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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
COLORADO MuMMlEs
Preserved u Robes That Are Marvoi.
Workmanship:

Preserved 10 Robes That Are Marvoi.
Workmanship:
Few people, perhaps, are aware !,
the fact that within the state Of al
RADIO are found the remains Of &.
historic race, preserved by a systsr
of embalming which, while somewB..
different from that OF the anciss.
Egyptians, has proved equally effect,g.
in combating the rayages Of decay
says the st. Louis Globe-Demoero.
Many know that southwestern Colo
RADIO was, hundreds of years ago nm.
ulated by race of cliff-dwellers. Ana
the ruins of their homes on the R,o
San Juan, near Mancos, are annualb,
visited by thousands Of inuuisitiv.
tourists. 1t is not generally knew
however, that these people attained 4
such a degree of perfection in the an
of preserving the remains of their dead
that even now, centuries after thev
were placed in the tomb, the only N.
dication of the lapse of time is in tbo
withered and dried-up appearance q,
IIC 0hAh' III ING luOulS OI Lle Statn
Historical society, at the capitol buila.
ing, are four of these mummies IN
most interesting specimens yet dis.
covered. That they form a familv
group is evident. There are the father
and mother and two children, the lat.
ter probably 3 to years of age. Not
all the dead of this race were films
preserved. In an adjoining cave ara
hundreds of human bones, representing
the remains of those who did not rank
high enough in the cliff-dwellers' world
to be thus carefully protected from tbe
effacing fingers of time. 1t is. there.
fore, not improbable that this family
was of royal blood. The extraordinary
fneness of the embalming wrappinpa
is a further eidence of this fact. I'm
like the ancient Egyptians, this wrau-
ping consists not of many folds but
a single garment, carefully sewed IN
shut out the air. The embalming roba
in which the remains are shrouded is
composed of a groundwork of cord
made of the fiber of the yucca plant
and closely woven. In this are inter
woven feathers, or rather the finest
down from some species of bird. Each
feather is carefully woven in an IN
right position, and so closely are they
placed that neither air nor water can
penetrate the cloth. To make one OF
these robes, with the crude methods
employed, all being done by hand. must
have been a labor of years, and it is
probable that they were almost OF
priceless value. Tens of thousands of
feathers would be required for each
robe. This feather cloth is evidently
indestructible, showing no signs Of de-
cay 1t is Of light brown color, with
occasional streaks of white.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Onion Growing.

The most popular varieties of onions
for market are the following: White
Southport White Globe; red, Large
Red Wethersfeld; and yellow, Yellow
Globe Danvers, says Country Gentle
man. There are others, but the above
are considered the best and most profit
able. Yellow onions being greatest in
demand, the Globe Danvers variety,
owing to its uniform shape, bright col
or and excellent quality, is universally
accepted as the standard; it will keen
better than any other kind, and even
If accidentally frozen in storage, if
more covering is added and it is left
alone until thoroughly thawed, it will
come out little the worse for it's expe-
rience. The writer has grown no other
variety for market for fifteen years.
Much of the success of the crop depends
upon the quality and freshness of the
seed sown; it is better to pay a dollar
pound more for a selected strain of
reliable seed house than to be fooled
by cheap seed; northern-grown seed is
preferable to California. In the WELD
of onions per acre there is a very wide
range, from two hundred to one thou
sand bushels; and these numbers are
not quite the extremes either, for occa-
sionally crop Of 1900 bushels is heard
Of, and it is by no means uncommon to
see crops of less than 200 bushels: but
man who can average 500 to 600 NAV
consider himself successful onion
grower, while 400 to 500 is a very fail
crop. The width of the rows, the qual.
ity and quantity varying from four to
six pounds per acre. of seed sown, the
adaptability Of the soil, and the extent
to which it is fertilized, the attention
given to cleanliness and cultivation
these are the factors governing the sizs
of the crop.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

orally extends to tie Sop wire Of the
trellis. The operation of pruning the
vine is performed for the sole purpose
Of removing such wood as will not bear,
or such as Is supposed to interfere with
the production Of the finest crop OF
fruit that the plant is able to mature.
Its primary object, therefore. is to re-
duce the amount of bearing wood, and
thereby thin the fruit, so that the roots
of the vines are not taxed beyond their
capacity.
Fig. presents vine which has been
systematically cut back every year, and
which Is once more ready for its an
nual pruning The various portions are
lettered, being the stem, g the arms
3 spurs, the canes of last year, the
matured shoots of the last growing sea-
son. Not entering here upon the sub
ject of renewal, which is treated in de-
tail elsewhere, we will assume that the
pruning is to be done only for the pur-
pose Of removing superfluous branches.
All the fruit is of course borne upon
the shoots, which grow from the buds
now found upon the canes; the canes,
therefore, must be removed and not the
older wood, for the latter serves as the
framework upon which the canes are
maintained. In cutting away the canes
all wood which has not properly ma
tured should be removed, and those
shoots which have made an excessive
growth, forming bull canes" are also
undesirable. Medium sized, short
jointed and well-matured wood is to be
preferred, and such wood only. Yet
some Of this well-developed wood must
also be sacrificed until the amount al
lowed to remain upon the plant is re-
duced to the proper proportion. AS
Stunning that the plant can mature the
fruit produced by twenty-four buds (the
number of buds left may vary from two
to fifty, or more) about thirty buds
could be allowed to develop. These
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
Good Roads.


Excellent work is being done in New
Jersey in the construction and inn
provement of roads. The movement is
said to have begun in 1898 by the or
ganization Of highway improvement
association and the passage of a law
Imposing upon the state one-third Of
the cost OF good roads constructed I'M
der the direction of state road com
missioner Under this statute 23S
miles of macadamized roadway has
been constructed at an expense of 1885,
OS5 to the state and upward of a mill
lion dollars to the counties and the
property-owners. People can now
travel upon a hard, mudless highway
IN all kinds of weather. It is solid and
smooth as a boulevard from Jersey
City to Atlantic City and from Paterson
to Camden. The work of construction
has continued for a series of years
In 1898 and 1894, seventy-four miles;
1895, sixty-six and one-half miles; 1896,
hfty-one miles, etc. The cost has been
diminished by experience from an av-
erage of $4,000 per mile in 1898 to $4,000
mile in 1897. The soil and other
physical conditions in Illinois are so
similar to those of New Jersey that
1t is believed the same methods and
estimates would apply equally well to
both states. In New Jersey opposition
TO the new system has almost entirely
died out and the applications for state
assistance are so numerous that the
Appropriation will be increased from
100000 to 100000 this year. The
farmers have found that they actually
save more than the amount of their
taxes in repairing their wagons, har-
ness and in horse shoes, without con-
Sidertng the wear of the animals and
the economy of time. The road COM
missioner of New Jersey puts a practi-
cal lesson in mathematics before the
farmers. 1T costs 915 cents a bushel,"
he says, ito ship wheat from Chicago
to New York, a distance Of 900 miles
tt,costs cents a bushel to haul wheat
IN level road distance of five miles
and on a sandy road it would cost at
least 8 cents per mile to haul it. The
saving on bushel of wheat with good
roads for distance of five miles would
be about equivalent to that of 375 miles
by railroad. One mile of good roads
would make saving equal to seventy
i've miles of railroad transportation.
Thus every mile of good roads places
the producer seventy-five miles by rail
nearer to the markets. It is estimated
that the cost of hauling 700,000,000 tons
Of farm products to market is So per
ton, or just about 81, 4O0,OOO,00O. 1t is
also estimated that about 60 per cent
Of this last amount, or SS40, 100000,
would be saved each year if farmers
were able to do this hauling over good
roads" "The real cost Of transporta-
ton that burdens our agricultural
classes" he says, "is the part of it be-
tween the farm and the town or rail-
way station rather than between the
station and the market. The
loss due to bad roads is one Of the
greatest wastes of energy connected
with farming as it is carried on in this
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
The Cat GANG Back.

"o months ago the office cat at the
M and c. railroad office disappeared
ana S II was generally believed that she
nau Oeen killed. To the surprise of
onoSe around the railroad office, the cat
came back the other morning from a
long Journey. The animal had got into
d car OF merchandise billed to st, I,ouis
ana had been locked up in it. When
the car was opened at the latter Mace
the cat jumped out. The animal, was
paced in the Office there, but the ST,
nouls railroad men soon tired of her
anu anu decided to send the cat back to this
wy wy 0ne was placed in a through car
S wllh note telling the circumstances.
one Tl reached here early this morning.
Inc cat seemed glad to be at home
again She had travelled over 500 miles
altogether and was nearly starved
C,rl'. (O) Correspondent of the
cincinnati Commercial-Tri
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

BROCTON RENEWAL SYSTEM.
should be uniformly distributed, ac-
cording to the system of training en-
ployed; they may be left upon five
canes, each cane having six buds, as
shown in the Illustration, or the distri-
button may be varied according to cir
cumstances. But such is in general the
method adopted in the vineyard for es-
timating the proper amount of bearing
wood to leave upon each vine. AS a
result of such systematic pruning the
fruit upon the vine is larger and more
fair; it is also produced more regularly,
since the maturing of too heavy a crop
weakens the. vine so that it is unable
to mature even an average amount of
fruit the following year. A vine prop
erly pruned and fortified should bear
about the same amount Of fruit each
year from the time it comes in fun
bearing. A secondary benefit derived
from pruning is the reduced stature OF
the plant. This allows more vines to
be set upon given piece of land, and
enables the work Of cultivating, spray
ing harvesting to be performed much
more easily and profltably.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Mrs. Jessie Mulligan, widow, is a
brakeman on a western railroad and
has given perfect satisfaction to her
employers. There are a good many
country families wherein the wife cuts
the wood and runs the reaping-ma-
chine. Why should not that woman
do the hard work of a railroad and
earn money for her own use? 1t seems
odd, but so did a thousand things
of the same kind which are familiar
enough now.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
HosTEssEs' SECRET SIGNAL
Tip the Family If There Is Not Enough
to Go Around.

Tip the Family If There Is Not Enough
to Go Around.
Nervous housewives whose husbands
frequently bring home company to
dinner without preliminary warning
often worry in their secret hearts for
lear there may not be food enough to
supply the unexpected guests. A ma
iron living in one Of the prettiest sub
urban residences in West Philadelphia.
whose husband persists in bringing
nome guests at the most inopportune
times, has hit upon happy expedient
TO meet possible emergencies. In pas
sing any dishes at the table of which
tnere may be limited supply the hos
tess makes a point to mention the
enlgmat1cal letters "F. H. B." in such
manner as not to attract the atten-
ton OF the guests around the board,
Immediately the members of the fam
lily are aware of the circumstances and
dlscreetly partake very lightly. If at
ALL OF the Viands in question. The Sc
cret OF the three letters was solved by
qulck-witted guest a few DAYS ago.
ana the hostess afterward laughingly
confessed her little scheme. "F n.
D. IN this instance stands for "Family
hold back"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

A judge fined the Sacramento Bee
for an alleged misreport of a trial
pending before him, and for severe
criticism of his language in support Of
the attorney who brought the charge.
The editor stood by his reporter and
his own dignity, declaring that the re-
port was correct, but was refused the
privilege of defense; whereupon the
case was carried to the supreme court
of California and the sentence was set
aside. The smaller the judge the more
tyranny and the more law-breaking,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
Facts About Alcohol,

From the New York Journal. soior-
tttic investigators in Germany ond
Russia recently have been condTctina
an inquiry respecting alcohol in tic
relation to dietetics. They have Oh
tanned data which seCm to point to The
very surprising conclusion that aIooboI
Is actually food, Notwithstanding tho
belief which has long existed to tbo
contrary. Both men and women wero
employed in these experiments doses -
alcohol sufficient to induce slight in
toxication being given to them T. =
found that alcohol takes the place of fat
as fuel, furnishing heat for the bod 5
In small quantities it increases The ~
petite and helps digestion. Rn+ =
over stimulates the action of the boor+
and decreases the power of the T 49, -
to do work. 1t diminishes the roo,li ,',n
ment of food by Iessening VAST ,''- 20
tissue. These experiments waro tu,S5
with brandy, claret, koumiss and lie aeu
mir. The last is a fermented hevoror,
from cows milk, prepared with rs
culiar terment called kephir Yeast
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

IDEAL VINE RENEWAL METHOD.
Europeans; the Gordon is spoken Of as
horizontal, vertical, or oblique, depend
ing upon the direction in which it lies
on the trellis. A branch Zig. 1, h) is
an arm which varies in form and length
from year to year, being modified by
the addition of spurs. or by the cutting
away of older portions of its body. 1t
is commonly composed of spurs more
than one year old. A spur Zig. 1, b. is
shortened or pruned cane, generally
bearing from one to four buds; if cut
longer, such a portion is commonly
spoken of as cane and not a spur
Squirting refers to the operation of cut
ting back a cane to the length of a
spur. Stem, or trunk fig. /, il, refers
to that portion Of the vine found below
the origin Of the lowest arms or
branch; it extends to the ground. In
the Knifn system the stem proper gen
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

e. G. Lodeman, Department of Agri-
culture Report: A few terms must be
clearly understood before any of the
details of grape training can be salts
factorily considered. The following
definitions explain many terms used in
this article: A shoot (fig. l, 81 is a green
or immature growth less than one year
old. A cane Zig. d. is a matured
shoot, as found at the end of one years
growth. An arm Zig. 1, g is a matured
cane, two or more years of age; its
length and form are not changed from
year to year, its Office being to produce
canes or branches. An arm is also fire.
quentIy called Gordon" especially by
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

1t is confidently predicted that before
May wheat will reach fancy prices,
many predicting $3.50 a bushel. From
now on the weather will cut big fig
ure, and the fact that the entire winter
wheat country is bare of snow is not
encouraging to those who have sold
wheat they do not own. Receipts of
wheat continue light in spite of the
high price of the grain.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
Potato PattIes

u, poli some potatoes and mash them.
wneh cold put layer in some rather
u ueep patty pans, previously creased and
sprlnkled with bread crumbs Over This
Poo d layer of nicely seasoned minced
s D1et or mutton, moistened with a little
fa Cover each patty-pan with a
nrs OF the potato, sprinkle with
grated cheese and bake till brown
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

A movement is on foot to divide the
republic of Brazil, but whether the
division will result in a peaceable sep
aration or a war of cession is not yet
determined 1t is reported that the
representatives of the states Of Rio
Grande do Sui, Parana, Santa catha-
rina and Minas Geraes ara soon to meet
and proclaim their separation from
Brazil and establish an independent
republic. 1t has been known for some
years that there was a growing ten
dency among the states composing the
southern portion of the great republic
to a division of the country and to a
desire to establish a smaller and more
compact republic in that section. The
four states that have apparently en-
tered into the plan proposed have an
area of S06,SS4 square miles. with
population Of 4,442,714 and a represen-
tation of sixty-one members in the
parliament of Brazil. The new re-
public would embrace about one-tenth
Of the area and about one-quarter of
the population of the present republic.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Rev. ]. w. Bundy of Terre Haute
has sued deacons William Davis and
Joshua Moore for $25,OOO damages. He
complains that they caused to be pub
lished in the Golden Echo a statement
that they knew of their own knowledge
that he had been guilty of forgery, dis
honesty and falsehood. This is indeed
a golden echo.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Ha! At last there is a place where
the bloomer costume may receive the
honor which has been denied it up to
the present time. Up in Alaska a
bloomer colony is to be formed where
skirts will be banished and the reign
Of the festive bloomer will be undis-
puted and unchallenged by either prud-
ish male or fastidious female, But the
condition of the Alaska roads compels
them to leave their bikes at home.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Max Nordau has been studying de-
generacy and crime so long that he has
come to look on the present generation
as mainly degenerates and potential
criminals. 1t is a gloomy and forbid
ding world which this famous Grimm
ologist looks out upon, inhabited by
people capable of any deviltry, and only
waiting opportunity to engage in it.
Max Nordau should take a liver pill.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

IF a man is standing on the caboose
OF freight train a mile long" said the
occasional time destroyer. land begins
walking toward the engine as the train
starts and the train" The people
at the hospital are patching him up as
well as they can.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

We trust the man in Alabama who
killed himself on the day appointed
for his marriage was thoughtful enough
to give his intended an insurance pol
icy.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

The courage of M. lola is likely to
place him among the immortals, what
ever becomes Of the academy which re-
fuses him that honor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Resolution presented to the senate
OF New York state by Where
as we do not want to vote, therefore
resolved that no other women shall
have the privilege"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

Acting Secretary Meihlejohn Of the
navy department at Washington is ar
ranging to send military expedition
up the Copper river route in Alaska to
map out the topography of the sountrv
and finally establish the value of this
route to the Klondike gold fields.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

There is curiosity as to what An
thony Hope will say of US; but we
learned long ago that Hope tells q
hattering tale.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
X. II. DAVIS, Publisher.

China doesn't need any money to ~
deem Wei-Hai-Wei. she has lost the
pawn ticket.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURIsTSs

some Up-to-Date Hints About Gull
tivatiOn Of the SOIL and Yields
Thereof - Horticulture, VItIculture
and Horticulture.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-04-30

"Were you awfully in love?' she asked,
archly. Yet you went away and made
no sign. BY the way" as If stimulated
by sudden curiosity, why did you not
wish me good-by or send me q N 'ssaSr
before you leftf It was not at all civil
of YOU"
Don't you know" said Dallas, with
some eagerness. Did Tom not tell you?
1t was he who sent me off and made me
promise not to see or speak to you again.
And"-here Dallas was about to reveal
how Mrs Trevanion had dissuaded him
from writing to her. when it occurred to
him that Lady Nevil, however much she
liked the other lady, would not care to
have been discussed by her and himself,
and paused abruptly. ut was rather
shame of YOU he went on, changing
his sentence, TO let me think you did not
care for Tom
June leaned back against the cushions
and looked up at the darkblue sky.
1T was quite true" she said, thought
fully. Il did not love him then; | felt
quite sure l never should; and yet"
bringing her eyes slowly down again to
the water, "a year later | adored him,
and have gone on adoring him ever since.
l suppose smiling a little. and letting
her eyes meet Dallas, "a woman's heart
is a very curious and complicated thing"
60 be continued
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1898-04-30
DIED AT SEATTLE.
Wife of Former state Treasurer John
Hummer of Eau Claire.

Madison. Wis. April 26-Word has
been received of the death of Mrs. John
Hummer. wife of former State Treasurer
John Hummer, who held that office during
the two Peck administrations. The fam
liz came here from Eau Claire. but at
present reside in Seattle. Wash. MIS-
Hummer was about JO years old. and was
a member of the Methodist church OF tins
city.
Mcnasha, Wis. April 26.-Phillip Yer
beck. one of the most widely known resi-
dents of this county. died last evening
from the effects of a paralytic stroke sui
fcred April H. two days before his golden
wedding anniversary. Mr.. Nerhcck was
born in Rochester, y. y. III 1916. ana
came to the town of Mcnasha in 1916.
Dodgevilc Wis. April III Special. J
Mrs. Sophia ForSeth died AT her home
here Saturday and WAS buried today: She
was 20 years of age and was an old resi-
dent of this town.
Barahoo. Wis, April 26.-E Special. J.
Ahmer : Baker for a long time resi-
don't of this city. died in st. Joseph hos
pital at Denver. Col, yesterday. De
ceased was 10 years old and was one OF
the founders of Fort Morgan near Den
ver Financial reverses. the loss OF his
wife. father. and the accidental killing OF
his oldest son. caused his health to fali.
He was Il veteran Of the Civil war.
GalcsvilIe Wis. April Iii Special. /
Louis Roruitz. Il pioneer of Trempeaieau
county. died Yesterday, aged IS.