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Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
A Flood

"You /. food sufferer? Nit" said tia
hired laGy. you have been hanging
around ,own all this winter ana
spring."
"But : am, lady, indeed I am" pre-
tested Sr. Dismal Dawson. Il got to
thinkil' of all that water, an it made
me tina, sick n weak that I amt been
even able to ask fer work."-India1i-
apolis Journal.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
A SCIENTIST SAVED
President Barnaby Of H%artsvie College Survives a Serious Illness
Through the Aid Of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
From the Republican. Columbus. Ind.

From the RepubIl'
The Huntsville College, situated ut Harris
vile, Indiana, was founded years ago in
the interest of the United Brethren Church,
when the state was mostly n wilderness,
and colleges were scarce. The college Is
well known throughout the country,
former students having gone into oil parts
of the world.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24

"Woman will never make a success
fui politician. She cares too little for
public sentiment"
"Of course. woman does not like
public sentiment. No gentleman would
make love to a woman in public. any
way."-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24

Can very quickly learn.
And now I'll give you lesson n
In hower-pressing. Bess. "
And yet 1t canLot well De done M
This afternoon. unless
=.
had a bunch of flowers here
A few with which TO do
But you're so like a flower, dear;
Why couldn't l press you?
James Courtney Challis.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
CHANCE FOR ANGLERS
GIANT FISH WAITING TO BE
CAUGHT OFF CAPE ANN.
M Horse Mackerel OF Down East tho
same as the Famous Tuna That Cali
fornia Tells Marvellous Tales About,
Only niger.
New York Lottery

OnD nd3 Couic
from the California
coast that fisher
men at Santa Cata-
Island have
been having great
sport recently in
catching upon light
tackle the great
FISH known to the
Pacific anglers as
the leaning tuna.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24

MRS. mLToN HAS DRANK HER
CUP OF SORROWS.
The Famous Scandal In which h Was
One OF tho Principal Actors-Her Hus-
band Now Resides In Parls-was a
Celebrated Case.

ITH the death OF
Mrs. Tilton but
one principal In
the notorious Bee
cher scandal OF
twenty-three BAL
ago remains among
the living. Henry
Ward Beecher died
on March 8. 1887,
Ills widow died
oxoatIv tou no
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24

GIRL-and cannot
flowers pressl
/ believe you're
joking. now;
But II you really
cannot. Bess,
I'll have to show
you how.
To press @ fra
grant rose or
two,
Or cen a tender
fern,
Is something I am
sure that YOU
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
OUR BUDGET OF FUN.
SOME GOOD JOKES. ORIGINAL
AND SELECTED.

Getting Ready for tho sielsht OF land
Performer-rough on Rkr. Gont-sar-
Ing Affair Impending Evii-The Woman
Question.
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
Tough, Indeed.

Mr.. William Goat (soliloquizing)-
Well, now, that's what l call tough. II
things keep on this way, it'll get sc
a Teller won't be able to raise a squars
meal!
Las Vegas daily optic. [volume] (Las Vegas, N.M.) 1880-1908, 1897-05-24
Getting Ready.

iimmy-We'd better start practicsg,,
ToHny.
gommy-Practicin' wot?
5lmmy-Trowin' things. Can't yax
read dat bill? It SEE don't miss him."
I wonder wot his fav'rite vegertibss
is?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
mysterious Glass Balls.

The small island of Billion, between
Sumatra and Borneo, has long been
famous for it's rich tin-mines, which are
controlled by the Dutch government
In describing the geology of Billion
before the Royal Academy of Sciences
in Amsterdam recently, Mr.. Verbeek
gave an account of the mysterious
glass balls of Billion" which ara
found in Borneo and Java, as well as IN
posits. They are round, with grooVed
surfaces. Similar balls are occasionally
found in Borneo and Java, as wess as IN
Australia. Mr. Verbeek thinks they
cannot be artificial. and there are no
volcanoes near enough to support the
theory that they are volcanic bombs
Besides, he says, the CLASSY rocks pro-
duced by the nearest volcan-
oes are quite different in
their nature from the material
of the balls. He suspected that the
mysterious objects were elected, ages
ago, from the volcanoes of the moon
and afterwards fell upon the earth
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
Growth Of the German Navr.

The growth of the German navy
since 1872 has been extraordinary. Ac-
cordtng to figures quoted in the reich
stag, the increase in naval expendi-
lures since that date has been SGT per
cent, says the FortnightIy Review.
The outlay of the North German con-
federation in 1870 was only 81, POI, 900.
in 1885 that of the German empire
stood at f2,119,000; while at the date
of the Emperor William Ills aces
sion it was f2,7OO,OOO, which by last
year had risen to f4,315,O 900. The pro-
posals of the German admiralty for the
present year involved an expenditure
Of f6, 45O, 900, of which more than e.
100000 has been voted by the reich
stag. During the present relgn-in a
period, that is to say, of nine years
no less than eighty-six new units have
been added to the feet But yet
neither Kaiser William nor Admiral
Holman is satisfied. Like Oliver
Twist, they are asking for more, and
are making it very obvious that they
intend to get more. The program of
ships to be commenced during the next
four years was not, indeed, a particu-
larly large one. 1t involved the con
struction of four battleships, six
large cruisers, six smaller cruisers anG
thirty-six torpedo craft What prob
ably alarmed the reichstag was the
hint that war was coming at no very
distant date, and the scarcely yelled
pretensions to dispute with FIroIar9
the command of the sea. The de-
mands, too, were suddenly put forward
and public opinion had not been fully
prepared for them. The consequence
was that the public and the reicnstae
were bewildered and refused to be
rushed into a great outlay for an OBJ
scure end.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11

right to be called back number BY :
most Objectionable performance, ana
one Of which he is no doubt guilty.
every day of his life. In giving gas ne
used a cork attached TO STRING ~
keep the patients jaws apart While Vne
gas was being administered. The CORK
was dirty and covered with the marks
Of goodness knows how many teeth.
II was soaked with saliva, and yet TINS
doctor put 1t precisely in this condition
into the mouth of patient who wished
some teeth extracted. Such practice
as this should bar any man from prac-
tice. If there is no article better than
a cork to keep the jaws apart tnen
the cork at least ought to be cleanser
in some way after each time Of using
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
Use of Perfumes.

Anything that will destroy the all,
powerful and ubiquitous microbe
should be gladly welcomed, and when
the agent comes in the pleasant form
of perfume it is certainly the more ac-
ceptable. We now find from expert
ments that are said to have been made
with the perfumes of flowers that by
means of them many species of mi
crobes are easily destroyed. The odor
of cloves has been known to destroy
these minute creatures in tnlrty-five
minutes, cinnamon will kill some spe-
cies in twelve minutes, thyme in thir-
ty five. In forty-flve minutes common
wild verbena is found effective, while
the odor of some geranium flowers
has destroyed various forms of mi
crobes in fifty minutes. The essence
of cinnamon rs said to destroy the
typhoid fever microbe in twelve min
utes, and is recorded as the most eff
fective of all odors as an anLIseptic.
1t is now believed that flowers which
are found in Egyptian mummies were
placed there more for their antiseptic
properties than as mere ornaments or
elements in sentimental work. If
perfumes are so singularly emcacious
as this, then the flower farmer must
be a fortunate person and his life a
healthy one.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
The Wheel in Warfare,

The French soldier on his bicycle is
giving his neighbor across the Rhine
no little trouble, and the latter has
been driven to find new method OF
dealing with these troublesome Skin
mishers on their steel steeds. The
latest idea put into practice is the
training of large dogs to drag the in
truders from their saddles. The ca.
mines are taught to attack only those
soldiers in the garb of the enemy, this
being accomplished by dressing a
German rider in a French uniform
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
4ow FRENCH DEPUTIES VOTE.
Veed Not Be Present, and May Cast
Ballot by Proxy.

veed Not Be Present, and May Cast
Ballot by Proxy.
From the London. News: Absentee
Ism in the chamber OF deputies is be-
coming more and more serious evil
and it is hard to say. whether the
French system of voting by proxy
does not rather increase than mini
nize it. The word 'absenteeism" I
do not mean to use in a literal sense.
The members are in the Palais Bour-
bon. but they are in the Hobbies, the
library the committee-rooms, the
barrooms drinking free glasses of beer.
Before leaving the chamber they tell
a colleague, IF anything happens you
may vote in my stead" In writing for
English papers we talk of the cham
Der of deputies dividing on bill. This
is but a convenient Interpretation of
what takes place. Deputies do not di-
vide. but vote in ordinary matters by
a show of hands, and when the result
of this test is challenged by a ballot
vote each member has in his desk
packs of blue and of white cards bear
ing his name. The latter color means
cave" and blue may" To vote by
proxy a member simply puts his
friends card in the box along with his
own. A member will sometimes vote
of his own accord for a colleague
whom he misses Sometimes three or
four will each go and vote for the
same person. Among the good stories
of the chamber of deputies it is rela-
ted that on several occasions the num-
Der of votes recorded was greater than
a full house. Mistaken votes are
daily occurrence, owing to a members
opinion on a bill being misunderstood
by a colleague. In that case the per-
son who has been made to vote wrong
" drops line to the president and
notification is sent to the journal Off
cial Yesterday the question of proxy
voting came up incidentally. The So
cialist deputy Viviani was making
some remarks about the Bank of
France when he noticed that the
chamber was empty and he moved
that the sitting be adjourned for an
hour This drastic proposal was i'll
received, it being usual in such a case
to send out whips without stopping
proceedings. M. Brisson, before put
ting the resolution to the vote, endeav-
ored to substitute a milder one. He
asked Viviani to allow him to adjourn
the sitting but to open it again as
soon as there was quorum. But the
socialist member insisted on his reso-
luton being moved. One of his friends,
Marcel Habert, remarked that there
was not fifty members present, but
that more than 500 voting cards would
be found in the boxes. M. Vivianis
motion was put and lost by S91 to 126.
This literal fulfillment of M. Habert's
prophecy was received with jeers on
the extreme left. Certainly, if the sys-
tenn of voting by proxy had not al
ready been brought to the lowest
depths of discredit this result would
do it. But members are not likely to
do away with the system. I am told
one of the reasons there was such a
small house was that deputies have
run over to London for the jubilee.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
THE POWER OF MUSIC.
a Time When the Great Ole Bull En-
iOyed His Triumph.

iOyed His Triumph.
AS illustrating the power of music,
a very touching story is related of the
great violinist, Ole Bull, says the
Louisville Dispatch.
He was in the Rocky mountains, and
while wandering among their rugged
peaks one day he spied afar off a lone
ly hut He approached and, looking
in, saw crouched in the corner the fig
ure of a man, his face buried in his
hands, his attitude--his whole sur
roundings indicating the deepest de-
lection. He seemed to be in some
sore trouble and the artists heart went
out toward him. Could he render him
some assistance? But no; the door
was securely fastened, the windows
barred. He did not despair, however,
and after many trials at last succeeded
In Erecting an entrance. The man,
hearing the noise, looked up. and the
great artist found himself in that lone
ly hut face to face with mailman. He
took in the situation at once. Draw
ing his bow, he lightly touched the
strings of his violin. The wild light
died out of the maniacs eyes and
gentler expression took its place. ole
Bull played on, and as under Cod
given power the violin sobbed forth
its story in waves of beautiful melody,
ne, too, sobbed in sympathy, and un-
der the soulful influence reason re-
sumed it's sway.
In telling the story afterward Ole
Bull said:
1 have played before large audi
ences-king and queens and emper-
ors have been spellbound under my
poWer-but never have 1 enjoyed my
gift as in this instance"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
A New Foe to American Trees.

Specimens of a strange caterpillar
discovered this spring on pear-trees in
Cambridge, Mass, are pronounced by
Prof. Samuel Henshaw to be the gold
TAIL" or euproctis chrysorrhoea, hith-
erto unknown as an inhabitant of this
country although it is found locally in
England, and is abundant in central
and southern Europe" When numeT-
GUS, these caterpillars are very destruc-
tive, feeding on such trees and plants
as the apple, pear, plum, hawthorn,
bramble, elm, willow, beech, oak, hazel
nut and hornbeam. At present the in
vaders in Massachusetts are said to be
confined to a limited area in Somer-
vile and Cambridge. The first speci-
mems seem to have made their appear
ance year ago, and thus far they have
confined themselves to pear and apple
trees. How they got across the ocean
nobody apparently knows. 1t is sug-
gested that by vigorous measures they
may be stamped out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
RemlnIscsncs Of the War.

heminiscenee of the War.
New York Press: THE first pair of
shoes / had in the army" said the old
soldier, were two sizes too big for me.
wore skies; my first army shoes were
Fights. / didn't take them from choice
u got the nearest l could to my size.
We were being fitted out from head to
foot for the first time-that was when
we were mustered in-and the required
number of pairs of shoes, of assorted
sizes, had been delivered to each com
pany. When / got at them they were
culled over so much that there was
nothing left smaller than Fights.
Il didn't think it would be possible
for me to wear a shoe two sizes too big
for me, but l tried a pair on. They
were brogans, having flaps, with two
eyelets on each side, lacing over the
instep with leather shoestrings. They
tied snugly, so that the heel and often
part Of the shoe, and the sole, did not
shuck on my foot. The forward part of
my foot felt as though 1t were outdoors
but thought they might do. l had to
have pair of shoes and I took them.
II wore those shoes for months, and
with the greatest comfort. They were
enormous, or they looked so to me. AS
soon as l began to wear them the thick
leather of the uppers bumped up into
big. round ridges, with valleys between
them, across the top, giving the top
of the shoe sort of fluted or CORFU
gated effect. These corrugations re-
manned always just the same as long
as l wore the shoes. They were not
what you would call a handsome shoe,
but as l said, they did not shuck
around on my feet, and they were
mighty comfortable.
But it doesn't follow that after that
I always got shoes two sizes too big
for me; as a matter of fact, l didn't;
but always got shoes plenty large for
me; plenty. and found comfort in wear
ing them,
Sometimes we used to draw boots:
cavalry boots. And it was kind O. fun
to get boots. l remember very well
the first pair Of boots drew. think
/ felt (perhaps in little maturer sort
about as much pleased over that pair
of boots as did with my first red-tops
when l was a boy. To get on a pair
of cavalry boots sort of made a man
feel little bit less like a plodding in
fantryman, and little more like a cav
alryman; 1t gave him a sort of horse
and-saber touch. But this was only as
he walked down the company street af-
ter drawing the boots from the quarter
master; the next day, on picket. the
boots were the same to him as shoes
would have been.
Still there were men who preferred
boots and always drew boots when thew
could get them. But for myself / like
shoes better. A mounted man, of course
wants boots; but according to nv no.
ton the most comfortable thing for an
Infantry soldier to wear is a good
roomy shoe that can be made snug
enough somewhere so that it won't
lhuek on the foot"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11

during the training. The mistake Of
assailing friendly uniform results in
severe punishment, and the dogs soon
learn their lesson.
1t is no easy matter for a man to
ride a wheel over a rough, strange
country, laden with gun and otner
equipment of soldier, and the advent
of pack of fierce hounds is greatly
dreaded by the unfortunate spies.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11


That seems to crave a moments claim
From dull oblivion's heavy blame.
Vain hope They cannot come again;
They hold no place in field or glen,
Nor in the daily talk Of men.
Only, perchance. when nights are long.
And fires in shepherds cots are strong,
Between the pauses OF song,
A name or two may rise and fall,
But half-remembered at the call,
A moments pause, and that is all.
Enough: they lived their little life
Where pleasant ways and speech were
rife,
Far from the city's grinding strife
Was theirs from youth to manhood's
And closed their eyelids when they died.
I pace little further on,
Then pause beside simple stone,
Where all the grass is overgrown.
A simple stone whose records keep
The tender names of those that sleep,
Unheeding time that still will creep.
With dull, slow footsteps over all
They sleep, nor answer any call.
Close to the old, gray churehyard wall
] read each name through misty tears,
Their pilgrimage of weary years,
with all its little hopes and fears.
At length reach my fathers name.
An open space beneath the same
That waits for mins-that space claim.
Alexander Anderson c'Surfaceman.' ,,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
Caution to mlddlo-Agod Bloyolists.

~ @AANNAoT ou DlCy cll8BBs
Any form of exercise or sport, says
the British Medical Journal, which
makes serious demands on the atten-
ton, on quickness of eye and hand,
and on endurance, ought not to be
taken up by people who have reached
middle life and are engaged in Sc
dentary occupation, only with great
circumspection. The lesson has been
learned by Alpine climbers through
many bitter experiences. 1t is pretty
generally held by them that most of
the fatal accidents in mountain climb
ing occur through the failure at the
critical moment of some man who has
taken to mountaineering too late in
life, and who is, perhaps, also out of
condition. An old dog cannot -
taught tricks, according to the prover5,
and, though it is disagreeable to have
to realize that we have passed the
age when we can excel in a new pas
tAe requiring special skill to avoid
aHident and youthful adaptability and
elasticity to avoid overstrain, it is
the part of wisdom to accept the inev-
liable. There is no reason why mid
dle-aged men, and even those who
have passed middle age, should not
take to cycling; but it should be with
a frank recognition Of the limitations
which age imposes. Great speed, long
distances and hill-climbing put a
strain upon the constitution, and will
find out the weak places-the parts
of the system which are aging faster,
perhaps, than the rest-the heart, it
may be, or the vessels of the brain.
So, also, in regard to riding a bicycle
in crowded thoroughfares, the strain
on the attention is considerable and
the risk not small, if man has lost
the quickness of youth.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
AntIseptio Surgery.

The medical value of cleanliness has
not been fully appreciated until within
the past few years. Indeed it is even
yet scarcely allowed its full import
ance. There are yet in. the medical
profession men who seem to forget that
cleanliness is often of quite as much
Importance as surgical skill. One of
this sort of men, a dentist, with toler-
able practice, recently demonstrated his
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
Slaughter of the Tnnooents.

A naturalist says he has seen in New
york on the hats of women the feath-
ers OF l73 different kinds of wild birds,
including forty species of which thir-
ty-tWo are protected by law under a
fine of $25.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11

Justice is the key note of the world,
and all else is ever out of tune; it is
the idea of God, the ideal of man, the
rule of conduct writ in the nature of
mankind.-.-T. Parlyer
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11

MeasuEemeant-"Have you bought
any fireworks to celebrate within in
9uirea Broncho Bob. 81 should say
nave replied Derringer Dan; "four
gallons. Washington Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11


That little old clerk, in the napless hat
Inc faded coat and the boots SO worn.
Sits writing on in human hive,
With slight respite for meal betWeen'
Sits writing on in humble hive,
The busiest bee 'rnong the drones'
ween
Smart young fellows, in well-made suits
Oils fellow-clerks) sheer, with scorn-
At the faded coat and the old patched
boots,
And ask him if better he cannot buy
The little old clerk takes his napless hat
From off its leg, when his toll is Der,
Brushes the coat that they all sneer at,
Then, with patient smile, passes through
the door.
Twenty long years he a clerk has been
In that office dim-yet no higher goes;
Many placed over his head he's seen
The old clerks passed by in his shabby
clothes.
The little old clerk, in the evenings
gloom,
Enters his cottage with anxious eyes;
Some simple blossoms brighten the room;
A crippled form on the sofa lies
AS sisters lips to his own are pressed
Cine one for whom shabby through life
he goes)-
He thanks God that he with her love is
blest
The little old clerk in his faded clothes!
Elsie Harrington in Chambers Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11

While a great many persons havA
heard that the quarryman sometimes
breaks block of stone and a live frog
hops out, no one has yet been found tn
verify these statements. Experiments
have been made upon frogs, and in mo
instance have they been found alive
after an Imprisonment of from one ~
two yee"s. That they will survive for
what seems a great length of time 10 90
unquestioned fact, but that thew baun
been iEabedded in solid rock for a1rnost
countless ages, and when released bv
the blows of the hammer, have skinroJ
out as brisk and jolly as possible i r. ~,
scientists looked upon as an absurdity
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-09-11
IN THE ODD CORNER.
BONE STRANGE. QUEER AND
CURIOUS PHASES OF LIFE.
Caution to AIlddIe-Aged BicycIists-Od odd
Uses for Perfume The Wheel in
Warfare and the Dog seOut-8IysterI-
Gus Glass Balls.
The Little old Clerk.

he little old clerk Is
thin and gray,
And his coat Is
shiny at every
seam;
lis hat belongs to a
long-past day,
And his boots are
patched meath
the backing s
CLEAN.
Shabby genteel F" or
scarcely that,
dub him, with
The paSsers by
vrNTlro Ennrn