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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

eyes, I often used to notice It abou
my own parrot"
'But thought your bird had no rec
about It," she pursued.
"Confound the woman's persistence
I thought, but stammered; II mean
that is to say-you see--Pve noticed
In all red parrots have ever com,
across. They shouldn't be bathed
all; 1t Injuries their constitution"
"ohl 1 thought you recommended it,
she said.
So I had. dozens Of times. "only for
the gray ones" said, forming a con.
venIent distinction on the spur OF the
moment.
Miss Travers didn't seem inclined to
pursue the subject further, much to my
satisfaction, and then there was dead
pause.
During the whole Of our conversation
the subject Of 1t had not ceased to con-
tinue Its antics in the wire sage.
Whether it was the sound Of my voice
that caused 1t to be thus excited / do
not know. but at this opportunity II
DurSC IN with Ill, MR.
1 was getting desperate, and could
think Of nothing to change the subject;
and yet IL didn't say something ]
was terribly afraid the parrot would.
A bicycle bell sounded down the
road.
"Are you thinking Of getting bicy'
Gle, Miss Travers?" / said.
mo, certainly not" she replied; chow
can you ask such a question:
Another awful pause, during which
I mOpped the perspiration from my
brow.
'Ra-Ra-Rachel, love your came
in clear tones from behind my back
The wretched bird had caught the ex'
act tone Of my voice.
"Capt. Manleyi STRIP said Miss Trav'
ers, raising herself to her full FIVE feet
one and one1hah inches. did you ad'
dress that remark to me, sir2"
had, however, utterly collapsed
and, burying my head in my hands,
leaned down on the little round table
Whether the sight of the poor old shiI
in distress touched her tender heart,
don't know, but she added, in softer
tones:
'"This is very unexpected, Capt Man
ley"
could hold out no longer.
"Afiss Rachel" I cried, "L'm thun
derlng old hypocrite. Ny parrot ism
dead at all; there 1t is in that cage; IT.
yours that's dead-I shot 1t. / dldn'
mean to. Can you forgive me for al
the lies l told your
"All right All rightP' said the solemn
voice of the parrot behind me.
at was Polly that made that remarl
| just now, not l. Believe me, she speaks
the truth, If don't. Rachel, do real
ly love you."
l ventured to look up. Tears were
standing in her eyes, and the expires
sion on her face made me hope that
did not look quite such a big BOBBY IL
her eyes as 1 felt did In my own.
Moving nearer, l clasped her hand
and, as it was not Withdrawn, pu
one arm gently round her ample waist
'Now, we sha'n't be long" said thu
gray parrot.-Nt-Bits.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

their part, the New York World says,
enough has been revealed to show that
the program provided by the sophomores
left little to be desired on the score either
Of amplitude or ingenuity.
The meadow below the varsity field
was the scene of the nocturnal orgies, us
it often has been before Squads Of
sophomores seized their victims by night
where and when they could and conveyed
them singly and in groups CT two or
more to the meadow, where, with us little
noise as possible, the ceremonies were at
once begun. One of the choice features
Of the event was to make the victim
stand in the center of threatening cir
Gle and lift up his watchdog voice in
long and mournful bayings at the moon.
This was Introductory to another cheer
full diversion. DOG and coon" was the
title Of this entertainment. A freshman
was forced to climb n tree and crawl out
on a limb, while another, encouraged by
the usual stimulants, was compelled to
bark and caper under him. Sometimes
haystack instead of tree was used
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

down the wires Of the cage, and swing
ing backwards and forwards In The
metal ring.
After the meal Capt. Travers went
indoors to get his supply Of necessaries
for the evening, and, turning to me,
Miss Travers commented:
"By-the-by, Capt. ManIey, how is
your parrot? have not seen 1t out In
the garden lately"
felt my heart beating q bit faster,
but with every semblance of outward
calm said:
mo; the fact is. it's not been at all
well; in fact, 1t is dead"
"DeadP' she exclaimed. "WeIl,
never. What did it die OFF,
81 really don't know" replied. sit
died quite suddenly about q week ago."
81 hope our Polly isn't going to follow
suit" she continued. "She has been
very duh and quiet the last few days,
but seems a bit more lively this even
ing. l don't think she has spoken a
word all the week"
THANK goodness| inwardly eJacu-
lated.
Things were beginning to look bit
awkward, and cast about for some
thing to change the course Of CONVEX
sation. l am not a quick thinker,
however, and before could collect my
wits Miss Travers continued:
Dear, dear, to think your poor Pol
ly's dead! Well, am sorry! l should
be sorry to lose you, Polly, DEAR" she
said, addressing the parrot. "But, real
1y, Capt. Manley," looking me straight
in the face, 81 can't make our rOl!y
out. Sometimes could almost believe
she was a different bird. She hasn't
once seemed pleased to see me all the
week."
/ felt the blood rapidly rising to my
cheeks and forehead, but l trusted tC
my tanned complexion for it not Il
show. feebly replied: Perhaps she's
moultIng."
1t was an unlucky slip. "Well, now
1 come to think" said Miss Travers
81 noticed that its tail looked mucl
paler after it's bath the other morning
and the water was quite red. Is tina
a sign Of moultlngT
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08
THE LATE W. P. ST. JOHN.
one of the Foremost of the Advocates
Of Free Silver.

OF Free Silver.
One of the foremost silver men of
the country passed away recently in
the person of William p. ST, John, at
his home in New York City. He took
a very prominent part in the last Pres
idential campaign and gained national
renown. His death win be great loss
to the free silver party.
William P. st. John was born in No
bile, Ala, in 1919. After having re-
ceived a common school education in
his native city he went with relatives
to England, where he continued his
studies. Thence he went to Berlin,
where he attended one of the gym
nasiums, and subsequently went to
Massachusetts. There his education
received its finishing touches. In 1867
he removed to New York City. For
several years he had charge of the
credits and prices of Havemeyer &
Elder, which became the nucleus of the
American Sugar Refining Company. At
the time of the formation of the COM
pany Mr.. st. John was secured by
George w. Perkins, who had just been
elected President of the Mercantile
Bank. He selected Mr.. st. John as
cashier of the Mercantile.
Mr.. st. John gave an immense
amount of satisfaction to the direct
Ors of the bank, and when Mr.. Perkins
died, in 1888, he was made President
in his place. The institution became
very successful under Mr.. st. Johns
management. He became a stockhold-
er in the Mercantile Bank and became
a director of the Hamilton National
Bank Of Harlem and of the Second Ma
tional Bank. He was an elder in the
Madison Square Presbyterian Church
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

and then the coon freshman, after the
dog freshman had snarled and snapped
and growled at him for a certain time,
had to roll down to the ground, where the
dog freshman must pounce upon him and
worry him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

py as was imagined. Her conduct on
the trial, too, was suspicious. The trial
ended a few weeks ago and resulted In
a verdict of guilty. The British minis
ter exercised his prerogative and COM
muted her sentence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08
Mule indispensable in War.

A Persian regimGGk on the march Is
a strange spectacle. Every three sol
dIers have a donkey, for there Is neIth-
er baggage train nor cOmmissarlat. On
this donkey Is placed the worldly
wealth Of its proprletors and their mus
kets. Occasionally the yelled wife Of .
soldier bestrides the beast.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

and was one of the organizers of the
Southern Society. Last summer, feel
ing that his position on the question
of free silver was not compatible with
his Office of bank president, he resign
cd and thenceforward devoted his en-
tire time and attention to the cause he
had espoused,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

A. s. Summers is the plucky gentle
man who put an end to the career Of
a bandit near Peach Springs, Ariz.,
and frustrated the attempt to blow up
the safe of Wells, Fargo & Co. aboard
the Atlantic and Pacific westbound pas
senger train. For ten years he has
been In the service Of the big express
concern.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

"Hil Hill All right Now
we sha'n't be longp said the
gray parrot.
l regret to say that the ir-
repressible young man that
brings the daily milk is the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08

The hedgehog is 10 Inches In length.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08
SOCIETIES.

1. o. o. F.-CALDWELL LODGE NO. 10
Hall new brick building. Regular meet
ing Wednesday evening each week. Wis
iting brethren cordially invited to at
tend. w. G. MCKENZIE,
A. E. GIBSON, Sec'y. Noble Grand.
ENCAMPMENT = TEMPLE ENCAMP-
ment, No. 3, /. o. o. F. Meets the rec-
ond and fourth Monday in each month
at Odd Fellows hail. Visiting patri-
archs made welcome. JOHN zEHNER,
A. K. sTEUNENBERG chief Patriarch.
Scribe.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-05-08
AAzlNa AT PRINCETON.
College Freshmen Subjected to Brutal
Treatment.

The hazing the freshman class In
Princeton College went through this
year was thorough in detail and varie-
gated in its features. The experiences Of
the victims only recently began to leak
out, and although there is reticence on
The morning times., 1897-01-23
TuRpIE,s pREMATuRESEss

Senator Turpic's disposition to engage
| in fight with almost anybody at almost
any moment upon any possible pretext-
amiable and gentle being that he list
was Illustrated yesterday, when he jumped
upon the Secretary OF State, Mr.. olney,
and the Secretary CT State to be, Mr..
Sherman, and rhetorically pummeiled
them in punishment OF certain statements
that they never made-of a certain agree
ment in reference to Cuba that they never
had entered into
Referring TO Secretary olney's declara-
tion on the heCubanrecognitionq question, made
few weeks ago to everybody through the
newspapers, Senator Turpie declared that
the Secretary's utterance was obiter die
voluntary character; that it recalled to
his Senatorial mind the schoolmaster Of
antiquity who caused whole audience to
tremble by a threat OF his future dis
pleasure.
Having secured fervid glow OF indi gna-
tion by this preliminary exercise. the
caustic Senator then warmed to his work,
and said that this offense of the always-of-
Tending Olney might have been overlooked
had not the additional publication been
made that IA compact had been entered
into between the Secretary OF State and
the new premier Mr.. Sherman by which
there was TO be no further action on Cuba
during the present administration.
At this pont-just at the moment when
Turpie was in the act of precipitating
himself ike an avalanche upon olney and
sherman, the last-named gentleman re-
marked:
IF the Senator refers to publication
today, / will say there is not the slightest
warrant for the statement made. | have
not had word with Mr.. Olney on that
subject. and there has been no mention
OF agreement or understanding
This disclaimer took Senator Turpie un-
awares; and, with great regret. no doubt,
he expressed willingness to accept it as
satisfactory; but, lie declared-thus shoot
ing an arrow back as he retreated-he felt
that the Senate should do something to
dissipate such reports; for, he continued:
Whatever the difference may be as to
the independence of Cuba, think every
senator here favors the independence OF
the Senate"
Turpie meant well; but, it must be ad-
mitted. he was a little premature; and he
may learn from this experience that some
one may be mistaken.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
THE GRIP AGAIN

Ever since the great Grip visitation of
1889 and 1890, which swept over this
country, and Europe as well, that annoy
ing, dangerous, and sometimes fatal all
ment has appeared pretty regularly at
about this season of the year. AT the
present time there is a great deal of ii
about. in mild form. Its comparative
Inildness will not excuse carelessness on
the part of the public with regard to it,;
because it is a positively contagious dis
ease, which, il neglected, may take on
any one of its more violent phases at any
time, and may communicate itself violent
ly from the lightest case to anyone ex.
posed to it.
The Grip originates with a live germ, Or
The morning times., 1897-01-23
Touching the Theater Hat.

Some women aNe1retorting that men
who assail theatefi hats are really show
ing the cloven hoof'oIn addition to reveal
ing the clovcn breatlf-Chicago Tribune.
Now that the 'sBigshat'' nuisance is in a
fair way of becoming thing of the past,
let the managers make move to remedy
the "come in late nuisance.-New Yorl
Herald.
When lovely woman tops her folly with
plumes that quite conceal the stage, this
thought doth make US mclancholy-she
wears 'em 10 conceal herage.-Plain Dealer.
There are come very pretty designs in
theater hats. But there Should be no the
alter hats. The smallest is an obstruction
and adds nothing to the beauty of it's
owner. The most beautiful head-dress that
any woman can wear is that which nature
has provided-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
For an hour or more he lodged the big hat
And wished that the pretty young wearer
was dead,
Till he went out and ate handful of Cloves
And, coming back, blew it straight off
of her head. :
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
The morning times., 1897-01-23

s'bacillus," which is developed outside OF
the human body, but gets into it-through
the atmosphere. i attacks attacks the bronchial
tubes. producing influenza, and may pass
through the tissues into the blood. 1t
secretes an active poison, to which the Grip
symptoms are due. Grip brings on an
acute nervous fever, the extent and mani
festations of which vary with the part or
the area of the nervous system attacked.
1t has ultimately resulted, in an untold
number of instances, in every sort and de
scrpton of nervous disorder to which man
Kind is subject, very often with the worst
consequences.
1t is not malariai, and quinine is wasted
on it. Neither is it a matter for self
med ication. ople who suspect that
they have it, ought t o obtain proper medical
advice and prescription at once. The army
OF Grip bacilli is too great, strong and
fearfully armed to be met and overcome
with anything but regulars.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
Jawiaw ,JitncrackS.

w. II. Satterfield has the largest fam
lily in Lumpkin county. HIS wife recent
ly presented him with his fourteenth child
Should war be declared, the Dahlonega
Nugget says. he has good start towards
company.
The editor Of the Rome Tribune says
Senator Lodges bill to abolish the Con-
gressional Record is direct blow at the
weekly press, who have no other means
of obtaining supply Of newspaper wrap
pers.
Blackbirds have infested Carroll county.
The editor of The Times saw gang Of
them a few days ago which was nearly a
mile long and contained many, many thou
sands. There was once man who gained
great fame by refusing to stretch his
Imagination even to the extent of one
d. bird.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
DIR CRoFFrT,s SEA Gull,

It was on board THE City Of Rome
after rough passage ito judge from the
general tenor of the poem that Dr. ".
A Croffut wrote The Sea Gull and let
it loose at a charity concert given by the
passengers. Dir. Croffut used TO be ed
itor OF the Post; and he wrote the Colum-
bian Ode which has been copied several
thousand times in several thousand news
papers-and never once copied right So
Dir. Croffut says.
1.-The Sea Gull poem has drifted into
The Times office i'll the shape of small
booklet and was perused by The Times
literary editor with interest and smiles
There are poems which owe their humor
TO the pathos OF their subject, and that is
the way with this one. 1t is parody on
Poe's Raven" but not sufficiently so to
be painful. All the first part of it is a
wholly successful attempt to describe the
feelings of renorse which overtake us
when we travel on the deep. Mr.. Croffut
says:
Tell me, tell me, why my wish is
To be fed out to the fishes?
Why l loathe my favorite dishes?
Why I'm absent from the mess?
My interior department
Is not tempted by the mess"
And there is more OF the same sort.
While the passengers of the Cityof Rome
were suffering from disturbance in their
midst Ito be euphemistic), the feathered
vistiant entered by the bull's-eye, The
author OF the poem was so desperate that
he asked the sea gull what he should do
sea gull had to say was "Nevertheless!''-
which is all that sea guIl would be likely
to know about it anyway. not having
ever been troubled by the feelings enter
tanned by the questioner. 1t was scarcely
more satisfactory than Mr.. Poe's :aven
when appealed 10 on the subject of cracked
hearts and loneliness. 1t is not profitable
to question birds OF the air on these mat
tiers.
flew over to whisky bottle that was
not yet pitched overheard and had meekly
remained on tie dresser through all the
tossing up and down of the ship; which
is clearly a case OF poetic license. The
bird put in his bill, and the result was
most peculiar. 1t is not quite clear what
did happen to the bird, but the passengers
conceived the idea OF giving a charity
concert; and, though the charity concert
came off, and DR.. Croffut read his poem
thereat, there is lurking suspicion in
tile mind of the reader that the bird was
trying to give DR.. Croffut a hint, which
the doctor did not take. The Times lit
erary editor declines to express any opln-
ion on the morals of that bird
For lie winked wink convivial-
Winked. and sat and nothing less
From the nightly shore Plutonan
Silent sat and nothing less,
WinEipp gnalS of distress
The morning times., 1897-01-23
NIonkeyed With a Buzzsaw

Because he lost two fingers while saw
ing logs with u buzz W on W. X. Van
derbilt's farm, at Oakdale, l.. L., William
Wallis thought that he was entitled to a
$25, 900 slice of the Vanderbilt millions.
He learned differently yesterday, says the
New York Press, when Justice McAdam
in the supreme court dismissed his COM
plaint, when c. c. Paulding, Chauncey
Depew's nephew, who appeared for Mr..
Vanderbilt, said that, knowing how dan
gerous circular saws We're, Wallis had as
sumed all risks in undertaking the job.
The morning times., 1897-01-23

Prior to 1888 appointments to commas
sions in the Marine Corps were given to
civilians; but, in that year, Lieut. White
was appointed from the graduating class
at Annapolis. and ever since all vacancies
in the service have been annually filled
in the same way. The retirement of Lieut..
Col. Tilton will make Lieut.. White cap
tain, the first of the Annapolis boys To
reach that rank By this it Will be seen
that the marine service does not offer any
chance for men to rise from the ranks to
commissions. The enlisted men, neverthe-
less, have good time, as military life
goes; are happy and contentedIooking
lot and some minor honOrs are open to
them- On first enlistment they are paid
S13 per month. After two years this is
Increased to S14, SIS and SIS. After serv-
ing second five years, which, is the term
of each enlistment, the marine receives pro-
gressiyely SIS, S19, $50 and $21 per
month, and non-commisSiOned officers are
paid more, exactly as in the infantry of
the regular army. The highest ranks at
tainable by the enlisted man is that Of
sergeant ma jor, who receives S23 the first
year OF such service, with considerable
increase, in the way of longevity pay
The morning times., 1897-01-23

There is a good deal more work in
library than just the handing out of books
and keeping accounts I believe l have
had use for just about verything / ever
learned since | came here, and | could
use a great deal more knowledge OF
course there are very many calls for books
which will answer some particular ques-
ton, and the question may deal with any
thing in history or science of philosophy or
metaphysics 1t is necessary to know a
great deal more about the books than
their covers and their names, especially
In a school library. This is one of the
finest of its kind in Washington, and We
are having new books every year.-Irene
C Tyler, Librarian, Howard University
The morning times., 1897-01-23
The Woman Cashier Reelected

(From the Chicago Times Herald.)
Wabash, Ind, Jan. lS.-Mrs. Sarah Dick,
the only woman national bank Cashier
in the United States, was for the twenty
fourth consecutive time chosen to that
position in the First National Bank OF
Huntington today. In the twenty three
years Mrs Dick has capably filled the office
she has lost but two days time on account
of Illness. Besides Mrs. Dick, who Is a
director of the institution, also, the bank
has another woman director. Mrs. Freder-
ick Drover. who for years has filled tie
position, taking an active interest in The
affairs of the concern, which has $500, 900
deposits and a capital of $1,000
The morning times., 1897-01-23
While Baby sleeps,

The restless hands so keen for play
Lie clenched and do not stir;
Her breath so light it scarce would swa
A web OF gossamer.
Her baby voice that COOS and crows,
In sweetest cadence keeping,
Is hushed; the house no music knows
While baby's sleeping.
Her sunny eyes that, when they rise
Dawn daytimes OF delight,
Behind their fringed canopies
Have set, and it is night,
Five little toes the cover shows
Beyond it's edge Just pccping,
Fair as a pink five-petaled rose
While baby's sleeping.
See! on the pillow here we found
Golconda's treasure now
The golden curls that luster round
My darling's cheek and brow.
Her lips just parted in n smile,
Some pretty secret keeping;
An angel whispers to her, while
Ny baby's sleeping.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
Brice's Big Traffic scheme.
lFrom the New York Herald)

Springfield, o., Jan. Ex-senator Brice
and associates, who are back OF the ONO
Southern and Lima Northern Railroads,
are arranging, ii is autt asserted,
10 operate a through traffic line from
Milwaukee and the Northwest to the sea
ioard, via the Norfolk and Western, from
a point a few miles south of the present
southern terminus of the Ohio Southern.
The connecting link Will be built in few
months.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
Patent Medicine Pamphlets.

The Ohio legislature is to consider a
bill forbidding the promiseuous distri-
button by patent medicine vendors Of pamph-
let's and bills describing the symptoms Of
disease There are cases on record of
well persons who have worried themselves
into decline over fancied symptoms, and
people OF weak nerves are no doubt often
much injured by seeing these ugly pictures
and uglier descriptions Of disease.
The morning times., 1897-01-23
Mr. Ronse,s Rema rkable Ducks.

In the spring OF s96 Thomas Rouse Of
Burlington. KY. kept two ducks out of a
flock and a drake from which TO raise, and
here is the result: They laid 30 eggs IN the
spring. from which $40 worth OF ducks
were sold, after eating and selling some
of the eggs, of which no account was kept.
Six young ducks were kept out of the lot
In the fall the two old ducks laid ninety
eight more eggs. Off the young ducks
feathers enough h to make three pillows were
taken.