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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
Ftreproof Cars,
60

Freight cars built entirely Of steel
are so numerous now in the United
States that the Electrical Review
thinks our railroad managers might
proftably go step farther, for it asks
in recent issue: "Why not build pas-
senger cars of steel?"
Our contemporary ought to know
that steel now enters to greater pro-
portion in the construction of passen-
ger coaches than is generally known,
and no doubt the metal will be utilized
as far as possible, but all-steel passen-
ger cars are not likely to meet with
the same success as has been won by
all-steel freight cars. The cars for the
new electric passenger subway in New
York City are not built entirely of
metal, and 1t is believed to be imnrec-
ucable to construct passenger cars in
that way, but it is possible with the
discoveries made in other directions in
recent years to build substantial rail-
way vehicles in part of metals, with
such materials as asbestos and fro
proof wood as basis for the decors-
tons.
Many passenger cars now in use on
American railroads are built on a
frame work Of steel, and some of the
private passenger cars are 80 strong
that nothing short Of dynamite could
disintegrate them. In the cars of the
latter class the limit has been reach
ed in the utilization of metal, unless
all decorative effect aside from paint
Is doned.-American Exnortar
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

Prince Henry, addressing German
soldiers who were about to depart for
Africa, said: Germany expects every
bullet to do its duty" Any bullet that
doesn't do that ought to be shot.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

The Sultan has promised to make an
exhibit at st. Louis. The Sultan rec
ognizes only a constructive difference
between promises of an exhibit and an
exhibit of promises.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
mats the Question

T s IT, was only five years ago tho.
r,o S,"r = In with our firm ct e. ena y
week. said Bragg, and now o oo % 20 "a a
" . %Teh -, without any trouble" L F0o
rar, lnat so; it's easy to earn that :,
o aat lie hewitt, but how much do tnue
se'' philadelphia Press w you
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

At Great Neck, L. l., widow with
fortune of $1,O0O,OOO recently married
a poor young man whom she had
known only two weeks. Still, there
are plenty of men who will go right
ON striving SO that their widows may
be left rich.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

II an ordinary old one-dollar bill har-
bors $4,000. 423,germs. how many could
get board and lodging on a veteran
twenty dollar note Of commerce?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
ed at the top of the stairs and wbtpod

cd at the top of the stairs and wbined
piteously. D'ileu
PRESENTLY the womans brother said
You must come and make # IN w,t,'
hran or the poor fellow will CRY ali
night" Accordingly the door was
opened, and each one of the family
SHOOK Bran's paw in sign of forgive.
ness. Then he quietly walked do1n
stairs and after eating his sumner
wan aVidty, curled himself in his hoT
and went to sleep. 40 IVA
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

Hall Game has nervous prostration.
Now perhaps he knows how most Of
the people who have seen his plays suf-
fered.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

pretty, didn't he? '0u 'nat was
were ne'! ne . no. He merely said Won
T,ed e az pretty as er."-PhiladelnIb To
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

JOSEEh REED. 5lIlluS at IEluCb-
ton, having been driven from Philadel'
phia. Joseph Reed, president of the
council Of Pennsylvania, with a con.
gressional committee, met the mutt.
neers. at Princeton. The difficulties
We're arranged, the men being paid. 50
far as possible, and many Of the
Pennsylvania troops, 100 men Of the
New Jersey brigade left their huts at
Pompton Jan. 20, 1881, and marched to
Chatham, with similar demands. Five
hundred New England soldiers were
quickly sent in pursuit, an adjustment
was effected, and the revolving troops
returned to their duty. On their way
back to Prompton a few of the ring
leaders again revolted, and were
promptly arrested and executed. Thia
put an end to the spirit of mutiny.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

I'VE used to think she was lazy
girl" Eyes; that was when she WIS
poor" How about it now| "Wny'
now that she is rich, we merely ncIs
the evidence of lassitude and ennuI'
Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

Somebody has written book enti-
tied How to Sleep" That's easy. Get
an alarm clock.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
American Apples for Fr1ncs.

american Apples for France.
In eight months the French have
bought 1900 tons of American chopped
aples for alternating.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

King Pete Of servia wants to resign.
anybody want his job?
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
Clinqing to Our Youth.

W $ :::;
- at an age when still simpering in white
ASTTEYS muslin and baby" hats and big frills. We
RS&J are younger looking at five and forty than our
own daughters and have a very much better
time They dears take life somewhat seriously and
get pematuey battered in the equinoca gales of extreme
youth. AS they grow philosophical they will become
reuvenated In the meantime they sit out at balls with
resigned air while their parents capes in the kitchen
lancerS When grandmothers with canary-coored
wigs ana all the outward sembance of dug-up mummies
they will be beginning to enjoy themselves and we with
one foot in the grave will be looking out for our third
husband 1t strange fact that this generation which
Worshps youth almost much it worshps wealth has
no fear of death We have morbid dread of dIseose and
afraid Of pain and suffering but we do not r ~
die 1t is our youth, not life to which we cling
London Outlook.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

OF course the man who is the butt
Of the joke can't see the point.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
BACK IN 1881.

The two most notable military 70.
volts in the history Of the Revolution
occurred in Northern New JERSEY On
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
The Married School Ma'am.

MISS PATTERSON, teacher in the New YORK
public schools, got married recently, and accord
ing to the rules of the Board of Education her
eligibility for position in the teaching corps I'M
mediately lapsed. But the lady, now MIS-. van
de Water, refused to hand in her resignation
ond will oa rrv her casa tn the courts, The
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

New Years day,
1881, most of the
Pennsylvania line
revolted at Morris.
t o W n. Thirteen
b Il n d r e d men
marched to Prince.
ton, declaring that
they would have
money, or blood,
f r o m Congress,
which was then
SITTING of p-innn.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02

Take the devil out Of some fam,,,o.
ana there is nothing left
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1904-04-02
TaaUlsa PRT0. 4 20. eo.. Ia.

cALDWKE-E., mAF7o.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
MARKET REPORTS.
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.
Features Of the Days Dealings in All
the Leading Stocks.

New York, Aug. 1S-The stock market
had to contend with some depression, to-
day. and although it made headway the
recovery and the later strength were by
no means SO decisive as yesterday. The
action of the grain markets, today, was
considerably less alarming from the view
point of an owner of securities, but the
grain carriers showed only languid
strength at any time. Reports of gross
were uniformly favorable with the sole
exception of Denver and Rio Grande
which showed a decline from last years
corresponding period of over u per cent.
Yet that stock shot up over two points.
don account. There were several other
centenrs of positive strength in the mar
ket. The local fractions were the sub
ject of a demonstration which compre-
hended the whole group for the first time
since the current movement set in. Man
haitian led with a rise of more than three
and PETERBOROUGH the curb rose with
equal violence. Repetition of old merger
runners was the only explanation and the
group reacted sharply. The departments
of these points of strength in a series
proved effective in overcoming the early
heavineSs due to the break of over two
points in Sugar and to the renewed
pressure on United States Steel preferred
The market sold off sharply in the last
hour but in the final dealings there was
a rally led by Amalgamated Copper, and
the closing was firm with the gains pref
ty We'll maintained The general railroad
list did not share in the strength of spec
ial stocks. Bonds We're quiet but firm.
Total sales. par value, s., $4,000. United
States bonds were unchanged on call.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
Farms Of an Acre Each.

In these times we are learning much
about Japan and the little Japs, and Of
all the interesting things we read
about them there is nothing more
the story of Japanese agriculture.
Less than 16 per cent. of the area of
Japan is arabic land and there are now
i'm the empire only 15.OOOOOO acres Of
land under cultivation. This is con-
siderobly less than the area of Maine
and yet over 10000, 900 people get there
from practically all that they eat and
wear. How is this done? Probably
nobody but Jap could tell. yet an
American consul in his report gives us
some interesting light on the subject.
He says that about SIS per cent. of the
two acres each; so per cent cultivate
two acres or more up to a little less
than three and three-fourths acres
apiece, leaving Is per cent. of the farm
ers who cultivate farms of three and
three-fourths acres or more. A COM
parisOn of the whole area under Cul-
tivation with the number of farm
workers shows that, on an average.
one man cares for little less than an
acre, while one-half of the farmers are
tenants having no ownership in the
soil. A japanese farmer usually in
CT eases his income by engaging in some
subsidiary industry such as rearing
silkworms. reeling silk. or spinning,
and by working for wages in the inter-
walls of farm work. He seldom uses n
horse or other draft animal, and his
tools are of very primitive character
He fertilizes and cultivates very thor
oughly, and is thus enabled to secure
abundant harvests besides often raising
two or more crops a year on the same
field. In the warmer ATTITUDES of Japan,
barley, indigo. beans, and rape are
grown successfully on one plat of
ground within the space of a year. A
farm. If it contains more than two
acres. usually consists Of several non
adjacent lots, the average size of each
being about one-eighth of an acre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
Pointed Paragraphs.

A silk hat that's worn all night loses its
nap.
Sunbeams of wit quickly melt the ice Of
sarcasm.
A girl who uses paint isn't necessarily
the picture of health.
Too much knowledge has been known to
strange happiness.
When a man gets too forward he is apt
to be given a setback.
The charity of some people is confined
TO heartfelt sympathy
Poverty is no disgrace; the disgrace be
gins when you are unable to hide it.
Card playing should be confined to
either the drawing room or the ante
room.
A man never realizes how high a fence
he can jump until he is badly scared.
1t may not be easier to coax n woman
than it is to drive her. but it is safer.
A man may be master of dozen
languages and still be unable to control
his wife's tongue.
The saints may have the best of it here
after. but the sinners seem to have the
most fun here on earth.
wise man never stumbles twice over
the same stone; when he passes that way
again the stone isn't there.-Chicago
News.
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!@0lN0yB Gossip
The Lonqinq for the Hills.


Would | were back to the low green hills
With their winding paths and ways
Would | were back to the ripping rllls
With their murmuring roundelayS.
l long for the fragrance of the air,
For the breath of the new-mown hay,
long for the stiffness gathered there,
Would | were back to-day.
Would | were gone from the city life,
With its din and noise, and jars.
Would 1 were gone from the constant
strife,
From the rushing changing cars.
| long to be gone from the files and books,
From the Office darksome and grey,
long to be back to the shady hooks,
Would | were there to-day.
Compare the freshness of the earth
TO the sitting city air.
Compare the wide unending girth
OF the sky to the office lair.
Why wonder / long for the low green
hills
With their winding paths and ways?
Why wonder l long for the ripping rills
And the murmuring roundelays.
Chicago Tribune
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
Little Yarns,

In Cuba one night during the Ell Caney
affair Gen Lawton was watching lot of
his soldiers file past and among them he
noticed burly negro corporal, a siX-fOot-
er, who. in addition to two guns and two
full cartridge belts, was carrying a dog.
The soldier to whom the extra gun be-
longed was limping alongside his COM
soldier. Look here he said: you
marched all night. fought all day and are
marching again" Yes, sah," responded
the negro Then" said Lawton,' why
on earth are you carrying that dog?'
why. general" said the negro, with a
grin, the dogs tired"
An English student tells that when he
Vas attending school at Leipzig the teel-
ing regarding the Boer war ran high, the
Germans eagerly exulting over any news
of British defeat. One of the university
One day he posted a notice announcing
that there would be a meeting of the pro-
fessors to protest against the action OF
England in South Africa and that the
meeting would be held in the geological
gardens. An English student was bold
enough to write under the notice And
a very good place, too but he had to
leave the university on account of his wit
A young graduate in law who had had
some experience in New York city wrote
to prominent practitioner in Arkansas
to inquire what chance there was in that
section for such a one as he described
can in politics and an honest young law
YER The reply that came seemed en-
eouraging in its interest: If you are
Republican the game laws here will pro-
tect you, and IL you are an honest law
yer you will have no competition
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1t seems that the mayor of Dubuque
knew what he WIS talking about when
he said he did not know any girl In his
city equal to the task of christening
the gunboat Dubuque. The young lady
finally selected did not do a very
artistic job. She could not smash the
bottle of champagne at her first at
tempt and the craft slipped down the
ways into the water unchristened.
Finally the gunboat was tied to a pier
and the lair sponsor climbed up a
ladder to its Prov and broke the bottle.
But Iowa, having laws similar to those
of Maine. will doubtless praise rather
than censure the young lady who thus
showed that she was not skilled in
handling champagne bottles.
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rccr cal'les and rains thro,Irk c. !,
closing rsa19.c. net lower; Aug sstssek
closed COZ: Sept. 597s4s0A cIossS ~
Dec, 59Hsg59A, closed 5gx. - -;
oATs-Receipts. 6s0O0: spot ~.
steady mixed oats, 26GI2a ibs' .utSsfey
natural white. 3Oft32 lbs, 42eu4sA: c,..s
white. 5000 Ibs.. 43N45 WIPED
BEEF-steady; beef hams, a.6anm
refined firm. ~;
pORk-Steady: mess. 13.50fcl3.1
BCTTER-Firm; unchanged.
EGGS-Firm; UNCHANGED
POTATOES-Easy: Long island -.
l.62; Jersey and southern. 1.S7frl IA
suGAR-Raw, firm; refined. firm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19

The hardships of a Japanese farm
ers life have caused the government TO
intervene to ameliorate it. A law
/ which went into force in 1900 provides
for the Encouragement Of boundaries
nv farmers exchanging fields for those
owned by others so as to make the
farms more compact and enlarge the
fields to permit the use of horses and
machinery. at the same time increasing
the tillable area by Strengthening some
boundaries and removing others. The
agriculture by laws respecting irriga-
ton. the protection of forests 50 as to
control the flow of rivers in the interest
of the farmer. the formation of farmers
guilds, and the improvement of drain
age systems. Moreover, the State
maintains experimental farms, has es-
tablished schools for practical and
theoretic agricultural training; and
runs hypothetic banks with many
DIdllClcS loi Tic oOlC
of farmers, where they can borrow
small sums at low rate of interest on
easy terms upon what security they
are able to furnish. AS the supply of
stable manure and night soil has now
become Inadequate to the needs of the
land, the government has even passed
laws regarding fertilizers and every
effort is being made to invent new
kinds and find new sources Of supply.
The principal agricultural products
of Japan named in the order Of their
acreage. are rice, rye. barley, wheat
beans. mulberries, sweet potatoes.
millet, buckwheat. rape, red beans,
Italian miIlet. tea, indigo. potatoes,
sorghum. tobacco, cotton and hemp.
Two-thirds of the arabic land Is
devoted to raising rice. SO we
see that the Japanese have an
excellent variety of vegetable foods.
The standard of living in Japan, Of
course. is lower than in the white
mans countries, but the successes of
Japan in peace and war prove that it
is sufficiently high. What contrast
is here furnished between the toilful,
patient Jap content with his one-acre
garden patch and the American farmer
who grumbles if his 100 or 200 acres of
fruitful land does not bring each year
n bumper crop. Farming in Japan is
quite different proposition than in
this country.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19

The Democrats are trying in this
campaign to make capital out of thu
"strenuousnesS" of President ROose-
welt. But Hon. Champ Clark. the
statesman who presided over the st.
Louis convention ana who officially
notified Judge Parker of his nomi-
nation. got 50 strenuous in a Kentucky
speech. this week. as to express in
ting the throat of n man in the audi
encc who Interrupted him with an en-
barraSsing question.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19

Tho "holier than thou" attitude of
Judge Parker in reference to a second
term becomes little tiresome when
one glances at the list of our Presi-
dents who have been elected twice to
their high offices. This list is made up
of. George Washington. Thomas Jeffer-
son. James Madison. James Monroe,
Andrew Jackson, Abraham Lincoln,
Ulysses s. Grant. Grover Cleveland and
William Mckinley. Yet Judge Parker
INDUCES in heroics to prove to the
people that he could give the country
loftier and nobler public serS,ice than
these men who accepted a secoAd term
In brooding over his own greatness
during the long months of his silence
the Sphinx of Esopus has lost his SENSE
OF humor. \
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19

Boston, Aug. R
FLOUR-Very firm; spring patent, SIS
l6 80
CORN-Slightly easier: No yellow. 6.
OATS-Steady; No. 2 clipped, 5oa5l
MILL FEED-Firm
BRAN-Spring, 21.25
MIXED FEED-24626
COTTON SEED MEAL-27.00
PORK-Quiet and unchanged.
BEEF-Low prices and low grades.
LAMB-Eas ier; 8d10
VEAL-Firm; H.
BUTTER-Firm; northern, aOI2UA
CHEESE-Firm; York state, $685.
EGGS-Firm and unchanged; fancy 20
rs; eastern. 246I26.
APPLES-Easier.
POTATOES-Steady.
SUGAR-Very firm
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
Boston Stock Market.


New York, Aug. -.
FLOUR-Receipts, 14,0i6; exports. 1858;
sales, 2400; dull but held firmly; MINI. pa
tent. 5.950l6.25; MINI. bakers, 4.3O664. IS;
winter patents. 5.20a5.4 40; winter straights,
4$5dt515
wHEAT-Receipts, 1000; sales, 800. 900
futures; spot steady; No. 2 red. nominal
elevator; No 2 red. 1O9As I o b afioat; No.
/ hard Manitoba. nominal I O afioat.
CORN-Receipts, S2,475; exports, 1890;
sales. 1900 futures: spot steady; No. 2
CO.'S elevator and 5s7s afioat; No I
yellow. 621s; No. white. 5g7s: market was
generally weaker all day. Influenced by
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
Personal Notes.

William A. Hall Of Detroit, has been
chosen president of the Michigan State
Pharmaceutical Association. He gradu-
ated at Yale in 1882.
James Dean of Freeport. L. l., has
probably the greatest private collection
of war relics to be found anywhere In the
country. His armory occupies two large
rooms in his dwelling.
Prof. George v. Rodgers of Cleveland,
Ohio, has been unanimously elected piesi
dent of Baldwin College. Berea.. Ohio. He
is graduate of Drew Theological Semi
nary of Madison. N. j.
Goodwin Smith has completed a mono
graph of Mr.. Gladstone which will be
published shortly. 1t is devoted mostly
to personal recollections and to a criti-
cism of Mr.. Gladstone's literary work.
Major A. NJ. Hancock, for many years
prominent IN political affairs in Mary
land and for II years consul at Malaga,
Spain. appointed by President Lincoln
mas just died at his Summer home at Blue
Ridge Summit, Md.
Rev. Henry A. Buchtel, since he was
made chancellor of the Denver University.
has cleared that institution of debt of
more than quarter of a million dollars
For several years he was pastor of the
calvary church, East Orange. N. J.
j. Wesley Hoffman. cotton expert for
his Majesty King Edward. is visiting
the Worlds Fair at st. Louis. He is the
Growing Association at Largos, West
Africa, where he is engaged in promoting
the cultivation of American cotton for
shipment to England.
Senator T. M. Patterson of Colorado.
has gone to Navajo Springs to meet the
chiefs of the Ute Nation and try to make
arrangements with them whereby they
will convey to the United States gov
eminent the tract known as the Mesa
Varde Lands and its ancient ruins. These
ruins are of inestimable value as pre-
historic studies.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-08-19
New York Cotton Market

New York, Aug ~
Spot closed ieaut 10 points higher Mid
ding uplands, 1866; do. gulf. lO%. Sales
2l6 bales.
Galveston steady. 10 7-16; Charleston
nominal; Memphis steady, 0ls; New Or.
leans firm. 102s Mobile nominal, 10; Sa-
vannah quiet. 10ss-
Consolidated-Net receipts for six days.
10652. Exports to Great Britain. 1862: to
France, -; to the continent, 1872; to Mex
leo, $50 Stock, 7,651
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The little "dntis' Look in vain for any
scuttle talk in Henry GasSdway Davis
speech Of acceptance, and there is an
eloquent absence of any reference to
the st. Louis Platforms declaration
that THE tariff is robbery. But Mr..
Davis is still living back in the good
old days before the Philippines were
heard Of. and he made his money in
nrnt eCteu inlIlSt ripS
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Nothing but the Truth.

Yes said Mr. Stormington Barns. we
did well in the West. At a one-nght
stand in Arizona We played to a $1,000
house,
Say. what are you giving me-" queried
Mr.. Walker Ties.
Facts" answered the great footsore
tragedian. The one man who comprised
the audience was said to be worth fully
that amount"