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Telegram-herald., 1888-03-04

Nina Van Iandt the proxT widow of
AUGUST SPIES. the hanged Anarchist is
writing q play. in Which she vii appear ss
the Leading character. 'Ss wife % q sognr
mechanic Her pisy viii depict tbe nicer
iss q anarchy. and the cinlsr vi ne ter
rib,s curse az the nlinions 0i the az. Esieh
Nina silI bsich ~ the sn8isucs Win dssh-
ing efes and disreve 81 hsir. over he pros
t-ale form ~ her dead husssod The police
81 taiesgs. Of coarse, come iB for c9Hsp1c-
nous laying 0ul
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Christmas in Literature.

St. Luke wrote the first Christina.
story-the story from which all subse
quent Christmas writers have drawn
their inspiration. He was not in the
modern sense. either fertile or q
graphic writer. The decorative instinct
was not his. and he seems to have
been solicitous rather to spare words
than to multiply them.
In his ''Sketch Book" genial Wash.
ington Irving says: ''One of the least
pleasing effects of modern refinement
is the havoc it has made among the
hearty old holiday customs. The
Evolutionary customs of golden-hearted
antiquity. its feudal Inequalities. and
lordly wassailings, have passed away
with the baronial castle and stately
manor-houses in which they were
celebrated. They comported with the
shadowy hall, the great oaken gallery,
and the tapestried parlor. but are un.
fitted to the light, shadowy saloon, and
gay drawing-rooms of the modern
villa"
Milton in his ':Hvmn of the Nativity"
was the first English poet to recognize
Christmas as Il fact in the universe. Sir
Walter Scott came next. In '.Marmion"
he gives very pleasing and careful
picture Of old Christmas times in Eng
land and Scotland; but he did not
undertake anything beyond that nor
did any of his contemporaries. or any
of his successors, until in due time the
man came for whom Christmas had so
long been waiting: Charles Dickens. =
ST. Louis Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Rough on eighbors.

That very widely advertised mixture
known as "Reugh on rats should be
changed to Rough on Neighbors. The
makers of the poison advertise that the
rodents do not die on the premises. and
they are probably correct, for immedi-
ately upon swallowing the stuff they
try to get as far away from it az posi-
bic, and the consequence liz that they
die on the premises of somebody else.
A friend told me the other day that he
could tell very soon when bis neigh
bors had been using rat poison. He
says that the moment a rat has the
stomach-ache it uses its remaining
strength to crawl into his cellar, and
there it quietly passes away. only to be
discovered a few days later, by the
robust ordor that hovers over it. Since
November first be has found sixteen
defunct rodents. in different parts Of
his house. and while he is willing TO
accommodate his neighbors to any rea-
sonably extont, he feels that this is too
much OF good thing and that IT is ask
Ing too much OF him to use his resi-
dence as a haven OF rest for other peo-
pies dying rats. -Peck's San.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
An Australian Mining Queen.

The sensation of the hoar in the city
is the doings and sayings of the Lady
OF the Nugget Miss Alice Cornwell.
In few weeks she has achieved won
ders. She has sofLened the heart Of
the Secretary of the Stock Exchange.
She has shown her latest finds to admir-
ing Archibishops at the Mansion House.
She has convinced Mr.. Bryant that
gold-searching Is more profitable than
matchmaking. She has held her own
with spectators and financiers and she
has successfully fioatcd a company
which rejoices in tine familiar name Of
Midas. Miss Cornwell is generally ailp-
posed in Victoria to have a heaYen-born
genius for mining. The miners Of
Ballarat have given her the name of
Lucky Foot and unanimously named
her their representative inA Eagland.
In Australia she has generalIS contrlv-
ed to find ore where everybody else
failed In London the charming and
astnte lady-miner bids fair to attract a
large sllafeof interest hitl,erto bessoe-
ed-pn lady doctors. lady aslfoao-
'mers and lady bgnnatlnakyrs Lefs-
don World
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Taken at His Word.

A tramp called at our back door the
other day. and thought to break the
cooks heart with his pitiful appear
ance. and thus get something to eat. If
he had asked like man for something
to eat, he would undoubtedly have got
it, but instead, he shuffied up to the
door, took on hungry expression. and
said: '.Miss, SO help me. 'avent ad or
bite ter eat fur two days. Amt yer
got some odd bite O. soap layin' round
that kin stay me stomach widP' Now,
this naturally struck the domestic. as
being queer dish for hungry man
but not being of an inquisitive turn Of
mind, and thinking that the tramp
knew best what he desired, repliedt
"Why, certainly. which do you prefer,
toilet or laundry soapp" The tramp
saw that the girl had taken him at his
word, and with shudder he slowly
ambled off-Pecks Sun. (
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
The Unborn Man.

"And as for marriage" Blousabell.
observed thoughtfully. poking the toe
of her neat boot with her umbrella and
looking abstractedly at the two police.
men who were sheltering themselves
from the rain in the doorway of the
Old South, II don't see why mamma
need bother about me. I mean to
marry when the right man comes along
provided he asks me.''
"And the right manp" the editor re-
peated interrogatively.
''Oh. the right man would have to
be one to suit me. OF course he must
10 good looking and clever and refined
and manly and well off and good nat
ured and of good family. Every girl
insists on these things"
Good heavensr' murmured the edi-
tor. How do ordinary men ever get
wives if all girls insist on these
thingsP'
'.But there are three other qualifica-
tions." Blousabella continued serene
ly "that | insist upon. He must be
an Episcopalian and homepathist and
love lap dogs. An just for this nam.
ma says am difficult to suit"
''Oh, not at ALL" the editor assured
her mot difficult only characteristics
ally and beautifully feminine. Did Won
ever advertise, my dearp"- Boston
Courier.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28

it won't pay to become patrons of the
creamery. 1t s wonder that clocks
and watches are ever used such
places. instead of depending upon the
sun. and guessing at the time of day in
cloudy weather.
Dry measures are in common use, it
is true, but they are seldom needed,
and only for matters of minor impor-
lance, Ike the sale of few bushels
OF apples. potatoes or gran. Weighing
is the simplest method of measuring
all standard products. and now almost
universally used when quantities arc
involved. A wagon load of wheat or
onions. instead of being measured by
the bushel. is weighed like a load of
hay. The best way to keep the record
of a cows milk product is BY weight.
All bntter and cheese factor es handle
milk by weight, and it won't be long
before eggs are sold by the pound. No
grocer would think of dong business
for a day without scales of all sorts.
but appliances for weighing, at least
in any variety, are unusual on farms.
A tape line, or a surveyors chain in
foot links. is an inexpensive article.
and every farm should have one and
use it, that the size of every field may
be accurately measured and recorded,
and the exact acreage of every crop
known, not guessed at. And to apply
ordinary prudence and system to ones
business affairs the farm equipment
should include scales of such capacity
and variety as to enable a complete re-
cord of everything going into the barn
or storehouse, and of everything con-
sumed or sold. In place of est mates
and rough guesses there should be
correct record of almost every occur
renee on the farm which involves time
or quantity, product. purchase or sale.
Some time and some money are need
ed to start such system and to MAIN
tain it. But experience proves that
the time necessary to substitute abso-
Lutte knowledge for the usual guess
work in farming is far less than one
would suppose, and that it soon proves
to be time SO used as to be true econo-
my. In like manner the cost of scales
and measures is soon saved by
their use in place of guessing. as in the
case of other useful farm tools. In
short, it don't pay to depend upon
guess work on the farm, when it is so
easy to have instead that systematic
management, mathematical accuracy
and proper record which lie at the
foundation of success in every bust
ness.-Myor Henry E. Atvord. sn
american CultiUotor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
German and English Soldiers.

The position of the German peasant
soldier may bring with it certain incon-
yeniences to which his friends in civil
life are not exposed, but for these COM
pensation is made by the respect in
which he is everywhere held and the
privileges which his uniform COM
mands for him. Now look to what oc-
ours under similar circumstances in
England. Whatever may be the i'm
mediate motive of his enlistment,
whether momentary caprice or some
less creditable cause, the act itself is
looked upon in his own circle as
degradation. We are not, indeed, quite
so unreasoning in this matter as our
fathers were. The boys parents still,
it is believed, regard their soldier son
as q lost creature, and for awhile, at
least, are ashamed of him when he
comes home on furlough, even if the
bpeast of his tunic be adorned with a
medal But they get no encourage
ment in their delusion now, as was
formerly the case, from those who
ought to have known better, and learn
by degrees first to submit to the inevi-
table, and by and by perhaps be proud
rather than otherwise of their young
hero. Whether the queens uniform
insures for Its wearer creditable associ-
atoms in his native place, we cannot
pretend to say; but this we do know,
that elsewhere it operates in a decided
ly opposite direction. 1t is not very
long ago since noncommissioned Of
ficer in the Household cavalry, who
presumed to enter the coffee room of a
Windsor hotel wearing the un form of
his reg ment, Was ordered by his inn
keeper to withdraw, his presence being
distasteful to the travelling bagman by
whom the house was chiefly frequent
ed. And simultaneously private in
the Foot Guards was told at the door
of the National Gallery that admission
to such places as that "was not for the
likes of he.'' We hope and believe
that change for the better is begin
ming to manifest itself among the
lower order of our middle classes. We
read in local newspapers of friendly
intercourse carried on between the
families of tradesmen in country towns
and those of the non-commssioned Of
ficers quartered among them. and
without doubt the more generous spirit
in which discipline is maintained in the
ranks will in time break down the pref
udice which has too long cut off the
private from seeking his companions in
civil society elsewhere than among the
most degraded of its members. But
how long will it be before the volunta-
rily enlisted man shall hold bis head as
high as the conscript, who. whether he
hail from the cottage or the shop, or
the mansion of Won, is treated,
wherever he goes as one of the elete Of
Prussia's sons p-BlackWood'S Maya
zt7ae. .i
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Blood Will. Tell.

Miss Breezy (of Chicago)-Oh, yes,
young Mr.. Wabash is immensely
wealthy, by inheritance. He was born
with silver spoon in his mouth. you
know.
Mrs. Shawsgarden (of st. Louis)-
Was he, indeedp / should imagine
from the way he eats that he was born
with knife in his mouth. - The Epoch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
She Took Id.

The grocer had put up her tea, sugar
and starch, and to his query at ..Anv-
thing else to-day ?" she replied:
'Yes. ] want pumpkin
Right this way. ma'an. Here is q
very nice one.''
els 1t ripe r.
Certainly"
Il want to be sure about that
Please plug it. "
"Oh. certainly. Sec there p
ITS NOT red core.
mo madam; it's yellow core. All
my pumpkins have been.that way this
tall and every one has given satisfaos
Hon. Detroit Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Such an Ear Would.

Farmer Bascomb Ito his nephew -
Do you play anythingp
DE SMITH play the violinaa little
by ear.
-Thunderation! Lets see
you do it thought it was consider
able of a knack to play by hand. But
by ear! Goodness. it must lap over
every thing. Burlington Free Press, Z
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Concerning the beautiful. /"


Many are the cheap jokes that wi
be cracked about Beautiful Snow.
In fact the "beautifur' has gotten
be by-word. and people hardly paus
any more to think that the snow reall
is beautiful In the city they ca
scarcely be blamed for it 10 only
sloppy, dirty mass that sickens tn
soul But in the country it is Away
the same exquisitively lovely, feec
covering that makes all the harsh feat
ures in the landscape melt into harmo
NOUS and dazzling whiteness. And i
addition to scoffing at the snow. it
the fashion to scott at the beautiful
poem about 1t, and to count its autho
as mysterious and unknown as the fel
low who, on a memorable occasion hi
Billy Patterson. This is absurd
Major Sigourney wrote Beautiful
Snow" in 1852. and it is q fair poem
Mark the melody in one of it's stanzas
Beautiful snowl Beautiful snowi
CnuunOOu's quick Slhnccs
See the bright fancies
Decking the window panes softly and slow;
Forest and city,
Figures so pretty
Left by the. magical fingers Of snow.
Some years later Mr.. James w. Wat
son improved on the original poem
taking most of its ideas, but vastly bet
tering the versification. The mete
was entirely changed, as can. be see,
from this stanza:
Oh the snow, the beautiful snowI
How the fakes gather and laugh as they goi
Whirling about In its maddening fun
1t plays In its glee with every one
Chasing,
Laughing,
Hurrying by
1t lights up the face and it sparks the eye,
And even the dogs with bark and bound
Snap at the crystals that ebby around.
The town Is alive and Its heart In aglow
To welcome the coming of beautiful snow. !
This second poem in addition to be.
ing descriptive has a moral Now Z
moral is good thing to tack on a ser,
mon. but it often is out of place in 9
poem though in the present instance the
author made no mistake. This is the
last stanza:
Helpless and frail as the trampled-on snow,
Sinner, despair not-Cbrist stoopeth low
To rescue the soul that is lost in its sin,
And raise it to life and enjoyment again.
Groaning,
Bleeding,
Dying for thee.
The cruci6ed hung on the accursed tree.
His accents of mercy fall soft on my ear;
Is there mercy for NE, will he heed my veal
prayera
o, Godl In the stream that for sinners doth
flow,
Wash me and shall be whittier than snow.
But it is no sign of feeble intellect
to sing of the snow. All poets have
done it, and even the mighty Emerson,
he who dwelt so far apart from whai
was commonplace, wrote of the first
snow storm in words that paint o
picture never to be forgotten:
All the trumpets of the sky a
Announce the coming of the snow.
Whittier, in his Snow Bound" has
idealized a New England blizzard.
Lowell moves the reader to tears in his
1.-The First Snow FALL" while the cold
Bryant and classical Longfellow have
each found something new to say about
the snow. Why, then, need the aspir-
ing bard hesitate to put in rhyme his
thoughts of the snowP Every precedent
is in his favor. --t iacinnati Week.,
Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
We Don't Do as the Romans Dir

We Don't Do as the Romans Did,
Among the Romans, If man kissed
his betrothed, she gained thereby half
of b effects in the event of his dying
before the celebration of their mar
rage. II the lady herself died under
the same circumstances her heirs or
nearest kin took the half due to her.
A kiss was regarded very seriously by
the ancient Romans.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
The Time to Strike

One of the parental blunders of the
present day is to spare the rod when a
lad comes home with the odor of the
cigarette about his cloths -Mwneapo-
lis Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28
Where RE has the Advantage.

! Where He has the Advantage
The near-sighted man has one great
advantage over the rest of mankind.
He can cut his creditors on the street
with an aspect of perfect serenity
Burlington Frse Press
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28


ers. Daniel Webster liked good ci-
gar and Henry Clay chewed, smoked
and snuffed. Clay would not carry
snuff-bo himself for fear that he
might indulge tao freely in the habit
and thus injureshis melodious' voice.
He borrowed his pinches of snuff from
his friends, and there is story told in
which he stopped in the middle of an
argument at the Supreme Court and
asked Chief-Justice Marshall for a
pinch of Maccoby.
Shutting, however, is on the decline,
though big bottles of it are still kept
in the Senate lobby and two little
boxes always stand in a recess of the
Senate Chamber. Senator Wilson. of
MARYLAND, is, an inveterate snuffer;
Beck, of Kentucky. likes pinch of
snuff after Senatorial discussion. and
Senator Edmunds now and then makes
his nostrils CULVER with the titillating
powder. Wade Hampton. of South
Carolina, likes to make his own snuff,
and he does it by getting good cigar
and pulverizing it in his hands He can
take a strong snuff without sneezing.
and his face smiles with generous joy
when his nose is undergoing the pleas
ure. Capt. Basset, the doorkeeper.
who has been in tine Senate for the past
fifty years, tells me that snuff box
used to be kept on the desk of the Pres
ident of the Senate. and the pages of
the past were required to keep this full.
and they often had to carry pinches Of
snuff from it to the various Senators.
When Van Buren, was Vice Presiden.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28

light wire pole, caught hold of one Of the
wires Instantly the thought flashed
through his mind that IL was about time for
the electric current to be turned on. which he
knew would certainly kill him He was hang
ing seventy feet from the ground and was
about to let 60 OF the wire to drop to the
ground when someone. shouting to him hold
on for few minutes, ran to the engine-house
and warned the engineer. Hanson was then
rescued.
California has some big orchards, aud the
largest is 10 the Sulsun valley, end IL owned
by A. 7. Hatch, president OF the California
Fruit union. Mr.. Hutch has 200 acres In
pear trees, 100 in peaches, 20 in apricots. 10 in
nectarines $40 In almonds, 40 in cherries, 100
in NUNS and prunes, besides 40 acres of
currants and gooseberrles and hundreds Of
lemon and orange trees or these acres 300
bore fruit this season to the amount of
1900 tons. which brought the owner $40, 900.
He calculates that when the whole orchard is
in full bearing 1t will produce 5000 tons of
fruit worth 100000
Pastor Hooper, who recently resigned his
pulpit a: Kingston, N. Y, Is not highly spoken
of by his former parIshoners in California.
He was once pastor of Congregational church
at Martinez, and while there he became en-
gagged to Mrs., Eva Bissell, young widow.
He left the Martinez church and become pas
tor at Stockton, but often visited Mrs BisselL
Meantime he became acquainted with Miss
Carrie Case, the daughter OF q welLto-do mer-
chant of Petaluma. He became engaged to
her while yet engaged to Mrs. BisselL He
would visit one and while on the way home
stop and visit The other For this he had de-
posed from the pulpit. He then married Miss
Case and went east He took post graduate
course at Andover. He was recently separa-
ted from bis vita
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-01-28

farming is a business; indeed, it is the
business of the country, upon the gen.
eral success of which all others depend.
The farmer is a manufacturer, and q
merchant, and much more. and of all
persons he is the one who should con-
duct his affairs on the strictest business
principles The very fact that farm
ing SO often utterly disregards funda-
mental business maxims and methods,
without utter ruin, is in itself the
strongest evidence that it is a business
offering unusual security and a wide
margin of profit, when properly man
aged.
Every farmers boy knows all the
tables of weight and measures ''by
heart" but how little these are used on
the farm. Even the size of the farm
itself is a matter of uncertainty. de-
pendent upon an old and unverified
deed or the books of the assessor.
There is no accurate knowledge of the
various fields, or Their actual produce;
1t is all guess work. The farmer guess
es which cow eats the most. and guess
es which is losing weight, and which
gaining, and guesses which gives the
most milk in a year, and guesses which
milk is the richest. and SO guesses at
the merit and profit of all his stock,
with very little actual knowledge as to
any. and making frequent serious mis-
takes which are never known. And in
the house they guess that the cream Is
lust warm enough to churn. and guess
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-18
TAKEN BY THE GOVERNMENT
JUDICIAL Declaration Dissolving the Nor
mon Church Corporation,

SALT LAKE, Utah, October s.-Thes
supreme Court to-day entered a final
decree in the Mormon Church. cases
Last year the church entered a demur-
rer to the bill for escheat filed by the
government. The court did not sustain
the demurrer or the objection to the
appointment ofa receiver. Since then
the receiver has been collecting the
property of the church in all parts of
the Territory, and to-day has over
81, l,ooo,o ,ooOworth in his possession. Conn
sci OF both sides have been for months
consulting as to an agreed statement of
facts, and Saturday last a mutual
understanding was reached.
To-day the court judicially declared
the dissolution Of the Mormon Churc;,
as a corporation, and decreed that all
property, both real and personal, should
become escheated to the government
for school purposes in Utah. The court
held that polygamy was still a tenet Of
the Mormon faith, and therefore denied
the application Of individual members
ofths church to have the escheated
property transferred to them. These
individuals claimed that as they had
contributed the funds for the Mormon
Church, and as that organization was
now disincorporated, they were en-
titled to the funds. The church attor-,
neys at once took an appeal to the.
United States Supreme Court.
The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1888-10-18

ter makes fifteen widows and thirty
four orphans. It is estimated that the
accident will cost the ,Lehigh Valley
Railroad Company half million dol
lars to settle with the relatives OF the
dead and injured.
Engineer Cook, whose engine ran
into the ill-fated train, now asks for 8
suspension of Judgment. He has pre-
pared statement for the coroner's
jury. He denies that he was asleep in
the cab, and his fireman, Gallagher,
was not asleep, and he did not see the
danger signals.
A squad of police left here tonight for
Pleasant Valley to preserve order there
tomorrow morning when the funeral
of thirty victims takes place. The
church will not be near large enough to
accommodate all. Bishop O'Hara will
sing the Requiem Mass. The bodies
will all be inferred at the same time.
Father Crane, pastor of the Catholic
Church of Pleasant Valley, has received
contributions Of $4,000, with the fol-
lowing note appended: BURY the dead
and succor the sick"