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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
EASY FOR cHAuNCEY DEPEw.
Editor Comments ON the Senator's Re
marks on Lack OF Laughter.

Editor Comments ON the Senator's Re
marks on Lack OF Laughter.
Chauncey NJ. Depew says that we
are all too parsimOnious of laughter;
we don't look around for the fun
there is in life; we take things too
seriously. Maybe that's true enough,
but it does make us tired to hear this
sort Of philosophy coming from man
like Chauncey, who rests on downy
beds Of ease, and never has to lie
awake at night trying to cipher out
where next winters coal is going to
come from. Channy has bins in his
cellar full of all sorts Of imported and
domestic money, and when he wants
anything he just goes down there with
a sack and Shovels in enough money
to buy what he wants, and that's all
there is to it. It's dad-blistered easy
for man to be a cheerful philosopher
when he has a few cords of green
backs piled up in his woodshed. And
Chauncey, while he says such beau
tiful things between times, is contrib
ut1ng to the gloom Of the nation near
stories that turn a mans blood to
water. It's nice howdydo for man
to spring a lot of heart-breaking anec-
dotes, and then look around upon the
weeping and shuddering people and
tell them that they are too parsimonl-
GUS of mirth.
There's a man good deal like
Channey within a thousand miles
Of the town we live in. He goes
around all the time with a beaming
smile, as serene as May morning,
throwing around gems Of philosophy
promiscuously. He is always saying
pretty things about letting sunshine
into our lives and gathering the roses
while we may, and all that sort of
thing. He has string of platitudes
on file in his memory all the time, and
he never misses a chance to distribute
them.
But that's about all that he ever
does distribute. He is so stingy that
he would steal hay from blind horse.
He has always been well fixed, and
his father was well fixed before him.
and he has never known what 1t
Ineans to walk the floor in the silent
watches of the night, wondering how
in bitten that note was going to be
paid. All he does is to look serene
and quote chaste things concerning
the sunshine, and go around lacking
up his tenants and renters if they get
a few days behind and piling up
wealth in the bank. It's mighty easy
to be philosopher under such circum-
stances.-Nebraska State Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

friends or relatives, and by easy stages
go in to Dawson for the cleanup"
Large ocean steamers carry them to
Skagway, and the White Pass and
Yukon Railway spans the gap to
White Horse Rapids, where river
steamers are waiting. and In two or
three days they scurry down the
Yukon to Dawson.
The cabins on the creeks have been
cleaned and we'll stocked against the
coming of the owner and his party.
When he arrives the water Is turned
into the huge slulces and the work
of washing out the gravel mined dur
ing the winter begins. The women Of
the party spend hours alongside the
sluices, for gathering the Yukon gold
has peculiar fascination. If they tire
of this novelty there are stages to
take them into Dawson for bail or
an evening at the theater.
Il had the time OF my life," de-
clared a young woman who went in
for the cleanup" last year, land I'm
going again next year. l was in Daw-
son just four weeks and l attended
fourteen balls. Half the men l met
were college graduates and all wore
evening clothes, even to dinner par
ties. No dress in woman's wardrobe
IS too fine for Dawson, but even
fright Of woman is sure of a good
time, for the men are in such major
ity.
The most striking celebration
which occurred in the course of my
visit was the trip to the Dome, a
great hill back Of Dawson, on June
Il, the longest day Of the year. The
sun is in view for twenty-four hours
from the Dome, while in the Yukon
valley it disappears for a couple of
hours. More than thousand of US
made the trip to bask in the midnight
sunshine"
The cleanup" takes three or four
weeks, and when it is over the gold,
IN small sacks, Is hauled to Dawson.
The owner pays the crown royalty to
| the authorities settles with his en-
ployes and expresses the rest to his
bank in San Francisco or Seattle. He
has the choice Of two routes home
the way he came or down the Yukon
to Boring Sea and thence to the States
by long ocean voyage. Either way
there is absolute comfort.
Such Is the evolution Of the gold
camp that once suffered famine and
scurvy, and to which relief was sent
by dog teams over the frozen snow
fields. Dawson now boasts electric
lights, automobiles and no less than
1900 bicycles. 1t is gay socially In
winter as in summer, when the
cleanup" crowd appears to make
things lively.-New York Tribune
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
MUNICIPAL DENTISTRY ABROAD,
Germany and Russia Adopt Plan of
Looking After the Teeth,

Germany and Russia Adopt Plan of
Looking After the Teeth.
The dental statistics gathered in
many European cities have revealed
such an alarming condition of affairs
that Germany, at least, has decided to
adopt combative measures.
In all large dental towns clinics have
been founded, consisting, as a rule, of
specially fitted up rooms in one Of the
central schools.
Fully qualified dentists are appoint
ed, who devote their whole time to
their duties, but in Stuttgart the work
Is done voluntarily by the local den
lists. That such a movement is nec-
essary can scarcely be doubted when
one learns that Of many thousands Of
boys and girls examined, from the
ages Of 8 to 10, only 2 per cent had a
perfectly healthy set Of teeth. To give
an Idea Of the amount Of work done in
a year at Darmstadt schools It Is nac-
essary to quote the figures for 1909
During the year 1875 children were
examined, and 1861 teeth were filled
while 1871 were extracted. In Stras-
purg 1896 children were examined
699 teeth were filled and 1912 were
extracted.
Another interesting fact Is that 40
per cent of all teeth examined were
bad. The method of work ia varv
simple; the teacher brings his class 70
the dentist, who examines each mouth
QUICKLY and marks on the card which
each child has brought with it wheth.
er treatment is necessary. If SO, the
child must come again on a Saturday
Russia is also joining in the mova-
ment' and has already fitted I'D nine
sucn institutions In St. Petershnr0
alone while Moscow has also several
London Mail. "''
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

city; they long for few acres of land
from which to get their living, and
many Of them are doing it successful
ly, though more are failing from lack
Of technical knowledge. A man Of so
in the country feels that he has years
enough before him to accomplish
great deal; in the city, If the man of
so years be an employee, he Is in daily
fear, and justly, that he will lose his
position and some youth get it. The
writer knows whereof he speaks, for
he has been the city man and the
farmer. Some day some Carnegie will
find an outlet for his fortune in buy
ing large tracts of land in settled
farming communities, near schools,
churches and stores, cutting them up
into small farms Of ten or twenty
acres, building a house on each, en-
ploying one or more experts as teach
ers in rural lines and Offering these
homes to city men Of middle age who
have saved a little money, at price
and on terms that will enable the man
from the city to pay for his little home
by his labor. He will be taught how
by the experts employed by the rich
man. This Is not charity, for the rich
man will find his philanthropy paying
him a goodly per cent on his invest
ment-IndianapolIs News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
Water a Plant Copiouslx.

Improper watering is often the cause
of failure with plants. The usual plan
is to sprinkle a small quantity of
water daily in each pot containing a
plant. If those who water plants in
this manner, as most beginners do,
could see the florist water his plants
they might fear the plants were being
drowned, but they would learn a les
son In plant culture that would be of
much benefit.
The florist waters his plants with
few exceptlons) either daily, every
other day or twice a week, according
to the weather, and when the watering
is done the soil about the plant Is
completely saturated. The pot being
we'll provided at the bottom with
drainage material-usually broken
pieces of pots-the surplus water
passes of, yet the soil is so wet that
the roots can absorb from it all the
moisture required for the best develop
ment Of top growth.
Fl One watering of this kind week
win do vastly more good to the plants
than the daily sprinkling so generally
practiced.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Probably the Oldest inhabitant does
not remember q year in which the
crops were not a complete failure-in
the opinion of certain people. Regu-
larry in the late summer and early fall
the spectators send out an army of In
spectors to watch over the processes Of
nature and criticise the work Of the
Creator, and they generally report that
the job has been bungled and that
there will be only One-half Of a crop or
none at all. The fact that these vatici-
nations have regularly failed every
year since the country was settled
does not stop them nor prevent people
from being affected by them. They
listen to the grouchings all through
August and September and reap a gol
den harvest in October without put
ting the two things together and learn
ing the folly of distrustlng nature.
When the dog days come again they
will be as ready as ever with rea sons
for believing that there will be only
third Of a crop of wheat and no corn
crop at all. These prophecies are not,
Of course, confined to the cereals. Who
ever lived through a summer without
hearing that the frost had killed the
peaches and that there would be no
apples? In the early summer we are
warned that it Is a bad year for berries
and that the melons will be poor.
When the time comes there Is gener-
ally an abundance of everything, but
no one recalls the fears that were in
dulged and even cherished up to
Thanksgiving day. There is nothing
80 good for a mans health, prosperity
and happiness as an unalterable con-
victlon that this is not fatherless
world, that all the processes Of nature
and all the activities of men are con-
trolled by an all-wise Being, who opens
his hand and supplies the wants Of ev-
cry living creature. 1t may be added
that nothing is so sure to lead to fail
ure, suffering and poverty as a settled
conviction that we are simply drifting
and are at the mercy Of blind and cruel
second causes. During the civil war
there was a man who made a good
deal OF money by specializing in gold,
and he made it, he said, entirely in
consequence of his immovable conf
dence in the United States govern
ment No matter how the battles went
and no matter what the market re-
ports said, he was always on the bear
side of the gold market because Of his
absolute patriotism, or, as he said, be-
cause he always bet on Uncle Sam"
This Is in perfect analogy with the
grain market. The grain Spectator
will ever be the safest who banks on
the conviction that the Creator is sure
to feed his creatures and to feed them
abundantly.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
Chronic Rroncl,itia

AAOAAS sG11OuCnIr10. Ii
After repeated attacks Of acuta
bronchitis, especially In those past ina
middle Of life, there is tendency fop
the disease to become established "a
a chronic affection. When this occur0
perfect cure is hardly to be expected
unless, perhaps, the patient is able Il
take up his residence permanently N
a warm climate. Even when a cure
appears to have been effected the ma,
cous membrane of the bronchial Tubes
remains vulnerable, and very sligbt
causes will then bring about a return
of the trouble.
There. Is usually more or less cough
accompanied by thick expectoration
especially in the morning. Sometimes
the chest is sore, and coughing excites
rasping pain. The heavy cough, re.
turning in repeated attacks and finally
becoming almost constant, at least
from early summer we'll on into the
autumn, at last causes a dilatation NJ
the air-cells in the lungs. This condi.
tion-pulnonary emphysema, as 1t In
called-induces sort of asthma In
which expiration is difficult, longer
than usual, and accompanied by more
or less wheeling.
There is usually little to do for
chronic bronchitis in the way of drugs.
The so-called eXpectorants or cough
mixtures are needed, as a rule. only
when there is fresh cold caught On
top of the chronic condition. At such
times the cough may become racking
and incessant and call for quieting
remedies. Cod-liver oil is almost al.
ways good for these patients unless
it spoils the appetite. When 1t cannot
be borne,-and when it can also,-the
sufferer should eat plenty of butter
and use cream freely.
When the patient is equity, not I'm.
usual contingency, an antigout regI.
men should be adopted. If possible,
the colder part Of the year should be
spent in warm climate. The dry air
Of the interior is preferable to the
damp east winds Of the Atlantic coast;
but as the heart may be affected sec.
ondarily to the lung trouble or to the
kidney trouble which is frequently as
ISOLATED with it, the high attitudes,
such as the Rocky Mountain region,
are to be visited with caution.
AS will be seen from the general
line of treatment indicated, hope for
sufferers from chronic bronchitis lies
in doing all that is possible to keep
the general condition built up by by.
gienic living and a generous Diet
Youths Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
CITY MAN IN THE COUNTRY.
Problem Midd1e-Aged Men Are TRYING
to Solve in the Me+roDoIis

Problem Middle-Aged Men Are Trying
to Solve in the Metropolis.
II farmers could know the number
of men at work in cities who are slav-
ing and pinching that they may save
enough to buy a small home in the
country they would be more than con-
tented with their lot. City life has Its
rewards, but the wear and tear on the
mental and physical being lie yerv
great. Probably the ambition Of four
nfths OF the trained newspaper men
In the great cities is to accumulate a
sum sufficient to enable them to buy
a paper in a small town; one that will
give them comfortable living with.
out the remorseless grind incident tn
work on a great city daily. So with
the clark and the artisan in the great
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

No better instance of a very black
pot reproaching kettle for blackness
has occurred for many a day than the
protest Of the St. Petersburg govern
ment against the British diplomatic
mission" which has made Thibet prac-
tically a British instead of a Chinese
province Russia complains that Brit
ain promised only to regulate trade be-
tween India and Thibet, but has estab-
hshed instead a virtual protectorate
over the land of the lamas She also
asserts that China's rights have been
invaded. There Is some sense In this
latter contention, but fancy Russia
posing as the champion Of China's ter
rttorial integrity!
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

To teach history as it should be
taught in our public schools the meth
DDS of the universities must be adopt
Cd. The scholar should not be required
to load his mind with dates; the aim
should be to give him a vivid impress
sion Of the doings, not only of the chief
actors. but Of the people Of the period
treated. To tell a pupil that Virgil
died on certain date and that he was
an excellent poet Is not calculated to
arrest the attention, but link his name
with the literary and other exploits Of
the Romans of the century before the
beginning of our era and that object
will be accomplished.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
BEES CURE RHEUMATISM.

Most persons have heard that bee
sting will cure rheumatism or lum-
bago, though few sufferers have &C.
tually tried the remedy. Formic acid,
derived from bee stings, is now being
extensively used as cure for these
diseases.
On the end of the sting, which is
about ne-thirty-second of an inch
long, is tiny sac containing drop
of formic acid This sac the bee de.
taches with the sting after the latter
has been deposited in the flesh.
Science has found a way to convert
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

It cannot be said that we are d pas
toral people. For the first time in the
history of the country the value Of
United States exports Of manufactured
goods has this year exceeded that of
agricultural products. For a long time
America has been regarded as the
granary Of the world, a vast farm
with storehouse attached upon which
the artisans of Europe might draw in
definitely. Europe was making things
while we were raising things. 1t is
significant that In 1904 the United
States has excelled in manufactures
her previous efforts in d-producing.
We are to-day making more things to
sell than we are raising to sell. Vast
as is the expectation Of grain. cotton
and meats. manufactured goods have
mounted to the first place. ,t..f....
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
OPINIONS OF GREAT PAPERS ON IMPORTANT SUBJECTS
: -
Fortitude is going out OF

intellectual toll for long sttngs Forttude Is sOs 0O
the world s..z aaconars+ion cor
norpal intellectual and moral 1t is necessary Ior n
make himself uncomfortable. Let him sleep on naru
tress let him sit only hard straghtoackeo enS
s own boots: let him walk long distances let MIN cut
sparngy and of none but simple dishes let nun no e
things that he does not like to do let him refrain Iiu
doing the things he does like to do let nnl -
flesh and humiate his desires until ne snai gain "e w
terv over himself-4San Francisco Bulletin
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03


There are communities in this coun-
try which earnestly desire foreign Inn
migration. There are others which
are pretty strongly opposed to 1t. 1t
Is obvious to every one that the prac-
teal immigration problem L. one Of
distribution. The immigrant has a
perverse way OF settling in those
places which do not want him and
ignoring those which do. Commission
ers of immigration for many years
past have believed that something in
che way OF better distribution could
be accomplished, by afEordlng the
States needing labor an opportunity
after the Immigrant has landed for
giving him information about condl-
tons In their sections and inviting
him to settle there. Commissioners
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

the stings, with their supply of formic
acid, into serum, which, used as an
titoxin or vaccine virus is used, effects
cure.
AS the loss Of the sting does not IN
terfere with the honey-producing ca
pacity Of the bees, the apiarists are
finding fortune in the newly discovered
cure, and great impetus has been
given to bee cultivation. The stings
bring $40 thousand.
The proprietor of one Of the largest
apiaries. near Philadelphia has more
than 100000 bees under cultivation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
LUXURY IN THE kLoNpIkE.
Hardship Is No Longer the Inevitable
Lot of Alaska Miners.


Hardship is no longer a necessary
accompaniment of owning and work
ing a mine in the I<londike. Certain
holders of rich claims on Bonanza and
Eldorado creeks, on which were made
the strikes that startled the world
few years ago, have worked out
system of gathering their golden divI-
dends which involves little more than
an enjoyable summer outing. 1t is as
easy as going to the races, only the
Klondiker brings back the gold. 1t Is
hardly more trouble than clipping
coupons from gilt-edged bonds.
These owners OF bonanza claims
spend the winter in ''the States" Cali
fornia claiming most of them. In the
spring they make up a party Of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

a surprising statement comes from
the Bureau Of Education. 1t Is that
there are In the United States 1,757,-
023 males over 80 years of age without
education The bureau does not go far
enough. 1t should follow that army
to the poorhouses the Jails, the haunts
OF bitter poverty, to the lives of the
tramps For one of the mainsprings
of poverty and crime is ignorance. Ed
ueation pays More education pays
better, A study of that book Of nota-
bles, Who's Who, !" shows that out Of
10000 men considered successful, 1909
had college edueations. II parents
would only stop to consider the matter
they would realize that it isn't what
boy earns in the years before he Is p
that counts. Up to that time his life
IL preparatory. He should be getting
ready for struggle that will be siren
uous. He can afford to be pinched for
spending money, for clothing, for lux
uries of all kinds, but If he steps into
| the world where every man fights for
himself, without at least good COM
I5A1IOA 6ShNOA OAuCuLOAs WSL4 SOdhCu lii
he is going to wear a ball and chain
the rest Of his life. He is going to
have a handicap that no amount Of
worldly wisdom can entirely overcome.
Perhaps, in your own experience, you
have seen the young men who cannot
write, who cannot spell, who cannot
| frame sentence without violating
grammatical laws. They are not
wanted. Society does not excuse them,
and their field of endeavor is narrowed
down to q point where the thousands
struggle for a living. Ignorance means
bare living at the hardest, most kill
ing kind Of toll. The money earned by
child often means the sacrifice Of
future. Education pays. In these days
of keen competition it is due to every
young man that he 60 into the world
fully equipped.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Lord Curzon, in speaking Of the
British empire the other day, said that
It had in it "the vitality Of an unex-
hausted purpose" That is the kind Of
vitality that makes men, as well as
nations, live long and prosper. 4
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

A Pennsylvania man bit into q peach
the other day and was stung by a bee
which was having good time In the
interior Of the fruit. If people will
butt into the, business Of others, they
must not complain of the consequences.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

The latest from Thibet is that the
British have made the. Thibetans pay
7,500,0O0 rupees for not opening the
door promptly when they knocked. Cd
dinarlly this would look like war in
demnity, but the British government
insists that 1t has not been at war with
Thibet. 1t was only making a friend
lIY call. - .--- -
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

j. Pierpont Morgan has been almost
run down in his launch, almost run
over by an automobile, and almost hurt
in a railroad collision. No wonder he
as beginning to think of retiring.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Whether to- eschew old milk, as DR..
Reynolds advises, or drink it sour with
Professor Metchnikoff, is the latest
puzzle prepared for the common man
by science. And the common person,
as usual, will take neither horn Of the
dilemma.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03
XR.hera tha snort Fatls.

Stubbs-After all, this shooting III
clay pigeons isn't so exciting as nFlnS
at live ones.
Twist-No. there's little fun Shoo'.
ing at things that can't feel II "neH
they are hit.-Boston Transcript.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-12-03

Miss Ida Tarbell's figures show con-
clusively that she has not succeeded
in punching any holes in the bottom OF
the Standard Oil Company's dividend
bucket