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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24

The best possible cure for pneumonia
is an ounce of prevention. Nasal OBJ
struction and enlarged tonsils should
receive immediate attention and radical
treatment when necessary. The nose
has within its channels elements for
clearing the air of foreign particles and
warming it for the lungs. Any nasal
occlusion compels the air to be taken in
by the mouth-a most pernicious habit
that of necessity affects the general
health, causing narrowing of the chest,
premature decay of the teeth, and limits
the air supply and lung capacity. Who
ever breathes through the mouth in
vites pneumonia. 1t is of the greatest
Importance that every inch of lung It's
sue should be in relatively perfect con-
dition the sum of all the little spaces
where air meets the blood is equal to
the enormous area of $50 square yards.
Each breath may be bringing in from
the external atmosphere oil manner of
deleterious material, seeking some weak
spot to gain foothold. This weak
place cannot exist without danger to the
health. The entire blood current comes
to the lungs to obtain from the outside
world the Gfe-giving principle. This
100 square yards of tissue requires a
supply of pure oxygen over 1000 times
every hour. When children play, race
and romp the lungs are filled in every
part, and this very exercise Of filling
them strengthens their substance. Brisk
walking, with deep inspirations and the
mouth closed, helps sweep out the prod
ucts of waste. Every thing that expands
the chest, as tennis, bowling, rowing,
fencing, etc., is an antidote to possible
pneumonia. Medical Classics.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
he Moa Bird

Notwithstanding the great number
of birds the Bird Puzzle made us
familiar with, we are always reading
about one we never heard Of before.
There is the ''parson" bird, for exam
pie, of which we have seen q descrip-
ton recently. 1t lives in Australia,
and gets its name from it; black color
and the two white feathers under its
chin, that Looks like the ends Of a
clergyman's necktie.
But the most wonderful bird was the
now extinct Dinornis, or Mon bird, oil
Australia. 1t lived there in the time
of the Maoris, and was exterminated
about 200 years ago. Skeletons of the
Moa have been found that show the
height of the bird to have been from
fourteen to sixteen feet. They were
slain as food, for being wingless and
very stupid, they easily fell prey tc
man. That accounts for their ex-
tinction in the first two or three cen
turtles of the Maoris' presence in
Australia. Philadelphia Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
xv,,., W.. Knov or Color.

All that we know of color, its causes
and effects, is in connection with the
wave theory of light. Color depends
upon the number of light waves re-
fected from any object impinging upon
the retina of the eye. In red there are
40, 900 waves to the inch, and these will
strike the eye at the rate of 447 millions
of millions of pulsations per second. In
violets there are 81, 900 waves to the inch.
and 600 millions of millions of pulsations
per second. The other colors have wave
lights intermediate between these two.
Color does not, therefore, exist either in
the object nor in the brain nor in the
mind of the observer. It is an effect.
There can be no appearance of fire ON
desolate island where there is no eye
within seeing distance. The chemical
process called combustion goes on, but
there is no appearance of the fame save
when its waves strike upon the retina of
IN eve,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
About Dogs.

Last Sunday the passengers in Uni
versity place car botnd tip town, says
the New York World, were amused when
n spaniel was brought into the car with
little boots, made of chamois skin, on
each of its feet, and o red cravat care
fully tied under its chin. At Seventh
avenue and Twelfth street fortnight
ago beautiful large Newfoundland
dog attracted attention by darting under
showerng water-cart, soaking him
self, and then rolling in ecstacy on the
ground. When the driver stopped the
flow at the crossings, the dog rushed
ahead, looked up at him, and barked as
plainly as dog could: ''Turn it on; turn
it on" This being done doggie took
another bath, bounded up to the driv-
er again, barked his thanks, and ran
down Thirteenth street. He was fully
half way down the block, when the
sound Of the water overcame him again,
and back he flew for another "douse. u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
This Nav Be True.

While farmer Solomon Ellsworth
was sowing grain in Tunkhannoclz
township on cloudy afternoon last
month, a flock of 200 or 800 pigeons be-
gan to gobble up his grain at a rate
that he didn't like at all. Farmer Tits
worth couldn't scare them away. AS
fast as he drove them from one part of
the lot they flew to another, and pick
ed up his grain as ii they hadn't any
food for two or three days. Then the
farmer got a beech CAD and set to
beating the hungry birds, but they
were too hungry for him, even though
he had killed dozen or so. The
hunger of the pigeons overcame their
fear, and they stayed in the field until
they had filed their crops, when they
rose in body and sailed away toward
the north. Scranton Pa.) Correspon-
dence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
A Chicken Eating Cater.

1t is the custom of alligators to move
across the country from one river to
another. The purpose of this migra-
ton is not learned. They go alone
and not in couples or droves as has
sometimes been reported. A short
time ago a monster alligator started
from the Hillsboro River to lake
back of Tampa, Fla. He passed
through the Central part of the town
and finally reached the back yard of
I. A. Wilson. The reptile found him.
self in a flock of chickens and began
at once to make a meal of them. This
raised such commotion in the poul-
try yard that Mr.. Wilson's attention
was attracted to it and he went out to
investigate. He discovered the sau-
rian, and with we'll directed shot hit
him in the eye and killed him. The
big saurian was then cut open and
skinned. In his back. which is more
like piece of white leather than
anything else, except an alli-
gators back, were found a large
number of bullets which had passed
through the scales and embedded
themselves in the backbone. where
they had become flattened out apd evil
IDENTIFY caused the reptile no uneasi-
ness. When opened, the stomach of
the alligator was curiosity. A num-
Der of pieces of tin showed that he had
enjoyed tin can lunch, while from
the fact that he had swallowed a beer
bottle, it appeared that he was not a
prohibitionist. There were two small
fish, nearly whole, and pair of baby's
shoes. II was not known whether he
had swallowed the child or whether
he had found the shoes where the
child had placed them and made
meal of them, but every mother who
saw the tiny shoes shuddered and
clasped her own child tightly to her.
1t will probably be never known how
the shoes came there; but it may be
that some mothers heart is sad over
the loss of the little one who wore the
tiny shoes. The alligator was skinned
and the skin sent to the tannery. The
reptile measured nine feet and seven
inches in length. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
KelIer,s Luck.

Lamar (Mo) Democrat, June Is.
Having been asked many times regard
ing my fortunate investment in the Louisi-
ana State Lottery, do not object to max
ing statement concerning it, said A. Kel.
Ter, as our reporter asked for statement.
Some time since was member OF club
for one month and sent couple OF dollars
to the Louisiana State Lottery, but with
out drawing any prize. This time l sent
one dollar in my own name, and received
one twentieth Of ticket No. "a. 2S1 in re.
turn. This ticket drew the third capital
prize OF $4,000. l sent my ticket for col
lection and within five days received a
draft on the Bank OF Commerce, at st.
Louis, for $500. have not used the
money yet. l am well pleased with my in
vestment OF one dollar. OF course l was
delighted. l have determined to invest
this money in real estate, and hope to
double it by another fortunate invest
ment. The Lottery company certainly
dealt fairly with me, and shall patronize
them again.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
The BISMARCK Of To-day.

Bismarck has grown old during the
last few years. His mustache is white
as snow and his walk less erect than
in former years, but the
power OF his face and the
might of his eyes live still the same as
they we're ten years ago. When he
sits down it is as if he was on guard,
his sword laid across his knees, as
formerly old Hagen id guilt and wick.
edness, he Is q Hagen in faithfulness,
and; II heed be, id stern wrath. And
he is On guard at the gates of the
fatherland.
Bismarck. as everybody knows, Is
not an orator. nearly said, thank
God, he is no orator. His speech has
been hkened to forest stream which
rtmbles over stones and roots The
comparison is somewhat poor.
think know better. though rather
technical one-namely, his speech is
like quicksilver drawn out Take a
drop of quicksilver containing some
lead or zinc, put it on pane of glass
and hold it slantingly. The drop
swells and rolls, but presently it stops,
becomes thinner and longer, remains
immovable for moment, gathers new
strength to flow, becomes thin once
again, and so forth. Thus it is with
the chancellor's words; first half a
sentence comes out, then he hesitateS,
stops, or utters short, inarticulate
sound, and goes on again. 1t is evil
dent that to speak is a physical exer-
ton, but even when he is in first rate
form he does not talk fluently.
But on closer observation the reason
appears very soon: The form of bis
speech is improvised on the spur of the
moment, but, unlike many fluent speak
ers, he does not use the first expression
which may come to his mind, but while
he is uttering the first half of a SEN
tence he is thinking of how to shape
the second half in order to express ex-
actly what he wishes to say. If he
makes joke Or slight observation he
speaks quickly and without hesitat on,
but as soon as he returns to the serious
treatment of a political subject this
painfully accurate expression, the
result of mental work, becomes again
apparent, which shows that he en-
deavors not to say syllable which he
cannot reconcile with his responsible
position. This is the reason why his
speeches concerning foreign politics,
read like official diplomatic documents
every word is carefully considered.
His voice is peculiar. high-pitched
and not. very powerful. 1t has been
called thin voice, but this only ex-
presses one of its qualities. Anothe,
is that it Is so remarkable young that
one would think it almost incredible
for man OF his age to possess such o
voice. If one does not see him while
he is speaking it is difficult to believe
that is not young lieutenant o.
twenty-eight who is speaking (Which
by the way, is rather pity, since the
snarl and the drawl of the German
lieutenant is proverbally detestable.
But put in connection with this quality
it can sound extremely soft and fat
tering, aud should not be surprised
if in former years, when he was am
bassador, some of his personal success
had been due just to this tinabre of his
| vOice,-EX
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
The Prea hers Mistake.

II is soberly related chat youthful
married Couple Whose house has re-.
Gently beet, glogifed by Che addition OF
q fac smile of the beautiful hssle
mother decided to have tie christening
service ct home. A venerable minister
was called to officiate. He took tie
babe In his arms very affectionately and
addressed few words of advice to the
young parents. See that You train up
This child in the way that he should go;
that you surround him with the best IN,
fiuences, aud that you give him good
example. If you do so who knows but
he NAV become q John Wesley or q
George Whitfield? What is his name?'
''Nellie, sir, /" replied the mother.-Bos-
ton TFavAllef.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Science Hats.

Layman understand that you
have devoted your life to the study OF
disease germs?'
Great Scientist, (proudly)-"I have"
Layman-'.H Have you found rem
edy for any of them?"
Great Scientist-''W We'll, no; but !
have succeeded in finding good long
names for them all. New York
Weekly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
aReioafko BE Fendulum.

The most perfectly operating pendu,.
lum ever constructed is probably that OF
the university. of Glasgow. A shot o
sixteenth of an inch In diameter is sus-
pended by single fine silk fibre two
feet long in glass tube three-fourths
of an inch in internal diameter, the air
being exhausted to about one ten-mii-
lionth. Starting with d motion OF a
quarter of an inch to either side OF the
center, the vibrations may be countea
after period of fourteen hours.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
AN Unpromising Match,

Mrs. Henpeck-"My dear, you will
make sad mistake If you marry Mr..
Meak. He has no beard, and he wears
wig"
Danghter-"What difference does
that make?"
Huh! You try managing a husband
with no hair of his own. and you'll
find out, New York Weekly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Chicaeo has the "sand ;.

.'While we are well informed" say S
New York paper, "of the ultimate
fate of a city built on rock, like New
York. and one built on the sand, like
Chicago, we are unhappily left in the
dark concerning one founded on gas,
like Pittsburg." The allusion to
Chicago in this sentence might be
misleading to some who do not know
the modern meaning of the word
sand" The writer, of course, means
to be complimentary to Chicago 1t Ia
emphaticafly city built by men WI ,
had plenty Of sand. Chicago jour
nal,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
A Youth Marries an Old Woman

A curious wedding has just taken
place at LODI. A young man, Is
years of age, and of good position, for
some unaccountable reason married a
poor widow with numerous family.
The ''blushing" bride is in ner 74th
year! The "happy" bridegroom has
now eleven stepsons and daughters,
the oldest of whom is 50; besides
twenty-three grandchildren and
twenty-three Observation-Disclosures and
all that at Is. -Pesth Zeitung.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Aim.

Aim for the beautiful and bright,
Aim for the good and true;
Aim as the lark scars in its fight
And flowers reach for the dew.
Aim, though thy way be in the night
Still aim with lifted eye;
Seek for the hidden stars whose light
Shines in the darkest sky
Aim, though in lowest depths thy way,
Thy path lie through the mire;
Aim yet to reach high up thy way
With hopes that never tire.
So bravely go, and upward reach,
And oft though thou may fall,
Each trial sweeter hope shall teach
II thou but heed the cali.
Then take unto thy heart this thought,
Twill be thy leading star,
If faith be thine each trials wrought
With beauty from afar.
IT'S upward to the realms that blest
Then walk with soul Of trust;
In skies above go seek thy rest
Not low, within the dust
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Electricity Direct from wo:-k.

The accomplishment of hitherto
impossible feat-tlat of Transforming
mechanical work direct into electricity
is claimed by Prof. Braun, of Tubin-
gen. He has succeeded In this by the
nse of nickel wire wound into spirals
As the spiral is elongated or compressed
o current Of considerable strength is
generated, and this is Increased by put
ting in circuit a number of spirals. The
experiments have given such positive
results that the sanguine experimenter
is hopeful of constructing o useful gen
orator on this principlea thing greatly
to be desired, truly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Curious Combination

An electrical writer has calculated that
the firing of small pistol sets free
about 600 foot pounds of energy, while
watch consumes about one fifty -four
millonth of horse power, the energy OF
the bullet being sufficient to keep the
time for two years. An Edison tele-
phone transmitter requires about q
thousandth of the energy IN watchj it
would therefore be worked for 1900
years on the energy exerted in the pis-
toll A lightning flash of 8, 500, 900 volts
and 100000 amperes, lasting one
twenty thousandth of second, would
run 100 horse power engine for ten
hours.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
T,.. 6.ssrf SS sa}s.Fs.

TIE Sahara as d Whole Is not below
sea level; II Is not the; dry bed OF re-
cent ocean, and il Is rot as fat as the
proverbial pancake all over. Pars * 1t.
indeed, is very mountainous, and all oil
it is more or less varied in level. The
Upber Sahara consists of q rocky plat
eau, rising at times into considerable
peaks; the lower, to which It descends
by q steep slope, is "a vast depression
OF clay and sand," but still for the most
part standing high above sea level. No
portion of the Upper Sahara is less than
1905 feet high good deal higher than
Baltimore OF Derbyshife, Most 81 the
lower reaches ffHm 300 to SOC feet
Quite as elevated MS Essex Of Leicester.
The two spots below sea level consist OF
the beds Of ancient lakes, now much
shrunk by evaporation, owing to the
present rainless condition OF the coun-
try; the soil around these is deep III
gypsum, and the water itself is consld-
erably saltier than the sea. :,
That, however, is always the case with
fresh water lakes in their last dotage, as
American geologists have amply proved
in the great salt lake of Utah. Moving
sand undoubtedly covers o large space
in both divisions of the desert, but nc
cording to Sir Lambert Playfair, ON
best modern authority OH the sttblect, il
occupies not more than one-third part
of the entire Algerian Sahara. Else
where rock, clay and muddy lake are
the prevailing features, interspersed
with not infrequent date groves and wi
lagos, the product Of aftesian wells OF
excavated spaces or river cases. Even
Sahara, in short, to give it due, is not
by any means SO black as it is painted
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
The Latest New York story.

The latest beggarly vIgary comes
from New York, of course, where a
party coming from the theater was
stopped by a ragged individual with a
small kitten in his arms. He opened
the conversation Immediately and said:
Gents, maybe you think | am going
to spar you for money, but l amt. l
am not hungry or thirsty and have a
place to sleep, but l have no cash. l
want few pennies, not for myself, but
to buy some milk for this poor little
starving cat, which l found crying in
this park" The party was for a mo-
ment stunned, but amid roars of laugh
ter purse of nearly dollar was col
lected and given to the guardian of
the kitten,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Fine Sentiments.

eyes, gentlemen" he said eloquently,
and with patriotic thrill in his voice,
81 think that when an American citizen
is rendered q nomination to Office by his
fellow-men it is his sacred duty to ac-
cept it. Let him put aside all thoughts
of self. A man can serve his country in
times of peace as nobly as he can in
times of war. Gentlemen, friends, l
thank you for the honor YOU have con-
ferred upon me, and even though the
salary may be small will -" 1t is
not salaried office, colonel" explained
one of his admirers. "Wha-a-at! no
salary? Then Tn dumbed If I accept
itr'.@TexaS Siftinos.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24

ed by courts OF record. Il remains for
the state legally I'd prove its case with
the accused at the bar fighting for their
lives. There ought to be but one sem
timent in the public mind, the senti-
ment of complete fairness expressed
in the phrase, Let iustics be done!-
Chicago Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Worse and Worse.

AS dQulUlO0dl ltCGS r0dCu Tue puULIC
from Johnstown the responsibility OF
the occurrence is more directly trace
able to certain individuals and organ
lied bodies. The mayor of Johnstown
is one of the men who should at once
be brought before a grand jury, and in
dicted for a culp ible completely in
manslaughter. The members of the
lake club who threatened to discharge
an employee il he did not cease to
warn them that the dam was liable at
any moment to give away, ought I'd
be arrested as criminals and tried as
such, and if convicted, as they should
be, should be sent to prison for life, OF
hanged, according to the nature OF
their completely and responsibility.
One of the monstrous features of the
dam was that it was not granite
wall laid on rock, but a mass OF earth
heaped up, with some rough stones
heaped up against its sides. Here
for years has death been piled up, and
IldUlC do OIL iuOiLOHU W 10 lnuAShOu
on the thousands of unsuspicious res
idents below. There was time when
sluice-gates could be opened and extra
pressure against the dam be relieved;
but this permitted the fish to escape,
and the Pittsburg sportsmen allowed
the gates to become worthless from
disuse. To preserve game for some
Pittsburg swells, the lives of fifteen
thousand people were sacrificed.
These wealthy sportsmen, these
pleasure-seekerS, sat in secure place,
in tho amphitheatre, like the noble
Roman spectators when they gave the
signal when the wild beasts were to be
admitted into the arena to rend the
bodies of the human victims. The
Pittsburg pagans did not give the
signal, but they were told that the
massacre was about to occur and made
no effort to stop it.
Somehow it seems as If the Quaker
state is marked in the preparation Of
COIOdlh OPpICociOho III "htOA ohC
poorer elements are the sufferers.
For years the details of coal mining in
that state have contained tales of hor-
ror but little less revolving and dis
tressing than the calamity which has
just eventuated at Johnstown. Every
year the world learns that thousands
of miners are thrown out Of employ
ment to suffer and starve while the
mine-owners manipulate the supply so
as to regulate the market. The black
est, wickedest, cruelest aggregation of
Indebtedness, oppression and tyranny
in all the continent is to be found in
the anthracite coal mines of Pennsyl-
vania.
Constructively, the action of the
owners of the Coaemaugh lake is as
brutal, as murderous, as the atrocious
exactions OF the coal tyrdnts, and
equally deserving of punishment 1t
is an inconsistent record for state
which claims the highest order of re-
finement and civilization, and which
takes its name from a Quaker whose
chief characteristics were fraternal
love and universal peace. Chicago
Haro1d
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24
Her Grandmother Paid.

Her Grandmother Paid.
SHOW much Is this silk yard, STRIP
A biushins dafiisel asked
Of Gay and gushing salesman
who admiring giances cast.
''Only kiss" he answered,
With an audacious air,
As he unfdlds the fabric
Be fore the maiden fair.
"If you please, will take ten yards, SIR
For while his heart grew still,
Till the cruel creature added:
nGrandma will settle the bill"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1889-08-24

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