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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1891-08-01
Especial Corrcspon dence. !

Heed 100000 trying to protect hi.
friends. and that he was the heaviest losrr
OF Ill by the downward course Of thu,
market. Broken in health by his long
isoors and hard struggle. he went abruni
with his family for rest and regeneration
AND remained two years. The German.
retained complete faith in his abilities
IN spite OF his reverses. and evinc*tl their
esteem and admiration for him in every
way possible. They bought more and
more largely of the Northern Pacific ~
curities. and when he came back to New
York ne was again. through them. the
controller Of the road. He returned tn
wall street. and had more friends than
before. ''""
Now that the stocks known M the vi.
lards-the Northern Pacific. the North
American. and the Edison General Ele,..
tr1c-have materially declined owinv to
me reckless speculations Of London WI.
ara has once more been assaulted. But
lis admirers hold that he is ~ untuinted
g ever by any just reproach. IL. NAV
'e too confident. too s,.nguins, they .uv
mt no has stood firmly by his friends:
o has not disposed of his serarities. he
as not acted double part Willard.
eturn to America. leaving his family in
is due to the fact thar he lx,-
ewes his presence here may do good.
PAl'L u. CLEVELAND
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
THE 4-year old daughter Of Lincoln


The 4-year old daughter of Lincoln
Hamline, of Leharpe, ILL.,, is possessed
of the faculty of mind reading. She can
readily name the spots on any set OF
dominoes from looking at the backs of
them, or she will select from the set any
number asked for, all the dominoes be-
ing turned face downward, and
thoroughly mixed up. II one is slipped
out of the set without her knowledge,
and 1t is called for she will readily reply
that the number is missing. The child
cannot count from one to six, but will
announce the spots thus, ''five and a
SIX" ''six and tour" or any other
number, more readily from the backs of
the dominoes than from the faces. The
child has been subjected to over one
hundred tests. and has never failed to
call the right number.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
NY OLD STONE WALL.

~
~ stands as 1t stood In aauld lang syne,"
spring
And about it the bramb1es and lichens cling
10 the bushes that flank II on either band.
The robins chirp and the bluejays squat,
While stately cedars, giant hand,
Are standing guard Der my old stone wall.
Men show me in triumph their fences white.
Built by some youth with o beardless chin,
Or lilies that neither toll nor spin,
And granite deity hammered see
With iron crowned like an ebon pail
But painters are rare who can match for me
Inc hues OF moss on my old stone wall.
What sounds it has echoed in bygone years
While the homestead bIazed amid shrieks and
tears.
Or the cannons booming on Bunker hill.
The bear once haunted the sunny glade
The deer when he fed from the hunters ball
And the fox as byi moonlight he slyly strayed
May have iurked In the shade of my old stone
we'll.
wonder sometimes what his name might be
Who rolled together these massive stones,
Whiie his hrelock leaned gainst the nearest
Was II smithP or Thompson or Brown9 or
Did he wear cue and a three-coronered hat9
Was his log hut fashioned from spruces tall9
was he long or short? Was he lean or fat?
This man who constructed my old stone wall.
Perhaps he landed ON Plymouth rock
From the MRyfower's boat with the pilgrim
band
And wandered away from the little flock
To make him home in this rugged land:
Perhaps he had children who climbed his knee
When the shades Of evening began to fall
While he told of his childhood beyond the sea,
And rested from building my old stone wall.
Hundreds of winters SHOWS since then
Have whitened the hills of the still old town
The builder has gone from the haunts of men;
In the Valley Of Death he has laid him down
No bard has emblazoned his deeds In song,
His name tradition may not recall,
But behold his handiwork, stanch and strong,
This ancient relic, my old stone wall.
-BOStOn Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
They Got There.

They were going down Jefferson ave.
nue. as hard as they could gallop, if o
man and woman can be said to
have galloped at all.
He was about ten feet in advance,
with his coat-tail almost on level with
his head, and anything but an angelic
expression on his perspiring and lob.
ster red face. His breath was coming
in quick gasps and his teeth were
grinding together.
She was gaining a little on him, del
cate looking little woman though she
was, and Notwithstanding the fact that
she had to stop about every twenty feet
to pick up some of the many bundles
she had in her arms. Her skirts
swished and swashed as she tore along,
her bangs grew fiat and straight on her
moist brow, her ribbons few out
straight behind and her little boot
heels clattered bfiskly on the sidewalk.
You have already guessed that they
were husband and wife, and you are
right in your surmise that they were
running to catch the train.
"Come onp he Kissed out without
looking back. II told you that"
I'm coming fast as canl"
II KEEP a telling you that it was most
train time. but YOU"
"You-never-no such-thingl" she
painted.
II didl told you that we'd lose the
train if you"
"You said that-wait- wait"
II shantl"
There, I've got It'll I dropped a
"Come on, or we'll be-"
"I'm coming"
"I'll bet you this will be the last time
I'll GO shopping with -"
Nobody asked you to go this time r
at takes you women an hour and a
half to-hurry, hurry! told you and
/ KEEP telling you"
"You didn't"
Il did! showed you my watch and
we've only half minute left; come on -
She came clipping along until he
grabbed her by the arm and then they
flew across the street, tore into the
depot, and he said:
"Has the B. train left YETI"
What! Why it goes at 4:1O doesn't
itP"
Mop; changed time to 4:4O to-day. z"
"There!" she said.
Dang it" was his elegant rejoinder.
I'll"
"Smarty!" scornfully, Il don't care,
i"
"Why didn't you find out when the
train left? ?"
Because fl"
Il wish to goodness, I'd get those
towels you dragged me away from to
race and chase and gallop of down here
to hang around waiting for our train.
It's too provoking Free Press.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
Pa Fosters Stratagem.

II can tell you little story about
Charlie Fosters father that illustrates
the fact that there is nothing obtuse or
dense about the Foster family" Mahlon
Chance said the other day, according
to the New York Times, as, with O
group of well-known men, he was talk
ing to the new Secretary of the Treas
ury. ..
"The incident occurred good many
years ago, when the Secretary was a
boy and lived with his father in their
Ohio home. A dispute had arisen over
the location of a stretch of county road.
Some wanted it laid out in one place.
others favored different route, and a
few wanted third line. After a good
deal of discussion the County Commits
sions met at Tiffin and named a day
when they would decide just where the
road should go. They said that they
wanted to examine the two principal
routes, find out which was more tray
eled, and select accordingly.
Charlie Fosters father was inter-
ested in having the road go in GER
tain direction. The night before the
decision was to be made he resolved on
stratagem.
Hitch up the oxen,' he said to
Charlie, and go down to Neighbor
Sawyer's and get his yoke; we have
BUSINESS tonight
Charles asked no questions, and in
one hour three yokes of oxen, each
drawing heavy sled, stood before the
Foster homestead. Then began q pro-
cession back and forward on the strip
of road upon which Mr.. Foster wanted
the Commissioners to fix. 1t was kept
going for hours until the tracks were
hammered hard. The cattle were then
unyoked and the Foster family retired.
Next morning the commissioners
looked at the two proposed routes. 1t
took them only few minutes ito deter
mine which track had the most travel,
and the road was promptly located on
the line of the Foster procession OF the
night before"
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
a,,,.rsca,, ssnscs<a,txar.

The principal uses Of quicksilver are
la the form OF amalgams for recovering
the precious metals, in making YER
million, illuminate of mercury for use in
cartridges, In thermometers, steam
gauges, and all kinds of mechanical in
struments. In the form of corrosive
sublimate it is not only an excellent dis
infectant and antiseptic but it is em-
ployed to considerable extent in pre-
servation of timber used In underground
or underwater construction. But In that
industry which is popularity supposed
to consume great deal of quicksilver,
viz, the making of looking glasses,
very little is employed. Mirrors are
now covered almost entirely with So
luton Of pure silver precipitated or
sprayed on to the glass. After this is
done the glass would be still transpa-
rent were the backs not painted over
with q brown or other dark colored
paint of q certain chemical composition,
first introduced from Bohemia by o
firm In New York just before the war.
In the old way of making mirrors the
glass was covered with an amolgam Of
quicksilver and tinfoil, and whereas the
silyer-backed mirrors are ready for
handling the next day, the quicksilver
and tinfoil require two weeks before
the amalgam was sufficiently hard for
handling. The quicksilver process
makes the best and most endurable
work, the painted backs Of the silvered
glasses being apt to change color in
spots. The quicksilver method is,
however, the most expensive, which
largely explains the reason for it's de-
cadence. The production of quicksil-
yer throughout the world during the
past ten years is put at 1,093, GIL TASKS,
of which the United States produced
4O7. 675, and Spain, Austria, ana Italy
6S5, 1856 TASKS. During the year 1889,
California produced 26, 454 TASKS, or
2,014, 496 pounds. California has eleven
mines in operation, with thirty mine
furnaces, employing 937 hands, of whom
$40 worked underground. The
amount of cinnabar are mined was 95,-
TIA tons. The capital invested in the
sixteen establishments is 81, 333, la, of
which $3.50, 470 Is represented by the
mines aud real estate, 1920, 800 in fur
naces, houses, etc., and, STAG, $50 in ma
chinery tools, etc. The total ex
penditure for the year was 1916, Oil, of
which 1926, 228 was for wages. The
cost of producing the quicksilver per
flask averaged 1881 per flask of 764
pounds, or 435 cents per pound
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
Our Sorrows,

They are the voices of sentinels which
the Lord has placed within us, warning
us of danger. They tell us that we have
wandered away from the paths of the
Divine order which lead to life and that
we are going down to death. They tell
us that we have gone astray. 1t is true
that we are much slower in needing
them than we are the warnings against
physical danger. We often regard them
as misfortunes which come upon us by
no fault of our own. We accuse the
Lord and our fellow-men of causing
them. But still the tendency of sorrow
is to awaken the thought that there is
danger. This is the first use it serves.
1t calls to us with a sharp and painful
voice to awake and fee from danger
ReU. Chdltacey Giles, NelD Church.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
Potatoes ON a tsranav,na.

The owner of garden in Greenman-
vile had occasion recently to prune a
grapevine. In his ignorance he failed
to consult "Daboll's yearly clam tide
regulator" and mutilated the vine in
the wrong season, with the result that
the fluid extract of grape began to run,
and there was danger of the vine bleed
ing to death, when happy thought
went through his brain. Securing some
large seed potatoes he dissected them
and applied the pieces to the cuts. They
stuck together like twin brothers, and
the vine and potatoes fourished, gath
cred life from each other, till now they
form conglomeration of grape and
potato vine that is attracting the atten-
tion of farmers and agriculturalists for
miles around.-NeaD London Conn. J
Ddl.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

a
Panl, Matte. You remember Paul
Crumlett, Of course r. the fair beauty
put out her hand, and looked into his
eyes, and expressed in that brief but
earnest glance Of loving recognition all
that her lover could hope for.
i hope I'm welcome here, said Paul,
after the girls had disappeared that
evening.
We're glad to see you-yes, Paul, 2
said Mrs. Highfoot. "But the fact is,
we haven't any permanent accommoda-
lions now that we can afford you. We
hope you've done we'll; but you see, we
can't board You here. We've q house
full now"
Paul thought this was very plain and
frank and took no offense at all. 1t was
just what he wanted them to say if they
thought it.
Well. goodnight" he said, cheer
fully. I'll send for the box. It isn't
very valuable, but it contains all my
little fortune" and he rose to retire.
Next day the Highfoots were not o
little nettled to see magnificent car
riage halt before their door at noon. A
| pair of superb bays stood before it, an
elegantly attired gentleman got out,
and, to their surprise called for Miss
Matte Purcell.
why, bless me!' exclaimed Mrs.
Highfoot, suddenly recognizing the
stranger It's Paul Crumlett. as I'm
alive! Come in-Paul. Are you not
coming in?"
"No thank you. madam said the
young man civily as Matte made her
appearance and he handed her into the
splendid vehicle.
As the prancing horses moved away
| the now envious woman looked out at
the front window and exclaimed with
emphasis:
Well neverp
Paul Crumlett took the two small
hands of lovely Matte In his own as
soon as the carriage had let the High
foot residence and said, with earnest
fervor; Dear Matte, how reioiced
am to see you looking so well and so
like your old sweet self"
"You are not happier than I am thus
to meet aud greet you, am confident"
Now, Matte, you do not forget or
repent your promise given to me seven
years ago, when l was as poor as a
church mouse, do your"
mo, dearestl And never shall, I"
said Matte, affectionately.
$50 believe. And / am happy to
tell you / have succeeded since that
day beyond my most sanguine hopes.
| am rich, Matte! Rich to my hearts
content. have been fortunate in Cali
fornia, and ] have come home to claim
your hand"
1T is yours, Paul-and would have
been as surely had you returned with
out dollar"
Il do not doubt it," said Paul,
ardently.
And within month the two poor
relatives were married-and off the
hands of the selfish Highfoots.
When they settled in their own fine
residence Paul declined to visit these
famous people.
sand you tell me the boy is rich ?"
asked the lady of her husband one
evening.
+Yes. Made quarter of million in
California"
"Well-I neverp exclaimed Mrs.
Highfoot, as she thought what splen-
did match this would have been for one
OF her daughters perhaps.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
Paper hIade of Iron.

In the great exhibition of 1851 an
American specimen OF iron paper was
exhibited. Immediately lively COM
petition ensued between British iron
manufacturers as to the thinness to
which cold iron could be rolled. Mr..
elliott rolled sheets the average thick
ness of which was the eigteen-hun-
dreth part Of an inch. In other words,
1900 sheets Of this iron piled one upon
another would only measure one inch
in thickness. The wonderful fineness
Of this work may be more readily un-
derstood when the reader is informed
that LOO sheets OF the thinnest tissue
paper measures a fraction over an inch
These wonderful iron sheets were
perfectly smooth and easy to write
upon, notwithstanding the fact that
they were porous When bed up to q
strong light.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
woman.s influence in Pubic Afralrs.

VI
One or the most interesting recent as
poets OF public affairs In this community
Is the effective part In them taken by
intelligent women. The state legisla-
tion providing for the removal of insane
patients from county poor houses was
originated by women, and successfully
concluded under their auspices. The
efficient sympathy and action OF women
during the late municipal campaign
would have been crowned with similar
success but for the unexpected detection
of men. The movement for cleaning
the streets has been greatly stimulated
by women, to whom its progress Is
largely due, and the effective work in
the effort to raise a fund to open
the Metropolitan museum on Sunday is
done by women. All this work is done
also, in the most womanly way, and 1t is
interesting as showing the development
of sense of the duty of citizenship which
is wholly new, in this extent, among
wOmen.--HdTpeT's Weekly.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

Why endure - daily, nightly. we had well nigh
taid. hourly. They do who Gro tortured by
bhronic rheumatism. Tho rstnedy, botanic
pure. safe and prompt IL 81 hand. Were the
svidencein bshalf Of Hoststter's Stomach Bftterd
sollated, 10 would be found 10 teem with wen
authenticated proofs that the medicine 10 both
= preventive and . remedy In this melady o;
varyins agonies and ever present danger. To
forsstall lie chronic stage ID the dictate OF pru
dence. RenoRnce dangerous medication. Far
nors effective, more certain, more permanent In
the benefcent consequences 10 the use Of the
Bitters Experience Endorses, the recoaarnenda.
ton OF physicians sanctions its use Begin carly,
use with persistence. and expect relief. HOG
letters stomach Bitters relieves consti pation.
biliougness kidney ailments, dyspspsla and
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
A Model Nurse.

A lady who was very particular about
the habits and morals of her children
engaged nurse who came to her highly
reccomm ended. The girl proved per,
feet success. The children, who were
noisy little ones, became quiet and ODE
dent, and their mother marvelled at the
change.
One day she noticed them tip-toeing
about the house, and calling the eldest
one to her she asked her why they
walked in that manner?
Nellie told us to, so we won't make
any noise"
"But how is it you remember 80 well
what Nellie tells your"
We're afraid of the trap doors,
isped younger child.
Hush, Sissy! She said we wasn't to
tell"
strap doors ?" exclaimed the mother,
curious to know; what did Nellie
mean ?"
The child, being commanded by her
mother. reluctantly told.
She said there was lots and lots OF
trap doors-that she made them herself,
an if we run and jumped we'd fall
through into great, deep dungeon,
and nobody wouldn't never find us
again"
49," said she, "this is Nellie's
method of keeping you quiet? How
did she get you to sleep at night?"
Bears" painted the youngest one;
"big bears that are under the bed, and
will come out and eat us all MP if we
don't got to sleep"
3That will do" said the mother as
she went out to dismiss the imagina-
tive Nellie. She is now trying to teach
the children enough natural history to
prove that bears do not live under beds,
also that the trap-doors were only
naughty make-believes, designed by th
cunning Nellie. Free Press.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
German
Syrup

Martinsville, ~. Methodist Par
sonage. My ACQUAINTANCE with
your remedy, Boschee's German
Syrup, was made about fourteen
years ago, when I contracted a Cold
which resulted In a Hoarseness and
. Cough which disabled me from
filing my pulpit for a number of
Sabbaths. After trying q Physician,
without obtaining relief&-I cannot
say now what remedy be prescribed
II saw the advertisement of your
remedy and obtained q bottle. I
received such quick and permanent
help from it thatwhenever we have
had Throat or Bronchial troubles
since in Our family, Boschee's Ger
man Syrup has been our favorite
remedy and always with favorable
results. / have never hesitated to
report my experience of its use to
others when I have found them
troubled In like manner" REV.
w. H. HAGGARTY,
of the Newark, New a aafa
Jersey, NJ. e. Confer
ence, April IS, go. Remedy.
&C. GREEN, Sole Man'fr, Wosdbury,N.J
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
now no MAKE MONEY,

DEAR SIR:-Having read Mr.. Sargents'
experience i'm plating with gold, silver and
nickel, / am tempted to write of my success.
sent to H. Il. Delno & Co., of Columbus,
o., for a SIS platter. have had more table
ware and jewelry than j could plate ever
since. cleared S27 the first week and in
three weeks $07. Any one can do plating
and make money in any locality the year
round. You can get circulars by addressing
the above firm. WILLIAM GRAY.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
Absent-minded Maine women.

An absent-mfnded woman iii this town
started down the street the other day
and slipped and fell fat In recovering
herself she got turned around and
started back home She is q cousin to
the woman who started to prepare the
evening meal recently when she sneezed,
and upon recovering thought she was
doing up the supper dishes. She put
everything away nicely and sat down
for quiet evening. - di1feLd Journal.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

THE point at issue in the candidacy of
Phillip Brooks for the bishopric is that
DR.. Brooks has at different times freely
expressed his doubts as to the divine
organization of the episcopate. DIR.
Brooks, if his teachings or belief ir cor
rectly understood, accepts episcopacy as
established by the Apostles in it's in
tegrity as historical fact and as the
best method of church organization.
The question is thus presented whether
a clergyman holding this view of the
episcopate shall be admitted to this
order.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
BRONCHITIS Is cured by frequent small
doses OF Piso's Cure for Consumption.

MRS. A. NJ. THOMAS, who is 80 years
old and lives in Godsden county, Flor
ida, is the mother of thirty-two children,
all of whom were alive. She was mar
ried fifteen years ago and twenty
months later she and her husband found
themselves the parents of four bright
and beautiful children. With almost un-
varying regularity ever since the family
has been increased by the addition,
sometimes of twins, sometimes of trip
lets, until the number has reached
thirty-two.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

AMONG the unique doings of women in
America which find their way to the
press, one reads of Miss Lizzie Reagan,
OF Birmingham, Conn.,, the first woman
member of fire department.; of two
deaf mute sisters in Texas who edit a
newspaper; Miss Kate Chute, the first
travelling saleswoman for a shoe house;
Miss Cora V. Diehl, recorder of deeds
for Logan county, Alabama, and Miss
Ell. s. Gould, of Georgia, one of the main
instruments in the creation of the Gov
ington & Macon railroad.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

THE pioneer woman lawyer of Amer
lea, Arabella A. Mansfield, was admitted
to the bar in 1869. Ten years later
women were permitted by statute to
practice before the United States SUI
preme court, and there are seven
women who have been admitted in
Washington. In single decade the
number of women lawyers increased
from one to seventy-fiye,
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04
A Cruel Taunt.

It's curious" remarked Miss Pepper
ton to Willie Washington, 'but your
conversation reminds me so often of my
early studies in arithmetic"
"Ah! / was nevah notable fob my
mathematical gifts. But what was it
you referred to?"
THAT old lesson about nothing plus
nothing makes nothing. Washington
Post.
Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-06-04

"A SPORTING estate In the Highlands OF
Scotland, which was valued a few years
ago at RS4, 200, was offered for sale re-
Gently at Edinburg and the reserve price
was only R55, 900; but there was not
single bid.