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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

ton but bears. never release their mus
cular grasp Of any object when asleep.
The blacks bears will curl up among
the branches of tree when they have
the opportunity and go to sleep in this
peculiar position. The polar bears
show a popularity in the selection Of
their sleeping places. They choose
one particular corner Of the cage for
this purpose and invariably seek this
out for the nights rest
The high-strung, nervous animals
are the most interesting to watch at
night. They usually belong to the
hunted tribes, whose lives are in con-
slant danger In the forest, and they
possess a nervous system SO highly de-
veloped that they really sleep with one
eye open. The slightest noise will in
stantly awaken them.-Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

sence by telegram, and they were bound
for Aud Scotia"
After the first excitement of the
starting home, Ellen's strength had
tagged, and she would lie for hours
doing, or resting with closed eyes, a
sweet smile ON her face, dreaming Of
escape from the hated strange land
and of the loved home over the sea,
that she was painting to reach.
Duncan watched over her with more
than a mothers brooding care, and was
too anxious over her weak condition to
eat or sleep, save as he forced himself
to do, in order to keep up strength for
her service.
"Shall have the window open, pet ?''
he asked, for she seemed oppressed by
the closeness.
Eyes, Duncan! I'd like it fine" she
said. The air came in with its fresh
breath. Suddenly Ellen sprang upright,
her eyes blazing:
1.-THE sea! The sea! Gamma We
smell the seaW And she laughed and
sobbed for JOY; for she shifted the salt
air. She would take great breaths OF
it with ecstatic delight, crying: 1.-THE
sea! The sea !"
When she slept that night the fever
was gone; and when she stood on ship
board, with the blue expanse Of water
about her, she cried: I'm almos
hame! I'm on the sea! Thank God
Thank Godw
1T was nostalgia she had" said th'
Mexican doctor, now sure of his dag
nosis. "She will get well now, senior.
And she did; and Duncan never re
turned to Mexico, for the compan!
needed him at home.-Waverley Maya
| zine
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
AhOuf EERa.

Frog eggs are almost transparent.
They are laid in long linked chains, in
stagnant water, and look like uncanny
ropes. Fish eggs are almost transpar-
ent. 1t Is possible to watch the devel-
opment within their f1lmy walls. An
odd thing about them is that the fry
appear to develop almost wholly from
the albumen. The yolk-sac remains In
tact, and clings as a sort of stomach
after the fry are swimming about; in
deed, they are nourished by the yolk-sac
throughout the first weeks Of existence.
1t shrinks and shrinks as 1t Is gradu-
ally absorbed, until at last 1t becomes
| invisible.
Egg production varies enormously. A
ed pretty evenly through the first three
years of her existence. Other domes-
tic fowls lay fewer eggs. Against this,
fish lay from 5000 to 100000 each sea
son, according to the species. Turtles
lay 1000 a year, and live 100 years,
and insects lay, in the course of few
weeks, anywhere from 800 to 500 eggs
An odd fact regarding turtle, alliga.
tor and crocodile eggs is that that the
young may be cut out Of them several
days before maturity, yet live and
thrive. Further, they go for water in
stantly, and will snap viciously at any
thing that comes near them, or resent
to the utmost of their power, an at
tempt to turn them from their chosen
way.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

beseechingly as a child asking its
mother to be taken, she cried:
Duncan, laddie! tax me hame. l
maun gaze, or I'll dee"
"Ye shall gaze, lassie," cried Duncan,
In a broken voice; las sumo as can be,
We shall gaze"
TAX me noo-noo" she begged
He gathered her up in his arms, and
promised solemnly that she should go
at once. Then she gave him kiss and
laugh that would have been almost
gay If it were not SO pltiful, and went
to sleep. The fever flush paled, and
she slumbered peacefully.
Duncan McGregor was superintend-
ent of tie great Mexican mines Of San
Crlstobal. He had been sent down to
the land Of the Montezumas by an
English company, at large salary, to
take charge of their interests In the
rich San Crstobal district. A year or
two later he had returned to Scotland
and brought out beautiful Ellen Camp
bell as his bride.
She had come with romantic notions
of the language, the people, the coun
try, the antiquities Of that ancient
land. They had travelled at first
through the beautiful cities, and had
seen tropical Mexico at its best.
Il feel as If / were living fairy
story, here in Mexico" cried Ellen, en-
raptured as they wandered about thu
City Of Mexico, and drove out to thu
enchanting paseo leading to the Castle
of Chapultepec.
you are the fairy-story yourself,
Duncan answered, fondly.
The patios, with their FLASHING foun
tains and luxuriant tropical plants ant
trees, the fairylike alamedas, the love
ly senoras with their Spanish beauty
all bewitched the young bride, who 81
loved her husband thata desert with hin
would have been paradise to her. How
much more, then, the Eden delights o
the new. strange country, in its south
ern luxuriance, Its glamor of ancien
days and things.
But time came when the stern real
ties Of life compelled their presence a
the San Cristobal mines, and the wed
ding journey was over.
Ellen had grasped the language wit
the readiness of a born linguist, an
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

soon ecllpsed Duncan himself in her
facility with the sonorous Castilian
periods.
Their home was an attractive one
built and furnished tastefully by the
company for their superintendent; so
that the ordinary deprivations Of for.
eigners in this country-a middle-age
one, In point Of conveniences and utili-
tles-were avoided.
Ellen was pleased at first, and would
be shown all the wonders Of the mine
and the mill. She made many trip
up the mountain trail to the great San
Cristobal mine, which had been dis
gorging riches for hundreds of years
for the Spanlards and Mexicans, by
their Oldtime methods Of mining. But
now up-to-date and worked by thor
oughly competent superintendent
backed by unlimited capital, it was
immense.
Ellens ideas of values We're all set
crazy as she wandered through the
tunnels of shining mineral, and saw
bursting from the sides Of the noun
tain, in great ridges, the veins mex
haustible in wealth.
She was a girl who was enthusiastic
over great things and great doings, and
her pride was puffed up by the thought
that her Duncan was the man on
whom all these mighty works de
pended.
The company furnished a coach and
coachman for their superintendent, and
Ellen drove daily with Pedro" a
comedy Mexican cochero, for her Jehu
about all the environs of the mines
taking In every new aspect of the won,
derful country.
Then, too, the housekeeping was SC
new to her that directing the servants
and ordering the household filled many
an otherwise weary hour.
But In time the glamor faded; the
interest paled; the language wearied
the same drives fatigued. She had nj
American neighbors with whom to af
filiate Dona Lucita, the mining en-
gineer's Mexican wife, called on her
But Ellen found that her newly &c
CURED tongue did not lend itself to tn,
exigencies OF a running conversation
on unaccustomed topics. After Don'
Lucita had inquired as to the healtl
of "Senor Don Duncan" and how sh,
liked Mexico, and she had inquiries
also about the health of "Senor Dol
Eduardo" who was the esposo o
Dona Lucita, and how was the "crla
tura"-otherwise "baby"-conversatio
tagged. Dona Lucita's parting com
pliment, "Hasta la vistaw was an In
tense relief to Ellen, with all her Span
ish knowledge.
And so it was with the other neigh
bors; Dona fedora and Dona Clotilds
and all the other "Donas' wearied hel
because they were incomprehensibl
each to the other.
And so. In time, the novelties wer
| novelties no more. The Language
which abe spoke with wonderful cas-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

She's a mother with mission; it's her
heavenborn ambition to reform
the worlds condition, you will
please to understand.
She's model of propriety, leader in
society, and has a great variety
of remedies at hand.
Each a sovereign specific, with title
scientific, for the cure Of things
morbific that vex the people
sore;
For the swift alienation Of the evils
of the nation is her foreordained
vocation on this sublunary shore
And while thus she's up and coming
always hurrying and humming
and occasionally Summing, this
reformer of renown,
Her neglected little Dicky, ragged
dirty, tough and tricky, with his
fingers soiled and sticky, is the
terror of the town.-Tit-Bits
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
WHOSE FAULT WAS IT2
An HOnored Race Went Out I'm
Squalor and DfshonOr.

An Honored Race Went Out in
SqualOr and DishonOr.
The Balloon farm had been in the
family for four generations. The stone
walls had been laid by the hands which
now rested peacefully in the little bury
ing lot in the south corner of the or
chard. The trees had been planted and
the fields cleared by Balloons ever since
the town was settled.
Old Simeon Balloon and his son Da-
vid were the last of the stock. David
did not have the sturdiness of his faith
er's family. His rather timid nature
yielded to any strong influence. Hes
easy led for good or evil" his mother
used to say Of him.
When he married Clara French and
brought her home to the farm, every
body wondered. She was a town-bred
girl, and had worked in a milllner's
years. She liked hustle and company,
and the Balloon farm was four miles
from a village. The wise ones shook
their heads and foreboa1ed evil.
Clara had not lived at the farm three
months before she hated it, and re-
solved to get away from it. She knew
but one way to accomplish her purpose.
She harped on the loneliness, the power
| ty and the folly of the farmer. She
praised the life of the town and pic
tured its profits. Her voice grew shrill
| and her nature shrunk to that of the
nagging woman, as week after week she
| worried the two men with her COM
plants and her ambitions.
At last the father had a paralytic
stroke which left him feeble, and the
weaker son yielded to the woman's per-
tinacity. The farm was sold by auc-
/ ton, and the three Balloons took train
for the nearest city-Clara with unmin-
gled joy, David with dazed apprehen-
sion, and the old father with a stern,
stoical endurance.
Eleven months dragged themselves
along while the Balloons lived in a
stuffy back tenement and David looked
for work When the doctors bill had
reached hundred dollars the old man
died. Not long after David took job
as marker in a billiard saloon at dol
lar a day. Three months he worked
there-his days prolonging themselves
till long after midnight. One night he
came stumbling up the stairs, and for
the first time his wife saw him not him
self.
David's fall was a rapid one. All
the ties which bound him to decency
and self-control seemed snapped. The
name of Balloon, honored so long in the
country where it had been known
meant nothing to the low fellows whom
he now served. His degradation was
: soon complete.
Meantime, out on the old hill farm
the seasons Of seed-time and harves
still came and went. The sun rose OF
healthful toll and set on wholesom,
WEAKNESS. Contentment waited on sum
3 mer days and In winter storms. Blu
the noble traditions of a respected rae
were slowly forgotten, because Their
j was none to uphold them. Whose faul
4 was it?-Youth's Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
of Eye.isht by Worm.

Destruction Of the eyesight by worms
is the singular case recorded in France
by NJ. ]. Cloquet. An old man fell
asleep, when the bad odor from his
body attracted flies, which laid eggs
in great number under his eyelids, on
his cheeks and on other parts of his
body. The eggs produced larvae in a
few days. These soon caused assesses,
and when the man sought aid at hos
pital a large quantity Of worms was
removed. These had produced blind
ness by perforatlng the eyes.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
A Farm Lullaby.

Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle
of the wind,
And it's bye, my little wee one, bye
The harvest all is gathered and the pip
pins all are binned;
Bye, my little wee one, bye!
The little rabbits hiding in the golden
shock Of corn,
The thrifty squirrels laughing bunny's
idleness to scorn;
You are smiling with the angels in your
slumber, smile till morn;
So it's bye, my little wee one, bye!
Paul Lawrence Dunbar.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

major, although there may be several
drums, If desired.
Sometimes a whole neighborhood of
children will enlist in one corps, and
a right merry time they have of 1t, too,
both boys and girls taking great de-
light in keeping step and time perfect
ly. If vacant lot or small park is
convenient 1t is preferable to the
street, with Its annoying crowds and
vehicles.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
Fortunes in Months.

Perhaps truth reigns under the
months. This is way to tell fortunes
The girl born in January will be
prudent housewife, we are told; good
natured, but inclined to melancholy.
February-Humane and affectionate
as wife and tender as mother.
Marcia chatterbox, tickle, stormy
and given to quarrels.
April-Pretty, dainty, inconsistent
and not given to study.
May-Handsome in person and con-
tented and happy in spirit.
June-Gay, impetuous and will mar
ry early.
July--Fair to look upon, but sulky in
temper and jealous.
August-Amiable, practical and will
marry rich.
observation-disclosures, affable and gen.
orally beloved.
October-Pretty, coquettish and Of
tentimes unhappy without cause.
November, Liberal, kind, amiable and
thoughtful of others.
December-Well proportioned, gay,
fond of novelty and inclined to be ex-
travagant.-Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
Drill for Little Ones.

No exercise Is more wholesome, nor
none more enjoyable, than the drum
corps drill when INDUCED in by the
little ones. Each family of five or six
small children may enjoy this pleasant
pastime for an hour each evening after
school. Let the oldest boy act as drum
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

Johnnie, don't you know that you
should say, Yes, ma'am' and Nc
ma'am', in answer to queries from d
lady?"
"Cert."-IIouston Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
His Haunts.

Butterflies a social lion.
Puffer-I thought had see him sew.
eral times at the bars.-Indianapolls
Star. '... s.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

What would become of all the proof
readers If scientific spelling were
adopted? l..
He who has no sense of humor has
but few friends
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26

A man In trouble always appreciates
a favor-until he gets out.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1906-05-26
One Eye Open.

Bears are heavy sleepers, but less
disposed than lions and tigers to slum-
Der In the daytime. Grizzly bears usu-
ally curl up under the rocks, but some
times they crawl up to the very top of
the rocks, and with front paws spread
around the lion cage bears go to sleep
In what seems an uncomfortable POSI-
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07

except some of those anent the Bos ton Americans, and you might gel abreast of the times by computins the difference in points between the first and last teams in the Connects cut league.
 The challenge issued yesterday by Thomas Ward for the Pots and Pans was taken up last night by Jack Sayles, manager of the Wild Irish Roses. The game will be played on Hill street for $50 a side, on the first Sunday afternoon in August. Sayles will pitch for his team and John Rev. holds for the kitchen utensils. A big crowd will surely be on deck for there will be a big bid for rooters.
 Now Waterbury is claiming that Third Baseman Walsh. who was dur up by Durant. is the find of the wear Mentioning finds don't anyone forget Joe O'Rourke. the man who can he relied on to hit in a pinch five times out of six. And speaking of finds when before has one short season de- veloped such pitcher as Ward?- New London Telegraph. Both good boys and few more Washes and a few more O'Rourkes wouldn't harm some of the other teams in the league.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07
on the fellows from Waterbury. thaa is, the good looking fellowb.

on the fellows from Waterbury. than is. the good looking fellowb.
 It was said after the last eaunS when the visitors trimmed the Wa- terbury bunch that sandland's baIl tossers were thinking of anothor game and did not try to win. somo of the players said that every mn of the Bridgeport nine was A rtnfAr and that it would take a state IoiSro team to wallop them in the day tk14 played here. Still both teams vxfo somewhat anxious for another notI6 time so when yesterday City oI1ff Sandland received word fron Cit3 Clerk Buckingham of Brideepoff ix regard to a third game he sent word back that his warriors we're ready fo1 the fray.
 The game will undoubtedly r& played at Savin Rock, both feAmA taking an equal share of the exponto, Perhaps the tickets that are cold at the gate will bring enough fnokey to pay the costs of the blowout. Thlo last act of the municipal drama win probably take place next month.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07
John Moriarty. Undertakir1q Office Open Day and Night.
 Telephone 397---House 354. Office Over Polls 7heuter Entrance.
AUTO NEWS THIS CHAUFFEUR
 A TOM THUMB
Twelve Year Old Boy Gets . License = Coustdbles Are
 Called Cfafters.

W. R. Bullarri of New Bedford Mass. son of Dr John T. Bullard. is the youngest full-fiedged chauffeur In the Bay State and 1t is not likely that the country can boast of many lads of his size and age. who have pi9 automobile so completely at their mercy as has young Bullard.
 When Bullard drives his nig car down the street. pedestrians line up on the sidewalk and gaze at hin m opep. eyed wonder. He looks Ike rom Thumb behind the big wheel but the Ind can manipulate his car about in the most crowded thoroughfare and to use street vernacular. the older au- toists have nothing on him.
 Rullari is almost 12 years old but he stands only four feet eleven inches in height. The lad. in company with William T. Davis, professional chauffeur, who was his sponsor ap- peared few days ago in Boston at the ofice of the Massachusetts high way commission.
 There application was made for a license and when the boy came for ward as the applicant the clerks all came on their high stools and gath cred around him In n bunch. secre- tary Fletcher of the commission was the one most astunishpd and he was af first inclined 10 laugh at Bullard
 He began to question fne boy. how ever. and soon found that he had a pretty good idea of what an sutomo- bile was. But Secretary Fletcher Is a thorough man. He would not give the hoy a license until he saw him operate the car. This did not dis turb the youngster. who soon had the secretary seated in his car.
 Then they went out into tho heart of the city. Bullard took particular pains to take the investigator into the very congpsted sections and MT Fletcher clunr to the seat in terror ss ne thought how he was entrustine his life to a mere child. But Bullard dodEed trucks. headed of trolley cars and took, corners SO cleverly that when they returned to the highway commissions officp. the secretary wrote out a license and. batting Bull lard on the back told him that he vas mighty small hoy hut if he couldn't run an automobile he didn't know of any one who was qualified.
 so Bullard is today the real thing in the way of chauffeur and the venerable city of New Bedford Is pretty certain to add to it's fair fame by this possession of Tom Thumb.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07
CRISIS IN NORWICH.
Meeting Called to Consider Ways and
 Means to Continue.

Notices sent out by Secretary Thomas B. Robinson to the Norwich Baseball company indicate that a cri- sis in its affairs is at hands. says a Norwich paper. They call for meet ing on the evening of July 10 in the Board of Trade rooms, '-to provide ways and means of continuing base ball In Norwich"
 There Is comparatively small de- felt on running expenses so far this year. due largely to the loss of two days when double headers we're scheduled and one rainy holiday, but the team Is In far from a bad finan- cial condition. Players are its assets. and 1t has several of these for whom it is receiving almost weekly offers at good high prices, but all are being declined. as 1t Is the intention to hold the team together. The possibility of dropping the team In Norwich. which might be inferred from the wording of the notice. is SO remote as hardly to be mentioned. There are men ready 10 take up the team and carry it on. if thoee now connected with 1t should tire of the job.
 The coming meeting. it is said. is an effort on the part Of the present infringement to find out just how financial affairs are to he conducted for the rest of the season. There Is an old note of about si.oon. indorsed by i've of the directors. and they think they ought to share entirely in the profits if they are to assume the lia- bilities- So far none of the stockhoId- CTS has been willing to 90 on any notes. and It fs desired to put the financial affairs on some more satis- factory basis.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07
Psp-rs called It Graf.

foo often the newspapers applaud the wholesale arrest of automcbilIsis by country constahles but Id in- stsnce. where they did not. trsnspired . sh6rt time azD.
 In FsrminRton. Connecticut. 2 hne mscsdam road. two miles snd half l5nf. rss recently completed and 1t nikde [ hne speedway. The first Sun day it was opened to the public the constahles gathered In full array and msde q business Of srre<tinT every anf5isf that hove In sight st any where near fair speed.
 After the prosecutions the con sfsbIee divifed up their iiiK0tten fsins snd found inst they hsd for their Sundays work s7no-
 Farminxfon being suburb ~ Harfforl. the Hartford papers touk the natter In hand e-iitorially eni rF8b1u1ced the tbDiesale srrests a unjusf The>r papers ssii that while they efood for proper restriction hy I4< of the aufonobiie fnrr dsd not sf4n1 fW anyfh'nG that ssvored sf suc1 fank prevention ss the general hoi1-up of a1toisfs hF theep Farm iaG1u tr1<fxhlesL ftfs bat ex- kF11nrf 1lt v5ee of fbe pshlk q @eeun1G11A u1ic1 ge1e lnse i16 6s.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1906-07-07
RACING
DRIVERS FINED
 AT WOONSOCKET
One Heat So Slow That the Judge, Decided There Was a Leak
 and They Acted.

Woonsocket, R. l., July 1.-The three days race meet was closed here yesterday with three races. in only one of which, the special trotting event, was the favorite successful. This race went to Navidad. Russell c. won the 2:24 pace, Walter C.. the favorite, finishing third. One heat of this race was so slow (2:34Ia) that the judges declared 1t no heat and imposed fines of $l0 each upon Driv- CTS Maxwell, Dore, McMullin, Cahill and Brusie. Forshner was then put up on Uncle Dick in place of Cahill and drove the gelding to second mon- ey. Mahchow, favorite in the 2:16 pace. finished second to Conway. Summaries:
 2:24 pacing, purse $300-Russell c. won in streaight heats: time. 2:25k. 2:23A. 2:25. Uncle Dick was second, and Walter c. third. Har- ry Bashford, ]. V. N, Golden Rod and J. l.. ]. also started.
 2:16 pacing. purse $300-Conway won In straight heats: time. 2:19h 2:19x, 2:lS. Manchow was second and Little Girl third. Tipton B. also started.
 Special trotting- Navidad beat Tom Leary in straight heats. Time, 2:2Sh. 2:24, 2:20%.