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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
Saved by an Ace of Hearts.

Did you ever hear of mans life
being saved by pack of cardsP Well,
here is an incident that is vouched for
by many who saw the occurrence. One
of the best known and most popular
drummers who come here, and he
comes often, was one of merry party
who were engaged one night in &
friendly game of 'draw." which drum
mers sometimes play. After conclua-
ing the game our friend placed the
cards in the left-h pocket of his
coat which brought them directly over
his heart. Soon thereafter one of the
party while carelessly handling a pis-
toll discharged it, and now comes the
strangest part of the story. The bull
let struck the drummer in the left
breast going through his clothing and
also through every card in the deck ex-
cept one, this one being the bottom
card, or the last one of the deck.
This card, strange to say. was the acc
of hearts, and the character in its very
centre was indented by the bullet =
Anericus Republican.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
A Pickle Float.

Before the Milwaukee road was
built travel between st. Paul and
down-river points was about evenly d.
vided between the steamboats, and the
stages. Col. Allen was interested III
the latter, and once found himself with
a goodly company of others, interest
ed like himself, down ut Red Wing
and doing a big stroke of business for
the stage lines. The evening was
spent by the whole party in dec ded.
ly convivial mood and manner, and
the midnight was long past before they
felt sleepy. They parted full of good
things with a mutual agreement to
meet and breakfast together in the
morning.
Thanks to the bell-boy. they all got
to the breakfast room on time, but
they looked very solemn, and proba-
bly, felt as they looked. Col. Allen
sat at the head OF the table. The
waiter girls stood about and waited
for orders. No one spoke. and each
man waited for his neighbor. Finally
Col. Allen beckoned girl.
Daughter, bring me two pals OF
water and pickle"
That settled the breakfast, and the
party sought the laboratory and an
appetite for dinner. Minneapolis
Journal,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
knowledge Is Power.

Authoress-"Y YES, I'm writing a
work which will be published in thre
volumes, called Personal Reminis'
cences of the Poet Blankley.' l fine
the work extremely interesting"
Gentleman Acquaintance-"You
were doubtless well acquainted with
Blankley?"
A.-"No. not exactly. In fact ]
never met him but once"
G. A.-"Ah! He probably gave you
numerous facts on that occasion.
Where was it, may I askp"
A.-"On crowded street car.
have always regretted that l never
spoke with him. But l heard b m make
an earnest remark to the conductor.
and l shall always remember what q
sweet voice he had"
G. A. "What did he savp"
whats the fare?"-DetroE Free
prpSs
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
Mistakes in Important Words.

Mistakes in Important Words.
The Listener" has nothing to add
to the discussion of the Eastern Squat
ter" question in the churches. as the
topic is getting little threadbare. but
he has heard story OF lady confus-
ion on Easter Sunday upon finding her
pew occupied by cramps" which may
bear repeating She had entered the
church only to find her pew crowded
with people, not one of whom she had
ever seen before. Her vexation must
have been great, for she summoned the
usher. who happened to be at hand,
and asked him. in hoarse whisper:
"Who is occupewing this pyp" The
odd blunder put all the people in the
vicinity under the necessity of doubling
up to keep from profaning the sacred
place with laughter. This mistake re-
minds the Listener" of somewhat
similar one made by the good Bishop
Eastburn at crowded wedding where
some curious spectators at the back OF
the church so far forgot themselves as
to stand on the seats. The bishop. OBJ
serving this scandal, paused in the
service and said. in his most solemn
tones:
Remembering the sacred character
of this house, let all who are present
sit upon the floor and put their feet up
on the seats?' -Bjston Iranscri Il.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
Plantation Philosophy.

Widout trust dar amt nuthin' gain
ed; widout trust dar amt nuthin' lost
When er man puts hisse'f ter gre,
trouble ter show me dat he has toll d.
truff, I knows dat he has toll me Ell
lie.
De oman dat doan hate KANT love
an dc stranger she hates some man,
de stranger she lubs some uddor man.
neber did think dat de sharp mar
does de country any good. De fox is
er good deal slier den dc boss but he
amt nigh so straung.
We thinks mo- O. de man dat neber
would 'comerdate us den we does de
man dat 'comerdated us three times
but failed on the fou'th. -Arkansaso
IraUe'er.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
LIGHT REFLECTIONS.

There are few things in life more
touching than the umbrella Of an aver
age cit zen in an art gallery. -Bnrling-
ton Free Press.
After all, it seems that the doctors
got ahead of the lawyers in securing 8
change of venue for Jacob Sharp
San Francisco Alta.
You can Tighten any potentate In
Europe. just now. by stepping up be-
hind him and shouting 'Boolongzhay"
Springfield Union.
A startled correspondent writes to ask
if it is true that dog meat is sometimes
canned. Certainly; we have seen dogs
tails canned many time. -Barls"gto"
Free Press.
A little boy was told that there were
no politics in heaven. He thought for
a moment, and then said: II guess
that's because there are no politicians
there. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Il have nothing but my heart to
give you." said spinster to lawyer.
who had concluded a suit for her.
WELL" said the lawyer gruffiy. '.go
to my clerk. he takes the fees. It'd
Bits
Elfrida wants to know show many
people read the best books9" Not
over two hundred. my dear. At least
that is all the publisher sold Of mine.
Blu. of course. perhaps the publisher
lied. There may be, perhaps, as many
as two hundred and fifty. but not more
than that-Burdette.
First Tramp-'If I had my way IL
have S65 National holidays In this
year." Second Tramp-"You would
Ell? And then there would he one
working day in every four years Oh
you are nice one, you are! 70,
would make a galley slave of tho pool
laboring man, wouldn't youP"-7eras
SJ1ings.
Excuse me. SIR" said the bushes:
manager to the city editor. ''but yo,
promised to print that puff OF Smither''
dry goods store just as l wrote 1t. :
"Well, didn't lp' mo, sir. 1t WASH
publ shed at ALL" ..Did you write oil
one side of the paper only" Ger
tainly." Then guess l must hav'
published the wrong side OF the manu-
script. - Washington Critic.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

The particular of1ic of flies appears
to be the consumption of those dead
and minute animals whose decaying
myriads would otherwise poison the
air. It was a remark of Linneus that
three flies would consume a dead horse
sooner than lion could. He doubt
less includes the families of the three
flies. A single fly will sometimes pro-
duce 20. 900 Larvae, each of which in a
few days may be the parents of anoth-
er 20. 000 and thus the descendants of
three flies would soon devour an ami
NAL much larger than a horse. A
writer makes the following computa-
ton: ''One fly on the 29th of March
is represented BY 800 on the oath of
April; by 800 times SOC. equaling 80. 600
on the 2Sth of May; by $1,000, 900 on
the I'd of July. and by 8. 100 600, 900 on
the 9Th of August"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
BODIES TURNED INTO STONE.

singular Petrifying Qualities Dis
covered In q Penn sylvania Grave
yard.
Elizabeth. Allegheny county. says a
Harrisburg dispatch. has a cemetery,
the ground OF which has peculiar quail
ties for the petritication of bodies in
TERED there. During the past few
years several disinterments have been
made in the cemetery. and in every
instance the bodies were found in diff
ferent stages of petrifcation. Some
were entirely turned to solid stone. In
others the process was yet incomplete.
A few days ago the remains Of two
children of A. B. O'Ncil were exhum-
ed for removal 10 another cemetery.
The younger child. who was three
years old when he died, and has boon
buried seven years. was entirely petri-
fed. and the limbs and body were as
weli-preserved as If they had been
chiseled from marble. The older
child. who had been three years buried,
was partially turned to stone. and
those portions not yet petrified show
no sign of decay. The body Of the
younger child was accidently tapped
with a hammer and it gave forth a
clear metallic ring. The ground is S
stiff yellow clay til oroughly saturated
with water.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
You Must Have Special Designs.

If you are very rich and want to be
very stylish in these days, you must
not 60 to furniture store for very
much besides your mattresses and kitch-
en- appointments. The best architects
and decorators are now busted with the
invention of chairs, lounges. bedsteads.
billiard tables, dining tables, Bullets.
bureaus and nearly every other porta-
BILE thing that goes into great house.
Nearly all the furniture in the Wander
bilt houses, Law Club and many other
establishments was especially designed
for them, and has no counterpart else
where in the world. The revolution
usually begins with a quaint Fireplace.
then the buffet or bedstead or beaureau
has to match it. and next the chairs
and tables follow suit to be in keeping.
-New York San
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
I ca1lnd Mr. Rnw,nr nat ne

l called Mr.. Bowser pet names. and
told him how much l loved him and
how baby would mourn his loss, and he
gradually returned to his normal con-
dition. When he did he found that he
had also lost his four false front teeth
and broken the strap to his vest.
Mrs. Bowser!' he finally said, SIS
he got rest for h is aching back on the
edge of step.
Yes, dear. You know l wanted
you to go away"
':And Pm going!"
'Are your
Never to return--nevorI'
.-Oh. Mr.. Bowser!"
don't MIR. Bowser and dear me!
You deliberately put up villainous
job on me. You kept peckng and
coaxing until GU got me into this thing.
and now you must take he consequence
es. In an hour from this shall leave
you!'
But he didn't He was too stiff and
sore to 60. and his spinal column has
not got back to plumb yet.-Detrio!
Free Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
Mule Worse than Panther

At City Point, fifteen miles below
Tltusville, says Tic Jacksonville Ella.
Herald, the steamer touches to dis
charge freight and passengers A.few
days ago panther was captured
there under very peculiar circum-
stances. Mr.. Halter was blowing in
a field when he learned that an animal
of this species had just passed through
the thicket IL short distance of. He
mounted his mule and rode rapidly in
pursuit. 1t was not long before the
panther was overtaken. and the hunt
or easily shot him. This was not the
end. however. At the sight of the an
imal and the smell of his blood, the
mule was suddenly seized with fear.
and, rearing upon his hind legs, struck
out his forefeet indiscriminatelya at the
dying animal and Mr.. Halter. The
latter received serious injuries from
the heavy blows inflicted. and at last
accounts was considered i'm a danger
GUS condition. Dressed. the panther
measured 6 feet from tip to tip. and
weighed $50 pounds.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
A Spring Hat and It's Mishap


A Boston lady was informed by her
servant girl that box of flowers had
been left at the door for her. Being
occupied at the time, the lady told the
servant to open the box, and sprinkle
the flowers literally with water and
put them on ice, adding that she would
attend to them when she went down to
tea. Her surprise may perhaps be bet
ter imagined than described when upon
going to the ice chest she opened the
box and found that it contained new
spring hat which she had ordered. but
was forgotten at the time the servant
reported the arrival OF the box. Fhe
hat was done up precisely like bou-
quet. and, as the flowers only were in
sight upon opening the box, The SER
wants mistake was perhaps pardon
able. The servant followed her orders
explicitly, and the flowers were so
thoroughly drcnched that from "a per-
feet love of hat it became limp
and worthless mass Of discolorod rib
bons and straw. Boston Traveller
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
An Effective Contribution Box

An Effective Contribution Box.
a new contribution box is au ingeu-
ious application of all tho reasons
which should induce person to give
out his means to the church. At St
Jarlath's street. Chicago, reporter
saw the new device at work. If ore
could imagine cigar box apotheosized
and put to better uses, with its cover
cut off and partly sunk into the box.
with an expectant expression at its
front end and long wooden handle at
its rear, one could form very good
idea of its appearance. 1t seems to be
very harmless. ordinary sort of sub
stitute for the common plate. but it is
in its simplicity that its effectiveness
lies. For instance, Mr.. A. in pew No.
at the head of the center aisle is ap-
preached by the collector. He puts
upon the fat sunken top of the box
his contribution-say nickel. The
coin remains in plain view as the col
lector carries the box horizontally
until pew No. 2 is reached. The box
is then passed before Mr.. B., who is
thus advised of what his neighbor in
the seat ahead has given. Before B.
can put in his offering the box is turned
up at an angle of forty-five degrees.
and AS coin slides through the open
ing into the interior of the casket and
Is no longer on exhibition. This done
the box returns TO the horizontal, with
the cover blank and empty for BIS coin
to rest upon until the evolutions are
performed once more at C's pew.
'Isn' this rather q new ideap" whis-
pered the reporter to worshiper at
his elbow.
Eyes. but it's great" was the reply.
"You see, when you know the man.
and especially the woman. behind yor:
is going to see what you give-well.
you won't give cent anyhow-nor a
button. 1t works on man ambition
kind of puts him on record, don't
you see? And then when there's any
rivalry between two families, as there
most always is, the people in the second
pew are not going to be outdone by
their neighbors. If they see quarter
on the slide they'll give half Know
ing this the people in the front pc
will naturally make it Is expensive for
them as they can from the start as they
are able. The church is so much the
better off ~ Chicago Neaos.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
The Art of Gum-Chewine,

The Hickman girl has way os chew
ing gum that makes it an art. She
keeps time to the music at the theatre,
chewing hard and swapping her jaws
together when the villain is in sight,
chewing softly when the hero is on.
but stops short at all love scenes and
gently pc SEES the black jack and tutti
fruitti on her finger tips; but when the
orchestra strikes up it is thrown back
into the cavity, and Gee, whiz! how her
Jaws fy,-Hickman KY Courier.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
BURIED ROME.
Very Little of Ancient Rome Above
Ground.

Very Little of Ancient Rome Above
Ground.
A letter from Rome in the EdinburG
Scotsman notices the opening OF n
music hall in the Tarpeian Rock"
meaning it is to be presumed. in tho
narrow space between the foot OF the
rock and the Tiber. The association
is a queer one. and the latter remarks
upon it that Italians arc crying ont
against the progressive Americanza-.
ton of the Eternal City, and Signor
Bought unites with the French Bo,ssier
and the German Gregorious in protest.
ing against the spirit which is robbing
civilization of its most precious oppor-
tunities-that of studying ancient
Rome in it's habit as it lived, face to
face. so to speak, and on the spot
The protest comes too late, and
would have been too late any time this
hundred years. There is precious little
of anc'en Rome to study about the
surface of the fifteen to thirty feet OF
rubbish that has it buried as deeply as
Pompeii ever was. Even the old Forum
had to be dug out and is exhibited at
| the bottom ei al excavation like stone
quarry. AS long as this "Niobe OF
nations" as Byron calls her. is loft
under such a cover the Italians can't
damage her teaching capacity very
largely by improvements on the top of
it. Such remains of the old city as
have been preserved so far. no doubt,
will ontinue to be kept as instructive
rs they ever WERE but there would be
precious little wisdom in exclud ,ng inn
provements to preserve conditions that
appeared long centuries after the Rome
of Fabius and MARCUS and Cesar had
disappeared under heaps of immov-
able rubbish. 1t is q pity that some CT
these opponents of modern improve
ments had not spoken out generation
ago and prevented the "mausoleum OF
Augustus" from being turned into q
thsater; "Old Adrian's mole" into n
fort and Jail; and the Pantheon into
cheap church that gathers Il puddle in
the middle of the floor with every rain
that comes.
Even the Tarpeian rock was bnilt
over with a stone cutters shed for
many a year, and peddlers still sell
oranges at the arch of Septmus Sow
erus, ut the head of the Forum. and IN
front of the Mamertine prison, where
the Cataline conspirators were stran-
gled and St Refer and ST. Paul were
confined. Those who want to study
ancient Rome face to face can do it TO
much better advantage in one of the
unroofed houses of Pompeii than in any
structure that remains standing in the
Eternal City," about the worst mis-
homer city ever bore. for Rome is
the most changed city of her age in all
aspects and conditions that can be
found on the planet.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
A Svmpathetic Heart.

Old Mrs. Bently: Il felt so sorry
for a poor man to-day. Josiah. He
told me that he had been def and
dumb all his life, an give him a
dime"
Old Mr.. Bently: How could he be
dumb an tell ye that he was dumbp"
Old Mrs. Bently: "Why. deary me.
Josiah Bently, never thought O that "
EnanL
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21
a Model Driver.

Citizen-Tm surprised to find that
YOU have become such q careful driver.
Jake. You used to be the most reck-
less teamster on the streets. You ran
into half dozen different carriages to
my certain knowledge.
Teamster-rm driv n mighty lfght
wagon now. an it's me own msha
World,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

To make an ink for hand stamps
that will not injure the rubber, mix to-
gether and dissolve from two to four
drains of any selected aniline color, fif-
teen ounces of alcohol and fifteen
ounces of glycerine. The solution is
poured on the cushion and rubbed in
with brush.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

SOME years ago Sir Donald Smith,
of Montreal, gave $1,000 for the pur-
pose of endowing a faculty for the
higher education of women. He now
proposes to add quarter of a million
dollars, and an institution to be called
the Royal Victoria college will be es.
tablished in Montreal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

THE will of Mrs. James S. Water
man. of Sycamore, ILL.,. just probated,
sets apart her residence and sixty acres
of land for school for girls, and pro-
vides fund amounting to 5000, 900 for
its maintenance.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

q. l.. CANA, of Chattanooga, carries
as a highly priced relic badly batter
ed silver watch. He was in tho battle
of Mission Ridge. when an ounce bullet
struck the watch in his pocket, break
ing the case in two. and was left stick
ing through the back half of the case.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

The Parisians are SO dissatisfied with
the weight of the English high hat
that their hatters have invented a silk
hat weighing little more than an
ounce and half.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

Rev. J. E Lee. a colored minister,
recently elected justice of the peace in
Jacksonville, Fla, was found to be dis
qualified because his house was Just
outside of the city limits. While the
matter was being discussed Mr.. Lee
hired a force of men and moved his
house into the city.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

AN aged ma den of Caro-, Mich, UNI
dertook to change the color of her hair
from gray to black. Her eyesight be-
ing poor, she mistook the color of the
dye, used blue coloring stuff. and her
locks are now of that patriotic shade.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

CHAUNCEY DEPEw has coined a
phrase which will probably have run.
He speaks of certain financial transact
tons of an uncertain character as
kathleen Mavourneen loans" be-
cause ''it may be for years and it may
be forever"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

DIR. j. w. LEE said in q sermon a
few Sundays ago that the reason the
lions didn't eat Daniel when he was
cast into their den was that he was
two-thirds backbone and the rest pure
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

MRS. CYRUS A. KECH, of Pittsburg,
has recently had removed from her ear
beetle which lodged there eleven
years ago while she was attend ng q
picnic. The beetle was three-quarters
of an inch long. 1t had been pre-
served ali these years by the wax in the
ear
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

RUMoR has it that the Rev. VIM. F.
Morgan, for 80 years rector OF ST.
Thomas Ep scopal church, New York.
will retire because of advancing years,
and that the Rev. DR.. John Wesley
Brown, rector of ST. Paul's cathedral,
Buffalo, will succeed him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

In France wood-pulp is rapidly be-
ing substituted for plaster of paris in
the manufacture of all sorts of mold
ings and ornamental parts of buildings.
The method is newly devised.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

GEN. BoULANGER reiterates his ex-
clamation at the recent speech he made
prior to his election: '.If wished for
war would be a mailman; if l did not
prepare for it l would be a worthless
wretchh
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

FRANCIS MURPHY went to the park
in Louisville, where the Louisville club
was practlcing. and converted the
whole nine. each man putting on the
ribbon in good faith.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

j. IsHAM ALLEN. who has presented
a valuable collection of Indian relics
to the National Museum, was called
Necklace" by the Crow Indians, be-
cause he was never seen without black
satin stock.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

A MAN in Connecticut has eaten fifty
three raw eggs in an hour on a wager.
He offers to challenge anyone on FIVE
dozen-egg eating match within the
same time.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

PRESIDENT DWIGHT. of Yale, with
the approval of tho faculty. will try to
have the corporation at its annual
meeting in May rescind an old rule
which forbids inter-term regattas
abroad
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-07-21

A WIDOW worth capturing is said to
be the cause of the Duke of Marl-
borough's alleged purpose to revisit
this country in June.