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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24
Temperature Of the Sun.

As to the actual temperature OF the
SUMS surface very various estimates nave
been made by different computers. Secc4
supposed it to be about 10000, coo dogs. OF
the centigrade thermometer and Sporer
$1,000 degs. of the same scale, while No. "a;
Pouillet thinks that it lies between l,4oA
degs. and l;7ca dogs. C. N. Becquerel, fro,
lessor Langley and Sir William Tnom e,
consider that the temperature OF the so'c q
philosophers cannot exceed SOY aegs. ~
According to M. Saint-Cla Dev na 'ne
Temperature is somewhere about q oegs
to 2 aOO degs.-Gentleman's Magazine
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-03-24

Eifty-seven Years In Government
Richard E. White is the longest tune
man in the department service. ne rs q
clerk in the sixth auditors ONCE IN the
nostoffice building, and he has been coming
70 his desk for 81 years, since 1884. Mr.
White is 10 years old. He has had q lam
Nv of Is children, most OF whom are awe
now and in prosperous circumstance
Washington Capital.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
The ssWanderfn1 StOnes.n

Near the little village of San Jose,
Peru, on the shores of the great lake of
Titicaca, the most lofty lake in the
whole known world. are three pillars of
stone Of unequal height On one of these
huge blocks the rude features of q hu-
man being have been cut, and the other
two are covered with designs of various
kinds, all believed to have some mys-
FERROUS reference to sun worship. Who
the engraver of these monoliths was or
at what age Of the world the engraving
was done is not known, but it is highly
probable that it was done long before
the Americas had ever been seen by
any white men. The stones are SO large
as to preclude the idea Of their having
been erected by human beings, the best
explanation being that they were depos-
tied by glaciers where they stand. That
the natives have some legend to this eff
feet is proved by the fact that they call
them wandering stones st. Louis
Republic.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
FOR THE WEARY FEET.

Some Of the Evils of Tight Shoes and How
to Cure Them.
A man who has made the human foot
an object OF research and study declares
that short stockings are very nearly as
injurious as short shoes Hose of insult
ficlent length press the knuckles of the
toes upward, and when the shoe forces
them down the natural result is pain
full excrescence that vulgar folks desig-
nate as corn.
'.But surely you don't consider an i'll
fitting stocking the cause of bunions, do
your" inquired
Zone of them," he replied. 'sCorns
are the result of pressure. You see, the
blood is forced from the sebaceous
glands; therefore an excessive or unnat-
ural quantity of oil is thrown off. This
diseases the blood, and the oil forces its
way to the surface of the toe. As it
reaches the cuticle it evaporates, leav-
ing the top layer hard. Layer upon lay
er of oil forms downward and deepens
until it presses On the nerves. Corns
have no roots. That idea is fallacious.
But they cannot be cured until an in
strument goes beneath all those layers
Of diseased oil and removes them. A
soft corn is more easily treated and is
largely the result of acid in the blood.
s'After corn has been removed find
out literally where the shoe pinches,
then battle the feet in cold water every
morning upon arising and rub the part
with prepared chalk
My Informant added that for dry feet
always use ice cold water; for moist
feet inclined to perspire freely, the wa
ter as hot as the skin can stand it, and
battle just before retiring. If the feet
swell after much walking, put little
vinegar in the hot water; if they ache,
use few drops of ammonia or borax
Rest the feet often. To do this change
the shoes as frequently as possible. Even
from an old to new shoe is rest
The muscles of the foot tire of one po-
sition, no matter how easy the leather
or last may be. -Four or five times
day, If it is convenient, are none too Of
ten to take this trouble, and its benefits
are astonishing.
1ngrowing nails are the result of the
corners being cut too close, allowing the
shoe to press against them This again
requires skilled treatment. The pedi-
cures patronage is becoming as extern
sive as that of the manicure, for, apart
from the treatment Of painful excres-
cenoes, identifying the foot is greatly
in vogue. Preparations to whiten the
skin are in use, and all the art Of the
manicure Is called upon to assist that of
the pedicure. Some society women can
now present as we'll kept foot as hand,
the nails rounded and polished with
equal daintiness New York Recorder.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
THE CITY OF NIZAM.

Where Turk. Hindoo and Afghan Jostle
the Mohammedan and Hadji.
In the densely thronged streets of
Nizam the scantily clad negro, with
scarlet 'starboosh" perched On hiswoolly
locks, jostles the dignifed Mohamme-
dan, true lord of the soil, in snowy tur-
ban and flowing robes; the long haired,
eagle featured Afghan strides alongside
of the fanatica1 Hadji, whose green
headgear shows that he has accomplish
ed the sacred pilgrimage to distant Nee
ca, and martial Rajputs dash past ON
fiery chargers, dispensing a gossiping
group Of Sidis leaning like ebony statues
against the marble basin of the great
fountain which faces the Char Minar
A devout son Of the prophet lapes his
face in the silver spray before spreading
out his prayer carpet for the MONDAY
prisons, as the turbaned head Of the
muezzin appears on the gallery Of every
minaret, and the cry ''La Allah il Al
lah' rings across the city. A Rohilla
chieftain, with jeweled dagger thrust
through a dark blue caftan, swings the
heavy blunderbuss described in native
parlance as ''the tigers child" and
pushes aside barbarfc looking Pathan,
with q leather shield, apparently sport
ed as the insignia of full dress, like
sword in ballroom
Olive skinned Hindoos glide stealth
lily through the crowd, as though
shrinking from contact with the motley
assemblaga Solemn Turks sit Cross
legged beside their coffee stalls, and
keen faced Parsees, with sloping oi1skin
hats, are engrossed with the arithmet-
observation-disclosures successfully mastered
by these astute descendants Of the an
cient Persians, in their modern charac-
ter Of @'the Jews Of India
A few Parsee ladies', with silken
"saris" of cherry color lilac or apple
green, thrown back from white head
bands inscribed with sacred texts, drive
through the bazaars, but the absence of
women from the crowded thoroughfares
results from the clustered seclusion of
the, ''purdah, which imprisons the
majority of the fair sex-Au the Year
Round
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
Sy11ogfst1c.

Forty years since Porte Crayon''
was down on Albermarle sound and
told a native that there were men with
mouths eight inches wide. The native
declared that was fish story Porte re-
proved him for his incredulity and
pointed out that deduct ions from known
facts proved this statement. Eve
know, " he said. that oysters must be
eaten whole We know that there are
oysters eight inches across the minor
dimension Therefore there must be
mouths eight inches wide to take them
in. or the beautiful chain of harmony
in the universe is broken San Fran
cisco Argonaut
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
WrER1 TEAK WOOD dRosApa


fhs OomAn0 u tho Whi1o 1Enn 1GAan1 Z
Nakionb I'm
In the haaxt Of unt1oddsn tunela4 "a
thick wooded hillddss, lsaninG o. che
Drinks Of precipfoss, whsrs tropical
creepefs twist like snakes choking the
life out OF younger growths, where or
chids faunt aloft and strange vines
bloom, there the teak wood grows
Against its corrugated bark tigers and
leopards sharpen their claws, and under
its thick shade strange beasts rest by
day.
That atom of animate destruction, the
white ant, has passed it by. Other
Towths have reared their heads out of
the jungle around it, have grown, have
lived their day, died and rotted back to
the roots which supplied them with life.
In comparison man has been midget,
mote in the sun, hunting his fellow
animals with flint headed arrows and
stone axes, fitting, passing, gone, but
the great oaks have grown, have spread
their arms benignantly over the dust of
tiny shapes beneath, and planted in
dignity have stood as emblems of
strength and power in meditatons last
ing one, two, three, five and six hun
dred years. They have secreted the
units of time In their hearts as maiden
hides the thoughts Of her first love. Days
have come as thick as the SHOWS that
fall on Kunchinjunga or as the waves
crowding one another to the shores of
the Bengal sea. And then, as if to give
color to the superstition of the hill
man long since gone with his tribe to
the land where shadows fall deeper than
those cast by the teak tree in the jungle,
out of these emblems of strength has
grown weakness that has overthrown
nation. ~~--..~
The first oak of Burma to be felled
by white man was symbolic of the
nations fall; and when the visitor to
Mandalay is shown the kings palace
and reads the inscription on one side of
a bungalowike veranda, ''King The
baw sat in this opening with his two
queens and the queen mother when he
gave himself up to General Prendergast
on the 30th day Of November, 1885," if
he cares to continue the fancy, he will
notice that on each side of this opening
the oaken carvings are broken and de-
faced, as if the events which changed
dynasty had leaned upon the teak
wood and it had fallen beneath the
weight.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
Not Secret.

He placed his hand upon his heart
You cannot imagine, . he protested,
what terrible load I carry and yet
give no sign to the world. y
She turned away her head
Believe me, s she faltered, 1.-THE
world knows. =
A subtle something in the way she
raised her handkerchief to her face inn
PEELED him to rIeptitious1y take an
other Glove or two. Detroit Tribune
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
MIX.

It is strange that with all the scien-
tifc tests applied to milk inspection there
is no recognized standard Of the purity
of milk Science cannot as yet distin-
guish the difference between watery
milk from poor cow and good milk
adulterated with water The cheap
grades Of condensed milk are generally
sklmmllk, and even the best is not as
nutritious as fresh milk Pomona
(CaLl Progress
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
HI 0heyde, Agent.
Brewery

ceo. Dayton sells the Celebrated Cot
tags Organ with the largest and
best Organ CO. in the World to back
their warranted goods. Sold on easy
terms and cheap for cash or Oh short
time. Pianos sold on the monthly in
stallnent plan. The Conover,the Worlds
Favorite, is made by theChicago Cottage
Organ Co. and built by Conover Bros,
the best piano builders in America.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
lHSE$ = = rs 9FEiY
d LIFE q o1 r ard ennp
@offo1,1pooo gOills

Custom grinding solicited. Will grind
wheat for ! Zone eighth or exchange "a
lbs. flour, 5 lbs shorts and 5 lbs. bran
for one bushel of wheat. Flour and feed
sold at low prices and delivered at New
Ulm free of expense.
John Beniin.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31

q tho time Of Augustus Rome w.
entirely surrounded by . high van
which W1s 30 miles IA cikuuRf e,ca
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31
Who Made This Neat Puzzle?

Who AA1e This Neat Puzzle?
We should like to know the name of
the author Of the following puzzle and
anaTam: ,,,s~z--e .>-- ..~s>
odd woman with - intent
Put ON her - and to market went
go said she, ssgive me, pray,
The wherewithl to- this day."
Each of the blanks is to be filed with
aword of four letters, and the same let
tiers occur in each of the five different
words. These words are consecutively
ssvi1e,'' ''evil, - @sveil, y Levi and
live" We repeat that we are curious
to learn the name Of the author of this
ingenious anagram puzzle Chicago
Record
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1894-10-31

and its functions necessarily more edu-
cat1onal. In the past it has been large
~ fighting force because its right to
exist was denied and a semi Infancy
was necessary to maintain It's position.
This militancy is sure to continue so
long as capitalistic warfare is made up
on trades unions as an organization. The
chief opportunity and Importance of
trades unions In the future, however. is
in the direction of economic and social
education. To this end 9 specific part
of the work Of trades unions should be
the systematic study of economic ques-
tons in the light of industrial history
and present social conditions Besides
promoting industrial harmony by re-
moving economic ignorance, this would
elevate the tone of citizenship. Work
ingmen would soon be proof against the
platitudes of politicians and the empty
eloquence of mere sentimentalists BY.
eIevating politics to tie plane of serious
intelligent discussion. If the employing
classes Of America. supported By the
press, and the large political organiza-
tons, continue to antagonize trades un-
ions, they will simply intensity the grow
ing tendency among workingmen toward
socialism, and to the extent that they
succeed IN breaking the power Of trade
unions viii they force on the conditions
of social revolution. Social Economist
New York, October.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21

ups was growing more difident every
day, and the rustic of skirts in the
hall made his hands shake and gave
him fushes of uncomfortable warmth
around the neck.
1t was now coming Christmas time,
and Mr.. Billups and the little Mary
were on the friendliest terms imagin-
able, for Mr.. Billups had mildly hint
ed to the child that Santa Claus, who
is another friendly old bachelor, and
he were almost brothers, and Santa
always came to the good children,
who were favorites of Mr.. Billups.
Two days before Christmas Mr..
Billups had sent Mrs. Smith fine
turkey, with all manner of trimmings
and lis compliments, and Mrs. Smith
had accepted it and had invited Dir.
Billups to dine with her.
But Mr. Billups had awkwardly de-
clined on the ground Of a previous
engagement and had incontinently
fed to his own apartments, where he
mathematical himself in a terrible
fashion for being not only an eyre
gious old IDIOT, but an inexcusable liar
as we'll.
However, that did not prevent his
go ng about among all the stores,
gathering whole arm loads of pleasant
things for children, and now and then
taking along an article that grown
woman might find useful as well as
ornamental.
Sometimes the clerks, who knew
him. would look at him furtively and
smile discreetly, and Mr. Billups would
blush, but would say nothing. And at
last the end came, and Mr.. Billups's
little parlor looked like O. Santa Claus
repository.
Itwas Christmas Eve, after the child
had hung up her stocking and gone to
bed, to dream OF the tinkling OF bells
and the hoof beats of the reindeers on
the snowy roofs, that Mr.. Billups
came in with package half as long as
he was.
He saw light through the half-open
door of Mrs. Smiths pazlor, and
slipped along toward it.
He knocked timidly at the door and
to Mrs. Smiths cheerful call to come
IN, he called her name.
She came out and he asked for the
child. Mrs. Smith told him she was
asleep, and he set the big package
down.
"It's doll for her, " he said, "and
If you think it would be proper
for me to call, I'll bring in some other
little things have picked up for her,
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21
Mr., Billups's Christmas Gift


r. BILLUPS S
was a bachelor.
Not a real hard,
cynical old bach
elor, who hated
children and wo-
men andlove and
romance, but a
dreadfully diff
dent bachelor
one who dreamed
q r e a m S a n d
hoped for all
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21
First Christmas in Ameriea.

The chronicles of the Pilgrims, de
scrioing their arrival in Cape Cod Bay
in December, 1920, refer thus briefly
to the first Christmas spent by them
in America:
Monday, the 25th, being Christ
mas Day, we began to drink water
aboard. But at night the master
cansed US to have some beer, and 50
on board we had divers times now ami
then some beer, but on shore none at
all
What was done in Plymouth village
the next Christmas is more fully lie
seTbed in the quaint Language OF Coz.
ernor Bradford:
"0a ye day called Christmas-day.
ye Goyr. called them out to worke as
was nsedl, but ye most of this new
company excused themselves and said
it vent against their conscience to
work on ye day. So We Govr. told
them that if they made it matter Of
conscience, he would spare them uu-
til they were better informed So he
led away ye rest and left them, but
when they came home at noon from
their worke, he found them in ye
street at play, openly, some pitching
ye barr and some at stoole-ball, and
such IKE sports. So he went to them
and look away their implements, and
told them that was against his con
science' that they should play and
others work. If they made We keep
ing Of it matter of devotion, let them
keep their houses, bst there should
be noi gaming or reyelling in ye
streets.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21

and'-with nervous blush some
thing for her mother"
It was quite pro per to call, Mr.
Smith said, and he went up to his OVID
floor and came back with an armiul,
and still more armfuls, until Mrs.
Smith scarcely had room for the few
little things he had picked up.
"Now," she said, when he had put
down the last one and stretched him
self as if his back were tired, "sit
down and visit
And Mr.. Billups sat down.
She hustled around aminute or two,
putting the packages in order, laugh
ing the while, and Mr. Billups never
lost sight of her an instant
"It isn't half so large a parlor as
mine," he thought; sit isn't one-tenth
as nicely furnished, it isn't at all well
located, and yet, it is a million times
cheerier and brighter and more like a
place for man to live in
When Mrs. Smith sat down at last,
he looked at her inquiringly.
"Well," she inquired laughingly,
"what is it?'
''How would you like to trade your
fiat for mine, he asked, furniture
and all?"
She was dazed by this and did not
understand.
"Yours seems 50 much brighter than
mine" lie said to relieve her embar
rassment, "and I get blue up there
This time she laughed easily, and he
began to feel awkward.
81 presume, she said, "that you
have began to receive the compliments
of Santa Claus, and are laden with
pretty things from your friends:'
NO" he responded quite sadly,
81 get no Christmas presents. My
mother remembers me, and beyond
that there is forgetfulness.
ooh" she laughed, you mustn't
be so sad about it. I'll give you some
thing to put in your stocking
She rose to get package from the
mantel
"Mrs. Smith, he said quietly
there is one Christmas present you
might give me to make me happy.
"And what is that?" she laughej
good-naturedly.
'Little Mary" he said, and waited
abashed at himself.
81 don't understand, she faltered
for there was a seriousness in his tone
which she knew was not a Jest.
Give her to me. Will take her anJ
educate her, give her every advantage
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21
A Liberal Husband.

george, dear, said a loving young
wife, What are you going to give me
fer Christmas present?"
'ln thinking of insuring your life
for go, 900
"oa' you dear, lovely old thing J
tast j gust be too nice for anything -
Judge.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21

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to do, but for that She mas. lose a
mother love and c.rs. and that is
more than ali the money. 1t is i'm.
---0 M, -5
Mrs. Smith BEGAN to sob and Mr..
Billups felt extremely anEara.
"But think. NV dear madam. he
urged; othink if it isn't possible to
make some arrangement by which [
con do these things for hero
"Dont ask me. she exclaimed al
most by,tericaliv. "Don.t ask me.
There isn't any and there can't be.
and / wo1lin't IL. there be if there
be if thsre was.
She was CARVING on like woman
now. but Mr.. Billnps didn't know any
thing sbont A womans wavs.
"But tItbipk there is.or might be. ."
he ins1sd.
Mrs Smith. tomper chanrel and
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21
NO. A..


~
No spider preying on his kind
An idler and a parasite;
No autocrat Of people blind,
Ruling his slaves by righ. Of might.
No plaything Of "A bygore age.
picture pleasing to the eve.
strutting for one brief hour the stage
A foolish, useless butterfly.
But one whose hands are brown with toll,
Whose face is tanned by wind and suns
Who beauties and tills the soil.
Whose crown by right divine is won
A toiler, not useless dronc
In the worlds busy hive Of men;
His scepter is a tool his throne
A symbol, and his sword pen.
lie wears a laurel wreath for crown,
And throughout all the land men sing
His good seeds, praises and renown-
Ihe twentieth century Sing
-HESBY CoYLE, in The Youths Companion.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21
A PLATA. MARYLAND. DECEMBER u. 1894.
unnEa TIE Ho1LY.eouoH.

9NDER THE HOLLY COUGH.
fe wto have scorned each other,
Or injured friend or brother,
In this fast-fading year;
Ye who, by word or deed,
Have made a kind heart bleed,
Come gather here.
Let sinned against and SHINING,
Forget their strife's beginning,
And join in friendship now;
Be links no longer broken,
BE sweet forgiveness spoken
Under the holly-bourh.
ewho have loved each other.
Sister and friend and brother,
In the fas;-faiing year;
Mother and sire and child,
Young maiden mild,
Come gather here;
And let our hearts grow fonder
As memory shall ponder
Each past unbroken vow;
Old loves and younger wooing
Are sweet in the renewing
Under the holly-bougb.
Ye who have nourished sadness,
Estranged from hope and glalness
In this fast-fading year;
Ye with DER burdened mind,
Made aliens from your kind
Come gather here.
Let not the useless sorrow
Pursue you night and morrowi
If e'er YOU hoped, hope now
Take heart, uncloud your faces,
And join in our embraces
Under the holly-bough.
Charles Mackay.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21

Goodbye then to the pansies,
And lilies fair and bright.
To suit the children's faneies
See every hue of light;
Look how the boughs are bending,
The children all beiriending
With keen delight attending,
And all are glad tonight.
bEfaif zero, snow and tluster.
With such delightful wrapsl
The children all will muster
With jackets, muffs. and capsi
There, now the tree grows thinner /;
How happy every winner
With thoughts of Christmas dinner,
And toys TO MI their laps.
But there are lands enchanted
With trees Of gorgeous bloom,
Where never yet was planted
Our tree with sweet perfume.
Thetree to US the dearest,
That grows in light the clearest
To our found hearts the nearest,
And there we give it room.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-12-21

The fae Christmas season is SAIL
by many authorities to commence VITA
Christmas Eve and terminate on the
lst oi February, The commonly a,-
cepted length OF festival time is from
Christmas Eve until Twelfth Night,