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Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1898-10-27
DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL.
sY HOPPER nRorHENs.
rnuRspAY, ocropER a, Isps.

Daily. One Year $500, In Advance.
Daily, Four Months @1.oo. ir Advance.
Weekly. One Year B1.o0. in Advance
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

to say tonight said he, ITO disrupt de
feelin's q yous ole dsddies.. an mann
mics, but rs jes' goin' ter consummate
dem sinners back dar by de do"
None Of the prayers were good En-
glish, but I'VE bow down on de Bonded
an syndicated knees of our body to beg
a humble blessin'," somehow seemed
to get singular emphasis from the inn
ported adjective; and 30 Lord, DELHI
Der us from upsettin' sins, an prop
us up on de tippin'-over side" GER
tainly left nothing to be desired in
directness and graphic force.
At the close Of the service the pas
tor called attention to the rain-soaked
and stained plaster in the recess back
of the pulpit, which he had long tried
in vain to persuade his shiftless par
ishioners to fresco, and he pronounced
his ultimatum in this wise: "Bredren,
de suvices in dis church am over"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
smokeless Powder.

At the time of the Franco-Prussian
war 1t was estimated that. for every
man who was killed, the enemy ex-
pended ammunition enough to equal
his weight. A hotly contested field was
almost battle in the dark, because of
the smoke-clouds that masked the com
batants and made their missiles inef-
fective.
In the warfare Of the future--to some
extent, in that of the present-the use
OF smokeless powder is likely, especial
ly in naval conflicts, to give good
workmanship an overpowering ad-
vantage.
smokeless powder was invented in
America some twenty years ago, but
France was the first nation to utilize
1t. She made vigorous attempts to
keep the composition secret, even hold
Ing each soldier responsible for the
number of cartridges served out to
him! But that did not deter expert
menters elsewhere; and, as a matter of
ract, the ordnance bureaus Of every ma
ton are still experimenting.
IhS problem of the best composition
Is complicated by the curious fact that
each class and calibre of gun seems TO
require special sort Of powder.
Smokeless powder has, however. been
adapted to the thirty-calibre rife and
carbine used in our army, and to the
naVy's breech-l loading rifles and rapid
hring guns Of all calibres up to six
inches.
Guncotton is the base of this powder.
which is SO far true to it's name that it
gives on only a light, bluish-white
Vapor, 1t is safe to handle yet in some
respects it has the qualities of a "high
explosive" For instance it takes FIVE
hundred and fifty pounds of brown
prismatic powder to charge one of the
Indiana's thirteen-inch guns; but three
hundred and fifty pounds of smokeless
powder would suffice for this and give |
the projectile much greater velocity,
One serious objection to the new |
powder is its erosiYe effect on the gun.
Ordnance experts say that this is coun-
terbalanced by the increase in power.
They add that the use of the powder
Will lead to an increase in accuracy of
hre and this is obvious, though. per-
haps, it does not appeal to us so forci-
bly, as it may to other nations. The
battle Of Manila has just reminded us
that inaccuracy of fire is not an Amer
lean weakness.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF. INTEREST TO
uNIoNS WoRKMEN.
Some Lessons from the War-Private
Contracts Embarrassing the War De-
pazsment-Tbe Late Edward Bellamy
His Attractions.
Doris: A Pastoral.


written by Arthur Joseph Munby, an
English lawyer, who has published sew
! eral volumes of poems. MR. Munby was
! porn sixty-nine years ago. We publish
Doris" by request)
sat with Doris. the shepherd maiden;
her crook was laden with wreathed
flowers;
sat and wooed her, through sunlight
| wheeling
And shadows stealing for hours and
hours.
And she, my Doris, whose lap encloses
WId summer roses of sweet perfume,
The while l sued her kept hushed and
hearkened
TIL shades had darkencd from gloss to
gloom.
She touched my shoulder with fearful fin
She said; I'VE rnger; we must not
My hoooks in danger, my sheep will wan
Behold them yonder, how far they
stray"
I answered holder, Nay, let me hear
And stilI be near you. and still adore!
NO wolf nor stranger will touch one year
ling,
An! stay, my darling, moment moreE
She whispered, signing, 'rhere will be
sorrow
Beyond tomorrow, if lose to-day:
MY fold unguarded, my flock unfolded.
shall be scolded and sent away
Said !, denying. IF they do miss you,
Ihey ought to kiss you when you get
home;
And wen rewarded my friend and neigh
Dor
Should be the labor from which you
They might remember" she answered,
THAT lambs are weakly. and sheep are
But If they love me, it's none so fervent;
am the servant, and not child"
Then each hot ember glowed quick with
in me,
And love did win me to swift reply:
"Ah! do but prove me; and none shall
bind you,
Nor fray nor find you, until diet"
ing,
AS if debating in dreams divine;
Bpt I did brave them; I told her plainly
she doubted vainly-she must be mine
SO we, twin-hearted, from all the valley
Did rouse and rally her nibbling ewes:
And homeward drave them, we two to-
gether,
through blooming heather and CLEAN
ing dews.
Ihat simple duty fresh grace did lend
her.
My Doris tender, my Doris true;
That l. her warder, did always bless her. |
AND OFTEN press her to take her due.
And now in beauty she fills my dwelling,
with love eXcelllng and Undecided;
anu ioVe doth guard her, both fast and
fervent,
NO more servant, nor yet child.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

whatever upon him. He did not look
upon himself as the heaven-sent saw
ior of mankind. He did not think that
his system was the last stage OF per-
lection. 3Se did not put his work to-
gether in a violent hurry. He worked
slowly, studied hard and thought
much. But it is superAuous to dwell
upon these details of a well-known and
universally respected character.
In his personal traits Mr.. Bellamy
was one of the most charming of men.
Disease had for years been pressing
him hard, but he did not bend his back
under the burden. Pain was his con-
slant companion during the latter part
of his life, but so well did he endure.
it that the world had no suspicion Of
his condition until the end had come.
Now that the end has come, the whole
world seems to perceive that Edward
Bellamy was, after all, one Of the
worlds great men. He ceased to De
an accident" He will always be
placed among the immortals. His rank
will be that of the first. Generations
hence, when the ideas for which he
battled have prevailed, posterity may
crown him the prince of seers-the one
reader of the future,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

Since the war broke out we have had
some very amusing illustrations of the
depths of popular ignorance in Spain.
Ihe Spaniards have been left in such
an illiterate and uneducated condition
by their rulers that Shey have no idea
whatever of the strength and resources
OF the United States. Thus there is a
general belief among the Spaniards
that our whole fighting strength is 25.-
geo men. There is also an impression
among them that all the states of the
American union are simply so MANY
parishes or districts. In word. to
quote the expressive phrase of eight
ing Bob" Evans, they do not know
what they are up against" These
facts regarding SPANS ignorance show
the peril the exploiters of the masses
expose themselves to in times of crises
They must keep the masses in isno-
rance in order to exploit them. but tbis
very ignorance proves the ruin of the
exploiters when the country enters a
grave crisis like that which now CON
fronts Spain.-Ex.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Onions Yeraus Gold.

Lippincott's Magazine: A young
man lately went west, as SO many do,
to seek his fortune in the gold and
silver districts. Thousands were
dreaming of the gold and silver veins
and of the wealth of Monte Cristo or
OF Croesus. But this fellow, after
looking about him, took cool survey
OF the food possibilities Of this country
for one year. And he discovered that
the market would be short on that
nome vegetable-onions. So he set to
work and bought up onions. In fact.
he eornered onions. And in less than
two years he made a fortune of over
10000
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Carnival of Contract.


There is not the least PROJECT that
the present carnival of contract in con-
nection with the war will come to an
end. Consider the single item of army
uniforms. The contracts were distrib-
uted among the firms that had a pull
with the administration, and the charge
is freely made that a bribery fund of
$4,000 did its work in connection with
one large order uniforms. A single
firm in this city noted for its sweat
shops and for it's dubious methods in
buying seconds" at the cloth mills, has
captured a large uniform contract af-
ter having spent large sum in Wash
ington. Indeed, some of the stories re-
garding these clothing contracts fairly
surpass belief. Nor is this the worst
feature of this business. Nearly all the
firms that have captured contracts are
noted for their tyranny to their work
people. Union labor received very lit
tie recognition and we do not think it
any exaggeration to say that scab la
Dor will be employed upon three
four,hs of the uniforms to be made for
our troops. Perhaps the proportion
will be even greater than this.-Ex
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Unknown.

When winter days had vanished quite,
and spring had come at last,
sWhen babbling brooks with merry glee
had sung, and hurried past,
iWhen the lilac and the locust cast afar
their sweet perfume,
P5at a white-haired woman dreaming in
a lonely little room.
Other mothers carried blossoms to the
spot they called their own,
Where the green grass and the daisies
over sacred dust had grown,
carried them in sweet remembrance of
l. the noble spirits fed,
t1eaped them high above the couches OF
nations honored dead;
But she knew not where they laid him,
when the battles din was DER
whether kind hands brushed the curls
back she had kissed so oft before
Whether prayer for him was offered at
the throne Of heavens grace
AS they placed his war-scarred body in
IT'S final resting place.
30 she sat alone and dreaming, in the
silent little room,
Whlie the lilac and the locust cast afar
their sweet perfume:
And the pictured lad of twentv seerned a
living lad once more.
FOR she dreamed that wars had ceased,
ana that battles now were Ger.
Clifford Trembly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

DR.. Edward Everett Hale has been
telling the charity workers of Phila-
delphia that whatever relief is given
to poor man no good is done him un-
less something is done to make him
better" man. Doctor Hale is too in
telligent and just to assume that all
poor men are morally degraded, or that
all WelI-to-do men are morally supe-
r1or. Yet 1t is probably true that a
majority of those who are willingly
dependent upon charity are feeble in
intellect, in conscience, or in both. The
saddest poverty is that of the spirit,
Those who go among the posr to
seek their elevation have need Of She
same subtle tact and respectful SWIM
pathy which are required in dealing
successfully with human nature in ev-
cry department of life. Doctor wines
tells of a visitor who entered a poor
Woman's home, helped herself to a seat
and began with the awful question;
Does your husband drinkP"
mo, replied the insulted wife.
docs yours?"
He adds the story of an Indianapolis
Klhoergartner who called at the door
of really degraded woman and was
met in a mood of sullen defiance.
Did you come from the tnissionYr
demanded the woman.
mo"
Are you going to preach me a SER
mon?"
mo"
did you bring Bible"
NO. I came from the kindergarten,
and want to talk to you about your lit
tie boy"
Come in"
There is proverb which Gays.
Against the grain, nothing goes" The
mission and Bible people had prohablE
failed to secure the good will O; tait
woman because they stroked tR~g
poor sister the wrong way. u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
The silver in the Treasnrv.

Wall Street News: Responding IN a
resolution Of inquiry the secretary of
the treasury yesterday sent to the SEN
ate statement showing the amount OF
silver in the treasury. the amount OF
treasury notes issued for silver bullion.
etc. The statement shows that on MAY
there were 1O9.855,51 ounces of sill
yer bullion, the cost of which was
S98,874,662 and the coinage value S141,-
38S,0S9, leaving a seignorage of s42,.
4SS,427. The amount of treasury notes
issued in payment of silver bullion out
standing May 10 last was S1O2, 2s4, $50,
Up to the first of May last SIC. 6sg. 1877
in silver dollars had been coined under
the act of July Il, 1896.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Darby English.

Every great language has it's mock
s limoges and clipped dialects, The com
mon people make one Of their own.
and every tribe of adopted foreigners
An our country has its peculiar and
amusing vernacular. Generally it re-
isemhles the original very much as
monkey resembles a man,
Darky English, like the grotesoue
Iblunderwords of the supposed Mrs.
harrington, nearly always has a pbo-
netic suggestion that makes the speak
'er's meaning laughably clear.
The fat old cook in Lynchburg Va
who complained that her son SANS
COINS on is eonjurin' his institution
an disriptin' us alI'' had the word
"disreputable" eehoing round some
where in her head. She made herself
understood, and there was piquaney in
.ner new verb.
The colored servant who reported
that her mistress was Sick wild nery-
Gus perfection" conveyed the doctors
diagnosis-and sprung droll POSSIBLE
lily besides.
Rev. Egerton R. Young describes to
JUS one Of his evenings in an African
church in Florida, where the minister
announced "de fus' chapter OF the
lEpistle o. David" and proceeded IN
read the First Psalm One fiery young
exhorter in the meeting, with exem-
plary good taste. confined his remarks
to those Of his own are. TITS nufin'
Hs.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
FINE SCHOOL RECORD.

Lille Reason of Charleston Not Abssn.
or Tardy in Thirteen Years.
There was graduated from the Char
lesion, ILL.,, high school, May 81. a Girl
who in thirteen years of school life had
never been absent or tardy once. She
Is Miss Lille Reason, IS years old, and
the board of education, as a reward for
her faithfulness, presented her with
four years scholarship certificate In the
Illinois Female college and College Of
Music and Art at Jacksonville. This
certificate is worth 5000. Her record il
without parallel in the history of the
Illinois public schools.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
None Could Interpret Hin.

From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger: Pittsburgh singular cause for
adJourning court came I'D here to-
day. While the courts in Allegheny
county are provided against almost ev-
cry possible emergency that may arise
in polyglot community, Judge shafer
OF Common Pleas Court No. 2 had to
adjourn this morning because some es-
sential witnesses could only talk In
language for which no interpreter was
obtainable. Tipstaves and interpre-
tiers who command twenty-three lam
guages could not make out witness
in a damage suit against the Console
dated Traction company. All of the
interpreters were sent for, but they had
to give 1t up, and court adjourned.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
IL - q oIlILnRRM.s 60
Ehe Little Folks Learn Maay L.,.o..
from the Small AnIn,.1.

Rhe Little Folks Learn Many L....
. from the Small Anima1s.
There is an ethical and seien,,a.
use in associating the child win s 1si4S
animals, writes Charles M sl,inn ,,A.4 Y.
The Ladies' Home Journal ar,. =
puppies and kittens in the yard--tb...
win keep the peace if they stas sf' q,
life together-aad, If consistent q, -, =
Bible, have q few leads, ana a terfls ~.
even a baby alligator. These inbah,
tants of your premises will he tovss
Instructive and amusing, and lnelosns
ally I may remark that they are -.
ful in destroying insect pests thar IN,
otherwise ravage your pet plants n
not try to keep large dog in a smal,
yard. He win chafe under his ii.
Ilnement, and may sicken or dsvsio.
i'll temper. Put up bird house ~
If possible, have few OF our owr
birds to fill it-not the sparrows IN,
the robins, bluebirds, orioles. warhlaTs
and wrens. One of the BENEFITS tb.t
come from friendship with animal.
will be the growth of Justice ana cbin.
airy in your children. Teach them Il
love these dependents, to guard theh
rights, to protect them from abuse n
discover their many relations to ~,
own species"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Lessons of the War.


The real lesson of the war is still
carefully concealed from the masses NJ
the people. That lesson is that we do
pend too much upon private enterprise
That is why the whole country is
dawdling about, doing nothing, while
decrepit and contemplate power like
Spain defies us in our own waters with
perfect impunity. If the government
owned It's own powder works, clothing
mills and supply shops, it could long
ago have uniformed the half naked and
wholly unarmed men now idling their
time away down South. But the gov
eminent does not own these things and
the contractors coolly tell us that we
must wait until autumn before our
armies can move. This is the true ex-
PLANTATION of all the delay, and it can
not be concealed from the people very
much longer. AS the British army of
ficer said the other day, it is lucky for
us that we are fighting an inferior and
bankrupt nation. II we were now fac
ing Germany or France, with their
government supply shops and powder
and bullet plants, our population wouId
be dying off like sheep.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Her AIajssty's MEM Cards.

London Star: Two different styles
of menu cards are used for the private
table Of the queen and for that at which
the ladies and gentlemen of the house
hold take their meals. In the one
case the card is decorated with views
OF buckingham Palace printed in col
ors, while the ether IS plain card
printed in blue only. ana containing
no device other than tbs royal crown
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
The Suns Tremendous 1,...

1t is estimated that the earth 10
{. not more than one thousand mil
Month part OF the total radiation of
the suns rays, e e any eonsideraF,I,
proportion Of this heat were concen.
trated upon the earth, it would NOT on
~ become uninhabitable, but become
s sl'seIs consumed. If the great ac-
cumulatlon of ice at the North pole
were placed at point where this ire.
mendous heat could be focused -
would melt at the rate of 300 600 600
cubic miles of solid ice per second.
ana the heat is estimated, as mecban.
ical energy, at the rate of abopt IN mn
Morse norse power to every square foot Of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

Speaking of private enterprise brings
us to the subject Of the gunpowder. AL
civilized governments of the earth
have discarded the OH red and black
gunpowder and adopted the new smoke
less kinG-all except our own govern
ment, which does not make its gun
powder, but leaves the manufacture
thereof to private enterprise. But as it
costs money to equip plant for the
manufacture Of smokeless powder, our
private enterprises refused to be at the
expense and our government, always
alive to the blessings of private enter
prises kindly consented to make use Of
the old kind. The result is that such
modern guns as we have and which re-
quire the smokeless powder cannot, be
supplied except from abroad. There
are no facilities in this country for the
manufacture Of smokeless gunpowder,
and We could not make pound of it
without first equipping plant, and
that would take time. AS the corpora
lions engaged in the manufacture Of
powder-including the Dupont
pull" we have no mod
ern gunpowder.-Twentie Century.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Death of E,lmnrh 1,o,,. -.

NJ
Mr.. Bellamy was one of those man
concerning whom there are nocegsarily,
two opinions. We are all suficientIy
familiar with the voice of detraction
SO far as it made itself heard with ref,
erence to his work. He was called an
accident" His masterpiece was do
clared to have been written simnIv os
pot boiler" and with no Intention
whatever of contributing ANYTIME 10
the sum Of human knowledge. No ono
we are told, was more surprised +bon
himself at the vogue attained nv his
book, and he at once set about 4oarrvfno
out its leading principles, although
himself destitute of any training that
would fit him for such a task. Final
ly, there is the fact that influential So
cialists have begun to find fault with
works of character known as Utonian
Utopian works, they say, are Calculated
to inspire false hope and propagate
grotesque ideas, thereby discreditine
the whole socialist movement.
1t WIS, perhaps, the greatest of nd
ward eeAany's attributes that ds-
traction, Of this. sort had, no effect
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
Floors Of Paper.

In Germany, it is said, paper foors
are well liked because, having no
joints, they are more easily kept clean,
they are poor conductors Of heat ana
of sound, and they cost less than halu
wood floors. They are put down ~
the form of paste, which IS snicotAea
with rollers, and after II has haFaeh5
cd, painted of any DESIRED color or pay
tern.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

The largest church and the largest
congregation in Alaska belong to these
Indians. What sort Of citizens they
have made, and from whence their civ
lllzation has sprung, may be learned
from a declaration read every year in
their town-meeting. They have town
hall to hold the meeting in and a good
schoolhouse beside Once year, at
the town-meeting, they read the follow.
ing declaration:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

They are known as the Metlakahtla
Indians, and at the time of their COM
Ing to the island had made some prog.
ress in civilization. Today they are
citizens of whom any country might
De proud. They have sworn allegiance
to the American government-they
were originally from British America
and have received part of the island
for their own.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

There are several more promises
made, but these are specimens. How
we'll this declaration is kept may DO
judged from the fact that no liquor IS
sold in the town, and that there has
never been a criminal sent from the
town to sitka, the capital Of Alaska
It is little wonder that some OF tile
Alaskan tribes have Joined these IN
dams. The Metlakahtla Indians are II.
dustrious and successful, their prineip4
industry being salmon-cannlng.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01
IN THE ODD CORNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.

smOkeleSS POwdor, and Modern warfare
Darby English ONE of the Indispens-
able Institutions Of tho Country
Onions Versus GOLD.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-10-01

A pound of seif-Feliance is WORTH :
ton Of expectation "otlh