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The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21
Robbers Out Of Luck.

PREscOrr, A. T., Sept. 1.-THE west
bound express train was stopped by three
men at Parker's Mill last night. They did
not get any thing. A reward Of $500
has been offered for their capture and
Wells, Fargo & 20. will increase the
amOunt.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21
A Hitch In Grain Rates.

CHICAGO, Sept. 11.-There is . hitch In
the proposed arrangement in grain rates
from Chicago to interior points in the
territory Of the Central Traffic Associa-
ton. 1t was proposed to put the advanced
rates into effect September Is. but this can
not now be done, owing to the refusal Of
the Baltimore & Ohio and the Nickel Plate
to become parties to the agreement. These
roads object to the restrictions in the mill
ing in transit privilege, it having been de-
cided by the Chicago freight committee
that no road should apply the milling in
transit rates to points not actually on its
own tracks. A meeting Of the committee
has been called to further consider the
question.
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21
The Dark secret Abandoned.

NEW YORK, Sept. i:.-The dory Dark
Secret which started ON its voyage from
Boston to Queenstown ss4me weeks ago wal
abandoned at sea by Captain Anderson,
who arrived here this morain2 in the Nor
wegian BARK Nora !
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21

FORMS. the wage worker alone suffers
loss. while idle capital receives its dividends
from q trust fund Producers who refuse to
join the combination are destroyed and COM
petition rs an element Of prices is eliminated.
1t can not be doubted that the legislative au-
tbority should and will ind = method OF dealing
fairly and effectively with these and other
abuses connected with this subject.
1t can hardly be necessary for me to say that
/ am heartily in sympathy with the declaration
of the convention upon the subject Of pensions
to our soldiers and sailors. What they gave
and what they suffered I had some oppor-
tunity to observe. and in . small measure,
to experience. They gave unErudSingly. IL
was not \ trade. but an Offering. The meas
ure was heaped up. running over. What
they achieved only = distant generation can
adequately tell. Without attempting to dis
cnss particular propositions, I may add that
measures in behalf Of the surviving veterans
OF the WIZ and Of the families OF their dead
comrades should be conceived and executed in
. spirit Of justice and Of the most grateful hs-
eraliiy and thai. m the competition for civi:
appointments, honorable military service
should have appropriate recognition.
The law regulating appointments to the
classified civil! service received my support in
the Senate. in the belief that it opened the
way to a much-needed reform. still think
so and therefore officially approve the Clear
and forcib!e expression OF the convention upon
this subject. The law should lave the aid
OF a friendly Interpretation and be faithfully
and vigorously enforced. AL appointments
under it should be absolutely free from par
tisan considerations and influence. Some en-
tensions OF The classified list are practicable
and desirable and further legislation extend
ing the reform 20 other branches OF the service
to which it is applicable, would receive my ap-
prevail. In appointments to every grade and
department. fitness ard not party service,
should be the essential and discriminating test,
and fidelity and efficiency the only sure tenure
OF enios. Only the iEsa1ess o! the public service
The Red Cloud chief., 1888-09-21

s"s 1890
dence of this maturity is to be per-
ceived by a certain rare fragrance
emitted by the body of the Delai Lama.
and an almost profound expression in
the eyes.
After his Inauguration, the Delai
Lama appears at stated times on his
various thrones or affairs openly to re-
ceive the alteration of his fellOw-men.
But of his private life the public knows
nothing. Those whose business it is
to wait in private on this strange fiction
are vowed to the strictest silence and
secrecy. His death, which often hap
pens early in life. owing to the UNI
natural life forced upon him, is pre-
served as a secret until d new baby
candidate 10 divinity has been heard
of. His remains are privately burned
in the great Lha-Bhrang temple. His
ashes are preserved IN a golden urn.
and his clothes as holy relics OF great
marketable value, are cut up and sold
to the highest bidders.
For nearly Thousand years tire king
dom planted by the Chinese rebel.
Wong Chou. IN 1hibet, had remained,
it is said. stepped in the grosscst super
s%titions Of spirit and devil-worship. 1t
was in the seventh century OF our era,
the Indian King. Srongdsam-Gampo.
for some political cause of ~offense, in
vaded the country, took possession Of
the throne. stamped out shamanisen or
spirit-worShip, and introduced in its
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-03

actual buSineIs trAnsactUn- uc 'uring
10 the banks, railroad oil 'es and busi-
ne-s houses "i Mne- Cay. TLA- k,nd
ot instruction will make The pupils
thiuklug h0Okke.per-.
Ia harmony with the matter and
manner uf trarhug bookkeeping, is
The stuhy of snort baud which 10
taught BY an experienced teacher. In
th's class The pupils are thuss thor
ouSnly dr,li-d ~ daily exercises, 40
that u! the end of the year The average
pupil oi the class can. take down letters
from dictallOn. Thi- class isu strik-
lnS evidence of the Practical character
"i the course OF study in tue Miles
CITY school. The elguIh grade also
studies Algebra aud Latin. The former
ofanch cul.ivAtrs tue reasoning facial
IL, wnii- the lIJDgf gives toe pupils
an opportunity TO become acquainted
w!;n the principles q! foreign lang
uIge an1 To uni-r.land thu myaning
ot tue large Il imuer ot T. sl,sh words
ShicI ntv~ h-en borrowed from the
Latin. These grades also study some
leading American author by read Ug
his best productions. Last year l. ing
fellow was studied by reading
"HIawatha," "Evaugeiiue," "Tle
CourtshIp Uf Miles Slandish,r etc.
TINS i a brief -k-tcu vi the proees1
Of the education ~ il is carried on c
our pubnc chopls, but no description
eau convey to The reader u full co0cep-
tin Of the workings Of the school
the spirit which animates It's teachers
ana pupils. Olly the visitor who
heIr- the singing Of the pupils and
see them jryfully enga sed in their
work will uu ier-t tui the schools and
what they resly are.
Prof ]. c. renpleton, who was for
merly prIncipd Of public schools at
Miles, Iowa, and Immediately before
coming to his pr--eut position WAS .
teacher in the Kentucky normal
school at Glasgow. KY, il principal.
The corps ul as i-tant teachers com
pose Mss lone Watson, Miss Collins,
Miss Mary Marshall and Miss Bessie
McElratd.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-03

UIisIps. IL Is nucU more importAns
TO keep stout spinal column, for
there the burdens fall on the physical
man. Nature is never a, fsplt. and
where such stress comes she provides
supports. IL is the fault Of the ipdi-
siduaI who, through negligence, ex-
posure or imprudeuce, brings on col
lapse Of these supports. Every one
knows how The stitch In the back
cOm.., buI everyone doesn'I know
tue pTomplest and surest way 10 catch
II w aud cure 1t permanently. Ihs
,xp.rlment, OF those vino know the
secret are worth recording. Mt.
Frank Monroe, Francisv.lle, ILL.,, Jan
uary 30, lss7, says: Three years ago
bad rheumatism ia my back (lumbago
So bad could not dress myself Que
buttle Of St. Jacobs Oh cured me aud
hay, not felt IL since" Mf. j. W.
Meirs, - Rock street, Lowell, Mass;
February, lSss. writes: Three years
ago was taken with pains In
back. hips aud side; could not Turn in
bed except by help Of headooard; ap-
piled st. jacobs Oil several times TO
my back In three days was sound
aud timber. Have not had return
since, though | bad been subject 20
spells for many years" Mr.. Jacob
Mueller, MaysvillI, Wis, February,
1857, writes: -'In "a was troubled
with an awful bscksehe, and suffered
come time. ~. jacobs oil cured me
permanently; no return Mr.. l.. w.
Elliott, Ludington, Mich. February
3, 1857, write,: MY wife bad not
stopped in ten years H. button her
shoe. she suffered intensely with lame
back. She tried st. Jacobs Oil; four
bottles cured her, and she has had no
trouble IN six or seven years" Mr..
Horace Hopkins, New Albany, In
diana, writes, June 10, 1857: Suffered
two years ago with acute pains In the
back, also "A slight touch Of pleurisy.
La ons hour chtained great relief from
-. Jacobs Oil. three applications
cured me: In the morning pains
were gone, and have had no recor.
renee OF II since" May II. 1857. Mr.
A. A. Cunningham. Perryopolls, Pa,
wrltes: "My wife was sorely afflicted
with lame back; suffered several yesrs.
She used innumerAble liDimenis and
plssters without relief; used ~. Jacobs
OIL, and sbe was cured by II, and
would not keep houss without ""
The maxim ought 10 be. keep .
straight, strong bs ck, spd the ress cf
the anatomy WILDE strong also.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-03
T. J. PORTER.

Brother Clark is another Good Sa
maritan who turned out early Thurs
day morning with snow plow and
team and broke paths for he resident
PARTON of the frat ward. HIS public
spirit is thoroughly appreciated by
those whose comfort he subserved.
Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-03-03
WHERE TUE MUsrACHE GROWS.
Against sd-

Against sd-
versity IL is
advised 10
keep . stiff
upper llp,"
and A. that
h where the
noustsch .
grove, such
advice strict
I y followed
| would lead 10
a display OF
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
How Alligators Eat.

1t is a Southern writer who com
pares an llgator's throat to an ami.
mated sewer. Everything, says the
correspondent, which lodges in the
open mouth goes down. He is lazy
dog. and instead of hunting for some
thing to eat he lets his vctuals hunt
for him. That is. he lies with his
great mouth open. apparently dead.
like the 'possum. Soon a beetle crawls
into it, then fly, then gnat and a
colony of mosquitoes. The alligator
doesn't close his mouth yet He is
waiting for whole drove of things.
He does his eating by wholesale. A
little later a lizard will cool himself
under the shade of the upper jaw.
Then few frogs will hop up to catch
the mosquitoes. Then more mosquitoes
and gnats will alight on the frog.
Finally whole village Of insects and
reptiles settle down for an afternoon
picnic. Then all at once there is an
earthquake. The b & jaw falls; Ithe
alligator blinks one eye. gulps down
the entire menagerie. and opens his
great front door again for more
visitors. American Angler.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
We Paw for our Laughs.

The Toledo Blade is probably worth
at least $500, 900 and Nasty has mh6e
81. 500. 600 by t'ckling the sides of hu-
mainly. The world always pays more
for the comic than for the serious. and
the minstrel show gets the dollars,
while the pennies 60 into the contribu-
ton box to pay for the parsons sermon.
Nasty had been working for few dol.
lars week a short me before he
began his humorous letters and Josh
Billings sold his first venture. the
Essay on the Mule" for $1.50. Tom
Mast received for years $40. 600 for the
comic part of his nature as it came out
through the end OF his pencil, and
Artemus Ward. while working for $l2
a week on the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
discovered that he had the gift OF
humor. and not long after we find him
in England writing art cles for Punch.
each of which paid him $500. The fun
and the pathos which sometimes creeps
into Brete Harte's work has given him
bis literary success. and Sunset Cox
once told me that his "Why We Laugh"
was one of the best paying Of the
shorter works he had written. and that
it still continues to sell.-NeU York
WOxiT
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
A Corpse Asks Questions

In the town of Puerto Rico, Mexico.
last week a prominent citizen died and
was duly prepared for burial by being
dressed in his best suit and placed in a
coffin with candles at his head and feet.
The friends of the deceased gathered
to condole with his widow and pray
for the soul of the departed. A table
literally supplied with eatables and
drinkables was visited quite freely by
the assembled mourners. and the noise
which they made in their lamen.a-
tons was SO great that the corpse rose
up in his coffin and wanted to know
what the row was all about. The
mourners shrieked and fed. and even
the wife deserted the house and could
not be induced TO return until the next
day, when she was assured that her
husband was not dead. but had only
been in q trance. -Ei Paso Herald,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
He Climbed the Fire Escape.


At the window of the composing
room stand ng on the fire escape, was
little old man, with a bent form,
wrinkled face and white beard and ha r
"a very aged R p Van Wrinkle. With
his hand the old manwas beating tattoo
on the pane. just for minute the print
er started at the extraordinary appar-
itlon in amazement, then he walked
over to the window. threw the lower
sash up and assisted the little old man
to the floor. When he had done this,
he very naturally asked: "What on
earth do You want and what possessed
you to climb the fire escaped
The little old man took some time to
get his breath before he replied: Il
want to see Tom Blank. amt he work
ing up herep"
HE works here al night. But why
did you come up the way you dP'
The old man looked a little aston
ished and said: '.Well. the elevator
weren't running. and they told me to
go up the stairs. Them was the only
stairs ! seed and I clum them"
There was no doubt about it; the
little old man. lettering with age and
uncerta in sight and step. had
climbed the zig-zag fire escape to the
top story of building which COM
mands a view of the G. ty and miles of
the suburbs, under the impress on that
it was some new-fangled fashion of
aircase.-Ptttsburgh Dispatch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
The Secret of the House.

On the Palisades. back of Hoboken,
stands queer looking building. in the
center of a big hollow. just off street,
and not more than 800 feet from the
bluff. Everything about the place is
mysterious looking. and superstitiouS
stranger would at once feel convinced
that it was haunted house, the scene
of some dark and bloody crime.
People are seen at times going in
and coming out of the house. and years
ago this fact and the general air Of
secrecy gave rise to rumors of band
of robbers, etc. Then it was whispered
that whisky was being distilled there.
the proprietors neglecting the for
mality of paying tribute to the govern
ment
Indeed so strong did this impression
become that the revenue officials began
to watch the place. Finally they made
a raid, but their search proved fruit
less, for nary drop of liquor could
they find, nor hide nor hair of anything
bearing the remotest resemblance to
still.
But they found who the people in
the mysterious house were and what
they did for living. The eldest in
the party was a Frenchman, and he
had discovered method of growing
mushrooms. 1t was to his interest to
preserve his secret; hence the loneli-
ness of the house and the mysterious
movements of its occupants.
To this day, winter and summer.
mushrooms are grown there and find
their way to the tables of hotels oil
oyer the country. York Icle-
gram.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
How They Make Old Whisky.

A way has been found of aging whis-
ky artifciallr. A dealer showed the
writer two samples of what he called
the straight" article; one was made in
1885. the other in July, 1887. They
were equally good, he said, in color,
bouquet taste. and every other quail
ty, and yet the 1887 sample was sold
at $40 less a barrel than the other.
In other words. the whisky makers
can now furnish a three mon tbs arti-
Gle equal in every respect to that which
is three years old.
BY this process they save the three
years storage. interest and evapora-
ton. The purchaser generally gets the
benefit of this. The new process con-
sists, briefly, of rocking the barrels
day and night on patented cradles. I"
Charred barrels are used. as is CUSTOM
ary-that is to say the barrel is burned
out before the whisky is put in. thus
converting the inner surface into char
coal. The constant motion for three
months dissipates the fusel oil and i'm
parts the rich color which new whisky
has hitherto never had legitimately.--
PHILADELPHIA Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
Inquiring the Way.

1T does beat the deck, said big p0-
liceman at the New York side of the
Brooklyn Bridge to a Telegram report
er this morning. show people living SO
long in Brooklyn. and going to and
from this CITY, will come to Us police
men to ask the way to the most prom.
inent streets and buildings in the met.
ropolis. People who want to cross the
bridge will also come to us and ask
the way to the bridge. If we men with
uniform were not stationed here they
would find every place themselves. !
find that Cinnamon come along here
and find their way at once without the
slightest trouble.
you will find that curious fact in
any part of the city. You may ask any
policeman and he will tell you the
same thing. A Chinaman never asks
his way. don't think their country
men have put any of their secret
hieroglyphics on the corner posts, but
they get there just the same. "-Nsso
York Telegram,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12

A Jail birds Joke on a Farmer.
Il had funny experience once"
said young farmer. when boz, /
confess I was pretty green. l lived
with my father upon farm near
Columbus. and used to haul wood into
the city and sell it for him. One day I
had entered town with my customary
load, when as passed large build
ing. someone poked his head partly
out of a window and asked If the wood
was for sale. replied in the affirlna-
tive. We'll, throw it over this fence.
came back from the upper window.
The house was surrounded by high
wall. but managed to pitch 1t over.
and then went around to the front gate
for my pay. / could not get in; ham,
mered and called in vain. when some
passer-by. attracted by nv frantic
efforts to gain an entrance. inquired
what was the matter and informed mo
that the building was the jail. One Of
the prisoners had played q Joke upon
me. I could not get my money or tbs
wood back. and returned home WIKI
empty wagon and pockets. - Aslanse
Consultation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
I TO Get a Cinder Out of the
Eve

Nine persons out of every ten. with
cinder or any foreign substance in
the eve. will Instantly begin to rub the
g. with one hand while hunting for
their handkerchief with the other.
The, may. and sometimes do, re-
move The offending cinder. but more
frequently they rub till the eye be-
comes infamed. bind a hankerch eff
around the head and go to bed. This
is all wrong. The better wa, is not to
rub the eye with the cinder in it at all,
but rub the other eye as vigorously as
you ] Ike.
A few years since l was riding on the
engine of the fast express from B n.y.
hampton to Corning. The engineer
an old srhoolmaie of mine. threw open
the front window. and l caught Gin
der that gave me the most excruciating
pain. began to rub the eve with both
hands. Let your eye alone and rub
he other eye" Qhs from the eng
neerl l thought he was Chatting me
and worked the harder. Isl know you
doctors think that you know it all. but
f OIL will let that eye alone and rub
the other one. the nder will be out in
two m nutes," persisted the engineer.
| began to rub the other eye. and soon
| felt the cinder down near the inner
canthus, and made ready to take it out.
Let it alone and keep at the we'll eye,"
shouted the doctor pro tenn. I did so
for a minute longer. and looking in
small glass he gave me, I found the
on mv cheek. Since then [
have tr ed it many Tres aud have ad-
vised many others. and l have never
known it fail in one instance (unless it
was as sharp as piece of steel, or
that cut into the ball and
required an Operat on to remove IT'D.
Why It SO do not know. But that
it is so. do know. and that one may be
saved much suffering if he will let the
injured eye alone and rub the we'll one.
Medical Summary.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
Give itUp

A woman's quick wit makes her,
when she has the confidence to act up
on it. valuable aid in an emergency.
Some years ago. in the days when
road agents" abounded in Montana,
woman was travelling by coach to
Join her husband. One day a fellow
passenger said to her, Il have thous-
and dollars in my pockst-book, and feel
uneasy about the road agents. Would
you mind conceiling it in your dress,
and returning it to me at the end of
the journeyp If the highwaymen do
stop us, they are less likely to search
you than mop"
She acceded to his request, hid the
money in her dress. and the stage
drove on without meeting road
agent till toward evening. Then the
shout, Throw up your hands!'' was
heard. The driver promptly pulled
up. as four masked faces appeared in
the road and covered him with their
pistols.
Two of the highwavmen then rode
to each side of the coach and ordered
the passengers to give up their arms.
which they did promptly.
Nov, shell outr' said the robbers.
The passengers handed out their
pocketbooks; even the man who had
called in the womsn's aid gave up q
few dollars.
He was congratulating himself upon
his caution, whom he heard the woman
say in quiet way:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-05-12
Fashions in Dogs Clothes.

The pet dog being now the insepara-
BILE companion of every woman who
has any pretension to elegance. l con-
olude by describing novelties prepared
by Mime. Ledouble.
First, the souris collar. in red. blue
or gray velvet with little silver mice
running along the velvet
Secondly, the limousin paletot. in
striped plush. which can be frightened.
if necessary, by three ribbons in cas-
ings tied at the center of the back.
Thirdly. the Carme paletot. in white
wooden, with a pointed hood. the
whole embroidered in red silk.
Fourthly, tine Tosca paletot, in water
proof silk, made with three capes, FORM
ing carrick.--Paris Letter ~ WonGn's
World