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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
Real Test of Altruisrn.

Little Willie-Pa, what's an al-tru-
list?
His Father-A man, my child, who
carries his umbrella all day without
using it and then is glad it didn't rain
on account of the people who had no
umbrellas with them.-Judge.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
Not a Necessity.

"What a luxury a clear conscience
isw exclaimed the high-minded states
man.
"Yes," answered Senator Sorghum.
"It's a luxury. But it isn't neces-
ty."-Washington Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
Dropping a Gentle Hint,

Timid Lover-Your parents seem to
have gotten over their dislike for me ?
Eyes. When we first met they were
afraid it might lead to something."-
Life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
HOW HUSBANDS ARE SPOILED.
BY Edith .EnScaHRtr

An excellent proverb of Russia runs to the
erect that in the relations Of two persons-and
II Is more true when one Is man and the other
"oman-"one kisses the other turns the cheek"
A tooador1ng wife-or wife who shows her
iove too much-is very apt to produce selfish
hnsband-a man who is "never satisfied"
Thus, out of the very wealth of her love. she
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
GOVERNMENT BY INJUNCTION.
by John Mitchell, President

Dy 0OHH TT190HeH' FFeSl1eHE UHIEe0 MING WOFEeFS
Government by injunction is one of the most
insidious, harassing and dangerous methods re-
sorted to by the enemies Of workingmen to de-
stroy labor organization and to clrcumvent the
constitutional right of trial by jury. The whole
system of government by injunction grows from
the distrust of the ultra capitalists for demo
cratic institutions. The reasons given for the
issuing of iniunctions are always misleading and
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09

It takes a strong-minded woman to
convince herself that she Is hQmely.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09

false. So far these injuncons are issued in
labor they issued excepting cases
call the exercise of the criminal Government
by injunction is not only hostile to organized labor but
it is hostile constitutional liberty. If the American
people do not check this arbitrary power it will
the humiliation Of labor unions and then Of all forms
of association disliked by capitalists.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-09
.,,s PROGRESSIVE POLICY.
|C"' BY Leslie NJ Shaw. Secretary the Treasury.

After the Civil War the nation en-
tered upon an extensive policy of inter.
nal Improvement, substituting SO long
as necessary transcontfnental lines of
railway and permanently continuing
the substituting of rivers and harbors,
so after this later war we appear to be
entering upon an equally progressive
policy of external Improvement, Not
AS the crow flies, but as ships sail, it
Is nearer from Liverpool to San Frau,
cisco via Cape Horn than from New
York to the same port via the southern
extremity, Start two ships of euual
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
A Cure for Dyspepsia.

had Dyspepsia in it's worst form
and felt miserable most all the time,
Did not enjoy eating until after
used Kodol Dyspepsia Cure which
has completely cured me.-Mrs. W
W. Saylor, billiard, Pa. No appe'
tite, loss Of strength, nervousness.
headache, constipation, bad breath,
sour risipgs, indigestion, dyspepsia
and all stomach troubles are quickly
cured by the use of Kodol. Kodol
represents the natural juices of di.
gestion combined with the greatest
known tonic and reconstructive prop.
critics. 1t cleanses, purifes and
sweetens the stomach. Sold by all
druggists.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

way. Could you have mixed anything
deaG'y with it as we were Watching
the ambulance go by? If you have
made a mistake after. all I have eau
toned you it will be mighty costly for
you. 1 won't let up till I have your
last dollar"
One or two of the druggists who have
done business in Mr.. Bowser's neigh
borhood have lain down and died, while
others have sold out and never stopped
till they got 100 miles away. It's Il
good business corner and one likely to
be always occupied. but no man Of
drugs will eve be happy there. Mr..
Bowser own his OWL house and likes
the ncighborhood and couldn't be in
duced to sell out. 1t is just possible
that he may be u ove by Il street
car or break his neck trying to ride a
bicycle, but all the odds are against it.
He has got Il good thing, and he knows
it. and he is going to keep right on
making life miserable for his family
druggist until lie either dies of old age
or the soda fountain eXplOdes some
day and blows him across the street in
hunks and chunks. NJ. QUAD.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
TALES THAT DADDY TELLS.

When night gifts round an supper's ate,
Dad lights his pipe fer smokin'
An gifts tn newspaper an seq
To me, a kinder jokin',
"Now, Bulb. Iii take yer wool off less
o hurry UP those slippers"
I1e knows he couldn't cause it's took
Already with tn clippcrs.)
An then he sets an smokes az reads,
An mother sets a-Sewin'
A-makin' clo'cS fer S~istcr-s'pciSe
You how tina kid is growin'.
An l jcs' sortcr wait arouu'.
A-hopin' dads most through it.
Cause then he'll tell me bout tn tale
IT'S got a giant to it.
"They amt no news but polytiks."
Eimeby dad SCI. a-yawnin,
AN john Smiths paintin' OF his fence,
An Green's put up an awnin.'
So then | climb up on his knee.
An he seq, You young urchin.'
An rubs his whiskers 'gainst my face
An thinks I need a bircllin'.
But. wal" he SEE. "onct on a time
Was Jack tn Giant Killer
An tells about tn dredfiest things.
IT jes' plumb skeer a fellow.
An how Jack sworded off their heads.
An all tn blood twas maxim,
An. Jimmy Gee. when bedtime comes,
1 sneak upstairs jes' shakin'!
Truman Robert Andrews in Leslie's
Monthly.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Cause Of Lockjaw.

Locbjsw, or ~tetanus, is caused by
a bacillus or germ which exists plent-
fully in street dirt. 1t is inactive so
long as exposed to the air, but when
carried beneath the skin as in the
wounds caused by percussion caps
or by rusty nails, and when the air
is excluded the germ is reused to
activity and produces the most virul-
ent poison known These germs NAV
be destroyed and all danger of lock-
jaw avoided by applying Chamber
lain's Pain Balm freely as soon as the
injury is received. Pein Balm is an
antisep'ic aad causes cuts, bruises
and like injuries to heal without mat
uration and in one third the time re-
gu r d by the usual treatment. It is
for sale BY The Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04


around the corner and half way down
the block. Although / have only a
small family, I am a liberal patron Of
drug stores. and I always pay cash.
You know your business as a druggist.
do you"
Il think / do" is the reply as the
druggist colors up.
''Ibat is we'll. This is no corner for
a druggist who has only half learned
his business. You have come into u
new neighborhood. Success or failure
will depend upon your personality. AL
ways greet every caller with Il smile
Of welcome. Don't take any part in
politics and don't become a fixture at
any particular church. Stand neutral
between capital and labor and don't
have any family rows to u gossip.
/ am advising you as a friend who has
your interests at heart and therefore
speak plainly and to the point. I am
in a hurry this morning, but will call
again soon and give you further point
ers. Nashville think yer and profit
by what I have already said"
The family druggist is generally a
man who sizes up human nature pref.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

TIL I commenced using Or. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. After using ten bottles and
four walls of his Pleasant 7el!sts.' l commenced
to improve. Ny case seemed to be almost a
hopeless one. Doctors pronounced It ulcer Of
the lungs. was sick nearly two years-part Of
the time bedfast Was given up to die by all.
I thought it would be impossible for me to live
over night at one time. 7 haven't spit any blood
now for more than twelve months, and worked
OH the farm ali last summer It was Dr..
pierce's medicines that cured me" &
Accept no substitute for "Golden Med
ical Discovery" There is nothing vjust
as goodn fer diseases of the stomach.
The ~Medical Adviser" in paper COW
ers, is sent free on receipt Of III oue-cent
stamps to pay for mailing only. Address
Dr.. Z. v. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

ty closely. and he decides to bear with
Nh. Bowspr. That's the beginning Of
it, and the end only comes when the
poor man dies or finds some n to
buy him out. Mr.. Bowser at one be-
comes q sort of guardian and partner
of that drug store. When he isn't play
ing guardian and partner he is max
ing himself a nuisance. and one that
nothing can abate. The interest he
exhibits in stock and sales couldn't be
greater if he had $4,000 of his own
money invested.
"Sir," exclaims Mr.. Bowser as he
advances upon the man of drugs and
walks on his toes and shakes 4 finger
under his nose, you have got Il drug
store here, but what IS a drug store
without patronage? I am giving YOU
my c~ountena8ce and support. and
through me you are getting the pat
ronage of this neighborlood. If YOU
want me to withdraw. if you want me
to take my custom elsewhere'-
That settles the family druggist. and
he decides that it is better to bear the
ills he has than to be thrown out of
business. He therefore forces 4 smile
70 his face end replies:
You mustn't take what / said so
seriously. I have depended upon your
friendly interest and advice right along,
and | shall continue to do So
Then don't virtually tell me that
this or that is none Of my business
Il surely didn't intend to. Try one
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
B0~Ser'S i
NewRoIe !
He ActS as
AdviCer and
Tries His Beet
to H clip the
Corner Drug
sist Along y

of the new fifteen cent cigars / got In
this morning.
MI. Bowser does not stop at general
interest. His solicitude would be touch
ing if otherwise applied. He has a
scrapbook wherein he has pasted up
and preserved i score of newspaper
clippings relating to fatal mistakes on
the part Of druggists. He is early and
often on the ground with that scrap
book, and his aim is to keep those IA
tai mistakes constantly on exhibition
and in mind.
ANY prescriptions today" he asks
as he saunters in of an evening with
q box of troches or a bottle Of soda
minis in view.
Three or four" replies the drug
gist.
"And you? Are you sure you made
no fatal mistake in putting them up!
Lord, man. but there isn't a day passes
that some druggist doesn't put up
morphine for quinine. How can you
be sure that you didn't make some ter
rible mistake?
It's got to be an old story with the
druggist. but he lever hears it with
out a chill sliding down his spinal COL
umn. He has been in business ten
years and made no mistake, and yet
Mr.. Bowser's way Of putting things
would give any druggist ~goosefesh.
80 easy to do it, you know" con.
tinues MI. Bowser with positive enjoy
ment. Look at that case in Oshkosh
a month ago. There was a druggist
who had been in business for twenty
years and who bad filled 10000 pre-
scriptions without a mistake. Then he
becomes absent minded for thirty Sec
onds and kills off a college professor.
You may think you filed those pre-
scriptions as straight as a string, but
l shouldn't De a bit surprised if you
substituted something somewhere"
If Mr.. Bowser isn't feeling in real
high spirits he will stop right there and
give the druggist a chance to get his
color back, but if be is he will kindly
offer to take a list and run around to
the various families and see if the
patients are still alive.
Mr.. Bowser doesn't propose to be
laid away in his grave through the
stupidity Of his family druggist. If he
is suspicious for other people he is
doubly so for himself. He invests in
consumption cure with seeming great
confidence that no afterclap will re-
suit, but the odds are five to one that
at midnight he will rout the druggist
out of his first sleep and hold that bot
tie under his nose and say:
81 took a dose according to direc-
tons, and I'll be hanged if I don't
think there's some mistake about it.
Are you positive that nothing foreign
could have got into the bottle"
Mr.. Bowser will buy 5 cents worth
Of ~bicarbonate Of soda to take home
and dissolve for his heartburn. and the
druggist has no feeling Of fear as he
watches him 60. 1t may be n hour
or two before the patient comes burst
ing into the store, bareheaded and his
eyes bullying out, to exclaim:
"By thunder, but I'm feeling queer.
I saw you put up that bicarbonate and
was sure there was no mistake about
it. but it seems to affect me in a strange
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
A TiUht Fit,

An Englishman entered a tailor shop
in Tw~enty-third street the other day
and, throwing Il package on the coun
ter, said:
These trousers are a beastly fit
You'll have to fix 'em. They're tighter
than my skin, don't you know"
But that's impossible! How could
they be-" demurred the tailor.
"Well I car sit down in my skin, but
I cawn't sit down when in those bloom
ing breeches!" was the wrathful an
sWer.-NeW York Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

of the danger Of
consumption, but
warning is con-
stantlv needed not
to neglect the fr&
symptoms of DIS
eased lungs.
DR.. Pierce's Cod
en- Medical Disccy-
cry cures obstinate
coughs, bronchitis
bleeding lungs,
and other condi-
tons which, if
neglected or IN
skilfrlly treated,
find a fatal termi-
nation in onsump-
ton. It is entire
ly free from OPT
atee and narcotics.
"About three years
q I was taker with
4 bad cough, vomiting
and splitting BLOOD"
writes Mr.. D. J. Rob
inson. of Spring Car
den. w. Va. I tried
many moth
~ .A~.J ~ 1>~ ,r
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Always Posted.

Wolfe-I suppose you keep a watch
on the stock quotations to see which
are going up and which are coming
down?
Lambe-No; I don't have to. The ones
I have always go down, and the mes
I don't have invariably go up.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Anxfous to Assist.

Doctor-It may be, madam, that there
is something wrong with your vocal
cords. will
Husband Of Mrs. Vick-Senn chastity
interrupting)-You will find nothing the
matter there, doctor. l am almost sure
the trouble is with her liyer.-Chicago
Tribune.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Didn't Worry Her.

doesn't it make you angry when
folks twit you about your failure to
acquire a husband?' asked the girl
who was doing her first season.
Not me-" replied the philosophical
~spinster. 1T is better to be laughed
at because you are not married than
not to be able to laugh because you
are."-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
His Experience,

Here's 4 conundrum for you," said
the funny nan whats the differ
ence between a mar and his family?'
Its invariably a difference of opin-
ion" replied Henpeck. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
copyright, 1902. by C. B. Lewis.l

copyright, 1862. by C. B. Lewis.l
W R r. ROWSER has no regular
k~H set programme with his
W. grocer Or butcher or coal
man. nor has he any set
policy with the cobbler who builds up
his shoes at intervals or the street ped
oilers who shout their wares owe his
front gate. 1t is only with his family
druggist that he holds to programme
and policy. He began it fifteen years
ago and is sticking right TO it yet.
There have been several changes of
family druggists, but no change in Mr..
Bowser. When the old druggist va
Gates the corner store and a new one
takes his place, MI. Bowser is on band
among the first callers. He isn't there
to have q prescription filed or to invest
in a hot water bag, but to give a little
friendly advice. A dozen grocers may
come and go and he gives them no
heed, but with the family druggist the
case is different.
MY name" begins Mr.. Bowser as
he enters the store, lis Bowser. l live
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
RusinesS.

IT see you have chicken for dinner"
"Yessuh," said Mr.. Erastus Pinkley
Il hope you bought the chicken"
"Well, no; but de transaction were
strictly regular. Dat chicken has been
roostin' on my fence fob months wifi
out payin' muffin an I reckoned i.
were bout time to fohclose."-Wash
ington Star.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
THE BUGIfR'S CHEST

Is we'll expanded. He uses his lungs to
their fullest capacity. People in ordin-
airy do not use much over half their lung
power. The unused lung surface be-
comes inert, and offers a prepared ground
for the attack of the germs of consun,p-
ton. There is no need to warn people
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
STRAIGHT LIN.

Jimmy! Didn't it make you feel like
30 cents when the footpads stopped
you"
"Well, 1 guess. And I must have
looked like II O'clock"
"How do you mean?"
glands up."-Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

Ethel Summcrgirl-.And Won't you
forget me after you get back to New
York?
Cholly Penshovcr-Not readily. I've
drawn my salary two months in adj
vance, and I won't be liable to forget
where it went ~to.--Judge.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
One or the Other.

"Gee whiz." exclaimed the nervy call
er, ~ haven't another match, and my
cigaratte has gone out"
WELL" replied the polite young wo-
man who could stand it no longer, "you
would have had to if it hadn't.'-Cath-
Ole Standard and Times.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Servants.

First Housewife-Some days I undo
about everything the servant does
Second Observation-Disclosures How
do you dare?-Detroit Free Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Nice and ENCOURAGING.

would you marry a Chinaman?" he
asked.
ooh, dear" the girl who is sarcastic
replied, this is so sudden! But I al
ways supposed you merely looked like
one."-Chicago Record-Herald.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
For I've Sixty Years.

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup
has been in use for over sixty years
by millions of mothers fo- their chill
dren while teething, with perfect
success. It soothes the child, softens
the gums, sllays ali psiu, cures wind
collie, and is the best remedy for
Diarrhoea. It will relieve the poor
little sufferer immediately. Sold b.
Druggist in every part Of the world.
twenty-five cents q bottle. Be sure
to ask for Mrs. "Winslow's Soothing
Syrup" and take no other kind. tt
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Serious, Indeed.

"NIiss Summcrgal must be quite seri-
ously i'll. She hasn't any appetite at
ALL"
ooh. a girl isn't always i'll when she
has no appetite!"
Put she has no appetite even for ice
cream and candy."-Philadelphia Press.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
Tho6e Girls.

Eell-Yes, we're engaged, but I took
my time about accepting him.
Belle-Indeed? Waited until he actu-
ally proposed. did your Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04
SeDtembuh.

On the Chesapeake. remember.
Where the bivalve has his cloister,
There the r that's in September
is as silent as the oyster.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

Doctor-Your case is so complicated
that 1 think l ought. to call a couple Of
other physicians in consultation.
Patient-Indeed? In that case, doc
tor, I think l ought to have my attor-
ney present to represent my interests.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

Don't be scared, Mr.. Bird. I amt
goin' to shoot you. I only shoot lions
am tigers IN things like that."-Phila-
delphia Ledger.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1903-11-04

Conscience is the reflector of the
liv-r.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-01

, reverence thanked God for having
made so beautiful thing. In his high
strung mental state some such over
He was conscious of a throttling SEN
sation. Then he felt tears upon his
cheeks. He had but just time to mop
them. amazed at himself. when Rose
mary appeared with his breakfast.
She entered with her accustomed bus
tie, seeming to charge the air with
warm magnetic forces, her eyes spark
led, her rosy cheeks were blooming, the
| mellow humming of her voice had &C
companied her to the door. Il thought
| you must be sick of boiled eggs for
| breakfast all the year round, so I set
to and curried 'em. an 1 guess you'll
find 'em jest good"
She whisked off a cover and an aro-
ma different from that which had but
minute earlier disturbed him, but en-
inently agreeable asserted itself. Rose
| MARY was a most excellent cook
Pendlebury. sitting to his meal. for
| the first time realized that it was
| digestive revolt within him against
| $50 plain boiled eggs a year, which had
caused him of late to look askance at
breakfast. He smiled above her ad-
mirable curry. One observing him
might have wondered at a certain
sheepish bashfulness that for the time
! replaced his usual distracted stare.
| The appetite whetted and satisfied by
| his unwonted meal was succeeded by a
pleasurable languor. The perfume of
the violets was in the air.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-01

A cloud was over her rosy face. She
set down her burden with decision.
She laid the peaceable domestic
knives as one might lay out weapons
for a duel. The spoons rang war
whoOps. The water jug thumped a
tocsin of defiance. The table spread
she whisked away. The inventor
stopped to pick up a sheet of geomet-
REALLY figured foolscap. He swore
softly behind his teeth. He anathe-
matised Martha and marriage. Mar
tina moved heavily and slowly and
without whisking of skirts
Martha's substitute returned. She
set frugal meal of fish and vegeta-
'bles before him. The inventors means,
as also his defiance of the laws of
health and exercise. precluded more
robust diet.
Then placing her two hands on the
table she addressed him. ANYBODY
but me wouldn't have hotted it up
again for you" she said reluctantly.
Il should think you'd be ashamed of
yourself treating a person SOL"
She flounCed from the room. The
inventor stopped once more to pick
| up sheets of drawing paper.
His meal over, he sat back YEARLY
| in his chair. But the irrepressible
maid appeared. The frown had given
! place to a smile. She had washed
! and dressed for the afternoon, her
| cheeks were soap-polished roses She
| bore a cup of steaming coffee. You
! look that peaked and DONE" she said