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The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-23

Although comparativly few persons
nowadays require any argument or dem
onstratiOn to convince them Of the value
of vaccination a pamphlet which has just
been issued by a council of the British
Medical Association is useful. because it
presents in small compass some of the
most striking proofs or the efficacy of
the process. wherewith TO confront I'M
believers. Ii is shown that the mortality
from smallpox Is much less now than in
pre-vaccination times. and that the great
est diminution in the smallpox mortality
is found in the early years of life. in
which there is most vaccination. Stats
tics are given from various countries in
proof of the statement that in countries
where there is much vaccination and re-
vaccination relatively to the population
there is little smallpox. In Prussia both
vaccination and revaccination are com
pulsory. and smallpox mortality is almost
abolished. In Austria. where vaccination
is not compulsory. the rate, instead Of
being per / 900 01J as in Prussia in the
ten years ending with 1892. was ass. In
Belgium. also vaccination is not com
pulsOry, and in 1775-'S4 il had rate of
AL per 1G00,000. as compared with Prus-
sia's % In the same period. Similarly.
in classes among which there is much
vaccination and revaccinatiOn. there is
little smallpox, while in places where
smallpox prevails il attacks a much
greater proportion of the unvaccinated
than Of the vaccinated especially where
the vaccinations are comparatively re-
cent. In houses invaded by smallpox in
the course Of an outbreak. il is stated.
not nearly SO many of the VaCciHated
inmates are attacke~ as OF the unVaC-
cinated I'm proportion To their numbers,
and the deathrate among persons at
tackled by smallpox Is much greater, age
for age among the unvaccinated than
among the VaCCinated.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-23

a correspondent Of the London Times.
writing from Manostir concerning the Sit
uation in Macedonia, says that of late
the Bulgarian propaganda has made no
table progress. There are now 1876 Bull
garian schools in the Monastir vilayet,
with II 800 pupils. The appointment Of a
bishop and Of a commercial agent rep
resenting the prinCipality has given
fresh impulse TO the Bulgarian move
ment. The number of Servian schools
has increased. the Society Of ST. Savd.
which directs the propaganda being APP
parently in possession OF considerable
funds. The Greek schools. on the other
hand show a falling of of 1.501 pupils.
and the struggle between the rival races
is marked by daily increasing bitterness
and anim0sity. Around Uskub. he says.
there il at present quiet. but the rural
population is greatly eXaSDcTated by re-
cent Turkish prosecutions. If inSurSent
bands should appear in the mountains
and achieve some success it would be
likely To rise and join them. Notwith
standing all the perQuisitions made by
the Turkish authorities. the peasants are
undoubtedly provided with a COnsidera-
bic supply Of arms. The possibility of
avoiding and outbreak depends, in the
first instance. on the conduct Of the
Turks during the next few weeks. and
also, To some extent, on the energy
which the Bulgarian government may
show in preventing the passage of bands
across the frontier. During the recent
prosecutions in the vilayet of kOssovo it
is said that 800 persons were imprisoned
and 80 tortured.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1898-04-23

SATURDAY. APRIL %. 1S9S.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
The FIvinp nrarnn-

NO living reptile possesses true DOW
ers OF flight, and only one, the flying
dragon" has any power of sustaining
itself in the air. This reptile, which
is Of small size, is found in the Indian
Archipelago and East Indies, and lives
in trees, feeding on small insects. The
upper ribs are Strengthened out and
support wing-like fold of skin on
each side of the body, which. when the
animal is running about, is folded
down to the side, but is expanded when
1t wishes to jump from tree to tree.
These so-called wings can not lift the
dragon from the ground, nor have they
any propelling power, they simply sus-
tain it in the air and enable it to make
leaps OF comparatively enormous
length. Though no reptiles of TODAY
possess the power of flight, geology
teaches us that an extinct species call
ed Pterodactyles could fly. Thew had
leathery expanded membrane attach
ed to hind limbs, body and fore limbs
its chief support being the outermost
finger OF the forelimb, which was enor-
mously elongated. That they passed
their time in the air and did not. like
the flying dragon" simply jump from
tree to tree, is proved by their bones
being filled with air like those of birds
and by their having a prominent ridge
TO support the general muscles that
worked their limbs. Many of them
were small, but some must have been
gigantic; the expanse Of wing of one
species was probably 81 feet from tin
to tip.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
Miss Fuhrmans Brave Battle Fought in
Vain-CIouds of Sea Dust--The SMALL
est Watch-The Flying Dragon AN,
Umbrella Bird.
Clouds Of Sea Dust.

We have heard Of waterspouts, Of
showers of fish, of salt rain and many
other curiosities which present them
selves in the atmosphere, but to assert
That there is such thing as sea dust
is to transcend all reasonable bounds.
me evidence, however, in favor of its
existence is exceedingly great-indis-
putable, in fact-and this is the story
told by eye witnesses. They say that
IN certain parts of the world, notably
about the Cape de Verde islands, there
are constantly met at sea, several hun
dreds of miles away from land, thick,
yellowish red fogs, not unlike London
fogs in November. These fogs OBJ
scure the atmosphere and are very in
furious to navigation, but they have
notthe baleful odor of their London pro-
totypes, nor do they effect the breath
ing in the same way. While stand
ing through them it is found that the
ship, sails and rigging are covered with
a fine, impalpable powder, which falls
as dry rain and covers the surface on
which it falls, sometimes to the depth
OF fully two inches In color it is of a
bright, brick dust hue, sometimes of a
light yellow, and it feels between the
teeth like fine grit, such as might be
blown into the mouth on a windy day
in March. No place is free from its
presence, its fineness giving it power
to penetrate everywhere. The sea,
while the dust is falling, looks as
though it had been peppered, and is
discolored for some distance down.
Sometimes the dust comes in a shower
and passes off again. The fogs are
nothing but vast quantities of the dust
suspended in the air.
1t Is not only in the vicinity of Cape
de Verde that this wonderful dust is
seen. In the Mediterranean, on the
northern parts Of Africa, and in the
middle of the Atlantic it has been re-
ported. 1t is invariably the same in
kind and appearance, and examination
under microscopes has proved the iden-
tity of, say Cape de Verde sea dust
with Mediterranean sea dust. All this
is very remarkable-dust falling in
clouds, no land within some hundreds |
OF miles, nothing visible which could |
possibly account for the curious phe-
nomenon.
Sand spouts there are in sandy des-
erts,and showers Of sand taken origin
ally from spots whereon the carrier
wind has left it's mark here there is
no desert from which the sand can be
irawn, and the wind, so far from be-
ing boisterous or disposed to play
whirlwind FRANKS, is light and steady,
blowing ships along at a calm five
knots an hour.
1t is believed by scientific men that
The dust clouds of Central America are,
in all probability, closely connected
with the phenomenon of sea dust.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
WOMAN STATION AGENT
Southern Girl Who Has Held Her +.
tIOn for Years.

Southern Girl Who Has Held n,
tIOn for Years.
A young woman with a COLLEGE III,
ma and the degree Of A. B. i M
look for a higher" sphere Of uss,
ness than that of station agent
in the South there are not many h,
tions open to woman. Those who
reduced in circumstances take the
opportunity which offers itself +
generally make a success Of III M
Susie M. Lasley Of Rowland. XIV. IA
OF this type. She belongs to "a
southern family. She is an ofsel.Hz
authorized station agent and she is oti
20. What is more, she has held the
sition for two years. At Is she grsit
ated from South Kentucky college
HopktnsVille. and soon secured b
sition as assistant to her brother Nj
held the agency which the young won
an herself now fills. Then, when d
brother went off travelling in Cents
america and his successor SUDDEN
died, Miss Lasley, who had meanthn
been keeping her eyes open and learn
ing all that was to be known about
railroad station, was called to fiji I'D
position. "As to the ability of won
an to fill such a position" says Mis-
Lasley, 81 quote the comment of the Of
ticials who said at the close Of the year
Your service has been altogether sat
isfactory.' The requirements" Sd
goes on to say, "are a good general "a
ucation, with quickness and accurag
in mathematics. The characterised
demanded are a good memory quid
Judgment and self-reliance, combina
with good temper. My experience b
proven that the place can be succes
fully filled by a woman. 1 believe III
clerical railroad work, though as Il
an untried field for women, is nd
interesting and congenial occupatia
and girls who are looking about fo
means Of livelihood would do well
take 1t into consideration.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
The Smallest Watch.

The smallest watch in the world is
at present on exhibition in a show
window in Berlin. It is the latest tri-
umph in the art of watchmaking-the
art that has made such wonderful
progress within the last decade. The
liliputisn timepiece was made in Gen
eva. Following are given some OF the
tiny dimensions Of it's works: The di-
ameter OF the little watch is less than
half an inch. The exact measurement
is lOh millimeters, OF .41S7 inch. It's
thickness is 1852 inch. The length Of
the minute hand is 2 4-1O millimeters
or .os456 inch. That of the hour hand
Is / $40 millimeters. or .O5122 inch.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
The Umbrella Bird.

The Umbrella bird, which has some
resemblance to a crow both in size and
plumage, is so called from a wide crest
which spreads out above its head like
a parasol, This crest is composed Of
long slender feathers, rising from a
contractile skin on the top Of the head
The shafts are white, and the plume
glossy blue, hair like, and curved out
ward at the tip. When the crest is
laid back the shafts form a compact
white mass sloping up from the top of
the head, and surmounted by the dense
hairy plumes, but when fully spread
the top forms perfect, slightly elong-
ated dome, of a beautiful shining blue
color. The length of this dome from
front to back is about five inches, the
breadth, four to four and half inches.
This bird is native Of the islands Of
the South American rivers, being sell
dom if ever seen on the mainland.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

The burning of the Aver building
and the terrible loss of life occasioned
by dt have resulted in the passage Of
an ordinance by the Chicago city coun-
Gil which provides for the equipment
OF all buildings Of four OF more stories
with fire escapes, and limits the
height of buildings to 100 feet. The
ordinance also makes it mandatory
upon all contractors to secure licenses,
ana directs that the city shall refuse
PERMITS for buildings above two sto-
rdes unless planned by licensed arch
itect or contractor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

longer conceal from you that I have
0eclaed to renounce celibacy! Yes. 1.
LIr. Pennors, the humble poet, am
thinking OF marrying; and it is from
you-and-and one other-that I ex-
pect my happiness" =.
General stupefaction! Was the doc-
tor mad? He continued:
know very well that can he br+
a rather and protector to one So much
younger than myself, but as I have M
helrs l wish, before taking a seat in
Oharon's boat, to join my ancestors in
the Elysian felds-I wish to give nv
SELF the satisfaction of having made Of
Ieast one person happy in this world
one VINO will mourn for me when am
gone. Here is my will. You may read
II at your leisure Just now l ask Won
Tor the hand Of Miss Lucie Mabaia-
whom love-as a father"
A deep emotion followed the ipclins-
ton to laugh which had at first taken
possession of every one present for
they all appreciated sincerely the gem
crosby OF the old man in taking This
solemn step. '-iA0
They felt however, kind of uneas-
mess for recent occurrence prevented
the realization of his wishes in that
ullection. The head of the family did
not hasten to answer, so embarrassad
was ne by this singular situation.
II was Lucie herself who came IN the
rescue. Leaving her seat near Adrien
sI went to the doctor and softly took
ms hand. Kind friend" she said
t nucn moved, believe I am deeply
so4.d by this testimony of your af-
Aectlon' | am the more troubled nv n
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
ANIMALS TRADES.
lees Are GeOmetriolans and CaterpIlI
SIX SpInners.

dues are GeometriOlans and Caterplli
SIX spinners.
Bees are geometricians. The Gel
are so constructed as with the lesa
quantity of material to have the laIs
est spaces and least possible loss
1nterstice, says the Louisville CONNIE
cial. The mole is meteorologs
The torpedo, the ray and the electn
eel are electricians. The nautilus
a navigator; he raises and lowers
sails. and casts and weighs anchor q
performs other nautical acts. Who
tribes of birds are musicians. Cater
pillars are silk spinners. The SOUR
rel is ferryman; with a chip or piss
OF bark for boat and his tail fof
sail he crosses the stream. The beaId
is an architect, builder and woodcu'
ter; he cuts down trees and ereots hous
es and dams. The marmot is CIV
engineer; he not only builds housS
but constructs aqueducts and draI
to keep them dry. The white any
maintain a regular army of soldier
One whale will furnish from 1,OOV N
5000 pounds of bone. At San Fran
cisco the bone is split, sorted as to CO..
or and tied in bundles. These syn
pieces are called slabs and are three Y
eight feet long and weigh from three Y
seven pounds.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

because I fear to pain VII,
the reason which forces me-
your offer, But If, as you sav = e
~ love me as a father, hone =,
blRshed as she thus stsr,-.
looked helplessly to her adonslss
er. The latter, having recovs,.s
composure, came forwsrd.
1--WE would soon have tn,d
friend. My son Adrien and IsSls
just become engaged. They loss
other and | heartily approve ~
rangement which assures happ,,. =
my adopted daughter. NJ
thought Of your candidacy. f. ~ =
old comrade."
Madeleine thought she bas Il.
wisest of them all. s'l
The doctor, as he shook thu =,
his friend, looked not cast dow e' y
triumpant.
you are a brave mani
you understand how to solve ans,,'
OF interest in favor Of those Ebo \
protection. 1t is rare in these i'm
seltishness. I esteem you The nm.
1t. I must say 1 was a little NY
at first. But since it is your an I,
Lucie Is happy There. / Am n,
too. Let us say no more abont +
will write some verses for tbs I
ding day-doggerel verses-tbe ~.
OF the poet disappointed in his Az.
And the will will take it bach
l shall not change a word in fl
Then, turning 10 his happy i,
"Good-by, my friend. You though
were marrying a penniless orphan
now, as in fairy tales, your vIfs
changed into wealthy heiress.-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
TaillesB Dogs.

The "schipperke," a small dog which
comes from the Low Countries, is tall
less. He is in his native country the
favorite companion of the Flemish bar
gee, and hence his name, which, in
English, means little skipper" At
the Fakenham dog show of 1875 the
Prince Of Wales exhibited a pair of
Indian tailless dogs. Then there is
the bob-taiI sheep dog. Until within
the last half century sheep dogs with
out tails were exempt from taxation, 1t
being supposed that no one would keep
a tailless dog who could afford to pay
the tax. AS a consequence almost ev-
cry sheep dog had his tail cut off, and
owing to this cause the taiIIess sheep
dog, still met with in some localities,
has arisen. Darwin tells us that a
mutilation of this kind will often be-
come hereditary.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

some consideration to this severe cIlU-
icism from an unknown and to lay
| down the pen Of sorry rhymer' bu'
by attacking the uoctor in his proIes-
sion the critic had defeated MS own
end.
Thirty years of practice, numer-
Gus clientele and a snug little fortune
all testified to his capacity as a follow
er of Esculapius.
He therefore decided in his own
mind that this VenomOus eplstle had
been written by some fellow-practition-
er who was jealous of his success, and
instead of breaking his Tyre he mount
ed Pegasus once more and rode on TO
the most sunny parts of the pure ether.
This weakness in the dear old man
was overlooked by most of his friends
even though it sometimes bored them
to listen to illusions which they evil
IDENTIFY did not appreciate at the value
given them by the writer.
Lucie Mahaie alone took lively in
terest in his compositions. She was an
orphan living with her uncle and his
two children-a son, who was a sailor
and away from home a great part of
the time, and a daughter, Madeleine
who dearly loved her cousin Lucie.
Very often when the doctor would
bring a new piece of poetry for the
inspection and appreciation of Lucie,
and the latter would read and kindly
criticise, Madeleine would comment on
at is so little to do" Lucie would
answer, "and gives him so much hap
piness."
But Madeleine had her own theory,
which she did not dare submit to her
innocent cousin. and she foresaW time
when some of the illusions of the poet
would suffer a cruel shock.
Meanwhile Lucie pored over those
sheets and tried to make sense of them.
Don't you think, doctor, we would
better take the physicians instruments
and amputate foot here and there in
these verses? Useless to say he
would cheerfully agree and cut off or
change at her suggestion till little Of
the original remained, although he al
ways lost sight of that point.
No one knew just when it began, but
every one noticed a queer change over
the doctor.
One day the poet walked in with
determined air, not even giving more
than bow to the captain, who had
Just arrived; he went straight to Lu-
cie's uncle, set himself up in front of
him and stared at him through his
spectacles.
Now, then, my dear comrade," said |
ne with a voice trembling with the |
force of a sudden resolution, 81 can no
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

The entire works comprise IS indi-
vsdual pieces, and it's exact weight Is
14.3499 grains. After having been
wound up with It's diminutive key the
watch will run for twenty eight hours.
The weight Of the four main wheels,
with their springs, is .6468 grains.
There are thirteen cogs on the little
cylinder wheel, which has circum-
ference of two millimeters, or ,078S
inch, and weighs rs milligramme, or
.0t155 grain. The most delicate tools
and measuring instruments were made
specially for the construction of this
liliputian watch. The preliminary
work in the making of the timepiece
was very expensive, and the selling
price of the watch is comparatively low
being $3.50.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

1t is not to be wondered at the resig-
nation OF Mr.. Gary, the postmaster
general, should be regarded as in some
way connected with the first overt act
OF war on the part of the president. II
mas been no secret that Mr.. Gary was
IN FAVOR of a peaceable solution of the
differences between this country and
SPAN II 1t were possible, but there Is
little evidence that he was one OF those
VINO are called ''peace-at-any-price"
men.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

In an interview between Gen. Grant
and Mr.. Hayes, the day the presidency
Of the United States passed from one
to the other, the younger man asked
the elder which Of the public questions
interested him most. THE Nicaragua
canal" came the prompt answer. TT
is one Of the great necessities of the
future, and If you can help it along, do
So" A company of Chicago engineers
has been making new surveys Of the
held, and the building Of the canal
seems nearer than ever before. It Is
estimated that while preparations for
the work would amount to fifteen mil
lion dollars, and the canal itself more
than eight times that sum, yet econ
omy to the shipping interests of the
world warrants this vast expenditure.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

ed for the street. When she stepped
from her door she found a telephone
company about to erect a seventy-foot
pole in front of her property. She
demonstrated without avail, and start
ing a member Of her finally to secure
an injunction, she remained to stand
guard. The hole was completed and
the pole ready to lower when Miss
Thurman got into the hole and effec-
tually stopped work. After unsuccess-
full efforts to coax her to come out the
men started a new hole a few inches
away, and rushed it to completion.
The pole was put up while the lady
held the fort and watched proceedings
from beneath the ground. AS the az
fair became noised about peonIe
swarmed about to see the sight. NOT
less than 5000 people witnessing the
peculiar affair. After being under
ground five hours the lady left her post
the tardy injunction having been serv-
ed after it was too late.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18
Miss Fuhrman's Brave Fight.

The BuCyrus (Ohio) correspondent
Of the Daily News says that Miss EN-
ma Thurman of that city fought local
telephone company to a standstili
Wednesday night, but was finally wor-
sted. Miss Thurman was starting to
make some calls, being stylishly gown
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

Nobody really understood what an
unpleasant country Spain is for resi-
dence until that cablegram came tell
ing about the embarking sailors who
sWore that they would not return home
until they had conquered America.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

The first steamship constructed for
use in war was the Fulton, designed by
Robert Fulton for the United States
navy; and her destruction by the ex
plosion Of her magazine is brought to
mind by the Maine disaster. The de-
sign included an engine to throw hot
water over an enemy's deck and into
the portfolios. The scheme was never
brought into practical use. Accounts
OF the vessel crossed the ocean and
grew on the way. One description. pub
lished in Scotland, said that the Full
ton, by mechanism, brandishes three
hundred cutlasses with the utmost reg
ularity over her gunwales; works also
an equal number of heavy iron spixes
OF great length. darting them from her
sides with prOdigious force, and with
drawing them every quarter of a min
ute" Ali that was pure invention. OF
course; but it was not more incredible
than would have been truthful de-
scriptiOn of the devices for killing with
which modern war-sbips are equipped.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-06-18

While crowd OF spaniards tried to
mob his car Gen. Woodford slept
peacefully within" The generals
sleep evidently is fashioned after his
school Of diplomacy.