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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29

may succeed in doing so. A New
York zai6sxne correspondent has
taken the pains to investigate the
canteen and tells about it as follows
aAs eoud,teted according to, reg
ufaflons, the canteenai is at once the
soldiers club an and operative store.
The sale of beer is only an incident.
No spirits sina any form are allowed.
They are absolutely prohibited BY
law. The canteen gives the soldiers
a place to- gather. socially, engage
IN innocent games (no gambling
being permitted) read good 1itera-
ture, write letters, buy a whole
some luncheon, with coffee, tea,
choeolatenands all kinds of ''soft
drinks" low cost. 1.-The soldier
may also have his glass of beer, but
to procure it he must go to. a room
set apart for that specific: purpose,
It cannot be sold Or drank in. any
otherspart, of the, premises y >, p,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
Krager's Rebuffs.

Upon three powers in Europe
Mr.. Kruger had, or thought he
had, claim. One was France, the
fatherland of a large part of the
Beers and country which had dis
played more apparent sympathy
with the Beers and antipathy
against England on their account
than any other. But France gave
him a cordial popular reception,
and nothing more. Next came
Germany, his own ancestral father
land, whose Emperor sent him so.
encouraging message at the time
Of the Jameson raid. But Germany
gave him altogether cold should
er, the Emperor declining to re-
ceive him at all. Last came little
Holland the fatherland of most of
his countrymen, whose language is
spoken and whose religion is prac-
ticed by the Beers. And now Hol-
land has told him plainly that it
can do nothing for him. It must
be plain to Mr.. Kruger now, as it
should have been plain to his evil
genius, DR.. Leyds, all along, that
since the United States manifested
willingness to use its good Offices
for mediation and met with no en-
enlargement no other power in the
world is inclined to incur a rebuff
by repeating and further urging the
offer. "Put not your trust in
Princes" must be the text that rises
uppermost in Mr.. Krugers mind
today. ~,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29

#f Us sf.Ee 4 f3g &
1orfh with q diabo1ieat determine
tlotl non. to to sever the ties Of love and
J; friendship, ,SSe1 to ruin characters and
!. oesofate households. For some
trifiing advantage in business or
stats fF =, he will rexiYs olIsores and
sorrows and delight II the recrud-
escence,. or he will fabricate calum-
mes OF the faalsest and most vicious
kfnd ii There is nothing to your
nale gossip. but meanness, false
hood' envy and lyindictiveness, all
pfeneditated, carefully considered
and coldly designed, i, .,.t,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
PREHISTORIC MONSTERS.

, For millions of years countless
multitudes of living animals have
played their little parts On earth
and passed away, to be buried up
in the oozy beds of old-time, or
entombed with the leaves that sank
in the waters of primeval lakes.
The majority of these perish be-
yond all recovery, leaving not a
trace behind; yet vast numder of
fossilized remains have been, in
various ways, preserved; sometimes
a1most completely as if Dame Ma
ture had thoughtfully emba1med
them for our instruction and de-
light. To geo1ogists this stony
record is legible, for the hierogly-
plies are about as readable as thoes
of Egyptian monuments,
A strange and wonderful earth
drama is thus revealed. Shall we
call it a tragedy or comedy? Doubt
less tragic scenes occurred at times,
as for instance, when fierce mon
sters engaged one another in dead
ly combat.
Backgrounds of scenery were not
wanting. Then, as now, the sur-
face of, the earth was clothed in
vegetation. Nor were the under
ground forces of the earth less
active than they are now; volcanic
eruptions often took place On a
magnificent scale; volcanoes poured
out fiery lava streams for leagues
beneath their feet; great showers
of ashes and fire dust were elected
into the air.
Very little indeed is known
! about the causes of extinction; in
some cases, as with the mamoth,
the megatheriam or the moa, the
great wingless bird of. New Zea.
land, we can trace the hand of mar
as being the cause at work. Blu
how about the dinosaurs, that re
markable order ofreptiles now los
forever? Why have they died on
while their cousins, the lizards and
the crocodiles remain? Or, why
again, have all the winged reptile
(pterodactyls) Disappeared !
The most we can say at presen
is that these, and many other or
ders now extinct, seemed to have
been ousted, or beaten in the strug
! gle for existence, by types of a high
U 3
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
Her Higher Ranks.

Meta was little girl who lived
in a foundling asylum, place
where homeless children without
relatives are cared for. A visitor
who often came to the foundling
had taken great fancy to Meta.
1t was the birthday of Muriel. the
1ady's little girl, and permission
was asked for Meta to take tea
with Muriel. ..-
As it was Muriel's birthday,
Meta wished to be very nice to
her At the same time Meta felt
she had, an advantage over Muriel,
for it was not every one who lived
in a foudling hospital.
''You were born, Muriel?" she
asked. 80 s....ea-
Muriel nodded and smiled.
Up went Netta's head a little
higher. "It is so common to be
born" she said, 81 was founded. !"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
SATAN MAY REJOICE.

The Hartford Times an indepen-
dent Democratic paper, comment
ing on the Army canteen says; .,..
"We are p, thoroughly familiar
with this whole question. Twenty
years ago Our little army was in a
very low condition morally, and
suffered to ascandalous extent from
desertions. Thousands of drunken
vagabonds were accepted as recruits
every year, and then allowed to run
away without completing their term
of service. There was a change in
the office of acknowledgement of the
army and wise and humane Off
Ger went to work, to raise the stand
ard of character among the enlisted
men. The entrances to all the ar
my posts were infested with vile
dram shops to which the soldiers
resorted whenever they were grant
ed a few hours leave. It was dis
covered that the only way to abolish
these vicious resorts was to make
an attractive c1ub-room for the men
on the government grounds, where
tobacco, beer and knick-knacks,
l.
such as men have right to buy
wherever liberty prevails, could be
purchased BY them. The post
E:traders' store, as the successor of
the suffers shop was known, was
abolished, and the accursed dram
shops disappeared. tremendous
| change for the better took place in
the morale Of our regular army.
""1t seems to us that the fanatic
ism for total abstinence which now
seeks to restore the old immoral
condition in the army is not only
stupid, but wicked. Satan may
well rejoice owe the destruction oi
| the attny canteen. " =
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
EIFTY. THOUSAND HORSES.

~ A. recent, dispatch from Kansas
city, says; t.ss9- ::s55 &c.! r!s'..t .,;lx
'@ Captain Heygate%oR the British.
army is purchasing SO, 900 cavalry
horses and nudes for the British
army in South Africa. He came
here more than a. year ago to buy
horses and mules for the British
army, but he was ordered home a
short time ago because it was
thought that the Boer war was ov-
:er, Bat lle'tInexpected, renewe1 of
hostilities&hast made the purchase of
more horses and mules absolutely
necessary so Tier. ~
SAs fast as the animals are in
fspected and bought they will:be sent
to New Orleans: and shipped to
capetown, Durham and New Lon
don, in British transports, some of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29

Mother of Mesesl What has De-
tnocracy won? We have elected to
Office a few individual Democrats
infused with the virus of socialism
and anarchy. 9a
ss 49, III II y = ssss.ss
An eminent scientist advances.
the theory that thefsense of smell
ie not essentially one withataste,,
but that odor, like heat and light,
is form of energy.essaThis is un-
doubtedly the correct theory. We
have allioobserved very powerful
odors. ,tai4isl41 S,ja a43a d.
5;jjti** *sas5sSf Il.
Two men were killed in the III
ger-Poorman mine on the 24th inst.
They drilled into a missed hole,
wheh'Gthe blast exploded blowing
them to fragments. They were
singie'men, named, Pete Schimmels
and Charles Benne. .,a ii .ssa.a.
5:f&2 ,strsFEas gr,*, ~ ,ssl ,Gsa.. s4,.=s I
A race.warli is on in ailiti1e Indi-
village, called c Cementville, and
the co1ored people are in full con-
troll; The Negroes do sometimes
get the upper hand, but the end is
not yet. q f1stAsGa Ala# A4t& ~29@>
'27t sy2'aE.i.sis,-+ - 10 a2H .l..1-rt
Miss Jessie Morrison, the slayer
of Mrs. Castles has been admitted
ito bail and isnow at large In her
recent trial the jury failed, to agree.
5'''7s ll:a r3* *r*> +sa ~ rrc.
The number of living bison, or
bufaloes;' at large and in captivity
in North America is estimated at
1922. - -s.-:~:s=-.....s-@==s -.--.-.sz=E. !
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
-EG@--7----
And Her Papa Was Glad She Swore,

And Her Papa Was Glad She Swore.
The daughter of well-known
clergyman in Washington had a
severe attack of scarlet fever when
she was three years old, which re-
suited in deafness. Up to that
time she had been regular chatter
box, doing her infantile best to
carry out the proverbial:
"Being woman she'll talk for
ever!"
Upon her recovery her parents
were nearly heart broken to find
that she had not only lost her
hearing, but the power of speech
as well. Whether she had really
forgotten how to talk or whether it
was obstinacy or lack of confidence
they could not determine, but de-
spite all efforts of the best tutors
the child remained a mite.
One day when she was nearly
ten years of age she was playing
with cat, and with as much cruel
ty as thougi. she were of the stern
er sex, she used its tail as hand
lie with which to pick it up. The
poor animal, not appreciating the
economic use of the aforesaid tail,
inflicted deep scratch across the
chubby little hand.
damn that cat!'' she said fling
ing it down. :;
And her father, a devout clergy
man as he was, clasped his hands
and raising his eyes to heaven ex-
claimed:
Thank God, that child has spok-
en- at 1astp' .. i.@
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
'7l7F7-E = ~
4 RAY OF HOPE.

h .
&&
Ihe report that in various parts
81 the world and, particularly il ii To-:
ealities within the great Republic
schools are being established for the the.
purpose of giving to girls practical
instructions in cooking and general
housekeeping. reEives, the thought
that there is a peryerses genius ii
nature which ihpe1s hunaanitysto
long fforsthe achievement of things
Tor which the individual has the
least l natural capacity. There is no
seHSsatisfying condition on earth,
except perchance the estate of the
selt-made man who did the Job in
such a bungling, diabolica1way that
His 5cohceits are beyond, all under
standing. Your natural black
smith, an art1heer in Aexandrine
mosaics or delicate filigrees would
be; your farmer a merchant; your
merchant, a farmer; your doctor, a
lawyer; your lawyer, a politician,
and SO Oh to the point where girls
and women, with great unanimity,
pine to be all things except that for
which by nature they are@especially
designed and fitted. For half a
century or more there have been
institutions Of learning for girls, or
perhaps it would be more polite to
say young 1adies-well, then, insti-
tutions of learning for youngladi
for half a. century, Which taught
them everything from medicine to
philosophy and r,on to gymnastics;
bit until this very late day, in all
the centuries that have passed by,
the idea of giving gi-1s-young la
dies-instructions. i'll the things for
which they are peculiarly and beau-
tifully adapted, seems to have pene-
trated no human skull. At any
rate if such an idea ever found
lodgment in brain Of man it re-
mained an inert concept through
all the ages till Now. So
the girls-beg pardon, young
ladies are to receive instructions in
those noblest and most benefcent
of all arts, cooking and housekeep-
ing. What a vision of comfort aud
happiness is here opened, UP to the
next generation and all posterlty to
the end of time A girl, or rather
young lady, learned in the culinary
science and accomplished in the art
of making home bright, tidy and
comfortable retreat, will be a last
ing Joy and a priceless treasure.
Away with your medical and phllo-
sophical and gymnastical young Ia
dies, and abate even your esthet1cal
and artistical young ladies. Give us
the ruddy, rosy, practical girl who
has mastered the ethics of culinary
4 and the callesthetics of housekeep-
ing. There are joys to come OF
which man in his maddest flights
of optimism never dreamed. But
(, how about the girls? Will they
follow the admonitions OF: nature
.kand commonsense or will the per
verse genius prevail aid the dream
: of 10y vanish? Will gitls add to
fair quantum of other, accomplish
!: ments, the supreme attainment o
!, perfect cookery and housekeeping
or will their hearts perversely con
! tinue to throb, and drive them OF
!, m 10 become of the meaner horde o
doctors, lawyers, politicians ane
gymnastics? Heaven forbid!
~
l .--rM
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
THE CANTEEN.

. Strenuous efforts are being made
S. the temperance people to abOl-
isb the Army Canteen and they
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29

Recently, a. good Democrat !s be-
ing congratulated upon the victory
won by his party in the State, de-
1ivered himself AS follows: 'WonL
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29
Ia NEWS AND COMMENT.

The Hay Pauncefote treaty, upon
the const1mmatioh,, of which de-
pends' the construction of the Mi
caraguan canal, has tbeensratifed by
the Senate, with amendments. The
amendments go"to the point of plac-
ing the proposed canal entirely, t1n-
der American control IN peace and
war. The amendments: change the.
tenor of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty
to such an extent as to make the,
treaty, as ratified, virtually new,
one. tits predicted that the Brit
ish government will decline to rat
ify the treaty as amended and insist
on maintenance of the terms of, the
old Clayton Bulwer treaty, conclud-
ed. between the United States and
Great Britain in q 1885, That
treaty, solen1nly ratified by both
parties, forbade the exclusive con-
troll by either party ofany Isthmian
canal which might be constructed.
>..-| :: / * X y ; ..l.:'r.fl.is
"A Statesman special of December
rs from Wallace, Idaho, says:z "A
shooting afray occurred in Burke
last night and as a result Pearl
Gordon and Charles Beck are in
the Providence hospital suffering
with gunshot wounds. Beck has
been in jail here and was released
and went to Burke. It is not
known here what started the troub7
1e with the woman, who belongs to-
the tender1oin district. Three shots
we're fired at the woman, all of
which took effect, and she is in
very precarious condition. The
man may recover"
* x x .-
President Taft of the Philippine
commission recommends the -irnme-
diate substitution of: United, States
emoney for Mexican money on, the
islands. If,this recotnmendation,is
approved by the Government. the
establishment Of a number Of Amer
ican banks or a United States sub
treasury there; would facilitate the
change Of monetary system, and
avoid much confusion. ..,,..... .
X. x
The Beers. have within the last
two weeks shown great activity,
much to the astonisment and cha
grin of the British lion, who has
not had such. a tai1-twisting for
a. long time, Little DeWet, the
Boer general, has developed an as
touhding genius, for: military opera e a,
tions, a quality which EhlN does :, moi
seem, to he.mpeh F g j in tc evidence :! on IN the
British side. +, =. :, .rgs7.,.,,,. ~:
,.,:.,, ....s 49,. l. j.
The 15-year.old son Of fF Cudahy
the Omaha millionaire, was, kidnap'
ped last week ;apd held; for J, ransom Y son
The. kidnappers:. got their ransom ON
$25,ooo and Cudahy got his sor
and heir. Thus it is. one. me. eleuen' 4 men
put the dollar before the n man Fl$a arlt Z
the. other, the man before the dollar
In this instance, Mr.. Bryan seems
to have fallen into bad company:
l. - A.: ~. ~ ss.fi s.,at4t,.,::
Recently, a good Democrat, be
ing congratulated upon the vict'otrs
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1900-12-29

ST and more complex nature. And
yet, for all that, many Of the lower
types remain. There must be
some great law yet undiscovered.
PearsOa,'s for December.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18

seven OF the great trees upon each
acre.
1t is difficult to realize that but for
the prompt action of Congress, for a
few dollars one could have bought a
tree 30 old that our entire civilization
has lasted for time which is only the
fraction of its age. People of Cali
fornia have been accustomed to look
upon them as the deities of that land.
No wonder a summer day spent in
the Sierra Nevadas under the red.
woods is one never to be forgotten.
The wind may blow If it will, but so
family does sound descend that it
seem more like the rolling of a dis
tant ocean. Sound and silence alike
are majestic and impressive in those
surroundings.
Here Bret Hart located one of his
most fascinating stories, with an In
dian lover living in a spacious hall
within hollow tree. Here he hides
and shields from danger of outlaws
his paleface sweetheart. What more
romantic place in which to unfold the
love of wild, passionate child Of ma
ture?
Many of the hollow trees in the
grove have served the more prosaic
purpose of homes for miners and pros
pectors. In 1858 one of the largest
trees in the Calaveras grove was cut
down and the trunk smoothed off.
Five men were busy over three weeks
telling it by means of burning and
the use of pump augers. The stump
is twenty-four and half by twenty
three feet, and Professor Whitney
counted 1855 annular rings, which,
making allowance for the core of the
tree, indicates an age OF about 1900
years.
That vast difference exists be-
tween the ages of these trees is now
generally accepted as n fact, and this
tree was evidently OF the younger
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18
MINES AND MINERS.
New Company Formed 10 Mine Lead In Ken
tucky-Japan Gold Fields Promise
Rich Returns.

Gold is now being found in large
quantities at Hokkaido, in the province
of Kitami, in Japan. A territory em-
bracing 65o square miles, the central
point OF which is Mount Horo- Noborn,
is being worked with such splendid re-
suits that old diggers have styled it the
Japanese Klondike. Almost all the
gold is found in l:.Is pools and streams,
which have their source in Mount Horo-
Noborn.
Until recently there was only small
village in this district, the inhabitants
OF which numbered about 100, whereas
day there is fluorishing city with
a population of more than 5000. AS
to the exact yield OF gold up to the pres
ent it is not easy to obtain reliable sta
tstics, for the reason that the diggers
are very reticent on the subject, evil
IDENTIFY fearing that il their good for
tune becomes generally known a host
of adventures will flock to Hokkaido
from all parts of the world. 1t is GER
tain, however, that one company, which
has been buying gold from the diggers,
has exported 900 kilogrammes of the
pure metal within the past nine months.
Major John w, Overturf, Of Colum-
bus, Ohio, has organized a company,
incorporated under the laws OF West
Virginia, for the purpose OF mining Tor
lead in Rowan county, Ky.
Major Overturf has spent some time
in the region in which the company
will operate and feels sure that paying
deposits OF the mineral will be found
He has some fine specimens OF galena
which he found on the property owned
by the company. The enterprise has
ample capital behind it and will pro-
ceed at once to develop the mines. Ma
jor Overturf has for some time been
engaged in the lie insurance business
in Columbus and is prominent in G.. A.
r. circles. The company is composed
OF Ohio and Kentucky men and Mr.
Overturi has been elected president.
Rowan county is in the widest part
OF the mountains OF Kentucky and has
made its share OF the ieud history OF
the commonwealth
OF the copper mines OF importance
in North America to-day, those OF
Montana, Arizona and Michigan are in
the front rank, and Rio Tinto, in Spain,
stands practically alone in Europe.
| Owing to interminablc lawsuits, Butte's
production is not increasing, but rather
diminishing, and in Michigan, notwith-
standing the investment OF enormous
capital in the opening up OF new mines,
the increase in production is small The
greatest individual copper mine in this
country, il not in the world, is unques-
tionably Senator Clark's United Verde.
Despite her ample deposits, Ecuador
is at the bottom OF the list OF South
American republics in gold production,
| largely on account OF lack of roads.
From June to October. 1900, the South
American Development Company ex-
ported about $4,000 worth; they are
now shipping about $500 per month.
1t is believed that this product will soon
be doubled or trebled
| About 100000 persons are employ
ed in the coal mines OF the world,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18
wherein Woman Is Superior to Man.

In three things only are women
superior to men; they are superior to
men as nurses, as teachers of young
children, and no man can trim hat
equal to a woman. In all other re-
spects men are the superiors OF
women. The best cooks are men; the
best housekeepers are men. Although
nearly every girl takes piano lessons
and studies music, all OF the great
piano-players and musicians are men.
These facts have been demonstrated
by thousands of years of experience.
Women who are trying to become
lawyers, and who imagine that they
can divide up the worlds material re-
wards with men, should remember
that they carry serious handicap;
nature intended that women should
travel in certain paths, and will not
reward them in other directions.
Women are natural nurses and natural
teachers. They should be natural
housekeepers and cooks; they would
be if they didn't fritter away SC much
of their time in running after foolish
things. .-Atchison Globe.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1900-04-18

uia, and the resolution was adopted,
and the Government acquires the
groves.
Some months ago lumberman
bought an option on the ground for
the purpose of cutting down the big
trees and saving them into lumber.
A cry went up in California from the
SHOWS Of Mount Shasta to the orange
groves of Los Angeles, to save these
mammoths OF the forest. By the eff
forts OF the women of California the
matter was brought before Congress
with the above result.
These are the "sequoia giganteas,"
OF redwoods that first gave California
her reputation for having the biggest
trees on earth. Through one Of them
a Concord stage coach may be driven.
The stump Of another, thirty feet in
diameter, is used as dancing pavil'
ion.
Redwoods like these tower up 200
feet without limb, aud then burst
out into crown OF foliage, rising 100
to 200 feet higher.