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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
He Resigned.

In the early days of Pony, mining
camp in Montana, the post-offce con-
sisted of an old tea box, into which all
the letters were dumped, the citizens
helping themselves. There were only
forty citizens in Pony, and, there being
no money in the office, it was with con-
siderable difficulty that the storekeeper
was persuaded to accept the postmas-
tership.
One day a stranger rode into camp
and called on the postmaster.
Don't you know" he began, sternly,
that it is illegal to allow people to pick
out their own letters like that?"
WAL, stranger" said the postmas-
ter, 81 don't know that it is any of your
business how this office is run"
But am a United States post-ofice
inspector"
IN this case" said the postmaster,
I'VE viii finish up this post-office right
now"
He took the tea box, placed it in the
middle of the road, and, with a good
run, kicked it clear across the gulch.
NOW then, he resumed, you go
right back to Washington and tell the
department from me that the accounts
are closed and the postmaster at PONY
has resigned"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

Noble in the extreme is the pro-
fession of nursing. In fact, of ali the
professions that have been chosen by
intelligent women of late years, that
of trained nurse seems to be one Of
the most useful as well as successful.
In no way, perhaps, is a woman seen
to such an advantage as when she min
listers to the needs of others. AS a
well-known physician has said "The
profession Of a trained nurse demands
skill, courage, extreme tranquility, linn
itless patience, faithfulness to all as
sumed obligations, and as much self
effacement as is consistent with her
own safety and health. The law that
exacts such qualifications should &c
rigidly applied to every nurse by the
physician who commits his patients to
her care"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
The Game Of Ban.

Ball lie by no means a modern game,
for 1t was favorite pastime of the
Egyptians four thousand years ago. 1t
was an outdoor sport as at the present
day, and was INDUCED in not only by
men and children, but by women as
we'll. Throwing and catching the ball
was regarded as wholly a woman 5
game, and one method of playing was
that the person unsuccessful in catch
ing the ball was Obliged to carry the
successful player on her back-the vic
tor continuing in this position until
she also failed to catch the ball The
ball was thrown by an opposite player
mounted in the same manner and sta
toned at certain distance. Some
times three or more balls were thrown
in succession. the hands Of the player
being crossed upon the breast after
throwing the ball
Another game, not altogether wom-
ans game. was played by throwing the
BAN to a great height, and catching it
like our "sky-ball." and yet another
was to throw the ball as high as pos
slbIe, the opposite player leapinz into
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
ValOrous.

When was on the Zulu frontier (said
a traveller recently l stopped for a
week with native, a splendid fellow,
who had a fine farm. Among other
animals, he had young bull called
Hulo, which he and his children fondIy
believed could vanquish any beast on
earth. Hulo was a great pet, and not
in the least vicious, so I was surprised
on the second evening of my stay, to
see Hulo shifting the air and paving
the ground in evident rage. l was
about to ask what it meant when out
of the forest came an ugly rhinoceros.
My host and hurried for our guns:
and Hulo dashed at the beast with
dauntless courage. A rush, a crash,
and the bull was hurled twenty feet.
Fortunately, the horn of his enemy had
not caught him, and the first rush had
taught him a lesson. His horns were
like sharp swords, but the hide of
rhinoceros is remarkably thick, and the
young bull soon showed signs of ia
tigue. So he resorted to strategy, and
lodged behind his clumsy foe, giving
him vicious stabs in the thighs. This
was rapidly weakening the rhinoceros,
and just at this time we found some
steel bullets Qeaden bullets having no
effect on this animaD, and quickly
completed the work Hulo had begun.
Then the bull stood on the carcass and
beloved his Joy.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

almost unknown country that Will add
greatly to their intrinsic value. Leop-
ards in metal, with curious work sug-
gestive of primitive Damascene manip-
ulation. one or two idols also in metal,
bell used to warn the common herd
that the king was in the neighborhood,
and a behooved all men to abase them
selves, and, in addition thereto, three
or four roomsfull Of enormous tusks
carve all over with skill and uniform
ity, such were the relics,
Some of these ivory treasures weigh
as much as $50 pounds, and rejoice in.
vicious curve and tapering point
highly suggestive of danger to those
who meet one of the native wearers in
aggressive mood. However, the willy
men of Benin have been too rauch for
the guileless elephants, Great Britain
has been too much for Benin, and now
the trophies that delighted the un-
taught African mind have been par
celed off and sold in brokers' Office.
This sale has led British philoso-
pher to express himself as follows:
why do the foreign nations strive
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
Nobility shown BY buttons.

Buttons play an important part in
the dress of the Chinese mandarins.
Those of the first and second class
wear button Of coral red, suggested,
perhaps, by cocks comb, since the
cock is the bird that adorns their
breast. The third class are gorgeous
with robe on which peacock is en-
blazoned, while from the centre of the
red fringe Of silk upon the hat rises a
sapphire button. The purple button
of the fourth class is an Opaque, dark
purple stone, and the bird depicted on
the robe is the pelican. A silver pleas
ant on the robe and a clear crystal
button on the hat are the rank of the
fifth class. The sixth class are entitled
to wear an embroidered stork and a
jadestone button; the seventh a par
fridge and an embossed gold button
In the eighth the partridge is reduced
to quail and the gold button becomes
plain, while the ninth class mandarin
has to be content with a common spar
row for his emblem, and with silver for
his button.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
lighting a Fire with Ice.

II anyone was to tell you that you
could light fire with a piece Of ice
you'd be very likely to shake your head
But It can be done, and If you have a
liking for surprising your friends you
can try it-after a little private prae-
tice behind the barn. Take a piece of
clear ice about an inch thick from the
water cooler, white it into the shape
Of disk and with the palms of your
hands melt its two sides convex, thus
giving the form of a double convex
lens, or burning glass; This you should
do with considerable accuracy, and you
may have to practice some time before
you can accomplish 1t. When your ice
lens is complete hold it where the SUMS
rays will fall on it and focus them so
that they will be directed on a piece of
light paper or finder A blaze will
burst up at once. The experiment
works well only when the sun is very
bright.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

1t is great sport to make soap bub-
bles, but it is twice as much fun if the
bubbles are big ones, strong enough
not to break when they are foated on
the floor. Bubbles twice as big as your
head or as big as the biggest kind OF a
football can be easily blown by anyone
who knows how to mix up the soap
bubble material. To make these big
bubbles, take piece of white CASTLE
soap about as big as a walnut. Cut
up into cup Of warm water and then
add teaspoonful of glycerine Stir
well and blow from a small pipe. This
will make bubbles enough to last all
the afternoon. And this is really all
you care to make in one day. To make
pink bubbles add few drops of straw
berry juice, and to make yellow ones
put in little orange juice.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
CARVED TUsKs FROM BENIN.

together in far-off lands, and risk life
and limb in securing the spoils of war
or chase? Sooner or later, on some
pretext or other, comes the missionary
with his Bible and the trader with his
rum, and, though the merry natives re-
ject the Bible, eat the trader and the
missionary, and wash them down with
rum, the thin, red line is never far
away, and we read that the natives
stronghold was captured after a short
sharp fight, and that civilization is in
full progress. Let the natives take
heed even in the parts of the world re-
mote, and let them desist from the ac-
QUESTION Of goodly things. For, as the
Psalmist remarked, riches acquire
wings, and, when all is said and done,
the ultimate path Of the trophy leads
but to the-auctionroom. The kings
own treasure, his bell, his idols, the
ivory of his successful and richest adj
venture-some Barnato or Belt of Be-
nin-all are fallen from their high es-
tate, and must pass into private col
lections until Great Britain falls, like
Rome, into the hands of Vandal, Goth
and Hun, and the curiosities take a
fresh lease of life in other quarters"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

"The birds and bees float on the trees,
The rabbits leap and run.
The nimble squirrels and boys and
girls et
Indulge in active fun.
But day and night I'm stuck here tight,
And tho l long to roam,
AS you'll perceive, / neer can leave
My leafy tree-twig home"
A fairy small, who'd CHANGED to call,
o'erheard this fretful talk;
She shook her head and gently said:
Your wish to fly or walk
I'll grant you. Which win do?
Just name it and It's done"
Then cried the burr; I'D much prefer
To be a beast and run"
A gentle wave the fairy gave,
OF jeweled wand so small,
When with bound unto the ground
The burr was seen to fall.
Lo! there appears eyes, mouth and ears,
Four legs, a tail, some feet,
(Strange, you'll agreed and then we see
A porcupine, complete.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
Poland,s Patron saint.

Cincinnati Enquirer: Guesen, the pTi-
mate of Poland's sea, is celebrating the
ninth century of its patron, st. Adel-
bert, who was put to death by the
heather Prussians he was trying to
convert in 997 His body lies in solid
silver shrine in Guesen cathedral.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20

Last year the only four states that
produced asphaltum were California,
Colorado, Texas and Utah. Indian Ter
ritory also distributed some.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1897-11-20
wouldn't Allow whiskey on the Inside
of the Line = True COmradeship -
yankees Can't shoot" = and other
sketches.

But for me, and l
care not single fig
If they say was wrong or am right
shall always go in for the weaker
dog,
For the under dog in the fight.
know that the world-the great big
world
Will never a moment stop
To see which dog which may be in the
fault,
But will shout for the dog on top.
But for me, shall never pause to ask
Which dog may be in the right,
For my own heart will beat, while it
beats at all,
For the under dog in the fight.
Exchange.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
No Northwestern farmers liz: CT
>apers is complete without
: ARM, STOCK AND HOME,

By a special arrangement we are
able to furnish the Farm. Stock and
Home with The WILLMAR TRIBUNE.
both one year for 1925.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
SUBMARINE CABLES,

The Difficulties Encountered In Sendi1
Messages ut = Profitable speed.
While submarine cables ian now lie
made Of any length anGos comparatively
small cost, great difficulties are still en-
countered, in sending messages at a
commercially profitable speed, and these
difficulties increase with the length Of
the line In long cables there is trou-
blesome retardation Of the electric cur
rent, due to the fact that the insulating
cover Of the copper strands becomes it.
self electrified, and this surface charge
delays messages by preventing the cur
rent at the beginning of any signal
from rising rapidly to it's maximum
and again from rapidly dying out The
consequence Of this is that while from
400 to 600 words minute can be sent
over q land line, the maximum speed
on an Atlantic cable is somewhere about
50 words minute. Before the ''siphon
recorder and Lord Kelvin's "curb
sender" were invented, the maximum
speed was eight or ten words per min
ute. Curiously enough, the more perfect
the cables insulation may be the greater
is this retardation, and slight leaks in
this covering often increase Tor the
time the lines working capacity. The
corrosive action of the salt water is &C
tive at such points, however. and will
soon cause break in the cable.
Professor Silvanus P. Thompson Of
the Royal society Of: England has in
vented system of cable construction
by which he expects not only to increase
the capacity Of the present lines, but to
make practicable the covering of the
5000 miles which separate Hawaii from
North America. His plan is to make q
cable with two separate conductors in
closed in the same armor, 60 as to form
a complete circuit, and every 100 or $50
miles he will introduce stretches Of
cable with three such conductors, the
third being a wire of high resistance,
the purpose of which is to act as sort
Of artificial and protected leak. One end
Of this third wire will be connected with
the positive conductor and the other
with the negative one. By this device
the static charge on one wire will neu-
tralize that on the other, and all retarla-
ton will be avoided The expectation
is to multiply four or five times the
number Of words now sent over Atlantic
cables, to increase to 20 or 80 the IL
words per minute that could be sent
over single core cable to Hawaii, and
raise from 10 to IS the words sent from
London to Cape Town.-New York
Times,
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
NO BLOOD SPILLED.

But the Duel Was Fought, and Everybody
Was Satisaed.
Every one who knows anything about
Major Winton knows that he is without
spark Of physical cowardice That is
the reason that he incurred no riak in
telling the story that follows:
Right after the war I went to Texas
and formed h business partnership with
rough but brave and big hearted native.
We leased and stocked an extensive cat
tie ranch, hired OUT cowboys and estab-
lshed little community Of our own.
Ny partner superintended affairs at the
ranch while did the dealing, the pur-
chase Of supplies included. This took
me to the nearest market, and, as it was
too soon for the prejudices between the
two great sections of the country to be
entirely allayed, was very careful to
talk nothing but business.
but one day in the hotel an ex-colo-
mel who had taken on extra steam at the
bar SO persistently attacked my political
principles and 50 clearly aimed his gen.
eralities at me that retorted angrily.
This was what he wanted. He handed
me his card, and within half an hour
two Of his friends waited on me, pursu-
ant to the code duello. To gain time I
referred them to my partner and hurried
back to the ranch. He was delighted at
the prospect. 1t would be a great piece
OF advertising to bowl the colonel over.
and at the same time it would insure
me against like trouble in the future.
But rinciple and training was ir-
rev, j committed against tho duel.
1T was difficult for me to make nv
partner comprehend any such moral bias,
especially as we had fought off cattle
thieves together, and he knew that I
had nerve and was a dead shot. He
himself, when aroused, was recognized
as one Of the most dangerous men in the
southwest. His ultimatum was that we
must meet, but with it was a positive
assurance that no one should be hurt.
The affair came of, and after three ex-
changes honor was satisfied R,ithout a
drop Of blood. Ny partner had simply
told the colonel g seconds that they must
load with blank cartridges or settle with
him. They hastened to choose the blank
alternative, and in time the colonel and
I became fast friends He confldentially
admitted to me afterward that he reck-
oned he'd lost his shooting eye and must
keep out Of trouble. "-Dehoit Free
Press.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
6sss OF tho Congressional Library.

siss OF tho Congressional Library.
Founded in the year 1900 by the mod
est appropriation Of %, 600 ''for the pur-
chase Of such books as may DO necessary
tor the use OF congress at tho said city
If Washington.'' this collection has
grown. notwithstanding the ravages Of
two fires, to the present aggregate Of
74Q, 900 volumes. The acquisition Of
The: Jefferson library in 1915. the Force
Historical library In 1866, tho Smith
eonian library in 1867 and the Toner
collection in 1889, all constituted spe-
cially important and valuable accessions
to its storea And by the enactment Of
the oopyright.law Of 1870, followed by
the international copyright act Of 1891.
this library became entitled to receive
two copies Of all bQolus. periodicals and
other publications inning the protec-
ton of copyright in the United States.
~ h. 6pofozd in OepGury.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
SHE'S WELL EDUCATED.
4 Woman Who Has Learned Entirely bv
Careful listcpin:.

4 Woman Who Has Learned Entirely by
Careful lAsteb1u:.
The wonderful Developments of certain
faculties in the cases Of persons who
have lost the use of some of their natural
functions, or Of others whose faculties
have not been fully developed, has long
been matter Of remark, but it is not
alone the outside observers WHO appe-
c1ate the provisions of nature for the
benefit Of the unfortunatea. The suffer
ers themselves often appreciate this full
~, and in some instances, after years,
grow to depend SO much upon their &C.
qulred faculties as to be afraid Of a
change, even il they have the chance Of
one.
An illustration Of this is given by q
woman in Brooklyn who never has
learned to read or write. In no way
could one discover this except by her
own admission or by putting her to a
direct test, for she is one Of the best ed .
ucated women in the country, CONVEX
SAINT with languages, art, literature and
all the current, topics OF the day. She is
rich, too, and could afford all the: serv-
ices of the best teachers il she but chose
to learn to read, but she refuses to do 90.
When this woman was! q child, her
parents lived far from schools: go she
had no chance then to learn to read or
write. AS a mere child. she began to
earn her own living, and again the
chance for schooling slipped away. Then
abe married and the cares Of family
took up her time. BY the time the ba-
bies were off her hands, her husband
had grown rich, and then she began her
real. education, and now, as a widow,
abe continues it. Her, companions read
to her and talk with her about: all the
topics which interest her. Years Of such
work have stored her mind with a rich
treasure Of knowledge. and there is not
page Of q book that has been read 70
her that she is not familiar with. Her
stores Of knowledge are at her instant
command. Why will ahe not learn to
read? Because, she says, she fears that
this wonderful memory, which is now
such treasure house to her. might be
impaired II she were to do anything to
weaken the demands upon it.
What such a memory can do is well
illustrated in the case Of a tailor of this
city who cannot read or write. He is
probably the most widely known man
IN his business here, as for many years
he has done business with New Yotk'a
fremen and policemen. Almost every
man Of these two bodies has dealings
with this tailor, and each month be-
tween the first and the tenth days he
visits every station house and engine
and truck house in this city to collect
his dues. BE has acquired considerable
wealth, and it is said Of him that in all
the years he has dealt with the fremen
and policemen he never was known to
make a mistake Of q cent in any man s
account, although all his records Of
transactions have been kept in his head.
z-NeW York Sun.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
WHEN GRANT WAS POOR.

4 Tine In His Career When He Needed
tho Whorswithal.
General W. H. l. Barnes, one Of the
leaders Of the San Francisco bar, at q
meeting Of the California conmandery
Of the Military Order of the Loyal L.
gion, told the following story about
General Grant It was told years ago 70
General Barnes by Captain Richard l.
Ogden, once clerk in the Office Of the
United States Quartezmaster at San
Francisco. and General Barnes recently
copied it from Captain Ogden's diary.
1t was that when Grant resigned his
commission as captain, at the age Of 50,
being then in Oregon, he went to San
Francisco on his way home and present.
ed to Captain Ogden q certificate Of per
diem service ON acourt martial amount
ing to about $40. The certificate was in
correctly drawn, and Grant with look
Of despair aaked Captain Ogden's per-
mission to sleep ON the lounge in the
latter's Office, saying he had not a cent
to his name. He slept on the rickety
Office lounge, and Ogden agreed to cash
the certificate personally and to send it
back to Oregon for correction. Grant
had expected to buy passage for himself
to New York in the steerage, but Ogden
went with him to the Pacific Mail
steamship Office and procured for him a
cabin passage pass, or what was the
nearest to it the steamship company
could give. for Grant had to pay his
railroad fare across the isthmus. This.
however; left him SIG. and Grant was
very; grateful
The diary quotes him as saying tc
Captain Ogden: "This is q great luxury
and what I did not expect. and am in.
dabted to you for it. The prospect Of
ever being able to reciprocate is Ger.
tainly remote, but strange things hap.
pen in this world. and there is no know
ing. "-Pittsburg Dispatch.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
Realism In Eitornfur>.

1.-THE movement for realism in itera-
ture has given to the best current fiction
verify and value as q reflection of the
times that the novels Of no other era
possess,'' writes Droch in The Ladies'
Home Journal. "This is not saying. by
any means, that our novelists are great
er than any Of. previous epocha But
never before could reader Of fiction &C.
>cumulate avivid, true and varied pic.
ture Of SO many sides of human nature,
50 many conditions Of actual life. It
therefore broadens the horizon of a du-
dicious reader in way that books Of
travel never did. It ought to aud often
does broaden the sympathies Of the
reader 80 that the prejudices Of class
ind nationality are broken down. and
there il . pure charitable Judgment Of
Ruman patu1e which CAN'T help betnR
tdiaa4tant.'"
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
Deserved; Crodlt.

II may lead . wild Life. 4" aaid Jig.
gers. "bnt I'll tell ytn one thmg-1
take care about the people my boys ~
sociate with. -. - c.s.*..ss
q know you do. = saia Hawkins. 1--WE
Observed that you Rerd very little time
with 'em yourself, old nnan, and ! hondr
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-03-23
His Hat Stuck.

Tommy observation-disclosures. is
this hair oil in this bottle?
Mamma-No. that's glue. ..:.:
Tommy nonchalantly Then I ok.
pect= that's why : can't get my hat off.
aieago Record. :.S=. ..s,.ss