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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
sfortlaorne IN AY,,er.,c -

The number Of Ehorthorns IN ~.
country is estimated to be $50 ofrD 49, h,,s
/ think there are not more than IA M
900, all told. People fail to take ~
count Of such periods as 1890. 1aos
when the pure-bred cattle bna,nass
was at low ebb. Hundreds of hraaaV
ers, finding the business Of breed,r.s
improbable, sold their stock as pradS
cattle, and let them go for beer NM
poses. Whole herds in Kansas. Mia.
souri,, Iowa and Illinois were tlisposaa
of in that manner. and all efforts Il
keep accounts Of pedigrees was ahan..
doned. Thus many were lost to recorle
altogether. Another thing to be takan
into consideration In regard to the ann.
ply Of Shorthorn cattle in this countrv
Is the fact that the life Of an act,ve
pure-bred Shorthorn bull, when allow.
ed to run with grade herds, lie very
short, usually not over four years. Az.
ter that time he generally goes to mar.
ket fat and his career as a produces
ends then and there. It is merely a
guess, and mighty vague one at that
to estimate the number of Shorthorna
in this country.-W. A. Harris. &
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Patronize Your Neirhbor.

Many farm seeds are raised by farm.
ers. 1t is well to purchase seed from
neighbors who are careful to eliminate
any weed pest. In every locality there
is one farmer who takes a great deal
Of pains with his homegrown seed,
He fans the cheat from his wheat, cuts
the plantain from his clover field and
is vigilant in destroying weeds that
try to grow in unusued places. Such
nelghbors are public benefactors, and
it is the duty Of nearby farmers to
patronize them, and be willing to give
a premium above the market price for
seeds. Again, responsible growers Of
bluegrass and other seeds advertise
their seeds and guarantee their purity.
AS a rule, surer plan Of getting clean
seed is to purchase from a grower Of
rather than a dealer in farm seeds
W. B. Anderson, in indianapolis News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
ANNRANTRS Investment.
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c. ROUBLE began for Amaranth
Brooke when she decided to buy
- back the ramshackle old family
homestead with the few hundred dol
lars that had been left to her by a
distant relative. But there were her
brothers wife and children to provide
a home for, and when Amaranth made
up her mind she, cared very little
whether people approved of her plans
or not.
She did care, however, what Sylves-
ter Smalley would think Of the matter,
for since she was engaged to him 1t
would be only right to tell him what
abe meant to do.
Amaranth had been looking over her
prospective purchase and was on her
way home, when he overlook her and
at once preached the subject.
''No use to throw your money away
on that old rubbishly place." he told
her. "You can't raise crop there, an
l wouldn't take 1t as a gift. An your
money, with what I've got, would
build up a nice, snug house on that
forty acres father gave me, an help
to stock the farm beside. Then we
could be married and go right to house
keeping. VIII you, Amaranth?"
They were lettering slowly home.
ward and had paused at the old stile,
where scarlet-towered trumpet-Eine
showered its gorgeous trophies at their
feet. l. 4-
"Say yesw urged Sylvester.
Amaranth felt her determination
weakening.
"But--but there's brother Reuben's
wife and the children" she faltered.
"They are quite destitute, and have no
one to look to but me-"
Sylvester frowned.
.'Let Reub's wife look out for her
self" he returned gruffiy. 81 dare say
there's orphan asylums in the city
where the young uns would be, took
care Of"
Amaranth's eyes flashed scornfully
at him as she drew herself up with
offended dignity.
Brother Reuben's children shall
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
pE FOOLS HIS CHICKENS.
A Novel Way TO Break Hem from
sitting - =

A Novel Way TO Break Hem 1Fo1n
Timothy Varney, who lives three
miles east of LIE Sueur and keeps
about 200 hens, has been greatly trou-
bled, as have most people who keep
hens, by the persistent desire mani"
tested by the fowls to sit, In season
and out, on eggs, stones or doorknoos
or anything else that comes nancy,
says the st. Paul Pioneer Press. But
he has got hold Of a plan now winch
he has quietly tried this season. win
perfect success, and which ne war
rants will cure the worst light brahma
cluck that ever vexed the heart OF
man Of all desire to sit, and all in less
than three hours.
The cure consists Of cheap watch
with a loud and clear tick to It, IN
closed in a case that is white ana
shaped like an egg. When hen man
ifests desire to sit out of season he
gently places this bogus egg under her
sheltering breast and the egg does the
rest. 1t ticks cheerfully away and
soon the hen begins to show signs OF
uneasiness, and stirs the noisy egg
around with her bill, thinking, per-
haps, that it is already time for 1t to
hatch and there Is a chicken in 1t
wanting to get out. She grows more
and more nervous as the noise keeps
up, and soon jumps off the nest and
runs around awhile to cool off, but re-
turns again to her self-imposed duty.
It gets worse and worse with her,
and she wiggles about and cackles,
rutf1es her feathers and looks wild,
until at last, with a frenzied squawk,
she abandons the nest for good and
all. That incubating fever is broken
up completely.
Mr.. Varney finds use for half a
dozen Of these noisy eggs, and claims
that they pay for their cost over and
over during the year, by keeping the
hens at the business Of laying and not
permitting them to waste the golden
hours in useless incubating.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
GOLDENROD.

When the wayside tangles bla2~
In the low September sun,
When the flowers Of summer days
Droop and wither one by one,
Reaching up through bush and brier,
Sumptuous brow and heart of fire,
Flaunting high its wind-rocked plume,
Brave with wealth Of native bloom
Goldenrod!
In the pastures rude embrace,
All o'errun with tangled vines,
Where the thistle claims its place,
And the struggling hedge confines,
Bearing still the sweet impress
OF unfettered loneliness,
In the field and by the wall,
Binding, clasping, browning all
Goldenrod!
Nature lies disheveled, pale,
With her 4everish lips apart
Day by day the pulses fail,
Nearer to her bounding heart;
Yet that slackened grasp doth hold
Store Of pure and genuine gold;
Quick thou contest, strong and free.
Type Of all the wealth to be
a Goldenrod!
Kansas City Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31

never go to the asylum while live:'
she declared Indignantly.
After a few more words their troth
was broken. Sylvester stalked moodilS
on his way. while Amaranth, with
pang Of sore disappointment at her
heart, turned toward the gray stone
farmhouse, where she earned small
stipend over her board by doing the
Homework for family Of six.
The broken engagement offered
fresh food for gossip among the
Brooke and stubblefeld kith and kin,
| but Amaranth was not to be turned
from her course by their outspoken
censures and criticisms.
The old homestead was bought and
paid for. To be sure the soil was
rocky and sterile, and the dwelling in
need of repairs.
| The orchard trees-what were left
of them-were gnarled and bent, and
the fences and outbuildings in a sad
state Of dilapidation.
1t was really scarcely worth the
small sum asked for it, but Amaranth
had determined to buy it. and buy 1T
she did.
An ancient COW and a half-decreptt
pony were included in the sale.
And after the house had been treat
ed to a few repairs and a thorough
cleaning, brother Reuben's family
were released from their uncongenIal
quarters in the city and comfortably
installed therein.
Mrs. Reuben-a meek little woman
with no more ideas of supporting her
self than a canary bird might have
was yet a good housekeeper, and
willingly undertook the management
of domestic affairs, while Amaranth
gave her attention to the raising Of
poultry and garden vegetables. And
the children grew as round as butter
balls, romping under the gnarly old
apple trees or playing hide-and-seek
among the tall sunaowers and holly
hooks that nodded in the dooryard.
Later on, Amaranth earned a few
dollars each week by the sale Of her
produce at the little village Of Piney-
Vile Center, which was scarcely d
stones throw from her back pasture
bars. But with all her industry and
economy she found it a hard matter
to provide for herself and the help
less ones depending on her, and there
were times when she really feared
the wolf was already at her door.
Sylvester Smedley took particular
pleasure in driving past the house
with Nancy Maria Stubblefeld, to
whom he had transferred his atten,
tons, seated beside him in his spring
buggy.
But no one offered a helping hand
and Amaranth was beginning to fee
tremor of despair when something
J happened which no one-certainly moi
Amaranth-had ever dreamed would
com to pass.
1t was nothing more nor less thar
the building of branch railway from
the ozark lead and zinc" mines to 6
point on the Mississippi River some
twelve miles beyond Pineyville Centre
, The nearest route, according to sur
vey, lay directly across one side O
Amaranth's estate, and she readily &c
cepted the offer of $500 from the min
ing company for this small portion Of
, her "worn-out'' farm land.
But the tide of prosperity did no
stop here.
? Roger Allen, the young surveyor
, who had laid out the new railroad
suggested Pineyville Centre as tn
! most convenient point for the smelling
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Points In Sheen Raising.

A small, fat sheep will always bring
better prices than large, poor one.
Overstocking is usually injurious to
the sheep and ruinous to the farmer.
Dryuess is one Of the requirements
in the production Of the finest grades
Of wool.
Sheep are naturally gregarious.
When one is seen by Itself something
is evidently wrong.
With sheep, rather more than with
any other class of stock, care must DO
taken not to overfeed.
In connection to fatten sheep, the
feeding should not be crowded at first,
but, gradually increase the amount Of
the ration.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Observation-Disclosures
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PIG PEN AND TROUGH,

feed room, next to feed alley, with
swinging partition, so you can push it
back to put swill in or clean out and
the pigs cannot interfere. A cement
floor Is all right. We prefer a solid
wood trough, V-shaped, and secured SO
that pigs cannot loosen it by their
roofing. A few years ago we gave the
following illustrations Of an improved
hog trough. Fig. 1 shows the swing
ing partition or gate pushed back,
leaving the trough outside, for putting
In feed. Fig. 2 shows the latch and
lever to be attached to swinging gate
or partition, by bolt, B. The rods R,
H. run through staples, s. A is a
guard In which the lever L slides.
Push lever to left and the door swings
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Plain RverxdaY FeIloK.

II am really and sincerely proud OF
the common people," said Mr.. Pom
pous. II am fond Of the plain, every
day fellow who can never hope to be
great. Call it Quixotism, if you wish
-
"Oh, wouldn't say that" interrupt.
ed Peppery. ard call it egotism."-
Philadelphia Press.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Care Of Farm Macb,c.

Inc man who leaves his farm ma
cmnery out In the wet is looked upon
as being shiftless these days. It hurts
mis- credit with the merchants and the
O1nker' Too many farmers neglect to
On tne polished parts Of plows, spades,
"AcAleS etc. and when ho again wants
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31
Good Pig Pen and Trough.

We like the two compartments in a
pig pen, one for sleeping and one for
feeding says writer in Ohio Farmer.
Place the trough across the end of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31

to use Them he fnds, u his apnov.ns.
and cost, that they do not work s ss.ass
are sometimes out Of order, and na y
slight repairs. Valuable time r $500
then be spent t put the machineyS 49, =
proper working condition. a few ho,rs
spent on rainy autumn days, or when.
ever outside work cannot be u ~ 49,, M
on, might have saved him time wh, tS
in the busy season, means money
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31

When a woman looks in a mtrror
she Is never able to see herself a.
other women see her,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-31

More women weep over onions than
over love aRairR
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
HOSTESS SHIELDS
HER SUSPECTED GUEST
Visitor Was From Another City and Po-
lice intercept Him at Station.

SYRACUSE, N. Y, April "A GU
riously shielded robbery is reported as
having taken place here recently at the
home Of Mrs. Mead Belden. Mrs. Belden
was preparing to give some New York
friends a dinner on Tuesday night, and
laid out her jewels on dressing table in
room on the lower floor of her home,
In West Genessee street. A few hours
later she discovered that the jewels were
gone, and also her purse, containing about
SIS. The Jewels were worth $1,700.
She notified the police and told the
circumstances The police suspected a
young man of high social position in an
other city who had been visitor at Mrs.
Belden's home, but Mrs. Belden would not
listen to this as a possibility.
At 2 o'clock the following morning the
police found the young man in the Cen
trail depot waiting for a westbound train.
He was taken TO headquarters, and after
that point the case In enveloped in mys-
terry. The police refuse to say word,
and Mrs. Belden will not say who the
young man is
The jewels were taken Tuesday morn
lng, she said this morning, but were
returned in few hours ] notified the
police, and they saw the young man was
member of a good family. / sought to
avoid 1njuriDg him on account of his peo-
pie. and tried to act toward the boy as
l would wish any one to act toward a
relative OF mine"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
NOSE TOOK SAFETY
DEPOSIT VAULT OFF
1t Was BechtePs Burgiar.Proof
Barrel With All His Family
Silver.

NEW YORK. April 2. = Henry q.
Bechtel, of 265 Sixth avenue, Newark.
is shrewd man who knows a thing
or two about burglars and how to hide
family valuables so conspicuously that
burglar can't find them. The Bech-
tells went to the country last week.
Henry you take the silverware to
the bank. We don't want burglars to
carry 1t off," said Mrs. BechteI.
Bechtel smiled knowingly. He didn't
go TO the bank. He had safety de-
post vault of his own in the cellar.
There the silver went He didn't tell
Mrs. Bechtel.
The Bechtels arrived home yesterday.
The doorbell rang. Nose the old paper
man, wanted any old paper the Bech-
tells didn't want,
Got any Mary asked Bechtel OF
his wife.
Yes, a barrel full in the cellar by
the flower pots. Let him take barrel
and all and get it out OF the way.
Bechtel helped Nose get the barrel on
his back and saw him off with it.
NOW, Henry, run to the bank and
get the silver" said his wife an hour
later.
Henry smiled. His safety deposit
vault saved a trip TO the bank. He got
half way down the cellar Then a
thought hit him with such force that
It sent him flying into the street, yell
ing Nose and Mrs. Bechtel flying
after, wondering what was the matter.
Nose had carried away the safety
deposit vault. 1t was that barrel In
1t was the family silver, with old pa
per damned. in on top to make things
look real. +,
The police are looking for Nose.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

to admit that in some cases love Is
really a mental disorder, although it is
generally recognized that the cure is
difficult
You see the proof of this. said one
doctor, 'fn cases that end in suicide
The verdict is always temporary in
sanity and the victim is. of course
as insane before he commits suicide
as at the moment when he or she takes
dose of poison, or, like Opheua, jumps
into river"
A case which came before another
medical man showed the disease in a
curious form.
The young man who suffered was
continually making offers Of marriage
TO young women. No sooner was he
rescued from one predicament than he
fell into another, and several times
compensation had to be paid to young
women, who refused to believe that
ne suffered from love mania, although
such was the undoubted fact
The question of the durability Of love
is one upon which mental experts need
more information. and particularly of
authentic cases Of cure would be well
come.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03
MEMS WAYS WITH WATCHES,
Some Careless, and Some Careful. az
With Their Other ReIonninns

Some Careless. and Some Careful, as
with Their Other Belongings.
"A watch ought to be cleaned once in
say eighteen months or two years" said
the JeWeler, but how often it would need
TO be cleaned and how often a mans
Watcn- might stand in need of repairs
would depend a good deal on the man
hlnSeH; on how he used it,
On how he used It? Doesn't a man
ny IL! Is there any difference in the
ways IN Which men use their watches?''
Why, there's all the difference in the
word, Just as there is in the WAYS in
Wnich men use their clothes or any other
OF tnelr belongings. One man. for in
stance, Will put on new OTercOat and
nave 1t looking like an old one in
nlonth, ana another man WOULD wear the
Same oVercoat two seasons and come out
with IT at the end of the second season
ROCKING fresh and in good order And one
man VIII make a new watch look like an
oId one IN no time, and another will in
some way, and without carrying it in a
cnamols bag or anything of that sort
always have his watch looking new and
IN good condition. One man will take
out his watch to look at the time anv-
where, when the wind is blowing dnst
along the street, or in the rain or the
snow, WhlIe another man will be thought
Iul OF such things and not get out his
watch TO look at it where it would be ex-
posed to the possibility Of injury from
sucn a cause: And he would keep the
pocket in which he carried it free fren
Dust and lint, and would be careful Of It
generally.
''Oh. yes, there's all the difference in the
world In the way in which men use their
watches, just as there is in all other
their WayS."-New York Sun.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

they want to know all about you Not
only who your father and mother were,
how many eggs you eat for breakfast and
whether you write with a fountain pen or
piece of chalk, but where you were
born"
81 know that" said Homer, with a
laugh; but
And your publishers I continued, lin
the last seven days have announced your
birthplace seven times, giving a different
town each time. 1 don't care how scat
tering poet may be, he can't possibly
have been born in more than one place"
MY dear fellow Homer answered, still
chuckling, don't you understand? That's
to boom the book. We pick out a new
native town every day, so as to push the
Odyssey in that particular locality. When
our agents get to it 1 shouldn't be sur
prised to hear that 1 was born in Bing-
hamton, N Y"
Before leaving the subject Of this mar
velous poet cannot refrain from quoting
the remark of a Greek Wag Of the lighter
order that he marve1ed at the ineptness
of Homer's name. Judging from this ire
mendous story of his about the wander
fngs of Odysseus," he observed, st should
think he ought to be called Away-from-
Homer"
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

As soon as possible after the rudder
stock was damaged jury steering
gear was rugged by reeving cables
through eyes in the monkey tillef. The
violence Of the seas two or three times
carried away the jury tackle, a ring
belt having broken, but the gear was
repaired each time and the boat ar
rived only a trifie late.
Capt. Watson with his jury tackle
could have made his North river pier
all right, but he deemed it the act of
prudent man not to expose other
craft to possible collision in the crowd
ed parts of the bay.
At no time was the vessel in distress,
the captain said, and only as a pre-
caution had he set the mot under con-
troll" signal.
Many Of the passengers were return
Ing from the winter resorts. The pas
sengers will present Capt. Watson with
some sort of a testimonial.
1t was the Iroquois that stood near
the Comanche only few weeks ago
when the latter Clyde liner met with a
similar mishap off Charleston harbor.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-03

Of the rise Of President Roosevelt. Task.
ed the obvious question:
And who followed him ?"
Sne laughed pleasantly. II have baar
trying to find out for some weeks. ,, said
she' but l cannot seem to do it, He
occupies so much of the horizon at that
point that can't see past him.
The Peal Character Of AnnBias
Il HAS always seemed to me that like
that of my good friend Baron Mum
chausen, the character of Ananias has
been much misunderstood by later gen
erations. Certainly during nv inter
course with him my impression was al
was that Ananias was man of probity
Socially, l knew he was ever truthful
sometimes exhaustiveIy so In evidence
OF THIS, i remember distinctly hearing him
answer his mother in-law one evening.
when the old lady had been particularly
disagreeable, in fashion which was in
dlcatiEe of the highest righteousness.
Am In your way, Ananias?" the lady
asked, after he had expressed some dis
satisfaction with her course.
ably!"
The manner in which he spoke carried
absolute conviction with it, ana no one
nearing his reply could for a moment have
suspected my host of being other than
perfectly truthful man The same story
mas been told since of Byron and his wife.
out the origin Of the retort was. as I have
said, in the house and mouth of Ananias
himself The true incident in the Byron
FAMILY was not as the story is told by the
aneetodists, but after this fashion.
Am in your way, Byron?" asked
Lady Byron.
Not always" said Byron AZ some
times wish you were. If you'd been in
my way while was swimming the Helles
pont, without a life preserver on. we
should not have quarreled 50 much since
1t was then that the poets wife left
him.
The statement that Ananias was struck
by lightning with a lie on his Iips Il
absolutely true, and it was a frightful
tragedy but we must not mix up cause
ana effect without a due knowledge OF
the real facts. He had just returned from
hshlng trip and was telling his family
ABOUT a trout that had got away when.
At this point the manuscript is torn and
L cannot find the remaining lines OF tha
paragraph It seems to me, however. that
from the context OF experience the intel
igent reader can finish the remainder Of
the Story.-Editor.