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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
John Brown.

John Brown, who probably receiv-
ed more presents than any other
mental in the history OF the English
Court, was shrewd enough to antici-
pate the embarrassment which would
be caused to his friends if he died pos
sessing the gifts themselves, so it was
the prudent custom of that domestic
to sell nearly everything that he re-
ceived within a few weeks. John
Brown was constantly being COM
plimented with costly gifts, but he
wisely preferred to possess their value
in cash, and in several cases the Bond
street jeweler who had sold the pres
emit to the Royal donor, bought it
back within q short time from the
recipient at very nearly the cost
price,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
VITO Take the Cake.o
American Notes and Queries.

American Notes and Queries.
This expression-applied to one
who does thing pre-eminently well,
or, sarcastically, and more usually
to one who fails eonspicuously-un-
doubtedly had it's origin in the negro
cake-walks common in the Southern
States, and not unknown Ia the
northern. The walk usually winds
up q ball, Couples, drawn by lot,
walk around cake especially pre-
pared for the occasion, and the UNI
pires award the prize to the couple
who, in their opinion, walk most
gracefully and are attired with the
greatest taste. Hence they are said
"to take the cake" an expression
which has attained it's wide currency
through the burlesques in the negro
minstrel shows.
Yet the negro cake-walk has re-
spectacle ancestry in the medieval
past. Gorard's "Herbalr' (1635 in
forms us that Tin the springtime are
made with the leaves hereof newly
sprung up, and with eggs, or tansies,
which be pleasant in taste and good
for the stomache" and a contempt
rary, speaking of the Puritans, says
"all games where there is any hazard
of loss are strictly forbidden-not so
much as game of football for
fancy" According to Brand, in the
Easter season, foot courses were run
in the meadows, the victors carrying
off each a cake, given to be run for
by some better person in the neigh
borhood. In Ireland, at Easter and
Whitesuntide, the lower classes used
to.meet and dance for cake raised
on top OF pike decorated with flow
ers, the prize going to the couple who
held out the longest; and in some
parts OF England a custom prevailed
of riding for the bride-cake. "This
riding took place when the bride was
brought to her new habitation. A
pole, three or four feet high, was
erected in front of the house and the
cake put on top oft. On the instant
that the bride set out from her old
home a company of young men
started on horse back, and he who
was fortunate enough to reach the
pole first and knock the cake down
with his stick, received it from the
hands of a damsel. This was called
taking the cake The fortunate
winner then advanced to rpeet the
bride and her attendants"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

SENIOR ANTONIO FLORES, president
elect of the Republic of Ecuador. who
is now in New York. has had the now
eli experience of being nominated and
elected president while he was thou
sands of miles from the scene of action.
Ecuador contains not more than 240-
600 square miles of territory. Senior
Flores earnestly requested his friends
not to nominate him for the Office.
Nevertheless as he has not been In
Ecuador for the past four years. he ID
rather proud of his election.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
He Didn't Mop.

in case of assault and battery in
the police court the other day the
plaintiff was asked:
GLOW came the defendant to strike
your"
"Why, he just stopped as we were
passing and hit me.
'There was no provocation?"
'Not the slightest.
"You had't said anything?"
"Why, yes"
80, you had? What had you
said?"
81 told him that could mop the
earth with him, but had been careful
not to use provoking language
Detroit Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
American Exclusiyonosa
FIem the Literary World.

FIem the Literary world
There is young Englishman h
that amusing novelette,, "The Ro-
nance of a Quiet Watering Place."
whose views of American society are
interesting. Said he: "a few months
ago l was at @ reception given by
the American embassy in London.
Now, as rule, an embassadorial re-
ception in London il n meeting OF
friends of the nationality represented
by the embassy--just as one knows
that in Paris, Berlin, Rome, and so
on, one is certain to meet at the re-
captions of ones minister exclusive
" people of ones own 'set'-that is
to say who know the same people
and move in the same society as one
does ones self. But at your minis
ter's reception it was different. I
was seated with reigning American
beauty in the recess of q window,
and we listened to the sounds of rev.
elry by night, whilst we compared
notes upon the ceaseless panorama
which passed us continually. / OBJ
served that whenever pointed out
anyone whom l had reason to sup
pose came from New York-her own
city-and ask, DO you know the So
and-So's?' she would turn her shape
ly head, look at me for a moment in
mild establishment, and say, oh, no,
they are not at all in our set will
you excuse me, said l, at last, If /
say that it appears to me
that none of you know anybody
else or one another, in American
and she said, 4 don't think that that
Is the case; but you see my father
was q Van NATHAN and my mother
was q Van Huyderhauser; SO natur-
ally we know only people of that set.
For instance, said she, pointing
out a handsome woman who was at
that moment entering the room,
like Mrs. Van Rensselaer, Roster
mann, who is over there. viii you
excuse me? And with that she rose
and tripped across the room to
greet with effusion this representa-
tive of the haut Knickerbocker re-
gime, who, alone, among the 1880
people in the saloon of legation, was
worthy to be recognized by the in
herited concentration Of the Van
Huyderhausen and Van NATHAN
pedigrees.
81 tried a similar experience with
one or two other ladies who were
there, and I found that, in the rare
instance in which got for an answer,
The Van So-and-So's? Of course;
dear Mrs. Van So-and-So is one of
my dearest friends The truth was
to be arrived at by reversing the
process with Mrs. Van So-and-So,
who would raise her lorgnon, and
after inspecting her dearest friend
for moment, would say, ooh! that
little Mrs. Thingummy? Yes, be-
lieve that she was brought up to me
by somebody at the Van Chooses one
day and had herself presented
Finally, I came to the conclusion
that in America noone knows any
body else; and, at the same time,
that if, in Europe, one abuses one
of your countrymen as an Americans,
all the other Americans in the COM
pany will stand up for him vehement
ly, whilst if you remotely suggest to
any of them that he is one of their
set, at once there descends upon
your devoted head gentle breeze
of mild expostulation."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
Points About Hydrophobia.

St. Louis Post.
The custom of killing dogs that
have bitten people is a great error.
The idea that the death of the dog,
if he be rabid, protects against the
development of hydrophobia is one
of the most absurd superstitions
that remain in this enlightened nine
tenth century. fla man has had
the poison diffused through his veins
it is immaterial whether the dog
from which it was derived is dead or
alive. The only good that can re-
suit from his death is the protection
of the unbitten: On the other hand,
if he is killed, and was not rabid,
there remains the ineffaceable belief
in the mind of the bitten man that
he was.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
A Dog Attempts Murder.

A valuable bird dog and the pet O
the family owned by Wallingford
man, was recently compelled to divide
his attentions with a little spaniel
added to the household. But the
bird dog did not take kindly to the
innovation. A few days ago both
dogs were missing for time, and
upon search being made it was found
that the old dog had dug deep hole
in the ground and had put the I'M
welcome intruder into it, and when
discovered was covering up the hole
as fast as possible. When the little
fellow was rescued his would-be muir
derer showed quite as much discom-
future and shame as a human sinner
-Wallingford Comm Witness.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
A Pale.Faced Mrs. LO.
From the Newark Journal.


Justice Snyder, of Gloucester City,
exhibited a new $5 greenback, the fee
he had received for marrying WAIKIKI
kaw Capt. Stubbs), the Kaw chief
performer at the Wild West show, to
Miss Annie Harris, a white woman.
The ceremony took place at the close
of the afternoon performance, and
was witnessed by more than 5000
persons. The Indians at the close
went through their form of marriage,
and presented the pair with moe
casins, robes, blankets, and trinkets.
The bride was attired in a full In
dian costume, a present from Pawnee
Bill. The chief and his bride, headed
by the cowboy band and all the In
dams in camp, made parade
through the streets ofGloucester City.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

KATE CHASE is much reduced fnan
cially and is trying to sell some old
paintings left her by her father. Dur
ing her social reign 8 he was more fear
ed and admired and less loved than any
leader Washington has ever seen. She
has lost none Of her beauty though
she is over forty-six, for, though
the youthful freshness of face is gone.
her features are Of that fine noble
mold that time can never rob of its
beauty Her life has been full Of ira
gedy, but there is not line on her
brow and her eyes are as calm % -
they had never known y tear
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
improvements in The Air Brake,

Eighteen years ago, when the air
brake was tried, it required eighteen
seconds to apply it to a train 1000
feet long. -Four years later the time
was reduced four seconds. Recent ex-
periments with the air brake on
freight trains show that it can be APP
piled to every car in a train of that
ength running at the rate of forty
miles an hour, and that this train
IAN be stopped within 500 feet, or
>ne-fou1th Gifts own length, and all
this without any serious jolting.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

Another musical prodigy has ap-
peared. This oneis a girl 10 years old,
who plays the violin and interprets
works of the greatest musicians in a
way that arouses the widest enthusi-
asm in Italy, if we to believe those
who are about to bring her before the
public. Giulietta Dionesi, the girl in
question, comes of a musical family
of Leghorn. Her father, who is a
violinist, was her first teacher, but
although he is an accomplished must
clan she has already far outstripped
him. AS the season is over in Lon
don this infant phenomenon viii
probably be taken to America.-Lon-
don Letter.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

A MAN applied for pension at the
Maine State Agency in Augusta the
other day. and. being asked on what
ground he thought himself entitled to
pensioS, answered: drunkenness"
The astonished Pension Agent told
him that pensions are only granted for
disability contracted in the army. Il
know that" said the applicant.
drunkenness is my disability, and
contracted it in the army.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
TIE HEATED TERN.

] rat upon an ice machine
One Eult<y day of AnguEt,
Fearing that would deseicata
Like heather god or eawdust.
took my pen to write a sketch
OF what ] saw about,
And lit my pipo with point of it,
While underneath a spout.
saw a star just tip our aiT,
And leave with Gerry tall
Upon piees Of toasted bread
There came and sat q. quail.
A dog picked up n marrow bone.
But dropped it with howb
My fingers boiled like parsnipA
As l lancod his blistesed 5owi
A cat let of its midnight best,
And climbed charred post,
Which saved n little red-hot mouse
It's little red-hot ghost.
The milkmaid lost her plumpnesa
As she melted on her stool,
And said she could not milk again
Until the cows got cool.
laid my scorched paper down,
For gone the power of writing
When fingers dry burst into Bame
And matters grew exciting.
-ToBE HoDGl
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

CULTURE is spreading. The other
day Mss Frank Whitehead, of Texar.
kama, bought herself half a dozen big
trunks full of finery, had them shipped
to her address at leading girls col.
lege up north and sent the bills to her
fond father. who is man of worth and
substance. along with telegram that
she herself had taken the train for
school. as she was bound to have e
fine education.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

MYRIADs of toads about the size of a
grain of coffee fell at Beaver Falls
Penn. recently. They covered the track
Of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie railroad
several inches thick. and a passenger
train slid past the station before 1t
could be brought to stand-still, owing
to the rails being made slippery by the
crushed bodies of the little reptiles
The track had to be cleaned and sand
ed before the train could start again.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

''The mex ticket was the same way,
an the mex was mine.
Il saw Darts face turn pale as q
corpse-iust a fash-liks look, an
felt the blood surge IN great tides
through my body.
;sHe shook his head an smiled,
turned over the paper, ali shook his
head again.
Before could get my wits togeth-
CT again tie mex name had been call
ed, an he too was saved.
'iThen Dart called his own name.
''He looked aroun' with smile on
his face and then said quiet like:
=" Well, boys, it's me-
II was up before knew it with my
arms aroun' his neck, an a. cryin'
like q baby.
''They had to tear me loose, an
both' and gagged me.
'fDart sat down an wrote a letter.
He was ais cool as ever saw him,
He folded the letter an kneeled down
beside me.
Jack he said, this is for mother
an Mary: When you are married
an happy, old shiPmate, remember
me. 1t is best that should die, Jack
Goodbye, lad
He stopped and kissed me twice
an then he walked out steady an
erect.
1.-THE minutes seemed like hours.
would struggle like maniac to free
myself, an then Iwould listen. Then
| would struggle again.
sit came at last, three shots al.
most together, an my very heart
stopped beatin' as l listened.
call was still for a minutt or two
an then l heard, faintlike an far
away, another shot.
"They must have heard it outside,
for presently one of Our men fired
again.
II listened again, an presently II
come again, but nearer an clearer
Then another one come, an another
"We were savedl
"They unbound me, an, / lef' them
talkin' an cryin' in the tent. They
had brought bread with them, an
was starvin,' but / couldn't eat.
II followed the tracks In the snow
till l found Darts body.
''His face was turned upward, an
the old smile still lingerin' over it
The blood was oozin' from the wounds
over the heart an had clothed in the
snow.
II knelt beside him.
''Still clasped in his right hand wert
two of the slips. Recognized them
at once.
"The first one read:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

JUSTICE CHARLES. at Liverpool, re-
Gently sentenced man to seven years
penal servitude and his wife to the
same punishment for life for cruelty to
their child. little girl, whom they
had kept imprisoned in dark cellar.
and had beaten. burned with q no
poker and otherwise abused.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

Mother: "And So you were the only
little boy in class to-day, Bobby, who
was marked number one" Bobby:
eyes Ma" Mother: "Now isn't it
pleasant, Bobby, to be such nice
little boy?" Bobby: eyes, Ma; and
Isn't it pleasant to be the mother OF
such a nice little boy?".
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
A poorly-clad little girl came into

A poorly-clad little girl came into
the store of one OF the stationers re-
Gently. She wished to buy some writ
ing paper, and finally was shown
some for five cents quire. "How
much will half d quire be?" she In
quired in a half-fed, plaintive little
voice. Three CENTS" replied the
clerk. IF you please, I'll take the
other half" was the quick responses,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

Tramp-T know it ma'am; Pm al
ways out of work, but it's all my
cussed luck" Woman-"How is that,
poor man" Tramp-"It's this way,
ma am. In the winter l feel like now
ing lawns, and in the summer l just
actually crave to shovel snow, and
nature continually balks me. Have
you such thing as a piece of pie in
the house?"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

NUMEROUS cases of diarrhea have
been traced by DR.. L. w. Sedgwick to
the use of fruit from tin cans. Such
fruits invariably contained salts of tin
which have been hitherto supposed to
be harmless
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

A CoLoRED preacher near Macon,
Ga, has committed to memory the en-
tire Bible. A few years ago he could
not read, and claims that his knowl.
edge has been revealed to him in q
viaiou
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

CALVIN S. BRIcE, chairman of the
democratic campaign committee. used
to teach school in Ohio and take par,
of his pay out in boarding around at
the homes of his pupils In less than
twenty years he has carved out for
himself the great fortune he has made.
1t was the father of one of his pupils
who gave him the first start He saw
the young teacher and liked him. and
let him into a growing railroad enter.
prise at low cost
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

MRS. BOOTH. of Washington county,
Tennessee, died recently in the log
house she was born in ninety eight
years ago She had in all that time
never been further than Ave miles from
h0ma
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

1t is alleged that recently in Nag
pore, India, a boy of sixteen was offer
ed sacrifice to the gods in accordance
with superstition that human sacri-
fees caused bountiful harvest. The
head was severed from the body and
offered to goddess, while the body
was rendered to a god.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

IT is estimated that the railroad
mileage in Mexico owned BY Americans
is nearly three thousand miles, and the
capital thus invested is upward OF $780,
600, 200. The amount Of American
capital invested in mines is thought to
be nearly 500 600. 900.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

A BURsLEM (ENGLAND) photograph.
or received back proof from Gus.
toner with the instructions that he was
to do halfa dozen with the coat buttoned
and half dozen with the garment un.
butte ned, the same as the proof
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

CARSON, New, reports an aerolite
weighing ten tons that Is streaked
with horn silver; and which fell upon
a race course. narrowly missing 9
Jockey who was exercising a colt there
at the time.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

A RAILWAY employe in Vienna WHIT
had just boon sentenced to six months
imprisonment for ill treating his wife.
drew revolver from his pocket and
shot at random into the audience
wounding one person. Then he shot
himself in the head. and will probably
die. The police officials who failed te
search him properly will be disci-
,,1inad
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

a. E. TUCKER, JR, of Atlanta. has
started from his home in that city to
walk to New York. The trip is solely
for pleasure. and he expects to reach
his destination in four weeks
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
DART BowDEN.

''There was no cross mark on the
front. l turned it over.
"There was no cross mark there.
Il rubbed my eyes and looked
again, but there was no cross mark.
'Then looked at the other one.
It read:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

PENNSYLVANIA petroleum lighted up
Rouen Harbor the other day whe n the
steamer Asturiano. with $40 barrels
of oil was burned.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27
f: JACK X WEST.

'The death mark was there. Dart
Bowden had died for mean Mary.
$50 all alone / cut his grave in the
ice just thirty-two years ago"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

; GRAND ISLAND. NEBRASKA. has o
citizen seventy-three years old. who is
just through with his attack of whoop-
ing cough.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-27

ONE OF the richest men In St Paul.
who OWLS block after block of real
estate. lives on less than $500 year.
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19

mills. This is a good place for q
mill, and we hope they will improve
this property and continue to oper-
ate it for long time to come.
Neal Griggs is our mail carrier
vice Ben Clarke resigned.
The school directors are making
arrangements to bui-d school
house here for the negroes. They
also have one in contemplation
near Esq. Blows. They want in the
near future to make all the
schoolhouses AS comfortable as
dwelling houses and have fewer and
better understanding to the
school law. Some OF US walked
three miles in the anti 6ellups times
to school. Children can certainly
walk half that far now. Fewer
schools and longer terms and bet
ter salaries to teachers will be
economy and better for all con-
cerned. Let's all pull together,
friends, and build up this public
enterprise that greatly concerns Us
all
The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1888-01-19
CampbellsvilIe.
BY SCRIBBLER.


Mr.. Josh Morris was some bet
ter yesterday (Sunday.) Mr.. Hugh
Yokley has been quite sick for sew
eral days.
A little daughter of Mr.. John
Pryor has been lying at deaths door
with pneumonia several days.
DR.. Fladger, of Marry, has loca-
ted here.
Rev. George Mitchell was with u
Friday. He made arrangements to
send his nephew here to school.
Messrs. Clint. Hannah and Early
Mitchell of Lawrence we're here last
week prospecting with view Of en-
tering our school.
Messrs. Green Ramsey of Culleo-
ka and Chianie Rogers were among
US Sunday.
Mr.. N. B. Zuccarello returned
home Saturday after being detained
here week with severe rising on
his hand.
The Campbellsville School began
last Monday the 9'h inst. The reg
lister shows "a pupils during the
week. The following are our board.
ing pupils: Misses Addie Hollen,
Adelaide and Lena Tidwell, Mackie
and Annie Cook, Messrs Sam
Neal, Sydnor Zuccarello, Will COT
fee, Houston Brown, Tom Anderson
Robert Earuthers, and Robert
Compton.