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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
Deer Mice as Pets.

While rambling one evening in the
woods l sat down on rock close by
a shaded bank all overgrown with soft,
green moss and featheFy ferns. Not
far away there was an ancient tree
stump with a hole running in under
meath 1t. and what should see peep
ing from the hole but the head of q
little reddish-brown animal.
On rolling over the stump discover
ed beneath 1t some withered grass
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
MARQUETTE'S GRAVE.
IT LIES IN THE QUAINT VII
LACE OF ST. IGNACE.
VsrIted by Thousands Of People Each
Eear-Devotion Of the Indians to the
ExplOrer--An Indian Lesend-A SUM
IRbr Resort.
(st. 1gnaee. Mleh., Letter.l

AAA0 AucSAhS anu us
toric village of
2,590 inhabitants Is
situated on the
famed straits of
Mackinaw, being
the county seat Of
Mackinaw county,
and is the nearest
point Of the upper
to the lower PENN
sula of Michigan. 1t
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
Very unInOkv.

Watts-"Honestly, now, don't you
have sort of belief that Friday is an
unlucky day." Potts-''I know it.
That's the day my wife goes bargain
chasing. indianapolis Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
Expert Testimony.

The Attorney-You say you could not
believe this person on oath? The Wit
ness-No, sir; OF never heard the lady
swear in me loife, air.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
Youth and age.

ure:
That temperance Of feeling and Of words
Is health OF mind, and the calm fruits OF
leisure
Have sweeter taste than feverish zeal
affords;
That reason has a JOY beyond unreason,
That nothing satisfies the soul like
truth,
That kindness conquers in and out Of
season
II youth could know, why youth would
not be youth.
If age could feel the uncalculating urg-
The pulse of life that beats in youthful
veins,
And with Its swift, resistless ebb and
surgence
Makes light of difficulties, sport Of
pains;
Could once, just once, fetrace the path
and find 1t
That lovely. foolish zeal, so crude, so
young,
Which bids defiance to all laws to bind
1t,
And flashes in quick eye and limb and
tongue,
Which, counting dross for gold. is rich
in dreaming.
And, reckoning moons as suns, is never
cold,
And, having naught has everything. in
seeming
If age could do all this. age were not
Susan Coolidge in congregatlonaliat
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27

Opium from Asia Minor.
The only opium permitted to be used
by the British Pharmacopoeia Is OBJ
tanned from Asia Minor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-27
SOME GOOD STORIES FOR OUR
JUNIOR READERS.

now F1Ox Eztsrminated the Ants--A
pretty story of a Good Little Girl
a BOY. clever 1nvsntlon--About MAX
sing skeleton Leaves.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
Min eral w ater.

The finest in the west Come and try
it. J. ". PHILLIPS.
6iz W. Eighth st.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

afalaya and mouth of Red river, La,
$4,000. Total 1896, 1888.
Missouri river above Sioux City, Ia,
SOC, ,675; Missouri river under the COM
mission $500, 600; Osag river under MS
souri, commission $3.50 coo.
Minnesota-Duluth harbOr 81 .102 776:
Red river of the North S37320; Agate
bay 81, 7O8.
Tennessee-Cu Cumberland river below
Nashville $500 000; Cumberland river
above Nashville $1,0OO.OO0; Tennessee
river above Chattanooga S65 000; Ten
nessee river below Chattanooga g ,00O,
600; Little Pigeon river $50. coo.
OhiC-OhiO river and MuSkingum riV-
er $1,000, Gee; movable dams Ohio river
s595.000; Indiana Chute, Ohio river
s241, ,947; Toledo harbOr 100000; San
dusky harbor $1S5,0O0; Huron harbOr
$4,000; Black river harbOr s3S, 500;
Cleveland harbor S450 0O0; Fairport
harbor $3.50, ,000; Ashtabuia harbor $780,
O00; COnneaut harbor $495. 0o0.
New York-BuffalO harbOr S61S. $50
Pennsylvania and West Virginia
Locks and dams, MOnangahela river
1887 500; Allegheny river SIS, 600: locks
and dams. Herrisland Allegheny river
$3.50, 600.
kentuclzy-Green river SS5.673; Ken
lucky river 1891. 900.
Illinois-ChicagO river $500 00o: CaIu-
met harbor $780, coo: Calumet river S250,-
600; Illinois river S375 goo: Illinois and
Mississippi canal 81 $50 4S0.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
ST. LOUIS RAPID TRANSIT.
To Have the Loop System With Elec-
tricity by the Third Rail.

St Louis. oct. 22.-Eastern capitalists
are again taking a lively interest in the
solution of the rapid transit problem in
St. Louis
This time it is said they are at work
on a scheme to build elevated roads
from the river front clear through the
city westward to the limits, with lat
erals extending to Baden on the north
and CarOndelet on the south.
According to one of the best informed
inanciers in the city, promoters repre-
senting ample capital have been here
quietly, but effectively, obtaining infor-
nation and estimates, and arranging
the preliIninaries for rapid transit ell
aVated system for St. Louis which, if
their plans can be carried out viii be
the finest plant Of-the kind eXtant. One
of the interested parties said yesterday
that a report would be made within a
few days to the people behind the deal,
and that matters would in all prO5abil-
ity assume definite shape before the
middle of November.
The population of St Louis is now
UPWARDS OF zoo, eco and viii pass the
l 600. 600 mark within very few years
at the present rate of increase. The
question of providing rapid transit IS
becoming a serious problem that must
be dealt with in the near future
Two reports viii be submitted by the
promoters to their clients. one viii be
for a loop system and the other for t
system.
The loop system will consist of a
double track loop through the business
square, which would cover territory
of 144 blocks. none of which would be
over three blocks from the elevated sta
tiODS
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
S4s, 900, 10000 NEEDED.
That is the Estimate for River and
Harbor mprovement-

Washington, Oct 22.-Gen. Wilson,
chief of the engineers of the army has
made his annual report to the secretary
of war. 1t is devoted to the fortifica-
tions and river and harbor improve
ments of the country. The estimates
for coast defenses for the yars lS98-99
are as follows: Gun and mortar bat
terfes s., 600 000; purchase of land for
Qualifications $500,G00; protection. pres
ervatiOn and repair OF fOrtifications
500 coo; preparation of plans for forti-
ffcatiOnS s.. 600; sea walls and embank-
ments 500, coo. Torpedo and harbor de
fenSe: For purchase of submarine
mines and necessary appliances to
operate them for closing the channels
leading to our principal SeapOrts; for
needful easements, cable galleries, etc,
to render it possible to operate submar-
inc mines $4,000 Total S5,S10,O ,OG0.
Gen Wilson says that during the
fiscal year ending June so. 1897, there
was expended on river and harbOr i'm
provements $l3,46l, 659 For the hscal
year ending June 30, 1899, his estimates
are:
Continuous work authorized by con-
eresS SIS, SIC. COZ; for other work not
provided for by continuing contracts
S29, ASP. .15S The principal estimates in
detail follow:
Upper Mississippi river, removing
sDa9s 500 coo. inprOVemeut between
Ohio and Missouri rivers $500, 900; be
tween Missouri river and Minneapolis
sS26 666; lock and dam between ST. Paul
and Minneapolis S394 .35T: reservoir at
the headWaterS $500 For improving
the Mississippi river from head of the
passes to the mouth Of the Ohio river
including salaries and clerical Office,
travelling and miscellaneous expenses
Of the Mississippi River commission
81. .S93, ,333.
For improving harbOr at New Madrid,
Mo- $50. .0GG: Memphis, Tenn, s36 coo;
Helena. Ark, $50, coo; Greenville. Miss,
S100 000; Delta Point. La, $50 Gee: Nat
ches, Miss. and Nidaha. La, SSf1,O39;
New Orleans, La, $500. 600.
Tor improvements at head of Atch-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
BOYCOTT BY CUBAN WOMEN
They Propose to Shun the Shops of
Spanish Merchants

Havana, via Key West, Oct. PA proc
lamation issued by the Revolutionary
Club OF Cuban Women is largely circu-
lating in Havana city and the rest of the
island. and has caused a sensation among
Cubans and Spaniards alike. The Cuban
women desire the Spaniards in Cuba to
be boycotted by every sympat thizer with
the Cuban cause. 1T is a shame for us
the document says, TO buy commod-
tiles in Spanish stores, thereby enriching
our enemies. The Spaniards who in Ha-
vana as well as in all the other principal
towns OF Cuba. are a constant menace to
our lives and honor. these volunteers who
form the cowardly mob which has
sassinated so many of our fathers, bro>
theirs and sisters, are the merchants who
provide US with all we need in our homes.
from the bread we eat to the clothes we
wear. Should we unite against them,
should we refuse to patronize their stores.
they would soon be ruined and compelled
to leave the island
- boycott upon these Spaniards is the
best thing we can do in the cities to help
the patriots who are fighting in the field
for our freedom. and We, the women of
Cuba are the first who ought to do it,
if we cannot take up arms and die in bat
tie by the side of the heroes of our great
struggle.
The Spanish merchants in Havana are
very much concerned over this document,
among the Cuban families. The blow viii
certainly be a severe one to the Spanish
merchants The police are searching for
the authors of-the proclamation. to ar
rest them or expel them from the island.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
SHAW AND EDITOR STEAD.
Am erican Compels the Britisher to
Cease Publication of "Borae erIand.o

London, Oct. 22.-Editor Stead, who
is almost as well known in the United
States as he is here. has decided to dis
continue his SpiritualiStic monthly mag
azine entitled ''BOrderland'' which has
given rise to so much discussion during
its existence, not only among people
who believe in the supernatural, but
also by those who deride everything
spiritualistic as trickery and supersti-
ton.
It seems that the abandonment of
'BOrderland. which viii cease with the
present number, is connected with Mr.
Stead's recent trip to America and his
dispute there with DR.. Albert Shaw the
Review of Reviews" DR.. Shaw. ac-
COrding to Mr. Stead, claimed the
greater part of the profits thereon. and
the object Of Stead's journey to Amer
lea, was to get his own proprietorial
rights clearly defined. From what is
learned. however, the American editor
has been too smart for Mr.. Stead who
has returned here in a disgusted frame
of mind.
It seems that the agreement between
them was so loosely drawn up that Mr..
Shaw could not only urge plausible rea-
sons for his claim to the lions share
OF the Profits of the American edition of
the Review Of Reviews - but that he
was able to likewise present q very well
founded demand for a share in the prof
it's of 'Borderlandf
This so exasperated Mr.. Stead that
he declared that rather than divide the
profits of ''Borderland." which he has
always regarded as sort of a private
venture of his own, he would stop pub
fishing it
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
STUDENTS STRIKE.
Duquoin High School Boys Rel sct
Prof RawIins' Proposition for
a SettI ement

Duquoin, III. Oct 22.-The students
strike in the high school remains un-
changed.
The board of education at a meeting
last night. left the matter Of making "a
settlement with the students in the
hands OF Prof. Rawlins- The students
held q meeting in the city hall today
and appointed committee to wait up
on Prof. Rawlins and see upon what
terms he was willing for them to re-
turn to school.
They were informed by Mr.. Rawlins
that the 16 who were suspended for fall
ing to make preparation to carry out
their literary programme would have
to do their work before returning 70
school.
Those who got up and left the room
without permission were to acknowl-
edge that they violated the rules Of the
school in so doing, and promise in the
future to obey the laws Of the school
and carry out all literary work as
signed to them by the teachers or the
society
The students we're unanimously in
favor of rejecting the proposition.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
MARRIED AT 80 YEARS.
Aged New York Man Tries Matri-
mony the Third Time.

Watertown. N Y. Oct. 21-Yester-
day afternoon there We're married Ben
jamin F. Hunt of Bridgeport aged 81
and Mrs Julia Ann Sherman, of this
city. gad so years. Mrs. Sherman was
the wife cf the late John a Sherman, a
wealthy resident of this city
Mr.. Hunt is q native of Rodman. this
county and had been married twice. He
has three married sons, Daniel F., now
Of Chicago. Fred s. Of Bridgeport, and
benjamin r. Hunt. Jr., a multi-million-
aire manufacturer, who resides in Bos-
ton, but VINO is now travelling in Eur
ope.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
FAKE MEDIUM EXPOSED.
Two Subjects Turn on the Lights at
Indiana Meeting

wabash, Ind, Oct. 2Z.-James Baney.
a spirit medium, was today driven out
of Somerset, this county. He has been
holding seances in that village for the
last two weeks, the manifestations
awakening a great deal Of enthuslasIn
among the believers and wonder aInohA
s1eptics.
Monday night, however, when a CIR
Gle was formed of eight men ana IouL
women two of the former, great strap
ping farmers. .grasped the medium Wnll8
the bells were ringing and horns blow
ing. turned on the lights and exposed
the whole fraud, to the CONSERVATION Oh
the spiritualists present.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Those who believe chronic diarrhoea
to be incurable should reed what Mr.
P. E. Grisham, of Gaars Mills, La has
to say on the subject, viz: Il have
been a sufferer from chronic diarrhoea
ever since the war and have tried all
kinds of medicines for it, At last I
found remedy that effected a cure
and that was Cham berlain's Collie, ,Chol-
era and Diarrhoea Remedy" This
medicine can always be depended upon
for collie, cholera morbus, dysentary
and diarrhoea. 1t is pleasant to take
and never fails to effect a cure. 25
and so cent sizes for sale by all drug
gists-
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Baths 1Oc, COL Kansas avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22

Tabler's Buckeye Pile Ointment gives
instant relief. 1t allays Inflammation
and heals. 1t is prompt in its action
and positive in It's effect 1t is the
the kind that cures without pains or
discomfort. 1t Is for piles only. soc
Tubes, 75c. Geo. w Stansfield. 632 Kan
aas avenue and BIiller's Pharmacy. cor
ner Sixth and Topeka avenue.
The Topeka state journal., 1897-10-22
Cronp Quicklv Cnrsd.

Mountain Glen, Ark.-Our children
were suffering with Group when we re-
ceived a bottle of Charnberlains Cough
Remedy. 1t afforded almost instant re-
lief. A Thornton This celebrated
remedy is for sale by all druggists.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11
SHORT LUMBER.
SPRUCE.
Current Comment.

CHEEsE.-Receipts for export "a boxes
There has been steady moderate demand
this week with prices we'll sustained.
OATs.-There has been quiet demand
noted, with prices ruling about the same.
Buyers are only meeting pressing needs
from time to time.
CoRN.-The market has shown a sharp
advance during the past few days, and at
the close, sales Of steamer yellow on track
billed through have been made at $50.
EGGs.-Receipts have been light this
week and strictly choice fresh eggs have
been scarce and tending higher. Fancy
fresh Michigan and some OF the best of the
other western have been selling at 13c but
there is still good deal Of ordinary stock
selling at 10 to lie.
BEANs.-Receipts continue light and there
has been further advance in prices since
our last weekly report. Late sales of choice
hand-picked marrow pea and mediums have
been at lilo generally with now and then
lot at SLID. Extra yellow eyes have been
steady at $1.25. Most lots of red kidneys
held at So.
FLoUR.-The boom III wheat continues
and prices for flour have been forced yet
higher although few sales have been made
at the top. The trade find that they have
got left on the present boom but while they
will operate in a slow way at the advance
they will only meet pressing needs. That
wheat will continue high is the general
feeling but at the same time no one ap-
pears to be very much interested in flour.
BUTTER.-There has been no material
change in the butter market during the past
week. Receipts are gradually falling off
and only small proportion of the arrivals
are strictly up to grade. There is large
accumulation of II to 14c stock here for
which there is very little demand. Strictly
extra creamery keeps very well sold up but
buyers are very particular about quality
and concessions have to be made for very
slight defects.
WHOLESALERS for the week, 6,6OS, 900
There is less activity manifest than last
week. This apparent falling off is due
rather to the lack Of acceptances of big
blocks OF foreign wool sold to arrive than to
any weakness in the market. AS matter
of fact the market is stronger than ever,
continuing slowly to advance at the rate of
about a cent secured pound weekly.
There are some timid souls who already are
predicting reaction
LUMBER.-There is better feeling in the
lumber market generally speaking. Spruce
is feeling the improvement along with other
kinds of lumber. In fact, we think it will
feel the effects of general improvement in
the market first. Already there has been a
falling off in the cargo shipments here,
which has been decided benefit TO the
market. On large cargoes somewhat better
prices are realized, and even ordinary car
goes are steadier. The car mills seem to be
in better shape than they were a few weeks
ago.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11
The Best Time to Cut Corn for
Forage.

The feeding value of the entire corn
plant depends upon the degree of ma
turity it reaches before being cut. 1t
increases in value very rapidly as it APP
proaches the period of complete ripe
ness. In the case OF corn planted in
hills where tillage can be given, the
moisture may be conserved by shallow
culture even during drouth 80 that the
plant is enabled to continue growth un-
til it's greatest feeding value is reached.
With sowed corn, however, conditions
are entirely different for long before
the time of maturity, the corn has
ceased to grow because the supply of
moisture has been used up. In cases
of this kind, the corn may have to be
cut early in order to save it.
This very rapid increase in feeding
value of corn as it reaches maturity
should be understood by all producers,
whether the crop is to be used for
silage or for fodder. According to
analyses made at the Cornell expert
ment station at different periods of
growth, it is plainly evident that only
such varieties should be grown for en-
silage as will reach good degree of
maturity before frost. These conclu-
sions were first reached in 1888 and
have been abundantly confirmed by
later experiments at Cornell and
several other stations.
Beginning with August 2, corn was
cut when in bloom and analysed. The
amount of water, dry matter and the
different food nutrients were made.
The value in the folders per acre of
the food nutrients was determined by
multiplying the amount by the price
per pound according to the valuation.
1t will be seen that there is an increase in
amount of food and its value from the
first to the last cutting. An acre cut
September 10 was worth over $3.50,
while the same area cut two weeks
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11

later was worth over S1l5. Between
the first and last cutting the total dry
matter and carbohydrates (sugar, starch,
etc.) increased $50 per cent, the fat 1876
per cent and the protein nearly doub-
led. In last years experiments, it was
found that the total feeding value be-
tween tasseling and ripening increased
166 per cent. The results of ell ex-
periments in this line unite to show
that there is a large increase of all the
nutrients the corn proceeds from tas-
selling to ripeness.
1t would seem that the question of
of the proper time to cut corn for en-
silage was definitely settled by these
experiments. Such marked increase
between the periods of bloom and
ripening cannot be ignored even though
the proportion of the more valuable
muscle forming foods be somewhat les
sened. This is true Of corn cut for fod-
der as well as that for ensilage. The
time TO cut corn then is after the roast
ing ear stage has been passed and be-
fore the stalks and leaves become
woody.-New England Homestead.
The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1897-08-11
Live Stock Market.

BEEF CATTLE.-Supply of Western lib
eral and prices unchanged. Market was
not very strong, More cattle were taken
for export.
PRICES OF MARKET BEEF-A few choice,
5000 to S625; extra, S525 10 S5.75i first
quality, 81 to $3.50; third quality, $3.50 to
$3.50.
PRICES OF STORE CATTLE. - Working
oxen per pair, $50 to $50; farrow COWS,
S12 TO 500; fancy COWS, $50 to $40; mich
cows and calves, $50 to S4S; yesrlings, So
to SIG; two-year-olds, Sl2 to S22; three
year-olds, $40 TO $50; Western fat swine,
live, 81 to 4c; Northern dressed hogs, Ate
per Id.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-In lots, So TO So
each; extra, 1925 to Sab or from 2 to 47c
per III; spring lambs, to 5Ac; veal calves,
to 5ac.
PRICES OF HIDES TALLow AND SKINS
Brighton hides, to 7bc per lb; tallow, &c;
country hides, e to 63c per 10; tallow, TO
1bc per ID; pelts and shearlings, 15c 70 81
each calf skins, SOC to S1.20 each; dairy
skins, 80 to Acc each
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-Western arrival are
heavy and prices are pretty well MAINTAIN
ed. The call for good lambs is fair. West
ern cost laid down here at slaughter houses
to SIC, yearlings, 44c; old sheep 4c'
VEAL CALyEs.-Little or no change in the
market, and prices remained the same.
Sales were fair, although no advance was
paid over last week The bulk Of the sales
ranged at to &c per h.
SWINE Western were in liberal supply
and sold at 81 &c, live weight; country at
to 4ac per h., dressed weight.
Arrivals Of Live Stock at markets,-At
Watertown: Cattle, 4,367; sheep, l0,672i
veals, - swine, 1886; horses, =; At
Somerville Cattle, 1902 sheep, S,l39;
veals, 1859; swine, 6,S5l,