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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

species Is not common. and of course
none but g student In ocular science
would be able to detect offhand the
rev whom we do meet. A left-handed
person advertises his popularity at
once' out not SO the left-eyed man.
AS rule 1t takes an oculist to deter
mine which eyes has been used most
out there are certain peculiarities Of
he pupil and lid that may be taken ga
pretty sure signs by the trained oh
server
heft-eyed people are made not
born. Most of us have been blessed
oy nature with eyes of equal visual
'ower' but the attitude we strike read
ing or writing causes us to exarcioo
ohe eye more than the other, and the
'1rss thing we know we are right or
!eft eyed. This is a one-sidedness that
should always be taken into consider
'tlon when buying glasses. A right
yea man with left-eyed spectacles. or
vice versa. Is at decided disadvant.
'se' ana 1t Is the opticians business
. see that he is properly fitted."-New
York Times.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
Open to Peraliasinn

rs your husband q strong-willed
manT asked Mrs. Sampson of her
neighbor, Mrs. Towne. After a mo-
ments reflection Mrs. Towne replied.
Il don't know" she said, dubiouslv
Il always thought he was, but the 9th
er day he went into department store
to get a new rug for the sitting room
because he said he wouldn't go an
other day with our old shabby one.
HE happened to get off on the wrong
hoor' and he came home with four
neW-fangled fat-irons and a porcelain
kettle. and no sign of q rug. So vo,,
see don't quite know what to saw
about him since then.
"An he told me was that you never
knew just what you needed till vo,,
saw 1t right before you"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
the CASHIERS LAST
....-.... "EXCEPTiON. !"

The bank teller sees all kinds Of b
Pile, and SO has many stories to tail
the men and women whose fortup
pass through his hands. A writer in n
Detroit Free Press has been gathesbA
the adventures of some of those patg
and careful men who stand behind III
grille, and receive and deliver the moi
ey Of the world.
One day a fat little colored womss
came into a dime savings bank. ghA
carried a huge basket of clothes, and
her remark, as she handed In her book
was, Il want to draw my remains"
Many people, chiefly women, expect
the bank to put aside for them the iderl
teal coins which they deposit never
thinking, apparently, that the bank can
make no gain ON money that 1t does
not put out at interest. A young woman
came into a branch savings bank with
two double eagles Of the year 1S40
Il should like to have these back
when l draw out my money" she said
The clerk explained to her that all
money which came into the bank must
be turned to practical use at once.
But" she expostulated. 'those ara
valuable pieces, and they might get LOST
II you let them go into circulation. And
besides, think Of the diease they NIGH
accumulate and bring back to me!'
Some time after the closing hour O
a large bank which makes specialt
OF the accounts of wealthy women, q
elegantly dressed woman attempts
vigorously to open the door.
Shall let her in?" asked the JAM
tor.
Yes, Wen make an exception in he
case" replied the teller, who was ratI
er impressed by her appearance.
Il should like to open an account
she said, looking at the teller throug
her lorgnette.
For how much, madamT'
about seventy-five," she answered
The teller made out a book for seS
enty-hve dollars. The woman hande
MIN seventy-ave cents. That was th
last time the cashier ever "made a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

women that are unmarried or divorced.
Many wives are justly proud Of the
ability to maintain their own resources,
and even contribute to the household
fund. 1t Is a laudable pride and a
worthy ambition. The government Is
In small business when 1t makes a
sweeping discrimination against these.
If the government is to throw Its own
ponderous weight into the scale at all
it should be ON the side of wedlock
and not against it. OF course, it is
easy to say that a marriage which
holds together so loosely is better dis
solved. But the loss of half the family
income is no small matter, especially
when the whole Of 1t has barely suf-
feed.
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Y neApecteCl.

nave little surprise for YOU
any said the enraptured young man
'alt an hour after the weddino -
'ome embarrassment. Excuse me 70,
moment" A1e Aoi
lie went out of the room and w.
>orned with stout old lady who boro
nance. counte-
MY DEAR" he said, this IL NV r,o4.
r., Sheer will live with ~ Do WI,
know" U.S. you
, 80 glad' And have a little a,,r.
prise for you too. Harry" sur
-, S s lert the room. and returned In q
with five fair-haired girls a. :
'4 ..3,t ranging in age from 8 to IA
W ), in ne are my little darlings, Har-
" she whispered. Lydia N,ra-11a
renelope' Rachel and Mehitahai ,, t"'
.ne gentleman. He 10 to be your n nee
papa. Bits. '0u' new
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

When one loses command Of himself
and throws the reiHs upon the heck of
passion, he may have for the moment
certain enjoyment in the license: but
there must surely come a reaction of
regret. When he Is calm again, and the
ut has passed away, every serious per-
son must be ashamed Of what he said
and what he did, of the manner in
which he gave himself away, and the
exhibition he made Of himself. Ha
VIII recall the amazement on the faces
OF mis- friends, and the silence which
Ehey adopted as protective measure
ana the soothing language which thew
used as If they were speaking with
baby, and the glanoes which passed be-
tween them. He will not soon h.
thought the same Of with them as he
was before this outburst, nor will he
nave the same claim upon their conf
uence as a sound and clear-headad
man. He has acted like fretful, peav-
tsh child, and has for the time for
Teited his title to manhood and the
place Of man.
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activity does nothing than many OF them from
marrying for home, has redeeming hnuence' - -
women had much to sacrifice or interrupt by marriage 1t
would In large measure protect from being chose"
as a kind of bargain sale endowment policy w
There Is no danger that any career or anbiIoh wa,
tempt woman to refuse the home call IL she Is norman
and If she is not society gamer and the man
interested fortunate because of her refusal WheFe no
centive toward marriage except those inherent "
and the human soul, there will be rev mlshS'
There will never be ideal marriages until women anu
as we'll may feel certain work Is assured for snort
hours any time it desired all the time at Sehe.
wage. Then the question of home and children Will
become the DISTINGUISHED personal question IL shou ue
and never vtated by sordd motives painful hopeless
bondage.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

wnlch they rested. He saw the end II,
mont Of him do this, hesitated and
looked back to see how the other enc
was thought he was going to turn
ne stopped, grasped both edges of tn,
plank with his hands and, THROWING
ms teet up stood on his head, kickins
MS Legs In the air, cracking his heels
sogetheF and yelling to the terrified on.
4ookerS' This he did for about minute
IL seemed to me like forty. Then he
,et MS feet drop down, stood up, waved
ms nat ana trotted along the plank to
sns other side' slid down one Of the
braces hand over hand and reeainpd
the ground. We discharged him. Of
course" concluded the Contractor 40:
cording to Casters Magazine "bn+
what did he carer He got all the p1orv
MS Fellows envied him, and he couid
command work anywhere, 49,!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
THE THO uotTFlll d.

T. IS
DID Not Want 20 Diaa n n.s
tist Of m Exsracs III
The kindly considera tion
toward a dentist whom ~ u
during his recent visit IL psl
scribed by the London Ta,a
it is evident that il Ia 81 ,s i
thoughtful for the dentist Il 4
troubled by any solicitude Il, j
ings Of his attendants.
His majesty suffered from
soon after his arrival In pss'
sent for a dentist. The dent1ss
at his majesty's teeth, ana a.Is nm 4
extraction. not of one, but i
The operation was postpone /.
day, but when the dentlat !.
he found the Shah all right NJ
parently in a playful nloOs
toothache had gone. and thesa 81
longer any need for the dens,s,'
vices. ''fF '<i'
AS the dentist was prena,.
leave, the Shah called him haos
ing, Il do not like to have NJ
you for nothing, so, as you hays |
you had better draw a mal.s
each of my counselors."
The Shah spoke with his eya,
on the ground and In a 1nadl,l
manner. When ne looked IN Ii
councillors had vanished, with NJ
ception of the grand vizier who,
fully stood his ground, unmindfi
to whether his alI-powerful \,
was in joke. or In earnest. Tia
counselors evidently believed il
earnestness Of the masters utfers
This anecdote 10 something III,
one told Of the Shah's predecs
who, when in Paris, asked to seeI
sieur Deibler at work with thu
lotine. When he was Informed, ii
the time there was nobody waitiu
execution, he proposed that one !
suite should be handed over to m
and decapltated at the CHAINS
sees.
The probability IL, however
neither story has any real found,
n fact.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

There be many who have been wont
| in times past to cast q sympathetic
tear in pity FOR the lonely spinster, be-
cause of the dire fate that made her
spouselesS. The facts seem to show that
these tears should have been shed for
the bachelors instead. The bachelors
the one to be pltied, not the maid. How
often have we heard it said that the
splnsters, some of them at least, cry
out, as they wend their lonely way
through life: Anything, good Lord,
will do" All Of which is misconcep-
ton of the real state Of affairs. Instead
of the maid saying, anything will do"
she is clearly entitled by the over
whelming argument of numbers, to
say, Lets see the stock. If you've
got anything that suits, well and good;
otherwise, take 1t away. For there are
Others" The census shows that there
are in the United States, 6,726,779 bach
elors of manageable age, and only
4, 195, 446 spinsters above the age Of 20,
Who's the joke ON IL it isn't on the
bachelor? There wouldn't be enough
Of the fair sex to go around If the law
required all men to be 80 before al
lowed to marry and fixed the age of
girls at II. Think of it, 1881 1888 men
In this country who couldn't buy Eas-
ter bonnets for their wives If thew
wanted to, even after every maiden In
the land had wed. Just exactly that
many women have, by the good offices
of the census man, been translated
from the unenviable class Of those who
would but can't" to the ranks of the
can but won't" 1t has given a new
dignity to the feminine unyoked. y
new status to the unlInkcd lass. There
are, 1t seems, one and three-fifths men
for every woman, leaving out the
widowers who are sometimes as much
given to marriage as their never-mated
brothers. For decade, or more. girls
can pick and choose, CLEAN and garner
turn down right and left, play with
many hearts with IMMUNITY, while men
are having a life-and-death bargain !
counter scramble to get a wife before
the supply gives out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

6. NJ. DEPEw. a few Of rich who have sue
in fe but they exceptional their cases are
very marked and remarked.
By being born poor I do not extreme poverty.
Granted that with the advantages of the public schools the
boys parents give him rstclass education and tnen
he has to make his the of necessity VIII
arouse every faculty which helps make success win
moderate success ambition and his spheres OF
activity enlarge he acquires of power He learns
the value Of temperance character He knows by
perence that health and industry accomplish almost
anything and its possessor almost anywhere AS he
In position wealth and influence he Is the more
thankful every day for the condition which compelled him
to do his mightest drop out Of sight.
The vast majority Of those who start under the cond
tons that have mentioned live long and prosper From
their number those who the world and govern
it, who its masters business enterprises its leaders
in the professions its statesmen and rulers its OF
thought and action.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

roadway above the water between the
cities. The calculations of the enet-
neers did not come out correctly and
when 1t was thought the huge frame
work was ready for traffic a serious
mistake was discovered and new low
els for supporting the crossing are now
being made to right matters. Several
millions have been expended in this no.
bic passageway of steel which embed
les the latest ideas in the bracket prtn-
ciple of bridge support. The super-
structure Is painted red and looks very
impressive, as the top is 100 feet
above the water,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

There Is nothing in all this world
quite SO Irritating as overassumption
OF responsibility. Responsibility can
Oe better tolerated. The man or wom-
an-there Is no distinction of sex In
the matter-who goes about the world
seeking whom he or she may rebuke
= he person who Is charged with a mis-
hon, Is Of all men most misery making.
lie chants with Titanic glee. 1.-THE
times are out Of joint" and there Is
no lamentatton in his declaration that
he Is born to set them right
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
GREAT 8UDA-PEsTH 3 lDGE.

Chased as One of the abandonment
Viaducts In the World.
Some engineers think the Ketten
suspension bridge at Buda- Pesth Ia the
finest Viaduct in existence. 1t does not
begin to be as big as the Brooklyn
bridge but in symmetry. in massive
ness. in artistic adornment, the one
linking Buda and Pesth Is a beauty. It
cost $3.OOO,0OO and was completed in
1854. That for Brooklyn was modelled
from this one and was built twenty
years afterward. A cantilever viaduct
Is the latest thing to make another
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

The country mouse envtes the city
mouse. The country wife thinks with
longing Of the concerts, the theaters,
the tempting shops and the congenial
people Of the city, and compares them
| with the solitude, the drudgery, and
the poverty Of resource offered by vii.
lage or farm. But the country woman
has one treasure that many of her city
cousins may well covet. She takes II
for granted-as she takes the sky, the
air and the music Of her children's
voices; to great many city women 1t
has become a lost dream. 1t ia home
"a real home, where the chairs and
the dishes and the beds and the walls
and the roof belong to the family;
where new curtain or a new rose
bush ts permanent acquisition; whera
even Inconvenience are problems to
be solved, not miseries to be endured.
The city family Of moderate means Is
driven more and more frequently to
the boarding house, the hotel or the
apartment house. One is scarcely bet
ter than the others SO far as the gra-
cious atmosphere Of home Is concerned.
Poor and expensive service, high rents
in the city, railway expenses In the
suburb, the perplexities Of market and
kitchen and furnace and sidewalk dis
may more and more the men and wom-
en- in the city. The boarding house
offers relief. and the tired housekeeper
fiutters to 1t, as a moth to the candle,
regardless for the moment Of what she
is losing. When she realizes that her
home has gone. the whole family may
have acquired the hotel habit, a habit
as pernicious as it 10 permanent. One
after another the unself1shnesses that
flourish In home have dropped away.
In their place have come a passion for
ease and a cynical disregard of the
finer sacrifices Of domestic life. This
Is the dark side Of the picture. Life
may be well lived anywhere, but it is
a deeper truth that real home is the
best soil for the cultivation Of family
love and Of mutual helpfulness.
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EXPLOITS OF WoRKMEN

. Franks OF a Foo1hardy Rmp1ove -
the Building OF Niagara Bridge,
remember" said a bridge contrac.
tor some time ago while on the subject
OF workmen's dare-deviltries, when
working at the big bridge across the
niagara. When the two cantilever
arms had approached within fifty feet
or each other, keen rivalry as to who
should be the first to cross spranR IN
among the men. A long plank connect
ed the two arms, leaving about two
ana a half feet Of support at each end
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

strict orders were issued that no one
should attempt to cross the plank upon
penalty Of instant dismissal. At the
noon hour l suddenly heard a great
shout from the men, who were al!
starting up. Raising my eyes, saw 8
man step on the end of that plank, stop
a minute and look down into the whirl-
pool below. l knew he was going tc
cross and l shouted to him, but he was
too high up to hear.
deliberately he walked out until he
reached the middle of the plank. Il
sagged far down with his weight until
could see light between the two short
supporting ends and the cantileyers on
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
the 6UM-CMEVVIN6 HABIT.

By Roy. Of. George r NaIEe Of Chicago.
When l see a woman mouthing gum
In public | feel like shouting: IF those
women must chew let them take to the
basement To-day on street cars, in
theaters, at ball games and races, in
the parlor and everywhere 1t ia COM
mon sight to see girls and women Of
mature years chewing gum. 1t is q
habit which has scarcely a redeeming
feature, and / for one wish to use all
the influence have in discouraging the
same. 1t distorts the face, induces ex-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
Just One.

: uthers besides Dogberry have been
acter. $685. IA chaf"
Public Opinion says that Sort,
African constabulary commando ~ Doutn
10 a local troop officer, asking r. +ho.o
were any donkeys in camp.
handwriting: 'eF1 u
1es' one-R. q. Symes. canta,rn
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

A New York City magistrate says
that women have a legal right to
smoke. The average man would not
object to their smoking SO much as to
their habit of faring up.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
Left-Eyed People.

Inc man who spends half his lime
trying to classify people said he never
saw SO many >left-eyed passengers In
mnat DO you mean by left-eyed pas
Sengers r asked his companion. },
PEOPLE who use their left eve mora
IMAM their right" was the reply, 'The
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

DR.. Hills says: II sometimes think
that the only hope for society is to
get all the authors in a corner and
shoot them for a generation, till we
could assimilate what we already
have" 1t may be recalled that DR..
Hills has added something to the max
ing OF books himself.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

1t takes little to cause divorco IN
these days. Almost any excuse will
serve. But 1t has remained for the
postmaster General of the IJnitad
states to furnish a cause that ia valid
ana widespread. His order forbiddinp
man and wife to hold clerkships In HIS
department has furnished the divorce
MN much new grist to grind. MANY
clerks prefer to give up their marriage
relations rather than their pay. 1t il
always easy to get another husband or
another wife, but 1t Ia not ALWAYS aasv
to get another good job. One woman
clerk drawing $1.4OO a year an
nounces that she and her husband
who draws $500, have decided 10
part. He has always spent his saI.
ary," she says, land 1 have ALWAYS
spent mine" Neither cares to srend
less. The only alternative Is divorce
and divorce is cheap and easy. II
would be interesting to know nv what
curious reasoning a man and woman,
divorced. win be any more satisfac.
tory to the Postal Department as
clerks than they are married. II there
as any sense In the theory that mar.
riage robs woman Of the right to be
q wage-earner, then there is good sense
IN the universal tendency toward di.
Torce, not only In the Postofice De-
partment, but everywhere else, There
are conditions that unfit a married
woman for regular employment ont
side the home. But no such condition
aies IN marriage itself. Many childless
wives, with little turn for household
4@Hties' may do as excellent service as
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

Montreal physicians have discovered
that electricity will cure consumption.
This makes the flfty-seventh consump-
tion cure that has been discovered dur
ing the past six months. Why will peo-
pie still insist on dying of consump-
&inp3
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

A literary excavator has dug up and
FeVamped the old charge that most of
Alexandra Dumas novels were really
written by his staff of secretaries. If
there Is any foundation for, the charge
1t would pay most OF our modern nov
elists to try the secretary plan like
wise
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
Tho Shade Tree. or PEI

The city of Paris, France, spends
ABOUT 100000 every year in maintaining
Its trees. There. are about 81 800 trees
IN the city, and they grow in rows along
the sidewalks. This number, however
does not include the trees in tho nor,.a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07
Their Friand1- W.

One Of the worst things about fall
ing into hole is the number of people
VINO gather ON the bank to point out
tne routes you could have taken to-
avoid falling in.-Atchison (Kan.p
Globe. 81 -. .St,g. -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

The Dowager Empress Of China and
the boxers seem to have forgotten that
lesson taught by the powers not so very
long ago.
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REV. DIR. HILLS.

to be despsed 1t mas elected four Mayors in New En-
gland and unless check Is put 1t will elect forty IN
the future 1t 10 trust which parayzes the tndl-
yual far than the other trusts which weigh against
the countrys interests 1t divides until what par
ceed out Is unsatisfactory all who have share In the
division.
Suppose there forty houses in block and instead
Of each owning for himself and keeping 1t In
order each oneforeth Of the house he lives in
and Oneforteth Of each of the others Will he care as
much If the stoops swept on snowy morning and
will he keep the back yards in good order If was
his house2 Every mans home Is his castle. He has
given his promise to and she has fealty
to him. But suppose socialism into plan this home
according to Its rules Do you believe that their children
will be better If reared by appointed by
socialism DEGREES? Socialism In other domains would be
just as Objectionable.
Submerge the individual in the State socialism
dams. and destroy domestic insttutonssthe the life
blood of the nation Better let every bear his burden
and in his to succeed he will do far for the
world than If he atom in great industrial
creation
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-02-07

The new process Of making silk with
out the services of the worm will not
cause the worm to turn.
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A Timely combiuation

LET NOT this good old world be grava
~ = since sorrow, has forsook it; -
ht =, oysters s here and soon wen have
Inc coal with which to cook it.