time { for the
world was not yet Christianized) there
fourished race of teachers and
philosophers known as Stoics, wise
old pagans, who held that tn,
perfect man must be free from pas
sion, unmoyed By either JOY or grief,
taking everything just as it came
with supreme and utter indifference
A hard rule that but this lads teach
ers had been mainly Of the school o
the Stoics," as twas called, and thei
wise sayings had made so deep an in
preston on the little Marcus tha
when only twelve years old, he set Il
for a full-fedgedS Stole. He put on tn
coarse mantle that was the peculia
dress Of the sect practiced all the
severe rules Of self-denial, and eve
slept on the, bard floo- or the ba'
ground deny ns himself the comic
of a bed, unit bis good mother, WI
knew what Nabest for little fellow
even though hg were Stoics, pt
suaded him mpromise on a qm
..~..Sed e Aa and manly spo
0uC b'- ssGelie all q wonder
student-too much Of a student,
fact; for, as the old record states, q
excess in study, was the only fault
his youth st. Nicholas
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
CAPITAL BRIEFS.
fare.

| The acting secretary of the treasury has
| issued warrant for $16,668 in favor of the
directors of the New Orleans exposition, being
the second installment.
The president has appointed Harry Kisling
bury, a son of Lieutenant Kislingbury, who
| lost his life in the Greeley expedition as a
cadet at large to the naval academy at An
napolis
| The large new silver vault is finished, and
the transfer of silver began last Monday. The
storage capacity is for 100000 silver dollars.
The surplus coinage Of different minis will also
be placed in 1t.
The acting secretary of the treasury directed
the collector of customs at New York to adj
init free of duty the Ascot cup, won by
Keenes Foxhall, which has been in the GUS
tody of the collector nearly two years.
The commission appointed to visit Central
and South America, will leave on the 10th of
October, for the City of Mexico, from whence
they go to Central America and afterwards
visit the principal countries of South Ameri-
Ca The commission expects to be gone six
months.
The department of state has received from
the United States consul at Naples the follow
ing telegram relative to cholera in that place:
'"The condition of affairs is more encouraging
There are fewer cases and deaths. Cases,
3O5; deaths, 81 during the past twenty-four
hours"
The court of inquiry appointed to investi-
gate the commission of the Talapoosa and Bal
timore schooner, finds the Talapoosa did allin
its power to avoid collision, complied with
the law in all respects and that the blame rests
with the schooner. The department approved
the finding of the court
Superintendent Thompson, of the railway
service, has returned after a visit of inspec-
ton to railway mail routes west of Omaha.
He travelled over the Union, Central and
Northern Pacific railroads and made many |
suggestions looking to the Improvement of
the mail service, which were as rule imme-
diately put in practice by officials.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
POLITICAL NOTES.

Colorado democrats nominated Alva Adams,
of Pueblo, for governor.
An electoral ticket has been agreed upon by
all the elements of Louisiana fayoring the
election of Blaine and Logan. Electors-at-
large George L. Walton and Taylor Beattie.
President Seelye, of Amherst college, has
declined the nomination for governor by the
prohibition party. He told a reporter that h e
was very much surprised when informed tina
he had been nominated. He had previously
answered every inquiry on the subject that he
could not accept either the nomination or the
Office.
The term of c. E. Coon as secretary of the
treasury, under a special designation of the
president, will expire Wednesday. No war
rants for the payment of money from the
treasury can be issued after that day unlea
the existing vacancy in the Office of secretary
shall have been filled before that date. 1t is
expected, however, that an appointment will
soon be made.
Straight-out republicans of Texas have made
the following nominations: For governor
Judge A. b. Morton; lieutenant governor,
John Haynes; treasurer Samuel M. Johnson;
comptroller, Fred W. Minor; attorney general,
A. c. Crathaus; commissioner of the land Of
fee, II. J. Evans (colored); superintendent of
public instruction, H. B. Mckinney. A COM
mittee was appointed to issue an address to
the republicans of Texas.
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son was kisscd the wife of the man whom the
police arrested charged with the offense. The
police cSicers discovered the fire, and after it
was extinguished coal oil was found every
where, and all the gas was turned on.
Isaac jacobson was hanged at Chicago on
the 18th. The prisoner passed a quiet night,
retiring at 10 o'clock and sleeping unfit 5,
when he arose and ate light breakfast He
walked composedly to the scaffold. No hitch
occurred in any Of the sheriff arrangements.
The condemned mans neck was broken in the
fall.
Moses P. Brown, the Philadelphia colored
man arrested for attempting TO wreck trains
on the Philadelphia y Atlantic City railway,
was sentenced to Imprisonment for twenty
one years at hard labor and pay fine of
81, 100 Brown stated the motive of his crime
was to get square with the railroad company
for being put off the train for not paying his
fare.
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CIVIL SERVICE.

Commissioner GreD0ry's Letter on the Sub
.ject Of assessments.
Prof. Gregory of the civil service commits
sion, has written long letter on the subject
of political assessment, the chief points of
which are the following: The grand intent of
those sections of the civil service act which
relate to contributions for political purposes
are two-fold: First-To prevent the use of
control elections. Second-To protect the
government employees from compulsory con-
tributons to the political funds. The govern
ment clerk is employed to work for the people
and not for the party. His pay comes from
the people and not from the party. What he
earns is hence his own. 1t is gross tyranny
TO eXtort from him any part of his earnings
by threat of removal or promise of promo
ton. The clerk, outside of his cerkship, is
still citizen and as such has a common in
terest with all good citizens in the progress
ana welfare of his country, the common right
to vote and express opinions from associa-
tons with those of like opinions, and use
money in all lawful ways to promote his
opinions. AS an officer employee of the
government, strictly under the authority of
congress in all his official work and relations,
he must not violate any of the four prohibit
tons of the civil service act: but, outside of
ofhcial life and relations beyond the realm of
duty TO and connection with the government,
he becomes simple citizen and having the
duties interests and rights of his fellow-citi- |
tlon OF the civil service act and the path of
duty required is plain to all who will honestly !
regard its two grand aims-one an absolute |
defense of the ballot-box from corruption or |
corrupting influence, and the other protec-
lon OF government officials from political |
mands that law must and will be fully and
fairly enforced
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
FOREIGN NOTES.

The National Gazette has expressed the
belief that the German-Austro Russian al
lance will support any step taken by France
in regard to the Egyptian financial trouble.
Earl Spence, lord lieutenant of Ireland, has
reduced the extra police tax assessed upon
Limerick, which that city refused to pay. He
will insist upon the payment of the reduced
amount.
A Shanghai dispatch to the London Times
states Franco-Russian alliance means the
disintegration of China and its participation
between those two countries, France taking
the three southern provinces and Russia hay
ing China as recruiting ground for her
armies, the two countries being connected by
railways. The alliance also means Franco
Russian preponderance in Europe, and is
therefore. fraught with danger to Germany
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1884-10-04
THE AMERICAN ALLIANCE.
The Platform Put Forth for Public Consid-
Grafton.

The Platform Put Forth for Public Consid-
Grafton.
The following is the platform adopted by
the American political alliance, which NOM
mated Capt. w. F. Ellsworth, of Pennsylvania,
and Charles II. Waterman, of New York, for
president and vice president of the United
States:
We demand the repeal of all naturalization
laws, and the passage of an act by the con-
gress of the United States making residence
of twenty-one years necessary to enable for
eigners to vote or hold official positions in
this country, except when such foreign-born
citizens have served in the army or navy of
the United States; the passage of an act by
congress prohibiting the formation of politi-
cal organizations composed of foreigners eX-
clusively; the rights of suffrage to American
born females the same as to males; opposition
to importation and attempted colonization of
foreigners and paupers from foreign coun-
tries, and the absolute suppression of Chinese
immigration; an opportunity to vote direct
for president and vice president of the United
States the native born citizens, white or col
ored, to rule and make the laws of the coun-
try; no appropriation of public funds for sec
tartan purposes; the rights of all American
citizens as provided by the constitution to be
maintained and protected, and free ballot
and fair court.
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GREAT TURF EVENT.


Miss Uoodford and Drake Carter Run at
Sheepshead Bay.
Twenty thousand people went to Sleeps
head Bay on the 18th, owing generally to the
interesting programme of racing prepared,
but more particularly TO see the race between
Dwyer Brothers Miss woodford and Pierre
Lorillard's Drake Carter. Sporting men from
all over the country were present Louisville
KY, sent large contingent. This contest
was known on the programme,as the third
race. IL was a match race for $1,000 a side
with 5000 added by the association, distance
two miles and Il half. Drake Carter was ridden
by Hayward at ll5 pounds and Miss Woodford
bv Mclaughlin at ll5. In the pools Miss
Woodford sold at 500, Drake Carter $50. Bet
ting was 500 to 500 on Miss WoodfOrd and IS
to 50 against Drake Carter. Miss Woodford
was the first to appear. Her name was pleated
and she was ornamented with red and blue
ribbons. Cheer after cheer went up as she
wonderfully good form. A few minutes after
Drake Carter gallOped by. He wore a hood
and sheet. Although Hayward wore Lorril-
lards cherry and black, he aroused but a few
faint cheers. The horses were slow to come
to the post, but when the jockeys were once
mounted they were sent away to capital
start. The race really needs but little descrip-
ton. Drake Carter got OFF in front and COM
ing by the stand led by length and half
Miss Woodford under dead pull. At the end
of the mile and three furlongs Miss Woodford
went halt length nearer to Carter. and there |
remained to the quarter pole which is at the |
head of the stretch. Here Mclaughlin let the /
nlly out TO Carriers head. Hayward at once |
drew his whip Ii was no use. Miss Wood /
strides and quickly opened daylight between |
nerself and Carter, and appeared for a mo-
nentto have run away but was brought under
me wire in canter, and where she was pulled |
almost to stand-stIll, coming to a halt with
Ter mouth wide open, and winning the race
~ ten lengths. Time, 4:2sA.