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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Had Its Dry Streaks.

1t is said that the best way to col
lect libraryis to know each book ere
it goes to it's place on the shelf. The
old gentleman in the following anec-.
dote evidently intended to follow
the rule to the letter. A man hap
pened to go into Dakota settlers
house one day and noticed the first
volume of a cyclopedia on the shelf,
and, casually suggested that it was
a good thing to have in the house,
or words to that effect.
EYES," the settler replied, Its
handy. / only got the first book. "
GLOW does it happen that you
haven't the other?"
"Why, hain't read that one yet,
an haint ready for mother. Ye see
l got it of an agent when was livin'
down in Iowa, an about six months
after round he comes again an
knocked at the door, an opened it,
an says he: Mister, here's the sec
on book of your encyclopedy.'
"'Git out!' says l; i haint got the
first one read yeti and made him go,
too, Wy, jes' think oft. That was
nigh on to ten year ago, an l amt
more two-thirds through this now,
and my wife is only jes' nicely started
on the BIS!
cit took pile of brains to make
this ere book I've no doubt; but, l
tell We it's my opinion, an / don't
mind sayin' it, that l think it's got
it's dry streaks like most everything
else. youths Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
The Wrong Girl.

"When was young man l fell in
love with a charming young girl |
used to meet at balls and parties. l
found out that she reciprocated my
sentiments, and obtained her per-
mission to speak to her father. The
next morning 1 called on him, was
shone into his study, and presented
myself as a sutton for his daughters
hand. The old gentleman seemed
surprised at first, but when | had as
sured him of the sincerity and STA
bility of my affection he offered no
farther objections, and. accepting
me as his son-in-law, sent for his
daughter. AS the door opened l ran
to greet my fiancee-it was another
younglady." "Your lover, my child, !"
he continued, suavely smiling at
Mile. de Bourgoing. chad abstract
edly come to the wrong house, pressed
my suit with the wrong father, and
had been given to the wrong wife;
but of course | could not retract or
put upon the young person the in
dignity of refusing her. baron de
Bourgoing's RecoIlections.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
A Ckild's Self.Respect.

Once given reputation to live up
to, character to maintain, and the
child's pride comes to the rescue, his
sense of honor is cultivated to the
point of giving birth to truthfulness,
and thenceforward noblesse oblige,
until at last he seizes on the real
beauty and value of truth, upon
which truth itself obliges. And
on the other hand, it you
would make the little liar
a big lair, and eternally lair, then
constantly confront him with the
fact that he is a liar already. Hewill
have small motive for telling the
truth, since all the world believes and
knows that he is liar; he sees that
he would not be credited if he told the
truth; he will not have the name with
out the game, and his fate, which the
tact and watchfulness of which we
have spoken might have made very
different, is early sealed.-Harper's
Bazaar.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
A Few Predictions.

A recent writer has collected a
number of modern predictions, some
of which have been fulfilled, and the
result is startling array of facts
and guesses.
In the last century British officer
of high rank predicted that this
country would one day be divided
with the Mississippiriver for a bound
airy line. 1t remains to be seen
whether he was right or wrong. Early
in the present century William Cob
bett foretold the secession of the
southern states. Heine was also re-
markable gifted as prophet. He
predicted the Franco-Prussian war,
the siege of Paris, the uprising of the
communists and the destruction of
the Vendome column. De Torque-
vile foresaw the fall of Louis Nap
oleon's empire eighteen years in ad-
vance. He said that it would wreck
itself in some.foreign enterprise.
But the latest prophets Canadian
named Butler. This new foreteller of
events informs us that during the
coming year there will be a war be-
tween England and America, and that
the United States will come out vic
torious and acquire all the British
possessions on this continent.
There is something satisfactory
about such a prediction. 1t is big
thing, and then it is definite, and we
stand a chance of living to see how it
will pan out.
John Stuart Mill believed that the
day would come when men who under
stood the philosophy of history
would be able to predict political
events with unerring certainty. 1t
may be that we have already reached
that point, and that Mr.. Butler, of
Canada, will rank with Cobbett,
Heine, De Torqueville and other sue
cesstul prophets.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
The Fashions of Our Daddies.

From Fifty Years Ago." by Walter Besant.
The gentlemen, of whose long and
wavy hair l have already spoken,
wore, for evening dress, a high black
stock, the many folds of which cover
ed the shirt, and were enriched by a
massive pin; the white shirt cuffs
were neatly turned over their wrists,
their dress coats were buttoned, their
trousers were tight, and they wore
straps and pumps. The ladies either
wore curls neatly arranged on each
side-you may still see some old la
dies who have chung to the pretty
fashion of their youth-or they wore
their hair in a loop down the cheek
and behind the ear and then fastened
in some kind of band with ribbons
at the back of the head The machin-
cry of the frocks reminds one of the
wedding morning in 'Pickwick."
which all the girls were crying out to
be "done up," for they had hooks
and eyes and the girls were helpless
by themselves. Pink was the favor
lite color-and a very pretty color,
too; and there are plenty of scope for
the milliner's art in lace and artificial
flowers. The elder ladies were mag
nificent in turbans, and the younger
ones wore across the forehead a band
of velvet or silk decorated with a
gold buckle, or something in pearls
and diamonds.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Gathering the Corn Crop.

The farmer who leaves shocked
corn in the field until winter sets in,
had better not have cut it up, for
husking corn from the shock in cold
weather is an expensive and disagree
able job, and usually the deteriora-
ton in value of the corn and fodder
will be more than it would have cost
to have husked at the right time.
There is not exercise enough to keep
one warm in husking from the shock
in freezing weather. The butts will
be frozen TO the ground and the ,fod-
der dry, and will break and waste in
handling, while if the weather is mild
so that the ground is thawed, it is
muddy and cold for the feet. Do not
leave the fodder in the field after the
corn is husked. Tie it at once in
bundles of convenient size to pitch.
We use Irvine for binding, and you
can regulate the size of bundles by
cutting the string SO short that the
bundle can not be made too large.
Make loop on one end ofyour hand,
and it will be easy to draw it up
tight. Tie the bands in a bow knot,
and they can be easily united and
saved for use another year. Watch
your hands and see that they tie the
bundles a little nearer the butts than
the top. IF a fodder bundle is tied
close to the top, the butts whispered
out and make it bad to handle.-W.
F. B., in Country Gentleman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
The Importance Of Regularity.

Teach your cows that they have
certain duties to perform at certain
hours of the day, and it is wonderful
how promptly they will respond to
your reasonable requirements. But
this must be done with religious re-
gularity, not only in matters of i'm
portance, but particularly in those
points of apparent small necessity.
Cows should not only be fed and
MIXED at regular hours, but they
should be made to always occupy the
same stalls and be MIXED in the same
order. These little things go a great
way in fixing her character, and often
settle the point of profit or loss in the
years work.-American Dairyman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Paradise of Fair Women.

The women of Paraguay are as
beautiful and fair to look upon as
can be found in any part of the world.
Though they belong to the Indian
race, they are not of the swarthy,
coarse and beastly Indian type. Some
ofthem are very dark, but many OF
them are as light and fair as the pur-
est Anglo-Saxon, with clear complex
ion, and flowing dark hair large,
deep lustrious eyes and delicate feat
ures of very voluptuous cast.
They are of medium height, rather
slight and 1.-THE, with finely moulded
limbs, small, pretty hands and feet,
that would serve for models of the
sculptor's art. Their carriage is SO
easy and natural as to be almost the
poetry of motion, for the freedom of
high-heeled boots and tight clothing
has left their step light, supple, and
strong.
Their dress is of the simplest form;
a short tunic or robe not unlike a
skirt, falling below their knees, and
a shoulder covering not unlike q
shawS both ofpure white and adorned
with pretty native lace. They are
gracefully worn as were the flowing
Greek robes of old, and as bewitch-
iagly serve to half reveal and half
conceal the form beneath.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
The Quality Of Tact.
From the London Queen.

From the London Queen.
What diplomacy is brought to be
in the intercourse of nations, such is
tact in the intercourse of individuals.
Tact has been described as a sixth
sense, and this does not seem a bad
definition of it, At any rate no COM
bination of the other five will supply
the deficiency caused by the absence
of tact. Perhaps it would be better
described as that quality of intuitive
perception which enables us to realize
fully the feelings of Others, and thus
to regulate our conduct accordingly.
1t is a quality, in short, which en-
ables you to "put yourself in his
place. 1t is faculty, which, though
it may be improved, cannot be ac-
quired by any study, however careful
or however arduous, but must be
born in it's happy possessor. 1t en-
ables those who have it to take
in, almost at a glance, the weak and
strong points of a situation or OF an
individual, to steer clear of the
threatening proclivities of either, and
to avail themselves of the favorable
points in each. What the barometer
is to sailor, that is tact to human
ity at large, and the more sensitive
this weather-glass of the mind the
more quickly is the navigator aware
of the proximity of bad weather in
the voyage through life.
Politeness and good feeling are
naturally more looked for among the
educated and higher orders, but tact
is the Inheritance of no particular
class; it is often found in the poorest
cottager, and vainly sought for in
the nobly born. For politeness may
be merely the result of education, and
good feeling the outcome OF kindly
disposition, but tact is the outcome
of neither, and often exists without
the latter. Indeed, it is common
enough for people to have the best
Intentions in the world, but to be
totally devoid of that subtle and deli
cate quality of tact.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
He Ding Over 1000 Graves.

The funeral of the late Lester W.
Mabrey, the old Fair Haven Cemetery
sexton, was conducted recently
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. II.
E. Mabrey, 81 Maltby street, where
he died. Mr.. Mabrey was 80, and
for the past year had been in infrm
health.
He formerly resided in Norwich.
In 1S4S he became sexton of Fair
Haven Cemetery, and continued in
that capacity until one year ago,
when declining health compelled him
to relinquish these duties. Even be-
fore this long period of service hewas
a grave-digger, having learned the
occupation when very young of his
father, who was a cemetery sexton al
so. 1t is estimated that Mr.. Mabrey
excavated or assisted in excayating
between 1000 and $500 graves.
At the time he left work at the Fair
Haven Cemetery it is believed that,
he was the Oldest cemetery sexton
employed in the country. He was
twice married, and leaves a widow
and five children.-New Haven Reg
lister.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
How 10 Cool a Cellar.

A great mistake is sometimes made
in ventilating cellars and milkhouses.
The object Of ventilation is to keep
the cellar cool and dry, but this OBJ
ject often fails of being accomplished
by common mistake, and instead
the cellar is made both warm and
damp. A cool place should never be
ventilated unless the air admitted is
cooler than the air within, or is
at least as cool as that, or q
very little warmer. The warmer the
air the more moisture it holds in sus-
pension. Necessarily, the cooler the
air the more this moisture is con-
densed and precipitated. When a
cooler cellar aired on a warm day,
the entering air being in motion APP
pears cool, but as it fills the cellar
the cooler air with which it becomes
mixed chills it, the moisture is
condensed, and dew is deposit
ed on the colo walls, and
may often be seen running down
them in streams. Then the cellar is
damp and soon becomes moldy. To
avoid this, the windows should only
be opened at night, and late, the
last thing before retiring. There is
no need to fear that the air is I'M
healthful-it is as pure as the air of
midday, and is really dryer. The
cool air enters the apartment dur
ing the night and circulates through
it. The windows should he closed
before sunrise in the morning, and
kept closed and shaded through
the day. If the air of the cellar is
damp, it may be thoroughly dried
by placing in it peck of fresh
lime in an open box, A peck of lime
will absorb about seven pounds, or
more than three quarts of water,
and in this way a cellar or milk
room may soon be dried, even in the
hottest weather.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Wants things Square.

According to the agricultural
editor of the New York Times the
Yankee "schoolmarm' who goes
South to enlighten the rising genera
ton does not have things all her
own way: "There was schoolhouse
which was kept open for few
weeks in the season when there was
no farm work doing. The teacher of
this school, who was a little above
the average, had incidentally re-
marked to her scholars in regard to
the recent eclipse OF the moon that
the earth was round and moved
around the sun and the moon moved
around the earth. For this incredible
statement the teacher was discharged
forthwith, with a caution not to
teach such nonsense as that any
more, by the bare-footed, ragged
director, who was the leading au-
thority upon all such questions in
the vicinity"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
A Question Of Cleanliness.

Smash the bottles? That's the
latest war cry. To Explain: There
is DO telling for what and how soon
a bottle is to be used again after
once used. The bottle when new from
the glassworks was filed with beer,
or with medicine, or with wine, or
with oxalic acid, or with tooth pow
der, or with anything else out of an
endless list. Well it was used to keep
it's contents till emptied. That, the
reforn,ers contend, ought to definite
~ end the days of usefulness of that
particular bottle. 1t ought to be
broken and crushed into smithreens.
But it isn't. We are living in very
unitarian age and instead of break
ing bottle that has once been used,
it is used over and over again for all
sorts of things, and in all sorts uf
houses, until after, perhaps, years
and years of service, it accideutly
breaks, and is done with. No harm
in that, you say? All, but there is.
The bottle was filed with exquisite
perfume when it was new 1t is
thrown into the ash barrel when emp
ty. An hour later it is picked up by
the garbage fend, and sold the same
day to the junk dealer. He sells it
next day to the druggist. The drug
gist fills it with medicine and proper
" labels it, and sends it into the sick
room OF II woman lying at the point
of death with typhoid fever. On the
day of her funeral that bottle FORMS
once more part of a heap OF house
hold refuse. 1t goes on travelling
from boudoir to cellar, from closet
to dung heap, from junk dealer to
dago shop-on an on in and endless
chase, from mouth to mouth and
hand to hand, from sick to healthy
and from filthy to finical, spreading
contamination on his road. Do you
like the idea? Is it safe? Is it
decent? That is the contention.
As matter of fact, the cry has
been started by the bottle manufact-
urer, who want to create wider
market for their goods. Their AZ
gument is: what do you save by
saving bottles? You save the brewer
or the distiller a cent or cent and
hall a bottle, being the difference in
price between old and new bottles,
but that's all. The consumer saves
nothing. Chicago Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Circus Lemonade Explained by Fakir.

Chicago News.
After squeezing a lemon until it
was as dry as a tariff speech, the old
soldier lemonade vender deposited
it's remains in a big glass bowl or tu-
reen. A close-fitting cover is kept on
the bowl, and is only lifted a moment
as each piece of extinct lemon is
dropped into the big dish. Nearly a
peck of overworked lemon rinds were
piled up in the bowl.
"Why are you 50 careful about
those lemon peels?" queried curious
patron of the stand.
"Want to keep 'em moist and clean.
What for?' Oh jes' cause I want
to-"
The old soldier looked guilty. He
stammered a bit giving his wholly
unsatisfactory explanation.
"D'ye sell 'em?"
"Yes-sometimes. You see, the
candy butchers of the circuses and
the picnic fakirs use 'em. They slice
up the rinds and put 'em in a tub of
water to make EN- look like real lem
onade. A little citric acid put into
the tub gives the water a sourish
taste, and it ain'tmany people knows
the difference. They amt very par
particular, no way, and the lemon
rinds floating in the water, makes
'em believe its all right. l keep 'em
in this covered bowl to keep moist
until I get home, when put 'en in a
damp place. If the rind got real dry
once it wouldn't look nat'ral and
wouldn't cut up nice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
These And Skipoers.

But the dead sure thing to do
to euchre the shippers is to make
the cheese right SO they will not
crack. Handle them carefully 30
there will be no abrasion Of them,
don't plug them when green and be
stire and rub them with the hand
everyday SO that no eggs can get d
chance to hatch; and though the flies
may be plenty no harm will come
through shippers. In short the maxi
er who has had pure and sweet milk
to make his cheese with, and has had
no accident befall him in handling
the cheese. advertises his own neglect
or incompetence if he is troubled with
shippers. "-Hoard's Dairyman.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
Exchange Places.
From the Youths Companion.

From the Youths Companion.
There is a quaint Arabian legend
which tells of the Pilgrimage to
Mecca of two devout followers of the
prophet. Abouk journeyed on foot;
Selim was mounted on a camel. At
nightfall both the pilgrims had
reached a spring of water in the
desert where grew a few palm trees.
They prepared to spend the night
together,
at is a long and tedious journey"
said Abouk.
'sOn the contrary it is short and
pleasant" answered Selim. II was
eheered by a mirage on the horizon,
wherein l saw the spires and temples
of the Holy City,"
"There was no mirage, no Holy
City to be seen!' angrily declared
Abouk. ''There were, instead,
legions of venomous ants in the
sand that bit and poisoned my
desh."
Not a single ant was on the
desert" rejoined Selim.
The two pilgrims were quarreling
tiercely, when d good priest, also
journeying toward Mecca, came up.
He listened to them patiently.
''Peace, my brethren" he said at
last. "Let us leave the questions
until tomorrow night to decide. In
the meantime. let Selim go on foot.
and Abouk ride the camel" They
consented to this exchange of places,
On the next night it was Abouk
who had seen the glorious vision,
and found the journey pleasant, and
it was Selim who had been bitten by
the aunts.
"My brothers." said the priest,
"we are all going to Mecca, whether
we walk or ride; but Selim cannot
see what Abouk sees unless he stands
where Abouk stands. 1t is we'll to
change places occasionally"
More than half of the quarrels and
disputes in life grow out of the differ
ent position, character, and educa-
ton of the disputants.
"One of my neighbors,' writes
Pleyn, sis lean, stern Scotchman,
who holds to the tenets of the Gov
enanters; another is fat, merry
Genoese, who goes to mass. Now, il
| had been born in Scotland, should
have eaten oatmeal, and have pinned
my faith to John Knox, or, ifin Italy,
/ should probable hold the pope in
fallible. Shall l, then, knock these
men on the head because we differ, or
shall l look to find if they be true
and friendly, and taking them by
the hand journey in company with
them to heaven?"
"When | hear a new opinion or see
an action in man which l do not
comprehend" says another thought
full writer, 81 do not remove them,
but instantly strive to put myself in
the place of my companion, so that l
may understand the teaching or ex-
perience which has caused him thus to
think and act. By following this
plan widen my knowledge of human
nature and deepen my charity"
Goods light" German poet ex-
claims, 'shines on men through a
temple, with many colored windows.
at may seem gray and gloomy to
our neighbor, while to us it is rosy
and brilliant. But it the same light,
and is sent to us by the same all
merciful God. 1t is only the very
young or the very intolerant man
who is sure that he alone sees the
light in it's purity, while all other
men are in darkness.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17

Are cucumbers unwholesome? The
cucumber has been favorite green
vegetable since the old Assyrian
times, long before Solomon's cucum-
Der garden was subject of allusion.
Immense numbers of them are con-
sumed, all over the world. Some
people may be hurt by eating them
too freely, or at unsuitable times,
and some may be constitutionally
unable to digest them. The writer is
one of these; yet he cannot believe
that such widely and long-used
fruits really entitled to be considered
unfit for food. Neither do facts bear
out the charge. On the contrary,
their reasonable use in warm weather
is probably beneficial.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-11-17
A Girls Toilet Articles.

A sensible girl will not keep a lot
Of cosmetics and drugs. on her toilet
table, but there are a few articles she
should always have in convenient
place. She should have an array of
glass-stoppei BOTTLES containing al
cohol, camphor, alum, borax, am
monia and glycerine or vaseline. A
little camphor and water may be
used as wash for the mouth and
throat if the breath is not sweet.
Powdered alum applied to fever
sore will prevent it from becoming
very unsightly or noticeable. Insect
stings or eruptions on the skin are
relieved by alcohol. A few grains of
alum in tepid water viii relieve peo-
pie whose hands perspire very freely,