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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Apples ripen in the sun,
An Books Have TboIr Tr,.,.

rs there any book in the library for
which there has never been a call ?o
said Librarian Hid as he repeated the
question which he had been asked
Wen, there may be, but really l
shouldn't like to bet that there is.
On the contrary, it seems safe to saw
that every book in the library has been
called for at some time or other since
It has been in our collection. Every
book, even those that seem most use
less to most people, has it's use. and
somebody is able to find some informa-
ton for which he is searching in that
very book which perhaps seemed likely
never to be called for. 1 have lust had
good proof of this. Recently we moved
about 10000 books over to the new Ii
brary building on Michigan avenue. OF
course, those which were transferred
were those for which we believed no
one would ever be likely to call. They
were ancient patent Office reports. old
documents issued by the British gov
eminent and old public documents
from Washington. But not week has
passeda since then that we have not
had to send over to the new building
at least ten times for some book or
other that we had thought no one
would ever demand-Chicago Times
Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
An Historians Memory.

The members of the Chickamaugs
national park commission were driving
along country road near the limits
OF the great battlefield few days ago,
says a st. Louis Globe-Democrat cor
respondent, when General Henry v,
BoyRton, the chairman of the commits
sion, remarked to his companions in
the vehicle:
About mile from here there ought
to be church near Ringgold. haven't
seen the place for more than thirty
three years, but remember going in
to the graveyard when our army was
down here and being impressed with a
curious inscription on one of the tomb
stones. 1t read like this:
He lived to enliven the happiness Of
his parents
Three years, eight months, twenty
days.
When death tore him from the noun
tain brow
An angel caught and bore him DER
the sea.
And placed him in Gods white house.
To live and play through all eterni-
ty.'"
The other members of the commits
sion thought this was such a fine
chance to test the memory of the war
historian that they drove on down the
Ringgold road to see that epitaph. In
the course Of mile they came to an
old country church with a graveyard,
as General Boynton had described
They left their carriage, went inside,
found the tombstone, and verified the
inscription exactly as it had been re-
peated to them.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
WIDOWS WEEDS, AND RABBITS
HEAD.

dead near Stonehaven, in Scotland.
Owing to the enormous overgrowth of
the two lower incisOr teeth, the unfor-
tunate animal had evidently persisted
from sheer inability to nourish itself.
curious object is the widows
weeds" of an Australian aboriginal. 1t
is the custom in one part of Australia,
near the northeast bend of the Murray
river, for widows to attend upon the
tombs of their dead husbands. Then,
after shaving their heads, they cover
them with pipeclap, kneaded into
paste, The head is first covered with
net, to prevent the clay from sticking
too tightly to the skin-a misfortune
which is partly averted by the amount
of grease with which every Australian
native is anointed. A layer of this
clay, several inches in thickness, is
plastered over the head, and, wher
dry, forms sort of skull cap exactly
fitting the head on which it was mold
ed. AS it weighs several pounds, the
widows cap cannot be comfortable.
These badges of mourning may be
found lying about near the tombs, and
until their real use was discovered, they
were very mysterious objects to trav-
elers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Gen. Grants ReIIeIous sDITIt.


am a profound believer" said
General Grant, In special and gen
eral providence that shapes the destiny
Of individuals and nations, but in such
a way as not to destroy mans free
agency" On another occasion, while
conversing with Doctor Cramer, his
brother-in-law, about his experiences
in the war, he said that he always car
ried out what he had planned to do
did you ever pray to God for aid
and success?" asked Doctor Cramer
Often, mentally, but briefly" he an
sWered. II asked for strength and wis
dom to carry to a successful termina-
ton my task, Like my mother, never
talk much about religion, but think
much. 1t is the all-important subject"
Grant, while president, spoke one
day to his brother-in-law Of the tre-
mendous responsibility Of the Office Il
often" said he, during the session OF
congress, after day of hard work and
AM evening spent in meeting social
claims, sit up till it is far beyond mid
night to study the various questions
submitted for my action"
DO you ever pray for wisdom and
guidance?" asked his relative.
Yes; night and day 1 ask God in
silent prayer to aid me in performing
my duties, ne answered II believe in
prayer, though don't talk about it"
Doctor Cramer mentions conversa-
ton, wherein Grant told him that be-
ing present at the communion service
in the Metropolitan Methodist Church
of Washington, he requested Schuyler
Colfax, then vice-president, who sat in
a pew in front Of him, to accompany
him to the communion table "He de-
clined, so 1, too, stayed away. An illus
tration of the influence of example"
Speaking of the impressions made by
his visit to Jerusalem, General Grant
said: Il never felt so solemn in my life
as did while standing before places
made sacred by their associations with
Christ when He was on earth"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Respeot for the Nsrrna-

Respect for the nerves, then, de-
mands the avoidance of overwork of
every kind, whether mental or physi-
cal. Too much eating is overwork of
the digestive organs, too much bicycle
riding draws too heavily on the heart
and lungs, too much thinking or fret
thing overtaxes the brain. But. in fact,
overworking the digestive or assimila-
tive organs or straining the heart or
lungs goes to the nerve centers to reg
lister the fatal lesion; for so long as the
arrangement is not beyond the power
OF vital force to rectify it, it is but
temporary and the equilibrium will be
restored. The true theory of living a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Honest but shrowd Yankee.

There was funny case of interna-
tional honesty down in Arizona inst
on the line between that territory and
Mexico. A Yankee farmer lives there
one Amasa Barrow by name, and It is
his business to raise chickens. Chick
en- feed is cheap in Mexico, and chick
ems bring fine prices in Arizona. but to
raise fowls in Mexico and bring them
across the boundary or to buy the feed
and bring it across would involve the
payment of a considerable duty. which
would eat the profits about as fast as
the hens could eat the corn. AS for
smuggling that was not to be Thought
Of.
Amasa is a Yankee and is so honest
that his neighbors say he wouldn't take
advantage of man in a horse trade
But he is also full of Yankee Ingenuity
and after deep cogitation he built a
long, slim hen coop, one half of It in
Arizona and the other in Mexico. On
the line there is gate. Over the line
there are barns containing feed. At
feeding time the gates opened and the
chicken fancier Shoes his flock into
Mexico, where they eat their meal.
Then he Shoes them back to the pro-
lection of the American flag, where
they digest this Mexican grain. Law
their eggs and carry on their family
affairs. Mr.. Barrow saves about 50
per cent on grain and makes that
much on his chickens, ana if there is
any smuggling done it is done by the
innocent and responsible biddies.-
Washington Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
ELEPHANT AND BABY.
Ehs Faithful Coature Would Not Leave
Its Charge.

Ehs Faithful CeRtur0 Would mol Leave
Its Charge.
we had three elephants for our
tents and baggage; and one dear crea-
ture used to feed from my hands every
day and seemed as gentle as any pet
log or cat, says writer in ST. Nioho-
las. One Of our government chaprasis
was particularly devoted to her and
Invariably shared his meal of fruit or
tlOur cakes with his dumb friend. On
4 particularly hot day, the chaprasi,
to my surprise, placed his tiny child Of
months at the elephants feet, warn
ing her expressively that the infant
was in her charge, and was to be cared
for till his return. / myself was an
eyewitness of her wonderful sagacity.
Large banana treas and fig trees grew
around, and, to my surprise, the ele-
plant broke off one of the formers
spreading leaves, held it like fan in
her trunk and from time to time grace
fully waved 1t over the slumbering
child, whether to temper the heat of
the atmosphere or to keep off the flies
am unable to say. The gentle way IN
which she moved her feet over the
child and across to each side astounded
me. sent for a white loaf and some
oranges, and, calling her by name (she
was never chained), tried in vain to
tempt her to my side on the low Veran-
da. Nothing would induce her to leave
her charge. The warm air and monoto-
nous wave of the swinging fan over
powered me with drowsiness, to which
yielded, and, after sleep Of some
duration, l was awakened by quiet,
subdued snorts beside me. To my sur
prise, l found that the chaprasi had
just returned to his offspring and the
elephant stood near the veranda be-
side me, patiently waiting and gently
asking for the tempting dainties so
bravely withstood for over two hours
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Doga sold hr tha pnnnd.

There are in Dawson dogs of every
kind and breed to the number of at
least 1000, and are considered valuable
property. singularly enough, they are
sold by weight, the ruling price being
81 a pound for all under seventy-fiye
pounds in weight, and $3.50 per pound
for all weighing over seventy-fiye
pounds. These dogs are all used for
dragging loaded sleds in winter. One
of the miners ventures the prediction
that when spring opens there will not
be a single dog left in Dawson, and
that they will bring higher prices dead
than they do now alive.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Mosquitoes and Files right.

A Camden Delaware) farmer tells a
story Of a queer combat between a
swarm OF flies and mosquitoes over the
possession Of horse. The animal was
grazing in meadow when a huge cloud
of mosquitoes surrounded 1t. The horse
became frantic and rushed around the
field, when a swarm of the big flies at
tackled it. Then the cloud of mosuuf-
toes and flies became mixed, and the
air was filled with strange noise. but
every moment some mosquitoes or flies
were seen to drop to the earth. The
horse was covered with blood, the mos
quitoes abandoning their prey to the
flies.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
Time bv the FnrelnnIr.

Murphy-Domn it! I never can foinA
a thing whin I'm lookin' for it. Multi
gan-Shure; that's always the case. an
1 suppose the way to do would be for
mon to hunt up the things he don't
want, when he amt Ioolin' for 'em. am
have 'em ready.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

They had been drifting about in an
open boat for seven days, and had AL
most given up hope, when the look
out cried, wildly: "a sail! sail,"
The only woman passenger looked IN
anxiously: "oh. is 1t bargain sale p
London Tit-Bits
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
KeepIAg the ola Man cousa.

While stopping one night at a farm
house in Missouri, a traveller was as
tonished to see his hostess walk up to
her husband about every fifteen min
utes and box his ears or give his hair
a pull. In the morning the guest, see
ing the woman alone, asked an ex-
PLANTATION Of her conduct, and her re-
ply was; you see. stranger, me and
the old man has been fightin' for ten
years to see who shall boss this ere
ranch, and I have Jest got him cowed.
but If I should let up on him for a day
he would turn on me again, and my
work would all go for nothin'."
The sale Of ice cream by Italians IN
the streets of London is fAid to viaId
a profit of 700 rsr cent.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

the European armies tends to make
them immobile, and that therefore It
is always possible that some clever In
vention in the direction Of intense mo
bility may give victory to small and
apparently not particularly well-found
army in other respects.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

RUISED and bleed
ing, pale and
weary,
Onward to the
South and West,
Through dark woods
a n d d e s e r t s
dreary,
BY relentless foe
men pressed,
Came a tribe where
evening, dark
ling,
Flushed a mighty
..H----.F q. n.AAn 80
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

And they cried, their faint eyes sparkling
"Alabamal Here we restP'
BY the stern steam-demon hurried,
Far from home and scenes so blest;
BY the gloomy care-dogs worried,
Sleepless, houseless, and distressed,
Days and nights beheld me hieing
Like a bird without a nest,
Till hailed thy waters, crying,
"Alabamal Here restr"
Oh when life's last sun is blinking
In the pale and darksome West,
And my weary frame is sinking,
With its cares and woes Oppressed,
May /, as l drop the burden
From my sick and fainting breast,
Cry, beside the swelling Jordan,
"Alabamal Here I restP'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

cThere is a tradition, that a tribe OF
Indians, defeated and hard pressed by a
more powerful foe, reached in their flight
river where their chief set up a stan
ana exclaimed, "Alabama" word
meaning, Here we rest" which from
that time became the rivers name.)
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
CAMPFIRE SKETCHES.
GOOD SHORT STORIES FoRTHE
VETERANS.

ManeuvOrinr srodern Armis. Their
Largeness Has a Tendency to Make
Them ImmobIIe-Gen. Grants RelIsi-
Gus Spirit.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
TWO ODD THINGS.

Long Teeth of a Rabbit, and Unique
Widows Weeds.
In accompanying picture is shown
the head of a rabbit which was found
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04
In THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
All Books Have Their Bsss-The MIX
Cure-A Pretty widow with q Big
Farm-How an Honest but shrewd
Yankee Turned Trick


September.
BY Monroe H. Resented.
~ ARA{ - AYES Of grain stir
~SN@7I in the breeze
A1YV1NI WI Golden I'm the am
| & c1AAhtYfhAtfH Der haze;
u @g5lStAAH WH Oh, the yellow har-
SsA11S1NEJWL ANL vest seas
A%5Al@i@ In September's
NHHA glorious days!
MtlW3sSsX s5N.. Yonder on the zig
UUW C1X@ gag rail-
rim SR( Piping to his
NNSH% speckled mate,
Hark, the calling Of
the quail,
With the harvest Joy elate!
Swings the scythe in brawny arms!
And the far off uplands glow
With wealth Of gorgeous charms,
Beaming on the wales below
Rainbow colored leaves now tint
Forest tops afar, anear;
Cooler breezes give hint
or the falling Of the year.
Summer like queen has flown,
But her beauty fingers still,
In the MONDAY bees low drone.
In the bird Ger vale and hill
Apples ripen in the sun,
Keeping from the changing leaves;
Silver brooks that seward run
sing welcome to the sheaves.
Welcome to Gods harvest time!
Breezes pipe 1t as We go!
ring, ye scythes, a joyous chime
AS We swing in arms arrow!
Shout the tidings DER the earth!
reno them to Heavens dome!
WINE with hearty cheer and mirth,
NO" we sing the Harvest Home!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-12-04

summer like queen has flown,
But her beauty fingers still,
In the MONDAY bees low drone,
In the bird Ger vale and hill
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03
Dur Growing Navy.

It Is n very long time since we have had
so many vessels in commission as now,
there being over sixty OF them. including
all classes. Vet there is n prospect Of a
goodly increase of the list.
The first source of this increase is the
vessels building. The Kearsargc and her
mate are nearly one.half completed, and
tho three battlcshirs of the Illinois class
IN the average nearly oncfourth. The
last Of the composite Gunhoats, the Prince
ton, is nearly ready for trial. or the tor
pedo boats three are over four-ffths conf
plctcd, fvc others about one-half. and seven
less advanced, while the submarine boat
is about thrcc-nfths ready.
But another source of supply will be the
restoration to commission OF many vessels
which have been under repair. or these
the cruiser Baltimore has recently been
made ready; the Ranger must he following
soon; the Pensacola should come during the
winter; the Newark and the Mohican next
spring: the Charleston and the Atlanta next
summer the Chicago thef following autumn;
the Hartford in the opening of 1899.
or course there will be offsets to these
gains, ships going out of commission for
repairs, while some drop out altogether.
Still, it is clear that there will be a net gain
Of ships in commission for some time to
come, and, in fact, unless the present num-
Der of men is increased, some of them will
have to be put in reserve, for the lack Of
crews. Ships in reserve, however, may be
ready fer duty at short notice, and can be
counted in the effective strength.
One thing which is going to increase
greatly our total of available vessels is the
recent movement for adding to our torpedo
fleet. 1t would not be at all surprising to
find thirty or forty more of these little
craft added within the next three or four
years, while battleship construction will
also undoubtedly go on.
The value Of liberal appropriations for
repairs is also appreciated in these days.
1t is found desirable to complete promptly
the work needed to put ships in serviceahle
condition instead of allowing 1t to drag,
and a combination of this policy with
that of adding new vessels results in Civ
ing us constantly increasing numbers as
we'll as power in the commissioned fleet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03

are responsible forit, and It appears almost
impossible to say who is, seem to v
taken the bit between their teeth, and to
be determined to carry il out regardless OF
cost or consequences. The reason given Is
the imminence of Russian attack, but In
reply to this, it Is pointed out that TO en-
bitter the Pathan tribes and the Atghans
against the British Is only to increase the
difficulties of England and diminish those
OF Russia If she is really contemplating ag.
gressivc movements, of which there Is no
proof beyond the assertion OF q panic
stricken or dishonest party In the Indian
Government.
The blamef for tue renewal OF the FOR
ward policy lie laid primarily on the pre-
dominance of the military party in India
and the subservicnce of the India office in
ondon to their ~counsels. 1t was on the adj
vice of the military party that the pledges
given by the late Liberal administration to
the tribes of the Swat Valley and the coun-
try to the north that their territory should
be evacuated by the British troops so soon
as the garrison of Chitral had been relieved,
were broken deliberately.
Sir NEVILLE CHAMBERLAIN, Sir JAMES
IYALL, Sir AUCKLAND CoLvIN, Col. IL. Is.
HANNA, and many other distinguished mil.
itary and civil Indian officials, cried ont
against the immortality and danger Of 80
fragrant n breach Of faith with tribes natu-
rally suspicious and quick to resent insid-
ious attacks on their freedom and indie.
pcndcnce. But no attention was given to
their warnings, and it now appears as II the
English people were committed by their
Government to a policy which n leading
English PROVINCIAL paper describes as cor
responding in it's quality to private acts Of
robbery with violence.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-03
The Year After.

It wasn't alone the Citizens Union and
Its likes in other places that did 1t. The
process of reaction to Organism, for Bry-
anism is the beneficiary of the struggle
Of 1897, received its first unnatural help
from the anti Republican, anti.tarifT, anti
grccnback, currency.reform insatiables,
who in their anger ut having been cocrccd
by public sentiment into support of
the Republican ticket of 1896 looked
upon the Inauguration of MCKINLEY az
absolution from the restraint they had
chafed against, and as a sanction for start
ing to bushwhack again on the old guer-
rilla lines. Men representing the greatest
commercial interests and responsibilities,
Republicans born as wei! as Republicans
made under the dispcnsation of the Chi.
cage platform, had absorbed the spirit OF
rcstlessncss and vengeance from their
Mugwump Democratic allies, and, uncon.
s~ciously guided and impelled by the ever.
watchful Republican factionists, they
have complained and reviled and be.
labored the Republican Administration
and party from the day it entered
Office at Washington as though the Democ-
racy, standing ready to take its place, had
greater virtues and no worse faults. The
distinction between the platforms of st.
Louis and Chicago, explained with such
anxiety throughout the campaign of 1896,
was of less moment to them than the vent
ing of their spite or the exploitation Of
their fads in Legislation.
These critics, beginning with the Ma.
tional Democrats, and, gathering in all
m~ugwumpery and c~uckoodom, eliminating
in such despicable self.seekers as SETH
Low and his band Of traitors from the
regular Republican ranks, have been
the leading support and advocates
Of Organism at a time when BRYAN's
followers dared not raise their banner or
ever BRYAN himself lift his voice.
They will awake in a day or two to the
consciousness that they lave been on a
debauch unexamplcd in the history of po-
litical folly.