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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
An Aid to Hearip1.

Hurry them along, please" said the
woman customer as she left a pair Of
opera glasses for repairs at Chest
nut street store. 81 can't hear well At
the theater without them"
Another customer who was waiting
smiled when the women left at her ap
parent mistake. "She meant she could
not aee." he observed.
NO." rejoined the optician; "ShS
meant just what she said. opers
glasses are an aid to hearing as well
as to sight. You can prove 1t any time
you are seated we'll toward the rear in
a theater by training the glasses on a
singer. AS long as you keep the singer
under scrutiny with the glasses you
will be able to follow the words Of the
song with ease. Drop the glasses and
you will notice a difference. It will
require more or less of a strain to
catch the enunciation distinctly.
by the use of opera glasses the.
alter patron is enabled to note distinct.
~ every movement Of singers lips
and the unconscious lip reading great
~ aids the sense Of hearing, II you
ever attend q public meeting where 1t
IL impossible to get close to the speak.
ers provide yourself with opera glass
es, and You will be surprised how
greatly they will aid you in hearing"
Philadelphia Record.
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Department at Washington is a law
yer, keen and round, who looks after
that particular kind of business. It
Is very large business, for in the
twelve months of the last fiscal year
Assistant Attorney General r. P. Good
win was instrumental in excluding
from the mails the letters of almost
100 different men and concerns. This
fiscal year, beginning with July, the
Offenders are more numerous than
ever. The files in Mr.. Goodwin's we'll
conducted office are bulging with pa
pers in these cases.
There are recruits, Of course, In this
peculiar class Of wrongdoers, whose
days and nights are devoted to
schemes for deceiving the unsophiati-
Gated public, and who would use the
Postofttce Department to help their en-
terprises along. But there are very
many confirmed ones, who, driven out
or business under one name, soon be-
gin under another.
1t Is amazing how persistent Gonna
OF the offenders are and equally 70.
markable to what extent people will
put their money intoAquestionable van
lures, says Mr.. Goodwin. Lewis Tho
man who started the United States
Bank at st. Louis, secured about 50 :
ooO'Ooo before fraud order was ts-
Sueo against him. That was one Of
tle Dig cases But there are many lit
Tie cases. For instance, those old ad-
Verusements for writing letters at
nome are still running, till we catch
tne persons practicing deception, You
WIN ma cases on our docket showing
mat we are constantly issuing fraud
oroers against such concerns.
The medicines that cure averv+b,ro
unuer the sun likewise figure In the
scores scores OF fraud orders signed BY the
postmaster General. We are now CON
STRUNG the law against such concerns
more strictly than it has ever haForo
Oeen construed in this Office Win A.
result that fraud Is declared pract,cad
III some cases where heretofore tbe
perpetrators would have ESCAPED.
10" years ago a fraud order was
L" Su0u against one Rowan in Milwau-
nee because he had been adyertis,ns
piilS tnat were a sure cure for deaf.
S surthermore, he promised to re-
tund the money if consumers az 4ho
pllls were not cured after att follow,nv ~, his
Instructions. When the money bod
Oeen sent and the purchaser had Row-
t1on. pms ne found enc of the condi-
1OnS 70 DO the taking Of 1000 pills At
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
HOW THEY SQUARED IT.

~ NE day, after Deacon Albright
" had been a widower for year,
he came home from the village,
half mile away, to be told by his
sister Sarah, who was keeping house
for him, that cow had broken down
the fence and got into the cornfeld.
Whose cow is it?" was the natural
inquiry.
i II dunno, but think it is the wilder
Green's. think it's that new COW
she bought about three months ago. +"
"And why didn't you go down and
drive her out r.
you know why. I've got the rheu-
matism SO can hardly get around the
house. couldn't chase COW a rod
II my life depended on It"
The widow Green, living next west
OF the deacon's, had been a widow for
thrs years, and 1t was common talk
WHEN Mrs. Albright passed away that
she and the widower would make a
match of it. The deacon had called
occasionally, and had always been very
good about lending tools and giving
advice. but neither party had thought
OF the idea Of marriage not yet.
In early spring the widow had
bought COW, and that cow had jump
cd every fence on the deacon's land
within TIVE weeks, but be had always
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
A PARABLE.

Together came two souls at Heavens
gate;
Strangers to each in their TRANSPORTED
state.
Before them stood the servant of the
A shining angel with his flaming sword,
Then to one trembling spirit of the dead
The guardian angel Of the portal said:
"Dost thou thine earthly enemies for
give?"
aye" came the answer. Quoth the
angel Live" -.
Then SAND the angel to the other one:
unto this man great evil hast thou
done; ..#
"For him be it what fate Is thine to say;
As he shall judge, SO shall 1t be this
day." .-....z
In silence stood he there, and none may
tell
What dreams were his of torture and
of He'll;
But when at last he dared uplift his eyes,
Wide swung the gate, and there was
Paradise! -u-..~
Prank Dempster Sherman.
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Chaneinr the suhiect.

The late Hon. Charles W. Slack told
the following of the Hon. Peter Har'
vey, the friend and biographer OF Dan
lei Debster:
Mr.. Harvey was large man WIN :
small voice and that pompoSity Oh
manner that many very difident men
possess. Above everything he valueu
and prided himself upon his friendship
with the great expounder."
The first year of the War OF the NO
bellion he went through to Wasnlng
ton, and on his return was asked no"
he liked President Lincoln.
WELL" he said, "Mr. Lincoln ~
very singular man. I went on % -
him, and told him that had been y
intimate personal friend OF pa L.,
Webster; that I had talked WIN I'M ~,
so much on the affairs of the count,,
that 1 felt perfectly confident ] coa lD,
tell him exactly what Mr.. WeOs.o,
would advise in the present crisis az ~
thereupon / talked to Lincoln loE Az !.
solid hours, telling him Just Wha' - =
should do and what he should ~. ~
and, will you believe it. sir Wnen h Il
through all Mr.. Lincoln said was - ,,s =
clapped his hand on my leg MI !, Van
veg, what a tremendous great caA
have GOT "-Boston Herald
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II won't pay ten cents"


"Then I'll sue you for damagesv
"You can sue till the chickens be-
come ducks. You could boss Mirandy
around and make her feel as humble as
a cat, but you can't boss me. Go ahead
with your old lawsuit"
The deacon said he would, and turn.
ed away. Before he had gone forty
rods he changed his mind, and there
would have been no legal trouble but
for the COW. Not satisfied with what
she had done, she took advantage OF
the occasion to die. 1t was from over.
feeding on the juicy stalks and young
ears, and witness was found to come
forward and swear to certain >whacks
the deacon had bestowed upon her
anatomy as he drove her along the
road.
Hes so powerful quick to talk
about lawsuits that I'll give him onev'
said the widow when she heard that
the jumping cow had passed sway,
And within four hours she was in the
village consulting a lawyer.
When Deacon Albright received
notice that he had been sued he, of
course, started a counter suit Then
some one told the widow that he was
talking about her, and she started a
Islander suit. He heard that she was
talking about him and he instituted
another suit. Then the deacon's sister
Clipped in and had her say. and the
widow began third suit. The deacon
had once saved her barn after it had
been struck by lightning, and now he
Instituted claim for salvage.
The law works slowly in a country
town. A lawsuit is thing to be hung
onto as long as possible and made the
most OF. The first two suits were tried
and appealed, and the two others were
called and adjourned several times.
and finally two years had passed away
and no one was better off and no point
had been settled.
One morning almost as soon an Tho
deacon was out of bed he received
notice that his spotted OK was lying
dead in the widow Green's cornfleld
The animal had broken down the fence
and overfed. The deacon was met at
the gate by the widow, who said:
Il could say that you had a jumpin'
OK and that he should have been nok-
ed, and that you had damaged me ten
dollars, but I shan't 10 anything of the
sort lost COW and you've lost nm
OK. / sued and you sued. was a
fool and you were ditto. shan't We
shake hands and call it square"
"l-I guess we'd better" the deacon
replied, after taking a moment to think
it over. ''That is, provided you'u
have me, and we both wear the same
poke after this"
"Well, ! don't mind. But dear me
what ounces we were to go and lose
two whole years over it"-New York
Daily News
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HOW TO SELL GOODS

Tratanee in yh.ch Salesman Made
$4,000 Sale by Being Alert
In the Worlds Work Is story Oh
good craftsmanship. The writer says
At all times the travelling salesman
should be quick to see the unexpected
opportunity-and it might be aoueu
that often such an opportunity
brought to light by the impression
made upon the customer by genuine
leader" Once bright young
salesman went into the office OF q
Memphis merchant to sell him a Dill
of carbons for his arc lights. He was
conscious Of having distinct adVan'
tage In a carbon that he could sell al
S11, for which his competitors were
obliged TO get $16.5O. You can't sell
that carbon for 81, can your III
quired the merchant. Eyes, sir; there
Is no mistake about it," quietly an
swered the young man. IF you feel
any question about 1t just let me send
you what you need, and If they are not
all right in every particular you have
only to notify me and l will come here
personally and ship them back to the
house."
"Well, on that understanding" re-
piled the merchant, you may ship me
5000.
This time 1t was the salesman's turn
to be astonished, for this was a sensa-
tional quantity for merchant to buy
for his own use.
MAY 1 ask" inquired the young
man, "how you are going to use so
many?"
Certainly" answered the mer-
chant, drawing a set Of contracts from
pigeon hole of his desk; here are
the contracts for a $4,000 lighting
plant that 1 am going to put in across
the street."
"signed them2" inquired the young
man.
No, but I'm going to tonight" an
swered the merchant, "for I've thrash
ed the details Of this thing over until
I'm sick and tired Of them"
"Now," responded the salesman,
"1've demonstrated to you that can
beat those people all to pieces on the
price Of carbons, and l give you my
word that can do the same thing on
the plant that you propose to put in.
Put off the signing Of that contract
until tomorrow night, get on the train
with me and go to our plant in Chi
cago and I will show you that I can
save you money on equipment"
The merchant finally agreed, with
the result that the salesman who saw
this opportunity sold the merchant q
$4,000 plant.
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driven her back home without a word
of complaint. On this occasion, how
ever, the bovine had not only torn
down rod Of fence and eaten her I'LL
of juicy cornstalks, but destroyed in
spirit of mischief, and the deacon
was vexed.
I've stood it and stood it and stood
1t, he said to himself as he surveyed
the damages, "but l can stand &C no
longer. The wilder Green must be
made to understand that her COW can't
go about like roarln' lion. knockin'
down fences and tramplin' down corn,
I estimate that she has damaged me
ten dollars worth, and that wilder has
got to be sharply talked to-
He drove the COW to the home of her
owner, giving her vigorous whack,
on the way, whenever he could get
near enough, and when he had reached
the house and been saluted by Mrs.
Green he said:
"Widder, told you two months ago
that your new COW was jumper"
eyes, you did"
"And that you must put poke on
her."
Eyes"
"Well, you didn't do it, and she's
damaged me ten dollars. When found
her in my cornfleld just now almost
wanted to kill her."
"I'm sorry, deacon" was the humble
reply.
But bein' sorry won't do" said the
deacon, who felt that he had the ad-
vantage and should press it. "Jumpin'
cows should be poked. l told you that
long ago, but you don seem to care
two cents" 49,.
II was goin' to poke her."
"But goin' to poke COW and pokin'
her are two different things. That was
the way with Mirandy, She's dead,
and don't want to say anything as'in
her, but she was always goin' to DO,
and never doin'. You re a wilder wo-
man, and I'm sorter sorry for you.
but you must obey the law same as
other folks. The law says that a
1umpfn' COW" rs.
2 "Never mind what the law says, dea-
con Albright" interrupted the widow.
"You are maxim a great fuss over a
few stalks of corn, and If you'll tell
me what the damage is I'll pay it.
never thought you was such man."
"But you've got 1umpin' COW.
'"Then let 'er jump. stand ready
to pay all damages"
But you are mighty sassy about
it,
tI'ye right to be, I've got no man,
thank heaven. to boss me around"
ut would be better II you had. Then
you'd know that any one who owned
jumpin' COW was obleeged-"
Deacon Albright how much do I
owe your exclaimed the woman.
''If twas any one else I'd say ten
dollars. but bein' its you
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21

arship which DR.. F. L. Rawson have % "a
structng at Alexandra palace for the English
The results fairly satisfactory during the
ordinary fitted a. H. s
The propeng supplied
motor drove pair Of woblade popeors which a n ~
ship and driven by belts The propelors
each separately
vded with banks of aeropanes The total weight
$4,000 The balloon 100
carboys vo and fifty @
manufacture of the hydrogen After elaborate pemnar thu a
the expmeners trouble and the steering that sv MAJ
the farther
successfully but aeronu bs @
reached sn W.
suddenly necesso = nv
rushed with roar the car crashed = A.
ground practically to pieces
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21

Dr. LYMAN ABBOTT the hndmosE This is the theory of
the eighties We are working toward the third The
state s an organism with intelligence sensibty and WILL
az exhibited In public opinion spirit and law 1t has
right to do for itself anything it do better the
individual This Is sometimes called socialism, but have
lived toe long to mind about mere words.
We have already adopted the third theory Of govern
ment Our state policeman does many things He builds
lighthouses runs weather bureau and educates chill
dren In two cities he operates subway and in all cities
ne maintains the parks The state fact recognized
as an organism to do things for ALL This demo
cratic and implies greater faith in humanity than in
operate
The danger OF municipal ownership is the
dangers from corrupt combinations political machines
ana favored corporations If the people combine for
war and education why they do 1t for
ton?
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the Of life that he did not take his opportunity
when he had it.
Recently man Of not unkind motives wrecked fine
artistic career His nephew only needed little timely
hep and sympathy to develop successful painter
HIS uncle however considered that he going the
limit OF irresponsible bohemianism ignored for
time but when the struggle at its hardest and he
was handicapped by ang wife his uncle died and be
queaed his fortune to him upon the condition that ne
give up art altogether He accepted the
bis wes sake than his own but the loss of his life work
and the abandonment Of his ambitions broke his heart"
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just as She Heard :.

"Cordin' t. what hear" exclaimed
MRS Ezekiel Meddergrass, in Mortified
tones' tnat new schoolma'am amt Al
Ter the place. What d. you think?"
I don't know" said the VILLAGE
dressmaker, looking I'D from ber sot..
ing. "WhatP sow
Why. you wouldn't believe itr CON,
unuea MRS. NJ. II heard Sam HiIkins
teli1n' Ezekiel that she was fust.ra+e
nand at teaching the young idees how
shoot scand'lous, amt itY'-Pbil
adelphia Bulletin. '''''
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the rate Of one a day. Rowan wa,
refused the privilege of the mails and
ne was found to be a very old offender
he wa" very prolific In new schemes
FOR defrauding the gullible public, and
also quick in securing a new address
as soon as he had hit upon particular
~ ing NOUS scheme.
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was given him four years before.
1t must not be said that the careless uDtidv man i1
faster in the business world than the kind
But the man with the ready BRAIN quick alert
ments and with originality is the sought by the alert
employer upon his desk may repose dust his papers NAV
De scattered about in fine disorder but trained brain
his quckness of action and movement win for him that
which the slow man of system never gains
system Is indeed necessity; it is oil that smooths
the Whees OF commerce But slow system the dust that
clogs the wheels The business qualifications rank in
keen judgment prompt decision complete knowledge Of
affairs attention to Details last is not to he
rounded with aggravating systematzaon carried to an
extreme. ~ ~
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x
or how much mon
ey these letters
contain, the post
master refuses de-
livery; the letters
and the money go
back to the send
ers. That Is what
happens when a
fraud order Is is
sued. In a sunny
corner of the ad-
ministrative floor
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
eRoWlR o. MUNICIPAL oWNERsnIP IDEA.
d Ren. d. Lyman

I am personally In favor OF the mu.
nicipal ownership Of all forms Of indus.
try that are necessarily municipal mo.
nopclies.
There are three, theories OF govern
.ment-frst, the Russian, that the peo-
pie cannot take care of themselves, and
the few must look after the many. Sec
ondarily, there is the police theory.
Government should preserve order and
keep of foreign aggression, but every
man Is for himself and the devil take
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21

them indulge themselves thus think is good and right
and proceed devote time to broadening of
their vocabulary along vicious lines
One large employer who has himself sharply
on the subject that the must resort to
ing 70 express himself no matter under what Stress
the kind OF man who makes a good business man
In social life he is still Of failure Few men
to spend much Of their the company of man
VINO Nils the air about him with foul oahs obscenty
he Is apt to become looked upon mild sort of outcas
by clean talking and his habit grows upon him he
viii be allowed plenty Of time try his swear words
on himself alone It is absolutely habit the
use Of all profanity; use marks man as fool in
addition to being vicious
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21
SLOW MAN FAILURE IN BUSINESS.
BY z. X. Cabin

His desk was model of neatness, and it was
a great pleasure to his employer 10 know that q
paper might be discovered In a second Each pig
con hole In the desk was marked and submark4 I'd
the 1nkstand never varied from its chosen snot
an eighth of an inch; the paper weight the same
Dust was an enemy which was routed almost be-
fore 1t settled Yet this employe had not ad-
Vanced to ANYTHING higher +hpn +bo 1,oo.44.- /, =,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1905-10-21

Az women get fatter, they us s.SI.
the interest to finding an accsp q b
corset that they formerly dsYOnO
the church.
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FRAUDS IN THE MAILS.

Assistant Attorney General Who
Hunts CrOOkA.
Every year many people find them
selves cut off from the privilege Of the
mails. No matter how many letters
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That person who thinks = iock,J
right but himself ought 70 =
up whore ne can do no damasN
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PROFANITY IS A FOOLISH HABIT.
BY Henry oyer.

What's the use Of swearing? 1t never brought
back misspent hour, never mended an error,
never made anything In this world better.
There is profanity when things go wrong
profanity when they go right. If clerk In an
ONCE drops blot Of ink on his paper he curses
It. Everywhere among the lower ranks of work
ers there ts to be heard profanity, and the boys
c0mnH to work hearing thosa 10 %aIry AVIAN
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HOPES BLlGHTED BY RICHES.
BY Marcus Rapgoo,


! :
~ lawyer the other day hazarded the remark
l MI that there were more fortunes made by deliber-
HI atey blighting ones hopes for career than by
/ III carryin gthem out #.-.'
1 ~ Our firm drew up a contract recently" said
I he by which young woman given 100000
~ outright to renounce vaudeville career of which
hA&& lshe had made the beginning of a great success
E@@-~J She had been married, having made a runaway
match against her parents wishes Her family dsowned
her She decided to the stage first appearance
overwhelming success.
ut that the parents stepped forward with the
long delayed offer of assistance She been advertised
under the she had borne in girhood To see their
proud name advertised the vaudeville blboards was
too much for the old COUPLE and they made over to her
the sum mentioned upon the condition would re-
tire at once and forever to private life. a
"a young fellow who had great musical talents had for
father practical business the of brewery
One day organist of note offered give him musical
training free of charge. ...
1T was now that the young mans father stepped in not
only with EARNING the utter mpotency of the ms;
cal career but with strict nunctons to his duty in
making something of himself a business man He also
gave MIN increased responsibilities and substantial in
crease In salary The result is that the man ia
whemed with business of which he been made trustee
He has no time for the music that his loves and
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-05-03
1000 ACRES OF WOODLAND
And 100 Cords of Wood DESTROYED BY
Fire in West kennebunk.

West kcnno bunk, Nj, May "a fire
that started. late today. near Days sid
ing on the Boston e Maine Railroad. on
mile east OF here. burned over about 100,
acres OF woodland and in addition partial
~ destroyed about 10 cords of cordwood
and a small barn
The fire started on the easterly side of
the track. presumably from Il spark from
Il locomotive. and quickly spread TO the
westerly side. where the damage WAS
most extensive. II was estimated that
the territory burned over was about two
miles long ana possibly one mile in width,
The few buildings in the vicinity of the
burned district practically were in no dan
ger ut any time. because or IL sufficient
force of fire apparatus
\ crew of Is men and boys from this
village. including section men. were figt-
ing the flames shortly after the fire
started and they were reinforced by "a
similar number who were brought out
frorI Portland on Il special triin by the
railroad. A valuable lot of lumber belong
ing to Reed & Davis was saved. heavy
wind caused the fire to spread with great
RI Didty 1t was not possible to determine
the loss on the wood growth. A lar~"
crew Of men watched the fire all night
to guard against q fresh outbreak.