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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
PEcULlARIrlEs oFApPLRoRops.
osoRard.. Al coon ssIll,s 1. certain
F years.

DkcAsANgssAAA 30 on e atAAAo "A NeENan
Years,
When the apple crop is short the
scarcity Is always likely to affect prices
most late In the winter says the Cleve-
land Leader Now the picking Of the
russets and BaIdwins has only just
ceased, where there were any to pick,
and yet apples cost about three times
as much in Cleveland as fruit did one
year ago. This, it is true, is an ex-
IRENE instance of the difference be-
tween an "off" season for orchards,
and one which was very much ''on." The
crop is unusually deficient this year,
even for a time when no great yield
could be expected, and the abundance
Of orchards broke all records in their
lavish yield Still, the rise Of 300 per
cent in the price of the most staple fruit
of the United States and of many other
countries in the temperate zone is so
great as to be a reproach to modern
horticulture. So great change from
one year to another should not be pos
sible. 1t is always up and down in the
apple market. One year brings good
crop and the next a small yield, with
hopeless persistency of alteration. 1t
is not question of climates, because
in any country where apples are grown
there will be single orchards of separ
ate trees in nearly barren orchards that
bear all the fruit which could ever be
expected of them. while all around
there are empty boughs. The trouble
| appears to be the habit of bearing al
ternate years, with nearly all the or
chards keeping the same seasons Of rest
and activity. 1t ought to be possible
! for science and skill to change this
uniformity of habit into a more equal
| division of favors between the years.
That would give the apple growers
! much greater profits, and the consum-
ers, who are virtually the whole popu-
lation when apples are cheap and album
dant, would have much better supplies
of wholesome and useful food. Such
a reform in fruit culture would be wor-
thy Of the highest ambition. 1t hardly
seems possible. If it is not beyond
human power it ought to be brought
about, for the general good and to the
great profit of the men who learn how
to make apple trees bear in the of
years and rest, if they must be, in the
years of plenty.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
wHIsTLER,s IRREGULARITIES.
Said to Be Eminently Cosmopolitan
in Art.

Said to Be EminentIy a Cosmopolitan
in Art.
Very rare is the artist with person.
atty so strong and so individual in its
expression that the accident of his DOM
icile counts for nothing, says Harper's
Weekly. But such a one is James Nc
Neill Whistler. He is eminently cos
mopolitan in art. 1t may count for a
good deal that he is son of Massa-
chusettsJ for something that he was
educated at West Point, and studied
art under Gleyre in Paris, but appar-
emily for nothing that his manhood has
been divided between London and Par
is. They have not influenced him. It
is In the direction of Valesquez and ia
panese art that one must look for
sources of any outside impressions. But
for the most part his work, whether
in oil, water color, pastel, crayon or
etching, reflects one man-Whistler.
His is a personality of extraordinary
interest, exhausting whole gamut of
characteristics, from deviltry up to
| subtlest spirituality. Perhaps the sim
plest analysis of this complex equip
ment is to regard it as dual nature,
compounded of the artist and the man.
The real Whistler is the artist, made
known by his works; the man Of the
world, the cynic, wit and caustic writer,
is the artificial shell which surrounds
the other It is not unusual to find a
man of tenderest emotions erecting
round himself a breastwork of coarser
material to keep an unsympathetic
world from prying too freely upon his
secret self Whistler had much need
of self-protection. That part of him
which true man in any part Of life
holds most sacred, his ideal, was one
that very few at first could understand.
He had no one to interpret him, as Rus
kin did Turner, and sensitive man
can not interpret himself. So he met
the ridicule and satire of the world,
not by sulking and bowling to it, but
with the worlds own weapons, only that
in his hands they were made finely
tempered.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

l,sared IN place Of their own little one.
Yet the stranger seemed to them like
an angel Her cheeks had q besutiful
bloom, and long haxen hair fell a
curls upon her shoulders. She brought
to them bread and a small basket Of
other provisions. "Your girl" she said.
will not come back perhaps to-day, but
keep up your spirits See what she has
sent you'll" After these encouraging
words, the. young messenger of good
put into the hands of the father some
money which she had obtained at her
own house and taken from her little
bank after she had seen the plight in
which the poor girl at the station
house had been thrown. Then, turning
around to cast look of pity and sat
isfaction on the poor family, who were
dumb with emotion, she disappeared.
When the story was told at the police
station the child was discharged imme-
diately. The circumstances connected
with the case brought money to the
poor man and his family, and he and
his wife were soon restored to health
and comfort.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
an walter scott,s Method.

When in health, Sir Walter Scott
always wrote with ease. Nobody ever
found him preoccupied with his work.
Visitors were always welcomed, ex-
cursions were arranged, and he was
always the life and soul of the party.
It is told that Cadell expressed his
wonder that Scott should ever be able
to write books in the country, seeing
how he took part in all outdoor and in
door entertainments and amusements.
when is it." he asked Scott, that
YOU think?" "Oh," was the reply, 'I
lie simmering over things for an hour
or so before get up, and there's the
time am dressing to overhaul my
housekeeping, half-waking project for
a chapter; and when I get the paper
before me it commonly runs off pref
ty easily. Besides, often take a doze
in the plantations; and while Tom
marks out a dyke or a drain, as I
have directed, ones fancy may be run
ming it's ain rigs in some other world"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
FOR SMALLER CONVENTIONS
National Political Gatherings Might Be
Made Much More Compact.


Made Much More Compact.
The Brooklyn Eagle would have ma
tional nominating bodies smaller, more
compact and orderly. Referring to the
big Chicago Coliseum, which was
burned in December, the Brooklyn pa
per asks: "Why have the building so
large? Why have the conventions so
large? he bigness of the throngs is
hostile to deliberation. The delegates
number twice the representation of
each state and territory in congress.
The alternates are as many more. The
crowds accompanying them treble the
number. They put great burden on
the exchequer of each party. They
make the surroundings those of clam
or They tend to sensation, unwis-
dom and tumule, and not to judgment
or honesty They are the terror of
statesmen, the burden of managers,
the hotbed of cranks, the harvest of
demagogues and the opportunity of
corruptionists. The idea that only by
bigness and enthusiasm can represen-
| tative results be assured is error. A
rule of both parties could limit the
delegates to exactly the representation
of state in congress and to an equal
number of alternates. That would
halve the official attendants. 1t would
| double the Importance of delegates. It
would perfect each conventions re-
semblance to congress. 1t would raise
| la ~ al h
accompanied by a Encouragement OF
the attendance of gangs of cranks
shouters and corruptionists. That
would greatly reduce expense and
scandal. The conventions could be re.
stored to a representative and respect.
able character. The present vulgar and
wasting strife between parties to SEE
which can have the biggest, brashest
loudest and most senseless body would
cease. Not a reason of sanity, digni
ty, efficiency or order exists for thu
present rivalry for mere bulk and roar
Now, we should like to have the stat,
members of both national committee
reach a decision to reduce convention
to orderly size, to have them meet IL
halls large enough for elaboration ant
for a reasonable public attendance, blu
small enough to keep out howlinI
mobs. If the strong men of the democ
racy were to favor this the strong mel
Of republicanism would favor it toe
Then it could be done The effort /
we'll worth trying. There is polite
in it, but there is no craftsmanship il
it. There is just sense in it."
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

n-ink with its unreasonable wealth OF
divinely colored and sculptured oullo-
ings before you and beneath you. NO
matter how far you may have wan
dered hitherto, or how many famous
gorges and valleys you have seen' TINS
one, the Grand Canon Of the Colorado
will seem as novel to you, as unearthly
in the color and grandeur and quantity
of its architecture as If you had FOUND
it after death on some other star; SO
incomparably lovely and grand and SUI
preme is it above all the other delight
full canons in our fire-moulded, earth
nuake-shaken, rain-washed, wave
washed, river and glacier-scuiptured
world. 1t is about 5000 feet deep where
you first see it, and from rim to rim
ten to fifteen miles wide. And instead
of being dependent for interest on
waterfalls, depth, wall sculpture ana
beauty Of park-like floor, like most
other great canyons no waterfalls are
in sight, and no appreciable floor
space. The big river has just room
enough to flow and "1ar obscurely,
here and there cropping its way as best
1t can like a weary, murmuring, over
laden traveller trying to escape from
the tremendous bewildering labyrinth
ic abyss, while it's roar serves only to
mellow and deepen the silence. IN
stead Of being filed only with air, the
vast space between the walls is crowd
ed with natures grandest buildings
sublime city of them, painted in every
color of the rainbow and adorned with
richly fretted cornice and battlement
spire and tower in endless variety OF
style and architecture. Every archi-
tectural invention of man has been an
tiCipated and far more in this grandest
of Gods terrestrial cities"
The first man who journeyed through
this terrible gorge did so involuntarily
The following is the story of his jour
ney:
A few years after the civil war
Capt. Baker, who had won his title
in the confederate army, induced james
White and a young German named
Henry Strole, to go on a prospecting
tour with him to the then uninhabiteC
and but little known San Juan coun
try in southwestern Colorado.
After weeks of priyation the pros
pectors reached the promised land, tt
the west of the Sierra Madre. They
at once went to work, and rich golC
finds confirmed Bakers judgment.
The men worked for nearly month
with great success, and were begin
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
"HB SAW THE YOUNG GERMAN
SINKING OUT OF SIGHT"


SINKING OUT OF SIGHT"
ming to feel that the Indians would
not bother them, when just before
daylight one August morning they
were startled from sleep by the thun-
der of rocks from the cliffs above and
the shrill yells of the savages.
With dawn they saw the NaVajos on
both sides of the deep gulch, but the
horror Of the situation was increased
when Capt. Baker fell, with a bullet
through his brain.
White and Strole saw their only
chance for escape was to make their
way down the canyon to the west.
They took the heavily laden burrc
along, the Indians following, and hurl-
ing rocks from the cliffs.
About the middle of the afternoon
they came to the canyon Of the San
Juan where the water flowed from
bank to bank. They made a raft OF
driftwood, which they found lodged
in the cleft of the rocks, using theil
ropes to fasten the logs. They had tc
abandon the donkey, but they loaded
all their food and arms, not forgetting
the gold dust, on the raft.
A more desperate situation 1t woulc
be difficult to imagine. Here these mel
were, at the bottom of great canyon
flowing through a trackless waste, ant
through a region at that time unex
plored, and but little known even u
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02

this DAY, but their ignorance OF the
situation gave them strength and hope.
The raft drifted. down with the cur
rent, the black walls rising higher on
either hand. till at last it seemed as if
the far-off tops were coming together
and must fall in and crush them. They
kept on till four days had passed,
when the raft was swept into deeper
and vaster chasm. This was the can
yon of the Great Colorado
Two more days and nights passed,
when the smooth current became
swifter, and they saw the white foam
of rapids ahead.
Strole, who had been guiding the
raft with a pole, stood up against the
advice Of his companion. The ropes
parted. The raft spread out like
ian: White. who was clinging to the
logs, heard an awful cry, and looking
through the cloud of spray, he saw the
young German sinking out of sight in
the maddened waters.
When these rapids were passed,
White succeeded in making landing
and securing the raft to the narrow
strip Of shore. The food, the arms the
mining tools were gone, but the buck
skin bag full Of gold was still fast to
the logs.
1t was now that the hero in Whites
nature asserted itself. Alone, without
food, at the bottom of a canyon in the
heart of a vast desert, with unknown
dangers ahead, and no idea of where
the mighty gorge ended, and no knowl-
edge of the abodes of the nearest
whites, yet this man did not despair.
He thought of his mother and trusted
in God.
Now and then the raft shot past
side canyons, bleak and forbidding,
like cells set in the walls Of mighty
prison. On went the raft with no liv-
ing thing in sight, for these profound
depths were never stirred by the wings
Of bird, and hitherto no human being
had ever gone through them and lived
to tell the tale
On the fourth afternoon since he
had had food, the canyon widened out
and he saw bushes. He made the shore
and ate the leaves and the pods of the
mesquite bean.
At length, and after he had been IF
teen days in the canyons depths
Whites reason tottered, and he lay
helplessly and hopelessly on the raft
Just fourteen days from the timt
he started on this forced voyage, Whit
heard the splash of oars and encourag
ing cheers. He was too weak to rails
his head. In a short time he say
many bearded faces looking down Oh
him in pity. He had passed through
the great canyon, and had drifted t
Callville, a Mormon settlement at tn
mouth of the Virgin river.
White weighed in health 1870 pounds
he weighed less than 80 when he fin
ished the most wonderful trip in tn
records of adventure and daring.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
HOCUS-POCUS.
Things Done by Teers in India-veA-
cradle Mystic's Power.


Things Done by Teers in India-veA-
cradle Mystic's Power.
l saw Hindoo out in the open street
take three good sized balls, larger and
heavier than hens eggs, and commence
tossing them up in the air, catching
them as they returned, says a writer in
the Humanitarian. Soon his hands
were motionless, but the balls kept as
cending, and, so far as / know, are as
cending still. They did not return.
Were they dematerialized by some in
visible psychic power? Such is my
opinion. During my stay in Madras
there came down from a mountain a
genuine psychic and seer. He was tru-
ly venerable mystic. In a bungalow
on a bright, sunshiny day, 3 O'Clock p.
m, a dozen present, this old Yogi burn
ed incense, repeated some Montras, and
said in substance: Now can move
any object in this room by my will. "
Rejecting a few moments, l said,
make the book lying on that stand
move" Pointing his lean, bony finger
toward it, he said, Come, comet" The
stand trembled, the book fell upon the
floor, and slid to his feet. There was
no hypnotism, no jugglery about the
! phenomenon. Command those pea
cock plumes up there to come to you,"
| continued. Focusin lis thought, his
will, upon them, they leaped at his bid
ding from the case, and, sailing around
| the room, fell at his feet. Other objects
| were moved in a similur manner, This
was genuine white magic.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
Paner Horseshoes Good.

A scientific paper seys that the paper
horseshoes now coming into use last
longer than those made of steel and do
net slip so easily.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-04-02
n l57.. COLORADO CANON.

oLoRAD0 canon is
the greatest gorge
Of its kind in the
world. A writer
thus describes it:
1T is abruptly
countersunk in the
forest plateau, so
that you see no
thing of it until
you are suddenly
stoppe d on its
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22

II the Philippine Islands are to be-
come part of the United States their AZ
QUESTION will probably cause quite a
radical change In our trade relations
Heretofore the main article OF import
from the Philippines has been hemp.
This is the source Of our rope. Irvine
and cordage supply. and about half Of
the hemp. sisal and manila grown in
the Philippines annually finds mar
ket in this country. Bat 1t must not be
inferred that hemp Is the principal
product of the Philippines by any
means. The Manila tobacco is justly
celebrated the world over. and Is rated
next to the finest Havana. That tobac-
GO, however, is controlled by Spanish
monopoly. and very little of it ever
reaches the United States. While mil
lions Of dollars worth of tobacco and
sugar are sent to Europe by the Span
iards in the Philippines. American mar
kets are practically closed against
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22

The death OF Samuel rlimsoll. 'the
sailors friend" shows what one mans
determined activity and devotion to
duty can accomplish. His whole life
was devoted to reform and particular
~ to the doing away Of the abuse Of
overlooking vessels and sending them
out In an unseawOrthy condition. He
lAt,0red In private and in Parliament
for this object and wrote books and
pamphlets calling attention to 1t. For
years he was opposed by the greedy
shipping interests and hampered by
the Indifference Of public officials, but
he labored on und!scouraged and at last
success crowned his interchangeable ef.
forts. He took no part in politics ex-
cept as connected with his special mis-.
sion aud was regarded in some quar-
tiers as crank, bur 1t is to be set down
to his credit that by his persistence and
enthusiasm he achieved the great work
Of reforming the British shipping laws
and protecting the lives Of seamen
Such a life was heroic. well rounded
and not spent In vain.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22

The report that in the examination of
volunteers for the army D per cent. of
the habitual cigarette smokers were re-
jected as physically unfit for the ser
vice has brought out a good many dee
larations going to show that smoking
cigarettes is not more injurious than
similar use of tobacco in other forms.
AS confirmation OF the report OF the
examining surgeons come the Stats
ties of the hygienic conditions OF the
French army. These figures show that
the general mortality of the French sol.
der Is annually increasing. In 1885
the rate of mortality was $50 per 1.UOO
soldiers, but 1t has increased constantly
each year since. The increase Is almost
entirely from cases Of lung troubles.
eliminating In pulmonary cOnsump-
ton. one OF the chief causes Of which is
attributed to cigarette smoking. Tn.
sanitary barracks and absinthe drink
ing are believed to contribute their
share to this increase Of mortality. hut
the former are no worse than they
were ten years ago and absinthe has
for many years been a favorite intoxi-
cant In France. 1t Is believed that the
increased use Of the cigarette Is respon-
sible for the weakened lung power Of
the French soldier.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22

Governor Lowndes of Maryland has an
nounced that the state will present Al
sword of honor to Commodore Schley, who
Is native of Frederick county.
The Spanish government is looking for
preteXt to put General Weyler safely
behind the bars on account of his int,iouc,
with revolutionary elements.
The second session of the Fifty fifth
congress- just closed, was filed with more
stirring events and appropriated more
money than any since 1861.
Governor Sanginez of Lower California
manifested his friendliness for the United
States by having his military band give
concert on the Fourth OF July, in which
American national airs were the most
prominent.
Owing to the extreme drought placer
mining in the northern counties of Cali
fornia has been suspended 1t is thought
that operations will not be resumed until
next spring.
In Livermore valley, California. the
dry season has so far affected the vine,
yards that it is thought the Weld will
not he more than one-third that of last
year. In many localities there will be
no crop whatever
Congress. on the eve of adjournment
appropriated 100000 to defrsv the ex-
penses of transportation to their homes
of the remains of officers and soldiers who
are killed or die outside the United States
The navy department has sent to- Cuba
large number of light -draught sunboats
to run down and capture the hundreds 81
small Spanish war-cmft hiding in the shall,
low bays and inlets of the island.
The wheat crop of Cass county. Illinois
is failure, due mostly to chinch bugs
| and rust. Oats and corn will also he
poor. The heavy rains and hail this
spring wrought havoc with apples. Peach
es and pears will be plentiful
Col. +. NJ. Stuart, for MANY wears :,
resident OF the Philippines, says the op
Portnnities for enterprising Americans to
make vast fortunes in those islands dur
ing the next twenty years are boundless
The outside walls of many of the house,
in Mexico are from three to six feet thick
to withstand earthquake shocks.
her.
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1898-07-22
FILTHY SAN JUAN
Porto Rico's Walled City Loo..
AZ It Did $50 Ye., As Aho

Horto Nico's walled City Int.
AZ 1t Did $50 Year. A." AAos.
San Juan is perfect specim.
walled town, with portculHs n ol
gates and battlements. Bull, nu moat'
years ago. it is still in good co" su 10
and repair. The walls are n,c,n.l l'on
and represent stupendous woa e'que
cost in themselves. Inside tho Van and
the city is laid out in regular so vans
six parallel streets running in tha u "a.
ton of the length of the islam, 'Iee.
seven Mt right angles. The hone a'a
closely and compactly built ~ lar a,'
usually of two stories, stuccool .'' ,,A'
outside and painted In a var, ~. 'ne
colors. The upper floors are ooo,,,, y,
by the most respectable peon,o ,,su
the ground floors, almost wi,hor. MIC -"
ception. are given up to neeroas ga, ga
the poorer classes. who crowd nm. ,, an'
another in the most appalling monaa "u
In one small room with a flimsv n"".,
ton whole family will reside " "
The ground floors of the who,o a..
reek with filth, and conditions are no. -
ansanitary. There is no running w.,o.