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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
The Monkey and the ell.Punch.

A dark-skinned, bushy-whiskered
man, in velveteen breeches, trudged
East 18th street with an organ on
his back and crowd of hooting
youngsters after him. A. tiny mon
key in red coat, with stovepipe
hat on his head, fastened with rib
bons under his whiskered chin, sat
on the organ and made faces at the
crowd. When near avenue A the
organist began grinding away again.
The monkey knew his business. too
and with a great chattering climbed
q five-story tenement house, bowed
his hat to the women and children in
the windows. From the monkeys
neck was suspended q small bell
punch. like those formerly carried by
car conductors. Whenever one gave
him a nickel he jerked the punch and
make the bell ring. This made the
people laugh and the money come.
"Where'd you get on to the idea?"
the reporter asked the organ-grinder,
with an italian accent.
"On, DeJaDers, anu ulu ye Ciiillh
that Paddy Mack was wan of them
black devils? Sure work on the pipes
is slack at prisint and | bethought
meself of this little dodge, de yez
mind, now," and, pulling off his false
whiskers, the Hibernian gave a
hearty laugh and fought his way
through the crowd that had by this
time dropped to the racket. Mrs.
Mulligan, from the second story win
dow, was heard to remark to her
neighbor in the next window: "Faith,
and didn't we all know that no
Etalayan would be smart enough for
that. And sure it's ould Ireland that
gives the wurruld it's janeusess. "
New York Telegram.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
Noted HunchbackS.

Hunchbacks form a tolerably nu-
merous list, says writer in the Gen
tleman's Magazine for June. There
is that brilliant soldier, the Marechal
de Gutenberg, of whom Macauley
writes in one of his most finished
passages: "Highly descended and
gifted as he was, he had with difficulty
surmounted the obstacles which im-
peded him in the road to fame. Ifhe
owed much to the bounty of nature
and fortune, he suffered still more
from their spite. His features were
frightfully harsh; his statue was di-
minutive; q huge and pointed lump
rose on his back" The reader knows
the hunchbacked Richard of Shake
speare's powerful drama; but histor-
ical research seems to have delivered
the king from his burden, and to have
sworn that he was only high shout
dered.
Lord Lytton, in his "Last of the
Barrons," has adopted the modern
view. Though the back was not
curved" he says, "yet one shoulder
was sli lightly higher than the other,
which was the more observable from
the evident pains that he took to dis
guise it, and the gorgeous splendor,
savoring of personal coxcombry-
from which no Plantagenet was ever
free-that he exhibited in his dress. "
The great minister of Queen Elizabeth,
William Cecil Lord Burleigh; the
German theologian, Eber; our glori-
GUS deliverer," William I'LL; the fa-
nous general of Spain, the Duke 70
Parma. these were all "crook-back. ~
The poet Pope had a protuberance
both on the back and in front,and one
of his sides was contracted.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
An Anecdote Of Daniel Webster.

One of the very best anecdotes Of
Daniel Webster as illustrative of that
exalted and exalting character which
his mind pre-eminently possessed was
told, says the Philadelphia Call, by
the late St. George Tucker Campbell
of Philadelphia, himself lawyer Of
great and deserved distinction.
Mr.. Tucker said that having been
retained in a somewhat famous case
ct the time with Mr.. Webster, who
was detained by his senatorial duties
at Washington, the conduct OF the
case through all the preliminaries
devolved upon him. it being agreed
that Mr.. Webster should deliver the
closing argument. "But," said Mr..
Tucker, "day after day went by with
out bringing the great expounder,
until the very last day before that
on which the closing argument was
to be delivered, and l was in despair.
was sitting in my room at the hotel,
debating with myself what to do,
when Mr.. Webster was announced.
After the little civilities had passed
he asked me to tell him about the
case.
WHY. Mr.. Webster said /, is it
possible you know nothing of the
case?'
Nothing whatever, said he. Tell
me about it.
81 was utterly dumfounded, and,
pointing to a pile oftestimony o foot
deep on the table, l said:
GLOW am to convey all that to
YOU in the little time that is left us?"
He said: go, never mind details.
Give me the case generally and the
salient points,
"He sat down at the table opposite
me and / gave him a rapid synopsis
of the case, which took two hours
and more. One point l especially
called to his attention. The oppos
ing counsel were bent on securing a
continuance of the case, while our in
terests demanded an immSp1iate de-
cision. AS q reason against granting
the continuance cited the fact that
the other side had protracted the
cross-examination excessively, oc'
cupying six days in the case OF one
witness.
"Mr. Webster babe me good night
after had concluded, and went to
bed. The next morning he came In
to court as serene and majestic az
love himself, while l was nervous
and apprehensive to the last degree
He began his address to the court
with slow, ponderous gravity that
was so characteristic of him in the
outset of his forensic efforts, ther
gradually warmed and quickened
/ listened spellbound, for in essence II
was nothing but what l had pumped
into him in the two hours and hal
talk of the day before. But how
transmitted and transformed! IL
give you an idea of the transforms
ton. will take the point to which
have alluded. He rendered it thus
"They ask for continuance! Why
NAV it please the court, they hav'
taken at tins herring as much TIM
in the cross-examination as it tool
the Almighty to create the universe!
"That represents the difference be
tween his speech and my talk; m.
simple six days grew to the colossal
figure | have described under TIN
magicatouch of his genius, and Thu
instance was characteristic OF tn
whole"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
A Fashionable Envelope.

From the New York Sun.
Even in a business way it seems to
be profitable to practice the very
latest fer;inine fancies. One OF the
second sized hotels at one of the sum-
mer resorts is filing up faster than
usual, and with higher grade OF
social pretentiousness. Three or
four swell families have already ar
rived, and the landlord says that
more are to follow.
"And can tell you why" said an
expert. ''His clerk caught on to the
fact that the very newest notion in
stationary was an envelope with q
flap so arranged that it fastened
lust under the corner upon which the
postage stamp was placed, and thus
It closed the letter without any gum
ming or sealing. The use of these
envelopes had not extended beyond
Fifth avenue, where they had only
been in vogue a month or SO. The
clerk suggested that the seasons
circular for the hotel be sent out
in such envelopes. That was done,
and it is a fact that not less than
eight or ten rich families, who were
undecided which hotel to go to, were
brought to decision by that trivial
Device"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
Sunstr0ke.

In view ofthe presence of the heated
term, special precautions are needed
to guard against sunstroke. This is
more properly termed heatstroke,
since it may be produced, not merely
by exposure to the direct rays Of the
sun, but by a high temperature OF
the atmosphere indirectly heated by
the sun, and also by artificial heat.
There are several forms or grades
of the affection. In simple heat ex-
haustion, the characteristic symp-
toms are sudden exhaustion, and
fainting, with prostration, cold
extremities and feeble pulse. In heat
fever there is an extremely high tenn
perature, sometimes reaching, 1852
or 11Oo F., with hot skin and con-
gested brain, and pulse full and
labored or quick and jerking. In
sunstroke proper, there is a condi-
ton like shock, with failure of the
respiration, feeble circulation and
Inconsistencies.
The attack is usually preceded by
certain premonitary symptoms in
the shape offeelings of uneasiness, de-
preston and irratibility, headache
and intolerance oflight, and a fever
ish condition of the system without
sweating.
A point of special Importance to be
remembered is that heatstroke may
be produced by m'ch lower temper
allure when a person is at rest than
when he is in motion. Other predis-
posing causes are physical exhaus-
ton, mental worry, bad ventilation,
crowded and filthy qutarters, intem-
perance, gluttony and dissipation.
Newcomers in hot climate are more
likely to suffer from it than those
who have become acclimated. At
tacks are more liable to occur after q
full meal.
The immediate objects of treat
ment are to reduce the heat of the
body, and in case of collapse, to slim
ulate the nerve-centres. The person
should be at once removed to a cool
and shady place, where there is a
free circulation of air. A stream
of cool water may then be
poured gently upon the head
back of the neck and spine, or the
clothing may be removed, and body
partially immersed in bath, or
wrapped in asheet which is kept moist
by frequent sprinkling. If the feet
are cold, they should be warmed by
hot applications. A physician should
at once be summoned, and the subse.
quent treatment will be under his di.
rection and supervision.
Taking mild and graver cases to
gether, nearly one-half prove fatal
and those who revive, remain for 8
long time extremely sensitive to the
effects of heat, and are sometimes
rendered invalids for life.
In order to prevent an attack, one
should observe great care to avoid
exposure to high temperatures, anC
during the hot weather should live
temporarily, abstain from all stimu
lants, wear thin flannel underclotbine
and light and loose clothing, battle
frequrntly, and when necessarily ex
posed to the direct rays of the hot
sun, wear light and porous hal
with q wide brim. A wet handker
chief placed in the hat will also, by
producing evaporation, reduce TIN
temperature. -Portland Transcript
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
Pelicans DeyOur Their Fish.

Washoe lake is covered with peli-
cans and seagulls. Hy Downs was
in town and informed us that he had
been watching the pelicans through
a powerful field glass and saw them
start along the edge of the tules and
catch thousands of catfish and perch.
Edward Harris was down to the lit
tie lake and killed five in one shot.
He opened them and found the sack
under the bill full of fish, the bones OF
some of the catfish being fourteen
inches long. The seagulls catch the
small fish along the eastern shore.
The pelicans live in the tules from the
old windmill to Franktown and can
be easily got. A person can crawl up
nearly close enough to kill them with
a fishing pole. He says that there
are about FIVE thousand of them, and
that they feed about FIVE times day
and catch from five to eight every
time they feed. At this rate it wo ~
be long before the lake will have NO
fish In it.-Carson City Tribune
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
How Scripture Texts are Misapplied.
DIR Robert Wilde, who died in A

DIR Robert Wilde, who dled In Au-
gust, 1878, bequeathed to the par
ish church of ST. Ives, Hunts, Eng,
$50, the interest of which was to be
expended yearly in the purchase OF
six bibles to cost not exceeding rs.
3d., each of which should be cast
for by dice'' on the communion table
every year by six boys and six girls
of the town. There was also to be
paid los. yearly to the vicar for
preaching on this occasion d sermon
recommending the excellency, the
perfection, and divine authority OF
the holy scriptures" A piece OF
ground which came to be known as
"Bible Orchard, was purchased with
the $50 and income from it has been
ever since regularlydevoted to thepur-
poses set forth in the will. Afew years
ago, however, complaint was ma de
Of the practice of throwing dice on
the communion table erected near the
chancel steps was, by order ofthe bish-
op of the diocese, substituted. This
year the highest throw, three t.mes
| with three dice, was 81, made by a
little girl, and the Rev. E. Totten-
ham from the text, "Frcm q little
child thou hast known the Holy
Scriptures.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

A PowDER of pine needles 10 now
prepared in Germany. and is becoming
popular for use in baths. A half pound
of the powder is allowed to Dissolve In
luke warm water for few minutes
when the bath is ready. The principles
extracted act upon the skin as . tonic
and antiseptic, and the baths arc pres.
cribed for rheumatic complaints. govt
certain skin diseases and for invigorat-
ing the system generally The powder
is also used for fumigations In chest
affections &c. or as an antiseptic q
little may be placei on q hot shovel
and carried about the room.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
Why He Looked Bad.
ON the New York Sun.

From the New York Sun.
The other day a prosperous-look-
ing granger, with money in both
pockets and hay seed in his hair, got
on street car going to the capitol,
and took his seat. Next him sat q
patient man, wearing patch over
one eye and a thoughtful expression
in the other eye. After a while the
granger, who was nearly bursting
with curiosity, said to the patient
man:
Say, Mister, I reckon you're a
Congressman, or su'thin OF the sort,
amt yer?"
"No, l amt no Congressman" the
patient man replied, sadly. GIVE
been sick, and that's why look sc
bad"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

AN interesting exhibition OF an '-au-
tomato pneumatic car-lamp ,extin.
guisher" is reported from Montreal
A reservoir under the car is filed with
air by the action of the brakes and
closed by a valve, connecting with
pipes leading over the car and into
the chimneys of the lamps To 1t are
attached system of weights so ar
ranged that on the car losing it's per.
pendicular from any cause accidental
or otherwise. the valve is opened and
a current of air liberated. which ai
once. through the pipes. extinguishe,
she lamp.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
A Railroad in Ireland Stolen.

An extraordinary performance is
reported from Ireland. A whole rail
road, more than 10 miles long, with
a neat station house, q corrugated
iron freight house, several iron shell
ter sheds for cars, all the iron rails,
and everything portable has been
torn up and carried away pieacemel
by the "Irish farmers" between Port
umna and Parsonstown! Averacious
correspondent writes: "a few days
ago l was driving from Potrumna to
Parsonstown, and when we came to
where the station stood, l exclaimed
to the driver, 'Hullol what's become
of the station and building?" Oh,
your honor, they're, all stolen, and
every iron rail from this to Birr'-the
local name for Parsonstown. And
did not the police interfere? said l.
%, yes; the police took up three or
four fellows, but then the magistrate
asked where's the prosecutor, and
nobody answering, he ordered them
to be discharged, and there was great
plumber, and some of the rail, l hear
went off by the Shannon on the
steamer. What on earth could the
farmers do with the rails?' ooh, be
dad, they make the finest of rafting
for lean to outhouses, which he sale
no doubt came from the railway.
asked gentleman in the train about
it, and he said he believed everybody
was afraid to claim ownership lest
he might be tablet for the debts ofthe
company Now, sir, this may be
travellers story, for know nothing
Of this railway, except that old Sil
Tomas Burke told me that he had
lost $4,000 by it, and that the lat
Lord Clanricarde had lost 1926, O0(
by it; but I can vouch that the rail
way station, etc., and rails are al
gonel" Perhaps similar stories vii
soon come from Iowa.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06
Dividing the Spoil.

Tile satisfaction of seeing justice
mcted out to a mean person is 80
great, that very often man will un-
dergo much suffering himselfif by that
means punishment may be brought
to the guilty one. Men of this char
acter seem to read the Golden Rule
after this wise: "Do unto yourselves
as We would that men should do unto
Others"
The Marquis de la Scales, a very
wealthy nobleman, had invited his
heighbors to a grand entertainment,
and proposed that the feast with
which he served them should lack no
delicacy that could be obtained.
Some of the guests who had arrived
early for the purpose OF paying their
respects to the Marquis were present
in his chamber when his steward came
in and said that a fisherman had
brought some of the finest fish in all
Italy, but demanded a most extraor-
binary price.
mo matter about the price, said
the Marquis; 'buy the fish, and pay
him his money"
$50 l would" said the steward,
"but he refuses to take money!"
"Then what does he want?"
"a hundred strokes with whip,
and he says he will not throw off q
single blow" The whole company
hereupon ran downstairs to see what
sort of fisherman it was who de.
manded GO singular a price for his fish
"These ars beas1tiful fish," said the
Marquis. "Come, my man, how
much money do you want for them?"
"Not a penny, my lord" said the
fisherman. 81 will not take money
if you wish to have the fish you must
order me q hundred lashes on my
bare back, otherwise l shall apply
elsewhere.
"Rather than lose the fish," sale
the Marquis, 1--WE must let this Eel
low have what he asks. Here!" HI
cried to one of his grooms, "pay this
man his hundred lashes which he sc
honestly demands, but don't lay
them on too hard; don't hurt hin
very much"
The fisherman stripped for tn,
whipping. and the groom prepared
to do his masters bidding.
"Now, my FRIEND" said the fisher
man, "keep the account correctly,
beg of you: for don't want q strok'
more than is my due"
The whole company were aston
issed at the bravery with which tn
man bore the infection, until he hat
received the fiftieth lash.
Then he cried out:
Hold, my friend; l have my full
share of the price now"
Your SHARE" exclaimed the Mar
quis; "what do you mean?"
81 have a partner, my lord, tt
whom promised full half of what
ever l got for my fish; and | thinl
your lordship would say that j
would be a shame to deprive him @
singlastroke."
"Who is your partner?"
"Your porter, my lord, who keep
the outer gate; he refused to ADM
me to the grounds until ! had pre-
missed him half of what should ge
for the fish,"
"Ho, ho!" said the Marquis, "tha
is the sort of business, is it? Vel
you have had your pay, and nov
indeed, your partner shall have tn
other halt"
The dishonest porter received tn
payment in full measure, and tn
Marquis sent the fisherman ava
with handful of money.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

Til pointed out BY writer in the
Manufacturer Gag tie that all com,
pounds for improving steel and restor'
ing burned steel are useless. Good
steel can not be improved; burned
steel is good for nothing and can mol
be restored. The same writer also
condemns all compounds for removing
scale from boilers and advises thu,
they be let alone.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

TIE recent tearing down Of New
Hampshire mandatory by means Of
dynamite demonstrates q new use for
the explosive. The construction COM
pletely separated the brick and did
not seem to injure then, in the least
The charges were put In holes dug In
the foundation under the brick walls,
and the number of cartridges was
graded according to the number Of
bricks in the wall to be demolished.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

WHEN the first electric telegra ph
was established the speed of transmits.
sion was four to five words Q minute
with the fve-needle instruments; In
1S49 the average rate for newspape.
messages was seventeen words min
ute; the present pace of the electric
telegraph between London and Dublin.
where the Wheatstono instrument Ia
employed. reaches 463 words; and
thus what was regarded as miraculous
sixty years ago has multiplied . hun.
dred-fold in half century.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

e PROF. GRAY. the electrician, sayi
that electrical science has made q
greater advance in the last twenty
years than In all the 5000 historic
years preceding. More is discovered
in week now than In q thousand
years of the middle ages. 4
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

Widow-"Yes, the direct cause Of
nv poor husbands death was a
quantity of bakers cake that he ste"
Minister ION visit of condolence)-
at must be a source of great conso-
lation to you, my dear Mrs: Hen
bricks, that you didn't make the cake
Yourself. "-Epoeh.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

ONE of the most curious Of the safety
appliance for theaters Is the iron cur
tain which has just been put into the
Theater Francois In Paris. The cur
tain is of sheet iron, stiffened By braces
of iron and decorated by canvas a.
tached to 1t. 1t is worked hydraulical'
ly. the valves arranged so as to be op.
Grated by electricity.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

SIR JOHN LUBBOCK, Of England. has
studied the habits OF ants for twenty
two years to discover that their aver
age life is only thirty-fve days II this
be true ii will hardly pay the sluggssd
10 call upon her.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

ACCORDING to reliable authority
tbe number of newspapers and period
icals now published in the United
States Is fraction over sixteen thou
sand-a gain of nearly nine hundred
for the last year. In 1886 the number
did not exceed nine hundred all told.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

PORTABLE electric lights arranged
to hang on the buttons OF ones coat
and with parabolic reflector to con.
centrate the light with storage bat.
teries weighing one and one. halt
pounds each. are made to enable per-
sons to read in railroad cars BY night
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

If gelatine be suspended In ordinary
alcohol it will absorb the water, bu,
as it is insoluble in alcohol that sub:
stance will remain behind. and thus
nearly absolute alcohol may be OBJ.
tained without distillation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

A NEW double-pointed nail ID the
invention of an ingenious woman. Ths
points turn in opposite directions
They are especially useful for invisible
uailing in woodwork. 1t is simply
two nails joined firmly. the sides Of
the heads being placed together.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

The Philadelphia Record has disoov.
cred falling off in the number Of d.
vorces in all parts Of the country. and
concludes that the god Of love is ruling
with n mightier power. Where's the
man or woman who'd file divorce
bill with the thermometer ut 95oi :
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

IT is found that nearly every kind
of glass, especially that containing
manganese. is liable 10 change color By
the action of sunlight, but can be ~.
stored to its original color BY hea,
Stained glass in windows that has
changed tint through solar action can
thus be restored by heat
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1888-10-06

ALUMINIUM is coming into use - =
material for dental plates. 1t 10 near
ly as light as rubber. but little mors
than one eighth the weight OF gold;
has neither ordor nor taste; is not A.
fected by the elements of food or the
secretions OF the mouth. and costs
bulk for bulk. about one sixth the prics
of oliver