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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-10-14
THE GLOOM OF IT.

THE GLOOM OF IT.
Few candid men will deny that
great immediate benefit would re-
suit from repeal of the SHERMAN
law. The monied interests are, in
a financial way, masters of the
situation and their evident design
is 10 u !, TIER advantage to the
las; point. With repeal would
come loo.ening of the great purse
e'rings; su.aIl banks would be
granted accommodation and they
III turn would be enabled to give
their customers relief. Almost i'm
mediately large amounts oflnoney
would oo thrown into circulation,
and the terrible depression would
be lifted. In order to enjoy this
relief, however, the principle of BIZ
metallism must be temporarily
and, perhaps forever forsaken and,
to use trite saying, it is a ques-
ton whether or not the game is
worth the candle. It is very
easy matter for the unaffected to
deprecate the idea of abandoning
principle, and the admonition to
stand firm unto the end is easier
given than obeyed. The merchant
who begins to realize the awful
danger that the fruits of years
of his best life and energy
are about to be swept away, is apt
to question the wisdom of so great
sacrifice. He is apt to look long
ingly in any direction that prom.
Uses respite from the terrible stress.
The days and nights of anguish
through which he is passing are
gradually undermining his firm
ness, and the very dispair Of his
condition drives him to seek some
remedy. 1t is not for The TRIBUNE
to denounce such men a. towards
and traitors and venals. The pro-
lection of homes and wives and
babies is involved. In these days
theinsolvent business man is thrown
at once upon the merciless charity
Of the world. Every avenue Of en-
ployment is glutted. Idleness and
beggary are rife, and the prospect
of being thrown helpless into the
midst of poverty and desolatisn
makes the strongest man shudder.
In consequence of this awful con-
dition, thousands of men are pray
ing for repeal in violation of prin.
ciple and conscience. They know
that unless relief comes soon, it
may as we'll, 10 them, never come.
Men in the agonies of death are not
apt to concern themselves as to the
ultimate effects of a physic which
promises temporary relief. The pre-
sent death is the most terrible; the
prospective, can be borne with
some degree of equanimity. Such
is the force and effect of the argu-
.ment which is now being used by
the gold kings. 1t needs not the
support of reason and eloquence;
it is more potent than either. We
fear that notwithstanding all the
fortitude that men can command,
it will prevail. At the same time,
we are forced to view it as long
stride in the direction of national
slavery. 1t means that what
to kings and armies was q physi-
cal impossibility, money may &C.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-10-14
POLITICAL BOSS.

V0 uaS0 oUOuV VOuAC w tuo COu'
clusion that the political boss is a
phantom. After q diligent search
spreading over nearly twenty years
we have been utterly unable to
locate the concrete substance. Our
attention was fret called to the
existence of such an animal way
back in '78, at a town meeting.
The principal speaker stood up on
his hind legs and in accents laden
with honest zeal, admonished the
assembled patriots to beware of the
political boss and his tyrannical
sway. We were filled with awe of
the beast and admiration of the
plain manly man who had the
courage to stand up under the
bright glare of the noon day sun
and defy it. Next, in a party eau
Gus, meath the Pickering flame of
fish oil lantern, where a few brave,
liberty-loving souls had convened
to counsel for preservation of. our
country, one by one, the scions of
independence solemnly denounced
the political boss as Satan's most
potent agent for the destruction Of
equal rights and human liberty,
and entered, each with the other,
into holy compact to destroy his
dreadful power. We we're fred
with something of the vengefuL
hatred which animated our COM
patriots and determined within our
self that if ever the political boss
crossed our threshold we'd shoot
him on the spot. Shortly after, we
had the honor to represent our pre-
cinct in the county convention, aud
here again the terrible warning was
Numbered in our ear, beware of
the political boss! One. after
another the patriarchs and veterans
and substantial citizens hurled
anathemas at the cankerous tyrant
that was eating out the vitals of
the body polite and perverting the
fundamental principle of the
declaration, tina. all men are born
equally. We joined in the general
blare and emphasized by announc-
ing. millions for defense, not one
cent for tribute" "Give me liberty
or give me death" and several
other accredited patriotic exclama-
tons. We began to feel murderous
aud wanted a stilletto and a dark
night in which to 60 forth and
assassiHate the political boss. From
that time on the political boss
haunted us like nightmare. I'M
consciously, We found ourselves
hunting for him in all kinds Of out
landish places and at unspeakable
hours. We looked behind doors
and under beds and behind barrels,
always expecting that the political
boss would materialize and give us
q chance to annihilate him. But
he was not to be found in those
uncanny places; he was not present
at primary meetings; he never
dared show himself in secret, party
councils, and he was most con.
spicuously absent at county con-
ventions. We made a special hunt
for him on election day and
thought atone time that our zeal
bad been, at last, rewarded, but
on closer examination, the sus-
pect turned out to be nothing
more than a long, black bottle,
owned and operated by q horny
handed farmer from Samaria.
But the cry against the political
boss remained undiminished and
Notwithstanding sneaking sus-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-10-14
RUNNING TO POLITICS.

W0 SOlucWuCIO Icdu d ldUlC uAo.
criptive of an imaginary race of
people in which the author illus
trated the intellectually of q
certain school by having the vot-
aries all run to brains. This
necessitated continual enlarge
inent of scull, until the compara-
tive size of the head to the rest of
the body presented q ludicrous
picture. As a burlesque on NOR
bid intellectual tendencies, the pro-
duction was extremely felicitous. It
has often occurred to US that the pre-
sent tendency in political direct
ion presents delightful subject for
the same satirist, and we hope that
his attention may have been called
to it. 1t is no exaggerated figure
to describe the United States as all
running to politics. We don't
mean politics in that higher sense
which includes the science of gov
erament, but plain, every day poll
tics, embracing nothing beyond the
substantial benefits of Office hold
ing. The mania is not confined to
high or low. rich or poor, they are
all afflicted. Everybody wants
Office and lives in state of fretful
rage and dependency if he can't
get it. There isnot citizen on the
broad bosom of the Republic who,
in the innermost recesses of his
heart, doesn't think he ought to be
president or road overseer, and
he cherishes religious hatred for
the whole bulk of his fellow men
because he is not. When citizen
is gathered to his fathers it is a
blessing or calamity as it effects
the poll list. When a man re-
moves from locality it is mat
ter of absorbing political .signifi-
canoe and that is all. When q
stranger settles in a new neighbour
hood, the question that at once
agitates the public mind is, what is
his politicts. If he be Democrat,
the Republicans aud Populists at
once proceed to despise him cordi-
ally, and vice versa all around. If
he keep his mouth shut and attend
to his own business, it is regarded
as menace to every existing pc.
litical organization and a covert
threat to institute a new party.
Animated by laudable desire for
self-preservation. common cause is
made against the supposed enemy
and the combined power of politi-
cal faction is directed against the
innocent stranger. If acquaintan.
ces chance to gossip few minutes
about horticulture or the potato
bug or meteorology, they are sus-
pected of connecting some devilish
political scheme to ruin the pros
poets of a would-be magistrate or
governor, and damned accordingly.
If a man express his honest con-
victions openly, he is branded as
a political mountebank and an
enemy of his race. If he
keep his own counsel, he is dis
tinguished as coward, and
a hypocrite, unworthy the respect
Of honest people. One can t change
his socks or blow his nose without
awakening suspicion of political
manipulation. There is little
wonder that the country is stepped
in financial depression. The
nation, as en- man, has laid every
legitimate pursuit aside in the mad
rush for office. The people are set
together by the ears in a wild
political scramble. Business is
neglected, industry is discouraged
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1893-10-14

The American peeple will now
have an opportunity to judge of
the respective merits of intellectual
and physical legislation. Evi.
IDENTIFY no kind can be- much worse
than some that has recently been
foisted on the nation.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07

the poor suffer. I want to know their aConies
snat l may sympathize with them, and there
iots slept on this cold step last night. This
- lne way Christ knows SO much about our
so,roWs. He slept on the cold doorstep Of an
Inhospitable world that would not let Him in
ne sympathetic now with all the-suffering z
and al the tired and all the perplexed OH
WY do you not 20 and touch Him?
1ou utter your voice In mountain pass,
and there come back 10 echoes, 20 echoes, SO
echoes perhaps-weird echoes Every voice
Oh prayer, every ascription of praise, every
sroan OF distress has divine response and
CELESTIAL reverberation, and all the galleries
OF heaven are filled with SYMPATHETIC echoes
ana tnrongs OF ministering angels echo, and
me temples of the redeemed echo. and the
hearts Of God the Father, God the Son and
God the Holy Ghost echo and re-echo
preach Christ so near you can touch
him-touch Him with your guilt and get
pardon-touch Him with your trouble and
get csmfSrt-touch Him with your bondage
anu get manumission- You have seen a man
take hold of an electric chain man can
with one hand take one end of the chain, and
with the other hand he may take hold OF the
other end OF the chain Then 100 persons
taking hold OF that chain will altogether feel
:ne electric power You have seen that ex-
I Jeriment
! Well, Christ with ono wounded hand
takes hold OF enc end OF the electric chain
Of love, and with the other wounded hand
'akes hold OF the other end of the electric
,haln OF love, and all earthly and angelic
beings may lay hold of that chain, and
around and around in sublime and everlast-
| ing circuit runs the thrill of terrestrial and
celestial and brotherly and sanity and
cherubic and seraphic and archangelic and
divine sympathy. So that II this morning
Christ should sweep His hand over this
audience and say, "Who touched Me?" there
would be hundreds and thousands of voices
respondingi 81! 1. /"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07
CHAPTER Ii.
voR's DAUGHTER.

Refreshed by the water L WAS rest
ing, absorbed In speculation as to my
best course, when close beside me
passed the white robed form of Vor's
daughter. A slow moving vision of
golden light seemed she in that black
realm. Blonde and with wealth of yell
low hair, she resembled not the
women of Egypt. Her face and form
we're perfect, marvellous her beauty,
but pale as one dead. She was staring,
with no trace of expression In her liked
blue eyes. A hand in hue and texture
like the waxen leaf of lily, cIutched
the remnant of a siiyer-cloth veil; the
shoes were lost from her blistered feet,
her robe was dust-covered and torn on
the hem; it had trailed across wastes
of sand.
"Thls pa;rician lady made no pause;
did not even taste the water. [ re-
membered the many times that we had
halted at the wells. l wondered had
she endured to pass them all as she
passed this fountain, How had she
, escaped discovery on the desert, in full
sunlight, while hundreds searched for
her? But as l thought she was fast
leaving me. 1 rose to follow her
"We soon came into large ball of
barbara magnificence. Singular tiles
and mosiacs of shining and oriental
brilliance lined oil the upper walls.
Open doors, portals and arches uu-
dTaped gave vistas of antique mayniti-
cence, Into this luxury intruded
strange, crude relics of antiquity.
Some of the apartments blszed with
lights; one corner was shrouded in deep
shade. Into its obscurity opened a
4 l. l.. ..k
hung between huge orange-colore1
black. =
when *Artossa, sFpr's daughter,
reached the. central hall she dropped
like an inanimate object upon the floor.
1 fastened to her side. She seemed IN
! a stupor of unnatural slumber. l could
not tell whether it were WEAKNESS or
the mesmeric state. l brought water,
and when placed the cup at,her parch-
ed lips she did not drink. Finding
l could not rouse her sought refuge
IN the shadows beyond the orange
gate. Such mystery was about me
that was scarcely sure l still retained
my reason. L wondered If 1 really e1-
perienced what thought did, or if
had gone mad in that corridor. 1 al
most was afraid to move lest 1 restore
some horrible CONSCIOUSNESS.
1T would have been better had /
selected some other hiding place; no
rest was here for a confused brain.
A deep red hue steeped the gloom,
through which s1anted shafts of blue
light looking like swords dipped in
blood. Odd roundish bottles, or huge
jars were on all sides. A crimson liquid
vss in them. Peculiar spicsd dust ILL
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07
The Magnetic Water Of Pueblo

A feature of remarkable interest at
Pueblo. Colorado, is that of the
peculiar magnetic mineral water found
there This has oovertsd the whole
town to a belief in its wonderful
efficacy and attracted q great deal of
interest throughout the State. Every
body seems to be drinking it, and
bathing in it for a week or two with the
water at q temperature Of about lO5
degrees Fahrenheit is considered d
panacea for the most obstinate cases of
inhammatory rheumatism and derange-
ment of the kidneys and liver, also
dyspepsia and various other troubles,
including nervous complaints. This
water seems to be generally distributed
beneath the city of Pueblo at q depth
of from 1900 to 100 feet, and has been
reached by seven or eight wells scat
tered over an area of several miles,
which were all sunk in search for
petroleum and coal, and in no case has
q well which has been sunk to a proper
depth failed to reach the water. which
is found in Elimination of white sand
stone. So strong is the force upon the
water below that it equals pressure
at the surface of the wells equal to that
of from fifty to sixty pounds to the
inch, and rises when confined by an
upright pipe to q height of l2O feet,
and the how from one of the wells,
which is four or five inches in
diameter, and which is the only one
which has been properly cased, is esti-
mated at 5000 barrels per diem.
Tho uasor ID considered most agree
able for drinking, and contains an ap-
preeiable proportion of iron, llthla
and sodas. The particular feature,
however, is its strong magnetic char
acter, as it impregnates knife-blades
and steel substances held beneath its
flow for few minutes SO strongly that
they become magnets by which tacks,
needles and other small iron and steel
objects are readily lifted. This i'm
parting of magnetism by water Is,
believe, disputed and secuted by
scientists whose theories are quite
clear, but the fact nevertheless exists,
and incontestably, that the water does,
with CELEBRITY, highly magnetic steel
substances held beneath its flow. 1t
may not perhaps do this by the ac-
cepted axirsns of science, but that it
has way of doing it is highly satis-
factory to the boys as well as the adults
Of Pueblo. This magnetic quality Is
accounted the prime factor in rheu-
matte cases, and it would be difficult
to find in the whole of Pueblo any one
who knows anything about the water
who is not a convert to its supposed
almost miraculous qualities. In fact
continuous pilgrimage from the
mines and different parts of the State
to the water for drinking and bathing
is going on, and it is generally be-
lieved that no case exists so obstinate
that it will not be relieved by bathing
and drinking freely of the water
Boston Transcript.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07
NO. 25.

81 whispered to Artosss that W
would seek an egress from the pyrs.
md. Even then the great walls began
TO shudder as il shaken by earthquake.
Light, as if of sun, filed all the space.
We two shrank away from something.
vast and binding, which neared Xar-
teila. He rose and stood appalled,. A
voice like the serene music of sing
Ing ocean uttered these Words
Call me not back,
Hear We that thunder gnng
OF the stampeding thrUng
In miracles OF white
In glory sw@ pt alungt
II is vihratant chord
OF that IranScCn ndsnt song
Which earth can never sing
"'Uuly u man art thou, Aartells.
Thou hast no power In heaven An
other cycle l have finished in the great
wheel OF the worlds. l shall no more
return.
"rh,~ all was dark. Again the pyr-
amid shu idered. Artossa clung to my
arm. \ great rock fell from the center
of the pyramid and as it dropped it
buried Xartella and the sarcophagus.
The st rrs of heaven shone down on US.
We saw two great spirits sail grandly
away into the distant blue"
The speaker ceased.
"Is that alp"
"My story is ended"
"But, Artossa?"
"She followed Aphlsh's call and died
three days after 1 had restored her to
her fathers house."
Than the old man pressed the spear
into the seam of the stones. l was not
surprised to see the rock turn and re.
veal pit. But in he gray dawn. / saw the
fash of steel. Before my eyes the
stranger fell, corpse, into the black.
reused the camp. Now listen, this is
the strangest of 1t all. We found that
corridor. We found the great stone
surroun ed with bleached bones and
mummIed forms. We found dozens Of
great jars with a dry, red powder in
them. One of the men stepped upon .
white ball which burst and enveloped
him in an impenetrable white light, in
which he was invisible for half q min
ute. Another found a number of great
fan-like structures of gl2ss, in colors
red, yellow and blue. These, when
flashed open in the sun, gave the ef-
feet of a great dazzling star.
/ L found only this. L suppose it to be
a piece of the broken sarcophagus. In
all the earth L have found no other
substance like 1t.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07
The Best Dishes for Dyspeptics.

Violent cases of dyspepsia are often
cured by refraining from liquids en-
tirely. Never drink at meals, and if
thirsty between times sip a little hot
water slowly. Little by little, as tho
person grows better, he or she can
take coffee, even tea, at their meals.
Where chronic dyspepsia exists, gen.
orally the person must be guided by
what is found by experience to agree.
Simplicity in cooking and plain
diet is necessary. Pastry, fried
articles, meats cooked second time,
and nearly all sweets are to be
avoided. The following are some Of
the foods easy of digestion.
Mutton, sweetbreads, chicken,
partridges, beef tea, mutton broth,
milk, fish, oysters, stale bread, nee,
tspioca, asparagus, French beans,
baked apples, oranges, Strawberries
and peaches st. Louis Star -Sayings.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07

also cluster around it. Like the
great majority OF the Church Of En-
gland clergy of that period the rec
tor, in conformity with the liturgy,
Continued to read the prayers for the
King and royal family, which caused
so much dissatisfaction that he was
obliged to resign "on account OF age
and inflrmiUies At this same time
tbs lead in the window sashes was
converted into bullets and the COM
mnnion service, given by good Queen
Anne, was carried off. The sons of
liberty had little respect for anything
belonging to the Church Of England.
Sixteen unknown dead from the bat
tie of Brandywlne are said to have
been buried near the gallery steps,
and the superstitious inhabitants
used TO tell doleful steries Of ghostly
visitors in tattered regimentals seen
wandering nightly in the ancient
churchyard. In this yard lie the re-
mains of Gen. Anthony Wayne, over
which was erected the handsome
monument dedicated July 4, 1909.
Propositions have been made in re
;ent years to reconstruct and mod
ernie this ancient building, but hap
PLY a sentiment has prevailed
against any change. The quaint
features OF the venerable pile COM
mand the reverence and respect of
large element of the parishioners-
No church in America possesses a
more unique history. Established
during the reign Of William Ill, il
is closely connected with many stir
ring events in this countrys history,
and it is one of the few structures
we possess which have stood unscathed
by the ravages Of time and the hand
of the iconoclast.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1893-06-07
CHAPTER III.
APHLAH-

"My first waking thonght was of the
dark room and my experiment. The
Orange Gate was locked, but | climbed
upon the stone PARTITION wall and grew
cold to behold some moving object. 1t
was in shades and far but it was where
had left that mummy which lived.
/ crept. noiselessly, around to where
the wall was above and besile it.
"a woman was there. She had risen
and twined the dust filed tatters of
the hieroglyphed robe about her, Her
words were maledictions, her breath
seemed made of sobs. She held, clutched
in her claw-hke fingers, that crOun.
As she peered through a little wicket
in the wall, l judged she could see
Artossa, for thus she spake
a. Thou infatuste dupe. Thou foil
of fend. Bewarel For the glance of
those eyes, thy life. For Xartella's
smile, thy all Eternity. Willingly a
sacrifice, he said. "And as he prophe-
sled, the ages of this weary old earth
have produced it.
"'She has come across hot sands at
his call, Into this dark haven ut his
bidding. Crowned by his hand,
throned by his side. Even while the
glamour of her crown is new this
maiden lays it down. ALI this! and,
for him, consents to venture into an
unknown futurity in hope to return
again, to him, with souls for all these
restoredfof earth.
81 am Xartella's Queen Not thou,
Artosss. Forsakenl Forgottenl L
am Queen, and once again L will put
on this crown.
"She rose TO her feet; in the sword
of blue light 1 saw her ghastly, imp
ish face distort with rage. She lifted
the crown with both hands.
"'It is a crown, she cried, for this
thing men have died. Have slain
their best loved. Have whitened hills
with riffs of human bones. Have col
ored rivers red with brothers. blood.
1t is an awful power, my own anci en-
crown forged in the fires built by
primeval race All newer crownlets
shall fall down before it. I know the
gIorious life which the crimson fluid
can bring back to me. Xartellar
Even in that mummy shape was
some hint of grandeur, as In that blue
lsshe lifted both her leathern arms, rais-
ing aloft the crowpan place 1t on her
head. But it was too heavy. She
/ clasped it to her breast and bowed her
bald head upon its gems.
.Xsrtells has forgotten Aphlah.
he would send this puny, frightened
woman of modern earth tJ bargain
with Arehanssls.> should b sent