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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
MY Prayer.


While life and hope are fair and young,
With lips OF laughter, love and song.
Untouched by sorrow, sin or wrong
While all Thy light 10 DER me flung,
Make me, o God, serene and strong
In love and thought of Thee.
In all the dearest dreams Of earth
That in my heart may throb and THRILL
In all the ties that bend my will,
Let Joy in Thee-dlvinest birth
Rise up presence fine and still,
While remember Thee.
When tried and tempted--proven frail-
And sorrows hands my heart-strings hold,
When all the world seems wide and cold,
Ere by the way faint and fail,
Safe leading me within Thy fold,
Teach me to lean on Thee.
And in the night Of all my years,
When weary-hearted, sin-oppressed.
o Father on Thy tender breast
Let me, forgetting time and tears.
Find-after all-my perfect rest
And perfect peace, with Thee.
Upon Thy breast--O Lord OF Lifei
How dare / dream of such deligkta
How lift mine eyes to such far heighthf-
And, yet, through all the dark and strife
Around my way, where 10 my light
Unless tits found in Theea
-Tlviea Castane, In 81. Louis Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
j WiruA FOLDING BED
The Mechanical Continuance Close
nm with n Fair Occupant,

The Mechanical Contrfvance Closes
UP with Fair Occupant.
A remarkable adventure with d fold.
Ing bed occurred few nights ago to
young man connected with lssding
dry goods house Of the city. The young
man referred to lives on the North Side
and tianifests occasionally iduch Cob
vivialty Of disposition. He had been
manifesting such quality one evening
week before last and when be went
home was in q balmy and beaming
mood. He hit the keyhole somehow
and went up stairs to his room. His
folding bed he recognized as the place
in which he was accostumed to sleep
and he recollected that something had
to be done with the article to make it
ready fot occupancy: He gfappled
with IL The next morning the cham
berriaid entering the room was SUR
prisd 10 see that the folding bed had
not been occupied; though it had been
pulled down. She did the usual sweep
ing and brushing and then seized the
bed to lift II back to its place. Then
she dropped 1t and began series Of
blood-curdling screams which assem-.
bled the household, She said there was
body under the bed. 1t was lifted
and the body was there sure enough.
1t was the body Of Mr.-snd he was
sleeping like lamb. He had pulled
the bed down on himself and had gone
to sleep perfectly satisfied with the re-
suit the legs Of the article Of ftirnittire
holding it at sufficient height to pre-
vent his suffocation. In his dazed con-
dition he discovered the easiest way of
going to bed ever yet hit upon.
Still another story in which the fold
ing bed figured is reported from Ellis
avenue. This particular folding bed is
owned by lady on the above named
thoroughfare. One memorable night
no sooner had she fairly implanted her
head on the downy pillow than the
pesky continuance began to close In up
on her. Faster and faster it moved.
and all the stories she had ever read Of
people being buried alive flashed
through her mind. 1t was moment
of supreme horror. But as the aver
age woman at the sight of a mouse will
summon to her aid woman's only
weapon-to.wits her tougue-so did
tile fair Ellis avenue sufferer bethink
her Of that useful. but oft unruly MEM
Der. and right Justify did she employ it,
too, as her neighbors can well and
truly testify, and as her husband might
also, but for the fact that it was lodge
night and his prese nee had been de-
manded down town. Hearing a sue
cession of unearthly shrieks the more
yenturesome of the aforesaid neigh
bors attempted to get into the house,
but not being professional housereak,
ers their efforts were signally unsuc-
cessful. Meanwhile the screams and
shrieks continued with redoubled vehe.
mence, and it was not until one of the
neighbors had called the police patrol.
and two of Chicagos preservers of the
peace had broken open the door and in.
vaded the premises and discovered the
cause of so unseemingly an outbreak in
a most respectable, quiet neighbor'
hood, that the poor woman was releas
ed from her folding prison, and peace
gradually settled down upon the
scene. Chicago Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
New Military Ration.

All the garrisons within the limit OF
the Seventh Army Corps Lower Rhine
and Westphalial have now been pro-
vided with larger samples OF the new
article of food which is in future to
form the so-called "iron ration" OF the
men in the field. It is peculiar kind
OF bread in the shape of small cubes
the size of chocolate drop. made OF
fine wheat bread. strongly spiced, and
calculated to keep for a long time.
When taken into tho mouth it quickly
softens and is both palatable and nu-
tritious. II is chiefly intended for
forced marches when there is no time
for camping and cooking. Berlin Iage-
hnft.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
WEIGH RarebitS.

The dresses of engaged young Ia
dies wear out soonest about the waist
Mr.. Sullivan expects to be gone
about two years on his whaling voy-
age.
There is q paper called Tobacco.
Its contents must be chewed to be di-
gested.
The new two-cent green postage
stamp seems to be getting clicks
from all directions.
It is when man sits down sudden
ly, unexpectedly and severely, that he
realizes what hard. hard world this
is.
Lot should be known as the hus-
band of Mrs. Lot. The old man never
did anything himself to achieve distinc-
ton.
Very few men know when they've
got enough. But the most of us know
when we haven't got enough.
In polite circles the word ''drunk" or
"intoxicated' is no longer used.
Over estimated his capacity" is the
proper thing.
The London foot-pad who asked Mr..
Sullivan to lend him a pound. got it
but 1t wasn't the kind of pound that he
wanted.
Solomon's success with the fair sex
is largely attributed to his taste in
dress. Women | Ike men who have a
proper regard for their personal ap-
pearance.
1t has just been learned that the tree
which the woodman spared was &
chestnut tree. Public feeling is strong
| against the man. and. if caught, it IL
quite likely that he will be lynched.-
The Epoch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

MISE house little this side Of tne
Harlem. He had lost his business anc
his houss and his family and himself
because he oouldn's leave that little
mach lie alone. Our friend heard about
a man who got the fatal fascination
and sank everything he had and nna'iy
vent up into the wilds OF vsr'nons
and started dairy. He lived there IN
peace and quist for years and was ges-
ting along nicely. But one day MS
nephew invited him to come down
to the city. and then invited him
to % into neat little mng
In Lackawanna, and the uncle wens
in with all his money and a mortgage
ON his Vermont farm and bill OF sale
for his cows, and when Lackawanna
broke three points he went back UP In
to Vermont and killed himself. He
heard lots of queer things. this man
from the country. He heard that the
number Of county bank cashiers who
are regular customers OF Wall street
brokers would DO very surprising 10
the bank depositors of the county II
their names wers divulged. He heard
that there wasn't bark Cashier, who
makes Sudden and shameful Heat TO
Canada, whose ruin has not been dis:
counted long ago by the astutc tele-
graph operators of Wall street who
have taken his orders to buy aud sell.
He heard that, at the present time. II
one could know all that the telegraph
operators know. one could pick out the
next county cashiers who would join
the Canada contingent. He heard m
old, gray-headed operator say that, OF
all the men who persistenuy speculate
ed In Wall street. there was not one
out of one hundred who was not ruined
BY it eventually. and that this fact was
well known and undeniable. and that
in spite of it. people were falling over
each other, with money in both hands.
in their haste to toy with the same old
buzz-saw.
You have known ell these things so
long, and seen all these people about
the ticker so often, that you have
ceased to pay any attention to them.
The man from the country had never
seen anything like it before. and he
thought that IL was pretty significant
sight. He said that wherever he went
he heard of some kind OF operation
going on BY which money could be laid
on chance. In saloon he heard men
betting quarters on the height Of hat;
betting on the number of cracks in q
foot, betting on the number OF white
horses that would pass the door in ten
minutes; matching dates on coins; bet
ting that the next man who came In
would or would not be red-headed;
betting that President Cleveland's mes
sage would not be more than ten
thousand words long; betting that the
barkeeper did not get up until 10
o'clock; betting that there were JUST
eighty glasses in keg of beer; betting
well. there was nothing but betting.
lie said. 1t was In the air. 1t seemed
to be infections. Even he. the sage
moralist who thought all this was
gambling and all gambling wicked.
caught himself offering to bet his land
lady dollar that the cream was sour
when she intimated lack OF faith In
his statement to that effect.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
GENERAL voN wRtoHr.
An EnGiishman who Became a Fla.
nous German Cavalry Omcer.

An EnGiishman Who Became q Fa.
NOUS German Cavalry Omcer.
In the course of conversation with
the Adjutant of a Dragon regiment
stationed at Metz learned that he. in
company with some nine or ten broth
er officers. had been out Oh d ten
days reconnaissance under the Gen.
eral commanding the cavalry division.
The expenses of the trip came partially
il not wholly out of the officers peck:
cts. My friend spoke OF the tour with
the greatest enthusiasm. and l went to
the General to obtain from him the de-
tails of the system followed. Now,
the General in question, Won Wright
an Englishman whose memory is dear
to all OF us officers who made his &C
quaintance, was one of the most dis
tinguished cavalry officers in the Ger
man army. From Major in cuirassief
regiment, he was selected by Won
Moltke, although personally unknown
to him. and on professional recont-
nendations only, as his military secre-
tafy in 1886; as commander of a cav
airy regiment he led the Third army
into Chalons; subsequently during the
campaign he held important staff APP
pointriehts, including that OF Quarter
master General 10 Prince Charles dur
ing the trying LIE Mans campaign At
the time of this particular visit to Metz
he was the Lieutenant General toni-
mandine the Fifteenth or Frontier
cavalry divis.o The General was al
ways pleased to talk about his pro.
fession and to give any information
To those who asked for it. The follow
ing was his account of the reconnois-
sance. 'I'he evening before we started
/ thought out a scheme. At z a. m.
the following morning l met the Off
GERS. and to each I gave his days work.
which he returned to me completed at
p. m. During the afternoon and the
evening examined the work, and de-
livered my criticisms on it when the of
ficers assembled next morning" The
fact that l have been brought up in the
English army must be accepted as an
excuse for the laundering question
next addressed to him, "But Gener.
al. how many staff officers, abide.
camps. Assistant Adjutant and AS
sistant Quartermaster-G Generals had you
to do the detailsP" None" was the
reply; Il did all the work myself. u
Here was General of the highest pro
fessional standing and reputation Il
man who has won his position by the
hardest of work in European warfare,
and at one time at peace maneuvers
commanded some 4,0)0 to 5000 saberE
deliberately employing his spare time
in giving to some dozen regimental Of
licers instruction which might fall il
our army to a garrison instructor. i
seems impossible to overestmate no
merely the value of such instruction
but the impetus given to professional
study among the officers by Generals il
Won Wright's position not considering
it beneath them to become instructors
Nineteen Century.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

DR. GROSS of Geneva has lately expert
mented with himself in hanging. His
experiments established that the sensa-
tons were only warmth and burning
in the head, without commissions. OF
course his experiments didn't 90 very
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
The Only Compromise.

: ..When I married" said McPelton.
my wife and I held different political
sentiments. So to prevent any future
unpleasantness we talked 1t over and
agreed to Danish political argument"
(Which you found rather difficult to
do, / imagine. T" observed friend.
mot in the least. replied McPhel-
ter. But noting his compan;o n's look
of incredulity he added: you sec, |
agreed to vote Just as she told me-
Detroit Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
Doctoring Under Difficulties.

Mistress Ito cook)-Why. Bridget
what in the world are yon doing?
Bridget-Shure it's The docther thot
tould me Oh must take Orion for me
blood. an Dim thryin' to melt down
the poker, bad cess to it!
Mistress-But, gracious. Bridget
you cant drink hot melted iron!
Bridget-Thin Orll lave it till II
coois. -Neto York Sun,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

The English capitalists who have
lately purchased Port Royal, S. c., in.
tend to build wharves and warehouses,
and will establish banks and put on 8
direct line of steamers between there
and Liverpool, Their purchase COM
priscs 5000 acres, including the entire
water front and the best portion of the
islnnd
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

ON the night following the battle OF
Hatcher's Run, Va, Robert c. Clair.
of Mill hill, Pa. was on reserve p cket
duty. During the night he heard a
wounded soldier who lay without the
lines. moaning and calling for water.
1t was very dangerous TO attempt to
aid him but at length Clair tried it He
reached the man and brought him safe
ly within the lines. The wounded
soldier was Thomas H. Hinton, of
Marbleload, Mass, and when he died
recently he left all his property, valued
at slS, 600. to the man who had saved
his lie.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

CAREFULLY prepared statistics show
that there are SOC. 900 criminals in this
country. only $4,000 of whom are in
generated or the 500. 600 it is csti.
mated that one,third are under 20
years of age. one-half under p years
of age, and fraction under % years
of age, and the chances are that all of
them will continue criminals through
the rest of their lives.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

AN indianapolis newspaper says that
The first soldier to softer death for
dcsertion IN war was Robert Gay. an
Indiana schoolmaster, who had enlisted
from the southern part of the state.
and was shot at Camp Burnside, In
annapolis, in 1868.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

WHILE the queens hounds recently
were chasing deer. in England, the ami
NAL took to q railroad track, and pres
emily rounded curve right In the face
of an express train going forty miles
an hour. The deer swerved in time to
save its life, but the pack following
close behind ran square into the loco
motive, and several of them were cut 10
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
An Accommodating Boy.

Old lady Sharply. to boy in drug
store(-.I've been waiting for some
time to be waited on, boy"
Boy (meekly)-"Yes' um; wot kin l
do fer your
Old lady want a two cont
stamp"
Boy (anxious 10 pleasc)-"Yes' UNI.
VIII you have II lickcda '--NeU ioss
Ssn.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

The project for the building of an
underground railroad from the City
Hall to the Grand Central Depot. in
New York. has been revived, and il is
said that among the projectors are w.
X. and Cornelius Vanderbilt, Chaun-
cey M. Depew, the Astors and the
Lorillards. The cost of the work is
estimated at about %, 900. 600 per mile.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

In Pail Mall. the other day, q dis
mond weighing lis carats. 10 carats
heavier than the Koh-i-noor. was sold
at auction. The brilliant was found in
the Orange River, and is of o decided
orange hue. 1t was cut in London
and was intended rs g jubilee gift to
the queen. but her majesty does not
seem to have received it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

The Mardras pres idency contains b.
far the largest Christian population in
all India, the actual number of native
Christians. including Roman Catholics,
amounting to zoo, 900. This shows tina,
out of every LOCO of the population
twenty-lhrco are native Christians
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
Didn't Want the Job.

'.Be good boz, johnny said the
minister. ''anl study hard You may
be the President of the United States
some day."
well. I guess not.
why Johnny, | am surprised as
you. Don't you want 70 be Presidentpn
mo sir. it's bad enough to write
compositions to suit the school maanN
When it comes to working over sar.R
essays that viii SD "a whole country
full OF k ckers--excnst me = .Herckaat
Irapeler
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

THERE is g prisoner IN the Kentucky
penitentiary who has made eleven diff,
ferent attempts to escape but has been
foled every time, II he was asked to
make two attempts to become an
honest, decent man he'd propably be
discouraged.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

A New York policeman fell while
chasing thief and broke his arm.
But he didn't let little thing like thai
interfere with his business, but kept
right on and captured his man.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

A GREAT and good American has just
informed his friends that hereafter he
will reside in England visiting America
only at occasional periods. His name
is w. X. Vanderbilt; his greatness is
due to the possession of millions, and
his goodness is yet to be dc veleped.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

For many years one of the land
marks in Ogelthorpe County, GA, was
the ''Old Treaty Oak" under which
the first settlers made the treaty with
the Cherokee Indians for all the land
in that part Of the state. The tree has
recently died of girdling.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
looking for His Hat,

Husband Ito wife)-Do You believe
in the theory that the greatness OF a
father often proves stumbling block
to the advancement OF his son In lifep
VEL certainly do. Thank heaven,
John, our boy will never be handicap
ped in that way. But What are you
looking for, my dearp
Husband--my hat.--ye,0 York Sn''.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

KARL FRENZEL, for thirty years edi-
Tor of The Berlin National Zsitung, and
known far and near as one of the great
novelist OF Germany, celebrated on the
9Th nit his sixtiety birthday.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03
Not Himself at All.

Mrs. Pompano (time 8 a. m(-Is
that you. Adolphus?
Pompano-Yes. my dear.
Mrs. Pompano (alarmcd) = What
makes you act so stranglyf
Pampona with dignity)-fs assure
you, my dear, I have not touched a
drop tonight. / am perfectly sober.
Mrs. Pompano-Oh. ! seel I knew
there was something the matter. Phil
adelphia Gall.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

M. VlCToRIEN Sardou will call his
villa near Nice. which he is now en-
larg'ng, LA Tosca," after his latest
failure. The noted playwright is en-
joying good health.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

IT will take 81. 200, 900 to make the
Methodist hospital at Brooklyn, for
the establishment of which g. L Seney
gave $40, 600, and which was recently
opene' a success.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

HUMBoLT's collection of minerals is
to be presented to the meteorological
museum Of the university of Halle,
Germany.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

AT sale of autographs recently at
Berlin letter of Sarah Bernhardt sold
for $50, while one of the Emperor VIII
liam went hard at $40 only.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

Mr.. I. H GARRETT, the banker and
brother of Mr.. Robert Garrett, has had
six-handred- foot toboggan slide built
at bis country place near Baltimore.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

A ROCHESTER, clergyman is respon-
sble for the statement that Archb shop
Williams does not want to be promoted
10 an American cardinalship.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

JOHN WILLARD. Of New Garden,
Pa. has fine sheep whose wool made
nineteen yards of cloth yard wide.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

Agent Ito man at the door-''Is the head
81 the house in, siri" Man at the door
"Yes; she's In. What do you want OF herr
Peek.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

.'He gave me some pointers" said the
tramp Of the farmer: he iabbsd mo WIN
pItchfork. drift
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

The Rev. Thomas K Beecher is
spoken of as successor to his dead
brothers pulpit in Plymouth church.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03

The eighty-second birthday Of Polyg
amist Joseph Smith was celebrated
Friday week by the Mormons.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-03-03


he is always at the ticker, too. He
,waggers around with an air of indif-
ference whichever way the figures go.
and orders wine in a loud voice, and
| Is full of "tips'' about the state of the
market He looks so much like the
pictures that have been drawn of some
IF the moths that futter around the
yaming-table candle, and some day tho
figures come wrong for him and he
drops out of sight. and the moth has
oeen drawn into the candle at last.
There is the beardlcss clerk that comes
cunning in while his employer has
gone 10 lunch, to see how Louisville
and Nashville, ON which he has placed
all his weeks salary in margins, Is
,oming on. 1t comes on very badly
sometimes, and the clan1or Of the
broker is silenced with money that the
,lerk never earned, and pretty soon
people talk about another young man
who has betrayed his employer. 1t il
Just like the stories that have beer
.old about the gambling fascination
ISN'T ite
This foolish man from the country
said that he heard stories everywhere
about people who had toycd with the
buzz-wheel of this KIND of specula.
ION and had been hurt. He said h,
heard that not one story in a hundre'
aver got to the public. There was on
If the old man that hung about tn
| ticker in Broadway brokers' nffic,
who was on the verge of starvation
/ who. he was told. Hsoi 10 have q GOO
bus. ness on Twcnty-ihir,l street aud
The South western news. (Dawson, GA.) 188?-1889, 1888-02-08
He Muzzied.

Must I put some muzzles on nv
dog ? he asked at police headauar.
tors Yesterday.
- ell, no; no. now.
Dots how | belief itvhas myself
Can do something's nit 3 boy@
What for?'
Nhell; few days ago a boy
comes by my blade. NV big doy