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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-15
THREE MARK TWAIN ITEMS
One 10 q Characteristic Letter From
the WeII-known Humorist to
q Friend.

Three interesting Mark Twain items
are in the George Bentham library
which will be sold at Anderson's on
November 28. One is a two-page let
ter, Elmira, July IL (no year, but pre-
sumed to be about 1884), to a friend
named Conway, and refers to the pub
fishing house of Webster & Co.
which Mark Twain founded in 1884.
The letter reads in part:
I'VE are full, clear up to the chin
we can handle only two books year
and are now under contract for SIX.
We have already declined book OF
my own-no room for it, and we could
do better, anyway. My book was
ready nearly year ago and is likely
to remain ready long time before
get it into print by our concern.
The failure of Webster & Co., it will
be recalled, involved Mark Twain in
heavy losses, which he made up later
by the success of his own books and
lectures. 1t is thought that perhaps
the unpublished book he refers to in
his letter was "Hucklebery Finn,
which was issued in 1884.
Another Mark Twain lot consists
Of five characteristic kilograms from
him to James Redpath, 1924. In
one Of them he says: Notify all
hands that from this date shall talk
nothing but selections from my forth
coming book, Roughing It. Tried it
last night. Suits me tip top" In an
other telegram he says about going
to Amherst to lecture "If l had an
other engagement would rob before
| would fill it,"
There is also an amusing three
page letter, in pencil, signed Mark"
and written in 1869 to James Red
path. In it he says:
81 don't want to lecture in Brook
Ign any more. This is the very So
ciety thought that Internal woman
was representing. But I've got
enough. l never will lecture outside
of New England again, and l never
will lecture in Brooklyn at all. Sus-
pend judgment till you see me. She
made that ad. read as If l was talking
on my own hook, and for no society"
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-15
Curious Old Custom.

The Swiss understand the art of
public dinners. In the eyes of some
persons there is, however, one draw
back-the after-dinner speeches are
interminably long. In bygone days the
people of Berne seem to have
awakened to a sense of the infection
of long after-dinner speeches, and they
hit upon a plan, which is observed to
this day, for the purpose of cutting
orators short when they become too
long. A man wearing a bears skin
stands near the speaker, and if the lat
ter becomes prosy and wandering and
drawn out in his remarks, then the
bear advances very gravely and just
laws its claws upon the orators mouth.
This method has never failed so far.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1910-12-15
Something of That Nature.

Miss Gushleigh-Didn't 1t seem to
give you strange thoughts of the other
world when you were up in the clouds,
far removed from this mundane
sphere?
AneonAut-You bet it did. ma'am; I
noaE1y nose to deathi
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS.
TssG Change From the Era Whsa
| Wives Were Taken by Force.

ThG Change From the Era Whsa
Wives Were Taken by Force.
Marriage customs have changed ev.
srywhere with the advance Of clviliza.
ton. Anglo-Saxons In ancient times, II
is said, used to capture their wives by
force from their fathers or their hus-
bands, it did not matter which.
This was before Augustine came to
preach Christianity. Then purchase was
more common than capture, although
the latter seems to have been frequent
enough to the reign of Ethelbert to
need regulation by law. By this law q
man might run away with a woman,
provided he afterward paid her pre-
vious owner, be he father or husband,
80 shlllings. II 1t was husband who
had thus been deprived Of his wife, the
woman's captor had not only to pay
him the fine, but also to buy him an
other wife. In any case the stolen wo-
man belonged to her captor.
II man had purchased his bride in
the days of Ethelbert and afterward
concluded he had paid too much for
her, 1t was lawful for him to return her
to her former owner and claim again
the purchase price. provided that he
had not previously expressed satisfac'
ton by making the bride present Cd
the morning after the wedding.
The next step was the "foster lien,
when the bride price was paid on the
day of espousal and was supposed to
compensate the parent for the cost of
bringing up his daughter. 1t seems,
however, that this soon fell into disre-
quite, as there was no law against the
father engaging his daughter to nu.
merous suitors, taking from each the
'foster lien and. of course. cheating
all but one ON the wedding day. which
at that time was only the day of be-
trothal, when the suitcr gave we'd
O. pledge for the future performance OF
bis contract. If the sutton did not claim
his bride within two years after the
wedding day, he forfeited all right tC
heR and to whatever money or goods b
had paid for her. II the woman and hei
father broke their promises, the father
had to give the sutton four times a.
much as the sultor had already paid
him.
Az civilization advanced the bird,
price was given to the woman herself
and became her dowry, while nova
days tho tables are frequently turned
and the bride settles the money on he
hnsband.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
ENGLISH ETCHINGS.

The picture post card erase is dimiR
@hing in England.
II all the land in the United King
uom were divided among It's lnhabit.
ants little over one ana three. quar-
@' acres would DO the share OF each
person.
The Westminster UondOn) guardians
naVe acceded to n request by IN in
mate OF the workhouse seventy eight
.ears old to be provided with false
be e.
organs are to be supplied to British
~SrShlps carrying chaplains. -Four
IeW cruisers are to have them at once.
Is thought that the organ will give
more impressive setting to the daily
'erv'ces on board ship than the accom-
"'n''hent OF the ships band.
'ohn Thomas Dean, who has died al
s.,cerOorough, England. at The age Of
Shly-hve. was the last OF the post,
Soys connected with that city. In hsI
Iine ne performed many notable nd
k 'eats' on one occasion winning q
No yer Tor riding eighty miles in eight
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
The Euyptisn Mummy,

Psychologists have discovered that
among the ancient Egyptians the invi-
olate preservation of the body was
deemed absolutely essential to the cor
poreal resurrection of the dead. Ac-
cording to the teaching OF the Egyptian
priests, the living man consisted Of q
body, a soul. an intelligence and an ap-
pearancs called "Ka." Death separat.
ed these four parts, which must ultI-
mately be reunited for all eternity.
Between death on earth and life ever.
lasting there interviewed a period of
several thousand years, during which
season the soul performed a painful
probationary pilgrimage through the
underworld. The body in order that 1t
should await intact the return of the
sOui must meanwhile be guarded from
al corruption; hence the custom of
snbalming.
SPECIFIC Instructions sent out with al
most every cream separator put on the
market are TO the effect that the ma
chine should be thoroughly washed
and scalded each time 1t Is used. When
1t Ia considered that in extreme cases
slovenly patrons do not clean their
separators oftener than once a week II
Is not surprising that the use of the
separator In some localities Is not re-
sulting in a materially improved dairy
product
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
FOREST FIRES.
The Watchfu Rangers and the Way
They Fight the Flames.


They Fight the Flames.
In almost any of the western noun
tains the traveller sees the fire warn
ings of the forest service, and he Is
likely to meet some of the rangers.
You will find them crossing the high
Sierras in California, in the Crazy
mountains of Montana. among the
Olympics in Washington or following
the old Apache trails along the mesas
In Arizona. Wherever he is, the ranger
keeps a keen lookout for the smoke of
forest fires, and In the clear western
atmosphere even a little smoke column
can be detected from afar AS soon as
he discovers 1t the ranger takes his an
and shovel and goes as only western
horse and rider can. Many small fires
are stopped by this watchfulness, but
there are others which take many men
many hours to subdue. A fire In q
chaparral SO thick that a man can
hardly force his way through 1t and
parched by six months of drought
makes hard and trying fighting. Then
there are fires in the big timber among
the ueau trees Vi Oiu "LuuAdiiS ahO
overhead fires that spread faster than
. man can run. II unchecked, they
will burn for weeks over thousands Of
Scres of timber.
And all this destruction may be caus.
ed by a carelessly left campfire or q
match dropped from horseback. The
sheep men used to set the forest on
Gre purposely. for the year after fire
the burned acres yield fine forage.
Happily this practice Is discontinued
Sparks from locomotives now set more
ores within the national forests than
any other cause. Camping parties are
the next worst offenders. Indians
storkmen. miners and lumbermen who
ira tcl continually In the forests very
seldom leave campfires to spread and
do duna%e They know too we'll the
! results. For a time almost every year
the citizens OF Portland. Ore. lose sigh
Of some OF the great mountains around
the city on account of the smoke from
tha burning forests. There Is little
doubt that since the white man settled
In the west more timber has been use
lessl-- burned than has been cut ant
used-Arthur w, Page in World'I
Work.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
A SONG. NOT A SERMON.
But II Pointa a Moral From a Very
Ordinary Incident.

But II Pointa a Moral From a Very
Ordinary Incident.
1t was a merry occasion. The fun
was fast and furious. 1t was in bar
eOom; the place, Washington.
Inspiring bold John Bareycorn.
What dangers thou canst make us
scorn!
WI tippenny we fear nae evil;
WI usQuabae we'll face the devll
And so one Of this party invited sew
Oh companions to join him in drink
or fred Ticker" and they sat
Bousing at the happy
An gettin' fou an unco happy.
The man planked down a dollar,
crisp and fresh from the treasury. The
account was squared; the score was
paid. He was family man Qnd walk
ed across the street to Il meat stand
and ordered two pounds of round
steak. The grocer supplied him and
asked 30 cents rs the price. ''What?'
the man roared. What! Fifteen cents
a pound for round steak! 1t Is high.
way robbery!
And so we go through life prodigal
in buying luxury and misery In buy
Ing necessity. That man had no CON
ception OF his Illogical action-spcnding
q dollar for liquor that he and his com
rides would have been the better with
olt and kicking a hole In the ceiling on
account of a purchase Of beef to the
charge OF 80 cents that he could III do
v,Ithouf Man cnn live without booze.
but the man has yet to be Invented
who can get along without food,
This Is no sermon. This newspaper
never breaches. What we intended Ia
aay and all we intended to say was to
call attention to the truth.
All the worlds n stage
Ana All the men and women merely play
ors.
The very best Of us have need or the
charity OF our brothers and sisters
Washington Post.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
FELLOW SUFFERERS.
Zach Had Throat Trouble just Like
the Other.

Zach Had Throat Trouble just like
the Other.
A the commuter who always board
sd the train at Paradise Hills seated
himself he was conscious that the
young man next him looked at him
with some curiosity rs they exchanged
Rood mornings For the first few MIN
utes neither one spoke; then the young
man broke the ice. "You have a dell
cate throat, l see," he said commits
sratingly. 81 used to be bothered that
way myself"
The commuter hesitated. There was
something about his seat mate which
invited confidence.
"Have you been married longr ne
asked. with apparent irreievanca
ssNOt 30 very" admitted the yOuns
man. "whyr'
Ths commuter cautiously loosanSd
the bandage round his throat and
turning toward his companion. display
ed an absurd looking. polka dotted tie
~We've been married less than
year." he muttered, "and she gave ma
six for my birthday"
The hand of his seat mate graspSS
his In a cordial, sympathetic grip.
Fl thought So" he said. IT'S only
year since / had my attack OF tnroa
trouble" Companion.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
BASEBALL UMPlRES.
Kicking on Their Decisions 10 as Old
as the Game.

as the Game.
Much has been said and written
about the habit that ball players have,
and apparently cannot break them
selves of entirely, of disputing deci-
sions of the umpire. The practice dates
back for many years. AS far back as
1860 in an account of game between
the Excelsiors there appeared the fol-
lowing:
I'VE hope to see the boys play of dis
putting over the decision of umpires en-
tirely done away with"
Many years have passed since that
was written, and the players still dis
pute what in some quarters it Is ar
gued should be the sacred decisions Of
the judges of play. Nowadays the best
umpires III the game make allowance
for the state of mind player is in
while engaged in close contest.
The following extract is from New
York paper printed In 1867:
kelly says that Peck's dummy has
created quite an excitement on Ann
street. Dressed in a full baseball rig.
he looks quite natty. Scofield OF the
Haymakers did think about bringing
the figure over to the Union grounds
to act MS umpire in the Haymakers.
Eckford game yesterday. but younG
man named Mcneil was found who an.
swered nearly as well."-New York
Tribune.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
DARING BELL RINGERS.
Franks of the Athletic Young Spans
iards of Seville.

Franks OF the Athletic Young Spans
iards of Seville.
There is a curious custom among the
young Spaniards of the city of Seville.
On certain fete days, related tourist,
the young men of the place have per.
mission to ring the bells In the clock
towers of the cathedral. They have an
ingenious and original way of ringing
them. While the regular bell ringers
repose these amateurs climb up on to
the bells, throw them forward with all
their force and ride upon the bells in
their furious swinging to and fro. We
may imagine what an uproar is pro-
duced when all the bells of a cathedral
are being treated in this manner Any
man who is able may exercise his skin,
and the duration Of the ringing de-
Ponds upon the caprice or the strength
and patience of the ringers.
The spectacle Is very strange Of the
great bells swinging. with one, two or
more bold ringers hanging from them
In any attitude which seems to them
best adapted to pushing out the most
noise. In the Giralda, at Seville, the
first time witnessed this, the clamor
was frightful. When / looked up
thought at first some unfortunate was
entangled in the bell rope, but l soon
found 1t was a matter of sport An
other ringer appeared suspended in the
air, holding the bell by the ears or the
rim or the wooden framework and fol.
lowing 1t in all its movements, some
times feet, sometimes head, downward.
Such are the daring bell ringers Of Sc
villa
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

The Instinct That Leads the Ostrich
TO Protect Its Eggs.

The Instinct That Leads the Ostrich
TO Protect Its Eggs.
The nature students-everybody Is a
nature student nowadays-were trying
to Guido one another.
Eagles when the sun is overhot
shade their young with outspread
Wings" said the first. ION August aft
ernoons l have seen a mother eagle
stand patiently two full hours. her left
wing spread like an umbrella, while in
iS cool shade her nestllngs slept"
Squirrels" said the second, "can
tell whether a nut Is good or bad with
out opening 1t. A chestnut, a walnut
4 shellbark, they lift 1t In their little
paws, hold It to their faces a moment
then II 1t is bad cast 1t aside. How do
they tellI By the weight, by the
SOund1 I incline to think they do II
BY the SMELL"
"Ostrches never SIT" said the third
They lay their eggs on the pale Sa-
haran sands, and the sun does the rest.
But before the ostriches depart from
their eggs they place on the top OF
each a pinch Of sand, for they know
mat the germ viii mount to the top
and that the suns heat would kill the
germ were 1t not protected"
A trained elephant" said the fourth
student, danced very badly at n matt
nee performance and was accordingly
beaten cruelty by its master. That
night hearing a shutting noise out
nde, the master crept forth. and there
IN the moonlight he found the elephant
carefully practIcing its dance steps,"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

While having a seemingly hard and
tough bark. trees. especially the fruit
bearing kind. are exceedingly suscepti-
BILE to damage by fire. This Is due to
the fact that the life layer of the tree,
the light yellow csmbium layer. Is
Just beneath the outside bark and. be-
Ing SO near the surface. Is easily affect.
ed by an extreme OF neat. One learns
the truth OF this to his sorrow at times
when a fire gets away from him when
burning litter In the garden or wheH
q fire Ia accidentally started In thu
grass IN the orchard.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

Daily papc;s In the larger cities re
Dort an unusual exodus Of young peo
bic to the country. It's a wholesome
movement and will tend to adjust the
inequality In the supply Of labor which
has made 1t well nigh impossible for
the granger to get satisfactory labor
AZ any price, while soft handed clerks
In creased trousers and standup collars
nave unrolled bolts OF dry goods be-
hind mahogany counters on salary OF
$3.50 q week.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

Under no circumstances should inc
unsophisticated country girl go 10 a
large city on a tempting offer OF high
wages unless the position she mas IN
viow has been certified to by person
OF her acquaintance in whom she mas
absolute confidence. In all too many
cases girls are wont to view these OF
Tsr~ az bona flde only to find by bitter
s~narIepce that they were traps set ny
unprlncipled or immoral scheineES "
lure them to the city.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14

tsaIdso s4sdoL-1qSIu kspInaBs no
lno IIVu sIq slas oQM uSm 3 81 6lIU'
v .uBmenusS 81 uBmsnusS V
'uoHIuYsd aoRx5
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1910-10-14
Manners.

Manners.
What a rare lift is that of manners!
how difficult to define. how much
more difficult 10 impart! Better for a
beauty or talent! They will more
than supply all-Bulwer Lytton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27

Mr.. and Mrs. John Coates and son
left yesterday for visit at GAINESVILLE
and other places.
One of the new organizations of this
week is the F F % club composed of
girls in the high school, The club is
organized for literary and thimble pur-
poses.
Cleve McMullen and Misses Ruth
Bishop and Margaret Reese of Dodge
vile visited Miss Annette Hutchinson
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hoare celebrated
their tin wedding anniversary Monday.
The immediate relatives We're present.
Mrs. Will White and Mrs. w. james
are spending this week in Milwaukee,
Mr.. and Mrs. p. Hooking and daugh-
ter of Darlington visited at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Stratman the first
of this week.
F. c. Ludden departed Monday on
business trip to Fairbury, Neb.
George Grange spent few DAYS of
this week on business at Monticello.
Mrs Gridlay returned Tuesday from
visit at Chicago and Waukesha. She
was accompanied by her brother DR..
Wilson Of Chicago.
Joseph McKenna returned to Platte
vile this morning after short visit
here.
Mrs. Fred W. GRADER entertained
with whist party at her home Tues
| day evening.
F. W. Meyers from Chicago is visit
ing at the home of Peter Frieden.
Mrs. Cameron Dancey visited friends
| in Milwaukee Il few days of this week
Wallace Martin and Urban GRADER
spent Sunday afternoon in Dodgeville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richardson and son re-
turned to their home in Perry Iowa,
Tuesday. They have been visiting Miss
Ana Waters and other relatives for the
past three weeks
Mrs. j. j. Fielder and daughters
Marjorie and Marion returned Monday
from weeks visit at Dubuque.
James Brewer left this morning on a
business trip to Beloit, Rockford and
| Chicago.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27
Weather Forecast.
THE MARKETS.
Chicago Live Stock.

Hogs-Receipts $4,000 Quotations
ranged at $S7509.15 choice heavy,
$9.25@9.40 choice light, $S.20@8.50
heavy packing, and $780@8.90 good to
choice pigs.
Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at }7.50@S.0O choice to prime
steers, $4O005.25 good to choice beef
COWS, $5.00@6.50 good to choice heif-
ers, $550@5.75 selected feeders, $40
@ 500 good to choice stockers, and
$9.50@10.00 good to choice calves.
Sheep-Receipts $4,000. Quotations
ranged at $6.65@700 good to choice
lambs, $5.O0@5.50 good to choice year.
lings. $4.25@4.75 good to choice weth-
ers, S4.00@4.25 good to choice ewes.
East Buffalo Live Stock.
Dunning & Stevens, Live Stock Com
mission Merchants, East Buffalo, N Y,
quote as follows: Cattle-Receipts
100 cars; market steady Hogs-Re-
ceipts 90 cars; market steady; heavy,
1920; Workers and pigs, $92O@9.25.
Sheep-Receipts so cars; market
strong; best lambs, $7.15; yearlings,
$5.00@550 wethers, $450@4.65;
ewes, $400@425. Calves, $5O0@1O.25.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27
BIG FIRE AT PETOSkEY
Five of the Six Buildings Burned
Carried No Insurance.
Two Boyajiian Brothers Escape Death
by Leap From Window-Loss
Near $4,000 Mark.

PetCskey, Mich, Oct. 25.-Fire broke
out on Park avenue and burned six
frame buildings, including a bowling
alley, empty store, restaurant and
other places, entailing total loss of
nearly $4,000 None of the burned
buildings was insured, but Royaljiian
brothers, who operated a candy store
and ice cream parlor in one Of them,
carried $500 insurance on their
stock. about hal it's value
.Armon and Lewis Boyajiiant were
sleeping above the store when the fire
broke out and the flames gained such
Roadway that they were forced to leap
from a window to save their lives.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27
PALM OFF MUSLIN FOR LINEN
PeddIers Fool Housewives of Cities in
Northern Indiana.

Laporte, Ind, Oct. 25.-Fakers are
travelling through northern Indiana
cities palming off muslin worth
cents a yard for pure linen at % cents
per yard
The fraud GENE to light in this city
when Mrs. z. E. Weir and Mrs. Robert
ButterWOrth called the attention of the
police department to the practice. The
takers disappeared from the city as
soon as they learned that complaint
had been FLED against them.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27
TRAIN CUTS MAN IN TWAIN
Body Found on Tracks Is Identified by
Express Receipt in Pocket.

Laporte, Ind, Oct. 25.-The body of
C. A. O'Keefe, of Philadelphia, which
a Lake Shore train had cut in two,
was found lying beside the track east
of this city.
Identity was establishing by find
ing an express receipt, showing the
sending Of a suit case to a brother,
William O'Keefe, of 1877 Madison
street, Chicago. 1t is thought that
O'Keefe fell from the platform of a
coach.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1910-10-27
The Tree Of GeneaIoqy.

It is with the tree of genealogy as
with the oak Of the forest; we may
boast of the timbers it has given to a
state vessel, but say naught of the
three legged stools, the broomsticks
and tobacco shoppers made from the
ends and chips.-Douglas Jerrold.