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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
wrought-iron armor at close quarters,

wrouoht-iron armor at close quarters
and prove too much for twenty-sever
inches even at the liberal fighting range
of thousand yards. Still more power.
full, but not in the same ratio ofincrease
will be the 110-ton guns now being
manufactured for H. M. S. Benbow.
There are three Of the guns ordered,
one of which Will be surrendered for
the purpose of scientific experiment..
while the other two are sent on board
ship, where, however, they will not be
wanted until the midsummer of 1886.
The projectile will be 16i inch dame
ter, and weigh 1900 or 1000 pounds.
The powder charge will be the enor-
nous one of 900 pounds, or half the
weight of the projectile, supposing
this to be 1900 pounds, on which
superstition the velocity may be reckon
ed at 2, $50 feet seconds, and its power
of penetrating armor at 319 inches
near the muzzle, or inches less at
1000 yards The new guns will be
vastly superior to the Italian 100-ton
guns, which are at present at the
head of all the naval artillery in the
world, and they are to the like ex-
tent in advance of the 100-ton guns
which are doing duty for England on
the Notifications of Malta and GIbral-
tar. although these are larger in the
bore by II inches. The substitution
of steel for wrought iron admits of
heavier charges of powder, and this
fact makes all the difference.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
LIES DAY.

into The field OF life we pass
AT early morn. The ieweled grass
With sunbeams kissed spreads at our feet;
And youth, like morn, all pure and sweet
And bright is filed with rosy dreams;
While in the purple heavens CLEANS
The star of fortune and of fame,
And in its CHIT we read name
o dream, most sweet, 1t is our own:
More glorious still, II shines alone!
The sun speeds on; the star no mora
is seen. Illus " dreams are DER.
Fortune and fame so coy and fleet
But mock our weary. way-worn feet
Ambitions faircst prize has flown;
A name appears, but not our own.
What have we then for all our painsl-
For all our prayers! Are there no graina
OF good to SHOVE Has all been lost
In that our cherished plans are crossed,
And dissIpaed each fond dream
As snow flakes melt within the streami
All, mol See how our souls are filed
With wealth of harvests we have titled;
With meekness, patience, love and truth;
Blest springs Of everlasting youth;
Bright jewels OF the crown within;
Ripe fruit of life's sharp discipline;
OF which there dawns the twilight gray
OF day that dies not with the day.
George W. Cr0fts, IN The Current.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10
Where the Scorpion Gets His Poison.

When he strikes you with the end of
his tail, liEe wasp, he exudes ven
Nous liquid, and man might better
hold red-hot iron in his hand than to
get tenth part of a drop of this
liquid into his blood 1t is not neces-
sarily fatal, particularly in the BAHIA
mas; but it condenses the heat of forty
furnaces. In some parts of South
America scorpion bites are frequently
fatal, but have not heard of any one
having been killed by them in Nassau.
This is easily accounted for. The
scorpion likes to feed on decayed
wood. In South America, where dye
woods and other poisonous woods
abound, the scorpion feeds upon them,
and thus work into themselves good
supply of outside poison, which, taken
together with his naturally poisonous
liquid, does its work for whoever is
unfortunate enough to be sturg. But,
in Nassau, such poisonous woods are
few, and the scorpions have to fatten
themselves respectfully on pine, cedar
and mahogany.-From Nassau Let
Ter.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-10

They rocked the boat and we're drowned In
South Park Lake, Chicago. This is certainly
dying a. the fool dieth.
, 1885-01-30

joaquin Mixers New Orleans Letfer.1
have found In this city tho nobleet lady l
know, and l have seen tho world we'll Her
father was rich, travels Europe with her,
schnolel her in a convent. had her taught all
things Then no became por. To-day she
Is In a little shop on Royal street with her
oh father and little sister, making and SILL
Ing shoes Ali you imagine her mirthlas.
displritsl, and plain Ga the contrary. she
Il a. bright as a bird. l bslieve she Il heart
whole. and ! know she Is hand aoma. No, /
will not tellyou her nAmoo or number: not for
gol1. She has honest pride. Beaidcs nhe
does not necd your patronage
rurdon this ono allusion. I only point 10
ulis case A. an expression ol what / have
been trying 70 teach my people In thee pa
pcnz want the women Of this country b.
60 20 work Then tho mon will work aud
tho dude viii leave HI. companion on the
coan1r. the lamp-post 10 stand alone. w
must so 10 work CT 80 10 tho devii NJ oncs
Tho women q Now Orleans arc at pu-k: the
20 many ~ thaln. Get ouf OF your grave a
1orsn year, or % further IN and ses which
q tless CITIES T. al,ad.
Go 10 uo4k AZ something. / say. hsfos
you arr eoinfeliad 10. and Il will not seem
half % hand rs you think. Ths Little shoe
maker Referred - took M back into a iittle
parlor to SOC her ID father at work. Why,
hs was IN a httle palace And Al the walls
Of thE little palace sere hung with pictarss
4 her painting. tapesury, nnd curtain. u
her handiwork- And then The old shoe
maker laid down his pess and hammer aud
uak, aud all ucra very happy a. she at a.
her plano and played the last opsra. aud
sang n, too. perfectly.
, 1885-01-30

-" -"
Therc L. a deal Of shrewd insight into
human nature, and especially woman m,
ture, IN the following extract from Oliver
Wendell Holmos' address at the centennial
OF the Harvard Medical school.
Il AVE often wished that disease could DO
huntcd by It. professional antagonists in
couples-n doctor and n doctors qulck-witted
wife making a joint Wilt, and attacking tho
paticnt-f mean the patients malady. Of
course-~ith their united capacities For l
am quite snro that there Is a natural clair
voyance In a woman which would mako hor
as much the superior OF man In some particn-
lars ofdlagnoaia as ahe certainly Is IN dis
tinguikhing shades OF color. Many a suicide
would have bean prevented II the doctors
wife had visited the victim tho day before
it happened. she would have seen in tho
merchants face his impending bank
ruptoy. while her stupid husband was pro
scribing for his dyspepsia, and indorsing his
mote; she would recognize the l~ovelorn
maiden by an m-ad1ustsd ribbon, a lima In
the features, n droop I'm tho attitude, a tone
In the voice. which moan nothing to him,
and % tho brook must DO dragged to-
morrow. Tho dual arrangement Of which /
have spoken i, ! supposa. impracticablo; but
a woman advice, / suspect, often deter
mines hsr husbands prescription Instead Of
a curtain-lscturo, on his own ~failinga, he gets
a clinical lecture, on the puzzling case. 1t
may BE-, Of q ~neighbor suffering from n COM
plant known to village nosolcgy as a ON
plication OF diseases, which her keen eyes
80 into AZ much better than his as they
yuuld through tho eye Of n small-sized
nseiie She win find tho right end OF a case
10 SCI hold Of. and take tho narls out as she
would out OF a skoin Of thread or a ball Of
wonsted, which be would speedily have r.
duccd 70 a hopeless tnngle.'
, 1885-01-30
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF FEMNlNlTY IN
VARIOUS PHASES.
A Pew Fashion Hlnts-Hsip- to Health
Feminine Diagno~is-1hs shoe Re
form-southern Women fron =
c~anadian'. Point Of View.

r-Oafh" IN New Orleans TImcs-DcmocEatl
Tho charm OF southern home life Is all-per.
rnsivc. and II rndintos from southern young
ladyhood. A creamy complcxion with a
faint pink nush underneath, sOft eyes with a
world 81 druAms Ia them. a rounded hgure.
tiny hands and feet and kittcnish why's make
IL no marvel that the youth masculine Of
Nov Oriesns Is mostly married at "a 1haso
lovely damoisclles make fascinating studiok
fhey rad cinver books and discuss their
finger nails. they are shocked At the conven-
tionnl Appearance OF the three-lottered pcdes-
TRAN mamher. but are enthusiastically ale
voted to the ballet At II the New Orleans
girl Is a charmingiy DEVELOPED poem. In
which coqustry and an excellent idea Of mat
rlmonlni necessities make wull-bainucnd
metrc and edmirnblo rhyma. She Is ~innnfely
and entirely domestic. lovablc and loving,
asking only 10 b. shielded from the facts OF
life, and permission 70 unllmitedly plrouette.
Ono seldom sos a plainlooking member Of
tho fair slsiorhood under ~ After that the
whole beautiful struclure Is apt 10 10 a col
lapse But In the day Of her beauty and
hriEhtnoss tho American girl Of the south l.
an unparalleled example Of beautiful woin-
anhood. She would rather nirt than vvte.
and much prefers the requirement Of the
Kenaington stitch 10 the practice Of medi-
cine. She has numberiens cousins. all deeply
IN love with her. and usually roturns tho ten.
der passion 70 a limited and discriminating
degree, but doesn't lake it seriously. In
deed moth ing Il tnkon seriously hers but
coffee.
Coffee IL n matter OF great anxiety, OF
profound speculation, tho key 10 domestic
felicity. and the contents Of many a family
jar. BY thor coffee ys shall know them, /"
l. the popular maxim concerning tho gro
cers. aud dismal Is the fate OF ths man of
sugar aud spices who "a weighed In the bal
amer and found wanting in the quality Of
Mocha. The cousinly affection Of the fair
Louisianian " by no means TO 10 compared
10 hor devotion 10 her tiny after-dinner cup
Of tho inspiring brown fluid. and she + do
lightfully candid In ~avowing H. THIS society
girl hers has no more TO Aay than a northern
belle. but sho saya il better. Conversation
ally. a. Ia evory other way. sho Is graceful,
arch aud Ia excellent taste. She is not elo-
quent, but her eyes arc, and tho quick play
o. light and shadow In hsr face. the unob.
trusive action OF her suggestive little hands,
and the ever-changing emphasis and lDfiec-
ton OF her suft-sylabled words, put n world
Of meaning into her most ordinary rumnrk1
The only respect Ia which her taste ia quas-
tionahle Is her unlimited uks u cosmetics. 1
have yet 10 meet a pretty girl who does not
endeavor 70 enhance hor beauty, and sue
ceed In Fastening IL destruction, by tho as
sintanco OF The powder puif-or a married
woman. or an OLD mnidl They all do IL II
you keep your face clean You aru n north
erner and a barbarian.
, 1885-01-30


Suddenly a piercing shrek rang out
upon the startled air.
A young man with a market basket IN
his arm and a ned WOODEN muller around
his neck darted diagonally across the
street with tho speed of a scared wolf.
This was the man who shrieked
Closely in his wake was a man with
e%rizzled hair and fnll-of-'49 overcoat who,
with = haunting fear Of getting lef, was
madly flying in the same direction
The man with the scarf wildly dashed
apo the sidewalk and a moment later
disappeared from view through an open
door. Breafhless but confident his CON-
panion darted through the same opening
Tbs canse Of the extraordinary agita-
ton Of The two men Was soon apparent
A piece Of cardboard swayed in the even
ing breeze beside The open doorway. Il
had caught the eagle eye Of the man With
the muihsrl Traced upon this cardboard
in Irregular but u~nmisiakeable characters
was this legend
, 1885-01-30

H
An architect who builds a modern dwelling
should never lot Il pass out OF his hands tii
he has chosen the window curtains Many q
good exterior ia ruined In these days by the
want Of taste OF the owners or fananfs or Of
the upholstcrers they employ. What taste
les things people choose 70 do inside their
house Is their own affair, but the public X
hibitinn Of bad taste Is an offenss that ought
not to be tolerated. When little muslin cur
tainz, 1t for q cottage bedroom. are dis
played In the Window Of an elaborate aud
beautiful city house. they not only give
away the occupant but arr q positive dis
tres 10 ths pasaerlby. Some Of the curtains
and other complicated window arrangements
now 10 b seen in fashionable streets are
marvsls OF unsultabIenesA. Sometimes they
seem % havs hsan designed for a dolra
houaa, sometimes for a kitchen, sometimos
for a coffin. Rarely havs they any relation
to external fitness. and they make one regret
the good aid days OF Vcnetian blinds and
Holland shadssr which at least we're in
offensive
, 1885-01-30
CHAPTER III.

The person who luxuriated in the rather
~euphonious title Of the Irnclad Genius
was q tall. lank, looselyjointed young man
with a perfect frenzy Of carroty hair tum-
bling in cascades to his shoulders. His
face was rudy but not anbcsque in out
line and his nose up-tilted as il shifting
for provender. On his arm was a market
basket on his feet a pair of stout boots.
and wound around his neck was a ten-foot
red wooden muller. He walked with a
shambling gait a step behind the man
with the Tdewater Pants
He looked like an aspiring countryside
dude or the second hand valet Of a broken
down tinancier.
He was not. however.
He was simply the Ironclad Genius who
wroie scathine editorials on the Barren
ness Of the Unknowable, or the (Which
ness Of the Whence
They were two OF a kind-ezeaped Col
orado country jounalists-and both were
hungry.
, 1885-01-30


q rule, the first instances altar mar
rage where marital authority Is exercised Is
on the shoe question, . said a wise young
matron the other day. HYou may be wear
ing tho easiest and most sensible OF shoos-it
does not signify. Two axioms are indelibly
Impressed upon the masculine mind, from
birth, / fancy. Ono, woman Is vain; the
other, womnu's vanity Is most pronounced
In her loot apparel Sc the young husband,
feeling that at last he IL In q position to reg
ulats one woman vanity, at least In this
respect, begins the shoe reform at once. Be-
fore we had been married a week my husband
had informed me that l wore my shoes
two sizes 70 short and one size too narrow,
which was really a remarkable piece OF news,
for / had never had any sort OF trouble with
my feet, and took my daily tramp with the
greatest comfort Tho first time l needed
shoes he accompanied mo to tho s~hoemaker's
and, with his valuable assistance, i pro-
cured a pair Of Shoes 80 large and easy that
thsy chafed my feet, and at tho end OF a
fortnight i was obliged 10 discard them, be-
ing foot-sore for the first time in my life. 1t
Is just as great an error to have a shoe too
largo as too small II shouid ht the feet-no
more, no less. Since that one experience
finished madame demurely, II buy my own
shoes. l think my husband exploded his
theory at tho first test
, 1885-01-30

Il was a bright and beautiful day in
November. The air wa soif and balmy
and the lengthening shadows were dane.
ing in the sunlight which flashed with re-
fulgent splendor Ger the lea. High in
mid air poised a elhdsome hawk who
piped a merry lay to his absent mate
Money was scarce at ? per cent a month.
All nature seemed glad. yet impending
like a gloomy pail was an indehnable
sense Of approaching danger. which par
took somewhat of the character Of pas
sionate voc. The merchants felt it, and
the scurrying clerks were busy posting no
tees on their goods to the effect that pur-
chases must be paid for strictly on the
spot boarding house keepers felt il and
tremblcd in their boots, while the saloon
men deity Withdrew their free lunches
from public view and securely anchored
their beer kegs in the ice chests.
And what waz the cause Of these por-
t~ent;ous preparations
The man with the Tidewater Pants was
expected in town-only this and nothing
more
, 1885-01-30
Tho seai-skin sacqus Going
New York star.l

~Ssalskin sacques are getting 90 common
that fashionable people are discarding them
entirely" said a lady friend OF mine the
other day, whose husband allows her 5000
a year for her wardrobe. 1You know" she
continued, there are cheap furs which look
nearly as well as the best for one season,
and 50 low-priced as TO place them In
reach Of saimost everybody. My cook,
for instance, wears a sealskin
she bought for eco. Then the
plush limitations are so good as TO DO decep-
uve at a very short distance Conse-
quently, one secs sealsidn and seal plush
everywhere. I've given my sack to my
maid, and for cold weather AVE a black
velvet brocade wrap trimmed with silver
fox fur, which Is quite too lovely for any
thing.
Il nm glad the fashion IS going out, t" she
won't on Seal sacques and circulars are
ugly at best, and uncomfortable indoors
They're ungraceful and unhealthy. They
can DO worn anywhere, at any time, which,
though it Is n good thing for people with
only one wrap. is exceedingly poor form
and deprives tho garment Of character and
tone. Smaller furs, with warm wraps, as
elegant as you please, are the proper
thing
, 1885-01-30
CHAPTER IL.


Herkee. Owen. my boy, said the
man with the Tdewater Pants. holding
his left ear al arms length to catch the
reply. mo mistake, you re a flaming gem
in the journalistic armament, and the way
YOU wrote up my -as-you-please race
with he e -headed ball in Colorado
Springs was a caution to snakes As n
guzzler Of free unehss too meihinka
thou hast no equal in Cheyenne town.
There was a pause.
"rm a rustler from way back, re-
Piled the individual addressed, with a self
satisfied grin
II was the Ironclad Genius who spoke
and as he ceased, he resumed the MUNICH
ing ola dry biscuit which he had mo-
ment before surreptitiously extracted from
the market basket on his arm.
, 1885-01-30

The Denver train laboriously struggled
into the Cheyenne depot Even it seemed
70 be under the influence ofn spell
One hundred and fifty people stepped
from the train The last person to reach
the platform was . grand, gloomy and
peculiar object His bent and shriveled
figure was encased in a fall Of 40 over
coat. which evidently served the purpose
Of utility rather than ornament The
garment hung about his shrunken person
loosely and casually. Specks of hay seed
were revealed in the grizzled locks as they
were Haunted about by the zephyrs.
Thick splotches Of red clay adhered to his
boots which were Of a serviceable pattern.
The face was blue and pinched the
hungry eyes sunken ard lustreleas and
the general characteristics those Of a re-
Gently galvanized cadavcr.
Soy Patsey, who's de guy2'' asked a
messenger boy ofhis companion.
Guess he escaped from the curiosity
shop" was the. reply.
The boy was mistaken. Il was the
man with the 1idewater Pants,
, 1885-01-30


The secretary announced communication
from the national board OF health suggesting
that the Lime Kiln club issue an address &c
the colored people of America on the subject
OF THE cholera, and how to prevent 10.
spread" Brother Gardner appointed Sir
Isaac Walpole. Pickles Smith, and Professor
Dusenberry a committee Of three to prepare
such address, and instructed them to bear
down on the following points:
L Throwing dead cats on the roof OF the
woodshed must DO discouraged during the
present emergency,
2. Encouraging the dogs to sleep under the
parlor bed will not scare cholera away.
q Two cents worth Of copperas carried
around in the hind pocket may prevent
a boil on the leg, but don't trust to it to
ave the whole family In casa the cholera
breaks out
4 Where seven or eight persons and three
or four dogs and half a dozsn heads Of
cabbage sleep in The Same room, something
more han a roast onion is required to rem
der the premises perfectly healthy.
, 1885-01-30

The girls IN the women's stores are treated
with either tyranny or contempt by their
sisters whom they walt upon, and when my
brother Bob carried into one OF these stores
the masculine custom OF tipping the girl who
waited on him with a quarter Of a dollar
tears came into her eyes
4 have not offended you. nave ~ said
Bob
@oh, no. she said; "but in all the years !
ave stood behind these counters that is the
first kindly attention l ever received
-Whati7 said Bob, such on experiences in
a life spent in the horvice OF ladie.. Hos
can that bs1'
on" she said. laughing aud turning to
end the conversation, ladies are ono sort OF
creatures to tho men and quite another sort
among themselves l hope you may never
SO them rs they sec themselves
Bob told me this as a good joke. Ho thinks
the girl was a crank. l know better. sha
was a philosopher.
, 1885-01-30

Mr.. T. Springer, of Mechaniczburg,
Pa, writes; II was afflicted with lung
fever and abscess on lungs, and reduced to
a walking skeleton, Got a free trial bot
tie Of DR., Kings New Discovery for con-
sumption, which did me 80 much good
that | bought a dollar bottle. After using
three bottles, found myself once more a
man, completely restored to health, with
a hearty appetite, and a gain in flesh OF
As fhsS Call at Gray 4 Pearso's drug
store and get a free trial bottle Of this Ger
tain cure for all lung diseases Large
bottles $1.OO.
, 1885-01-30

other viowof 1t, ard saying -whpn GUS wits
offers sisn mont and the same board a. w
have at own table for a plain cook. and tbs
girl had rather make shirts at 30 cents =
dozen, and be independent, than TO have a
good. clean home. / don't get up a heap Of
sympathy for tho shirt makers" The only
question Is whether a woman, willing and
abba TO earn only 80 cents or less a day, would
DO snch a cook as zones wife would be will
ing - have. and pay SIS a month Usually
those women who make shirts at 80 cents a
dozen do il beeause they don't now how to
do anything else.
, 1885-01-30

Is the ~alimentary canal II goes straight
from your mouth to your stomach. Every
mousel Of food you cat goes through it
Ii is intimately connected with your d.
gestive apparatus, with your comfort and
with your ability to get along in the
world. But il the machinery to which it
leads gets out of order. look out for worry
and misery. Keep the canal and the
whole system in prime order by using
Browns Iron Bitters. the worlds great
iron tonic. Mr.. ID. L. Tah, Vail, Iowa,
says II used Browns Iron Bitten for
my dyspepsia, and found it excellent and
satisfactory.
, 1885-01-30

lDr. Andrew Wilson In Health y
The chief rules which must DO attended to
and observed In connection with tho care OF
the teeth are as follows: First, II possible,
the teeth should be rinsed out after every
meal. Secondly, the teeth should be brushed,
night and morning, with a tooth powder;
mere tooth "wnshss'' are Ineffective in keep
ing tho teeth clean and pure. A good
powder Is tho A~prccipitated chalk of drug
gists, well made, and having a little camphor
added This preparation Is sold under the
name OF -camphorated chalk and the
camphor has a stimulating and healthy in
fiuence on the gums Thirdly, use a medium
tooth brush, neither too hard nor too soft,
and use water with the chill taken OIL,
wherowith to brush the teeth.
By attention TO these simple rules, not
merely viii a notable item in personal ap-
pearance DO preserved, but health will be So
cured and pain avoided. Many a bad at.
tack Of toothacho disappears II the teeth are
attended TO, and when some light aperient
medicine has also been administered II the
gums ao naturally irritable and tender, a
few drops Of t~incture OF myrrh In water
should be used TO rinse out the mouth twice
or thrice daily.
, 1885-01-30

Frazier Root Bitters are not a dram
shop beverage, but are strictly medicinal
in every sense. They act strongly upon
the Liver and Kidneys, keep the bowels
open and regular, make the weak strong,
heal the lungs, build up the nerves, and
cleanse the blood and system from every
impuity. Sold by druggists sl.00.
, 1885-01-30

In Bolston. England, there is a club OF
men composed entirely OF habituai wife
beaterz The Oh jet Of the club Is mutual
assistanoo and protection. When a member
beats his wife and a bonighted magistrate
fines him, the fine e paid out Of the club
funds, and tho gentleman goes homo and
gives his wife another beating just FOR luck.
The noble Briton must have his fun.