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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
DESTROYING the Dies.

A little roll of metal red with fire
was placed upon the anvil. sledge
hammer fell twice upon it, three tiny
sparks shot into the air and the molds
of the old years double eagle gold
coins were wiped out forever. 1t was
thousandth part of the work that
lasted all day at the mint Tuesday, the
destroying of the 1887 dies.
This is q novel form of destruction
that falls to the lot of the money MAX
ing establishments blacksmiths at the
end OF each calendar year. and is the
only sure way of preventing the willy
oounterfe ter from making spurious
coin without regard to date. The dies
Of the Mint are the stamps that imprint
on the coin all that fancy business that,
when rubbed off by time, gives the
street car conductors a chance to insult
the holder by refusing to accept it
For instance. it stamps on the dollar
the face of the beautiful lady encircled
by stars and makes a strong contrast
on the other side by printing a game
looking eagle perched on arrows under
''In God we trust"
The die is little round chunk of
steel about three inches long. sloping
off at the top, which makes it look like
a miniature milkman's can without
handles. On the top of it is cut the
face of the coin it manufactures. with
the date of the year, and something TO
think about when you look at them is
that the die of q penny costs the gov
eminent no less than the die that
makes precious the 500 gold piece.
Conner Steel, of the mint signed the
death warrant of the old years dies. 1t
meant the destruction of a thousand of
1878 monye-makers. Every stamp.
from double eagles to dollars in gold,
from dollars to ten-cent pieces in sill
YER, the fives in nickel and the pennies
in copper were doomed.
The place of execution was the
gloomy shop in the basement weirdly
lit by hungry lire-light. At $50 o'clock
the dies were taken from their cells up
stairs and conveyed thither in black
coffin-like pans. Coined gold jingled
.merrily on all sides rs the procession
passed. What regret had gold for the
steel that gave it power to ruin soulsP
So the dies OF '87 passed to their fate
unwept.
The little coiners of big money were
first sacrificed. The d es of gold were
flung by handfuls into the flames.
There they lay until the steel grew red
and the face of Columbia blushed or m
son. They were not taken out by
hand, but by iron tongs. and placed
right-end upward on the anvils. Then
.he smithy raised the sledge hammer
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
A Doctor in Spite of Himself

A drummer now visiting Key West,
when on his way North last spring,
bought scalper's ticket belonging to
some doctor. AS q matter of course
he was so registered by the purser.
The first night ont he was awakened
by the steward calling doctors" At
first he could not remember why they
should give him that name, but. re-
Numbering the ticket, he answered.
He was told that the captain wished to
see Linn Immediately. Posting to the
captain, he was informed that there
was lady aboard who was quite sick.
and, as he was the only doctor, would
he call on her? He made virtue of
necessity and did so. Looking as wise
as an owl and fumbling at his watch.
he pretended to count her pulse beats.
Not knowing whether she was sick or
not, he seriously stated that her case
was simply nervous affection. and
recommended three bottles of cham
payne 4 day. which were taken. The
lady recovered. Key IFest Equator.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
AMERICAN PEARLS.
Some Very Fine Specimens Found In
the United states.

Some VERY Fine Specimens Found in
the United states.
Pearls are produced in some Of the
unois Gresh water mussel }. OF which
there are many hundred species, espe-
cially those found in the fresh-water
brooks traversing limestone country.
The first pearl of any Eotc WAS the ia
NOUS Grown pearl" found by shoe
maker, Daniel Howell, while collecting
some mussels in Notch Brook, near
Patterson, N. j. This was purchased
by Messrs. Tiffany & Co., for 81, 500 in
1856, and led to the great pearl excite
ment. Millions of unois were collected,
and many thousands of pearls found,
and some of them very fine ones. One,
however, which weighed nearly 400
grains, and would perhaps have been
the finest pearl of modern times, was
destroyed BY cooking the mussel They
have since then been iished out as far
west as Ohio. At Waynesyille and
other places on the Little Miami River
many fine pearls have been found, and
more recently, fine ones have been
found in Kentucky. Tennessee, and
Texas. One single firm has purchased
over 100000 worth of pearls found
east of Texas. The pearls are rarely
entirely round. usually little oblong;
button shaped, fiat on the back, and
initiating every conceivable form, such
as beetles, fish, bird wings. and often
had their feature assisted in the,mount-
ing of enamel and gold, after the man
ner of Dinglinger pearls at the famous
Dresden Green vaults. The color is
rarely true white. usually pink or
blush. often irridescent The nacre is
smoother. II anything. than in the ORR
entail pearls, and they are often moro
beautiful. Single pearls have been
sold for over $1,000 Only one pearl
of any kind is found in hundred
shells. and usually one in II thousand OF
any value. SO that it is not very profit
able pursuit. The indiscriminate k lie
ing off of the mussels in fishing and by
poisonous sewage will eventually lead
to their determination. The greatest
destroyers, however. are the hogs.
which kill off whole banks in single
low tide. Pearls are also secrete,l by
the common hardshelr clam Venus
mercenarie); these are usually white.
tinged with purple, or almost black.
Tie latter colors arc preferred. al
though they have title value. They
sell at from 81 10 800 each, and are
found as large as haze nuts. The COM
mon conch (Strombus gigas). fisled ex-
tensively on the Florida coast for bat
often contains the so-caled pink pearls.
Although thes are not true posyss.
| they have sold1at $1,000 each. Our
oyster pearls hayo neither value nor
beauty.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
A Workingmen's Savings Bank


According to The Shoe and Leather
Reporter, the plan introduced by r.
G. Solomon, of Newark, to make his
workingmen capitalists has proved
highly satisfactory to him and for them.
He receives weekly deposit of half
dollar from every employe earning $40
q week and upward, and Of quarter
of a dollar from every employe earn
ing as much as So and less than $40,
until the aggregate reserve OF each
amounts to $50. Then they have a
fund laid mp drawing interest
Once having made start in saving,
the spirit of frugality grows upon them.
Several of them, who never had a five.
dollar note ahead of them. have al
ready accumulated nee little sums
Then they are extremely careful of the
interests. of their employ er. They re-
gard him as their banker. and they are
quick 10 note and call his attention to
any mistakes which may attend TO in
iure the stock. They arc perfectly
contented. and work with the utmost
cheerfulness.
There is 40 danger of strike or a
disturbance. for each man is bound by
q written agreement to give four
weeks notice of his intention to leave,
or to forfeit his deposit. OF course. if
there was any good reason why an en-
ploye should wish to give up his place.
Mr.. Solomon would readily pay him
the amount held in reserve. The sums
so set aside make up guarantee fund
which protects employers aud work
men alike from the sudden loss of oc-
cupation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
WISE AND OTHERWISE.

Slap Jacks-Suflivan an Ashtoa. =
Puck.
Angels without wings are the best
They are not so fly. -Picayune.
Oscar Wilde's baby IA lucky. II
takes after It's mother. Omaha World
On the front ter--The bald headed
man at the ballet. Detroit Free Press,
Most amateur artists pictures are
quite rs bad as they are painted. =
Jonr4ta! Of Edueatton
Volapuk, dear inquirer, is the Ian
guago in which the train men call ou'
the stations - Philadelphia CaN
Banker Harper was never bashful
anan. In fact he seems to have had
40 reserve whatever. -Courier-JourHat.
She John, what is coastwise
,steamcrp" He-"One that knows how
TO keep off the rocks, darling. p
Too cold for ice cream and no sleigh
ing. The Young man who can't save
money now never can.-Albany Jour.
>alGi.
Mrs. N.-"My dear, l wish you tc
observe this beautiful statue Of Apollo:
and this is his wife, Apollinaris. -
Life.
Real estate is worth 81, 200 foot In
Chicago, but it must be remembered
that 1t is Chicago foot-Arcola
Record
A ton of diamonds is worth thirty
million dollars. Don't let the dealers
come the eighteen-hundred pound
dodge on you. Puck.
History Professor-"Mr. Littlebrans.
how did Caesar de?'' Mr.. Littlebrans
-'Oh-er, too many Roman punches,
! believe. - Columbia College SpecLa.
Tor.
She-''Lan' OBJ de liben! Brudder
Eli! Did you come on dc kyars or by
private conveyancep" He-"Private
conveyance, child walked. "-Har-
rer's Bara.
The Great Eastern has been sold to q
London junk dealer for $50. 500, Thus
in her old age does the famous vessel
serve tue cause Of the buy metalists. -
Nea0 YORK. World
Husband--"My dear, do you think
that am conceited in my personal APP,
pearanccF Wife Qhoughtfuliy-"Well
yes, John, little. Most homely men
are you know. Epoch.
The Orguinette: Mrs. Deasy address
ing her spouse)-"Its Disguised Oh
am wild thot wringer yez gave me fer
n Christmas prisint! Divil tn thing
but shmall sock IL 60 troo it, an WIN
Oi turns the handle it's thot rusty it
Squakes out some chune like the
-.Shwate Boy Boy, Judge.
Pastor docking in collection basket
-"Dey am seberal coins in dis var
basket dat neber saw dc denomina.
shun bcfo'. Dey am made oh bone
about as big as half dollar; some am
colored white an some am blue-de
most am white. AS dey am no use to
de chn'ch. dey'll be returned to dc
onwcr If he comes forrard." Nobody
stirs. )-Judge.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
Exhibition OF Sewing Machines.

There is an exhibition of sewing ma
chimes at the Royal Aquarium. London.
where English. American. and German
sewing machines are being shown. 1t
is the first exh. bition of the kind, but
will be repeated. it is said. in Boston,
Mass, and subsequently in Paris.
There are SO patents shown. and they
include many novelties. A specimen
of the first sowing machine ever. made.
reproduced from the original specifica-
lions of Thomas Saint of London. an
inventor of the last century. is there,
and with it are exhibited modern ma
chimes sewing at the rate OF 1000
stitches a minute The lowest priced
one is S1.37, and the highest $3.50.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
Called a Policeman to Quiet Her
Baby.

"Women have strange ideas as to
what a policeman's duties are" re-
marked Patrolman Hagerty yesterday.
'sThey call u.s. he continued. every
time anything goes wrong in the house,
hold. 1 have been called to drive
muddy dogs off of verandas. make I'M
ruly servants keep quiet. and for q
thousand other things; but case l
had the other night takes the cake. A
woman had me walk dozen squares
in hurry, under guise that her M
ployer had an important matter to at
tend to. and when l reached the house
she simply wanted to know if couldn't
do something TO make her baby quit
crying. I draw the line on keeping
babies quiet, and therefore indignant
" left. "-Lpdianapolis Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
No Need of Worrying.

Prof. Proctor. who knows very little
about it. says the world has but few
thousand years longer to live. That is
of no Importance whatever By the
end of that time there will be any
number of smart Americans able 10
create new worlds. -New Orleans Pc
agn7le.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17

aloft and struck EACH one full in she
face. A shower of sparks, q smashed
.oa,f,l aud the agony was over. The
ring IN tho steel had gone. the face
vanished like magic and the dies OF
the past was but crushed unshapely
meial. -PhilddeLphid P,eSk
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-17
What a Ton of Coal Contains.

A careful estimate made by an En-
glish chemist of the contents or con-
stituenls, of ton Of coal presents
some interesting facts not familiar
certainly to unscientitic minds. 1t is
found that, besides gas, ton of ordi-
nary gas coal VIII yield 1.600 pounds
of coke, 20 gallons of ammonia water.
and 40 pounds of coal tar, Now de-
structive dist llation of this amount of
coal tar gives about 20 pounds of pitch,
II pounds of cresote, IA pounds OF
heavy oils, about 8! pounds of naph-
jha yellow, 6 $40 pounds of naphtha-
line, A pounds of naphthol. 225
pounds of allzarine, "a pounds of
solvent naphtha, 1.5 pounds of phenol,
IL pounds of aurine, IL pounds of
analine, OF pounds of toludine, O.46
pounds of anthracine. and 09 pounds
of toluene-from the last named sub
stance being obtained the new product
saccharine, said to be 230 times as
sweet as the best cane sugar.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
Always Smsnecfed.

Bill Nye in New York World.
do not know why should always be regarded
with suspicion wherever go, do not present the
appearance of man who is stepped in crime and
yet when put my trivial little twogallon yalise on
the scat OF depot waiting room n big man with q
red mustache comes to me and Kisses through his
clinehed teeth; Take yer baggage of the seatp
1t is so everywhere. / apologize for disturbing
ticket agent long enough to sell me ticket and he
tries TO jump through n little brass wicket and
throttle me- Other men come in and say: "Glve
me ticket for Bandoline, o., and be d sudden
about it, too" and they get their ticket and 60
aboard the car andge the lest seat, while am beg
ging for the opportunity TO buya seat ut full rates
and then ride in the wood box. believe that com
mon courtesy and decency in America needs protec-
ton. Go into an hotel or a hotel whichever suits
the eyether nytber reader Of these lines and the
commercial man who travels for Il big sausage
casing house in New York has the bridal chamber
while the meek and lOwly minister OF the gospel
gets wall pocket room with cot, slippery elm
towel, cake Of cast iron soap disconnected bed,
view Of the laundry,a tin roof andl 81 a day.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
Our OWD CoIumD.


The following letter from Mr.. James Ham
brick is highly appreciated. Mr.. Hambrick is
an old friend and subscriber Of The CoNsTITU-
TON, and we are duly thankful for his good
wishes. Read his letter:
W.sE CouS1Y Tex, March 5, IsSs.-EditoTs Con
stitution ! am away out in northwest Texas not
quite on the frontier. Everything and every body in
Wise county is on big boom. Our county site town
decatur is thought to be Hill Of gold and silver
Last spring onehali mile from town a miller was
digging well and found gold in paying quantities
Mr. Editor, viii you Or any one Of your readers
tell me through your columns where / can purchase
and for what price mineral rod or mineral ball
such as miners use in Prospecting / am sincere
sdInirer Of your invaluable paper; first because IT Is
southern born, advocates nothing but what is fair
square and just Bill APPS pieces are worth the
price Of the paper one year When he writes q
piece defending our lost cause throw off my hat
and halloo, "IIurrah hurrah for JEFF Davis, BIZ
Arp, and all the south"
Our farmers are anticipating good crops this yehr.
IN the summer VIM gee how many subscribers /
can get for your paper II is the best and cheapest
paper now out. With many good wishes for your
SUE C IS, an, Most resi- ectfllly YOU'RE
JiH HAMgHfrK.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
a VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN

1t has been rumored for some time in At
lanta that the Rev. Sam Small and n number
OF prominent prohibition associates were maxi
ing grand preparations for mammoth tent
meetings in the interest of prohibition in this
city. The rumors were left in vague shane
and were not generally credited until the ar
rival yesterday of Rev. Sam Jones.
MesSrs Jones and Small are having n large
canvas tent constructed especially for the pur-
pose. and designed to seat from ten to twelve
thousand people. Mr.. Jones says that about
the first of May the tent will be ready. and a
two weeks meeting will be held.
There are expected to be present many
prominent prohibitonSts, not only from Geor-
gia but all over the United States. among
them being such men as General Neal Dow, Of
Maine; Ex-Governor John p st. John. of
Kansas, and General Clinton b. Fisk, the
probable prohibition candidate for president at
the next election.
Mr.. Jones says that though it is nearly two
years yet before another election can
be held, the meetings to be held
i'll May can be instrumental in
arousing and maintaining enthusiasm for the
cause, and would probably be followed by
other meetings at proper intervals.
The idea OF inviting the above mentioned
members OF the national prohibition party
seems to have originated with the professors
at the Atlanta university, and it may be
that an object in view is to
make the prohibitionists of Georgia
members of the national party but the great
object as stated by the promoters Of tho pro-
ject is to strike blow for prohibition in At
lanta, and every effort is being made to render
that blow powerful and effective one.
Mr.. Jones left Atlanta yesterday afternoon
for Florida, where he goes for a week to lee
ture under the auspices of the National
Lake DeFuniack and afterwards at Lake
Wier.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13

his time in the vivsection of animals He had M
tie daughter ofwhom he was very fond, and who
was tenderly devoted to him. lie resorted to elf
sorts of methods 10 prevent her from learning his
chief occupation She grew to the nge of fourteen
without any knowledge OF the fact One day she
was visited by another girl of her own age who.
with tears In her eyes said she had lost her white
greyhound
"What shall we do to find her." the visitor
asked.
"oh know" said the doctors daughter, we VIII
go to the college and get pape, and he viii help I'd
find her, for you know there's no time to be lost -
The two girls started for the medical college.
careless doorkceper let them puss into the labora-
tory where the professor was at work. They saw
two students standing over a table, and the Young
girls father, the doctor, was engaged in the work
of dissection upon living dog, which was none
other than the lost greyhound.
"Ledap screamed the dog mistress.
The poor animal heard the call, reused itself, and
sprang away from Its tormentors. II was unable To
Btend, and rank again to the floor The dogs mis4
tress screamed and rushed away from the room
But the professors daughter remained as still and
pale death, her eyes wide open and STIRRING at hex
father. Just as he looking up. perceived what had
happened, he saw his daughter sinking down In d
faint He sprang to her and seized her In his arms
She did not consciousness for two days. and
was then In n terrible fever. Recovering from the
fever IL was found that size had well nigh lost he's
Teuson. She WILL the narrator of the story taysj
probably always be the victim of monOmania
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
FARMS AND FARMERS.
Short Talks With the Men Who
Guide the Pillow.


Depth for Planting Seeds.
The proper depth for planting seeds is not to
be determined by the greatest depth from
which they will como up and reach the surface
successfully. A plant may struggle and reach
the surface so exhausted that it never RECEIVERS
its vigor, and though it may not die, yet never
attain perfect development. The conditions
of life whilst under the ground, and after it
has come up into the light and air, are quite
different. Under the ground it lives upon the
food stored up for it in the seed, drawing
nothing from the soil, perhaps, but water.
The heat in the soil is the motive power which
excites it into activity. When it gets up into
the air an entirely new set of operations be-
gins. Like, everything else it tends to
lose moisture by evaporation; the water
which thus escapes is replaced by
more absorbed from the soil, and with this alb
sorbed water comes into it food from the soil.
It's leaves bathed in the air, draw in carbonic
acid from the atmosphere, and with the aid of
sunlight build up, out of it and the elements of
water, new tissues. 1t thus becomes an indie
pendent existence. Whilst under the ground
it was dependent upon its mothers milk (the
food laid up for it), now it can forage for itself.
If planted too deep, the food laid up for it may
be exhausted before it can reach the surface;
in that event it perishes or it may fall little
short Of this, and reach the surface with its
parts imperfectly developed-its leaves small,
its stalks slender; or still farther it may reach
the surface before its supply of seed food is ex-
hausted, and proceeding to gather food from
the atmosphere, receive no check and not be-
come stunted in its growth.
Natures mode of seeding is to drop the seeds
on the surface, and trust to their being covered
by rain, or alternate frcezings and thawings, or
by insects disturbing the soil, or other
agencies of like nature. Whilst this
Is an uncertain mode, and calls for large
amount of seed, because so great portion is
liable to failure of covering, it indicates very
clearly that natures method is shallow cover
ing, and that the organization of plants is
adapted to shallow covering. Just enough
covering to secure the necessary moisture is
the plain indication. Especially is this true
early in the season when moisture near the
surface is abundant, and heat {tle motive
power is greater there than at lower depths.
AS the season advances moisture retires from
the surface ana heat penetrates deeper down,
and seeds must be planted deeper, but the
loose dry nature of the soil above them enables
young plants to reach the surface more easily
that when the soil is wet and cold. So much
for theoretical considerations-prac how
ever, confirms them-careful experiments with
planting seeds at different depths show that
for the larger Seed like conn., wheat, oats, etc,
one to two inches covering give the most vigor-
Gus plants and largest yields. Plant corn now
IS shallow as possible. w. L. J.
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1888-03-13
The Husband Enjoyed 1t.
Thomas Stevens, the Bicycler.

IHUmAs SltNenS, Tie BcycIer.
There is good deal of coquetry among the
Hungarians, and IN the lower Danubian provinces
of Slavona and Crotia the maidens seem almost to
the manner born.
'Would that were n rosebud" said a charming
young Hungarian matron TO me once at cham
payne supper the Budapest boys were giving me in
the exposition grounds.
"And why, pray, would you want to be a rosebud?
You are a.
That you might wear me for button hole bou-
Quet, on your journey around the world" she re-
piled, partially hiding her face behind her fan.
THAT is very complimentary" said.
And what would you do with the rose when il
faded2'' she continued, peeping over her fan with
pair Of very black eyes, would you throw it away?
There was lot more OF this sort OF talk and her
husband, who wos sitting at the same table, seemed
to enjoy it as much as the fair pratter did herself
it was very evident that he didn't think it anything
eStraOrdinarv