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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

In 1861 England imported $50. 900. :
900 pounds of WOOL and 615. 600. 900
pounds two years ago.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-12-08

spoke. Gravely turning to Armitage, and
without the least sign OF resentment ut the re-
marks so CURLY put. he said:
"My dear young friend, / have seen too
much of men and manners to take offense at
the plainness and sincerity OF youth. You
must pardon me for not going ut this mo-
ment into fuller explanations-these would be
fruitless in view of your present acquaintance
with the matter in hand. / have done my
best to serve you; my art is at your COM
mand"-here Mr.. Asgard bowed toward usin
a courtly and dignifed manner-"but pray
do not impute to me motives which would be
perfectly purposeless, even i'll cared to trouble
myself with them"
This rebuke told upon Arthur. could see
that he felt ashamed ofthe paitry insinuations
he had just made, and the real anxiety which
had caused him to make these tentative re-
marks made itself thoroughly apparent in
his next words.
pardon me, he said quickly; II am sur,
ed-dumfounded-at the minuteness and
appositeness of your knowledge. One would
think you came from Northampton, and
knew all the families in the neighborhood."
(Here Mr.. Asgard gravely signifed dissent
Your descriptions of my uncle, OF Miss
Boothby, and of my cousin, must either argue
intimate acquaintance, Or.
''Or intimate knowledge of the science OF
forecasting human events, you would say"
INTERRUPTED Mr.. Asgard, good-humoredly;
that is exactly what my life and energies
have been directed toward-I think not with
upfruitiul results.
"But." answered Armitage impulsively,
.swhat am to think of all this2 You have
as good az told me that am destined to
murder my uncle, and the lady whom
whom-I mean to marry when ] do
marry; md then that / am eventual
" to marry nv cousin. whom l love
and admire as sist bat nothing Hore.
, 1888-10-04
Many Uses of Castor OIL.

The average boy has an idea that castor
oil was got up for the torture of all kids
who a careful mothers to protect them
from the fell destroyer He is mistaken.
like a majority of grown people who only
regard castor oil as a medicine. Only a
very small proportion of it is consumed in
that manner. Castor oil forms one of the
best lubricators, and is used for greasing
wagons and other purposes where the
price does not prohibit 1t. Then it is
burned as an illumination. not only by the
Jews for their Sabbath lamp. but else,
where.
In India, where large quantities of the
seed are raised. the oil is added to the ma
tive condiments to flavor them. 1t is also
made into an Illuminating gas in India.
In this country castor oil Is used to dress
Morocco leather California, " "~1s,
Iowa and Illinois are the Pr Is ons
of this country where tb :. sed,
and the castor oil pres willie,
Ills, are among the u s. extensive n Tho
world.-Druggist iu Globe Democrat.
, 1888-10-04

shall never forget the first brutal ex-
hibition of the kind | witnessed on Rus
sian soil. 1t was on the docks at Baku-
As the little Caspian steamer moved up
to the wharf a swarm of ragged porters
were seen struggling for position where
they could pounce on the passengers bag
gage. Gaunt, hungry looking and clad In
rags, they seemed like the very off scour-
ing of the world. Standing out in bold
relief against them were a number of bur
ley policemen. The chief duty of the
latter seemed to be to abuse the former,
which they did in a most uuwarrantable
manner.
The bluecoats did no artistic and fin
ished tapping with the locusts, like the
members of the Broadway squad, but they
struck the poor. half starved wretches
squarely in the face with clenched fist
and kicked them in the stomachs. The
burly policemen seemed to take a wanton
pride in smashing the o ragged devils
in the face and in kicking them in danger
Gus places with their heavy topboots.
As a picture of brute force unbridled,
gloating over d~efenseless victims, it beats
anything | ever saw.
1t seems incredible to an Anglo-Saxon
that human beings could ever be so thor
oughly crushed and cowed as to submit
meekly to such in~eXcusable brutality as
the lower class Russians do. One after
another the wretched victims of police
brutality would go limping away, famed
or doubled up by a kick, and faces often
streaming with blood. Our Russian pas
sengers paid no sort of attention to the
scene; only in the breasts of two persons
present, in all that crowd, was aroused
any sentiment of pity or condemnation,
80 far as could be seen on the surface.
These two exceptions were an English
war correspondent and myself.-Thomas
stevens Letter.
, 1888-10-04

The primary idea of n whistle lies in
the making of a column Of air to vibrate,
in whatever condition. AS there is no
lack of means or methods for doing this,
the infinite diversity of the forms of the
apparatus for producing the vibrations.
and the resultant sound is a matter of
course. The most general form is the
human whistle, which one can make
sound-after a fashion-without much
preliminary training; but many musicians
have made themselves masters of its in
donations to such a degree that, instead
of the usual inharmonious and unmethod-
ical discords, they can render with it the
most difficult passages of elaborate mu-
steal notes. | shall not dwell upon the
means that may be employed to make the
u sharper and to modulate their
ones Every one knows what effects are
produced by inserting the fore and second
fingers so as to IL the tongue slightly
back as the column of air passes over it,
or by sending the blast over the outside
of the cnt fingers.
If we seek other primitive whistles, we
have them in the hollow barreled key, the
terror of authors and comedians; the fam
GUS willow whistle, cut when the twig is
most sappy; the green dandelion stem,
split along its length; the nut shell be-
tween the fingers; the cherry stone. which
school boys grind down so patiently on
the soles of the shoes and bore with n hole;
the buckhorn. and all the other things
which we are fond OF contriving, in our
early youth. with which to split the ears
of our parents and teachers.-M L. Gu
tode in Popular Science Monthly
, 1888-10-04

There are three kinds of paper used in
making cigarettes. explained a manufac.
turer of these articles. They are made
from cotton and linen rags and from rice
straw Cotton paper is made chiefly in
Trieste. Austria. and the linen and rice
paper in Paris The first, manufactured
from the filthy %scrapings of ragpickers. is
bought in large quantities by the manu-
%facturers. who turn it into pulp and sub
ject it TO a bleaching process to make it
~preseutable The lime and other sub
stances used in bleaching have a very
harmful influence upon the membrane Of
the throat and nose, Gotten paper is so
cheap that a thousand cigarettes can be
wrapped ut a cost OF only two cents Rice
paper is rather expensive.
"Tobacconized paper is manufactured
1t Is a common paper saturated with to,
baCco in such a way as TO initiate the
veins of the tobacco leaf very neatly 1t
is used in making all tobacco cigarettes
Arsenical preparations are also used in
bleaching cigarette papers and oil OF creo
sote Is produced naturally as a couse
quence of combustisn This is very inju
rious to the throat and lungs. and is said
TO accelerate the development of consump
ton In any one predisposed to the dis
ease = New York Mail and Express
, 1888-10-04
An Eye on the Faithful.

The life of a brakeman on the elevated
roads is an exemplification of the persis-
tent regard that should be paid to what
many consider little things if one has am
bition to rise in life. 1t is noticed that
men who were brakemen ten years age
are still employed as such, and that men
who started ten years ago are now CON
~ducters, with a pleasant and dignifed
responsibility and higher pay to their
credit. The new men rose by persistently
paying attention to their duties, the chief
one being to call out all stations correctly
and distinctly OF course this has to be
done hundreds of times each day. but tho
advanced ones have not tired.
t is a wrong supposition to think that
these men are apparently lost among
the hundreds of thousands who ride on
the road The eyes of the management
are constantly on them. The s~lovenly
and i~nattentive n grumble at the ad
vancement of new men, seemingly un.
aware of the cause. They continue the
haphazard way of doing things, and see
the persistently attentive ones rise. and
are apparently unaware that they are the
arbiters of their own fate.-New York
SIM.
, 1888-10-04

A charming road OF seventy four miles
carries the traveller to Handy. the ancient
Singalese capital of the country This is
a picturesque place, with some beautiful
views, a residence of the governor ard a
Buddhist temple. where, in a wonderfully
rich shrine, one of Gautamas teeth is
kept. This is one of the trcasitrrs nf the
Light of Asia" for which, it is I'D the
king of Siam offered LOCO, 900 ru.re~ not
long since, but in vain The priests hav
ing it in their care are said to he among
the most intelligent and learned Of the
eastern craft. and possess much Eudd
histic lore OF great antiquity and value
One of the attendants informed me with
much pride that Edwin Arnold worshiped
at the shrine when last in Ceylon. can
not say hat Edwin is a Buddhist. but his
writings show him quite as deeply i'm.
bued with reverence for Gautama as for
him we of the west claim to be the Lord
One cannot talk with the intelligent peo-
pie at this temple without being impressed
with the fact that their creed rests with
them upon enlightened faith, and not
upon blind superstition. The priests. too,
wear an expression of calm dignity ut
terly at variance with bigotry or fanatic
ism.-Carter Harrison'5 Ceylon Letter.
, 1888-10-04

Mock anger seems to be rather common
among birds. There is in them, when
Gagged, some suppressed excitement or
fury, especially in the spring Every one
who knows a parrot knows that a per-
fectly reciprocal fondness is no protection
against his bite. The one | know bites
his best friend deeply, and roars with
laughter. The little birds use a kind of
Irritation of defiance with the ~overwhelm-
ing power of those they know intimately.
A skilled bird tanner, | believe. puts his
hand into the cage, and, when the bird
moves, withdraws it hurriedly, as if in
fear This'invites the bird to a contempt
which becomes the foundation for famil-
iarity, and the device is founded. | sup
pose. on that adventurous and provoca-
tive spirit in the bird which prompts the
~bullfnches to scold and bully the master
whose favors they value. Does a puppy
bark and snap in play in something like
the same temper2 | might mention a
%goldfnch | know. which, | think. never
fails to distinguish it's partial mistress
from all others by an outburst of swear.
ing and ruttiing.-London Spectator.
, 1888-10-04
a Persian BOYS Dress.

As soon as he can walk and talk, the
small boy is put into clothes of exactly
the same cut and material as those of his
father. l don't think you will be able to
remember all these marc names, but I'll
call them off for you, so that you can see
for yourselves how much goes to make up
a suit of clothes there, even for a boy of
6 or Z. First, then. we have the shirt,
called ''pirabau." which buttons on the
shoulder. Next there is the tight fitting
coat of native cotton goods called ark
helook;" then the coat of one shade only,
named ''khaeba." Around the waist is
worn the girdle or ''kamerbund." This,
with sons of the wealthy, is sometimes a
costly thing, of velvet or rich silk, and
studded with diamonds or woven through
with gold thread, forming f~anciful de-
signs. over it all is put the long coat or
"kuledjeh," with short sleeves ending at
the elbows.
The overcoat or '%'djubbeh" Is, accord
ing to the season, of cashmere shawl
cloth, or of thick wollen stuff, or even
felt. OF course. the little fellow also
wears tight drawers, and over them short
and very wide trousers called "shalwar, "
as well as short socks or ''djurab" and
shoes or ''kafsh." On his shaven head
he dons the "kolah," a cap of conical
shape. This may be had as low as thirty
cents of our money, and as high as SO,
according to the tineness of the lambskin.
-Wolfoon Schierbrand in The C~osmopoli-
, 1888-10-04
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During the time the hen wa laying her
eggs and setting. he often ave us the
stormy music OF his drum. II was
small trouble to arrang bushes on a fence
near by SO that one could creep up un
seer and get a full view of the gallant
%thunderei perched on a knotty old hem
lock log messy. and half buried In the
ground, and children of a larger
growth. as well as the boys and girls.
awaited themselves OF the opportunity
OF the many who saw him In the act Of
drumming. | do not recall one who had a
correct idea beforehand of the way in
which the "partridge- thHndeFIls-pro-
duced 1t was supposed to be made by
the striking of the birds wings either
against the log or against his body
whereas ii was now plainly to be seen
that the performer stood straight up. like
a junk bottle, and brought his wings in
front OF him with quick, strong strokes,
shifting nothing but the ir-no even his
own proud breast" as one distinguished
observer has suggested
Wilson thinks the drumming may be
heard nearly half amile He might safely
have doubled the distance; though. when
we consider the low pitch. B fat, second
line in bass staff. the fact Is surprising
The tones somewhat resemble those of
any deep drum. being very deceptive as to
distance, otten near when lar
off. and far of when near would de
scribe the drumming as q succession Of
thumps. the first dozen of which may be
counted
The first two or three are soft and com
paratively slow: then they increase rapidly
in force n frequency. rushing onward
into a furious whir. the whir subsiding
into a sudden but graduated diminish.
The entire power of the partridge must be
thrown into this exercise His appearance
Immediately afterward attests this. az
well as the volume of sound, for he drops
into the foi lornest of attitudes. looking as
If he would never move again In a few
minutes, however. perhaps FIVE, be begins
TO have nervous motions OF the head. up.
up ii goes and his body with it. till he is
perfectly erect-legs. body, neck and all
And then for the thunder once more =
Simeon Pease Cheney in The Century
, 1888-10-04

Man is the only audible laughing ami.
NAL in existence. Girls giggle, boys te-ho,
women hah-ha, and men haw-haw These
ore the spontaneous outbursts Of jollity,
and in trying to suppress it one cannot be
accountable for the consequence You
hay" the faculty of communicating to
your blind friend the reciprocal pleasure
Of life. therefore you have advantage over
the most intelligent of the brute creation.
No dumb animal has the faculty of ex-
pressing any emotion they may feel save
the dog, who laughs with his tail as his
long absent master returns. it seems as
if he would never cease to wiggle-waggle
his tail and nibble his masters beard from
one ear to the other, he laughs with his
tail, kisses, as it were, with his teeth. and
caresses with his paws. seeming to be the
exact converse of human natur Be sure
that heaven and all the cherubims are
better pleased v&th mate goodness. rose
nte with smiles, than a face as long as
your arm and as solemn as the day of
judgment Give us a bright, smiling
face, indicative of the effervescence of the
within. 1t helps us to enjoy a passing
hour of blissful happiness. A new delight
steals over the heart, and we willingly
yield to the heeting, fanciful dream that
all of earth is surest bliss.-New York
Press.
, 1888-10-04

There are not too many people for the
world to support, says Professor Summer;
nor are there too many liable to be born;
but there are by far too many of sorts
that never ought to be born. He con-
ceives that all social questions drop into
this one of improved population. Mental
and physical feebleness, or inferiority, is
at the bottom of our troubles; but the
professor must also include moral weak
ness, inherited like other evils, and aggra-
waited by personal habit. Is it improbable
that some degree of control may be some
day established owe the multiplication of
diseased personalities
Darwin dares to hint that the same
care that is exercised in breeding our
domestic animals might in the future be
applied to humanity. Is it necessary
that Margaret. the mother of criminals"
be allowed to populate the state with a
breed so debased that in q few generations
there are paupers, idiots. moral outcasts
and beggars by the hundred. and hardly e.
savable person out of q scorer 1t will not
do, perhaps, at present to any more than
suggest the question.-Globe Democrat.
, 1888-10-04

A vast amount OF popular misapprehen
sion and prejudice exists as TO the use of
spectacles Many persons who need them
object to wearing them for various red
sons Some fear hat 1t will lead their
friends to suspect hat they are getting
old Others think 1t will cause them 10
be suspected OF wishing to appear learned
or cultured Some persons do not want
to brEln To wear them lest having ac
CURED the habit. they may not be able to
leave them off or to see well without
them Others, again. object to glasses
only or account of their incon venIence |
have personally met with many of all
these classes Of persons, but have FIRE
q~uently heard of another class that ! have
never met with. namely those who do not
need glasses. but who wear them Just tor
effect and TO attract attention Now the
simple truth Is that there are just !wc
good reasons for wearing spectacIes and
only two One Is that we may see better.
the other Is that our eyes may he relieved
OF STRAIN Often both these reasons are
combined In the same case = Professor
David Webster. Nj ID
, 1888-10-04

Did you ever think what it really means
to be a tramp No home, no friends,
no work, no chance. nobody in all the
wide world to care whether you live, or
die in the cutters like n dog No heaven
for such vags to inherit; no decent grave
TO hide them out of sight; no opportunity
to be anything. and no hand stretched out
to give the greeting or the good-by of
love. Nobody to feel an interest in you,
whether your bones ache from cold or
your skin cracks with fever No spot in
all the world to call your own. not even
the mud wherein your wandering foot
step leaves it's heeting mark; no prospect
ahead, n no unbroken link to bind you
to the past. name like a curse to blight
every hope of manhood. and a reputation,
like a ball and chain on your leg. to hin.
der the way to any good accomplishment.
l tell you. when we sit right down to it.
and figure out what it really means to be
a tramp, | guess we will not find it so
easy to withhold a piece Of bread and a
cup Of coffee next time one calls at our
door -"Ambet' in Chicago Journal.
, 1888-10-04
A Joker Comes to Grief

They are laughing in one coterie about
q young fellow who has come to disaster
through being at once a joker with the
boys and a masher With the girls. In the
former capacity he is ingenious and ex-
pert In playing tricks upon his fellows at
the club His latest device was what he
called the goblin squirt" 1t consisted
of a scarf pin, the form of which was a
comic face, calculated to make the OBJ
server look close at it, and this was at
tached to a water filed rubber bulb hidden
under his shirt bosom. The practical
working of this invention was to press on
the little tank at the instant when some
curious friend had his face close to the
pin n thu eject a tiny stream of water
upon him. Possibly there was no great
wit in this joke, but the chap enjoyed it
very much The mistake that he made
wal in not putting aside the apparatus
when he eel out in his capacity of
masher.
One wealthy maiden was understood to
be his serious choice for a wife, and he
was in the early stages of earnest en-
deavor to win her. He called on her. and
sat alongside her on a not too capacious
sofa. They were in some sentimental con-
versation at close range. Her face was
far enough away from the scar. pin to
satisfy the demands of propriety, N yet
1t was near by when he placed &s land
with a passionate gesture on his heart.
But between the palm and the heart lay
the little rubber bag. A squirt of water
flew into the eyes of the maiden. 1t was
a dash of cold water on the romantic
hopes of the poor fellow. How is it known
that it ended his courtship2 Why, be-
cause the girl told the story merrily to all
her acquaintance. She wouldn't have
ridiculed a owe scene if she hadn't re-
garded it as terminal.-New York Sun
, 1888-10-04

A famous musician was spending a
short holiday in the country. On the
Sunday he went to the parish church and
asked the village organist If he would
kindly allow him to play while the people
were going out. Consent was readily
given But such wonderful and beautiful
music did the accomplished stranger
bring out of the old fashioned organ that
everybody kept their seats to enjoy it.
This vexed the ordinary player and he
rudely pushed the visitor aside. saying.
That kind of playing will never get the
people out: | will show you how to do
It Sc saying. ne took his place and be-
gan droning away in his usual style.
Speedily the congregation rose from their
pews and fed There, cried he. with a
self satisfied smile, that is the way to
play them out. Home Journal.
, 1888-10-04

Sergeant Young Of the Elizabeth street
station Is the authority for the assertion
that the Italian colony OF the old bloody
Sixth ward Is rapidly becoming civilized
AT one time, " he remarked the other
evening nearly all Italians in the ward
had daggers and stilettoes They were
nude out OF rat tail files or anything that
could tie Sled to a point Now the pistol
ana razor are good enough for them They
are particularly partial TO razors When
an Italian is arrested nowadays and a
razor Is found on him he explains by say
ing that lie wanted 1t for a shave New
York Sun
, 1888-10-04

The senses are subject to illusions in
proportion TO the remoteness OF the infor
nation that they give from the immedi
ate necessities of the organism Touch,
the most immediate and least inferential
of the senses is least subject TO Illusions,
while sight ~ so very much Sc that the
blind Otter say they have an advantage
over the aerIIg in being free from visual
Illusions The illusions of bodily motion
are much nearer to those of touch than
to those OF sight and yet they can under
certain conditions be induced through
visual Impressions
OF this the writer has recently had two
interesting examples Ee vas standing
upon the Houi OF a railroad depot the
boards of which were laid with q consid
erbble open space bet ween them and the
shadow OF an electric nght was moving uL
aud down. by the swinging of the light
in the vino Looking AT the floor. it
seemed a. though the shadow were sta
%tionary and the Hoo boards moving
From tins ii followed that the person on
ii was moving too. and the writer dis
tjnctly felt the swinging sensation. in
tact lns attention was called to the phe
nomenon by this feeling of motion The
other observation was a. follows While
riding IN the cars and looking out of the
window the trees and all are seen to
move In the opposite direction II, now.
one looks in u mirror sc situated that 1t
reflects the passing landscape, which,
however must not be visible except in
the mirror. one has the illusion of moving
in the opposite to the real direction of
motion. owing TO the reversal of the
image in the glass lr both these cases
an immediate bodily sensation is induced
by a more or less unconscious inference
through visual sensations. American.
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