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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
Wid. a
ABANDON SHIP,

calls" AL hands to muster" turn
to" and pipe down." Nearly all 9TH.
ers' clear lower decks" clean b-,ght
work," spread mess gear" "eyenine
quarters for MUSTER" Church" "re
treat" color evolutions," fire :" "oT
ercises, boat calls, abandon shin !"
arm and away" equipped for distant
service of cutting out'9, hooks m
boats" assemble for drill and cero.
monies" "hammocks" and "tattoon 70
O'clock have been usurped by the
busy bugle. Tue
At the United States Naval Aood
envy Annapolis, Md, all the study roc
ltadon and recreation calls for +ba ~
oets are sounded by it, and. tope+hor
WIN Its military companion, the drum
II plays an important role in the ron
nne life Of these embryo officers thu.
accustoming them to its constant nea
when they go out into the service ~
the END OF their four years course
mis- assumption Of the ezsentia,,u
military instrument by the navy /. bnt
one OF the many proofs that +h,s
branch OF our service Is GROWING n,Iu
tary as well as scientific, and reluctan+
as are some old barnacles to confess
It, the day is not far distant wbon
every ship Of war will be but floating
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
LONESOME SHEEP AERDER,

HE Duties slmp1e-FeedlnE, Watering
and Protection Of Flock.
The herder may live in a tent, but
he is just as likely to sleep right out
doors, rolled up in his blankets and
tarp'; it may be that, where the feed
Is uniformly good, rough cabin with
some outlying shelters will be erected
His duties are very simple; he must
take his band, day by day. where there
will be sufficient feed and water; he
must keep them banded together and
must protect them from wolves and
coyotes. In fact, his duties are alto
gether too simple; the stories Of herd
ers driven insane by the loneliness
and monotony Of their lives are sell
dom overdrawn, and only few out of
many are told.
From day to day and week after
week he may go without seeing sin
gle human being, nothing but sheep,
sheep, save his almost human dogs,
and scarcely a sound in all the great
treeless waste, save the incessant, mo-
notonous, distressing baa-aabaa of the
band. Who can wonder that, when
night falls, and these sounds gradually
die down to silence, the herder, resting
in the sweet relief, suddenly rises in
anger to slay the foolish sheep whose
unt1mely voice would start the whole
band into the noise that has oppressed
the day? All over the sheep country
in the mountains you may see what
are locally known as "herders monu-
ments;" they are piles Of stones which
have been slowly gathered by the
herders and built into fantastic forms.
the attempts Of the men to save them
selves from the insanity that comes
from perfect idleness. Frequently thew
find the bleached bones Of a man on
the bench lands, a herder who has
yielded; whose mind has given way
under the strain Of the great wastes
and the life with the band; who has
shot himself. His band has wandered
away, dropped over precipice, or CO.
alesced with some other band.-World
To-Day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
VERY EARLY CORRIDA,

Cow In Alameda Street, Mexico City.
Chased Girl and Lover.
An impromptu corrlda was given the
other morning in the Alameda, Mexico
City, three of the toreros being caught
and injured by the toro. The peculiar
tiles of the entertainment were that
it was given very early in the morning,
In the main park Of the city, without
the consent Of the authorities and be.
fore a very limited number of specta-
tors. Also, that q COW took the role
Of the bull and that no horses were dis.
emboweled. From this point of view
the corri0a was a very bad one.
It happened that herd Of cattle was
being taken to the slaughter house and
that one of tn ecows, realizing the
danger, made an attempt to escape. 1t
crossed a number Of streets, pursued
by the vaqueros, until 1t reached the
Alameda. There were, first a servant,
who had been sent out ON an errand,
and having met her lover, by accident,
of course, was having long talk with
him. The cow made for the couple,
but the man promptly unfolded his
zarape and used 1t for a cloak until
he was caught and thrown up in the
air, nearly to the branch Of a tree
where the woman had climbed for
refuge. The cow next met a woman
who was going to early mass. She
was not a senorita torera, and was
frightened by the sight of the COW.
She crawled under one of the iron
benches, or. az a torero would say, ran
into the callejon. She deserved to
have been Kissed. Later on two men
were attacked and gored. but neither
was killed. Had a larger audience
been present the two men would have
been rewarded with applause.
Just at that moment lazadores ap-
peared on the scene, lassoed the crea-
ture and the corrida was over.
1t Ia not announced when another ia
to be gtven.-Mexican Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
me Land Of '.Pretty eoon.v

~ The Land Of 'sPretty Soon"
know Of land where the streets are
paved
With the things we meant to achieve.
It 10 walled with the money we meant to
have saved,
And the pleasures for which we grieve.
! The kind words unspoken, the promises
broken,
And many coveted boon
Are slowed away there In that land
somewhere s-a1 -.l
The land Of "Pretty Soon"
There are uncut Jewels, Of possible
fame,
Lying about In the dust,
And many noble and lofty aim
Covered with mould and rust.
And, oh, this place, while 1t seems %
near,
Is further away than the moonl
Though our purpose 10 fair, yet We never
get there
The land OF Pretty Soon"
II is further at noon than it IL at dawn,
Further at night than at noon;
Oh! let us beware OF that land down
S. there
The land Of pretty Soon"
The Kings Own.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
CultivatinR a Weed.


Ordinarily, the sure way to kill q
weed Is to become attached to it, and
give it the same care one would give
to an exotic. The chances are that it
will then pine and die; but 9. NJ. Skin
ner, in Little Gardens" tells Of
weed that became the glory Of his gar
den:
We had one thing in that yard that
nobody else had, willingly, and we
were proud of, namely, "jimson-
weed" the stramoniup, or thorn-ap'
pie, Of the vacant lots. This had sown
itself in the center of the back bed,
and being picturesque of leaf and an
oddly among cultivated plants,
spared 1t. This weed endured prosper
tty with cheer that 1t was good to
see. 1t grew and grew until it was the
prize among its species.
Out in California they have jimsons
so big that you can play under them'
but l speak now Of our humble East
ern variety, which is usually of dus-
ty, weed-like aspect, rooted among ash
dumps, crockery and old cans, and
lapsing into a squalor Of age at the
first nip of the frost.
I hoed the soil about it. watered It
picked OF the beetles and grubs, and
when the flowers came, gathered them
every evening, at least, all but enough
to attract the night-moth, with its as
tonishing proboscis.
The determination of that plant to
have seed caused it to put forth bios
SONS OF a multitude, and it swelled al
most to the dimensions of a tree. IL
was ten or a ozen feet wide ana
about nine feet high. It screened
ragged and unpleasant view behind US
and was really as handsome a property
as many an owner Of a private PARK
could desire. f. ~ i
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
Precautionary Treatment.

The Dutch peasant lives with canals
all about him. and reaches his cottage
by way of drawbridge. Perhaps 1t
is in the blood Of the Dutch child, SAYS
writer in M. A. P, not to fall into a
canal. At all events, the Dutch moth.
er never appears to anticipate such a
possibility.
One can imagine the average En-
glish or American mother trying to
bring up family in house surround.
ed by canals. She would never have
a moments peace until the children
were in bed. But then the mere sight
Of canal to the English child suggests
the delights of q sudden and unexpect-
ed bath.
An Englishman inquired of a Dutch
woman, Does a Dutch child ever bv
any chance fall into a canal?"
EYES," she replied, ceases have been
known"
Don't you do anything for it?" con.
tinued the quest1oner.
"Oh, yes" she answered. 1--WE hauI
them out again"
But what mean is" explained the
Englishman. don't you do anything to
prevent their falling in? To save them
from falling In againP'
"Yes," she answered. I'VE spank
them" $50
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
The Lana PIoYar.

It was q beautiful June morning,
and Uncle John was obliged to drive
out to his farm.
Would you like to come with me,
Toddy2" he asked, as the horse was
brought round to the door.
Eyes. STRIP Teddy answered, eagerly.
II just guess would"
The sun was bright, and the coun-
try road was green and sweet with de-
lightful odors, and Teddy made believe
In his mind he was little colt he saw
running round in the fields. Uncle
John was driving along at q smart
trot, when all of a sudden he stopped
the horse quickly and cried out:
Teddy, do you see thatF'
And there, right under the pony'g
feet almost, were a whole family Of
little plovers.
Teddy was 30 delighted that he could
not speak for a minute.
The tiny birds were Just as quiet as
could be, because their mother had
taught them not to make q noise when
any danger came near them. But they
were dreadfully frightened, for you see
they had been nearly run over.
''You may get out, Teddy, and run
along the road piece" said Uncle
John.
And then Teddy saw that the little
plOvers were not alone. but that their
father and mother were with them.
The minute Toddy's feet touched the
ground. the old birds began 10 make a
fuss. Probably they thought he was
O cruel, bad boy that was coming to
steal their brides.
The mother bird "cheeped," and all
her little family followed her into the
grass at the roadside, but the father
bird ran along in front Of Teddy, back
and forth, and seemed to want the little
boy to play with him.
Uncle John smiled.
'"Try to catch him, To-day" be said.
Teddy tried, but found It was not an
easy thing to do. It was queer. too.
for the plover dragged one wing along
In the dust and seemed to be quite
lame, but Just as soon az the little boy
would get near the bird ana think he
could put his hand on II, he would ind
It was q little ahead Of him all the
time.
He followed it along the road for
three or four minutes, Uncle John drtv-
ing slowly after him, till all Of a sud
den, when the father plovsr thought
the mother bird had had time to get
their wee family through the fence
into the field and to hide them safely
In the long grass, he rose straight up
into the air, and away he Jew back to
them before Teddy had time to rnink.
wasn't it too bad to fool q little
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29

blue jacket ana REQUIRE II = "
command to interpret their mas nv n
At our military posts the fre5,,o 4,
recurring routine calls serve IL INA, assasly
the hour Of the day for the oti,c sss.ssse 3.
their families, who regulata ts auo
clocks by them and who rarslv uslr
to consult their timepieces whas , assa
in sound of the bugle. They &C.,, ~
their engagements to nicely u s 49,
routine garrison calls. which ~ s1sss
constant and Interchangeable % tha -, 6
In Its course. Army babies Iearr sa !.
hum them when they are onir !. y
enough to toddle and lisp, ana ~ ~
mothers and housekeepers rs,, , /.
their household duties by the haas
which they mark. Such rerea rks a.
First call for retreat and t1inna. = !,
notserved, "or Taps already and - =
yet in bed" are not infrequentlv No. y.
among army people, to whom M
hourly monitor soon becomes !
miliar friend and second natura 7.
tells them when to sleep, when to woEs
and when to go to church, n =
minds them that it is time for lunoh
time for dinner and time to prepare for
bed, and, should physical ailments Z, !
quire attention. it announces the doc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
S1eds In Summer.

~ASAaS
We always associate sleds with ice
and snow, and the idea of people sit.
ting on an OK sled with a canopy over
their heads to keep of the rays Of the
blazing sun, and being hauled over the
bare ground by oxen, is a queer one,
But that is precisely what they do in
Madeira and the Philippines. There
they have the novelty of a sled ride
surrounded by flowers, grass and green
trees, with the warblings OF birds in.
stead of bells as an accompaniment
In these countries sleds were used hun.
dreds Of years before wheeled vehicles
were thought Of. DR.. Karutz, a noted
German scholar, who has been inves.
tigating the invention of the sled, ex-
plains that primitive man probably ar
rived at the idea Of the sled from see
ing trees slip and slide down the noun
tainS. He at first hitched his dog to
the deer that he had Just killed, and
both dragged it toward the cave or hut
In which they lived. When he saw
logs slide down the mountain the idea
Of using smooth logs that would slide
over the ground easily when drawn by
himself or one Of his animals was the
next step in the development Of the
sled. Primitive peoples, like the Ma
lays Of the Philippines and the unpro-
greSSive peasants Of Madeira, still use
the sleds invented by their ancestors
thousands Of years ago.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
aEVEILLR.

ene omcer (who designates the desired
voices the warning for ita
eAScutlon on his bugle. The last note
Is the signal of execution, at which ths
movement indicated is promptly nar
formed-"Attention, forward !" 49,, eeI ;,
1alt lie down." rally by SQUAD "
aoeploy'" commence firing" aceosa
nr1ng'" ITO the rear" and mapv H.
:, are all perfectly ints1Ii1t
Die 70 the soldier or the well-trained
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29

The bugle calls in use in the .rr,r,
ana navy are not, as many might SUP.
pose rude and unmeaning blasts, with
OUT rhyme or reason, and sounded sim
ply at random but each has a special
and peculiar significance, which ts soon
learned and, to those accustomed to
Inc sound OF the bugle, as readily un-
derstood as any spoken language.
IN the "skirmish" or extended order
drills on shore no commands by word
OF mouth are necessary, but a trum-
PETER or "held music" ACCOMPANYING
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
LITTLE STORIES
AND INCIDENTS
That Win Interest and
Entertain Young
Readers.

boy like that2" Uncle John said aa
Teddy climbed back into the buggy.
"You see the father bird was only pre-.
tending he was lame SO you would
think You could catch him, and then
while you were chasing him, he knew
the mother plover would be hiding the
little ones. II YOU were to go back
now you couldn't find them anywhere. I"
s'Oh," said Teddy, but I wouldn't
have hurt them. Why did they want
to hide from me?''
"Well, you see," said Uncle John,
"they didn't know you had an Aunt
Hannah, who has taught you to be
kind to every living thing"
THAT'S So" said Teddy, soberly
and he wondered II he would ever
know as much as Uncle John did,
Youths Companion. ..s..
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9 STARVATION nIEra.
These Make Breakfast Foods Lock
Like Highest Luxury

These Make BIZ eakfast Foods Leo1
Like Highest Luxury
The hardest fare that six strong men
and a boy of 15 ever kept alive on
was the daily menu Of the Wtndover's
survivors, who were cast up on the
Irish coast near Kilsegg. They lived
for sixteen days on stewed ropeyarn,
without crumb Of anything else to
help digest it, except water; and
though 1t made them i'll, they kept
alive on it, and did not waste away
very much. @.EE 81.
The Wfndover was a bark carrying
salt between Spain and the States,
with an English crew, and she was
dismasted and abandoned about a
thousand miles out on the Atlantic.
Three of her crew were killed by fall
ing masts, and two others were wash
ed overheard; but the seven others
took to the whaleboat and set out for
Britain. Being in too much Of hur-
~, they took too little food. but three
large butts Of water, besides the tank
the boat already held. The result was
they ate up their provisions in four
days, but had water enough for a
month, and, after starving two days
more, they tried boiling lengths Of tar
red hemp rope into pulp and swal-
lowing it. They had keg Of paraf1ne
wax, and though it made them very
Ill at first, they eventually contrived
to live on the boiled hemp, the tar,
boiled to jelly, adding to the nourish-
ment Of the rope.
Two men who went to a small ISL
and off the Irish coast a little while
ago kept themselves going for ten
days on a diet almost as bad. They
landed in boat, which was smashed
by a wave on their trying to relaunch
her, and they were left on the bare,
rocky island, which has only a slight
scalp Of coarse turf, without food.
Fortunately there was spring on the
island, but nothing in the way Of food
but gulls, which they could not catch,
and nothing to make fire with as a
distress signal. There are not even
any shellfsh, as there is no beach, and
the pair had to subsist for the ten
days on cold, raw seaweed washed up
by the tide. For two days they
starved, but after that they tackled
the seaweed, making three meals a day
of it, until rescued.
A diet Of boots is one of the COM
monest Of last resource foods; and,
though it is hard for a welI-fed per-
son to imagine that any one could mas
dcate and digest shoe leather, a pair
of long sea boots will keep a man
alive for a fortnight, If he has little
Answers.
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ElSssSfSS--s s- $780, -x
~ -Ss7-zS-S-E
TO ARMs-THE LONG BOIL.

greyhound like the commerce destroyer
Columbia, fitted with every modern ap-
pliance' propelled by triple screws,
driven by quadruple expansion en-
gines and speeding through the water
at the rate of more than twenty knots
per hour.
These bulwarks Of the nation, tri-
umphs of naval architecture and tho
highest conception of the CONSTRUCTORS
art, need a different kind of hand to
guide and fight them than the pictnr.
esque sailor of Dibden and Marryat-
Every finger fishhook; every hair O
rope-yarn.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29
BOOTS AND SADDLES.

tors arrival by "sick CALI" From
morning till night its clarion rota
sends the wild echoes flying and bp.
tokens something which cannot he for.
gotten or shirked. ~
Among those calls most often heard
and which rarely or never varv ara
first CALL" "reveille," parade ana
guard mounting" assembly of pu,rd
Details" "sick CALI" "drill," "fatipne =
''canteen," mess" calls, 'sretrn.+p
TATTOO" quarters" and taps" An
these are equally familiar to the aarri.
son jewellers. whether in barrcaks or
"oft1cers row." and to many of them
rhyming words have been so cleyerlv
fitted by the soldiers themselves thar
the very notes seem to speak the mean.
ing expressed by the call.
For the hoisting Of the nag at 8
o'clock every morning, and when it Ia
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29

The saints may have the best Of II
hereafter, hut the sinners seem TO have
the most fun here on earth.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-10-29

A woman fuses at man q Week
to cut the grass, and then she fusses
at him for the rest OF the season Pc
cause he cut some plants in doing r
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-03-19

few comedians, although the melodies
and comedians possibly might be dis
pensed with.
But there is. we are prone to note. a
suggestion of unrest in Manila drama
and disposition upon the part of the
dramatic editor to be caustic in his
criticism. For example, one paragraph
reads:
Early in March it was rumored that
Pedro Palermo, q prominent Filipino
politician, was writing another Filipino
opera Happily the rumor proved with
out foundation"
The succeeding paragraph is even
more suggestive of acute realism 1t
reads:
Mayor Brown whipped a drunken
soldier early in March
Of course we are unable to determine
at this distance the exact standing of
sion, but, speaking offhand. we should
say that he was bad actor.
The pathway of the native play
wright, We judge lis 1netzstTewn with
wild roses during the reconstruction
period One item FeIa ties: -o4.
Early in August, Tolentfnos the FIJI
Pine author of a seditious. Aver. Hoy
Manana' yesterday, Today and To-
morrow, was sentenced to two years
hard labor in Bilibid prison. The case
is now resting on appeal"
Still Tolentino need not despair. Even
in the states there are historical plays
over which we do not gush. and were
we the judge before whom their authors
were tried But no matter. Suffice
it to say that two years seem such a
short SENTENCED
A criticism of the previous weeks pro-
gramme in the vaudeville theater gives
an excellent idea of what is being ac-
complished in this American metropolis
of the east:
Miss Elsie Maisie opened the olic
with The Country Ball. followed by
Miss Everett in My Sunbeam Lou All
Rockley pleased his many friends by his
clever singing of .Lourie MuIligan.' and
gave way to Bell Ray in The Old, Old
Words Miss Ray demonstrated thai
| she is still favorite. Hettie Fuller re-
peted her success of last week, Comm
/ Thro' the Rye and Scottish Dance
and was every bit as well received San
| Rowley sang Her Name Was Changed.
! not SO new as popular. followed by
/ Mabel Lynne in a laughing song. Miss
/ Lynne is usually laughing and was al
home in Make Me Laugh Mr.. Maui
rice, late Manila acquisition to the com
pany, made good in buck and wins
dancing, followed by Miss Harcourt in
the topical song Christmas Pudding >
It is natural for US to infer therefore
/ that the drama is in safe hands in Ma
Mia 1t may not be elevated, but i
will at least be kept above the subway:
of mOnotony.