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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-04

The Methodists of Moscow are
building a handsome church struct-
ure. When completed it will seat
1000.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-04

Missouri was treated to a snow
storm last week. This is a rare
experience for MissOurians,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-04-04

If a person intends raising chick
ems. they ought to get good blood
in their birds. To get a good, fer
tile setting of eggs from blooded
birds costs little more, but once
the start is made, the improved
condition of the flock will more
than offset first expenses.
Sick Headache absolutely and per-
mantely cured by using MOki Tea. A
pleasant herb drink. Cures Consti-
patton and Indigestion, makes you eat,
sleep. work and happy. Satisfaction
guaranteed or money back. % cts and
so eta. Write to w. H. HOOKER, g Co.
Buffalo, N. Y, for free sample.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
HEARD IN PASSING

Winsted begs to announce that any body who is looking for factory sites should visit that borough forthwith. As Kansas man wrote to his local paper: If our people want to see a big hog come out to my farm and ask for me."- Hartford Post.
 The Sacramento Bee says: Grover Cleveland, writing on the subject of fishing, says a fisherman should not complain when Ash do not bite" The same advice should hold good with a politician statesman fishing for third term. New Haven Union.
 That "Yale senior'' who took strik- Ing hack drivers place on carriage in New Haven and then proceeded to oy- ercharge passenger and become per sonally violent, has already been fined in the police court and now is being sued in civil proceeding. An accom- modating friend gave bonds for his appearance and so made 1t possible for him to be present at commencement and thus perhaps did greater favor to the boy than his alma mater--- Hartford Courant.
 4 great--or at least greatly paid corporation lawyer said the other day; III there IS any bigger fool than 2
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
CHILDREN WHO WORK NIGHTS

Of all the mooted problems attending child labor probably none are viewed with greater unanimity than the ques- ton of night work for children. Moth ing short of inhumanity, one would think, could fail to be moved by the in-
 herent cruelty. of setting chlld or
 young person to labor at night. The subtle appeal of helpIessness should be
 the child's strongest weapon of defense ! especially against the breach of so in
 violate a law of nature-against ex-
 ploitation of that particular season of.
 childish dependence which is sacred to
 sleep.
 Yet the various states authorize, by
 tacit or express permission, every gra- dation of night labor from the cruel period of twelve hours at night for girls of IS in the Pennsylvania mills,
 and eight hours at night for orphans of 10 years in the mills of Alabama, to
 the sweeping prohibition of all work after ' p. m. for children under 16 in the admirable new law of Illinois. Even in this, however, the newsboys and bootblacks of Chicago are ignored. If excessive hours of labor are in: furious to children, they are no less. injurious because. an accident forces the children to work overtime. To throw the onus of the accident upon the weakest-the differentiated of on the employer is an act of gross in- justice. Several states have recog-
 nized the wrong and have repealed this. exception from their statutes. sf5. So, too, if the Saturday half holiday is advisable, 1t should be granted out right and not be earned by overwork on some other day. No exception is
 more open to abuse than this one, all- thorizing overwork for q holiday, which
 in the end may not be granted.
 Finally, if the Christmas season is
 not to remain a bitter lmockery for
 thousands of working children, the ob- noxious exception which permits over.
 work in stores during December must
 be wiped off the statutes. The wrongs of factory children escape general att tention because comparatively few out
 siders come in contact with thems but the general public is, In daily touch WlL0 CulIuFGu WOEhIlB HI bl0ISS 4t ikse the more disgraceful that Christmas
 the season of Joyous childhood, should deliberately and yisibly be turned to a
 time of wretched exhaustion for large
 numbers of children. The question
 arises how long communities of other, wise humane standards will tolerate. this particular cruelty. a1s 7xsnll After the marked gains of the last year in child labor legislation, efforts to secure uniform prohibition of night work for children under 16 should follow next winter. The laws of health demand that nights unbrok on by labor, without any exceptions. should be secured for children of i'm mature years, To embody+ this de-1 mand in effective statutes. is perhaps,
 the most mediate need in the further protection of working children. Charities. F#7
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
DEATH or BEAUTY.

The inquiry into the cause Of death of a young girl who had damanaged to acquire perforation of the stomach through eating raw rice, with a view to improving her complexion, shows that the cult of beauty goes far be- yond the region treated by Bond street specialists. The lower down in the so- cial scale the practice of fighting with unfriendly nature goes, the more un- wise 1t Is likely to become. The high priests of Bond street know something of the action of the drugs. they employ, and as their clients have for the most part some notion of hygiene they are compelled to give the assurance that their methods are not dangerous to health. Wigs and massaged com, plexion may not give the look of youth which those who adopt them imagine, but at least they do not shorten life, and the middleag geds woman who by their means seeks to keep up her pres tine charm does so because life is still sweet. She may seek beauty, but she will not risk life for 1t. But the young girl, and especially the young girl of the number classes, who seeks to, i'm prove her appearance. does not crn1- sciously or J1nconsicously a1alyze the matter SOL She wants to look pretty now, and hardly reckons on her future appearance. Below the middle classes matrimony remains the aim and end of feminine being. We all know how after marriage the smart and pretty girls who once outshone in beauty the maids of higher station lapse into plain. untidy slatterns. The conquest of lover once achieved there is no need of further effort To girls who look thus on life 1t is matter of course that they should ape the style of beauty that is fashionable in their circle. re- gardless of its ultimate effect on their health. If John objects to fred face" Mary will eat anything or drink anything to change her rosy complex ion to dyspeptic pallor. We know of one servant girl who was persuaded by her mistress to stop drinking vine gar to make herself nale by the assur- snce that rosy cheeks were now the fashion. After that Mary Jane dauhed her cheeks with rouge The Hospital!
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
 FOR SUMMER FLOWER BEDS.

Now is the time to think of prepar- ing plants intended for the summer decoration of flower beds for the great change between the covered state in doors aud the uncovered condition out side. Whatever constitution plant may possess 1t is never advisable to transfer 1t suddenly from very warm temperature to cold one; let it feel the change gradually. This is II point too often overlooked by amateurs yet all gardners are familiar with 1t. If such plants are nursed into tender ness they must be. nursed back into strength again, for if they get a chill, which a greatly varying temperature is likely to induce. the growth is check cd, and sometimes they do not recover until the most favorable half of the summer is gone. Tn the great art of garden establishment success mainly depends upon getting good start, and healthy things carefully planted will speedily fill and adorn their, allotted spaces. gs.5a.5.
 Another cause of lill-condition among plants arises from excessive disturb ance of the roots in the process of transplanting from temporary to per y. plant can be taken out in g. compact mass and the ball planted without get ting broken, but if 1t breaks and the roots get strained quick development is likely to be interfered with. A poor soil Is often the cause of bad results when the bed or border has not "had some kind of preparation. If a lining of nice soil is laid on the surface, free use should be made of it when setting the plant in. Planting in strong sum- shine is not. recommended, but where a quantity requires putting in there seems no alternative; watering, too. at such time is perhaps worse, as the water chills soft-wooded plants owing to rapid evaporation. and with the ac- ton of the sun they suffer burning which also cheeks the growth.--Lon l don Telegraph.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
RATS IN ABUNDANCE.
Driving Them Of from a Government
 Transport

When the United States military transport Sherman arrived at Manila recently she was. as is the case of most other ships that arrive from or touch at Hong Kong on the way to Manila detained for inspection to see if she had any rats on board. When the big transport dropped anchor in Manila Bay therefore the official rat in- spector went on board to see what was doing in the way of rodents. If the Manila American is to be believed In less than fifteen minutes he hurriedIy left the ship, and going ashore report ed there was on board the Sherman, according to the patent rat enumerator in use at Manila no fewer than 950,- GOO rats.
 The Sherman was immediately or dered to the quarantine station at Mariveles, as no ship on which the disease-carrying rodents are found is allowed to dock at:.Manila until they are exterminated Accordingly the Sherman steamed back to Mariveles When she arrived there her matches had been opened up and enough sul- phur carried below to kill millions of rats. As soon as the anchor was drop ped the sulphur fires were started In the hold, and in a few minutes the work of the fumes became apparent
 Out of the matches there poured such a stream of rats as was never before seen in the Orient. First by the hun dreds, and then by, the thousands, they appeared at the hatches, and then leaped into the water. Every one tried to swim ashore, but the distance was far too great for any rat to swim. and soon the great black line of padding rodents began to thin out Some of them reached point about 300 yards off the ship, but none got any fur ther. After the fumes had been work ing for about an hour the rats stopped appearing. An inspection of the ship was made and not rat discovered The sherman then. re-entered Manila and discharged her New York Times.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

During the course of a hearing in a will contest at Newark, N. Y., there was some testimony to show the great amount of money made from the sale and rental of the nickel in the slot ma- chimes. It was stated that some of these were manufactured at cost of SAYS and sold readily for SsO and $40. The O. Q. Clawson establishment, en- gagged in the manufacture of these novelties, is said to have shown profit of $8,500 per day at times. One ma chine, known as the Jack pot" real- ised $65 for the inventor on the first day 1t was put out in public. Clawson says he is the inventor of fifty of these devices
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

millionaire, 1t is a multimil lionaire." He was aluding particularly to Pres ident" Baer, but he may have had oth- CTS in his mind. Baer and his associ- ates dad more to defeat their case, and to digcredlt it in the public estimation. than amy thousand witnesses or hun dred attorneys on the other side could have done. This is what the lawyer meant. Portland Telegram.
 Charles Emory Smith, the Philadek phia editor, who was postmaster gen. eral under President Mckinley, has de. cided that another statement from himf in regard to his administration Of the department was needed. When he published his former statement he be-, lieved that it would suffice, but be now thinks that something more ought to be said. Like Heath and all tue other good men who are involved by recent revelations of departmental fmisman- agement he would have been glad to let by-gones be by-gones, but perhaps Payne's frequent references to the stat ute of limitations do not quite satisfy him. Hartford Times.
 The foreman of a highway construc- ton gang In East G1'anby, whose name
 is Jim Foley, Gf we are to believe a
 Winsted corresponde ent's fale), says ne heard great cornmotton in a strip of
 woodland the other day. The men
 stood in terror, expecting a hurricane,
 Instead, they saw a snake twelve feet long and of proportionate girth. The
 snake paused, gazed at the workrnen, and then with lightning speed trailed { across a meadow to another strip of
 woodland and made for Talcott noun
 tain. MT Foley surely is not unfa-
 rniliar with the habits of ophid ians At present we cannot readily deter. mine if East Granby be no-license
 town, Bridgeport Post.
 Another piece of cool nerve on the
 part of the attorneys for the defense in the Jett and White case, who de- manded that Callahan summon the jury, was their request that Judge Hargis, a witness Cor the defense, of course), be allowed to remain in the court room during the trial The peos pie of Kentucky will be seriously nis. judged If 1t be assumed that they are in llumor to look with patience upon
 any further privileges to any of the of.
 ficials of Breathitt county. Already there is a strong belief in Kentucky that what should be awarded to suct
 men as Hargis and his precious under ling, Callahan, IS not privileges, but justice. Louisville Coufder-J Journal
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

The department Of forestry of the United State Bureau of agriculture says that the rapid disappearance of the best American timbers has devel. oped new method of economy, which is, in brief, that inferior timbers shall be pressed into service and by proper seasoning and preserving be made to take the place of those more valuable.
 The idea is the inevitable outcome of wasteful cutting, long continued which has cuiled the forests of their best trees, so that industries requiring high-grade woods at a low cost are less and less liable to obtain supplies at a price which they can afford to pay. White oak, forSexample, was for many years practically the only wood used for railroad ties. So abundant and cheap was this timber that it never occurred to the railroads 1t would not always continue to be abundant and cheap. Ties were laid without sea soning two days after they had been hewn, or were left to lie and decay in ditches of water before they were put in the track. But conditions have changed; white oak for ties, fence posts, piles and other common purposes can not be used to the same extent as formerly. and it's place has largely been taken by inferior timbers.
 It is not enough that forestry on a large scale replace the present waste full methods of cutting, since forestry can not make up immediately for what has been lost. 1t Is essential. while administering wisely to forests which still remain. that the tmbers cut be now put to their highest use; that a good timber be put only to a high-grade purpose, and that poor timber be substituted for good tim Der whenever it will do the work re- quired.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

The presidents reputation as a trust smasher rests largely on two court de- cisions obtained last year, says Wash ington writer. The beef trust was en- joined by the courts and the Northern Securities Go, railroad combination, was declared illegal in the United States circuit court. Tn neither case can any benefit to the ''plain people" be detected, even by the aid of the most powerful microscope. Both of these trusts are continuing to fix prices and rates that the people must pay, and it may be said right here that no decision under the Sherman law has resulted in permanent benefit to the people. The net result has been that the trusts have changed their form, but not their sub stance. No court decision has perma- nently lowered prices or rates, or taken the hands of the trusts out of the pock- cts of the people. Nor is 1t probable that court decisions will ever remedy the evils of trusts while we have high tariffs and other special privileges which give nonopolies powers and en- courage combinations and trusts. We must somehow overcome these monop- oly privileges before we can hope to get rid Of the evils of the trusts. But the president has set his face against any change in the trustrfattening tariff He even stopped of, on his recent stump ing tour, to help strangle the poor lit tie "Towa idea" which feebly declares, that tariffs which shelter trusts should come of. If people call this strenuous trust busting, they are easily satisfied
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
FR0GS IEOS 35c ID,
-I HAVE AT PRESENT

HAVE A AI FNESENI number of contracts for tiling bath rooms in old residences which are be- tng renovated.
 Tf you intend to build new house or fix over an old one this summer, don't fail to get estimates from me on Glazed, Vitreous and Rubber Tiiing, for bathroom, vestibule, kitchen or any other room where a neat and dur able. floor is desired at a minimum of expense.
 ThOS Jackson Successor to Charles JacksOa C s2n.
 SxzsSas BANK STRMEE
 xsst#bllshed 1858.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

You don't shut up your store now and then when you go a-hshing, or take day off. It would be just as good policy to do that, however. as to take out your at1vertisenssnt for a day now and then.a In effect, so fagtas seeking business publicity is concerned. that amounts to just the same thing as shutting up your store.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24
The Barlow Bros. Go
 e3-e5 GRAND STREET.
NOTICE.

Having purchased the cafe of NJ. J. Colloty, 327 Bank street, shall be pleased to see all my friends and the public generally, where they will find all the popular brands of cigars and choice wines, liquors. ales, lager. etc and d hearty welcome.
 CAL o'BRIEN. Manager.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

If you needed a thing yesterday you should not wait until tomorrow to ad- ysrtise for it. Try our want column to-day, 10 cents may bring what you want.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

If you are hermit or 8 recluse you may not have any wants to advertise. We can think of no others who. are exempt
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-06-24

1T will go fishing with you if you will promise to bait my hooks" said ths woman.
 TT won't promise" declared the man { s3 Every fisherman his own batter is
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-03
GOLDFISH.
The Proper Way to Care For These
Pretty Household Pets.

Goldfish are the cleanest and least
troublesome of pets. A quart Of
water to a fish is sufficient. A me.
dunn sized globe will accommodate
four fish and, containing some shells
ana a growing plant, which can be
bought OF the fish fancier, makes q
very pretty ornament for the room.
The water must be changed about
once week in cool and twice in
hot weather. With a cup | gently
dip out the fish, one at a time, and
put them In a bowl of fresh water,
which | have tried with my fingers
TO be sure it is of the same tempera~
ture. They can stand cold better
than heat. Then the globe and
shells must be secured and the plant
rinsed.
After the shells and plant have
been returned and the globe reflled
the fish can be put back the same
as taken out, and they show their
appreciation of being at home
again. | have fed mine once day
for nearly year on oat flakes,
about two to a fish, and they -four
ISL on their diet. They soon learn
to come to the top and accept food
from my fingers. They should be
fed nothing else, except fish food,
as meat aid bread are apt to sour
the water. If when cleaning the
globe | find particles of food among
the shells, / DO not feed them quite
so much. They must not have more
than they will eat, as it makes the
water cloudy The intelligence they
manifest seems wonderful to me.
One usually rules the "globe, !"
and it is not always the largest. /
have little tyrant too greedy to let
others eat until he has been served,
and he will chase one of his mates
twice his size. Goldfish repay what
little trouble they cause. They are
not especially suitable for children,
as they do not thrive so well when
tempered with. Let them live in
their own way and they will be hap
py.-Good Housekeeping.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-03
A Hot Bath to Brinq Sleep.

A hot bath will bring sleep. Sup
pose person be so tired out by
overwork of any kind as to feel
nervous, irritable and worn, to be
absolutely certain that bed means
only tossing for hours in an unhap-
by wakefulness 1--WE all know this
condition Of the body and mind),
turn or the hot water in the bath
room and soak in the hot bath until
tie drowsy feeling comes, which will
be within three minutes; turn OH
cold water until it becomes tepid !;
then rub yourself with a coarse
Turkish towel until the body is per-
fectly dry and then go to bed. You
will sleep the sleep Of the just and
rise in the morning wondering how
you could have felt so bad the
night before. The bath has saved
many a one from a sleepless night
if not from severe headache the
next morning.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-03
FATE OF THE FLIES.
What Becomes of All That Are Pro.
duced Each Season?

s q
An exchange quotes a distin-
guished entomologlst as saying that
a single female lily will lay 12O eggs
during her life of from ten to ff-
teen days and that Of these ninety
or hundred will produce other
flies. During a summer twelve OF
thirteen generations Of these flies
will be produced, so that millions il
enc season may be the descendants
of single fly.
Millions is feeble word to ex-
press the number that would be
produced under this estimate. Put
ting the first generation at 100 and
allowing that half Of them are fe-
males, the second generation would
number 5000, with $500 females.
The third generation would number
100000, the fourth 1,250,00O and
the fifth 62,5OO,0O0. Continuing
the calculation on the same system
to the twelfth generation, we should
get a grand total of 4,882,812, $780,
000,O0O,O00, or, expressed in words,
four quintillions, eight hundred and
eighty-two quadrillions, eight hun
dred and twelve trillions, five hun
dred billions, number quite incon-
ceivable. Estimating the popula-
ton of the earth at a billion and d
half, this would give 3,255,208,-
1913 1-3 flies to every man, woman
and child on earth, all the descend
ants of one fly in a single summer.
It is true in this calculation we
have taken the higher number of
flies to begin with--lOO instead of
9O-but in return we have left off
the thirteenth generation Gas un-
luckyl, which would have given us a
total fifty times greater, SO the cal
culation may be taken as fair one.
It must be that the estimate of
flies or Of generations is too liberal.
A great many of the eggs must per-
ish, and the number of flies that are
Matched must be overestimated. We
could not cope with the flies at the
rate of increase here given.
The question is pertinent. What
becomes of all the flies louisville
Courier-J ournal.
The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1903-09-03
Intoxicated Insects.

A dahlia garden where the fow-
ers are cut at about noon is q regu-
lar pothouse for bees and wasps and
even the big bungling bumblebeea
do not refuse to imbibe. From the
cut stem of the plant on sunny days
about noon a juice exudes that seems
to be whole sideboard of intoxi-
cants for the insects, and for two or
three hours afterward the won't go
home till morning state is very ap-
parent -lThe-indIstrious. steady 1e-