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CALDWELL TRIBUNE.
B. H. DA TIB, PublUher.
CALDWELL,
They are trying to change Klondlk«
to Troandlke, but It's too late.
If all that 1> Intimated about Prank
Novak proves to I» true he may be a
second Holm«».
If Mrs. Lease makes good her threat
to depart for the Klondike In the spring
a gentleman by the name of Ingalls
will have the state all to himself.
Great sunbonnets of straw are being
used In France for the horses to pro
tect them from the heat It Is said
that the summer mortality has been
greatly decreased.
Women Interested In the temperance
movement in Norway have been agi
tating for a law to prevent women or
girls being employed In serving liquor
In the saloons. A law ha* been passed
to that effect, and now a drink seller
cannot employ any woman except his
own wife.
One of the most significant, surelj
one of the most self-sacrificing expres
slons of amity which distinguished th
recent meeting of the emperors of Rus
sia and Germany, was the act of the
tsar, who ordered the band to play a
selection composed by the kaiser, and
listened to the performance with every
appearance of gratification and with
out the glimmer of a smile.
Persons thinking of devoting them
selves to a literary life for the money
there is in It may profitably note the
granting'of a pension by the British |
government to the widow of Anthony
Trollope, who Is in straitened circum
stances. The novelist was a govern
ment employe, and had a Balary to re
enforce his literary Income. Litera
ture pays best in what cannot be ex- 1
changed for food and clothing.
A young Clhcago woman, herself
beautiful and in perfect health, has be
gun a campaign which has for its aim
the slaughter of all weak people,
whether physically or mentally inca
pable. She would relentlessly kill
them, by a painless death if possible, !
and holds that the end would Justify
the means, for'lt would benefit the hu
man race. She will probably not kill 1
more than one before she realizes her
error.
The price of "fresh eggs" in the
Klondike region is $17 a dozen. Ex
actly what is meant by "fresh," how
ever, Is not clearly explained. As
they have "cold storage" there nearly
all the year round that does not make
much dlfferenece. Those who transport
the hen product to that region on spec
ulation will do well not to "put all
their eggs in the same basket," either
literally or metaphorically, as the
roads thither are a little rough. *
To dare one to a thing is an In
cipient form of sending a challenge for
mortal combat, and is often criminal
In intent and disastrous in result. On
one of the hottest days of July a youth
with a frozen arm was received at a
Jersey City hospital. A confectioner
had offered a plate of ice cream to the
boy who would hold his arm longest in
the chopped ice of the freezer. The
nrize winner lost his arm: all the ef
fort« of the surgeons did not avail to
savo It. To accept a dare is not to
writ.« oneself down a hero.
The Liberty, Mo., Advance says: "A
peculiar but sensible courtship Is in
progress at Excelsior Springs. The
mother believes that a girl should be
admired Just as she is, instead of as j
she appears arrayed in finery and arti
ficial ornaments. The young man In !
this case Is flowed to call only just \
after supper, and instead uf being
shown into the parlor he is taken to
the kitchen, where he is permitted to
watch the girl, dressed in working
harness, wash the supper dishes. This
will be a happy marriage. Indeed it
will—if the girl's mother stays with
them right along.
Mr, James Bryce is an Englishman
whose Judgment upon men and things
Americans have good reason to respect
He lately addressed a missionary meet
ing in Ixmdon and gave his impres
sion» of religious work in India—the
average Englishman In England either
sneers at missionary efforts or is indif
ferent. Mr. Brvce declared that the
longer* one stays In India the more one
has evidence that the future well-be
rag of India, and above all extension,
permanence and quality of British In
fluence over that * country, depend*
largely upon the progress of missions.
Auch testimony as this will have fore«
with persons who would regard mi»
•lonarles themselves as prejudiced wit.
Besses. It Is peculiarly fitting that th«
tilgher power of the Christian religion
•hould thus be recognized at a time
<W*.en British military and naval re
ue arces and possibilities have tx#a lit
»lied feqr jubila* tmonstrationa,
IN THE ODD COBNER.
QUEER AND CURIOUS THINGS
AND EVENTS.
A Hunting Launch for Use by Sports
men—The Composition of Celluloid—
Recount roc ting the Face—A Bather
0«ld Family.
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Sparkling and Bright.
PARKLING ana
bright In liquid
light
Doe« the win« our
goblets gleam in.
With hue a« red &3
the rosy bed
Which a bee
would choose to
dream In.
Then fill to-night
with hearts as
light.
To loves as gay
and fleeting
A b bubbles that swim on the beaker's
brim,
And break on the lips while meet
ing.
O! if Mirth might arrest the flight
Of Time through Life's dominions.
We here a while would now beguile
The graybeard of his pinions,
To drink to-night with heart« as
light.
To loves as gay and fleeting
As bubbles that swim on the beaker's
brim.
And break on the lips while meet
ing.
But since delight can't tempt the wight,
Nor fond regret delay him,
Nor Love himself can hold the elf,
Nor »ober Friendship &tay him.
We'll drink to-night with hearts as
ii«ht.
To loves as gay and fleeting
As bubbles that swim on the beaker's
brim,
And break on the lips while meet
ing.
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A Hunting Launch.
Among the latest provisions for
sportsmen is the hunting launch. This
craft will be highly appreciated by
those sportsment who are fond of go
ing on long excursions, and who have
the leisure and means to indulge in
all of the modern improvements in the
way of sea-going pleasure hosts. There
is a difference between a mere outing
or inland boat, and one that will stand
a moderately heavy sea and come up
safe and stfund in pretty rough weath
er. A model of this sort Just turned
out is thirty feet long, twenty-eight
inches draught, and eight feet beam.
It is made of oak, pine and cedar, the
former being used for framing and
keel and the latter for the finish. The
cabin is done in mahogany, and there
is a complete and well-stocked galley.
Ample provision in the way of lock
ers I b made. Twenty persons can dine
at one time, ten in the cabin and ten
outside, with waterproof curtains and
awnings to cover. The fuel Is wood
alcohol and ordinary kerosene. The
alcohol is used in the retort or boiler
instead of water, and is condensed by
a suitable machinery after it has done
its work. The reort Is made of layers
of three-quarter inch and one-inch
steel pipe, arranged in a Jacket. Tl^e
advantages of the use of alcohol are
many. It requires but a small amount,
and as It boils at 170 degrees the dan
ger from heat is reduced to a 'mini
mum; Indeed, when the engine Is
working under a hundred pound pres
sure the hand may be placed upon the
casing without discomfort. When the
pressure g»uge shows twenty-five
pounds to the square inch the engine
starts. There is practically no danger
of fire, for it the tank should leak the
alcohol becomes harmless by running
into the bilge. The hunting launch is
according to present indications ,a wel
come invention, and has come to stay.
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Odd Families, These.
On the farm of Mr. Joseph Alton of
Thornton Watlass, England, a cow may
be seen this summer suckling three
lambs. When the lambs were born the
mother died, and the cow at once took
the little orphans under her c:ire. with
the result that they have grown up
healthy and strong. A correspondent
tells of a cat which had suckled a kit
ten and a rat at Cr'eff, Scotland. The
cat, a Strang or to the house, brought the
kitten and the rat alo.ng with it, and
the thrse apparency liverl happily to
gether, the latter beirz nursed by'
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"pussy." The kitten seemed to be
more timid than the rat, while the rat
was inclined to be frolicsome.
The Composition of Celluloid.
There are few acticles in common
use about which there has been more
speculation than about celluloid. So
many questions have been asked and
so much curiosity expressed that the
following extract from the "Trade
Journal's Review" will be of interest
to very many people. Celluloid is made
by the combined action of pressure
and Vaat or with the aid of solvents,
U that case lb the cold. "The cam
jrpur Is dissolved in alcohol, as little
aj possible, and the solution sprayed
on to the pyroxyline, the latter per»
fsctly dry, a second layer of pyroxy
line being then added, moistened again
with camphor solution and so on. The
gelatinous lump is worked between
iron rollers, to which it adheres, and
the layer Is slit longitudinally and
rolled again. The cakes, 0.4 inch
thick, are cut into plates about two
feet by one foot, and pass for twsity
four hours Into hydraulic presses,
which are doubly steam-jacketed. The
mass Is now sawed Into plates, which
are dried at about 95 degrees F., for s
week or two, and finally cut into
smaller pieces, from which the articles
are stamped. Further, according to t\
writer In the Gummi Zeitung, it ap
pears that at Magnus ft Co.'s noted es
tablishment in Berlin, the method pur
sued is believed to consist In pouring
100 parts of ether on 50 of collodion
wool and 25 of camphor, the covered
mass being then stirred In earthenware
vessels with rubber sticks until hom
ogeneous gelatinous mass is obtained,
and then rolled. Apart from dye-stuff
and other additions, the average cel
luloid consists of two-thirds pyroxy
line and one-third camphor.
Reconstructing th. Face.
Half a century ago a child with the
most distressing facial deformities was
allowed to grow up a dread to himself
and an object of pity to all of his
associates. It was not deemed pos
sible to correct these ills; indeed, no
body gave it any thought; the wretch
ed victim suffered out his miserable
remnant of life, and that was all there
was about it. Within the past few
years a branch of surgery that is of the
utmost importance to humanity has
been recfeiving careful attention. And
as the art of restoration stands at the
present day, there is no excuse what
ever for the hideous objects that were
formerly looked upon as incurable and,
therefore inevitable. All manner of
changes are now made in the personal
appearance. The harelip and dis
torted mouth are treated scientifically,
and the face is restored to its normal
condition and oven greatly Improved
by the operations which these blem
ishes render necessary. Crooked noses
are straightened, and ears that ex
tend out from the head are skillfully
put to rights with the most astonish
ingly gratifying results. Flat, humped
or depressed noses are made sym
metrical and even beautiful. Of course
the treatment is more successful upon
the young than when undertaken with
those who have reached maturity, but
even late in life it is quite worth while
to have some of one's blemishes re
moved and to present to the world as
good an appearance as possible.
Electrical Dentistry.
A recent application of electricity tc
produce anesthesia in dentistry is thus
described In the Boston Transcript:
"The up-to-date American dental sur
geon has a very simple apparatus
which consists most importantly of a
battery not much bigger than a cigar
box. The batttery has a queer little at
tachment called a 'vibrator,' which is
nothing more or less than a short strip
of metal fastened at both ends. When
the current is on, the strip vibrates at
such a rate of speed that it hums. The
operator tunes it up with a tuning
fork until it gives out the note A;
then he Knows that the current is just
right. The person in the dentist's
chair grasps two handles which are
connected with the batttery by wires.
At the same time the operator seizes
his forceps, which likewise are on the
end of a wire proceeding from the bat
tery. He touches the tooth, completing
the circuit, and instantly a local anaes
thesia is produced. The tooth and
neighboring gum are rendered, for the
moment, insensible to pain, and out
cr.mes the offending molar or Incisor
with a dexterous twist. Before the pa
tient has had time to realize what has
happened, he is gleefully paying the
fee."
A Guinea for Printers* Errors.
It is well known that a guiuea is
given to any person who is the first to
point out a printer's error in an Oxford
Bible. This, it may be confessed, has
involved correspondence with persons
In all parts of the world; and it may be
well to state that such antiquated ex
pressions as "bewray" and "astonied"
are not regarded as printed errors.
They appeared in the original edition
of 1611, and are deliberately retained
by the authorities. Before they are Is
sued from the Oxford press, the Bibles
are read and re-read, sometimes a
dozen times in succession. The result
is that the printer's error bill only
ar#wnts on the average to five guineas
a year: and, as a rule, errors discovered
are never more serious than a "drop
ped letter."
The Propagation of Plant*.
There are numbers of plants growing
in very elevated regions where the
period of warmth Is extremely short
that multiply In a most curious fash
ion. The season being too short to
ripen seeds, the plant throws off a
series of buds which almost imme
diately take root, and In their turn
become strong, growing plants, ready
in their turn to scatter the germs
broaAaaat ovsr the soil.
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THE WEST'S LUMBER.
HALF THE STANDING UMBER
OF THE COUNTRY.
Frodlgal Waste Everywhere—How the
Klondjke Excitement Depopulate« the
Camps—Unique Methods of Trans
Porting Logs—Tremendous Trade.
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(Special Letter.)
HE excursion of
lumbermen to the
Pacific northwest
has just been
brought to a con
clusion, and all
unite in declaring
It the most success
ful trip of the
kind. They have
seen the majestic
scenery of Puget
sound and the Columbia river, the
wonderful forests of Oregon and Wash
ington and all the processes involved
In Western methods of manufacturing
lumber from the time the ax is first
put into the standing tree until the
finished products are ready for ship
ment.
The excursion was due to the efforts
of the Washington Lumber Exchange
and the Manufacturers' Association of
the Northwest, organizations composed
of the prominent and progressive mill
men of the west. A great deal of in
terest was aroused among dealers, as
many appreciate the fact that Oregon
and Washington poss"»« almost half
the timber standing in the entire coun
try and will be important factors in
the future operations in the lumber
business The red cedar shingle of the
Pacific coast has practically driven
those of white pine and cypress from
the field, and at present the demand is
greater than the production of all the
mills. Under the direction of the
Seattle committee a delightful day was
spent upon the sound. Port Blakely,
where the largest mill in that country
is located, was one of the places visit
ed. Four hundred thousand feet of
lumber is the average cut in ten hours,
and vessels gather there to tatfn the
product all over the world; sometimes
thirty are loading at the long dock at
the same time. On this occasion one
ship was chartered to carry timber to
South Africa for the gold mines, an
other was bound for China, a third for
London, and others to the Sandwich
Islands. A visit was made to the
government dry dock at Portland, Ore.,
the largest in the world. It was built
entirely of fir timbers, and was conse
quently an appropriate thing to shc»v
a party of lumbermen. From Tacoma
the party made its first excursion into
the forests, for which the region is
noted, and spent an entire day in the
timber. The St. Paul and Tacoma
lumber company took them to their
logging camps. The fine logs, some 80
and 100 feet long, to make timbers for
foreign shipment, were greatly ad
mired. A frequent topic of conver
sation was the prodigality in western
manufacture, when compared with
similar work in Michigan and Wiscon
sin, where nothing is allowed to go to
waste. Many remarked, as they saw
logs rejected in the woods, or the ref
use material in the mills, that enough
was thrown away to make a fortune in
the east. The time will undoubtedly
come when everything will be utilized
in this section, too, but now there is
such a wealth of timber that nothing
but the best will be accepted.
The effects of the Klondike excite
ment were frequently mentioned. Mill
managers saUl they would h«ve no men
left If they had enough money saved
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FIR LOG NINE FEET IN DIAME
TER.
to take them to the land of gold, and
that many were hoarding their wages
so as to make the trip to Alaska in
the spring. Some men who had work
ed in the mills for years had returned
with ten-gallon kerosene cans full 0 f
nuggets, and that spread the craze
more than newspaper reports. Port
land and the Columbia river were not
neglected in the itinerary. One day
was devoted to a trip up the river and
to looking over the unique plant locat
ed at Bridal Veil. Ore. This little town
Is noted among lumbermen on account
of the novel way in which logs and
lumber are transported, and many who
have read of the plant were anxious
to see It. There Is a rich body of
timbeT in this vicinity, but the moun
tains skirting the river are so rugged
that f.igs cannot be put into the water
nor brought to the railroad. Th# dif
ficulty was solved by placing a sawmill
two miles back in the mountains, at
an elevation of 1,200 feet, where logs
could be brought to it, and transport
ing the lumber to the railroad station
below by means of a V-shaped flume,
carrying a stream of water. In this
way the lumber makes the two-mil®
trip In four minutes, big timbers shoot
ing down the steep places at a high
rate of speed. Another feature of th#
plant is the unusual manner of oper
ating the logging railroad. This car
ries an immense amount of freight
without the use of a truck or wheel,
aside from those on the locomotive.
The modus operandi, which was illus
trated in Grit a few weeks ago, is to
hitch a long string of logs end to end,
and the locomotive takes hold of these
and "snakes" them along on greased
boards laid down between the track.
At a distance this queer train looks
like a huge snake winding down the
canon. It seems strange that the logs
do not roll over the track. It is the
only place in the country where logs
are handled in this manner. The rail
road has a heavier grade than the or
dinary mountain roads, the average be
ing six per cent, and In one place It Is
ten per cent. The visitors, mounted
on cars, were pushed the entire length
of the road. They had an opportunity
to see all the operations of logging, in
cluding a camp where a long team of
powerful oxen haul trains of logs to
the railroad. At one camp logs are
handled by a complete system of ca
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A MONARCH OF THE FOREST.
bles, just as street cars are propelled.
A chute, down which the huge logs
dash at a tremendous rate of speed, at
tracted attention. The greater part of
two days was spent in Portland and its
vicinity visiting points of scenic and
trade interest. The visitors saw,
while in Portland, Ore., a vessel tak
ing on the largest cargo of lumber that
ever left the Pacific coast. This is the
Florida, which will carry 3,000,000 feet
of railroad ties for the road being built
in Northern China; 450,000 feet were
loaded in one day.
GERMAN CURE FOR DHUNKS.
Their Name« Placarded In Offlchil An
nouneements.
A considerable number of German
towns and villages have for some time
subjected the bibulous inhabitants to
the regulations of a modified prohibi
tion law. This not only restricts the
time for the sale of all kinds of li
quor and the hours of public restaur
ants and places of amusements, but
exercises a sort of censorship ever
their visitors. Persons who neglect
their families on account of drinking
or who have been repeatedly brought
before the magistrates as drunk and
disorderly are denied the Privileg# of
procuring alcoholic beverages. A
drunkards' list, published periodically,
exhibits the names and occupations,and
copies of it are sent to local innkeepers
and liquor dealers, who are liable to
pay heavy fines if they sell liquor to
those mentioned in the list, which is
placed on the wall of the restaurants
and hotels and reads something like
this: "To whom it may concern: It
is not permitted to sell liquor to the
following persons: Hans Sueffel, tail
or; Peter Fuesschen,shoemaker; Fruits
Spundloch, carpenter; Fraulein Klara
Klatsch, seamstress; Kunz Kater, la
borer. Von Beirstein, Mayor." A sim
pleminded servant giri recently
thought the burgomaster included and
refused to enter his service.
Little Indian Girl's Tragic Fate.
During an electric storm that recent
ly occurred on the Blackfoot reserva
tion, near Great Falls, Mont., a little
Creek Indian girl, aged 12 yeara, was
sent out to round up and bring in ten
ponies. The storm increased during
her absence and she failed to return.
When it abated her friends went to
search for her. Half a mile from the
camp they found the ten ponies, all
lying dead, and in the center the In
dian girl, burned almost to a crisp.
She was not recognizable. She had
herded the horses and brought them al
most a mile, when a bolt of lightning
struck the herd.
Mrs. Gabb—Yes, my daughter ap
pears to have married very happily.
Her husband has not wealth, It mu3t
be admitted, but he has family. Mrs.
Gadd—Yes; I heard he was a widower
with six children.—New York Weekly.