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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
An Extraordinary Railroad.

One of the most interesting achieve
ments in modern engineering is the
electric mountain railway recently
opened to the public at the Burgenstock,
near Lucerne. The rails describe one
grand curve formed upon an angle of
112 degrees, and the system is snch
that the journey is made as steadily and
smoothly as upon any of the straight
funicular lines. The Burgenstock is
almost Experimentation the shore
of Lake Lucerne to the Burgenstock is
1880 feet, and it is 1880 feet above
the level OF the sea, The total length
of the line is 938 metres, and it COM
mences with gradient of 80 per cent,
which is increased to So per cent after
the first 400 metres, this being main
tanned for the rest of tbs journey. A
single pair of rails is used throughout,
and the motive power, electricity, is
generated by two dynamos' each Of
twenty-five horse power, which are
worked by a water wheel of nominally
125 power. erected upon the aivsr Aar
at its mouth at Buochs, three miles
away, the electric current being con-
Quoted by means of insulated copper
wires. The loss in transmission Is
estimated at % per cent.-New York
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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Jems of Thought.

Right actions for the future are the
best explanations or apologies for
wrong ones in the past; the best evil
denee of regret for them that we can
offer or the world receive. Edwards.
When man hath forfeited the re-
putation of his integrity, he is set
fast, end nothing will then serve his
turn. neither truth nor falsehood.-
Steele.
Ii a fool knows a secret. he tells it
because he is fool; if knave knows
one, he tells it whenever it is his IN
terest to tell it. But women and young
men are very apt to tell what secrets
they know from the vanity of having
been trusted. Trust none of these
whenever you can help it.-Chester-
field.
Sloth makes all things difficult, but
industry all easy; and he that riseth
late must trot all day, and shall scarce
overtake his business at night; while
laziness travels so slowly that pover-
ty soon overtakes him. Franklin:
He is a great simpleton who i'm
AGNES that the chief power of wealth
is to supply wants. In ninety-nine
cases out of a hundred it creates more
wants than it SUPPLIES. -Colton.
To think we'll OF every other mans
condition, and to dislike our own, is
one of the misfortunes of human ma
ture. Pleased with each others lot,
our own we hate.-Burton.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Clean Milk.

When we look upon the beautiful
whiteness of milk we are led to believe
it is absolutely clean. 1t seems so
natural to believe that anything so
white and pure-looking must be clean.
When we remember, however, that
water that seems perfectly clear and
sparkling to the naked eye may con-
tain the worst impurities, we are pre-
pared to hear and understand that APP
parently clean white milk may be i'm
pure. We recently had exhibited to
us the residuum cleaned out of APP
parently pure milk by an ingenious
system of centrifugal cleansing en-
ployed by one of our condensed milk
companies. This residuum consists of
blood, putrescent matter, hair, dust
and other impurities taken from the
bottom of one OF these centrifugal
cleansers. The question suggests itself,
may not the continued use of milk con-
tanning such impurities be the source
of typhoid and other fevers just as
much as impure water? And If this is
so, why should not the same prophy-
tactic care be exercised in cleansing
milk as in distilling water? Here is a
fresh opportunity for microscopical
and archaeological investigation, to
which we shall again refer.-Ameri-
can Anatyco.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Heed Your Words.

London Culver: That the tongue is
not steel, yet it cuts. That cheerfulnes5
is the weather of the heart. That sleep
is the best stimulant, nervine safe for
all to take. That 1t is better to learn to
say "No" than to be able to read Latin.
That cold mir is not necessarily pur5,
nor warm air necessarily impure. That
a cheerful face is nearly MS good for an
individual as healthy weather. That
there are men whose friends are more
to be pitied than their enemies. That
advice is like castor oil, easy enough to
give, but hard enough to take. That
wealth may bring Injuries, but luxuries
do not always bring happiness. The
grand temples are built of small stones,
and great lives made up of trifing
events. That nature is rag merchant,
who works up every shred, and rag, and
end into new creations. That an open
mind, an open hand. and an open heart
would everywhere ind an open door.
That it is not enough to keep the poor
i'll mind; give them something to keep
you in mind. That men often preach
from the housetops while the devil is
crawling in ut the basement below.
That life's real heroes and heroines. are
those who bear their own burdens
bravely, and give helping hand to
those around them. That hasty words
often rankle in the wound which injury
gives, and that soft words assuage it;
forgiveness cures, and forgetiulness
takes away the stab.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
A Great Bridge,

The Sukkur or Landsdowne bridge,
recently erected over the River Indus,
has main span made up of two canti-
levers of 80 feet each and suspended
truss of 200 feet making total span
of 500 feet, the longest of its character
in the world. The Indian Engineer
says that in this long span, weighing
$500 tons, the expansion between the
abutments amounts to nearly inches,
and the nose of the cantilever moves
horizontally up and down stream about
2 inches in the course of each day as
the one side or tho other of the bridge
is exposed to the rays of the sun. This
bridge has, besides the great span,
three others of 278 feet, 238 feet, and
944 feet respectively, of ordinary grid
ers resting on piers founded on the
rock. Work was commenced in 1888
"a, and all except the main span was
finished in March, 1885. The staging
for the main span was started in Janu-
airy 18, 1889, and was finished January
80; erection was commenced February
5. The engineer was Sir A. M. Rem
del, and the builders were Westwood &
Baillie, OF Poplar, London. The total
cost of the whole bridge was 1925
800. 1t carries the Indian State rail-
way over the Indus river.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Victims of Nerves.

NERVOUS" people, experience shows
us, are, as rule, extremely selfish,
says the Boston Herald. La Emme
nerveuse is the most inconsiderate
specimen of her sex. Her nerves have
become species of fetish which must
be propit;ated by the sacrifice OF every
body's comfort except her own. She
considers every action, both of herself
and the world at large, primarily from
the point OF view of the effect which it
will have on her nerves. If she hap
pened to be omnipotent, she would, no
doubt, at once stop the movement of
the earth, for fear of its giving her
'turn." Her sentiment Of pity for the
misfortunes OF others is entirely blunted
by her horror OF the sight of pain and
the sound of woe.
She exacts the utmost forbearance
and sacrifice from yothers--not for her.
self, but for her nerves-and exempts
herself from gratitude on the same
grounds. She tends, intact. to
become completely soulless, &C
cepting all devotion as her due, bitter
ly resenting any resistance to her
claims. and substituting for all higher
spiritual life and egotistical form OF
ofpessimism. which is as delusive as it
is difficult to compat, That she is not
actively cruel in an accident; passively
cruel she is continually, without re-
morse or thought, and it is probable
that when provocation and opportunity
offered themselves simultaneously she
would not stay her hand from direct
cruelty.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Brains in Demand.

81 hear good many young fell
lows" said an old New York mer-
chant, recently, growing nowadays
that the chances to make fortune in
this city are all gone, that is, for men
whose only capital is their brains.
They look around at the great business
houses already established and con-
slider the fierce competition in every
branch of trade, and their hearts fail
them. The truth is that there never
were such chances to make money as
now for young men of real ability in
this city. 1t is a hard place, of course,
for men of mere average talent to get
along in, but brains are needed here
as never before. Merchants who have
built up great trades and want to let
up little in their labors, must have
smart men to whom they can safely
entrust details.
1.-THE complaint that the bosses re-
latives are put over the heads Of the
more deserving clerks is not true.
That scheme is playing out and will
not work. No wise man will risk his
business in the hands of an incompe-
tent son or nephew If he can get bet
ter and more faithful employee to at
tend to it. 1t would pay him better to
pension the relative. These men get
salaries that were unheard OF in my
day, and although the prices OF land
have risen greatly since then, the OPP
portunities for young fellow to Sc
cure home OF his own. were never
better that they are in New York to-
day.-New York Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Stretching The Hair.

One of the querest demands for eel
skins is that made by colored women,
says the New York Sun. The
picturesque bandanas that they wear
serve another purpose than that of
merely covering their heads; they
hide the eelskins that these women
wear to taunton and stretch their kinky
hair. For, as long as white men have
known the colored race the latter has
been imbued with a hopeless envy of
long, straight hair, such as white per-
sons are adorned with. Generations
try to pull the kinks out of their
woolly pates and fail, but other
generations step into their places and
try on and on to get long hair. White
skins the colored folks don't care SO
much about, because they see that
white folks Italians and Spaniards.
are often darker than mulattoes, but
they do envy the rest of creation its
long locks. An old aunty, who had
the care of a Sun reporters child-a
very pious old woman-said to the
child's mother one day: "I'm sure of
goin' to heaven, but I'd give it up
widout a sigh eff l could hab Miss
Alice's long hair"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
The Best Catch in Washington.

The wealthiest young man in Wash
ington is II. Grafton Delaney, or as he
is known to his intimates. HAL Do
laney. He is not much more than 80
years old, and his fortune is an in
herited one. His yearly income is be-
tween $50, 900 and $4,000. The prin-
cipal that yields most of this princely
income rests in nothing less secure than
the English consols. His mother was
the descendent of an old English farci-
ly, and at her death the family estate,
an entailed one, passed to her son.
From those who know / learn that he
makes good use OF his 1850 weelr.
He unostentatiously plays the part OF
the good Samaritan to host of less
fortunate relatives. He owns a large
demense in q nearby Virginia county.
He sustains an old family mansion
there, and is wont to bid his friends
by the dozen to share in its inequalities
He passes the winter months in the
capital, and varies the monotony OF
spring and autumn by occasional fit
ting to Paris and London. Washing
ton Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
A Baseless Charge.

A London journal asks if it was Gov.
Hills appreciation of the value of
the Irish vote" which influenced his
decision in his refusal to surrender
Moroney and Mcdonald, the alleged
suspects in the Cronin case, to the
Chicago officers. A New York news
paper criticises the Governors refusal
on .he ground that the United States
Constitution only contemplates
''charge" of crime as the basis of in
terstate surrender, and argues that in
such case there is mo question of
asylum, as in the case of citizen of d
foreign country, but only the questi
of enabling a state to enforce its GRIM
inal laws, by reaching beyond its own
borders to arrest a fugitive from JUS
tice."
The men sent from Chicago failed to
identify Moroney and Mcdonald as the
persons who rented and furnished the
Carlson cottage where DR.. Cronin was
assassinated. This proves the trump
cry character of the charge made
against these men and fully vindi-
Gates the Governors action.
But the London writer forgets that
the Irish in America are divided on
the questions supposed to be involved
in the Cronin crime, and that every
reputable Irishman here desires the
punishment of every man implicated
in that crime. The New York writer
orerlooks the fact that the constitu-
tional provision relates to fugitives
from justice escaping from their own
state into another state. There was q
question of asylum" in the case of
Moroney and Mcdonald, who are citi.
zens of New York, not OF Illinois, and
entitled to the protection of the gov
ernor OF their state. They would have
been denied their rights under the.
constitution of their own state If til ey
had been deprived of their liberty
and surrendered with out ''due process
of law"
Gov. Hill did his duty in the matter
firmly and we'll. New York World.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
A Bio BRIDGE.
The St. Lawrence to Be Spawned
at Quebec by a Cantiiever Strue-

The St. Lawrence to Be Spawned
at Quebec by Cantiiever Strue-
ture:
The st: Lawrence is to be crossed
at Quebec by d gigantic railway bridge
which will very materially effect the
traffic of the two great railways OF
Canada-the Grand Trunk and the
Canada Pacifc-as well as an impor-
tant part of the railway system of the
New England states. The great depth
OF the st. Lawrence river opposite
Quebec has hitherto been a powerful
argument against the construction of a
bridge, but engineering skill has over
come this obstacle with scheme to
build a cafitileyer bridge, which will
cost close upon $l0;000,00 The
width of the river from shore to shore
at Quebec is $4,000 feet (about four
and three-fourths miles). The main
peers are to be constructed of solid
granite in forty feet of water, about
500 feet from each shore. These two
piers are to support cantilever bridge
of a span of LAP feet The total
length of the bridge with the APP
proaches will be $4,000 feet. (nearly
81 miles). The top of the bridge
from high-water will be 40S feet, and
the largest ocean steamers will be able
to pass under it. The principal object
in building the bridge is to connect
the International railway from Halifax
and st. John to Quebec, which is run
by the Canadian government at a great
annual loss to the country, with the
Canadian Pacific railway. This is
the only link uncompletsd necessary
to give the Canadian Pacific railway
an uninterrupted line from the Attain
tic to the Pacific ocean through Canad-
ian territory.-Iron.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Devoted Wife.

Nearly thirty years ago, before he
developed his philosophy of life,
Count Tolstoi married the daughter of
Moscow physician. She directs, con.
trolls, manages everything at the house
holds at Moscow and at Yasnaia
Polina- She assumes the whole respon-
sibility OF caring for the family, which
numbers thirteen children, superin-
tends their education, and teaches
them English and music. Her business
ability is also shown by the fact that
she has sole charge OF the sale, circula-
ton and distribution of her husbands
books. Nor is she wanting in sympa-
thy for the counts intellectual labors.
She is both amanuensis, revisor and
translator. Tolstoi's writing is illegl-
BILE to most readers, and his wife re-
writes his manuscripts again and again
until they suit his fastidious taste. In
this way she copied WAR and Peace, !"
from end to end. six times, and his last
work "Life." she wrote sixteen times.
besides translating it into French. =
Pittsburg Dispatch
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
The Diamond Spark.

Tiny diamond sparks are being used
effectively by way of simple ornamen-
tation. They are set in silver, and a
single row worn about the throat looks
like continuous line OF light. A sea-
sons debutante worn at late dinner
dance costume of tulle, from its Pc
culiar lustrous, silvery quality called
moon tulle. A fine strand of diamond
sparks encircled her slender white
throat. three or four of the same be-
jeweled silver threads were twisted
about her arms; the several small
wrought silver combs that caught her
dark coils of hair were likewise be-
dlamonded, and wee gems sent their
irridescent CLEANS from the tips of her
dainty satin shoes. Debutantes are not
supposed to borrow their brilliancy
from gems; but so delicately were these
sparkles added that they seemed quite
in keeping with the weaver's youth and
Table Talk.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
RIrd Insflncf.

The French government has just been
warned that great ornithological
calamity is impending. The department.
of the Bouche du Rhone has hitherto
been one of the chief landing places for
swallows coming from Africa. Wires
connected with electrical batteries were
laid i'll hundreds along the coast, and as
the birds, tired with their long fight,
perched on these, they were struck dead
The bodies were then dressed and sent
on to Paris for ornamental purposes.
This has been going on for years, but
this spring it has been noticed that the
swallows have not landed on the low
lying coast. but have gene further west
or east, and they are reported in other
parts of Europe to have come in larger
quantities than formerly. A plague of
gnats and other flying insects would
emphasize this warning, which comes
from the Geological Society of France.
Exchange.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
A Cheap BAfornsser.

There is nothing to equal the beauti-
full simplicity and yet downright mys-
terry of natures processes. Hera We
have been building expensive observa-
tories in 0ut-of- the-way places. ransack-
ing the heavens for possible news to
guide us III making our almanacs and
putting up costly barometers in our
houses, when all we need have done to
have understood the weather wss simply
to take coffee Id the morning for break
fast instead OF tea. So at least says al
Englishman, who has adopted this SIM
ple plan for O number of years and has
never known it to fail. His nsanlpnia-
ton of the cup of coffee is simple. Into
the coffee and milk which has been
placed before him lie drops a lump OF
sugar, and by means of the bubbles
that rise to the surface he il able TO
make his calculations. Ii the bubbles
rush to the side of the cup, as IL to seek
shelter, 1t Is going to rain very hard; II
they meet together in the center q GEE
era1 downpohr is likely to follow; but if
they remain stationary fine day is ex-
pected. It would interest some people
to know if lump of sugar dropped into
a glass of toddy would be equally com
municatiye.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
Length of DAYS.

A writer in the Popular Science
Monthly states that some time ago he
sent out 5000 circulars to men and
women over eighty years of age, ask
ing for information concerning their
habits. He received more than $500
replies, and some of the facts thus OBJ
tanned are of considerable interest.
Five out OF every six OF the persons
heard from have light complexion,
with blue or gray eyes. The men are
honey and muscular, while the women
are the opposite. All state they re-
tire and rise early, aud eat three
meals day.
A few other points are worthy OF mo-
tice. A large majority report that
they habitually eat meat; two-thirds
use tea aud coffee; some OF the men
use intoxicants, but not to excess, and
the majority of the men use tobacco.
More than half of these old people are
farmers, or the wives of farmers.
Now, what are we to infer from
these interesting but not entirely salts
factory statisticsp The returns appear
to show that bony, muscular man,
with light complexion, and blue or
gray eyes, with regular habits. stands
a good chance Of passing the age of
eighty. The moderate use OF tea, cof-
fee, tobacco and intoxicants, will not
stand in his way, but no rule of con-
duct can be laid down in regard to
food and drink. Some OF the old peo-
pie whose cases are reported, lived to
great old age without eating meat,
or using tobacco or liquors.
If the reports prove anything it is
that long life depends on the tempera-
ment and constitution Of a person.
Some habits are safe in the case of one
person and yet are certain death to his
neighbor. A man must find out the
conditions which agree with him and
beNgoverned by them.
But it should not be forgotten that
the very course adopted to prolong
life may sometimes destroy it. There
are chances and probabilities. and
sometimes most astounding exceptions.
The man who takes the best care OF
himself may lose his grip on life when
he is apparently at his best Atlanta
Constitution.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
A Happy Medium.

Have aim in life and set your sum
And stick to it, whatever come.
Don't lounge outa-chewing gum,
And be good for nothing chum,
But strike happy medium
Don't work too hard or you'll become
A nervous wreck with feelings glum,
With sleepless nights, and aching thumb
Don't slave to death to grab each crumb,
But strike happy medium.
Swept on by tides of wrong and rum,
Don't drift and drift, like worthless scum,
And mako the fairest land a slum,
Lend ear TO truth and not be mum,
oh, strike happy medium.
Obi sweet is this, that there are some
Who roar not loud, or keep not dumb,
Who rightly work, who work and hum,
And thus deserve their sugar plum,
So strike happy medium.
e. B. Blackwell, Chicago Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-09-14
When Robert Was a Boy.

John w. Burdette. for many years
editorial writer and business manager
OF the Burlington Hawkeye, is a
younger brother OF the famous humor-
list He sgys: "Bob always dubbed
over with fun, ard his stock OF stories
was exhaustless, even whea a child.
He could make us good fairy tale or
adventure at u moments notice, and
his younger brothers were always
after him for Just one more story,
Bob, whenever we got him alone. At
bedtime we were especially annoying
to him. After we were all cuddled up
for we slept three in a bed-Bob
would tell US score of stories, and we
constantly begged for one more until
he would become weary. guess that
some of Bob's best stories were told to
us in those days. l would not like to
say thousand times for fear of exag-
geration, and il said less than
thousand times it might not be up to
the number OF occasions when
Bob was obliged to kick
us both out OF bed and roll himself up
in the blankets AMI go to sleep in spite
of us, for we never tired of hearing
him, no matter how sleepy and tired
he might become. Yes, if one-hun-
dredth part of the fancies, witticisms
and inventions which Bob entertained
his little bIothers with could be print
ed, the world would call him genius
of the most marvellous kind; for the
thousand tales of the Arabian Nights
were never more interesting than
those winter nights tales of my good
brother Bob. There was never bet
ter brother"