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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

The mania for getting rich@the
mad, false idea that we must have
money - has played worse havoc
among ambitious people than war or
pestilence. A member Of the Chicago
Board of Trade says that the men
and women of this country contribute
a hundred million dollars year to
them rich quick. They work the same
old scheme Of a confidential letter and
shrewd batting, until the victim parts
with his, money. Thousands are plod-
ding along in poverty and deprivation,
chagrined and Inundated because
they have not been able to get up in
the world or to realize their ambitions,
for the reason that they succumbed
to the scheme of some smooth pro-
moter, who hypnotized them into the
belief that they could make O great
deal very quickly out of very little.
The great fever Of trying to make
one dollar earn Ave dollars Is growing
more and more contagious. We see
even women secretly going into brok-
ers' offices and bucket Shops" invest
ing everything they have in all sorts
Of schemes, drawing their deposits out
Of the banks, sometimes pawning their
jewelry-even their engagement rings
and borrowing, hoping to make lot
Of money before their husbands or
families find it out and then to sur
prise them with the results; but, in
most cases, what they invest Is hope
lessly lost.
Thousands of young Americans are
SO tied up by financial or other entan-
clements, even before they get fairly
started In their life-work, that they
can only transmute a 1.-THE of their
real ability or their splendid energies
into that which will count In their
lives. A large part Of it is lost ON the
way up, as the energy of the coal is
nearly all lost before 1t reaches the
electric bulb.-Success.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
Ltucoln,s WAY of Teasing.

In his home city, Springfield, ILL.,, a
story is told of Lincoln which has
never appeared in print. His house
had long needed fresh coat of paint,
but a political campaign was in prog
ress and ABE had no time to look up
painters.
During his absence for six weeks Of
circuit-riding in his one-horse shay,
Mrs. Lincoln had the matter attended
to, and on his return when he drove
up to the little cottage on 9Th street
she came out on the steps to welcome
him. Paying not the slightest atten.
ton to her, Lincoln surveyed the
house from foundation to caves in a
dazed manner and then drove to the
next door, and called to his neighbor:
"Sayi Can you tell me where Abe
Lincoln iiyesT'
"You old goose! come home and be,
have yourself" laughed Mrs. Lincoln,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
ACCURATE RAILROAD WATCHES.
Com panies Require Employees to Ad-
Just Their Timepieces to Standard.

Com panies Require Employees to Ad-
just Their Timepieces to Standard.
Absolute accuracy in timepieces Is
nowhere else so vital a matter as in
the operation Of railroad trains. If
watches vary no schedule or time table
Is of any value. Where so many thou
sands of watches are in use it has been
found necessary to adopt some system
whereby perfect uniformity may be
insured. All watches are examined at
close intervals and kept in order by a
staff of experts especially engaged for
the purpose. There Is no reason why
a railroad, mans watch should keep
inaccurate time. 1t costs him nothing
to have it regulated and it is part of
his duty to see that it is in order.
The time by which the watches of an
entire railroad force are set is tele-
graphed from Washington. At GER
tain time the operator at the railroad
headquarters receives the time, records
it at his own station and at the same
instant sends the information to every
"train-order'' station along the line. 1t
is the duty Of the operator at the train
order station to set the clock right by
Washington time and from this clock
every employe attached to that station
must set his watch.
At every station there is clock that
records standard time. At the larger
stations there Is clock that records
the correct time to a second. If il
varies from the standard time a notice
Is affixed to the clock stating the ex
act variation. Upon returning from 8
trip or before beginning the return trip
after a run, the trainmen must com
pare their watches with this carefully
regulated clock. If it is found that the
watch has lost or gained during the
trip the timepiece must be. handed IL
to the time keeping department.
Here the railroad man receives an
other watch for temporary use whil'
his own is being regulated, and the ex
pert employed by the company over
| hauls the condemned watch and re
turns it later to the owner. With tn
watch is given certificate showing
! that the department has regulated /
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

One Of the Boston newspapers,
speaking Of the old home" movement
which has renewed so much Of good
fellowship In many parts Of New Eng
land, remarks the taking up of the
same kind of celebration, inviting all
one-time residents and their posterity
to participate, in Ohio towns, and
calls it 'old-home week out west"
The phrase recalls to a dweller in
Chicago an occasion when during
sojourn of some months in Denver
friend of that city remarked that he
was "going east" that night, but
would not fail to keep an appointment
for three days later in Denver. "How
can you do that If you go east to-
night?' asked the Chicago man. "Oh,
that's easy" was the reply; II could
get back from Omaha in less time
IL needed" So to go to Omaha was
to "go east" to the. Denver man, and
the Boston phrase tout vest reveals
that the same kind of thing survives
there. 1t is different only in form in
California, where to return to the old
home is to go to "the states" phrase
that recalls the once tremendous gap
between the old western frontier In
Iowa and Missouri and the scattered
fringe of civilization along the Pa
cific. "Out west" to the New Eng
lander, ''going east to the Denver
visitor to Omaha, ''the states to the
Californian, all are survivals of a
time when there were localities with
actual differences that justified the
phrases, but are nearly outworn now.
We have reached the point where
some Of the phrases have become alb
surd and others have nearly lost their
meaning. 1t is time to begin to cult.
vate the habit Of mere relatively as to
points of the compass In a country
rapidly crystallizing into homogeneity,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

A stolen sermon i bound to please
the deyil.
God never reveals what man can
discover.
Many things are good Until they be.
come gods.
Most boys need Kicking, and all
need loving.
The only way to insure happiness is
to deserve 1t.
The great Commission is more than
a permission.
One Father of all must mean one
family for all.
The passion Of Christ is the power
of Christianity.
A man is never too poor to send a
prayer dispatch.
God is the refuge of His saints, but
not Of their sins.
Adversely is God calling us to give
up our perversity.
Loves old method is good enough
for modern needs.
Seeds of sin must be judged by their
sheaves Of sorrow.
Its need of salvation is the secret Of
the worlds sadness.
Men seldom seek to dissect relig.
ion until it Is dead.
A good thinker knows better than
to worship his tools.
Your altitude with men depends on
your attitude with God:
The human race is not quite the
same as the heavenly race.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
lime TO Close the Gates.

A ONDON newspapers gloating the fact
Z that the slums of that city being depleted
80 by reason Of the $3.50 steerage rate, which
- enables the rfraff of Europe to come to the
AR@EAtA United States. AS result this country Is
AGgazR threatened with deluge Of the ofscourings
of the world, We menaced with over
flow of the and dregs of pauperzed humanity The
managers of transatlantic steamship lines engaged In
this despcabe traffic apparently have other thought In
matter than Of the income 1t brings Having landed
shpoad of the refuse of Europs population shores
these steamship agents practically say: "Now you beg
gars, shift for yourselves!
The situation demands immediate and energetic action
the part of the immigration authorities at Eastern
ports There ought to be thorough sitting and winnow
ing of this horde of newcomers majority of whom
chronic beggars and professional criminals.
The steerage rate which has brought the emgrant
fare from Liverpool New York down $1O is the kind
Of rate which thoughtful American citizen can
regard with satisfaction On the contrary it suggests
deuge of pauper immigrants of the most undesirable type
1t is easy to how, under possible continuation Of
these rates. several of the old world well
afford pay the passage of countless hordes Of their pow
stricken, ignorant and turbulent subjects to America
making this country dump for the refuse of continental
Europe. Here Is subject which should Congress
to speedy action. When person travel from the Rou
manan provinces New York for $15, it is time
about putting up the bars in earnest.
This country welcomes thrift intelligence and loyalty to
law and order from whatever land they hall But our
republican institutions already taxed to the danger
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

AS a class, doubtless, mothers-in-
law are too rudely treated by the
purveyors Of humor and satire and
not sufficiently honored. They may
be interested to learn that President
Smith of the Mormon church, who was
a conspicuous witness in the Smoot
case, and probably has had as large
an experience with mothers-in-law as
any living American, is their ardent
ally. He says the custom of ridicul-
ing them is contemplate, and adds:
1.-THE best friends I ever had were
my mothers-in-law. l loved and hon.
Ored them and shall ever hold their
memories sacred. They were true
women and were worthy of their
daughters" Perhaps some women
will think this last sentence conveys
O doubtful compliment.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
Missed the Chance.

A strictly orthodox old gentlenan
returned home one Sabbath lr1m
church and began to enlarge 10 us
son upon the merits Of the sermon ~.
II have heard, john" said me- ono
of the most delightful sermons ever
delivered before a Christian socle9,
1t carried many present to the gates
Of heaven"
"Well, I think" replied john tney
had better have lodged in, for m att,
Of them will never get aho'ns'
chance"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05


them at work She makes the work SO much harder tna
the work decent that after trial of it. the tranps
reform and quit the road In own country we nave
an army of the useless and vicious from which Is annu
ally recruited considerable addition to the ranks or the
active criminals.
There is not much in vagrancy itself when con-
duces to crime Indeed some men would be IN peter
health and morals IL they occasionally allowed their legs
to away with them and them into the country
where they would the physical life that grows
the bench and the desk 1t is not the free ana
open air demeans; 1t is the effort to live without
work. get all and give nothing to shift and sneak and
steal in food instead Of oilng honestly
even for an hour or day Many of the tamps that
iding along our highways and hooking rides
on freight trains pay for their meals by saving
little wood wedding garden patch, but they are ex-
tremey unwilling do it, although not infreQueny they
hard robbery other people do at honorable
employment.
Tramps carry moral corruption as they do physical
contagon Although mentally sodden and representative
of that gradually eliminates itself, since it Is an
prey the diseases that invited by meager IN
fe with spells of dissipation and periods OF
and hardship they exert influence over young
people whose minds and habits still Uniformed, and
when boy found in their company prison authorities
assure us that be better for him If he dead
land after the road, among the most de-
PRAYED the authorities have to deal with Our tramp
army then, is missionary company that Is going about
the preaching and praccng the most detestable OF
vices and often involved In crime-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

to Mr. BOYLE the decay Of the rural church Is due cne
to the tendency schsms and divisions Inc congresa
tons divide and subdivde some new relglous Lao
or some difference dogma, and with each DIVISION e
amount Of true religion decreases
"The rural church." says Mr. Boyle, seems doomed.
Each time it changes name-now Baptist now New Light
now saint-t loses membership and vitality Its nre
may be reumed temporarily but its ultimate extinction IS
inevitable Soon the little church stands by the waysloe
forsaken The doorstep decked with tall weeds, the WIN
dows broken Then 1t becomes granary or corn cro
for thrifty farmer is torn down and carried away
This process may years. decades but 1t Is In
evltable."
Mr. Boyle does not think that the decline of the rural
church accompanied by increase of vice ana crime
the The country school house Is better
and more influential than The rural free delivery
mail box is fast appearing at every front gate 1nel
gence widely disseminated than formerly There
ignorance The people longer Interested by the
kind of preaching that used to appeal to them.
higher order Of rural intelligence demands better
church than the old country church was or could be
Boyle thinks the church people OF the
country will belong strong and ably conducted churches
in the villages Thus the building Of good roads
the Introduction Of rural free delivery, the building Of
suburban trolley lines and the popuarizaton of the auto
mobile will have good effect regiously well as mate
rally for they will strongly tend to give the rural com
munties better religious connection than they ever had II
the old days Of small country churches.-Minneapos
Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

Now that the Carnegie hero fund
commissioners have met and organ
ICED, let the heroes come forward
promptly. No need to push or shove,
either; just come along quietly and in
single file.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

A mean farmer claims that there
used to be a fine echo on his farm
that attracted numerous summer
boarders, but one day his wife got
into a controversy with it. and in its
struggles to have the last word the
poor echo strained itself so badly that
1t lost Its voice entirely. 1t Is a mean
man that would make up this joke.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
EDII ORIALSG
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS

oint IN the effort TO assmiate the legions OF
Immigrants that are coming to our shores tro ++
s e. oos+orn Europe There is general feellns 'n"s
a. ~ hos come to impose greater restrictions upon ING
importation Of this class of persons ,,., 80 the
Those who assert that this would be
tradition that this country is the asylum ZOE , ~
- al racos shond remember that with nations as WIN
Indivdnals sefpreservaon is the first law OF
Chicago Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

It is not the least but one of the
greatest advantages Of higher educa-
ton that the woman of to-day does
know herself much better than did
her mother or grandmother, and with
that acknowledge comes a better
understanding Of her relations to the
world about her. The college girl Of
to-day is healthier, stronger, saner,
more Independent, more resolute and
more useful than were the social but
terflieg or the household drudges of
her grandmother's time. In the ex-
perimental stages of this new develop
ment there may have been danger,
but the education Of the body as we'll
as Of the mind is now looked after
in all our girls colleges, indeed, much
better than In colleges for the other
sex.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

Milton received $25 down for his
immortal Paradise Lost" said lead
ing author the other day, land to-day
the manuscript of it is considered
worth $4,000. How many of our
modern manuscripts which are worth
$25. GOO to-day will, wonder, be worth
$25 a century henceT"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

The biggest single industrial enter
prise ever undertaken by the United
States is the digging of the Panama
canal. That makes John F. Wallace
interesting. He is going to dig it He
has accepted the position Of chief en-
gineer. 1t was the natural thing to
select a railroad man for the big job.
A man who can build railroads as
they are built in this country Ia equal
to anything. Mr.. Wallace Is general
manager Of the Illinois Central Rail-
road. He worked bis way up from
the bottom. He has health, a mag
nifieent physique, brains and the kind
Of patriotism that caused him to &C
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
Nolern Imnroyementa.

Day. find there is a $500 mort
gage on the property you sold me. You
never said anything about 1t.
Gay-C Certainly I did. Didn't I dis
tInctly tell ron It had all modern Inn
proYements New Yorker
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

According to a new encyclopedia,
poverty is caused by four things
drink, inefficiency and shiftlessness,
crime and fondness for rowing. One
other cause that might be mentioned
lg a lack of money,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

Mrs. Hannah Elias deeply regrets
that she is a negress, but seems to be
unconcerned about the things she
ought to regret most keenly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

When Russell Sage travels he al
ways takes the last seat in the car, SO
that the conductor will be compelled to
let him save the interest on his money
longer than any Of the rest of the pas
sengers.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
DANCES A DAY AND A HALF.
SomaH Woman Infected with Relisious
Frenzy In English Town,

UHSH@S III AHBIlbh TOWN.
A Somali woman has astonisbed
Bradford holiday makers by dancing
without stop for thirty-six hours.
1t was no part Of her business thus
to exert herself; she simply entered
with excessive and unexpected hearth
ness into the spirit Of the great Whit
suntide festival.
A number Of women Of the Somali
tribe are proving great attraction at
Bradford exhibition, and it was ex-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

So long as men struggle for better
prices for what they have to sell, so
long viii there be struggle for lower
prices on what men have to buy.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

The L. n. Letter estate Of many mil
lions has been left In trust-that is
one form of octopus that no one will
want to smash. ..a..
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

When a village bank cashiers wife
appears In a new dress the neighbors
look at her as If they suspected her
husband Of having robbed the bank.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

Man is a gregarious animal and set
ties In cities but when he gets there
he has little to do with his neighbor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

It is just as easy to praise neigh
Dor as It is to find fault with him,
but people seem to derive less salts
faction from 1t.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

The man who holds his head too
high overlooks a lot of LIES good
things.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

The favorite flower Of Uncle Rus
sell Sage is the touch-me-not.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

No fire drill on the slocum, no fire
drill In the IrOquois--the old story.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

You can't tell the Russians that
the yellow peril Is not real.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

A phenomenon Is man who never
loses q bunch of keys
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

1t is good thing to lose your fence
II It means the enlargtng Of your
field.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
Journal.

saber bayonet wounds In the Crmean War the English
and French had 2 per cent of such wounds in the Sches
wlgHosein War about per cent, while In the Franco
PrusSan War the records show that the Germans received
less than onethird Of l per cent.
"a striking commentary this upon the advance of mod
military science showing that with general adop-
ton of long firearms the saber and bayonet
rapidly falling into disuse and the time coming If It
has not already arrived. when those old and honored
weapons will become obsolete"
But 1t Is not the bullet the artillery which strikes
down the largest number of 1t Is disease the
Civil War out of every 81 wounded in action
Of every 38 died Of his Wounds every AT
killed in action OF the total mortality among coored
soldiers 80 cent from disease the total NOR
tay the white volunteers, 70 per owing
to disease among the white regulars 60 per cent-Cht
cago Tribune
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
What Kills Men In War.

N the last issue of the Army and Navy Journal
some data are given as to the number Of
wounds actually inflicted by the bayonet and
saber as compared with firearms and artillery
OF all wounds treated by medical officers Of
the Union armies in the Civil War about four
teuths of | per cent, or 022 out of 24O7 TIP. were
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
..passinu of the Country Church. "
Chicago Journal.

He Passing of the County Churcn' Is tne u''e
If an interesting article In the outiooA ny
q. Boyle From this article we learn II we W
not already know it. that the country. upon
r,b,ch va have been accustomed to look as the
stronghold of organized religion, has lost Its
character "a such in recent years. According
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
RARa.s HORN
Warning Notes calllng she arlese Is
Repenfnnes. y

Y |-9a l17I 7'aH1 3ssis' f7s7i1 ~
@ CT AR / 4 n
strength may 81
spiritual weak.
Going ahead
depends on more
than head pow.
as lflIsSls .l -
&SEs ei
A true saint
never needs to
aee,k persecu.
zion
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05
Gern1anY and Iranps.
AS0.Ss.sSsSSSsS;;ISs

GERMANY has solved the tramp problem. N
Is announced that she is reasonably free from
Migrants, and that such as are sinking ABOUT
the byways are relatively harmless lot VINO
seldom commit robberies and assaults OF mag
nitude And the way she has settled the diff
emily ia tbis. She arrests all tramps and puts
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-11-05

liz PgTo. 4 Pus. 90. n.