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The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Frank g. Bigelow, the ruined and
imprisoned president Of a Milwaukee
bank, ts conspicuous example Of a
common type. He Is but one Of hun
dreds of flnanciers who have been
ruined in trying to make fortunes
through luck. He is one of millions
who have tried to win at anotherman's
game and failed. The crush in the
Chicago wheat pit has shaken several
very substantial fortunes. But the
more pitiful thing about it is that
while most of the hardened speculat-
ors escape at the last moment, thou
sands of inexperienced and in many
cases immature young men and wom-
en-, with small salaries and often with
heavy obligations resting upon them,
lose their all. Bigelow has lost
$4,0O0,O00, mostly other peoples
money. For himself he has only lost
all he had, and this is no more than
has been lost by thousands Of humber
folk whose humbleness of position
shields them from publicity but not
from suffering. If the homes that
have been broken up, the bright pros
poets blasted and the strong hearts
broken, through such deals as this,
could be known, the world would no
doubt be shaken from its complacent
indifference. 1t is they that have the
least and are most in need who are
the most easily dazzled by the visions
Of immense wealth brought before
their eager, unaccustomed eyes. The
ruin Of such a man as BIgelow Is q
calamity, to be sure; yet that is not
nearly SO deplorable as Is the tendency
shown by uncounted thousands of men
to make money, no matter how"
Many of the instances Of losses are
heart-touching. Rash indiscretion is
paid for in tears and agony and some
times in despair and suicide Hopes
raised to dizzy heights fall hard. Such
failures as B1gelow's are common.
Maybe 1t is a good thing that they are.
We need plenty Of practical lessons to
the effect that success, to be assured
and substantial, needs a sounder basis
than lucky speculation. 1t is good for
us to have striking object lesson
once in while to keep us from being
misled into the delusion that financial
success can be attained by some quick
er means than the slow cultivation of
business sense and the patient mas
terry of details. There is a good old
maxim, century tested: "Who lives
by the sword by the sword shall per
ish." It is just as true that he who
trusts to risk his fortune by risk will
some day be impoverished. The great
er pity is that through the mania for
speculation, which is the curse Of this
country, SO many men are impoverish-
ed not only financially, but in the con-
servative, patient business intelligence
upon which true and permanent sue
cess can alone be built.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
THE BAT; A FABLE,
why Thts ODD Little Animal Appeara
Only at Night.

why This ODD Little Animal Appears
Only at Night.
A mouse, one time, rendered q sar.
vice Of some importance to one OF the
eagles Of Jupiter. ASK" said the
grateful bird, anything that you do.
sire, and in the name Of my master,
JoVe. l promise to grant 1t to you"
"Oh, sir" said the mouse, eagerly
Il have long felt the modification Of
living among such vulgar creatures 40
the bats, and have ardently desired
to associate with the more refined %
Ciety OF the birds. If you could but
grant me wings, my happiness wouM
be complete"
Consider well what you ask" said
the eagle, graveiy. Mature has
placed you in a certain grade Of sOct.
ETY., and you need not hope that wings
alone will make you a bird"
II have considered the matter thor.
oughly," said the mouse, "and feel Ger
tain that If had but wings l could At
least associate with those have %
long envied and admired" ..
VERY well," said the eagle, 'bs n
80" And, instantly, wings springlAg
from the mouse's shoulders, the Arst
bat was created.
His ambitious desires, however, ware
not realized, for the birds, psrcelving
that he still had ears and a tan, and
was, besides, covered with hair, would
not associate with him, while, upon
the other hand, his own pride had
withdrawn him from his old compan'
ions.
ALAS" said the poor, lonely animal
why was I not contented with tho
humble sphere that nature intended me
to fll? My very wings, that l hoped
would be my pride, now prevent me
from walking upon the ground, where
I belong"
So mortified and disappointed was
he that thenceforth he ventured out
Into the world no longer by daylight
but only at night, when all other cre0'
lures had retired.-St. Nicholas.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Prohting by long experience, the
War Department has made some
changes in Its method of recruiting
soldiers for the regular army. 1t has
been found that much the greater per-
eentage Of deserters consisted of quite
young recruits, who soon discover that
the regular service Is not what they
imagined and take French leave on the
nrst opportunity. In view of the nr-
merous courts-martial thus required
and the severe penalties for desertion.
the new recruits are now drilled for
several weeks without giving them
uniforms or requiring them to take
the oath. II they run away In the
meantime they are not sought after
and new recruits take their places.
The army is thus saved the trouble OF
trying numerous deserters by court
martial,
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
KITCHEN FOR A BACHELOR,

The Modern Architect Launches One
More Blow at Matrimony.
AS a concession to the home-mak-
Ing instinct bachelor apartments are
now built with kitchens. They are not
ordinarily intended for men who EN-.
ploy others to do their cooking, but
for those who cook for themselves.
The kitchens, indeed, in the small
est bachelor apartments intended for
men of modest means are about the
smallest things of the kind ashore or
afioat. There Is just room enough for
a small gas stove, a little sink, tiny
refrigerator and the necessary fioor
space to enable the bachelor to turn
around.
All the permanent appointments are
provided by the landlord. The tiny
refrigerator will hold a moderate sup
ply of milk, butter and the meat of
at least three meals.
Some Of the bachelor cooks are con-
tent to get breakfast merely, but 9TH
ers also prepare dinner. The gas
stove will do either.
Forty minutes will ordinarily suf-
fee to prepare, cook and serve the
bachelor cooks dinner, and II the
housekeeping is done in partnership
the meal can be made ready In less
time.
Bachelor apartments with tinv
Kitchens are on the whole an economy
for men who cannot endure the ordl-
nary boarding house. The kitchen
does not add greatly to the rent Of an
apartment, and the cost of meals is
astonishingly small.
The breakfast Of coffee, rolls and
eggs the year around need not average
more than 8 to 10 cents q head, and
with fruit included 1t Is hardly more
than 81 week. Dinners, including an
occasional night OF at u restaurant
need not average more than from So
to 80 a week, so that the weekly cost
Of two meals a day is below the price
charged by a pretty cheap boarding
house.
The man who must restrict him
self to a hall bedroom and a cheap
boarding house table cannot afford
even the smallest Of bachelor apart
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
A SOCIETY LEADERS, TASK.
PfeaSure-Seeking that Must Become
Tiresome and MonotonOua,

PleaSure-Seeking that Must Become
Hresome and MonotonOus.
A bride Of the New York season.
rich. powerful and beautiful-kept a
record Of her engagements for the sea-
son, which probably tailed with the
engagements Of others, says a writer In
Ainshee's. It covered q period Of
fourteen weeks. The summary was
this: Dinners, fifty; operas, eighteen;
balls and dances, eighteen; late sup
pers, thirty; theaters, twenty-five; at
ternoon teas, sixty-five; luncheons, for
NAL ones, fifteen.
She decided not to lunch formally
after the first fifteen affairs were over,
as she found herself unable to stand
the gayety at noon when she would
have to take part in It In the evening.
This covers her winter season in
New York. She gets six weeks of out
door informal life at Aiken, 8. G.; goes
to London for the opening Of the sea-
son there, during which time she will
exactly repeat the New York expert
ence. She will pass July motoring
through France and Italy, and return
to Paris during the latter part Of Au-
gust, where she puts herself in the
hands Of dresSmakers for eight weeks,
varied by dinners at the smart restau-
rants and weekend house parties at
French chateaux.
This omits the Newport season,
which she will take up the following
year, as it Is inconVenient to sandwich
It in every year, Her house will re-
main open, however, under the care Of
ten servants, in case she should wish
to run over at the end Of the London
season for five weeks before going to
Paris.
II she decides on this she will 20 to
a ball or dinner every night, or give
one.
This is the actual expenditure Of Vi
tahty, brains and moral and physical
energy which society requires Of its
celebrated leaders.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

A retired Irish major sold h,n horso.
nu p carriages and bought a motor car.
out instead of engaging a. chaufrenr
ne uetermined to send his faithful old
coachman to Dublin firm Of onoIn
1elS LOT course of lessons In smal,
repairs. " 'lnall
You will go through two months,
RAINING" he explained to Pat a. ho
uanueo MIN check for his exnonsos
uurlng which time you will moI.s
sOu,Sen sOoA thoroughly familiar with the
engine and all Its works" 0
les sor," was Pats reply,
You will note everv whao, ~,
crank and learn what thew ara sou u "n
Tnl' mnat tney have to do, 50 that whon @
emergency" u@i TO any
s+ VIII, sor." said Pat, and hav,nr
S'o"eo the check away down ~ I n,S
''IuSers ~ pocket, he took his departrrn lS
n,,th th Two months time he returnoG ~
win the conqueror's look in b,s ~ neu
Il have, sor" 'eeueoT
And you know evoru4h,
the motorT" |nAng about
in front nnom w a, all Sor, from the big lamn
~ front to the little numbers heb,n1 Ialp
e1Sept one thing" the new chorHu-
hairs as nS ne nervously plucked a fav
lars nAns from bis new bearskin coat "
d, ana what is 1t you don't EnoTu o.,
demanded the major AnoWT"
m,Ot Well' don't quite understapd 49,.
wItbout t MAKES h the blessed thing movs svs
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

harmony 1.-THE Star spanged Banner" moiseen tneaR
eyes.
Music all kinds Of music, plays and has played toE
the ages grand part in the building of makes Tor
strength It helps perform heroic deeds, and,
needs be- to die the language Of humanity and the
notes echo around the world They are caught up Dy
the savage who fights perhaps, for his thatched home
neryed by the rude Of tomons Again you will IND
1t in "a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight" when
Dewey smiles grimly and says, "You may fire when you
ready Gdey and the shots of his cannon help break
the shackles of enslayed nation.
Old Cromweps men, grim and stern fought well,
chanting hymns and the Beers carried the name OF God
their lips song into battle they fought for their
doomed cause.
blessed peace shall abide in every corner Of the globe
Until then let have music-more muslethe kind that
strikes fire In the and makes the pulse beat and drives
out fear Feed music to babes to old men, to all Of
for it Is good for humanity-Kansas City World.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
BREAKING 1T GENTLY.
Boy Tells Wife of Accident that Had
Befa11en Her Husband.

Boy Tells Wife of Accident that uoa
Befallen Her Husband.
w nat do you want, little boy?"
ls this where Mr.. Uptohn lives
ma'am"
"Yes."
THE Mr.. Upjohn that runs the
bankT"
he Is an officer in a bank"
Ihe Mr.. Upjohn that went down
town on trolley car this morning?"
Il presume he went on a trolley
car. WHAT"
is he the Mr.. Upjohn that was In
that horrible street car accident?"
Il haven't heard Of his being in opv
street car accident"
Didn't hear at he'd sprained his
ankle Jumpin' out O. the car when tho
train run into it?"
NO Little boy, you frighten me,
What has"
Didn't you hear how he'd rim 70 .
drug store fur piece of court nIas
ter to stick on a little cut he'd oo+
over one eyer e0'
NOT at all. For mercy's sake"
He isn't in, is he, ma'amr
mo, he's"
Names John P. Upjohn, isn't ,t2p
Yes, that is his name"
Then he's the same man. He wool.
oe mere for an hour or two, l guess
cause he's stoppin' to have one Of his
teeth frightened that got knocked a H. lis
tle bit loose when he was iumnIn, or4 M
o. danger, y know" 0u'
Little boy, tell me the whole story
think l can bear it now"
well ma'am. he's in the hosn,t+,o
with four ribs broke, an one lep's tr1s tu =
SilnS' an his nsse Is knocked kind -,
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

sion. s-0s y paa
Many Of our Ills are the FAM ], !.
Wills. N'A'e y Ous
Morning prayer leads % .v.a,..
praise. F'satae
friends. wv psse
When God robs us, 1t Is alvay. !.
enrdching. Sas
Only he who dies for ali liv.. I.
ever for all. .....-- - 1OaSs
For to-day's grief there is alw,v. |.
days grace. Y
He has made the grave ! Nv, !,
stead Of port. - y
The life Of love has taken saw.v j.
dread Of death. ~
They share Hts triumph who sb,,.,
not from His trials. .AA
The valley Of the shadow lssa.
the table of the King.
You can never judge one life npt,,
you can measure both.
Every sepulchre that He toucha. \.
comes a garden OF joy.
The keys Of the tomb are safe N u.
hands that were pierced.
The winter Of death Is but tho n,ou
lse Of the spring Of new life.
The sorrow Of death Is not in MAJ,
going' but in our remaining,
The Redeemer reveals the r,oh.,
that have part in the resurrection
The best proof of the resurrection ~
Christ Is the risen life of the Christian
1t may be that the angels envy n,
our sorrows because Of the toys NJ,
hind them.
The man who has failed at running
shoesring stand can always give the
Almighty lot Of valuable pointers a
running the universe.
When the preacher gets to heaven
one Of the first things he will do viii
be to ask God to forgive him for soma
Of his great sermons. --'.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

The output of laws in this country
VIII be greater In 1905 than in any
previous year. In no other country is
the business Of lawmaking pursued
more diligently than In the United
States. livery legislator must earn his
salary and distinguish himself in some
fashion. His craftsmanship may go
no farther than the presentation of a
bill which is known thereafter as the
Smith or the Jones bill. This kind Of
immortality is cheap and easily won.
The ambition to win 1t accounts for a
large portion Of the legislation which
SwellS the statute books to bulky vol
umes,
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
An Error OF ,JudRmeut.

An Archdeacon of Suffolk visited an
out-of-the-way English parish when
the rector happened to be away. The
visitor was shown about by the CLERK
and on entering the, churchyard was
surprised to find a crop Of wheat
growing in 1t. "Dear, dear!' said the
Archdeacon. II don't like this at all
really did not think Mr.. Winkiey
would plant wheat in the church
yard!' That's just what told par
sonv' said the clerk. II says, re
didn't ought to have wheated IT, !
says; 'ye ought to have tatered It, /
gaysp'
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

To young men who are about to
choose careers and to determine the
lines on which they will fashion their
lives: After reading all of the spou-
taneous and heartfelt tributes of ad-
mtration and love which the recent
death of Joseph Jefferson has called
forth and the arraignments OF John D.
Rockefeller which fill the columns OF
the newspapers throughout the land
which course of behavior as exemplI-
ned by these men do you think is to
bc preferredF Which do you think af-
Sords the richest returns-a life
abounding In Illumination and bless,
Ing to the world and a memory fra
grant with honor and love, or one de-
voted to greed and spoils, with the
eoncomitants Of public execration and
an old age blighted by Illicit gains and
utterly without those consultations
which attend "honor, love, obedience
and troops Of friends?" "
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

ments with the tiniest of kitchens
out two bachelors who are able to nav
ralr price for board and lodging and
VINO do not mind being their own
COOKS can be exceedingly comfortable
IN an apartment with kitchen.
AS things are now going in New
York the bachelor apartment, which is
really home, begins to compete with
the club as deterrent to matrimony-
New York Sun.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

ough training, but he ia hardly con.
scious of this fact himself. Year after
year he stays in the same place; 1t be-
comes a part of his life, ana ifshe were
suddenly cast upon the world he,
would be as helpless as lost child.
His salary suftices for his modest man
ner Of living but Of surplus there is
naught- A humdrum, dry-as-dust per-
sonality? Perhaps, for he POUNDS no
cult and inspires no headlines In SEN
saHonal newspapers. But for all that
he is the professor who counts. 1t il
the Impress of his sane, gentle and
scholarly intellect that makes preg-
nant with whatever Is best the minds
Of the legislators, the lawyers, the
mo1ders of the nation. Directly the
public never hears of him; Indirectly
his personality sways the councils of
the great and makes for justice and
purity OF motive in the deliberations
Of them that sit in the seats Of the
mighty. ztgE Ek35REE&s a&tH4asE s.. .&
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

People who have had their specula-
tive eye-teeth cut will perhaps recog-
ntze that much Of the 'Inside informa-
ton" being given out to the world is
for the purpose Of Turing the confiding
public along.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15


HI - Hrife there Is which has been brought into
#&S@GSA RussoJapanese war Officers longer expose
tSS&H themselves to the enemys fire for the purpose
Of encouraging the men,"
This foolish practice which, through years of CUSTOM
had the force Of prescription, has evidently been aban-
doned Thus far in the Manchurian campaign only one
general officer has been killed outright and hardly more
than score have been wounded.
When compare these figures with the statistics OF
our Civil War how sweeping has been the
change A recent study of tbe Confederate archives shows
that of 415 Confederate general officers sevenfour
killed in action mortaly wounded while in the Union
army fifty general officers wentyhree breyet brgadler
generals and thiry-four coonels commanding brgades
were killed mortally wounded.
In the Civil War, that is to say general officers
still under the stress of tradition which held that
mander should ride up and down his ines-on white
horse If possbleso that the enemy might have good
chance Of picking him Off. In the Manchuran campaign
the general officers have remained in the rear of
rifle and directed the operations of by
telephone by messenger The casualty statistics show
the advantage of this latter system.
1t Is no reflection upon the bravery Of general officer
hat ne does not expose himself the enemy
lie Is not fighting man but director of fighting men,
his services are too valuable to be rsked and
spectacular display of personal courage which may be
pressVe but which is absolutely to the cause
which he serves
In this respect the longrange rifle which has rendered
exhibitions too dangerous to be attempted accom-
pshed distinct reform in an old and senseess
Chicago Chronicle
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

A 20-year-old Philadelphia boy, son
OF wealthy widow, ran away from
home so he could work, and was ar
rested In st. Louis. When rich wild
Ow's son runs away from home to
work he is almost certain to be arrest
ed. People are bound to think he's
cFazv
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Champion Je1ries announces that
pugilism doesn't pay, for which reason
he will quit the ring. We take it that
Mr.. Jefrtes Is not an artist for arts
sake.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

A New York author has purchased
over 1000 acres Of land in the Adiron-
dacks from the royalties on two nov-
sls. Yet some publishers wonder why
90 many people are writing stories.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
Its New Meaning.

Mr.. Squallop stood at the foot Oh
the stairway, waiting.
Maria" he called out, looking ~
his watch, "how much longer is 1t go.
Ing to take you to get ready? Wen
miss the train II you don't hurry"
"I'A be down Immediately" replied
his wife.
THAT won't dor he reared. we've
got to start right nowW
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

That man who tainted after eating
two dishes Of ice cream may be held
up as warning by young men to their
gWeethearts. r.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

AS we understand Coachman He
ver's explanation, he is willing to over
look the fact that his wife's uncle, An
drew Carnegie, began life as a black
smith.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Sideways, but he's gittin' along all
right an he'll be out again In about
month"; an here's a letter I'm the
ooctor' tellin' ye all about It ma'am ~
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

A Cleveland minister says talk Of
tainted money has almost broken John
ID. Rockefellers heart. Now we know
why the price of crude oil was cut.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Russia pays her grand dukes an an
nual salary Of $5OO,OOo per year. By
common consent it viii be admitted
this is about $499, ,999.70 too much.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

II Grover f1nds it necessary to chas-
tse the woman's clubs again he will
feel compelled to use the very longest
words he knows.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

When the revolutionists begin to get
peaceful the Russian troops kill a lot
Of workmen. They do hate q dull
time In Russia.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Many a crooked man is supposed to
be perfectly straight because other
men are unable to get onto his
curvea
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

The typical professor Of the small
college lays up no competence for his
old age. He is miserably underpaid,
when one considers his long and thor
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
Oertain nRn

that wen, sm 4 sent sent away a poem tO-aav
turned to me-" Will not be re.
$50 goodP"
d,.SS NO; l gave the editor a rs,.. .,
cleveland Plain Dealer. al
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

a man simply has to talk some
times; that's why 30 many married
men talk in their sleep. rr. l...,a
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

The more ]. ]. Hill has seen Of the
newspaper business the more he has
liked the railway business. 81. 4.--
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

An exchange says that Margaret
Lemon has soured on her husband.
How could she? ...-.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

BE kind to the rich-and they'll let
you pay their taxes.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Women particularly dislike the men
who claim to know all about women.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

No man thinks he Is bore, although
he knows that many of the other men
are.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

Woman never thinks that a man
thinks she talks too much.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

me poias J =
pain. y
Ths srs.,,
2 so ul j. Y.
fFilsta s. a
Death ~.
whersyer ~.
lays down, /.
life.
They and d,
dlay who sclIoV
the nlOrninr..Is !.
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15
Music and Men.Makinu.

ERTAIN members of the National Council Of
women recently struck hard at one of the
supports and inspirations of all Christendom
by deploring the fact that children are allowed,
to near and sing martial songs and therefore
become lmbued with the spirit of war
The Caldwell tribune., 1905-07-15

A young man may be as old as ne
feels, but he Is seldom as rich as ne
looks,