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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
CHINESE LOVE FOR GAMBLlNl


Celestia1s Even Bet on the Number
Seeds in an Orange.
One of the most common ways
betting in China Is with oranges. "
goes on at the fruit stalls and also
private houses. The bet is on the ny
Der Of seeds In an orange. SometllI
it Is as to whether the number Is n
or even, and at others as to the e1T
number of seeds the orange contall
If at a fruit stand, the dealer will 4
the lucky guesses five times his
but the loser must pay the value Of
orange, also five times as much as
has wagered.
Quail fighting Is done on a table n
little fence about its edge. The fsI
ing quails have been starved for 81
time. AS they are put into the pei
few grains of wheat or rice are
before them and they at once begin
fight over them. They are trained
the purpose, and a good fighter
worth 500 and upward.
1t is the same with the cricK9
Their prize rings are little bowls. y
crickets have been trained. They seI
to understand their masters word, v
they are urged on to the combat VI
straws. The Chinese understand "
to feed and groom the crickets TOT
fray. They give them honey p0i
chestnuts and boiled rice and cefuI
kinds of fish. They do not allow II
one to smoke near them, for they guy
that tobacco injuries them. Il
crickets grow sick they FEED ~
upon mosquitoes and red ants.
In a cricket fight the criekets
weighed before they are put II
ring. They are matched as to SIG 7
color. The betting is done just % y \
fully as at an English horse race
stakes are held by COMMITTEES W.
deduets a certain percentage foF -
who own the fighting houses pa
the fight the gamblers grow eAts
They scream and yell and hop "
down as one insect gets the bel'sA :
the other, and go almost mad Rnsn
wins.
The Chinese have all sorts OF gar
says the London Mail, but m
games of chance. Even in hte-h
the boys and mentor even the
fly kites-will try to see which nas
strongest string, forcing his
against the string of Others 70
them. In such contests the string
often soaked with glue and ~
with powdered glass that they mas
or saw the better. At every y
however. there are games of que
upon which money is staked.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
WHEN SUMMER DIES.
Glories of a Summer Day Down o.
the Old Farm,

Glories of a Summer Day Down on
the Old Farm.
Let's go back to the old farm for a
day just to catch q glance of fading
Indian summer and the yawning time
of year. 1t Is lazy month. Old Moth
er Nature is sleepy. She sits with
hands folded and waits for the white
mantle and the long rest The country
Is beautiful in spring and gorgeous as
the summer wanes and every valley
becomes an art gallery.
In the early morning we leave the
old farmhouse, snuff the crisp, keen
air and start out on a tramp There
Is no smoke, no rumble of trucks and
jar of trolley cars. Miles away a
hound on the trail Is baying, and the
sound is waited over hills and mead
ows clear as a bell, and it arouses the
wildness In our breast and takes us
back many years.
Let's walk, let's cover miles and get
just as far from trouble and worry and
business as We can. Why, this is the
abode of peace. 1t doesn't seem posi-
BILE that strife and passion and wrong
can exist so close to the earths BOSOM
We pass through the old orchard.
gather late apples that, somehow, have
flavor that Is lost when the fruit
leaves the orchard; follow the crooked
path that winds like a great serpent
across the pasture, labor across the
new ploWed fields and find the smell of
fresh earth grateful. Here's the brook,
We tished there once with bent pins.
There was only warm sunshine In
those days-sunshine and butterflies,
How good life was when we were
young! And there is the woods no
longer gloomy and mysterious, but COR
geous with all the glow of the peacock,
painted by frost and sun, every tree a
rainbow, every bush a bouquet. Isn't
1t strange that nature makes death 90
attractive?
Listen. Do you hear the music? Chill
dren are laughing. There Is a har-
mony In the natural mirth of little
folks more tuneful than anything that
man has ever written. 1t is so sweet
that even the photograph has failed to
reproduce it, and it never rings clearer
than down on the old farm when there
is nutting expedition on.
Takes us back about 40 years
doesn't it?-back to the time of stone
bruises and battered fingers and red
cheeks End healthy appetites and q
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
IN : QDEZlALS6H
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

he will be sad however gay the others He VIII carry
with hin, that du pain in the which Is the symptom
of worry and proves really bodily as well as menAl
aiment. .-.,. ~ MI. a
For few days this state of mind VIII last tns q
l1 tho clouds will clear away and the mind will have
peace again. Nothing may have happened exterlorV ~
poruce this pleasant effect The facts which gave rise "
the worry may just they We're before Inc cn"ns
has taken place within the mind and the cause OF II ICES
in anv outside event but In the interior Of the mind ITSELF
Worry and grief energy and soon exhaust tne
mind and body With exhaustion comes
beginning of ease. Reaction sets H. anu Inc s2s'
like water soon regain their proper level. worry
cannot alter fact It is therefore, foolish waste OF
energy The man who worries is as silly as man VINO
would run after an express train that had an hours start
of him. He cannot do away with awkward state or facs
nv Worrying any more than he could overake express
train by running after worrying while he nnds h-
self in the with the man that has chased tne
train bated clean forspent He has had MS ouoe
for nothing.-San Francisco Bulletin.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
InVinCibIe Kanaaa.

We don't hear any more about the
devastation of Kansas by grasshop
pers. The insects still flourish out
there, but are no longer regarded as
pests. They are actually encouraged
to multiply. The farmers have discov
cred that turkeys will thrive and grow
fat on diet of grasshoppers. To-day
thousands Of turkeys are owned in the
western part Of Kansas. The fowls
live almost exclusively an a diet OF
grasshoppers, and each bird is said t.
be able to consume between a pint ant
a quart of the insects every day
Utica Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

at the show, and memory must fill tbo
gaps and do the rest. -1-A ZIG
We've seen the bags filled with nrts
.ne uog chase imaginary game into q
brush heap; we've eaten lunch IN thu
woods and drunk from a spring and
our hearts are filled with the glory ~
II ali. We have been closer to the
power mat rules the world and makes
,ne seasons. and we are glad that II
mas been given to us to live out ,,noth
er october day.-Cincinnati Post,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

thousand things that fade away when
we are no longer young. We used to
be In just such a party, and the dog
looks just like the stump tailed dog we
had. Why it must become here,
Sport, come here, good dog"
1t Is useless! That was 40 years
ago. Time doesn't turn backward
even for old men who have made fame
IN the business world. We can watch
the happy children, breathe the sweet
air OF the country once in while, gaze
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
Insane

Burroughs want to borrow a hun
dred dollars.
Brokeleigh-You don't mean YOU
want to borrow it of meP
Burroughs-Well, that was nv idea
Brokeleigh-Well, say, if you should
ever get hold Of hundred dollars
you'd better give it to a specialist or
mental diseases and find out how YOU
ever got such a crazy idea.-Philadel
phia Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
slgLEs IN NEW YoRt
They Can BE Had An All Lan.
and at AAl Price. = 4

They Can BE Had in All L..
and at AL Prices. !. aas
Bibles are as plentiful III M.
as blackberries in August. o,,a s. ~
house offers the scriptures Il i. IS
three languages. Not only tbs
the Bible is offered In many aIg.
forms in most of these lar,Quasss'
whole, the New Testament o, asst !.
gospels and the Psalms sinQlv ~ rs
languages with parallel texts 81 Il
the reader may not only make NM,
acquainted with holy writ, BIT j ~ NJ
same time may acquire some IN,
edge of foreign tongue.
They are Of all prices. II van :,
you may have the scriptures III u
key morocco, with gilt edges ana /
eled boards, for SIS, or you NAV T.
the whole Bible in cloth or paper {
rather small print at 10 cents n
may have the New Testament - 4
same fashion for cents, or Won Il
have a single gospel in any ona
half a dozen languages for . cai,
You may get paper-bound Chins
Bible in four volumes for ST. n \
New Testament in Chinese for hos
dollar. The Japanese Bible enfl
costs 30 cents, and the New Ter,
ment 30 cents. You may have the N
Testament in Malay for use in o,a
island possessions at rs cents, or 4,
one Of the gospels in Tagalog ii
cents. The Cherokee New Testa,ns
costs 80 cents, and you may have
scriptures in whole or in part In 4
one Of half a dozen American Ind
languages at prices varying from
cents to 81, says the New York Tim
The German-English New MI
ment, with the two texts in panl
columns, costs IS cents, and an Itab
English st. Matthew costs 10 70,
You may have Hebrew English
Testament, bound In sheep, for 81
or a Greek-English New Testament
IS cents. These bilingual script
are vastly helpful to any one wis
i'll a hurry to acquire reading knoI
edge Of foreign tongue.
Bibles for the blind are printed
two forms, line letters, and what
known as the New York point prI
You may have the whole Bible III
former style. making eight volumes
So, or making sixteen volumes, fOr
In the other style of printing the WhoI
Bible, making eleven volumas cost
81. Portions Of the Bible printed Tod
the blind cost from S5 to 50 @aAI
1t is said that these prices equal OH
about one-third of the cost Of pfllir
the Bible for the blind. The saleQ
the books is necessarily small, as phi
small portion of the blind can aHa
to buy them.
The scriptures are printed In grea
variety Of forms, In order to meet eV
cry possible need and demand. Ths
Bible in whole or in part Is printed in
Chinese under about a score Of dlfeN
cnt forms. There are more than twiS
as many forms of the scriptures
German. There are more than thlrt
forms even in Welsh, and more tha
fifty in Spanish. There are nearly tht
ty forms of the Bible or parts Of III
African dialects. To furnish eve
inhabitant Of the Greater New Ya
with the whole Bible in his natl
tongue at the cheapest rate wed
probably cost half a million dollars.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

We have typewrlters and skilled
stenographers, and all kinds of patent
machines to make the business CORE
spondence safe and secure. And we
are still careless. We spend days get
ting up an important document, seal
1t In an envelope and then address 1t
III such a villainous and slovenly man.
ner that no human being can hope to
decipher it. The dead letter office re-
port for the last fiscal year clinches the
. fact. Nearly 100000 pieces Of mail
matter reached It., and the increase
over the preceding year was per cent.
In 5O.S69 parcels and letters there was
money amounting to $4S.49S. and COM
mereial papers worth $1,399, 1925. Some
Of US ought to go to night school.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

- Wouldn't You like something of Sir
Arthur Doyle's?" asked the salesman.
''sir Arthur Doyle? Who is he2" said
the customer an intelligent-looking
woman in search of new book. "Why,
A. Conan Doyle, you know, author
Of" "Oh, l see. l had forgotten that
he has title now," said the woman,
as she examined the book. 1t was a
curious and amusing illustration of the
change In appearance which court dress
makes In familiar figure.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Fhepong to be matched axnec+od ~
nave as many devoees the
N"N LAG 'nAnS pronounced
unnuNe aHa1 also the
"nch pitches the ball at the a
even novice at the bouor
h Is demanded on the of He has small ht
ihch ana half with
ned arranged with catching ont the Inc
pan arranged anu Tie "noe
The game has already popular in Tondon o,s :.
to America Is
OF society itself -Ae"Se ele interest
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
Don't Worry.

- NE of the most curious phenomena Of human life is
the way in which troubles and misfortunes exhaust
themselves and vanish into nothing. Something may
may threaten to occur which will worry a
man exceedingly. His spirits will sink, his appetite
will leave, sleep will quit his bed and he will go about
moping detected and thoroughly unhappy. In company
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
Cases of SnnalInnr-

Smallpox, as officially reported In the
United States from June % to Sept
8, 1902, amounts to 5,021 cases, with
317 deaths. For the corresponding pc,
riod in 1901 there were 1854 cases
with 231 deaths.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

: Hetty Green is seeking to foreclose
on Chicago church. Is this to be con-
strued as an effort to lay up some treas
ure In heaven7
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

i Canada, too, Is fearful Of financial
stringency: This indicates that the crop
of American embezzlers with money to
burn has not been as large as usual.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

- Count Bout rde tCastellane has been
deprived of his seat in the French
Chamber of Deputies. 1t was sad but
glorious day for France when Boni
went down and out .'.,5.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Nerve food manufacturers ought to
offer fancy prices for testimonials from
that saloonkeeper who reported to the
police that his, gambling machine had
been robbed.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

In time foreign noblemen may learn
that the readiness of matrimonial
agents to accept retainers Is no sign Of
their ability to deliver the goods.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Mareoni says he has succeeded in tele-
graphing across the ocean without
wires. Now for Mars. 7 -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

One of the Western universities Of
fers Its students this year course in
rural sociology" one of the first, If not
the first, that has been proposed. 1t will
take up farmers organizations, the
q Grange and others; agricultural educa-
ton by colleges, experiment stations
and institutes; the relation of the
church and school to the farm commu.
nifty; the influence Of telephones, free
rural mail delivery, and the like; the
relative efficiency Of large and small
farms, the value of machinery, and
a manytother related subjects. Sociolo.
gists have concerned themselves hither.
to with the life of the city, mainly;
but the country also has It's problems
and every one of them affects, more OF
q less directly, the health and prosperity
-q of the town. That we are all members
of one body" is, indeed, the lesson most
needful for every citizen to learn. 80
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

A Russian nobleman has written to
hetNeRuY orki board of health express
ing his desire to marry some Amerl,
can girl who has at least $4,000, Does
he think these international marriages
have become so bad that they have to
be governed by the authorities who
look. after contagious diseases2
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

,r.- The statement Is made that Andrew
:, Carnegie is putting over $6,0OO,OOO an
Nc 0ually into public libraries and proposes
to keep up the gait indefinitely. Few
). persons win find fault with Mr.. Carne-
giles liberality.. He has the money and
" he might easily spend It for worse
III things than books. c But. why should
tn philanthropy SO often take the form of
luxuries? Books are education of A
higher form. They are the high schools
2 and the finishing touches-good things,
a4 but not all-important. The common
school education is necessary. To every
human being should come at least the
rudiments of education. We want the
libraries and we must have the schools.
II And that brings us to condition that
Is disgrace in almost every city and
town in the United States. There are
not enough schoolhouses. Children are
born and reach school age faster than
- ''F'"els faP'iities multiply Thousands
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

1t was a cold day for the old-fash-
Toned spellbinder when the variety art
list became political factor The old
flag and an appropriation cut mighty
little figure with an audience which
Is waiting for the team" of McGlib-
berty and McGlabberty to take the
center of the stage and begin kicking
each other in the stomach.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Color as well as cut has always va
ried with the decree Of fashion in the
seasons garments. The girls pore over
the fashion plates of to-day, consider
Ing the question of electric blue or au-
tomo1,ne red, burnt orange or corona
ton 40 SOM niicate scale of
faintBlackstock is ~-;kg one into an
other, yet eacE~ohade with it's prescrib-
ed and special name, Yet they do not
realize that these novel tints are COM
monty but revivals of old colors under
new names. But old-time fashion was
much more fantastic In its bestowal of
names upon the more than rainbow
range of hues employed by both men
and women in the gay and courtly
days Of taffetas and brocade, powder
and patches, rapiers and red-heeled
shoes. A recent writer with a fancy
for unearthing bygone oddities has col
lected some of them. To mention q
few only, we have kiss-of-dawn, agitat-
ed-nymph, dying-rose, kitten's-tongue
bridalblush and Cupid s-feather. These
were all varying shades Of pink. Cap,
tain s-glory was vivid flame color
smOke-of Vesuvius, dull red; fading
hope, pallid violet-gray; fair-savage
a bronze-brown. Penitent-hermit, dus
ty-traveler and evening-mist were
grays, and falthful-shepherd, filght-of
the-lark and dream-of- the beloved-ont
were all blue. Love's-arbor. merry
hunter and Dread were greens; ca
nary's-tail and Midas Joy were, OF
course, yellow. We are less grotes1ut
and less romantic nowadays, although
beauty goes no less beautifully dressed
than formerly. and no less variously. Il
Iris, the goddess of the rainbow, coult
but look over the shoulders of a crowt
of modern ladies she would surely
blush for the simplicity of her vaunte;
prismatic robe. Only seven colors, ant
no trimming!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Educated cats are all the rage now in
Partisan society. This seems to be
case of. education going to waste.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

For no world except that sort of intellectual
dandyism which say that they trans
port thing instead Of that they carry it; that they
purchased" what in reality they just bought" that
authors painters best work is his "chefdoeuvre"
of his masterpiece and that many literary
fedglings and scientific and philosophical writer's
cIohe their thoughts in long wordsnot nfre
quently invented by themselves-which nobody but
pedantc professor of rhetoric understand be
cused for using.
THE bane of philosophy" says Walter Bagehot, sis
pomDosy. And mental and verbal dandysm is the bane
of the talking and writing of too many who have got
sufficient education to despse the simplicity of those less
taught than themselves but not enough culture appe
ciate the beauty and power of simple clear English
how is emascuated when from other tongues
mixed with it.-Kansas City Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Trolley lines are to be introduced in
the Philippines. No wonder the less
deadly, army is now to be reduced.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

i, Admiral Beresford thinks England
and the United States could lick the
5f9stasoR the world. Doubtless but as the
,Fest of the world Is Winding its own
business, what's the use? r.-... ,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

z Many people are finding comfort in
the announcement that Alfred Austin
has written a poem entitled "Good-
Night" -. -.------L IL
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

When it comes to laughing
the pessimist is a bear and the OPT
u bull.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Any man who lives up to his epitaph
ID dead one,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10
EmOIish Words Good ENOUGH.

YHY should the operator of automobile be
~ J called in England America by the French
NV word Chauffeur" instead of by the good old
Anglo-Saxon word driver" which the English
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

Otto Coppenhaver, of Indianapolis,
has been found guilty of killing his wife
and sentenced to be hanged. When first
arrested he made no denial Of his
crime and exclaimed to reporter: IF
/ want to kill my wife it is nobody's
business, is it?" Rather strange con-
ception, that of this degenerate! II
he wanted to kill his wife certainly 1t
was her business as well as his. He
probably did not consult her wishes In
the matter. If he purposed killing his
wife 1t was society's business as well
as his. Society objects to the murder
of it's members, as Coppenhaver has
discovered. ut Is nobody's business"
How many crimes have been commit
ted behind that shield? ut Is nobody's
business" argues the man who drinks
to excess. If the individual were a
Crusoe, living and dying on a desert
island with no one to comrade but q
man Friday, 1t might be nobody's bust
ness. Yet even Friday might object.
ut Is nobody's business" asseverates
the citizen who takes advantage of
a trade to rob his neighbor. 1T is no.
body's business SO long as / do not
violate the law" Bah! That was
Coppenhaver's excuse for the murder
Of his wife. He simply carried the
logic little further and violated the
law. "Nobody's business" is the devils
business. You cannot commit a wrong
without interfering with somebody
business. II 1t Is nobody elses business
1t Is Gods business. In this world
every human is linked to some other
human, and we are all linked to God
You cannot injure yourself without in.
1uring your neighbor or relative OF
friend. You cannot injure your neigh
Dor Wintout injuring society. You can,
not inse 2 society without injuring God
Almighty, the author of society.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

DAVIS 8 SHORE, Publishers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-01-10

\ Nv one seeking to understand the movement OF
settlers into the Canadian Northwest from the
United States has only to look at the conditions III
I Illinois and the other Commonwealth that were