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Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1885-09-22

nn0n nn0,N PRESENTS GIVEN AWAY. send
VLeU, UVuwill get FREE package of goods of
large value that will start you In work that VIII
oncr bring you in money faster than anything
else in America All about the S21o 900 in presents
with each box. Agents wanted every where OF either
sex of all ages all the time. spare time only
to work for us al their homes. Fortunes for
sill workers absolutely assured. poa'S solay. H
HALLErr L Co., Portland. Maiue.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
Stump-TOed Owls,

Representative Cabbage will be re-
membered in Indiana annals for all
time to come for his owl bill--a brave
but Intellectual effort to protect the
barnyard bird from the savage bird of
night. Years ago, Uncle Jimmy Fra
zier, of Pike Township, this county,
was, like Representative Cabbage, the
unrelenting foe of the owl. He both
cred not with statutory amendments.
He pondered and, as he pondered, his
chickens diminished and the owls in
creased. One day a happy thought
came to him. He took down his
scythe, and all one long summer after
noon played symphony upon it with
an d-fashioned blue milestone.
When he finished, it was of razor-edge
keenness. Placing ladder against
the chicken-house, he nailed the scythe
high aloft, its keen edge skyward-a
most inviting resting place. The old
gentleman had calculated rightly, and
half hatful of owls toes were found
next morning under the scythe. This
continued for several days, fresh
crop rewarding the early riser each
morning. After awhile some owl.
wiser than the rest, must have discov-
e4sd the practical joke. At any rate
THEN visits ceased, though to this day
all the elderly Pike Township owls are
distinguished by their stump-toes.-
indianapolis Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
He Knew His Man.

John Barber is one of the most per-
suasive young men in Galveston. He
is very dissipated, having dissipated
quite large fortune that was left to
him by his father. He lives by beg
ging small sums of money from his
friends. He applied to Parson Bum
pus a few days ago, for a quarter,
promising to pay it back next day on
his honor as gentleman"
"John," said Parson Bumpus, 1--WE
lent you money often, and as you have
never paid me before l know you will
never pay me this quarter back
"Parson, I'll pay you every cent,
sure"
Here is the money, John, but you
take notice that if my prediction about
your not paying back does not come
true" said the parson. "You have no
judgement about such matters. You
will see that | have been deceived
again. l have had great deal more
experience in lending money to disrep-
utable characters than you have had
Texas Sitsngs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
Stopped to Hear a Story.

Two strangers passing Rowland
Hills Church one day entered, walked
up the isle, and finding no seat, stood
for awhile and listened to the sermon.
Presently they turned to walk out.
Before they reached the door the
preacher said, ''But I will tell you a
story" This, of course, arrested the
strangers. and they paused, turned
again, and listened. "Once there was
a man." said the preacher, "who said
that if he had all the axes in the world
made into one great AK, and all the
trees in the world made into one tree,
and he could WELD the ak and cut
down the tree, he would make it into
one great whip to thrash those ungod-
ly men who turn their backs on the
gospel and stop to hear story-The
ArQOSu.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
Stopped by q Fish.

CAPTAIN H. K. Byington experienced
quite a remarkable incident at his
mill few days ago. One afternoon,
however, all of sudden the machin-
cry stopped, "never to go again." as
it were. After thorough examina-
ton the captain found everything
intact above, and shutting down the
water gate he went below to stir
things. In the water-wheel he found
a fish-yes a ten pound trout-secure-
ly wedged between one of the buckets
in such manner as to scotch" the
wheel and bring things to dead halt.
Remarkable to say the fish was in no
way mutilated, and furnished the
captain a splendid meal that night for
supper.-Ironton (Ga.) appeal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
The Two Calendars,

The Year is going, and the Earth
which it forsakes parts from it with q
shudder; for we may fancy that the
tremors reported by telegraph are in
feeling with the leave-taking of that
Invisible Associate named 1854"
who has just stood the World company
in one of her short rounds. 1t is like
the scene of some great pedestrian con-
test, where, toward the close of the
week long journey, as the hollow
faced champion comes before the reck-
oning-place, fresh young athlete
springs out beside the man who has
been trudging hundred miles day.
With fire and purpose the athlete ami
mates the weary one to the usual
great speed; a, single round, however,
serving to undo the prompter and
make way for the next ambitious
amateur. The Earth must hold her
way among the stars, though the
Years 60 to their tent one after
another, the very conceptions of weari-
ness and exhaustion.
The glance of the man of busineN
falls often on the old Calendar. There
it has hung for fifty-two weeks, per-
haps losing leaf each month, with
December now fluttering on the
naked tree and ready to drop into the
centuries, not even as noisy with fallen
elequence as the leaves of winters
forest.
Perhaps each day has been crossed
off as it expired by impatient Youth,
ever the aggressive foe of Time, yet
ever to be vanquished. There fingers
such Calendar-some Moabite Stone
but deeper in mystery algebra
ical device, where every X equals a
yesterday.
Now comes the bright new Calen-
dar, announcing that, promptly at the
close of next Wednesday at midnight,
the New Year will spring into the
Elliptic full of promise. The unthinking
may compare his freshness with the
weary look of Time who will welcome.
the new conner; and yet it must alwayS
be the same old tale-a single round,
and gasping retreat into oblivion.
Upon the figures of this beautiful
joining of the printers fancy and the
fashions form-this Calendar of 1885
we may read the usual red letters of
our time: A New Years, an unusual
w douluS tOu UlI tuudy lCobiFdl, q LUZ,
Grafton, a Natal Day for the man and
for his country, another Thanksgiving,
and another Christmas. Between the
figures we may see some other doings
of men-the exaltation of the n6x-N
President, the beginning of new
regime, the splendor of worlds fair,
and the sitting of new Congress.
But may we not, by peering with
our inmost sight, likewise behold our
selves, on such day, comforting the
distressed, on such another giving Of
our money to the friend whom advtm
,ity has overwhelmed; and on yet
another striving little less openly for
which should be accorded
% us, if at all, without our earnest So
icitationP Unapproached by the cor
'oding finger, these figures of the days
re framed in little squares. How
handsomely would each stand forth
lpon a background of kind words fdH
very fellow-creature!-John McGov-
m. in The Current, Dec. 27.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
Full Of Needles and Pins.

Some weeks ago The San printed an
account of the removing of large
number of needles from the body of
Mrs. Levi Seeley of this town, writes
correspondent of The NeU York San
from Sardinia, N. Y. Since then the
woman apd her husband have been re-
moved to the Erie county alms-house,
and not only needles, but fragments of
pins, hairpins, and knitting needles, To
the number of over one hundred, have
been taken from her arms and back.
Several were removed on Saturday,
one, large brass pin with the head
cut of, being taken from the flesh an
inch deep below her right shoulder
blade. When the presence of thA,
needles were first discovered in her
body Mrs. Seeley said she had no idea
how they came there. Her husband
also protested entire ignorance on the
subject. Among the theories advanced
was one that they had been driven in
to the flesh last July by stroke of
lightning which killed two men near.
the house where the Seeleys lived. ID
was afterward learned that Mrs See
ley was not within two miles of the
place where the lightning struck.
Mrs. Seeley now declares that the
needles and pins were driven into her
body at different times by Mrs. George
with her husband, for the purpose of (
slowly causing her death. She saysI
she was placed under the influence of
morphine by Mrs. Robinson while she
was i'll, and the pins and needles were
then forced beneath the flesh. This
statement led to an examination of the
woman's husband on Saturday. He at
first denied all knowledge of the mat !.
ter, but finally said that while he was
lying helpless in bed last summer Mrs.
Robinson came to their house. He saw
her give a quanty Of whitish liquid to
his wife which made her unconscious. =
Mrs. Robinson then broke a number of
pins and needles and pushed them into
his wife's flesh. When he protested
she told him that if he whispered
word of what he had seen she would \
treat him in the same way. 3
Mrs. Seeley is So years old. Her
husband is IS, and repulsive looking
man. Mrs. Robinson is handsome
not yet 80. She is the wife of
a well-to-do blacksmith. She indig-
nantly denies all knowledge of the
Notwithstanding affair. She says she
went to Seeley's house once or twice
out of charity to him and his wife while
they were ill. Many people believe
that Seeley is himself responsible for
the needles in his wife's body, and 9th
ers hold to the theory that she inserted
them herself to create sensation, and
work on the sympathy of her neigh
bors to obtain money. No doubt exNA
lists that the needles and pins were i'm
PRODUCED Intentionally, as all were
broken or cut
Fragments of no less than six large
sized hair-pins have been removed.
Some of the fragments are corroded
and others are bright. DR.. Prince says -
It is hardly possible that they could
have made their way into the flesh by
being taken into the stomach first.
The case, on the affidavit of Mrs. Sec
ley, Will be laid before the grand jury.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30

up to the Capitol leaning upon hi
sons arm, and he was proud and hap
py beyond expression.
you made a very fair speech, Alex
ander," he said as they returned
J home. sit would haze been better
there had been fewer steps between
your premise and your peroration, bu
you'll do. in time, and wi mair prac
lice. / dinna much wonder your wifi
sets much store by you"
"My wife! Have you seen MaryP'
cay, 1 stayed at your house last
night. She's no as bonnie as some
women. but she's loving and ladylike,
and what's mair, she's prudent body,
and can bath speak and hold her
tongue. So she's no an ordinar' wo-
man at a., And the BARNS are just
the maist interesting. BARNS l ever
saw. Both O. the lads are bill like
me, and wouldna wonder if I'll haze a.
the comfort out O. little Davie should
haze had out o. his father"
Then Alexander smiled and pressed
his fathers arm closer to his side, for
he would have learned in no other way.
In three months the deacon was back
again on the Glasgow pavements, as
brisk and active and as full of life and
business as he had been ten years be-
fore. He went into his affairs with an
exactness and promptitude that rather
astonished the men in whose charge
they had been left.
"You are vera strict about baw-
bee, deacon" said one of them.
"Just sac, Mr.. Mcintyre; but My
son, Judge McNab, is coming home to
take the business, and he's no man to
put up wi bawbee wrang, 1 can tell
you that"
He had always been very reticent
about his sons long absence. There
liberty to ask any questions or to make
any remarks to him about his return,
except Bailie Scott, who was perhaps
just a little nettled at Peters air of sat-
isfaction.
"Sae you haze found your prodigal
at last, deacon" he ventured to say
one afternoon as they met in front of
the court house.
"Nae vera hard matter that, Bailie
Scott. When a man is a judge O. a
district court, and a member O. the
legislature and has married an OK
governors daughter, he's no ill to
find. GUIDE day to you, Bailie," and
he walked away with the air of one |
who felt that he had settled question
To Dominic Frazer, however, he
opened his heart with all the humility
If truly grateful man.
"God has been better to bath o. us
han we deserved, dominic. But we
lac seen our faults and said sac, and
he future is to be for the mending o.
hem. There is nae either thing for
lesh and blood to do"
"You are building him a house,
lear."
''Ay, when 1 haze coaxed the lad
wa from his ain hame it's but just
hing to build him another. He'll get
ere by the time it is ready for him.
hen I'll have my son and bonnie
it daughter-in-law and the four Draw
Arms. never hoped for sea much
ove and joy again, never. And 1
avena the words to express my thank
illness, but, dominic, will write you I
liberal cheek out for the kirk debt;
DR. you'll ken when a man talks in
old sovereigns what he says. Illus
'ated Christian Weekly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
THE CHILD AND THE YEAR

Said the Child to the youthful Year:
what hast thou in store for me,
Oglver of beautiful gifts, what cheer,
What joy dost thou bring with theeW
my seasons four shall bring
Their treasures: the winters SHOWS,
The autumn's store, aud the flowers Of spring
And the summers perfect rose.
"All these aud more shall be thine,
Dear Child, but the last and best
Thvsef must earn by strife divine,
II thou wou.dst be truly blest
"Wouldst know this last, best giftf
IT is conscience clear and bright,
peace of mind which the soul can lift
To an infinite delight
Truth, patience, courage, and love
II thou unto me canst bring,
will set thee all earth's ills above
. Child, and crown thee Kinglr
leila Ihazter, in 81. Nicholas for January.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1885-01-30
In The Nick of Time.

Mr.. Sparhawk, of West Randolph,
Vt, took out a policy of insurance on
his factory one day recently. While
he was in the act of paying the money
that made the insurance valid the fire
bells rang. How funny if that should
be my placer said Mr.. Sparhawk.
And, sure enough, the property de-
stroyed was the Sparhawk property
insured in the nick of time
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-20
JUDGE REAGAN DECLINES a
GuBERNAToRlAl CANDIDACY.

Elsewhere In this issue appears a
communication from HoE. JOHN III.
lREAuAN, being stat smont of his posi-
tion and purposes rs 10 tho
mex. governorship, a. concerns
himself published in view Of thu
many requests, written and verbal,
which have boen mado .or his candi
dacy. There IL no man In tho state
who could hnvO mado better race for
That exalted chief magistrRcy than
JUDGE REAGAN; there IL no one pot
sesslng a larger share Of the
general confidence, or who
ululd moro successfully have
raconcil6d various conflicting
antagonisms. We are glad that JUDGE
REAGAN has determined on the course,
as announced In his lotter, ana for tho
very reasons he has therein sot forth,
viz: That his fed of usefulness to
Texas In tho high position he now
so ably fills will enable him TO do moro
for tho entire State thsn he could do
in tho gub5rnetoYial chair. The socur-
ing OF deep wator for Texas at some
point ON the gulf shore Is matter Of
prominent importance 10 this whole
interior, and tho subject needs hut an
enlightenment us TO the rast amount
Of produce that comes ana goes from
and 20 tho several points in Texas Via
New Orleans and ST. Louis, to make
us appreciate the value of JUDGE REA-
GAN's decision.
However much TeXiers would dc
light to honor the patriot of Palestine
by placing him at tho head Of the State
government, wo feel assured that ia
view Of ell tho circum stances they viii
estimate the case very much as docs
his devoted friend, Mr., JEFFERSON
DAVIS, who casually referring to him,
recently remarked in private letter
to this writer, as follows: "I agree
With you,my friend, in your very high
estimate of Mr. REAGAN, but without
exercising any opinion ON the Texas
gubornntorial canvass, would be
sorry 10 SEQ MIR. REAGAN break off in
in the middle Of his con-
gressioual career. We require
men bold and honest as he
IL, in the halls of Congress. Aud he
has acquired al influence there which
enables him 10 be greatly useful in the
future" Besides this, the persistent
congressman from the Second district
IS resolved on the final success of his
Pvt interstate commerce bill, which
he feels quite sure viii b. pushed
through the coming Congress. And
now that MIR, REAGAN is in nobody's
way, the Kids may have less appre-
,hsnsions. The "Gentlo SWAIN" from
the Same section of the State, Will also
DOUBTLESS consider his chances much
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-20
ADDITIONAL REASONS F OR
MORE MONEY.

In further illustration OF the great
need Dallas has for moro money, let us
consider the vast amout of saving to
our farmers and others that would re-
suit with an adequate supply OF cash
facilities, in the matter OF moving our
crops. Turning first TO grain, we find
that oats are at present quoted here at
lS@ 20 cents per bushel; corn, 40 cents;
wheat, rs cents. IN the st. Louis mar
ket oats for November delivery are
quoted at 5000 cents; November
wheat is quoted at Sl.04@l05. Now
here is large margin of profit within
the next 80 days for somebody. 1t Is
clear that the Texas farmer receives
now only 1920 cents for his oats, for
which somebody else will get twice
those figures in st. Louis in q
short while, or 100 per cent.
difference. The same argument il ap'
plicaole to the wheat, except that the
margin is only 40 per cent. Now let
us suppose that there were facilities
for carrying over these articles. by
the advancing of a small margin II
they could be stored in elevators here,
while Tor the deposits negotiable re-
ceipts could be given, il will readily
be appreciated what great saving
would be made to the farmers and to
the State.
When is Furthermore considered
the large amount of corn, and wheat
converted into flour, that is brought
back here all the way from st. Louis,
Kansas, ETC., with the freights on the
raw material hence to st. Louis
and Kansas, end on the flour
to this city, the great saw
ing to cur grain growers becomes
still more apparent. 1t is known, too,
that thousands of bushels Of corn are
brought back to this State at prices
from IS cents TO 81 bushel. SO far as
concerns Dallas, it ought clearly TO ap-
pear that she IS deeply and directly in
terested in securing all the grain she
possibly can get from these rich and
rapidly growing grain counties about
us. Thousands and thousands of bush"
els are annually shipped away fromthis
section by our farmers who need the
money for their crops, haYing no prop
err place to store and insure here.
Thousands and thousands ofbarrels OF
flour are brought back to the locality
whence the wheat was shipped. Mon
les advanced on grain duly stored and
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-20

aouii aud i,ansss dive M mofs espi.
lal aud 10 oan and viii no aoho Not
that we would Interfere IN Inc itsst
With tho business efthsso inailtnilnna
now With ua, bit loi tho iunda hnd Nv.
ollltlns 10 extended w thom ~ intoi
tho d1mani. ioi connection NJ Oapl
t.i boo fIrmod with th, ekill orperi
surr, etc., NJ tho Todd Mills and the
Empiro Mills, ord soon w. Flll oh
servo nn unexpected iOpr0yomout
on our stroota, MonoY aud employment
would begin 10 como In 30 us In Aug
u,l, Instead OF waiting lill November
Tor cotton yield.
Az With grain, 40 with all other do
pariments 81 trade. Money ~ the
great lever; Il IL as tho wheel that alda
tho movement OF no wagon, uHdoi
tho inspiration ofG very largo amount
OF foreign capital that was brought to
Atlanta, / o conn C.ion with tho home
supply, these ysri0ua enterprises Wa
have alluded to grow up, and the story
o hcf CROWN can lnu ieuupllo"lloh ~
d alias. And IS with Dallas, 80 with
otn,r citios In Texas. In pleading for
more money amt lower interest We are
pleading the cause, the progress
OF all Texas. The more enterprises
the more business relations; tho more
OF these tho greater the volume OF bus
mess by our banks now here. Their
percentage OF profit may DO decroa'ad,
but tho aggregate Of profits on the
largely increased business d0ue Ia tha
discount, exchange, deposit, lines
should produce the same net results 70
tbs stockholders. As place pro-
crosses toward metropolitan proper
lions tho "nimble penny" crowds
out the big profit business. Let us AL
baston tho good movement,
The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-08-20
A WONDERFUL CITY, AND WHAT
CHEAP MONEY CAN DO.

The attention of our people is di'
rected to the leading editorial in the
LAST issue of the Baltimore Manufac'
turars' Record, reproduced to-day in
these columns. The money arti-
cles recently published in The
HERALD are having widespread
publication in Northern ano
Eastern journals, and capitalists
are on inquiry Hs 20 the exact status Of
affairs here. In little while vast &c
cessions will be made to our monied
facilities, and as a consequence
all manner of new enter
pri5es and extension OF now
existing oDes will DE gotten under way.
Dallas is on the up grade and in less
thsn five years from now will, with no
untowsrd accident, have a population
of 80 600 souls if we be but true to our
selves and TO one another. Tako the
case of Atlanta. In 1864 there we're
but 500 houses lett there out Of over
6 900 that succumbed to the horrors Of
civil war. In 1870 tho population had
swollen to $4,000. In 1875, II had run
up to 10000. In 1880, TO $1,000. IN 1850
the census shows 5G,S37 persons. There
wa find 1000 retail houses and 100
Wholesale establishments, and her en-
tire annual business footing to SllO,-
100000. With banks, several
private financial agencies, 3 cot
ton mills, cotton congresses,
10 brickya ards, IA foundrles,
-four mills, furniture factories,
II planning mills, 2papor mills, 10 saw
mills, broom factories, etc., etc,
amounting in all TO something over
500 establishments, employing 1900
hands, with wage list If annually
near $5,OOO,0OO, with 8 grand trunk rail
way limos terminating there. She has
10 miles OF pared streets, aud ereots
over 800 buildings year. No
wonder she is winning in the game
of Southern progress, and forging nor
way to the very fore.
Dallas can 40 the game ching II she
but put her household in order. we
have deljghtedly seen and Galveston
has distresstully witnessed cotton
congresses erected IN our several in
terror towns and the previous enorm-
GUS charges saved to us by putting the
cotton bales into condition for direct
shipment to any part of the known
werld. This was vast stride toward
our interior development, and "the
diseasen has been wonderfully catch
ing. Precisely what has happened in
t6st line should obtain with the hand
ling OF gram. We h2vo here at pres
enL two grain warehouses run by good
men, safe and solid, but tho storage
capacity is woefully limited. A gro
Ger, a hardware, a dry goods, or other
merchant Injuries himself materially II
no undertakes to do business with
room so cramped as to prevent tho
proper and safe storage or dis
play Of his goods. And SO, too, OF any
commission receiving house.
Ia the less than dozen counties sur
rounding Dallas, and including
Dallas, over 100000 bushels OF
wheat alone, to say nothing OF corn
and oats. are now annually produced.
This should and could be all handled
by and n this city, instead of our be-
Ing compelled to sell and ship to Mis-