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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

so nice, / guess he didn't mind after
all. And in the weeks following he
came frequently and we met at several
places. Somehow l told that man ev-
erything-I couldn't seem to help 1t.
lie always knew just. when to smile,
and never said silly thing to cover
up deeper feeling In all those weeks
that did not see sympathy and I'M
Outstanding in his face. Well, it was
a pleasant time as l remember 1t, and
| got to thinking good deal about him
and to liking him very much. There
was only one thing to dampen our
pleasure one day the news came to us
that Mr.. Griffin, who held mortgage
upon Harcourt, had sold it to strang-
ers, and Marion and 1 told Ourselves
that from that time our claim rpon it
would be only that Of any other out
siders, who might look at its dear old
walls and pass 1t by. As l say, this
darkened our lives little, but there
were still Mr.. Maxwell's visits to look
forward to, so 1t was worth while ex-
isting.. But one evening. when he call
ed, he said: miss Eleanor, l am going
away tomorrow and want you to do
something for me. VIII your"
Il don't know,"'I answered In a low
voice. Somehow couldn't for the life
of me manage anything else. But he
didn't seem to notice that l said moth
Ing about regretting his going away.
He simply asked me If l would go
down to Harcourt with him. l was
too miserable to resist, and we went.
My heart beat heavily as we walked
up the dear old oak avenue, and when
We had mounted the broad steps and
opened the door l could not see the
familiar dim old hall because my eyes
We're blinded with tears. "Oh. well,"
thought l, as l stealthily dried them
away, you're a dear old place, but
you're nothing to me now, and I've got
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
THE AMBER OF sANTo DOMINGO

Found in Considerable Quantitfes--
Conditions Under Which 1t Occurs.
1t Is an interesting fact that Santo
Domingo Is one Of the few places in
the world where amber occurs in any
considerable quantities. AS Ia well
known, the bulk of the supply used in
the arts comes from the neighmorhood
of Konigsberg, on the Baltic seacoast.
There 1t occurs in the lower oligo-
Gene, and appears to have been depos-
tied originally in glauconitic beds of
clayey nature, which was afterward
eroded by wave action and the amber
distributed, though much of it is taken
from beds in which 1t was originally
entombed.
Amber Is simply fossilized rosln, de-
rived apparently from certain confer
GUS trees. The conditions under which
1t occurs in Santo Domingo do not ap-
pear to differ substantially from those
on the Baltic seacoast.
1t Is found near Santiago CITY. ASSOC
ciated with Ignite, sandstones and con-
glomerates. These beds probably be-
long to the oligocene formation and are
found containing amber at number of
places on the north coast, as we'll as ON
both tanks Of the Monte Cristi range.
1t also frequently occurs in the streams
flowing through these beds.
The amber Is usually In ovate lumps.
ranging from the size of pea to a
mans fist, often fattened, dull on the
exterior, being covered with a kind of
brownish crust. None of these depos-
its has been studied scientifically, al
though several abortive attempts have
been made to operate them for CONNER.
cial purposes.-Cassier Magazine.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
THE FAVOR IN RETURN.

Secretary Straus, of the Department
punctilious Of men. The mere sugges-
tion that courtesy demands an act will
wiring from him what no other consid-
erations > could extract. When the
strike on the New York subway oc-
CURED in 1905, 1t was reported that
the Civic Federation would attempt
to settle the trouble by arbitration.
Mr.. Straus was then vice president Of
the Civic Federation, and the news
papers tried to get from him a state
ment In regard to the matter, but he
lodged all interviewers
One paper sent a reporter to Mr..
Straus' house at night Despite the
most inslstent and varied appeals sent
up by the reporter, Mr.. Straus re-
fused to see him. After each appeal
the butler brought back polite reply
to the effect that Mrs. Straus was sick
and that Mr.. Straus could not leave
her.
In despair the reporter left the house
and telephoned his city editor that he
could not get an interview.
go back and try again." came to
him over the telephone.
To return and plead for an interview
was both useless and stupid. The re-
porter sat down on a step and racked
his brains for means of forcing an
interview. Suddenly an inspiration
came to him. He dashed acress the
street to drug stone, where he could
write, and penned this note:
Dear Mr.. Straus-Please pardon me
for disturbing you again, but 1t Is I'M
avoidable. When the Russians were
massacring the Jews at Kishinef, the
undersigned, at your request, wrote an
article Of protest that was given wide
publicity. He would consider 1t a re-
turn Of courtesy and greatly appreciate
1t IL you would give him short inter-
view at this time relative to the sub
way strike"
In less than minute after receiving
this note Mr.. Straus escorted the re-
porter into his library, and there die
tated an interview.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
QUITE NATURAL.
Business and Social Relations Inter
MINGLED I'm Thin Caae.

| Business and Social Relations Inter
mingled in This Case.
She was the elegant and gracious
mistress of fine old mansion in a
little town, and her caller was an an
,ient sociologist His seat was near
he window, and as they talked he OBJ
served an aged Whitewater, splashed
and shabby. going by with his pail.
Suddenly the man paused, retraced his
steps, and came up the garden path. A
moment later the lady was summoned
% the door.
"Oh, is it you, Henry?' the caller
heard her say. "We sha'n't be ready
Tor you till next week. 1 think there
must be some mistake"
There amt any mistake, and it amt
the job came about" drawled Henry's
voice, leisurely, "but the skirt O. that
green dress you wear Sundays Is flap
pin out side winder upstairs, and
there's storm comm up-like to be
4 downpour any minute now-and I
kind thought maybe 'twouldn't be
Improved by soakin'. I guess you'd
forgot It."
Certainly I had 7" cried the lady.
II took a spot out with benzine, and
hung 1t over the sill to air, and forgot
all about 1t. o, thank you, Henry ="
The door closed; the guest heard his
hostess flying hastily upstairs, and
when, a few minutes later, she reap
peared, flushed and laughing, the storm
had already broken, and the amiable
Henry, with his coat-collar turned up,
with scudding away into the distance
before pelting gale.
IF the business relation everywhere
merged as naturally and simply into
|friendliness as between your white
washer and you" said the visitor, with
a sigh and smile, ''how much easier
and fewer would the problems be we
sociologlsts have to consider"
Henry Is very nice man, and I've
known him all my life" said the lady.
with touch Of surprise, settling again
comfortably into her easy chair. "Of
course he wouldn't let my dress be
spoiled as long as he happened to notice
1t. I'm very glad he looked up
Youths Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
INFANTRY ON THE MARCH.
Length of Pace and Speed In the
Armies of the World.

Length of Pace and Speed In the
Armies of the World.
The average rate of march of the
armies of to-day so far as drill is con-
cerned, is about 100 PAGES minute, or
about two steps second. However,
there are some small differences in the
different arms, and a few troops are
trained to march at a much higher rate
Of speed.
The Russian soldier takes 112 to 116
steps minute, the German ia, the
Austrian 115, the French, Italian and
United States 100. The French chas-
seurs however, make 145 and the Ital-
Ian Bersagliere $50.
The length of the pace should, of
course, also be considered. The Rus
sian pace is % inches, the Austrian
91a, the French and Italian 80, while
the German is BIZ and therefore sur
passes all others.
The Russian soldier can therefore
cover In one minute from TIL to 900
yards, the Austrian 93.5, the French
and Italian 9S.4, while the German COW
ers more than ans-very nearly 100
yards.
But In modern battle 1t Is question
or utilizing cover, rapidly moving over
short Intervals from cover to cover.
climbing over hedges and other obstruc-
TONS more than marching. Witness
the small and agile japanese and tho
tall, robust Russians.
Marching power comes into play in
getting troops into position, but It Ia
usually more staying power than the
capacity to march well at drill or man
euyers that counts in the long run.
Nevertheless, troops can be intelligent
~ trained to do both. and both will
come into play in action.-New York
Sun.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

not care for me? Don't you care just
little more about me than for an or.
binary friend?"
"Oh" exclaimed, very much afraid
that my stupidity had forced him into
It. Il shouldn't have said-I didn't
mean to" But he put his arms
around me and then knew 1t wasn't
because of what had said.
Well, | was so happy that cried
and laughed in my own ridiculous fash
ion, and when we went home Marion
says 1t was difficult to tell which beam
ed brightest, my eyes or my nose. But
think l have wept the last sorry
tears l shall ever shed, for the best
man in the world has bought Harcourt
for me and 1t Is to be our home when
we are marrled.-Boston Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

no right to cry about you" But later
when we went up to the long hall above
and found that some impudent person
had removed our few remaining pieces
of old furniture and had hung new
paintings there over crimson hangings
| felt couldn't stand any more. "Wha,
does this mean?" l cried.
"The purchaser hopes live here, u
explained Mr.. Maxwell, "and he is get.
ting 1t ready for occupancy"
Here. / suppose, the poor man was
bewilderede enough. for had restrained
myself as long as could and rushed
to the one place where the hateful
crimson did not cover the panels, laid
my head against their friendly support
and burst out crying.
'Oh, why did you bring me here?" l
said. Il can't stand everything. /
would rather have this old ~tace burn
ed to the ground with only its poor old
chimney left to show where It stood
than than to see 1t fitted with the most
beautiful things In the world by strang-
ers Everything l care about turns out
wrong" concluded with a sob. IL
am losing my home, and now you
stopped, frozen with horror. What
had said! But Norman Maxwell -
denly put me into the window seat and
sat down beside me. Eleanor, look at
me-" he said. But absolutely couldn't
lift my head, so he put his hand under
my reluctant chin and turned my face
toward him. Eleanor. he went on,
don't you know I've loved you al. .-e
time and that was going away with
the heartache. confident that you did
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

erer the war he graduated in law and
practiced In Galesburg, Ill. Soon aft
erwards he went to Iowa and engaged
in politics, banking and stock raising
He served two terms as State Treas
urer of Iowa and three terms in Con-
gress.
In 1890 President Harrison appoint
ed him Minister to Brazil. In 1898
Mr.. Mckinley transferred him to
China. In the troublous times of the
Boxer rebellion 1t was he who sue
ceeded in sending dispatches to Ameri-
ca when other foreign representatives
could get nothing through. In 1891 he
served for a brief time as Minister to
Mexico.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

correct idea of the
habits and tastes Of
whole communities
which b ave long
since passed away.
A striking instance
of this Is the chair,
of which the above
Is a correct sketch.
1t belonged to John
Carver, who was
one of the band Of
single-hearted men
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
DOG WAS HARMLESS.
Brave Policeman Missed Chance to
Get a Medal.

Brave Policeman Missed Chance TO
Get n Medal.
The occupants Of the residence at
446 Hale street came to Policeman An
derson last night in dire distress, tell
Ing him in jerky sentences that huge
mastiff, or bulldog, "they didn't know
which," had taken refuge under the
company bed" and that all their ef-
forts to dlslodge the canine from Its
adopted stronghold had proven unsuc-
cessful, says the Augusta Chronicle.
The officer, ever on the alert to rem
der any assistance necessary to the
people on his beat, repaired hastily to
the house in question, picturing the
while to himself the mortal combat
which was destined to take place when
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
Their Mecca,

"But, dear" said the caller, .I don,t
see why you should care to change the
name of your charming little country
place. Idlewhlle is so romantic. II
seems to signify dreamy idleness.p
THAT'S just the trouble" replied the
housewife. sit was 700 suggestive"
"In what wayr
why, 1t attracted all the tramps In
the county. Chicago News.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

CATION by the muir
derous Boxers, the
name of Edwin III.
Conger was famil-
lar to everybody.
Recently Mr.. Con-
ger died In Pasa-
dena, Cal.
Mr.. Conger was
a native of Illinois
and was "a years
Of age. He served
through the civil
war and rose to the
rank of major. Aft
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
The iittIe Candle.

The candle still holds Its own, not
withstanding petroleum, gas and cleo
trio light. The production Of candles
In the United States during the fiscal
year Of 1905 amounted to s3.ss9.3
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
WAS IN THE SIEGE OF PEKIN.

e. HI. Conger, ex-Minister to China,
Who Died I'm California.
Only few years ago, when the Eu-
ropeans and Americans in Pekin, China,
were being besieged in the foreign le-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03
A Man of High Princip,..

Scotsman (up for the week end, who
has been asked by his friend to 20 to
music hall)-Na, ma, mon! Dye no
ken / never visit music hall on IN,
Saturday, for fear should laugh In tn
kirk on TIL Sawbath?-London Opinion
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a3xeeseeGeses333s3sssssses
Marvellous, \ y
Quaint and Curious.


Chair Brought I'm the Maynower.
How frequently do we obtain, from
the ordinary articles of domestic life
which they were accustomed to use, a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

Very few things that happen In this
world seem intended fer the relief Of
nervous people.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

The Dublin International Exposition which was opened
by the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland contains notable
display of Industries and The art exhibit
includes paintings loaned by King Edward and by the
Russian Emperor, and the entire collection view Is
valued at 100000. Japan has a special building on
the grounds have Canada and New Zealand and the
Irish industries housed in magnificent structure
The historical section interest and the
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1907-08-03

Being a True Sport isn't much of a
recommendation In any other line.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
FROM EUROPE.

The Times Office was pleas
antly remembered. the first of
the week bv DR.. MeCkstroth
who sent us the Paris edition
of the New York Herald of
January 22nd, from London,
where he then was. The pa
per, the English part of it, was
filled principally with COM
nents OH the Kingston, Jamai-
ca disaster and society person
ais, and say: If Doc. gets &C.
quainted with half the princes,
dukes, barons, lords and ladies
etc, mentioned in the Herald,
he must be having a peach of
a time.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
EGGS TOO EXPENSIVE,

The DeLamere Mistletoe of
the Oath inst, contains the fol
lowing: Last Thursday even.
ing Anton Grimsrud, reformer
and manager of the CONNER
cial Hotel, met with warm
reception from numbea of
his admirers and was treated
to dose of eggs delivered up
on his person by several good
tossers of the sphere. Later
on, warrant was sworn out
against him for blind pigging,
and lie was bound over to ap-
pear at the spring term of dis.
trict court. at a hearing before
Justice of the Peace, J. b. Johu-
SON."
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
ANNOUNCEMENT.

Wahpeton Methodist Episco.
pal Church, Rev. E. Olin Ed
ridge, pastor; Prof. Chas. Kirk
organist and choir leader. Ser
vices Sunday at the usual
hours; 1890 a. m. 7:3O p. m.
Subjects. A, NJ. Courage and
CONSIDERATIONS" p. NJ. "A Great
Questian Satisfactorily An
swered." Sunday school II AS a.
~, Prof. r. NJ. Black, ,Superin-
tendent. Epworth League $3.50
p. M, Mr.. Harvey Rife, Pres
ident. Prayer meeting Thurs
day evening 7:30. Everybody
cordially invited to these
services
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
A SUCCESS.

The entertainment given by
the Music Class of 1907 of the
Benedictine Sisters assisted by
the st. Johns school, at For
ester's Hall, Sunday evening,
was great success in every
way. The entire programme
was pleasingly rendered, re.
flecting great credit on the sis.
ters as instructors, The hall
was packed with an appreciat-
i've audience, the number being
limited only by the size of the
room, as many were turned
away who were unable to OBJ
tain even standing room.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
MISSIONARY SOCIETY.

The Cong. Womans' Mission
ary Society met at the home of
Rev. and Mrs. E. ID. Gallagher,
on Tuesday evening, Feb. 5th.
After a brief business meeting
the adult members met with
the Society for an evening of
social entertainment. A very
pleasing programme was rem
dered, including an address of
welcome by the president, Mrs.
Young, which was ably res
ponded to by Nr. J. G. Forbes,
followed by an interesting talk
OH Foreign Mission Fields, by
the pastor, Mr.. Gallagher, IN
which he described the great
work being accomplished by
the missionaries. Seventeen
members were added to the So
ciety. Refreshments were
served and, after a liberal free
will offering, the guests depart
ed having spent very pleas
aut evening.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07

his vest-and its then he ought
to humbly thank the Lord for
what's he's got-when the
gravy's on the buckweat and
the sausages are hot. There is
a fragrance that comes floating
from the pancakes on the plate
that would nerve man for ac-
tion-make him strong for any
fate. There is joy, there's in
spiration, in the smears on
Bessie's chin and it's good to
see dear Willie as he scoops the
sausage in; and what sweeter
music is there than the flap
ping, slapping sound that the
busy cook produces as she stirs
the stuff around. Oh, each
precious luscious mouthful
quickly finds the proper spot,
when the gravy's on the buck
wheat and the sausages are
hot.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
A BALLOON IN 1HAkIR.
The Delicate Balance Of the GiS b
Bag Of Gas.

1t is while discharging ballast I'd 4
enter the higher attitudes that you
get Your first idea of the hair trig-
ger balance of the giant contriv-
ancc keeping you afloat. Your pi-
lot takes small wooden scoop, no
larger than an ordinary sized soup
ladle, digs into one of the sand bags
and scatters a single "shovelful"
overheard. Up darts your balloon
100, 200. 800 feet. An ordinary
sized bottle of beer spilled over
board ligfltens the balloon enough
to send it up $50 feet, and if you
happen to be over IL vacant field
where you can drop the bottle your
self without risk of killing any one
the release of this weight will send
you up another 800 feet. So deli
cately poised is your balloon once
it has struck its balance that you
could push it up or pull it down
from 300 to 400 feet with strength
equal to that Of your little finger.
When mere cloud passes be-
tween you and the sun, causing in
slant contraction of the gas in the
balloon, the envelope becomes bag
gy and f1accid at once, and you be-
gin to fall, sometimes at the rate of
a thousand feet minute, although
you have no warning of this other
than the statoscope and no sensa-
tion except the thrill as you see the
alarming rapidity with which the
earth comes nearer to you. Three
or four scoopfuls Of sand may be
necessary to sacrifice before you
again strike your balance, and the
next moment the sun darts from
behind the cloud, warns the bal
loon, and the envelope tautens al
most with a bang, and you 60 kit
ing upward under your lightened
load until you are obliged to open
the escape valve to let out gas to
prevent going up above your orig
inal level. Then it is that you be-
gin to understand why the bugbear
of the aeronaut is alternate cloud
and sunshine, why he prefers sail
ing during the night and why, if he
does sail throughout the day, he
mounts high above the clouds in
continuous sunshine, where the vol
ume Of gas in the balloon remains
constant.-A. w. Rolker in Ameri-
can Magazine.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
MOVING TO BRECKENRIDGE

Something OF a surprise in
business circles was sprung
the first of the week when it
was announced that Tony Sitar
the popular grocer was to leave
the town he having rented a
store room in the new Bodson
Annex in Breckenridge. He
has already moved nearly all
his large stock to the new loca-
ton. He gives as his sole
reason for making the move
that he thought, he saw a
chance to better his condition
financially, and he embraced
the opportunity. During many
years residence in the city Mr..
Sitar and family nave made
many friends who will regret
their removal. Already several
parties are negotiating for the
corner he had occupied and the
room will not be vacant long.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1907-02-07
Monotonous Scenery.

Mrs. Grimes, the landlady. was
trying to find out the nature of her
new boardcr's occupation. First
she asked him il he was in business.
He told her that he was not. Then
she suggested that possibly he was
salesman.
''No, Pm not salesman exactly"
'"Traveling man?'
eyes, | am a sort of travelling
man."
.NIake regular trips, l suppose"
every regular"
"Well, l should think you'd like
that. There's some variety about
it,"
'There isn't much variety about
my trips. They're always through
the same territory"
''Ihat gets Kind O. tiresome, does
it?"
every"
"Still, il business is good and you
make plenty of salcs''-
"But I don't make any sales. The
fact is, Mrs. Grimes, l am a con-
ductor."
GA conductor? On what rail-
road ?"
'I'm the conductor of an elevator
in big department store"
'Oh!"-Youth's Companion.