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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-18
Size of the Human Heart.
From the London Standard.

From the London Standard.
The masculine heart weighs more
and is larger than that possessed by
the fair sex. A heart, it would ap-
pear, grows most quickly during the
first and second years OF life, and be-
tween the second and seventh years is
double in size, Until after the fifteenth
birthday the heart still grows a
little. In childhood the male and fe-
male heart are the same size; hut after
manhood the masculine heat developes
much more than the female, and ends
by being two square inches larger
than the latter.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-18

Tramp (recognizing friend); SIS
tl.at yerself, Tooley2 An what are ye
dom in that holei" Friend; "Don't
say wurrud, 'tis fine job | have, the
felly that runs the summer hotel below
here pays me five dollars week to
live here, and he calls me The Hermit
of Scrub Oak Hill. The boorders
come up here be the dozen to lux at
me, aad it's good cigars. I'm smckin
the whole day long"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-18

papa again remember that he loved
you
He went off without 80 much as
look at me, but about midnight came
home very softly and crept into bed,
aud the next day went on his usual
hnnt after that pile OF love letters
Detroit Free Press
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-18

One il faint should be laid fiat On
his back; then loos u his clothes and
let him alone.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1888-05-18
THE BUNco GAME.
ITS METHODS EXPLAINED BY CAPTAIN
WILLIAMS, OF NEW YORK.

1t is hard to say where the word
"bunco" was born. Its first appear
ance to my knowledge was in the early
part of the seventies, when it was add
ed to the list of such sporting words,
so-called, as faro, keno, Lotto and the
like. At the outset IL was the equiva-
lenS of confidence operatiop," but after
O brief while it became limited to ex.
press those transactions in which a
swindler secures money or valuables
from victim who willingly parts with
his property in the hope OF securing a
pretended reward of ludicrOusly enor-
nous proportions. The success of the
first "steerer" and "haud-shaker' upon
the ignorant and credulous brought
imitators into the business. These
tried their hands upon men whom the
original workers would never have ap-
preached and found TO their surprise
that education aud knowledge of the
world did rot protect their possessors.
They continued in their experimenting
until, having buncoed Charles Francis
Adams, the late Commodore Garrison,
Oscar Wilde, the distinguished apostle
of aesthetic culture, and other men of
prominence 10 various fields, they con-
cluded that every man was capable of
being robbed in this manLer, provided,
of course, that the right operator and
right mode of attack we're employed.
THE BUNoo MEN. &
Nearly all the famous bunco men
are we'll dressed, mild hammered, quiet
speaking and companionable fellows.
Many of them would be ornaments to
a parlor, and most would be popular
aud thriving business men if their tai
ents were honestly and properly ap,
piled. "Hungry Joe," who is now do
ing service for the State in sing Sing
would pass muster in many of ouI
clubs. "Kid Miller" until his last
fracas, in which his face was seriously
disfigured, might be and probably has
I been mistaken for theological student
Harry Ashton, who victimized Com
modore Garrison, looks like prosper
GUS Wall street broker, and talks as
| well as two-thirds of that fraternity
Cigarette Harry" or Harry Desmond
or Henry Dressner, who is serving s
term in tbs Buffalo Penitentiary, re
sembles lawyer or politician of thu
better type. Will Hawley cultivate'
literature in his leisure hours and show,
considerable ability as newspape
man. Frequently when in bad luck o
when desirous of getting references
as to character, he has worked for tn,
daily press and always done creditabl'
work. Sig Hess is typical yount
Hebrew salesman of the better class
"Easy Archie" apes the gilded you'll
who follow the anise bag at Rockawa,
and makes, it must be admitted, yer,
clever imitation. "Sheeny Doc is th
typical physician of few years stand
ing, and it is said, did actually study
short time in some medical institution
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
A Pair Of Fools.

George D. Prentice in the subject
Of o little story from the lips of Col.
John A. Joyce, which l have not
seen published before. "You know,
maybe" says Col. Joyce, that in
my early days, when l was 10 years
of age, used to write poetry for
George D. Prentice, when he was edi-
tor of the Louisville Journal. One
day I went to the city, and, as the
editor had been good enough to
print my poetry, Icalled to see him.
/ climbed a rickety stairway and
found a negro man at the door OF
the sanctum, who demanded my card.
had none, but tore off a scrap OF
paper from a bundle in the hall,
wrote my name, and sent it in. l
was admitted. Prentice was at work
He never looked up. His chin was
almost on his desk. A pile of ex-
changes stood on a high stool near
by. Seeing that Prentice did notrec-
ognize me, knocked the exchanges
from the stool. He looked up.
"Who are you
"1'm fool l said. who are
your
"I'm another; shake, he replied"
Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
Married Couples Here and in England.

An American lady writes as follows
to n .4Dndon paper:
".in English married woman in
your upper classes, as rule, cate
chises and cross-guestions her luck
less husband when he comes home,
worn out, from the house of COM
mons, or from a race-course, or from
tile city, and sooner or later he has
recourse to svaSions, of subtertuges,
from very weariness Of her vexatious
heterogeneous. The happiness OF
English marriages has been wrecked
by the husband insisting upon know
ing everything that the wife has done
or said, or thought since they last
met, and by the wife being equally
exacting. The fault ofyour husbands
is that, when rich, they have not
enough to do, and hang about their
homes until their wives are tired to
death of their very presence and COM
pa nionship. No home can, in my
opinion, be happy unless the hus-
band is away from it every day for
many hours. In the United States
we have no idle men. Our wives, on
the other hand, have time without
end to dispose of, and their husbands
think it the most natural thing in
the world that these vacant hours
should be filed up and spent as the
wives please. In England the reins
are rarely left Enlightened on wife's
neck, and she is often tempted to
slip her muzzle. In America wives
have no reins and no muzzles, and
never seek to fix either on their hus-
bands. Until Englishmen of the
higher classes conform in this respect
to our easy-going American ways
there will be no surcease of divorces
and matrimonial scandals among
YOU"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
Was He Pi0us or Lazy.

Deacon Emerson was very strict
about keeping the sabbath. One
Sunday morni ng as he was riding to
church, Mr.. Emerson being on a pill
lion behind he saw a fox chasing a
rabbit, which lodged under large
log. "Deacon!" exclaimed Mrs. EN-
erson, her sympathies being touched.
"don't let that fox kill the rabbit!
Get off and scare him awayp "Wife,"
replied the deacon with a long-drawn
sigh, sit would be breaking the sab
bath to interfere" and he rode on
leaving poor bunny to its fate. "The
deacon is a very particular man."
said his wife, in relating the story:
but for the life of me I couldn't say
then whether he was to lazy or too
pious'-History of Weare, N. H.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

couple of miles away from each other, in the
forty five seconds be.o-e they must newt
ably clash
1t isnow nearly twenty years ugo, but there
are NJ dnS people., both IN America and Eng
land, who teei s,tk :hSsttsd when the collision
of the Bothnia and the AttsfiS, upon the
Newfoundlards Bank, is brought 'e theiE
recollection. Arthur and |, as have saiG,
wefa seasing over the taffrail, Arthur pairing
his nails with hfs benkni.e. when the collision
occurred. There was 10 teytice but the short
snap of the bell upon the brld4 rs Srd then-l
knew no more. ] have since learned thst
wac knocked senseless by the concussiof.
But the extraordinary fact remains, that on
1lS deck u the A,hrenia. when the steamers
struck, stoGSS Nh Af. AtrRtage and Ethel
Boothby, who had meant IS gRs Asthsr
surprise by meeting him in New York and
sailing home with him, as our last letters had
stated that we were in no hurry. The
s~iftness and violence of the shock threw
old NJ. Armitage against Arthur
penEnife, the steamers coming to-
gethef side by side, and the loose bodies on
deck following the usual laws Of gravity. At
the SAME time sailors were thrown out OF the
rigging, and the rivets ON two Of the boilers
of the Bothnia &ers sprung. Miss Ethel
BoothbS was thrown violently forward, l
have heard, and her head striking the deck,
nearly ut Arthuf's feet, death was almost in.
Simultaneous. There is little more to be said,
except TO consider the marvellous manner in
which Mr. Asgard's predictions after all
came true, in d way which nobody could
have dreamed of and nobody foreseen. Helen
Armitage-Arthur's quiet and kindly cousin
was of the party, but escaped uninjured,
and she nursed him so well-for Arthur, like
myself and scores of others, was laid up for
weeks after the dIsaster-that he fell in love
with her and married her after all. Il would
say More, but am afraid that if do SO
will get q Weighing when call on them at the
Palace Hotel next But still. even twenty
years after. Arthur and myself look bach
With meditative silence upon the philosophy
Of Mr.. Asgnrd, and wonder, after all. wheth
ec there is not something in it.-San Francis
CO Argonaut.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
Two ut u Shot.
st. Louis GloDe.Democrat.

st. Louis Globe.Democrat.
George Seovill OF Chestnut Hill
station, Windham county, fancies
that he is the only man living who
las killed two snakes at singie rifle
shot. George completed his planting
G. few days ago, and to celebrate the
accomplishment took his new VIM
chester rife and sailed into the pas
lures to hunt woodchucks. His in
tention was to sit down in the grass
fifteen feet away from q burrow and
read a novelette, until the ground
hog came out or appeared in front
Of his hole in returning from preda-
tory excursion in distant clover fields,
when Mr.. Scovill would stealithly
lift his head above the wind-swung
DAISIES, sight his piece, and put a 49,
caliber bullet directly under the
woodchuck's chin. or into the little
round proturberance between the
ears at the back of it's head. He had
often performed the feat at twenty
rods and returned with three or four
woodchucks after single afternoons
sport; but he was destined to do finer
work On this occasion and on snakes.
He had not gone far into the pasture
before his attention was arrested by
a rustling noise that sounded angry,
and the next instant the irate
head of an immense black shake was
thrust out of the tangle of a neigh
boring blackberry clump not ten feet
away. The wicked black eyes of the
serpent winked viciously at Mr.. SEQ
viii, it's head wagged to and fro, it's
red tongue shot out as swiftly as the
flying needle of an actively worked
sewing-machine, and tor an instant
the hunter experienced the peculiar
sensation of self-surrender that
snakes are able to excite in all other
creatures. But Mr.. Scovill was not
slow to recover his self-possession.
He instantly lifted his rife, and,
though the object he sought to hit
was a small one, was very steady for
q moment; he trusted to the intui-
ton of natural craftsmanship and
pulled the trigger for a snap shot.
The bullet went true, the snake head
suddenly went down, and the hunter
heard the sound of a great thrashing
amoung the bushes. He made his
way into the copse. The first extra
ordinary thing that presented itself
was two restless black tails that aim
lessly twined and untwined them
selves about the black brier stems,
and next he saw two snakes heads,
one completely severed from the body
and the other hanging by only a
small strip of black hide. Both heads
had been perforated by Mr.. ScovilPs
Winchester bullet. The biggest snake
was not less than six feet in length
and the other was a few inches short
er. Both were ugly-looking reptiles,
and Mr.. Scovill will not soon forget
the deadly fascination they exerted
when the dual head, which appeared
to be that OF one serpent only, was
thrust out at him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
Where All Beggars are Bich.

Perhaps the most curious of all
guilds in an oriental town, and one
which fourishes exceedingly in Cav
ALA, is the beggars' guild. Like 9th
er guilds, they have their own laws,
their president and their council; this
council gives diploma to those who
wish to beg, and without permission
no one burst seek aims at the
churches, mosques, or street doors;
all the legitimate beggars would rise
up in arms against him, and his life
would not be worth much. Friday
is the recognized beggars' day, on
which day they go around from
door to door and get their wallets
filed with bread and beans; these are
divided by the community; nothing
is private property; it is against
their creed. ~
The beggars' brotherhood is rich;
they possess house property, the in
come of which is spent for the benefit
Of the community, and once a year
on the day ofSt. John the Charitable
they have feast. They all go to
church on this day; it would be diff
cult to recognize the tidily dressed
members of this honorable commun-
ity in their best clothes; rags and
tatters are only de rigueur for them
when they are on their rounds. Beg
gary pays very well. If a beggar's
daughter marries she is lowered by
the community, the president sees to
the betrothal, and his consent is es-
sential. At Salonica, Blind Demetrius
is the president; he is easily recogn-
lied as he parades the streets, sing
ing his everlasting wall:
Day and night, day and night. live in the
dark.
Wretch that ami hear the world but
cannot see it.
And though you know him to be a
rich man, and his wife is well dressed
and that his daughter will receive q
handsome dover, his plea for aims il
almost irresistible. -Cornhill Maya
zins.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
From the Boston Courier.

From the Boston Courier.
There was a good deal Of Wisdom,
and withal a deal of unconscious
satire upon the domestic habits of
many heads of families in u remark
which the editor overheard the other
day. eyes," one lady observed to
another, che is a real good man in
his family. I've often been there to
breakfast, so l know" The men
who at breakfast are raging tyrants,
give a point to the remark which
makes it note worthy. Somebody
has recorded as the touching cpl
taph wherein, a bereaved husband
summed up the virtues of his lost
wife: "She always gave NE the heart
of the celery" As a companion in
scription, there might be engraved
upon the tombstone of any man
who was worthy to be so remembered:
"Re was always good-natured at
breakfast" 1t is doubtful if the cpl
taph, truthftlly used, would be in
any special danger of being hackney
ed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
His Blue Ribbon no Shield.

A noted Sunday school worker
living in Kansas was once asked to
talk to the children of a Sunday
school on the subject of temperance.
He is very earnest in the cause, and
wears a bit of blue ribbon as a badge
of his principles. Rising before the
school he pointed to his bit of blue
ribbon and said: "Now can any OF
you children give me reason why !
am not drunkard?" There was no
reply for moment; then a childish
little voice piped out: "Cause this is
a prohibition town. Youths Com
panion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

THE story of how Gen. Andrew
Jackson got the name of Old Hickory
is again going the rounds, and will DO
new to some During the Greek war
he had q bad cold. and his soldiers
made for him a shelter of hickory
bark. The next morning tipsy sol.
der not knowing who was under the
bark, kicked 1t over. As the general
speechless with rage. struggled ont of
the ruins. the solder yelled, Hello.
Old Hickory! Come out Of your bark
and take a drinkw When the SOL
d ers saw jackson shaking the barll
from his uniform. they gave three
:heers for ''Old Hickory" and Tie
nam" stuck.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

WILLIAM SCULLY. alias Lord Soul
ly, the alton Illinois landlord. will Of
fer his farms for sale, AMI dispose OF
all of his property in that state. b.
enforcement Of lien land law. Scully's
system of rack renting" has been
broken up. his tenants refusing to pay
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
The United States is the

The United States Is the gsst
consuming country Of raisins is the
world, and reliable authorities esti-
mate the consumption at about 2.0j0,-
600 boxes of twenty-five pounds each,
which, at an average of 90 per box.
shows an expenditure of "a. ZOO. 600
per annum for one article in dried
fruit Tho amount referred 10 repro
sents say 1000. 900 boxes of Valencia.
$50. 900 boxes of California, 200. 600
boxes of Malaga and 100000 boxes of
Smyrna. The crop of The world for
the present season is estimated in
round numbers at G. 500. 600 boxes
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

The widows of four pre- sident Is of Tn
United Slates-Mmes Polk. Tyler.
Grant and Garfield are receiving gov
eminent pensions OF $4,000 year.
The widows of the three Major Gem
nerals-Mmes. Blair. Hancock and
Logan-are receiving pensions OF 81
600 year. The widow of General
Sheridan will come between the two,
with q pension of IS. 800.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

CAPTURING grasshoppers Is now a
favorite occupation in some. parts of
Minnesota. Tho popular method of
capture Is TO cover the inner arc of q
wheeled wire tooth rake with cotton
cloth and drive whore the grasshoppers
are thickest. In short time "a few
bushels of the pests are collected on
tina cloth
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

THE pepperm mt crop of Michigan.
which, in St. Joseph and neighborng
counties. in 1886 amounted to rs, 900
pounds. fell to CO. 900 pounds in 1887.
aud the crop is estimated at only 49,
900 pounds this year. owing TO
drought An advance in the price Of
peppermint oil is looked for.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

- Is said that as much rs ten per
cent Of the rico crop is consumed by
the rice birds. Besides the actual loss
in rice. the expense OF saving the
balance of the crop is cons ,derable. as
tons of powder and shot are consumed.
and considerable amount paid in
wages to the 'minders" who are
hired to scare the birds from the fields.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

Mr.. GLADSTONE says that he can
hold out no hope that he will be able
to take part in any political work after
the settlement of the Irish question.
His one aim in life is to secure home
rule for Ireland. That done. he be-
lieves his public work will be ended.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
His Trusted Ways.

From the Chicago Tribune.
George, don't!' exclaimed she
"you are altogether too much like
the Anthracite coal trust.
"Think so, my dear?"
eyes, the nearer the winter season
draws nigh the tighter you squeeze. !"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
The MolehilIs and Mountains Of Life.
From the Philadelphia Record.

TOM tHe IHHduelPnia Hecoru.
Mrs. De Dash-"Oh, yes my plan of
managing a man is to let him have
his own way in small things, and
then he is MORE impressed when you
oppose him in great things. 1t is
simple enough and very easy"
Fair young bride-"But what do
you call small things?"
."'Oh, smoking in the back library,
sitting with his legs crossed, neglect
ing to properly adjust his necktie,
and SO on. There's no use fighting
about such things. But when man
begins criticising milliners' bills it is
time for woman to assert herself"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

WALT WHITMAN. the good gray poe,
Is still confined to his room and can VI
walk, but expects to recover his usual
health, VIII ch is not very good, before
long. He considers his recent attack
of paralysis the III +" " at he has had
since the war. MS his cheerful
spirits and Prov. luck and poesy
sometimes 60 toge.Aor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

ALBERTA GALLATIN. great-grand-
daughter of Albert Gallatil, the states
man. is TO become a theatrical star.
She intends to elevate the stage by
wearing the Directoire dress made for
her great-grandmother in France.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

WE receive 1900, 900 cocoanuts per
year from Central America In rainy
weather the trees shed two cocoanuts
in three days and one every two days
on fair days. They averaged bout $50
nuts per year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

SHEEP husbandry continues to
diminish east of the Mississippi River.
while increasing in the southws and
on the great plains. There have been
gains this year in Wyom ng and
Texas but decreases in Colorado,
Michigan and Ohio.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08
Hardly Worth Saving.

From the Epoch.
Country Minister tie boy fishing)
-'Tm sorry to see you fishing on
Sunday, little boy"
Little boy-"Ain't you goin' fish
in, too, Mister"
Country Minister-'I am fishingfof
souls"
Little Boy-"Well, you'll find 'em
VERY small an shy in these parts,
Mister"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

MRS. CARLISLE is undergoing her
first housekeeping experience in Wash
ington and likes it. She is very hos
pitable and dislikes to see q vacant
pace at her dinner table.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

DURING the month of August IA, 900
umbrellas were left in the railway car
ringes of the United Kingdom. and
5000 different articles of all sorts
were lost
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

The Marquis of Salisbury has present.
ed his second son with the family liv-
ing Of Hatfield, worth $1,000 year.
Tho young man was not able to make
a living for himself.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

PAUL KoTCHALsKY Is Q Russian
musical prodigy. He Is only four
years old and lac displayed a wonder :
full genius for music in his second
year.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

LESTER w. MABREY. of Fair Haven,
Conn.,, died Monday at the age of
eighty. He had been q sexton for
twenty years and had made 1000
Oraves
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

The state officers OF Texas have re-
fused to accept the new capitol build
ing which was erected b. Chicago con-
tractora
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

VIcToRIEN SARDoU praises Days
company. but does not take much
stock in Shakespeare. Poor Shake
speare! These are sad days for him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

ZACHARIAH HASH is the oldest in
habitant OF Chandlerville, Ill. It Is an
astonishing fact that Hash hasn't hair
on his head.