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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06

whatever upon bim. 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. 09 did not put his work to-
gether in a violent hurry. He worked
slowly, studied hard and thought
much. But it is superfiuous to dwell
upon these details of 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 he
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, 1898-08-06

to say tonight said he, ito disrupt de
feelin's O. yous ole daddies an NAM
mics, but rs jes' goin' ter consummate
dem sinners back dar by de do"
None Of the prayers were good En-
glish, but 1--WE bow down on de Bonded
an syndicated knees Of our body to beg
a humble blessin'," somehow seemed
to get singular emphasis from the i'm
ported adjective; and 20 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 shiftfess par
ishioners to fresco, and he pronounced
MS ultimatum in this wise: "Bredren,
de suvices in dis church am over"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Unknown.

When winter days had vanished quite,
ana spring had come at last,
iWhen oabbling brooks with merry glee
had sung, and hurried past,
!" men the lilac and The locust cast afar
their sweet perfume,
Fsat u White-hatred woman dreaming In
lonely little room.
Other mothers carried blossoms to the
spot they called their own,
Where the green grass and the dajsies
over sacred dust had grown,
carried them in sweet remembrance of
the noble spirits fed,
f1eaped them high above the couches of
nations honored dead;
Dut she knew not where they laid him,
Wnen the battles din was Ger.
"Hethef Kind hands brushed rhe curls
BACK she had kissed so eft before:
"hether prayer for him was offered at
the throne of heavens grace
As they placed his war-scarred body in
lts final resting place.
20 sne sat alone and dreaming in the
silent little room,
" niie the lilac and the locust cast afar
thelr sweet perfume;
And the pictured lad of tvventv saar,ed q
living lad once more.
6of she dreamed that wars had ceased.
ana that battles now were DER.
Clifford Trembly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
LABOR AND INDUSTRY
SOME ITEMS OF INTEREST TO
UNION WORKMEN.
Some Lessons from the War-PriVate
Contracts Embarrassing the War De-
pa Tsment-Tbe Late Edward BeIlamy
His Attractions.
Doria; A Pastoral.


(Written by Arthur Joseph Munby al
English lawyer who has published sew
eraI volumes of poems. Mr.. Munby wa:
porn sixty-nine years ago. We publish
Doris" by request.)
sat with Doris, the shepherd maiden;
her crook was laden with wreathed
flowers;
I sat and wooed her, through sunlight
wheeling
And shadows stealing, for hours and
hours
and she, my Doris, whose lap encloses
| WIG summer roses of sweet perfume,
| The while 1 sued her kept hushed and
! hearkened
TIL shades had darEencd from gloss to
gloom.
She touched my shoulder with fearful fin
She said: I'VE Hnger; we must not
My fiock's in danger. my sheep viii wan
Behold them yonder, how far they
stray!"
1 answered holder, Nay, let me hear
And stin be near you, and stin adore!
NO wolf nor stranger will touch one year
ling,
am say my DARING, moment more!
She whispered signing, There will be
sorrow
Beyond tomorrow, if lose to-day;
MY told unguarded, my flock unfolded.
snail be scolded and sent away"
Said I, denying, IF they do miss you,
They ought to kiss you when you get
home;
And well rewarded my friend and neigh
Dor
Should be the labor from which you
come"
They might remember" she answered,
meekly
That lambs are weakly, and sheep are
But If they love me, it's none 50 fervent;
am the servant, and not child"
Then each hot ember glowed quick with
in me,
And love did win me to swift reply;
AN! 90 but prove me; and none shall
bind you,
Nor fray nor find you, until I dIep
She blushed and started: 7 stood await
ing,
As if debating in dreams divine:
0tI 1 ala brave them; I told her plainly
ahe doubted Vainly-she must be mine
10 we, twin-hearted from all the valley
Did rouse and rally her ntbbling ewes;
AND homeward drave them, we two to-
gether,
through blooming heather and CLEAN
ing dews
That simple duty fresh grace did lend
her, '
My Doris tender, my Doris true;
mat /, her warder, did always bless her
ana often press her to take her due.
NA ITJ,. now IN beauty she fills my dwelling,
ana love doth guard her, both fast and
fervent, anu
NO more a servant nor yet child.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
The Silver In the Treasury.

wall Street News: Responding to a
resolution Of inquiry the secretary of
the treasury yesterday sent to the sem
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 Nav
l there were O9,355,514 ounces of sill
yer bullion, the cost of which was
$9S874,662 and the coinage value SAL.
3SS, 089, leaving a seignorage of SAP.
4SS'427. The amount of treasury notes
issued in payment of silver bullion out.
standing May 10 last was S102, 29A $50,
UP to the first of May last SIG, 63s, 1877
IN silver dollars had been coined under
the act of July IA, 1896. ..-..=.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Spanish Ignorance.

Since the war broke cut we have had
some very amusing illustrations of the
depths of popular ignorance in Spain.
Inc Spaniards have been left in such
an llliterate and uneducated condition
ny their rulers that they have no idea
whatever of the strength and resources
OF the United States. Thus there is
general belief among tha Spaniards
that our whole fighting strength is U.s.
600 men. There is also an impression
among them that all the states of the
American union are simply so manv
parishes or districts. In a word IN
quote the expressive phrase of Flight
ing Bob" Evans, they do not know
what they are up against" These
facts regarding Spain's Ignorance show
the peril the eXploiters of the masses
expose themselves to in times of crisog
They must keep the masses in ipno.
rance in order to exploit them. but tbis
very ignorance proves the ruin Of tho
exploiters when the country enters
grave crisis like that which now ron
fronts Spain.-Ex.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06

at the time of the Franco-P russian
war 1t was estimated that, for every
man who was killed the enemy ex-
Penued ammunition enough to equal
MS weight. A holly contested field was
almost battle in the dark, because of
the smoke-clouds that masked the COM
batants and made their missiles ipef-
fective.
In the warfare of the future-to some
extent, in that of the Dresent-the use
OF smokeless powder is likely, especial
ly in naval conflicts, to give good
craftsmanship an oveTpoweTfng adj
vantage.
Smokeless powder was invented in
America some twenty years ago, but
France was the first nation to utilize
It, 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 experi-
mentors elsewhere; and as a matter of
Iact' the ordnance bureaus of every ma
tion are still experimenting.
The problem Of the best composition
Is complicated by the curious fact that
each class and calibre of gun seems 10
require a special sort of powder
Smokeless powder has, however. been
adapted to the thlrty-calibre rife and
carbine used in our army, and to the
navy's breech-loading rifles and randi
firing guns Of all calibres up to six
inches.
Guncotton is the base of this nowder
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 "higb
explosive" For instance it takes Ave
hundred and fifty pounds of brown
0prismatic powder to charge one of the
lndfana's thirteen-inch guns; but three
hundred and fifty pounds of smokeless
powder would suffice for this and give
the projecttle much greater velocity.
One serious objection to the new |
powder is its erosive effect on the pnn
Ordnance experts say that this Is coun-
terbalanced by the increase in power
they add that the use of the powder
VIII lead to an increase in accuracy of
nre; and this is obvious, though. per-
maps, 1t does not appeal to us SO forci-
Oily as 1t may to other nations The
nattle 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, 1898-08-06
Onlons Yersus Cold.

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 a cool survey
OF the food possibilities of this country
for one year. And he discovered that
the market would be short on that
nome Tegetable-onions. So he set to
work and bought up onions. In fact
ne eornered onions. And in less than
two years he made a fortune of over
81, 600, 600.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
None Could Interpret Him.

From the Philadelphia Public Led
ger: Pittsburgh singular cause for
adJourning a court came up here to-
day. While the courts in Allegbeny
county are provided against almost ev-
cry possible emergency that may arise
IN polyglot community, Judge shafsr
OF Common Pleas Court No. 2 had to
adjourn this morning because some es-
sentlal witnesses could only talk in
language for which no Interpreter was
ootainable. Tipstaves and interpre-
ters who command twenty-three Ian
suages could not make out a Witness
in damage suit against the Censoli-
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, 1898-08-06
Loss to Labor.

Speaking of private enterprise brings
us to the subject Of the gunpowder. All
civilized governments of the earth
have discarded the old red and black
gunpowder and adopted the new smoke
less kind-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 a 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
prise, 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 a pound of it
without first eQuiDping a plant, and
that would take time. AS the corpora
lions engaged in the manufacture Of
gUnpowder-including the Dupont
works-haVe pull" we have no mod
ern gunpowder.-Twen Century.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
stroked the Wrong Way.

DR.. Edward Everett Hale has been
telling the charity workers of Phila-
deiphia that whatever relief is given
to poor man no good is done him un-
less something is done to make him
a better" man. Doctor Hale Is too in
telhgent and just to assume that all
poor men are morally degraded, or that
az Weil-to-do men are morally sumo
rlor. Yet it 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.
Ihose who go among the po,r to
seek their elevation have need Of She
same subtle tact and respectful sy>a-
pathy which are required in dealing
successfully with human nature in av-
cry department of life Doctor wipes
tells of visitor who entered moor
Woman's home, helped herself to seat
and began with the awful question:
Does your husband drink"
No." replied the insulted wife
Does yours?"
he adds the story of an Indianapolis
Klhdergartner who called at the door
OF really degraded woman and was
met IN a mood of sullen defiance.
Did you come from the mission"
demanded the woman.
No"
Are you going to preach me a SER
mon?"
mo"
Did you bring a Blble?"
NO. l came from the kIndergarten.
and want to talk to you about your lit
tie boy"
Come in"
There is a proverb which says,
Against the grain, nothing goes" The
mission and Bible people had proha5ly
lalled to secure the good will 0; Naig
woman because they stroked thrI9
poor sister the wrong way.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Carnival of Contra ct.


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 bribery fund of
$lg0GO did its work in connection with
one large order uniforms. A single
firm in this city noted for its sweat
shops and for its dubious methods in
buying seconds" at the cloth mills, has
captured large uniform contract af-
ter having spent a 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
nrms 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 Ia
Dor will be employed upon three
fourths 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, 1898-08-06
FINE SCHOOL RECORD.
Lille Reason of Charleston Not Ahs.,.
or Tnrhu In rrl.i-.

Lille Reason of Charleston Not Ah,..
or Tardy in Thirteen Years.
There was graduated from. the Cbor-
lesion, Ill, high school, May q. a GIRL
who in thirteen years of school life had
never been absent or tardy once, She
Is Miss Lille Reason, 10 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 NJ
Music and Art at Jacksonville. This
certificate is worth 5000. Her record is
without parallel in the history of the
Illinois public schools.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Darby English.


Every great language has its mocl
LIMOGES and clipped dialects. The COM
mon people make one of their own.
and every tribe of adopted foreigners
in our country has its peculiar and
amusing vernacular. Generally If re-
.sembles the original very much as a
monkey resembles a man.
Darky English, like the grotesoue
blunderwords Of the supposed Mrs
Darlington, nearly always has a pho
netic suggestion that makes the spea,k-
'ers meaning laughably clear.
Inc fat old cook in Lynchburg. Va.
who complained that her son "sam's
COINS on is cOnjurin' his institution
an disriptin' US all' had the word
3"disreputable" echoing round some
where in her head She made herself
understood, and there was piquancy in
her new verb
The eolored servant who reported
that her mistress was sick wild nerv-
ious perfection" conveyed the doctors
sprung a droIl possibil-
ity besides.
Rev. Egerton R. Young Describes N
us one of his evenings in an African
church in Florida, where the minister
announced de fus' chapter of tbe
Epistle O. David" and proceeded m
read the First Psalm. One fiery young
in the meeting, with exem-
plary good taste, confined his remarks
to those Of his own age. ITS muffin
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Lessons of the War

The real lesson of the war Is stiu
carefully concealed from the masses Of
the people. That lesson is that we de-
pend too much upon private ENTERPRISE
Ihat is why the whole country is
daWdling about, doing nothing, while a
decrep1t and contemplate power like
spain deties us in our own waters with
perfect impunity. If the government
owned its own powder works, clothing
mills and supply shops, it could long
ago have uniformed the half naked and
wholly unarmed men now idIing 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 tr1e ev-
PLANTATION of all the delay, and it can
not be concealed from the people very
much longer. As the British army Of
nicer said the other day, 1t is lucky for
Us that we are fighting an inferior and
bankrupt nation. If we were now far
ing Germany or France, with their
government supply shops and powder
ana bullet plants, our population wouId
be dying off like sheep.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
The Suns Tremendous Hat

II Is estimated that the earth re-
eelVes not more than one thousand mil
nonth part of the total radiation Of
the suns rays. If any considers bro
proportion of this heat were concen1
tFated upon the earth, it would moi ~
~ become uninhabitable, but become
speedily consumed. If the great O ao
cumulatlon of ice at the North Pole
were placed at point where this tro
mendous heat could be focused a.
would melt at the rate of 300 O00 mn
CUBIC miles of solid ice per second.
ana the heat is estimated, as mecbsn,
ical energy, at the rate of about 10 200
horse power to every gouare TO- ot'OOO
surface. AooI CT
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
mer NIaiesty.s nTonn 60.

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 1 plain card
printed in blue only, ana contai1J7r
no device other thar thu royal grown
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
THE USES O eflilnfsa5a -
The Litt'o Folks Learn May L...
from the Small An;,,,,.

NN0 ~t' @"A"s Learn Many Tas
from the Small Animals.
"There is an ethical ana so,s.
. use in associating the child with ,s III 4.
animals" writes Charles NJ. sl,inna. ~
The Ladies' Home Journal or ~. =
puppies and kittens in the yar5-t ,sse
will keep the peace if they stast -sas
life together-and, If consistent ~ -. -
Bible, have few toads, and a thrill re-
even baby alligator. These i1S NH, :
tants' of your premises will he Co..
instructive and amusing, and ino,Ssa9
ally l may remark that thew ava
full in destroying insect pests that M,
otherwise ravage your pet plants =.
not try to keep large dog in 4 sn.,,
yard. lie will chafe under his -
Etnement, and may sieken or dsvs,a.
i'll temper. Put up a bird house ssa
if possible, have a few of our ows
birds to I'LL it-not the sparrows r..
the robins, bluebirds, orioles warb,o~s
and wrens. One of the benefits tbot
come from friendship with animals
will be the growth of justice and cbj1.
airy in your children. Teach them !,
love these dependents, to guard tbet,
rights, to protect them from abusa =
discover their many relations to on.
own species"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Death Of Edward ReIlam,,


Mr.. Bellamy was one of those man
concerning whom there are necessarily
two opinions. We are all snffcfenti1,
familiar with the voice of detraction
SO far as it made itself heard with re+'
erence to his work. He was called an
accident" His masterpiece was de-
clared to have been written simnIv 90
a pot boiler" and with no intention
whatever of contributing anvtbing 40
the sum of human knowledge. No one
we are told, was more surprised than
himself at the vogue attained nv his
book, and he at once set about carrving
out its leading principles, although
himself destitute of any training that
would fit him for such a task. FINAL
~, there is the fact that influential So
cialists have begun to find fault With
works OF a character known as Utopian
Utopian works, they say, are calculated
to inspire false hope and propagate
grotesque ideas, thereby discreditino
the whole socialist movement,
1t was, perhaps, the greatest of Ed
ward Beilamy's attributes that de-
traction Of this sort had no effect
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-08-06
Floors of Paper.

IN Germany, it is said, paper floors
are well liked because, having no
joints they are more easily kept clean,
tney are poor conductors of heat and
oI sound, and they cost less than hard
WOOD hoors. They are put down in
tne form Of paste, which is gmoothed
"4th rollers, and after it has Harden
so painted of any desired color or pat