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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15
Dur Foes In the Air.

1t is a wonderful fact that the ali
we breathe contains foes as deadly
and invisible as the malignantspirits
with which the ancient opinion PEG
pied it. Most epidemics are due to
these unseen enemies. TIC be sure, il
is true that the earth and organic
bodies on the earth, and not in the
air, generate them. They are taken
up as dust, and, being little heavier
than air, are long suspended in it"
They are known by the general
name of mlcrobes-microscopic forms
of life. Only "a few of the many classes
of microbes are harmful, just as only
few of the millions of species oflarg.
er vegetables grown are poisonous.
In 1883 an epidemic fever, charac
terized by great depression, inflam.
nation of the bronchial tubes and
lungs, and by and incessant cough
swept over the world from east to
west. It's advent was sudden, and in
most cases the person was well again
in less than fortnight. Itwas quite
fatal, however, to the aged and the
weak. This was the famous infuen.
"a.
The same malady has repeated it's
ravages- over extensive
tracts of country, sometimes onlylo-
cally-many times since the Middle
Ages. fit is of microbic origin, AS
is probable,-what inconceivable
swarms of microbes must have filled
the air! OF course, no precaution
could avail, except the habitual
maintenance of high health and good
hygienic conditions.
Malaria is due to microbes which
reach their victims either from the
air, by inhalation, or from drinking
water which has absorbed them,
Boil the water, avoid the night air,
sleep in the higher rooms Of the house,
and guard against all excuses.
Typhoid feveris caused by microbes
from the discharges of a previous
patient which either have found &C,
cess to drinking water, or have been
taken up dried into the air. Microbes
flourish in all kinds of moist filth
The chief safeguard is general clean,
illness, the boiling of all suspected wa.
ter, and ample ventilation and sun
shine.
Diphtheria, scarlet-fever, whooping
cough and measles are due to mi
crobes given off from the skin OIL
breath Of the patient. They either
float in the air of the room, or be
come attached to the furniture, walls
and bedding. Avoid infected rooms
and persons. Attendants should
keep their stomachs in an active
condition with digestible food, but
should not overload them. Most
microbes are digested and rendered
harmeless by a vigorous stomach.
The surest prophylactics-as pre-
ventives are called-are high health
cleanliness, abundance ofair and sun
shine, the boiling of water and milk
and the avoidance of whatever de
presses the physical system-loss o
sleep, protracted watching and all ex
cesses, and cheerful courage.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15
Country Wit.
Buffalo Express:

Ouuulc PAeoC'
Country boys are not such
squash-heads as they sometimes
look" said the sociable drummer at
the Broezel House. Gone day last
week was out riding with a fellow
who seemed to think it his mission
to say or do something smart every
minute. Presently we overlook
barefoot urchin driving a COW home
from pasture, and my companion
refined up the horse and spoke to
him, saying: Say, my little man,
what time will it be at 6 O'Clock this
after-noon?" Without q moments
hesitation the lad answered: Twill
be bedtime for hens and fools.
You're not hen, but twill be your
bedtime all the same y
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

In writing of novelists Robert Louis
Stevenson refers to George Meredith
rs tho king of US ALL"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

GEN. BoULANGER has sold the manu-.
script of his book on the German in.
yasion for $4,000.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

N. TAINE's health is greatly improv-
ed, and he has resumed work on his
History of the French Revolution"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

She" Sirl what do you mean by
putting your arm around my waist?
He-"Do you object?" She-"Mr.
Arthur Gordon, III give you just
Ave hours to remove your arm.
San Franuseo Post
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

MRS. GRANT has received $411, 90 0
as her share IN the profits of Gen.
Grants memoirs. of which So 600
sets have been sold.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE was shy
man. His son Julian says: Il never
saw my father in the act OF compost
tion-no one ever did"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

ASCENDING Teller Pitcher. of the
Union Bank of Providence. r L, has
scored the greatest error Of the sea-
CON.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

EDWARD BURGESS. the yacht design.
er has been made an NJ A. by Harvard.
1t was only short time ago that his
wife made him PA.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

SPEAKING Of international copyright,
there is q multitude of American au-
thors who would be delighted if Eng
land would sell their books.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

ISAAC BRADLEY of New EN-.
Conn.,. has gone to England as general
manager of the Calling Gun Company
of Birmingham.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

THOMAS A. EDISON, the inventor,
will send to each crowned head of Eu-
rope perfected photograph. Such a
present will speak for itself
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

. Stage. the famous Yale pitcher con-
tInues to refuse tempting offers from
professional baseball clubs. His frie nds
say he is lacking in ambition.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

IT took ton tons Of paper for the
now edition of Ruskin's Stones Of
Venice"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

4. f. ID. l.. N. SoUTHwoRTH has
one hundred and fifty girl babies
named after the heroines of her
stories.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

SOMEBODY who claims to know as
serts that Mrs. Langtry Is now worth
nearly $500. 900. What a beautif I'll
woman she is! Her figure is SO well
rounded. don you know!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

A Huron, Dakota, saloonkeeper who de-
fed Judge Spencer's injunction to sell no
more LIQUOR was fined $3.50 by the conrt, he
must pay the costs or go to jail for 100 days.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

SUSAN b. ANTHONY announces that
she is willing 10 retire from active work
as Woman Suffragist in favor of some
one younger. This suggests the pos
sibility that in time Patti may quit
giving farewell concerts
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

DIR. J. LELAND MILLER, of Sheffield.
Mass. has given $4,000 to Williams
College to found Professorship of
American History, Literature and Elo-
quence. 1t will be the first professor
ship of its kind in the country.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

GEN. w. 7. SHERMAN was given
great ovation at the Yale Commence
ment. When he remarked in speech
that he so loved Yale that he had sent
his only two beloved sons there the as
sembled collegians cheered with wild
enthusiasm.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

AT Tucson. Ari.. last week burglars
entered the house of man who bears
the name of Julius Caesar. name not
unknown to tho public. Caesars
house. however. was as empty as
Mother HubbarRs cupboard. and the
thieves went away unsatislied. Upon
what meat doth this julius Caesar feed
that lie hath grown so impecuniousP
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15


unknown to tho public. Caesars
house. however. was rs empty as
Mother HubbarR's cupboard, and the
thieves went away uusatislied. Upon
what meat doth this julius Caesar feed
that lie hath grown so impecuniousP
The Pullman family will hold re-
union in August on Pullman Island.
ono of the Thousand Islands of the St.
Lawrence. Sir George NJ. Pullman's
mother will celebrate her eightieth
birthday in that month. Her famous
son will present her on her birthday n
deed of Pullman Island, on which he
has erected q beautiful house for her
occupancy.
WILLIAM E. GLADSTONE may be an
old man. as his opponents assert. but
he is still able to cope with tho best of
them. President Lincoln once express
ell the regret that all his generals did
not drink the Same kind of whisky
used BY Gen. Gran. If English states
men could all grow old gaining the
same degree of wisdom which Glad
stone displays Great Britain would be
in happier state than at present.
YALE has conferred the degree of
Master of Arts upon Samuel L.
Clemens. who is known to fame as
MARK Twain" This is the first time
that an educational institution mas
shown any recognition of the eleva-
ting influence welded by American
humorists. BY granting Mark Twain
a degree Yale has proved that the pro-
fessional wit has risen in the scale of
intellectual endeavor since the days of
John Phoenix and Artemus Ward.
Hitherto colleges have shown no APP
probation of jokes more modern than
those of Plautus 1t is just possible
that a Chair of Humor may yet be
established at one of our progressive
universities.
The new electric typewriter re-
lieves the operator of every duty ex-
cept pressing down the keys. The
carriage moves automatically TO the
starting point whenever the end Of a
line has been reached. and also moves
up one notch or line al the same time.
But the most important Office of the
new instrument seems to be its use in
receiving and transmitting telegraph.
10 dispatches. 1t Is said at the Patent
Office that the instrument can be used
both as a transmitter and receiver Of
intelligence over q single wire. no
matter how great the distance may be.
The receiving instrument does not re-
quire the attendance of an operator,
but prints the dispatch automatically.
The instruments at both ends OF the
line print the dispatch sent and SO q
SAFE guard against mistakes is provid-
ed. 1t is claimed that the electric
typewriter will be valuable as legal
aid to business. and offers many ad-
vantages over the telephone. One ad.
vantage claimed for it is that no mat
ter whether q person called up is at
his place of business or not the mes.
sage can be printed through the me-
dunn of his typewriter and will be
there for perusal on his return. The
dispatches printed are in letter form
and not an endless tape. The instru.
msnt has bssn cbristeusd the dynaao'
graph .
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-09-15

ino for the buglars to sound. But he'd called
out that he was suffocating, and we looked
to see him move all hands comming up In
punches at a time, till there we were all OF
heaving and squirming middle, with TINS nor
ror in the midst of us, and the men squirted
mice in all directions through sheer loathlng.
III that man bent dead, said the bosom,
INV ewes amt mates Did he wriggle at
ALP said l. addressing one of the fel-
lows who held the grating, before you let go
and run away? The man answered he
hadn't noticed any movement. he spoke,
ANYWAY said the mate. wen, pickle my
ewes for onions if there was ever RUNNER
start than this, cried the carpenter, stooping
70 look close at the man, and then recoiling,
with a beave of the breast and a long wipe
of his mouth down the length OF his marry
arm. ordered the body to be carried TO a
cabin. and put the second mate, along with
a seaman, to watch it, but their report to
me was that if the fellow was alive he gave
no signs of it, but that, on the contrary, ne
was initiating death SO incomparably as 70
oblige them to beg me to allow some Others
TO relieve them, as they did not feel strong
enough to go on. then viewed the body
myself and no longer having doubt, gave
orders that it should be stitched up airesn
and once again brought to the gangway. II
was now eight bells in the afternoon y
course it was right that this old J ack shouie
be buried decently, ana resoiVeo ~ =.
through with the funeral service, but let II
he known that there was no obligation upor
the men to attend, outside the few who wer'
needed to do the work. Nevertheless
all hanos turned mp as before
Well started to read as had in the morn
ing. but at the very moment a my pronounc
ing the same words was delivering when tn
interruption happened there came mos
audible but half-choking and half-smothere'
groan or grunt of .'0h, Lord, they mean t
drown me after alll'' from under the ensign
The fellow that held the right corner OF tn
grating let go, and went backing among hi
mates with cry of dismay, but the othe
man, bawling out with face darkened o
passion, "You old villianl how many bul
ials dive expect, and be id to your title
the grating, and away flashed the hammoc
overheard. We all stood looking. on Ek
IDIOTS. For my part, captain "a l was,
kadn't q word TO say for moment In fas
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
The ladi 8 Monument.

The Ladies' Confederate Mon
ument Association have closed
the contract for the erection Of
the Confederate monument, with
j. +. Whitehead & Co; Of Jack
son, Tenn The design is of the
Greciau order of architecture
an open canopy eight feet
square supporting the monu-
ment Of forty feet ia height, sur
mounted with q colossal statute
of Confederate soldier. The
statute of Hon. jefferson Davis
Is proposed to be erected in the
centre of the canopy. The ma
tcrial is to he Alabama granite
The cornerstone is to be laid BY
the grand lodge of Mississippi
some time in May, ia SMITH
park, Jackson, Miss, and MI
Davis is expected to be present
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
Communicated.
GRANGER, TEXAS
Mrach 81, 1888

Ed. EAGLE: As was princi
pally raised III old LAFAYETTE !
thought would write you a few
lines about this country. You
know that portions of Texas
have been visited for two years
with severe droughts. this conn.
~ made almost nothing last
year but farther west they have
made nothing for two years.
This county Les in central Tex.
AS and is nearly ali prairie only
along the streams in the ives
tern part ofthe count there are
some hills aud cedar brakes
The land il black sticky soil
from three TO five feet deep and
very productive, but it is very
dlsagreeable in wet weather. the
mud sticks so tight you can't
wo. or even so anywhere. We
have no fruit or garden veceta.
Dies here. A poor man cannot
buy a home here, land is worth
from ten to thirty dollars Der
acre. | live six miles east of
Granger and think this is the
best part of tine county, we also
have very good society in our
neighborhood. There are more
bohemian renters here than
Americans, and some Of the
seem 10 prefer them.
there are very few negroes in
this part of the county, and the
land is all fenced either farms
pastures. This has been a
very severe winter aud stock
have lost a great deal.
are having rain now in
abundance, the trees are green
aud wheat and oats look fine.
corn is nearly all up but | think
9 Will get killed for we are hay.
.ng a blizzard and il looks ike
snow There is an immigration
society IN this county but n
mink here are too many people
'ere now, besides, | am oppos.
to foreign immigration;
America for Americans is mylr
CLoD. HOPPER.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
Union Female COllsla Dots.

School opeGed promptly at 8
o'clock and found every pupil
in place.
The only complaint made
against T.. +. g, is the work is
too hard and teachers too strict
Mr. Jones visited L i g.,
Thursday, he expresses himself
rs much pleased with every
thing, especially the discipline.
Mrs. Gates accompanied by
Misses Simpson aud Kennedy,
spent Saturday and Sunday AT
the hospitable home of Mr.. j,
G. Gates in the country. They
returned Sunday afternoon dec
grated with flowers.
The a l. & " Society held
very interesting open session
Friday afternoon, but owing u
the Indictment weather only ;
few attended, those present
complimented the young ladiel
very highly on this their frs
public effort. Rev. r. w. Blink
ley delivered very fine address
on the life of Henry w. Long
fellow, whose writings were til,
f reciiations and readings for tn
evening. The following pro
gram was followed. REGULATIONS
Misses Dyer, Gates and Bean
land. Readings: Misses CAuthel
McNeely and Chiffon. Music
Misses Owens, Scott, Buffalo
aud CLARKE.
If you want to work, come /
! u q.
THEY SAY.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12

A bloody and perhaps fatal
a1iray occurred Oh Wednesday
afternoon, between William and
Wood Edney and a colored man
named George Washington, on
The sdney farm about two miles
west of Aberdeen, in which the
young Edneys, aged respectful
twenty-five and eighteen years.
were beaten to insensioiiity by
The negro. The affair was pro.
voked by a disputs as they were
returning from the field az night
as TO comparative amount of
piowing they had accomplished
during the day, Washington
seizing a large stick that hap.
pened TO be lying between the
corn rows and dealing each one
OF the boys blows in rapid sue
ceSsion that rendered them IN.
conscious, from which they have
not recovered up to o late hour
thursday afternoon. There was
no hope for the youngest to re.
cover while the other was at
mat time Almost despairsd of.
The mother of the young men.
upon learning of the tragedy
was so greatly shocked that she
died ON Thursday morning.
Aberdeen Examiner. 9th.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
Shorthand.

Short>Hand thoroughly taught by
our improved method IN Munson's Sys
TEN in from four to five months by cor
respondence. Snc :ess guaranteed.
Don't so to short>hand schools at great
expense when We can teach you as well
by mail at a normal cost. Onr instruc
ton is Just as satisfactory az all %exercis
es and mistakes are corrected and re-
turned. We will guarantee to carry a
student t rs words in four months if
instructions are carefully followed. All
our students are placed in positions i'm
mcdiately upon graduation. Tuition,
time unlimited $40; IS payable in adj
vance and S. upon completion of curse.
Text Books and complete outfit, post
paid 81. Write us for information.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
Death of IOhn C. Kendel.

Seldom has this community
been more shocked than when
the announcement was made
that John G. Kendel was dead.
lie was attacked by a yiruIent
form of typhoid pneumonia
about two weeks ago and breath
ed his last Monday, April 81.
The funeral took place Wednes'
dny and the exercises were con-
Quoted by Rev. JIG Red, OF the
Presbyterian church. \ very
great number of people attend
ed, consisting OF the members
of the Masonic fraternity. Odd
Fellows, Knil hts of Pythias aad
Ancient order of United Work
men, beGides a large number OF
citizens.
There were present at least a
thousand people, although the
day was Indictment. The process
sion, led by the Greedy Cornet
Band, m%ournfully took its way to
the cemetery two miles distant,
and more than half the distance
was occupied by attending car
riages. The ceremonies ut the
grave were conducted cy the
Masonic fraternity.
Mr.. Kendel VAS one of The
most popular citizens of Weld
county. He has held Office boil
as commissioner and sheriff fol
the past eight years. At The
time of his death he was chair
man of the Board of Count!
Commissioners, having been ap
pointed 10y Governor Adams, a
the request of the old Board, Il
Gil the place made vacant b,
the resignation Of A. Hotchkiss
His native state was Tennessee
but he lived a number of year
at Oxford, Mississippi. Durial
the war he served three year
1, in the Confederate service he
ing engaged in some of tn
greatest battles of the rebellion
Coming to Colorado in 1876, h
settled at Sterling, where he ha,
considerable property.
AS to his personal character
those who knew him best spea.
in highest terms. lie was
man of strict integrity, sterlin
honesty and pleasant address,
He made friends because h
was friendly. His services a
an official were faithfully aud in
, partially performed. He leave
a wife and seven children, {
whom is extended the sympath
! OF the whole community.-lh
Greeley Col J Sun.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
A Convention of the People of
Mississippi.

AT the request of citizens, I
Robert Lowry, Governor of the
State of Mississippi, hereby call
"A convention of the people of
the State interested in the sub.
ject of immigration and the de.
yelopment Of our resources to
meet in this city on Thursday,
the Gath day of May, 1888, for
the purpose of organizing n
State immigration Society with
the view of securing fof Missis.
sippi a share of the immigration
now moving Southwark.
II 10 hoped that every county
will be fully represented, and /
would venture the suggestion
in advance that all that is need.
ed for Mississippi to have her
borders throngcd with the thrift.
~ and sturdy farmers now seek.
ing homes in the Southern
states ~ to appr.se them of our
advantages of soil and climate
and to advertise the generous
welcome they will receive.
In the absence Of organized
action on the part of our people
we cannot hope for equal bcne
ut Ia this matter with cur neigh
boring States whose people ar,
up and doing.
Done at jackson, Miss, Marcel
q, 1888.
ROBERT LOWRY,
Governor,
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
The Press Convention.

In speaking of the contem
plated meeting of the Press al
Grenada in May, the Sardis Re
porter trnthfully says:
THE press seems to have los,
a greater part Of ite influence in
the State. Whether this is due
to a lack of harmony and con.
cert of action, we are not pre-
pared to say. 1t is certainly not
due to a lack of industry, ener
gy or intelligence. But, the As.
ISOLATION, at it's last Convention,
unanimously agreed in recon-.
mendlng that the enactment of
certain laws be urged upon the
Legislature. Every one of those
laws would have redounded to
the public good, and yet, not
one OF them was passed. The
failure IN this movement, and
offers, does not show up well
tor the influence of the press.
and, as ID is not SO elsewhere.
the natural presumption is that
the fault is with the newspapers
themselves. Let the members
OF the Association come up to
the Convention prepared to of
fer some suggestions for the re.
covery of lost ground and for
giving the press Its appropriate
power and influence in the State.
Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1888-04-12
Hen. z III. Stevens.

VIZ announce this week in the
proper column, Hon. Il N. Ste.
phens, of Union county, as a
candidate for Congress, in this,
the Second District of Nissis.
sippi.
Mr. Stephens was raised in
Union county on the farm, a
poor boy, with only very ordi-
nary advantages; by his Inherent
power and energy he has won a
competency financially and n
great reputation as a lawyer.
Yet he is still IN degree a far
mer, and now directs his farm.
ing interests IN person, and is
very successful in his agricultu.
raj enterprises.
Ho has twice been elected as
a representative i'll thu state
legislature; being selected as the
Democratic standard bearer by
a majority of l,l00 in vote of
2.3OO over two competitors in
1883. In 1851 he was the Demo
cratic elector for this District
and made strong fight for
Clevelan | aud hendricks, car.
ry!ng Union county bv the larg.
est majority ever polled by the
Democracy ofthe county.
We mention these things mere.
" to show Mr.. Stephens popu-
larity at home, and will add:
Union county since Marion Ste.
phens has been placed at the
head of the party, has been and
is to day. the banner Democratic
county of the District.-Ripley
Southern Sentinel.