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The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21

To give an idea of how the intelli- gent buyer reads our ads, and if not m person, by mail order from samples. The following are places we have re- ceived hundreds of dollars from the last two months:
 Boston, Newton, Lynn, Newton High- lands, South Boston, Hyde Park. All- ston, Cambridge, Worcester, South Birmingham, Middleboro, Readville. Dorchester, Brighton. Beverly and other places en masse.
 We'll skip Connecticut, as we sell in every town, city and almost every country home. As an illustration, year ago last May Mr. Mcintyre went in Burlington, Conn, (45 miles)) trout fishing. He accidentally got his feet wet on his way down stream. He thought best to change his hose, and going to a house near by, knocked at the door and asked the good lady if he eauld have pair of dry hose, willing to pay double price for them.
 Without mentioning names, Iady smiled and said she would be glad to give a pair with your own name on.'''s s Sure enough, unbleached half-hose with 25c tag on. This smart lady was in town shopping three days before.
 Many places in Maine, Vermont. New Hampshire, New York state, Rhode Island, and as far west and south as California, Texas, Utah, Colorado and any quantity of goods to Florida and other states.
 The majority of these places order by sample, showing conclusively that our prices are the lowest. We are, however, indebted to the New Haven press for the wide circle of trade we have through the country.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
S1,4Oo IN GOLD BRICKS.

The Lone Highwayman Holds Up
 George McCauIey, a. Wealthy Mine
 Owner.
 Spokane, Aug. 20.-George McCauley. a wealthy mining man. was held up by masked lone highwayman yesterday in the mountains few miles from the mines, and at the point of rifle was compelled to hand over $1, 400 i'll gold bricks, the last months output of the Cariboo, which he was bringing to this nit
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
Lydia E. pinkham's Vegetable Compound


 Will cure the worsp forms of female complaints, all ovarian troubles, ill. fammation and alteration, falling and displacements of the womb, and conse' quent spinal weakness, and is pecu liarly adapted to the change of life. Every time it will cure Backache. It has cured more cases of leucor- rhcea by removing the cause, than any remedy the world has ever known; it is almost infallible in such cases. It dissolves and expels tumors from the uterus in an early stage of develop ment, and checks any tendency to can cerous humors. Lydias sE. pinkham's Liver Pills work in unison with the Compound, and are a sure cure for constipation and sick headache. Mrs. Pinkham's Sanative Wash ia of great value for local application.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1896-08-21
FEE IN STAMFORD.

Stamford ps ug. 2O.-Fire last night caused dal+hfie of s5,oOO to the owner end oceupa iIlm of large frame build ing on CaneI, kreet. c. W. A. Jenkins, owner, loses TABOO, the tenants s4.OOO Origin unknS91
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threatens to bring an injunction and a mandamus.
 Under present conditions the com pany can do no business in this state.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04
CAUGHT AT LAST.

HE career of a
criminal is always
interesting, esps-
cially if the crimi-
nal be ones self;
then a pers ON,
knowing all the cir
cumstances of the
case, can trace the
career of the wrong
doer from the first
false step until the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

last, however, quite a proficient watch
tinkerer.
Several years ago Mr.. Chefneux took
the king as a present from the French
government mitrailleuse. For con-
venience of carrying it had been taken
to pieces and compactly packed. The
weapon reached the king several days
before the traveller did, and, very much
to Mr. Chefneux's establishment, he
found the weapon properly put together
and mounted. The king had made a
careful study of the mechanism of fire
arms, and, with the aid of picture of a
mitrailleuse, he had prepared this lit.
tie surprise for the white man.
The king was gentle and amiable to
those who had his friendship but he
was guilty of acts Of gross cruelty and
injustice to conquered enemies. He
largely widened the boundaries of Shoa
by conquering the fierce Gala tribes
around him. He was distinguished
above al his advisers for his faith in
the advantage of drawing useful les
sons from civilized countries. He did
not like missionaries, however. In 1885
he kept two Swedish missionaries prac-
tically prisoners in his chief town for
ten months, and then sent them back
to the coast. Since then he has ex-
PEELED all the French Catholic and Ger
man missionaries from his country.
The king. was. very angry at the de-
cision of the great powers to forbid the
importation of firearms and gunpowder
into the interior of Africa. He was,
however, in a measure Independent, as
he made his own gunpowder and had a
great number of improved firearms.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

In Russia a young man does not at
tain his majority until his is twenty
six -.
Fairmont, Kan, has the largest apple
orchard in the world. 1t covers ], 537
acres. 'n-
Little alligators are admired as
drawing room pets in some of the fash
ionable houses of Paris.
Storekeepers in China seldom give
credit. If their patrons need money
they borrow it of the money-lenders.
A large warehouse was on fire at
Blackfriars, London, and dis,odged
about 5000 rats. They were seen swim
ming across the Thames to the Middle
sex side Of the river. ..s. =.
Five years ago, Mrs. Charles Prickett,
OF Alfalfa, Ala, dropped bowl of but
ter into well. The well was recently
cleaned out, and the butter was found
to be perfectly fresh.
John Horner, while working on a
farm at Bellefonte, Pa, was stung on
the lip by a yellow jacket. His lip
at once began to swell, causing great
pain, and eight hours later he died.
The dress to be worn by the Empress
of Russia at the coronation ceremonies
next year has just been ordered in
Paris. 1t is to be decorated with pearls
and gold, and will cost 100000. 90
Six bouncing boys are sons of Mr.. and
Mrs. Harmon Coleman, of Finesta, Pa,
One is six feet in height, another is six
feet, two inches, two are six
feet three inches, and two others six
feet five inches.
Sleeplessness is often cured by the ad-
ministration of from one-half pint to
a pint of: warm liquid food--say soup
or ,milk-just before retiring. !. This
treatment draws the blood from the
brain to the stomach.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

Instead OF paying the government
duty then, or having my tobacco con-
tiscated, l. have for many years ten
dered to France advice that is much
more valuable than any duty they might
extract from me; but republics are no
toriously ungrateful and France is no
exception, for she has paid not the
slightest attention to my counsel.
have shown her that no country in the
world has ever become great that has
not had plenty of tobacco of the best
quality and at cheap prices. France
foolishly goes on spending millions on
its army and on it's navy, as if that
really amounted to something. The
trouble with France lies entirely with
the tobacco, and she will be thrashed
out of her boots every time she is
tackled by country that used good
and cheap tobacco. There is Italy, for
instance, as an awful example. 1t uses,
If possible, viler tobacco than France
and its customs officials are even strict
er than those of the republic. What is
theresuit? Italy is on the verge of bank
ruptcy, and it would fall an easv prev
to even the smallest country in Eu-
rope that uses good tobacco. SWitzer-
land and Holland and Belgium are
small countries, yet they attain their
independence entirely through having
good tobacco at reasonable prices,
Switzerland took in and disarmed 80
900 of the French troops that the Ger
mans were chasing towards the close
OF the Franco-Prussian war. If the
French had not used vile tobacco thew
would not in the first place have been
chased by the Prussians; and in the
second place they could not have been
disarmed by little country like Swift
erland were it not for the fact that the
Swiss had the best tobacco at exceed
ingly low prices. On the other hand.
look at America, at England, and at
Germany, they are uncomfortable coun-
tries simply because they use the best
tobacco. France. as I have regretfully
SAID, has paid no attention to my ad-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

In 1879 he introduced some Swiss en-
gineers, carpenters and machinists into
Shoa for the purpose of carrying out
various works Among their undertake
ings was the building of some stone
houses, and as there were neither stone
masons nor carpenters in the country
the handful of white men made slow
progress. Nobody volunteered to take
up the stone hammer and chisel.
The king thereupon decided to set
his subjects a good example. He put
on working clothes, and with hammer
in hand toiled for several days by the
side of the Swiss while his subjects
looked on in blank amazement Then,
little by, little, they began to think 1t
would be a good idea to initiate the
royal example. They went to work
with the tools the whites supplied, and
before long number of them had be-
come very fair masons and stonecut-
ters. The king also had several very
his chief towns.
There was not bridge in the coun-
try, and Mr.. Ilg, the Swiss engineer.
told the king that he. ought to have a
bridge over a river leading to the re-
Gently conquered Gala province, which
in flood time could not be forded.
Make me model of what you call a
BRIDGE" the king said.
/. The same day one of Mr. -Ilg's assist
ants appeared before the king with the
proposed plan of the bridge, The king
was much, pleased with it, and ordered
that the work be carried out at once.
The. difficulties were very great. 1t
was necessary to transport trunks Of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04
RIPLING. AN ACTOR.
His Father Was very Proud OF tn
Young Mans. Talent.

Young Mans Talent
B. Ribbentrop, inspector general Of
forests to the government Of India, at
present in San Francisco and recently
-aresideht of. Lahore, is we'll acquainted
with both the Kiphngs. In a recent in
terview with San Francisco Call re-
porter he says: Personally Mr., Kip
ling, the father, is a man of ordinary
stature, with massive and remarkable
head. 1t is well balanced and at once
striking to look at. His hair is getting
very white, but there is youth about
his face that is quite unusual in man
of his age. He is very proud of Rud-
yard and carefully reviews everything
that young man writes. recollect very
well the first literary. work Rudyard
produced. He came to Lahore from
London to work on the Civil and Mill.
tary Gazette and in a short time he was
so familiar with all the people of the
locality that he issued a little book
called Department Ditties.' It was full
of humor and satire and attracted a
great deal of attention. In a short time
he was sent around the world as cor
respondent to a syndicate and when he
came back to Lahore he was famous.
He is idOlized there and his success is
our pride. Very few people know of
his talents along theatrical lines, but
Rudyard Kipling is one of the best
actors 1 ever saw. On one occasion in
Lahore the people got up an amateur
theatrical company and put on play
called Plot and Passion wherein one
Fouche, a character who is at the head
of the police, is introduced. This part
was played by Rudyard and when the
initial performance came off RudyaTd,
meanwhile having done very badly at
the rehearsals, played the part so well
and with such marvellous understand
ing that the entire cast was thunder
struck. He went at it like an old hand
and had the audience with him from
the very start. Everybody in Lahore
advised him to go on the stage at once,
but he refused and stayed by his pencil.
tell you, it was the best piece of anna
teur acting ever saw and begged him
to follow the life of an actor, but. he
only laughed and continued to call. me
the gigantic head of the Indian forest
in his stories. He always had peculiar
way of forming quick acquaintance and
he knew every man in Lahore, from the
poorest to the richest. He never let a
story escape him and his understand
ing of men and their eccentricities has
made it possible for him to give the
world all sorts OF. literature.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

ant native ruler in Africa. He was king
OF Shoa, south of.Abyssinia, long before
he assembled the throne of the larger
kingdom. His people are of the same
race, and speak the same language as
the Abyssinians. Their country is sim
ply a part of Abyssinia whose chief be-
came powerful enough to be practically
Independent of the ruler further north.
When King John was killed by the
Mahdists in 1889 it was known to be his
wish that his nephew should succeed
him. Menelek, however, proclaimed him
self king of Abyssinia, and no faction
was strong enough to oppose him ex-
cept that Tigre, the most northern pro
vince, was very slow in yielding allie
glance
About fifty-five years ago, King Haze
lou, ruler of Shoa, heard one day that a
woman of striking beauty was seeking
aims at the doors of the palace. He
sent for her, and was so greatly i'm
pressed with her charms that he intro
duced her among the women of his
establishment. When little boy was
born the king said he would not recog-
nize him as his son unless in the course
of years he showed a striking resem-
blance to his majesty. AS the boy grew
up he came to look very much like his
royal father, and the king named him as
his heir, though he had other sons who
thought they had better right to the
throne. The boy was Menelek. The
leading native ruler in Africa, there
fore, was the son of beggar, as we'll as
of king: 1t was his ancient lineage,
however, of which he was chiefly proud
1t was his boast that he was lineal de-
scendant of King Solomon and the
Queen of Sheba.
Physically the king was not an i'm
pressive person. He was almost coal
black short and dumpy. Unlike his
uncle, Ras Darghe, and others among
his chief advisers, he was very friendly
to Europeans until his recent trouble
with Italy, and wanted to introduce
their arts in his country. He had re-
markable fondness for machinery and
implements of all sorts, and his great
est delight was to examine their
mechanism. Tourists say he ruined
about dozen watches and alarm clocks,
taking them apart and trying to put
them together again. He Became, at
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04
LIndoln's Accounting.

A writer in the Chicago News says
that in his earlier life Lincoln had a
very primitive method. of keeping
books. At the time his law partner
the Hon. John T. Stuart, represented
the Springfield district in congress,
Lincoln was. forced, much against his
will, to keep an account, of some kind:
The plan he adopted was somewhat re
markab;e. When he received a fee he
divided it in halves. His half he pit
in his pocket. Stuart's portion he put
in an envelope, and, Labelling it.,
'Stuart's half" threw it into a drawer
until Stuarts return from Washington
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trees a distance of ten miles in the burn
ing sun. When the bridge was COM
pleted the king and his subjects would
not risk their lives on it until the Swiss
had given proof Of it's solidity by draw
ing very heavy loaded wagons over it.
Great was the joy of the king when he
and his people were able to utilize the
bridge.
Later the Swiss built blast furnace
for the smelling of iron, flour mill,
and baking ovens. From time to time
the King sent one or the other of them
to Europe to purchase material. It has
looked as though the work of these few
Europeans would give civilization a
considerable impetus among the health
full highlands of Ethiopia. .s.
But King Menelek has not lived on
good terms with the Italians He has
never ceased to regret the day in 1889
when he signed a treaty practically
placing Abyssinia under the protection
of Italy. He has said, in later years,
that the Italians asked an inch and took
an ell. He has accused =. them of at
tempting to absorb his country and
make him merely fgurehead. That
is the cause of the present war;. in
which the Italians, from the start, are
rapidly getting the best Of the fighting.
The Italians assert, not only that the
King violated his treaty, but also that
he prevented Italian traders from doing
business. They have gone into his
country, to buy ivory, and they say that
the King sent his agents far and wide
to intercept ivory caravans, and when
they reached the Italians they had no
ivory to sell, because the King had
bought every tusk.
Now that the King is dead the
Italians will probably have no diff
Guilty, as far as the natives are con-
cerned, in doing what they please With
Abyssinia.-New York Sun.
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KING OF ABYSSINIA.
MENELEK, THE SECOND, HAS
PASSED AWAY.
Was the Most Picturesque Figure
Among the Native Rulers of Africa
He Was. Progressive and. Made Many
improvements.

HE DON CHIsCI-
otte Della Mancia
of Rome announces
that the report that
King Menelek of
Abyssinia has been
killed by a stroke
of lightning is Off
cially confirmed.
King Menelek II.
was the most inter-
estinp and inonOrt-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

tobacco, and that I should remember
was getting off very easily.
suppose should have been thank
full, but then some people are as un-
grateful as> republics themselves. The
sting of the episode lay in the fact
that they actually had the cheek to
charge tme dime for taking care of
my baggage all night at the customs
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hzA0 uOSI lIOlu Tie IA oC
false step until the
final catastrophe when he is laid by the
heels If man enters into a career of
crime he is reasonably sure to be
caught at last, and as warming to
others I set down here the particulars
of how, after deluding the customs Of
ticials of France for years and years,
l was at last trapped, and curiously
enough, when 1 was innocent. am
a little mixed as to what the moral of
this recital should be- In looking over
the case from beginning to end it seems
to me that the inference is that one
should never be innocent. If a man
escapes when he is doing wrong and
is caught when his motives are pure,
the obvious moral is not at all of the
kind care to attach to the end of
any story / have to tell. I do like to
have nice, comfortable, correctly
nodded moral with which to finish any
article l may begin. and it is a great
grief to me that the moral in this case
is not at all what it should be. \
For years and years l have deluded
the French customs officials in the mat
ter of tobacco. Il think of course, that
it is wrong to smuggle as a general rule,
but cannot imagine it wrong to bring
into an unenlightened country like
France tobacco that a white man can
smoke. I always calculate the number
of days I shall be in any part of France,
and then | take two-ounce packet for
each day and a couple extra in case l
should meet a friend furnishing for a
good smoke, and this quantity l have
never had any difficulty in smuggling
into the great European republic. AS
the tobacco is entirely for my own CON
sumption end as am not a citizen of
France, and as l shall be swindled
enough by the hotel keepers in what
ever part l chance to be, l ease my
conscience by pointing out these facts
to it, and l must say that my conscience,
being reasonable one, does not Judge
me harshly in the matter. 1t is need
less, perhaps, to add that the French
government does not agree with me in
all this, so therefore, in order not to
trouble the government more than is
necessary, place these packages about
my person in such a way that on pass
ing the French frontier I give the gov
eminent as little bother as possible.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1896-01-04

A good-sized sinking fund will help
to keep a corporation afioat.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11

The Pennsylvania Railroad offers
an annual pass to the farmer along
its route who will make his farm look
the most attractive. The people are
great in the east for planting rose
bushes to climb over their barns, and
putting rows of evergreens up to
their front walks, but such attempts
to be beautiful would arouse laugh
among Kansas farmers. The Kan
sas farmer goes to the other extreme
in thinking that only corn and wheat
fields are beautiful. If his wife has
q flower garden it is only slight
patch and she has to fight the pigs
and chickens to give her garden q
chance to grow. This is particularly
true in Western Kansas; we combine
roses with corn in Atkinson county.
.Atchinson Globe.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11
Am rmed.

The Supreme court has affir med the
decision of the District Court, in the case
of w. Fl. Garrett, charged with stealing
and selling cattle. Garrett and one
"Sugar Foot" Smith were charged with
stealing the cattle in the Panhandle, driv.
ing them to Ford county, and selling
them to Ripple Bros. Both were found
guilty; but CARROTS attorney took the
case to the Supreme Court on a writ of
error, alleging that Garrett was arrested
outside of the jurisdiction of the court.
Garrett will now be taken to the peni-
tertiary to serve his sentence of seven
years.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11
To the Teachers.

We shall try our best to make our county
Institute as efficient as it is possible for
us to do.
1 find many of our teachers very de-
ficient in psychology, and in the science
of teaching. Many have been unable to
comprehend even the meaning of Prof.
Klock's question on Theory. Now let us
begin in time and procure ''Krohn's
psychology" the adopted reading circle
book for this year. We will adopt it for
use this year in the Normal. By getting
the book now and studying it carefully
we shall be able to make a success of this
branch. Please call at the City Drug
Store aid get copy. Failure to make
a good grade in Theory, in future ex-
aminations will mean failure to procure
certificate. E. D. WEBB,
Co. Supt.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11

At the meeting of the Board of Edu-
cation, Monday evening, June 9Th, full
board present, Miss Jessie Henderson
was elected to the remaining position.
The salaries were fixed the same as last
last year; the old teachers occupy the
sane rooms as last year. Miss Stella
Incl to teach the primary in 3rd ward,
Miss Kellogg to teach in End ward in the
room formerly taught by Miss Finley.
Miss Jessie Henderson in the room taught
by Miss Ellis
Salaries-Miss Hale. 4th room, 8 ward,
5000
intermediate teachers, 81 90.
Primary teachers, 5000.
Miss Hudson. principal, End ward,
$500.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11

Dodge City promises to be cattle
mart. judging from the number of
cattle buyers, from various parts of the
State, who have been here the past few
months, receiving cattle contracted for,
and which were shipped in from Arizona,
New Mexico and Colorado. The ranges
in the territories are overstocked, and the
surplus cattle must find market and
range, and Kansas, especially the western
portion of the State, offers advantages
for grazing.
Dodge City merchants are enjoying a
trade from cattle owners north and south
Of this point and this trade promises to
grow as the cattle interests increase.
The Globe-republican., 1896-06-11
Now is Your chance.

l have heard you say, ''If only could
buy a small piece of alfalfa land, it would
just suit me-lO, 20, 30 or 40 acres. ~
Now l will give you the chance, and per-
haps it will be your last. 1 will sell the
alfalfa farm 2 miles west of town known
as the Niece place. with 20 acres set to
alfalfa, 40 or As acres of meadow hay, in
lots to suit the purchaser. First come first
served. For price and terms see
p. HI. SUGHRUE.