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The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

amount, no doubt, goes for the intro
ductlon Of new ideas which have been
devised to aid in the work of DESTROY
ing these pests, and perhaps this latest
trap, the invention of a Kentuckian,
will receive a share of attention and
serve its purpose In many a field. The
inventor takes advantage of the we'll
known propensity Of insects to f1v tn
ward light, the fame In this instance
being mounted within a metallic cas-
ing, to which entrance Is .painad
through four tunnels pointing In differ
ent dt@ctions. Once within the hood
IT, insect soon falls to the reservoir
beneath, wherein a quantity Of fnsects-
eide has been placed to complete the
destruction of those which escape tho
actual contact with the fame Men
ton is also made of the flames rising
from the liquid and impregnatine the
atmosphere around the fame to over
come the insects and cause them to
fall into the LIQUID.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

greater Mexican army is supplenel'
with plans for a larger naval &
lishment, two vessels for Wnlcl
now under construction at the Z
cent shipyard, Elizabethtown, ~ :
this development Of her mlll'Al
sources Mexico is following tHe T.
al policy of enlightened natlOn
believed in some quarters tnas ~
tegrity of Mexican instltulOu
be severely tested when ftssg ",
Diaz retires from office, ana y
strong government, including a. n n
tive military establishment, vi
needed to protect the repuDllc
serious internal disorder ~
sibly with a view Of pFoYiu-
such an emergency that ne " NJ
movement for a large and uaS'.
army has been instituted'-hu
Navy Journal. L
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
Skating on Water.

1t would seem that skating on water
may be successfully accomplished,
says Tit-Bits. A German inventor has
made a hundred-mile journey with
water shoes on the surface of the River
Danube. The shoes are cylindrical III
shape, and are made of aluminium to
give them extreme lightness. They are
several feet long, and are propelled by
treading movement, which causes
four oar-shaped wings to revolve The
inventor claims that he can travel or
water three times as fast as he can
walk on land, and that locomotion Is as
safe on rough water as ON smooth. He
hopes to have the shoes made a part OF
every well-regulated life-saving sta.
finD
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

statutes coincide with equity. This condt,op 1.
lawyers can bring about. sulga
In politics the demand for serious serv4a
AS have to do with wise and clean nsas sss ga
men instead of vote manipuators we shan sal
more the need for them. We shall demand 10. lO ~
who can lead in action but who can nray.a 0us
action Often the policy which seems most at.a a
the majority is full of danger for the futpra =
men who can face popular opinion and If need d 1 y
it down. 4Ea68E5 E5s8 5fs9a75 Y n
The need Of the teacher will not grow less u. I.
tury goes The history of the future is wttos e
schools of to-day, and the reform which plvaa =
schools is the greatest Of reforms. Free should t M
ar be-free and brave, and to such as thesoT ta vi
tieth century will bring the reward Of the scholar
The twentieth century will mark an eeoch s..
tory of religion. Some say idly that religion Il ,
hold in these strenuous days. But she il M Y
simply changing her grip. The religion Of mi, sls
will be practical. more real. It viii de.I u
days of the week well as with the Sabbath u el
as potent in the markets Of trade ae In tta MAJ. "
cathedral for mans religion is his working hynotss
life not of life in future world, but Of lfa ra
to-day, the only day we have in which to build ss
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

to the covered fire. Once in while
someone hears of case OF special af-
Fiction, and nearly always the ma
chinery of rescue is set in motion by
Christian hands. But we hear of one
in thousand. The others are left to
their suffering, their hopelessness,
their degradation. We have untold
millions to spend and immeasurable
sympathy and ministration to bestow
in China, India-the farther away the
hetter-whiIe here at home, within
sound Of our own church bells, scarce
stones throw from our sumptuous
residences, poverty, pain, despair all
flourish, and the pagan ferment of the
slums creates increasingly material for
the brothel and jail.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

a suspicion-I hope unfounded-that
my correspondent is getting at me"
with view of inspiring wholesome
terror in the hearts of women of dis
honest proclivities who do their shop
ping in the West End. But as that is
desirable end, have no objection
to cooperating in 1t to this extent. It
may perhaps be useful If mention at
the same time that, according to my
shopkeeping friend, his manageress is
very muscular woman and her weap-
on a formidable one. Perhaps some
OF the shopkeepers Of Selby may feel
inclined to give trial to this castiga.
tory cure for kleptomanfa.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

If you would realize the immensity of
the United States study trade statis-
tics. We talk about bilIion-dollar Con-
crosses; now let's think about a billion
dollar commerce. In the year ending
March 81, 1908, the imports Of the Uni
ted States reached billion dolalrs.
That is the first time imports ever
reached the billion mark. Uncle Sam
is good customer. 1t is a fact that Is
as good peace guarantee as feet Of
warships. Countries that are selling US
a thousand million dollars worth Of
things to eat, drink, wear and use in a
single year would at least think twice
before affronting such a customer and
strangling such a market. The pros
porous way Of doing busines is said to
be to sell more than you buy. The
United States Is doing that, and feed
ing nations. The exports for the year
ending March 81 reached the stupen-
ious total Of $1,414, ,786, $50, and cover
ed everything from steel bridges to dol
Lar watches, breakfast foods TO bottled
beer. This is big country. It's own
people can scarcely comprehend the
greatness Of the empire. Why, the
farms alone are worth three thousand
million dollars. We have a billion dol
lar trust, billion-dollar crops, billion
dollar bank savings. We have just
launched ship that will carry 10000
tons of freight, and more are building.
The mines of the Northwest will give
up 25,O0OOOO tons of iron ore in a sin
gle season. From Maine to California
big things are in progress. All this Is
the wonder of the civilized world, and
when put into figures the totals simply
stun humanity. Big! Why, when you
can count all Of the stars and the grains
of sand on the seashore, you'll he able
to measure the glory and greatness of
America! We should pray for humil-
ity-power to bear our greatness with
| honor and dignity. We should see to
it that morals, education, charity, civic
Righteousness, all the higher things of
life, keep pace with the mighty strides
Of commerce. For. unless they do, the
years Of our greatness are surely mum.
| bered.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

If Russia can bulldoze China in the
matter of the province she will acquire
such a prestige at Pekin that no
amount Of diplomatic persuasion later
will restore the other powers to their
1eightful status with the Chinese court.
So impudent are the Russian demands
and so grave their import that a joint
note from the powers is to be expected
forthwith. else good-by to all hope for
the rescue Of China from the thraldom
of a combination of Chinese reaction
and Russian selflshness.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
New Cure for Kleptomapia,

A few years back West End shop-
keeper, prompted by some remarks IN
Truth as to the best punishment for
kleptomaniac woman shoplifters. wrote
to inform me that he had adopted the
plan of giving every woman detected
In purloining articles in his shop the
option OF being summarily birched by
the manaeeress or prosecuted by the
ordinary process of law. The same
correspondent now writes to renor+ the
result of his operations in this d,re,.
ton up to the present time. In all he
says twenty women have accepted the
ordeal of the birch, in addition to two
young girls Of foreign nationalitv
who, in consideration of their tender
years, were treated to a milder form of
chastisement. l am not, of course IN
position to guarantee the accuracv
Of this information; 1 own, indeed tn
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

The movement to honor by suita-
BILE memorial the English newspaper
correspondents who lest their lives In
the South African War revives the rec
objection of service performed under
trying and perllous conditions. The
committee of the Institute of Journal
lists has been compiling list of the
correspondents who were killed or
died Of disease while in the discharge
of duty. "Killed at Wagon Hill,''
skilled at Slingersfontein," "Killed at
cIafeking," "Died of fever at Simons
Town"-so runs the record. The cost
of war in money falls into insignif-
cance when compared with Its cost in
men. Try how they may, no class of
men concerned in war can escape the
fatal toll of the battlefield.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
MEXICAN ARMY,
WALL Soon Number 100000 Perfectly
Equipped RoIAiera

WILL Soon Number 100000 Perfectly
Equipped Soldiers.
Mexico, which next to the United
States, is the most orderly and stable
of all the American republic, is pur
suing policy Of military expansion
which seems likely to develop highly
efficient system of national defense. It
is the desire Of President Diaz that
within two years the Mexican govern
ment shall be able on short notice tn
mobilize an army Of 100000 thor
oughiy trained and perfectly equipped
sololers. To make this result posi-
Die more than 100000 boys and young
men are now receiving regular daily
miltary instruction in 11,OOO public
SCHOOLS OF Mexico, and the army will
be recruited from their number This
"'"Hr'm for the creation of n
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

" Very few will be disposed to ques-
ton that in giving Of his millions to
Tuskegee Institute Mr.. Carnegie is
putting his money where it will do the
most good. He is satisfied that Dr.
Washington is solving the race prob
lem in the only way 1t can be solved,
and he does well and wisely to back
this belief with what Is most needed
in this great campaign Of practical ed
QIca tiOn
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

The announcement that Joseph
Chamberlain asked the King to bestow
upon his wife special mark of honor
which his Majesty wished to confer
on him must have caused the most
relentless enemy of the Colonial Sec
retary to lapse into momentary ad-
miration. All the world loves loving
and gracious recognition Of obligation,
and who is to measure Mr. Chamber
lain's Indebtedness to his American
wife?
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Sad news comes from Oklahoma,
where an investigation of the condition
of Lo the poor Indian has recently
been made by representative Of the
government. 1t appears that the In
dams of Oklahoma are suffering from
too much prosperity. Ten or twelve
years ago they were busy and happy.
They owned land, each head of a fam
lily had pony or two, a few dogs,
pigs, chickens and other necessities nf
life, and the days came and went with
a pleasing If somewhat monotonous
regularity. To-day the noble red men
OF Oklahoma appear to be rapidly 60
ing to the bad. Their land has turn
ed out to be valuable, and they are
leasing it to white men at high prices.
The result is that the Indians are no
longer forced to work for a living, and
they are rapidly falling into habits of
idleness and vice. The report of the
commissioner who has been looking
into the matter says: From habits
of industry and thrift these Indians, or
most Of them, have become idlers and
vagrants on the face of the earth. The
best friends Of the Indians are those
who are in favor Of compelling them to
work. Work is the salvation of these
Indians and their only salvation. The
leasing of lands has proved to be a
great calamity for a majority of them.
1t would be a thousand times better
for them If the leasing of lands was
prevented and the proposition present
ed to them fatty to work or starve."
This will probably be discouraging to
people who have longed to raise the In
dian up to nobler and better things;
but does it, after all, indicate that the
red man is essentially different from
his white brother? Is the Indian the
only one who can't broaden out and
progress in idleness?
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Millionaire Swift once said that no
man is rich enough to smoke 25-cent
cigars. However, it is likely that Mr..
Carnegie or Mr.. Rockefeller could
stand the strain OF three or four day
without incurrlng reputation for wild
extravaganza.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
STRIKES HELP woRkuNGMAN's CONDITION, .
BY Bishop Potter. J, n.


I believe in strikes, shocklne !, /
statement may seem. / believe !, 4
conservative value of the organl,sa1
from which the strikes come I'M
dition of the working man waa \
improved until in reply to the dem,,l
of a labor organization itself Or 4 ,a
interposition of persons not lnterss'
as capitalists or laborers. Tbe {
value of the labor organization / 4,
1t appears to be the only method I
which the great interests which 81,
themselves best by exacting mos !.
be obliged to yield some cOnsldenHI
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

One reason why legislatures hang on
forever is found in an overgrown men,
bership. There are in the average law
making body at least twice as many
members as there should be.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
The Wall of Severna.

The wall of Severus, separating Eng
land from Scotland, was thirty-six
miles long and guarded by twenty-one
forts. 1t was twenty feet high and
twenty-four feet thick, and to the north
was protected by moat forty feet wide
and twenty feet deep.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
Great Lumber Resources

The State of Washington has the
largest lumber resources in tie world.
One acre of Washington timber will
furnish In its lumber as many carloads
of freight as 120 years of wheat prod
uct from a Dakota farm.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

China, according to the census just
completed, has a population Of 426,-
100000. The Inhabitants Of Manchu-
ria, Mongolia, Tibet and TurkestAn
were not counted, but their number
was estimated. Nevertheless, by the
information we now have, the empire
is mere populous than ever before.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Read the appalling histories of the
poor in New York. They are mere
accidental revelations. They are to
the great mass of hidden misery and
degradation what the truant spark is
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

( Uncle Sam wants the Indians to
adopt English names, and in turn may
put Indian names on some Of the new
warships. This will be at least one
fair exchange which will not prove a
robbery Of the Indian
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

eROyER CLEVELAND cltlZens anu IT rH0' ,hor,
comnetelv made self respecting useful anu Sa4e
If onr hody politic they must be taught 10 uo
more than to wood and draw water n 1tt +bon
ho onanad for them to engage in something oe'tl -
NC ico and their interests must be aroused 10
rds of Intelligent occupation and careful thrlft'
believe that the exgency can only be aoequatey e'
through the instrumenality of we'll equipped
tis :5t,oI schools conducted either Independently
49, IN connection with ordinary educational institutions
am convinced that good citizenship an orderly
life and proper conception of civic virtue and
are almost certain grow out of fair chance 10 earn m
honest hopeful livelihood and satsneu senSe u oOl
nrotection and considerae treatment
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
INSECT TRAP FOR NIGHT USE.
An inexpensive Method for Killing
Insects That Fly.

The Government Bureau of Statistics
is authority for statement containing
figures reaching into the hundreds Of
millions Of dollars as indicating the ex-
penditure applied directly to fighting
the insects and worms which damage
the cotton, wheat, corn and other crops
which form such a substantial part of
our revenues. A large portion of this
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

tieth century will be this axiom in geometry: Inc
straightest line the shortest distance between two
points" If something needs doing do it; the more plain
ly directly, honestly, the better
Democracy does not mean equalty-just the reverse
of this. 1t individual responsibility, equality be-
fore the law, course, equality Of opportunity but no
other equality that by faithful service. The
social system that bids rise must also let them fa
they MAINTAIN themselves To become the right
man means the dismissal of the wrong.
The weak, the incompetent the unframed, the diss
pated find growing welcome in the century which is
coming will have place for the unskilled aborer
bucket Of water and basket Of coal will do all that the
unskled laborer do if have skilled for their
direction. The unsked laborer is product Of democ
racy" He exists in spite Of democracy.
The lawyers Of the future will not be peaders before
juries They will their clients from need Judge
jury every civilized nation the lawyers must be
the awgivers The sword has given place the green
bag The demand of the twentieth century will that the
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Descriptions Of President Castro, of
Venezuela, turning from affairs of
state to attend a lawn party recall the
man who had so many troubles and
carried them so lightly that friend
asked in wonder. How do you man
age to keep so cheerful?" Because l
have to-" was the significant reply.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

The man who brings the flush of hap
piness to a woman's cheek, who drives
away the traces Of care and unhappi-
ness, who coaxes back the glow Of
youth--he makes powder puffs.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Municipal Ownership il, xxx y. /
A comprehensive return o.. o. - utlIl
cial workings of the "puonS ~ N
undertakings IN British 'o"4 .ss 4
les has just been given to : : HI
through a government e0s,a : ,taeb, j
ers the four years ended mar osrrjs
The principal undertaklnss ~.
by the 200 corporations 1o.. cppas
kets, 223; waterworks, lsspr ls9, lOs;
143; baths, 1873; electricishh is. shh,rbots
works, 81; tramways' 80, f.. Felss
The aggregate net pron's
AT, ,522.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Some people are just dying to get into
society-if we ore to believe the ac-
counts of the prominence Of some re-
cent victims in murder cases.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

A few more anti-merger decisions to
nsqueeze the water out of stocks, and
Wall street will be wondering if the
levees will hold.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

Scientists tell us that England Is be-
$ dng eaten up by the sea, but she man.
Il ages to make him pay well for his
" hoard
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
DEMOCRACY or THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
By jacob could Schurman, President {

State schools are. SO far as mental ha5I5
and the acquisition Of knowledge 80, vastly I
perior to either church schools or private schoS
Private and church schools tend to breed nj
and division among the children Of the ce5
munity. The public school, on the other BAH
is the mirror Of the republic. In the puba
schools Of town you have the purest dens
racy in the world When we look at hard taaI
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

we see that it is folly to blame the schools for dee6
blood lapses Of virtue and blight of character Viii
neither laws nor our policy requires the schools
combat. You must blame the church. you must blame
offenders you must blame yourselves when your chls
become the victims of intemperance, vice or impie
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

According to the British budget, the
Boer war so far has cost England
q 81, ,085, 100000. Was the game worth
&-the candle?
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

It doesn't take much praise to spoil
the man who can't stand criticism.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

# you suffer from "cat fear' take q
dose Of catnip.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

The fellow was right who said "for-
tune seldom knocks at the door of the
iknocker."
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

To some people truth is stranger than
fiction because they have so little to do
with the former.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
IMPROVE THE NEGRO'S CONDiIlON'
pvFYpresIdeHt pv Grover CIeVeIana'

If Is foolish for us to blind our eyes
- +ho fact that more should be done
to improve the condition of our negro
nonulation, And it should be entlrely
nlajn to all of us that the sooner ~ 'nlS
is undertaken the sooner will a serious
dntv he discharged. and the more surrey
will we guard ourselves against ru'uLe are
trouble and danger. II we are W -.
i,,st and fair toward our colored reno"
l if thnr ara to be more
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

There is an age when every girl wants
TO go on the stage, just as there is when
every boy wants to be pirate.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
WORK OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
Rr parld $. Lor 1an. Prestaent Of leland sta

The twentieth century will be strenuous COM
plex and democratic Strenuous 1t must De- as
we can all see. Our century has host OF Things
to do-bold things, noble things, tedious tnlnss'
difficult things, enduring things.
More than any Of the others, the twentieth
century will be democratic The greatest dis
covery of the nineteenth century was that of the
reality of external things. That Of the twen-
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04

DAVIS 3 gHoRn. publlshers.
The Caldwell tribune., 1903-07-04
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She-Jack wants a quiet wedding
Her Chum-WeIl, let him have it. It's
the last quiet day he'll ever have
New York Journal
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-19
EXPECT A BIG RUSH
Fertile Lands in the Shoshone
Country Are to Be
Opened.

Expectant eyes are turned towards the
fertile valleys Of the Snake river in Ida
no. On July ] about $1,000 acres OF land
viii be opened for settlement there under
what is known as the Carey act About
10000 acres are to be opened later. The
Twin Falls Land & Water company has
completed share of the irrigatIng canal
in the vicinity of where the property Is
located, and it is expected that there
viii be a rush into that country as the
date for the opening approaches
The Oregon Short Line has announced
special rates for June 20, q and p, to &C
cOmmOdate those who want to take adj
vantage Of the opportunity. Each per
son is allowed to take not to exceed 100
acres under the conditions Of the contract
entered into by the state with the canal
company. a land office viii be tempo
raTlly established at Shoshone. About 800
settlers can be accommodated at this time
i every settler takes The fun allotment,
although this is not likely
About 200 men are employed on the canal
and some of them arc making arrange
ments to take part in the rush The lr-
r1gating canal is TO be siXty-seven miles
long and seventeen miles of the great
ditch is already constructed. 1t IS eighty
feet wide at the bottom and measures 120
feet from bank 70 bank at the top A
branch line may be built into the district
by the Short Line at an early date
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-06-19
NET CATCHES ANOTHER
Superintendent of City Free De-
livery Being investigated
by inspectors.

Washington. June Is - Charges
against Charles Hedges, superintendent
OF the city free delivery of the post
Office department. alleging that he
pressed claims before congress, So
licited employees in the service to take
stock in mining companies, and other
allegations, are under investigation by
the inspectors of the pOstOfice depart
ment. The charges were presented to
Postmaster General Payne and re-
ferred by him to Mr.. BristOw. The al
legation that Mr. Hedges went TO the
capitol during the last session Of con-
gress and urged the passage of a claim
then pending was made at that time
Mr.. Hedges was Immediately called
upon for a statement, which is now
on file in the d pertinent Since then
other charges have assumed definite
shape. Mr.. Hedges was an assistant
to former General superintendent
Machen of the free delivery system,
now under Indictment. The charge re-
lating to the sale of stock refers to "A
gold mining company Of which MI.
Hedges is said to be president The
charge is that the stock Of this COM
pany was sold to pOstmasters while
Hedges was in charge of the entire
city branch of the free delivery sys-
TEN. and that the stock Of the company
was given to private secretaries of
representatives in congress.