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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

ally is-and for him It's mushroom-ness,
so to speak, Is not at all affected by the
little detail whether Its consumption as
near-food is followed by death or sur.
vival. AS practical man he does, to
be sure, divide the species he knows
into the edible and the non-edible, but
he never calls the latter toadstools, as
II they were something quite different
from the former, for he knows that
they are all Of one family and that
there is no one popularity by which
they can be divided.
The old rule-if you eat 1t and live
1t is a mushroom; If you eat it and die
1t Is a toadstool-has an element OF
truth in 1t, though there are certain
signs by which an unknown and uneat.
en- mushroom can be accused Of beins
poisonous without much danger Of do
ing it an injustice. Perhaps a good
way Is to let them all alone. Even the
best Of them is Of no measurable value
as food and Is innocuous only when
gathered at just the right time and
promptly prepared in just the right
way. As for the gustatory merits OF
the mushroom, they are chiefly the
products Of suggestion and Imagination
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
"HAML1N. THE BAKER"


When Cyrus Hamlin was a student
at Bowdoin College he added some
thing to his studies which was not a
part of the, curriculum, providential
elective, as was proved many years
later when he became president of Rob
ert College in Constantinople, and when
the necessity for good bread for the
soldiers Of the Crimea was brought to
his notice. In "Cyrus Hamlin, Mis-
sionary. Statesman INVENTOR" the
story Is given:
One day at Bowdoin, Professor Smith
delivered a lecture on the steam engine
to Hamlin's class, not one of whom,
perhaps had ever seen a steam engine.
Those were the days of the stage-coach
and the OK team.
| After the lecture he said to Profess
sor Smith, ~ believe could make an
engine"
The professor replied, II think you
can make anything you undertake,
Hamlin. and l wish you would try"
He did try, and succeeded. BY work
ing twelve and sometimes fifteen hours
each day, he built steam engine suf-
fciently large to be of real service as
part OF the philosophical apparatus
of the college.
During the Crlmean War there was
great need of good bread, and not a
steam -four mill in Constantinopie. The
memory Of his steam engine encouraged
President Hamlin to think that he
could establish -four mill and a bak-
cry. and cast good wheat bread upon
the troubled waters OK that Eastern
war.
He imported steam engine frotn the
United States. and BY the help of Ure>s
Dictionary of the Arts" and after la
bors which surpassed the legendary la
bors OF Hercules. he was ready to grind
flour.
Might not chemist make good
bread? He had the theory In his head
the next thing was to have the art at
his finger ends. This is the way he
speaks Of the result:
MY bread came out as fiat as pan
cake, and too sour for mortal man to
eat. But the next was better, and the
third was eatable."
He was soon selling bread so sweet.
30 palatable, and In loaves so much
above the legal weight that "Hamlin's
Bread" became famous.
One day he was invited to visit the
military hospital at Scutari then filed
with sick and wounded soldiers The
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

During the last quarter of a centur,
archaeological research, which received
an extraordinary impetus from DR..
Schllemann's discoveries. Nor has the
interest aroused been confined to ex-
perts. Though the people generally have
paid little attention to methods and de-
tails, they have been glad to learn of
the results and have applauded the
scholarship and the industry that have
brought them about. They have rec
ognized, too, that in addition to schol
arship and industry money was neces-
sary for unraveling the mysteries of
buried cities, but the suggestion that
furnishing the money provides a most
attractive career for rich young men
was reserved for Prof. George N o.
colt, of Columbia University. He
grows eloquent over the thought. What,
he asks, have the gayeties Of society,
what has fishing or hunting, golfing or
automobiling, to offer comparable to the
keen excitement Of watching and direct
ing hundred workers as they lay bare
an ancient city which human eyes have
not seen In two millenniums?" As for
the opportunities to make important
discoveries. he shows that they still
abound. There are chances upon
chances in Southern Europe, and Asia
Is a specially inviting field. Amerl.
cans can work there on the same terms
as Europeans. They will not be at a
disadvantage, as they might be in Eu-
rope, with the competition Of the ma.
tives; they will have oriental strange.
ness to lure them on and the spice Of
adventure, Many an ancient Aslatic
city is awaiting the golden touch that
will unlock the door of hidden wonders,
and would mean that American wealth
might give the means and American
scholarship reap the glory" As we
read of the enormous waste Of time
and money by young men Of wealth, OF
become cognizant of 1t In other ways, II
seems as II such an appeal should have
some effect. There is an opportunity to
promote highly valuable work for all
mankind, to lead useful life, to awak.
en- new interest in life, to share In
the scholars glory. The rich young
men should think II over.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

chief physician said to him, "Are you
Hamlin, the baker?"
"No, SIR replied Doctor Hamlin, 81
am the Reverend Mr.. Hamlin, an
American missionary"
THAT Is about as correct as any
thing | get in this country" said Doc
tor Mapleton. II send for a baker and
get missionary"
Before the misunderstanding went
farther Doctor Hamlin explained that
he was both a missionary and max
er Of bread. The result of the confer
ence was that the English secured
good bread at one-half less than the
price they had been paying for sour
bread, which the soldiers could hardly
eat
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
"TREE OF THE FUTURE,

Spanish Bean Furnishes Excellent
Food for Horses.
United States Consul Rldgely Of Bar
celona reports that on the occasion Of
a recent important agricultural ant
botanical convention In that Spanish
city, Senior Bartolome Bonet, a cult
yator and agricultural student, refer
red to the algarroba tree as the tire,
Of the future" Mr.. Ridgely says, 4
"He based his statement upon the
value of Its fruit-locust beans-as {
fattening and strengthening food fol
horses. Upon investigating the mat
ter, found that the algarroba or carol
tree grows all along the Spanish coas
Of the Mediterranean and In tn,
islands Of Majorca and Ibiza. Th.
beans are used as fodder for horses
The best quality Is obtained In the
pe,ghborhood of vinaroz, and large
quantities are grown In the TORTOISE
district The tree grows best in dry
rocky SOIL About the eighth or ninth
year 1t begins to bear fruit, and will
produce about 90 kilos (11O pounds)
the first year. A good tree In full
beauty will, on an average, produc,
$50 to 900 pounds annually, and the
beans are sold at 20 to % reales Cox
to 95 cents) per Quintal (S91a pounds)
''The life of the carob tree Is about
30 years. The only thing II has to feal
Is the frost, which almost Invariably
kills the tree. The wood Of the carol
tree Is valueless as lumber and is SOLD
for fuel. The beans, when used al
food for horses, are strengthening, fat
tening and healthful. In feeding, tn.
beans are broken into halves or quar-
tiers and mixed with bran. In a report
concerning the growth and treatmen,
of the algarroba tree, Senior Bonet
says:
They should be grown In pots
having the lower extremity wider thar
the upper, and the lower part well per
forated. They must not be transplant
ed until the end OF February or the
beginning of March. The best manner
of grating is by budding. which should
be reformed when the bark separate.
itself easily from the tree, the branch
not being cut until the following year
As to pruning, this must not be done
too vigorously. but frequently n--Ney
York Commercial.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

reformer who hopes without work. to get of his
neghbors property, very few We should not en-
courage this number lead people, who nearly
all comparatively well off, to think that there is any
class In this country trying to Cypress another.
Above ALL the Sherman law, so-caed, should be
changed. have repeatedly stated and think my
strucon of that law has been agreed by the highest
In the land that under the present terms and strictly
construed honestly engage in business with
danger of violating It. Any agreement almost, be-
tween two parties is conspiracy. This spirit has been
enlarged eenacted in State Legislatures until 1t
produced conditions In my State leg
slaon strict that If two butchers opposite
the street should agree upon the price
steak would be penitentiary oense and conspiracy
be proved without the usual form Of evidence.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
MUSHROOMS AND ToADsTooLs.

Really the Only Genuine Safe Rule IL
TO Eat Your steak without 'Em.
Perhaps there would be fewer poison
ings from the eating Of what are called
'toadstools" II people both could and
would get 1t through-or, rather, into
their heads that there are no such
things as toadstools, at least in the
sense in which the word Is commonly
used. says the New York Times.
The popular impression, which
amounts to conviction, Is that there
are two kinds of fungi, one that Is edi-
BILE and one that is poisonous, and that
when the former have been called
mushrooms and the latter toadstools a
sufficient distinction has been made
OF course words can be so employed
and the name of thing certainly is
the name by which 1t is known, but the
trouble Is that in this case the distinc-
ton does not distinguish, that its fail
ure to do so makes 1t extremely danger
Gus, and, not least important, that 1t
causes great range among the scientific
folk and not much less among the folk
who enly have scientific turn Of mind
The danger arises from the fact that
too often the person who has been told
that a certain fungus Is toadstool
and therefore not to be eaten, assumes
that II he avoids that particular yarie-
ty In the futufe he is safe Had he
been told that 1t was one of the many
poisonous varieties Of mushrooms he
would not only have acquired bit of
accurate Information, with incidental
realization Of what an immense number
OF varieties of ID shrooms there are,
but he would han been put on his
guard against givirA undue weight to
having learned to red snize one variety
that should be avoided
To the mycologist sshroom is a
mushroom-when 1t something
with much longer nam r. hich 1t usu-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

talize ones self, of course, as to 60 70
the other extreme. The man who is
difiident, who underestimate his own
ability and strength, will not go far.
But at least that sort of man does not
make the crash that follows the fab
Of the overcapltallzed person. Learn
to estimate yourself .correctly--that is
the lesson q man must master who
seeks success. DISQUALIFICATION is as
dangerous to an Individual as 1t Is to
a corporation.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

Parents who are dissatisfied with
the present status OF athletics in the
public schools--and there are many
%. tham-win follow with interest the
course Of the Boston school commit
tee. which Is considering the advlsa-
billy Of introducing the West Point
drill. 1t Is a matter of common knowl-
edge that the drill at West Point &C
compllshes the main object Of all ath-
letic exercise-it gives Its pupils a
sound body ana an erect, vigorous
carriage that lasts them through life.
Is there any school in American where
football, baseball or all the sports to-
gether do this for the whole student
body7
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

"A lot Of men," said Gov Hughes, of
New York, in speech the other day,
@are overcapltalized worse than the
corporations, and cannot earn interest
on what they imagine are their In
trinsic merits" This Is SO striking a
way OF putting an old truth that 1t
bears discussing. Everybody knows
men whose stock Is so heavily watered
with conceit that they cannot avoid
bankruptcy. They do not pay diyi-
dends on the capacity they brag about.
They say they are capable of great
things, but when 1t comes to the point
they are incapable of even small ones.
The late DR.. Dowie was an example of
another kind of human corporation. He
had a great deal Of ability. and II he
had confined himself to dealing on the
basis Of what there was, he would have
Iheen success. But he oyercapitalixed
Nlf. and the time came when he
mot earn interest on his capa-
as he estimated them. Then
was sure, and he died poor.
and alone. One OF the secrets
ss in this world Is knowledge
self. The man who Is aware
In limitations, and keeps with
is always safe, no matter how
pw they may be. The failures are
y Of those men who oyercapitalize
elves 1t Is as bad to undercapi-
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

A Pennsylvania man is fitting him
self for college at the age Of 81 years.
We are sure that Henry. G. Davis Of
West Virginia win extend his best
wishes to the young fellow and hope
mat an honorable and a useful career
may lie before him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

shelves covered with bottles from floor to ceiling These
bottles rapidly vanishing, and the time s not far dis
tant when they will be reduced to extremely small
number. The empty shelves will be replaced by simple
living suitable diet plenty of and plenty fresh
air. The astonishing history Of certain infectious NAL
aides surpasses in interest every that
been written. The tuberce Mt this moment is killing
$4,000 people per annum. Not of those people need
die-the disease Is preventable
Take consumption In the years. 1865, the mortality
from consumption In Great Britain twenty-five per
10000 but 1t has dropped until is less than twelve
per 10000 This compels to ask what going hap
pen II this sort of thing goes 1t means ths-it will
be impossible find deaths from scarlet fever typhoid
cholera diphthera and the like There used to be 200
leper houses In England There is not existence
now except as a curiosity, and leprosy has left Eng
land since the eighteenth century In 1866 In the short
period of six months If Macauay is to be trusted 10O
600 people died of the black death Where is it
1t has vanished Did anyone at that time dream
suggesting that the day could possibly when death
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
CHANGE THE SHERMAN LAW.
BY M. e. ingalls,, Banker.

would ask our public men to cease
the talk which gives the inference
that everything in our corporation life
is rotten; which disturbs business men
and harms our fair reputation all over
the world. 1t is not true that our
business generally is being conducted
ON unlawful lines. can state, and
defy contradiction, that the railroads
Of this country, the great interest
about which there is 30 much talk and
abuse, are being conducted to-day In
accordance with the letter and spirit
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
m the nattle RnxaI

"Are you an active candidate for the
presidential nomination.
Certainly not" answered the saga.
cious statesman. "In fact, that is ex
actly what l am trying to avoid. An
active candidate for the nomination /.
as rule merely the one who invites
attention as formidable rival and gets
put out of the game early Washing
ton Star.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

While scientists are worrying over
earthquakes that cannot be located, the
rest Of humanity is thankful that no
long casualty list makes Its appear
ancaI
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

The woman who accuses her mother
Of having alienated her husbands af-
fections has placed the mother-in-law
Joke In a new light and given 1t new
lease OF life.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

The report Of the abdication OF the
Dowager Empress Of China appears to
have been premature. In fact. the peo-
pie who started 1t are keeping as far
away as possible from ISL Ans head
quarters and ferventiy hoping that
there may be no immediate necessity
Tor them to look her in the face and
say Il.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

The divorce is absolute. but Count
Boni's creditors claims have been set
tied. That should relieve him of some
annoyance. and yet man of his sensi-
tive nature must shrink ut the thought
Of wasting money on creditors
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

A woman advertised for husband
and used fictitious name. Her son.
using a fictitious name, answered, and
they met by appointment. 1t was per-
haps to emphasize their Stiffness that
hey let the story, get cut.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
serhe Tender nrercie.. /,

Bishop Joseph F. Berry, during the
Methodist Conferences recent session
In New York. told story In illustra
ton of the tender mercies of the
wicked.
ut Is SAID" he began. "that wher
the great Spanish marshal, Naryaez
lay dying. his confessor asked him Il
he had any enemies.
mo whispered the marshal. =
have none
"But the priest rejecting on the
stormy life Of the dying man, repeat.
ed.
Think. sir! Have you no enemies,
None whatever
mo said the marshal. none
"And he added TRANQUILITY:
at have shot them ALL"
inexperienced servants are the best
fnr hofaIs
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

Some professor claims to have proof
chat Solomon did not write the Songs
Of Solomon. 1t isn't likely that anybody
win ever think 1t worth while to claim
that Hall Caine didn't write his works.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

A lady spiritualist asserts that the
Gar of Russia consults mediums every
day. II this is true he must be pat
ronizing an inferior class OF mediums
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

II have all the money I. want" de-
elares Oscar Hammerstein. Oscar has
always been rather proud Of his repu-
tstion for eccentricity.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

II they've really found way to re-
move birth marks by the x-ray we do
not zee how the Old Earl can possibly
rscogniza his long-lost chee-ild in the
eourth act.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

and they weigh well the advantages they might gain by
marrying
1t cannot be questioned that womans Independence
to marriage makes for her happiness only as an in
divdua but as sex. II the financial question could
be eliminated, matrimony would be as nearly ideal
thing possibly could conceive and 1t seems to be
proved fact that there is little domestic unhappness
among the women who marry from wise choice rather
than conventional necessity Love then becomes rul
ing element, as 1t should be always.
The whole situation is simply this In the past there
was but one future for the girl-matrmony To-day
woman regards herself Individual She looks at
man from higher viewpoint and she weighs powers
Of making her happy with her ability to do the same
thing. Marriage is no longer necessity when she
has mastered an art she take the attitude that
man does-of choosing the she wants If she does
not find what she likes she has the prerogative az
the bachelor.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

The New York couple who have been
married sixty-three years without a
single quarrel do not know what fun 1t
II to kiss and make up. ~
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

There is an old one something like
this: Put fool on horse and he
will 80 full gallop," How easy 1t would
BE- to substitute automobile for horse.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

A London bishop has advised men tc
kiss their wives. Their own wives
mind you.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

The Delaware man who whistled
while the doctors amputated his fin
gers may turn the joke on the saw
bones by making them whistle for their
nay.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

If trial marriages are success
among the Eskimos, it's more than can
be said In Astorbiltia.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

from leprosy and plague would be unknown? Yet black
death has now place In the British Isles Irish
man would say BLACK death has found that England
is place to live in"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

Miss Helen Gould says that she lis
not clever enough" to talk to the news
papers. Too clever, we should say.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
WHY WOMEN DO NOT MARRY.
By Henry S. Prifcheft.

There is the general supposition that col
lege women do not marry; that higher edu-
cation is leading them away from the home
This is true, but it also applies to women
outside Of colleges-women who have mas
tered an art or a profession. Marriage with
them Is not necessity from the point Of
support; they have their liberty and indie
pendence and selfsupport In their own hands
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
WHY THE MEDICINE MAN IS PASSING.
BY Frederick Treves.

1 am afraid that long time win elapse
before people break of the extraordinary
habit Of taking medicine when they are sick.
1t is prejudice deep down in the hearts of
the people. Why 1t exists 1t Is hard to say,
but there 1t Is, and l suppose 1t must con-
tinue some little time longer.
If you picture the environment Of doc
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

Men become money mad They want money, not for the
privileges which it will afford but endeavor satisfy
an Unsuitable greed. Our age is sadly afflicted with this
ngorious MANIA and men endeavoring to get money
honestly II 1t Is convenient but they get money
What instance of this uncomfortable passion of greed
have been seen recently In the iabolca system Of
bates by which great corporations grown richer
respectable smaller dealers have been crushed to the
WALL and the hghhanded robberies and vulgar criminal
extravagances of Insurance officials! M tas
Somebody has been recently insisting that the very
rich insane that the acquisition of the power which
great wealth brings unsettles mems minds 1t is true
however, that sefshness and arrogance and vulgar
ravagance and foolhardness and utter defiance Of all
laws Of safety and society characterize who
become suddenly rich The awful slaughter of the auto
mobile maniac illustrates this tendency among prosper
GUS people.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04
F1NANCIERs AS MONEY MANAGES.
By Rev. DR.. Charles 3. Locke.

Americans are manifesting an itching for
money beyond all reason. Money has it's good
sides as well as its evil. 1t can purchase
privileges and multiply chances and ami
hilate distance. Money makes possible the
greatest philanthropic schemes and generos-
ties. Money makes the world 60. and it can
be made humanity's supremest blessing. =
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1908-01-04

A man should remind his wife occa.t
sionally that a little credit Ia q dan
gerous thing.