The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-07-03
FACT AND FANCY.

eminent. oai gM
About fifty thousand peorlo }.
the White mountains durinp Il, nal
mer and fall. The hotels can SUI
modate about twelve thousonsa ccoa
at one time. The guests aver. sOus
stay of two weeks. se 4
The will of Il merchant Of ~
after being before the courts for ..g
eral years on the suit of a sisto. Ss'
finally been established as valid ~
cost Of the contest has been sac o6o
nearly half of the amount involved '-
"What did you mean by tellinc ;.
Internal liep' ''What lie?" ..Yonn pall
you were with Grant at the battls sa' !,
Bull Run. Grant was not at Bull D. y
at ALL" "Wasn'U hePn .sNo Aa
wasn't" "Well, then, there am q
lie out, for wasn't there, eithers
A man in smoking car on n.
bury and Norwalk railway train lss
ed over to man who sat in fro~ -
him and said: .'Have you matss%%
Eyes but l haven't got any ciSsrs
was the prompt reply. Then ~.
can't want the match" said the NAV I@
sweetly.
A young minister of Ogletbo,,.
county, Georgia, in order to rail-
funds for his Sunday school, reoueS,'
the scholars in the school to brine ~ /
egg every Sunday, for which he Sa,, 1
them, and by reselling the eggs = |
cures the needed money to meet ii. |
expenses of the school. ~
81 say, Longshot, where's the Ind
setter you hunted with last season.
"Oh, l had to shoot him. Good dor
cost me $50 when a pup" "WbsS
was the matter with himp" 'Hvd,a
phobia; worst way "Surep' ;sYss
howled and had fits every time mill
wagon passed the house."
A house at Schenectady, N. Y. wa
for long time infested by reaches ~
water bugs. Last fall servant, hes.
ing that toads were an antidote, cauobt
three ordinary hop toads and Out
them in the kitchen. Not a roach or
water-bug can now be found in tbs
house. The tOads have become domes
ticated, never wander about the house
and are so cleanly and lnoffensiye ths
there is no objection to their presence.
A professional athlete prints instruc.
lions show to walk up stairs without
getting tired" Pahl Any fool can do
that If he'll only take enough nd
What the American people want 10
know is how to walk up stairs at "a. o..
in the dark without falling down twice,
waking up the whole house, and taxing
one extra step after reaching the top
It's stepping up the step that int
there that shakes mans faith in the
of the human organism.
"Let us go back" said the scienda,
his lecture, ''into the dim
past of the Tertiary ages" And bis
audience arose as one man, and left
he hall. They didn't object to going
pack to the Tertiary ages particular
y, but they didn't propose 10 start
IF on such remote excursion with
,ut feeling pretty certain that the>, d
urn tickets wouldn't expire before
he home trip was concluded. Any
,ody can 90 to the Tertiary ages;ii 8
loesn't require a scientist to take us ~
here. The trouble is to get back 4
ID
Two Kansas City young 'ladieswx
ateIy made acquainted with gE
through the fundamentally OF cal's
,eans. Two gentlemen wagered that
hey could eat more of them than tho
aides, and swallowed two or three;
he girls ate dozen or more each. 1t
vas rather dangerous business The
of poisoning were palnts4E
evere, and lasted several hours, "
ng the patients greatly prostrated.
the toxic principle OF tho 4
,ean, is an acrid poison. A number
# writers report deaths from eating
astor- beans.
A Bridgeport druggist has disH,
red a compound which, when applied
o a base ball, render that object lun'
nous. One of the drawbacks OF play
ng baseball at night under the cleo
ric light is the inability to see ln'
all when thrown or Datted into tne
ir with the black night background
f sky behind it. By saturating it with
he new compound the ball whlisn
aotion is luminous. At rest it doe
ot give out any light. The illumlf
ting ball retains its meteoric lrrlT n
ion for forty-fve minutes. Two
hree therefore, would be required
lay game of nine innings, and SOY,
raj could be kept in pickle TO 'D''
nd.
A new summer cottage at Lss
.ranch shows to what extent OF con-
ort the modern resort has attalneu
he interior of the cottage is ilnlsnes
l natural woods, olive, bamboo cneT
ut, cherry, ash, English OAK suI
Their woods richly carved by manu- !
here are no inside doors on the lo ]
DOR, with the exception OF tn0s
hitch cut off the buffers pantry llOj
ne hall and dining-room. Somes
ne elegancies are large panels cu ''71|
lining historical scenes in coioll 4
Tx tapestry, a huge Moorish ilrepls
amounted with quaintly-desisI
stained-glass windows,
i'd flooring, an electric-bell sysr
trough the house, and model piuI
,g. The library is fitted up I'M IN
japanese style. and has heavy I W.,
TX canopy ceiling, on which dI ;eoS
nd other fabulous reptiles disp0'.
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