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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
The Maintenance of Plant Life.

''Hard times" come to most living
things. Plants as we'll as animals
have periods when they need to con-
serve all their energies, husband all
their vitality. All vegetation obeys
the injunction to multiply and replen-
ish the earth, but with the greatest
determination when there are present
suffering and impending death. A
drought hastens the process of repro
duction, and insufficient nourishment
encourages an early if not an abun-
dant fruitiulness. In climate where
hot and cold or wet and dry seasons
regularly succeed each other, many of
our most common economic plants
have adapted themselves to these
stated changes of outward conditions,
and run their course during single
growing season. Such plants consti-
tute that large portion of our vegeta-
ton known as the animals. The great
suntlower, that grows into giant in
single season, and de6es the summer
sun and storm, falls an easy victim to
the frosts of autumn. 1t, however,
prepared the way for many successors
in the ripened seeds, each one of which
when given favorable conditions will
germinate, grow, reproduce its kind,
and thus finish another cycle in the
realm of vegetable life. The bean
plant, in different way, climbs its APP
pointed pole, enjoys the same sunshine
and shower, produces its blossoms, fills
long pods with ripened seeds, and
gives up its life like all its fellows in
the field. A corn plant completes its
growth in not far from hundred days, Z
and leaves its accumulated vitality
stored up in the grains upon the ear.
The prospective life and activity of
whole field of waving corn may be
of apparently lifeless seed-corn safely
housed in tie granary. We thus see
that in the annual plants the life of
the species is, so to speak, carried
over from one growing season to an
other in the ripened seed. The seed
is also the form in which plant-life
is easily transported from place to
place. The seed of some hedgerow
weed, as it becomes loosened from its
upon the lifeless mother
plant, and is blown for rods or even
miles over the surface of the incrusted
snow, is a familiar and perhaps strik-
ing example that may enforce the
to be here conveyed. The
young plautleti in the seed, snugly pack
ed within thick coats, is preserved from
death, and at the same time is carried
far from the place where it was pro-
duced. The seed is the offspring of
the plant and the childhood of its
kind, though so fashioned and pro-
tected that it can pass safely through
, period of drought or cold when its
parent would have succumbed.-P Popu-
ar Science Monthly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

which you will be enlightened as to
the respective moral blindness of the
inhabitants of Timbuctoo as compared
with the people of the Congo Valley
But whatever it is she will be in earn
est about it and will demand show of
interest from you.
1t is this quality of the feminine
mind which perhaps more than any
other has tended to preserve the soci-
ETY. call as an institution. To men il is
an unspeakable bore; to women it is a
JOY forever. They enter upon it with
a zeal born of desire to show other
women their new dresses, and so long
as there are women in the world,
which will probably be for some time
yet, and so long as those women have
new dresses, which will likely be as
long as there are women, just so long
will the society call live and flourish.
1t is a feminine institution; women rev.
ell in it. Against it argument is useless
and reason is shivered to splinters by
the contract. 1t exists and will con-
tinue to exist and prosper for that
dearest and, to the feminine mind,
most satisfactory reason, because
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Snea,kinp of Cats,

A physician in love with cats talks
as follows: No error is more common
than that of starving cat to make it
a good mouser The practice has
arisen from the mistaken notion that
a cat kills rats and mice for food,
whereas it is quite as much for sport.
The cat should have at least two meals
a day at regular hours. A cats dis
position is spoiled by feeding her with
delicacies from the table. This habit
should be discouraged.
Cats will never thrive without grass
to eat. 1t is Panacea for all their
ills; keeps their stomach in order,
cools their blood, prevents humors and
aids digestion. 1t is supposed to aid
in getting rid of the hair swallowed
during the process of washing. Dur
ing the winter it can be procured by
keeping piece of turf in the cellar or
hothouse, or it may be cultivated in
flower pot Cats are fond of aspara-
gus, which many persons raise es-
pecally for them, and their natural
preference for catnip will suggest
like course.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Management OF Sheep.

Sheep management should be mark
ed with regularity. With no other
farm animals is The reward so great
for punctuality and care in feeding, or
the punishment so severe and certain
in case of neglect. Ewes for breeding
should he served by the ram from the
middle of October to the fifteenth of
| November, if lambs are intended for
the increase of the flock of stock
sheep. If for fattening, they should
come earlier, and will need greater
care than those dropped when the
warm days begin to come. Ewes that
are to raise lambs in the spring, should
be fed hay and a small quantity of
grain, each day during the winter.
We have found no trouble in keeping
breeding ewes in good, strong condi-
ton by such treatment, and never
have any trouble from ewes not own
ing their lambs. During the lambing
period the flock needs the best possi-
BILE attention. Feed good clover hay
and bran, alternating with their reeu-
lar feed of unground corn and oats,
mixed in equal quantities. The amount
of feed required will depend upon the
flock, their shelter and previous man
agement. A safe quantity is six
quarts twice daily, to forty ewes, pro-
vidcd they have been grained some
during the winter. In flocks devoted
to the raising of fine breeders, it is
the custom for man to sleep in the
barn near the sheep during the period
of lambing, in order to prevent any
lambs from becoming chilled, or to
render any attention which the. flock
may need during the night. In any
ordinary flock this would not be best,
but it serves to illustrate the constant
watchfulness needed, as few lambs
dropped lead during cold day, great
ly reduces the profits of sheep raising.
The ewes and their lambs should have
the earliest and best pasture on the farm
that the dams may give plenty of milk
to keep the lambs growing. They will,
in few days, need no attention from
the flock-owner. After harvest. when
the early cut clover is springng up in
fresh second growth, wean the lambs.
turning them into the clover field, and
give them feed of bran every morn
ing. With this treatment they will
not fall away much in hesh.-G. q.
lNe0,utL in american d0riculturist.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

he larger number may be raised. Those
who grow the largest asparagus for
market, set the plants six by four feet
apart, but the planting is ordinarily
much closer. Rows four feet apart,
and the plants two and half feet in
the rows, will give good results. The
land being marked out at the proper
distances, a shovelful of good manure
is worked in where the marks cross,
and the plants set out, carefully spread
ing the roots. Four inches, is deep
enough to place the crown, though the
Long Island growers, with very light
soil, cover the plants seven or eight
inches deep. For the first two years
the plants should not be cropped, and
the third season only moderate cut
ting should be made. 1t seems long
while to wait for returns, but when
they do come they will continue regu-
larly for twenty years or more. Planted
in this manner, there should be an an
nual manuying to maintain productive
ness.-Dr. Thurber in Amerscan Agri-
cnlt1rtst
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Vocal Quality.

A lady was singing at concert,
and her voice was, to say the least,
very thin in places.
s'Ah," said her husband, who, after
the manner of husbands who have
musical wives, thought her vocal
powers were great, s'what fine voice
she hasr'
Very fine," replied a strange man
at his side.
sWhat hm6rer' continued the hus-
band.
Considerable TIMBER" responded
the stranger again, "but too many
cracks in it for Notwithstanding,
and not quite enough for a paling
fence"
The husband remained silent during
the concluding portion of the enter
tainment.- t.-Merchant Traveller.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
SOudan and the SOudanese.

What is the extent of the region
known as the Egyptian Soudan? What
is the character of the country? What
are its productions? How do its mil
lions of inhabitants manage to sub
its populatlonp These are questions
often asked since the barbarian hordes'
under the leadership of a Nuban boat
builder who calls himself the Prophet,
took up arms against the detested
Egyptian task-masters and tax-gather-
ers and their European ally.
The Egyptian Soudan is Il vast terri
tory stretching southwark from the
twenty-third degree of north latitude,
which runs not far from the second
cataract of the Nile. The principal
provinces are Nubia, Sennaar, Kordo-
fan, Dar Fur and Dongola. These
provinces have been made tributary to
Egypt by conquest. Nubia lies east of
the Nile and extends from the NORTH
ern limit of the Soudan almost to the
southern extremity of SEMINAR, moro
than 800 miles south of Khartoum. A
large part of Nubia is an arid waste,
consisting of sandstone and granite.
Vegetation is scanty and the water
supply at best precarious. Along the
banks of the Nile the soil is cultivable.
The products are numerous, including
maire, dates, tobacco, coffee and cot
ton. The Nubians, or Dongolawee,
are dark brown race, hardy and
brave, and are excellent fighters.
The great province of Kordofan,
stretching southwest from Khartoum,
is grassy steppe country, poorly
watered except in the summer season
when there are frequent showers. The
inhabitants are of mixed races and are
fanatical Mussulmans, ignorant, with
out tribal organization, and in every
respect inferior to the Arabs. They
cultivate the soil and engage to some
extent in cattle raising. AS warriors
it is said the Kordofan people rank
low, being badly armed and less
courageous than the Dongolawee. OR
the plateau of Dar Fur, west of Kordo-
fan, the soil is capable of cultivation,
but yields scanty return of corn and
cotton. Mixed races inhabit that re-
gion, as in Kordofan, but they are
more resolute and warlike. They
tIioN SbbtiO, ohOOP dhu O"hiOiS, eHV "AO
nomads, wandering from place to
place, having no villages. The pro-
vince of SEMINAR, in the northern part
of which Khartoum is situated, is an
oasis in the desert. This province,
lying between southern Nubia and
Kordofan, is the river region and COM
prises the real riches of the Soudan.
Here an abundance of fertile land is
found along the Blue Nile and the
White. Large crops of grain are
raised near the rivers to distance of
300 miles from Khartoum. The breed
ing of cattle and sheep is also extern
sively carried on in SEMINAR. The
city of Khartoum is the commercial
center of this entire country, from
Berber on the north, to the Shillook
region on the White Nile. Its impor-
tance, therefore, from a military point
Of view in the present war is readily
seen. - Cincinnati Times Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Texas Sunday School Children.

Reverend Dwight Moody, while in
Texas, visited Sunday school at Fort
Worth. Being anxious to discuss how
much the children knew, he asked a
girl of about fifteen:--
"What is requisite in order that you
can obtain remission of slns?"
81 must first of all commit sin, !"
was the reply.
Mr.. Moody was satisfied and did not
question the girls any more. He, how
ever, tackled the boys class.
He asked Tommy Dexter, son OF
Judge Dexter:-
..Why did God create EveP'
Tommy hesitated.
"Why did God give your father a
wife?"
ssTo sew on bottoms" was the
prompt reply.
WHAT HowP"
"All know is, that when pa puts
on a clean shirt. and there is a button
gone, he says: What the devil have
/ got wife for if she don't sew
buttons on my shirt. '"--Teras SJtings.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Have You an Asparagus Bed

The seedsmen of New York city now
offer Colossal and Defiance, and deal
ers in Boston and Philadelphia have
their local varities. Probably there is
no important difference between these
large kinds. A pound of seed is var
iously estimated to furnish from three
thousand to ten thousand plants. There
are about twenty thousand seeds in a
pound, and if carefully sowed by hand,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
Childish Diplomacy.

The-ten-year old daughter has been
wearing one of her mothers rings. 1t
disappears and she cannot find it. She
is surely disturbed and puzzled long
time as to how she will break the acci-
dent to her mamma. At last she goes
up, and with childish hesitation says:
Mamma, please tell me what is the
French for lostp"
Lost, my darlingp The French for
lost is perotu."
"Well, the little ring you gave me is
perdu. San Francisco Chronicle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

WATER for sale or lease in any quantity
desired and on liberal terms. We own some
of the most valuable water rights and canals
furnishing water for power, irrigation or do
mestc use within reasonable distance OF our
town sites.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20
CAPITAL STOCK, s5oo,ooo.

LOTS for sale In Haley, Shoshone, Mountain
Home, Caldwell and Payette at from $25 to
$400 each, for cash or on long time. Special
Inducements to those who will mako valuable
improvements.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

LANDS for sale or lease in tracts of from 10
TO 1000 acres. All adjacent to the above town
sites and selected with special reference to
fertility, ease OF irrigation and wide range of
productions.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

The commissioner of education places the
number of medical students in this country In
1878 at S,6S1; in 1888 we had 1871. The
medical schools during this period increased
from 81 to 1874.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

A panther was killed near Brookville, Fla,
recently, measuring seven feet six inches In
length and two feet In height.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-03-20

SPECIAL INDUCEMENTS are hero
to build up Idaho and the Northwest (be-
lieving we will reap our share Of the benefits
to accrue) and to that end are ready to ex-
tend any reasonable assistance or inducement
TO interest capital and labor with us. When
you come to Idaho call at one Of our offices for
valuable information, or address us at either
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15
Wednesday, July IS, 1885.
THE SORGHUM soUARBLE.

Soon after Dr. Loring was made commis- sioner of agriculture he made trouble for Professor Peter Collier, the chemist of the ghum Finally Professor Collier had to leave, notwithstanding energetic protests by his friends and those who believed that he had done great things for sorghum.
 Professor Collier has not made any public stir since he left the bureau of agriculture until now, when he arises and tells story which Dr. Loring will have to pay some at to be expended in experiments in the manu- facture of sugar from sorghum, beets and other sugar-producing plants. MT. Loring gave work to private experimenters and offered 'tto pay for the ten best returns the sum of $1,2O0 each, the decision to be made by a. committee" There were about one hundred responses. According to Professor Golfers story, after the prizes had been awarded by the committee, MT. A. J. Decker, of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, who had been one of the hundred competitors, called at Washington. MT. Collier, the chemist, was an old friend of his. Calling on him, Decker expressed some surprise that he did not get prize, but was told that the committee did not examine all the samples. Decker then hunted up his own sample and found that it had not been opened. He obtained a list of the parties to whom prizes had been awarded and, look ing it over, he found the name of 8 man who, he knew, never made ounce of sorg- hum sugar in his life. Further investigation developed the fact that the sample on which this prize was granted consisted of hard piece of candy that more resembled piece of dirty soap than sugar. Decker took this sample to Loring and, by threatening to ex- pose the whole thing, compelled Loring to strike this mans name out and insert Deck CTS in thep prize list. The committee were not even censured in this change. Decker was afterwards made special agent of the department to travel about the country to examine sorghum.
 And Professor Collier further says that this is not all he can tell about Dr. Loring. This is rather interesting sequel of the sorghum squabble. Professor Collier seems to be even with Dr. Loring up to date.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15
Her Grammar.
From the Youths Companion.l
 |.

 It is a pathetic sight to watch the mean derings of the childish mind through the in tricacies of English grammar. Little Jan' had repeatedly been reproved for doing vio 5 fence to the moods and lenses of the vert ''to be- She would say q be-" instead ot ''I am," and for a time it seemed as if no one could prevent it. Finally Aunt Kate made rule not to answer an incorrect question, but to wait until it was corrected.
 One day the two sat together, Aunt Kate busy with her embroidery, and little Jane over her dolls. Presently doll society became tedious, and the child's attention was attrac- ted to the embroidery frame.
 FfAunt Kate," said she, ''please tell me what this is going to be?"
 But Aunt Kate was counting, and did not answer. Fatal word, be! It was her only enemy, and to it alone could the child as- cribe the silence that followed.
 'tAunt Kate,' she persisted with an honest attempt to correct her mistake, "please tell me what this is going to amH'
 Still auntie sat silently counting, though her lip curled with amusement.
 Jane sighed, but made another patient eff fort.
 twill you please tell me what this is going to are?'
 Aunt Kate counted on, perhaps by this time actuated by a wicked desire to know what would come next. The little girl gath cred her energies for one last and great effort.
 Aunt Kate, what am this going to are2n
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15
STOP! THAT WILL DO!

We simply meant to say we had now begun to make our goods cheaper in order to get all the summer goods sold in time. Cheap enough to make sure of all being sold before the end of the season.
 But we thought we would try a little of the highly intelligent style of advertising now so com mon in this good old town, and we copied some of the brightest gems. Our goods will not be any cheaper on that account. Nobody's goods are any cheap CT because they advertise in that way.
 OUR GOODS WILL BE MADE CHEAP ENOUGH TO SELL THEM, and to sell them in the face of the keenest competition posSl- ble in New Haven.
 It is a we'll known fact that our stock is usually cleaner of old goods-that means, is more effectually "cleared out" every season than any other of the size in town.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15
NO. 166
Rheumatism

It is Gss established fact that Hoods Sar- saparilla has proven an invaluable remedy in many severe cases of rheumatism, effect ing remarkable cures by it's powerful action in correcting the acidity of the blood, which is the cause of the disease, and purifying and enriehing the vital fluid.
 It Is certaixIy Jdtr to assume that what Hoods Sarsaparilla has done for others 1t will do for you. Therefore, if you suffer the pains and aches of rheumatism, give this potent remedy fair trial.
 A Positive Cure.
 "I was troubled very much with rheuma- tism in my hips, ankles, and wrists. I could hardly walk and was confined to my bed a good deal of the time. Being rec commended to try Hoods Sarsaparflla, I took four bottles and am perfectly well. cheerfully recommend Hoods Sarsaparilla as one of the best blood purifiers in the world" W. F. WOOD, Bloomington, Ill.
 For Twenty Years
 Ihaye been afflicted with rheumatism Before 1883 found no relief, but grew worse. then began taking Hoods Sarsaparilla, and it did me more good than all the other medicine ever had" H. T. BALCoM, Shirley, Mass.
 "I suffered from what the doctors called muscular rheumatism. took Hoods Sar- sapariEla and am entirely cured" J. V. A. PRoUDFooT, letter carrier, Chicago, Ill.
 We shall be glad to send, free of charge. to all who may desire, a book containing many additional statements of cures by Hoods SarsapariIIa Sold by all druggists. s1; six for s5. Made 100 Doses One Dollar.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15

traffic here are so salutary practically that it cities where there is little hope of ever se- curing total prohibition before the milen- nium. We have had it in operation for about two years, and it meets with very general favor, even among those by whom it was at first opposed. An attempt was made to disgust us with the high license law by extending it to numerous other branches of trade. The vendors of fruit in carts are taxed $25; newsboys have to pay $3 and bootblacks $5. Butchers take out $50 license and roller rinks the same The list is long one and there are complaints of it's injustice. But nobody says word in favor of letting up on the saloons on this ac- count. Meanwhile the license money helps to fill the city treasury. H. 0. H.
Morning journal and courier., 1885-07-15
E.L. WASHBURN. 84 Church and 6l Center Street.
UNTIL JULY 4th

We will offer Special Inducements in the way of Liberal Discounts on our whole stock of Fine Toilet Sundries. Leather and Fancy Goods, in order that we may unload our shelves and cases for inventory
 Imported and Domestic Handkerchief Ex- tracts, Toilet Powders and Puffs, Toilet Wa ters and Cosmetics, broken packages of Soaps; Hair, Cloth, Tooth, Nail, Lather, Bath and Flesh Brushes; Pocket and Dress ing Combs, Hand Mirrors, Dressing Cases, filled and unified; Pocket F1asks, Drinking Cups, Picnic Sets, Pocketbooks, Purses, Match Safes, Gard Cases, Portfolios, Nail Scissors, Nail Powder, Buffers and Manicure Goods in great variety.
 Our assortment of Field and Spy Glasses from the best makers is complete and prices bottom.
 London Smoke Eye Glasses to protect the eyes from dust and light only 25c pair.