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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
.DEHOOFlNC' IN FRANCE.

How the Martyrized Feet OF Fashion
able Women Are RESTORED to o
Decent Condition.
Since the high heel and pointed toe
have had time to do their work the
chiropodist is rising to as money.
making a position as the American
dentist. says Paris letter to London
Truth The women who operate in
public baths for ladies have more work
than they can attend to. and raising
their fees according to the state of the
pairs of feet which they are asked to
attend to. The ordinary, old-fashioncd
treatment requir ng only the sharp
knife and the pumice stone. is still II
francs. But for the operation known
as dehoofing" the fool you may. with
extras, get up from 10 to 80 francs.
There are women who are able, when
the fine world is in Paris, to make
from Is to 95 day. The seaside
season is even more lucrative. because
feet are so much in view on the sands
of marine bathing places, where it is
permissible to paddle about in salt
water long after the teens have been
cleared.
Be it remembered that .he high.
heeled boot or shoe by throwing the
whole weight of the body on the
tightened-up toes deadens them and
the rest of the foot and brings the
whole member, so far as the distribu-
ton of muscular force and nervous
vitality go. into much the same state
as horses hoof The dehooiing pro-
cess begins with warm bran OF
potato-starch foot-bath. followed by a
quick plunge in cold water. after
which there is shampooing with
eau de cologne or something else to
help a reaction. Then there is
gymnastic pulling out and moving up
and down and from side to side Of in
diyidual toes, which reminds one of
the plggy-wiggy game which nurses
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11

play with the pedal extremities Of
babies The nurse. beginning with the
great toe and going on With the four
others. says: This pig went to
market and this pig STAYED at home.
and this pig ate bread and butter. and
this pig ate none. and this little pig
cried take me to nanny at home.
The toes are manipulated and exer-
cised separately until each is timber
and lively. The sole of the foot is also
enlivened thus: The patient leans
with both hands on q pair of props
and places the foot on a broad horse
hair band, which works from side to
side, then comes more hand-rubbing.
this time with glycerine. followed by
friction with small brushes and instru-
ments like drawing stumps. The nails
are carefully attended to. all dead and
hard skin is carefully removed. and
finally the ankle and insteps are put
into gymnastic training. At the end
Of. say an hour. pair of feet which
have been martyrized with high heels
and pointed toes feel equal to dancing.
jumping. or taking long walk. They
also look shapely and quite young.
One wonders why they shorld be
hidden with shoes and stockings and
whether skilled chiropody will not
lead to revival of saadals
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
Pure Ignorance.

School teacher Gin backwoods of
Kentucky to girl-''What has kept
you away from school during the past
three daysp"
Girl" Mam did,"
"Why did she keep you awayp
"Wanted me ter hep pap"
':How help himP"
"Put away the things"
"What thingsP"
"Oh, you know"
mo- / don't"
1T amt possible, mister, that man
as old as you air an whut claims ter
have as much rarnin' as you does, is
that ignuntp'
'Ireally do not know what you mean.
Come, tell me, what things did you
help him put awayp'
wy, the still things. nv co'se-"
1.-THE still things!'
ivy. Inever did meet SIGH ignunce.
Didn't you know that the COVER ment
marshals wus in the curmunity an
don't you know that when they air
here we halter hussle round an put
away the still.tubs an the sour mash
an sichr 1t amt possible that man
with yo' education is that ignuntP WallA
I Breve I'll 90 home. fur don't
think it's no use ter fool long with a
teacher that amt got no mo- sense
than you have. We've been tryin' q
long time ter get smart teacher fur
this neighborhood an 1t do look like
we air never goin' ter do any good OF
"--ArkansaU IrGreler.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
Juvenile Strategy.

A ten-year-old boy was trundling a
two-wheeled cart loaded with laundry
work on the sidewalk down State
street. below Pearl. yesterday. when a
policeman approached him pompously
and ordered him to roll the cart in the
middle of the street The boy obeyed
with ill grace. and tho policeman,
knowing that the lad would turn up
Broadway, hastily went around to that
thorougb-fare via James street and
Maiden lane. He reached the corner
Of Broadway and Maiden lane just in
time to meet the boy who had again
resumed his way on the sidewalk.
Didn't l tell you to- roll that cart
in the roadway" said the coop"
thoroughly angered. as he seized the
boy by the collar.
"Yes," replied the boy.
"Well. I'm going to take you in T"
"Huhp" queried the boy, not SEEM
ing to understand.
Pm going to take you to the Sta
tion-house." repeated the policeman.
WELL" said the boy. .'go ahead.
But If you do you'll wheel that cart
with you, for I'm burned if l do"
He was not taken in.-Albany Jostr-
nal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
LITERATURE NEAR THE POLE

III
How Sailors of w haIing ship, In the
Arctic Ocenn Set The Reading
Matter.
"What do we do with SO many old
papers? Send them up TO the Aret C
Ocean"
1t was the proprietor Of an outhtting
store on Pacific street, and he was
answering the inquiry of the reporter
as to what he wanted of five thousand
old pictorial and story-papers. for
which he had advertised in the Exam
iner.
ITO the Arctic Ocean And what
do YOU do with them therep"
1--WE send them up to the sailors on
whaling vessels. About three hum
dred sailors, engaged through us are
up there over half the year, and TO
each one of these we send at least fiji
teen papers every season. They are
glad to get most anv thing In the shape
of paper. but most of the men like
magazines better than an, th ng else"
"Do you depend entirely on the
answers to your advertisements for
your stock of papers9"
mo; we go to each one of the news
papers in this city. both weekly and
daily. and get back numbers. And
then we send to each of the sailors a
few of the current issues of the city pa
pers These papers came here in
answer to our advertisement and he
put his hand on stack three feet high.
Some of the numbers dated back eight
or nine years.
Here is another stack of papers,"
and he pointed to heap OF papers two
feet tall. "that is ready to be assorted
and done up in bundles one for each
ship"
Those letters, do they also go?' A
long box full of yellow envelopes. each
with superscription to somebody on
some whaleship. "Arctic Ocean," lay
beside the papers.
Eyes, we send each year one letter
to each man. Of course they like to
know what is going on here. and we
write a general acco unit of matters of
interest and personal gossip and what
ever we think the men would like to
know"
You don't write different individ-
ual letter to each man, do your"
''Oh, no. We bunch them rs much
as possible and make the same letter
in duplicate do for several men. These
letters are all ready to be sent up next
week on the Bear. but it will be about
month before the papers and letters
are all fixed up and started of. The
men exchange their papers and letters.
so that what we send keeps the entire
fleet in reading matter through the
season.-San Francisco Examiner.
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Seat Mortgages.

A question of vital Importance to
travellers is about to be brought before
the courts for adjustment 1t has long
been recognized that If a traveller
places his baggage in car seat he
thereby retains it, though he may 60
away into the smoker and stay until
the train gets to Pewaukse. or any
where else. All persons seem to re-
gard the seat as taken. and unless o
car becomes so crowded that it is nee
essary to double up, the baggage. over
coat or umbrella retains the seat.
There is a courtesy among railroad
travellers that is not observed in any
other place. An umbrella that would
not be safe for minute In q hotel.
store or office, will hold seat in Car.
and be untouched from San Francisco
to New York. The question is. how
much baggage it is necessary to place
in seat in order to retain it Among
those who go out of town evenings to
the suburban resorts and country
homes, it is generally understood that
a pack age of corsets. dress pattern. a
couple of kerosene lamps. a lawn tennis
hat, pair OF canvas shoes four boxes
of Strawberries. . bag of oranges. a
small hand valise. jointed fishing
rod. tin box of tackle. and package
of mosquito Lar, left in seat ID
sufficient notice to other passengers
that seat is occupied. though some put
other things in seat. Occasionally
there is a person. who can not take a
hint who will come ND to seat thus
freighted. and look at it ask some-
body in the seat back of 1t, "Is this seat
occupied" Almost invariably the
answer is. Il believe 1t Is" but the
new conner often seems 10 think It Is
not, and squeezes in. sitting on the
strawberries, and tries 10 look uncon-
scious when the owner comes along
and begins to retrieve the packages.
locking mad. In such o case the per.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
A Mighty Iowa Nimrod.

The Keokuk Qa) Gate City tells
rood yarn on one Jim Wepton, who
lives in the brakes of Skunk river.
near Salem. and is a llneal descendant
If Daniel Boone and a mighty hunter
himself. He caught wolf in trap.
He concluded he would tame it and ex-
hibit it at Salem. When he loosed
1.-The varmint" it freed him. Before
letting it out of the trap he had tied Q
.ope around the VOLTS neck and fas.
ened it to tree. So he had the wolf
and the wolf had him. He sat up in
The tree all the afternoon and the wolf
Kept guard below. At noon his wife
started out to find what had become of
him. She arrived on the spot and was
good relief corps She cut the rope
N an instant aud with 'Shoo! y0u
BEAST" she started the wolf off at the
:ate Of q mile a minute, and Jim
rawIed down out Of the tree then in a
way to make his great backwoods an
.ester laugh In bis grave
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
A Remarkable Deception

A lady will. we are told, soon APP
pear in London who is an apparilion
at first, and afterward a solid, palpa-
BILE, and even somewhat fat lady;
then she retires from her fat and her
solidity and dissolves into airy nothing
ness, In the center of the exh bition
room a globe will appear without APP
parently any thing suspending it or
supporting it. From that globe, after
the mystic words have been spoken to
the accompaniment of weired music.
o female form will be seen to emerge
(draped), but hardly recognizable, so
vapory will she be. Then she will
gradually solidifY, nourished on nothing
Ga much desired attainment in these
hard times). and after smilingly but
speechlessly interviewing the public
will gradually become vapory. and re-
tire finally to her residence in the hang
ing globe. Court Journal.
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Letter Writing to Gentlemen

Letter Writing to Gentlemen
Any girl who has been we'll brought
up herself will need little instruction
in this direction; her instincts and in
buttons, as we'll as her observations,
will teach her the proper course to
pursue. She will feel. without a word
spoken, the impropr ETY. of writing to
young men of her acquaintance indis-
criminately. except in brief notes on
occasion of necessity, like the giving
or refusing of invitations or the
sending of thanks for courtesies.
With the least spark either of
high breeding or of good feel
ing. too. she will avoid pro-
longed correspondence with any mar
ried man. as she would avoid other
glazing improprieties. signifyng. as
that usually does, undue forwardness
and tendency to fastness, all the
more If she sends the letters to
other place than her correspondents
home. or gives them any clandestine
air or appearance of supposing the
wife in the case to be ignorant of their
existence. She is usually mistaken if
she presumes that the ordinary hus-
band is not really much more intimate
and friendly with his wife. be the wife
of more or less years. than with the
attractive young stranger. and that the
letters he receives from herself do not,
sooner or later, pass under the wife's
eyes, receive her criticism. and posi-
bly, her animadversion, sometimes oc-
casioning amusement to husband and
wife together, and often causing the
innocent writer to be looked on askance
both by the wife and by the world
of that wife's female friends. When
ever she has absolute reason for writ
ing to such a person. and is acquainted
with the wife. if she is either wise or
decent she will contrive to write to
the wife of the subject under consider
alton rather than to the husband; and
II she is not acquainted. she will. I'M
less the affair is one of pure business,
doubt if she has right or reason to
write at all; and in after-years she
must assuredly conc to the conclusion
that different course was unmaidenly.
If really not immodest, and that if the
wife in question came to have an i'll
opinion of her, the letter-writer had
only herself to blame.
When she has become the wife of
another she will have lively regret at
the thought of her letters, however
purposeless and childish, in the hands
of another person than her own hus-
band. and slight as the regret may be,
1t is better avoided by writing nothing
of the sort, and waiting till gentle
man becomes an acknowledged and
accepted lover before making him the
partner in a correspondence of any
weight or significance 1t is ALWAYS
to be remembered moreover, that one
grows older rs the years pass. and
that ideas and sentiments change, and
what we feel to-day may be the pre-
Use opposite of what we feel five years
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The Fastest Train in the World.

The Fastest Train in the World.
Most persons who travel on the Con-
tinent of Europe are we'll aware that
the speed of express trains there is coll
siderably slower than that of English
express trains. Two or three trains
on the Lyons and Marseilles Railway
come perhaps nearest to the English
standard of performance. On the
Italian lines it is customary to resort
to the refinement of having three
classes of trains. 'ordinario," ''diretto"
and espresso" but there does not
seem much to choose between them.
The Railway Press corrects our vague
impressions by the test of figures. and
gives us the exact ratio of our express
es to those of foreign countries Our
English expresses all run at high
rate, but since the acceleration of the
Manchester and London expresses. one
or two of the Great Northern trains
carry off the palm. They run at an
average of 4S miles an hour for the
whole journey. including stoppages
and the exceedingly heavy bank at
Penistone. The bit between Grantha am
and London is done at the rate of about
"a miles an hour. These achievements,
however. are very closely approached
by the other great lines, France and
Germany follow with an average of
about Sc miles an hour, Holland,
Belgium and Austria-Hungary follow
with SO miles an hour, Italy with 294
miles an hour. Spain and Switzerland
with % miles, and Portugal with 1871
miles. America runs us more closely.
with an average speed OF IS to 40
miles an hour. London Daily Ne0s.
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SON who has taken the ssst waits un<
Ill tho pack EGGS ha We been removed
when she says. II beg pardon. was
III your seata did not know 1t was
occupied" The lady who Is struggling
to got her packages out from under
the person. says rs that SOP ought
to haze left something in the seat,
suppose, that you could see" Then the
owner of The packages marches of to
the wood box with them. aud takes the
short seat near the stove. rides back.
wards and looks out of the window so
cross that the cows beside the track In
the field, quit giving milk. Tho test case
that Is to come before the courts
will be begun by Wauwatosa lady.
She went to the train one evening
lately. and marched up to q
seat which was occupied by
man and woman, and said. in sher-
bet tones. Excuse me. but this 10 my
seat" The man looked at his partner
and said. EXCUSE nae. madame. but
there was no baggage in the seat when
We took 1t" The lady said she lefs
something in 1t, and she could see Ii
there. The man got up and looked In
the seat and the lady with him got mp.
and both stepped out into the aisle. to
find the baggage. The lady who
claimed the seat got into It, said.
There 1t is" took chew Of gum of
the window sill and put It in her mouth.
saying. as she chewed IL II come in
from Wauwatosa this morning in this
car. and In this very seat and in order
to retain the seat going back tonight
1 stuck my chew of gum on the window
sill. Some folks don't know enough
to let seat alone when they know ii
is took" and she went on chewing and
watching the work of cutting up dead
horses. out the window. as the train
passed the glue factory, where the
scenery is magnificent The man who
had been unseated. made some cayen ne
pepper remarks. to the gum lady. and
one word brought on another. until tho
husband of the gum lady came along.
when the two men adjourned to the
smoker to fight it out Friends inter-
fered. among them lawyer, who Of
fered to bring suit for damages. and SO
the matter will get into the courts. and
it will be decided whether q chew of
gum left on a window sill, retains tho
sea. the same as baggags.-Peck's
Sun
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
Out" Courtships.


A breach of promise case, just re-
ported. throws some light upon the
etiquette of courtship in that class of
life in which "walking out together
is the recognized mode of making &C
quaintance. The defendant said he
had never intended to marry the plain
tiff. whose counsel Immediately pro-
tested against this statement by re-
marking: "But you walked her out"
This was met by the de-
PENDANT with the reply: 'It would be
a fine job if a man had to marry every
girl he walked out with"
II is to be feared that this gentleman
was inconstant and. in fact the jury
took that view. Walking out with
girl. if the promenades have been suf-
ficiently frequent. is regarded in much
the same light as asking papa" is in
he social circles of a somewhat higher
range. Some months ago. in case
of defamation of character. the young
woman who had been libled said in.
evidence that she walked out with the
young Frenchman. who was the de-
PENDANT in the action, but that she had
only done so in order to try If she liked
him, and finding she did not she gave
HIM up. 1t is nice question Of ETH
quette how many walks would be al
lowed on either side for the proba-
tionary stage. and whether greater
number would be prem tied to the
walking lady. as being more difficult
of choice. Etiquette books fly too
high to touch these humble walks of
tife.-London Netos.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11
A THOUGHTFUL Man.

A well known man of middle
Georgia sent to his friends the follow
ing communication:
OWN ter the fack that thar's
circus in town to-morrer. the funeral
nv my wife will be put of till the day
after. Err mans wife ken be buried
most any time. but I'll tell you whut's
a fack, Teller citizens in these here
days Nv dullness circuses air c.rcuses.
The funeral will be preached by the
Reverend John BranwelL. He is one
NV the best preachers in the cur
munity. an is the man that fotch the
Natlin boys up ter the mourner's
bench after some NV the best preachers
in the country had failed. I believe n
them sort OF preachers myself under
STAN that the circus is got two clowns
that air funnier than anything ever
seed in this here curmunity. l am
told that they git off jokes that would
make lame dog litter filten ter kill
hisse'f sMy devoted wife will be
buried in Mayfield's old orchard. Her
an me ulster gether apples thar when
we wuz children. an it wuz under one
NV the trees that she fust told me that
she would be my wife. 1t is mighty
sad duty to lay her away thar, but SIGH
is life. I have hearn that the ring
master with this show ken pop his
whip louder than a rifle ken crack. an
they say that the monkeys air up TO
mo- tricks than a basket Nv crawfish.
l tell you that durin' these here dull
times we sorter need suthin' ter liven
us up. The pall-bearers hain't been
app'inted yit, but l don't reckon l will
have no trouble in findin' some fellers
ter e'p me out on this here interestin'
occasion. They've got guzzly bar
with the show an they tell me that he
is a mighty dangerous thing ter fool
with. The services at the grave will be
short an sweet" -ArkansaW Traveller.
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The late Lady Buchan we'll remem-
bered Napoleon Bonaparte at ST. Hele-
ma. where her father was Governor in
1915. When she was first introduced
to him the ex-Emperor said: II have
long heard from various quarters Of
your superior eloquence and beauty. but
now am convinced that report has
scarcely done you sufficient justice. !"
And then, as she was soon to leave the
island, he added: You must be very
glad to get away" "Oh, no. sire. !"
said she, II am sorry 10 Co." "Ahl
Well Mademoiselle, wish ] could ex-
change places with you"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11

GLASGOW will soon be the second
city of the United Kingdom. Its
boundaries are to be extended SO as to
include number of populous towns,
and it is estimated that it will then
have population of nearly 800. OO0
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A Natural LinguiSt.

Fond mamma Showing the baby to
visitor): ''Sh-h- he S asleep. The little
larling. Isn't he the sweet
est little thing you ever
SAW" Visitor lin awe-struck whisper):
Decidedly. Can he talkP' "Talkp
[ should think he could talk! Why,
he can say goo and ga and VOW
Picked them up himself toe. Boston
Be1con
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A Surnise.

The front door bell of house in
Kingston was rung the other day, and
when the woman of the house
answered the summons she found a
colored woman. ''Missus." said she,
do you want help to housecleanP I
thought may be you mought. for your
windows are so dirty I didn't 'spose
you had cleaned house. "-Kingsto n
Freeman.
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Mr.. JOHN JONES. OF Fairburn, Ga,
has very wonderful house cat If a
tale that is told of it is to be believed.
Several weeks ago this cat caught a
rat but instead of killing it began to
nurse and care for it and now gives it
as much attention as any of her kit
tens receive.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11

MICHAEL P. BARR was a newsboy
in Washington not long ago. and three
years ago he enlisted in the naval SER
vice of the United States at seaman 8
wages-50 cents day. Last week no
was appointed master sailmaker at
$3.50 month. and his first act was to
make over to his mother one-half OF
his pay as fast as it accrues
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-08-11

CONGRESSMAN LONG. of Massachu
sets, who has announced his intention
of retiring from political life. has been
noted, among other things, for his hap
py faculty of never forgetting a name
or a face
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from to-day. and II we have nowhere
registered ourselves to the contrary we
shall certainly be more comfortable
when that term of years has passed.
and not the less comfortable during
the passing. -Harperss Bdzar.