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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

The ''war-chest" of Germany is KEN
in the fortified city of Spandau. Here
is deposited coined gold equivalent to
thirty million dollars, instantly avail
able for military purposes. 1t is un-
derstood that Great Britain and Frauce
are even more richly supplied with
ready money, although neither of
these countries keeps it's treasure in
a "war-chest." Italy, on the other
hand, has very little, and her people
are taxed to the verge of starvation
that that little may be kept untouched
Russia has been a chronic borrower
partly to supply q fund of which no
one outside of Russia knows the ex-
tent. 1t has been asserted, possibly
with some exaggeration, that Germany
could put two million men into the
field, fully equipped, within ten DAYS
after hostilities began On a war foot
ing the German, Russian and French
armies would number, each, more THAI
three million men; the Italian and
Austrian about two millions each. To
support such multitudes would soon
empty any war chest" A country
like Germany, whose public debt is
only about ten dollars per capita
Itaiy's debt is almost eighty dollars
for each inhabitant-could resort to
taxation, and by various means with
stand a long strain. But it staggers
imagination to dwell upon the burdens
that protracted war would lay upon
the unhappy subjects Of the bankrupt
nations.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

the thoroughfare, as proud of them
selves as the boys are who march by
their side, in anarchial file, keeping
time with fife and drum. Room, room.
now. for the land-sons of Neptune.
with coats Of many hues and joseph
shirts, dragging their tridents behind.
trimmed and trusty for the raging con-
flagration. And then comes Flora. with
her fairy band, decked in green and
blossom array, moving onward in gen.
tie and smiling procession, like flow
cry island floating down the meadow
stream, to the music of nymphs and
the ripping of Eden waters. The bells
ring in joyous peal, and each stroke Of
the metal thrills the tramping multi
tude with shock of indefinable enthu-
siasm. Great thoughts of the glory
and greatness of the country swell in
many bosom, wholly unused to anv
extraordinary emotions. With what
profound awe and admiration does
that youth stand yonder in the street
now wildly gazing, with ewes and
mouth wide open, first at the crowd
Il
and then at the banners strung from
chimney to chimney, and steeple to
steeple! The town folks take him tn
be an unripe vegetable, Just because
he wears what he pleases-boots for
service, more than for squeaking-
coat, bob-skirted and gray, rather than
Tudely Haunting, and a bell-erowne,,
hat capricious enough to hold all the
gingerbread he can afford to purchase
Well, If he has no right to look as ba
pleases, nor to thrust his hands deem
into his pockets, in support of the in
dependent indifference of his posi-
ton, and on such a day, Of what avail
are all the boosted privileges of the
country?
1t is nov towards burning noon. All
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

Twenty years ago a newly-appointed
postmaster at New York could remove
and appoint at will two thousand sub
ordinates. The postmaster whom
President Mckinley has appointed can
fill only two places. This is striking,
though not an exceptional, example Of
the extent to which reform in the ad-
ministration of the civil service has
been quietly pushed "To the victors
belong the spoils," is no longer the
universally accepted political maxim
1t was a generation ago.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31
our Country,s Flag.

The Hon. Joel R. Poinsett, native
OF South Carolina, and one of her most
gifted sons, during the latter part of
the administration of John Quincy
Adams, it win be remembered, repre-
scented the United States at the capital
of Mexico, which was then much dis
tracted by internal dlssensions. While
Mr.. Poinsett resided there, the city was
captured by one of the contending fac
tions, and he and his family incurred
no small degree of personal danger
from the violence Of the soldiers, by
whom they were suspected of afford
ing concealment to certain obnoxious
individuals. In the height of the null
LITIGATION controversy after his return.
In an address delivered to the people
of Charleston. the following eloquent
passage occurs:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

Prince Uchtomsky, imperial cham.
beriain and editor of the St. Peters,
burg Viedomsti, with Lieut.. Audrey
evsky, of the Emperor's Bodyguard
Hussars. has left on the volunteer fleet
steamer Mini Novgorod for the far
cast. They take with them eight tons
of presents from the czar and czarina
to the Emperor of China, and Prince
Uchtomsky will act as special commits
sioner for laying out the line of the
Russo Chinese Railroad.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

A late scrap of scientific informa-
ton is to the effect that a single bee,
with all its Industry and energy, col
lects only teaspoonful Of honey in a
season. The scientific statistician,
however, fails to tell us what is to be
expected of the married bee, who is
supposed to have a greater incentive
to labor hard and increasingly. Come
to think Of it, though, the married
bee, unlike the married man, has
things dead easy. He does not have to
work.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

Wherever l have been, have been
proud of being a citizen of this great
republic, and, in the remotest corners
of the earth, have walked erect and Sc
cure under that banner which our
opponents would tear down and tram
pie under foot. l was in Mexico when
that city was taken by assault. The
house of the American ambassador was
then, as it ought to be, the refuge of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

A French physician has invented a
method by which he says iron can be
given in large doses. Hens, he noticed,
have powerful internal organs. They
can digest considerable quantities of
iron, and then render it back, through
the alAumen Of their eggs, in form
which is easily digested by the weaker
stomach of mankind. So he feeds his
hens with what he calls "a very alb
sorbent salt of iron" mingled with
grains of wheat, and they lay eggs ex-
tremely rich in iron already digested
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31
A JOEe on the Dentist.

Mrs. McLuberty-"How did We git
along wild tn dintist, Murty?" Nc
Luberty-"sure, he moighty near kilt.
me- so he did; but, bedad, OF how tn
laugh on him, all tn same" Mrs. Nc
Luberty-"Is thot so?" McLuberty-
"Yis. Begorrahl he pulled tn wrong
toot'."-Judge.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

the distressed and prosecuted; it was
pointed out to the Infatuated soldiery
as a place filled with their enemies.
They rushed to the attack. My only
defence was the flag of my country, and
it was flung out at the instant that
hundreds of muskets were leveled at
us. Mr.. Mason and myself placed our
selves beneath it's waving folds. We
did not blench, for we felt strong in
the protecting arm of this mighty re-
public. We told them that the flag that
waved over us was the banner of that
nation to whose example they owed
their liberty, and to whose protection
they were indebted for their safety
The scene changed as by enchantment
and the same men who were on the
point of attacking my house and men
acing the inhabitants, cheered the flag
of this country, and placed sentinels
to protect it from outrage. Fellow
citizens, in such a moment as that.
would it have been any protection to
me and mine to have proclaimed my
self Carolinian? Should 1 have been
here to tell you this tale, if l had hung
out the Palmetto and the single star?
Be assured that to be respected abroad.
we must maintain our place in the
unionr'
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

The woman who has invented ma.
chine that will wash dishes-the most
monotonous of all domestic tasks-de-
serves a large bimetallic medal, with
an expression of the gratitude of all
women engraved upon it.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

hazy drapery OF retiring day, and the
horizon glOwed with the prophetic
glory Of the coming morn. Nature
braced her sides for ten thousand sue
cessive conclusions of gunpowder, and
the atmosphere cleared itself in omi-
nous preparation for considerable
smoke. Yesterday, "Birnam Wood
came to Dunsinane," or to town, and
began to stand up prim, before booths
and beer shops. Pine, cedar, spruce,
all look spruce, and straight, and ma
tural, as though trying to make peo-
pie believe they sprung up ana grew
there in a single night, like the gourd
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

The naughty Illinois hobo who re-
fused pair Of old trousers that hap
pened to have $500 note in them had
perhaps previously accepted discarded
garments. the pockets of which con-
tanned no such bonanza
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

II Toronto, with system Of trans
fers, and no cars running on Sunday,
can make money by managing her
street railways for herself, other cities
ought to do much better.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-07-31

OF Jonah. II another Macbeth may
take no alarm, Delavan and his army
may, in prospect Of bacchanalian com
memorations.
At nine o'clock last night were heard
the first preludes of the great day, in
the sound Of fire crackers, squibs and
flying serpents-not unlike the n.y.
ing serpents sent to punish the ancient
people, but without brazen serpent 20
cure the bitten. All the poles bear
flags, instead. whose stripes and stars
in1ame, in many a youthful bosom,
that sort of patriotism which finds es-
capement in torpedoes and fiery-wing-
ed reptiles.
The booming cannon at midnight
ushers in the eventful anniversary,
and now,
'tNo sleep till morn"
or thereafter! You begin to dream OF
the olden time that "tried souls" when
men started from their touches at the
roar of a foreign lion; and there!-
erack!-near your window goes off q
gun, or something worse. You console
yourself, however, with the thought
this may be the first and the last salu-
tation so near at hand; and with this
reflection you are falling into dell-
cious lapse, when, there!-another ie
heard, nearer still. And such another:
You listen, and wonder whether the In
strument burst or not, almost hoping
it did, in order to terminate this sereU-
ade of thunder. Well, you about con-
clude an actual explosion took place,
and you begin to fear the Juvenile Ju-
piter has been kicked over and wound
ed in the cause of his country. In
your sympathy for the fallen patriot,
you listen anew, and are tempted to
turn out to his relief, when-5y the
shadow of Pluto and all his subterran-
can armory!-right under your win
dow, bellows such another gunpowder
illumination as you never expect to
hear again. No matter, however, for
the occasion gives moment to the most
trifling circumstances, and you feel
reconciled with thoughts on the bless
edness of liberty. Yet, with a remnant
of desperation, you wish all the sui
phur and saltpetre of the under king
dom thrust into some piece of artillery,
like that which Milton ascribes to the
inventive genius of Satan, and touched
off at once and forever.
But the sun is up, and the crock
ribbed hills" tremble at dawn with the
boom Of a hundred cannonading
echoes. From yonder tall staff streams
the banner high and gay in the morn
ing light and breeze-a ribbon sail
strung out from the fieecy cloud on
which the angel of freedom rides in
the heavens over the nations of earth.
Angel of Columbia, weep not! for
though millions beneath thee groan,
yet little while longer, and the shout
that rings from Maine to Oregon shall
be the shout Of race redeemed from
the last bond. Now meilowly mingIes
the sound Of martial music with the
morning air. Gay troops march, with
gay plumes and glistening arms, along
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19
SAVINGS OF THB POOR.
1T RIGHT THAT THEY SHOULD BE
USED FOR THE PROFIT OF OTHERS.

One OF the principal reasons pul
forth in opposition to the establish.
n:cnt OF postal savings banks Is tina,
the government ought not IT, inter
ferc in any way with the business Of
private bankers by taking for safe
keeping deposits which they might
like to handle.
Opposed to the general principle
laid down by the opponents OF postal
savings banks as the basis of theiro OPP
position is another principle which
the Record believes Is more pertinent
to the particular subject under con-
sidcration. 1t is that private indi-
viduals ought not to be allowed to
make Il profit for handling the small
savings Of the poor. This principle is
one that is recognized not only in
most civilized countries abroad. but
also in those parts of the United
States where wealth is most abund.
ant and where provisions for the pro-
lection of property Of all kinds are
most highly developed. In the New
England States and New York, the
only portion OF this country at all ad-
equatcly supplied with saving>-bank
facilities, bankers are not allowed, as
10 Illinois, to regard the small savings
OF the poor as funds to he invested for
their own private enrichment. The
savings banks Of those States are nu-
tual institutions, managed by trustees
WHO serve without compensation and
who derive no profit from the loanlng
OF the funds intrustcd to their care.
No other kind OF savings bank Is per-
United by law. The savings OF the
poor is held so sacred that il is deem
cd unwise to allow bankers to use
them for private profit for fear the
tendency to speculate with the funds
and invest them In questionable Sc
cnritics because these pay high rates
OF interest might result in loss and
hardship To a class that it should be
especially the object OF society to pro.
tcct.
lf we are not to have postal banks,
then the States Of the West and South
should initiate the example Of New
England and New York and make
provisions for mutual savings institu-
tutionS for the accommodation and
OF the small depositors. The
should be recognized in
practice the country over, as j. is in
the extreme Eastern States and in
Europe, that the small savings Of the
poor should not be used for the profit
those to whose care they may be in
But If this principle is TO
be carried out, there will be much less
reason why the government should
not itself directly care for these small
savings, for then the undertaking Of
This work would not he held to be in.
terfcrcnce with the prott-making
purposes OF private bankers.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19

He HAD A RECURD.-A party WIZ
wis bargaining fur u mule IN so"."
west GcOrgIa asked tho youth wiz
owned tho mule:
rs h. u gOOd, lively crectur''
II reckon he air. replied the youns
man. lie kicked dad through . CIT
Gus tcnt, broke Uncle BINS leg IN WV
places and thrUwcd d preachcr tn'c0
times on q sunday mOrnin'!"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19
BACK FROM I'll KLONDYKE.

indianapolis Journal.
Opening the door in response to an
insistcnt knock, the lady behcld the
figure OF one she remembered.
son. it is you, is it ?" she said icily.
sit is me-" WAS the answer, ''yOur
long lost husband, who has come to
tell you that he is sorry he ran away
two years ago"
MAYBE you are sorry you went"
retortcd the lady, ''but l amt. What
did you come back for?"
MY dearest, l have been to Klon.
dixie, and last summer | accumulated
iirty thOusand-
FIFTY Thousand dollars" shrieked
the loving wife rs She fell on his neck.
mo. Mosquito bites"
1t wasa moment later only that he
fell on his neck himself.
-
Truly a great man is Mr.. Hanna.
The only wonder is that a statesman
OF such horsepower should find it
necessary to 20 from house to house,
as were, like a travelling thrcshing
machine. 1t seems to us that so no.
ble and exclusive Il specimen Of Amer.
lean vim and modcsty would win more
applause il he were set up his circus
tent in the centre OF the State and
send free tickets to the mob. II he
could do that for Mr.. Mckinley, why
cannot he repeat the performance for
his own benefit, and so clothe states
manShip in Il BETTING garb Of digni-
ty.-Atlanta Constitution.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19
IMITATION OYSTERS.
Washington Star,

Washington Star.
The most singular thing | saw
while in Paris" said a gentleman
who had just returned from Europe,
was artificial oysters. | don't mean
what are called mock oysters-tllat is,
meat done up in Il patty or pOt-pic-
but the real bivalve intended to serve
raw. And as far as looks go, you
would say ut a glance that they were
genuine American oysters. but when
you came to cat one the difference
would be pcrceptiblc ut once. How
They are made and what materials are
used in their manufacture is "A mys.
terry which | did not solve, but it is
certain that a great deal OF money is
made by the producers. The usual
price paid for these oysters is 8 cents
each, or 30 cents IA dozen, and some
times, in the scc0nd-claSs restaurants
they are to be had for 2 cents each.
though they are not apt to be very
fresh at that price. You order q
plate on the half shell, and when the
waiter brings them to you they look
nice as the real oyster that you yet
IN the best New York oyster house.
II You are not a good judge Of oysters
YOU will cat them with your wine and
90 away without asking any Qucs.
lions.
THE only really genuine thing
about them is the shells. The maD-
lfacturcrs, l was told, buy second.
hand shells from the restaurant keep
FRS at a small expense, and with IA
harmless and ~tasteles paste fastcn
spurious oyster in It's place. Only
me half a shell rs used for the pur.
pose, and in that shape the fraud
are packed in tiers in boxes
Ind baskets, which arc displayed In
windows, on counters, or on shelves.
others, tn be served without the
are put up in cans, or in glass
ars, containing from twenty-five "a
100. The limitations are consumed
n such large quantities that the deal
real oysters are urging the res
aurant and hotel keepers To break up
'llcir shells as fast as their contents
ire eaten, and even pay the cooks and
literally to pound them to
'ieces, SO that the makers 0f the ar.
iicial article will have a limited sup.
ly Of Shells"
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19

The Memphis Scimitar says: A col.
red brother who fails to sign his name
sends us a long communication in
which he bitterly inyclghs against
the lack Of proper discrimination In
the social life OF his people. Parents.
he says. are not as careful as they
should be to select only proper assn.
siates for their daughters, and he re-
latcs with much show Of Indignation
how he called on a colorcd belle lately
and found o Chinaman In the place ne
expected 70 occupy. lie requests the
scimitsr 50 publish his platform.
which ID brief ard To the point, viz:
Negro with negro, white with white.
chincse with Chinese" And . very
gvUd platform " IL.
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19
JOB PRINTING.

The D~EMOcRAT-SrAR Job department Is
very complete In every particular. Fast
running presses. quick delivery and the BEST
STYLE Of job Printing executed. A full line
Of stetlonery and papers always on hnnd.
Prices 20 suit the times. Cilsh on delivery
Don't send abroad for your Job Printing
Patrouise yeur hume Office
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19

Colonel lngersoll says they ought to
manufacture u ~drst.class he'll for
Weyler. To which the Spanish
general replies: "Tlle same one you're
going to will be agreeable tn me.
don't care for any frills In mine."
The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1897-11-19

my Lord" said the foreman OF an
Irish jury when giving In his verdict,
we find the man who stole the horse
not guilty.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-09-30
THE NOVEL VISTASCOPE.
Method That Makes It Possible to
Soc Pictures Above Clouds.
Inventor Is William A. Eddy, of New
York City--shows Pictures of
Distant Landscapes
from Kites.

William A. Eddy, the kite flyer of
New York, believes the aerial camera
obscura or vstascope will soon be used
to amuse crowds on public occasions or
to make observations in time of war of
the enemies camp, Describing the
working of the vistascope and the diff
culties to be encountered, he says:
"Ihenamevistascope looks like sim
pie name, but it cost me about week
OF thought before / had coined it for
my aerial camera obscura, which en-
ables me to see pictures of the distant
horizon while standing on the ground.
1t is a well-known fact that q camera
obscura picture requires darkened
chamber, in which the excess of light
VIII not efface the picture. Therefore,
when l thought about the possibility of
seeing camera obscura picture at a
considerable height in the air, suspend
ed from the line leading up to my kites,
it at first seemed impossible to see such
q picture because of the excessive light
from the sky.
Il soon found by experiment that if
looked through small aperture in
black disk held at a proportioned dis
lance from an opera glass to exclude
the sky glare the picture was discern
ible at considerable distance. Tt was
largely a problem of preventing the
glare OF the sky from dazzling the eve.
The daylight between the eye and the
picture does not interfere with ones
power to discern the picture aloft I'M
less the direct light from theskyenters
the eye in too large amount
Probably the most important inn
provement to be made in the construc-
ton of the vistascope is to attach four
mirrors instead of one to the square
block into which the lens at the top Of
the vistascope is inserted Then by
pulling two strings leading down to
the ground one mirror is thrown out Of
position and another into position, thus
in turn throwing four different views
into the vistascope instead of one. In
this way the vistascope will cast upon
the parafin screen, through which the
picture is seen, views covering a large
part of the horizon line in four direc-
tons.
II think the vistascope will be useful
to amuse crowds on public occasions,
to see distant objects at sea without go
ing to the masthead and, to discern the
white tents of an enemy encampment
in time of war, With the use of large
kites, such as hoisted Lieut.. Wise into
the air on january 91, 1907, on Gov
ernor'sisland,a vstascope could be sent
aloft that would paint in the colors of
nature and with all its beauty pic
ture of landscape as large as the cell
ing of a room Is feet in diameter be-
cause such an apparatus can be made
very light"