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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Women NOvelists.

In the United States no one thinks Of
asking whether or no a book be by q
woman, so completely has the tradition of
the difference in dignity between the sexes
been lost. In France the tradition -four
ishes, but in France literature has another
perspective, a different air. Among our
selves, hasten to add, and without under
taking in the least to 60 into the question
OF the gain to literature by the change, the
position achieved by the sex formerly over
Swallowed has been a we'll fought battle, in
which that sex has returned again and
again to the charge.
In other words, if women take up lin fic-
ton, for instance) an equal room in the
public eye, it is because they have been re-
markably clever. They have carried the
defenses line by line, and they may justly
pretend that they have made the English
novel speak their language.-HenryJ James
in English Illustrated Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Tho Stupid Opossum.

Perhaps the opossum is the very best
and most crucial instance that could pos
sibly be adduced of the intimate connec-
ton which exists between touch and in
tellect. For the opossum is a marsupial:
it belongs to the same group of lowly or
ganized, ANTICIPATED and pouch bearing
animals as the kangaroo, the wombat and
the other belated Australian mammals.
Row everybody knows the marsupials as
class are nothing short of preternaturally
stupid. They ore just about the very
duilest and silliest of all existing quad
rupeds. And this is reasonable enough.
vhen one comes to think of it. for they rep
sesent very antique and early type, the
first rough sketch of the mammalian idea,
If may so describe them, with wits un-
sharpened as yet by contact with the world
In the fierce competition of the struggle
for life as it displays itself on the crowded
stage of the great continents. They stand.
in short, to the lions and tigers. the ele
plants and horses, the monkeys anS
squirrels of Europe and America, as tie
Australian black fellow stands to the
Englishman or the Yankee.-Cornhiu
Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Fanny Kemble at Eighty-twO.

The famous actress still breathes the
breath of life, but the divine afiatus
has departed. She is still vital in the
flesh, but the spirit, the bright and viva.
cious spirit of old, has vanished into the
world of shadows. One comes to this
sorrowful conclusion with great reluc-
lance, but it is one that cannot honestly
be avoided. At her country home, The
Bower, Limpsfeld, Surrey, England,
with her daughter, the wife of Canon
Leigh, the once famous actress, is spend
ing her declining days. She now never
writes letter with her own hands, ex.
~cept to her daughter in Philadelphia,
when it is guided by Mrs. Leigh. The
letters which duty requires or inclina-
ton suggests are written by her maid,
and of literary work there is none. Mu-
sic is no longer enjoyed except as lis
tener, while reading is limited to the
Bible and few religious books. Some
times she will take the air in brough-
am. Less frequently she is induced to
take seat in the pretty pony carriage
while Mrs. Leigh drives with mascu.
line skill.-Frederick Dolman in Ladies
Home Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24


ton of private in the ranks. He is too
young to have served in the civil war. He
was little more than 10 years old when Lee
surrendered at Appomattox, and a West
Point cadetship never came his way.
General Doe is resident and native OF
GAINESVILLE, where he was born March 8,
1855. He was educated at Racine college,
graduating in 1874. He is lawyer, and
has won his way into the front ranks OF the
profession in Wisconsin with a regularity
very similar to that which has attended his
graduation in the militia. He has something
of a reputation as an orator aud is reputed
to possess good Judgment and considerable
executive ability. His long service in the
national guard and his great familiarity
with it's requirements have helped him
greatly in promoting its efficiency, and his
administration Of its affairs has been salts
factory to officers and men.
Secretary Lamont is reported to have said
some time ago that he did not wish to make
a change in the Office of assistant secretary
until he could find man who would prac-
tically relieve him of all the military rou-
tine work Of the Office. General Does
friends think he is just the man the secre.
tary wanted, an opinion that is Endorsed by
Governor Peck, among whose warmest
friends and most trusted advisers General
Doe has been.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Mahogany in Great Demand.

There is probably more mahogany i'm
ported to New York now than ever be-
fore, and the wood is put to greater
variety of uses than at any time since
it's beauty was first discovered to the
world. 1t is true that old mahogany
brings enormous prices, and that archi-
tects eagerly watch the destruction of
old buildings for the sake Of purchasing
stair rails and mantelpieces of mahog-
any for new houses. But the gaudy
barrooms now so popular demand more
new mahogany in a year than was ever
consumed in a like period for the dining
tables of our grandfathers. The largest
logs, when not sawed up into veneer, go
to make bar slabs.-New York Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
PROVOKING TO zoe"

She Was q Sweet Young Thing and nIuss
uavo Thought tho Clerk ''Horrid."
The young man who receives and cues
lions applicants for cards at the public Ii
brary in a certain eastern city relates some
experiences quite as amusing rs those
which are often recorded by the much tried
ticket agents in railway stations. Some of
his customers tell him too much, and yet
leave him too much in the dark.
''Have you ever had q card?" he asked a
pretty but bewildered young woman who
presented herself at his desk one day, and
from whom he had elected her name and
address after some little parley.
! "Why, can't remember whether have
or not, said she in Il dubious voice. I'VE
had one in the family, but Pm sure don't
know whether it belonged to me or my
sister Ellen. You see that was before 1
was married. l suppose could write and
ask Ellen. She's living out in Idaho, but
then she might not remember, either!''
1T won't be necessary to write her."
said the clerk. "How long ago was this?"
"Oh, dear me!' said the young woman.
"Now wish could think! Let lie see;
used to come here to get books when I was
engaged. Joe, my husband, is very liter
ary, and l used to try to keep up with
him. l remember that first winter read
all Dickens books-or was it Thackerayf
wonder which it could have BEEN"
"Well, no matter just how long ago it
was,'' remarked the amused listener, as
the young woman rested her face on her
hand, apparently lost in pleasant recollec.
tions. will you give me some one as a
reference, please?"
'Why, how funnyp' said the young wife.
II really forgot where I was. It seems
queer for you to want a reference, but JOe's
address is 40 Blank street. He has a
splendid position there. think she add
ed, sinking her voice to Il confidential whis-
per, they'll ask him to become one of the
firm next spring. But Joe told me I'd
better not tell people that, so of course you
won't say anything about it,"
II won't mention it," the young man as
sured her, controlling his face with some
diff Guilty, "but please give me some other
reference thar your husband"
"+Nhat for:" asked the young woman in
dispnntly.
".5impiy because it's the rule" replied
the clerk.
"Well, it's very poor rule" she ~,
Joined, in a tone of contempt But Tx
jefer you to my father. He's at "a Walter
,treet. Or VOC can go to my brother at 70
Morse place, or TO Cousin Will at the Stock
exchange; but Joe will be very much pro-
soked to thirA you weren't satisfied with
aim" With that she took up her handbag
and four paper parcels, gave the clerk y
frosty good morning. and walked away
from the desk. leaving the poor man with
out any idea as to the names, other than
Christian, of her father, brother or cousin,
and with only confused tumble OF ad-
dresses in his mind.
She never came again, and the clerk is
left to suppose that either Joe was pro-
voked or she has for the second time lost
her desire to be Literary. "-Youth's Com
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Women Who Make Salmon Flies.

An expert salmon fisher says that the
only person competent to make flies for
salmon fishing is cultivated woman
who plays Chopin. Anybody can make
flies for trout fishing. Trout are too
young and have brains too imperfectly
developed to really appreciate an artis-
tic fly. The salmon is highly organized
species and cannot be wooed except
with the finest specimens. To make
these requires that delicate manipulation
which is best acquired by course of
Chopin. Equally necessary is that nice
appreciation Of differences which the
salmon itself shows in it's judgment of
the fly. In England many women Of
education and refinement adopt salmon
fymaking as means of livelihood in
stead Of teaching music. An artistic
salmon fymaker will earn from twenty
to twenty-five dollars week. These
furnish their own materials. The out
lay, however, is not great.-New York
Evening Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
DIPPING THE BONES.

mings and embroidery. After the bones
have been lifted from the grave they are
dipped into a kettle or jar of boiling oil
made of aromatic herbs and roots, and then
carefully wiped off with soft cotton cloths
and dried It is claimed that the hot oil
soaks into the skeletons and preserves them
SO that they will last thousands of years.
Further preparation consists in the wrap
ping of each bone in heavy piece of mus
lin and labelling it. The tin box is m lde
just large enough to hold the skull and
trunk of the body intact. The smaller
pieces can be packed inside and around
these. If a single bone or silver of bone
is missing, it must be accounted for in q
written certificate signed by the under
taker. Six or eight of these tin boxes will
be placed in q wooden case for shipment.
Each box bears card giving the name Of
the man who once wore flesh on them as
we'll as the names of the persons to whom
it is consigned. When it is received by
them, the bones are taken out, examined TO
see that they are right, placed in stone jar
made expressly for the purpose and buried.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
A New Fire Extinguisher.

A new material, which has been intro
duced in England under the name OF
"vulite," has given some remarkable
results as fire extinguisher For this
purpose, although it is q liquid. it is
much more effective than water, mas
much as it freezes only at very low
temperature and exercises no injurious
effects on fabrics or timber. A large
fire made with highly indammable
materials was extinguished almost
Immediately by small charge Of the
preparation. It is also likely to come
into use as a protector for the skin OF
those who are exposed to intense heat.
A very convincing feature of the merits
Of vulite is that after it has been applied
material that was previously combusti-
BILE will not ignite. Courier
Journal
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Two MYTHICAL Islands.

Marco Polo's Travels gives q Curl
Gus account Of two islands, "distant
from Kesneacoran about 500 miles to-
Ward the south, and about thirty miles
from each other, the one being inhab-
tied by company of men without sim
gle woman among them, the other by
women without the company of men.
They are called, respectively, the Island
of Males and the Island of Females. p"
Biographies and ethersinterested in the
curiosities Of history and navigation
have made many attempts to ascertain
the exact location of these Enthusiastically
named little specks in the great ocean;
but even after so much research and
study the European as we'll as the Amer
lean geographical societies have been
forced to admit that their whereabouts
is doubtful in the extreme.
Some believe them to be Identical
with the Footnote islands, near Socota,
hut these last named are now too small
for human habitation, besides being too
near the shores of the Red sea to cor
respond with those mentioned by Marco
Polo. The most probable conclusion
that has yet been arrived at is that Sc
rodah, small island on the west coast
Of India, is the celebrated "Island of Fe-
males," it being the resort of dancing
girls and women who retire to the place
for summers outing after hard win
ter's work on the continent.
AS far as Marco Polo's "Island of
Males is concerned it is irretrievably
lost, the combined efforts of the geog-
raphers, the historians and the travellers
not being equal to the task of bringing
it from the mysterious mists which have
hidden it for centuries.-St. Louis Re-
public.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
HEATHER Observation-Disclosures.

How tho Bones of Dead Chiname-l Arc
Returned to Their Native Land.
Chicago is advancing in cosmopolitan
pretensions. Heretofore only in cities on
the Pacific slope has the honored Celestial
custom of disinterring tue bones of deal
and buried Cinnamon and shipping them
back to their native land been practiced.
The ceremony has recently been performed
in Chicago, however, and the interesting
rites are described at length by the sapient
Tribune of that city.
TO an American the ceremonies are novel
and interesting. Before grave is opened
four lighted candles are placed, two at he
head and two at the foot, and kept burn
ing until the bones of the dead have been
taken out. The undertaken, standing at
the head, recites a few lamentations and
performs a short religious service. He is
dressed in the robes of his Office. which are
described as being gorgeous in gold trim
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Beauty ut the Capitol.

There is an extraordinary number of
handsome women about the Capitol this
session. They are not the wives of men,
bers nor their daughters, though there is
much beauty in the families of some of
the representatives and senators. One
gallery in the house has, during q series
OF years, got reputation for the as
semblage of beauty there on all special
occasions, but this year it has become
quite dazzling, and the old habitues have
almost all disappeared, giving place to
new and fresh young beauty. However,
it is not confined to this gallery, but one
can hardly make turn in the corridors
without seeing handsome woman
Washington Cor. Philadelphia Tele-
graph.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Boards of Trade in Western Cities.


The novelty in western life is the in
cvitable combination of leading citizens
pledged to promote the best interests of
their town. Such a body is variously
called board of trade, a chamber of
commerce or commercial club. It is
the burning glass which focuses the
public spirit of the community. Its
most competent officer is usually the
highly salaried secretary. He does for
his town what a railroad passenger
agent or commercial traveller does for
his employers, that is to say, he secures
business. He invites manufacturers to
set up workshops in his city, offering a
gift of land or of land and money or of
exemption from taxation for term Of
years. The merchants, and perhaps the
city officials also, support his promises.
In South Dakota city I have known a
fine brick warehouse to be built and
given, with the land under it, to a
wholesals grocery firm for doing bust
ness there. In far northwestern city
there was talk of sending man east OF,
salary to stay away until he could bring
back capital to found a smeltery.
These boards of trade often organize
local companies to give city what it
needs. They urge the people to sub
scribe for stock in associations that are
to build electric railways, opera houses,
hotels, convention halls, water supply
and Illuminating companies, often divid-
ing an acknowledged financial loss for
the sake Of public gain. Thus these
boards provide the machinery by which
the most ambitious, forward and enter
prising communities in the world ex.
pend and utilize their energy. -Julian
Ralph in Harper's.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Shoe Per Factories of Maine.

"Shoe peg factories are an important
branch of business once peculiar to Maine"
said wholesale dealer. although it has
of late been followed to some extent In
other eastern states and is spreading to
the hardwood forests of northern Penn
sylvania. Maple is used largely in the man
ufacture of shoe pegs, although white birch
is used at some factories. Shoe pegs are
sold by the Iushel. and are worth all the
way from three shillings to dollar
bushel, according to quality. More than
$4,000 was received by Maine shoe peg
factories in 1891 for goods.-New York Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Women Working for the. Actors.

Women Working for the Actors.
It is very evident that the Actors
Fund fair will owe great deal of its
success to the efforts of the women's
executive committee, and to the other
ladies of New York who have become
interested in it. Not only in New York,
but in other cities as we'll, are the ladies
taking hand in the work of charity.
This is proven by what Mrs. Squire, the
wife of Senator Squire, of Washington,
said to a newspaper acquaintance the
other day: "Here is letter I received
yesterday from Mrs. Babbitt, who is the
wife of Charles II. Babbitt, prominent
newspaper man in Washington city.
It will speak for ITSELF" The letter read
as follows: "Dear Mrs. Squirrel am
making a piece Of souvenir patchwork
for the cover of a large sofa cushion,
to be sent to the Actors Fund fair.
Pieces have been given me by Mrs.
Harrison, Mrs. Russell Harrison, Mrs.
Mckee, Mrs. Morton, several ladies of
the cabinet, diplomatic and senatorial
circles. It will certainly be brilliant
array of fabrics, and hope that you
may have a bit of one of your own gowns
to spare me-" Mrs. Squire continued:
"This was only small request, as favors
20, and one with which I gladly COM
piled, giving her a piece of the white
and gold brocade wore at one of the
last White House dinners. It would be
q shame if we could not contribute a
little toward the cheer of actors in need,
when they have SO often frightened our
own lives and driven our cares away
with the mimic life of the stage. "-New
York Advertiser.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
State Appropriations for the Fai,

State Appropriations for the Fair.
Several additions have recently been
made to the appropriations made by
the states and territories to the Worlds
fair. which now aggregate $780,
OOO. Maryland and New York re-
spectively have voted $50, 600 and $780,
OOO; New Jersey has increased its ap-
preparation OF sec, 900 by CSC, 100; Iowa,
its $5O.O0O by $l25.000, and Massachu-
sets has doubled the $75,OO0 which it
had already appropriated.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
The Conductors Way.

Some years ago, when Sir Charles
Smith was travelling by special train in
Dakota, he told his private secretary to
instruct the conductor that he should
not say ''Mr. Smith" but 'Sir Charles"
in speaking to so great man. Next
time the conductor came round he said,
"Well, sir-Charles-then next station is
Glyndon." And always thereafter he
continued to use the same form, "Well,
sir, Charles" San Francisco Argonaut
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Great Record Of n Sheep.

r. o. James, of Anity. has sheep
that has remarkable record in raising
q family. Two years ago she gave
birth to twin lambs. Last spring she
had three more, and one of her lambs q
year ago gave birth to twins. This
spring she again ushered triplets into
the world. and one Of her daughters q
pair Of twins She is already the ma
ternal ancestor Of twelve born in Pc
Rod of two years.-Portland Oregonian.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
A Natural Question.

Not long ago mother told me of how
her husband had taught his eighteen
month-old boy to stamp his foot and say,
''Darn the luckp'
But" queried, won't he say it In
earnest as he grows older?"
"Oh," was the careless rejoinder, iva
will not allow it when he is old enough to
UNDERESTIMATE
How was she to prevent it without caus-
Ing unhappiness to the unfortunate little
man who only did as he was taught?-Ba-
byhood.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24

secretary of war,
has been adjutant
general of the Wis
consin national
guard since the be-
ginning of Govern
or Peck's admin
istration, and has
never had any mil
itary experience
beyond that gained
by his Is years
connection W 18th
the militia. to the
command of which
he was advanced
by regular promo
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
m. pronunciation Of Disraeli.

The right pronunciation Of the name OF
Disraeli has been settled upon the autn0r-
ity of the speaker for the instruction OF I'M me
present generation. He pronounces IL Ols
raeeli. and the eminent prime minister oseo
10 40 pronounce his name. Doubtless Mr.
Coninesby Disraeli adheres to that ple''
dent.-Iondon Court Journal. -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Power Of Gems on BAD Eyes.

The ruby was considered good for de-
rangement of the liver as we'll as for bad
eyes. The sapphire and emerald were also
credited with properties which rendered
them capable of influencing ophthalmic
disorders, and there is a superstitious be-
lief that serpents are blinded by looking at
the latter stone.-Queries Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24

From the royal nurseries for ireland.
John Thorpe, OF the bureau Of tiorlcul.
ture, has received information that two
cases containing 1850 plants have been
shipped to the Worlds fair. Mr. Thorpe
believes that his floral display will eclipse
anything OF the sort which the world
has ever seen.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Toothpicks by the Million.

A factory near Paris makes annually &c,
10000 quill toothpicks, and is the largest
establishment of it's kind in the world. It
was started many years ago to make quill
pens, but when they went out of general
use it was converted into q toothpick mill.
New York Journal
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24

Marion Delorme, who was born in France
in 1912, and who had romantic experience
enough to ill half dozen good sized vol
:lmes, lived to be 1874
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
ASSISTANT SECRETARY DOE.

Promoted to Washington From the Mill.
tary Department of Wisconsin.
General Joseph Bodwell Doe. who has
been appointed by President Cleveland to
succeed General L. A. Grant as assistant
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
TRUE AMBITION.

Dress may improve the outward show,
But adds, not cen grain,
70 heart or mind or depth of soul.
Or wealth that these contain.
While others strive for raiment rare.
And gems that soon decay,
Well wear the jewels of the heart,
Not fashions vain display.
IS. L. Frazier in Arkansaw Trave.or.