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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-19
COMMENCEMENT.

The Opera house Thursday night was
crowded when the curtain rolled up
and the ever welcome Chaminade So
ciety emerged from the left wings.
After singing Latin Mass which was
listened to with rapturous attention,
Mrs. Olmstead, accompanied by Mrs.
Ollie, played violin solo. Rev. J, Fl,
Barton then pronounced an eloquent
and appropriate invocation. This part
of the program prepared the audience
for listening attentatively to the gradu
ating exercises. Mr.. ludwick Brunzell
stepped forth and delivered an Grafton
on LIES Waterloos, The discourse
was we'll prepared, and although the
delivery was slightly mechanical, the
enunciation was clear and the subject
was treated in thoughtful and origin
al style. It was altogether merit
orious effort, emitting the young man
to the beautiful and profuse tribute of
flowers paid by his admirers, Carl
Peterson, in carefully considered ora
tion, discussed the subject of Self
Training. He maintained that educa-
ton was not the mere acquisition of
information, but the training and culti-
walton of the mind so as to act prompt
" and logically under all conditions,
MIR. Peterson showed some embarrass-
ment but got through in a way that
was most satisfactory to the audience
and creditable to himself. After the
congratulary bouquets had ceased to
shower down at Mr.. Petersou's feet,
Mrs. Olmstead and Miss Ida Jones, ac-
companied on the piano by Mrs, Ollie,
played delightful violin duett, Miss
Ida White then read an essay on The
Pleasures of the Imagination. This
was an excellent composition, especially
in its literally aspects, indicating that
the young lady had studied belle-lettres
to good purpose. The reading was good.
All of which entities Miss White to
generous praise. Miss Mary Galloway
readEa charming paper on the False
View ofLife which was well construct
ed and Astounding in good sense. The
young lady need have no fears of the
future if she does all her work
as well, and lives to the text of
her excellent essay. 1t is hardly neces-
sary to record that Miss White
and Miss Galloway were generously en-
dowed with flowers by their numerous
friends and earnest admirers, Mrs,
Roadway, accompanied by her daughter
Mary on the piano and Mrs. Olmstead
on the violin, followed the young lady
graduates with a vocal solo which
elected prolonged and sincere applause,
James Boone delivered a spirited ora
ton on Our Duty AS American Citi
zens, Mr.. Boone did himself proud,
He is forcible and convincing speak
or. If all citizens wonld study their
duty as he evidently has, the disinte-
grafton of the Union would be an event
not of time, but eternity, The young
man made a telling point by reference
to the recent State legislature as an
example of the ills which befall when
citizens neglect their duties. Mr..
Boone succeeded in winning his audi
enee better, perhaps, than any of the
other speakers. He threw more life
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-19
CARD OF THANKS.

We desire to express our sincere
thanks to the friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted us during the
illness and death of our little grand
daughter, Ruby, and may the richest
blessings of heaven rest upon you all.
Mrs. F. HoFFER & Family.
L.F. Cook s. Family.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-19
OFFICE HOURS PROM GAM TO 9 r.M.,
EVERY DAY.

g Caldwell, Idaho, June II, 1896
To whom 1t may concern:
the undersigned had DR.. Gee Wo treat me
during my sickness and found his treatment to
be success. 1 was grieVuusly afflicted with
S sea rheumatism | cheertglly recommend IT
JOHN Z. SEBREE,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-06-19

Accommodations FIST class; rates
reasonable; excellent table. The Griffin
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oSTALoavEs ON APPLICATION FREE.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

and thus demonstrating anew his right
to the title of the worlds champions
ship. His brother, Merrett II. De-
ment, who taught him his first lessons
in the art, was one of the best stenog-
raphers In the country in his day. An
other brother, James e. Dement,, Is
one of the leading members of the pro-
fession In Chicago. 1t will be seen thai
the Dement, family is well represented
in the great army of stenographers.
Mr.. Dement, looks upon stenography
as an art and a science, as well as
profession. He has been making hooks
and curves since he was a boy, anu
has yet to find the individual who can
dictate faster than he can write. All
public speakers are alike to him III
that he has never met one who rs
much as bothered him. The ones VINO
have tested his powers of speed most
fully were DR.. Phillips Brooks, tne
noted preacher, and Rev. H. V. Reed
who used to preach several years ago
in Chicago to congregation OF pre-
millennists. The latter talked to MI
Dement, once at the rate of $50 woros
a minute for half an hour, and this MI
Dement, regards as the hardest propo-
sition he ever encountered. For the
past four years he has been out OF the
field as an active reporter, devoting us
time and abilities to the business OIL
publishing his textbooks on short
hand. In his spare moments Mr. De
ment gives his literary genius chance
and writes novels. In addition to TINS
he finds time to exercise his Inventive
powers, and has patented several use
full mechanical devices.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
MAGNETIC SAVE EYESlGHT.
Powerful Instrument Causes Metal
Particles to Come Forth.

Every man who works where parti-
cles of metal fly about Is liable to get
one Of them In his eye. Time was
when such an accident meant blindness
in one or both eyes, but nowadays this
is not SO. There is in the New York
City Eye and Ear Infirmary a magnet
which has repeatedly drawn out of the
human eye such an atom as used to
destroy sight. The magnet is of sutti-
cient power to lift sixteen pounds and
1t takes 120 volts of electricity from
the incandescent light circuit to actuate
it. When an eye which has become the
unhappy possessor of a fragment of
iron or steel is brought near this mag
net the presence and location of the
metal is Immediately made manifest by
a bullying Of the coats of the eyeball.
This Is the exact spot located, and
with the attraction continued Mt full
limit the matter of the extraction of
the particle becomes simple. When a
patient comes to the doctor to be treat
ed for an injury to the eye he is seated
in n chair with a headrest, facing a
good light. The doctor first steadies
the eyeball with the thumb and fore
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

THE POISONED SPEAR

"It Is rather n bad hole, boys, sure
enough, and the Lord bless you, 1t was
nip and tuck between nc md the devil
for Il little while, I tell you. l can't
even think of the thing now without
feeling my blood rEn cold.
Does 1t ever Eurt me? Well. L
should say 1t ,loes l can feel the
blamed stuff ranking in my bones this
very minute.
"Eh what stuff? Why the poison, of
course.
well, If you must have the story, I'll
tell it. seeing as I'd have to anyhow;
but MS It's getting late and I'm as
sleepy us a 3-weeks-old cub, Ill war
rant it'll not be very long and strung
out.
$50 you want to know how come to
have that big ugly hole In my arm
there do you?
"All right, boys. all right; you shall
know; you shall know. Give me n
match, somebody. This tobacco must
be wet, or green, or something. It's
forever and eternally going out on a
fellow
early in the fall of the year 1868
or 1869, I'm not sure which, there were
some ten or twelve of us hunting wild
horses on the Upper Rio Grande, in the
northern part of the Territory of New
Mexico. The Indians were quiet enough
at the time and game wasn't scarce, so
what with plenty to eat, tobacco galore
cask of rum and pretty fair luck
with the lasso, we watched our corral
getting full with contented hearts.
I'VE had been some six or seven
weeks in camp when one Of the boys,
an Irishman named Mike Moriarity,
came in from an antelope trail that he
had been following two whole days,
with the startling intelligence that
there were Indians on the creek about
three miles above camp.
HE hadn't stopped to get close sight
of them, but from the fact that they
were mounted and that they numbered
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

'orhere was no time for hesitation.
We were close under row of small
cottonwoods, which fringed the creek,
and in 4 moment were out of our sail
dies for we were mounted, pepperins
away at our assailants for dear life.
and making pretty much every shot
tell. too.
'.rhe conflict was q brief but decis-
i've one. Within fifteen minutes 1t was
ended by the complete rout of the
Apaches. Or rather of all but one. He
was d heavily built fellow, radiant
with warpaint, and bristling with TOM
ahawk, knife, arrows and long spear
He was evidently the leader and OPP
posed the flight of his followers with
fiery vehemence. When he found hir.
self alone, instead of joining the STAN.
pede. he turned on us fercely once
more. 1t seemed as IL he single-handed
and alone proposed to assail us again.
AS he whirled his mustang abou.
drew bead on him. He caught the flash
Of the sunlight on my rifle barrel, and
raised his spear. Then came a report
and whiz In the air at the same time
The Apache dropped backwards from
his saddle, and l clapped my hand over
deep spear wound In my arm.
''sThe lance had struck me In the
feshy part of the left forearm and
dropped to the ground Morlarity, who
was an old Indian fighter. snatched 1t
a xxrhi
q section of an old knife-blade ground
to a razor-like edge. He dropped 1t In
a moment and turned to me with a
very grave face.
~ thought so,' he said anxiously.
"'Thought whntT l asked, endeavor-
ING to staunch the flow of blood that
streamed over my hand. What do you
mean?
az mean it's pizened. SIR was the
reply.
And so 1t was. Upon the point Of the
spearhead were still some spots OF
thick green substance, a vegetable pol
son used by the savages to render their
primitive weapons more deadly In eff
feet. Within five minutes ! tainted
with the inexpressible agony of the
wound
Boys, I've been partially scalped:
I've been torn by the claws of savage
beasts; I've been bored through and
through with leaden bullets, and I've
went for days at a time, under hoi
broiling sun, without so much as q
drop of water to drink, but never be-
fore or since have experienced the in
tense suffering, the terrible misery
which l endured during those few pre-
ceding minutes.
''When | recovered consciousness,
half pound of flesh, more or less, had
been taken from my arm. The opera
ton spoiled It's usefulness in meas
ure, but it saved my life.
'srhe Indian? Oh! He turned out to
be Hawkeye, one of the most famous
chiefs of the Apaches. He and eleven
of his followers reached the happy
hunting grounds ut about the same
time. My bullet had found his hear" "
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
BILLS IN TROUBLE.

I've got letter, parson. from my son
away out West.
An mr. OF heart is heavy az an anvil in
my breast
To think the hoy whose futur' had once
SO proudly planned
Shonld wander from the path o right an
come to SIGH an end!
| told him when he left " only three
short years ago
He'd find himself n plowin' in n mighty
crooked row
He'd miss his fathers counsels, an his
mothers prayers, too.
But he said the farm was hateful. an he
guessed he'd have to go.
/ know thar's big temptation for young
ster in the West,
But believed our Billy had the courage
to resist,
An when he left l warned him O. the
ever-waitin' snares
That lie like hidden sarpints in life's path
way everywheres.
But Bill he promised faithful to be keer-
full, an allowed
He'd build reputation that'd make US
mighty pTOuu,
But IL seems as how my counsel sort o
faded from his mind,
An now the boys In trouble o the very
wustest kini!
His letters came so seldom that l some
how sort o. knowed
That Billy was trampin' on a mighty
rocky road.
But never once imagined he would bow
my head in shame,
An in the dust'd waller his oil dnddy's
honored name.
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short;
| just can't tell his mother; it'll crush her
poor OIL heart!
An so | reckoncd, parson, you might
break the news to her
Bills in the Legislator, but he doesn't
say what fur.
Denver Post.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

to relish the mixture, and 1t Is thought
to improve their condition and courage,
but IL continued too long they become
vicious and their coats deteriorate.
"a well-known titled lady eXpends a
good-sized sum altogether in meat for
her numerous carriage horses and
hacks. She has one mare that will
greedily eat beefsteak unmixed with
meal if minced small, and it has one
per week. know retired army colo
mel, too, a, famous hunting man, who
frequently gives his hunters beef-tea
and other meat extracts in their bran
mash. Possibly it's not entirely mere
fad, for there is one London brewery
whose horses are similarly treated, and
famous race horse that won some i'm
portant events last season was given q
partial diet of meat at Intervals
London Answers.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

trace of the lost jewel was got. Con-
Guiding that the diamond was gone for
good, the ring was reset, and the loss
almost forgotten, when the owners
daughter, who had accompanied her to
the shop on the occasion, remarked:
Mother, there's something in the heel
OF my right boot which catches the car
pet every step | take" "See what It
Is, was the reply, and there, firmly
nhpedded IN the solid leather, was the
missing diamond. Singularly enough
during the past two months the young
iady mad been in the country and walk
ed over the hard macadamized roads.
diamond, In no way injured, and boot
heel are to Join the heirlooms of the
family.-Adelalde Observer.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

no women among them he was pretty
certain that they were a band OF
Apaches on the war-path.
This news was somewhat alarming,
to say the least. for we well knew what
our fate would be II we fell into the
hands of the red devils, and a strict
guard was set that night for, previous
to that time, we had been living a hap
py-go-lucky kind of life, secure in our
fancied isolation, leaving the camp to
take care of itself, after we laid orr
pipes by and rolled ourselves In orr
blankets. No attack was made, how
ever. and three days afterwards n
reconnaissance of the creek above
brought the welcome news that the red
skins were gone.
Early that afternoon some one sus-
gested that we should visit the aban.
doned camp. and i've Of US, including
myself and Moriarity, set out for that
purpose. AS had been reported. the
savages were gone and all that re-
manned of the late cantonment was the
ashes of the dead fires and the debris
of some of their barbaric feasts.
I'VE were still wandering over the
apparently deserted plateau when a
hair-raising yell behind up brought us
about With = start to see score of
mounted Apachcs urging their mus
:angs at the top Of their speed towards
IL
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
Jubal's Call.

The daughter of DIR. Edward Hodges,
the organist, says that her father had
a delightful way of calling all the chill
dren unsteady. One Sunday morning,
when he was playing in st. Johns
Chapel, New York, he said to her:
Il am going to call Jubal. Watch
him."
Jubal was sitting In his accustomed
place near the middle aisle. Doctor
Hodges voluntary began thoughtfully
and smoothly. but in the course of it, a
significant phrase of two notes was
twice repeated. 1t was distinct. and
yet so truly part of the improvisa-
ton that no stranger would have no
ticed it at ALL
The first time, Jnbals attention was
arrested; the second, he turned and
looked up. but saw no sign. At the
third call, he deliberately took up his
hat, left the pew. walked straight up
TO his father, and said:
do you want me, sir?"
YES" said Doctor Hodges. go
home and get my gold snuffbox."
The errand was speedily executed,
for the house stood near. Jubal hand
ed the snuffbox to his father, and re-
turned to his seat
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

finger of the left hand. Should he dis
cover that the bit of metal Is very
minute and not to be readily seen, he
calls an assistans who focuses the light
upon the eye by means of large six
inch reading lens. When he finds that
the particle can be seen nicely he takes
the gouge or the bistoury, the two
dainty and yet terrorizing instruments
OF the eye specialist, and with the point
of either he makes an Insertion beneath
the particle, and In a moment, IL the
surgeon be skillful, the metal is out
upon the surface.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

Il was telling Miss Cayenne about an
accident with which recently met re-
marked Willie Washington, with mei'
ancholy look In his eye.
"IndeedT
Eyes. l was getting Off al electro
car. Didn't realize how fast 1t was ~,
Ing and landed on my hands instead "a
my feet" j.
What did Miss Cayenne say aDou'
IT.?
mot much. She merely remarkeu
that | had ut last succeeded In peiAs
original. "-Washington Star.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
Horses Fed on Beefsteaks.

"Of all fads that fashionable people
indulge In over their pets, think the
strangest idea is that of giving their
horses meat as a variation to their or
binary Diet said veterinary surgeon.
Beef only Is used. 1t is baked until
quite dry and hard, then minced very
fine, and given mixed with oats or meal.
The animals, so far from refusing, seem
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
Tho Mosquito.


The female mosquito, after she has
filed herself with blood-the male in
sect is not a blood sucker-seeks out
some dark and sheltered spot near
stagnant water.
At the end of about six days she
quits her shelter and, alighting on the
surface of the water. deposits her eggs
thereon. She then dies, and, as a rule,
fallsin the water beside her eggs. The
eggs float about for time, and then,
in due course, give birth to tiny SWIM
ming larvae. These larvae, in virtue
of voracious appetite, grow apace,
casting their skins several times to ad-
NIT of growth
Later, they pass into the nympha
stage, during which, after time, they
float on the surface of the water. Final
ly, the shell of the nympha cracks
along its dorsal surface and young
mosquito floats on the surface of the
water while its wings are drying and
acquiring rigidity. When this Is COM
plete it flies away.
The young mosquito larvae, to salts
fy their prodigious appetites, devour
everything eatable they come across;
and one of the first things they eat, IL
they get the chance, Is the dead body of
their parent, now soft and sodden from
decomposition and long immersion.
They even devour their own CASTOR
skins. In examining mosquito larvae
one often comes across specimens
whose allmentary canals are stuffed
with the scales, fragments of limbs,
and other remains of the maternal in
sect
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
A Lost Diamond.

"A Glasgow lady has had a singular
experience. About the beginning of
November last she paid hurried visit
to her business premises, and while
there lost the diamond from favorite
ring. Search was made everywhere for
the precious stone. The shop was
given an extra sweep, the dust placed
In 'hair" sieve and washed. but not a
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
WRITES LIKE THE WIND.

Isaac S. Dement,, the Man Who Dashed
OFF 4O2 Words in a Minute.
Writing shorthand came naturally to
Isaac s. Dement,, the man who broke
his own record of 397 words a minute
the other day at Quincy by dashing off
402 words in the same length of time,
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28
The Most Difficult

Quericus-What do you find to be tin.
most difficult things to compose?
Musician-The baby.-New York
Journal.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

There is one thing about a crop of
wild oats: Ii haryests itself.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

Fund to Injured Railroad Men.
In ten years $1,000, 900 has been paid
out by the casualty fund of the British
Benevolent Institution 70 injured rail-
way men and their families.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

Times-Herald.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

Mhe old Ion Church, onlhe big county, road.
~ Where Tie old WAGONS halted fSSmPfy ne load !
Offhe farmers ~Ko esnoe.~hen the ealh sabbsBd'
Put fhe blow end ne b!antssr and reaeer ewaI
Icanhear Ire Coronation flow ouf from ne choir
Bubblin1 over tie caves. end UP toihs sbire.
Whereone Pelrd Hpebirds on sundwdidPere
To ION inthehuns Of lie old Zion Church
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1897-04-28

N5Vthe old Zion Church. where Ire sH cedar ~eyes
Hull ts mantle Of Gloom Der my ancestors graves
@saW Where my ffsfher end mot6er were ionYa2olsid,
And fhe whipoorwllI nouns in Ire rnornoreus sha4e
When my lime comes 10 say farewell tefhe earfhl
IwouTdlike 10 return 10 fhe scenes ofmy brfhb
Shake of tie old husk leave he word in fte Ireh,
FOR Heaven can't be far from tie old z'or chu reh.
Robert ne. Intxre.-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-01-21
MIR. OLNEY EXPLAINS.
The Secretary Throws Light on the
AngIO~American Treaty.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20-The Senate
committee on foreign relations to-day had
under con sideration the general arbitration
convention between the United States and
Great Britain. Secretary Olney was be-
fore the committee TO explain the provisions
of the treaty. and remained until it ad-
journed. There was Il general discussion of
the provisions of the treaty nearly every
member questioning the secretary about it
and its probable effect. Nothing was
brought out showing any definite plan of
the committee or its intention regarding the
treaty, though the questions put to the sec
retary indicated that there would be opposi-
tion to many of its provisions and that
there were differences of opinion between
members and the secretary as TO the effect
of the treaty.
Secretary Olney supported his assertion
that the treaty was III no sense in deroga-
ton or subversion of the Monroe doctrine
by pointing out that Article expressly pro-
vided that if in the course OF the arbitra-
ton OF a claim it was found that the de-
cision involved disputed question of prin-
ciple of grave general Importance affecting
the national rights of such party as dis
tinguished from the private rights of which
it was a representative the Jurisdiction of
the simple arbitration tribunal. composed of
two arbitrators and an umpire. shall cease
and it shall be dealt with by the more COM
pleX arbitration set down for the settle
ment OF territorial claims and composed of
judges of the United States and British
Supreme Courts. The secretary pointed out
tnat in this case a question arising under
the Monroe doctrine would certainly be re-
garded as excepted from the scope OF the
simpler original arbitration. Then, II IL
should come before the second tribunal an
adverse decision against the United States
and consequently against the doctrine could