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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
Plaster of Paris Bananas.

Bunches Of bananas that are abso-
lutely unfit for food hang out In front
of the wholesale produce commission
houses. Some Of them have remained
there until they have grown rusty with
age.
Couldn't get finer looking bunch
than that" said one Of the dealers the
other day, "even IL 1t is plaster Of
paris. We used to put out the real arti-
Gle for sign, but the peddlers who
came down here had way Of pulling
one or two out of the bunch that hap
pened to be hanging there on the hook.
The small boys, too, had way Of max
Ing grab for a banana or two. BY
the time the bunch was on duty under
the awning for an hour 1t was no long
er presentable to the aesthetic sense.
So we began to cultivate the make be-
lieye article, which Is not quite so pal
atable, but just as good for advertis-
ing. And even at that some youngster
in his haste will grab plaster Of paris
fruit. and get away with II before he
realizes that he has made or with
something bad for his digestion. NEW
York Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
A LUCKY MISTAKE.


Mr.. Bergaanot had his Life insured in
an organization that collected Its pre-
mdums In the form of monthly assess
ments. His assessment was three or
four dollars, and to make It come
easier" az he said, he bought small
family savings bank" and presented
1t 10 his wife.
snow, Belinda" he said, ''as my In
surance Is for your benefit, want you
to see there ls always money enough
in this thing to pay my assessment
when the time comes around. I'll drop
a dime In 1t occasionally instead Of
buying cigar, and you can do the
same with any loose change that's left
In the house pocketbook at the close
Of each day.
"Just you take the responsibility In
your own hands. and perhaps YOU
won't buy something from every ped
dler that comes 10 the house. To show
you that trust you with It, here's the
key to the bank"
Mrs. Bergamot accepted the charge.
The scheme appeared 10 work admira-
bly,. In fact, as the end OF the month
drew near, 1t became apparent that
there was more in the bank than would
be needed to pay the assessment One
evening, however, she turned suddenly
to him and said:
"Henry, there was a man here to-day
with the lovehest little machine for
grinding up meat, 30 you can make
your own sausage; and all he asked
for 1t was-by the way, Henry, you
didn't give me the right key to that
| savings bank"
Mr.. Bergamot took out his bunch Of
keys and looked chem over.
You're right. Belinda" he said. ~
thought debut perhaps 1t Is just
as well. l guess we'll stick to this ar
rangement-you keep the cash, and III
carry the key"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Lamentation 10 heard coming from
the councils of the National Education
al Association. The bad boy is among
us, considerably worse than the fond
est expectations could hope for, and
growing no better with rapidity. He
has no regard for duty, no respect for
age, no disposition to surrender pleas
ure, no appreciation Of authority, etc,
ETC., to the end Of long and dolorous
chapter. Hence "the earliest thought
and action Of our leaders of opinion"
are solemnly requested. Now, the bad
boy 10 not a remarkable discovery on
the part Of the educational association.
He has been figuring in society for a
long term Of years. Mr.. Aldrich pic
tured the bad boy as he existed
generation ago, when he was considered
quite a hopeless proposition. In 1888,
or thereabout, Thomas Day In Sand
ford and Merton" drew a striking like
ness Of the bad boy Of the period, ex-
hibiting the same practically hopeless
characteristics. Fifty years before this
time good old DR.. Watts mourned pa
thetically over the degeneracy Of youth
and contrasted the wicked, irresponsi-
BILE, unreasoning boy of 1870 with the
fine, manly, religious, respectful youth
Of the latter part Of the seventeenth
century. And 80 we 60 back with the
waves Of bad boys and wicked children
hundreds and hundreds Of years until
we reach the hairless Elisha tormented
by the bad boys Of Bethel until the two
she bears came out of the wood and
dined sumptuously and made instruc.
tive history. So we may call the atten-
ton of the educational association to
the fact that no age has had, or Is like
ly to have, a monopoly of bad boys.
Indeed, It may be asserted with conf
dence that the boys of to-day are, II
anything, somewhat better than their
wicked forerunnera With what seren-
ity our modern prophets walk the
street. unregarded by the mischevious
youth. Indeed, nowhere Is there evil
dence of an unusually perverse gener-
alton or assurance Of a degree Of de-
pravity beyond the experience of our
ancestors In their dealings with the
child problem. Therefore are we not
specially concerned in supplementing
the frightened appeal of the education
al association for extraordinary disci-
pline Of the rising youth. 1t 10 quite
likely that the boys. even the bad boys.
Of our time will size up creditably with
the boys of Elisha's Bethel or DR..
Watts end of the seventeenth century.
Possibly the boy 10 no better, no worse,
than a healthy boy has been and will
be. The genuinely bad boy always will
have somebody to weep for him, and
80 far as possible every reformatory In
huence should be brought to bear in
his case. But as to the mass Of boys,
as boys, we need not despair. or course,
It Is expected that men Of 90 or over,
like DIR. Watts, will deplore the degen-
eracy Of youth; that Is one Of the priv
ileges of age. But there 10 at least the
satisfaction that fifty years hence the
boy Of to-day will as eloquently testify
to the virtues Of his own youth and the
decadence Of good manners and pro-
priety. 1t 10 the way Of the world.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

It has taken the English ave years
to decide that Empire Day, as the ami
versary of Queen victoria's birthday
has been called since the queens death,
IN worth celebrating. 1t has been OBJ
served In the British colonies. but at
home hardly any official recognition OF
the day has been shown. This year.
however, the London school children
received half-holiday, and sang patri-
otto songs and saluted the flag before
going home for the afternoon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
SWORD. and saimitsrs.

The seimiter Of the Saracens was the
most effective sword for cutting pur-
poses ever devised. It viii be remem-
bered how, according to the story Of
Sir Walter SCOTS "Talisman," with
such a weapon the pagan saladin
chopped soft cushion In two at one
blow, to the amazement Of Richard
Ceur de Lion. With a straight sword
one can make hack or thrust but to
slice an adversary one must saw with
II. The scimlter, being curved and wide
and heavy toward the end, slices By
the mere fact Of striking.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

and have heard many In my seafaring
life, but never saw anything to equal
the way that girl risked her own
chances for life by allowing drown
Ing person to hold on to her while she
herself was struggling desperately to
keep above water"
Hawse declares that many Of the
male survivors Of the Columbia, which
collided with the San Pedro, lumber
steamer, were guilty Of the lowest type
Of cowardice. 'The women showed
more bravery, even more gallantry, in
the moments when death seemed 90
close at hand, than did the men," he
SAYS.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

That authoritative manual on cor
Moody's, gives In the edition
for the current year tremendous figures
and facts regarding the expansion Of
corporate industry In the United States
Certain corporations of the smaller and
.elose" sort are omitted, and bank cap
ital IL not included either. Yet a CAP
itaiization Of $50. 500, O00, 900 Is repre-
scented by the various classes Of corpor-
atoms that are covered and described
In this volume. The railroads head the
list with securities aggregating 49,.
900 100000. The electric railway sys-
TENS Of the country now represent a
capitalization Of over $4,000. OOO, 600
The total for gas, electric light and
power companies Is $4,000, 000. 900. Cor.
porate capitalization now embraces q
third Of the country's wealth. and the
growth Of the corporate form Of indus
try Is proceeding at an amazing rate
Most remarkable are the data In the
manual which relate to the public util
ity enterprises and to the amount Of
capital they are absorbing. All sucf
figures are convincing arguments fol
proper control and regulation OF cor
porations In the interest not only Of the
consumers but OF the investors as well
How absurd II Is TO contend or imply
that reasonable control would injurt
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

heroine. She Is barely II years old and
resides at Berkeley, Cad. She was a
passenger on the big coaster. Miss
Watson is unable to swim, but before
she was hurled from the deck Of the ILL.,
fated Columbia she had fastened on a
life preseryer, and this enabled her to
play the part she did.
Robert Hawse. the third mate of
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

with a life preserver, her companion
was not. There was that slim wlsp of
a girl, padding bravely and telling the
helpless woman to keep good hold and
not give up, for the boat was coming.
When reached out for her she shook
her head resolutely and said I must
take the woman with her into the boat
first / have seen many brave deeds,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

The distribution Of Immigrants has
been a vexed problem, most Of the ar
rivals In the past showing a DISPOSE
ton TO locate In the cities already over
supplied with alien laborera The I'M
migrants now arriving have heard the
roar Of industry In the West and are
hurrying to participate In the prosper
ity that is enriching the owners Of rail-
roads, mines, mills. farms and factories
throughout the country and offering
compensation for Investment Of Drawn
and energy. Under existing conditions
the record breaking influx of allen Ia
borers can occasion no alarm.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

"He must have been insane when he
did It," declared the loyal mother Of
Teller Runyan, who absconded with
$4,000 Of the Windsor Trust Com
pany's funds. But he wasn't It was
merely case Of women and Wall
street, matters that never enter into
the consideration Of mothers except In
connection with somebody else's son.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

the vessel, who is generally credited
with having saved many lives, says of
her: There Is but one heroine In
the catastrophe which befell the
Columbia. That Is Miss Watson.
was gathering in the second
boat load when l saw her with a
woman clinging to her, and discovered
that, while Miss Watson was provided
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
GIRL HEROINE IN
COLUMBIA DISASTER.

OF the tales of bravery in connection
with the wreck Of the steamship Column
bia, in which more than 30 lives were
lost, none Is more thrilling, none
arouses more admiration than that Of
which Miss Maybeile Watson Is the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Lightning struck q brakeman and
melted the money in his pocket. The
fact that the money itself had not
burned hole In his pocket must be
accepted as proof that he had Just
been paid OF.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

recontrol appliances nor, in fact much Of any of the
many things that indispensable to the efficiency Of
fleet in battle and Is more at to make early ap
in battletrm the waters Of the Pacific than
was the Inflated feet commanded by Ro1estvensky"
Similar charges have been made before but never with
so much apparent authority attaches to these. The
Navy goes minute Details for instance that the
ports of the turres of the Kearsrge and the Kentucky
are so large that small shot could penetrate the
turrets and disable the guns So manifest these
defects says the Navy that the officers who
ships abroad sought conceal them by building
shields painted to represent STEEL The protecting
belts of of the ships also misplaced that
when vessels fully equipped the waterline
Is far out of sight under water.
Rear Admiral Brownson 10 the only navy official who
has yet attempted to these charges and he
compelled to admit the truth Of many of them There
should congressional inquiry into the state Of the
navy, that all the facts may be made known-Kansas
City World.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

statements directly refutng claim Increased luna
cy published recently In support of the state
ment that unacy Is the increase and that farmers
wives the Victims 1t is alleged that the farm-wifes
life IL than secluded and withdrawn now
that the mail Is carried to the door each morning 1t
Is that before the Introduction of rural free dev
cry of the people gathered at the country store at
the neighbors homes and Of each other than
they do The who has discovered that farmers
wives the habit gathering at the store and
at each others homes to gossip has uncovered some
thing and outside the facts. There Is too much
doing the home to permit much lingering at the store
for the women at any rate. Those who were In the
habit of getting together things over" prob
ably getting together just much under the
new conditions There is little danger but that the Cos
sip will keep her mind and tongue engaged as to pre-
clude possibility of broodng mopng insane moods
The chances the delivery of mail mill
taes against possibility Of insanity rather than acting
as factor bringing mental disease to the marooned
farmers wfe.-IndiaSapolis SUM-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

We are able TO inform Mark Twain
that a large majority Of us would rath-
or not be permitted to do as we please
II We must be over 10 In order to gain
that privilege.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

The smoke of London IL eating away
the stone walls Of many Of the great
buildings there. Think Of the things
that kind of smoke must do to peoples
lungs
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

In 1890 two and million dollars worth of bicycles
were in this country Ten later the
output increased to twelve times that amount and
since the cost had decreased the number
of new bicycles in in 1900 more than twelve
times that of ten years before.
In the next five years the industry declined to
sixth Of its magnitude In 1900.
The bicycle reached Its height In 1S946 With
the approval of fashion, both and women in great
numbers pedaling the roads, Professional BIZ
cycle riders doomed large in the world Of sport Motor
paced races threatened to rival baseball summer
days entertainment The crouchng speeder made the
highway hideous and trained walking humanity in the
agility which later useful in lodging the auto
mobile But these abuses decreased and were more
than atoned by the service which bicycling rendered
in promoting good roads
Bicycling track sport displaced by the motor
car: fashion withdrew her favor many persons tired
of the exercise often because they had abused their
strength.
After the sudden fever and the equally sudden depres
son It may that the bicycle will In again, not
as fad but In Its real right useful and pleasant
vehicle Machines we'll made at low cost
as they now.
The wheel" having gone erraticaly up and down as
the sewing machine did, ought to have future
conducted by the manufactures ON sound economic prn-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Statisticians have found that out Of
every million girl babies born 81 PCS
live at least a year. while only about
$4,000 out Of every million boy babies
pull through the first twelve months.
At last we know why farm hands are
scarce In Kansas.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Few men, though they may be smart
enough to become trusted bank en-
ployes, rarely possess sufficient clever
ness to get away with stolen money.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

A New York man has been fined g.
800 for pulling out handful Of his
wife's hair. He will probably be con-
tent to slap her on the wrist In future.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Gladys Vanderbilt, who has just come
Of age, Is said to be the richest girl IN
America. No, we are not allowed TO
publish addresses in this column.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Some good people have become
aroused over the menace Of "unwritten
law" But what can they do about it2
It certainly won't do any good to have
Il written,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

investors whose only protection. in the
long run, p the efficiency and the In
tegrity Of The directors and officers of
the corporations. The ''peoplelzation"
OF our separations must keep pace
with their expansion in resources and
iiabilities
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

This for the man with the big head
10 paste In his hat: Edison says I'VE
know one seven-billionth about any
thing"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
His Antidote.

Mrs. Phamley-I suppose you've seen
that new book on what to Do Until
the Doctor Comes"f
DIR. Gruf-Yes; and I'd like to write
a companion book to that.
Mrs. Phamley-What would 1t be2
DIR. Gruff--Don't. Philadelphia
Press
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

A New York policeman has retired
with a fortune Of 100000. Wh-re do
he TT it,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Perhaps you are right, Corelia, IN
your theory that laundries date back
TO the iron age.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

In the race for popularity truth Is
she hare and flattery is the tortoise.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
SOME DEFECTS IN OUR NAVY.

He charges made against the naval board
Of construction by the Navy, a periodical
published In Washington and supposed to
be the organ Of some Of the higher naval
officers, are too serious to be ignored. sour
boosted Atlantic battle feet" 1t says, for
example, "has neither coal, ammunition,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Of punishment, that other murderers escape
by easy excuse they naturally find their fear re-
moved then there Is nothing to prevent them from
carrying their They appeal to the unwritten
law walk out Of court free men, and not only free
but sympathized with, wept over and honored
There have been many such cases of late In which
the murderer told his story, and, there nobody
to refute it. the sole person who might have been able
to do so being In his grave, 1t accepted as gospel
truth In places in this country mans life 10
SAFE his reputation either Any other man can shoot
him. go and allege monstrous crimes against
him. and there Is redress. The dead mans family
is struck down, a stigma forever afterward and
nothing that be done will avail to remove It. The
dead is dead, but the murderer bears no shadow
his
This state affairs Is ntoerable in civilized COM
munity. No man, whatever the circumstances should
have the right of life and death another, or else
every should 60 armed and law should be declared
nonexistent There IL middle course Eeither we
must the customs Of ancestors before law
came into the world and humanity was in continual
state of war; or else must enforce the law which
binds us together in orderly communty.-Chicago
Journal.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Some men would rather lose dollar
on a horse race than win 1t at honest
labor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

! k<.EDTToRIALS,zs !
Opinions of Great Papers on important Subjects =

cples and supported by steady demand Of the public
for inexpensive and pleasant mode Of exercise ana
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

He Jests at family Jars who never
had q mother-in-law to pry the lid on.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
BICYCLES.

report an increase this
year over last year in the demand for BIZ
cycles. Is 1t possible that the leg-power, We
hicle is coming into Its own again, or at
least recovering from the depression which
followed the fever dozen years ago?
The census bulletin for 1905 shows that
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

II Jonah had been after inside infor-
nation he certainly would have got It
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05

Only unmarried women have optimis
tic views Of welded bliss
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
INSANITY ON FARM.

WISCONSIN man says farmers wives are
going insane in increased numbers, and he
blames the rural free delivery Of mail for
the alleged condition. 1t is doubtful If in
sanity Is increasing on the farm as the man
from Wisconsin states. II the Sun Is right
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-10-05
THE uNwRITTEN Law.

He "unwritten law Ii a survival Of saw
agery, when man claimed the right OF own
ership over his women. 1t has no place In
modern thought; 1t should have no place
In modern sentiment.
When people who would Hike to commit
murder hut are deferred from II by fear
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1907-02-08
NUMBER sS.
A Mother. Argument.

''The most to be regretted act of my
iife," says a commander of the navy,
twas a letter l wrote to my mother
when about seventeen years of age.
She always addressed her letters to me
as my dear boy | felt at that time
I was a man, or very near 1t, and
wrote saying that her constant ad-
dressing me as boy made me feel
displeased. I received in reply letter
full of reproaches and tears. Among
other things, she said: You might grow
to be as big as Goliath. as strong as
Samson and as wise as Solomon; you
might become ruler of nation or en-
peror of many nations, and the world
might revere, you and fear you, but to
your devoted mother you would al
ways appear in memory in your inno-
cent. unpretentious, unself conceited,
unpampered babyhood. In those days
when | washed and dressed and kissed
and worshiped you. you were my idol.
Nowadays you are becoming part Of a
gross world by contact with it. and
cannot bow down to you and worship
you. but If there are manhood and
maternal love transmitted to you, you
will understand that the highest COM
pliment that mother love can pay you
II to cau you my dear boy"