The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-02-25
FACT AND FANCY.

goihg to net s. 90 out q his apple orchard
this year.
The Duke of Portland bagged during the
past season in Caithness 1890 grouse and
eighty-three stays.
During the year ending June 80 there were
| 10, 10 letters without any address whatever
sent te the dead letter Office
Port Royal, S. C., which was such an impor-
| tant place during the rebellion; has recently
been s6ld lii one lot for sl4GOOG
There is grdmbling in Gotham because the
tipping nuisance has extended to the maids
who at receptions look after the wraps OF the
the lady guests. !,
skeptics who sniff at the idea of hell
should purchase a pair Of shoes about two
sizes too small. This scheme beats sam
Jones sermon as a medium of conversion.
s'Now, children, l am going to tell you about
the prophet Daniel, who, though cast into
den of lions" New Scholar (fresh from
New York;: "Have Eou just got onto that
heref'
The Hotel Iturbide (once the palace Of Em-
petor Iturbide) in the city Of New Mexico is
/ to have an eIeYatot and electric lights. The
! latter will be quite an advance from taliow
candles
A Baltimore bribdal couple who received
telegram of congratulation from President
and Mrs. Cleveland learned few days after
the wedding that they had been made victims
of trick.
1.-THE congregation have passed out" sugs
gested the sexton quietly 10 slumber ne wor
shpet; who, Startling suddenly; responded:
"Why in the thunder did not they give me
chance to make the anteP'
| A pedestrian who walked about five hundred
miles in q recent walking-match at Phila
delphia Is completely Frustrated and has
seriously injured his constitution. He risked
his health for the paltry sum of $l75:
Rx-Secretsry Robert T. Lincoln, Of Chieag6,
bears no res. nblance whatever 10 his father,
his face being rather symmetrical in outline
with round cheeks. Not nearly as tall as the
dead President, he is large and heavily built.
The introduction of the beet-sugar industry
| on the Pacific coast seems to have frightened
the sugar merchants on the Hawaiian islands
in no small degree; sonic Of them going 50 far
as to speak Of raising coffee instead Of sugar.
The papers of Guadalajara arc complaining
that many ladies that go TO the performances
of the Pastor zarzuela troupe wear very large
hats, which prevent those sitting behind them
from seeing what is going on on the stage.
That Is an old complaint.
The Hon. Col Cody says he hasn't made SO
much money in London as he has been cred
tied with, but he acknowledges nevertheless
thst be Is worth $S00,000 mostly in western
real estae. Nate Salisbury has put by $780,
600 as his profits of the Wild West venture.
One Of the attractions at a Philadelphia
fair is doll said to be $50 years of age.
During that time it has amused half dozen
generations of children and had varied eX-
periences, among which was interment in
garden for seven years and resurrection by
farmers plow.
An Oshkosh man who has been out to Port
land, Oregon, states that he was almost eaten
up with fleas at that place. So Troublesome
were they night and day that he could neither
sleep nor rest, and when he complained about
the annoyance the natives laughed at him and
told him tlat they did not notice them at all.
ooh, feel so bad" said Hartford 6-year-
old. 81 guess it must be my conscience"
"Why my DEAR" queried her mother, ''you
haven't been telling any wrong stories, have
your ''Oh, dear, nc. But l did eat too
much dinner, and my consciencs aches right
here" pressing hard on the most painful spot
childhood carries.
r. Marion Crawford tells th 8 story OF Oscar
Wilde: "Wilde," says he, 'calne into nv
study one day and sat down at table, lean
ing his head heavily on his hand and said:
sAh! Crawford, Crawford, / am feeling very
sad to night. Oneha of the world does not
believe in God and he other half does not
believe In me-"
People living along the line Of New Jer-
sey Central make objection to the use Of soft
coal by the road, as they say the SCOT settles
on the windows, door heads, and wator-con-
ductors of all houses near the track; but the
company has been driven to the use OF the
btuminous kind In consequences OF the long
strike In the anthracite region.
Three years ago this spring one Of the con-
ductors of the Washington and Georgetown
Street Railway company started up his car
while John H. Harmon was trying to get on,
and Mr. Harmon fell off, sustaining injuries.
On the first suit he got verdict for $1,000.
The company appealed, and the second jury
has just given to MIR. Harmon a verdict for
$500.
A big hoot owl, with four feet stretch Of
wings, mistook the headlight of Engineer Al
Walkers locomotive, on the Norwich and
Worcester passenger train, near Norwich,
Conn.,, Friday, for the full moon and few in
to it. The bird made the light blink and
frightened MIR. Walker. When he had driven
into Norwich he found the owl, its neck
broken, on his pilot.
Senorta Matilde Montaya is the first Next
can girl to become doctor. A committee Of
young men of the City of Mexico got up q
bull fight in honor of her courage, and devot
ed the proceeds to the purchase OF books and
instruments for her. In the bull fight two Of
the toreros we're hurt, one of them seriously,
but the young senorita took the purse and
graduated with credit.
A new book of unusual interest has been
added to the Yale college library. 1t is the
history of the class of '37, prepared by Mr.. l.
Smith Hobart, of Springfield. 1t has two hun
bred pages Of interesting facts about half 9
century's usefulness of the most famous clas.
Yale ever graduated. Among its members
were Senator Eva. ts Rev. DR.. George Dufaeld
Chief Justice Waite, Gen. Pierrepont, Samue
j. Tilden. Prof. Lyman, President Chaplin O.
Beloit college, and Prof Slllman.
A very small girl attended church with hel
mamma on the West side recently, and watch
ed with much interest the passing Of the col
lection-plate, which was preceded by an earn
est appeal for liberal giving. After reaching
home, she came to her mothers knee with {
troubled face and asked: Mamma, wha
did that man want the money fori" 'T'
help tho Lord" was the answer. ''Oh, dear,
said the little one, 81 never knew God wal
poor"
Samuel Strickland, of Glenmore Ga, recent
ly picked q stalk Of cotton that measured
over twelve feet in length. with fifty branch
es some measuring eight feet, with tbei
numerous branches on one of which he sale
there were twenty five bolls Of cotton. It
supposed there was over q 500 hollis on the on
stalk. Mr.. Strickland says his field was
curiosity and that his neighboring farmer
were oil encouraged and say they will PLAN
long cotton next year, as from bis share 1t !
| fbouoht ba will make from $40 to $15 ne