The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-10
PlTh AND POINT.

The green postage-stamp may not Be
pretty; but it gets there just the same.
Puck.
What is needed in congress is a rem.
edy for the surplus of bills.-Baltimors
american.
Hard work is cure for almost every
human i'll excepting the evil of having
to work hard.--Journal of Educ ction.
1t wonderfully softens the pain Of
making mistake to be the first to find
it out-Bostoa Journal of Education.
Do the girls know that one of the
leap-year privileges is that of hauling
the toboggan up hill?-St. Paul Pioneer
Press.
There would be very few windows
broken if they waited for the man
without sin to cast the first stone. -Nea5
Orleans Peayune.
Nature is full of wise provisions.
Wives do their worst cooking when
they are young and irresistible. he
diandpolis Journal.
War in Europe is necessity. The
number of hungry robbers is out of all
proportion to the amount of plundel
TO be divided. Menphis AUalancke.
They have got in New York a new
design for monument to Grant, but
they haven't got money enough for a
monument yet-Philadelphia Times.
There are two kinds of fools in the
world-the active fool and the passive
fool The active fool pays S. for liv'
cry horse and cutter. NEBRASKA State
Journal.
The bald-headed man may not earn
any more bread than the rest of us. but
with his vast glacial-period brow he
could sweat for whole family
Dulath Photographer.
The best way TO feel for tine poor is
to feel in your pockets. Perhaps you
have heard hint of this before, but it
fits mighty well now in this tight
weather.-St Joseph Gazette.
For sample of pure American hui
NOR listen to the gentle landlady as
she takes up the pitcher of skinned
milk and asks the new boarder if lie
will have cream in his coffee. Ne
braska State Journal.
A young man called at this Office last
night to inquire what lack pot is,
having seen it alluded to in the papers.
The agricultural editor informed him
that it's kettle from which burros are
fed.-St. Joseph Gazette.
From what we know about the Chi
cago Jail we are inclined to question
the sanity of the anarchists who re-
manned there until the day of execu-
ton. Why didn't they walk out and
anarch some more. instead of sitting
around there doing nothingP-Minne-
apolts Journal.
Some of the Indians have become
such good farmers that their pumpkins
cost them only 20 cents apiece, and
they can raise turnips for about $2 per
bushel. Scalp-raising, it is said, is
going out of fashion owing to the
small demand for this article of COM
merce. -Rochestea Post. EIiress.
We have decided that all subscribers
who call at this Office and pay for The
Bl,ssard year in advance, COM
menciug Jan. 4, shall have their re-
ceipts written in red ink. This will.
of course, entail considerable additional
expense. but we're making money and
can afford it.--OA (ity Blizzard.
Pennsylvania people are beginning
to be afraid to 60 into their cellars with
lamps because of the natural gas, with
its very explosive propens ties, that
gathers around in such places. Con-
sidering that in the dark a man m ght
possibly mistake the cellar hydrant for
the whisky-barrel faucet, it will be
seen that this works great hardship
to the Pennsylvanians. chicago Times.